| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $400: Pesade describes this animal rearing up on its hind legs with its front legs in the air--perhaps in a statue a horse |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | SILENCE! $400: Heavier bells were silenced in this 185-foot landmark in the 1900s to make sure their movement didn't worsen its classic feature the Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: This state capital is located at the confluence of two rivers, one of which shares its name Des Moines |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | THE DEPTHS $1600: This odd name chosen by the McPublic is now borne by a submersible that has gone deep under the Thwaites Glacier to study its ice loss Boaty McBoatface |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $200: Nomi-No-Sukune, considered the founder of this form of wrestling, is said to have won its first bout in 23 B.C. sumo wrestling |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENCE $600: Sculptor Gutzon Borglum chose this landmark for its solid granite rock face; it would take 14 years for it to be completed Mount Rushmore |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $200: In 1953 David Mullany invented this erratic toy with 8 holes that's often sold with its own bat a Wiffle ball |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY $400: Laze poolside on a yacht, enjoy the Gulf of Napoule, hit the Palais des Festivals for its film fest, re-laze at the yacht pool Cannes |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ENDS WITH "B" $400: Don't let your book go out without one of these publicity notices on its jacket a blurb |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | OUR FLOUNDERING FATHERS $800: Feeling lousy about work, John Adams wrote, "My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office"... this job the vice presidency |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY $800: Deal with 77º temps in its cold season & get your kicks above the waistline, sunshine, with a mussel omelet at Daeng Racha Hoi Tod Bangkok |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ENDS WITH "B" $1000: It's a jester's red cap possibly named for its resemblance to a male chicken's crest a coxcomb |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $2000: A woman of stately beauty is sometimes described by this 9-letter adjective, after the Roman queen of the gods Junoesque |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ANIMAL LIFE $2000: This species of sea turtle is named for its unique beak-like mouth, said to resemble a predatory avian a hawksbill |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LAND OF MILK & HONEY $800: Known for healthy honey, the Greek isle Ikaria is this type of "colorful" place named for its population's longevity a blue zone |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SAY IT IN SPANISH $2000: This beloved indie rock band took its name in 1984 from the way a Spanish-speaking outfielder says, "I got it" Yo La Tengo |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | PLACES THAT ARE ALSO FIRST NAMES $600: Grand Army Plaza & its Soldiers' & Sailors' Arch marks the main entrance to Prospect Park in this New York City borough Brooklyn |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THAT BAND'S AN INSTITUTION $1600: In 2024 this band set a record with its 59th Top 40 album, a 1985 live performance featuring "Truckin"' the Grateful Dead |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THAT BAND'S AN INSTITUTION $2000: This, I call it this, that this "One Step Beyond" & "Our House" band formed in 1976 is still touring with its original members Madness |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | STOCK PHOTOS, KINDA $800: In 2022, this brand had a price point initiative that was $0.25 above what you'd think, its first price change in over 36 years Dollar Tree |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | STOCK PHOTOS, KINDA $1000: This company's stock started trading with its IPO on September 22, 1981 Home Depot |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WHERE'D YOU "GO"? $1200: Just off its east coast is John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the USA's first undersea park Key Largo |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $1600: The long-billed curlew is nicknamed this bird & its Bay Area habitat is said to have lent that name to a point & a ballpark candlestick |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | A YEAR ENDING IN 4 $200: Apple introduced its Macintosh computer 1984 |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $1200: You can swim with the dolphins on this island in the Bahamas that shares its name with a 1980 Brooke Shields film the Blue Lagoon |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | FOOD TALK $1200: It gets its name because its flavor resembles a combination of cinnamon, cloves & nutmeg allspice |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | NOT PERSIMMON $400: It's genetically identical to a peach except for one recessive gene that makes its skin smooth a nectarine |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | DOES THAT RING A "BELL"? $800: Named for its bulging middle, this cast-iron stove was developed in the 19th century for heat & cooking the potbellied stove |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: An Eleanor Catton eco-thriller shares its name with this "Macbeth" place of prophecy that moves to Dunsinane Birnam Wood |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | FLAG TIME! $800: In 1876 lumberjacks nailed a U.S. flag to this alliterative type of pine, giving Flagstaff, Arizona its name a ponderosa pine |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | FLAG TIME! $1000: A rainbow is featured on the flag of this environmental group that has the Rainbow Warrior as its flagship Greenpeace |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $1,600 (Daily Double): In the 1950s this NL team temporarily changed its name so as not to be associated with communism the (Cincinnati) Reds |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORLD CITIES $200: Village-sized but billed as Britain's smallest city, St. Davids is in this U.K. country with David as its patron saint Wales |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $400: After WWII a new country music style was named for this kind of roadside joint & Hank Williams was its biggest star honky-tonk |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $600: Founded in 1965 as a mail-order veterinary supply company in San Diego, it now has its name on a stadium there Petco |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $800: In 2016 this sporting goods retailer got possessive & bought the assets of its bankrupt rival the Sports Authority Dick's |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $1200: This device used to measure your feet at the shoe store is named for its inventor Charles a Brannock Device |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | SLANGUAGE $800: This 4-letter slang word for excellent actually goes back to the 1960s; some say its first letter stands for "pretty" phat |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | "A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $1000: The desert-dwelling fennec fox is its national animal Algeria |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | ON THE MAP $800: Petrified Forest National Park sits within this area named for its colorful badlands the Painted Desert |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | ON THE MAP $1600: On a peninsula of the same name, this town in southern Italy is known for limoncello & its great views of the Bay of Naples Sorrento |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL $1000: Charles M. Schwab was the 1st pres. of this Pennsylvania-based steel corp. founded in 1904 & one of the world's largest in its time Bethlehem Steel |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $1000: Used when sitting cross-legged, this longest muscle derives its name from Latin for "tailor", as tailors often sat that way the sartorius |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | BABY TALK $800: TV host & author Art Linkletter was one of these, a baby abandoned by its parents & adopted & raised by others a foundling |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | "J-I-T" WORDS $200: Its magnetic field is 20 times stronger than Earth's Jupiter |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $200: This humorous poem of 5 lines takes its name from a city in Ireland a limerick |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | U.S. HISTORY $200: At the Democratic Convention in 1932, FDR promised one of these, part of a "crusade to restore America to its own people" a New Deal |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | AN INVITATION TO THE DANCE $800: The Jitterbug & Lindy Hop are this kind of dance that shares its name with the jazzy musical era of the big bands swing |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | MOVIES & MYTH $1200: In "Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets", this serpent of myth harms many with its gaze a basilisk |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $600: The fire kind of this amphibian defends itself from predators by spraying poison from behind its eyes a salamander |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | IN MY FEELINGS $800: This bloody period of the French Revolution ended with the execution of its leader Robespierre & his associates The Terror |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $1000: From a Latin word for "blind", this worm-like amphibian spends most of its life underground the caecilian |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? $1200: This group of anarchists with a nonsensical name gained fame with its pro-drinking earworm "Tubthumping" Chumbawamba |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? $1600: A statuary store on Route 46 in New Jersey unwittingly bestowed its name on this power pop group Fountains of Wayne |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? $2000: This band with songs like "1985" & "Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day", the "Phineas & Ferb" theme, riffed on a Steve Martin sketch for its name Bowling for Soup |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | MR. OR MRS. SONG $400: (It was only a hit) it was only a hit over a year after its release; now this song by the Killers is called a "millennial anthem" "Mr. Brightside" |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $400: "A":
This clear fluid surrounds a baby in its mother's womb amniotic fluid |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | STATE FLAGS $400: In 1992 this state replaced the words "The Sunshine State" on its flag with the words "The Mount Rushmore State" South Dakota |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PENALTIES & BONUSES $600: Look out below! CEO severance from a company may be in the form of this 2-word type with a precious metal in its name a golden parachute |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $800: After deep torpor, a Rivoli's this, known for wing speed, can see its body temperature rise 50 degrees up to 100-plus a hummingbird |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $1200: This "official blanket with sleeves" sold 4 million in the 2008 holiday season after its fall introduction a Snuggie |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $1600: "B":
This pigment gives bile its yellowish color & can lead to gallstones bilirubin |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | SCIENCE $400: Eccentricity measures how much this planetary path deviates from a circle its orbit (an ellipse) |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $800: Big laxative has made good use in its ads of this word for the problem its products treat irregularity |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAMMALS $200: Today Native Americans use Styrofoam pads to collect its quills a porcupine |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FLAT EARTH $400: Today lending its name to a salt flats region, this 20,000-square-mile ancient lake once covered a quarter of Utah Bonneville |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAMMALS $1000: This type of deer, often seen in British parks, gets its name from an old word for brownish yellow, not for lying unseeded fallow |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MUSEUMS SPREAD THEIR WINGS $1200: The complex called these museums, with crossed keys as its symbol, has a 19th century "new wing" full of Roman art the Vatican Museum |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE THEATER $400: Inspired by the drama of "The Winner Takes It All", this musical premiered in London in 1999 & played its 9,000th show there in 2022 Mamma Mia! |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | MARINE BIOLOGY $1600: This member of the weasel family is the only marine mammal that catches fish with its forepaws, not its mouth a sea otter |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESSERT $200: Erupting with flavor, it's the yummy dessert seen here, named for its center a lava cake |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TURNING 60 IN 2024 $1000: The First Ladies' Hall was one of its original galleries when it opened to the public on January 23, 1964 the Museum of American History |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESERT $1200: In 2016, NASA began testing a new prototype rover & its life-detecting instruments in this South American desert the Atacama |
| #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 |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | TRANSPORTATION $800: In 2002, Porsche spiced up its line of vehicles with the introduction of this model, its first SUV a Cayenne |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | OVERLAPS $800: Your self in psychoanalytic theory out in the yard digging tunnels with its paws egopher |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $800: Its 700,000 square miles of land area are spread across more than 17,000 islands Indonesia |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $600: In 1924 the NHL added its first U.S. team, this New England squad the Boston Bruins |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | UNDERGROUND $800: Running underground for much of its course, this river with the same name as a desert ends at Soda Dry Lake Mojave |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | HORRORS! $800: His Christmas ghost story "The Haunted Man" sold 18,000 copies on its first day of publication in 1848 Dickens |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $400: A 4-games-to-0 result in the World Series changes its second letter to "T" & becomes this adjective steep (from sweep) |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $600: In 1789 the Marquis de Launay, gov. of this landmark, didn't give up its munitions to the people so easily; bad move the Bastille |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $800: A championship flag trades one of its "N"s for a "D" & becomes this dangling thing pendant (from pennant) |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1200: In 1924 she began working with the American Foundation for the Blind & for over 40 years was its leading ambassador Keller |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $1200: The lost 9-hour cut of this Erich von Stroheim silent film with a deadly sin as its title likely showed money can't buy happiness Greed |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MAKING A PASS $1200: A group of ill-fated pioneers gave this pass near Truckee in California its name the Donner Pass |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | FESTIVALS $400: It's held for about 2 weeks each May, & in 2023 awarded its Palme d'Or to "Anatomy of a Fall" the Cannes Film Festival |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $800: The nose knows it's inflammation of its mucous membranes
(8 letters) rhinitis |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $200: A 1992 Pulitzer went to the Morning News of this city for its reporting on extensive misconduct by Texas police Dallas |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | DIACRITICAL THINKING $400: To be fully correct in this language, you have to put a little hook over the R in the name of its native speaker Antonin Dvořák Czech |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $400: Connecticut likes this burly beast as its state animal; Mocha Dick was a notorious 19th century one a sperm whale |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | THE CLOCK & THE CALENDAR $600: Fittingly given its name, the U.S. Navy began using this kind of time in 1920 & the Army in 1942 military time |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SKY & SEA $1200: At the beach, beware of riptides, rip currents & this, which despite its name won't drag you offshore into deep water the undertow |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $400: In 1997, Pathfinder parachuted onto Mars, and cushioned its land with these, also a safety feature in your Buick airbags |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | SOUP'S ON $800: This Vietnamese soup has its own national day in its homeland--December 12 pho |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $1600: An equestrian knight is the longtime logo of this British brand known for its trench coats Burberry |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | PLAIN GEOGRAPHY $1600: Covering around 300 square miles in Wiltshire County, England, this plain is known for its monuments including Stonehenge Salisbury |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | IT'S CURTAINS $400: While Europe had its Iron Curtain, this curtain was a political barrier between China & the noncommunist countries of Asia the Bamboo Curtain |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ON WHEELS $600: The Cozy Coupe is a classic from this company whose 2-word name refers to its young customers Little Tikes |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Who knows how long this country would have stayed heathen if not for the Christianizing of its 10th c. King Olaf Tryggvason Norway |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LEFTOVERS $400: In 1861, 3 years after the publication of this classic medical textbook, its author died of smallpox at age 34 Gray's Anatomy |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LEFTOVERS $800: In 2011, this country replaced its solid green flag with one featuring red, black & green stripes Libya |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | TRAIL $1000: The Oregon Trail ended in this Oregon river valley now famed for its wine the Willamette Valley |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $1600: Ready for some golf? Head to this very remote South Atlantic island & its 9-hole Longwood golf course St. Helena |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $2000: "Revelations", a signature work that this choreographer set to spirituals had its world premiere at the Y in 1960 Alvin Ailey |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SHADES OF BLUE $2000: In 1999 Pantone named this peaceful 8-letter shade of sky blue its first color of the year & of the millennium cerulean |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GETTING HISTORICAL $200: John Knox was the best-known leader of this country's Reformation, made official by a 1560 act of its parliament Scotland |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | UNUSUAL NICKNAMES $800: Oxford is "city of dreaming" these topmost parts of some of its buildings, a phrase from a poem by Matthew Arnold spires |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE MATERIAL WORLD $1000: This fabric with a raised design gets its name from a word for "twisted thread" brocade |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BAKER $1200: When his wife baked these, often served with gravy, Calvin Coolidge would drop one & stomp a foot to show its heaviness a biscuit |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE MATERIAL WORLD $1,800 (Daily Double): This hard black wood from trees of the Diospyros genus shares its name with a magazine founded in 1945 ebony |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $800: Found in the rainforests & grasslands of Asia, this feline is named for the distinctive spots on its coat the clouded leopard |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | MOUNTAINS $1600: The highest peak in Russia, in ancient times it was called Strobilus, meaning pine cone & a reference to its shape Elbrus |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | HAPPY HOUR $200: A bit embarrassed by its success, Michael Stipe of this band called "Shiny Happy People" "a really fruity, kind of bubblegum song" R.E.M. |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | "V"ACATION SPOTS $200: You haven't seen a palace until you've seen this place & its immense gardens designed by André le Nôtre Versailles |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | COCKTAILS $400: This cocktail traditionally served in a copper mug gets its "kick" from lime juice, ginger beer & oh yeah, vodka a Moscow mule |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | COCKTAILS $1000: A powerful artillery piece of World War I gave its name to this numeric cocktail made with champagne & gin a French 75 |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA $1200: It's the 1-letter title of Anthony Davis' bio-opera that made its Metropolitan Opera debut in 2023 X |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | CHEMISTRY CLASS $400: Composed of 2 or more atoms, it's the smallest particle of a substance that retains its chemical & physical properties a molecule |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | ARCHITECTURE $400: In 1818 Charles Bulfinch began as U.S. architect of this building; during his tenure he designed its rotunda the Capitol building |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | CHEMISTRY CLASS $1200: This silvery-white element, atomic number 31, takes its name from an old name for France gallium |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | THAT'S A LONG STORY $1200: This 1996 David Foster Wallace novel isn't quite as long as its title suggests but does run 1,000+ pages Infinite Jest |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | "N"OWLEDGE $1600: Because its pelt was impervious to arrows, Hercules had to strangle this beast as the first of his labors the Nemean lion |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AROUND THE WORLD $200: Unlike its larger neighbor to the west, Switzerland still uses this as its monetary unit a franc |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | FEELING CHARITABLE $200: This charity traces its origins to a 7-year-old boy battling cancer who got to fulfill his dream of being a police officer Make-A-Wish |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $400: Harriet Tubman & Harriet Jacobs are pictured on a set of stamps celebrating this; its general route is depicted on the back of the pane the Underground Railroad |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | FEELING CHARITABLE $1000: Founded to protect places & species threatened by human development, it got its name & its giant panda logo in 1961 the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | ALLITERATIVE PHRASES $1000: In 1911 the Kenosha, Wisconsin Bijou advertised its new nitro this "for projecting motion pictures" on the silver screen |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $1200: On the 250th anniv. of the 1st of these bodies, a stamp quotes its letter to King George III: "We ask but for peace, liberty & safety" the Continental Congress |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | CLOTHES $800: Worn with a kimono, its name literally means "belt" or "sash" an obi |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | "B"EGINNINGS $1600: The long-nosed type of this marsupial uses its schnoz to get at insects in holes a bandicoot |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | DOUBLE THE SAME VOWEL $400: Polartec pioneered this fabric perfect for sweaters & blankets, a synthetic material despite its sheep-ish name fleece |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ALLOYS $1200: Stellite, which coats saw teeth & lathes, got its name because its brilliance was like these stars |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | ELECTION LINGO $600: This type of informal vote to test political sentiment may take its name from plant stalks tossed up to gauge wind direction a straw poll |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | CONDIMENTS $1000: UNESCO added this Tunisian chili paste, sort of North Africa's ketchup, to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage harissa |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $1200: "Where Dragons Dwell" is a swell song from this band that took its name from the Japanese word for Godzilla Gojira |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | ADVERTISING SLOGANS $200: This brand that "takes a licking & keeps on ticking" reset its slogan in 2021 to "we don't stop" Timex |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | 40 YEARS AGO: 1984 $400: Bob Woodward's "Wired: The Short Life & Fast Times of" this comic offended some of its subject's friends & family John Belushi |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | ADVERTISING SLOGANS $400: This city recently updated its slogan to "What happens here, only happens here" Las Vegas |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | ADVERTISING SLOGANS $800: The name of this baked cracker brand completes its slogan "Want it. Need it..." Cheez-It |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | 40 YEARS AGO: 1984 $1000: This airline launched by Richard Branson made its inaugural flight from London to the United States Virgin Atlantic |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: Climbing up on Medvednica Hill, I could see this end-of-the-alphabet city's light & pictured its 13th c. invasion by Mongols Zagreb |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | PLACES TO VISIT $400: Italy has 59 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including this city & its lagoon Venice |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | PLACES TO VISIT $2000: Among China's many tourist offerings is this temple in Hunan, famous for its kung fu monks Shaolin |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE 13 COLONIES $200: With its oldest settlement at Jamestown, it was the first of the 13 colonies to be founded Virginia |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE 13 COLONIES $400: Its city of Pawtucket was founded in 1671, in time to come in for some burning during King Philip's War Rhode Island |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | PILES $1000: In 2022, Sheikh Hasina, leader of this country, inaugurated the Padma Bridge; not shown, its anchoring piles, 400 feet deep Bangladesh |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE 13 COLONIES $1000: Saybrook was its own colony until 1644, when it joined this one Connecticut |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | TAKING FLIGHT $1200: For its defensive firepower, World War II's B-17 was alliteratively nicknamed the "Flying" this Fortress |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | PLANT LORE $400: You've heard of their fungal rings, but this supernatural being finds its name in front of flax & foxglove fairy |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | HEAVY $1000: Benedictine, this breed of dog known for its rescues, was reported to weigh in at 357 pounds... woof! a St. Bernard |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | ON STATES' HIGHWAY WELCOME SIGNS $1000: Once on Michigan's welcome signs, this 2-word phrase that doesn't just refer to size was also on its license plates from 1983 to 2007 Great Lakes |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | AWARDS & HONORS $1600: In 2023 Paul Giamatti, a graduate of this university & son of its 19th president, got an honorary doctorate there Yale |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $800: This Asian critter is known for its ability to mimic human speech the mynah |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | NOTABLE NAMES $800: Though written in the mid-1840s, this pair's "The German Ideology" wasn't published in its entirety until the 1930s Marx & Engels |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Lying between the 49th & the 60th parallels of latitude, it's the only province with no natural features defining its border Saskatchewan |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: Known for its yellow planes, this low-cost airline began flying gamblers from Detroit to Atlantic City in 1992 Spirit |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | MISCELLANEOUS KNOWLEDGE $800: In 1968 this NYC school dropped "of Music" from its name to reflect its broader scope that includes dance & drama Juilliard |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: The name of this fortress in Granada, Spain gets its name from Arabic for "the red one" the Alhambra |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SNAKES IN A BOOK $400: To tempt Eve in this 17th century epic poem, Satan takes the form of a serpent (he sneaks into its mouth as it sleeps) Paradise Lost |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | I RAN $400: In 1995 Emmitt Smith ran for 25 touchdowns for this team but was far from its Lone Star the Cowboys |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SO FAR AWAY $1000: This wedge-shaped country seems small next to its 2 giant S. Amer. neighbors, but it has 5x more land than Holland & 5x fewer people Uruguay |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | RHYMING PHRASES $200: In song, it was used to describe an arachnid making its way up a drainage pipe itsy-bitsy |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | DUCK SOUP $400: Thanks to a duck saying its name, this company said its brand recognition jumped from 11% to 94% in 14 years Aflac |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | AIRLINE LOGOS $400: Its red triangular logo is called a widget Delta |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | AIRLINE LOGOS $800: In 2019 Aer Lingus refreshed this symbol on its logo by giving it a slight backward tilt a shamrock |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | HOMES $2000: In 1879 Jefferson Davis paid $5,500 for this Biloxi home whose name suggests its "beautiful view" Beauvoir |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | NUMERICAL TELEVISION $400: Based on a book by Jay Asher, this controversial Netflix series dealt with a teen suicide & its aftermath 13 Reasons Why |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: First elected to the House of Representatives in 1987, she became its first female speaker in 2007 Nancy Pelosi |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | 21st CENTURY SCIENCE $1200: Before its mission ended in 2017, the spacecraft named for this astronomer gave us a view of Saturn's moon Enceladus Cassini |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | A WILD MOOSE CHASE $400: It's said this city 45 miles from Regina, Saskatchewan got its name from a nearby river whose contours looked like... guess what Moose Jaw |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | A WILD MOOSE CHASE $800: In 2014 this preppy specialty store chain said, "A&F!" (aloha & farewell!) to its moose logo in the United States Abercrombie & Fitch |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $800: This rifle accessory is a "cheese toaster" & takes its real name from a French town where it was once made bayonet |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1200: This adjective can refer to feeling ill due to a lack of liquids, or food that's been preserved by having its water removed dehydrated |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | THE "ICK" $400: A 16-year-old wrote this 19th century waltz that shares its name with paired eating utensils "Chopsticks" |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | THE 1970s $400: Making it the world's 6th nuclear power, in 1974 this nation set off its first atomic test, dubbed "Operation Smiling Buddha" India |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | HISTORICAL AMERICAN CURRENCY $200: It still had "Bay Colony" in its name when it issued America's first paper money in 1690 to help fund military expeditions Massachusetts |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | IT'S GIVING... $600: 2022's Red Kettle campaign from this charity brought in more than $100 million, & its name should ring a bell the Salvation Army |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | TOOLS $1000: It's not a magnetic tool to help you detect a virile man, but rather its namesake item as well as nails hidden within a wall a stud detector (stud finder) |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | EXPLORING U.S. CITIES $400: Chicago's throne-shaped theatre building with this kind of work in its name, opened with "Aida" in 1929 opera |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION $400: For nerve injuries, a transplant surgery uses this technique that shares its name with a horticultural one grafting |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | THE GAME OF LIFE $800: With its ups & downs, life has often been compared to one of these, such as Steel Vengeance or the Twisted Colossus a roller coaster |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | LITERATURE $400: Geoffrey Chaucer told "Tales" from this English town known for its cathedral Canterbury |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | PICK YOUR POISON $800: One source of atropine is this plant, which, as its name suggests, is dangerous for poultry, & can also be toxic to people henbane |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | PICK YOUR POISON $2000: This weed with poisonous juices gets its name from the first permanent English settlement in North America Jamestown (weed) (or Jimsonweed) |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | MOUNTAIN HIGH $1000: This 16,900-foot mountain in Turkey is said to be where Noah's Ark came to rest & some climbers have claimed to have seen its remains Mount Ararat |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $2000: In physics, this distance is the maximum displacement of a wave from its equilibrium amplitude |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | PLATFORMING $400: 2 types of elevating work platforms are a scissor lift & this type of crane with a fruit in its name a cherry picker |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS $200: (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) The 369th Infantry Regiment has its origins as the 15th New York Infantry Regiment of this reserve section of the Army; before the U.S. entered World War I, they trained in a second floor dance studio in Harlem the National Guard |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | CHAINS $600: Andy Bell & Vince Clark make up this British duo that had its biggest hit with the 1988 song "Chains Of Love" Erasure |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $8,400 (Daily Double): In part this herb's name is from the Chinese for "human being" & its roots make it look like one ginseng |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | IT ENDS WITH "U" $400: Kenji Kita is credited with giving this car brand its name meaning "to unite" Subaru |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | IT ENDS WITH "U" $800: It's a-pear-antly true that this pear has Belgian roots, despite its French name an Anjou |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | BOOZE CLUES $1200: A Bellini is typically made with this sparkling Italian wine that, like Bellini, has double letters in its name prosecco |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | TV THEME SONGS $1200: "Superman" by Five for Fighting was on its soundtrack, but "Save Me" by Remy Zero got the nod Smallville |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | BOOZE CLUES $3,000 (Daily Double): Originally a celebratory drink among hunters, this German herbal liqueur features a stag on its bottles Jägermeister |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | WHAT'S IN A NAME $400: A bestseller across the ages, this book gets its name from the Phoenician port city where paper used to make it was traded Bible |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | GAS EVERYWHERE $800: Boyle's law states that at a constant temperature the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its this volume |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | 2-3 ZONE $1000: When what's now this country was South West Africa, its southern 2/3 was a "police zone" set aside for white settlers Namibia |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | "C" IN THE MIDDLE $1000: Spanish for a place to board a ship; San Francisco has one on its eastern shore embarcadero |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | TOUCH SOME GRASS $1000: A type of grass that thrives near southern coasts shares its name with this oldest city in Florida St. Augustine |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | GAS EVERYWHERE $1600: Exoplanets a bit bigger than ours are "super Earths"; 51 Pegasi B, a gas giant that orbits near its star, is a "hot" this planet Jupiter |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | DASHIELL HAMMETT $1600: Many of Hammett's stories take place in this inner-city San Francisco neighborhood that shares its name with a cut of beef the Tenderloin |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | SILENT-CONSONANT WORDS $2000: This word meaning poise ends with its silent B aplomb |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS $200: Poison sang, "Every rose has its" this, but "smooth touch" varieties do exist thorn |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | DRINKING VESSELS $200: Champagne is traditionally served in this tall stemmed glass that shares its name with a musical instrument flute |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | FEAST DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY $1200: The nativity of this son of Zechariah & precursor of Jesus gets its own day, June 24 John the Baptist |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | FEAST DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY $1600: Depicted here by Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, & told of in Acts 9, "The Conversion of" this man has its own feast day on January 25 Saul (Saint Paul) |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | NICKNAMES $2000: Its wide range of responsibilities earned this Cabinet department the nickname "The Department of Everything Else" Department of Interior |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BUSINESS TRAVEL $800: Let's give you the bird (word)! This rental car co. that bears its founder's last name began with an $85,000 investment in 1946 Avis |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | ISLAND COUNTRIES $800: The George Cross on its flag dates to the 1940s when Britain's king gave it the decoration for bravery in World War II Malta |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER $800: This part of the day is also what a nonprofit does when it deliberately spends its capital & ends its work sunset |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | WACKY FAD OBITUARIES $200: Though we mourn this garment's passing from the realm of viral popularity, it is survived by its component parts, blankets & sleeves the Slanket (or Snuggie) |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BEST TIME TO VISIT $200: With its famed ball season in full swing, January is the perfect time to visit this Austrian capital, "the City of Waltzes" Vienna |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BOX OFFICE SLEEPERS $300: To celebrate the 30th anniversary of "Sleepless in Seattle" in 2023, this Big Apple landmark displayed a heart on its spire the Empire State Building |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $300: Georges Bizet died three months after the 1875 premiere of this scandalous opera so he never knew of its enduring success Carmen |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | COLLEGE-LEVEL HISTORY COURSES $300: Rice boasts that its "20th Century American Presidents" course covers the span of Theodore Roosevelt to this 42nd president (Bill) Clinton |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BEST TIME TO VISIT $800: Serious collectors take a June getaway to Basel in this country to attend its renowned art fair & stroll its cobblestone alleys Switzerland |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | OZZY OSBOURNE'S FAVORITE SONGS $900: Ozzy said his world stood still the first time he heard this Led Zeppelin tune that lends its title to a film by Richard Linklater "Dazed And Confused" |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WORD ORIGINS $600: This breakfast fare derives its name from the Roman goddess of agriculture cereal |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WHOSE WHAT $800: Its appearance in 1066 was depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry Halley's Comet |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | IT'S GETTING COLD IN HERRE $1000: In 2022 this world capital hit -9, its lowest temperature since 1918; well, it is an Iceland Reykjavik |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | AGRICULTURE $1200: In 1915 International Harvester introduced its first one of these with an onboard engine to power the thresher the combine |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $1600: The Galaxy Note, with its giant screen, was so large that it was called this blended word phablet |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: Keyboard specialist Domenico Scarlatti spent years making church music for this basilica, specifically for its Julian Choir St. Peter's Basilica |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: His 7th Symphony premiered in 1813 at a benefit after a battle & its second movement is seen as a funeral march Beethoven |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | MAJOR "KEY" ALERT $200: It's also called a love bite a hickey |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS $400: The rockhopper species of this flightless bird is one of the smallest & earns its name by bounding along the craggy shore penguin |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | A MATTER OF LAW $600: Chapter 12 of this federal code covers its application to family farmers & family fishermen the Bankruptcy Code |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | HATS IN OTHER WORDS $800: The country with Volcán Barú as its highest point Panama |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | TV CLIFFHANGERS $800: In its Season 5 mid-season finale, Agent Hank Schrader discovered that his brother-in-law was actually the drug lord Heisenberg Breaking Bad |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | YUP, IT'S A PORT-A-POTTY $200: A family-owned port-a-potty business since 2003, its name is "yes yes" in French Oui Oui |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TREES $300: This Bay Area city has a tree on its official flag (it's the type of tree featured in the city's name) Oakland |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | "LOL" $400 (Daily Double): This word meaning "dawdle" is almost as much fun to say as "dillydally" & "shilly-shally", two of its other synonyms lollygag |
