| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $1600: Not great with numbers, val doesn't end up in 1966 watching the launch of Gemini 10 but in London, in this year of the Great Fire 1666 |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | IT'S A FACT $400: This organization's New York City HQ was built on land bought in 1946 with an $8.5 million gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. the U.N. |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | MATH TALK $2000: In 19 - 5 = 14 19 is the minuend; 5 is this other "end" the subtrahend |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SAY IT IN LATIN $400: You know, in good faith or the real deal, like a rock star; with an "S" at the end, it means your credentials bona fides |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | ON THE NOSE $800: Since its U.S. debut "Day" in 2015, this colorfully named campaign to end child poverty has raised more than $421 million Red Nose Day |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE HISTORIC 1990s $600: It didn't end well in 1997 for this cult that believed a flying saucer was following comet Hale-Bopp Heaven's Gate |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $800: Premiering in 1749, "Music for the Royal" these got set off to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession fireworks |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MOVIE SONGS $800: "Now I'm laughing to the bank", rap$ thi$ man in "Am I Dreaming" over the end credits of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" A$AP Rocky |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Head to the end of the alphabet, past yarmulke, for this skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy; the pope wears a white one zucchetto |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | GENIUS: MLK/X $200: (Kelvin Harrison Jr. presents the clue.) My character, MLK, felt a moral obligation to speak out regarding this conflict in Asia, although it would end up alienating him from Lyndon B. Johnson & his allies the Vietnam War |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ENDS IN "X" $800: The little hat worn by French words like hôtel & hôpital is called this a circumflex |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | END OF STORY $800: A monster hit from 1818: "He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance" Frankenstein |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MEDICAL SPECIALTIES $1200: Palliative medicine goes hand in hand with this type of end-of-life care, providing comfort to both the patient & their family hospice |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | OPERA $400: In act IV of "La bohème", Musetta finds this woman half-dead; spoiler alert--by the end of the act, she's all dead Mimi |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | HISTORIC NAMES $1600: Gavrilo Princip, whose assassination of this man triggered World War I, died in prison before the war's end Archduke Ferdinand |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | WHAT IN THE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS...? $200: Making the best of a bad past situation, this ex-heavyweight champ from Brooklyn put out edibles in the shape of ears in 2022 Mike Tyson |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Formed at the end of the last ice age, this sea includes the Gulf of Bothnia in the north & the Gulf of Gdansk in the south the Baltic Sea |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TREES $400: Balsa, magnolia or sequoia: it's the tree that becomes the name of another tree when you add an "M" to its end balsa (balsam accepted) |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | OATHS $200: Though not in the Constitution, these four words are typically spoken at the end of the presidential oath of office so help me God |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | PEOPLE $200: Crop scientist M.S. Swaminathan helped end famine in this country & was known as the father of its green revolution India |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | RELIGION $2000: In Judaism the high holy days begin with this 2-day observance & end with Yom Kippur Rosh Hashanah |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | FOR THE GRAM $800: The Infatuation was behind the #eeeeeats on Instagram & acquired this end-of-the-alphabet restaurant guide in 2018 Zagat |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $800: "Blow of mercy" in French, it's a finishing blow at the end of combat a coup de grâce |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | PLAY SETTINGS $400: "The Crucible":
1692 in this Massachusetts city Salem |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | HAVE YOU 8? $600 (Daily Double): The 8 ranks in this 8-letter biological classification system start with domain & end with species taxonomy |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | SUPER BOWL STARS $600: The career leader in Super Bowl points is this 49er & Raider who was on the receiving end of 8 TD passes Jerry Rice |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | MAKE THE PHRASE $1600: An attempt that'll end in success or utter disaster is described in the rhyming phrase "make or..." break |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $1600: It's Latin for "neck" & can mean the neck as well as the outer end of the uterus the cervix |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | G-I TRACT $200: 2003 film Richard Roeper deemed "one of the worst movies I've ever seen"; at least it didn't keep Ben & J.Lo from reuniting Gigli |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THE COUCH $1600: This type of neck injury results from a sudden jerking of the head in one direction like from a rear-end collision whiplash |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? $800: What? You drove all the way from Duncansby Head to Land's End in this country? No wonder you're tired! the UK |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | WINE BIZ $600: This meringue ingredient is sometimes used in winemaking to balance and clarify the end product egg whites |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | THE VIRTUES $200: It's paired with liberty in the Pledge of Allegiance justice |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | WORDS THAT END WITH "E" $200: It's zero in tennis, the last name of a Beach Boy & all you need love |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | WORDS THAT END WITH "E" $400: The phrase "stay in your" this is bad advice if you're being told not to try new things but good advice if you're driving lane |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | WORDS THAT END WITH "E" $800: This type of corporal is the third enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps lance corporal |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | WORDS THAT END WITH "E" $1000: An early appearance of this 2-word term describing a macho perspective was in a 1975 essay about film by Laura Mulvey the male gaze |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s $600: Good news! No longer need we say "shedding its leaves at the end of its growing season"--herewith a word for that deciduous |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | RECONSTRUCTION $200: Founded at the end of Reconstruction, Nicodemus in this "Sunflower State" was the 1st Black settlement west of the Mississippi Kansas |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | ALSO A CANDY $3,000 (Daily Double): NASA called the activity in this type of galaxy reminiscent of the end of a pyrotechnics show a starburst (galaxy) |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | WELCOME TO MIAMI $800: The Brickell Section of town has one end of the Tamiami Trail; 264 miles away, the other end is, naturally, in this city Tampa |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | THAT CAN BE A GREEK LETTER $1,800 (Daily Double): Instead of the end, the beginning: this luxury watch brand traces its roots back to 1848 in the Swiss village La Chaux-de-Fonds Omega |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | SENATORS $800: In 1859 anti-slavery Democrat David Broderick became the only sitting U.S. senator to be killed in one of these fights a duel |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | OPPENHEIMER $400: (Emily Blunt presents the clue.) My character Kitty Oppenheimer's marriage to Robert was tempestuous, & in the 1950s controversy over her one-time involvement with this political party helped bring an end to her husband's career in government communism (Communist Party) |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | MOVIE BEFORE & AFTER $400: Darth Vader chops off Luke's hand, so Marty fills in on guitar at the dance The Empire Strikes Back to the Future |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $800: If you take yoga in the U.S., many a teacher will end class with this, a respectful Sanskrit term & gesture namaste |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | BOOKS BY CHAPTERS $1200: By Gaston Leroux:
"At the Masked Ball", "The End of the Ghost's Love Story" The Phantom of the Opera |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE $600: The first step in construction was placing 60,000-ton concrete blocks on each end called this, like an Alaskan city anchorage |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | WITH THIS RING $800: Females are the dominant sex in the troops of this accurately named species of primate, native to Madagascar a ring-tailed lemur |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | AROUND THE WORLD $2000: Of the 7 countries whose names end in "-stan", it's alphabetically last Uzbekistan |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | POTPOURRI $1200: Apparently still learning to duck, tight end Cam McCormick of this Pac-12 school got a 9th year of eligibility in 2022 (the University of) Oregon |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | THE GULF OF MEXICO $2000: In 1559 a Spanish expedition settled for about 2 years at what is today this city near the western end of Florida's Panhandle Pensacola |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | "G"-RATED WORDS $200: Rain water & bad bowling attempts end up in this the gutter |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $200: In Dodie Smith's tale, Pongo & Missis are the parents of 15 puppies, but the 17 of them becomes this title number by the end 101 (Dalmatians) |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | AVIATION $200: Marking the end of an era, in January 2023 Boeing delivered its last-ever one of these iconic jumbo jets a 747 |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | ENDS WITH A SILENT CONSONANT $400: As a noun, it helps keep your hair in check; as a verb, it means to exhaustively search comb |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | POWER OCCUPANTS $200: A national monument in Singapore, the villa named for this man was his base while he planned to end China's last dynasty Sun Yat-sen |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | FOR MASTERS ONLY $800: With a fruit at the end of its name, this city on the Bay of Bengal was a French possession even in the time of British India Pondicherry |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | GEMS $1000: Apache people associated this gemstone with the rainbow's end & thought it aided them in battle turquoise |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HURRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! $600: Created as a real estate ad 100 years ago in 1923, the Hollywood Sign originally had this 4-letter word tacked on to the end land |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | LITERARY MISMATCHES $2000: Of this novel about the floundering Wheelers, Richard Yates said his title meant that the this of 1776 hit a dead end in the 1950s Revolutionary Road |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | DEALING WITH THE GOVERNMENT $200: This agency was born in 1865 to combat counterfeiting, as at the Civil War's end, nearly 1/3 of currency in circulation was fake the Secret Service |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | REVOLUTION $1600: After a speech by Khrushchev in 1956, this country revolted, but the Soviets intervened before year's end Hungary |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | A HARD BARGAIN $800: China ceded the island of Hong Kong to Britain in 1842 as one of many concessions to end the first of these wars the Opium Wars |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | GLOBETROTTING $2000: At the southeast end of Lake Titicaca in this country, the Gate of the Sun is a pre-Columbian arch carved from a single block of stone Bolivia |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | JUSTINIAN TIME $1200: Full of legal opinions, the "Digest" is part of Justinian's this, spelled with an "X" at the end in Latin Code |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | AIR TRAVEL $1200: The Hindenburg disaster in 1937 marked an end to regular passenger service aboard this type of rigid airship a zeppelin |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | NOT MAKING IT TO THE END OF THE MOVIE $200: Tina Fey said "Gravity" was about how this actor would rather float away & die in space than spend time with a woman his own age George Clooney |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BE ARTHUR $400: In a historic first, he won the U.S. Open tennis tournament in September 1968 Arthur Ashe |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | NOT MAKING IT TO THE END OF THE MOVIE $800: Look how they massacred my boy; James Caan wore 100-plus squibs to pay a heavy price at the tollbooth in this 1972 film The Godfather |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | NOT MAKING IT TO THE END OF THE MOVIE $1000: Sometimes, you get older, adamantium in your body poisons you & a clone of your younger self up & kills you, like this 2017 guy Logan |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | WATERFRONT PROPERTY $800: Buffalo, New York is located where the eastern end of this lake narrows into the Niagara River Lake Erie |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | A RELIGIOUS SERVICE $1600: In a Jewish service this prayer is sometimes said in a "half" form by the prayer leader & sometimes just by mourners the Kaddish |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $400: Broken chains lie at the statue's feet; an early plan had her hold broken shackles in her left hand as an homage to this practice's end slavery |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | AT REST IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY $2000: This 4-time 19th century prime minister & rival of Disraeli Gladstone |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | APOCA-LIPSTICK $800: You can still look good in the end times with the lipstick shade named this, the word young Danny repeats in "The Shining" Redrum |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY $1200: (Amor Towles presents the clue.) Near the end of the book, Emmett & Billy finally set out for the Western Terminus of the highway, which is still at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in this city San Francisco |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | THE 1980s $600: Erich Honecker, leader of this country, is seen giving a speech in 1986; things weren't going well for him by decade's end East Germany |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | THERE'S A NAME IN THE TITLE $2000: This Aristophanes play is named for the character who inspires the women of Athens & Sparta to end a war between the cities Lysistrata |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $800: Anna Faris wasn't there to see the end of this CBS sitcom in 2021, but Allison Janney was Mom |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | AN "F" IN HISTORY $1200: U.S., British & Iraqi forces retook this Iraqi city in the second battle of it at the end of 2004 the Battle of Fallujah |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $400: Y'all, Rusty Wallace wanted to go fast at Talladega in 2004 in this state, & sure did; "We hit 228 at the end of the straightaway" Alabama |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ACC SCHOOL HISTORY $200: Its website says it opened in 1864 in the South End to educate its city's "predominantly Irish, Catholic immigrant community" Boston College |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | OSCAR-WINNING WOMEN $1200: In the '90s she won for her lead role in "Howards End" & also for Adapted Screenplay for "Sense and Sensibility" Emma Thompson |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | I'M HENRY VI, I AM $400: Henry VI's 1454 dismissal of Richard of York from the king's council was a major factor in the start of this civil war the Wars of the Roses |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | U.S. MUSEUMS $800: You can light candles in memory of those who perished at the hands of the Nazis at the end of your visit to this museum in Washington the Holocaust Memorial |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | GETTING CLOSE TO THE END $1600: The play has had its climax, the characters are wrapping things up in this French-named segment--it's almost time to go home the dénouement |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | GETTING CLOSE TO THE END $2000: When you see this notation in music, you've hit the final part of the movement the coda |
| #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 |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | THE "END"s OF THE EARTH $400: The seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, it's named for a curve in the Deschutes River Bend |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | THE "END"s OF THE EARTH $600: An Australian river got this name in 1770 after then-lieutenant James Cook repaired the same-named ship there Endeavour |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | THE "END"s OF THE EARTH $1000: England's southwesternmost point is the tip of this peninsula in Cornwall Land's End |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | SHOE BIZ $800: This end-of-the-alphabet website that began selling shoes in 1999 takes its name from the Spanish word for "shoes" Zappos |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | HISTORICAL TV $2000: Nurses & nuns in London's East End deliver babies in the PBS import "Call" this person, based on a series of memoirs the midwife |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $1200: In 2002, shortly after her time as Attorney General had come to an end, she ran for governor of Florida Janet Reno |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ALBUM COVERS $400: Springsteen said of this cover, a lot of photos were taken but in the end his behind looked better than his face Born in the U.S.A. |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | THE MOVIE'S TITLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES $600: Nice spoiler, Mexico! Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon had "An Unexpected End" Thelma & Louise |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | BEN FRANKLIN $600: Ben's discoveries led to the lightning rod & to the end of the electrocution of more than a hundred of these colleagues of Quasimodo bell ringers |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | HISTORY $800: The unanimous election of Martin V in 1417 led to the end of the reign of these alternate religious rulers the antipopes |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | FAMOUS SOUTH AMERICANS $1600: As the fifth man in this job, Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru helped end wars & helped get the Soviets out of Afghanistan the Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | SOMETHING TO READ $1600: A gamekeeper takes the place of a baronet in this scandalous 1928 novel, written near the end of D.H. Lawrence's life Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | REVENGE LIT $400: At the end of this epic poem by Virgil, the hero kills Turnus in an act of vengeance the Aeneid |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | A 20th CENTURY FACTS PRODUCTION $400: In 1973 the U.N. denounced this South African social policy but its end via legislation took 2 more decades apartheid |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | STANFORD ATHLETICS $600: (Haley Jones presents the clue.) The coaches wanted to move him to defensive end & later made him the sixth-stringer, but in 1970, quarterback Jim Plunkett became the Cardinal's first winner of this trophy instituted in 1935 the Heisman |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | DANIEL RADCLIFFE COLLAGE $800: (Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) I played one of the two title characters who were just bit players in Shakespeare in a 50th anniversary West End production of this Tom Stoppard play that’s set against the backdrop of "Hamlet" Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: This holiday is a symbol of summer's end in the U.S. but in Europe, its equivalent is celebrated on May 1 Labor Day |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | THE IN MEMORIAM SEGMENT 1922 $400: Pope Benedict XV, whose Peace Note of 1917 tried to end this terrible conflict World War I |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: José Napoleón Duarte tried to end civil war in this country in the 1980s but pressure from rebels thwarted him El Salvador |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Scoresby Sound, home to the world's longest one of these narrow inlets, lies in Greenland, not Norway a fjord |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | TAKE ME TO THE PILOT $600: In 2009 U.S. Airways pilot Sully Sullenberger noted, "What a view" of this river, but soon said, "We may end up in" it the Hudson |
| #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 |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | FINANCE & INVESTING $800: In 2017 Oregon became the first state with automatic these savings accounts: employees are enrolled unless they opt out IRAs |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | NOTABLE WOMEN $800: Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for trying to end the violence here Northern Ireland |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | HISTORY $1200: In 1453 the fall of the city then called this marked the end of the Byzantine Dynasty Constantinople |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | "THE" END $1000: Happy & lighthearted, like a title spirit in a classic Noël Coward play a blithe |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | GONE EXTINCT $1600: Humans brought an end to the Caribbean monk species of these flippered mammals that we often think of in colder climates seals |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | FROM THE SPEEDWAY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) In 2019, the Vegas Speedway was the site of aerodynamic testing, including a longer splitter, the front end equivalent to this rear piece; by increasing downforce, it reduces lift & maintains traction a spoiler |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | NEXT LEADER IN LINE $1200: Soviet leaders:
Andropov,
Chernenko,
