| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $200: Pop-punk is typified by this group with hits like "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" Green Day |
| #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 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $600: Portishead helped popularize this style of dance music that rhymes with hip-hop & has elements of jazz trip-hop |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $800: Fitting with the band name, "Vivid" was the first album by this hard rock band, featuring Corey Glover & Vernon Reid Living Colour |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $1000: After leaving Roxy Music, he basically created ambient music with pieces like "Heavenly Music Corporation 1" Brian Eno |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | TYPES OF POEMS $400: Haiku masters Buson & Issa had to master this many syllables to craft their works 17 |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | JAZZ' GREAT DAY IN HARLEM $400: Both Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins, masters of spontaneity on this instrument, blew into Harlem that day the (tenor) saxophone |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | A MASTER-FUL CATEGORY $2000: A 2009 biography about this pair was subtitled "The Couple Who Taught America How to Love" Masters & Johnson |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | FORKS, KNIVES, SPOONS $1000: This Edgar Lee Masters "Anthology" is a collection of epitaphs of residents of a fictional small town The Spoon River Anthology |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): Historians cite this event that began in 1929 as one of the main reasons for the demise of the Harlem renaissance the Great Depression |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | CHESS $2000: Even chess masters often begin a game with this familiar opening, named for a Spanish priest the Ruy Lopez |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Johann Pachelbel was considered one of the great masters of this instrument before the generation of J.S. Bach the organ |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | FAMOUS PAIRS $600: Published in 1994, "Heterosexuality" was one of their later collaborations, along with Robert Kolodny Masters & Johnson |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | GEORGIA ON MY MIND $800: In early April, Augusta played host to this the Masters |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | FISH PEOPLE $1000: An "American Masters" documentary on this photographer is subtitled "Prophet of the Avant-Garde" Man Ray |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | FOR MASTERS ONLY $400: This word for a small amount is often found before "of applause" smattering |
| #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 |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | FOR MASTERS ONLY $1200: Bewildered diners in a sushi restaurant may use this Japanese word indicating "chef's choice" omakase |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | FOR MASTERS ONLY $1600: He wrote the novel "True Grit" but his funnier books like "The Dog of the South" won him a cult following (Charles) Portis |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | FOR MASTERS ONLY $2000: The CDC advises pregnant women not to change cat litter to avoid this 5-syllable parasitic infection toxoplasmosis |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | MASTERS OF LIT $200: W.E. Henley's "Invictus" concludes, "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of" this my soul |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | MASTERS OF LIT $400: Master Ford & Master Page are characters in this Shakespeare comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | COMIC STRIPS $400: Bill Watterson received 2 Reuben Awards for best cartoonist for this beloved strip Calvin and Hobbes |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | MASTERS OF LIT $600: A 1987 bestseller by him says on Wall Street Sherman McCoy & a few others had become "masters of the universe" (Tom) Wolfe |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | MASTERS OF LIT $800: Edgar Lee Masters is best known for this collection of free-verse epitaphs from the cemetery of a fictional small town Spoon River Anthology |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | MASTERS OF LIT $1000: Suppressed during his life, Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and" this woman is a comic yet searing satire of Stalinist Russia Margarita |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1000: While they never married, this French existentialist couple did share a lifelong romantic & literary relationship Sartre & de Beauvoir |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | DEFENDING THE TITLE $200: Tiger Woods, the youngest ever to win this Georgia tournament in 1997, was still just 25 & 26 when he won again in 2001 & '02 the Masters |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | ABBREV. $200: Eph. is one way to abbreviate this Bible book Ephesians |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $400: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) In what became known as the "game of the century", in 1956 this then-little-known 13-year-old announced his presence with a spectacular queen sacrifice to defeat one of America's top masters (Bobby) Fischer |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $800: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) Famed for works like "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2", in the 1920s this great Dadaist all but abandoned art for chess, becoming a master & going on to play for France in four Chess Olympiads Duchamp |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $1200: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) Many a seemingly hopeless position has been turned into a draw via this tactic, with the apparently winning side's king unable to escape repeated nagging attacks by an enemy piece perpetual check |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $1600: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) 2023 saw the end of an era as this longtime world champion opted not to defend his title, even though he remained by far the world's top-rated player Carlsen |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $2000: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) My book "Chess Queens" tells the story of the game's female pioneers, like this trio of stereotype-shattering sisters whose youngest, Judit, became both the world's youngest grandmaster & the first woman to be ranked among the world's top 10 players the Polgárs (the Polgár sisters) |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | ISLE BE "C"ING YOU $800: Popular tourist highlights on this Italian isle are the Blue Grotto & the Castiglione, a medieval castle Capri |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | FUNNY LADIES $2000: This comedian & podcaster has been called "one of the true masters of deadpan" (Tig) Notaro |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | THE OTHER MASTERS $200: Golfers tee it up at the Masters each April, amidst the blooming azaleas & dogwoods at the National Golf Club in this Georgia city Augusta |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | THE OTHER MASTERS $400: Many have said a prayer before playing the 11th, 12th & 13th holes, collectively known as this Amen Corner |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | THE OTHER MASTERS $600: Here's this golf great; after sinking his putt in 1986, he would win the tournament for the sixth time Jack Nicklaus |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | THE OTHER MASTERS $800: One of golf's greatest champions, he co-founded the club, & what became the Masters Tournament, in the 1930s Bobby Jones |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | THE OTHER MASTERS $1000: The annual champions dinner began in 1952 when he hosted, a year after his first Masters win & 3 years after a near-fatal car wreck Ben Hogan |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | 1920s SCIENCE $800: Lewis Fry Richardson proposed doing this with 64,000 computers (those were people then) & data from a world network of balloons forecasting the weather |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | THE MAP OF EUROPE $1600: It's the largest & southernmost of Ireland's counties Cork |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | 20/23 $200: In the human body most cells normally contain 23 pairs of these chromosomes |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | YOU LOSE $600: In 1987 "Great White Shark" Greg Norman got eaten alive after Augusta native Larry Mize holed a 140-foot chip to win this major event the Masters |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | ART-POURRI $600: This 5-letter word follows "wood" in the printing technique used by Japanese masters like Hiroshige block |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | SPORTS COMPETITIONS $200: In 2022, a year after a bad car crash, Tiger Woods returned to the greens in Augusta to play in this tournament the Masters |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | DUTCH TREAT $1000: The painters of Rembrandt's time, or a brand of cigars with Rembrandt's "Syndics of the Drapers' Guild" on the box Dutch Masters |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SPORTS STARS $300: This golf great won his first Masters in 1997 at age 21 & 4 since then Tiger Woods |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | CHAMPIONS OF TOURNAMENTS $200: From 1963 to 1986 this golfer won a record 6 Masters tournaments Nicklaus |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | TV CARTOONS $1000: Going big on many levels, this title guy hung out with "The Masters of the Universe" & holding a sword, bellowed, "I have the power!" He-Man |
| #8703, aired 2022-09-21 | GREAT AMERICAN PAIRS $400: Sex researcher Dr. William Masters hired her in 1956 & married her in 1971 (Virginia) Johnson |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | TELEVISION $1000: In 1986 Arthur Miller was the first subject of this PBS series of profiles in greatness that has earned more than 25 Emmys American Masters |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | SCRAMBLED NOVELS $800: Monkeys as masters: "SEAPLANE THEFT OP" Planet of the Apes |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | STEELS $600: Both hands & both feet are used in playing this musical instrument; masters of it include Jimmy Day & Greg Leisz the steel guitar |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | BEFORE & AFTER TV $1600: William & Virginia give bedroom advice to Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte & Miranda Masters of Sex and the City |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | DANCE IN HISTORY $800: Now meaning an easy-to-win contest, it originated as enslaved peoples' mockery of their masters' elaborate dances a cakewalk |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | FORE! NO, 5 GOLF MOVIES $800: In "Caddyshack", he says, "Cinderella story, outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper... about to become the Masters champion" Bill Murray |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $2000: In 1970 this pair followed up "Human Sexual Response" with "Human Sexual Inadequacy" Masters & Johnson |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | "AU" $1600: He was one of the great masters of 20th century English poetry (W.H.) Auden |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | A GUSTY MOVE $200: Even the greatest golfers fear the notorious swirling wind at the 12th hole of this home course of The Masters Augusta |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | AMERICAN NAMES $1000: Passions were inflamed in the 1940s when this researcher published his findings on Americans' sex lives (Alfred) Kinsey |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | MODERN WORLD BEFORE & AFTER $1200: It's the term for when Skeletor's enemy, you know, that Masters of the Universe guy, condescendingly clarifies to women He-Mansplaining |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | TV IN 2020 $200: The brick-building challenges are tough & host Will Arnett just might knock it all down on this toy brand "Masters" LEGO |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | THE MASTERS (OF ART) $200: An anonymous painter is known as "The Master of the Prado Adoration of" this trio the Magi |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | THE MASTERS (OF ART) $400: The first great engraver was the 1440s "Master of the Playing Cards", which had 5 of these (flowers, wild men, birds, beasts, deer) suits |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | GOLF $400: To capture the modern grand slam, a player must win the Masters, the PGA Championship & these 2 opens the U.S. Open & the British Open |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | THE MASTERS (OF ART) $600: One painter of this mother & child combo was dubbed "Master of the Embroidered Foliage" the Madonna and Child |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | THE MASTERS (OF ART) $800: The painter now known as Robert Campin was once called "The Master of the Mérode" this 3-piece work a triptych |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | THE MASTERS (OF ART) $1000: To see the "Seven works of Mercy", the masterpiece of the "Master of Alkmaar", visit this museum 20 miles from Alkmaar Rijksmuseum |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS $1000: This golden golfer has won the most Masters Tournaments Jack Nicklaus |
| #8168, aired 2020-02-26 | LITERARY LEE $2000: His "Spoon River Anthology" poetry collection was turned into a Broadway musical in 1963 Edgar Lee Masters |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | YOU DID IT! $600: In 2019, in an incredible comeback, he won his fifth Masters title & his first major since 2008 (Tiger) Woods |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | THE 3-NAMED EDGARS $2000: Spoon River was a combo of 2 towns this writer knew as a boy Edgar Lee Masters |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | BEFORE & AFTER ON THE TUBE $2000: An outdoor fishing competition show with 4-letter catches that snares researchers Lizzy Caplan & Michael Sheen Bass Masters of Sex |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1200: "No man can" these 3 words; "either he will hate the one, & love the other; or else he will hold to the one, & despise the other" serve two masters |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | "M"INENT $600: Without his famous partner, he published an "Investigation of Sexual Regeneration in Elderly Women" (William) Masters |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | A TROPHY CATEGORY $1000: Winners of this major golf tournament get a trophy depicting the clubhouse along with a nice jacket the Masters |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | CIVIL WAR POETRY $400: Edgar Lee Masters' "Achilles Deatheridge" is a Union soldier who mistakenly arrests this cigar-toting general Grant |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | ART $400: The Great Courses will educated you on these "Masters", not only Rembrandt but Frans Hals & Pieter de Hooch the Dutch Masters |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | "M" & EMMYS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 2014 Allison Janney won 2 Emmys: one for this sitcom & one for this drama about Masters & Johnson Mom and Masters of Sex |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $400: One of his first paintings upon arriving in Tahiti was "Fatata Te Miti", or "By the Sea" Gauguin |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $800: In the 1870s this Impressionist who loved gardens left Paris & found a place with a nice one at Argenteuil Monet |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $1200: In his later years this Fauvist created a mural, "Dance II", for a Pennsylvania gallery Matisse |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $1600: This post-Impressionist's "Bathers" series, 1894-1905, inspired Picasso's "Women of Avignon" Paul Cezanne |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $2000: This founder of French classical painting, like the work seen here, lived mostly in Rome, where he was Niccolo Possino Nicolas Poussin |
| #7691, aired 2018-02-05 | NICE JACKET! $400: In addition to a trophy, you get a distinctive green jacket when you win this pro golf event the Masters |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | DEAD MEN TELL SOME TALES $1600: Residents of this fictional town tell their story from the grave in Edgar Lee Masters' "Anthology" Spoon River |
| #7623, aired 2017-11-01 | GOLF $800: In 2016 the Masters, U.S. & British Opens & this 4th in the quartet were all won by players winning their first majors the PGA Championship |
