| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | "K"-TOWN $800: This capital of Malopolskie Province can also be spelled with 2 C's Kraków |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | LETTER HISTORIES $2000: Latin mostly abandoned this letter, from the Semitic symbol for an open hand, in favor of the "C" the K |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | GARDEN PARTY $1000: George H.W. Bush was famously not a fan of this veggie but it grows fast, is high in vitamins A, C & K, so it gets planted broccoli |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | SEPARATION $1200: In this Missouri city known by a 2-letter moniker, Troost Avenue traditionally divides poorer east from richer west Kansas City (K.C.) |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | POLITICS TALK $1600: From the name of a D.C. location where many lobbying firms are concentrated, this "Street" is shorthand for lobbyists K Street |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WORD PUZZLES $800: New drivers may find it challenging
G
N
I
K
C
A
B backing up |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | MORE THAN ONE SILENT LETTER $800: This synonym for "destroy" has a spare W & either a spare C or a spare K, take your pick wreck |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | TRANSLATORS $2000: In 1922 C.K. Scott Moncrieff wrote a nice letter to the dying Marcel Proust explaining his translation choices, including this title Remembrance of Things Past |
| #8709, aired 2022-09-29 | STAY HEALTHY $1000: While it won't help you Wolverine-style, this water-soluble vitamin helps heal wounds & is needed to make collagen vitamin C |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | ASIAN MUSEUMS $800: Victoria Memorial Hall in this Indian city is named for a queen who would have spelled the city with a "C", not a "K" Kolkata |
| #8378, aired 2021-04-14 | 3-NAMED CELEBRITIES $1200: When he first rocked out to "Pink Houses" & "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.", he was using these 3 names John Cougar Mellencamp |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | IT'S A FACT $400: Spelled with a "C", it's a unit of weight for diamonds; spelled with a "K", it's a measure of the purity of gold carat |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | WHAT TO WEAR $800: This long loose Turkish dress that can start with a "C" or a "K" a kaftan |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | POUND! SAND! $1200: Readers got Ezra Pound's views on art, poetry & philosophy in his "Guide to" this, oddly spelled starting "K-U-L-C-H" Culture |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | ODD-ISH $600: In 2014 Kiwi songbird Lorde met K.C. slugger George Brett, who inspired this hit song of hers "Royals" |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $200: A board for when you are bored
_ _ C K _ _ M M _ _ backgammon |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | LANGUAGE $1600: (Kelly shows two French words on the monitor.) In French words like garçon & français, this diacritical mark goes under the "C" to soften it to an "S" sound, not a "K" sound a cedilla |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | "C" THE FLOWERS $1000: Linnaeus named this pretty flower for a Jesuit missionary camellia |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | STUPID ANSWERS $600: (Hi, I'm Louis C.K.) I won a 2014 Emmy for writing the "So Did the Fat Lady" episode of this FX series of mine Louie |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | WRITERS ON FILM $2000: (I'm Louis C.K.) In a 2015 film I played Arlen Hird, a composite character who is blacklisted along with this screenwriter played by Bryan Cranston (Dalton) Trumbo |
| #7430, aired 2016-12-23 | PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS $600: A Hungarian town spelled K-O-C-S gave us this word for a class of travel or for a vehicle for travel coach |
| #7359, aired 2016-09-15 | ENTERTAINING REDHEADS $200: (Hi, I'm Louis C.K.) I got my big break in 1993 when I became a writer on "Late Night" with this other redhead; I was also the first to do stand-up on his show Conan O'Brien |
| #7105, aired 2015-07-03 | DESIGNER INITIALS $200: He's been in style for an "Eternity":
C.K. Calvin Klein |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | COMEDIANS $1200: His show was the first on basic cable to receive an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series Louis C.K. |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $2000: "Oh my God"! On Sept. 1, 2012 this Emmy-winning comic headlined "initially" at the Trump Taj Mahal Louis C.K. |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $800: Monologue-inducing deceased court jester of "Hamlet" Y-O-R-I-C-K |
