| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $200: It's the company that made the 717 for mass passengers as well as the F-22 Raptor for very, very specific passengers Boeing |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $400: Told, "Take it to the house" in an ad for this co. that "knows home improvement", Christian McCaffrey says, "I will, that's where I live" Lowe's |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $600: The split-adjusted share price of the 1986 IPO of this graphics software co. was 17 cents but here's an update; in 2023 it hit $634 Adobe |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $800: After the investment bank of these brothers went Chapter 11 in 2008, retirement plans & investment funds took a $700 bil. hit the Lehman Brothers |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $1000: This massive holding co. was not named for a single crowbar but from the 1929 merger of a Dutch co. with one run by British brothers Unilever |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $200: In July 2023 this company averted a strike by agreeing to a new deal with more than 300,000 Teamsters UPS |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $400: An 8-year-old girl was the namesake of this frozen dessert brand known for pound cake, cheesecake & more Sara Lee |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $600: Founded in 1965 as a mail-order veterinary supply company in San Diego, it now has its name on a stadium there Petco |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $800: In 2016 this sporting goods retailer got possessive & bought the assets of its bankrupt rival the Sports Authority Dick's |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $1000: William W. of this last name founded his eponymous "for the ones who get it done" industrial supply company in Chicago in 1927 Grainger |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | 4-WORD TV SYNOPSES $800: Debuting in 2003:
Bluth brood's business bungles Arrested Development |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: The voice of CEOs in Washington is the organization called Business this, also what's seen here a roundtable |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $400: In 1964 Phil Knight & Bill Bowerman founded Blue Ribbon Sports; in the early 1970s, Swoosh! It became this company Nike |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $800: After meeting Rick Rubin at a party, Russell Simmons became his partner in this record label that soon took off Def Jam |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $1200: Google "Who founded Google?" & it's this pair, Stanford grad students in 1998 Page & Brin |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $2000: An audio oscillator was the first product from this pair who founded one of the original Silicon Valley startups in 1939 Hewlett & Packard |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $800: A military order that keeps troops in the service, in investing, it orders a broker to sell if a stock price falls to a certain point stop-loss |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | "N"OWLEDGE $800: Let's get down to business--this 3-country pact went into effect on Jan. 1, 1994 but was replaced in 2020 NAFTA |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | IT'S ALL "SMALL" STUFF $1000: Established in 1953, this government agency provides support to start-ups & existing companies with programs & loans the Small Business Administration |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $400: "Instruction for Corporate Advancement Requiring Little Effort" How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE HISTORY $400: Peter the Great introduced regular minting of this currency in silver & here he is, on one of his coins the ruble |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE HISTORY $800: In 2021 El Salvador's govt. made all businesses accept this as payment & introduced the digital "Chivo Wallet" bitcoin |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE HISTORY $1600: Casa Loma, in this city, a financial center, was the passion of Henry Pellatt, who had to sell it when the Home Bank of Canada collapsed Toronto |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE HISTORY $2000: In 1720 the value of this trading company's stock rose from 128 1/2 to 1,000, creating a disastrous "bubble" the South Sea Company |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BUSINESS TRAVEL $400: Taking off from JFK starting in 2000, this "colorful" airline now boasts 1,000 daily flights & 40 million customers JetBlue |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BUSINESS TRAVEL $800: Let's give you the bird (word)! This rental car co. that bears its founder's last name began with an $85,000 investment in 1946 Avis |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BUSINESS TRAVEL $1600: It's not just local stops in Bergen or Ålesund on a cruise with this company; Belgium & Iceland are on the itinerary too Norwegian |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | A "FAST" CATEGORY $400: Founded in 1995, this media brand says it's "written for & about the most progressive business leaders" Fast Company |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | YUP, IT'S A PORT-A-POTTY $200: A family-owned port-a-potty business since 2003, its name is "yes yes" in French Oui Oui |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | YUP, IT'S A PORT-A-POTTY $1000: Based in Eau Claire, WI, this port-a-potty company shares its name with the target where a skydiver lands Drop Zone |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | COLLEGE PREP $800: In 1881 this University of Pennsylvania institution became America's first collegiate business school Wharton |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | ____ & ____ BUSINESS $1000: This jeweler bears the last names of a married couple, the son of a diamond broker & the daughter of a dealer in precious stones Van Cleef & Arpels |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAMPLING $400: When searched by works as an artist, whosampled.com lists 8,840 tracks that sampled this "hardest working man in show business" James Brown |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | A VERY HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE $600: Writer of many a Christmas film, Anna White got down to business in 2021 with "Christmas" this 3-letter top job at a company CEO |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $200: NYU's Stern School of Business offers a Ph.D. in this financial record-keeping specialty accounting |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB $1600: In 1786 this German immigrant founded his fur business that would make him one of the richest men in America John Jacob Astor |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | BOOK CLUB $1600: 7th graders Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia & Stacey founded this club in a 1986 kids novel; around 250 titles later, it's still in business the Baby-Sitters Club |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | FRANKLY $1000: This composer got a Pulitzer for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" Frank Loesser |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | BACK IN THE DAY $600: We hope you were expecting this judicial institution that was in the heresy-fighting business from 1478 to 1834 the Spanish Inquisition |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $200: The innermost yellow rings on one in Olympic archery score 9 or 10 points target |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $800: For foreign workers in the states, one might be H-1B or H-2A visa |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $1000: One who is in charge of exam surveillance & make a wager proctor & gamble |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $400: Feathers flew in the business world in 1991 when a fast food chain slimmed down to 3 letters from this name Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | BUSINESS $200: This company released the Xbox video game console in 2001 Microsoft |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | BUSINESS $400: This juice brand has its name on a baseball stadium in St. Petersburg Tropicana |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | BUSINESS $600: The bowtie-shaped logo of this brand first appeared on automobiles in 1914 Chevrolet |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | BUSINESS $800: This company known for its motor homes adventured into the sea, acquiring Chris-Craft boats in 2018 Winnebago |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | THE ROCKEFELLERS $200: One of the world's wealthiest men, John D. Rockefeller made his fortune in this business oil |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | UP IN THE AIRLINE $800: This nation's airways went with Qsuite as the name of its business class Qatar Airways |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | IT ALL STARTS WITH "U" $2000: In economics, it's a period during which business is at a high point; to be green, it means to use goods to make a better product upcycle |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BACK IN THE 12th CENTURY $1600: This Welsh abbey on the River Wye was founded for Cistercian monks in 1131 Tintern |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | OUR NATION OF IMMIGRATION $800: The first of many Chinese Americans in the laundry business was Wah Lee, who began washing 12 shirts for $5 in this city in 1851 San Francisco |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT $2000: Any business activity, or manufacturing in general industry (Indus) |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BE ARTHUR $800: In the 1920s, he began a successful mail order business to teach ballroom dancing; his dance centers can be found worldwide Arthur Murray |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | SONGS FROM '60s MUSICALS $400: With an 8-word title, "Company Way" & "A Secretary Is Not A Toy" How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | A BUSINESS, MAJOR $800: Talk about making a connection! In 2020 T-Mobile ran some numbers by this competitor, which agreed to a $26 billion merger Sprint |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | A BUSINESS, MAJOR $1000: In 2020 Lululemon spent $500 million to buy this fitness company whose wall-mounted device streams exercise classes Mirror |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | COLLEGE TOWNS $400: The son of a business manager at the University of Mississippi, this novelist was laid to rest in Oxford Memorial Cemetery (William) Faulkner |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ACC SCHOOL HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1926 this southern school enrolled about 650 full-time students, but of all things, a hurricane nearly put it out of business the University of Miami |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | ALL KINDS OF BOOKS $200: "Between a Heart and a Rock Place" is the memoir of this singer, with 40-plus years in the music business Pat Benatar |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | SUPER BOWL HEROES $400: (Greg Olsen of Fox NFL Sunday presents the clue.) Before joking around with Howie, Jimmy & the gang on "Fox NFL Sunday"'s pregame show, this man was all business while winning back-to-back Super Bowl MVPs in 1979 & 1980 as quarterback for the Steelers Terry Bradshaw |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | S-SS-ING THE SITUATION $400: It's the "B" in Elvis' classic TCB, mama; thank you, thank you very much taking care of business |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | YOU "BREAK" $200: 2-word term meaning to end up with the same amount of money as when you started, as in gambling or business break even |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $400: Last names of Duncan & Alonzo, who paired up in 1910 with plans to make the world's first portable power tool Black+Decker |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $1600: In 1852 Henry & William combined to form this banking & delivery co. & their stagecoaches still run, metaphorically Wells Fargo |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $2000: The making & selling of watches brought Richard & Alvah together in Chicago in 1893 but the 2 went big into retail as this, this & co. Sears Roebuck |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $4,000 (Daily Double): In the 1850s a German immigrant borrowed $60 from a pal for his optical goods shop; J.J. & Henry partnered up to form this brand Bausch + Lomb |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $600: This chain of stores opened in 1979 & it seems like since then I've been trying to find an orange-aproned person to help me Home Depot |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $900: On day 1 in 1973, this corp. delivered 186 packages, but in fiscal year 2021 annual revenue, it delivered $84 billion FedEx |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $1200: Dog, gone! In 2021 this bus company was acquired by German company Flix Mobility Greyhound |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $1500: In 2015 he announced the launch of a cruise line called Virgin Voyages but only after making some space(ship) in his life (Richard) Branson |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | FICTION'S FICTIONAL PLACES $400: In the illustration seen here, the title character is tied up on business in this land Lilliput |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | WHO LOU? $400: Before making his exit in 2021, he hosted the most watched show on the Fox Business Network Lou Dobbs |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | "U" IS THE ONLY VOWEL $400: In business it's the opposite of a deficit a surplus |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $1000: Astronomers use this 3-letter word to refer to a period of time equaling one billion years; to others, it means a really long time an eon |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $200: Charles H. Dow (as in Dow Jones) co-founded this business daily back in 1889 The Wall Street Journal |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | GET DOWN TO BUSINESS $800: In 2018, Indra Nooyi, the first woman CEO of this soft drink co. stepped down from the role after 24 years with the company PepsiCo |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | GET DOWN TO BUSINESS $1600: One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the U.S., in 2021 it became the first to go public on NASDAQ Coinbase |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | DANIEL RADCLIFFE COLLAGE $1600: (Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) I got to sing on Broadway when I played J. Pierrepont Finch who climbs the corporate ladder at the World Wide Wicket Company in a 2011 production of this musical with a really long title How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | BLACK BUSINESS $1000: Asking, "Why should white guys have all the fun?", Reginald Lewis bought Beatrice Foods in a billion-dollar LBO, this type of buyout leveraged |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | DIRECT ME TO THE DIRECTOR $200: In the 1960s he scared moviegoers with films like "Psycho" & "The Birds" Hitchcock |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | YIDDISHISMS $2000: In New York City's Garment District, you'd find lots of people working in this "business", Yiddish for rag schmatta |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | FLAGS $600: In the center of Barbados' flag is the business end of one of these weapons traditionally wielded by Poseidon a trident |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | BUSINESS ABBREV. $400: The way sales of a product change in relation to its price is its P.E.D., or price elasticity of this demand |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | BUSINESS NAMES $200: Last name of brothers Ernest & Julio, who founded a California winery in 1933 Gallo |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | YOU'VE BEEN BOOKED $800: Debits go on the left side in this book that contains the financial records of a business a ledger |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | HIS WIDOW LIVED ON $1600: Last name of Frank, the "How to Succeed in Business..." composer who died in 1969; Jo, his widow & collaborator, lived until 2019 Loesser |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | THE "O" MEN $200: Done with manufacturing wagons, he set up an elevator shop in Yonkers in 1853 & business just went up from there Otis |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | AIRLINES $800: In 1979 this Aussie airline began giving passengers the business (class)--a first in the industry, according to its CEO Qantas |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | PULITZER-WINNING CHARACTERS $1000: Corporate bigwig J.B. Biggley & former window washer
J. Pierrepont Finch
(1962) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN $600: (Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) Rich enough to retire from day-to-day business, in his 40s, Franklin began pioneering research into electricity; for a group of charged glass containers, he coined this word, from its meaning "of an array of cannons" battery |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | BUSINESS NAME ORIGINS $1000: In Korean this electronics company's name means "three stars" Samsung |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $200: Sur La Table, which offers cooking classes & kitchenware, first opened in 1972 in this city's Pike Place Market Seattle |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $400: In 2021, she opened Smize Cream, a premium ice cream shop in California, with a surprise in every cup Tyra Banks |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $600: In 2009 Ursula Burns became the first Black woman to head a Fortune 500 company, this one; copy that! Xerox |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $800: In 2002 Elon Musk launched this company to produce more affordable rockets SpaceX |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $1000: In 1837 a candlemaker & a soapmaker merged their businesses in Cincinnati to become this giant in consumer goods Procter & Gamble |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | A CAREER IN TECH $1000: (Sundar Pichai delivers the clue.) Graduate school is a great route & my alma mater the Wharton School of Business also has alumni like J. Presper Eckert, who around 1950 designed this first U.S. commercial computer--OK, Eckert dropped out, but that's part of some people's process too UNIVAC |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | MISMATCHED PAIRS $800: "Beantown" rotisserie restaurant chain & unregulated economic system in which business is lightly taxed Boston Market & free market |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | SURNAMES $2000: This last name of a land manager in Ireland came to be used for a refusal to do business with a particular company or country Boycott |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $1200: This onetime stockbroker abandoned business for art, traveled widely & died in the South Pacific in 1903 Gauguin |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | IT'LL BE MY TWEET $800: This billionaire of the Virgin empire attached an article on "How My Dyslexia Has Been a Great Benefit to Me in Business" Branson |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | BUSINESS NAMES $400: The word PEZ was built from the first, middle & last letters in the German word for this candy peppermint |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | BUSINESS NAMES $800: Jerry Murrell's sons are the quintet in the name of this burger chain Five Guys |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | AVIATION $800: This Israeli airline has been in business since 1948, when the state of Israel was founded El Al |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | "B" MOVIES $800: Ice Cube inherits this title business & grows into his role as a mainstay of the community in the sequels Barbershop |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | OFFICE, OURS $400: Pat submits receipts from a business trip--seems she enjoyed all the good things of Gothenburg in this European country Sweden |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BUSINESS HISTORY $800: This cookie company was founded in 1937 by a Connecticut woman & named for her family's country home Pepperidge Farm |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BUSINESS HISTORY $1600: In 2020 the Justice Dept. wound up its case against this Sackler Family opioid maker, which agreed to pay $8 billion in penalties Purdue (Pharma) |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BUSINESS HISTORY $2000: In 1667 Londoner Nicholas Barbon set up the first office for this type of insurance fire insurance |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | TV CRIME FAMILIES $400: In a memorable episode of "The Sopranos", Tony finds some unfinished business on a college tour with this daughter Meadow |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | LET'S TALK BUSINESS $800: If rate of yield fails to increase in proportion to investment beyond a certain point, you get these declining 2-word profits diminishing returns |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | LET'S TALK BUSINESS $2000: Some traders specialize in this, the simultaneous buying & selling of the same asset at different prices in different markets arbitrage |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | LET'S TALK BUSINESS $4,000 (Daily Double): It's the horticultural term for a largely unregulated private partnership group using speculative investment strategy a hedge fund |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | RUSSIANS $2000: Born in St. Petersburg in 1846, he inherited his dad's small jewelry business at the eggs-act age of 24 Fabergé |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | IN THEIR 60s $400: In 1956, after a rerouted highway killed business for his chicken restaurant, he sold it & started over Colonel Sanders |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT $200: In an 1843 story, paranormal activity around the holidays convinces this business owner