| #7619, aired 2017-10-26 | THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON $800: While fighting aliens as part of this Marvel mutant group, Kitty Pryde finds a dragon she names Lockheed the X-Men |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | "HAL" $800: Arnold Palmer once said the Masters was played on this type of ground hallowed ground |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS $600: "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" tells the tale of a young 18th c. sailor who masters & improves this science of guiding a ship navigation |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | THE RENAISSANCE $1200: In the painting of five Renaissance masters, Uccello is to the left of this artist, whose name rhymes with his Donatello |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | DOWN TO A "SCIENCE" $200: Heinlein, Ellison & Pohl were masters of this genre science fiction |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | MASTERS OF DISGUISE $400: It sure looks like a dead leaf, doesn't it? but the creature seen here is actually the Indian dead leaf this butterfly |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | MASTERS OF DISGUISE $800: This bird (really Zeus) seduced Leda, leading to the birth of Helen a swan |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | MASTERS OF DISGUISE $1200: Mexicos Zapatista rebels disguised themselves with these cold-climate items ski masks |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | MASTERS OF DISGUISE $1600: In this Shakespeare play, Rosalind disguises herself as Ganymede & counsels Orlando As You Like It |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | MASTERS OF DISGUISE $2000: Fighting in Blackburn's Ford & the Peninsular Campaign, Sarah Edmonds dressed as a man to fight in this war the Civil War |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | MASTERS OF SOCKS $200: The town of Zhuji in this country is known as "Sock City" & has produced as many as 17 billion pairs a year China |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | FORE! $400: It's the only one of golf's Grand Slam tournaments that's held at the same course every year the Masters |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | MASTERS OF SOCKS $400: This president & his family had a pet cat named Socks Bill Clinton |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | MASTERS OF SOCKS $600: This diamond-shaped pattern named for a Scottish clan's tartan is popular for socks argyle |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | MASTERS OF SOCKS $800: Sometimes held in a gym, it's a shoeless school dance a sock hop |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | MASTERS OF SOCKS $1000: Tabi & flip-flop socks have this unique feature a separated big toe (a big toe accepted) |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE LADLE $400: On Food Network, cooks battle masters like Mario Batali in the "America" version of this Japanese show Iron Chef |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | THE UNITED STATES OF KENTUCKY $1000: Edgar Lee Masters anthologized & immortalized the Spoon River in this state Illinois |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Johann Pachelbel was considered one of the great masters of this instrument before the generation of J.S. Bach organ |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | SPORT ABILITY $200: Shooting 18 under at the 2015 Masters, Jordan Spieth tied this man for the tourney's all-time scoring record Tiger Woods |
| #7213, aired 2016-01-13 | IT'S SHOWTIME $400: "Masters of Sex" stars Michael Sheen as Dr. William Masters & Lizzy Caplan as this research partner (Virginia) Johnson |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | KUNG FU MASTERS $400: Once a skinny youth, Shang Yunxiang became a warrior known as "iron-leg" this religion founder Buddha |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | KUNG FU MASTERS $800: Du Xinwu gained fame when he went to Japan & defeated these much, much bigger fighters who battle in a ring sumo wrestlers |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | KUNG FU MASTERS $1200: At age 11, he did kung fu for President Nixon; 24 years later, he made his Hollywood movie debut in "Lethal Weapon 4" Jet Li |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | KUNG FU MASTERS $1600: Yuan Zhong mastered the Bao Quan or "leopard fist" style as a monk of this famed monastery Shaolin |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | KUNG FU MASTERS $2000: Chan Sau Chung mastered the style named for this creature; there are variations called drunken, stone & lost monkey |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | MASTERPIECE $800: 3 decades after the original, this tale of British masters & household servants returned in 2011 Upstairs, Downstairs |
| #7155, aired 2015-10-23 | HODGEPODGE $800: The Masters is played at this par 72 golf course designed by Alister MacKenzie, with some help from Bobby Jones Augusta |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEFORE & AFTER $400: American general who became a traitor & a great golfer, winning the Masters 4 times beginning in 1958 Benedict Arnold Palmer |
| #7101, aired 2015-06-29 | LET'S VISIT SAO TOME & PRINCIPE $400: The official language is this tongue of the islands' former colonial masters Portuguese |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH THE BOOK $1600: This poetic "Anthology" from Edgar Lee Masters became a Broadway play in 1963 Spoon River Anthology |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | SPORTS AWARDS $1000: In addition to a trophy, the winner of the Masters tournament gets this iconic piece of apparel a green jacket |
| #7047, aired 2015-04-14 | R.I.P. $400: In 1957 Dr. William Masters hired her as his assistant, though she had never finished college (Virginia) Johnson |
| #7020, aired 2015-03-06 | INTRODUCTIONS $2000: Meaning "ignore masters, find your own way", a saying in Zen philosophy is "if you meet" him "on the road, kill him" Buddha |
| #7016, aired 2015-03-02 | SHOW BIZ STUPID ANSWERS $400: On this Showtime series Michael Sheen plays William Masters, pioneering sex researcher & partner of Virginia Johnson Masters of Sex |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $3,000 (Daily Double): In the craft guilds of the Middle Ages, these craftsmen came between masters & apprentices journeymen |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | AWARDS & HONORS $1200: (I'm George Stephanopoulos.) Like Senator Cory Booker & Governor Bobby Jindal, I earned this kind of scholarship to Oxford University, where I got my masters in theology a Rhodes Scholar |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | FAMOUS PAIRS $400: This couple who studied "human sexual response" tied the knot in 1971 & untied it 22 years later Masters & Johnson |
| #6966, aired 2014-12-22 | TIME FOR A MAJOR PRO CHAMPIONSHIP! $600: April:
The PGA the Masters |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SIX $200: If you're at "sixes &" these, you're in a confused & upset state sevens |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SAX $400: This late "Big Man" played some boss sax solos, as heard here Clarence Clemons |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SIX $400: This company is so over Texas; it operates Montreal's La Ronde & a theme park in Mexico City too Six Flags |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SIX $600: The King James version of Genesis says on the 6th day, "God said, let us make" this "in our image" man |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SAX $800: It was nuthin' but a G thang when this sax player popped up in Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" video Kenny G |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SIX $800: Sing a song of this old U.K. coin equal to half a shilling sixpence |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SIX $1000: Shakespeare refers to it as "Priam's six-gated city"; Dardan & Timbria were 2 of them Troy |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SAX $1200: Oh-oh, here he comes, he being Charles "Mr. Casual" DeChant & his silky smooth sax on "Maneater" by this duo Hall & Oates |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SAX $1600: Raphael Ravenscroft's bluesy solo helped put this street on the map as a No. 2 hit for Gerry Rafferty Baker Street |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SAX $2000: Andy Mackay takes us out with sweet sax on "Avalon" by this band Roxy Music |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | 3-NAMED AUTHORS $1200: In 1936 he published an autobiography titled "Across Spoon River" Edgar Lee Masters |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | VAMPIRE FLICKS $800: Before he was "Masters of Sex", Michael Sheen played Lucian in the "Rise of the Lycans", part of this series Underworld |
