| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | "T.P." $1000: It precedes "Memo" in the title of a political news website Talking Points |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | '70s TV DRAMA $400: Ed Asner moved from TV news on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" to working in this form of media on "Lou Grant" a newspaper |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $400: Mr. Harrelson
& an insect sound associated with titillating news Woody & buzz |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $800: Menander, known for his comedic plays, wrote that "Marriage, if one will face the truth, is" this, "but a necessary" this an evil |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | TAILOR'S VERSION $600: This method fixes holes using needle & thread without patches; it was news when Grace Coolidge was seen doing it to Calvin's socks darning |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FEELING JITTERY $400: If you're this, you're tense with excitement, you're over-caffeinated or you're a technology news magazine wired |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | IN YOUR ELEMENT $800: K:
This Russian news agency TASS (in poTASSium) |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $200: A 1992 Pulitzer went to the Morning News of this city for its reporting on extensive misconduct by Texas police Dallas |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $400: This holy object has been sought by knights in ancient legend & much more recently by Graham Chapman the Holy Grail |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $800: Odds are you know this team led the NHL's Western Conference in points with 111 in the 2022-23 season the Golden Knights |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $1200: This "colorful" poem dates to the 14th century & includes the main character being tempted by a lord's wife Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $1600: An equestrian knight is the longtime logo of this British brand known for its trench coats Burberry |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $2000: Jacques de Molay was the last grand master of this religious military order founded in the 1100s the Knights Templar |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | DECADES $400: The Philadelphia Daily News used this alliterative term for a decade long before miniskirts took over London the Swinging Sixties |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | MEMORY $800: A vivid memory of learning big news is a this "memory", named for a lighting accessory of mid-20th century news photography flashbulb |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $200: This songwriter did not compose "God Bless Cuba", where his 20-year-old wife fell fatally ill on their honeymoon Irving Berlin |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $400: A 10,000-talent funeral pyre--we can only assume that was expensive--burned in 324 B.C. for Hephaestion, a dear pal of this leader Alexander the Great |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $600: This grief-stricken actor kept a vigil until rescue teams recovered his wife Carole Lombard's remains after a 1942 plane crash Clark Gable |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $800: After this 19th c. royal was widowed, the "nightly longing to die... for the first 3 years never left"; nearly 47 remained Queen Victoria |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $1000: This British author kept 2 initials & a 5-letter last name as N.W. Clerk to write "A Grief Observed" about his wife's death C.S. Lewis |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | SILENT H $200: The host of a nightly news telecast, or the last runner in a relay race anchor |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | FULL-COURT PRESS $200: In 2000 the New York Daily News printed "Bush wins" after the Supremes rejected a recount in this state Florida |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | LISA, ANN OR WALTER? $400: Arizona State University's Cronkite School is named after this legendary news anchor Walter (Cronkite) |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WHAT A "DAY" $600: A CBS news special that aired on April 22, 1970 was titled this: "A Question of Survival" Earth Day |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | POLITICS AS UNUSUAL $200: Patrick McHenry was in the news, as he filled in in this job for 3 tumultuous weeks in the fall of 2023 Speaker of the House (pro tem) |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AFRICAN CITIES $2000: Libya's second-largest city, this port on the Mediterranean sadly made international news in 2012 Benghazi |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | NEW JAZZ $1600: A 2023 Hulu doc follows Atlanta musicians fusing jazz with this 4-letter hip-hop subgenre associated with T.I. & Migos trap |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | DIFFERENT SONGS, SAME TITLES $600: Céline Dion,
Huey Lewis & the News
(don't need no credit card to ride this train) "The Power Of Love" |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | REPORTING THE NEWS $400: In 2003 this neurosurgeon of Indian & Pakistani descent reported for CNN in Iraq but also did brain surgery on wounded soldiers (Dr. Sanjay) Gupta |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | REPORTING THE NEWS $800: After a bone marrow transplant, she told viewers on Feb. 20, 2013, "I have been waiting 174 days to say this: Good morning, America!" Robin Roberts |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | REPORTING THE NEWS $1200: Let's go "Face to Face"--this Peabody winner was the first Asian person & the second woman to anchor a major U.S. network newscast (Connie) Chung |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | REPORTING THE NEWS $1600: One of Time's "25 Most Influential Hispanics in the U.S.", he began anchoring "Noticiero Univision" at age 28 in 1986 Jorge Ramos |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | REPORTING THE NEWS $2000: She moderated two vice presidential debates & with Judy Woodruff on PBS, became part of U.S. network broadcasting's first female co-anchor team Gwen Ifill |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $1000: (Jennifer Shahade presents the clue.) 32 of the 34 games in the 1927 Capablanca-Alekhine world championship match began with this opening that was in the news again 93 years later thanks to the fictional Beth Harmon the Queen's Gambit |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | OUT OF CON TEXT $1000: "At last news arrived... that Raskolnikov shunned everybody and that in prison he was unpopular with the convicts" Crime and Punishment |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | HIS 'DO $200: The name of this cut is also the sound of electric clippers; in 2012 Robert Pattinson made news when he got one a buzz cut |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $800: At the end of Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End" this world is destroyed the Earth |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | BY THE NUMBERS $200: Dialing it for directory assistance may be old news, but as slang for "information", this number is still in service 411 |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE $200: Since 2014 Michael Che & Colin Jost have co-hosted this "SNL" sendup of TV news programs Weekend Update |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | BASEBALL MOVIE HAIKU $1200: Lupus & Tanner/ Skilled not inside the diamond/ Buttermaker drinks The Bad News Bears |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES $200: Rocky Balboa has begun training Adonis Johnson; will Adonis have the eye of the tiger? That's up next in sports Creed |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES $400: A crime novelist, dead in his mansion under mysterious circumstances. Benoit Blanc, on the case. Eyewitness News starts now Knives Out |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES $600: 2 musicians dressed like undertakers led police on a wild chase through Chicago. Their car, & many others, did not survive the trip The Blues Brothers |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES $800: A young man from Mumbai won big on a game show tonight; the winning final answer? Aramis, from "The Three Musketeers"! Slumdog Millionaire |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES $1000: An APB is out for a man who escaped a southern chain gang; authorities noted the man's amazing blue eyes & "failure to communicate" Cool Hand Luke |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s $600: Good news! No longer need we say "shedding its leaves at the end of its growing season"--herewith a word for that deciduous |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | AIRPORT STORES $900: Pacific Coast News and Thinking Canada are two stores at YVR, the 3-letter code for an airport serving this major city Vancouver |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE SPORTING NEWS $200: New Orleans is home to this "sweet" bowl game, one of 6 in the College Football Playoff the Sugar Bowl |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE SPORTING NEWS $400: Fans have a hell of a time rooting for this New Jersey NHL franchise the Devils |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE SPORTING NEWS $600: Like Manchester, Newcastle in the north of England has a Premier League soccer club with this all-for-one name United |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE SPORTING NEWS $800: Sydney-born tennis star John Newcombe won Grand Slam singles titles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open & (of course) this the Australian Open |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE SPORTING NEWS $1000: Named for the color of their uniforms, the All Blacks are New Zealand's national team in this, the national sport rugby |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $400: This supersonic aircraft's last commercial flight took place in October 2003 the Concorde |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $800: Promising to increase taxes & cut spending, in 2015 this Mediterranean nation received a 3rd international bailout, $95 billion Greece |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | SCIENCE $1200: Much in the news, FRBs, fast these bursts, emanate from distant galaxies radio |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $1200: The COVID-19 virus was first detected in 2019 in this Chinese city located at the confluence of the Yangtze & Han rivers Wuhan |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $1600: At 11:35 PM EDT May 1, 2011 President Obama announced the death of this man in Pakistan bin Laden |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $2000: In 2022, he became the first Hindu prime minister of the United Kingdom Sunak |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | QUITE A FOX $400: From 2000 to 2006, Vicente Fox was in the news as president of this country Mexico |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | THE FORBES 2023 BILLIONAIRES $600: 2 new faces on the list: this "basketball legend" at $1 billion & this "golf great" at a bit more LeBron & Tiger |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | TV SHOWS $800: Lester Holt is the principal anchor for this NBC newsmagazine & Andrea Canning & Keith Morrison are correspondents Dateline |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | THE ____ OF CANADA $1000: CBC news anchor Peter Mansbridge, who stepped down in 2017: this, after a CBS news anchor who stepped down in 1981 the Walter Cronkite of Canada |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | A BRIDGE TOO FAR $1600: The news on this bridge built in the 1590s is making coffee on the steps by the Grand Canal can get you a hefty fine Rialto Bridge |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | BORN ON THE 5th OF JULY $1000: Here's some news: born July 5, 1950, this singer let us know it was "Hip To Be Square" in '86 Huey Lewis |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NUMBERS IN THE NEWS $200: These numbers are important--the U.N. says world emissions of these must drop 60% by 2035 to limit global warming to 2.7 degrees CO2 emissions (greenhouse gases) |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NUMBERS IN THE NEWS $400: The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank reminded us this is the FDIC deposit insurance limit, but Uncle Sam made good on SVB losses $250,000 |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NUMBERS IN THE NEWS $600: 2022 headlines declared Argentina "El Mejor Once del Mundial de Catar", once being Spanish for this number 11 |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NUMBERS IN THE NEWS $800: In 2023 France raised the retirement age to this, still younger than Social Security's longtime number until 1983 64 |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NUMBERS IN THE NEWS $1000: In the full House of Representatives, you need this many votes to become speaker, as Kevin McCarthy was reminded in 2023 218 |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | LET'S MAKE A MOVIE CROSSOVER! $1200: You stay classy, Kali! A 2004 San Diego news anchorman "&" a 1984 Indiana Jones title structure Ron Burgundy & the Temple of Doom |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | HISTORY HYSTERIA $1,000 (Daily Double): On the Daily News' Oct. 31, 1938 front page: "Fake radio 'war' stirs terror through U.S.", with a picture of this actor Orson Welles |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | 21st CENTURY STUFF $400: Involved in hacking celebrities' phones, the British tabloid News of the World published its last issue July 10, 2011, this day of the week Sunday |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | CITY HAPPENINGS $1600: In 1861 it became both a capital & an ex-capital of the Confederacy; a century later, its buses made national news Montgomery |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS $800: In 2023 a longtime Wash. Post editor wrote, "truth-seeking news media must move beyond" this idea of giving facts without bias objectivity |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | & SCENE $800: Albert Brooks takes flop sweat to a new level when he gets his break as an anchorman in this comedy Broadcast News |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | PODCASTS $400: "Your Money Briefing" & "Tech News Briefing" are podcasts offered through this newspaper that gives you the business the Wall Street Journal |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $200: The summary of recent events aboard a party boat with alcohol booze cruise news |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | DIANE WARREN $2000: (Diane Warren gives the clue.) I honored my own dad for believing in me & my music when I wrote "Because You Love Me" for this film in which Robert Redford played a news director who believed in Michelle Pfeiffer Up Close & Personal |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | THE HISTORIC 1950s $1200: September 1957 is when Gloria Ray & 8 other kids made news by going to Central High in this state capital Little Rock |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | THE HISTORIC 1950s $2000: On the day of this British king's death in 1952, cinemas & theaters closed & the BBC suspended all programs except for the news George VI |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | TV, YOU SAY! $600: This sitcom's Dr. Spaceman, delivering Tracy some tough news: "I don't know how to say this... D.A. but eez?" 30 Rock |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | THE MORNING AFTER $200: April 16, 1912 morning editions of some newspapers reported that this had been saved; later editions had worse news the Titanic |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | IT HAPPENED IN ASIA $1600: Seen here in late 1979 is this building in Tehran that was at the center of news for the next year plus the U.S. Embassy |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | DOCUMENTARY SUBJECTS $400: The CBS crew, not a news team but this kind of street artists, are the subject of "Can't Be Stopped" graffiti artists |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | NUTS TO YOU! $1000: The Pará nut, aka this nation nut, is high in protein &, in non-edible news, its oil is used in shampoos & skin care products Brazil |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | REPETITIVE MUSIC $200: "Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today" & I want one of you to be a part of it, this song, this song "New York, New York" |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | SCIENCE NEWS $400: It was the "A" in NASA's DART, which hit the bullseye on one in 2022--maybe saving us from planetary doom one day asteroid |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | SCIENCE NEWS $800: Following a bone marrow transplant, in 2019 a patient was declared free of this virus, for only the second time ever the AIDS virus (HIV) |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | SCIENCE NEWS $1200: Gene-edited versions of the embryonic type of these cells have helped geckos regrow their tails more perfectly stem cells |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | SCIENCE NEWS $1600: In 2019 the IAU announced the discovery of 20 new moons of this planet, putting it 3 ahead of Jupiter's total Saturn |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | SCIENCE NEWS $2000: An Australian study found that forests of these trees that grow around swamps & coastlines expand & contract with a 19-year lunar cycle mangroves |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ESPIONAGE GLOSSARY $200: 003, here's your this, a compilation of documents about your next target; the Steele one was in the news in 2017 a dossier |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | MACHINES $1000: A company called Dominion filed suit claiming it was defamed by news reports about these machines voting machines |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | STARTS OR ENDS WITH X $2000: Much in the news in recent years, this largest administrative unit of China is the homeland of the Uyghur people Xinjiang |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | TAKE THE FIFTH $1600: Traditional news media are said to be the "fourth" this, while nontraditional media are the "fifth" estate |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THE "A" LIST $400: To avoid a libel lawsuit, news stories about someone accused of a crime use this word meaning "accused" alleged |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | 21st CENTURY BESTSELLERS $200: A 2022 biography of this LIV Golf participant made news pre-publication with its quotes from him Mickelson |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | STANFORD ATHLETICS $200: (Haley Jones presents the clue.) In 2018, I signed my Stanford letter of intent on national TV; in 1993, it made news when this teenager, already playing PGA Tour events, declared he was going to Stanford Tiger Woods |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | NUMBER, PLEASE $800: The non-profit, non-partisan news service known as "The" this number covers the state of U.S. education 74 |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | BRIDGE $800: In "The Merchant of Venice", Solanio asks, "Now, what news on" this bridge & shopping area the Rialto |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | WORDS & PHRASES: IMMEDIATELY! $600: It's this phrase that says if something isn't done immediately, it won't ever happen; in related news, "my love won't wait" It's now or never |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | NEWS MAKERS & WRITERS '22 $400: Profession of Pat Cipollone ("Patsy Baloney" to some), who testified on July 8 to the January 6 Committee lawyer (White House Counsel) |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | NEWS MAKERS & WRITERS '22 $800 (Daily Double): Turkish President Erdogan got enough concessions to drop his opposition to letting Sweden & Finland do this join NATO |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | NEWS MAKERS & WRITERS '22 $800: Queen Elizabeth II's last appearance was to appoint this woman as the 15th prime minister of her majesty's reign Liz Truss |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | NEWS MAKERS & WRITERS '22 $1600: Josh Gerstein of this news organization-o got the big leaked Supreme Court draft opinion story of the year Politico |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | NEWS MAKERS & WRITERS '22 $2000: California Governor Gavin Newsom denied parole to this man guilty of a 1968 assassination Sirhan Sirhan |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | THE WAIT OF THE WORLD $1000: Peter Sagal started as a panelist before hosting this weekly NPR news quiz Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | 2022 SPORTS NEWS $200: On the heels of the Winter Olympics, the 2022 Paralympics were held in this city Beijing |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | 2022 SPORTS NEWS $400: Because they refused to do this, Novak Djokovic missed the Australian Open & Kyrie Irving missed Nets home games get vaccinated |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | 2022 SPORTS NEWS $600: At the WNBA All-Star Game both teams wore the uniform of this star, then on trial in Russia (Brittney) Griner |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | 2022 SPORTS NEWS $800: This Midwestern hoops powerhouse showed its mettle, besting North Carolina in a March Madness title thriller Kansas |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | 2022 SPORTS NEWS $1000: Washington, D.C.'s NFL team "took charge" of their future, choosing this as their new team name Commanders |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: Normally a dozy institution, this 105-member upper house of Parliament was news in 2012 with a housing expenses scandal the Senate |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $200: (Sheena Parveen of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) At San Diego’s Grant Hotel back in 1970, sci-fi master Ray Bradbury & superhero artist Jack Kirby, greeted the 300 fans who attended the first of these; now, it’s an annual event drawing more than 130,000 each year Comic-Con |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $400: (Dagmar Midcap of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) On April 8, 2004, the Padres beat the Giants in the first Major League game at this ball park, a centerpiece of San Diego’s newly revitalized downtown Petco |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $600: (Sheena Parveen of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) In 1986, the San Diego Museum of Arts mounted the first ever retrospective exhibit for this longtime La Jolla resident who had recently been named one of San Diego’s living treasures Dr. Seuss |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $800: (Dagmar Midcap of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) In 1969, the U.S. Navy opened its Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Program at Air Station Miramar, better known as this school that inspired a 1986 movie title TOPGUN |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Dagmar Midcap of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) In February 1983, Queen Elizabeth visited San Diego, stopping in Balboa Park to unveil a statue of William Shakespeare at this theater, named for the historic one in London where many of Shakespeare’s plays were first performed the Globe |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | WORD ORIGINS $1,200 (Daily Double): This dog breed gets its name from the German for "nose" or "muzzle" Schnauzer |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | ECONOMICS $800: This word can precede curve, side & chain; problems with the latter were in the news in 2022 supply |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | MY PERSONAL QUOTATION DEVICE $1000: 21st century news quote time: Him in 2001--"We stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy" Blair |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TV FACTOIDS $1000: This daytime talk show host seen here once worked as a morning TV news anchor in Chicago Tamron Hall |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | MILWAUKEE: NEWS CLUES $200: (Mike Strehlow of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) Years that end in 3 & 8 bring out big celebrations of this company; in 2018, its 115th birthday bash had 6,500 riders roaring down Wisconsin Avenue Harley-Davidson |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | MILWAUKEE: NEWS CLUES $400: (Mike Curkov of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) In 1969, Milwaukee Bucks management was excited to introduce this new player who soon led the team to its first championship; he lived in an apartment in Juneau Village with a specially raised doorframe Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | MILWAUKEE: NEWS CLUES $600: (Nicole Koglin of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) It's not as big as Comic-Con, but thousands attend Gary Con in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin where Gary Gygax invented this pioneering role-playing game; you can get your dice blessed near the Riviera Fountain Dungeons & Dragons |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | MILWAUKEE: NEWS CLUES $800: (Amanda Porterfield of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) Milwaukee's German heritage is celebrated with a summertime festival along Lake Michigan or more quietly with monuments all over the city like the one to Schiller & this friend & fellow German romantic writer Goethe |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | MILWAUKEE: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Natalie Shepherd of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) The Milwaukee Art Museum now has wings designed by geniuses from both ends of Europe; in 2001, a new pavilion with a removable sunscreen, designed by Spain's Santiago Calatrava, joined the original building by this modernist from Finland (Eero) Saarinen |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | D-DAY, THE 6th OF JUNE $800: Oddly, Americans' first word of the invasion came from this capital, from sources like the news agency Transocean Berlin |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MAYORS $200: Before becoming New York City mayor in 2002, he founded a financial news & information service (Michael) Bloomberg |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MAYORS $1000: Elected in Chicago in 2019, this alliterative mayor made news when she had different views from the teachers' union in 2021 Lori Lightfoot |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | NEWS PERSONALITIES PAST & PRESENT $400: Lester Holt has helped this network with the Olympics & the "Nightly News" NBC |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | NEWS PERSONALITIES PAST & PRESENT $800: Seen here, she's interviewed everyone, from Tony Blair to Muammar al-Gaddafi (Christiane) Amanpour |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | NEWS PERSONALITIES PAST & PRESENT $1200: A press secretary for Pres. George W. Bush, she's a Fox anchor & hosts a book club for Fox Nation Dana Perino |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | NEWS PERSONALITIES PAST & PRESENT $1600: Now on CNBC, this man seen here had an early stint covering stories on "A Current Affair" Shepard Smith |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | NEWS PERSONALITIES PAST & PRESENT $2000: With Fred Friendly, he had a radio broadcast called "Hear It Now", which became "See It Now" on television Edward R. Murrow |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | COMMUNICATION $4,000 (Daily Double): Abbreviated AFP, the world's oldest news agency dates back to 1835 & is headquartered in this city Paris |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $200: (I'm Nicole Perez.) 