Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (525 results returned)

#9076, aired 2024-04-08IT PLEASED THE LORD $400: Lord Denning was pleased to report no security risk in a scandal of this decade, involving a government minister & Christine Keeler the 1960s
#9028, aired 2024-01-31TECH TALK $1600: A Rand Corp. blog post says this, the "bedrock of most cybersecurity measures", is at risk when quantum computing scales up encryption
#9015, aired 2024-01-12HISTORIC AMERICAN WOMEN $1200: Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins was a key player in the design of this 1935 act creating a national pension system Social Security
#24, aired 2024-01-09CYBERSECURITY $1200: It's the government department that includes CISA, the official federal cybersecurity agency created in 2018 Homeland Security
#23, aired 2024-01-02PERSONAL FINANCE $300: This form of income is officially called "Old-Age, Survivors, & Disability Insurance"; most people just call it this Social Security
#9004, aired 2023-12-28WOMEN ON TRIAL $2000: In 1993 Dorothea Puente was convicted of killing tenants at her boarding-house for these, which arrived in the mail monthly Social Security checks
#8993, aired 2023-12-13YOUR DAY IN "C"OURT $800: "Cross-" this is security for one debt that also serves as security for another collateral
#8982, aired 2023-11-28THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $200: The agency FAMS puts these people on planes; they rank among those with the highest handgun accuracy air marshals
#8982, aired 2023-11-28THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $400: In 2003 this federal agency that protects national VIPs was absorbed into the department the Secret Service
#8982, aired 2023-11-28THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $600: You may be able to keep your shoes on in airport security with this agency's precheck program the TSA
#8982, aired 2023-11-28THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $800: You'll find this branch of the military under the DHS umbrella the Coast Guard
#8982, aired 2023-11-28THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $1000: The Customs & Border Protection website has updated wait times at crossings, like this U.S. city's Windsor Tunnel Detroit
#8981, aired 2023-11-27I WANT MY "BABY" BACK, "BABY" BACK $400: In 2007 the first of these, born 1 second after midnight January 1, 1946, filed for Social Security a Baby Boomer
#8975, aired 2023-11-17PALINDROMIC YEARS $400: The act that created the Department of Homeland Security is passed 2002
#8944, aired 2023-10-05LOOK IN THE CABINET $1600: The secretary of this newest Cabinet department is last in the order of presidential succession, behind Veterans Affairs Homeland Security
#8936, aired 2023-09-25A PLACE IN HISTORY $2000: In 1309 Clement V moved the papacy to what is now this French city, using lack of security in Rome as an excuse Avignon
#8905, aired 2023-06-30NUMBERS IN THE NEWS $800: In 2023 France raised the retirement age to this, still younger than Social Security's longtime number until 1983 64
#8887, aired 2023-06-06WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $600: The U.S. Secret Service (not Treasury, not since 2003) the Department of Homeland Security
#8871, aired 2023-05-15"SPECIAL" DELIVERY $2000: Sidney Reilly of "Ace of Spies" fame worked as an operative of this U.K. department concerned with national security the Special Branch
#8868, aired 2023-05-10BELIEVE IT OR NOT... $2000: The Apollo 11 astronauts had to declare Moon rocks to this government service upon returning to Earth Customs
#8856, aired 2023-04-24THE UNITED NATIONS $2000: A 2022 Security Council resolution maintained an arms embargo on this country in light of the threat from the Al-Shabab group Somalia
#8843, aired 2023-04-05IT'S "NATIONAL" $800: In 2001 Condoleezza Rice became the first woman to hold this vital coordinating post National Security Advisor
#8836, aired 2023-03-27I LED WHAT CABINET DEPARTMENT? $800: Janet Napolitano, who as president of the University of California later sued this department over its treatment of "dreamers" Homeland Security
#8812, aired 2023-02-21SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? $600: Wait, you became the leader of this Cabinet department that oversees the Transportation Security Admin.? When was that?! the Department of Homeland Security
#8793, aired 2023-01-253-LETTER RESPONSES $200: An agency of Homeland Security, it tells you what you can & can't take on a plane the TSA
#8789, aired 2023-01-19ACRONYMS $2000: Pronounced like a word for a small boat, it's a room where intelligence material can be read without a security risk a SCIF
#8786, aired 2023-01-16TATTOOS $800: Far from keeping them secret, in the 1930s many Americans got tattoos of these recently issued identifiers Social Security numbers
#8776, aired 2023-01-02STATE GOVERNORS $1200: Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge went on to be the first head of this Cabinet department Homeland Security
#8773, aired 2022-12-28HERE COMES THE BRIBE $2,000 (Daily Double): In Rome in 69 A.D., Marcus Salvius Otho bribed this security force to murder the Emperor Galba & have Otho put on the throne the Praetorian Guard
#8751, aired 2022-11-28LAWMEN & WOMEN $1000: The model for Victor Hugo's Inspector Javert, François Vidocq set up this service, from French for "security" the Sûreté
#8740, aired 2022-11-11MANDY PATINKIN $600: (Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) For 8 seasons, I played Saul Berenson, Carrie Mathison's CIA mentor & later National Security Advisor on this drama Homeland
#8730, aired 2022-10-28AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1200: He was the first African American to serve as National Security Advisor & as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Colin) Powell
#8729, aired 2022-10-27WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $200: U.S. Customs & Border Protection Homeland Security
#8729, aired 2022-10-27WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $600: The National Reconnaissance Office Department of Defense
#8729, aired 2022-10-27WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $800: The National Nuclear Security Administration Energy
#8721, aired 2022-10-17"IF" AT FIRST... $2,500 (Daily Double): The Department of Homeland Security designates Sept. 25 as awareness day for this 6-word reminder to report suspicious activity If you see something, say something
#3, aired 2022-10-09A LONG RUN ON TV WITH KEN JENNINGS $1500: (Ken delivers the clue.) 2 jobs with security are police officer & soap opera actor; Doug Davidson was both, playing Paul Williams of the Genoa City PD on this show on which he was a regular for 42 years The Young and the Restless
#8705, aired 2022-09-23AMERICAN HISTORY $400: 1947's National Security Act established this government entity now based in Langley, Virginia the CIA
#8704, aired 2022-09-22MUST BE NICE $800: Sure, waltz through expedited airport security screening with this arranged-in-advance TSA program PreCheck
#8695, aired 2022-07-29BUSINESS ABBREV. $600: Made up of a bundle of home loans, an MBS is a this-backed security mortgage
#8670, aired 2022-06-24FACTS & FIGURES $800: For those born in 1960 or later, full retirement benefits from social security are payable at this age 67
#8666, aired 2022-06-20WASHINGTON SLIPPED HERE $1000: Oops! One of the burglars caught at the Watergate in 1972 was security chief of this committee, CREEP for short Committee to Re-elect the President
#8660, aired 2022-06-10SECRET SERVICES $3,000 (Daily Double): Security Service & Secret Intelligence Service are the British agencies popularly known by these alphanumeric names MI5 & MI6
#8653, aired 2022-06-01U.S. GOVERNMENT HISTORY $1000: On March 1, 2003 FEMA & 21 other organizations got a new boss with the creation of this department the Department of Homeland Security
#8649, aired 2022-05-26THE UNITED NATIONS $200: According to its charter, the U.N. has 4 main goals; the first is to maintain international this & security peace
#8628, aired 2022-04-27MISCELLANY $800: The Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs reports directly to this head of a cabinet department the Secretary of State
#8627, aired 2022-04-26COLONEL KNOWLEDGE $2000: This lieutenant colonel was knee-deep in the Iran-Contra Affair as part of the National Security Council staff Oliver North
#8626, aired 2022-04-25LET'S PLAY OLD-TIME PRIVATE EYE $800: It was 1994. This Munch painting was gone. Vamoosed. The thieves even left a note saying thanks for the bad security The Scream
#8595, aired 2022-03-11BANK "C" $1000: The assets you pledge as security for a loan are your this collateral
#8588, aired 2022-03-02YOU CAN SET YOUR CALENDAR BY IT $200: With more job security than some, U.S. senators have to face reelection after this many years in office six
#14, aired 2022-02-17NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $800: (Andrew Dymburt delivers the clue.) At a little before 2:00 AM on June 17, 1972, sharp-eyed security guard Frank Wills noticed tape across a door latch in this Washington, D.C. office complex, changing the course of American history Watergate
#8577, aired 2022-02-15U.N. RESOLUTIONS $1600: In October 1956 the Security Council unanimously approved a complaint by Great Britain & France against this country Egypt
#8577, aired 2022-02-15U.N. RESOLUTIONS $3,000 (Daily Double): Issued on this date, Security Council resolution 1368 was on "threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts" September 12, 2001
#8558, aired 2022-01-19AN ORANGE CATEGORY $600: Prison supplier the Bob Barker Company offers a "high security" version of this garment in orange --no pockets a jumpsuit
#8551, aired 2022-01-10BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS $800: In 1935 Congress passed this act that established unemployment relief & old age pensions the Social Security Act
#8529, aired 2021-12-09DESCRIBING THE TV DRAMA $800: On since 2010 but cast job security? Iffy; Michael Rooker was Norman Reedus' brother, remember that? The Walking Dead
#8506, aired 2021-11-08LEGAL "EE" $400: An assurance that a contract will be executed or something given as security that it will be done a guarantee
#8493, aired 2021-10-20IN BOX $1000: In 2000 Al Gore said he wanted to put this government program in a "lockbox", as it then had a surplus of $150 billion Social Security
#8463, aired 2021-08-11AN AUGUST CATEGORY $400: August 1935: Note the grinning 66-year-old as this act providing a system of benefits becomes law Social Security
#8461, aired 2021-08-09BUCKINGHAM PALACE $600: Security guys from St. James's Palace & Buckingham Palace meet in the latter's forecourt during this traditional ceremony changing of the guard
#8436, aired 2021-07-05THIS & THAT $200: On an average day this armed service saves 12 lives & screens 300 merchant ships arriving in U.S. ports for security threats the Coast Guard
#8418, aired 2021-06-09THE WIRE $1,600 (Daily Double): On HBO's "The Wire", this state's Governor Robert Ehrlich had a cameo as a security guard Maryland
#8404, aired 2021-05-20U.S. CITIES $1000: Once a hat-making center, today this Connecticut city is known for its federal low-security facility housing female inmates Danbury
#8386, aired 2021-04-26THE CABINET $400: Established after 9/11, it's the newest cabinet department Homeland Security
#8373, aired 2021-04-07HISPANIC AMERICANS $600: In 2021 Alejandro Mayorkas became the first Latino secretary of this cabinet department that deals with immigration the Department of Homeland Security
#8356, aired 2021-03-15FINANCIAL TERMS $200: The part of a security you clip to redeem your dividend, or what you clip out of a magazine to get a discount a coupon
#8354, aired 2021-03-11VETO $800: Russia, China & the U.S. regularly use their U.N. security council veto but these 2 other perm. members haven't used theirs since 1989 France & the U.K.
