| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | TV COMEDY $600: Let's bring the Payne! Allen Payne played C.J. Payne on some 300 episodes of this creator's "House of Payne" Tyler Perry |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | TALKING ABOUT TOLKIEN $2000: Humphrey Carpenter's bio of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis & like-minded friends has this title, like their literary circle the Inklings |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY INITIALS $100: The title character utters the famous line, "Et tu, Brute?":
J.C. Julius Caesar |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | IN DENMARK $400: Danish beermaster J.C. Jacobsen named this brewery for his son Carlsberg |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | FRIENDS $800: Conversations about language & myths initially bonded these two titans of fantasy influencing each other & their work C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | TIME TO HIT THE LIBRARY $400: As a young man, D.C.-born J. Edgar Hoover worked at this library as a messenger & in the cataloging department the Library of Congress |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | FINDING NIMOY $200: Nimoy appeared in other TV series with this "Star Trek" co-star, including "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." & "T.J. Hooker" William Shatner |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE "J.C"s $400: In 2019, at age 94 years & 172 days, he became the longest-living president in U.S. history Jimmy Carter |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE "J.C"s $800: In 2022, Hollywood mourned the death of this legendary actor whose career touched 7 decades James Caan |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE "J.C"s $1200: Premiering in 2022, an HBO Max drama looks at the life & career of this "French chef" Julia Child |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE "J.C"s $1600: He founded a society that strives to "uncover the secrets held within our water planet" & "work to keep it alive and healthy" Jacques Cousteau |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE "J.C"s $2000: "The Enormous Radio" is among the 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning "Stories of" this writer John Cheever |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | POETRY $1600: A book by Herbert J.C. Grierson about John Donne & other 17th c. poets helped popularize this philosophical adjective for them metaphysical |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | HI, FINANCE $7,000 (Daily Double): A chapter no one ever wants to read, this one is often called a "reorganization" bankruptcy, like J.C. Penney in 2020 Chapter 11 |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | ACTORS, INITIALLY $200: J.L.C.,
back for more in "Halloween Kills" Jamie Lee Curtis |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | HISTORIC WOMEN $1200: One of America's first self-made female millionaires, this founder of a beauty empire was the subject of a Netflix series Madam C.J. Walker |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | I BEFORE E AFTER C $1600: Term for someone like J.P. Morgan who invests in businesses on a large scale a financier |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $1000: Acknowledging that this Shoshone woman's name can be spelled different ways, a Seattle public school spells it with a C & a J Sacajawea |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | V.O. INITIALS $400: Ralph in "Wreck-It Ralph":
J.C.R. John C. Reilly |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | FBI HEADQUARTERS $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.) This imposing desk was used by this imposing man who headed the Bureau for 48 years and for whom the headquarters' building is named (J. Edgar) Hoover |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS $200: C.S. Lewis' review of this 1937 work by pal J.R.R. Tolkien said, "Prediction is dangerous but" it "may well prove a classic" The Hobbit |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | FROM C TO D $1200: In a 1982 no. 1 hit The J. Geils Band sang, "My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold, my angel is" this centerfold |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | FOLLOW THE LEADER $400: Head of the FBI after Robert Mueller:
J.C. (James) Comey |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | TRUTH OR DARE $1600: Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks, Sojourner helped integrate this public transportation in Washington D.C. streetcars |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | LETTER PERFECT $1600: 16th c. scholar Gian Giorgio Trissino is "the father of" this letter that is used to start the Savior's name J |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1200: Danish archaeologist C.J. Thomsen split prehistory into these 3 ages named for tool materials Stone, Bronze, and Iron |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | THAT'S NOT FLYING! $1600: The flying this reptile goes from a "J" shape to an "S" shape to a "C" shape to get air a snake |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $400: Landmarks along this Washington, D.C. route include the J. Edgar Hoover building & the National Archives Pennsylvania Avenue |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | FITNESS ABBREV. $400: C&J is this overhead lift a clean and jerk |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | HALLS OF FAME $400: J.C. Hall co-founded this greeting card company that has a Hall of Fame all its own Hallmark |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | FOUNTAINS $600: This Missouri city's seal boasts, "City of Fountains", like the J.C. Nichols Kansas City |
