#9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GITALONG, OLD PAINT $400: Her interest in Mexican folk art can be seen in a 1931 portrait of herself with her new husband, a fellow artist Frida Kahlo |
#9019, aired 2024-01-18 | A WOMAN'S PLACE $1200: On Chartres Street in this U.S. city stands the Old Ursuline Convent, spared by a 1794 fire after ferocious prayer from the nuns New Orleans |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | NYMING -NYMS $600: A retronym is a new term created to show the difference between new & old forms, like paper book or this rhyming postal term snail mail |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | HEY, WHERE'S THAT? $1000: In this Long Island locale: Jay Gatsby's mansion, old sport West Egg |
#9002, aired 2023-12-26 | TIMES: NEW ROMAN $1000: In 2023, "P" was for the 2,000-year-old palazzo reopened to the public after 50 years of restoration, as well as this Roman hill it's on the Palatine |
#8999, aired 2023-12-21 | EUR"O"s $800: This capital of France's Loiret départements is old, not new Orleans |
#8973, aired 2023-11-15 | LET'S TAKE A BATH $200: The waiting room of New York City's old Penn Station was inspired by the Baths of Caracalla, built in the 3rd century in this city Rome |
#8968, aired 2023-11-08 | ON THE OLD MAP $200: Called New Towne when Harvard College was established, the city soon got this name Cambridge |
#8962, aired 2023-10-31 | SHOW ME THE MONKEY $400: Old World monkeys like our friend the pottos don't have prehensile these; many New World monkeys do prehensile tails |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | LIBRARIES $600: The initialism of the New York public library is NYPL; as an acronym, some enjoy pronouncing it like this body part nipple |
#8956, aired 2023-10-23 | THE REALLY OLD COLLEGE TRY $800: Franz Joseph inaugurated the new main building of the university of this capital, the oldest university in the German-speaking world the University of Vienna |
#8949, aired 2023-10-12 | LET'S PLAY SPORTSBALL $1000: In 1764 this storied Scottish golf club trimmed its Old Course from 22 holes to 18, setting a new standard St. Andrews |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | THE CRIMEAN WAR $400: Historian Yakup Bektas called the war the "most illustrated war to date", mentioning this new tech less than 30 years old photography |
#8934, aired 2023-09-21 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES COUNTRY $400: "...Found new thread for my old spool, just because I'm blonde, don't think I'm dumb, 'cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool" Dolly Parton |
#8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FASHION OLD & NEW $200: A bright color palette that was big in the '80s & has made a comeback on the festival scene is called this, like a noble gas neon |
#8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FASHION OLD & NEW $400: Novio in Spanish, this significant other is the name of a style of loose-fitting jeans for women boyfriend |
#8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FASHION OLD & NEW $600: This one-piece garment that is named for its original use by parachuters is now high fashion a jumpsuit |
#8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FASHION OLD & NEW $800: A 2021 article title: "Why Do Men Wear" these knit caps "That Don't Cover Their Ears?" Beanies |
#8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FASHION OLD & NEW $1000: A 1914 ad said this piece of outerwear was "made of a hard khaki... lined sheepskin" & "absolutely waterproof" a trench coat |
#8910, aired 2023-07-07 | A BRIDGE TOO FAR $1200: A bridge over 200 years old across a canyon in Málaga, Spain is called this, reminiscent of one in Paris that's over 400 years old New Bridge (Puente Nuevo) |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | A "MID" CATEGORY $1,600 (Daily Double): Karl Marx wrote, "Force is the" this "of every old society pregnant with a new one" midwife |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | WOMEN WORLD LEADERS $2000: In 2023 this 42-year-old prime minister of New Zealand made the surprise announcement she's leaving the job Ardern |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | GAMES, OLD & NEW $400: Named for a historic trek, there's now an online version of this game from 1971 in which death from typhoid & snakebite are commonplace Oregon Trail |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | GAMES, OLD & NEW $800: The 1981 edition of Trivial Pursuit has this name that you may be familiar with from binomial nomenclature Genus (Edition) |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | GAMES, OLD & NEW $1200: Around 1870 the Tenth Hussars faced the Ninth Lancers in this game that's been around for 2,000 years or so polo |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | GAMES, OLD & NEW $1600: This gaming company that had a splashy IPO in 2021 gets "virtual explorers" to create worlds by themselves or with friends Roblox |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | GAMES, OLD & NEW $2000: Aperture Science Laboratories is the setting of this classic that's among Steam's top-ranked games Portal |
#8854, aired 2023-04-20 | LITERARY FRUIT STAND $200: In "War & Watermelon", a 12-year-old boy in 1969 goes along for the ride to this music fest & gains a new outlook on life Woodstock |
#8852, aired 2023-04-18 | OLD WAR $2000: Formed in the 14th century, this elite army corps of the Ottoman Empire had a name from Turkish, meaning "new troops" the Janissaries |
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 | NEW YORK NICKS $800: This funny man starred on Broadway with John Mulaney as old New Yorkers in "Oh, Hello" Nick Kroll |
#8837, aired 2023-03-28 | FANCIFIED BEASTLY IDIOMS $200: It's impossible to instruct the elder canine with state-of-the-art maneuvers you can't teach an old dog new tricks |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $200: Though the title mentions a different car part, Nicky Youre is in a convertible in the video for this hit song heard here
"You got me stuck on the thought of you /
You're making me feel brand new /
You're more than the sunshine in my eyes /
La da la da da, la da dai /
La da la da di dai..." "Sunroof" |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | THE GOOD, OLD, U.S. OF A. $400: From c. 1640 & built using dovetailing, the USA's oldest of these 2-word symbols of hardy pioneer life is in western New Jersey a log cabin |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | THE GOOD, OLD, U.S. OF A. $2000: Have an electrifying visit to this, "New York's Birthplace Park" at the southern tip of Manhattan the Battery |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | AMERICANA $400: Yankee magazine says this New England state is known for chowder, old money & being the home of TV's Gilmore girls Connecticut |
#8710, aired 2022-09-30 | IT'S "OVER" $200: In both the Old & New Testaments, it's referred to as "The Feast of Unleavened Bread" Passover |
#8704, aired 2022-09-22 | OLD FASHIONED $1200: Old World monkeys are classified as catarrhines or downward this body part; New World monkeys, not shown, have flat ones noses |
#8704, aired 2022-09-22 | OLD FASHIONED $2000: This "old style" calendar was dominant for more than 1,000 years before the "new style" Gregorian one came along in 1582 the Julian |
#8685, aired 2022-07-15 | MUSICIANS' REAL NAMES $800: Declan MacManus:
This new wave star who took the name of an old-school legend Elvis Costello |
#8679, aired 2022-07-07 | OLD NEWSPAPERS $1600: This Founding Father founded the New York Post in 1801 to promote the Federalist Party Alexander Hamilton |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $800: Head west on I-40 in New Mexico, & you can go from Acoma to Zuni, visiting two of the state's 19 of these centuries old Native American communities pueblos |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | IN RECENT NEWS $600: 2021 saw this nation sever its 55-year-old ties to Queen Elizabeth II & then as a new republic, titled Rihanna a "national hero" Barbados |
#8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $600: (I'm Devin Scillian.) On October 3, 1997, the International Hockey League's Detroit Vipers welcomed a new teammate playing in his sixth decade; this 69-year-old ex-Red Wing, Alex Trebek's hero, took a 46-second shift in his very last pro game Gordie Howe |
#13, aired 2022-02-17 | A KID DID THAT $600: 12-year-old Kokona Hiraki medaled in 2021 in this new Olympic event's park discipline, held in what looks like an empty pool skateboarding |
#11, aired 2022-02-16 | THE HARDER THEY FALL $1000: Sadly, on May 3, 2003, this beloved New Hampshire granite landmark seen here collapsed & fell the Old Man of the Mountain |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | WORLD CAPITALS $2000: The Vardar River divides this capital of North Macedonia into old & new sections Skopje |
#4, aired 2022-02-09 | RIVER CITY $1600: This city on the Yamuna River has "New" & "Old" sections with more than 20 million residents Delhi |
#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $800: Head to New Orleans' French Quarter to visit the Old Absinthe House named for this pirate Jean Lafitte |
#8550, aired 2022-01-07 | OPENING LINES IN DR. SEUSS $200: "1 fish, 2 fish
red fish
blue fish.
Black fish
blue fish"
this fish
"new fish" old fish |
#8545, aired 2021-12-31 | NEW YORK-SET FICTION $200: From this novella: "Holly Golightly had been a tenant in the old brownstone; she'd occupied the apartment below mine" Breakfast at Tiffany's |
#8529, aired 2021-12-09 | STATE SONGS $1200: This state has an official song & several honorary ones including "Live Free Or Die" & "The Old Man Of The Mountain" New Hampshire |
#8525, aired 2021-12-03 | NOVELS $800: The narrator of this Ralph Ellison novel joins "The Brotherhood", which renames him, but we never learn his old or new name Invisible Man |
#8489, aired 2021-10-14 | MURDER, HE WROTE $1600: A body is found on a bridge in 1896 New York in this Caleb Carr novel whose title is an old term for a psychiatrist The Alienist |
#8477, aired 2021-09-28 | GOING "GREEN" $800: An old term for a newcomer, especially one unfamiliar with the manners & customs of a new place greenhorn |
#8474, aired 2021-09-23 | MY INTEREST $400: Vecturists crave these small round items, like old ones from the New York City Transit Authority subway tokens |
#8474, aired 2021-09-23 | REVIVAL $2000: Baroque revival architecture is typified by London's criminal courts building called the "Old" this (it was New in 1907) Bailey |
#8469, aired 2021-09-16 | MUHAMMAD ALI $200: (Hana Ali presents the clue.) "I am free to be what I wanna be and think what I wanna think", my 22-year-old dad told reporters after winning the heavyweight title in 1964; soon after, he announced his conversion to this centuries-old faith & remained devoted to it & its teachings Islam |
#8456, aired 2021-08-02 | SCIENCE $400: Crabs reabsorb calcium carbonate from their old shells and secrete enzymes to shed them in this process of getting new duds molting |
#8455, aired 2021-07-30 | 3 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS $4,000 (Daily Double): He's the Old Testament prophet most quoted in the New Testament Isaiah |
#8442, aired 2021-07-13 | OVER BUDGET $1600: The 1858 $250,000 budget for the Old New York County Courthouse climbed to $12 million, much going into the pocket of this man Tweed |
#8433, aired 2021-06-30 | ADD AN S TO THE FRONT $1000: An adjective meaning more than enough becomes a piece of an old song used in a new one ample & sample |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | LIT-POURRI $400: His follow-up to "A Christmas Carol" was "The Chimes", a "story of some bells that rang an old year out and a new year in" (Charles) Dickens |
#8431, aired 2021-06-28 | TALKING HEADS $200: In an April 19, 1951 speech, he gave new life to the well-worn phrase "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away" MacArthur |
#8422, aired 2021-06-15 | HOME, SWEET ANIMAL HOME $1600: These crustaceans with a "solitary" name seek new shells to live in after outgrowing their old ones hermit crabs |
