| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | WHAT A LITERARY CHARACTER $1000: In "1984", Julia meets with this man secretly, bringing him contraband chocolate & stirring forgotten memories Winston Smith |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | THE CHARLES III KIND $600: This actor, who was Charles in "The Crown", says he'd like to ask the king about his experience as a fellow sticky-out-eared man Josh O'Connor |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $400: In 1968, she had back-to-back No. 1 country hits with "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" & "Stand By Your Man" Tammy Wynette |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | DUST TO DUST $2,400 (Daily Double): In a poem named for him, Rudyard Kipling calls this man a "limpin' lump o' brick-dust" Gunga Din |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | A TV SERIES $600: Hosts of "The Tonight Show": Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, this man, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon Jay Leno |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | POP SONGS $600: This NBA big man's 1994 rap song "Biological Didn't Bother" is dedicated to his stepfather Shaq (Shaquille O'Neal) |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $400: Army general Omar Bradley was the first to hold this position on the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff a chairman |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $800: "War is cruelty, you cannot refine it", said this Civil War man (William T.) Sherman |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $1200: Lothar von Richthofen was a noted World War I ace; his brother, named this, was more famous Manfred |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $2000: WWII Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone, who served in the Philippines in the 1930s, had this "capital" nickname Manila |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $3,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, noted clockmaker Aaron Willard was one of these colonial militiamen a minuteman |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $1000: He's the other title guy alongside Chris O'Donnell in 1997's "Batman & Robin", & he wishes we hadn't reminded you George Clooney |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | '80s & '90s R&B SONGS $200: The O is actually a sign in "Sign 'O' the Times", a classic 1987 album by this man of royal talent Prince |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | MEMOIRS OF GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1200: "Man of the House" was a bestseller by Tip O'Neill, who held this post from 1977 to 1987 Speaker of the House |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | STAR TRACK: THE NEXT GENERATION $300: In the film "Straight Outta Compton", O'Shea Jackson Jr. played this man, his rapper father Ice Cube |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | THE "O" MEN $200: Done with manufacturing wagons, he set up an elevator shop in Yonkers in 1853 & business just went up from there Otis |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | THE "O" MEN $400: Later a shipping magnate, this businessman whose middle name was Socrates made his first million by age 25 dealing tobacco Onassis |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | THE "O" MEN $600: Dining out as Ron Swanson on "Parks & Rec", he introduced the "turf & turf. It's a 16-ounce T-bone & a 24-ounce porterhouse" Nick Offerman |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | THE "O" MEN $800: More than just a mantra homophone, this German has a unit of electrical resistance named for him Ohm |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | THE "O" MEN $1000: Rossini called this Prussian-born composer "our little Mozart of the Champs-Élysées" Jacques Offenbach |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | A HORSE WITH A NAME $800: In 1938, in one of the great races of the century, this grandson of Man o' War beat War Admiral in a one-on-one match Seabiscuit |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | MEMORABLE MOVIE MELODIES $400: "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow"
(2000) O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | HISTORY'S MISTER "E"s $800: Director John Ford said he based the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in "My Darling Clementine" on this man's recollections Wyatt Earp |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | STUPID ANSWERS $800: Man o' War's first defeat came in 1919 at Saratoga in an upset by this horse Upset |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | THE W.H.O. SAYS... $400: Hormonal influences make this headache disorder twice as common in women as in men migraine |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | O HOLY KNIGHT $400: Angelo Tancredi was the first knight to join the order of this man of Assisi & was singing to him when he died Francis |
| #8496, aired 2021-10-25 | WRITTEN IN THE DUST $1600: This title man is described as a "limping lump o' brick-dust" in a Rudyard Kipling poem Gunga Din |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | SHORT STORIES $2000: This Pulitzer winner from Mississippi published her first short story in 1936; her classic "The Petrified Man", 5 years later Welty |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | FROM THE GRIDIRON TO TV $600: Later known as a TV dad, this man seen here once signed with the Steelers as an undrafted rookie Ed O'Neill |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | THE BEST OF TIMES $400: Monarchos in 2001 & this horse in 1973, still the record holder, are the only horses to run the Kentucky Derby in under 2 minutes Secretariat |
| #8292, aired 2020-12-01 | TV $1000: This "Kitchen Nightmares" man received an O.B.E. in 2006 (Gordon) Ramsay |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS MOUNTAIN G.O.A.T.s $200: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) One of the first two men to summit Everest and a part of my personal Mount Rushmore of all-time climbers, he also tractored to the South Pole five years later in 1958 Edmund Hillary |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | THE YOUNG & THE RECKLESS $1600: Stunt man Bud Ekins, not Steve McQueen, made the iconic motorcycle jump over a barbed-wire fence in this 1963 P.O.W. breakout movie The Great Escape |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | BARACK OBAMA'S READING LIST $2000: We don't know if Mr. O thought "What is the What" was some more staggering genius by this man, but it got the stamp of approval David Eggers |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS $400: Known as O Rei, Portuguese for "the king", this man born in 1940 has the most men's World Cup championships, with 3 Pelé |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $2000: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poems to an "Iberian" jellyfish relative, now heroic in Don Cheadle's supersuit Sonnets from the Portuguese man o' War Machine |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $1200: This Irish dramatist wrote, "A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth" George Bernard Shaw |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | PEOPLE $1600: Shared last name of the two men seen here, New York's Archbishop & one of the city's sports team owners (Timothy & James) Dolan |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | CABLE TELEVISION $600: FX's "American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson" followed up with the story of this man's assassination (Gianni) Versace |
