| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BOOKS IN HISTORY $400: Intellectuals change society in "What Is to Be Done?", an 1863 novel by Chernyshevsky that planted the seeds of this 1917 event the Russian Revolution |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | WORDS IN INVITATIONAL $1000: The seeds of this tropical tree yield a yellowish-red dye that's used as a food coloring, especially for cheese & margarine annatto |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | CONDIMENTS $400: This paste of ground sesame seeds can be used in a variety of ways in Middle Eastern cuisine, including as an ingredient in hummus tahini |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | TOUCH SOME GRASS $600: No wonder this "grouchy" weed is so hard to eradicate; each individual plant can produce up to 150,000 seeds crabgrass |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | GREEK CUISINE $400: Sold by street vendors, koulouri is a Greek bread ring typically covered with these toasted seeds sesame seeds |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DESERT FLORA & FAUNA $10,400 (Daily Double): Like the Australian marsupial it's named for, this rodent has a pouch, but for carrying seeds, not babies a kangaroo rat |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LIFE SCIENCE $400: Botanically, it's the part of the flowering plant that holds the seeds, so it includes acorns a fruit |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | SAY CHEESE! $10,200 (Daily Double): Danbo, a cheese originally from this country, is also known as King Christian IX when made with caraway seeds Denmark |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $600: Pumpkin seeds are rich in Zn, this memory-enhancing element zinc |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | TRIPLE "A"-RATED FOOD $800: These little anise-flavored seeds are popular in breads & crackers caraway |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | TREES COMPANY $600: Pine trees are evergreens & also classified as these, for the scaly structures that house seeds conifers |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The nut-like seeds seen here grow on this Ohio state tree the buckeye |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | LETTER PERFECT $800: Nuts, seeds & plant oils are good sources of this fat-soluble vitamin, with a recommended daily amount of 15 mg vitamin E |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BOTANY $800: Gymnosperms bear seeds in cones; these, constituting most of the world's green plants, have flowers angiosperms |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BOTANY $1200: Also known as pods, most of these release seeds by splitting open at their seams; some, like peanuts, don't open naturally legumes |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | TECHNOLOGY HISTORY $400: The genius & importance of Eli Whitney's cotton gin was that it easily removed these from raw cotton seeds |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | BIOLOGY $1200: Wind-dispersed seeds are named for types of flying craft; maple seeds are this type that spins to get farther from the tree a helicopter |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS $800: It's a symbol of Ukraine, where a woman told Russian troops to put seeds in their pockets, to bloom from their corpses sunflowers |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | CHAMPION WORDS $800: These seeds can make a healthy pudding & grow a "pet" chia (seeds) |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | POTPOURRI $400: Because its hundreds of "seeds" are on the outside, this "berry" isn't considered a true berry a strawberry |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | KILLER TUNES $2000: Backed up by the Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey & this man sang of the tragic fate of "Henry Lee" Nick Cave |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | ON THE COASTER $800: Perfect for our coasters is a round painting, Madonna of this fruit she's holding, its seeds a symbol of Jesus' suffering a pomegranate |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | WOOD $400: The shagbark species of this tree can produce seeds until it's 300 years old--"old" this indeed old hickory |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | GIVING YOU A PLUM ASSIGNMENT $800: The kids in "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" had "visions of" these--likely not fruit but sweetened seeds sugar plums |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | STATE QUARTERS $400: Kansas' quarter features a buffalo & this plant known for its seeds a sunflower |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | WORDS WITH NUMBERS IN THEM $2000: Derived from seeds of the Nux vomica tree, this poison is often used in rodent control strychnine |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | SPICE UP YOUR LIFE $400: Used especially in baked goods, the Dutch blue variety of these seeds are among the world's best poppy seeds |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | SPICE UP YOUR LIFE $2000: Sesame seeds, sumac & thyme go into this popular end-of-the-alphabet Middle Eastern blend za'atar |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | WINTER HOLIDAYS $800: The Jewish festival of trees, Tu Bishvat includes eating fruit, like this one that according to tradition has 613 red seeds a pomegranate |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | A NON-ALCOHOLIC CATEGORY $200: As a machine, this 3-letter word doesn't pair with tonic; it removes seeds from cotton a gin |
| #8364, aired 2021-03-25 | IN A TEACUP $1000: A house one of these birds enjoys some seeds & rest in a teacup bird feeder a finch |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | FISH & CHIPS $600: La Banderita adds both chia & flax seeds to its organic blue corn these chips tortilla chips |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | BOTANY $800: Instead of seeds, non-flowering plants like ferns, use these one-cell units to reproduce spores |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | BREAD $200: The perfect foil for corned beef or pastrami at a Jewish deli is this bread traditionally made with caraway seeds rye bread |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | BREAD $800: Why do hamburger buns commonly feature these seeds, aka benne? No one seems to know sesame seeds |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | BEVERAGE RHYME TIME $800: Perhaps there's a health benefit to adding the seeds seen here to the fruity wine, also seen here, to make this rhyming drink a chia sangria |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | BERRY SPECIAL $800: This "berry" isn't considered a true berry because its hundreds of seeds are on the outside a strawberry |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | AMERICAN NAMES $1200: As he traveled in the early 19th c., he planted medicinal herbs like catnip & wintergreen as well as the seeds that made him famous Johnny Appleseed |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | SOUNDS LIKE A BOAT PART $1000: To remove the shell or husk from beans or seeds hull |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | KINDER GARDEN $800: As the name implies, these flowers are so happy to propagate that their seeds burst out with great alacrity impatiens |