him (the end) Gorbachev |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | ECONOMICS $1200: Hyperinflation ran rampant in this end-of-the-alphabet nation in 2009 when billions of its currency bought a loaf of bread Zimbabwe |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | ARCHAEOLOGY GLOSSARY $1200: This end-of-the-alphabet word refers to tiered or terraced temple structures in Mesopotamia a ziggurat |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | & ON DRUMS... $400: Meg pounded the skins behind husband Jack in this 2-piece band that helped kickstart the 2000s garage rock revival The White Stripes |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | SPIES LIKE THEM $400: Caught spying for this Eastern foe in 1913, Austria's former intelligence chief asked to be left alone with his pistol; the end Russia |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ROCKS & PLANTS... $1,000 (Daily Double): The dimension type of this metamorphic rock is in blackboards, while the crushed type can go into composition roofing slate |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | MILWAUKEE: NEWS CLUES $200: (Mike Strehlow of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) Years that end in 3 & 8 bring out big celebrations of this company; in 2018, its 115th birthday bash had 6,500 riders roaring down Wisconsin Avenue Harley-Davidson |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | ORPHANS IN BOOKS $1200: At the beginning of this Bronte novel, this orphaned title character is sent to the Lowood Institution, where she is mistreated Jane Eyre |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | TEXTING, TEXTING $1000: ATEOTD, in texting lingo, ATEOTD is short for this at the end of the day |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | THE PACIFIC OCEAN $200: At its northern end, the Pacific Ocean meets the Arctic Ocean in this strait between the U.S. & Russia the Bering |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | LET'S COUNTY UP THAT STATE $600: You can go from Ottawa to Miami, then settle down in Leavenworth Kansas |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | HISTORIA ESPAÑOLA $800: The second statute of autonomy was approved in 1979 for the "country" of this people in a region of northern Spain the Basques |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | HERE COMES A BRONTE THESAURUS $1600: Charlotte's "Shirley" uses this word not to mean "shook with cold" but "broken in pieces" shivered |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | OPERA $1600: Influenced by the "Ride Of The Valkyries", the "Hexenritt" in Humperdinck's opera "Hansel & Gretel" is a ride of these witches |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | THE WWF $1600: The WWF says adopt--symbolically!--this animal whose name in Latin is Ursus maritimus a polar bear |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | KEEPIN' UP WITH NASA $200: In 2016 NASA detected this key-to-life element in a comet's tail, suggesting that comets may have brought it to Earth carbon |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | THE LANGUAGE OF SPORT $200: In volleyball, this hard hit ends a point; police use it in a "strip" to end high-speed pursuits spike |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $400: In "A Life in Parts", he writes of the end of a day on set: "I'd... let everything soak off ... leeching myself of Walter White" Bryan Cranston |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | HALLS OF FAME $1600: This temperance advocate took in battered women at Hatchet Hall, her Arkansas home Carrie Nation |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | U.S. GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY $800: In 1921 New Orleans became the first city in the U.S. to declare a historic district, this one the French Quarter |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | LITERATURE FOR YOUNGER READERS $800: Shere Khan, the Bengal tiger in "The Jungle Book", threatens that this character "is mine & to my teeth he will come in the end" Mowgli |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CITY FOLK $2000: After making a pint-sized cameo in "The Godfather", she played Michael's daughter in "The Godfather Part III" Sofia Coppola |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | MADJECTIVES $400: I'm really this; add a letter to the end & I become an aromatic sprinkled in cocktails bitter |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | LET'S PUT ON A SHOW $400: Antique lovers enjoyed having "Show" added to this word in the title of a PBS show Road |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | TO 5 DECIBEL PLACES $400: The National Hot Rod Association says this loud sport first topped 100 mph on the Muroc Dry Lake bed in the Mojave Desert drag racing |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES $1600: (Sarah presents the clue from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.) The museum's costume collection includes the magnificent dress here, featuring 10,000 silk flowers & weighing 30 pounds, worn by Florence Pugh as the May Queen at the end of this 2019 neo-pagan horror film set in Sweden Midsommar |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1864 this country in the middle of the continent took on Brazil, later Argentina & Uruguay; half its population would end up dead Paraguay |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | BUILDINGS IN HISTORY $2000: At Sengakuji Temple in Tokyo, visitors honor the 47 these, samurai who avenge their dead master & are buried there ronin |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | BOOZE IN BOOKS $1600: At the end of "A Christmas Carol", Scrooge offers this mistreated employee a mulled drink called smoking bishop (Bob) Cratchit |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $400: This character on "Dawson's Creek" was named after the heroine of "Little Women" Joey |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | FURNITURE $400: Baby may be under pressure to get a good nap in this, smaller than a crib or cradle, if you buy the $2,800 one from Aristot a bassinet |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | PEOPLE IN SCIENCE $2000: Sir Isaac Newton had a famous dispute with this German philosopher & mathematician over who invented calculus first Gottfried Leibniz |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK $2,400 (Daily Double): Kipling: "Yours is the earth and everything that's in it, and--which is more--you'll be a ____, ____ ____!" man, my son |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: In the book "New Hampshire" by Robert Frost, you'll read "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in" this ice |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | ICONOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): The base that the bodhisattva sits on is a stylized version of this symbolic flower, also the name of the position he's in lotus |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | HISTORIC POTPOURRI $800: His life came to an end in 1805 after being hit by enemy fire on the deck of his flagship, the HMS Victory Horatio Nelson |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | THE KOREAN WAR $600: In 2018 South Korea's Moon Jae-in & this North Korean leader pledged to formally end the war but it hasn't happened... yet Kim Jong-un |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | END YOUR RESPONSE WITH A PREPOSITION $400: Polo players who didn't want their collars flapping in the breeze innovated this style the button-down |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | END YOUR RESPONSE WITH A PREPOSITION $1600: In tennis, this last part of a stroke is important even though the ball is gone after 5 milliseconds against the strings follow-through |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | AFTER THE WAR $2000: The "Long Walls" of Athens were destroyed at this war's end to the accompaniment of flute music, but rebuilt in 393 B.C. the Peloponnesian War |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: That bold end-of-a-performance action is still very small compared to all the water it's in a mic drop in the bucket |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | HIS BIG PAINT SALE $2000: In 2020 more than $100 million bought "Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump", a 1982 piece by this New York painter who died young in 1988 Basquiat |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: Seen here are three random Americans of the 4.3 million born in this year at the tail end of the baby boom 1961 |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | SURNAMES $800: Actor Andy & golfer Sergio both have this last name, the most popular surname in Spain Garcia |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | IT HAPPENED IN EUROPE $800: This event brought joy two days before D-Day the liberation of Rome |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | SINKER $800: In a fitting end to "Titanic", a much older Rose drops a blue diamond called this overboard the Heart of the Ocean |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | SINKER $1600: As a building in Venice sinks, Vesper Lynd is trapped underwater & James Bond can't save her in this 2006 movie Casino Royale |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | "BIG" TALK $400: He's seen here in an old illustration meeting his end the Big Bad Wolf |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN $400: In 1973 he was minority leader of the House of Representatives but got 2 big job promotions by the end of the next year Ford |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND $1000: These twins who ran a criminal empire in the east end in the 1950s were among the last prisoners to be held in the Tower of London the Krays |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | STARTS WITH "W" $400: The identity of the murderer typically isn't revealed until the end in this type of story a whodunit |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | LET'S TALK REVOLUTION $1600: Imre Nagy, this country's premier, was executed for his role in its 1956 anticommunist revolution Hungary |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: In the 1800s this Michigan island was the headquarters for John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company Mackinac |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | WORDS IN ELEMENTS $800: Si:
this, a symbol for a program on your computer desktop an icon |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | CAR REPAIR $800: Revolutionary brand launched in 1975:
LO, ERA END the DeLorean |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | THINGS IN LITERARY TITLES $400: At the end of a D.H. Lawrence novel, this title thing "arched indomitable, making great architecture of light and color" The Rainbow |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | THE END $600: "It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found another orphan" Moby-Dick |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | RE-CHARTED $400: Come on, baby, & name this man seen here who had a No. 1 hit with "The Twist" in 1960 & again in 1962 Chubby Checker |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | REALITY TV $200: We kept up with this family for 14 years, but in 2021 Kim, Khloe & Kompany bid farewell as their show came to an end the Kardashians |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | THE VILLAIN OF THE PIECE $1200: Nobody cries when this big bad Bill comes to a bad end in "Oliver Twist" Sikes |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | THE END OF THE WORLD $1200: In French this word precedes "communion" in a rite for Catholic kids première |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | THE END OF THE WORLD $2000: In math it's the set of sums of a sequence;
for 2, 4, 6, 8...
it's 2, 6, 12, 20... a series |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | EDUCATION FIRSTS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1761 Claude Bourgelat, who wrote "Sur la médecine des chevaux", set up the first school for this profession a veterinarian |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | MED. ABBREV. $400: After a major surgery, you may end up in the ICU, which stands for this the intensive care unit |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | THIS ONE GOES TO 2011 $1,600 (Daily Double): With a landing in July 2011, the 135-mission program using these came to an end the Space Shuttles |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | GETTING SPORT "E" $600: In Canadian football, it's called the goal area end zone |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | NO. 5 $400: One end of Interstate 5 is in the former salmon canning center of Blaine in this state Washington |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | GAME STOP $400: In the NFL regular season, overtime games end after nobody scores in the period that's this many minutes long 10 |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION $400: Mao's attempts to reform this party resulted in an estimated 1.5 million deaths during the Revolution Communist Party |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | DEM BONES $4,000 (Daily Double): Sesamoid bones are found in tendons; the best known is this bone at the lower end of the quadriceps tendon the patella |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | GENIUS: ARETHA $200: (Cynthia Erivo presents the clue.) At the end of a 1960s concert in Chicago, deejays Rodney Jones & Pervis Spann came onstage to literally crown Aretha with this famous nickname the Queen of Soul |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | PLAYS $400: Sophie Treadwell's 1928 play "Machinal" explores how a woman can be driven to murder & end her days in this seat the electric chair |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | ANIMALS IN ART $800: On a subway car in 2020, Banksy depicted images of these "r"odents with masks & hand sanitizer rats |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | HOWARD'S END $400: As of 2021 the once-vast empire of restaurants named for this Howard is down to a single one in Lake George, N.Y. Howard Johnson |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | HOWARD'S END $800: The very brief marriage of Henry VIII to this woman ended in 1542 Catherine Howard |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | IT'S A TRAP! $1000: The 2010 collapse of a gold & copper mine would end up trapping 33 workers for 69 days in this country Chile |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | HOWARD'S END $2,000 (Daily Double): Some cried fowl when this Marvel comic book hero flew away in 1979, but he would return Howard the Duck |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | WE GUARANTEE IT $600: In 1964 this Republican candidate promised to end the draft, saying: "The military forces need trained volunteers" Goldwater |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | EUROPEAN PENINSULAS $2000: Schleswig & Holstein in northern Germany are at the southern end of this peninsula Jutland |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | S.E.C.! S.E.C.! $1600: Gov. George Wallace protested the court-ordered end of racial segregation at this school in 1963 the University of Alabama |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | BEAUTIFUL VOCABULARY $2000: This Spanish word for really beautiful can end in -mo or -ma; the Italian word sounds the same bellisima |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | DRUNK HISTORY $3,400 (Daily Double): Year in which the photo here was taken 1933 |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | IN THE SCI-FI & FANTASY SECTION $400: One big difference between this 1963 Pierre Boulle novel & the film version--no half-buried Statue of Liberty at the end Planet of the Apes |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | THE OLYMPIC FLAME $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1956 on a flight from Singapore to Jakarta, the Olympic torch crossed this for the first time the equator |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS $2000: Rod Serling was awarded a Purple Heart & this country's liberation medal for his efforts in places like Leyte the Philippines |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | 1930s LITERATURE $5,000 (Daily Double): After a plane crash in the Himalayas, 4 people end up in Shangri-La in this 1933 novel Lost Horizon |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | NEXT IN LINE $1600: Alphabetically:
xenon,
ytterbium,
yttrium... zinc |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $1600: This Nirvana song shares its name with an element used in medications for bipolar disorder "Lithium" |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This nation that was formed at the end of World War I broke in 2 in 1993 Czechoslovakia |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | STRAITS $1200: This strait at one end of the Persian Gulf carries 1/3 of the world's seaborne oil & was the scene of international tensions in 2019 the Strait of Hormuz |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | CAPITAL HILLS $800: The word "palace" comes from the name of this one of Rome's seven hills Palatine |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | "LIGHT" AT THE END $400: We can drive it home with one this; maybe in song, but not according to section 24400 of the California vehicle code one headlight |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | "LIGHT" AT THE END $800: A line of players moves & stops on command in this game Red Light, Green Light |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | "LIGHT" AT THE END $2000: With a maximum empty weight in the U.S. of 254 pounds, this kind of aircraft isn't just light, it's... ultralight |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | A CINEMATIC WEDDING ABROAD $800: Amid swashbuckling, Barbossa officiates Will & Elizabeth's wedding, not just offshore but "At World's End", in this movie Pirates of the Caribbean |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | THE WITCH IS DEAD $200: In this Grimm Brothers tale, the wicked witch met her end after being pushed into an oven "Hansel and Gretel" |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | READING MATERIAL $400: The high-end Oasis in this brand of e-readers has a glass rather than a plastic screen a Kindle |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | PRONOUNS $2000: In an epic move, Odysseus gave this as his name when asked by the Cyclops No One |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | LIGHTHOUSES $1200: Honoring the coast watchers who helped the Allies during WWII, Kalibobo Lighthouse is in this island country, PNG for short Papua New Guinea |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | IN-CAR-CERATED $200: Like cops, a process server may have to endure hours on one of these, sitting in a car looking for the target to come out a stakeout |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | GET OFF OF MY CLOUD $400: If you own a device from this company, you get 5 free gigabytes of virtual storage in iCloud Apple |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | FLAG ON THE PLAY $1000: If the offense is called for holding in its own end zone, this score is awarded to the defense 2 points |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $7,000 (Daily Double): National military parks include Horseshoe Bend in Alabama & this one in Mississippi that's alphabetically last Vicksburg |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | BOOKS BY THE NUMBER $400: After not 1 but 2 nuclear wars, books are burned to prevent complicated thought in this 1953 sci-fi classic Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | HISPANIC AMERICANS $200: In 1995 this future Supreme Court justice played serious hardball, helping end the Major League Baseball strike (Sonia) Sotomayor |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | HISTORY POTPOURRI $4,500 (Daily Double): What is usually called the Ancien Regime came to an end in this year 1789 |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | HISTORY $1000: Around 3000 B.C. the Sumerian settlement of Uruk was the first big city in this historic region, at its southeast end Mesopotamia |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | DURING THE JOHN ADAMS PRESIDENCY $600: This military branch had been disbanded at the end of the Revolution; pugnacious little John re-established it in 1798 the Marines |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | NO. 1 LYRICS $1600: In Billboard's top single of 2018, this 2-word Drake title precedes "I can't do this on my own" "God's Plan" |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | POTENT POTABLES $800: Pat O'Brien's in New Orleans is famous for this stormy cocktail that has its own tall glass a Hurricane |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | FLAGS OF OUR FEATHERS $1600: The bird on the flag of this end of the alphabet African country was found on carvings in an ancient city of the region Zimbabwe |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES $1600: In Judaism this holy day begins the 10 days of repentance that end on Yom Kippur Rosh Hashanah |
| #8353, aired 2021-03-10 | CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LIT $600: Pretzel is one of these dogs who "grew much longer than" his siblings a Dachshund |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | IT'LL ALL END IN "X" $400: Carved from a single piece of limestone, it's said to depict the face of the pharaoh Khafre the Sphinx |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | IT'LL ALL END IN "X" $800: It means traditional or accepted, from the Greek for "right in opinion" orthodox |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | NAVY BASES $800: Commissioned in 1921 & a major training site, an Australian naval base near Melbourne bears the name of this mythic canine Cerberus |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | IT'LL ALL END IN "X" $1200: A blend of grape varieties, this type of red wine is named for a French city on the Garonne River Bordeaux |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | IT'LL ALL END IN "X" $1600: A few millimeters thick, this part of the brain directs motor activity & processes sensory information the cortex |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | IT'LL ALL END IN "X" $2000: It took flight about 150 million years ago & was once considered the oldest known bird the Archaeopteryx |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | B.C.-ING YOU $800: The Peace of Nicias in 421 B.C. brought a temporary end to the fighting in this Greek war Peloponnesian |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | HOW 'BOUT A GAME OF CARDS? $400: In this kids' game, one of the 4 queens is removed from the 52-card deck & you don't wanna be stuck with its odd pair in the end Old Maid |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | 17th CENTURY LIT $1200: Keira Knightley made her West End debut in a modern version of this Frenchman's "The Misanthrope" Molière |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | ROAD TRIP TO THE SAME-NAMED PLACE $2,000 (Daily Double): You start on Interstate 91 out of the one in Massachusetts & you end up on I-55 to reach the one in Illinois Springfield |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | LARGE & IN CHARGE $2000: Made by the Muffin Man, Mongo is the name of a huge one of these that attacks the castle at the end of "Shrek 2" a gingerbread man |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | WHAT DOES NOT KILL US... $200: Leonardo DiCaprio has a bad encounter with one of these animals in "The Revenant" but does make it to the end of the movie a (grizzly) bear |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | WHAT DOES NOT KILL US... $1000: At the end of this 1982 movie, a replicant spares Harrison Ford's character, perhaps appreciating life in any form Blade Runner |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | LITERATURE $200: Former NFL tight end Roberta Muldoon is a character in this John Irving novel The World According to Garp |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | WEE-POURRI $1000: Now owned by Mattel, they began rolling off the assembly line in the 1950s & were named for their small cardboard containers Matchbox cars |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | RICK'S ROLE $1600: In 2016 Ricky Gervais was back as this "Office" character in "Life on the Road" David Brent |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | DOG IS MY COPILOT $1600: Known as the "Gray Ghost", & known for its obedience, this breed is ready to set sail a Weimaraner |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | INSPECTOR $200: Inspector Japp of this famed London police force helps Hercule Poirot in cases including "Lord Edgware Dies" Scotland Yard |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $200: A newspaper gave Robert Peary $4,000 on condition that he reach this point & sure enough, in 1909 he wired them that he had the North Pole |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | NORWEGIANS $800: Great Norwegian musicians include Pal Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen & Morten Harket, who wrote this No. 1 hit for a-ha "Take On Me" |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | POSSESSION IS 9/10 $2000: Playing himself in "This is the End", this "Superbad" actor got possessed superquick Jonah Hill |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | DECEMBER 21 $200: In 1891 the first game of this sport was played in Springfield, Massachusetts basketball |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | ENDING $400: At the end of the book "The Maltese Falcon", this private eye realizes that Brigid is a murderer & turns her in to the police Sam Spade |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | ENDING $1200: "Oh, I've had such a curious dream!" remarks the title girl at the end of this work Alice in Wonderland |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | BOOK BARRIERS $200: Fences of this wire invented for cattle are a constant in the internment camp novel "When the Emperor was Divine" barbed wire |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, PA.) According to affidavits from Betsy Ross's relatives, this famous man came into her shop in 1776 to ask Betsy to make a new flag for our nation George Washington |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | THE ANGELS DID SAY $800: In Luke 1 an angel appears to Zechariah to tell him that his wife will soon give birth to this forerunner of Jesus John the Baptist |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | THE MOVIE'S TITLE QUESTION $800: Ice Cube & the kids do arrive in Vancouver by the end of this 2005 movie Are We There Yet? |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | YOU KNOW, I LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY $1600: The son of a cobbler, this man whose name adorns high-end shoes was born in Malaysia but opened his first shop in England Jimmy Choo |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | LITERARY VIDEO GAMES $600: In the mobile game based on this 1873 novel, you can end up with a different itinerary than the one Jules Verne created Around the World in 80 Days |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE $400: There once were 2 kings & no bliss / Jacobites found stuff amiss / Things were not fine / In 1689 / It'd end with the Treaty of this Limerick |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | INTERNAL ORGAN PRACTICE $600: The role of the cardiac sphincter is to close the end of this tube & trap food in the stomach the esophagus |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS $1200: Spain agreed to a 1958 high seas conservation treaty but said it didn't change things in the waters around this British territory Gibraltar |
