| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | CHESS $1600: Bring your queen out fast against an inexperienced player & you can have this victory after just 2 moves a fool's mate |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | PLEASE, ANYTHING BUT "MATH" $900: A common way to greet a friend in Australia is to say "G'day," this Mate |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | MY WOULD-BE VP $100 (Daily Double): Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., running with a then-veep himself Nixon |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: In a honeybee colony, the only job of these non-remote-controlled male bees is to mate with a queen drones |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | KIDS OF THE '70s, REJOICE! $1000: Panda-panda! In 1972 to the delight of U.S. kids, this panda & her mate Hsing-Hsing arrived at the Smithsonian National Zoo Ling-Ling |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PRESIDENTS WHO SERVED $2000: William Henry Harrison & this running mate both fought in the War of 1812 Tyler |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | DINING OUT $400: It's where you can order Kookaburra Wings & a Bloomin' Onion, mate Outback |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CHANGE A LETTER $200: A close buddy changes a letter to become a labyrinth mate & maze |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | A.K.A. $600: When your British office mate asks if you can spare a drawing pin, he means one of these with a body part in its name a thumbtack |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | BORN TO RUN $400: The last of 4 runs for president by this consumer advocate was in 2008 with running mate Matt Gonzalez Nader |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | WHAT A NOVEL CHARACTER! $800: As first mate on the Pequod, he considers killing Ahab before what happens, happens & never gets to open his own java place Starbuck |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1200: A campaign slogan from 1840 was "Tippecanoe and" this vice presidential running mate too Tyler |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | CAPTAIN $200: This captain of the Bounty had a falling out with First Mate Fletcher Christian; mutiny ensued Captain Bligh |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $800: In the 1850s a horse named Ethan Allen raced in tandem with a partner, giving us this term for a vice presidential candidate a running mate |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | RHYME ZONE $600: Its only function is to mate with the queen bee a drone |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY $400: In "Why Not Me?", this actress "freely" admits that her relationship with "Office" mate "B.J. Novak is weird as hell" Mindy Kaling |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | THE 18th CENTURY $1600: Wedding news included the nuptials of Mauatua to this mutinous master's mate of HMS Bounty Fletcher Christian |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK $2000: Popular in South America & said to have health benefits, the first part of this tea's name is from Spanish for "herb" yerba mate |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $200: Before Roger Ebert won the 1st Pulitzer for Movie Criticism, his paper-mate Ron Powers won the 1st as a critic of this medium television |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | 19th CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: When Victoria Woodhull ran for president in 1872, she chose as her running mate this famed orator & activist Frederick Douglass |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | HODGEPODGE $1000: Looking like they're sent from heaven, a translucent sea this can stay attached to a mate for four hours & still hunt prey together sea angel |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | OK, YOU CAN "BOO"! $400: When something comes back at you figuratively or literally, mate boomerang |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | BARNS $400: Barn owls are generally this 10-letter word meaning they mate for life, & could nest in the same barn year after year monogamous |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | NAVY JOBS $200: A BM, or boatswain's this, another word for "friend", is responsible for deck maintenance among other things mate |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | YOU LOSE! $1600: 6 days after picking Carly Fiorina to be his vice presidential running mate in 2016, this Texan dropped out of the race Ted Cruz |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | BEVERAGE RHYME TIME $1000: Rather than espresso, a South American beverage made with leaves is frothed with milk a maté latte |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | "WAT"s IN A NAME $400: William E. Miller was this Republican's 1964 running mate Barry Goldwater |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | POLITICAL CONVENTIONS $400: At the 1980 convention, Reagan wanted as his running mate this recent former president, who declined (Gerald) Ford |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION $200: Jay Leno noted a newspaper's error when it "reported ...band mate Eric Lyday was on drugs"; he was actually on this instrument drums |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CHARACTERS IN MOBY-DICK $1600: Have a cup of coffee & name this first mate aboard the Pequod Starbuck |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | AMERICAN WOMEN & POLITICS $600: In 1996 & again in 2000, Winona LaDuke was the vice presidential running mate of this Green Party candidate Ralph Nader |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES $1200: He & running mate James Stockdale both graduated from the Academy (Ross) Perot |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | BEFORE & LAUGHTER $800: Biblical first man's donation to make his mate that ultimately turns into a term for a joke Adam's rib tickler (Adam's ribbing) |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | 1- & 2-SYLLABLE HETERONYMS $1600: 1 syllable: a buddy; 2 syllables: paired with "Yerba" in a beverage mate and Mate |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH NAMES $400: You know the first black president--well, the guy he defeated he first time--OK, that guy's running mate, the lady Sarah Palin |
| #7981, aired 2019-04-29 | LODGEPODGE $400: JFK defeated Henry Cabot Lodge for the Senate in 1952 & again in 1960 when Henry was this man's running mate Nixon |
| #7946, aired 2019-03-11 | "LL" ANIMALS $800: Prior to the lyrical direction to "Tie me kangaroo down", you're asked to watch this breed feed, mate a wallaby |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | THE HODGEST OF PODGE $400: Oops! Coca-Cola vending machines in New Zealand mixed English & this language to say "Kia ora, mate", or "Hello, death" Maori |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | EVERYTHING'S IN ORDINAL $800: It's the next rank under captain on a commercial ship first mate |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | ALMOST PRESIDENT $1600: Harding's pick for running mate was Sen. Irvine Lenroot of Wisconsin, but the 1920 convention chose this man Coolidge |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | GLOBE TROTTIN' $400: Enjoy traditional yerba mate tea on a visit to this capital of Uruguay Montevideo |
