| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $200: A children's library & learning center in Little Rock, Arkansas is named for this first lady Clinton |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENCE $600: Sculptor Gutzon Borglum chose this landmark for its solid granite rock face; it would take 14 years for it to be completed Mount Rushmore |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $400: (I'm Ellie Kemper.) Like "30 Rock"'s, the theme song from "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" was written by Jeff Richmond, who is married to this creator of both shows Tina Fey |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LIVED PAST 100 $200: Tom Morello's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech on this band's behalf thanked Tom's mom, a centenarian teacher & activist Rage Against the Machine |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SAY IT IN SPANISH $2000: This beloved indie rock band took its name in 1984 from the way a Spanish-speaking outfielder says, "I got it" Yo La Tengo |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | FADS $600: Here's our version of this big fad of the 1970s; googly eyes optional a Pet Rock |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $800: Fitting with the band name, "Vivid" was the first album by this hard rock band, featuring Corey Glover & Vernon Reid Living Colour |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $1600: In a song by the goth rock band Bauhaus, this horror movie legend is "Dead, undead, undead, undead" Bela Lugosi |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A BEACON IN THE NIGHT $1200: The Bell Rock Lighthouse outside the Firth of Forth warns ships of navigation dangers in this sea the North Sea |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | SONG SIMILES $600: The video for this Maroon 5 / Christina Aguilera hit features plenty of dancing by a certain other rock star "Moves Like Jagger" |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SAY IT IN LATIN $400: You know, in good faith or the real deal, like a rock star; with an "S" at the end, it means your credentials bona fides |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $600: Time to rock a mic, like a this, perhaps Gaiseric, a 5th century king of that Germanic people a vandal |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | UNDERGROUND $1600: It's a homophone of a word meaning the opposite of easy or soft, but this soft rock made possible the ancient tunnel city of Derinkuyu tuff |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: Named for a stalagmite, each December the Rock of Ages Lantern Tours take visitors through this New Mexico national park Carlsbad Caverns |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MOVIE SONGS $1200: This song shot to No. 1, 2, 3 o'clock after being featured in the 1955 film "Blackboard Jungle" "Rock Around The Clock" |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | THE HEAVENS & EARTH $400: It's the type of rock found in many of Yosemite's rock formations & in New Hampshire's nickname granite |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AROUND THE WORLD $600: Part of a British overseas territory, this huge limestone monolith is a habitat for Europe's only wild monkey, the Barbary ape the Rock of Gibraltar |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | THE '70s TOTALLY ROCKED $1600: The '70s totally rocked long hair, as seen on this rock & roll band from Massachusetts whose 1976 debut album included "Rock & Roll Band" Boston |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | THE '70s TOTALLY ROCKED $2000: I want you to want me to say Cheap Trick's 1978 live album "at" this arena in Japan is a hard rock masterpiece Budokan |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $2000: Miyawaki is the last name of the "Your Best American Girl" indie rock goddess who goes by this single name Mitski |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | NUMERICAL TELEVISION $600: There was a new family in the neighborhood on this sitcom, not from another city, but from another planet 3rd Rock from the Sun |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | EXPLORING U.S. CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Area 15 in Las Vegas houses art installations originally built for this annual festival held in the Black Rock Desert Burning Man |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | BONDS OF COMMONALITY $400: Slippery Rock,
Case Western Reserve,
Austin Peay universities |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | VAN HALEN $1000: A "volcanic" rock event, the solo called this on VH's 1st album introduced Eddie's 2-handed guitar tapping to a stunned world "Eruption" |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | ENGINEERING $2000: Petroleum engineers know that a darcy is a unit of this, or how readily a porous rock lets liquid through it permeability |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | MYTH AROUND & FIND OUT $1200: One myth says this king of Corinth got an eternity of rock pushing after angering Zeus by snitching on some of Z's philandering Sisyphus |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $2,000 (Daily Double): Important landmarks on this pioneer route included Chimney Rock in Nebraska & Fort Hall on the Snake River the Oregon Trail |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | JUKEBOX MUSICALS $400: "We Will Rock You": them Queen |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | FROM S TO Y $800: The Apennines are mainly made up of this, one of the 3 basic kinds of rock sedimentary |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | ALLITERATIVE TERMS $2000: This deep blue rock whose name means "azure stone" was the original source of the pigment known as ultramarine lapis lazuli |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | 1980s PRO WRESTLING $600: This hold did rock when Ric "Nature Boy" Flair made Ricky Steamboat sleep like a baby in a classic 1989 match a cradle |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE MOUNT RUSHMORE OF... $1000: Rock drummers: Neil Peart, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon & this legendary Led Zeppelin beat keeper John Bonham |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | THERE'S AN "APP" FOR THAT $1200: Hungry for some hard rock? Then fire up this 1987 Guns N' Roses album that leads off with "Welcome to the Jungle" Appetite for Destruction |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | EARTH SCIENCE $400: One of the 3 principal classes of rock, it's formed by solidification from a molten state igneous |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | BIG & LITTLE GEOGRAPHY $200: Named for a hometown general, MacArthur Park in this Arkansas city contains his birthplace Little Rock |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | MOVIES BY GOOGLE SEARCH $400: "Makeup that makes you look like a rock"; "Panem child labor laws"; "are these berries I found poisonous?" The Hunger Games |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | COLORFUL SPORTS $600: Hard Rock Stadium in Florida is home to the Miami Dolphins & this college bowl game the Orange Bowl |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | HYDROLOGY $3,000 (Daily Double): The gradual movement of water through porous openings in rock or soil, it's also a way to make coffee percolate (percolation) |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THREESOMES $100: Game theorists might call it a "zero-sum game without perfect information"; those playing it to break a tie sometimes call it "Rochambeau" rock, paper, scissors |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CELEBRITY TELL-ALLS $900: "Life":
This seemingly immortal rock star claims he once went nine days without sleeping Keith Richards |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | BRITISH BANDS $1000: The Clash had its biggest hit with this song that says, "the Sheik he drove his Cadillac" "Rock The Casbah" |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | AEROSMITH $200: In an interview, this Aerosmith frontman said, "Your kids never think of you as a rock god" (Steven) Tyler |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | FAMOUS GINGERS $400: This King of Rock was engaged to Ginger Alden at the time of his sudden 1977 death Elvis Presley |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | FICTIONAL MOVIE BANDS $400: Jack Black fronted & provided tutelage to this young band, also a 2003 movie title School of Rock |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | FAMOUS GINGERS $1000: Ginger Baker played drums in this 1960s rock trio that also had Jack Bruce & Eric Clapton Cream |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | 2B OR NOT 2B $200: Crumbled rock /
Russian currency rubble & ruble |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | CAR TUNES $1000: This number follows "Rocket" in the name of a classic Oldsmobile & of a song about it, often called the first rock & roll record 88 |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | JAILHOUSE ROCK $200: Al Capone & Machine Gun Kelly did time on this rock in San Francisco Bay Alcatraz |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIE QUOTES $400: "Time to rock it from the delta to the DMZ!" Good Morning, Vietnam |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | JAILHOUSE ROCK $400: From 1964 to 1982 this Nobelist was incarcerated on rocky Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town Mandela |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | JAILHOUSE ROCK $600: The infamous penal colony on this rocky islet off the coast of South America opened in 1852 Devil's Island |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | JAILHOUSE ROCK $800: Kurdish nationalist Abdullah Öcalan is an inmate held on this country's rocky island of Imrali Turkey |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | JAILHOUSE ROCK $1000: This chateau on a tiny rock in the Mediterranean was a prison in real life, not just in "The Count of Monte Cristo" the Château d'If |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | FAN MAIL TO HISTORIC FIGURES $200: Sir, your 1704 book "Opticks" laid the foundation for the science of spectrum analysis! You totally rock! Newton |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | MYTHOLOGICAL PAINTINGS $1600: A painting by Rubens shows Andromeda, chained to a rock, being freed by him Perseus |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | WOOD $200: In 1994 & 1999 this rock festival celebrated its 25th & 30th anniversaries with new concerts Woodstock |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | COLORFULLY NAMED PEOPLE $200: Writer Mike White created the role of Dewey Finn, played by him in the film "School of Rock" Jack Black |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | "BROWN" OUT $400: With a knack for hardening into a rock-solid lump, this baking staple gets its signature flavor from molasses brown sugar |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | ICONIC MAN-PERMS $400: Gene Simmons claims he accidentally set fire to his glam-rock hair numerous times while performing with this band Kiss |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL BOOKSTORE $400: "Nowhere Man" is Robert Rosen's take on "The Final Days of" this Beatle John Lennon |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL BOOKSTORE $800: "Gold Dust Woman" can only be a biography of this member of Fleetwood Mac Stevie Nicks |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | MIRRORS $800: There is evidence that Precolumbian Mesoamericans used this black volcanic rock with a Roman name to make mirrors obsidian |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | OOH, LOOK, SHINY THINGS! $1000: Small bits of pyrite in this alliterative blue rock give the appearance of gold specks lapis lazuli |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL BOOKSTORE $1200: A book claims that "the year that rock exploded" was 1971, the year of this Carole King album including "I Feel The Earth Move" Tapestry |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL BOOKSTORE $1600: Danny Sugerman wrote a few books about The Doors & one called "Appetite for Destruction" about this group Guns N' Roses |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL BOOKSTORE $2000: "Waging Heavy Peace" is this musician's tale from Ontario boyhood to rock star & member of CSNY Neil Young |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | & TAKIN' NAMES $200: World poverty fighter, Time magazine Person of the Year & occasional rock star Paul Hewson Bono |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT? $1600: "In the Big Rock Candy Mountain, the jails are made of" this; "you can slip right out again as soon as they put you in" tin |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $200: A record of past performance; some people start over with a clean one a slate |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $400: The object of a pursuit, such as a hunted animal a quarry |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $600: In earlier days, this pro-am golf tournament on California's Monterey peninsula was called the Crosby Clambake Pebble Beach |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | PRE-FAME CELEBS IN ADS $800: "30 Rock" was far in her future when she suggested we go to Mutual Savings Bank Tina Fey |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $800: Rocky adjective for a harsh, raspy voice gravelly |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $1000: This cake's mottled or streaked look is achieved by alternating vanilla & chocolate batters marble |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | PRESIDENTS' EXECUTIVE ORDERS $2,500 (Daily Double): "Providing assistance for the removal of an obstruction of justice within the state of Arkansas" Eisenhower |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL $2000: 'Cilla Mullins, it's the 17th c., baby, & I'm speaking for myself. Come on, li'l mama! We'll have 10 kids & make Plymouth rock! John Alden |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | ELTON JOHN SONGS $1200: "I remember when rock was young, me and Suzie had so much fun" "Crocodile Rock" |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE $800: Formosan rock macaques are only found in Japan & in the mountains & forests of this Asian island Taiwan |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | ALPHABET POP $1600: Their Texas boogie rock hits include "Gimme All Your Lovin" & "Sharp Dressed Man" ZZ Top |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NAME GAME $400: Rock drummer who married Pamela Anderson + last name = this "Men in Black" actor Tommy Lee Jones |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | TITLE WOMEN $1200: Frontwoman for a fictional '70s rock band in a novel & streaming series:
her "& the Six" Daisy Jones |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | U.S. CAPITAL AIRPORT CODES $400: LIT:
A wee city in this state Arkansas |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | CELEB LIT BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Rowling's whiz kid has trouble with a certain rock & a "chilly" WWE star Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Cold Steve Austin |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | STRAIGHT FIRE $400: Your new PlayStation 4 is the bomb, but a couple extra DualShock these for your crew would rock a controller |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | MISSISSIPPI LEARNING $400: Known for his rock & rolling, this Tupelo man also had dozens of country hits Elvis Presley |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | SENATORS $1200: This senator from Massachusetts has time & time again professed her love for the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson show "Ballers" Warren |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | GEOLOGY $400: This word for a type of blood vessel is also used for a mineral-filled fissure within rock a vein |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | "R" SONG $200: In a 2017 smash, Post Malone sang, "I feel just like a" this, which he is--he didn't mean he wanted an energy drink a rock star |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | FLIGHTSEEING ACROSS AMERICA $1600: Feel the energy as we check out Bell Rock, one of this Arizona City's famous vortex sites Sedona |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | EDIBLE ETYMOLOGY $600: The name of this garnishing herb comes from words meaning "rock" & "celery" parsley |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | MYTH MISERY $600: Let's just say Zeus was disappointed this god gave fire to humans, nailing him to a big rock & having his liver eaten repeatedly Prometheus |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NATURE $800: One of the 3 basic types of rock, it's formed when preexisting rocks are weathered & deposited elsewhere sedimentary |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | POP EYE $400: To promote "Everything Everywhere All at Once", A24 Films sells pet these, complete with googly eyes & nest a pet rock |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE $400: Gunslinger William Bonney who rapped & rolled his way to hits like "Cowboy" & "Redneck Paradise" Billy the Kid Rock |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WRITING: MUSIC $400: "England's Dreaming", the title from a Sex Pistols lyric, chronicles this 1970s musical movement punk rock |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | HERE COMES THE SUMMER $1000: An Outward Bound summer course lets teenagers get their kicks rock climbing in these "High" California mountains the Sierra Nevadas |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | I LEARNED IT ON SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $200: "Rubbin' a comb with wool or fur... strokin' a cat to make it purr, you're building up" this static electricity |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | I LEARNED IT ON SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $400: "You mean even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, the president can still say no?"; "Yes, that's called" this; go Bill go! a veto |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | I LEARNED IT ON SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $600: These parts of speech
"(Hey!) show excitement! (Yow!) or emotion! (Ouch!)" interjections |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | I LEARNED IT ON SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $800: This begins--& sadly, I can't sing it--"We the people, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice" the Preamble to the United States Constitution |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | I LEARNED IT ON SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $1000: This man "made a deal with Napoleon: how'd you like to sell a mile or 2 (or 3, or a hundred, or a thousand)"? (Thomas) Jefferson |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | MUSICAL ACT ETYMOLOGY $2000: The rock band The Airborne Toxic Event got its name from this Don DeLillo novel that became a movie in 2022 White Noise |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | MISHEARD LYRICS $600: In "We Will Rock You", this group did not sing, "You got mud on your face, you big disgrace, kicking your cat all over the place" Queen |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | STAND-UP SPECIALS $400: In 2023 he slapped back at Will Smith in "Selective Outrage", the first live global event on Netflix Chris Rock |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | RIAA TOP-SELLING ARTISTS $200: This rock band tops the list with more than 183 million album sales, & that's all the clue you get The Beatles |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | ANIMAL ROCK $400: In their first Top 10 hit, Duran Duran was "Hungry like the..." the wolf |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | ANIMAL ROCK $800: Loudon Wainwright III had a '70s novelty hit with "Dead" this "in the middle of the road, stinking to high heaven" a skunk |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | ANIMAL ROCK $1200: In the title of their 2000 hit, the Baha Men wanted to know this "Who Let The Dogs Out" |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | ANIMAL ROCK $1600: Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" mentions a hookah-smoking one of these insects a caterpillar |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | ANIMAL ROCK $2000: Boy George sang, "You come and go, you come and go" in this hit "Karma Chameleon" |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | THE YEAR THAT WAS $200: More than 300,000 rock fans attended Woodstock & Neil Armstrong pioneered the moonwalk--for real 1969 |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | MUSIC OF THE MONTH $400: "Gloria" & maybe fittingly "I Fall Down" are but 2 of the rock & roll servings on the U2 album named for this month October |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | "P" IS FOR POETRY $400: Of this figure, Byron wrote, "titan...the rock, the vulture, and the chain, all that the proud can feel of pain" Prometheus |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | COMMON BONDS $1000: Rock,
rubber,
Bollinger bands |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | YOU'RE SO SHELLFISH $200: In the crustacean called the spiny or rock type of this, most of the meat is in the tail a lobster |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | TV SITCOMS BY FAMILY $2000: The out-of-this-world Solomon family 3rd Rock from the Sun |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE UNIVERSE WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $1000: (Neil deGrasse Tyson presents the clue.) I take a special interest in this smallest of Uranus' five major moons; with its high cliffs & low gravity, if you dropped a rock, it would fall for ten minutes; in fact, my wife & I gave my daughter the same Shakespearean name Miranda |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $800: Ann Coulter & Chris Rock both appeared on the 2003 premiere episode of this current Bill Maher series Real Time with Bill Maher |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HIP-HOP NAMES $800: As a Beastie Boy, Adam Horovitz became him Ad-Rock |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | ROCK"ER"S $400: Don't confuse these guys who backed Johnny Thunders on the punk classic "Born To Lose" with the guys who backed Tom Petty The Heartbreakers |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | ROCK"ER"S $800: This "Even Flow" & "Better Man" singer has recorded under the pseudonym Wes C. Addle Eddie Vedder |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $1000: One can be between a rock & a hard place or similarly, between this pair of foes faced by Odysseus Charybdis & Scylla |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | ROCK"ER"S $1200: Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with her ex-husband in 1991, in 2021 she went in as a solo performer Tina Turner |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | ROCK"ER"S $2000: Judd Apatow's "This Is 40" features a reunion of this fierce British New Wave rocker & his legendary band The Rumour Graham Parker |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | ROCK"ER"S $25,600 (Daily Double): At the Rolling Stones' Rock HoF induction, Keith Richards thanked this guitar maker, himself inducted 3 years later (Leo) Fender |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $600: "Get up! Everybody's gonna move their feet, get down! Everybody's gonna leave their seat... lose your mind in Detroit rock city" Kiss |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $800: "Oh! Look what you've done to this rock 'n' roll clown! O-oh! Look what you've done! Photograph... I don't want your..." Def Leppard |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $400: This Arizona city with its red rock landscape is considered a spiritual mecca that inspires & heals Sedona |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | CHRISTIAN-ITY $1600: Christian Jacobs, lead singer of the Aquabats, co-created this kids' show featuring monsters & DJ Lance Rock Yo Gabba Gabba |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | 10-LETTER WORDS $2000: Pooch & pals are sitting pretty on the rock slab with this name familiar to architects & engineers Cantilever (Rock) |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $2000: This Brit's 21st century film roles include Mr. Woodhouse in "Emma." & has-been rock star Billy Mack in "Love Actually" Bill Nighy |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THEATER BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Wannabe music star Dewey Finn gets his prep students in tune at the Sunset Strip's Bourbon Room, so "Don't Stop Believin'" School of Rock of Ages |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | MYTHOLOGY $1600: She was chained to a rock, left to be devoured by a sea monster; Perseus swooped in & saved her Andromeda |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | "HOLD" UP $400: In rock climbing, it's a small crack or ledge to gain a secure position for further advancement a foothold |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | TOP TO BOTTOM $200: You've hit this hard piece of nature "bottom" at your lowest point rock |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | Y IS THE ONLY VOWEL $1600: The Maya were known to carve these symbols that represent sounds & words into blocks of rock glyphs |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A EUROPEAN VACATION $1200: Winston Churchill Avenue cut across the airport runway in this British territory that knows how to rock us Gibraltar |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $200: This rock & roll legend passed away in 2020 Little Richard |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ADAPTERS $1200: Not busy enough with "Downton Abbey", he adapted "Mary Poppins" & "School of Rock" as stage musicals Julian Fellowes |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THE NATION IN QUESTION $400: The Sasanian Dynasty has a 400-year run; Reza Khan... Reza Khan, let me rock you, Reza Khan; ah ah, Ahmadinejad Iran |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | ROCKS & MINERALS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2019 a giant raft of this rock measuring more than 50 square miles was found floating in the Pacific near Tonga pumice |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | THE HISTORIC 1950s $1200: September 1957 is when Gloria Ray & 8 other kids made news by going to Central High in this state capital Little Rock |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | COMMON BONDS $800: Herb,