#8333, aired 2021-02-10GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2000: The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency is part of this department Homeland Security
#8286, aired 2020-11-23RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE $400: Yuri Andropov was head of this Soviet security agency before becoming the nation's leader in 1982--wonder how that happened? the KGB
#8283, aired 2020-11-18I GOT THEM HISTORICAL BLUES $800: Goin' to this max-security prison / Goin' to N.Y. soon / Its prisoner revolt had Pacino scream it / In "Dog Day Afternoon" Attica
#8266, aired 2020-10-26WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $200: Country House won this prestigious horse race in 2019 after Maximum Security was disqualified the Kentucky Derby
#8257, aired 2020-10-13OXYMORONS $800: Working security for MLK, George Raveling ended up with the original this of the "I Have a Dream" speech the original copy
#8223, aired 2020-05-27WE HAVE A SITUATION $400: In this country ha-matzav, "the situation", refers to the security threats it has faced since the day of independence in 1948 Israel
#8199, aired 2020-04-09COLLEGE LAW $800: A 1940 statement on this status says it gives professors "freedom & economic security", but it doesn't mean they can never be fired tenure
#8196, aired 2020-04-06CELEBRITY LECTURES $800: Angelina Jolie lectured on women, peace & security at the LSE, the London school of this Economics
#8196, aired 2020-04-06WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? $2,000 (Daily Double): The last name of this British mathematician is the "T" in CAPTCHA, a computer security test (Alan) Turing
#8193, aired 2020-04-01AMERICAN WOMEN $800: Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet secretary, was on the committee that designed this "security" blanket made law in 1935 Social Security
#8144, aired 2020-01-23THE COUNTY LINE $1000: At least 1,300 men would prefer not to be in this Kansas county; they're in the same-named medium security penitentiary Leavenworth
#8143, aired 2020-01-22AIRPORT ATTRACTIONS $800: In disarray after airport security? Mitchell International, serving this Wisconsin city, has a place for you to get sorted out Milwaukee
#8143, aired 2020-01-22LOCK HIM UP! $2000: He served as Illinois governor from 2003 to 2009; in 2012 he began serving time at a low-security prison in Colorado Blagojevich
#8142, aired 2020-01-21IN SOVIET RUSSIA $1200: Beginning in 1954 this security agency of the Soviets began dealing harshly with enemies of the state the KGB
#8136, aired 2020-01-13COLONIAL AMERICA $1600: Aiming to unite the colonies for trade & security, the Albany Plan of Union was proposed by this Founding Father in 1754 Franklin
#6, aired 2020-01-09"I" WROTE $400: The security at this author's "Hotel New Hampshire" is Susie, a woman in an animal costume John Irving
#8131, aired 2020-01-06POTPOURRI $600: This 15-nation U.N. body is charged with the maintenance of international peace the Security Council
#8110, aired 2019-12-06BACK IN THE 20th CENTURY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1954, Russian words meaning "committee for state security" got shortened to these 3 letters for an agency KGB
#8081, aired 2019-10-28HISTORY ON FILM $400: Watergate security guard Frank Wills played himself at the beginning of this 1976 film All the President's Men
#8069, aired 2019-10-10A JOB IN TV $1000: Guillermo Rodriguez is much more than just a security guard on this late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel
#8062, aired 2019-10-01IND-ICC-TED! $2000: This global police agency has issued a red notice for capture of ex-Libyan Internal Security Chief Al-Tuhamy Mohamed Khaled Interpol
#8023, aired 2019-06-26APPVERTISING $200: Lastpass says "Security starts with strong" these, which it helps users protect passwords
#8017, aired 2019-06-18cabinetdepartment.gov $1000: "Human Trafficking", "Resilience" & "Disasters" are some topics at this department's .gov the Department of Homeland Security
#8001, aired 2019-05-27MY CABINET JOB $1600: 2003: Tom Ridge, the first to hold the job Secretary of Homeland Security
#7995, aired 2019-05-17FIRE & ICE $800: ICE, short for U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, was created in 2003 as part of this Cabinet department Homeland Security
#7990, aired 2019-05-10COMPUTERS $1200: A 2017 PC World article was about "Why You Should" do this for privacy & security, using the low-teach piece-of-tape solution cover your computer camera
#7969, aired 2019-04-11I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER $200: These 9-digit government-issued numbers will never begin with 666--take that, Satan! Social Security numbers
#7961, aired 2019-04-01IN PRISON $800: Varner Prison in Arkansas has a section called this 8-letter portmanteau word implying the ultimate in security supermax
#7941, aired 2019-03-04COMPUTER SCIENCE $800: 256-bit, referring to the length of the key, is a type of this, scrambling data for security encryption
#7925, aired 2019-02-08BY GEORGE $800: George McGovern: "____ Security and the Golden Age" social
#7919, aired 2019-01-311960s AMERICA $800: These 2 health insurance programs went into effect as Titles 18 & 19 of the Social Security Act Medicare and Medicaid
#7911, aired 2019-01-21LIFE DURING WAR $1200: If you were a U.S. male with a birthday of September 14, you might get unlucky No. 001 in the Dec. 1, 1969 lottery for this the draft
#7905, aired 2019-01-11U.N. NAMEABLE $3,000 (Daily Double): This U.S. Secretary of State later called his Feb. 2003 speech to the Security Council a painful blot on his record Colin Powell
#7892, aired 2018-12-25IT'S "NATIONAL" $800: Michael Flynn's 3-word title from January 20, 2017 to February 13, 2017 National Security Advisor
#7867, aired 2018-11-20THE LAST $600: Permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, alphabetically the United States
#7830, aired 2018-09-28YOUR SIGNIFICANT AUTHOR $2000: Though not into big government, she did take social security payments & medicare benefits under the name Ann O'Connor Ayn Rand
#7821, aired 2018-09-17SPECIFIC GENERAL HISTORY $1600: In March 2018 this 3-star general advised the nation he'd no longer serve as national security advisor H.R. McMaster
#7817, aired 2018-09-11UNDER STUDIES $1200: The under secretary for nuclear security works for this U.S. department Energy
#7799, aired 2018-07-05RECENT STUFF $1000: In 2017 this ex-national security adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI Michael Flynn
#7794, aired 2018-06-28IRA $1200: You can use the money in your IRA in a variety of ways, but you can't use it as this type of security used for a loan collateral
#7791, aired 2018-06-25GONE A YEAR ALREADY $2,000 (Daily Double): The co-host of "Morning Joe" called this national security adviser an "inspiring, loving & devoted father" Zbigniew Brzezinski
#7758, aired 2018-05-09VIRUSES $200: To hackers, this way into a house also means a security bypass that can let a virus infect a computer a backdoor
#7733, aired 2018-04-04IT'S MEDICINAL $1600: In New York conditions that make one eligible for this alliterative aid include A.L.S., M.S. & Parkinson's medical marijuana
#7719, aired 2018-03-15WEBSITES $200: Thinking about retiring? This agency has a retirement estimator you can use at ssa.gov Social Security Administration
#7716, aired 2018-03-12QUOTH THE AMENDMENT $200: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state..." the Second Amendment
#7715, aired 2018-03-09CHESS PIECES IN DISGUISE $400: An item deposited as security is in this pawn
#7710, aired 2018-03-02U.N. MILESTONES $1200: November 4, 1977: The Security Council condemns this country's racist regime & initiates an arms embargo South Africa
#7695, aired 2018-02-0920th CENTURY FACTS $600: Infamous for its Communist hunting in the '50s, HUAC, short for this, became the Internal security Committee in 1969 the House Un-American Activities Committee
#7693, aired 2018-02-07"SECURITY" $200: It consists of 15 members, 5 permanent & 10 elected by the General Assembly U. N. Security Council
#7693, aired 2018-02-07"SECURITY" $400: FDR sent it to Congress as the Economic Security Bill; Congressman Frank Buck suggested the name change Social Security Act
#7693, aired 2018-02-07"SECURITY" $600: Linus van Pelt's main accessory security blanket
#7693, aired 2018-02-07"SECURITY" $800: If you're a man on death row in Tennessee, you're at the Riverbend this type of institution maximum-security prison
#7693, aired 2018-02-07"SECURITY" $1000: The company ADT says it's "#1 in" this home security
#7666, aired 2018-01-01SIKH $1200: It is recommended not to have anything metallic in this traditional Sikh headwear going through TSA security a turban
#7665, aired 2017-12-29NO MORE COVER-UP $2000: One thread that unraveled the LAPD Rampart scandal: cops moonlighting as security for this "morbid" record label Death Row
#7657, aired 2017-12-19SECURITY! $200: We need you to bring a wand up front! Someone set off the walk-through type of this a metal detector
#7657, aired 2017-12-19SECURITY! $400: No, pocketing 2 company pens does not call for a "full" this with your hands locked behind the offender's neck a full nelson
#7657, aired 2017-12-19SECURITY! $600: When you told Eric to bring this to work, I think you meant a deterrent spray, not a spiked club mace
#7657, aired 2017-12-19SECURITY! $800: The RFID system, short for this "identification", is not working & we need to let people in radio frequency identification
#7657, aired 2017-12-19SECURITY! $1000: The intruder wouldn't stop & now we have a breach of this, also a geometry term for a boundary line perimeter
#7628, aired 2017-11-08RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT $200: In 1998 Boris Yeltsin made him director of the Federal Security Service, the new domestic version of the KGB Putin
#7615, aired 2017-10-20NEVER HAVE I EVER $800: ...run this Cabinet department that includes U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement the Department of Homeland Security
#7610, aired 2017-10-13RECENT NONFICTION $800: National security adviser & Secretary of State under George W. Bush, she published "Democracy" in 2017 Condoleezza Rice
#7604, aired 2017-10-0510-LETTER WORDS $2000: A type of fever that's a complication of malaria, or a security firm founded by Erik Prince blackwater
#7595, aired 2017-09-22INVESTING $2000: The base interest rate, the minimum investors demand of a non-treasury security, also has this other "B" name the benchmark
#7575, aired 2017-07-14BIG BEN $800: Ben Rich used the security alias Ben Dover when he helped design the F-117 Nighthawk, the first of these hard-to-spot craft stealth craft
#7573, aired 2017-07-12STAT! $400: 5: permanent members of this U.N. body the Security Council
#7572, aired 2017-07-11COWBOY TALK $1200: When told to grab the apple, riders grab this for greater security saddle horn
#7549, aired 2017-06-08THE NEW DEAL $400: Title I of this 1935 act grants financial assistance "to aged needy individuals" the Social Security Act
#7532, aired 2017-05-16AWFUL WORLD LEADERS $1200: On Dec. 17, 1989 security forces under Nicolae Ceausescu were ordered to fire on demonstrators in this country Romania
#7526, aired 2017-05-08PIRATES' FAVORITE AUTHORS--"R"! $2000: Pirates cheered when this historian & military leader was chosen as Donald Trump's national security advisor Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster
#7512, aired 2017-04-18GAMBLING ON VEGAS MOVIES $800: A security guard exposition called this "Mall Cop" character back to duty in a Vegas-set sequel Paul Blart: Mall Cop