| #8282, aired 2020-11-17 | AROUND THE GARDEN $2000: The diamond-shaped red & green leaves of this plant, named for tiled art, made it a popular choice to float in your pond mosaic |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | SHE SHOOTS $400: While she was working on a kibbutz in 1969, this celeb photographer's boyfriend got her a subscription to Rolling Stone Annie Leibovitz |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | 21st CENTURY BLACK & WHITE MOVIES $1200: This Bruce Dern movie named for a Plains state was in B&W in the theaters but was shown in color on cable Nebraska |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | ANTHROPOLOGY $7,000 (Daily Double): Ruth Benedict analyzed this country in her classic book "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" Japan |
| #8271, aired 2020-11-02 | 27 DRESSES $600: The oversized clothing look has worked well for this pop star born in 1993 Ariana Grande |
| #8271, aired 2020-11-02 | TV NOIR $800: Ewan McGregor played a parking lot magnate in season 3 of this series that pioneered the genre Midwestern TV noir Fargo |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | ALL THAT JAZZ LINGO $200: This 3-letter word means "in the know"; add "cat" to the end & it means a jazz fan hep |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | HAPPY HALLOWEEN! $1000: October brings out undead soldiers, vampires & ghosts, all serving the Headless Horseman at Philipsburg Manor in this N.Y. village Sleepy Hollow |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | BE HOME NOW $1600: If you want your package delivered when someone is home, these 2 words follow "adult" in a FedEx option signature required |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | THE RHYME FACTOR $400: In 1895 D.D. Palmer was in alignment as the first this type of medical professional a chiropractor |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | DOCUMENTARY NOW! $400: "Happy Happy Joy Joy" is the story of this briefly wildly popular 1990s animated show The Ren & Stimpy Show |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | BIBLE-POURRI $400: At the end of the Pentateuch, this leader of the Israelites "whom the Lord knew face to face" died in the land of Moab Moses |
| #8266, aired 2020-10-26 | A 5-MARTINI LIBRARY $800: Near the end of this Hemingway novel, Jake & Brett each have 3 martinis at a bar in Madrid The Sun Also Rises |
| #8266, aired 2020-10-26 | AIRPLANE MODE $1600: In what's called the first air cargo flight, in 1910 a Wright Brothers plane flew silk from this city to Columbus, Ohio Dayton, Ohio |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | EXERCISE YOUR... $800: In sports it's an extra year at the end of a player's contract; he can exercise it & choose to stay with his current team the option year |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | A "DIAMOND" $1200: "Men grow cold as girls grow old, and we all lose our charms in the end", Marilyn sang in this jewel of a song "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | MILITARY MATTERS $600: In 2015 about 30 people were injured when the feathers flew, causing West Point to ban an annual tradition, this fight by cadets a pillow fight |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | TRIANGULAR $1200: The craft of architectural sketching, or the type of triangle used in the craft a drafting triangle |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WHERE HAVE I SEEN THOSE STAIRS? $800: You can visit the Georgetown stairs in Washington from the end of this 1973 thriller, but don't fall down them like Father Karras did The Exorcist |
| #8257, aired 2020-10-13 | THE CUBISTS $5,900 (Daily Double): "Tender Buttons", written by this American expatriate while she was living in Paris, is a book of Cubist still-life prose-poems Gertrude Stein |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | CAT'S ENTERTAINMENT $1600: This girl-powered supergroup gave us the album "Doll Domination" in 2008 The Pussycat Dolls |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | HISTORY $200: It took $15 million to add 828,000 square miles to the U.S. in this historic 1803 deal the Louisiana Purchase |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | EVERY DAY'S A HOLIDAY $1000: Held in October at the end of the week, this alliterative day celebrates Mary Shelley & her famous creation Frankenstein Friday |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | LET'S GET MEDICAL $400: In 2014 the first FDA-approved study in decades on this hallucinogen showed it has promise for end-of-life anxiety LSD |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | GAMES $1,800 (Daily Double): In the game of Hearts, this card is known as "The Black Lady" the queen of spades |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | 1920 $800: Providing taxi service & pleasure flights, this airline was founded in Queensland, Australia Qantas |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | PLAYS $800: Tracie Bennett was spot on as this legendary performer in "End of the Rainbow", set towards the end of her life Judy Garland |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | YOU GOTTA FIGHT! $1000: A goal, an assist & a fight in the same game is a hockey "hat trick" named for this Red Wing but he only had 2 himself in 32 years (Gordie) Howe |
| #8240, aired 2020-09-18 | ADVICE FROM THE SIDELINES $600: Not Monday but this morning "quarterback" challenges the decision making in college football games Sunday morning quarterback |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | "YOU" IDIOM! $400: One's body is composed of what one ingests, in other words you are what you eat |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | SAND PAINTING $2000: Australian Charles Conder took a lot from Impressionism like painting his works here, French for outdoors plein-air |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | ON THE GO $600: Ride the track from one end of the Las Vegas Strip to the other in about 15 minutes via this, similar to the one at Disneyland a monorail |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | KNOW YOUR RIGHTS $800: On July 17, 1918 this czar was proved mistaken in his belief in the divine right of kings, that only God can punish rulers Nicholas II |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | OF STING $1200: In the second & last teaming of this actor & Robert Redford, they join forces to fleece Robert Shaw in "The Sting" Paul Newman |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | OPENING STATEMENTS $200: This girl "lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry..." Dorothy |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ITALIAN OPERA $800: The khedive of Egypt considered Wagner & Gounod to write the music for this opera, but Verdi won out in the end Aida |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | SPEAK LOUDER $1000: Thespians know that to speak louder, you need to project, & a good method is engaging this dome-shaped muscle in the torso the diaphragm |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | EMMA-NATION $800: In 1821 Emma Willard opened what's now the Emma Willard School; an early student was this daughter of Judge Daniel Cady Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | 3 NAMES IN CLASSIC ROCK $1200: The late, great Neil Peart joined Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson in this band in 1974 Rush |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: "Needlework done with a needle having a small hook at one end for drawing the...yarn through intertwined loops" crochet |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | NAME, RANK, NO SERIAL NUMBER $1000: Robert Gould Shaw, who found "Glory" leading the 54th infantry of this state, was a colonel when he died in battle in 1863 Massachusetts |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | ISLAND PEOPLE $2000: In novels like "American Psycho" & "Glamorama", he's the chronicler of people with more money than is good for them (Bret Easton) Ellis |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | ALL ABOUT ART $1600: This artist is seen here in New Mexico, holding one of her own canvasses (Georgia) O'Keeffe |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | LAB PARTNERS $600: Thomas Watson worked in the lab with this man & in 1876 was on the other end of a very important phone call (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | MULTIPLE "CHOICE" QUIZ $800: The title of a 1979 novel, this is a decision where either option will end in sacrifice Sophie's Choice |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | THE ANDES MOUNTAINS $400: At their southern end, the Andes begin in this "fiery" archipelago at the tip of South America Tierra del Fuego |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | SPORTS MASCOTS $1000: The Cleveland Browns' Chomps, a Labrador retriever, is said to live in this bleacher section in the east end zone the Dawg Pound |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | GET YOUR KICKS $200: The grand battement is a high-kicking movement in this art form ballet |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $400: Sick of this character who talks to animals, Hugh Lofting tried to end the series with him "in the Moon"; didn't work Doctor Dolittle |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | SPORTS TALK $800: In track, the "metric mile" is this many meters 1,500 |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | DIFFERS BY A LETTER $800: An old term for a poet, & the last name of the man who passed away in 2010 at age 92 as the Senate's oldest member Byrd & bard |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | SPORTS TALK $2000: In archery it's the 4-letter word for the groove at the rear end of an arrow that fits on the bowstring nock |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POSITIVE HISTORY $2000: A fundamental shift in government policy starting in 1990 led to the end of this policy of discrimination in South Africa apartheid |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | POETRY FOR PHYSICISTS $400: A poem in "The Da Vinci Code" alludes to the fact that an apple is not depicted on this British physicist's tomb Isaac Newton |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | MOVIE COMEDIES $400: "What We Do in the Shadows" is a New Zealand mockumentary focused on a cadre of these creatures vampires |
| #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | ROADS SCHOLAR $3,200 (Daily Double): At one end of Grafton Street in this European capital city is St. Stephen's Green; at the other, you'll find Trinity College Dublin |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | PEOPLE NAMED ALEX $2000: Lincoln & this Confederate V.P. met in February 1865 & unsuccessfully talked about trying to end the war Alexander Stephens |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | DEMOGRAPHY $200: 2-word term for the number of children born in one year per every 1,000 people of a particular group the birth rate |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | STARRING THE SAN DIEGO ZOO $1200: In 2019 this channel with an elephant as its mascot aired the reality series "The Zoo: San Diego" Animal Planet |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | WORLD FACTBOOK TRAVEL FACTS $600: In this Mediterranean principality, don't fill a glass more than halfway--booze is to be savored, not guzzled Monaco |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $2000: William Kennedy was born in this state capital & set a trilogy there, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Ironweed" Albany |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | THAT'S GOTTA HURT! $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Usually the result of a fall, a Colles fracture, or what we commonly call a broken wrist, is a break in the distal end of this slightly shorter of the two forearm bones the radius |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | BRUSHING UP ON YOUR SPANISH HISTORY $800: After more than 350 years, nobody expected this tribunal established to maintain orthodoxy would end in 1834 the Spanish Inquisition |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | THE PONY EXPRESS $1,000 (Daily Double): The Express only ran for 18 months, ending when this other service was completed nationwide in 1861 the transcontinental telegraph |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | THE MANDELA EFFECT $800: Many swear that Queen sings "of the world" at the very end of this single--but that part comes in the middle "We Are The Champions" |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | INSURED BY LLOYD'S $1600: Lloyd's insured many airships, including this one that came to a disastrous end in 1937 the Hindenburg |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | LIFE $1600: 5 feet long in humans, this part comes in near the end of digestion & performs the vital task of absorbing water & vitamins the large intestine |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | PLACES IN FANTASY $3,000 (Daily Double): The name of this 2-word ancestral dwelling in Tolkien is a play on the translation of the French "cul-de-sac" Bag End |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ON TIME $600: "The Good Son" was the June 12, 2017 cover description of this son-in-law with access to the president Jared Kushner |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | THAT'S OLD SCHOOL $1000: Chartered near the end of the 17th century, this 2-named college severed formal ties with Britain in 1776 William & Mary |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | RADIOACTIVE $800: For some isotopes, this is just a few milliseconds, but isotope 243 of americium clocks in at 7,370 years a half-life |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | SHAKESPEARE MEANS SOMETHING ELSE $2000: In modern life this 8-letter word means "not having a romantic partner for the evening"; in "Richard II" it means "without end" dateless |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | THE END OF THE EMPEROR $400: He passed away in 14 A.D. on the 19th of the month named for him Augustus |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | THE END OF THE EMPEROR $1200: Tyrannical Tiberius was smothered in 37 A.D. but was followed by this equally infamous successor who also needed killin' Caligula |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | THE END OF THE EMPEROR $1600: He died at his military headquarters in 180 A.D., 3 years after making Commodus his co-emperor Marcus Aurelius |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | THE END OF THE EMPEROR $2000: Septimius Severus died in Eboracum, now this north of England city whose name is associated with white in the Wars of the Roses York |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | THE END OF THE EMPEROR $3,200 (Daily Double): Claudius' death in 54 A.D. was due to this type of foul play, very common in the TV miniseries "I, Claudius" poisoning |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS $1200: 500 meters across and located in Southern China, the largest of these searches space for answers to questions about the universe's origin a radio telescope |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | MARCH-ING IN $1600: This Mexican general prevailed at the Alamo in March of 1836 Santa Anna |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | THE 1950s $600: The intersection of California highways 46 & 41 is where this young actor met his end in 1955 James Dean |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | SPELL IT LIKE THE BRITS $200: Hermione, our tickets to a play the West End have arrived! Tonight we're off to the... T-H-E-A-T-R-E |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | HIGHER EDUCATION GEOGRAPHY $1200: The oldest in Kentucky, a university in Lexington bears this name that sounds like Dracula might have been an alumnus Transylvania |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | BODY PARTS $1200: This nerve-filled innermost layer of a tooth--& sorry, this might hurt a bit--is removed in a root canal procedure pulp |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | PLAYING REAL PEOPLE $400: In a 2019 film Renee Zellweger channeled this legendary actress near the end of her life, performing in London Judy Garland |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | ANCIENT GREEK THEATER $5,000 (Daily Double): Aristotle wrote about drama in his "Poetics" & used this word for the release of strong, emotions brought on by a play catharsis |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | ONLY THE GOOD CHARACTERS DIE YOUNG $1200: Spoiler alert! Lennie Small doesn't live to see the end of this novel (& no rabbits were harmed in the making of the clue) Of Mice and Men |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | MAKE A SELECTION $800: The Ontario Hockey League's Soo Greyhounds made a "great" pick at No. 3 in 1977; this teen scored 182 points the next season Gretzky |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | "V" END OF THE RUSSIAN NAME $400: Name of the family that had a 300-year run of royal rule starting in 1613 with Czar Michael Romanov |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | "V" END OF THE RUSSIAN NAME $800: Due to the TB that would eventually kill him, this "Sea Gull" playwright moved to the resort of Yalta in 1899 Chekhov |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | RELIGIOUS IDIOMS $1200: One who's nearing the end of life is knocking on this, as in a 1973 Bob Dylan song heaven's door |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE $2000: Beneath the Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon the Tagus |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | DAY JOB VU $800: In 2019 Rep. AOC went back to tending bar for a day to bring notice to this federal standard for workers getting tips: $2.13 an hour minimum wage |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | PRESIDENTIAL HOMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Dead just 3 months after retiring, James K. Polk was buried at Polk Place in this state capital Nashville |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | AUTHORS' NAME CHANGES $400: Joanne is her first name; she has no middle name but Kathleen was added for literary purposes in honor of her grandmother J.K. Rowling |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | NICKNAMES $400: The grand scale of Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C Major earned it this nickname, after the chief Roman god Jupiter |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | IN THE ENVIRONMENT $200: It's the name in common to Paris' subway & Washington, D.C.'s rail system Metro |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | NEWER WORLD HERITAGE SITES $2000: In 2018 UNESCO added Ivrea, an industrial commune near Turin where this Italian company made typewriters, not cooking oils Olivetti |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) The Game Changers Exhibit honors such athletes as this track & field star whose four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin upset Hitler's dreams to demonstrate Aryan superiority Jesse Owens |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | SPECIES NAMES $2000: The gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, is named for one of these cave-dwelling creatures in Greek myth a cyclops |
| #8149, aired 2020-01-30 | BIG PLAY IN THE TEAM'S SUPER BOWL WIN $200: 2012: Mario Manningham makes an amazing 38-yard tiptoeing catch & beats the Pats the New York Giants |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | STATES' BIG EMPLOYERS $600: About 3 million people live in this state--51,000 work for MGM Resorts International Nevada |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | BUDDHIST TEMPLES $800: A temple in India has a tree descended from this five-letter tree important in the life of Buddha the Bodhi Tree |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | GET YOUR "B.A." DEGREE $400: You might end up in the gutter or pick up a split at this place a bowling alley |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | YE OLDE JOB FAIRE $600: Mark Twain was among those who worked as a devil, an apprentice in this profession printing |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | MONEY TALKS $1,500 (Daily Double): In frontier general stores, this was often used as a table or counter; hence "cash on" it to mean payment right away the barrel (the barrelhead) |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA $1600: In 1957 the integration of Central High School in this state capital became international news Little Rock |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | BORDER RIVERS $3,000 (Daily Double): The only river that serves as part of a national border in the Caribbean is the Artibonite River on this island Hispaniola |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | BROADWAY $800: "The Inheritance" reimagines this novelist's "Howards End" with 3 generations of gay men in 21st century New York City Forster |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | WELCOME BACK BOYS! $1000: On Dec. 19, 1972 astronauts Cernan, Schmitt & Evans splashed down in the Pacific as this last manned Moon mission came to an end Apollo 17 |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | MODERN FAMILY $600: In world news, this policy whose end was announced in 2015 is estimated to have prevented 400 million births the one-child policy |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | COLONIAL AMERICA $2000: In 1612 this future husband of Pocahontas introduced a new tobacco into the colonies using seeds from the West Indies John Rolfe |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | WHERE'S THAT CHURCH? $200: Built in the 300s A.D., the Church of the Nativity Israel |
| #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 $2000: Colin Firth reads the line that gives a novel by this British author its title