| #8173, aired 2020-03-04 | HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates a gardening technique.) To speed this process by which seeds begin to sprout, rub them on sandpaper in a technique called scarification germination |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | DANGEROUS COLORS $2000: Prussian blue contained this poison that's also found in the seeds of apples cyanide |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | COLONIAL AMERICA $2000: In 1612 this future husband of Pocahontas introduced a new tobacco into the colonies using seeds from the West Indies John Rolfe |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: These paired rattles of Latin America are traditionally made using gourds filled with beads or seeds maracas |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | TIME FOR A SNACK $400: Even if it's not October, how about some of these, also called pepitas pumpkin seeds |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | PLANTS & TREES $800: It's quicker to grow tulips from these usually rounded organs rather than from seeds bulbs |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | COMMUNICATION $800: A popular 21st c. communications device was named for this fruit because of its color & the buttons resembling seeds a BlackBerry |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | SOUNDS LIKE PIG LATIN $1200: Most rye bread is flavored with these seeds caraway |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | PUT A "RING" ON IT $200: On a state postal abbreviation to get this act of taking out an apple's seeds coring |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | PLANT-ED EVIDENCE $400: Praise Helios! The head of this yellow plant can produce 1,000 seeds as well as an oil used in making margarine sunflower |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE! $1200: Seed capsules from the sandbox tree do this, scattering seeds at up to 160 mph explode |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | HERE'S THE HARD STUFF $1000: If you can handle this Italian stuff made from distilled grape seeds & skins, you're a better man than I am grappa |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | I WANT TO GO NUTS! $600: In Australia, this 2-word nuts, seeds & dried fruit combo is known as scroggin...wait a minute; where did you get M&Ms? trail mix |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | GARDENING $1200: Bigger than seeds, they store plants' food in winter; plant some in fall & you'll see snowdrops in spring bulbs |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | PLAYING THE PALLADIUM $1200: Guys, if your doctor suggests implanting palladium-103 seeds it's probably to treat cancer of this gland the prostate |
| #7725, aired 2018-03-23 | MEXICAN STATES $1200: This state was the source for pepper seeds used by the McIlhennys in hot sauce Tabasco |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | TOP SEEDS $200: As the picture proves, you don't need the luck of the Irish for this plant; just scatter the seed about clover |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | TOP SEEDS $400: This plant of genus Nicotiana has tiny seeds that use light to germinate so they can grow after top seeding tobacco |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | TOP SEEDS $600: As Porky Pig's gal knows, seeds of these flowers should stay on top of the soil as they need light to germinate petunia |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | TOP SEEDS $800: The seeds of this edible plant, whether Butterhead or Burgundy Boston, are planted on top lettuce |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | TOP SEEDS $1000: Just place the seeds of this flower on top of your soil & they'll be sprouting in no time snapdragons |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | THE "G" 8 $2000: Referring to its powerful jaws, used to crack seeds, the name of this finch is from the French for "large bill" a grosbeak |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | IF THE BEES WENT AWAY... $600: The seeds of this big yellow flower of the Helianthus genus are much fewer if it self-pollinates the sunflower |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | BAGELS $200: Dunkin' Donuts also sells bagels, including sesame & this other kind named for seeds poppyseed |
| #7557, aired 2017-06-20 | GOOD SOURCES OF CALCIUM $600: These seeds traditionally used to make halvah are an excellent source of calcium sesame |
| #7557, aired 2017-06-20 | FOREVER "YOUNG" $7,200 (Daily Double): The seeds of this disruptive group date back to 1889 with members of the Imperial Medical Academy of Istanbul the Young Turks |
| #7543, aired 2017-05-31 | HETERONYMS $400: To plant seeds & a female swine to sow [SOH] & a sow [SAU] |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | WHAT ARE YOU MADE OF? $800: Benne wafers & tahini both contain these seeds sesame seeds |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | SCIENCE & NATURE $1000: The fluff on this tree, a type of poplar, contains seeds that are dispersed by the wind for only two weeks a year a cottonwood |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | LET'S HIT THE GYMNOSPERM $400: Gymnosperm means "naked seed"; pines are gymnosperms & carry their seeds in a strobilus, AKA this a pine cone |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | THE FRUITS OF LABOR $400: The seeds of Prunus persica, this fuzzy favorite, can take 18 months to germinate, but it's worth the wait peaches |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | "FEE", "FI", "FO", "FUM" $1000: To foster the seeds of a rebellion foment |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | SHADES OF YELLOW $600: A condiment made from the seeds of plants of the genus Brassica mustard |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | "L"THY FOOD $600: This kind of soup is made from the lens-shaped seeds of Lens esculenta, a good source of protein lentil |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | COMPANY "B" $2000: The seeds of its success include 1877's Surehead cabbage Burpee |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | FROM "S" TO "W" $800: Disseminate, or strew seeds on the ground for growing sow |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | TREES $400: The desert-dwelling smoke tree depends on the flash type of these to spread its seeds flood |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $800: Legend says pirates spitting out date seeds gave us Vai, a vast forest of these trees on Crete palms |
| #7366, aired 2016-09-26 | INVENTION & INNOVATION $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a video on the monitor.) Spiked teeth pull cotton fibers through a metal plate with slots, built too small to permit seeds to pass through in the 1794 invention of this man Eli Whitney |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | A CRACKER $800: Carr's crackers from the U.K. include table water original & table water with toasted these sesame seeds |
| #7331, aired 2016-06-27 | FOOD & DRINK SCIENCE $1600: Birds can't taste this pungent compound found in hot peppers, so they eat them & spread the seeds far & wide capsaicin |
| #7287, aired 2016-04-26 | WORLD WAR II $2000: Scientists at a seed bank starved rather than eat the seeds in the siege of what was then this Soviet city Leningrad |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | GARDENING $1600: The name of this flower bed plant of the balsam family comes from the speed with which its seeds are dispersed impatiens |
| #7239, aired 2016-02-18 | AMERICAN INVENTORS $1600: Some believe that Catherine Greene, his benefactor, came up with the idea of using wire teeth to separate cotton from seeds (Eli) Whitney |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | BETWEEN 5 FERNS $400: Ferns produce not seeds but spores, which form on these, a fern's version of leaves fronds |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | -OLOGIES $2000: Carpology isn't the study of a type of fish, it's the study of these plant parts fruits (or seeds) |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $800: The juicy seeds of this fruit are high in fiber & vitamins, & they're good for your heart a pomegranate |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | PUT SOME FIBER IN YOUR DIET $800: These seeds also used to grow "pets" are packed with fiber & omega-3s chia |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS $200: New Zealanders know this fruit is native to China & has green flesh spattered with tiny, edible black seeds a kiwi |
