#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $800: Willow Smith, daughter of Will, hit the Top 40 by doing this title quite repeatedly, "back & forth" "Whip My Hair" |
#9062, aired 2024-03-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: This author born Lula Carson Smith earned fame at the keyboard as a novelist under this married name Carson McCullers |
#9058, aired 2024-03-13 | 17th CENTURY WRITING $9,200 (Daily Double): In his 1624 history of Virginia & New England, he included the famous story of his rescue John Smith |
#9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GETTING HISTORICAL $1000: Wahunsenacawh was another name of the man the Jamestown colonists called this, like the people he led Powhatan |
#9038, aired 2024-02-14 | I RAN $400: In 1995 Emmitt Smith ran for 25 touchdowns for this team but was far from its Lone Star the Cowboys |
#9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BALD IS BEAUTIFUL $800: She captioned a 2022 Instagram post, "Happy Bald is Beautiful Day to all my brothers & sisters with no hair" Jada Pinkett Smith |
#26, aired 2024-01-23 | COLLEGE-LEVEL HISTORY COURSES $500: "The Wealth of Nations" & "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" are two texts assigned for a Duke seminar on this economist Adam Smith |
#9020, aired 2024-01-19 | BRITISH TV $600: 2-time Oscar winner Maggie Smith played the Dowager Countess Violet Crawley on this series Downton Abbey |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: Opened in 1865, this N.E. college was started by a scientist for an increasingly industrialized America MIT |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | SPORTS TAKES $600: Stephen A. Smith & Molly Qerim talk sports & more on this ESPN show First Take |
#9001, aired 2023-12-25 | I'VE SEEN HER TYPE BEFORE $1600: Educated at Smith College & Cambridge, she works on a poem here Sylvia Plath |
#8998, aired 2023-12-20 | IT'S A VISION BOARD $1000: In his "First Vision", in New York State in 1820, he asked Jesus which church had the truth & Jesus said none of them Joseph Smith |
#8997, aired 2023-12-19 | SUPER SUCCESSFUL SEQUELS $2000: 2020:
Detectives played by Will Smith & Martin Lawrence fight drug lords in Miami Bad Boys for Life |
#8983, aired 2023-11-29 | DISCOGRAPHIES $600: "In the Lonely Hour":
this singer Sam Smith |
#8973, aired 2023-11-15 | STAGE NAME'S THE SAME $2000: Screen legend Lucille LeSueur & Broadway legend Michael Dumbell-Smith Crawford |
#8967, aired 2023-11-07 | DUDE-ER-ONOMY $2000: He didn't say much as Silent Bob in "Clerks", but no one in the film could say anything without him; he wrote the pic too Kevin Smith |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | SNEAKER BRANDS $600: Stan Smith &
Samba Classic Adidas |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | "B" GIRLS $1000: This "Empress of the Blues" performed with Benny Goodman & Louis Armstrong, among others Bessie Smith |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $200: Will Smith was so smitten with his canine co-star in this 2007 film that he wanted to adopt her I Am Legend |
#8930, aired 2023-09-15 | BUILDING, AMERICA $400: In September 1930 former governor Alfred E. Smith laid the cornerstone for this building that would top off at 103 stories the Empire State Building |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: Saying he was instructed by an angel named Moroni, he translated the "Book of Mormon" from a set of gold plates Joseph Smith |
#8900, aired 2023-06-23 | MUSICAL ACT ETYMOLOGY $1200: Although not French, "Pompeii" singer Dan Smith named his band this; his birthday is July 14 Bastille |
#8898, aired 2023-06-21 | SHOE GAZING $400: The Stan Smith collection of tennis shoes is from this company founded in Bavaria Adidas |
#8898, aired 2023-06-21 | COLLECT 'EM ALL! $1000: To get Tom Hanks, a noted collector of these, on a podcast, Chris Hardwick offered a 1934 Smith Corona one; success! a (manual) typewriter |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | A CHORUS LINE $1000: "However far away I will always love you / However long I stay I will always love you / Whatever words I say..." The Cure |
#8892, aired 2023-06-13 | STAND-UP SPECIALS $400: In 2023 he slapped back at Will Smith in "Selective Outrage", the first live global event on Netflix Chris Rock |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | LITERATURE $1600: Chapters in this debut novel by Zadie Smith include "Two Families", "Molars" & "Of Mice & Memory" White Teeth |
#8887, aired 2023-06-06 | NONFICTION TV $1200: (I'm Cari Champion.) After being the moderator between Stephen A. Smith & Skip Bayless on "First Take", which, trust me, is as easy as that sounds, I became an anchor on this ESPN flagship show--"This is..." SportsCenter |
#8886, aired 2023-06-05 | THE SCIENCE OF POETRY $1200: Tracy K. Smith's "My God, It's Full of Stars" says, "We saw to the edge of all there is" with this, which her dad helped build in the 1980s the Hubble Space Telescope |
#8885, aired 2023-06-02 | STATE OF THE UNION $800: Jimmy Carter & Rosalynn Smith, at a Methodist church in their hometown Georgia |
#8885, aired 2023-06-02 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1,500 (Daily Double): After the success of this classic about Francie Nolan & her impoverished New York family, Betty Smith co-wrote a musical based on it A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | FAMOUS SIBLINGS $400: This brother of Willow starred in 2010's "The Karate Kid" with Jackie Chan Jaden Smith |
#8880, aired 2023-05-26 | QUOTES $800: This economist wrote that the self-seeking rich are "led by an invisible hand... to advance the interest of the society" Adam Smith |
#8877, aired 2023-05-23 | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $200: In Dodie Smith's tale, Pongo & Missis are the parents of 15 puppies, but the 17 of them becomes this title number by the end 101 (Dalmatians) |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | QUESTIONABLE MUSIC CHOICES $1200: In a 2019 single Sam Smith asked this question of a lying lover "How Do You Sleep?" |
#13, aired 2023-05-17 | PAGE TO SCREEN WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE $600: Dick King-Smith's book first published in the U.K. as "The Sheep-Pig" was adapted into this movie Babe |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | CLOSE ELECTIONS $400: In 1910 Democrat Charles B. Smith won a U.S. House seat with 20,685 votes; his Republican opponent got this many 20,684 |
#8853, aired 2023-04-19 | PEOPLE IN BOOKS $600: In this novel Winston Smith finally gets in line with the party & learns to think like everyone else 1984 |
#8845, aired 2023-04-07 | TWO SHOES $600: Australian surfer Brian Smith chose sheepskin for these comfy boots, which became ever-present in the SoCal beach scene Uggs |
#8835, aired 2023-03-24 | U.S. COLLEGES $2000: Senda Berenson became the "Mother of Women's Basketball" at this women's college in Northampton, Mass. Smith |
#8832, aired 2023-03-21 | MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA $400: Formerly named for founders Binney & Smith, this brand's colorful products continue to roll out in Easton, Pennsylvania Crayola |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | LITERARY VILLAINS $400: In a Dodie Smith children's book, this evil heiress wants to turn several dozens of cute li'l furballs into a fur coat Cruella de Vil |
#8816, aired 2023-02-27 | DANIEL RADCLIFFE ON HARRY POTTER $1000: (Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) Several people suggested me for Harry Potter, including Maggie Smith, with whom I had just done a miniseries & who had already been cast to play this professor Professor McGonagall |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | I HAVE AN IDEA $2000: The institute named for this 18th c. Scot says his radical insight was that national wealth isn't gold but productive capacity Adam Smith |