to stop making his employee's life hell (Ebenezer) Scrooge |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | U.S. FRANCHISES $800: Completes the name of the business started in 2009 after the founder cracked his cell phone screen: uBreak... uBreakiFix |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | BUSINESS $200: There are 3 of the same vowel in this term for the exclusive control of a product or service by one business or group a monopoly |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | BUSINESS $400: Under this "liability", a shareholder cannot lose more money than they've invested in a company limited |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | TASTY BUSINESS $1000: This restaurant chain says the only ingredient it uses that's hard to pronounce is the pepper in its name Chipotle |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | QUOTH THE MAVEN $1600: In 1850 this lawyer & future president wrote, "Discourage litigation... there will still be business enough" Abe Lincoln |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | 3 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS $2000: Meaning "made up", it also refers in legal terms to any business name that's not the official incorporated one fictitious |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | BUSINESS IN THE FRONT $200: Jimmy Kimmel gave a rough idea of the length of the receipts given by this 3-letter pharmacy chain--"the equator" CVS |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | BUSINESS IN THE FRONT $400: This tech company incorporated on June 25, 1981; 5 years later, it moved to Redmond, Washington & its stock went public Microsoft |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | BUSINESS IN THE FRONT $600: On January 13, 2021 the stock price of this company opened around $20; on January 29, $380 & by February 5, $54 GameStop |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | BUSINESS IN THE FRONT $800: In 1911 this oil company got its trust busted & had to divest itself of 33 companies Standard Oil |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | BUSINESS IN THE FRONT $1000: The National Union Life & Limb Insurance Company evolved into this one with a snappier name that still includes "Life" Met Life |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | DRUNK HISTORY $400: Still in business today, Japan's Sudo Honke brewery has been turning rice & water into this since the 12th century sake |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | TOM FOOLERY $1600: Tom Cruise fools his parents in this 1983 comedy after ruining the Porsche & having quite the wild party at their house Risky Business |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | WORDS OF WISDOM $2000: It's "A" 6-letter noun meaning deftness, often in business acumen |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | ON THE "HOUSE" $200: This adjective describes a cat that does his business in a box & not anywhere that he pleases house-trained (housebroken) |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FAMILY BUSINESS $200: The first half of this greeting card company's name is the family that founded it in 1910 Hallmark |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FAMILY BUSINESS $400: In 2006 the new CEO of this beverage company was August IV, great-great-grandson of co-founder Adolphus Anheuser-Busch |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FAMILY BUSINESS $800: Turns out people like candy! In 2019, 6 members of this family whose co. makes Snickers & M&M's were on the Forbes 400 Mars |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FAMILY BUSINESS $1000: The Piëch-Porsche family has the largest stake in this automaker that owns Audi, & yes, Porsche Volkswagen |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | CORPORATE JARGON $800: In basketball this 5-letter word means to turn while keeping one foot on the floor; in business it means "change direction" pivot |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | POP CULTURE $800: An industrious raccoon named Tom Nook runs the in-game business in this Nintendo game: "New Horizons" Animal Crossing |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | ORDER IN THE COURT $2000: This type of 3-word order commands a business or person to stop what they're doing, stat cease and desist |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $200: You'll find this fast food chain's golden arches at more than 14,000 locations in the U.S. & more than 36,000 worldwide McDonald's |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $400: In 2017 this shipping company celebrated the opening of its 5,000th "store" UPS |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $600: In January 2020 this Texas-based convenience store chain announced the opening of its 70,000th location 7-Eleven |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $800: Founded in Virginia in the 1950s, K&K 5&10 experienced some inflation while growing into this nationwide "Tree" Dollar Tree |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $1000: In the mid-1800s he joined up with Luigi Rossi, & their spirits business is still going (Alessandro) Martini |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BUSINESS $200: Back in 1999 Exxon merged with this corporation; both had their roots in the Standard Oil Company Mobil |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BUSINESS $400: This company "crawled" onto the New York Stock Exchange in 1929 with just 3 products: a combine, a grader & a tractor Caterpillar |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BUSINESS $600: In 2020 Pat Hanrahan & Ed Catmull of this CGI animation company won the Turing Award, called the Nobel Prize of computing Pixar |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BUSINESS $800: Ford Motors turned waste wood from auto making into charcoal briquets, which became this brand with "ford" in its name Kingsford |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BUSINESS $1000: Although it no longer makes its famous Cubs, this aircraft maker is still in business after more than 80 years Piper |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $200: In 2014 this aerospace company said it was moving 400 jobs from Washington to Alabama to save $100 million Boeing |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $1000: In 2020 our Sec. of State danced around banning this app from Beijing; the problem? It had been downloaded more than 2 billion times TikTok |
| #8365, aired 2021-03-26 | "MONKEY" BUSINESS $400: In an expression of astonished surprise, "Well I'll be" this relative a monkey's uncle |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | PLAY "IN" $800: In this Frank Loesser musical, a window washer finds the title book &, fittingly, starts to climb the corporate ladder How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This gas company added an apostrophe to make its name a contraction for International Women's Day in 2020 Shell (She'll) |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: The current CEOs of Adobe & MasterCard went to the same high school in Hyderabad in this country India |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: 3 words become one in this .com, "the world's largest, free social fundraising platform" GoFundMe |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: This company that turns your dimes & pennies into dollars (for you & for them) opened its 20,000th kiosk in 2012 Coinstar |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | HOW NOW, DOW JONES COMPANY? $800: There's no business like this shoe business that joined the Dow in 2013 Nike |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | FUNNY BUSINESS $400: (Hi, I'm Kevin Hart.) July 6, 2017 was officially Kevin Hart Day in this Northeastern city of my birth; they even unveiled a giant mural of my face on a cheesesteak diner near where I grew up Philadelphia |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | FUNNY BUSINESS $800: Will Ferrell played an Icelander in a 2020 Netflix comedy that sends up this song contest Eurovision |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | FUNNY BUSINESS $1600: Starting way back in 2003 (& still going strong), he's the longest-tenured cast member of "Saturday Night Live" Kenan Thompson |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | FUNNY BUSINESS $2000: This comedian displayed his drama chops in "A Star is Born", playing Bradley Cooper's longtime friend Dave Chappelle |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | BUSINESS PAIRS $800: Berkshire Fine Spinning merged with this other textile firm in 1955; the combo's holdings have gone way beyond cotton Hathaway |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | BUSINESS PAIRS $5,000 (Daily Double): In the 1930s these 2 partners set up shop in a garage that's now known as "The Birthplace of Silicon Valley" Hewlett-Packard |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | BYGONE ABBREV. $1600: This New Deal program changed its middle letter from "Progress" to "Projects" in 1939 but was still out of business by 1943 the WPA |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1200: She had taken a major role in the family business even before her brother Gianni's tragic death in 1997 Donatella Versace |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | THE NOT-SO-WILD WEST $200: Camillus & Mary Fly had a nice quiet business, this kind of studio (portraits 35 cents) except it was in Tombstone, Arizona a photography studio |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | LET'S START A SMALL BUSINESS $400: A small business owner must take in more than $400 annually to be subject to self-employment these taxes |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | LET'S START A SMALL BUSINESS $800: With wings or not, this type of investor provides seed money from his own pocket in exchange for equity in the business an angel investor |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | IT'S LIKE MAINE $800: A Maine-stay in the clothing business, he said, "Outdoor recreation, such as hunting & camping, has added years to my life" of 94 years L.L. Bean |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | CELEBRITY CLASS OF 1980 $400: Before running "The Office", he starred in school plays like "How To Succeed in Business without Really Trying" Steve Carell |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | ALLITERATIVE BUSINESS $400: This tech company started in 1998 as a way to send money digitally PayPal |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | ALLITERATIVE BUSINESS $800: Asa Candler bought out John Pemberton & his partners & established this company in Georgia in 1892 Coca-Cola |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | ALLITERATIVE BUSINESS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1987 founders Leonard Feinstein & Warren Eisenberg added the third element to the name of this home goods superstore Bed Bath & Beyond |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | CORPORATE LINGO $800: In biology, it's all the diverse organisms in a location; in business, it's all the parts of an industry an ecosystem |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | CORPORATE LINGO $1200: You can do this to change songs on a record or in business to generate a desired reaction or change the outcome move the needle |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $200: In June 2017 this online retailer agreed to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion Amazon |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $400: For the first time ever, in 2011 the credit rating for the U.S. was downgraded from AAA to AA+ by this financial info. co. Standard and Poor's |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $600: In the longest strike there in half a century, 48,000 UAW workers walked off in 2019 at this company General Motors |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $800: In 2012 this iconic 244-year-old reference company announced that its 2010 32-volume edition would be its last in print Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $1000: CEO John Stumpf said bye in 2016 after a fake accounts scam was uncovered at this bank Wells Fargo |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE "BOSS" OF POP CULTURE $1000: Alec Baldwin was all business as the voice of the title infant in this 2017 film Boss Baby |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | EARTH, WIND & FIRE $1600: Much of the business district in this New Zealand capital lies on reclaimed land after an 1855 earthquake raised its harbor bed Wellington |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | YEARBOOK PHOTOS OF PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT $200: Even in high school, it was clear he'd join his dad's business, the U.S. Navy; he also served 30-plus years in the Senate (John) McCain |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | HEY, THAT'S FANCY! $800: You have this title after your name on your business card; did you become a lawyer or are you in the English gentry just below knight? esquire |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | THE MANDELA EFFECT $400: Despite what you might remember, this actor is not wearing sunglasses when he dances to "Old Time Rock & Roll" in "Risky Business" (Tom) Cruise |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | & THEN WHAT HAPPENED? $1200: In 1876 telegraph co. Western Union said this had too many problems... & then within 2 years was trying to get into the business the telephone |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | AFTER ALL THESE YEARS $800: Named for a nearby performance hall, this Manhattan deli served its last pastrami & closed in 2016 after 79 years of business Carnegie Deli |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD $1200: In 1992 Ava Gardner's bloomers & Madonna's bustier were stolen from this business' lingerie museum Frederick's |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Special sauce wasn't enough--in 2019 the European Union revoked McDonald's trademark on this sandwich's name a Big Mac |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: The first initial in the name of this clothing retailer is short for "Hers" in Swedish H&M |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Originally a syringe & scalpel company, this brand changed focus when one of its knives was used in a pinch to fix a print ad X-ACTO |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: At the end of the 19th century, this man started selling his "In-a-Dor" beds (William) Murphy |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | AUDIBLE $800: Big oil & gas are the subject of a 2019 nonfiction bestseller by this TV personality
In fact, it could be argued, the oil business as we know it today was the invention of one particular American, John D. Rockefeller Rachel Maddow |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | PROVERBS $800: Economist Milton Friedman was fond of the saying, "There's no such thing as" this a free lunch |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $800: In early 2001 this Houston energy company had a market cap of $60 billion; by December it had filed for bankruptcy Enron |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $1200: In 2019 some folks in Humble, Texas wanted to get into a time machine & start making this stainless steel car again the DeLorean |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $1600: Western Air Express & Transcontinental Air Transport formed what would be this company in 1930, but it got absorbed by Am. Airlines in 2001 TWA (Trans World) |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $2,000 (Daily Double): Sam Mendes directed a theatrical telling of the story of these brothers who built a financial empire that collapsed in 2008 Lehman Brothers |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | TAKING A VOWEL OF SILENCE $1000: I: In this type of school, like UC Berkeley's Haas business |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Business owners often keep their money in this, the cash drawer in a store the till |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | THE MOVIES $1200: A line from this Tarantino film: "We ain't in the prisoner-takin' business; we in the killin' Nazi business" Inglourious Basterds |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS $400: In 2019 this letter-perfect Dutch airline celebrates its centenary KLM |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1900 this Japanese company began producing upright pianos; motorcycles came along more than half a century later Yamaha |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | PLACES OF BUSINESS $400: Corepower, the largest U.S. chain of studios for this activity, once touted "inner peace & flat abs in an hour" yoga |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | PLACES OF BUSINESS $1,000 (Daily Double): Despite the state found in the name of this airline, its home offices are in Seattle Alaska Airlines |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | PLACES OF BUSINESS $1000: With shared spaces & private offices, this alliterative company helps business get done in more than 110 cities WeWork |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | WHISKEY BUSINESS $200: It's a myth that whiskey labeled "bourbon" must be distilled in this U.S. state, but most of it is Kentucky |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | WHISKEY BUSINESS $400: Most scotch is distilled twice; this type of whiskey, like Bushmills & Tullamore D.E.W., 3 times Irish whiskey |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | WHISKEY BUSINESS $800: A small percent of whiskey maturing in barrels evaporates each year, a portion called the "share" of these celestial beings the angel's share |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | WHISKEY BUSINESS $1000: Seagram's famed numeric brand launched the first National Dive Bar Day--naturally on this date in 2018 July 7th |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | PENCILS $800: This main ingredient in the business part of a pencil comes from the Greek for "to write" graphite |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | ACRONYMS & ABBREVS. $600: In business, the CFO is this job title chief financial officer |
| #8038, aired 2019-07-17 | ABBREV. TV CHANNELS $200: Shows like "Mad Money" & "The Profit" help put the "B" (business) in this 4-letter channel CNBC |
| #8024, aired 2019-06-27 | BUSINESS PAIRS $200: Dave had a place with games near the restaurant of a guy with this nickname; the 2 teamed up in 1982 Buster |
| #8024, aired 2019-06-27 | BUSINESS PAIRS $400: This ice cream chain is named for brothers-in-law Burt & Irv Baskin-Robbins |
| #8024, aired 2019-06-27 | BUSINESS PAIRS $800: This bookstore chain traces its roots to 1873 & a book business in Wheaton, Illinois Barnes and Noble |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | ACTORS BY ROLE $1200: The voices of President Business & the man upstairs in "The Lego Movie" Will Ferrell |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | CROSSWORD CLUES "N" $1600: Favoritism shown to family members in business or politics
(8) nepotism |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | BUSINESS $1200: In 2018, this German airline celebrated the 100th birthday of the crane seen on its planes Lufthansa |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | BUSINESS $8,000 (Daily Double): Almost a decade after a big spill, it's the biggest company by revenue that's headquartered in England BP |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | BUSINESS NAMES $200: In 1946 Tote'm Convenience Stores got this new name to reflect its new extended hours 7-Eleven |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | BUSINESS NAMES $400: The letters in GEICO stand for Government Employees this Company Insurance |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | BUSINESS NAMES $800: In 1956 Chuck Williams opened his first cookware store in this California city, hence the name of the chain Sonoma |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | ROOT '66 $200: Owner Jay Sarno rode a chariot on opening night & this Vegas casino was open for business in 1966 Caesars Palace |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | TV FUNNY BUSINESS $200: On this sitcom Mac is a big fan of Chase Utley of the Phillies & wrote a special letter to him It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | TV FUNNY BUSINESS $800: After leaving his Comedy Central show in 2005, he made news by hosting "SNL" in 2016 Dave Chappelle |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 2018 this company slimmed its brand name down to "WW" Weight Watchers |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | KIND-OF-PERSON MAGAZINE $2000: (Hi, I'm Lori Greiner.) The "Shark Tank effect", boosting products from the show, has been noted by magazines like this one founded in 1977 whose title describes business risk-takers Entrepreneur |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | 10 LINES ABOUT 5 WOMEN $800: Coco was a French designer, dabbled in perfume for fun / got her business set for life with this No. in '21 Chanel No. 5 |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | BLANK NEWS $1000: Get your fill of business in the afternoon:
"Power ____" Power Lunch |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | UN-BUSINESS $200: 7-Up introduced this slogan in 1967 the Uncola |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | UN-BUSINESS $1000: This clothing company's shirttails fall between the belt & the bottom of the zipper, so no need to stuff them in UNTUCKit |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | MEDDLING IN YOUR BUSINESS $200: Opposing a court order to help the FBI in 2016, its CEO said, "The govt. is asking" this company "to hack its own users" Apple |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | MEDDLING IN YOUR BUSINESS $400: VZ on the Dow, this company took its new name after Bell Atlantic merged with GTE in 2000 Verizon |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | MEDDLING IN YOUR BUSINESS $600: This automaker drives in with its Sorento SUV Kia |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | MEDDLING IN YOUR BUSINESS $800: "America's Diner", as of 2017 it put its slams & skillets on a new on demand app Denny's |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | NO LONGER AROUND $1000: In 1997 after nearly 120 years in business, this iconic 5 & dime chain closed up shop in the USA Woolworth |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | EMILYS $400: She began teaching us manners with 1922's "Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home" (Emily) Post |
