| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $400: He had a collab with Miles Davis called "Can I Play With U?", included on a "Sign o' the Times" reissue Prince |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | IAMB A POET $1600: I, William Wordsworth, wrote this iambic line that precedes "that floats on high o'er vales and hills" I wandered lonely as a cloud |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | IT'S CURTAINS $2000: Her first short story collection, "A Curtain of Green", contains her most famous story, "Why I Live at the P.O." Welty |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | THE AIR THAT I BREATHE $400: In the 1970s Nik-O-Lok, pioneer of pay toilets, began making folks pay for air at these facilities a gas station |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $300: Before flowers & bones, the open skies of Texas were one of her early subjects, like the 1917 work "Starlight Night" Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SPELLING BIZ $200: This gasoline brand merged with Exxon in 1999; you can't spell it without spelling...
_ O _ I L Mobil |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | ANIMAL IDIOM BRAINTEASERS $600: Don't forget how many other single people are out there in the dating pool:
T.A.P.O.F.I.T.S. there are plenty of fish in the sea |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | ANIMAL IDIOM BRAINTEASERS $1000: You can do anything you wish or go anywhere you want in this life:
T.W.I.Y.O. the world is your oyster |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHOUT IT OUT! $300: Try yelling out "O-H!" in a crowded place; chances are, any Buckeyes fan within earshot will yell these two letters in return I-O |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $400: In 1968, she had back-to-back No. 1 country hits with "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" & "Stand By Your Man" Tammy Wynette |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $2000: In "My Favorite Year" he wails, "I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!" Peter O'Toole |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $300: Christina Aguilera sings, "You gotta rub me the right way in this 1999 No. 1 hit
_ E _ I E / I _ / _ / _ O _ _ _ _ "Genie In A Bottle" |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $600: It's the former boy band of Harry Styles
_ _ E / _ I _ E _ _ I O _ One Direction |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $900: Billboard called her "the Queen of Adult Contemporary"
_ E _ I _ E / _ I O _ Celine Dion |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1200: Her 80s hits include "Only in My Dreams" & "Electric Youth"
_ E _ _ I E / _ I _ _ O _ Debbie Gibson |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1500: It's a greatest hits album released by Madonna in 1990
_ _ E / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I O _ The Immaculate Collection |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $500: As Charles Darwin could tell you, to do this is to gradually change or develop over time evolve |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | I DON'T GIVE A... $400: The Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge is near this landmark the Hoover Dam |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | MAILED IT! $5,000 (Daily Double): RFD, short for this, began in 1896; previously, about 65% of Americans lived in the "R" area & had to pick up mail at the P.O. Rural Free Delivery |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $1200: Lothar von Richthofen was a noted World War I ace; his brother, named this, was more famous Manfred |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $3,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, noted clockmaker Aaron Willard was one of these colonial militiamen a minuteman |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 3 "O"s $1000: From Latin for "call together", it's a group of people called together for an assembly, be it of clergy or college students a convocation |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $800: "Oh! Look what you've done to this rock 'n' roll clown! O-oh! Look what you've done! Photograph... I don't want your..." Def Leppard |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | IT'S A TV MYSTERY $200: "O.M.I.T.B." is short for this, a show & the podcast within it Only Murders in the Building |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | IT'S GERMAN FOR... $800: Boat--
spelling please; it's just one letter different B-O-O-T |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | '80s & '90s R&B SONGS $200: The O is actually a sign in "Sign 'O' the Times", a classic 1987 album by this man of royal talent Prince |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY $2000: (Amor Towles presents the clue.) The setting for my novel's first chapter & also for Willa Cather's "O Pioneers!", where I got my epigraph, is in this state, which happens to be the midpoint of the Lincoln Highway Nebraska |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | SAFE $400: The OED's first attribution regarding this cautionary acronym dates back to 2002 & a Dave Matthews Usenet newsgroup NSFW |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | O CANADA $900: (Mattea Roach presents the clue.) Did you forget about me, Mr. Duplicity? I hope not, as "you oughtta know" this Ontario-born singer who had one of the biggest albums of the 1990s Alanis Morissette |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | TRANSPORTATION $1600: Coach USA's bus service from O'Hare to Mitchell Airport in this city is 70 miles straight up I-94, but it's still called a shuttle Milwaukee |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | PLACE"O" $1,400 (Daily Double): Only Greenland & New Guinea are larger islands in size than this one in the Pacific Borneo |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | NUMERICAL TERMS $200: A 1930s ad for a razor gave us this phrase for the beginnings of a beard at the end of the day 5 o'clock shadow |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | JOHNNY GILBERT SAYS THE NO. 1 HITS $900: "She's got eyes of the bluest skies, as if they thought of rain, I'd hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain" "Sweet Child O' Mine" |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | PATRIOT ACT $100: Daniel O'Connell, a patriot of this country, got the British to pass the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 Ireland |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | MASCOTS $300: This battery mascot that's been going & going since the late 1980s has entered the OED to mean something or someone persistent the Energizer Bunny |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | THE TERMINAL LIST $200: Terminal 1 at this Chicago airport mainly serves Chicago-based United Airlines O'Hare |
| #8681, aired 2022-07-11 | CHEERY-"O" $800: Shakespeare wrote, "Why, then the world's" my this "which I with sword will open"; hopeful indeed! oyster |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | WAR GODS $1200: M-O-double R-I-G-A-N spells Morrigan, a Celtic war goddess who turned into this ominous black bird a raven (a crow) |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | WHINE $400: This tormented Shakespeare title character moans, "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I" the Hamlet |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | MEMORABLE MOVIE MELODIES $400: "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow"
(2000) O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | BOWL-O-RAMA $800: "If Life is" this, asked a humorous book title by Erma Bombeck, "What Am I Doing in the Pits?" a Bowl of Cherries |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK $400: Whitman: "Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I with mournful tread, walk the deck my ____ lies, fallen cold and dead" my Captain |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | LINE $400: "O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die" Romeo and Juliet |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | GO HOME $1000: Yo ho, now we set sail / Of this kind of home, I'll tell you a tale / A wooden hut & sailor's song it is / & now be the end o' our quiz a shanty |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | YOUR DESTINATION AWAITS $800: Why this city, you may ask? It has the Rock & Roll H.O.F. & the Great Lakes Science Center, & as far as I'm concerned, it rocks! Cleveland |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Christel Bell.) In 1997, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum opened its new permanent home under the leadership of Buck O'Neill, who had been a star for this Kansas City Negro Leagues team, as had greats like Satchel Paige & Jackie Robinson the Monarchs |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | THE WEEKLY CONFERENCE CALL $600: The accounting team says the R.O.I., short for this, was solid on the Plotsky deal return on investment |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | NEW TO THE OED $2000: The Henriad refers to 4 plays by this man Shakespeare |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FAMILY BUSINESS $600: The Haas family enjoyed a combined net worth of $4.7 billion after a 2019 I.P.O. of this California-based jeans company Levi |
| #8402, aired 2021-05-18 | I'M ON A BOAT! $400: The 20th novel in Patrick O'Brian's seafaring saga is called "Blue at the Mizzen", referring to a flag hoisted upon this a mast |
| #8402, aired 2021-05-18 | WELL VERSED IN POETRY $1600: A poem by Wordsworth begins, "I wandered lonely as" this "that floats on high o'er vales and hills" a cloud |
| #8365, aired 2021-03-26 | ENTERTAINMENT ADD A LETTER $2000: A Josh Hartnett Shakespeare reworking becomes an HBO prison series O & Oz |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | BANKS FOR THE MEMORIES $400: This bank that asks "What's in your wallet?" traces its roots to an I.P.O. in 1994 Capital One |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | POLY ESTHER $400: Esther Rolle played Florida Evans on "Maude" & this "dyn-o-mite" sitcom Good Times |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | SEZ YOU, SHAKESPEARE! $600: "The potent poison quite o'ercrows my spirit. I cannot live to hear the news from England" (& a few words later, he's correct) Hamlet |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1981 she told the Senate Judiciary Committee, "I do well understand... the difference between legislating & judging" Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS THE G.O.A.T. (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) $600: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) This writer once said his first book wasn’t an important novel, but it ranks among the great ones, & its line, “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me” is among the most haunting of the 20th century Ralph Ellison |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS THE G.O.A.T. (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) $1000: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) Even with his 1997 loss to Deep Blue, an IBM computer (I know how that feels), this Soviet-born chess master ranks as probably the greatest player of all time--though for my money, his Sicilian defense got a bit predictable Kasparov |
| #8271, aired 2020-11-02 | FAILURE TO LUNCH $200: Sorry, everyone! I'm on the diet known as O.M.A.D., short for this; I only eat at 5 p.m. one meal a day |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS MOUNTAIN G.O.A.T.s $400: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) In 2015, Dani Arnold climbed this 14,700-foot peak in the Pennine Alps in one hour, 46 minutes, but I did Disneyland's in, like, a minute the Matterhorn |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | FLOWERS ON THE WALL $3,000 (Daily Double): This woman said, "I'll paint what I see--what the flower is to me, but -I'll paint it big" Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | ROCK STARS $400: (Conan O'Brien presents the clue.) Forced to engage in a guitar battle with the virtuoso Jack Black, I cheated a smidge and employed this curly-haired, top-hatted legend, aka Saul Hudson Slash |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | TV CATCHPHRASES BY SHOW $1000: "Book 'em, Danno" Hawaii Five-O |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POP CULTURE $400: (Conan O'Brien presents the clue.) In a "Clueless Gamer" segment, I attacked a strip club with a missile-carrying helicopter while playing the fifth installment of this Rockstar game; sadly, the bouncer had a grenade GTA (Grand Theft Auto) |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | BEHIND THE TV & RADIO CALL LETTERS $1600: KOIT--K-O-I-T--is in this California city, home to Coit Tower San Francisco |
| #8137, aired 2020-01-14 | NOW, THE EXCHANGE OF VOWELS $200: I to O: to lose your foothold, perhaps in a type of pig food slip & slop |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | A, E, I, O--NO U $400: To question formally, like a cop does to a suspect interrogate |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | A, E, I, O--NO U $800: This instrument records earthquake vibrations a seismograph |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | A, E, I, O--NO U $1200: This type of pressure is also called atmospheric pressure barometric |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | A, E, I, O--NO U $1600: These "waters" are traditionally within 3 miles of a nation's shores territorial |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | A, E, I, O--NO U $2000: 11-letter word meaning to give something in return, perhaps your feelings reciprocate |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | I WON'T BE IN TODAY $600: From Billy Clanton, October 26, 1881: Got a dental appointment... with this killer dentist Doc Holliday |
| #8092, aired 2019-11-12 | DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS $800: "No no no no no, oo-eee-hoo, I'll tell you once more, before I get off the floor", this E.L.O. title "Don't Bring Me Down" |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | THE HARVARD LAMPOON $200: Now a fixture as a late-night TV talk show host, in the 1980s, this very tall redhead was a two-year president of the "Harvard Lampoon" Conan O'Brien |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | CLASSIC METAL BANDS $7,600 (Daily Double): "We're Not Gonna Take It" by this Dee Snider band has some musical roots in "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Twisted Sister |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | SHAKESPEARE'S EXIT LINES $1200: "O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die" Romeo |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | SPELL THE BEANS $1000: Chipotle's ingredients include black beans & this other 5-letter type P-I-N-T-O |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | I'D LIKE TO SELL A VOWEL $200: Ms. Winfrey asks, would you like to subscribe to this magazine that asks you to "live your best life"? O |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | I'D LIKE TO SELL A VOWEL $800: You can have this Cirque du Soleil show staged in your basement if you have room for a 1.5-million-gallon tank O |