| #7834, aired 2018-10-04 | ELECTION 1968 $2000: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue.) Running mate Curtis LeMay, who talked breezily about nuclear war, derailed the campaign of this third-party segregationist who had looked like he'd seriously pull voters away from Nixon (George) Wallace |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | SENATORS WHO SOUGHT HIGHER OFFICE $400: A war hero, this Kansas man was Gerald Ford's running mate in '76 & went for the Oval Office 20 years later (Bob) Dole |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | INTERNET SLANG $1000: A billion-dollar tech company or an ideal mate is this mythic creature, like Charlie of Candy Mountain fame a unicorn |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | COLA $600: This cult cola launched in 1985 is a favorite of "Gamers, hackers...& other night owls" Jolt Cola |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | HORSE SENSE $400: A term for a candidate's partner, it was originally used for a horse entered in a race to set the pace for another running mate |
| #7556, aired 2017-06-19 | WHO THEY SERVED $800: (I'm Michael Steele.) As Robert Ehrlich's running mate in 2002, I was elected the first African-American lt. governor of this mid-Atlantic state Maryland |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | BUSINESS NAMES $600: Starbucks was named for the first mate in this novel Moby Dick |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | CONSERVATIVE BOOKSHELF $1200: This former running mate has published "Going Rogue" & the more tender "Sweet Freedom: A Devotional" Sarah Palin |
| #7412, aired 2016-11-29 | LEANING CONSERVATIVE $1200: A 2015 biography of this former pro quarterback & GOP running mate called him a "bleeding-heart conservative" Kemp |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | ABBREVIATED REALITY SHOWS $400: The one where an angry Teresa literally turned the tables on a cast mate:
"RHONJ" Real Housewives of New Jersey |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) After 27 years without a mate, Wilbur the Arizona Wildcat got married to Wilma before the 1986 version of the Duel in the Desert, Arizona's football game against this rival school Arizona State |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | SAILING JOBS $400: The officer ranking just below the captain, like Gilligan on TV the first mate |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | WORDS WITH FRIENDS $800: Someday you'll get used to this word meaning "to adapt"; it features a "mate' of yours acclimate |
| #7297, aired 2016-05-10 | IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR $1200: In 1984 Democratic nominee Walter Mondale chose this running mate, a historic selection Geraldine Ferraro |
| #7229, aired 2016-02-04 | STARBUCK'S ORDERS $400: In chapter 67 Starbuck & Stubb, the second mate, strip this layer of fat from a whale blubber |
| #7229, aired 2016-02-04 | STARBUCK'S ORDERS $800: Starbuck gives & takes orders as the first mate of this ship the Pequod |
| #7226, aired 2016-02-01 | ELECTION TERMS $600: A wife who jogs with her husband, or that person who is going to be the vice president under you on the ticket a running mate |
| #7202, aired 2015-12-29 | FIGHTIN' WORDS $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a video on the monitor.) A fighter pilot who takes a defensive position behind and to one side of a squadron mate is called this, whether in combat or a singles bar wingman |
| #7134, aired 2015-09-24 | PERSECUTED PEOPLE $400: ISIS persecutes members of the Mideast's Yazidi sect, who say they are descended only from this man, not his mate Adam |
| #7060, aired 2015-05-01 | THE VOYAGE OF THE BOUNTY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports.) A long-time friend of the captain, this first mate had planned an escape by raft, but several of the crew begged him to take the ship, and the mutiny began Fletcher Christian |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | DONE & DONE $600: In the 1760s he was first mate on a slave ship; in 1777 he fought for freedom as captain of the Ranger John Paul Jones |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | TRANSLATE THE AUSTRALIAN, MATE $400: Order me the "amber fluid" beer |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | TRANSLATE THE AUSTRALIAN, MATE $800: No need for a "barney"; we're all friends here an argument |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | TRANSLATE THE AUSTRALIAN, MATE $1200: Dave can't pick a job; first he was a "postie", now a "garbo", these 2 jobs a postman and a garbage man |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | TRANSLATE THE AUSTRALIAN, MATE $1600: He owns a big "station" 100 miles from nowhere a farm |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | TRANSLATE THE AUSTRALIAN, MATE $2000: A "Top Ender" is a resident of this territory the Northern Territory |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | SEE HOW THEY RAN $200: In his younger days, this then-vice-presidential candidate walked a 1920 parade route with running mate James Cox Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | BRING IT $200: to school:
A mechanical one of these, like the Paper Mate Sharpwriter with a yellow barrel a pencil |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | COME SAIL AWAY $1200: Back in the day, if the sun was over this, lads, it meant it was time for a drink yardarm |
| #6899, aired 2014-09-18 | GEMS $400: Dive, mate! The waters of Australia are rich in the white south sea variety of these gems pearls |
| #6865, aired 2014-06-20 | STARTS & ENDS WITH W $800: It can follow "golf" or "football" to describe a lady left alone by her mate for an activity a widow |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $600: Ponsonby! My old mate from the regiment! By this 4-letter alternate name of Jupiter, it's good to see you Jove |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: This 1972 pick for running mate told McGovern he had been treated for depression & withdrew from the race Thomas Eagleton |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | THE FIRST MATE $200: She was the first spouse of both Sean Penn & Guy Ritchie (wonder what else they have in common?) Madonna |
| #6809, aired 2014-04-03 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: One devoted to one mate at a time monogamist |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | POLITICAL DEFINITIONS $600: 7-letter term for the examination that makes sure a potential running mate has no hidden baggage vetting |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | GET YOUR KICKS $1600: Oi, ya can kick it 'round as a good left back pocket--that's a position, mate--in this 3-word sport Australian rules football |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | MOVIES $200: A pet parrot named Blu ends up in Brazil to find his mate in this film Rio |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | REVENGE $200: The creature kills his creator's bride as revenge for not getting his own mate in this 1818 novel Frankenstein |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $400: (I'm Chris Wallace.) I broke the story that Reagan had selected this former rival as his running mate at the 1980 Republican Convention George Herbert Walker Bush |
| #6328, aired 2012-03-07 | MOVIE TAGLINES $1,800 (Daily Double): 1935: "The monster demands a mate!" The Bride of Frankenstein |
| #6290, aired 2012-01-13 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $1000: Not sharp & a cow's mate dull & bull |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | A LURE $2000: Mepps makes its special "killer" lure to catch this large member of the pike family, not Hubert Humphrey's running mate a muskie |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | "IGGY" POP $600: She played first mate to Captain Link Hogthrob Miss Piggy |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | SCRAMBLED KEGS $200: Cheers, mate:
FORESTS Fosters |
| #6214, aired 2011-09-29 | SIDEKICKS $400: This over 7-foot-tall "walking carpet" was Han Solo's first mate & constant companion Chewbacca |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | CALIFORNIA GOVERNORS $400: Earl Warren was the first 3-term governor of California & was this man's running mate on a 1948 ticket (Thomas) Dewey |