| #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) |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | YUP, IT'S A PORT-A-POTTY $1000: Based in Eau Claire, WI, this port-a-potty company shares its name with the target where a skydiver lands Drop Zone |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AFRICAN CITIES $400: The African Union has its headquarters in this Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1989 Japan got a new emperor for the first time in most of its citizens' lives, as Akihito succeeded this ruler Hirohito |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DESERT FLORA & FAUNA $2000: This desert bush is named for its smell, similar to the tar once used to preserve the wood of telephone poles creosote |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | DOUBLE TALK GEOGRAPHY $400: This community in southeastern Pennsylvania gave its name to a convenience store chain very big in Penn. & nearby Wawa |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | BOOK TITLES $1600: This 1997 history bestseller postulates that the 3 things in its title enabled the European conquest of the Americas Guns, Germs and Steel |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | HAMMER TIME $200: Known for its cephalofoil, this fierce fish can grow 20 feet long a hammerhead shark |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | BREAK-UPS $200: This power couple wed March 9, 1796; being the emperor of France has its perks: he nullified the marriage in 1809 Napoleon & Josephine |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | LETTER PERFECT $600: Sometimes it's a consonant, sometimes it's a vowel & its homophone is an interrogative Y |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | THE BIBLE BOOK SAITH... $400: Living up to its name: "A wise man will hear, and will increase learning" Proverbs |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | 7-LETTER WORDS $800: A city in the Czech Republic gives this type of beer its name Pilsner |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | FORMER NAMES OF CAPITAL CITIES $1200: This former name of Kinshasa reflects its nation's history as a colony of the Belgian monarchy Leopoldville |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | FORMER NAMES OF CAPITAL CITIES $2000: Called Ciudad Trujillo from 1936 to 1961 in honor of its dictator, this city returned to its old name after his assassination Santo Domingo |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS $400: In 2018 the U.S. moved its embassy to this city from Tel Aviv, where it had been since the late 1960s Jerusalem |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | DISASTER $600: In 2003 this Space Shuttle met with disaster when it broke apart during its descent on its 28th mission the Columbia |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: Although it shares its name with a type of headwear, the name of this city may come from Arabic for a kind of axe Fez |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | COLLEGE PREP $1000: Per its name, Rensselaer in Troy, New York is this type of school that educates students in many scientific fields polytechnic |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: An island in the Persian Gulf shares its name with this language Farsi |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | "DIS"CONTINUED $100: Capitalizing on its own nickname, this Hollywood studio debuted the animated series "House of Mouse" in 2001 Disney |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "I" $100: Among some of its natives, this country's capital city is known as Baile Átha Cliath; we just call it "Dublin" Ireland |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | CAN I GET AN "A" MEN! $100: He appeared in every episode of "M*A*S*H"; he also directed its last episode in 1983 Alan Alda |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NUMERICAL PLACE NAMES $100: This road that serves as a border between Detroit and its northern suburbs was made somewhat famous by Eminem 8 Mile |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NUMERICAL PLACE NAMES $400: This north African capital's name reflects its history as one of 3 ancient neighboring cities Tripoli |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | SCIENCE $400: The basis of quantum science is that energy exists at specific levels; a jump between them is called this, like a TV show & its reboot a quantum leap |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A LETTER $600: Nickname for Philadelphia's Market-Frankford Line, above the city's streets for much of its route El |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | COLORS $800: Unlike any human's, the great horned owl's driver's license would say its eyes are this color gold (yellow) |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR MAN ON THE FIELD $400: In addition to being a Hall of Fame running back, Jim Brown could stick it to foes by scoring goals in this sport & Jim's in its Hall, too lacrosse |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | STATE CAPITALS OF INDIA $800: Formerly Calcutta, Kolkata is capital of "West" this state; the "East" part became its own country in 1971 Bengal |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | ____ & ____ BUSINESS $200: On its website, it boasts of being "the Internet's largest bookstore" Barnes & Noble |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | GEOGRAPHY TEST $400: Viangchan is an alternate spelling of its capital Vientiane Laos |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | STOCKS & INVESTMENTS $600: This alliterative event occurs when a company repurchases its own stock, increasing the value of the remaining shares a buyback |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | THE CHARLES III KIND $1000: Charles helped design the traditional look of Poundbury in this duchy of his that shares its name with a southwest England county Cornwall |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | MAINE ATTRACTIONS $200: For wildlife lovers, Maine offers safaris to spot this large mammal featured on its flag moose |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | GEOGRAPHY & A LITTLE MATH $200: "P" + a country that uses the ruble as its currency = this historic German realm Prussia |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | MAINE ATTRACTIONS $600: In Maine, the 4th Sunday of March is devoted to a celebration of this tree & its products the maple |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | SOJOURNER TRUTH $1200: In this year when America celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence, Truth sought her independence by escaping bondage 1826 |
| #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 | NATIVE AMERICANS $200: Mescalero Apaches refer to this big predator as "my grandfather" & forbid bringing its claws or skins onto their reservation bears |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | NATIVE AMERICANS $1000: Thunderbird Park in Victoria, B.C. is renowned for its collection of these monumental carvings, some more than 40 feet high totem poles |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | CANADIAN POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS $600: Its nicknames include "Million-Acre Farm" & "Spud Island":
PE Prince Edward Island |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | CANADIAN POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS $1000: Its 2 main parts are separated by the Strait of Belle Isle:
NL Newfoundland & Labrador |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | FEATURES OF THE PLANET $1000: Its unique tilt ensures 21-year winters for each pole; we'll throw in that Cupid is an inner moon Uranus |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | HUNT & PECK $200: The "black" type of this, Africa's biggest venomous snake, hunts birds & rodents & can raise its head over a yard to strike mamba |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | HUNT & PECK $800: This fish with the significant species name Gladius doesn't impale its prey (how would it then eat them?); it uses its long bill as a club a swordfish |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | VÁMONOS A MEXICO! $400: Take in the beautiful blue agave fields near this town in Jalisco that gave its name to a potent potable Tequila |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | BAYS $1200: A South Florida national park with this bay in its name is home to more than 500 species of reef fish Biscayne |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | JUST "E"AT IT $600: This type of milk has had its water content reduced by 60%, giving a creamy taste when used in desserts evaporated milk |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1200: This school's Brigade of Midshipmen regularly present formal dress parades accompanied by its band Navy (the Naval Academy) |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | YELLOW STONE $1600: Named for its lemony yellow color, it's one of two birthstones for November citrine |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | LITERAL NATIONAL NAMES $4,400 (Daily Double): Throughout its history, it's been the "island of copper" Cyprus |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | RIDE INTO... $200: this country after crossing its border with Chile, then we'll head directly east & zip into Uruguay Argentina |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | HOBBIES $400: Originally called Number Place, this puzzle got its more familiar name after appearing in a Japanese magazine Sudoku |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | RIDE INTO... $600: this province of Spain with a plain where the rain helps grow its famous oranges Valencia |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | SCIENCE & NATURE $1200: Global warming is taking its toll on this biodiverse ecosystem that extends in the ocean for about 1,400 miles the Great Barrier Reef |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | GOING SOFT $800: Ken Jeong is now a spokesman for this soft bathroom brand with a fiber in its name Cottonelle |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | BIOLOGY $1200: It's the collective word for all the DNA, RNA, whateverna in an organism its genome |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: Passamaquoddy Bay between Maine & New Brunswick, Canada is an inlet of this bay famous for its high tides the Bay of Fundy |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | EUR"O"s $400: This town in Provence gave its name to a Dutch royal house Orange |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | LEGEND DAIRY $800: Since 1911, a hallmark of its state fair is a cow sculpted from about 600 pounds of butter the Iowa State Fair |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | PHILOSOPHY $1200: Tranquility of mind is important in this -ism taught by its founder Zeno from a porch in Athens Stoicism |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAMPLING $1600: Grooves from bands like Parliament gave this West Coast subgenre of rap from the early '90s its letter-perfect name G-funk |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | OPERA $1200: In a Bela Bartok opera, Judith comes to live in this man's "Castle" & discovers its room of his previous wives Bluebeard |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | COUNTRIES INSIDE OTHER COUNTRY NAMES $800: A nation on Hispaniola carries within its name this other Caribbean island country Dominica |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: This side post of a window or doorway gets its name from Middle French for "leg" a jamb |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | HERE COMES THE SUN $1000: The Sun is a G2 V star, meaning it's of the second hottest in the "G" class & the "V" refers to its being in this "sequence" the main sequence |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | FLOWERS $400: It's noted for the size & color of its autumnal flowers the chrysanthemum |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | SAN FRANCISCO, NOW & FOREVER $2000: Known for hotels & great shopping, this iconic square got its name from the pro-North rallies held there during the Civil War Union Square |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | HIGH WATER $400: After floods in 1966, UNESCO made efforts to save this Italian city & its treasures, like the Biblioteca Marciana Venice |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | THE SEA'S BOUNTY $2000: This shellfish of the family Mytilidae needs its beard removed, a little steaming & yum a mussel |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | NAME THAT CARMAKER $200: You can truck in its Tacoma all the way to Yakima Toyota |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | NAME THAT CARMAKER $400: There's one U in Outback & 2 in its name Subaru |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | NAME THAT CARMAKER $600: Its C40 Recharge is less boxy than some of its Swedish predecessors Volvo |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | NAME THAT CARMAKER $800: Its Cayenne puts some pepper in your step Porsche |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT'S... $1000: A 350-feet A35-1000 from this aircraft company with another type of transport in its name Airbus |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | NAME THAT CARMAKER $1000: Its name implies you'll drive the QX55 forever Infiniti |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | HAVE YOU 8? $200: The main part of this state is its 8 main islands Hawaii |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE $1000: This worldwide secret society founded its first British grand lodge in 1717 the Freemasons (the Masons) |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | THE IVY LEAGUE $400: Its official street address is 2960 Broadway Columbia |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | OLIVE ME $400: Cold-pressed olive oil is naturally low in this & is classified by its ascending level of it acidity |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | THE IVY LEAGUE $600: Its sports teams are known as the Bulldogs Yale |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | THE IVY LEAGUE $800: Its school color is crimson & that's the veritas Harvard |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | ORGAN RECITAL $800: The epicardium is its outer layer the heart |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | AMPHIBIANS $400: The wood frog of the Arctic can live with 65% of its body frozen due to using this sugar in its blood as an antifreeze glucose |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | 4 YOUR CONSIDERATION $400: Of the 4 seasons, the one when you'll most likely find an animal in its hibernaculum winter |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK $800: The long, strange trip of this drug began with its synthesis on Nov. 16, 1938 LSD |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | AMPHIBIANS $3,000 (Daily Double): Although this "biblical" frog is the world's largest at around 12 inches long, its tadpoles are the same size as other frogs' a goliath frog |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | DECIMALS $400: The representation of a number in the decimal system is called its decimal expansion; for 1/4, it's this 0.25 |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | HODGEPODGE $800: A Connecticut town gave its name to this tick-borne disease that was first identified in the 1970s Lyme disease |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | AFRICAN CUISINE $1200: Angola's cuisine is influenced by this European country that brought ingredients from its Brazilian colony Portugal |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | DOUBLE TALK $1600: This Washington city famous for its sweet onions has been described as "the town so nice they named it twice" Walla Walla |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SPELLED RONG ON PURPOSE $300: This fast food chain claims the "A" in its name represents "the 'Grade-A' quality of our chicken" Chick-fil-A |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SPELLED RONG ON PURPOSE $5,000 (Daily Double): To create buzz, this tech company used to attach fuzzy pink mustaches to its vehicles; they certainly got Uber's attention Lyft |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | A PARANORMAL CATEGORY $600: In the 1930s the Daily Mail printed Robert Wilson's now-famous photo that purported to show its head & neck the Loch Ness Monster |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | SPORTS STUFF $1000: Honus Wagner signed a historic contract in 1905 that saw him endorse this baseball bat with a Kentucky city in its name a Louisville Slugger |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FROM DAWN 'TIL DUSK $2000: This name for a free-for-all fight comes from an Irish fair known for its rioting donnybrook |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | BRITISH BANDS $1000: The Clash had its biggest hit with this song that says, "the Sheik he drove his Cadillac" "Rock The Casbah" |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | A BIRD IN THE HAND $1200: It's perhaps the most fitting bird to hold the symbol of peace in its beak a dove |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | A BIRD IN THE HAND $1600: On its leg, the bird is undergoing this zoological process, also called ringing banding |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | LANDMARKS FOR SALE $200: It cost $1.5 million to build by 1889 but now can be yours! We'll even throw in its antenna! Say oui to this while you can! the Eiffel Tower |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | LANDMARKS FOR SALE $600: 4,500 years old, its royal headdress of limestone makes it the finest in noseless architecture! the Sphinx |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | LANDMARKS FOR SALE $1000: Sure, it's 1,815 feet tall, but its elevators can rise at 20 feet per second! You'll be home in Toronto in no time! the CN Tower |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | HATS $400: Featured in the "Harry Potter" movies, this hat takes its name from its function at Hogwarts school a Sorting Hat |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | POEMS ABOUT POETRY $200: Of this type of poem, Shakespeare was keen / Its number of lines totals fourteen a sonnet |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | POEMS ABOUT POETRY $400: "O Captain! My Captain!", its words full of grief / Whitman's lament to this commander in chief Lincoln |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | SLOVENIA, BABY, SLOVENIA! $600: The National Tourist Board proudly hypes Slovenia as "the only country in the world with" this word "in its name" love |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | SLOVENIA, BABY, SLOVENIA! $900: Central to its lore, this creature appears on capital city Ljubljana's coat of arms; Daenerys Targaryen would approve a dragon |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | WOMEN & SPORTS $900: Go watch women's sports at this bar in Portland, OR; its name is like "The Sports Bar" but the last word is an anagram of "BAR" (The Sports) Bra |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | COLLEGE PRESS $1500: Hint: say its name quickly! The Ubyssey is the student newspaper of the university of this Canadian province British Columbia |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FAR OUT $2,500 (Daily Double): Seen during a total solar eclipse, this outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere shares its name with a Mexican beer brand corona |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | STARDUST $2000: The Oort Cloud & its inner region, this belt, are thought to contain billions of comets the Kuiper Belt |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | WOMEN IN SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): With her husband George, Gladys Dick found the cause of this childhood disease named for its red skin rash & came up with a cure scarlet fever |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | RIBS $1000: The long moveable ribs of the king variety of this snake stretch out loose skin to form its "hood" a cobra |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | LETTER HISTORIES $1600: An Anglo-Saxon rune was replaced by this letter that's twice one of its predecessors a W |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | WHATCHAMACALLIT $600: This hybrid breed gets its curls from the dog alluded to in the latter part of its name a Labradoodle |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | BUILDING TERMS $600: Because its supports are called balusters, an elaborate railing is called this a balustrade |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | BELGIUM $800: Long ruled by others, in 1815 Belgium was merged with this northern neighbor but became its own kingdom at last in 1830 the Netherlands |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | COMPANY NAME ORIGINS $2000: The "Aerial Services" of this state & this territory of Australia gave Qantas its name Queensland & Northern Territory |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | A PAIN IN THE "R"s $1600: Parents are advised not to give children aspirin because of its link to this potentially fatal syndrome Reye syndrome |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | ALL GOD'S CREATURES $200: An owl cannot move these from side to side, so it must move its head eyes |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | ALL GOD'S CREATURES $1000: Extinction may have befallen the Baiji dolphin, known as "the Goddess" of this longest Chinese river, its only habitat the Yangtze |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: China's Song Dynasty was noted for its contributions to the tz'u, a form of this a song |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | BONES $800: If I had a malleus, & I do, in my middle ear, I'd call it this, because of its shape a hammer |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | KAUAI $800: The most green of Hawaii's islands, Kauai is nicknamed this "Isle", reflecting its botanical bounty the Garden Isle |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | KAUAI $1600: Kauai & its small neighbor Niihau were the only Hawaiian islands not conquered by this king Kamehameha |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | THE SEARCH FOR FOREIGN LANDS $200: After gaining its independence in 1963, Jomo Kenyatta became this African country's first prime minister Kenya |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | VETERINARY MEDICINE $300: A "prep race" for the Kentucky Derby, the Withers Stakes fittingly shares its name with the highest point on this animal's back a horse |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | BABY BOOKS $400: Later editions of this novel have included a chapter of its rumored sequel "Buttercup's Baby" The Princess Bride |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | QUICK CITIES $800: It shares its name with a type of light yellow-brown envelope Manila |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | QUICK CITIES $1200: Its 200-foot-high monument to Columbus is on La Rambla Barcelona |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | BILLIONS & BILLIONS $2000: Following this 19th century war, France was forced to pay its neighbor 5 billion francs in reparations the Franco-Prussian War |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | SAY CHEESE! $1200: Herman & Lily know that this oft-imitated cheese shares its name with the Alsace valley where it originated Muenster |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | FROM THE ITALIAN $2000: Somewhere along the line this instrument's name lost its big finish of "forte" piano |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | LITERARY E-MAIL ADDRESSES $400: fake_leg@moby-dick.net Ahab |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | SHIPS $400: This historic 15th century ship got its name from its owner, Juan Niño de Moguer the Niña |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | EAT $400: In Scandinavia they call it köttbullar; we know it as this, with a nationality in its name Swedish meatballs |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | POTPOURRI $800: This mythic watchdog of the underworld had snakes growing from its back Cerberus |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | DEAR ABBEY $10,000 (Daily Double): St. Mary's Abbey in this city lent part of its name to a theatre that W.B. Yeats co-founded Dublin |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSÉ? $600: San Jose Succotz in Belize is the starting point for Xunantunich, famous for its ruins of this people the Mayans |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | KISS MY GRITS! $600: The hip-hop group that sings "Let's Get It Started" shares its name with this ingredient of Hoppin' John the Black Eyed Peas |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | IT'S GONNA BLOW! $600: A thin membrane helps this instrument produce its distinctive sound a kazoo |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | IT'S GONNA BLOW! $1000: Heard here, its name is from the German for "flank horn", from its use in battle a flugelhorn |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | A "LA" CARTE $1600: In 1682 he led the first European expedition to follow the Mississippi to its mouth La Salle |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | HOSPITALS $1000: Known for its mental health facilities, this NYC hospital dates back to 1736, 4 years after George Washington's birth Bellevue |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | THIS CATEGORY DOESN'T STINK $2000: Odorless & tasteless in its purified form, it's used to set aspics gelatin |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | WOOD $200: In 1994 & 1999 this rock festival celebrated its 25th & 30th anniversaries with new concerts Woodstock |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | A FISH CALLED... $800: This beautiful rasbora that shares its name with a romance book brand is sure to be the talk of the tank harlequin |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | "BROWN" OUT $400: With a knack for hardening into a rock-solid lump, this baking staple gets its signature flavor from molasses brown sugar |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | PENINSULAS $400: New England's very own gun show is this Massachusetts peninsula, often said to resemble an arm flexing its bicep Cape Cod |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | IN BOOKSTORES NOW $900: The New York Times dubbed him "Ballet's Colossus" in its review of "Mr. B", a 2022 biography of this choreographer George Balanchine |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY $1600: An alkyl is a hydrocarbon that has lost one of these atoms that has just 1 proton in its nucleus hydrogen |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND $4,600 (Daily Double): Waged from 149 to 146 B.C., the Third Punic War resulted in the final destruction of this city & its people's enslavement Carthage |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | FABRICS $600: Freshly groomed snow that's grooved is called this for its resemblance to a certain fabric corduroy |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | THE MAORI $600: The 2nd-largest Hawaiian isle shares its name with this Maori hero of myth who slowed down the Sun for humans Maui |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | BAD ENGLISH $800: Its the typographical mark that is missing in the first line of this clue. the apostrophe |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | FABRICS $800: This soft fabric originated in Wales; its name comes from the Welsh gwlanen ("woolen cloth") flannel |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | BAD ENGLISH $1200: In a sentence, this noun & its verb has--excuse me, have to agree in number the subject |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $200: The top secret payload when this company first launched its Dragon space capsule in 2010? A wheel of cheese SpaceX |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | "HOUSE" $2000: This European songbird takes its name from its habit of building nests in the eaves of homes a house martin |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | NAME DROPPERS $100: Time to make the... oh, never mind. This chain officially dropped "Donuts" from its name in 2019 Dunkin' |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FOODS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $300: The Hass variety of this food traces its lineage back to a single tree planted by postman Rudolph Hass in the 1920s an avocado |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FUNGUS AMONG US $600: Perhaps due to its reddish-brown color, a fungal plant disease shares its name with this pesky end product of iron oxidation rust |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | SNEAKER BRANDS $800: Speedcat,
Drift Cat &
Neo Cat Puma |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA $400: The border between India & this nation includes the village of Wagah with its rival army parades performed there daily Pakistan |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLINER? $600: Obviously, you know that this felt hat got its name in the late 1800s a fedora hat |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | GARDENS $800: The U.S. Botanic Garden is on the National Mall & its acting director is the person in the post "Architect of" this the Capitol |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $2000: In 2021 the Met premiered its first opera by a Black composer, this jazz trumpeter 5 months younger than Wynton Marsalis Terence Blanchard |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | STUPID PROVERBS $600: You'll find things are in order with "a place for" this "and everything in its place" place for everything |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | A RIVER RUNS TO IT $1200: The Indus River flows 1,900 miles before emptying into this sea that shares its name with an adjacent peninsula the Arabian Sea |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | GOOD "P.R." $800: A rodent that carries off items to store in its nest gives us this term for one who hoards useless articles pack rat |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | HOUSEPLANTS $1600: Though its name means "loving tree", it's very popular indoors as a houseplant philodendron |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | HOUSE HUNTERS INTERGALACTIC $7,200 (Daily Double): Want land? Buying on this moon of Saturn is a no-brainer; its 3,200-mile diameter is bigger than Mercury! Titan |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | OOH, LOOK, SHINY THINGS! $400: Referring to its rapid movement & shiny surface, quicksilver is an old name for this liquid metal mercury |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A FABRIC-ATED CATEGORY $800: Fabric made from this tall grass is all the rage in part due to its antibacterial properties bamboo |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "I" CAN GO EITHER WAY $300: Take a nail salon treatment, move its eye from the back to the front, & you get this model & longtime wife of David Bowie Iman |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "I" CAN GO EITHER WAY $600: Take a long skirt or dress, move its "I" from the back to the front, and you get this supersized movie format IMAX |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | PODCASTS $800: Evoking a home run stat belonging to one of its players, "755 is Real" is a podcast about this major league team the Atlanta Braves |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "I" CAN GO EITHER WAY $900: Take a southwestern Native American tribe, move its "I" from the back to the front, and you get this breakfast chain IHOP |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | MEDICAL MNENOMICS $900: Its "G" standing for "glycemic control", "glucose bad" is a mnemonic for people with this medical condition diabetes |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "I" CAN GO EITHER WAY $1200: Take this first name (he loved Lucy), move its "I" from the back to the front, and you get this ominous day for Caesar ides |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "I" CAN GO EITHER WAY $1500: Take the ending to a "San Francisco treat", move its "I" from the back to the front, and you get this element #26 on the periodic table iron |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | WEEDER'S DIGEST $800: Its name is from the French for "lion's tooth" dents-de-lion (dandelion) |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? $400: Thou wishest to party in this South American city & climb its 1,300-foot Sugarloaf Mountain, verily Rio |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | YOU DO THE MATH $800: It's the sum of any integer & its negative 0 |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | WE WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK $200: This whistle, also called a swanee whistle, modulates its pitch like a trombone a slide whistle |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | VOCABULARY $1600: Depending on how you pronounce it, it can be a substance burned for its fragrance, or it can mean to anger someone incense |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | SPOOKY LITERATURE $400: (Justin Long presents the clue.) On the way home at midnight Ichabod Crane thinks this alliterative specter is in pursuit & has thrown its cranium at the schoolmaster; in the morning, a broken pumpkin shell is found, but not Ichabod Crane the Headless Horseman |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | LET'S PLAY SPORTSBALL $1000: In 1764 this storied Scottish golf club trimmed its Old Course from 22 holes to 18, setting a new standard St. Andrews |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | OTHER RED, WHITE & BLUE FLAGS $400: One of the few Asian nations to escape imperialism, its flag took the colors of liberty used by its allies in World War I Thailand |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | STATE THE ITEM $1000: Check out this equine doing its thing as only it can a Tennessee Walking Horse |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | THE CALIFORNIANS $2,600 (Daily Double): Whoa, this guy moved to Cali in 1852, got a near-monopoly in its railroads & founded a university? Nice (Leland) Stanford |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FOR SWEATER OR WORSE $200: Do the players wear "jerseys" or "sweaters"? it's an age-old debate among fans of this sport, known for its fights hockey |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | DEMONYMS $300: This country has no nickname for its residents, perhaps because there aren't very many; but on the plus side... Pope sightings! Vatican City |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | SHAPES IN NATURE $300: I spy with my Billy or Nanny eye, the rectangular pupils of the animal seen here are believed to help its peripheral vision a goat |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | BIG DOGS AS LITTLE PUPPIES $1000: You get a Scooby snack if you know that this large dog breed originated in Germany, not Denmark as its name might suggest a Great Dane |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FEELING GASSY $1000: Helium gas gets its name from the Greek word for this astronomical body where it was first detected the Sun |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FASHION FOR ALL $1200: A clothing company for the visually impaired, Aille Design stitches this reading system into its shirts and dresses Braille |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | GAS $1200: Used in WWI & against Iraq's Kurds, it's named for its smell mustard gas |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $400: This puzzle is so-named for the tool used to create the intricate lines & curves of its pieces a jigsaw |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | CIRCLE OF LIFE $1200: Its name is from the Middle English for "an object of religious veneration" a relic |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | TRAVEL TEXAS $3,000 (Daily Double): Named for its location on the Rio Grande, this national park is popular with birders as it is home to over 400 species Big Bend National Park |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | THE CRIMEAN WAR $800: This type of cold weather headgear takes its name from a battle site in the war where it was worn a balaclava |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | LITERARY POP $800: The band Veruca Salt took its name from the spoiled rich girl in this Roald Dahl children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | SWORDS $1600: This sharp-pointed 6-letter sword used for thrusting lost its cutting edge in the 18th century a rapier |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | LITERARY POP $2000: This band was born to be wild enough to take its name from a Hermann Hesse novel Steppenwolf |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MADEIRA $200: In addition to its famous wine, Madeira farmers grow a dwarf species of this tropical fruit of the genus Musa banana |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MADEIRA $600: In the 1470s this explorer worked & lived in Madeira & married Felipa, the daughter of one of its governors Columbus |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | ALPHABET POP $1200: This U.K. reggae-pop band with hits in the '80s & '90s took its name from a British unemployment form UB40 |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | EX-SOVIET REPUBLICS $2000: Following the independence of Belarus in 1991, its capital Minsk became the headquarters of this organization, the C.I.S. the Commonwealth of Independent States |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | LOOK IN THE CABINET $4,200 (Daily Double): At the time of its establishment in 1849, this Cabinet department was also known as the Home Department the Department of the Interior |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | HOW'S THE KING TAKING IT? $5,000 (Daily Double): On March 7, 1774 George III complained of "outrageous proceedings at" this city, especially in its harbor Boston |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | THREE DIGIT PRIME NUMBERS $300: In 2005, this company delivered its last 757 to Shanghai Airlines--its 737 is still flying high Boeing |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | THE MEDI-VERSE $300: As its name implies, the object seen here is placed on a finger to measure the level of this in the blood oxygen |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | EUROPEAN COUNTRY NICKNAMES $600: "The Land of Fire & Ice"