#8806, aired 2023-02-13 | AIRPORTS NAMED FOR PEOPLE $1600: This city's airport bears the name of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, one of the first pilots to fly from the U.S. to Australia Sydney |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | SUPER BOWL HEROES $600: (Kevin Burkhardt of Fox NFL Sunday presents the clue.) This running back rushed for 240 yards & three touchdowns combined in the Cowboys' two Super Bowl victories under Jimmy Johnson Emmitt Smith |
#8802, aired 2023-02-07 | THE 20th CENTURY BY COUNTRY $1200: Tommie Smith & John Carlos peacefully demonstrate at the 1968 Summer Olympics Mexico |
#8802, aired 2023-02-07 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $1200: He was Seth Grahame-Smith's surprising "Vampire Hunter" Abraham Lincoln |
#8795, aired 2023-01-27 | A DASH OF FASHION $600: Playing doctor, Matt Smith let us know this red felt hat that was popular in Turkey in the 1920s was also cool with time travelers a fez |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | REAL ESTATES $600: Highclere Castle played the title place of this TV series that featured Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess of Grantham Downton Abbey |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | SHOE BIZ $400: After moving to Southern California in 1978, Aussie surfer Brian Smith launched this brand of sheepskin boots Uggs |
#8784, aired 2023-01-12 | WHAT'S ALL THIS, THEN? $400: It's raining & dashed if I didn't leave the club without this object from James Smith & Sons, making them since 1830 an umbrella |
#8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ALBUM COVERS $1600: Patti Smith's photo on the cover of her "Horses" album was taken by this soulmate & photographer who died of AIDS at 42 Mapplethorpe |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | THEIR TOP 40 DEBUT ALBUM $2000: From 2014, the Grammy-winning Pop Vocal Album "In the Lonely Hour" Sam Smith |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | LAWMEN & WOMEN $200: Marshal Thomas Smith of Abilene was famous for keeping order without this, as noted by famed Abilene resident Dwight Eisenhower a gun |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | GESTURES $800: At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith & John Carlos raised their fists, each wearing 1 of a pair of these gloves |
#8742, aired 2022-11-15 | TALKIN' ECON $4,000 (Daily Double): The birth of economics as its own discipline is often traced to a 1776 work by this man Adam Smith |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | MUSICAL THEATER $600: The Tony-winning Best Musical of 2011, it features the songs "Two by Two" & "Joseph Smith American Moses" The Book of Mormon |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | JAZZ & BLUES NICKNAMES $800: In her lifetime, Bessie Smith was known as this 7-letter title "of the Blues", implying rule over a vast realm Empress |
#8733, aired 2022-11-02 | TEAM OF THE MLB HALL OF FAMERS $400: Ozzie Smith,
Lou Brock the Cardinals |
#8726, aired 2022-10-24 | CAPTAIN $600: A bit of a stickler, this captain, leader of the Jamestown colony, said, "He that will not work shall not eat" John Smith |
#8726, aired 2022-10-24 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: The collaborations of writer Jon Scieszka & illustrator Lane Smith include the 1992 tale of this odoriferous man the Stinky Cheese Man |
#8719, aired 2022-10-13 | I GOT THE PART! $400: Will Smith didn't want the part of Thomas Anderson in this blockbuster; Keanu would make the role Neo-classical The Matrix |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | ALPHABETICALLY NEXT $800: Of the original 7 Sisters colleges:
Radcliffe,
Smith... Vassar |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | LITERARY CASTLES $2000: Young Cassandra Mortmain lives in the rundown title structure in "I Capture the Castle" by this "101 Dalmatians" author Dodie Smith |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE $400: The first in a series had Morpheus, Trinity & Agent Smith The Matrix |
#8677, aired 2022-07-05 | ECONOMICS $1600: Book III of a 1776 economic work by this man is "of the Different Progress of Opulence in different Nations" Adam Smith |
#8671, aired 2022-06-27 | I SPEAK FOR THE TREES $800: "An 11-year-old girl sitting on this fire escape could imagine that she was living in a tree", says this classic by Betty Smith A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
#8660, aired 2022-06-10 | NOTES FOR A BIOGRAPHY $1200: Betty Friedan: the unhappy classmates at her Smith College 15th reunion inspired this 1963 nonfiction work The Feminine Mystique |
#8649, aired 2022-05-26 | NUMERICAL BOOK TITLES $400: It was Dodie Smith's first book about all those many pups The Hundred and One Dalmatians (101 Dalmatians) |
#8647, aired 2022-05-24 | NEWS PERSONALITIES PAST & PRESENT $1600: Now on CNBC, this man seen here had an early stint covering stories on "A Current Affair" Shepard Smith |
#8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE 1960s $3,000 (Daily Double): On the medal podium in this city, John Carlos & Tommie Smith raised fists & also wore no shoes to highlight poverty in America Mexico City |
#8633, aired 2022-05-04 | THE MOVIES $1600: Will Smith played dad to Venus & Serena Williams in this recent film with a royal title King Richard |
#8629, aired 2022-04-28 | POETS & POETRY $1000: A poem by Stevie Smith says, "I was much further out than you thought and not waving but" doing this drowning |
#8624, aired 2022-04-21 | BOOK TITLE GEOGRAPHY $400: Betty Smith cultivated
"A Tree Grows in
____" Brooklyn |
#8621, aired 2022-04-18 | SMITH & JONES $200: This talented actress hails from Swansea, Wales Catherine Zeta-Jones |
#8621, aired 2022-04-18 | SMITH & JONES $400: There is nothing like this dame who won 3 Emmys for her role as Violet Crawley, Countess of Grantham on "Downton Abbey" Maggie Smith |
#8621, aired 2022-04-18 | SMITH & JONES $600: This singer profiled her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in her 2010 memoir "Just Kids" Patti Smith |
#8621, aired 2022-04-18 | SMITH & JONES $800: This "SNL" star has brought her own brand of humor to commentary on the Olympics Leslie Jones |
#8621, aired 2022-04-18 | SMITH & JONES $1000: Looking sharp, he's the singer, sex symbol & coach on the UK version of "The Voice" pictured here Tom Jones |
#8619, aired 2022-04-14 | MUSIC FROM THE NECK UP $200: For some reason Willow Smith in 2010 kept telling us she was going to "whip" this "back and forth" her hair |
#8614, aired 2022-04-07 | DOCUMENTARIES $800: In "Roger & Me", Michael Moore set out to confront Roger Smith about the closing of this automaker's plants in Flint, Michigan General Motors |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $600: "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper" was a 1988 album by this Philly duo, one of whom soon famously went to Hollywood Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince) |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS $1200: The site where this captive Englishman met Powhatan & Pocahontas is along the trail named for him John Smith |
#8601, aired 2022-03-21 | PICTURE/BOOK $800: A landmark work of the 18th century The Wealth of Nations |
#8590, aired 2022-03-04 | SAMS CLUB $800: In 2015, he took home four Grammys, including one for the song "Stay With Me" Sam Smith |
#8583, aired 2022-02-23 | MUSICAL STYLES & GENRES $800: Ma Rainey & Bessie Smith were among the first women to record music in this genre blues |
#11, aired 2022-02-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: In his "Generall Historie of Virginia", John Smith claimed that she saved him from having his "braines" "beate out" Pocahontas |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | TV CHARACTER ANALYSIS $800: Rick's granddaughter;
quite an animated character Summer Smith |
#8575, aired 2022-02-11 | MY MOVIE OCCUPATION $200: Jimmy Stewart, in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (after going to Washington) a senator |