17-0 was Super Bowl terrific in 1973, & all Miami was cheering as the Dolphins became the first & only NFL team in history to have a perfect winning season, led by this coach who has the most NFL wins all time Don Shula |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $400: (I'm Louis Aguirre.) The 1980s TV show "Miami Vice" changed the reputation of the city to one of chicness & glitz & made Florida a more desired film & TV location; these two actors, playing Crockett & Tubbs, added to the scenery Don Johnson & Philip Michael Thomas |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $600: (I'm Jenise Fernandez.) Hitting South Florida in 1992 with 165-mile-per-hour winds, destroying around 25,000 homes, taking 44 lives, & causing more than $25 billion in damage, it made news as the then most expensive Atlantic hurricane in history Hurricane Andrew |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $800: (I'm Calvin Hughes.) In 1990 deposed Central American dictator Manuel Noriega was brought to Miami to face a host of charges including racketeering, money laundering & drug trafficking while running this nation Panama |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $1000: (I'm Kristi Krueger.) A Miami custody battle became national news in 2000 with a struggle to keep this young boy in America; a raid by federal agents settled the issue by taking the boy & returning him to his Cuban father Elián González |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | SIMPLY STELLAR $2000: Starry newspapers include this city's Star-Ledger, where Tony Soprano got his news Newark |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | DOUBLE PRESIDENTIAL NAMERS $1600: 22 & 1:
This superstar saxophonist, Jr. Grover Washington Jr. |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | METAPHORS $2000: To blame bad news on the one who told you; the last name of Chicago policeman William meant it was literally done to him in 1901 shoot the Messenger |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS $1000: This agency, the IAEA, has been much in the news in recent years with its inspectors' attempts to monitor nuclear technology the International Atomic Energy Agency |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | TV NEWS $200: As Mary Richards, she helped put out the local news on WJM-TV Mary Tyler Moore |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | TV NEWS $400: "Deadline" (13 episodes) focused on the New York Ledger, which covered the cops on this show (450+ episodes) Law & Order |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | TV NEWS $600: Show co-starring Reese Witherspoon as a small-time reporter suddenly on national air The Morning Show |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | TV NEWS $800: Emily Mortimer produced & Jeff Daniels anchored on this HBO show The Newsroom |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | TV NEWS $1000: In 2013 she began playing a reporter on "Being Mary Jane" & got engaged to Dwyane Wade Gabrielle Union |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW $800: In 1911 this author made news when he attended a birthday party for a dog named Fluffy Ruffles, not White Fang (Jack) London |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | IN RECENT NEWS $200: A little birdy told us Parag Agrawal took over as CEO of this tech company in late 2021 Twitter |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | IN RECENT NEWS $400: Pres. Biden tried to move Manchins to pass this alliterative plan that would pay for child care & fight climate change the Build Back Better Act |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | IN RECENT NEWS $600: 2021 saw this nation sever its 55-year-old ties to Queen Elizabeth II & then as a new republic, titled Rihanna a "national hero" Barbados |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | IN RECENT NEWS $800: In 2021 Magdalena Andersson became the 1st female P.M. of this nation, quit after a few hours, then reclaimed the job days later Sweden |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | IN RECENT NEWS $1000: This longtime Kansas senator & nominee for president passed away at the age of 98 & lay in state at the Capitol (Bob) Dole |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $400: The person who runs the last leg in a relay race, or a TV news person who introduces others' reports an anchor |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $200: (I'm Kimberly Gill.) Detroit was often the last stop before freedom on this network, & the Second Baptist Church, still a vibrant house of worship, was an important station the Underground Railroad |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | ARTS NEWS $400: This city's art museum unveiled a $150 mil. renovation including a new gallery devoted to Colorado peoples like the Arapaho Denver |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $400: (I'm Rhonda Walker.) Speaking in Tiger Stadium in 1990, four months after his release from prison, this man quoted Marvin Gaye, "Brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying" Nelson Mandela |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $600: (I'm Devin Scillian.) On October 3, 1997, the International Hockey League's Detroit Vipers welcomed a new teammate playing in his sixth decade; this 69-year-old ex-Red Wing, Alex Trebek's hero, took a 46-second shift in his very last pro game Gordie Howe |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | ARTS NEWS $800: A Pietà Michelangelo made for his own tomb, struggling with poor-quality this stone, was unveiled after a major restoration marble |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $800: (I'm Evrod Cassimy.) After GM's president told Detroit car executives, "We must outbuild Hitler", Ford's Willow Run plant churned out the B-24 Liberator, a 4-engine this type of warplane at an unbelievable rate of one per hour a bomber |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $1000: (I'm Kimberly Gill.) December 10, 2014 was a bright day in a long saga as Detroit officially exited the largest municipal one of these in the history of the United States, & emergency manager Kevyn Orr's resignation took effect a bankruptcy |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | ARTS NEWS $1600: MTT, this longtime music director of the San Francisco Symphony, returned to the podium in 2021 following brain surgery Michael Tilson Thomas |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | ARTS NEWS $2000: In France's largest gift of art back to a former colony, the doors of Abomey went back to this country, formerly Dahomey Benin |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | ARTS NEWS $7,200 (Daily Double): In 2021 Gary Avis danced Virgil in a Royal Opera House production commemorating the 700th anniversary of this poet's death Dante Aligheri |
| #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 |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | SCIENCE FACT $1600: Chemistry news: this unit is no longer related to the No. of atoms in 12 grams of carbon-12, but directly to Avogadro's constant a mole |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $400: (Mona Kosar Abdi delivers the clue.) After fleeing slavery in Maryland, she began returning to help others, planning escapes for Saturday nights because wanted notices could not be sent out on Sundays, giving her groups a one-day head start (Harriet) Tubman |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $800: (Andrew Dymburt delivers the clue.) At a little before 2:00 AM on June 17, 1972, sharp-eyed security guard Frank Wills noticed tape across a door latch in this Washington, D.C. office complex, changing the course of American history Watergate |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $1200: (Mona Kosar Abdi delivers the clue.) Thousands of people with lights gathered at Le Bourget Aerodrome on the night of May 21, 1927, confusing this man, who expected pitch blackness & circled the field several times before landing at 10:24 PM (Charles) Lindbergh |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $1600: (Andrew Dymburt delivers the clue.) On the night of April 14, 1865, as John Wilkes Booth stalked Abraham Lincoln, would-be assassin Louis Powell entered the home of this Secretary of State & stabbed him repeatedly, but he survived (William) Seward |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $2000: (Mona Kosar Abdi delivers the clue.) Vacationing on his family farm on an August night in 1923, this man was awakened with news that Warren Harding had died; by the light of a kerosene lamp, he was sworn in as president by his father, a justice of the peace (Calvin) Coolidge |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | RECENT NEWS $200: Facebook announced its stock ticker name would change to MVRS & its corporate name would become this 4-letter one Meta |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | RECENT NEWS $400: Eric Adams bested Curtis Sliwa in this city's 2021 mayoral race New York City |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | RECENT NEWS $600: In 2021 this Canadian P.M. called a snap election; he held onto power but fell short of his goal of a majority government Trudeau |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | RECENT NEWS $800: Seen here, he became the first openly gay Cabinet secretary, after getting the Department of Transportation job Pete Buttigieg |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | RECENT NEWS $1000: The 2020 "Accords" named for this biblical patriarch were to normalize relations between Bahrain, the U.A.E. & Israel Abraham |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | FEMALE AUTHORS $800: In this long-awaited 2019 sequel, Margaret Atwood brings more news from Gilead The Testaments |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS $1200: News coverage of the horrific bombing of a Spanish Basque city by the Germans in 1937 led Picasso to create this huge anti-war painting Guernica |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | TIME TO GET A "HEAD" $400: If the editor says to set this in 72-point type, there's big news happening a headline |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $1200: The May 24, 1934 Dallas Morning News had a hometown angle with the headline these "Dallas desperadoes shot to death in Louisiana" Bonnie & Clyde |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | 5,5 $400: A kid could make money with this, which allowed people to get their morning news a paper route |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | NEW ORLEANS: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm Kim Holden.) The 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans featured this NASA Space Shuttle that was originally the "Constitution" but later was named for a famous fictional starship Enterprise |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | NEW ORLEANS: NEWS CLUES $400: (Hi, I'm Meg Gatto.) A 2020 Grammy tribute to essential workers, "United We Sing", saw this crooner & daughter Georgia celebrate heroes around the country, including, of course, the Crescent City Harry Connick Jr. |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | NEW ORLEANS: NEWS CLUES $600: (Hi, I'm Liz Reyes.) With a menu that's had minimal changes since 1862, the Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter serves up these fried donuts, unless it's Christmas or if a hurricane passes too close beignets |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | NEW ORLEANS: NEWS CLUES $800: (Hi, I'm Lee Zurik.) Holding the title of longest continuous bridge over water in the world, the 23-mile Causeway over this lake finds drivers losing sight of land Lake Pontchartrain |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | NEW ORLEANS: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Kelsey Davis.) In 2007, this man who took his name from a "Brady Bunch" kid became the first Indian-American governor in Louisiana & in American history (Bobby) Jindal |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | "B" MOVIES $2000: Charlize Theron played Megyn Kelly in this 2019 film about a group of women who take on Fox News CEO Roger Ailes Bombshell |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $400: Though these are traditionally unsigned, the Pulitzers usually name the recipient, like Buford Boone of the Tuscaloosa News editorials |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | NEWS $400: On Feb. 1, 2021 the Myanmar military took power & a 1-year "state of" this was declared--& not surprisingly, soon extended emergency |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | NEWS $800: In 2021 one of these in Oregon covered 646 square miles & was causing dangerous pyrocumulus clouds a fire |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | NEWS $1200: You may "recall" that September 14, 2021 was a good day for this Californian Newsom |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | NEWS $1600: A computer chip shortage caused Peugeot to put old-fashioned analog these to tell you your km/h in some models speedometers |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | NEWS $2000: A 1/16th size "little sister" has been unveiled at the Washington, D.C. residence of this person--in 2021 Philippe Étienne the French ambassador |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | WORLD LEADERS LEAVE THE SCENE $600: In June 2021 Naftali Bennett made news by replacing this man who had a 12-year run as prime minister Netanyahu |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | PLANET FILL IN $600: A Bay Area newspaper: The ____ News Mercury |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm John Holt.) It was an exciting but sobering event in 2006 when Kansas City opened the USA's official museum of this event, with features for visitors to ponder like a field of 9,000 silk poppies World War I |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $400: (Hi, I'm Pat McGonigle.) Hollywood came to Kansas City to film a biopic starring Gary Sinise as this man; locations included Lee's Summit & of course, Independence Truman |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $600: (Hi, I'm Nick Vasos.) In 1997, the 100th anniversary of her birth, her hometown of Atchison, Kansas unveiled a 42,000-square foot earth work portrait of this globe-trotting heroine Amelia Earhart |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $800: (Hi, I'm Karli Ritter.) A highlight of the holiday season each year is the lighting of the mayor's 100-foot Christmas tree at Crown Center, opened in 1971 by the same Kansas City businessman who founded this card company Hallmark |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Christel Bell.) In 1997, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum opened its new permanent home under the leadership of Buck O'Neill, who had been a star for this Kansas City Negro Leagues team, as had greats like Satchel Paige & Jackie Robinson the Monarchs |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | MOVIES BY CHARACTERS $2000: 1976:
Coach Buttermaker, Ogilvie,
Lupus The Bad News Bears |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | HANDY ANDY $200: "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" was the name of the commentaries that were part of this TV news show from 1978 to 2011 60 Minutes |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | THIS IS NPR $400: Audie Cornish & Ailsa Chang are among the hosts of this afternoon news program All Things Considered |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | SCENE HERE $2000: In "Animal House" this college official has unfortunate midterm grade news: "Mr. Blutarsky... zero point zero" Dean Wormer |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | REVIVAL $800: 19th century news, like the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, inspired the style called this Revival Egyptian |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm Bill Ritter.) You know, it's always hard to find parking around Manhattan, but on January 15, 2009, Captain "Sully" Sullenberger saved 155 lives with an emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in this river on the West Side Hudson |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $400: (Hi, I'm Lee Goldberg.) Literally stepping up to home plate after a grim medical diagnosis, on July 4, 1939, this Yankee said the following--"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.” (Lou) Gehrig |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $600: (Hi, I'm Sade Baderinwa.) As part of a New York City tradition that began in 1962, many movie stars, including James Earl Jones as Othello, & Meryl Streep in "Henry V", have interpreted the Bard as part of this project Shakespeare in the Park |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $800: (Hi, I'm Ryan Field.) Extending from Manhattan's southern tip up Broadway to City Hall, the Canyon of Heroes has hosted many ticker tape parades, including one for the U.S. National Women's Team's huge win in this sport in 2019 soccer |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Liz Cho.) In 1879, critics wondered if New Yorkers would go all the way up Fifth Avenue to the near wilderness of 50th Street after the May 25 formal opening of this Catholic church; turns out, New Yorkers would St. Patrick's |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | NEW TO THE OED $1200: Much in the news, this verb means to withdraw financing from an institution defund |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | CELEBRITIES $2000: This Argentinian, named FIFA's World Player of the Year 5 times between 2009 & 2015, made news by switching teams in 2021 Messi |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | NAME THAT BEATLES TUNE $1000: "I read the news today, oh boy, about a lucky man who made the grade" "A Day In The Life" |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | MINNEAPOLIS: NEWS CLUES $200: (I'm Gia Vang.) Showcasing the funky pop rhythms of the Minneapolis sound, this movie released in 1984 was partly filmed in the city & starred our own native son, Prince Rogers Nelson Purple Rain |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | MINNEAPOLIS: NEWS CLUES $400: (I'm Belinda Jensen.) Metropolitan Stadium, home to great moments for the Twins & Vikings, was demolished in 1985 to make way for this world famous shopping center; a plaque inside does let you know where home plate used to be Mall of America |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | MINNEAPOLIS: NEWS CLUES $600: (I'm Randy Shaver.) Born James Janos in Minneapolis in 1951, this former Navy SEAL & wrestler body-slammed his competition in 1998, winning the election for Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | MINNEAPOLIS: NEWS CLUES $800: (I'm Chris Lundeen.) A global center for healing since 1914, Minnesota's Mayo Clinic has had many medical successes, including in 1969, the first FDA-approved artificial replacement of this ball-&- socket joint a hip replacement |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | MINNEAPOLIS: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Rena Sarigianopoulos.) Returning to the city sidewalk in 2017 after two years of street construction, the statue of this TV character again reminded residents "You're gonna make it after all" Mary Richards |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | BOSTON: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm David Wade.) In 1982, "Boston Magazine" named the Bull & Finch Pub in Beacon Hill the best neighborhood bar; it inspired this sitcom where everybody knew your name & in 1993, the cast gathered there, to celebrate the final episode Cheers |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | BOSTON: NEWS CLUES $400: (Hi, I'm Kate Merrill.) In 1998, childhood friends Matt Damon & Ben Affleck won an Oscar for the screenplay of this film set at MIT & around Harvard where Damon originally began writing the script Good Will Hunting |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | BOSTON: NEWS CLUES $600: (Hi, I'm Liam Martin.) On January 17, 1950, a group of armed masked men pulled off the crime of the century, stealing more than $2.7 million from this company's armored car depot in Boston; only a small amount of the money was ever recovered Brink's |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | BOSTON: NEWS CLUES $800: (Hi, I'm Lisa Hughes.) Local hero Pete Frates, the man who inspired the Ice Bucket Challenge, helped raise awareness & millions of dollars to fight this disease that claimed Lou Gehrig's life & sadly his own at 34 ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | BOSTON: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Steve Burton.) John McCain is among the public officials who've been honored at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library with an award for leadership, named for this Pulitzer Prize-winning book by JFK Profiles in Courage |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | SOME GOOD NEWS $200: In 2020 this Canadian province purchased a hotel in the capital of Victoria to house its homeless population British Columbia |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | SOME GOOD NEWS $400: Looking for a Jigglypuff on this app craze led a pair of players to "go" save a wounded puppy--awwww... Pokémon Go |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | SOME GOOD NEWS $600: In 2020, a pygmy one of these--an endangered species--was born at the San Diego Zoo for the first time in over 30 years a hippo (a pygmy hippopotamus) |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | SOME GOOD NEWS $800: A therapy dog named Moose got an honorary doctorate in veterinary medicine from this school based in Blacksburg Virginia Tech |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | SOME GOOD NEWS $1000: A city in Costa Rica has given citizenship to bees due to this role they play in the ecosystem pollinators |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | FAILED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS $200: The "Every Vote Counts" amendment tried to abolish this "College" but went nowhere the Electoral College |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | MAKING FETCH HAPPEN $200: In nursery rhyme news, this pair were airlifted from a hill after one suffered a severe head injury fetching water Jack & Jill |
