| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | ANIMAL IDIOM BRAINTEASERS $800: Make all the necessary preparations before you start:
G.Y.D.I.A.R. get your ducks in a row |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | WHERE'D YOU GO? $1,600 (Daily Double): This term for a trip taken by a politician at public expense can also be used for a P.R. event for a film or TV show junket |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $400: In 1968, she had back-to-back No. 1 country hits with "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" & "Stand By Your Man" Tammy Wynette |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | A PAIN IN THE "R"s $800: A lack of phosphate, vitamin D or calcium can cause this bone disease in children rickets |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NO CAP $300: He was one of the founders of the company now known as HP
_ _ _ K _ R D Packard |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | THE CONGO RIVER $1,000 (Daily Double): These 2 capital cities, of the R.O.C & the D.R.O.C., lie across from each other on opposite banks of the Congo River Kinshasa & Brazzaville |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | BRITISH LITERATURE $1600: Name shared by a shortbread cookie & the title heroine in an R.D. Blackmore romance Lorna Doone |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | SCIENTIFIC INITIALS $400: Naturalist
C.R.D.,
1809-1882
(the "R" was for Robert) Darwin |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | THE VILLAIN OF THE PIECE $2000: In a Thomas Hardy novel, Alec d' this brings young Tess to ruin Urbervilles |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | OLD MILITARY ABBREV. $400: Union veterans of the Civil War made up the G.A.R., the Grand Army of this, which they'd fought to save the Republic |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | BUSINESS ACRONYMS & ABBREV. $400: The pharmaceutical industry spends about $200 billion a year on R&D, short for this research & development |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | POLICE SQUAD $400: Founded in 1983, it's a police officer-led program in the U.S. & 50+ other countries to keep kids off drugs D.A.R.E. |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | POLITICS $1,600 (Daily Double): Cities as big as L.A. & Dallas have this kind of mayoral election where there's no "D"' or "R" after the candidates' names nonpartisan |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | "R"CHITECTURE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C.) The Castle, the Smithsonian Institution's main building, was designed by this prolific 19th century architect, who would go on to design St. Patrick's Cathedral James Renwick |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $3,000 (Daily Double): During the Blitz, Edward R. Murrow borrowed this 5-word phrase from Londoners who weren't sure they'd survive the evening Good night, and good luck |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | TORY SPELLING $7,000 (Daily Double): This 19th century Tory was nicknamed Dizzy D-I-S-R-A-E-L-I |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | I'D LIKE TO SELL A VOWEL $600: I don't have any Ford Model T's B's, F's or R's, but I do have this other 20th century model (Model) A |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | R-RATED MOVIES $1200: After losing a battle & having the MPAA slap an R on "Fahrenheit 9/11", this director told America's teens he'd sneak them in Michael Moore |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | PSA MASCOTS $600: Daren the Lion, D.A.R.E.'s mascot, wants you to say no to these drugs |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | SPECIFIC GENERAL HISTORY $1600: In March 2018 this 3-star general advised the nation he'd no longer serve as national security advisor H.R. McMaster |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | U.S. LIBRARIES $200: AKA "The Rock", the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library is one of the main libraries of this R.I. Ivy League school Brown |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $400: The name of this large sea comes from words for "middle of the land" M-E-D-I-T-E-R-R-A-N-E-A-N |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC $400: Ed Zern said this D.H. Lawrence novel "cannot take the place of J.R. Miller's 'Practical Gamekeeping'" Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | "R"2 "D"2 $200: Seen here, it needs to do its thing in a timely way, or disaster ensues a drawbridge |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | "R"2 "D"2 $400: Michelle Obama attended Princeton for this type of education, followed by Harvard Law School undergraduate |
