| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $1000: Under Q:
"A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it" a quorum |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | VÁMONOS A MEXICO! $1000: To some experts, the chirping echo you hear when you clap next to a pyramid in Chichen Itza mirrors the sound of this "Q"ute bird a quetzal |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | LETTER HISTORIES $1200: A Latin link of 2 letters pronounced as one is why we, in modern English, always follow this letter with U a Q |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | OSCAR-WINNING SCREENPLAYS $800: 2008:
Simon Beaufoy, from the novel "Q & A" by Vikas Swarup Slumdog Millionaire |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $800: With no pence on hand, you might ask the curry restaurant, "Will you take" a personal one of these? C-H-E-Q-U-E |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | THAT CAN BE A GREEK LETTER $1000: Eastern philosophy calls this a life force; some also spell it with a Q, but we're going with the Greek letter style chi |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | SILENT LETTER WORDS $1000: This word with a rare silent "Q" can mean a resinous varnish lacquer |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | A REAL FONT OF KNOWLEDGE $2000: Last name of 18th century Italian printer Giambattista, who designed an eponymous font that has a distinct Q Bodoni |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | QUANTUM SCIENCE $1600: (Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) In computing, either 1 or 0, on or off, can be represented by this unit, with "Q-U" for quantum before it, & it can be in both states at once, allowing more simultaneous operations a bit |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | SHEER MISERY $1000: If your place is a mess, you're living in this word with a "Q" in it, from the Latin for "dirty" squalor |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | 10-LETTER VERBS $1200: There's a "Q" in this word meaning to give something up, like a throne relinquish |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $400: A bog
(8 letters) quagmire |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | A STANDING MIDDLE O $800: To sign the back of a check, or to say, "Pervis Q. Turbleburk Jr. for mayor!" endorse |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | "Q" FORCE $100: It's equal to 32 fluid ounces a quart |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | "Q" FORCE $200: It's the same as a spat a quarrel |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | "Q" FORCE $300: This period of isolation to stop the spread of disease goes back to "40 days", how long infected ships were once kept isolated a quarantine |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | "Q" FORCE $500: If you have nagging doubts or questions about a project, you have these misgivings qualms |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | ADJECTIVES $1600: There's a "Q" in this adjective for an informal way of speaking colloquial |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: There's a "Q" in this word referring to any nickname a sobriquet |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | WAIT JUST A MINERAL! $400: This mineral that is used in kitchen countertops could get a minimum of 24 points in Scrabble quartz |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS $2000: There's a "Q" inside this synonym for abrupt brusque |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH "Q" $200: For "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", 2017's "Leatherface" is this, a movie going further back in time a prequel |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH "Q" $400: Title for a nobleman ranking above a count, like Monsieur de Lafayette marquis |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH "Q" $800: From the French, it's a type of varnish used to give surfaces a hard protective coating lacquer |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH "Q" $1000: The Boston Celtics play on this type of basketball court of wooden panels arranged in a geometric pattern parquet |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | THEATRICAL HAPPENINGS $800: Puppets like Princeton & Trekkie Monster pull the strings in this Tony-winning play named for a street Avenue Q |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $400: A witty remark
(4 letters) a quip |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $800: The shaft of a feather
(5 letters) quill |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $1200: A fixed minimum needed for a meeting
(6 letters) a quorum |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | LET'S HAVE A WATCH PARTY $2000: This TruTV series with Sal, Joe, Q & Murr challenging each other to hidden-camera dares & stunts is always good for laughs The Impractical Jokers |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $800: A quantum field theory describing the interactions of charged particles has this 3-letter abbrev. that also means "proved it!" Q.E.D. |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $800: To haggle over a small detail
(7 letters) quibble |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $2000: Term for a 40-to-49 year old
(14 letters) quadragenarian |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | SUPER GENIUS $800: An experiment turns the low-I.Q. Charlie Gordon & a mouse into geniuses in this Daniel Keyes story Flowers for Algernon |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | Q, NO U $800: This sheikdom was a British protectorate from 1916 to 1971 Qatar |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | Q, NO U $2000: This city in North Central Iran is a pilgrimage site & a center of learning Qom |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | THAT'S SO "G-Q" $1200: A chamber music ensemble consisting of 2 violins, a viola & a cello a string quartet |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | THAT'S SO "G-Q" $1600: This rodent with a 2-word name glides between trees using a furry membrane that stretches from wrist to ankle a flying squirrel |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK $2,800 (Daily Double): In 2020 Charles Q. Brown got this 3-word title for the Air Force & is the 1st African-American general to lead a military branch chief of staff |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | THE HELPFUL WEB $600: The website for this organization for seniors offers a chapter locator & a Medicare Q&A tool the AARP |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | SMART ANSWERS $800: A particular skill or aptitude, or a person with an I.Q. higher than 150 a genius |
| #8292, aired 2020-12-01 | SPORTS IDIOMS $1000: To win a car race you'll have to "take" one of these banners; the British spell it with a "Q" a checkered flag |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | JAMES BOND $800: After playing this character in 17 Bond films, Desmond Llewelyn made his final exit through a laboratory trap door Q |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | THAT'S MY JAM! $1000: My new fave is the jam from the Meiwa type of this small fruit with a "Q" in the middle of its name a kumquat |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | WORDS COINED IN THE 1920s $2,500 (Daily Double): Right on "Q", this designation for a standard keyboard, first developed for the typewriter, came into use in 1929 QWERTY |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: In the title of a politically incorrect show, it's the New York avenue on which some puppets live Avenue Q |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | SCIENCE $1200: As adults, some of these bloodsucking arthropods believed to cause Lyme disease & Q fever can go over a year without feeding ticks |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | MED. ABBREV. $1000: There's no "Q" in this adjective for a shot given into the fatty tissue under the skin, but SQ is the abbreviation for it subcutaneous |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | POTPOURRI $800: It's the only letter that doesn't appear in the name of a U.S. state Q |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | WHAT'S