#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | HORRORS! $1600: H.P. Lovecraft wrote that the "U"s in the name of this "hellish entity" should sound "about like that in 'full"' Cthulhu |
#9058, aired 2024-03-13 | REAL NAMES OF UNREAL PEOPLE $200: Archie's pal Forsythe P. Jones III goes by this unflattering name Jughead |
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $400: It's a long, hooded jacket; Patagonia sells a nano puff one a parka |
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $800: Also known as the caveman diet, it's a shortened word for a diet that emphasizes lean meats & veggies paleo |
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $1600: It's a line of steep bluffs like the cliffs along part of the western shore of the Hudson River a palisade |
#9056, aired 2024-03-11 | IT'S CURTAINS $2000: Her first short story collection, "A Curtain of Green", contains her most famous story, "Why I Live at the P.O." Welty |
#9036, aired 2024-02-12 | INITIALS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE $800: Slid into being Russia's P.M. from 2012-2020:
D.M. Dmitry Medvedev |
#3, aired 2024-02-02 | H.P. SAUCE $400: This small measure was Pa's nickname for Laura on "Little House on the Prairie" Half Pint |
#3, aired 2024-02-02 | H.P. SAUCE $800: It's the anterior bony portion of the roof of the mouth; the "soft" one is muscular hard palate |
#9027, aired 2024-01-30 | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $1200: Ex-P.M. Eden & ex-Supreme Court justice Kennedy Anthony |
#9019, aired 2024-01-18 | THE MISING LETER $800: Fennig (old coin) P (pfennig) |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | WORDS THAT MAKE DOGS GO NUTS $600: It's the "P" in the automotive acronym PRNDL park |
#1, aired 2024-01-12 | LETTER PERFECT $800: This letter stands for the currency of Albania; when it comes before F in English words, it's often silent L (for the lek) |
#1, aired 2024-01-12 | LETTER PERFECT $1000: It looks just like the Greek letter rho, but it's not "R" P |
#24, aired 2024-01-09 | ANIMAL IDIOM BRAINTEASERS $600: Don't forget how many other single people are out there in the dating pool:
T.A.P.O.F.I.T.S. there are plenty of fish in the sea |
#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 | LEGEND DAIRY $600: P.T. Anderson said the line in "There Will Be Blood" about drinking this was inspired by testimony in the Teapot Dome scandal milkshake |
#8996, aired 2023-12-18 | "P" IN FASHION $200: It's the spritely name for a very short hairstyle that's worn close to the head & combed in points around the face a pixie |
#8955, aired 2023-10-20 | GOOD "P.R." $1600: It's a system in which one's work is evaluated by those in the same field; NIH grants are subject to dual ones peer review |
#8955, aired 2023-10-20 | GOOD "P.R." $2000: It's the beef that Lawry's restaurants are famous for serving prime rib |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $200: If train A leaves Oamaru at 9 a.m. at 70 mph & train B leaves Timaru at 1 p.m. going 80, this will still be New Zealand's capital Wellington |
#8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THIS GLAND IS YOUR GLAND $1000: This tiny organ in the brain secretes melatonin & could be rated "P.G." the pineal gland |
#8951, aired 2023-10-16 | IN THE BASEBALL TEAM'S LINEUP $2000: 2009:
2B Chase Utley,
SS Jimmy Rollins,
P Cole Hamels Philadelphia Phillies |
#8943, aired 2023-10-04 | EARTH SCIENCE $800: Seismographers use the difference in speed between P waves & S waves to help locate this point the epicenter (of an earthquake) |
#8939, aired 2023-09-28 | INVEST $2000: To determine a company's performance before you invest, check out its P/E ratio, this price-to-earnings |
#8932, aired 2023-09-19 | MAILED IT! $5,000 (Daily Double): RFD, short for this, began in 1896; previously, about 65% of Americans lived in the "R" area & had to pick up mail at the P.O. Rural Free Delivery |
#8925, aired 2023-07-28 | IT GETS OLD $800: V.S.O.P., standing for very superior old pale, is a premium grade of this liquor aged at least 4 years cognac |
#8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY $200: b.p.:
For water it's 212 degrees Fahrenheit boiling point |
#8915, aired 2023-07-14 | MODERN FANTASY LIT $800: In P. Djèlí Clark's "Ring Shout", klansmen summon demons during a viewing of this 1915 D.W. Griffith film The Birth of a Nation |
#8897, aired 2023-06-20 | LET'S STICK TOGETHER $2000: Put on this old "L.P.", a thick white adhesive that, as you might guess, can be used for bookbinding library paste |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | "P" IS FOR POETRY $200: Shel Silverstein's poem about one of these, "fresh off the griddle" finds terrible Theresa asking for one in the middle a pancake |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | "P" IS FOR POETRY $800: Established in 1881, this alliterative literary award is named for Russia's preeminent poet the Pushkin Prize |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | IT'S THE SILENT CONSONANT $800: In an old word for a compound produced in food by bacteria; it used to be found before "poisoning" P (ptomaine) |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | CLASSIC CAR TV $1200: "This is" the 1970s P.I. who drove a sierra gold Pontiac Firebird esprit; "at the tone, leave your name & message, I'll get back to you" Rockford |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | SECRETS OF THE ANGELENOS $1000: Burbank grew around Lockheed, maker of this fighter that took part in World War II's first shoot-down of a German plane by an American one the P-38 (Lightning) |
#10, aired 2023-05-15 | MY MISSED CAREER, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER $800: I love A.P. bio! Let's talk pancreas! An adult one has a million of these, named for the German doctor who noted them in 1869 islets of Langerhans |
#6, aired 2023-05-10 | SOME ELEMENTARY CLUES $400: Elements in the nitrogen group have an outer shell of 5 of these, 2 in an S orbital & 3 in P orbitals electrons |
#5, aired 2023-05-10 | CHAT G-P-T $400: The Pallas's cat is called the world's this superlative; it's not just the face--it's only successful on a third of its hunts grumpiest (cat) |
#5, aired 2023-05-10 | CHAT G-P-T $800: This Mississippi city is home to one of the world's longest man-made beaches Gulfport |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | "G.P." $600: It's a fun though probably not lucrative activity at Columbia State Historic Park in California's High Sierra gold panning |
#8864, aired 2023-05-04 | SCIENCE $800: P & S are types of these waves, from Greek for "shake" seismic waves |
#8854, aired 2023-04-20 | "P"OTPOURRI $800: One of this element's radioactive isotopes has a half-life of more than 24,000 years plutonium |
#8854, aired 2023-04-20 | "P"OTPOURRI $1200: Like Michelangelo's famous sculpture, the van Gogh painting seen here is called this; it was donated to the Vatican in 1973 Pietà |
#8854, aired 2023-04-20 | "P"OTPOURRI $1600: It's a small bomb, which is why, as the expression goes, you don't want to be hoisted with your own petard |
#8838, aired 2023-03-29 | Ps OUT! $200: Get the double P out of a word meaning elated to get this fodder grass hay (from happy) |
#8833, aired 2023-03-22 | RESILIENCE $1600: Resilience is in the subtitle of this Laura Hillenbrand book about Olympian, airman & P.O.W. Louis Zamperini Unbroken |
#8829, aired 2023-03-16 | LETTER PERFECT $1600: The Philippines' equivalent of a dollar sign is 2 horizontal lines through this letter a P |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | MARCH MADNESS $800: Last name of USC's Cheryl, winner of back-to-back titles & M.O.P.s in 1983 & '84; she's in the hall of fame with her brother Reggie Miller |
#8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THAT'S DEDICATION $2000: P.G. Wodehouse honored his editor in this dopey gentleman "Sees It Through": "I shall get a very good lunch out of you" Bertie Wooster |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | FAMOUS AMERICAN QUOTES $200: "There's a sucker born every minute" is attributed to this circus showman, but there's no proof he ever really said or wrote it P.T. Barnum |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1000: Meaning produced by the lips, it's applied to letters like P & B labial |
#8761, aired 2022-12-12 | CHICAGO TV $1200: In NBC's "One Chicago" program block, it comes between "Chicago Med" & "Chicago P.D." Chicago Fire |
#8760, aired 2022-12-09 | "P"OTPOURRI $1200: Here's a depiction of this French-named commedia dell'arte character Pierrot |
#8760, aired 2022-12-09 | "P"OTPOURRI $2000: He's the British playwright seen here (Harold) Pinter |
#8759, aired 2022-12-08 | THE WORLD OF PATENT MODELS $800: Melville Bissell's allergies led to his carpet sweeper; now Bissell makes a model with a HEPA filter, the "P" for this type of matter particulate |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: Yes, Dan, there are 2 "P"s in the middle of this word for the snazzily attired dapper |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | "P.J."s $400: Chemist Robert Chesebrough formulated Vaseline, a brand name for this petroleum jelly |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | "P.J."s $800: Serrano & other chiles help flavor & name this cheese pepper jack |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | "P.J."s $1200: One legend says she reigned between Leo IV & Benedict III & was ousted from Rome after giving birth Pope Joan |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | "P.J."s $1600: In 1979 this architect famous for his "Glass House" in Connecticut was the first recipient of the Pritzker Prize Philip Johnson |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | "P.J."s $2000: Alexander Pope wrote of this literary term, "with her lifted scale, where, in nice balance, truth with gold she weighs" poetic justice |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | "P"s $400: 7-letter word for a precociously talented child prodigy |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | "P"s $800: Any small & unimportant town, also the name of a Native people who lived in Connecticut podunk |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | "P"s $1200: Hector & Paris are sons of Hecuba & this king of Troy Priam |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | "P"s $1600: Nasalis larvatus is the scientific name of this primate a proboscis monkey |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | "P"s $2000: These wavelike contractions carry food through the digestive tract peristalsis |
#8738, aired 2022-11-09 | INTERNATIONAL FILM STYLE $800: There's Bollywood, but there's also Pollywood from India & Pakistan, with hits like "Carry on Jatta" in this language Punjabi |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE CHASE $1200: (Brad Rutter delivers the clue.) The $10,000 note, the highest U.S. denomination ever circulated, could be called "The Chase" for its picture of Salmon P. Chase, secretary of this money-printing Cabinet department during the Civil War the Department of the Treasury |
#8720, aired 2022-10-14 | "P"OTPOURRI $1600: This state capital has a population of just 14,000 Pierre |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | CLIFF NOTES $1200: "Dizzy sunless cliffs above the great abyss" paints a picture in H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of" this Madness |
#8696, aired 2022-09-12 | FINANCE & INVESTING $400: The 3 headline indexes are the Dow Industrials, the S&P 500 & this stock exchange's composite NASDAQ |
#8695, aired 2022-07-29 | BUSINESS ABBREV. $1000: A company's profits divided by its outstanding units of stock are its E.P.S., this earnings per share |
#8686, aired 2022-07-18 | ACTING UP ON TV $800: It's the last name of John Hillerman's Jonathan & Perdita Weeks' Juliet, friends of "Magnum P.I." across the decades Higgins |
#8675, aired 2022-07-01 | U.S. CITIES $1000: Named for a V.P. from Indiana, this Alaska city is home to the Goldpanners, who play an annual Midnight Sun Game at 10 P.M. Fairbanks |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 FOR THE SHOW $400: CBS cops (or C.O.P.S.?) Lina Esco, David Lim & Alex Russell S.W.A.T. |
#8660, aired 2022-06-10 | P IS THE ONLY CONSONANT $2000: It's the life stage of an insect that fits the category pupa |
#8643, aired 2022-05-18 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $1000: Held as a P.O.W., this Apache warrior asked Theodore Roosevelt to be allowed to return home to the S.W. but was denied Geronimo |
#8634, aired 2022-05-05 | NOW FOR THE SECRET WORD $800: "P" is for this word that refers to communication that's protected from compelled disclosure in a court of law privileged |
#8631, aired 2022-05-02 | TEA TIME $1600: Grades of tea leaf quality include S for souchong & P for this pekoe |
#8630, aired 2022-04-29 | MIDDLE P $4,000 (Daily Double): 2 linked lines of verse a couplet |
#8613, aired 2022-04-06 | IT'S ALL RELATIVE $600: Last name shared by movie & TV star Taraji P. & her North Pole-exploring ancestor Matthew Henson |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | A BIT OF BRIT LIT $800: Because he serves a man, Bertie Wooster, & not a household, P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves has this job title, not butler valet |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | INVESTING $400: Warren Buffett says most people should simply hold a fund that tracks the S&P 500, short for this index Standard & Poor's |
#8588, aired 2022-03-02 | BOOKS WITHIN BOOKS $2000: Called "Al Azif" in Arabic, this book in H.P. Lovecraft's stories can cause insanity in readers the Necronomicon |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | SENATE COMMITTEES $1000: There are 3 "P"s in the name of this committee that is responsible for allocating federal funds the Appropriations Committee |
#8583, aired 2022-02-23 | FROM P TO Y $1200: It's the pseudoscience of examining the shape of the head to determine intelligence & character phrenology |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | ON THE "MA"P $400: At 226,658 square miles, it's the largest island in the Indian Ocean Madagascar |
#8559, aired 2022-01-20 | BEFORE & AFTER TV $2000: Spooky HBO show with references to H.P.'s works, with Katharine McPhee along as the singing nanny Lovecraft Country Comfort |
#8558, aired 2022-01-19 | WORLD LEADERS $200: In 2020 this P.M. credited the U.K.'s National Health Service for saving his life after he spent time in the ICU battling COVID Boris Johnson |
#8548, aired 2022-01-05 | HAND-Y RESPONSES $1000: An investment fund with a portfolio that tracks a group of stocks such as the S&P 500 companies an index fund |
#8544, aired 2021-12-30 | NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE $600: For 2002 she helped "Get The Party Started" with her hit of the same name
"I'm comin' up so you better get this party started /
I'm comin' up, I'm comin'..." P!nk |
#8537, aired 2021-12-21 | STOCKS, SYMBOLICALLY $800: CMCSA:
your technician will arrive between 7 A.M. & 11 P.M. (We kid, there's a 2-hour window) Comcast |
#8531, aired 2021-12-13 | SIDEKICKS $2000: Arthur Dent's pal, Ford Prefect is a reporter for this title publication of a sci-fi series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: In the 1800s this Michigan island was the headquarters for John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company Mackinac |
#8529, aired 2021-12-09 | SHOW ME YOUR P-H-D $1200: In 2021 4 astronauts landed in the Gulf of Mexico in the USA's first nighttime one of these since 1968 a (crewed) splashdown |
#8518, aired 2021-11-24 | SHORTZ $1600: Will's New York Times responsibilities include the P&A puzzle feature, short for these 2 types of wordplay puns & anagrams |
#8495, aired 2021-10-22 | WHAT'S IN A GEOGRAPHIC NAME $1,000 (Daily Double): The "P" in Pakistan comes from this region, the name of a Pakistani province & a state of India Punjab |
#8489, aired 2021-10-14 | THIS IS N-P-R $400: Let's catch a regatta at this Rhode Island city by Narragansett Bay Newport |
#8485, aired 2021-10-08 | TALES OF HORROR $600: It's the title vocation of Herbert West in a 1922 H.P. Lovecraft tale, & he needs fresh corpses to do it to reanimator |
#8465, aired 2021-08-13 | NO EGRETS $1000: The "P" is silent in the white-tailed this bird, but in courtship, a male's call is not; also, the red combs swell over its eyes ptarmigan |
#8455, aired 2021-07-30 | OLDE MUSIC $1000: One of Gabriel Faure's most famous pieces is his pavane, a centuries-old dance that gets its name from this Italian "P" city Padua |
#8429, aired 2021-06-24 | 'TIS THE SEASONAL BOOK TITLE $200: P.G. Wodehouse's
"____ Fever" Spring |
#8423, aired 2021-06-16 | DESERT ISLAND READS $400: Civil War P.O.W.s crash land in a hot air balloon onto this French author's "Mysterious Island" Jules Verne |
#8420, aired 2021-06-11 | SCIENCE $400: This scientific instrument records P waves, S waves & surface waves a seismograph |
#8412, aired 2021-06-01 | U.S. HISTORY $400: A dynamite-filled wagon exploded in front of the J.P. Morgan Building on this NYC street in 1920 Wall Street |
#8411, aired 2021-05-31 | SOUVENIRS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.) The Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum store sells a Barbie doll of Katherine Johnson, a pioneering NASA mathematician who was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in this Oscar-nominated 2016 film Hidden Figures |
#8390, aired 2021-04-30 | SEE 3 "P", "O" $1200: One matchup of this contest that aired on the NFL's biggest Sunday saw Team Fluff take on Team Ruff the Puppy Bowl |
#8390, aired 2021-04-30 | SEE 3 "P", "O" $2000: It's the type of engraved metal image seen here copperplate |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | BOOKS FOR THE WEATHER CHANNEL $1600: Dennis Lehane's "Prayers for Rain" is about a P.I. based in this East Coast city Boston |
#8369, aired 2021-04-01 | SAFE AT HOME $600: P.I.R. stands for passive these sensors, which detect an intruder's heat energy infrared |
#8341, aired 2021-02-22 | "P" FOR SCIENCE $400: A very old vertebrate, the Greenland shark takes nearly 150 years to reach this; for humans, it's around age 10 or 11 puberty |
#8341, aired 2021-02-22 | "P" FOR SCIENCE $1600: According to Bohr's atomic model, electrons can jump orbit, emitting this light particle photons |
#8335, aired 2021-02-12 | SYMBOLS $1600: It's the symbol for an unstressed vowel, such as the middle one in the word "je-pər-dē" a schwa |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | BANKS FOR THE MEMORIES $400: This bank that asks "What's in your wallet?" traces its roots to an I.P.O. in 1994 Capital One |
#8313, aired 2021-01-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Ordinal synonym for E.S.P. that's also a healthy ability to appreciate a joke sixth sense of humor |