| #7032, aired 2015-03-24 | WHAT A TV DRAMA QUEEN! $1000: On "The West Wing" this Allison Janney character got promoted from press secretary to chief of staff C.J. Cregg |
| #6950, aired 2014-11-28 | JUDGES $200: Columbia, S.C.'s this building is named for Matthew J. Perry, the first black federal judge from the Deep South federal courthouse |
| #6899, aired 2014-09-18 | BORN INSIDE THE BELTWAY $800: A D.C.er from birth to death, this FBI official wrote "A Study of Communism" & "Crime in the United States" J. Edgar Hoover |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | SHOPPING ABBREV. $200: It revamped its stores in 2012:
JCP J.C. Penney |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | HERE COMES THE JUDGE $1200: Judge John J. Sirica got the '70s case relating to no ordinary break-in, the one at this Washington, D.C. complex Watergate |
| #6419, aired 2012-07-12 | I'M JUST SWAMPED! $1000: Once home to runaway slaves, this "Great" swamp in Va. & N.C. appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Dred" the Great Dismal Swamp |
| #6355, aired 2012-04-13 | HARVARD ALUMNI $2000: This onetime N.C. senator & wife of a senator worked at the Langdell Library before getting her J.D. (1965) Elizabeth Dole |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $200: Washington, D.C. has no streets named for "Y", "Z" or this letter of the alphabet because of its similarity to "I" J |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | MIDDLE INITIAL C. $200: He began his retail career managing several Golden Rule stores & in 1913 formed his own chain J.C. Penney |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | ABBREV. $800: C.J. is short for this title held by Roger Taney & William Howard Taft Chief Justice |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | LEGAL ABBREV. $200: Enacted by Congress, the U.C.M.J is the Uniform Code of this type of Justice Military |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | I AM SAM $1200: He went to a J.C. Penney management training program; later he opened his own five-&-dime store in Arkansas (Sam) Walton |
| #5841, aired 2010-01-25 | MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLES $800: Brutalism influenced the design of this D.C. building, named for a long-serving law-enforcement official the J. Edgar Hoover Building |
| #5841, aired 2010-01-25 | 19th CENTURY SENATORS BY STATE $1600: John Slidell, C.D.J. Bouligny Louisiana |
| #5699, aired 2009-05-21 | "J" PEG $400: The month named in 44 B.C. July |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | BUSINESS LETTERS $1000: The "C" in the name of department store founder J.C. Penney; how appropriate Cash |
| #5358, aired 2007-12-19 | TV SHOWS BY CHARACTERS $800: C.J. Cregg,
Josh Lyman,
Donna Moss The West Wing |
| #5191, aired 2007-03-19 | J.C. $400: (Jerry Seinfeld delivers the clue.) In the "Seinfeld" finale we were defended by Jackie Chiles, who reminded some people of this famous trial attorney Johnnie Cochran |
| #5191, aired 2007-03-19 | J.C. $800: He had more than 100 songs reach the Billboard Country Singles chart Johnny Cash |
| #5191, aired 2007-03-19 | J.C. $1200: Seen here, she knows more about Hollywood wives & husbands than they'd care to admit Jackie Collins |
| #5191, aired 2007-03-19 | J.C. $1600: "Mr. P.C." is a classic composition from Mr. J.C. of '50s & '60s jazz John Coltrane |
| #5191, aired 2007-03-19 | J.C. $2000: Seen here, he's played a wide range of roles; check out "Babe" vs. "L.A. Confidential" James Cromwell |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | LETTER MEN $200: At his death in 1971, there were more than 1,600 department stores bearing his name J.C. Penney |
| #5162, aired 2007-02-06 | MONTHLY NAME ORIGINS $400: Named in 8 B.C. for the reigning emperor August |
| #5156, aired 2007-01-29 | D.C. SITES $800: The building on Pennsylvania Ave. named for him houses the FBI (J. Edgar) Hoover |
| #5124, aired 2006-12-14 | EPIC POEMS AS COUNTRY SONGS $800: 800s B.C., maybe:
"I might be a long-lost husband, but that don't mean you get my wife" the Odyssey |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | SLOGANEERING $1000: At this department store chain, "It's all inside" J.C. Penney |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP $1600: James Cash (first & middle names) originally called this department store the Golden Rule store J.C. Penney |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | CHAIN STORE $2000: Appropriately, the "C" in the name of this department store chain named for its founder stands for "Cash" J.C. Penney |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | SOUTH OF THE BORDER $1200: Known as J.C., this boxing champion won titles in 3 weight divisions & more than 100 pro fights Julio Cesar Chavez |