| #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 |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | "R"2 "D"2 $800: Ken Burns' documentary on Prohibition had an episode called "A Nation of" these habitual tipplers drunkards |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | "R"2 "D"2 $1000: In Native American lore, this winged creature is capable of producing severe weather the thunderbird |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | LYRICAL SPELLING BEE $1200: Tammy Wynette spelled out this title word that she doesn't want her 4-year-old "to understand" divorce ("D-I-V-O-R-C-E") |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | STATE FLAGS $2000: This state's flag was designed by Miss Willie Hocker of the D.A.R.'s Pine Bluff chapter Arkansas |
| #7256, aired 2016-03-14 | R-D-R HAR! $800: A commando or ranger on a military strike (perhaps from Oakland) a raider |
| #7256, aired 2016-03-14 | R-D-R HAR! $1000: This phrase means reason for being or existence; en Francais, s'il vous plait! raison d'étre |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $400: This table has the days of the month & year C-A-L-E-N-D-A-R |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $1000: This band was No. 1 for one "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night" in 1975 the Bay City Rollers |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | "R"IVERS $200: This colorful river "of the South" runs from N.M. to the Gulf of Mexico; the one "of the North", from N.D. to Lake Winnipeg the Red River |
| #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 |
| #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 $600: Your digit-al I.D. fingerprint |
| #6924, aired 2014-10-23 | TV INITIALS $1200: The last episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" served as the pilot for "Mayberry" this R.F.D. |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | WE LOVE "R" MUSIC $400: Aerosmith's Steven Tyler & Joe Perry joined this rap trio on their 1986 hit "Walk This Way" Run-D.M.C. |
| #6894, aired 2014-07-31 | YOU WISH YOU'D READ THE SCARLET LETTER $200: Of R, A or K, it's what the letter is A |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $2000: Classic hot wheels of the 1920s
V _ _ X _ _ _ _
R _ _ D _ _ _ R Vauxhall Roadster |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $1,000 (Daily Double): Lear's virtuous daughter C-O-R-D-E-L-I-A |
| #6676, aired 2013-09-30 | THE BATTLESHIP U.S.S. IOWA $200: (Alex delivers the clue from the foredeck of the U.S.S. Iowa.) Shortly after it
was commissioned in 1943, F.D.R. came aboard the Iowa and traveled to Tehran
for an important meeting with these two other world leaders Stalin & Churchill |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | DOD ABCS $400: The "R" in D&R is reintegrate; the "D" is this, to interrogate a soldier who's back from a mission debrief |
| #6535, aired 2013-02-01 | THE 113th CONGRESS $400: The Senate breaks down as
D-53,
R-45,
I-2,
I for this independent |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | KINDLY CORRECT NIGEL'S SPELLING $800: Your manoeuvre showed expertise & precision far in excess of what I'd expected M-A-N-E-U-V-E-R |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | YOU "R" WHAT YOU EAT $1000: It's a marinated herring fillet wrapped around pickle or onion, but don't try to clean the floor with it rollmop |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | DOC $1200: Medical specialty of R.D. Laing, author of "The Divided Self" psychiatry |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | AN "R_____T" CATEGORY $400: The last name of Secretary of War Elihu Root is found within this last name of the president he served Roosevelt |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | SPELLING WITH THE STARS $1000: It's the night the Bay City Rollers planned to rock it up, roll it up, do it all & have a ball S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | HOW SOON WE FORGET! $400: The latest star crowned on "Dancing with the Stars" in November 2011 (J.R.) Martinez |