#8304, aired 2020-12-17 | NET FLICKS $800: This Brazilian soccer star was in the film "Victory", about allied P.O.W.s set to play soccer against the German national team Pelé |
#8300, aired 2020-12-11 | "A" "P" HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): One of Puerto Rico's largest cities is named in honor of a descendant of this Spanish explorer Ponce de León |
#8275, aired 2020-11-06 | U.S. HISTORY $800: The Senate didn't ratify the Treaty of Versailles, so this G.O.P. president proclaimed peace between the U.S. & Germany in 1921 Harding |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | WHAT'S YOUR "I.P." ADDRESS $400: Copyrights, patents & trademarks are all part of this type of law intellectual property |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | WHAT'S YOUR "I.P." ADDRESS $800: "Two households, both alike in dignity" is an example of this poetic pattern iambic pentameter |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | WHAT'S YOUR "I.P." ADDRESS $1200: Dr. Robert Wang helped create this brand of multicooker whose name implies speed Instant Pot |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | WHAT'S YOUR "I.P." ADDRESS $1600: Inadequate defense is a problem encountered by this group that works to exonerate the wrongly convicted the Innocence Project |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | WHAT'S YOUR "I.P." ADDRESS $2000: He's the beloved virtuoso seen here Itzhak Perlman |
#8247, aired 2020-09-29 | ELECTION ODDITIES $600: In 1955 this country's P.M. Ngo Dinh Diem printed his ballots on lucky red paper & his opponent's ballot on unlucky green paper South Vietnam |
#8236, aired 2020-09-14 | GOOD "P.R." $2000: This author who explored Jewish life in books like "Portnoy's Complaint" died in 2018 at age 85 Philip Roth |
#8229, aired 2020-06-04 | SUMMER READING $400: During WWII, a Jewish girl protects an escaped P.O.W. in Bette Greene's Y.A. novel "Summer of My" this nationality "Soldier" German |
#8216, aired 2020-05-18 | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $400: British P.M. Eden & "black-ish" star Anderson Anthony |
#8199, aired 2020-04-09 | COLLEGE LAW $200: It's the P in FERPA, a 1974 law that says your parents need your consent to get your grades from your college privacy |
#8178, aired 2020-03-11 | PUT THAT SINGER'S NAME ON A POST OFFICE! $400: It's not New York, New York but Hoboken, Hoboken that has a P.O. named for this native son & crooning legend Sinatra |
#8178, aired 2020-03-11 | PUT THAT SINGER'S NAME ON A POST OFFICE! $600: Buck Owens got P.O.ed in 2007 after 17 years hosting this country music show in which an animated donkey brayed the title Hee Haw |
#8151, aired 2020-02-03 | "P"OTPOURRI $600: In the U.S. we're familiar with the food pyramid; China has a guide called a food this structure pagoda |
#8151, aired 2020-02-03 | "P"OTPOURRI $800: A club for these people who always put things off has protested the War of 1812 & published "Last Month's Newsletter" a procrastinator |
#8139, aired 2020-01-16 | "P"ICTURE THIS $600: In 1948 at age 42, he was Major League Baseball's oldest rookie ever Satchel Paige |
#8139, aired 2020-01-16 | "P"ICTURE THIS $800: It's the line of reference seen here the prime meridian |
#2, aired 2020-01-07 | NOT AN ARMCHAIR EXPERT $600: (Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) A.J.P. Taylor, who taught Michael Palin at Oxford, was a model for the famous historian who's suddenly killed by a knight on horseback in this comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
#2, aired 2020-01-07 | GEO-VERSE $600: "P" is this forest, you'd go if you could; it's a national park full of agatized wood Petrified Forest |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | SCHOOL DAYS $200: (Norman Lear delivers the clue.) From the Latin for "citizen", it's the study of the rights & duties of citizens; I took it at P.S. 67 in New York & it would help our country if more kids studied it now civics |
#8111, aired 2019-12-09 | NINE TALES $800: He helps the twit Bertie Wooster out of jams in P.G. Wodehouse's "Leave it to" him & him "and the Unbidden Guest" Jeeves |
#8106, aired 2019-12-02 | LINGUISTICS $2000: "Schleicher's Fable" was written by a linguist in 1868 in P.I.E. or Proto-this, the ancestor of tongues from Hindi to English Indo-European |
#8104, aired 2019-11-28 | DICTATOR TOTS $400: Hitler tried to return Yakov Dzhugashvili, this Soviet leader's son, in a P.O.W. swap; dad declined, saying "War is war" Stalin |
#8076, aired 2019-10-21 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "P" $200: It's a person's style of handwriting; a doctor's is stereotypically poor penmanship |
#8076, aired 2019-10-21 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "P" $400: At the 2018 Indy 500 Scott Dixon's crew won the challenge named for this break for service pit stop |
#8064, aired 2019-10-03 | HUNDRED "P"ERCENT $600: In 2018 Bellerive Country Club hosted the 100th edition of this, one of golf's 4 major championships the PGA Championship |
#8064, aired 2019-10-03 | HUNDRED "P"ERCENT $800: Crow Fair, Montana's largest Native American event, is this type of big chatty gathering; the 100th was in 2018 a powwow |
#8043, aired 2019-07-24 | "P" IS FOR SCIENCE $400: When an egg cell in a flower fertilizes itself, it's called "self-" this pollinating |
#8043, aired 2019-07-24 | "P" IS FOR SCIENCE $800: The mix of water & chemicals that made up Earth's oceans billions of years ago is often called this kind of "soup" primordial (or primeval) |
#8043, aired 2019-07-24 | "P" IS FOR SCIENCE $2000: It's the astronomic term for the point in the Moon's orbit when it's nearest the Earth perigee |
#8030, aired 2019-07-05 | A STEEL DAY $5,000 (Daily Double): March 3, 1901:
J.P. Morgan announces his purchase of this man's steel company Andrew Carnegie |
#8025, aired 2019-06-28 | "P"LACES ON THE MAP $400: There are 35-foot-tall replicas of Heinz ketchup bottles at Heinz Field in this U.S. city Pittsburgh |
#8002, aired 2019-05-28 | TIME ZONES $1200: In the Mountain Time Zone, it's when the Times Square ball drops 10 p.m. |
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 | V.I.P.! V.I.P.! $800: In a wild plan in 1980, the CIA's Tony Mendez faked being a Canadian filmmaker to rescue 6 U.S. diplomats trapped in this country Iran |
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 | GET "SET" $1600: The man seen here minding his P's & Q's has this old occupation a typesetter |
#7988, aired 2019-05-08 | SPELL THE BEANS $1000: Chipotle's ingredients include black beans & this other 5-letter type P-I-N-T-O |
#7986, aired 2019-05-06 | INITIALLY YOURS $1000: Via the White Star Line, the Titanic was owned by this U.S. banking tycoon, who had a private suite he never got to use J.P. Morgan |
#7968, aired 2019-04-10 | SWEET "P" $600: Get your pecan on with this confection famously made at Aunt Sally's in New Orleans praline |
#7953, aired 2019-03-20 | LYRICALLY INACCURATE $400: This band's "Pride" says, "Early morning, April 4, shot ring out in the Memphis sky", but Dr. King was killed at 6:01 p.m. U2 |
#7952, aired 2019-03-19 | U.S. CITIES $1000: P.T. Barnum was once the mayor of this most populous Connecticut city Bridgeport |
#7924, aired 2019-02-07 | "P"LACES AT THE MALL $200: In the mood for Chinese food? There's P.F. Chang's & this chain that started in Glendale, California Panda Express |
#7924, aired 2019-02-07 | "P"LACES AT THE MALL $1000: "Do something creative every day" is the motto of this card store, P.S. for short Paper Source |
#7914, aired 2019-01-24 | THAT'S SO "P.C." $200: Red, yellow or blue primary colors |
#7914, aired 2019-01-24 | THAT'S SO "P.C." $400: The fellow seen here was made from these pipe cleaners |
#7914, aired 2019-01-24 | THAT'S SO "P.C." $600: Shortly after he became president, JFK founded this international volunteer program the Peace Corps |
#7914, aired 2019-01-24 | THAT'S SO "P.C." $800: The logo seen here belongs to a bestselling brand of these, around for more than 130 years playing cards |
#7914, aired 2019-01-24 | THAT'S SO "P.C." $1000: It's a small room where violent patients or inmates are held so they can't hurt themselves a padded cell |
#7912, aired 2019-01-22 | TAKING STOCK $1000: Running its own market index as well as providing credit ratings, "S&P" stands for this company Standard & Poor's |
#7903, aired 2019-01-09 | BARTLETT'S, A TO Z $1600: P:
This American-born poet for remarking in a 1915 letter, "Poetry must be as well written as prose" (Ezra) Pound |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PUT ON YOUR "P.J."s $400: A mischievous trick played on someone to make him look foolish & to amuse others a practical joke |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PUT ON YOUR "P.J."s $800: It's the specialty of the Fort Bragg-based 82nd Airborne division parachute jumping |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PUT ON YOUR "P.J."s $1200: A sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted coat a pea jacket |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PUT ON YOUR "P.J."s $1600: This classic duo of British entertainment originated in Italy Punch and Judy |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PUT ON YOUR "P.J."s $2000: In medieval times, it was the name of a fabled Christian king of Asia behind the lines of the infidels Prester John |
#7878, aired 2018-12-05 | IT'S JUST A FLESH WOUND $800: Perforation is a synonym for this word also starting with "p" that's bad news for a car tire a puncture |
#7874, aired 2018-11-29 | ELEMENTAL U.S. PLACES $1600: Metalworking in North America began on the north side of Michigan's U.P. near what's now Copper Harbor on this Great Lake Superior |
#7866, aired 2018-11-19 | WOMEN ON TV $400: On Netflix as a P.I. in Hell's Kitchen, this alliterative Marvel superhero wrestles with personal demons & very real ones too Jessica Jones |
#7863, aired 2018-11-14 | ME WANT COOKIE! $800: This showman's name is on a brand of animal crackers that date back to 1902 (P.T.) Barnum |
#7850, aired 2018-10-26 | FICTION $2000: One of Britain's great mystery authors, she went back a couple of centuries for "Death Comes to Pemberley" P.D. James |
#7844, aired 2018-10-18 | A.P. BIOGRAPHY $1200: His story was that of "The Life and Legacy of Chile's Controversial Dictator" Pinochet |
#7842, aired 2018-10-16 | WAR FARE $200: World War II P.O.W.s looked forward to the arrival of food-filled parcels from this international organization the Red Cross |
#7835, aired 2018-10-05 | POTPOURRI $800: Later D.W. Griffith's D.P., Billy Bitzer worked for Hearst on the first film camera team to cover a war, this one the Spanish-American War |
#7827, aired 2018-09-25 | LETTER PERFECT $800: One of the 2 letters that appear as the mint mark on most U.S. coins struck for circulation today a D (or P) |
#7814, aired 2018-07-26 | THIS CATEGORY IS "P.G." $3,000 (Daily Double): It's also called the hypophysis because it lies under the brain the pituitary gland |
#7808, aired 2018-07-18 | FILM & HIT SONG SAME NAME $200: Taraji P. Henson &
Ike and Tina Turner "Proud Mary" |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | MUSICAL "P"ERFORMERS $400: "Alive" & "Jeremy" were songs on this Seattle group's 1991 album "Ten" Pearl Jam |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | MUSICAL "P"ERFORMERS $800: Let's talk about this spicy rapper, part of the trio behind "Shoop" & "Push It" Pepa |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | MUSICAL "P"ERFORMERS $1200: "Marvin Gaye", this singer's debut single, was a duet with Meghan Trainor Charlie Puth |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | MUSICAL "P"ERFORMERS $1600: Here's Keely Smith with this man, her one-time partner in music & life Louis Prima |
#7788, aired 2018-06-20 | 3 P's, PPPLEASE $400: Suitable or fitting for a particular purpose; I think that's quite... appropriate |
#7788, aired 2018-06-20 | 3 P's, PPPLEASE $800: urbandictionary.com says a true this "wears, but is not limited to, polo...Lacoste... sweaters tied around the neck" a preppy |
#7788, aired 2018-06-20 | 3 P's, PPPLEASE $1200: 2-word grammar term for words like fallen or sung past participle |
#7788, aired 2018-06-20 | 3 P's, PPPLEASE $2,000 (Daily Double): 15-letter adjective described the time after a nuclear war post-apocalyptic |
#7788, aired 2018-06-20 | 3 P's, PPPLEASE $2000: Be the big man on it in knowing it's a region of the brain associated primarily with memory the hippocampus |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | SONG TIME $800: This one-named hitmaker's raps include "5 A.M. in Toronto", "9 A.M. in Dallas" & "6 P.M. in New York" Drake |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MY OLD "L.P."s $400: This instructional driver's license for the young can be obtained at age 14 in Iowa a learner's permit |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MY OLD "L.P."s $800: Figuratively, it's a place to start a project or career; literally, it's where a Saturn V rose from a launching pad |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MY OLD "L.P."s $1200: In regard to phonograph records designed to be played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute, "LP" stands for this long play |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MY OLD "L.P."s $1600: This city was founded by conquistador Alonso de Mendoza in 1548--its full name means "Our Lady of Peace" La Paz |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MY OLD "L.P."s $2000: "Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore" is the title in the original Italian of a 1921 play by this writer Luigi Pirandello |
#7768, aired 2018-05-23 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $400: A large bird feather used as a writing implement in centuries past a quill or pen |
#7768, aired 2018-05-23 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $800: Uh oh! It's a sudden, unexpected test for students a pop quiz |
#7768, aired 2018-05-23 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $1200: Different designs on various pieces of cloth all sewn together give this warmer its name a patchwork quilt |
#7768, aired 2018-05-23 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $1600: Term for the list of waiting jobs to come out of your LaserJet 600 a printing queue |
#7768, aired 2018-05-23 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $2000: You can learn about quarks & gluons in Chad Orzel's "How to Teach" this science specialty "To Your Dog" quantum physics |
#7759, aired 2018-05-10 | FAST COMPANY $2000: (Jay Leno presents the clue.) Back around World War I when you wanted to go fast, you put a big aircraft engine in a lightweight car; my 1915 Hispano-Souza uses the same kind of aircraft V8 as the S.P.A.D. flown by this race-car driver & top-scoring U.S. ace of World War I Eddie Rickenbacker |
#7752, aired 2018-05-01 | THE NAME OF THE JAMES $400: In 1881 circus impresario James A. Bailey merged his operation with this former competitor's P.T. Barnum |
#7748, aired 2018-04-25 | CROSSOVER TV $200: Aaron Spelling produced both shows, so of course this beautiful title trio of P.I.s boarded "The Love Boat" Charlie's Angels |
#7720, aired 2018-03-16 | ANY "PORT" $1200: In computer abbreviations, it's the "P" in a PDF portable |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | PERFECT RESPONSES FOR JEOPARDY! $800: It's the title question of P.D. Eastman's classic kids' book featuring a just-hatched baby bird Are You My Mother? |
#7717, aired 2018-03-13 | "P" + 3 $200: It's this part of a plane a prop |
#7717, aired 2018-03-13 | "P" + 3 $400: It's this colorful singer Pink |
#7717, aired 2018-03-13 | "P" + 3 $600: It's this piece of footwear a pump |
#7717, aired 2018-03-13 | "P" + 3 $800: It's this item held by the man in the illustration a pike |
#7717, aired 2018-03-13 | "P" + 3 $1000: It's this Broadway impresario Papp |
#7717, aired 2018-03-13 | LITERARY GEOGRAPHY $1000: In H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness", an expedition discovers an alien terror on this continent Antarctica |
#7716, aired 2018-03-12 | "SHOW" & "TELL" $1200: Originally, it was a series of pictures viewed through a hole in a box--P.S., it now has a seedier meaning a peep show |
#7714, aired 2018-03-08 | A QUICK RIDE $2000: "P" is for pursuit in this alphanumeric plane used by World War II's Flying Tigers a P-40 |
#7711, aired 2018-03-05 | DITLOIDS $400: Paid off Mr. Iscariot:
30 P O S 30 pieces of silver |
#7704, aired 2018-02-22 | MOM GENES $1,200 (Daily Double): Her daughter Jane teaches I.P. law at Columbia, her alma mater; she cited Jane's work in an opinion for the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
#7697, aired 2018-02-13 | SAD! $1600: After his death, Gerard Butler's love letters sent to Hilary Swank end with this afterthought, the movie's title P.S. I Love You |
#7689, aired 2018-02-01 | CIVIL LAW $2000: The U.S. Justice Dept. says that in countries with civil law, the judge can act more like this "p"erson in our system prosecutor |
#7688, aired 2018-01-31 | PUERTO RICO STRONG $2000: Written to protect ships from German U-boats, this 1920 act dealing with shipping was said to be hurting P.R.'s economy in 2017 Jones Act |
#7679, aired 2018-01-18 | PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS $5,000 (Daily Double): The only president who had been a P.O.W., he was held in Camden, S.C. by the British while just a teenager in 1781 Andrew Jackson |
#7662, aired 2017-12-26 | TV MOVIES $800: This actor, an ex-TV P.I., was the specific general in A&E's "Ike: Countdown to D-Day" Tom Selleck |
#7660, aired 2017-12-22 | MIDDLE "P" $1200: It's profane speech against God or another sacred entity blasphemy |
#7659, aired 2017-12-21 | BLANK "UM" $200: It's what the "P" stands for in OPEC petroleum |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | COUNTRIES BY FIRST LETTER $2,000 (Daily Double): Crossing Iberia, you see P, S, A, for Portugal & these 2 nations Spain & Andorra |
#7641, aired 2017-11-27 | NOTABLE NAMES $400: He's seen here a few years after selling out to J.P. Morgan's U.S. Steel Carnegie |
#7640, aired 2017-11-24 | "P" IN PHYSICS $1200: It's any object that after being given an initial velocity is allowed to fall under the effects of gravity alone a projectile |
#7637, aired 2017-11-21 | BIBLE STUDY $600: In Genesis he is sold to Pharaoh's officer Potiphar & Mrs. P. tries to seduce him Joseph |
#7627, aired 2017-11-07 | DR. JOHNSON'S ALPHABET $800: It "is confounded by the Germans and Welsh with B" P |
#7626, aired 2017-11-06 | STARS' INITIAL SHOWS $1600: Sarah Jessica Parker, 1982:
"S.P." Square Pegs |
#7624, aired 2017-11-02 | LET'S EXPLORE $800: CBS & the A.P. featured an article on public curiosity related to this fictional 7-year-old Latina's immigration status Dora (the Explorer) |
#7622, aired 2017-10-31 | FACTS & FIGURES $600: Japan has about 1,500 of these a year but the one at 2:46 P.M. March 11, 2011 was the country's largest ever an earthquake |