THAT IN YOUR EAR? $200: The website for these hyphenated cottony ear swabbers has a page full of life hacks Q-tips |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | THE NUCLEAR POWERS $5,000 (Daily Double): A.Q. Khan of this nuclear country reportedly helped build North Korea's & Libya's atomic programs Pakistan |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | GET "SET" $1600: The man seen here minding his P's & Q's has this old occupation a typesetter |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | "Q" $200: It's the type of musical work being performed here a quintet |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | "Q" $400: To shake, or what an archer keeps his arrows in a quiver |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | "Q" $600: The California valley type of this is California's state bird a quail |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | "Q" $800: Robert Frost ended a poem, "I had a lover's" this "with the world" a quarrel |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | "Q" $1000: Made from the bark of a tree, it was once the only effective treatment for malaria quinine |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | "Q" INSIDE $400: Often followed by speeches, it's a lavish meal honoring an important occasion a banquet |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | "Q" INSIDE $800: A sudden storm, especially one at sea squall |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | "Q"-PID $200: The skills or experience proving someone is ready for a particular job qualification |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | "Q"-PID $800: To put down or suppress forcibly, such as a rebellion quell (or quash) |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | "Q"-PID $1000: I don't want to argue, but it's a minor argument over something small a quibble |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | GEMS & JEWELS $600: Turquoise is a December birthstone; March has this other watery blue gem with a "Q" in its name aquamarine |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | QROSSWORD QLUES "Q" $200: Little game bird
(5) a quail |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | QROSSWORD QLUES "Q" $600: Flavor-ful physics particle
(5) a quark |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | COLLEGES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM K TO Q $2000: Let's take a poll--does at least one of you 3 know this "Q" university is in Hamden, Connecticut? Quinnipiac |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | COLLEGES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM K TO Q $5,000 (Daily Double): It's about a 50-mile drive from Penn to this other Ivy League school that fits the category Princeton |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | A LITTLE MISTAKE $400: 4-letter result of hitting the "Q" on the keyboard instead of the "W" a typo |
| #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 |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | CONSTELLATION NAMES $1000: Show off your I.Q.: Mensa is Latin for this piece of furniture a table |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | TAYLOR MADE $2000: Richard E. Taylor's work confirming the existence of these subatomic particles upped his Q rating & won a 1990 Nobel quarks |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | "R"2 "D"2 $600: Term for a registered user of the website that hosts Q&As called AMAs a Redditor |
| #7598, aired 2017-09-27 | COUNTRIES WITH ONLY A's AS VOWELS $200: It's also one of only 4 countries with a "Q" in its name Qatar |
| #7592, aired 2017-09-19 | RIGHT ON Q $400: A quiche made with bacon is named for this area of northeast France Lorraine |
| #7592, aired 2017-09-19 | RIGHT ON Q $1000: It may ring a bell that this Italian with a "Q" name won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959 Salvatore Quasimodo |
| #7571, aired 2017-07-10 | CENTRAL AMERICA $1600: A reserve was set aside for this national bird of Guatemala; right on "Q"! quetzal |
| #7570, aired 2017-07-07 | ANA: ANOTHER NEW ACRONYM $1200: Reddit is known for Q&A sessions with notable folks; called "AMA", they invite you to... ask me anything |
| #7549, aired 2017-06-08 | TIM FLIES $800: Timothy Q. Mouse is borne aloft after exhorting this character to take flight in a 1941 movie Dumbo |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | "Q"UIZZICAL $800: In the Navy, official ceremonies on a ship are traditionally held here a quarterdeck |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | "Q"UIZZICAL $1200: If 16 Wyoming state senators show up, it's this minimum number & business can proceed a quorum |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | "Q"UIZZICAL $1600: Physics-derived phrase for an abrupt increase in knowledge a quantum leap |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | "Q"UIZZICAL $2000: Slang for 1 pound sterling a quid |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $800: A real quandary or a real bog
(8) a quagmire |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | Q PEOPLE $200: Later executed as a traitor, he took power in Norway in 1940 Vidkun Quisling |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | Q PEOPLE $600: In 2009 Mary Quant helped launch a Royal Mail stamp series that included this revealing 1960s item she designed the miniskirt |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | Q PEOPLE $800: In 1956 director Jose Quintero staged the first Broadway production of this "Long" Eugene O'Neill play Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | Q PEOPLE $1000: In the 1st century Roman teacher Quintilian wrote a key work on this art of persuasive speaking rhetoric |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | "P"s AND "Q"s $800: What "The Phantom Menace" is to the original "Star Wars" movie a prequel |
| #7400, aired 2016-11-11 | IN OUR STARS $2000: A high I.Q. might help you identify this constellation whose name translates to "table" Mensa |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | JOB, NOT JOB $800: Q&A is what quiz shows serve up; QA usually stands for this job of making sure the product is up to snuff quality assurance |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | LETTER PERFECT $600: The songs "It Sucks To Be Me" & "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist" are featured in the musical "Avenue" this Q |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | "Q" NOT FOLLOWED BY U $1200: The only 2-letter Scrabble word with a "Q", it's said to be the most frequently played word in tournaments qi |
| #7151, aired 2015-10-19 | HI, Q! $400: With a verdict of not guilty, you've received this acquittal |
| #7151, aired 2015-10-19 | HI, Q! $800: A big name in romance, or a comic character in Commedia dell'arte Harlequin |
| #7100, aired 2015-06-26 | WORDS CONTAINING Q $400: The court of this wicket good lawn game has a 1 1/2-inch diameter wooden stake in the center croquet |
| #7100, aired 2015-06-26 | WORDS CONTAINING Q $1200: In "The Jungle", Upton Sinclair wrote, "They use everything about the hog except" this the squeal |
| #7100, aired 2015-06-26 | WORDS CONTAINING Q $2000: Spanish term for a cowboy vaquero |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1600: Singing puppets!:
"Everyone's A Little Bit Racist" &
"There Is Life Outside Your Apartment" Avenue Q |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | WHIP SMART $2000: Here's a "Q" for you: can you name this 5-letter whip with a short handle & braided lash? a quirt |
| #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 |
| #7022, aired 2015-03-10 | CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES $600: He was a bouncing orange critter with a big nose & an asterisk in his name Q*bert |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | FILE UNDER "Q" $200: It's the piece that plucks a harpsichord; good luck plucking one from a porcupine a quill |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | FILE UNDER "Q" $800: This fruit's name can be traced back to the name of an ancient city on Crete a quince |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | LAMB-POURRI $1600: In 2012, he stepped down as C.E.O. of C-SPAN but continues to host the "Q&A" series Brian Lamb |
