| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | 40 YEARS AGO: 1984 $400: Bob Woodward's "Wired: The Short Life & Fast Times of" this comic offended some of its subject's friends & family John Belushi |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | THE KEY WORD IN THE LITERARY SUBTITLE $800: Challenging to pre-Civil War Americans:
"Lowly" Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | THE KEY WORD IN THE LITERARY SUBTITLE $1000: Evelyn Waugh, re-evaluated... wait, that's not the right word:
"Ryder" Brideshead Revisited |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BRIT SPEAK $1200: It's our equivalent of an off-licence a liquor store |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | FROM PAGE TO SCREAM $2000: "The Turning" is a 2020 film adaptation of an 1898 supernatural story by this author Henry James |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BRIT SPEAK $5,000 (Daily Double): Also the last name of an English painter, it's Brit-speak for a police officer constable |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | EXTREMELY RANDOM CALCULATIONS $2000: Forbes' annual wealthiest Americans minus Fortune's annual biggest U.S. companies by revenue -100 |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | DESCRIBING THE SONG $400: Michael Jackson warns about evil "lurking in the dark" & Vincent Price waxes poetic about grisly ghouls "Thriller" |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | A DOG'S LIFE $400: Theobromine in this substance is toxic to dogs; the darker & more bitter kinds are more dangerous for the pooch chocolate |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | SCIENCE STUFF $2000: Galileo discovered this, the largest moon of Jupiter & the largest satellite in our solar system Ganymede |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | 2 ACTORS, ONE TV SHOW $600: In 2001 Jeri Ryan & Tim Russ completed a "trek" through the Delta Quadrant on this title starship Voyager |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Europe's longest river, the Volga flows more than 2,000 miles south into this large inland body of water the Caspian Sea |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | TRICKS OF THE SHOW BIZ TRADE $1200: To learn this basic circus skill, remember: if you start to lose your balance, lifting one leg can actually help tightrope walking |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | BRITISH LITERATURE $2000: 2020's "The Mirror & the Light" completed Hilary Mantel's trilogy about Thomas Cromwell that began with this lupine novel Wolf Hall |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | THE "ARE" YOU BREATHE $3,000 (Daily Double): "Ruffles And Flourishes" is one of these short pieces of music played prior to "Hail To The Chief" for the president fanfare |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | ONE BELLY BUTTON, TWO NIPPLES $100: Larynx, liver, lung:
it's the one a person has two of lung |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AUTO BIOGRAPHIES $100: You can call me a holy roller, since I'm customized to drive this official as he greets crowds the Pope |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AUTO BIOGRAPHIES $500: As the presidential limo, I'm a Cadillac known by this name, also the counterpart to Belle in a Disney movie the Beast |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AFRICAN HISTORY $600: In 1975, both Angola and Mozambique gained their independence from this Iberian country Portugal |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | PERSONAL FINANCE $1500: If you're eligible, sock away some after-tax retirement scratch in one of these accounts, named for a late Delaware senator a Roth IRA |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | MIXED GREENS $100: Lucky you! This symbol appears in the logo of Irish airline Aer Lingus:
MASH CORK shamrock |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | LIBRARIES $200: Library card sign-up month occurs during this month of the year (yay! back to school!) September |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FUNGUS AMONG US $300: Some fungi form umbrella-shaped "fruiting bodies" that hold fungal reproductive spores; stir-fry enthusiasts know them as these mushrooms |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | PRIDE & POTUS $300: The historic year gay activists picketed outside LBJ's White House; MLK's March on Washington was two years earlier 1965 |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | ABOVE, BELOW OR INTERSECTED BY THE EQUATOR $400: India above |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | PRIDE & POTUS $500: This POTUS joined the Republican Unity Coalition, a gay rights organization, roughly 25 years after leaving the White House Gerald Ford |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | THE NOBEL PRIZE $600: The youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner is also a best-selling author, for her 2013 memoir titled "I Am" this Malala |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | BY THE NUMBERS $600: You don't need perfect vision to ask this trucker-inspired version of the question "Where are you?" What's your 20? |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $600: It's the former boy band of Harry Styles
