| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | PRIMING THE PUMP $400: New mom Sarah Palin once remarked that in the middle of the night she would have to "put down the BlackBerrys & pick up" this a breast pump |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | PUMP-POURRI $600: Technotronic told us to "Pump up" this, "Pump it up, while your feet are stompin'... get your booty on the floor tonight" the jam |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | AN ENCOURAGING VERB $400: An idiom meaning to inflate, or to get a sports team enthusiastic & ready to play pump up |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | STOUT $400: Augustus Gloop, a finder of a golden ticket in this novel, "looked as though he had been blown up with a powerful pump" Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | YOUR HEART $600: When the heart doesn't pump enough blood, other fluids clog up your body & you have this type of "heart failure" congestive |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | RHYMIN' SIMON $800: Preparin' a pump by pourin' water into it primin' |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | "PUMP" UP $200: "Peanuts" figure awaited on Halloween the Great Pumpkin |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | "PUMP" UP $400: Loafing gone a rye pumpernickel |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | "PUMP" UP $600: It's useful for when Mommy has to leave Baby for a period of time a breast pump |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | "PUMP" UP $800: Type of shotgun that has a mechanism for ejecting a shell pump action |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | "PUMP" UP $1000: To prevent basement flooding, this rhyming device sucks up water sump pump |
| #6789, aired 2014-03-06 | IT WAS THE '90s $400: The "pump" from this company was a shoe you pumped up with air for a snugger fit Reebok |
| #6357, aired 2012-04-17 | WHAT MAKES IT GO? $600: The Navy's USS Defender has 4 engines of this type, so look for the green handle at the pump when filling her up Diesel |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | C.S., I $600: Some say when it comes to his films "Heathers" & "Pump Up the Volume", it's better to shoot first, then ask this actor (Christian) Slater |
| #6136, aired 2011-04-25 | PUMP UP THE JAM $200: "Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to..." California, which produces 3/4 of this jam item in the United States strawberry |
| #6136, aired 2011-04-25 | PUMP UP THE JAM $400: This jam fruit named for a New Zealand bird is rich in vitamin C kiwi |
| #6136, aired 2011-04-25 | PUMP UP THE JAM $600: A cultivar of this jam fruit is Elberta, a freestone that originated in Georgia in 1870 peach |
| #6136, aired 2011-04-25 | PUMP UP THE JAM $800: Good in jam (& pulled out of pies with a thumb), Japanese these are native to China, but were 1st cultivated in Japan plums |
| #6136, aired 2011-04-25 | PUMP UP THE JAM $1000: Greeks & Phoenicians spread the popularity of this 3-letter jam fruit throughout the old world; enjoy a San Pedro! fig |
| #5820, aired 2009-12-25 | TERMS OF ENGINEERMENT $600: The Khurais Project in this country's desert involves piping millions of barrels of water to pump up the oil Saudi Arabia |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | PUMP IT "UP" $200: Let's take a poll--this specific poll, actually; it's been around since 1935 Gallup |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | PUMP IT "UP" $400: The closing of the epiglottis over the vocal cords produces the sound of this a hiccup |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | PUMP IT "UP" $600: Pants with a loop at the end of each leg, or a loop on a saddle to rest your foot stirrups |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | PUMP IT "UP" $800: A group or series of 8 related items octuple |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | PUMP IT "UP" $1000: Lord Acton: "absolute power" does this "absolutely" corrupts |
| #5380, aired 2008-01-18 | HAYDN $400: Let me pump... you up (with info)--Joseph Haydn's middle name; this was his first name Franz |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | ARTY FACTS $400: First names of famous artists Holbein & Hals; they'll "pump you up!" Hans & Franz |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A PUMP $2000: Rotary pumps are also known as this type of pump, from the Latin for "to flee the middle" centrifugal |
| #4956, aired 2006-03-13 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE $1000: Listen to me now & believe me later, these Dana Carvey & Kevin Nealon characters wanted to "Pump... you up" Hans & Franz |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | '80s SONGS $2000: A Belgian DJ created this studio group that had hits with "Pump Up The Jam" and "Move This" Technotronic |
| #3325, aired 1999-02-05 | FACTS & FIGURES $200: This Austrian can pump you up; he's been a 3-time Mr. Universe, and a 7-time Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | PUMP YOU UP $100: Don't use these anabolic lipids when bulking up; they can have serious side effects Steroids |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | PUMP YOU UP $200: In 1982 Chris Dickerson was Mr. Olympia & Rachel McLish, seen here, had this title Miss Olympia |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | PUMP YOU UP $300: From the Latin for "heat", bodybuilders know to fuel up with food high in these heat units Calories |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | PUMP YOU UP $400: Bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno pumped up as this big green guy on TV The Incredible Hulk |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | PUMP YOU UP $500: This manufacturer of fitness equipment shares its name with a chambered shell Nautilus |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | STAR WARS $400: In 1998 this "Pump Up the Volume" star mopped floors in jail while serving time for a drug-related crime Christian Slater |
| #3063, aired 1997-12-17 | PLUMBING $400: This rhyming device sucks up water to prevent basement flooding Sump pump |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | MUSICALS $500: Hajj, Caliph of Baghdad & Omar are among the characters in this musical Kismet |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | TV TRIVIA $100: Gomer Pyle gave up his gas pump to join this branch of the service the Marine Corps |
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Season 26 player (2009-09-30).
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