| #6550, aired 2013-02-22 | EARN YOUR LETTER $2000: A 19th c. joking misspelling of "all correct" probably led to this single-letter online "fine" K |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | LETTERS, WE GET LETTERS $400: The 11th letter, it's rarely used in languages that developed from Latin K |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | GENERAL FOOD $1000: Sometimes "K" or "C", they're food supplies for soldiers rations |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | LETTER-HEADS $1000: Adopted by the army in 1942, these individual meals in a box were first used by paratroopers K rations |
| #6388, aired 2012-05-30 | A REAL COMEDIAN $2000: The initials that serve as his last name are an approximate phonetic spelling of his Hungarian last name Louis C.K. |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | SONGS OLD & NEW $2000: This country star is in several football stadiums --including K.C.--at the start of his video "Reality" Kenny Chesney |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | LETTER PERFECT $1600: The first letter alphabetically to appear alone as a periodic table element symbol B (for boron) |
| #6201, aired 2011-07-25 | ORGANIZATIONS FOR SHORT $800: The K of C, all 1.8 million of them the Knights of Columbus |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | SPELL IT! $400: Spell this Christian group that's often found before "Oats" Q-U-A-K-E-R |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | SPELLBOUND $400: Afrikaaners would spell this 1985 Schwarzenegger ex-military man film with a "K" Commando |
| #5353, aired 2007-12-12 | WHEEL OF WOMEN $200: Famous intern
_ _ _ I C _
_ E W I _ _ K Y Monica Lewinsky |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | MAPPING THE TOP 40 $200: In titles, The Beach Boys went "Surfin'" here & John Mellencamp told us about "R.O.C.K." here U.S.A. |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.) This is part of the 1848 gold shipment shown to this president; he gave a report to Congress that kicked the Gold Rush into gear James K. Polk |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | KANSAS $800: Located in the K.C. Metro Area, the city called this "Park" is now Kansas' largest after Wichita Overland Park |
| #4681, aired 2005-01-03 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: The National Association of Water Companies is on this Washington, D.C. street associated with lobbyists K Street |
| #4624, aired 2004-10-14 | WHATEVER HAPPENED TO... $1200: This polysyllabic '50s Italian sexpot had a one-woman exhibit of her sculpture in 2003 Gina Lollobrigida |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE ANATOMY OF EVEL $1000: In '99, fast running out of original parts, Mr. K. had a transplant of this, due to hepatitis C complications the liver |
| #4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $400: Now that you've got the hang of it, 1932's word was this, like the group that sang "My Sharona" K-N-A-C-K |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | SPELL THAT GOVERNOR $1600: Of Arkansas, from the same hometown as Bill Clinton, Mike... H-U-C-K-A-B-E-E |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | CROSSWORD CLUES "V" $1,000 (Daily Double): A, B, C, D, K
(8) vitamins |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | EUROPEAN CITIES $5,000 (Daily Double): This large city on the Vistula River can be spelled with 2 C's or 2 K's Krakow/Cracow, Poland |
| #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 |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | LETTER HISTORIES $2000: Latin abandoned this letter, from the Semitic symbol for an open hand, in favor of the "C" K |
| #4154, aired 2002-09-26 | TV THEME SONGS $400: Spell it out:
he's "The Leader of the Club That's Made for You and Me" M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E |
| #4116, aired 2002-06-24 | HAIL TO THE K.C. CHIEF $200: This hall of fame ex-Chief QB is actually much better known as a 49er QB Joe Montana |
| #4116, aired 2002-06-24 | HAIL TO THE K.C. CHIEF $400: This hall of fame ex-Chief QB now hosts "Inside the NFL" for HBO Len Dawson |
| #4116, aired 2002-06-24 | HAIL TO THE K.C. CHIEF $600: When he retired, this running back, a former Raider, was second to Jerry Rice in career TDs with 145 Marcus Allen |
| #4116, aired 2002-06-24 | HAIL TO THE K.C. CHIEF $800: During Super Bowl IV, this head coach, actually said, "Let's matriculate the ball down the field!" Hank Stram |