| #6124, aired 2011-04-07 | DISNEY FILM BY CHARACTER $400: Mr. Smee, a first mate
(1953) Peter Pan |
| #6108, aired 2011-03-16 | LET'S KICK SOME NIXON AROUND $400: Nixon's spot as Ike's running mate in this year was imperiled by news of a slush fund; a little dog got him off the hook 1952 |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL GREAT MIGRATIONS $1600: After soaring for 7 months and tens of thousands of miles, the black-browed species of this bird is joyously reunited with his mate the albatross |
| #5994, aired 2010-10-07 | A BUSINESS IS BORN $400: It was born in Seattle in 1971 & named for the first mate in "Moby Dick" Starbucks |
| #5990, aired 2010-10-01 | OUT GROWTHS $1600: The dorsal area, mate back |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | "MATE" $400: To burn to ashes to cremate |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | "MATE" $800: A deadlock in which no action can be taken a stalemate |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | "MATE" $1200: An archbishop ranking first in a province or country a primate |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | "MATE" $1600: To become accustomed to a new environment acclimate |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | "MATE" $2000: This word is from the Latin for the punishment of every tenth man chosen by lot decimate |
| #5943, aired 2010-06-16 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $1600: In the 1950s he made news as Adlai Stevenson's running mate & chair of a Senate committee on organized crime Estes Kefauver |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | CHESS $800: These have the same value as bishops, but you can force mate with only a king & 2 bishops, not with a king & 2 these knights |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | IT'S IN MY COFFEE $400: This trusted friend was the first non-dairy powdered creamer Coffee-Mate |
| #5906, aired 2010-04-26 | GREAT DANES $400: This Texan of Danish heritage, Dukakis' running mate, also served as treasury secretary under Clinton Lloyd Bentsen |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | AVOIDING A DISASTROUS TRIP TO EUROPE $400: Hitting Innsbruck or Salzburg in this country & saying "G'day, mate!" over & over will only confuse the locals Austria |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | "CHECK" MATE $200: The deadline by which a hotel room must be vacated checkout |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | "CHECK" MATE $400: It's given by a store as a price guarantee when it runs out of a sale item a rain check |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | "CHECK" MATE $600: A banner waved at the finish line of a car race a checkered flag |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | "CHECK" MATE $800: Game using a 6-pointed star board, marbles & holes Chinese checkers |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | "CHECK" MATE $1000: 2-word term for what the winner of "Survivor" gets, or a reminder of the way things actually are a reality check |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | RELATIONSHIPS $2000: In "Treasure Island", it's the relationship of the seafaring Smollett & Arrow captain & first mate |
| #5760, aired 2009-10-02 | MOBY DICK $600: Have yourself a cup of coffee after you name this first mate in the book Starbuck |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | CZECH MATE $400: This former Czech president's "Letters to Olga" is a volume of correspondence he wrote to his wife while in jail Vaclav Havel |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | CZECH MATE $1200: This Czech director & wife Martina named their twin sons Andy & Jim for Andy Kaufman & Jim Carrey Milos Forman |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | CZECH MATE $1600: This composer wrote "Cypress Trees" for Josefina Cermakova, yet later married her sister Dvorak |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | CZECH MATE $2,000 (Daily Double): This writer's dad, Hermann, married Julie Lowy in 1882 & named their son after the Austro-Hungarian emperor Franz Kafka |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | CZECH MATE $2000: In 1975 this "Unbearable Lightness of Being" author & his wife Vera left oppression in Czechoslovakia Milan Kundera |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | WHAT'S YOUR FUNCTION? $200: In a beehive workers do all the work & these males have just one job: to mate with the queen drones |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: In 1872 Victoria Woodhull chose this orator & former slave to be her running mate Frederick Douglass |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | PARLEZ VOUS? $200: If your mate from Marseilles says he's getting to LAX via "Sud-Ouest", pick him up at this carrier Southwest |
| #5626, aired 2009-02-09 | TALL IN THE FAMILY $400: If you want tall kids, look for a mate in Haarlem or Heerlen--a 2006 study said this country's folks are the tallest the Netherlands |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | THE "FIRST" STATE $200: In 1887 Joseph Conrad gained literary material sailing as this on a ship bound for Java first mate |
| #5571, aired 2008-11-24 | LIVE IN TEXAS $2000: James Stockdale was this Texan's running mate in the 1992 presidental election (Ross) Perot |
| #5554, aired 2008-10-30 | 1930s CINEMA $1200: Elsa Lanchester played 2 roles in this 1935 sequel: the title mate, &, in an amusing prologue, Mary Shelley The Bride of Frankenstein |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | THE SECOND FILM IN THE SERIES $600: The doctor methodically manufactures a mate for his monster in this 1935 follow-up Bride of Frankenstein |
| #5499, aired 2008-07-03 | ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC $1200: This island is named for the captain of the British whaler L'Aigle, not the first mate of the Pequod Starbuck (Island) |
| #5450, aired 2008-04-25 | THE ROCKIES $1200: This mockumentary hard rock band sang, "I met her on Monday, 'twas my lucky bun day" in their song "Big Bottom" Spinal Tap |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | YOU ANIMAL $800: Deep-sea shrimp have organs called photophores, which emit this to help identify a mate light |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | THE LOSING TICKET $1000: Running mate Sparkman failed to spark this Democrat's 1952 campaign (Adlai) Stevenson |
| #5387, aired 2008-01-29 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $600: Few know that Truman had offered to be this for Ike in 1948 vice president |
| #5310, aired 2007-10-12 | WHEN YOU GROW UP $600: On a fishing boat, you could boss around the deckhands as the captain's assistant, the "first" this mate |
| #5200, aired 2007-03-30 | OF "STAR"s $2000: The 30-year-old Quaker first mate of the Pequod Starbuck |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | DRAFT PICKS $400: 2 brothers launched this lager in 1887; it's Australian for beer, mate Foster's |
| #5156, aired 2007-01-29 | SWEET NOTHINGS $4,400 (Daily Double): This pigeon seen here has two animals in its name & is known for being affectionate with its mate turtledove |
| #5152, aired 2007-01-23 | ALSO A MOUNTAIN $800: First biblical mate plus what the sleepy need Everest |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | SOUTH AMERICA $800: You're not under a mis-concepcion if you know mate, a tea-like beverage, is also known as this country's tea Paraguay |
| #5069, aired 2006-09-28 | JACKASS--THE CATEGORY $600: When a jackass & a mare mate, the hybrid offspring is one of these a mule |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | REVISED CANTERBURY TALES $2000: Verily she was the mate of E.L. Doctorow's title "Billy" The Wife of Bathgate |