#7503, aired 2017-04-05BEFORE & AFTER $200: Cabinet department established in 2002 that becomes a bedding item carried by a kid for reassurance Department of Homeland Security blanket
#7503, aired 2017-04-05THE WORLD ALMANAC 2017 $200: Under surprising facts, Americans in 2016 paid an average of 25.6% of their earnings in income tax & into this fund Social Security
#7503, aired 2017-04-05THE WORLD ALMANAC 2017 $400: Top 10 news topics of 2016 included the security concerns raised by these solo terrorist attacks with a canine name lone wolves
#7489, aired 2017-03-16ORGANIZED LABOR $2000: Begun by immigrant janitors in 1921, this union has grown to include nurses, security officers & public workers the Service Employees International Union
#7482, aired 2017-03-07IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS $200: "Everyone has the right to life, ____ and security of person" liberty
#7464, aired 2017-02-09ALPHANUMERICALLY YOURS $1200: HB2 is this state's controversial 2016 Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, AKA the bathroom bill North Carolina
#7463, aired 2017-02-08AND SO IT BEGINS... $1200: "An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of federal old-age benefits..." the Social Security Act
#7440, aired 2017-01-06CHILD REARING $800: Linus had one of these, a transitional object that helps a child move from dependence to independence a security blanket
#7419, aired 2016-12-08BIG SCREEN COPS $1200: Title tour that security guard Kevin Hart got to take with a cop played by Ice Cube Ride Along
#7392, aired 2016-11-01PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $3,000 (Daily Double): The Washington Post shared a 2014 Pulitzer for revealing widespread secret surveillance by this govt. agency the NSA (National Security Agency)
#7391, aired 2016-10-31MY CABINET DEPARTMENT $200: Janet Napolitano, its third secretary, was into safety first Department of Homeland Security
#7389, aired 2016-10-27WOMEN OF NOTE $800: This actress invented technology that would become part of cell phone security, & it's Hedy, not Hedley (Hedy) Lamarr
#7359, aired 2016-09-15TAKE ME TO COURT $2000: FICA is a line on your pay stub; this law set up a special court to approve national security warrants FISA
#7356, aired 2016-09-12U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS $800: The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office is a jointly staffed office within this cabinet department Homeland Security
#7355, aired 2016-07-29SPELL THE FIRST NAME $2000: Secretary of Homeland Security Mr. Johnson J-E-H
#7349, aired 2016-07-21MISCELLANEOUS $400: In "A Charlie Brown Christmas", Linus drops this & says "Fear not..." while explaining what the season is all about his (security) blanket
#7319, aired 2016-06-09MINOR ROLES, MAJOR MOTION PICTURE $600: Cardinal Law, Boston Globe security guard Spotlight
#7318, aired 2016-06-08SURROUNDED BY STATISTICS $800: With fewer entries, this "chilly" arm of Homeland Security deported 316,000 people in 2014 & 80,000 fewer in 2015 ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
#7233, aired 2016-02-10WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $600: U.S. Customs & Border Protection Homeland Security
#7218, aired 2016-01-20THE WORLD ALMANAC 2016 EDITION $200: This U.S. paper currency features B. Franklin & a bell that changes color from copper to green as a security measure a $100 bill
#7217, aired 2016-01-19INTERNATIONAL ACRONYMS $400: UNSC: This 15-member body the United Nations Security Council
#7199, aired 2015-12-24CAN I GET A WITNESS? $1600: Since 1971 none of the 8,500 in witness security who obeyed the rules were killed, thanks to this service guarding them the U.S. Marshals
#7168, aired 2015-11-11FAMILIAR SOUNDING TRIPLES $400: English philosopher John, a security signifying ownership & a product made by a cooper Locke, stock & barrel
#7167, aired 2015-11-10CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES $1600: A touching scene at airport security (7) a patdown
#7116, aired 2015-07-20THE BILL OF RIGHTS $400: The 2nd Amendment postulates that "A well regulated" one of these is "necessary to the security of a free state" a militia
#7098, aired 2015-06-24THE BUSINESS OF TECH $1000: Norton Security Services are part of this company that sounds like it means "related to meaning" Symantec
#7093, aired 2015-06-17GOVERNMENT AGENCIES $200: U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services is part of this Cabinet dept., the subject of a big funding fight in 2015 the Department of Homeland Security
#7073, aired 2015-05-20SALUTE TO 7000 $800: This tech company that sounds like a reservoir of sweetness makes the Lynx Touch 7000 security system Honeywell
#7070, aired 2015-05-15QUOTABLE QUOTES $2000: In 1971, as head of the National Security Council, he said that power "is the great aphrodisiac" Kissinger
#7060, aired 2015-05-01CARD TRICKS $1000: The .gov dedicated to this card says, "Do not carry your card with you. Keep it in a safe place with your other important papers" your Social Security card
#7047, aired 2015-04-14TREATIES $800: The acronym ANZUS is a security treaty signed in 1951 by these 2 nations & the United States Australia & New Zealand
#7036, aired 2015-03-30HODGEPODGE $800: Titles XVIII & XIX of the Social Security Act are these 2 health insurance programs Medicare & Medicaid
#7021, aired 2015-03-09THE SCIENCE OF SECURITY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory in Livermore, CA.) National security along with national wealth would be enhanced with safe boundless process that powers the Sun; one approach involves a powerful laser working like a spark plug fusion
#7021, aired 2015-03-09THE SCIENCE OF SECURITY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory in Livermore, CA.) A new military uniform material under development protects personnel from chemical and biological weapons using CNTs or these nanotubes which close up like tiny pores during an attack carbon
#7021, aired 2015-03-09THE SCIENCE OF SECURITY $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory in Livermore, CA.) Keeping satellites safe is the goal of the STARE project, which can predict the orbit of thousands of pieces of space junk to within 100 meters using tiny satellites positioned in "L.E.O.", short for this low Earth orbit
#7021, aired 2015-03-09THE SCIENCE OF SECURITY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California) A device to radio activity at ports of entry is called GeMini--"Mini" for its size & "Ge" for this element, whose semiconducting properties & high atomic number make it a great detector material Germanium
#7021, aired 2015-03-09THE SCIENCE OF SECURITY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory in Livermore, CA.) The lab's high performance computing with the capacity of 20 quadrillion operations per second is not just helping to build weapons systems, but to model this, which Sec. of State Kerry in 2014 called directly related to the potential of greater conflict climate change
#7016, aired 2015-03-02CIA WORLD FACTOBOOK ABBREV. $3,000 (Daily Double): OSCE: "Organization for" these 2 things "in Europe" security & cooperation
#7001, aired 2015-02-09THE NEW $100 BILL $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a special light bulb over a new $100 bill.) Some businesses have detectors equipped with this type of light specifically to detect bad bills; the security thread should glow pink ultraviolet
#7001, aired 2015-02-09THE NEW $100 BILL $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the $100 bill in motion on the monitor.) The 3-D security ribbon uses technology from Crane, the same stationery company that printed currency at the Liberty Mill for this patriot & engraver Paul Revere
#6997, aired 2015-02-03THE WORLD ALMANAC 2015 $800: This body "consists of 15 members, five with permanent seats" the UN Security Council
#6995, aired 2015-01-30HODGEPODGE $1000: In 1798 Congress passed these 4 internal security laws aimed at immigrants & at curtailing the press the Alien and Sedition Acts
#6993, aired 2015-01-28I AM A MAN OF SCIENCE! $1,000 (Daily Double): He didn't carry a blue security blanket when he won a Chemistry Nobel for research on the nature of chemical bonds Linus Pauling
#6992, aired 2015-01-27RENTING $400: Many states limit this required upfront sum to an amount equal to 1 or 2 months rent a (security) deposit
#6986, aired 2015-01-19ATTA BOY, TOM! $600: In 2005 he ended his tenure as the first head of the Department of Homeland Security Tom Ridge
#6934, aired 2014-11-06WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $1600: She was the third secretary of Homeland Security & the first woman to serve in that post Janet Napolitano
#6907, aired 2014-09-30MRS. WARREN'S PROFESION $800: Mrs. Warren is on the Senate committee known as HELP: Health, Eduction, Labor & these retirement benefits Pensions
#6881, aired 2014-07-14ADD A LETTER $400: Add a "c" to a security device to get this timepiece a clock
#6869, aired 2014-06-26A VISIT WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS $200: (George Stephanopoulos delivers the clue.) On "This Week", journalist Glenn Greenwald told me about the documents that showed this agency had been tracking trillions of phone calls & not telling us about it the NSA (National Security Agency)
#6859, aired 2014-06-12SECURITY $800: "Topics" at the website for this Cabinet department include "Human Trafficking" & "Immigration Enforcement" Homeland Security
#6859, aired 2014-06-12SECURITY $1200: "Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little... safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety", he wrote (Benjamin) Franklin
#6859, aired 2014-06-12SECURITY $1600: Common-law & statutory are types of this legal claim one has on the property of another as security for debt a lien
#6859, aired 2014-06-12SECURITY $2000: Maintaining the security of Israel, it is officially the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations Mossad
#6832, aired 2014-05-06TECH TALK $600: A type of hacker who ethically reports security problems is called this, a proverbial accessory of cowboy heroes white hat
#6816, aired 2014-04-14BIG 5 $400: Of the 5 permanent member nations of the U.N. Security Council, the one with the largest population China
#6777, aired 2014-02-18COUNTRY MATH $2000: The number of permanent members of the U.N. Security Council times the number of nonpermanent ones 50
#6752, aired 2014-01-14U.S. GOVERNMENT $1200: In 2013 former Pentagon lawyer Jeh Johnson was nominated as the new head of this cabinet department Homeland Security
#6733, aired 2013-12-18CABINET DEPARTMENT BY COPS $800: The Bureau of Diplomatic Security State
#6728, aired 2013-12-11THE BONE IDENTITY $1600: This long, slender bone parallel to the tibia bears little body weight, but the security of the ankle joint depends on it the fibula
#6710, aired 2013-11-15ON HIS PRESIDENCY'S SECRET SERVICE $800: During the George W. Bush presidency, the Secret Service was transferred to this Cabinet department the Department of Homeland Security
#6708, aired 2013-11-13T.P., YOUR HOUSE $1000: Tony Parker, your house in this state contained an autographed MJ jersey until one of your security men swiped it Texas
#6707, aired 2013-11-12NUMBER, PLEASE $400: Number of permanent members of the U.N. security council five
#6681, aired 2013-10-07THE ONE & ONLY $400: This branch of the armed forces is the only one under the jurisdiction of Homeland Security Coast Guard
#6658, aired 2013-07-24I READ IT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES $400: This organization "Vows to Develop a Plan to Train and Arm Security Guards at Every School in the Nation" The N.R.A.