| #8032, aired 2019-07-09 | 65" $800: In a 1962 biopic 6'2" Peter O'Toole portrayed this 5'5" man whose height may have been stunted by mumps in childhood Lawrence of Arabia |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | 25 TCM $400: (Ben Mankiewicz gives the clue.) Tonight, for the opening o the 10th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival, Meg Ryan & Billy Crystal will reunite with director Rob Reiner for a screening of this romantic comedy that wondered if men & women would really be friends When Harry Met Sally... |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | BABY'S FIRST INSTAGRAM $600: @olympiaohanian has o'lotta followers--over 500,000! Did having this mom--winner of 23 major singles tennis titles--help? Serena Williams |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | SORROW $400: George Clooney recorded a version of "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" for this Coen Bros. film, but his voice was replaced O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O'DONNELL $600: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue): "Some Like It Hot" has one of the great last lines in film: when Jack Lemmon reveals he's a man, Joe E. Brown replies, "Well, nobody's" this perfect |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O'DONNELL $800: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue): Gloria Steinem has credited Irina Dunn with the feminist slogan "A woman needs a man like a fish needs" this transport a bicycle |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | NATURE $1200: Found in coastal waters & a favorite at aquariums, it's the lunar creature seen here a moon jellyfish |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | CONQUERED AFTER EVEREST $2000: It's less than 500 feet, but the Old Man of Hoy in these Scottish "O" islands wasn't scaled until 1966 the Orkney Islands |
| #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 |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | BAD FOLKS IN BOOKS $600: Inner party member & torturer O'Brien shows this man the true face of evil in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" Winston Smith |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | X-MEN MARK THE LITERARY SPOT $400: "The ____ Cometh" by Eugene O'Neill Iceman |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | SONG TIME $400: "It's 9 o'clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in", begins this Billy Joel signature song "Piano Man" |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | ODD-NUMBERED PHRASES $400: This timely phrase for stubble on a man's face comes from a 1930s ad campaign a five o'clock shadow |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | INTRODUCTION TO FILM $200: 1962:
"Introducing Peter O'Toole" Lawrence of Arabia |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | GANGSTERS $400: Dion O'Banion ran his gang empire out of a Chicago flower shop...until 3 of this rival's men came by for "flowers" in 1924 (Al) Capone |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | SPORTS UPSETS $1000: On Aug. 13, 1919 a 100-1 shot came in as this horse lost his only race to the fittingly named Upset Man o' War |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | THE DONALD $1600: In "Singin' in the Rain", this song-&-dance man made us laugh with "Make 'Em Laugh" Donald O'Connor |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT TRAVELS THROUGH TIME $800: (Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight present the clue.)
(Kevin) It's "E.T." for March 28, 1973 & last night, the Academy made him an offer he refused
(Nancy) We sit down with Sacheen Littlefeather, who turned down the Oscar for this leading man Marlon Brando |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | YOU GOT SOME REAL BIRTHSTONES, MAN $800: October gives you a choice of tourmaline or this "O" gem opal |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | BOOKS' FIRST LINES $5,000 (Daily Double): Nonfiction:
"June 17, 1972. Nine o'clock Saturday morning. Early for the telephone" All the President's Men |
| #7597, aired 2017-09-26 | "O" YES, OPERA! $1600: In 1727 Vivaldi made this man "Furioso" Orlando |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: The thoroughbred racehorse Man O' War lost only one race: a 1919 upset to a horse named this Upset |
| #7556, aired 2017-06-19 | NAMES YOU SHOULD KNOW $800: This man prepped Sandra Day O'Connor for her confirmation hearings; later, he went through the process himself John Roberts Jr. |
| #7556, aired 2017-06-19 | NAMES YOU SHOULD KNOW $1000: This man who thought different first became a billionaire after Pixar's I.P.O. Steve Jobs |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | THE NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA.) I wear a size 10 shoe; the largest shoe in the hall of fame, a size 23, belonged to this man who broke into the NBA with Orlando in 1992 Shaquille O'Neal |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | "O" BROTHER $200: Luke & Andrew are famous brothers of this man seen here Owen Wilson |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | MOVIE MUSICAL ROLES $1600: Peter O'Toole dreamed "The Impossible Dream" when he played Don Quixote in this film Man of La Mancha |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | FEEL THE ROBERT BURNS! $4,000 (Daily Double): The title of this 1937 novel about migrant laborers comes from a line in Robbie's poem "To a Mouse" Of Mice and Men |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | SIGN O' THE TIMES $1000: Groovy, man; the pair of street signs marks an iconic intersection is this city San Francisco |
