#26, aired 2024-01-23 | PEAK TV $200: Due to a mix-up, the giant robot doll from this South Korean series was briefly displayed in front of a museum Squid Game |
#8742, aired 2022-11-15 | ZOOM BACKGROUNDS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE $400: Not surprisingly, Thomas Jefferson's setup at this home is in front of a lot of books; he estimated he had 9,000+ in 1814 Monticello |
#8440, aired 2021-07-09 | HAIR'S THE THING $1200: You get an "a" if you know this 12-letter style of bob where one side in front is longer than the other asymmetrical |
#8436, aired 2021-07-05 | PUT IN OSCILLATION $400: A dance with one arm out in front of you is named for this oscillating lawn item the sprinkler |
#5, aired 2020-01-09 | I'M NOT WEARING ANY PANTS $600: Basically a belt plus a front flap, it was a simple garment for men in Ancient Egypt; Tarzan makes one from deerskin a loincloth |
#7935, aired 2019-02-22 | TV BY THE NUMBERS $200: Agnes Nixon created this soap opera that focused on the Buchanan & Lord families One Life to Live |
#7858, aired 2018-11-07 | OOPS ON STAMPS $800: A stamp had this big landmark; not the original in N.Y. Harbor, but the lady in front of Vegas' New York-New York casino the Statue of Liberty |
#7787, aired 2018-06-19 | THAT REDUNDANCY IS REDUNDANT $200: This 4-letter word does not need to be in front of "studio audience"--are there audiences of ghosts otherwise? live |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | INTERNET SHORTHAND $600: NIFOC:
In this condition "in front of computer" naked |
#6745, aired 2014-01-03 | CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN $800: Though not a president, this founding father was put on the front of the half-dollar in 1948 Benjamin Franklin |
#6531, aired 2013-01-28 | NOT JUST DESSERTS $600: In a car, it's the act of rotating the rear around the front wheels, leaving skidmarks & smoke doing donuts |
#6411, aired 2012-07-02 | BLEAK HOUSE $800: If you have "everything but" this 2-word item, why not try an apron-front or tile-in style kitchen sink |
#6214, aired 2011-09-29 | "NOT" IN FRONT $200: Sometimes this verdict is "by reason of insanity" not guilty |
#6214, aired 2011-09-29 | "NOT" IN FRONT $400: Hyphenated term for an organization that exists to provide a service rather than to make money a not-for-profit (not-profit accepted) |
#6214, aired 2011-09-29 | "NOT" IN FRONT $600: Completes the title of Christopher Paul Curtis' classic novel for young adults "Bud,..." Not Buddy |
#6214, aired 2011-09-29 | "NOT" IN FRONT $800: This line of denim pants for women (whether or not they are moms) is known as NYDJ for short Not Your Daughter's Jeans |
#6214, aired 2011-09-29 | "NOT" IN FRONT $1000: This 15-letter word means "in spite of" notwithstanding |
#6060, aired 2011-01-07 | NECKWEAR $2000: In the 19th century, it was not considered proper for men to wear this, a false shirt front with attached collar a dickey |
#5953, aired 2010-06-30 | REPTILES $400: Though most worm lizards resemble worms in not having these, the ajolote worm lizard has 2 little front ones feet (or legs) |
#5854, aired 2010-02-11 | "UO" ME! $2000: Do not deny him or refuse his name, it's John Bartlett's "familiar" specialty quotations |
#5753, aired 2009-09-23 | "WESTERN" $1200: Things were not "All Quiet" here when Gen. Ludendorff attacked near Saint-Quentin, France in Aug. 1914 the Western Front |
#5342, aired 2007-11-27 | NASAL PASSAGES $1200: "To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle", wrote this man in 1946 (not in "1984") (George) Orwell |
#5328, aired 2007-11-07 | BLOGS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES $600: If you want to be in the front row of fashion, you'll walk (but not take off) "on" this Times blog The Runway |
#5299, aired 2007-09-27 | THE U.S. AIR FORCE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports in front of a helicopter.) Kadena Air Base is home to the Air Force's largest combat one of these, the 18th; not a part of a plane, but a military unit wing |
#5204, aired 2007-04-05 | MIGRATION $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports in front of an image of the globe.) These birds may cover 14,000 miles in one migration - their return north in warm water led to the proverb "One of" them "does not make a summer" swallow |
#5129, aired 2006-12-21 | THE MACY'S PARADE: BEHIND THE SCENES $400: (Jon walks in front of a parade inflatable.) The Macy's parade did not take place for three years during this decade--since rubber was in short supply, the balloons were donated to the war effort 1940s |
#4854, aired 2005-10-20 | CHEESE $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents in front of metal shelves stocked with cheese in Wisconsin.) This cheese making stage, also called ripening, can be as simple as keeping the cheese in a cooler until the flavors have matured aging |
#4794, aired 2005-06-09 | MUSIC ODDS & ENDS $800: In Schubert's "Great" symphony, the 3 players blowing these must be careful not to bonk the musician in front trombones |
#4765, aired 2005-04-29 | WHERE AM I? $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands stands in front of the famous NASA Vehicle Assembly Building.) At the Kennedy Space Center, I'm not on Cape Canaveral, but on this nearby island Merritt Island |
#4621, aired 2004-10-11 | I NEED BACKUP $400: Claire Torry is a backup singer but her vocals were up front for Pink Floyd's song "Great Gig in the Sky" on this album The Dark Side of the Moon |
#4520, aired 2004-04-09 | LITERARY EUROPE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Caffe Florian in Venice, Italy.) "I have not known any happier hours than those I daily spent in front of Florian's", wrote this U.S. author in "A Tramp Abroad" Mark Twain |
#4317, aired 2003-05-13 | NOT SO SIMPLE SIMON $600: "Yes, it's five flights, if you don't count the front stoop" Barefoot in the Park |
#4289, aired 2003-04-03 | NAME THAT "P"OET $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew standing in front of the Colosseum in Rome) Not a European poet, but this American coined the phrase "The glory that was Greece & the grandeur that was Rome" Edgar Allan Poe |
#4112, aired 2002-06-18 | BASKETBALL RULES $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in front of a brick wall.) A player's not going
to get very far if he commits the infraction I'm signaling traveling |
#4084, aired 2002-05-09 | DOLLAR $2000: This revolutionary year (not the one you might think) appears on the front of all U.S. dollar bills 1789 |
#4083, aired 2002-05-08 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MEN $2,000 (Daily Double): This Defense Secretary under Ronald Reagan received a full pardon for his role in the Iran-Contra affair Caspar Weinberger |
#3803, aired 2001-02-28 | SEAMANSHIP $200: Of stem, bow, aft or prow, the one that's not in the front of the ship Aft |
#3142, aired 1998-04-07 | NOTORIOUS $600: He was hanged, drawn & quartered in front of Parliament Jan. 31, 1606; not a good "Day" for him Guy Fawkes |
#2427, aired 1995-03-07 | POETS $1000: His first book-length poem, "Montage of a Dream Deferred", describes the variety of Harlem life Langston Hughes |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | ABBREVIATIONS $100: Whether he's admirable or not, a mayor gets this title, abbreviated Hon., in front of his name Honorable |
#1393, aired 1990-09-26 | POT LUCK $200: This Grant Wood painting depicts a farmer & his daughter, not wife, in front of an Iowa farmhouse American Gothic |
#788, aired 1988-01-27 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: In 1896, he became 1st pres. candidate to campaign by phone, tho probably not from his famous front porch William McKinley |
#6, aired 1984-09-17 | RELATIVES $500 (Daily Double): Your mother's father's son your uncle |
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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