#9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 13-LETTER WORDS $2000: The international museum for this in Maine has exhibits on Bigfoot & the Loch Ness Monster cryptozoology |
#9049, aired 2024-02-29 | "LIKE"NESS $400: This series that premiered in 2021 is billed as "a new chapter of 'Sex & the City"' And Just Like That |
#9049, aired 2024-02-29 | "LIKE"NESS $800: P!nk is backed up by columns of flame when she performs this 2016 hit in concert "Just Like Fire" |
#9049, aired 2024-02-29 | "LIKE"NESS $1200: In 2002 Tony Curtis toured in a stage version of this film comedy in which he co-starred years earlier Some Like It Hot |
#9049, aired 2024-02-29 | "LIKE"NESS $1600: Fittingly, it was in the year of the USA's bicentennial that Steve Miller put out the album with this soaring title track "Fly Like An Eagle" |
#9049, aired 2024-02-29 | "LIKE"NESS $2000: In song, "You really know how to dance", among other qualities "What I Like About You" |
#8987, aired 2023-12-05 | A PARANORMAL CATEGORY $600: In the 1930s the Daily Mail printed Robert Wilson's now-famous photo that purported to show its head & neck the Loch Ness Monster |
#8962, aired 2023-10-31 | HMMM, I WONDER $1,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, Champ is the name of this lake's version of Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster Lake Champlain |
#8935, aired 2023-09-22 | SCOTLAND $200: Built in the 13th century, Urquhart Castle is found on the shore of this--wait, did you guys see something in the water? Loch Ness |
#9, aired 2023-05-15 | NICKNAMES $200: Because they couldn't be bribed, Eliot Ness & his team of agents were nicknamed this "the Untouchables" |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Reports of a "monster" inhabiting this Scottish lake go back to at least the 6th century; so far, it has eluded sonar detection Loch Ness |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | THE AFTER PARTY $200: You are... not the father! Or maybe you are! Time to take this "test" that determines biological dad-ness paternity |
#8714, aired 2022-10-06 | U.K. GEOGRAPHY $400: In Scotland, the 2 largest of these Gaelic-named bodies are Lomond & Ness loch |
#8586, aired 2022-02-28 | AROUND THE WORLD $1200: Norway's main Antarctic research station bears the name of this mythic creature of Scandinavian folklore a troll |
#8541, aired 2021-12-27 | GEOGRAPHY $1200: The north end of this 23-mile-long tourist-attracting lake is near Moray Firth & the Culloden Battlefield Loch Ness |
#8478, aired 2021-09-29 | WEBCAMS $200: Via a webcam in the north of Scotland, keep an eye out for this legendary creature in its watery abode the Loch Ness Monster |
#8434, aired 2021-07-01 | NONFICTION $600: "Over the Top" is a memoir by JVN, short for this grooming expert on Netflix's "Queer Eye" Jonathan Van Ness |
#8399, aired 2021-05-13 | FROM TV SHOW TO FILM $400: On both TV & film Eliot Ness & "The Untouchables" battled ruthless mobsters in this city Chicago |
#8335, aired 2021-02-12 | VALLEY $400: Glen Mor, or "great valley" in Gaelic, widens to form this highland lake famous for a legendary creature Loch Ness |
#8295, aired 2020-12-04 | MISCELLANY $400: It was supposedly captured on film in 1934 the Loch Ness Monster |
#8293, aired 2020-12-02 | ALLITERATIVE TV SHOWS $400: The fried chicken franchise "Los Pollos Hermanos" was a front for nefarious fowl-ness on this show Breaking Bad |
#8216, aired 2020-05-18 | THEY DIDN'T SURVIVE THE FILM $800: In this 1987 film Sean Connery as lawman Jimmy Malone dies operatically; Eliot Ness avenges him on a rooftop The Untouchables |
#8030, aired 2019-07-05 | WE MEAN BID-NESS $200: Bids for this co.'s HQ2 included Atlanta's offer of a dedicated MARTA train car & a (joking) offer to rename Calgary Amazon |
#8030, aired 2019-07-05 | WE MEAN BID-NESS $400: This city's winning Olympic bid wanted to "bring the games... to a country with one-fifth of the world's population" Beijing |
#8030, aired 2019-07-05 | WE MEAN BID-NESS $600: "Only one for sale, as I need the other one to live"; in 1999 bids got up to $5 million for a kidney before this site stopped things eBay |
#8030, aired 2019-07-05 | WE MEAN BID-NESS $800: Comcast made a bid for this studio, but in 2018 Disney's offer of over $70 billion won out Fox |
