#9062, aired 2024-03-19 | NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $800: With a name like another musical instrument, the "O-" this uses an optical sensor & keyboard to make violin music the O-bow (an optical bow) |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $600: It's the former boy band of Harry Styles
_ _ E / _ I _ E _ _ I O _ One Direction |
#8951, aired 2023-10-16 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $400: In England Walt Disney would have had a "Wonderful World of" this C-O-L-O-U-R |
#8715, aired 2022-10-07 | 2-LETTER SPELLING BEE $400: Negative reply N-O |
#8715, aired 2022-10-07 | 2-LETTER SPELLING BEE $1200: Domesticated bovine O-X |
#8715, aired 2022-10-07 | 2-LETTER SPELLING BEE $1600: Jewish "So? Come on!" N-U |
#8715, aired 2022-10-07 | 2-LETTER SPELLING BEE $2000: Mystic mantra O-M |
#8599, aired 2022-03-17 | "X"s & "O"s $2000: It's a gesture such as a bow to show reverence or respect an obeisance |
#1, aired 2022-02-08 | BIO 201 $400: In the 1950s Edward O. Wilson studied colonies of these insects & found that they communicate primarily via pheromones ants |
#8538, aired 2021-12-22 | THE HOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST $600: A very 1999 special had Rosie O'Donnell enjoying Savage Garden & this Bass/Fatone/Kirkpatrick/Chasez/some other guy boy band *NSYNC |
#8255, aired 2020-10-09 | "BEE" GOOD $200: This flying disc from Wham-O got its name in part from a comic strip a Frisbee |
#8158, aired 2020-02-12 | RAPPER'S DELIGHT $2000: Rapper Danny Boy O'Connor loved the Tulsa house used in the film version of this author's "The Outsiders", so he restored it S.E. Hinton |
#8112, aired 2019-12-10 | DOUBLE DOUBLE O $2000: A bugle boy, or a rhyming form of instrumental blues for the piano boogie woogie |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: This O. Henry story about a poor husband & wife trying to buy each other Christmas presents has a twist ending "Gift of the Magi" |
#7905, aired 2019-01-11 | SHARK TANK 10 $200: (Hi, I'm Kevin O'Leary, AKA Mr. Wonderful.) I love deals where for each unit sold I get a certain amount of money called this, fit for a king; I earn 45 cents for each Wicked Good cupcake you buy royalty |
#7809, aired 2018-07-19 | O'BOY $200: This late night host: "Autumn in California, where the leaves change color if you use the right Instagram filter" Conan O'Brien |
#7809, aired 2018-07-19 | O'BOY $400: A story from ancient Greece was the basis for Eugene O'Neill's trilogy "Mourning Becomes" her Electra |
#7809, aired 2018-07-19 | O'BOY $600: "Give War a Chance" is among the contrarian works of this political satirist P.J. O'Rourke |
#7809, aired 2018-07-19 | O'BOY $800: Bernardo O'Higgins was "Supreme Director" of this country from 1817 to 1823, then lived in exile up north in Peru Chile |
#7809, aired 2018-07-19 | O'BOY $1000: Here's this ex-governor of Maryland debating Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries (Martin) O'Malley |
#7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $800: This 19,340-foot African peak is said to be the highest "walkable" mountain in the world K-I-L-I-M-A-N-J-A-R-O |
#7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $1200: It's Paraguay's largest city A-S-U-N-C-I-O-N |
#7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $1600: The Dole Pineapple Company once owned 98% of this 5-letter Hawaiian island L-A-N-A-I |
#7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: In 1948 the winning word was this medical branch that deals with the treatment & prevention of mental illness P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-Y |
#7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1200: In 1981 Paige Pipkin buried the competition with this word for an ancient stone coffin S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
#7597, aired 2017-09-26 | "O" YES, OPERA! $2000: Oh boy! The title role in Verdi's first opera is an Italian count who shares his name with this sausage & jerky maker Oberto |
#7542, aired 2017-05-30 | LYRICAL SPELLING BEE $400: ABBA sang, "Nothing else can save me" then this distress signal S.O.S. |
