#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 |
#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 |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | ANIMALS $800: This flightless bird of New Zealand is the only bird with nostrils at the end of its beak a kiwi |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | HEGEL $1200: Hegel thought understanding comes at the end of a process: this bird "of Minerva spreads its wings only" at dusk the owl |
#8701, aired 2022-09-19 | A HUNGER FOR READING $1000: The title eatery of this Douglas Adams book is Milliways, famed for its Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster The Restaurant at the End of the Universe |
#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 |
#8568, aired 2022-02-02 | MLB TEAM NAMES, DEFINED $600: For a viper with a rattle at the end of its tail the Diamondbacks |
#8465, aired 2021-08-13 | CANALS $800: Noted for its orchid gardens, the Pacific port of Balboa sits at the southern end of this canal (the) Panama Canal |
#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 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $600: LiMu is an insurance-selling emu for this company that's very, very, very unafraid to repeat its name at the end of its ads Liberty Mutual |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AROUND THE USA $200: After a decree from the federal govt., from 1891 to 1911 this Pennsylvania metropolis had no "H" at the end of its name Pittsburgh |
#8246, aired 2020-09-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: At its south end this 25,000-square-mile desert named for a people borders the Sonoran Desert the Mojave |
#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 |
#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 |
#7428, aired 2016-12-21 | ON YOUR SLEEVE $600: A military badge of this country recently at odds with Russia shows a trident over its blue & yellow flag Ukraine |
#7272, aired 2016-04-05 | INDIRECT QUOTES $1000: "(This family game) is business at the end of its journey" Monopoly |
#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 |
#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 |
#6817, aired 2014-04-15 | "ITS" AT THE END $200: Meetings of world leaders,
or tops of mountains summits |
#6817, aired 2014-04-15 | "ITS" AT THE END $400: Nuns' clothing habits |
#6817, aired 2014-04-15 | "ITS" AT THE END $600: Cave-dwelling religious recluses hermits |
#6817, aired 2014-04-15 | "ITS" AT THE END $800: Sports losses without playing forfeits |
#6817, aired 2014-04-15 | "ITS" AT THE END $1000: Cookies,
to someone in Cornwall biscuits |
#6738, aired 2013-12-25 | MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES $1600: At the end of its life cycle, this mythical bird builds a nest of aromatic twigs that it then ignites phoenix |
#6703, aired 2013-11-06 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1600: The undergrad school at this Northampton, Mass. college admits only women, but its grad school is coed Smith |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | WEB CEREALS $1000: The co. history at this cereal's .com tells of its 1945 name change--it used to end in "-oats" but lost the "at" Cheerios |
#6493, aired 2012-12-05 | GREENBACKS $800: A star at the end of this indicates that it's out of sequence with those on the other bills in its series the serial number |
#6369, aired 2012-05-03 | BEASTLY BUSINESS $1000: The Abyssinian colobus, a type of this, has a fluffy brush at the end of its long tail a monkey |
#6265, aired 2011-12-09 | BODIES OF WATER $400: At its northern end, this "colorful" sea branches into the Gulf of Suez on the west & the Gulf of Aqaba on the east the Red |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | FUN WITH ELEMENTS $400: This element, No. 16 on the periodic table, has a pelt at the end of its name sulfur |
#6168, aired 2011-06-08 | THEY GIVE US GAS $1,000 (Daily Double): The "Our History" section of this gas giant's site shows its path from an "Anglo-Persian oil company to global energy group" BP |
#6083, aired 2011-02-09 | FRENCH HISTORY $2,600 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) At one point in the Hundred Years War, England & its allies possessed about half of France; by war's end in 1453, however, the French had pushed England off the mainland, except for this port the port of Calais |
#6035, aired 2010-12-03 | IT'S POISONOUS $1200: This arachnid's sting is a curved organ at its tail's end; 2 glands at the base give out a poison a scorpion |
#5871, aired 2010-03-08 | YOU'VE GOT BAGGAGE $600: A small trunk named for its placement at the end of a bed a footlocker |
#5803, aired 2009-12-02 | "ITZ" AT THE END $800: This 2-time Winter Olympics site has been known for its mineral springs since Roman times Saint Moritz |
#5780, aired 2009-10-30 | BRIDGES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an architectural rendering on the monitor.) During construction, you can see the free arm bridge decks, from which this type of bridge gets its name, are anchored at one end, supported by piers & meet in the middle a cantilever bridge |
#5740, aired 2009-07-17 | FUN WITH DINOSAURS $2000: This dinosaur known for the bony plates along its back had multiple spikes at the end of its tail for protection a Stegosaurus |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | 1450 A.M. (MAKE THAT A.D.) $600: With English defeats at Caen & Cherbourg, this long war was nearing its end by 1450 the Hundred Years' War |
#5592, aired 2008-12-23 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT $400: At the end of its arm, a hydraulic shovel has one of these, bigger than one a kid would take to a beach a bucket |
#5453, aired 2008-04-30 | BATTLES $200: The defeat of this city's invasion force at Syracuse in 413 B.C. was the beginning of its end & the start of Sparta's rise Athens |
#5434, aired 2008-04-03 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: How romantic: at its northeast end, the lake named for this man receives the Victoria Nile from Lake Victoria (Prince) Albert |
#5430, aired 2008-03-28 | "I" ON THE WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, this Swiss town takes its name from its position between Lake Brienz in the East & Lake Thun in the West Interlaken |