rock,
zen gardens |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $1600: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" propelled this rock 'n' roll legend to stardom in 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | WITH A SCULPTURE ON TOP $1,000 (Daily Double): Commissioned by brewer Carl Jacobsen, a sculpture of this fairy-tale figure sits atop a rock in Copenhagen harbor the Little Mermaid |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | SCIENCE $1600: Of the 3 main types of rock, it's what shale is sedimentary |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | TV, YOU SAY! $400: As Oliver, Martin Short has a shocking revelation on this Hulu show:
"Rock icon Sting is a dog-poisoning murderer" Only Murders in the Building |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | TV, YOU SAY! $600: This sitcom's Dr. Spaceman, delivering Tracy some tough news: "I don't know how to say this... D.A. but eez?" 30 Rock |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHOE KNOW IT $800: This dreamy style of British indie rock got its name from the way performers stared at their effects pedals shoegaze |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | WORLD TRAVEL $800: Amazing rock formations of Central Asia include one in Kyrgyzstan called this, like what a forlorn lover has a broken heart |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | THOSE DARN NEBRASKANS $1600: No wonder he wears shades:
Omaha's Conor Oberst achieved indie rock superstardom with this anatomically-named band Bright Eyes |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $600: Let's rock & roll:
Home to the University of Colorado, this city is known for its Flatirons, seen here Boulder |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | LORD OF THE DINGS $1600: "Hells Bells" by these Aussie rock gods opens with the pealing of serious bells AC/DC |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | FROM STEM TO STERN $800: 2-word rock used to traverse a stream, or anything used to propel you upwards on life's journey a stepping stone |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | TOOL TALK $2000: A laborious task is this kind of work involving 2 tools, one with a point for splitting rock & one with a blade for digging pick-and-shovel work |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL $1600: The giant Australian rock formation seen here is sacred to the Anangu people who call it by this name Uluru |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | POST-GRADUATION $800: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall is sculpted from this durable rock granite |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | STATE CAPITALS $800: It's home to the Clinton Presidential Library & Museum Little Rock |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $800: Looking for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? You'll find it on the shores of this lake Erie |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | ALL KINDS OF BOOKS $200: "Between a Heart and a Rock Place" is the memoir of this singer, with 40-plus years in the music business Pat Benatar |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | MUSIC FOR SHARKS $1000: "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" is a Grammy-nominated tune by this hard rock band whose name is a type of shark Great White |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | U.S. MUSEUMS $200: You'll find replicas of the Oval Office & the White House Cabinet Room at his center in Little Rock Bill Clinton |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $800: On hits like "I Love Rock 'N Roll" & "Crimson & Clover", she was backed by The Blackhearts Joan Jett |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | TV CHARACTER FIRST NAMES $400: "30 Rock":
unpredictable movie star Mr. Jordan Tracy |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | A FRIENDLY GAME OF BILLIARDS $1000: Covered by a felt cloth, the bed of a billiards table is typically this metamorphic rock, also used in blackboards slate |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | GEOLOGY $600: This lightweight, porous volcanic rock is used in concrete & plaster as well as in abrasives & scouring compounds pumice |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | TV CONNECTORS $1200: Axe
____
Rock Cop |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | LEARNING $1000: Want to learn French? Maybe try this, named for a rock found in Egypt in 1799 Rosetta Stone |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | COACH: BEARD $100: For beard inspiration, watch videos by this classic end-of-the-alphabet rock band; even its drummer's last name is Beard ZZ Top |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | PURE BREAD $400: Rock on--dark & light rye bread rolled together is deemed this marble bread |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | A SIDE OF FABERGÉ EGGS $1000: A nephew of this inventor commissioned 1914's Ice Egg, diamond-set platinum with a rock crystal watch added; isn't that dynamite? Nobel |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | SAVE ROOM FOR DESERT $1200: In 2019 organizers of this event in Nevada's Black Rock Desert were turned down for a permit to raise capacity from 80,000 to 100,000 Burning Man |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | ALLITERATION $400: DJ Alan Freed's claim to have coined this term in Cleveland helped it beat out New York City & Memphis as home to a museum rock and roll |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | CLASSIC FLUTE ROCK $200: Greg Ham rocked the flute as Men at Work topped the charts singing "I come from a land" here Down Under |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | CLASSIC FLUTE ROCK $400: Johnnie Scott got about $17 for the tenor & alto flute parts on "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" by this fairly successful band The Beatles |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | CLASSIC FLUTE ROCK $600: Cool jazz' Bud Shank improv-ed the solo on this song by The Mamas & The Papas that begins, "All the leaves are brown" "California Dreamin'" |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | CLASSIC FLUTE ROCK $800: "Well, it's a marvelous night for" this Van Morrison song that features Collin Tilton's tasty flute playing & tenor sax, too "Moondance" |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | CLASSIC FLUTE ROCK $1000: After his exodus from Genesis, this singer planted his flute on "Solsbury Hill" Peter Gabriel |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES $800: Stuck with 2 bad options, you're this, the title of a book by trapped climber Aron Ralston between a rock & a hard place |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | GEOGRAPHY THAT MADE HISTORY $1000: You can visit the Central High School National Historic Site at 2120 West Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive in this city Little Rock |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | PLANET FEATURES $800: On Venus, the caldera Sacajawea Patera is thought to have formed when a chamber of this molten rock drained & collapsed magma |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | MUSIC ICONS $200: Valerie Bertinelli said of this rock icon that she loved him "more than I know how to explain. I loved his soul" Eddie Van Halen |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | WHO LOU? $600: Lou Diamond Phillips portrayed rock & roller Ritchie Valens in this 1987 movie La Bamba |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE PROOF $1000: To prove to Boswell that the material world was real, this English writer & lexicographer kicked a big rock Dr. Johnson |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATION WORDS $1600: Molten rock that reaches the surface Louisiana & Virginia |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | VOCABULARY WORDS $2000: Related to the guinea pig, the rock this is found in South America the rock cavy |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | HISTORIC DATES $200: Tradition says the pilgrims set foot on this historic artifact on December 26, 1620 Plymouth Rock |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | JEOPORTMANTEAU! $800: Artificially induced trance state
+
rock roller of myth hypnosisyphus |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | WE'RE IN IT $1200: Sent to scrutinize:
French Stewart,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt 3rd Rock from the Sun |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SEE WHAT I DID THERE? $400: I'm lead architect James Polshek & I kept a bridge motif in mind designing this man's presidential library in Little Rock Bill Clinton |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | A TRIP TO THE MUSEUM $5,200 (Daily Double): Prince's Cloud #2 Blue Angel electric guitar is on display at this Cleveland museum the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | THE ROCK BASSIST'S GROUP $400: Dee Dee, who hung out at "Rockaway Beach" the Ramones |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | THE ROCK BASSIST'S GROUP $800: Michael Anthony, who laid it down on "Runnin' With The Devil" Van Halen |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | THE ROCK BASSIST'S GROUP $1200: Tom Hamilton, providing "Sweet Emotion" for decades Aerosmith |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | THE ROCK BASSIST'S GROUP $1600: I see a "Bad Moon Rising", so I also see Stu Cook Credence Clearwater Revival |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | THE ROCK BASSIST'S GROUP $2000: Verdine White, a "Shining Star" in any group Earth, Wind & Fire |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | GEOLOGY $800: Chalk & tufa are varieties of this sedimentary rock that's mostly calcium carbonate limestone |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | GEOLOGY $2000: From Greek for "fire", this "flow" is super-hot rock & gas emitted by a volcanic eruption pyroclastic |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | NUMBER, PLEASE $600: There's a period before this number that comes before "Special" in the name of Donnie Van Zant's high-caliber 1970s rock band 38 |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | CROCODILE POP $200: His song "Crocodile Rock" was a No. 1 hit in 1973 (Sir) Elton John |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | FIVE CHANCES $1600: In the '70s he & the Furious Five were just about the first hip-hop group; in 2007 they were the first in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Grandmaster Flash |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | CATS THROUGH TIME $800: A feline named Trim kept explorer Matthew Flinders company after his boat got stuck on a big mass of this near Australia coral |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | LYRICALLY YOURS $400: "You keep on shoutin', I... wanna rock & roll all night, & party ev-er-y day" Kiss |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | ISLAND COUNTRIES $400: This country's rock 'n' roll museum honors native musicians like Björk Iceland |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | SCIENCE GRAB BAG $800: Igneous rocks are formed after this 5-letter type of molten rock cools magma |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | IT'S A "BIG" PLACE $2000: Actually a complex of hills, this Utah formation was named after a song about a hobo living the sweet life Big Rock Candy Mountain |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | ALL THAT GLITTERS $400: Glitter rock was another name for this makeup-heavy rock style of early '70s stars like David Bowie & T. Rex glam |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | HELPFUL INTERNET ACRONYMS $500 (Daily Double): ICYMI:
You clearly have been living under some sort of rock, so let me catch you up on this tantalizing factoid in case you missed it |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | ONE-NAMED ROCK STARS $200: About the Joshua Tree Tour, he declared, "It's only taken me 30 years to learn how to sing these songs" Bono |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | ONE-NAMED ROCK STARS $400: His surprise was evident when he won Grammy's Album of the Year in 2015 Beck |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | ONE-NAMED ROCK STARS $600: This singer-songwriter whose real name is Ashley Frangipane uses an anagram of Ashley Halsey |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | ONE-NAMED ROCK STARS $800: This Guns N' Roses guitarist said he has flat-lined at least 3 times & has an internal defibrillator in his heart Slash |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | ONE-NAMED ROCK STARS $1000: It may be "crazy", but this London-born singer switched species as the leopard on "The Masked Singer" Seal |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | WORDS BEFORE WORDS $600: Climbing,
salt,
star rock |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | BUILDINGS $800: Completed in 691, this shrine was built in Jerusalem by Caliph Abd al-Malik the Dome of the Rock |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | BOTTOMS UP! $400: This 2-word term meaning the lowest spot you can "hit" originated in mining in the 19th century rock bottom |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | AMERICANA $1600: It's the year chiseled into Plymouth Rock 1620 |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | MUSICIANS' REAL NAMES $600: Stefani Germanotta:
This member of pop/rock nobility Lady Gaga |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | EARTH $600: This liquid beneath the Earth's surface is different in Hawaii--it has more molten rock & fewer gases & fragments magma |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | "TOP" OF THE POPS $400: "Gimme All Your Lovin"' for this Texas trio inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 ZZ Top |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | THE LYIN' KING $1,000 (Daily Double): This mythical king whose name now refers to a never-ending task lied to get out of Hades Sisyphus |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | "TOP" OF THE POPS $1600: According to AC/DC, it's this "if you wanna rock 'n' roll" "It's A Long Way To The Top" |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | THE JACKSONS, 5 $400: Among those she acknowledged on her 2019 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were Dick Clark, Don Cornelius & her brothers Janet Jackson |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $200: Home to NBC, the Comcast Building in New York City is popularly known as this number "Rock" 30 |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | & ON DRUMS... $400: Meg pounded the skins behind husband Jack in this 2-piece band that helped kickstart the 2000s garage rock revival The White Stripes |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | & ON DRUMS... $1600: Once called punk rock's superstar drummer, in 2021, he got engaged to Kourtney Kardashian Travis Barker |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ROCKS & PLANTS... $1,000 (Daily Double): The dimension type of this metamorphic rock is in blackboards, while the crushed type can go into composition roofing slate |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | GRAMMY-WINNING SONGS $1200: In 1995 "Streets Of" this won Song of the Year, Best Rock Song, Best Male Rock Vocal & Best Song Written Specifically for Movies or TV Philadelphia |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | POP ROCKS $800: At his Rock Hall of Fame induction, this late legend's son Dhani joined Tom Petty & others in playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (George) Harrison |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | PLACES IN THE USA $1600: Sheffield, Alabama is home to these "Shoals", the studio where "Wild Horses" & "Old Time Rock & Roll" were recorded Muscle Shoals |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | ROCK DOCS $400: Hofstra linguistics Prof Robert Leonard sang at this 1969 concert, where he & his band Sha Na Na opened for their pal Jimi Hendrix Woodstock |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | ROCK DOCS $800: Can't get much more metal than Runhild Gammelsaeter, who sang for the band called this god's Hammer & has a PhD from the U. of Oslo Thor |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | ROCK DOCS $1200: "I'm just a sucker with no self-esteem" sang Dexter Holland, a molecular biology PhD who's the lead singer of this band The Offspring |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | ROCK DOCS $1600: After playing guitar with Lou Reed & Nico in this influential '60s band, Sterling Morrison earned a PhD in medieval studies The Velvet Underground |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | ROCK DOCS $2000: 4-time "Jeopardy!" champ Jackie Fuchs has a J.D. from Harvard; as Jackie Fox, she played bass in this all-female Joan Jett band The Runaways |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | ROCK & ROLL $400: Though Eric Clapton was rumored to be the subject of her song "My Favorite Mistake", she has performed it in concert with him Sheryl Crow |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | ROCK & ROLL $800: In 2022 music by this late performer, including his "Bat Out of Hell" album, returned to the Billboard charts Meat Loaf |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | ROCK & ROLL $1200: "The Shareef don't like it", but when it comes to this 1982 song by The Clash, we sure do "Rock The Casbah" |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | ROCK & ROLL $1600: This legendary drummer who passed away in 2021 was called "the heartbeat of The Rolling Stones" (Charlie) Watts |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | ROCK & ROLL $2000: In 2000 3 Doors Down had a hit with this song that mentions Superman & "my superhuman might" "Kryptonite" |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES $400: The confessions of this funkmeister is subtitled: "Memoirs of a Super Freak" Rick James |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES $800: Don't get me wrong, "Reckless: My Life as a Pretender" was her tale to tell Chrissie Hynde |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES $1200: "Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness" is by this late, great Ronette Ronnie Spector |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES $1600: This Englishman looked at fame in "They Made a Monkee Out of Me" Davy Jones |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES $2000: "So Let It Be Written", a bio of this lead singer, gets its title from a lyric in Metallica's "Creeping Death" James Hetfield |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | LET'S GET HISTORICAL $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1,700-pound chunk of rock called granodiorite was found in Egypt in 1799 the Rosetta Stone |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | SCIENCE $800: Granite & basalt are this type of rock, one of the big 3 igneous |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | A HORSE WITH A NAME $400: After winning an Olympic medal, she got congratulations from her rock-star dad who didn't even mention Don Juan van de Donkhoeve Jessica Springsteen |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | COLORFUL ALBUMS $1,000 (Daily Double): Kelly Clarkson's holiday album "Wrapped in Red" includes this colorful Elvis song about a sad noel "Blue Christmas" |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | PICTURE THE SONG $200: It ranks as one of the greatest rock songs of all time "Stairway To Heaven" |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | I SEE YOU THERE! $600: Don't get too close to the edge at Norway's Pulpit Rock 2000 feet above one of these bodies of water a fjord |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | PILLOW TALK $600: The 1959 romantic comedy "Pillow Talk" was the first on-screen pairing of these two actors Rock Hudson & Doris Day |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | GEOLOGY $1200: Botticino & Calacatta are Italian varieties of this metamorphic rock marble |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | CELEBRITIES' FIRSTS $400: The first album she owned was by the Go-Go's and she recreated their album cover look at the Rock Hall of Fame induction Drew Barrymore |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | GREAT NAMES OF SCIENCE $2,000 (Daily Double): Marie Tharp's discovery of mid-ocean ridges would support continental drift & this theory of continents moving on slabs of rock plate tectonics |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | ROCK ART $200: "Help" is a 2005 print by this man who played drums on "Help!" 40 years earlier Ringo Starr |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | ROCK ART $400: A mysterious animal in France's famed Lascaux Cave is known as this, even though it has two horns, not one unicorn |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | ROCK ART $400: Andy Warhol's cover for The Velvet Underground's 1967 debut album featured one of these fruits with a peelable sticker a banana |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | ROCK ART $600: Lithographs by this late disco queen include "Jazzman" & "Hard for the Money" Donna Summer |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | ROCK ART $800: The black paint used in figures on the ceiling of Spain's Altamira Cave is mostly this stuff, radiocarbon-dated to 14,000 years ago charcoal |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | ROCK ART $800: For the cover of a 2019 album, this "Truth Hurts" singer posed nude against a simple black backdrop Lizzo |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | ROCK ART $1000: She's painted the covers for many of her own albums, including "Ladies of the Canyon" & "Both Sides Now" Joni Mitchell |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | ROCK ART $1200: Rock art depicting an animal's skeleton & internal organs is said to be in this electromagnetic-named style X-ray |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | ROCK ART $1600: Though arid today, Libya's Messak plateau in this desert has prehistoric images of hippos & crocodiles the Sahara |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | ROCK ART $2,000 (Daily Double): A national monument in New Mexico is named for its many these, from Greek for "rock" & "carvings" petroglyphs |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | THE HIT OF THE DECADE $600: "Rock Me Amadeus" (made sense at the time) the 1980s |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | STATELY OVERLAPS $400: A registered brand in Little Rock a trademarkansas |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | GIMME SOME SPACE $600: Ice volcanoes on this largest moon of Saturn may be releasing hydrocarbons like methane rather than molten rock Titan |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | TO 5 DECIBEL PLACES $1600: Rock guitarists Jimmy Page & Brian May both once lived in the town of Feltham but today its noise comes from this airport Heathrow |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | CROSBY $800: Before teaming up with Stills & Nash, David Crosby was a founding member of this high-flying 1960s rock group The Byrds |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | ICE CREAM FLAVORS? $800: It's the rock classic that begins, "Wop bop a loo bop a lop bom bom!" "Tutti Frutti" |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | EARTH SCIENCE $1000: The Latin for "water" gives us this word for a layer of rock that contains water an aquifer |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | BEFORE SHE WAS FIRST LADY $400: She was the first woman to become a partner at the prestigious Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas Hillary Rodham |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | MUSICAL STYLES & GENRES $400: Seattle was the birthplace of this alternative rock style popularized in the early 1990s grunge |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | COLLEGE TEAM NAMES $200: The Jayhawks rock & chalk for this Big 12 school Kansas |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | LET'S ROCK & ROLL! $200: This "stately" sushi order has crab, avocado & cucumber a California roll |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | COLLEGE TEAM NAMES $400: They fight on at Arkansas-Little Rock as well as Southern Cal Trojans |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | LET'S ROCK & ROLL! $400: We're never gonna give up this bait-&-switch prank meme featuring Mr. Astley & an '80s pop hit Rick Rolling |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | LET'S ROCK & ROLL! $600: Hominid use of this variety of quartz to make tools goes back millions of years; we "-locked" it into early firearms a bit later flint |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | LET'S ROCK & ROLL! $800: Preexisting rocks that roll with the changes in composition due to high temperature or pressure become this class of rock metamorphic |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | LET'S ROCK & ROLL! $1000: Final "X" marks the spot for this striped silica variety; one example is the red-&-white banded carnelian onyx |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | A MINOR IN HISTORY $800: In 1998 the 9 teens who integrated Central High in this Southern capital in 1957 were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal Little Rock |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | FLICK PICS $400: Nic Cage by the Bay--pun intended The Rock |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | AROUND THE TIME YOU WERE BORN $1000: To collect solar wind particles, in 2001 NASA sent up this spacecraft that shares its name with a Bible book & a dad rock band Genesis |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THE FUTURE'S NOT SO BRIGHT... $1200: On this Amazon show set in the 24th c., a terrorist faction among the asteroid belt drops a big rock on Earth with devastating effect The Expanse |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | THE 50 STATES $2000: Rhodonite is its state gem & Roxbury Puddingstone, its state rock Massachusetts |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $200: He used 2 hammers to bore a 14-foot hole in rock & defeat a drill; however, he died doing it John Henry |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | COMMENCEMENT $600: This Cleveland museum opened its doors September 2, 1995 & celebrated with a concert the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | SINGING ABOUT THE WEATHER $800: The Scorpions sang, "Here I am, rock you like" one of these a hurricane |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | SINGING ABOUT THE WEATHER $1600: Making some big noise, AC/DC "Got Some Rock & Roll" this, while Kiss staked a claim with "God Of" it Thunder |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | ROCKS & MINERALS $400: Weathering, abrasion & corrosion are all forms of this natural process by which rock is broken down erosion |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | ROCKS & MINERALS $1200: Cementation is the last stage in the formation of this type of rock made from accumulated deposits sedimentary |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | MUSIC BIOPIC SUBJECTS $800: "La Bamba":