| #4991, aired 2006-05-01 | ACADEMIA NUTS $1000: Czech, mate! She was a Georgetown professor of intl. affairs before becoming U.S. ambassador to the U.N. in 1993 Madeleine Albright |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | 4-LETTER FRIENDS $400: You were a fool to move that bishop! This 4-letter term in 3 moves mate |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $400: In 1904's election Alton B. Parker & 80-year-old running mate Henry Davis went down to defeat against this pres. Teddy Roosevelt |
| #4943, aired 2006-02-22 | GET YOUR SITH TOGETHER $200: He's 7 feet tall & the Millennium Falcon's first mate, but he's not much of a conversationalist Chewbacca |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $200: The loud Australian bird known as a kookaburra is also known as this "laughing" equine jackass |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $400: The "Ground" for this sport in Melbourne, Australia has a capacity of about 100,000 spectators cricket |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $800: Australia's smallest state, this island used to be called Van Diemen's Land Tasmania |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $1,000 (Daily Double): This Australian state reports it has lost the 1859 decree Victoria signed authorizing its name Queensland |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $1000: It's "evolved" to become the largest city of Australia's Northern Territory Darwin |
| #4872, aired 2005-11-15 | ALL THE RAVE $1000: Find a mate in Victoria at the Earthcore Global Carnival in this country Australia |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | THE MATE Rx $200: On this TV show President Bartlet got betaseron injections from his wife for his MS The West Wing |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | THE MATE Rx $400: A "Brief History" of this physicist includes the fact that he married his nurse after leaving his wife in 1990 Stephen Hawking |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | THE MATE Rx $600: In the "Iliad" this goddess anoints herself with "ambrosial sweet" olive oil to seduce her husband Zeus Hera |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | THE MATE Rx $800: After this Sioux chief tried to take his sick wife for help in 1877, he was killed by soldiers Crazy Horse |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | THE MATE Rx $1000: It was once rumored that this president's wife "Flossie" poisoned him in order to avoid corruption charges Harding |
| #4840, aired 2005-09-30 | THE POLITICAL HAIR APPARENT $600: His would-be boss joked that this man had better hair than Dick Cheney John Edwards |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | DON'T BUG ME $400: Of fly, mate or eat, the activity butterflies can't do if their body temperature is below 86 degrees fly |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | DON'T BUG ME $1000: This bug derives its name from the fact that adults mate continuously for up to 3 days a love bug |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | THE ULTI-"MATE" $200: To create SpongeBob's latest adventure to animate |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | THE ULTI-"MATE" $400: A single San Quentin dweller in solitary an inmate |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | THE ULTI-"MATE" $600: This Nestle product was introduced in 1961 Coffee-Mate |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | THE ULTI-"MATE" $800: Almost exact, but not quite approximate (estimate accepted) |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | THE ULTI-"MATE" $1000: It's MSG, whiz monosodium glutamate |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | RUNNER-UP RUNNING MATES $400: This future Chief Justice was Dewey's 1948 running mate (Earl) Warren |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | RUNNER-UP RUNNING MATES $1600: Bryan's 1900 running mate; his grandson with the same name also lost a race or 2 Adlai Stevenson |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | CHESS $1600: Bring your queen out fast & you can have this victory after just 2 moves fool's mate |
| #4734, aired 2005-03-17 | SING A SONG OF SIX PACKS $400: "I... love" this light beer with my mate, begun in '78, "& those twee-ins!" Coors (Light) |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | "IN"s & "OUT"s $400: It's the wild Australian interior, mate the Outback |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $200: Dutch Captain Willem Jansz is credited with the first known contact between Europeans & this indigenous group the Aborigines |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $600: The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney has a full-size replica of this extraterrestrial lab now flying over the Earth the International Space Station |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $800: Australia's botanists first bred these green-skinned apples in the late 19th century Granny Smith apples |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $1000: The Brisbane, the Murray & the Murrumbidgee are all famous ones of these in Australia rivers |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $3,800 (Daily Double): For this holiday, schoolchildren in Australia receive a 6-week summer vacation Christmas |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $400: Oi, mate, this meal is your "tommy tucker" supper |
| #4669, aired 2004-12-16 | PLACES $1200: It's the name of this state, mate Victoria |
| #4655, aired 2004-11-26 | THE "K" TEAM $1200: On August 10, 1996 Bob Dole picked this man to be his running mate Jack Kemp |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | THE VEEP $2000: As Harding's running mate in 1920, he said, "One with the law is a majority" (Calvin) Coolidge |
| #4603, aired 2004-09-15 | LONGSHOTS $1200: This presidential hopeful's running mate, Lloyd Bentsen, reportedly quipped in '88, "The momentum is ours" Dukakis |
| #4559, aired 2004-06-03 | PEOP"L" $4,600 (Daily Double): Richard Nixon's running mate in 1960, this Republican lost his Senate seat 8 years earlier to John F. Kennedy Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | THE CABINET $2000: Bill Clinton's first Treasury secretary was this Texan who had served as Michael Dukakis' running mate in 1988 Lloyd Bentsen |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | POLITICIANS $800: This former Democratic running mate announced his candidacy for Presidency on January 13, 2003 Joe Lieberman |
| #4477, aired 2004-02-10 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: This word for a mate comes from an old Norse word for "master of the house" husband |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | GOOD BEEKEEPING $800: The only job this bee has is to mate with the queen & while you think "Hot Job!" remember they die after mating drone |
| #4447, aired 2003-12-30 | THAT'S THE TICKET $400: Joe Lieberman was his running mate Al Gore |
| #4447, aired 2003-12-30 | THAT'S THE TICKET $2000: Adlai Stevenson's running mate in 1956 Estes Kefauver |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | WILDLIFE $2000: Most of these tailed amphibians live on land but mate & lay their eggs in water newts (or salamanders) |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | HAVE A CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST $200: G'Day Mate! Room service hopped in with kangaroo-tail soup, your breakfast from this continent Australia |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | EXPLORATION $800: In 1897 Roald Amundsen was first mate aboard the Belgica, a Belgian ship exploring this continent Antarctica |