#6644, aired 2013-07-04WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $600: (Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano delivers the clue.) I'm a big fan of Puccini arias, like "Yes, They Call Me Mimi" in this opera La bohème
#6633, aired 2013-06-19GOV. $400: (Vice President Joe Biden delivers the clue.) Also called the NSC, this advisory body to the president on foreign & defense policies includes the vice president the National Security Council
#6618, aired 2013-05-29IT'S "NATIONAL" $1600: Over the years, they've included Henry Kissinger, John Poindexter & General James L. Jones the National Security Advisor
#6602, aired 2013-05-07MY BROTHER'S IN THE SERVICE $1200: I saw a picture of his dog tag, listing his name, social security number, religion & this "type" his blood type
#6591, aired 2013-04-22"SAFE" $800: Medicaid & social security are described as part of this to help the non-rich a safety net
#6579, aired 2013-04-04U.N. ALPHABET SOUP $400: 15 members: UNSC United Nations Security Council
#6567, aired 2013-03-19WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENT? $200: The Transportation Security Administration The Department of Homeland Security
#6567, aired 2013-03-19WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENT? $1000: The National Nuclear Security Administration the Department of Energy
#6528, aired 2013-01-23THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHO... $800: Was the first female National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice
#6520, aired 2013-01-11THE KOREAN WAR $2000: A Security Council resolution issued when the war began demanded the Communists retreat to this parallel the 38th parallel
#6512, aired 2013-01-01OLD YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS $800: Security Council Resolution 1540 enforces non-proliferation of "nuclear, chemical &" this type of weapon biological
#6494, aired 2012-12-06SHALL I COMPARE THEE? $400: Money in the bank is like this 2-word bedding item that kids tote around security blanket
#6465, aired 2012-10-26BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Lockheed Martin is big in security & I.T. but is still better known for making these, like its C-5 airplanes
#6457, aired 2012-10-16NEW DEAL PROGRAMS $200: This 1935 act provided assistance to the elderly using payroll tax funds Social Security
#6454, aired 2012-10-11TALKIN' FOOTBALL $1000: In December 2011 Tom Coughlin's job security as this team's head coach was being debated; not so much in 2012 the New York Giants
#6447, aired 2012-10-02ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $5,000 (Daily Double): Of permanent UN Security Council members China
#6444, aired 2012-09-27LOOK IN THE CABINET $1600: A total of 3 people have held this new Cabinet position Homeland Security
#6433, aired 2012-08-01POLITICIANS $1600: In law school, Harry Reid worked night security in this building where he's now Senate majority leader the Capitol building
#6425, aired 2012-07-205 ABOUT 5 $800: In 1991 Russia took over the seat of the old Soviet Union as one of the 5 permanent members of this U.N. group of 15 the Security Council
#6408, aired 2012-06-27IN UTAH ROW $1600: A native of Ogden, Brent Scowcroft was this adviser to presidents Gerald Ford & George H.W. Bush National Security Advisor
#6403, aired 2012-06-20HOW DO YOU GET "BY"? $200: Airport traffic was a breeze & security a delight; I'm 3 hours early, so I'll take this status on an earlier flight standby
#6400, aired 2012-06-15.gov $200: Information for first responders & links regarding cybersecurity are found at dhs.gov, this department Department of Homeland Security
#6391, aired 2012-06-04A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS $2,400 (Daily Double): In the 1930s Alf Landon called this government program "a cruel hoax" Social Security
#6387, aired 2012-05-29AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $400: Farm security & home economics are among the concerns of the House Committee on this, founded in 1820 Agriculture
#6382, aired 2012-05-22YOUR DAY IN "C"OURT $800: "Cross-" this is security for one debt that also serves as security for another collateral
#6381, aired 2012-05-21NUMBER, PLEASE $400: It follows "MI" in the name of Britain's domestic security service 5
#6376, aired 2012-05-14SECRETARY'S DAY $200: Tom Ridge the Department of Homeland Security
#6371, aired 2012-05-07ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING $600: It can be a record of what someone said or the current cost of a security or a stock quote
#6368, aired 2012-05-02LAUGH LINES $400: Teddy Roosevelt, to Larry the security guard in this movie: "Lawrence! Why are you slapping a monkey?" Night at the Museum
#6354, aired 2012-04-12MERE CASH $400: This ATM favorite was the first bill redesigned with background colors for greater security the $20 bill
#6347, aired 2012-04-03GOOD NEWS $600: To provide old-age retirement benefits & unemployment insurance, Congress passed this act on August 9, 1935 the Social Security Act
#6285, aired 2012-01-06I WANT MY "BABY" BACK, "BABY" BACK $600: In 2007 the first of these, born 1 second after midnight January 1, 1946, filed for social security a Baby Boomer
#6262, aired 2011-12-06YOUR HISTORICAL INSURANCE ADJUSTER $600: Okay, the Louvre, Picasso was questioned on the Aug. 21, 1911 theft of this painting, but we don't cover for bad security! the Mona Lisa
#6257, aired 2011-11-29'90s NOVELS $400: In this author's "Debt of Honor", Jack Ryan comes out of retirement to serve as the new National Security Advisor Tom Clancy
#6249, aired 2011-11-17THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $400: (Janet Napolitano gives the clue.) Threats from denial of service attacks to software are major concerns in this area, the CS in the division NCSD Cyber Security
#6249, aired 2011-11-17THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $800: (Janet Napolitano gives the clue.) In 2011, color-coded alerts were replaced by a warning system with information about particular terrorist threats, either elevated or this, meaning we think it will happen soon imminent
#6230, aired 2011-10-21THAT'S "UN" CALLED FOR! $200: The 1935 Social Security Act established this type of insurance nationally unemployment
#6215, aired 2011-09-30THE U.S. COAST GUARD $800: The USCG has reach--a PSU went to protect Navy ships after the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in this Mideast country Yemen
#6214, aired 2011-09-29UNDER THIS CABINET DEPARTMENT $1,000 (Daily Double): The Directorate for Management, The Office of Intelligence and Analysis Homeland Security
#6210, aired 2011-09-23INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $1,000 (Daily Double): "I have approved a research program (for) a security shield that would destroy... missiles before they reach their target" Ronald Reagan
#6205, aired 2011-07-29THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $200: The act that created the Department of Homeland Security was passed early in this year 2002
#6205, aired 2011-07-29THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $400: In 2003 this federal agency that protects national VIPs was absorbed into the department the Secret Service
#6205, aired 2011-07-29THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $600: This former agency abbreviated I.N.S. is today known as U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services as part of the department Immigration and Naturalization Service
#6205, aired 2011-07-29THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $1,000 (Daily Double): You'll find this branch of the military under the DHS umbrella the Coast Guard
#6205, aired 2011-07-29THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $1000: Counterterrorism includes the presence of these on planes; they rank among those with the highest handgun accuracy air marshals
#6205, aired 2011-07-2915 LETTERS OR MORE $1600: Like shy people, computer software also has these flaws or weaknesses that affect the security of the computer vulnerabilities (or susceptibilities)
#6203, aired 2011-07-27THE "SOCIAL" NETWORK $200: This 1935 U.S. federal law provided assistance in old age pensions, insurance & unemployment Social Security
#6196, aired 2011-07-18COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Sydney, Australia.) Australia was the first country to start making bills out of this; they improve security & last much longer than paper bills, if you don't spend them plastic
#6191, aired 2011-07-11CABINET DEPARTMENTS $200: This department's 5 main responsibilities include guarding against terrorism & protecting our borders Department of Homeland Security
#6182, aired 2011-06-28INCLUDES A PAPAL NAME $1200: An homage to Charles Schulz, the project named for this character helps needy kids by "providing security through blankets" Linus
#6180, aired 2011-06-24NEW YORK CITIES & TOWNS $800: This small town in Wyoming county boasts a large annual rodeo & a rather well-known maximum security prison Attica
#6158, aired 2011-05-25REMEMBER THE 2000s? $400: November 25, 2002: This new cabinet department was created, so we can all feel safe now the Department of Homeland Security
#6157, aired 2011-05-24"P-S-P" $400: This is a place where personal property is left as security in exchange for a money loan a pawnshop
#6139, aired 2011-04-28WAR! $800: The U.N. Security Council issued a resolution that one side retreat to the 38th parallel on the day this war began the Korean War
#6094, aired 2011-02-24R U "SHR"? $1,800 (Daily Double): In 1936 Adolf Ehinger improved upon this office device, fashioning it after a pasta-making machine a shredder
#6067, aired 2011-01-18"PAY" UP $2000: Your Social Security contribution is this type of levy that comes out of your salary each week a payroll tax (a payroll deduction accepted)
#6064, aired 2011-01-13ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $400: 2006: Robin as Teddy Roosevelt, who comes to the aid of a security guard Night at the Museum
#6024, aired 2010-11-18THAT'S JUST WRONG $600: From the Latin for "to deceive", it can precede teeth or sense of security false
#6021, aired 2010-11-15MONEY, NOT FROM THE MINT $200: A stock certificate is an example of this, also a word before a kid's "blanket" security
#5987, aired 2010-09-28MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE $2000: California's Xavier Becerra became the first Latino to serve on this committee that oversees Social Security Ways and Means
#5932, aired 2010-06-01BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN $200: After a 1976 gig in Memphis, Bruce scaled the wall of this music icon's home & was busted by a security guard Elvis Presley
#5922, aired 2010-05-18THE NEW YORK TIMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR $200: This Conn. senator wants to spread Homeland Security funds, as the enemy "will strike wherever there is a... target" (Joseph) Lieberman
#5918, aired 2010-05-12WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPT.? $800: The Bureau of Industry & Security Commerce
#5910, aired 2010-04-30PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION 2010 $2000: As Homeland Security was the last to be added as a Cabinet department, this ex-Arizona Governor is No. 18 Napolitano
#5902, aired 2010-04-20A LONE PRIVATE "I" $1000: Shamus, I hear you're doing sidework for this security firm founded in 1859 that uses big armored cars Brink's
#5878, aired 2010-03-17COMPLETES THE QUOTATION $3,000 (Daily Double): "A well regulated ____, being necessary to the security of a free state" militia
#5873, aired 2010-03-10WRITE ON, TOM! $2000: This ex-head of Homeland Security wrote "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege... and How We Can Be Safe Again" Tom Ridge