But that wasn't what Sarah had said, and sitting there beside Henry in the Victoria Gardens, watching the day die, I remembered the end of the whole "affair" Graham Greene |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | CLASSIC MOVIES & TV $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at Profiles in History in Calabasas, CA.) Yes, it's safe to look at the angels that adorn the top of the object of Indiana Jones's quest in this 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | "ALL" THE RIGHT MOVIES $200: Ronald Reagan was in the 1940 biopic "Knute Rockne" this All American |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $400: Jesus tells him "The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice" Peter |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | MY PROFESSION'S IN THE BOOK TITLE $400: Porthos a Musketeer |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | THE MOTH $400: In this Thomas Harris thriller, the death's-head's hawk moth is used by the villain Buffalo Bill The Silence of the Lambs |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS $1200: When she won in 2018, this actress gave a revised version of a quote by Margaret Atwood in her acceptance speech (Elisabeth) Moss |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | HIS-TORY $400: Originating in the late 1600s, England's Tories believed in the doctrine called this right of kings the divine right |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 17th CENTURY HISTORY $400: This 1611 book had what were known as "He" & "She" editions, after variants in the last words of Ruth 3:15 the King James Bible |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 17th CENTURY HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): This Virginia Native American died in 1618, but wars that bore his name were fought on & off between 1622 & 1646 Powhatan |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | TO THE OLD TOWN ROAD $600: Called the longest street in the world, this Toronto st. is more than 200 years old, but its name sounds like the opposite of "old" Yonge Street |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | THE SINGER OR BAND IN QUESTION $1200: A Motown legend: "What's Going On", also the name of one of his albums Marvin Gaye |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | NORTHERN CALIFORNIA $800: This national park may be near the end of alphabet, but its 1,430-foot upper fall is tops in our book Yosemite |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | THEIR JOBS IN 2019 $1000: President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | WRITERS GO WAY BACK $600: This British dame sets the mystery in "Death Comes as the End" in Egypt way back in 2000 B.C. Agatha Christie |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | CANINE CONVERSATIONS $1000: You have no stake in a conflict or issue if you've got no this no dog in that fight |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | BRIDE & PREJUDICE $800: The film "Loving" tells the story of an interracial couple jailed in this state, & of the 1967 Supreme Court case that ensued Virginia |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | TONY AWARD WINNERS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2017 this actress won a Tony for Lillian Hellman's "The Little Foxes", but in 2018 she did not win a race for N.Y. governor Cynthia Nixon |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: 2 books published 50 years apart identify 1877 as a year of violence & as the end of this post-slavery period in the south Reconstruction |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | A CINDERELLA STORY $400: In the version compiled by these brothers in the 1800s, bird friends of Cinderella blind her 2 evil stepsisters Grimm |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | THE SECOND-LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE $800: Miami is half the size of this seaport city further north Jacksonville |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | POKÉMON $800: Like a person who prepares horses for racing, it's someone who captures Pokémon & readies & directs them in battle a trainer |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | LITERARY WORKS OF THE 1820s $800: 2 characters in her novel "The Last Man" are portraits of her late husband & of Lord Byron (Mary) Shelley |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | IN THE OPERA CAST $800: Roles in this opera include Suzuki, American Consul Sharpless & Trouble, the title woman's child Madama Butterfly |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | WEIRD LEGAL NEWS $600: The BBC said in 2012 after a Sea World trip, Welsh tourists woke up hungover & "with (this type of) flightless bird in their apartment" a penguin |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE BOOK OF LAKE (& POND & RIVER) $2000: "I've never been in a boat before", says Mole to the Rat as the 2 head down a river in this Kenneth Grahame novel The Wind in the Willows |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | PLUNDER WOMAN $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) The most successful pirate of all time was a woman; Ching Shih grew her late husband's fleet into more than 1,000 ships, controlling almost all the piracy in this sea; the Emperor had to offer her amnesty to end it the South China Sea |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES $6,000 (Daily Double): Roseau, Dominica was burned by the French in 1805 & suffered near-total destruction by one of these in 1979 a hurricane |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | HUSBANDS & WIVES $2000: Perhaps the birth of their baby c. 1118 was enough of a hint for Abelard to wed this woman, but in secret; that did not end well Heloise |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $1200: "Rug-cutting" 1984 Bruce Springsteen tune about Sophie Turner's title X-Men character who plays NBA hoops in Arizona "Dancing In The Dark" Phoenix Suns |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | "H"ISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This defensive barrier was in use until almost the end of the Roman rule of Britain Hadrian's Wall |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | COLLEGE TOWNS $1,400 (Daily Double): Ulysses would fit right in in this city at the south end of Cayuga Lake Ithaca |
| #8075, aired 2019-10-18 | WORDS IN ICELANDIC $2000: This African antelope is right there in the middle eland |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | SO LONG $2000: Fed up with economists saying things will return to balance, J.M. Keynes wrote, "In" this extended period "we are all dead" the long run |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | I'VE GOT 2 WORDS FOR YOU $600: Got milk? Maybe you shouldn't if you're this & have trouble digesting the sugar that's found in it lactose intolerant |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | THE MANY BUILDINGS OF I.M. PEI $2000: Pei was in his 90s when the Museum of Islamic Art on Doha Bay opened in this country in 2008 Qatar |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | KURT VONNEGUT $1000: Vonnegut's "Player Piano" was inspired by his time working for this giant tech company in Schenectady, New York GE |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY $800: So how does a bill get in the registry? Or "Conjunction Junction"? 'Cause this '70s series of animated shorts was amazing, that's how! Schoolhouse Rock! |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | ADAPTATIONS $1200: This 1910 E.M. Forster work about the Schlegels & Wilcoxes was filmed in 1992 by James Ivory & adapted for TV in 2017 Howards End |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | YOUNG MAN $200: At 12 Mozart wrote "Bastien und Bastienne", one of these composed in German, not Italian an opera |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1600: In 1965, Harry Truman looked on as President Johnson signed this program into law Medicare |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | THEORIES $200: The steady-state theory in which the universe has no beginning or end lost ground to this one where everything went kablooey! the big bang |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | WINNIE-THE-POOH IN THE OED $1000: "Pooh-sticks" is defined as "a game in which sticks are thrown into a river from the upstream side of" one of these bridge |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | CIRCLE OF LIFE $200: Moving your index finger in circles by your ear usually means you think someone is this crazy |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | RECENT EVENTS QUIZ $400: This American rapper was tried for assault in Sweden, causing a diplomatic fuss A$AP Rocky |
| #8055, aired 2019-09-20 | THE BOOK NOOK $400: "Pebble in the Sky" was his first novel, the "Foundation" of a long & prolific career writing science fiction Asimov |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | THE HINTING OF HULL HOUSE $200: Founded in 1889 on Halsted St. in this city, Hull House was the most famous settlement house, kind of an immigrant community center Chicago |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | NEVER TO RETURN $400: This 3-named naval hero sailed from America in 1787 & died bitter in Europe in 1792 John Paul Jones |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | WHICH PRESIDENT? $400: Promised "the final triumph over poverty" in accepting the 1928 nomination Hoover |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | THANK YOU $200: In her hit song "Thank U, Next", she references former flames Pete Davidson & Mac Miller Ariana Grande |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | A PRINCE OF A GUY $800: In 1904 this couple welcomed Czarevitch Alexis to the family, joining his 4 sisters, but things would not end well Nicholas & Alexandra |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | TITL"ING" THE MOVIE $400: In the titles of a cinematic "Part 1" & "Part 2", it followed "The Twilight Saga" Breaking Dawn |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | PIG LATIN $400: In a Three Stooges short, trying to explain Pig Latin, Arrylay & this guy tell Urlycay he's umbday Oemay |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | WORLD CURRENCY $400: After the U.S. pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal with this country in 2018, its currency plunged Iran |
| #8044, aired 2019-07-25 | JULIANNE MOORE DOESN'T SEE THE END OF THE FILM $400: In "Mockingjay--Part 2", this actress found a new way into Julianne's heart--with an arrow Jennifer Lawrence |
| #8044, aired 2019-07-25 | JULIANNE MOORE DOESN'T SEE THE END OF THE FILM $2000: Ms. Moore's car ride came to a very sudden end in this film set in 2027 about a world ravaged by infertility Children of Men |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | FAREWELLS $600: In 1969 the Department of the Treasury announced the end of currency above $100, including the $500 note, featuring this president President McKinley |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | WHAT'D THE CAPTAIN SAY? $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a bit on the monitor.) A bit is a sturdy post in a deck for fastening cables & ropes, so when the captain says, "Hold on to" this, it means to grab the last part of a line, not to hang on until no hope remains the bitter end |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | POETIC WORDS $2000: This pause in the middle of a line of poetry is from caedere, Latin for "to cut" caesura |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | "BB" IN THE MIDDLE $200: A small stone, especially one made smooth by water a pebble |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | LANGUAGE LAB $400: In French this melting vessel is le creuset but the Arthur Miller play of the same name is "Les Sorcieres de Salem" crucible |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | THEY'RE MY FRIENDS $1000: Requiring tests for all applicants, 1883's Pendleton Act was meant to end this system in which govt. jobs went to friends & allies the spoils system |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | VISIT A NATIONAL PARK $4,600 (Daily Double): In 2019 vandalism during the govt. shutdown damaged many of these trees in their Mojave national park Joshua trees |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | ITALIAN MUSIC TERMS $1200: A coda is a passage at the end of a work; in Italian it means this part of an animal the tail |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | WHERE YOU GO FROM HERE $800: If you take a shortcut south through the Suez Canal, you end up in this sea the Red Sea |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | MEERKAT MANNERS $400: A meerkat at the San Diego zoo served as an animator's model for this character in "The Lion King" Timon |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | IN & AROUND ASIA $800: More than 1,700 miles from its origin, the Amur River flows into this ocean Pacific |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | HISTORY $400: Mary Mallon was the first person in the U.S. identified as an asymptomatic carrier of this disease typhoid |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | WAR IN LITERATURE $200: In "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier, a soldier makes a perilous journey home in the end stages of this U.S. war the Civil War |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | DON'T BE AFRAID, IT'S ONLY FOOTBALL $800: Change the last 4 letters in "touchdown" to get this word for a kickoff that isn't returned from the end zone a touchback |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | RISE TO THE OCCASION $800: At the end of this film, Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan finally meet on the observation deck of the Empire State Building Sleepless in Seattle |
| #8007, aired 2019-06-04 | THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS $200: In 1705 Cotton Mather thought the bones of these mammoth relatives were really pre-flood human giants mastodons |
| #8005, aired 2019-05-31 | THE COMICS $400: In this Gary Larson panel, a caveman says the end of a dino's spiky tail is "called the Thag-omizer... after the late Thag Simmons" The Far Side |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | YOUR TV GOVERNMENT AT WORK $800: First Lady Mellie Grant was set to only appear in 3 episodes of season 1 of this drama, but by the end of season 6, was president! Scandal |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | ROBOTS $1000: As a social experiment, in 2014 a bot traveled 6,000 miles through Canada this way, but in the U.S. in 2015, soon met a bad end hitchhiking |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | LET'S GO TO THE OPERA $400: operabase.com says this city led the world with 632 opera performances in 2017-18, many at the Bolshoi Moscow |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: This fort that successfully defended Baltimore in 1814 was built in the shape of a 5-pointed star McHenry |
| #7997, aired 2019-05-21 | PHOTOGRAPHY $2000: This company near the end of the alphabet has won 3 Academy Awards in science & engineering for its camera lenses Zeiss |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | MATH, TEACHERS $400: It's the number of distinct digits that are used to represent numbers in a particular number system; you probably use 10 the base |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | COLORFUL SHAKESPEARE $2,000 (Daily Double): At the end of a major battle in this play, the future Henry VII declares, "We will unite the white rose and the red" Richard III |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | WORLD OF SPORT $200: In 1877 Australia beat England by 45 runs in the first test match played by international teams in this sport cricket |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | REALITY TV $200: Snooki, Pauly D & the rest of the cast reunited for some fun in Miami & later Las Vegas for this show's "Family Vacation" Jersey Shore |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | THE END $400: Of this dynasty:
The death of Elizabeth I in 1603 the Tudor dynasty |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | ANIMAL ROCKS $800: A helipad provides the easiest access to Wolf Rock Lighthouse off Land's End in Cornwall, in this country England |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | THE END $8,200 (Daily Double): Of the Middle Ages:
Maybe this major change in Christianity that began in 1517 the Reformation |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE & JOHN $800: Nearing the end, Jesus receives the vinegar in John 19, says, "It is finished", then "bowed his head, and gave up" this the ghost |
| #7964, aired 2019-04-04 | WORLD WAR II $800: These suicide plane attacks near the end of the war in the Pacific sank 34 ships & damaged hundreds of others the kamikaze |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | DUMPLINGS BY ANY OTHER NAME $1000: These dumplings, the Japanese equivalent of potstickers, start with the letter "G" & end up in a dipping sauce--& my mouth gyoza |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | DIET LAND $800: This empire's Regensburg Diet of 1663 was "The Everlasting Diet"--officially ending with the end of the empire in 1806 the Holy Roman Empire |
| #7958, aired 2019-03-27 | THE ELEMENTS $800: Selenium has the atomic number 34, meaning it has 34 of these in its nucleus protons |
| #7958, aired 2019-03-27 | DOCTOR $2000: Due to this Brit's work in antisepsis, mortality in one hospital ward went from 45% to 15% in the 1860s Joseph Lister |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | BLUE MAN GROUP $1600: In the 1940s these "Boys" helped Kentuckian Bill Monroe establish a new genre of music the Bluegrass Boys |
| #7956, aired 2019-03-25 | -"GRAM"S $2,100 (Daily Double): In 1959 Western Union began this service that included sweets with the message candygram |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | "R.R." $200: In this playground game of trying to break through lines, everybody's on the winning team at the end red rover |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | BEHIND BARS $1000: This 4-letter type of bourbon or vodka means the not always high-end brand kept in the same-named area of the bar the well |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | ALL BETS ARE OFF $2000: This character is in the French title of the fairy tale "Beauty & The Beast" Belle |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | THE BEST "OF" TV $400: In this show that launched a franchise, the title ladies live in places like Ladera Ranch & Dana Point, Calif. The Real Housewives of Orange County |
| #7943, aired 2019-03-06 | IN THE "MI"DDLE $800: It can be the end point on a transportation line, or the city in which it's located a terminus |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | ALEX' BUCKET LIST $800: I want to make a pilgrimage to the Potala Palace, once the main residence of the Dalai Lama, in this city 12,000 feet up Lhasa |
| #7931, aired 2019-02-18 | LANGUAGES $800: Here's one way to write "thank you" in this Asian language Korean |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | BODY PARTS IN LATIN $1000: Genu (as in genuflect) knee |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FLYING CARS? $2000: Giovanni Michelotti designed the Spitfire, a real winner in the '60s for this British car brand Triumph |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | RUSSIAN LITERATURE $1600: This 1973 work is an account of prisons & labor camps scattered across Russia like islands in a sea The Gulag Archipelago |
| #7916, aired 2019-01-28 | WORLD LEADERS OF 2018 $1600: It's easy to spot this country's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović at the 2018 World Cup final--she's in her nation's colors Croatia |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | "S"PORTS $200: In 2017 Arizona Cardinals defensive end Chandler Jones led the NFL with 17 of these sacks |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | THE HODGEST OF PODGE $800: In March 1848 the non-native population of this future state was 8,000; by the end of the following year, it was 100,000 California |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | 50 YEARS AGO, IN 1969 $1600: Student occupation of a Harvard building led to the end of this military education program at the school for 40 years ROTC |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | APPROPRIATE NAMES $200: In 2003 Will Wynn ran for mayor of this Lone Star capital city--& he did Austin |
| #7906, aired 2019-01-14 | IN THE CLOUD $1600: The cloud can house memories of treasured pets like the breed called the miniature this the schnauzer |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | FICTIONAL AMUSEMENT PARKS $2000: Woody Harrelson & Jesse Eisenberg battle the undead on a road trip to a California amusement park in this 2009 film Zombieland |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | NONFICTION $400: In the title of Joseph Campbell's study of world mythology, "The Hero" has this many faces a thousand |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | ADD A LETTER $2000: A type of woolen thread becomes a word of longing when it gets a letter woven in yarn and yearn |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | REJECTED SUPERHEROES $200: He was rejected on the grounds that he couldn't stop telling everybody he was sorry the Apologizer |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | A BIRD $400: In "The Third Man", Orson Welles says Switzerland's 500 years of peace & democracy only produced this timepiece the cuckoo clock |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | 2 CAN PLAY THAT GAME $400: Carriers have 5 holes & cruisers 3 in this Hasbro game Battleship |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | 2 CAN PLAY THAT GAME $1000: In "straight" this, the same-named pieces are laid end to end, & touching ends must match in number dominoes |
| #7899, aired 2019-01-03 | ACRONYMS $800: They're the YUP in yuppies young urban professionals |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | A FISTFUL OF HEROES $200: Of course this hero returns from the dead in "Justice League"; he even has a race with the Flash at the end Superman |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | THE BEER HUNTER $800: If you're hunting Elephant lager, your destination might be Carlsberg headquarters in this country Denmark |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | DEATH ON THE NILE $400: This virus that kills both birds & humans was first isolated in Uganda in 1937 West Nile Virus |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | 13-LETTER PHRASES $2000: In a saying about self-reliance, these 5 words precede "& you feed him for a day" give a man a fish |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | "IN" THE END $400: To mean a barrier, this word can follow iron or bamboo curtain |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | "IN" THE END $800: If you use raw papaya or raw pineapple in this type of dessert, it won't jiggle gelatin |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | "IN" THE END $1600: The lemon soufflé is in this small dish with a name from Dutch a ramekin |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | "IN" THE END $2,000 (Daily Double): Both of the words in this alliterative term for a container of sale items end with "in" bargain bin |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | "IN" THE END $2000: This feeling of embarrassment of annoyance at one's own failure comes from the French chagrin |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | THE MEXICAN WAR $1200: 2 future presidents fought in the Battle of Buena Vista:
Zachary Taylor & this Confederate man Jefferson Davis |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | TEAMS ON THE MOVE $1000: After the 2005 season, this MLS city's original Quakes moved to Houston; in 2008 it got a new swarm San Jose |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | BORN IN 1818 $1200: Composer Charles Gounod is known for his opera version of this devilish tale Faust |
| #7881, aired 2018-12-10 | SPRINGS $400: A thoroughbred race track is located in this N.Y. "Springs" city near Revolutionary War battle sites Saratoga |
| #7881, aired 2018-12-10 | UNUSUAL-LOOKING ANIMALS $800: This 6-letter name of the shrimp seen here also follows "praying" in the name of an insect mantis |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | PRO WRESTLING $800: In 1991 Regis & I handled announcing duties for Wrestlemania VII, working with her, Donald Trump's second wife (Marla) Maples |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | SINGLE-ARTIST MUSEUMS $1200: This poster specialist's museum in Albi, France was started from work donated by his parents after his 1901 death Toulouse-Lautrec |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | RUDOLPH $400: She was among the first group of inductees to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983 Wilma Rudolph |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | EVERYWHERE YOU GO $800: In 1991 Abuja officially replaced this city as capital of Nigeria Lagos |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | PEOPLE IN POEMS $1600: In St. Martinville, Louisiana, not in a forest primeval, is a statue of this Acadian heroine, separated from her beloved Evangeline |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | HOW MANY? $2000: Votes needed in the full U.S. Senate to end a legislative filibuster 60 |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | TROPHY HUNTER $800: The Pritzker Prize medal, given for excellence in this field, is based on the designs of Louis Sullivan architecture |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1,000 (Daily Double): In the Battle of Nassau, Continental Marines raided these islands for supplies the Bahamas |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a ship on the monitor.) At over 1,500 feet in length, the Seawise Giant measured taller than the Petronas Towers if it were placed on end, truly befitting of this type of craft, the "super" this supertanker |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | DAMS $1200: One of this nation's largest development projects in the 1960s, Dez Dam used to be called Pahlavi Dam Iran |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | THE HUMAN BODY $200: In a book, it's supplementary material at the end; in the body, it's a small section attached to the large intestine appendix |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | SCORPIOS $400: In 1912 Juliette Gordon Low gathered up 18 young females & founded this group the Girl Scouts |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | FLAGS $400: After the end of apartheid, this country introduced a new flag in 1994 South Africa |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | WOMEN ON TV $600: In 2017 it was the end of a fairy tale for Emma Swan when Jennifer Morrison said she wouldn't be coming back to this drama Once Upon a Time |
| #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 |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | IN THE '90s $600: You say potato, this veep says spell it with an "E" at the end to an 12-year-old speller in 1992 Dan Quayle |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | AT THE SODA FOUNTAIN $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Franklin Fountain in Philadelphia.) Once an infant dietary supplement in the 1870s, the mix seen here contains wheat, milk & this sprouted barley; it has since crossed over to make shakes amazing malt |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | RAISING CANE $1200: The sugarcane plantation in Puunene closed in 2016, bringing an end to decades of sugar production in this state Hawaii |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | THE BOOKS OF ROMANS $1600: In his "Satire X", Juvenal derided Rome's populace for trading freedom for "panem et circenses", these bread and circuses |