| #7101, aired 2015-06-29 | DESERT PLANTS $400: Also known as Russian thistle, it can dispense up to 250,000 seeds as it rolls down desert roads a tumbleweed |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | PASS THE MUSTARD $600: To represent his army, Darius sent sesame seeds to this Macedonian, who sent back more potent mustard seeds Alexander the Great |
| #7025, aired 2015-03-13 | FOOD & DRINK $400: Halvah consists mainly of honey & tahini, a paste of these seeds sesame seeds |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | "SEED"s $800: Nick Cave's band The Bad Seeds |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | FLOWER POWER $800: This flower produces a latex in its seeds from which codeine is derived poppies |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | THERE'S A "WAY" $800: The aromatic "seeds" of this cooking plant are really its small fruits caraway |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | FOOD IN THE BIBLE $2000: In a parable, Jesus told of this "least of all seeds" that, when grown, is the greatest among herbs the mustard seed |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 30 YEARS $1200: The sugar type of this popular shade tree takes 30 years to begin to produce seeds a maple |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | BOTANY $1200: The seeds of the red-bead tree were once used to weigh gold due to their uniform weight: 4 seeds equal this metric measure a gram |
| #6741, aired 2013-12-30 | CALIFORNIA FOOD FESTIVALS $1000: At the "Spitway" at Sunland-Tujunga's celebration of this food, you can spit 3 seeds for a buck; longest in each age group wins watermelon |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | FLORA! FLORA! FLORA! $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Costa Rica.) Ferns are among the most ancient plants, With some species dating back more than 300 million years; all of them reproduce via these asexual cells that long predate the germ seeds of more modern plants spores |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | GARDENING $400: Hyacinths & tulips are among the flowers that are usually grown from these rather than seeds bulbs |
| #6694, aired 2013-10-24 | FOODIE CALL $1000: Making a reduction using this fruit that has hundreds of seeds? Not to worry, you can buy its juice from POM Wonderful a pomegranate |
| #6687, aired 2013-10-15 | SUPERFOODS $1600: These seeds from which linseed oil is obtained are full of omega-3s & may help prevent certain forms of cancer flax seeds |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | AUTHORS ON AUTHORS $400: Henry James once thought that this "Jungle Book" author "contained the seeds of an English Balzac" (Rudyard) Kipling |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | SEE FOOD $1000: Some people grind
the seeds of this tropical fruit and use it like pepper or in salad dressings papaya |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | POISONOUS PLANTS $1600: This type of "oil" was bad enough as a folk cure for kids; a few of the same plant's seeds can kill you castor |
| #6633, aired 2013-06-19 | 2 Js $1000: The seeds of this shrub are used as an oil in cosmetics & shampoo jojoba |
| #6620, aired 2013-05-31 | BERRIES $400: This shortcake fruit has an average of 200 seeds on each berry a strawberry |
| #6610, aired 2013-05-17 | THE WORK OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION $5,400 (Daily Double): (Bill Clinton delivers the clue from his office)
We've supplied affordable fertilizer & better quality seeds to local farmers, improving crop yields & crop prices to help this country emerge from the civil war & genocide of the 1990s Rwanda |
| #6599, aired 2013-05-02 | TABLE OF CONDIMENTS $1000: This thick paste made from sesame seeds flavors hummus & baba ganoush tahini |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | THE SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a large tree at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.) When ripe, fruit capsules of this latex producing tree explode, dispersing 3 seeds up to 50 feet to propagate the species the rubber tree |
| #6574, aired 2013-03-28 | TREE HOMOPHONES $1000: The person who plants the fruit pips so they'll grow seeder (cedar) |
| #6532, aired 2013-01-29 | NATURE $1000: In trees such as pines & firs, the seeds form in these cones |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP $400: The California National Park named for these trees related to redwoods sells seeds, so you can grow your own sequoia |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | IN A ROW $2000: This 18th c. Oxford man didn't invent an "Aqualung" but did devise a farm tool for planting seeds in rows Jethro Tull |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | MISSOURI LOVES COMPANIES $600: Monsanto specializes in these, like corn, canola & cotton ones seeds |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | MUSHROOMANIA $1600: Mushrooms produce thousands of these cells equivalent to seeds, which develop into new organisms spores |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | THINGS THAT GO BLOOM $400: Folklore says blowing the seeds off this weedy herb carries your dreams to a loved one a dandelion |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | MICHELLE OBAMA'S AMERICAN GROWN $1000: (Michelle Obama delivers the clue.) In May 2011 I gave seeds & plants from Monticello, Mount Vernon & the White House in addition to White House honey to this Prince of Wales & fellow gardening enthusiast Prince Charles |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | HERBS & SPICES $200: Its seeds contain 2.5 to 4.5% cumaldehyde, an essential oil cumin |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | LOOKING TO THE FUTURE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports.) Deep in a tunnel behind this door is the Global Vault, holding more than half a million samples of these items as backups, the ultimate insurance policy for our food supply in case of global catastrophe seeds |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | FOOD SCIENCE $1600: Careful when eating bagels with these seeds on them--you could test positive for heroin! poppy seeds |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | BUGS $2000: These ants are named for the way they gather or reap seeds & leaves harvester ants |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | THE JEWISH HIGH HOLIDAYS $600: Traditional Rosh Hashanah foods include this fruit, with the hope that one's merits increase in number to match its seeds the pomegranate |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | WHAT WILL YOU BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? $800: Eventually I'll bloom into one of these, with a thousand seeds or so a sunflower |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | "G"ARDEN GLOSSARY $1200: Open an account at one of these banks that exist for the conservation of seeds, tissues or reproductive cells a gene bank |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | THEY'RE NUTS IN CALIFORNIA $2000: Species of this tree whose seeds are edible nuts include the rare Torrey type of Southern California pine |
| #6095, aired 2011-02-25 | A WORLD OF FOOD $800: Tahini, the "butter of the Middle East", is a paste made from these seeds, an excellent source of iron & calcium sesame seeds |
| #6071, aired 2011-01-24 | COLORFUL VOCABULARY $1600: Apple seeds contain a compound of this poison cyanide |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | A SEEDY CATEGORY $200: Sushi is sometimes crusted with both the black & white variety of these sesame seeds |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | A SEEDY CATEGORY $600: These seeds from a gourd are also called pepitas pumpkin seeds |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | A SEEDY CATEGORY $800: Havarti cheese from Denmark is often flavored with these seeds also found in rye bread caraway seeds |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | A SEEDY CATEGORY $1000: You might say the black oil type of these is for the birds, since it's the most popular food used in feeders sunflower seeds |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | CONDIMENTIA $400: Made from the seeds of a flowering plant, Plochman's & Gulden's are types of this mustard |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | CONDIMENTIA $800: In Kashmir, locals enjoy a type of this relish made with walnuts, yogurt & pomegranate seeds chutney |