| #7833, aired 2018-10-03 | BUSINESS LINGO $2000: A major change in how your business operates is called this type of "shift", from the Greek for "pattern" a paradigm shift |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | BUSINESS $800: In 2007 Forbes reported that this TV personality was "America's sole black female billionaire" Oprah Winfrey |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | BUSINESS $2,400 (Daily Double): After a $26 billion merger in 2016, this business website might keep nagging Microsoft to update its resume LinkedIn |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | PROFESSIONAL NICKNAMES $200: Once more, from the top--in the entertainment business, a hoofer is this job a dancer |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In January 2018 (after Christmas, thank goodness) this retail chain that kids love said it would close about 180 stores Toys "R" Us |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | SPACED-OUT BUSINESS $200: It must have been in the stars in 2007 when it was announced this company would merge with XM Satellite Radio Sirius |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | SPACED-OUT BUSINESS $600: Slow, floating objects were the bane of the triangle-shaped ship's existence in this 1979 Atari video game Asteroids |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | COMIC-CONVERSATION $600: King Features specializes in this business, distributing a comic strip to a large number of newspapers syndication |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | PULITZER PRIZE MUSICALS $1000: There are 8 words in the title of this Frank Loesser musical that won in 1962 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | MOVIES OF "WONDER" $1600: In 2007 it was Mr. Magorium's title place of business the Wonder Emporium |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | SHOW BIZ NICKNAMES $1600: Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, she has the "hardest working legs in show business" Tina Turner |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | AUDIBLE RECENT FICTION $200: This mystery author put out what would turn out to be the last in a series in 2017
"I handed him a business card and said, 'Kinsey Millhone. I'm a local private investigator'..." (Sue) Grafton |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: In 2011 Daniel Radcliffe worked his magic in "How to Succeed in" this "Without Really Trying" business |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | YESTERDAY'S NEWS $600: Though Eli Whitney secured a patent for this invention in 1794, the ease of its piracy put the man out of business the cotton gin |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | MIDDLE INITIAL E. $400: In 1915 bond dealer Charles E. Merrill took on a business partner with this last name Lynch |
| #7722, aired 2018-03-20 | BOOKS ABOUT ASIA $400: Spending 7 years in the hermit kingdom as a business executive helped Felix Abt write "A Capitalist in" this nation North Korea |
| #7714, aired 2018-03-08 | IN BUSINESS $200: John Lennon was on the cover of Rolling Stone's first one issue |
| #7714, aired 2018-03-08 | IN BUSINESS $400: To ignore someone in insulting fashion snub |
| #7714, aired 2018-03-08 | IN BUSINESS $600: It's an old-fashioned word for a kiss a buss |
| #7714, aired 2018-03-08 | IN BUSINESS $800: In Brit slang for a self-important person, it often follows "his" nibs |
| #7714, aired 2018-03-08 | IN BUSINESS $1000: These cavities are small at birth & grow rapidly after puberty sinus cavities |
| #7692, aired 2018-02-06 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $1200: Last name of Linda, co-founder of WWE & head of the Small Business Administration McMahon |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | OREGON $1000: Around 1836 Washington Irving wrote a history of this man's successful fur trading business in Oregon John Jacob Astor |
| #7673, aired 2018-01-10 | MAPPING OUT ASIA $600: A tall bit of business, this mountain got its name from being the second peak measured in the Karakoram range K2 |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | THE BUSINESS OF CELEBRITY $400: In 2017 George Clooney & partners sold Casamigos, a brand of this liquor, in a deal potentially worth $1 billion tequila |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | THE BUSINESS OF CELEBRITY $2000: Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is the "CR" in the Pestana CR7, a new hotel in Funchal in this European country Portugal |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | GREEK LETTER PHRASES $1,600 (Daily Double): This transport business began as a crop-dusting operation in 1924 Delta Airlines |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | ANGELS IN AMERICA $400: An angel one of these helps startups; a business professor took the term from Broadway an angel investor |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | BUSINESS PAIRINGS $400: Always in fashion:
Dolce & ____ Gabbana |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | BUSINESS PAIRINGS $800: Sons of guns who partnered up in 1852:
Smith & ____ Wesson |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | DOING BUSINESS IN THE 1800s $400: The first watering hole called this was out west in 1822; adding poker & batwing doors made for a fine business model a saloon |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | DOING BUSINESS IN THE 1800s $800: How's a mill or mine owner to make a living with laws like the Mass. one in 1842 limiting these workers to a 10-hour day children |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | DOING BUSINESS IN THE 1800s $1600: Early 19th century British textile makers saw their labor-saving machines smashed by these activists the Luddites |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | DOING BUSINESS IN THE 1800s $2,000 (Daily Double): In Britain a pound equaled 20 shillings; this gold coin named for a region of Africa equaled 21 shillings a guinea |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | DOING BUSINESS IN THE 1800s $2000: Dickens' United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin & Crumpet Baking & Punctual Delivery Co. was a joint this co. a joint stock company |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | "B"USINESS $800: It sounds like a small, high-end shop, but in business, it's a specialty investment banker boutique |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | THE PITTSBURGH ADDRESS $800: In 1948 this general told the Chamber of Commerce, "Business has a special stake in European recovery" (George C.) Marshall |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $200: In college, Fred Smith wrote a paper about the need for an overnight delivery service; in 1973 he launched this co. FedEx |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $400: The Sealed Air Corporation has made a fortune off this trademarked shipping aid that was created in 1957 bubble wrap |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $800: In 1901 John Queeny founded chemical company Monsanto to make this synthetic sweetener saccharin |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | THE WOMAN IN THE MOVIE $1600: In 1988 this "Risky Business" beauty starred in "And God Created Woman" (Rebecca) De Mornay |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | GOOD LUCK $1000: In Japan maneki neko is this animal in porcelain, waving its paws to bring a business luck a cat |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | NONFICTION $1200: Charles Duhigg explored "Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business" in "The Power of" this The Power of Habit |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | BUSINESS NAMES $600: Starbucks was named for the first mate in this novel Moby Dick |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | BUSINESS NAMES $1000: The name of this Warren Buffett conglomerate goes back to 2 Massachusetts textile companies that merged in 1955 Berkshire Hathaway |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | SOME OF YOUR BUSINESS $200: In 1896 he paired with Charles Henry Dow to compute a daily industrials average (Edward) Jones |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | SOME OF YOUR BUSINESS $400: In 2014 the Massachusetts Supreme Court gave the green light to showroom sales of this luxury electric car a Tesla |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | SOME OF YOUR BUSINESS $600: Despite $10 billion in annual revenue, this sports league was technically a nonprofit & its office tax-exempt until 2015 the NFL |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | SOME OF YOUR BUSINESS $800: In 1986 this Virgin tycoon won a title for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by powerboat Richard Branson |
| #7526, aired 2017-05-08 | NEWSPAPERS $400: It grew out of a newsletter first published in 1883 that covered the day's business & financial news The Wall Street Journal |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | PORTMANTEAU WORDS $800: Like Mama June Shannon, a momager is a parent who is specifically trying to do this manage a stage child (get them in show business) |
| #7517, aired 2017-04-25 | THE OFFICE $1600: Unlike in school, in business if you're sent to this person's office, you visit an owner or part owner of the company principal |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | THE FRUITS OF LABOR $1600: Sadly, Panama disease put the Gros Michel, once the most common type of this fruit, out of business in the late 1950s banana |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | BUSINESS $600: This biotech biggie was founded in 1980 as Applied Molecular Genetics Amgen |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | BUSINESS $1000: This 5-letter company began in 1903 as a wholesale cheese business Kraft |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESSMEN $4,000 (Daily Double): After selling his fur business in 1834, he devoted himself to real estate, building the world's biggest hotel in NYC John Jacob Astor |
| #7412, aired 2016-11-29 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $200: NYU's Stern School of Business offers a Ph.D. in this financial record-keeping specialty accounting |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $1,000 (Daily Double): From 1889 until early in the Great Depression, this newspaper rarely reported beyond business & economic news The Wall Street Journal |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | BUSINESS $400: In 2012 the founder of this office superstore told the GOP convention how Mitt Romney helped launch the company Staples |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | BUSINESS $800: In 1999, this shark & a pal sold their broadcast.com to Yahoo! for $5.7 billion (Mark) Cuban |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | BUSINESS $1000: This casual clothing company debuted its "initial" catalog in 1983 J.Crew |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | TV IN THE YEAR 2000 $1000: Before wearing a metal suit, he wore a business one when he played attorney Larry Paul on "Ally McBeal" Robert Downey Jr. |
| #7332, aired 2016-06-28 | DOING BUSINESS ONLINE $800: In addition to numerous shopping deal & its "Club O" program, this.com also has a link for pet adoptions Overstock.com |
| #7332, aired 2016-06-28 | DOING BUSINESS ONLINE $1000: "Fun. It's serious business", says this ticket-reselling site that opened for biz in 2000 StubHub |
| #7330, aired 2016-06-24 | LATER IN THE SHAKESPEARE SPEECH $400: Yadayadayada dagger before me... "It is the bloody business which informs thus to mine eyes" Macbeth |
| #7330, aired 2016-06-24 | BUSINESS MAGAZINES $1600: Money mag's 2015 "Best Places to Live" was topped by apex, near the Research Triangle in this Southern state North Carolina |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | BUSINESS $400: To become "more nimble", this retailer cut 450 jobs from its Bentonville, Ark. headquarters in 2015 Walmart |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | BUSINESS $600: The main Colombian competition for Starbucks, which started business there in 2014, are coffee shops named for this man Juan Valdez |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | BUSINESS $1000: We're bullish on this company founded in 1914 to build motors for the Bull Tractor Company Toro |
| #7286, aired 2016-04-25 | THE J-V SQUAD $2000: 2-word term for a business enterprise in which 2 or more companies enter a partnership a joint venture |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | 2-WORD BUSINESS TERMS $2000: "Large" buzz-phrase for a mass of information, like about shopping habits, used in business decision-making big data |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | LIKE A BOSS $200: Cornell's Tech Campus on New York's Roosevelt Island got a $100 million donation from this ex-mayor, now back in business Bloomberg |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | LIKE A BOSS $800: NPR fans know Harvard Business Review listed the CEO of Novo this as 2015's best-performing CEO in the world Nordisk |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | CELEBRITY ENTREPRENEURS $600: When it comes to business, he's a raging bull, with stakes in the Nobu Restaurants, Tribeca Grill & the Greenwich Hotel Robert de Niro |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS $800: The P in Provera & Prevnar isn't silent, but the one in this drug company that makes them is Pfizer |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS $2000: In 2015 Jack Dorsey became "permanent CEO" of this online co. & immediately posted about slashing 8% of its work force Twitter |
| #7195, aired 2015-12-18 | MINNEAPOLIS $1200: Foshay Tower was Minneapolis' tallest when opened in this year; Mr. Foshay's business promptly collapsed, but the tower stands 1929 |
| #7169, aired 2015-11-12 | BOOKS ABOUT POLITICS $1200: "All the Truth Is Out" by Matt Bai says politics went tabloid in 1987 with coverage of this Colo. senator's "Monkey Business" (Gary) Hart |
| #7143, aired 2015-10-07 | SEE THE SEA CREATURE $800: It's business fin in front, party fin in back for this fish, as it hobnobs around the Florida Keys a mullet |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | EVERY OTHER LETTER A VOWEL $800: A boss, be it in business or baseball manager |
| #7101, aired 2015-06-29 | GET PICKLED $600: In his teens, this Pittsburgh "pickle king" was running a business to supply grocers with fresh produce (Henry) Heinz |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | THE BUSINESS OF TECH $200: Based in Connecticut, this company had $21.4 billion in revenue in fiscal 2013; copy that! Xerox |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | THE BUSINESS OF TECH $400: Last name of Michael, who in 1984 with $1,000 began a co. called PC's Limited; in 2014 Michael was worth $21.9 billion Dell |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | THE BUSINESS OF TECH $600: In 2014 The Economist said this company was "burying the Hachette" over e-book prices Amazon |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | THE BUSINESS OF TECH $800: Hold the phone! This began as a small export company in Korea in 1938; electronics fired up in 1969 Samsung |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $400: A "business"-like musical:
"Coffee Break" &
"The Company Way" How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #7074, aired 2015-05-21 | MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY $800: Before a scene Matthew beats his chest to relax; an all-business DiCaprio asks him to do it on-screen in this 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | WHISKEY $800: This Tennessee man's career in the whiskey business started in 1863 while he was still a teenager Jack Daniel |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | REMEMBER THE '80s? $1200: Secretary Melanie Griffith tells Harrison Ford, "I have a head for business & a bod for sin" in this film Working Girl |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $200: The license to sell the goods of a company, such as McDonald's, in a designated territory a franchise |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $400: Abbreviated W.M., this company cleans up as the U.S. leader in trash disposal Waste Management |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $600: In 1849, this man founded a company that today brings you products from Advil to Zoloft (Charles) Pfizer |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | BUSINESS HISTORY $200: This restaurant chain opened in London in 1971; Eric Clapton's guitar became the first piece of memorabilia in 1979 the Hard Rock Cafe |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | BUSINESS HISTORY $400: Back in 1896, an insurance company started telling us it had the reliability of this landmark Gibraltar |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | BUSINESS HISTORY $600: In 1933 W.G. Peacock created this drink consisting of tomatoes, celery, carrots, spinach, watercress, beets, lettuce & parsley V8 |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | BUSINESS HISTORY $1000: In 1917 a cookware salesman began giving customers soapy steel-wool pads, which he later sold under this name S.O.S pads |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | "IN" BUSINESS $800: For Amalgamated Button, it means all their buttons or the buttons' value inventory |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | "IN" BUSINESS $1200: Governments encourage businesses to expand & hire with an ITC, this type of tax credit investment |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | "IN" BUSINESS $1600: This state of being unable to pay creditors often leads to a bankruptcy filing insolvency |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | "IN" BUSINESS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated map on the monitor.) A big U.S. company merges with a smaller foreign company then relocates its headquarters to that country in order to avoid some U.S. taxes in this controversial practice inversion |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | BIG BUSINESS $400: In 2009 this company had orders for 263 commercial planes; in 2013, for 1,531 Boeing |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | BIG BUSINESS $1600: In September 2014, in the largest IPO in history, investors said open sesame to this new stock from China Alibaba |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | BIG BUSINESS $2000: Gaming company SJM Holdings has billions in assets, including 17 casinos it operates in this Asian territory Macau |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | INSTRUMENTAL IN SCIENCE $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew, at Harvard University's Historical Scientific Instruments, shows a machine.) Harvard lost most of its scientific equipment in a 1764 fire; state-of-the-art replacements, like an electricity-generating machine, were bought by this man in London on business for the colony of Pennsylvania Benjamin Franklin |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $400: "Instruction for Corporate Advancement Requiring Little Effort" How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #7011, aired 2015-02-23 | 17-LETTER WORDS $800: It's having a business meeting in 2 or more locations at once, linked by "v"isual technology videoconferencing |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | COMPUTER HISTORY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California)
