| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MOVIE SONGS $1200: This song shot to No. 1, 2, 3 o'clock after being featured in the 1955 film "Blackboard Jungle" "Rock Around The Clock" |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | LITERATURE BINGO $600: "O" (No!), 1898: William S. Porter was convicted of embezzlement; after prison, he put out short stories under this name O. Henry |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | PAINT, BY NUMBERS $1200: Nature can be expensive! In 2014 "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1" by this New Mexico woman went for $44.4 million Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | READING RAINBOW $3,400 (Daily Double): In a children's classic by Scott O'Dell, San Nicolas Island is better known as this title place the Island of the Blue Dolphins |
| #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 |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $300: Christina Aguilera sings, "You gotta rub me the right way in this 1999 No. 1 hit
_ E _ I E / I _ / _ / _ O _ _ _ _ "Genie In A Bottle" |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? $800: What? You drove all the way from Duncansby Head to Land's End in this country? No wonder you're tired! the UK |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | DOCTOR: WHO? $400: He made it out of the O.K. Corral, but after Nov. 8, 1887, he could no longer be anybody's huckleberry Doc Holliday |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | IT'S GERMAN FOR... $800: Boat--
spelling please; it's just one letter different B-O-O-T |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | JOHNNY GILBERT SAYS THE NO. 1 HITS $900: "She's got eyes of the bluest skies, as if they thought of rain, I'd hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain" "Sweet Child O' Mine" |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | A STANDING MIDDLE O $2000: It's an encampment of troops with little or no shelter, as seen here a bivouac |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $500: A fancy design of your initials that you use on stationery or clothing a monogram |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | NEVER WON AN EMMY $1000: 3 noms for "Modern Family" but no wins for Ed O'Neill & no noms at all as this other sitcom dad, despite 11 seasons in the role Al Bundy |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | WHINE $400: This tormented Shakespeare title character moans, "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I" the Hamlet |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | 'CAUSE WE SPELL GOOD $400: These 2 letters are between M & F in a word from the French for the use of disguise in the military O & U |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | ADJECTIVAL EVIDENCE $800: As an adjective, it means hardened or feeling no sympathy; as a noun, without the "O", it is a hardening on your skin callous |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | SEZ YOU, SHAKESPEARE! $800: "What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more O' that, my lord, no more O' that. You mar all with this starting" Lady Macbeth |
| #8257, aired 2020-10-13 | TV THEME SONG LYRICS $800: "So no one told you life was gonna be this way, your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A." Friends |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | LITERARY AWARDS $800: No twist necessary in the short stories that since 1919 win the prize named for this short story author O. Henry |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | THE OPERATING THEATER $600: A Spotify survey shows most surgeons listen to music in the O.R. & the No. 1 selection is this band's "Rock You Like A Hurricane" the Scorpions |
| #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 |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | A, E, I, O--NO U $400: To question formally, like a cop does to a suspect interrogate |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | A, E, I, O--NO U $800: This instrument records earthquake vibrations a seismograph |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | A, E, I, O--NO U $1200: This type of pressure is also called atmospheric pressure barometric |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | A, E, I, O--NO U $1600: These "waters" are traditionally within 3 miles of a nation's shores territorial |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | A, E, I, O--NO U $2000: 11-letter word meaning to give something in return, perhaps your feelings reciprocate |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | PUTTING OUT THE WELCOME MATH $1000: "O" say can you say this kind of triangle having no right angle? Or at least make some kind of indirect reference? an oblique triangle |