| #4296, aired 2003-04-14 | QUOTES FROM 2002 $1000: Regarding Mick Jagger's knighthood, he scoffed, "It's a paltry honor... hold out for the Lordship, mate" (his partner) Keith Richards |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | GET REAL $800: Aussie slang for genuine, it's "fair" this, mate dinkum |
| #4246, aired 2003-02-03 | ANIMAL PASSION $1200: Geese & these birds that include the trumpeter type mate for life; ducks are more promiscuous swans |
| #4231, aired 2003-01-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: R&B singer of "Ain't Got No Home" who was Nixon's running mate in 1960 Clarence "Frogman" Henry Cabot Lodge |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | FAMOUS JOHNS $2000: When he ran for president as an independent in 1980, his running mate was Patrick Lucey John Anderson |
| #4202, aired 2002-12-03 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Air Force general & George Wallace running mate celebrated by pole dancers in the spring Curtis LeMay Day |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | I GET NO KICK FROM CAMPAIGN $1000: The only Republican presidential nominee to lose twice, his running mate the 2nd time was Earl Warren Dewey |
| #4163, aired 2002-10-09 | RUNNING MATES $200: A catchy 1840 campaign slogan paired "Tippecanoe and" this running mate "too" John Tyler |
| #4163, aired 2002-10-09 | RUNNING MATES $600: In 2000 this man & running mate Winona LaDuke found it's not that easy bein' Green (Party candidates) Ralph Nader |
| #4163, aired 2002-10-09 | RUNNING MATES $1000: Hubert Humphrey chose this Maine man as his running mate Edmund Muskie |
| #4151, aired 2002-09-23 | AN "F" IN HISTORY $800: In 1976 Bob Dole was his running mate Gerald Ford |
| #4140, aired 2002-09-06 | MEET MY "EX" $600: A third mate unlicensed to pilot this ship through Prince William Sound ran it aground the Exxon Valdez |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | "E"-MALE $400: In 2000 this film critic gave thumbs up to new balcony-mate Richard Roeper of The Chicago-Sun Times (Roger) Ebert |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | "CHECK" MATE $400: The procedure involving paying your hotel bill & leaving Checkout |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | "CHECK" MATE $800: A coupon that guarantees an offer that cannot be fulfilled at the present time rain check |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | "CHECK" MATE $1200: In 1960 & 1962 he twisted his way into the No. 1 spot on the charts with "The Twist" Chubby Checker |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | "CHECK" MATE $1600: It's where police inspect vehicles at a border crossing checkpoint |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | "CHECK" MATE $2000: It's found at the finish line checkered flag |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | G'DAY, "MATE" $400: It wins a chess game checkmate |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | G'DAY, "MATE" $800: Your partner on an election ticket your running mate |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | G'DAY, "MATE" $1200: A ward for expectant mothers maternity |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | G'DAY, "MATE" $1600: From the Latin for "bounteous mother", it's where you went to college alma mater |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | G'DAY, "MATE" $2000: Nearly exact in value approximate |
| #4054, aired 2002-03-28 | ISLAND HOPPING $600: It's the island where you'll find Auckland, New Zealand, mate North Island |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: Bob Dole's running mate in 1996, he is co-director of Empower America Jack Kemp |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $1000: Put on some soft howling music during this season of the year when wolves mate winter |
| #3910, aired 2001-09-07 | AMERICAN HERSTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): When Victoria Woodhull ran for president in 1872, she chose this man, a former slave, as her running mate Frederick Douglass |
| #3894, aired 2001-07-05 | WILDLIFE $300: The Australian water-holding frog comes out during rain to eat & do this, a word associated with Australia mate |
| #3889, aired 2001-06-28 | FROM THE LAND DOWN UNDER $200: G'day mate! He's the actor who plays "Crocodile Dundee" Paul Hogan |
| #3812, aired 2001-03-13 | WE'RE NO. 1! $400: On "Star Trek", when Captain Picard calls for Number 1, this officer comes running Commander Riker |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | NOW HEAR THIS! $500: It's the native wind instrument heard here, mate a didgeridoo |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | THE END OF THE L"INE" $1000: In polygamous societies, a secondary mate Concubine |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY? $400: Mr. Spock of "Star Trek" feels the urge to mate Once every 7 years |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | ELECTION DAY $400: In 1944 this victorious running mate sent FDR a telegram reading, "Isolationism is dead" Harry S. Truman |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | THE LYNDON JOHNSON YEARS $200: In 1964 some thought Robert Kennedy would get the running mate spot that went to this man Hubert Humphrey |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | RECOGNIZING REPTILES $300: The tuatara, which waits until it's about 20 to mate, has one of these that grows back after it breaks off a tail |
| #3705, aired 2000-10-13 | "E" MALE $500: McGovern's first running mate Thomas Eagleton |
| #3705, aired 2000-10-13 | "I" SPY $600: Woosnam, Paisley & Fleming all share this first name, mate Ian |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | VICE PRESIDENTS $200: We'll bet this Minnesota senator was pleased as punch to accept the nomination as LBJ's running mate in 1964 Hubert Humphrey |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | VICE PRESIDENTS $500: In 1976 Bob Dole & this running mate of Jimmy Carter met in the first televised vice-presidential debate Walter Mondale |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | IN THE MOURNING $300: From an Indo-European word meaning "to separate", it's the mate of the deceased Widow |
| #3673, aired 2000-07-19 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN $800: The Times of London estimates this chess player is taking home $20 mil. a year; that's some check, mate! Garry Kasparov |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: Both Benjamin Harrison & his running mate Whitelaw Reid graduated from Miami of this Midwestern state Ohio |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | TOUGH HISTORY $400: In 1904 this man's running mate was Charles W. Fairbanks Theodore Roosevelt |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | CHESS NUTS $100: Neither player wins with this kind of "mate" Stalemate |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | EARLS $400: This future chief justice was Dewey's running mate when he didn't defeat Truman Earl Warren |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HE'S MY RUNNING MATE $200: Lloyd Bentsen Michael Dukakis |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HE'S MY RUNNING MATE $400: Sargent Shriver George McGovern |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HE'S MY RUNNING MATE $600: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Richard Nixon |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HE'S MY RUNNING MATE $800: Earl Warren Thomas E. Dewey |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HE'S MY RUNNING MATE $1000: John Sparkman Adlai Stevenson |
| #3593, aired 2000-03-29 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: On July 31, 1972 this Missouri senator withdrew as McGovern's running mate because of earlier psychiatric care Thomas Eagleton |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | "LE" CATEGORIE $1000: George Wallace drafted this general as his running mate in 1968 Curtis LeMay |