| #6923, aired 2014-10-22 | FIRST LETTER Q, SECOND LETTER NOT U $400: This term for a type of keyboard is sometimes followed by "UIOP" QWERTY |
| #6923, aired 2014-10-22 | FIRST LETTER Q, SECOND LETTER NOT U $800: This cotton product was originally called Baby Gays a Q-tip |
| #6923, aired 2014-10-22 | FIRST LETTER Q, SECOND LETTER NOT U $2000: Scrabble players know it's an evergreen shrub of Arabia & its leaf is a stimulant qat |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | KITCHEN ABBREV. $2000: Often used for high-priced, seasonal items, the menu abbreviation "A.Q." is short for this as quoted |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $1200: Little birdie seen here
(5) a quail |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $1600: A sticky situation or boggy ground
(8) quagmire |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $2000: Wharf
(4) a quay |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | ON THE "Q...T" $400: For example, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Eugene Wright & Joe Morello a quartet |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | ON THE "Q...T" $1200: In "The Compleat Angler", Izaak Walton urged, "Be" this "and go a-angling" quiet |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | ON THE "Q...T" $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Los Alamos, NM.) This prefabricated corrugated steel hut was developed for the U.S. Navy by the George A. Fuller company in 1941 to serve as inexpensive & quickly-assembled offices, barracks & storage facilities a Quonset hut |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | ON THE "Q...T" $2000: It's a circular arc of 90 degrees a quadrant |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | PENINSULAS $800: This emirate o-"q"-pies a desert peninsula that juts into the Persian Gulf Qatar |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: This show with a street in its title had songs like "I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today" Avenue Q |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $400: Leo Gerstenzang was inspired to invent this after seeing his wife use a toothpick with cotton to clean their baby's ears a Q-tip |
| #6736, aired 2013-12-23 | STREET SMARTS $1000: Manhattan's Alphabet City gets its name from these, lettered A, B, C & D (no Q) Avenues |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | FILE UNDER "Q" $400: The 4-sided center area of a college campus quad |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | FILE UNDER "Q" $1200: It's a bon mot quip |
| #6699, aired 2013-10-31 | ABBREVIATED VIDEO GAME TITLES $800: You can be a troll, an elf, or whatever suits your fantasy when playing this popular game from Sony, abbreviated "E.Q." EverQuest |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | SUE GRAFTON TEACHES THE ALPHABET $400: "'Q' Is for" this, a hunted animal Quarry |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | OSCAR-WINNING SCREENPLAYS $800: 2008:
Simon Beaufoy, from the novel "Q & A" by Vikas Swarup Slumdog Millionaire |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE... FAST! $2000: As the morning & evening star, this Mesoamerican deity was the symbol of death & resurrection
Q _ _ _ Z _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Quetzalcoatl |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | THANK "Q" VERY MUCH $200: A medical fake a quack |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | THANK "Q" VERY MUCH $600: A strict isolation to prevent the spread of disease quarantine |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | THANK "Q" VERY MUCH $800: A significant or sudden advance is said to be this kind of "leap" quantum |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | THANK "Q" VERY MUCH $1000: This Army corps deals with fuels, laundry and logistics to name a few Quartermaster |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | MED. ABBREV. $6,400 (Daily Double): On a prescription, q.i.d. is a Latin abbreviation indicating the medication should be taken this often four times a day |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | SELF-HELP BOOKS $600: Q: Why is that guy so slow to ask me out?
A: This title of a Greg Behrendt-Liz Tuccillo book He's Just Not That Into You |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Under "Q":
To drink a beverage copiously & heartily quaff |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY "Q" & "A" $200: On October 2, 1656 Connecticut enacted legislation to ban members of this religious group the Quakers |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY "Q" & "A" $400: In February 1864 this prison opened & into its mere 26 acres, 32,000 prisoners were jammed Andersonville |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY "Q" & "A" $600: In the 1970s this future vice president served as a publisher of the Huntington Herald-Press in Indiana Dan Quayle |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY "Q" & "A" $800: This British major who worked with Benedict Arnold was hanged as a spy on October 2, 1780 Major Andre |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY "Q" & "A" $1000: In 1961 JFK initiated this U.S.-Latin America development program, but it failed in just over a decade the Alliance for Progress |
| #6398, aired 2012-06-13 | "Q"-LINARY TERMS $400: To make this, take a flour tortilla, fold it in half over a cheese filling & cook lightly in an ungreased skillet a quesadilla |
| #6398, aired 2012-06-13 | "Q"-LINARY TERMS $800: This egg & cheese pie with a geographic name contains chopped bacon quiche Lorraine |
| #6398, aired 2012-06-13 | "Q"-LINARY TERMS $1200: This fruit has an aroma similar to an under-ripe pear a quince |
| #6398, aired 2012-06-13 | "Q"-LINARY TERMS $2000: Also known as a stick, it's the curled up cylinder of inner bark of cinnamon the quill |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | EYE Q $800: Glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness, can be controlled by eye drops that reduce pressure on the optic one of these the optic nerve |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | EYE Q $1200: Smoking can increase the risk of getting this clouding of the lens a cataract |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | EYE Q $1600: This condition usually caused by a misshapen cornea can be corrected with glasses or toric contact lenses astigmatism |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $400: Kind of test that might be "pop"
(4) a quiz |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $800: An epic search, as for the Holy Grail
(5) a quest |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $1200: Division result
(8) a quotient |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $1600: "Charm"ing or strange particle
(5) a quark |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $2000: Ballroom dance style with fast footwork
(9) a quickstep |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | WHAT 2 Q SO LONG? $1200: In "Moby Dick", this harpooner worships a wooden idol called Yojo Queequeg |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | WHAT 2 Q SO LONG? $1600: Adjective meaning resembling a comic character in commedia dell'arte harlequinesque |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | IN THE MAGAZINE $400: Q&A: Eddie Vedder,
Rock & Roll,
Random Notes Rolling Stone |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | POTPOURRI $600: The actress seen here, a star in Hong Kong & then on American TV, goes by this 1-letter last name Q. |
| #6267, aired 2011-12-13 | MOVIE STAR FILMOGRAPHIES $1200: "Devil in a Blue Dress" &
"John Q" Denzel Washington |