| #8092, aired 2019-11-12 | DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS $800: "No no no no no, oo-eee-hoo, I'll tell you once more, before I get off the floor", this E.L.O. title "Don't Bring Me Down" |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | SHAKESPEARE'S EXIT LINES $1200: "O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die" Romeo |
| #7916, aired 2019-01-28 | OXYMORONS $1600: Elmer's makes a "no-wrinkle" gooey adhesive called this, 2 very different materials rubber cement |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | BETTER 1, BETTER 2? $400: Robert Scott's expedition No. 1 didn't reach this spot; trip No. 2 did, but everyone died en route home the South Pole |
| #7914, aired 2019-01-24 | BEFORE & ACTOR $1600: A big screen "21 Jump Street" cop who's been seen on "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor" Jonah Hill Harper |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | NO OSCAR FOR YOU! $1200: Glenn Close has been nominated 6 times w/o winning, including as one of a group of reuniting college pals in this film The Big Chill |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | O YE OF LITTLE FAITH $2000: This Oxford biologist's 2006 bestseller "The God Delusion" argues that "there almost certainly is no god" (Richard) Dawkins |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | DECADES OF NO. 1-RATED TV SHOWS $1000: This actor & his "All in the Family" character Archie Bunker ruled from 1972 to '76 Carroll O'Connor |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | NOT MADE $1000: From 1969 to 1996 there was always room for the 1-2-3 variety from this food brand, but no longer Jell-O |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | O NO! $400: A hangman's loop lops off an "O" & turns into a body part a noose and a nose |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | O NO! $800: Pull, pull, pull an "O" from a word meaning to encourage your team with cheers & you're left with one meaning decay root and rot |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | O NO! $1200: When "O" skips out of a track for a record needle, a small orchard of citrus trees grows in its place groove and grove |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | O NO! $1600: To sag from lack of support loses the support of its second "O" & ends up meaning "to fall" droop and drop |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | O NO! $2,800 (Daily Double): Drop an "O" from the word represented on the left to get the person on the right googol & Gogol |
| #7643, aired 2017-11-29 | "H"2"O" $2000: Football firm is a term for a group of these British ne'er-do-wells hooligans |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT TRAVELS THROUGH TIME $1000: (Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight present the clue.)
(Nancy) The March 19, 1990 cover of Newsweek--"Rap Rage"--has rap gone too far?
(Kevin) With this "Funky Cold Medina" & "Wild Thing" rapper pictured below the headline, we'll say it--no. No, it hasn't Tone Loc |
| #7519, aired 2017-04-27 | KINDA SCIENCEY $200: Retired names no longer used for these by N.O.A.A. include Igor & Marilyn hurricanes |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $800: Medical condition characterized by involuntary sleeping N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-S-Y |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | SILENT "O" $2000: A passage in Proverbs states, "Where there is no vision", they "perish" the people |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | ALMOST BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Part of NYC's Waldorf where Barack Obama stayed while singing a Guns N' Roses No. 1 ballad the Presidential "Sweet Child O' Mine" |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | MY NAME IS PRINCE $600: This Irish lass' No. 1 hit "Nothing Compares 2 U" was written by Prince Sinead O'Connor |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | LET'S GO TO THE AIRPORT $400: On March 23, 1963 JFK dedicated this airport, saying, "There is no other airport in the world which serves so many people" O'Hare |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | ENDS IN "O" $200: It's the presidential power to just say no the veto |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $200: This gaming console that comes in PS4 & PS Vita models P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N |
| #6941, aired 2014-11-17 | STUFF $800: A friend has no fixed address? Send a letter to his main P.O. addressed: name, this 2-word term, city, state, ZIP general delivery |