#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | THE SONG TITLE PRONOUN $200: Will Smith, updating a classic:
"Just The Two Of ____" Us |
#8564, aired 2022-01-27 | ALWAYS BROADWAY $200: "Joseph Smith American Moses" is a song in this musical The Book of Mormon |
#8563, aired 2022-01-26 | THE CAROLINAS $1,400 (Daily Double): This Army post northwest of Fayetteville boasts of being "Home of the Airborne & Special Operations Forces" Fort Bragg |
#8554, aired 2022-01-13 | ROM-DRAMS $1000: Before winning an Oscar as a 1960s Black Panther, he played Slim to Jodie Turner-Smith's Queen in a 2019 film Daniel Kaluuya |
#8553, aired 2022-01-12 | CLASSIC SITCOMS $400: On this sitcom Will Smith played a fictionalized version of himself, sent from Philly to live with rich relatives in L.A. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
#8550, aired 2022-01-07 | POP CULTURE MONIKERS $800: Maggie Smith gave the man seen here this flower-part nickname, an anagram of his last name Petal |
#8549, aired 2022-01-06 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: The 2021 novel "Nick" by Michael Farris Smith tells of this Nick before his time as the narrator of "The Great Gatsby" Nick Carraway |
#8543, aired 2021-12-29 | CELEBRITY DAUGHTERS & FATHERS $600: Willow & Will Smith |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $2000: At 14, this British author of "White Teeth" changed the first letter of her name from S to Z, thinking it sounded more exotic Zadie Smith |
#8529, aired 2021-12-09 | LIT CHARACTERS' BAD CHOICES $800: He makes the mistake of trusting O'Brien, which leads to a harsh re-education at the Ministry of Love Winston (Smith) |
#8519, aired 2021-11-25 | THE WOMEN $800: This Seven Sisters school in Northampton, Mass. bears the last name of Sophia, whose bequest founded the college in 1871 Smith College |
#8514, aired 2021-11-18 | POETRY COLLECTIONS $400: Borrowing a title from David Bowie, Tracy K. Smith won a 2012 Pulitzer Prize for her collection "Life on" this planet Mars |
#8507, aired 2021-11-09 | POTPOURRI $200: After his wife had a terrifying jump with an automatically deploying parachute, Floyd Smith invented this manual release a rip cord |
#8504, aired 2021-11-04 | ZOMBIETHON $1000: Seth Grahame-Smith wrote this send-up of Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice and Zombies |
#8503, aired 2021-11-03 | MOVIE THEATER GIMMICKS $800: Some theaters showed this 2019 Will Smith clone movie in 60 frames per second, which made the action look smoother Gemini Man |
#8503, aired 2021-11-03 | MOVIE THEATER GIMMICKS $1000: This director took his "Jay & Silent Bob Reboot" across the country on a roadshow Kevin Smith |
#8503, aired 2021-11-03 | HISTORIC ILLINOIS $1600: Mormon leader Joseph Smith & his brother Hyrum were killed by a mob in 1844 in this Illinois city named for an ancient city of Africa Carthage |
#8500, aired 2021-10-29 | SKYSCRAPER CITY $1000: Formerly the headquarters of Enron, 1400 Smith Street Houston |
#8499, aired 2021-10-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: The name of this northeast region was first used by John Smith, who published "A Description of" it in 1616 New England |
#8491, aired 2021-10-18 | BLACKSMITHING $800: “The smith, a mighty man is he” is from this man’s poem, “The Mighty Blacksmith”, illustrated here Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
#8484, aired 2021-10-07 | CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT $1000: He tinkers with history at the Ministry of Truth, gets a girlfriend & has a very bad year Winston Smith |
#8467, aired 2021-09-14 | REALITY SHOW WINNERS $1000: Emmitt Smith,
2006 Dancing with the Stars |
#8455, aired 2021-07-30 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: Zadie Smith's "On Beauty" is modeled on this author's "Howards End" Forster |
#8451, aired 2021-07-26 | U.S. GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS $1200: Our ambassadors such as JFK's sister, Jean Kennedy Smith, have lived in the little place seen here on 62 acres in this city Dublin |
#8445, aired 2021-07-16 | S.E.C.! S.E.C.! $400: University of Mississippi alumni include Shepard Smith, Michael Oher & this bestselling author of "The Street Lawyer" Grisham |
#8444, aired 2021-07-15 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $1000: No fooling, this punk poet was voted her class clown Patti Smith |
#8443, aired 2021-07-14 | MR., MISS OR MRS. MOVIES $1600: 2005:
Married assassins are contracted to kill each other Mr. & Mrs. Smith |
#8434, aired 2021-07-01 | INNOVATIVE WOMEN $400: Polly Smith, Lisa Lindahl & Hinda Miller patented the first one of these garments "suitable for women runners" a sports bra |
#8434, aired 2021-07-01 | NONFICTION $1,000 (Daily Double): This author's first major book was 1742's "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" Edmond Hoyle |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | FORE! NO, 5 GOLF MOVIES $400: A golfer isn't in the swing of things, so a mystical caddy played by Will Smith helps out in "The Legend of" him Bagger Vance |
#8427, aired 2021-06-22 | SCULPTURE & STATUES $1200: Statues of Dizzy Dean & Ozzie Smith are outside the stadium of this Major League Baseball team the St. Louis Cardinals |
#8405, aired 2021-05-21 | STEPHEN KING TITLE REFERENCES $800: A small area of Johnny Smith's brain that has been damaged the dead zone |
#8399, aired 2021-05-13 | FROM TV SHOW TO FILM $1000: Will Smith took over Robert Conrad's role in this 1999 adaptation of a 1960s series the Wild Wild West |
#8392, aired 2021-05-04 | PRONOUNS $1200: In 2019 singer Sam Smith announced, "I am changing my pronouns to" this genderless pair they/them |
#8387, aired 2021-04-27 | EXPLORERS $1600: This British explorer became the president of Jamestown colony in September 1608 John Smith |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | HISTORY $2000: A 4-term governor of New York, he lost his race in 1928 as the first serious Catholic candidate for president Al Smith |
#8378, aired 2021-04-14 | 3-NAMED CELEBRITIES $800: With her mom Adrienne & daughter Willow, she hosts a web series called "Red Table Talk" Jada Pinkett Smith |
#8365, aired 2021-03-26 | MOVIE ROLE, TV ROLE $200: The genie in 2019's "Aladdin" & "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" Will Smith |
#8362, aired 2021-03-23 | BOOKS OF THE 1980s $400: "The Gallant Pig" is the subtitle to this beastly tale by Dick King-Smith Babe |
#8359, aired 2021-03-18 | COMPLETE THE AD SLOGAN $1000: Smith Barney:
They make money
the ____-____ way old-fashioned |
#8358, aired 2021-03-17 | NIFTY NOVELS $600: In the title of a Seth Grahame-Smith parody novel, Abe Lincoln has this unusual title job added to his traditional duties vampire hunter |
#8346, aired 2021-03-01 | AUTHORS' ROAD TRIPS $1600: A 2019 book tells the true tale of a 1927 road trip by this woman & Langston Hughes, including a Bessie Smith show in Macon Zora Neale Hurston |
#8326, aired 2021-02-01 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $3,500 (Daily Double): His work on game theory earned him the 1994 Nobel Prize, which he shared with John C. Harsanyi & Reinhard Selten John Nash |
#8318, aired 2021-01-20 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: "1984" begins with this character entering the glass doors of Victory Mansions (Winston) Smith |
#8318, aired 2021-01-20 | POLY ESTHER $2,200 (Daily Double): She used her experiences as a Smith college student for the character of Esther Greenwood in "The Bell Jar" Plath |
#8316, aired 2021-01-18 | BUSINESS PAIRS $2000: Steakhouse founder Alan Stillman says he picked 2 names from the phone book: Smith & this Wollensky |
#8296, aired 2020-12-07 | OXFORD'S VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS $7,800 (Daily Double): "A Very Short Introduction to" him says that like Marx & Freud, this 18th c. economist's work "is more invoked than it is read" (Adam) Smith |