#7613, aired 2017-10-18 | IF THE HYPHEN BECOMES A LETTER $400: The hyphen in a car's 180 becomes a "P":
this good day for the market an upturn |
#7609, aired 2017-10-12 | GEOGRA"P" $400: The Atacama Desert stretches south roughly from Chile's border with this country Peru |
#7609, aired 2017-10-12 | GEOGRA"P" $7,200 (Daily Double): In the 17th century its location at England's southwest tip made it the target of pirate raids Penzance |
#7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: In 1948 the winning word was this medical branch that deals with the treatment & prevention of mental illness P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-Y |
#7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1200: In 1981 Paige Pipkin buried the competition with this word for an ancient stone coffin S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
#7599, aired 2017-09-28 | LET'S PLAY CHESS $1000: Descriptive notation like P-Q4 has been largely replaced by this "mathematical" kind, which would say simply d4 an algebraic term |
#7583, aired 2017-07-26 | N*P*R $600: It's another name for a movie's director of photography cinematographer |
#7583, aired 2017-07-26 | N*P*R $1000: This naval vessel's purpose is to seek out & destroy floating enemy bombs a minesweeper |
#7581, aired 2017-07-24 | DOUBLE "P" WORDS $200: Rivaling the goldfish as the most popular aquarium pet, it's native to Venezuela & adjacent islands the guppy |
#7581, aired 2017-07-24 | DOUBLE "P" WORDS $1000: Meaning the reestablishment of cordial relations between 2 nations, it's from the French for "bring together" rapprochement |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $400: The U.S. medal for service while being one of these shows an eagle surrounded by barbed wire a P.O.W. |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | HERE'S FINAL JEOPARDY $1000: The last page of "The Autobiography of" this companion of Gertrude Stein was turned on March 7, 1967 Alice B. Toklas |
#7566, aired 2017-07-03 | WE "LOVE" TO READ $400: Oliver Barrett IV & Jenny Cavilleri are the couple at the heart of this weepie Love Story |
#7566, aired 2017-07-03 | THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES $800: There were surely no beer bashes in support of this party's John P. St. John in 1884 Prohibition's |
#7556, aired 2017-06-19 | NAMES YOU SHOULD KNOW $1000: This man who thought different first became a billionaire after Pixar's I.P.O. Steve Jobs |
#7552, aired 2017-06-13 | "J" WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Change the first letter in a problem for a car tire to get this, a point in time when a decision has to be made juncture |
#7526, aired 2017-05-08 | THE "A.P." $1000: It's what the letters stood for in A&P, the name of a grocery chain Atlantic & Pacific |
#7513, aired 2017-04-19 | THAT'S SHOW BIZ, "BOY" $1200: Hugh Grant claims to have a 2-year-old son & joins S.P.A.T., "Single Parents Alone Together" in this 2002 film About a Boy |
#7496, aired 2017-03-27 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: Seen here is Oliver Cromwell's signature in 1655 during the five years he held this two-word title, hence the P Lord Protector |
#7488, aired 2017-03-15 | "P" SOUP $400: It's from the Greek for "falsely named" pseudonym |
#7480, aired 2017-03-03 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $800: Medical condition characterized by involuntary sleeping N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-S-Y |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESSMEN $1200: This banker preferred to be called by his middle name, Pierpont, which was his mother's maiden name J.P. Morgan |
#7456, aired 2017-01-30 | CHEMISTRY $1200: In Boyle's Law the "P" in the formula PV=k stands for this pressure |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | "P"s AND "Q"s $400: We use this French word to refer to the shape & appearance of one's body physique |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | "P"s AND "Q"s $800: What "The Phantom Menace" is to the original "Star Wars" movie a prequel |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | "P"s AND "Q"s $1200: Pleasantly pungent or spicy piquant |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | "P"s AND "Q"s $1600: It's flooring made up of strips or blocks of wood, often in contrasting colors parquet |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | "P"s AND "Q"s $2000: This fermented milky drink of Mexico hails back to the time of the Aztecs pulque |
#7448, aired 2017-01-18 | 4-LETTER EDIBLES $200: It's also called "p"ocket bread pita |
#7447, aired 2017-01-17 | LETTER PERFECT $2000: The element that can glow in the dark and has atomic number 15 is symbolized by this letter P |
#7445, aired 2017-01-13 | KNOW YOUR SCALES $2000: It's the "P" in MMPI-2, a test that has scales to find degrees of naivete & brooding personality |
#7441, aired 2017-01-09 | A BATEMAN $200: On this '80s sitcom Alex P. Keaton's sister Mallory was played by Justine Bateman Family Ties |
#7441, aired 2017-01-09 | POLITICIANS $2000: In 1940 & '41 Senator Gerald P. Nye was a main spokesman of this committee for keeping the U.S. out of war the America First Committee |
#7430, aired 2016-12-23 | PIECE $2000: P.S.: it's the 2-syllable archaeological word for a piece of broken earthenware potsherd |
#7425, aired 2016-12-16 | TRUST THE SCIENCE $2000: Make this kind of "grab" & tell us it's the P in P=fv, f symbolizing force & v, speed power |
#7420, aired 2016-12-09 | H.P. $400: This small measure was Pa's nickname for Laura on "Little House on the Prairie" Half-Pint |
#7411, aired 2016-11-28 | A SPELLING BEE $1000: Tagalog is a principal language of this country made up of more than 7,000 islands P-H-I-L-I-P-P-I-N-E-S |
#7390, aired 2016-10-28 | LETTER WORDS $200: If you think of something to add after you've finished a letter, put it in one of these, abbreviated P.S. postscript |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | LETTER PERFECT $600: This letter stands for the currency of Albania; when it comes before F, it's often silent L |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | LETTER PERFECT $800: It looks just like the Greek letter rho, but it's not "R" P |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | PEACE $1000: 1648's peace of Westphalia ended this long conflict the Thirty Years' War |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES $2000: "A big nose is indicative of a soul affable, and kind" Edmond Rostand |
#7386, aired 2016-10-24 | VEEP $1600: She's seen here with hubby Juan, shortly before becoming his V.P. in 1973, & his successor in 1974 Isabel Perón |
#7353, aired 2016-07-27 | TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR $400: 1995: "Speaker of the House spearheaded G.O.P.'s sweeping Congressional victory" (Newt) Gingrich |
#7350, aired 2016-07-22 | THINGS TO DO BEFORE $600: It's the "P" in PSAT, which high schoolers may want to take before the SAT preliminary |
#7338, aired 2016-07-06 | MY NAME IS SYMBOLIC $400: Let's "Get The Party Started" by saying this singer uses an exclamation point to replace the "I" in her name P!nk |
#7320, aired 2016-06-10 | THAT'S MY DEPARTMENT! $200: Cordell Hull,
John Kerry,
George P. Shultz State |
#7320, aired 2016-06-10 | THAT'S MY DEPARTMENT! $400: Andrew W. Mellon,
Henry M. Paulson,
George P. Shultz Treasury |
#7320, aired 2016-06-10 | THAT'S MY DEPARTMENT! $600: Robert Reich,
Elaine Chao,
George P. Shultz Labor |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $600: Dry period in U.S. history
(11) Prohibition |
#7309, aired 2016-05-26 | "P" IN FASHION $200: It's the "spritely" name for a very short hairstyle that's worn close to the head & combed in points around the face a pixie |
#7294, aired 2016-05-05 | TEACHERS $400: He didn't yet have Wolverine's claws to motivate his P.E. students at England's Uppingham School Hugh Jackman |
#7291, aired 2016-05-02 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $200: P.M. is short for "post meridiem" & A.M. is short for "ante meridiem", meaning "after" & "before" this time noon |
#7245, aired 2016-02-26 | VICE PRESIDENTS $2000: He shares his full name (but probably not much else) with a P-Funk music legend George Clinton |
#7243, aired 2016-02-24 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $1000: One of Natty Bumppo's title vocations
(10) Pathfinder |
#7234, aired 2016-02-11 | I'LL NEED A TRANSLATOR $600: On an invitation R.S.V.P. means "please answer" & stands for repondez this French phrase s'il vous plaît |
#7228, aired 2016-02-03 | LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS $800: The P in Provera & Prevnar isn't silent, but the one in this drug company that makes them is Pfizer |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | "E-S-P-N" $200: A state of intense irritation exasperation |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | "E-S-P-N" $400: What those in Madrid call their country España |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | "E-S-P-N" $600: Spies do it espionage |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | "E-S-P-N" $800: This artificial language came into being in 1887 Esperanto |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | "E-S-P-N" $1000: An open, level space for walking, like the one in Boston an esplanade |
#7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: A scary New Testament quartet is known as the Four Horsemen of it A-P-O-C-A-L-Y-P-S-E |
#7205, aired 2016-01-01 | A NEW YEAR'S BABY $2000: Time for "K.P." duty: this Brit who spied within MI6 for the Soviets was born on Jan. 1, 1912, or so we were led to believe Kim Philby |
#7189, aired 2015-12-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $3,400 (Daily Double): This tycoon's Northern Securities company was dissolved in 1904 for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act (J.P.) Morgan |
#7178, aired 2015-11-25 | A NOVEL CATEGORY $800: Before he's lobotomized, Randle P. McMurphy attacks Nurse Ratched in this novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
#7163, aired 2015-11-04 | FICTIONAL ORGANIZATIONS $400: This evil organization that 007 has battled in many movies is the title of the 2015 James Bond film S.P.E.C.T.R.E. |
#7157, aired 2015-10-27 | "P"s ON EARTH $200: A groundhog named Phil is the center of attention on February 2 here Punxsutawney |
#7157, aired 2015-10-27 | "P"s ON EARTH $400: The Atlantic islands known as the Azores belong to this country Portugal |
#7157, aired 2015-10-27 | "P"s ON EARTH $600: It was founded in 1434 to succeed Angkor Thom as the Khmer capital Phnom Penh |
#7157, aired 2015-10-27 | "P"s ON EARTH $800: In 1945 Churchill, Truman & Stalin met in this city near Berlin to determine the structure of a post-Nazi Europe Potsdam |
#7157, aired 2015-10-27 | "P"s ON EARTH $1,400 (Daily Double): This city on the Arno River is known for a 12th century campanile Pisa |
#7075, aired 2015-05-22 | POTPOUR"P" $400: This old-timey word for a sitting room comes from the Latin for "to speak" parlor |
#7075, aired 2015-05-22 | POTPOUR"P" $1200: Louisiana's nickname includes this bird pelican |
#7075, aired 2015-05-22 | POTPOUR"P" $1600: If you borrow a Brit's car, he might ask for a favour--put a few litres of this in the tank petrol |
#7059, aired 2015-04-30 | LONG-RUNNING MUSICALS IN SHORT $200: It's set on an island during World War II:
"S.P." South Pacific |
#7058, aired 2015-04-29 | 500 $1000: The S&P of the S&P 500 index stands for this; half of it sounds like something a businessman tries to avoid Standard & Poor's |
#7054, aired 2015-04-23 | THE LAST TIME THE CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES $1600: Some people were tooling about in a luxurious touring car made by this company--one of the three P's Packard |
#7052, aired 2015-04-21 | THE BIGGEST LOSER $800: In a Wimbledon singles final: Miss P.D.H. Boothby, in 1911 to Mrs. R.L. Chambers by this worst possible score 6-love, 6-love |
#7049, aired 2015-04-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $600: This word precedes field theory, mechanics & leap quantum |
#7049, aired 2015-04-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $800: This alliterative music maker was big in the early 1900s a player piano |
#7049, aired 2015-04-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $1000: This general term for an elephant can also apply to a rhino pachyderm |
#7047, aired 2015-04-14 | R.I.P. $1000: Shortly before he died, he designed the wedding dress for George Clooney's bride Oscar de la Renta |
#7025, aired 2015-03-13 | 2-TIMING STATES $200: In this state when it's noon in Poseyville, it's 1 p.m. in Muncie, which is on Eastern Time Indiana |
#7023, aired 2015-03-11 | SPY TECH $1,200 (Daily Double): A hub of cyberspying on U.S. institutions is the Shanghai base of P.L.A. Unit 61398, P.L.A. short for this People's Liberation Army |
#7022, aired 2015-03-10 | ALL PRESIDENT NIXON'S MEN $400: Nixon had 2 Secretaries of State: William P. Rogers & this man, who kept the post after Ford took over Kissinger |
#6991, aired 2015-01-26 | THAT WOMAN CAN SING! $200: In 2010 this Detroit legend said she'd prefer Halle Berry to play her in a film bio; R-E-S-P-E-C-T her wishes! Aretha Franklin |
#6989, aired 2015-01-22 | THIS IS N-P-R $800: It's an oil-resistant synthetic rubber used as a coating neoprene |
#6969, aired 2014-12-25 | CHARACTER REFERENCES $400: This character created by P.G. Wodehouse has been called the "most gentlemanly of gentlemen's gentlemen" Jeeves |
#6964, aired 2014-12-18 | THAT WAS ON TV $1600: In a TV movie based on a P.D. James mystery & Jane Austen's characters, "Death Comes to" this estate of Mr. Darcy Pemberley |
#6963, aired 2014-12-17 | WHAT A COUP! $1600: In 1999 P.M. Sharif didn't like it after this "P.M." named himself Pakistan's chief executive Pervez Musharraf |
#6963, aired 2014-12-17 | WHAT A COUP! $2000: Suleyman Demirel's sixth term was cut short by a 1980 coup but he became P.M. again in 1991 in this country Turkey |
#6957, aired 2014-12-09 | ON THE MENU $1000: A signature starter at P.F. Chang's is chicken lettuce these wraps |
#6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $200: This gaming console that comes in PS4 & PS Vita models P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N |
#6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $1000: This dinosaur also known as Brontosaurus A-P-A-T-O-S-A-U-R-U-S |
#6951, aired 2014-12-01 | LETTER PERFECT $1000: Potassium's symbol on the periodic table of elements isn't P but this letter K |
#6948, aired 2014-11-26 | THE LATE 19th CENTURY $1600: When P.T. Barnum purchased this animal from the London Zoo in 1882, the queen demanded the sale be stopped Jumbo |
#6925, aired 2014-10-24 | FINISH THE C.P. ABBREV. $2000: It's insurance-speak, so we'll give you the "CPC" (Chartered Property & Casualty) but this "U" is up to you underwriter |
#6924, aired 2014-10-23 | U.S. MILITARY MEDALS $2,800 (Daily Double): To be eligible for this medal, you must have been held captive after April 5, 1917 the Prisoner of War Medal (P.O.W. Medal) |
#6907, aired 2014-09-30 | SAME-LETTER SWAP $600: Your "puppy" left some P's on the carpet & became this well-preserved body a mummy |
#6900, aired 2014-09-19 | MUSIC TERMS $1600: P.S., it's the musical "P.S." heard here on the piano the pentatonic scale |
#6880, aired 2014-07-11 | LETTER AFTER P $200: In a message that's appended to a letter after the writer's signature S |
#6880, aired 2014-07-11 | LETTER AFTER P $600: In the postal code of a U.S. commonwealth in the Caribbean R |
#6876, aired 2014-07-07 | WHO KNOWS "C‑P‑R"? $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the study of secret writing, including codes & ciphers cryptography |
#6876, aired 2014-07-07 | WHO KNOWS "C‑P‑R"? $1000: Found in the Southwest, it's a dense growth of shrubs or small trees a chaparral |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | "P"LACES $5,000 (Daily Double): North America's largest oil field lies in the area surrounding this Alaskan bay Prudhoe Bay |
#6863, aired 2014-06-18 | WOMEN'S GROUPS $2000: Meaning "charitable", it's the P in the P.E.O. Sisterhood Philanthropic |
#6855, aired 2014-06-06 | THE UNCIVIL WARS $1600: In 1946 troops of this "abbreviated" military corps were found guilty of shooting P.O.W.'s in the Malmedy Massacre the SS |
#6839, aired 2014-05-15 | MISHMASH $800: Tell T.C. & Rick to keep it down! It's time for this TV show whose theme is heard here Magnum, P.I. |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | P.S. I LOVE YOU $400: Giant of American music
seen here Paul Simon |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | P.S. I LOVE YOU $800: PS can stand for picosecond, this fraction of a second a trillionth |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | P.S. I LOVE YOU $1200: This justice said of pornography, "I know it when I see it", & you'll know him when you see him (Potter) Stewart |
#6830, aired 2014-05-02 | THE 4 Rs $1200: A set of fixed instructions for a routine action is S.O.P., short for this standard operating procedure |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | COOKING "P"s $200: The name of this tubular pasta is from the Italian for "quill"; you can prepare it "alla vodka" penne |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | COOKING "P"s $400: The consistency of this Hawaiian dish eaten with the fingers ranges from "1-finger" to "3-finger" in thickness poi |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | COOKING "P"s $600: To immerse food, often veggies, for a brief time in 212-degree water parboil (poach accepted) |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | COOKING "P"s $800: Open wide for this Italian corn-based dish polenta |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | COOKING "P"s $1000: This Vietnamese noodle dish consists of meat & rice noodles served in a bowl of beef broth & seasonings pho |
#6814, aired 2014-04-10 | INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS $3,000 (Daily Double): Born Helen Lyndon Goff in Australia, she wrote 1934's "Mary Poppins" & several sequels P.L. Travers |
#6810, aired 2014-04-04 | THE AGE OF THE ROBBER BARONS $1200: The "P." in the name of this preeminent banker of the Gilded Age stood for Pierpont, his mother's family (J.P.) Morgan |
#6804, aired 2014-03-27 | MORGAN TOWN $800: This Hartford-born man formed a syndicate that resupplied the U.S. government's gold reserves after the panic of 1893 J.P. Morgan |
#6798, aired 2014-03-19 | INVESTING $1200: (I'm Kevin O'Leary.) Like a shark stalking prey, you need patience for the kind of investing I practice, this 5-letter type that focuses on established companies with low P/E ratios value investing |
#6796, aired 2014-03-17 | THE TWO-THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAN $800: (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)
"What was your most annoying job?"