| #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | MOVIEMAKERS $2,000 (Daily Double): O this director of "Trainspotting" & "Slumdog Millionaire", the pipes, the pipes are calling Danny Boyle |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | PUTTING THE HAM IN HAMLET $800: "No, no, the drink, the drink--O my dear Hamlet--the drink, the drink! I am poisoned!" Gertrude |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | WE GET LETTERS $2000: He wrote to his muse Georgia O'Keeffe, "How I wanted to photograph you--the hands--the mouth--& eyes" (Alfred) Stieglitz |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | TED TALKS $600: This Facebook C.O.O. had advice for women in the workplace
"Because no one gets to the corner office by sitting on the side, not at the table." Sheryl Sandberg |
| #6579, aired 2013-04-04 | SOWING "OTE"s $1,600 (Daily Double): Theodore Roosevelt said this "is like a rifle: its usefulness depends on the character of the user" vote |
| #6558, aired 2013-03-06 | QUOTES FILLED WITH BOOZE $2,000 (Daily Double): The title character of this Eugene O'Neill play says, "Gimme a whiskey--ginger ale on the side. And don't be stingy, baby" Anna Christie |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | HERE COMES THE JUDGE $1600: The presiding judge in the O.J. Simpson trial, he no longer has a nameplate on his courtroom door; thieves kept stealing it (Lance) Ito |
| #6520, aired 2013-01-11 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH O $800: This mint family herb should be stored in a cool, dark place for no more than 6 months oregano |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | GAME SHOW NAMES IN OTHER COUNTRIES $800: This show is known in Mexico as "Vas O No Vas" Deal or No Deal |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | BUSINESS IS GOOD $800: O-ho, this bank's wagon is a-comin' down the street & it's filled with money; it's No. 26 on the 2012 Fortune 500 Wells Fargo |
| #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 |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | COMPLETELY BASSLESS $2000: This triple-talk band makes do with drums, guitar & the vocals of Karen O the Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
| #6423, aired 2012-07-18 | NO BED BUT BATH & BEYOND $200: Known for bar soap, this company with lots o' green says its deodorant is "made for lads with the scents lasses love" Irish Spring |
| #6414, aired 2012-07-05 | "O" MY $2,000 (Daily Double): In math, it's 1/8 of a circle or a 45-degree angle; it's also an instrument for measuring angles an octant |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | PLAY CHARACTERS $800 (Daily Double): Patrons at Harry Hope's saloon eagerly awaiteth Theodore "Hickey" Hickman's arrival in this O'Neill play The Iceman Cometh |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | THE 50 STATES $1600: (Alex Trebek walks along a river with grass, a bridge and a building in the background.) I'm in Cumberland, in this state; this city of 20,000 has a long history as a vital transport hub; it was the site of the first national road & also the terminus of the C&O Canal, which goes all the way to Washington, D.C. Maryland |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | THE STORY OF O $1000: OED says the normal sound of long O, as in "no", is one of these gliding speech sounds a diphthong |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | THE DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $400: Guns N' Roses hit No. 1 in September 1988 with this "sweet" hit featuring Slash's tasty guitar licks "Sweet Child O' Mine" |
| #6182, aired 2011-06-28 | "O" YES! $800: His song "Caribbean Queen" sailed to No. 1 in 1984 Billy Ocean |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | DOUBLE E, DOUBLE O $2,200 (Daily Double): Stringlike metal shavings used for scouring, polishing & smoothing; no sheep necessary steel wool |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | WELL, IT'S NOT SHAKESPEARE $800: Sure & 'tis the name of playwright John Casey, after he changed it to its Irish form Sean O'Casey |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | "O" BROTHER $400: He had 2 sisters, Marjorie & Avril, & no brothers-- though he later got famous for a "big" one (George) Orwell |
| #6120, aired 2011-04-01 | PIRATE HAIKU--"AR" $2000: O! Greek hunt goddess /
No wench ye be, fair maiden /
Save me from the plank Artemis |
| #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 |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | GET "L"IT $2000: No curtain call for playwright Eugene O'Neill when this domestic drama premiered in 1956; he was 3 years dead Long Day's Journey into Night |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | COLORFUL QUOTES $200: "No more St. Patrick's Day we'll keep, his color can't be seen, for there's a cruel law agin the wearin' o' the" this green |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | NO. 1 "LOVE" SONGS $800: The O'Jays asked the whole world to join in & board this in 1973 "Love Train" |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | I KNOW "UR" $1000: A chemical compound of the group NH-CO-O; you're probably familiar with the "poly" form urethane |
