#8897, aired 2023-06-20 | JUST SAY... $400: During a military roll call, it means "present"; in Spanish, it means "I" yo |
#8713, aired 2022-10-05 | YOU'RE ON A ROLL $200: A newspaper covering Congress since 1955, or the act of going down a list as you check class attendance Roll Call |
#8185, aired 2020-03-20 | POLITICAL PARLANCE $400: In this type of voice vote, the name of each member of a legislative body is called out & he or she answers, "yea" or "nay" roll call |
#8121, aired 2019-12-23 | THE "LL", "LL" YOU SAY! $200: The reading of a list of names to check attendance in a classroom roll call |
#8034, aired 2019-07-11 | LET'S DANCE! $200: Though sounding a bit RuPaul-ian, "Roll away to a half sashay" is actually a call made during this "shapely" dance a square dance |
#7978, aired 2019-04-24 | GIVE ME A "MINUTE" $1000: A 1914 book on parliamentary practice says after roll call "the secretary will" do this read the minutes |
#7974, aired 2019-04-18 | U.S. SENATE GLOSSARY $1200: This type of call of the roll ensures there are enough members present to conduct business; for the Senate, it's 51 quorum |
#7732, aired 2018-04-03 | SHAKESPEARE IN GOV $2000: Roll Call said no one in Congress quoted the bard as often as this long, longtime West Virginia senator (Senator Robert) Byrd |
#7461, aired 2017-02-06 | A RUDE AWAKENING $200: You may grow to hate this bugle call used by the Army to awaken the troops for morning roll call "Reveille" |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | "ROLL" CALL $200: As a noun it's a big wad of cash; as a verb, it means to finance a business venture bankroll |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | "ROLL" CALL $400: The official website for University of Alabama Athletics is this .com rolltide |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | "ROLL" CALL $600: Boxers know that to cope with adversity is to do this 4-word phrase roll with the punches |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | "ROLL" CALL $800: While climbing into a cart in "Young Frankenstein", Gene Wilder is asked by Teri Garr if he'd like one of these a roll in the hay |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | "ROLL" CALL $1000: An airplane performing one slow revolution around its longitudinal axis is performing one of these a barrel roll |
#7308, aired 2016-05-25 | GOVERNMENTAL BEFORE & AFTER $1000: Capitol Hill newspaper that's also a Jack London novel about a dog Roll Call of the Wild |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | FIORELLO LaGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMS $400: We wonder how many times this "Cabaret" star had to tell teachers at roll call, "Yes, it's spelled with a 'Z'" Liza Minnelli |
#7087, aired 2015-06-09 | POLITICAL VOCABULARY $600: Alliterative term for a procedure counting up spoken yeas & nays voice vote |
#6646, aired 2013-07-08 | ROCK & ROLL CALL $400: Drummer Frank Beard is the only member of this Texas trio who does not sport a flowing beard ZZ Top |
#6646, aired 2013-07-08 | ROCK & ROLL CALL $800: Rick Savage plays bass in this band, whose name was initially spelled like a hard-of-hearing feline Def Leppard |
#6646, aired 2013-07-08 | ROCK & ROLL CALL $1200: In 2012 "Been Away Too Long" was the first single off this Chris Cornell band's first album in 16 years Soundgarden |
#6646, aired 2013-07-08 | ROCK & ROLL CALL $1600: Pete Wentz & Joe Trohman are 2 of the boys in this "boy" band Fall Out Boy |
#6646, aired 2013-07-08 | ROCK & ROLL CALL $2000: Drummer Bun E. Carlos wants you to want this band, who had a career-making night "at Budokan" Cheap Trick |
#5504, aired 2008-07-10 | VEGETARIANS CAN EAT THAT? $800: No gastropods were harmed to make this sweet swirled roll (do the French call it a cinnamon escargot?) snails |
#5412, aired 2008-03-04 | THE U.S. SENATE GLOSSARY $200: The 2 rhyming answers asked for on a roll call vote yea or nay |
#5099, aired 2006-11-09 | STARRING ROLLS $200: What we call this doughy breakfast roll, sometimes lathered with gravy, refers to a cookie in the U.K. biscuit |
#5008, aired 2006-05-24 | PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew sits in the chamber of the State House in Concord, NH.) In 1975, the New Hampshire House introduced an electronic system for this type of vote, which can now be tabulated in 30 seconds a roll call vote |
#4838, aired 2005-09-28 | ARRESTING TELEVISION $800: Sgt. Esterhaus led roll call on this '80s drama & hey! Let's be careful out there Hill Street Blues |