| #6759, aired 2014-01-23 | BLACK SOCKS $800: In Japan black tabi doesn't refer to a cat but to socks worn by these masters of clandestine martial arts ninjas |
| #6736, aired 2013-12-23 | MASTERS OF SAX $400: That's Bobby Keys blowing sax all over this band's "Exile on Main Street" & other classic albums the Rolling Stones |
| #6736, aired 2013-12-23 | MASTERS OF SAX $800: Stan Getz provided the lilting sax on this 1964 hit about a "tall and tan and young and lovely" Brazilian gal "The Girl From Ipanema" |
| #6736, aired 2013-12-23 | MASTERS OF SAX $1200: The "Big Man" of the E Street Band, he blew his last solo in 2011 Clarence Clemons |
| #6736, aired 2013-12-23 | MASTERS OF SAX $1600: Alto sax man Paul Desmond composed this numerical classic for the Dave Brubeck Quartet "Take Five" |
| #6688, aired 2013-10-16 | YOU CAN SEE IT ON PBS $1600: In 2013, after 27 years, "American Masters" profiled its first sports figure, this U.S. women's tennis star & activist (Billie Jean) King |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | MASTERS OF TEXT $400: Stopped off for a Venti here, S$ Starbucks |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | MASTERS OF TEXT $800: I hope to make you laugh-- I'm texting you something FYA for your amusement |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | MASTERS OF TEXT $1200: I can't tell you everything, you'll just have to FITB fill in the blanks |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | MASTERS OF TEXT $1600: On a positive note: DWBH (shall I sing it to you?) don't worry, be happy |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | MASTERS OF TEXT $2000: & on a final note, all I can say is, GR2BR good riddance to bad rubbish |
| #6653, aired 2013-07-17 | U.S. RIVERS $2000: Edgar Lee Masters wrote about the mussel shells on its banks, & its name comes from those shells, used in eating the Spoon River |
| #6652, aired 2013-07-16 | WHO'S YOUR CADDIE? $600: Tiger Woods' ex-caddie Steve Williams helped this Australian win the 2013 Masters Adam Scott |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | YES, "MASTER" $400: This Mattel toy line includes such action figures as Skeletor, Stratos & He-Man Masters of the Universe |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | MEN AT WORK $1000: This Scopes trial man was an occasional law partner with the poet Edgar Lee Masters (Clarence) Darrow |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | POST MASTERS $400: These orchestral works by Anton Bruckner, like the 90-minute No. 8, are classics of postromanticism symphonies |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | POST MASTERS $800: In the late 300s Prudentius went postclassical with poems combining this religion with traditional Latin forms Christianity |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | POST MASTERS $1200: In the 1960s Robert Venturi pioneered the eclectic style of architecture called post-this postmodernism |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | POST MASTERS $1600: Not yet 30, Picasso was in the groundbreaking 1910 London art show "Manet and" this group the postimpressionists |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | POST MASTERS $2000: On this American's death in 2009, the London Times called him "the greatest postwar novelist in English" John Updike |
| #6559, aired 2013-03-07 | LAWYER/ AUTHORS NOT JOHN GRISHAM $2000: This 3-named poet maintained his successful Chicago law practice while penning works like "Spoon River Anthology" Edgar Lee Masters |
| #6501, aired 2012-12-17 | GEORGE, UHHH... $400: I've gone blank...he was born Eric Blair & wrote that book about barnyard animals that overthrow their human masters George Orwell |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | JUMP AROUND! JUMP AROUND! $1000: In the U.S. Army jump masters transform regular soldiers into these paratroopers |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | ITALIAN ART $1200: Lino Tagliapietra "blew" his future when he dropped out at 11 to work in this medium; he's one of the modern masters in it glassblowing |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | SPORTS PEOPLE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) His account of a shot at the 2012 Masters says all he did was keep it under a tree, make it rise, then hook about 40 yards--just another example of what this man calls "Bubba Golf" Bubba Watson |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | "PIC" ME! $1000: On offense, John Stockton & Karl Malone were masters of this 3-word basketball play pick and roll |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | PLAY THEM OFF $400: He roared back from 4 strokes down & beat Chris DiMarco in a one-hole playoff to win the 2005 Masters Tiger Woods |
| #6355, aired 2012-04-13 | POETS & POETRY $1600: Referring to Abe's supposed early love, Edgar Lee Masters called her "beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln" Ann Rutledge |
| #6310, aired 2012-02-10 | POETIC CHARACTERS $2000: Petit the poet & State's Attorney Fallas are 2 speakers in this Edgar Lee Masters "Anthology" the Spoon River Anthology |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | GANG OF FORE $400: Swinging lefty, he won his third Masters title in 2010; he's righthanded in everything else Phil Mickelson |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | MEDAL OF FREEDOM ATHLETES $800: Golfer who won the Masters in 1960, '62, & '64, & received the Medal of Freedom in 2004 Arnold Palmer |
| #6230, aired 2011-10-21 | CATCHING A BREAK $400: The Electric Boogaloos & the Rock Steady Crew are masters of this, featuring windmills & head spins breakdancing |
| #6075, aired 2011-01-28 | NATIONALITY, PLEASE $800: A type of cigar:
____ Masters Dutch |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | ZAC(H/K) ATTACK $400: Zach Johnson donned the green jacket as the 2007 winner of this sporting event The Masters |
| #5938, aired 2010-06-09 | 2001: A SPORTS ODYSSEY $400: When Mr. Woods won the Masters to hold all 4 major titles at once, it was dubbed not the Grand Slam but this the Tiger Slam |
| #5919, aired 2010-05-13 | THE FINAL FORE $800: In 1978 this South African shot a final-round 64 to win the green jacket, & the Masters, by one stroke Gary Player |
| #5901, aired 2010-04-19 | BOGEY MEN $800: Though he got a bogey on the first hole, this "Golden Bear" proved his mettle by winning his fifth Masters in 1975 Nicklaus |
| #5851, aired 2010-02-08 | LIT MY FIRE $1600: This Irish poet's "Sailing to Byzantium" urges "sages... in God's holy fire" to be "singing masters of my soul" William Butler Yeats |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $1200: This 2009 film is based in part on the memoir "My Life in France", in which the author masters the art of French cooking Julie and Julia |
| #5775, aired 2009-10-23 | ART BOOKS $400: Great painters? Just tracers, per the book "Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old" these Masters |
| #5763, aired 2009-10-07 | OOPS IN SPORTS $600: In 1968 Roberto de Vicenzo's signing of an incorrect scorecard knocked him from a playoff at this Augusta event the Masters |
| #5745, aired 2009-07-24 | MARTIAL $2000: Royce Gracie won the first 2 of these, UFC for short, featuring masters of different martial arts Ultimate Fighting Championship |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $1200: A student might earn an M.Div. at this type of theological school, from the Middle English for "seed plot" a seminary |
| #5668, aired 2009-04-08 | POETS' MONOGRAMS $1600: He spoon-fed us "Spoon River":
ELM Edgar Lee Masters |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | ARNOLD PALMER $800: Arnie won this premier event 4 times, in 1958, '60, '62 & '64 the Masters |
| #5557, aired 2008-11-04 | TREBLEMAKERS $200: Chien Tan of the Oregon Symphony is one of the few masters of the smaller treble type of this string instrument the violin |
| #5548, aired 2008-10-22 | HIGHER CELEBRITY EDUCATION $400: It all adds up; he paired with Paul Simon for a while & also got a masters in math from Columbia Art Garfunkel |
| #5545, aired 2008-10-17 | JONES $600: He co-founded the Masters golf tournament Bobby Jones |
| #5523, aired 2008-09-17 | 19, 20, 21 & 22 $200: He was only 21 when he won the 1997 Masters golf tournament by 12 strokes, the biggest margin in its history Tiger Woods |
| #5475, aired 2008-05-30 | NAME THAT ACTOR $1600: "Cinderella story.