"Well, I was a scrivener for this poet who couldn't spell. The first line of his prologue, he spells 'April' like this-A-P-R-I-L-L-E. That's--that's how he spelled 'April'" Chaucer |
#6795, aired 2014-03-14 | "P"SCIENTISTS $2000: The average size of a string in string theory is about 10‑33 centimeters, known as this German physicist's "length" (Max) Planck |
#6780, aired 2014-02-21 | FICTIONAL COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1600: Miskatonic University makes its "initial" appearance in this author's 1922 serial "Herbert West--Reanimator" (H. P.) Lovecraft |
#6768, aired 2014-02-05 | CINEMA OF MY YOUTH $800: William Holden's acceptance speech upon winning the Oscar for playing a P.O.W. in this film was a terse "Thank you" Stalag 17 |
#6763, aired 2014-01-29 | IN THE SPORT'S HALL OF FAME $400: More formal names
on its list:
Lawrence P. Berra,
Ernest Banks,
George H. Ruth baseball |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | "P"s ON EARTH $400: In 2010 a cable snapped, sending Foucault's original one of these crashing to a Paris museum floor a pendulum |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | "P"s ON EARTH $1200: The U.S. sped up its pullout from Luzon's Clark Air Force Base after this volcano's 1991 eruption Mount Pinatubo |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | "P"s ON EARTH $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Eataly in New York.) Pandoro in Verona & pandolce in Genoa are also Christmas specialties, but the best known edible symbol of an Italian Christmas is this Milanese treat eaten the world over panettone |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | "P"s ON EARTH $1,800 (Daily Double): The grave of this founder of a U.S. state is at Old Jordans Cemetery, Buckinghamshire, England William Penn |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | "P"s ON EARTH $2000: Most species of this small mammal live in high areas of Asia a pika |
#6711, aired 2013-11-18 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $1000: An E.M.P. or electromagnetic this was first noticed in the U.S. when electronics quit working after nuclear tests a pulse |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | T.P., YOUR HOUSE $200: Tim Pawlenty, from 2003 to 2011 you lived in the governor's mansion in this city St. Paul |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | T.P., YOUR HOUSE $400: Tom Petty, you had a house in Encino in this part of L.A. that's the setting of "Free Falling" the San Fernando Valley |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | T.P., YOUR HOUSE $1000: Tony Parker, your house in this state contained an autographed MJ jersey until one of your security men swiped it Texas |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | WHO'S ON TOUR? $2000: The Truth About Love Tour
(2013) P!nk |
#6699, aired 2013-10-31 | FRANKLY, MY DEAR $400: Richard Steele once wrote, "A woman seldom writes her mind but in her" this, abbreviated P.S. postscript |
#6694, aired 2013-10-24 | "P"OETS $1200: His "The Rape of the Lock" poked fun at a quarrel between Arabella Fermor & a lord who had snipped a lock of the lady's hair Pope |
#6683, aired 2013-10-09 | BUSINESS $400: This phone company took its name from its origin within the "S"outhern "P"acific "R"ailroad Sprint |
#6680, aired 2013-10-04 | 1967 $400: In Dec. Colonel Papadopoulos quit this nation's army & declared himself its P.M.; talk about self-promotion! Greece |
#6652, aired 2013-07-16 | CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE U.S. $1000: Portland was the middle name of this Chief Justice who sought the presidency in 1868 & 1872 while serving on the court (Salmon P.) Chase |
#6650, aired 2013-07-12 | OH, CANADA $400: The Parliament Buildings in this city include the restored office of Canada's first P.M., Sir John A. MacDonald Ottawa |
#6646, aired 2013-07-08 | TEACH YOUR CHILDREN $2000: In the firefighting acronym P.A.S.S., pull the pin, aim at the fire's base, squeeze the lever, then do this until the fire is out sweep |
#6634, aired 2013-06-20 | GEOGRAPHIC FOODS $800: National beef on the P.F. Chang's menu Mongolian |
#6626, aired 2013-06-10 | AVIATION $1600: It's the central section of a plane; the P-82 twin Mustang had 2 of them, each with a cockpit & pilot a fuselage |
#6623, aired 2013-06-05 | WORLD "P"s $400: This South American country is landlocked but loaded with hydropowerful rivers Paraguay |
#6623, aired 2013-06-05 | WORLD "P"s $800: Its area is roughly 65 million square miles the Pacific Ocean |
#6623, aired 2013-06-05 | WORLD "P"s $1600: Maybe Dr. Drew's family came from this city in Belarus where the Pina & Pripet rivers meet Pinsk |
#6623, aired 2013-06-05 | WORLD "P"s $2000: At a July 1945 conference in this city, the Allies set forth a policy to occupy Germany & outlaw the Nazi Party Potsdam |
#6623, aired 2013-06-05 | WORLD "P"s $2,400 (Daily Double): World Book says this "is a small country...that has worldwide importance as a transportation center" Panama |
#6612, aired 2013-05-21 | SILENT P WORDS $800: It's a written acknowledgment that a sum of money or shipment of merchandise has been acquired a receipt |
#6581, aired 2013-04-08 | SYNONYMS $1600: In the eastern U.S. the puma is called by this name that also starts with "P" panther |
#6575, aired 2013-03-29 | WHAT'S YOUR BAILEY-WICK? $800: James Bailey:
The circus, merging with this impresario's "Greatest Show On Earth" in 1881 P.T. Barnum |
#6571, aired 2013-03-25 | BUSINESS LETTERS $600: It's what the S & P stand for in the S&P 500 Standard & Poor's |
#6568, aired 2013-03-20 | BOOK SERIES $400: Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" included 3 "P" titles: "The Pathfinder", "The Prairie" & these brave folks The Pioneers |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS $2000: This 1,000-mile-long river emptying into Hudson Bay wasn't named for a British P.M. but a governor of Hudson's Bay Company the Churchill River |
#6553, aired 2013-02-27 | "P"s ON EARTH $200: Born in this city, Galileo is said to have dropped objects of various weights from atop its famed landmark Pisa |
#6553, aired 2013-02-27 | "P"s ON EARTH $400: One of the 3 stars on its flag represents the region of Luzon the Philippines |
#6553, aired 2013-02-27 | "P"s ON EARTH $600: We'll make the assumption that you know Asunción is its capital Paraguay |
#6553, aired 2013-02-27 | "P"s ON EARTH $1000: In 1790 some British sailors landed at this island & then stripped & burned the HMS Bounty Pitcairn |
#6553, aired 2013-02-27 | "P"s ON EARTH $2,000 (Daily Double): This U.S. city is the seat of Allegheny County Pittsburgh |
#6553, aired 2013-02-27 | THE BAND'S KILLER ALBUM FILLER $2000: On "Icky Thump": ' "300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues" The White Stripes |
#6549, aired 2013-02-21 | "B" NICE $1000: Officially, it's the "B" in B.P.O.E. benevolent |
#6531, aired 2013-01-28 | SENDING THINGS $200: It's the P in UPS, the world's largest package delivery company Parcel |
#6520, aired 2013-01-11 | PRIVATE EYE Q $400: This P.I. is Raymond Chandler's most famous creation Philip Marlowe |
#6520, aired 2013-01-11 | PRIVATE EYE Q $800: Here's our Kinsey Report:
This Sue Grafton private eye is ex-Santa Teresa P.D. Kinsey Millhone |
#6510, aired 2012-12-28 | LETTERS, WE GET LETTERS $200: At the start of a word, this can be silent when it's right before S & it creates an "F" sound when it precedes H P |
#6502, aired 2012-12-18 | THE P-51 MUSTANG $400: The P-51 Mustang's reputation was so great, in the mid-'60s executives at this company named a youth-oriented coupe after it Ford |
#6497, aired 2012-12-11 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS $400: One of this circus man's 1st exhibits was Joice Heth, who claimed to be the 161-year-old nurse of George Washington (P.T.) Barnum |
#6482, aired 2012-11-20 | SCI. ABBREV. $200: In chemistry, B.P. stands for this; water's is 212 degrees Fahrenheit the boiling point |
#6482, aired 2012-11-20 | DIFFERS BY A LETTER $400: With a "D", it's a cute little indentation on the cheek or chin; with a "P", it's a not-so-cute blemish dimple/pimple |
#6479, aired 2012-11-15 | EDUCATION ABBREVIATION $400: It's the "P" in FERPA, which makes schools get student or parent permission to release records privacy |
#6476, aired 2012-11-12 | "P" IS FOR FASHION $600: It's a slip-on shoe with a low-cut throat & usually a medium to high heel a pump |
#6476, aired 2012-11-12 | "P" IS FOR FASHION $800: In 1958 France's Societe de Bonneterie de Tergnier patented mitoufle, a brand of this sheer item for ladies' legs pantyhose |
#6467, aired 2012-10-30 | FOODS, STUFFED $400: Hot out of the oven is one of these stuffed pizza turnovers of Naples a calzone |
#6466, aired 2012-10-29 | ASIA LOVES THAT AMERICAN BRAND $200: This fast food chain is the No. 1 casual dining brand in China with 660 restaurants; that's a lot of P'zones to go Pizza Hut |
#6455, aired 2012-10-12 | BUFFETT TALKS BUSINESS $1000: (Warren Buffett delivers the clue.) If you're a passive investor, you're fine with this type of fund that gets its name because it tracks an aggregation, such as the S&P 500 an index fund |
#6439, aired 2012-09-20 | SEPTEMBER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Friday the 21st is our national recognition day for those still classed as P.O.W.s or these 3 letters that sadly follow M.I.A. |
#6434, aired 2012-08-02 | THE 1910s $1200: In March 1915 the Russian army seized an Austrian fortress & captured 119,000 P.O.W.s, these "of war" prisoners |
#6424, aired 2012-07-19 | MONEY TALKS $1000: (Jimmy of the clue crew gives the clue) One judge of a company's worth is this ratio--its current cost per share divided by its profits per share over a 1-year period the P/E ratio (price to earnings ratio) |
#6407, aired 2012-06-26 | B.P. $400: This occupational symbol is made up of red & white stripes a barber's pole |
#6407, aired 2012-06-26 | B.P. $1000: It's the lowest of the lowest range of voices basso profundo |
#6394, aired 2012-06-07 | FOOD STUFF $800: This type of roast has good "P.R."--at Black Angus it's "seasoned, seared and slowly roasted" prime rib |
#6388, aired 2012-05-30 | CROSS WORLD CLUES "P" $800: What's that sound indenting Northwestern Washington State
(5) Puget |
#6385, aired 2012-05-25 | SPELLING WITH THE STARS $200: 1967 No. 1 for Aretha--give her some! R-E-S-P-E-C-T |
#6370, aired 2012-05-04 | ALL WE NEED IS A TITLE $400: Jane Austen's "P and P" Pride and Prejudice |
#6367, aired 2012-05-01 | "A.P." EXAM $400: One of Vermont's official state foods is this fruity dessert; I'll have mine a la mode! apple pie |
#6367, aired 2012-05-01 | "A.P." EXAM $800: Dating from 1846 & featuring thrill rides & more, Lake Compounce is the USA's oldest continuously operating one an amusement park |
#6367, aired 2012-05-01 | "A.P." EXAM $1600: It's the 2-word French term for a young live-in foreigner who does domestic work for a family an au pair |
#6367, aired 2012-05-01 | "A.P." EXAM $2000: This relative & guardian of Tom Sawyer was based on the author's mother Aunt Polly |
#6358, aired 2012-04-18 | THAT'S WHERE I DRAW THE LION $400: British artist P J Crook painted this slave & his lion friend Androcles |
#6342, aired 2012-03-27 | "P"SYCHOLOGY $2000: Also a Bergman film, it's a Jungian term for the role one takes on in society persona |
#6313, aired 2012-02-15 | PARTY LIKE IT'S 1899 $600: Smith & Wesson introduced the K-frame M&P revolver known as this numerical "special" .38 |
#6300, aired 2012-01-27 | FIRST IN "P"s $400: The African gray is this type of bird; the male can precisely echo human speech a parrot |
#6300, aired 2012-01-27 | FIRST IN "P"s $800: This racket game can be played on a court that has 1, 3 or 4 walls paddleball |
#6300, aired 2012-01-27 | FIRST IN "P"s $1200: John C. Fremont's exploration of the West earned him this nickname "The Pathfinder" |
#6300, aired 2012-01-27 | FIRST IN "P"s $1600: Unlike other marsupials, bandicoots have this, formed in the lining of the uterus to nourish the fetus a placenta |
#6300, aired 2012-01-27 | FIRST IN "P"s $2000: How oxymoronic! This 10-letter name of a musical instrument means "soft loud" a pianoforte |
#6296, aired 2012-01-23 | COUNTRY GROUPS $800: The PIIGS countries are European nations carrying heavy debt; the P & S are these southern neighbors Portugal & Spain |
#6283, aired 2012-01-04 | "G-P-S" $400: During adolescence, you might feel these in your limbs, also the title of an '80s sitcom growing pains |
#6283, aired 2012-01-04 | "G-P-S" $800: These trousers are modeled after those worn by South American cowboys gaucho pants |
#6283, aired 2012-01-04 | "G-P-S" $1600: This navigational device continuously indicates true north a gyrocompass |
#6283, aired 2012-01-04 | "G-P-S" $2000: Oceanography & volcanology are part of this branch of geology geophysics |
#6283, aired 2012-01-04 | "G-P-S" $3,500 (Daily Double): Horripilation is the medical term for this skin condition goose bumps (goose pimples accepted) |
#6282, aired 2012-01-03 | APPETIZERS $400: The signature appetizer at P.F. Chang's is chicken in cups of this vegetable lettuce |
#6278, aired 2011-12-28 | ORANGE YOU HUNGRY? $1200: Orange chicken is the most popular item at this restaurant founded by Andrew Cherng Panda Express |
#6273, aired 2011-12-21 | PETS IN HISTORY $2000: This little protege of P.T. Barnum led a playful attack on Queen Victoria's poodle after the dog barked at him Tom Thumb |
#6258, aired 2011-11-30 | 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Instead of with a "P-H", there's an alternate 4-letter spelling of this Greek pastry dough filo |
#6249, aired 2011-11-17 | IT'S ANDREW! $1200: In 1901 he sold his steel company to J.P. Morgan for a tidy $250 million (Andrew) Carnegie |
#6244, aired 2011-11-10 | JEOPORTMANTEAU $600: Additional note at the end of a letter plus revered texts postscripture |
#6242, aired 2011-11-08 | ABBREV. $1000: C.P., short for this, is a military unit's headquarters a command post |
#6235, aired 2011-10-28 | KEYBOARD NEIGHBORS $400: They combine to make an "F" sound "G" & "H" |
#6222, aired 2011-10-11 | THE PATRIOT LEAGUE $400: Commanding J.P. Morgan's converted yacht, Richard Wainwright was a hero of the Battle of Santiago in this 1898 war the Spanish-American War |
#6220, aired 2011-10-07 | OLD (REALLY OLD) PHOTOS $1600: That's not Napoleon--it's P.T. Barnum's attraction Charles Stratton, known by this name Tom Thumb |
#6219, aired 2011-10-06 | TIDY $800: Thomas Cadden wrote the jingle about this P&G personality who'll tidy "your whole house & everything that's in it" Mr. Clean |
#6203, aired 2011-07-27 | LAWS $800: Grimm's Law of consonant shifts says the Indo-European "P" sound became an "F", so piscis became this English word fish |
#6202, aired 2011-07-26 | LETTERMAN $400: This 19th century showman's first successful exhibit at the American Museum was the Feejee Mermaid (yeah, it was fake) P.T. Barnum |
#6178, aired 2011-06-22 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $200: Captain Ahab's whaling vessel
(6) the Pequod |
#6178, aired 2011-06-22 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $600: Ophelia's pop
(8) Polonius |
#6178, aired 2011-06-22 | MOTOR SPORTS $1600: In 1999 the A.P.'s Driver of the Century was this Italian American whose career spanned the 1950s to the 1990s Mario Andretti |
#6163, aired 2011-06-01 | GOOD MANORS $1600: Get to know Queen Victoria's favorite P.M. by visiting Hughenden Manor, where he lived from 1848 to 1881 Disraeli |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | "P-S-P" $200: An association of at least 2 people joined by a contract in a business a partnership |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | "P-S-P" $400: This is a place where personal property is left as security in exchange for a money loan a pawnshop |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | "P-S-P" $600: This plant has a large, white edible root parsnip |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | "P-S-P" $800: This software was called Display & also ImagePro before Adobe bought it Photoshop |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | "P-S-P" $1000: 6-letter term for care after surgery post-op |
#6156, aired 2011-05-23 | SPELL IT RIGHT $600: In England it's zero C-Y-P-H-E-R |
#6154, aired 2011-05-19 | "P"s & "Q"s $400: A small commemorative tablet, perhaps for that gunk on your teeth a plaque |
#6154, aired 2011-05-19 | "P"s & "Q"s $800: In 4 letters, a clever or sarcastic remark a quip |
#6154, aired 2011-05-19 | "P"s & "Q"s $1200: A floor of short strips of patterned wood; Celtics star Bob Cousy was the "Prince" of it at Boston Garden parquet |
#6154, aired 2011-05-19 | "P"s & "Q"s $1600: The type of film "Hannibal Rising" was a prequel |
#6154, aired 2011-05-19 | "P"s & "Q"s $2000: Tart tasting piquant |
#6129, aired 2011-04-14 | PSILENT "P" $1600: Let's park in the Jurassic to see this flying reptile with a birdlike beak a pterodactyl |
#6128, aired 2011-04-13 | THE BIGGEST U.S. CITY STARTING WITH... $800: P
(It's rising out west) Phoenix |
#6123, aired 2011-04-06 | GOING P-F-T $1200: It's vulgar or irreverent speech, gosh darn it! profanity |
#6119, aired 2011-03-31 | AT RANDOM $1600: At the end of a letter, P.S. stands for postscript; as an officer of the law, it stands for this a police sergeant |
#6108, aired 2011-03-16 | P.O. $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the 9-letter word for the hobby of collecting stamps philately |
#6105, aired 2011-03-11 | GOD SPELL $800: Vulcan is the Roman equivalent of this Greek fire god (10 letters) H-E-P-H-A-E-S-T-U-S |