#8371, aired 2021-04-05 | HEMINGWAY $4,500 (Daily Double): (Ken Burns narrates the clue.) An anecdote in the 1936 Esquire piece was the basis for this 1952 bestseller that brought Hemingway new acclaim The Old Man and the Sea |
#8362, aired 2021-03-23 | HAVE A DRINK AT... $400: This merry old soul of children's rhyme presides from a mural over the bar named for him at the St. Regis in New York City Old King Cole |
#8338, aired 2021-02-17 | '80s TALK $800: This old verb got a new meaning in the '80s: to pass a credit card through a reader swipe |
#8328, aired 2021-02-03 | THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $1600: A new term for a suddenly old version of something, like "film camera" a retronym |
#8327, aired 2021-02-02 | OLD NEWSPAPERS $400: Published in this southern city beginning in 1856, the Daily Creole was the first African-American daily newspaper New Orleans |
#8301, aired 2020-12-14 | OLYMPIC SPORTS YOU CAN DO BAREFOOT $800: With a new partner, Brooke Sweat, 42-year-old Kerri Walsh Jennings plans to go for her 4th gold in this 2-word sport in 2021 beach volleyball |
#8296, aired 2020-12-07 | OXFORD'S VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS $1200: "Film Music" reports that Paul Simon wrote new music for this 1967 film but that Mike Nichols mostly used Paul's old songs The Graduate |
#8278, aired 2020-11-11 | AUTHORS' HOMES $1600: In 1842, he & his new bride moved into the old manse in Concord, Massachusetts, hence his "Mosses from an Old Manse" Nathaniel Hawthorne |
#8256, aired 2020-10-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: Ranging from about 2600 to 1000 B.C., its 3 major kingdoms are termed the Old, the Middle & the New Egypt |
#8249, aired 2020-10-01 | YANKEE STADIUM $200: In 2009 Jorge Posada hit the first HR in the new Yankee Stadium; in 1923 the first in the old park was, naturally, hit by this man Babe Ruth |
#8249, aired 2020-10-01 | YANKEE STADIUM $600: It wasn't just baseball at the old stadium; this Frank Gifford team moved there in 1956 & promptly won a championship the New York Giants |
#8238, aired 2020-09-16 | "YOU" IDIOM! $200: This canine saying means mature folks tend to be set in their ways you can't teach an old dog new tricks |
#8231, aired 2020-06-08 | A NATIONAL MONUMENT-AL CHALLENGE $2,000 (Daily Double): Wind-blown gypsum gives this national monument in New Mexico it's self-evident 2-word name White Sands |
#8227, aired 2020-06-02 | THE OLD UNIVERSITY TRY $400: Woof! & meow! & maybe even ribbit? This Ivy League U. in upstate New York awarded the nation's first doctorate of veterinary medicine Cornell |
#8227, aired 2020-06-02 | THE OLD UNIVERSITY TRY $1600: In 1884 this private university in New Orleans was renamed after the local merchant who gave the school its first endowment Tulane |
#8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $1000: Miner & cowhand Jim White claimed to have discovered these New Mexico caverns as a 16-year-old in 1898 Carlsbad Caverns |
#8189, aired 2020-03-26 | POLICE SQUAD $600: The person in charge of public safety in Red River, New Mexico has this 7-letter title, just like in the Old West marshal |
#8170, aired 2020-02-28 | STARTS & ENDS WITH B $2000: An Old Testament Philistine god & a New Testament devil, his name means "lord of the flies" Beelzebub |
#8161, aired 2020-02-17 | BEARD MAN $400: In 1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell of New York sent a letter urging him to "let your whiskers grow", & he did! Lincoln |
#8154, aired 2020-02-06 | THE NEW SCHOOL $2,000 (Daily Double): Florida International U. was planned in an old air control tower now called this type of "tower", a symbol of academic life ivory tower |
#8154, aired 2020-02-06 | IT'S NOT YOU; IT'S ME $2,500 (Daily Double): Only 1.17% of this new African country's population voted to stay with the old country in 2011 Southern (South) Sudan |
#8137, aired 2020-01-14 | LET'S GET MARRIED! $800: In England this rhyme about wedding attire ends with "and a silver sixpence in your shoe" Something old, something new (*Something borrowed, something blue) |
#8128, aired 2020-01-01 | A LITERARY NEW YEAR $1200: He wrote of the Little Match Girl who had "frozen to death on the last evening of the old year" Hans Christian Andersen |
#8101, aired 2019-11-25 | NEW YORK-SET NOVELS $400: 9-year-old Oskar Schell searches for clues about his father who died on 9/11 in the novel "Extremely Loud &" this Incredibly Close |
#8068, aired 2019-10-09 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1600: 12-year-old Frankie Addams wants to go with her brother & his new wife on their honeymoon in this Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding |
#8067, aired 2019-10-08 | THESE TV SHOWS ARE OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK $2000: To some longtime viewers, he was the new guy, but the 2018-19 season was his 30th and last on "60 Minutes" Steve Kroft |
#8057, aired 2019-09-24 | THAT'S OLD NEWS $1200: The New York Daily News, Nov. 1, 1929: "The storm has passed, leaving" this institution "on an even keel once more" the New York Stock Exchange |
#8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE 40-YEAR-OLD GERMAN $400: His work got a good review in the Times of London in 1919:
"New Theory of the Universe--Newtonian Ideas Overthrown" Einstein |
#7966, aired 2019-04-08 | THEATRE $1200: It was in fact new & called the Royal Coburg when this theatre opened in London in 1818 the Old Vic |
#7934, aired 2019-02-21 | IN PERPETUITY $200: "Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever", said an 1897 New York Sun editorial reply to an 8-year-old with this first name Virginia |
#7922, aired 2019-02-05 | TV: WHO PLAYED 'EM? $200: "Old" Christine on "The New Adventures of Old Christine" & Selina Meyer on "Veep" Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
#7913, aired 2019-01-23 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: When 12th century crusader King Baldwin I wanted a new wife, he forced his old one to enter one of these a convent |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | THE OLD WEST $1000: This reservation was established in 1868 & has grown to more than 27,000 square miles of Utah, Arizona & New Mexico Navajo |
#7889, aired 2018-12-20 | TV: THE WHAT? $200: It's about old new cop Nathan Fillion The Rookie |
#7877, aired 2018-12-04 | TECHNOLOGY: OLD & NEW $400: We call television this 4-letter word because of the cathode ray ones the sets once contained the tube |
#7877, aired 2018-12-04 | TECHNOLOGY: OLD & NEW $800: Invented in the late 18th century, the cyanometer is used to measure the blueness of this the sky |
#7877, aired 2018-12-04 | TECHNOLOGY: OLD & NEW $1200: In the 1990s Brent Townshend invented the 56K version of this PC communications device & licensed it at $2.50 each a modem |
#7877, aired 2018-12-04 | TECHNOLOGY: OLD & NEW $1600: The books "Longships" & "The Vikings" inspired computer engineer Jim Kardach to use this word for his wireless project Bluetooth |
#7877, aired 2018-12-04 | TECHNOLOGY: OLD & NEW $2000: 1941 Chryslers had "vacamatic transmission"; ads asked, "Why" do this while driving? to shift gears |
#7857, aired 2018-11-06 | IN THEIR 90s $1600: In 2018 the people of this country on a peninsula & on Borneo got a new/old leader, 92-year-old Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia |
#7776, aired 2018-06-04 | THE OLD 3, 4 $400: A 1932 speech presented this term, a Democratic promise for the "forgotten" Americans the New Deal |
#7776, aired 2018-06-04 | THE OLD 3, 4 $800: Like New Orleans, golfer Ernie Els has this nickname the Big Easy |
#7760, aired 2018-05-11 | OLD SCHOOL $800: After Sputnik, our schools tried to catch up with the "new" type of this; it was quickly subtracted from the curriculum math |
#7734, aired 2018-04-05 | THE OLD COUNTRY $400: In 1904 Dahomey became part of the new territory called French West this, which lasted until 1958 French West Africa |
#7725, aired 2018-03-23 | DISNEYLAND: YESTERDAY & TODAY $200: In 2007 the old Submarine Voyage resurfaced with a new theme inspired by this animated film Finding Nemo |
#7700, aired 2018-02-16 | TRAVEL EURASIA $400: Prices are a steal at Chor Bazaar, "Thieves' Market", in this city of India--"old", not "New" Delhi |
#7697, aired 2018-02-13 | JAY LENO'S GARAGE $800: (Jay Leno presents the clue.) The jet-engine 1963 Chrysler Turbine car was a tour de force of futuristic design & as a 14-year-old, I went to this 1964 New York City expedition of space-age technology specifically to see one the World's Fair |
#7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE GLOBE $400: On this "new" island, the world's second largest, some people may still practice the old habit of cannibalism New Guinea |
#7685, aired 2018-01-26 | THE FABRICS OF OUR LIVES $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts.) For the ladies, 19th century New England stores, like in Old Sturbridge Village, had to stock the latest in this fabric named for a large Indian city; the fabric would vary between darker & lighter colors & busier & plainer prints calico |
#7657, aired 2017-12-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In old New England a regular use of the village green was training this body of men mentioned in the Second Amendment the militia |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | NEW ENGLAND $600: In 2003, after years of erosion, this state's iconic Old Man of the Mountain crumbled to the ground New Hampshire |
#7643, aired 2017-11-29 | BUILDING, ROMAN $400: "Old" this basilica lasted from the 300s to the 1500s, when the "New" one replaced it St. Peter's |
#7640, aired 2017-11-24 | TEAM MASCOTS $400: In 2017 this New York team found a new "Mr." after the old one made a colorful gesture to a fan the Mets |
#7634, aired 2017-11-16 | CARD GAMES $600: This game similar to Go Fish was originally played with special cards featuring pictures of famous writers Authors |
#7604, aired 2017-10-05 | MAPS "R" US $1600: Avenue Mohammed V connects the old & new sections of this capital in north Africa Rabat |
#7588, aired 2017-09-13 | FOREIGN-SOUNDING TEXAS PLACES $1000: There's one in southern Italy, one in Florida & one in Texas near the Ark. border, "an old town with new horizons" Naples |
#7579, aired 2017-07-20 | AN ECO-CATEGORY $600: This term used of settlers in the Old West is also used for members of the first species to populate a new area pioneers |
#7573, aired 2017-07-12 | A PODCAST OF CHARACTERS $600: 80 years old, this former "Face the Nation" host is trying a new format with a podcast "About the News" Bob Schieffer |
#7567, aired 2017-07-04 | NEW WORDS IN THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY $2000: This 16-letter word refers to a person who is 110 years old or older a supercentenarian |
#7550, aired 2017-06-09 | GERMAN HISTORY $1000: When West Germany & East Germany united in 1990, this West German chancellor was leader of the new/old country (Helmut) Kohl |
#7541, aired 2017-05-29 | THE NEW "BLACK" $200: Old roadways are made new again when paved over with this blacktop |
#7536, aired 2017-05-22 | WORLD TOUR $400: The 4,500-year-old pyramids of Giza are today just 10 minutes from the center of this capital Cairo |
#7528, aired 2017-05-10 | THE PREZ SEZ $400: "The release of atomic energy (is) a new force too revolutionary to consider in the framework of old ideas" Truman |
#7477, aired 2017-02-28 | OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts.) A bustling place in the 18th century, used as everything from a parade ground to a town dump, by the early 1800s, the center of the typical New England village was becoming we think of as the peaceful manicured green, or as they call it in Boston, this the common |
#7472, aired 2017-02-21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $200: Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling star in this charming musical whose title is "a quaint old name for Los Angeles" La La Land |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | NOTABLE TEENS $1200: In 2016 a British 15-year-old got $250,000 for winning a new race of these remote-controlled craft around a track drones |