| #6351, aired 2012-04-09 | MATH FORMULAS $1600: In D = rt, "r" is rate, "t" is time & "D" is this distance |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | TV SPIN-OFFS $800: "Mayberry R.F.D.", from this sitcom The Andy Griffith Show |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | BELL CURVES $800: Bell Laboratories began as an R&D arm of this company AT&T |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | SPELL IT! $400: Spell this Christian group that's often found before "Oats" Q-U-A-K-E-R |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | SPELL IT RIGHT $1000: A French connection R-E-N-D-E-Z-V-O-U-S |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | SPELLING BEES $1600: This stingless honeybee drudge caste is only around in summer D-R-O-N-E |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | SPELLING BEES $2,800 (Daily Double): 11-letter "continental," adjective that describes the honeybee hybrid A-F-R-I-C-A-N-I-Z-E-D |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | MOVIE NICKNAMES $1000: R. Lee Ermey in "Full Metal Jacket" calls Vincent D'Onofrio's character this, after a fictional TV marine Gomer Pyle |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | A SHORT SPELL $600: Dreadful; it comes before "consequences", & also means "to say" in French
(4 letters) D-I-R-E |
| #5999, aired 2010-10-14 | OHIOANS $1200: In 1890 Ohioan Caroline Harrison became the first president general of this org. that traces members' lineages to 1776 the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution) |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | IF I WERE A RICH MAN... $400: I'd want &/or desire to buy this item seen here; it's about 45 carats, doc the Hope Diamond |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU'D FIND $800: ...the Mosque of Quba & the Mosque of the two Qiblahs Saudi Arabia |
| #5796, aired 2009-11-23 | CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS $400: Taking over from his assassinated father in 2001, Joseph Kabila is the president of this country abbreviated D.R.C. the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | SPELLING $400: There are Gregorian & Julian versions of this chart C-A-L-E-N-D-A-R |
| #5714, aired 2009-06-11 | SPELL IT BACKWARDS $600: A highway patrolman's "gun" or a Golden Earring "Love" song R-A-D-A-R |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST SINGERS $400: "What'd I Say"? That this R&B singer/pianist is "On My Mind" at No. 2 on the list Ray Charles |
| #5661, aired 2009-03-30 | IF THEY'D TAUGHT AEROBICS INSTEAD $400: Helen! Feel it! W-A-T-E-R! Water! You can do it! Anne Sullivan |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | DRINK, SKIN CARE ITEM OR R&B SINGER $400: Sunny D a drink |
| #5539, aired 2008-10-09 | HOW NOVEL! $1600: In an 1869 R.D. Blackmore adventure novel, Lorna is kidnapped by this family of outlaws the Doones |
| #5534, aired 2008-10-02 | FOLK MUSIC $2000: In 1967 the D.A.R. refused to allow this daughter of a Mexican-American physicist to perform at Constitution Hall Joan Baez |
| #5533, aired 2008-10-01 | NEWSEUM $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) 2 weeks after it opened in April 2008, the Newseum celebrated the 100th birthday of this CBS radio & TV journalist, & personal effects here include his uniform; good night & good luck Edward R. Murrow |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | "R"2 "D"2 $400: Exposed to plutonium irradiated |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | "R"2 "D"2 $800: Deteriorated (hey, that works too!), especially by chemical action, like an old battery corroded |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | "R"2 "D"2 $1200: It followed "Knight" in the name of a newspaper company acquired by the McClatchy Company in 2006 Ridder |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | "R"2 "D"2 $1600: Lacking in control, coherence or direction, like a boat without its steering mechanism rudderless |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | "R"2 "D"2 $2000: More rubicund redder |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | SPELLING "B" $400: This country borders the Congo, Tanzania & of course, Rwanda B-U-R-U-N-D-I |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | MISSISSIPPI MISSES $1200: "Stand By Your Man" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" were big hits for this Mississippian who was married 5 times Tammy Wynette |