| #7854, aired 2018-11-01 | A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE... OR SENATE $800 (Daily Double): A representative from Idaho & also this medical professional, Mike Simpson introduced a resolution on water fluoridation a dentist |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | '60s MUSIC POTPOURRI $200: This late '60s music & art fair in Bethel, New York lent its name to a Charles Schulz character Woodstock |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | MISSAL COMMAND $1600: In Sunday Mass the Kyrie Eleison is followed by this "in Excelsis Deo" gloria |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SEEN ON MY WALK TODAY $600: Could it be? It is! The house species of this bird, & so early in the season a sparrow |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | ZEBULON PIKE'S PIQUES $800: Pike thought he bought land for the U.S. near the Twin Cities of this state in 1805, but the Sioux seemed to disagree Minnesota |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | I GO TO FAMOUS PERSON HIGH SCHOOL $800: Los Angeles St. in the city of angels boasts a school named for this woman, one of Mexico's most notable painters (Frida) Kahlo |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | NO LONGER AROUND $600: As of summer 1999, you could no longer hail one of these iconic rides in New York a checker cab |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | FICTIONAL WRITERS $1600: His alter ego, the sci-fi writer Kilgore Trout, appears in many of his books, like "Breakfast of Champions" Vonnegut |
| #7843, aired 2018-10-17 | STARRING WITH THE DANCES $800: Gene Kelly says, "From where I stand, the sun is shining all over the place" before he dances & croons this tune "Singin' In The Rain" |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | THE END OF THE ROAD $400: The west end of U.S. Interstate 10 is in this state California |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | THE END OF THE ROAD $800: The east end of U.S. Interstate 10 is in this state Florida |
| #7835, aired 2018-10-05 | UNDER THE SEA $400: These shellfish, all bottom-dwellers, are trapped in cages called pots lobsters |
| #7833, aired 2018-10-03 | KARATE $800: This island conquered by Japan in the 19th century is often said to be karate's birthplace Okinawa |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | FRENCH ARTISTS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an example of chronophotography on the monitor.) In the 1880s, Etienne-Jules Marey developed chronophotography, in which the entire sequence of a movement was captured in a single image, inspiring the superimposed images of a figure descending a staircase in the 1912 painting by this French artist Marcel Duchamp |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | COUNTRY, HIP-HOP & JAZZ $2000: Just out of high school in 1944, this "Kind of Blue" trumpeter sat in with a band that had Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker Miles Davis |
| #7825, aired 2018-09-21 | SENATORS IN THE 115th CONGRESS $800: (House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi gives the clue.) Currently the longest-serving Republican in the Senate is this man from Utah who has announced he'll step down at the end of his term, after 4 decades of service (Orrin) Hatch |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | SPACE PROBES $600: In 2001, Deep Space 1 ran down one of these celestial objects & took pictures of its 5-mile-long nucleus a comet |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ISLANDS IN THE SEA $1600: Bornholm & Rugen the Baltic |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | WHERE "YU" GOIN'? $600: Going to see how Serbia has changed since it was part of this country when I visited in 1988 Yugoslavia |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | WORLD HISTORY $600: This empire that reached its height under Suleyman came to an end in 1922 the Ottoman Empire |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | FILMMAKERS FROM MEXICO $800: Emmanuel Lubezki won Oscars in 3 straight years in cinematography, ending with this DiCaprio vs. bear film The Revenant |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | '90s SONGS FOR OLYMPIC SKATERS $1600: The Goo Goo Dolls get to skating basics in a 1998 hit that says, "I wanna wake up where you are...so why don't you" do this slide |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | PLACE HOLDERS $1200: Via Monte Napoleone:
In this fashionable city Milan |
| #7818, aired 2018-09-12 | WHAT BALL ARE YOU CHASING? $800: In Quidditch:
The Quaffle, the Bludger & this the Snitch |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | GO FLY A KITE! $400: Kite Power Systems in the U.K. is developing the use of kites instead of turbines to provide this type of energy wind power |
| #7815, aired 2018-07-27 | TRAVEL HAWAII $800: In 2013 the beautiful Kilauea Point Lighthouse on the north end of Kauai was renamed to honor this late senator (Daniel) Inouye |
| #7815, aired 2018-07-27 | THE WORST PICTURE RAZZIE $1000: Come out to the coast, we'll have a few laughs...he starred in Worst Pics 3 years apart--"Hudson Hawk" & "Color of Night" Bruce Willis |
| #7815, aired 2018-07-27 | FOUND IN TRANSLATION $1600: To lean or tilt to one side list (or slant) |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE $800: See gorillas in their jungle habitat on a safari to the republic of this river Congo |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | HISTORY IN EUROPE $600: The breakup of the dual monarchy of these 2 countries in 1918 marked the end of the Hapsburg empire Austria and Hungary |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | DEAD IN SHAKESPEARE $1000: Including the duke of Cornwall, many end up dead in this royal play, by poison, suicide, hanging & causes unknown King Lear |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | FROM BOOK TO TV $1200: Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End" is about an alien invasion, so this is the obvious network to have aired it in 2015 Syfy |
| #7808, aired 2018-07-18 | THE WEATHER $600: In April 2017 the governor of this large state declared an end to the drought emergency... for now California |
| #7807, aired 2018-07-17 | FOREIGN FILMS $1600: Toshiro Mifune starred in 1957's "Throne of Blood", one of 16 films he made with this director Kurosawa |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | THE MONTH OF JULY $800: In July 1939 this man gave a farewell speech at Yankee Stadium Lou Gehrig |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | CLASSIC MOVIE: THE VIDEO GAME $400: Befriend Red, collect a Rita Hayworth poster, make your getaway via a sewer level & win by finding hope in the end The Shawshank Redemption |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | PARENTHETICAL SONG TITLES $2000: In an R.E.M. classic these 10 words precede "(And I Feel Fine)" "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | CRAFTS & HOBBIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Terms used in this craft include batting, binding & block of the month quilting |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | UH OH, TALKIN' MORE FOOTBALL $800: In the NFL each of these measures 10 yards by 53 1/3 yards the end zone |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | CHEMICAL PROCESSES $1200: Combustion is a chemical reaction usually including oxygen & accompanied by heat & light in this physical form fire (or flame) |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | MEANWHILE... $6,000 (Daily Double): In 1603 the Tokugawa shogunate began in Japan & this English dynasty came to an end Tudor |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | COMIC RELIEF $600: In 2017 her "Project" came to an end on Hulu with the series finale episode, "It Had to Be You" Mindy Kaling |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | COMICS RELIEF $2000: T'Challa, aka this superhero, was introduced in 1966 in a Fantastic 4 book; he hit the big screen in 2018 the Black Panther |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | LITERARY OOPS! $2000: At the end of "Jurassic Park", the island is attacked by this country's military, abolished in the 1940s Costa Rica |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | THE INTERJECTION SECTION $2000: An interjection meaning "way to go!", or any piece of encouragement; it can end in "girl" as well as "boy" atta |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | THE END OF "IT" $600: It's the first word in the motto of TV's "Survivor" outwit |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | THE END OF "IT" $800: In fiscal year 2017, the U.S. federal one was $666 billion deficit |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | WE LIKE TURTLES $400: To escape predators, cuora, the Asian type of this turtle, seals itself in its shell, which is uniquely hinged a box turtle |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | HERBS & SPICES $1600: Smoked jalapeno chili peppers, which are also called by this name, can be found in chili powders chipotles |
| #7774, aired 2018-05-31 | BOOKS OF THE 1990s $600: The beautifully dangerous Lucky Santangelo takes on Hollywood in this author's novel "Lady Boss" Jackie Collins |
| #7772, aired 2018-05-29 | AWARD-WINNING BOOKS $1600: Sections in this 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel are "Mrs. Woolf", "Mrs. Brown" & "Mrs. Dalloway" The Hours |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | IN SO MANY WORDS $1200: 3 words:
The end of the 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech free at last |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | "END" GAME $2000: In math you find the difference by subtracting the subtrahend from this the minuend |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | CRIME SCENES IN CLUE $1000: In a monastery it's called a refectory the dining room |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $2000: The first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl was this man who led the Colts to victory in 2007 (Tony) Dungy |
| #7762, aired 2018-05-15 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $1600: The mother in a movie about a guy & a girl overcoming obstacles to end up together a mom rom-com |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | POP CULTURE IN THE NEWS $1200: #MeToo evolved into this movement against sexual harassment that was a popular pin in awards season in 2018 #TimesUp |
| #7750, aired 2018-04-27 | EARNING BEYOND THE GRAVE $600: This British singer & actor who left us too soon--2 days after his 69th birthday in 2016--was No. 11 with $9.5 million David Bowie |
| #7750, aired 2018-04-27 | LANDMARKS OF AFRICA $2000: This successor organization to the Organization of African Unity has its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia the African Union |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | CHEESY MASHUPS $1600: Pecorino & Caprino duke it out in a Spanish expression for a 2-person confrontation romano a mano |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | POLITICS $2,200 (Daily Double): In 1913 James Hamilton Lewis became the first senator in this job of counting votes & rounding up members whip |
| #7748, aired 2018-04-25 | DAMON RUNYONESQUE GANGSTER LINGO $1000: Runyon gangsters use this word for the face; Jackie Gleason put it after "Pow! Right in the..." kisser |
| #7748, aired 2018-04-25 | SINGERS $1600: Ain't that a shame tat this singer of '50s hits like "Ain't That A Shame" & "Blueberry Hill" died in 2017 Fats Domino |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | ALL GOOD THINGS $2,000 (Daily Double): Founded in 1971, this voluntary medical group has been doing good works globally ever since Doctors Without Borders |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | A RuVIEW OF MOVIES $400: (RuPaul presents the clue.) In a twist, Nathan Lane's flamboyant character is out of drag & Gene Hackman's conservative senator is in drag at the end of this film based on "La Cage aux Folles" The Birdcage |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | PLACES TO STAY IN VEGAS $600: 'Tis true, my lord, I will lay my head at this hotel & casino that did open in 1990 Excalibur |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | ANYTHING TO "DE"CLARE? $2000: Hackers send thousands of requests to a website in the type of attack called DDOS, or "distributed" this denial of service |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: -bition Party, dude! It's been around since 1869 & opposes tobacco in all its forms as well as alcohol Prohibition |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | SNIPPETS FROM MY COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS $1000: I leave you with the 1653 words of this British statesman: "You have sat too long here... in the name of God, go!" Oliver Cromwell |
| #7741, aired 2018-04-16 | HODGEPODGE $800: Of Japan's 4 main islands, the one that doesn't end in U Hokkaido |
| #7738, aired 2018-04-11 | ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING $2,000 (Daily Double): In the 600s Muslim forces captured Jerusalem & by century's end, they had built this gold-topped shrine the Dome of the Rock |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: If you are wacky, you might be this end-of-alphabet adjective too, from the name of a character in commedia dell'arte zany |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | NEVER FORGET AN ELEPHANT $2000: These events often feature souvenir elephants; the one held in June 1948 had a live one the Republican national convention |
| #7722, aired 2018-03-20 | GEEK CONFUSION $1000: Hodor is a "Game of Thrones" character; this is the last name of Eugene, who put out his first travel book in 1936 Fodor |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | CALENDARS $1000: In 2015 Gigi Hadid posed in this Italian company's calendar Pirelli |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | A DOG & PONY & LEMUR SHOW $200: The average height of this pony named for an island group is 40 inches--it's so short that it's not measured in hands a Shetland |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | SPORTS TRADITIONS $200: A new tradition in 2017--at the end of the 1st quarter, Hawkeye fans at this U. turn & wave at Children's Hospital patients the University of Iowa |
| #7714, aired 2018-03-08 | CHINESE EMPERORS $1600: Emperor Yangdi undertook great public works projects in the 600s, like this once-1,100-mile waterway the Grand Canal |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | SUFFRAGETTE CITY $600: In 1913 Alice Paul arranged for a demonstration of over 5,000 women before this man's inauguration in D.C. Wilson |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | RACKET BUSTERS $1,000 (Daily Double): As a U.S. attorney in this state, Patrick Fitzgerald helped convict ex-governor George Ryan of racketeering Illinois |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Brother to "The Prophet", this Shawnee leader organized 18th c. Native American resistance in Ohio & Indiana Tecumseh |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | A FRENCH PREPOSITION $400: Meaning "without", this word is pronounced with an "S" sound at the end in the U.S., but not in France sans |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $555 (Daily Double): On his last day in office, Arthur nominated this ex-president for the retired list of the Army with full pay Grant |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $200: This actress filmed her Oscar-winning role in "Cactus Flower" while she was still a cast member of "Laugh-In" Goldie Hawn |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $800: Edith Ann was one of the characters this comedienne performed on the show--& that's the truth Lily Tomlin |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | GETTING RELIGION $1600: In the '90s, this 2-word Chinese spiritual movement meaning "discipline of the dharma wheel" ran afoul of the government Falun Gong |
| #7702, aired 2018-02-20 | MARCH $1000: In breeding season male bunnies go a little crazy, hence this simile that inspired a Lewis Carroll character mad as a March hare |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | THE COMPANY'S ANIMAL MASCOT $200: Introduced in 1961, Charlie was this type of fish who bizarrely wanted to end up as product for StarKist a tuna |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | MILITARY GAME PLANS $2000: In late 1944 your 3rd U.S. Army will take Metz, then it's ground & pound to cross the Saar River George S. Patton |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | REALITY TV SHOWS $200: In 2017 Emmy voters hit the button, spun around & chose this as the best reality competition show The Voice |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | SAD! $1200: All the singing in the world from Ewan McGregor can't bring this actress back to life at the end of "Moulin Rouge!" Nicole Kidman |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | WORLD WAR I LITERATURE $400: R.C. Sherriff's "Journey's End" is set in a dugout connected to one of these, which have come to symbolize the war a trench |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE SUN $1200: Launched in 1990, the first spacecraft to fly over the Sun's poles had this Homeric (& Joycean) name Ulysses |
| #7692, aired 2018-02-06 | PEWTER $600: The Danforth name has meant pewter for centuries; a 1795 plate set was appraised at $3,000 in Raleigh on this PBS series Antiques Roadshow |
| #7692, aired 2018-02-06 | MORE THAN ONE LIFE TO LIVE $800: Takeshi Kovacs can just download into a new body when he dies in Richard Morgan's "Altered" this element Altered Carbon |
| #7692, aired 2018-02-06 | PIRATES! $2,400 (Daily Double): In 1815 James Madison pardoned him & his men (Jean) Lafitte |
| #7691, aired 2018-02-05 | JUST ONE CONSONANT $1000: In astronomy terms, it's one billion years eon |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | IMPEACHED, REMOVED OR JUST QUIT $1000: This leader of Japanese descent tried to quit as Peru's president in 2000 but the Congress fired him Alberto Fujimori |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | WINTER OLYMPICS PREVIEW $600: This all-time leader in women's skiing World Cup wins has been named an honorary ambassador at the Games Lindsey Vonn |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | FOUND MY PLACE IN THE BOOK $1000: "Even Silence Has an End" by Ingrid Betancourt tells of 6 years as a captive of the FARC organization in this country Colombia |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | BALLET $600: A cowgirl rides a bucking bronco in scene 1 of this Western ballet Rodeo |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | PITT LIT $2000: A nurse is supposed to institutionalize a girl born with Down syndrome in this novel but instead moves to Pittsburgh with her The Memory Keeper's Daughter |
| #7682, aired 2018-01-23 | IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS $1600: Richard Rogers, also known as Lord Rogers of Riverside, designed this edifice on the Thames riverside the Millennium Dome |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | CAMPBELLS $600: Colum Ban Campbell MacKenzie is laird of Castle Leoch, where Claire Randall ends up living in 1743 in this 1991 novel Outlander |
| #7679, aired 2018-01-18 | TARZAN $400: Elmo Lincoln was the first actor to play Tarzan on film in this year that also saw the end of a war 1918 |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | THE END OF TIME $400: Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael & Michelangelo were figures in this cultural movement that ended around 1600 the Renaissance |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | THE END OF TIME $3,000 (Daily Double): This 64-year British era ended for a very specific reason in 1901 the Victorian |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | ONE-HIT WONDERS $2000: Their "I Know What Boys Like" hit in 1982 The Waitresses |
| #7674, aired 2018-01-11 | VINYL RESTING PLACE $1200: A recent vinyl resurgence has been aided by this musician, who built a pressing plant in his Detroit hometown Jack White |
| #7673, aired 2018-01-10 | YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE TWILIGHT ZONE $800: In an early role, this actor played Mr. Death, sent to collect an old lady who refuses to face the end Robert Redford |
| #7673, aired 2018-01-10 | 21st CENTURY FICTION $1200: People magazine called this 2006 Sara Gruen novel a "surprising portrayal of life in a traveling circus in the '30s" Water for Elephants |
| #7673, aired 2018-01-10 | JOBFUSCATION $1600: Your I.T. guy has to figure out if the problem is with the chips or the salsa--these 2 words that end in the same 4 letters the hardware or the software |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | LAX LUTHER $800: Luther mocked a friend who could only drink down to the top ring in a special wine mug, representing this, AKA the Decalogue the Ten Commandments |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | A BOUNTY OF BAHNEN $2000: Depending on the city, the "S" in S-Bahn can stand for Stadt ("city") or for this German word for "fast" schnell |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | THE SPANISH INQUISITION $600 (Daily Double): When people fled the Inquisition, sometimes they were found guilty in absentia & burned this way burned in effigy |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | AND THE GIRLS ARE PRETTY $1000: 19th c. Brits praised the beauty of the women in this disputed area of northern India & northeastern Pakistan Kashmir |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | THEY NAMED A SHIP FOR ME $1600: A ship is named for this shipbuilder & health insurance pioneer who had a factor in Permanente, California Kaiser |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | AROUND THE SOUTH $400: In 2016 this Memphis home welcomed its 20 millionth visitor Graceland |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | CHIEF JUSTICES $1200: This man who led 2 branches of govt. in one way or another resigned in 1930 due to ill health & was dead a month later Taft |
| #7667, aired 2018-01-02 | A BARREL FULL OF COOPERS $1200: It's the name of the fabled hijacker who parachuted out of a Northwest Orient Airlines jet in November 1971 D.B. Cooper |
| #7666, aired 2018-01-01 | BAND STANDS $800: Roger Waters, known for using a huge inflatable one of these to convey political messages, had one fly away in 2008 an inflatable pig |
| #7666, aired 2018-01-01 | SAVED BY THE BELA $800: On Dec. 20, 1918 Bela Kun, a disciple of Lenin, founded this party in Hungary the Communist Party |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | ENTERTAINING ORGANIZATIONS $2000: American Humane certifies movies & TV shows with this 4-word trademark in the end credits "No Animals Were Harmed" |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | KILLING GARY OLDMAN $600: It is far from a spoiler to say this man played by Gary Oldman in "JFK" does not live to see the end of the film Lee Harvey Oswald |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | ON BOXING DAY $1200: This UFC champion's crossover into boxing came up a bit short against Floyd Mayweather in August 2017 (Conor) McGregor |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | A MIGHTY LONG-NAMED RIVER $1600: The Acquacheta river & its thunderous falls are described in Canto 16 of this medieval poem the Inferno |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | FOLKLORE $800: Wicked ones are a staple of folktales; even Japan has them, like the one in "The Mirror of Matsuyama" stepmothers |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | LITERARY TITLE BEFORE & AFTER $3,000 (Daily Double): E.B. White's diminutive rodent visits Dickens' friend William in Marshalsea Prison Stuart Little Dorrit |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | MICROBIOTA $1200: A form of life discovered in the 1970s, Archaea can thrive in harsh environments, like this park's Octopus Spring Yellowstone National Park |
| #7656, aired 2017-12-18 | CAMERAS $1600: For centuries this "camera" was just a box with a pinhole, but in the early 1800s it began to record images the camera obscura |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | EXODUS $1600: It was made of shittim wood, 2.5 cubits in length, 1.5 cubits in breadth & height the Ark |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | "DOUBLE" FEATURE $200: Damage to the cornea may be the culprit if you experience this in one eye double vision |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | ROBERT SIEGEL SIGNS OFF $600: (Robert Siegel reads the clue.) On January 20, 1981, the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in, I was in West Germany covering this other big story, the end of a 14-month crisis the Tehran hostage crisis (or the release of the hostages in Iran) |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | ROBERT SIEGEL SIGNS OFF $1000: (Robert Siegel reads the clue.) I was NPR's first journalist based overseas, sent to London in 1979 not for "All Things Considered" but to prepare for the launch of this show at the other end of the day Morning Edition |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | POP CULTURE 2000 $800: (I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson.) I was flattered to be named "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive" by this magazine back in 2000, but I'm inclined to wonder, who was I up against? People |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | AVIATION $1600: In 1961 this "Across the Globe" airline initiated in-flight movie service with "By Love Possessed" with Lana Turner TWA |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | NEW GAME VERSIONS $1000: This dice game gets "all shook up" in the Elvis Shake, Rattle & Roll edition Yahtzee |