| #4800, aired 2005-06-17 | THE STANLEY CUP $1200: (Alex Trebek presents the clue from the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.) This great goalie has his first name misspelled many times on the Stanley Cup, including as "J-A-C" and "J-A-C-Q" Jacques Plante |
| #4762, aired 2005-04-26 | LIBRARIES $1,000 (Daily Double): The Ralph J. Bunche Int'l Affairs Center is part of this Washington, D.C. university's library Howard |
| #4740, aired 2005-03-25 | MOZART & FRIENDS $400: Little Wolfie played piano duets sitting on the lap of J.C., "the English" member of this musical family Bach |
| #4667, aired 2004-12-14 | HEADQUARTERS $400: Since 1988 J.C. Penney has been firmly planted in Plano in this state Texas |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | LEGAL BRIEFS $400: C.J. can stand for circuit judge or for this person much higher up in the profession Chief Justice |
| #4545, aired 2004-05-14 | "D.C." $200: This Dickens character is the first full name mentioned in J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" David Copperfield |
| #4500, aired 2004-03-12 | STOCK SYMBOLS $200: A retailer:
JCP J.C. Penney |
| #4438, aired 2003-12-17 | ENGLISHWOMEN $1600: The designs of this popularizer of the miniskirt were introduced to the U.S. through J.C. Penney Mary Quant |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | AROUND THE WORLD BOOK $600: As C is in 2 volumes, but J & K are in 1, volume 13 still covers this one letter M |
| #4207, aired 2002-12-10 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2000: As a QB for the Oklahoma Sooners, this future GOP congressman was MVP of the 1980 & '81 Orange Bowls J.C. Watts |
| #4145, aired 2002-09-13 | "J" WALKING $1200: After Solomon's death in 922 B.C., the Hebrews divided into 2 kingdoms: Israel & this one Judah |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS $400: Department store merchant James Cash... J.C. Penney |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | INITIALLY YOURS $400: By the time this retailer died in 1971, there were over 1,600 stores bearing his name J.C. Penney |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | COMPOSE YOURSELF! $400: This major German composed the overture in C major heard here J.S. Bach |
| #3894, aired 2001-07-05 | BLACK AMERICANS $600: Madame C.J. Walker became the USA's first black female millionaire with a method of doing this to hair straightening |
| #3875, aired 2001-06-08 | THE WOMEN OF BAYWATCH $400: As C.J. Parker, she's been in the opening credits with several variations of her name Pamela Anderson Lee |
| #3871, aired 2001-06-04 | FROM "C" TO SHINING "C" $1000: He was twice prime minister of France before he was elected president in 1995 Jacques Chirac |
| #3861, aired 2001-05-21 | SCH"WING"! $200: Allison Janney plays press secretary C.J. Cregg on this TV drama The West Wing |
| #3801, aired 2001-02-26 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $500: Intoned, like a monk
(7) Chanted |
| #3801, aired 2001-02-26 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Laura Ingalls Wilder's novel about growing up out west with Garrison Keillor's radio show Little House on the Prairie Home Companion |
| #3762, aired 2001-01-02 | CARIBBEAN CUISINE $1000: Goat stew is savored on this "C" of the ABC Islands, which lent its name to an orange-peel liqueur Curacao |
| #3747, aired 2000-12-12 | CORPORATE HQ STATES $200: H.J. Heinz,
Allegheny Technologies Pennsylvania |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: Prussia was Christianized in the 13th century by knights of this order Teutonic Knights |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | TV 2K $300: It's the name of the boy band on "Making the Band" -- come on, we know you watched O-Town |
| #3704, aired 2000-10-12 | THE "MINOR"s $1000: It's the key of Beethoven's famous Fifth Symphony C Minor |
| #3685, aired 2000-09-15 | TV & MOVIE ACTORS $200: Her TV roles include lifeguard C.J. Parker & "V.I.P." Vallery Irons; on film she was Barb Wire Pamela Anderson Lee |
| #3611, aired 2000-04-24 | LEGAL BRIEFS $500: A young do-gooder may be in the Jaycees; a young ne'er-do-well, in the J.C. Juvenile Court |
| #3606, aired 2000-04-17 | STATE OF THE UNION $400: This state's "Crater of Diamonds" near Murfreesboro is the only diamond mine in the U.S. Arkansas |
| #3603, aired 2000-04-12 | JAPANESE HISTORY $500: In the 13th C., Kublai Khan's invading navy was destroyed by a great storm later called this, or "divine wind" Kamikaze |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $200: What the French abbreviate ap. J.-C., meaning apres Jesus-Christ is abbreviated this way in Latin A.D. (Anno Domini) |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | 1800 $600: William Herschel discovered these "rays" beyond the red end of the visible spectrum Infrared rays |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC $1000: (Hi, I'm Jane Wiedlin) Among my credits is this song that starts, "Can you hear them? Talkin' about us, telling lies..." "Our Lips are Sealed" |