Outta nowhere. A former groundskeeper, now about to become the Masters champion..." Bill Murray |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ORSON $600: Orson Welles provided the voice of wealthy author Robin Masters on this TV detective series set in Hawaii Magnum, P.I. |
| #5467, aired 2008-05-20 | SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD $400: Maybe...Yes, sir! Nailing an 11-foot putt on 17 helped seal the 1986 Masters for this Golden Bear Jack Nicklaus |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | THERE'S "AU" $1200: City that's home to the Masters Golf Tournament Augusta |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | MY DEAR WATSON $600: Now playing on golf's senior tour, he's won 5 British Opens & 2 Masters tournaments Tom Watson |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | THAT WORD'S FOREIGN TO ME $600: This verb for an artistic process applying acid to metal comes from the Dutch, & many Dutch masters were good at it etching |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | THE MASTERS $200: "Moses" was one of the sculptures he did for the never-completed tomb of Julius II Michelangelo |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | THE MASTERS $400: Seen here is this man's portrait of Gerard de Lairesse, who said, "Everything art can achieve was possible for him" Rembrandt |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | THE MASTERS $600 (Daily Double): There's more of Venus to love in a 1615 painting by this Flemish master Rubens |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | THE MASTERS $800: Born in Crete, this painter studied under Titian in Venice before becoming a master of Spanish art El Greco |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | THE MASTERS $1000: This artist captured domestic tranquility as in the painting seen here Vermeer |
| #5372, aired 2008-01-08 | FIREARMS IN SHOW BIZ $400: Last name of the title P.I. who lived at Robin Masters' estate Magnum |
| #5343, aired 2007-11-28 | AN AUGUSTA PERSONALITY $400: In 1964 he led an "army" on his way to his fourth & final Masters win Arnold Palmer |
| #5343, aired 2007-11-28 | AN AUGUSTA PERSONALITY $600: Bear with us: the first of his record 6 Masters wins came in 1963 & the last in 1986 Jack Nicklaus |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | AUTHORS ON AUTHORS $800: Edgar Lee Masters wrote that this "genius from Missouri" had "affection for his fellows, yet... despised them" Mark Twain |
| #5313, aired 2007-10-17 | JAZZ MUSICIANS $600 (Daily Double): Ray Brown, Percy Heath & Charles Mingus were "stand-up" guys as masters of this instrument the double bass |
| #5238, aired 2007-05-23 | CIRCUS TALK $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew clowns around.) Clowns are masters of this look of reaction for the benefit of the audience; especially a double one a double take |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | WOULD YOU MURRAY ME? $400: On film he said, "A Cinderella story outta nowhere. Former greenskeeper & now about to become... Masters champion" Bill Murray |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | THE SPORTING LIFE $200: Probably by not hitting into his last name, he won the 1997 Masters by 12 strokes, an all-time best Tiger Woods |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | THE PEABODY AWARDS $800: In 2005 a prize went to "American Masters: No Direction Home", a profile of this musician Bob Dylan |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $2000: In 2006 at Penn commencement, Yakov Smirnoff got his Masters in positive psych & this "Nell" actress gave a speech Jodie Foster |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | NEA JAZZ MASTERS $400: Frank Sinatra said this man born Anthony Benedetto was "the best singer in the business" Tony Bennett |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | NEA JAZZ MASTERS $800: This bandleader got his name from a radio announcer who thought he was a jazz aristocrat like Duke Ellington Count Basie |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | NEA JAZZ MASTERS $1200: "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" was the first hit for this woman honored by the NEA as the first vocal jazz master Ella Fitzgerald |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | NEA JAZZ MASTERS $1600: This bebop trumpeter got his nickname because of his zany stage antics Dizzy Gillespie |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | NEA JAZZ MASTERS $2000: People called her "Sassy" because of her personality & "The Divine One" because of her voice Sarah Vaughan |
| #5122, aired 2006-12-12 | COLLEGE SPORTS $200: In 1996 this Stanford golfer won the NCAA title; the following year, he won the Masters Tiger Woods |
| #5087, aired 2006-10-24 | ART & ARTISTS $1600: One of the 2 great British landscape masters born 14 months apart in 1775 & '76 (1 of) Constable & Turner |
| #5073, aired 2006-10-04 | SPORTS ZONE $2000: Every spring the Augusta National Golf Course hosts this famous tournament the Masters |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | DUOS $800: They wrote the book on "Human Sexual Response" in 1966 Masters & Johnson |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER $200: First to win golf's Masters tourney 4 times Arnold Palmer |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | SPORTS STUFF $600: Held annually in Akron, Ohio since 1935, this competition takes place in stock, super stock & masters divisions the soap box derby |
| #4996, aired 2006-05-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SPORTS $600: On April 10, 2006 The New York Times said he "works magic for second Masters" (Phil) Mickelson |
| #4925, aired 2006-01-27 | NIKE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Nike campus, Oregon.) Nike has replicas of the Grand Slam trophies of this golfer, like the '97 Masters & the 2000 British Open Tiger Woods |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | SPORTING EVENTS $400: From 1934 until 1939, it was known as the Augusta National Invitation Tournament the Masters |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | ALL ABOUT AUTHORS $2000: He was eventually buried in the Illinois cemetery that inspired his "Spoon River Anthology" Edgar Lee Masters |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | QUOTABLE SPORTS $2000: Asked how he was putting in 1991 compared with '82, when he won the Masters, this "Walrus" said, "More" Craig Stadler |
| #4850, aired 2005-10-14 | SPORTS STARS $400: Since 1997 this golfer has won the PGA twice, the Masters 4 times, the British Open twice & the U.S. Open twice Tiger Woods |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | SPORTSMEN $800: Fans were thrilled when he won his first major at the 2004 Masters Phil Mickelson |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | YOU GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY $1000: In Matthew 6:24, Jesus warned that "No man can serve two masters... ye cannot serve God and" this mammon (money later accepted) |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | THE JIMMY $2,200 (Daily Double): In 1922 he was the first pilot to cross the U.S. in under 24 hours Jimmy Doolittle |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | CHESS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while at a chessboard with Cheryl.) Even chess masters often begin a game with this familiar opening named for a Spanish priest Ruy Lopez |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | BUSH $400: ...born in Midland, Texas & earned a masters degree at the University of Texas Laura Bush |
| #4717, aired 2005-02-22 | IN THE 2005 ESPN ALMANAC $400: "Golfer... 1st player to earn over $1 million in career (1968)... Made 48 consecutive Masters starts" Arnold Palmer |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | GET A DEGREE $600: It's the degree you hold if your mom introduces you as "my son, the M.B.A." a Masters of Business Administration |
| #4624, aired 2004-10-14 | "ICK"Y WORDS $600: Last name of the golfing great who was the first to twice win the British Open, Masters, PGA & U.S. Open (Jack) Nicklaus |
| #4610, aired 2004-09-24 | PUNK $800: The Damned began as the Masters of the Backside with this "Pretender", the Emma Peel of Rock & Roll, on guitar Chrissie Hynde |
| #4585, aired 2004-07-09 | WORLD MUSEUMS $800: Works by Venetian masters Titian & Tintoretto are in this other "V" city's Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | SCIENTISTS $400: Born June 23, 1894 were Edward VIII, who gave up a throne for love, & this biologist who gave his career to sex Alfred Kinsey |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | WHAT A DOLL! $1000: Sister Cecilia, seen here, is part of this wacky exercise guru's "Collection of the Masters" line Richard Simmons |