| #4116, aired 2002-06-24 | HAIL TO THE K.C. CHIEF $1000: When teams tried to run at this 6'7", 274-pound defensive lineman, the buck stopped there Buck Buchanan |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | "K.C." $200: This rock star was married to Courtney Love Kurt Cobain |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | K.C. $400: Kansas City is known as "The City of" these, like the Trevi in Rome fountains |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | "K.C." $400: Now Mrs. Steven Spielberg, she was born in Fort Worth, Texas Kate Capshaw |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | "K.C." $600 (Daily Double): The capital of Nevada was named for this frontiersman Kit Carson |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | "K.C." $600: With brother Richard, she won the Best New Artist Grammy for 1970 Karen Carpenter |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | K.C. $800: Lester Young, Count Basie & Charlie Parker played the Kansas City style of this genre of music jazz |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | "K.C." $1000: On '80s TV he had "Growing Pains" as Mike Seaver Kirk Cameron |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | K.C. $1200: Opened in 1869, the Hannibal Bridge spanning this river helped make Kansas CIty a railroading center the Missouri (River) |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | K.C. $1600: After high school Harry Truman worked briefly in the mail room of this newspaper The Kansas City Star |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | K.C. $2000: You can visit the Kansas City home & studio of this artist whose work is seen here Thomas Hart Benton |
| #4069, aired 2002-04-18 | MYTH & MAGIC $800: A word in the category title is often spelled this longer way to distinguish it from mere illusionism m-a-g-i-c-k |
| #4064, aired 2002-04-11 | BREAKFAST $1000: Before W.K. Kellogg, C.W. Post was making breakfast cereals in this city Battle Creek, Michigan |
| #4044, aired 2002-03-14 | BRIDGES $800: 19th C. artist William Morris called this U.K. country's Forth Bridge "supremest specimen of all ugliness" Scotland |
| #3736, aired 2000-11-27 | BASEBALL'S GREATEST HITTERS $500: Over the past 50 years only Tony Gwynn & this K.C. Royals player had a .390 or better batting average for a season George Brett |
| #3668, aired 2000-07-12 | COOKIES $400: Octavio is the real first name of this second baseman who played 16 years in the big leagues; 8 with the K.C. Royals Cookie Rojas |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | FUN FACTS ABOUT STATES & CAPITALS $800 (Daily Double): The only state capital whose name ends in 3 consonants, namely R, C & K Bismarck, North Dakota |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME $400: C.K.,
Emlyn,
Tennessee Williams |
| #3495, aired 1999-11-12 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $200: This will be grand when you spell... L-A-R-C-E-N-Y |
| #3445, aired 1999-07-23 | ELEMENT SYMBOL SPELLING $1,200 (Daily Double): Nickel,
carbon,
potassium Nick (Ni C K) |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | ON THE SPIT $400: Examples of these include "Bull's-Eye" & "K C Masterpiece" barbecue sauces |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | START "IN" ON IT $300: It's the emission of visible light by a hot object Incandescence |
| #3387, aired 1999-05-04 | MEDIEVAL TECHNOLOGY $600: 12th C. mathematician Bhaskara had an idea for this type of machine that hasn't been made yet Perpetual motion machine |
| #3376, aired 1999-04-19 | WHICH CAME FIRST? $400: J.C. Penney,
Sears,
K Mart Sears |
| #3286, aired 1998-12-14 | SPORTS LEGENDS $300: Although then a K.C. Chiefs quarterback, he announced his retirement on April 18, 1995 in San Francisco Joe Montana |
| #3244, aired 1998-10-15 | ROCK GOES POSTAL $800: Asked if he was alone on his stamp, this '50s "R-O-C-K" star would have "no comet" Bill Haley |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | "HIT" OR "MISS" $100: If you write my last name as T-R-E-B-E-C-K, you've just done this misspelled it |
| #3090, aired 1998-01-23 | FAST WOMEN $500: She did her own skating when she played roller derby star "K.C." Carr in "Kansas City Bomber" Raquel Welch |
| #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 $600: The song of this woman, who led the tribes of Israel to defeat King Jabin, is found in the book of Judges Deborah |
| #2985, aired 1997-07-18 | WORLD CITIES $400: Poland's third-largest city, its name can be spelled with 2 K's or with 2 C's Krakow (or Cracow) |
| #2492, aired 1995-06-06 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: This organization of Roman Catholic laymen is known as the K. of C. for short the Knights of Columbus |
| #2256, aired 1994-05-30 | PLAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): At the end of this Philip Barry play, Tracy Lord remarries C.K. Dexter Haven The Philadelphia Story |
| #2196, aired 1994-03-07 | STOCK SYMBOLS $200: This company, C, once came out with a K, a K car Chrysler |
| #2195, aired 1994-03-04 | THE POLICE $500: When this 4-letter word ends in "C", it's slang for a drugs officer; when it ends in "K", it's an informant narc |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | SPELL THAT NAME $300: Actress Sissy's surname S-P-A-C-E-K |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | SPELL THAT NAME $500: In "Double Indemnity", this Barbara was a "Ball of Fire" S-T-A-N-W-Y-C-K |