#8277, aired 2020-11-10 | GETTING THE KEY TO THE CITY $200: In 2020 these 2 "Bad Boys for Life" got the key to Miami & were made honorary police officers Will Smith & Martin Lawrence |
#8271, aired 2020-11-02 | ROM COMS $800: In 2005 Will Smith played a "date doctor" who fell in love with Eva Mendes in this comedy Hitch |
#8258, aired 2020-10-14 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS $400: To write her play "Twilight", Anna Deavere Smith interviewed 350 people who experienced the 1992 riots in this city Los Angeles |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | TV INSPIRATIONS $400: Washington, D.C. fixer Judy Smith inspired Olivia Pope on this drama Scandal |
#8212, aired 2020-04-28 | BARACK OBAMA'S READING LIST $1200: "The Wealth of Nations", written by this Scot in 1776, beat a lot of competition to make the reading list Adam Smith |
#8210, aired 2020-04-24 | MOVIE VILLAIN QUOTES $800: In 1999, Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving): "I'm gonna enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson" The Matrix |
#8203, aired 2020-04-15 | SING OUT! $200: Sam Smith was "hopin' that my love will keep you up tonight, baby, how do you" do this "when you lie to me?" sleep |
#8191, aired 2020-03-30 | GREENS $400: These small, tart green apples are named for the former Maria Sherwood, who had children who had children Granny Smith |
#8189, aired 2020-03-26 | ANGELS $4,000 (Daily Double): Mormons believe the angel Moroni appeared to this man & revealed to him where to find the golden plates Joseph Smith |
#8173, aired 2020-03-04 | CURRENT SPORTS NICKNAMES $600: Andy Smith, one of the world's best players at this pub game, is nicknamed "The Pie Man" darts |
#8160, aired 2020-02-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: Anna Deavere Smith's play "Fires in the Mirror" looks at the 1991 riots in the Crown Heights neighborhood of this NYC borough Brooklyn |
#8156, aired 2020-02-10 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $2000: George Clooney & Will Smith team up & hunt Nazi art thieves & alien bugs The Monuments Men in Black |
#8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) One of the most memorable moments in Olympic history was when track stars Tommie Smith & John Carlos raised their fists in a Black Power salute in Mexico City in this year of escalated racial tensions six months after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 |
#8149, aired 2020-01-30 | REBOOTS $1600: Liam Neeson was Hannibal Smith & Quinton "Rampage" Jackson was B.A. Baracus when this TV series was rebooted as a movie The A-Team |
#8139, aired 2020-01-16 | STATES' COMMON SURNAMES $400: It's the most common last name in over half of the 50 states Smith |
#7, aired 2020-01-14 | THE BACHELOR $1000: The invisible hand of Cupid did not strike this 18th c. Scot who lived with his mother Margaret for much of his life Adam Smith |
#8133, aired 2020-01-08 | TV HOMES & ADDRESSES $600: In West Philadelphia born & raised, Will Smith moved in with his aunt & uncle to a home on St. Cloud Road in "a town called" this Bel-Air |
#8119, aired 2019-12-19 | NATIVE AMERICANS: THE REALITY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) The Americans exhibit highlights Native Americans' role in American identity. One legend is Pocahontas' famous 1607 rescue of this man, a story some doubt, as he didn't tell it until 1624, though he had written about his time in Virginia before then John Smith |
#8116, aired 2019-12-16 | EARLY ROLES $2000: That's Megan Fox dancing in a club in this Will Smith/ Martin Lawrence sequel Bad Boys II |
#8114, aired 2019-12-12 | CRUSHIN' IT! $600: In 1987 James "Bonecrusher" Smith took this heavyweight boxing champ the distance but lost the decision Mike Tyson |
#8112, aired 2019-12-10 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $1200: Irving Berlin gave Kate Smith this song for her radio show to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the end of WWI "God Bless America" |
#8109, aired 2019-12-05 | ACTOR & ROLES $200: Genie & Hitch, which sounds like its own buddy cop film, doesn't it? Will Smith |
#8106, aired 2019-12-02 | POP QUIZ $400: Look what you made me do, you alliterative British singer! I can't stop humming your 2019 single "Dancing with a Stranger" Sam Smith |
#8103, aired 2019-11-27 | CELEBRITY ARTISTS $1200: "Bisou Moi", or "Kiss Me", was painted by this Irish James Bond actor for wife Keely Shaye Smith Pierce Brosnan |
#8092, aired 2019-11-12 | NOVELS BY CHARACTERS $1200: By Zadie Smith:
Samad Iqbal & family,
Archie Jones & family,
the Chalfen family White Teeth |
#8082, aired 2019-10-29 | TV $2000: Sanchez & Smith are the last names of the title duo of this Adult Swim show Rick and Morty |
#8057, aired 2019-09-24 | 1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES! $1000: In this film Joseph Paine wants a sen. who "can't ask any questions or talk out of turn"; Paine doesn't get what he asked for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
#8042, aired 2019-07-23 | GRAMMY FOR SONG OF THE YEAR $1200: This soulful ballad by Sam Smith won for 2014 "Stay With Me" |
#8029, aired 2019-07-04 | GRANNY SMITH $200: Rosalynn Smith got married in Plains, Georgia in 1946, took this new surname & went on to have 12 grandkids Carter |
#8029, aired 2019-07-04 | GRANNY SMITH $400: This dame went with one of her grandkids to the premier of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", which she had a role in Maggie Smith |
#8029, aired 2019-07-04 | GRANNY SMITH $600: In 1805 Lucy Mack Smith gave birth to this future religious leader who later made her a grandma Joseph Smith |
#8029, aired 2019-07-04 | GRANNY SMITH $800: This singer & poet was named Smith before marrying another Smith (musician Fred of the MC5) & becoming a mom & grandma Patti Smith |
#8029, aired 2019-07-04 | GRANNY SMITH $1,400 (Daily Double): Betty Smith, who gained fame for this 1943 novel, would later plant a Chinese sumac for her children & their children A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
#8023, aired 2019-06-26 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $800: "I Am Africa" & "Joseph Smith American Moses" The Book of Mormon |
#8016, aired 2019-06-17 | "GOOD" ENTERTAINMENT $800: Sam Smith bemoans his expertise at breakups in this hit song from 2017 "Too Good at Goodbyes" |
#8005, aired 2019-05-31 | RELIGION FOUNDERS $800: Joseph Smith said the angel Moroni told him of a set of golden plates that Joseph translated into this text the Book of Mormon |
#7992, aired 2019-05-14 | POETS & POETRY $1600: Completes the line by Stevie Smith:
"I was much further out that you thought and not waving but" this drowning |
#7974, aired 2019-04-18 | THE AUNT HILL $600: Rosalind Russell played this title auntie in a 1958 film; Roger Smith played nephew Patrick Dennis as a grownup Mame |
#7969, aired 2019-04-11 | MOVIE & SONG, SAME TITLE $800: Inner Circle,
1987;
Martin Lawrence & Will Smith,
1995 "Bad Boys" |
#7960, aired 2019-03-29 | SCI-FI TRANSPORTS $1600: On this '60s TV show the Jupiter II carried Dr. Smith & the Robinson family off course Lost in Space |
#7924, aired 2019-02-07 | EPIC POETRY $1200: In the "Kalevala", the national epic of this country, Ilmarinen the smith takes a sauna before he goes courting Finland |
#7917, aired 2019-01-29 | YOU DO KNOW JACKALOPE $1200: Samuel Smith's Nut Brown is a refreshing one ale |
#7899, aired 2019-01-03 | MONDAY NIGHT NON-FOOTBALL TV $200: This actor moved west & rapped things up as "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" Will Smith |
#7894, aired 2018-12-27 | SEND LAWYERS, GUNS & MONEY $800: Last names of the 2 men who partnered up in Springfield, Mass. to make "tip-up" revolvers in the 1850s Smith & Wesson |
#7892, aired 2018-12-25 | BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS $400: A novel about a bestseller on UFOs, or a Will Smith movie about policing extraterrestrials Men in Black |
#7883, aired 2018-12-12 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $400: Agent Smith is even more powerful in this 2003 first sequel to "The Matrix" The Matrix Reloaded |