| #4475, aired 2004-02-06 | ART HISTORY $800: In the 1600s this country produced some of the greatest masters; in the 1700s its best painter was Cornelis Troost the Netherlands |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | CANADIAN SPORTSMEN $400: In 2003 Mike Weir became the first Canadian golfer to win this major tournament & wear the fabled green jacket the Masters |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | GOLF COURSES $200: Bobby Jones helped pick out the plants for each hole of this golf course, home of The Masters & the green jacket Augusta |
| #4371, aired 2003-09-15 | ART & ARTISTS $1600: As a boy, Titian was sent to this city to study under the masters; he spent most of the rest of his life there Venice |
| #4358, aired 2003-07-09 | 18th CENTURY ART $800: Works like "Pipe and Jug" made J.B.S. Chardin one of the century's masters of this genre still life |
| #4354, aired 2003-07-03 | ALLITERATIVE ATHLETES $1600: He's the late, great master of The Masters seen here (Slammin') Sam Snead |
| #4344, aired 2003-06-19 | AUTHORS' MIDDLE NAMES $1600: Edgar Masters' middle name Lee |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | GOOD SPORTS $1600: This giant of the game was the first pro golfer to win 5 Masters titles Jack Nicklaus |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | POETS & POETRY $1600: This Edgar Lee Masters "Anthology" contains over 200 epitaphs of midwestern townspeople The Spoon River Anthology |
| #4241, aired 2003-01-27 | AUTOBIOGRAPHERS $1,000 (Daily Double): 1936:
"Across Spoon River" Edgar Lee Masters |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, 2001 $2000: He was half of the research duo who wrote books on sex like "Human Sexual Inadequacy" (William) Masters |
| #4160, aired 2002-10-04 | JAZZ IT UP $400: Milt Jackson, heard here, was one of the masters of this instrument vibes (vibraphone) |
| #4111, aired 2002-06-17 | SPORTS NUMBERS $400: In golf, number of holes played in the Masters Tournament, without a playoff 72 |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | BILL MURRAY MOVIE QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): 1980: "A cinderella story outta nowhere former greenskeeper and now about to become the Masters champion" Caddyshack |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | MASTERS $400: His portrait subjects include Ginevra de' Benci & Lisa del Giocondo da Vinci |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | MASTERS $800: When he was born on Crete around 1540, Crete belonged to Venice, so he could have been El Veneto El Greco |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | MASTERS $1200: In 1883 Claude Monet settled in this hamlet 50 miles from Paris, often seen in his later works Giverny |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | MASTERS $2000: Ms. Gentileschi, the painter, rape victim, & movie subject whose work is seen here, had this first name Artemisia |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | MASTERS $9,000 (Daily Double): Van Gogh & Kandinsky were in this modern art "show" named for the NYC military building where it was held in 1913 the Armory Show |
| #4078, aired 2002-05-01 | THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTS & LEISURE $2000: This "famed... company from St. Petersburg is now at the mercy of... ballet masters of the world", the Times lamented the Kirov |
| #4041, aired 2002-03-11 | 2000 NEWS $600: This Fijian beat Tiger Woods by 6 strokes to win the 2000 Masters Vijay Singh |
| #4021, aired 2002-02-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: He's not only the first African-American to win the Masters, he's also the first Asian-American Tiger Woods |
| #4014, aired 2002-01-31 | SCIENCE FICTION $2000: Books for kids by sci-fi masters include Asimov's "The Heavenly Host" & this author's 1955 "Tunnel in the Sky" Robert Heinlein |
| #3926, aired 2001-10-01 | TIME FOR A ROUND OF GOLF $400: Each year this Georgia city hosts the Masters golf tournament Augusta |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | BEACH BOYS $300: A guest house on the beachfront estate of wealthy Robin Masters is the home of this title TV detective Magnum, P.I. |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | LONG GERMAN WORDS $1000: Bismarck & Kissinger are among masters of this, politics based on pragmatic concerns Realpolitik |
| #3895, aired 2001-07-06 | BOOK LEARNIN' $500: In his "Anthology" he created Lucinda Matlock of the town of Spoon River (Edgar Lee) Masters |
| #3869, aired 2001-05-31 | HOME STATES $1000: Amelia Earhart,
Edgar Lee Masters,
Dennis Hopper Kansas |
| #3848, aired 2001-05-02 | SPORTS STARS $100: This 25-year-old golfer holds the tournament records for low scores at the Masters, U.S. Open & British Open Tiger Woods |
| #3840, aired 2001-04-20 | I AM THE WALRUS $500: Nicknamed "The Walrus", this golfer seen here won the 1982 Masters Craig Stadler |
| #3809, aired 2001-03-08 | MANET, MONET OR JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID $600: His "Olympia" was a new version of the recumbent Venus popular with Italian masters Manet |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | SPORTS GREATS $800: In 1980, at age 23, this Spaniard became the first European to win the U.S. Masters golf tournament Seve Ballesteros |
| #3743, aired 2000-12-06 | 20th CENTURY SPORTS $200: Only 2 men have won The Masters 2 years in a row: Nick Faldo & this man Jack Nicklaus |
| #3727, aired 2000-11-14 | I'M NOT REALLY A SCIENTIST $1000: Elisabeth Shue masters cold fusion & Val Kilmer tries to steal the secret in this 1997 film The Saint |
| #3721, aired 2000-11-06 | FORE! $600: His record 20 wins in the 6 major golf tournaments include 6 Masters titles Jack Nicklaus |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | TIGER WOODS $400: When Tiger became the youngest Masters winner, he broke this man's records for low 72-hole score & margin of victory Jack Nicklaus |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | ENDS IN "TT" $200: On April 12, 1998 Mark O' Meara sank a 20-foot one & won the Masters golf tournament by 1 stroke a putt |
| #3651, aired 2000-06-19 | POETRY $600: This 1915 Edgar Lee Masters work was an assemblage of over 200 self-inscribed epitaphs from a Midwestern town Spoon River Anthology |
| #3626, aired 2000-05-15 | GOLFERS $100: Bobby Jones' Grand Slam didn't include this Augusta, Georgia tournament he later co-founded The Masters |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | GIVE ME SOME DIRECTION $400: In 1961 the future sex counselor born Ruth Siegel married a man named this Manfred Westheimer |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS $200: His "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" featured the doctor, his colleagues & a cadaver Rembrandt |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS $400: Artist whose masterpiece is seen here:
("Night Cafe") Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS $800 (Daily Double): Because of his style of painting females, this master's name gave us an adjective for plump women Peter Paul Rubens (rubenesque) |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS $800: In 1632 this court painter to England's Charles I & Queen Henrietta Maria was knighted Anthony van Dyck |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS $1000: This 20th century painter known for his neoplastic style helped establish a magazine called "De Stijl" Piet Mondrian |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: The actor who portrayed Gomez Addams on film masters the art of French Cooking Raul Julia Child |
| #3534, aired 2000-01-06 | FORE! $200: Except during WWII, this golf tournament has been played at the Augusta National Golf Club every year since 1934 The Masters |
| #3496, aired 1999-11-15 | SPORTSTALK $300: "The Masters at Augusta" Golf |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | BIBLICAL QUOTES $500: "No man can serve two masters... ye cannot serve God and" this money |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | ARTISTIC MASTERS $200: The young man seen here is one of many portraits by this Dutchman: Rembrandt |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | ARTISTIC MASTERS $400: An example of this 16th & 17th century master's distinctive distortion of figures is seen here: El Greco |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | ARTISTIC MASTERS $600: It's his neck-bending depiction of the prophet Jeremiah seen here: Michelangelo |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | ARTISTIC MASTERS $800: This artist's Virgin seen here is similar to a more famous painting by him: Leonardo da Vinci |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | ARTISTIC MASTERS $1000: "Arresting" 19th century landscape master whose work is seen here: John Constable |