| #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 |
| #5355, aired 2007-12-14 | LET'S LEARN HEBREW $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a Hebrew word on a monitor.) Hebrew is based on 3-letter roots; the equivalent of "S", "D", "R" gives us "sidrah", a Torah reading, "siddur", a prayer book, & this word for a special meal seder |
| #5337, aired 2007-11-20 | MOVIE PREMIERES $600: On Sept. 16, 1953 "The Robe" & this
w i d e s c r e e n
process debuted at NYC's Roxy theatre CinemaScope |
| #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 |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: With this word, we assume they meant a shutout in gin rummy & not the super on "One Day at a Time" S-C-H-N-E-I-D-E-R |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $400: "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people", he said in accepting his 1932 nomination F(ranklin) D(elano) R(oosevelt) |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME $600: "I see one third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished" F.D.R. |
| #5246, aired 2007-06-04 | I WANT MY "M" TV $600: Ken Berry played a widower raising a young son on this "Andy Griffith Show" spinoff Mayberry R.F.D. |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | HOW GREAT THOU ART $1600: This Iowan's "Daughters of Revolution" was a stab at what he thought was the smugness of the D.A.R. & others Grant Wood |
| #5045, aired 2006-07-14 | ADD AN ELEMENT SYMBOL $800: Add the symbol of this element to the letters "B-R-I-D-E-S" & you get a Scottish island group helium (He) |
| #5000, aired 2006-05-12 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGING $800: 1981:
am canada's pm. dont no zonker r b.d. u kp txtng me abt. pls stp Pierre Trudeau |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $800: At the pub, it's beer from a keg, not a bottle D-R-A-U-G-H-T |
| #4890, aired 2005-12-09 | LEGALESE $800: In legal citations like F. Cas. & F.R.D., the F. stands for this jurisdiction federal |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | SCRABBLE 50-POINT BONUSES $1200: 2 As, R, B, S, D, N:
An underwater ridge in a river sandbar |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | SPELLING $800: Protect yourself as you spell... G-U-A-R-D-I-A-N |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $800: Once spelled H-O-R-T-Y-A-R-D & meaning "a garden yard", it now refers to a garden of fruit trees an orchard |
| #4745, aired 2005-04-01 | TIM, TOM, TAMMY $200: "This will be pure H-E double L for me, oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E", sang this woman Tammy Wynette |
| #4667, aired 2004-12-14 | MED. ABBREV. $400: 2 of the 3 illnesses for which a DPT vaccination provides immunity diphtheria & pertussis (or tetanus) |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | CELEBRITY SURNAME SPELLING $1200: Comic hostess/fish-voicer seen here D-E-G-E-N-E-R-E-S |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES $200: This president gave the bride away when his niece Eleanor married his cousin Franklin Teddy Roosevelt |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAME SPELLING $2000: Rutherford Hayes B-I-R-C-H-A-R-D |
| #4456, aired 2004-01-12 | LETTER & LETTER $1000: Xerox produces about 70% of the technology it develops in these labs R&D |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $800: 17th century man with the "I think, therefore I am" plan, Rene... D-E-S-C-A-R-T-E-S |
| #4344, aired 2003-06-19 | A PAIN IN THE "R"s $400: A lack of phosphate, vitamin D or calcium can cause this bone disease in children rickets |
| #4332, aired 2003-06-03 | ALBUMS $800: (Hi, I'm Lorrie Morgan.) I recorded "You And Me" for a 1998 tribute album to this late legend; Rosanne Cash contributed "D‑I‑V‑O‑R‑C‑E" Tammy Wynette |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | DECODE THE PERSONAL AD $1000: The S.A.M. whom this S.A.F. wants an L.T.R. with has to be N.S.N.D., for this non-smoking, non-drinking |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | SPORTS NAME SPELLING $400: Dale, who drove car No. 3 E-A-R-N-H-A-R-D-T |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $1000: A brand of shortbread cookies shares its name with this title heroine of an R.D. Blackmore historical novel Lorna Doone |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Otis Redding's No. 1 hit that's performed by a Scottish band on S-a-t-u-r-d-a-y Night Sitting on the Dock of the Bay City Rollers |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | SCOTTISH HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Pavement inventor John McAdam was nicknamed the "Colossus of" these (& spell it so we know what you mean) R-O-A-D-S |