| #7643, aired 2017-11-29 | BILDUNGSROMAN $800: Orson Scott Card took the concept to space, telling the story of Andrew Wiggin in this 1985 sci-fi classic Ender's Game |
| #7639, aired 2017-11-23 | I LIKE TO BE IN NUMERICAL ORDER $600: Like these US. states that start with the same letter, Nos. 48 & 49 Arizona and Alaska |
| #7639, aired 2017-11-23 | "WEST" SIDE STORY $600: Mayfair & Soho are neighborhoods in this fashionable London district the West End |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | CHAPELS SHOW $1600: The Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona, Arizona is on this type of energy hub for which the city is known a vortex |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | IN THE CITY $1600: Mr. Onassis' nickname in the birthplace of Baudelaire Ari (in Paris) |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | A TRIANGLE SCHEME $200: After 1918, no one had an eye on the USS Cyclops, one of the first U.S. ships recorded missing in this mysterious region the Bermuda Triangle |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | MUSIC FOR CHAMPS $800: In a 2013 hit that recalls a No. 1 from the '70s, Imagine Dragons was "On Top Of" it top of the world |
| #7627, aired 2017-11-07 | MOVIE & TV DEATHS $1200: Rihanna & Aziz Ansari are 2 of the celebs to fall to a fiery death in this 2013 film This Is the End |
| #7623, aired 2017-11-01 | OLD NATIONAL ANTHEMS $1600: In the 19th century this imperial nation used "Gott Erhalte Franz Den Kaiser", "God Save Emperor Francis" Austria |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | GREAT BOOKS OF SCIENCE $800: 1632's "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" got him in trouble with the Catholic church Galileo |
| #7618, aired 2017-10-25 | CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS $1200: There are only 20 main islands in this park on the St. Lawrence but a lot more in its name Thousand Islands |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AN EDIFICE COMPLEX $800: Twisting skyscrapers, a 21st century innovation, include the 73-story Cayan Tower that stands out in this rich emirate Dubai |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS $1600: Big in Austria, this end-of-the-alphabet instrument is flat & wooden & has 30 or more strings the zither |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | LET'S SAVE THE PLANET $800: An org. founded in 1881 & including over 3,900 utilities aims to preserve this, "the world's most important resource" water |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | THE END IS NEAR $400: A standard 9-month term of the group seen here normally ends in this month June |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | THE END IS NEAR $800: A "short-timer" was a soldier in Vietnam near the end of this typically 365-day period of service there tour (of duty) |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | THE END IS NEAR $1000: Around the final turn & they're in this last section of a racetrack, heading for the finish the home stretch |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | IT'S LIEBERMAN! $600: In 2016 Avigdor Lieberman became this country's defense minister Israel |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | FOOD & DRINK $800: The main difference between these two desserts that end in the same three letters is that one contains dairy and the other does not sorbet & sherbet |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | ROCK & ROLL! $600: In 1977 this band topped the charts singing, "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" the Eagles |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: Jets power propellers in this kind of plane, hence the "prop" at the end a turboprop |
| #7598, aired 2017-09-27 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $800: In the U.S. this measurement for fabric is usually 40 yards a bolt |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KELVIN $1200: Kelvin was the driving force in the laying of the transatlantic one of these in 1866 telegraph cable |
| #7593, aired 2017-09-20 | BUSH I & II CABINET MEMBERS $800: In 2006 George W. Bush said this man was stepping down as Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld |
| #7591, aired 2017-09-18 | LET'S STAY HOME $1200: Let's stay home & do cosplay; I'm the pink one of these superpowered teens who fight Elizabeth Banks in a 2017 movie the Power Rangers |
| #7590, aired 2017-09-15 | THE VIETNAM WAR $1000: Bringing a measure of healing to the nation, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened in this year, 7 years after the end of the war 1982 |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE UNION, JACK $400: In November 1862 this bewhiskered man replaced General McClellan as head of Union troops Burnside |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | FASHION HISTORY $1600: This artificial gem used for costume jewelry was originally made in Strasbourg on the river for which it's named rhinestone |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | PARTS OF SPEECH... IN SONG! $400: "Drop kick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life, end over end, neither left nor to right":
through a preposition |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | AROUND THE WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): Kings reign over these 2 countries in Asia that both begin with "B" & end with "N" Bahrain and Bhutan |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | NATION STATE $400: Has border spats with Thailand, but fairly calm since Prince Norodom Sihamoni took over for his dad in 2004 Cambodia |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | KANSAS HISTORY $1200: Last name of 1930s governor Alf; in 1978 Kansans made his daughter Nancy their first female U.S. senator Landon |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | VIDEO GAMES $200: Glitches in this "NFL 17" had a kick returner catching the ball at his own 2, stepping back into his own end zone & scoring a TD Madden |
| #7570, aired 2017-07-07 | CURLY $400: "There was a little girl who had a little curl right" here in the middle of her forehead |
| #7570, aired 2017-07-07 | I AM A BUDDHIST $800: The name of this school of Buddhism important in China & Japan comes from a word for meditation Zen |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | BRIT LIT $2000: In 1910 E.M. Forster published this novel about British social divisions told through the Wilcox & Schlegel families Howards End |
| #7556, aired 2017-06-19 | ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS $800: Made of tiny crystals of quartz, this rock formed from silica was used in firearms of the 1600s flint |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | HART-FELT LYRICS $1600: Title object being addressed in the lyric "You saw me standing alone without a dream in my heart" "Blue Moon" |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | HOUSES OF WORSHIP $400: Built on the ruins of 2 earlier churches, it lies at the eastern end of the Ile de la Cite in Paris Notre-Dame |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | IT STARTS WITH THE "END" $1200: Term for an advertisement in which a celebrity says he likes a particular product an endorsement |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | 400 SHOWS ON IN 2017 $400: Here's a "Full Frontal" shot of this woman, host of a bitingly funny late night show Samantha Bee |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | I NEED SOME TUDOR-ING $800: The Tudor line died out in 1603, when the childless reign of this monarch came to an end Elizabeth I |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | RECIPE ORIGINS $400: Mrs. Wakefield invented these in Whitman, Mass. when she added cut-up chocolate bars to butter-cookie dough Toll House cookies |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | A MARBLE-OUS CATEGORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the National Mall.) Today, the Washington Monument unites us in patriotism, but as you can see from the different colors of marble used, it took many contentious decades to build, finally being dedicated 20 years after the end of this major historical event the U.S. Civil War |
| #7523, aired 2017-05-03 | IT'S "DA" END $1200: Something in its entirety is said to be "the whole" this Mexican food dish enchilada |
| #7519, aired 2017-04-27 | REGARDING HENRY $800: In May 2016 this 96-year-old used a technique he invented to save a choking fellow seniors' home resident Heimlich |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | ABBREV-"E"-ATIONS $200: ENT stands for a doctor who specializes in these 3 body parts ear, nose and throat |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | REAL-LIFE PEOPLE IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS $1000: Dear friends, this king's army won a decisive battle in France in 1415 Henry V |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | BORDER FRENZY $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Bearing the name of a 14th century ruler of the Golden Horde, this "stan" only borders other countries that end in "stan" Uzbekistan |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | LITERARY CHICAGO $2,000 (Daily Double): This Windy City lawyer sets books like "The Burden of Proof" in Kindle County, a stand-in for the Chicago area Scott Turow |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | "B" MY LOVE $800: Here's an offer you can't refuse: a getaway to Francis Coppola's Turtle Inn Resort in this Central American country Belize |
| #7508, aired 2017-04-12 | BACK TO SCHOOL WITH POLITICIANS $1000: In his senior year at his Columbus, Georgia high school, he was voted most intellectual Newt Gingrich |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | LIGHTHOUSES $400: "The Lighthouse at the End of the World" is in this S. Amer. country near Ushuaia, one of the world's southernmost cities Argentina |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | KILLER CARS $1200: In this movie, Clark Griswold must explain to an officer why there is a dogless leash tied to the back of the family car National Lampoon's Vacation |
| #7493, aired 2017-03-22 | BOLD GOERS $400: Fridtjof Nansen was the first European to cross this land; a Danish official met him at the end in Godthaab in 1888 Greenland |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON $2000: During his brief time as president, Harrison tried to end this system in which offices were given to loyal party members the spoils system |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | ORGANIZED LABOR $2000: Begun by immigrant janitors in 1921, this union has grown to include nurses, security officers & public workers the Service Employees International Union |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | OPEN THE PODCAST DOORS, HAL $1200: The World Wide Web can be wacky, & this 2-word show whose title can be a dangerous click when e-mailing fills in details Reply All |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | SIR WALTER SCOTT & HIS WORKS $2000: This "Dandie" breed is named for a character in "Guy Mannering", one of Scott's Waverley novels a Dandie Dinmont terrier |
| #7483, aired 2017-03-08 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $600: Tony Kushner won his second straight Best Play Tony Award for "Perestroika", part 2 of this play Angels in America |
| #7482, aired 2017-03-07 | IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS $800: "Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful ____ and association" assembly |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | THE ILLUMI-NAUGHTY $1600: The Illuminati act all shadowy in the 2016 edition of this video game that doesn't end in "machina" Deus Ex |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | THIS CATEGORY GOES TO THE 1100s $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1141 this monk was condemned by a church court on theological grounds, not for fooling around with a student Abelard |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | PRESIDENTIAL HOMES $1000: In Marion in this state you can stand on the front porch for which Warren Harding's laid-back 1920 campaign is named Ohio |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | BRITISH GEOGRAPHY $2000: 2,036-foot Snaefell is the tallest-- & only--mountain on this isle in the Irish Sea the Isle of Man |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | VALLEYS $1,600 (Daily Double): Once a national monument, this valley in Wyoming became part of Grand Teton National Park in 1950 Jackson Hole |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | TV & MOVIE JENNYS $2000: In 2012 Jenny Lee learned a lot about life & birthing babies in 1950s London as "Call" this person debuted on PBS the Midwife |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | OLYMPIANS $200: At Rio 2016, he blamed his glacial time of 9.81 secs. in the 100m on the short rest period between the semifinal & final (Usain) Bolt |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | HISTORIC AUTOMOBILES $600: In the 1977 movie "Smokey & the Bandit", Burt Reynolds drove a classic Trans Am from this brand Pontiac |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNERS $800: In 1992 Michael Ondaatje did a Fiennes job with this novel about a burned, unnamed man being cared for at WWII's end The English Patient |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: In a performance of this 1931 suite, the percussionist needs coconut shells to imitate a burro on the trail Grand Canyon Suite |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | THE END OF THE STORY $200: Hester Prynne dies in the last chapter of this novel & is buried next to Arthur Dimmesdale The Scarlet Letter |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: Every even year watch the world's top sailors in the Atlantic Cup, a 1,000-mile race from this S.C. port to Portland, Me. Charleston |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | ECONOMICS $1200: Maastricht in this country was the site of the 1991 treaty that established the E.U. & its common currency the Netherlands |
| #7454, aired 2017-01-26 | DON'T WEAR IT OUT $400: It's great if when you come home, your dog fetches your pair of these, the name of a puppy in an Andrew Clements book slippers |
| #7451, aired 2017-01-23 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $1600: Remove your shoes & cover your head when entering a gurdwara, a temple of this religion founded in northern India Sikhism |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | ON THE LAOS $2000: Gen. Vang Pao & his fellow soldiers of this ethnic group helped the U.S. fight a secret war in Laos Hmong |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | THE CONSTITUTION $400: At the end: "Done in Convention...in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ____ ____" Eighty seven |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | A MOVIE TO DIE FOR $600: At the end of "The Dark Knight", this character played by Aaron Eckhart dies in a fall Harvey Dent |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS $1200: (I'm ABC News senior legal correspondent Sunny Hostin.) I would have loved to interview this civil rights hero & lawyer who helped end segregation in public schools before his historic appointment to the Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | IT'S THE GENEVA CONVENTION $1,500 (Daily Double): The 1906 convention called for ratifications to be filed in this nearby national capital Bern |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | ROOMS FULL OF CULTURE $4,500 (Daily Double): For over a century Room 12 has been the center of the Velazquez collection of this museum the Prado |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | RUNNING A HOTEL $600: Tom Hiddleston plays this title hotel functionary in the 2016 miniseries based on John le Carre's novel The Night Manager |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | THE 1860s $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a ship and a map on the monitor.) In 1869, the end of the glamorous tea clipper era was at hand; steamships could economically bring tea from China because they needed less coal with the opening of this waterway the Suez Canal |
| #7442, aired 2017-01-10 | NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s $1000: Good news! No longer need we say "shedding its leaves at the end of its growing season"--herewith a word for that deciduous |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | A BATEMAN $600: Christian Bale played Patrick Bateman, Wall Street hotshot 7 serial killer, in this film American Psycho |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | AT THE BALLET $1200: In "Apollon Musagete", Apollo gives a gift representing poetry to Calliope & one representing dance to this Muse Terpsichore |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | EARLY HUMANOIDS $400: Scientists believe Gigantopithecus of Asia stood almost 10' in height & lived largely on a diet of this tall grass bamboo |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | HISTORIC OBJECTS $2,500 (Daily Double): More than 70 scenes are depicted on it with the last, chronologically, showing the English retreating at Hastings in 1066 the Bayeux Tapestry |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | DOVE $1,000 (Daily Double): 1997's "Comanche Moon" was the last published of the 4 novels in this Western series Lonesome Dove |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | DIRECTED BUT DIDN'T STAR IN $1600: In 2015 the non-Shakespearean "Cinderella" Kenneth Branagh |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 2016 BESTSELLERS $400: In the title of a No. 1 bestseller by this author, Sebastian Rudd was a "Rogue Lawyer" John Grisham |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | NICARAGUA $800: This highway system that has one end in Alaska passes through Nicaragua on its way to the tip of Tierra del Fuego the Pan-American Highway |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | THE WEDDING RECEPTION $800: A common favor at wedding receptions, these candy-coated nuts in pastel colors Jordan almonds |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | THE DEL-TONES $800: Del Shannon wondered in 1961 why--why, why, why, why, why "my little" this title person took off Runaway |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | LET'S READ HENRY, JAMES $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1964 the Supreme Court said a 30-year-old novel by this Brooklyn guy was not obscene Henry Miller |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | 2016 MUSIC FESTIVALS $2000: Sounding like an Australian show but in Manchester, Tenn., this festival had Pearl Jam, LCD Soundsystem & Tame Impala Bonnaroo |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | A TIME FOR "US" $600: Seen here in a museum is an ancient stone one of these a sarcophagus |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | TO THE END"THE" DEGREE $1200: This anise-flavored liquor was made legal in the U.S. in 2007 absinthe |
| #7421, aired 2016-12-12 | INVASIONS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from USS Intrepid in New York.) In April 1945, USS Intrepid supported the last major land campaign of the Pacific war, the invasion of this largest of the Ryukyu Islands, just 350 miles from the Japanese mainland Okinawa |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | HENRIK IBSEN OR HENRY GIBSON $800: When this marriage-centered Owen Wilson & Vince Vaughn film needed a priest, Henry Gibson was in as Father O'Neil Wedding Crashers |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | DIRECTORS ON FILM $1600: Long after "The Maltese Falcon", this director played the sinister Noah Cross in 1974's "Chinatown" John Huston |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | STRUCTURED $400: In part form the Old English for "commodities", it's a large building for storing inventory a warehouse |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | EVERY CLAIM YOU STAKE $2000: The Spratly Islands in this "directional" sea are claimed by many nations & the U.S. sent a warship there in 2016 the South China Sea |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | WE'VE GOT CHEMISTRY $1600: Though it's much more common in the Earth's crust than lead, say, cerium is known as this type of "earth" element rare earth |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | 16 TONS $200: Some of these in Seattle weigh 16-tons, less than half the heft of the one named Desire in New Orleans a streetcar |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | THE ERIE CANAL $400: When the canal opened in 1825, it was only 4 feet deep & ran 363 miles from Albany to this city on Lake Erie Buffalo |
| #7412, aired 2016-11-29 | KIDS' BOOKS $200: Huckleberry Finn first shows up in this novel Tom Sawyer |
| #7409, aired 2016-11-24 | HALLELUJAH! $4,000 (Daily Double): In "Mississippi Squirrel Revival", Ray Stevens rhymes "hallelujah" with this city that's in the state Pascagoula |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | MANIC PIXEL DREAM GIRLS $400: In "Ocarina of Time", this title princess is counting on Link to save the kingdom Zelda |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | SOUTHERN HISTORY $200: This song was written in 1859 & by the end of the Civil War, its title was a nickname for the South "Dixie" |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | I GET AROUND $2000: In "Jupiter Ascending", this actor gets around on his cool boots that can levitate Channing Tatum |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | THE WINDY PROJECT $400: He starred in the miniseries "The Winds of War" Robert Mitchum |
| #7396, aired 2016-11-07 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $1200: Martin Winterkorn resigned as the CEO of this car company in 2015 amid an EPA cheating scandal Volkswagen |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | AUTO SHOP TALK $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an automotive animation on the monitor.) In a car's catalytic converter, exhaust fumes go through reduction, then oxidation occurs using catalysts such as platinum & palladium filters; for example, one extra oxygen molecule converts a toxic gas into this harmless gas carbon dioxide |
| #7394, aired 2016-11-03 | & I CANNOT LIE $1200: The game show "To Tell the Truth" returned to TV in 2016 with this star of "black-ish" as its host Anthony Anderson |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | MUSICAL ACTS $800: In 2016 this end-of-the-alphabet refugee from One Direction debuted at No. 1 with his first solo album Zayn Malik |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | -OLOGIES $1200: In pharmacology you learn about the risks of these, given in long & horrifying lists at the end of drug commercials side effects |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | THE "AMERICAN"S $1200: In December 2015 Arkansas tight end Hunter Henry was named a consensus one an All-American |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | HISTORIC OOPSIES $1000: It wasn't a great decision to anchor this mighty fleet in an exposed position off Calais in July 1588 the Spanish Armada |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | A LITERARY MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH $1200: A man must come to terms with his own impending end in "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by this Russian Tolstoy |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | THE COUNTY LINE $600: Montana's counties include Big Horn & this one named for a 19th century general who died in Montana Custer |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS $1200: In 1821 William Becknell opened this great commercial trail between Missouri & New Mexico the Santa Fe Trail |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | FAIR FARE $1000: Roll a caramel apple in marshmallows, nuts & chocolate & you have this variation, also an ice cream flavor rocky road |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | THAT'S A FACT $400: The highest & lowest points in the 48 contiguous states are within 100 miles of each other in this state California |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE $1200: Capturing Mesopotamia in 1534 gave the Ottomans access to this large gulf to the south the Persian Gulf |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | 12-LETTER WORDS $800: Democrats & Republicans fight it out to win in this type of state, like Florida or Ohio a battleground |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | THE FARMER IN THE DELI $600: Very nice beef they smoked into this sliced meat whose name may be from the Greek for "salted" pastrami |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | U.S. MUSEUMS $800: She's in wax at the Hollywood Wax Museum & her "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" gown is at another museum nearby Marilyn Monroe |