| #3431, aired 1999-07-05 | GEMS & MINERALS $200: Old masters could grind up hematite or cinnabar to make shades of this primary color red |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | JOCK JACKS & JOHNS $100: In 1986, at age 46, this "Golden Bear" became the oldest golfer to win the Masters tournament Jack Nicklaus |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | "MASTER"s $200: These sexperts were married in 1971 but later divorced Masters & Johnson |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | "MASTER"s $300: Tom Wolfe used the name of these toy characters to describe Wall Street hotshots "Masters Of The Universe" |
| #3312, aired 1999-01-19 | THE THEATRE $600: A theatrical adaptation of this Edgar Lee Masters poetry anthology premiered on Broadway in 1963 Spoon River Anthology |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | SPORTS SUPERSTARS $100: This 22-year-old won the 1997 Masters golf tournament by 12 strokes, the biggest margin in its history Tiger Woods |
| #3243, aired 1998-10-14 | GUYS NAMED GARY $300: This South African won golf's Masters Tournament in 1961 Gary Player |
| #3194, aired 1998-06-18 | ANT-ONYMS $800: Amazon ants become masters when they steal the young from other nests & make them these slaves |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | STUPID ANSWERS $300: Jesse Jackson Jr. has a masters degree in this from the Chicago Theological Seminary Theology |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | TV ACTORS & ACTRESSES $300: From 1981 to 1985 Orson Welles provided the voice of the elusive Robin Masters on this series Magnum, P.I. |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | ARTISTS $600: Raphael, Titian & da Vinci are considered masters of the period known as the "High" this Renaissance |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | FICTION $400: "Caesar", published in 1997, is the fifth volume in this Aussie author's Masters Of Rome series Colleen McCullough |
| #3087, aired 1998-01-20 | GOLF $400: Australian-born "Shark" who won the 1986 British Open & narrowly lost the '86 & '96 Masters Greg Norman |
| #3044, aired 1997-11-20 | MANIMALS $200: In 1997 he broke Jack Nicklaus' 32-year-old Masters record of 17 under par Tiger Woods |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | SPORTS $100: On April 13, 1997 this 21-year-old golfer became the youngest to win the Masters Tiger Woods |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: Some of the names in this 1915 Edgar Lee Masters work were taken from tombstones in a Lewiston, Illinois cemetery Spoon River Anthology |
| #2816, aired 1996-11-25 | PEOPLE OF THE '60s $200: This pair's "Human Sexual Response" asserted that women had at least the same amount of sexual energy as men Masters & Johnson |
| #2767, aired 1996-09-17 | GOLF $400: The Augusta National Invitation Tournament changed its name to this in 1938 The Masters |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | SPORTS $400: In the 1980s, this Spaniard became the youngest golfer to win the Masters & helped Europe win 3 Ryder Cups Seve Ballesteros |
| #2733, aired 1996-06-19 | COMMON BONDS $300: Of Science,
of Foxhounds,
of ceremonies Masters |
| #2731, aired 1996-06-17 | SPORTS LEGENDS $400: In 1986 at age 46, this "Golden Bear" became the oldest man to win the Masters golf tournament Jack Nicklaus |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | PEN NAMES $800: Lute Puckett & Elmer Chubb were pseudonyms used by this "Spoon River" poet Edgar Lee Masters |
| #2704, aired 1996-05-09 | POETS & POETRY $1000: In 1924 he published "The New Spoon River", a sequel to a 1915 work (Edgar Lee) Masters |
| #2678, aired 1996-04-03 | U.S.A. $100: Jim Boren, Earl Dodge & Isabelle Masters each received under 1,000 votes for this highest office in 1992 the president |
| #2676, aired 1996-04-01 | GOLF $300: Bobby Jones is president in perpetuity of Augusta National, the course that's home to this top tournament The Masters |
| #2611, aired 1996-01-01 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: In December 1994 he announced his retirement & the closing of his institute founded with Virginia Johnson (William) Masters |
| #2599, aired 1995-12-14 | THE MASTERS $100: His "Mona Lisa" may have lost her eyebrows in a careless cleaning Leonardo da Vinci |
| #2599, aired 1995-12-14 | THE MASTERS $200: In 1656 Gianlorenzo Bernini began his greatest project, the piazza fronting this basilica St. Peter's |
| #2599, aired 1995-12-14 | THE MASTERS $300: Francisco Bayeu helped Goya get commissions to design cartoons for these woven wall hangings tapestries |
| #2599, aired 1995-12-14 | THE MASTERS $400: Jacopo da Pontormo was a founder of this style named from the Italian word maniera mannerism |
| #2599, aired 1995-12-14 | THE MASTERS $500: This Dutch master left the University of Leiden in 1621 to continue his training as an artist Rembrandt |
| #2588, aired 1995-11-29 | "OLD" NEWS $400: Giotto is among the earliest of the group of artists collectively known as these the Old Masters |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | ART $200: Giotto di Bondone was one of the great masters of this painting form done on wet plaster fresco |
| #2468, aired 1995-05-03 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1000: His "Spoon River Anthology" was considered scandalous, which helped make it a bestseller Edgar Lee Masters |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | POETS $400: Lucinda Matlock, in the "Spoon River Anthology", was based on his grandmother, Lucinda Masters Edgar Lee Masters |
| #2340, aired 1994-11-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: European dance masters used to accompany pupils with a pochette, a small version of this stringed instrument a violin |
| #2321, aired 1994-10-10 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: Edgar Lee Masters' most famous book, it's a series of epitaphs written in free verse Spoon River Anthology |
| #2274, aired 1994-06-23 | SPORTS $500: In 1934 Bobby Jones co-founded this major golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia The Masters |
| #2240, aired 1994-05-06 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: This Jack London wolf dog's masters include Gray Beaver & Beauty Smith White Fang |
| #2235, aired 1994-04-29 | POETRY $800: The "Greek Anthology" inspired him to write "Spoon River Anthology" Edgar Lee Masters |
| #2217, aired 1994-04-05 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1975 golfer Lee Elder became the first black to play in this major tournament in Augusta, Ga. The Masters |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | FAMOUS PAIRS $500: In 1992 these pioneering sex therapists filed for divorce Masters & Johnson |
| #2198, aired 1994-03-09 | POETRY $1000: Said to be Abraham Lincoln's first love, she's the subject of a poem by Edgar Lee Masters Ann Rutledge |
| #2177, aired 1994-02-08 | GOLF $500: This prestigious tournament is held each year at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia the Masters |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | LITERARY POTPOURRI $800: He originally published his Spoon River poems under the pen name Webster Ford Edgar Lee Masters |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | 1950s WOMEN $200: In 1956 Dr. William Masters hired her as an assistant in his sex research project Virginia Johnson |
| #2089, aired 1993-10-07 | TV PRIVATE EYES $300: In return for helping with security, he got free living quarters on Robin Masters' estate Magnum P.I. |
| #2051, aired 1993-07-05 | GEMS & JEWELRY $500: The old masters created the pigment ultramarine by crushing this 2-word blue gemstone lapis lazuli |
| #2039, aired 1993-06-17 | OAHU $200: The beachfront home used as Robin Masters' estate on this TV series lies on Oahu's east shore Magnum, P.I. |
| #2015, aired 1993-05-14 | NONFICTION $200: The book "Masters of Disguise" is devoted to these highly adaptable lizards chameleons |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | ARTISTIC QUOTES $400: Goya claimed 3 masters: "Nature, Velazquez and" this Dutch master Rembrandt |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1,000 (Daily Double): Trying to repeat the success of his earlier anthology, he published "The New Spoon River" in 1924 (Edgar Lee) Masters |