| #3544, aired 2000-01-20 | THE CANDIDATE $400: This man's 1964 running mate, William Miller, was in the first group of American Express "Do You Know Me?" ads Barry Goldwater |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS $200: Having Charles Curtis as his running mate in 1932 didn't help; he was not reelected Herbert Hoover |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | STARBUCK $200: Starbuck serves as chief mate aboard the Pequod in the most famous work by this author Herman Melville ("Moby Dick") |
| #3430, aired 1999-07-02 | MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS $400: Veteran James Stockdale was the running mate of this wealthy third-party presidential candidate in 1992 H. Ross Perot |
| #3390, aired 1999-05-07 | IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK $200: It's not me in the 1968 photo seen here, but it is this victorious former Maryland governor & running mate Spiro Agnew |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | THAT'S MY RUNNING MATE $200: 1984:
Geraldine Ferraro Walter Mondale |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | THAT'S MY RUNNING MATE $400: 1968:
Edmund Muskie Hubert Humphrey |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | THAT'S MY RUNNING MATE $600: 1964:
William Edward Miller Barry Goldwater |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | THAT'S MY RUNNING MATE $800: 1956:
Estes Kefauver Adlai Stevenson |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | THAT'S MY RUNNING MATE $1000: 1920:
Calvin Coolidge Warren G. Harding |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | U.S. U.N. REPS $400 (Daily Double): In 1960 he was a U.N. ambassador & Nixon's running mate Henry Cabot Lodge |
| #3361, aired 1999-03-29 | CLASSIC TV $300: In the "Star Trek" episode "Amok Time" this character wants to return to his home planet to mate Mr. Spock |
| #3332, aired 1999-02-16 | THEY ALSO RAN $400: When Norman Mailer ran for NYC mayor in '69, his running mate was this "Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" author Jimmy Breslin |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | TELEVISION $200: The producers found the name of this first mate of the S.S. Minnow in a telephone book Gilligan |
| #3320, aired 1999-01-29 | HE WAS IN THAT? $400: This young hunk wasn't a star yet when he was cast in the 1955 talking mule classic "Francis In The Navy": "Yeah, what the well-dressed boatswain mate wears when he impersonates an Army officer" Clint Eastwood |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE CAT $400: When a lioness & one of these mate, they produce a leopon a leopard |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | LET'S SPEAK AUSTRALIAN, MATE $200: "Prezzies" are nice to receive because "prezzies" are these Presents |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | LET'S SPEAK AUSTRALIAN, MATE $400: You've brought over " A carton of tinnies" for us to enjoy, so we're drinking this, probably Foster's Beer |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | LET'S SPEAK AUSTRALIAN, MATE $600: We're having a barbie during the "arvo", which is this part of the day Afternoon |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | LET'S SPEAK AUSTRALIAN, MATE $800: If you're "in the nick", you're this, like "The Thinker" the nude |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | LET'S SPEAK AUSTRALIAN, MATE $1000: Something that's genuine or truthful is "fair" this Dinkum |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC $200: It's the creature seen here who's particularly hard on her mate a black widow spider |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | IT'S MY PARTY $500: Pat Choate was Ross Perot's running mate for this party in 1996 Reform |
| #3246, aired 1998-10-19 | "QUEEN" FOR A DAY $200: It's the state indicated here, mate Queensland (in Australia) |
| #3233, aired 1998-09-30 | PLAYING POLITICS $200: A former Secretary of Housing & Urban Development, & Bob Dole's running mate in 1996 Jack Kemp |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | PUSHOVERS $200: In 1972 he vacillated over a running mate & lost to Nixon, 520 electoral votes to 17 George McGovern |
| #3209, aired 1998-07-09 | DUMB TV $600: He was the first mate & only crewman of the S.S. Minnow Gilligan |
| #3206, aired 1998-07-06 | SAINTS' DAYS $400: She waltzes in with a March 14 date, mate Saint Matilda |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | SCOOPS $1,500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Andrea Mitchell of NBC News.) As a campaign reporter I got the scoop that George Bush had made this controversial choice August 16, 1988 selecting Dan Quayle as his running mate |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | SO FUNNY IT'S SCARY $1000: The scientists in this 1935 sequel play with tiny people before they make the monster a mate The Bride of Frankenstein |
| #3135, aired 1998-03-27 | CREEPERS & CRAWLERS $300: This dark lady, Latrodectus mactans, earns her more common name by killing & eating her mate a black widow |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $400: A New York City-based conductorless chamber orchestra is named for this mythic musician, Eurydice's mate Orpheus |
| #2984, aired 1997-07-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Nixon's running mate in 1960, he was named chief negotiator at the Paris Peace Talks in 1969 Henry Cabot Lodge |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | 20th CENTURY ARCHITECTURE $100: In the 1950s Hans Scharoun designed 2 Stuttgart apartment complexes: Romeo & this mate Juliet |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | REPUBLICANS $1000: In 1948 Thomas Dewey "commissioned" this California governor as his vice presidential running mate Earl Warren |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | THE LEAST MOVEMENT $400: With "mate", it means nobody wins the chess game stale |
| #2956, aired 1997-06-09 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Brand names owned by this company include Paper Mate, Right Guard, Foamy & Trac II Gillette |
| #2947, aired 1997-05-27 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $500: This 1948 running mate of Thomas Dewey later became chief justice Earl Warren |
| #2899, aired 1997-03-20 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES $200: His running mate was Pat Choate H. Ross Perot |
| #2899, aired 1997-03-20 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES $1000: In 1980 Patrick J. Lucey was this independent candidate's vice presidential running mate John Anderson |
| #2899, aired 1997-03-20 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES $1,300 (Daily Double): In 1972 this man replaced Thomas Eagleton as George McGovern's running mate Sargent Shriver |
| #2891, aired 1997-03-10 | THE 1930s $600: Harbour Bridge, one of the largest arch bridges in the world, opened in this city in 1932, mate Sydney |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | DANCE, MYTH & LEGEND $200: Martha Graham's "Night Journey" tells the tragic tale of Jocasta & this "complex" man, her mate Oedipus |
| #2817, aired 1996-11-26 | POLITICS $200: On August 10, 1996 Bob Dole chose this former Buffalo Bills quarterback as his running mate Jack Kemp (of Occidental College) |
| #2806, aired 1996-11-11 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1,000 (Daily Double): This Seattle-based coffee chain was named for the first mate in "Moby Dick" Starbucks |
| #2798, aired 1996-10-30 | VICE PRESIDENTS $2,500 (Daily Double): At age 71, this running mate of Harry Truman was the oldest vice president to take office Alben Barkley |