#5309, aired 2007-10-11 | TRANSFORMERS $1600: At first this city was called Byzantium, then Constantinople; in 1930, its official name became this Istanbul |
#5295, aired 2007-09-21 | NOTES TO FUTURE CONTESTANTS $600: It may have 22 chapters, but this last book of the Bible doesn't have an "S" at the end of its name, so don't add one Revelation |
#5144, aired 2007-01-11 | EUROPEAN CITIES $1200: This capital of the Isle of Man is located at the common mouth of the Dhoo & Glass rivers, hence its name the Douglass |
#5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $400: In 1988, this FedEx rival got its own airline, now among the USA's 10 largest UPS |
#5117, aired 2006-12-05 | SHELLFISH $800: This mollusk is easily recognized by its fan-shaped shell that has an earlike projection at each end of the hinge a scallop |
#4890, aired 2005-12-09 | CHICAGO $2000: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" includes a visit to this museum, with a peek at its famous Seurat The Art Institute of Chicago |
#4490, aired 2004-02-27 | WHAT A TOOL $400: Its splayed prongs at the end of a long handle make piling up leaves a snap rake |
#4420, aired 2003-11-21 | THE INTERNET $600: Western musician Wylie Gustafson yodels the name of this company at the end of its commercials Yahoo! |
#4333, aired 2003-06-04 | FOR THE BIRDS $800: This small flightless bird is the only bird with its nostrils at the end of its beak kiwi |
#4320, aired 2003-05-16 | WISCONSIN PLACES $2000: As its name suggests, this Wisconsin city is at the southern end of Lake Winnebago Fond du Lac |
#4155, aired 2002-09-27 | THE END OF THE LINE $1600: At Gettysburg, this hill & its "little" neighbor were at the left end of the Union lines Round Top |
#3978, aired 2001-12-12 | LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $400 (Daily Double): At the present its co-princes are Jacques Chirac & Bishop Joan Marti Alanis Andorra |
#3609, aired 2000-04-20 | THE BULL $200: At 1999's end, this internet bookseller had seen its stock rise 6,000% without showing a profit Amazon.com |
#3448, aired 1999-09-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $600 (Daily Double): This lake on the French-Swiss border shares its name with the Swiss city at its southern end Lake Geneva |
#3347, aired 1999-03-09 | GHASTLY OPERATIC DEMISES $1000: Valhalla & all its gods are consumed in flames at the end of this opera, so don't expect a sequel Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods) |
#3228, aired 1998-09-23 | WHAT'S THAT BIRD DOING? $1000: Also called the fish hawk, it hovers over water & dives to seize its prey Osprey |
#3195, aired 1998-06-19 | A RIVER RUNS FROM IT $200: At the end of its almost 4,000 mile run, it's hard to tell it began in glacier fed lakes in Peru the Amazon |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: At its north end, the Dead Sea receives this river Jordan |
#2646, aired 1996-02-19 | FIRST AID $400: The displacement at the end of a bone from its joint; it often happens to the shoulder dislocation |
#2527, aired 1995-09-05 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: At the end of WWII, Poland received Szczecin, now one of its leading ports, from this country Germany |
#2507, aired 1995-06-27 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): At the end of "Gotter- Dammerung", flames destroy Valhalla & this river overflows its banks the Rhine |
#2433, aired 1995-03-15 | GEOGRAPHY $500: Lake Geneva is really a widening of this river, which enters it at its eastern end the Rhône |
#2374, aired 1994-12-22 | FOOD $100: This seedless type of orange is named for the protuberance at its blossom end navel |
#2236, aired 1994-05-02 | VOCABULARY $200: On its own it's a mode of water transportation; at the end of a word, it indicates a rank or condition ship |
#2182, aired 1994-02-15 | SOAP OPERAS $400: This ABC daytime soap spells out its one-word name at the end of its theme song Loving |
#2167, aired 1994-01-25 | 1979 $400: At the end of May, this country added "Zimbabwe" to its name Rhodesia |
#1856, aired 1992-10-05 | IT'S EXTINCT $500: Known & named for its 3 horns, this dinosaur became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period. a Triceratops |
#1511, aired 1991-03-11 | LITERARY QUOTES $600: At the end of this Poe story the Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies "The Pit and the Pendulum" |
#1371, aired 1990-07-16 | LEATHER $200: Heavy coats of oil varnish put on at the end of the finishing process give this leather its gloss patent leather |
#1203, aired 1989-11-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: Term for a type of tree that sheds its leaves at the end of the growing season deciduous |
#1043, aired 1989-03-01 | HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD $1000: Adolph Zukor founded this movie studio & was its chairman of the board emeritus when he died at age 103 Paramount |
#1039, aired 1989-02-23 | NEW MEXICO $400: Santa Fe holds a yearly festival marking its reconquest by this country at the end of the 17th century Spain |
#571, aired 1987-02-16 | BIRDS $300: A bird waterproofs its feathers with oil from its "preen gland", located at the base of this its tail |
#540, aired 1987-01-02 | MEAT $300: Age at which a lamb becomes a sheep & its meat, mutton when they're 1 |
#495, aired 1986-10-31 | HERALDIC BEASTS $400: The crane, or "grue", is the symbol for this Swiss region famed for its cheese Gruyère |
#463, aired 1986-09-17 | ADD A LETTER $600: The difference between this European country and its currency is an "E" at the end France & franc |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | MAMMALS $1000: Common name of Nasalis larvatus, a monkey much in demand at primate parties for its Durante imitations a proboscis monkey |
#368, aired 1986-02-05 | WORLD CITIES $1000: Tanzania's largest city & functioning capital, its name means "haven of peace" Dar es Salaam |
#329, aired 1985-12-12 | AMPHIBIANS $600: This "mud eel" doesn't look at all like the sailor-snaring singing nymphs that share its name a siren |
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