| #4109, aired 2002-06-13 | COUNTRY COOKBOOKS $800: This singer's "Southern Cookbook" might help you avoid a D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette |
| #4108, aired 2002-06-12 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1000: An alternate spelling for this site, once an African city that battled Rome, is Q-R-T-H-D-S-T Carthage |
| #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 |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $400: Solo aerial Atlantic crosser of 1927 L-I-N-D-B-E-R-G-H |
| #3922, aired 2001-09-25 | SPEAK & SPELL $300: Brace yourself & spell... O-R-T-H-O-D-O-N-T-I-A |
| #3922, aired 2001-09-25 | SPEAK & SPELL $500: Get nosy & spell... A-A-R-D-V-A-R-K |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | THERAPISTS $1000: The initials of this man with unconventional views of schizophrenia stood for Ronald David R.D. Laing |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | 1802 $500: Napoleon established this "Legion" as an Order of Merit in 1802 Legion of Honor (Legion d'honneur) |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $100: Don't lose hope when you spell... D-I-S-C-O-U-R-A-G-E-D |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $300: You have the honor of spelling... P-R-I-V-I-L-E-G-E |
| #3668, aired 2000-07-12 | SID & MARTY KROFFT TV $300 (Daily Double): In 1978 this Scottish band hosted the Krofft Superstar Hour on S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y nights the Bay City Rollers |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $500: While the coup d'essai is the first attempt, this is a "stroke of mercy" or finishing stroke Coup de grace |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | THEY'RE IN CHARGE $800: In central Europe:
Chancellor Viktor Klima Austria |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | THEY'RE IN CHARGE $1000: In Europe:
Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema Italy |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK $400: Bulgarians enjoy banitsa, a pastry stuffed with fruit or this milk curd product Cheese |
| #3577, aired 2000-03-07 | HE'S MY SECRETARY OF STATE! $300: John Foster Dulles Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| #3566, aired 2000-02-21 | BUSINESS WORDS $100: A slow growth company that invests little in R&D & has a steady profit is a "cash" one of these animals Cow |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $400: She had 8 Top 10 country hits with George Jones, 4 of them after the D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette |
| #3364, aired 1999-04-01 | SPELL IT BACKWARDS $200: Air traffic controllers check this screen to get the dish on the flight path of a plane R-A-D-A-R |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $400: She had 8 Top 10 country hits with George Jones, 4 of them after their D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: We'll think of you as lustrous, colorful & brilliant when you spell... I-R-I-D-E-S-C-E-N-T |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | SPELLBOUND $600: It's the fifth book of the Old Testament D-E-U-T-E-R-O-N-O-M-Y |
| #3233, aired 1998-09-30 | SWEET AD LINES $500: It's the answer to the advertising question "How Do You Spell Relief?" "R-O-L-A-I-D-S" (Rolaids) |
| #3207, aired 1998-07-07 | CURRENT AFFAIRS $300: He told the U.S. Senate, "At Microsoft we are spending 2.6 billion in R&D this year" Bill Gates |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | SPELLING $200: This reptile is known as a croc for short C-R-O-C-O-D-I-L-E |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | SPELL CHECK $200: Think back and spell... P-R-I-M-O-R-D-I-A-L |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | SPELL CHECK $1000: It'll be peculiar if you can't spell... I-D-I-O-S-Y-N-C-R-A-S-Y |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | "F" IN SPELLING $600: Consider it money in the bank if you spell... F-I-D-U-C-I-A-R-Y |