| #6264, aired 2011-12-08 | TOYS & GAMES $1000: This number comes before "Q" in the name of a game using artificial intelligence to "read your mind" 20 |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | LETTER PERFECT $1200: A scale measuring the popularity of a celebrity is this "rating" Q |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | REMEMBER 2008? $200: Drydock called for this "queenly" vessel, the longest-serving ship in Cunard's history the Q.E. 2 |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER $400: The New York Times headlined a review of this show "Pulling Heartstrings, Racy Puppets Return" Avenue Q |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | SPELL IT! $400: Spell this Christian group that's often found before "Oats" Q-U-A-K-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 |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | SPELLING BEES $400: This honeybee can lay a thousand or more eggs a day Q-U-E-E-N |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | "Q" FOOD & DRINK $800: This alkaloid from the bark of a tree is the base flavor in most bitters quinine |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | "Q" FOOD & DRINK $1600: This "supergrain of the future" is considered a complete protein quinoa |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | "Q" FOOD & DRINK $2000: This 2-word Italian term means "four cheeses" & is used in a sauce made with--guess what--4 cheeses quattro formaggi |
| #6054, aired 2010-12-30 | THE 1990s $600: In 1992 the Catholic church issued the first new universal this in 4 centuries, dropping the Q. & A. format a catechism |
| #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 |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | "X" "Q"s ME $600: The name of this case used to carry your arrows might make you tremble a quiver |
| #5917, aired 2010-05-11 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HOME & GARDEN $2000: One Q&A column says that hand-shredded leaf mold is the Cadillac of this stuff added to flower beds; top with compost mulch |
| #5914, aired 2010-05-06 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $2000: A literary bell ringer
(9) Quasimodo |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | ART & ARTISTS $400: Marcel Duchamp's "L.H.O.O.Q." put a mustache & goatee on a postcard reproduction of this masterpiece the Mona Lisa |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | THE GRAND FINAL"E" $400: If you broadcast an A&Q show called "Peopardy!" hosted by Alex Lebek, you may get a this & desist letter from us cease |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $800: The Rio Grande runs through this largest New Mexico City A-L-B-U-Q-U-E-R-Q-U-E |
| #5700, aired 2009-05-22 | THE JETS $400: The "Q" in QSST, a proposed 12-passenger luxury jet, stands for "quiet", as it wouldn't produce this 2-word sound a sonic boom |
| #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 |
| #5670, aired 2009-04-10 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: ARTS & LEISURE $400: nytimes.com's "Find a Show" section tells how to get tickets to "Avenue Q" or this masked man musical The Phantom of the Opera |
| #5669, aired 2009-04-09 | BOOKS THAT BECAME FILMS $1000: A 2008 award-winning movie:
"Q & A" Slumdog Millionaire |
| #5636, aired 2009-02-23 | TYPING TEST $600: In the top row, the pronoun formed by the letters between "Q" & "R" we |
| #5586, aired 2008-12-15 | NOT IN THERE $1600: The top row of letters on a standard keyboard:
E,
S,
Q S |
| #5563, aired 2008-11-12 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $800 (Daily Double): It's the only country listed that starts with a "Q" Qatar |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | FRENCH ARTISTS $1000: He was known for his readymades such as "L.H.O.O.Q.", a copy of the "Mona Lisa" with a penciled-in mustache & beard (Marcel) Duchamp |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | ON "Q" $200: 32 ounces a quart |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | ON "Q" $400: The northern bobwhite is a common variety of this small bird a quail |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | ON "Q" $600: This wet, boggy ground can put you in quite a predicament a quagmire |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | ON "Q" $1000: In Chapter X of "Alice in Wonderland", this French square dance gets top billing along with a lobster a quadrille |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | SPELLBOUND $1200: Chinese thought says this energy force flows through the body; it can be spelled with a "Q" or a "CH" chi |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | TAKE A LETTER $400: Desmond Llewelyn played this gadget man in 17 James Bond films Q |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | A GAME OF CHESS $800: The 17th letter of the English alphabet, in chess notation it stands for the most powerful piece on the board Q |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | ON THE "Q...T" $400: Containing 67.2 cubic inches, it's 1/32 of a bushel a quart |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | ON THE "Q...T" $600: It's the quantity resulting from the division of one quantity by another a quotient |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | ON THE "Q...T" $800: According to the title of a 1952 John Ford film, John Wayne's character was this type of "Man" Quiet |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | ON THE "Q...T" $1000: In a throwing game, it's the name of the flat metal or rope ring tossed at a stake called a mot quoit |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | LETTER PERFECT $400: A jet pack & fake fingerprints are among the many gadgets he's supplied to James Bond Q |
| #5364, aired 2007-12-27 | NO PROMISES, NO DEMANDS $800: No demands:
You don't have to use the MPAA's these; you can put your film out with a Q, 3 triangles or nothing ratings |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | Q WITHOUT U $400: It's a horn-shaped nose, no pants & no problem for this pyramid-hopping '80s arcade favorite Q*bert |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | Q WITHOUT U $800: We hear this product's website says it's "the ultimate beauty tool" a Q-tip |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: The first Grand Inquisitor of Spain was the notorious Tomas de... T-O-R-Q-U-E-M-A-D-A |
| #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 $1600: To excite the curiosity (perhaps by looking through a keyhole) pique |
| #5319, aired 2007-10-25 | RECENTLY DISCOVERED PRESIDENTIAL ADS $400 (Daily Double): In 1814 this gen. had a pirate, Jean Lafitte, help him in N.O.; what's next? I'm John Q. Adams & I approved this message Andrew Jackson |
| #5308, aired 2007-10-10 | I'M BOARD $200: You'll be sitting pretty if you get a triple letter score with a Q or X in this game Scrabble |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | "Q" ME $400: A medical charlatan a quack |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | "Q" ME $1200: Eskimo who was the subject of a Top 10 Manfred Mann hit song in 1968 Quinn |
| #5214, aired 2007-04-19 | VERY SPECIFIC FORTUNE COOKIES $2000: "Q" will be very important to you today, as you will grasp this type of equation, just like "a modern major-general" quadratical |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | "Q"ING UP $200: Let's get crazy & sew the "crazy" type of this a quilt |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | "Q"ING UP $400: Citrine, which is cut into gemstones, is a variety of this mineral quartz |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | "Q"ING UP $600: Originally, it was a 40-day-long period of imposed isolation, so it's from the Italian for "forty" quarantine |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | "Q"ING UP $800: Some think this British slang word for a pound sterling comes from the Latin for "what" quid |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | "Q"ING UP $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew plays a game of chess.) By advancing to the eighth rank, my pawn has taken this self-promoting step queening |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | LETTER PERFECT $1000: The top letter row of a standard computer keyboard starts with Q & ends with this letter P |
| #5164, aired 2007-02-08 | I STILL LIKE CARTOONS $1000: Looking like a refugee from "Pac Man", Blooregard Q. Kazoo hangs out with his pal, Mac, on this show Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends |
| #5106, aired 2006-11-20 | MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): (Before the clue is given, Mary Faber and her friend Kate Monster perform "There's A Fine, Fine Line" from the Tony-award winning smash hit Avenue Q.)