| #7958, aired 2019-03-27 | IRISH PEOPLE? $2000: I was in tears after watching another sensational emotional work by this imaginary Irish playwright Mel O'Drama |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | FAUX AMIS $800: In French C-O-I-N isn't money; coin means corner & coin-coin is what these birds say ducks |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | SORROW $400: George Clooney recorded a version of "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" for this Coen Bros. film, but his voice was replaced O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | SPELLEMENTS $800: Cl C-H-L-O-R-I-N-E |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | SHARK TANK 10 $200: (Hi, I'm Kevin O'Leary, AKA Mr. Wonderful.) I love deals where for each unit sold I get a certain amount of money called this, fit for a king; I earn 45 cents for each Wicked Good cupcake you buy royalty |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | WHATCHA WATCHING? $1600: I'm watching this troupe's "Mystere"; I already saw "Ka" & "O" Cirque du Soleil |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | NATURE $1200: Found in coastal waters & a favorite at aquariums, it's the lunar creature seen here a moon jellyfish |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | BUSINESS $400: This 3-letter memorandum of debt is a strong but not legally binding promise to pay I.O.U. |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | CLASSIC SONGS' FIRST LINES $1000: "You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | I NEED A DRINK $200: It's 5 o'clock somewhere & I'd like this cocktail made with tequila, Cointreau & lime juice; go easy on the salt a margarita |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | I'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT $1000: So you're trying to establish the defendant's M.O., short for this Latin term; please proceed modus operandi |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $800: This 19,340-foot African peak is said to be the highest "walkable" mountain in the world K-I-L-I-M-A-N-J-A-R-O |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $1200: It's Paraguay's largest city A-S-U-N-C-I-O-N |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $1600: The Dole Pineapple Company once owned 98% of this 5-letter Hawaiian island L-A-N-A-I |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | DITLOIDS $200: Weight for it:
16 O I A P 16 ounces in a pound |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | DITLOIDS $1000: The classic ditloid, a Solzhenitsyn novel:
1 D I T L O I D One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | HOW ARE "THINGS"? $800: I.O.T. stands for this, when all your devices are connected the Internet of Things |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | SNL IN THE OED $400: "Wayne's World" popularized this 3-letter interjection meaning "I don't really believe what I just said" not |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | SHARK TANK $600: (Kevin O'Leary delivers the clue.) Garlic shampoo smells like it could be a winner with millennials; I think we've captured this German term for the spirit of the time the Zeitgeist |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | HELP! TV POLICE! $400: This police chief-- "Mrs. Simpson... your husband was found D.O.A....oh wait, I mean D.W.I.! I always get those 2 mixed up!" Chief (Clancy) Wiggum |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: In 1948 the winning word was this medical branch that deals with the treatment & prevention of mental illness P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-Y |
| #7595, aired 2017-09-22 | TIME FOR A DRINK $200: It's early, so I'll start with some O.J.--& champagne, this sparkling cocktail a mimosa |
| #7556, aired 2017-06-19 | NAMES YOU SHOULD KNOW $1000: This man who thought different first became a billionaire after Pixar's I.P.O. Steve Jobs |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | THE I.T. DEPARTMENT $1000: The staff was skittish during the transition to Linux from this O.S. that dates back to 1969 at Bell Labs Unix |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | THE NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA.) I wear a size 10 shoe; the largest shoe in the hall of fame, a size 23, belonged to this man who broke into the NBA with Orlando in 1992 Shaquille O'Neal |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | LYRICAL SPELLING BEE $1200: Tammy Wynette spelled out this title word that she doesn't want her 4-year-old "to understand" divorce ("D-I-V-O-R-C-E") |
| #7520, aired 2017-04-28 | I AM A CATEGORY $2000: This classic young adult novel by Robert Cormier gets its title from an allusion to the song "The Farmer in the Dell" I Am the Cheese |
| #7519, aired 2017-04-27 | "O" BEHAVE! $400: So... you're intensely attracted to one parent & jealous of the other? I'm afraid you have this complex, Rex Oedipus complex |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $800: Medical condition characterized by involuntary sleeping N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-S-Y |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | STANDING "O" $200: I'm versed in this public speaking skill & find that standing at a lectern works best oratory |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | STANDING "O" $400: I wouldn't mind sitting like other members of this group, but I guess nobody made me take up the xylophone the orchestra |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | STANDING "O" $600: Defending my client, I stand in court & shout this word to let the judge know I disapprove, procedurally objection |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | STANDING "O" $800: As part of this type of training with my unruly whippet, I have to stand & call his name over & over obedience training |
| #7420, aired 2016-12-09 | THE BIBLE $600: The 26th of these biblical poems begins, "Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity" Psalms |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | POTENT POISONABLES $1000: O, the poisons I know; don't eat any part of this plant; it's really toxic oleander |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | BRITISH SPELLING TEST $400: Recognize R-E-C-O-G-N-I-S-E |
| #7359, aired 2016-09-15 | ENTERTAINING REDHEADS $200: (Hi, I'm Louis C.K.) I got my big break in 1993 when I became a writer on "Late Night" with this other redhead; I was also the first to do stand-up on his show Conan O'Brien |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | SPELL THE FIRST NAME $400: Supreme Court judge Sotomayor S-O-N-I-A |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $800: (I'm Kidd O'Shea from ABC 7 News.) All vice presidents have worked out of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, starting with this man, who in 1961 wanted an office in the White House but was moved next door as part of his sidelining by the administration Lyndon B. Johnson |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | GETTING READY FOR THE OLYMPICS $2000: It's Thomas Bach's first Summer Games in this job; Jacques Rogge will be a tough act to follow head (or president) of the I.O.C. |
| #7330, aired 2016-06-24 | HUGE TRACTS "O" LAND $1,000 (Daily Double): The Musgrave Mountain Range is in this region that by some definitions, covers 80% of a continent the Outback |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | CANADIANA $800: (I'm Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank.) A free market guy like me & this public TV network in Canada: it couldn't last forever, so in 2014 I left the show "Dragons' Den" after an 8-year run the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | MODERATES $400: (I'm Rachel Maddow of MSNBC.) On November 6, 2015 I moderated the first in the South Democratic Candidates Forum, asking these 3 politicians how they'd fix the party's fortunes in the South Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders & Martin O'Malley |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $800: Wordsworth began a poem, "I wandered lonely as" this "that floats on high o'er vales and hills" a cloud |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: From the Greek for "2 sounds", it's the name of the transition sound like that made by the "O-I" in "boil" diphthong |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | LITERARY CHARACTERS' LAST WORDS $400: "Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day" Scarlett O'Hara |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | WALT WHITMAN $1600: "I Sing the Body Electric" says, "O I say these are not the parts and poems of the body only, but of" this the soul |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | COMPOUND WORD CONSTRUCTION $200: Liquid precipitation +
something directing a bank to pay money =
this I.O.U. a raincheck |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | SKILLFUL ADJECTIVES $200: Fill in AD __ __ T & you're this skillful word adept |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $1200: The "boogie woogie flu" has been known to accompany the "rockin'" type of this ailment P-N-E-U-M-O-N-I-A |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: French word for a phase of the moon or a buttery pastry C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $200: In this TV show's 1st sketch, Michael O'Donoghue said, "I would like to feed your fingertips to the wolverines" Saturday Night Live |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: MOVIES $200: (New York Times film critic A.O. Scott delivers the clue.) When I reviewed "Despicable Me", I referred to these supporting characters as "industrious little doodads" that look like "extra-strength pain-reliever capsules with eyes and limbs" minions |
| #7190, aired 2015-12-11 | A 3-D CATEGORY $400: (I'm Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank.) One of the main investment areas for my O'Leary Funds is blue-chip stocks that pay out these; why not get paid while you wait! dividends |
| #7190, aired 2015-12-11 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN SPEAK $2000: "O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!... O, woe is me! To have seen what I have seen, see what I see!" Ophelia |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1600: In "Porgy and Bess" Porgy praises poverty by singing, "I got" this amount "o' nuttin"' plenty |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | NEW ENGLAND $400: (I'm Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank.) In the '90s I made millions from selling software in my headquarters in this university city, part of the East Coast version of Silicon Valley Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | ROLE IN COMMON $800: (Hi, I'm Zachary Quinto.) In March 2015 I got to reminisce with Conan O'Brien about the beautiful life of this man with whom I shared a role (Leonard) Nimoy |
| #7114, aired 2015-07-16 | BIBLE BELTS $400: Par-tay! "Song of" him says, "I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly" Solomon |
| #7114, aired 2015-07-16 | POE-ETRY $800: "O God! Can I not save one from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem but a" this "within a" this dream |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | SPORTS MOVIES $600: (New York Times film critic A.O. Scott delivers the clue.) I chose this Clint Eastwood film as the best of 2004 & referred to it as "3 people seduced by the bloody allure of the ring" Million Dollar Baby |
| #7027, aired 2015-03-17 | I WANT TO ROCK & ROLL ALL NIGHT $1000: Jeff Tweedy wrote "Standing O" & "Sunloathe" for this group's album "The Whole Love" Wilco |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | ALL ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT $800: (Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor gives the clue.) In Planned Parenthood v. Casey, an opinion I wrote with 2 other justices applied stare decisis, or respect for precedent, in broadly upholding this controversial 1973 decision Roe v. Wade |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | SCIENCE FICTION $400: (I'm Elon Musk, C.E.O. of Spacex) My belief in the importance of space travel & planetary colonization for the survival of the human species was influenced in part by the epic depiction of the rise & fall of civilizations in this author's "Foundation" series Isaac Asimov |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | BAD POETRY ABOUT POETS $800: Nursing in the Civil War / Was unlike what I did before / I wrote of "my captain" Lincoln / O the tears back I was blinkin' (Walt) Whitman |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | O..............K, THEN $1600: A sergeant can always say to a corporal, "Because I" this word "you" outrank |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | TOP 30 TO 40 HITS $400: Kazaam! In 1993 this NBA superstar hit for 35 (on the charts, not the court) with "(I Know I Got) Skillz" Shaquille O'Neal |
| #6974, aired 2015-01-01 | "O" SAY CAN YOU "C" $400: Pertaining to the care of women in childbirth obstetric |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | PLAY SETTINGS $5,000 (Daily Double): This O'Neill drama:
Act I begins at 8:30 a.m.: Act IV is set about 15 hours later Long Day's Journey into Night |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | PICTURE THE POLITICAN $800: He's the late House Speaker speaking to reporters here Tip O'Neill |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $200: This gaming console that comes in PS4 & PS Vita models P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $600: This title monster who squares off with the MUTOs in a 2014 film G-O-D-Z-I-L-L-A |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | McWRITERS $2000: (I'm Soledad O'Brien.) "Crash Diet" is a brilliant collection of stories by this Southern author; her novels include "Carolina Moon" & "Tending to Virginia" Jill McCorkle |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF SONGS $200: A parched Alan Jackson:
"It's only half past 12 but I don't care, it's ____ o'clock somewhere" five |
| #6903, aired 2014-09-24 | UNTRUE DETECTIVE $200: This '80s title P.I. referred to McGarrett & the Five-O unit as if they were still working Magnum |
| #6900, aired 2014-09-19 | ROCKY ROAD $200: The rocky road seen here is in this country that has stoni--S-T-O-N-I--in its name Estonia |
| #6898, aired 2014-09-17 | THE SUPREME COURT $800: (Former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) The war on terror raised new issues; in 2004 I wrote an opinion establishing that U.S. citizens who are enemy combatants do have rights under this Bill of Rights amendment not to be held indefinitely without due process the Fifth Amendment |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | INTERNET JARGON $200: Meaning "I approve", "coo" is short for this; saving 1 keystroke adds up cool |
| #6858, aired 2014-06-11 | THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET $200: I'd like to thank the Motion Picture Academy for this letter Oscar |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | PUTTING THE HAM IN HAMLET $800: "No, no, the drink, the drink--O my dear Hamlet--the drink, the drink! I am poisoned!" Gertrude |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | SUPER-HEAR-O $1600: The Man of Steel isn't such a fan, but other superheroes think this 3 Doors Down song has real substance
"If I go crazy, then you can call me Superman" "Kryptonite" |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | "I-O" $400: One postulated sequence of events, hopefully "best-case" scenario |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | "I-O" $800: A leather case for carrying important documents portfolio (folio accepted) |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | "I-O" $1200: A relationship between 2 values; Wall Streeters talk about the "P/E" one ratio |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | "I-O" $1600: An organizer & sponsor of public entertainments such as concerts or plays impresario |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | "I-O" $2000: An official representative of the pope nuncio |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | I WILL SURVIVE! $400: In 1995 Capt. Scott O'Grady, downed over Bosnia, survived 6 days by eating non-chocolate-covered these ants |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | WE GET LETTERS $2000: He wrote to his muse Georgia O'Keeffe, "How I wanted to photograph you--the hands--the mouth--& eyes" (Alfred) Stieglitz |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: 1956:
An apartment that's owned, not rented C-O-N-D-O-M-I-N-I-U-M |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | STARTS WITH DOUBLE O $800: It precedes "I did it again" in a song by Ms. Spears "Oops" |
| #6825, aired 2014-04-25 | BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR NOMINEES $400: (A.O. Scott of The New York Times presents.) Kathryn Bigelow won the Best Director Oscar for this film I reviewed as the best nondocumentary American feature made yet about the war in Iraq The Hurt Locker |
| #6825, aired 2014-04-25 | RECENT HISTORY $400: (Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) The Court's legacy of civil rights cases includes Brown v. Board of Education & also Grutter v. Bollinger, a decision I wrote for the court allowing this race-conscious practice in law school admissions affirmative action |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $100 (Daily Double): (Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) In an old tradition, before entering the courtroom every justice shakes hands with every other justice; I learned to be careful with the crushing grip of this onetime Heisman Trophy runner-up Whizzer White |
| #6798, aired 2014-03-19 | INVESTING $1200: (I'm Kevin O'Leary.) Like a shark stalking prey, you need patience for the kind of investing I practice, this 5-letter type that focuses on established companies with low P/E ratios value investing |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | PIX-"R" $200: Our favorite part of this 1988 film is Dustin Hoffman saying, "Course I got 'Jeopardy!' at 5 o'clock. I watch 'Jeopardy!'" Rain Man |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | 2-LETTER SPELLING $1200: A British interjection, or a genre of skinhead rock O-I |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | NAME THE BIBLE BOOK $1000: (The first book) "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" I Corinthians |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $200: Romeo's family name M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $800: Monologue-inducing deceased court jester of "Hamlet" Y-O-R-I-C-K |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $1,000 (Daily Double): Lear's virtuous daughter C-O-R-D-E-L-I-A |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | CLEAN UP YOUR ACT $1000: Act of ____:
"O my God, I am heartily sorry" an act of contrition |
| #6752, aired 2014-01-14 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $800: (Former Justice of the Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor gives the clue.) In 1925 Harlan Fiske Stone became the first nominee to personally go before this group; in 1981 I was relieved when Bob Dole told me I was among friends there the Senate Judiciary Committee |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | A CASE OF WRITER'S BLOCK $1600: "A whole year passed... O sorrow and shame... I have done nothing!" he managed to write; Albatross, meet neck Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| #6724, aired 2013-12-05 | I GUESTED ON LAW & ORDER $2000: On "L&O" Ty Burrell played a guy named Paul in 2000 & a guy named Herman in 2003; now he plays this doofy dad on "Modern Family" Phil |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $400: (A.O. Scott presents the clue.) This nearly flawless 2007 Pixar film featured a French rodent who had a passion for fine cooking. I called him a "rat for all seasonings" Ratatouille |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $800: (A.O. Scott presents the clue.) I raved about this first-time actress in "Dreamgirls" who upstaged an Oscar winner, a pop diva & a movie star of long standing. She's "not going anywhere, she has arrived" Jennifer Hudson |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $1600: (A.O. Scott presents the clue.) I can sum up this animated Disney delight, one of my Critics' Picks of 2010, by saying, "Back to the castle, where it's all about the hair" Tangled |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $2000: (A.O. Scott presents the clue.) When I reviewed this 2004 Denzel Washington remake of a Frank Sinatra Cold War thriller, I called it "Remembrance of Things Planted" The Manchurian Candidate |
| #6697, aired 2013-10-29 | NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS $400: (I'm CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary.) Katherine Boo's reportage in "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" captures life's inequalities in the slums of this Indian city & commerical center Mumbai |
| #6694, aired 2013-10-24 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $600: (I'm Kelly O'Donnell of NBC News.) Sometimes I like to go country on my iPod, listening to this trio whose hits include "Here Comes Goodbye" & "Life Is a Highway" Rascal Flatts |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | IRISH LITERATURE $1600: Prolific short story writer Frank O'Connor once served in the I.R.A. & on the board of directors of this playhouse the Abbey Playhouse |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | I HOSTED FAMILY FEUD... $2000: & played J. Peterman on "Seinfeld" John O'Hurley |
| #6675, aired 2013-09-27 | ICONIC PENTAMETER $800: "See how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek" Romeo & Juliet |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | FIND YOUR "VOICE" $400: In a screenplay, V.O. is short for this, saying things like "I remember the day I first saw Maureen..." a voiceover |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $800: (CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary delivers the clue.) I'm having a flashback to my high school days lately, listening to the hip-hop trio known as "A Tribe Called" this Quest |
| #6624, aired 2013-06-06 | BODY QUOTES $200: "O, Susanna! O, don't you cry for me, I've come from Alabama with my" this banjo on my knee |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | CLASSIC TOYS $800: This Wham-O product is made of compressed "zectron"; drop it from 10 feet & it'll bounce 9 feet high Super Ball |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | DR. SEUSS ON THE 11 O'CLOCK NEWS $400: "A train! A train! Could you, would you, on a train?" he screamed about green eggs & ham; today, he gets a restraining order Sam-I-Am |
| #6579, aired 2013-04-04 | SOWING "OTE"s $1,600 (Daily Double): Theodore Roosevelt said this "is like a rifle: its usefulness depends on the character of the user" vote |
| #6578, aired 2013-04-03 | POET, KNOW IT $400: "Farewell the glen sae bushy, O! Farewell the plain sae rashy, O! To other lands I now must go, To sing my highland lassie, O" Robert Burns |
| #6574, aired 2013-03-28 | I LOVE THE CORE $2000: Inspired by Gandhi, James Farmer created C.O.R.E., the "congress of" this racial equality |
| #6558, aired 2013-03-06 | QUOTES FILLED WITH BOOZE $1200: This poet wrote, "Go fetch to me a pint o' wine... that I may drink, before I go, a service to my bonnie lassie" (Rabbie) Burns |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | CELEBRITIES LOVE TV $200: (I'm CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary.) Just like a lot of people, I'm watching this AMC show created by Matthew Weiner, who writes great characters like Betty Draper & Roger Sterling Mad Men |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $600: "G.T.I.O.T.M." by James Baldwin Go Tell It on the Mountain |
| #6520, aired 2013-01-11 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH O $600: I have a preposition for you--it means upon, or aware of a scheme onto |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | KINDLY CORRECT NIGEL'S SPELLING $400: That adolescent's behaviour is utterly reprehensible B-E-H-A-V-I-O-R |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | KINDLY CORRECT NIGEL'S SPELLING $1000: You will aggravate our quarrel if you persist in failing to recognise my authority R-E-C-O-G-N-I-Z-E |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | ADVENTURES IN JOURNALISM $800: (I'm CNN Correspondant Lizzie O'Leary.) My favorite question to ask is "How much are you paid?"--I get great responses or non-responses, as when I asked Kenneth Feinberg, head of the Gulf Coast Claims Fund paid out by this oil company BP |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | LITERARY LOVERS $400: He's the "him" in Scarlett O'Hara's line at the end of "Gone with the Wind", "I'll think of some way to get him back" Rhett Butler |
| #6466, aired 2012-10-29 | TV $800: In 2010 this talk show host said, "I never thought I'd be jealous of the long, illustrious run that NBC gave "Joey"' Conan O'Brien |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $800: (I'm CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary.) In April 2009 I broke the story that this youngest of the "Big 3" car companies was entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Chrysler |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $1200: (I'm Kelly O'Donnell of NBC News.) I broke the story that this Democratic senator ended his candidacy for president in 2004, though he ended up as No. 2 on the Democratic ticket John Edwards |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | SEPTEMBER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Friday the 21st is our national recognition day for those still classed as P.O.W.s or these 3 letters that sadly follow M.I.A. |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | RED, RED WINE $1600: These grapes add body and softness to blended reds; I like them a "lot" merlot |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | OPERA LOVERS $800: "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" & "Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way" are arias in the opera about this title couple Porgy & Bess |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | I DON'T KNOW YOU FROM ADAMS $1600: Ansel Adams' 1937 portrait of this painter told me nothing new about her Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | RE-"TAIL" $800: Miss another question & I might take out this old navy whip with 9 knotted cords a cat-o'-nine-tail |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | PLAY CHARACTERS $800 (Daily Double): Patrons at Harry Hope's saloon eagerly awaiteth Theodore "Hickey" Hickman's arrival in this O'Neill play The Iceman Cometh |
| #6388, aired 2012-05-30 | OED TOP SOURCES $1,400 (Daily Double): William Shakespeare is second; this historical novelist with the same initials is third Sir Walter Scott |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | SPELLING WITH THE STARS $800: The Doors & Patti Smith have both recorded the Van Morrison song shouting this gal's name G-L-O-R-I-A |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | I DON'T GIVE A... $400: The Mike O'Callaghan Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge is near this landmark Hoover Dam (the Boulder Dam accepted) |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | 14-, 15- & 16-LETTER WORDS $1600: This word for a prediction also starts with P & ends with T-I-O-N prognostication |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | HOW THE WEST WAS SPUN $200: Of this incident, Wyatt Earp remarked, "were it to be done again, I would do it exactly as I did it at the time" gunfight at the O.K. Corral (shootout ... accepted) |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | THE 50 STATES $1600: (Alex Trebek walks along a river with grass, a bridge and a building in the background.) I'm in Cumberland, in this state; this city of 20,000 has a long history as a vital transport hub; it was the site of the first national road & also the terminus of the C&O Canal, which goes all the way to Washington, D.C. Maryland |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $1000: Unbearable, such as the "Acts" passed by the British parliament in 1774 I-N-T-O-L-E-R-A-B-L-E |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | BURNS, BABY, BURNS $800: Finish the burns line: "Give me a spark O' nature's fire! / that's a' the learning I..." "desire" |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | E-I-O $200: The supervisor of a department of a newspaper the editor |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | E-I-O $400: We proclaim this word means the act of freeing a slave from bondage emancipation |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | E-I-O $600: It's the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet epsilon |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | E-I-O $800: This adjective sometimes found before "latex paint" is from the Latin for "outside" exterior |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | E-I-O $1000: This synonym for spying was the name of a 1917 wartime Act of Congress espionage |
| #6231, aired 2011-10-24 | COME TO OUR AIDE $2,600 (Daily Double): (Hi. I'm Chris Matthews.) Here's a tip for you: for 6 years, I was the top aide to this Democrat from Massachusetts when he was Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | YUM "O"! $600: I just love the manzanilla type of these stuffed with blue cheese; I can eat a whole jar in one sitting olives |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $2000: It's the "explosive" name of the Taio Cruz hit heard here
"I throw my hands up in the air sometimes /
Saying ay-o /
Gotta let go /
I wanna celebrate..." "Dynamite" |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | SPELL IT! $800: Spell this word for the young of a goose that's also the surname of an actor named Ryan G-O-S-L-I-N-G |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | BUMMER WORDS, MAN $1600: The soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" includes "I Am A Man Of Constant" this sorrow |
| #6176, aired 2011-06-20 | SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS' DYING WORDS $200: "As sweet as balm, as soft as air, as gentle--O Antony!--nay I will take thee too Cleopatra |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | '80s TV $1,400 (Daily Double): This '80s detective show used the same production facilities in Hawaii that were used for the old "Hawaii Five-O" Magnum, P.I. |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | O POURI $1000: (Oprah sits in her usual chair.) This autobiography by Maya Angelou was the first book I ever read that made me feel my life as a colored girl growing up in Mississippi deserved validation I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | THE LADIES' ROOM $1200: Both Katy Perry & Justin Bieber have collaborated on collections for this 3-letter brand of nail polish O.P.I. |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | MY PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY DRAFT $2000: His O-LZT (out-living Zachary Taylor) looms large but I worry about his short pres. career of only 32 months (Millard) Fillmore |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | GOD SPELL $600: This Egyptian god of death & resurrection was the brother-husband of Isis (6 letters) O-S-I-R-I-S |
| #6075, aired 2011-01-28 | WORDS REJECTED BY THE OED $800: "Wurfing" is the act of cruising the Internet while here at work |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | I'LL SEE YOU IN COURT! $600: In 2008 a judge said there was no room for a lawsuit vs. NYU by a man who broke his hip wrestling in this dessert brand Jell-O |
| #6036, aired 2010-12-06 | WELL, I NEVER! $1000: Dennis Hastert, Champ Clark & Tip O'Neill all held this leadership post in congress but I never did...yet! Speaker of the House |