_ _ E / _ I _ E _ _ I O _ One Direction |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | SIGMUND FREUD $1,000 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "desire" or "lust", Freud used this word to refer to a person's sex drive libido |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | THE NOBEL PRIZE $1000: Each Nobel Prize winner receives a medal, a cash award, and this official title--leafy head wreath not included laureate |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FUNGUS AMONG US $1500: Scientists use this internet-inspired pun name for the vast network of fungi swapping nutrients beneath the forest floor the wood wide web |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | A SPACE ODYSSEY $1200: Because it ranges from about magnitude 9 to magnitude 3, the pulsating Mira Ceti is said to be this type of star variable |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | TV CATCHPHRASES $200: This Starfleet captain: "Make it so" Jean-Luc Picard |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BOB DYLAN LYRICS $400: "Hey", this guy, "play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to" Mr. Tambourine Man |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | FIRST LADY FIRSTS $400: The first first lady with a doctorate, Jill Biden earned hers in education from the university of this state in 2007 Delaware |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | THEY'RE "N"TITLED $2000: In 2020 Colson Whitehead won a second Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for this novel The Nickel Boys |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | ALL KINDS OF BOOKS $200: "Between a Heart and a Rock Place" is the memoir of this singer, with 40-plus years in the music business Pat Benatar |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | ALL KINDS OF BOOKS $600: Tracy McCubbin's "Make Space for Happiness" is about "How to Stop Attracting" this--it's in the way & dragging you down Clutter |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | WESTERN EUROPE $1200: This 600-mile river of Central France is lined with picturesque chateaus the Loire |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | AN ENDLESS CATEGORY $2000: In the King James Bible John 3:16 says, "Whosoever believeth in him" will have this life everlasting |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | MUSIC FOR SHARKS $200: This kids' song by South Korea's educational outfit Pinkfong became an international sensation "Baby Shark" |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The name of this, the continent's highest peak, may come from Ackon Cahuak, Quechua for "sentinel of stone" Aconcagua |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | PUT IN YOUR ORDINAL $600: Someone who plays a supporting role is this fruit, like a straight man to a comedian second banana |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Approved by Congress in 1861 but not ratified, a proposed this number amendment would instead have protected slavery the 13th |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | EPONYMS $1600: This manufacturer who died in 1868 is remembered for his short-barreled pistols small enough for a pocket or boot Derringer |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | EPONYMS $2,000 (Daily Double): This type of airtight seal comes from the Greek name of the Egyptian god of learning, known for magical powers hermetic |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: On November 21, 1620 41 male passengers signed this document while anchored at a Massachusetts harbor the Mayflower Compact |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | CELEBRITY DAUGHTERS & FATHERS $800: Mira & Paul Sorvino |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | MO"V"IES $800: Reese Witherspoon played Becky Sharp in Mira Nair's 2004 film of this Thackeray novel Vanity Fair |
| #7876, aired 2018-12-03 | "MIRA", MIRA $200: This naval officer commands a fleet an admiral |
| #7876, aired 2018-12-03 | "MIRA", MIRA $400: The property of making sour foods taste sweet gives this berry its wondrous name a miracle berry |
| #7876, aired 2018-12-03 | "MIRA", MIRA $600: This 9-letter verb means to inform an arrested suspect of his rights Mirandize |
| #7876, aired 2018-12-03 | "MIRA", MIRA $800: The famous check-in area of this Vegas hotel is seen here the Mirage |
| #7876, aired 2018-12-03 | "MIRA", MIRA $1000: In 1985 this airline began with 2 jets flying out of Dubai Emirates |
| #5216, aired 2007-04-23 | THE STARS $400: They are stars with large radii for their mass & temperature; Mira is a red one giants |
| #5021, aired 2006-06-12 | WOMEN DIRECTING WOMEN $1200: Mira Nair had "Hysterical Blindness" before directing Reese Witherspoon in this Thackeray film Vanity Fair |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | THESPIAN-"O" $1600: Mira's dad, he played Henry Kissinger in 1995's "Nixon" Paul Sorvino |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | ACTRESSES $1200: She thanked her father Paul when she won a 1995 Oscar for her role in "Mighty Aphrodite" Mira Sorvino |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | ACTORS PLAYING ACTORS $400: Ashley Judd, Catherine Hicks & Mira Sorvino have all played this sex symbol in TV movies or miniseries Marilyn Monroe |
| #4091, aired 2002-05-20 | CALLING ALL PAULS $800: Mira's proud papa Paul Sorvino |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS $200: Daughter of supporting player Paul, she won the 1995 Supporting Actress Oscar for "Mighty Aphrodite" Mira Sorvino |
| #3090, aired 1998-01-23 | FILM DIRECTORS $300: The recent film from Mira Nair, the director of "Salaam Bombay!", takes its title from this Hindu love manual the Kama Sutra |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | THE MOVIES $400: Pair played by Mira Sorvino & Lisa Kudrow who return to Arizona for their 10-year high school reunion Romy & Michele |
| #3004, aired 1997-09-25 | WOODY ALLEN FILMS $400: In this comedy Allen discovers that a hooker played by Mira Sorvino is the mother of his adopted son Mighty Aphrodite |
| #2821, aired 1996-12-02 | THE 68th OSCARS $100: Paul Sorvino wept with joy when this actress, his daughter won for "Mighty Aphrodite" Mira |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | U.S. ARMY $500: On September 1, 1939, the day the Nazis attacked Poland, he became Army Chief of Staff George Marshall |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: He was elected to the Senate in 1791, defeating Alexander Hamilton's father-in-law Aaron Burr |
| #615, aired 1987-04-17 | EUPHEMISMS $800: In "The Women's Room" Mira finds this euphemism crossed off the toilet door ladies |