#6071, aired 2011-01-24 | ANCIENT "P"LACES $400: If you were a Philistine in biblical times, it means you hailed from what's now called this place Palestine |
#6071, aired 2011-01-24 | ANCIENT "P"LACES $2,000 (Daily Double): The Roman-created Decapolis had 10 cities, including this one that shares its name with one of the largest in the U.S. Philadelphia |
#6070, aired 2011-01-21 | THIS IS N-P-R $200: In 2010 Newark's Star-Ledger, one of these, was expected to lose $10 million a newspaper |
#6070, aired 2011-01-21 | THIS IS N-P-R $1000: It's the filtering & excretory unit of the kidney nephron |
#6070, aired 2011-01-21 | PLUTO: NEVER FORGET! $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew illustrates the clue on the monitor.) Pluto's symbol combines the letters "P" & "L", representing both the first two letters of the name "Pluto" & the initials of this observatory founder, who predicted Pluto's existence Percival Lowell |
#6047, aired 2010-12-21 | YOU "EARN"ED IT $1600: It's paired with "Bear" in the name of an investment company bought by J.P. Morgan Chase in March 2008 Stearns |
#6040, aired 2010-12-10 | MATH TERMS $1200: (Jimmy shows a logical proposition on a monitor.) Used in propositional logic problems & often read, for example, as "P if and only if Q", the symbol here denotes this term biconditional or equivalence |
#6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "P.G." $800: In bowling it's 12 consecutive strikes a perfect game |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | "P"RODUCE $200: A plum that's suffering from dehydration a prune |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | "P"RODUCE $800 (Daily Double): Augusta National Golf Club is on land once used to grow Belle & Thurber types of these peaches |
#6007, aired 2010-10-26 | "C-P-R" $2000: He's the attendant at a casino who rakes in the chips & money croupier |
#6005, aired 2010-10-22 | "G" MEN $600: Wellington's last words, "Yes, if you please", came when asked if he'd like some tea, maybe this P.M. who followed him Earl Grey |
#5977, aired 2010-09-14 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $200: If Train A leaves Oamaru at 9 a.m. at 70 MPH & Train B leaves Timaru at 1 p.m. going 80, this will still be New Zealand's capital Wellington |
#5968, aired 2010-07-21 | HISTORICAL YEARBOOK ENTRIES? $1000: Can't wait to go to Visva-Bharati U.! Future goal: to be the "I" in '70s Congress-I Party & be India's Madam P.M. (again) Indira Gandhi |
#5962, aired 2010-07-13 | THE FAMILY CIRCUS $3,000 (Daily Double): P.T. Barnum's famed conjoined twins, Chang & Eng were born in this country in 1811 Siam (Thailand accepted) |
#5958, aired 2010-07-07 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $800: The written note from a doctor to a pharmacist telling what medicine you need P-R-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N |
#5955, aired 2010-07-02 | SEE "P-K" $1200: It's the type of pillow seen here patchwork |
#5955, aired 2010-07-02 | SEE "P-K" $1600: It's a good idea to have plenty of this spice on hand paprika |
#5950, aired 2010-06-25 | GO BALLISTIC! $1200: This 2-word term that includes part of the gun refers to a bullet's speed as it leaves; 2,000 F.P.S. is not uncommon muzzle velocity |
#5944, aired 2010-06-17 | THE IRON HORSE $600: Built around 1830, this first U.S. locomotive shared its name with a diminutive P.T. Barnum star Tom Thumb |
#5942, aired 2010-06-15 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $1200: (Hi. I'm Julie Bowen.) I've got to have my '70s funk, especially if it's from this man who's headed Parliament Funkadelic & of course, the P-Funk All-Stars (George) Clinton |
#5923, aired 2010-05-19 | RIGHT BY THE NUMBERS $1000: It preceded 38 in the designation of the U.S. Army's Lightning fighter plane of World War II P |
#5913, aired 2010-05-05 | STATE THE STATE $200: State that's home to the Alfred P. Sloan Museum, featuring the Buick Automotive Gallery Michigan |
#5909, aired 2010-04-29 | I DETECT A DETECTIVE $800: That's right, sweetheart, "The Big Sleep" saw the debut of Philip Marlowe, this author's Los-Angels based P.I. (Raymond) Chandler |
#5869, aired 2010-03-04 | BUSINESS PEOPLE $1000: In 1901 this Hartford-born man financed the creation of U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar company J.P. Morgan |
#5853, aired 2010-02-10 | BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL $600: This 1973 grad gave Harvard's 1989 commencement address shortly after beginning her first term as P.M. of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto |
#5837, aired 2010-01-19 | INVEST $2000: To determine a company's performance before you invest, check out its P/E ratio, this price to earnings |
#5837, aired 2010-01-19 | U.S. HISTORY $6,000 (Daily Double): 1967 saw the amendment on presidential succession pass & this future V.P. become governor of Maryland Spiro Agnew |
#5832, aired 2010-01-12 | FAMOUS SHAMUS $1000: Robert B. Parker introduced this one-named P.I. in 1974's "The Godwulf Manuscript" Spenser |
#5813, aired 2009-12-16 | "D.P." $800: In 1993 this chain put crunchy thin crust on its menus nationwide Domino's Pizza |
#5813, aired 2009-12-16 | "D.P." $2000: It sure looks pleasant enough, but the plant seen here has this satanic name devil's paintbrush |
#5777, aired 2009-10-27 | "P.M." $2000: A good soil conditioner, it's often spread on the ground to protect plants in hot, dry weather peat moss |
#5776, aired 2009-10-26 | WHEN $600: On June 11, 2004 this ex-British P.M. delivered a videotaped eulogy for Ronald Reagan at Washington's National Cathedral Margaret Thatcher |
#5775, aired 2009-10-23 | CUT TO THE "CHASE" $2000: The first Republican governor of Ohio, he later adorned U.S. currency Salmon P. Chase |
#5775, aired 2009-10-23 | SPEED UP! $2000: Abbreviated P.A., it's a device used to speed up bits of atoms a particle accelerator |
#5759, aired 2009-10-01 | WHAT, ME HURRY? $200: So it's 6:55 P.M., so what? The Sarge told me to be on duty at 1900 hours! That's not until this civilian time 7:00 P.M. |
#5759, aired 2009-10-01 | WHAT, ME HURRY? $1000: It's only 6:45 P.M. here in L.A.; I still have this many minutes to call my pal in Montreal before his 11 P.M. bedtime 75 |
#5758, aired 2009-09-30 | IN THE NAVY $800: The grandfather & father of this P.O.W./politician are the USA's only father & son to each be a full admiral John McCain |
#5751, aired 2009-09-21 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $400: Elgar's "And Circumstance" preceder
(4) Pomp |
#5740, aired 2009-07-17 | THE SECRET LIVES OF TEACHERS $400: You buy the P.E. teacher's soccer injury story? He hurt his knee jumping police cars on a Harley-Davidson this, duh a motorcycle |
#5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $200: This S-T-E-E-L C-I-T-Y is the seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H |
#5726, aired 2009-06-29 | GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT $600: Finland's pres. is Tarja Halonen; Taraji P. Henson was Queenie, the adoptive mom in "The Curious Case of" him Benjamin Button |
#5722, aired 2009-06-23 | NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS WINNERS $400: Singers honored in 1999: Odetta, Lydia Mendoza, & her--show her some R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Aretha Franklin |
#5717, aired 2009-06-16 | ON THE "MA"P $400: It's the easternmost of Canada's Prairie Provinces Manitoba |
#5717, aired 2009-06-16 | ON THE "MA"P $1200: It's Mexico's largest Pacific port Mazatlán |
#5717, aired 2009-06-16 | ON THE "MA"P $2000: It's the strait between the Malay Peninsula & the Island of Sumatra the Strait of Malacca |
#5708, aired 2009-06-03 | OLD HAT $1600: The Smithsonian has a teensy top hat worn by this man, possibly P.T. Barnum's most famous attraction Tom Thumb |
#5694, aired 2009-05-14 | MIND YOUR SHAKESPEARE "P"s & "Q"s $400: Gertrude's royal title, in "Hamlet" (& don't say mom) Queen |
#5694, aired 2009-05-14 | MIND YOUR SHAKESPEARE "P"s & "Q"s $800: "My little body is aweary of this great world", she sighs in "The Merchant of Venice" Portia |
#5694, aired 2009-05-14 | MIND YOUR SHAKESPEARE "P"s & "Q"s $1200: Kate: "if I be waspish, best beware my sting"; his reply: "my remedy is then, to pluck it out" Petruchio |
#5694, aired 2009-05-14 | MIND YOUR SHAKESPEARE "P"s & "Q"s $1600: Marina's dad (need a hint? he rules Tyre) Pericles |
#5694, aired 2009-05-14 | MIND YOUR SHAKESPEARE "P"s & "Q"s $2000: Fruity surname of Peter in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Quince |
#5692, aired 2009-05-12 | TV GEOGRAPHY $1000: Lilly Rush of this city's P.D. tries to find the killer of each "Cold Case" Philadelphia |
#5691, aired 2009-05-11 | BROADWAY REVIVALISM $1600: In April 2009 Bill Irwin & Nathan Lane began "Waiting for" him (P.S. They're still waiting) Godot |
#5688, aired 2009-05-06 | WHEE! IT'S 1893! $1200: The U.S. Navy established this rank abbreviated C.P.O. chief petty officer |
#5678, aired 2009-04-22 | "IQ" TEST $2000: Maputo is the capital & largest city of this country Mozambique |
#5662, aired 2009-03-31 | SIGNIFICANT MOTHERS $1200: Reportedly, the Manhattan cocktail was created for a banquet given by this British P.M.'s Amer. mum Jennie (Winston) Churchill |
#5661, aired 2009-03-30 | MILITARY ABBREV. $400: A special op should know the S.O.P., this, but may deviate from it standard operating procedure |
#5635, aired 2009-02-20 | THE "-STING" $800: Fishermen & directors do it (P.S. Don't sit on that couch!) casting |
#5634, aired 2009-02-19 | DO NOT COLLECT $200 $1000: In 2008 this country's P.M. Nuri al-Maliki said the U.A.E. forgave its $7 billion debt; that's a lot to forgive Iraq |
#5628, aired 2009-02-11 | THE GADSDEN PURCHASE $600: In the 1880s this Transcontinental Railroad abbreviated S.P. was built through the Gadsden purchase lands Southern Pacific |
#5624, aired 2009-02-05 | ROCK FORMATIONS $400: This Jimmy Page foursome first played together as part of the session group on P.J. Proby's "Three Week Hero" Led Zeppelin |
#5602, aired 2009-01-06 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $400: "T.P.P."
by John Bunyan The Pilgrim's Progress |
#5592, aired 2008-12-23 | "P"ICK THIS CATEGORY! $600: From the Greek for "chief father", he's the head of a family or clan patriarch |
#5586, aired 2008-12-15 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1600: Types of seismic waves include L, P & S, which stand for Love, primary & this secondary |
#5584, aired 2008-12-11 | HERE'S THE PISTOLS $1000: Though the names don't start with M or P, this 2-named company makes the M&P compact 9mm Smith & Wesson |
#5576, aired 2008-12-01 | A "P.C." CATEGORY $10,800 (Daily Double): Title 7 of California's this covers "crimes against public justice" the penal code |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $800: In mythology, Thisbe's lover
(7) Pyramus |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $1000: Georges Seurat's specialty
(11) Pointillism |
#5562, aired 2008-11-11 | ON THE MONEY $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew explains with an animated illustration on the monitor.) The most common theory of the origin of the dollar sign is that instead of writing Ps as a plural, people started putting the S over the P; the P stood for this peso |
#5554, aired 2008-10-30 | HALLOWEEN: TRICK OR TREAT $600: On Oct. 31, 1776 M.P.s might have felt tricked as this monarch told them it was not going too well over in America George III |
#5548, aired 2008-10-22 | "P"s TIME $200: This boy "picked a peck of pickled peppers" Peter Piper |
#5548, aired 2008-10-22 | "P"s TIME $400: To put off to a later day or time procrastinate (or postpone) |
#5548, aired 2008-10-22 | "P"s TIME $600: Ball Park franks do this "when you cook 'em" plump |
#5548, aired 2008-10-22 | "P"s TIME $800: Upon this offspring's return in Luke 15, the fatted calf is killed the prodigal son |
#5548, aired 2008-10-22 | "P"s TIME $1000: These numbered steps taken by duelists determined the agreed-upon distance between them paces |
#5541, aired 2008-10-13 | FAMOUS ELEPHANTS $800: Ashes of this elephant, P.T. Barnum's most famous, are kept in a Peter Pan peanut butter jar at Tufts Univ. Jumbo |
#5538, aired 2008-10-08 | ATLANTIS $2000: This "Necronomicon" creator wrote of a submarine's discovery of Atlantis in "The Temple" H.P. Lovecraft |
#5534, aired 2008-10-02 | "PAR"TY TIME $3,000 (Daily Double): It's equal to 3.26 light years parsec |
#5532, aired 2008-09-30 | GOOD "P.R." $1200: It's a system in which one's work is evaluated by those in the same field; NIH grants are subject to dual ones peer review |
#5532, aired 2008-09-30 | GOOD "P.R." $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew bangs Jimmy of the Clue Crew on the knee.) It's the medical term for the response elicited by a tap on a particular tendon; axons quickly carry the impulse, causing the lower leg to extend patella reflex |
#5513, aired 2008-07-23 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $400: U.S. Constitutional preface
(8) preamble |
#5513, aired 2008-07-23 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $1600: Cricket field's central part
(5) pitch |
#5510, aired 2008-07-18 | SINGLE DADS ON THE TUBE $1000: At 11:59 P.M. of the last episode of season one, this character's wife, Teri, is found dead, shot by Nina Myers Jack Bauer |
#5505, aired 2008-07-11 | "J.P." $600: He played Duke Washburn, Curly's twin brother, in "City Slickers II" Jack Palance |
#5505, aired 2008-07-11 | 19th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $1000: In 1849 this "fishy" guy who would later be on the $10,000 bill was elected to the U.S. Senate Salmon P. Chase |
#5502, aired 2008-07-08 | NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT $400: Initially yours: in 1895 his syndicate bought all of a $62 million bond issue, ending a gold shortage in the U.S. treasury J.P. Morgan |
#5492, aired 2008-06-24 | "P" IN SCIENCE $4,600 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew inserts a needle into a balloon.) The balloon doesn't break because it's made up of this type of substance, from the Greek for "many parts"; the needle merely separates the large molecules a polymer |
#5477, aired 2008-06-03 | SUE GRAFTON'S ALPHABET MYSTERIES $1200: Imminent danger:
"P Is For..." Peril |
#5475, aired 2008-05-30 | "P" COUNTRY $800: King Afonso I's 57-year reign from 1128-85 was an important factor in this country's independence from a larger neighbor Portugal |
#5475, aired 2008-05-30 | "P" COUNTRY $1200: It's the 3-word name for the eastern half of the island of New Guinea Papua New Guinea |
#5474, aired 2008-05-29 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: Ngo Dinh Diem's P.R. people coined this term for the band of guerillas that fought South Vietnam the Viet Cong |
#5455, aired 2008-05-02 | "P"EOPLE $400: The 1946 film "Night and Day" was about this composer who wrote "Begin the Beguine" & "It's De-Lovely" (Cole) Porter |
#5455, aired 2008-05-02 | FELINE FINE AT THE MOVIES $800: Someone left the cat out in the rain in this 1961 film (P.S.--it was Audrey Hepburn) Breakfast at Tiffany's |
#5448, aired 2008-04-23 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $200: It can be corporal or capital punishment |
#5448, aired 2008-04-23 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $400: By tradition, no pope ever chooses this name Peter |
#5448, aired 2008-04-23 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $600: To beat or strike repeatedly, or the skin of a fur-bearing animal pelt |
#5448, aired 2008-04-23 | 1984 $600: An IRA bomb at Brighton's Grand Hotel failed to take out this British P.M. who was there Margaret Thatcher |
#5448, aired 2008-04-23 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $800: Angola & Mozambique both use this Romance language as an official one Portuguese |
#5448, aired 2008-04-23 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.) The fossils in Carlsbad Caverns include sponges, snails & trilobites, all from the Permian period, the tail end of this era whose name means "ancient life" Paleozoic |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | A SPELLING PRODUCTION $400: From the Greek for "vein", it's the inflammation of a vein P-H-L-E-B-I-T-I-S |
#5441, aired 2008-04-14 | CEPHALOPODCAST $400: The tentacles of cephalopods bear these, also a name for P.T. Barnum's customers suckers |
#5435, aired 2008-04-04 | "BARN"S $600: Step right up! This impresario's ostentatious mansion was known as "Iranistan" P.T. Barnum |
#5434, aired 2008-04-03 | THE QUASI-WAR WITH FRANCE $4,000 (Daily Double): In October 1797, the U.S. met with agents of France known by these 3 code letters X, Y & Z |
#5416, aired 2008-03-10 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $400: Let's show her a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T; she's the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Aretha Franklin |
#5411, aired 2008-03-03 | FICTIONAL DETECTIVES $2000: This rotund P.I.'s household includes chef Fritz Brenner & "orchid nurse" Theodore Horstmann Nero Wolfe |
#5407, aired 2008-02-26 | CALIFORNIA ROLE $1000: L.A. P.I.
J.J. Gittes investigates the city's water management & other mysteries in this 1974 film Chinatown |
#5402, aired 2008-02-19 | AN ABBREV. CATEG. $200: At the end of a letter:
P.S. postscript |
#5393, aired 2008-02-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew inspects a jewel.) Once a French term for an imperfect gem, it's now the name of the magnifying glass jewelers use to find flaws in gems a loupe |
#5391, aired 2008-02-04 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $2000: "A.S.P."