| #6048, aired 2010-12-22 | IN DEFENSE OF FRUITCAKE $1000: In theirs, the ancient Romans used pine nuts, barley mash & seeds from this red fruit associated with Persephone the pomegranate |
| #6027, aired 2010-11-23 | HERBS & SPICES $1200: These grayish-blue seeds used to garnish the tops of breads & pastries are so tiny that 900,000 equal a pound poppy seeds |
| #5983, aired 2010-09-22 | WIDE WORLD OF SPORES $1000: In this type of nonflowering plant, such as the staghorn, spores function much like seeds ferns |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | AGRICULTURE $1000: Despite its name, this fruit is not a berry in the botanical sense, as the seeds are on the outside a strawberry |
| #5955, aired 2010-07-02 | LITTLE SEIZERS $2000: 3 inches long with a 2 1/2-inch fluffy tail, the African pygmy this feeds on seeds--nuts are out of its league a squirrel |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | THE NEW YORK TIMES DINING & WINE $1000: A recipe for Mediterranean citrus chicken skewers had this Mid-Eastern sauce made of ground sesame seeds tahini |
| #5896, aired 2010-04-12 | SCIENCE CENTER $400: The part of a pear with the seeds the core |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | FOOD AKA $1000: (Kelly of the clue shows a potted herb.) Talk about international flare, when it's in the garden, it's called Chinese parsley; when the leaves are used, it's Spanish cilantro; & the seeds used in cooking are called this from Middle English coriander |
| #5868, aired 2010-03-03 | APPLE SAUCE $400: Most trees in apple orchards are not grown from seeds; they are produced using this process grafting |
| #5867, aired 2010-03-02 | HAIR-Y SITUATION $200: Hair gathered into a round coil at the nape of the neck is this 3-letter style but please, hold the sesame seeds a bun |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | IT'S NO WHITE $1,000 (Daily Double): Light goldenrod is also known by this name because it resembles the color of the seeds from which we get linseed oil flax |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | THE KITCHEN ZINC $400: Vegetarians have to be careful to get enough zinc; these items, big at Halloween time, help make sure they do pumpkin seeds |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: Modern versions of these Latin American rattles contain lead shot rather than beads or seeds maracas |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | ARCHAEOLOGY $400: 10,000-year-old seeds of this gourd have been found in Peru, where the veggie originated a pumpkin (or squash) |
| #5774, aired 2009-10-22 | A WORD ABOUT FOOD $1,000 (Daily Double): "Love apple" is an old name for this popular salad ingredient a tomato |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | LISTEN TO THE FLOWER PEOPLE $400: A Dutch flower seller once told me that daffodils & tulips are most often grown from these, not seeds bulbs |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | CUTTING THE MUSTARD $400: Under French law, only brown or black seeds are used to make this type of mustard Dijon |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | YOU NEED A DRINK $1000: White & red wines differ in that the stems & these 2 other parts of the grape are not used for white the skins & the seeds |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | YOU: STAYING YOUNG $800: (Dr. Oz...) Take a daily dose of the seeds from this plant that have anti-oxident properties and can lower blood pressure; and don't worry--you won't sprout green hair chia |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | THE 21st CENTURY WITH CNN $1,000 (Daily Double): The Doomsday Vault in Arctic Norway preserves these in case of a disaster affecting the world's food supply seeds |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $200: These, from the state flower of Kansas, are a natural way to relieve insomnia sunflower seeds |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | CAKE DECORATING $1200: Good modeling chocolate has a high content of this fatty solid that comes from the seeds of the bean cocoa butter |
| #5559, aired 2008-11-06 | PUMPKIN EATER $600: Emeril says to shell these & toast them before putting them in his mole verde sauce pumpkin seeds |
| #5559, aired 2008-11-06 | FISH MARKET $1200: Tahini is a yummy paste made from ground sesame seeds ahi (in Tahini) |
| #5556, aired 2008-11-03 | LIFE SCIENCE $400: Botanically, it's the part of the flowering plant that holds the seeds, so it includes acorns the nut (or the fruit) |
| #5531, aired 2008-09-29 | SAY CHEESE! $1600: Danbo, a cheese originally from this country, is also known as King Christian IX when made with caraway seeds Denmark |
| #5527, aired 2008-09-23 | IN THE SAND $1,000 (Daily Double): Russian thistle is also called this, since the plant detaches from its base & scatters seeds as it rolls tumbleweed |
| #5479, aired 2008-06-05 | ALL NATURAL EATS $200: American pioneer John Chapman would press you to eat this fruit & would plant the seeds to make orchards the apple |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | BREWERS, BUCKS & PACKERS $200: A typical coffee berry contains 2 of these that are roasted, ground & brewed to make coffee seeds (or beans) |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: Used in linoleum & paints, linseed oil is made from the seeds of this plant flax |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | THE RISE OF THE MACHINES $3,000 (Daily Double): This machine was invented in 1793 to speed up the removal of seeds from a certain raw fiber the cotton gin |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | DESERT SURVIVAL SKILLS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew walks through brush in White Sands National Monument, NM.) Be very careful relying on desert plants for food & drink; avoid any that have red seeds, milky sap, or leaves that are digitate, meaning shaped like an open one of these a hand |
| #5354, aired 2007-12-13 | WHAT A GEM! $400: The desired color for these Burmese gems has long been compared to pomegranate seeds, like those seen here rubies |
| #5323, aired 2007-10-31 | TREATS $200: Halvah, a Middle East treat, is traditionally made from these seeds, ground up, & honey sesame seeds |
| #5258, aired 2007-06-20 | CROSSWORD HELPER $1000: Til: this type of plant; the seeds are used to make tahini sesame |
| #5224, aired 2007-05-03 | POTPOURRI $400: The cotton gin worked by removing these small, pesky items from the cotton seeds |
| #5197, aired 2007-03-27 | 3-LETTER WORDS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a peanut in her hand.) A peanut is more "pea" than "nut": it's actually a legume; the nuts are seeds & the shell is properly called this a pod |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | HERBS & SPICES $1600: Holland is a main producer of this seed, from the Papaver somniferum plant poppy seeds |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | BOTANY $800: Reproducing by means of spores, the only tree with no flowers, fruits or seeds is called the tree type of this fern |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | COTTON, THE ACT $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the mechanical process of separating cotton seeds from the fibers ginning |
| #5120, aired 2006-12-08 | PLANT LIFE $800: Cycads bear their seeds in these structures cones |
| #5075, aired 2006-10-06 | STATUES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the State Capitol at Lincoln, NE.) The Nebraska state capitol's statue, "The Sower", is tossing these to the Great Plains, 400 feet below seeds (of prosperity) |