| #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 |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | MEN OF NOTE $400: From 1957 to 1975 this man who turned Jackie K into Jackie O ran Olympic Airways Ari Onassis |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | MILITARY MEN? $1200: This, the G.A.O., is the auditing agency that assists Congress the General Accounting Office |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | NUMERICAL TERMS $1600: The man who wrote "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" led 2 churches named for this trio, Father, Son & Holy Spirit the Trinity |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | SPEAKER'S CORNER $600: Thomas was the real name of this man who in 1936 graduated Boston College & joined the Mass. State House Tip O'Neill |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | TOM, DICK & HARRY $800: With songs like "Day-O", a 1950s fad for Calypso music was begun by this man Harry Belafonte |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | A GRIP ON IT $600: As key grip on this AMC series from 2007 to 2015, Pat O'Mara helped light up 1960s Manhattan Mad Men |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | WALT WHITMAN $2,000 (Daily Double): Whitman paid homage to this man, "fallen cold and dead" in his poem "O Captain! My Captain!" Lincoln |
| #7224, aired 2016-01-28 | "O" IN LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): This tale includes the line "Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too?" The Old Man and the Sea |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | A BIT O' BRIT LIT $600: Jane Eyre marries this mysterious man Rochester |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | ROLE IN COMMON $800: (Hi, I'm Zachary Quinto.) In March 2015 I got to reminisce with Conan O'Brien about the beautiful life of this man with whom I shared a role (Leonard) Nimoy |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $400: Men, after visiting the Pro Football H.O.F. in this Ohio city, take your own first lady to the nearby First Ladies Historic Site Canton |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | ALL ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT $1600: (Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor gives the clue.) The justices' private dining room has portraits of these 2 early 19th century men, a reminder of the case that gave the Supreme Court authority to declare a law unconstitutional Marbury & Madison |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | 6'4" $400: "Clueless Gamer" is a feature on this 6'4" man's late night show Conan O'Brien |
| #6904, aired 2014-09-25 | HOLD YOUR HORSES! $800: Ridden by Red Pollard. this thoroughbred, a 1930s superstar, was a grandson of Man O' War Seabiscuit |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | SUPER-HEAR-O $1600: The Man of Steel isn't such a fan, but other superheroes think this 3 Doors Down song has real substance
"If I go crazy, then you can call me Superman" "Kryptonite" |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | SUPER-HEAR-O $2000: Paul McCartney & Wings sang of Titanium Man & this helmeted foe of the X-Men aka Erik Lehnsherr Magneto |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | TV COPS $800: Danno Williams, at heart a Caan man Hawaii Five-O |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | PIX-"R" $200: Our favorite part of this 1988 film is Dustin Hoffman saying, "Course I got 'Jeopardy!' at 5 o'clock. I watch 'Jeopardy!'" Rain Man |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | KIWI FAUNA $1,200 (Daily Double): Found in New Zealand's waters, the blue bottle jellyfish is also known as this due to its resemblance to a battleship a (Portuguese) man o' war |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | PLAYING LINCOLN $600: Billy Campbell played the big man in a 2013 TV adaptation of this Bill O'Reilly book Killing Lincoln |
| #6705, aired 2013-11-08 | PANTSLESS TV $1600: Under enemy sniper fire, this man (Gary Burghoff) lost the towel covering his rear flank on "M*A*S*H" Radar O'Reilly |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $1200: (A.O. Scott presents the clue.) This film about a "Southern fried demagogue and his lurid downfall" featured several miscast actors including Sean Penn "stepping into one of Broderick Crawford's blowhard roles" All the King's Men |
| #6691, aired 2013-10-21 | INSIDE EDITION 25th ANNIVERSARY $200: From 1989 to 1995 you could "factor" in that this man hosted "Inside Edition" & was unafraid to "do it live!" Bill O'Reilly |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | ARIAS $3,800 (Daily Double): This Mozart title man has already seduced Elvira & pursues her maid in "Deh, Vieni Alla Finestra", "O Come To The Window" Don Giovanni |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | HOW'D THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY? $400: (Here with the first clue is Kevin O'Leary.) In 1914, J. Paul Getty came back from goofing around in Europe & got into this family business in Oklahoma; it made him the USA's richest man the oil business |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | RECENTLY UNEARTHED CIVIL WAR LETTERS? $1000: O fair Lulubelle, my pancreas lies somewhere in S.C. but its islets of this, whose beta cells make insulin, live in my mem'ry Langerhans |
| #6636, aired 2013-06-24 | THE FILM WITHIN THE FILM $2000: Peter O'Toole is directing a WWI film within this 1980 movie that has Steve Railsback in the title role The Stunt Man |
| #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 |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | CELEBRITIES LOVE TV $200: (I'm CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary.) Just like a lot of people, I'm watching this AMC show created by Matthew Weiner, who writes great characters like Betty Draper & Roger Sterling Mad Men |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | PIN THE TALE ON THE WRITER $1600: "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
(1953) Flannery O'Connor |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | CULTURE CLUB $2000: "The Hunted", 5 acts long, is but the second part of this man's trilogy "Mourning Becomes Electra" Eugene O'Neill |
| #6311, aired 2012-02-13 | SHORT STORY FILL-IN $2000: Flannery O'Connor:
"A Good Man Is ____ ____ ____" Hard to Find |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $800: Peter O'Toole sang & tilted at windmills in the movie adaptation of this musical Man of La Mancha |
| #6270, aired 2011-12-16 | THING"O" $200: It's defined as a voice extending above a man or woman's normal range falsetto |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | BURNS, BABY, BURNS $1,200 (Daily Double): Steinbeck took note when Burns wrote "the best laid schemes o" these two things "gang aft agley" "mice and men" |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | "SH"! $400: Many a manly man sports a "five o'clock" one of these a shadow |
| #6200, aired 2011-07-22 | NAME THAT BIBLE GUY $200: When this man "saw many of the Pharisees... come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers" John the Baptist |