"There's a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend /
There's a fine, fine line between reality and pretend /
And you never know 'til you reach the top if it was worth the uphill climb /
There's a fine, fine line between love /
And a waste of time"
In one scene in "Avenue Q", Kate Monster sings atop this skyscraper on 5th Ave. at 34th St. the Empire State Building |
| #5062, aired 2006-09-19 | GENUS I.Q. $800: Barbaro, Seattle Slew or the zebra Equus |
| #5062, aired 2006-09-19 | GENUS I.Q. $1600: The snowshoe hare & the jackrabbit; there was a movie "Night of the" it Lepus |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | "Q"-BERT $200: This savory egg dish originated in what is now Northeast France, but as a "real man", I was unaware of that quiche |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | "Q"-BERT $400: A plectrum of a harpsichord, or a porcupine part a quill |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | "Q"-BERT $600: "3 plus 1 on a stage / A clue is revealed / A light will shine / & a question given" is a "Nostradamian" this verse a quatrain |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | "Q"-BERT $800: An officer charged with providing clothing, fuel & transportation for troops a quartermaster |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | "Q"-BERT $1000: Now meaning "to suppress", originally it meant "to kill"; you may do it to a riot quell |
| #4956, aired 2006-03-13 | CELL-PHONING IT IN $1000: "Q" rating check: there's a "u" in "cellular" but not in the Denver-based company known by this 1-word name Qwest |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | RIGHT ON "Q" $800: In 1965 Maarten Schmidt identified the most distant object then seen, one of these high-energy objects in outer space a quasar |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | RIGHT ON "Q" $1200: It's a Western Hemisphere national capital city of 1.4 million people Quito |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | RIGHT ON "Q" $1600: A term for any hunted animal, it comes from a Middle English word for "the entrails given to the hounds" quarry |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | SCRABBLE 50-POINT BONUSES $400: T, U, N, S, I, E, Q:
A judicial investigation of a death inquest |
| #4877, aired 2005-11-22 | A BEASTLY CATEGORY $400: The Semites called an early version of the letter Q "qoph", their word for this tailed animal the monkey |
| #4874, aired 2005-11-17 | MISSING VOWELS $1600: A receptacle with a touch of glass:
Q R M aquarium |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue accompanied by a puppet at the Golden Theatre in New York: "I'm on the Broadway set of Avenue Q.") This troubled character in "Avenue Q" has the same name as an Ivy League university in New Jersey--you do look preppy
"Why thank you!" Princeton |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | FUN ACROSS AMERICA $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads while a burlesque puppet dances in the background.) Lucy will be strutting her stuff at a new $40 million theater built especially for "Avenue Q" in this city Las Vegas |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | MYTHELLANEOUS $400: Here's your "Q": This Mesoam. god created a tornado that wiped out man, except for those he changed into monkeys Quetzalcoatl |
| #4800, aired 2005-06-17 | THE STANLEY CUP $1200: (Alex Trebek presents the clue from the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.) This great goalie has his first name misspelled many times on the Stanley Cup, including as "J-A-C" and "J-A-C-Q" Jacques Plante |
| #4798, aired 2005-06-15 | Q BUT NOT U $400: A cotton swab, or a member of A Tribe Called Quest Q-tip |
| #4798, aired 2005-06-15 | Q BUT NOT U $800: This Internet abbreviation provides a newcomer with additional information on a topic FAQ |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | AVENUE "Q" $600: This luxury liner moored in Long Beach, Calif. is said to be haunted by a mysterious woman in white the Queen Mary |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | WE'RE TALKING BROADWAY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Golden Theatre in New York with a special friend.) In the Broadway hit "Avenue Q", Nicky here sings about this German word that means happiness at the misfortune of others Schadenfreude |
| #4756, aired 2005-04-18 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $800: With no pence on hand, you might ask the curry restaurant, "Will you take" a personal one of these? C-H-E-Q-U-E |
| #4752, aired 2005-04-12 | SINGLE-LETTER STOCKS $1600: If you have a "Q", just call this Baby Bell Qwest |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | SPELL-BOUND FOR BROADWAY $1,900 (Daily Double): Martin Dysart psychoanalyzes a boy who's been re-creating the centaur myth in this drama E-Q-U-U-S |
| #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 | 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 |
| #4558, aired 2004-06-02 | PLAY TIME $200: In pinochle, an A-K-Q-J-10 of trump is a royal sequence; in poker, it would be a royal this a royal flush |
| #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 |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | 2 "Q"s $800: In a 1930 film John Barrymore played Capt. Ahab & Noble Johnson played this character Queequeg |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | 2 "Q"s $1200: This is used to play a game similar to racquetball squash racquet |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | 2 "Q"s $2000: It's a French dish of minced scallops in sauce topped with cheese & browned Coquilles St. Jacques |
| #4504, aired 2004-03-18 | NEW BEAUTY CONTEST WINNERS $1600: She can win representing the 17th letter of the alphabet, or be a failed stroke in billiards Miss Q/miscue |
| #4494, aired 2004-03-04 | ABBREVIATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): A doctor could tell you that q.i.d., which is the abbreviation for the Latin "quater in die", means this (take the pills) four times a day |
| #4494, aired 2004-03-04 | FA"Q"s $1600: This Eskimo was the subject of a 1968 Top 10 hit by Manfred Mann "(The Mighty) Quinn" |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | ON "Q" $800: A trivial objection quibble |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | ON "Q" $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagrams on the chalkboard.) Also the name of a device for measuring the angle of a star, it's the arc highlighted in blue quadrant |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | ON "Q" $1600: A senior barrister in an English high court is one of these counsels Queen's counsel |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | A BRAND NEW DAY $400: This computer brand founded in 1982 used a "Q" in its name so that it could be trademarked Compaq |
| #4385, aired 2003-10-03 | "Q"s $200: Put out, such as a fire; or satisfy, such as your thirst quench |
| #4385, aired 2003-10-03 | "Q"s $400: The title character in a 1605 novel gave us this adjective that means caught up in the romance of noble deeds quixotic |
| #4385, aired 2003-10-03 | "Q"s $1000: This eponymous term refers to a traitor who aids an invading enemy by serving in a puppet government quisling |
| #4367, aired 2003-09-09 | ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES $1600: A pigtail once mandatory in the British army queue (q) |
| #4366, aired 2003-09-08 | "Q" ME $400: It's a 4-letter term for a clever or sarcastic remark a quip |