| #5075, aired 2006-10-06 | EAT WELL $800: If you don't like fuzzy food, eat this fruit that often originates from peach seeds a nectarine |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | HERBS & SPICES $800: Its seeds are found on rye bread & its essential oil is used in kummel liqueur caraway |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | WORD ORIGINS $200: The name of these seeds probably goes all the way back to samassammu, Akkadian for "oil plant" sesame seeds |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | "CAR" TALK $1600: Germans call these seeds Kummelkorn & flavor cheese with them caraway |
| #4902, aired 2005-12-27 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $600: These seeds are crushed to a paste & mixed with sugar, verjuice & white wine by the people of Dijon mustard seeds |
| #4861, aired 2005-10-31 | FIBERS $800: The soft white fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family cotton |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS $400: In the fir tree, not flowers but these hold the seeds cones |
| #4798, aired 2005-06-15 | DO US A FLAVOR $400: Its seeds are used in curing gherkins; the leaves, or weeds, are used on salads & meats dill |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | SHREW-ED $400: Canadian province where you'll most likely spot Trowbridge's shrew, which enjoys Douglas fir seeds British Columbia |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | STATE TREES $400: The seeds of the horse chestnut, Ohio's state tree, resemble the orb of a male deer, giving it this nickname the buckeye |
| #4707, aired 2005-02-08 | NATURE $200: This easy-to-grow state flower of Kansas can measure a foot across & produce nearly 1,000 seeds the sunflower |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | DOSE $1600: The hydrogen kind of this chemical is found in apple seeds & a dose of a few milligrams can be fatal cyanide |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | DAILY "BREAD" $2000: These thin-sliced pickles are flavored with mustard, celery seeds, cloves & turmeric bread-and-butter pickles |
| #4656, aired 2004-11-29 | BRITISH FOOD WORDS $2000: A fruit's seeds become these in Britain, like Sherlock Holmes' case of the "Five Orange" ones pips |
| #4642, aired 2004-11-09 | HELLO FODDER $1200: Among plants whose seeds are found in these, peas are human food while vetch is fed to animals pods |
| #4635, aired 2004-10-29 | PLANT PARENTHOOD $400: The bulb used in cooking rarely produces seeds; most people break it into cloves & plant them garlic |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | PLANT THE EVIDENCE $800: Fenugreek, whose seeds are roasted & ground to make spice, is this type of plant, like peas & beans Legume |
| #4522, aired 2004-04-13 | BIOLOGY $800: A few hundred million years ago some plants had the bright idea to protect & spread their embryos in these seeds |
| #4490, aired 2004-02-27 | GARDENING $1000: The maidenhair fern reproduces by these, not seeds spores |
| #4480, aired 2004-02-13 | INVENTION $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Eli Whitney Museum in New Haven, Connecticut.) In 1793 this device changed an industry by separating the seeds from the fiber the cotton gin |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | SESAME STREET $200: It's the part of the Big Mac that contains sesame seeds the bun |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | SESAME STREET $800: The name of this confection made from honey & sesame seeds is from the Arabic for "sweet confection" halva |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | SESAME STREET $1000: Falafel is often served with this thick paste made primarily from ground sesame seeds tahini |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $200: The seeds of the Triple Treat pumpkin are easy to eat, as they don't have these like other seeds do shells |
| #4401, aired 2003-10-27 | FOOD STUFF $800: Like peaches & apricots, apples have seeds that contain minute amounts of this deadly poison cyanide |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | THE MOUSE $1000: If you eat like a harvest mouse you prefer to eat these, probably before they germinate seeds |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | UNUSUAL TREES $800: It's the part of the cannonball tree that gives the tree its name fruit |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | PET PEEVES $200: This pet doesn't want a cracker--she wants Kaytee's Perfect Choice, a mixture of seeds & grain parrot |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | "C" IS FOR COOKING $1200: These pungent seeds can be picked out of rye breads caraway seeds |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | "POP" CULTURE $800: You'll often find them sprinkled on top of kaiser rolls poppy seeds |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | MAMA & PAPAYA $200: While these look like caviar & are edible, Mama usually throws them out papaya seeds |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | FLOWERS $2000: The name of this flower is an allusion to its quick release of seeds at the slightest touch impatiens |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | INTO THE WOODS $2000: Woody plants like conifers that reproduce by means of exposed seeds are classified as these gymnosperms |
| #4144, aired 2002-09-12 | SWEETS $400: This Middle East confection of ground sesame seeds & honey is sold in bars & slabs Halvah |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | TROPICAL FRUIT $3,000 (Daily Double): This pear-shaped tropical fruit has edible black seeds that resemble peppercorns & can be ground & used like pepper a papaya |
| #4097, aired 2002-05-28 | "I" LANDS $2000: Coffee & cacao seeds are the chief exports of this country along Africa's Gulf of Guinea Ivory Coast |
| #4065, aired 2002-04-12 | BEAUTY TREATMENTS $1000: At the Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, you may want a glass of wine after having your body polished with these seeds grapes (seeds) |
| #4001, aired 2002-01-14 | HERBS & SPICES $1000: This herb's seeds are often used to give candy a licorice flavor anise |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | FLOWER POWER $200: These have great seeds
you can eat sunflowers |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A SEEDY CATEGORY $800: Among the duties of these hard-working insects is dispersing the seeds of plants like bloodroot an ant |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A SEEDY CATEGORY $1600: From the liquid they produce, the sesame & sunflower are known as this type of "seed" oil seeds |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A SEEDY CATEGORY $2000: Unlike seeds of gymnosperms like conifers, the seeds of the flowering plants, also called these, are enclosed angiosperms |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | 4-LETTER ORGANIZATIONS $200: A civil rights group founded in 1942, or where an apple's seeds are CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) |
| #3961, aired 2001-11-19 | GOOD EATS $1,000 (Daily Double): The name of this fruit is from the Latin granatum, meaning "fruit of many seeds", & rightfully so! a pomegranate |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | POMEGRANATE PRESS $400: Because she ate his pomegranate seeds, Persephone had to return to his underground home for 4 months every year Hades |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | GIVE PEAS A CHANCE $500: Widely cultivated for their edible seeds, these peas are also called garbanzos chickpeas |
| #3828, aired 2001-04-04 | SCIENCE $400: Term for the edible endospermic seeds of an ear of corn kernels |
| #3801, aired 2001-02-26 | HAWAII $200: These beautiful Hawaiian garlands aren't always made of flowers: seeds & shells are used, too Leis |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | FLORA & FAUNA $200: Yes sir! This term for the seeds or grains of wheat sounds like a military rank kernel |
| #3700, aired 2000-10-06 | GARDENING $600: Knowing that some irises start as these, not seeds, should make a light go on above your head bulbs |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | THE LIVING WORLD $600: When a maple tree loses its keys, it loses these Seeds |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? $1000: These seeds of the carum carvi plant are used to stimulate the appetite Caraway seeds |