Punch-card tabulators vastly reduced the time needed to conduct the 1890 census and save taxpayers millions; They were created by Herman Hollerith, the father of modern automatic computation, who founded what is, today, this three-letter business giant IBM |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE NEW $100 BILL $800: The quill pen & inkwell are a bit ironic given that the person shown on the bill was in this business from age 12 printing |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | PIZZA, BEER & BALLGAMES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gets ready to chow down on a slice at Gino's East Pizza in Chicago.) A 2012 Bloomberg piece featured this mayor enjoying a slice of Gino's with business leaders for what the piece called a distinctly Chicago take on partisan battles & innovation in the Windy City Rahm Emanuel |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | STARS OF BUSINESS $200: Naturally, this tuna brand dots the "I" in its name with a star StarKist |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | STARS OF BUSINESS $1000: In 1909 this company began using a logo with a green "T" superimposed on a red star Texaco |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | ADJECTIVES FOR YOUR RESUMÉ $1,000 (Daily Double): This word for one who foresees a need & makes changes in advance is on a list of "overused business buzzwords" proactive |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME ACTOR $1600: In 1988 these 2 actresses played 2 sets of twins in "Big Business" Lily Tomlin & Bette Midler |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | BUSINESS & BRAND NAMES $800: Head to the very end of the alphabet for the name of this skateboarding store that started in Seattle in 1978 Zumiez |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | BUSINESS & BRAND NAMES $1000: Dr. Dre helped found this brand of headphones, sold as part of a deal to Apple in 2014 Beats |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | INTERNATIONAL TRADE $1200: It's the unfair business practice of selling an export at a price lower than charged in its country of origin dumping |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | THE TV BUSINESS $200: In many markets the broadcast day is broken up into parts including 7-8 P.M., called "access", & 8-11 P.M., called this prime time |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | THE TV BUSINESS $400: Established in 1934, this U.S. govt. agency regulates TV, radio, cable & satellite broadcasting the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | THE TV BUSINESS $600: Often 30 minutes in length, it's an advertisement recorded to look like a news program or talk show an infomercial |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | A BLOODY BUSINESS $200: In 1792 highwayman Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person executed by this recent invention the guillotine |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | A BLOODY BUSINESS $400: The low-carb diet named for this N.Y. town surged in popularity after its creator was murdered in 1980 Scarsdale |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | A BLOODY BUSINESS $600: This out-of-favor English queen was executed by the sword in 1536 Anne Boleyn |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | A BLOODY BUSINESS $800: In 1957 Albert Anastasia of Murder, Inc. was gunned down in this type of tonsorial establishment a barbershop |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | A BLOODY BUSINESS $1000: Nice head on this Scottish hero. Too bad it ended up, in 1305, adorning London Bridge as a warning William Wallace |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | DANIEL RADCLIFFE $800: In 2011 Daniel filled the shoes of Robert Morse & Matthew Broderick admirably, giving us the "business" in this B'way show How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #6904, aired 2014-09-25 | HOLD YOUR HORSES! $1600: This 1977 Triple Crown winner got his name from his owner's business interests in Washington State Seattle Slew |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT $400: The business sense of this naturalist & painter was for the birds; he was jailed for debt in 1819 (John James) Audubon |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | IS THERE A TV DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? $600: Laurence Fishburne's Dr. Langston left the office of this show in 2011, but it's still open for business on CBS CSI |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | GROUPIES $1000: In 2003 this business behemoth changed its tobacco-associated name to the Altria Group Philip Morris |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | SIMON SAYS $200: He told one singer on "American Idol", "My advice would be, if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't" Simon Cowell |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $200: In 2013 Variety reported "This is the End" was the last movie rented from this once-mighty chain Blockbuster |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $400: In 2009 service was no longer state of the art at the last brick & mortar stores of this alliterative electronics chain Circuit City |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $600: Let's go back in time--he made 9,000 of the cars named for him before running off the road in 1982 John DeLorean |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $800: In 1991 this "directional" airline flew off into the sunset after 64 years Eastern |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $1000: In 2009 Toys "R" Us scooped up the remains of this 2-letter retailer KB Toys |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | THE SALE MAKER $600: In 1912 he was the Maine (& only) man in his new clothing business; today, the company has annual sales of $1.5 billion L.L. Bean |
| #6810, aired 2014-04-04 | COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS $200: The "B" in COBOL business |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | "SELF-E"s $400: Status in common of freelance writers, sole business proprietors & contract killers self-employed |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $1600: Recently damaged in the civil war, this city had been its nation's business capital & was once the end of the Silk Road Aleppo |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | AMERICAN DECORATIVE ARTS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.) In 1929, Winterthur's owner showed he meant business when he paid a then-record $44,000 for a classic high chest of Philadelphia rococo, outbidding this controversial publisher (William Randolph) Hearst |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY $400: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) The first transcontinental car trip was made by Horatio Nelson Jackson in this 1903 Winton at a time when America had few roads & little support for cars, so, whenever he had a breakdown & needed repairs, he would often have to rely on these workers that the automobile would soon put out of business blacksmiths |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | GOLDBERG VARIATIONS $400: This banker brought his son-in-law Samuel Sachs into the business in 1882 (Marcus) Goldman |
| #6767, aired 2014-02-04 | BUSINESS & THE MARKET $200: In 2008 Toyota ended this company's 77-year reign as the world's top automaker General Motors |
| #6767, aired 2014-02-04 | BUSINESS & THE MARKET $600: In 1967 this company's holdings included 2 peewee Nebraska insurance companies; now it owns GEICO Berkshire Hathaway |
| #6767, aired 2014-02-04 | BUSINESS & THE MARKET $800: In 2013 Facebook dangled $3 billion in cash in front of this photo-messaging company, which said no Snapchat |
| #6767, aired 2014-02-04 | BUSINESS & THE MARKET $1000: This giant Peoria-based company purchased ERA Mining Machinery in 2012 Caterpillar |
| #6755, aired 2014-01-17 | GUYS, CAPITALISM WORKS! $1600: Capitalism was called "the perfect system" in this business magazine that calls itself a "capitalist tool" Forbes |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | COMPLETES THE BROADWAY SHOW TITLE $400: A satire of corporate America:
"How to Succeed in Business ____ ____ ____" Without Really Trying |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | THE "CLASS" STRUGGLE $600: On Emirates Airlines, the seats in this section between first & economy recline into beds business class |
| #6725, aired 2013-12-06 | PARTS OF THE CITY $2000: You'll see men in suits looking up stock prices in the Melbourne or New Orleans CBD, short for this Central Business District |
| #6723, aired 2013-12-04 | FINLANDIA $800: In 2013 Microsoft agreed to buy this Finnish company's mobile phone business for $7.2 billion Nokia |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | BROADWAY SHOWS BY CHARACTER $2000: Window washer J. Pierrepont Finch,
company president J.B. Biggley How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | GIVING YOU THE BUSINESS $1600: In 1982 this co. took a big step & introduced a new shoe designed for women, the "Freestyle", for aerobics Reebok |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | GIVING YOU THE BUSINESS $2000: Shell Oil's parent company is headquartered in this country where it gets the "royal" treatment the Netherlands |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $800: Sam Grobart said that this app from Intuit was better than his accountant & got him $2,000 in refunds TurboTax |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $1200: (I'm Andrew Ross Sorkin.) In 2000 I broke the news of the acquisition of J.P. Morgan by this banking company Chase |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $2000: (I'm Eric Lichtblau.) In 2012, as this group celebrated its centennial, I wrote that as the longtime leading business voice in Washington, it was competing to be heard in fiscal debates the Chamber of Commerce |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | BUSINESS $1600: In 2013 this news network acquired Current TV & took its spot on U.S. cable; salaam aleikum Al Jazeera |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME $400: "Developed the first American cast steel plow"; inc. in 1868, "his business, is still in existence today" John Deere |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | ARKANSAS $400: In 1983 she was Arkansas woman of the year; in 1989 she was listed among the state's best business litigation lawyers Hillary Clinton |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | HOW'D THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY? $400: (Here with the first clue is Kevin O'Leary.) In 1914, J. Paul Getty came back from goofing around in Europe & got into this family business in Oklahoma; it made him the USA's richest man the oil business |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | HOW'D THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY? $1200: (Here's Mark Cuban.) In the late 1300s Giovanni made this family wealthy in the schmatte business; his son Cosimo began the rise to political power the Medicis |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | 8-LETTER WORDS $800: In business, an extra working period, or in sports, an extra playing period overtime |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | BUSINESS HISTORIES $600: In 1906 William Ramsay began making this shoe polish, which he named for his wife's native land Down Under Kiwi |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | BUSINESS HISTORIES $1000: In 1926 this guide to auto values was first published in Los Angeles; a 1921 Nash touring car with a clock was worth $50 Kelley Blue Book |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | BUSINESS HISTORIES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1916 Pullman Brown was chosen as the color of this company's vehicles UPS |
| #6635, aired 2013-06-21 | BUSINESS & FINANCE $800: In 2013 this company said it would shrink its store base & focus more on Nook tablets Barnes & Noble |
| #6635, aired 2013-06-21 | BUSINESS & FINANCE $1200: Toxic & unsalable, they're the TAs in TARP, the "Relief Program" implemented in 2008 to stem the financial crisis troubled assets |
| #6635, aired 2013-06-21 | BUSINESS & FINANCE $2000: In 2013 the finance minister of this long economically troubled African country said there was $217 in the National Treasury Zimbabwe |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | ABBREV-"E"-ATIONS $200: In a business letter, encl. is an abbreviation for this enclosed (or enclosure) |
| #6628, aired 2013-06-12 | AN UNFINISHED CATEG $600: Setting up your business, the first "L" in an LLC stands for... limited |
| #6613, aired 2013-05-22 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 2012 this oil company agreed to pay the largest criminal fine in U.S. history BP |
| #6613, aired 2013-05-22 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This baking soda brand first sold in 1867 has had great success urging us to dump its product down the drain Arm & Hammer |
| #6613, aired 2013-05-22 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In 2009 this colossus of playthings gained control of FAO Schwarz Toys "R" Us |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | POLITICAL QUOTES $200: Soliciting business in California in 2013, this Texas governor said Austin is poised to be the "next Silicon Valley" Rick Perry |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $400: The Five model of this Toyota gets about 50 mpg, so the 700 miles between Dallas & Des Moines? Only 14 gallons! a Prius |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $800: Copy that (at 4 A.M.)! In 2004 FedEx acquired this company for $2.4 billion Kinko's |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $1200: Founded in 1986, this supplies chain has a "center" of attention in Los Angeles Staples |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $1600: In 2013 these 2 airlines with homegrown names announced they would merge American & U.S. |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $2000: This electronics firm was named for a certain quality of a mechanical pencil invented by its founder Sharp |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | MAGAZINES $1600: In 2010 Adweek named this magazine covering technology, business & culture the "magazine of the decade" Wired |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | INTERNET-BUSINESS.COM $400: This movie & TV show rental .com claims "more than 27 million members in the United States and Canada" Netflix |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | INTERNET-BUSINESS.COM $1600: Nick Swinmurn founded this .com in '99 after an unsuccessful trip to the mall for some shoes Zappos |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | BUSINESS LETTERS $200: In names of printers, these 2 letters precede officejet & photosmart HP |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | BUSINESS LETTERS $600: It's what the S & P stand for in the S&P 500 Standard & Poor's |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | BUSINESS LETTERS $800: One of the 3 Ms in the name of the company that makes Scotch tape Minnesota (Mining & Manufacturing) |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | BUSINESS LETTERS $1000: The "K" in Kmart honors this founder who also owned a chain of stores under his own name Kresge |
| #6570, aired 2013-03-22 | COMPASS POINT MOVIES $1600: Nick Nolte has the best hands in football but a "bad attitude" in this satire on the business of football North Dallas Forty |
| #6557, aired 2013-03-05 | MUSICALS' OPENING SONGS $400: "How To (Succeed)" How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | THE HEALTH BUSINESS $400: Fred Joyal flashes his pearly whites in commercials for 1-800-this, which he co-founded DENTIST |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | THE HEALTH BUSINESS $800: The not-for-profit Kaiser Foundation is partnered with this definitely for-profit medical group opened in 1945 Permanente |
| #6548, aired 2013-02-20 | MOVIES: THE LINE OF THE END $1200: "My name is Joel Goodson. I deal in human fulfillment. I grossed over $8,000 in one night. The time of your life, huh, kid?" Risky Business |
| #6481, aired 2012-11-19 | GEOLOGY $1600: In geology it's a type of erosion; in business it's reducing staff without layoffs attrition |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | BUSINESS IS GOOD $200: In 2012 this 2-named energy company reported a quarterly profit of nearly $16 bil., the highest ever for a U.S. corp. Exxon Mobil |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | BUSINESS IS GOOD $400: In January 2009 a share in this tech co. was $82.33; In August 2012, after a court victory over Samsung, it opened at $680 Apple |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | BUSINESS IS GOOD $600: In 1999 this "colorful" airline took delivery of its 1st airbus A320--in 2011 it boasted 100 daily flights at Logan Airport JetBlue |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Lockheed Martin is big in security & I.T. but is still better known for making these, like its C-5 airplanes |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1200: This 3-letter drugstore comes before "Caremark" in the name of a giant company CVS |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $2000: This user review website made a "noise of pain" in March 2012 when its stock dropped after a promising IPO Yelp |
| #6463, aired 2012-10-24 | GREAT IDEAS $800: In 1879 Samuel Dodd, this wealthy man's lawyer, came up with the idea of business trusts Rockefeller |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | BUFFETT TALKS BUSINESS $200: (Warren Buffett delivers the clue.) I believe in productive assets that will keep delivering output in 100 years; people will still buy products from companies like this soft drink maker of which Berkshire Hathaway owns 8.8% Coca-Cola |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | BUFFETT TALKS BUSINESS $3,000 (Daily Double): (Warren Buffett delivers the clue.) If you understand a particular industry, put more capital into the companies you believe in; don't bother with this strategy of putting eggs in different baskets diversification |
| #6438, aired 2012-09-19 | "&" MAGAZINES $400: Harvard & Stanford tied for first in this magazine's ranking of Best Business Schools for 2013 U.S. News & World Report |
| #6432, aired 2012-07-31 | SUPER BOWL WINNERS $800: Ray Lewis & this team took care of business in 2001, winning 34-7 the Baltimore Ravens |
| #6429, aired 2012-07-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 2001 AOL & this communications giant completed a $164 billion merger, the largest in U.S. history Time Warner |
| #6429, aired 2012-07-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In 1994 The Gap's president Millard Drexler created this lower-priced chain, naming it for a Paris bar Old Navy |
| #6429, aired 2012-07-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: In September 2008 Google unveiled this new web browser Chrome |
| #6429, aired 2012-07-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Although this German company created an electric shaver in 1938, WWII delayed its introduction until 1951 Braun |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | A DOLLAR IS WORTH ABOUT... $800: 1,200 dinars in this country; the U.S. officially ended some other business there in December 2011 Iraq |
| #6409, aired 2012-06-28 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This company offers 18,000 new & redesigned cards a year, many sold in its Gold Crown stores Hallmark |
| #6409, aired 2012-06-28 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: In September 1989 Toyota entered the luxury car market with this brand's ES250 & LS400 models Lexus |
| #6409, aired 2012-06-28 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In 1992 Playskool revamped this construction set by replacing its wooden sticks & spools with plastic parts Tinkertoys |
| #6403, aired 2012-06-20 | HERSHEY'S $400: Milton Hershey established his first candy business in this city, in time for its Centennial Exposition of 1876 Philadelphia |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | BUSINESS SCHOOLS $400: In 1921 Rev. John O'Hara founded what became the Mendoza College of Business at this university near South Bend Notre Dame |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | BUSINESS SCHOOLS $1600: In 2006 & 2007 this prestigious school at the University of Pennsylvania celebrated its 125th anniversary Wharton |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | TV LOCATIONS $600: "The Good Wife" goes about her business in this metropolis Chicago |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | FRANKLY $800: This composer got a Pulitzer for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" Frank Loesser |
| #6380, aired 2012-05-18 | 21st CENTURY LINGO $600: in 2011 Business Week said European government bonds were this "poisonous" kind of debt toxic |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | "HOW TO" ENTERTAIN $400: This musical won 7 Tonys as well as the 1962 Pulitzer for Drama How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #6354, aired 2012-04-12 | WITHOUT MY PARTNER $2000: In 1849 this man with a good name for an accountant set up business in London Samuel Price (of Price Waterhouse) |
| #6351, aired 2012-04-09 | BUSINESS LETTERS $400: When incorporated in 1885, AT&T stood for this American Telephone & Telegraph |
| #6351, aired 2012-04-09 | BUSINESS LETTERS $800: The "F" in FTD stands for these retailers who formed the delivery service in 1910 Florists |
| #6351, aired 2012-04-09 | BUSINESS LETTERS $1200: MSN, which went online in 1995, stands for this Microsoft Network |
| #6351, aired 2012-04-09 | BUSINESS LETTERS $1600: Since its inception in 1986, QVC has offered customers quality, value & this, right from their homes convenience |
| #6343, aired 2012-03-28 | FEDERAL AGENCIES $800: It was founded in 1914 to prevent unfair methods of competition in commerce the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) |
| #6334, aired 2012-03-15 | MBAs $600: The first U.S. president with an MBA, he received his from Harvard Business School in 1975 George W. Bush |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | FILL IN THE QUOTE $2000: Bismarck wanted Germany to be "an honest" this "who really intends to do business" broker |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | ITALIAN DRESSING $800: Older brother Santo runs the business of this Italian designer murdered in 1997 (Gianni) Versace |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | A BIBLE BOOK FOR THEE $800: The Lord gave a guy the business in a big way; his days "are spent without hope" Job |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1600: Business partners whose circus was purchased by the Ringling Brothers in 1907 Barnum & Bailey |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS $800: In 2011 Fitch Agency downgraded this European country's credit rating to CCC, one grade above default Greece |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS $1200: We're not being redundant when we say that United united with this airline in 2010 Continental |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS $1600: Amid the phone-hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch withdrew his bid for this biggest British broadcaster BSkyB |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | THAT'S BUSINESS $200: He started a book business from his home in 1873; his son William joined forces with G. Clifford Noble in 1917 (Charles M.) Barnes |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | THAT'S BUSINESS $400: In 1997 Tyco International moved to this U.K. territory in the Atlantic for tax purposes Bermuda |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | THAT'S BUSINESS $800: In 1851 this company started using a logo with a man in the moon & 13 stars; now it uses its initials Proctor & Gamble |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | THAT'S BUSINESS $1000: In 1927 this brand name first appeared on a Sears washing machine Kenmore |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Elliot Handler, the "el" in this toymaker, died at age 95 in 2011 Mattel |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: After nearly 100 years, this company cut its Oldsmobile brand from its line in 2004 GM (General Motors) |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $600: In summer 2010 this insurance giant paid back nearly $4 billion of its bailout loan; only $97 billion to go! AIG |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | WORLD POTPOURRI $800: In 1999 50,000 people protested in Seattle against this international business group the World Trade Organization (WTO) |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: This maker of Huggies & Kleenex started out in 1872 to manufacture newsprint from rags Kimberly-Clark |