| #6195, aired 2011-07-15 | LIFESAVING AT BONDI BEACH $200: (Sarah gives the clue from Bondi Beach.) The familiar red-&-yellow flags & uniforms of Australia's lifesavers originated with the maritime code signals, in which a red-and-yellow flag stood for the letter "O", which was used to signal man in this predicament overboard |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | THE 1930s $800: This son of Man O' War, with "war" in his own name, won the Triple Crown in 1937 War Admiral |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | THE CON FILM FESTIVAL $2000: Tatum O'Neal won an Oscar as the protege of con man Ryan O'Neal in this period piece Paper Moon |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | BUMMER WORDS, MAN $1600: The soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" includes "I Am A Man Of Constant" this sorrow |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL $1000: When JFK gave up his House seat to run for Senate in 1952, this man who said, "All politics is local" won it & kept it until 1987 Tip O'Neill |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | EXES & "O"S $1600: This man who's played Dracula, Lee Harvey Oswald & Sirius Black was once married to Uma Thurman Gary Oldman |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | I'LL SEE YOU IN COURT! $600: In 2008 a judge said there was no room for a lawsuit vs. NYU by a man who broke his hip wrestling in this dessert brand Jell-O |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | LITERATURE ALIASES $1000: Randall Flagg, a character created by this man, is aka Nyarlathotep, Walter Padick & Walter O'Dim Stephen King |
| #5990, aired 2010-10-01 | 19th CENTURY LIT $400: 1836's "O.T.: a Danish Romance" is a grownup novel by this man who'd soon turn his hand to fairy tales (Hans Christian) Andersen |
| #5942, aired 2010-06-15 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $1600: (I'm Soledad O'Brien.) My iPod is rarely without this Motown man who performed "Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer" at Michael Jackson's memorial Stevie Wonder |
| #5915, aired 2010-05-07 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIES $400: A.O. Scott says he's not entirely joking calling this 2010 John Cusack comedy a "poignant story of 3 men, adrift in their 40s" Hot Tub Time Machine |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE $200: E.O. Wilson, the man behind the EOL, is an expert on these insects, like the black & red fire types you'll find listed ants |
| #5762, aired 2009-10-06 | FILL IN THE STEINBECK TITLE $800: "O.M.A.M." Of Mice and Men |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | DOUBLE DOUBLE "O" $800: Don't get on that alien ship; "To Serve Man" is one of these kitchen helpers! a cookbook |
| #5730, aired 2009-07-03 | ART SCENARIOS $2,000 (Daily Double): 1893:
2 people on a rail behind a bald man; hands clasped over his ears; his mouth contorts to an "O" shape The Scream |
| #5720, aired 2009-06-19 | O PIONEERS! $2000: Textbooks used by pioneer children included Webster's spelling books & this man's "Eclectic Readers" (William) McGuffey |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | THE HUMAN ANIMAL $400: Comanche chief Parra-o-coom was described as "a great" this animal "of a man"; it's also what his name means bear |
| #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 |
| #5666, aired 2009-04-06 | GOOD O'MEN $200: Tip O'Neill was the man of the House of Representatives, holding this post from 1977 to 1986 Speaker |
| #5666, aired 2009-04-06 | GOOD O'MEN $400: He got his controversial talk show on Fox News in 1996 (Bill) O'Reilly |
| #5666, aired 2009-04-06 | GOOD O'MEN $600: John Cardinal O'Connor held this post for New York from 1984 to 2000 archbishop |
| #5666, aired 2009-04-06 | GOOD O'MEN $800: Future playwright John Casey changed his name to this when he was won over to Irish nationalism Sean O'Casey |
| #5666, aired 2009-04-06 | GOOD O'MEN $1000: A work titled "The Bush" helped make Bernard O'Dowd a major poet of this country Australia |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | EUGENE O'NEILL $1600: As a young man O'Neill was fast friends with this reporter & Communist Labor Party co-founder John Reed |
| #5586, aired 2008-12-15 | SPORTS STATUES $3,000 (Daily Double): Father to War Admiral, this horse who died in 1947 is buried under his statue at the Kentucky Horse Park Man o' War |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | WOOD & WIND $1600: The line "O wild west wind, thou breath of autumn's being" starts an 1819 ode by this man Percy Shelley |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | ONE-LETTER TAKE IN ORDER $800: It precedes "Pioneers!" in a literary work & "Henry" in the name of a literary man O |
| #5545, aired 2008-10-17 | ADVERTISING WITH MAD MEN $1200: (I'm Vincent Kartheiser.) Pete Campbell beat out an "O Little Town of" this steel company idea with his own that called the company "The Backbone of America" Bethlehem |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | NURSERY RHYMES ON THE 11 O'CLOCK NEWS $200: Confrontation downtown today near the fair, as a pieman denied this penniless man food Simple Simon |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | MISSISSIPPI MISSES $1200: "Stand By Your Man" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" were big hits for this Mississippian who was married 5 times Tammy Wynette |
| #5330, aired 2007-11-09 | WE'RE NUMBER 2! $2000: This horse finished in second place to Seabiscuit at Pimlico in 1938 War Admiral |
| #5310, aired 2007-10-12 | GOOD SPORTS $800: Now with Miami, at age 24, this 7'1", 325-lb. guy was the youngest man on the NBA's "50 Greatest Players" list Shaquille O'Neal |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE $2000: Some Shakespeare editions use accents to clarify meter, as in this man's "The time is out of joint, O cursèd spite..." Hamlet |
| #5285, aired 2007-07-27 | BIBLE BELTS $800: In an O.T. book named for Moses' successor, this man smites the Gibeonites, the Hebronites & the Eglonites Joshua |
| #5261, aired 2007-06-25 | MEN O' WAR $400: After much skirmishing with Saladin, this English king made a truce with him in 1192 Richard I |
| #5261, aired 2007-06-25 | MEN O' WAR $800: (Alex refers to a monochrome depiction of a naval engagement.) You may see a resemblance to little brother Matthew in this 1813 naval hero pictured here Oliver Hazard Perry |
| #5261, aired 2007-06-25 | MEN O' WAR $1200: This military man elected president in 1840 wrote a "Discourse on the Aborigines of the Valley of the Ohio" William Henry Harrison |
| #5261, aired 2007-06-25 | MEN O' WAR $1600: Last name of Arthur, seen here, Spanish American War general & father of a general MacArthur |
| #5261, aired 2007-06-25 | MEN O' WAR $2000: A suite at Cairo's Mena House Hotel is named for this British general in WWII Africa Montgomery (of Alamein) |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | A "MAN"LY CATEGORY $1600: Unique ocean denizen seen here man o' war |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | FOOD PHRASES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Hoover Museum.) The Hoover Museum celebrates the man who fed millions worldwide; however, it was the G.O.P., not Hoover, who promised one of these in every pot a chicken |