#7370, aired 2016-09-30 | "OOT" & ABOUT $200: To produce a new incarnation of an old film franchise, or to start up your computer again reboot |
#7368, aired 2016-09-28 | YE OLDE JOB FAIRE $200: In the old days of law enforcement, people might say, "There's a new shrieve in town" instead of this job sheriff |
#7344, aired 2016-07-14 | BIBLICAL EQUINES $1200: Joel in the Old Testament & this author of a New Testament book both mention locusts that look like horses John |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | AND I QUOTE $2000: New Yorker founder Harold Ross said the magazine is "not edited for the old lady in" this Iowa city Dubuque |
#7319, aired 2016-06-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $2000: Signaling change, Tony Blair ended his first speech as party leader with these 2 words, followed by "New Britain" New Labour |
#7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE OLD MAN & THE "C" $600: The old man keeps sharp with these, which first appeared in the New York World newspaper in 1913 crossword puzzles |
#7294, aired 2016-05-05 | A VISIT TO NEW YORK STATE $800: (I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson.) I got my first taste of stargazing as a 9-year-old kid in New York City when I took a trip to this facility at the American Museum of Natural History; later I took classes there & today I'm its director the Hayden Planetarium |
#7274, aired 2016-04-07 | THE OLD WEST $2000: These two lovers are seen in a New York photography studio just prior to sailing for Buenos Aires in 1901 the Sundance Kid and Etta Place |
#7252, aired 2016-03-08 | WHEN THINGS WERE ROTTEN $800: In 1946 this economic measure made Hungary swap currencies, with 1 new forint worth 400,000 quadrillion of the old pengo inflation |
#7212, aired 2016-01-12 | HORSE HEALTH $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Center for Equine Health at UC Davis.) At UC Davis, they not only save the lives of animals, they also create new life through their equine reproduction services; for mares, when it doesn't happen the old-fashioned way, it does happen by this 2-word process artificial insemination |
#7187, aired 2015-12-08 | COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND $800: The Old South Meeting House was the organizing point for this Dec. 16, 1773 event the Boston Tea Party |
#7184, aired 2015-12-03 | OLD '97s $200: New York's legislature first met in Kingston & did convene in NYC, but in 1797 the capital was moved to this city Albany |
#7179, aired 2015-11-26 | NORTH & SOUTH $200: New Mexico's border with old Mexico is mainly with this state, dog Chihuahua |
#7165, aired 2015-11-06 | NEW EDITION $800: This scary book about 11-year-old Regan, who's possessed by a demon, was reincarnated for a 2011 edition The Exorcist |
#7158, aired 2015-10-28 | NEO GEO $400: You take the left half of the old name, we'll take the right, said these 2 new European countries in 1993 the Czech Republic & Slovakia |
#7152, aired 2015-10-20 | NEW HAMPSHIRE $1600: Picturesque & old-timey, the Monadnock corner of the state is nicknamed after printmakers Currier & him Ives |
#7150, aired 2015-10-16 | ARCHITECTS $1200: Renzo Piano designed the Manhattan building that in 2007 became the new home of this over 150-year-old newspaper The New York Times |
#7116, aired 2015-07-20 | AMERICAN LIT $600: The old money & new money Long Island neighborhoods in this novel are East Egg & West Egg The Great Gatsby |
#7114, aired 2015-07-16 | HISTORY, OLD & NEW $200: In 1924 Howard Carter & the Egyptian government fought over the mummy case of this boy king King Tut |
#7114, aired 2015-07-16 | THAT'S OXYMORONIC! $1000: It's the state song of the "Granite State" "Old New Hampshire" |
#7114, aired 2015-07-16 | HISTORY, OLD & NEW $1000: Despite the name, this period of American history, around 1817-1824, was marked by complacency & isolationism the Era of Good Feelings |
#7114, aired 2015-07-16 | HISTORY, OLD & NEW $3,200 (Daily Double): In effect the last battle of the Wars of the Roses was on this field on August 22, 1485 Bosworth |
#7097, aired 2015-06-23 | NEW YORK POLITICIANS $1000: Nixon offered this ex-gov. who didn't defeat Truman the chief justice job in 1968, but he passed, saying he was too old Dewey |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | OLD JERSEY, NEW JERSEY $400: You'll find the William Trent House on Market Street in this New Jersey city Trenton |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | OLD JERSEY, NEW JERSEY $800: Situated between southern England & western France, Jersey is the largest & southernmost of these islands the Channel Islands |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | OLD JERSEY, NEW JERSEY $1200: From 1789 to 2008 only one breed of this was allowed on the island of Jersey a cow |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | OLD JERSEY, NEW JERSEY $1600: In the early '20s Lakehurst, N.J. had a hangar as big as 3 football fields, built to hold 2 of these aircraft Zeppelins (or dirigibles) |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | OLD JERSEY, NEW JERSEY $2000: This New Jersey township that's home to the Menlo Park area acquired its present name in 1954 Edison |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | LET'S GO OLD SCHOOL! $400: Old school: this Roman Catholic university in D.C. was founded in 1789; new school: it opened a Qatar campus in 2005 Georgetown |
#6966, aired 2014-12-22 | THE OLD WEST $2,000 (Daily Double): He was appointed sherrif of Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1880 & spent the next 20 years in & out of law enforcement Pat Garrett |
#6957, aired 2014-12-09 | A EUROPEAN HOLIDAY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows off a wreath with candles.) In Switzerland, the Christmas wreath is an old tradition; the four candles represent the four Sundays of this Christian season, which marks the start of the new church year & prepares for Jesus' coming Advent |
#6920, aired 2014-10-17 | STATE LICENSE PLATES $1000: This granite formation immortalized in a Hawthorne short story dominates New Hampshire's plates the Old Man of the Mountain |
#6914, aired 2014-10-09 | NORMAN ROCKWELL'S SATURDAY EVENING POST COVERS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a Post cover at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.) Submitted for the New York World's Fair in 1939 was Rockwell's cover of a disheveled druggist, also known by this old-fashioned name an apothecary |
#6903, aired 2014-09-24 | THAT OLD ____ MAGIC $1000: 19th century New Orleans voodoo queen:
Marie ____ Laveau |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | ROCK BAND NAME OPPOSITES $2000: Old Adults Not for Auction New Kids on the Block |
#6895, aired 2014-08-01 | MUSIC INDUSTRY TERMS $400: Incorporating part of an old song into a new song, or trying a free piece of cheese at the deli sampling |
#6894, aired 2014-07-31 | EXPLORATION $2000: In his 60s in 1633, this "father of New France" made his last voyage from old France to Quebec (Samuel de) Champlain |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | 2 TERMS MAKE A NEW BAND NAME $800: Alliteration time! A dog less than a year old plus a 6-letter term for a social outcast who is despised & avoided Puppy Pariah |
#6854, aired 2014-06-05 | YOUNG MR. LINCOLN $3,200 (Daily Double): On May 7, 1833 this president appointed 24-year-old Abe the new postmaster of New Salem, Illinois Andrew Jackson |
#6850, aired 2014-05-30 | TALK CLEANLY TO ME $1000: It's the film editing technique in which a new scene slides sideways to replace the old one a wipe |
#6849, aired 2014-05-29 | ON THE OLD MAP $800: Called New Towne when Harvard college was established, the city soon got this name Cambridge |
#6847, aired 2014-05-27 | LUCKY 13 $200: Signifying his new manhood, a 13-year-old male reads from the Torah at this occasion a bar mitzvah |
#6843, aired 2014-05-21 | THAT USED TO BE A THING $1200: The landmark "Old Man of the Mountain" collapsed in 2003, but it's still on license plates of this state New Hampshire |
#6839, aired 2014-05-15 | CHESS DRAMA $1000: Cosmo selected this 22-year-old Norwegian, the new world champ, as one of its Sexiest Men of 2013 Magnus Carlsen |
#6819, aired 2014-04-17 | THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM $800: Old highways were incorporated into the system, including Grand Central Parkway in this state, redubbed I-278 New York |
#6815, aired 2014-04-11 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $800: Named for Ralph Edwards' old radio show, this New Mexico city is called "T or C" for short Truth or Consequences |
#6810, aired 2014-04-04 | SCIENTIST SAYS $400: "The Simiadae then branched off into two great stems, the New World and Old World monkeys" Darwin |
#6793, aired 2014-03-12 | NEW ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS? $1600: Given for cutest boy in an ad, it's named for the 4-year-old in a Life cereal commercial the Mikey |
#6789, aired 2014-03-06 | 1990s TV SHOWS $400: A young physician makes a new life for herself in the Old West Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman |
#6755, aired 2014-01-17 | THE REALLY OLD COLLEGE TRY $800: Franz Joseph inaugurated the new main building of the University of this capital--the oldest university in the German-speaking world Vienna |
#6745, aired 2014-01-03 | IN OLD NEW MEXICO $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Santa Fe, New Mexico.) A longtime fixture in New Mexico, the versatile horno, or beehive oven, keeps its temperature for several hours; 1 common use is making chicos, a treat from this staple Indian grain corn |
#6745, aired 2014-01-03 | IN OLD NEW MEXICO $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Santa Fe, New Mexico.) The arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century changed the whole way of life in this area; 1 example was the introduction of this Spanish-named work animal of Las Golondrinas Ranch a burro |
#6745, aired 2014-01-03 | IN OLD NEW MEXICO $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Santa Fe, New Mexico.) El Rancho de Las Golondrinas was the last stop before Santa Fe for wagons traveling on this 1,200-mile Spanish-named road from Mexico City; for 300 years, it was the main route into New Mexico El Camino Real |
#6745, aired 2014-01-03 | IN OLD NEW MEXICO $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Santa Fe, New Mexico.) After settling in the Southwest U.S., this once-semi-nomadic tribe began weaving; while Hopi designs were limited to stripes, their people introduced geometric shapes like zigzags & diamonds the Navaho |
#6745, aired 2014-01-03 | IN OLD NEW MEXICO $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Santa Fe, New Mexico.) Spain wouldn't send fine Merino sheep to north America, so the mainstay of colonial textiles were these sheep, still bred today; the name means "coarse" or "rough", & you may know it from a sweet treat with a rough, ribbed texture churro |
#6737, aired 2013-12-24 | OCCUPATIONS $800: (I'm Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times.) I've written several stories about the revolving door system in which ex-government officials work hand in hand with old colleagues as they go into this profession centered on K Street lobbyists |