#5863, aired 2010-02-24AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER $400: National Security Advisor John Poindexter got in trouble for his role in this 1980s arms-for-hostages arrangement Iran-Contra
#5854, aired 2010-02-11CAN I GET A WITNESS? $1000: It's in plain sight that the U.S. law enforcement service is responsible for witness security the U.S. Marshals Service
#5838, aired 2010-01-20SCIENTISTS $3,800 (Daily Double): In WWII this Danish physicist worked on the Manhattan Project under the assumed name Nicholas Baker for security reasons Niels Bohr
#5830, aired 2010-01-08"NIGHT" SHIFT $2000: ATN Corporation recommends its Cougar model of these for nocturnal crime prevention, security & fishing night vision goggles
#5829, aired 2010-01-07AROUND THE COURTROOM $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) The officer of the court is responsible for maintaining security, guarding juries &, in most courts, giving this 2-word order when the judge enters all rise
#5821, aired 2009-12-282001 $600: November 19: the establishment of this agency that cleared you to get on the plane that brought you to Los Angeles the TSA (Transportation Security Administration)
#5779, aired 2009-10-29TEA 'N T $400: A U.S. government security with maturity 1 year or less is called this, 5 letters total a T-bill
#5745, aired 2009-07-24VISUALLITERATION $800: Security videos are usually transmitted in this manner, involving no broadcast closed circuit
#5727, aired 2009-06-30ECONOMICS $800: For a security or a coin, the market this & face this may be different value
#5723, aired 2009-06-24RING OF "FIRE" $1200: A security system designed to prevent unwelcome hacking on your computer a firewall
#5706, aired 2009-06-01OBAMA'S CABINET $1600: She was Arizona's first female Attorney General & was later its governor before heading up Homeland Security (Janet) Napolitano
#5704, aired 2009-05-28NEWS FROM THE 21st CENTURY $800: In 2003, in one of the largest governmental reorganizations, 22 agencies were folded into this department Homeland Security
#5658, aired 2009-03-25ALSO FOUND AT A CIRCUS $2000: Aussie Medicare features this, what the AHD defines as "a guarantee, as of professional or financial security" a safety net
#5652, aired 2009-03-17YOU'RE IN THE CABI-NOT! $600: Giuliani's pal Bernard Kerik, 2004 Homeland Security
#5634, aired 2009-02-19STOCK LINGO $2000: Selling a security that you borrow rather than own, hoping the price drops, is this "selling" often frowned upon selling short
#5625, aired 2009-02-06IT'S A LOCK $1600: For good home security, get a lock with this fatal-sounding latching system; they're tough & hard to jimmy a deadlock (also deadbolt or deadlatch)
#5594, aired 2008-12-25GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT $400: We all know Anna Nicole Smith: Anna Deavere Smith was National Security Adviser Nancy McNally on this White House drama The West Wing
#5584, aired 2008-12-11AN ALPHANUMERIC CATEGORY $2000: Based in Thames house, the United Kingdom's domestic security service has this name MI5
#5582, aired 2008-12-09NEW WORDS IN THE OED $200: A childish word for something that gives kids security as well as warmth a blankie
#5571, aired 2008-11-2415 MINUTES OF FAME $400: This, Andrew Meyer's 3-word plea to security at a 2007 speech, was followed by "bro!" "Don't tase me"
#5558, aired 2008-11-052001 $1200: This Pennsylvania governor resigned in October to become head of the new office of Homeland Security Tom Ridge
#5551, aired 2008-10-27POLITICS $1600: Type of benefit, like Social Security, to which you have an automatic right if you meet certain criteria an entitlement
#5542, aired 2008-10-14WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENT? $600: The Employee Benefits Security Administration the Department of Labor
#5539, aired 2008-10-09MAKING MONEY $1,200 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.) To foil counterfeiters, these security features are visible in the light & on either side of bills, because they're part of the paper rather than printed watermarks
#5510, aired 2008-07-18UP THROUGH THE RANKS $600: The chief security officer of the Senate, he preserves order in the chamber & the galleries the Sergeant at Arms
#5497, aired 2008-07-01"LAND" OF OPPORTUNITY $600: www.dhs.gov is this cabinet department's official website Homeland Security
#5466, aired 2008-05-19TECHNOLOGY $800: Fingerprint ID devices are part of this security technology, from the Greek for "life" & "measure" biometric
#5460, aired 2008-05-09GOVERNMENT $800: This program takes up more than half of the HHS budget--& the Baby Boomers aren't getting younger Medicare
#5449, aired 2008-04-24THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS $1000: The Dec. of Indep. links these words with "the pursuit of happiness"; the U.N. links them with "security of person" life & liberty
#5427, aired 2008-03-253 LITTLE LETTERS $200: The initials of this organization disbanded in 1991 were from Russian words meaning "Committee for State Security" the KGB
#5424, aired 2008-03-20THINGS TO DO IN DENVER $200: Tours through this facility with a lot of gold do not happen if the Homeland Security level is code orange or worse the U.S. Mint
#5416, aired 2008-03-10THE WORLD OF MR. BURNS $600: For me, this number is naught naught naught, naught naught, naught naught naught 2; curse you, Roosevelt! social security number
#5408, aired 2008-02-27FAMILY-FRIENDLY MUSICALS $400: In "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown", this kid famous for his security blanket sings "My Blanket And Me" Linus
#5395, aired 2008-02-08EXITING GEORGE W. BUSH'S CABINET $800 (Daily Double): His 2004 resignation letter cited the tragedy of Flight 93 & his thanks for "the opportunity to fight back" Tom Ridge
#5390, aired 2008-02-01BETWEEN $400: Color between green (low) and yellow (elevated) on the Homeland Security Advisory chart blue
#5387, aired 2008-01-29TALKING SHOP $800: You don't need to be buzzed in to read the 137-page manual from the Security Alliance for these pricey retailers jewelers
#5367, aired 2008-01-01U.S. MILITARY BRANCHES $600: Became its own branch under the National Security Act of 1947 the Air Force
#5348, aired 2007-12-05U.S. GOVERNMENT $800: The National Security Act of 1947 created this agency, with Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter as its first director the CIA
#5326, aired 2007-11-05CRIME TIME $800: It's obtaining & using another person's name, social security number & other personal info to commit fraud identity theft
#5308, aired 2007-10-1021st CENTURY HISTORY $800: This new cabinet-level department includes FEMA, the Coast Guard & Customs the Department of Homeland Security
#5277, aired 2007-07-17U.S. SENATORS $2000: Former Homeland Security Committee Chairperson Susan Collins represents this New England state Maine
#5276, aired 2007-07-1610-LETTER WORDS $2000: Security pledged for the payment of a loan; in a familiar but unrelated phrase, it precedes "damage" collateral
#5274, aired 2007-07-12TIME TO SAVE $1200: An incentive to save aluminum cans for recycling; the return of this money paid as security deposit
#5269, aired 2007-07-05ART-FULLY STOLEN $1,000 (Daily Double): A note said "Thanks for the poor security" after this painting was stolen during the Lillehammer Olympics in 1994 The Scream
#5258, aired 2007-06-20WHERE THE STREETS HAVE SOME NAME $200: In Waukesha, Wisconsin you can actually live on this, a 2-word phrase for a life of comfort & security Easy Street
#5257, aired 2007-06-19"HO" POURRI $400: Formed in 2001, it's a presidential cabinet department Homeland Security
#5241, aired 2007-05-28D.C. COMICS $400: One of his "politically incorrect" musings: "airline security in America remains a faith-based initiative" Bill Maher
#5217, aired 2007-04-24LET'S COMMUNICATE $1000: Founded in 1952, this U.S. agency's primary function is to encode & decode communications intelligence the National Security Agency
#5206, aired 2007-04-09THE HOME OFFICE $800: For real security, get not a strip-cut but a cross- or micro-cut one of these devices a shredder
#5182, aired 2007-03-06WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENT? $200 (Daily Double): Citizenship & Immigration Services Homeland Security
#5165, aired 2007-02-09MOVIES $1600: Working the graveyard shift, security guard Ben Stiller sees natural history exhibits come to life in this film Night at the Museum
#5088, aired 2006-10-25NEW DEAL PROGRAMS $800: This 1935 act that provides unemployment insurance was born out of the New Deal the Social Security Act
#5083, aired 2006-10-18IN THE HEADLINES $1600: In 2005 this former judge was selected by President Bush to head the Dept. of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
#5048, aired 2006-07-19THE JEP-TONES WORLD TOUR 2006 $1000: Oops... the 'Tones hire Mensa's Angels as security at this speedway in California, site of a 1969 free concert by the Stones Altamont
#5040, aired 2006-07-07MY NAME IS URL $2000: (Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge reads the clue.) Including information on First Aid kits & family communication plans, this DHS website on citizen preparedness is www.this.gov ready
#5026, aired 2006-06-19IT'S A SECRET! $400: NSA, the USA's largest intelligence agency, stands for this, though some say it's for "No Such Agency" the National Security Agency
#5020, aired 2006-06-09PRISON LIFE $200: Federal prison camps, also called this level of security, may have no perimeter fencing minimum security
#4985, aired 2006-04-21THE SECOND... $800: ...to become Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
#4953, aired 2006-03-08BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Native American drum that headed the Department of Homeland Security Tom Tom Ridge
#4950, aired 2006-03-03THAT IS LIKE SO LAST CENTURY $400: 1965 amendments to the Social Security Act, titles 18 & 19, created these 2 huge healthcare programs Medicare & Medicaid
#4918, aired 2006-01-18THOMAS PAINE $1000: The title of this 1791 pamphlet referred to liberty, property, security & resistance to oppression The Rights of Man
#4917, aired 2006-01-17GOVERNMENT AT YOUR SERVICE $600: (Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge reads the clue.) This service, established in 1789 & now part of the DHS helps fight the WMD threat with its use of border searches Customs
#4907, aired 2006-01-03HACKER CINEMA $400: Clarence Gilyard Jr. cracks security to open a vault & help take over an office tower in this 1988 film Die Hard
#4888, aired 2005-12-07"F" IN ANATOMY $1600: The security of the ankle joint depends largely on this seemingly delicate bone the fibula
#4864, aired 2005-11-03REALLY TOUGH WHEEL OF FORTUNE PUZZLES $1000: PERSON: A total of 3 Zs are in the first & last names of this national security adviser under Carter Zbigniew Brzezinski
#4859, aired 2005-10-273-M $200: The greatest quantity possible, perhaps in prison security maximum
#4859, aired 2005-10-27MAA (military acronyms & abbreviations) $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue while standing in the ANZUS corridor of the Pentagon.) I'm in the Pentagon corridor that honors the Pacific security treaty known as ANZUS, an acronym for these three nations Australia, New Zealand, & the United States
#4839, aired 2005-09-29LET'S BE SECURE $400: (Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge gives the clue.) I introduced the threat advisory system; during my time at the DHS we were never able to go below this color, for "elevated threat" yellow
#4839, aired 2005-09-29LET'S BE SECURE $1600: Passenger screening is the responsibility of this Homeland Security agency established in November 2001 the TSA
#4837, aired 2005-09-27YOU'RE A "STAR" $2000: Henry VII's secret court to try cases involving state security the Star Chamber