| #2748, aired 1996-07-10 | 1952 $800 (Daily Double): John Sparkman was this man's running mate on the defeated Democratic ticket Adlai Stevenson |
| #2684, aired 1996-04-11 | JULY $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 1948 convention of the States' Rights Party, Fielding Wright was selected as his running mate (Strom) Thurmond |
| #2629, aired 1996-01-25 | GEORGE BUSH $200: He chose Bush as his running mate though they disagreed on cutting taxes, abortion & the E.R.A. Ronald Reagan |
| #2626, aired 1996-01-22 | THE CIRCUS $500: In 1941 M'Toto was brought to the Ringling Bros. Circus as a mate for this giant gorilla Gargantua |
| #2616, aired 1996-01-08 | AIRLINES $200: Founded in 1920, it's the second oldest airline in the world, mate Qantas |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $600: On July 15, 1976 Jimmy Carter selected this Senator as his Vice Presidential running mate (Walter) Mondale |
| #2562, aired 1995-10-24 | CHRISTIANs $400: He's the famous master's mate of the HMS Bounty Fletcher Christian |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $200: Mork's mate
(5) Mindy |
| #2523, aired 1995-07-19 | POLITICS $800: In 1980 Patrick Lucey was this independent presidential candidate's running mate John Anderson |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | INSECTS $200: The only function of this stingless male honeybee is to mate with the queen drone |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: From 1968 to 1970, this future running mate of George McGovern was Ambassador to France Sargent Shriver |
| #2421, aired 1995-02-27 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: This running mate of Harry Truman was the 1st vice president to sit on the National Security Council (Alben) Barkley |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | REPUBLICANS $600: In 1964 William Edward Miller was this man's running mate on the GOP ticket Goldwater |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: It follows ship, soul & play mate |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | BEVERAGES $300: Mate, a beverage drunk extensively on this continent, is also called yerba mate South America |
| #2299, aired 1994-09-08 | POLITICAL CONVENTIONS $600: In 1956 a vote for his running mate came down to John Kennedy & Estes Kefauver, who got it Adlai Stevenson |
| #2298, aired 1994-09-07 | ANDREW JACKSON $300: This party held its first national nominating convention in 1832 to name Jackson's running mate Democratic Party |
| #2262, aired 1994-06-07 | QUOTATIONS $500: When named as Walter Mondale's running mate, she said, "Vice president--it has such a nice ring to it!" Geraldine Ferraro |
| #2193, aired 1994-03-02 | POTPOURRI $1000: Also called Paraguay tea, it's made from the dried leaves & shoots of a holly tree mate |
| #2137, aired 1993-12-14 | AROUND THE WORLD $100: The finest opals come from this continent, mate Australia |
| #2137, aired 1993-12-14 | ANIMALS $500: During highest spring tides, this tiny fish "runs" onto the beaches of Southern California & Baja to mate grunion |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $600: This Joseph Conrad title character is chief mate on the Patna & a traitor on Patusan Island Lord Jim |
| #2091, aired 1993-10-11 | KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES $200: This naval hero of the American Revolution was once chief mate on a slave ship John Paul Jones |
| #2070, aired 1993-09-10 | MODERN HISTORY $400: Michael Dukakis' 1988 running mate was this man who had defeated Bush for a Senate seat in 1970 Lloyd Bentsen |
| #2056, aired 1993-07-12 | THE 20th CENTURY $1,500 (Daily Double): Former Air Force general Curtis LeMay was this man's running mate in 1968 Gov. (George) Wallace |
| #2049, aired 1993-07-01 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: Rep. William Miller was chosen as his running mate in 1964 partly because "he drives Johnson nuts" Goldwater |
| #2042, aired 1993-06-22 | COFFEE BREAK $300: Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee was named for the first mate in this Melville work Moby Dick |
| #2028, aired 1993-06-02 | INSECTS $100: Royal titles given to the 2 termites that mate to start a new nest king & queen |
| #1999, aired 1993-04-22 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: The Whigs chose this Virginian as W.H. Harrison's running mate in order to carry the South John Tyler |
| #1929, aired 1993-01-14 | FORMS OF ADDRESS $2,000 (Daily Double): If Walter Mondale had won in 1984, his running mate's form of address would have been this Madam Vice President |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | VICE PRESIDENTS $600: In November 1975 this vice president announced that he wouldn't be Gerald Ford's running mate Rockefeller |
| #1870, aired 1992-10-23 | THE UNITED NATIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): Nixon's 1960 running mate, he served as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. longer than anyone, 7 years Henry Cabot Lodge |
| #1854, aired 1992-10-01 | RUNNING MATES $400: James M. Cox's running mate in 1920, he was elected president in 1932 Franklin Roosevelt |
| #1854, aired 1992-10-01 | RUNNING MATES $800: On Aug. 5, 1972, George McGovern replaced running mate Thomas Eagleton with him, JFK's brother-in-law R. Sargent Shriver |
| #1854, aired 1992-10-01 | RUNNING MATES $1000: In 1900, former Vice President Adlai Stevenson ran as this Democrat's running mate (William Jennings) Bryan |
| #1840, aired 1992-09-11 | MODERN HISTORY $500: In 1948 the GOP chose Earl Warren as the running mate for this N.Y. governor Dewey |
| #1783, aired 1992-05-06 | VICE PRESIDENTS $200: He first supported Nelson Rockefeller, not his future running mate Nixon, in the 1968 race Spiro Agnew |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Medieval Europeans believed that birds begin to mate on this day St. Valentine's Day |
| #1724, aired 1992-02-13 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: As this man's running mate, Herschel V. Johnson lost to the Lincoln-Hamlin ticket in 1860 Stephen Douglas |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | BLACK HISTORY $800: When Victoria Woodhull ran for pres. in 1872, this orator was her running mate Frederick Douglass |
| #1666, aired 1991-11-25 | WOLVES $100: Unlike the womanizers known as wolves, it's believed wolves do this for life mate |
| #1662, aired 1991-11-19 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $800: In 1948 this California governor was Dewey's running mate; 5 years later he became Chief Justice Earl Warren |
| #1594, aired 1991-07-04 | INSECTS $1000: After queen ants mate, these either drop off or they pull them off wings |
| #1583, aired 1991-06-19 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: Gov. Fielding L. Wright of Mississippi was this man's running mate on the 1948 Dixiecrat ticket (Senator) J. Strom Thurmond |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | SPELL THAT NAME $300: The last name of the Congresswoman who was Walter Mondale's running mate in 1984 (Geraldine) F-E-R-R-A-R-O |
| #1539, aired 1991-04-18 | THE 1970s $1000: George McGovern said health was not a factor in his decision to replace this original running mate (Thomas) Eagleton |
| #1511, aired 1991-03-11 | LATIN AMERICA $800: Traditionally drunk through a straw from a gourd, this is Argentina's national beverage mate |
| #1498, aired 1991-02-20 | DEM BUGS $200: Among bees, workers do all the work while their sole function is to mate with the queen the drones |
| #1459, aired 1990-12-27 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $600: In 1961, he became the first director of the Peace Corps; 11 years later, he was McGovern's running mate Sargent Shriver |