#6720, aired 2013-11-29 | THE NIXON YEARS $1,000 (Daily Double): Where do I begin to tell the tale of this tearjerker that topped The New York Times bestseller list for most of 1970 Love Story |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | OLD THEME, NEW GENRE $200: Lively up yourself with this style that developed from ska & rock steady reggae |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | OLD THEME, NEW GENRE $400: This music genre preceded "Duck" & "Inferno" in song titles disco |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | OLD THEME, NEW GENRE $600: Lars Ulrich's band has 6 Grammys for this genre; here's our version of it heavy metal |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | OLD THEME, NEW GENRE $800: In 1916 Nick La Rocca formed the "Original" this music style "Jazz Band" Dixieland |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | OLD THEME, NEW GENRE $1000: "Blame It On" Brazil, the source of this style we steal here bossa nova |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATRE $2000: (Ben Brantley gives the clue.) A 1997 revival of this Ibsen classic made me remember why I love the theatre; the play is more than a century old but it felt like the part of Nora had only just been written, & written specifically for Janet McTeer A Doll's House |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | "C" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1614 John Smith came to New England & got rich taking thousands of these fish to sell in Old England cod |
#6601, aired 2013-05-06 | QUIRKY NEWS $200: Disproving the adage that you can't teach an old one new tricks, these pets learned to drive as part of an SPCA campaign dogs |
#6581, aired 2013-04-08 | STATE QUARTERS $800: The Old Man of the Mountain New Hampshire |
#6531, aired 2013-01-28 | SENDING THINGS $800: It's the vehicle seen here for sending Blaze or Old Paint to a new home a horse trailer |
#6498, aired 2012-12-12 | "C" THE 4-LETTER WORDS $800: A worn but elegant decorating style combining old & new is popularly referred to as shabby this chic |
#6469, aired 2012-11-01 | THE OLD GRAY MAYOR $200: When he leaves office, he will be the oldest mayor of New York City since consolidation in 1898 Bloomberg |
#6469, aired 2012-11-01 | THE OLD GRAY MAYOR $600: Octogenarian Bill Bunten, mayor of this Kansas capital, has had such new ideas as changing the city's name to "Google" Topeka |
#6437, aired 2012-09-18 | STAR SEARCH $600: This word for what we know to be a very old star is Latin for "new"--silly ancient astronomers! nova |
#6430, aired 2012-07-27 | CAPITAL STEPS $400: Calcutta was replaced as capital by this city that now has "Old" & "New" sections Delhi |
#6366, aired 2012-04-30 | SONGS OLD & NEW $400: It's the 1-word alternate title of "My Country 'Tis Of Thee" "America" |
#6366, aired 2012-04-30 | SONGS OLD & NEW $800: A song by Kelly Clarkson says, "What Doesn't Kill You" does this makes you stronger |
#6366, aired 2012-04-30 | SONGS OLD & NEW $1200: "You put your right foot in" in this song from the 1940s "The Hokey Pokey" |
#6366, aired 2012-04-30 | SONGS OLD & NEW $1600: She sings, "Our song is the slamming screen door, sneaking out late, tapping on your window" Taylor Swift |
#6366, aired 2012-04-30 | SONGS OLD & NEW $2000: This country star is in several football stadiums --including K.C.--at the start of his video "Reality" Kenny Chesney |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $1600: This New Mexico city on old Route 66 was named for a paymaster on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, not a pollster Gallup |
#6304, aired 2012-02-02 | NEW FADS $200: Adding this "Freshmaker" candy to Diet Coke never gets old--wait, yes it does Mentos |
#6301, aired 2012-01-30 | BRING YOUR OWN BOTTLE $2000: Matthew 9:17 instructs us that it is not good to put this "into old bottles" new wine |
#6273, aired 2011-12-21 | THE 21st $800: "There is no new thing under the sun", at least according to this 21st book of the Old Testament Ecclesiastes |
#6270, aired 2011-12-16 | A STONY CATEGORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Geologists use these 2 Greek-derived terms to describe the "New Stone Age" & the "Old Stone Age" time periods neolithic and paleolithic |
#6255, aired 2011-11-25 | IT'S THE HUMILITY $200: This Indian wrote, "I have nothing new to teach the world; truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills" Gandhi |
#6252, aired 2011-11-22 | OLD TESTAMENT WOMEN $600: After his patience was tested, he was rewarded with a new family including 3 girls, Jemima, Kezia & Kerenhappuch Job |
#6246, aired 2011-11-14 | WHO'S AT STAKE? $2000: Konstanz, Germany, July 6, 1415:
A Czech religious reformer (Jan) Hus |
#6244, aired 2011-11-10 | 2 Vs, PLEASE $400: A new production of an old play, or an evangelistic service a revival |
#6233, aired 2011-10-26 | WHAT'S NEW IN ARCHAEOLOGY $800: A team in this Central American country found a 2,200-year-old visual depiction of the Mayan creation story "Popol Vuh" Guatemala |
#6212, aired 2011-09-27 | SHORT STORIES $800: George Washington Cable's 1879 collection "Old Creole Days" contained 7 stories set in this city New Orleans |
#6209, aired 2011-09-22 | THE WORLD TRADE CENTER & GROUND ZERO $800: The new complex on the site will be six office towers, three of them designed by winners of this 32-year-old architecture prize the Pritzker Prize |
#6192, aired 2011-07-12 | SWEET SPOTS $2000: Banana & teaberry are among more than 30 flavors of this old-fashioned sweet sold at Shriver's in Ocean City, New Jersey salt water taffy |
#6170, aired 2011-06-10 | NYSE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from inside the New York Stock Exchange.) Share prices on the Big Board have been listed in decimals since 2001, when the 200-year-old practice of trading in these numerical units was finally ended fractions |
#6169, aired 2011-06-09 | AUSTRALIAN MOVIES $1600: In this movie that showed a new side of Aussie life, an old bus with a royal name takes 3 entertainers into the Outback Priscilla, Queen of the Desert |
#6166, aired 2011-06-06 | THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY $400: Wikileaks, shmiki-leaks--we read the Pentagon Papers in this paper that's in the name of the resulting Supreme Court case The New York Times |
#6166, aired 2011-06-06 | THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY $800: Who needs Ryan Seacrest or even Dick Clark? For years we enjoyed this man & his Royal Canadians on New Year's Eve Guy Lombardo |
#6143, aired 2011-05-04 | SISTER CITIES $1600: Albuquerque, New Mexico is sister to this capital of Jalisco, old Mexico Guadalajara |
#6124, aired 2011-04-07 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $600: First used in 1821, this Old West trail connected Missouri with New Mexico the Santa Fe Trail |
#6044, aired 2010-12-16 | THE AMERICAN RED CROSS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the American Red Cross in New Orleans, LA.) The Red Cross recommends that your emergency kit include a radio; here's one with four power sources--namely batteries, A.C. power, solar power, & this old-fashioned method turning or cranking |
#6025, aired 2010-11-19 | ACADEMIC DEGREES $800: To earn this degree, M.Div., you'll have to study Greek, Hebrew & the Old & New Testaments a Master of Divinity |
#6005, aired 2010-10-22 | REAL SIMPLE new uses for old things $200: Clean your keyboard by sliding the sticky side of these notes from 3M in the crevices to collect crumbs & debris Post-it Notes |
#6005, aired 2010-10-22 | REAL SIMPLE new uses for old things $400: Put a sheet of this between your TV & DVD player to keep comingling electromagnetic fields from distorting the picture aluminum foil |
#6005, aired 2010-10-22 | REAL SIMPLE new uses for old things $600: You can slice soft cheese with the unwaxed type of this dental hygiene item (best not to use the mint flavor) floss |
#6005, aired 2010-10-22 | REAL SIMPLE new uses for old things $800: Instead of using this device for arranging flowers, you can put pictures between its teeth a flower frog |
#6005, aired 2010-10-22 | REAL SIMPLE new uses for old things $1000: Plant a banana peel at the base of a rose bush; this element in the peel feeds the plant & fends off disease potassium |
#5975, aired 2010-07-30 | SHOW ME THE MONKEY $400: Old-world monkeys, like our friend the patas, don't have prehensile these, many new-world monkeys do tails |
#5969, aired 2010-07-22 | IN THE 21st CENTURY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the United Nations in New York.) Here in the General Assembly in March, 2006, the U.N. established a new council on these; the old commission on them had a bad name, with members like Sudan & Libya human rights |
#5965, aired 2010-07-16 | SITCOMS BY EPISODE $800: "The Passion of the Christine" The New Adventures of Old Christine |
#5931, aired 2010-05-31 | STATE THE STATE $800: The Old Man used to be in the upper left there somewhere New Hampshire |
#5929, aired 2010-05-27 | ADOPTION $200: Listen up, Berhanu! New South Wales, Australia has banned changing these for adopted kids over 1 year old names |
#5886, aired 2010-03-29 | TV NAMES $400: With Julia Louis-Dreyfus:
"The New Adventures of Old ____" Christine |
#5857, aired 2010-02-16 | ANTONYMS $400: Paired antonyms in a rhyme mandating wedding attire something old, something new |
#5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THIS OLD HOUSE 30th ANNIVERSARY $1200: A 1993 Miami project restored a home devastated by this disaster the year before; note the new storm shutters Hurricane Andrew |
#5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THIS OLD HOUSE 30th ANNIVERSARY $1600: This master carpenter is pure New England & even has the same name as a "Cheers" character Norm Abram |
#5825, aired 2010-01-01 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $600: This mother of John The Baptist was well into old age when John was born Elizabeth |
#5802, aired 2009-12-01 | T.S. ELIOT $800: A book of verse for children, "Old Possum's Book of Practical" these found new life when adapted for Broadway Cats |
#5794, aired 2009-11-19 | JULIE & JULIA $800: A decade after winning an Emmy for "Seinfeld", she won again for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
#5773, aired 2009-10-21 | GRANDMA $600: In October 1940 this 80-year-old had a one-woman show of 35 paintings at Galerie St. Etienne in New York Grandma Moses |
#5768, aired 2009-10-14 | COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE NEW WORLD $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On the return journey, after becoming separated from the Pinta by a storm, the Nina made landfall back in the Old World in these islands on February 15, 1493 the Azores |
#5750, aired 2009-09-18 | FATHER TIME $1600: After 12,000 years staring out over New Hampshire, this senior citizen succumbed in 2003 the Old Man of the Mountain |
#5706, aired 2009-06-01 | FAO SCHWARZ $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew's friend is old hat at FAO Schwarz in New York.) If you want Harry Potter gear, you can get this type of hat that assigns students to a Hogwarts house the Sorting Hat |
#5670, aired 2009-04-10 | WHERE AM I? $5,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands on a verdant mountain peak.) I'm at this legendary South American site whose name means "old peak"; over there is "new peak" Machu Picchu |
#5630, aired 2009-02-13 | GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): One of Guyana's largest cities, it's also an old name for New York City New Amsterdam |
#5611, aired 2009-01-19 | SCIENCE FACT $800: New studies say it's around 13.7 billion years old (give or take a few million years) the universe |
#5582, aired 2008-12-09 | NEW WORDS IN THE OED $400: A new use for an old prefix, it's the process of letting certain passengers on the plane first pre-boarding |
#5572, aired 2008-11-25 | 75 YEARS OF ESQUIRE $200: On a 1990 cover Esquire went old school with this Windy City hoops star & asked, "Is he our new DiMaggio?" Michael Jordan |
#5571, aired 2008-11-24 | DR. ALEX' OLD-TIME FEEL-GOOD MEDICINE SHOW $800: For this inherited trait in men, sure, you can use Propecia--or my amazing new "Trebektophan" baldness |
#5548, aired 2008-10-22 | OYSTERS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew has a dish at the Grand Central Terminal Oyster Bar in New York.) Modern refrigeration has eliminated the old warning about only eating oysters in these months, but some still say that's when they taste best months with R's in them |
#5524, aired 2008-09-18 | 60 YEARS OF THE EMMYS $200: Julia Louis-Dreyfus accepts a Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy for The New Adventures of Old Christine:
"I'm not, uh, somebody who really believes in curses."
