| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | 4 N LANGUAGE $800: "U" know it means not deliberate; I'm sorry, that slip of the tongue was completely this unintentional |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | CURRENT U.S. GOVERNORS $800: He cheers for MLB's Reds in his own state as well as the Asheville, N.C. Tourists minor league team, which his family owns Mike DeWine |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | THE MAN'S PEN NAME $800: N.W. Clerk--a play on Old English for "I know not what scholar"--was a pen name for this creator of Aslan C.S. Lewis |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | PEOPLE FROM THAT STATE $2,600 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 states whose final "S" becomes an "N" to describe their residents (2 of ) Texas, Kansas & Arkansas |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | LANGUAGE ISOLATES $1200: Kutenai is an isolate spoken in the Kootenay region of this Canadian province, near its eastern border with Alberta British Columbia |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1000: One of a twin in the Midwest
S _ _ N _
_ A U _ Saint Paul |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | SILENT N $2000: To represent in drawing of painting; it's 4 letters & you know the last 2 are "mn"-- don't let us down! limn |
| #7442, aired 2017-01-10 | WOMEN POETS $3,000 (Daily Double): "In Exile" & "In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport" are 2 other poems by this woman who was put on a pedestal in N.Y. Emma Lazarus |
| #6975, aired 2015-01-02 | PARENTHETICAL SONG TITLES $400: The Rolling Stones:
"(But I Like It)" "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll" |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | THAT PLACE IS "GRAND"! $2000: Let's dine at this N.D. city on the Red River; yah, it's not far from Fargo & has an Air Force base nearby, dontcha know Grand Forks |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | LONG WALKS ON THE BEACH $400: In 2012 superstorm Sandy battered the boardwalk by this N.J. gambling city but locals want you to know it wasn't destroyed Atlantic City |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | 4 N $800: "U" know it means not deliberate; I'm sorry, that slip of the tongue was completely this unintentional |
| #6034, aired 2010-12-02 | YOU KNOW THAT SONG $1200: ...this Joan Jett song... it was No. 1 for 7 weeks in '82... told us to "put another dime in the jukebox, baby" "I Love Rock 'N Roll" |
| #5835, aired 2010-01-15 | "N" GAME $2000: The hamlets of Igluligaarjuk, Qamani'tuaq & Ikaluktutiak are in this newest Canadian territory Nunavut |
| #5657, aired 2009-03-24 | THINK YOU KNOW BASEBALL? $1200: The New York Yankees have won 26 World Series titles; these N.L. birds are a distant second, with 10 the Cardinals |
| #5550, aired 2008-10-24 | THE UNITED NATIONS $200: (Richard Roth reads from the U.N.) You'll fit right in here at the U.N. if you know either of these 2 languages, the predominant ones used for daily communication & signage English & French |
| #5067, aired 2006-09-26 | NAMES YOU SHOULD KNOW $1,000 (Daily Double): Let's "Z" about this German-born publisher of the N.Y. Weekly Journal, acquitted of libel in 1735 (John Peter) Zenger |
| #4965, aired 2006-03-24 | AMERICANA $800: You don't have to be in spitting distance to know that N.C. has 3 official festivals; 2 of them honor this fruit the watermelon |
| #4815, aired 2005-07-08 | MAKING THE CUT $100 (Daily Double): This cut's name derives from a N.Y. liquor establishment & contains the tenderloin & the top loin muscle porterhouse |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | "N" THE KNOW $400: Derived from Yiddish, it means to snack, or the snack itself nosh |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | "N" THE KNOW $800: This long sought-after route was finally traversed between 1903 & 1906 by Roald Amundsen the Northwest Passage |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | "N" THE KNOW $1200: It's the French word we use for a slight or delicate difference in color or meaning nuance |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | "N" THE KNOW $1600: One of these fuzzy regions in space might say "pardon my dust"; it's nothing more than dust & gases a nebula |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | "N" THE KNOW $2000: In the novel "1984", it's the official language of Oceania Newspeak |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | OH, THE THINGS I KNOW! $800: About her possible entry into politics, the N.Y. Post ran the 1993 headline "Senator Yentl" Barbra Streisand |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $1200: If you've run for student body president you should know how to spell... C-A-M-P-A-I-G-N |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | I PROTEST! $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Plaza Hotel.) In protest of the Oak Room's men-only lunch policy, this organization staged a sit-in at the Plaza on February 12, 1969 N.O.W. (the National Organization for Women) |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | SPELLING BEE $1000: The name of the Greek goddess of vengeance, it now means an opponent or rival who can't be overcome N-E-M-E-S-I-S |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | MOVIE REVIEWS $500 (Daily Double): The N.Y. Daily News played on a line from "On The Waterfront" in its review of this Joan Allen political drama The Contender |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER $300: In 1998 this Mideast group got its status at the U.N. upgraded PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | SPELL IT OUT $200: A sexy 60-year-old would know how to spell... S-E-X-A-G-E-N-A-R-I-A-N |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | SPELL CHECK $2,100 (Daily Double): Overflow with knowledge & spell... C-O-R-N-U-C-O-P-I-A |
| #3140, aired 1998-04-03 | THE ROCK $400: It's nice to know the granite-like rock pronounced "nice" is spelled this way G-N-E-I-S-S |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: When you eat in a deli, you should know "deli" is short for this word D-E-L-I-C-A-T-E-S-S-E-N |
| #1872, aired 1992-10-27 | STATE CAPITALS $400: Cable TV viewers know the first "N" in TNN stands for this state capital Nashville |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SPELLING $800: If you have a high I.Q., you know the "Q." in I.Q. stands for this Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T |
| #1709, aired 1992-01-23 | HOBBIES $500: If you're into vexillology, you'll know the U.N. recently added some new ones of these out front flags |
| #5, aired 1990-07-14 | COMMUNICATIONS $1500: U Thant spoke to the U.N. general assembly in English, although this was his native tongue Burmese |
| #899, aired 1988-06-30 | NORTH DAKOTANS $700 (Daily Double): Growing up in N.D. she was Norma Delores Egstrom, but had the following hit under this name:
"Never know how much I love you / Never know how much I care..." Peggy Lee |
| #608, aired 1987-04-08 | AMERICAN INDIANS $600: It's said our union of states may have been patterned after this 6-tribe league centered in N.Y. the Iroquois |
| #591, aired 1987-03-16 | WILD WEST $800: At Old Adobe Hotel in Hot Springs, N.M., July 27, 1879, these 2 legendary outlaws met over dinner Jesse James and Billy the Kid |
| #282, aired 1985-10-08 | ROCK 'N ROLL $500 (Daily Double): "Material" girls who sang the following:
"Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang..." The Chiffons |
| #179, aired 1985-05-16 | "FRED"s $300 (Daily Double): Rock 'n' roll star who did this version of a 1922 jazz hit:
"Well, way down yonder in New Orleans / In the land of the dreamy scenes / There's a Garden of Eden, / Ah, you know what I mean" Freddy Cannon |
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