| #5899, aired 2010-04-15 | STOCK SYMBOLS $400: This company goes by GE General Electric |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $2000: In 1998 this "nude" Toronto-based group reached No. 1 for 1 week with "One Week" Barenaked Ladies |
| #5803, aired 2009-12-02 | ALCOHOLICS UNANIMOUS $1,000 (Daily Double): This alcoholic playwright created the bitter alcoholic Jamie Tyrone & a "long day" for his cursed family Eugene O'Neill |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID $3,600 (Daily Double): "I'll paint (the flower) big and they'll be surprised into taking time to look at it" Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #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 $1000: Patrick MacNee is no Avenger as his werewolf colony terrorizes Dee Wallace in this 1981 classic The Howling |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | DOUBLE DOUBLE "O" $1000: The plan has no risk, it can't fail, it can only be described as this foolproof |
| #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 |
| #5732, aired 2009-07-07 | S.O.S. $1,100 (Daily Double): If you fall into deep water without a life jacket, there's no time to send an S.O.S.--it's time to do this "S.O.S." sink or swim |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | FILL IN THE DICKENS TITLE $1200: "T.O.C.S." The Old Curiosity Shop |
| #5676, aired 2009-04-20 | FILL IN THE SONG TITLE $1600: Alicia Keys:
"N.O." "No One" |
| #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 |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | JOHNNY'S CLASSIC TV THEME SONGS $1200: "So, no one told you life was gonna be this way, your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A." Friends |
| #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 |
| #5564, aired 2008-11-13 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT $800 (Daily Double): This author concluded a famous novel with the line "After all, tomorrow is another day" Margaret Mitchell |
| #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 |
| #5539, aired 2008-10-09 | HALLS OF FAME $2,000 (Daily Double): Floyd Holt ('06), Janice Gould ('02) & Jaime Escalante ('99) are in the Natl. this H.O.F.; we'd list them all if we could teachers |
| #5508, aired 2008-07-16 | WORLD O' FACTS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2006, Warner Bros. pledged to help these Australian animals stricken by a cancer epidemic the Tasmanian devil |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | WRITING FOR TV $200: No script overlap here: Barry O'Brien both wrote for "CSI: Miami" & co-created this Miley Cyrus phenomenon Hannah Montana |
| #5465, aired 2008-05-16 | SLANGUAGE $2000: An "empty chair interview" occurred on NPR when this "No Spin" guy walked off before the end of the show Bill O'Reilly |
| #5424, aired 2008-03-20 | "O"... $1000: This title precedes "Our home and native land..." "O Canada" |
| #5403, aired 2008-02-20 | NO, I'M GOING TO THE ZOO $400: This primate of Indonesia is the only ape whose name begins with an "O" an orangutan |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: A person in a savage, primitive state, like Conan (no, not O'Brien, the other one) a barbarian |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | HITS OF THE '60s $1200: Elvis had 2 No. 1 hits based on Italian songs: "Surrender" & this one based on "O Sole Mio" "It's Now Or Never" |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | FROM A TO E $2000: Next time you fall on your behind, be grateful for this cushioning tissue of fat cells just below the skin adipose |
| #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 |
| #5199, aired 2007-03-29 | STORIED HOTELS $2,000 (Daily Double): Chapter VI of this 1926 novel begins: "At five o'clock I was in the Hotel Crillon waiting for Brett" The Sun Also Rises |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | "O" $1600: There were no gold medals at the first modern Olympics; a winner received a diploma & this, a symbol of peace an olive branch |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | 'HUSKER DO $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Girls and Boys Town in Omaha, NE.) After becoming a parish priest in O'Neill, Nebraska, he founded Boys Town near Omaha Father (Edward) Flanagan |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | RHYME TIME FOOD & DRINK $1200: A malt beverage like O'Doul's with little or no alcohol near beer |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | AN "A" IN SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): This marine snail has a genus name, it's H-A-L-I-O-T-I-S abalone |