| #1449, aired 1990-12-13 | DEMOCRATS $200: James Cox' 1920 running mate who was stricken with polio the next year FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | REPUBLICANS $800: Nixon's running mate in 1960, he was ambassador to South Vietnam under JFK & LBJ (Henry Cabot) Lodge |
| #1417, aired 1990-10-30 | ZOOLOGY $200: A male snake encourages a female to do this by stroking her with his chin & body coils mate |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: In his "Assembly of Fowls", Chaucer wrote, "It's when every fowl comes to choose his mate" St. Valentine's Day |
| #1337, aired 1990-05-29 | SHIPS $800: The second mate has this job on a ship, so he gets to see the stars, or at least he used to navigator |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | INK $200: Company that makes the Eraser Mate, a pen that has erasable ink Paper Mate |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | BIRDS $200: The 2 most common reasons male songbirds sing are to stake out territory & this attract a mate |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | VICE-PRESIDENTS $200: He & his future running mate Lyndon Johnson began their Senate careers at the same time (Hubert) Humphrey |
| #1206, aired 1989-11-27 | ANIMALS $200: A drone bee's only purpose in life is to do this with the queen & they do it in flight Mate |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | ARGENTINA $800: Jesuits were the 1st to cultivate this species of holly that's made into a tea-like drink Mate |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | U.S. POLITICS $600: Had he won the 1976 GOP nomination, his running mate would have been Penn. Senator Richard Schweiker Reagan |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | ENDS IN "ITZ" $200: Nickname of Geraldine's running mate in 1984 "Fritz" |
| #1161, aired 1989-09-25 | SWANS $300: Unlike humans, some swans choose these when they're only 2 or 3 years old a mate |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: After losing the 1952 election with John Sparkman as his running mate, he tried again in 1956 with Estes Kefauver Adlai Stevenson |
| #1075, aired 1989-04-14 | "MR."s IN THE DICTIONARY $300: The ideal marital mate for a miss Mr. Right |
| #1061, aired 1989-03-27 | FICTION $600: This ship featured Stubb as 2nd mate, Starbuck as 1st mate & Queequeg as the harpooner the Pequod |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | MAMMALS $100: Don't worry; when they mate, the female can relax or flatten her quills a porcupine |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | ODDS & ENDS $300: Eve to Adam, or Gilligan to the Skipper first mate |
| #924, aired 1988-09-15 | LATIN AMERICA $600: What you would do with maté in Montevideo drink it |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | SHAKESPEAREAN 1st LINES $1000: Confronting his mate in the forest, his first line is, "Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania" Oberon |
| #892, aired 1988-06-21 | NEW YORKERS $400: Barry Goldwater said he chose this man as his running mate because "He drives Johnson nuts" William E. Miller |
| #874, aired 1988-05-26 | SUPERSTITIONS $200: If, after a wedding, an unmarried girl sleeps with this under her pillow, she'll dream of her future mate piece of (wedding) cake |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | VICE-PRESIDENTIAL LOSERS $3,000 (Daily Double): A loser as Dewey's running mate, he would later have his day -- in court Earl Warren |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | BIRDS $400: The albatross only comes to land to do this lay eggs (breed, mate) |
| #779, aired 1988-01-14 | REPUBLICANS $200: Later his 1st att'y general, Herbert Brownell Jr. urged him to select Nixon as a running mate Dwight Eisenhower |
| #772, aired 1988-01-05 | ODD JOBS $400: When Zelda Fischer charges $50,000, she'll go around the world to find a single client one of these a mate (or a spouse) |
| #768, aired 1987-12-30 | BATS $200: In some species, male & female bats live on different parts of a continent except when it's time to do this mate |
| #718, aired 1987-10-21 | ZOOLOGY $200: Despite rumors, the female of this arachnid species doesn't always kill its mate after sex black widows |
| #689, aired 1987-09-10 | PETS $500: The World Book says toucans probably use this enormous, colorful body part to attract a mate beak (or bill) |
| #664, aired 1987-06-25 | THOSE DARN OYSTERS $400: It's said when the ratio of male & female oysters is uneven, some oysters actually do this they change their sex |
| #650, aired 1987-06-05 | WORLD CITIES $400: You can put another shrimp on the barbie, mate, at Coogee or Curl Curl Beaches in this city Sydney |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | ACCORDING TO SPOCK $300: When experiencing "Pon Farr", a Vulcan male has to find this or die a mate |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | NONPOTENT POTABLES $400: Made from leaves of a type of holly, "mate" is a favorite drink of these South American cowboys gauchos |
| #543, aired 1987-01-07 | DEMOCRATS $200: In 1864 Lincoln dumped VP Hannibal Hamlin as his running mate, in favor of this Democrat Andrew Johnson |
| #536, aired 1986-12-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A man's mate a wife |
| #520, aired 1986-12-05 | PRESIDENTS $300: Following the "Checkers" speech, he told his vice-presidential running mate, "you're my boy" Eisenhower |
| #457, aired 1986-09-09 | "S.S." $1000: George McGovern's 2nd 1972 running mate Sargent Shriver |
| #346, aired 1986-01-06 | ELEPHANTS $500: A male elephant in musth feels he must do this to mate |
| #290, aired 1985-10-18 | SOUTH AMERICA $600: What you do with yerba mate make tea (drink it) |
| #289, aired 1985-10-17 | MAMMALS $1000: Female rabbits mate within 12 hours after each repetition of this life cycle event (giving) birth |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | SHIPS $100: Second in command to the captain first mate (executive officer accepted) |
| #174, aired 1985-05-09 | U.S.A. $300: Ford's running mate in '76, he's currently the Secretary of Transportation's mate Bob Dole |
| #171, aired 1985-05-06 | AUSSIE ENGLISH $100: To Americans it's usually one's spouse, to Aussies it's a comrade a mate |
| #157, aired 1985-04-16 | AUSTRALIA $700 (Daily Double): This song by Rolf Harris was popular in the summer of '63:
"There's an old Australian stockman lying, dying. / And he gets himself up onto one elbow, / And he turns to his mates who are gathered around, / And he says, 'Watch me wallabies feed, mate / Watch me wallabies feed...'" "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" |
| #141, aired 1985-03-25 | QUOTE, UNQUOTE $400: "I can't mate in captivity." explained this feminist on why she's never married Gloria Steinem |
| #114, aired 1985-02-14 | ELECTIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): In American Express commercial, he reminded us he was Goldwater's '64 running mate William Miller |
| #106, aired 1985-02-04 | TV TRIVIA $300: The only crew members shipwrecked on "Gilligan's Island" the Skipper & the First Mate |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: Nixon's vice-presidential running mate in 1960 Henry Cabot Lodge |
| #88, aired 1985-01-09 | DOUBLE S $300: Dingbat's daughter, Meathead's mate Sally Struthers |
| #58, aired 1984-11-28 | DEMOCRATS $500: Hubert Humphrey's running mate in '68 Edmund Muskie |
| #44, aired 1984-11-08 | LITERATURE $600: In this novel, Starbuck is the first mate & Stubb the second Moby-Dick |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | DEMOCRATS $800: In 1864, Lincoln chose this Democrat to be his running mate Andrew Johnson |
| #22, aired 1984-10-09 | THE '60s $500: Independent southern presidential candidate who considered Colonel Sanders as a running mate George Wallace |