(Do its citizens really believe in elves? I guess we'll never gnome) Iceland |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ANATOMY IN LATIN $900: BPM is an indication of its function:
cor the heart |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | WHAT A LOAD OF B.S. $1000: This slow-moving creature is common in the Pacific Northwest; its name is apt considering its yellow color a banana slug |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | COMPUTING MILESTONES $1000: One of the first search engines shared its name with this comic book character, inspiring successors named Veronica & Jughead Archie |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | THREE DIGIT PRIME NUMBERS $1500: Giddy up! This Beach Boys song about a Chevy hot rod shares its title with a household cleaning product "409" |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ATTRACTIONS $200: Of course you can tour our Sony Pictures Studio lot, which, back in the day, was this studio famous for its musicals MGM |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | PROVERB VS. PROVERB $400: I'm supposed to "beware of Greeks bearing gifts"--but if they bring me a gift one of these, I shouldn't look in its mouth... hmmm a horse |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | SOUTH AFRICA $1200: Parts of this coastal city & its suburbs wind up towards & around Table Mountain Cape Town |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | SOUTH AFRICA $2000: South Africa's national bird is the blue variety of this avian; also warriors once wore its feathers into battle a (blue) crane |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | FURNITURE $1600: This chair, a molded plywood seat & back connected by stainless steel tubing, is named for its designer Eames chair |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s $400: The striped & brindled coat of yon cat now hath its own name, this tabby |
| #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 |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | FASHION HISTORY $800: Although this company's name was trademarked in 1871, its logo didn't appear on men's underwear until many decades later Fruit of the Loom |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s $800: From the zesty Italian tongue cometh this word for a large, plush residence; someday methinks it will have its own pants palazzo |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | FROM THE GREEK $1200: This liquid part of the blood derives its name from the Greek for something molded or formed plasma |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | INVEST $2000: To determine a company's performance before you invest, check out its P/E ratio, this price-to-earnings |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | THE PIPE ORGAN $1200: A pipe's pitch is related to its length; compared to an 8-footer, a 4-footer sounds the same note at this interval an octave (higher) |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OH, THE IRONY! $2,000 (Daily Double): Though it's said to "gather no moss", this magazine featured Elisabeth Moss on its cover in 2010 Rolling Stone |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ALASKA $5,000 (Daily Double): Before its native name Denali was restored in 2015, America's tallest peak was named for this guy who never set foot in Alaska William McKinley |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | IN THE CORPORATE ARENA $400: This insurance company is on your side--& you're in its arena, if you go to Columbus Blue Jackets home games Nationwide |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | NEXT STOP, VENUS $400: Venus' atmosphere is predominantly made up of this gas contributing to its high temperature carbon dioxide |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | IN THE CORPORATE ARENA $800: O-ho, this wagon is a-comin' down the street, bringing the money to get its name on the Philadelphia Flyers' arena Wells Fargo |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | IN THE CORPORATE ARENA $1600: If you drive its CR-V to see the Anaheim Ducks play in the "Center" bearing its name, this company will be doubly happy Honda |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | SCOTLAND $1,000 (Daily Double): The highest point in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park is an ancient volcano that shares its name with this legendary king King Arthur |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | STARS & STRIPES IN ART $1200: The town in his "Starry Night" is Saint-Rémy, where he was a patient in its mental hospital van Gogh |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $200: The name of this large peninsula that includes Croatia takes its name from a Turkish word for "mountain" the Balkan Peninsula |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | TAKING A STAR TURN $400: Its radius is 109 times that of Earth, its surface temp is about 5,800 kelvins & it's kind of a majorly important thing for us the Sun |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | WORLD SOCCER $600: In 2010, this plastic horn infamously made its presence known among World Cup crowds in South Africa the vuvuzela |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | CHINESE FOOD $800: The use of spicy Huajiao peppers gives food from this Chinese province its zesty flavor Sichuan |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | CHINESE FOOD $1000: A popular ingredient in stir fry recipes, its name means "white vegetable" in Cantonese bok choy |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | WORLD SOCCER $1000: Sporting number 7, this Portuguese soccer star helped his nation win the 2016 European Championship, its first major title Cristiano Ronaldo |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE NEW YORK KNOCKS $400: The title of this Broadway musical that opened on May 5, 1955 makes its feelings about the local baseball team quite apparent Damn Yankees |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | "HIGH" NOTES $400: It has its risks at the circus; insert "tension" & it has even more the high wire |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | MICKEY'S MANTEL $400: 6 years after its U.S. release, this Disney film was the elephant in the room, winning Cannes' Grand Prix--Dessin Animé in 1947 Dumbo |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | B MINUS $1000: When a cetacean fatty layer sweats out its B, this unskilled seaman is all that's left a lubber (from blubber) |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | OPERA $2000: How meta is this Puccini opera? Its title character is an opera singer, it's set in Rome in 1800 & premiered in Rome in 1900 Tosca |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | BACK IN THE DAY $2,200 (Daily Double): This U.S. agency began in 1961; its director Sargent Shriver said it had 15,000 volunteers in 50+ countries in less than 6 years the Peace Corps |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SUPER TROUPERS $800: This Chicago comedy institution awards a fellowship named for Bob Curry, its first African-American mainstage performer Second City |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | LATIN AMERICA $400: Aka the Columbus Archipelago, this island group known for its tortoises is 600 miles off the mainland in the eastern Pacific the Galápagos |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | 1990s HITMAKERS $800: Sadly, on January 8, 1994, this group played its last ever U.S. show, in its hometown of Seattle Nirvana |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | LATIN AMERICA $2000: A large region of this landlocked nation is named for U.S. President Hayes who ruled in its favor in an 1878 territory dispute Paraguay |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | ACTIVISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): Investigative journalist Ida Tarbell's "History of" this petroleum company helped end its monopolistic ways Standard Oil |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | MONET MONET $400: This art movement got its name from an 1872 Monet masterpiece detailing an early morning Le Havre landscape Impressionism |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | BUILDING, AMERICA $600: His 1930s design of the Johnson Wax HQ building in Wisconsin included the great workroom with its "lily pad" columns Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | BIOLOGY $200: The monkey puzzle tree has its roots in this dino period 200 million years ago Jurassic |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | THE OHIO UNIVERSITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 2012 this Ohio univ. opened its May 4 Visitors Center to place a 1970 event in historical, political & social context Kent State |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | PUEBLOS MÁGICOS $400: Found in the state of Jalisco is this magic place that lends its name to this omnipresent Mexican liquor Tequila |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | MAMMALS $400: The San Diego Zoo welcomed its first pair of these from Australia, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie, in 1925 a koala |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | MAMMALS $800: Like its relative, the meerkat, the banded type of this snake killer bands together to make a stand a mongoose |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | STRAIGHT FIRE $1000: Beats by this guy is known for its headphones Dr. Dre |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | AFRICAN CAPITAL HAIKU $200: Time for Special "K" / Its name meant "impala hill" / Uganda love it Kampala |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THE SPORTING LIFE $1200: Named for the 3-decade president of its gov. body, this tourney's top prize was once called the Jules Rimet Trophy the (FIFA) World Cup |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | A LATIN BESTIARY $200: This creature puts the leap in Lepus, its Latin name the hare (jackrabbit) |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | A LATIN BESTIARY $600: Instead of its deadly moniker, you can call the creature seen here by this 4-letter Latin name an orca |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | GREEK GEOGRAPHY $1200: Greece's 3 main geographic areas are the islands, the mainland & joined by an isthmus, this peninsula, that lent its name to a war the Peloponnesian (Peninsula) |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | GREEK GEOGRAPHY $2,600 (Daily Double): The setting of plays like "Oedipus" & "Antigone", this Greek city shares its name with a capital city of Ancient Egypt Thebes |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $400: One of its anthems includes the lyrics, "iwi Maori, pakeha, rupeke katoa" New Zealand |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ON THE MONEY $800: He was the first to breed mules in America on his farm George Washington |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | "DA" OR "BA" OR "DEE" $600: Its name origin is African but this instrument is now widely associated with the music of Latin America marimba |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: Media matters in this field of study that gets its name from the French for "day" journalism |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | BRACE FOR LANDING $800: 20 million live in this Brazilian city founded by Jesuits, but its domestic airport has only two runways? Tricky São Paulo |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | LONG MOVIES $1200: A 1962 review for this Best Picture winner called it a "camel-opera that tends to run down rather badly... into its third hour" Lawrence of Arabia |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | THE OED DESCRIBES THE ANIMAL $200: "A large hornless ruminant quadruped, distinguished by its humped back, long neck, and cushioned feet" a camel |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | WRITER-DIRECTORS $1200: He & Joe Robert Cole wrote the scripts for "Black Panther" & its sequel, & he directed both films, too Ryan Coogler |
| #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 |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | HOSTEL $800: A lodge on a playa in Nicaragua has this activity in its name & offers lessons to "improve your ripping skills" surfing |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | HOSTEL $1600: The Central House Marrakech Medina boasts views of these mountains from its rooftop terrace the Atlas Mountains |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL! $600: In 1992, Israel got what's been called its finest public building to house this body that the government wanted to overhaul in 2023 the Israeli Supreme Court |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | THE ROMAINES OF THE DAY $1000: This salad, made with Romaine, is said to be named for its supposed creator, the owner of the Brown Derby a Cobb salad |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | STATELY DEMONYMS $1200: People from Tennessee are called these because its residents were eager to step up to serve as soldiers Volunteers |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | MOTLEY CLUES $2000: This 1870s U.S. political party got its colorful name because it wanted to maintain or increase paper money circulation Greenbacks (Greenback Party) |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | SPIDERS & SNAKES $600: Latrodectus geometricus, the brown this, has venom twice as powerful as that of its notorious black cousin a brown widow (spider) |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | COFFEE, NOW $1,800 (Daily Double): These 2 words on a bag of coffee mean its supply chain has been independently certified as meeting sustainability & labor standards fair trade |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | THE DANUBE $2000: In 1991 this Danube nation S. of Ukraine became independent of Russia, modified its own name a bit & joined the U.N. the next year Moldova |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FASHION OLD & NEW $600: This one-piece garment that is named for its original use by parachuters is now high fashion a jumpsuit |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | JULIE & JULIA $1000: This French actress has played Céline in a trilogy of films Julie Delpy |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | THE "LL" YOU SAY $1200: This large bird of Africa & Asia takes its name from its prominent beak, often topped by a hollow chamber called a casque the hornbill |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | SHARK! $400: This shark with a citrus fruit in its name often has a yellowish tinge a lemon shark |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $800: In 1737 Boston held its first parade celebrating what became this annual event St. Patrick's Day |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | STARS ON THE NATION'S FLAG $800: Like several of its neighbors, Papua New Guinea's flag has stars in the shape of this constellation the Southern Cross |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | COLLEGE TUITION: THEN & NOW $800: Tuition at this private univ. in Houston from its opening in 1912 to 1965? Deliciously free! Today... a bit more, at $57,000 Rice |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: Sally Ride rocketed into orbit aboard this Space Shuttle that shared its name with a 19th century research vessel Challenger |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | STATE FLAGS $600: Reflecting a state nickname, one of these aquatic birds feeds its young on Louisiana's flag a pelican |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | DOUBLE TALK $1600: This German health resort town is famous for its spas & a lavish casino Baden-Baden |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | OPPENHEIMER $2000: (Matt Damon presents the clue.) I play this hard-driving U.S. Army general, described as the Manhattan Project's indispensable man who oversaw the project from its inception through the successful testing & eventual wartime use of the atomic bomb General Leslie Groves |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | NONFICTION $800: From his "Art of War": "The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities" Sun Tzu |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | ESPAÑ-O $2000: This type of tequila, Spanish for "rested", takes a siesta in its barrel for several months, developing a golden hue Reposado |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | FLOWERY POETRY & PROSE $2000: Robert Frost's poem "Design" features this flower known for its curative powers the heal-all |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | "HIGH" THERE $400: A drink of whiskey & soda gave its name to this type of glass seen here a highball |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | DOUBLE-VOWEL PLACES $400: Its islands include Syros, Sifnos, Skiathos & Serifos Greece |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | STATE INSECTS $400: Both found on its long migration routes--Texas & Minnesota each picked this regal flyer a monarch butterfly |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | DOUBLE-VOWEL PLACES $1,800 (Daily Double): The sea of this, a name big in the Bible, is really a freshwater lake that gets most of its inflow from the Jordan River the Sea of Galilee |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | A GAME OF CARDS $400: This wild card originated in the game of euchre & may have gotten its name from it the joker |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | A CENTURY AGO: 1923 $400: This facility hosts its first game, with Babe Ruth hitting a 3-run homer to beat the Red Sox Yankee Stadium |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | IN HIGH PLACES $400: From its observation deck, 1,465 feet above Toronto, you can feel this building sway in the wind the CN Tower |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | MOMENTOUS DATES $600: On June 13, 2002 this country's Grand Assembly chose Hamid Karzai to lead its transitional government Afghanistan |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: No, it's not the kissing disease; it's this salty California lake with calcium carbonate spires on its surface Mono Lake |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | THE HIGH "C"s $800: The Andean type of this bird raises its young on ledges or in caves, sometimes at over 10,000 feet a condor |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | EDIBLE ETYMOLOGY $800: This pastry is filled, often with apples, & rolled up; perhaps that's why its name means "eddy" in German strudel |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | EDIBLE ETYMOLOGY $1000: Okra is often an ingredient in this Creole stew that likely gets its name from an African word for okra gumbo |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | WALLPAPER $1200: Mount Vernon has a room named for this type of wallpaper that may sound cheap or stingy, but its name reflects its origins in India chintz |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: During an 1891 visit Oscar Wilde was surely a "fan" of this largest lake in England--it shares its name with one of his characters Windermere |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY $400: A 2008 presentation on the culture of this newish website said some 15% of its videos were remakes or remixes YouTube |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | ONLY ONE CONSONANT $800: Tree known for its hard, durable wood in furniture making oak |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | TAKE IT "E-Z" $1000: This type of music that has its roots with Ashkenazi Jews features the clarinet & violin, among other instruments klezmer |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | SEEING RIGHT THROUGH YOU $1000: Check out the man-of-war whose nationality derives from its resemblance to warships once made in this country Portugal |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | ANTIQUES $600: This early kind of photograph with a metal in its name has proven durable over the years a tintype |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | ART & ARTISTS $200: This type of wall hanging, popular in the Middle Ages, takes its name from a word meaning "carpet" a tapestry |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WHERE'S MY FOOD? $200: The official state dessert of Massachusetts, it's actually a cake, despite its name Boston cream pie |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WHERE'S MY FOOD? $600: Small & tasty, this type of clam gets its name from a bay indenting Long Island littleneck clams |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | HAPPY JULY 4th! $800: This new Asian republic was proclaimed July 4, 1946 with Manuel A. Roxas as its first president the Philippines |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | LIKE AVERSION $400: In a 1972 literary title, Sin City had its share of "Fear &" this Loathing |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NATURE $400: Early in the alphabet of domesticated camelids, it's related to the llama but smaller & more prized for its wool an alpaca |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $800: Found up north, this largest of England's historic counties lends its name to a terrier & a pudding Yorkshire |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $1200: Essex County takes its name from an ancient kingdom of these people the Saxons |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NATURE $1200: The name of this type of turtle may refer to how it can close itself up inside its hinged lower shell a box turtle |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $2000: Queen Victoria had a vacation residence on this island that is today its own administrative county the Isle of Wight |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | BUSINESS $400: This juice brand has its name on a baseball stadium in St. Petersburg Tropicana |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $600: The biggest urban area in its country, this city has almost 3 times the people of No. 2 Medellín Bogotá |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | BUSINESS $800: This company known for its motor homes adventured into the sea, acquiring Chris-Craft boats in 2018 Winnebago |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | BUSINESS $1000: This company has introduced sturdy materials like Curv & Roxkin for its suitcases Samsonite |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | FUN WITH AIRPORT CODES $600: This dessert is the code of St. Pete-Clearwater International & completes its rhyming website "fly2..." pie |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | PRIDE OF THE MUSEUM $800: This London museum with 2 first names is renowned for its collection of decorative arts the Victoria and Albert Museum |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WRITING: MUSIC $1200: The book "Go Ahead in the Rain" is an homage to this musical "Tribe" & its late member Phife Dawg A Tribe Called Quest |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GOOGLE EASTER EGGS $200: Click on a balloon after searching for this K-pop band & get messages from Jungkook & its other members BTS |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $800: Tracy Letts' play about a rundown food shop, its aging owner & his young African-American hire is called "Superior" these Donuts |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | POLICY $1000: In 2015 China announced it was dropping this policy aimed at curtailing its burgeoning population crisis the one-child policy |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | A SPACE ODYSSEY $400: At its closest point, this innermost planet is still about 29 million miles away from the Sun Mercury |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | ONLY FANS $1000: Because this band had a song called "The Juggla", its fans are Juggalos & Juggalettes the Insane Clown Posse |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | METER MADE $800: stamps.com says its service is better than using this device that Pitney Bowes has been making for a century a postage meter |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | UNITED KINGDOM ELECTION CONSTITUENCIES $800: Covering all its directional bases, this capital of Northern Ireland has constituencies North, South, East & West Belfast |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | NAMES OF THE 1990s $1600: In August 1990, with this small country under invasion, its emir Sheikh Jaber fled to Saudi Arabia Kuwait |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | ON BROADWAY $1200: In 2023 this choreographer's show "Dancin"' returned to Broadway in all its finger- & hip-wiggling glory (Bob) Fosse |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | MUSICAL ACT ETYMOLOGY $2000: The rock band The Airborne Toxic Event got its name from this Don DeLillo novel that became a movie in 2022 White Noise |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | STATE EMBLEMS $200: Its state spirit is George Washington's homemade rye whiskey Virginia |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | STATE EMBLEMS $400: Seen here & known for its deep call, it's Missouri's state amphibian a bullfrog |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | LET'S "T" UP THE MAP $2000: Saddam Hussein was born near this city on the west bank of the Tigris in 1937 & was pulled out of the ground in its vicinity in 2003 Tikrit |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | OFFICIAL NICKNAMES $200: Think of Roman numerals & you'll know the U.S. Army's Fourth Infantry Division has this plant as its official nickname ivy |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | ALLITERATION $400: This system invented in the 1870s to classify library books is now in its 23rd updated edition Dewey decimal |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | THE "SILVER" STATE $800: This term for an older, dominant male gorilla comes from its gray or whitish hair a silverback |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | -OLOGIES $1000: The history of words & the study of them, its own goes back to Greek for "true meanings" etymology |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | HISTORY IS ELEMENTAL $1600: Sebastian Cabot gave this body of water between Uruguay & Argentina its silvery name in the early 16th century the Rio de la Plata |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | LOVE ISLAND U.K. $400: About 700 miles southeast of NYC & home to around 70,000 people, it's known for its shorts & some troublesome triangulation Bermuda |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | NONPROFITS $400: You might try Farm Share in Florida if you need this type of organization whose name reflects its reserves of comestibles a food bank |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | JUST SAY... $2,000 (Daily Double): Its headwaters are near Monte Viso in the Alps the Po |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $400: The ribbon moray species of this fish is born male but later changes its color & its sex an eel |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $1000: As with flamingos, the scarlet species of this bird of South America gets its color from the crustaceans that it eats an ibis |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | NIGHT SKIES $400: Illuminating the dark chrysalis of space, M6 emerges in Scorpius & is called this insect cluster; its stars resemble wings butterfly |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | GREASE & ROAM $400: Boat owners know about marine grease from Lucas Oil, headquartered in this Midwest city where its name is on a football stadium Indianapolis |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | BIRTHSTONES $800: Composed of hydrated silica, this October birthstone is known for its play of color opal |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | GO TELL IT ON THE FOUNTAIN $1600: Fed by an aqueduct built in 19 B.C., this fountain in Italy got its name from its location at the convergence of 3 roads the Trevi |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | THAT EUROPEAN LANGUAGE $2,600 (Daily Double): Mark Twain said capitalizing every noun is one of its few good qualities German |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | FACT: NONFICTION $400: In 2022 "The Light We Carry" carried its way to the top of the nonfiction bestseller list for this ex-first lady Michelle Obama |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | BIRD IDIOMS $400: NBC strutted its stuff using this 4-word idiom as a slogan in the early 1980s proud as a peacock |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $800: It gets its name from a town outside of Milan Gorgonzola |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $1200: Like its relative the vicuna, this wild camelid of South America has a wool coat used to make high-grade cloth the guanaco |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | "M"PIRES $1200: The medieval empire of Mansa Musa I shares its name with this modern country & also included Timbuktu Mali |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | "M"PIRES $2000: This Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644 imported blue pigment from Persia for its famous porcelain Ming |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | LET'S CHECK YOUR FAMILY HISTORY $800: Built in 1020, what's translated as "Hawk's Castle" gave this royal European dynasty its family name Habsburg |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | LET'S CHECK YOUR FAMILY HISTORY $1000: In 1566 this "beefy" family got its estates included in the oprichnina, or in land run under the czar's personal hand Stroganov |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | TROPIC OF CAPRICORN NATIONS $600: Its Mesopotamia region is between the Paraná & Uruguay Rivers Argentina |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | TROPIC OF CAPRICORN NATIONS $800: 250,000-strong Gaborone is its capital & largest city Botswana |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | TROPIC OF CAPRICORN NATIONS $1000: After this landlocked nation won independence in 1811, its leader, "El Supremo", locked it off from the world for 26 years Paraguay |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | "AX" MARKS THE SPOT $2000: This salamander of Mexico takes its name from the Nahuatl for "water monster" an axolotl |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | HANG UP YOUR TV REBOOTS $2000: This sitcom won a ton of Emmys during its first run, 1998-2006, but ended in 2020 after a brief reboot & a few more trophies Will & Grace |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STATE HOLIDAYS $200: March 26, Prince Kuhio Day in this state, honors one of its early statehood advocates Hawaii |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | EPONYMOUS SCIENCE $400: According to Charles' law, the volume occupied by an amount of this state of matter is proportional to its temperature gas |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | DIASPORA $800: Maybe Hakeem Olajuwon shows up at Nigerian Days, this U.S. city's celebration of its diaspora of 150,000 people Houston |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STARTS WITH "W" $1200: Here's a peek at this spiral galaxy named for its vortex-like shape the Whirlpool Galaxy |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | CATCH OF THE DAY $200: Unlike its half-ton cousins with colors in their names, the stripe type of this game fish weighs no more than a few hundred pounds a marlin |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | HAIRY STYLES $800: This short style named for its origin among rowers was popular with '50s guys a crew cut |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | CATCH OF THE DAY $800: The ling tastes like this fish, & "ling" precedes its name in the name of another fish cod |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | COMPANY $600: Need some cash for your home or credit card balance? This company with a green leaf in its logo may bear fruit Lending Tree |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | INTO THE WOODS $600: Old tree cutting practices are being used in Lower Woods Reserve in the UK to bring back its population of these after-dark songbirds nightingales |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG $1000: Though it sounds like you'll float in the air, this mode of transport allows you to merrily roll along thanks to its wheels Hoverboard |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | COMPANY $1000: Known for Kenosha red toolboxes, this hyphenated company filed its first patent in 1923 Snap-On |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | JOIN THE CLUB $2000: BRMC for short, this band gets its name from Marlon Brando's biker gang in "The Wild One" the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | ETYMOLOGY $2,500 (Daily Double): This holiday gets its name because it falls on the 50th day--nowadays the 50th day of the Easter season Pentecost |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | QUOTABLE NOTABLES $200: A P.M.:
"If the British Empire & its commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: 'This was their finest hour"' Churchill |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | IT COMES IN "WAVE"s $400: Using a magnetron, this machine generates its heat as a form of radiation a microwave |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | 21st CENTURY STUFF $400: Involved in hacking celebrities' phones, the British tabloid News of the World published its last issue July 10, 2011, this day of the week Sunday |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | RIAA TOP-SELLING ARTISTS $800: Syd Barrett was in this band when it sold its first of tens of millions of albums in 1967, but Dave Gilmour soon replaced him Pink Floyd |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | WATERFOWL-POURRI $800: Including the common & the Arctic, there are 5 species of this waterfowl of Canada & the U.S. that's known for its haunting cry the loon |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | CITY HAPPENINGS $800: It was chosen as Upper Canada (Ontario)'s capital in 1793 but its name became York; in 1834 it got re-renamed back to the original Toronto |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | CITY HAPPENINGS $1600: In 1861 it became both a capital & an ex-capital of the Confederacy; a century later, its buses made national news Montgomery |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | 4, 4 $2000: "Saturday Night Live" is famous for beginning its shows with one of these, a scene that precedes the titles a cold open |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | OHIO GEOGRAPHY $1000: Rumored to hold UFO tech & debris in its Hangar 18, this hyphenated Air Force base is northeast of Dayton Wright-Patterson |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | OHIO GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): Once home to several tire companies, this city takes its name from the Greek for "highest point" Akron |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | 3 THINGS ABOUT THE CITY $200: Brigham Young's grave is there; at the foot of the Wasatch Range; somehow known for its jazz Salt Lake City |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | SWEET SPOTS $400: Head to this Pennsylvania community for its chocolate-themed amusement park Hershey |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | 3 THINGS ABOUT THE CITY $400: Home to 20 million; used to be synonymous with sailor kidnappings; has its name on a 128-story tower Shanghai |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | STUFF TO WEAR $800: This type of hat seen here derives its name from the French for "bell" a cloche |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | SWEET SPOTS $800: This word meaning "a happy accident" is in the name of an iconic New York City sweet spot that is famed for its frozen hot chocolate Serendipity |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | LANDMARKS OF GREAT BRITAIN $800: When in Edinburgh, visit Princes Street Gardens & its 200-foot monument to this 19th century author Sir Walter Scott |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | NUMERICAL LITERATURE $1200: Its subtitle includes "Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841" 12 Years a Slave |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | LANDMARKS OF GREAT BRITAIN $2,000 (Daily Double): It's been peering down on the capital from its 32 rotating capsules for 2 decades the London Eye |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | DUDE, HERE'S YOUR CAR $2,200 (Daily Double): Lamborghini's Sesto Elemento was named for its pioneering use of this, from which much of the car is made carbon |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | HAMMER $200: A drywall hammer can have this other axe-like "H" tool on its back end to trim & hack through panels a hatchet |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | THE BAND'S SONGS TELL A STORY $200: Its lead singer was known to "Jump" around while its virtuoso played an "Eruption" on his "Little Guitars" Van Halen |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | HAMMER $1000: In 2017 this tool company whose name is a synonym for "artisan" won a Gold Edison Award for its flex claw hammer Craftsman |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | CAT BREEDS $2000: This hairless breed got its start in Canada in the 20th century with a kitten named Prune a Sphynx |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | CANNERY $800: Seen here is a moody photo of a cannery on this Alaskan island that lends its name to a brown bear Kodiak (Island) |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POP INSTRUMENTALS $1200: This almost lyric-free 2013 hit by Brooklyn producer/DJ Baauer has part of Manhattan in its title the "Harlem Shake" |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POP INSTRUMENTALS $1600: This monster hit by the Edgar Winter Group got its title from the way it was pieced together in the editing process "Frankenstein" |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | THAT'S ADORABLE $400: Its giant cousin is more famous for being adorable, but this bamboo eater is pretty cute a red panda |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | THAT'S ADORABLE $1,500 (Daily Double): The scientific name of one species of sloth includes didactylus, meaning this, part of its common name two-toed |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | GALACTIC VACATIONS $400: This planet offers the Great Red Spot & its whirling clouds will make you think you're vacationing in a van Gogh painting Jupiter |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | FLAG TERMINOLOGY $400: The type of pennant seen here has this avian appendage name referring to its deeply forked end swallow-tailed |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | FLAG TERMINOLOGY $600: Also called a St. Andrew's cross, a saltire features a cross with its arms passing this way & extending to the corners diagonally |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | UP IN THE AIRLINE $800: This nation's airways went with Qsuite as the name of its business class Qatar Airways |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | FLAG TERMINOLOGY $800: The flag of a large group or army; a party's presidential candidate is sometimes called its "bearer" standard |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | EURO COINS $1600: Luxembourg's euro coins bear the image of Henri, its reigning monarch with this 2-word title grand duke |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | THAT'S A WRAP, EVERYBODY! $200: Pre-butterfly, a caterpillar wraps itself in a cocoon-like this & then digests itself, using enzymes to dissolve its tissues a chrysalis |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | AFRICA $400: Because much of Chad lies in this vast arid region, its population density is among the lowest in the world the Sahara Desert |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | TRAIN-ING DAY $800: Argentina's Tren a las Nubes, or train to here, lives up to its name as it ascends nearly 14,000 feet the clouds |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | THAT'S A WRAP, EVERYBODY! $1000: This loose, skirt-like wrap is noted for its traditional use in the Malay archipelago sarong |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | NOM NOM NOMINATIONS $200: Alaska's Copper River Fish Market got a 2023 Good Food Award nom for its locally sourced Copper River sockeye this salmon |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE 1960s $1,000 (Daily Double): U.S. Solicitor General J. Lee Rankin was its general counsel & is credited with smoothing the prose in its 1964 report the Warren Commission |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | NATURE $1600: The fragrant flowers of this plant turn toward the sun, hence its name; it's also the name for a shade of purple heliotrope |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | RECENT EVENTS $200: This world capital pulled back on its wild & weedy ways with a 2023 ban on smoking marijuana in its famous red light district Amsterdam |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS $400: Although founded in 1943, this furniture company didn't open its first retail store until 1958 in Älmhult, Sweden IKEA |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS $800: It bears the name of its inventor, who needed extra sleeping space in his cramped apartment; he called it in-a-dor Murphy bed |