by John Knowles A Separate Peace |
#5371, aired 2008-01-07 | FOOD WORDS & PHRASES $1200: The Boeing P-26 fighter of the 1930s & '40s was nicknamed this, like a classroom weapon a peashooter |
#5370, aired 2008-01-04 | THE VATICAN ONLINE $2000: Clicking on this alliterative link, you find out how the faithful can make their offerings via cash or credit card Peter's Pence |
#5360, aired 2007-12-21 | FROM A TO E $2000: Next time you fall on your behind, be grateful for this cushioning tissue of fat cells just below the skin adipose |
#5352, aired 2007-12-11 | THE COLOR PURPLE $400: Established by George Washington in 1782, it can also be given to P.O.W.s who've been mistreated Purple Heart |
#5351, aired 2007-12-10 | CIRCUS SCIENCE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew watches some trapeze artists rehearse at Circus Center in San Francisco, CA.) At the start of the trick, the trapeze artist has maximized her P.E., this; at the moment of the catch, she wants to maximize it again so she's not moving potential energy |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | "MAC" OR "P.C." $800: This Italian writer's major works were a vain attempt to win back favor of the Medicis Machiavelli |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | "MAC" OR "P.C." $1600: Stone pavement bound with cement or tar, named for a Scottish engineer macadam (tarmac accepted) |
#5337, aired 2007-11-20 | MOVIE PREMIERES $2,000 (Daily Double): The premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's "Union Pacific" was a 3-day costume spectacle in this city where the U.P. railroad began Omaha, Nebraska |
#5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: It's French for butterfly P-A-P-I-L-L-O-N |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $400: In arteries, it can cause arteriosclerosis; on the teeth, in can cause decay plaque |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $800: A clever or witty remark quip |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $1200: To multiply by 5 quintuple |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $1600: To excite the curiosity (perhaps by looking through a keyhole) pique |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $2000: The ship in "Moby Dick" that gets its name from an Indian tribe destroyed by the Puritans Pequod |
#5314, aired 2007-10-18 | "P" IS FOR PHYSICS $400: Also found before plant, pack & politics, it's the P in P equals force times velocity power |
#5314, aired 2007-10-18 | "P" IS FOR PHYSICS $800: This element, Pu, was first detected in a cyclotron at Berkeley in 1940 plutonium |
#5314, aired 2007-10-18 | "P" IS FOR PHYSICS $2000: It's an elementary light particle also called a fuzzy ball photon |
#5297, aired 2007-09-25 | SWEET "P" $200: Gene Fowler's biography of John Barrymore is called "Good Night, Sweet" this Prince |
#5291, aired 2007-09-17 | STUPID ANSWERS $200: The Old Milwaukee brewing company is headquartered in this city Milwaukee |
#5289, aired 2007-09-13 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1200: L.A. P.I., OK? Chandler's champ, slept big & his goodbye was long Philip Marlowe |
#5286, aired 2007-09-10 | "P"LEASE $200: From the Latin for "having a sharp point", it's an adjective meaning keeping to an arranged time punctual |
#5286, aired 2007-09-10 | "P"LEASE $1000: In mathematics, it's a flat surface of infinite extent; in carpentry, it's a tool used on surfaces a plane |
#5265, aired 2007-06-29 | I'M INTO WORLD "P"s $200: Excavations of this ancient city began in 1748; it was buried under 20 feet of volcanic debris Pompeii |
#5265, aired 2007-06-29 | I'M INTO WORLD "P"s $400: Districts in this country include Braga, Viana do Castelo & Lisboa Portugal |
#5265, aired 2007-06-29 | I'M INTO WORLD "P"s $600: It's bounded by Bolivia, Brazil & Argentina Paraguay |
#5265, aired 2007-06-29 | I'M INTO WORLD "P"s $800: We are marching to the former capital of Transvaal, this city north of Johannesburg Pretoria |
#5265, aired 2007-06-29 | I'M INTO WORLD "P"s $1000: In 1975 Murdoch University opened in this state capital of Western Australia Perth |
#5265, aired 2007-06-29 | JOHN LEGEND $3,200 (Daily Double): As the U.S. Constitution was vague, this V.P. decided to name himself President instead of calling for an election John Tyler |
#5264, aired 2007-06-28 | SOUNDS LIKE A U.S. STATE $400: Jill of "Crossing Jordan" knows this cognac brand has a Paradis Extra variety in addition to V.S.O.P. & X.O. Hennessy |
#5250, aired 2007-06-08 | PASS THE "P"s $400: It's the currency of Mexico, Senor the peso |
#5250, aired 2007-06-08 | PASS THE "P"s $800: A type of wooden flooring with the blocks laid out in a decorative pattern parquet |
#5250, aired 2007-06-08 | PASS THE "P"s $1200: It's a British word for a fistfight; in Hollywood, it's to add jokes to a comedy script a punch-up |
#5250, aired 2007-06-08 | PASS THE "P"s $1600: It can be a nuclear reactor or an assemblage of things laid one upon the other a pile |
#5250, aired 2007-06-08 | PASS THE "P"s $2000: The unscheduled temporary replacement of a TV show, often by a newsworthy event preemption |
#5242, aired 2007-05-29 | HIP-HOP ON POP $400: Give us just one of the names of this hip-hop impresario, ASCAP's Rhythm & Soul Songwriter of the Year in 1996 P. Diddy |
#5240, aired 2007-05-25 | "P"s ON EARTH $400: A council or conference among North American Indians a powwow |
#5240, aired 2007-05-25 | "P"s ON EARTH $800: Arrrrr! September 19 is "International Talk Like" one of these "Day" a pirate |
#5240, aired 2007-05-25 | "P"s ON EARTH $1200: The Jones Act of 1917 granted U.S. citizenship to inhabitants of this Caribbean island Puerto Rico |
#5240, aired 2007-05-25 | "P"s ON EARTH $1600: A larval toad or frog a pollywog |
#5240, aired 2007-05-25 | "P"s ON EARTH $2000: The holy scriptures of the Sikhs are written in this 7-letter language spoken by about 70 million Punjabi |
#5227, aired 2007-05-08 | HISTORICAL OUTGOING MESSAGES $2000: 'Allo all! What a day in 1759, eh what? My boy's been born! Guess I'll be "The Elder" P.M. now! Wait for the beep, ta! (William) Pitt |
#5225, aired 2007-05-04 | BIG MEN ON CAMPUS $2000: This Quebecois began teaching law at the University of Montreal in 1961 & became Canada's P.M. 7 years later Pierre Elliott Trudeau |
#5218, aired 2007-04-25 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE $800: Bivalve concretions prefacing hogs
P E _ _ L S
_ E _ O _ E
S _ _ _ E Pearls Before Swine |
#5218, aired 2007-04-25 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE $1600: Elgar's exaltation
P _ _ P
_ N _
C _ _ C U _ _ _ _ N C _ Pomp And Circumstance |
#5211, aired 2007-04-16 | CHICKS RULE! $800: In the 1990s this Down Under island country has back-to-back female P.M.'s, Jenny Shipley & Helen Clark New Zealand |
#5204, aired 2007-04-05 | ODE TO THE WEST WING $400: The presence of the No. 2 man seems to cast a glow / within thy precincts, room with the initials V.P.O. Vice President's Office |
#5196, aired 2007-03-26 | LEMME SEE THOSE "LIP"s $1000: Cobbler's dream seen here a millipede |
#5193, aired 2007-03-21 | "P"AINTERS & "P"AINTING $1600: It's the technique of applying paint in little spots, as exemplified by Seurat pointillism |
#5193, aired 2007-03-21 | "P"AINTERS & "P"AINTING $5,800 (Daily Double): This abstract expressionist had his first solo show at Peggy Guggenheim's art gallery Pollock |
#5188, aired 2007-03-14 | "TIME" FOR A CHANGE $200: In England, it's often betwen 3 & 5 p.m. & includes finger sandwiches & scones teatime |
#5187, aired 2007-03-13 | "P"LACES ON THE MAP $200: On the Liberty Bell, this state's name is missing one of its "N"s Pennsylvania |
#5187, aired 2007-03-13 | "P"LACES ON THE MAP $1000: Home to Italy's second-oldest university, where Galileo & Fallopius taught Padua |
#5182, aired 2007-03-06 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $800: A 21st century British P.M. & a U.S. female speed-skating gold medalist Tony & Bonnie Blair |
#5180, aired 2007-03-02 | CAST $400: Nurse Ratched,
Randle P. McMurphy,
Dr. Spivey One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
#5171, aired 2007-02-19 | LETTER MEN $400: He's the taller of the two gentlemen in the photo seen here P.T. Barnum |
#5155, aired 2007-01-26 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $400: There's a sucker born every minute, & this showman known for saying it was born on July 5, 1810 (P.T.) Barnum |
#5151, aired 2007-01-22 | MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS $200: In March 1983 this "Magnum P.I." star became the first male centerfold in McCall's history; he kept his clothes on Tom Selleck |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $2000: A concluding part added to a literary work where you might read, "Billy would become Canada's P.M. in 2022" epilogue |
#5118, aired 2006-12-06 | DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the "P" in PFT, a function test that measures air capacity, among other things pulmonary |
#5118, aired 2006-12-06 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $2000: Samuel & Salmon P., both of the Supreme Court Chase |
#5105, aired 2006-11-17 | BROAD WEIGH $800: Vantile Mack, the 257-pound "Giant Baby", & 628-pound Jane Campbell were seen at this showman's American Museum P.T. Barnum |
#5096, aired 2006-11-06 | P TIMES 3 $200: As a noun, it's a condiment; as a verb, it means to hit with rapidly repeated short jabs pepper |
#5096, aired 2006-11-06 | P TIMES 3 $400: Something that restores one's depressed spirits; Bounty paper towels are the "quicker" one picker-upper |
#5096, aired 2006-11-06 | P TIMES 3 $600: It's a roundish or oblate variety of apple pippin |
#5096, aired 2006-11-06 | P TIMES 3 $800: A fun kind of this is a children's book with 3-D cutout artwork; a not-so-fun kind happens while Internet surfing a pop-up |
#5086, aired 2006-10-23 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: 1954:
This architectural term for the part of a church that crosses the nave at right angles T-R-A-N-S-E-P-T |
#5079, aired 2006-10-12 | THE TITANIC $800: The first warning of the iceberg came at 11:40 P.M. from Fred Fleet, the lookout in this platform high above the deck the crow's nest |
#5047, aired 2006-07-18 | EARTHQUAKES $1200: S, or secondary, seismic waves travel fairly slowly, but these waves deep in the earth exceed 25,000 mph P waves (primary) |
#5037, aired 2006-07-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $800: Doctor's direction for drug use
(12) prescription |
#5031, aired 2006-06-26 | LANDMARKS $2000: The official residence for the V.P. of the U.S. is on the grounds of the USNO, the United States Naval this Observatory |
#5014, aired 2006-06-01 | THERE WAS A FARMER $800: William Ferguson Massey, an Auckland-area farmer, advanced farm interests as this country's P.M. from 1912 to 1925 New Zealand |
#4999, aired 2006-05-11 | FIRST IN OUR HEARTS $800: The first of these cast for a woman was Roger MacBride's, going to 1972 Libertarian V.P. candidate Theodora Nathan an Electoral College vote |
#4993, aired 2006-05-03 | THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS OF 2006 $600: "G.O.P. UNREST OVER PORTS" read a headline when this emirate's control of some U.S. ports was opposed by Congress in March Dubai |
#4991, aired 2006-05-01 | HIPPO-POURRI $400: On August 12, 1861 this showman exhibited what may have been the first hippo in the U.S. at his American museum P.T. Barnum |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | SCIENCE CLASS $1600: A litmus test can help you set things on this scale devised by S.P.L. Sorensen a pH scale |
#4986, aired 2006-04-24 | THAT IS SO "P.C." $200: In a popular children's song, this fuzzy guy is "hoppin' down the bunny trail" Peter Cottontail |
#4986, aired 2006-04-24 | THAT IS SO "P.C." $600: In 1977 the U.S. signed a treaty to return control of this to its home country in 1999 the Panama Canal |
#4985, aired 2006-04-21 | ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER $800: Add this letter to Jupiter's moon Io & you get an acronym that's a ground-floor stock offer for regular guys P (IPO) |
#4973, aired 2006-04-05 | GOOD GOLLY MALAWI! $400: Malawi's chief exports are tobacco & this, which is highly popular in Britain around 4 p.m. tea |
#4967, aired 2006-03-28 | MIDDLE NAMES $600: U.S. ambassador & political patriarch:
Patrick Joe Kennedy |
#4965, aired 2006-03-24 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $400: In 1961 this country's P.W. Botha assumed his first cabinet position--Minister of Coloured Affairs South Africa |
#4957, aired 2006-03-14 | SWEET "P" $200: One of Santa's 8 tiny reindeer, according to Clement Clarke Moore Prancer |
#4946, aired 2006-02-27 | FIRE! $800: The Bank of America is around today because A.P. Giannini saved its currency from this city's 1906 fire San Francisco |
#4942, aired 2006-02-21 | P.T. BARNUM $200: In 1881 this man's International Allied Shows joined with P.T. to promote "The Greatest Show on Earth" Bailey |
#4942, aired 2006-02-21 | P.T. BARNUM $400: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations has one quote attributed to Barnum--this one about gullible people "There's a sucker born every minute" |
#4942, aired 2006-02-21 | P.T. BARNUM $1000: In 1860 this pair originally from SE Asia came out of retirement for a 6-week exhibition at Barnum's American museum Chang & Eng (the original Siamese twins) |
#4940, aired 2006-02-17 | TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER $800: In computerese, it's what the P stands for in the abbreviation HTTP protocol |
#4938, aired 2006-02-15 | PS2 $400: Highly prized blue corundum gems sapphires |
#4929, aired 2006-02-02 | NEWSPAPERS $2000: You could call C.P. Scott, who edited Manchester's leading newspaper for 57 years, this kind of "angel" Guardian |
#4922, aired 2006-01-24 | IT'S NOT T.V. $2000: First 2 initials of the author of a series of novels about a butler named Jeeves P.G. (Wodehouse) |
#4916, aired 2006-01-16 | INITIALLY YOURS $800: After a 1907 panic, this financier who helped organize U.S. Steel led the effort to keep banks afloat J.P. Morgan |
#4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $200: 1946:
This system of flag & arm position signals S-E-M-A-P-H-O-R-E |
#4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $400: 1983:
This festival commemorating the rescue of Persia's Jews P-U-R-I-M |
#4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $600: 1976:
This condition, characterized by frequent & uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-S-Y |
#4884, aired 2005-12-01 | IT'S CURTAINS FOR YOU $2000: Her short-story collection "A Curtain of Green" includes "Why I Live at the P.O." Eudora Welty |
#4878, aired 2005-11-23 | CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUMS $400: One of the largest contemp. art orgs., N.Y.'s P.S. 1, uses a building that began as this type of institution a (public) school |
#4855, aired 2005-10-21 | THE BOYS IN BLUE $400: 1st used in police work by Berkeley, Ca.'s chief August Vollmer in the 1920s, this tool measures pulse, B.P. & respiration a lie detector |
#4853, aired 2005-10-19 | LANGUAGES & DIALECTS $400: Our wood stoop, the one on the front of a house, comes from this language's word spelled S-T-O-E-P Dutch |
#4848, aired 2005-10-12 | SPELLING $400: Get hooked on the spelling of... P-H-O-N-I-C-S |
#4848, aired 2005-10-12 | SPELLING $1200: Convince me that you can spell... P-E-R-S-U-A-S-I-O-N |
#4848, aired 2005-10-12 | SPELLING $1600: You'll make me hungry when you spell... S-P-A-G-H-E-T-T-I |
#4841, aired 2005-10-03 | NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS $2000: 1938:
P.S.B.,
United States Pearl Buck |
#4821, aired 2005-07-18 | NOW THAT'S ITALIAN $2000: What a political comeback! In '94 he quit as P.M. amid charges of corruption but was re-elected in 2001 Berlusconi |
#4816, aired 2005-07-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $900 (Daily Double): On May 4, classes at this Midwestern school recess from noon until 2:00 p.m. as part of an official day of remembrance Kent State |
#4816, aired 2005-07-11 | SILENT "P" $1600: A general in Alexander's army, he became king of Egypt in 305 B.C. Ptolemy |
#4816, aired 2005-07-11 | SILENT "P" $2000: The supposed ability to use mental powers to move objects, it's often abbreviated PK psychokinesis |
#4799, aired 2005-06-16 | WRITERS AT REST $600: It doesn't take a P.I. like his Sam Spade to find this man's grave at Arlington; it's in Section 12, Lot 508 Dashiell Hammett |
#4790, aired 2005-06-03 | 20th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $1200: During Stanley Baldwin's term as P.M., this King of England abdicated King Edward VIII |
#4787, aired 2005-05-31 | 'ALLO, GOVERNOR! $1,000 (Daily Double): Henry S. Thibodaux,
P.B.S. Pinchback Louisiana |
#4787, aired 2005-05-31 | SCIENCE BRIEFS $1200: For water, it's 0 degrees Celsius:
F.P. freezing point |
#4784, aired 2005-05-26 | HE'S A JAMAICAN, MON $800: Edward Seaga, Michael Manley & P.J. Patterson have all held this highest Jamaican political post Prime Minister |
#4779, aired 2005-05-19 | "W"HO CAN IT BE NOW? $1000: Sean O'Casey described this author of "The Inimitable Jeeves" as "English Literature's Performing Flea" P.G. Wodehouse |
#4751, aired 2005-04-11 | WORLD "P"s $200: The "4 questions" asked on this occasion include wondering why we have to eat unleavened bread Passover |
#4751, aired 2005-04-11 | WORLD "P"s $400: Malay or Sinai peninsula |
#4751, aired 2005-04-11 | WORLD "P"s $600: Gunmen after this South American dictator in 1986 used rockets, bazookas, rifles & grenades--& missed! Pinochet |
#4751, aired 2005-04-11 | WORLD "P"s $800: World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines Peru |
#4751, aired 2005-04-11 | WORLD "P"s $1000: Named for an adviser to Catherine the Great, this type of "village" looks deceptively impressive a Potemkin village |
#4749, aired 2005-04-07 | "A.M"/"P.M." $400: This critter's scientific name is Mantis religiosa a praying mantis |
#4749, aired 2005-04-07 | "A.M"/"P.M." $1200: This popular character first appeared in 1933's "The Case of the Velvet Claws" Perry Mason |
#4749, aired 2005-04-07 | "A.M"/"P.M." $1600: From the French for "small illness", it's a mild form of epilepsy petit mal |
#4744, aired 2005-03-31 | OH, A WEISS GUY, EH? $800: It's the state capital where on September 8, 1935 Dr. Carl Weiss shot Senator Huey P. Long Baton Rouge |
#4739, aired 2005-03-24 | "P" AN' "O"s $400: Temporary loss of electricity a power outage |
#4739, aired 2005-03-24 | "P" AN' "O"s $800: Children's game of giving letters & receiving kisses in return post office |
#4739, aired 2005-03-24 | "P" AN' "O"s $1200: Of the genus Rhus, it'll give you a rash if touched poison oak |
#4739, aired 2005-03-24 | "P" AN' "O"s $1600: A drink of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, salt & pepper, taken as a hangover cure a prairie oyster |
#4739, aired 2005-03-24 | "P" AN' "O"s $2000: A time for the media to take pictures of a politician doing something newsworthy a photo opportunity |
#4715, aired 2005-02-18 | P.C. $400: William Phipps was the speaking voice of this handsome fella in Disney's "Cinderella" Prince Charming |
#4715, aired 2005-02-18 | POSSESSIVE MOVIES $1200: A Frank Sinatra P.O.W. adventure:
"____ Express" Von Ryan's |
#4711, aired 2005-02-14 | GEEK LETTER SOCIETIES $400: The U.S. Internet Industry Association posts an FBI-esque list of these, like worm netsky.p viruses |
#4692, aired 2005-01-18 | FROM THE LATIN FOR... $1200: ..."native country", it's returning a refugee or P.O.W. to his homeland repatriating |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: Bury yourself (& an ancient Egyptian) in this 1981 winner from the greek for "flesh-eating" S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: This Athenian school founded by Aristotle in 335 B.C. was the last word of the 1992 competition L-Y-C-E-U-M |
#4682, aired 2005-01-04 | THE STARS $600: Add an "A" to the beginning of this star (double the "P") & you get singing without instrumental accompaniment Capella (a cappella accepted) |
#4673, aired 2004-12-22 | I'VE GOT THE POWER $1000: In 1922, after his Fascisti marched on the capital, he became Italy's P.M. & most powerful politician Mussolini |
#4669, aired 2004-12-16 | "P"s ON EARTH $400: The event in the Olympic decathlon in which the contestant gets the farthest off the ground pole vault |
#4669, aired 2004-12-16 | "P"s ON EARTH $800: It's a large Marine corps training camp near San Diego Camp Pendleton |
#4669, aired 2004-12-16 | "P"s ON EARTH $1200: While exploring the Arkansas River in 1806, he discovered the Colorado Peak named for him Zebulon Pike |
#4669, aired 2004-12-16 | "P"s ON EARTH $1600: Though she was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, this seedy young lady only spent part of the year with them Persephone |
#4669, aired 2004-12-16 | "P"s ON EARTH $2000: Through the house of York, Richard I was the last king of this dynasty Plantagenet |
#4662, aired 2004-12-07 | PUT OUT THE CHINA $800: Abbreviated P.R.O.C., this nation was founded by Mao & friends in 1949 People's Republic of China |
#4661, aired 2004-12-06 | REPORTING THE NEWS $600: (Hi. I'm Tim Russert of NBC's Meet the Press.) An interview I did in 2000 with this senator & former P.O.W. won an excellence in TV journalism award John McCain |
#4658, aired 2004-12-01 | DECEMBER 1st $1000: 1941: The C.A.P., this nonmilitary U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is created the Civil Air Patrol |
#4652, aired 2004-11-23 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $200: Aristotle's teacher
(5) Plato |
#4646, aired 2004-11-15 | FRATERNITY SUIT $800: Last name of the Michigan State A.T.O. who, in '99, followed in Dad's footsteps & became president of the Teamsters (James P.) Hoffa |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | RESUMÉS OF WORLD LEADERS $1200: B.S. from Egyptian Military Academy; air base commander, 1964; V.P, 1975 to 1981; president, 1981 (Hosni) Mubarak |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | IT'S ELEMENTAL $600: In the electronics industry, this element symbolized Si, is made into N- & P-types of semiconductors silicon |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | A WORLD OF BOOKS $1200: Detective Cordelia Gray debuted in this Englishwoman's "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman" (P.D.) James |
#4630, aired 2004-10-22 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1000: It's when a group wants you to conform so you'll be accepted
P _ _ R
P R _ _ _ U R _ peer pressure |
#4608, aired 2004-09-22 | A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF HERBERT HOOVER $1200: Hoover was born in 1874, the year this man began his second stint as Britain's P.M. Disraeli |
#4607, aired 2004-09-21 | SILENT "P" $400: An extinct flying reptile from the Cretaceous Period, it had a wingspan of about 25 feet a pteranodon |
#4603, aired 2004-09-15 | RATED "P.G." $200: In golf, it's the short-cropped area around the hole the putting green |
#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 |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | WHO'S THE SUBJECT? $1600: "Prince of Humbugs" & "The Fabulous Showman" P.T. Barnum |
#4581, aired 2004-07-05 | BUILDING BRIDGES $4,200 (Daily Double): In Thailand a sound & light show depicts the bombing of this bridge built by P.O.W.s the bridge on the River Kwai |