| #5204, aired 2007-04-05 | ODE TO THE WEST WING $400: The presence of the No. 2 man seems to cast a glow / within thy precincts, room with the initials V.P.O. Vice President's Office |
| #5204, aired 2007-04-05 | ODE TO THE WEST WING $600: What man, what staff would dare hold conference / In thee, O room named for 2 presidents Roosevelt Room |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | QUOTATIONS $1200: O. Henry gave us "busy as" this type of "man ... pasting on wall-paper" a one-armed man |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | MINNESOTANS $2000: Oh, this man from Maine, Minnesota, with the middle initial "O", was the longest-serving Supreme Court justice William O. Douglas |
| #5150, aired 2007-01-19 | FICTION, POLITICAL STYLE $1200: In 2004's "Those Who Tresspass", this Fox "Factor" man penned, "Okay, Shannon Michaels, off with those pants" Bill O'Reilly |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | "O"PERA $800: George finds out Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket in this Carlisle Floyd opera based on a 1937 novel Of Mice And Men |
| #5135, aired 2006-12-29 | BRAND "O" $600: The dad of TV's Matthew Perry was the sailor in commercials for this men's scent Old Spice |
| #5127, aired 2006-12-19 | O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL $200: Lumbini, Nepal is a pilgrimage site as the birthplace of this man about 2,500 years ago Buddha |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | THE FALL $1600: In 1919 Man O' War lost his only race to a 100-to-1 shot with this apt 5-letter name that means "to disturb" Upset |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | CONAN O'BRIEN $800: When Conan took over for David Letterman as the host of "Late Night" in 1993, this man was his sidekick Andy Richter |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | MILITARY MEN $800: Presley O'Bannon's Marine detachment raised the American flag on the "shores" of this North African state in 1805 Tripoli |
| #5100, aired 2006-11-10 | MAN HATTIN' $400: The Tam-o'-shanter & the Glengarry are popular men's hats from this U.K. country Scotland |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | HAPPY HALLOWEEN $1000: This character comes from a tale of a dead man barred from heaven & hell who wandered the Earth with his fire the jack-o'-lantern |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | LET'S MAKE THEM IRISH! $800: Take any wise man, like the one "of Monticello", turn him Irish & you'll have this Oklahoma tribe O'Sage (Osage) |
| #5067, aired 2006-09-26 | PLAY BOY $2000: "Major Barbara"
&
"Arms and the Man" (George Bernard) Shaw |
| #5016, aired 2006-06-05 | HOLD ME CLOSER, TONY DANZA $1200: Tony's role of Rocky in this man's "The Iceman Cometh" in 1999 won him some Broadway raves Eugene O'Neill |
| #5014, aired 2006-06-01 | WAS HIS NAME O' $400: He was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for "The Stunt Man" Peter O'Toole |
| #4962, aired 2006-03-21 | IT'S ALL "OVER", BABY $600: It's where a "man" is when the O flag is hoisted on a ship overboard |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | "O" MAN! $400: He stunned the Nazis by winning 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics Jesse Owens |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | "O" MAN! $800: He composed heavenly works like "Orpheus in the Underworld" Offenbach |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | "O" MAN! $1200: Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent shone as his backup singers Tony Orlando |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | "O" MAN! $1600: In 1904, this "Mobile" man left the company he founded to set up the R.E.O. Motor Car Company (Ransom Eli) Olds |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | "O" MAN! $2000: Born in 43 B.C., this Roman poet wrote a book about love & a book to help people get over being rejected Ovid |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | THE SPORT OF KINGS $1,500 (Daily Double): It's been said that this grandson of Man O' War had more newspaper coverage in 1938 than any public figure Seabiscuit |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $1000: In 1991 this heartthrob took Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" back to the top spot Michael Bolton |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | PETER O'TOOLE TIME $1600: A fugitive agrees to do dangerous work on a war movie directed by O'Toole in this 1980 film The Stunt Man |
| #4769, aired 2005-05-05 | "O" BOY! $1200: In 27 B.C. the man known as this was officially confirmed as emperor Octavius |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | THESPIAN-"O" $2000: She went from playing doctor in "Medicine Man" to playing one again on "The Sopranos" (Lorraine) Bracco |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | CLEANING YOUR "CLOCK" $400: Stubble on a man's face in the late afternoon, if he shaved in the morning a five o'clock shadow |
| #4700, aired 2005-01-28 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $1000: After the defeat at Yorktown, Gen. Charles O'Hara, acting for this man, gave his sword to the Americans Cornwallis |
| #4686, aired 2005-01-10 | ART $1600: Aptly, Georgia O'Keeffe's first one-woman show was at this man's 291 Gallery Alfred Stieglitz |
| #4683, aired 2005-01-05 | AMERICANA $400: New Mexico's state song, "O, Fair New Mexico", was written by the daughter of this man who killed Billy the Kid Pat Garrett |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | SPELL-BOUND FOR BROADWAY $2000: Don Quixote, the "Man of La Mancha", worships her as "Dulcinea" A-L-D-O-N-Z-A |
| #4655, aired 2004-11-26 | THE "K" TEAM $2000: Anita O'Day & June Christy were singers for this man's 1940s big band Stan Kenton |
| #4650, aired 2004-11-19 | THE "O.C." $1000: This man and his son ruled England following the execution of King Charles I Oliver Cromwell |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | THE CINEMA $600: The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine" O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | FAMOUS MEN $400: The middle one of 5 brothers, he was on the winning side in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral Wyatt Earp |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $800: B.I.O.N., because he believes it's possessed by his dead fiancee, a man married one of these dolls! a Barbie doll |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | THEY ALL PLAYED COUNTRY SINGERS $800: Annette O'Toole, seen here in the audience at "Jeopardy!", played this singer in the TV movie "Stand by Your Man" Tammy Wynette |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL $800: Only 2 men have won 3 NCAA scoring titles--Pete Maravich & this Cincinnati player known as the "Big O" Oscar Robertson |