In 2006 Julia Louis-Dreyfus exorcised the supposed curse of this earlier series Seinfeld |
#5508, aired 2008-07-16 | NEW MEXICO $400: Fort Union is an old military post on this trail that shares its name with the state capital Santa Fe |
#5500, aired 2008-07-04 | MAG-NIFICENT $1000: This urbane magazine wrote in its 1925 start that "it is not edited for the old lady in Dubuque" The New Yorker |
#5461, aired 2008-05-12 | THE NEW YORK TIMES ENTERTAINMENT $400: Nytimes.com lauded Hamish Linklater, who plays Julia Louis-Dreyfus' brother Matthew on this sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine |
#5452, aired 2008-04-29 | SITCOM CENTRAL $800: Julia Louis-Dreyfus competes with her ex's new girlfriend on this sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine |
#5435, aired 2008-04-04 | PRESIDENTS AT REST $1600: At the Old North Cemetery in Concord, New Hampshire (Franklin) Pierce |
#5407, aired 2008-02-26 | OLD MAJOR $4,600 (Daily Double): In 1946 author Wallace Stegner founded this "inventive" 2-word program at Stanford creative writing |
#5328, aired 2007-11-07 | BLOGS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES $200: You old school gamers, check out "The Gambit", a blog about this ancient game chess |
#5309, aired 2007-10-11 | STATE CAPITALS $400: The Old Barracks in this New Jersey capital housed Continental Army troops during the Revolution Trenton |
#5293, aired 2007-09-19 | CHARACTERS IN LITERATURE $2000: This E.L. Doctorow title character joins Dutch Schultz's gang as a 15-year-old in 1930s New York City Billy Bathgate |
#5290, aired 2007-09-14 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $1,600 (Daily Double): His widow Felicity said he would have loved the new "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" movie; he hated the old one Roald Dahl |
#5270, aired 2007-07-06 | LITERARY THEATRE $2000: In 2007 a new play based on her 80-year-old novel "To the Lighthouse" lit up the stage at the Berkeley Rep Virginia Woolf |
#5262, aired 2007-06-26 | NEW HAMPSHIRE $800: Though it recently fell down, this rock formation is on the back of New Hampshire's state quarter the Old Man in the Mountain |
#5259, aired 2007-06-21 | BRAVE NEW WORD $1600: Reusing components in old electronics is termed this, one letter shorter than the word it's derived from eCycling |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | ANCIENT GREEK WRITERS $800: Aristophanes' style is called "old" this; Menander's, less high-spirited, is "new "this comedy |
#5247, aired 2007-06-05 | POPULAR SCIENCE BEST OF 2006 $200: Science "disproved the obvious" & showed that not all kids love Santa, & actually you can "teach an old dog" these new tricks |
#5220, aired 2007-04-27 | THIS OLD HOUSE: THE AUSTIN PROJECT $1600: A hologram contrasts the old heat-absorbing asphalt roof & the new reflective one of galvanized this light metal aluminum |
#5214, aired 2007-04-19 | SCRAMBLED SAYINGS $800: New dog tricks you an old teach can't "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" |
#5191, aired 2007-03-19 | MEDIA RE-TOOLED $200: Old:
Tom Wopat & Catherine Bach;
New:
Johnny Knoxville & Jessica Simpson The Dukes of Hazzard |
#5191, aired 2007-03-19 | MEDIA RE-TOOLED $400: Old:
John Astin & Jackie Coogan;
New:
Raul Julia & Christopher Lloyd The Addams Family |
#5191, aired 2007-03-19 | MEDIA RE-TOOLED $600: Old:
Kristy Swanson;
New:
Sarah Michelle Gellar Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
#5191, aired 2007-03-19 | MEDIA RE-TOOLED $800: Old:
Burt Ward & Burgess Meredith;
New:
Chris O'Donnell & Danny DeVito Batman |
#5191, aired 2007-03-19 | MEDIA RE-TOOLED $1000: Old:
Lorne Greene & Dirk Benedict;
New:
Edward James Olmos & Katee Sackhoff Battlestar Galactica |
#5190, aired 2007-03-16 | GREEN BEERS $400: Brittany Evans is the new icon for this beer that's named in honor of an old German monastery St. Pauli's |
#5163, aired 2007-02-07 | YOU GET AN "F" $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of monitor depicting a cross-section of skin.) Anagen, catagen & telogen, which is the inactivity until a new hair pushes out the old, are the three growth stages of this sac the follicle |
#5154, aired 2007-01-25 | RUSSIAN CINEMA $800: Many Russians watch the film "Ironiya Sudby", about a group of old friends, every year on this evening New Year's Eve |
#5153, aired 2007-01-24 | SCORING $1600: Figure skating has scrapped the old system, where this number was perfect, for a new one with triple-digit scores 6 |
#5136, aired 2007-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $600: The Post Office began this service Jan. 1, 1913 & it was soon sending such objects as eggs, bricks & a 4-year-old girl parcel post |
#5117, aired 2006-12-05 | A NEW HAT $2000: You'll look sharp wearing the flat topper named for this 1920s fictional character, old sport Jay Gatsby |
#5106, aired 2006-11-20 | ONE "L" $400: A rhyme says, "make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other" this metal gold |
#5092, aired 2006-10-31 | OLD MAN RIVER $600: New Yorkers are familiar with this river that shares its name with the Roman philosopher who tutored Nero Seneca |
#5088, aired 2006-10-25 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $1000: Hebrews 3 says Jesus "was counted worthy of more glory than" this Old Testament man Moses |
#5069, aired 2006-09-28 | PRAGUE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew hangs out on a street in Prage, Czech Republic.) Legend says the upper part of Prague's Old-New Synagogue holds the remains of this clay giant created to protect the Jews the golem |
#5063, aired 2006-09-20 | TRANSPORTATION $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from behind a motorcycle.) In 2001, this then-98-year-old company didn't act its age when it introduced the new V-Rod street bike Harley-Davidson |
#5045, aired 2006-07-14 | IN THE SANDBOX $400: 242-year-old Sandy Hook Lighthouse, which lies on this Garden State's coast, is the USA's oldest still in use New Jersey |
#5042, aired 2006-07-11 | OLD AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1663 John Eliot's translation of this, both the old & new parts, appeared in Algonquin The Bible |
#5029, aired 2006-06-22 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $1200: Steve Carell raised "the comedy bar with an excruciatingly funny" body-waxing scene in this 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin |
#5022, aired 2006-06-13 | OLD WEST DESPERADOES $800: When he arrived in Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1877, he told the townspeople his name was William H. Bonney Billy the Kid |
#4967, aired 2006-03-28 | GODZILLA $800: Apparently bored with his old conquests, in the 1998 version, Godzilla is intent on destroying this metropolis New York |
#4928, aired 2006-02-01 | ON BROADWAY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.) I'm here on the Broadway set on which you'll hear Mrs. Potts sing this title tune
"Tale as old as time /
True as it can be..." "Beauty And The Beast" |
#4915, aired 2006-01-13 | NEW YORK STATE $600: Chittenango holds an annual 4-day OZFest for this man born there in 1856 & no, Ozzy isn't that old L. Frank Baum |
#4872, aired 2005-11-15 | COMPOSERS $2000: He was born in the Old World but found fame with his 1893 symphony "From the New World" (Antonin) Dvorak |
#4866, aired 2005-11-07 | CAROLINIANS ON MY MIND $800: In June 2005 more than 230,000 attended this 86-year-old North Carolinian's New York Crusade Billy Graham |
#4842, aired 2005-10-04 | COMPANIES $400: This co. agreed in 1993 to lease the New Amsterdam Theatre, & the old Times Square of degradation & filth was history Disney |
#4814, aired 2005-07-07 | RHYME TIME $800: Salute that grand old university in New Haven hail Yale |
#4801, aired 2005-06-20 | BOOK ENDS $1000: This classic ends with the narrator on a river pier in New Jersey, with thoughts of God, Pooh Bear, & Old Dean Moriarty On the Road |
#4789, aired 2005-06-02 | FOOD BRANDS $1000: This brand of Mexican food got its start in 1918 as the Mountain Pass Canning Co. of New Mexico Old El Paso |
#4754, aired 2005-04-14 | HORTON HEARS THE WHO $600: "Won't Get Fooled Again" includes the line "Meet the new" one of these, "same as the old" one the boss |
#4703, aired 2005-02-02 | READ YOUR BIBLE $800: This Old Testament king's name is the first one mentioned after Jesus' in the New Testament David |
#4686, aired 2005-01-10 | OLD NAMES ON THE MAP $1200: This Spanish port was once Carthago Nova, or "New Carthage" Cartagena |
#4670, aired 2004-12-17 | ROBOTS, ANDROIDS & CYBORGS $200: In a 1989 TV movie Sandra Bullock was a new model of one of these title cyborgs; Lindsay Wagner was an old one a bionic woman |
#4609, aired 2004-09-23 | NEW HAMPSHIRE $800: In 2003 New Hampshirites were stunned as this stony landmark of theirs just crumbled away the Old Man of the Mountain |
#4608, aired 2004-09-22 | METER MAIDS $1200: This lady from an old New England family wrote "A Lady", which says, "You are beautiful and faded, like an old opera tune" (Amy) Lowell |
#4606, aired 2004-09-20 | BUSINESS $400: (Hi, I'm Bill Rancic of The Apprentice.) My prize involves helming the work of Mr. Trump's new Chicago hotel, planned for the site of this newspaper's old building the Sun-Times |
#4603, aired 2004-09-15 | RATED "P.G." $800: An image of this Old West sheriff appears on the logo of the sheriff's dept. of Lincoln County, New Mexico Pat Garrett |
#4594, aired 2004-07-22 | A BRAND NEW "YOU" $800: In other words "regarding one ancient canine; no modern skill training potential" "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" |
#4589, aired 2004-07-15 | MOVIE STARS OLD & NEW $400: Seen here, he often portrayed the quintessential American hero
"I know I must look funny to you. But maybe if you went to Mandrake Falls, you'd look just as funny to us, only nobody'd laugh at you and make you feel ridiculous, 'cause that wouldn't be good manners." Gary Cooper |
#4589, aired 2004-07-15 | MOVIE STARS OLD & NEW $800: He said he prepped for sad "Scorpion King" scenes by thinking of the time he found Dunkin' Donuts closed The Rock |
#4589, aired 2004-07-15 | MOVIE STARS OLD & NEW $1200: In 1932 David Manners was the hero of "The Mummy"; in 1999 it was this actor Brendan Fraser |
#4589, aired 2004-07-15 | MOVIE STARS OLD & NEW $1600: There was occasional talk of a comeback during her 49-year retirement from the screen Garbo |
#4589, aired 2004-07-15 | MOVIE STARS OLD & NEW $2000: This alliterative-named actor caught many eyes as the smooth Trent in "Swingers" Vince Vaughn |
#4584, aired 2004-07-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: His 61st album, "Back to the Well", features a new duet with old duet partner Dolly Parton Kenny Rogers |
#4580, aired 2004-07-02 | AROUND NEW YORK $400: Visit the boardwalk & ride the over 80-year-old Wonder Wheel at this nostalgic amusement resort Coney Island |
#4563, aired 2004-06-09 | MUSEUMS $600: A museum in Springer, New Mexico bears the name of this Old West trail that opened in 1821 the Santa Fe Trail |
#4559, aired 2004-06-03 | THE OLD WEST $2000: As New Mexico gov. this future "Ben-Hur" author offered to pardon Billy the Kid but the prosecutor nixed the plan Lew Wallace |
#4550, aired 2004-05-21 | THE OLD COLLEGE TRY $2000: New Haven has Albertus Magnus; Grand Rapids, Michigan has a school named for this other 13th c. theologian St. Thomas Aquinas |
#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 |
#4538, aired 2004-05-05 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "D" $1000: This shepherd's name appears more than 1,000 times in the Old & New Testaments David |
#4508, aired 2004-03-24 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1000: This author died in New Hampshire in 1864 during a visit with old school chum Franklin Pierce Nathaniel Hawthorne |
#4500, aired 2004-03-12 | OLD SWEET SONGS $400: In 1958 Chuck Berry sang, "All over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans, all the cats wanna dance with" her "Sweet Little Sixteen" |
#4491, aired 2004-03-01 | OLD BUSINESS $400: In 1911 the Supreme Court ordered this oil company to split, creating 33 new independent companies Standard Oil |
#4454, aired 2004-01-08 | ROCK $600: Among the oldest rocks on Earth are 4-billion-year-old pieces of this, from which New Hampshire gets its nickname granite |
#4439, aired 2003-12-18 | ABBREV. $400: With my new flat panel screen, I've gotten rid of my old monitor with that big CRT, this cathode ray tube |
#4435, aired 2003-12-12 | AMERICAN WOMAN $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from the U.S.S. Missouri in Pearl Harbor, HI)
On January 29, 1944, this 19-year-old daughter of Harry Truman christened the U.S.S. Missouri at the ship's launching in New York City Margaret Truman |
#4417, aired 2003-11-18 | "T"3 $200: The Holy Bible is made up of the "Old" & "New" ones testaments |
#4412, aired 2003-11-11 | OLD HAVEN $400: Quakers found a new haven in the new city of Philadelphia set up by this man William Penn |
#4371, aired 2003-09-15 | THE OLD SOUTH $1,000 (Daily Double): This ex-president of a South Carolina railroad negotiated a purchase from Mexico for a new U.S. route James Gadsden |
#4348, aired 2003-06-25 | GRAVE MATTERS $800: Although his new museum has since opened, he's buried on the grounds of his old one in Malibu, California J. Paul Getty |
#4346, aired 2003-06-23 | POPULATION UNDER 50,000 $400: State where you'll find the communities of New Hartford & Old Lyme Connecticut |
#4317, aired 2003-05-13 | "E" TICKET $400: A proverb warns to "trust not a new friend or an old" one of these an enemy |
#4274, aired 2003-03-13 | GIRL SCOUT BADGES $200: Some old badges have new names; this science is now "Rocks Rock" geology |
#4265, aired 2003-02-28 | OLD GAME SHOWS $800: The Oxygen network has breathed new life into this old Garry Moore show I've Got a Secret |
#4232, aired 2003-01-14 | LET'S MONKEY AROUND $400: Most old world monkeys just use it for balance; it's prehensile on many new world monkeys tail |
#4202, aired 2002-12-03 | IRS STUFF $400: To deduct these, your new job must be over 50 miles farther from your former home than your old job was moving expenses |
#4197, aired 2002-11-26 | SOMETHING "OLD", SOMETHING "NEW" $200: This fish story of 1952 was one of the last works Hemingway published during his lifetime "The Old Man and the Sea" |
#4197, aired 2002-11-26 | SOMETHING "OLD", SOMETHING "NEW" $400: His 1687 "Principia" is considered one of the greatest scientific works ever published Sir Isaac Newton |
#4197, aired 2002-11-26 | SOMETHING "OLD", SOMETHING "NEW" $600: It's the rich dish of shellfish (often lobster) in a cream sauce with sherry, usually served on toast points Lobster Newburgh |
#4197, aired 2002-11-26 | SOMETHING "OLD", SOMETHING "NEW" $800: It's the informal system in which a group of men help each other & exchange favors in business or politics old boy network |
#4197, aired 2002-11-26 | SOMETHING "OLD", SOMETHING "NEW" $1000: This poem by Emma Lazarus is on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty "The New Colossus" |
#4166, aired 2002-10-14 | BREWERS $800: Although most of the ingredients come from old England, Tremont Ale is brewed in this New England city Boston |
#4164, aired 2002-10-10 | THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MET HERE $2000: On March 2, 1789 that old gang of the Continental Congress met for its last time ever in this city New York City |
#4135, aired 2002-07-19 | IT'S BEEN FUN $400: The Old Absinthe House has been on Bourbon St. in this city for so long that even Oscar Wilde used to drink there New Orleans |