| #3005, aired 1997-09-26 | PRIME TIME TV $300 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Victoria Rowell.) During the daytime, I play D.B. Winters on "Y & R"; at night, A.B. Livingston on this Dick Van Dyke series Diagnosis: Murder |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | AMERICANA $600: Built in 1901 for a coal magnate, the Elms in this R.I. seaport was inspired by France's Chateau D'Asnieres Newport |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: Kidnapped as a child, this R.D. Blackmore title heroine grew up to be quite a cookie Lorna Doone |
| #2700, aired 1996-05-03 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: In 1896 the U.S. Post Office established R.F.D., which stands for this Rural Free Delivery |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | LITERATURE $800: This R.D. Blackmore novel begins in Exmoor, in the county of Somerset, in the year 1673 "Lorna Doone" |
| #2565, aired 1995-10-27 | NAMES $400: This feminine name is derived from the title heroine of an 1869 novel by R.D. Blackmore Lorna |
| #2523, aired 1995-07-19 | FILE UNDER "D" $300: French for "relaxation", it was the easing of tensions between the U.S. & U.S.S.R. in the '70s détente |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | TELEVISION $300: During the first season, Linda Purl played Andy Griffith's daughter on this series Matlock |
| #2304, aired 1994-09-15 | MATH FORMULAS $400: C=pi d or 2 pi r, r being this the radius |
| #2298, aired 1994-09-07 | SPELL THAT NAME $500: Movie mermaid Hannah D-A-R-Y-L |
| #2287, aired 1994-07-12 | WOMEN'S GROUPS $400: Members of this group founded in 1890 are direct descendants of people who helped free the colonies the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution) |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | FOOD $500: A shortbread cookie made by Nabisco, or an R.D. Blackmore novel set partly in Glen Doone Lorna Doone |
| #2163, aired 1994-01-19 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. is part of the headquarters of this organization, the D.A.R. the Daughters of the American Revolution |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | SPELL THAT NAME $400: The Tammy who taught us to spell D-I-V-O-R-C-E W-Y-N-E-T-T-E |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | OH NO! IT'S SPELLING $500: These horseback riding breeches make your hips look huge but are very tight from the knee to the ankle J-O-D-H-P-U-R-S |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | FILE UNDER "R" $300: This root vegetable is often made into a rose- shaped hors d'oeuvre a radish |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | STATE FLAGS $500: This state's flag was designed by members of the D.A.R. in the city of Rockford Illinois |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | ECONOMICS $200: Because growth comes through innovation, many firms have R&D departments, which are these research & development departments |
| #1676, aired 1991-12-09 | NATIONAL PARKS $800: On Labor Day, 1940 F.D.R. dedicated this mountain peak on the North Carolina-Tennessee border Great Smoky National Park |
| #1631, aired 1991-10-07 | THE 1920s $200: '20s idol born R. Alfonzo Raffaeli Pierre Filibert di Valentina d'Antonguolla or something like that Rudolph Valentino |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $200: We assume this director of "La Dolce Vita" is still living la dolce vita F-E-D-E-R-I-C-O F-E-L-L-I-N-I |
| #1427, aired 1990-11-13 | STATE FLAGS $400: This state's flag was designed by Miss Willie Hocker of the Pine Bluff chapter of the D.A.R. Arkansas |
| #1422, aired 1990-11-06 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: Until this man was sworn in with F.D.R. in 1933, the vice president took the oath of office in the Senate John Nance Garner |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $200: A creamy salad dressing made with raw egg yolk, oil, vinegar or lemon juice & seasonings M-A-Y-O-N-N-A-I-S-E |
| #1242, aired 1990-01-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: After playing Goober on "Mayberry, R.F.D.", George Lindsey became a regular on this country show in 1972 Hee Haw |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | SPELL THAT NAME $500: Orville the popcorn king spells his last name this way R-E-D-E-N-B-A-C-H-E-R |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | APRIL $1000: When the D.A.R. closed Constitution Hall to her, she sang at the Lincoln Memorial April 9, 1939 Marian Anderson |