| #2061, aired 1993-07-19 | JAMES K. POLK $800: Polk was present when the cornerstone of this D.C. monument was laid on July 4, 1848 the Washington Monument |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | SPELLING $400: SK is the postal abbreviation for this Canadian province S-A-S-K-A-T-C-H-E-W-A-N |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | THE LETTER C $300: In English the letter C used to sound like this letter... & before an A, O or U, it still does a K |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | LETTER PERFECT $200: It can sound like an "S" or a "K" & long ago had a hard "G" sound, too C |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The Persians & the Medes were considered barbarians, people who didn't speak this language Greek |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | COINS $200: In 1946 his portrait was first placed on the U.S. dime Franklin Roosevelt |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | SINGING $200: An arietta is a short one of these *solo (**aria) |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | FAMOUS JOHNS $200: From 1735-37 this founder of Methodism was a missionary to the American colony of Georgia John Wesley |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | SINGING $300: A "decorative" note or group of notes such as a trill, or a generic term for a Christmas tree decoration ornament |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | GEMS & JEWELRY $300: You'd wear your diadem on this body part head |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | LANDMARKS $400: His Washington, D.C. memorial was dedicated April 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of his birth Thomas Jefferson |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | COINS $600: The gold ducat of this Italian city showed the Doge receiving a banner from St. Mark Venice |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | SPAIN $600: This city on the Mediterranean is known for it citrus fruit & La Seo Cathedral Valencia |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Although this city was Amenhotep III's capital he was buried in the nearby Valley of the Kings Thebes |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | SPAIN $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1992 Spain is set to host the Olympics in Barcelona & a world's fair in this city Seville |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | STARTS WITH "K" $300: This organization is known as the K. of C. for short Knights of Columbus |
| #1692, aired 1991-12-31 | DISCO $200: It's what K.C. & the Sunshine Band wanted you to "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake" your booty |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $400: Ex-TV "Police Woman" Angie told us many people misspell her last name; she spells it this way (Angie) D-I-C-K-I-N-S-O-N |
| #1603, aired 1991-07-17 | A.K.A. $200: James King Kern Kyser of Rocky Mount, N.C. became a famous bandleader using this name Kay |
| #1383, aired 1990-09-12 | WORLD CAPITALS $500: This country's capital was formerly spelled D-A-C-C-A, but now it's usually spelled D-H-A-K-A Bangladesh |
| #1358, aired 1990-06-27 | BASEBALL $400: In 1980 this K.C. Royals 3rd baseman hit .390, the highest average since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941 (George) Brett |
| #1352, aired 1990-06-19 | SPORTS $500: In a 1990 arbitration case, this K.C. star asked for $1.9 million but was awarded $1 million Bo Jackson |
| #1, aired 1990-06-16 | THE HUMAN BODY $1500: In humans night blindness is an early sign of a deficiency of this vitamin A |
| #1226, aired 1989-12-25 | "C" HERE $400: a.k.a. bachelor's button cornflower |
| #1224, aired 1989-12-21 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $600: When his K.C. habadashery failed, he threw his hat into the political ring with help from Tom Pendergast Harry Truman |
| #1043, aired 1989-03-01 | HEALTH & NUTRITION $400: Green leafy vegetables & tomatoes are the best sources for this vitamin that helps blood to clot vitamin K |
| #935, aired 1988-09-30 | STARTS WITH "VI" $400: A, C, D, E or K vitamins |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $500: If you're referring to a Blue Brother or a Ghostbuster, this Dan's your man A-Y-K-R-O-Y-D |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | NAME THAT TEAM $100: Bill Russell,
K.C. Jones,
& Larry Bird the Boston Celtics |
| #433, aired 1986-05-07 | INITIALS $400: The man who "ran" the Sunshine Band K.C. |
| #165, aired 1985-04-26 | SILLY SONGS $500: Where K-K-K-Katy will be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | SPELLING $100: Follows “Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me...” M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E |