| #4366, aired 2003-09-08 | "Q" ME $600: Term for a magazine that comes out 4 times a year quarterly |
| #4366, aired 2003-09-08 | "Q" ME $800: With 160 inches of rain a year in some places, it's Australia's wettest state Queensland |
| #4321, aired 2003-05-19 | MERCURIAL $400: In the early '60s this man known as Q became a vice president at Mercury Records Quincy Jones |
| #4320, aired 2003-05-16 | BRAIN STRAIN $200: It's the only letter of the English alphabet that doesn't appear in the name of a U.S. state Q |
| #4295, aired 2003-04-11 | FAMOUS PEARS $2000: The Passe-Crassane was created by crossing a pear with this pectin-rich fruit a quince |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | RIGHT ON "Q" $400: On this show, Jack Klugman starred as a crime-solving forensic investigator Quincy |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | "Q" & A $200: Seen here, it no longer travels Queen Mary |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | "Q" & A $400: Another name for a search, perhaps for a grail? quest |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | "Q" & A $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) It's the body part I'm working here quadricep |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | "Q" & A $800: The first of these uniquely styled military huts was constructed in 1941 Quonset hut |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | "Q" & A $1000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew on the ship Santa Maria in Columbus, Ohio) Generally reserved for officers, it's the rear part of the upper level of an old sailing ship quarterdeck |
| #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 |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | LETTER HISTORIES $1200: A Latin link of 2 letters pronounced as one is why we, in modern English, always follow this letter with U Q |
| #4223, aired 2003-01-01 | HONKY "CAT" $1000: A book giving the basic principles of Christianity in Q-&-A form catechism |
| #4207, aired 2002-12-10 | MEMORY TEST $200: Give me a Q! Mozart's work, Kochel No. 515, is one of these for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello quintet |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | Q WITHOUT U $200: This adjective refers to a keyboard that's like a traditional typewriter with 6 particular letters at the upper left QWERTY |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | Q WITHOUT U $400: One way of spelling this Libyan leader's last name has a "Q" with no "U" Muammar Qadaffi |
| #4159, aired 2002-10-03 | THE GECKO $1600: In a Q & A with Reptile Magazine, this crocodile hunter said his favorite gecko is the rough knob-tailed Steve Irwin |
| #4126, aired 2002-07-08 | WHAT A CARD! $1600: In a romantic dance hit of 1986, Stacey Q cut to this card in the deck two of hearts |
| #4111, aired 2002-06-17 | CONSONANTS $800: This letter followed "John" in the title of a 2002 Denzel Washington film Q |
| #4110, aired 2002-06-14 | A & _ $400: "Jeopardy!" would fall under this game show format, the reverse of normal A&Q |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | WITH A CAPITAL Q $200: "Q" is the 2001 Autobiography of" this Jones Quincy |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | WITH A CAPITAL Q $400: The family pack of this Cheesebrough-Ponds product contains 600 sticks Q-Tips |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | WITH A CAPITAL Q $600: It's what Ted Danson's show might be titled if he were a doctor from Montreal Quebecker |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | WITH A CAPITAL Q $800: This Marine Corps base is on the Potomac in Virginia Quantico |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | WITH A CAPITAL Q $1000: It's another name for a macadamia Queensland nut |
| #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 |
| #4078, aired 2002-05-01 | SO YOU'RE THE "SMART" ONE, EH? $200: Cartoon catchphrase meaning the quality of having a higher I.Q. than an ordinary ursine critter smarter than your average bear |
| #4025, aired 2002-02-15 | WORD UP $2000: The name of this Middle Eastern country is the only country in the world whose name ends with a Q Iraq |
| #4015, aired 2002-02-01 | RAINY DAY GAMES $1000: One of the 2 highest-point-valued tiles in a game of Scrabble Q (or Z) |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | INTERNATIONAL INTERNET CODES $400: It doesn't take a high I.Q. to figure out that .iq represents this nation Iraq |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | SCIENCE CLASS $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew writes an equation on the blackboard: ΔE = q - w.) A system's change in energy equals heat added to the system minus work done by the system in the first law of this thermodynamics |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | CHESS NUTS $600: The 17th letter of the English alphabet, in chess notation it stands for the most powerful piece on the board Q (for queen) |
| #3933, aired 2001-10-10 | I LIKE Q $300: In Guatemala 100 centavos equal a Q, one of these quetzal |
| #3933, aired 2001-10-10 | I LIKE Q $500: Without the U Q is pronounced like a K, as in the names of these 2 Middle East countries Iraq & Qatar |
| #3890, aired 2001-06-29 | GEE "Q" $200: An angry argument or dispute between 2 or more people a quarrel |
| #3890, aired 2001-06-29 | GEE "Q" $600: No doubt about it, it's a pang of conscience qualm |
| #3890, aired 2001-06-29 | GEE "Q" $800: Its electrical charge can be equal to one-third of an electron a quark |
| #3890, aired 2001-06-29 | GEE "Q" $1000: A thick-shelled edible clam of the north Atlantic coast a quahog |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | "Q...T" $400: This corrugated steel hut is now a trademarked name Quonset |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | ON "Q" $400: It can mean to extinguish a fire, or to satisfy one's thirst quench |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | ON "Q" $500: In geometry, a square, rhombus, or trapezoid a quadrilateral |
| #3678, aired 2000-09-06 | Q $200: Bond's briefcase in "From Russia with Love" came with a knife, ammo & a canister of this tear gas |
| #3678, aired 2000-09-06 | Q $800: In "Licence to Kill" Bond had a Polaroid that shot laser beams & took this kind of photos X-rays |
| #3678, aired 2000-09-06 | Q $1000: In "GoldenEye" Bond's belt shot out a rappeling cord; in "The World Is Not Enough", this accessory did it his watch |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $600: Agreeably pungent, like many a spice piquant |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | "Q" ME $200: Tremble, or a place to keep your arrows Quiver |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | "Q" ME $1000: This term for a traitor comes from the name of a Norwegian traitor of WWII Quisling |
| #3565, aired 2000-02-18 | "Q" TIPS $200: It's a spread for a bed Quilt |
| #3565, aired 2000-02-18 | "Q" TIPS $400: According to its name, a 10-gallon hat would hold 40 of these Quarts |
| #3565, aired 2000-02-18 | "Q" TIPS $600: This archaic word for "said" is associated forevermore with a raven Quoth |
| #3565, aired 2000-02-18 | "Q" TIPS $800: It can be the object of a hunt or a place to excavate stone Quarry |
| #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 | 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 |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | LETTER PERFECT $800: The top row of letters on a standard keyboard runs from Q to this P |