#7881, aired 2018-12-10 | WILL & GRACE $400: No big stretch--he played dad to Willow in "I Am Legend" & to Jaden in "The Pursuit of Happyness" Will Smith |
#7873, aired 2018-11-28 | RIVERS OF CALIFORNIA $400: The only undammed major river system in Calif., the Smith River abounds with Class IV & V options in this activity rafting |
#7839, aired 2018-10-11 | THE 18th CENTURY $800: In this 1776 work Adam Smith advocated free trade & competition Wealth of Nations |
#7832, aired 2018-10-02 | BOOKS OF THE 1940s $2,000 (Daily Double): In Chapter 1 of this Betty Smith novel, we're told that the one in Francie Nolan's yard "was neither a pine nor a hemlock" A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
#7824, aired 2018-09-20 | PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMERS BY TEAM $1000: Randy White & Emmitt Smith the Dallas Cowboys |
#7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ACTING THE PART $1200: J,
Bagger,
Tea Cake Walters Will Smith |
#7823, aired 2018-09-19 | HOT, CROSS NUNS $800: As Mother Superior in this film, Maggie Smith tells Whoopi, "People wish to kill you. Anyone who's met you, I imagine" Sister Act |
#7819, aired 2018-09-13 | BAD FOLKS IN BOOKS $600: Inner party member & torturer O'Brien shows this man the true face of evil in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" Winston Smith |
#7815, aired 2018-07-27 | THE WORST PICTURE RAZZIE $800: In 2000 Razzie found this Will Smith & Kevin Kline period piece to be very very not good Wild Wild West |
#7803, aired 2018-07-11 | BLACK WOMEN AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): This British author of "White Teeth" also wrote "Swing Time", a story of 2 childhood friends who dream of being dancers Zadie Smith |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | MUSICAL "P"ERFORMERS $1600: Here's Keely Smith with this man, her one-time partner in music & life Louis Prima |
#7793, aired 2018-06-27 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $1600: This famously gloomy Robert Smith band has been passed over for 14 years The Cure |
#7767, aired 2018-05-22 | ILLINOIS AT 200 $800: Nauvoo briefly became Illinois' largest city after this Mormon leader & his followers began settling there in 1839 (Joseph) Smith |
#7759, aired 2018-05-10 | GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS $1000: This Heinlein novel begins, "Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith" Stranger in a Strange Land |
#7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THINKING ABOUT THE ENLIGHTENMENT $400: This Scot's "The Wealth of Nations" is a classic of laissez-faire capitalism Adam Smith |
#7750, aired 2018-04-27 | ROLE WITH THE PUNCHES $400: In 2001 he stung like a bee as "Ali" Will Smith |
#7749, aired 2018-04-26 | THE SPITTING IMAGE $1600: That's not Will Ferrell, it's Chad Smith of this L.A. band with a spicy name the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
#7747, aired 2018-04-24 | LITERATURE ON THE MAP $1600: Rooster Cogburn is a deputy marshal in Fort Smith, Arkansas in this Charles Portis novel True Grit |
#7725, aired 2018-03-23 | CHARACTERS WHO DON'T TALK MUCH $2000: Kevin Smith played this perfect-for-the-category character in "Clerks" & "Mallrats" Silent Bob |
#7721, aired 2018-03-19 | MUST "C" TV $600: Matt Smith plays a young Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on this Netflix series The Crown |
#7688, aired 2018-01-31 | MOCKING JAY $1000: Stephen A. Smith said of this former "SNL" star's impression of him: "My style is a little bit more pristine" Jay Pharoah |
#7681, aired 2018-01-22 | MYOPIC BIOPICS $800: Jada Pinkett Smith had some choice words about how her relationship to this rapper is portrayed in "All Eyez On Me" Tupac Shakur |
#7679, aired 2018-01-18 | THE ATHLETE'S COLLEGE $400: Gators Abby Wambach & Emmitt Smith the University of Florida |
#7673, aired 2018-01-10 | REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUEE $2000: Margaret Smith &
Maurice Micklewhite in
"California Suite" Maggie Smith & Michael Caine |
#7658, aired 2017-12-20 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS' MOST-HATED MOVIES $400: Rodent-fearing Winston Smith shuddered through this 2007 Pixar movie featuring the voice of Patton Oswalt Ratatouille |
#7650, aired 2017-12-08 | STATELY BODIES OF WATER $600: Cities located on its banks include Fort Smith & Little Rock the Arkansas River |
#7650, aired 2017-12-08 | STAGE NAME'S THE SAME $2000: Screen legend Lucille LeSueur & Broadway legend Michael Dumbell-Smith Crawford |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | WAR IS OVER $600: To some historians--Gen. E. Kirby Smith surrenders the Trans-Mississippi Department the U.S. Civil War |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: This English explorer & captain gave New England its name after exploring the region in the 1600s Captain John Smith |
#7625, aired 2017-11-03 | IDIOMS, ANNOTATED $2,000 (Daily Double): Saying they raised "customers", Adam Smith called the English "a nation of" this profession shopkeepers |
#7622, aired 2017-10-31 | BUSINESS PAIRINGS $800: Sons of guns who partnered up in 1852:
Smith & ____ Wesson |
#7613, aired 2017-10-18 | ALSO AN APPLE VARIETY $1000: Perhaps what Dame Maggie's grandkids call her Granny Smith |
#7612, aired 2017-10-17 | I'M A HUGE FAN $800: Change one of the vowels in a Zodiac sign & you get this .org devoted to the director of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" Capracorn (.org) |
#7591, aired 2017-09-18 | MOVIE HAPPY ENDINGS $800: 1939:
One senator collapses, another attempts suicide & confesses to multiple crimes Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
#7582, aired 2017-07-25 | PHILOSOPHERS $800: Best known as an economist, this Scot wrote a philosophical treatise in 1759 called "Theory of Moral Sentiments" Adam Smith |
#7572, aired 2017-07-11 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $200: In college, Fred Smith wrote a paper about the need for an overnight delivery service; in 1973 he launched this co. FedEx |
#7571, aired 2017-07-10 | OSCAR-WINNING SONG PERFORMERS $1200: "Writing's On The Wall" from "Spectre" (2015) Sam Smith |
#7565, aired 2017-06-30 | SECOND CITY TV $800: Jim Belushi (hey, you're 1/3 of the way home right there!) raised 3 kids with Courtney Thorne-Smith on this show According to Jim |
#7562, aired 2017-06-27 | RELIGION $2000: In the 1820s, according to Mormon belief, this angel visited Joseph Smith many times & 3 other men as well Moroni |
#7552, aired 2017-06-13 | OTHER GREEK LETTER MALES? $1600: Before Will Smith in "I Am Legend", Charlton Heston played this title role, based on the same story the Omega Man |
#7545, aired 2017-06-02 | THE 50 STATES $2000: The first woman to serve in both houses of Congress, Margaret Chase Smith represented this NE state Maine |
#7527, aired 2017-05-09 | EDUCATIONAL FILMS $600: "The Prime of" this teacher played by Maggie Smith included her being really into Francisco Franco Miss Jean Brodie |
#7523, aired 2017-05-03 | A MATTER OF FAITH $400: The first foreign language edition of this Joseph Smith work came out in Danish in 1851 the Book of Mormon |
#7520, aired 2017-04-28 | LIT-POURRI $4,000 (Daily Double): In a Stowe novel he tells Uncle Tom, "I'm your church now...you've got to be as I say" Simon Legree |
#7513, aired 2017-04-19 | 1930s AMERICA $600: In 1938 Kate Smith gave the first public performance of this Irving Berlin song written 20 years earlier "God Bless America" |
#7503, aired 2017-04-05 | GERMAN SURNAMES $400: Just as Smith is common in the U.S., this name that means a smith is one of Germany's top 10 Schmidt |
#7497, aired 2017-03-28 | WILL SMITH $400: Will: "& I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called" this Bel Air |
#7497, aired 2017-03-28 | WILL SMITH $800: In "Men in Black" Will says, "You do know Elvis is dead, right?"--this actor replies, "No, Elvis is not dead, he just went home" Tommy Lee Jones |