| #6250, aired 2011-11-18 | ANYTHING BUT OPERA $1200: Daniel Radcliffe recently brought his magic to Broadway starring in this musical satire of Corporate America How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | AUSTRALISMS $2000: If you stick your nose in other people's business, you're a "sticky" this bird part beak |
| #6223, aired 2011-10-12 | GETTING YOUR "DUE" $2000: This alliterative legal term refers to the care a prudent person would exercise in evaluating business risks due diligence |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | EDUCATION $400: Back in 1987 Aspen College began offering an MBA degree online, MBA standing for this master's of business administration |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER $1200: The Artsbeat blog talked of how this "360" CNN anchor landed the gig as the "book voice" in "How to Succeed in Business..." Anderson Cooper |
| #6178, aired 2011-06-22 | COURSE CORRECTION $1000: I won't be auditing ACCT 208, Auditing; I'll be in Risk Management, at this business school at Penn Wharton |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | 1811 $600: This family-run company, founded in Germany to manufacture steel, eventually did a booming business Krupp |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | "P-S-P" $200: An association of at least 2 people joined by a contract in a business a partnership |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | THE 1860s $400: In 1986 this 23-year-old from Cleveland invested $4000 in an oil refining business; he became very, very rich John D.) Rockefeller |
| #6149, aired 2011-05-12 | QUOTES ABOUT TEACHING $1600: He wrote in the business magazine bearing his name that education "replaces an empty mind with an open one" (Malcolm) Forbes |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | UP IN THE AIR $800: Warm air flows deflected by the Earth's rotation create winds that were named this by business-minded mariners trade winds |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | TASTY MUSICAL ACTS $1600: This "citrus" electronica band did music for 30 films in the '80s, including "Risky Business" & "Legend" Tangerine Dream |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | BATTLES $5,000 (Daily Double): Crecy in 1346 is believed to be the first European battle where this substance was used; business was booming gunpowder |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | RENT $400: The highest business rents in the world are along this Paris boulevard Champs-Elysées |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | RENT $600: This car rental business began in Chicago in 1918 with a fleet of 12 Model Ts Hertz |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | THAT'S MY BUSINESS! $1600: I bus tables at Twin City Grill, one of the 50 restaurants in this Twin Cities shopping destination the Mall of America |
| #6095, aired 2011-02-25 | CURRENT MUSIC $400: "Brand New Eyes" is from this band in the "Misery Business" Paramore |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | FASHION DESIGNERS $400: In 1994 he sold his underwear business for $64 million (Calvin) Klein |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | TREBEKS IN ART HISTORY $1000: Oh, Cousin Alain, you had no business in this man's "Impression, Sunrise"--probably why you didn't make the final cut (Claude) Monet |
| #6069, aired 2011-01-20 | FAITH IN AMERICA $200: It's the term for a regular Quaker gathering; like at a business one, minutes are read a meeting |
| #6055, aired 2010-12-31 | WATCH "ING" THE MOVIES $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads the clue in Bethel, New York.) This 2009 movie is the true story of Elliot Tiber who helped launch a legendary rock concert, but he was only trying to get business for his family's hotel here in Bethel, New York Taking Woodstock |
| #6051, aired 2010-12-27 | ALL ABOUT STEVE $800: He's editor-in-chief of the USA's leading business magazine & also writes a column for it called "Fact and Comment" Forbes |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE LITERARY BUSINESS $400: 2-word term for Oleson's in Laura Ingalls Wilder's books the general store |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE LITERARY BUSINESS $800: In this novel John Galt leaves the Twentieth Century Motor Company when it goes Socialist Atlas Shrugged |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE LITERARY BUSINESS $1200: The St. Gregory is the title establishment in this Arthur Hailey novel Hotel |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE LITERARY BUSINESS $2000: This type of agency is spiraling downward in "Then We Came To The End" by Joshua Ferris an advertising agency |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | DOWN ON THE FARM $800: The first of these farms, which do a big seasonal business, was started with the planting of 25,000 spruce in 1901 a Christmas tree farm |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | CAR & DRIVER $200: In this 1983 film Tom Cruise's dad's Porsche ends up in Lake Michigan Risky Business |
| #5994, aired 2010-10-07 | A BUSINESS IS BORN $400: It was born in Seattle in 1971 & named for the first mate in "Moby Dick" Starbucks |
| #5994, aired 2010-10-07 | A BUSINESS IS BORN $800: This food chain began in 1980, when Safer Way Natural Foods merged with Clarksville Natural Grocery Whole Foods |
| #5994, aired 2010-10-07 | A BUSINESS IS BORN $1200: The first drug-store in this chain began operating out of a Chicago hotel in 1901; in 2009 the 7,000th store opened Walgreens |
| #5994, aired 2010-10-07 | A BUSINESS IS BORN $1600: In 1998, after renaming their Backrub search engine, Larry Page & Sergey Brin incorporated under this name Google |
| #5991, aired 2010-10-04 | MONKEY BUSINESS $1200: This biggest type of New World monkey has a scream that can be heard even in tropical rainstorms a howler monkey |
| #5991, aired 2010-10-04 | MONKEY BUSINESS $1600: Macaca mulatta is better known as this monkey that's helped in medical science, especially blood grouping Rhesus |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: (Alex gives the clue from an industry shop-floor in Dearborn, MI.) This is the only one of America's Big Three automakers that did not get a federal bailout in 2009 Ford |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: Though it's named for a big state, this firm founded in 1930 makes a lot of tiny electronic stuff Texas Instruments |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | SILENCE $200: In a silent one of these, the bids are written--none of that "do I hear..." business an auction |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | GOVERNMENT BY COMMITTEE $600: In the name of a Senate committee, small this is paired with entrepreneurship business |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | BUSINESS LETTERS $800: From coast-to-coast, people know that the A & P in A&P Supermarkets stand for this Atlantic & Pacific |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | BUSINESS LETTERS $3,000 (Daily Double): For what it's worth, the V in CVS Pharmacies stands for this Value |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | AT THE BUSINESS' WEBSITE $400: You could "See what's new in Windows 7" & "Watch the demos" at this company's site Microsoft |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | AT THE BUSINESS' WEBSITE $800: "It's in the game" at this gamemaker's site where you can get into the "community" of its Madden NFL 10 EA Sports (Electronic Arts accepted) |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | AT THE BUSINESS' WEBSITE $1000: In November 2009 the website of this Texas co. bragged it was "awarded integrated turnkey drilling contract for South Ghawar" Halliburton |
| #5946, aired 2010-06-21 | ANAGRAMS OF COLORS $2,500 (Daily Double): A purplish red anagrams to this person of great influence, especially in business magnate (an anagram of magenta) |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | TIME IS ON YOUR SIDE $1200: Usually beginning July 1 or October 1, it's a 12-month period used in business & accounting a fiscal year |
| #5906, aired 2010-04-26 | INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO $400: (James Lipton delivers the clue.) For his pants-less slide in "Risky Business", he said he put wax on the floor to the center of the shot, then dust to help him stop Tom Cruise |
| #5901, aired 2010-04-19 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESSMEN $400: By the time this Cleveland businessman retired in 1896, his company owned 3/4 of the USA's oil business (John D.) Rockefeller |
| #5897, aired 2010-04-13 | THE BUSINESS OF PLEASURE $1000: In 2007 Jared Gurfain, pres. of Viridian Spirits, gained permission to sell Lucid, a type of this green liquor absinthe |
| #5893, aired 2010-04-07 | RUPERT MURDOCH, OWNER OF A LOT OF STUFF $400: Rupe paid $5.6 bil. & said how now, Dow Jones, a deal that included this business paper founded in the 1880s The Wall Street Journal |
| #5882, aired 2010-03-23 | PHONING IT IN $600: Often used in business, it's a multi-person call involving 3 or more phone lines a conference call |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | BUSINESS PEOPLE $200: "Nobody doesn't like" this food corporation of which Brenda Barnes became CEO in 2005 Sara Lee |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | BUSINESS PEOPLE $600: In 1985 this Aussie-born mogul became a U.S. citizen to meet requirements for owning TV stations (Rupert) Murdoch |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | BUSINESS PEOPLE $800: In 2008 this Texas oilman introduced a plan promoting oil alternatives such as natural gas & wind power (T. Boone) Pickens |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS $1000: Securely fixed in place, or a law business firm |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | BUSINESS PEOPLE $1000: In 1901 this Hartford-born man financed the creation of U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar company J.P. Morgan |
| #5867, aired 2010-03-02 | HAIR-Y SITUATION $800: It's said that this cut once favored by Billy Ray Cyrus is "business in the front, party in the back" a mullet |
| #5854, aired 2010-02-11 | "UO" ME! $1200: Minimum number of senators needed to do official business while in session quorum |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL $1000: In 1999 Sloan school alum Kenan Sahin made a surprise 9-figure donation to this institute the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | FILL IN THE SONG TITLE $800: Tim McGraw:
"It's A Business Doing ____ ____ ____" Pleasure With You |
| #5849, aired 2010-02-04 | OFF TO GRAD SCHOOL $1200: A 2006 study in N.J. found those going for this business degree are the most likely grad students to cheat M.B.A. |
| #5839, aired 2010-01-21 | STARTING A LEGAL HOME BUSINESS $800: From the Latin for "that which is found", it's a detailed list of all your goods in stock for sale an inventory |
| #5824, aired 2009-12-31 | ART HOUSE MOVIES $400: The brother of this artist is torn between art & business in the Robert Altman film "Vincent & Theo" Vincent van Gogh |
| #5824, aired 2009-12-31 | THAT AIN'T IN YOUR TYPICAL COUNTRY SONG $400: I never grew up poor / I have no old blue jeans / My suits are all from these siblings' store / In business since 1818 Brooks Brothers |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | BRAND "X" $3,600 (Daily Double): Lesney Products, a London die-casting business, introduced this toy brand in 1953 Matchbox |
| #5806, aired 2009-12-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1986 this company was forced out of the instant camera market, having violated 7 Polaroid patents Kodak |
| #5806, aired 2009-12-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In 1957 the Leo Burnett advertising agency created Cornelius the Rooster to appear on the box of this cereal Corn Flakes |
| #5806, aired 2009-12-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: It precedes "XM" in the name of an entertainment company--ooh, I love this song! Turn it up! Sirius |
| #5806, aired 2009-12-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In 1926 a "beater bar" was added to this company's product; it tapped the carpet to loosen ground-in dirt Hoover |
| #5806, aired 2009-12-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $2,400 (Daily Double): In 1907 9-year-old Michael Brady posed for this company's symbol wearing overalls, a cap & wooden shoes Dutch Boy Paints |
| #5803, aired 2009-12-02 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $2000: In 1922 he & Ub Iwerks started a business to make animated cartoon "Laugh-O-Grams", but it went bankrupt (Walt) Disney |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | BUSINESS BUDDIES $200: S. Duncan Black & this partner filed a patent for a drill in 1914 Decker |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | IN THE MILITARY? $200: The head of a large business firm may be called this naval rank "of industry" captain |
| #5763, aired 2009-10-07 | CINCINNATI $400: In 1837 William Procter formed a business partnership in Cincinnati with this man, his brother-in-law (James) Gamble |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | SHARK TANK $400: (I'm Barbara Corcoran.) You must never stop moving to succeed as one of these, from the French for "to undertake", as I did in parlaying a $1,000 loan into a $5 billion business entrepreneur |
| #5751, aired 2009-09-21 | TRANSPORTATION $2000: This motorcycle co. whose factory 100 years ago was "The Wigwam" is once again in business after a bumpy history Indian |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | THE GODFATHER OF SOUL $400: Besides "The Godfather of Soul", another nickname described James Brown as this "in Show Business" "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business" |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | BUSINESS AS USUAL $400: In 1953 Marcel Bich formed a company to make these & wrote his name in business history pens |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | BUSINESS AS USUAL $600 (Daily Double): Despite the name, not much has restricted the growth of this women's clothing company founded in Columbus, Ohio The Limited |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | EAST ASIA $600: In 2006 Business Week reported China has 300,000 millionaires & quoted Deng Xiaoping, "To get" this "is glorious" rich |
| #5740, aired 2009-07-17 | HISTORY & HERSTORY $800: In 1776 she took over the family upholstering business; she also made flags for the Navy of Pennsylvania Betsy Ross |
| #5732, aired 2009-07-07 | BACK TO BUSINESS $400: To make the pants more durable, this company patented the use of rivets on the pocket corners in 1873 Levi's |
| #5716, aired 2009-06-15 | BRIDE & GLOOM $1000: Catherine has "no more business to marry Edgar Linton than... to be in heaven" but marries him anyway in this book Wuthering Heights |
| #5714, aired 2009-06-11 | NAME YOUR BUSINESS $400: Convenience store chain named for its hours of operation in 1946; today you can get a Double Gulp there 24-7 7-Eleven |
| #5714, aired 2009-06-11 | NAME YOUR BUSINESS $800: The big K in the name of this retail chain is in honor of founder Sebastian S. Kresge Kmart |
| #5714, aired 2009-06-11 | NAME YOUR BUSINESS $4,200 (Daily Double): Al Copeland named this fast food franchise after a character in "The French Connection", not a cartoon Popeyes |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This company inadvertently reenergized its brand by introducing a new formula that flopped in 79 days Coca-Cola |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | CHECK THE NEWSPAPER $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1889 Dow Jones changed the name of its daily business newsletter to this The Wall Street Journal |
| #5692, aired 2009-05-12 | GET A JOB, KID! $1200: 11-letter word for one who acts for others in buying shares in a business or corporation a stockbroker |
| #5654, aired 2009-03-19 | A STORIED HISTORY $800: This author's "Noble House" follows the tea trading business in Hong Kong & China James Clavell |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | BUSINESS LETTERS $200: Movie theater chain AMC is "American" this "Cinema"--a prefix often found in front of "plex" Multi |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | BUSINESS LETTERS $600: The "SC" in NASCAR Stock Car |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | BUSINESS LETTERS $800: The 3 Ms in the original name of 3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | BUSINESS LETTERS $1000: The "C" in the name of department store founder J.C. Penney; how appropriate Cash |
| #5649, aired 2009-03-12 | SHOW BUSINESS $400: This company took a big step in computer animation by buying Pixar Disney |
| #5649, aired 2009-03-12 | SHOW BUSINESS $800: "In Dreams" & "Dreamgirls" are 2 films from this studio founded by a trio DreamWorks |
| #5649, aired 2009-03-12 | SHOW BUSINESS $2000: Started in 1890, this conglom shows off its products on the networks it owns, like Sci Fi, USA & Bravo GE |
| #5649, aired 2009-03-12 | SHOW BUSINESS $2,600 (Daily Double): In 1923 siblings Harry, Albert, Samuel & Jack established a studio under this name Warner Brothers |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | BANK ON IT $1,200 (Daily Double): This company was incorporated to help those in need after a fire blackened the Seattle business district in 1889 Washington Mutual (WaMu) |
| #5642, aired 2009-03-03 | PROJECT RUNAWAY $800: He ran away to England to do more printing before going back to Philadelphia to start his own business in 1726 (Ben) Franklin |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This food company is named for a coffee blend made for a Monterey, Ca. hotel; it means "of the mountain" in Spanish Del Monte |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In 1963 Charles Tandy bought this nearly bankrupt electronics parts supplier & made it into a top retail chain RadioShack |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: This company began selling apple butter in 1900; it had to be good--a full line of jams & jellies followed Smucker's |
| #5632, aired 2009-02-17 | GET INTO GERE $600: The tagline for this 1980 movie in which Gere played a male escort was "His business is pleasure!" American Gigolo |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | THAT'S ENTERTRAINMENT $1200: Rebecca De Mornay teaches Tom Cruise a few tricks aboard Chicago's El in this 1983 coming-of-age film Risky Business |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | YOUR 5-CLUE NEWSCAST $800: In business:
the 158-year-old Wall Street firm named for these brothers went belly-up in September 2008 Lehman Brothers |
| #5560, aired 2008-11-07 | INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Machu Picchu in Peru.) Nationals of the European Union, Australia, Canada & the U.S. who visit Peru for less than 90 days aren't required to carry one of these documents unless they're here for business a visa |
| #5557, aired 2008-11-04 | KNOW BUSINESS $200: Founded in 1869, this company has been making inroads in Asia with a specially designed corn soup Campbell's |
| #5557, aired 2008-11-04 | LIKE SNOW BUSINESS $400: This U.S ski city was founded in 1879 by prospectors & named for trees that grew in the area Aspen |
| #5557, aired 2008-11-04 | KNOW BUSINESS $400: In 2007, this company passed Exxon Mobil to regain its status as the nation's largest company by revenue Wal-Mart |
| #5557, aired 2008-11-04 | LIKE SNOW BUSINESS $800: You can get around Zermatt in this country only with electric vehicles, horse-drawn carriages or skis Switzerland |
| #5557, aired 2008-11-04 | KNOW BUSINESS $1000: This company squealed with delight because sales of Spam porked up first quarter profits in 2008 Hormel |
| #5557, aired 2008-11-04 | LIKE SNOW BUSINESS $2,600 (Daily Double): Sail the Mediterranean on your way to the Cedars or Laklouk ski resorts in this country Lebanon |
| #5556, aired 2008-11-03 | LODGE-PODGE $2000: He got his first experience in the hotel business with his dad's boarding house in tiny San Antonio, N.M. (not Paris) Conrad Hilton |
| #5550, aired 2008-10-24 | PROJECT RUNWAY $1200: This Italian duo, partners in life & business, use the initials D&G from their last names as the company logo Dolce & Gabbana |
| #5539, aired 2008-10-09 | CRUISE LINES $2000: Joel (Tom) tells his Princeton interviewer, "Sometimes you just gotta say, 'What the...'" in this film Risky Business |
| #5527, aired 2008-09-23 | BUSINESS $400: Valero Energy is tops in the U.S. in this fuel-producing activity, with capacity of 3.1 bil. bbl. of oil a day refining |
| #5527, aired 2008-09-23 | BUSINESS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a vintage electronics product at Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.) When it was launched in 1979, this Sony product was to have a different name in each country, like the "Soundabout" in the U.S. & the "Stowaway" in England the Walkman |
| #5508, aired 2008-07-16 | GEMS & JEWELS $600: Folklore affirms that spheres made from this precious stone, ojo de tigre, help in attaining business success tiger's eye |
| #5483, aired 2008-06-11 | LEGS $200: Appropriately, this singer of "Private Dancer" is said to have "the hardest working legs in show business" Tina Turner |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | IT HAD TO "BU" $1600: Established in 1881, The Wharton School at the U. of Pennsylvania was the world's first collegiate school of this business |
| #5475, aired 2008-05-30 | PAPERS $400: In 1889 Charles Dow & Edward Jones founded this business daily the Wall Street Journal |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $400: In 2008 Bank of America announced plans to buy this, the nation's largest mortgage lender Countrywide |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $800: Not far apart on the Fortune 500 are these 2 cos., one in Internet services & one in food; the names are homophones Cisco & Sysco |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $1200: One in 9 Americans has this type of insurance through WellPoint health insurance |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $2,000 (Daily Double): What was once the Anglo-Persian & Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. later took this name, still reflecting its English roots BP or British Petroleum |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $2000: Here's some energy info: this company serves almost 9 million residents of NYC & Westchester County Con Ed |