#4134, aired 2002-07-18 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $1200: Matthew 9:17 says not to put new wine in these old wineskins |
#4108, aired 2002-06-12 | OLD MONEY $4,000 (Daily Double): This Roman coin was the penny mentioned in the New Testament: its name means "containing ten" denarius |
#4106, aired 2002-06-10 | COLLEGE TOWNS $1600: 360 years old: Yale New Haven |
#4102, aired 2002-06-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: This 14-year-old female singer won a 1996 Grammy for Best New Artist LeAnn Rimes |
#4095, aired 2002-05-24 | NEW CARS $800 (Daily Double): Called "the original SUV", this over 60-year-old brand has a new model, the Liberty Jeep |
#4095, aired 2002-05-24 | OLD SCHOOL RAP $2000: Doug E. Davis became "The Original Human Beat Box" with this new last name Fresh |
#4028, aired 2002-02-20 | '80s TV $800: Sally Field's old character was a married travel agent in "The New" her Gidget |
#4027, aired 2002-02-19 | OLD FAMILIAR PLACES $400: The "New" city, the modern seat of the Indian government, is south of this old walled city Delhi |
#4014, aired 2002-01-31 | THE GOOD BOOK $1,000 (Daily Double): The third book of the Old Testament & the third book of the New Testament, they begin with the same letter Leviticus & Luke |
#3933, aired 2001-10-10 | COLONIAL COLLEGES $200: The College of New Jersey was 150 years old in 1896 when it got this new name for the city it was in Princeton |
#3924, aired 2001-09-27 | THAT'S SO CLICHE $100: "You can't teach an old dog" these new tricks |
#3918, aired 2001-09-19 | THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $300: 45 across:
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(3) Old |
#3893, aired 2001-07-04 | THE FLAG $800: In 2001 this U.S. state adopted a new flag incorporating 5 old flags & a tiny Confederate battle emblem Georgia |
#3889, aired 2001-06-28 | ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE QUOTES $400: Harold Ross, upon founding this magazine:
"(It) will not be edited for the old lady from Dubuque" The New Yorker |
#3885, aired 2001-06-22 | IN OTHER WORDS $200: It's impossible to instruct elderly canines in modern skills you can't teach an old dog a new trick |
#3863, aired 2001-05-23 | THAT'S OLD NEWS! $800: In the 1820s, the USA's first coeducational school opened in New Harmony in this Midwestern state Indiana |
#3856, aired 2001-05-14 | OLD TRAVEL BOOKS $1,500 (Daily Double): By his account, he reached the New World's mainland 14 months before Columbus; that's why we're not in Columbia Amerigo Vespucci |
#3834, aired 2001-04-12 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $400: This town bearing the name of an old TV game show is the seat of Sierra County, New Mexico Truth or Consequences (Hot Springs) |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | U.S. COINS $1000: This state's commemorative quarter features the natural rock formation "The Old Man of the Mountain" New Hampshire |
#3770, aired 2001-01-12 | FASHION FORWARD $300: Once style editor for the New York Times Magazine, Carrie Donovan appeared in ads for this chain, spun off from The Gap Old Navy |
#3745, aired 2000-12-08 | MS. PRESIDENT $800: In 1946 Sarah Blanding became the first woman president of this then 85-year-old New York women's college Vassar |
#3724, aired 2000-11-09 | STATE CAPITALS $100: In 1977 this Florida city replaced its old capitol building with a new high-rise capitol Tallahassee |
#3723, aired 2000-11-08 | NEW WORDS & PHRASES $600: Also a term in census taking, it's borrowing an old piece of music & using it in a new song; try it! Sampling |
#3706, aired 2000-10-16 | THEATRE $200: In Tony Award categories, it's the term for a new production of an old play Revival |
#3679, aired 2000-09-07 | '90s MOVIES $800: Tim Allen brings his 13-year-old son from the Amazon to New York in this 1997 comedy Jungle 2 Jungle |
#3659, aired 2000-06-29 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 2 $200: Established in 1624 by the Dutch, it's the old name for New York City New Amsterdam |
#3634, aired 2000-05-25 | WRITERS $600: To research "Hotel", he spent 6 weeks as a paying guest in an old New Orleans hotel Arthur Hailey |
#3591, aired 2000-03-27 | STATE NICKNAMES $400: "The Old Man of the Mountain State" New Hampshire |
#3582, aired 2000-03-14 | PING-PONG $400: USA Table Tennis uses the slogan "Putting a new" one of these "on an old favorite" spin |
#3570, aired 2000-02-25 | HOTELS $500: In a classic children's book, Eloise is a 6-year-old girl who lives at this New York hotel The Plaza |
#3543, aired 2000-01-19 | HOME $200: In new houses, when all your lights go out, you flip the circuit breaker back; in old houses, you change these Fuses |
#3537, aired 2000-01-11 | THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC $200: In a 1979 hit by the Police she's told, "You don't have to sell your body to the night" "Roxanne" |
#3537, aired 2000-01-11 | THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC $400: You might think this Cars leader is married to supermodel Paulina Porizkova (& you'd be right) Ric Ocasek |
#3537, aired 2000-01-11 | THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC $600: A drum machine christened "Echo" helped launch this hopping band to fame & fortune Echo & the Bunnymen |
#3537, aired 2000-01-11 | THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC $800: Last name of Gary, the former Tubeway Army leader who charted with New Wave hits like "Cars" Gary Numan |
#3537, aired 2000-01-11 | THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC $1000: (Hi, I'm Jane Wiedlin) Among my credits is this song that starts, "Can you hear them? Talkin' about us, telling lies..." "Our Lips are Sealed" |
#3511, aired 1999-12-06 | TIME FOR A CZECH UP $200: The old capital of Bohemia, it became the capital of the new nation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 Prague |
#3496, aired 1999-11-15 | OLD NEW YORK $400: The transit system called the EL, which was short for this, was largely demolished in the 1940s Elevated train |
#3496, aired 1999-11-15 | OLD NEW YORK $600: This newspaper that had a square named for it merged with the Tribune in 1924 New York Herald |
#3496, aired 1999-11-15 | OLD NEW YORK $800: (Hi, I'm Vanna White at the Empire State Building) The previous building that stood here was this hyphenated hotel (Old) Waldorf-Astoria |
#3496, aired 1999-11-15 | OLD NEW YORK $1000: This Broadway hangout with delicious cheesecake was named for proprietor Leo Lindemann Lindy's |
#3421, aired 1999-06-21 | AUTHORS ON AUDIOTAPE $100: He's heard here "Ranting Again"
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, except, of course, for the Doc Martens & the purple hair; of course, that's my opinion, I could be wrong." Dennis Miller |
#3418, aired 1999-06-16 | NEW YORK BUILDINGS $600: The old RCA building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza is now called this "building", one initial shorter GE Building |
#3346, aired 1999-03-08 | SAY CHEESE! $200: In this Neil Simon play, Oscar tells Murray that the green sandwiches are "either very new cheese or very old meat" "The Odd Couple" |
#3322, aired 1999-02-02 | HISTORIC NAMES $500: Martin Waldseemuller's map of 1507 had 2 portraits on it; Ptolemy on the old world, & this man on the new Amerigo Vespucci |
#3317, aired 1999-01-26 | EERIE TV ANTHOLOGIES $200: Colorized clips of this director from his old '50s & '60s series were used to "present" new stories on a new series in 1985 Alfred Hitchcock |
#3309, aired 1999-01-14 | THE OLD WEST $300: A Concord, New Hampshire firm sold these vehicles, driven by a "Jehu", for about $1300 each Stagecoaches |
#3224, aired 1998-09-17 | OLD FARMERS $400: In 1912 he sold his Derry farm (Derry, New Hampshire) & moved to England to write poetry Robert Frost |
#3196, aired 1998-06-22 | WHAT'S "NEW"? $200: It's the rhyme about 4 things a bride should wear "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" |
#3181, aired 1998-06-01 | PROVERBS $1000: The saying "There is nothing new under the sun" is a variation of a proverb in this Old Testament book Ecclesiastes |
#3177, aired 1998-05-26 | CANINE PROVERBS $200: In other words, "There's no way to educate one ancient canine in up-to-date actions" "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" |
#3157, aired 1998-04-28 | "KID" STUFF $800: It's old news that this Boston quintet's initials are NKOTB New Kids on the Block |
#3147, aired 1998-04-14 | OLD YORK $400: Alas, poor York! It was burned by this new ruler of England in the 11th century William the Conqueror |
#3122, aired 1998-03-10 | HOT WATER $400: From old Norse for "gush", these erupting springs are found in Iceland, New Zealand & Yellowstone Geysers |
#3106, aired 1998-02-16 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $200: This city's famous French Quarter is also called the Vieux Carre, which means "old square" New Orleans |
#3084, aired 1998-01-15 | SEPARATING SHEEP FROM GOATS $300: The old & new world species of these primates can be distinguished by the structure of their noses Monkeys |
#3030, aired 1997-10-31 | REAL GHOSTS? $300: Screaming ghosts have been heard at the old Lalaurie House on Royal Street in this section of New Orleans the French Quarter |
#3027, aired 1997-10-28 | IT ALL BEGINS WITH "YOU" $100: Familiar proverb about elderly canines & their learning ability "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" |
#2988, aired 1997-09-03 | OLD MONEY MEN $800: He arranged a $65 million loan to the U.S. government & guaranteed New York City $30 million J.P. Morgan |
#2951, aired 1997-06-02 | BRIDGES $400: In 1973 Queen Elizabeth II dedicated a new one of these bridges; the old one's in Arizona London Bridge |
#2880, aired 1997-02-21 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $100: When visiting this New England capital, stop at Charlestown Navy Yard to see "Old Ironsides" Boston |
#2865, aired 1997-01-31 | STATE CAPITALS $1000: Franklin Pierce is buried in the Old North Cemetery in this capital city Concord, New Hampshire |
#2817, aired 1996-11-26 | FASHION $300: Everything old is new again with this style of clothing reflecting the '70s & earlier decades Retro |
#2779, aired 1996-10-03 | 13-LETTER WORDS $600: It's the process of planting new trees over an old area reforestation |
#2775, aired 1996-09-27 | THE NEW $100 BILL $400: Like the old bill, the new one has this building on the back Independence Hall |
#2739, aired 1996-06-27 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $200: In 1941, at age 80, she received the New York state prize for her painting "The Old Oaken Bucket" Grandma Moses |
#2736, aired 1996-06-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: You can tour old homes in this city's Garden District & French Quarter during its spring fiesta New Orleans |
#2700, aired 1996-05-03 | MARRIAGE CUSTOMS $400: The 4 "Somethings" a bride must have something old, new, borrowed & blue |
#2690, aired 1996-04-19 | OLD GLORY'S STARS $300: The Flag Resolution of 1777 stated the stars in the Union represented a new one of these in the heavens a constellation |
#2690, aired 1996-04-19 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $3,000 (Daily Double): Mary is the New Testament version of this Old Testament name by which Moses' sister was known Miriam |
#2685, aired 1996-04-12 | OLD BASEBALL TEAMS $100: From 1884 to 1888 the Trolley Dodgers played for this city, now a New York borough Brooklyn |
#2685, aired 1996-04-12 | OLD BASEBALL TEAMS $200: In 1903 the Baltimore Orioles became the New York Highlanders; in 1913 they became this team New York Yankees |
#2663, aired 1996-03-13 | NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): James is the New Testament version of this Old Testament name, Yakov in Hebrew Jacob |
#2644, aired 1996-02-15 | PROVERBS $100: It's what "you cannot teach an old dog" new tricks |
#2640, aired 1996-02-09 | STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES $200: This Mississippi capital has been called "the city where the old South and the new South meet" Jackson |
#2616, aired 1996-01-08 | FURNITURE $400: In this process of distressing new furniture to look old, birdshot may be used to create wormholes antiquing |
#2511, aired 1995-07-03 | MUSEUMS $100: The Old Mint in this city features jazz & Mardi Gras memorabilia New Orleans |
#2499, aired 1995-06-15 | POTPOURRI $1000: Yankee & the Old Farmer's Almanac are published in Dublin in this New England state New Hampshire |
#2488, aired 1995-05-31 | POETS $200: This New England poet published his first major collection, "A Boy's Will", while living in Old England Robert Frost |
#2362, aired 1994-12-06 | OLD U.S. COINS $1000: 1879 Morgan dollars with an "O" mint mark commemorated the reopening of this southern city's mint New Orleans |
#2341, aired 1994-11-07 | POTENT POTABLES $200: The sour mash type of this Kentucky whiskey is made by adding part of the old mash to new batches bourbon |
#2319, aired 1994-10-06 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 Old Test. books most often quoted in the New Testament are Psalms & this one named for a prophet Isaiah |
#2316, aired 1994-10-03 | AMERICANA $400: Maryland is the "Old Line State" & this New England state is the "Old Colony State" Massachusetts |
#2286, aired 1994-07-11 | REALLY OLD SONGS $400: According to the title by James Blake, it's where "me and Mamie O'Rorke tripped the light fantastic" "The Sidewalks of New York" |
#2285, aired 1994-07-08 | CAPITAL CITIES $800: One of the world's largest wooden structures is the old government bldg. in this New Zealand capital Wellington |
#2207, aired 1994-03-22 | THE 1790s $600: This 44-gun frigate was "new" when launched on Oct. 21, 1797 the U.S.S. Constitution ("Old Ironsides") |
#2204, aired 1994-03-17 | LANGUAGES $400: The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew & the New Testament in this language Greek |
#2192, aired 1994-03-01 | WORLD POTPOURRI $200: The new Abbey Theatre opened in this Irish city in 1966; the old one was destroyed by fire in 1951 Dublin |
#2167, aired 1994-01-25 | 1979 $300: This long dinosaur at the Carnegie Museum got a new head; the old one belonged to a Camarasaurus Brontosaurus |
#2162, aired 1994-01-18 | COLONIAL AMERICA $400: Its old name was New Netherland New York |
#2156, aired 1994-01-10 | ARCHITECTURE $1000: Sir Basil Spence designed a new cathedral next to the bombed-out ruins of the old one in this English city Coventry |
#2131, aired 1993-12-06 | THE CONTINENTS $300: To colonists coming to the New World, this continent was the "Old World" Europe |
#2045, aired 1993-06-25 | POTPOURRI $500: The Old Man of the Mountain in New Hampshire is a natural formation of this stone granite |
#2017, aired 1993-05-18 | SHARKS $100: In a shark's mouth, new rows of these regularly replace old ones teeth |
#1987, aired 1993-04-06 | MUSEUMS $100: Springer, New Mexico boasts a museum named for this Old West trail the Santa Fe Trail |
#1974, aired 1993-03-18 | RABBITS $100: This holiday's rabbit symbol may be from an old pagan symbol of new life Easter |
#1898, aired 1992-12-02 | SHORT STORIES $300: This city is the setting for the stories in George Washington Cable's "Old Creole Days" New Orleans |
#1875, aired 1992-10-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: This statue got a new torch in 1986; the old one was 100 years old the Statue of Liberty |
#1843, aired 1992-09-16 | FROM THE NEW WORLD $200: While ice cream came from the Old World, these 2 most popular flavorings came from the New chocolate & vanilla |
#1770, aired 1992-04-17 | NEW JERSEY CITIES $600: The old barracks in this city were home to British troops during the Revolution Trenton |