#7497, aired 2017-03-28 | WHAT DAY IS IT? $1000: Robert Smith of The Cure is in love on this day Friday |
#7497, aired 2017-03-28 | WILL SMITH $1200: After escaping an alien ship with Jeff Goldblum in this film, Will announces, "Elvis has left the building!" Independence Day |
#7497, aired 2017-03-28 | WILL SMITH $1600: In this 1995 film as Det. Mike Lowrey, Will tells Martin Lawrence, "You drive almost slow enough to drive Miss Daisy" Bad Boys |
#7497, aired 2017-03-28 | WILL SMITH $2000: Will & wife Jada produced this theatrical celebration of the life of Afrobeat pioneer Mr. Kuti Fela! |
#7491, aired 2017-03-20 | BARE-KNUCKLE FIGHTING $800: In "The Matrix Reloaded", Neo fights seemingly hundreds of avatars of this agent played by Hugo Weaving Mr. Smith |
#7488, aired 2017-03-15 | SHE BLINDED ME $1200: Alison, played by Courtney Thorne-Smith, went blind at this TV title residence after Kimberly tried to blow it up Melrose Place |
#7484, aired 2017-03-09 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $1000: In 1941, before Brad & Angelina, the movies' Mr. & Mrs. Smith were Robert Montgomery & this actress Carole Lombard |
#7468, aired 2017-02-15 | WHAT A CHARACTER! $1600: In 2005 Angelina Jolie was Mrs. this Smith |
#7467, aired 2017-02-14 | A HISTORY LESSON $1600: In 1608 this captain & a few other colonists left Jamestown & explored the Chesapeake Bay & its tributaries (John) Smith |
#7455, aired 2017-01-27 | AN INVENTIVE CATEGORY $800: In 1853 David Smith patented one of these to keep your undies hanging on a line by using a spring clamp & 2 wooden levers a clothespin |
#7453, aired 2017-01-25 | THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND $400: After that last glass of Chablis, I'm this, what the smith just did at the anvil hammered |
#7451, aired 2017-01-23 | QUIZINE $200: In radio ads back in the day, Kate Smith & Jack Benny both pitched this trademarked jiggly dessert Jell-O |
#7449, aired 2017-01-19 | IF THEY MARRIED $1200: The union of 2 Smiths, the Colts lineman & the "On Beauty" novelist, would get this Yiddish pair of grandparents Bubba & Zadie |
#7448, aired 2017-01-18 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $1600: This Hall of Fame shortstop was known as "The Wizard of Oz" for his deft fielding Ozzie Smith |
#7435, aired 2016-12-30 | ALL IN THE FAMILY? $800: It tastes tart and may go into a tart a Granny Smith apple |
#7426, aired 2016-12-19 | POP CULTURE $400: David Tennant & Matt Smith have traveled through time & space as the main character on this British TV series Doctor Who |
#7412, aired 2016-11-29 | CORNERSTONES $600: In 1841 he placed the original manuscript for his Book of Mormon in the cornerstone of the Nauvoo House in Illinois Joseph Smith |
#7411, aired 2016-11-28 | SKY LINES $800: In this novel, Betty Smith wrote, "No matter where its seed fell, it made a tree which struggled to reach the sky" A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
#7408, aired 2016-11-23 | CAPTAIN $800: In September 1608 he became president of the Jamestown Council John Smith |
#7393, aired 2016-11-02 | GUNS N' ROSES $400: If you're holding a Smith & Wesson .38, the .38 refers to this, the diameter of the bore of the gun caliber |
#7390, aired 2016-10-28 | HISTORY: HIRED & FIRED $400: Captain Smith, you didn't bother to sound a general alarm after this ship hit an iceberg? You're fired! the Titanic |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | APOCALYPSE NOW $2000: Will Smith is the last man on Earth you'd expect to star in this 2007 film dealing with a vampiric plague I Am Legend |
#7386, aired 2016-10-24 | THE NEW GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION $400: This period drama had Maggie Smith say, "Don't be defeatist, dear. It's very middle class" Downton Abbey |
#7378, aired 2016-10-12 | LITERARY LONDON $5,000 (Daily Double): Zadie Smith's novel "White Teeth" is about 2 immigrant families in London: 1 from Bangladesh & 1 from this Caribbean nation Jamaica |
#7375, aired 2016-10-07 | BUSINESSPEOPLE $2000: The target of a Michael Moore documentary, he was head of General Motors from 1981 to 1990 Roger Smith |
#7370, aired 2016-09-30 | QWITTER $400: Will Smith's son, he quit for a bit after posts like "If A Cup Cake Falls From A Tree How Far Away Will It Be From Down. #Jupiter" Jaden Smith |
#7370, aired 2016-09-30 | QWITTER $600: "I'm logging off... Some Martinis shaken not stirred are definitely in order", tweeted this singer after the 2016 Oscars Sam Smith |
#7361, aired 2016-09-19 | MAYOR GARCETTI'S LOS ANGELES $200: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Just north of Hollywood & Vine, the studios at Capitol Records have been used by Frank Sinatra, Green Day, Sam Smith & this band, who recorded their "Surfin' Safari" album in the tower the Beach Boys |
#7324, aired 2016-06-16 | TOOL KIT $600: It's a tube on a handle used to remove the middle of a Granny Smith a corer |
#7321, aired 2016-06-13 | ACTORS IN COMMERCIALS $800: A natural blonde, Morgan Smith goes redhead to play her character in ads for this fast food chain Wendy's |
#7318, aired 2016-06-08 | GREAT SCOTS $1200: Economist Adam Smith wrote the book fully titled "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of" this the Wealth of Nations |
#7304, aired 2016-05-19 | POLITICAL MOVIES $800: Jimmy Stewart is a naive senator who launches a filibuster in this Capra classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
#7294, aired 2016-05-05 | A VICE PRESIDENT'S SURNAME $600: Bede,
Smith &
Clayton Powell,
collectively Adams |
#7291, aired 2016-05-02 | SONG LYRICS $1200: Requests from Sam Smith: "I don't want you to leave, will you hold my hand? Oh, won't you" do this title action "Stay With Me" |
#7286, aired 2016-04-25 | THE DAVEY O'BRIEN QUARTERBACK AWARD $1000: 2006:
Troy Smith, perfect against arch-rival Michigan Ohio State |
#7276, aired 2016-04-11 | 1940s LIT $800: When asked if this NYC-set novel was true, Betty Smith replied, "Not as it was but as it should have been" A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
#7275, aired 2016-04-08 | THEY SING, THEY ACT $400: "Pump Ya Brakes" (featuring Snoop Dogg),
"After Earth" Will Smith |
#7239, aired 2016-02-18 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SONGS $1600: In 1928 this New York governor used "The Sidewalks Of New York" in a losing contest against Hoover Al Smith |
#7176, aired 2015-11-23 | HISTORY ON FILM $1000: This senator from Maine announced her run for the presidency in 1964 Margaret Chase Smith |
#7169, aired 2015-11-12 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1200: During an 1840-41 trip to England, he persuaded many to move to Nauvoo, Illinois Brigham Young |
#7167, aired 2015-11-10 | SAME MOVIE & SONG TITLE $1200: Movie:
Will Smith & Martin Lawrence are cops;
song:
used as the theme to "Cops" Bad Boys |
#7166, aired 2015-11-09 | MR. SMITH GOES TO... $200: The New World in 1607 & soon becomes president of this colony Jamestown |
#7166, aired 2015-11-09 | MR. SMITH GOES TO... $400: The National Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts; in 1852 he partners with this man (Daniel) Wesson |
#7166, aired 2015-11-09 | MR. SMITH GOES TO... $600: Salisbury, now Harare, & in 1964 becomes prime minister of Southern this Rhodesia |
#7166, aired 2015-11-09 | MR. SMITH GOES TO... $1000: St. James Parochial School; in 1928, he becomes the first major party presidential candidate of this faith Roman Catholic |
#7166, aired 2015-11-09 | MR. SMITH GOES TO... $2,000 (Daily Double): The University of Glasgow in 1737; in 1776 he publishes this The Wealth of Nations |
#7148, aired 2015-10-14 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $800: In Palmyra, N.Y. you can visit a reconstructed log cabin on his family's farm, where they settled around 1818 Joseph Smith |
#7133, aired 2015-09-23 | NOTABLE WOMEN $400: In a 2015 HBO biopic, Queen Latifah portrayed this legendary blues singer Bessie Smith |