| #7370, aired 2016-09-30 | BIG CITY NEWSPAPERS $800: This Murdoch tabloid in New York City the New York Post |
| #7369, aired 2016-09-29 | "SQ"s ME $800: In TV ads it's what Mr. Whipple always told customers not to do to "the Charmin" squeeze |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | ARCHIPELAGOS $1,200 (Daily Double): For a breathtaking view of the main island in this group, board the "End of the World" train in Ushuaia, Argentina Tierra del Fuego |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | SCHTICK $800: Pronouns abound in "Who's on First?", a classic comedy routine by this duo Abbott & Costello |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION $2,000 (Daily Double): Named in memory of Nancy Brinker's sister: "To save lives and end breast cancer forever" the Susan G. Komen Foundation |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | SUDAN IMPACT $2000: In 1940 this nation's troops invaded Sudan from Ethiopia; they were kicked out in 1941 Italy |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | I LIKE YOUR COLÓN $600: El Día de Colón is a Spanish name for a U.S. holiday in this month October |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | HONORARY HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS $600: He traveled the world with the USO, performing his first show in 1941 & his last in 1990 Bob Hope |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | GOD SAVE THE ENGLISH KING! $400: Under threat of civil war, this king set his seal to the Magna Carta in 1215 John |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | BOOKS BY CHAPTER TITLES $600: "The Battle of Hogwarts" Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | I KINGS $800: In 1975, after a lapse of 44 years, he restored the Bourbon monarchy to Spain Juan Carlos |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | ADVERBS THAT DON'T END IN -LY $1200: These 2 non -ly adverbs are in the name of a kingdom in "Shrek 2" Far and Away |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | ADVERBS THAT DON'T END IN -LY $2000: Bloviating speeches are full of words meaning "in addition", like "moreover" & this word with the "more" at the end furthermore |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | "BEN" THERE $400: If you follow all 1,560 miles of the Ganges from its source in the Himalayas, you'll end up in this bay the Bay of Bengal |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $1000: 2008 Nobelist Martti Ahtisaari helped end a long-running conflict in this country's Aceh province Indonesia |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | JETS $800: Jet engines & rockets both use jet propulsion; a jet engine takes in this element to burn fuel oxygen |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME $1200: In 2007 Daylight Saving Time was changed in the U.S. so that the end date was moved to the first Sunday in this month November |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | THE RED AUERBACH TROPHY $400: 1989-90:
Pat Riley of this "Showtime" squad the L.A. Lakers |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | THE SUPREME COURT $1600: He's seen here near the beginning & near the end of his time on the Court--the longest of any justice in history William O. Douglas |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The last state to end prohibition was this "Magnolia State", which adopted a local-option law in 1966 Mississippi |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | WASHINGTON STATE SYMBOLS $800: The state gem is this fossil; the best place to see it in Washington is a state park in Vantage petrified wood |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | WE RECOGNIZE THE SENATOR FROM NEW YORK $600: It was pure folly for this senator to run against Lincoln in 1860 but he did end up in Abe's cabinet Seward |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | NEW IN SCIENCE $2000: Scientists are helping Darwin's finches on these islands fight off parasitic flies with the help of a mild pesticide the Galápagos |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | BASKET WEAVING $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) In basket weaving, the weft is a moving horizontal fiber; & this other 4-letter word refers to a vertical stationary fiber warp |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | VICTORIAN VERSE $1200: "In silver armour", this Tennyson knight "saw the grail, the Holy Grail, descend upon the shrine" Galahad |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | A JASON $800: In 2016 this Giants defensive end sued ESPN for tweeting his medical record concerning the loss of his finger Jason Pierre-Paul |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | COWBOY SONGS $1200: In 1939 this movie cowboy recorded "Back In The Saddle Again", a song that later became the theme of his TV series Gene Autry |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | THE BOOK BOOK $800: The "day" medieval English folk thought the world would end; it comes before "Book" in the name of a tome that counted them Doomsday |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | ALL KINDS OF DRAMA $400: In its original sense, "comedy" didn't mean that the play was necessarily funny but that it would end this way happily |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | CANADIANA $800: (I'm Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank.) A free market guy like me & this public TV network in Canada: it couldn't last forever, so in 2014 I left the show "Dragons' Den" after an 8-year run the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS $600: "We will offer a plan to end welfare as we know it... end welfare as a way of life & make it a path to independence" Bill Clinton |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | AT HOME WITH ADAM & EVE $2000: At God's urging, Adam performs this task in Genesis 2, then takes a long nap the naming of the animals |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | PETER AND THE WOLF $200: Peter in "Peter and the Wolf" is represented by this section of the orchestra the string section |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY? $800: This 11th century man aka "the Lucky" converted his mom to Christianity; then mom built the first church in Greenland Leif Erikson |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | LEGALIZE IT $800: In 2012 Washington & this other U.S. state legalized recreational marijuana use Colorado |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | SANTA ANNA $1200: In exile on Staten Island, Santa Anna brought chicle to the U.S., helping start America's affair with this chewy stuff chewing gum |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | DEEP THOUGHTS $400: Heinrich Heine:
"Wherever they ____ books they will also, in the end, ____ human beings" burn |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | GERMANIA! $400: The "B" in the name of this maker of cars like the M2 & X5 refers to Bavaria BMW |
| #7297, aired 2016-05-10 | LAW FIRMS $2,000 (Daily Double): Vince Foster was once a partner at Rose Law Firm, which claims the title of oldest in this state Arkansas |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE! $800: Captain Jack, Will Turner & Elizabeth Swann sail off the edge of the map in 2007's "Pirates of the Caribbean: At" this place World's End |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | REALITY TV JUDGES $800: Tom Colicchio blogged "Why Stefan's dish was the worst" in a post called "Hog Hell" on this Bravo show's website Top Chef |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | WRITERS BY INITIALS $800: Portrayed in the 1990s-set movie "The End of the Tour":
DFW David Foster Wallace |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | RANCHING AS IT WAS $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from George Ranch Historical Park in Richmond, TX.) Barbed wire has been called the invention that tamed the west by letting cattlemen keep their livestock in & farmers with crops keep the cows out; it brought an end to the freewheeling era known as "open" this range |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | THE BEATLES... GEAR! $800: That crashing chord at the end of "A Day In The Life" is John, Paul, Ringo & Mal Evans on 3 of these pianos |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | TUBA $1000: His album "Birth of the Cool" includes the French horn & tuba, instruments rarely heard in a jazz context Miles Davis |
| #7269, aired 2016-03-31 | ODD WORDS $2000: Mafficking, which means boisterous celebrating, was inspired by the end of the Siege of Mafeking in this war the Boer War |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $800: Classic gangster film in which Edward G. Robinson has the dying line "Mother of mercy! Is this the end of Rico?" Little Caesar |
| #7266, aired 2016-03-28 | REPUBLICANS $1000: In 2009 he became the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | NAMESAKES $1200: (I'm Elon Musk.) Tesla Motors was named for Nikola Tesla, the early 20th-century visionary behind such ground-breaking ideas as using rotating magnetic fields & this reversing direction electrical flow AC (alternating current) |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | MEDICAL MATTERS $200: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is in the same disease family as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, aka this mad cow disease |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | LET'S RIDE THE WHEEL! $1000: Enjoy a butler-served meal on the "Flyer" in this Asian island & city-state at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula Singapore |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | SPACE FIRSTS $1600: The mission of this first Mars rover lasted 3 months in 1997 before communications were cut from Pathfinder Sojourner |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $600: The 4 leaders of Congress asked people not to try to shake the hand of this visitor in the House chamber on Sept. 24, 2015 the Pope (Francis) |
| #7256, aired 2016-03-14 | 1980s BOOKS $400: "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende is set in an unnamed country based on this one Chile |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | WEAPONS IN THE BOARD GAME CLUE $200: If you're at "the end of" this, you're out of resources & options a rope |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | WEAPONS IN THE BOARD GAME CLUE $600: Name of the former park for football's 49ers Candlestick Park |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | 2015 CONGRESS FOLK $200: The process was... interesting--yeah, that's the word--but in the end, this man became Speaker of the House in 2015 (Paul) Ryan |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | TRAVELING ALONG ROUTE 66 $200: One end of Route 66 is at Grant Park on the corner of Jackson & Michigan Avenues in this city Chicago |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | TRAVELING ALONG ROUTE 66 $1000: In 2009 the Route 66 Alliance designated this California city's pier as the "end of the trail" Santa Monica |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: At the end of WWI the 2 major unions in this industry were the ACWA & the ILGWU garment workers |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | BORN DURING THE CIVIL WAR $1200: "The Age of Innocence" had yet to begin when she was born into New York's high society in 1862 Edith Wharton |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Undergraduate education was an option, but this Baltimore school started mostly as a graduate school for men in 1876 Johns Hopkins |
| #7246, aired 2016-02-29 | THE QUOTA SYSTEM $400: So populations of this mammal could recover, the IWC began using quotas in the 1940s & set commercial ones to 0 in 1982 whales |
| #7243, aired 2016-02-24 | IT TAKES 2 $2,000 (Daily Double): Located in Asia, the only 2 countries whose names begin with "A" but don't end with "A" Azerbaijan & Afghanistan |
| #7243, aired 2016-02-24 | AGRICULTURE $3,000 (Daily Double): In the 1930s, Pan Am grew vegetables on Wake Island for passengers by using this soilless method hydroponics |
| #7238, aired 2016-02-17 | SYFY MOVIES $400: Syfy's take on medieval times is "Dark Relic", set in the Mideast in 1099, at the end of the first of these the Crusades |
| #7236, aired 2016-02-15 | WHAT THE "H"? $400: Its deadly demise in 1937 marked the end of the use of airships for commercial air transportation the Hindenburg |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | TERM: PAPER $200: This hyphenated term refers to individual sheets held in a binder loose-leaf |
| #7232, aired 2016-02-09 | THE LEGEND & TRUTH OF SLEEPY HOLLOW $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sleepy Hollow, NY.) As the exceedingly lank schoolmaster heads for the bridge near the story's end, he "casts a look behind to see if his pursuer should vanish... in a flash of fire and" this, but is disappointed brimstone |
| #7232, aired 2016-02-09 | IN THE "ZONE" $2000: Stephen King novel & movie title The Dead Zone |
| #7231, aired 2016-02-08 | ANTHROPOLOGY $400: These, carved by natives in the Pacific Northwest, often included a genealogy but you need good eyes to see the top totem poles |
| #7224, aired 2016-01-28 | YOU OLD SON OF A GUN MAKER $1600: Uzi Gal designed a gun & had a son after emigrating in 1936 to what's now this country Israel |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | PRO WOMEN $600: This MMA champ said, "What makes me so confident that I can win is I'm the greatest fighter in the world" Ronda Rousey |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | INVENTIVE MINDS $1600: Lucky for us, in the 1850s he invented the elevator brake Otis |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | PRESIDENTS 101 $1000: The first born outside the original colonies, in 1809 Abraham Lincoln |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | PERSON, PLACE OR THING $600: The names of these 2 South American countries end in the same 4 letters Paraguay & Uruguay |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | '90s POP CULTURE $1,000 (Daily Double): In September 1996 Jacquelyn Mitchard's "The Deep End of the Ocean" became its first selection Oprah's Book Club |
| #7217, aired 2016-01-19 | JAPANESE HISTORY $2000: Holding power for the majority of time since 1955, the dominant political party in Japan is this one, the LDP the Liberal Democratic Party |
| #7213, aired 2016-01-13 | STARS IN THE SKY $800: Margot Robbie played one of the glamorous stewardesses on this '60s-set TV show named for a defunct airline Pan Am |
| #7211, aired 2016-01-11 | LOUIS XIV $2000: In 1674 Louis met, liked & ennobled this explorer who 8 years later put the king's name on Louisiana (Sieur) de La Salle |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | WHAT A DOLL! $600: This line of dolls includes Addy Walker, who escaped slavery in 1864 American Girl |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | LIVING THE SPACED-OUT LIFE $1,200 (Daily Double): More than an acre of these provide power to the I.S.S. & also make it the brightest object in the night sky after the Moon solar panels |
| #7206, aired 2016-01-04 | EMMY: THE MEN $400: It was mob rule for him as one of "The Sopranos" in 2003 James Gandolfini |
| #7206, aired 2016-01-04 | EMMY: THE WOMEN $2000: Emmy Verhey, who wields a 1676 Guarneri in concert, is a virtuoso on this instrument the violin |
| #7203, aired 2015-12-30 | AVIATION $1,000 (Daily Double): The National Aviation Hall of Fame was founded in 1962 in this city, the "Birthplace of Aviation" Dayton, Ohio |
| #7202, aired 2015-12-29 | FIGHTIN' WORDS $1000: In WWI & again in WWII, the Allies countered U-boat threats by sailing in these groups, from a word meaning "escort" convoys |
| #7201, aired 2015-12-28 | C'EST LA VEEP $600: In 1981 Reagan sent VP Bush for a tete-a-tete with him, France's new Socialist president Mitterrand |
| #7200, aired 2015-12-25 | BREWING BEER $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the UC Davis Malting & Brewing Science program.) These dried flowers that give beer much of its flavor come in different types; the aromatic ones are volatile & quickly steamed off, so they're added at the end of the boil hops |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | DUDE, WHERE'S MY STAR? $400: The brightest star in this constellation is Al Tarf, Arabic for "the end" (of one of the crab's legs) Cancer |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | DUDE, WHERE'S MY STAR? $2,500 (Daily Double): Antares is the brightest star in this constellation; don't get stung Scorpio |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | FOOT POTPOURRI $1600: To do this soccer kick, you throw both feet in the air & kick the airborne ball toward the goal behind you bicycle kick |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | THE NEW YORK TIMES PULITZER WINNERS $800: (I'm Hiroko Tabuchi.) As part of the Times staff, I won a Pulitzer Prize for our "iEconomy" series, which led to Apple improving working conditions for over 1 million people in this country China |
| #7196, aired 2015-12-21 | REMEMBER THE '80s? $400: How square! In the mid-'80s this "amazing" puzzle showed off its colors on its own cartoon series the Rubik's Cube |
| #7194, aired 2015-12-17 | THAT DARN LITTLE ICE AGE $1600: Temps fell in the 17th century, hurting the North Atlantic fisheries based on this food fish of the genus Gadus cod |
| #7190, aired 2015-12-11 | COBBLERS $400: On "Sex and the City" Carrie was obsessed with the fancy heels by this high-end Spanish shoe designer Manolo Blahnik |
| #7188, aired 2015-12-09 | WORDS & PHRASES $800: This 3-word phrase at the end of Warner Bros. cartoons was first uttered in 1930 "That's all, folks" |
| #7188, aired 2015-12-09 | A CATEGORY WITH GAPS $2000: Neel Gap to Unicoi Gap is a scenic hike on this very long trail near its south end in Georgia the Appalachian Trail |
| #7186, aired 2015-12-07 | SARGENT $800: Sargent won acclaim for "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose", painted outdoors in the style of this art movement Impressionism |
| #7184, aired 2015-12-03 | OLD '97s $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1297 he was knighted upon his return to Scotland & proclaimed Guardian of the Kingdom William Wallace |
| #7184, aired 2015-12-03 | HE'S CHEVY CHASE $2000: (Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.) I said, "The Zen philosopher Basho once wrote that a flute with no holes is not a flute, & a donut with no hole is a danish" as Ty Webb in this comedy Caddyshack |
| #7183, aired 2015-12-02 | BALLPLAYERS IN UNIFORM $1200: During World War I, this ferocious Tiger made a peach of a U.S. Army captain Ty Cobb |
| #7182, aired 2015-12-01 | WARS $400: In 1973 the fourth Arab-Israeli War, sometimes called the Yom Kippur War, occurred during this Islamic month Ramadan |
| #7182, aired 2015-12-01 | SUTTER'S FORT $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, CA.) The porcelain doll belonged to little Patty Reed, one of 81 members of this party that was trapped in the Sierra Nevadas in the winter of 1846-1847; Sutter's rescue team was shocked to find that some of them resorted to cannibalism to stay alive the Donner party |
| #7181, aired 2015-11-30 | KIDNAPPING $1000: In the 3rd century Balbinus & Pupienus, joint emperors of Rome, were kidnapped & killed by this royal guard the Praetorian Guard |
| #7179, aired 2015-11-26 | POLITICS, FOR SHORT $800: Considered a pejorative, RINO stands for this Republican in name only |
| #7179, aired 2015-11-26 | MARY-LOUISE PARKER $1200: Mary-Louise won an Emmy for her role in this HBO movie written by Tony Kushner Angels in America |
| #7178, aired 2015-11-25 | QUOTES OF 2015 $1000: California's natural resources secretary said, "Everybody is a soldier in" this fight the fight against the big drought |
| #7177, aired 2015-11-24 | INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER $800: Otto Lilienthal, 1848-1896, made some 2000 flights in these--he could have really used an engine in 1896 a glider |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | "POP" CULTURE $600: He was in a band called The Iguanas before forming The Stooges Iggy Pop |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | ANATOMY $800: The labyrinth isn't just in Greek myth; it's also in this organ the inner ear |
| #7169, aired 2015-11-12 | LITERARY STRUCTURE $200: When we first visit Bag End, in the Shire, it's home to this character, who enjoys its "lots of" pantries Bilbo Baggins |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | JUST PASSING THROUGH $200: In geometry it's a straight line passing through a circle's center & meeting the circumference at each end diameter |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | "L" OF A CATEGORY $2000: It's a melodic phrase associated with one character in an opera a leitmotif |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | LORD OF THE JUNGLE $600: In the 19th c. Radama I ruled the lemurs of this once jungle-rich island that's now been largely deforested Madagascar |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1600: In "Porgy and Bess" Porgy praises poverty by singing, "I got" this amount "o' nuttin"' plenty |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | U.S. FESTIVALS $1200: "Leaving no trace" of 50,000 people camping in the Nevada desert is a principle of this late summer festival Burning Man |
| #7156, aired 2015-10-26 | FIRST AID STRATAGEMS $1600: It's caused by sinusitis or just dry air & victims should stay sitting up, to reduce pressure in the veins a bloody nose |
| #7155, aired 2015-10-23 | BIBLICAL MENAGERIE $1000: In Luke, Jesus compared Herod to this crafty creature a fox |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | TOM, TOM $1000: In Chapter 7 of "The Great Gatsby", Gatsby tells him, "Daisy's leaving you" Tom Buchanan |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | REORDERING THE NOTED PAIR $800: Time to give the climbing aspect top billing in this classic kids' game from Hasbro; the sliding part slides to the back end Ladders & Chutes |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | OF REPRESENTATIVES $400: There are 6 non-voting representatives in the house, including one from this self-governing commonwealth Puerto Rico |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | THOSE WERE THE DAYS $400: In Old Norse it was Odinsdagr Wednesday |
| #7140, aired 2015-10-02 | SAME LETTER BEGINNING, MIDDLE & END $400: It's a storage place for water, dog reservoir |
| #7134, aired 2015-09-24 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: In Scrabble you get at least 12 points for this slang synonym of pimple zit |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | WORLD'S FAIRS & EXPOS $400: To raise funds for its base, part of this landmark was displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 the Statue of Liberty |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | MONTANA $200: In 1949 the Montana legislature designated the Ponderosa type of this as its state tree the pine |
| #7130, aired 2015-09-18 | THE ____ OF ____ $1000: (Alex Trebek delivers the clue from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, CA.) Even before you go through the front door at the Norton Simon Museum, you walk past a number of masterpieces by August Rodin, including this one, which depicts 6 townsmen who were willing to sacrifice their lives to help end the siege of their city by the English army The Burghers of Calais |
| #7130, aired 2015-09-18 | LAND IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM $2,000 (Daily Double): Huge cliffs called lobate scarps, discovered by MESSENGER Mercury |
| #7129, aired 2015-09-17 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $200 (Daily Double): FDR,
dog catcher Annie |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | A STREAM OF TV $1000: After fan pressure in 2015, Netflix made this superhero show accessible to the blind Daredevil |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | VINE $2000: "Noble" this in the vineyard actually aids in the production of sweet white wine rot (fungus) |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | AUTO RACING $800: (I'm NASCAR driver Greg Biffle.) In June 2013, I was driving a Ford, not a Toyota, when I won this state's Quicken Loan 400 Michigan |
| #7118, aired 2015-07-22 | DIET FADS $800: In 1995 Barry Sears got dieters to "Enter" this, "a dietary road map" the Zone |
| #7114, aired 2015-07-16 | WE 3 $200: In a nursery rhyme, "rub-a-dub-dub" we're the 3 men in a tub the butcher, the baker & the candlestick maker |