| #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 | A COUNTRY BY ANY OTHER NAME $1200: In 1932 the kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd became this kingdom named for a peninsula & its ruling house Saudi Arabia |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | A COUNTRY BY ANY OTHER NAME $2000: The former Ellice Islands are now this country that derives a substantial part of its revenue from leasing the .tv domain name Tuvalu |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | A COUNTRY BY ANY OTHER NAME $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2022 it changed its official name, adding 2 dots over the "U" & changing the final "ey" to "iye" Turkey |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | LET'S GO GULFING $800: The seat of Pinellas county, this Florida gulf coast city got its name when someone noticed springs with really... Clearwater |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE UNIVERSE WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $1000: (Neil deGrasse Tyson presents the clue.) I take a special interest in this smallest of Uranus' five major moons; with its high cliffs & low gravity, if you dropped a rock, it would fall for ten minutes; in fact, my wife & I gave my daughter the same Shakespearean name Miranda |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | PLANTS & TREES $800: This cactus that can reach 60 feet tall only grows about an inch in height during its first 10 years a saguaro |
| #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 |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | ALL AROUND THE WORLD $200: A national park in Australia gets its name from basalt columns called these, components of a musical instrument organ pipes |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | PURE POETRY $400: (Ada Limón reads.) NASA has commissioned me to write a poem to be engraved on its Europa Clipper probe, which will travel 1.8 billion miles on its way to inspect an icy but possibly life-friendly moon of this planet Jupiter |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $800: The shell of an oared racing boat that has lost its luster dull scull hull |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $1000: This circular symbol of destruction & rebirth features a serpent devouring its own tail ouroboros |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | THOSE BALLS HAVE "I"s $800: After a century with its original supplier, in 1976 MLB said "Goodbye, Mr." this & made Rawlings its new official ball Spalding |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HURRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! $800: Serving fine food & legendary martinis, this iconic restaurant that opened its doors in 1919 is named for 2 of its founders Musso & Frank's |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | THOSE BALLS HAVE "I"s $4,000 (Daily Double): In addition to its volleyballs, this company has been making the official NFL football since 1941 Wilson |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | MAGAZINES $200: In 2021 this magazine famous for its "500" ranking of companies named Alyson Shontell its first-ever woman editor-in-chief Fortune |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | MAGAZINES $600: We'll give you the condensed version--in 2022 this magazine, once known for its condensed articles, celebrated its 100th birthday Reader's Digest |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | FLAGS OF SPANISH-SPEAKING NATIONS $800: Nicaragua, a geological hot spot, has 5 of these mountains on its flag volcanoes |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | MAGAZINES $800: Launched in 1937, this similar 4-letter magazine gave Life some stiff competition before ending its run in 1971 Look |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | FLAGS OF SPANISH-SPEAKING NATIONS $2000: Spain's flag features emblems of its historic kingdoms & of these pillars astride the Strait of Gibraltar the Pillars of Hercules |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | THAT'S OUR MOTTO! $200: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"; the phrase appears in its constitutions of 1946 & 1958 France |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS $400: In 1892 this party probably didn't raise a glass to getting 2.2% of the popular vote; 3 decades later, its cause was law the Prohibition Party |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | "X" IN THE CITY $600: Not surprisingly there's an interactive wine museum in this French "city of wine" known for its reds Bordeaux |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | GREAT BRITS $600: Sir Ronald Ross won a Nobel Prize for his work on this disease & the discovery of its transmission by mosquitos malaria |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | THAT'S OUR MOTTO! $1,000 (Daily Double): Of this Massachusetts university, translating from Hebrew:
"Truth, even unto its innermost parts" Brandeis University |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1852 this political party nominated war hero Gen. Winfield Scott, its last candidate for the top job, before disbanding the Whig Party |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | "B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $400: When you hear this sound, think of auto parts supplier Ed Peterson, who pioneered its use to prevent backover incidents a beep |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POE PLACES $400: Asked what its name is "on the night's Plutonian shore", the raven quoths this nevermore |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | HEAVEN ON EARTH $800: Given its name in the reign of Emperor Jiajing the Temple of Heaven in this capital once had stables for sacrificial animals Beijing |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | AUTOMOTIVE ALLITERATION $1000: Automobile magazine named this then new sporty Japanese import its 1990 Automobile of the Year the Mazda Miata |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $200: Intentional dwarfing is the goal of this hobby that takes its name from the Japanese for "tray planting" bonsai |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | 12-LETTER WORDS $600: It's now pretty much lights out for this once-standard type of light bulb, as its filament is less efficient incandescent |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | 16th & 17th CENTURY ART $1600: Where have you gone, this man born Michelangelo Merisi who did "Martyrdom of St. Matthew", a nation turns its lonely eyes to you Caravaggio |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | GO TO YOUR ROOM $2000: Get thee to this little room next to the pantry & the kitchen where its maids clean dishes & the like scullery |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | GO TO YOUR ROOM $4,200 (Daily Double): This room gave its name to an official art exhibition sponsored by the French government & once held at the Louvre salon |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | CURRENT U.S. GOVERNORS $1000: In 1990 she promoted the state of South Dakota as its reigning Snow Queen; today she promotes the state as governor Noem |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD $400: The original Café du Monde serves its famed beignets on Decatur Street in this New Orleans neighborhood the French Quarter |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | DEFENDING THE TITLE $600: In 1993 Joe Carter hit a walk-off, series-winning home run in game 6 as this team defended its championship in dramatic style the (Toronto) Blue Jays |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | SOUNDS SPOOKY $1000: It's named for how some of its growth dangles down as if in a web spider plants |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHY $1000: This "Garden City" named for a college at Oxford University had its peace shattered by 2 mosque shootings in 2019 Christchurch |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | ESSAYS $400: A book of essays about the "Black Panther" film & its cultural impact is called "Why" this fictional country "Matters" Wakanda |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & ACCESSORIES $800: Auguste Mustel invented this keyboard instrument in 1886; its heavenly name evokes the sky a celesta |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MY MISSED CAREER, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER $1000: Geography class, China's NW corner is this "autonomous region", though it's debatable how much autonomy its Uyghur people have Xinjiang |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1600: This culture named for a New Mexico city was known for its leaf-shaped spear points used to hunt mammoths & other big game the Clovis Culture |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $1600: This spot northwest of Philly got its name from a tavern named for Frederick II King of Prussia |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | ARCHAEOLOGY $2000: Named for a mythic place of darkness, this ship commanded by Sir John Franklin has been yielding its secrets from Arctic waters the HMS Erebus |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | WHATEVER FLOATS $2000: This formidable New Orleans krewe that shares its name with a Keats poem built an over 300-foot-long Mardi Gras float Endymion |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | LET'S GO ON A SAFARI $400: Kruger National Park is home to several large snakes, including this deadly type of mamba named for the dark lining in its mouth a black mamba |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | ART & ARTISTS $400: 1867's "Forever Free" by Edmonia Lewis quotes this presidential edict on its base & in its title the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $400: This Arizona city with its red rock landscape is considered a spiritual mecca that inspires & heals Sedona |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | TECH TALK $800: This operating system was developed in the 1960s & its "time" is the number of seconds elapsed since Jan. 1, 1970 UNIX |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | AND THE OSCAR WENT TO... $1200: Roy Pomeroy won an engineering effects Oscar for his work on this 1927 war film, 2 years after its release Wings |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | ARMY "ANT"s $200: This branch of the U.S. Army is its principal land combat force infantry |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | 7-LETTER ANIMALS $800: This alternate name for a wolverine sounds like it could eat everything in sight & if it had its way, it just might the glutton |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | COMPANY HEADQUARTERS $800: This all-inclusive resort company is based in Paris, not on its namesake sea Club Med |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | 7-LETTER ANIMALS $1600: Also called a rorqual, a type of whale takes this name from its prominent dorsal appendage a finback |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | PHYSICS CHECKUP $1000: According to this cosmologist's law, redshift in light coming from a galaxy is directly proportional to its distance from us Hubble |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | 2-LETTER RESPONSES $1600: The arboreal aerialist seen here gets this alternate name from its high-pitched cry ai |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | PRESENT COMPANY ACCEPTED $200: In 2023 this company announced price cuts on its cars, including a $19,000 discount on the Model X Plaid Tesla |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | INVERTEBRATES $400: Although its name indicates it has 100 feet, this arthropod may have more than 300 a centipede |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | PRESENT COMPANY ACCEPTED $800: After 8 years as CEO of this tech company following its split from eBay, Dan Schulman is stepping down, but no need to send Dan any $$$ PayPal |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | HANG IN THERE $800: Though this ship sank in the Antarctic in 1915, it lived up to its name, from the Latin for "hard", & was found intact in 2022 the Endurance (Shackleton's ship) |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | TABLE TALK $1000: A table whose legs form its corners is named for this New York City design school founded in 1896 Parsons |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | INVERTEBRATES $1200: The sea wasp variety of this floating invertebrate is deadly; each dart on its many tentacles can kill a person in minutes a jellyfish |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | ISLE BE "C"ING YOU $1200: This Dutch isle in the southern Caribbean is famous for its liqueur made from orange peels Curaçao |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | TRAVEL USA $400: In spring head to this California theme park for its annual Boysenberry Festival Knott's Berry Farm |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEERS $800: Lion Beer Australia says its beers are made from only 4 core ingredients--water, barley, malt & these hops |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | MET-IEVAL ART $1600: A set of tapestries with some threads gilded depict a unicorn; its hunt & capture symbolized this, a word for a god-made flesh incarnation |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | WATCHING MY STORIES $2000: A boy steals a painting of a bird after a museum bombing in this Donna Tartt novel & its film adaptation The Goldfinch |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE $200: Check out a view of downtown this West Coast city of 900,000 from its Twin Peaks San Francisco |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSIC MOVIES $400: The last word in this 1974 Jack Nicholson movie is its title--"Forget it, Jake, it's" this place Chinatown |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | THE ELEMENTS $2,600 (Daily Double): The name of this metal element, also a deep blue pigment, comes from a German word for a goblin said to trouble its miners cobalt |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | CAR STUFF $200: It's a myth that this Chevy didn't sell in Spanish-speaking markets because its name can be translated as "doesn't go" the Nova |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | LITTLE $1,000 (Daily Double): This city in Java gave its name to small chickens, boxers & books Bantam |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | CAR STUFF $1000: This British automaker teamed up with its competitor Healey to produce classic '50s sports cars like the Sprite Austin |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $1200: This ship commanded by James Cook on his first Pacific voyage later gave its name to a Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $1600: After attacking & sinking the Housatonic, this Confederate submarine also went down, killing its 8 crewmen Hunley |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HIT THE ROAD, JACK $2000: In 1966 Time magazine said this iconic street known for its fashion "illustrates the new swinging London" Carnaby Street |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CHAT G-P-T $400: The Pallas's cat is called the world's this superlative; it's not just the face--it's only successful on a third of its hunts grumpiest (cat) |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | NATIONAL FOUNDERS $1600: In the 1950s Kwame Nkrumah led this country to its independence from Britain Ghana |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICS $19,000 (Daily Double): This composer's most famous piece, eventually annoying him with its fame, was originally titled "Finland Awakes" Sibelius |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | OVERWROUGHT HISTORY $1000: 1494: This business league is comin' apart, man! Ivan III nixed Novgorod from being one of its kontors, or trading posts the Hanseatic League |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | LIBRARIES $1000: In 1996 this library moved its main branch from the Mazarin Palace on the rue de Richelieu to a new facility along the Seine the Bibliothèque nationale (of France) |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | A NEW COAT $2000: Similar to a parka, this hooded jacket gets its name in part from Greenlandic Inuit an anorak |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | TV $1000: As Baba Voss, this actor stars in "See", a series about a dystopian future where most of humanity has lost its sight Jason Momoa |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | EDITORS $1600: This urbane writer was a co-founder of the Paris Review & its first editor Plimpton |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | CONSONANT CRAVING $200: Household item that totally sucks at its job:
AUU a vacuum |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | GONE FISHIN' $600: In 1997 this U.S. state designated the Bonneville cutthroat trout as its official state fish Utah |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | THE SOUTH PACIFIC $2000: Although this country has more than 300 islands, about 70% of the population lives on its largest, Viti Levu Fiji |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | COMIN' TO YOUR CITY $200: Hit a casino in this city of the French Riviera, enjoy its Promenade de la Croisette & maybe enjoy a film or 12 in late May Cannes |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | FROM THE ARABIC $200: This Middle Eastern dip takes its name from the Arabic for "chickpeas" hummus |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BACK IN THE 12th CENTURY $400: A comet sketched by a monk named Eadwine around 1145 is likely this one given its name (not "Eadwine's") in the 18th century Halley's Comet |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | A LITTLE READING MATERIAL $400: In 2021 Rolling Stone updated its Greatest Songs of All Time list; this Aretha Franklin hit, previously No. 5, now tops the list "Respect" |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | FROM THE ARABIC $600: This word comes from "zarafa", also a book about one brought to Europe in 1826 with its head poking through a hole in the deck giraffe |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | A LITTLE READING MATERIAL $800: This 135-year-old magazine has helped fund more than 15,000 grants in its history; recipients include Richard Byrd & Jacques Cousteau National Geographic |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: This word for any extended break from work gets its name from a day of rest sabbatical |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | A REAL FONT OF KNOWLEDGE $400: Vincent Connare designed this font with a 2-word name for word balloons & kids' apps; it has taken on a life of its own Comic Sans |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | A TRIP TO ASIA $800: Known locally as Dapsang, this very large mountain with a very short name rises from its base on the Godwin Austen Glacier K2 |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | JASON ALEXANDER: MASTER OF MY DOMAIN $1000: (Jason Alexander gives the clue.) Long before winning the first Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Richard Pryor wrote for this '70s sitcom; the star next to Richard is a big hint & man, its theme song was fantastic Sanford and Son |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | ADULT BEVERAGES $1000: According to its label, this German liqueur is made from "56 botanicals" & it's the bomb! Jagermeister |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | 10-LETTER WORDS $7,000 (Daily Double): Common in French, this diacritical mark gets its name from the Latin for "bend around" circumflex |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | QUICK PLANETS $800: Leda is one of its more than 50 named moons Jupiter |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW WITH ELLIE KEMPER $1000: (Ellie Kemper presents the clue.) Our bakers made this sweet yeast bread that's braided & baked in a loaf pan &, as my cohost Zach explained, takes its name from the Polish word for "grandmother" babka |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | QUICK PLANETS $1000: It's surrounded by phenomena named
A, B, C, D, E, F & G Saturn |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | MAGAZINES IN OTHER WORDS $600: "Adequate Home Maintenance":
Will you give your approval to its seal? Good Housekeeping |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | MAGAZINES IN OTHER WORDS $800: "Sophisticated":
Take our quiz on its famous quizzes! Cosmopolitan |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | FLORIDA PLACES $800: Each September this very old city reenacts the 1565 landing of its founder Pedro Menéndez de Avilés St. Augustine |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | U.S. FACTS & FIGURES $1000: The conifers cry, "Come back" to those who left this Arkansas city's metro area--from 2010-2020 it lost 1/8 of its people Pine Bluff |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | SCIENCE $1600: The ratio of the velocity of light in one medium to its velocity in another is called the index of this refraction |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | SCIENCE $5,000 (Daily Double): This pioneering computer language got its name from its early use in translating formulas Fortran |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | "D" TOUR $2000: On a visit to this Dutch city, you might stop for a piece of its namesake pottery Delft |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | TIME TO DANCE $200: Step slow, slow, quick, quick to do this dance with a member of the family Canidae in its name the foxtrot |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | IT'S GONNA BE MAY! $800: Founded by Clara Barton on May 21,1881, this organization got its first congressional charter 19 years later the Red Cross |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | TITLES WITH EXCLAMATION POINTS! $1000: Despite its biblical sound, this Faulkner novel with a repetitive title takes place in Mississippi & Haiti Absalom, Absalom! |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | WE DISCONTINUED THE CAR $400: Its 503 & 507 did not add up to be the ultimate driving machines BMW |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | WE DISCONTINUED THE CAR $600: In the 2010s it decided its electrified future wouldn't include the Jetta Hybrid Volkswagen |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | "G" AS IN GLOBAL $800: A gazelle of Arabia is named for the growth on its throat that resembles this swelling in humans a goiter |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | IT'S A COOKBOOK! $800: Enjoy "Uncommon Recipes from" this Brooklyn pie shop; its 4-word name is what was "baked in a pie" in a nursery rhyme Four & Twenty Blackbirds |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | "G" AS IN GLOBAL $1600: The international airport in the town of Prestwick on the Firth of Clyde serves this larger city to its northeast Glasgow |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | A REAL BODY BUSY $1600: Also called the hypophysis, this gland is boss level, as its hormones regulate the thyroid & adrenal glands the pituitary |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $1200: For the centennial of its publication, Matthew Hollis' 2022 "Biography of a Poem" is about this culture-spanning one by T.S. Eliot The Waste Land |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES $1200: In 2023 Germany agreed to send its battle tanks named for this creature to help Ukraine a leopard |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | WHERE THE "H" IS THAT? $2000: This Ancient Egyptian city lived up to its name as the seat of worship of Re, the sun god Heliopolis |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | CONFIDENCE $1000: With "each depositor insured to at least $250,000", this.gov says its "official teller sign... is a symbol of confidence" FDIC |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | THE PARENT COMPANY $1600: Its name implies one simple machine, but this big multinational holds the mayo with Hellmann's Unilever |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | UNGULATES $1600: Arni is another word for this ungulate with a liquid in its 2-word name, tipping--& possibly breaking--the scales at over 2,500 pounds a water buffalo |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | THE NEW CAPITAL $2000: In the 1990s this country moved its capital from Almaty to Akmola, which was renamed Astana & then briefly named Nur-Sultan Kazakhstan |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | SHARPS & FLATS $400: He really gets around & its project website claims it is the longest-lasting literacy project on the web Flat Stanley |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | READING MUSIC $600: A photo collection of this Smiths singer used a poetic quote for its title "Alone & Palely Loitering" Morrissey |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | BAR LINES $800: Along with grenadine & orange juice, put in plenty of this potent potable to kick it up & see its "sunrise" of musical fame tequila |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | STATE NICKNAMES $800: In 1995 it officially changed its nickname from the "Land of Opportunity" to "The Natural State" Arkansas |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | STATE NICKNAMES $1000: Its nickname, the "Peace Garden State", refers to the International Peace Garden that straddles its border with Manitoba North Dakota |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | SEPARATION $1600: A boning knife separates chicken from its carcass; this type of knife is used to free fish meat from its skeleton & skin a fillet knife |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: About the size of France, this ex-French colony is seen here living up to 2 of the 3 words in its name the Central African Republic |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | BASKETBALL GREATS $800: The 1940s defensive dominance of 6'10" George Mikan led to this rule that prohibits touching a ball on its downward flight to the basket goaltending |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | "F"IVE LETTER WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): In its simplest form it's a sheet of paper folded in half to make 2 leaves or 4 pages; Shakespeare's had a lot more a folio |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | HISTORY $400: This was invented during the Han Dynasty, which built an efficient civil service that needed plenty for its bureaucrats to push paper |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | FLYING COLORS $1000: This Israeli airline has a blue Star of David on the tail of its planes El Al |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | REPTILES $1200: This desert animal's name is a misnomer, as it's really a reptile; it got its name because it looks like a type of amphibian a horned toad |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | GLOBETROTTING $1200: Though not an E.U. member, Andorra uses the euro, with a chamois or goaty-looking animal named for these mountains on its coins the Pyrenees |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | REPTILES $3,200 (Daily Double): A kin of alligators & crocodiles, this Central & South American reptile lends its name to an island group near Jamaica a caiman |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | OLIVE YOU $200: With its warm, sunny climate, this state produces over 95% of the olives grown in America California |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MY KID GOT INTO AN IVY LEAGUE MUSEUM $400: Sonny caught the Penn Museum's new gallery of the eastern part of this sea, & its display of sarcophagus lids found in Israel the Mediterranean |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | TEXAS STATE SYMBOLS $800: In 2005 Texas chose this Old West food truck as its state vehicle the chuck wagon |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | THE 12th CENTURY $800: Uzbekistan's Minaret of Kalyan has stood since 1127, aided by straw packed into its foundation to protect against these events earthquakes |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | TALES $1,200 (Daily Double): "Down on its right side toppled the bed of the Roman's chariot" in this oft-filmed novel subtitled "A Tale of the Christ" Ben-Hur |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | WORLD FACTS $1200: This very large North American desert has a small dog in its name Chihuahua |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | DOGGIE BAG $200: In 2010 this state made the Malamute its state dog Alaska |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | THIS LAND IS "UR" LAND $400: In 1989 it changed its official name in English to Myanmar Burma |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | DOGGIE BAG $600: As it's bred to guard the flocks, the Komondor, with its corded coat, is also known as the Hungarian this sheepdog |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | LOST WITH THE TITANIC $800: The handwritten manuscript of a 1902 story by this "Heart of Darkness" man, on its way to a collector in New York Conrad |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | DOGGIE BAG $1000: The African hound called a Rhodesian this gets its name in part from the crest of hair that grows along its spine Ridgeback |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | WHALES $600: After about a year in its mother's womb, a baby of this whale species is born weighing up to 3 tons & as long as 25 feet a blue whale |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | WHALES $1000: The largest member of the dolphin family, it's easy to identify by its black & white coloring an orca (killer whale) |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THE NATION IN QUESTION $600: Long, narrow & on its own since 1818; neutral in World War I & part of II; valuing Valparaiso Chile |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | QUANTUM SCIENCE $2000: (Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) Classical mechanics says that all physical quantities can be known at the same time; this principle, from Werner Heisenberg, sets quantum science apart by saying that the more sure you are of a particle's position, the less sure you are of its momentum the uncertainty principle |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | AMERICANA $600: A few things about this iconic item; its strike note is E-flat, it weighs a ton & Pennsylvania is missing the second "N" on it the Liberty Bell |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | THE SECRET OF ACRONYM $800: PEN International originally took its name from an acronym for "poets, essayists", these novelists |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | NORWAY IS FAMOUS FOR... $800: Its great dramatist Henrik Ibsen & for this composer whom Ibsen asked to write music for his play "Peer Gynt" Edvard Grieg |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | LIT-POURRI $600: By its title, this Lois Lowry Y.A. novel needs a receiver, & his name is Jonas The Giver |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | & THEN THERE'S MOD $1200: Mod style began in the late '50s; in the late '70s, its avatar was this band, led by Paul Weller The Jam |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | IT'S "NATIONAL" $600: A volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands & wild Asian elephants mingling with cattle in Sri Lanka are among its top photos of 2022 the National Geographic |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | TRANSPORTATION, IN VARIOUS FORMS $1200: This automaker combined "ion" & "unique" to get its Ioniq line Hyundai |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | SPORTS MEDICINE $800: Lateral epicondylitis is better known as this, which despite its name, isn't limited to guys like Novak Djokovic tennis elbow |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | NATIONAL HEROES $400: Its national heroes, Toussaint Louverture & his lieutenant Jean-Jacques Dessalines, both fought for its freedom Haiti |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | ROCKS & MINERALS $800: You may be surprised to know that in its pure form, this element has no odor; the smells come from its compounds sulfur |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | NATIONAL HEROES $3,000 (Daily Double): A hero of this island nation where he was born, Marcus Garvey has been proposed to appear on its $100 bill Jamaica |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEY, BIG SPENDER $400: You've likely moved on from this company's Platinum card & onto its much-esteemed Centurion American Express |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | A DEADLY WEAPON $400: The Mons Meg is a massive one of these artillery pieces used by the Scots for 200 years until its barrel broke a cannon |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | A SALT $600: Savvy cooks prefer this salt, not for religious purposes but because its coarse texture makes it easier to pinch & dispense kosher salt |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | A DEADLY WEAPON $800: During World War II U-boats improved these weapons from the G7a model, which left a trail of bubbles as it headed for its prey a torpedo |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | A SALT $1000: This city about 150 miles west of Vienna takes its name from nearby salt mines that operated for many hundreds of years Salzburg |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $2000: Taking its name from the Spanish for "turtledove", it's the largest of the British Virgin Islands Tortola |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | EUROPEAN NATIONAL NICKNAMES $200: At different times in its history, this nation has been called Hibernia & the Celtic Tiger Ireland |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | EUROPEAN NATIONAL NICKNAMES $1000: Due to its location, this small nation, a grand duchy, has been called the little fortress & the Gibraltar of the North Luxembourg |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | TREE-NAMED PLACES $1600: Seen here, this South Carolina resort sounds like it has 2 trees in its name Myrtle Beach |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | TOUGH TOUGH-GUY TV $1600: Tough on the streets of Austin, tender with his boyfriend, officer Carlos Reyes is on this show with an emergency number in its title 9-1-1: Lone Star |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $200: The color of the statue comes from oxidation of this metal; the museum has a model of the foot, in its original color copper |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | ISLANDS OF THE FAR NORTH $800: A Russian lieutenant gave this island southeast of Anchorage its name because its outline resembled an Inuit canoe Kayak Island |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LED WHAT CABINET DEPARTMENT? $800: Janet Napolitano, who as president of the University of California later sued this department over its treatment of "dreamers" Homeland Security |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $1200: This southern city is a hip-hop mecca & one of its temples is Lenox Square Mall, where the OutKast rappers met Atlanta |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | ISLANDS OF THE FAR NORTH $1200: Spitsbergen Island in Norway's Svalbard archipelago is known for its great views of this luminous atmospheric display the northern lights |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | U.S. COLLEGES $400: Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, it celebrated its 250th birthday in 2019 Dartmouth |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $600: Smilodon for the camera! Known for its 2 extended chompers, this cat prowled around 40 million years ago a saber-toothed tiger |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $1000: Though it's known for its lack of a tail, this breed seen here can sometimes be born with one Manx |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | PULITZER PRIZES $800: In 1947 a special Pulitzer went to this university's graduate school of journalism, for its administration of the Pulitzer prizes Columbia |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY $1600: (Amor Towles presents the clue.) In Pennsylvania, the Lincoln Highway follows the route of the Lancaster, one of these toll roads which back in its day was also an innovative long-distance highway a turnpike |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | LONG-LIVED CRITTERS $200: Polly wanna be immortal! Or for Tarbu, an African grey this, get to 55 & say its last word to its owner--"Cheerio!" a parrot |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | RESILIENCE $400: For this material brought from South Amer. in the 1700s, resilience is the quality of returning to its former shape after deformation rubber |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | PLATEAUS $1600: This long plateau region along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard takes its name from the Italian for "foot of the mountain" the Piedmont |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | A.K.A. $600: When your British office mate asks if you can spare a drawing pin, he means one of these with a body part in its name a thumbtack |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA $800: In 2022 this company celebrated its 90th anniversary, issuing 2 new special edition lighters for the occasion Zippo |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | "TRI" ME $800: When its remains were first discovered in 1887, they were thought to belong to an extinct species of bison Triceratops |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHOE KNOW IT $800: This dreamy style of British indie rock got its name from the way performers stared at their effects pedals shoegaze |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHAPE UP $2000: This broad muscle of the upper back & neck gets its name from its resemblance to a quadrilateral with one set of parallel sides the trapezius |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | ETYMOLOGY $2000: This first portion of the small intestine is named for its length of about 12 fingerbreadths the duodenum |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHIP OUT $4,000 (Daily Double): Before its more famous departure from Plymouth, the Mayflower set sail from this "directional" English port Southampton |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | LETTER PERFECT $2000: In math it's an irrational constant beginning 2.71828, getting its letter from a man named Leonhard e |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | U.S. ISLANDS $5,000 (Daily Double): Despite its name, this island doesn't actually have any wineries, but there are a couple of liquor stores in Edgartown Martha's Vineyard |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | IN THE COOKIE JAR $200: One of its slogans is "Milk's favorite cookie" Oreos |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | BANKING & FINANCE $400: Talk about cold cash! Wells Fargo owns the only 2 of these machines in Antarctica--one is used just for its parts an ATM |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $600: Let's rock & roll:
Home to the University of Colorado, this city is known for its Flatirons, seen here Boulder |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: This country finds itself in the middle of things, with a northern border with Russia & on its south, Ukraine Belarus |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | LORD OF THE DINGS $1200: This NBA team has featured a snake & a bell on one of its logos & before home games a bell is ceremonially rung to root them on the 76ers |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | LORD OF THE DINGS $2000: In "It's a Wonderful Life", little Zuzu Bailey says, "Every time a bell rings", this happens an angel gets his wings |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | LITERARY LONDON $3,400 (Daily Double): This 1881 Mark Twain novel takes place in London's poorer areas as well as in some of its ritzier locales The Prince and the Pauper |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | LET'S VISIT NICARAGUA $1000: Nicaragua's longest land border is with this country to its north Honduras |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | A BUSINESS, MAJOR $200: Yum! tries to live up to its name, owning Taco Bell & this chain that boasts "Pepperoni Lover's" slices Pizza Hut |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | INSIDE BALLET & OPERA $400: Ballet dancers in the preparatory position called "bras bas" hold these down low, as its French name says arms |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | ONE-SYLLABLE BODY PARTS $400: Named for its shape, it spans from the heel to the ball of the foot the arch |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | A BUSINESS, MAJOR $400: This oil company wants to be "a net-zero energy emissions business by 2050 or sooner", & become one "of its former self" Shell |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $2000: This type of govt. official sent to a foreign land shares its name with an elected leader in the days of the Roman Republic a consul |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | MOUNTAIN HIGH, VALLEY LOW $600: Cape Town's Table Mountain often has its own cloud cover, which has fittingly been dubbed this tablecloth |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $800: Though it's actually named for a person, you can still get this type of food poisoning from the fish that's in its name salmonella |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | NATIVE AMERICANA $800: More & more common, land acknowledgements include Florida State University's--its campuses are on this tribe's land the Seminoles |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | FANS OF THE SINGER $1600: BTS has its Army & she has her Navy Rihanna |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | RECENT COMMERCIALS $400: Due in part to its catchy tune, this company's "Have it your way" commercial entered meme status in 2022 Burger King |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | "Y" ON THE MAP $400: If you know "owt" about England, you know this historic county with its own accent & vocabulary (Yorkshire) York |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | "Y" ON THE MAP $1,600 (Daily Double): Site of a historic 1945 conference, this city on the Crimean Peninsula is known for its many health resorts Yalta |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | SCIENCE $1600: Steel wool has lots of surface area, so when set ablaze, its mass increases as it turns into this compound also known as rust iron oxide |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $2000: With a name referring to its shallowness, it's Nebraska's official state river the Platte |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | COLLEGE TALK $2000: Hegel believed that the progress of thought begins with this, an idea that's followed by its opposite a thesis |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | THE TECH BEAT $800: In 2019 South Korea was the first country to adopt this in its mobile network, logically a 25% improvement 5G |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | SEA HERE $1200: Muscat is a port on this sea that shares its name with a big peninsula the Arabian Sea |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | SEA HERE $2000: More properly a lake, this Central Asian sea has shrunk dramatically, due to diversion of its water for irrigation the Aral Sea |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | THE LANTHANIDES OF MARCH $400: Lanthanides are all rare earth elements, with promethium the rarest--not found in nature & all its isotopes have this unstable property radioactivity |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | THE LANTHANIDES OF MARCH $1200: Lutetium is used in the process of cracking petroleum, breaking down its large molecules in this type of facility a refinery |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | BIRDS NEAR WATER $800: This species of African wading birds seen here shares its name with a similar-looking shark a hammerhead |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | ODD WORDS $800: This symbol found on your keyboard gets its name from "and per se and" an ampersand |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | BIRDS NEAR WATER $1000: This bird of the genus Actitis gets its name from running along seashores making short, high-pitched noises the sandpiper |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | TRANSPORT OVER THE AGES $10,018 (Daily Double): Merchants on this trade route with a fabric in its name used the Bactrian camel to hump their goods along the Silk Road |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | RE: UNION $400: At the time of its breakup in 1991, it was the world's largest country in area the Soviet Union |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | BRIDGES $1600: Though its name means "new bridge", it's the oldest existing bridge across the Seine Pont Neuf |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $800: If you know how to crochet you can make yourself this type of scarf that forms a loop without ends, as its name implies an infinity scarf |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | PEOPLE FROM ISLANDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Boricua is a word for a person from this island or of its heritage; Lin-Manuel Miranda is a proud Boricua Puerto Rico |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | THAT'S A LAUGH! $2000: (I'm Hasan Minhaj.) I won a Peabody Award for this comedy show that took its name from the not-so-funny 2001 legislation, increasing the surveillance powers of law enforcement agencies the Patriot Act |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | SOCIAL SCIENCE $400: Growing out of its 1970s women's studies program, in 2006 Indiana University began the USA's first Ph.D. program in this gender studies |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | DESCRIBING THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $600: This word for an electronic keyboard instrument capable of creating numerous sounds reflects its ability to combine signals a synthesizer |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | THE GOLDEN AGE $1200: This nation's 17th century golden age included paintings of its maritime success; note the ship's red-, white- & blue-striped flag the Netherlands |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | VERY ARTISTIC $800: Praise this painting from the early 1500s on its use of sfumato, the use of fine shading, but please don't tell her to smile more the Mona Lisa |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | SHORT, TINY & SMALL $1200: The sword-billed species of this tiny bird has the longest bill in relation to its body size of any bird in the world a hummingbird |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | OLD HISTORY $400: From 1588 to 1629 Abbas the Great was shah of this country & its empire Persia |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | POST-GRADUATION $1000: A top music industry award gets its name from this old-time record player with a big horn a gramophone |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | TRAVEL FACTS $800: A legacy of its colonial past, Burundi's currency is this, divided into 100 centimes the franc |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Its main campus in West Lafayette, Indiana includes the Krannert School of Management Purdue |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1200: This Boston school of music is named for its second president; his first & last names were reversed Berklee |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | THE ELEMENTS $400: Superman's home planet shares its name with this rare gas krypton |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | ON TIKTOK $1000: Famous for his silent reaction videos & spoofs, he dethroned Charli D'Amelio as the most-followed TikTok star Khaby Lame |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | THE ELEMENTS $2000: In 2016 artificially produced element 117 was officially named this, in honor of the state that contributed to its discovery tennessine |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | RELIGION HAS ITS PLACE $400: "Kirk" is a Scottish word for church, & Greyfriar's Kirk has stood for 400 years in this capital's Old Town Edinburgh |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | RELIGION HAS ITS PLACE $800: This type of house of worship can be decorated with inscriptions of Koranic verses, but no human figures a mosque |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $1200: This country's anthem contains lyrics in its 5 most widely spoken languages, including Xhosa, Zulu & English South Africa |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | RELIGION HAS ITS PLACE $1600: Jesus was a regular shulgoer--the King James Bible says, "as his custom was, he went into" this "on the Sabbath day" the synagogue |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | AN "F" IN HISTORY $2000: Like a university, a river in British Columbia is named for this explorer who reached its mouth in 1808 Simon Fraser |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | RELIGION HAS ITS PLACE $2000: Here's a video clue of Hanoi's Tran Quoc Buddhist temple & if we had olfactory clues, you could smell the Hoi An this incense |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $2000: Named for one of its founding fathers, "La Dessalinienne" is this Caribbean country's anthem Haiti |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | RELIGION HAS ITS PLACE $3,000 (Daily Double): The Naval Academy one is pretty grand, though the word generally means "smaller than or subordinate to a church" a chapel |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | IN THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION $200: Its preamble includes the "Chairman" who "in 1949, overthrew the rule of... bureaucratic capitalism" China |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | STAY COOL $400: With flavors like Cool Ranch, it's no surprise this chip brand has a cool stylized triangle on its bags Doritos |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | IN THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION $400: "On its land, Moses grew up, the light of God appeared, and the message descended on Mount Sinai" Egypt |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | IN THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION $600: About its flag:
"Occupying one third of the white stripe is a green cedar tree with its top touching the upper red stripe" Lebanon |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | IN THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION $1000: Its territories "shall comprise... the provinces of Balochistan, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa..." Pakistan |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | ALL WAYS $600: The kings of Queens, this team plays its home games at 41 Seaver Way in Flushing the Mets |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | CARS BY THE NUMBER $800: This company has made 7 generations of its 3 series, including the 330i sedan BMW |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1600: This largest island in Alaska covers nearly 3,600 square miles & yes, I'll have some of its abundant salmon, please Kodiak |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $2000: This river rises in the Czech Republic but nearly 500 of its 724 miles flow through Germany to the North Sea the Elbe |
| #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 |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ACC SCHOOL HISTORY $400: In 1872 this New York school chose its official colors--pink & green; its students chose orange in 1890 Syracuse |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | COME ON GET HOPPY $200: This type of rat lives up to its marsupial name, jumping up to 9 feet at a time to escape predators the kangaroo rat |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | STATE TREES $400: Visit this state to see its Black Hills spruce South Dakota |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD $1200: Looking at a Hudson Super Six, named for its six of these, feel the presence of the Joads who converted one into a truck & piled in six cylinder engine |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | LOGOS $200: The 5 interconnected rings in its logo represent continents the Olympic Committee |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | LOGOS $600: The logo of this fashion house named for its founder contains 2 interlocking "C"s, backwards & forwards Chanel |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | LOGOS $800: Consisting of two snakes, the logo for this programming language seen here didn't have to change its colors to support Ukraine Python |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | LOGOS $1000: This Italian carmaker has a black prancing horse on a yellow background in its logo Ferrari |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BOB DYLAN LYRICS $3,000 (Daily Double): Singing about this comic who died in 1966:
"He didn't commit any crime, he just had the insight to rip off the lid before its time" Lenny Bruce |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | ALL KINDS OF BOOKS $400: The big one of these from National Geographic for kids to pore over first came out in 1963 & is now in its 11th edition an atlas |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | FASHIONABLE ETYMOLOGY $1200: An Oxfordshire regatta gave its name to this style of collarless shirt seen here a Henley |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | WESTERN EUROPE $2000: The vibrantly painted buildings of Norway's Bryggen Wharf commemorate its days as a hub for this Baltic trading organization the Hanseatic League |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | OCEAN LIFE $3,800 (Daily Double): Named for its rubbery shell, this largest sea turtle can swim up to 10,000 miles each year a leatherback |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | YOU'RE ON THE WORLD MONEY $1200: Serbia put this inventor on its 100 dinar bill Tesla |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | ENDS WITH THE SAME 2 CONSONANTS $200: It's pulverized tobacco that was kept in its own "box" snuff |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | SQUIRRELS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN $400: This striped rodent of the squirrel family makes good use of its large internal cheek pouches when transporting food a chipmunk |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE CORPORATE STRUCTURE $2000: Here's Marc Benioff, head of this company that provides software services, at a topping-off ceremony for its San Francisco tower Salesforce |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WHICH WAR? $400: The destroyer HMS Sheffield is sunk by a missile but Argentina loses at least 20% of its planes the Falklands War |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | NUTS TO YOU! $600: Don't look for this nut in Mounds bars, just in its Hershey's companion almonds |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | LIVIN' ON A PRAIRIE $800 (Daily Double): This word precedes Prairie in a city not far from Minneapolis that got its name in the 1800s as a "garden spot" Eden |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE GLOBE $800: September 3 is this Asian island country's Armed Forces Day; some say it'll need its armed forces at some point Taiwan |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | LIVIN' ON A PRAIRIE $800: Big on the Oregon Trail, the transport called the prairie this got its name from a white cover resembling part of a sailing ship a schooner |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WE'RE HALFWAY THERE $1000: Half-timbered houses as on Funen Island, are a nostalgic symbol of this country, & are seen on tins of its butter cookies Denmark |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | NUTS TO YOU! $1000: The Pará nut, aka this nation nut, is high in protein &, in non-edible news, its oil is used in shampoos & skin care products Brazil |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | HOT TUNES $400: This 1985 Top 10 hit by The Power Station shares its name with a 1959 Marilyn Monroe film "Some Like It Hot" |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $400: Taylor Swift said she was up very late writing the songs that make up this 2022 album, hence its title Midnights |
| #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 | BIG RIVER $1600: Its drainage basin includes parts of Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Zambia & 2 other countries the Congo |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $200: The shepherd's tree of southern Africa doesn't look like much above ground, but these can go 230 feet down its roots |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | TAKING A GAMBLE WITH JAMES HOLZHAUER $300: (James Holzhauer presents the clue.) Before I school these guys in poker, I have to put down this small bet prior to seeing cards; its name is from the Latin for "before" the ante |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | IT'S ALSO A GREEK LETTER $400: In 1941 this airline with a Greek letter for a name moved its headquarters to Atlanta Delta |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | IKE & PATTON $500: Driving across France in late 1944, Patton's Third Army turned & raced north to flatten this protrusion that gave a battle its name the Bulge |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | THERE WILL BE BLOOD $900: As well as 8 arms, this creature in a genus of the same name has 3 hearts to pump its blue blood an octopus |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | GETTING CLOSE TO SOMETHING $900: Expectorating is a fancy way to say this, involving a bodily fluid; if you're within its "distance", you're close to your target spitting |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | MOUNTAINS $800: This country is home to the penguins of Patagonia & Hornocal, the 14-colors mountain seen here in all its glory Argentina |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | "IN" THE RIGHT PLACE $400: In 1815 Mount Tambora on this big archipelago had a huge eruption & lost much of its height Indonesia |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | JASON CONCEPCION $800: (Jason Concepcion presents the clue.) A 2021 episode of "Takeline" examined Major League Baseball's decision to move its All-Star Game out of this state after it passed a law that reduced the number of ballot drop boxes in Fulton County and elsewhere Georgia |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | HEAD GEAR $1200: When this item was first worn, by John Hetherington in 1797, its height & luster made women faint the first top hat |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | CHANNELING THE TV SHOWS $800: "Below Deck Mediterranean" & "The Real Housewives of Dallas" are all over its map Bravo |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | A DASH OF FASHION $200: In fashion as boots, loafers or slippers, this big-soled style shares its name with a line of soups Chunky |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | GEOGRAPHY $400: One of Canada's oldest cities, it's called the Gibraltar of America because its huge Citadel overlooks the St. Lawrence River Quebec City |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | SOIL $1000: As its name suggests, it's a layer of soil that remains frozen year-round permafrost |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | COUNTRY SONGS $2000: Little Big Town had its first No. 1 country hit singing about partying & catching waves on this title boat the "Pontoon" |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | VENOMOUS CREATURES $800: The world's most venomous fish is the stonefish named for this environment where it likes to hide, as you can see by its coloration a reef |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | VENOMOUS CREATURES $2000: Deriving its name from a country in Western Africa, this viper can weigh about 20 pounds & has the longest fangs of any snake a Gaboon viper |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | THE MUSEUM OF FAILURE $100: This beverage brand "changed its classic recipe in 1985... consumers were furious... original formula was rapidly re-introduced" Coke (Coca-Cola) |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | WHAT AN ANIMAL! $200: As the saying goes, this animal can't change its spots a leopard |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | THE MUSEUM OF FAILURE $200: Shake it like a this picture? Great! But its Instant Video Camera System? That "could only record 2 1/2 minutes of murky, dark video" Polaroid |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | WHAT AN ANIMAL! $600: The bottlenose species of this critter looks like it's smiling, but that's just the way its mouth is shaped a dolphin |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | UNDER STUDY $900: Its name means "earth study" & it studies all that makes up the Earth, including its rocks & minerals geology |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | REAL ESTATES $3,800 (Daily Double): A private jet named the Lisa Marie & the jungle room with its green shag carpet are highlights of this Memphis estate Graceland |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | WORLD HISTORY $9,800 (Daily Double): This dynasty that ruled China from 1368 to 1644 was noted for its arts & culture including, of course, ceramics & porcelain vases Ming |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | 3-LETTER RESPONSES $600: This federal agency has its headquarters in Atlanta largely because the South was once the epicenter of malaria outbreaks the CDC |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | JANUARY IN RECENT HISTORY $400: After decades as a member, in January 2020 the U.K. ceased its membership in this organization the EU |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | 3.7 TRILLION FISH IN THE OCEAN $600: Similar to the puffer fish, this fish, named for a spiny land dweller, can puff itself up to twice its size when alarmed a porcupine fish |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | 3.7 TRILLION FISH IN THE OCEAN $800: Called "the tiger of the sea", this predator of tropical oceans takes its name from an American Spanish word barracuda |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | WHAT SEASON IS IT? $800: Not with its own holiday like the end has, the beginning of World War I is solemnly commemorated summer |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | SAY IT WITH ADVERTISING $1000: This credit card has long lured you to be a "member" not a mere cardholder, as in the slogan "Membership has its privileges" American Express |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | LAST BUT NOT LEAST $2000: The Industrial Revolution saw this machine tool used for shaping wood turn its attention to metals a lathe |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CITY NAME CHANGES $400: When it was founded in the 1600s, New York City was known by this 2-word name, reflecting its early colonial heritage New Amsterdam |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | WORDS OF PEACE $800: A grape variety shares its name with this word meaning in peace & harmony concord |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | POTENT "P"OTABLES $1200: This type of dark brown British beer is said to have gotten its name from the luggage carriers who drank it a porter |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | POTENT "P"OTABLES $2000: Both Peru & Chile claim this tart 2-word cocktail & bicker over its provenance a pisco sour |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | "D" ADJECTIVES $200: It describes your ego after you've been taken down a peg or literally, a balloon that's lost its air deflated |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | THE UNITED NATIONS: Of the 9 countries that have produced a U.N. Secretary-General, this nation is the only one from its hemisphere Peru |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | WORLD THEATER: This 1867 play has a reindeer hunt & a king dwelling in snowy mountains but its title character also spends time in Morocco & Egypt Peer Gynt |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | ON VACATION IN ITALY: About 30 miles from Florence, a little hill gives this tiny Tuscan town its name, familiar to American visitors Monticello |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | LANDMARKS: The distance between its 2 legs at ground level is 630 feet, making it as wide as it is tall the Gateway Arch |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | 1980s MOVIE CHARACTERS: Oliver Stone, screenwriter of this 1983 movie, named its main character to honor the Super Bowl-winning QB from 1982 Scarface |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | TOURIST SPOTS: Originally known as Longacre, it got its name after a newspaper moved its offices there in 1904 Times Square |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | RIVERS: A European capital got its name as a consequence of flooding on this river the Amstel River |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | INVENTIONS: Invented in 1816, it takes its name from Greek for "chest" & "observe" a stethoscope |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: The Atlanta History Center says this novel was "both beloved & condemned from almost the moment of its publication" in 1936 Gone with the Wind |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY: Established in 1963, this group had its conclusions questioned in books, reports & a special 1970s congressional committee the Warren Commission |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | UNIQUE BUILDINGS: Despite 17.5 miles of hallways, you can walk anywhere in this Virginia building within about five minutes, due to its concentric layout the Pentagon |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | SCIENCE ETYMOLOGY: First detected in the Sun's atmosphere in 1868, it got its name from an old word for sun helium |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ARTISTS: Exhumed in 2017 to settle a paternity suit, his mustache had "preserved its classic 10-past-10 position" according to the Spanish press Salvador Dalí |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | ICONIC BRANDS: In 1916 it began packaging its flagship product in a variety of glass called Georgia green Coca-Cola |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | WORLD HISTORY: This African capital renamed an area Mexico Square to honor Mexico's WWII-era support of its sovereignty during Italian occupation Addis Ababa |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | MUSIC MEN: Before creating this record label in 1959, its founder worked on a Lincoln-Mercury assembly line Motown |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | NATURAL LANDMARKS: The Washburn-Langford-Doane expedition happened upon it in 1870 & named it for the regularity of its activity Old Faithful |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | NEW ZEALAND: Christchurch is the largest city in this New Zealand region that shares its name with an English city known for a church begun in the 6th century Canterbury |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | WORLD LANDMARKS: Also famously cracked like the Liberty Bell, this 14-ton landmark still sounds its distinctive bong every hour Big Ben |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | FIGHTING FORCES: Formed in 1831 to help with the conquest of Algeria, its ranks have included Germans, Turks & Chinese the French Foreign Legion |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | OLYMPIC TEAMS: A city of about 2.5 million people, since 1984 for political reasons it has been in the name of an Olympic team Taipei |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS: The name of this country's national anthem translates as "His Majesty's Reign" & its lyrics come from a 1,000-year-old poem Japan |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | THE OLYMPICS: This sport that made its Olympic debut in 1988 has a playing surface of only about 45 square feet table tennis |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | COUNTRY NAMES: The first current country to include its particular religion in its full name, it also has that religion in the name of its capital Pakistan |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | HISTORIC SHIPS: This 16th century ship got its name from the crest of patron Christopher Hatton, which featured a deer the Golden Hind |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: The original 1900 printing of this book was in a pale green dust jacket stamped in a vivid jewel tone of green The Wizard of Oz (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 19th CENTURY FIRST LADIES: After her husband left office, a minister wrote the White House was "purer because" this first lady "has been its mistress" Lucy Hayes ("Lemonade Lucy") |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | PUBLICATIONS: The co-founder of this magazine that began in 1967 said its name comes primarily from a song title but noted a band name as well Rolling Stone |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | NUMERICAL BOOK TITLES: This 2007 bestselling novel takes its title from a line in the poem "Kabul" by the 17th century Persian poet Saib A Thousand Splendid Suns |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | TEAM NAMES: An MLB team got this name in 1902 after some of its players defected to a new crosstown rival, leaving young replacements the (Chicago) Cubs |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | TV HISTORY: The 1980s "Magnum, P.I." used a soundstage of this long-running drama that had just ended, & even referred to its lead character Hawaii Five-O |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | MODERN WORDS: Neal Stephenson coined this word in his 1992 novel "Snow Crash"; it was later shortened by a company to become its new name metaverse |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | ENGLISH LITERATURE: It says, "The mind is its own place, & in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same" Paradise Lost |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | CITY HISTORY: Over 700 years after its traditional 1252 founding date, this port city became associated with a psychological response Stockholm |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | BRAND NAMES: The success of this brand has its roots with a hydrotherapy pump its cofounder created for his son, who had arthritis Jacuzzi |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | TRANSPORTATION USA: This public agency runs the USA's busiest bus terminal, opened in 1950 for commuters awed by its polished steel & stone the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | INVASIONS: Backed by 14,000 troops, he invaded England to restore, in his words, its "religion, laws, and liberties" William of Orange |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | LANDMARKS: After its completion in the late 19th c., it was called a "truly tragic street lamp" & a "high & skinny pyramid of iron ladders" the Eiffel Tower |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME'S THE SAME: The busiest passenger port in the U.K., it shares its name with a capital of one of the original 13 states Dover |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | LAWS IN U.S. HISTORY: A Radical Republican championed this 1875 act but the Supreme Court struck it down in 1883; a new version was passed 81 years later the Civil Rights Act |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | ASTRONOMY & GEOGRAPHY: At the winter solstice, the Sun is in Sagittarius; it once appeared in this constellation, giving a geographic feature its name Capricorn |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY: Until a 1903 secession, this country's contiguous territory spanned 2 continents Colombia |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER: Continuing a downward trend, in July 2022 it was at 27% capacity, its lowest level since 1937 when it was first being filled Lake Mead |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: Its title character is told "By the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off... your eyes drop out & you get... shabby" The Velveteen Rabbit |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | ACTION MOVIES: Its last line is "If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year's" Die Hard |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | WORLD CAPITALS: Among its nicknames are the "City of Classical Music" &, possibly in honor of a famous resident from 1860 to 1938, the "City of Dreams" Vienna |
| #8754, aired 2022-12-01 | LANGUAGE & ITS MEANINGS: Now meaning someone with nocturnal habits, it catches a sleeping dove in Shakespeare's "The Rape of Lucrece" a night owl |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | FLAGS OF OUR HEMISPHERE: The stars on this country's flag represent states, 26 of them; unlike the USA's, its "federal district" gets its own 27th star Brazil |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | STATES & THE CENSUS: The 2020 Census gave Montana a second U.S. House seat; its most populous county, this one that attracts tourists, grew 11% Yellowstone |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | ENGLISH CITIES: William the Conqueror's son built a fortress on a key northern river in 1080, giving this city its name Newcastle (upon Tyne) |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BRANDS: With wood becoming more difficult to source, this company turned to plastic for its automatic binding bricks, introduced in 1949 Lego |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | PLACES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: A Native American story says this creek got its name from an injury suffered by a Sioux warrior in a fight with the Crow Wounded Knee |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | FAMOUS SHIPS: Its wreck was discovered in 1989, 48 years after it had been sunk & 91 years after the man it was named for had died the Bismarck |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: It has the most water area of any country, nearly 350,000 square miles, about 9% of its total area Canada |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | ASIAN COUNTRY NAMES: Like the T-U-V in Tuvalu, this landlocked country has 3 consecutive letters in its English name in alphabetic sequence Afghanistan |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: The governor of Massachusetts wrote, it "is a poor document, but a mighty act... wrong in its delay till January, but grand & sublime after all" the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | U.S. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Founded as a technical institute in 1900, its sports teams are the Tartans & its official mascot is a Scottish Terrier Carnegie Mellon |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | TECH HISTORY: For about 20 years after its invention, it had few practical uses; then suddenly it revolutionized grocery checkouts & home audio the laser |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING: Its definitions include containing the metallic element No. 22, pertaining to a group of Greek gods & having great strength or size titanic |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | THE EASTERN U.S.: At its peak, this state had 6 seats in the House of Representatives; since the 1930s, it has had just 1 Vermont |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | TELEVISION HISTORY: In the opening scene of its July 21, 1969 pilot episode, a man carves the letter D into wet cement Sesame Street |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | CLASSIC ALBUMS: This classic album by a Southern rocker gets its title from a Civil War quote by a Union admiral Damn the Torpedoes |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | GEOGRAPHY WORDS: From Greek for "chief" & "sea", this word originally referred to the Aegean, known for its many island groups archipelago |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | WRITING OLD & NEW: This 2013 bestseller shares its title with the first section of a poem from 7 centuries before Inferno |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | CONSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD: Amendments to its 1901 constitution require approval of at least 4 states before receiving royal assent Australia |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | NOVEL TITLES: A 1590 poem written for the retirement of Queen Elizabeth's champion knight shares its title with this 1929 novel by an American A Farewell to Arms |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: The 1964 article that gave this term its current use noted the "menace that haunts the Atlantic off our southeastern coast" the Bermuda Triangle |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | SMALL COUNTRIES: French, Italian & Swiss nationals make up about half of its population of 38,000 Monaco |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Some of this country's indigenous people want its name officially changed from its Dutch-based name to Aotearoa New Zealand |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | POEMS: The title of this poem comes from a 1920 book that refers to its possible "restoration to fruitfulness" The Waste Land |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | ART MUSEUMS: Before its 1959 opening, 21 artists protested its design, saying it would make paintings look tilted & askew the Guggenheim |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | PLAYS: First published in 1602, its title characters are Margaret & Alice The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | 18th CENTURY HISTORY: The stated aim of this period was using violence to achieve political goals; its success aided in its demise in under a year the Reign of Terror |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | THE MIDWEST: At about 90,000 it's the most populous U.S. city on North America's biggest lake Duluth, Minnesota |