#7542, aired 2017-05-30 | LYRICAL SPELLING BEE $1200: Tammy Wynette spelled out this title word that she doesn't want her 4-year-old "to understand" divorce ("D-I-V-O-R-C-E") |
#7332, aired 2016-06-28 | 'BYE, RACHEL! COUPLES $800: The Rachel Bilson/Adam Brody romance & this Calif.-set evening soap they acted in were canceled in rapid succession The O.C. |
#7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $1200: The "boogie woogie flu" has been known to accompany the "rockin'" type of this ailment P-N-E-U-M-O-N-I-A |
#7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: A scary New Testament quartet is known as the Four Horsemen of it A-P-O-C-A-L-Y-P-S-E |
#7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: French word for a phase of the moon or a buttery pastry C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T |
#6828, aired 2014-04-30 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: 1956:
An apartment that's owned, not rented C-O-N-D-O-M-I-N-I-U-M |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $200: Romeo's family name M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $600: In the Cambridge Shakespeare text, title word between "Love's" & "Lost" (don't forget the apostrophe) L-A-B-O-U-R-'-S |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $800: Monologue-inducing deceased court jester of "Hamlet" Y-O-R-I-C-K |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $1,000 (Daily Double): Lear's virtuous daughter C-O-R-D-E-L-I-A |
#6726, aired 2013-12-09 | A TIP O' THE "HUN" $2000: In 2013 more than half the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were reportedly part of this type of protest a hunger strike |
#6711, aired 2013-11-18 | SHORT STORIES $2,500 (Daily Double): "Bow Wow" & "A Bit of a Shock", 2 of John O'Hara's stories about Joey Evans, were the basis for this 1940 musical Pal Joey |
#6697, aired 2013-10-29 | NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS $400: (I'm CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary.) Katherine Boo's reportage in "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" captures life's inequalities in the slums of this Indian city & commerical center Mumbai |
#6615, aired 2013-05-24 | "O" 75 $1600: About $3,500 will buy 75 1-carat examples of the black type of this birthstone opal |
#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 |
#6542, aired 2013-02-12 | ODD ENDS $800: In an O. Henry story, a boy kidnapped for this payment is so much trouble that in the end the kidnappers pay to return him ransom |
#6467, aired 2012-10-30 | LITERARY LOVERS $1000: In this O. Henry story, Della sells her hair to buy a Christmas present for Jim, only to discover that he bought her combs "The Gift of the Magi" |
#6269, aired 2011-12-15 | THE ENTERTAINER'S TWITTER BIO $600: For this ex-NBC "Late Night" guy you'll find "the voice of the people. sorry, people" (Conan) O'Brien |
#6101, aired 2011-03-07 | CANDY IS DANDY $400: Launched in 1924 & still around today, Bit-o-this features a bee on the wrapper Honey |
#6064, aired 2011-01-13 | O GODS $400: The Celtic god Ogmios, who carried a bow & a club, is identified with this similarly armed Roman muscleman Hercules |
#6048, aired 2010-12-22 | OH BOY! PRESENTS! $400: Fore! How about a Wham-O equipment set for playing "golf" with mini versions of this flying disc a frisbee |
#6047, aired 2010-12-21 | CLEAN YOURSELF UP $800: Faith & begorrah! This bar soap comes in moistureblast & microclean varieties, Boy-o Irish Spring |
#5809, aired 2009-12-10 | U CAN'T TOUCH THIS $400: Good luck, boy-o, gettin' yer hands on one o' these folklore fairies; the word derives from old Irish fer "little body" a leprechaun |
#5743, aired 2009-07-22 | BAY O' WOLF $200: After this actor is bitten in the 1994 film "Wolf", he marks his territory all over James Spader Jack Nicholson |
#5743, aired 2009-07-22 | BAY O' WOLF $400: The title of this Stephen King movie also refers to a traditional projectile used against werewolves Silver Bullet |
#5743, aired 2009-07-22 | BAY O' WOLF $600: In "Underworld 3" the werewolves are called these, & they're on the "rise" Lycans |