#4579, aired 2004-07-01 | LOST IN TRANSLATION $1000: Rosuto Japanese |
#4578, aired 2004-06-30 | "P"EOPLE $400: He was James Gamble's brother-in-law & business partner (William) Procter |
#4578, aired 2004-06-30 | "P"EOPLE $1600: This advocate of a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet was the subject of a book, "The Man Who Healed America's Heart" Pritikin |
#4575, aired 2004-06-25 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1600: 2003's "Blow Fly" is her twelfth novel to feature Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now a private forensics consultant Patricia Cornwell |
#4567, aired 2004-06-15 | MIND YOUR SCIENCE "P"s & "Q"s $400: It's nothing to write home about, but the hollow spines on a hedgehog are called these quills |
#4567, aired 2004-06-15 | HITS OF THE '60s $400: In 1967 Aretha Franklin proved she could S-P-E-L-L with this song, one of the biggest solo hits of her career "Respect" ("R-E-S-P-E-C-T" accepted) |
#4567, aired 2004-06-15 | MIND YOUR SCIENCE "P"s & "Q"s $800: You may have noticed that this planet isn't on the same ecliptic plane as the others in the solar system Pluto |
#4567, aired 2004-06-15 | MIND YOUR SCIENCE "P"s & "Q"s $1200: The eggs of the Japanese species of this small game bird were studied on the Mir Space Station quail |
#4567, aired 2004-06-15 | MIND YOUR SCIENCE "P"s & "Q"s $1600: The Titanic sank with its artifacts to 12,500 feet, where this is measured at about 380 atmospheres pressure |
#4567, aired 2004-06-15 | MIND YOUR SCIENCE "P"s & "Q"s $2000: Sadly, James Joyce died before these hypothetical particles were named for a word he used in "Finnegans Wake" a quark |
#4557, aired 2004-06-01 | THE INC. SPOTS $1200: It's the geographic "P" in the name of San Francisco-based power company PG&E Pacific |
#4553, aired 2004-05-26 | FAMOUS NORWEGIANS $400: Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway's first woman P.M., became director of this U.N. agency for global well-being the World Health Organization |
#4552, aired 2004-05-25 | 2 "P"s $200: Snow White's roommate who fits the category Happy |
#4552, aired 2004-05-25 | 2 "P"s $400: "Laugh-In" popularized the phrase "You bet your" this your bippy |
#4552, aired 2004-05-25 | 2 "P"s $600: The Star of India is this gem variety of corundum a sapphire |
#4552, aired 2004-05-25 | 2 "P"s $1,000 (Daily Double): The Blue Ridge, Catskills & Cumberland Mountains are all part of this range the Appalachians |
#4552, aired 2004-05-25 | 2 "P"s $1000: This word for a ghostly counterpart of a living person is from the German for "double walker" a doppleganger |
#4539, aired 2004-05-06 | SIMPLY GEOGRAPHIC $1000: Named for a former U.S. president, this mountain peak in Denali N.P. is the highest point in the United States Mount McKinley |
#4536, aired 2004-05-03 | YOU NEED A TIME OUT $400: A type of time out that sounds like what a puppy has 4 of pause |
#4536, aired 2004-05-03 | RIGHT ON THE MONEY $1000: A "D" on U.S. coins indicates the coin was minted in Denver; a "P", this city Philadelphia |
#4533, aired 2004-04-28 | EARTH SCIENCE $100 (Daily Double): Seismographers use the difference in speed between P waves & S waves to locate this point the epicenter |
#4513, aired 2004-03-31 | Q-P $400: It's a 4-channel sound system; double stereo quadraphonic |
#4513, aired 2004-03-31 | Q-P $800: It's a significant change for a physicist or for Scott Bakula a quantum leap |
#4513, aired 2004-03-31 | Q-P $1200: You can still buy this character's cereal online Quisp |
#4513, aired 2004-03-31 | Q-P $1600: He's the villainous moneylender in "The Old Curiosity Shop" Daniel Quilp |
#4492, aired 2004-03-02 | NOVEL ENDINGS $800: This novel ends with Chief Bromden escaping from the hospital after he smothers Randle P. McMurphy One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
#4487, aired 2004-02-24 | FOOD CHAIN $400: P.F. Chang's is an upscale bistro specializing in the cuisine of this country China |
#4477, aired 2004-02-10 | TEEN CUISINE $1000: This pizza chain offers "Meat Lover's" and "Pepperoni Lover's" version of its P'zone Pizza Hut |
#4467, aired 2004-01-27 | "W"HODUNNIT? $1200: His last complete novel, 1974's "Aunts Aren't Gentlemen", involves further adventures of Wooster & Jeeves P.G. Wodehouse |
#4464, aired 2004-01-22 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $200: On his last of 3 live appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show", he was only shown from the waist up Elvis Presley |
#4464, aired 2004-01-22 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $400: You might need "jacks or better" to open when playing this game poker |
#4464, aired 2004-01-22 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $600: Since 1954, the Blue Angels' home base has been this Florida naval air station known as the "Annapolis of the Air" Pensacola |
#4464, aired 2004-01-22 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $800: Ceramic name for the type of enamel used in bathroom fixtures porcelain |
#4464, aired 2004-01-22 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $1000: A verb & the words modifying it make up this syntactic unit that's part of a complete sentence predicate |
#4455, aired 2004-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $600: Birthday good wishes
M _ _ _
_ _ P P _
R _ T _ R _ S many happy returns |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | PASS THE "P"s $200: It's a hill or mountain with a level top plateau |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | PASS THE "P"s $400: It's an act performed to show sorrow for having committed a sin penance |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: "Queen of Soul" who got R‑E‑S‑P‑E‑C‑T as the 32nd president of the U.S. Aretha Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | PASS THE "P"s $800: In I Corinthians he tells us that charity is the greatest virtue Paul |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | PASS THE "P"s $1,000 (Daily Double): This publication is credited to an imaginary astronomer & appeared from the early 1730s to 1757 "Poor Richard's Almanack" |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | PASS THE "P"s $1000: It's a highfalutin' 6-syllable word for sleight of hand magic prestidigitation |
#4416, aired 2003-11-17 | FIRST, MIDDLE & LAST NAME'S THE SAME $2000: Flutist Galway, birder John Audubon, Author P.D. James |
#4415, aired 2003-11-14 | THE IVY LEAGUE $400: Boston Ivy's scientific name. P. Tricuspidata indicates that it has leaves with this many lobes 3 |
#4406, aired 2003-11-03 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $800: The Brits use this more colorful spelling of airplane A-E-R-O-P-L-A-N-E |
#4399, aired 2003-10-23 | "P"s TIME $400: In mythology, when this was opened, all the world's evils were let out Pandora's box |
#4399, aired 2003-10-23 | "P"s TIME $800: From a Narragansett word, it's a traditional gathering of Native American tribes pow-wow |
#4399, aired 2003-10-23 | "P"s TIME $1200: From the Middle English for "spoils", it means to steal a small amount or item pilfer |
#4399, aired 2003-10-23 | "P"s TIME $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew standing in front of a chalkboard) From the Greek for "close", it's the point in the orbit of any object at when it's closest to the object it's orbiting perigee |
#4399, aired 2003-10-23 | "P"s TIME $2000: From the Old Latin for "first born", it was the feudal law by which only eldest sons got an inheritance primogeniture |
#4392, aired 2003-10-14 | HOAXES $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the Buckhorn Museum in San Antonio, Texas) One of P.T. Barnum's classic hoaxes was the Fiji this, actually a monkey's head on a fish's body mermaid |
#4386, aired 2003-10-06 | ADD A LETTER $600: It's what you add to row to get the front part of a boat P |
#4379, aired 2003-09-25 | WEBSTER'S 3rd P. 2004 $200: A cowboy might mosey into one of these bars a saloon |
#4379, aired 2003-09-25 | WEBSTER'S 3rd P. 2004 $400: A sock in the eye hurts; a sockeye is this fish salmon |
#4379, aired 2003-09-25 | WEBSTER'S 3rd P. 2004 $600: Meaning to leap or burst "forth", it's also the name of famous astronaut Ride sally |
#4379, aired 2003-09-25 | WEBSTER'S 3rd P. 2004 $800: The living room of a fashionable French home, it's also a place your mom may go for a beauty treatment a salon |
#4379, aired 2003-09-25 | WEBSTER'S 3rd P. 2004 $1000: This genus of bacteria found on poultry & eggs can also be spread by pet turtles salmonella |
#4363, aired 2003-07-16 | "P"SCIENCE & MEDICINE $400: Rather than a single disease, it's a general term for lung diseases involving inflammation pneumonia |
#4363, aired 2003-07-16 | ALL IN THE FAMILY $400: This was Indira Gandhi's maiden name (her father was India's first P.M.) Nehru |
#4363, aired 2003-07-16 | "P"SCIENCE & MEDICINE $800: This extinct flying reptile's name is from the Greek for "finger wing" pterodactyl |
#4363, aired 2003-07-16 | "P"SCIENCE & MEDICINE $1200: It's any type of severe mental illness characterized by hallucinations & delusions psychosis |
#4344, aired 2003-06-19 | 1901 $1600: Andrew Carnegie & this man merged their companies in 1901 to form U.S. Steel J.P. Morgan |
#4330, aired 2003-05-30 | DISTURBING THE "P"s $400: Planter's, fish house & champagne are 3 types of this festive drink punch |
#4330, aired 2003-05-30 | DISTURBING THE "P"s $800: This board can decide whether to release you from prison before your full sentence has been served parole board |
#4330, aired 2003-05-30 | DISTURBING THE "P"s $1200: Lemurs & humans both belong to this animal order primates |
#4330, aired 2003-05-30 | DISTURBING THE "P"s $1600: It's the city where you'll find the main campus of the University of South Africa Pretoria |
#4330, aired 2003-05-30 | DISTURBING THE "P"s $2000: Clowns attempt rape, cheat on each other & eventually commit murder in this Leoncavallo opera Pagliacci |
#4328, aired 2003-05-28 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $400: His short stories include 1962's "A & P" & his novels include 1960's "Rabbit, Run" John Updike |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | ON THE "MA"P $1200: The 4 largest islands of Spain's Balearic Group are Ibiza, Minorca, Formentera & this one Majorca |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | ON THE "MA"P $1600: (Hi. I'm Jeff Probst.) Off Thailand's southwest coast Tarutao National Park is in this strait, leading out to the Indian Ocean the Malacca Strait |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | ON THE "MA"P $2000: (Alex gives the clue from Africa.) An early morning balloon ride for all of us here in Kenya has taken us along this very important river Mara |
#4297, aired 2003-04-15 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF OPERA $400: In "The English Cat", a cat is a president of the R.S.P.R.--The Royal Society for Protection of these rodents rats |
#4296, aired 2003-04-14 | BUSINESS ABBREV. $800: Furnisher of financial data on Wall St.:
S&P Standard & Poor's |
#4293, aired 2003-04-09 | DECODE THE PERSONAL AD $600: Physically, this S.A.F. is H.W.P., height & weight this proportional |
#4293, aired 2003-04-09 | DECODE THE PERSONAL AD $800: Nothing casual for this S.A.F., H.W.P. -- she wants this, an L.T.R. long-term relationship |
#4267, aired 2003-03-04 | 2 "P"s $400: To affordably ship up to 70 pounds of... whatever, try this from the U.S. Postal Service parcel post |
#4267, aired 2003-03-04 | 2 "P"s $800: Here's Sitting Bull holding one on his lap peace pipe |
#4267, aired 2003-03-04 | 2 "P"s $1,200 (Daily Double): A particular personal annoyance commonly listed in high school yearbooks pet peeve |
#4267, aired 2003-03-04 | 2 "P"s $1600: This Microsoft presentation graphics program has been ubiquitous in the business world PowerPoint |
#4267, aired 2003-03-04 | 2 "P"s $2000: The Indiana World War Memorial has a bronze statue called this, Latin for "for one's country" Pro Patria |
#4262, aired 2003-02-25 | "P"EOPLE $200: With the Mets since 1998, he's been called "The greatest-hitting catcher ever to play the game of baseball" Mike Piazza |
#4262, aired 2003-02-25 | "P"EOPLE $400: If you know that he bought a half interest in his father-in-law's brewing co. in 1864, you win the blue ribbon Frederick Pabst |
#4259, aired 2003-02-20 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $400: Holding one of these gives you the exclusive right to market an invention patent |
#4259, aired 2003-02-20 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $800: Named for its 2 founders, this company supplied the Union during the Civil War & later introduced Ivory & Tide Procter & Gamble |
#4259, aired 2003-02-20 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $1200: Radio waves are sent out in short, rapid bursts by these unusual stars that are similar to quasars pulsars |
#4259, aired 2003-02-20 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $1600: These "spiny" cacti of the genus Opuntia share part of their name with edible fruits of the genus Pyrus prickly pear |
#4259, aired 2003-02-20 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $2000: 1 of the 2 men usually credited with the Bunker Hill quote "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" William Prescott or Israel Putnam |
#4258, aired 2003-02-19 | A PUB QUIZ $800: Proverbially, if you're minding your "P"s & "Q"s in a pub, you're watching your intake of these 2 units pints & quarts |
#4257, aired 2003-02-18 | TIME TO P"UNT" $800: A deep, guttural sound, or a U.S. infantryman grunt |
#4257, aired 2003-02-18 | TIME TO P"UNT" $1200: One of your grandmother's daughters aunt |
#4246, aired 2003-02-03 | NICKNAMES REJECTED BY P. DIDDY $200: It's the hole & flap in your portal that allows your schnauzer to go in & out doggie door |
#4246, aired 2003-02-03 | NICKNAMES REJECTED BY P. DIDDY $400: It's a burger with cheese & grilled onions on rye bread and toasted in an iron skillet patty melt |
#4246, aired 2003-02-03 | NICKNAMES REJECTED BY P. DIDDY $600: It's the abbreviation for a device that stores your data; a Palm Pilot, for example PDA |
#4246, aired 2003-02-03 | NICKNAMES REJECTED BY P. DIDDY $800: It's a soft pad used to apply makeup to the face, or an old derby for female pilots powder puff |
#4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AESOP A.S.A.P. $200: One of these creatures talks a lion out of eating him, later saves the lion from a trap mouse |
#4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AESOP A.S.A.P. $400: Farmer proves strength in unity to sons by showing a bundle of these that can't be broken all at once sticks |
#4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AESOP A.S.A.P. $600: Fox can't reach these, decides they are sour grapes |
#4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AESOP A.S.A.P. $800: Wolf disguised as one of these gets killed by shepherd wanting dinner sheep |
#4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AESOP A.S.A.P. $1000: Hungry, lazy grasshopper tries to talk these insects out of food in winter ants |
#4228, aired 2003-01-08 | "P" ENDINGS $1600: In the past (we think it's in the past) kids who used bad language got their mouths washed out with this soap |
#4228, aired 2003-01-08 | "P" ENDINGS $2000: It's the type of computer display abbreviated BMP bitmap |
#4226, aired 2003-01-06 | SHE'S IN CHARGE $2000: It computes that Carly Fiorin is chairman & C.E.O. of this computer company abbreviated H.P. Hewlett-Packard |
#4224, aired 2003-01-02 | "L.P."s $200: They're caused by uterine contractions during childbirth labor pains |
#4224, aired 2003-01-02 | "L.P."s $400: Prison workers really do make these, including the vanity type license plates |
#4224, aired 2003-01-02 | "L.P."s $600: Facility seen here at Kennedy Space Center launch pad |
#4224, aired 2003-01-02 | "L.P."s $800: For the Hyundai Accent, it's just under $10,000 list price |
#4224, aired 2003-01-02 | "L.P."s $1000: Objects appear to get smaller & parallel lines converge in the distance in this system of spatial representation linear perspective |
#4222, aired 2002-12-31 | "P"-RUSSIA $800: Russian for "restructuring", it was part of Gorbachev's effort to fix the economy perestroika |
#4222, aired 2002-12-31 | "P"-RUSSIA $1000: This composer's "Peter and the Wolf" is for narrator & orchestra Sergei Prokofiev |
#4212, aired 2002-12-17 | CANADIAN P.M.s $400: Since 1867 all the P.M.s, except for 2 Unionists, have been from 1 of these 2 parties Conservative or Liberal |
#4212, aired 2002-12-17 | CANADIAN P.M.s $2000: The first Canadian to win the Nobel Peace Prize (he did it in 1957), he retired as P.M. in 1968 Lester Pearson |
#4196, aired 2002-11-25 | HURRY "UP"! $1000: Geographically, Michiganders know it's the U.P. Upper Peninsula |
#4183, aired 2002-11-06 | "P.B." $800: It's the state flower of Delaware (not Georgia) peach blossom |
#4160, aired 2002-10-04 | THAT'S SO '90s $600: His 1997 meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was the first for a British P.M. & an IRA leader in 76 years Tony Blair |
#4156, aired 2002-09-30 | WORD PUZZLES $600: What singer Tiny Tim wanted to do:
---------------------------------
T
U
L
T I P T O E
P
S "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" |
#4153, aired 2002-09-25 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $800: A boat's bow
(4) prow |
#4147, aired 2002-09-17 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $1200: One of your skills is spelling... A-C-C-O-M-P-L-I-S-H-M-E-N-T |
#4144, aired 2002-09-12 | A VERY "P.C." CATEGORY $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Richard Petty Driving Experience at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) It's the 2-word term for the support group that's helping me to get back in the race pit crew |
#4125, aired 2002-07-05 | TIME $800: If it's 5:00 p.m., Friday, on the west side of the International Date Line, it's this day & time on the east side 5:00 p.m., Thursday |
#4124, aired 2002-07-04 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $400: P.T. Barnum's circus partner, he took his first bow on July 4, 1847 (James) Bailey |
#4120, aired 2002-06-28 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $200: This person changes the reels in the back of the movie theater, hopefully in the right order projectionist |
#4120, aired 2002-06-28 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew writing on a chalkboard.) The tilde goes over Ns in Spanish, but over vowels in this neighboring language Portuguese |
#4120, aired 2002-06-28 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $600: The name of this protective South American outerwear is from the Spanish for "faded" poncho |
#4120, aired 2002-06-28 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $800: It's an ornament or piece of jewelry that hangs from a necklace pendant |
#4120, aired 2002-06-28 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew wearing a tallit.) Known in Hebrew as tallit, it's the morning religious garment I'm wearing prayer shawl |
#4111, aired 2002-06-17 | ANIMAL CRACKERS $200: Though this circus entrepreneur's name is on the Nabisco box, he was never cut in on the profits P.T. Barnum |
#4110, aired 2002-06-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $400: The Who's "Wizard" (7) Pinball |
#4110, aired 2002-06-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $1600: Schopenhauer's specialty (10) philosophy |
#4103, aired 2002-06-05 | MNEMONICS $4,000 (Daily Double): In biology's "King Philip came over from Germany Saturday", K & P are kingdom & phylum; G & S are these genus & species |
#4084, aired 2002-05-09 | "P"s & "Q"s $200: The Dionnes, born in 1934, were famous ones quintuplets |
#4084, aired 2002-05-09 | "P"s & "Q"s $400: It's the ship in Melville's famous whale tale the Pequod |
#4084, aired 2002-05-09 | "P"s & "Q"s $600: Like "Tommy", this '70s rock opera by The Who was also made into a movie Quadrophenia |
#4084, aired 2002-05-09 | "P"s & "Q"s $800: It's Latin for any 4-footed mammal a quadruped |
#4084, aired 2002-05-09 | "P"s & "Q"s $1000: In Mexico the juice of certain agaves is used to make this milky fermented drink pulque |
#4080, aired 2002-05-03 | AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS $2000: A character known as "Sister" narrates this Mississippi woman's famous story "Why I Live at the P.O." Eudora Welty |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | FAMOUS J.P.'s $400: Her msnbc.com bio calls her "one of the most ubiquitous newswomen in America" Jane Pauley |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | FAMOUS J.P.'s $800: (Hi, I'm Jeff Probst, host of "Rock and Roll Jeopardy!") This Led Zeppelin guitarist was a master of distortion & feedback Jimmy Page |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | FAMOUS J.P.'s $1200: The swinging hairdresser in the film "Shampoo" is said to be based on this producer associated with Barbra Streisand John Peters |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | FAMOUS J.P.'s $1600: This Oriole pitcher & underwear model won World Series games in the '60s, '70s & '80s Jim Palmer |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | FAMOUS J.P.'s $2000: This controversial Episcopal bishop left the U.S. & disappeared into the Israeli desert in 1969 (Bishop) James Pike |
#4055, aired 2002-03-29 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: "By Jeeves", Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical based on this author's stories, opened on Broadway in 2001 P.G. Wodehouse |
#4040, aired 2002-03-08 | SPELLING BEE $200: This long river flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I |
#4032, aired 2002-02-26 | NEW YORK SCHOOLS $400: NYC-born novelist Joseph Heller went to P.S. 188, P.S. standing for this Public School |
#4022, aired 2002-02-12 | CLASS ACTIONS $600: Competition in which you'd hear, "Asparagus, A-S-P-A-R-A-G-U-S, asparagus" a spelling bee |
#4004, aired 2002-01-17 | INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS $1000: This man & his sister wrote the novel "A Year at Hartlebury" under pseudonyms in 1834, before he was Britain's P.M. Disraeli |
#3990, aired 2001-12-28 | DEAR DIARY $400: March 28, 2001: Hmm..."Hip Hoppin; Howdy Diddy"...That's not right..."P. Diddy"! That's the name I'll call myself! Sean "Puffy" Combs |
#3983, aired 2001-12-19 | YOU WEREN'T "THERE" $800: P.T. Barnum made this pithy observation regarding suckers There's one born every minute. |
#3972, aired 2001-12-04 | CANADA LEFTOVERS $1600: This representative of the queen is appointed by the queen on the P.M.'s recommendation governor-general |
#3971, aired 2001-12-03 | BILL SHAKESPEARE, P.I. $400: This title guy thinks his wife's cheatin'; says "She with Cassio hath the act of shame a thousand times committed" Othello |
#3971, aired 2001-12-03 | BILL SHAKESPEARE, P.I. $1,000 (Daily Double): Impressive trail of corpses in this title guy's wake: the Dukes of Clarence & York & the Prince of Wales Richard III |
#3971, aired 2001-12-03 | BILL SHAKESPEARE, P.I. $1000: Something's rottin' in Denmark & it's the 2 corpses of these courtiers; an ambassador tells of their deaths in 5.2 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern |
#3970, aired 2001-11-30 | "B"EAUTIFUL $1000: (A Renaissance artist, or the intellectual game Cheryl & Jimmy are playing)
Cheryl: P.