| #3384, aired 1999-04-29 | "C" IN HISTORY $1000: He wasn't yet France's premier when he gave Emile Zola the idea to title a famous letter "J'Accuse!" Georges Clemenceau |
| #3376, aired 1999-04-19 | WHICH CAME FIRST? $400: J.C. Penney,
Sears,
K Mart Sears |
| #3334, aired 1999-02-18 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $800: Florentine author of "The Prince" Niccolo... M-A-C-H-I-A-V-E-L-L-I |
| #3330, aired 1999-02-12 | VALUES $1000: A millionth of a meter Micron/micrometer |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $400: At the end, this German philosopher remarked "Last words are for fools who haven't said enough" Karl Marx |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $1000: "I go to seek the great perhaps", said this 16th century French satirist in his final moments Francois Rabelais |
| #3301, aired 1999-01-04 | ON THE MOVE $500: In December 1783 chemist J.A.C. Charles made the first balloon ascent using this gas hydrogen |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | WASHINGTON D.C. $500 (Daily Double): He reportedly called the FBI headquarters the ugliest building he'd ever seen; it was named for him anyway J. Edgar Hoover |
| #3017, aired 1997-10-14 | HORSE SENSE $400: In 5000 B.C., before the horse was domesticated, northern Europeans used these to pull sleds Reindeer |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | B.C. WOMEN $200: Wife of Akhenaton & mother of 6, she wasn't just another pretty bust Nefertiti |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | B.C. WOMEN $400: Some blame the influence of Aspasia for leading Pericles into this war Peloponnesian War |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | THE 1940s $300: A believer in Gandhi's nonviolence philosophy, A.J. Muste helped found C.O.R.E., this group Congress of Racial Equality |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | MATH TERMS $200: You'll find the word "infinite" within the calculus term for infinitely small, but not quite zero Infinitesimal |
| #2922, aired 1997-04-22 | ANCIENT COUNTRIES $200: In the 4th century B.C. Lycia was conquered by this Macedonian & absorbed into his empire Alexander the Great |
| #2898, aired 1997-03-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In June 1967 LBJ met with this Soviet premier in Glassboro, N.J. to discuss world problems Alexei Kosygin |
| #2894, aired 1997-03-13 | SCIENCE & NATURE $200: Some species of this marsupial in South America have a rudimentary pouch or no pouch at all Opossum |
| #2894, aired 1997-03-13 | THE FANNIE FARMER COOKBOOK $200: The cookbook suggests using both green & red types of this fruit in Waldorf salad Apples |
| #2820, aired 1996-11-29 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: Established c. 1765, this N.J. school's Whig-Cliosophic Society is the oldest U.S. college debating club Princeton |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: J.R.R. Tolkien finished "The Lord of the Rings" with this Narnia author's encouragement C.S. Lewis |
| #2699, aired 1996-05-02 | MIDDLE NAMES $200: With this middle name, J.C. Penney was right on the money Cash |
| #2570, aired 1995-11-03 | MIDDLE INITIAL C. $100: By 1909 he owned a chain of 3 department stores; at his death at age 95 in 1971, his firm had 1,660 stores J.C. Penney |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | J LETTER MEN $200: This agency director was born in Washington, D.C. January 1, 1895 & died there May 2, 1972 (J. Edgar) Hoover |
| #2473, aired 1995-05-10 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $100: This weekly newsmagazine was founded in 1933 by Thomas J.C. Martyn, a former editor of Time Newsweek |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | CHEMISTS $200: In 1783 J.A.C. Charles, known for Charles' law, made an ascent in one of these a balloon |
| #2350, aired 1994-11-18 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This founder of Wal-Mart began his retail career as a J.C. Penney management trainee Sam Walton |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | J.S. BACH $800: Bach's second surviving son, nearly as famous as his father, he wrote about 150 keyboard sonatas C.P.E. Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | "P"EOPLE $1000: In 1951 this retailer published an autobiography titled "Fifty Years with the Golden Rule" J. C. Penney |
| #2244, aired 1994-05-12 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600: This agency once located in the Dept. of Justice Building moved to the J. Edgar Hoover Building in 1974 the FBI |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | FILE UNDER "J" $1000: Founded as El Paso del Norte c. 1660, this city is Mexico's largest on the border with the U.S. Juarez |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $200: Thomas J.C. Martyn, a former editor of Time magazine, founded this rival in 1933 Newsweek |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | THE SMITHSONIAN $500: In his capacity as this, William Rehnquist is a member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents Chief Justice of the United States (C.J. of Supreme Court accepted) |