#8030, aired 2019-07-05 | WE MEAN BID-NESS $1000: Lance Bass wanted the "Brady Bunch" house but his bid was out of sync & topped by this TV network that's all about houses HGTV |
#7991, aired 2019-05-13 | WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE $400: This "monstrous" Scottish lake contains an island that in the 15th century was home to a castle Loch Ness |
#7944, aired 2019-03-07 | STEAMED PUNK $1000: In 2018 this band's frontman Mike Ness was accused of anti-socially punching out a heckler at a Sacramento show Social Distortion |
#7927, aired 2019-02-12 | FAMOUS "N"AMES $1200: Name but don't touch this man, hired to head the Chicago Prohibition Bureau in 1929 (Eliot) Ness |
#7885, aired 2018-12-14 | MYTHICAL TAXONOMY $200: Nessiteras rhombopteryx has been suggested as a scientific name for this Scottish creature the Loch Ness monster |
#7781, aired 2018-06-11 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BOOKS $800: "Hunting Monsters" takes a scientific look at the myths behind creatures like Bigfoot, dragons & this "plesiosaur" the Loch Ness Monster |
#7736, aired 2018-04-09 | LANDMARKS $800: Cherry Island is in this Scottish lake that has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain Loch Ness |
#7300, aired 2016-05-13 | EERIE $600: Using sonar, even deeper parts of this largest freshwater lake in Britain have been found; make room for plesiosaurs! Loch Ness |
#7266, aired 2016-03-28 | CHICAGO TV $1600: The 1950s drama "The Untouchables" was based on a memoir of the same name written by this Chicago g-man Elliot Ness |
#7201, aired 2015-12-28 | 2 Ys $2000: This 13-letter word refers to the study of creatures like the Yeti or the Loch Ness Monster cryptozoology |
#7106, aired 2015-07-06 | LET'S VISIT SCOTLAND $200: The staid Encyclopedia Britannica says this lake "is said to be inhabited by an aquatic monster" Loch Ness |
#6874, aired 2014-07-03 | BORN IN THE USA $1000: This Chicago law man who enforced Prohibition ran for Cleveland mayor
in 1947; here endeth the lesson (Eliot) Ness |
#6798, aired 2014-03-19 | LEGEND $400: G.K. Chesterton said, "Many a man has been hanged on less evidence than there is for" this Scottish legend the Loch Ness monster |
#6629, aired 2013-06-13 | "NESS" $400: An uninhabited natural region wilderness |
#6629, aired 2013-06-13 | "NESS" $800: If you "lose" this, you pass out consciousness |
#6629, aired 2013-06-13 | "NESS" $1200: For his pleasant disposition, NFL running back Walter Payton was dubbed this "Sweetness" |
#6629, aired 2013-06-13 | "NESS" $1600: In 2011 the FCC abandoned this doctrine that required equal time for opposing political views Fairness Doctrine |
#6629, aired 2013-06-13 | "NESS" $2000: In 1931 the religious group called the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society adopted this new name Jehovah's Witnesses |
#6593, aired 2013-04-24 | EUROPEAN LAKES $400: This resident of a lake in the Scottish Highlands is purportedly seen here the Loch Ness monster |
#6472, aired 2012-11-06 | A YEAR IN THE LIFE $800: 1933:
This "Untouchable" is in charge of the Treasury Department's alcohol-tax unit Eliot Ness |
#6451, aired 2012-10-08 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: Whether Lomond or Ness, it's a word for "lake" in Scotland loch |
#6353, aired 2012-04-11 | AN "UN"CATEGORY $600: A member of the Dalit caste in India, or Eliot Ness in Chicago the Untouchables |
#6165, aired 2011-06-03 | THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO $400: This tourist haven on the waterfront of the city is roughly bounded by Kearney & Bay Streets & Van Ness Ave. Fisherman's Wharf |
#6087, aired 2011-02-15 | LITERARY CHARACTER APB $600: Wanted for general evil-ness; last seen at the Tower of Barad-Dur; it's a giant eye, folks. Kinda hard to miss Sauron |
#5752, aired 2009-09-22 | LEGENDARY CREATURES $1200: The last major attempt to find this monster was in 1987 when 20 cruisers swept the water with sonar Nessie (or the Loch Ness Monster) |
#5741, aired 2009-07-20 | BELIEVE $1200: Last time I was fishing in Scotland I hooked this large, ancient plesiosaur & she got away with my best lure Nessie (the Loch Ness Monster) |