#4837, aired 2005-09-27GONE WITH THE WIND $2000: After a name change to the House Internal Security Committee, it was abolished in 1975 the House Un-American Activities Committee
#4833, aired 2005-09-21THE DARWIN AWARDS $600: A man from this "Nutmeg State" ended a chase by ducking into a high-security prison, thinking it was a mall Connecticut
#4808, aired 2005-06-29MOTTOES $400: You've got security with "My word is my bond", the motto of this London financial institution the London Stock Exchange
#4790, aired 2005-06-03THE SECURITY COUNCIL $200: In November 2002 Resolution 1441 declared this nation in "material breach" of its obligations Iraq
#4790, aired 2005-06-03THE SECURITY COUNCIL $400: In population, one of the 2 smallest permanent members England (or Great Britain; or France)
#4790, aired 2005-06-03THE SECURITY COUNCIL $600: The military type of these were imposed on North Korea in the '50s; the economic type, on Rhodesia in the '60s sanctions
#4790, aired 2005-06-03THE SECURITY COUNCIL $800: In 1948 the Council passed 29 resolutions, 16 on the Mideast region it referred to as this Palestine
#4790, aired 2005-06-03THE SECURITY COUNCIL $1000: In 2004 the Security Council called for a halt to fighting in Darfur & the Upper Nile in this country Sudan
#4771, aired 2005-05-09CNN 25: NATIONAL NEWS $2000: The lieutenant colonel seen here is about to testify about his time on this government body from 1981 to 1986 the NSC (the National Security Council)
#4758, aired 2005-04-20MEASURE UP $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from JFK Airport in New York.) Each of these bricks of cocaine, seized by Homeland Security agents, weighs this metric unit & has a street value of over $15,000 a kilogram
#4750, aired 2005-04-08JOBS IN THE ARTS $600: In 1999 & 2000 some of these employees at the Natl. Gallery sat for David Hockney; sitting might have felt odd to them security guards
#4745, aired 2005-04-011963 $2,000 (Daily Double): Declared a security risk back in 1954, this physicist won the Atomic Energy Commission's Fermi Award in 1963 Oppenheimer
#4738, aired 2005-03-23HOMELAND SECURITY $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from JFK Airport in New York.) As in "Maria Full of Grace", the drug smugglers known by this animal term often run into trouble at U.S. airports a mule
#4738, aired 2005-03-23HOMELAND SECURITY $400: In 1971 Congress told this agency to start protecting visiting heads of state the Secret Service
#4738, aired 2005-03-23HOMELAND SECURITY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from JFK Airport in New York.) It's the "I" in ICE, the Homeland Security department that confiscated these drugs & money Immigration
#4738, aired 2005-03-23HOMELAND SECURITY $800: Before becoming Homeland Security chief, Michael Chertoff's last job in the Bush admin. was in this Cabinet department Justice
#4738, aired 2005-03-23HOMELAND SECURITY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a metal detector at JFK Airport in New York.) A metal detector creates this type of field--if a sort of echo of the field comes back, metal must be present a magnetic field
#4730, aired 2005-03-11THE PEN $400: His self-titled book includes passages written in the South African maximum security prison on Robben Island (Nelson) Mandela
#4722, aired 2005-03-011984 $1200: This world leader was assassinated on Halloween by 2 of her security guards (Indira) Gandhi
#4718, aired 2005-02-23THAT '70s NEWS ITEM $800: Officially, these '75 "Accords" were the final act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe the Helsinki Accords
#4716, aired 2005-02-21NEW YORK ON FILM $800: All of Manhattan has become a maximum-security prison in this futuristic Kurt Russell thriller Escape from New York
#4715, aired 2005-02-18SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew unleashes a black lab in the training course.) The bark alert is one of the tests a dog must pass to be on a search team certified by this Department of Homeland Security agency "Search!" "Rrowr rrowr rrowr!" FEMA
#4690, aired 2005-01-14THE U.N. $200: In May 1994 the Security Council ended the arms embargo against this country due to the end of apartheid South Africa
#4648, aired 2004-11-17LAST YEAR'S NEWS $200: This government department recommended duct tape & plastic sheets to seal a room against a chemical attack the Department of Homeland Security
#4643, aired 2004-11-10VIDEO GAMES $400: After his release from maximum security, Tommy Vercetti tries to take over Vice City in this game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
#4636, aired 2004-11-01THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE $1200: (Maria Bartiromo reads the clue.) The first specific security the NYSE recommended buying was these, a symbol of "freedom", during World War I (Liberty) war bonds
#4635, aired 2004-10-29THE CIA $800: Only the President can direct the CIA to start a covert action, & it's usually at the recommendation of this council the National Security Council
#4619, aired 2004-10-07WHITE HOUSE BEFORE & AFTER $800: National Security Advisor who Snaps, Crackles & Pops Condi Rice Krispies
#4615, aired 2004-10-01BLOGS $1200: The Lycos blog posted a link to a job listing for an entertainment liaison in this newest Cabinet department Homeland Security
#4602, aired 2004-09-14THE TALES OF HOFFMAN $400: Frank Wills, the security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in, played himself in this Hoffman film All the President's Men
#4575, aired 2004-06-25CLASSIFIED ADS: "HOME"S $1200: Estd. by govt. January 2003; fine view from ridge--Tom Ridge the Department of Homeland Security
#4543, aired 2004-05-12PROUD TO BE A SECRETARY $1000: This newest cabinet department is secretaried by the former governor of Pennsylvania the Department of Homeland Security
#4509, aired 2004-03-25U.S. GOVERNMENT $800: Border & Transportation Security is 1 of the 5 divisions of this department headed by Tom Ridge Homeland Security
#4480, aired 2004-02-13IT WAS IN ALL THE PAPERS $1200: In 2003, 22 federal agencies were merged into this 1 department headed by Tom Ridge Homeland Security
#4454, aired 2004-01-08JAILHOUSE $1000: The first of these very restrictive prisons was at Marion, Ill.; Florence, Colo. & Pelican Bay, Calif. followed supermax
#4446, aired 2003-12-29THE UNITED NATIONS $1200: The Security Council's Rule of "Great Power Unanimity" means 5 nations have this on substantive matters veto power
#4430, aired 2003-12-05NEW DEAL PROGRAMS $2000: The Farm Security Administration's pictorial record of rural America includes this woman's photo of the migrant mother seen here Dorothea Lange
#4366, aired 2003-09-08NAME THE DECADE $800: U.S. Social Security becomes law the 1930s
#4331, aired 2003-06-02HAVE YOU HEARD THE WORD? $400: This term for an object carried to give a person a sense of safety was popularized in the comic strip "Peanuts" security blanket
#4326, aired 2003-05-26PEN-SYLVANIA $400: Among Pennsylvania state pens, this is "medium" at Rockview but "maximum" at Frackville security
#4311, aired 2003-05-05BACKWORDS $800: We'll have to retool our security so this type of criminal doesn't get in during the next riot looter/retool
#4297, aired 2003-04-15AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $1000: In 2001 he resigned as a state governor to head up the new Office of Homeland Security Tom Ridge
#4280, aired 2003-03-21THE U.S. EMBASSY $400: Security at U.S. embassies is mainly provided by members of this branch of the armed forces the Marines
#4255, aired 2003-02-14THE UNITED NATIONS $600: The U.S. & Great Britain are 2 of the 5 permanent members of this important U.N. group Security Council
#4244, aired 2003-01-30U.S. GOVT. ABBREV. $400: The DCI (Director of Central Intelligence) is a member of this group, the NSC National Security Council
#4158, aired 2002-10-02SECURITY $200: Before the federal takeover, Argenbright was the USA's biggest provider of security at these places airports
#4158, aired 2002-10-02SECURITY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) I'm illustrating both parts of this famous security-related advice from a U.S. president "Speak softly and carry a big stick"
#4158, aired 2002-10-02SECURITY $600: The United Kennel Club says this terrier known for aggression is too friendly to be the best guard dog choice pit bull
#4158, aired 2002-10-02SECURITY $800: The active ingredient of this "spray" is capsaicin & it makes attackers' eyes burn pepper spray
#4158, aired 2002-10-02SECURITY $1000: Concrete barriers that restrict access are named for this state on whose highways they were first used New Jersey
#4132, aired 2002-07-16MEDICINE $1200: (Here's Cheryl.) You're seeing this type of image of me, useful in medical and security fields, as it can detect heat and movement infrared
#4123, aired 2002-07-03CLINTON'S BILLS $1600: A Nov. 6, 2000 Clinton's signature helped protect the confidentiality of these 9 digits a Social Security number
#4072, aired 2002-04-23AIMING TO SUCCEED $800: Seen here, she's the successor to Sandy Berger as U. S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice
#4053, aired 2002-03-27THE 60s $1600: In 1983 Congress passed legislation gradually raising the minimum age for full Social Security benefits to this age 67
#4035, aired 2002-03-01"AMERICAN" A $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1969 the House Committee on these became the Committee on Internal Security House Un-American Activities Committee
#4032, aired 2002-02-26MOVING $800: A California landlord must return this 21 days after you move out, less the cost of that fire you set a security deposit
#3958, aired 2001-11-14THE BILL OF RIGHTS $400: The Second Amendment says a "well regulated" one of these is "necessary to the security of a Free State" a militia
#3943, aired 2001-10-24THE UNITED NATIONS $600: One of the six principal organs of the U.N. is this special 15-country council Security Council
#3941, aired 2001-10-22AL, HISTORY'S PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PAL $300: Uh oh! Security man Frank Wills finds the tape Al forgot to remove for his pals at this complex on June 17, 1972 the Watergate Hotel
#3937, aired 2001-10-16A DATE WITH DISASTER $1000: It was not a merry Christmas for this man on December 25, 1989; his own security forces killed him Nicolae Ceausescu
#3923, aired 2001-09-26DAYTIME TV $200: Based on a film based on a comic book, it's the series seen here "United Nations Security, Division 6." "Okay, Little Red Riding Hood, freeze!" MiB (Men in Black)
#3853, aired 2001-05-09THE VICE PRESIDENCY $1000: The vice president attends meetings of the president's cabinet & is a member of this, the NSC National Security Council
#3846, aired 2001-04-30SENIORS PROM $1000: If the excitement makes Grandma ill, she may get coverage from this government program that turned 35 in 2000 Medicare
#3810, aired 2001-03-09CAMERAS $800: It's the CC in CCTV, a security camera system used by many businesses Closed circuit
#3806, aired 2001-03-05FAMILIAR PHRASES $100: In the '60s this phrase for something that reduces anxiety was popularized by Linus Van Pelt security blanket
#3799, aired 2001-02-22WHAT CABINET DEPARTMENT? $600: The Diplomatic Security Service State
#3782, aired 2001-01-30THE '40s $800 (Daily Double): The women for whom Walter Annenberg founded this magazine in 1944 are now on Social Security Seventeen
#3736, aired 2000-11-27PRESIDENTIAL BOOKS $600: He wrote "A World Transformed" with his national security advisor Brent Scowcroft George H.W. Bush
#3708, aired 2000-10-18BEHIND BARS $300: For violating parole on 1996 drug & gun charges, this "Chaplin" actor got 3 years in maximum security Robert Downey Jr.