| #2106, aired 1993-11-01 | TELEVISION $200: C.J., one of these animals, appeared in 2 Clint Eastwood movies before starring in "Mr. Smith" an orangutan |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: This retail chain began as the Golden Rule Store in 1902 in Kemmerer, Wyoming J.C. Penney |
| #2071, aired 1993-09-13 | U.S.A. $300: J. Edgar Hoover was born in this city & a building there is named for him Washington, D.C. |
| #2041, aired 1993-06-21 | FOOD & DRINK $500: In 1828 C.J. van Houten discovered a way to solubilize or "Dutch" this food chocolate |
| #1954, aired 1993-02-18 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: In 1990 this organization changed its name back to U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce J.C. |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $500: In 1971, this department store founder, whose middle name was Cash, cashed out at age 95 J.C. Penney |
| #1733, aired 1992-02-26 | LITERATURE $600: While writing this trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien read chapters to C.S. Lewis The Lord of the Rings |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1000: The Herbert C. Hoover building houses this gov't department of which Hoover was secretary the Department of Commerce |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | HILL OF BEANS $100: In a 1910 toast J.C. Bossidy called this city "The home of the bean and the cod" Boston |
| #1702, aired 1992-01-14 | SPELL THAT NAME $200: This Smith may not be a TV "Angel" anymore, but she still looks like one J-A-C-L-Y-N |
| #1207, aired 1989-11-28 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: Named for its founder, this chain sells more women's fashions than any other department store J. C. Penney's |
| #1201, aired 1989-11-20 | NEW YEAR'S BABIES $600: His file would tell you he was born in Washington, D.C., January 1, 1895, and served under eight presidents J. Edgar Hoover |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | COMPOSERS $200: Of J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, or Irving Goldberg, the composer of "The Goldberg Variations" J.S. Bach |
| #1131, aired 1989-07-03 | FAMOUS MEN $300: An early merchandising giant, he started his 1st store at Kemmerer, Wyoming J.C. Penney |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | SPELL THAT NAME $300: This Huston menaces Michael Jackson in "Captain Eo" A-N-J-E-L-I-C-A |
| #1126, aired 1989-06-26 | DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS $800: A "conj." isn't a conjurer, it's one of these a conjunction |
| #1115, aired 1989-06-09 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $300: This Smith was in "Charlie's Angels" & "Rage of Angels" J-A-C-L-Y-N |
| #1102, aired 1989-05-23 | ABBREV. $200: The correct spelling of the short official name of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce J-A-Y-C-E-E-S |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | MAGAZINES $300: This rival news magazine was founded by Thomas J.C. Martyn, a foreign news editor at Time Newsweek |
| #1013, aired 1989-01-18 | THE 3 "B"s $200: C.P.E. Bach, J.C. Bach or J.S. Bach, the 1 responsible for the birth of the other 2 Johann Sebastian Bach |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | "J.C." $200: This tennis great credits his mother & grandmother with teaching him the game Jimmy Connors |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | "J.C." $400: Established in 1901, Joliet is the oldest public one of these schools still operating junior college |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | "J.C." $600: This NBC commentator was the 1st working journalist appointed director of Voice of America John Chancellor |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | "J.C." $1000: This tough guy actor is the son of a kosher meat dealer from the Bronx James Caan |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | "J.C." $2,000 (Daily Double): This body of law is perhaps the greatest legacy of the Byzantine Empire Justinian's Code |
| #907, aired 1988-07-12 | WORLD WAR II $600: In 1945, in this "equine" fighter, Lt. Col. J.C. Meyer took off & shot down 2 planes within 90 secs. the Mustang |
| #740, aired 1987-11-20 | MIDDLE NAMES $200: J.C. Penney's middle name, or what you'd use to buy stuff in his store Cash |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | GENERALS $400: During the last seven years of his life, John J. Pershing lived in a special suite in this D.C. hospital Walter Reed Hospital |
| #651, aired 1987-06-08 | FOOD $300: 19th c. English nutritionist for whom the seasoned beef patty in TV dinners is named (J.H.) Salisbury |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: True to his middle name, in his 1st "Golden Rule" store in Kemmerer, Wyo., he demanded "cash only" J.C. Penney |