| #4459, aired 2004-01-15 | BROTHERS ON BROTHERS $800: I played Dr. O'Dell in this "Rich Man, Poor Man" sequel that's about coping with the loss of a brother Beggarman, Thief |
| #4384, aired 2003-10-02 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Superman's classic nickname that's the material used in S.O.S. Pads for scouring & polishing "The Man of Steel Wool" |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | GEOGRAPHIC QUOTATIONS $1000: In a line providing a John O'Hara title, Death is surprised to see a man in Baghdad when they had an "appointment" here Samarra |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Margaret Mitchell began this book, "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it..." "Gone with the Wind" |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2002 this movie soundtrack won ACM awards for Album of the Year & Vocal Event for "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | SHORT STORIES $1600: "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is a collection of short stories by this "Wise Blood" author Flannery O'Connor |
| #4194, aired 2002-11-21 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MEN ALIVE $800: "O Brother", this former star of "ER" was the Sexiest Man Alive in 1997 George Clooney |
| #4172, aired 2002-10-22 | THEATRE $400: Jessica Lange went to London in 2000 to play the drug-addicted mom in his play "Long Day's Journey Into Night" Eugene O'Neill |
| #4115, aired 2002-06-21 | GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS $600: 1998:
Their "The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000" Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $200: In 1995 Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men took this "Sweet" hit to the top of the charts for a record 16-week stay "One Sweet Day" |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | I PROTEST! $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Plaza Hotel.) In protest of the Oak Room's men-only lunch policy, this organization staged a sit-in at the Plaza on February 12, 1969 N.O.W. (the National Organization for Women) |
| #4068, aired 2002-04-17 | SPEAKERS BUREAU $2000: This man who speaks on "A Political Insider's View" learned to play "Hardball" as Tip O'Neill's right-hand man (Chris) Matthews |
| #4032, aired 2002-02-26 | TV DRAMA $400: This show starring the man seen here as an ex-con ran from 1974 to 1980 The Rockford Files |
| #4027, aired 2002-02-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $1000: The only race this legendary thoroughbred ever lost was to a horse appropriately named Upset in 1919 Man o' War |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | 11 O'CLOCK LITERARY NEWS $400: All the king's horses & men were stumped today as to how to rebuild this egg-shaped man injured in a fall Humpty-Dumpty |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | 11 O'CLOCK LITERARY NEWS $800: Up next, this title Coleridge man kills a giant bird & his South Pole shipmates pay the price Ancient Mariner |
| #3951, aired 2001-11-05 | 12-LETTER WORDS $200: Man O' War was a famous one thoroughbred |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | IT'S MY LIFE $800: Read up on this longtime speaker of the House in his 1987 memoir "Man of the House" Tip O'Neill |
| #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 |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | SEAN CONNERY $1000: In '59 Sean favored us with a song, "Pretty Irish Girl", in Disney's this man "and the Little People" Darby O'Gill |
| #3886, aired 2001-06-25 | SIN-EMA $200: Andrew Kevin Walker wrote & played a dead man in this movie about a killer using the deadly sins as his M.O. Se7en |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | MMM...PIE $400: Use the eating variety of this gourd for pies; the jack o' lantern type produces poor pies Pumpkin |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | MACHO MAN $800: This NBA superstar raps & hip-hops on albums like "You Can't Stop the Reign" Shaquille O'Neal |
| #3740, aired 2000-12-01 | SPORT-O-RAMA $200: The only major sporting event named for a famous TV transvestite is this man's golf tournament Jamie Farr (Klinger on "M*A*S*H") |
| #3740, aired 2000-12-01 | SPORT-O-RAMA $400: (Hi, I'm NBA star Alonzo Mourning.) In this type of basketball defense, each player guards a specific opponent, not an area man-to-man defense |
| #3627, aired 2000-05-16 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $800: This "Giant" novelist tried to burn her first novel, "Dawn O'Hara"; luckily, her mom stopped her Edna Ferber |
| #3612, aired 2000-04-25 | SPORTS RHYME TIME $500: One part of a meal for Seattle Slew or Man O' War Horse course |
| #3579, aired 2000-03-09 | NOVEL OPENINGS $100: 1936:
"Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm..." Gone with the Wind |
| #3577, aired 2000-03-07 | SPORTS STARS $400: Paul Azinger donned a tam-o'-shanter & tucked his pants into argyle socks during a eulogy for this man Payne Stewart |
| #3566, aired 2000-02-21 | MEN ON FILM $200: "Lawrence of Arabia"
(1962) Peter O'Toole |
| #3527, aired 1999-12-28 | HIP "O"s $1000: This man's philosophic "razor" states that simple explanations are better than complicated ones Occam |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | FEATURE FILM DEBUTS $800: This movie Robin debuted as Jessica Lange's son in "Men Don't Leave" & appeared with her again in "Blue Sky" Chris O'Donnell |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | FROM A TO Y $1000: Bobby Burns noted "The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft" this agley |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | TV PARENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Carol Burnett.) On the 100th episode of "Mad About You", I played Jamie's mom & this actor played her dad Carroll O'Connor |
| #3243, aired 1998-10-14 | POETRY $400: "The best laid schemes o' mice & men gang aft a-gley" Robert Burns |
| #3217, aired 1998-09-08 | BEFORE & AFTER MOVIE TITLES $400: This 1952 Gene Kelly film is on at 8 o'clock; it's 102 minutes; Gene Kelly on at 8 o'clock; 102 minutes Singin' in the Rain Man |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | NO MEN ALLOWED $400: This talk show host used to get big laughs with her comedy act for women, "Girls' Night Out" Jenny Jones |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | "TH"- THAT'S ALL, FOLKS! $200: Man O' War was one of the greatest ones in history Thoroughbred |
| #3139, aired 1998-04-02 | THE SIMPSONS' GUEST VOICES $4,000 (Daily Double): Bart appeared on the late night talk show of this man, a former "Simpsons" writer Conan O'Brien |
| #3063, aired 1997-12-17 | OLD MAN HOMER HAD A FARM $200: This one-eyed monster had some sheep, E-I-E-I-O, but he preferred to dine on Odysseus' men Cyclops (Polyphemus) |