| #6022, aired 2010-11-16 | TV $1600: "Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story" & "Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?" are films on this women's "Movie Network" Lifetime |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $800: (Soledad O'Brien gives the clue.) I never stop laughing at Spike Lee's concert film of Bernie Mac, Cedric the Entertainer, D.L. Hughley & Steve Harvey--"The Original" these Kings of Comedy |
| #5994, aired 2010-10-07 | IF THE TV SERIES HAD A DOWNER ENDING $1000: Congress kills the O.S.I. program; Oscar Goldman is directed to recycle title gal Jaime Sommers for spare parts The Bionic Woman |
| #5985, aired 2010-09-24 | WHO SAID IT, SHAKESPEARE? $400: "O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick, thus with a kiss I die" Romeo |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | I KNOW "UR" $1000: A chemical compound of the group NH-CO-O; you're probably familiar with the "poly" form urethane |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $800: The written note from a doctor to a pharmacist telling what medicine you need P-R-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N |
| #5942, aired 2010-06-15 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $1600: (I'm Soledad O'Brien.) My iPod is rarely without this Motown man who performed "Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer" at Michael Jackson's memorial Stevie Wonder |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | I MARRIED THIS SPORTS STAR $1200: Tatum O'Neal, in 1986; singer Patty Smyth, in 1997 John McEnroe |
| #5915, aired 2010-05-07 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIES $400: A.O. Scott says he's not entirely joking calling this 2010 John Cusack comedy a "poignant story of 3 men, adrift in their 40s" Hot Tub Time Machine |
| #5911, aired 2010-05-03 | HE DIED A DEADLY DEATH $4,000 (Daily Double): On Nov. 8, 1887 TB claimed the life of this O.K. Corral vet; he's pretty famous for an ex-dentist Doc Holliday |
| #5899, aired 2010-04-15 | STOCK SYMBOLS $400: This company goes by GE General Electric |
| #5867, aired 2010-03-02 | NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY $2000: "I am all the subjects that you have... here you sty me, in this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me the rest o' the island" The Tempest |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | KIDDY LIT $1000: "Thunderhead" was a sequel to this 1941 Mary O'Hara novel about Ken McLaughlin and his colt My Friend Flicka |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $800: This subtitle of a 1993 Meat Loaf chart-topper follows "I'd Do Anything For Love..." "(But I Won't Do That)" |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $1600: In 1986 he topped the charts with "Glory Of Love" as a solo artist & "The Next Time I Fall" in a duet with Amy Grant Peter Cetera |
| #5813, aired 2009-12-16 | I'VE GOT A COMPLAINT $400: Poet John Milton had this biblical strongman lamenting, "O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!" Samson |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID $3,600 (Daily Double): "I'll paint (the flower) big and they'll be surprised into taking time to look at it" Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | I LOVE L.A. KERS $400: Kobe called it "idiotic criticism" that he hadn't (until 2009) won an NBA title without this teammate Shaquille O'Neal |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | SPELLING $800: Not domestic, like a certain French legion F-O-R-E-I-G-N |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | I WENT TO UCLA $8,000 (Daily Double): Kirsten Gillibrand got her law degree from UCLA in 1991 & filled the Senate seat left vacant by this woman in 2009 Hillary Clinton |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | SHARK TANK $800: (I'm Kevin O'Leary.) In this type of buyout, a shark swallows up a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral a leveraged buyout |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | ABBREV. $800: The flag seen here normally includes these two 3-letter abbreviations P.O.W. & M.I.A. |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | DOUBLE DOUBLE "O" $200: I'll have this Chinese dish of sliced chicken stir-fried with mushrooms & vegetables, to go moo goo gai pan |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $600: Hopefully the spelling of this Arizona capital will rise from the ashes of your brain P-H-O-E-N-I-X |
| #5733, aired 2009-07-08 | GET OUTTA MY DREAMS $600: My desire to buy a near-vowelless animal would come true with no A, E, I, O or U in this wildcat; down, kitty! a lynx |
| #5706, aired 2009-06-01 | ABBREVIATED LINES OF POETRY $2000: "I am the master of my fate;"
I.A.T.C.O.M.S. I am the captain of my soul |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | OOO, 3 "O"s $1200: I got one of these for ya, Mac; they're also on ballots for Californians to vote on propositions |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | OOO, 3 "O"s $2000: This B.I.G. term means widely & unfavorably known notorious |
| #5689, aired 2009-05-07 | LITERATURE $1600: Wordsworth's poem about her begins, "Hail, Virgin Queen! O'er many an envious bar triumphant" Elizabeth (I) |
| #5657, aired 2009-03-24 | ADJECTIVES TO USE IN VEGAS $1600: I must see the "O" show--it boasts this type of swimming, also an artistic Olympic event synchronized |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | WRONG ACCENTS FOR LITERARY CHARACTERS $200: "I won't think of it now... I'll go home to Tara tomorrow" Scarlett O'Hara |
| #5590, aired 2008-12-19 | COMPLETES THE SHAKESPEARE QUOTE $600: Romeo:
"O! That I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that ____" cheek |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: In round 2 a boy got axed after he misspelled the name of this native American people, AKA the Dakota S-I-O-U-X |
| #5573, aired 2008-11-26 | FREEBIES $1600: Seen here is this patriotic lass, the first P.O.W./M.I.A. rescued during Operation Iraqi Freedom (Jessica) Lynch |
| #5560, aired 2008-11-07 | THE COMPLETELY GUILTY BYSTANDER $200: On Oct. 8, 1871 I didn't see her cow start the fire at her Chicago barn, but I should have put it out early Mrs. O'Leary |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | POLITICS $400: (I'm CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien.) Barack Obama can claim favorite son status all over the country; born in Hawaii, he went to college in New York & then moved to this state as a community organizer Illinois |
| #5545, aired 2008-10-17 | ADVERTISING WITH MAD MEN $1200: (I'm Vincent Kartheiser.) Pete Campbell beat out an "O Little Town of" this steel company idea with his own that called the company "The Backbone of America" Bethlehem |
| #5527, aired 2008-09-23 | MY OFF-SHOW WARDROBE $600: Hey, there, Daddy-O--it's the rhymin' name of the threads I'm stylin' here a zoot suit |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | THAT J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER $800: The fourth Indiana Jones movie quotes J.R.O. quoting this religion's scriptures' "I am become death" Hinduism |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | SPELLING "B" $200: Acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining the lungs B-R-O-N-C-H-I-T-I-S |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | SPELLING "B" $600: Acute form of food poisoning that once claimed as many as 65% of its victims B-O-T-U-L-I-S-M |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | SPELLING "B" $1000: A Marxist adjective for the middle class B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S |
| #5485, aired 2008-06-13 | "I" AYE $2000: Eugene O'Neill wrote about a "Strange" one Interlude |
| #5471, aired 2008-05-26 | WRITERS $2000: In 1939 he wrote,
"O tell me all
about Anna Livia!
I want to hear all
about Anna Livia...
Tell me all.
Tell me now" James Joyce |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | A SPELLING PRODUCTION $400: From the Greek for "vein", it's the inflammation of a vein P-H-L-E-B-I-T-I-S |
| #5445, aired 2008-04-18 | "LING"O $800: I've got a feeling you'll know it's a vague idea or notion an inkling |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | NURSERY RHYMES ON THE 11 O'CLOCK NEWS $600: She terrorized 3 non-sighted rodents & dismembered them; I've never seen such a sight in my life the farmer's wife |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | MISSISSIPPI MISSES $1200: "Stand By Your Man" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" were big hits for this Mississippian who was married 5 times Tammy Wynette |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | SPELLING "BE" $1600: A doughnut-like treat from New Orleans' Cafe du Monde B-E-I-G-N-E-T |
| #5403, aired 2008-02-20 | NO, I'M GOING TO THE ZOO $400: This primate of Indonesia is the only ape whose name begins with an "O" an orangutan |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew inspects a jewel.) Once a French term for an imperfect gem, it's now the name of the magnifying glass jewelers use to find flaws in gems a loupe |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | FROM A TO E $2000: Next time you fall on your behind, be grateful for this cushioning tissue of fat cells just below the skin adipose |
| #5353, aired 2007-12-12 | WHEEL OF WOMEN $400: Medical reformer
_ L O _ _ _ _ E
_ I G _ _ I N G _ _ E Florence Nightingale |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | O CANADA $1000: It's the "Keystone Province" because of its central location in the country Manitoba |
| #5340, aired 2007-11-23 | LITERATURE A LA SEUSS $1000: So on again, o again, from Laputa to Glubbdubdrib / I'm giving up, something something a Flubbdubgrib Gulliver's Travels |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: It's French for butterfly P-A-P-I-L-L-O-N |
| #5319, aired 2007-10-25 | RECENTLY DISCOVERED PRESIDENTIAL ADS $400 (Daily Double): In 1814 this gen. had a pirate, Jean Lafitte, help him in N.O.; what's next? I'm John Q. Adams & I approved this message Andrew Jackson |
| #5314, aired 2007-10-18 | AM I YOUR TYPE? $800: Among blood types, this one has neither of the main letter antigens Type O |
| #5261, aired 2007-06-25 | MEN O' WAR $400: After much skirmishing with Saladin, this English king made a truce with him in 1192 Richard I |
| #5238, aired 2007-05-23 | SUPERMAN $400: (Hi, I'm Michael McKean.)
My guest appearance as Perry White made this show successful; my wife, Annette O'Toole, may also have helped Smallville |
| #5221, aired 2007-04-30 | OPERA 101 $1200: "I got plenty o' nuttin'"--I'm not complaining, I'm quoting a song from this American opera Porgy and Bess |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $1000: Her book imprint is being closed after the debacle & cancellation of O.J.'s "If I Did It" book Judith Regan |
| #5201, aired 2007-04-02 | I'LL BE YOUR HOST $200: Rosie O'Donnell made news in 2006 when she returned to TV as a co-host of this morning chatfest The View |
| #5199, aired 2007-03-29 | STORIED HOTELS $2,000 (Daily Double): Chapter VI of this 1926 novel begins: "At five o'clock I was in the Hotel Crillon waiting for Brett" The Sun Also Rises |
| #5186, aired 2007-03-12 | EYEWITNESS TO HISTORY $2000: (I'm Soledad O'Brien of CNN.) One of my toughest assignments was reporting on the aftermath of the tsunami from Phuket, a resort island in this country Thailand |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | GIVING YOU THE MUSICAL TIME OF DAY $800: "Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream" begins this 1986 Bangles hit "Manic Monday" |
| #5157, aired 2007-01-30 | YOU GET A "D" $1000: (I'm Soledad O'Brien of CNN.) As an African-Cuban-Irish-Australian-American, I've spoken about the importance in our newsrooms & in our society of this, from the Latin for "contrariety" diversity |
| #5127, aired 2006-12-19 | O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL $1000: Bahá'i pilgrims go to the Shrine of the Báb on this Israeli mount for which a Catholic order is named Mount Carmel |
| #5121, aired 2006-12-11 | PISTOL PETE $2,800 (Daily Double): In a 1962 film, this actor says, "That was before Aqaba anyway, I had to execute him with my pistol" Peter O'Toole |
| #5087, aired 2006-10-24 | DRUNK ON SHAKESPEARE $2000: What gives Cassio's imbibing away in this play? Maybe him telling Montano, "I'll knock you o'er the Mazzard" Othello |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | FOOD-O $1,600 (Daily Double): The name of this kind of tuna is Spanish for "pretty" bonito |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE $800: "The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club" Magnum, P.I. |
| #5049, aired 2006-07-20 | LET'S START A CLUB $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew selects a putter fresh off the factory line at Ping Hdqtrs in Phoenix, AZ.) With a big sweet spot, a Ping putter has high M.O.I., or "moment of" this, meaning it doesn't twist much on impact inertia |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | I’LL SEE YOU IN COURT! $1600: O. Henry, Boss Tweed & Nikolae Ceausescu were all tried & convicted of this crime embezzlement |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | O' $4,000 (Daily Double): Britannica says that in his time, after Shaw & Shakespeare, this dramatist was the most translated & produced (Eugene) O'Neill |
| #4955, aired 2006-03-10 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $1200: She once remarked, "The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender" Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): This marine snail has a genus name, it's H-A-L-I-O-T-I-S abalone |
| #4913, aired 2006-01-11 | AMERICAN LIT $2000: Part I of this Willa Cather novel is called "The Wild Land"; Part II is "Neighboring Fields" O Pioneers! |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $100 (Daily Double): "Salut, o terre d'esperance" begins "L'Abidjanaise", the anthem of this nation Ivory Coast |
| #4884, aired 2005-12-01 | IT'S CURTAINS FOR YOU $2000: Her short-story collection "A Curtain of Green" includes "Why I Live at the P.O." Eudora Welty |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | SPELLING $400: Get hooked on the spelling of... P-H-O-N-I-C-S |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | SPELLING $1200: Convince me that you can spell... P-E-R-S-U-A-S-I-O-N |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | SPELLING $2000: Put your thoughts in order as you spell... C-H-R-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L |
| #4844, aired 2005-10-06 | THE STORY OF "O" $400: I'd like to thank my mother, my agent & my director for this word used for "O" in the radio alphabet Oscar |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $200: In 1978 their duet "You're The One That I Want" replaced another duet by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams at No. 1 Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $400: Her "Control" album produced 5 Top 5 singles, each in a different spot; "When I Think Of You" hit No. 1 Janet Jackson |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | AM I BLUE? $400: The U.S. Army's blue uniforms were first replaced with khaki & then this color, abbreviated O.D. olive drab |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | QUOTES! $800: "The time is out of joint, o cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right!" says this Shakespearean title character Hamlet |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | SEINFELD BEFORE & AFTER $2000: The Elaine actress was accused of treason against the French in this scandal the Julia Louis-Dreyfus Affair |
| #4815, aired 2005-07-08 | I NEED A NEW "QUEEN" $600: "O Canada" is Canada's national anthem; this song is its royal anthem "God Save The Queen" |
| #4811, aired 2005-07-04 | LITERARY QUOTES $800: (1300s)
"Turn, Beatrice!