| #5464, aired 2008-05-15 | CLASSIC MOVIES $600: Organized crime is the real Corleone family business in this 1972 classic The Godfather |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | ON WISCONSIN $800: In 1979 this U.S. govenuh got a degree in business & international economics from UW-Superior Schwarzenegger |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $200: In 1901 he joined with a machinist named Nickerson to make his safety razor (King) Gillette |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $400: Based in Laufen, Switzerland, this company makes cough drops & breath mints from alpine herbs Ricola |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $600: In 1903 James L. Kraft began a company to handle the wholesale distribution of this food cheese |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $1000: The name of this fruit & vegetable canner came from a hotel in Monterey Del Monte |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1959 the Ohio Art toy company got the rights to l'Ecran magique, the Magic Writer, & renamed it this the Etch A Sketch |
| #5446, aired 2008-04-21 | BUSINESS TALK $1200: It's the 3-word scam in which a customer is pressured to buy more expensive items than the ones advertised bait and switch |
| #5446, aired 2008-04-21 | BUSINESS TALK $1600: From the Latin for "to roll together", it's a corporation of several companies involved in a variety of businesses conglomerate |
| #5446, aired 2008-04-21 | BUSINESS TALK $2000: Abbreviated "MFN", it's the clause in an international trade agreement that grants signatory countries the same tariff rate most favoured nation |
| #5438, aired 2008-04-09 | "OO" WHO? $1200: What he really said in 1925 was that "the chief business of the American people is business" Calvin Coolidge |
| #5436, aired 2008-04-07 | TO RICHES $400: In 1969 he began Virgin, a mail-order business for discount records (Richard) Branson |
| #5433, aired 2008-04-02 | MONOPOLY $1000: This antitrust act from 1890 was designed to prevent monopolies in American business the Sherman Antitrust Act |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | FRENCH BUSINESS $400: In 1977 General Mills acquired the U.S. licensing rights to this French "yo"gurt brand Yoplait |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | FRENCH BUSINESS $800: Lancome sells this, maquillage in French cosmetics (or makeup) |
| #5424, aired 2008-03-20 | BREATHE A "CY" $1600: Type of business in which you can surf the net & order a cappuccino cybercafe |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | THE WORLD OF MR. BURNS $200: I've said it before: "Family. Religion. Friendship. These are 3 demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in" this business |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | 7-LETTER WORDS $800: There's no business like shoe business if you're in this job; it's also a type of pie cobbler |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | THEY MEAN BUSINESS! $1600: Even if you don't have the Donald's bank, you can still invest in properties with a REIT, this type of investment trust real estate |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | TEENS IN HISTORY $1600: As a teen, this future inventor of the cotton gin had his own nail-making business Eli Whitney |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | NEW IDEAS IN BUSINESS $200: The man behind Learjet was also the inventor of this early tape format that carried 4 pairs of stereo tracks 8-track |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | NEW IDEAS IN BUSINESS $400: This keyboard layout was developed to slow typing down, keeping the keys from jamming QWERTY |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | NEW IDEAS IN BUSINESS $800: (Alex reports from Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.) Surprisingly, the first Sony product wasn't anything hi-tech, & it wasn't a big success either; it was a kitchen item, a cooker for this kind of food rice |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | NEW IDEAS IN BUSINESS $1000: The automatic one Josephine Cochran invented was too expensive for home use, but restaurants loved it dishwasher |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | NEW IDEAS IN BUSINESS $3,000 (Daily Double): At one of this man's auto plants, scrap wood was turned into charcoal & sold as briquettes Henry Ford |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | FAMOUS PAIRS $400: In business:
Dun & ____ Bradstreet |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $200: Introduced in 1948, Glidden's Spread Satin is a type of this paint |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $400: Selfridges Department Store opened for business in this British airport in 1995 Heathrow |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $600: It was founded in 1911 as CTR, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co.; today it's known by these 3 letters IBM |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $800: 27-year-old Ken Griffey Jr. ran for president in a 1996 TV commercial for this sportswear company Nike |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $1000: Launched in 1990, this "planetary" auto company is renowned for its personal service Saturn |
| #5368, aired 2008-01-02 | AMELIA EARHART $800: Amelia was promised her independence when she married George Putnam, of a prominent family in this business publishing |
| #5348, aired 2007-12-05 | BEST MUSICAL ACTOR TONY WINNERS $400: "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
(1995) Matthew Broderick |
| #5347, aired 2007-12-04 | "EVE"NING $1000: It's the "A" in JA, the youth organization begun in 1919 to teach young people about American business Achievement |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | I RESIGN! $1000: She left NASA in 1993 to go into the business of advanced technologies--and she may look familiar Mae Jemison |
| #5330, aired 2007-11-09 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $400: The Times noted the first of these shops to open in Moscow, in 2007; a venti mocha went for 230 rubles, or $8.96 Starbucks Coffee |
| #5330, aired 2007-11-09 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $600: The Times said in 2007 that August's ugly job market turn could be signaling one of these, the first since 2001 a recession |
| #5330, aired 2007-11-09 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $1000: In Oct. 2007 Times Business reported this British band would let fans name their price to download the new album Radiohead |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In Forbes magazine's 2007 list of billionaires, this Omahan was again ranked No. 2, behind Bill Gates Warren Buffett |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In 1990 United Brands changed its name to this to take advantage of its name recognition as a banana producer Chiquita |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Her red spoon logo was introduced in 1954 & now appears on more than 200 products Betty Crocker |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: In 1978 he was fired as the president of Ford, only to become the new president of Chrysler Lee Iacocca |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | AFTER $400: In 1956, one year after winning an Oscar, she quit the business to move to Monaco Grace Kelly |
| #5280, aired 2007-07-20 | NOW WE'RE IN BUSINESS! $400: Eating at this fast-food chain twice daily helped Jared Fogle lose over 200 pounds Subway |
| #5280, aired 2007-07-20 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: In many places of business, "no zapatos, no service", "zapatos" being Spanish for these shoes |
| #5280, aired 2007-07-20 | NOW WE'RE IN BUSINESS! $800: In July 2004 this tech company said it would give back $75 billion to its shareholders Microsoft |
| #5280, aired 2007-07-20 | NOW WE'RE IN BUSINESS! $1200: Give us your best "Gilbert Gottfried as a duck" impression & name this insurance co. headquartered in Columbus, Georgia Aflac |
| #5280, aired 2007-07-20 | NOW WE'RE IN BUSINESS! $1600: Dash off a letter to this telecom giant's Overland Park, Kansas HQ where you can hear a pin drop Sprint |
| #5280, aired 2007-07-20 | NOW WE'RE IN BUSINESS! $2000: "We're going to race the truck. People love the truck", claimed this delivery company UPS |
| #5261, aired 2007-06-25 | JOBS $600: Back in 1898 William Morris went into business as one of these a talent agent |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | PLANE CRAZY $200: He began mass-producing business jets in 1964 &, later, 8-track stereo tape players for cars (Bill or William) Lear |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | BUSINESS $200: The Kirin & Asahi brewing companies are headquartered in this city Tokyo |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | BUSINESS $400: In 1983 this elevator company moved its operations out of Yonkers after 130 years there Otis |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | BUSINESS $600: He might have rotated in his grave when the company he founded was sold to Bridgestone in the 1980s (Harvey) Firestone |
| #5245, aired 2007-06-01 | SIX MILLION-DOLLAR MEN $200: In 1939 he & Bill Hewlett started a business in his garage with $538 (David) Packard |
| #5244, aired 2007-05-31 | REMEMBER THAT SONG? $800: His "In The Air Tonight" plays while Tom Cruise & Rebecca de Mornay ride the train in "Risky Business"--O Lord Phil Collins |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | BUSINESS PAIRINGS $1200: Company that introduced the first magnum revolver, the .357 in 1935 Smith & Wesson |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | MY LIFE IN GAME SHOWS $800: This Toronto native ran a carpet business long before success as the host of "Deal or No Deal" Howie Mandel |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $800: This auto company will be the first foreign brand to compete in stock car racing's top series since Jaguar in the '50s Toyota |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | ECONOMICS $2000: This economist who died in 2006 developed the idea that the business cycle stems from the money supply Milton Friedman |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | BUSINESS PEOPLE $200: In 1901 James Dole founded a company in Hawaii to process this pineapple |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | BUSINESS PEOPLE $400: In 2006 he pledged 85% of his shares in Berkshire Hathaway to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Warren) Buffett |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | BUSINESS PEOPLE $600: In 1982 this auto executive was tapped to head up a private-sector effort to restore the Statue of Liberty Iacocca |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | BUSINESS PEOPLE $800: He started his company in 1984, building & selling computers out of his dorm at the University of Texas (Michael) Dell |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | BUSINESS PEOPLE $1000: Ty Warner worked for Dakin before starting his own company & introducing this line of small plush toys in 1993 Beanie Babies |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | LIES, THEFT & FRAUD $1600: "Clothing" term used to describe nonviolent law violations like fraud, especially in the business world white-collar |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE $800: This great Alabama educator also founded the National Negro Business League in 1900 (Booker T.) Washington |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | FILM SCHOOL $400: It's a close shave for Ice Cube when he sells this title place of business in a 2002 film Barbershop |
| #5150, aired 2007-01-19 | THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS $200: Gordon Bowker, who helped found this chain in 1971, wanted to call it Pequod Starbucks |
| #5150, aired 2007-01-19 | THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS $600: Enhancing business ventures, the first money transfers by telegraph were done by this company in 1871 Western Union |
| #5150, aired 2007-01-19 | THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS $800: Last name of a businessman George, who bought the rights to a game called Monopoly in the 1930s Parker |
| #5150, aired 2007-01-19 | THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS $1000: The first practical typewriter was manufactured in the 1870s by this famous gun-making company Remington |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | THAT'S SOME OF YOUR BUSINESS $400: Where else would Ty Pennington go for appliances by Kenmore but this chain, founded in the late 1800s Sears |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | THAT'S SOME OF YOUR BUSINESS $800: The logo for this shoe retailer founded in 1974 is seen here Foot Locker |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | THAT'S SOME OF YOUR BUSINESS $1200: After Prohibition, this Kentucky bourbon maker, at age 70, rebuilt his family's distillery, by hand, in 120 days Jim Beam |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | THAT'S SOME OF YOUR BUSINESS $1600: "Rain Man" didn't have a very high opinion of this retail chain that filed for bankruptcy in January 2002 Kmart |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | THAT'S SOME OF YOUR BUSINESS $2000: In 1971 this company brought out the 4004, the world's first commercial microprocessor Intel |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | 'HUSKER DO $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Omaha, NE.) I'm in a replica of the Omaha grocery a man with this last name started running in 1915; 50 years later, his grandson started running an investment business called Berkshire Hathaway Buffett |
| #5140, aired 2007-01-05 | HAIR $2000: This 'do is all "business in front, party in the back" (it's also a type of fish, which might tell you something) a mullet |
| #5137, aired 2007-01-02 | ACTING POLITICIANS $800: This gov.'s website:
His "election as the state's chief executive follows a distinguished career in business & entertainment" Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | NEA JAZZ MASTERS $400: Frank Sinatra said this man born Anthony Benedetto was "the best singer in the business" Tony Bennett |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $400: In 1988, this FedEx rival got its own airline, now among the USA's 10 largest UPS |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $800: In 1947 this tinfoil brand was Reynolds Aluminum's first consumer product Reynolds Wrap |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $1200: In 1983 this company introduced its 1-2-3 program for managing business spreadsheets Lotus |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $1600: This company's first retail store opened on February 2, 1925 at Homan Avenue & Arthington Street in Chicago Sears |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $2000: In 1995 Kimberly-Clark purchased this company known for its Viva paper towels, among other products Scott |
| #5116, aired 2006-12-04 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: In 1958 Vermont's Burlington Business College was renamed for this large nearby lake Champlain |
| #5095, aired 2006-11-03 | BUSINESS LEADERS $400: For 21 years of leadership & for putting "the magic back in Disney", Disney named its HQ building for him (Michael) Eisner |
| #5095, aired 2006-11-03 | BUSINESS LEADERS $600: This third-party pres. candidate of the 1990s became a billionaire after taking his Dallas-based EDS Company public in 1968 (Ross) Perot |
| #5095, aired 2006-11-03 | BUSINESS LEADERS $800: After being elected mayor of Atlanta in 1916, Asa Candler gave control of this company to his children Coca-Cola |
| #5095, aired 2006-11-03 | BUSINESS LEADERS $1000: In 1975 he launched what was regarded as the "Kmart of the stock brokerage industry" Charles Schwab |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES $600: As a young wife in the 1950s, she managed the accounts for the family agricultural business Mrs. Carter |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | GROUPS $400: In the 1730s NYC created No. 1 of these "business" groups; today there are over 350 engine, ladder & rescue ones fire companies |
| #5087, aired 2006-10-24 | SAUDI ARABIA $1000: This family's construction business boomed with contracts in Mecca; one son chose destruction instead the bin Ladens |
| #5078, aired 2006-10-11 | BOGIE & BACALL SPEAK! $400: In this film, Bogie told Conrad Veidt, "Your business is politics. Mine is running a saloon" Casablanca |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $200: A natl. historic site, the Hubbell Trading Post in Arizona on this tribe's land has been in business since 1878 the Navajo tribe |
| #5064, aired 2006-09-21 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $400: A ship or a business that's foundering is about to "go" here under (in foundering) |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | AMERICAN BUSINESS $400: In 1962 the Dayton Company hit the bull's-eye when it opened the first of these discount stores Target |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | AMERICAN BUSINESS $800 (Daily Double): Once known for its bib overalls, this 2-word Wisconsin firm is now a leader in casual clothes for kids OshKosh B'Gosh |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | AMERICAN BUSINESS $800: In 2006 Research In Motion settled its patent lawsuit with NTP over this portable wireless communications device a BlackBerry |
| #5025, aired 2006-06-16 | 17th CENTURY QUOTATIONS $1200: In this 1650s work you'll find the line, "I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing" The Compleat Angler |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | ECONOMICS $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a graph of "annual widget production" vs. "unit cost in $" on the monitor.) When greater production capacity brings cost per unit down, a business is using economies of this scale |
| #5014, aired 2006-06-01 | NGO $800: BINGO is business-oriented NGO; ENGO stands for this type, like the Sierra Club environmental |
| #5009, aired 2006-05-25 | EXECUTIVE JOHNS $400: In the 1890s this oil tycoon retired from actively running his business; he lived until 1937 John D. Rockefeller |
| #5009, aired 2006-05-25 | EXECUTIVE JOHNS $2000: In 1786 this German immigrant founded his fur business (John Jacob) Astor |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | SIBLING REVELRY $1600: The United Business Company, begun by brothers Henry & Richard in 1946, is now filing under this name H&R Block |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | BUSINESS LEADERS $800: In 1886 he started his first successful business, the Lancaster Caramel Co.; the chocolate came later Hershey |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | BUSINESS LEADERS $1200: In the 1880s he built a town in Illinois to house employees of his sleeping car company (George) Pullman |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | BUSINESS LEADERS $2000: Since founding Amazon.com in 1994, he's tried to make it "The Earth's most customer-centric company" Jeff Bezos |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $800: This oil company with record profits of $36 billion in 2005 appears to have a gradual liquidity strategy ExxonMobil |
| #4991, aired 2006-05-01 | THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE BUSINESS BUSINESS $200: On its first night of continuous operation in 1973, this co. delivered 186 packages to 25 cities overnight using 14 jets FedEx |
| #4991, aired 2006-05-01 | THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE BUSINESS BUSINESS $400: The first Blockbuster Video store opened during this decade in Dallas, Texas the '80s |
| #4991, aired 2006-05-01 | THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE BUSINESS BUSINESS $600: Founded in Seattle's Pike Place Market, this company perks up about 33 million customers a week Starbucks |
| #4991, aired 2006-05-01 | THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE BUSINESS BUSINESS $1000: In 1963 the Tandy Corporation bought this company; in 1977 it marketed the TRS-80 personal computer RadioShack |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $1200: Jeno Paulucci founded this company in 1947 to sell cans of chicken chow mein the Chun-King Company |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $1600: In 1908 Camillo Olivetti opened a plant in Italy to manufacture these typewriters |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $2000: In 1937 this French leather-goods maker produced its first silk scarf Hermes |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | SNOW BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS $200: A newsman's stuck in a snowy Penn. town in this 1993 film. A newsman's stuck in a snowy Penn. town in this 1993 film Groundhog Day |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | SNOW BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS $400: Heeeeere's Johnny! Jack Nicholson has crazy fun in a snow maze in this 1980 thriller The Shining |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | SNOW BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS $600: A man runs through the snowy streets of Bedford Falls shouting, "Merry Christmas!" in this 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | SNOW BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS $800: Oh dontcha know, Sheriff Marge Gunderson checks out a body in da snow in this 1996 film Fargo |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | SNOW BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS $1000: "Why can't they call me the adorable snowman or the agreeable snowman... I'm a nice guy" is said in this 2001 Pixar film Monsters, Inc. |
| #4955, aired 2006-03-10 | SUPER COOL $1000: Sales of Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses soared after Tom Cruise donned a pair in this 1983 film Risky Business |
| #4946, aired 2006-02-27 | THAT'S MY BUSINESS $800: Henry's great-grandson William runs this car company which was started in 1903 the Ford Motor Company |