#5743, aired 2009-07-22 | BAY O' WOLF $800: When David--yeah, the Dr. Pepper guy--gets bit on the English moors, he turns into the title monster in this 1981 film An American Werewolf in London |
#5743, aired 2009-07-22 | BAY O' WOLF $1000: Patrick MacNee is no Avenger as his werewolf colony terrorizes Dee Wallace in this 1981 classic The Howling |
#5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $1000: Pardon me, boy, but this city is on the Moccasin Bend of the Tennessee River C-H-A-T-T-A-N-O-O-G-A |
#5733, aired 2009-07-08 | GET OUTTA MY DREAMS $600: My desire to buy a near-vowelless animal would come true with no A, E, I, O or U in this wildcat; down, kitty! a lynx |
#5686, aired 2009-05-04 | NAME THE WORK $1000: O. Henry:
"Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present" "The Gift of the Magi" |
#5681, aired 2009-04-27 | AARON SPELLING BEE $400: "____ Place" M-E-L-R-O-S-E |
#5668, aired 2009-04-08 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $200: ...Ohio / With a walk on the Moon in his bio / He went to Purdue / Took 1 small step, too / An American hero, no lie-o Neil Armstrong |
#5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $400: Luckily a competitor didn't have one spelling this word that means "pertaining to the heart" C-O-R-O-N-A-R-Y |
#5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800 (Daily Double): It was on to the next round after a correct spelling of this name that's associated with the inkblot test R-O-R-S-C-H-A-C-H |
#5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: In round 2 a boy got axed after he misspelled the name of this native American people, AKA the Dakota S-I-O-U-X |
#5544, aired 2008-10-16 | O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN $200: On Oct. 28, 1492 this captain was in the Bay of Bariay off Cuba & not near the Asian mainland Columbus |
#5544, aired 2008-10-16 | O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1610 he set sail on his ship the Discovery; a strait & bay would later be named for him Henry Hudson |
#5429, aired 2008-03-27 | NURSERY RHYMES ON THE 11 O'CLOCK NEWS $1000: In a daring holdup this animal's "three bags full" of wool, intended for 3 locals, were taken at gunpoint today baa, baa, black sheep |
#5393, aired 2008-02-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew inspects a jewel.) Once a French term for an imperfect gem, it's now the name of the magnifying glass jewelers use to find flaws in gems a loupe |
#5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: It's French for butterfly P-A-P-I-L-L-O-N |
#5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: The first Grand Inquisitor of Spain was the notorious Tomas de... T-O-R-Q-U-E-M-A-D-A |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | QUIZILLA $200: In 2006 ABC aired the finals in primetime for this C-O-N-T-E-S-T, the "longest-running educational promotion" the Spelling Bee |
#5173, aired 2007-02-21 | WHAM-O $600: Wham-O received its name from this first product; when a projectile hit its target, it made a "Wham-O" sound a slingshot |
#5067, aired 2006-09-26 | PLAY BOY $2000: "Major Barbara"
&
"Arms and the Man" (George Bernard) Shaw |
#4995, aired 2006-05-05 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $200: A book-like listing of a business' goods for sale; Sears & Roebuck used to put out a famous one C-A-T-A-L-O-G-U-E |
#4995, aired 2006-05-05 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $400: Use this farm implement that breaks up soil to plant your leeks P-L-O-U-G-H |
#4929, aired 2006-02-02 | "CK", THE CATEGORY $400: Describes on e born an' reared within th' sound o' London's Bow Bells, it does cockney |
#4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $200: 1946:
This system of flag & arm position signals S-E-M-A-P-H-O-R-E |
#4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $600: 1976:
This condition, characterized by frequent & uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-S-Y |