...O turn thy saintly sight on this thy faithful one" The Divine Comedy |
| #4796, aired 2005-06-13 | BUT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT SHAQ $600: Appropriately, Mr. O'Neal did ads for this co. whose slogan works for us--"You've got questions, we've got answers" RadioShack |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | BOBBING FOR POETS $400: In 1785 he wrote "Gie me ae spark o'nature's fire, that's a' the learning I desire" Bobby Burns |
| #4745, aired 2005-04-01 | TIM, TOM, TAMMY $200: "This will be pure H-E double L for me, oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E", sang this woman Tammy Wynette |
| #4729, aired 2005-03-10 | "SH"! I'M WATCHING TV! $2000: Don Rickles exercised his "jaws" as this chief petty officer C.P.O. Sharkey |
| #4716, aired 2005-02-21 | THIS OLD HOUSE $400: (I'm Kevin O'Connor, host of This Old House.) I got the host gig after writing "Ask This Old House" looking for help removing this pasted-on stuff wallpaper |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: This Athenian school founded by Aristotle in 335 B.C. was the last word of the 1992 competition L-Y-C-E-U-M |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | REPORTING THE NEWS $600: (Hi. I'm Tim Russert of NBC's Meet the Press.) An interview I did in 2000 with this senator & former P.O.W. won an excellence in TV journalism award John McCain |
| #4650, aired 2004-11-19 | THE "O.C." $1000: This man and his son ruled England following the execution of King Charles I Oliver Cromwell |
| #4644, aired 2004-11-11 | ALBUMS $2000: "All I Have" with LL Cool J was a last-minute addition to this Jennifer Lopez CD This Is Me... Then |
| #4630, aired 2004-10-22 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $800: Before dueling in this game, you must greet your opponent with a friendly handshake
_ _ - _ I - O _ Yu-Gi-Oh |
| #4627, aired 2004-10-19 | HOOP OF THE DAY $100 (Daily Double): In 2004 he joined MJ & "The Big O" as the only NBA rookies to average 20 points, 5 rebounds & 5 assists LeBron James |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | PRUFROCKIAN PONDERINGS $2000: "Do I dare to eat a peach?", & if so, perhaps this kind that sounds like William Sydney Porter's alias an O'Henry |
| #4592, aired 2004-07-20 | GIMME THE 5th $400: The letters O, I, B, G & this go across the top of a popular game of chance N |
| #4591, aired 2004-07-19 | COMPUTER PROGRAMS $2000: As a sort of e-mail post office, this program from Qualcomm is named for the author of "Why I Live at the P.O." Eudora |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | BUILDING BRIDGES $4,200 (Daily Double): In Thailand a sound & light show depicts the bombing of this bridge built by P.O.W.s the bridge on the River Kwai |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | THE CINEMA $600: The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine" O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $200: B.I.O.N., Texan David Pay has written over 300 alphabetic characters on a single grain of this! rice |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $400: B.I.O.N., herpetologist Bill Haast has been bitten over 150 times by these deadly creatures! snakes |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $600: B.I.O.N., every year a Filipino village recreates this event of around 30 A.D. using nails the crucifixion |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $800: B.I.O.N., because he believes it's possessed by his dead fiancee, a man married one of these dolls! a Barbie doll |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $1000: B.I.O.N., a 3-year old Ugandan boy was adopted & raised for 4 years by a colony of these human-like apes! chimps |
| #4561, aired 2004-06-07 | I DID IT! $400: 13-year-old Rebecca Sealfon won it in 1997 by knowing euonym,
E-U-O-N-Y-M the National Spelling Bee |
| #4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $600: Put the bite on this word from 1975, any one of the front cutting teeth I-N-C-I-S-O-R |
| #4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $800: 1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T |
| #4550, aired 2004-05-21 | LUNCH COUNTER LINGO $1000: (Hi, I'm Joe Theismann.) My column for espn.com is called this, slang for a serving of coffee Cup O' Joe |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $200 (Daily Double): "Brooklyn Bridge" was one of the last of her NYC paintings before she moved permanently to New Mexico Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #4540, aired 2004-05-07 | FAMOUS QUOTATIONS $1600: Romeo sighs, "O! that I were" one of these "upon that hand, that I might touch" that "cheek" a glove |
| #4534, aired 2004-04-29 | RIMBAUD $1200: Rimbaud's sonnet to this alphabet quintet begins, "A black, E white, I red, U green, O blue" vowels |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | I'M HAVING CONTRACTIONS $400: The first contraction in the first verse of "Jingle Bells" o'er (the hills we go) |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | HUGHS & CRIES $2000: "In a 1994 TV movie I was back playing Wyatt Earp, a role I did back in the '50s!" Hugh O'Brian |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | SPELL THAT GOVERNOR $400: Of Ohio, coming from a long line of politicians, Bob... T-A-F-T |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | STAPLES CENTER $800: (I'm Derek Fisher) One highlight of the Lakers' first game at Staples Center was my alley-oop pass to this big guy who scored 28 points Shaquille O'Neal |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | CROSSWORD CLUES "V" $400: A, E, I, O, U
(6) vowels |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAME SPELLING $1600: Richard Nixon M-I-L-H-O-U-S |
| #4459, aired 2004-01-15 | BROTHERS ON BROTHERS $800: I played Dr. O'Dell in this "Rich Man, Poor Man" sequel that's about coping with the loss of a brother Beggarman, Thief |
| #4445, aired 2003-12-26 | "O" MY! $800: Lewis Grizzard mused on marriage in "If Love Were" this "I'd Be About a Quart Low" oil |
| #4427, aired 2003-12-02 | MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS $600: (This is Alison Krauss.) 3 of my songs, including "I'll Fly Away", are on the multi-Platinum soundtrack to this Coen Brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | NON-VIDEO GAMES $600: If I open this game by sinking a left-handed hook shot & you miss the same shot, you get an "H" H-O-R-S-E |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $1600: Take an educated guess and spell... S-C-H-O-L-A-S-T-I-C |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $2000: Stick to your principles & spell... C-O-N-S-C-I-E-N-C-E |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $1600: "Elongated" Italian painter & sculptor Amedeo... M-O-D-I-G-L-I-A-N-I |
| #4332, aired 2003-06-03 | ALBUMS $800: (Hi, I'm Lorrie Morgan.) I recorded "You And Me" for a 1998 tribute album to this late legend; Rosanne Cash contributed "D‑I‑V‑O‑R‑C‑E" Tammy Wynette |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | ON THE BROADWAY STAGE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is on the set of "Hairspray" at the Neil Simon Theatre.) I'm on the set of the musical "Hairspray", based on a film by this director who calls himself "America's Trash-o-Teur" John Waters |
| #4310, aired 2003-05-02 | BIBLE STUDY $800: Psalm 147 says, "Praise the Lord, O" this city; "Praise thy God, O Zion" Jerusalem |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2002 this movie soundtrack won ACM awards for Album of the Year & Vocal Event for "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| #4261, aired 2003-02-24 | RAPS $2000: It's what the "O.G." stood for in Ice-T's album title of the same name "Original Gangster" |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | DRIVER'S ED. $10,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports) A good steering wheel position is "9 & 3 o'clock" for cars equipped with these; "10 & 2" is standard for cars without them air bags |
| #4246, aired 2003-02-03 | SEEING STARS $2000: This star of "O" & "10 Things I Hate About You" is often seen at Columbia Univ., where she's an English major Julia Stiles |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | MUSICAL MATTERS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) When I make my Carnegie Hall conducting debut, I'll begin with this stroke that begins each measure downbeat |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | I KNOW THAT SONG $800: It's the title of the Christmas carol and the line that precedes "sweetly singing o'er the plains" "Angels We Have Heard on High" |
| #4221, aired 2002-12-30 | I SHOT THE SHARIF $200: David Lean gave Omar Sharif a big-screen break when he shot this epic starring Peter O'Toole Lawrence of Arabia |
| #4217, aired 2002-12-24 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $2000: In "My Favorite Year" he wails, "I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!" Peter O'Toole |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | SHAKESPEARE'S EARLY DRAFTS $800: "O, wherefore art thou, my love?" "Down here in the oleander! I fear I tasted of some bad eel at your kinsmen's feast" Romeo and Juliet |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | MUSICAL NUMBERS $2000: This song by the Vogues begins, "Up every mornin' just to keep a job, I gotta fight my way through the hustling mob" "Five O'Clock World" |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | WORD PUZZLES $600: What singer Tiny Tim wanted to do:
---------------------------------
T
U
L
T I P T O E
P
S "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" |
| #4154, aired 2002-09-26 | TV THEME SONGS $400: Spell it out:
he's "The Leader of the Club That's Made for You and Me" M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E |
| #4147, aired 2002-09-17 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: Have belief in your power to spell... C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-C-E |
| #4147, aired 2002-09-17 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $800: Inquisitive minds will know how to spell... C-U-R-I-O-S-I-T-Y |
| #4147, aired 2002-09-17 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $1200: One of your skills is spelling... A-C-C-O-M-P-L-I-S-H-M-E-N-T |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | "I" $1000: Eugene O'Neill wrote about a "Strange" one an interlude |
| #4109, aired 2002-06-13 | COUNTRY COOKBOOKS $800: This singer's "Southern Cookbook" might help you avoid a D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS $2000: A character known as "Sister" narrates this Mississippi woman's famous story "Why I Live at the P.O." Eudora Welty |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | I PROTEST! $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Plaza Hotel.) In protest of the Oak Room's men-only lunch policy, this organization staged a sit-in at the Plaza on February 12, 1969 N.O.W. (the National Organization for Women) |
| #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 |
| #4017, aired 2002-02-05 | ORDER, PLEASE $800: The 5 vowels in reverse alphabetical order U, O, I, E, A |
| #3980, aired 2001-12-14 | "EX" RATED? $2000: (Hi, I'm Dana Delany.) I played the dominatrix boss of an S&M fantasy resort in this 1994 film that co-starred Rosie O'Donnell Exit to Eden |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | THE BIBLE $1000: In II Samuel he laments, "Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" David |
| #3969, aired 2001-11-29 | A, E, I, O, U $200: 1960s NBA superstar guard Robertson was known as "The Big" this O |
| #3969, aired 2001-11-29 | A, E, I, O, U $600: Also standing for a unit of energy, this is the most frequently used letter in printed material in English E |
| #3969, aired 2001-11-29 | A, E, I, O, U $800: This letter found in Mr. Thant's name is a Burmese title of respect, meaning "Mister" U |
| #3969, aired 2001-11-29 | A, E, I, O, U $1000: This comes before "Claudius" & "the Jury" in literary works I |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | MY GOD $1600: Aizen-Myo-o,
Mahabrama,
Yama Buddhism |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $800: In this 1998 hit, No. 1 for 13 weeks, Brandy & Monica sang, "I'm sorry that you seem to be confused, he belongs to me" "The Boy Is Mine" |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $600: Soldier, statesman & 34th president of the U.S. E-I-S-E-N-H-O-W-E-R |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | ENGLISH LIT $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is at the Orange County Fair.) I'm waiting for the big race with Porkbiscuit, Pig-O-War & this pig who led the revolt at "Animal Farm" Napoleon |
| #3925, aired 2001-09-28 | I'M SO CUTE! $500: O, yes, this tree-climbing feline seen here would fit into a "STARTS WITH 'O'" category an ocelot |
| #3922, aired 2001-09-25 | SPEAK & SPELL $300: Brace yourself & spell... O-R-T-H-O-D-O-N-T-I-A |
| #3922, aired 2001-09-25 | SPEAK & SPELL $400: Everyone agrees you can spell... U-N-A-N-I-M-O-U-S |
| #3907, aired 2001-09-04 | READING $100: Group name for all letters other than A, E, I, O & U consonants |
| #3907, aired 2001-09-04 | DOUBLE-O WORDS $600: (Well-known film critic Roger Ebert delivers the clue.) As the Movie Answerman I informed readers that "A Bug's Life" purposely created a "reel" of these comical errors bloopers |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | WHERE THEY'RE FROM $200: (Hey. I'm Wayne Brady.) I started my performing career in this Florida city sometimes called O-Town Orlando |
| #3881, aired 2001-06-18 | COW $100: A 1997 report indicates that Daniel "Peg Leg" Sullivan framed this woman & her cow for the 1871 Chicago Fire Mrs. O'Leary |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS $400: If you're a little eccentric, you probably know the I.O.O.F. is the Independent Order of these Odd Fellows |