#5690, aired 2009-05-08 | A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS $200: Baylor,
Stephen F. Austin,
Rice Texas |
#5690, aired 2009-05-08 | A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS $400: Antioch,
Bowling Green,
Kent State Ohio |
#5690, aired 2009-05-08 | A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS $600: DePaul,
Wheaton,
Northwestern Illinois |
#5690, aired 2009-05-08 | A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS $800: Wayne State,
Kalamazoo College, Madonna University (it's Franciscan Catholic, not Material Girl) Michigan |
#5690, aired 2009-05-08 | A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS $1000: Grambling,
McNeese State,
Southern Louisiana |
#5641, aired 2009-03-02 | LIVING IN "L" $800: This Scottish body of water is the largest freshwater lake by volume in Great Britain Loch Ness |
#5593, aired 2008-12-24 | RAIDERS $400: On raids, Ness' Untouchables welcomed members of this profession, even those from the Tribune the press (reporters accepted) |
#5543, aired 2008-10-15 | AT THE MOVIES $800: The "Legend of the Deep" in this 2007 film is a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish myth The Water Horse |
#5389, aired 2008-01-31 | CANALS $1600: 1/3 of Scotland's Caledonian Canal is manmade; the rest consists of 3 connected lakes: Loch Lochy, Loch Oich & this one Loch Ness |
#5380, aired 2008-01-18 | SEEK $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2003 the BBC did an extensive sonar search for this creature, first reported in 565 A.D. the Loch Ness Monster |
#5128, aired 2006-12-20 | THE "O"NLY VOWEL $200: Scottish word preceding Lomond or Ness Loch |
#5056, aired 2006-09-11 | NON-BOND CONNERY $800: 1987:
Sean helps Eliot Ness bag Capone The Untouchables |
#5045, aired 2006-07-14 | FRUITLESS SEARCHES $800: In 1987 a sonar exploration of this body of water found something big, but it may have been a school of salmon Loch Ness |
#4984, aired 2006-04-20 | HERALDIC BEASTS $1600: Wearing a gold collar & chain in the U.K.'s coat of arms, this mythical beast represents Scotland the unicorn |
#4979, aired 2006-04-13 | "FIT"NESS $200: It's where you try on clothes in a store a fitting room |
#4979, aired 2006-04-13 | "FIT"NESS $400: This is the surplus left to an employer after deducting wages, rent & cost of raw materials profit |
#4979, aired 2006-04-13 | "FIT"NESS $600: This legendary early film director had the given names David Wark D.W. Griffith |
#4979, aired 2006-04-13 | "FIT"NESS $1000: Duck or goose cooked & preserved in its own fat confit |
#4979, aired 2006-04-13 | "FIT"NESS $3,000 (Daily Double): Greek mercenaries used a Cypriot dialect to put this on the Sphinx graffiti |
#4930, aired 2006-02-03 | AMERICAN IMAGES $1000: Though this writer was born in England, you might have a sense of his American-ness Thomas Paine |
#4927, aired 2006-01-31 | UNFORGIVEN $200: AKA Panchamas, these people were called "children of God" by Gandhi; Eliot Ness was another type an untouchable |
#4912, aired 2006-01-10 | A STATE OF DELAWARE-NESS $200: Delaware is the second-smallest state; only this state has a smaller area Rhode Island |
#4912, aired 2006-01-10 | A STATE OF DELAWARE-NESS $400: Founded in 1683 by William Penn, this city was officially laid out in 1717 over an area of 125 acres Dover |
#4912, aired 2006-01-10 | A STATE OF DELAWARE-NESS $600: Barratt's Chapel in Delaware is the USA's oldest surviving church of this denomination founded by Wesley Methodism |
#4912, aired 2006-01-10 | A STATE OF DELAWARE-NESS $800: An IRA named for this longtime Delaware senator was created in 1998 (William) Roth |
#4912, aired 2006-01-10 | A STATE OF DELAWARE-NESS $1000: In 1609 he became the first European to explore the Delaware area Hudson |
#4849, aired 2005-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: This "monstrous" Scottish lake has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain Loch Ness |
#4762, aired 2005-04-26 | MOVIE PORTRAYALS $400: In "The Untouchables", Kevin Costner portrayed this federal agent who helped bring down Capone Eliot Ness |
#4752, aired 2005-04-12 | HODGEPODGE, B'GOSH $600: On April 19, 1906 dynamiting to create a firebreak on Van Ness Ave. was tried to contain the blaze sweeping this city San Francisco |