#4790, aired 2005-06-03 | "O", WHAT A PLACE! $400: A saltwater lake, Lake Merritt, lies in the heart of the downtown of this city on San Francisco Bay Oakland |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | "O" BOY! $400: In October 1959, soon after being discharged from the Marines, this American applied for Soviet citizenship Oswald |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | "O" BOY! $800: (Hi, this is Wayne Brady.) Before getting his own sitcom, Andy Richter was this talk show host's sidekick for 7 years Conan O'Brien |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | "O" BOY! $1200: In 27 B.C. the man known as this was officially confirmed as emperor Octavius |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | "O" BOY! $1600: His best known plays include "Waiting for Lefty" & "The Country Girl" (Clifford) Odets |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | "O" BOY! $2000: This cardinal was entombed in St. Patrick's Cathedral in May 2000 (John) O'Connor |
#4756, aired 2005-04-18 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $200: In the British version of Monopoly, you might draw a card saying "Go directly to" this lockup G-A-O-L |
#4756, aired 2005-04-18 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $1000: In England Walt Disney would have had a "Wonderful World of" this C-O-L-O-U-R |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: Bury yourself (& an ancient Egyptian) in this 1981 winner from the greek for "flesh-eating" S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: This Athenian school founded by Aristotle in 335 B.C. was the last word of the 1992 competition L-Y-C-E-U-M |
#4623, aired 2004-10-13 | BYE BYE BIRDIE $600: This city's Bishop Museum has a princess' pa'u (skirt) made from feathers of the extinct mamo & 'o'o Honolulu |
#4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $1000: B.I.O.N., a 3-year old Ugandan boy was adopted & raised for 4 years by a colony of these human-like apes! chimps |
#4561, aired 2004-06-07 | I DID IT! $400: 13-year-old Rebecca Sealfon won it in 1997 by knowing euonym,
E-U-O-N-Y-M the National Spelling Bee |
#4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $600: Put the bite on this word from 1975, any one of the front cutting teeth I-N-C-I-S-O-R |
#4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $800: 1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T |
#4516, aired 2004-04-05 | DISCO IN-FILM-O $400: Tara on "All My Children", Karen Lynn Gorney was a star of this 1977 disco film that could have been Bee-Gee rated Saturday Night Fever |
#4040, aired 2002-03-08 | SPELLING BEE $800: The name of this Philistine warrior to the Bible is now applied to any large object or person G-O-L-I-A-T-H |
#4039, aired 2002-03-07 | ENDS IN "EE" $4,000 (Daily Double): Used to express scorn or disbelief, it's one of Scarlett O'Hara's favorite expressions "Fiddle-dee-dee!" |
#3954, aired 2001-11-08 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $800: In this 1998 hit, No. 1 for 13 weeks, Brandy & Monica sang, "I'm sorry that you seem to be confused, he belongs to me" "The Boy Is Mine" |
#3942, aired 2001-10-23 | OH, DANNY BOY $500: A major Dublin street is named for this man who helped pass Catholic emancipation in the 1820s Daniel O'Connell |
#3776, aired 2001-01-22 | THE WIZARD OF "O"s $500: He's best-known for his plays "Waiting for Lefty" & "Golden Boy" Clifford Odets |
#3732, aired 2000-11-21 | TV 2K $300: It's the name of the boy band on "Making the Band" -- come on, we know you watched O-Town |
#3507, aired 1999-11-30 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $200: A telly that isn't black & white must be this C-O-L-O-U-R |
#3507, aired 1999-11-30 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $400: It's the British version of the word we spell C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-O-N C-O-N-N-E-X-I-O-N |
#3507, aired 1999-11-30 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $800: A game of tic-tac-toe is a game of these & crosses N-O-U-G-H-T-S |
#3379, aired 1999-04-22 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $800: George Alan O'Dowd Boy George |
#3133, aired 1998-03-25 | A "B" CITY $500: The center of the Czech Republic's wool industry, it looks like it needs to buy a vowel Brno |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $400: 1982:
The champ was Molly Dieveney, & the final word was... P-S-O-R-I-A-S-I-S |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $600: 1989:
Scott Isaacs became the champ with... S-P-O-L-I-A-T-O-R |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $1000: 1987:
Stephanie Petit really earned her win with... S-T-A-P-H-Y-L-O-C-O-C-C-I |
#3035, aired 1997-11-07 | SALLY GOES TO SPACE CAMP $300: Sally's interest was sparked by the 1986 film "Space Camp" with this "Caroline in the City" star Lea Thompson |
#2907, aired 1997-04-01 | BUY A VOWEL $300: This "O" is the medical branch that deals with the anatomy & treatment of the eye opthamology (optometry accepted) |
#2776, aired 1996-09-30 | 4.O $200: A minor injury or a small mistake a boo-boo |
#2309, aired 1994-09-22 | LITERARY TRILOGIES $400: This 1941 Mary O'Hara book about a boy & his horse was the first of a trilogy My Friend Flicka |
#2304, aired 1994-09-15 | "O" BOY $100: This Pledge or Promise is taken by officials before taking public office an oath |
#2304, aired 1994-09-15 | "O" BOY $200: It's from a Greek word meaning "without parents" orphan |
#2304, aired 1994-09-15 | "O" BOY $300: An object impervious to the passage of light is said to be this opaque |
#2304, aired 1994-09-15 | "O" BOY $400: Petroleum accounts for over 90% of this Arabian sultanate's exports Oman |
#2304, aired 1994-09-15 | "O" BOY $500: This plant used to thicken & flavor soups is also known as gumbo okra |
#2045, aired 1993-06-25 | FOLK SINGERS $200: He's recorded folk songs like "Danny Boy" but is better known for Calypso numbers like "Day-O" Harry Belafonte |
#2010, aired 1993-05-07 | NURSERY RHYMES $500: He rapped at the window & cried through the lock, "Are the children all in bed? For now it's 8 o'clock" Wee Willie Winkie |
#1986, aired 1993-04-05 | SAN FRANCISCO MOVIES $200: After a wild car chase, Ryan O'Neal & Barbra Streisand fall into San Francisco Bay in this 1972 comedy What's Up, Doc? |
#1921, aired 1993-01-04 | MADE BY WHAM-O $300: It was made out of the "new amazing Zectron" & boy, could it bounce the Super Ball |
#1873, aired 1992-10-28 | IN THE NEWS $100: 13-year-old Amanda Goad of Virginia was the winner of this national C‑O‑M‑P‑E‑T‑I‑T‑I‑O‑N the Spelling Bee |
#1860, aired 1992-10-09 | SHOPPING $100: Appropriately, Scarlett O'Hara fans can buy Scarlett O'Hara fans at the Turner Store in this city Atlanta |
#1703, aired 1992-01-15 | "O" BOY $200: This California city named for the trees on its hills has a large saltwater lake downtown Oakland |
#1703, aired 1992-01-15 | "O" BOY $400: A 4-sided stone pillar in which the sides slope; the Washington Monument is an example an obelisk |
#1703, aired 1992-01-15 | "O" BOY $600: Insufficient intake of calcium can be a factor in this loss of bone tissue osteoporosis |
#1703, aired 1992-01-15 | "O" BOY $800: From the 800s until 1472 the Vikings ruled these islands 7 miles off Scotland's north coast the Orkneys |
#1703, aired 1992-01-15 | "O" BOY $1000: This sister of Augustus married Mark Antony in 40 B.C., which led to a truce between the 2 men Octavia |
#1575, aired 1991-06-07 | MEN O' WAR $500: His 1898 victory at the Battle of Manila Bay ended Spanish power in the Philippines George Dewey |
#1493, aired 1991-02-13 | SPELLING $300: For a big date you might buy your girlfriend one of these small pin-on bouquets a C-O-R-S-A-G-E |
#1238, aired 1990-01-10 | "BOO"! $500 (Daily Double): This song was written in 1947 in the U.S., not Ireland: Clancy Lowered the Boom |
#805, aired 1988-02-19 | BOTANY $100: The new white "Little Boo" pumpkins were bred to be carved into these & shouldn't be eaten jack-o'-lanterns |
#521, aired 1986-12-08 | TV TRIVIA $1000: 328 Chauncey St., Brooklyn was his address both on TV sitcom & in real life as a boy Jackie Gleason |
#415, aired 1986-04-11 | SCIENTISTS $1000: 19th century German mathematician remembered for his "strip", a single-sided loop (August) Möbius |
#391, aired 1986-03-10 | "LITTLE" SONGS $300: Each Dec. from 1958-62, the Harry Simeone Chorale was in top 30 with this new Christmas standard "The Little Drummer Boy" |
#120, aired 1985-02-22 | DRAMA $1000: Irish dramatist who spend 6 yrs. in prison for activities with I.R.A. Brendan Behan |
#48, aired 1984-11-14 | IRELAND $400: Song also known as "Londonderry Air" "O Danny Boy" |