| #4901, aired 2005-12-26 | MOVIE STAR BY ROLES $2,000 (Daily Double): Melvin Udall,
Jimmy Hoffa,
Eugene O'Neill Jack Nicholson |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $100 (Daily Double): "Salut, o terre d'esperance" begins "L'Abidjanaise", the anthem of this nation Ivory Coast |
| #4863, aired 2005-11-02 | TV D.O.A. $600: On "M*A*S*H", this Lt. Col.'s "Plane was shot down over the sea of Japan. It spun in. There weren't no survivors" (Henry) Blake |
| #4844, aired 2005-10-06 | THE STORY OF "O" $1200: It's the national airline of Greece & no, it doesn't fly only once every 4 years Olympic |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $200: In 1978 their duet "You're The One That I Want" replaced another duet by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams at No. 1 Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $400: Her "Control" album produced 5 Top 5 singles, each in a different spot; "When I Think Of You" hit No. 1 Janet Jackson |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $600: In 1977 this "sleepy" song became Fleetwood Mac's only No. 1 hit "Dreams" |
| #4796, aired 2005-06-13 | SHUT YOUR MOUTH! $400: "Factor" in the idea that this Fox commentator has been known to tell guests in his "No Spin Zone" to "Shut up!" Bill O'Reilly |
| #4745, aired 2005-04-01 | RIFF RAFF $800: Axl had the vocals, but Slash wailed the riff on this "sugary" Guns N' Roses hit that came in No. 1 "Sweet Child O' Mine" |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | CAPTAIN O' THE SHIP $800: Looking for a NW Passage, sandwiched between a rock & a Hawaiian hard place:
The Resolution (Captain) Cook |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | OSCARS OF THE '70s $400: No relation to the Lakers' center, she's the youngest ever to win a Supporting Actress Oscar Tatum O'Neal |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $200 (Daily Double): "Brooklyn Bridge" was one of the last of her NYC paintings before she moved permanently to New Mexico Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | CABLE TALK $800: His top-rated "Factor" has a "No Spin Zone" Bill O'Reilly |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | ROCK $1200: This "sweet" song by Guns N' Roses was a 1988 No. 1 hit "Sweet Child O' Mine" |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | PAPERBACK WRITER $400: His bestselling paperback "The No Spin Zone" chronicles his confrontations with the powerful & the famous Bill O'Reilly |
| #4394, aired 2003-10-16 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY $200: In her debut single Jamie O'Neal sang, "There is no" this state "no Painted Desert no Sedona" Arizona |
| #4296, aired 2003-04-14 | BUSINESS ABBREV. $200: No money, no goods:
C.O.D. cash on delivery |
| #4243, aired 2003-01-29 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $2000: Superstitious rap
K _ O _ K O _
_ O O D knock on wood |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | "O" TOWN $800: The Queen of England probably didn't use the dart in the map trick to make this city a capital in 1857 Ottawa |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | "O" NO! $400: A card game named for a middle-aged unmarried woman Old Maid |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | "O" NO! $800: From the team's avian nickname, Bill Mlkvy was this "without a vowel" when he played basketball for Temple the owl |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | "O" NO! $1200: Christian monks take vows of poverty, chastity & this obedience |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | "O" NO! $1600: Sleipnir was the magical steed ridden by this Norse god Odin |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | "O" NO! $2000: A liquid hydrocarbon formula C8H18, found in petroleum octane |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | YOUR INITIAL RESPONSE IS CORRECT $1600: This abbreviation means "no seats left"' but you can still watch the show inside S.R.O. |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $400: In a 1957 No. 1 hit, he sang, "Darling, you send me, honest you do" Sam Cooke |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $800: Stevie Nicks' "Edge Of Seventeen" is sampled on their No. 1 hit "Bootylicious" Destiny's Child |
| #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) |
| #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!" |
| #4034, aired 2002-02-28 | TABLOID SHAKESPEARE $400: "O" no! this Venetian general in murder/suicide; claimed, "loved not wisely, but too well" Othello |
| #3980, aired 2001-12-14 | "LING"O $600: Adjective used in the title of the 1973 No. 2 hit heard here dueling |