| #4946, aired 2006-02-27 | THAT'S MY BUSINESS $2000: A brother of one of the rappers in Run-DMC, this entrepreneur runs Phat Farm Russell Simmons |
| #4943, aired 2006-02-22 | WHERE THERE'S A WILLIAM $800: Filling a business vacuum, he started the Electric Suction Sweeper Company in 1908 Hoover |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | "B" IN FASHION $200 (Daily Double): The USA's oldest clothing retailer, this upscale, once family-run business has collared the market on men's apparel since 1818 Brooks Brothers |
| #4925, aired 2006-01-27 | GLOBETROTTING $600: The hero of the novel "Up in the Air" is a business traveler obsessed with obtaining 1 million of these frequent flyer miles |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | STUPID ANSWERS $200: You can read a variety of articles all about all aspects of show business in this trade paper established in 1905 Variety |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | A LITTLE DICKENS $2000: Little Paul is the "son" in this Dickens title business Dombey and Son |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | IT'S STRICTLY BUSINESS $400: This suntan cream's nat'l ads began in 1953 & featured a little girl & the slogan "Don't be a paleface" Coppertone |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | IT'S STRICTLY BUSINESS $600: Dean Witter & Sears introduced this credit card in 1986 & consumers have been "finding" things to charge ever since Discover |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | IT'S STRICTLY BUSINESS $1000: This insurance company used an umbrella in its ads as early as 1870 & for more than 125 years after Traveler's |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | STREET-WISE TV $2000: Let's get down to business & name this PBS series that Louis Rukeyser began hosting in 1970 Wall Street Week |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | OBSOLETELY FABULOUS $400: The creation of this type of phone started with an undertaker who thought his competitors were bribing operators rotary phone |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | THE PHILADELPHIA STORY $200: In the 1770s she lived on Arch Street in Philly, where she & husband John ran an upholstery business Betsy Ross |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | WELCOME TO WYOMING $800: The scandalous Teapot Dome is part of the area that got Casper into this business in the 1890s the oil business |
| #4858, aired 2005-10-26 | SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE $1600: In this novel, Cathy Earnshaw admits, "I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton, than I have to be in heaven" Wuthering Heights |
| #4818, aired 2005-07-13 | NOUN TO VERB $1000: "Relatively" speaking, it means to exempt someone already in business from new regulation grandfather |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | COMING TO AMERICA $400: He came to America in 1847 to join his brothers' dry goods business; his jeans came later Levi Strauss |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | BUSINESS JARGON $2000: Major underwriters in this type of banking are the "bulge bracket" investment banking |
| #4792, aired 2005-06-07 | THE JOB INTERVIEW $600: I noticed in my regular reading of this Time Inc. business magazine that you're on its list of America's most admired Cos. Fortune |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS $200: Last names of the pair of chemists in Worcester, England who made up a food sauce requested by a British nobleman Lea & Perrins |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS $400: In 1891 this New York financial firm introduced the world's first traveler's checks American Express |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS $800: In 2001 Nestle merged with this pet food company headquartered in Checkerboard Square Purina |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS $1000: Brothers Robert, Edward & James didn't need a band-aid concert to help this company they founded in 1886 Johnson & Johnson |
| #4782, aired 2005-05-24 | BRITISH BUSINESS $400: John Shepherd-Barron invented it & in 1967 Barclays Bank installed the world's first one an ATM |
| #4782, aired 2005-05-24 | BRITISH BUSINESS $1200: In the early 1700s William Fortnum, a footman who sold Queen Anne's used candles, went into retail with this partner (Hugh) Mason |
| #4782, aired 2005-05-24 | BRITISH BUSINESS $2000: In 1986 inefficiency & strikes did in this auto brand known as BL British Leyland |
| #4769, aired 2005-05-05 | RONALD REAGAN WAS AN ACTOR $400: Monkey business abounds in this 1951 film in which Reagan co-stars with a chimp Bedtime for Bonzo |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | TERMINATOR OF ENDEARMENT $200: Arnold graduated from this state university at Superior, not Madison, with a degree in business & international economics the University of Wisconsin |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | BEASTLY BUSINESS $400: In a mental puzzle dating from the 9th century, a farmer, a goat, some cabbages & a wolf all have to do this cross a river |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | LIKE SHOW BUSINESS $200: In the '70s Jon Landau wrote he saw rock & roll's future & its name was this Jersey guy; guess he was right (Bruce) Springsteen |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | THERE'S NO BUSINESS $200: The power went out on this Houston company when it declared bankruptcy in December 2001 Enron |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | LIKE SHOW BUSINESS $600: Opening at No. 1 at the box office in 2004, a prequel to this 1973 horror flick really "turned some heads" The Exorcist |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | THERE'S NO BUSINESS $600: In Jan. 2002 this undersea fiber optic telecom co. founded by Gary Winnick sank beneath the bankruptcy waves Global Crossing |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | THERE'S NO BUSINESS $800: $11 billion in alleged fraud might've played a tiny part in this long-distance co.'s July 2002 bankruptcy WorldCom |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | LIKE SHOW BUSINESS $1000: In 1992 Rene Echevarria wrote the classic "I, Borg" episode of this Patrick Stewart series Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| #4748, aired 2005-04-06 | GARDENS $1000: After a little financial trouble in 2003, these famous "Gardens" in Winter Haven, Florida are now back in business Cypress Gardens |
| #4748, aired 2005-04-06 | SHAKESPEREAN WORDPLAY $2000: Think our puns are lame? Look at the "on"/"one" business between Valentine & his servant in this comedy Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | ROBERTS RULE $800: Brahms had some unfinished business with this composer's wife Clara; he was in love with her (Robert) Schumann |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | THE TRUMAN SHOW $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1919 Truman opened this kind of business, whose name may come from the Anglo-Norman for "petty wares" a haberdashery |
| #4740, aired 2005-03-25 | NEW YORK CITY MAYORS $800: Mayor Dinkins fought to divest the city of funds invested in companies that did business with this country South Africa |
| #4737, aired 2005-03-22 | YANKEE MAGAZINE $1200: A frequent Yankee advertiser is this business based in Freeport, Maine since 1912 L.L. Bean |
| #4730, aired 2005-03-11 | ANATOMICAL ADVERTISING $400: Hepatic cells are found in the tissue of this organ; "bile secretion is our business" the liver |
| #4729, aired 2005-03-10 | COME TO THE POINT $400: If a business invests $10,000 in a product, when it has sold 100 of them at $100 each it has reached this point the break-even point |
| #4720, aired 2005-02-25 | WEST VIRGINIA $400: It's the last name of West Virginia's junior senator, whose great-granddad dabbled in the oil business Rockefeller |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | SHOW BUSINESS GROUPS $400: Founded in 1922, the international brotherhood of these people opposes revealing their trade secrets magicians |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | BUSINESS SHOW $400: On this show, J.R. slept with his sister-in-law, who shot him; Bobby died but then didn't & both ran Ewing Oil Dallas |
| #4680, aired 2004-12-31 | AIRLINE TRAVEL $800: When it began on Pan Am & Qantas in the late '70s, it was basically a roped-off part of the economy cabin with free drinks business class |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $200: In 1792 the NYSE was established when businessmen came to an agreement under a buttonwood tree on this street Wall Street |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $600: In 1933 this man's mercantile agency merged with one run by competitor Robert Dun Bradstreet |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $800: In 1988 this company sponsored one of the largest cat shows in the U.S., with 814 entries Purina |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $1000: In 1913 W.A. Heilig & this man opened a furniture store in Goldsboro, North Carolina (J.M.) Meyers |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS $400: The Australian Aircraft & Engineering Co. assembled the AVRO 504K, sent to this fledgling company in 1921 Qantas |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS $800: Though Foster's is associated with beer, most of the company's assets are in Beringer Blass, a producer of this wine |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS $1000: In 2004 this corp. whose holdings include 20th Century Fox, announced plans to reincorporate in the U.S. News Corp. |
| #4659, aired 2004-12-02 | BEN FRANKLIN $600: This job Ben got in 1753 helped his business, as described here Postmaster |
| #4659, aired 2004-12-02 | HISTORICAL QUOTES $800: In a 1914 speech at Guildhall, Churchill said, "The maxim of the British people is" this "as usual" business |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | MONKEY BUSINESS $200: This title character of classic children's stories lived in Africa until he met the Man with the Yellow Hat Curious George |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | MONKEY BUSINESS $800: Assume the role of aspiring pirate Guybrush Threepwood in the video game "The Curse of" this place Monkey Island |
| #4611, aired 2004-09-27 | MULTIPLE TONY WINNERS $200: Matthew Broderick won for "How to Succeed in Business…" & also for "Brighton Beach Memoirs" by this author Neil Simon |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | BUSINESS $800: Founded in 1930, Publix is the largest & fastest-growing employee-owned chain of this kind of store a supermarket |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | BUSINESS $2000: An audio oscillator was the first product from this company, founded by 2 Stanford classmates in 1939 Hewlett-Packard |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $400: AAmerican AAirlines offers this, the oldest frequent flyer program AAdvantage |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | INITIALLY YOURS $400: After developing his Maine hunting shoe in 1911, he opened a mail order business Bean |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $800: This van lines company moved Ronald Reagan to Washington & Elvis into Graceland Allied Van Lines |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $1200: For its U.S. HQ in Wake Forest, N.C. this socially conscious cosmetics company "recycled" an existing building The Body Shop |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $1600: This current Ford CEO has appeared in ads for the family business Bill Ford (William Clay Ford, Jr.) |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $2000: Starting as a New York Regents Exam tutor, he built an empire on standardized test preparation Stanley Kaplan |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | STRICTLY BUSINESS $1200: Collective term for the "costs" involved in transferring real estate from a seller to a buyer closing costs |
| #4578, aired 2004-06-30 | "P"EOPLE $400: He was James Gamble's brother-in-law & business partner (William) Procter |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | HAIR TODAY $800: This 6-letter hairstyle is "business in front, party in the back" a mullet |
| #4559, aired 2004-06-03 | PEOP"L" $800: This publisher thought it was "Time" for a business magazine so he founded Fortune in 1930 Luce |
| #4556, aired 2004-05-31 | ON THE "MAT" $800: Type of business seen here that was popular in the '40s & '50s an automat |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | FISHY BUSINESS $200: Like major league sports premiums, Gorton's in 2002 offered its fisherman mascot as one of this type of doll bobblehead doll |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | FISHY BUSINESS $400: In October 2003 pop superstar Jessica Simpson was invited to a staff meeting of this food giant in San Diego Chicken of the Sea |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | FISHY BUSINESS $1000: Known for her fish sticks, in 2001 her name went on new shrimp bowls Mrs. Paul's |
| #4509, aired 2004-03-25 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1000: Grace Hopper was perhaps best-known for co-developing this computer language used in business COBOL |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | OLD BUSINESS $400: In 1911 the Supreme Court ordered this oil company to split, creating 33 new independent companies Standard Oil |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | OLD BUSINESS $600: In 1916 Charlie Soderstrom joined this company & picked the brown for its trucks UPS (United Parcel Service) |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | OLD BUSINESS $1,100 (Daily Double): In 1922 George Mecherle founded this insurance company for those in agriculture State Farm |
| #4475, aired 2004-02-06 | LEGS & THE WOMAN $200: James Brown is "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business"; she's "The Hardest Working Legs in Show Business" Tina Turner |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In the 1940s Borden's came up with this companion for Elsie to be the symbol for its new white glue Elmer |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: His first appearance on the cover of Mad was in 1956 as a write-in candidate for president Alfred E. Neuman |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: In 1957 the New York Evening Enquirer expanded its scope & renamed itself this the National Enquirer |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | SHORT HOLLYWOOD MARRIAGES $1600: After only 32 days of marriage in 1964, there was no business like divorce business for Ernest Borgnine & her Ethel Merman |
| #4414, aired 2003-11-13 | STRICTLY BUSINESS $800: Business Week Magazine says this, registered as a trademark in 1887, is the world's most valuable brand Coca-Cola |
| #4406, aired 2003-11-03 | SHOE BUSINESS $400: In 2001, 2002 & 2003 Grady Lewis, who created a canvas shoe for this sport, was on the short list for its Hall of Fame Basketball |
| #4406, aired 2003-11-03 | SHOE BUSINESS $2000: And finally, it's a form in the shape of a foot, used by cobblers in making shoes a last |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS $400: When a local business bought the Cardinals in 1953, Sportsman's Park was renamed this stadium Busch |
| #4384, aired 2003-10-02 | THE BUSINESS OF AMERICA $400: In 1946 Warren Avis filled a need by opening up his car rental shop at one of these places an airport |
| #4384, aired 2003-10-02 | THE BUSINESS OF AMERICA $800: In 1924 A T & T introduced a printing telegraph system under this name that became widely used teletype |
| #4380, aired 2003-09-26 | LOUISIANA $800 (Daily Double): During the 1800s the growing of sugar & this fiber became big business in Louisiana cotton |
| #4354, aired 2003-07-03 | SILENT CAL SPEAKS! $200: In 1925 Calvin Coolidge told the American Soc. of Newspaper Editors, "The chief business of America is" this business |
| #4348, aired 2003-06-25 | THE '76ers $1600: This "timely" British royal observatory was open for business in 1676 Greenwich |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1898 Frank Seiberling founded this tire company named for the inventor of vulcanized rubber Goodyear |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This business chain, begun in Memphis in 1974, was named for a Mr. Ross who gave great haircuts Fantastic Sam's |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: A color version of this toy was introduced in 1993 & it didn't use a stylus & aluminum powder Etch A Sketch |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | "F"OOD $800: Help! I'm trapped in Golden Gate, this type of business on San Francisco's Ross Alley fortune cookie factory |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | BUSINESS PAIRINGS $400: In the 1930s Owens-Illinois merged with this glass-making competitor Corning |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | "JUNIOR" COLLAGE $1000: It was started in 1919 as a collection of small, after-school business clubs in Massachusetts Junior Achievement |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | BUSINESS PAIRINGS $1200: In the annals of accountantcy, William Deloitte's name is paired with this man George Touche |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | BUSINESS PAIRINGS $1600: Peter Bang's partner in hi-fi's Svend Olufsen |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | "POW"! $600: 3-word term for the legal authority to act for another person in legal or business matters power of attorney |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In 1943 the son of this Wisconsin-born architect sold the rights to his creation Lincoln Logs to Playskool Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1200: This Freeport, Maine retail outlet's first product was the Maine Hunting Shoe, first sold in 1912 L.L. Bean |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1600: This Coventry, England company made its first motorcycle in 1902 & began making its own engines in 1905 Triumph |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $2000: Procter & Gamble has been headquartered in this city since 1837 Cincinnati |
| #4327, aired 2003-05-27 | SOUL $400: This "Hardest Working Man in Show Business" hit the Top 10 in 1965 with "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Part 1" James Brown |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | BROTHERS IN BUSINESS $200: Studio that brought us "Casablanca" & Bugs Bunny Warner Bros. |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | BROTHERS IN BUSINESS $400: Ahem, we'd tell you they were William & Andrew, not Trade & Mark, but that would be name cough dropping Smith Brothers |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | BROTHERS IN BUSINESS $600: Last name of little ole winemakers Ernest & Julio Gallo |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | BROTHERS IN BUSINESS $800: Last name of Walter & Arthur, who partnered up with William Harley in 1903 Davidson |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | BROTHERS IN BUSINESS $1,000 (Daily Double): Under this name the Hassenfeld brothers branched out into the toy business in the 1940s Hasbro |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | BIG BUSINESS $800: This carrier formed a subsidiardy called American Hotels in 1963 American Airlines |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | BIG BUSINESS $1,500 (Daily Double): A real shell company, Shell Petroleum is a subsidiary of this petroleum company based in the Netherlands Royal Dutch/Shell |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | BIG BUSINESS $2000: This former head of Time Warner quit as CEO of AOL Time Warner saying, "I want the poetry back in my life" Gerald Levin |
| #4307, aired 2003-04-29 | GRACELAND $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at Graceland in Memphis) The initials "TCB" painted here on the tail of Elvis Presley's airplane stand for this "Taking Care of Business" |
| #4296, aired 2003-04-14 | BUSINESS ABBREV. $1000: A salary increase in response to inflation:
COLA a cost of living adjustment |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | NYC BUSINESS HISTORY $400: First name of Mr. Handwerker, who opened a hot dog stand in Coney Island in 1916 Nathan |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | NYC BUSINESS HISTORY $600: The IRT operated the first ones of these in NYC back in 1904 subway |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | NYC BUSINESS HISTORY $800: Last name of siblings Daniel, John & Elisha, who took over dad's clothing store in 1850 Brooks |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | NYC BUSINESS HISTORY $1000: George Dunlap joined up with this man in 1898 to publish books, left him in 1899, but came back in 1900 Alexander Grosset |
| #4270, aired 2003-03-07 | "C"OMEDIANS $600: "The Best Second Banana in the Business", he gained undying fame as sewer worker Ed Norton Art Carney |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | 2 "P"s $1600: This Microsoft presentation graphics program has been ubiquitous in the business world PowerPoint |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | LUMBERJACK TALK $1600: A type of shady payment in business, or a very, very, very dangerous event with a chainsaw kickback |
| #4231, aired 2003-01-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: "All in the Family" producer used by business executives to fly from city to city Norman Lear Jet |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AROUND THE MALL $800: This clothing store chain opened its first "kids" store in 1986 & started its "baby" business 4 years later (The) Gap |
| #4219, aired 2002-12-26 | MINE YOUR BUSINESS $200: The Star of Murfreesboro & the Star of Shreveport are these pulled from a mine in Arkansas diamonds |
| #4219, aired 2002-12-26 | MINE YOUR BUSINESS $600: George Hearst made a load of money investing in this richest silver strike in the U.S. Comstock Lode |
| #4219, aired 2002-12-26 | MINE YOUR BUSINESS $1000: In a 1958 show, Lucy & Ricky in Vegas head out to the desert to prospect for this uranium |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This company serving about 30 million customers features the following in its ads