| #1, aired 2022-02-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY: One theory says Charles T. Torrey, a worker on this, coined its name, which appeared in The Liberator on October 14, 1842 the Underground Railroad |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | TOYS & GAMES: Its co-creator said adding an "L" to the end of the 1st word in the original title of this board game invented in 1979 "made it" Trivial Pursuit |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | SCIENTIFIC NAMES: The 1905 paper that gave this its name also referred to it as "Dynamosaurus imperiosus" Tyrannosaurus rex |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | THE WORDS OF VICTOR HUGO: This object "is the ultimate expression of law, & its name is vengeance; it is not neutral, nor does it allow us to remain neutral" the guillotine |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | ORGANIZATIONS: In the U.S. & its territories, this nonprofit whose roots trace to 1980 fulfills a word in its name every 34 minutes the Make-A-Wish Foundation |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: Its first line says, "The good people of Paris were awakened by a grand peal from all the bells in the three districts of the city" The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | AWARDS & HONORS: First awarded in 1731 to electricity pioneer Stephen Gray, the Copley Medal is awarded annually by this organization the Royal Society |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS: The official Olympic website says this event "has its roots in survival skills" practiced in the snowy forests of Scandinavia biathlon |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | THE CONTINENTS: It's the only continent with its mainland lying in all 4 hemispheres as defined by the equator & the prime meridian Africa |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | LANDMARKS: 96 miles in total during its 3-decade existence, the most well-known part of this was about the same length as an Olympic marathon the Berlin Wall |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | ASIA: This country became independent in 1946; in 1964 it officially switched its independence day from July 4 to June 12 the Philippines |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | WORLD CITIES: This Colombian port of 1 million people gets its name from Phoenician for "new town" Cartagena |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS: After being born this creature would bring the remains of its forebear to Heliopolis & put them on the altar of the sun god the phoenix |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS: In 1899 James Atkinson patented his new & improved one of these, including its spring-powered snapping action a mousetrap |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | ROCK BANDS: In 2017 this band whose singer goes by a nickname became the first to have No. 1 albums in the U.S. in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s & 2010s U2 |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | GEOGRAPHY WORDS: From the Latin for "key", this word for a type of isolated country applies to Vatican City, which has keys on its flag an enclave |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE: Its last chapter includes wisdom from King Lemuel, taught to him by his mother, as well as the famous "Virtuous Woman" passage Proverbs |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS: With words written by a Bishop of Urgell, its anthem praises Charlemagne & says it "was born a princess... between two nations" Andorra |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | ODD WORDS: A homophone of a letter in the alphabet, this 5-letter word sounds the same if you remove its last 4 vowels queue |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea & Somalia make up this region named for its resemblance to a part of a native animal the Horn of Africa |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: In 2004, after a century as a household name, its last model rolled off the assembly line in Lansing, Michigan Oldsmobile |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY: A biography of him: "In a sweltering, dimly lit cabin, its window shades closed... his first presidential decisions were made" Lyndon Johnson |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | TRIPLE-"A" GEOGRAPHY: Home to the Piazza Alberica, this Italian city is better known for what it supplied to works by Henry Moore & Michelangelo Carrara |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | FICTIONAL PLACES: Introduced to readers in 2008, its name comes from a Latin phrase for "bread & circuses", offerings used to appease the masses Panem |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS: Representing its outspoken tone, this newspaper founded in the 19th century has the name of a free-spirited opera character Le Figaro |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: Losing its ocean access in 1993, this African Union member is the most populous landlocked nation, with 110 million people Ethiopia |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | MOVIE DIRECTORS: Along with his writing partner, this director is the only person to win screenwriting Oscars for both a film & its sequel Francis Ford Coppola |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | WINTER SPORTS: The specific skill that gave this sport its name was eliminated from international competition after the 1990 World Championships figure skating |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | THE 50 STATES: While it has only 31 miles of coastline on the Atlantic, its shoreline is almost 3,200 miles thanks to a large estuary & its tributaries Maryland |
| #8317, aired 2021-01-19 | THE BUSINESS OF TRAVEL: Adjusted for inflation, the nightly rate this company put in its name in 1962 is now $51 Motel 6 |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | MOVIE SETTINGS: In 2017 this New York City luxury store opened its first cafe, with truffle eggs, waffles & croissants on the menu Tiffany & Co. (Tiffany's) |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | INNOVATIONS: This company takes credit for inventing modern gift wrap, dating to its sale of fancy decorated envelope linings at Christmas in 1917 Hallmark |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | MAGAZINES: This magazine had the same person on its cover since its founding 20 years ago until it chose Breonna Taylor as its September 2020 cover O, The Oprah Magazine (O) |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | THE 13 COLONIES: Pride in the document under which this future state was governed from 1639 to 1662 led to its official state nickname Connecticut |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | PIONEERING EDUCATORS: Before going into education, she graduated from the University of Rome in 1896 & was named assistant doctor at its psych clinic (Maria) Montessori |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NATIONS OF THE WORLD: On the English-language list of member states at un.org, it's the only nation with a Spanish-language article in its name El Salvador |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: Its first line ends, "the period was so far like the present period... for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only" A Tale of Two Cities |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | COUNTRY NAMES: The cartographic feature from which this country gets its name passes near the town of Guayllabamba Ecuador |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD: Nicknamed "The Big Ditch", in 2014 this modern wonder celebrated its 100th anniversary the Panama Canal |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: In 1904 this Hungarian-born newspaper publisher wrote, "Our republic and its press will rise or fall together" Joseph Pulitzer |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | U.N. MEMBERS: It incorporated the "one country, two systems" principle in its constitution in 1982 & put it into practice after a 1997 reunification China |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | 21st CENTURY MOVIES: After its initial release in 2016, it became the first major motion picture to be dubbed in Tahitian Moana |
| #8164, aired 2020-02-20 | THE RACE TO SPACE: In the 1960s this Mideast country had a space program & one of its rocket launches, the Cedar IV, is commemorated on a stamp Lebanon |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | WORLD CAPITALS: Sharing its name with another ancient city on the sea, this African capital is called "Bride of the Mediterranean" Tripoli |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | CONSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD: This country's 1979 constitution forbids amendments altering its official ideology or religion Iran |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | INFLUENTIAL WRITING: Its second line is "All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope & Czar, Metternich & Guizot..." The Communist Manifesto |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | 1960s NOVELS: This book defines its own title as "concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers... was the process of a rational mind" Catch-22 |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | ORGANIZATIONS: Founded by students at William & Mary in 1776; its members include 17 U.S. Presidents, 41 Supreme Court Justices & more than 140 Nobel laureates Phi Beta Kappa |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | PLANTS & TREES: One of Britain's few native evergreen trees, it's prized for bringing color to winter, & its foliage is often hung in homes holly |
| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | EUROPE: A tourism website for this country noted its colorful history "filled with barbarians", royalty, "& even a movie star" Monaco |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | HOLIDAY SONGS: This song had its beginnings as a book handed out to children at Christmas at Montgomery Ward "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
| #8089, aired 2019-11-07 | 20th CENTURY ART: A derisive description of the shape of the houses in the 1908 painting "Houses at l'Estaque" gave this art style its name Cubism |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | THE 50 STATES: In 1840 this New England state was home to 24 of the 100 most populous U.S. urban places; now, its capital is its only one in the top 100 Massachusetts |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | RELIGION: This denomination takes its name from the day, as told in the New Testament, when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles Pentecostalism |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: Before its official opening on May 24, 1883 Emily Roebling became the first person to cross it in a carriage the Brooklyn Bridge |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | BRITISH HISTORY: In 2018 Parliament Square got its first statue of a woman, Millicent Fawcett, a founding member of the London Society for Women's this Suffrage |
| #8075, aired 2019-10-18 | THE POSTCOLONIAL WORLD: This African nation left the British Commonwealth in 2003 over sanctions on its undemocratic government; in 2018 it applied to rejoin Zimbabwe |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | SYMBOLIC OBJECTS: To complete one of its regular trips, in 1948 it took a boat across the English Channel; in 1952 it took a plane en route to Finland Olympic torch (Olympic flame) |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | EUROPEAN COUNTRY NAMES: Resolving a decades-long dispute with its neighbor to the south, in 2019 this 28-year-old republic added "North" to its name North Macedonia |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | NORTH AMERICAN CITIES: In 2017 this city celebrated its 375th birthday & the 50th anniversary of an event that made it an international tourist destination Montreal |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | ON BROADWAY: This play opens in Vienna in 1823, 32 years after the death of its title character Amadeus |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POPULAR PRODUCTS: This product that brought virtual tourism into homes in 1939 introduced its first virtual reality device in 2015 View-Master |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS: Its anthem was adopted in 1947 to replace one by Joseph Haydn that had been tainted by association with Nazis Austria |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | PHOTO SHARING: Publishing its first photo in 1889, today it has more than 4 billion likes & 100 million followers on Instagram National Geographic |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | AMERICAN WOMEN: In 2006 Arizona State University renamed its college of law in honor of this history-making woman & longtime Arizona resident Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | WORDS FROM THE COMICS: Used to describe secrecy during WWII, this 2-word term had its psychological meaning popularized by Charles Schulz security blanket |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | INTERNATIONAL NEWS: In 2014 this 10,000-square-mile region moved its clocks forward 2 hours to Moscow Standard Time Crimea |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY: On June 6, 2018 the Chinese Theatre dimmed its lights to honor Jerry Maren, who lived to the greatest age of any of this 1939 group the Munchkins |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS: Though he became a Cabinet secretary & chief justice, once he wanted to change his name because of its "awkward, fishy" sound Salmon Chase |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Because its overseas empire was dwindling, Spain declared war on this much closer country across the water on October 22, 1859 Morocco |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | ANCIENT WRITINGS: Its principles still used today, this treatise has chapters called "Weak Points & Strong" & "Tactical Dispositions" The Art of War |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | WOMEN WRITERS: One of her circle described her as "a lacy sleeve with a bottle of vitriol concealed in its folds" Dorothy Parker |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: Premiering in 2005, its story is divided into spring, summer, fall & winter, each narrated by one of the 4 male leads Jersey Boys |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | AMERICAN LANDMARKS: Eyewitness Jose Marti wrote, "Luckless Irishmen, Poles, Italians... run toward the wharves" to see its dedication the Statue of Liberty |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: After it stopped U.S. operations in 2018, its website said, "Promise us just this one thing: don't ever grow up" Toys"R"Us |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: In the 1870s he wrote that "man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits" Charles Darwin |
| #7843, aired 2018-10-17 | WORLD CITIES: The northernmost city with a population over 5 million, it was founded in 1703 & its name was changed 3 times in the 20th century St. Petersburg |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | 20th CENTURY PLAYS: From its preface:
"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman...hate him" Pygmalion |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | DESIGN: Switching the syllables in the German word for building of a home gave this design & architecture school its name Bauhaus |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | 1970s MOVIES: Earning its director the first of many Oscar nominations, this 1977 film had the working title "Watch the Skies" Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | AGRICULTURE: Turkey is the world's largest producer of these fruits; its town of Cerasus was famous for them cherries |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | BUSINESS: Promising "value", which partly gives it its name, this Pennsylvania-based retailer did $7,400 in sales on its opening day in 1986 QVC |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | INTERNATIONAL CINEMA: Getting its nickname from a capital, Dhallywood is the name for the film industry in this Asian country Bangladesh |
| #7791, aired 2018-06-25 | STATE NAME ORIGINS: Though it doesn't have "island" in its name, it's named after a European island New Jersey |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: Not in the initial score, the feature giving this symphony its byname was a whim added by the composer close to its 1792 debut the "Surprise" Symphony |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | FILM & WAR: The New York premiere of this film was on Thanksgiving, 15 days after the liberation of its title place Casablanca |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | U.S. HISTORIC SITES: Its official seal includes the year 1864 for when it was established, a folded flag & a scroll inscribed "our most sacred shrine" Arlington National Cemetery |
| #7742, aired 2018-04-17 | RUSSIAN CULTURE: This work was over 50 years old & excerpts had been popularized when it had its first full U.S. performance on Christmas Eve 1944 The Nutcracker |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS: This Cabinet department traces its roots back to the Manhattan Project & efforts to develop the atomic bomb the Department of Energy |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | CENTRAL AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: One active, one dormant, Madera & Concepcion are volcanoes in this body of water that shares its name with a country Lake Nicaragua |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | THE U.S. GOVERNMENT: Before signing the bill creating this, President George W. Bush noted its "nearly 170,000 employees" & "a new kind of war" the Department of Homeland Security |
| #7718, aired 2018-03-14 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: Each state has as many electors as its total of senators & reps.; D.C. has this many, the minimum for any state 3 |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | BIG BUSINESS: Bill Fernandez, who in 1971 introduced to each other the 2 founders of this California company, became its first full-time employee in 1977 Apple |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | WORLD WAR I: Site of an arduous WWI campaign, this town on the Dardanelles gets its name from the Greek for "beautiful city" Gallipoli |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: A 2007 headline said after being ridiculed since the 1950s, it "takes its victory lap" & noted the auction of one for $184,000 the Edsel |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | UNIVERSITIES: Famed for its health care system & medical school, it also sold 15 acres for $10 in 1947 to build CDC headquarters Emory University |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | WORLD CITY NAMES: Novosibirsk, the 3rd-largest city in Russia, translates as this "city": the 1st word for its more recent founding, the 2nd for its location New Siberia |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS: In 1946, MLJ Mags. changed its name to this "Comics", incorporating the first name of its popular teenage hero Archie Comics |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | ADVERTISING CHARACTERS: This brand was looking for a Hemingway type when it hired Jonathan Goldsmith for its commercials Dos Equis |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | HISTORIC WORLD BUILDINGS: Rome's Colosseum may have gotten its name because of a colossal circa 65 A.D. statue of this emperor erected nearby Nero |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | CLASSIC ALBUMS: Hailed as the "greatest album of all time", in 2017 it returned to the top of the charts 50 years after its first release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | STATE CAPITALS: A state capital since 1805, its name begins with the last 4 letters of the state's name Montpelier |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | THE NORTHEASTERN U.S.: Once its own city, it joined with a neighbor in 1898; today on its own it would be the 4th most populous city in the U.S. Brooklyn, New York |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | COMIC BOOKS: Told to create a character called this, Len Wein learned the real animal is short, hairy & will attack an enemy 10 times its size Wolverine |
| #7589, aired 2017-09-14 | BUSINESSMEN: The corporation of this British man got its name from his early inexperience in business Richard Branson |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | AMERICANA: This official U.S. government song traces its roots to a song about Roderick Dhu, the leader of a Highland clan "Hail To The Chief" |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STATE CAPITALS: In 1932 a 4,700-pound piece of the object that gave this capital its "small" name was moved to city hall Little Rock |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | NATIONS OF THE WORLD: Its contiguous territory covers 36 degrees of latitude, the longest stretch of any country not in the top 10 in area Chile |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | THE CIVIL WAR ERA: The USA's largest state school in 1861, by 1862 its enrollment had dropped by 90% the University of Virginia |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | PLACE NAMES: A town named for its location where a river in Devon meets the English Channel, it's also the name of a college in New Hampshire Dartmouth |
| #7526, aired 2017-05-08 | A YEAR OF FIRSTS: Year in which the Department of Energy was created, the Indy 500 had its first female driver & the 1st president was sworn in under a nickname 1977 |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | 19th CENTURY EUROPE: Published in L'Aurore on January 13, 1898, it caused its author to be convicted of libel J'accuse |
| #7469, aired 2017-02-16 | SOUTH AMERICA: This capital's name is a Latinized form of the name of its country Brasilia |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | U.S. POLITICAL PARTIES: Shortly before its demise, it had split into "Conscience" & "Cotton" factions the Whig Party |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS: In her memoirs Queen Liliuokalani tells us that before Hawaii had its own national anthem, it used this one "God Save The Queen" |
| #7459, aired 2017-02-02 | THE U.S.A.: The Empire State Building says that on a clear day you can see 5 states from the top: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut & these 2 Pennsylvania & Massachusetts |
| #7454, aired 2017-01-26 | 20th CENTURY PLAYWRIGHTS: He said of his 1949 play & its main character, "I could write about failure only because I could deal with it...I knew how he felt" Arthur Miller |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Between 1920 & 1939 its presidents included Leon Bourgeois, Tevfik Aras & Carlos Saavedra Lamas the League of Nations |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | MOONS & PLANETS: The name of this moon refers to the mythical group that its planet’s name belonged to Titan |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | NYC TV: In 2010, in its fourth season, this TV show shifted its primary setting to 6th Avenue, 2 blocks west Mad Men |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES: The constitution of this country came into effect on Feb. 4, 1997 & by 2016, 13 parties were represented in its parliament South Africa |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: William Seward objected to its timing, saying "it may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government" the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | STATE SONGS: The first line of its state song, "Eight stars of gold on a field of blue", refers to the star group on its flag Alaska |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | GEOGRAPHY & LANGUAGE: The world's busiest container port, its name is also an English verb with criminal overtones Shanghai |
| #7375, aired 2016-10-07 | TELEVISION: The focus of a 1970s miniseries & its recent remake, he arrived at Annapolis in 1767 aboard the ship the Lord Ligonier Kunta Kinte |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | IN THE NOVEL: The 1st scene in this book: "With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: The Zambezi River reaches the ocean in this country that lends its name to the body of water where it happens Mozambique |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | ASIAN ISLANDS: Phuket, the largest island of this country, has regained its tourism industry after a natural disaster in 2004 Thailand |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: This Catholic university gets its name from the Latin for “new” & “house” & was in the news in Spring 2016 Villanova |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | U.S. MONUMENTS: Tuskegee Institute president Robert Moton couldn't sit with the other speakers at its 1922 dedication the Lincoln Memorial |
| #7343, aired 2016-07-13 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Discovered in 1535, this island group on the equator got perhaps its most famous visitor exactly 300 years later the Galapagos Islands |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | GEOGRAPHY IN THE NEWS: Mexico's Programa Frontera Sur aims to secure its 600-mile-long border with this country Guatemala |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | BOOK TITLES: A Pulitzer winner in 1947 & Best Picture Oscar winner in 1949, its title is also a line from Lewis Carroll All the King's Men |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | CLASSIC MOVIE SCENES: The director said it took 70 camera setups & 7 days to shoot the classic murder scene in this film that celebrates its 55th anniversary in 2015 Psycho |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | BUSINESS: This alliterative beverage chain says it gets its name from an African word meaning "to celebrate" Jamba Juice |
| #7298, aired 2016-05-11 | STATE SONGS: Its state song rhymes "patriotic gore" with the name of its largest city Maryland |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Its surface features include ones named for Margaret Mead, Josephine Baker & Cleopatra Venus |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | ASTRONOMY: Its name means "fear", & this moon orbits closest to a planet's surface of any moon in the solar system Phobos |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | BUSINESS NEWS 2015: In July it replaced Toyota as the world's largest automaker; in September its stock price fell by one-third Volkswagen |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | 19th CENTURY DOCUMENTS: Its preamble substituted the words "a permanent federal government" for "a more perfect union" the Confederate Constitution |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY: In the 1690s its legislature referred to this place as "his Majesty's ancient colony and dominion" Virginia |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE FLAGS: This country whose name contains a religious order founded in the 1200s has a Bible on its flag the Dominican Republic |
| #7208, aired 2016-01-06 | SITCOMS: When it premiered in 1974, this TV show used a 1955 No. 1 hit as its opening song Happy Days |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | AFRICAN ANIMALS: This antelope has 2 names, one from Afrikaans describing its looks & one imitating its sound; one is all we need a gnu |
| #7196, aired 2015-12-21 | PUBLISHING: In 1927 the publishers of the Modern Library widened its scope and took this name, meant as a joke about how it would select titles Random House |
| #7183, aired 2015-12-02 | NEWLY INDEPENDENT NATIONS: Prior to South Sudan, this European country was the most recent one to gain independence & be recognized by the United States Kosovo |
| #7168, aired 2015-11-11 | ABBREVIATIONS: Its meaning as an individual product dates to 1977; its meaning as conforming to orthodox opinion dates to 1986 PC |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | ART HISTORY: Although it's a statue of a giant's foe, an observer who saw its 1504 unveiling called it "the marble giant" David (Michelangelo's statue) |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS: Its name refers to safety efforts that currently restrict cylinder capacity & prohibit supercharging Formula One |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | U.S. LANDMARKS: For its 50th anniversary in 2012, the roof of this landmark was temporarily repainted its original color, Galaxy Gold the Space Needle (in Seattle) |
| #7146, aired 2015-10-12 | HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS: Its restitchings over the centuries helped perpetuate the story of King Harold II being struck in the eye with an arrow the Bayeux Tapestry |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | VIDEO GAMES: As part of its 30th anniversary celebration in 2014, this video game used the slogan "We all fit together" Tetris |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | ROCK & ROLL: The group Nazareth took its name from the first line of a 1968 song from this other group The Band |
| #7134, aired 2015-09-24 | FOREIGN PHRASES: This French phrase refers to part of the Order of the Holy Ghost; its knights became known for serving superb dinners Cordon Bleu |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | OSCAR-NOMINATED SONGS: This song from a 1999 animated film about censorship had a word censored from its Oscar performance "Blame Canada" (from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut) |
| #7113, aired 2015-07-15 | LANDMARKS: On the completion of this in 1937, its chief engineer wrote, "At last the mighty task is done; Resplendent in the western sun" the Golden Gate Bridge |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | AMERICAN PRODUCTS: In 1913 this cleaning item was born when its creators named it from a word meaning "bright" or "shining" Brillo |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | DOING BUSINESS INTERNATIONALLY: This U.S. retailer's 133 Canadian stores closed in 2015; its CEO said, "We missed the mark... by taking on too much too fast" Target |
| #7058, aired 2015-04-29 | CHAIN STORE NAMES IN THE NEWS: The 1917 first use of what became its name said this 2-word small room "called up the tube that the steamer... was torpedoed" Radio Shack |
| #7044, aired 2015-04-09 | REFERENCE WORKS: Now in its fourth edition, the book with this title first appeared in 1918 as a 43-page guide for Cornell English students The Elements of Style |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | TRANSPORTATION: Incorporated in 1948, this company chose its name from the book of the Hebrew prophet Hosea El Al Airlines |
| #7014, aired 2015-02-26 | FOREIGN LEADERS: On February 25, 1956, he gave a speech "On the Personality Cult and Its Consequences", seen as an attack on his predecessor Khrushchev |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | 19th CENTURY WRITERS: After his death, he was given full military honors in Greece before his body was returned home for burial at his baronial seat Lord Byron |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | INTERNATIONAL SYMBOLS: Inspired by the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet, its symbol includes 2 horizontal lines to represent stability the euro (€) |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | 20th CENTURY SCULPTURE: Its sculptor asked for prayer that this work would "endure until the wind and the rain alone shall wear them away" Mount Rushmore |
| #6942, aired 2014-11-18 | FRENCH LITERATURE: Its first chapter recalls "the little scallop-shell of pastry, so richly sensual under its severe, religious folds" Remembrance of Things Past |
| #6940, aired 2014-11-14 | OPERA CHARACTERS: In an 1893 opera that was its composer's greatest success, Peter & Gertrud are the parents of these 2 characters Hansel & Gretel |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | ROCK & ROLL: A restaurant chain took its name from a British band's fourth chart-topper, this 1967 song "Ruby Tuesday" |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | U.S. CITY FIRSTS: Among its firsts are underwater auto tunnel to a foreign country & corp. to net more than $1 billion in a single year Detroit |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | HISTORIC TRANSPORTS: Its principal mast is at Arlington, its foremast is at the Naval Academy & a monument to it, restored in 2013, is located in Havana the U.S.S. Maine |
| #6890, aired 2014-07-25 | WEBSITES: A slang term for Harvard's freshman register gave this website its name Facebook |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | WORLD LANDMARKS: Built for a World's Fair in 1889, its visitors that year included the Prince of Wales & Buffalo Bill; it still gets 7 million a year the Eiffel Tower |
| #6850, aired 2014-05-30 | 19th CENTURY POLITICS: A Senate seat from this Southern state sat vacant for 4 years; when it was filled, its ex-occupant had become U.S. president Tennessee |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | U.S. STATES: Between 2006 & 2013 it went from 39th to 6th in per capita income & its unemployment rate dropped to the nation's lowest North Dakota |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | BUSINESS HISTORY: In 1945 this product added a plaid design to its "snail" dispenser Scotch Tape |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | ALBUM COVERS: This band used a picture of the Hindenburg disaster on the cover of its eponymous debut album Led Zeppelin |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | HISTORIC GROUPS: With fewer than 10 member cities in attendance, this association based in Lubeck held its last assembly in 1669 the Hanseatic League |
| #6811, aired 2014-04-07 | FOOD & DRINK: The corporate website for this product says it leaves its container at .028 miles per hour Heinz ketchup |
| #6774, aired 2014-02-13 | HISTORIC PLACES: Administered by the Army, its first graves were dug by former slave James Parks, the only one buried there who was born on the site Arlington National Cemetery |
| #6751, aired 2014-01-13 | ASIAN NATIONS: Since 1991, it's the only former Communist nation to restore its monarchy, which it still has Cambodia |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: This intellectual forum started in 1984, bringing together people from 3 different industries, hence its 3-letter name TED |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | COLLEGE SPORTS MASCOTS: In 1947 Walt Disney made a handshake deal to let this university use one of his major characters as its mascot, still in use today the University of Oregon |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | WORLD CAPITALS: It's the capital city of the only country that borders both the Mediterranean Sea & the Black Sea Ankara |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | LITERARY LOCALES: The creator of this title place said its name came from the letters labeling the last drawer of his file cabinet Oz |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: With 3 each, "On the Waterfront" is tied with this film & its sequel for most Best Supporting Actor nominations The Godfather |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | NEWSPAPERS: On July 23, 2013 this bestselling British tabloid re-spelled its name on its masthead to honor big British news The Sun |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY: 8 countries border mainland France; its smallest border, at 2.7 miles, is with this country Monaco |
| #6667, aired 2013-09-17 | U.S. PLACES: A logo on this town's website includes its incorporation date, 1981, as well as the historic date December 17, 1903 Kitty Hawk, North Carolina |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | TOY BRANDS: In 1966 this company produced 706 million elements of its product; in 2011, it produced 36 billion LEGO |
| #6655, aired 2013-07-19 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NOVELS: Its first line is "A green hunting cap squeezed on the top of the fleshy balloon of a head" A Confederacy Of Dunces |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | CLASSIC KID STUFF: This 1920s plaything still made today got its name in tribute to 2 famous men of the day: Marconi & Lindbergh the Radio Flyer |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | AUTHORS IN THE NEWS: When Curiosity touched down on Mars in 2012, its landing site was named in honor of this author who died weeks before Ray Bradbury |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | FAMOUS NAMES IN TRANSPORTATION: In 1928, a year after making international headlines, it reached its final destination, the Smithsonian the Spirit of St. Louis |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | THE THEATRE: Dramatizing a murder from the year 1170, a 1935 T.S. Eliot play aptly had its first performance in this English city Canterbury |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | MAGAZINES: Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2013, 5280 Magazine is a guide to this city Denver |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | TV SPIN-OFFS: Premiering in 1993, this show lasted 11 seasons, like its predecessor show; the 2 were set nearly 2,500 miles apart Frasier |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | ART: One of its principal members said, "One morning one of us, having no black, used blue instead, &" this movement "was born" Impressionism |
| #6574, aired 2013-03-28 | BUSINESS: In 1972 this company bought its first ship, the Empress of Canada, & renamed it the Mardi Gras Carnival (Cruise Lines) |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: One of its mascots is a restored 1930 Sport Coupe that's been in use at the school since 1961 Georgia Tech |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | MUSEUMS: Its collection includes a 16" high architects' model of its first permanent building, opened in 1939 MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art) |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: Recently in the news, this agency traces its origins to an 1803 act helping Portsmouth, N.H. after a fire FEMA |
| #6539, aired 2013-02-07 | CAPITAL CITIES: It's criss-crossed by dozens of "peace walls" that separate its Catholic & Protestant neighborhoods Belfast |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | MUSICAL THEATRE: Before this show hit Broadway in 1964, one of its working titles was "The Luckiest People" Funny Girl |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | WOMEN AUTHORS: The first of Jane Austen's 6 novels to be published in her lifetime, its title is last alphabetically Sense and Sensibility |
| #6476, aired 2012-11-12 | NATIONAL SONGS: First publicly performed in 1745, this song sometimes has its pronouns changed "God Save The Queen" (or "King") |
| #6473, aired 2012-11-07 | PLAYS: Referring to its 2 acts, an Irish critic described it as "a play in which nothing happens, twice" Waiting for Godot |
| #6470, aired 2012-11-02 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM NICKNAMES: The team known as these since 1895 plays its home games on top of the Hayward Seismic Fault the Cal Golden Bears |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | CABLE TV FIRSTS: When Turner Classic Movies began broadcasting on April 14, 1994, the first movie shown was this one Gone with the Wind |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | AMERICANA: The creator of this comic strip did not like its 1950 change in title, believing it suggested insignificance Peanuts |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | WAR NOVEL & MOVIE TITLES: Its title phrase traces back to a stand by heavily outnumbered British infantry against a cavalry charge The Thin Red Line |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | THE BIBLE: This term for a final resting place got its name because clay was dug up there for craftsmen potter's field |