| #8411, aired 2021-05-31 | POSSESSIVE GEOGRAPHY $2000: St. George's is the capital of this Caribbean "Spice Isle" much in the news in 1983 Grenada |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | LAW SLAW $400: 2-word term for unlicensed but legal quoting of copyrighted material in situations like research or news reporting fair use |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $400: Led by MVP Corey Seager, this team won the 2020 World Series the Dodgers |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $800: A 2020 report said 3/4 of U.S. kids age 9-12 regularly play this online platform that's like Minecraft but with more interaction Roblox |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $1200: In fall 2020 the 1st blood test became available for this top-10 U.S. cause of death; diagnosis by symptoms is tricky & brain scans costly Alzheimer's disease |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $1600: The first-ever papal visit to Iraq included a sit-down with this grand Ayatollah, spiritual leader to millions of Shiite Muslims Ali al-Sistani |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $2000: In a needed upgrade to Penn Station, a $1.60 billion train hall named for this longtime New York senator, opened in 2021; take a look Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| #8393, aired 2021-05-05 | MOVIE RULES $1200: The only rule of the San Diego News Team Rumble in this 2004 film: "No touching of the hair or face" Anchorman |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | READING MATERIAL $3,800 (Daily Double): Combine 2 words in the New York Times' slogan & get the name of this light, pulpy paper it comes on newsprint |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | SON $800: In 2020 Rupert's son James Murdoch resigned from the board of this corporation over "certain editorial content" News Corporation |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | "A" PLACE IN HISTORY $800: Named for British Major James Abbott, this Pakistani city was in the news in 2011 as the last residence of Osama bin Laden Abbottabad |
| #8378, aired 2021-04-14 | OLD OCCUPATIONS $400: Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The herald with this 2-word job announced important news & proclamations the town crier |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | BEFORE & BAFTA $800: Political type who twists news to a favorable angle & advises President Muffley on nuclear war spin Doctor Strangelove |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | ATLANTA: NEWS CLUES $200: (Jeff Hullinger from Atlanta's 11Alive presents the clue.) In December 1964, our news was focused on Oslo, Norway as Atlanta's own Martin Luther King, Jr. accepted this prestigious award on behalf of all those seeking a reign of freedom & a rule of justice the Nobel Peace Prize |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | ATLANTA: NEWS CLUES $400: (Cheryl Preheim from Atlanta's 11Alive presents the clue.) In April 1970, our very own Jimmy Carter announced his candidacy for this political office, a job he would win, & that would lead to even greater things in the years to come governor |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | ATLANTA: NEWS CLUES $600: (Cheryl Preheim from Atlanta's 11Alive presents the clue.) U.S. broadcast journalism was about to change forever on June 1, 1980 as this maverick entrepreneur launched his new venture, CNN, here in Atlanta Turner |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | ____ OF THE ____ $800: Local news & gossip, or a column in the New Yorker talk of the town |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | ATLANTA: NEWS CLUES $800: (Aisha Howard from Atlanta's 11Alive presents the clue.) Yang Yang & Lun Lun became some of the most popular residents of Zoo Atlanta when they arrived in 1999; the pair of pandas were delicately airlifted here from China by this package delivery service UPS |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | ATLANTA: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Aisha Howard from Atlanta's 11Alive presents the clue.) In October 2019, this actor, director & producer opened his namesake production facilities in Atlanta--the largest in the city & one of the largest in the country Tyler Perry |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | "ORIAL" $800: A word coined in the 20th century, it's a section of a newspaper intended to look like news but really hawking a product advertorial |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | POLITICAL SLANG $400: A "Full Ginsburg", named for lawyer William, is appearing on all 5 news shows on this day of the week Sunday |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | BALTIMORE: NEWS CLUES $200: (Mary Bubala of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) In 2014, fireworks lit the sky at Fort McHenry as the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore--& the writing of this song--was celebrated "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | BALTIMORE: NEWS CLUES $400: (Patrice Sanders of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) Halloween is special here in Baltimore when brave spirits come to Westminster Hall to see the grave of this "Telltale Heart" author & local resident, & descend into nearby catacombs Poe |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | BALTIMORE: NEWS CLUES $600: (Kai Jackson of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) Baltimore is steeped in history, much of it reported by The Baltimore Sun which was featured prominently in this HBO crime drama whose creator, David Simon, was a reporter there The Wire |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | BALTIMORE: NEWS CLUES $800: (Tom Rodgers of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) Camden Yards opened in 1992, masterly rehabilitating a warehouse of this historic railroad familiar to players of Monopoly The B&O Railroad |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | BALTIMORE: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Megan Gilliland of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) Every 4th of July there are fireworks over this ship, Baltimore's answer to the USS Constitution; her illustrious history includes the capture of three slave ships off the coast of Africa the USS Constellation |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | '80s TALK $1200: Described as "senior advisers to the candidates", these faux MDs first appeared in a 1984 news story spin doctors |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $200: In 2006 Julian Assange founded this secret-busting group, much in the news in later years WikiLeaks |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $400: Uprisings in 2011 in Egypt & Libya were hallmarks of this pro-democracy "season" the Arab Spring |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $600: In 2003 billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky made the mistake of criticizing this leader, who then locked him up Putin |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $800: After being trapped in a cave for more than 2 weeks in 2018, 12 boys & their soccer coach were rescued in this country Thailand |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $1000: In 2008 scientists ran the first experiments using this device, considered the biggest machine ever built the Large Hadron Collider |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | SPECIFIC HOSPITAL $2000: Beginning in 1995 U.S. News ranked the heart program at this alliterative place in Ohio as No. 1 for 24 straight years the Cleveland Clinic |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | OLD NEWSPAPERS $2,000 (Daily Double): A furious rivalry between NYC's World & Journal papers in the 1890s led to this term used for sensational news reporting yellow journalism |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | THAT TITLE HAS A TITLE $800: In this drama by Sophocles, the Oracle of Delphi has bad news for the person who murdered Jocasta's first husband Oedipus Rex |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | CLEVELAND: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm Chris Frye from WOIO.) In 1967, Cleveland voters chose Democrat Carl Stokes over Republican Seth Taft, making Stokes the first African American to hold this office in one of America's major cities mayor |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | CLEVELAND: NEWS CLUES $400: (Nichole Vrsansky from WOIO presents the clue.) This institution opened in downtown Cleveland on September 2, 1995 & celebrated with a star-studded show featuring legend after legend, including Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen & Bob Dylan the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | CLEVELAND: NEWS CLUES $600: (Chris Frye from WOIO presents the clue.) In 2018, this hometown hero & his foundation, partnered with Akron, Ohio's public school district to open a new school offering innovative instruction for at-risk students LeBron James |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | CLEVELAND: NEWS CLUES $800: (Hi, I'm Nichole Vrsansky from WOIO.) In 1967, the Cleveland Clinic's Dr. René Favaloro removed a vein from a patient's leg & used it to route blood flow around a blocked coronary artery, achieving a landmark in this now common type of heart surgery bypass |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | CLEVELAND: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Chris Frye from WOIO presents the clue.) In 1969, Cleveland's Cuyahoga River was so badly polluted that an oil slick on the river's surface caught fire, making national headlines & helping spark the 1970 creation of this federal agency the EPA |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | '80s HITS $800: Rolling Stone's "20 Biggest ('80s) Songs of the Summer" had "The Power Of Love" by this group Huey Lewis and the News |
| #8309, aired 2021-01-07 | BLACK HERITAGE STAMPS $2000: This esteemed journalist & PBS news anchor who passed away in 2016 was honored in 2020 Gwen Ifill |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | MAN ABOUT TOWN $800: The late Pete Hamill was editor of both the New York Daily News & this tabloid rival The New York Post |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | SEZ YOU, SHAKESPEARE! $600: "The potent poison quite o'ercrows my spirit. I cannot live to hear the news from England" (& a few words later, he's correct) Hamlet |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | EMPTY WORDS $800: CBS News called the emptying of East Coast states before Hurricane Floyd "the biggest peacetime" this "in U.S. history" evacuation |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | "U" BEFORE "E" $1200: To do this to a jury means to hold it away from outside news, media & the public to sequester |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | SHE SHOOTS $200: When Virginia Schau won this news prize for a photo of a 1953 rescue, the announcement identified her as Mrs. Walter M. Schau a Pulitzer |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | JOHN BROWN $2000: Ethan Hawke plays John Brown, who hoped to liberate all enslaved people, & Oct. 16, 1859 raided the arsenal in this town
"I want them to know we just took over the nation's largest armory to free the enslaved people of this nation. That will be big news, I reckon." Harpers Ferry |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | OXYMORONS $800: You're not telling us anything we haven't heard before; your story is this dated type of information old news |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $400: It took 3 days of looking at news pics, but Lee Petty was finally named the winner of the 1st 500 at this Fla. speedway in 1959 Daytona |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | THE SANDWICH GENERATION $200: Hey, youse guys! U.S. News raved about this sandwich from John's Roast Pork in Philadelphia a cheesesteak |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | SCIENCE TV $800: When it's a slow space news day, NASA TV may show a view of Earth from this, launched in 1998 the International Space Station |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | BOOKS OF 2020 $400: This title of a 2020 Stephen King novella collection is the first part of a TV news adage that ends with "it leads" If It Bleeds |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | FIRST LADIES $2000: When she became first lady, both her grandmothers, on the Folsom & Harmon sides, got to hear the happy news! Frances Folsom Cleveland |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | ELVI $800: This rocker's backing band on 1977's "My Aim Is True" included members of the News, of Huey Lewis fame Elvis Costello |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | HISTORY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Tradition says here's the roughly 25-mile route Pheidippides ran in 490 B.C., bringing news of victory to Athens from this plain whose name is known beyond ancient history Marathon |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $200: In June 2017 this online retailer agreed to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion Amazon |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $400: For the first time ever, in 2011 the credit rating for the U.S. was downgraded from AAA to AA+ by this financial info. co. Standard and Poor's |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $600: In the longest strike there in half a century, 48,000 UAW workers walked off in 2019 at this company General Motors |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $800: In 2012 this iconic 244-year-old reference company announced that its 2010 32-volume edition would be its last in print Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $1000: CEO John Stumpf said bye in 2016 after a fake accounts scam was uncovered at this bank Wells Fargo |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | JOURNALISTS $1200: From 1962 to 1981 he ended CBS Evening News broadcasts with the signoff "And that's the way it is" Cronkite |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | JOURNALISTS $1600: (David Muir of ABC World News Tonight presents the clue.) In 2018, ABC's "World News Tonight" and I were proud to be named Best Newscast as recipients of the Radio-Television Digital News Association Award named for this legendary newsman (Edward R.) Murrow |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | PUBLISHERS $1600: In 1990 William Collins & Sons was bought by News Corporation, which smushed this other publishing name in front Harper |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | COOL NEWS $200: 17-year-old Wolf Cukier discovered a planet just 3 days into his internship with this government agency NASA |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | COOL NEWS $400: M.I.T. researchers used a solar still, evaporation & condensation in this process to make ocean water drinkable desalinization |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | COOL NEWS $600: In 2020 this sports league & its players association reached a deal that will pay top centers & point guards in excess of $500,000 a year the WNBA |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | COOL NEWS $800: In 2019 Tunisia held its second straight election that was considered to meet the alliterative criterion "free &" this fair |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | COOL NEWS $1000: A sort of "EpiPen" for spinal cord injuries could thwart paralysis by using these microscopic "particles" nanoparticles |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | BEHIND THE TV & RADIO CALL LETTERS $400: Los Angeles news station KFWB was once owned by these brothers who started a movie studio the Warner Brothers |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | THE PONY EXPRESS $200: Big news items spread by the Express included the election of this president & the start of the Civil War a year later Lincoln |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | STAGEY DIALOGUE $800: It was the perfect moment to tell our friends the news, but you missed your this, the signal to speak up cue |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | THIS & THAT $200: In triangle news, it's the value of X in the diagram here 45 |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | CRANKY TV CHARACTERS $1600: This cranky TV news director character on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" later got his own show Lou Grant |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | TV NEWS SHOWS $800: Since 2013, weekday afternoons on CNN have featured "The Lead" with this man Jake Tapper |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | TV NEWS SHOWS $1200: An NBC news crime show, or the listing of when & where a newspaper story was written Dateline |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | TV NEWS SHOWS $1600: Margaret Brennan moderates this CBS weekend news show in which public affairs are debated by a panel of specialists Face the Nation |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | TV NEWS SHOWS $2000: Before handing out justice on Fox News, she started one of the first domesic violence unit in a U.S. prosecutor's office (Jeanine) Pirro |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | PLACE-NAME NAMES $1200: The "TODAY" show is anchored by Hoda Kotb & this woman who is also NBC news chief legal correspondent Savannah Guthrie |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA $1600: In 1957 the integration of Central High School in this state capital became international news Little Rock |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD $400: This alliterative name for a hangout of western movie extras made the news in 1940 when one cowboy gunned down another for real Gower Gulch |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | MODERN FAMILY $600: In world news, this policy whose end was announced in 2015 is estimated to have prevented 400 million births the one-child policy |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | AMERICAN "CITY" $2,000 (Daily Double): Midwest news: in 1886 Wyandotte changed its name to this city; across the border, what was once Westport did the same in 1889 Kansas City |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | THE ____ OF ____ $600: In the news in 1961, Bahía de Cochinos is better known to us as this Bay of Pigs |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | WORLD STAMP NEWS $200: A 2018 Swiss stamp has a pot of melted cheese to honor this national dish fondue |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | WORLD STAMP NEWS $400: Drawings of the head of a bearded man & of the skeleton are 2019 U.K. stamps commemorating the 500th anniv. of this artist's death da Vinci |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | WORLD STAMP NEWS $600: This fictional mountain creature is featured on a stamp from Bhutan a Yeti |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | WORLD STAMP NEWS $800: Hallelujah! In 2019 Canada issued stamps honoring this Canadian singer-songwriter who passed in 2016 (Leonard) Cohen |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | WORLD STAMP NEWS $1000: In 2019 this small Central European country honored its 300th birthday with a souvenir embroidered stamp of the Princely Hat Liechtenstein |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | WHEN TV WAS FREE $800: This news magazine's 1988 first episode covered precisely 2 days in Dallas' Parkland Memorial Hospital 48 Hours |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | WEIRD LEGAL NEWS $200: In 2009 maybe a teen should not have robbed a cop...at a police convention...& tried to flee via taxi...near this Penn. capital Harrisburg |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | WEIRD LEGAL NEWS $400: A novelist who penned an essay on how to do this to your husband got arrested for allegedly doing it to her husband murder |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | WEIRD LEGAL NEWS $600: The BBC said in 2012 after a Sea World trip, Welsh tourists woke up hungover & "with (this type of) flightless bird in their apartment" a penguin |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | WEIRD LEGAL NEWS $800: A Burglar in Vancouver, Wash. was arrested after he broke into one of these fun experience places & naturally, couldn't get out an escape room |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | WEIRD LEGAL NEWS $1000: Blowing our minds in 2010, a Neb. native got nailed for DUI costumed as this device that depicted a blood alcohol level of 6.9% a breathalyzer |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | 11-LETTER WORDS $800: In 2018 a $10 million Houston mansion made news as the USA's most expensive property in this unfortunate status foreclosure |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | THE NEW NEWS $200: Reporter Elle Reeve won a Peabody for her reports from Charlottesville for this news organization Vice |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | THE NEW NEWS $400: Investigative news is now separate from listicles & quizzes as this site split into 2 divisions in 2016 BuzzFeed |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | THE NEW NEWS $600: An online "Project" with stories about criminal justice is named for this civil rights & Supreme Court icon Thurgood Marshall |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | THE NEW NEWS $800: The "Pro"s at this independent, nonprofit online newsroom have won several Pulitzers for their work ProPublica |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | THE NEW NEWS $1000: You can anonymously leak info to the Intl. Consortium of Investigative Journalists via this 3-letter secure browser Tor |
| #8089, aired 2019-11-07 | TV TAGLINES $800: "When news breaks, we fix it" The Daily Show |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | TV $400: This former "Daily Show" correspondent hosts his own news satire, "Last Week Tonight" John Oliver |
| #8075, aired 2019-10-18 | NEWSPAPERS $400: The latest news about Starbucks can be found in this city's Post-Intelligencer Seattle |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | MUNICIPAL BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Alliterative Virginia city that is one period of current events reporting Newport News cycle |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | THAT'S OLD NEWS $400: The Nov. 23, 1864 Daily Chattanooga Rebel: "Every man will rally in the path of" this Gen. "ere he reaches the seacoast" Sherman |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | THAT'S OLD NEWS $800: The Helena Weekly Herald, July 20, 1876: "Curley says" this man "remained alive through the greater part of the engagement" Custer |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | THAT'S OLD NEWS $1200: The New York Daily News, Nov. 1, 1929: "The storm has passed, leaving" this institution "on an even keel once more" the New York Stock Exchange |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | THAT'S OLD NEWS $1600: The St. Paul Backbone, Jan. 1897: this "party is alive and well. It was not born to die till the last saloon dies" Prohibition |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | THAT'S OLD NEWS $4,000 (Daily Double): The National Intelligencer, July 23, 1804: this man "disavows all motives of predetermined hostility" Aaron Burr |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | FROM THE NO. 1 ALBUM $600: 1977: "Second Hand News", "You Make Loving Fun" Rumours |
| #8055, aired 2019-09-20 | THE TECH WORLD $1000: News of another 10 million or so hacked accounts might have you paraphrase Shakespeare & say, "Once more unto the data" this breach |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | MOTTOES $1,800 (Daily Double): The New York Times has used this 7-word motto on its front page since 1897 "All the News That's Fit to Print" |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | PIG ENGLISH $1600: An 1824 London news report on a boxing match said that one of the fighters did this like a pig sweat |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | LAST NAME FLOW-TOGETHERS $1200: Journalist Ted, who brought us the news late at night, & politician Nancy, who makes news on many days Koppelosi |
| #8045, aired 2019-07-26 | 1960s TV $400: In 1968 episode No. 1 of this news show that's still on had behind-the-scenes looks at Richard Nixon & Hubert Humphrey 60 Minutes |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | HISTORIC TRANSPORTS $2000: It made 1968 news & rests on a Pyongyang river, part of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum the U.S.S. Pueblo |
| #8038, aired 2019-07-17 | ABBREV. TV CHANNELS $600: Gabrielle Union was a single news anchor looking for love on "Being Mary Jane" on this channel, BET Black Entertainment Television |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | IN THE AIR $2000: In 1979 this craft made news when it entered the atmosphere & broke apart over Australia Skylab |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | SUPREME COURT CLERKS $1600: One angle on this Fox News host--she clerked for Clarence Thomas (Laura) Ingraham |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | SCIENCE NEWS $400: In 2017 scientists developed a faster way to make magnesite, a mineral that can capture & store this greenhouse gas carbon dioxide |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | SCIENCE NEWS $800: Engineers at CUNY have produced long-lasting these from manganese dioxide-zinc batteries |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | SCIENCE NEWS $1200: In 2016 at least 15 new species of these sticky-footed lizards were found in a 55-by-30-mile area of southeast Asia a gecko |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | SCIENCE NEWS $1600: Called cancer killers, TILs are a new preparation of "tumor-infiltrating" ones of these white blood cells that attack antigens lymphocytes |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | SCIENCE NEWS $2000: In Deuteronomy God says these early -ites of Palestine are to be eradicated, but DNA shows them living in Lebanon the Canaanites |