#4682, aired 2005-01-04 | TAKE THE KIDS! $800: Take the kids to Drumnadrochit to see the exhibition devoted to this beast, then go outside & search for it yourself the Loch Ness monster |
#4565, aired 2004-06-11 | "TOUCH" ME $400: Eliot Ness' team of lawmen the Untouchables |
#4519, aired 2004-04-08 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Elusive Scottish lake critter that doubles as a large 4-wheeled car-crushing pickup the Loch Ness Monster truck |
#4483, aired 2004-02-18 | DINOSAURS $400: Some speculate that this "monster" of Scotland may be an aquatic dinosaur known as a Plesiosaur the Loch Ness monster |
#4462, aired 2004-01-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Famous for its monster, it forms part of the Caledonian Canal Loch Ness |
#4359, aired 2003-07-10 | HMMM, I WONDER $1000: Appropriately, Champ is the name of this lake's version of Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster Lake Champlain |
#4155, aired 2002-09-27 | ORGANIZED CRIME $200: In 1929 Eliot Ness took charge of a team that was created to bring down this mobster Al Capone |
#4134, aired 2002-07-18 | KEVIN COSTNER FILMS $200: Straight arrow Eliot Ness The Untouchables |
#4079, aired 2002-05-02 | MONSTERS INC. $400: The first known report of this Scottish lake dweller dates from 565 A.D. the Loch Ness Monster |
#4010, aired 2002-01-25 | EERIE $600: Its image was supposedly captured in the photo seen here Loch Ness Monster |
#3990, aired 2001-12-28 | I'M TALL ENOUGH TO RIDE THAT! $1000: You must be 48" tall to ride the Busch Gardens roller coaster named for this Scottish "Monster" Loch Ness |
#3919, aired 2001-09-20 | IF THEY MARRIED... $1000: If Clint's ex Sondra wed "Untouchable" Eliot, hyphenated her name & then wed TV character Herman, she'd be... Locke-Ness-Munster |
#3843, aired 2001-04-25 | HOLLYWOOD $600: David Mamet wrote the screenplay for this 1987 film about Eliot Ness & Co. The Untouchables |
#3819, aired 2001-03-22 | DISTURBIN' LEGENDS $600: Texas' Lake Worth one is less well known than Scotland's Loch Ness one monster |
#3792, aired 2001-02-13 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Much of Scotland's Caledonian Canal is formed by Loch Lochy & this other "monstrous" loch Loch Ness |
#3777, aired 2001-01-23 | THE BOYS IN BLUE $300: Robert Stack & Kevin Costner have both played this crusading T-Man Eliot Ness |
#3697, aired 2000-10-03 | THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS $1000: This large dinosaur-like creature possibly lives in a large Scottish lake near Inverness the Loch Ness Monster |
#3575, aired 2000-03-03 | BRIEF BIOS $1000: Born 1903, untouchable in Chicago, cleaned up Cleveland, died 1957 Eliot Ness |
#3523, aired 1999-12-22 | IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT $200: This legendary creature lives in deep water in Scotland's Great Glen Fault Loch Ness Monster |
#3485, aired 1999-10-29 | MONSTER MASH $200: On June 17, 1998 at 5:00 A.M. it was sighted by 4 men in Scotland who reported a "large object with long tail" Loch Ness Monster |
#3440, aired 1999-07-16 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: "Waste Land" poet who gave up writing to become an "Untouchable" cop T.S. Eliot Ness |
#3334, aired 1999-02-18 | "N" THE ATLAS $100: Ask any monster how to get to this loch just southwest of Inverness Loch Ness |
#3261, aired 1998-11-09 | THE UNTOUCHABLES $200: Eliot Ness was born in this city, where he would later rise to crimefighting fame Chicago |
#3261, aired 1998-11-09 | THE UNTOUCHABLES $600: "Wallpaper" Wolff, the last surviving Untouchable, helped this actor prepare to play Eliot Ness in the 1987 film Kevin Costner |
#3261, aired 1998-11-09 | THE UNTOUCHABLES $800: Eliot Ness was hired by the Prohibition bureau in 1929, the same year as this holiday bloodletting the St. Valentine's Day Massacre |
#3234, aired 1998-10-01 | "U" BETCHA! $400: Eliot Ness & his men were nicknamed this because they couldn't be bought "The Untouchables" |
#3194, aired 1998-06-18 | 1980s FILM FACTS $400: As Eliot Ness, Kevin Costner cleaned up the mess in Chicago in this 1987 film The Untouchables |