Jimmy: Is it the founder of a colony?
Cheryl: No, it's not William Penn. Botticelli |
#3964, aired 2001-11-22 | DONKEYS & ELEPHANTS $300: This very small place in Ohio was named after P.T. Barnum's very big elephant Jumbo |
#3950, aired 2001-11-02 | NOBEL LAUREATES SPEAK $600: (Hi, I'm George Olah, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.) The "P" in Boyle's Law, PV=K, stands for this pressure |
#3945, aired 2001-10-26 | COMPOUND WORDS $800: As an afterthought, P.S. is short for this postscript |
#3928, aired 2001-10-03 | INSPIRED CHARACTERS $600: This Victorian P.M.'s scandalous affair with Lady Henrietta Sykes inspired his 1877 novel "Henrietta Temple" Benjamin Disraeli |
#3925, aired 2001-09-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1913 Hudson Stuck, Harry P. Karstens & 2 others first reached the 20,320' summit of this Alaskan peak Mt. McKinley |
#3898, aired 2001-07-11 | TUBE TEST $600: He provides the voice for Thurgood Stubbs on "The P.J.s" Eddie Murphy |
#3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $400: On February 25 J.P. Morgan & others organized this company, the world's first billion-dollar corporation U.S. Steel |
#3880, aired 2001-06-15 | HELP ME WITH THIS CROSSWORD! $400: Aluminum silicate mineral:
[6 Across: F E _ D S P A _] Feldspar |
#3874, aired 2001-06-07 | EUROPE $200: We have the White House; this country's P.M. has the Chigi Palace or Palazzo Chigi Italy |
#3873, aired 2001-06-06 | STOCK INDICES $200: The S & P 500 USA |
#3873, aired 2001-06-06 | BILLY WILDER FILMS $1000: This 1953 war drama was based on a play by Donald Bevan & Edmund Trzcinski, 2 ex-G.I.'s who'd been P.O.W.s Stalag 17 |
#3865, aired 2001-05-25 | NESTLE'S $400: On Nestle's brand list, 1 of the 2 mineral waters filed under "P" Perrier (or Poland Spring) |
#3824, aired 2001-03-29 | LESSER-KNOWN BIBLICAL FOLK $100: Achan went against Joshua's order not to take any spoils from this dis-walled city Jericho |
#3824, aired 2001-03-29 | BELOW THE WAIST $800: You can call this pair of leg bones the pin & pipe; that's what their names mean Tibia & fibula |
#3823, aired 2001-03-28 | OF THE WORLD $200: This U.S. city was the birthplace of Connie Chung, Edward Herrmann & John F. Kennedy, Jr. Washington, D.C. |
#3822, aired 2001-03-27 | WAY BACK ON AUGUST 1 $500: On August 1, 1849 this missionary became the first European to reach Africa's Lake Ngami Dr. David Livingstone |
#3813, aired 2001-03-14 | EGGS-CITEMENT! $200: Adjective for the eggs seen here, or some P.I.s Hard-boiled |
#3808, aired 2001-03-07 | CRIME-TIME TELEVISION $200: This Mike Connors P.I. was parodied by Bob & Ray's "Blimmix", who got beaten up in every episode Mannix |
#3803, aired 2001-02-28 | ARETHA FRANKLIN $100: Aretha's spelled it out: "Find out what it means to me" "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" |
#3749, aired 2000-12-14 | "LOVE" IS THE ANSWER $800: This author's horror & fantasy novels like "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" only became popular after his death H.P. Lovecraft |
#3742, aired 2000-12-05 | NUMBER, PLEASE $500: The difference between a million & a billion in the U.S. is just this many zeros 3 |
#3742, aired 2000-12-05 | THERE'S AN "A" $1000: Yes, captain, it's the small Madagascan primate seen here: Aye-aye |
#3741, aired 2000-12-04 | WARREN G. HARDING $400: Albert Fall, Harding's secretary of this cabinet dept., took the fall for the Teapot Dome scandal Interior |
#3741, aired 2000-12-04 | NATIONAL PARKS $800: This state's Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park encompasses Teddy's Elkhorn Ranch & part of the Badlands North Dakota |
#3740, aired 2000-12-01 | SPORT-O-RAMA $200: The only major sporting event named for a famous TV transvestite is this man's golf tournament Jamie Farr (Klinger on "M*A*S*H") |
#3739, aired 2000-11-30 | CHEERS $300: It's what a martini is called when the olive is replaced by a pearl onion Gibson |
#3739, aired 2000-11-30 | FAMILY TIES $1,000 (Daily Double): She's Virginia senator Charles Robb's famous mother-in-law Lady Bird Johnson |
#3735, aired 2000-11-24 | R.I.P. IN ALABAMA $600: Hooterville's Mr. Haney, he's in a Haleyville, Alabama cemetery Pat Buttram |
#3735, aired 2000-11-24 | R.I.P. IN ALABAMA $800: This country singing legend's tombstone reads, "Praise the Lord I Saw the Light" Hank Williams, Sr. |
#3733, aired 2000-11-22 | THEY CAME FROM TOLEDO $800: He's known for his "Holidays in Hell" stories in Rolling Stone P.J. O'Rourke |
#3732, aired 2000-11-21 | TV 2K $300: It's the name of the boy band on "Making the Band" -- come on, we know you watched O-Town |
#3729, aired 2000-11-16 | "V" SHALL SEE $3,000 (Daily Double): Meaning word-for-word, it's also a brand of computer disk Verbatim |
#3708, aired 2000-10-18 | "G" MEN $600: He was Mary Wollstonecraft's husband & Mary Shelley's father William Godwin |
#3705, aired 2000-10-13 | WHILE JOHN PAUL I WAS POPE $500: Olafur Johannesson became this island's P.M. & promptly devalued its currency Iceland |
#3703, aired 2000-10-11 | THE FUNNIES $600: What's up with this title doc? He got some plastic surgery in June 2000 Rex Morgan, M.D. |
#3702, aired 2000-10-10 | THE PLAY'S THE THING $200: Mary Chase play concerned with the sanity of one Elwood P. Dowd Harvey |
#3680, aired 2000-09-08 | OFFICIAL STATE THINGS $200: While the peach is Georgia's state fruit, this is Georgia's state crop Peanuts |
#3680, aired 2000-09-08 | MULTI-MILLION SELLING ALBUMS $500: She's the only woman in country music to have 2 albums sell over 10 million copies each Shania Twain |
#3680, aired 2000-09-08 | OFFICIAL STATE THINGS $500: Florida's official one of these insects is the zebra longwing Butterfly |
#3631, aired 2000-05-22 | ANTHOLOGIES $1000: "Cthulhu 2000" is a 1999 anthology of short stories based on this author's works H.P. Lovecraft |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $200: To supply someone with the necessary tools equip |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $400: Multiply by 4 quadruple |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $600: Agreeably pungent, like many a spice piquant |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $800: In this craft you cut out pieces of one material & sew or paste them on to another appliqué |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $1000: This herbicide used on marijuana plants was in the news in the '80s paraquat |
#3627, aired 2000-05-16 | CROSSWORD CLUES "S" $100: P.T. Barnum's victims
(7) suckers |
#3624, aired 2000-05-11 | SWEET "VIRGINIA" $400: It's the title of Francis P. Church's 1897 New York Sun editorial in response to a young girl's holiday query "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" |
#3610, aired 2000-04-21 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $500: Ahab's vessel
(6) Pequod |
#3608, aired 2000-04-19 | THE BFI'S TOP 100 BRITISH FILMS $400: 7 David Lean-directed films made the list, including this 1957 P.O.W. movie that won 7 Oscars The Bridge on the River Kwai |
#3608, aired 2000-04-19 | LIBRARIES $800: The Book of Kells, a decorated manuscript of the 4 gospels, is on exhibit in this Dublin school's library Trinity College (part of the University of Dublin) |
#3608, aired 2000-04-19 | LIBRARIES $2,000 (Daily Double): The Family History Library in this state capital houses the world's largest genealogical collection Salt Lake City |
#3602, aired 2000-04-11 | LATE-NIGHT TV $300: (Hi, I'm Al Franken) ABC's 11:30 P.M. reports on "The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage" evolved into this regular program Nightline |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | DOWN TO EARTH $600 (Daily Double): One of these produces 3 types of waves: P, S & surface Earthquake |
#3567, aired 2000-02-22 | "J.P." $800: She played Laurence Olivier's daughter in 1960's "The Entertainer", & became his wife the next year Joan Plowright |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $200: It can be a fake doctor or a sound Daffy might make Quack |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $400: A small cucumber preserved in vinegar Pickle |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | STRICTLY BUSINESS $400: Formerly called the Cost-of-Living Index, it's abbreviated C.P.I. Consumer Price Index |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $600: It's the auto that leads the competitors at the start but doesn't compete in the race Pace car |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $800: In mathematics it's a second-degree polynomial equation where the highest power of the unknown variable is 2 Quadratic equation |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $1000: Guatemala's national currency was named for this bird Quetzal |
#3559, aired 2000-02-10 | MARK TWAIN $800 (Daily Double): This 1889 novel contrasts American homespun ingenuity with the Dark Ages' superstition & ineptitude "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
#3555, aired 2000-02-04 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $200: It means to sound a bell Peal |
#3555, aired 2000-02-04 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $300: This slang term for a jail shares its name with Gumby's buddy Pokey |
#3555, aired 2000-02-04 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $400: From the Latin for "boxer", it's a synonym for boxing Pugilism |
#3543, aired 2000-01-19 | MILITARY MATTERS $200: This nickname of the World War II U.S. Air Force fighter numbered the P-51 comes from the Spanish for "stray animal" Mustang |
#3537, aired 2000-01-11 | FROM THE WELSH $1000: Perhaps from the Welsh for "goblin", Elwood P. Dowd's Harvey was a famous one Pooka |
#3532, aired 2000-01-04 | LINCOLN'S CABINET $400: Salmon P. Chase thought Lincoln wasn't on the money with a moderate anti-slavery position & resigned as this Secretary of the Treasury |
#3512, aired 1999-12-07 | "P.M." $200: Sir Robert Walpole is usually considered Britain's first one, though the title wasn't official at the time Prime minister |
#3512, aired 1999-12-07 | "P.M." $400: In a familiar old song, it's "sailing over a cardboard sea" "Paper Moon" |
#3512, aired 1999-12-07 | "P.M." $800: Blasted, it's the weapon of war seen here: a Patriot missile |
#3512, aired 1999-12-07 | "P.M." $1000: While at LSU he became college basketball's first point-a-minute scorer Pete Maravich |
#3504, aired 1999-11-25 | PICARESQUE NOVELS $400: P.S., T.S. is the central character of this 1978 John Irving novel "The World According to Garp" |
#3504, aired 1999-11-25 | FAMILIAR TV FACES $500: Now a mom on "That '70s Show", Tanya Roberts was sexy P.I. Julie Rogers on this '70s show Charlie's Angels |
#3499, aired 1999-11-18 | MOVIES IN BLACK & WHITE $800: Peter Graves spies on William Holden & the other G.I.s in this 1953 P.O.W. film Stalag 17 |
#3496, aired 1999-11-15 | BRIDGE OF SIZE $500: One of the world's longest railroad bridges, the Huey P. Long Bridge, is found in Metairie in this U.S. state Louisiana |
#3495, aired 1999-11-12 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: Convince me you can spell... P-E-R-S-U-A-S-I-V-E |
#3495, aired 1999-11-12 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $1000: Your telepathic abilities might help you in spelling... P-A-R-A-P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-Y |
#3487, aired 1999-11-02 | VOICES $500: Heard as Ruth P. McDougal on "Hey Arnold!", she's seen as Claudia Salinger on "Party of Five" Lacey Chabert |
#3484, aired 1999-10-28 | SUFFRAGETTE CITY $800: A utilitarian philosopher who worked with suffrage societies, he wrote 1869's "The Subjection of Women" John Stuart Mill |
#3478, aired 1999-10-20 | FICTIONAL HEROES $200: This Mickey Spillane P.I. made his first appearance in 1947's "I, The Jury" Mike Hammer |
#3477, aired 1999-10-19 | "ALLEY" WAYS $100: It's the feline equivalent of a stray mutt Alley cat |
#3477, aired 1999-10-19 | VOLCANOES $500: Only one person survived Mount Pelee's 1902 eruption, which totally destroyed St. Pierre on this West Indies island Martinique |
#3477, aired 1999-10-19 | WORLD LITERATURE $800: Ellen Douglas is the title character of this Scottish author's "The Lady of the Lake" Sir Walter Scott |
#3471, aired 1999-10-11 | U.S. CURRENCY $300: An "S" on a U.S. coin indicates that it was minted in this city San Francisco |
#3459, aired 1999-09-23 | THE P IS SILENT $200: Meaning "false", it's found before science & intellectual pseudo |
#3459, aired 1999-09-23 | THE P IS SILENT $600: Sierra Leone's government was changed by one of these in May 1997 a coup |
#3459, aired 1999-09-23 | THE P IS SILENT $1000: You know the drill: it's the type operated by air pressure a pneumatic drill |
#3455, aired 1999-09-17 | LETTER AFTER P $400: In a letter's afterthought S |
#3455, aired 1999-09-17 | LETTER AFTER P $800: In the initials of James Anthony Bailey's partner T (P.T. Barnum) |
#3423, aired 1999-06-23 | HAUTE CUISINE $200: "Not Going Anywhere for Awhile?" is the ad slogan for this peanut-packed chocolate bar Snickers |
#3423, aired 1999-06-23 | WORLD CITIES $400: Mexico's largest Pacific port, tourists flock to it for its pre-Lenten carnival & great sunsets Mazatlan |
#3418, aired 1999-06-16 | V.P.s BY MIDDLE NAME $200: Danforth (James) Dan(forth) Quayle |
#3418, aired 1999-06-16 | V.P.s BY MIDDLE NAME $400: Herbert Walker George Bush (Sr.) |
#3418, aired 1999-06-16 | V.P.s BY MIDDLE NAME $600: Horatio Hubert Humphrey |
#3418, aired 1999-06-16 | V.P.s BY MIDDLE NAME $800: Nance John Nance Garner |
#3418, aired 1999-06-16 | V.P.s BY MIDDLE NAME $1000: Ewing Adlai Stevenson |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | THE SHORT VERSION $400: In a letter:
P.S. Post script |
#3409, aired 1999-06-03 | CIVIL WAR LITERATURE $400: Joanna Higgins' 1998 novel "A Soldier's Book" tells the story of Ira Stevens, a Union P.O.W. in this notorious prison Andersonville |
#3404, aired 1999-05-27 | ODD COUPLES $800: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" is all this singer wants from her kite-flying beau Aretha & Ben Franklin |
#3369, aired 1999-04-08 | THE 1930s $1000: Tops in country music in the '30s were this family's A.P., Sara & Maybelle Carter family |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | STATE CAPITALS $300: Now a museum, the old Governor's Mansion in this capital was constructed by Huey P. Long in 1930 Baton Rouge |
#3328, aired 1999-02-10 | A SILENT "P" $1,000 (Daily Double): She's the woman in the Francois Gerard painting seen here Psyche |
#3328, aired 1999-02-10 | BIG SCREEN BRAINBUSTERS $3,000 (Daily Double): John Huston's "The Misfits" was the last complete film for these 2 screen superstars Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe |
#3319, aired 1999-01-28 | "P.S." I LOVE YOU $100: It's the "groovy" image seen here Peace symbol |
#3319, aired 1999-01-28 | "P.S." I LOVE YOU $200: Daylight saving time on the West Coast changes to this "time" on the last Sunday in October Pacific Standard Time |
#3319, aired 1999-01-28 | "P.S." I LOVE YOU $300: This California desert city was originally known as "Agua Caliente" (Hot Water) Palm Springs |
#3319, aired 1999-01-28 | "P.S." I LOVE YOU $400: This much-sought hermetic artifact could allegedly improve your health & turn metals into gold Philosopher's stone |
#3319, aired 1999-01-28 | "P.S." I LOVE YOU $500: Holy geography! These territories were ruled by the Popes from 756 to 1870 Papal States |
#3313, aired 1999-01-20 | A WOODLAND "P"ARADISE $400: It's not the larch, it's this widely-liked tree poplar |
#3307, aired 1999-01-12 | IT'S A MYSTERY $800: Mr. Contreras lives downstairs from this Paretsky P.I. VI Warshawski |
#3291, aired 1998-12-21 | DECK THE "HALL"s $300: Known as "The Storyteller", this country music legend wrote the mega-selling hit "Harper Valley P.T.A." Tom T. Hall |
#3279, aired 1998-12-03 | TRAVEL EUROPE $200: This Swiss city's Clock & Watch Museum on Rue de Malagnou is open daily except Tues., 10 A.M. - 5 P.M.; be punctual Geneva |
#3276, aired 1998-11-30 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: A former Vietnam War P.O.W., he succeeded Barry Goldwater as a U.S. Senator from Arizona on January 6, 1987 John McCain |
#3270, aired 1998-11-20 | THE STOCK MARKET $300: Known as S&P, it tracks the market with reports, guides & indices Standard & Poor's |