| #3958, aired 2001-11-14 | O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN $300: Let's give a hand (no, a leg) to this seafaring captain created in 1851 Captain Ahab |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $200: When their "MmmBop" reached No. 1 in May 1997, they became the first artists born in the 1980s to have a No. 1 single Hanson |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $400: The first single from her "Butterfly" CD, "Honey" debuted at No. 1 & remained there for 3 weeks Mariah Carey |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $600: With the 1999 song "Bailamos", he accomplished something his father was unable to achieve--a No. 1 U.S. pop hit Enrique Iglesias |
| #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" |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $1000: Her No. 1 hits include "Again" & "Together Again" Janet Jackson |
| #3925, aired 2001-09-28 | I'M SO CUTE! $500: O, yes, this tree-climbing feline seen here would fit into a "STARTS WITH 'O'" category an ocelot |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | DRIVING $400: Experts disagree on whether 10 & 2 o'clock or 9 & 3 is better for this; no one thinks much of the old wrist drape steering wheel position |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | SHAQUILLE O'NEAL $400: In 1992 this team pulled the No. 1 draft pick out of a hat & used it on Shaq the Orlando Magic |
| #3678, aired 2000-09-06 | N-O! $200: On an episode of "Diff'rent Strokes", this first lady advised "Just say no!" if someone offers you drugs Nancy Reagan |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | THE BFI'S TOP 100 BRITISH FILMS $200: Peter O'Toole had his first leading role in this film, No. 3 on the list Lawrence of Arabia |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | "GUN" CONTROL $100: Their only No. 1 Top 40 hit was 1988's "Sweet Child O' Mine" Guns N' Roses |
| #3539, aired 2000-01-13 | FOR "RENT" $1000: It's a whole lotta rain Torrent |
| #3535, aired 2000-01-07 | WE GET LETTERS $100: It's the letter replaced by an apostrophe in o'er & ne'er V |
| #3534, aired 2000-01-06 | THAT'S NO LADY... $200: In the '70s he played America's favorite bigot, Archie Bunker Carroll O'Connor |
| #3472, aired 1999-10-12 | BEATLES LYRICS $100: "He got o-no sideboard, he one spinal cracker" "Come Together" |
| #3424, aired 1999-06-24 | THE SUPREME COURT $1,200 (Daily Double): His middle initial O. stood for Orville William O. Douglas |
| #3359, aired 1999-03-25 | WHERE ARE THEY NOW? $1000: No one knows what happened to this prominent American atheist leader who disappeared in '95; she's still missing Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
| #3353, aired 1999-03-17 | FILM CHARACTERS $100: Scarlett O'Hara told him that he was "no gentleman" & he replied that Scarlett was "no lady" Rhett Butler |
| #3297, aired 1998-12-29 | OXYMORONS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the Shakespearean play that features the speech heard here:
"Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate, /
... cold fire, sick health, /
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! /
This love feel I, that feel no love in this." Romeo and Juliet |
| #3244, aired 1998-10-15 | ROCK GOES POSTAL $800: Asked if he was alone on his stamp, this '50s "R-O-C-K" star would have "no comet" Bill Haley |
| #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 |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $500: In dictionaries, this 8-letter word that means "no longer in general use" is often abbreviated obs O-B-S-O-L-E-T-E |
| #3022, aired 1997-10-21 | TV SIDEKICKS $500: Some consider the work of this Conan O'Brien sidekick worthy of a true second banana Andy Richter |
| #2912, aired 1997-04-08 | U.S. HISTORY $300: After the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Virgil Earp lost his job as this city's marshall Tombstone |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | "O" NO! $100: A standing one comes with applause an ovation |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | "O" NO! $200: Mission-style furniture of the early 1900s was usually made of this wood & trimmed with nailheads oak |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | "O" NO! $300: One way to go for Christian soldiers onward |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | "O" NO! $400: A superannuated sombrero, or a 2-word phrase that describes it if it's behind the times old hat |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | "O" NO! $500: It's a flying machine that has wings that flap like a bird's an ornithopter |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $300: "No room to swing a cat" probably refers to one of these whips, not to a feline a cat o' nine tails |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | "O" NO! $200: The giant species of this 8-armed mollusk may weigh up to 100 pounds an octopus |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | "O" NO! $400: Ebenezer, yellow globe & granex are 3 types of this vegetable an onion |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | "O" NO! $600: A type of discount store or a receptacle in a wall that's equipped with a socket an outlet |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | "O" NO! $800: The 3 U.S. states that fit the category Oregon, Oklahoma & Ohio |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | "O" NO! $1000: An onyx is a gem, while this similar word refers to an antelope an oryx |