| #1888, aired 1992-11-18 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: In this 1915 Edgar Lee Masters work, the former residents of a Midwestern town speak from their graves "Spoon River Anthology" |
| #1841, aired 1992-09-14 | COMMON BONDS $400: Rattlesnake masters,
blazing stars,
prairie buttercups flowers |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | SPORTS $100: In 1986 he became the 1st golfer to win the Masters tournament in 3 different decades Jack Nicklaus |
| #1806, aired 1992-06-08 | NONFICTION $600: While director of the FBI, he wrote "Masters of Deceit" & "A Study of Communism" J. Edgar Hoover |
| #1772, aired 1992-04-21 | FAMOUS PAIRS $400: In 1970, after counseling hundreds of couples, they published "Human Sexual Inadequacy" Masters & Johnson |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $800: Now a gov't building, the Palace of the Grand Masters in this country was built for the Knights of St. John Malta |
| #1670, aired 1991-11-29 | POETS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1936 this poet's autobiography "Across Spoon River", was published (Edgar Lee) Masters |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | BLACK AMERICA $100: In 1952 he began using an X in place of the surname Little which he said came from slave masters Malcolm X |
| #1563, aired 1991-05-22 | PENNSYLVANIA $200: You could call them Pennsylvania Dutch Masters as they grow $14 mil. worth of this crop yearly tobacco |
| #1563, aired 1991-05-22 | POETS $600: Clarence Darrow was once a law partner of this poet, who wrote "The New Spoon River" in 1924 Edgar Lee Masters |
| #1329, aired 1990-05-17 | U.S.A. $300: This river made famous in an Edgar Lee Masters "Anthology" is a tributary of the Illinois River Spoon River |
| #1308, aired 1990-04-18 | TECHNOLOGY $300: The Museum of Broadcasting is transferring masters of all its shows from analog videotape to this type digital tape |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | AUTHORS' MIDDLE NAMES $400: Edgar Masters' middle name Lee |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | U.S. CITIES $300: This Georgia city is the site of the Masters golf tournament Augusta |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | PBS $500: "Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow" & "Maurice Sendak: Mon Cher Papa" are segments of this PBS series "American Masters" |
| #1169, aired 1989-10-05 | FAMOUS TRIOS $200: "Men in Black", starring these masters of slapstick, was nominated for a 1934 Oscar The Three Stooges |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | YES, "MASTER" $300: In 1971 this pair of researchers who wrote "Human Sexual Response" responded to each other by saying "I Do" Masters & Johnson |
| #1120, aired 1989-06-16 | SINGERS $500: With a masters in psychology, he might use "We're In This Love Together" to counsel couples Al Jarreau |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | LITERATURE $400: "Across Spoon River" was the title of his 1936 autobiography Edgar Lee Masters |
| #981, aired 1988-12-05 | AMERICAN RIVERS $800: Illinois river made famous in an "Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters Spoon River |
| #965, aired 1988-11-11 | ARTISTS $200: This "Maja" artist said he recognized only three masters: Velazquez, Rembrandt, and nature (Francisco) Goya |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | SPORTS GREATS $500: In 1953 this Texas golfer became 1st to win the U.S. Open, British Open & The Masters in 1 year Ben Hogan |
| #933, aired 1988-09-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: On the final "Magnum P.I.", his character, Higgins again denied he was really Robin Masters John Hillerman |
| #874, aired 1988-05-26 | POETRY $800: In the poem named for her, Edgar L. Masters called her "beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln" Ann Rutledge |
| #837, aired 1988-04-05 | SPORTS $100: The Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia is held annually during this season the spring |
| #813, aired 1988-03-02 | SPORTS $400: Golf Magazine stated that pro golfers would most like to win this Augusta tournament the Masters |
| #789, aired 1988-01-28 | "M.B." $200: What the "M.B." stands for in your M.B.A. degree masters of business |
| #759, aired 1987-12-17 | RULING WORDS $800: While a dulocracy is government run by slaves, a slavocracy is a government ruled by these masters (or slaveowners) |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | PLAYS $200: E.L. Masters' "Spoon River Anthology" is cited in this Thornton Wilder play in which the dead also talk Our Town |
| #681, aired 1987-07-20 | COLLEGE GRADS $500 (Daily Double): Aptly, the 1st host of "Password", Allen Ludden, had a Masters in this subject from the U. of Texas English |
| #651, aired 1987-06-08 | ART $600: Practicing by copying the Old Masters, he painted "Dancers Practicing at the Bar" (Edgar) Degas |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | HOAXES $400: David Stein, Elmyr de Hory, & Hans van Meegeren were old masters at this type of fakery masterpieces or paintings (art forgery) |
| #520, aired 1986-12-05 | ART $800: In 1937, Andrew Mellon gave $5 million & 111 "old masters" to establish this in Washington the National Gallery of Art |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | TELEVISION $400: TV detective who lives in the guest house on the estate owned by Robin Masters Magnum |
| #511, aired 1986-11-24 | GREAT ROMANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): Poet Edgar Lee Masters said this man's spirit of forgiveness derived from his love for Anne Rutledge Abraham Lincoln |
| #488, aired 1986-10-22 | ILLINOIS $1000: Though born in Kansas, this writer went to school in Lewiston, Illinois, near the Spoon River (Edgar Lee) Masters |
| #469, aired 1986-09-25 | GOLF $400: Of golf's 4 majors, this one started in 1895 is the oldest played in the U.S. the U.S. Open |
| #460, aired 1986-09-12 | GOLF $300: He won his 1st Masters at 23 & 23 years later won his 6th Jack Nicklaus |
| #404, aired 1986-03-27 | SPORTS $600: Homeland of 1st non-American to win golf's Masters tournament, Gary Player South Africa |
| #374, aired 1986-02-13 | ART $400: The kind of paintings jokingly said to "fetch a much better price than old mistresses" Old Masters |
| #350, aired 1986-01-10 | FORMS OF ADDRESS $400: Hebrew for "my master" & originally applied to masters of law, even Jesus was called this rabbi |
| #315, aired 1985-11-22 | LOVE $400: Since 1971 these authors of "Human Sexual Response" have been viewing it from a married perspective Masters & Johnson |
| #285, aired 1985-10-11 | SPORTS TRIVIA $1000: With a win in this April tourney, Bernhard Langer became most famous German golfer since Hermann Tissies the Masters |
| #270, aired 1985-09-20 | RENAISSANCE ART $600: Italians were masters of this medium of painting on fresh plaster fresco |
| #41, aired 1984-11-05 | TRIVIA $500: On their product's box you'd find Rembrandt's "Syndics of the Cloth Hall" Dutch Masters cigars |
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Robin Carroll, a research assistant from Marietta, Georgia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Bob Verini, a playwright/actor from New York, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Eric Newhouse, a student and winner of last year's Teen Tournament from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
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"A police officer from Flushing, New York, Frank Spangenberg, who has...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from Jersey City, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2002 Million Dollar Masters...
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Robin Carroll, a researcher from Marietta, Georgia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Rachael Schwartz, an attorney from Bedminster, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Jeremy Bate, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Babu Srinivasan, a graduate student and history teacher from Houston, Texas
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Scott Gillispie, a project manager and expectant father from Atlanta, Georgia
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"While attending Georgia Tech, he won the 1991 College Championship. Now...
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Reston, Virginia
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Brad Rutter, a college student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
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Bob Harris, a political humorist originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $34,400. 2002 Million...
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