| #3607, aired 2000-04-18 | I'M SUCH A FUNGI $400: From the Greek for "sowing", these are a fungus' "seeds" spores |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | FOOD & DRINK $100: Pisum sativum, the garden variety of this legume, usually bears 5 to 10 seeds in its pods Peas |
| #3547, aired 2000-01-25 | BERRIES $100: It's "hound"ed by its resemblance to the blueberry, but it has fewer seeds Huckleberry |
| #3542, aired 2000-01-18 | DIGESTION $400: After the crop, a bird has this organ, a part of the digestive system, to grind up those tough seeds Gizzard |
| #3505, aired 1999-11-26 | "F" TROOP $800: Looking for linseed oil? You'll find it in the seeds of this plant Flax |
| #3487, aired 1999-11-02 | BOTANY $600: The largest seeds are the nuts of the coco-de-mer, a type of this tree that grows in the Seychelles Coconut palm |
| #3405, aired 1999-05-28 | ECOLOGY $1000: The lack of this bird on Mauritius almost caused the extinction of a nut tree there dodo |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | FRUIT $600: This fruit often originates from peach seeds & peaches sometimes come from its seeds nectarines |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $800: W. Atlee sowed the seeds of this family's business with lettuce, & son David developed a new nasturtium Burpee Seeds |
| #3309, aired 1999-01-14 | TRAILS $100: It's an assortment of nuts, seeds & dried fruits eaten by hikers Trail mix |
| #3289, aired 1998-12-17 | GARDENING $100: Plant vegetable seeds in a line called this, even if it's a tough one "to hoe" a row |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | HERBS & SPICES $200: Though derived from the same plant as opium, these seeds are non-narcotic poppy seeds |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | FLOWER POWER $200: This tall heliotropic flower is grown for its oil & nutritious seeds a sunflower |
| #3228, aired 1998-09-23 | WHAT'S THAT BIRD DOING? $200: Every year the Clark's nutcracker pries thousands of seeds from these cones & buries them Pine cones |
| #3200, aired 1998-06-26 | BOTANY $800: Tree ferns don't reproduce by flowers, fruits or seeds, but by means of these Spores |
| #3199, aired 1998-06-25 | FLOWER $400: The opium variety of this flower yields a powerful narcotic, & non-narcotic seeds used in baking Poppy |
| #3198, aired 1998-06-24 | FOOD & DRINK $400: Of Turkish origin, the confection called halvah is made from these seeds & honey Sesame seeds |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | FRUIT $800: Roll this Persian "fruit of many seeds" on the table & insert a straw through the skin to drink its juice Pomegranate |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | FRUIT $1000: The black seeds in a papaya may be ground & used like this spice Pepper |
| #3122, aired 1998-03-10 | BOTANY $400: The head of this flower, seen here, may produce over 1,000 seeds Sunflower |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | FESTIVE FOOD $100: After you scoop these out of a jack-o'lantern, you can wash them & roast them on an oiled cookie sheet pumpkin seeds |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK $1000: In the Middle East, this thick paste made from ground sesame seeds flavors hummus & salads Tahini |
| #3064, aired 1997-12-18 | FLOWERS $600: These tall flowers are grown for their polly seeds Sunflowers |
| #3063, aired 1997-12-17 | FRUIT $200: Its seeds can be roasted, salted & eaten as snacks, & have been spit for a Guinness record Watermelon |
| #3043, aired 1997-11-19 | SIMPLE SCIENCE $400: Plant from which Eli Whitney's gin removed seeds Cotton |
| #2985, aired 1997-07-18 | IN THE BACKYARD $100: One of these devices stocked with thistle seeds may attract goldfinches a birdfeeder |
| #2985, aired 1997-07-18 | IN THE BACKYARD $300: Children help spread this common lawn weed when they blow off its white, puffy seeds dandelion |
| #2976, aired 1997-07-07 | TEXTILES $800: Term for the process of mechanically taking the seeds out of a boll of cotton Ginning |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | NATURE $100: The safflower is widely cultivated for its dye, & for this product obtained from its seeds Oil |
| #2936, aired 1997-05-12 | FOOD $800: The edible seeds from this holiday gourd are often referred to as pepitas Pumpkin |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | SYMBOLISM $800 (Daily Double): With its many seeds, this fruit became a symbol of fertility:
[video clue] pomegranate |
| #2917, aired 1997-04-15 | HERBS & SPICES $600: Most associated with rye bread, the seeds of this herb are also used in perfumery caraway |
| #2857, aired 1997-01-21 | HERBS & SPICES $400: These licorice-flavored seeds flavor ouzo, a Greek liqueur anise |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | PLANTS & TREES $600: Papaver is the genus of this Asian flower whose tiny seeds are sprinkled on rolls & used as birdseed poppyseeds |
| #2820, aired 1996-11-29 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $600: "The Pygmies" & "The Pomegranate Seeds" are 2 of his "Tanglewood Tales" Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| #2782, aired 1996-10-08 | FRUITS $200: The Lisbon variety of this sour yellow fruit has few if any seeds a lemon |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: The English, a hothouse variety of this vegetable, can be 2 feet long & has few seeds a cucumber |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | HERBS & SPICES $300: These bluish-gray seeds used in cakes & salad dressings go a long way --- there are about 900,000 to a pound poppy seeds |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | PLANTS & TREES $600: The winged pairs of seeds this tree bears often resemble an airplane propeller maple |
| #2656, aired 1996-03-04 | FOOD & DRINK $800: To eat the orange flesh of this tropical pear-shaped fruit, halve it & scoop out the black seeds papaya |
| #2641, aired 1996-02-12 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $200: These are usually removed from Muscat grapes before the grapes are turned into raisins seeds |
| #2629, aired 1996-01-25 | PLANTS $300: These creatures spread the seeds of plants like mistletoe Birds |
| #2627, aired 1996-01-23 | EUROPEAN FOOD & DRINK $800: Leyden cheese, produced in this country, is flavored with cumin & caraway seeds Netherlands |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | GARDENING $800: Scarification is a technique where hard-shelled ones of these are scratched to help them sprout seeds |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The cacao tree yields seeds called these cocoa beans (cacao beans) |
| #2607, aired 1995-12-26 | GARDENING $200: You have to plant your cucurbita pepo seeds in the spring if you want these for the end of October pumpkins |
| #2597, aired 1995-12-12 | COTTON $100: A simple version of this machine that removes seeds from cotton fibers was used in ancient times a cotton gin |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | VEGETABLES $100: Remove the seeds & ribs before stuffing a bell one of these pepper |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | VEGETABLES $200: You can eat the pod as well as the seeds of the Oriental snow variety of this vegetable a pea |
| #2570, aired 1995-11-03 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $600: Dried gourds are filled with seeds to make these rattles shaken by Latin American dance bands maracas |
| #2542, aired 1995-09-26 | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $800: Tahini, used to flavor hummus in Middle Eastern cooking is a thick paste made from these seeds sesame seeds |
| #2525, aired 1995-07-21 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $600: You can reduce the amount of "heat" in one of these by taking out the ribs & seeds peppers |
| #2519, aired 1995-07-13 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $200: In 1720 a Mrs. Clements was the first to sell this condiment in paste form rather than as seeds mustard |