#3681, aired 2000-09-11"ROT"TEN $200: Reliable security seen here Rottweiler
#3644, aired 2000-06-084-LETTER ABBREVIATIONS $400 (Daily Double): On a paycheck, it indicates your Social Security payroll tax FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act)
#3624, aired 2000-05-11GIRAFFES $400: Perhaps for added security, giraffes graze with other species, including zebras & these large birds ostriches
#3591, aired 2000-03-27AMERICAN DATEBOOK $500: This "Father of the Atomic Bomb" was suspended by the AEC as a possible security risk April 12, 1954 J. Robert Oppenheimer
#3588, aired 2000-03-22AYE AYE, ADMIRAL $800: At the National Security Council Ollie North reported to this vice admiral John Poindexter
#3528, aired 1999-12-29FUNNY LADIES $500: She "takes on" such characters as spinster Kay Clark & airport security guard Sheneesha Turner Tracey Ullman
#3526, aired 1999-12-27THE SWINGIN' '60s $600: This cartoonist's 1963 bestsellers were "Security is a Thumb and a Blanket" & "Happiness is a Warm Puppy" Charles Schulz
#3495, aired 1999-11-12THE FUTURE $500: In April 1998 the trustees of this government retirement fund announced it will last until 2032, not 2029 Social Security
#3485, aired 1999-10-29HALLOWEEN $100: This prime minister was assassinated by one of her own security guards October 31, 1984 Indira Gandhi
#3482, aired 1999-10-26GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $900 (Daily Double): By law, these 2 cabinet officers are members of the National Security Council Secretary of State & Secretary of Defense
#3457, aired 1999-09-21BEFORE & AFTER $400: Government retirement benefits that Charles Schulz' Linus can hold on to Social Security blanket
#3427, aired 1999-06-29POLISH $600: Polish-born anti-Communist Zbigniew Brzezinski held the post of this "adviser" in the Carter administration National Security Adviser
#3378, aired 1999-04-21"FI" $1000: In computer security, this device blocks unauthorized access to a LAN, a local area network Firewall
#3337, aired 1999-02-2320th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This 1935 act set up a system of old-age benefits for Americans Social Security Act
#3253, aired 1998-10-28LETTERS & NUMBERS $500: Vernon Kell, known as "K", headed this British security service when it was founded in 1909 MI5
#3120, aired 1998-03-06NUMBER, PLEASE $100: Currently, it's the age an American becomes eligible for "full retirement" Social Security benefits 65
#3115, aired 1998-02-27THE TONYS $500: In 1997 National Security Advisor Tony Lake got spooked & withdrew his nomination to head this agency the CIA
#3087, aired 1998-01-20PEACES $800: After arranging a truce with this republic, Aleksandr Lebed was fired by Boris Yeltsin as security chief Chechnya
#2965, aired 1997-06-20LETTERS & NUMBERS $400: Filed by employers with the SSA, this form shows workers' yearly wages & taxes withheld W-2
#2949, aired 1997-05-29BUSINESS BENCHMARKS $800: In 1992 this company acquired Security Pacific in the biggest bank merger in U.S. history BankAmerica (Bank of America)
#2908, aired 1997-04-02AUGUST $100: On August 14, 1935 FDR signed this act establishing old-age benefits & unemployment insurance Social Security
#2904, aired 1997-03-27THE BILL OF RIGHTS $1000: The 2nd Amendment says a "well-regulated" one of these is "necessary to the security of a free state" Militia
#2874, aired 1997-02-131987 $400: Later chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, this African-American became National Security Advisor in 1987 Colin Powell
#2775, aired 1996-09-27THE NEW $100 BILL $200: The security thread in the new bill will glow red under this type of light ultraviolet
#2733, aired 1996-06-19COMMON BONDS $400: Wet, Navajo, security blanket
#2669, aired 1996-03-21COMMON BONDS $500: Life, Security, Shin Guards
#2661, aired 1996-03-11SOCIAL SECURITY $100: This agency collects Social Security taxes the IRS
#2661, aired 1996-03-11SOCIAL SECURITY $200: A fully qualified worker can begin to receive full benefits at this retirement age 65
#2661, aired 1996-03-11SOCIAL SECURITY $300: It's the number of digits in your Social Security Number 9
#2661, aired 1996-03-11SOCIAL SECURITY $400: Titles XVIII & XIX of the Social Security Act initiated these 2 public insurance plans Medicare & Medicaid
#2661, aired 1996-03-11SOCIAL SECURITY $500: Prior to chairing the Federal Reserve Board, he headed a Social Security Reform Commission (Alan) Greenspan
#2621, aired 1996-01-15TAX TIME $300: Your TIN or taxpayer identification number is usually this 9-digit number your social security number
#2579, aired 1995-11-16ECONOMICS $400: In 1990, about two-thirds of Americans over 65 relied on this for over half their income Social Security
#2577, aired 1995-11-14THE UNITED NATIONS $600: The presidency of this body rotates alphabetically every month among its 15 member nations Security Council
#2540, aired 1995-09-22U.S. GOVERNMENT $600: The office of Management & Budget & the National Security Council belong to this branch of government executive
#2500, aired 1995-06-16ADMIRALS $600: Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter succeeded Robert McFarlane in this post in 1985 National Security Advisor
#2481, aired 1995-05-22FAMOUS FIRSTS $300: In 1940 65-year-old Ida Fuller received the 1st of these benefit checks & got them until her death at age 100 a Social Security check
#2434, aired 1995-03-16GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: The Bureau of Diplomatic Security is part of this Cabinet department the State Department
#2421, aired 1995-02-27VICE PRESIDENTS $800: This running mate of Harry Truman was the 1st vice president to sit on the National Security Council (Alben) Barkley
#2353, aired 1994-11-2320th CENTURY AMERICA $200: With the passage of this act in 1935, seniors began looking forward to a pension Social Security Act
#2351, aired 1994-11-21FINANCE $400: It's the term for an often speculative security that typically sells for less than a dollar Penny stock
#2315, aired 1994-09-30LEGAL "E"s $500: A right to benefits, like Social Security, which may not be abridged without due process an entitlement
#2301, aired 1994-09-12U.S. GOVERNMENT $400: The 4 members of this Council are the President, Vice President, Secretary of State & Secretary of Defense the National Security Council
#2290, aired 1994-07-15FEDERAL AGENCIES $800: The Social Security Administration is an agency of this department Health and Human Services
#2246, aired 1994-05-16LEFTOVERS $300: On June 27, 1950 the U.N. Security Council voted to protect this country's independence with troops South Korea
#2187, aired 1994-02-22STAR TREK: DS9 $400: Rene Auberjonois plays this shape-shifting security officer Odo
#2089, aired 1993-10-07TV PRIVATE EYES $300: In return for helping with security, he got free living quarters on Robin Masters' estate Magnum P.I.
#2082, aired 1993-09-28WOMEN $200: In 1940 Ida Fuller received the first government check in this program Social Security
#2018, aired 1993-05-19U.S. GOVERNMENT $200: This agency is responsible for retirement, disability & death benefits for about 90% of U.S. workers Social Security
#1972, aired 1993-03-16PEOPLE $500 (Daily Double): This Reagan administration National Security Advisor had his Iran-Contra conviction reversed John Poindexter
#1957, aired 1993-02-23THE UNITED NATIONS $200: This body has 15 members, 5 of which are permanent the Security Council
#1956, aired 1993-02-22U.S. HISTORY $400: The Social Security Act was part of this president's New Deal FDR
#1949, aired 1993-02-11AMERICAN HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In 1954 this "Father of the Atomic Bomb" had his security clearance revoked J. Robert Oppenheimer
#1933, aired 1993-01-20YOUR FEDERAL TAXES $300: You must list one of these for each dependent over 1 year old or risk a $50 fine for each omission a Social Security number
#1925, aired 1993-01-08MONEY MATTERS $600: The federal SSI program is run by this federal pension system the Social Security Administration
#1870, aired 1992-10-23THE UNITED NATIONS $800: In 1945, Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin set up Security Council voting rules at this Crimean resort Yalta
#1846, aired 1992-09-21GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $100: By 2027 the qualifying age to receive full retirement benefits from this program will increase to 67 Social Security
#1784, aired 1992-05-07MONEY MATTERS $300: Used to finance a home, it's a legal document pledging property as security for a debt mortgage
#1754, aired 1992-03-26"Mc"PEOPLE $500: In 1988 this former national security advisor admitted he had misled Congress on several occasions Robert McFarlane
#1752, aired 1992-03-24THE U.N. $400: It's the minimum number of votes needed to defeat an issue in the Security Council 1
#1744, aired 1992-03-12MOOSE POTPOURRI $300: This state's Kenai Municipal Airport has ordered new security gates to keep moose out Alaska
#1690, aired 1991-12-27BANKS & BANKING $400: Security for a loan, it can be paper, trade goods, intangibles or business proceeds collateral
#1679, aired 1991-12-12GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $300: Permanent members of the Nat'l Security Council include the VP & these two cabinet secretaries the Secretary of State & the Secretary of Defense
#1674, aired 1991-12-05POLITICS $200: A commissioner allegedly called this retirement program "the most complex... God and Congress ever created" Social Security
#1671, aired 1991-12-02PRISONS $100: U.S. prisons are usually classified as minimum, medium or maximum this security
#1668, aired 1991-11-27THE U.N. $200: In the last 46 years, this nation has cast the most vetoes in the Security Council with over 100 the Soviet Union
#1632, aired 1991-10-08ABBREVIATIONS $200: The Russian Committee for State Security is better known by this abbreviation the KGB
#1567, aired 1991-05-28THE 20th CENTURY $500: The U.S. had a mutual security pact with this island nation until 1978, when we no longer recognized it Taiwan
#1393, aired 1990-09-26THE 1980s $200: In January 1981 Greece became its 10th full member the EEC (the European Economic Community)
#1355, aired 1990-06-22U.S. GOVERNMENT $600: The National Security Act of 1947 created this agency first directed by Lt. Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg C.I.A.