#7130, aired 2015-09-18 | THE ____ OF ____ $800: Joseph Smith said this text, written on gold plates, was delivered to him the Book of Mormon |
#7129, aired 2015-09-17 | LUCKY 7 $800: One of the "Seven Sisters" colleges, this Northampton, Mass. school has been empowering women since the 1870s Smith |
#7127, aired 2015-09-15 | PUT SOME FIBER IN YOUR DIET $200: Eat this, maybe a Granny Smith kind, with the skin on to get the benefits of its special fiber called pectin an apple |
#7110, aired 2015-07-10 | BOOK SEQUELS $1000: Dodie Smith's
"The Starlight Barking"
(1967) 101 Dalmatians |
#7105, aired 2015-07-03 | NOVEL CHARACTERS $800: Winston Smith & Julia don't have much privacy Nineteen Eighty-Four |
#7104, aired 2015-07-02 | SOLE MEN $400: Wimbledon winner Stan Smith's classic shoes from this brand are white with green trim but no stripes Adidas |
#7097, aired 2015-06-23 | DISCOGRAPHIES $1000: "In the Lonely Hour":
This neo-soul singer Sam Smith |
#7087, aired 2015-06-09 | SPORTS AWARDS $400: Seen here, it was actually modeled after New York University football player Ed Smith the Heisman Trophy |
#7086, aired 2015-06-08 | COURT-LY LOVE $1200: This Australian star of the '60s is the only woman to win the 4-event Grand Slam in doubles as well as singles Margaret Smith Court |
#7080, aired 2015-05-29 | MR. SMITH $400: Sgt. Paul Ray Smith posthumously received the Medal of Honor in 2005, the first for actions in this war the Second (Persian) Gulf War |
#7080, aired 2015-05-29 | MR. SMITH $1200: In 1838 Joseph Smith came up with a 10% solution & introduced this practice to the LDS church tithing |
#7080, aired 2015-05-29 | MR. SMITH $1600: William Smith, a Weymouth, Massachusetts minister, was this First Lady's father Abigail Adams |
#7080, aired 2015-05-29 | MR. SMITH $2000: When he launched FedEx in 1973, it delivered 186 packages the first night; now it handles more than 10 mil. a day Frederick Smith |
#7080, aired 2015-05-29 | MR. SMITH $4,000 (Daily Double): John Stafford Smith composed "To Anacreon In Heaven", later used as the tune for this song "The Star Spangled Banner" |
#7071, aired 2015-05-18 | LITERARY CITIES $1200: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Alexander McCall Smith's novels is in Gaborone, capital of this nation Botswana |
#7046, aired 2015-04-13 | BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMERS $1000: This late North Carolina coach who won 879 games Dean Smith |
#7029, aired 2015-03-19 | HOLLYWOOD IS DESTRUCTIVE $400: Will Smith starred in this film as a Marine fighter pilot helping humanity fight off an alien invasion Independence Day |
#6979, aired 2015-01-08 | COLORFUL ANAGRAMS $800: Robert Smith's band changes its name to a light brownish hue Cure & ecru |
#6978, aired 2015-01-07 | TV ADJECTIVES $600: Referring to animated CIA agent Stan Smith:
"____ Dad!" American |
#6971, aired 2014-12-29 | THE BRIT ON THE BANKNOTE $800: Money mattered to this 18th century economist featured on the 20-pound note starting in 2007 Adam Smith |
#6960, aired 2014-12-12 | CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY SHOES $800: Brian Smith founded this brand in 1979 to import sheepskin boots to the U.S. from Australia Uggs |
#6954, aired 2014-12-04 | CELEBS $600: This son of Will Smith is following in his footsteps Jaden Smith |
#6927, aired 2014-10-28 | GILLIGAN! $1600: Vince Gilligan co-wrote this 2008 Will Smith film about a down-&-out, whale-flinging superhero Hancock |
#6906, aired 2014-09-29 | HIPPO CAMPUS $1200: In cinema studies we critique Jada Pinkett Smith's work as Gloria the Hippo in this animated movie series Madagascar |
#6901, aired 2014-09-22 | ONE SHORT OF AN EGOT $400: Maggie Smith a Grammy |
#6901, aired 2014-09-22 | WORD PUZZLES $400: I loved Will Smith in this one "Men in Black" |
#6893, aired 2014-07-30 | POP CULTURE $800: Peter Capaldi replaced Matt Smith as the Time Lord on this British TV series Doctor Who |
#6891, aired 2014-07-28 | CELEBRITIES $1200: This father & son co-starred in 2013's "After Earth" Will and Jaden Smith |
#6883, aired 2014-07-16 | HIS LAST NFL TEAM $400: Emmitt Smith ended up being for the birds & this desert-dwelling team the Cardinals |
#6882, aired 2014-07-15 | ON THE BOOKSHELF $400: Winston Smith works at the Ministry of Truth in this novel 1984 |
#6881, aired 2014-07-14 | ADD A LETTER $1200: Add an "R" to a place where a Smith works to get this counterfeiter forger |
#6867, aired 2014-06-24 | ECON 101 $500 (Daily Double): In 1778, after detailing the "invisible hand" guiding commerce, he became a commissioner of customs Adam Smith |
#6863, aired 2014-06-18 | CELEBRITY NAME CHANGES $1600: Happy trails to this cowboy couple, once Leonard Slye & Frances Smith Roy Rogers & Dale Evans |
#6852, aired 2014-06-03 | FOUNDERS DAY $400: This church founder was born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805 Joseph Smith |
#6841, aired 2014-05-19 | THE QUOTABLE TUBE $600: Hannibal Smith, on an NBC show: "I love it when a plan comes together" The A-Team |
#6825, aired 2014-04-25 | WORDS OF PAIN $1000: Elliott Smith sang "Miss" this word that denotes wretchedness; get to the depths of it misery |
#6808, aired 2014-04-02 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $2000: "God Bless America" & this beloved singer who was honored on a stamp in 2010 Kate Smith |
#6802, aired 2014-03-25 | CON MEN $800: Oh, so close--the ball was under the middle this, a "game" that was a specialty of Old West con man Soapy Smith the shell |
#6802, aired 2014-03-25 | IT'S AT THE SMITHSONIAN $800: Say, kids! It's this title puppet from Bob Smith's 1950s TV show Howdy Doody |
#6799, aired 2014-03-20 | MOVIE & TV COMPANIES $2000: A Quick Stop convenience store was central to this Kevin Smith movie franchise Clerks |
#6793, aired 2014-03-12 | CEO COMPENSATION $400: Frederick Smith of this company took home $25.3 million--not bad for an overnight delivery boy FedEx |
#6786, aired 2014-03-03 | 1990s NO. 1 HITS $400: "Wild Wild West" was a chart-topper performed by this star of the 1999 movie Will Smith |
#6777, aired 2014-02-18 | BRITISH LITERATURE $2000: Early in "1984" this character writes, "Down with Big Brother" over & over again in his diary Winston (Smith) |
#6769, aired 2014-02-06 | BOOM "BOX" $1000: Red Smith & Frank Deford are giants of this place the press box |
#6769, aired 2014-02-06 | IN THE COURTROOM $1200: In 2013 a court ruled that Dannielynn Birkhead, child of this late model, was owed $49 million Anna Nicole Smith |
#6754, aired 2014-01-16 | "IN"CEPTION $1200: It described Adam Smith's hand (his literary one, not his literal one) invisible |
#6752, aired 2014-01-14 | EMMY-WINNING DRAMATIC ACTORS $600: 2012:
As the Dowager Countess of Grantham, who really wouldn't have time for such trifling matters, Dear Maggie Smith |
#6750, aired 2014-01-10 | VACATION $800: I'll take in this Broadway show with songs like "You And Me (But Mostly Me)" & "Joseph Smith American Moses" Book Of Mormon |
#6741, aired 2013-12-30 | "HAPPY" HOUR $800: Will Smith starred in this 2006 film about an aspiring stockbroker & his son The Pursuit of Happyness |
#6727, aired 2013-12-10 | GUARDS $1200: In the 1990s this co-star of "The Green Mile" served as a bodyguard to Will Smith & Jamie Foxx Michael Clarke Duncan |
#6703, aired 2013-11-06 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1600: The undergrad school at this Northampton, Mass. college admits only women, but its grad school is coed Smith |
#6701, aired 2013-11-04 | PUP FICTION $400: Dodie Smith wrote this "numerical" story, the basis for 3 Disney feature films 101 Dalmatians |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | "C" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1614 John Smith came to New England & got rich taking thousands of these fish to sell in Old England cod |
#6693, aired 2013-10-23 | SEVEN UP $2000: Vassar & Smith are 2 of the institutions collectively known as this the Seven Sisters |