#1735, aired 1992-02-28 | STAR TREK: TNG $100: Sarek, an ambassador from this planet, has appeared in both the old & new series Vulcan |
#1732, aired 1992-02-25 | LANDMARKS $200: New geological evidence suggests this Giza, Egypt statue may be twice as old as previously thought The Sphinx |
#1707, aired 1992-01-21 | SPORTS $300: In 1965 this 75-year-old manager of the New York Mets retired & was succeeded by Wes Westrum Casey Stengel |
#1662, aired 1991-11-19 | FAMOUS QUOTES $300: The old saying "There is no new thing under the sun" goes back to this book the Old Testament (Ecclesiastes) |
#1651, aired 1991-11-04 | LONDON LANDMARKS $500: The old part of this street with luxury shops was created around 1690; the new, about 30 years later Bond Street |
#1651, aired 1991-11-04 | NEWSPAPERS $600 (Daily Double): U.S. daily nicknamed "The Old Gray Lady" The New York Times |
#1591, aired 1991-07-01 | THE 50 STATES $1000: The Old Man of the Mountain in this state's White Mountains is on its emblem New Hampshire |
#1553, aired 1991-05-08 | SINGERS $200: In 1991 his 15-year-old son, Sean, wrote some timely new lyrics for his song "Give Peace A Chance" John Lennon |
#1499, aired 1991-02-21 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $300: A great fire in this city in 1835 destroyed almost 700 bldgs., including most of the old Dutch structures New York City |
#1423, aired 1990-11-07 | ART $400: New & unknown in Paris, at 22 he painted "The Old Guitarist" in shades of blue that reflected his mood Picasso |
#1413, aired 1990-10-24 | THE '50s $300: When Hurricane Carol hit New England it toppled the steeple from this historic church the Old North Church |
#1383, aired 1990-09-12 | SAINTS $200: The last time he's mentioned in the New Testament is when 12-year-old Jesus is found in the temple St. Joseph |
#6, aired 1990-07-21 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $800: Since March, women's tennis has had a new advantage, this 14-year-old powerhouse Jennifer Capriati |
#1362, aired 1990-07-03 | FAMOUS QUOTES $800 (Daily Double): A little known last line for this bride's rhyme is "and a lucky sixpence in her shoe" something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue |
#1356, aired 1990-06-25 | OFFICIAL STATE THINGS $500: This state's official colors are red & gold for Old Spain New Mexico |
#1324, aired 1990-05-10 | SHARK! $200: When old ones are lost new ones quickly move in & replace them Teeth |
#1321, aired 1990-05-07 | -OLOGIES $500: New finds of old fossils are studied by experts in this field archaeology or paleontology |
#1289, aired 1990-03-22 | WEDDINGS $100: Superstition says that to ensure good luck a bride must wear these 4 items "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" |
#1287, aired 1990-03-20 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: N.H.'s rock formation "The Old Man of the Mtn." was made famous in this N. Hawthorne tale The Great Stone Face |
#1284, aired 1990-03-15 | MUSEUMS $200: The old U.S. mint in this city houses a fine collection of Mardi Gras regalia New Orleans |
#1211, aired 1989-12-04 | TECHNOLOGY $200: A new type of this helps concrete cure much faster than the old standard Portland variety cement |
#1193, aired 1989-11-08 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: French Canadians didn't like the Union Jack on the old flag, so in 1965 this new design was unfurled maple leaf |
#1193, aired 1989-11-08 | LETTER PERFECT $400: In the new British currency system p stands for pence; in the old system, this stood for penny d |
#1192, aired 1989-11-07 | MAGAZINES $600: When H. Ross founded this magazine, he said it "will not be edited for the old lady from Dubuque" The New Yorker |
#1138, aired 1989-07-12 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: New Carthage was in Spain & Old Carthage was in what is now this African country Tunisia |
#1100, aired 1989-05-19 | COUNTRIES $100: Among the regions in this country are Old Castile, New Castile & Andalusia Spain |
#1073, aired 1989-04-12 | THE EARTH $1,000 (Daily Double): The new Robinson world map cuts the distortion of this island's size from +554% to +60% Greenland |
#1058, aired 1989-03-22 | DOUBLE "W"s $1000: A platform built atop old New England houses serving as a lookout for incoming ships widow's walk |
#1022, aired 1989-01-31 | NEW YORK CITY $100: Some tenants of the Chrysler Building refer to this rival building as "Old Kong" Empire State Building |
#994, aired 1988-12-22 | THE OLD WEST $1000: Imprisoned in 1881, Billy the Kid appealed to this governor who was too busy promoting his novel to help Lew Wallace |
#984, aired 1988-12-08 | LABOR $200: Since the strike by this group was settled in time, the new "Mission: Impossible" won't reuse old scripts the Writers Guild |
#962, aired 1988-11-08 | LIGHTS $400: Fairy tale that includes the line "Who will change old lamps for new?" "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" |
#914, aired 1988-07-21 | NEW TESTAMENT $1000: You can walk through a 2700-year-old tunnel that still carries water to this Jerusalem pool the Pool of Siloam |
#898, aired 1988-06-29 | THE OLD WEST $400: Taken from the New Hampshire town where it was made, the name Concord was synonymous with this vehicle stagecoach |
#892, aired 1988-06-21 | NEW YORKERS $100: Gimbel's made it policy not to fire anyone because of old age after his "Death of a Salesman" opened Arthur Miller |
#878, aired 1988-06-01 | THE TEXAS RANGERS $200: It was the Rangers' use of this man's new firearm that made it famous in the Old West (Samuel) Colt |
#859, aired 1988-05-05 | LAST WORDS $1000: Dying in 1950, this 94-year-old playwright reportedly said, "Well, it will be a new experience, anyway" George Bernard Shaw |
#845, aired 1988-04-15 | PEOPLE $500: This 95-year-old artist has a new line of jewelry based on his anthropomorphic alphabet Erté |
#842, aired 1988-04-12 | U.S. STATES $1000: The Old Man of the Mountains, carved by nature into a mountainside, is an attraction of this N.E. state New Hampshire |
#824, aired 1988-03-17 | U.S. CITIES $500: Thought it's the oldest English settlement in New Jersey, it wasn't named for an old English queen Elizabeth |
#811, aired 1988-02-29 | U.S. STATES $100: The Old Spanish Trail began in what is now this "New" state & ended in California New Mexico |
#808, aired 1988-02-24 | BRITISH TV $400: "Fame" star Nia Peeples hosts the new U.S. segments of this 24-yr-old British music chart countdown show Top of the Pops |
#796, aired 1988-02-08 | DINOSAURS $800: "Apatosaurus" is the new name for this "thunder lizard" whose old name was due to a scientific error brontosaurus |
#783, aired 1988-01-20 | MARINE BIOLOGY $200: A lobster grows a new soft shell under the old hard one before dong this, which takes about 15 minutes shedding its shell (molting) |
#739, aired 1987-11-19 | "OLD" & "NEW" $100: A semi-aquatic salamander a newt |
#739, aired 1987-11-19 | "OLD" & "NEW" $200: If a pregnant woman eats strawberries, her baby will have a strawberry-shaped birth mark, for example an old wives' tale |
#739, aired 1987-11-19 | "OLD" & "NEW" $300 (Daily Double): Title of the following which Tom Cruise sang in "Risky Business" & Ron Reagan sang on "Saturday Night Live":
"Just take those old records off the shelf..." "Old Time Rock And Roll" |
#739, aired 1987-11-19 | "OLD" & "NEW" $400: The only independent country in the world that fits this category New Zealand |
#739, aired 1987-11-19 | "OLD" & "NEW" $500: Annual award given by the American Library Association for the outstanding American children's book the Newbery Award/Medal |
#723, aired 1987-10-28 | CRABS $400: After a blue crab sheds its old shell, & before the new one hardens, it can be sold as this popular edible a soft shell crab |
#704, aired 1987-10-01 | NETWORK BRASS $200: Kevin Wendle & Garth Ancier, responsible for this new 4th network's shows, are 28 & 29 yrs. old respectively Fox |
#701, aired 1987-09-28 | ANTONYMS $200: Its antonyms include "new" & "young" old |
#632, aired 1987-05-12 | FINANCIAL FIASCOS $1000: The scheme of paying old investors with new investor's money bears the name of this Italian con man Charles Ponzi |
#631, aired 1987-05-11 | NAUTICAL HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): Docked in New England it's called the oldest commissioned ship afloat in any of the world's navies U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides) |
#564, aired 1987-02-05 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $200: To keep new technology secret, this Battle Creek co. has stopped their 80-year-old plant tour Kellogg's |
#562, aired 1987-02-03 | NEW TESTAMENT $200: 12 year old Jesus, missing for 3 days, was found conferring with the elders in this Jerusalem building the temple |
#557, aired 1987-01-27 | "NEW" CITIES $200: Like its Old World counterpart, this Connecticut city is on the Thames River New London |
#500, aired 1986-11-07 | RITUALS $700 (Daily Double): A new ritual in Japan is the singing of this song in German to ring out the old year:
"Freude, schöner Götterfunken, / Tochter aus Elysium..." (Beethoven's) the "Ode To Joy" |
#499, aired 1986-11-06 | JEWELRY $500: A new copy of this ring is made for each pope & the old one destroyed to prevent forgeries Fisherman's Ring |
#491, aired 1986-10-27 | AMERICANA $300: By federal law, a new star can only be added to Old Glory on this single day of the year the 4th of July |
#479, aired 1986-10-09 | PEOPLE $1000: In April '86, 33-year-old mother of 2 Kathy Shower was selected this out of a field of 12 Playmate of the Year |
#474, aired 1986-10-02 | THE CALENDAR $400: The Gregorian calendar is referred to as "the new style" while this calendar is "the old style" the Julian calendar |
#417, aired 1986-04-15 | THE BIBLE $400: Of Old Testament, New Testament or both, place you find "love thy neighbor as thyself" both |
#367, aired 1986-02-04 | AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK $100: 5600-year-old samples of this "movie treat" have been found in New Mexico caves popcorn |
#328, aired 1985-12-11 | NAME CHANGES $100: This comedienne's new name "flows" a lot better than her old one, Joan Sandra Molinsky Joan Rivers |
#316, aired 1985-11-25 | BRIDES & GROOMS $800: Besides something old, new, borrowed, & blue, the bride wears this for good luck in her shoe penny |
#297, aired 1985-10-29 | THE BIBLE $200: Both Joseph in the Old Testament & Jesus in the New were "sold" for this substance silver |
#293, aired 1985-10-23 | U.S. CITIES $400: Secret formulas of both Old & New Coca-Cola are kept in a bank vault in this city Atlanta, Georgia |
#276, aired 1985-09-30 | PRIMATES $200: Old world monkeys are both arboreal & ground-dwelling, but all new world monkeys are this type arboreal |
#163, aired 1985-04-24 | RELIGION $200: The belief that old souls return to Earth in new bodies reincarnation |
#122, aired 1985-02-26 | WORD ORIGINS $400: It's from the Old French "novel", from the Latin "nova", from the Greek "neos" new |
#100, aired 1985-01-25 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: Words to most oratorios come from this book the Bible |
#30, aired 1984-10-19 | POP MUSIC $500: Old standards bandleader who arranged Linda Ronstadt's "What's New" album Nelson Riddle |
#3, aired 1984-09-12 | NEW TESTAMENT $400: According to both New & Old Testaments, how "thou shalt love they neighbor" as thyself |
Michael Glick, a 12-year-old from Smithtown, New York
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"He's in math honors this year, even though math is one...
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Nicole Savin, an eleven-year-old from Lindenhurst, New York
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"This little 4'4" New York Yankees fan and her friends started...
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Anissa Chitour, a ten-year-old from Princeton, New Jersey
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"Her extracurricular activities include playing violin, playing field hockey and shopping...
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Kate Dzurilla, a 12-year-old from Syosset, New York
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"It's a slam dunk for this basketball lover and future WNBA...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Rick Knutsen, a musician and stay-at-home dad from Brooklyn, New York
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"A finalist in the 2001 Tournament of Champions, he's a musician...
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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
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Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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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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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
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Arthur Phillips, an author from Brooklyn, New York
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"He was a speechwriter from Boston when he won five shows...
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Holly Boivin, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Nashua, New Hampshire
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"She wants to be a teacher, just like her mom. From...
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Tony Harkin, an eleven-year-old from New Milford, Connecticut
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"Dig this--he wants to be an archaeologist when he grows up....
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Brooke Martin, an eleven-year-old from Galway, New York
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"It looks like smooth sailing for this marine biologist. From Galway,...
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Rahul Francis, a twelve-year-old from Flushing, New York
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"This electronic wizard's current plans are to run a technology company....
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Graham Doskoch, a twelve-year-old from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
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"He wants to put his love of design and building to...
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Ryan Griffin, an 11-year-old from Waldwick, New Jersey
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"We're sure he'll do swimmingly as an aquatic biologist. From Waldwick,...
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Gabby Fusco, an 11-year-old from Maspeth, New York
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"She's loved everything about science she was a little kid, so...
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Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
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"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
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Max Wagner, an eleven-year-old from Bedford, New York
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"He thinks insects are beautiful and can't wait to discover new...
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Nicole Yoon, a 12-year-old from Asbury, New Jersey
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"She has set her sights on becoming a medical doctor or...
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Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York
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"Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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Kevin Yokum, a 12-year-old from New Orleans, Louisiana