#1, aired 1990-06-16IN THE NEWS $400: Ronald Reagan was the star witness at the trial of this former national security advisor John Poindexter
#1332, aired 1990-05-22THE CIA $800: The CIA & this watchdog "council" were established by the same act of Congress in 1947 the National Security Council
#1325, aired 1990-05-111981 $100: This man shot President Reagan, James Brady & 2 security men in March John Hinckley
#1321, aired 1990-05-07CURRENT EVENTS $300: This N.Y. Senator proposed eliminating the Social Security surplus by reducing the payroll tax Moynihan
#1316, aired 1990-04-30BLACK AMERICA $1000: The first Black to sit on the National Security Council was this award-winning newspaper columnist Carl Rowan
#1315, aired 1990-04-27GOVERNMENT $1000: Unemployment insurance was one of the provisions of this 1935 act the Social Security Act
#1278, aired 1990-03-07HISTORY $400: This French island was a home for lepers before 'it was made into a maximum security penal colony Devils Island
#1260, aired 1990-02-09NEWS OF THE '80s $500: On May 4, 1989 he was found guilty of accepting an illegal gratuity, a home security system Oliver North
#1247, aired 1990-01-231985 $600: Robert McFarlane resigned as National Security Advisor & this man, his deputy, succeeded him John Poindexter
#1240, aired 1990-01-12JUNE 1969 $300: The U.N. security council voted to keep peace-keeping forces on this island near Turkey another 6 months Cyprus
#1208, aired 1989-11-291989 $200: This Soviet security agency recently promised it wouldn't be as secretive as it used to be the KGB
#1167, aired 1989-10-03THE U.N. $800: The United States did this for the first time on March 17, 1970 veto a UN Security Council resolution
#1158, aired 1989-09-20CELEBRITY QUOTES $300: USA Today reports she said she "wasn't thinking clearly" when she stuffed her clothes with NSC documents Fawn Hall
#1081, aired 1989-04-24THE UNITED NATIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): This country has used its veto in the Security Council over 100 times, far more than anyone else the Soviet Union
#1051, aired 1989-03-13THE U.N. $1000: 3 of the 6 major organs of the U.N. (3 of) Secretariat, General Assembly, Security Council, International Court of Justice, Economic & Social Council, & Trusteeship Council
#1044, aired 1989-03-02AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Medicare was passed into law in 1965 as an amendment to this 1935 act Social Security
#1025, aired 1989-02-03SECRETARIES $1000: Fawn Hall worked for Oliver North at this organization National Security Council
#919, aired 1988-09-08ADVERTISING $200: 1st Security Bank of Provo, Utah shows its employees at their "candid" best in ads filmed by him Allen Funt
#891, aired 1988-06-20THE PRESIDENT $500: Doctrine invoked to protect presidential assistants from having to testify before Congress executive privilege
#868, aired 1988-05-18BLACK AMERICA $1000: Upon replacing Frank Carlucci, Lt. Gen. Colin Powell became the 1st black to hold this position National Security Advisor
#863, aired 1988-05-11THE UNITED NATIONS $800: The 1st time the U.S. ever did this in the Security Council was in 1970 veto
#811, aired 1988-02-29GOOD "GUY"s $1000: In the name of national security, Chuck Norris threatened to rearrange Jim Backus' face in this '79 film Good Guys Wear Black
#795, aired 1988-02-056-LETTER PRESIDENTS $400: His administration created the National Security Council, which was in the news a lot in 1987 Harry Truman
#767, aired 1987-12-29SUBURBS $500: Your Social Security file is maintained at agency HQ in Woodlawn, a suburb of this Mid-Atlantic port Baltimore
#766, aired 1987-12-28GOVERNMENT $600: To be claimed as a dependent on '87 tax forms, a child 5 or over now needs 1 of these Social Security number
#765, aired 1987-12-25"BIG" $1000: The permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are known as this Big Five
#721, aired 1987-10-26PHYSICS $200: The layer of fertile material surrounding the core in a breeder reactor, or Linus' source of security blanket
#686, aired 1987-09-07FACTS & FIGURES $200: As of Feb. 1987, 355,691 people, down from 596,897, held this Pentagon security clearance rank Top Secret
#674, aired 1987-07-09IN THE NEWS $400: Position from which John Poindexter resigned at the outbreak of the "Contragate" furor National Security Advisor
#619, aired 1987-04-23STARTS WITH "C" $400: Property accepted as security on a loan, it also can mean running side by side collateral
#593, aired 1987-03-18"BUN"S $800: Nat'l Security assistant to JFK & LBJ who became Ford Foundation president for 13 years McGeorge Bundy
#583, aired 1987-03-04THE UNITED NATIONS $500 (Daily Double): The 5 countries that each have the power to veto a Security Council resolution the United States, the Soviet Union, England, France, the People's Republic of China
#554, aired 1987-01-22AUGUST $200: Enactment of this law on Aug. 14, 1935 created an instance need for "FICA" spaces on paychecks the Social Security Act
#540, aired 1987-01-02THE U.N. $800: In 1965, the Security Council was enlarged from 11 to this many members 15
#438, aired 1986-05-14SICKNESS & HEALTH $600: Health insurance financed by 4 Social Security trust funds Medicare
#422, aired 1986-04-22GOVERNMENT $400: This council’s members are the president, vice president, sec’y of state & sec’y of defense the National Security Council
#413, aired 1986-04-091959 $300: For security reasons, he couldn't visit Disneyland in September Nikita Khrushchev
#394, aired 1986-03-13TAX FACTS $100: From 1935-49, no worker ever paid more than $30 per year for this tax Social Security
#373, aired 1986-02-12THE LAW $400: "Reclining" term for a legal claim on property used as security for a debt a lien
#363, aired 1986-01-29THE U.N. $800: It's in continuous session & can meet anywhere in the world the Security Council
#314, aired 1985-11-21THE U.N. $900 (Daily Double): The 5 permanent members of the Security Council the U.S.A., the Soviet Union, Great Britain, France & China
#273, aired 1985-09-25U.S. HISTORY $200: President who signed Social Security Act in 1935 Franklin Roosevelt
#183, aired 1985-05-22BABY CARE $100: For kids like Linus, it provides social "security" his blanket
#162, aired 1985-04-2350TH ANNIVERSARIES $300: If you were working when this gov't prog. was started 50 years ago, you're probably on it now Social Security
#99, aired 1985-01-24THE '30s $700 (Daily Double): Established in 1935, 90% of all U.S. workers are required to participate in this program Social Security
#18, aired 1984-10-03DRAMA $600: Matinee idol whose familiarity with Ford's Theatre let him pass through security there John Wilkes Booth

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (18 results returned)

#8855, aired 2023-04-21HISTORIC GROUPS: Originally a term for security escorts for commanders, in 27 B.C. this group was designated an official imperial force the Praetorian Guard
#11, aired 2023-01-19NOTORIOUS PLACES: Al Capone played banjo in a band called the Rock Islanders at this notorious spot Alcatraz
#7988, aired 2019-05-08WORDS FROM THE COMICS: Used to describe secrecy during WWII, this 2-word term had its psychological meaning popularized by Charles Schulz security blanket
#7721, aired 2018-03-19THE U.S. GOVERNMENT: Before signing the bill creating this, President George W. Bush noted its "nearly 170,000 employees" & "a new kind of war" the Department of Homeland Security
#7495, aired 2017-03-24NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES: You have to go through military security to reach this town with a Marine base on 3 sides & the Potomac on the other Quantico
#7376, aired 2016-10-10INAUGURAL ADDRESSES: One of his addresses used the term "security shield" about international affairs as well as "golden years" President Ronald Reagan
#7234, aired 2016-02-11NAMES IN THE NEWS: When this man joined Twitter in September 2015, his first follow was the National Security Agency's account Edward Snowden
#7138, aired 2015-09-30UNITED NATIONS NATIONS: This nation of 55 million is the only one to provide a secretary-general but never to have a seat on the Security Council Burma (or Myanmar)
#7024, aired 2015-03-12THE U.S. GOVERNMENT: On August 15, 1994, 59 years & 1 day after FDR signed the original act, Bill Clinton made this an independent agency the Social Security Administration
#6855, aired 2014-06-0620th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1911 Glenn Curtiss received this document Number 1 a pilot's license
#6472, aired 2012-11-06CABINET DEPARTMENTS: "Si ve algo, diga algo" was part of a 2011 Spanish-language TV campaign by this Cabinet department Homeland Security
#5102, aired 2006-11-14THE UNITED NATIONS: Of the 5 permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, the one that's the smallest in area the United Kingdom
#4830, aired 2005-09-1620th CENTURY WOMEN: A group chaired by her produced a system that President Bush says now needs "wise and effective reform" Frances Perkins
#4656, aired 2004-11-29BABY NAMES: Of the Social Security Administration's top 10 boys' names in 2000, the 2, ending in the same letter, on a list of the 12 Apostles Matthew & Andrew
#4362, aired 2003-07-15THE CABINET: This department contains the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secret Service & the Coast Guard Department of Homeland Security
#2409, aired 1995-02-09U.S. GOVERNMENT: Its 4 statutory members are the President, Vice President & Secretaries of Defense & State the National Security Council (the NSC)
#2283, aired 1994-07-06THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Established in 1795, this committee has jurisdiction over social security, tariffs & all revenue measures Ways & Means
#597, aired 1987-03-24THE U.N.: Now 2nd largest contributor of U.N. operating budget, this country isn't a perm. member of Security Council Japan

Players (46 results returned)

Dave Daniel, a retired security manager from Shelley, Idaho Season 34 player (2018-01-08).
Robin Heck, an I.T. security architect from Las Vegas, Nevada Season 32 player (2016-02-23). Wife of Season 20 player Daniel Black.
Josh Kolchins, a homeland security consultant from Bethesda, Maryland Season 21 player (2004-12-02).
Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York 2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
Damien Marzocchi, a museum security guard from Kew Gardens, New York Season 34 player (2018-02-20).
Jeff Gitomer, a Social Security manager from Glendale, California Season 5 player (1988-09-22).
Steve Richman, a security analyst from New York City, New York Season 8 player (1991-10-28).
Jeff Miller, a security consultant from Mission Viejo, California Season 4 player (1988-04-13).
Tara O'Byrne, a senior advisor on aviation security from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Season 34 player (2018-07-24).
Rex Wessel, an information security engineer from Alburtis, Pennsylvania Season 36 player (2020-02-18).
Bob Parks, a security supervisor originally from Buffalo, New York Season 10 1-time champion: $16,801.
Nancy Waits, a data security analyst from Lambertville, New Jersey Season 9 player (1993-04-09).
Jon Gucinski, a security engineer originally from Naperville, Illinois Season 29 player (2013-03-06).
Brendan O'Connor, an Internet security engineer from San Francisco, California Season 29 1-time champion: $11,201 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
Michael Vance, an information security analyst from Fishers, Indiana Season 20 player (2004-07-07). KJL game 26.
Alex Harriger, a security officer from Kansas City, Missouri Season 25 player (2008-10-22). Last name pronounced "HARE-ig-ger".
Skylar Rampersaud, a computer security researcher from Kapolei, Hawaii Season 29 player (2012-12-06).
George Lyle, an I.T. security risk analyst from West Lafayette, Indiana Season 33 player (2016-10-03).
Bill Moore, a national security consultant from Arlington, Virginia Season 24 1-time champion: $18,399 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
Ari Fleischer, a former White House Press Secretary from the current Bush administration "For the first two years of the current Bush administration, he...
Mary Webster, a Social Security quality assessor from Los Angeles, California 1991 Seniors Tournament 2nd runner-up: $10,800.
Phillip Steele, a security officer from Los Angeles, California Season 19 4-time champion: $38,898 + $2,000.
Al Arsenault, a computer security engineer from Ellicott City, Maryland Season 20 player (2004-06-11). KJL game 8. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
Jeremy Rasmussen, a computer security consultant from Lutz, Florida Season 23 1-time champion: $28,001 + $2,000.
David Rigsby, a Social Security Administration attorney from Alexandria, Virginia Season 33 1-time champion: $8,200 + $1,000. Husband of Season 31 champion Ryan Alley.
Stephen Mellis, a security officer from Washington, D.C. Season 30 player (2014-02-26).
Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California "A Jeopardy! tournament veteran, her best-known Jeopardy! appearance may be in...
Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania 2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
Rachel Landau, a museum night security guard from Chicago, Illinois Season 26 player (2009-09-24).
Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland 2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer 2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
Jen Maloney, an in-house security and web designer from Millersville, Maryland Season 24 player (2007-10-02). Husband's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: mefailenglish
Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas 2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
Steve Mandella, an assistant security manager originally from North Huntington, Pennsylvania Season 18 1-time champion: $17,200.
Richard Dial, a security inspector from Carson, California Season 7 player (1991-03-29).
Derek Schatz, a computer security consultant from San Jose, California Season 16 player (2000-04-11).
Steve Newman, a partner in a small computer company from Rockville, Maryland "He was the first player to win 5 games in the...
Richard Kaplan, a retired attorney from Los Angeles, California 1992 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Season 8 5-time champion:...
John Carroll, an international security consultant from Chattanooga, Tennessee Season 14 player (1997-09-16).
John LeDonne, a bookstore manager from Concord, New Hampshire "He was the last person to win 5 shows in 1990....
Phillip Steele, a security officer from Los Angeles, California Season 19 4-time champion: $38,898 + $2,000. In October 2002, Phillip...
Bret Rosson, an information security manager from Portland, Oregon Season 23 player (2006-10-16).
Orlando Zambrano, a junior from Tampa, Florida 2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Aaron Thompson, an executive assistant from Washington, D.C. 2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...



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