this early rock & roller who died young, tragically Ritchie Valens |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | CORRECT THAT NUMBER $400: Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel, crankin' the dials on his amp waaay up: "These go to" 596, which would totally rock so hard 11 |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | CORRECT THAT NUMBER $600: In a Christmas song: 156 "drummers drumming", a multiple of the actual number that would totally rock so hard 12 |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | DOCUMENTARIES $400: A 2021 documentary celebrates this legend who, after leaving Ike, reinvented herself to become the Queen of Rock & Roll Tina Turner |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | 3 SHORT WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Bremerton, Washington claims to be where an excited Democrat first yelled to Pres. Truman the phrase do this, Harry Give 'em hell |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | REAL PEOPLE ON FILM $1200: In this film Gary Oldman played the punk rock bassist for the Sex Pistols, who lived fast & died young Sid and Nancy |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | FAMOUS AMERICANS ON STAGE $800: In 1885 he was allowed to leave the Standing Rock Lakota Reservation to join Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Sitting Bull |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | THIS & THAT $800: This rock & roll classic contains the lyric "Get your motor runnin', head out on the highway" "Born To Be Wild" |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | IT'S YOUR LOKI DAY $1200: For crimes against the gods, Loki is bound to a rock as punishment much like this Greek titan; both are gods of fire Prometheus |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $1600: This pleasant rock seen here begins with a silent letter gneiss |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN... $400: Lawyer admitted to practice before this body was John S. Rock on Feb. 1, 1865 the Supreme Court |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | ARKANSAS $200: Surrounding General Douglas MacArthur's birthplace, MacArthur Park melts in the dark in this capital city Little Rock |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | GEOLOGY $400: If a deposit of rock isn't permeable enough to produce oil & gas, this controversial method of injecting fluid can change it fracking |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT $400: In an orchestra, it's held at eye level; used by rock lead singers to keep busy, it's often banged on a hip a tambourine |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | ALLITEROCKERS $1000: This powerhouse vocalist was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 (Janis) Joplin |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | YACHT ROCK SAILS AGAIN $200: This Philly duo--2 guys, 1 mustache--hit No. 1 in 1982 with "I Can't Go For That" Hall & Oates |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | YACHT ROCK SAILS AGAIN $400: This ex-Commodore sailed to the top of the charts in 1983 with "All Night Long" (Lionel) Richie |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | YACHT ROCK SAILS AGAIN $600: M is for moonlight, as in "Moonlight Feels Right" by Starbuck, as well as this xylophone with an unexpected--& amazing!--solo a marimba |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | YACHT ROCK SAILS AGAIN $800: You can always right your ship with "Hey Nineteen" & "Deacon Blues" by this jazzy soft-rock band Steely Dan |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | YACHT ROCK SAILS AGAIN $1000: Grover Washington Jr. was so smooth with this title, "building castles in the sky", this title again, "you & I" "Just The Two Of Us" |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN $200: A neutral zone separates Spain from this territory & peninsula, a gateway to the Med that always knows how to rock Gibraltar |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | THEY EARNED A PhD $1600: We will rock you when we tell you that this guitarist & founding member of Queen is a doctor of astrophysics Brian May |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | FICTION $800: This novel about a canine says, "A monster came to the small town of Castle Rock" Cujo |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | SNAKES & RIVERS $1200: Ranging to 20 feet or more in length, the African rock species of this can be found on the banks of the Nile python |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | "BLACK" ON THE MAP $1000: It's hard to believe Lake Lahontan once covered this Nevada desert area seen here in all its stark beauty Black Rock (Desert) |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU $400: The Righteous Brothers sang that "Rock And Roll" this place has a "hell of a band", including Otis & Janis Heaven |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | YOUR DESTINATION AWAITS $800: Why this city, you may ask? It has the Rock & Roll H.O.F. & the Great Lakes Science Center, & as far as I'm concerned, it rocks! Cleveland |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | BEVERAGE RHYMES $1000: A clause in a rock band's contract that assures they have their favorite fermented apple drink cider rider |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | TV CRIME FAMILIES $600: In 2020 Chris Rock played Loy Cannon, head of a crime family on this drama that despite its title was set in Kansas City Fargo |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $2000: Seen here is this numerical group plus their NAACP adviser who integrated Arkansas' Central High School in 1957 the Little Rock Nine |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | MUSIC STUFF $200: Irked by this band's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Johnny Rotten wrote, "We're not coming. We're not your monkeys" the Sex Pistols |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | MUSIC STUFF $1000: Mark Feld was the original name of this late style icon who joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 with his band T. Rex Marc Bolan |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | FIX THE ELTON JOHN LYRIC $200: "But the biggest kick I ever got was doin' a thing called the chopping block" crocodile rock |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | CLASSIC ALBUMS $800: It won Best Rock Album & Album of the Year Grammys in 1996 & featured the Best Rock Song "You Oughta Know" Jagged Little Pill |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | JOKERS $1000: In a 1984 film Rob Reiner said they "earned a distinguished place in rock history as one of England's loudest bands" Spinal Tap |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | DARK MATTER $1600: You get a "B" if you know it's the most common volcanic rock in the Earth's crust basalt |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | GEOGRAPHIC IDIOMS $200: If you're between a rock & a hard place, you might also be between the devil & this salty expanse the deep blue sea |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | THE "HIT" PARADE $2000: "I came to dance with you", says Vanessa Marquez in "Rock Your Body"; Justin Timberlake replies, "You don't wanna" do this hit the floor |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | MISMATCHED PAIRS $600: Arkansas capital & Jim Henson series featuring Red, Gobo & Boober Little Rock & Fraggle Rock |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | 20th CENTURY ENGLISH $400: The 1960s gave us acid rock; the acid was this LSD |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | ANNUS HORRIBILIS $2,200 (Daily Double): In the space of a few weeks in 1912, Robert Falcon Scott's trek to this landmark ended in death, then Titanic sailed into history the South Pole |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | PRO WRESTLING TERMINOLOGY $800: Perhaps a play on "jobber", this Italian-sounding word is a wrestler hired to lose often; the Rock uses it as a synonym for loser jabroni |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | STARS & STONES $1600: You might surmise from its name that sandstone is this one of the 3 classifications of rock sedimentary |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Southern state capital confection that's made of crystallized sugar Little Rock candy |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | OLD-SCHOOL SELFIES $400: Philippe-Laurent Roland did things the hard way, taking a 1787 selfie in this rock marble |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) You can't miss the 1973 Cadillac convertible, owned by this rock pioneer, who influenced so many early performers, including The Beatles, & he drove the car in "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll", a documentary that celebrated his 60th birthday Chuck Berry |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | NOTABLE ASIAN AMERICANS $6,000 (Daily Double): Not a fan of rock music, he initially turned down the job of designing the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (I.M.) Pei |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | CELEBRITIES $400: Before he was "The Rock", he had another nickname--Dewey Dwayne Johnson |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | AN AUGUST CATEGORY $200: August 1934: known as "The Rock", it opens & Frank Bolt gets prisoner number 1 Alcatraz |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | A POET LAUREATE $400: Hyphenated last name of Cecil, actor Daniel's dad, who could rock a rhyme or 2 & had the British gig from 1968 to 1972 Day-Lewis |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | FROM TV TO FILM $200: The 2000 movie version of this TV show added "Viva Rock Vegas" to the title The Flintstones |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | SCIENCE FICTION $2000: Earth & Mars are factions in "The Expanse", as are Belters, many of whom live on this largest rock in our asteroid belt Ceres |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $200: We will always love this late, great singer who got her first record offer while still in high school Whitney Houston |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $400: As a high schooler in Freehold, New Jersey, he played with a group called The Castiles Bruce Springsteen |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $600: This Aberdeen, Washington local ran track & played drums in his school band before becoming the face of grunge Kurt Cobain |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $800: Though his life was tragically cut short, the legacy of this California kid, the first Chicano rock star, lives on Ritchie Valens |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $1000: No fooling, this punk poet was voted her class clown Patti Smith |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | SUPER GENIUS $600: In 1975 Gary Dahl marketed a "Pet" this, which sold for $3.95; the ones used were from Mexican beaches & cost Gary 1 cent each a Pet Rock |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | TUNE A FISH $200: This song by the B-52's says, "There goes a dogfish, chased by a catfish" "Rock Lobster" |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | YOU CAN'T $400: ...move this kind of big rock if it's on public property in the Colorado city of the same name; the municipal code says no a boulder |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE $600: The graphic novel about this pop & rock icon is subtitled "Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams" David Bowie |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | LOST & FOUND $2000: Rediscovered in 1812, this ancient city in Jordan got its name from the Greek for "rock" Petra |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME NICKNAMES $400: This Doors frontman was "the Lizard King" as well as "Mr. Mojo Risin"', an anagram of his name Jim Morrison |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME NICKNAMES $800: Smokey Robinson said this "Let's Get It On" singer's Motown nickname was "Dad" because he "used to walk like an old man" Marvin Gaye |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME NICKNAMES $1200: The legendary Jerry Lee Lewis has this lethal nickname "The Killer" |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME NICKNAMES $1600: This "Solitary Man" who's rocked many a jumpsuit is also known as "The Jewish Elvis" Neil Diamond |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME NICKNAMES $2000: This Led Zeppelin drummer & wild man was "Bonzo" Bonham |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | LANDFORMS $600: Waves force water & air to spout through a rock fissure with this 8-letter name; here's one in Hawaii a blowhole |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | INNOVATIVE WOMEN $2000: Many early rock-and-rollers were influenced by the innovative gospel great known as Sister her Rosetta (Tharpe) |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | ROCK BANDS $200: Steven Tyler of this group said the Grateful Dead "were worried about us, so that gives you some idea of how (messed) up & crazy we were" Aerosmith |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | ROCK BANDS $400: In 2019 Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey released this band's first album in 13 years The Who |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | ROCK BANDS $600: The classic "Free Bird" by this southern rock group was a tribute to Duane Allman Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | ROCK BANDS $800: At the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, this group played "Boys Don't Cry" The Cure |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | ROCK BANDS $1000: Fans of this current band are known as Firebreathers Imagine Dragons |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | THEY ARE QUITE THE CHARACTERS! $800: The fast-to-fury Hobbs, the not-quite-himself Dr. Smolder Bravestone Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | OUT WEST IN THE U.S. $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1806 this explorer who gets 2nd billing carved his name on Pompey’s Pillar, a rock formation on the Yellowstone River (William) Clark |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | JOURNALISTS $1600: He turned his experiences as a teenage rock journalist into the movie "Almost Famous" (Cameron) Crowe |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | PLAYING IN TRAFFIC $1200: In 2018, a German town where this rock star was once stationed, honored him on pedestrian lights Elvis Presley |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | DESCRIPTIVE WORDS $2000: Cretaceous pertains to this soft rock chalk |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | CITY FILL IN $400: ____ Rock: It became a symbol of freedom after it split in two in 1774 Plymouth |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | HEIR GUITAR $200: The Hard Rock Hotel in Tulsa featured guitars signed by Miley Cyrus & this man, her father Billy Ray Cyrus |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | LANDMARKS $1000: A surveyor named this monolith for a south Australian prime minister; its Aboriginal name has no direct English translation Uluru (Ayers Rock) |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | WORKING WITH CLAY $2000: Formed by a consolidation of clay, this 5-letter rock makes up around 70% of the sedimentary rock on the Earth's crust shale |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | KEEPING UP WITH THE JOANS $800: In 2017 this singer of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Joan Baez |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | ROCK BANDS $400: In 2019 this band headlined the Super Bowl halftime show, playing on a stage shaped like the letter "M" Maroon 5 |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | ROCK BANDS $800: There "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" for this band with a name that includes a pachyderm Cage the Elephant |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | ROCK BANDS $1200: Seen here is the core of this band that's been rocking for decades Heart |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | ROCK BANDS $1600: This Neil Young backup band shares its name with a Sioux leader Crazy Horse |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | ROCK BANDS $2000: Scott Weiland fronted this '90s band that sang us an "Interstate Love Song" the Stone Temple Pilots |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | MUSIC FOR CHAMPIONS $600: "Poetic Champions Compose" is a 1987 album by this Irish rock & R&B legend who was knighted in 2016 Van Morrison |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | STEPHEN KING TITLE REFERENCES $1000: The name of a shop in Castle Rock where you find the object of your dreams Needful Things |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | MUSICAL THEATER $1200: The Vietnam War casts a long shadow on a group of young people in this "tribal love-rock musical" Hair |
| #8402, aired 2021-05-18 | SOMETHING'S LOOMING OVER ME $1000: The cliffs of the Dodecanese Islands, a popular place for rock climbers, loom over this sea the Aegean |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | 2-LETTER FIRST NAMERS $2000: One of rock's early pioneers, he was known for his unusual guitars Bo Diddley |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | AMERICAN MUSIC $400: This 10-letter term for a mix of rock & roll & country was likely coined to describe the music of Elvis Presley rockabilly |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS $400: Linkin Park's "Sharp Edges" begins with a warning: "Mama always told me don't you" do this "with scissors, son" run |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS $800: In 2008 M.I.A. flew up the charts alliteratively with "Paper" these planes |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS $1200: In 1995 Mick said that 1967's "Yesterday's Papers" was the first song he wrote completely on his own for this group The Rolling Stones |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS $1600: "Sick leaf & sorrow & pincers net-scissors" is from a 1969 song by this "subterranean" Lou Reed band The Velvet Underground |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS $2000: Joe Jackson: "If you want to know about the bishop & the actress... you can read it in" these weekly editions the Sunday papers |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | CHAPTERS IN NONFICTION BOOKS $1200: "30 Rock: An Experiment to Confuse Your Grandparents" Bossypants |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | THE PRESIDENT'S AIRPORT $200: The National Airport in Little Rock is named for both this man & this woman Hillary Clinton & Bill Clinton |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | MUSICAL GODFATHERS $800: Iggy Pop, Lou Reed & Joey Ramone have all been called "The Godfather of" this rock genre punk |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | GUITARS & DRUMS $1000: Many a rock guitarist plays this classic Gibson guitar named for its legendary designer Les Paul |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | FUNNY TV SONGS $1600: Songs in the rock opera "The Nightman Cometh" are part of an elaborate scheme for Charlie to propose marriage on this show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | PLACES IN TEXAS $3,000 (Daily Double): Brought from across the pond in 1959, a piece of this rock can be found on display in the town of Shamrock, Texas the Blarney Stone |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | SCULPTURE MATERIALS $400: Mount Rushmore will be around for a while: this type of rock erodes one inch every 10,000 years granite |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | "OUT" AT FIRST $1000: A rock formation that projects from the ground an outcrop |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | 20th CENTURY ART & ARTISTS $1200: A pioneer of the multimedia events called Happenings, Al Hansen was also the grandfather of this innovative alt-rock musician Beck Hansen |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | SCIENCE TIME $400: The mafic type of this 5-letter underground molten rock can reach more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit magma |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: For this show Justin Collette took the role of Dewey Finn, played by Jack Black in a 2003 movie School of Rock |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | ALPHABET DOGS $600: C: Toto was one of these Scottish terriers bred to chase vermin in rock piles a cairn terrier |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1600: With lovely crystals inside, it's Iowa's state rock a geode |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | ASIAN HISTORY $800: Around 770, the rock cut temple seen here was completed at Ellora, India & dedicated to this main god, the destroyer Shiva |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | DOUBLE-VOWEL WORDS $1000: Ending in double E, it's loose rock, & be careful not to slip on it scree |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | GUITAR GODDESSES $400: She & the Blackhearts were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 Joan Jett |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA $200: Ancient cliff dwellings in Bandelier National Monument were crafted from tuff, a rock formed of ash from these volcanoes |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | ALPHABET ROCKERS & RAPPERS $1200: Destined to be last in any rock encyclopedia, this Texas trio showed off their "Legs" in the 1980s ZZ Top |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | ALPHABET ROCKERS & RAPPERS $1600: This '80s rap trio: "It's tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time, it's tricky... tricky tricky tricky tricky" Run-DMC |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | GAME THEORY $1,000 (Daily Double): If you win, switch to whatever would've beaten you for the next round, says a 2014 study on the psychology of this game Rock, Paper, Scissors |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: This word meaning "scheduled" begins with a type of metamorphic rock slated |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | WORDS WITH "FER" ENDS $2000: A stratum of water-bearing rock aquifer |