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"He plans on becoming an engineer just like both his mom...
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Zachary Baumgartner, a 10-year-old from Deer Park, New York
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"He'll hit all the right notes in the future as a...
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Meredith Dedopoulos, a 12-year-old from Durham, New Hampshire
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"This spelling bee champion has also won many sports awards. From...
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Suzie Lisky, a 12-year-old from Mendham, New Jersey
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"She's not sure what she wants to be when she grows...
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Nick Dnistrian, an 11-year-old from Webster, New York
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"With a nickname like Elvis, this future chemist is already the...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Michael Blake, a 12-year-old from Hamburg, New York
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"Our top story tonight is this young man, who wants to...
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Sara Jansson, a 10-year-old from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
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"She wants to become a singer because she loves music so...
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William Marengo, an 11-year-old from the Bronx, New York
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"He will be the next Bronx Bomber, maybe--if it's up to...
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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Elliot Shteir, an attorney from Somerville, New Jersey
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1995-A Seniors Tournament 1st runner-up: $10,000. Dr. Elliot Shteir won $8,230...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Brandon Hensley, a sophomore from Caltech
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Huntington, WV at...
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Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
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\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
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India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
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"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
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Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Rebecca Maxfield, a freshman from Brown University
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Rochelle, New York. Rebecca...
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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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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
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Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
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Julie Meister, a mom from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 21 player (2005-06-02).
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
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Season 28 1-time champion: $26,805 + $1,000.
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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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Margaret Monroe, a junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Margaret was 16 at the time...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
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"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
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Madeleine Schwartz, a twelve-year-old from New York, New York
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2003 Holiday Kids Week player (2003-01-10).
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Joely Fisher, an actress from 'Til Death
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"She made her Broadway debut in Grease, and earned rave reviews...
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Neville Fogarty, an 11-year-old from Kingwood, Texas
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\"This chess player is planning his career moves very carefully. From...
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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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Neha Embar, a 12-year-old from Alpharetta, Georgia
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"No kidding--she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows up....
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Cassie Hill, a 12-year-old from Merrick, New York
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-19). 1999 Back to School Week...
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Robert Gibbs, a former press secretary from the Obama White House
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"In 2004, he joined Barack Obama's senatorial campaign as communications director,...
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Kendra Pettis, an 11-year-old from Maplewood, New Jersey
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-17). 1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-08)....
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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Curtis Joseph, a 12-year-old from College Point, New York
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-17).
1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-10).
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Janelle Lambert, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Andy Siegler, a senior from Cinnaminson, New Jersey
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2001 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $15,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Laura Mogul, an executive director from Port Washington, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-03-31). Laura appeared on the original Jeopardy! with...
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Deirdre Kessler, a ten-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
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2003 Back to School Kids Week player (2003-09-25).
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Theodora Messalas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Brooklyn, New York
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"This future author and illustrator placed second in a regional story-telling...
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Tim Koch, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Cliffwood, New Jersey
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"He would like to be a teacher because you get to...
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Matt Bischoff, a twelve-year-old seventh-grader from Sicklerville, New Jersey
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2003 Back to School Kids Week player (2003-09-26).
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Wil Curiel, an 11-year-old from Costa Mesa, California
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"His favorite subject is science, so it's not surprising that this...
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Alex Silady, an 11-year-old from Edison, New Jersey
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"He hopes to be an entrepreneur, because he likes doing things...
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Jackson Ruzzo, a 12-year-old from Waccabuc, New York
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"He wants to be a Broadway actor, because he likes to...
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Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
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"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
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Michelle Cinguina, an 11-year-old from Stamford, Connecticut
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"Her favorite things to do are act, play the piano and...
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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
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"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Justin Otor, a 12-year-old from Texarkana, Texas
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"His chosen profession will be something in the field of science...
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Reilly Kiernan, a 12-year-old from Pelham, New York
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"You're never too young to take up a cause, and this...
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Eddie Kwiatkowski, a 10-year-old from Cumberland, Rhode Island
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"His interests in presidents and their history could lead to a...
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Kizzle Cote, a 12-year-old from Ludlow, Massachusetts
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"This future ichthyologist has a 30-gallon aquarium in his bedroom..." 2007...
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Sandra Thomas, a 12-year-old from Hartsdale, New York
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"This young woman is very sure about what she'll do with...
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Emily Moin, a 12-year-old from Rockville Centre, New York
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"Whether it's music or drama, she just loves to perform..." 2000...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Michelle Schrier, an 11-year-old from Potomac, Maryland
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"She plans on being a news reporter while waiting for her...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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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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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
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"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Burns Cameron, a realtor from Standish, Maine
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. Burns appeared on the original version...
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
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\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
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Vito Cortese, a software engineer and Italian translator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 3-time champion: $68,485 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Stephen Weingarten, a stay-at-home dad from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
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"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
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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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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Kyle Hale, a college senior from Katy, Texas
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"Representing Texas A&M, he won the 2002 College Championship. Now he's...
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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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Eureka Nutt, a paralegal from Canoga Park, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.
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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Harry Shearer, an actor/writer/producer from The Simpsons and Le Show
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"His many credits include providing voices for The Simpsons, and he's...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Harvey Becker, an attorney turned writer from Old Bridge, New Jersey
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $55,400....
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
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Bruce Richards, an urban planning consultant from Metairie, Louisiana
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Season 29 player (2013-07-26).
JBoard user name: B-Rich
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
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\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Joe Schneider, a senior index editor from Old Bridge, New Jersey
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Season 33 player (2016-10-04).
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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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Sidney Tison, a veterinarian from Suwanee, Georgia
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Season 22 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000.
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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Amy Fine, a part-time teacher from Bethesda, Maryland
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"She was the last 5-time winner in the 1993-94 season. A...
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Bev Schwartzberg, an adult literacy program coordinator from Santa Barbara, California
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"She finished second in the 1993 Tournament of Champions. Today, she's...
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Brian Wangsgard, from Salt Lake City, Utah
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"He was the biggest winner in the 1988-1989 season, and a...
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John Beck, a creative director from Torrance, California
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"He played in 2003, and was the last retired 5-time champ...
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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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Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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Anthony Fox, an account executive from Arlington Heights, Illinois
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Season 27 4-time champion: $51,998 + $1,000. Playing as "Tony", Anthony...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
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Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
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Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
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Liz Maziarz, an English professor and mom from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "MAY-zee-ar".
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Kaitlin Welborn, a sophomore from the University of Pennsylvania
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Grace Veach, a librarian from Lakeland, Florida
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"After winning 5 games in 1997, she was the grand marshall...
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
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"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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