| #6441, aired 2012-09-24 | STATE CAPITALS: Seen here is the seal of this New England city that got its current name in 1637 Hartford, Connecticut |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | RECENT FILMS: One of its first lines is "I won't talk! I won't say a word!!!" The Artist |
| #6413, aired 2012-07-04 | NUCLEAR NATIONS: On May 18, 1974 this country tested its first nuclear device, nicknamed "Smiling Buddha" India |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | ISLANDS: This nation, independent since 1960 is the largest island in the world with French as one of its official languages Madagascar |
| #6372, aired 2012-05-08 | ANCIENT LANDMARKS: It's believed that its nose was about 3 feet wide when it was first constructed around 2500 B.C. the Sphinx |
| #6369, aired 2012-05-03 | MEDICINE: Though its name means "against life", it's any of a class of substances used to save a life an antibiotic |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: Its seal shows a 16-pointed star, symbolizing the search for information, on a shield symbolizing defense the CIA |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | WEBSITES: It launched its first offer on October 22, 2008: a two-for-one pizza deal in Chicago Groupon |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | U.S. VICE PRESIDENTS: More VPs have been from this state than any other, including 2 20th century VPs who were its governor New York |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | STATE NICKNAMES: Its nickname is said to come from a line in an 1899 speech that followed "frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me" Missouri |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | HISTORICAL FACTS & FIGURES: This site was active from 1892 to 1954; its busiest day was April 17, 1907 when 11,747 were processed Ellis Island |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | ASTRONOMY: In July 2011 it completed its first orbit around the Sun since its discovery in 1846 Neptune |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | THE NFL: This team that joined the NFL in the mid-1970s is the only one whose name starts with the same 3 letters as its city's name the Seattle Seahawks |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | FAMOUS BUILDINGS: Recent evidence suggests that, despite its name, this 1599 building was a 20-sided icosagon the Globe Theatre |
| #6267, aired 2011-12-13 | 20th CENTURY LITERATURE: A 50th anniversary edition of this fictionalized biography featured the painting seen here on its cover Lust for Life |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | PSYCHOLOGY TERMS: This 2-word term has its origins in a hostage-taking that followed the botched 1973 Norrmalmstorg bank robbery Stockholm Syndrome |
| #6240, aired 2011-11-04 | NOTABLE GROUPS: Harpo Marx was among this group when it met in NYC's Rose Room for its final time, in 1943, & found there was nothing left to say the Algonquin Round Table |
| #6234, aired 2011-10-27 | MOVIES: The villain's visage in this movie series was partly chosen due to its likeness to an 1893 work by a Norwegian artist Scream |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | 2011 EVENTS: To mark an historic visit, on May 17 an Irish army band played this song followed by Ireland's anthem "God Save The Queen" |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: This nation lost its direct access to the Pacific around 1880 but retains a navy that patrols its rivers & a large lake Bolivia |
| #6166, aired 2011-06-06 | COLORFUL TITLES: At its premiere in NYC in 1924 this composition was part of a concert billed as "an experiment in modern music" Rhapsody in Blue |
| #6161, aired 2011-05-30 | SCIENCE TERMS: This term for the lowest level of the ocean that the Sun's rays can reach shares its name with a classic 1960s TV show the twilight zone |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | THE TITANIC: When the RMS Titanic sank in 1912, its cargo included more than 7 million pieces of this, in some 3,400 sacks mail |
| #6138, aired 2011-04-27 | TV THEME SONGS: A 1984 country hit, "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" is the basis for its theme song Monday Night Football |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | ANCIENT ARTIFACTS: Some of its text says, "The decree should be written on a stela of hard stone, in sacred writing, document writing & Greek writing" the Rosetta Stone |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: 64 paintings from the Met's founding purchase are still in its collection; over 1/3 of them are from this current European nation the Netherlands |
| #6116, aired 2011-03-28 | SPORTS IN AMERICA: Founded in 1795, this city that hosts a popular annual sporting event has "sport" in its name Williamsport |
| #6115, aired 2011-03-25 | PHILANTHROPY: The Pink Pony Fund, for breast cancer care & prevention, is a philanthropic initiative of this fashion company Ralph Lauren |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS: Although capital of its country, it is not the capital of the province in which it's located, nor is it the seat of government Amsterdam |
| #6100, aired 2011-03-04 | SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES: In 1919, barely 20 years after its discovery, it was the world's most expensive substance at $3 million an ounce radium |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | LANDMARKS: Completed in 1869, it has also been known by its nickname "the Highway to India" the Suez Canal |
| #6095, aired 2011-02-25 | GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: This area that includes several countries got its name because the colonizers spoke Spanish, French & Portuguese Latin America |
| #6087, aired 2011-02-15 | U.S. CITIES: Its largest airport is named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle Chicago |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | BRITISH BUSINESS: For decades Rolls-Royce also owned this luxury brand named for its founder; now both are produced by German companies Bentley |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | AFRICA: Its Declaration of Independence was signed in 1847 by 11 men in that nation's Providence Baptist Church Liberia |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | SYMBOLS: One tale of its origin says that the blind seer Tiresias separated 2 snakes with his staff the caduceus |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | AMERICANA: Finding the spot for this memorial caused its creator to say, "America will march along that skyline" Mount Rushmore |
| #6048, aired 2010-12-22 | U.S. HISTORY: The day after the 15th Amendment took effect, Thomas Peterson became the 1st Afr. American to do this under its provisions vote |
| #6042, aired 2010-12-14 | OLYMPICS HISTORY: In 1988 this country boycotted the Summer Olympics after its demand to co-host the games was refused North Korea |
| #6027, aired 2010-11-23 | HORSE BREEDS: This American breed was named for its ability to race a distance of 1,320 feet quarter horse |
| #6024, aired 2010-11-18 | EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: German is its official national language; Croatian, Slovene & Hungarian are each official in one of its states Austria |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | SPORTS IN AMERICA: Seen with a piece of equipment, Bryn Mawr's 1st physical education director brought this sport to the U.S.; it shares part of its name with another sport field hockey |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | TERMS FROM THE BIBLE: In 2010 we heard of the discovery of the fossil of a 12 million-year-old giant sperm whale given this Biblical name by its finders Leviathan |
| #6002, aired 2010-10-19 | HOLIDAY HISTORY: Cuba removed Christmas from its list of national holidays in 1969 & restored it in 1997 in anticipation of a visit by this man Pope John Paul II |
| #5991, aired 2010-10-04 | PRIMETIME TV: Now in season 23, its producer says it's the only show with "no script, no actors, no host & no re-enactments" COPS |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | SCIENCE HISTORY: This concept dates to a 1783 paper by John Michell, who theorized about a body with the sun's density & 500 times its diameter a black hole |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | BOTANICAL ETYMOLOGY: This plant's name may have come from its use by Italian Renaissance women to dilate pupils, which, they felt, augmented beauty belladonna |
| #5950, aired 2010-06-25 | LITERATURE & MUSIC: The band called "They Might Be Giants" ultimately gets its name from a phrase said by this title hero in a 1605 work Don Quixote |
| #5941, aired 2010-06-14 | MOONS & MYTHOLOGY: This planet is named for a Roman god; its only moons are named for the sons of his Greek counterpart Mars |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | SHORT STORIES: In an 1842 tale he wrote, "Down--still unceasingly--still inevitably down!... I shrunk convulsively at its every sweep" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #5915, aired 2010-05-07 | MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES: In 1949 this kingdom dropped the word "Trans" from the beginning of its name Jordan |
| #5897, aired 2010-04-13 | BRAND LOGOS: Its original logo, designed in 1976, showed Isaac Newton sitting under a tree Apple Computer |
| #5896, aired 2010-04-12 | NEW SPORTS: In 2008, Middlebury College in Vermont won its 2nd straight championship in this sport introduced in a 1997 novel Quidditch |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: He was nominated for 8 Best Actor Oscars, including one for a 1961 film; his only win came for its 1986 sequel Paul Newman |
| #5862, aired 2010-02-23 | MONARCHS: In 2001 Bulgaria elected as prime minister its former child monarch, the only person now living to have held this royal title czar |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln authorized this govt. agency; its main job then was to protect against counterfeiting the Secret Service |
| #5813, aired 2009-12-16 | 1970s BESTSELLERS: The preface to this novel says its title is a trademark phrase of General Mills, used on a cereal product Breakfast of Champions |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS: This bird is known for its size (5 feet tall), its call (carries 2 miles) & its rarity; in 1941 there were only 21 in the wild the whooping crane |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | PLANET EARTH: Despite its name, this ocean current outdoes any river; at maximum flow off the Carolinas, its flow is 3,500 times the Mississippi's the Gulf Stream |
| #5799, aired 2009-11-26 | ENGINEERING FEATS: In 1937 its chief engineer wrote a poem about it, mentioning its "titan piers" & the "Redwood Empire" to the north the Golden Gate Bridge |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS: A state since the 1700s but not in the original 13, it ends with its own 2-letter postal abbreviation Kentucky |
| #5775, aired 2009-10-23 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This Asian nation is the only nation with the same name as its capital & the island on which it's located Singapore |
| #5767, aired 2009-10-13 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: It's a landlocked nation in Western Africa & its name is "locked" within the name of a nation on Africa's east coast Mali (in Somalia) |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | ANNIVERSARIES & FAREWELLS: In 2009 it celebrated its 40th anniversary with a farewell tour of the British Isles, where it was built; today, it's in Dubai the Queen Elizabeth 2 |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | LANDMARKS: Its creator said its parts represent our nation's founding, expansion, development & preservation Mount Rushmore |
| #5755, aired 2009-09-25 | ANIMALS: Because of the requirements in pumping blood to its brain, it has the highest blood pressure of any living animal the giraffe |
| #5752, aired 2009-09-22 | WORD HISTORY: Once a type of Roman arena, in the 18th century this 6-letter word gained its current meaning as a type of entertainment circus |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | MUSIC WORDS: Before it acquired its musical meaning in the early 20th century, it was baseball slang for "pep" or "energy" jazz |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | PHRASE ORIGINS: A 19th century gambling term meaning a desirable prize, its use in reference to NYC stems from a 1921 newspaper sports column the Big Apple |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | STATE QUARTERS: Of the U.S. state quarters that feature sail-powered craft, the state depicting the oldest ship Florida |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | THE ELEMENTS: Once called radium F, this element was named for the homeland of one of its discoverers polonium |
| #5697, aired 2009-05-19 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: Ayn Rand wrote to him, "I felt that 'The Fountainhead' had not quite completed its destiny until I had heard from you about it" Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | WORD ORIGINS: Before its use in journalism, it meant a boundary beyond which straying prisoners would be shot deadline |
| #5685, aired 2009-05-01 | GLAND FINALE: This human gland important in the immune system takes its name in part from its resemblance to an herb the thymus gland |
| #5675, aired 2009-04-17 | BROADWAY HISTORY: On Oct. 30, 2008 Playbill changed its logo color to green for a special edition marking this show's 5th anniversary on Broadway Wicked |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | 19th CENTURY CONSTRUCTION: It was first designed as "Egypt carrying the light to Asia", & its original intended site was Port Said in 1869 the Statue of Liberty |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | SPORTS TEAM NAMES: It's the only Major League Baseball team name whose first 4 letters match the first 4 letters of its city the Philadelphia Phillies |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | ANCIENT WORKS: Astronomers used clues in the text of this epic to figure out the date of its archery contest: April 16, 1178 B.C. The Odyssey |
| #5628, aired 2009-02-11 | 1950s LITERATURE: In 2007 this novel celebrated its 50th anniversary as its manuscript, a 120-foot-long scroll, toured the U.S. On the Road |
| #5593, aired 2008-12-24 | 19th CENTURY BOOKS: Its author called it "a Ghostly little book... which shall not put my readers out of humour... with the season" A Christmas Carol |
| #5590, aired 2008-12-19 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: This country's largest lake shares its name with the country; its second-largest lake has the same name as its capital Nicaragua |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | NOVEL INSPIRATIONS: The house in Canada seen here inspired this beloved novel that's celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2008 Anne of Green Gables |
| #5582, aired 2008-12-09 | AMERICAN LITERARY SITES: In the 20th century it became a popular recreation site, with crowds of 25,000; its most famous visitor might disapprove Walden Pond |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: Its title refers to an imaginary place where things like "honors, preferments... silver, gold, pearls" are sold Vanity Fair |
| #5573, aired 2008-11-26 | FOOD BRANDS: In 1954 Swift chose this word that means "a chubby person" as its new brand's name to convey plumpness & tenderness Butterball |
| #5518, aired 2008-09-10 | BRAND NAMES: To feature its "Strong enough to stand on" product, in 1965 Shwayder Bros., Inc. changed its name to this Samsonite luggage |
| #5498, aired 2008-07-02 | AFI's TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES: This quote, No. 31 on the list, comes 2 minutes after the No. 1 quote, & is the last line of its movie After all, tomorrow is another day! |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | FUN WITH NUMBERS: It's the only whole number that when spelled out has all its letters in reverse alphabetical order one |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | EARLY 20th CENTURY PLAYS: Its preface says, "The English have no respect for their language, & will not teach their children to speak it" Pygmalion |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | STATE CAPITALS: This Plains State capital of only 14,000 people is the only U.S. capital with no letters of its state in its name Pierre, South Dakota |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS: According to its earliest ads, .56% of this product was made up of carbonates, mineral matter & uncombined alkali Ivory soap |
| #5410, aired 2008-02-29 | NAME'S ALMOST THE SAME: This 900-mile Eastern European mountain range shares most of its name with a ship famous for its April 1912 actions the Carpathian Mountains |
| #5409, aired 2008-02-28 | THE NFL: It's the only NFL team to play its home games out-of-state in a stadium named for another team the New York Jets |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | BIBLICAL PLACE NAMES: In "Return of the Jedi", a planet shares its name with this home of a woman who summons a spirit for Saul Endor |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | EUROPE: Its use dates back to 1360; on January 1, 2002 Belgium dropped it but Switzerland kept it the franc |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | MIDWEST TOPOGRAPHY: This state has the largest sand dunes complex in the U.S., just north of a river named for its flatness Nebraska |
| #5343, aired 2007-11-28 | THE SEA: National seas include the Irish, the Philippine & this one bordered to its west by Iceland the Norwegian Sea |
| #5332, aired 2007-11-13 | THE MOVIES: The title of this award-winning 1963 film refers to the number of films its director felt he had made to that point 8½ |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | THE PERSIAN GULF: Its national anthem begins, "O Lord, protect for us Our Majesty the Sultan" Oman |
| #5322, aired 2007-10-30 | LICENSE PLATES OF THE FAMOUS: In 2006 his car was auctioned for charity, along with its personalized Nebraska plate reading "thrifty" Warren Buffett |
| #5313, aired 2007-10-17 | THE EARTH: As Earth wobbles slowly on its axis, this moves in a "Chandler Circle" with a diameter of about 1 to 70 feet the North Pole |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | 19th CENTURY INVENTIONS: One description of it said its "spokes look like cobwebs; they are after the fashion of those on the newest... bicycles" the Ferris Wheel |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | AMERICAN PUBLISHING: The 1860 frontier novel "Malaeska", the first of its kind, sold 300,000 copies for total sales revenue of this $30,000 |
| #5287, aired 2007-09-11 | AFRICAN CITIES: Africa's most populous city not on a navigable body of water; its settlers didn't need water when they had gold Johannesburg |
| #5285, aired 2007-07-27 | LANDMARKS: Some of its pieces, which weighed up to 50 tons, were quarried at Marlborough Downs, about 20 miles away Stonehenge |
| #5282, aired 2007-07-24 | ANIMALS: The genus of this Asian animal is Ailuropoda, & its species name, appropriately, is melanoleuca the giant panda |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | THE WORLD OF CINEMA: In 2006 "The Nativity Story" became the first film to have its world premiere in this country, in Paul VI Hall Vatican City |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | SPORTS: Among its 13 founding members in 1950 were Louise Suggs, Patty Berg & Babe Zaharias the LPGA (Ladies' Professional Golf Association) |
| #5270, aired 2007-07-06 | THE BALKANS: On June 3, 2006 this nation of 600,000 proclaimed its independence, making it the world's newest country Montenegro |
| #5261, aired 2007-06-25 | RELIGION IN AMERICA: This Protestant movement got its name from an early 20th century text that listed 5 basic elements Fundamentalism |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | BODIES OF WATER: This sea hundreds of miles east of Florida has no land boundaries the Sargasso Sea |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | THE BRITISH THEATRE: Richard Attenborough, who was in the original 1952 cast of this play, helped celebrate its performance No. 20,000 in 2000 The Mousetrap |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | THE COMPUTER AGE: This term still had "work" on the end when Vinton Cerf & Robert Kahn, 2 of its creators, used it in a key 1974 paper the Internet |
| #5221, aired 2007-04-30 | STATES OF MEXICO: It's Mexico's northernmost state, but part of its name means "low" Baja California |
| #5157, aired 2007-01-30 | IT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK CITY: On August 10, 2004, 2 days after her death at the age of 96, the Empire State Building dimmed its lights for 15 minutes in her memory Fay Wray |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | FOREIGN CURRENCY: This currency of Costa Rica gets its name from the first European to see the nation the Colon |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | THE 50 STATES: Between 1990 & 2004, its pop. grew 36%, edging Florida for the highest growth rate of any state east of Colorado Georgia |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | THE STOCK MARKET: In 2006 this Milwaukee-based co. announced its new stock symbol, "HOG", at a gathering in Sturgis, S.D. Harley-Davidson |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | AMERICAN WOMEN: In 1997 the American Public Transportation Association gave this woman its first Lifetime Achievement Award Rosa Parks |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | WORLD CAPITALS: Started in 1988 for this city's 75th anniversary, a Springtime Flower Festival in September shows off its Commonwealth Park Canberra, Australia |
| #5053, aired 2006-07-26 | AFRICAN CAPITALS: To get the name of its country, add 2 letters to the end of this world capital city Tunis |
| #5052, aired 2006-07-25 | POLITICAL IDIOMS: Used to describe a response made without thinking, its physical counterpart can take 1/20 second knee-jerk |
| #5048, aired 2006-07-19 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTATIONS: He announced to the American public, "The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed..." Harry Truman |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | BUSINESS FIRSTS: On July 20, 1903 this company delivered its first product, purchased by a respected Detroiter Ford |
| #5040, aired 2006-07-07 | STATE FLAGS: Its state flag, based on a design from 1776, shows Virtue, dressed like an Amazon, triumphing over Tyranny Virginia |
| #5037, aired 2006-07-04 | THE 20th CENTURY: On October 16, 1964 at Lop Nor this nation detonated its first nuclear device China |
| #5034, aired 2006-06-29 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: The main green of this university includes statues of Ira Allen, its founder, & Lafayette, who visited in 1825 the University of Vermont |
| #4996, aired 2006-05-08 | SCIENCE: The symbol of this element first isolated in 1783 comes from its German name tungsten |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: On July 16, 1995 this company made its first sale, a science textbook Amazon.com |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR: If you'd invested $84 for 4 shares of this company at its March 13, 1986 IPO, you'd have 1,152 shares & $30,124.80 as of Jan. 1, 2006 Microsoft |
| #4951, aired 2006-03-06 | AMERICAN HISTORY: This legislative body first met on March 4, 1789 in New York City, but only 8 of its 22 members were present the U.S. Senate |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | WORD ORIGINS: This word regarding infidelity came from a certain bird leaving its eggs in other nests to be raised cuckold |
| #4936, aired 2006-02-13 | THE 50 STATES: Since 1776, it has been the only U.S. state to be the most populous state for more than a century New York |
| #4923, aired 2006-01-25 | WORD ORIGINS: This word that has come to mean "sudden prosperity" means "good weather" in Spanish bonanza |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | U.S. CITIES: Its name includes the county of which it's the seat & the state of which it's the capital Oklahoma City |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | ANNUAL EVENTS: Henri Desgrange, founder of this event, created its maillot jaune, 1st worn by Eugene Christophe, riding from Grenoble the Tour de France |
| #4895, aired 2005-12-16 | 1940s MOVIES: This 1942 film gained greater distinction following a January 1943 meeting of Allied leaders in its title location Casablanca |
| #4840, aired 2005-09-30 | THE NOBEL PRIZES: For the first time in its history, the Nobel Prize for Literature was not awarded in this year 1914 |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | THE 1980s: On May 18, 1980 its height was reduced from 9,677 feet to 8,364 feet Mount Saint Helens |
| #4817, aired 2005-07-12 | THE 50 STATES: Rejected earlier in its bid for statehood, it finally entered the Union in 1876 Colorado |
| #4796, aired 2005-06-13 | AMERICANA: This type of roadside establishment got its name & original design from a Pullman product a diner |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | AMERICAN LICENSE PLATES: One of its official license plates bears the motto "Taxation without Representation" Washington, D.C. |
| #4789, aired 2005-06-02 | NEW YORK CITY: Opened in 1937, it got its name in response to the George Washington Bridge, north of it the Lincoln Tunnel |
| #4784, aired 2005-05-26 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS: Its name is from the Greek for "to bind", which in turn may come from the Egyptian shesep-ankh, "living image" the sphinx |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | BIBLICAL CITIES: Of the 10 most populous U.S. cities, the one that shares its name with a city mentioned in Revelation Philadelphia |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | PEOPLE & PLACES: This Mediterranean island shares its name with President Garfield's nickname for his wife Crete |
| #4769, aired 2005-05-05 | FEMALE FIRSTS: After 285 years, in 1945 this British organization inducted its first women, including Kathleen Lonsdale, seen here the Royal Society |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | VOCABULARY: Its original meaning was a resident of a certain wealthy city; now it means one who indulges in luxury sybarite |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY: From the Greek, the name of this movement of the early Christian era means that its members had knowledge of God Gnosticism |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | ANCIENT CITIES: It sided with Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, & the Bible includes 2 letters to its Christians Corinth |
| #4748, aired 2005-04-06 | FAMOUS PLACES: The appearance of this famous site gave England its old name of Albion the White Cliffs of Dover |
| #4725, aired 2005-03-04 | U.S. ISLANDS: Dutch for either "devil's whirlpool" or "spite the devil", Spuyten Duyvil Creek forms part of its northern border Manhattan |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | STATE SYMBOLS: In 1993 it became the first state to adopt an official flavor, which, incidentally, comes from its state tree Vermont |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | MOUNTAINS: To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government Mount Everest |
| #4685, aired 2005-01-07 | MAGAZINES: Founded in 1821, it was named for its delivery time, the last mail delivery of the day The Saturday Evening Post |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | TECHNOLOGY: In 1913 this alloy was invented by Harry Brearley of Sheffield, England, a city known for its cutlery since before 1400 stainless steel |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | STATE FACTS: This state & its capital were named for 2 dukedoms held by the same British man New York |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | COMPANY ORIGINS: This Fortune 100 company got its name from what it bought from sailors & sold to natural history collectors Shell Oil |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | SPORTS: Its solo female winner is awarded the Venus Rosewater Dish Wimbledon |
| #4627, aired 2004-10-19 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: With a common nickname that refers to its size, this is the largest island in the United States Hawaii |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | ACRONYMS: Passed in October 2001, its full name includes "providing appropriate tools required..." the USA PATRIOT Act |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | COMIC BOOKS: In 2002 the Library of Congress had William B. Jones, Jr. speak on this 1941-1971 comic book series in its collection Classic Comics (or Classics Illustrated) |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | FOOD: Experts believe that 16th century Dutch growers, through breeding, gave this vegetable its color to honor their ruling house the carrot |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | MASS COMMUNICATION: Its 1st broadcast, February 24, 1942, said, "The news may be good. The news may be bad. We shall tell you the truth" Voice of America |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | FRUIT: This fruit of North America shares its name with a literary character who debuted in an 1876 novel the huckleberry |
| #4533, aired 2004-04-28 | '80s FILMS: The first film rated PG-13, its colorful title was used as the code name for a 2003 capture mission in Iraq Red Dawn |
| #4519, aired 2004-04-08 | ISLANDS: 1200 miles from the nearest continent, it entered history because of its isolation (here's a map that shows you where it is) St. Helena |
| #4516, aired 2004-04-05 | ROCK GROUPS: This rock group took its name from a Johnny Cash album, whose title came from a Winston Churchill speech Blood, Sweat and Tears |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | MUSICAL THEATRE: When this Off-Broadway show closed in 2002, its lyricist said, "You can't be sad for a show that has run 42 years" The Fantasticks |
| #4499, aired 2004-03-11 | BRAND NAMES: Benjamin Green's work with cocoa butter led to this brand that, ironically, may be used to prevent what's in its name Coppertone |
| #4483, aired 2004-02-18 | U.S. POLITICS: On July 16, 1790 Congress created this area & some of its residents think that by now it should be a state Washington, D.C. |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | TV PERSONALITIES: In 1994 his alma mater, Sam Houston State University, named its journalism & communications building in his honor Dan Rather |
| #4454, aired 2004-01-08 | FILM TITLES: This Charlie Chaplin film lent its name to a famous bookstore that recently celebrated its 50th anniversary City Lights |
| #4443, aired 2003-12-24 | THE WORLD OF DISNEY: In 2003 Disney released this film, its first ever movie under the Disney banner rated PG-13 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | FRUIT: Its name is from the Portuguese for "goblin", referring to the facelike appearance of its 3 depressions the coconut |
| #4433, aired 2003-12-10 | THE PLANETS: In 1978 astronomer James Christy named its moon in honor of his wife Charlene Pluto |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | MAGAZINES: Aimed largely at women, this magazine that has its own institute took 110 years to make a woman its editor Good Housekeeping |
| #4414, aired 2003-11-13 | ISLANDS: In 1898 the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment did most of its fighting on this island Cuba |
| #4388, aired 2003-10-08 | SURVEY SAYS: In 1981 this man's company issued its first syndicated CSI, Customer Satisfaction Index J.D. Power (and Associates) |
| #4370, aired 2003-09-12 | ALPHANUMERICS: When this American company incorporated in 1902, its first products were grinding abrasives & sandpaper 3M |
| #4367, aired 2003-09-09 | TV & STAMPS: When this program shows its address to write for audience tickets, its graphic has used one of the stamps seen here The Price Is Right |
| #4366, aired 2003-09-08 | TOYS & GAMES: 12-year-old David Mullany gave this toy its name, a euphemism for striking out in baseball Wiffleball |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | MAGAZINES: For its 1st swimsuit edition in 2003, it covered 100 years of the swimsuit & included a 1917 photo of topless island women National Geographic |
| #4358, aired 2003-07-09 | COMPUTERS: In 2003 Dell made this computer part on its PCs an option; Apple had stopped including it on Macintoshes 5 years earlier floppy (or 3 1/2 inch) disk drive |
| #4355, aired 2003-07-04 | BUSINESS BIGGIES: In January 2003 this company based in Oak Brook, Illinois reported its first ever quarterly loss McDonald's |
| #4324, aired 2003-05-22 | ECONOMIC HISTORY: Before the first income tax was levied, the U.S. government got 90% of its revenue in the form of these tariffs |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS: French physicist Leon Foucault gave it its name, which is from the Greek for "to view the rotation" gyroscope |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | ORGANIZATIONS: "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings" was a goal of this group at its 19th century founding Sierra Club |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | OSCAR-WINNING FILMS: This 1995 double Oscar winner takes its title from a line used by Claude Rains in 1942's "Casablanca" The Usual Suspects |
| #4283, aired 2003-03-26 | 2002 POP STARS: In September 2002 she set a Billboard record with her first-ever single, jumping from its debut at No. 52 to No. 1 Kelly Clarkson |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | COMPANY NAMES: This company was named for the sound made by its top product -- a slingshot hitting its target Wham-O |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES: As its packaging reflects, this company began marketing its products from an Iowa cattle farm in 1985 Gateway |
| #4208, aired 2002-12-11 | NATIONAL FLAGS: Over its 200-plus years, this country has had 28 different flags, a record for any country United States of America |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | POTENT POTABLES: This brand won a top prize at the 1893 Chicago Expo & has carried the award in its name ever since Pabst Blue Ribbon beer |
| #4192, aired 2002-11-19 | IN THE NEWS: So far some of its major components are Zarya, Unity, Zvezda & Canadarm2 International Space Station (ISS) |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | NATURAL WONDERS: Given its current name by John Wesley Powell, it was called Kaibab, or "mountain lying down", by the Paiutes the Grand Canyon |
| #4164, aired 2002-10-10 | ADVERTISING: In 2002 H&R Block used a version of this 1966 song in its TV commercials "Taxman" |
| #4133, aired 2002-07-17 | CANADIAN SPORTS: Valued at $60,000, the Brier Tankard is the ultimate prize in this professional sport curling |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | U.S. STATES: It's the only state whose state bird has a major city in its name Maryland |
| #4123, aired 2002-07-03 | U.S. LANDMARKS: Opened in 1962, its paint included Astronaut White for the supports & Re-entry Red for the "halo" the Space Needle (in Seattle) |
| #4092, aired 2002-05-21 | NEWSMAKERS: In May 2001 he said, "Vermont has always been known for its independence" Jim Jeffords |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BOOKS: One of its title studies is Sen. Edmund Ross' 1868 vote against convicting President Andrew Johnson Profiles in Courage |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | FAMOUS SHIPS: In 1999 the wreck of this ship known for its historic 1912 rescue effort was discovered 120 miles off England the Carpathia |
| #4075, aired 2002-04-26 | BIG RIVERS: Besides the Mississippi & its tributaries, 2 of 4 rivers in the 48 contiguous states that are over 1,000 miles long (2 of) Colorado, Rio Grande, Columbia, or Snake |
| #4067, aired 2002-04-16 | 5-LETTER WORDS: In 1898 the word "telephone" made its debut in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, as did this related word hello |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: Its seal includes the motto "Fidelity, bravery, integrity" the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| #4004, aired 2002-01-17 | MILITARY MATTERS: Completed by the British in 1906, its name means "fear nothing" & it made all others of its kind obsolete HMS Dreadnought |
| #3993, aired 2002-01-02 | 1970s GAMES: Of this ground-breaking game, its creator said, "We knew a square ball wasn't cool" but "It was all we could do" Pong |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS: This 2000 film was the first drama to have an authorized Led Zeppelin tune on its soundtrack Almost Famous |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | FICTIONAL PLACES: The creator of this Minnesota town says its name is Ojibwa for "Place where we waited all day for you in the rain" Lake Wobegon |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM NAMES: This team received its name after an 1890 incident in which it "stole" away an important player from another team Pittsburgh Pirates |
| #3934, aired 2001-10-11 | U.S. COLLEGES: Its original home was built in 1829 as an arsenal to defend against slave insurrections The Citadel (the Military College of South Carolina) |
| #3924, aired 2001-09-27 | FAMOUS BUILDINGS: Unlike today, 75 years ago you could walk unannounced into this now 132-room home & shake its occupant's hand the White House |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | POP MUSIC: The special November 2000 TV Guide cover seen here was part of its tribute to this rock group The Beatles (tribute to their 1968 album, "The White Album") |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | INTERNATIONAL LANDMARKS: Its roof has been variously described as sails, clam shells & a huddle of nuns in a high wind the Sydney Opera House |
| #3895, aired 2001-07-06 | HISTORIC MONARCHS: This monarch, who sold the United States its 2nd-largest piece of territory, was the second to bear his name Alexander II |
| #3834, aired 2001-04-12 | THEATRE: The 1996 musical "Play On!" gets its title from the first line of this Shakespeare play, on which it is based Twelfth Night |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: During Absalom's rebellion, David took refuge in this region that's east of the Jordan & known for its balm Gilead |
| #3818, aired 2001-03-21 | HISTORIC TERMS: This 2-word term for ambitious men had its origins in the group that replaced Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid in 1909 Young Turks |
| #3815, aired 2001-03-16 | SPORTS NAME ORIGINS: This racket sport takes its name from the country home of the 19th century Duke of Beaufort Badminton |
| #3809, aired 2001-03-08 | U.S. HISTORY: This president signed the bill to create a transcontinental railroad; he didn't live to see its completion Abraham Lincoln |
| #3806, aired 2001-03-05 | WORLD DRAMA: In its first U.S. performance in English, this play was billed as "The Child Wife" in 1882 A Doll's House (by Ibsen) |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | BRAND NAMES: A 1909 suit said this product must contain enough of the actual bean & leaf in order to claim its distinctive name Coca-Cola |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Written in 1904, "Himno Istmeno" is the national anthem of this country that won its independence a year earlier Panama |
| #3777, aired 2001-01-23 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: After his death in 1994 at age 81, Time magazine put him on its cover for a record 55th time Richard M. Nixon |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | FLAGS: On February 15, 1965 this country raised its new national flag for the first time on Parliament Hill Canada |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | COLLEGE SPORTS HISTORY: To prevent rivals from reading its hand signals, this university is said to have originated the huddle around 1892 Gallaudet University |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | LIFE & LITERATURE: Cub Scouting & many of its terms like "akela", "law of the pack", "den" & "wolf" were inspired by this British work "The Jungle Book" (by Rudyard Kipling) |