| #3063, aired 1997-12-17 | OLD MAN HOMER HAD A FARM $600: Old King Priam had this wooden animal, E-I-E-I-O, & it was full of trouble Trojan Horse |
| #2968, aired 1997-06-25 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $200: According to the title of Flannery O'Connor's first book of short stories, this kind of "man is hard to find" A good man |
| #2850, aired 1997-01-10 | JOHN WAYNE FILMS $1000: Maureen O' Hara & her brother appeared in this 1952 film made in Ireland "The Quiet Man" |
| #2834, aired 1996-12-19 | O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! $1000: In a play by this man, Captain Shotover is the eccentric owner of Heartbreak House George Bernard Shaw |
| #2760, aired 1996-09-06 | QUOTATIONS $400: In "O Pioneers!", she wrote, "The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman" Willa Cather |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | NOVELS' FIRST LINES $200: "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm..." Gone with the Wind |
| #2609, aired 1995-12-28 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $400: This phrase for an easygoing existence stems from a Vaudeville song about a man named O'Reilly the life of Reilly |
| #2597, aired 1995-12-12 | MEN NAMED JOSEPH $500: Oh, he's credited as a discoverer of O, oxygen Priestley |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | SHAKESPEARE $100: Juliet cries out, "O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!" when she learns this man has killed Tybalt Romeo |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | "L"s ON THE MAP $200: There's a monument to the great racehorse Man O' War in this city, Kentucky's second largest Lexington |
| #2508, aired 1995-06-28 | MODERN OPERAS $1000: Louis Gruenberg's acclaimed opera "The Emperor Jones" is based on a play by this man Eugene O'Neill |
| #2502, aired 1995-06-20 | SPORTS $400: In 1920, after winning 20 of 21 races, this "Big Red" thoroughbred was retired Man O' War |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $600: At Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, you can visit the grave of this "Big Red" horse who died in 1947 Man O' War |
| #2430, aired 1995-03-10 | SPORTS $500: Known as "Big Red", this race horse was the father of War Admiral Man O' War |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | 1994 $400: Clinton began his State of the Union Message with a short tribute to this late "Man of the House" Tip O'Neill |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | THE 1970s $2,100 (Daily Double): In 1975 John Paul Stevens took over the Supreme Court seat of this man, who retired after 36 1/2 years William O. Douglas |
| #2298, aired 1994-09-07 | THEATRE $400: A 1927 play by Eugene O'Neill deals with the life of this man after he's resurrected by Jesus Lazarus |
| #2256, aired 1994-05-30 | PLAYS $1000: In a play by this man, Brutus Jones, a former Pullman porter, is emperor of a small island (Eugene) O'Neill |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $100: The gravesite of Man O' War is located at a Lexington horse park in this state Kentucky |
| #2191, aired 1994-02-28 | DRAMA $1000: Jason Robards is noted for his performances in this man's plays, including "Hughie" & "The Iceman Cometh" (Eugene) O'Neill |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $500: This U.S. born dadaist invented the technique for abstract photographs he called "ray-o-graphs" Man Ray |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | "O" NO! $400: It often precedes job, lot & man out odd |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Her autobiography, “Stand By Your Man”, was made into a 1981 TV movie starring Annette O’Toole Tammy Wynette |
| #2030, aired 1993-06-04 | REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUEE $500: Marion Michael Morrison & Maureen Fitzsimons in "The Quiet Man" John Wayne & Maureeen O'Hara |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | THE 1950s $500: Tn 1950 he was named the greatest horse of the first half of the century by the Associated Press Man o' War |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | POTPOURRI $1000: This Robert Burns poem contains the lines "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley" "To a Mouse" |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200: Kimball O'Hara befriends Teshoo Lama, an elderly holy man, in this Kipling story Kim |
| #1791, aired 1992-05-18 | HORSES $400: This thoroughbred who won 20 of his 21 races was nicknamed "Big Red" Man O' War (Man of War accepted) |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: Scarlett O'Hara married Charles Hamilton after losing this man to Melanie Ashley Wilkes |
| #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 |
| #1682, aired 1991-12-17 | OPERA $1000: This British composer's 1951 opera "Billy Budd" is set on a man-o'-war & there are no female roles Benjamin Britten |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | THE IDES OF MARCH $100: This man who put the "O" in Jackie O died March 15, 1975 Aristotle Onassis |
| #1575, aired 1991-06-07 | MEN O' WAR $100: The first chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Omar Bradley, was from this service branch the Army |
| #1575, aired 1991-06-07 | MEN O' WAR $200: The most decorated U.S. soldier of World War II, he went on to become a film star Audie Murphy |
| #1575, aired 1991-06-07 | MEN O' WAR $300: His promotion to major general was held up after he slapped two soldiers in 1943 Patton |
| #1575, aired 1991-06-07 | MEN O' WAR $400: When others criticized this admiral, Gen. MacArthur responded, "Leave the Bull alone" (William) Halsey |
| #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 |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | BY THE NUMBERS $100: Late afternoon stubble on the face of a man who shaved in the morning five o'clock shadow |
| #1474, aired 1991-01-17 | ZOOLOGY $600: This floating sea creature which resembles a jellyfish was probably named for a type of ship Man-O'-War |
| #1408, aired 1990-10-17 | 1989 $3,000 (Daily Double): In May this man, second in line to the presidency, announced he was resigning from the House Jim Wright |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | COLORS $600: Completes the lyric "For they're hangin' men & women there for the wearin' o'…" green |
| #6, aired 1990-07-21 | THEATRE $1000: E. O'Neill play about a fugitive black man who'd made himself ruler of a West Indian island (The) Emperor Jones |
| #1368, aired 1990-07-11 | DEMOCRATS $300: His 1987 autobiography, "Man of the House", made the best-seller lists Tip O'Neill |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | ARTISTS $400: Augustus John's portrait of this man in a kaffiyeh headdress looks a lot like Peter O'Toole Lawrence of Arabia |
| #2, aired 1990-06-23 | FAMOUS HORSES $1000: Nicknamed “Big Red”, this racehorse's only career loss was to Upset in 1919 Man o' War |