| #8321, aired 2021-01-25 | NATURE $1200: As its name implies, this material making up much of Sedona's red rock formations is itself made up of grains of minerals pressed together sandstone |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | CLEVELAND: NEWS CLUES $400: (Nichole Vrsansky from WOIO presents the clue.) This institution opened in downtown Cleveland on September 2, 1995 & celebrated with a star-studded show featuring legend after legend, including Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen & Bob Dylan the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| #8317, aired 2021-01-19 | ANAGRAM THE FIRST NAME $1200: A first name made up by a rock & roll frontman & a California airport code Axl & LAX |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | ENTERTAINING BROTHERS $800: This band's jam-oriented southern rock sound produced tunes like "Ramblin' Man" & "Whipping Post" The Allman Brothers |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | TELEVISION BY THE NUMBER $600: On this NBC sitcom Tracy Morgan said, "I yelled 'baba booey' at Walter Cronkite's funeral" 30 Rock |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | YACHT ROCK $200: Mike Campbell wrote the music for "Boys Of Summer" working on a Tom Petty album but gave it to this Eagle who penned the lyrics, flying solo Don Henley |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | YACHT ROCK $400: Adding music to a personal ad, Rupert Holmes began, "If you like" these cocktails "and getting caught in the rain..." piña coladas |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | YACHT ROCK $600: Let's "Ride Like The Wind" to this alliterative artist who gave us the perfect-for-the-category "Sailing", a No. 1 hit in 1980 Christopher Cross |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | YACHT ROCK $800: After "Takin' It To The Streets", these musical "siblings" set sail with "What A Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | YACHT ROCK $1000: Jennifer Holliday sang backup on "I Want To Know What Love Is" by this band Foreigner |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | LET'S MAKE A SUPERGROUP $600: Bringing the thunder on drums, let's give a "Whole Lotta Love" to the legendary John Bonham of this hard rock group Led Zeppelin |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | LET'S MAKE A SUPERGROUP $800: On lead vocals! She's a 2-time Rock Hall inductee, with Fleetwood Mac & as a solo artist! "Stand Back", & welcome to the stage... Stevie Nicks |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | THE GIRL IN THE SONG $800: "Crocodile Rock"--"I remember when rock was young, me &" her "had so much fun" Suzie |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | POTPOURRI $600: This Hawaiian goose has half-webbed feet for walking on rough lava rock the nene |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $400: In 2011 & 2012 this Adam Levine band was honored as the Favorite Pop/Rock Group Maroon 5 |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AN OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE $6,200 (Daily Double): An extensive deposit in a rock fissure containing desirable minerals or ore a vein |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | GEOLOGY $1000: If water or wind alters rock, it's called by this meteorological name; if that process moves the rock, that's erosion weathering |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | HYMNS $400: It's the beloved hymn heard here "Rock Of Ages" |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | MARIAH CAREY $800: (Mariah Carey presents the clue.) In 2008, a song called "Touch My Body" gave me my 18th No. 1 hit, breaking this "King of Rock and Roll"'s record for the most No. 1 singles by a solo artist on Billboard's Hot 100 Elvis Presley |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | KEN JENNINGS--MARINE BIOLOGIST $1200: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) This cartilaginous fish with a barbed tail & its mouth on its underside lives on the ocean bottom; its relative, the manta ray, is found in open waters, so I wonder how the classic marine biology text, "Rock Lobster" by the B-52s, can possibly have them swimming together a stingray |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | HAPPY HALLOWEEN! $600: (Hi, I'm Kevin Hart.) For Halloween in 2019, I dressed up like this "Central Intelligence" costar like he looked in a picture back in the '90s; unlike him, I made that fanny pack actually work Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | BANDS OF THE 21st CENTURY $400: The Strokes led the "revival" of this raw type of rock named for a good part of the house to practice garage |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | ABBREVIATED BANDS $400: Named to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020: NIN Nine Inch Nails |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | CONTRONYMS $400: Something firm & immovable, or to move back & forth like a cradle a rock |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | WHERE AM I? $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) I’m in America’s hometown where the Pilgrims landed in 1620 and where legend has it they stepped upon this stone as they disembarked from the Mayflower Plymouth Rock |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | DYE ANOTHER DAY $1200: This band rocked the 2015 Rock & Roll Hall induction ceremony with "When I Come Around" & "American Idiot" Green Day |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $2000: This guitar legend is the only person in both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & The Inventors Hall of Fame Les Paul |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | CELEBS COMING & GOING $1200: Tina Fey returned in a 2020 "One-Time Special" of this sitcom; Kenneth the page is now the boss of the network 30 Rock |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | ROCK STARS $400: (Conan O'Brien presents the clue.) Forced to engage in a guitar battle with the virtuoso Jack Black, I cheated a smidge and employed this curly-haired, top-hatted legend, aka Saul Hudson Slash |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | ROCK STARS $800: In 1975 "Dreamboat Annie" was the debut album for this band fronted by a pair of sisters Heart |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | ROCK STARS $1200: One name off from a German composer, this metal front man skidded into pop culture relevance voicing Triton on "SpongeBob" Sebastian Bach |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | ROCK STARS $1600: Serjical Strike is the label of Serj Tankian, known for starting this group in 1995 System of a Down |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | ROCK STARS $2000: This singer-songwriter helped create the California sound Jackson Browne |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $1200: Jonathan Larson created this show based on "La Boheme" that revived the rock musical genre in the 1990s Rent |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | THE NAVAJO $1200: The Navajo capital shares its name with this rock, a nearby sandstone ridge with a see-through portal Window Rock |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | ACM AWARDS $1200: In 2017 Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley & Joe Walsh performed "Johnny B. Goode" in tribute to this rock pioneer who had recently passed away Chuck Berry |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | GOOD "P.R." $1200: Iggy Pop & Joey Ramone have both been called "the father of" this punk rock |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | 3 NAMES IN CLASSIC ROCK $1200: The late, great Neil Peart joined Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson in this band in 1974 Rush |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | 3 NAMES IN CLASSIC ROCK $1600: Earth, Wind & Fire covered this Beatles tune that begins, "I was alone, I took a ride, I didn't know what I would find there" "Got To Get You Into My Life" |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | 3 NAMES IN CLASSIC ROCK $2000: Blood, Sweat & Tears never tire-d of singing, "What goes up, must come down", this title object, "got to go 'round" a spinning wheel |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | "ROCK" &/OR "ROLL" SONGS $400: Chuck Berry's impossible 1956 title request of Ludwig van while "rockin' in 2 by 2" "Roll Over Beethoven" |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | "ROCK" &/OR "ROLL" SONGS $600: "Today's music ain't got the same soul, I like that" 1979 Bob Seger hit with this title "Old Time Rock And Roll" |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | "ROCK" &/OR "ROLL" SONGS $800: "When life is too much", Steve Winwood shared this title advice, baby, in a 1988 No. 1 hit "Roll With It" |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | 3 TO GET READY $800: Of the 3 major varieties of rock, the type that limestone is sedimentary |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | "ROCK" &/OR "ROLL" SONGS $1000: In 2007 Nickelback sang, "I'm gonna trade this life for fortune & fame, I'd even cut my hair & change my name" to be this title "Rockstar" |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | JUST DESERTS $400: Home to Burning Man, Black Rock Desert is in the northwest part of this state Nevada |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | EMMYS FOR WRITING $200: "30 Rock" earned her 2 awards for writing; there were others for starring & executive producing as well Tina Fey |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | BOULDER DASH $600: In this 1981 movie Indiana Jones gets covered in webs while outrunning a large rock Raiders of the Lost Ark (*Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | BOULDER DASH $1000: In "The Princess Bride" this big guy, as Fezzik, dashes a big rock at Westley Andre the Giant |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | SCIENCE NOW! $1200: Observed in 2019, 2I/Borisov is the first identified one of these bodies of rock & ice to visit from outside our solar system a comet |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS $800: Today's lesson is that marble is this class of rock whose name also starts with "M" metamorphic |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS $1200: We learned that this rock is pretty cool, like the recent Eddie Murphy movie character with the sound-alike name dolomite |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS $1600: We also learned that this 5-letter rock is a major source of the world's natural gas & oil deposits shale |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS $2000: Today we learned about this alliterative rock noted for its beautiful color lapis lazuli |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | "A" BEFORE "E" $800: In 2001, they walked this way as new inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Aerosmith |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | ROCK BANNED $400: 1962: Buffalo, N.Y.'s archdiocese bans Catholic school students from dancing to this Chubby Checker hit "The Twist" |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | ROCK BANNED $800: 1969: New Jersey police seize 30,000 copies of this couple's "Two Virgins" album, which shows them nude on the cover John Lennon & Yoko Ono |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | ROCK BANNED $1200: 1965: Concerned it might offend stutterers, the BBC initially refuses to play this Who song "My Generation" |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | ROCK BANNED $1600: 1977: The BBC bans this Sex Pistols song, which still hits No. 2 on the British charts "God Save The Queen" |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | ROCK BANNED $2000: 1968: "There's just no place for" this Rolling Stones song in many cities in a year of political demonstrations "Street Fighting Man" |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $1000: Among this band's many awards are Top Rock Artist 2014, 2018, 2019, & Top Rock Song for "Believer"
"My life, my love, my drive, it came from... pain! /
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer..." Imagine Dragons |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $400: This granite boulder is in Pilgrim Memorial State Park in Massachusetts Plymouth Rock |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | AT REST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. $800: At St. Paul's Rock Creek Cemetery, writer Gore Vidal and this longtime host of "Meet the Press" Tim Russert |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | "AD"JECTIVES $1600: Meaning hardheaded about something, it also means a really hard type of rock adamant |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | BOOK CHAPTERS $800: "Huts on the Beach", "Castle Rock" Lord of the Flies |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | ANIMAL FACTS $200: Sea otters often carry their favorite type of this, stored in a pocket of skin, & use it to crack open shellfish a rock |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | "T" TIME $1000: Meaning holding fast, it's also found in the name of a comedy rock duo featuring Jack Black tenacious |
| #8187, aired 2020-03-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERFORMERS $200: (Hi, I'm Kevin Hart.) My inspirations for standup comedy include Chappelle, Pryor, Rock & this mentor & friend; the "Ice Creaaaam!" bit alone in "Delirious" in 1983, legendary Eddie Murphy |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | THE MANDELA EFFECT $400: Despite what you might remember, this actor is not wearing sunglasses when he dances to "Old Time Rock & Roll" in "Risky Business" (Tom) Cruise |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CLASSIC ROCK & ROLL QUOTES $200: This "Quiet Beatle" looked back on his whirlwind pop days & noted, "We were the Spice Boys" George Harrison |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CLASSIC ROCK & ROLL QUOTES $400: Clapton said, "You never told me he was that...good!" after this lefty guitarist got on stage to jam with Cream Jimi Hendrix |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CLASSIC ROCK & ROLL QUOTES $600: "It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, it's how good you looked", said this Van Halen frontman in 1984 David Lee Roth |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CLASSIC ROCK & ROLL QUOTES $800: Told "The Police are here!", Keith Richards said, "We panicked, flushed everything...it was Stewart Copeland &" this man Sting |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CLASSIC ROCK & ROLL QUOTES $1000: Going through ch-ch-changes at his 50th birthday in 1997, he said, "I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise I won't bore you" David Bowie |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | RADIO ACTIVE $600: This 8-minute Led Zeppelin song from 1971 is a mainstay of classic rock radio "Stairway To Heaven" |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | GEOLOGY $800: One of the 3 main types of rock, it's formed by the buildup of material either on land or underwater sedimentary |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | HISTORIC PEOPLE ON TV $800: This former Disney child star is seen here around the time he rolled as the King of Rock in the TV movie "Elvis" Kurt Russell |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | NATURE $1600: From Greek meaning "Earth-like", it's the type of hollow, crystal-lined rock seen here a geode |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | FAMOUS TEXANS $2000: This rock pioneer was an original inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Buddy Holly |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | SHE MARRIED THAT ROCK STAR $200: Christie Brinkley, in 1985 Billy Joel |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | SHE MARRIED THAT ROCK STAR $400: Linda Eastman, in 1969 Paul McCartney |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | SHE MARRIED THAT ROCK STAR $600: Valerie Bertinelli, in 1981 Eddie Van Halen |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | SHE MARRIED THAT ROCK STAR $800: TV personality formerly Sharon Arden, in 1982 Ozzy Osbourne |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | SHE MARRIED THAT ROCK STAR $1000: Shannon Tweed, finally, in 2011 Gene Simmons |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | X MARKS THE WORD $2000: A relative of the elephant, this herbivorous mammal is also called a rock rabbit a hyrax |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | 1980s POP LYRICS $600: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts: "I saw him dancin' there by the record machine" "I Love Rock 'N Roll" |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | SCI-POURRI $1,000 (Daily Double): The big rock that caused mass extinction 65 million years ago has the alliterative name the "Alvarez" this an asteroid |
| #8145, aired 2020-01-24 | THE GRAMMY AWARDS $1600: In 2006 this 90-year-old guitar innovator won Grammys for Best Rock & Best Pop Instrumental Performances Les Paul |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | THE OPERATING THEATER $600: A Spotify survey shows most surgeons listen to music in the O.R. & the No. 1 selection is this band's "Rock You Like A Hurricane" the Scorpions |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | CHECK OUT THE CRITTER $200: Get me pictures of the Mwanza flat-headed rock agama, a lizard that looks like this Marvel superhero created in 1962 Spider-Man |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | THE USG $2,500 (Daily Double): The USCCR isn't a classic rock band but the United States Commission on these important CRs Civil Rights |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | ROCK OPERAS $400: When this 1971 "super" Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera premiered onstage, it was performed concert-style Jesus Christ Superstar |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | ROCK OPERAS $800: "American Idiot" made its way to Broadway 6 years after this pop-punk band released the album in 2004 Green Day |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | REAL PEOPLE ON SCREEN $1000: A rock star: Aaron Taylor-Johnson in "Nowhere Boy" & Ian Hart in "Backbeat" John Lennon |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | ROCK OPERAS $1200: The title of this 1973 rock opera by The Who is partly drawn from an incorrect understanding of schizophrenia Quadrophenia |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | ROCK OPERAS $1600: Pink Floyd is the band & the main character in this 1979 rock opera The Wall |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA $1600: In 1957 the integration of Central High School in this state capital became international news Little Rock |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | ROCK OPERAS $2000: John Cameron Mitchell wrote a 1998 rock opera about this genderqueer cabaret singer "& the Angry Inch" Hedwig |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | TEAM AMERICA $400: There's no "rock" in the name of the U.S. team for this sport that includes bouldering & speed disciplines climbing |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | WELCOME BACK BOYS! $600: In 2019 this hard rock band led by Maynard James Keenan released its first album in 13 years & it went to No. 1 Tool |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | MATH TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO INITIALS TO NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): (1,000 / 2) - 350 to this rock singer who was also a 1997 Golden Globe nominee Courtney Love |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | ALBUMS $1600: "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" was an appropriate song for this album; soon afterward, Mick Jones left The Clash Combat Rock |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | COMEDIANS $400: Played by this man, salesman-manager David Brent returned in 2016, trying to get his rock band off the ground Ricky Gervais |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | ANAGRAMS $1000: Rock, solid:
TEA RING granite |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | ROCK BANDS $800: Many songs by Everclear concern this person in our lives, as in him "of mine / Tell me where have you been?" Father |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | ROCK BANDS $1600: Featuring Clapton, Winwood & Baker, 1969's Blind Faith has been described as the 1st rock band to be one of these special formations a supergroup |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | ROCK BANDS $2000: Bryan Ferry & mates reunited to play "Avalon" as this band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 Roxy Music |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | ROCK BANDS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1988 "New Jersey" was a No. 1 album by this band that's from there Bon Jovi |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | ELTON JUAN? $200: "Roca De Cocodrilo" "Crocodile Rock" |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | MAIL-ORDER NOVELTIES $200: "Friends of Superman" could send for a nugget of this, just a regular rock coated with glow-in-the-dark green paint kryptonite |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | A POWER CALLER $200: Give partially decayed plant matter called peat a few million years & it'll form this ignitable rock coal |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: "S" is for "soft" in the name of this easily carved rock. It's basically talc soapstone |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | NATIVE AMERICANS: THE REALITY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) Disputes over treaties between tribes and the U.S. may seem far in the past, but this mile marker says otherwise. It was part of the 2016 protest by the Standing Rock Tribe that claimed this pipeline violated an 1868 pact the Dakota Access Pipeline |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | EARLY ROLES $800: In 2003 Seth Rogen didn't wanna wait to play Bob in the "Rock Bottom" episode of this Katie Holmes TV drama Dawson's Creek |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | ELECTED TWICE TO THE ROCK HALL OF FAME $400: This guitarist is quite the 2-timer, with The Yardbirds in 1992 & no surprise, with Led Zeppelin 3 years later Jimmy Page |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | ELECTED TWICE TO THE ROCK HALL OF FAME $800: He's actually a 3-timer, getting the call for his work with The Yardbirds, Cream & as a solo act (Eric) Clapton |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | ELECTED TWICE TO THE ROCK HALL OF FAME $1200: He punched his hall pass in 1996 with The Velvet Underground, and again in 2015 on his own Lou Reed |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | ELECTED TWICE TO THE ROCK HALL OF FAME $1600: Man, "Some Guys Have All The Luck"! This singer went in solo in '94 & went in again as one of the Faces in 2012 Rod Stewart |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | ELECTED TWICE TO THE ROCK HALL OF FAME $2000: He did the 2-fer in one night in 1997: as the middle name in a harmony-singing trio & with Buffalo Springfield Stephen Stills |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | THE WWE SLAMMY AWARDS $600: New Sensation of the Ring in 1997 was this guy who now dabbles in action films...& TV...& basically, world domination Dwayne Johnson (the Rock) |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $800: The 2015 AMAs saw Taylor Swift take home the trophy for Pop/Rock Album--this one named for the year of Taylor's birth 1989 |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | PILLARS OF THE EARTH $800: The Rock of Gibraltar is one of the 2 pillars of this mythical figure Hercules |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | NICKNAMES FROM TONY STARK $1000: Tony calls Loki by the title of this 2009 Broadway musical about 1980s hair bands Rock of Ages |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $1200: This guy probably felt "Better Now" after winning Favorite Male Artist--Pop/Rock at the 2018 American Music Awards Post Malone |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $1600: At the 2017 AMAs, Favorite Song--Pop/Rock went to this one by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber "Despacito" |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | PILLARS OF THE EARTH $3,000 (Daily Double): A rock formation shaped like a pillar of salt near the Dead Sea is named for this biblical woman Lot's wife |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | THE NIFTY '50s $600: Cleveland DJ Alan Freed gets the credit for popularizing this term for the music he played on the radio rock and roll |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS $400: Shortly after burning it up at Monterey Pop in '67, he opened for The Mamas & The Papas at the Hollywood Bowl Jimi Hendrix |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS $800: Robby Krieger said, "Not having a bass player" in this band "made me play more bass notes to fill out the bottom" The Doors |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS $1200: Rock royalty since the 1970s, this guitarist wrote "We Will Rock You" (Brian) May |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS $1600: It was a busy 1983 for this late, great blues-rock god, debuting his "Texas Flood" album & playing on Bowie's "Let's Dance" Stevie Ray Vaughan |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS $2000: Money, it's a hit! In 2019 this Pink Floyd man got $21 million for his guitars at auction & donated the money to fight climate change David Gilmour |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $800: Rock Hall of Famer Hal Blaine drums |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES $1000: Jesus said that a wise man built his house upon a rock but the foolish man "built his house upon" this sand |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | COLLEGE TOWNS $1000: The main campus for the University of Arkansas is located in this city nicknamed the "Athens of the Ozarks" Fayetteville |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | SOUNDS SPACEY $2000: In Greek mythology this daughter of Cassiopeia was chained to a rock as a sacrifice Andromeda |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | AMERICAN GOTHIC $1200: Before he became an Oscar-winning film composer, he brought a Gothic feel to '90s hard rock Trent Reznor |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $200: This "Hotel California" band first came together to back Linda Ronstadt at a concert at Disneyland the Eagles |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $400: Oddly, female rapper Megan Pete calls herself "Megan Thee" this word for a male horse Stallion |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $600: In 2019 this 5-letter rap & R&B artist had the "Juice" to be nominated for Best New Artist at the VMAs Lizzo |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | DELIVER THE LETTER $600: Friends of the King of Rock 'n' Roll sometimes called him by this single letter E |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $800: In 2019 Madonna performed at but did not compete in this international song competition Eurovision |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | "C"IENCE $1000: Larger than a pebble, this rock type used in roads tops out at 256 mm in particle size cobble |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $1000: This Jackson Browne album about life on the road was recorded onstage, backstage, in hotel rooms & on a tour bus Running On Empty |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | VEHICULAR ACTIVITY $2,000 (Daily Double): Nautical idiom meaning to complain when people wish you'd keep quiet & not make waves not rock the boat (Don't rock the boat) |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | OUR HOME $600: I'm so glad we got rid of our old countertops & went with this 7-letter type of igneous rock granite |
| #8075, aired 2019-10-18 | CLUE "N" RESPONSE $200: Joan Jett sang "I love" this "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | '60s POP CULTURE $600: It was the dawning of a New Age in theater with this "Love-Rock Musical" & its much-publicized nudity Hair |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | THE MANY BUILDINGS OF I.M. PEI $400: A cantilevered auditorium is one feature of this hall of fame designed by Pei on Lake Erie in Cleveland the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | MUNICIPAL BEFORE & AFTER $800: E.B. White mouselike boy in a southern state capital Stuart Little Rock |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY $800: So how does a bill get in the registry? Or "Conjunction Junction"? 'Cause this '70s series of animated shorts was amazing, that's how! Schoolhouse Rock! |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | SOME STERN WORDS $400: A rock that makes a spark begins this adjective for someone of stern demeanor flinty |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES $1200: The U.K.'s Coronation Chair feels a little lonelier without this rock, returned to Scotland in 1996 Stone of Scone |
| #8055, aired 2019-09-20 | MUSICAL MONUMENTS $400: The outlines of the Fab Four rock out in Beatles-Platz in this German city where the band played many an early gig Hamburg |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | ITTY BITTY CITY $1600: Black Rock City is created & torn down every year as part of this Nevada arts festival Burning Man |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | CAL. "A" $400: AKA "The Rock", this island is a prime stop on your San Francisco tour schedule Alcatraz |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | COMEDY: YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THERE $400: He's seen here around the time his HBO special "Bring the Pain" brought him a new level of fame Chris Rock |
| #8045, aired 2019-07-26 | BEFORE & AFTER: SINGERS & WRITERS $200: "The Heart Of Rock & Roll" lead singer who also wrote "Alice in Wonderland" Huey Lewis Carroll |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | NEW MUSICAL SUPERGROUPS $200: Both Rock & Roll Hall of Famers:
Cheap Jam Cheap Trick and Pearl Jam |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | THE APOLLO MISSIONS $2,200 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian.) The Apollo missions brought back more than 800 pounds of moon rocks & showed that the dark, flat lunar areas known as seas are not water but this common volcanic rock that also makes up most of the oceanic crust here on Earth basalt |