#4683, aired 2005-01-05 | "ROLL" CALL $200: This kitchen item with a short handle at each end could easily be the seventh clue murder weapon a rolling pin |
#4683, aired 2005-01-05 | "ROLL" CALL $400: You'll flip for this heavy steel transverse item in the form of an inverted U on a vehicle a roll bar |
#4683, aired 2005-01-05 | "ROLL" CALL $600: Random House defines it as "a small gravity railroad" a roller coaster |
#4683, aired 2005-01-05 | "ROLL" CALL $800: A return to a lower level in prices a rollback |
#4683, aired 2005-01-05 | "ROLL" CALL $1000: Appropriate 7-letter term for the first public showing of an aircraft rollout |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | TV SHOW ROLL CALL $200: Patrick, Gary & Squidward SpongeBob SquarePants |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | TV SHOW ROLL CALL $400: Ash, Misty, Brock & Pikachu Pokémon |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | TV SHOW ROLL CALL $600: Apu, Krusty the Clown, Marge, Lisa & Maggie The Simpsons |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | TV SHOW ROLL CALL $800: Wanda, Vanessa, Bernie, Jordan & Bryana The Bernie Mac Show |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | TV SHOW ROLL CALL $1000: Michael Kelso, Steve Hyde, Fez & Donna Pinciotti That '70s Show |
#4581, aired 2004-07-05 | TV FAMILY ROLL CALL $200: Mike, Carol, their son Greg & his 5 other siblings The Brady Bunch |
#4581, aired 2004-07-05 | TV FAMILY ROLL CALL $400: Ross,
his sister Monica,
his ex-wife Carol,
his ex-wife Emily &
his ex-wife Rachel Friends |
#4581, aired 2004-07-05 | TV FAMILY ROLL CALL $600: Ray, Debra,
their 3 kids,
Robert,
Marie & Frank Everybody Loves Raymond |
#4581, aired 2004-07-05 | TV FAMILY ROLL CALL $800: Rev. Eric, Annie & their 7 wholesome children 7th Heaven |
#4581, aired 2004-07-05 | TV FAMILY ROLL CALL $1000: Hank, Peggy,
Bobby & Luanne King of the Hill |
#4545, aired 2004-05-14 | MEET THE PRESS $1000: It calls itself "The newspaper of Capitol Hill since 1955" Roll Call |
#4452, aired 2004-01-06 | TV ROLL CALL $400: Sharon, Jack, Kelly & Ozzy The Osbournes |
#4452, aired 2004-01-06 | TV ROLL CALL $800: Cousin Pearl,
Mr. Drysdale,
Elly May The Beverly Hillbillies |
#4452, aired 2004-01-06 | TV ROLL CALL $1200: Hannibal Smith,
Howling Mad Murdock,
B.A. Baracus The A-Team |
#4452, aired 2004-01-06 | TV ROLL CALL $1600: Basil,
Sybil,
Polly,
Manuel Fawlty Towers |
#4452, aired 2004-01-06 | TV ROLL CALL $2000: Noah Bain,
Alexander Mundy,
Alister Mundy It Takes a Thief |
#4274, aired 2003-03-13 | THE SUPREME COURT $600: The Senate must have liked Felix Frankfurter; this type of vote was taken to confirm him voice vote |
#4262, aired 2003-02-25 | HOOKED ON HOMOPHONICS $600: The spicy yellow condiment assembled for roll call mustered/mustard |
#3866, aired 2001-05-28 | LAW $300: "And hey...Let's be careful out there" ended roll call on this '80s cop show Hill Street Blues |
#3556, aired 2000-02-07 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $400: This daily account of the goings-on in the House & Senate has been published by the government since 1873 the Congressional Record |
#3434, aired 1999-07-08 | BILL TO LAW $300: On the third reading, the bill is put either to a voice vote or this alphabetical vote Roll call |
#3173, aired 1998-05-20 | BUGLE CALLS $500: At camp, it signals the afternoon roll call; in the field, it means "fall back" "Retreat" |
#2841, aired 1996-12-30 | TELEVISION $200: On this series, Sgt. Phil Esterhaus ended roll call with "And, hey -- let's be careful out there" "Hill Street Blues" |
#2661, aired 1996-03-11 | A GERSHWIN TUNE $1000: "Let the drums roll out! Let the trumpet call! While the people shout!" this "Strike up the band!" |
#2316, aired 1994-10-03 | THE CONGRESS $1000: She never missed a Senate roll-call vote from June 1955 to July 1968 (Senator) Smith |
#729, aired 1987-11-05 | TV COPS $200: This 7-year-old show had its last roll call on May 5, 1987 Hill Street Blues |
#443, aired 1986-05-21 | "STRIKE"s $200: "Let the drums roll out! Let the trumpet call! While the people shout!" this "Strike up the band!" |
#114, aired 1985-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A list of names to call or what's done to a bowling ball roll |
#3, aired 1984-09-12 | ROYALTY $400: Royal families of Germany, Russia, Denmark & Greece could call her "the grandmother of Europe" Queen Victoria (of England) |
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