| #577, aired 1987-02-24 | MAPS $400: A.J. Nystrom & Co. & C.S. Hammond, Inc. publish maps chiefly for these institutions schools |
| #540, aired 1987-01-02 | 1960 $100: He was re-elected to the U.S. Senate & at the same time elected Vice President of the U.S. Lyndon Johnson |
| #540, aired 1987-01-02 | LEFTOVERS $200: The word navigation comes from Latin "navis", meaning this ship |
| #540, aired 1987-01-02 | THEATER $400: So they would look taller, Greek tragic actors wore "kothornoi" which were these elevator shoes (or boots) |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | NUTS $200: The more familiar name for a filbert or cobnut Hazelnut |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | GEOGRAPHY $800: The area called "the roof of the world" is where Afghanistan, Pakistan & Russia all meet this country China |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | ITALY $100: In 79 A.D., it destroyed the popular resort town of Herculaneum Mount Vesuvius |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: If you "hire" a TV set in London, you've done this with it rent it |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | STUPID ANSWERS $300: Peanuts are not related to nuts, but to these peas |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | SCIENCE $400: Base 10 equivalent to the binary number "11" 3 |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | QUESTIONABLE SONGS $500: In their biggest hit, the Poppy Family asked Billy this "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | PLAYWRIGHTS $800: His 1881 play "Ghosts" was once banned for being "morally deranged" (Henrik) Ibsen |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s $1000: On early TV wrestling shows he broke dog biscuits into mike to sound like bones crunching Dennis James |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | 1886 $1000: Griswold Lorillard wore a short black coat with satin lapels to the Autumn Ball in this N.Y. town Tuxedo |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | THE JUNGLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Like most of us would, it's what Jethro Tull was doing "In The Jungle" in 1974:
"Walking through forests of palm-tree apartments /
Scoff at the monkeys who live in their dark tents /
Down by the waterhole--drunk every Friday /
Eating their nuts--saving their raisins..." Bungle |
| #525, aired 1986-12-12 | U.S.A. $200: Of J.C. Penney, the U.S. Coast Guard, & the L.A. Dodgers, one which doesn't ban beards J.C. Penney |
| #444, aired 1986-05-22 | PRINCESS DI $400: They said it was an accident she stopped in this department of the Springfield, Virginia
J.C. Penney's the maternity department |
| #291, aired 1985-10-21 | SHOW BUSINESS $400: Juggler whose roles included Cuthbert J. Twillie, Egbert Souse, & Dickens' Mr. Micawber W.C. Fields |
| #285, aired 1985-10-11 | DEPARTMENT STORES $1000: While many chains started in New York or Chicago, his began in Kemmerer, Wyo. J.C. Penney |
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J.C. Turner, a pharmacy student from Amelia, Virginia
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Season 3 2-time champion: $15,800.
The J.C. stands for "James Clay".
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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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J.D. Smith, an editor and writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 21 player (2004-09-06).
KJL game 39.
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Carolyn Collins, an education program manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 30 1-time co-champion: $26,800 + $1,000.
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J.C. Carson, a retired government employee from Honolulu, Hawaii
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Season 9 player (1993-01-27).
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Judy Moss, an administrative assistant from Jersey City, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2007-07-05).
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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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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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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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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
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Aaron Brown, an Emmy Award-winning newsman from CNN's popular primetime newscast
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"A journalist for over 25 years, he now anchors CNN's popular...
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Amanda Hall, from Farmington, Maine
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"Whether it's writing a biography of Yo-Yo Ma or working on...
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Adam Bibler, an economist originally from Lancaster, Ohio
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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