| #7114, aired 2015-07-16 | LET'S GO TO THE ISLANDS $800: When you said let's go to the islands, I didn't know you meant the Pribilof Islands in this state or I'd have brought a sweater Alaska |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | VICTORY $1000: Victory over Mark Antony in this 31 B.C. naval battle made Octavian the undisputed ruler of Rome the Battle of Actium |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | OLYMPIANS $1600: China's 4'11" Deng Yaping won 4 golds in this racket sport in the 1990s ping-pong (or table tennis) |
| #7108, aired 2015-07-08 | STARTS & ENDS WITH DIFFERENT VOWELS $1600: Plurals end in J in this language devised in the 19th century Esperanto |
| #7107, aired 2015-07-07 | COMIC-CON $200: Comic-Con international goes back to 1970, when fans banded together to host a gathering in this California city San Diego |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | THAT'S IN ROMEO AND JULIET $1200: At the end of the balcony scene, these 5 words precede & rhyme with "that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow" Parting is such sweet sorrow |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This term for ending a life to end suffering comes from the Greek for "good death" to euthanize |
| #7101, aired 2015-06-29 | DESERT PLANTS $1200: Also a city in Dallas County, the bush used in barbecues may extend roots 70 feet below the desert surface mesquite |
| #7101, aired 2015-06-29 | THE WAR OF 1912 $1600: At war's end in 1913, this country on the Adriatic achieved independence from Turkey after 4 centuries Albania |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION $400: On Dec. 25, 1991 he announced, "I hereby discontinue my activities at the post of president of the USSR" Gorbachev |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION $1600: This entity, the C.I.S., keeps some of the old Soviet countries together in an economic & cultural confederation the Commonwealth of Independent States |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION $2,000 (Daily Double): This mutual defense treaty between the USSR & other Communist states was disbanded in 1991 the Warsaw Pact |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION $2000: These 2 ethnic groups that both begin with "U" were the next-largest ethnic groups in the Soviet Union after Russians Uzbeks & Ukrainians |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | LINES IN THE SAND $2000: This Shelley poem ends, "Round the decay of that colossal wreck... the lone and level sands stretch far away" "Ozymandias" |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | PLAY INTO FILM $400: Songs in this 2012 film that came from the Broadway musical include "At The End Of The Day" & "Javert's Suicide" Les Miserables |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | FIORELLO LaGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMS $1000: Whether you take the red pill or the blue one, this alum opened Neo's eyes to reality in "The Matrix" (Laurence) Fishburne |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS $2000: Luckily, these flowers seen here are in bloom again & would look lovely in a vase calla lilies |
| #7095, aired 2015-06-19 | BEVERAGE BRANDS $600: Appropriately, this root beer came in a family of sizes: Junior, Mama & Papa, which was a half-gallon bottle Dad's |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | "THE" LAND IS THE LAND $2000: This huge desert in the southern end of Arabia is the largest area of contiguous sand in the world the Empty Quarter |
| #7089, aired 2015-06-11 | CREDIT CARD WHERE CREDIT CARD IS DUE $600: Samuel L. Jackson is incredibly curious to know "What's in your wallet?" in ads for this company Capital One |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $1200: Sam Adams signed an act establishing this school in 1794 & the end of it is pronounced "uhn", not "oyn" Bowdoin |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | BRIT LIT $1600: His spooky 2013 effort "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" was voted National Book of the Year in England Neil Gaiman |
| #7084, aired 2015-06-04 | A FIFTH OF (COLIN) FIRTH $1600: Colin Firth played Vermeer in this film with the name of a Vermeer painting The Girl with the Pearl Earring |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | GEOGRAPHY $400: The northern end of this country's largest lake, Lake Garda in the Po Valley, once belonged to Austria Italy |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1600: The inside diameter of a rifle bore, it's often measured in hundredths of an inch caliber |
| #7080, aired 2015-05-29 | NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES $400: In 1842 President Tyler ordered the end of military actions against this Florida tribe, but no peace treaty was signed the Seminoles |
| #7080, aired 2015-05-29 | GRAINS $2000: From the Latin for "hard", it's wheat used chiefly in making pasta durum |
| #7078, aired 2015-05-27 | AYE $1000: Ending debate on Vivek Murthy's nomination for Surgeon General, on Dec. 15, 2014 the Senate agreed to invoke this cloture |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | FAMILIAR NUMBERS $200: You get this many dollars for passing Go in classic Monopoly 200 |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARROTS $400: The high-living kea lives in mountainous areas of this country's South Island & pesters skiers New Zealand |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | MOVIE PUNS $2000: At the end of "Airplane", we find that the inflatable pilot who pops up to help in the cabin has this first name Otto |
| #7073, aired 2015-05-20 | DEBUTING IN 1984 $600: One possible thing Bill Murray whispered to her at the end of "Lost in Translation" was "You were born on Nov. 22, 1984" Scarlett Johansson |
| #7073, aired 2015-05-20 | BACK THEN NO ONE KNEW $1000: ...the term "peace" this, the expected savings in military spending due to the end of the Cold War dividend |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | HE GREW UP TO BE PRESIDENT $2000: In 1924, at the age of 15, he graduated from his Texas high school, then worked as a grape picker Lyndon Baines Johnson |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | YOUR BASIC AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In September 1620 this merchant ship left England for America; instead of cargo, this time it brought 102 passengers the Mayflower |
| #7064, aired 2015-05-07 | 3 CHEERS FOR THE BLUE, GREEN & YELLOW $800: After a defeat by Uruguay in 1950, this nation's soccer team switched to its now-famous yellow jerseys Brazil |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | THE "L" WITH IT $800: In the end, a good shoemaker sticks to this wooden model of a foot a last |
| #7060, aired 2015-05-01 | TECHNOLOGY & STUFF $800: This "colorful" format gave a new option when popping in a video; the first product of its kind came out in Japan in 2003 Blu-ray |
| #7057, aired 2015-04-28 | MOUNTAIN HIGH $800: A 1980 blast of this volcanic peak in Washington reached speeds of 300 miles per hour Mount St. Helens |
| #7057, aired 2015-04-28 | CZECH COMPOSERS $1200: Those morbid Goth teens! In 1889, 15-year-old Josef Suk composed this type of march for himself a funeral march |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | LET'S GO OLD SCHOOL! $400: Old school: this Roman Catholic university in D.C. was founded in 1789; new school: it opened a Qatar campus in 2005 Georgetown |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | THE CALENDAR $1,500 (Daily Double): Dec. 21, 2012 was in the news as the end of a calendar cycle for this ancient Native American people the Mayans |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | THE BIGGEST LOSER $200: In this game: the Denver Broncos, on the wrong end of a 55-10 score in 1990 the Super Bowl |
| #7051, aired 2015-04-20 | OH, B-CITY IN AFRICA $400: Cecil Rhodes is buried near Bulawayo in this country formerly named for him Zimbabwe |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | POLITICIANS $400: John Nance Garner held this job 1933-1941 & said it isn't worth "a bucket of warm spit" (or something else, in other sources) vice president |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS $200: A sixth-round pick in the 2000 draft, this QB told owner Robert Kraft, "I'm the best decision" the team "ever made" Tom Brady |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | ASTROPHYSICS WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $800: (Dr. Tyson delivers the clue.) We started getting hate mail at the Hayden Planetarium in 2001, 5 years before the official reclassification of Pluto to this 2-word status dwarf planet |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | ZERO TO SIXTY $200: In 1997 Volkswagen turned 60 and began rolling out the "New" version of this model the "Bug" (or the Beetle) |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | INSTRUMENTAL IN SCIENCE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew, at Harvard University's Historical Scientific Instruments, shows a console.) From 1947 to 2002, this control console was at the Harvard cyclotron lab for pioneering research now used to treat cancer; the surrounding healthy tissue is relatively undamaged, but the cancer cells are destroyed by irradiation with these positive particles protons |
| #7036, aired 2015-03-30 | THE MUSICAL '90s $800: In the 1990s this group spent an amazing 51 weeks at No. 1, beginning with "End of the Road", on top for 13 weeks Boyz II Men |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | CHECKING IN ON MARCH 26 $400: Many happy returns to Michael Imperioli, known for his role as Chris-tu-fuh Moltisanti on this HBO drama The Sopranos |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | PLAYING GOD $1200: For lo! This actor hath returned to his supreme being role in 2007's "Evan Almighty" Morgan Freeman |
| #7030, aired 2015-03-20 | LITERARY CHARACTERS BASED ON REAL PEOPLE $2000: Self-destructive poet Delmore Schwartz was the model for this title gift-giver in a Saul Bellow book Humboldt |
| #7027, aired 2015-03-17 | STAR-CHITECTS $400: In 2007 this Down Under landmark designed by Jorn Utzon became a UNESCO World Heritage Site the Sydney Opera House |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | THE LONDON STAGE $1600: In 2012 this murder mystery snared a record 60th year on the London stage The Mousetrap |
| #7025, aired 2015-03-13 | THE REST OF THE WORLD IN 1865 $400: The Christian Mission, later renamed this, is founded by William Booth in London's East End The Salvation Army |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | COMPUTER ACTIONS $1000: Releasing someone's personal info on the Internet is this word that can have 1 or 2 "X"s in the middle doxing (or doxxing) |
| #7023, aired 2015-03-11 | YOU DO THE MATH $400: Yards between the end zone on an NFL field divided by the number of 15-minute periods in a game 25 |
| #7022, aired 2015-03-10 | CALIFORNIA, HERE YOU COME! $400: Do you know the way to this city once big in fruit, now high on tech? Head to the southern end of I-280 San Jose |
| #7020, aired 2015-03-06 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) I'm in this city, chosen as the headquarters of the League of Nations, for what the U.N. says was in recognition of the city's tradition of international diplomacy Geneva |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | REMEMBERING LAUREN BACALL $1200: In "How to Marry a Millionaire", Lauren, Betty Grable & this gal play models out to snag rich husbands Marilyn Monroe |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | LUCKY 7 $1600: In Hindu medical thought, the body has 7 major energy centers called these, from Sanskrit for "wheel" chakras |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | THE END OF THE LINE $600: O say, can you see he became D.A. of D.C. in 1833 but was D.O.A. on Jan. 11, 1843 Francis Scott Key |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | THE END OF THE LINE $2,000 (Daily Double): "The very first requirement in a hospital (is) that it should do the sick ____" no harm |
| #7012, aired 2015-02-24 | BRAVO $400: In 1926 this future First Lady started a furniture factory in Hyde Park to help the unemployed Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #7012, aired 2015-02-24 | BRAVO $600: Pat Quinn popularized this phenomenon that increased ALS Society donations tenfold in summer 2014 the Ice Bucket Challenge |
| #7012, aired 2015-02-24 | DRAWING A CROWD $1200: At the first soccer match at this London stadium in 1923, horses were used to control crowds estimated as high as 300,000 Wembley Stadium |
| #7011, aired 2015-02-23 | DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I $1200: In 1579, during their round-the-world voyage, this man & his crew landed in California & called it New Albion Sir Francis Drake |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | COMPUTER HISTORY $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.)
Ushering in the era of big iron was UNIVAC, which, in 1952, became a star during CBS election coverage; polls said the race would go to Adlai Stevenson, but UNIVAC predicted this man would win in a landslide; UNICAV was right Eisenhower |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | PABLO PICASSO SAID $1000: Turning on this American patron, P.P. said she sent a picture of herself in front of a car "and you couldn't even see the car" Gertrude Stein |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | THE NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM $600: (Alex reports from the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City.) It's called "The Last Column", and it remained in the bedrock throughout the recovery process; in May 2002, it was ceremonially removed to mark the end of 9 months of work at the site known as this Ground Zero |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | 1980s CINEMA $400 (Daily Double): For the funeral scene in this 1982 biopic the production co. placed ads for 400,000 extras in Delhi newspapers Gandhi |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | THOUGHTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER $1000: Mike Slive, commissioner of this conference, was happy to welcome new members Missouri & Texas A&M in 2012 the SEC |
| #6992, aired 2015-01-27 | THE TITAN MISSILE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona.) This president, associated with a military buildup, including a missile defense initiative, was the one who decided to end the Titan II program as part of modernizing the U.S. nuclear arsenal Reagan |
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Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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Lindsey Hargrove, a senior at the University of Texas from Bellaire, Texas
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2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Mother's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: collegemom
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 18 and from Plainview, New York...
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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
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Craig Westphal, a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
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"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
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\"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Justin Hofstetter, a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
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"This sixth and seventh grade teacher is in his first year...
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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Bob Verini, a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
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"A resident of New York City when he won the 1987...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from North Hills, California
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"This playwright and director became a 5-time winner in 2001. Today,...
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Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
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"He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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CCH Pounder, an actress from Avatar and Brothers
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"She earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Claudette Wyms...
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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
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"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Catherine Whitten, a high school history teacher from Plano, Texas
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"This gifted teacher primarily teaches gifted students. From Plano, Texas, this...
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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"The reigning Tournament of Champions winner, he attended Johns Hopkins University...
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Brad Rutter, a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from...
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Brad Rutter, the biggest money winner from Los Angeles, California
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
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"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
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Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 at the time...
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Emily Jusino, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek literature originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
Last name pronouned like "hoo-SEE-no".
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Megan Sullivan, a junior at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia
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2022 National College Championship semifinalist: $20,000. Megan was majoring in classics....
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Nick Philip, a junior from Plainfield, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Matt Schnippert, a sophomore at Florida State University from Jacksonville, Florida
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2001 College Championship 1st runner-up: $19,801. Matt was 19 at the...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
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"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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• 74-game champion with longest winning streak • Total earnings over...
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Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
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"In 2004, his record-breaking 74-game win streak set a standard for...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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"He was a software engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Quinn McDonald, an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mighty Q
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Brad Rutter, an actor and producer from Hollywood, California
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"He was a college student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, when he won...
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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
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Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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Brad Rutter, an actor and producer from Los Angeles, California
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• Highest all-time winnings (over $4.3 million) • Has never lost...
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Brad Rutter, a $3.2-million winner from Los Angeles, California
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"In 2000, he became a 5-time champion and went on to...
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Brad Rutter, a college student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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Butch Malec, a freshman at Reed College from Edinboro, Pennsylvania
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1999 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. In Butch's game, the entire Double...
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Andrew Watkins, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: everyday847
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Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
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Tyler Van Patten, from Burlington, Wisconsin
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"He's focusing on becoming a corporate attorney, because of his fascination...
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Steven Evenhouse, a junior high school social studies teacher from Orland Hills, Illinois
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"He likes teaching because it gives him a captive audience for...
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Craig Savel, a data processor from Flushing, New York
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Season 10 1-time champion: $10,401. As the champion in show #2109,...
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Kathleen Mikulis, a stay-at-home mom from Mountain View, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $25,201 + $2,000. Kathleen's contestant experience blog....
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Andrew Westney, a singer and actor from Atlanta, Georgia
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"In 1991, he won the Teen Tournament. Today, he's a singer...
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Ethan Brosowsky, an actor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 24 1-time champion: $21,600 + $2,000. Ethan and his "pub...
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Jaldhar Vyas, a software developer and Hindu priest from Jersey City, New Jersey
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Season 28 player (2012-01-04). Last name pronounced like "VYAS" (in 1...
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Ted Cooperstein, a lawyer originally from Potomac, Maryland
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Season 4 4-time champion: $32,500. Ted won $10,801 in his first...
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Dan Ford, an editor from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-11-24). KJL game 71. Dan resides in Tysons...
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Hema Karunakaram, a senior from Saline, Michigan
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Name pronounced like "HAY-ma kah-ROO-nuh-KAH-ram". Jeopardy!...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a consultant from San Mateo, California
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"She represented Stanford University when she won the 2001 College Tourney....
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Robert Wargo, a student from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 2 player (1986-05-29). Robert appeared on seven episodes of Connecticut...
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Carolyn Cracraft, a junior at the University of Chicago from San Jose, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Chris Mullins, a computer programmer from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 21 player (2005-01-04). Chris's wife, Scheri Mullins, an administrative assistant...
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Czerni Brasuell, a writer originally from New York City, New York
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Season 2 player (1985-09-23). Subsequent to her appearance, Czerni spelled her...
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Mikel Borg, a firefighter from Austin, Texas
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Season 3 player (1987-06-15). First name pronounced like \"MIKE-ul\". Mikel clearly...
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Stevie Benson, a chocolatier from El Centro, California
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Season 25 1-time champion: $28,000 + $2,000. Stevie played his games...
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Neil Patel, a twelve-year-old from Plano, Texas
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"He wants to become an environmental scientist and help protect our...
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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
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Jonathan Dinerstein, a composer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 35 4-time champion: $93,301 + $1,000. Jonathan shared a $600,000...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Carolyn Cracraft, a college senior from Chicago, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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