| #1075, aired 1989-04-14 | ECONOMICS $200: Fast-growing companies tend to be those that invest heavily in R & D, which is this research & development |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | COUNTRY CROONERS $200: Though she's had 4 divorces, her 1968 "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" was the biggest one Tammy Wynette |
| #999, aired 1988-12-29 | "R.D." $200 (Daily Double): A New York City street urchin provided the inspiration for this 1964 No. 1 hit:
"When she was just a kid her clothes were hand me downs..." "Rag Doll" |
| #999, aired 1988-12-29 | "R.D." $400: An old joke says if you're feeling this way, get the number of the truck that hit you run down |
| #999, aired 1988-12-29 | "R.D." $600: A slang term from the early part of the century meaning "amateur" or "small time" rinky-dink |
| #999, aired 1988-12-29 | "R.D." $800: An example of this type of mathematical group that goes on indefinitely is 1⁄3 = .333333... repeating decimal |
| #999, aired 1988-12-29 | "R.D." $1000: In communist Chinese propaganda, a term for 1 who served counter-revolutionary interests running dog |
| #955, aired 1988-10-28 | GAMES $500: Author J.R.R. Tolkien helped inspire G. Gygax & D. Arneson to invent this role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons |
| #925, aired 1988-09-16 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $400: Spelled "G-E-R-D" in Old English where it meant a small stick, it now means a precise length a yard |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $500: If you're referring to a Blue Brother or a Ghostbuster, this Dan's your man A-Y-K-R-O-Y-D |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | SPELLING $100: This adjective meaning strange is an anagram of "wired" W-E-I-R-D |
| #781, aired 1988-01-18 | AUNTS $500: On both "The Andy Griffith Show" & "Mayberry R.F.D." she played Aunt Bee Francis Bavier |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | ODD SPELLING $600: It's how that 3-part picture of a playmate in the middle of a British Playboy is spelled C-E-N-T-R-E-F-O-L-D |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | SCIENTIFIC SPELLING $600: Temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 0° C-E-N-T-I-G-R-A-D-E |
| #735, aired 1987-11-13 | ADVERTISING $500: Slogan created in 1921 when a pal of an R.J. Reynolds ad man ran out of cigarettes on a golf course "I'd walk a mile for a Camel" |
| #681, aired 1987-07-20 | SITCOMS $800: On "Mayberry, R.F.D." she was Ken Berry's 1st housekeeper Aunt Bee |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | MEDICAL SPELLING $400: Rabies, or a morbid dread of water H-Y-D-R-O-P-H-O-B-I-A |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | SPELLING $400: Spelling of the sea you'd see looking north from Tripoli M-E-D-I-T-E-R-R-A-N-E-A-N |
| #583, aired 1987-03-04 | BLUE SONGS $100 (Daily Double): If he'd been alive in 1952, R. Valentino might have slunk across the dance floor to this hit:
[Instrumental music plays.] "The Blue Tango" |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | SPELLING $400: This African anteater is 1 of the first entries in English language dictionaries A-A-R-D-V-A-R-K |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | SPELLING $1000: French for "outside of work", it's an appetizer served before a meal H-O-R-S D'-O-E-U-V-R-E(-S) |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | SPELLING $1000: Full name of the lady who plays Maddie Hayes on "Moonlighting" C-Y-B-I-L-L S-H-E-P-H-E-R-D |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $500: If you can use your left hand & right hand equally well, you're considered this A-M-B-I-D-E-X-T-R-O-U-S |
| #463, aired 1986-09-17 | SCULPTURE $300: Sculpture in which figures project from background, it's never spelled R-O-L-A-I-D-S relief |
| #339, aired 1985-12-26 | INITIALS $200: It's what the "D" in D.A.R. stands for Daughters (of the American Revolution) |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | SPELLING $300: Word always used to describe Al Yankovic, who "Lost On Jeopardy" W-E-I-R-D |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | TV TRIVIA $400: When Ken Berry took over, "The Andy Griffith Show" was renamed this Mayberry R.F.D. |
| #21, aired 1984-10-08 | "MARCH" ON $200: Founded by F.D.R. in 1938, it works to prevent birth defects the March of Dimes |