| #3700, aired 2000-10-06 | FAMOUS LANDMARKS: Its nose is 4 1/2 feet long, its right arm stretches 42 feet & its torch is 21 feet tall the Statue of Liberty |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | BRITISH LITERATURE: This 1901 novel named for its hero opens at the Lahore Museum Kim |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | STATE CAPITALS: Its name means "sheltered harbor" Honolulu, Hawaii |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | WORLD CITIES: By the time it hosts the Summer Olympics in 2004, this city plans to have a car-free zone linking its ancient sites Athens |
| #3623, aired 2000-05-10 | LITERATURE: An edition of this 1934 book had on its cover a crab & "Not to be imported into Great Britain or U.S.A." Tropic of Cancer (by Henry Miller) |
| #3621, aired 2000-05-08 | U.S. STATES: Before Congress named it for a person, its residents wanted to call it the territory of Columbia Washington |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | ARMIES OF THE WORLD: The national orchestra of this nation on the Mediterranean Sea is larger than its army Monaco |
| #3579, aired 2000-03-09 | WORLD CAPITALS: A large bay bearing its name borders this capital settled by the Spaniards in 1571 Manila, Philippines (Manila Bay) |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | 1999 BOOKS: This controversial biography of a famous American has a foreign nationality as its title "Dutch" (presidential biography of Ronald Reagan by Edmund Morris) |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: On May 2, 1936 "Peter and the Wolf" had its world premiere in this capital city Moscow |
| #3563, aired 2000-02-16 | OSCAR-WINNING MOVIES: Its final scene includes the line "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner" The Silence of the Lambs |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | CLASSIC TOYS: In response to anti-tobacco protests, this toy gave up its attachable pipe in 1987 Mr. Potato Head |
| #3554, aired 2000-02-03 | SPORTS ORIGINS: This American sport traces its roots back to the '30s & Southern bootleggers who outran the law Stock car racing |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | FOOD & DRINK: Its name is from Gaelic for "water of life" Whiskey |
| #3540, aired 2000-01-14 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS: On Dec. 7, 1995 this state officially renamed its portion of Interstate 10 as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway Arizona (because of the Arizona battleship that was sunk at Pearl Harbor) |
| #3523, aired 1999-12-22 | FOOD & SPORTS: In August 1999, for the first time in its 75-year history, Wheaties began featuring players of this sport on its boxes Soccer |
| #3516, aired 1999-12-13 | STATE LICENSE PLATES: Utah changed one letter in "Greatest Show on Earth" to produce this phrase on its license plates "Greatest Snow on Earth" (skiing) |
| #3503, aired 1999-11-24 | PUBLICATIONS: Its first issue was intended to be read on sabbath day, August 5, 1821 The Saturday Evening Post |
| #3489, aired 1999-11-04 | PUBLICATIONS: This humor publication, known for its website, put out its first book in 1999, a No. 1 bestseller The Onion |
| #3487, aired 1999-11-02 | SCIENCE HISTORY: In 1672 Christiaan Huygens sketched its southern ice cap Mars |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | 19th CENTURY FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: This title horror character was created by its author at 6 Royal Crescent in the resort of Whitby in Yorkshire Dracula (created by Bram Stoker) |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY: Anglicanism got its name from the Latin "Anglicana Ecclesia", a phrase in this 13th century document Magna Carta |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | THE FUNNIES: Debuting November 18, 1985, the caption in its first box was "So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap!" Calvin and Hobbes |
| #3467, aired 1999-10-05 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: In 1958 this country's army overthrew its govt. & set up a council with a Kurd, a Shiite & a Sunni Arab Iraq |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | MAGAZINES: Conde Nast's Feb./Mar. 1999 issue of its magazine for these title people was a Guinness record 1,242 pages Brides (who are planning a June wedding) |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | U.S. CITIES: Its former mayor William Hartsfield dubbed it the city "Too Busy to Hate" Atlanta (airport named for him) |
| #3441, aired 1999-07-19 | PLACE NAMES: Its original name, Wai Momi, & its current name both come from the valuable mollusks once found there Pearl Harbor |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | U.S. CITIES: Among its sister cities are Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Turin, Italy; & Toyota City, Japan Detroit |
| #3391, aired 1999-05-10 | EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT: In October 1998 this country got its 56th govt. since WWII, with its first Communist cabinet ministers in 50 years Italy |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | U.S. POLITICS: In 1952 this state became primary in politics by adding candidates' names to its primary ballots New Hampshire |
| #3387, aired 1999-05-04 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: Named for its shape, this region stretches NW from the Persian Gulf, W. to Syria, then S. through Palestine the Fertile Crescent |
| #3374, aired 1999-04-15 | MUSIC: In 1997 Agnes Grossmann took over as the 1st woman artistic director of this group in its 500-year history The Vienna Boys' Choir |
| #3365, aired 1999-04-02 | STATUES: Its face was modeled after the features of Auguste-Charlotte Bartholdi Statue of Liberty |
| #3359, aired 1999-03-25 | CITY & STATE: Founded in 1801 & famous for its university, it's nicknamed "The Classic City of the South" Athens, Georgia |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS: In 1608 its inventor offered it exclusively to the Dutch government for military use telescope |
| #3331, aired 1999-02-15 | WORLD CITIES: In May 1998 this metropolis of 7 million voted to start electing its mayor for the first time London |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: In its history this government body has had a total of 108 members, 106 of them men The Supreme Court |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | AMERICAN BUILDINGS: Once an art gallery, since 1961 it's been a shrine to the musical style said to have originated nearby Preservation Hall (in New Orleans) |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | FOOD & DRINK: This coffee brand was so named because its creator served it only once a year at a yuletide dinner party Yuban |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | MUSEUMS: Its museums include the Borgia Apartments, the Etruscan Museum & the Raphael Rooms The Vatican |
| #3228, aired 1998-09-23 | HEALTH & MEDICINE: Its formula is C27H46O & its name is from Greek for "solid bile" cholesterol |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | 1998 BUSINESS NEWS: The Silver Seraph, the 9th new model in its 92-year history, is its first built on a moving assembly line Rolls-Royce |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | OLYMPIC TEAMS: Formed in 1988 & subject of a 1993 film, this team had its first sponsor, Red Stripe Lager, for the Nagano games Jamaican Bobsled Team |
| #3182, aired 1998-06-02 | COMPOSERS: When "Fantasia" was released in 1940, he was the only one of its composers still alive to hear his music Igor Stravinsky |
| #3178, aired 1998-05-27 | COMPOSERS: One of his most famous works had its premiere on a barge in 1717 George Frideric Handel (the Water Music) |
| #3167, aired 1998-05-12 | PLACES IN CANADA: Renamed in the 1830s, this city of 28,000 & its river were both originally called Little Thames Stratford, Ontario |
| #3144, aired 1998-04-09 | CABLE TV: Spawning a web site, videos & a magazine, this A&E series has taken on a life of its own Biography |
| #3136, aired 1998-03-30 | WORD ORIGINS: This type of establishment gets its name from the Latin for "to restore" a restaurant |
| #3129, aired 1998-03-19 | BROADCASTING: Founded in the early '50s, in 1995 it moved its headquarters from Munich to Prague Radio Free Europe |
| #3120, aired 1998-03-06 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: On July 1, 1997 its population suddenly increased by over 6 million China (because on that day they got Hong Kong back) |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | FAMOUS VOYAGES: Capt. Robert FitzRoy of this ship argued that its scientific discoveries supported the Bible the Beagle |
| #3095, aired 1998-01-30 | MOVIE HISTORY: This resort island lent its name to a 1948 Bogart film; the African Queen is now moored there Key Largo |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ANIMALS OF THE NEW WORLD: Explorer Cabeza de Vaca wrote about this "animal with a pocket on its belly, in which it carries its young" the opossum |
| #3089, aired 1998-01-22 | SYNTHETICS: The name of this common kitchen material comes from its use in place of a mineral Formica |
| #3085, aired 1998-01-16 | IN THE NEWS: Colin Powell & Jimmy Carter were among those who attended its dedication Nov. 6, 1997 at Texas A&M University George Bush Presidential Library and Museum |
| #3074, aired 1998-01-01 | U.S. RIVERS: The largest tributary of the Hudson, its name also refers to a hairstyle the Mohawk River |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | BRAND NAMES: Formulated in 1953, its first purpose was "water displacement" to prevent corrosion on missiles WD-40 |
| #3059, aired 1997-12-11 | AFRICAN WILDLIFE: It can attain a speed of about 40 mph, but has only 2 toes on each of its 2 feet the ostrich |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: The NKVD, which liquidated its own first 2 chiefs in the 1930s, developed into this group in 1954 the KGB |
| #3045, aired 1997-11-21 | THE ARMED SERVICES: In September 1997 this branch of the U.S. Armed Services celebrated its 50th anniversary U.S. Air Force |
| #3026, aired 1997-10-27 | FAMOUS BUILDINGS: Richard Burbage & Sam Wanamaker, about 400 years apart, were responsible for its building & rebuilding The Globe Theatre |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | MILITARY NEWS: On June 11, 1997 the Army deactivated the 43rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, its last, in this country (South) Korea |
| #3002, aired 1997-09-23 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: In 1756 Voltaire said of this political entity that none of the 3 parts of its name was accurate the Holy Roman Empire |
| #3001, aired 1997-09-22 | FOOD & DRINK HISTORY: Its original name meant "bitter water" & it was made palatable to Europeans after the Spaniards added sugar chocolate |
| #2993, aired 1997-09-10 | WALL STREET: As part of 1997 changes to its industrial average group, Dow Jones replaced Woolworth with this retailer Wal-Mart |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | STATE CAPITALS: Its full Spanish name originally meant "The Royal City of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi" Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | U.S. STAMPS: Its anniversary was honored with the following: The Emancipation Proclamation |
| #2983, aired 1997-07-16 | STATE CAPITALS: It was named for Britain's last Stuart monarch, who gave the city its charter in 1708 Annapolis, Maryland |
| #2976, aired 1997-07-07 | SOUTH AMERICA: Henck Arron was prime minister of this country when it gained its independence in 1975 Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana) |
| #2968, aired 1997-06-25 | SOUTHERN CITIES: In the 1830s settlers gave this city its name in the hope of having the University of Mississippi placed there Oxford |
| #2966, aired 1997-06-23 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The Roosevelt dime made its debut the year this president was born Bill Clinton (born in 1946) |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Before its independence, this country was known as the Netherlands East Indies Indonesia |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | THE INSECT WORLD: The ancient Romans gave it its name, which means "hairy cat" caterpillar |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | STATE CAPITALS: Like its major streets Hope, Benefit & Friendship, its name is an abstraction Providence, Rhode Island |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | SCIENCE: Not long after its development, Robert Boyle renamed the Torricellian Tube this Barometer |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | JOURNALISTS: Before his death in 1920, he led America's Communist Labor Party, drew up its manifesto & edited its paper John Reed |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: In 1788 Cyrus Griffin became its last president The Continental Congress |
| #2881, aired 1997-02-24 | INVENTIONS: Introduced at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris, its name comes from Latin for "one that takes you up the ladder" Escalator |
| #2874, aired 1997-02-13 | NOVELS: Just before its 1897 publication, its title was changed from "The Un-Dead" to this Dracula (by Bram Stoker) |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: With 930 million people, it's the world's second-most populous country & its most populous democracy India |
| #2822, aired 1996-12-03 | U.S. CITY NAME ORIGINS: Jagged rocks at this Florida city's narrow inlet suggested its name, from Spanish for "rat's mouth" Boca Raton |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | STATESMEN: His "The Menace of Darwinism" & "The Bible and Its Enemies" were published in the 1920s William Jennings Bryan |
| #2758, aired 1996-09-04 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: A 60-foot steel likeness of a transistor stands at its Holmdel, N.J. office Bell Labs |
| #2732, aired 1996-06-18 | OPERA PREMIERES: This 1853 Verdi opera's debut failed, partly because its star was too stout to be believable as a consumptive La traviata |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Salvaged from a shipwreck in the 1850s the Lutine Bell hangs in its British headquarters Lloyd's of London |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: On February 6, 1996 Binney & Smith produced its 100 billionth one of these a crayon |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | TRAVEL & TOURISM: This company established its first village in 1950 in Alcudia on the island of Majorca Club Med |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | THE ELEMENTS: The first inert gas discovered on Earth, its name is Greek for "without work" argon (Ar) |
| #2632, aired 1996-01-30 | ENGLAND: Also known as New Sarum, this city famous for its cathedral is just a stone's throw from Stonehenge Salisbury |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | THE ELEMENTS: At its standard mass, it puts the red in red fireworks; its 90 isotope is found in nuclear fallout Strontium |
| #2558, aired 1995-10-18 | THE CARIBBEAN: Its peso is symbolized R.D.$ the Dominican Republic |
| #2557, aired 1995-10-17 | U.S. STATES: After Alaska, this state has the greatest difference between its highest & lowest points California |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | FLOWERS: This flower's name comes from its use in scenting the ancient Romans' wash water lavender |
| #2539, aired 1995-09-21 | U.S.A.: Its design includes 13 stars, 13 stripes, 13 arrows, 13 olives, 13 rows of stones & a 13-letter motto *the Great Seal of the U.S. (**the dollar) |
| #2508, aired 1995-06-28 | GOVERNORS: On December 5, 1994, Tony Knowles was sworn in as its ninth governor Alaska |
| #2477, aired 1995-05-16 | AMERICAN BOOKS: Its author said of this 1906 book, "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach" The Jungle |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: Its 4 statutory members are the President, Vice President & Secretaries of Defense & State the National Security Council (the NSC) |
| #2394, aired 1995-01-19 | COINS: This gold coin was so named because its value was originally twice that of an Escudo a doubloon |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: 1 of the top 10 companies that operated food services in 1964, in 1994 its lunch counters ranked No. 264 Woolworth's |
| #2347, aired 1994-11-15 | AFRICAN LANDMARKS: Discovered November 16, 1855, its Makalolo name, Mosioatunya, means "the smoke that thunders" Victoria Falls |
| #2337, aired 1994-11-01 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES: The name of this common apple variety probably refers to its growth from seeds rather than by grafting the pippin |
| #2274, aired 1994-06-23 | RULERS: 4 sons of the founder of this kingdom have served as its king; 1 reigns now Saudi Arabia |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS: The first Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by a woman, it became a movie in 1993 The Age of Innocence |
| #2169, aired 1994-01-27 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: Name shared by the southernmost province of Belgium, a country on its border & a capital city Luxembourg |
| #2148, aired 1993-12-29 | FOOD & DRINK: This coffee is known by the name of the Nashville hotel where it built its reputation Maxwell House |
| #2144, aired 1993-12-23 | MAGAZINES: After the TV show premiered in 1964, The New Yorker wouldn't allow this family in its cartoons the Addams family |
| #2143, aired 1993-12-22 | ORGANIZATIONS: This organization was dissolved in 1956 after its last member, Albert Woolson, died at age 109 the Grand Army of the Republic |
| #2140, aired 1993-12-17 | EDUCATION: Its 1st headline in '28 read, "2 Poor Boys Who Made Good Are Now Running for the Highest Office in the World" the Weekly Reader |
| #2112, aired 1993-11-09 | IN THE NEWS: AP says about half its clients used the Ron Edmonds photo of these 2 men shaking hands 9/13/93 Yasser Arafat & Yitzhak Rabin |
| #2106, aired 1993-11-01 | SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES: Its discovery was announced on March 13, 1930, Percival Lowell's birthday Pluto |
| #2099, aired 1993-10-21 | ORGANIZATIONS: When this U.S. organization was established in 1912, Daisy Gordon became its first registered member the Girl Scouts |
| #2075, aired 1993-09-17 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Its population center is farther north than any other country's Iceland |
| #2049, aired 1993-07-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The Brooklyn Flint Glass Works changed its name to this after moving to a N.Y. town of the same name Corning |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: The success of this book in 1957 prompted Random House to create its "Beginner Books" series The Cat in the Hat |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: For his unconventional but effective use of the media, Advertising Age named him its 1992 Adman of the Year Ross Perot |
| #2010, aired 1993-05-07 | BOOKS & AUTHORS: First published in 1732, its author said it sold "annually, near ten thousand" Poor Richard's Almanack |
| #2001, aired 1993-04-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Peter J. McGuire, this holiday's originator, set its date to fall about midway between July 4th & Thanksgiving Labor Day |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | U.S. LANDMARKS: A bell in its steeple is inscribed: "We are the first ring of bells cast for the British Empire in North America" the Old North Church (Christ Church) |
| #1989, aired 1993-04-08 | STATE CAPITALS: This city in the northwest is the "City of Trees"; its name comes from the French for "wooded" Boise |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | AFRICA: This country gained its independence from France in March 1956 & from Spain a month later Morocco |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | ISLANDS: After its ruler left February 26, 1815, this island was restored to Tuscany Elba |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | U.S. CITIES: This city, its state's largest, was named for a co-founder of a banking & express transport company Fargo |
| #1962, aired 1993-03-02 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: In 1977 S.S. Kresge Company changed its name to this K-Mart |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | U.S. CITIES: To shorten its name to fit a newspaper's masthead, this Ohio city lost an "A" in 1832 Cleveland |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | WORLD BUSINESS: In April 1992 McDonald's opened its biggest restaurant ever in this world capital Beijing |
| #1936, aired 1993-01-25 | IN THE NEWS: In 1992 it missed its 1st Monday Night Football opener in 23 yrs.; it was in Miami transmitting relief messages the Goodyear Blimp |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES: Author DuBose Heyward was born in this city & set his most famous work on its waterfront Charleston |
| #1911, aired 1992-12-21 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Founded by a Philadelphia Baptist in 1884 as an evening college, it became a university in 1907 Temple |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | HISTORIC NAMES: This prominent European family took its name from a red shield painted on an ancestral home the Rothschilds |
| #1902, aired 1992-12-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The gasoline brand named for its founder & a famous highway Phillips 66 |
| #1885, aired 1992-11-13 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY: This automaker's trademark symbolizes the 3 places where its engines were used: land, air & water Mercedes-Benz |
| #1861, aired 1992-10-12 | ISLANDS: This U.S. possession was named for its location on the sea route from California to Japan the Midway Islands |
| #1828, aired 1992-07-08 | NATIONS OF THE WORLD: In one of its official languages, this country is called Repiblik Dayti Haiti |
| #1793, aired 1992-05-20 | TRAVEL & TOURISM: This sparsely populated state has the highest percentage of its workforce in tourism, about a third Nevada |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | THE 1970s: These documents revealed the Truman admin. gave military aid to France in its war against the Viet Minh Pentagon Papers |
| #1754, aired 1992-03-26 | WORLD BUSINESS: After a heraldic lion was placed over its entrance in 1522, a German brewery took this name Lowenbrau |
| #1737, aired 1992-03-03 | COMPOSERS: The Royal Liverpool Harmonic marked its 150th anniversary by premiering his oratorio Paul McCartney |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | AFRICAN HISTORY: Taitu, the wife of Emperor Menelik II, gave this capital city its name; it means "new flower" Addis Ababa |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | CHINA: The Ch'in Dynasty gave China its first emperor, this dynasty gave it its last the Ch'ing (or Manchu) Dynasty |
| #1686, aired 1991-12-23 | U.S. CITIES: The Colorado city named for its location at the confluence of 2 major rivers Grand Junction |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: In its native language this island is called Kalaallit Nunaat Greenland |
| #1633, aired 1991-10-09 | DANCERS: In 1912, she bought a London home which became famous for its ornamental lake with swans Anna Pavlova |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | FAMOUS MOVIE PAIRS: The only Tracy & Hepburn film with their characters' names in its title Pat and Mike |
| #1600, aired 1991-07-12 | AFRICA: 2 of the 4 African countries that have been members of the UN since its founding (2 of) Egypt, South Africa, Ethiopia & Liberia |
| #1579, aired 1991-06-13 | TELEVISION: This spin-off from "All in the Family" ran for more episodes than its parent show The Jeffersons |
| #1577, aired 1991-06-11 | TRAVEL EUROPE: Amusement park, known for its gardens, built in 1843 on the old ramparts of a capital city Tivoli Gardens |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | WORLD CITIES: Its name translates to "capital city" & for Japan it was, from 794 to 1868 Kyoto |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: By its calendar this country became independent on the 5th day of Iyar, 5708 Israel |
| #1522, aired 1991-03-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This cosmetics company got its name because of its owner's fondness for Shakespeare Avon |
| #1477, aired 1991-01-22 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: In 1935 this country officially changed its name to one that means "Land of the Aryans" Persia (or Iran) |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | FRANCE: Its construction was begun in 1546 by Francis I, but it wasn't opened to the public until 1793 the Louvre |
| #1379, aired 1990-09-06 | ORGANIZATIONS: Its 1st 2 headquarters were Central Hall in London & Hunter College in the Bronx the United Nations |
| #6, aired 1990-07-21 | LITERATURE: Parts of this epic work published in 1667 were dictated by its author to family members Paradise Lost |
| #1372, aired 1990-07-17 | VOCABULARY: From Greek for "little world", it's the body seen as a mini-universe animated by its own soul microcosm |
| #1354, aired 1990-06-21 | COINS: On its reverse the Susan B. Anthony dollar commemorated this historic event of the 1960s Moon landing |
| #1353, aired 1990-06-20 | LANDMARKS: Its name is Italian for "theater at the stairway" La Scala |
| #1322, aired 1990-05-08 | ISLANDS: The largest island in the Tuscan Archipelago, its most famous resident left in 1815 Elba (former home of Napoleon) |
| #1308, aired 1990-04-18 | 13-LETTER WORDS: Word meaning "immeasurably small"; its first 8 letters are a word meaning "immeasurably great" infinitesimal |
| #1257, aired 1990-02-06 | LANDMARKS: Slated for demolition, it held 2 madmen, 4 forgers & a nobleman when the mob came for its gunpowder The Bastille |
| #1242, aired 1990-01-16 | PUBLISHING: Annual publication whose 1992 issue will mark its bicentennial The Old Farmer's Almanac |
| #1240, aired 1990-01-12 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The Welch's Company has its corporate headquarters in this Mass. town Concord |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | ORGANIZATIONS: It moved its HQ from Savannah to Wash. D.C. in 1913, & in 1917 began making each First Lady honorary pres. the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. |
| #1207, aired 1989-11-28 | SHAKESPEARE: Shakespeare's only play with an English locale in its title The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| #1204, aired 1989-11-23 | LANDMARKS: Its name is literally Persian for "crown of palaces" Taj Mahal |
| #1188, aired 1989-11-01 | IN THE NEWS: In June 1989 this country changed its name to the Union of Myanmar & its capital to Yangon Burma |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | PUBLISHING: For its 1990 edition Guinness is dropping all records of this 1 of the 7 deadly sins gluttony |
| #1171, aired 1989-10-09 | U.S. CITIES: Pennsylvania City named for the home of William Penn's ancestors; its name is found on a Monopoly board Reading (Railroad) |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | MONARCHS: Berengaria, who never set foot in England, was its queen for 8 yrs. after marrying this king on Cyprus Richard the Lionhearted |
| #1141, aired 1989-07-17 | OPERA: Based on a French novel by Henri Murger, its title refers to the carefree life artists lead La bohème |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | IN THE NEWS: The European Community's target year for lifting all economic barriers among its 12 members 1992 |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | U.S. STATES: This state's seal includes an eagle holding a serpent in its beak & grasping a cactus in its talons New Mexico |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | THE CALENDAR: On the old Celtic calendar this was the last day of the year, & some of its pagan rites still exist Halloween |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | ORGANIZATIONS: Its roots go back to two 1850s organizations: the General Female Training Institute & a prayer union the YWCA (the Young Women's Christian Association) |
| #1017, aired 1989-01-24 | FILMS OF THE '40s: This 1941 film is the only one with a color in its title to win the "Best Picture" Oscar How Green Was My Valley |
| #1000, aired 1988-12-30 | EXPLORERS: Puerto Rico's 2nd largest city is named for this explorer, its 1st governor Ponce de Leon |
| #981, aired 1988-12-05 | U.S. LANDMARKS: Its cornerstone was laid February 12, 1915 the Lincoln Memorial |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | THE UNITED NATIONS: In the course of its 43-year history, the UN has had this many Secretaries-General 5 |
| #947, aired 1988-10-18 | WORLD CAPITALS: Canada agreed to abide by this person's choice for its capital city, & in 1858, Ottawa was chosen Queen Victoria |
| #931, aired 1988-09-26 | AMERICANA: In 1986 Coke & Kodak were among 19 firms who pledged over $66 mil. to use its image in their ads the Statue of Liberty |
| #924, aired 1988-09-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Inspired by Cornell's new team colors, in 1898 it changed its orange & black labels to red & white Campbell's |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | WORLD GOVERNMENTS: This nation's 1936 & 1977 constitutions guarantee its 15 political divisions the right to secede the USSR |
| #875, aired 1988-05-27 | THE BIBLE: In the order in which it appears in most versions, it is the 1st book of the Bible named for its hero Joshua |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | WORLD POLITICS: After a 9/25/87 coup, this South Pacific island severed its 113-year link with the British Crown Fiji |
| #818, aired 1988-03-09 | RIVERS: Below sea level for most of its course, it's called "the lowest river on Earth" the Jordan |
| #790, aired 1988-01-29 | AFRICA: This African country has been an independent nation for all but 5 of its 3000 years Ethiopia |
| #783, aired 1988-01-20 | WORLD HISTORY: Ironically, the 1958 Communist Chinese economic drive that fell flat on its face was called this the Great Leap Forward |
| #715, aired 1987-10-16 | ACADEMY AWARDS: 1 of the 2 "Best Picture" Oscar winners to contain North, South, East or West in its title (1 of) All Quiet on the Western Front or West Side Story |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | MAGAZINES: This magazine, published in the U.S., got its name from the Greek for "citizen of the world" Cosmopolitan |
| #693, aired 1987-09-16 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Recent studies show this planet has a moon that's more than half its size Pluto |
| #692, aired 1987-09-15 | CHESS: Of its 16 pieces, the number that can make white's 1st move 10 |
| #658, aired 1987-06-17 | TRANSPORTATION: Only transcontinental U.S. airline named for its founder; in 1984 it came back from near-bankruptcy Braniff |
| #636, aired 1987-05-18 | AMERICANA: Title 4 of the U.S. Code states its length must be exactly 1.9 times its width the flag |
| #628, aired 1987-05-06 | STATE SONGS: The state animal of Kansas is the buffalo & this its state song "Home On The Range" |
| #625, aired 1987-05-01 | TRANSPORTATION: In its ads it claims to be the first airline to fly to all 50 states United |
| #608, aired 1987-04-08 | ROYAL FAMILIES: In 1932, this Mideast country took on the name of its ruling family which still rules today Saudi Arabia |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: With over twice as many U.S. cardholders as its nearest competitor, the credit card held by most people Visa |
| #504, aired 1986-11-13 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This company's figures show about 7% of present U.S. work force got its start working for them McDonald's |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | ASIA: Only SE Asian nation never a colony of the West, its name aptly means "land of the free" Thailand |
| #488, aired 1986-10-22 | WORLD HISTORY: Its 25th anniversary, Aug. 13, 1986, was celebrated with parades to the east & mourning to the west the Berlin Wall |
| #472, aired 1986-09-30 | TELEVISION: This mini-series & its sequel featured Ed Asner, Lorne Greene, Henry Fonda & Marlon Brando Roots |
| #456, aired 1986-09-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: World's #1 maker of infant formula, this company does 98.2% of its business outside its home country Nestle |
| #442, aired 1986-05-20 | THE FLAG: Feature & its color common to flags of U.S., Venezuela & Pakistan white stars |
| #439, aired 1986-05-15 | EUROPE: Only European country named for its establishing family, which still rules today Liechtenstein |
| #406, aired 1986-03-31 | THE PLANETS: Its only known moon is appropriately named after the boatman Charon Pluto |
| #401, aired 1986-03-24 | WORLD TRADE: Country second only to the U.S. in value of both its exports & imports West Germany |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | THE '70s: Due to '73 energy crisis, Congress stopped the environmental impact review & ordered its construction the Alaska Pipeline |
| #384, aired 1986-02-27 | WORLD TRADE: In value of both its imports & exports with the U.S., this country is our foremost trading partner Canada |
| #372, aired 1986-02-11 | EUROPE: All of Denmark is surrounded by water except for its 42 mile boundary with this country Germany |
| #339, aired 1985-12-26 | AGRICULTURE: Though 65% of its workers are in agriculture, this continent has lowest farming output, per capita Africa |
| #290, aired 1985-10-18 | LANDMARKS: According to the famous poem, its name is "Mother of Exiles" the Statue of Liberty |
| #174, aired 1985-05-09 | WORLD CAPITALS: This Mideast city gave its name to a type of cloth, steel & a jeweler's technique Damascus |
| #123, aired 1985-02-27 | WORLD CAPITALS: In less than 40 years, Karachi, Rawalpindi & Islamabad have all been its capital Pakistan |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | DANCE: After its appearance in the Black musical "Runnin' Wild" in 1923, it became a national craze the Charleston |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | THE SUPREME COURT: He successfully argued Brown vs. Board of Education before Supreme Court, then became its 1st black justice Thurgood Marshall |
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Terrie Trebilcock, a high school history and economics teacher from Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
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2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Hannah Krug, a high school math and physics teacher from Laurel, Maryland
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2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Jill Gilbert, a middle school English teacher from Des Moines, Iowa
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2016 Teachers Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,000 + a $2,500 education grant...
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Ian Miller, a high school history, government, and economics teacher from Woodland Hills, California
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2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Jason Sterlacci, a 6th grade English teacher from Somerset, New Jersey
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2017 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. 2016 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000...
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Greg Greenzweig, a high school art teacher from Pennsville, New Jersey
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2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Lauren Gilmore, a high school history teacher from Lake Wales, Florida
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2016 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 education grant...
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Nicole Throckmorton, an 11th grade English and creative writing teacher from Williamsburg, Virginia
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2016 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 education grant...
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Monique Aldred, a nanny originally from San Diego, California
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Season 30 player (2014-04-11).
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Dianne Lee, a 4th grade language arts teacher from Savannah, Georgia
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2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Chris Tempro, a 9th grade math teacher from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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2016 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia
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"An actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Bob Blake, who has won...
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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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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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Kate Charron, a courier from Burlington, Vermont
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Season 20 1-time champion: $12,800 + $2,000.
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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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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Paige Davis, a host and actress from Trading Spaces
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"From the hit TLC series Trading Spaces, here is its star...
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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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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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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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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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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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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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - 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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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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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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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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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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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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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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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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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1990 Tournament...
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Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois
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"He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
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Soledad O'Brien, a broadcast journalist from CNN's American Morning
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"This broadcast journalist has covered stories all over the world. Since...
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Jeff Suchard, a toxicologist from Placentia, California
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Season 21 player (2004-10-04). KJL game 49. Last name pronounced like...
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Ben Lyon, an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas
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"Representing the University of Oklahoma, he won the 1995 College Championship....
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Bob Shore, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 2-time champion: $47,602 + $2,000. Proponent of Shore's Conjecture....
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Eric Newhouse, a public policy coordinator from Sioux City, Iowa
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"Alex called our next alumnus a 'Powerhouse.' He was the youngest...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1990 Tournament...
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