| #2177, aired 1994-02-08 | CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $500: It's found around the president
(4,6) Oval Office |
| #2143, aired 1993-12-22 | POT LUCK $100: For 5 seasons in the 1970s, this CBS sitcom starring Carroll O'Connor was TV's No 1. prime-time series All in the Family |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | "O" NO! $200: Shakespeare's murderous Moor Othello |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | "O" NO! $400: It often precedes job, lot & man out odd |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | "O" NO! $600: This wild cat's name comes from the Nahuatl word for "jaguar" ocelot |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | "O" NO! $800: The Museum of Modern Art's 1965 exhibition "The Responsive Eye" focused on this type of art op art |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | "O" NO! $1000: It's a "terrible" term for rubbish or for animal viscera offal |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | "O" NO! $100: These bivalves breed in beds oysters |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | "O" NO! $200: The Greek word for "bird" gave us this word for the study of birds ornithology |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | "O" NO! $300: Founded in 1878, Lady Margaret Hall is this European university's oldest women's college Oxford |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | "O" NO! $400: This London theatre was once known as the Royal Victoria the Old Vic |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | "O" NO! $500: Last name of Ambrosio & Bernardo, father & son politicians of Chile O'Higgins |
| #1978, aired 1993-03-24 | "O" NO! $100: It's a great shape for an egg or for the U.S. president's office oval |
| #1978, aired 1993-03-24 | "O" NO! $200: It describes a sandwich using just 1 slice of bread without a covering slice open-faced |
| #1978, aired 1993-03-24 | "O" NO! $300: Binoculars for "The Barber of Seville" opera glasses |
| #1978, aired 1993-03-24 | "O" NO! $400: This "fruity" wooden object is a must for manicures an orange stick |
| #1978, aired 1993-03-24 | "O" NO! $500: Budapest-born conductor whose name was once almost synonymous with the Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | OH NO! IT'S SPELLING $500: These horseback riding breeches make your hips look huge but are very tight from the knee to the ankle J-O-D-H-P-U-R-S |
| #1795, aired 1992-05-22 | WORLD CITIES $1000: Regina, this Canadian province's capital, was originally called Pile O'Bones Saskatchewan |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SPELLING $400: This adjective describes a question to which no answer is expected; you won't see one on "Jeopardy!" R-H-E-T-O-R-I-C-A-L |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | FINANCE $5,000 (Daily Double): Named for a N.Y. congressman, this pension plan was established in 1962 to benefit the self-employed Keogh (Plan) |
| #1717, aired 1992-02-04 | "O" NO! $100: This company owns 10 Wienermobiles shaped like giant hot dogs Oscar Mayer |
| #1717, aired 1992-02-04 | "O" NO! $200: The Southport Yellow Globe isn't a newspaper but one of these used in soups & stews an onion |
| #1717, aired 1992-02-04 | "O" NO! $300: Cleopatra's Needle is a famous one of these an obelisk |
| #1717, aired 1992-02-04 | "O" NO! $400: This wildcat's distinctive coat features both dots & stripes an ocelot |
| #1717, aired 1992-02-04 | "O" NO! $500: You could say she's sown some wild books, including "Do With Me What You Will" Joyce Carol Oates |
| #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 |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | NO. 1 HITS OF THE '60s $300: This 1960 Elvis Presley hit was based on the turn-of-the-century Italian song "O Sole Mio" "It's Now or Never" |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | SPELL THAT NAME $200: Jacques, who probably doesn't sing calypso, but does explore on the Calypso C-O-U-S-T-E-A-U |
| #1584, aired 1991-06-20 | STARTS WITH "O" $600: "No other play has moved me so deeply" said Alexander Woollcott of this Thornton Wilder play Our Town |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | MOVIE STARS $400: She romanced her "Fountainhead" co-star Gary Cooper, but married Roald Dahl Patricia Neal |