#3186, aired 1998-06-08 | ICE CREAM $400: Minty Python & Choc Ness Monster were suggestions for this company's new British flavor Ben & Jerry's |
#3135, aired 1998-03-27 | UNSOLVED MYSTERIES $300: Some investigators believe that this coy lassie might be a plesiosaur the Loch Ness Monster |
#3009, aired 1997-10-02 | HISTORY'S MYSTERIES $100: In 1961 a phenomena investigation bureau was set up to find proof of this Scottish lake's "monster" Loch Ness |
#2963, aired 1997-06-18 | PROHIBITION $100: Eliot Ness formed the "Untouchables" to rid this city of Al Capone Chicago |
#2872, aired 1997-02-11 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Reports of this Scottish lake being inhabited by a monster date back to the 6th century Loch Ness |
#2812, aired 1996-11-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,500 (Daily Double): Numerous islands lie within this lake, Scotland's largest Loch Lomond |
#2810, aired 1996-11-15 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Loch Ness & Loch Lochy form much of this country's Caledonian Canal Scotland |
#2572, aired 1995-11-07 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $100: This narrow lake, part of Scotland's Caledonian Canal, is home to a famous monster Loch Ness |
#2520, aired 1995-07-14 | CLASSIC TELEVISION $200: Van Heflin was offered this role in "The Untouchables"; Robert Stack took the part Eliot Ness |
#2323, aired 1994-10-12 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: This leader of the "Untouchables" later cleaned up Cleveland, Ohio Eliot Ness |
#2306, aired 1994-09-19 | LEGENDS OF THE WORLD $200: This world-famous lake monster has often been "seen" near Urquhart Castle the Loch Ness Monster |
#2274, aired 1994-06-23 | LAKES $200: This "monstrous" Scottish lake forms part of the Caledonian Canal Loch Ness |
#2239, aired 1994-05-05 | MONSTERS $100: It's affectionately known as Nessie the Loch Ness Monster |
#2180, aired 1994-02-11 | 20th CENTURY TRIVIA $200: He headed the Prohibition unit nicknamed "The Untouchables" Eliot Ness |
#2044, aired 1993-06-24 | LAKES $200: After a road was built along this Scottish lake in the 1930s, monster sightings increased Loch Ness |
#1844, aired 1992-09-17 | LEFTOVERS $100: Some folks say there's a whole breeding colony
of huge creatures in this Scottish lake, not just one Loch Ness |
#1582, aired 1991-06-18 | ZOOLOGY $100: Though it's been given the scientific name Nessiteras rhombopteryx, many still doubt its existence the Loch Ness Monster |
#1529, aired 1991-04-04 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: This Scottish lake was first reported to be inhabited by a monster in the 5th century A.D. Loch Ness |
#1439, aired 1990-11-29 | SCOTLAND $600: While Loch Ness has more water, this is the largest lake in area in Scotland Loch Lomond |
#1368, aired 1990-07-11 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: The largest mass of fresh water in Great Britain, it lies in the great glen that bisects the Highlands Loch Ness |
#1209, aired 1989-11-30 | STARTS WITH "L" $200: The most elusive creature we know, its nickname is Nessie the Loch Ness Monster |
#1122, aired 1989-06-20 | ANIMALS $100: The mysterious ogopogo is Canada's equivalent to this legendary Scottish creature the Loch Ness Monster |
#1022, aired 1989-01-31 | TV TRIVIA $200: City in which Robert Stack's Eliot Ness was based Chicago |
#818, aired 1988-03-09 | EUROPE $400: This creature could be 1,422 years old, since it was 1st sighted in Scotland in 565 A.D. the Loch Ness Monster |
#659, aired 1987-06-18 | ANIMALS $200: Using sonar, the search resumed for this creature October 12, 1986 the Loch Ness Monster |
#626, aired 1987-05-04 | GRAMMAR $200: Of "-ness", "-ing" or "-ly", suffix which, when added to "like", will cause it to lose the "E" -ing |
#597, aired 1987-03-24 | TELEVISION $100: Van Johnson & Van Heflin turned down this role made famous by Robert Stack Eliot Ness |
#294, aired 1985-10-24 | NOTORIOUS $400: When he arrested Alvin Karpis, public enemy #1, in 1936, he forgot to bring his handcuffs J. Edgar Hoover |
#158, aired 1985-04-17 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $200: Controversy has raged since 6th century over this unknown creature in a Scottish "lake" the Loch Ness Monster |