| #2503, aired 1995-06-21 | FOOD & DRINK $100: The seeds of this Thanksgiving pie gourd are a popular snack in Latin American countries pumpkin |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | NATURE $400: Some plants' seeds are dispersed by animals or birds; dandelion seeds are designed to be spread by this the wind |
| #2406, aired 1995-02-06 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: Peach seeds may develop into peaches or this similar fruit nectarines |
| #2391, aired 1995-01-16 | WORD ORIGINS $300: Valuable for its seeds & oil, this plant gets its name from the Akkadian samassamu Sesame |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | FOOD $800: Made of crushed sesame seeds & honey, this Middle Eastern confection is usually sold in bars or slabs halvah |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | HERBS $300: You might find the seeds of this plant in emetics & liniments as well as on hot dogs mustard |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | TREES $300: The seeds of this palm tree provide oil used in making soap the coconut palm |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | BEVERAGES $300: Popular beverage made from the seeds or beans of a Madder family shrub coffee |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | TREES $400: Common name for the edible seeds in the cones of pinon trees pine nuts |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | TREES $1000: The most massive tree is a giant sequoia named for this general; its seeds weigh about 1/5,000 oz. General Sherman |
| #2167, aired 1994-01-25 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $300: Celeriac is a type of celery grown for this part, not for its stalks the roots |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $100: The temple variety of this citrus fruit has many seeds an orange |
| #2139, aired 1993-12-16 | BOTANY $200: Burpee doesn't sell you seeds to grow these vegetables, it sends you eyes potatoes |
| #2107, aired 1993-11-02 | HERBS & SPICES $400: A sharper Hungarian variety of this spice is made by grinding the plant's seeds with the pods paprika |
| #2095, aired 1993-10-15 | APPLES $1000: Today most apples are grown by this method rather than from seeds grafting |
| #2094, aired 1993-10-14 | POWDERS $200: Ferment, roast, shell, grind & take most of the fatty oils out of cacao seeds & you have this powder cocoa powder |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | "C" FOOD $300: The seeds of this stalk vegetable are ground & blended with salt to make a popular seasoning celery |
| #2057, aired 1993-07-13 | FOOD $500: Used in Middle Eastern cooking, tahini is a paste made of these seeds sesame seeds |
| #2047, aired 1993-06-29 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: This fruit with many seeds is grown on the Punica granatum tree a pomegranate |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | POTPOURRI $100: Watermelon, pumpkin & sunflower ones can be toasted like nuts & served as hors d'oeuvres seeds |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | PLANTS & TREES $800: The seeds of this plant, scientific name Fagopyrum esculentum, are ground & used to make pancakes buckwheat |
| #2030, aired 1993-06-04 | FOOD $100: The American or "ballpark" type of this condiment is made with yellow seeds; dijon, with brown mustard |
| #2001, aired 1993-04-26 | FOOD $300: Made from brown seeds, the Chinese prepared version of this condiment is hotter than most mustard |
| #1999, aired 1993-04-22 | BIOLOGY $400: New molds form from these, not from seeds spores |
| #1982, aired 1993-03-30 | FLOWERS $200: Popularly grown for its seeds & oil, this flower can reach a height of 15 feet a sunflower |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | HERBS & SPICES $100: Dijon is the main French center for making a condiment out of this plants seeds mustard |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | FRUIT $600: In mythology this reddish fruit with hundreds of seeds is a symbol of Persephone the pomegranate |
| #1937, aired 1993-01-26 | BIRTHSTONES $600: This January gem takes its name from the pomegranate, whose seeds it resembles garnet |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | TREES $300: Often found on sloping island beaches, they have the largest seeds of any tree a coconut palm |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The spread of this parasitic Christmas shrub is largely due to birds who distribute the seeds mistletoe |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | FOOD $1000: Nasturtium seeds are sometimes substituted for these pickled, unopened flower buds capers |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | TREES $800: These trees are known for their winged seeds called keys maples |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | FOOD $500: Halva, a Middle Eastern confection, is made from these ground seeds sesame seeds |
| #1840, aired 1992-09-11 | SEASONINGS $500: This name is usually reserved for its seeds; the leaves are called cilantro coriander |
| #1793, aired 1992-05-20 | PARROTS $200: Experts say seeds from this Kansas state flower should make up no more than 60% of a parrot's diet sunflowers |
| #1753, aired 1992-03-25 | WORD ORIGINS $100: "Grenade" comes from the name of this fruit, which the Romans called an "apple with seeds" pomegranate |
| #1744, aired 1992-03-12 | HERBS & SPICES $200: The seeds of this herb of the parsley family are used to make a type of kosher pickle dill |
| #1725, aired 1992-02-14 | COLORS $500: This color shares its name with a condiment made from pulverized seeds mustard |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | MARINE BIOLOGY $600: The seaweed that makes up this huge "Sea" within the Atlantic Ocean reproduces without seeds the Sargasso Sea |
| #1684, aired 1991-12-19 | STATE FLOWERS $600: This state flower of Kansas is often grown as a farm crop for the oil in its seeds the sunflower |
| #1660, aired 1991-11-15 | FOOD $400: Tahini, a thick paste used in Middle Eastern cooking, is made from these ground seeds Sesame seeds |
| #1643, aired 1991-10-23 | COTTON $400: Eli Whitney's cotton gin made it easier & cheaper to remove these from cotton fibers seeds |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | BOTANY $600: This tree has the largest seeds of all, so wear a hard hat when strolling along the beach coconut |
| #1593, aired 1991-07-03 | BRAZIL $200: Native to the rain forest, these edible seeds are 65-70% fat Brazil nuts |
| #1589, aired 1991-06-27 | INVENTORS $200: There already was a machine to remove the seeds of coastal cotton; he invented one for inland cotton Eli Whitney |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | SCIENCE $200: The cotton gin separates these out of the fibers the seeds |
| #1566, aired 1991-05-27 | BOTANY $400: The USSR is the top grower of these tall flowers grown for their edible seeds & oil sunflowers |
| #1532, aired 1991-04-09 | ANTS $1000: Harvester ants collect these food items & store them in underground chambers seeds |
| #1461, aired 1990-12-31 | HERBS & SPICES $600: Gravlax is salmon flavored with the leaves of this plant whose seeds often flavor pickles dill |
| #1439, aired 1990-11-29 | FRUIT $500: Its tree has scarlet flowers; it has a gold red skin & each of its hundreds of seeds is in a crimson pulp a pomegranate |
| #1433, aired 1990-11-21 | POTENT POTABLES $600: Naturally, this liqueur whose name is German for caraway seeds is flavored with caraway seeds Kummel |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | POISONS $800: The seeds of the Nux vomica tree of Asia & Australia yield this, used as a rat poison for centuries strychnine |
| #1400, aired 1990-10-05 | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $500: Sold in slabs or bars, this confection is made from ground sesame seeds & honey halva |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | BIOLOGY $400: Used in varnish & oil paints this oil is extracted from the seeds of flax linseed |