| #8038, aired 2019-07-17 | FASHION DON'TS $200: This short ballerina skirt is one of Glamour's "27 Cringeworthy Fashion Don'ts" but I think I could really rock one! a tutu |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | "I" ON SCIENCE $800: Feldspar is classified as this type of rock igneous |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ACTION MOVIE STARS $1600: It was Riggs, Murtaugh & Chris Rock as Detective Lee Butters in film number 4 in this series Lethal Weapon |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | ROCKS & MINERALS $800: Lodestone, a naturally magnetic rock, contains this elemental metal iron |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | SILENT LETTER BUT DEADLY $400: Mom might let you run with rock or paper, but never with these scissors |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | MR. DWAYNE JOHNSON $1000: Still billed as "The Rock" in his film debut "The Mummy Returns", Dwayne played this ruler restored to life by ancient magic the Scorpion King |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | A SHAPELY CATEGORY $400: As an adjective, this word means star-shaped; as a noun, it's a space rock asteroid |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | FILL IN THE STATE $600: A blues-rock quartet:
____ Shakes Alabama |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | IDIOMS AROUND THE HOUSE $800: "The hand that" does this "rules the world" rock the cradle |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | ALMOST RHYMES WITH ORANGE $400: This form of rock music that emerged in the 1990s was also known as the Seattle sound grunge |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | FILM IN THE BLANK $400: The making of a rock journalist:
"Almost ____" famous |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | HALL PASS $200: Already inducted as a member of Fleetwood Mac, she got a solo pass to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 Stevie Nicks |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | NATURAL LANDMARKS $600: Revered by Aboriginal people, this largest monolith is found Down Under in Northern Territory Ayers Rock |
| #7989, aired 2019-05-09 | AN APP FOR TEACHER $400: Listen to Third Rock streaming radio or track orbiting satellites with this agency's app NASA |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | IN THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK $400: The principal won't give back this toy--she doesn't care how well a kid can "rock the baby" or "around the world" a yo-yo |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | NONFICTION $6,800 (Daily Double): Mark Kurlansky wrote a whole book on the history of this, "the only rock we eat" salt |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | ENERGY $2000: This 5-letter type of rock contains organic matter so it can yield oil as well as natural gas from fracking shale |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | WE WILL ROCK YOU $200: Playing for over 160,000 E. Germans in 1988, he hoped "one day all the barriers will be torn down"; the Boss got his wish in 1989 Springsteen |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | WE WILL ROCK YOU $400: In 2018 this band "didn't have a dime but I always had a vision, always had high, high hopes" Panic! at the Disco |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | WE WILL ROCK YOU $600: This 2015 Rock Hall inductee: "We came back to Liverpool, & there was a knock on my door. The drummer wasn't well & would I sit in?" Ringo Starr |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | WE WILL ROCK YOU $800: You can ponder if Euterpe herself inspired this band to write, "Dig down...dig down...dig down and find faith" Muse |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | WE WILL ROCK YOU $1000: In November 2018 this band flew high with 12 of 50 songs on the Hot Rock Songs chart, including "Bandito", "Morph" & "My Blood" Twenty One Pilots |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | ROCK ANIMALS $200: In 1975 Joe Walsh was the "New Kid In Town" in this band Eagles |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | ANIMAL ROCKS $400: A rock in Mongolia is named for its resemblance to one of these reptiles--oh yeah, I see the shell a turtle |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | ROCK ANIMALS $400: In 1982 "A Flock of" these flew into the Top 10 with "I Ran (So Far Away)" Seagulls |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | ROCK ANIMALS $600: Marc Bolan led the '70s glam rockers who used this short name of a dinosaur T. Rex |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | ANIMAL ROCKS $800: A helipad provides the easiest access to Wolf Rock Lighthouse off Land's End in Cornwall, in this country England |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | ROCK ANIMALS $800: These alliterative alt-rock rodents had a 2004 hit with "Float On" Modest Mouse |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | ROCK ANIMALS $1000: The name of this "Look Good On The Dancefloor" band combines a cold environment & tropical animals the Arctic Monkeys |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | ANIMAL ROCKS $1200: Lion Rock looms over this special administrative region of China Hong Kong |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | ANIMAL ROCKS $1600: The Eagle Rock in this California city gave its name to an area where you'll find Occidental College Los Angeles |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | ANIMAL ROCKS $2000: In English, Sardinia's Roccia dell'Orso is known as this animal rock bear |
| #7974, aired 2019-04-18 | IN JERUSALEM $400: In 691 A.D. this gold-domed Islamic shrine was built on Jerusalem's Temple Mount Dome of the Rock |
| #7962, aired 2019-04-02 | "MI" $2000: Glauconite & muscovite are types of this rock-forming mineral mica |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | QUARTZ & ALL $1200: Quartzite is quartz that was once this rock made up of tiny grains sandstone |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | QUARTZ & ALL $1600: Rich in quartz & feldspar, it's the most common plutonic rock in Earth's continental crust--think hard granite |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | THING 1 & THING 2 $1600: If thing 1 is to plant your garden, the 2nd thing to do is add this 5-letter material such as cedar chips or river rock mulch |
| #7954, aired 2019-03-21 | THE ARTS $400: This Rodin sculpture depicts a pensive nude man sitting on a rock, chin resting on his hand The Thinker |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $1600: This Bowie song that says "you've torn your dress" & "your face is a mess" ranks as one of the all-time best glam rock songs "Rebel Rebel" |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | EXPENSIVE STUFF $1600: Let there be very expensive light from 2 gilt-metal & rock crystal these fixtures, bought at auction in 2010 for $677,000 chandeliers |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's carved on Plymouth Rock 1620 |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | COLORFUL BANDS $1000: Seen here are the members of this duo, part of the garage/rock revival. the White Stripes |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | GEOGRAPH"EE" $1600: A slender vertical rock outcropping on Maui is known as the Iao this needle |
| #7944, aired 2019-03-07 | DAM / STRAIT $2000: A huge dam with nearly 140 million cubic yards of packed rock & earth, Tarbela Dam is near Rawalpindi in this country Pakistan |
| #7943, aired 2019-03-06 | HISTORIC STRUCTURES $600: Later famous as a rock concert venue, Tokyo's Nippon Budokan Hall was built to host this martial art at the 1964 Olympics judo |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | TRIOS $1200: This rock band:
Eric Clapton,
Ginger Baker,
Jack Bruce Cream |
| #7931, aired 2019-02-18 | TELL ALLS $200: Pattie Boyd wrote about her marriages to George Harrison & this other rock icon in "Wonderful Tonight" Eric Clapton |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | EASY LISTENING $400: This rock classic begins "Well I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load, I've got seven women on my mind" "Take It Easy" |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | WHAT WE HAVE HERE $600: Need a good scrubbing? The volcanic islands of American Samoa are rich in this porous rock pumice |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | ROAM $200: Isra is the term for Muhammad's journey from Mecca to this city where the Dome of the Rock is now Jerusalem |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | BILLY JOEL $1000: This song mentions, among many others, "Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac" "We Didn't Start The Fire" |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | 3 G CAPABILITY $1000: This term can apply geologically to a rock or just mean combined aggregate |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | THE STATE OF NATURE $1000: The ice falls of Starved Rock State Park, west of Joliet Illinois |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | THEATER $800: When it premiered in 1968, it was subtitled "The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" Hair |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | THE PLANTAGENETS $2,000 (Daily Double): Edward I took a famous rock from this village to Westminster Scone |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | MAKING THE ZINE $1000: Razorcake is devoted to "non-profit" this angry type of rock cranked out by NOFX & Black Flag punk rock |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | NOT QUITE OSCAR-NOMINATED FILMS $800: Though The Rock gave his all as Mitch Buchannon, this film was not up for an Oscar; a Razzie or 4? Ohhh, yes Baywatch |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | GLASSES $600: A style of metal-rimmed circular glasses is named after this rock musician John Lennon (glasses) |
| #7890, aired 2018-12-21 | ANIMAL ADJECTIVES $800: Columbine, like the rock or the mourning a dove |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | SHORE LINES $400: In this song by the B-52s, "we were at the beach, everybody had matching towels" "Rock Lobster" |
| #7881, aired 2018-12-10 | I'M NOT RETIRING! $400: I want to bring the show to this NFL team's Hard Rock Stadium, formerly Joe Robbie Stadium, when it hosts the Super Bowl in 2020 the (Miami) Dolphins |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | FAMILIAL MUSIC $2000: Formerly Kid Rock's DJ, this avuncular fellow has ranged from country-pop to rap-rock Uncle Kracker |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | ON THE 2018 BILLBOARD CHARTS $400: This "Slippery When Wet" band entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & were on the charts with "This House Is Not For Sale" Bon Jovi |
| #7864, aired 2018-11-15 | SCIENCE $1000: While it's still deep within the Earth, before it becomes lava, molten rock is called this magma |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | ON VINYL $1600: Rock-Ola was a leading maker of these machines that spun a vinyl record when you inserted a coin jukebox |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | MOUNTAINS $800: Molten rock that hardens but doesn't erupt forms this type of mountain, named for its rounded top a dome mountain |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | WEIGHT LISTED $2000: Any good-sized rock was once used as the local standard for this British unit of weight; it's now fixed at 14 pounds a stone |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | LADY GAGA $600: Gaga helped Bradley Cooper rock as they re-re-remade this drama that last starred Streisand & Kristofferson A Star is Born |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | CAVES $800: Caves eroded by water are most commonly found in this type of rock composed mainly of calcium carbonate limestone |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | '60s MUSIC POTPOURRI $1000: Mind-expanding drugs influenced the name of this style of rock performed by the Grateful Dead & Jefferson Airplane psychedelic rock |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SPEAKING WORDS OF WISDOM $200: This folk & rock troubadour's gems include the 1965 lyric "He not busy being born is busy dying" (Bob) Dylan |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | CELEBRATING CHER $200: In a memorable musical moment, Sonny & Cher reunited on David Letterman's show in 1987 & sang this hit of theirs "I Got You Babe" |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | STATE FOSSILS $800: Arizona's is this rock-hard wood; there's a whole "forest" of it in the north of the state petrified wood |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | CELEBRATING CHER $800: This 1998 Cher hit popularized the use of Auto-Tune as a robotic vocal effect "Believe" |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SPEAKING WORDS OF WISDOM $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1934 this humorist said, "Every Harvard class should have one Democrat to rescue it from oblivion" Will Rogers |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SAY THE WORD $1200: Diglot means the same as this adjective bilingual |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | BYZANTIUM & BEYOND $2,000 (Daily Double): Killing thousands, the Nika revolt of 532 A.D. began as a fight involving different groups of fans of these races chariot races |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | STATE FOSSILS $2000: The Field Museum contains this state's fossil, the Tully Monster; the illustration shows what it looked like Illinois |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | BYZANTIUM & BEYOND $2000: This emperor reigned for 38 years, built the Hagia Sophia Cathedral, & married Theodora Justinian |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | MATH VOCAB $800: (Iain Armitage from Young Sheldon presents the clue.) All positive integers are either composite, with factors other than themselves & 1, or they're this kind, the rock star of numbers prime numbers |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | PAYING THE PIPER $800: If you thought he did rock whilst sipping coffee in Iraq, slip him a note of 1,000 of these dinar |
| #7843, aired 2018-10-17 | BAND BOOKS $1200: Guitarist Joe Perry's memoir is subtitled "My Life In and Out of" this rock band Aerosmith |
| #7834, aired 2018-10-04 | "PER"SPECTIVE ON SCIENCE $800: To a geologist it's the movement of water through rock; to a barista it's the movement of water through coffee grounds percolation |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | OTHER RATHER GRAND CANYONS $1200: "Our House" was the very very very fine Laurel Canyon house of Joni Mitchell & this rock star, the "N" of CSN (Graham) Nash |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | QUEEN'S CONCERT $1600: Queen kicked off its 2017 North American tour in Phoenix & kicked off the concert singing, "We Will" do this rock you |
| #7826, aired 2018-09-24 | I'M A HUGE FAN! $800: If you wanna rock & roll all nite & party every day, you might be part of this group's "Army" KISS |
| #7825, aired 2018-09-21 | LINES FROM THE TV COMEDY $1200: Alec Baldwin on this show: "Yes, my daughter is Canadian American but I'm going to treat her just like a human baby" 30 Rock |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | REINSTATE SONGS $1600: "I just called to say I love you, come back home", she duetted with Kid Rock in the 2002 hit "Picture" Sheryl Crow |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | MORE COWBELL $1000: "Rock on, gold dust woman, take your silver spoon, dig your grave", sang this cowbell-employing band Fleetwood Mac |
| #7818, aired 2018-09-12 | MOB RULE $1000: In "Jailhouse Rock" the whole rhythm section was this colorful gang that in real life terrorized 1920s Detroit the Purple Gang |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | PARENTHETICAL SONG TITLES $1200: It's how AC/DC parenthetically hailed listeners in "For Those About To Rock" "(We Salute You)" |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | 1958 $400: He wasn't inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but into the Army Elvis Presley |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $400: The Hall is still saving all its love of this 25-time Grammy nominee & her 11 No. 1 hits Whitney Houston |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $800: Are they not men? Then why aren't these New Wave pioneers from nearby Akron in the Hall? Devo |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $1200: Are you "Kid A"-ing? These alt-rock legends weren't part of the class of 2018, their first year of eligibility Radiohead |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $1600: This famously gloomy Robert Smith band has been passed over for 14 years The Cure |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $2000: Sadly, Lemmy won't be around to accept if & when this "Ace Of Spades" powerhouse is ever inducted Motörhead |
| #7791, aired 2018-06-25 | GONE A YEAR ALREADY $1600: This Rock & Roll Hall of Famer was known for songs like "Whipping Post" & "Ramblin' Man" (Gregg) Allman |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | ROCKS & MINERALS $400: Chert & this related rock that fractures into pointy pieces provided tools & weapons 2 million years ago flint |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | ROCKS & MINERALS $600: Peekskill, N.Y. was once a center for mining this abrasive rock used on a "board" to file nails emery |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | U.S. CITIES $800: It might "rock" your world to take a tour of the Celestial Seasonings Tea factory in this Colorado city Boulder |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | MEMBERS OF THE HIP-HOP GROUP $1600: Prince Marky Dee,
Kool Rock-Ski,
Buff Love the Human Beat Box
(combined weight, more than 750 lbs.) The Fat Boys |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | COMBAT ROCK $200: Edwin Starr:
"____", adding "What is it good for?" "War" |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | COMBAT ROCK $400: Rage Against the Machine:
"____ In The Name" Killing |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | COMBAT ROCK $600: Staff sergeant Barry Sadler:
"The Ballad Of" these special forces the Green Berets |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | COMBAT ROCK $800: Pere Ubu:
"30 Seconds Over ____" "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | COMBAT ROCK $1000: Elvis Costello:
"____ Forces" "Armed Forces" |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | SAME VOWEL, FRONT & BACK $1000: Ayers Rock is also known as this, with the same vowel front, back & middle Uluru |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | BROADWAY NAMES $1600: In 2017 this rock icon became a Broadway name when he starred in a series of autobiographical acoustic shows Bruce Springsteen |
| #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 |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | SHOW BIZ NICKNAMES $1600: Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, she has the "hardest working legs in show business" Tina Turner |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | VISITORS FROM SPACE $800: As Dr. Dick Solomon on this sitcom, John Lithgow led a team of loopy aliens sent to study Earth 3rd Rock from the Sun |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | TRIBAL STATES $2000: Standing Rock Sioux tribe (1 of 2 states) South Dakota (or North Dakota) |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | BAND MATH $2000: Pop punk "Sum" times pop rock "Maroon" 205 |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | MUSICAL GROUPS $1000: It was a reality that they gave us a "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy":
Bad ____ Company |
| #7762, aired 2018-05-15 | IT'S ONLY AN ALLUSION $1000: If you have to steer between 2 terrors, they may be identified as a rock & a whirlpool, this & Charybdis Scylla |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $200: The title of this Taylor Swift hit is the age of many high school freshmen "Fifteen" |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $400: In 1963 this band sang "Be True To Your School" but usually sounded like they'd rather be surfing The Beach Boys |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $600: Sam Cooke hoped to be an "A" student but admitted, "Don't know much" about this life science biology |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $800: Hey, teachers, "We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control" in a song by this band Pink Floyd |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $1000: The title of this Juicy J song about a woman working her way through college is a form of financial aid "Scholarship" |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | ELEMENTARY $1000: Science:
Lava & igneous rocks form from this molten rock magma |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | FIELD TRIP $1600: The Sea Stack Field on Sweden's Gotland Island has impressive rock formations emerging from this sea the Baltic Sea |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | TITLES MADE METRIC $600: "Hedwig and the Angry 2.54 Centimeters" (rock opera) inch |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | FAST COMPANY $1200: Kilian Jorent has set multiple speed records in this, AKA Alpinism mountain climbing |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | MUSICAL KINGS $400: Before he was the king of rock & roll, this performer was the king of western bop Elvis |
| #7755, aired 2018-05-04 | THE CELEBRITY OPINES $1000: This actress who played April in many "Sharknado" movies said, "I make Jessica Simpson look like a rock scientist" Tara Reid |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Greg Lake was the middleman for these prog rock legends Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | WORLD MUSIC GRAMMYS $1200: 1991: Mickey Hart, one of the drummers for this legendary San Francisco rock band, for "Planet Drum" The Grateful Dead |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | POP CULTURE IN THE NEWS $800: This Michigan singer said, "I'm not running for Senate! Are you...kidding me? Who...couldn't figure that out?" Kid Rock |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | WORLD PLAYS $2000: The German play "Frühlings Erwachen" became this alt-rock musical in 2006 Spring Awakening |
| #7741, aired 2018-04-16 | DISNEY CHANNEL MOVIES FLASHBACK $600: This movie starring Demi Lovato & the Jonas Brothers was followed by a sequel subtitled "The Final Jam" Camp Rock |
| #7738, aired 2018-04-11 | ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING $2,000 (Daily Double): In the 600s Muslim forces captured Jerusalem & by century's end, they had built this gold-topped shrine the Dome of the Rock |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | STATES' GEOGRAPHIC CENTERS $200: In Pulaski County, 12 miles northwest of Little Rock Arkansas |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | ENTERTAINING ERAS $400: Rock's psychedelic era started in this decade the '60s |
| #7736, aired 2018-04-09 | LANDMARKS $400: A legend says John Alden was the first to set foot on this slab made of Dedham granite Plymouth Rock |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | BIG 12 SCHOOLS $600: Though its name connotes more engineering than soft rock tunes, this Lubbock U. boasts John Denver as an alum Texas Tech |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | SONGS FROM BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: "Horace Green Alma Mater" & "Faculty Quadrille" School of Rock |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | SILENT G $2000: A metamorphic rock rich in quartz; awww! That's...! gneiss |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) One of the few imperial Easter eggs with a religious theme, the rock crystal egg from around 1889 depicts this event that Easter celebrates the resurrection of Christ |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | '80s MUSIC $400: On "The Simpsons", the "Planet of the Apes" musical had a song about Dr. Zaius a la Falco's "Rock Me" him Amadeus |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | ABBREVIATED MAGAZINES $200: Rock out with this magazine:
RS Rolling Stone |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | HUMANS IN THE GALAPAGOS $800: (Alex presents the clue from the Galapagos.) Pinnacle Rock was used as target practice by U.S. pilots in World War II, but despite the damage, it still looked good enough to be featured in this 2003 Russell Crowe film, the first major Hollywood motion picture to be made in the Galapagos Master and Commander |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | MAILING IT IN $800: Charlie Brown's in luck if he wants to paint an address on one of these he got over & over on Halloween in a TV special a rock |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | 14-LETTER WORDS $1600: Like layers of rock, it's the hierarchical division of society according to rank, caste or class stratification |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | ROCK, PAPER & SCISSORS $200: A rare example of Cleoptra's handwriting is on a document made from this plant; she wrote "make it happen" in Greek papyrus |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | ROCK, PAPER & SCISSORS $400: Found in lava soap, this very light porous rock is used as an abrasive in solid form & a polish in powdered form pumice |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | ROCK, PAPER & SCISSORS $600: Diagenesis is the process of forming this type of rock, like sandstone, through compaction & cementation sedimentary |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | ROCK, PAPER & SCISSORS $800: The U.S. printed its first national paper currency during this war the Civil War |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | ROCK, PAPER & SCISSORS $1000: This French artist called his later works, like the one seen here, drawing with scissors Matisse |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | 1970s MOVIES $2000: Bette Midler earned an Oscar nomination for this 1979 film in which she played a Janis Joplin-like rock star The Rose |
| #7685, aired 2018-01-26 | RIVERS $800: Here's the famed Lorelei rock in this European river the Rhine |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | TIBET SEE $400: Here is a different kind of string cheese--cheese from this local bovine is sometimes served rock hard a yak |
| #7679, aired 2018-01-18 | BIBLICAL ART $800: Tintoretto depicted the moment in the book of Exodus when this man struck the rock Moses |
| #7673, aired 2018-01-10 | REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUEE $1200: Roy Scherer Jr.