| #3445, aired 1999-07-23 | FILE UNDER "Q" $300: The Society of Friends tried to stop a breakfast food firm from using this name as a trademark Quaker Oats |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | MEG RYAN MOVIES $1000: Meg lettered in 2 films, 1988's "D.O.A" & this 1994 film featuring Walter Matthau as Albert Einstein I.Q. |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | SPELLBOUND $1000: It's the adjective for a 150th anniversary celebration S-E-S-Q-U-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L |
| #3266, aired 1998-11-16 | IN THE DRUGSTORE $100: Leo Gerstenzang thought up this product when he saw his wife twirl cotton on a toothpick & use it as a swab Q-Tip |
| #3245, aired 1998-10-16 | WATERWORKERS $600: Slang for a deckhand from his use of a mop, not a Q-Tip Swabbie |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | HI, I "Q" $600: In 1996 id Software developed this shoot-em-up top seller; in 1997, a sequel Quake |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | HI, I "Q" $1000: It's a synonym for idiosyncrasy quirk |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE MOVIES $200: Anthony Quayle & this man were the 2 "A.Q."'s in "The Guns of Navarone" Anthony Quinn |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | TAKING YOUR "Q" $1000: Some of these objects are the size of one solar system, but brighter than a thousand galaxies Quasars |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | TAKING YOUR "Q" $1,500 (Daily Double): [Hello, I'm Robin Quivers] This marquess who wrote a set of boxing rules also helped bring down Oscar Wilde Marquess of Queensbury |
| #3019, aired 1997-10-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $200: John Elway, or change from a dollar for a 75c item quarterback |
| #3019, aired 1997-10-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $600: It's a college campus area surrounded on 4 sides by buildings a quadrangle |
| #3019, aired 1997-10-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $1000: Soft wet miry land, like Vietnam, or a predicament, like Vietnam in the '70s a quagmire |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | FOODS THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "Q" $400: It's a tortilla that's been filled, folded & fried quesadilla |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | FOODS THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "Q" $600: This savory pie can have bacon bits added to the custard filling quiche |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | HODGEPODGE $600: During a Q & A session on this cable network in 1994, Bill Clinton revealed that he usually wears briefs MTV |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | ON "Q" $100: Made with eggs, cheese & other fillings in a pastry shell, it's what real men don't eat Quiche |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | ON "Q" $200: Five of a kind siblings, like the Dionnes Quintuplets |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: Pecos in this state has a world championship bar-b-q contest & a cantaloupe festival Texas |
| #2778, aired 1996-10-02 | ODD WORDS $200: In printing a kern is part of a letter that extends beyond its body; it can turn an O into this letter a Q |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | GAME BIRDS $500: They nest on the ground, prefer walking to flying & fit in a "Foods That Begin with 'Q'" category quail |
| #2643, aired 1996-02-14 | FILE UNDER "Q" $100: It's a bed cover made at a bee quilt |
| #2643, aired 1996-02-14 | FILE UNDER "Q" $300: Name given to the standard layout of a typewriter keyboard QWERTY |
| #2632, aired 1996-01-30 | LETTER PERFECT $500: These 2 letters do not appear on the buttons of a telephone Q & Z |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $200: In 1912, a reticulated one of these animals was measured at 32' 9 1/2" long Python |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $300: The first free-fall jump using one of these devices was from a damaged airplane in 1922 Parachute |
| #2569, aired 1995-11-02 | "Q" ON THE MAP $200: A railroad opened in 1908 links this South American capital city with the Pacific Ocean Quito |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | STARTS WITH "Q" $200: This word can mean to extinguish a fire or to slake your thirst quench |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | STARTS WITH "Q" $300: C20H24N202 is the formula of this malaria medicine quinine |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | STARTS WITH "Q" $400: This designation for a standard typewriter keyboard comes from the first 6 letters at the upper left QWERTY |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | STARTS WITH "Q" $500: In 1918 a Marine base was established near this Virginia town on the Potomac Quantico |
| #2475, aired 1995-05-12 | "P"s & "Q"s $100: They're the large, stiff feathers of a bird, or the stiff spines of a porcupine quills |
| #2475, aired 1995-05-12 | "P"s & "Q"s $200: It's a place where stone such as slate is excavated a quarry |
| #2475, aired 1995-05-12 | "P"s & "Q"s $400: It can mean something pointed, as a mountain peak, or the height of success pinnacle |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | "ON" $400: The 2-letter abbreviation in this phrase regarding secrecy stands for "quiet" on the Q.T. |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | ON "Q" $200: Though his name can also be spelled with a "G" or "K", World Book lists this Libyan leader under "Q" (Muammar) Qaddafi |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | ON "Q" $400: A clever or witty remark a quip |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | ON "Q" $800: It's the Indian name for a large hard-shell clam a quahog |
| #2133, aired 1993-12-08 | ODDS & ENDS $400: Mind your P's & Q's--it's a 3-letter equivalent of ASAP PDQ |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | "Q"s $100: Talks like a duck quack |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | "Q"s $300: In Spanish this punctuation symbol is also used upside-down in front of a sentence a question mark |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | "P"s & "Q"s $100: A musical note whose time value equals half of a half note a quarter note |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | "P"s & "Q"s $200: The "steak and kidney" type of this food is an old English favorite a pie |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SPELLING $800: If you have a high I.Q., you know the "Q." in I.Q. stands for this Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T |
| #1741, aired 1992-03-09 | "P"s & "Q"s $200: Getting one of these from the governor might save you from the chair pardon |
| #1741, aired 1992-03-09 | "P"s & "Q"s $300: You don't have to be a ruler to wear this size of pantyhose queen size |
| #1735, aired 1992-02-28 | LETTER PERFECT $800: The only letter not used in spelling any of the 50 states Q |
| #1719, aired 1992-02-06 | FILE UNDER "Q" $300: A string one usually consists of 2 violins, 2 violas & a cello a quintet |