| #8032, aired 2019-07-09 | 65" $2000: It was world news when this 5'5" passionate amateur marine biologist died in Tokyo Jan. 7, 1989 Emperor Hirohito |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $1000: A 2018 conference on computational linguistics included 4 papers on detection of this untrue stuff you read & hear fake news |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | FIND A SYNONYM $2,000 (Daily Double): This synonym for a news reporter & a person who keeps a diary comes to us partly from the French journalist |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | NEWSPEOPLE $800: Sean Hannity is on this news channel every weeknight FOX |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | NEWS SPEAK $400: It's the 4-letter word for a news reporter's area of specialization, like sports or business beat |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | NEWS SPEAK $800: 3-word phrase for information given to a reporter from a source who doesn't want to be named off the record |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | NEWS SPEAK $1200: The term "hard pass" was in the news in November 2018--it's what reporters need to come & go in this building the White House |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | NEWS SPEAK $1600: Frank Magid created the action news format, including the now-common "happy talk", banter between these people anchors |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | NEWS SPEAK $2000: In a newspaper office old clippings, not dead bodies, are kept here a morgue |
| #7994, aired 2019-05-16 | TEXT $600: Under sharia law, a man can do this to his wife by notifying her 3 times; in 2009 a Saudi man made news by doing so via text divorce |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | OCCUPATIONS $800: U.S. News included this mapmaking occupation one of its 25 Best Jobs of 2019, anticipating a rise in demand a cartographer |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: A 1975 N.Y. Daily News headline after this man opposed a federal bailout:
him "To City: Drop Dead" (Gerald) Ford |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | POTATO SALAD $200: Potato news is often found in the Idaho Statesman, this capital's newspaper since 1864 Boise |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | PRESS YOUR LUCK $1200: 5 New York newspapers banded together to found this news organization in 1846 the Associated Press |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | A "B"6 SHOT $1200: It's the printed name of the author of an accompanying news story byline |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | TV FUNNY BUSINESS $800: After leaving his Comedy Central show in 2005, he made news by hosting "SNL" in 2016 Dave Chappelle |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | THE PULITZER PRIZE $800: A breaking news photo award went to Ryan Kelly for his shot of a 2017 car attack on protesters in this city in Va. Charlottesville |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | WORLD LEADERS 1919 $1600: In August Jan Smuts said, "a wave of the deepest emotion has passed over" this country at the news of PM Botha's death South Africa |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | THE PULITZER PRIZE $4,000 (Daily Double): The Editorial Board of the New York Daily News was Prize-worthy for helping to save this theater in Harlem The Apollo |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | SPANISH-LANGUAGE TV $800: Noticias or noticiero just means this kind of show news |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | 4,3,4 $800: Don't do this, meaning to put the important part of a news story way down in the article bury the lede |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2019 $400: In the offbeat news section:
A French theme park has trained 6 of these black birds to pick up bits of trash to earn treats crows |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2019 $600: Top 10 news topics of 2018 include this movement, known by a social media hashtag, leading to legal action for sexual assault #MeToo |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | SAME DAY $600: The Washington Post printed this type of edition with same-day news that O.J. Simpson was acquitted; "Read all about it!" an extra |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | WWF $2000: The WWF's "Living Planet Report 2018" has dire news--plastic debris in all our oceans, even this deepest ocean trench the Marianas Trench |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | CLASSIC MOVIES IN 3 SENTENCES $800: A snow globe falls from a hand. Xanadu makes news. A sled goes into an incinerator Citizen Kane |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $600: The atrium seen here is in the New York City building named for this man--because of his finance news service, not his mayordom Bloomberg |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | OFFICIAL STATE FOODS $1,000 (Daily Double): Start spreading the news: New York has an official muffin that's made with this state fruit an apple |
| #7916, aired 2019-01-28 | THE TV BIZ $400: Often caused by a breaking news story, it's the replacement of a previously scheduled TV broadcast pre-emptions |
| #7916, aired 2019-01-28 | THE TV BIZ $1200: Started by NBC & News Corp. to rerun old favorites, this streaming service launched its 1st original scripted show in 2012 Hulu |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | A FEW GOOD MEN $800: Comedian Rob Riggle was still an active reservist when he was a correspondent on this Comedy Central news satire show The Daily Show |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: It sounds like a daily paper but this port city is actually part of a metro area that includes Norfolk & Virginia Beach Newport News |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | NEWSPAPER NAMES $200: This Boston paper has been turning out the news since 1872 the Globe |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | PLAYING IN THE BAND $400: In 2018 this band hit the road with Neil Finn singing "Second Hand News" in place of Lindsey Buckingham Fleetwood Mac |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | NEWER WORDS $400: Using a breaking story to market your product is called " news " -this; no vehicle theft involved newsjacking |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $800: (Hi, I'm Ashley Afonso from 22 News.) I'm in Amherst, Massachusetts at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art with this famous character who as of 2019 has enchanted generations of children for 50 years the Very Hungry Caterpillar |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | OTHER LONG-RUNNING TV SHOWS $400: Tim Russert was a longtime moderator of this news program that's now over 70 years old Meet the Press |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | FACES $600: Once a Miss America herself, this former Fox News anchor is now the head of the Miss America pageant (Gretchen) Carlson |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | WORD & PHRASE HISTORIES $1000: Irish writer Brendan Behan added to the line "there's no such thing as" this: "except your own obituary" bad publicity |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | IT'S JUST A FLESH WOUND $800: Perforation is a synonym for this word also starting with "p" that's bad news for a car tire a puncture |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | BLANK NEWS $200: It airs every Sunday morning on ABC:
"This ____" This Week |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | BLANK NEWS $400: U.K.-born Katty Kay presents it:
"____ World News America" BBC |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | BLANK NEWS $600: It's on CNN from 4 to 6 A.M. Eastern time:
"____ Start" Early Start |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | BLANK NEWS $800: With Steve, Ainsley & Brian:
"Fox ____ ____" & friends |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | BLANK NEWS $1000: Get your fill of business in the afternoon:
"Power ____" Power Lunch |
| #7875, aired 2018-11-30 | CITIES ACROSS AMERICA $600: (I'm Patrice Sanders with Fox45 News.) In 1783 George Washington relinquished his command of the Continental Army here in the Maryland State House located in this city Annapolis |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | GOVERNORS $400: A typical recent headline in the New York Daily News: Mayor de Blasio & this man "Squabble Over Who Funds Subway Work" (Andrew) Cuomo |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | NAME GAME $200: Start spreading the news--in the 2010s this name of a NYC borough was among the top 30 names for girls Brooklyn |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | PRISON $1200: In 2011 a Birmingham, England prison made news by losing these; happens to us all as we get older the keys |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | BIG FARMER $1200: 6'3", 320-lb. Jason Brown made news in 2012 when he quit this lucrative career to farm sweet potatoes football player |
| #7834, aired 2018-10-04 | ELECTION 1968 $400: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue.) Despite fears for his safety, Robert F. Kennedy spoke as scheduled in Indianapolis on April 4, 1968 but instead of his prepared remarks, gave a shocked crowd this news Martin Luther King's assassination |
| #7834, aired 2018-10-04 | ELECTION 1968 $1200: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue.) TV, which hurt Richard Nixon in 1960, helped him in 1968 thanks to the skills of this man who went on to run Fox News (Roger) Ailes |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | WEIRD AL-CHEMY $1000: "I Want A New Duck" Huey Lewis (and The News) |
| #7830, aired 2018-09-28 | STATE CAPITAL NEWSPAPERS $400: From 1843 to 1988 it had the Knickerbocker News; it still has the Times Union Albany |
| #7830, aired 2018-09-28 | STATE CAPITAL NEWSPAPERS $2000: The Register has the news in this city, home to Drake University Des Moines |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | IN OTTER NEWS $200: As an otter uses its tail to steer, the tail is called this, just like a ship's steering device a rudder |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | IN OTTER NEWS $400: So they don't drift apart while sleeping, sea otters hold hands, or wrap themselves in strands of this seaweed (or kelp) |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | IN OTTER NEWS $600: The aquarium on Cannery Row in this California city has a sea otter cam & celebrates Sea Otter Week, the last week of Sept. Monterey |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | IN OTTER NEWS $800: Here are some of the colorful characters from this brand Otter Pops |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | IN OTTER NEWS $1000: Otters are members of this family, Mustelidae the weasel family |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | AMONG TIME'S 50 BEST PODCASTS OF 2018 $200: "The Daily" aired "an uncomfortable interview between" this Fox News host "and the reporters who likely got him fired" Bill O'Reilly |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | I READ THE NEWS TODAY $200: In December of 2017, fans of the AHL's Bears of this Pennsylvania chocolate town broke their own record tossing 25,000 teddy bears for charity Hershey |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | I READ THE NEWS TODAY $400: A 40% price jump in basic goods like eggs helped begin protests vs. the govt. on Dec. 28, 2017 in Mashhad in this nation Iran |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | I READ THE NEWS TODAY $600: 98-year-old chaplain Sister Jean helped guide this Chicago school to an amazing 2018 Final Four run Loyola (of Chicago) |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | CLASSIC SONGS' FIRST LINES $600: From the Beatles, of course:
"I read the news today, oh boy" "A Day In The Life" |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | I READ THE NEWS TODAY $800: In 2018 this ex-PM from the Labour Party said he wouldn't mind a referendum on the Brexit referendum Tony Blair |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | I READ THE NEWS TODAY $1000: In 2018 the U.S. east coast faced 50+ MPH winds, snow & temps. colder than Mars due to this 2-word type of "ordnance" storm bomb cyclone |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | & THAT'S THE WAY THE NEWS GOES $400: In December 1848 President Polk gave Congress the news that "the supply" of this in California "is very large" gold |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | & THAT'S THE WAY THE NEWS GOES $800: Founded by a Qatari emir, this news entity tried a U.S. version of its news channel from 2013 to 2016 Al Jazeera |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | & THAT'S THE WAY THE NEWS GOES $1,000 (Daily Double): This Hungarian-born physicist later regretted the sexism in his telegram "it's a boy" when an H-bomb test worked Edward Teller |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | & THAT'S THE WAY THE NEWS GOES $1200: One theory says this Virginia port got its name from an English captain who brought news to settlers at Jamestown Newport News |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | & THAT'S THE WAY THE NEWS GOES $2000: He ran the original marathon, bringing Athens news of the battle Pheidippides |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | ON TV $600: Seen here, Jeff Glor became the new anchor for this network's evening news in 2017 CBS |
| #7797, aired 2018-07-03 | TV MOVIES? $600: I'm still mad as hell that this 1976 movie about the TV news business didn't win a Best Picture Oscar Network |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | BIRTH OF A SALESMAN $1000: Operators were standing by to give the news when this Ronco pitchman was born May 3, 1935 (Ron) Popeil |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | DOMAIN EXTENSIONS MATTER $200: Visit this.gov & you get the current hour & minute; visit this.com & you get the current news time |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | TV QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): In season 6 of "Game of Thrones", a white raven brings this news, one word different from the show's tagline "Winter is here" |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | SPY STUFF $2000: A company called Narus was in the news in 2006 for its product that let this U.S. agency monitor web traffic & emails the NSA |
| #7774, aired 2018-05-31 | LAND $800: Calif. wildfires first hit the news with number of these square units burned; big ones get converted into square miles acres |
| #7774, aired 2018-05-31 | ADJECTIVES $1000: From the Latin word for "rainbow", the colorful lining of an abalone shell is described by this adjective iridescent |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | JEFF BRIDGES $1000: In 2006's "Stick It", Jeff plays a very grumpy coach of girls in this sport gymnastics |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | POP CULTURE IN THE NEWS $400: Diagnosed with lupus nephritis, singer Selena Gomez received a transplant of this vital organ a kidney |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | POP CULTURE IN THE NEWS $800: This Michigan singer said, "I'm not running for Senate! Are you...kidding me? Who...couldn't figure that out?" Kid Rock |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | POP CULTURE IN THE NEWS $1200: #MeToo evolved into this movement against sexual harassment that was a popular pin in awards season in 2018 #TimesUp |
| #7750, aired 2018-04-27 | PRONOUNS $800: It's first alphabetically of a news reporter's 5 Ws what |
| #7742, aired 2018-04-17 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY $1600: Before it was a gulf that made 1960s news, it was a region of northern Vietnam Tonkin |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: The News Literacy Project "fosters an understanding of the importance of" this amendment the First Amendment |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT $400: Excitement fills the air in Utah on May 10, 1869 as this is completed, uniting 2 separate transport lines the transcontinental railroad |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT $1200: It's April 1865, and the nation turns to this new leader, spared by the failed nerve of Booth accomplice George Atzerodt Andrew Johnson |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT $1600: Dateline: this city, April 1453. Mehmed II's forces do have this city surrounded, but it remains to be seen for how long Constantinople |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT $2000: It's all over here at this battle site in 1746, with the English needing barely 40 minutes to defeat the outnumbered Scots Culloden |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT $5,400 (Daily Double): Cairo is in mourning, Oct. 6, 1981, with the news of this man's assassination earlier today Sadat |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | YESTERDAY'S NEWS $200: A rising political star, he became grand sachem of Tammany Hall in 1868, making him a true "Boss" Boss Tweed |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | YESTERDAY'S NEWS $600: Though Eli Whitney secured a patent for this invention in 1794, the ease of its piracy put the man out of business the cotton gin |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | YESTERDAY'S NEWS $800: Behind Gandhi is a throng of supporters in the symbolic march to the sea in 1930 to collect this salt |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | YESTERDAY'S NEWS $1000: It was the winning 1-word slogan of the Afrikaner National Party in 1948 apartheid |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | NEWS OF 2017 $200: On April 24 aboard this, Peggy Whitson became the U.S. astronaut with the most time in space; she's now at 665 days the International Space Station |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | NEWS OF 2017 $400: Adding physical locations to its online empire, Amazon purchased this grocery retailer in a deal worth $13.7 billion Whole Foods |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | NEWS OF 2017 $600: In September, Saudi Arabia's government announced it would let women do this drive |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | NEWS OF 2017 $800: Soprano Audrey Luna hit the note known as A above this, a first in Metropolitan Opera history high C |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | NEWS OF 2017 $1000: This HHS Secretary & physician became the first secretary to leave the Trump Cabinet Tom Price |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | WEBSITES $400: This news & entertainment site offers quizzes under headings like "Can We Guess?" & "Would You Rather?" BuzzFeed |
| #7718, aired 2018-03-14 | PERFECT RESPONSES FOR JEOPARDY! $1000: This question from "The Merchant of Venice" mentions a bridge on the Grand Canal "What news on the Rialto?" |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | ENTERTAINMENT 2017 $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2017 Bill Murray made news when he attended this Broadway musical & then, of course, came back the next night Groundhog Day |
| #7714, aired 2018-03-08 | I AM NOT A (PRACTICING) LAWYER $400: This woman went from corporate litigator to Fox News & then to NBC mornings Megyn Kelly |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | ERIN $800: This CNN anchor tries to stay ahead of the news on her show "Out Front" Erin Burnett |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | LITERARY HOMES $1600: This novel kicks off with news that Netherfield Park has been let Pride and Prejudice |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | NASDAQ COMPANIES $800: The news (corp) had been good & then bad for this founder in his long bid to take over European broadcaster sky Rupert Murdoch |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | C.C. & ME $800: In 1993, she became the first female co-anchor of the CBS evening news Connie Chung |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | NEWSPAPERS $800: This famous 7-word motto appears in the top left corner of the New York Times' front page "All the news that's fit to print" |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | HISTORY ACROSS AMERICA $800: (I'm Madison Adams with CBS 11 News.)The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is in this building that in November 1963 became instantly world famous Texas School Book Depository |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | HISTORY ACROSS AMERICA $1000: (I'm Patrice Sanders from Fox 45 News.) The American Revolution ended when, here in the Maryland State House, Congress ratified this peace treaty signed in Europe the Treaty of Paris |
| #7685, aired 2018-01-26 | DURING THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY $600: Per USA Today, the 2 most read news stories in 2014 were about events in Ferguson, Mo. & this comedian's death in California Robin Williams |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | LET'S TALK DESSERT $1200: To make bad news easier to bear; it's also done to sweeten some donuts sugarcoat |
| #7682, aired 2018-01-23 | SOUNDS, INTERESTING $1000: If you hear this cathedral's bells, installed in 1878, it's Sunday, or maybe there's news out of Buckingham Palace St. Paul's Cathedral |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | SOUP $200: Good news: a reptile is not the main ingredient in mock this soup; bad news: it's a calf's head cooked in water turtle |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | NO MORE COVER-UP $400: A story on Prince William's leg injury prompted an investigation into News Corp reporters hacking these devices mobile phones |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA $200: (Hi, I'm Rob Fowler of News 2.) This literary character from Charleston tells Scarlett he may go back to his hometown because he misses "the calm dignity life can have when it's lived by gentle folks" Rhett Butler |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $400: "Start spreadin' the news, I'm leavin' today, I want to be a part of it", this song "New York, New York" |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA $400: (Hi, this is Ryan Kristafer from News 8.) Harriet Beecher Stowe lived next door to this other great American author at the time he wrote "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (Mark) Twain |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA $1000: (Hi, I'm Ellen Leyva with ABC7 Eyewitness News.) This southern California author has been especially successful with his Los Angeles-based quartet that includes "L.A. Confidential" & "The Black Dahlia" James Ellroy |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | UNSCRIPTED TV $600: Walter Cronkite liked to note that CBS News covered the Beatles 2 months before their "debut" on this variety show The Ed Sullivan Show |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | INDIAN AMERICANS $2000: In addition to live news coverage of the first operation of the Iraq War, he performed five brain surgeries in the desert Sanjay Gupta |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | A CONSTITUTIONAL VOCABULARY $2000: This word simply means profit or compensation for an office--its "clause" was in the news in 2017 emoluments |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | THEY WENT TO OXFORD $600: This Australian-born media mogul & News Corp founder cashed in on a master's from Oxford in 1953 (Rupert) Murdoch |
| #7608, aired 2017-10-11 | THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY $1200: Thinking carefully about everything led to the addition of the first episode of this flagship NPR news show All Things Considered |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | COUNTY SEATS $2000: The House seat for Henderson County, N.C. is held by Mark Meadows, in 2017 news as chair of this conservative caucus the Freedom Caucus |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | N*P*R $400: Good news may make you "turn" these with joy handsprings |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $200: For 10 seasons she played tough TV journalist Murphy Brown Candice Bergen |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $400: In 2017 Footwear News reported that fakes of this company's LeBron 14 shoe were on the market before the real thing Nike |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $400: Peter Finch was mad as hell as deranged newsman Howard Beale in this 1976 film Network |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $600: In the "Harry Potter" series, Rita Skeeter wields a quill for this daily paper The Daily Prophet |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $800: In 2013 a NYC woman was convicted of selling forgeries of this American action painter's drippy work; how could they tell? Jackson Pollock |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $800: He created the TV series "Sports Night" & "The Newsroom" Aaron Sorkin |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $1000: In the original comics, Clark Kent works for this Metropolis newspaper The Daily Planet |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $1200: In 1796 "Vortigern and Rowena", purportedly by this man, was laughed off the stage of a London theatre Shakespeare |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $1600: Arrested as a collaborator, Han Van Meegeren confessed he'd forged a "Vermeer" that he sold to this big fat Nazi Göring |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $2000: In 1961 a sculpture in New York's Met was exposed as modern & not the work of these Roman predecessors the Etruscans |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | IN THE NEWS: 2017 $200: Ben Carson wanted to be president, but instead settled for this cabinet position Housing and Urban Development |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | IN THE NEWS: 2017 $400: Ahead of International Women's Day, a statue of a fearless girl was put in this district as a pledge to hire more women Wall Street |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | IN THE NEWS: 2017 $600: In an Oscar night, goof, "La La Land" was Best Picture for about 2 minutes until the award rightfully went to this film Moonlight |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | IN THE NEWS: 2017 $800: Elizabeth Warren was shut down in the Senate after reading from a letter by this woman criticizing Jeff Sessions Coretta King |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | IN THE NEWS: 2017 $1000: This Japanese company pleaded guilty to fraud over its defective air bags & agreed to a $1 billion settlement Takata |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | MAGAZINE SLOGANS $400: For music lovers:
"All the news that fits" Rolling Stone |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | THEIR GAME SHOW HOST GIGS $2000: This longtime CBS News anchorman once helmed the game show "It's News to Me" Walter Cronkite |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | A PODCAST OF CHARACTERS $600: 80 years old, this former "Face the Nation" host is trying a new format with a podcast "About the News" Bob Schieffer |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | ASTRONOMY $1600: In 2017 news, 7 Earthlike planets orbit Trappist-1 & are bathed in these "colorful" rays with waves longer than crimson infrared |
| #7557, aired 2017-06-20 | BOB DYLAN $1600: City Bob made news by not being in December 10, 2016 Stockholm |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN NEWS $200: David Muir is one of these heavies, the principal personality on a TV news broadcast an anchorman |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN THE NEWS $400: The 1989 death of reformer Hu Yaobang sparked a 6-week occupation of this square Tiananmen |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN NEWS $400: You need fast fingers to produce "closed" these, which Congress requires for TV shows like news broadcasts closed captions |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN NEWS $600: Like Bob Woodward, at the Washington Post Debbie Cenziper is this type of reporter, from the Latin for "to track" investigative |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN NEWS $800: Managing & these editors, the "air-traffic controllers of the newsroom", tell which reporters to chase what story assignment editors |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN NEWS $1000: A 2014 award from the GTC, the Guild of Television these "men", went to a BBC newsman for dramatic footage of Syrian children cameramen |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN THE NEWS $1200: In 1969 the National Guard was unleashed on occupiers of this California university city's People's Park Berkeley |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN THE NEWS $1600: In October 2016 a jury acquitted 7 people who had occupied this state's Malheur Wildlife Refuge Oregon |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN THE NEWS $2000: In 1932 this "Army" moved into shacks & tents near the U.S. Capitol & demanded payment for World War I services the Bonus Army |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN THE NEWS $3,000 (Daily Double): In September 2011 lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park became Ground Zero for this movement Occupy Wall Street |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | CRIME RHYME $1000: Unlawfully lingers outside the offices of that British news agency loiters Reuters |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | ORGANIZATIONS $2,600 (Daily Double): The organization of these bereaved mothers of armed service members dates back to 1928 the Gold Star Mothers |
| #7526, aired 2017-05-08 | NEWSPAPERS $400: It grew out of a newsletter first published in 1883 that covered the day's business & financial news The Wall Street Journal |
| #7526, aired 2017-05-08 | NEWSPAPERS $600: In 2014 this paper won a Pulitzer Prize for its "Breaking News Reporting" of the marathon bombing The Boston Globe |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | ALMA MATERS $600: (I'm ABC News senior legal correspondent Sunny Hostin.) I received my law degree from this Indiana university that houses the oldest Roman Catholic law school in the nation Notre Dame |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | IN THE NEWS $200: John Stumpf quit as CEO of this bank with more accounts than customers but fret not; John had $100 mil. in stock Wells Fargo |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | IN THE NEWS $400: Donald Trump's inaugural address declared, "From this day forward, it's going to be only" this 2-word slogan America first |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | IN THE NEWS $600: Imagine flying from Memphis to Dallas in 2014 & seeing this guy, AKA the Duke of Cambridge, sitting next to you in coach Prince William |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | IN THE NEWS $800: Curt Schilling made a pitch to voters-- before talking with his wife-- for a 2018 Senate run from this state Massachusetts |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | IN THE NEWS $1000: In October 2016 a coalition force began what was hoped to be a 2-month quest to retake this Iraqi city from ISIS Mosul |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | EQUAL $400: In harmonious arrangement, or the second part of a Fox News slogan balanced |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2017 $400: Top 10 news topics of 2016 included the security concerns raised by these solo terrorist attacks with a canine name lone wolves |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | TV TALK $400: On the news you hear about PTSD; on "Downton Abbey", the WWI soldiers had this similar alliterative condition shell shock |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2017 $1000: This Fox News CEO was ousted after Gretchen Carlson charged him with sexual harassment Roger Ailes |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | TV NETWORK NEWS $400: The co-anchors of ABC's "Good Morning America" report the news from studios at this square at 44th & Broadway Times Square |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | TV NETWORK NEWS $800: This Wolf Blitzer CNN news show shares its name with a White House crisis management center The Situation Room |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | TV NETWORK NEWS $1200: From 1978 to 2011 "60 Minutes" featured this curmudgeon's short editorial observations on the news & life Andy Rooney |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | TV NETWORK NEWS $1600: "Murder in Pinyon Pines" was a 2015 episode of this "timely" CBS News investigative series 48 Hours Investigates |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | TV NETWORK NEWS $2000: Until 2016 she was "On the Record" covering headlines on Fox News Greta Van Susteren |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | SKIMMING THE MAGAZINES $2000: Get hernia news in this, JAMA for short The Journal of the American Medical Association |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | EUROPEAN ARTISTS $2000: This Austrian known for using gold leaf in his paintings was a founder of the Vienna Secession Gustav Klimt |
| #7491, aired 2017-03-20 | CURRENT BIOGRAPHIES $2000: This Fox News host's memoir "Settle for More" includes her part in the events of the 2016 GOP primaries Megyn Kelly |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA $1600: (Hi. I'm Ryan Kristafer from News 8.) This author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lived in this Hartford home from 1873 until her death in 1896 (Harriet Beecher) Stowe |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | WORDS OF THE YEAR $800: Collins Dictionary:
This word with a useful suffix to indicate leaving Brexit |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | ON TO GRAD SCHOOL $400: Initially, the 2017 U.S. News grad school rankings put this "Bay State" school at the top for engineering MIT |
| #7470, aired 2017-02-17 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $400: (I'm Dr. Jen Arnold.) In 2015 the U.N. reported the good news that improvements in care over the last 25 years have led to a nearly 50% worldwide drop in this type of mortality, from Latin for "new born" neonatal |
| #7469, aired 2017-02-16 | NEWS ON THE SCREEN $400: In June 2015 this media company known for its entertaining lists launched a news app BuzzFeed |
| #7469, aired 2017-02-16 | SPINNING A WEBSITE $600: At this satiric news site: "Incoming class of Subway trainees spends week practicing on sandwich cadavers" The Onion |
| #7469, aired 2017-02-16 | NEWS ON THE SCREEN $800: This groundbreaking TV news magazine has been on CBS since 1968 60 Minutes |
| #7469, aired 2017-02-16 | NEWS ON THE SCREEN $1200: "Al Punto" (To the Point) is an interview show hosted by Jorge Ramos on this network Univision |
| #7469, aired 2017-02-16 | NEWS ON THE SCREEN $1600: Reaching 270 million homes worldwide, AJE is the English version of this originally Arabic news service Al Jazeera |
| #7469, aired 2017-02-16 | MADAM SECRETARY $1600: Donna Shalala, HHS secretary from 1993 to 2001, heads up this charitable foundation much in the news in 2016 the Clinton Foundation |
| #7469, aired 2017-02-16 | NEWS ON THE SCREEN $2000: In 2014 Katie Couric became global anchor of this email, search & news website Yahoo! |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | SCIENTIFIC MILESTONES $400: 9 years before Watson & Crick made news, Avery, MacLeod & McCarty showed bacterial genes are made of this DNA |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | PULITZER PRIZE JOURNALISM $200: Local Reporting, 2012: the Patriot-News of this state capital for coverage of Penn State Harrisburg |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSE $1200: In a few billion years, the sun will expand to 1.2 AU, these "units"-- that's not good news for Earth astronomical units |
| #7454, aired 2017-01-26 | OSCAR HOSTS $200: This "Daily Show" host said, "I am the fake Lou Grant of the fake news world" Jon Stewart |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | OVER HILL, OVER DALE $800: In 2016, 25 years after she made national news, she was portrayed by Kerry Washington in "Confirmation" Anita Hill |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | STRAIGHT OUTTA... $800: Syracuse, New York: this Fox News host of her own "File" (Megyn) Kelly |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | OUT OF CON TEXT $1000: "At last news arrived...that Raskolnikov shunned everybody and that in prison he was unpopular with the convicts" Crime and Punishment |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS $1200: (I'm ABC News senior legal correspondent Sunny Hostin.) I would have loved to interview this civil rights hero & lawyer who helped end segregation in public schools before his historic appointment to the Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS $1600: This hero of civil rights marches was first elected to represent Georgia's 5th Congressional District in 1986 John Lewis |
| #7442, aired 2017-01-10 | NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s $1000: Good news! No longer need we say "shedding its leaves at the end of its growing season"--herewith a word for that deciduous |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | JOB FAIR $400: With this job you get the sack before you start, & fill it with the Daily News or the Post a paperboy |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | INTERVIEWS $400: (I'm Lara Logan of CBS News.) In my interview with Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf he said he warned this woman that she was the target of suicide bombers before her 2007 murder Benazir Bhutto |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | THE SOVIET UNION $1000: In the 1990s this news agency was renamed ITAR; it has its Soviet name back now TASS |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ON SIRIUSXM RADIO $200: Get all the latest TV, movie & music news on this magazine's EW channel Entertainment Weekly |
| #7430, aired 2016-12-23 | POWER AWARDS $200: (I'm Lara Logan of CBS News.) I earned an Edward R. Murrow Award for "Ramadi: On the Front Line"; a report on troops under fire in this country Iraq |
| #7430, aired 2016-12-23 | POWER AWARDS $600: (I'm ABC News senior legal correspondent Sunny Hostin.) As a federal prosecutor, I received the Special Achievement Award from this U.S. Attorney General, the first woman to hold the job Janet Reno |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | & NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS $200: Just before July 4, 2016, Jason Galvin freed one of these American symbols stuck high in a tree a bald eagle |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | & NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS $400: A boy who survived a tsunami wearing the jersey of this national team was helped by Cristiano Ronaldo & is now a young soccer star Portugal |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | SCIENCE NEWS $400: Soak this in: a minivan-sized one of these multicellular aquatic creatures was found off the coast of Hawaii a sponge |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | SCIENCE NEWS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows some aquatic images on the monitor.) Using a multistep process that isolates dolphins sounds on specific objects, researchers have created a 3-D image that simulates how dolphins see a human using this process echolocation |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | SCIENCE NEWS $1200: The New Horizons probe showed glaciers on Pluto made of this element that's 4/5 of Earth's atmosphere nitrogen |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | SCIENCE NEWS $1600: During the Industrial Rev., peppered moths evolved from light to black due to this 4-letter carbon residue soot |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | SCIENCE NEWS $2000: The observatory Ligo has detected 2 of these cosmic objects with souped-up gravity coalescing into one black holes |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | NOTHING BUT NET $1600: In July 1996 these 3 letters first preceded .ca & you could get online news from P.E.I. to B.C. CBC |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $800: (Hi, I'm Rob Fowler from News 2.) An iconic neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina features houses in an array of bright Caribbean colors, giving the area the alliterative name this "Row" Rainbow Row |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $1000: (Hi, I'm Juliana Mazza with 22 News.) Many beloved characters from children's literature are features in a Springfield sculpture garden dedicated to Dr. Seuss, the pen name of this man (Theodor) Geisel |
| #7411, aired 2016-11-28 | EARTH SCIENCE $800: Ancient Greek for "slope" gives us this weather word much in the news for the way it's changing climate |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $1,000 (Daily Double): From 1889 until early in the Great Depression, this newspaper rarely reported beyond business & economic news The Wall Street Journal |
| #7400, aired 2016-11-11 | NEVER BORED OF BOARD GAMES $1000: In 2016 news an A.I. program beat a champion of this 2-letter game with 361 pieces Go |
| #7396, aired 2016-11-07 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $400: (Hi, I'm Kate Bolduan of CNN.) In 2013 I covered the birth of the first baby of this other Kate; in 2014 I had my own little princess, so maybe a playdate sometime Kate Middleton |
| #7396, aired 2016-11-07 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $1200: Martin Winterkorn resigned as the CEO of this car company in 2015 amid an EPA cheating scandal Volkswagen |
| #7396, aired 2016-11-07 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $1600: 88,000 people, the entire population of Fort McMurray in this Canadian province, were evacuated in 2016 due to a wildfire Alberta |
| #7394, aired 2016-11-03 | I LIKE BIG BUCKS $2000: (I'm Lara Logan of CBS News.) I conducted a rare interview with Jack Ma, founder of this Chinese Internet company that made a big splash in 2014 by finishing its first day of trading with a market value of $231 billion dollars Alibaba |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | FOX(X) NEWS $400: "Unpredictable" was a million-selling album for this Oscar-winning actor who is unafraid of multitasking Jamie Foxx |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | FOX(X) NEWS $800: The bold surprise attacks in North Africa by Nazi general Erwin Rommel earned the man this nickname "Desert Fox" |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | FOX(X) NEWS $1200: First done to ragtime, by the 1920s this dance was performed to any popular music the foxtrot |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | FOX(X) NEWS $1600: In the '70s this comedian played the Sanford part of "Sanford and Son" Redd Foxx |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | FOX(X) NEWS $2000: In 2016 this ex-president of Mexico had a few choice words about a certain candidate for U.S. president Vicente Fox |
| #7392, aired 2016-11-01 | PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $800: (I'm Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post.) As part of a New York Daily News team, I won a 1999 Pulitzer for an editorial series that helped rescue this historic Harlem theater from financial mismanagement that had threatened its survival the Apollo |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | WOMEN OF NOTE $600: (I'm ABC News's senior legal correspondent Sunny Hostin.) I co-own a restaurant in New Rochelle & got a huge thrill when this Latina Supreme Court justice, one of my heroes, dropped by for a meal Sotomayor |
| #7384, aired 2016-10-20 | SENATE COMMITTEES $400: (I'm Senator Al Franken.) As a non-lawyer, I'm in the minority on this Senate committee that's much in the news for its key role in the Supreme Court confirmation process the Judiciary Committee |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | ABBREV. $400: The vehicle seen here is engaged in SNG, short for this type of news gathering satellite |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | NEWS TERMINOLOGY $400: Audio term for a succinct extract from a recorded interview that encapsulates a story in just a few seconds a sound bite |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | NEWS TERMINOLOGY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads while text scrolls at the bottom of the screen.) As its name implies, the feature seen here at the bottom of the screen has to go slowly enough to be readable a crawl |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | NEWS TERMINOLOGY $1200: In reporting on human foibles, newswriters are careful to avoid this, from Latin for "source of offense" slander |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | NEWS TERMINOLOGY $1600: Alphabetic name for video footage used to accompany a TV news story as a reporter talks over it B-roll |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | NEWS TERMINOLOGY $2000: A broadcaster who hasn't seen the wire copy until he speaks it aloud is said to do this "and read" rip |
| #7375, aired 2016-10-07 | MUSIC FOR THE DENTIST'S CHAIR $800: Good news: "I have become comfortably numb", just as this band's song from "The Wall" says Pink Floyd |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | BASEBALL IN UNIFORM $200: Bob Feller left the Cleveland Indians for the Navy on December 9, 1941, two days after hearing this news on his way to a contract meeting the bombing of Pearl Harbor |
| #7370, aired 2016-09-30 | BIG CITY NEWSPAPERS $600: This heavenly body News in San Jose the San Jose Mercury News |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | THE 2016 PULITZER PRIZES $400: This paper won the Breaking News Pulitzer for going 60 miles east to cover the San Bernardino terrorist attack The Los Angeles Times |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | THE 2016 PULITZER PRIZES $800: For exposing slave labor in the seafood industry, this news agency with a 2-letter abbreviated name won its 52nd prize the Associated Press (AP) |
| #7366, aired 2016-09-26 | LAST LETTER, FIRST LETTER $400: You tune in to this on the news to find out how bad it's raining a weather report |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | 2016 MINUTES OF FAME $800: Marcelino Proenca was a short-lived news story after trying to "quench" this sporting symbol on its way to Rio in 2016 the Olympic flame |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | LANGUAGES $800: (I'm Lara Logan of CBS News.) As a reporter I find it helpful to know many languages, so I speak English, French, Portuguese & this Germanic language of my homeland, South Africa Afrikaans |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $400: (I'm Christa Dubill from 41 Action News.) Synonymous with Kansas City barbecue, Arthur Bryant's, one of the city's oldest & most iconic barbecue joints, has been a favorite of several president beginning with this Missouri native son (Harry) Truman |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $800: (I'm Kidd O'Shea from ABC 7 News.) All vice presidents have worked out of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, starting with this man, who in 1961 wanted an office in the White House but was moved next door as part of his sidelining by the administration Lyndon B. Johnson |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $1000: (Hi, I'm Lucy Bustamante from 13 News Now.) Today the guns of the battleship Wisconsin are silent on Norfolk's waterfront--but in 1945 they were fired on Okinawa as part of Admiral Raymond Spruance's Fifth this Fleet |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | SOUNDS LIKE A PIECE OF FURNITURE $400: An office or department for transacting a certain business, it may follow News, Travel, & Weather Bureau |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | REVELATION $1200: Laker Nick Young got in hot water with this rapper/fiancee of his after a leaked conversation became news in 2016 Iggy Azalea |
| #7344, aired 2016-07-14 | COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS $600: Washington Square News NYU |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | A SIZEABLE CATEGORY $1000: On radio an international audience of over 130 million tunes in to this British network's news programs the BBC |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | POLITICAL BOOKS $1000: His criticism of Dick Cheney & Donald Rumsfeld in the 2015 bio "Destiny and Power" made news George H.W. Bush |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $1600: As a young man the II king of this name was already calling for Belgium to be a colonial power--bad news for the Congo (King) Leopold (of Belgium) |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | VIRGINIA IS FOR WRITERS $2000: This native of Newport News wrote about Virginia history in "The Confessions of Nat Turner" William Styron |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | THE NEWS $1200: Sometimes hyphenated, it's the author's name as printed on a newspaper story a byline |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | THE NEWS $1600: Pioneering all-news radio in 1961, XTRA broadcast to Southern California from this city just into Mexico Tijuana |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | THE NEWS $2000: Also what a comic does in a club, it's the term for a reporter's report straight to camera from the scene of breaking news stand-up |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | MEET THE PRESS $200: Back in the 1st century B.C., the Acta Diurna was the daily news sheet of this ancient republic Rome |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | MEET THE PRESS $600: Londoners have been getting their news from this paper at all hours since 1788 The Times of London |
| #7297, aired 2016-05-10 | LAW FIRMS $1600: Tops for patent litigation per U.S. News & World Report, Fish & Richardson specializes in IP, short for this intellectual property |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | POPULAR WEBSITES $600: 600 reasons you'll name this Jonah Peretti-founded social news site Buzzfeed.com |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | RADIO & TV GAME SHOWS $1200: (Hi. I'm Mo Rocca.) I'm a frequent panelist on this weekly NPR news quiz show that includes the games Bluff the Listener & Not My Job Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | A LITTLE TV $400: There was baby news upstairs with Lady Mary & downstairs with Anna as this series ended its 6-year run on PBS in 2016 Downton Abbey |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | DAVID MUIR COVERS POLITICS $200: (David Muir, anchor of ABC's World News Tonight, presents.) In 2015, I helped moderate the third Democratic presidential debate & asked the candidates about topics including whether to accept refugees from this specific country Syria |
| #7267, aired 2016-03-29 | I'M RETIRED $1000: The famed voice of NPR News, he has entered retirement as the scorekeeper emeritus of "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!"