| #3873, aired 2001-06-06 | BILLY WILDER FILMS $1000: This 1953 war drama was based on a play by Donald Bevan & Edmund Trzcinski, 2 ex-G.I.'s who'd been P.O.W.s Stalag 17 |
| #3820, aired 2001-03-23 | QUOTATIONS $200: With his new $88.5 million contract, this Laker said, "I'm not really a big spender, I can get a lot of Krispy Kremes" Shaquille O'Neal |
| #3766, aired 2001-01-08 | "CAT"ECHISM $400: For serious penance, this nine-strand knotted flogging whip might be required Cat o' nine tails |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $100: Don't lose hope when you spell... D-I-S-C-O-U-R-A-G-E-D |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $200: Thanks for spelling... A-P-P-R-E-C-I-A-T-I-O-N |
| #3741, aired 2000-12-04 | I'M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY $400: For more than a day-o he co-starred with Dorothy Dandridge in "Carmen Jones" Harry Belafonte |
| #3740, aired 2000-12-01 | SPORT-O-RAMA $400: (Hi, I'm NBA star Alonzo Mourning.) In this type of basketball defense, each player guards a specific opponent, not an area man-to-man defense |
| #3740, aired 2000-12-01 | SPORT-O-RAMA $1000: (Hi, I'm Darryl Green of the Washington Redskins.) I intecepted one of this QB's passes in 1992 when the Redskins beat the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI Jim Kelly |
| #3694, aired 2000-09-28 | INSERT (TEXT) HERE $600: From Hamlet:
"O, what a rogue and ( ___ ) slave am I!" Peasant |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | INITIAL T.V. $600: [Hi, I'm Pat O'Brien] David E. Kelley won 2 Emmys for this show in 1991, one as executive producer, one as writer L.A. Law |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | I GOT A CALDECOTT! $600: The 1998 Paul O. Zelinsky book about this girl isn't a hair-raising tale, just the opposite! Rapunzel |
| #3592, aired 2000-03-28 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $300: Stone Age cartoon series star Fred... F-L-I-N-T-S-T-O-N-E |
| #3579, aired 2000-03-09 | NOVEL OPENINGS $100: 1936:
"Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm..." Gone with the Wind |
| #3573, aired 2000-03-01 | SHAKESPEAREAN DYING WORDS $200: "O Antony! Nay, I will take thee too...what, should I stay--" Cleopatra |
| #3573, aired 2000-03-01 | SHAKESPEAREAN DYING WORDS $1000: "Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rest, and let me die" Juliet |
| #3549, aired 2000-01-27 | NOVEL SETTINGS $800: The town of Hanover, Nebraska is "trying not to be blown away" by a storm in Part I of her novel "O Pioneers!" Willa Cather |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $400: She had 8 Top 10 country hits with George Jones, 4 of them after the D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, PA. $500 (Daily Double): Est. in 1904 by Charles Schwab, this company bearing the city's name is the 2nd largest of its type in the U.S. Bethlehem Steel |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $400: It's the British version of the word we spell C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-O-N C-O-N-N-E-X-I-O-N |
| #3505, aired 1999-11-26 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $200: C-H-O-W is food; pronounced the same but spelled this way, it's Italian for "goodbye" C-I-A-O |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | MOVIES IN BLACK & WHITE $800: Peter Graves spies on William Holden & the other G.I.s in this 1953 P.O.W. film Stalag 17 |
| #3468, aired 1999-10-06 | ACTS $200: Che Guevara mocks a funeral procession by singing "O What A Circus" in Act I of this musical "Evita" |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | SONGS OF THE '60s $400: "Ue O Miute Aruko" by Kyu Sakamoto was retitled this for the U.S. "Sukiyaki" |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $100: We'll all sing your praises when you spell... C-H-O-I-R |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $300: I hungrily await you to spell... N-E-C-T-A-R-I-N-E |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $500: You won't be exasperated if you can spell... A-G-G-R-A-V-A-T-I-O-N |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | MEG RYAN MOVIES $1000: Meg lettered in 2 films, 1988's "D.O.A" & this 1994 film featuring Walter Matthau as Albert Einstein I.Q. |
| #3423, aired 1999-06-23 | CLASSIC MOVIES $200: (Hi, I'm Tara Lipinski) In "Gone with the Wind", Tara is the name of the plantation owned by this family O'Hara |
| #3419, aired 1999-06-17 | FOR WHAT ITS WORDSWORTH $300: "I wandered lonely as" one of these, "that floats on high o'er vales and hills" A cloud |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $200: U.S. president Dwight... E-I-S-E-N-H-O-W-E-R |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $1000: Italian Fascist leader Benito... M-U-S-S-O-L-I-N-I |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $400: She had 8 Top 10 country hits with George Jones, 4 of them after their D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | SABRINA'S WITCH HANDBOOK $300: (Hi, I'm Nate Richert) On Halloween these lighted objects are intended to frighten away evil spirits Jack-o'-lanterns |
| #3337, aired 1999-02-23 | WAR STARS $600: As Lt. Jordan O'Neil, Demi Moore was the first female to undergo Navy SEAL training in this film G.I. Jane |
| #3334, aired 1999-02-18 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $200: French emperor Napoleon (I)... B-O-N-A-P-A-R-T-E |
| #3334, aired 1999-02-18 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $600: Czech-born retired tennis star Martina... N-A-V-R-A-T-I-L-O-V-A |
| #3314, aired 1999-01-21 | ONLINE LINGO $500: Inputting cyberheads take note: G.I.G.O. stands for this "Garbage in, garbage out" |
| #3297, aired 1998-12-29 | OXYMORONS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the Shakespearean play that features the speech heard here:
"Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate, /
... cold fire, sick health, /
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! /
This love feel I, that feel no love in this." Romeo and Juliet |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | SPELLBOUND $800: In a 1991 movie, a group of working-class Dubliners form a band that plays '60s soul music & take this name C-O-M-M-I-T-M-E-N-T-S |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | TV PARENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Carol Burnett.) On the 100th episode of "Mad About You", I played Jamie's mom & this actor played her dad Carroll O'Connor |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | "O" $500: Title of the 1974 suspense film seen here:
"All I did was to obey my orders. Don't compare yourself with a soldier... you were an executioner..." The Odessa File |
| #3267, aired 1998-11-17 | DR. SEUSS MEETS THE BARD $600: "My only love sprung from my only hate! O! Why can't I find a better date?" Romeo And Juliet |
| #3233, aired 1998-09-30 | SWEET AD LINES $500: It's the answer to the advertising question "How Do You Spell Relief?" "R-O-L-A-I-D-S" (Rolaids) |
| #3217, aired 1998-09-08 | BEFORE & AFTER MOVIE TITLES $400: This 1952 Gene Kelly film is on at 8 o'clock; it's 102 minutes; Gene Kelly on at 8 o'clock; 102 minutes Singin' in the Rain Man |
| #3207, aired 1998-07-07 | JELL-O, EVERYONE $300: Due to a shortage of this during WWII, it was tough to find Jell-O on grocery shelves sugar |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | SPELLING $200: This reptile is known as a croc for short C-R-O-C-O-D-I-L-E |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | SPELLING $400: Often seen at Christmas, this flowering plant was named for Joel R. Poinsett P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-A |
| #3177, aired 1998-05-26 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $200: Wordsworth's poem about her begins, "Hail Virgin Queen! O'er many an envious bar triumphant...." Elizabeth I |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | SPELL CHECK $200: Think back and spell... P-R-I-M-O-R-D-I-A-L |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | SPELL CHECK $1000: It'll be peculiar if you can't spell... I-D-I-O-S-Y-N-C-R-A-S-Y |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | SPELL CHECK $2,100 (Daily Double): Overflow with knowledge & spell... C-O-R-N-U-C-O-P-I-A |
| #3149, aired 1998-04-16 | 1960s MUSIC $1000: This 1963 hit by Kyu Sakamoto was released in Japan as "Ue O Muite Aruko", or "I Look Up When I Walk" "Sukiyaki" |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | "F" IN SPELLING $200: We wouldn't want to mislead you, but this is how you spell... F-A-L-L-A-C-I-O-U-S |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | "F" IN SPELLING $800: This word is really neat, spell... F-A-S-T-I-D-I-O-U-S |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | "F" IN SPELLING $1000: Congratulations! Now spell this synonym... F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N-S |
| #3144, aired 1998-04-09 | "O"s $200: It's a solemn promise to tell the truth, I swear oath |
| #3137, aired 1998-03-31 | ARTISTS $1,000 (Daily Double): A new museum devoted to this artist, whose work is seen here, opened in Santa Fe in 1997: Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | A "B" CITY $400: Its first name was F‑E‑L‑S‑I‑N‑A, not O‑S‑C‑A‑R Bologna |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $400: 1982:
The champ was Molly Dieveney, & the final word was... P-S-O-R-I-A-S-I-S |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $600: 1989:
Scott Isaacs became the champ with... S-P-O-L-I-A-T-O-R |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $1000: 1987:
Stephanie Petit really earned her win with... S-T-A-P-H-Y-L-O-C-O-C-C-I |
| #3080, aired 1998-01-09 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $300: He told Brigid O'Shaughnessy, "I'm going to send you over. The chances are you'll get off with life" Sam Spade (in The Maltese Falcon) |
| #3063, aired 1997-12-17 | OLD MAN HOMER HAD A FARM $200: This one-eyed monster had some sheep, E-I-E-I-O, but he preferred to dine on Odysseus' men Cyclops (Polyphemus) |
| #3063, aired 1997-12-17 | OLD MAN HOMER HAD A FARM $600: Old King Priam had this wooden animal, E-I-E-I-O, & it was full of trouble Trojan Horse |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $500 (Daily Double): It's the capital of Arizona P-H-O-E-N-I-X |
| #3035, aired 1997-11-07 | SHAKESPEARE $1,300 (Daily Double): Shakespearean character who speaks the lines heard here:
"O, I die, Horatio; The potent poison quite o'er-crows my spirit: ...the rest is silence" Hamlet |
| #2979, aired 1997-07-10 | STATE SEALS $400: Its seal features the motto "Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono" Hawaii |
| #2970, aired 1997-06-27 | PRONOUNCIATION $400: A proposed spelling for this word is G-H-O-T-I:
GH as in cough,
O as in women,
TI as in nation fish |
| #2948, aired 1997-05-28 | POP MUSIC $1000: She refused a 1990 Grammy for best alternative performance for "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" (Sinead) O'Connor |
| #2912, aired 1997-04-08 | U.S. HISTORY $300: After the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Virgil Earp lost his job as this city's marshall Tombstone |
| #2776, aired 1996-09-30 | 4.O $400: One is filled with pupils a schoolroom |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Her dying words are "O Antony, nay I will take thee to; what, should I stay?" Cleopatra |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | CHILDREN'S SING-A-LONG $100: He had a farm, E-I-E-I-O Old MacDonald |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | 5-LETTER WORDS $100: A, E, I, O, or U a vowel |
| #2541, aired 1995-09-25 | CLASSIC SITCOMS $200: William Frawley played Bub O'Casey on "My Three Sons" & this role on "I Love Lucy" Fred (Mertz) |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $500: In her 1952 autobiography, she wrote. "If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens" Grandma Moses |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | LITERATURE $400: Part I of this Willa Cather novel is entitled "The Wild Land" O Pioneers! |
| #2298, aired 1994-09-07 | SPELL THAT NAME $400: Willowy warbler Warwick D-I-O-N-N-E |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | SPELLING $400: This word can refer to indigenous people of any country, not just Australia A-B-O-R-I-G-I-N-E |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | SPELL THAT NAME $400: The Tammy who taught us to spell D-I-V-O-R-C-E W-Y-N-E-T-T-E |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | SPELLING $100: The yeti is usually described as this type of "snowman"; what an insult A-B-O-M-I-N-A-B-L-E |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | "C" IN SPELLING $100: This tree bark spice is frequently sprinkled on toast C-I-N-N-A-M-O-N |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | "C" IN SPELLING $400: To visit Mystic Seaport, you have to go to this state C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-C-U-T |
| #1918, aired 1992-12-30 | SONG LYRICS $300: "Why, O why, O why O, why did I ever leave" this state Ohio |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | IN THE NEWS $100: 13-year-old Amanda Goad of Virginia was the winner of this national C‑O‑M‑P‑E‑T‑I‑T‑I‑O‑N the Spelling Bee |
| #1855, aired 1992-10-02 | U.S.A. $400: This state's motto is Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono Hawaii |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | TV GUIDE SAYS $300: "In Spain, Kelly and Scott are led a merry chase by Agent Double-O Cross (Peter Lawford)" "I, Spy" |