& Doris von Kappelhoff
in "Pillow Talk" Doris Day & Rock Hudson |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | IOWA HISTORY $800: In 1873 near Adair, Iowa, this outlaw & his gang hit the Rock Island line in the "first train robbery in the West" Jesse James |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | ONLY THE LONELY $400: "The Loneliest Place in North America" is Stannard Lighthouse, sitting on a rock in this western Great Lake Lake Superior |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | A DECADE IN THE 20th CENTURY $200: Over 300,000 rock fans attend the original Woodstock festival the '60s |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | FEARLESS GIRL $2000: Marlee & Liz are 12-year-old girls whose 1950s friendship helps fight segregation in "The Lions of" this state capital Little Rock |
| #7654, aired 2017-12-14 | JUST A SITAR $800: "Isn't it good" that this 1965 Beatles song brought the sitar to the attention of rock audiences? "Norwegian Wood" |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | MUSIC DOC SUBJECTS $800: "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" & "The Filth & the Fury":
the same punks the Sex Pistols |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | STATELY BODIES OF WATER $600: Cities located on its banks include Fort Smith & Little Rock the Arkansas River |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | FOSSIL FUELS $2000: A type of natural gas is named for this 5-letter rock, one of the most common types of sedimentary rock shale |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | WRITERS & WRITING $2000: The title of a work by Aldous Huxley inspired the name of this 1960s L.A. rock band The Doors |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $600: A granite canopy in Massachusetts now protects this item of national heritage that entered history in 1620 Plymouth Rock |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $800: To tour this dam's power plant, you have to take an elevator 530 feet down through the rock wall of Black Canyon the Hoover Dam |
| #7643, aired 2017-11-29 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: A striking sight on Kelleys Island, Ohio, are the grooves named for these chilly formations that etched them into the rock glaciers |
| #7642, aired 2017-11-28 | EMMY-WINNING WOMEN $200: Tracey Wigfield & this woman co-wrote the Emmy-winning "Last Lunch" episode of "30 Rock" Tina Fey |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | THINK PINK $800: Syd Barrett was the founder & namer of this psychedelic British rock band Pink Floyd |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | TEAM MASCOTS $1,000 (Daily Double): In the "birthplace of rock 'n' roll", Moondog (an homage to DJ Alan Freed's nickname) barks for this NBA team the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | EARTH SCIENCE $1600: Lamina is the thinnest layer of strata in this type of rock such as shale sedimentary |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | SHAKESPEAREAN IN THE PARK $1000: On June 18, 2014 Dodger Stadium did rock in merriment as this lefty held his foes hitless, in deed & fact (Clayton) Kershaw |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | HAIL! HAIL! CHUCK BERRY $800: The many stars paying tribute to Chuck in the 1987 doc "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll" included this "Long Tall Sally" Little Richard |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | I'M A HUGE FAN $400: al-oholicsanonymous.com is devoted to helping you become a more rabid fan of this rock satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | RICKENBACKER GUITARS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Rickenbacker Guitars HQ in Santa Ana, California.) Rickenbacker-based guitars have provided the thunder for generations of rock bands; the bass here was played by John Paul Jones on this band's first US tour in 1969 Led Zeppelin |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | GEOGRA"P" $1200: In Southwest Jordan, you'll find this city of temples and tombs carved from the surrounding rock Petra |
| #7608, aired 2017-10-11 | CARVE OUT $800: A New Mexico national monument is named for these rock carvings; the symbols were carved into volcanic basalt petroglyphs |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | WORDPLAY $1200: Malcolm X often used the device called chiasmus, as in "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; the rock was" this the rock was landed on us |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ROCK & POP QUARTETS $400: With 200 million albums sold, this band, formed in Stockholm in 1972, is one of the most successful ever ABBA |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ROCK & POP QUARTETS $800: Plant & Page were the heart of this legendary quartet Led Zeppelin |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ROCK & POP QUARTETS $1200: This "seasonal" Australian pop quartet aka 5SOS has hit the big time with songs like "She Looks So Perfect" 5 Seconds of Summer |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ROCK & POP QUARTETS $1600: Should you stay or should you name this Joe Strummer British punk band now? The Clash |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ROCK & POP QUARTETS $2000: The big 4 bands of thrash metal are Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth & this quartet with a murderous name Slayer |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | ROCK & ROLL! $200: Rockin' & rollin & mic stand-twirlin' a bit too hard, David Lee Roth cut his nose fronting this band on Kimmel & got 14 stitches Van Halen |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | ROCK & ROLL! $400: We learned that St. Hubbins was "the patron saint of quality footwear" in a 1984 mockumentary about this band Spinal Tap |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | ROCK & ROLL! $600: In 1977 this band topped the charts singing, "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" the Eagles |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | ROCK & ROLL! $800: Featured in the movie "Easy Rider", this song was Steppenwolf's first Top 40 hit "Born To Be Wild" |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | ROCK & ROLL! $1000: Few were "better than" this man in 2015 when he hit the Top 10 Hot Rock Songs with "Budapest" (George) Ezra |
| #7597, aired 2017-09-26 | LET'S SET SOME BOUNDARIES $400: The Phoenicians put silver columns on this "rock" & on the African shore to mark the Mediterranean's safe boundary the Rock of Gibraltar |
| #7595, aired 2017-09-22 | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT $400: Tracy Morgan, on this Tina Fey sitcom: "Heavy is the head that eats the crayons" 30 Rock |
| #7595, aired 2017-09-22 | "GEO" PARTY $2000: With exciting centers, they've been called the Tootsie Pops of rock hunting geodes |
| #7590, aired 2017-09-15 | 2017 BILLBOARD HITS $800: "Handclap" got a hearty round of applause on the Hot Rock Songs chart for him & the Tantrums Fitz |
| #7589, aired 2017-09-14 | 3 OF A KIND $400: I've got to hand it to you, these are the 3 choices when playing roshambo rock, paper, scissors |
| #7585, aired 2017-07-28 | & OTHER ODD FILMS $400: In "Bubba Ho-Tep" Bruce Campbell plays this "king of rock & roll" who sets off to nab a mummy with a guy who thinks he's JFK Elvis |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS BY HIT $400: "Everybody Hurts", "The One I Love" R.E.M. |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS BY HIT $800: "Back On The Chain Gang" The Pretenders |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS BY HIT $1200: "Burning Down The House", "Wild Wild Life" Talking Heads |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS BY HIT $1600: "Green River", "Lookin' Out My Back Door" Creedence Clearwater |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS BY HIT $2000: "Do You Believe In Magic" The Lovin' Spoonful |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | THE WISE MAN'S FEAR $1200: An old folk song tells of the wise man building his house on this, while the foolish man built his on the sand rock |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | 7-LETTER WORDS $800: From the Latin for "split", it's a long narrow crevice made by the splitting of a rock or the Earth a fissure |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | HOW INVENTIVE $800: During WWI he equipped a new lab for antisubmarine research on Eagle Rock Mountain near West Orange, New Jersey Edison |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | BRIT LIT $1600: This "colorful" English author's works include "Brighton Rock" & "The Quiet American" Graham Greene |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU $2000: I've finally mastered Ian Anderson's flute part on this art rock band's "Thick As A Brick" Jethro Tull |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | 1960s POP MUSIC $1600: Roger McGuinn & David Crosby formed this folk-rock band in Los Angeles in 1964 The Byrds |
| #7566, aired 2017-07-03 | MARY TYLER MOORE $800: In 1969's "Change of Habit", Mary co-starred as a nun opposite this rock legend in the last of his 31 feature roles Elvis |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | SCOT-POURRI $400: On Christmas Day 1950 a group of Scottish students "liberated" this rock from Westminster Abbey the Stone of Scone |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | WORLD HERITAGE SITES $400: Geghard in Armenia is a spectacular medieval rock-hewn one of these male-centric religious communities a monastery |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | 1990s EMMYS $1600: In 1999 winning wasn't alien to Kristen Johnston as an extraterrestrial visitor on this sitcom Third Rock From the Sun |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $400: The Hall has admitted 5 of her siblings, but this "Nasty" woman is still on the wrong side of the velvet rope Janet Jackson |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $800: Morrissey & the rest of these charming men have been eligible since 2008, but what difference does it make? The Smiths |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $1200: Johnny Cash, the Man in Black, is in; this redheaded fellow highwayman? Still out Willie Nelson |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $1600: When this '70s "Comes Alive!" megastar sings "I'm In You", he doesn't mean the Hall Peter Frampton |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $2000: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts are in, but this pioneering band with Jan, Cherie Currie & Lita Ford is still missing The Runaways |
| #7556, aired 2017-06-19 | ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS $800: Made of tiny crystals of quartz, this rock formed from silica was used in firearms of the 1600s flint |
| #7556, aired 2017-06-19 | ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS $1000: During the Revolution, the U.S. issued these paper notes that shared a name with the Congress that issued them continental |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | ROCKS & MINERALS $800: Kilt Rock on the Isle of Skye is a sea cliff made up of this dark-colored volcanic rock basalt |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | ROCKS & MINERALS $1,000 (Daily Double): A native sandstone, Roxbury puddingstone is the official rock of this state Massachusetts |
| #7543, aired 2017-05-31 | MOVIEMAKING $1000: (Sarah of Clue Crew demonstrates.) Visually, this effect is an inconsistency in an image's magnification between the center and edges of the frame; in audio, it makes my voice sound pretty rock 'n' roll distortion |
| #7541, aired 2017-05-29 | A ROCKY CATEGORY $200: In South Africa most of these are mined from a rock called kimberlite diamonds |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | A MARBLE-OUS CATEGORY $800: Both the exterior & interior of this sacred Islamic shrine in Jerusalem are decorated with marble & mosaics the Dome of the Rock |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | ROCK BAND IDIOMS $200: "Quit being such a drama..."
Brian May,
Freddie Mercury Queen |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | ROCK BAND IDIOMS $400: Gwen Stefani,
Adrian Young
"...about it" No Doubt |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | ROCK BAND IDIOMS $600: "Working out..."
Ray Davies,
Dave Davies The Kinks |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | ROCK BAND IDIOMS $800: Levon Helm,
Robbie Robertson
"...played on" The Band |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | ROCK BAND IDIOMS $1000: "Adrenaline..."