"Roy had 5 correct answers for 10 more points; he now has 12 points, and Roy has the lead" Carl Kasell |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $200: In 2015 a Penn. town cited federal law to stop a man from paying a $25 parking ticket with this many pennies 2,500 |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $400: Glenn Berger estimated he retrieves 1.3 to 1.7 million of these lost sports items a year & sells 'em for $1 each golf balls |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $600: The 4 leaders of Congress asked people not to try to shake the hand of this visitor in the House chamber on Sept. 24, 2015 the Pope (Francis) |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $800: REI, an outdoor & fitness gear co., paid its staff & stayed closed on this "colorful" shopping day Black Friday |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $1000: Scandal in Male! The VP of this Asian nation of islands was busted in 2015 for trying to blow up the president on a speedboat the Maldives |
| #7256, aired 2016-03-14 | IT WAS 1916 $200: The big news on the Jersey shore in July 1916 was 4 fatal attacks by these, species unknown shark |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | MY EX-WIVES & ME $800: Breaking (up) news... this longtime CNN host & wife No. 6, Julie Alexander Larry King |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | THE ALGORITHM METHOD $800: In 2015 Time magazine told of this website's News Feed algorithm that helped personalize content Facebook |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | PLAYBOY $200: In 2015 Playboy made news by announcing it would no longer publish these, but we still have the interviews nude photographs |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR $800: In 2015 Maggie Doyne, who helped girls in Nepal, was the top honoree at this news network's annual tribute "Heroes" CNN |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | BACKING BANDS $1200: Huey Lewis the News |
| #7245, aired 2016-02-26 | REPORTAGE $800: James Whitaker, royal reporter for the Daily Mirror, shocked Britain with the news of this woman's eating disorder Lady Diana (Princess Diana) |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | THE IMAGE AWARDS $400: She won for Outstanding News, Talk or Information Show in 1993--& '94, '96, '98... Oprah Winfrey |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | ON NETFLIX $1000: Good news for fans of this show! Netflix plans to air 4 new 90-minute episodes featuring Lorelai & Rory Gilmore Girls |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | INTERESTING PEOPLE $2000: Czech double agent Karl Koecher made news in the 1980s for infiltrating this organization that hired him the CIA |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | NONFICTION $400: "Killing Reagan" by this Fox News host recounts the attempted assassination of our 40th president (Bill) O'Reilly |
| #7222, aired 2016-01-26 | RADIO $600: 2-word term for a brief recording of a person giving a quote, used as part of a news story a sound bite |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $400: (Hi, I'm Mo Rocca.) I am a correspondent for this CBS news magazine that's hosted by the genial Charles Osgood Sunday Morning |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | BRIT SPEAK $200: The Beeb isn't Justin Bieber but a nickname for this news & entertainment provider the BBC |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | ASIA $400: In August of 2008, the venues in this city, seen here from space, were much in the news Beijing |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | THE NEW YORK TIMES PULITZER WINNERS $1000: (I'm Carolyn Ryan.) In 2009 I was part of the team that won the Pulitzer for breaking news coverage of this New York governor & his stunning fall from grace (Eliot) Spitzer |
| #7194, aired 2015-12-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1947 this TV news show's first guest was former Democratic chairman & FDR campaign manager James A. Farley Meet the Press |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRANK SINATRA $400: Start spreading the news--this Big Apple anthem was Frank's last Top 40 pop hit "New York, New York" |
| #7177, aired 2015-11-24 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $2,400 (Daily Double): This newspaper's 1889 first issue promised "to get the news, to publish it instantly, whether bull or bear" The Wall Street Journal |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | SNL ALUMNI $1600: This former "Weekend Update" anchor now delivers the news that KFC is "Finger Lickin' Good" (Norm) Macdonald |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | NICKNAMES FOR FEMINISTS $1200: A biography of this 19th century woman includes the line "news of Vicky's candidacy traveled across the country" Victoria Woodhull |
| #7165, aired 2015-11-06 | NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK $800: In 2015 this African-American journalist became the anchor of the "NBC Nightly News" (Lester) Holt |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | BAD NEWS $200: Late on April 14, 1912, things got bad for this ship roughly 400 miles south of Newfoundland the Titanic |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | BAD NEWS $400: An April 26, 1986 test at this power station ended up producing a radioactive cloud more than 3,000 feet high Chernobyl |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | BAD NEWS $600: A 7.4 quake in Istanbul in 1999 did lead to better relations with this western border country that gave support Bulgaria |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | BIBLICAL CITIES $1600: While a captive in this city, Daniel was given the name Belteshazzar Babylon |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | NEWS OF THE 21st CENTURY $400: On June 5, 2012 Wisconsin made him the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall vote Scott Walker |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | NEWS OF THE 21st CENTURY $800: The largest ever marine oil spill happened when a rig leased to this company sank in 2010 BP |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | NEWS OF THE 21st CENTURY $1200: Firsts for this new German chancellor in 2005 included first East German in the post (Angela) Merkel |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | NEWS OF THE 21st CENTURY $1600: Ending a 100-year dispute, in 2011 this univ. returned thousands of artifacts to Peru that were taken from Machu Picchu Yale |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | NEWS OF THE 21st CENTURY $2000: (ABC News anchor David Muir gives the clue.) As the Arab Spring made its way into Egypt in January of 2011, I reported from this pivotal public gathering place where protests eventually brought down 2 Egyptian leaders Tahrir Square |
| #7140, aired 2015-10-02 | THAT'S HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): This 1790 act gave authors exclusive control of their works for 14 years; violators were fined 50 cents per page the Copyright Act |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES $1200: The web feature "Watching", which began in 2014, gives running updates of news like this National Zoo arrival in Aug. 2015 a panda |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | SLOGANS $400: Fox News says it's "fair &" this balanced |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | '90s NEWSMAKERS $600: This daughter of a Czech diplomat made the news on becoming our first female Secretary of State Madeleine Albright |
| #7105, aired 2015-07-03 | A BRIEF ILLNESS $400: Bad news for your liver--you have HAV, short for this virus hepatitis A |
| #7095, aired 2015-06-19 | I SAW IT ON THE INTERNET $200: This satiric news site reported, "Paleontologists Determine Dinosaurs Were Killed By Someone They Trusted" The Onion |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | A VISIT WITH KATIE COURIC $1000: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) In 2008 I was honored to accept this journalism award named for this legend whose life was recounted in the film "Good Night, and Good Luck" Edward R. Murrow |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | SAY THE "WER" $800: Cabbage family member with a white curd that's edible (news to some kids) cauliflower |
| #7071, aired 2015-05-18 | TV $400: This long-running NBC Sunday morning news show began as a radio promotion for the American Mercury magazine Meet the Press |
| #7064, aired 2015-05-07 | MED SCHOOLS $200: U.S. News said the University of this at Worcester was wicked excellent in 2015, ranking it No. 5 in primary care Massachusetts |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | COMPLETE THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD TITLE $400: E. Annie Proulx, 1993:
"The ____ News" Shipping |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | NEWS ANCHORS $200: "The View" of her career in "20/20" hindsight shows she started as a news writer before her historic anchoring job Barbara Walters |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | NEWS ANCHORS $400: After leaving the NBC anchor chair in 2004, he briefly hosted "Meet the Press" Tom Brokaw |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | NEWS ANCHORS $600: This ex-anchor of Fox News' "Special Report" is now the network's senior political analyst Brit Hume |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | NEWS ANCHORS $800: In 2011 he stepped down after 36 years anchoring or co-anchoring PBS' newscast (Jim) Lehrer |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | NEWS ANCHORS $1000: (I'm David Muir.) When I became the anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight", I was the youngest network news anchor since this man, a hero of mine; he first got the same gig in 1965 Peter Jennings |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | LET'S GO OLD SCHOOL! $2000: U.S. News & World Report ranks this 137-year-old Jesuit school in Omaha the No. 1 regional university in the Midwest Creighton |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | THE CALENDAR $1,500 (Daily Double): Dec. 21, 2012 was in the news as the end of a calendar cycle for this ancient Native American people the Mayans |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | FONTS $400: Business News Daily named Calibri one of the best fonts for this document--now go update yours a résumé |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? $600: Good news! This doctor who specializes in making & interpreting X-rays says nothing's broken a radiologist |
| #7030, aired 2015-03-20 | GOOD "EVENING" $1200: Walter Cronkite became its anchor in 1962 the CBS Evening News |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | 19th C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $800: In 1885 bartender Harry Tammen & lottery promoter F.G. Bonfils founded this rival of the Rocky Mountain News The Denver Post |
| #7016, aired 2015-03-02 | 3-NAMED ACTORS $2000: A child star in "The Bad News Bears", he's been a very different presence in recent films like "Watchmen" Jackie Earle Haley |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | TIME FOR "T" $400: It's a newspaper concentrating on lurid news or whose pages are about half the standard size a tabloid |
| #6997, aired 2015-02-03 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2015 $200: The "Top 10 News Topics of 2014" included unrest in this Missouri suburb Ferguson |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | CARRY ON $1000: Good news! You can carry on perishables along with up to 5 pounds of this, solid carbon dioxide dry ice |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | HOSPITALS $2000: For 2014-15 U.S. News & World Report ranked this Ohio facility as the nation's top cardiology & heart surgery hospital the Cleveland Clinic |
| #6989, aired 2015-01-22 | SPECIAL ED $400: This TV variety show host was also a gossip columnist for the N.Y. Daily News from 1932 to 1974 Ed Sullivan |
| #6966, aired 2014-12-22 | THE OLD WEST $600: This deputy U.S. Marshal believed Frank Stilwell killed his kid brother Morgan on 1882; bad news for Frank Wyatt Earp |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 $200: The best "elementary particles/fields/string theory" grad school? This New Jersey Ivy League school Princeton |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 $400: For part-time law programs, think D.C.; George Washington U. was No. 2 & this university topped the list Georgetown |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 $600: On 2014's hospital "Honor Roll", the Mayo Clinic was No. 3, Mass. General No. 2 & this Baltimore facility the leader Johns Hopkins |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 $800: Let's get down to business--for undergrads, this City of Brotherly Love university was tops the University of Pennsylvania |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 $1000: When it comes to a computer science Ph.D. program, this university in Pittsburgh leads the field Carnegie Mellon |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | 6'4" $800: 2013-14 NBA News:
Nets start 10-21, but this coach & ex-star guard stays in the picture & makes the playoffs Jason Kidd |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | FEMALE FIRSTS $400: The first woman featured on this news magazine's cover was Italian actress Eleonora Duse on July 30, 1923 Time |
| #6953, aired 2014-12-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Before he was killed in the War of 1812, Zebulon Pike discovered a famous mountain peak in this state Colorado |
| #6942, aired 2014-11-18 | A LOAD OF ODIN $800: Hugin & Munin were a pair of these crow-like birds that Odin used to scout ahead & bring him news ravens |
| #6931, aired 2014-11-03 | WHAT A WONDERFUL "WORLD" $1000: The 2 words that follow "BBC" in the name of a global radio network World Service |
| #6924, aired 2014-10-23 | WINSTON CHURCHILL $400: As a young man, Churchill wrote news stories from South Africa during this war & was captured The Boer War |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | YOU'RE SO VAIN $200: A magic mirror gives the vain queen the bad news that another has surpassed her in beauty in this Grimm fairy tale "Snow White" |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | THE TV BUSINESS $600: Often 30 minutes in length, it's an advertisement recorded to look like a news program or talk show an infomercial |
| #6897, aired 2014-09-16 | PLASTIC SURGERY $1,000 (Daily Double): This alliterative procedure is also called abdominoplasty tummy tuck |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | THOSE ARE SOME BIG SHOES $800: David Muir was named to replace her as the regular anchor of "World News Tonight" Diane Sawyer |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | THE HUNT IS ON! $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a video on the monitor.) The grasshopper mouse is immune to the scorpion's stings because these specialized cells act as a kind of gatekeeper by not sending the news of pain to the brain neurons |
| #6894, aired 2014-07-31 | JOURNALISM $400: "The Journalist's Bible" is the AP stylebook; AP is short for this oldest news-gathering agency in the United States Associated Press |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $400: In 2010 this 4-year-old website published classified U.S. war documents & diplomatic cables WikiLeaks |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $800: Pope when you were born, he died in 2005 John Paul II |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $1200: This Asian company surpassed Nokia as the world's largest mobile phone maker Samsung |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $1600: In 2007 Israel bombed a Syrian site that intelligence showed was one of these built with North Korean help nuclear reactor |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $2000: A volcano called Eyjafjallajokull erupted in this island nation in 2010, leading to a disruption of air travel Iceland |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | SERIOUS TV $1,000 (Daily Double): This man began seeing the news from every angle on his CNN evening show in 2003 Anderson Cooper |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | SERIOUS TV $1200: This Sunday morning news show now hosted by Bob Schieffer premiered on CBS on Nov. 7, 1954 Face the Nation |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | HEADLINE NEWS $400: In January 1949 it was front-page news in the L.A. Times that this "Falls for Third Night, Tangling... Traffic" Snow |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | HEADLINE NEWS $800: "Bite of the Century" was a June 29, 1997 headline referring to this athlete's conduct the night before Mike Tyson |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | HEADLINE NEWS $1200: "Papa Ratzi" was how Britain's Sun welcomed the man with this papal name Benedict |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | HEADLINE NEWS $2000: A front-page headline in Le Monde Sept. 13, 2001 read, "We Are All" these people Americans |
| #6880, aired 2014-07-11 | PLANES OF YESTERYEAR $400: The Lockheed D-21, with no pilot & designed to self-destruct, was a 1960s example of this type of plane now in the news a drone |
| #6870, aired 2014-06-27 | THE FEMALE PERSUASION $800: Her unrelenting belief in Rasputin ended up being bad news for her & her royal hubby Alexandra |
| #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | QUIRKY NEWS $200: On New Year's Eve, Elizabethtown, Penn. drops a giant M&M while the town of Hershey drops a 7-foot tall one of these candies Kiss |
| #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | QUIRKY NEWS $400: A game design professor played this classic Atari game on the side of a skyscraper in 2013, setting a world record Pong |
| #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | QUIRKY NEWS $600: Parishioners in Frederick, Maryland were attacked by these--the birds, not the bourbon brand wild turkeys |
| #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | QUIRKY NEWS $800: A religious Kentucky cross country runner dropped out of a race when she was assigned this 3-digit bib number 666 |
| #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | QUIRKY NEWS $1000: Some ATMs in London offer service in this type of slang; you can withdraw "sausage & mash" Cockney rhyming slang |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | AS SEEN ON TV $200: This long-running Sunday morning news show originally aired on radio in 1945 Meet the Press |
| #6847, aired 2014-05-27 | BARBARA WALTERS $600: In the 1970s Barbara broke new ground for women co-anchoring the evening news & co-hosting this morning staple (the) Today (show) |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | I WILL SURVIVE! $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation of a boat capsizing on the monitor, followed by news footage.) Harrison Okene's shipwreck could have killed him, but his boat flipped over before it sank 100 feet to the bottom, creating an air pocket that provided him with oxygen; the bubble served as one of these objects with a musical name a diving bell |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | 1 LETTER DIFFERENT $800: Out-of-date fashion sense stale style |
| #6837, aired 2014-05-13 | DISCOVER $2000: In 2014 news, the Big Bang reveals its secrets to the BICEP2 telescope at this spot with not much interference the South Pole |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $1200: If you wanna go back in time, here's "The News", fronted by this guy at Morongo Casino in May 2013 Huey Lewis |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | STATISTICS $200: Positive news: in 2013 NYC had fewer than 350 of these, compared to more than 2,100 in 1991 murders |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | IT WAS AN ACCIDENT $600: It's the accident that got 78-year-old Texas lawyer Harry Whittington into political news in 2006 getting shot in the face by Dick Cheney |
| #6811, aired 2014-04-07 | ICE CREAM PARLOR WORDS $200: A news story first revealed in a specific paper before others get it a scoop |
| #6809, aired 2014-04-03 | FAIRLY RECENT NEWS $200: Here's the official portrait of the christening of this little fella (Prince) George |
| #6809, aired 2014-04-03 | FAIRLY RECENT NEWS $400: In 2014 he returned for a second stint heading the NYPD; he headed the LAPD in between William Bratton |
| #6809, aired 2014-04-03 | FAIRLY RECENT NEWS $600: When not saving constituents from burning buildings (literally!), this ex-Newark mayor found time to win a Senate seat Cory Booker |
| #6809, aired 2014-04-03 | FAIRLY RECENT NEWS $800: In offstage drama, a member of this Russian cultural institution was convicted for an acid attack on the artistic director the Bolshoi |
| #6809, aired 2014-04-03 | FAIRLY RECENT NEWS $3,600 (Daily Double): After this leader's death in 2013, Citgo facilities across the U.S. flew their flags at half-staff Hugo Chávez |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | NEW IN THE 2000s $400: News Corporation paid $580 million in 2005 to get this social networking site that sold for $35 million in 2011 Myspace |
| #6805, aired 2014-03-28 | CONSERVATIVE READING LIST $1200: This Fox News & talk radio star's "Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama's Radical Agenda" Sean Hannity |
| #6804, aired 2014-03-27 | MORGAN TOWN $400: At age 28 in 1994,
he was appointed editor-in-chief of News of the World Piers Morgan |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | THE ONE WHO KNOCKS $800: The N.Y. Daily News' review of "Glitter" told this singer, "Don't quit your day job"; the headline? "A Star Is Boring" Mariah Carey |
| #6789, aired 2014-03-06 | BIBLICAL LETTERS $1600: "E" is for this city in "witch" King Saul gets very bad news Endor |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | THE LAST CENTURY $400: "The most trusted man in America", he ended his tenure as anchor of the CBS Evening News in 1981 Walter Cronkite |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | DOT COM $1000: "Got a tip?" asks this celeb news site founded by Harvey Levin TMZ |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: & in other news,
change a letter in
the name of a sea creature & you get this short filler item in a newspaper squib |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | PLANET FILL-IN $1000: San Jose ____ News, a paper in California Mercury |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | AGES & AGES $2,400 (Daily Double): An 1870s novel about greed & corruption gave us the name of this "age" The Gilded Age |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | BACK IN THE USSR $1600: This official Soviet news agency was the main news source for all newspapers & radio & TV stations TASS |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | LET'S PLAY SOME GULF $1000: The Gulf of Sidra indents the coast of this North African country Libya |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | REALITY TV $400: (I'm Chuck Todd of NBC News.) I'm obsessed with the A&E reality series in which Barry & Dave bid on repossessed goods found in lockers or units that's called these "Wars" Storage Wars |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | TV ANCHORS AWEIGH! $800: "File" this blonde anchor & lawyer under Fox News where she hosts a show weekdays from 9 to 10 P.M. Megyn Kelly |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $200: (I'm Chuck Todd of NBC News.) The longer I am in television, the more I like this feature film comedy with Will Ferrell as a San Diego newsman, & I'm really looking forward to the sequel Anchorman(: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $600: (I'm Dana Perino of Fox News.) Hugh Grant played a convincing prime minister in this film that depicts amorous hopefuls from all walks of London life Love Actually |
| #6741, aired 2013-12-30 | FLYERS & FLYING $400: In 1889 they began publishing a weekly Dayton, Ohio newspaper called the West Side News the Wright Brothers |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | IT'S BEEN A YEAR $400: In February news British diners consumed less beef because results showed it contained some of this animal's DNA a horse |
| #6737, aired 2013-12-24 | BLOGS $400: With sections devoted to "OLTL" & "B&B", Daytime Confidential is loaded with news about this type of show soap opera |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | 60 YEARS OF THE TV STATION $600: In the early '60s, Houston's KHOU had this Texan as its news director Dan Rather |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | 60 YEARS OF THE TV STATION $800: Diana Pierce anchors the news on KARE in this city a lot better than Ted Baxter did on fictional WJM Minneapolis |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $2000: Her first publications were accounts of the travels of her & husband Almanzo in the De Smet News in South Dakota Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | SCIENCE NEWS $400: In 2013 the Supreme Court ruled that human ones can't be patented, though synthetic versions can genes |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | SCIENCE NEWS $800: This ability, in which humans (notably named Seaver & Elway) excel, helped our hunting & thus our evolution throwing (passing) |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | SCIENCE NEWS $1200: The X-ray type of this beam is advancing medical imaging, like modeling an enzyme that counteracts sleeping sickness a laser beam |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | SCIENCE NEWS $1600: A newly discovered body part, Dua's layer is in this part of the eye that along with the lens does the focusing the cornea |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | SCIENCE NEWS $2000: The scarily named "antimatter gun" fires bursts of these particles sometimes called antielectrons positrons |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | NEWSPAPERS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2013 this paper won a Pulitzer for its breaking news coverage of the Aurora theater shooting The Denver Post |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | GIVING YOU THE BUSINESS $800: Jeff Bezos recently made the news when he purchased this newspaper for $250 million the Washington Post |
| #6712, aired 2013-11-19 | STAND BY YOUR STAN $400: Until the 2000s, cities like Herat & Kandahar in this country were not often seen in Western news Afghanistan |
| #6708, aired 2013-11-13 | JOURNALISTS $800: This anchor of "Fox News Sunday" is a second-generation journalist Chris Wallace |
| #6708, aired 2013-11-13 | JOURNALISTS $1600: She broke ground as the first female correspondent on "60 Minutes"; today you can find her on ABC's "World News" Diane Sawyer |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | THE RACE IS TO THE STRONG $1000: The brutal Barkley Marathons came to be after news of this assassin covering only 8 mi. after fleeing a Tenn. prison in 1977 James Earl Ray |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | TEACHING THE TEACHERS $1200: The U.S. news No. 1-ranked education grad school is the Peabody School at this Nashville university Vanderbilt |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $1200: (I'm Andrew Ross Sorkin.) In 2000 I broke the news of the acquisition of J.P. Morgan by this banking company Chase |
| #6697, aired 2013-10-29 | THE NEW YORK TIMES ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK $400: (I'm Frank Bruni.) My 2013 blog post titles "'I Do' & the ACLU" points out that the number of states allowing this doubled from 6 to 12 in about a year gay marriage |
| #6697, aired 2013-10-29 | THE NEW YORK TIMES ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK $800: (I'm David Carr.) On the "Media Decoder" blog I've been following this Netflix series that shows Washington officials & yes, even a few journalists, in a harsh light House of Cards |
| #6697, aired 2013-10-29 | "UGA" $800: 9-letter word meaning to present a pill or bad news so it's easier to swallow sugarcoat |
| #6697, aired 2013-10-29 | THE NEW YORK TIMES ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK $1200: (I'm Andrew Ross Sorkin.) I founded DealBook, a Times Financial blog that covers stories like this company's aquisition of Tumblr, which we called "putting the exclamation point back in the company name" Yahoo! |
| #6697, aired 2013-10-29 | THE NEW YORK TIMES ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK $2000: (I'm legal columnist Linda Greenhouse.) In a multimedia feature, I gave a tour of the papers of this Supreme Court Justice who wrote the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade & about whom I've also written a book Harry Blackmun |