| #1787, aired 1992-05-12 | DRAMA $1000: Based on Greek tragedy, this Eugene O'Neill drama has 13 acts & takes about 6 hours to perform Mourning Becomes Electra |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SPELLING $400: This adjective describes a question to which no answer is expected; you won't see one on "Jeopardy!" R-H-E-T-O-R-I-C-A-L |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SPELLING $800: If you have a high I.Q., you know the "Q." in I.Q. stands for this Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SPELLING $1000: Richard Nixon's middle name M-I-L-H-O-U-S |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | FINANCE $5,000 (Daily Double): Named for a N.Y. congressman, this pension plan was established in 1962 to benefit the self-employed Keogh (Plan) |
| #1765, aired 1992-04-10 | MOVIE QUOTES $200: It was Rhett Butler's parting shot to Scarlet O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind" Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn |
| #1702, aired 1992-01-14 | SPELL THAT NAME $100: Ms. Foster, who won an Oscar for "The Accused" J-O-D-I-E |
| #1702, aired 1992-01-14 | SPELL THAT NAME $300: Mouseketeer Annette F-U-N-I-C-E-L-L-O |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | LAST WORDS $500: "Turn up the lights--I don't want to go home in the dark", this author said in a twist ending June 5, 1910 O. Henry |
| #1643, aired 1991-10-23 | POETS & POETRY $1000: His poem about daffodils opens, "I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales & hills" Wordsworth |
| #1621, aired 1991-09-23 | CELEBRITY QUOTES $300: She once said to Mia Farrow, "I'm too old to play your mother...oh, but I am your mother" Maureen O'Sullivan |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $200: We assume this director of "La Dolce Vita" is still living la dolce vita F-E-D-E-R-I-C-O F-E-L-L-I-N-I |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $400: Ex-TV "Police Woman" Angie told us many people misspell her last name; she spells it this way (Angie) D-I-C-K-I-N-S-O-N |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $500: "If you're ever in a jam, here I am, if you're ever in a mess", send this signal S.O.S. |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | SPELLING $100: A jointed puppet manipulated by strings or wires M-A-R-I-O-N-E-T-T-E |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | GEOGRAPHICAL SPELLING $100: San Juan is the capital of this self-governing commonwealth P-U-E-R-T-O R-I-C-O |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | GEOGRAPHICAL SPELLING $200: Juan Valdez advertises coffee from this country C-O-L-O-M-B-I-A |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | GEOGRAPHICAL SPELLING $300: State in which you'd find the 3rd-largest city in the U.S. I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | BIBLICAL QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): He wailed, "Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" King David |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | SPELLING $100: Sometimes called a sheepskin, it's the certificate a student receives upon graduation D-I-P-L-O-M-A |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | SPELLING $200: It's the fee you pay to attend a private school or a university T-U-I-T-I-O-N |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | GREGORY PECK $800: Peck said of his role in this "time"ly 1949 film about WWII, "I think I'm a bit young to be a general" Twelve O'Clock High |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | MOVIE STARS $400: She romanced her "Fountainhead" co-star Gary Cooper, but married Roald Dahl Patricia Neal |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | SPELLING $400: A horn of plenty C-O-R-N-U-C-O-P-I-A |
| #1386, aired 1990-09-17 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: Willa Cather wrote the novel "O Pioneers!", & he wrote the poem "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" Walt Whitman |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $200: A creamy salad dressing made with raw egg yolk, oil, vinegar or lemon juice & seasonings M-A-Y-O-N-N-A-I-S-E |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $1000: The city in New York that's home to Vassar College P-O-U-G-H-K-E-E-P-S-I-E |
| #1347, aired 1990-06-12 | SPELLING $300: Lots of people know this is dancer Mikhail's last name, but not everyone can spell it B-A-R-Y-S-H-N-I-K-O-V? |
| #1305, aired 1990-04-13 | U.S.A. $1,500 (Daily Double): An easy way to remember their names is the mnemonic "H-O-M-E-S" the Great Lakes |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | POETRY $1000: Author of "Take, O Take Those Lips Away", "Hark. Hark! the Lark!" & "Shall I Compare Thee" William Shakespeare |
| #1251, aired 1990-01-29 | POETRY $1000: Milton had him bemoaning, "O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!" Samson |
| #1238, aired 1990-01-10 | "BOO"! $500 (Daily Double): This song was written in 1947 in the U.S., not Ireland: Clancy Lowered the Boom |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | PLAY SETTINGS $600 (Daily Double): This Gore Vidal play takes place in Philadelphia in 1960 at a political convention "The Best Man" |
| #1188, aired 1989-11-01 | SHOW MUSIC $200: The line that follows "Oh I got plenty o' nuttin'" in the song from "Porgy & Bess" and nothings plenty for me |
| #1162, aired 1989-09-26 | POINT IT OUT $100: In Tunisia this hand sign means "I'll get you", in Japan "money" & in the U.S. "okay" [the "O" sign] |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | '80s TV $200: Series that replaced "Hawaii Five-O" in 1980-- same setting, same time, same channel Magnum P.I. |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | MEDICINE $1000: Type of steroid banned by the I.O.C., it promotes tissue growth by creating protein anabolic steroids |
| #1125, aired 1989-06-23 | SPELL THAT NAME $100: Singer "Joanie" Mitchell J-O-N-I |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | HOLLYWOOD QUOTES $100: Vivien Leigh said of this role, "I knew it was a marvelous part, but I never cared for her" Scarlett O'Hara |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | SPELLING $100: Used in insecticides, it's the poisonous alkaloid found in tobacco N-I-C-O-T-I-N-E |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | SPELLING $500: The "picture writing" of Ancient Egypt H-I-E-R-O-G-L-Y-P-H-I-C-S |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | TOYS & GAMES $400: After "E", these 2 vowels are the most plentiful letters in Scrabble A & I |
| #1030, aired 1989-02-10 | GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): The 2 vowels that each begin the names of 4 states I & A |
| #1028, aired 1989-02-08 | SPELLING $100: Vespucci's first name wasn't America, it was this A-M-E-R-I-G-O |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | STARTS WITH "O" $1,500 (Daily Double): Group singing the following song that was a hit from Atlantic to Pacific in '71:
"Put your hand in the hand of the man /
Who stilled the water /
Put your hand in the hand of the man /
Who calmed the sea..." Ocean |
| #1017, aired 1989-01-24 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: This conservative former Calif. senator has been called a "Samurai in a tam o'shanter" (S.I.) Hayakawa |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | COUNTRY CROONERS $200: Though she's had 4 divorces, her 1968 "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" was the biggest one Tammy Wynette |
| #954, aired 1988-10-27 | PEOPLE $400: "Lion in Winter" star who said of himself, "I was sort of the Vanessa Redgrave of the '50s" Peter O'Toole |
| #915, aired 1988-07-22 | SPELLING $1000: A small corsage worn by a man in his buttonhole B-O-U-T-O-N-N-I-E-R-E |
| #898, aired 1988-06-29 | U.S. CITIES $1,600 (Daily Double): City celebrated in song in both a 1959 Wilbert Harrison No. 1 hit & the following:
"Y' c'n turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat /
With ev'ry kind o' comfort ev'ry house is all complete /
You c'n walk to privies in the rain and never wet your feet! /
They've gone about as fur as they can go (Yes sir!) /
They've gone about as fur as they can go!..." Kansas City |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $500 (Daily Double): As hard to spell as she is to beat, it's the last name of Czech tennis star Martina N-A-V-R-A-T-I-L-O-V-A |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | SHAKESPEAREAN LAST LINES $400: He said, "O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die." Romeo |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | SHAKESPEAREAN LAST LINES $800: She gasped, "O my dear Hamlet -- the drink, the drink! I am poisoned!" Gertrude (his mother) |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1,100 (Daily Double): Type of body of water, common in parts of the South that's mentioned in this song:
"Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo / Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio / Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o..." bayou |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | ANATOMICAL SPELLING $1000: It prevents food from entering the windpipe during the act of swallowing E-P-I-G-L-O-T-T-I-S |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | PRESIDENTS $400: The spelling of Richard Nixon's middle name M-I-L-H-O-U-S |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | SPELLING $300: The adjective form of "mischief" M-I-S-C-H-I-E-V-O-U-S |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | SPELLING $1000: Many religions believe God to be omnipresent, omnipotent & this, having total knowledge O-M-N-I-S-C-I-E-N-T |
| #763, aired 1987-12-23 | SHAKESPEAREAN LAST LINES $200: She said, "O Antony!--Nay, I will take thee too; What should I stay--" Cleopatra |
| #763, aired 1987-12-23 | U.S. STATES $400 (Daily Double): Of A, E, I, O, or U, the only vowel that doesn't begin a state name E |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | SCIENTIFIC SPELLING $1000: The opposite of the type of exercise featured at Fonda's, it means "in the absence of oxygen" A-N-A-E-R-O-B-I-C |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | "ANGEL"IC SONGS $500 (Daily Double): Only Billboard Top 40 hit for Alan O'Day, it climbed all the way to No. 1:
"Cryin' on my pillow, lonely in my bed /
Then I heard a voice beside me, and she softly said /
Wonder is your night light, magic is your dream..." "Undercover Angel" |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING $200: Panama adjoins South America at this country's border C-O-L-O-M-B-I-A |
| #724, aired 1987-10-29 | SPELLING $200: A man from Naples, or his ice cream N-E-A-P-O-L-I-T-A-N |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "C" IN SPELLING $400: An edible plant related to the cabbage & broccoli, or some boxers' ears C-A-U-L-I-F-L-O-W-E-R |
| #688, aired 1987-09-09 | "LING"O $400: The mountain cranberry a lingonberry |
| #674, aired 1987-07-09 | ESKIMOS $1000: Most dictionaries list this spelling of Eskimo, from the French, as an accepted alternative E-S-Q-U-I-M-A-U |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | MEDICAL SPELLING $200: From the Latin word for "swollen vein", adjective for veins that stick out V-A-R-I-C-O-S-E |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | MEDICAL SPELLING $400: Rabies, or a morbid dread of water H-Y-D-R-O-P-H-O-B-I-A |
| #662, aired 1987-06-23 | SWEET TALK $600: Scottish poet who admitted "The sweetest hours that e'er I spend are spent among the lasses, O" Robert Burns |
| #627, aired 1987-05-05 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: In 1986, he won the seat Tip O'Neill just vacated & his uncle had filled 40 years ago Joseph P. Kennedy II |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | MOVIE AUTHORS $800: In "Devotion", Nancy Coleman, O. de Havilland & Ida Lupino played these devoted British siblings the Bronte Sisters |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | SPELLING $200: From Greek for "air" & "life", these exercises can start your day off with a jump A-E-R-O-B-I-C-S |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | SPELLING $500: A member of the spurge plant family, its bright red leaves make it a popular Christmas decoration P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-A |
| #589, aired 1987-03-12 | THE ENCYCLOPEDIA $200: On TV's "Mickey Mouse Club", this insect taught a generation how to spell "E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-D-I-A" Jiminy Cricket |
| #579, aired 1987-02-26 | SPELLING $400: Writing paper & envelopes, or the kind of store that sells them S-T-A-T-I-O-N-E-R-Y |
| #579, aired 1987-02-26 | SPELLING $600: The "Q" in "IQ" Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | SPELLING $1,200 (Daily Double): Spelling of the following song's title:
"Took a walk and passed your house late last night / All the shades were pulled and drawn way down tight /From within, the dim light cast..." "S-I-L-H-O-U-E-T-T-E-S" |
| #553, aired 1987-01-21 | O.R. $500 (Daily Double): Title & subject of the following:
"One of these days / I'm gonna climb that mountain / Walk up there among the clouds / Where the cotton's high / And the corn's a-growin' / And there ain't no fields to plow" "Old Rivers" |
| #514, aired 1986-11-27 | POTENT POTABLES $400: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn if you don't like this red Southern Comfort cocktail a Scarlett O'Hara |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | THE '50s $1000: A prosecuting attorney in the Rosenberg case, he later assisted Sen. Joe McCarthy Roy Cohn |
| #505, aired 1986-11-14 | DAYS IN SONG $1,000 (Daily Double): Title of the following headbreaking, not heartbreaking, song:
"It's getting late have you seen my mates /
Ma tell me when the boys get here /
It's seven o'clock and I want to rock /
Want to get a belly full of beer..." "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | ACTORS & ROLES $400 (Daily Double): Mother & daughter who play mother & daughter in "Hannah & Her Sisters" Maureen O'Sullivan & Mia Farrow |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | ANCIENT AMERICA $500: Since Aztec p.o.w.s were sacrificed to the gods, their method of warfare was meant to do this, not kill capture |