(Actor walking across the Jeopardy! stage:) "Can you hear me now? Good! Can you hear me now? Good!" Verizon Wireless |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: The "K" in K-Mart's name stands for this founder S.S. Kresge |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | WHAT'S IN A NAME? $600: In 1853 this man founded a piano business in NYC with his "Sons" that stayed family owned until 1972 Henry E. Steinway |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS $2000: This Viacom CEO started in business with his family's chain of 12 drive-in theaters Sumner Redstone |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | SOMETHING "OLD", SOMETHING "NEW" $800: It's the informal system in which a group of men help each other & exchange favors in business or politics old boy network |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | WORLD HISTORY $800: The Visigoth Empire went out of business in 711 when it was defeated by this north African group in Spain Moors |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In January 1970 Boeing introduced this first wide-bodied jumbo jet; it could seat up to 452 passengers 747 |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: In 1973 this then Memphis-based hotel chain opened its own university in Mississippi to train personnel Holiday Inn |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | "D.C." $2000: He wrote "Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business" several years before his more famous book Dale Carnegie |
| #4164, aired 2002-10-10 | KIDNAPPINGS $2000: 9-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, whose dad was big in this business, got snatched in 1935 paper/lumber/timber |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | VERBS $400: A classic musical taught "How to" do this "in Business Without Really Trying" Succeed |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | 20th CENTURY BUSINESS $200: In 1922 this company peeled off 8 million Washingtons for a Lincoln-- Lincoln Motors Ford |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | 20th CENTURY BUSINESS $400: (Sarah rings in the clue.) In the 1950s, the first commercial for this "saute and simmer" product featured the San Francisco cable cars Rice-a-Roni |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | 20th CENTURY BUSINESS $600: The battle over the bottom line was drawn in 1978 when this brand challenged Pampers Huggies |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | 20th CENTURY BUSINESS $800: This company that brought out the TV dinner in the early '50s was bought by Campbell's in 1955 Swanson |
| #4106, aired 2002-06-10 | BUSINESS $200: This company introduced its Trac II twin-blade razor in 1971 & the Good News disposable razor 5 years later Gillette |
| #4106, aired 2002-06-10 | BUSINESS $600: In 1984 this TV ratings service was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet Nielsen ratings |
| #4106, aired 2002-06-10 | BUSINESS $1000: In 1946 this brand came in as the first laundry detergent to have a phosphate compound as a water softener Tide |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | IT'S FALLING "DOWN" $1200: In business, it's a euphemism for layoffs downsizing |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 2001 this sandwich chain surpassed McDonald's in the number of U.S. restaurants Subway |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This company was founded in 1948 as the Baby Furniture & Toy Supermarket; its present name came in 1957 Toys "R" Us |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: This athletic wear company best known for its shoes began in Oregon as Blue Ribbon Sports Nike |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: A New Bern, North Carolina pharmacist invented this drink in 1898, claiming it cured dyspepsia Pepsi (or Pepsi-Cola) |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: This longest-listed company on the NYSE was first listed in 1824 as the New York Gas Light Company ConEdison |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS $800: This chain owned by The Gap began selling its dog supply line of canine fashions, accessories & toys in 2001 Old Navy |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS $1,000 (Daily Double): This fast-food chain got its name from a character in "The French Connection" Popeyes |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS $1000: Based in Laufen, Switzerland, this company makes cough drops & breath mints from Alpine herbs Ricola |
| #4050, aired 2002-03-22 | ALL BUSINESS $200: Since going public in 2000, this Winston-Salem-based doughnut chain has made a lot of dough for investors Krispy Kreme |
| #4050, aired 2002-03-22 | ALL BUSINESS $800: It's true! This leader in wireless & local phone services was formed by a merger of GTE & Bell Atlantic Verizon |
| #4050, aired 2002-03-22 | ALL BUSINESS $1,000 (Daily Double): In October 2001 this company beat out Boeing for the largest defense contract in history, worth over $200 billion Lockheed |
| #4015, aired 2002-02-01 | BRIEFLY $600: In business it's what "FIFO" stands for first in, first out |
| #4015, aired 2002-02-01 | TAKE THE "MONEY" & RUN $1200: To "clean" illegal funds by passing them through a legitimate business in order to hide their origins money laundering |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | THE BRADY BUNCH $400: In a little "Monkee" business, Marcia promised she'd get this singer to perform at the prom Davy Jones |
| #3995, aired 2002-01-04 | STRICTLY BUSINESS $400: One of Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Businesswomen in 2000 was Meg Whitman, CEO of this online auction site eBay |
| #3991, aired 2001-12-31 | THE SPANISH INQUISITION $200: This French emperor's invasion in 1808 helped put the inquisition out of business Napoleon |
| #3991, aired 2001-12-31 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $800: In 2000 Jeffrey Immelt was named to succeed this man nicknamed "Neutron Jack" as General Electric's CEO Welch |
| #3991, aired 2001-12-31 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $1000: In 1997 brewer Guinness PLC merged with Grand Metropolitan PLC, PLC standing for this type of "company" a public limited company |
| #3990, aired 2001-12-28 | SHOE BUSINESS $1600: This brand's Kobe comes in kids' sizes, too Adidas |
| #3990, aired 2001-12-28 | SHOE BUSINESS $2000: This shoe style was named for a girl in a comic strip Mary Janes |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $200: In 2001 this aerospace giant grew sleepless in Seattle & decided to move its headquarters to Chicago Boeing |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $1000: As America's top supplier of ATMs, the company known by these 3 initials has really cashed in NCR (formerly known as National Cash Register) |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? $800: D.B.A. doctor of business administration |
| #3958, aired 2001-11-14 | WHAT'S THAT CALLED? $800: It's the notch that fits on the bowstring in the non-business end of an arrow the nock |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This lemon-lime soft drink debuted in October 1929 in green 7-ounce bottles 7-Up |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: He made M'm! M'm! Good! when he joined a Camden, N.J. canning company in 1869; he later took it over Joseph Campbell |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: In 1930 Sears transferred this tire brand name to its insurance division Allstate |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1,200 (Daily Double): Entrepreneurs William Russell, Alexander Majors & William B. Waddell founded this in 1860; it lasted 18 months the Pony Express |
| #3935, aired 2001-10-12 | THE FOOD BUSINESS $100: In 1991 Louis Rich introduced a bacon made out of this meat turkey |
| #3935, aired 2001-10-12 | THE FOOD BUSINESS $200: The original shredder was Henry Perky, who in 1892, "shredded" this for breakfast cereal wheat |
| #3935, aired 2001-10-12 | THE FOOD BUSINESS $300: Its smiling-faced pitcher was trademarked back in the 1950s Kool-Aid |
| #3935, aired 2001-10-12 | THE FOOD BUSINESS $400: In 1942 Gordon Harwell & Eric Huzenlaub "converted" this grain rice |
| #3935, aired 2001-10-12 | THE FOOD BUSINESS $500: Procter & Gamble has found that a form of this fat substitute it uses in WOW! chips can clean up toxic spills Olean (or olestra) |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESS LEADERS $100: On June 4, 1896 he completed assembly of his first auto, the quadricycle, in Detroit Henry Ford |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESS LEADERS $200: In 1863 he, Maurice Clark & Samuel Andrews founded a Cleveland oil company: in 1870 it changed its named to Standard Oil John D. Rockefeller |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESS LEADERS $300: In 1895 he introduced the first camera that would fit into a pocket George Eastman |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESS LEADERS $400: In 1872 this 25-year-old Prussian bought a Denver bottling company & founded a brewery (Adolph) Coors |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: When this product was first released in 1944, it carried a picture of an Indian chief & the slogan "Don't be a paleface" Coppertone |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This firm began in 1897 as Nippon Gakki Company, an organ manufacturer; electronic organs came along in 1959 Yamaha |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Now a clothing retailer, it began in 1963 as a Chicago-based mail-order supplier of sailboat equipment Land's End |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: Named for its 2 owners, it introduced the first commercial drink mixer in 1911 Hamilton-Beach |
| #3915, aired 2001-09-14 | IN THE MARCH 28, 2000 NEWSPAPER $200: In business, Cisco edged this rival led by the world's richest man to become the world's most valuable company Microsoft |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $200: This soup-er company began as a canning & preserves business in Camden, New Jersey in 1869 Campbell's |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $400: In 1901 he joined with a machinist named Nickerson to make his safety razor Gillette |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $500 (Daily Double): In 1952 Glen Bell was selling hot dogs & burgers; he then added these to the drive-in menu & the rest is history tacos |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $800: In 1903 James L. Kraft began a company to handle the wholesale distribution of this food cheese |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $1000: The name of this fruit & vegetable canner came off a hotel in Monterey Del Monte |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | OUT OF BUSINESS $200: This political magazine founded by JFK Jr. published its last issue in 2001 George |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | OUT OF BUSINESS $400: Its beloved sock puppet couldn't keep this dot-com from closing in 2000 Pets.com |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | OUT OF BUSINESS $800: This long-defunct auto company, one of whose models is seen here, was available on eBay in 2000 Packard |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | OUT OF BUSINESS $1000: In 2000 First Union Corp. said it would cash out this home equity lending "store" The Money Store |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | THE FAMILY BUSINESS $200: In 1990 they became the first father & son to be Major League teammates Ken Griffey Jr. & Sr. |
| #3889, aired 2001-06-28 | COLOR MY WORLD $300: If your business is turning a profit, you're "in" this the black |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS $200: The "big cats" who founded this organization in Chicago in 1917 allow no business discussions at meetings Lions Club |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | SEEING DOUBLE $200: Lily Tomlin & this "Divine" woman play 2 sets of identical twins mismatched by accident at birth in "Big Business" Bette Midler |
| #3857, aired 2001-05-15 | PRODUCT PLACEMENT $400: Business for these sunglasses wasn't risky after Tom Cruise wore them in "Risky Business" Ray-Ban |
| #3857, aired 2001-05-15 | THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW $500: In parables that bring business to dentists, "There shall be weeping and" this activity Gnashing of teeth |
| #3843, aired 2001-04-25 | HOLLYWOOD $800: It's not monkey business when Ronald Reagan steals a chimp to test heredity vs. environment in this comedy Bedtime for Bonzo |
| #3828, aired 2001-04-04 | FEATURE FILM DEBUTS $200: Megan Mullally of "Will & Grace" debuted as a call girl in this 1983 Tom Cruise classic Risky Business |
| #3816, aired 2001-03-19 | TO REMAIN SILENT $600: In business, one of these firm members may be full, senior or silent Partner |
| #3809, aired 2001-03-08 | LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS $200: Here's the "scoop": this chain began operating in 1978 out of a renovated gas station in Vermont Ben & Jerry's |
| #3809, aired 2001-03-08 | LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS $400: This airline first took to the skies in 1924 as a crop-dusting service based in Macon, Georgia Delta Airlines |
| #3809, aired 2001-03-08 | LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS $500: I can get it for you wholesale at this warehouse chain that merged with Price Club in 1993 Costco |
| #3808, aired 2001-03-07 | CRIME-TIME TELEVISION $400: Tony, the main character in this HBO series, is in the waste management business -- & others The Sopranos |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: In 2000 Lukoil, Russia's largest oil company, bid on the gas stations that were part of this man's oil empire J. Paul Getty |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | AMERICAN BEER HISTORY $100: In 1864 this man joined his father-in-law Eberhard Anheuser in the brewing business Adolphus Busch |
| #3773, aired 2001-01-17 | GRUMPY OLD MEN $800: In a 1774 letter to Abigail he wrote, "The business of the Congress is tedious beyond expression" John Adams |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | TOM CRUISE FILMS $100: Tom glides across the floor to "Old Time Rock & Roll" in an Oxford shirt & tightie-whities in a classic scene in this '83 flick Risky Business |
| #3718, aired 2000-11-01 | FAMOUS NAMES IN FASHION $300: "I am out of prison and back in business", says this woman who sells her "Heidi Wear" on-line Heidi Fleiss |
| #3703, aired 2000-10-11 | THE FUNNIES $200: On Labor Day in 1990 this title character & her friend Tootsie opened a catering business Blondie |
| #3703, aired 2000-10-11 | HOW TO SAY YES! $600: Don't be discouraged if a Hellene says "ne" to a business deal; "ne" means "yes" in this language Greek |
| #3678, aired 2000-09-06 | KLM $800: In world business class, you'll receive the item seen here in this ceramic style, filled with gin Delft |
| #3666, aired 2000-07-10 | "DELTA" $500: Founded in 1907, it's the USA's foremost business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi |
| #3664, aired 2000-07-06 | EBONY $200: In 1971 Ebony moved into one of the first buildings built by a black business in this city's Loop Chicago |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | "RED", "WHITE" & "BLUE" $400: It describes a crime such as embezzlement committed by a person in business or government White collar |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | LIFE OF A SALESMAN $600: Born in 1896, he followed his father, Jacob Winston, into the jewelry business Harry Winston |
| #3637, aired 2000-05-30 | MERRY YACHTS $1000: In 1988 Gary Hart had a merry time with Donna Rice aboard this yacht Monkey Business |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | WORLD OF BUSINESS $200: (Hi, I'm Deidre Hall from "Days of Our Lives") This California company that began in 1945 turned Erica Kane & my character, Marlena Evans, into dolls Mattel |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | WORLD OF BUSINESS $300: Headlines in January 2000 said of this company, "You've Got Time Warner"! America Online (AOL) |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | WORLD OF BUSINESS $500 (Daily Double): Hilton's first hotel in this city opened in 1999; the earlier "Hilton" there was actually a prison Hanoi |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | WORLD OF BUSINESS $500: This soap for "All Your...Parts" was introduced in 1990 Lever 2000 |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | NEWSPAPERS $100: In 1889 Charles Dow & Edward Jones founded this business daily The Wall Street Journal |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1926 the Peet Bros. merged their soap company with this one, which then merged with Colgate Palmolive |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In the 1950s Dannon popularized this product in the U.S. Yogurt |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In the 1970s, this white buck-shoed singer & his family endorsed the West Bend coffee maker Pat Boone |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | 3-NAMED CELEBRITIES $300: In 1997 she married her "How to Succeed in Business..." co-star Matthew Broderick Sarah Jessica Parker |
| #3566, aired 2000-02-21 | BUSINESS WORDS $100: A slow growth company that invests little in R&D & has a steady profit is a "cash" one of these animals Cow |
| #3566, aired 2000-02-21 | BUSINESS WORDS $400: During a compressed week an employee still works 40 hours, but usually does it in this many days 4 |
| #3566, aired 2000-02-21 | BUSINESS WORDS $500: Acronym that's the reverse of "FIFO" LIFO (Last in, first out) |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $100: The driving force in a free market is supply & this Demand |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | A PERFECT LETTER $200: In a business letter, this punctuation mark often replaces a comma after the salutation a colon |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $300: In this system, goods are traded for other goods; money isn't involved Barter |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $400: An exploratory oil well, or a strike called in violation of a contract Wildcat |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $500: The USA's second-largest floor-based stock exchange, it joined forces with NASDAQ in 1998 American Stock Exchange |
| #3549, aired 2000-01-27 | BLOODY BUSINESS $200: About half the blood collected in the U.S. is acquired by this organization Red Cross |
| #3549, aired 2000-01-27 | BLOODY BUSINESS $800: His first role as a swashbuckler was in 1935 as Captain Blood Errol Flynn |
| #3500, aired 1999-11-19 | HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS $600: Corporate takeover expert Carl Icahn was called one of these, like an Oakland football player Raider |
| #3500, aired 1999-11-19 | HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS $1000: This Greek who died in 1975 made a million importing tobacco before building his shipping fleet Aristotle Onassis |
| #3493, aired 1999-11-10 | THE 1830s $400: In 1837 William Procter formed a business partnership with this man in Cincinnati James Gamble |
| #3493, aired 1999-11-10 | THE 1830s $600: John Jacob Astor got out of this business in 1834, way before PETA could pester him Fur |
| #3454, aired 1999-09-16 | "RO" IS ME $200: The first British pilot to die in a flying accident was this business partner of Henry Royce Charles Rolls |
| #3440, aired 1999-07-16 | PEOPLE $300: In the 1960s he founded a bricklaying business, pumping bricks, to finance his bodybuilding career Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| #3416, aired 1999-06-14 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: This John Grisham bestseller about corruption in the insurance business was turned into a 1997 film The Rainmaker |
| #3412, aired 1999-06-08 | IT'S A "SMALL" WORLD $200: This federal loan-assistance agency located in Washington, D.C. is known as the SBA for short the Small Business Administration |
| #3412, aired 1999-06-08 | THE Y2K BUG $600: The bug partly stems from 6-digit dates in this 1960s "business-oriented" computer language COBOL |
| #3410, aired 1999-06-04 | THEY MEANT BUSINESS $200: Howard Schultz made this chain ubiquitous in the U.S. after having an epiphany over espresso Starbucks |
| #3410, aired 1999-06-04 | THEY MEANT BUSINESS $400: President Harry Cunningham opened this "K" company's first K Mart in Michigan in 1962 Kresge |
| #3410, aired 1999-06-04 | THEY MEANT BUSINESS $600: One letter was changed in this tycoon's last name to get the company name Revlon Charles Revson |
| #3410, aired 1999-06-04 | THEY MEANT BUSINESS $800: In the 1880s Marcus Goldman was joined by this son-in-law & an investment banking giant was born Samuel Sachs |
| #3394, aired 1999-05-13 | FAMOUS FOLKS $200: Billionaire business giant who said, "In the personal computer industry, innovation is the path to success" Bill Gates |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $100: In dessert:
Burton Baskin &... Irv Robbins |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $200: In tools:
Duncan Black &... Alonzo Decker |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $300: In a brokerage:
William Paine &... Wallace Webber |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $400: In paint:
Henry Sherwin &... Edward Williams |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $500: In paper products:
John Kimberly &... Charles Clark |
| #3387, aired 1999-05-04 | CINEMATIC CHICAGO $600: Tom Cruise played a North Shore teenager who goes a bit wild when his parents go out of town in this 1983 comedy Risky Business |
| #3362, aired 1999-03-30 | MAGAZINES $800: In 1990, he became editor-in-chief of his late father's namesake business magazine Steve Forbes |
| #3360, aired 1999-03-26 | ENDS IN "UM" $400: Term for the minimum number of people required at a meeting to conduct business legally a quorum |
| #3357, aired 1999-03-23 | THE KING $200: This other musical icon called Elvis "deplorable" in the 1950s & "A tremendous asset to the business" after his death Frank Sinatra |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | AROUND THE USA $500: Founded in 1850, The Deseret News is the oldest continuously operating business in this U.S. state Utah |
| #3348, aired 1999-03-10 | "IN" $200: The initials of computer giant "IBM" stand for this International Business Machines |
| #3330, aired 1999-02-12 | CORPORATE HISTORIES $800: In the 1880s William & James, these brothers, started their soap business Lever Brothers |