| #1382, aired 1990-09-11 | HERBS & SPICES $300: It takes about 900,000 of these grayish-blue seeds found on Kaiser rolls to make a pound poppy seeds |
| #1381, aired 1990-09-10 | SCIENCE $600: In biology, the beats of the heart; in botony, the seeds of a pea pulses |
| #1368, aired 1990-07-11 | COOKING $400: These, also known as grissini, can be sprinkled with sesame seeds before baking breadsticks |
| #1346, aired 1990-06-11 | FOOD $400: The N.Y. Times & the Good Housekeeping recipes for this type of bread both call for caraway seeds rye |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | BIRDS $100: They're the main food of chickadees, swallows & woodpeckers insects |
| #1328, aired 1990-05-16 | APPLES $300: Most apples come from trees grown not from seeds but by this process Grafting |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A repast, or the ground-up seeds of a grain Meal |
| #1322, aired 1990-05-08 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $200: These red "berries" grown on the ground aren't true berries because the seeds are on the outside Strawberries |
| #1291, aired 1990-03-26 | DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME $100: Elizabeth I reportedly whitened this with a mixture of eggshell, poppy seeds, borax & lead Her Complexion |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | FLOWERS $300: If you can blow off all the seeds of this yellow-flowered weed, your sweetheart loves you very much... really a dandelion |
| #1267, aired 1990-02-20 | VEGETABLES $800: The part of the plant you're eating when you chow down on corn, peas or lima beans seeds |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | PARROTS $200: If given a Muscat grape, many parrots will ignore the fruit & eat these the seeds |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | FLOWERS $200: Tulips, hyacinths & daffodils are usually grown not from seeds but from these bulbs |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | HERBS & SPICES $800: A classic addition to rye bread, these seeds are also used to flavor schnapps & aquavit caraway |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: Typically, these Latin American rattles contain seeds or beads, but some modern ones are filled with lead shot maracas |
| #1124, aired 1989-06-22 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "H" $600: Turkish candy made with sesame seeds & honey halvah |
| #1105, aired 1989-05-26 | OATS $400: After being hulled, what's left are these, the seeds of the oat groats |
| #1087, aired 1989-05-02 | COTTON $600 (Daily Double): In addition to the fibers, this part of the cotton plant also has many uses the seeds |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | PLANTS $800: Flowering plants are called angiosperms, meaning these are covered the seeds |
| #1005, aired 1989-01-06 | GARDENING $100: As Mark Twain could probably tell you, this berry, also called the tangleberry, has 10 hard seeds huckleberry |
| #1005, aired 1989-01-06 | GARDENING $200: Onions can be grown from seeds, & like tulips, from these bulbs |
| #967, aired 1988-11-15 | HERBS & SPICES $300: Kummel is one of these flavored with caraway seeds liqueur |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | BIRDS $400: Some waterfowls mistaking shotgun pellets for seeds or grits have been stricken with this lead poisoning |
| #867, aired 1988-05-17 | BIOLOGY $600: Of light, oxygen, or moisture, the one most plant seeds don't need in order to germinate light |
| #857, aired 1988-05-03 | TROPICAL FRUITS $400: This fruit of a palm tree is one of the largest known seeds in the world the coconut |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | BOTANY $500: 2 products of the flax plant are linen & this oil produced from the seeds & used in art class linseed oil |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | HERBS & SPICES $400: From the Greek "selinon", it's small seeds are ground & mixed with salt for a seasoning celery |
| #762, aired 1987-12-22 | HORTICULTURE $500: Huckleberries are often confused with this other berry that has much smaller seeds blueberries |
| #746, aired 1987-11-30 | WEEDS $100: A single plant of some species of weeds can bear a half million or more of these spores (or seeds) |
| #734, aired 1987-11-12 | BOTANY $400: Cryptogams are not plants with secret meanings, but plants such as ferns that don't bear these seeds |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | SCIENCE $400: Ferns don't grow from seeds but from these spores |
| #714, aired 1987-10-15 | BOTANY $500: Broccoli, turnips, & cabbage are related to this plant whose seeds become a common condiment mustard |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | BIOLOGY $400: Bitter-tasting natural pesticides called limonoids are found in seeds, rinds & juice of this fruit group citrus |
| #688, aired 1987-09-09 | BOTANY $800: Japanese experts have successfully grown these blossoms from 1000 year old seeds lotus blossoms |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | TREES $500: As produced by a redwood, there are about 300,000 of these per pound seeds |
| #624, aired 1987-04-30 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $400: It's said the Shakers were the 1st to sell these garden products in small, labeled paper packets seeds |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | AGRICULTURE $200: This huge flower which can be a foot in diameter, is grown for both its seeds & their oil sunflower |
| #481, aired 1986-10-13 | DOUBLE MEANINGS $1000: Fanatics of a certain Terry Gilliam film or the edible seeds of a South American tree the Brazil nut |
| #479, aired 1986-10-09 | WEAPONS $400: Slang for a small gun, or a tube through which dried Pisum sativum seeds are blown a pea shooter |
| #473, aired 1986-10-01 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: The typical number of seeds found in the hard inner pit of a drupe 1 |
| #473, aired 1986-10-01 | REMEMBER THE ALAMO $1000: The name Alamo is Spanish for these surrounding trees that bear masses of fleecy seeds cottonwood |
| #428, aired 1986-04-30 | AGRICULTURE $200: The Indians taught the Pilgrims to plant herring for fertilizer along with seeds of this crop corn |
| #402, aired 1986-03-25 | BOTANY $200: Brazil nuts & peanuts are not really nuts, but these seeds |
| #392, aired 1986-03-11 | PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA $1000: Ancient Mesoamerican cultures used these fatty seeds as money cacao beans |
| #385, aired 1986-02-28 | FOOD $100: "Citrullus vulgaris", it's the source of seeds for seed spitting contests a watermelon |
| #385, aired 1986-02-28 | RAW MATERIALS $200: Take a liking to, or the fibers in a fluffy white mass around seeds of certain plants cotton |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | WORD ORIGINS $1,000 (Daily Double): Weapon said to have been the size of a pomegranate & filled with "seeds" of gunpowder a hand grenade |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | MEDICAL FOLKLORE $100: Despite Mom's warnings, if you eat fruit seeds, a tree won't grow in this gastric organ the stomach |
| #265, aired 1985-09-13 | FOOD FACTS $400: Used widely in baking, it takes almost a million of these black seeds to make a lb. poppyseeds |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: To start a new industry, 6th c. missionaries smuggled mulberry seeds & these eggs out of China the silk industry (silkworm eggs) |
| #161, aired 1985-04-22 | INVENTIONS $400: Geo. Washington invented a "barrel pow", with a barrel that dropped these at a steady rate seeds |
| #137, aired 1985-03-19 | VEGETABLES $600: Technically not vegetables due to their seeds, these berries are popular on pizza tomatoes or peppers |
| #91, aired 1985-01-14 | TURKEY $600: Turkish confection of crushed sesame seeds & honey halva |
| #85, aired 1985-01-04 | VEGETABLES $200: Peas, lima beans, navy beans & corn are examples of this part of a plant seeds |
| #56, aired 1984-11-26 | FOOD $400: Found in rye bread, these seeds are also flavoring of kummel liqueur caraway seeds |