| #494, aired 1986-10-30 | STATE MOTTOS $200: "Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono" Hawaii |
| #485, aired 1986-10-17 | MOVIE TRIVIA $500: "I just adore her, even when she does hit me," said Peter O'Toole of this "Lion in Winter" co-star Katharine Hepburn |
| #484, aired 1986-10-16 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: Author of "A Heap o' Livin'", listed in Avenel's companion to American Literature as "Famous Bad Poet" Edgar Guest |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $300: A device used to stop the flow of blood through an artery by compression T-O-U-R-N-I-Q-U-E-T |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $400: Steak sauce, made of vinegar, soy, & other ingredients, named for a county in England W-O-R-C-E-S-T-E-R-S-H-I-R-E |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $500: If you can use your left hand & right hand equally well, you're considered this A-M-B-I-D-E-X-T-R-O-U-S |
| #463, aired 1986-09-17 | SCULPTURE $300: Sculpture in which figures project from background, it's never spelled R-O-L-A-I-D-S relief |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | SPELLING $200: Not the city where Congress meets, but the building C-A-P-I-T-O-L |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | SPELLING $600: A political murder such as that of Lincoln A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-A-T-I-O-N |
| #417, aired 1986-04-15 | SPELLING $200: According to the song, "I've got a girl from" this Michigan city K-A-L-A-M-A-Z-O-O |
| #415, aired 1986-04-11 | SCIENTISTS $1000: 19th century German mathematician remembered for his "strip", a single-sided loop (August) Möbius |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | THE 1920's $600: Sons of millionaires who killed Bobby Franks as a "scientific experiment" Leopold & Loeb |
| #389, aired 1986-03-06 | "NUT"S TO YOU $800: Everythin' that was owned by Porgy in the Gershwin classic "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin" |
| #366, aired 1986-02-03 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE $1,000 (Daily Double): Of the 5 vowels, the ones always capitalized when standing alone in a sentence I and O |
| #353, aired 1986-01-15 | SPORTS QUOTES $100: "I usually take a 2-hour nap, from 1 o'clock to 4" said this great Yankee catcher Yogi Berra |
| #315, aired 1985-11-22 | O'HOLLYWOOD $200: In "My Favorite Year", his character admitted "I'm not an actor; I'm a movie star" Peter O'Toole |
| #315, aired 1985-11-22 | THE HOSPITAL $300 (Daily Double): A temporary Civil War hospital was only one ever in New Orleans with this famous title: the St. James Infirmary |
| #315, aired 1985-11-22 | O'HOLLYWOOD $500: At age 6, she asked the director, "Do you want the tears to run all the way, or shall I stop halfway down?" Margaret O'Brien |
| #292, aired 1985-10-22 | MOVIE QUOTES $200: After being forced to kill a Union soldier, she says, "I'll think about that tomorrow" Scarlett O'Hara |
| #174, aired 1985-05-09 | "GOOD" & "BAD" MOVIES $300: Some say the ruthless producer Kirk Douglas played in this '52 expose was based on David O. Selznick The Bad and the Beautiful |
| #159, aired 1985-04-18 | THEATER $400: In O'Neill play, a passionate stepmother & stepson found "Desire" there Under The Elms |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | DRAMA $1000: Irish dramatist who spend 6 yrs. in prison for activities with I.R.A. Brendan Behan |
| #117, aired 1985-02-19 | "E" BEFORE "I" $100: Old MacDonald refrain E-I-E-I-O |
| #117, aired 1985-02-19 | STARTS WITH "O" $800: After viewing the 1st atomic blast, he said, "I am become Shiva, the destroyer of worlds" Oppenheimer |
| #94, aired 1985-01-17 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $500: Basketball's "Big O" Oscar Robertson |
| #88, aired 1985-01-09 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $700 (Daily Double): State this song takes place in:
"...on the deck / With a spyglass in hand / Said the fog was so tarnald thick / That he could not find the land / O the E-ri-e was rising / And the gin was gettin' low / And I scarcely think we'll get a drink / Till we get to Buff-a-lo-o-o / Till we get to Buffalo" New York |
| #48, aired 1984-11-14 | FOOTBALL $300: Special helmets were made to fit the large head of this Buffalo halfback star O.J. Simpson |
| #42, aired 1984-11-06 | ALPHABET SOUP $300: Three vowels often heard by "Old MacDonald" E-I-E-I-O |
| #42, aired 1984-11-06 | SPELLING $1000: How we spell the art that makes Charlie McCarthy talk V-E-N-T-R-I-L-O-Q-U-I-S-M |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | SPELLING $100: Follows “Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me...” M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | SPELLING $300: A boxer’s battered ear & a vegetable share this spelling C-A-U-L-I-F-L-O-W-E-R |
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Kelly O'Donnell, a political reporter from NBC News
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Lizzie O'Leary, an aviation and regulation correspondent from CNN
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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Season 27 1-time champion: $33,601 + $1,000.
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Chris O'Toole, a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 29 player (2012-12-03). Identical twin sister of Season 27 1-time...
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Season 28 player (2012-03-23).
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Karen O'Donnell, a website manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-07-04).
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Ronnie O'Rourke, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 18 1-time champion: $2,000 + $2,000. Ronnie describes her experience...
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Doug O'Brien, a public health official from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2006-06-15).
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Jamie O'Hagin, a museum education coordinator from Center Tuftonboro, New Hampshire
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Season 27 player (2010-12-07).
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Kate O'Connor, an insurance salesperson from Florence, New Jersey
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Season 34 3-time champion: $61,800 + $1,000.
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Denise O'Connor, a health care attorney from Oak Ridge, New Jersey
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Season 27 1-time champion: $31,700 + $1,000.
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Sean O'Connor, an attorney originally from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 28 player (2012-01-24).
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Kristine O'Connell-McCoy, a former probation officer and mom from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-23).
KJL game 38.
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Steve O'Connor, a communications consultant from Naperville, Illinois
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Season 22 2-time champion: $33,401 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SteveO
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Claire O'Brien, an administrative assistant from Seattle, Washington
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Season 22 player (2005-10-24).
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Clare O'Keeffe, an editorial assistant from Hyannisport, Massachusetts
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Season 25 player (2009-07-08).
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Darren O'Connor, a police officer from Norfolk, Virginia
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Season 30 1-time champion: $14,400 + $2,000.
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Michael O'Malley, a prosecutor from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 1-time champion: $15,000 + $2,000.
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Ellie O'Donnell, a systems analyst from Bloomington, Illinois
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Season 20 1-time champion: $9,800 + $2,000.
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Kathleen O'Day, a home decor product manager from Oakdale, Minnesota
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Season 25 player (2009-07-10).
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Michael O'Hara, a director of customer service from West Hollywood, California
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Season 23 player (2007-04-24).
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from North Hills, California
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
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Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California
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Brad Rutter, a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Carol Denny, a writer for a non-profit environmental foundation from Arnold, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,199 + $1,000.
Identical twin sister of Season 29 player Chris O'Toole.
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Genaro Lopez, a contract administrator from Portland, Oregon
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Season 27 1-time champion: $29,001 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like "heh-NAR-o".
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Chris O. Cook, a college English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-05-27).
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Røb Severson, a custodial facilitator from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 26 player (2009-11-17). Name pronounced like "ROB SEE-ver-sun". Røb wore...
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Katie O'Meara, an 11-year-old from Plano, Texas
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"This future kindergarten teacher is straight-A's in our book. From Plano,...
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Ethan Brosowsky, an actor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 24 1-time champion: $21,600 + $2,000. Ethan and his "pub...
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Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, a public health professional from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-10-30). Middle and last names pronounced like "KAL-ya-na-RA-man...
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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Al Franken, an author and radio talk show host from New York City
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"One of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, he's done...
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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
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Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
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Susan Haarman, a sophomore at Marquette University from Louisville, Kentucky
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Susan was 19 at the time...
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Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Greg Peterson, a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $38,600....
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Katie Orphan, a freshman at Whitworth College from Reno, Nevada
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2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Jill Rowley, a flight attendant from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 30 2-time champion: $43,802 + $2,000.
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Roy Arias, a building inspector from Rancho Cucamonga, California
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Season 23 player (2007-06-29).
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Evan Struble, a librarian from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2013-12-13).
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Rick Faulkner, a law student from Orange, California
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Season 20 player (2004-06-22).
KJL game 15.
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John Baur, an author and pirate from Albany, Oregon
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Season 24 player (2008-06-26). John was a co-originator of International Talk...
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Okey Chikezie, from Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
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"He wants to be a professional soccer player when he grows...
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Roberta Ellington, a marketing coordinator from Tustin, California
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Season 22 2-time champion: $41,701 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: RutgersFan
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Jen Fick, a records manager from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $9,300 + $2,000.
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Bryan Cothorn, a math tutor from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 25 player (2009-06-03).
Last name pronounced like "CO-thorn".
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Jason Ross, an engineer from Folsom, California
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Season 24 player (2007-12-07).
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Grayson Holmes, a legal assistant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 21 2-time champion: $44,411 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Manet_fan
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