| #6694, aired 2013-10-24 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $600: (I'm Kelly O'Donnell of NBC News.) Sometimes I like to go country on my iPod, listening to this trio whose hits include "Here Comes Goodbye" & "Life Is a Highway" Rascal Flatts |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | BUSINESS $1600: In 2013 this news network acquired Current TV & took its spot on U.S. cable; salaam aleikum Al Jazeera |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | NEWSMEN $600: Once ABC's chief White House correspondent, Brit Hume now serves as senior political analyst for this channel Fox News |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | THAT'S THE STORY $600: In Italian it's any tale, & can also mean news; in English it's a longish story, like "The Turn of the Screw" a novella |
| #6666, aired 2013-09-16 | PLACES IN THE NEWS $200: He wasn't an alien visitor, but Felix Baumgartner did come from 24 miles up when he landed in this Southwest state in 2012 New Mexico |
| #6666, aired 2013-09-16 | PLACES IN THE NEWS $400: In May 2013 hearts rejoiced when 3 women missing for nearly a decade escaped to freedom in this city Cleveland |
| #6666, aired 2013-09-16 | PLACES IN THE NEWS $600: This leaker of NSA secrets had quite a layover, 5 weeks, in Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport Snowden |
| #6666, aired 2013-09-16 | PLACES IN THE NEWS $800: In August 2013 ex-president Pervez Musharraf of this country was charged with the murder of Benazir Bhutto Pakistan |
| #6666, aired 2013-09-16 | PLACES IN THE NEWS $1000: In 2013 this Boston-area town was in the news as a marathon bombing suspect was captured there Watertown |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | GROWNUPS ON TV $800: Scott Pelley is the serious-looking dude who anchors the "CBS Evening" version of this the news |
| #6659, aired 2013-07-25 | IT'S NOT MATT LAUER $400: He was a "Today" host for 6 years before starting a 22-year run on the "NBC Nightly News" in 1982 Tom Brokaw |
| #6653, aired 2013-07-17 | -OLOGIES $800: This -ology practiced by a guy on the 6 o'clock news sounds like it's about bodies falling from space meteorology |
| #6629, aired 2013-06-13 | TAGLINES $200: This network, "the most trusted name in news" CNN |
| #6624, aired 2013-06-06 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Until it made the news in 1961, most Americans were unfamiliar with this body of water the Bay of Pigs |
| #6601, aired 2013-05-06 | QUIRKY NEWS $200: Disproving the adage that you can't teach an old one new tricks, these pets learned to drive as part of an SPCA campaign dogs |
| #6601, aired 2013-05-06 | QUIRKY NEWS $400: Bill Maher said if this real estate tycoon could prove his dad isn't an orangutan, Maher would give him $5 million Donald Trump |
| #6601, aired 2013-05-06 | QUIRKY NEWS $600: Some golf opens have weather delays; the one in this country, seen here, was delayed by interference on the fairway Australia |
| #6601, aired 2013-05-06 | QUIRKY NEWS $800: Just like our "yule log", Norwegian public TV aired 12 hours of this--but with commentary! a fireplace |
| #6601, aired 2013-05-06 | QUIRKY NEWS $1000: TV viewers were warned of zombies rising from their graves when this warning system, EAS for short, was hacked in 2013 the Emergency Alert System |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | CANADIAN PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPERS $800: The Banff Crag & Canyon &
The Medicine Hat News Alberta |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | CANADIAN PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPERS $1600: The Victoria News British Columbia |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | THIS SOUTH AMERICAN LIFE $2000: This novelist's "News of a Kidnapping" is a nonfiction account of kidnappings in Colombia in 1990-91 Gabriel García Márquez |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | NEWSWORTHY $600: This company with "Space" in its name made news with the first commercial vehicle to visit the International Space Station SpaceX |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | DR. SEUSS ON THE 11 O'CLOCK NEWS $200: A town of Whos is saved from certain death by beezle-nut juice due to the heroics--& keen hearing--of this title elephant Horton |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | DR. SEUSS ON THE 11 O'CLOCK NEWS $400: "A train! A train! Could you, would you, on a train?" he screamed about green eggs & ham; today, he gets a restraining order Sam-I-Am |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | DR. SEUSS ON THE 11 O'CLOCK NEWS $600: A home invasion by this title animal traumatizes 2 kids & a fish, left alone by a mom who may be facing neglect charges herself the Cat in the Hat |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | DR. SEUSS ON THE 11 O'CLOCK NEWS $800: A big scare "on the far-away island of Sala-ma-Sond" today, as this "king of the pond" fell & nearly became a shell of himself Yertle the Turtle |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | DR. SEUSS ON THE 11 O'CLOCK NEWS $1000: The witness, a boy named Marco, initially claimed to have seen a zebra pulling a cart on this title street but later recanted Mulberry Street |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | ACTOR FACTOR $600: He played news producer Fred Friendly in "Good Night, and Good Luck." George Clooney |
| #6562, aired 2013-03-12 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE BASEBALL MOVIE $600: The ace pitcher on a boys' Little League team is a girl (Tatum O'Neal) in this comedy from 1976 The Bad News Bears |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | NEWSPAPER MOGULS $400: In 2012 he said it was "a big move" to split News Corp. into entertainment (cha-ching) & print (not so much) Murdoch |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | NEWSPAPER MOGULS $2000: In 1896 he bought the New York Times for 875,000 & created its slogan "all the news that's fit to print" Adolph Ochs |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | CELEBRITIES LOVE TV $400: (I'm BBC news anchor Katty Kay.) I can't get enough of Maggie Smith's dowager countess on this PBS show with lines like "Don't be defeatist, dear, it's very middle class" Downton Abbey |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | ABBREV. BACKWARDS & FORWARDS $800: The system to make announcements at a major news-gathering service an AP PA |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | "T" TIME $400: This eastern U.S. location was much in the news in March of 1979 Three Mile Island |
| #6524, aired 2013-01-17 | THE DAILY SHOW ALUMNI $1600: "When a news story falls through the cracks", this man "catches it for a segment" called "Back in" him Lewis Black |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | MIKE $800: This former governor of Arkansas hosts a show on Fox News Mike Huckabee |
| #6520, aired 2013-01-11 | BODY PART-POURRI $400: Even one "for news" can get put "out of joint" a nose |
| #6519, aired 2013-01-10 | AMERICANA $400: This accused ax murderess was back in the news in 2012 after her lawyer's original journals were discovered Lizzie Borden |
| #6519, aired 2013-01-10 | CALL ME ISRAEL $1600: In 1844 Israel Josaphat adopted this last name; with an added "S", it would become Europe's leading news agency Reuter |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | TV NEWS $200: In 2011 Josh Elliott of ESPN became news reader for this ABC show that starts many people's day Good Morning America |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | TV NEWS $400: Aaron Sorkin created Will McAvoy, anchorman with a conscience, for this HBO series The Newsroom |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | TV NEWS $600: A new bio of this beloved CBS anchor says he bugged a committee room at the 1952 Republican Convention (Walter) Cronkite |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | TV NEWS $800: In 2012 she succeeded Ann Curry as co-anchor of the "Today" show Savannah Guthrie |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | TV NEWS $1000: We're glad this CNN show hosted by Candy Crowley isn't just on once a year in January State of the Union |
| #6515, aired 2013-01-04 | 10-LETTER WORDS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) This invention sped up the flow of news from behind the beyond; in 2001, this one sent the only real-time images of U.S. surveillance personnel being freed from China a videophone |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | 1920s NEWS FLASH! $200: News flash! This less-than-yappy pappy is sixth veep to be nation's top dog after chief takes deep sleep! Calvin Coolidge |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | 1920s NEWS FLASH! $400: Aug. 3, 1927! Bay State gov says no to anarchy! Denies clemency to these 2 Italians! It's the chair for the pair! Sacco & Vanzetti |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | 1920s NEWS FLASH! $600: 1927! Gene Tunney takes a long count in the squared circle but rises to defeat this "Manassa Mauler"! Howzabout that! Jack Dempsey |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | 1920s NEWS FLASH! $800: 1922: It's the end of an empire! This empire, in fact! After 600 years, it's goodbye, this, hello, Turkish Republic! the Ottoman Empire |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | 1920s NEWS FLASH! $1000: Nov. 28, 1929! This man & his chief pilot Bernt Balchen fly to South Pole! Yowza! You'll be an admirable admiral, sir! (Richard) Byrd |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | NEWS OF THE 20-TWEENS $200: Reporter Ron Kessler broke the 2012 story of naughty behavior in Colombia by these prez protectors the Secret Service |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | NEWS OF THE 20-TWEENS $400: On May 11, 2010 this "colorful" guy tendered his resignation as British prime minister Gordon Brown |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | NEWS OF THE 20-TWEENS $600: In December 2010 PayPal, Visa & MasterCard stopped processing donations to this anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | NEWS OF THE 20-TWEENS $800: In June 2012 she arrived in Oslo 21 years late to pick up her Nobel Peace Prize Aung San Suu Kyi |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | WEBCAMS $1000: Looking at a webcam, you can always answer the question in "The Merchant of Venice", "what news on" this bridge? the Rialto |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | NEWS OF THE 20-TWEENS $1000: In an exception to the 10-year limit, in July 2011 the Senate extended the term of Robert Mueller as head of this FBI |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | ADVENTURES IN JOURNALISM $400: This Fox News commentator was the "Factor" when Joy Behar & Whoopi Goldberg stormed off the set of "The View" Bill O'Reilly |
| #6499, aired 2012-12-13 | POLITICAL MEMOIRS $2,000 (Daily Double): Going from the White House to ABC News, he wrote "All Too Human: A Political Education" about his Clinton years George Stephanopoulos |
| #6479, aired 2012-11-15 | QUICK HISTORY $400: In 1756 this city's "Black Hole" made news Calcutta |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | BEAUTY QUEENS $400: Currently the anchor of "ABC World News", she served as America's Junior Miss of 1963 Diane Sawyer |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | SITE $400: This news website that lets you share "top news" sounds like it's trying to get to China the hard way Digg |
| #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 |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $800: (I'm CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary.) In April 2009 I broke the story that this youngest of the "Big 3" car companies was entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Chrysler |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $1200: (I'm Kelly O'Donnell of NBC News.) I broke the story that this Democratic senator ended his candidacy for president in 2004, though he ended up as No. 2 on the Democratic ticket John Edwards |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $1600: (I'm Chuck Todd of NBC News.) In 2006 I broke the story that this man, the ex-governor of Virginia, had decided not to run for president in 2008--he went for the U.S. Senate instead & won Mark Warner |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $2000: (I'm New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.) In 2002 I broke the story of a peace plan--a return to June 1967 lines & a Palestinian state for a full peace between Israel & the Arab world--proposed by this now-king of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | LET'S GET TOGETHER $800: Just days before this "Legally Blonde" actress' 36th birthday, news broke that she & 2nd hubby Jim Toth were expecting Reese Witherspoon |
| #6438, aired 2012-09-19 | "&" MAGAZINES $400: Harvard & Stanford tied for first in this magazine's ranking of Best Business Schools for 2013 U.S. News & World Report |
| #6438, aired 2012-09-19 | HIS 'DO $800: The name of this cut is also the sound of electric clippers; in 2012 Robert Pattinson made news when he got one a buzz cut |
| #6438, aired 2012-09-19 | TRUE DAILY DOUBLES $1200: November 3, 1986:
Micronesia gets its independence from the U.S. & a magazine breaks the news of this scandal Iran-Contra |
| #6436, aired 2012-09-17 | GIVING A PUP TALK $2000: An editor of The New York Sun said, "but if" this happens, "that is news" "man bites dog" |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | "J" WALKING $800: It's another word for news writing journalism |
| #6429, aired 2012-07-26 | QUOTES OF THE 2010s $400: This news mogul told a Parliamentary hearing, "This is the most humble day of my life" Rupert Murdoch |
| #6424, aired 2012-07-19 | PUT ME IN, MOVIE COACH! $600: Coach Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) gave his little leaguers beer after a tough loss, but this film still means well The Bad News Bears |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | COUNTRY BY NEWSPAPERS $400: Pretoria News,
Cape Times South Africa |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | COUNTRY BY NEWSPAPERS $1600: Yonhap News,
Chosun Ilbo South Korea |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | COUNTRY BY NEWSPAPERS $2000: The Nunatsiaq News,
LeDroit Canada |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | NEWS OF THE 2010s $400: His September 2011 announcement he'd run to be Russian president again was not greeted with the joy he'd hoped for Putin |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | NEWS OF THE 2010s $800: On January 23, 2012 the Supreme Court said police need a warrant to put this type of tracking device on a suspect's car a GPS |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | THE WEBS OF WEBSITES $1000: IAC sites include College Humor, ask.com & this "Daily" news site, Newsweek's online home the Daily Beast |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | NEWS OF THE 2010s $1200: This purchasing method was big in the Depression; Walmart brought it back in 2011 layaway |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | NEWS OF THE 2010s $1600: She ended her presidential campaign right after the 2012 Iowa caucuses Michele Bachmann |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | NEWS OF THE 2010s $2,000 (Daily Double): In January 2012 this Mideastern president vowed "an iron hand" against protests Bashar Assad |
| #6413, aired 2012-07-04 | LONG RUNS IN PRIME TIME $600: It's now on Sunday mornings, but this news show ran from 1947 to 1965 in prime time Meet the Press |
| #6413, aired 2012-07-04 | PEOPLE WITH BRADY KID NAMES $1200: His father was the first anchor of a nightly news program in Canada; he came south & anchored at ABC Peter Jennings |
| #6408, aired 2012-06-27 | "FOR" $600: It's the type of content a radio station specializes in, such as news/talk or jammin' oldies format |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | THE BRITISH ARE GOING! $800: Big news in 1997 included the British handover of this place Hong Kong |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | "SIDE" DISHES $1600: This short auxiliary news story is usually printed in a box next to a longer article a sidebar |
| #6387, aired 2012-05-29 | READINGS FROM 1984 $200: Intrigued by a news story about a mutiny aboard a Soviet frigate, Tom Clancy wrote this novel The Hunt for Red October |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | STOP THE PRESSES! $2000: The web preserves the final edition of this "News" paper; it says, "Our time chronicling the life of Denver and Colorado... is over" The Rocky Mountain News |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | STOP THE PRESSES! $2,200 (Daily Double): A phone-hacking scandal forced this British tabloid to close in 2011 News of the World |
| #6375, aired 2012-05-11 | PEOPLE $200: With "prayers and blessings", he sent his first tweet in 2011, announcing the launch of an online Vatican news portal Benedict XVI |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | "A.P." EXAM $1200: This news-gathering service provides articles & photos to thousands of newspapers here & abroad the Associated Press |
| #6362, aired 2012-04-24 | MAGAZINES $2000: This editor of The Weekly Standard can also be seen on "Fox News Sunday" (Bill) Kristol |
| #6355, aired 2012-04-13 | POETS & POETRY $800: This divorced Algonquin "News Item" poet & wit continued writing under her married name Dorothy Parker |
| #6354, aired 2012-04-12 | INTERVIEWING THE INTERVIEWER $1000: In 2005 Mike Wallace got the treatment he'd often dished out--from this "Fox News Sunday" interviewer Chris Wallace (his son) |
| #6350, aired 2012-04-06 | THE CHILDREN OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY $800: Douglas Kennedy is a reporter for this "fair and balanced" news channel Fox News |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | GOOD NEWS $200: This piece of cutlery was added to the European table in the Middle Ages, bringing cleaner hands & better hygiene a fork |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | GOOD NEWS $400: For those wanting privacy to watch movies, the first of this type of theater opened in New Jersey on June 6, 1933 a drive-in theater |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | GOOD NEWS $600: To provide old-age retirement benefits & unemployment insurance, Congress passed this act on August 9, 1935 the Social Security Act |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | GOOD NEWS $1000: The Inuit were exempted from a 1986 worldwide ban on commercial hunting of these animals whales |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | GOOD NEWS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the late 1700s Charles de l'Epee began the 1st public school for these people in Paris & created a language for them the hearing-impaired (the deaf) |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | SOLVE FOR "EX" $1000: If the murderer had blood type A, finding that a suspect has type O is this kind of evidence exculpatory (exclusionary also accepted) |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | NEW TO THE OED $400: This adjective for loans to less-than-stellar borrowers was much in the news in the last few years sub-prime loans |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | SUPERMODELS $2000: In 2007 Natalia Vodianova made news by working the catwalk 3 weeks after doing this giving birth |
| #6322, aired 2012-02-28 | THE SHORT FORM $600: Rather than meaning the chip company, "Intel" is probably short for this in news stories about Langley intelligence |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | ISLANDS $1600: This South Pacific kingdom made news in 1999 when it appointed a court jester who then cheated the govt. out of $26 million the Kingdom of Tonga |
| #6305, aired 2012-02-03 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $1000: In 1976 she began giving her "view" as the first woman co-anchor on a nightly network news show Barbara Walters |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: This businessman with a "9-9-9" tax plan made news in 2011 as a candidate for president Herman Cain |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS $400: Brazilian private equity firm 3G made a whopper of a deal when it paid over $3 billion to acquire this restaurant chain Burger King |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS $800: In 2011 Fitch Agency downgraded this European country's credit rating to CCC, one grade above default Greece |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS $1200: We're not being redundant when we say that United united with this airline in 2010 Continental |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS $1600: Amid the phone-hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch withdrew his bid for this biggest British broadcaster BSkyB |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | ANIMALS IN THE NEWS $400: In Chicago there was a 2010 summit regarding these bloodsucking insects that once took over U.N. headquarters bedbugs |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | ANIMALS IN THE NEWS $800: In 2011 New Yorkers followed the saga of a cobra missing from this zoo (& found right there 6 days later) the Bronx Zoo |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | ANIMALS IN THE NEWS $1200: Paul the "psychic" this sea creature intrigued World Cup fans in 2010 with his spot-on picks an octopus |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | ANIMALS IN THE NEWS $1600: Tumors infecting these marsupials of an Australian island-state were found to be a contagious cancer Tasmanian devils |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | ANIMALS IN THE NEWS $2000: In Sept. 2010 the FDA held hearings over approving genetically altered these fish for human consumption salmon |
| #6286, aired 2012-01-09 | BROADCASTER NEWS $1200: Here's the "Situation": this anchor began his career in 1972 working for Reuters in Tel Aviv (Wolf) Blitzer |
| #6286, aired 2012-01-09 | BROADCASTER NEWS $1600: This "Current" newsman wrote the book "The Worst Person in the World: And 202 Strong Contenders" Keith Olbermann |
| #6286, aired 2012-01-09 | BROADCASTER NEWS $2000: (Hi. I'm Chris Matthews.) In 2004 I received the award for excellence in broadcast journalism named for this longtime news partner of Chet Huntley David Brinkley |
| #6270, aired 2011-12-16 | STREEP TEASE $400: Meryl Streep was nominated but didn't have the recipe for a 2009 Oscar when she played Ms. Child in this film Julie & Julia |
| #6264, aired 2011-12-08 | YOU AUTO KNOW THE CAR MAKER $200: The RAV4; the company was in the news a bit in 2010 Toyota |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | FINANCE WITH DAVID FABER $600: (David Faber gives the clue from the set of The Faber Report.) In May 2007 I broke the news that an unsolicited $60 a share offer for Dow Jones was made by News Corp., controlled by this man Rupert Murdoch |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1600: Marja in this country was in the news in 2010 Afghanistan |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | 2011 NEWS $200: He fell out of the top 50 world golf rankings for the first time since 1996 Tiger Woods |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | 2011 NEWS $400: Starting Sept. 17, part of Lower Manhattan was occupied 24/7 by the protest group "Occupy" this Wall Street |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | 2011 NEWS $600: Biologist Ralph Steinman won just the third Nobel Prize ever awarded this way posthumously |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | 2011 NEWS $800: This 6-letter mega-retailer began selling "Kelly's Collection" of wedding gowns... but do you really need 24 of 'em? Costco |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | 2011 NEWS $1000: In January this "Godfather of Fitness", who opened his first exercise studio in 1936, died at age 96 Jack LaLanne |
| #6251, aired 2011-11-21 | AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.) The arrival of foxes in Western Australia in the 1920s was bad news for the quokka, a type of this kangaroo relative a wallaby |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | HAVE YOU HEARD THE "NEWS"? $400: Full name of the organization for which the man seen here has plied his trade since 2001 Cable News Network |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | HAVE YOU HEARD THE "NEWS"? $600 (Daily Double): Its Nov. 22, 1963 front-page headline read: "Storm of Political Controversy Swirls Around Kennedy on Visit" The Dallas Morning News |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | HAVE YOU HEARD THE "NEWS"? $800: Known for its college rankings, it was created by the 1948 merger of 2 magazines U.S. News & World Report |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | HAVE YOU HEARD THE "NEWS"? $1200: It's been "the Bible of Baseball" since 1886 The Sporting News |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | HAVE YOU HEARD THE "NEWS"? $1600: A 2011 scandal ended the 168-year run of this British scandal sheet News of the World |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | 17-LETTER WORDS $4,800 (Daily Double): This adjective means "thwarting an intended goal", like living on credit while trying to save money counterproductive |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | MILITARY WIVES $600: In 1824 David Farragut married Susan Marchant of this Virginia city & made that port his home Norfolk |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | BAD HEIR DAY $1200: A December 2010 news story said this product was angling for Prince William, who was just 28, as a spokesman Rogaine |
| #6236, aired 2011-10-31 | TV PERSONALITIES $800: He joined the "Today" show as a news anchor in 1994 & has been a co-anchor of the show since 1997 Matt Lauer |
| #6231, aired 2011-10-24 | TOP OF THE LIST $400: U.S. News & World Report calls this New Haven school the best value college, even with tuition at over $38,000 a year Yale |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | REMEMBER 2008? $600: In December this Illinois governor was national news for his sketchy behavior Blagojevich |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | MIDDLE NAMES $1000: Tell Peter Tchaikovsky the news Ilyich |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | 50 YEARS AGO--1961 $1,000 (Daily Double): Peter Benenson's 1961 news article "The Forgotten Prisoners" is considered the birth of this organization Amnesty International |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $800: News of his rabies vaccine spread throughout the world after it proved successful in 1885 (Louis) Pasteur |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | THE "N" CROWD $400: Once in the news himself, today this marine colonel hosts "War Stories" on the Fox News Channel (Ollie) North |
| #6203, aired 2011-07-27 | QUOTATIONS FROM BARTLETT'S $600: One of Garrison Keillor's quotes begins, "That's the news from" this place, "where all the women are strong" Lake Wobegon |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | THERE SHE IS, MISS AMERICA $400: It's fair (& balanced) to tell you 1989's Gretchen Carlson reports for this news channel--you decide which one FoxNews |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | VERY NON-BREAKING NEWS $400: In 1429 at about age 17, she left home to fulfill her mission; she said god sent her to drive the English from France Joan of Arc |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | VERY NON-BREAKING NEWS $800: This Greek "Father of Medicine" could not heal himself, dying around 377 B.C.; he was buried at Larissa in Thessaly Hippocrates |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | VERY NON-BREAKING NEWS $1200: In 1584 this Golden Hind sailor represented the town of Bossiney in the House of Commons Sir Francis Drake |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | VERY NON-BREAKING NEWS $1600: In 1209 the pope excommunicated this king known for the Magna Carta; 4 years later, all was forgiven John |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | VERY NON-BREAKING NEWS $2000: In February 1940 the Soviets became a Mannerheim line steamroller & invaded this northern country Finland |