Geddy Lee,
Neil Peart Rush |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | MUSICIANS WHO DIED AT 27 $400: The New York Times headline on his obituary called him the "hesitant poet of 'grunge rock'" Kurt Cobain |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | 1990s NO. 1 ALBUMS $1600: This hard rock group conjured up "Use Your Illusion II" Guns N' Roses |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | GREAT ROCK SONGS $200: Joan Jett sang, "I love rock n' roll, so put another dime" here the jukebox |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | GREAT ROCK SONGS $400: It asks, "Do you recall what was revealed, the day the music died?" "American Pie" |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | GREAT ROCK SONGS $600: They gave us the rock anthem "Free Bird" Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | GREAT ROCK SONGS $800: This Florence + the Machine song tells you to "run fast for your mother, run fast for your father" "Dog Days Are Over" |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | GREAT ROCK SONGS $1000: It's the official title of Green Day's "Time Of Your Life" "Good Riddance" |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | THAT'S SHOW BIZ, "BOY" $2000: "Turn Me Loose"! In the '80s this rock group was "Working For The Weekend" Loverboy |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | FOWL $2000: In the 1950s breeder Te Makowsky took the chicken with this British geographic name & made it "rock" Cornish |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! $1000: 2017 is the 60th anniversary of the "Nine" schoolkids integrating Central High in this state capital Little Rock |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | LIGHTHOUSES $2000: Each November 10, Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior lights its beacon in memory of the 1975 sinking of this ship the Edmund Fitzgerald |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | NATURAL WONDERS $800: This Australian monolith is naturally gray but its iron content is causing it to "rust", resulting in its iconic red color Uluru (or Ayers Rock) |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | THE ROCK & ROLL QUINTET $200: At a 2016 show by this band, Eddie Vedder paid tribute to terminally ill singer Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip Pearl Jam |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | WHERE ART THOU? $400: At the rock with this 5-letter name in Joshua Tree National Park--centuries of rain hollowed out the eye sockets Skull |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | THE ROCK & ROLL QUINTET $400: This Dave Grohl band, in 2016: "For the millionth time, we're not breaking up. And nobody's going (bleeping) solo!" The Foo Fighters |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | THE ROCK & ROLL QUINTET $600: "If you try sometimes, you just might find" this Stones song that played after many of Donald Trump's speeches "You Can't Always Get What You Want" |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | ON THE LISZT $800: Liszt, the 19th c. equivalent of a rock star, was played by this frontman of The Who in the movie "Lisztomania" (Roger) Daltrey |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | THE ROCK & ROLL QUINTET $800: In 1979 500,000 people in Central Park decided this Ric Ocasek band was "Just What I Needed" The Cars |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | THE ROCK & ROLL QUINTET $1000: This quintet became a temporary quartet on "MTV Unplugged" in 1996 when singer Liam Gallagher had laryngitis Oasis |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1200: Marble is classified as this type of rock because it changed from limestone due to heat & pressure metamorphic |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | ROCKS $200: This limestone mass on the southern coast of Iberia is 1,398 feet at its highest point (the Rock of) Gibraltar |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | ROCKS $600: It's the piece of history seen here Plymouth Rock |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | ROCKS $1000: This word for a light-colored rock used in building comes from an old Roman name for Tivoli, Italy travertine |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | ON THE BALLOT $200: No coups d'etat in Little Rock-- in 2016 this state voted to allow the governor to retain power while out of state Arkansas |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | DECODING THE HITMAKING BAND $1000: In order:
rock,
a place of worship,
a bunch of aviators Stone Temple Pilots |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | FULL OF QUESTIONS $600: This rock classic begins, "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?" "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | OPEN THE PODCAST DOORS, HAL $800: Guests ranging from Julie Andrews to Dwight Gooden to Anthony Weiner are on "Here's the Thing", hosted by this "30 Rock" man Alec Baldwin |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | FAMILIAR TRIOS $400: Gender & medications & beat-driven pop music sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS $600: 6 months after his death, this rock icon's Minnesota home & studio complex was open to the public for tours Prince |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | REMEMBER 2016? $1200: Protests began as the Standing Rock Sioux moved to block this pipeline that bears the name of a Sioux people the Dakota Pipeline |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | WON'T YOU TAKE ME TO FUNKYTOWN? $2000: The queen of funk, Chaka Khan...Chaka Khan...let me rock you, Chaka Khan, with this 1984 hit; that's all I wanna do "I Feel For You" |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | MUNICIPAL LITERATURE $1200: Willa Cather's 1931 novel "Shadows on the Rock" details the lives of French colonists in the "rock" that is this Canadian city Quebec City |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | THE OCCIDENT EXPRESS $2000: This "mighty good" line's passenger trains were known as rockets; it was "the road to ride" Rock Island Line |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | ECONOMICS $400: Chris Rock on this economic rule: it's your boss saying ,"If I could pay you less, I would, but it's against the law" minimum wage |
| #7454, aired 2017-01-26 | OSCAR HOSTS $800: His big-screen debut came as a valet in "Beverly Hills Cop II" before he voiced a zebra in "Madagascar" Chris Rock |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | MOVIE MUSICAL ROLES $400: Kenny Wormald & Julianne Hough starred in this remake in which rock music & dancing are banned in a small town Footloose |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $200: Jesus told him, "Thou shalt be called Cephas", an Aramaic name that meant "rock" or "stone" Peter |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | HBO, GO! $600: HBO viewers can get a piece of him as Spencer Strasmore on "Ballers" Dwayne Johnson ("The Rock") |
| #7442, aired 2017-01-10 | ENTERTAINMENT UNDER THE SEA $600: The song "Rock Lobster" rhymes, "He was in a jam, 's in a giant" this clam |
| #7442, aired 2017-01-10 | VARIETY PACK $1600: According to Hawaiian legend, anyone who removes a piece of volcanic rock will be cursed by this fire goddess Pele |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | HISTORIC OBJECTS $1000: This slab of black rock now in the British Museum was used as building material by the Ottomans for Fort Julien, Egypt the Rosetta Stone |
| #7430, aired 2016-12-23 | PIECE $400: In 1880 the top piece of this boulder was reunited with tis base & the year "1620" was carved into it Plymouth Rock |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | WHERE $1000: In Australia's Northern Territory, 1,141 feet high, 5.8 miles around its base Ayers Rock |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | SERVING THE STATE $400: (I'm Senator Al Franken.) As a U.S. senator discussing such issues as farm policy & jobs training, I've visited all 87 counties, from Lake County in the northeast to Rock County in the southwest, in this, my home state Minnesota |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | HOLIDAY DUETS $200: Through digital magic, Carrie Underwood sings "I'll Be Home For Christmas" with this late king of rock & roll Elvis Presley |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE $2,000 (Daily Double): The "Win-stay, Lose-shift" strategy is something to consider in this game where there are only 3 options rock-paper-scissors |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | "ROCK" IT TO ME $400: This Bill Haley classic topped the charts in 1955 & hit the Top 40 again in 1974 "Rock Around The Clock" |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | "ROCK" IT TO ME $800: In the title of a 1989 hit, the Rolling Stones were stuck between these 2 unpleasant things a rock and a hard place |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | "ROCK" IT TO ME $1200: In this song the B-52's suggest, "Put on your noseguard, put on the lifeguard" "Rock Lobster" |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | "ROCK" IT TO ME $1600: "Everybody just have a good time, and we gonna make you lose your mind", says this tune by LMFAO "Party Rock Anthem" |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | "ROCK" IT TO ME $2000: The Righteous Brothers hit No. 3 in 1974 with this tune about a place with "a hell of a band" including Jimi, Janis & Otis "Rock And Roll Heaven" |
| #7412, aired 2016-11-29 | RHYME TIME $1000: Danny Elfman, formerly of this rock band, sang the part of Jack the Pumpkin King in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" Oingo Boingo |
| #7411, aired 2016-11-28 | EARTH SCIENCE $1600: The 3 major rock classes are igneous, sedimentary & this, formed by changes to the other 2 types metamorphic |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | MATH MEN, MYTH MEN $1000: In mythology Prometheus isn't chained to that rock forever; this hero rescues him Hercules |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | ROCK OF LOVE $400: His 1957 hit "Oh, Boy!" begins, "All of my love, all of my kissin', you don't know what you been a-missin'" Buddy Holly |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | CLEVELAND $400: Exhibits at this attraction include tributes to Otis Redding & Roy Orbison the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | ROCK OF LOVE $800: This rapper's 2010 hit "Love The Way You Lie" features vocals by Rihanna Eminem |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | ROCK OF LOVE $1200: "I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you asked for it", this pianist/singer crooned in her 2007 chart debut Sara Bareilles |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | ROCK OF LOVE $1600: The alliterative member of a famous trio, in 1971 he advised listeners to "Love The One You're With" Stephen Stills |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | ROCK OF LOVE $2000: allmusic.com said his 2001 "Love and Theft" was "his best album since 'Blood on the Tracks'" Bob Dylan |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | LIKE A ROCK $200: A record of past performance; some people start over with a clean one a slate |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | LIKE A ROCK $600: In earlier days, this Pro-Am golf tournament on California's Monterey Peninsula was called the Crosby Clambake Pebble Beach |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | HALLOWEEN ENTERTAINMENT $800: "I got a rock" was Charlie Brown's lament in the 1966 TV special about this "Great" imaginary being the Great Pumpkin |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | LIKE A ROCK $800: Rocky adjective for a harsh, raspy voice gravelly |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | LIKE A ROCK $1,000 (Daily Double): The object of a pursuit, such as a hunted animal quarry |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | LIKE A ROCK $1000: This cake's mottled or streaked look is achieved by alternating vanilla & chocolate batters marble cake |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | THAT EXPLAINS IT $200: The "Schoolhouse Rock" song "Three Ring Government" explains that these 3 branches are the rings executive, legislative & judicial |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | DOME, DOME ON THE RANGE $400: 2 main Muslim holy sites were built on the Temple Mount after the fall of the Second Temple: the Al-Aqsa Mosque & this one the Dome of the Rock |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | ROCK "ME" $400: "You have made my life complete, and I love you so" says this Elvis hit "Love Me Tender" |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | ROCK "ME" $800: "But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers" in this Taylor Swift tune "You Belong With Me" |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | PLANET EARTH $1000: These 5 letters follow "rock" or "mud" in a type of event that killed thousands in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake slide |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | ROCK "ME" $1200: 4-word title of the song in which "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose" "Me And Bobby McGee" |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | ROCK "ME" $1600: "When the night has come and the land is dark", I'll be okay if you do this "Stand By Me" |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | ROCK "ME" $2000: Police song that says, "Her friends are so jealous, you know how bad girls get" "Don't Stand So Close To Me" |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | CARRIE-OKE $1200: Carrie Brownstein & Corin Tucker named this hyphenated alt rock band after a road in Lacey, Washington Sleater-Kinney |
| #7375, aired 2016-10-07 | JEN-DER $800: In "The Hateful Eight" she played an outlaw being taken to Red Rock for hanging Jennifer Jason Leigh |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | 125 YEARS OF CARNEGIE HALL $800: In 1964, the Beatles brought rock 'n' roll to Carnegie Hall & opened with this song that's a bit cheeky to a great composer "Roll Over Beethoven" |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | NAPOLEON $400: An island boy from beginning to end, Napoleon died on this rock in 1821 Saint Helena |
| #7370, aired 2016-09-30 | ALLITERATION ALL AROUND $2000: Rock on with this semiprecious stone seen here lapis lazuli |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | STARS & CAUSES $200: The death of her friend Rock Hudson from AIDS helped inspire this actress to co-found AMFAR Liz Taylor |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | 2016 MINUTES OF FAME $1600: Mentioned by this Oscars host in 2016, Linda Dunn & her Girl-Scout-cookie-selling prowess got 15 minutes Chris Rock |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | IT'S A PROCESS $400: Mucho methane is released from this process of injecting high-pressure fluid into underground rock to free gas & oil fracking |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | SOUNDS LIKE A PIECE OF FURNITURE $2000: This foundation of a road or railway tracks is often made of crushed rock a bed |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | WOMEN OF NOTE $800: Here's "Something To Talk About"; this redhead entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, in the "Nick Of Time" Bonnie Raitt |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | PUT IT THERE $400: Ayers Rock:
this country Australia |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | SCULPTURE $5,000 (Daily Double): The Lego kinetic sculpture of this mythological figure shows his rock rolling punishment in Hades Sisyphus |
| #7344, aired 2016-07-14 | FAMOUS GINGERS $400: This King of Rock was engaged to Ginger Alden at the time of his sudden 1977 death Elvis |
| #7344, aired 2016-07-14 | FAMOUS GINGERS $1000: Ginger Baker played drums in this 1960s rock trio that also had Jack Bruce & Eric Clapton Cream |
| #7341, aired 2016-07-11 | ROCKS $600: Soft rock gems by this singer include "Song Sung Blue" & "Heartlight" Neil Diamond |
| #7341, aired 2016-07-11 | PERIODIC SPELLING $1200: Chlorine + arsenic + hydrogen =
this rock band clash |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | GIANTS $2000: We're Certainly Dwarfs, a band in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, is an homage to this alt-rock band They Might Be Giants |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | STATE CAPITALS $200: This capital's Big Dam Bridge, almost a mile long, spans a dam on the Arkansas River Little Rock, Arkansas |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | MUSICIANS ON TV $2000: Robert Kelly & John Ales & John Corbett are Heathens, backing up Denis Leary on this triple-ampersand FX show Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll |
| #7333, aired 2016-06-29 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $400: "Walk This Way" is the title of an autobiography & a hit tune by this rock band Aerosmith |
| #7333, aired 2016-06-29 | TIME FOR SPACE $2,000 (Daily Double): Designated one of these objects like Pluto, distant Haumea spins so fast on its axis that it's twice as tall as it is wide a dwarf planet |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | ENGLISH USAGE $200: This verb can mean to swing gently, to play electric guitar or to wear a certain item with great style rock |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | OFFICIAL STATE SYMBOLS $1000: This state rock of Iowa has a name derived from Greek for "earthlike" geode |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Black Rock, Nevada annual festival that's used as a football strategy where one player matches up with another Burning Man-to-Man |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | THE PHONE $1600: In "Pillow Talk" Doris Day & Rock Hudson share this kind of multi-user line & romantic confusion ensues a party line |
| #7313, aired 2016-06-01 | WORLD OF POETRY $2000: This country's poet known as Odidere Ayekooto, "the loquacious parrot", is a rock star among his Yoruba people Nigeria |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | DO YOU HAVE ANY NINES? $1000: According to Milton, there are nine gates of hell: 3 of rock, 3 of brass & 3 of this metal iron |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | NYC TV $400: A line from this Big Apple show is "There ain't no party like a Liz Lemon party 'cause a Liz Lemon party is mandatory" 30 Rock |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | STUDY HALL $800: Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone helped to establish this in Cleveland in 1983 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | MOVIES' VILLAINS $1600: In this 2015 edition of a franchise, Deckard Shaw, who gets a piece of The Rock Furious 7 |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | ALMOST RHYMES WITH ORANGE $400: It's the form of rock most closely associated with Kurt Cobain & Nirvana grunge |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | ELEMENTS OF SONG $800: Fleetwood Mac:
"Rock on ____ dust woman" gold |
| #7274, aired 2016-04-07 | I.M. PEI $800: I.M. Pei designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and it's safe to say he didn't make a mistake by this lake Lake Erie |
| #7271, aired 2016-04-04 | GRAMMY'S BEST NEW ARTIST $600: For 1999 Kid Rock & Britney Spears were second-best to her; what a "Voice"! Christina Aguilera |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | ROCKS & MINERALS $400: The Carrara quarries in Tuscany are prized for this rock used by Michelangelo for his "Pieta" marble |
| #7269, aired 2016-03-31 | HYDROLOGY $600: The gradual movement of water through porous openings in rock or soil, it's also a way to make coffee percolation |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | ROLE & ROCK $400: A review of "Freejack" said this Rolling Stone had "the enviable... task of stalking and trying to kill Emilio Estevez" Mick Jagger |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | GEOLOGY $400: We lava this molten material from which igneous rock is formed magma |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | ROLE & ROCK $800: In 1976 he was "The Man Who Fell to Earth"; that inspired "Lazarus", a musical he completed before he passed in 2016 David Bowie |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | ROLE & ROCK $1200: In 2001 this pop diva played Billie Frank in "Glitter", a movie that has a 7% rating on Rotten Tomatoes Mariah Carey |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | ROLE & ROCK $1600: The many acting credits of this lead singer of Hole include Ms. Harrison on "Sons of Anarchy" Courtney Love |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | ROLE & ROCK $2000: As Sean Parker in "The Social Network", he says, "A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool"--a billion dollars (Justin) Timberlake |
| #7256, aired 2016-03-14 | MOVIES ON SUBMARINES $800: 1968:
"Ice Station Zebra", starring him Rock Hudson |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | OOH, LOOK, SHINY THINGS! $1000: Small bits of pyrite in this alliterative blue rock give the appearance of gold specks lapis lazuli |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | "R" SONG $1200: It was The Clash's title suggestion for livening up the medina "Rock The Casbah" |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | CAVES $1600: Hungary's Aggtelek Caves are known for these rock formations that aren't always pointy as they rise from the floor stalagmites |
| #7246, aired 2016-02-29 | OLD-TIME SCIENCE $400: Neptunism was the idea this once covered the earth & all rock precipitated from it water |
| #7245, aired 2016-02-26 | BIG-SCREEN ELVIS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Elvis Presley home in Tupelo, MS.) Elvis Presley's Tupelo, Mississippi birthplace park & a local youth center were created with proceeds from a Tupelo concert Elvis played in September 1957, right before the release of this movie in which he goes from prisoner to star Jailhouse Rock |
| #7245, aired 2016-02-26 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $2,000 (Daily Double): "Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock & Roll" by these 2 sisters Ann & Nancy Wilson (of Heart) |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | THAT TOWN'S IN TEXAS, TOO $200: No big Rock & Roll Hall of Fame here, but say hello, this Texas city named for a local judge Cleveland |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | THE MAN UPSTAIRS $800: The building where "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels has a 17th floor office, or the title of another TV comedy 30 Rock |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | THAT TOWN'S IN TEXAS, TOO $800: In 1887 a railway agent named this Texas town for his former home; perhaps this can be Kiss' "Rock City", too Detroit |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | LET'S HAVE DESERT $1200: Located in China & Mongolia, this desert isn't primarily sandy but more bare rock in a 1,000-mile-long arc of land the Gobi Desert |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | ROCK ME GENTLY $200: Chris Martin has led this Brit band through such gently rocking hits as "Clocks" Coldplay |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | ROCK ME GENTLY $400: This "Weekend In New England" & "Can't Smile Without You" guy is heavy on the gentle, light on the rock Barry Manilow |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | ROCK ME GENTLY $600: This duo's Top 40 debut was a No. 1 hit as they sang, "Just like me, they long to be close to you" the Carpenters |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | ROCK ME GENTLY $800: In 2014 "Take Me To Church" took this Irishman on a gentle ride to No. 2 on the Billboard charts Hozier |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | ROCK ME GENTLY $1000: Gently hail this gem of a composer of such hits as "Shilo" & "Hello Again" Neil Diamond |
| #7238, aired 2016-02-17 | EAGLE POTPOURRI $1600: For 2 years Barack Obama attended this Eagle Rock, California college called "Oxy" for short Occidental |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | SMALL COUNTRIES $1200: The Maldives in the Indian Ocean is made of this natural material & the locals are happy to sell you a necklace of it coral |
| #7229, aired 2016-02-04 | WALL-TO-WALL $400: The Whitney Peak Hotel in Reno is home to America's tallest one of these walls--race you to the top a rock-climbing wall |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | REACH FOR THE TOP $400: Hillary Step, a 40-foot wall of rock & ice, greets climbers as they approach the summit of this mountain Everest |
| #7226, aired 2016-02-01 | ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING $1200: Covering 8 Nevada acres, it's the not very ancient pyramid seen here the Luxor |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | "AT" THE MOVIES $800: Burt Lancaster was Wyatt Earp & Dennis Hopper was Billy Clanton in this 1957 Western Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | HOLY HOUSES $2000: The Hindu temple Tanah Lot is built on a rock along the coast of this Indonesian island Bali |
| #7208, aired 2016-01-06 | ON THE STAGE $800: This Jack Black film went to Broadway in 2015, with Alex Brightman as Dewey Finn, who poses as a substitute teacher School of Rock |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $400: In "Working Class Hero" from his "Plastic Ono Band" album, he sang, "They hurt you at home and they hit you at school" John Lennon |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | OFFBEAT MUSEUMS $600: Leila's Hair Museum in Independence, Mo. includes a lock from this rock star taken from a Pepsi shoot when his hair caught fire Michael Jackson |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $800: Gwen Stefani sang, "Meet me at the bleachers, no principals, no student teachers... I ain't no" this Hollaback Girl |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $1200: In this Top 10 hit from 1972, Alice Cooper exults over "No more pencils, no more books" "School's Out" |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $1600: Brownsville Station's only Top 10 hit was a 1973 smash about doing this forbidden thing "in the boys room" smoking |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $2000: This seminal NYC punk band performed the title track for the 1979 cult film "Rock 'N' Roll High School" The Ramones |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | AN EMOTIONAL CATEGORY $800: This TV series was based on Chris Rock's childhood Everybody Hates Chris |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | WE 3 "ING"S $800: All beginning with "C", the 3 ways to win in rock, paper, scissors are crushing, covering, & this cutting |
| #7194, aired 2015-12-17 | "I" TUNES $800: This Paul Simon song laments, "I am shielded in my armor, hiding in my room, safe within my womb" "I Am A Rock" |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | SOMETHING TO READ $2000: Roddy Doyle's "Barrytown Trilogy" comprises "The Snapper", "The Van" & this novel about a rock band The Commitments |
| #7182, aired 2015-12-01 | COLLECTORS $599 (Daily Double): In 2011 this rock legend auctioned off part of his guitar collection to benefit his Crossroads Centre rehab clinic Eric Clapton |
| #7182, aired 2015-12-01 | THERE'S AN ANIMAL ON THE BILLBOARD CHART $800: Elton's John's "____ Rock" Crocodile |
| #7181, aired 2015-11-30 | PHOTOGRAPHY $600: Paul Goresh took the last known photo of this rock star on Dec. 8, 1980 as he was signing his "Double Fantasy" album John Lennon |
| #7177, aired 2015-11-24 | THE AUSSIE INVASION $400: In 1985 this "Back In Black" group played the Rock in Rio festival before a fairly big crowd of 342,000 AC/DC |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: It means to knock against others intentionally at a rock concert, perhaps in the "pit" of the same name mosh |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | THAT'S OLD STUFF $800: Crystallized some 4.4 billion years ago, zircons found in Australia are the Earth's oldest known of these rock constituents minerals |
| #7156, aired 2015-10-26 | PEOPLE WITH BIBLE BOOK NAMES $600: Rock guitarist Buck;
shutterbug Parker Peter |
| #7155, aired 2015-10-23 | ODD COMPETITIONS $200: Head over to the U.K. for the RPS championships--that's rock paper this scissors |
| #7155, aired 2015-10-23 | ODD COMPETITIONS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays some hard rock riffs with no instrument.) I wonder if I'm good enough to enter the U.S. championships for this, held annually since 2003 air guitar |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | GEOLOGY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Easter Island.) The Moai statues of Easter Island are made of tuff & basalt, & some of the statues feature topknots made of red scoria; all of the rock on the island is of this basic type volcanic (or igneous) |
| #7151, aired 2015-10-19 | 2015 ROCK HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES $2000: When this "Lean On Me" singer warned he was going off teleprompter, Stevie Wonder, who inducted him, said, "I didn't use it" Bill Withers |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | OLD SCHOOL HIP-HOP $800: Ad-Rock of this group acts in the movie "While We're Young" & says in it, "We're old men" The Beastie Boys |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | MY KIND OF "TOWN" $4,000 (Daily Double): About 2.5 miles northwest of the Capitol, it's at the confluence of the Potomac & Rock Creek Georgetown |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | SHOW BIZ JOBS $800: They drive vans, carry amps, tune drums & generally keep a rock tour going roadies |
| #7143, aired 2015-10-07 | I PREDICT YOU'RE WRONG $200: Show biz' Variety, referring to this style of music in 1955:
"It will be gone by June" rock 'n' roll |
| #7143, aired 2015-10-07 | NOT-AS-FAMOUS NAMES $1200: Gary Dahl dreamed up this novelty item, a 1970s fad that didn't have to be walked, fed or taken care of a Pet Rock |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | DON'T DRINK THE WATER $1200: In 2015 a rock dam was removed from this type of site in Colorado, turning the Animas River yellow & metallic a (gold) mine |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | PAINTED LADIES $800: Among Rembrandt's mythological paintings was one of this woman chained to a rock Andromeda |
| #7129, aired 2015-09-17 | KINDLE $400: This word meaning "to kindle" starts with the same first 3 letters as a basic type of rock ignite |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | CALIFORNIA COUNTIES $800: Take your designated driver & sample this county's Chimney Rock & Rutherford Hill wineries Napa |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | SPORTS & SONG $400: "We Will Rock You" was the B-side of this Queen single; both have become sporting event favorites "We Are The Champions" |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | "R"IVERS $600: Tributaries of this Midwestern river include the Pecatonica & Kishwaukee but not the Paper or Scissors Rock River |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | TOYS "R" US $600: Someone's block will be knocked off when the Blue Bomber takes on the Red Rocker in this 5-word game Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | COLORFUL PLACES $1600: You won't have a bad day at Pu'u Keka'a, aka this lava formation on Maui's Ka'anapali Beach Black Rock |