| #1403, aired 1990-10-10 | LETTER PERFECT $200: Letter replaced by an apostrophe in e'er, o'er, & ne'er V |
| #1363, aired 1990-07-04 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $400: In a 1959 No. 1 Hit Elvis had this amount "o' Love" Big Hunk |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | ARTISTS $300 (Daily Double): She painted her 1st large flower, "Petunia No. 2", in 1924 Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #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 |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | LITERATURE $400: Sean O'Casey's play about Juno Boyle & her vain ne'er-do-well husband Juno and the Paycock |
| #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" |
| #1001, aired 1989-01-02 | ABBREVIATIONS $500: Meaning the price includes delivery to a specified point & no further, F.O.B. stands for this free on board |
| #898, aired 1988-06-29 | U.S. CITIES $1,600 (Daily Double): City celebrated in song in both a 1959 Wilbert Harrison No. 1 hit & the following:
"Y' c'n turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat /
With ev'ry kind o' comfort ev'ry house is all complete /
You c'n walk to privies in the rain and never wet your feet! /
They've gone about as fur as they can go (Yes sir!) /
They've gone about as fur as they can go!..." Kansas City |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | "O" NO! $100: The word that opens the Lord's Prayer our |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | "O" NO! $200: It's a gumbo ingredient, not a talk show hostess okra |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | "O" NO! $300: A hospital attendant, even if he's not tidy an orderly |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | "O" NO! $400: From Chinese for "black dragon", it's tea that's partly fermented before drying oolong |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | "O" NO! $500: An overstuffed, armless sofa, whether or not you bought it in Turkey an ottoman |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | "ANGEL"IC SONGS $500 (Daily Double): Only Billboard Top 40 hit for Alan O'Day, it climbed all the way to No. 1:
"Cryin' on my pillow, lonely in my bed /
Then I heard a voice beside me, and she softly said /
Wonder is your night light, magic is your dream..." "Undercover Angel" |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | QUOTES $1000: David O. Selznick reportedly said, "There are only 2 kinds of class--1st class &" this no class |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | MOVIE AUTHORS $800: In "Devotion", Nancy Coleman, O. de Havilland & Ida Lupino played these devoted British siblings the Bronte Sisters |
| #553, aired 1987-01-21 | O.R. $500 (Daily Double): Title & subject of the following:
"One of these days / I'm gonna climb that mountain / Walk up there among the clouds / Where the cotton's high / And the corn's a-growin' / And there ain't no fields to plow" "Old Rivers" |
| #535, aired 1986-12-26 | SODA POP QUIZ $100: In 1952, Hyman Kirsch of Brooklyn introduced "No-Cal" soda, 1st soft drink w/o this sweetener sugar |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | THE '50s $1000: A prosecuting attorney in the Rosenberg case, he later assisted Sen. Joe McCarthy Roy Cohn |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | ANCIENT AMERICA $500: Since Aztec p.o.w.s were sacrificed to the gods, their method of warfare was meant to do this, not kill capture |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | NUMBER PLEASE $400: The only number on a standard push button telephone with no letters over it 1 |
| #394, aired 1986-03-13 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $1000: 1st 5 words of final stanza of the Star Spangled Banner "O thus be it ever" |
| #370, aired 1986-02-07 | "B.O." $400: "Suddenly", he's one of pop musics top artists Billy Ocean |
| #315, aired 1985-11-22 | THE HOSPITAL $300 (Daily Double): A temporary Civil War hospital was only one ever in New Orleans with this famous title: the St. James Infirmary |
| #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 |
| #174, aired 1985-05-09 | "GOOD" & "BAD" MOVIES $300: Some say the ruthless producer Kirk Douglas played in this '52 expose was based on David O. Selznick The Bad and the Beautiful |
| #141, aired 1985-03-25 | MOVIE TRIVIA $600: A sequel's now being planned to this top grossing film, called in France "S.O.S. Phantomes" Ghostbusters |
| #45, aired 1984-11-09 | MIDWEST CITIES $200: They got some crazy little women there Kansas City |
| #42, aired 1984-11-06 | SPELLING $200: "Put them all together" & they're "a word that means the world to me" M-O-T-H-E-R |
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