| #1319, aired 1990-05-03 | POLITICAL QUOTES $400: 1 of the 3 things which, according to John Fremont's 1856 G.O.P. campaign, should be free Soil, men & speech |
| #1295, aired 1990-03-30 | 1981 MOVIES $200: Miles O'Keeffe played this title role in a film produced by Bo Derek & directed by husband John Tarzan the Ape Man |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | LITERARY QUOTES $800: "The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman." she wrote in "O Pioneers!" Willa Cather |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: "Reflections of a Public Man" is the controversial book written by this former Speaker of the House Jim Wright |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | LITERATURE $400: His poems include "Highland Mary", "The Banks O' Down", & "A Man's A Man For A' That" Robert Burns |
| #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 |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | STATE SEALS $1000: Its seal is adorned by a covered wagon, the Pacific Ocean, an American steamer & a British man-o-war Oregon |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | PLAY SETTINGS $600 (Daily Double): This Gore Vidal play takes place in Philadelphia in 1960 at a political convention "The Best Man" |
| #1169, aired 1989-10-05 | MAN IN SPACE $200: The Rogers Comm. determined that the Challenger explosion was caused by a failure of these rubber seals O-rings |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | MEN'S FASHION $300: In March 1989 Bloomingdale's presented H.O.G. night to display clothes with this motorcycle insignia the Harley-Davidson logo |
| #1143, aired 1989-07-19 | WESTERNS $400: This 1881 gun battle took less than 1 min. in real life but over 5 minutes on screen in 1957 the gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| #1090, aired 1989-05-05 | ZOOLOGY $100: Another name for the frigate bird, or a Portuguese jellyfish man o' war |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | STARTS WITH "O" $1,500 (Daily Double): Group singing the following song that was a hit from Atlantic to Pacific in '71:
"Put your hand in the hand of the man /
Who stilled the water /
Put your hand in the hand of the man /
Who calmed the sea..." Ocean |
| #915, aired 1988-07-22 | SPELLING $1000: A small corsage worn by a man in his buttonhole B-O-U-T-O-N-N-I-E-R-E |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $500: If you're referring to a Blue Brother or a Ghostbuster, this Dan's your man A-Y-K-R-O-Y-D |
| #867, aired 1988-05-17 | SPORT OF KINGS $200: In 1919, Man o' War ran & won his 1st race at this Elmont, N.Y. racetrack Belmont |
| #724, aired 1987-10-29 | SPELLING $200: A man from Naples, or his ice cream N-E-A-P-O-L-I-T-A-N |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | MARINE BIOLOGY $500: A whole colony of poisonous polyps hangs from the float of this colorful stinging creature Portuguese man o' war |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: "Stunt Man" star who did stunts in England under stage names "Arnold Hearthrug" & "Charlie Staircase" Peter O'Toole |
| #415, aired 1986-04-11 | SCIENTISTS $1000: 19th century German mathematician remembered for his "strip", a single-sided loop (August) Möbius |
| #394, aired 1986-03-13 | MILITARY MEN $200: WWII pilot famous for shooting planes down has this Chicago airport named for him (Edward) O'Hare |
| #375, aired 1986-02-14 | ROARING '20S $600: Setting 5 speed records in 1920 alone, sports writers dubbed this horse "Big Red" Man o' War |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | MOVIE PAIRS $800: Newlyweds in "The Quiet Man", they split up 21 years later in "McLintock" John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara |
| #297, aired 1985-10-29 | SPORT OF KINGS $500: In 1919-20, this 4-legged "Battleship" won 20 of 21 starts Man o' War |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | FAMOUS SHIPS $1,000 (Daily Double): Comic opera where you hear this song:
"We sail the ocean blue / And our saucy ship's a beauty / We're sober men and true / And attentive to our duty / When the balls whistle free / O'er the bright blue sea / We stand to our guns all day / When at anchor we ride / On the Portsmouth tide / We have plenty of time for play / Ahoy! Ahoy!..." H.M.S. Pinafore |
| #145, aired 1985-03-29 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $500: Legendary thoroughbred also known as "Big Red" Man O' War |
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
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Lisa O'Brien, a stay-at-home mom and community volunteer from Edina, Minnesota
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Season 37 1-time champion: $16,100 + $1,000.
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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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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Al Franken, an author and radio talk show host from New York City
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"One of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, he's done...
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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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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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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
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Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
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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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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
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"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
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Greg Peterson, a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $38,600....
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Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
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"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Okey Chikezie, from Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
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"He wants to be a professional soccer player when he grows...
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Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, a public health professional from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-10-30). Middle and last names pronounced like "KAL-ya-na-RA-man...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester 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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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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