| #7104, aired 2015-07-02 | MULTI-BAND MUSICIANS $400: The "S" in CSN, this musician made the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in that band & also in Buffalo Springfield Stephen Stills |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | DOUBLE "B" $400: Pieces of rock used in masonry, or Fred Flintstone's buddy Barney rubble |
| #7093, aired 2015-06-17 | POP MUSIC ROYALTY $800: His 2012 single "Rock And Roll Love Affair" was released on the Purple Music label Prince |
| #7093, aired 2015-06-17 | POP MUSIC ROYALTY $2000: Robert Fripp has long reigned over prog rock as leader of this colorful band King Crimson |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | GROOVY MOVIE $1600: Director Cameron Crowe's experience as a teenage rock journalist inspired this movie set in the early 1970s Almost Famous |
| #7086, aired 2015-06-08 | SOFT ROCK $200: This French-Canadian woman topped the adult contemporary charts with "The Power Of Love" & "All By Myself" Céline Dion |
| #7086, aired 2015-06-08 | SOFT ROCK $400: Putting the "easy" into easy listening, Lionel Richie sang, "That's why I'm easy, I'm easy like" this Sunday morning |
| #7086, aired 2015-06-08 | SOFT ROCK $600: Now known as Yusuf Islam, he embarked on the Peace Train Tour in 2014 Cat Stevens |
| #7086, aired 2015-06-08 | SOFT ROCK $800: In the '80s this duo had a string of hits beginning with "Lost In Love" & "All Out Of Love" Air Supply |
| #7086, aired 2015-06-08 | SOFT ROCK $1000: Seals & Crofts made us feel fine with this tune, "blowing through the jasmine in my mind" "Summer Breeze" |
| #7086, aired 2015-06-08 | HEALTH-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS $1000: This organization, the NKF for short, asks that you consider being a living donor the National Kidney Foundation |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | THE MOST DOWNLOADED ROCK SONGS $200: Topping the list: "Radioactive" by these alt-rockers Imagine Dragons |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | THE MOST DOWNLOADED ROCK SONGS $400: Listeners continue to have faith in this anthem by Journey, No. 2 on the list "Don't Stop Believin'" |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | THE MOST DOWNLOADED ROCK SONGS $600: Any way the wind blows, this operatic yet hard-rockin' tune by Queen is No. 10 "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | THE MOST DOWNLOADED ROCK SONGS $800: No. 4 is this song by The Fray that actually is not about CPR "How To Save A Life" |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | THE MOST DOWNLOADED ROCK SONGS $1000: The title of this song from "Rocky III" came from a line of dialogue in the movie "Eye Of The Tiger" |
| #7084, aired 2015-06-04 | IN SO MANY WORDS $800: 5 words:
2002 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees seen here Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERFORMERS $1600: In 1997 15 members of Parliament & Funkadelic were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with this leader George Clinton |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | HALL OF RECORDS $600: In 2012 this Anthony Kiedis band released an EP called "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers" the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| #7073, aired 2015-05-20 | DEBUTING IN 1984 $800: This '84-born little sister, singer & actress had a baby named Bronx Mowgli with rock star Pete Wentz Ashlee Simpson |
| #7073, aired 2015-05-20 | CAVES $1600: The 5-mile perimeter of this sandstone rock in Australia is dotted with numerous shallow caves Ayers Rock |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | BIRTHSTONES $800: May is time for this gem that the Greeks called smaragdos, meaning "green rock" an emerald |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | AT THIS HOUR $400: This 1955 hit begins, "One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock" "Rock Around The Clock" |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | IT'S ALL ABOUT "ME" $800: 6-letter word for a large piece of rock from space that passes into Earth's atmosphere meteor |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | BIBLE MVPs $400: This fisherman was picked specifically by Jesus to be the "rock" of his new church Peter |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $800: Nima Arkani-Hamed is using this number dimension, the next one beyond time, to rock the physics world the fifth dimension |
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Rock Wayda, a bond analyst from Dana Point, California
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Season 35 player (2018-10-24). Rock's real first name is Erik, but...
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Marie Braden, a customer service representative from Tempe, Arizona
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Season 27 1-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000. Marie's boyfriend Kirk's Rock...
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LaWanda London, a library assistant from Round Rock, Texas
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Season 30 player (2014-05-02).
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Cooper Lair, a sophomore from Little Rock, Arkansas
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2014 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $31,200. 15 at the time of...
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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Diana North, a first grade teacher from Rock Hill, South Carolina
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"She recently celebrated her silver anniversary of teaching. From Rock Hill,...
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Leonard Cooper, a graduate student at Brown University from Little Rock, Arkansas
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• 2013 Teen Tournament winner • Graduated from Brown University 2024...
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Leonard Cooper, a doctoral student from Little Rock, Arkansas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Leland Graham III, a research specialist and project coordinator from Rock Hill, South Carolina
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Season 25 2-time champion: $48,400 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Leland Graham
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Leonard Cooper, a senior from Little Rock, Arkansas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Rock Huang, a consultant originally from New York City
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Season 12 player (1995-09-08).
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Dan Sims, a case manager from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 29 player (2012-11-21).
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Cory Biggs, a graduate student of public service from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 27 player (2011-04-05).
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Anders Reynolds, a legislative assistant originally from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 25 player (2008-10-31).
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Joshua Simmons, a cook from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 29 player (2013-03-18).
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Dylan Parson, a student from Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
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Season 32 3-time champion: $29,799 + $2,000.
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Sanjiv Sarwate, a trademark attorney from Round Rock, Texas
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Season 32 player (2016-04-29).
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Shane Whitlock, a radiologist from Little Rock, Arkansas
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"He was a student at the University of Arkansas when he...
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Campbell Warner, a military attorney originally from Rock Hill, South Carolina
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Season 30 2-time champion: $37,200 + $2,000. Campbell appeared on the...
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Shane Whitlock, a resident physician from Little Rock, Arkansas
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"As a junior at the University of Arkansas, he won the...
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Sharon Wing, a writer originally from Rock Island, Illinois
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Season 23 player (2006-10-16).
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Joey Gordon-Levitt, an actor from 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"His films include A River Runs Through It, The Juror and...
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Jeff Probst, a TV personality from Rock & Roll Jeopardy! and Survivor
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"He hosts both Rock & Roll Jeopardy! on VH1 and Survivor...
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Ken Starnes, a telecommunications consultant from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 26 1-time champion: $21,800 + $2,000.
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Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
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"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
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Heather Williams, a homemaker and writer from Rock Hill, South Carolina
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Season 23 player (2007-06-14).
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Jane Curtin, an actress from 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"She stars in the hit comedy 3rd Rock from the Sun..."...
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Michael McKean, an actor, writer, and director from This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, and The Pajama Game
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"His movies have included This is Spinal Tap and A Mighty...
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Arthur Chu, a compliance analyst and voiceover artist from Broadview Heights, Ohio
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Tournament of Champions 1st...
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Julia Rosinski Bailey, a 10th grade chemistry teacher from Austin, Texas
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2019 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. At the time of the...
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Audrey Hosford, a junior from Annapolis, Maryland
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2008-B Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,400. Jeopardy! Message...
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Laura Sikes Jambon, a graduate student of American history from Rochester, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-07-12). Last name pronounced like "zham-BOHn" (French-style pronunciation)....
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Jeremy Apsley, a bartender from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,400 + $2,000.
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Deepak Tamasker, an attorney originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 25 2-time champion: $23,401 + $2,000.
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Anish Maddipoti, a junior from Austin, Texas
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2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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Andrew King, a lawyer from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 34 1-time champion: $1,198 + $2,000.
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Lyrka Lawler, a digital media specialist from Big Rock, Illinois
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Season 37 player (2021-04-26).
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Daniel Ciarrocchi, a writer from Baltimore, Maryland
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2024 Champions Wildcard play-in game player (2024-01-12). Season 39 1-time champion:...
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Becky Warren, a rock musician from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 35 player (2018-09-11).
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Josh Hill, a network engineer from North Little Rock, Arkansas
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2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 34 7-time champion: $163,721 + $1,000.
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Eric R. Backes, an attorney and government relations professional from Round Rock, Texas
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2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 35 4-time champion: $105,602 + $2,000.
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York, New York
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\"She became a 5-time champion in 1991. An actor and copy...
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Dillon Hupp, a development director from North Little Rock, Arkansas
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $21,999 + $1,000.
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Josh Hill, a network engineer from North Little Rock, Arkansas
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2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 34 7-time champion: $163,721...
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Siobhan Fabio, an attorney from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 35 player (2019-01-09).
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Sharon Stone, an early childhood intervention manager from Round Rock, Texas
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 39 2-time champion: $33,600 +...
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Sharon Stone, a manager from Round Rock, Texas
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 39 2-time champion: $33,600 +...
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Daniel Ciarrocchi, a writer from Baltimore, Maryland
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2024 Champions Wildcard play-in game player (2024-01-12). Season 39 1-time champion:...
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Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
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\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
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Kathy Morrill, an art teacher from Glen Rock, New Jersey
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Season 12 player (1995-11-02).
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Sean Hansen, an assistant professor of management information systems originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 28 1-time champion: $30,001 + $1,000.
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Whitney Collins, a third grade teacher from New York, New York
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"She teaches at an all-boys school where every student learns chess...
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Amy Ballentine, a pastry chef from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 25 player (2008-10-09).
Last name pronounced to rhyme with "Valentine".
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Tom Vanderloo, a law librarian from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 20 player (2004-07-15).
KJL game 32.
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Zac Youngblood, a truck driver from Austin, Texas
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Season 27 player (2011-07-20).
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Lisa Byatt, a technical writer from Amherst, New Hampshire
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Season 29 1-time champion: $26,800 + $1,000.
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Jay Marks, an emergency physician from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 19 1-time champion: $25,000 + $2,000.
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Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
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Captain Lawrence Indyk, a JAG attorney from Lawrence, Kansas
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Season 28 player (2012-05-28).
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Alan Baltis, a software developer and consultant from Lakewood, Ohio
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Season 29 1-time champion: $2,199 + $1,000.
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Andrew Dobbs, a community organizer and writer from Austin, Texas
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Season 27 player (2011-06-23).
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Patrick Quinn, a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
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"He teaches at a school whose history goes back to a...
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Andrew Grace, a 12-year-old from Apex, North Carolina
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"He wants to be a soccer player and an orthopedic surgeon,...
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Mike Bindis, a graduate student originally from Garfield Heights, Ohio
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Season 25 player (2008-09-23).
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Thomas Van Dyke, a rock singer from Sun Valley, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-14).
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Phil Nauss, a writer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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Season 5 player (1988-11-02). Last name pronounced like "NAWSS". Philip Nauss...
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Carlee Jensen, a senior from Santa Monica, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Stephanie Walker, a museum archivist from Richmond Heights, Ohio
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Season 28 player (2012-01-12).
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Karen Thomas, a graduate student from Groton, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-09-10).
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Stephen Lewis, a hotel owner from Calico Rock, Arkansas
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Season 12 2-time champion: $29,300.
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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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David Nagy, a rock singer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 4 2-time champion: $31,200 + the Jeopardy! home game (boxed...
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Sri Narayanan, a pediatric resident from Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Season 23 2-time champion: $60,000 + $1,000.
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Debra Walsh, a retired accounting instructor from Morehead City, North Carolina
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Season 30 player (2014-06-02).
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Anderson Cooper, a host from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11).
Charity: American Heart Association.
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Bob Ungar, a satellite engineer from Glen Rock, New Jersey
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Season 11 1-time champion: $14,400.
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Tucker Carlson, an author and co-host from Crossfire
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10). Charities: American Camping Association &...
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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
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Anish Maddipoti, a junior at the University of Texas at Austin from Austin, Texas
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\"In the 2018 Teen Tournament, he was a high school junior...
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Allen Goodman, an economics professor from Huntington Woods, Michigan
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Season 24 player (2008-06-13). Web site at www.econ.wayne.edu/agoodman. Allen detailed his...
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Oliver Stone, a screenwriter and director from A Child's Night Dream
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"The winner of three Academy Awards for his work as a...
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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Mary Twellman, a retired teacher from Bowling Green, Missouri
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Season 30 player (2014-04-29).
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Larry Schneider, a project manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 24 player (2008-07-03).
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Terrie Trebilcock, a high school history and economics teacher from Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
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2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Logan Bell, a senior from Rock Falls, Illinois
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2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Deb Williams, a member services counselor from Hudson, Ohio
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Season 31 player (2014-10-21).
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John Lee, a systems analyst originally from White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 18 player (2001-10-10).
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Nora Morrison, a music historian from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2014-03-18).
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Jarret Izzo, a musician from East Amherst, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $20,401 + $2,000.
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Kevin Blackley, a service consultant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 1-time champion: $26,000 + $2,000.
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Kyle Hale, a college senior from Katy, Texas
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"Representing Texas A&M, he won the 2002 College Championship. Now he's...
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Liz Tracey, an insurance analyst from Lakewood, Ohio
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Season 27 player (2010-10-15).
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Matt Morris, a financial analyst originally from Louisville, Kentucky
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"In 1994, he won the Teen Tournament. Today, he's a financial...
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Emily Lever, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Harry Hall, a systems manager from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 21 player (2005-01-05).
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Steve Reynolds, a loan accounting clerk from Norman, Oklahoma
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Noah Sheola, a graduate student originally from Peterborough, New Hampshire
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Season 25 player (2009-03-04).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Noahboa
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Shelby Sadler, an editor and writer from Rockville, Maryland
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Season 26 player (2010-03-09).
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Zane Li, a ten-year-old from Provo, Utah
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"He's a chess champion and a two-time Geography Bee winner..." 2002...
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Ruth Anne Stevens-Klitz, a foreign service officer originally from Middleburg Heights, Ohio
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Season 27 player (2010-09-16).
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Katie Ganfield, a mom from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 27 player (2010-09-15).
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Fritz Brantley, a writer originally from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 31 player (2015-05-18).
JBoard user name: puttingonthefritz
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Rob Marus, a junior from Little Rock, Arkansas
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1992 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Christy Brown, a residence hall director from Austin, Texas
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Season 26 player (2010-02-16).
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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Meg Miller, a high school Latin teacher from Milton, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $29,299 + $2,000.
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Julie Wolfson, a systems engineer from Littleton, Colorado
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Season 27 player (2011-01-20).
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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Kelsey Peterson, a geology and anthropology student from Fletcher, Vermont
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Season 26 player (2009-09-23).
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Graham Nash, a singer-songwriter from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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"He's been a rock legend since the days of the British...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Michael McKean, an actor and comic from Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean
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"He's the film and television comic who hosts Comedy Central's Uncomfortably...
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Daniel Stauss, a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington
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Season 25 1-time champion: $25,500 + $2,000. Daniel Stauss - A...
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Jenna Wallis, a freelance writer and surtitlist from Houston, Texas
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Season 24 player (2007-11-23).
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Donna Isbell Walker, an entertainment writer from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 20 player (2004-03-11).
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Jacob Hambalek, a 12-year-old from Fresno, California
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"If he had to choose a career right now, he'd be...
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Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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"All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
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Vince Valle, a foreign service officer from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-03-01).
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Jesse Berry, a tax analyst from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 23 3-time champion: $41,500 + $1,000.
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Steven Page, a singer-songwriter from Barenaked Ladies
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"'Pinch Me', riding the success of Barenaked Ladies' new album Maroon…"...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Andrew Shue, an actor from television's hot new series Melrose Place
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"Billy Campbell from television's hot new series Melrose Place…" Charity: Rock...
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Lorraine Stalberg, a writer from Malibu, California
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Season 20 player (2004-02-06).
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Eric Heaton, a software engineer originally from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 22 player (2006-03-20).
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Ben Taylor, a student from Rockford, Illinois
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Season 23 1-time champion: $25,599 + $2,000.
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Jake Edelman, a public affairs director from Eagle Rock, California
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Season 4 player (1988-01-18).
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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Kerri Griffith, an editor from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-12).
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Paul Shaffer, a composer and musical director from The Late Show with David Letterman
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"David Letterman's musical director for 24 years, he's also musical producer...
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Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Meighan Larbi, a publishing data manager from Cape Coral, Florida
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Season 23 2-time champion: $27,999 + $2,000.
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Jim Peterson, a cartoon writer originally from Rock Island, Illinois
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Season 14 player (1997-12-19).
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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer and student from Los Angeles, California
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
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Chris Ward, a foreign service officer from Johannesburg, South Africa
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"A 5-game winner in 1998, he was living in Peru when...
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Josh Klein, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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"And, his favorite subjects in school are math, social studies, and...
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