| #1719, aired 1992-02-06 | FILE UNDER "Q" $500: A bog whose surface yields when stepped on quagmire |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | GEOGRAPHICAL SPELLING $400: A small peninsula in the Persian Gulf, it's the only UN member whose name begins with "Q" Q-A-T-A-R |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | STARTS WITH "Q" $100: Term for the minimum number of members needed at a meeting to conduct business quorum |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | STARTS WITH "Q" $200: In 1976 Jack Klugman began a 7-year run as this TV medical examiner Quincy |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | STARTS WITH "Q" $400: A poem with one line less than a limerick quatrain |
| #1410, aired 1990-10-19 | STARTS WITH "Q" $200: It's where an archer keeps his arrows a quiver |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $800: The ancient Roman Pont du Gard is an example of this type of bridge built to carry water A-Q-U-E-D-U-C-T |
| #1347, aired 1990-06-12 | SPELLING $500: A 150th anniversary S-E-S-Q-U-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ABBREVIATIONS $300: You could see one of them write down "q.i.d.", but you might find it hard to read Doctors (they write that down on your prescription; take it 4 times a day) |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | "P"s & "Q"s $100: The little devil on packages of Underwood deviled ham is holding one of these a pitchfork |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | "P"s & "Q"s $200: A very small measure of salt or snuff a pinch |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | "P"s & "Q"s $400: Technically, it's the hollow barrel of a bird's feather quill |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | "P"s & "Q"s $500: Riding whip whose name may come from the Spanish for lead mule, "cuarta" a quirt |
| #1204, aired 1989-11-23 | "P"s & "Q"s $200: To treat with excessive care & attention, such as when diapering a baby pamper |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | "P"s & "Q"s $400: A "colorful" name for serrated scissors pinking shears |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | "P"s & "Q"s $500: It's a "hand"y synonym for chiromancy palmistry or palm reading |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | SPELL THAT NAME $400: Last name of the actress who co-starred with Madonna in "Desperately Seeking Susan" A-R-Q-U-E-T-T-E |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | "P"s & "Q"s $100: 2 bits of a piece of eight a quarter |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | "P"s & "Q"s $400: A nasty little lobster might grab you with one of these pincers |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | "P"s & "Q"s $500: It can be the highest point on a mountain or the highest point on a roof the peak (pinnacle) |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | "Q.M." $200: They gave her a wide berth in Long Beach, California the Queen Mary |
| #1030, aired 1989-02-10 | TYPING CLASS $500: Typing classes teach you to type the letters Q, A & Z with this finger your left pinky (the little finger on your left hand) |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | ABBREVIATIONS $800: q.i.d., seen on prescription labels, is an abbreviation for Latin "quarter in die" which means this 4 times a day |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | U.S. STATES $600: Besides X,Y & Z, 2 of the 3 consonants that don't begin a state's name J & Q (& B) |
| #943, aired 1988-10-12 | LEGAL "P"s & "Q"s $200: The act or process of proving a will probating |
| #943, aired 1988-10-12 | LEGAL "P"s & "Q"s $400: A landlord who wants to repossess his property might send a tenant a notice to do this to quit |
| #943, aired 1988-10-12 | LEGAL "P"s & "Q"s $600: In a criminal suit, one who proceeds against a person in the name of government the prosecutor |
| #943, aired 1988-10-12 | LEGAL "P"s & "Q"s $800: In Latin it means "what for what"; legally it means giving 1 valuable thing for another quid pro quo |
| #941, aired 1988-10-10 | "P"s & "Q"s $400: Technically, this is a trademark name for table tennis Ping-pong |
| #941, aired 1988-10-10 | "P"s & "Q"s $800: On a typewriter, elite type gives you 12 characters per inch while this type give you 10 pica |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | "P"s & "Q"s $100: Made to be movable, like a 19-inch television with a handle on top portable |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | "P"s & "Q"s $400: A dilemma, or a state of perplexity or doubt a quandary |
| #853, aired 1988-04-27 | "P"S & "Q"S $400: A paprika pepper pimento |
| #853, aired 1988-04-27 | "P"S & "Q"S $600: An 18th century furniture style with a royal name Queen Anne |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | HITS OF THE '80s $300: This Juice Newton song has been the biggest hit of the '80s to start with a "Q" "Queen of Hearts" |
| #842, aired 1988-04-12 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $100: Puerto Rico's Don Q rum is named for him Don Quixote |
| #837, aired 1988-04-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: The little piece of cotton on the end of a Q-tip, or a mop on a Navy ship a swab |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | Q WITHOUT U $600: If you were playing a riqq in an Egyptian band, you'd be making music by shaking & banging this tambourine |
| #694, aired 1987-09-17 | PSYCH 101 $1000: Mathematical process used to get the "Q" in IQ division |
| #674, aired 1987-07-09 | ESKIMOS $1000: Most dictionaries list this spelling of Eskimo, from the French, as an accepted alternative E-S-Q-U-I-M-A-U |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: In the I.Q. Zoo at the L.A. County Fair, the chicken wins 8 out of 10 games of this tic-tac-toe |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $300: A device used to stop the flow of blood through an artery by compression T-O-U-R-N-I-Q-U-E-T |
| #460, aired 1986-09-12 | STARTS WITH "Q" $400: From "quasi-stellar object", a heavenly body that looks like a star but isn't quasar |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | LANGUAGE $600: The 17th letter of the English alphabet or a Chinese braid a Q |
| #278, aired 1985-10-02 | TRIVIA $200: The only 2 letters not on a telephone dial Q and Z |
| #276, aired 1985-09-30 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: The only national capital to begin with a "Q" is this, Ecuador's Quito |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | P’S & Q’S $100: What you do to a thirst to stop it quench |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | P’S & Q’S $200: Part of a novel you follow to find out whodunit the plot |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | P’S & Q’S $300: With a capital “P”, a Slavic language, but without one, nail gloss polish |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | P’S & Q’S $400: The answer to a division problem the quotient |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | P’S & Q’S $500: French for “tail”, it’s a braid of hair queue |
| #82, aired 1985-01-01 | P'S & Q'S $200: A TV program such as this one quiz (program) |
| #82, aired 1985-01-01 | P'S & Q'S $300: Found on some stoves & some beer drinkers a potbelly |
| #82, aired 1985-01-01 | P'S & Q'S $500: Strategic punt on 1st, 2nd, or 3rd down a quick kick |
| #41, aired 1984-11-05 | LETTER PERFECT $600: Only consonant almost always followed by the same vowel a Q |
| #5, aired 1984-09-14 | TRIVIA $400: Above this I.Q. mark, you're considered a genius 140 |
| #2, aired 1984-01-01 | SPORTS LEGENDS $200: He has an I.Q. of 131, has written a best-seller, and stands 7'2" tall Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