| #6180, aired 2011-06-24 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERALS $3,000 (Daily Double): This last surviving general who died in 1832 at 98, gave his name to a South Carolina site that later made big news (Thomas) Sumter |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $400: The autumn of 1989 felt a symbolic one of these in Berlin & a literal one in California on Oct. 17 an earthquake |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $800: In the U.S., 1812 means war; in this country it means the Constitution that established its parliament, the Cortes Spain |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $1200: In 1776 Timur Shah moved his capital from Kandahar to this present-day world capital Kabul |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $1600: 1066 brought the royal wedding of German king Henry IV & this daughter of the Count of Savoy; no word on how "big" she was Bertha |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1914 James Joyce finally found a publisher for this collection of stories about the people of his native city Dubliners |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL $400: In 2004 the mayor of New Paltz, New York made news when he started performing these ceremonies gay weddings |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | LEANING $800: 5-letter term for the bias or angle expressed in a news article slant |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $200: Acting under Chapter VII of their charter, the U.N. voted to institute one of these over Libya, grounding Qaddafi's aircraft a no-fly zone |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $400: This homeless man from Ohio stepped into the batter's box of fame thanks to his golden voice Ted Williams |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $600: Democratic state senators fled this state to stall Gov. Walker's union-busting budget bill Wisconsin |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $800: This orbiter that got the Shuttle program back aloft after 2 disasters made its 39th & final flight Discovery |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $1000: This European country with 2 distinct ethnic groups broke a record by marking 249 days without a government Belgium |
| #6138, aired 2011-04-27 | THE NEW YORK TIMES IN THE 21st CENTURY $400: A local news blog that debuted in 2007 is called this "room", conjuring up visions of fedoras & copy boys city room |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | PAPER $2000: San Jose:
Tidings from a planet the Mercury News |
| #6129, aired 2011-04-14 | ALABAMMY BOUND $1200: This city's News boasts the largest circulation of any Alabama newspaper Birmingham |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | & OTHER LITTLE PEOPLE $2000: Frank, played by Peter Dinklage, has unwelcome news about the deceased in this 2010 comedy Death at a Funeral |
| #6114, aired 2011-03-24 | DOUBLE LETTER, DOUBLE MEANING $400: A group of news reporters, or to make smooth by ironing press |
| #6111, aired 2011-03-21 | AN ANCIENT GREEK NEWSCAST $600: Breaking news 479 B.C.: Greece has beaten the remaining forces of this Xerxes-led empire! Let's party! the Persian Empire |
| #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 |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | DUMB CRIMINALS $600: In 2009 a thief broke into an NBC news van; in failing to steal a bolted-down camera, he hit this button by mistake record |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | OF ORDER $600: U.S. cities, from west to east:
Newport News,
Milwaukee,
New Orleans New Orleans, Milwaukee, Newport News |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | THAT'S MY BUSINESS! $2000: I deliver this "All the News That's Fit to Print" newspaper on my Greenwich Village route The New York Times |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | STATES' FIRST NEWSPAPERS $600: Rocky Mountain News
(1859) Colorado |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | STATES' FIRST NEWSPAPERS $1000: Deseret News
(1850) Utah |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | BREAKING NEWS $200: Before this hotel mogul's elbow broke through it, a Picasso he owned was worth $139 million; after, $85 million Steve Wynn |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | BREAKING NEWS $400: It was 103 degrees in July 2010 & Con Ed's command center in this N.Y. borough showed 12,963 megawatts consumed at 1 time Manhattan |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | BREAKING NEWS $800: Gambler Charles Wells is believed to have inspired the song "The Man Who" did this "At Monte Carlo" "Broke The Bank" |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | BREAKING NEWS $1000: Nearly 10 million YouTubers saw Dave Carroll's clip called this "friendly skies" airline "Breaks Guitars" United Airlines |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | BREAKING NEWS $3,600 (Daily Double): Senator Obama attended the 2006 groundbreaking for this man's memorial, 1/2 mile from Lincoln's Martin Luther King |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | ...FAME IS NOT $600: He led "The News" to 3 No. 1 hits in the '80s & in 2010 played Johnny Revere on "Hot in Cleveland" Huey Lewis |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | SCIENCE $400: In November 2009 science news, a NASA probe found water here, & not a little bit, either the Moon |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | IT'S AN HONOR $1,900 (Daily Double): A communications building at Sam Houston State University in Texas is named for this alumnus & former CBS News anchor Dan Rather |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | "I"s IN THE PRIZE $200: The Seattle Times won one in 2010 for its breaking news reporting a Pulitzer |
| #6057, aired 2011-01-04 | MARXISMS $1200: Film in which Groucho asks, "Wouldn't it be simpler if you just put the stateroom in the trunk?" A Night at the Opera |
| #6051, aired 2010-12-27 | CIVIL WAR DIARY $800: July 1, 1863: Good news, get to keep leg; bad news, I'm going to Cemetery Ridge for this Penn. battle Gettysburg |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | WHO'S BUYING? $800: 20th Century Fox, in 1985 News Corp. |
| #6046, aired 2010-12-20 | "OOP"s $1200: An exclusive news story for a reporter a scoop |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | TIMELESS TV $600: In 1948 Douglas Edwards became the first anchor of this network's Evening News CBS |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | NEWS FROM THE EQUATOR $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the bridge of a ship.) Here in the Galapagos, I'm at about 90 degrees west longitude, halfway between the Prime Meridian & International Date Line, & at this many degrees latitude 0 |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | NEWS FROM THE EQUATOR $800: In the olden navy the "crossing the line" ceremony forced new sailors to undergo hazing & pay tribute to this Roman god Neptune |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | NEWS FROM THE EQUATOR $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Galapagos.) Here at the equator the Sun is directly overhead at exactly noon on these two equinoxes the vernal & autumnal equinoxes |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | NEWS FROM THE EQUATOR $1600: A rocket launched at the equator needs less fuel & can increase this compound word, the total weight carried payload |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | NEWS FROM THE EQUATOR $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Galapagos.) There's no danger from cyclones such as hurricanes or typhoons; this apparent force, named for a French scientist, which describes the rotation of winds, is zero at the equator the Coriolis effect |
| #6027, aired 2010-11-23 | ANYONE FROM TENNESSEE? $1600: Adolph S. Ochs, who started in newspapers in Knoxville, adopted this motto for the New York Times "All the news that's fit to print" |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | ART 101 $800: French for "gluing", it's a picture made by gluing photos, news cuttings, ticket stubs, etc, to a surface a collage |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | NAME THE SEUSS TITLE $400: Through the high jungle tree tops, the news quickly spread: "He talks to a dust speck! He's out of his head!" Horton Hears a Who |
| #6008, aired 2010-10-27 | POLL-POURRI $600: Polling partnerships include CBS News with the New York Times & ABC News with this Graham family paper The Washington Post |
| #6003, aired 2010-10-20 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $800: She's the author & poet heard here reading from her memoir "A Song Flung Up to Heaven"
The times were so solemn, and the daily news so somber that we snatched mirth
from unlikely places. Maya Angelou |
| #5994, aired 2010-10-07 | CLUB TED $400: In 1980 he founded the first 24-hour cable news channel (Ted) Turner |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: (Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper.) This 21st century tragedy is one of the reasons I got back into news; its aftermath is powerfully dealt with in the novel "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" 9/11 |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | WORLD LEADERS $800: Lee Myung-Bak is its head of state; he makes the news a bit less often than his counterpart to the north South Korea |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | KATIE COURIC, WITNESS TO HISTORY $200: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) In 2006, on my first broadcast as anchor of the CBS Evening News, I reported that this group that formerly ruled Afghanistan was "back with a vengeance" the Taliban |
| #5973, aired 2010-07-28 | THIS IS CNN $800: (I'm Wolf Blitzer.) On June 1, 1980, when an all-news channel was a far-out idea, CNN was launched & this man's name was the first one a news anchor spoke on CNN Jimmy Carter |
| #5967, aired 2010-07-20 | HELLO, DOLL-Y $600: Mattel has announced 2 new "I Can Be..." dolls of her: news anchor & computer engineer Barbie |
| #5964, aired 2010-07-15 | ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS $400: This mustachioed Fox News reporter was kicked out of Iraq in '03; some may have been miffed he gave out troop positions Geraldo Rivera |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | NEWS TO ME $400: A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in this Caribbean country Jan. 12, 2010 brought a world outpouring of aid Haiti |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | NEWS TO ME $800: This car company has been in the news for widespread recalls of its Corollas & other models Toyota |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | NEWS TO ME $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates, putting his arm over his mouth.) To avoid spreading germs & maybe flu, we learned the sneeze named for this character made famous in an 1897 book Dracula |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | NEWS TO ME $1600: In a surprise, Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in this state went to a Republican in a January 2010 election Massachusetts |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | NEWS TO ME $2000: Falcon Heene, who it turned out was safe at home, not flying over Colorado, became known as this "boy" the balloon boy |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | BACKWORDS $800: The Internet is inundated with many things: polls. sports, games, maps, news & unfortunately, this spam |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Kiss & tell me the name of this Art Nouveau Austrian who painted the work seen here Gustav Klimt |
| #5945, aired 2010-06-18 | TELL TCHAIKOVSKY THE NEWS $400: Sorry, Pete, your music was great but Reisinger's choreography of this ballet was uninspired, despite Karpakova as Odile Swan Lake |
| #5945, aired 2010-06-18 | TELL TCHAIKOVSKY THE NEWS $1200: The music for this ballet is great; ignore the critics who don't like children in leading roles & the Christmas setting The Nutcracker |
| #5945, aired 2010-06-18 | TELL TCHAIKOVSKY THE NEWS $1600: Don't fret that the czar's only comment was "Very nice"; the music for this 1890 fairy tale ballet is danceable & enchanting The Sleeping Beauty |
| #5945, aired 2010-06-18 | TELL TCHAIKOVSKY THE NEWS $2000: You need money; write this piece for the opening of a cathedral on the 70th anniversary of Russia's defeat of Napoleon the "1812 Overture" |
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Laura Blyler Scanland, a nonprofit fundraiser from Newport News, Virginia
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Season 39 player (2023-06-13).
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Graig Zethner, a computer engineer from East Meadow, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-07-26). \"Graig\" rhymes with \"Craig\". Graig won $1,000...
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Kathleen Ragunas, a budget analyst originally from Newport News, Virginia
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Season 1 player (1985-04-02).
Last name pronounced like \"rah-JOO-nass\".
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Meredith Moore, a server from Knightdale, North Carolina
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Season 36 player (2020-02-28). Meredith died 2021-05-08 at the age of...
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Janet Weymouth, a professional mother from Newport News, Virginia
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Season 3 player (1987-01-13).
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Jason Idalski, a web producer from Ypsilanti, Michigan
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Season 30 2-time champion: $35,998 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Sarah Cahalan, a news assistant from Logansport, Indiana
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Season 38 player (2022-04-04).
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Bill Vanko, a radio news director from Ellicott City, Maryland
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Season 12 player (1995-09-05).
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Tabitha Soren, a news reporter and anchor from MTV
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1993 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $10,000 to charity.
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Kevin Smith, a television news reporter and producer from South Pasadena, California
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Season 16 player (2000-07-21). Not to be confused with Season 10...
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Brendan Barnwell, a grad student and tutor from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 28 player (2011-12-05). Although Brendan played the Jeopardy! and Double...
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Reid Rodgers, a locomotive mechanic from North Platte, Nebraska
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Season 28 player (2012-03-12).
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Charlotte Scott, a twelve-year-old from Washington, D.C.
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"Watch out, Diane Sawyer. This future news anchor is ready for...
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Joshua Brakhage, a TV news producer originally from South Coffeyville, Oklahoma
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2014 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 29 5-time champion: $103,205 + $1,000.
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Brian Levinson, a writer from Queens, New York
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Season 25 3-time champion: $72,801 + $1,000. Brian is the cousin...
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Jeff Ramsey, a news director from Medford, Oregon
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Season 3 X. It is unknown whether Jeff was only a...
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Mary McGlynn, an English professor from Maplewood, New Jersey
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Season 27 player (2011-03-11).
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
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"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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Lloyd Caesar, an office manager from Watervliet, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $22,359 + $2,000. Lloyd's win was written...
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Bruce Vale, a business news writer originally from Newark, Delaware
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Season 28 player (2012-01-27).
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Idrees Kahloon, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Nikhil Desai, a junior from Fremont, California
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Kailyn LaPorte, a sophomore from Decatur, Georgia
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2011 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $42,600. 15 at the time of...
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Cliff Galiher, a student from Half Moon Bay, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Becky Sullivan, a news producer originally from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 32 player (2015-10-23).
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Jack Ford, a news anchor from Weekend Today
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1998 Celebrity Invitational player: $10,000 for the Women's Center of Monmouth...
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Kazim Ali, a poet and college professor from the Bronx, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-01-25).
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Tavis Smiley, a talk show host from PBS's The Tavis Smiley Show
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"He's interviewed such diverse personalities as Fidel Castro, Pope John Paul...
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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Ari Fleischer, a former White House Press Secretary from the current Bush administration
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"For the first two years of the current Bush administration, he...
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Zane Ice, a 12-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida
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"He wants to build a business in emerging technologies to help...
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Ryan Elkins, a 12-year-old from Bensalem, Pennsylvania
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"He wants to study physics and unlock the mysteries of the...
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Tim Russert, a journalist from Meet the Press
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"The host of the longest-running show in the history of television,...
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Dominic Clust, from Metairie, Louisiana
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"This future lawyer likes to argue and he's good at it....
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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Brandon Hensley, a sophomore from Caltech
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Huntington, WV at...
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Heather Chapman, a news assistant from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 24 player (2008-01-04). Heather appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-07....
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Joshua Brakhage, a TV news producer originally from South Coffeyville, Oklahoma
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2014 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 29 5-time champion: $103,205 + $1,000.
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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
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Kerry Benn, a legal news editor from Springfield, New Jersey
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Season 33 1-time champion: $14,000 + $1,000.
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Graham Gilmer, a senior from Lynchburg, Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Teen...
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Kelly Isenor, a TV news producer from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 23 2-time champion: $31,800 + $1,000. According to the official...
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Tom Hartmann, a junior from San Antonio, Texas
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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[As Chris is introduced, a clip of The Chris Matthews Show...
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Chad Curtis, a satellite news producer from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 13 player (1997-01-24).
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Julie Harris, a news librarian from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Season 20 player (2003-11-06).
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Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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Anjali Chelliah Sawe, a pediatric cardiologist from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-10-14). Name pronounced like "AHN-jah-lee chell-LIE-ah SAH-way". Anjali...
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Ann Marchand, an internet news producer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 17 player (2000-11-01).
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William English, an overnight grocery stocker from Mobile, Alabama
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Season 26 player (2009-10-28).
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Kelly Scurry, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Lauderhill, Florida
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"It's very convenient that Washington, D.C. is his favorite city, because...
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Kate Duffy, a reporter from Lebanon, New Hampshire
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Season 21 player (2004-09-14).
KJL game 45.
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Crystal Durham, a 12-year-old from Fort Pierce, Florida
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"She would like to be an Irish stepdancing teacher, because dancing...
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Wil Curiel, an 11-year-old from Costa Mesa, California
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"His favorite subject is science, so it's not surprising that this...
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Tory Gilliam, a twelve-year-old from Powhatan, Virginia
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"As a member of his school's debate team, he likes to...
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Mark McEwen, a weatherman from CBS This Morning
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"Before he became a mainstay on CBS News This Morning, he...
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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Elena Botella, an eleven-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina
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"This future journalist loves to find answers, today, she'll have to...
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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Tanya Hayes, an auction house manager from New York, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-02-18).
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Jeff Kirby, a math and science teacher from Santa Maria, California
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Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Season 16 player (1999-12-08). Jeff returned to...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Kendra Chapman, a sophomore from Louisville, Kentucky
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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Russell Berris, a junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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2003 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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John Zhang, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Teen...
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Carrie Oken, a TV lighting technician from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-01-18).
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Tyler Allard, a senior from Garrett Park, Maryland
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2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
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Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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Tom Alexander, a TV news writer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 player (2010-07-21).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: TNA23
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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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James Hill III, a freshman from Santa Clara University
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2010-A College championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: San Jose, California. [No contestant...
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James Pethokoukis, a journalist from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 19 1-time champion: $12,800 + $1,000. James writes the Capital...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
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Al Franken, an actor and political satirist from Lateline
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"He's the political satirist who plays a clumsy news correspondent on...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
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2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
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"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Christina Barley, a certified surgical technician from Newport News, Virginia
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Season 27 player (2010-12-06).
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Luis Román, a public defender from New York, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-01-22).
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Mitch Teich, a public radio news reporter from Flagstaff, Arizona
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Season 16 2-time champion: $20,990.
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Shala Carlson, a news editor from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 16 player (1999-12-31).
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Jeff Kirby, an elementary school teacher from Santa Maria, California
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Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Season 16 player (1999-12-08). Jeff returned to...
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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Tricia McKinney, a TV news writer from Secaucus, New Jersey
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Season 23 3-time champion: $50,800 + $1,000.
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Michelle Schrier, an 11-year-old from Potomac, Maryland
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"She plans on being a news reporter while waiting for her...
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Abby Collins, a news researcher from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: NYAbby
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Brian Robin, a public relations executive from Lancaster, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $8,599 + $2,000. Brian won $5,000 on...
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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Nikki Egan, a cable news producer from New York, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-06-04).
Last name pronounced like "EE-gan".
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Peter Booker, an Army officer from Fort Monroe, Virginia
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Season 22 player (2006-01-25). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Ari Schoenholtz, a senior at Williams College from Bethesda, Maryland
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2004 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Jeopardy! Message...
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Ben Lyon, an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas
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"Representing the University of Oklahoma, he won the 1995 College Championship....
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David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Jake Houser, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Aptos, California
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"And this straight-A student would like to become a geneticist so...
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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Regina Merrill, from Lincoln, Nebraska
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"She's very good at writing stories and poetry, but her love...
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