#6687, aired 2013-10-15 | THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS $800: In the Sacred Grove, seen here, he had a vision of God & Jesus in 1820; in 1830 he organized the church Joseph Smith |
#6679, aired 2013-10-03 | INFLUENTIAL WRITING $200: (CNBC's David Faber delivers the clue.) "Of the Division of Labour" & "Of the Origin and Use of Money" are chapters in this man's "Wealth of Nations" Adam Smith |
#6657, aired 2013-07-23 | A SON OF JACOB $200: Latter-Day church founder Smith Joseph |
#6655, aired 2013-07-19 | THE APPLE STORE $1200: The Beatles used this green apple variety from Australia as the logo of Apple Records Granny Smith |
#6645, aired 2013-07-05 | CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS $400: Edward J. Smith became captain of the Olympic in 1910 & of this sister ship 2 years later the Titanic |
#6645, aired 2013-07-05 | FROM BOOK TO FILM $800: The Dick King-Smith book on which this 1995 film was based is subtitled "The Gallant Pig" Babe |
#6642, aired 2013-07-02 | THE TV FAMILY'S OLDEST CHILD $2000: The Smiths on "American Dad" Hayley |
#6639, aired 2013-06-27 | COLLEGES WITH MASS. APPEAL $1200: This women's college in Northampton opened in 1875 with 14 students Smith |
#6615, aired 2013-05-24 | HISTORY'S ODDS & ENDS $600: In a Disney movie, this Patuxet man learns English in exchange for lessons in popping corn Squanto |
#6612, aired 2013-05-21 | MOVIE NAME DROPPERS $600: A 1997 Kevin Smith flick: "Chasing" her Amy |
#6611, aired 2013-05-20 | '60s BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: Perry Smith & Dick Hickock commit multiple Kansas homicides in this 1966 bestseller In Cold Blood |
#6610, aired 2013-05-17 | SCIENCE FICTION $5,000 (Daily Double): This 1954 Richard Matheson novel has inspired such films as "The Last Man on Earth" & a 2007 Will Smith movie I Am Legend |
#6608, aired 2013-05-15 | COLLEGE ACTIVITIES $800: The 2013 Easter Conference at this university was held at its Joseph Smith Building auditorium Brigham Young |
#6583, aired 2013-04-10 | MOVIE GUNS $1200: This company released a 50th anniversary edition of its Model 29 .44 Magnum, used by Dirty Harry Smith & Wesson |
#6579, aired 2013-04-04 | DRESSED-DOWN FIRST NAMES $200: Maggie, as in actress Maggie Smith Margaret |
#6578, aired 2013-04-03 | NORTH CAROLINA $800: This cape, the southern tip of Smith Island, lends its name to a scary film & its remake Cape Fear |
#6575, aired 2013-03-29 | A PERSON, PLACE & THING $600: A "Fresh Prince",
a Kansas county,
a women's college Smith |
#6570, aired 2013-03-22 | COMPASS POINT MOVIES $800: A giant mechanical spider plays a key role in this 1999 Will Smith movie set in the 19th Century Wild Wild West |
#6570, aired 2013-03-22 | WE PUT CHARACTERS ON TRIAL $800: The Ministry of Love was the scene of the trial of this main character; his lawyer is appealing-- after 29 years Winston Smith |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | EX-PATS $400: A "phantom" in this Tony-winning actor's past is his birth name, Michael Patrick Dumble-Smith (Michael) Crawford |
#6560, aired 2013-03-08 | WORDS WITH A DOUBLE L $1000: "God is love. Love is blind. Bob Smith is blind. Therefore Bob Smith is God" is a faulty this philosophic term syllogism |
#6556, aired 2013-03-04 | CELEBRITIES LOVE TV $400: (I'm BBC news anchor Katty Kay.) I can't get enough of Maggie Smith's dowager countess on this PBS show with lines like "Don't be defeatist, dear, it's very middle class" Downton Abbey |
#6546, aired 2013-02-18 | LET'S GO TO THE CIRCUS $1200: David Smith Sr. once flew over 2 Ferris wheels, 201 feet up, as part of this act a human cannonball |
#6533, aired 2013-01-30 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS $800: Male Performance 2008:
Him in "I Am Legend" Will Smith |
#6508, aired 2012-12-26 | THE ARTS $1600: In 2012 Joshua Bell played this instrument at the grand opening of Vegas' Smith Center for the Performing Arts the violin |
#6497, aired 2012-12-11 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS $3,000 (Daily Double): An 1877 cartoon showed 12 widows crying in bed, mourning the death of this man Brigham Young |
#6496, aired 2012-12-10 | SOMEBODY CALLED FOR A DOCTRINE $600: "Doctrine and Covenants", one of the 4 scriptures of Mormonism, contains more revelations from this man Joseph Smith |
#6496, aired 2012-12-10 | LANDMARKS $3,400 (Daily Double): This Moscow green space gave Martin Cruz Smith a novel title Gorky Park |
#6490, aired 2012-11-30 | AT THE MOVIES $400: In Men In Black III, now on BluRay, Will Smith's partner, a young Agent K, is played by this actor Josh Brolin |
#6488, aired 2012-11-28 | THE OAKLAND "B"s $1000: Francis Smith, the 19th c. "king" of this mineral soap additive, helped build Oakland's streetcar system borax |
#6431, aired 2012-07-30 | PERFORMING KIDS $1200: Last name of Willow & Jaden, whose parents with similar names do some acting, too Smith |
#6428, aired 2012-07-25 | THE 1870s $200: In 1873 this gunmaker's company introduced its most popular revolver, the Peacemaker (Samuel) Colt |
#6428, aired 2012-07-25 | THE 1870s $400: On October 2, 1871 this Mormon leader was arrested for practicing polygamy Brigham Young |
#6426, aired 2012-07-23 | NUMERICAL NOVEL BY CHARACTERS $400: Winston Smith, Julia 1984 |
#6417, aired 2012-07-10 | AT THE BEACH $600 (Daily Double): The brand Gordon & Smith began by making these in a Pacific Beach, California garage in 1959 surfboards |
#6417, aired 2012-07-10 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $2000: In the 1830s this founder of a religion & his flock lived in self-sustaining communities called Stakes of Zion Joseph Smith |
#6397, aired 2012-06-12 | THE MAINE COURSE $2000: The first woman to serve in both houses of Congress, this Skowhegan native was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1948 Margaret Chase Smith |
#6396, aired 2012-06-11 | GEOGRAPHY BY THE BOOK $800: Betty Smith planted a story with "A Tree Grows In" this borough Brooklyn |
#6386, aired 2012-05-28 | OLD TESTAMENT NAME'S THE SAME $200: Smith, Sandler, Clayton Powell Jr. Adam |
#6386, aired 2012-05-28 | TV TITLE REFERENCES $1200: Animated U.S. father Stan Smith American Dad |
#6385, aired 2012-05-25 | SPELLING WITH THE STARS $800: The Doors & Patti Smith have both recorded the Van Morrison song shouting this gal's name G-L-O-R-I-A |
#6378, aired 2012-05-16 | POLITICAL CINEMA $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1939 Jimmy Stewart classic premiered here at Constitution Hall
"It's just the blood and bone and sinew of this democracy that some great men handed down to the human race, that's all!" Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
#6375, aired 2012-05-11 | MAY DAYS $600: In May of 1607 captain John Smith arrived at the Virginia site where he would help establish this settlement Jamestown |
#6371, aired 2012-05-07 | POP CULTURE $1200: This 3-letter word comes before "Australia" in the name of a brand of sheepskin boots introduced to the U.S. by Brian Smith Ugg |
#6364, aired 2012-04-26 | WHO PLAYED THE MRS.? $800: Mrs. Smith in 2005's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" Angelina Jolie |
#6364, aired 2012-04-26 | LITERARY VILLAINS $1200: Pretending to be an ally of Winston Smith in this novel, O'Brien is a party leader who's been watching Winston for years 1984 |
#6357, aired 2012-04-17 | WILL SMITH MOVIES $200: 2007:
"My name is Robert Neville. I'm a survivor living in New York City... If there's anybody out there..." I Am Legend |
#6357, aired 2012-04-17 | WILL SMITH MOVIES $400: 1997:
"When do I get my own flashy, little memory messer-upper thing?" Men in Black |
#6357, aired 2012-04-17 | WILL SMITH MOVIES $600: 1996:
"Welcome to Earth!" Independence Day |
#6357, aired 2012-04-17 | WILL SMITH MOVIES $800: 2005:
"Lean in, place your hand on the small of her back, say it in her ear like a secret. But watch your hand placement" Hitch |
#6357, aired 2012-04-17 | WILL SMITH MOVIES $1000: 2004:
"I think you murdered him because he was teaching you to simulate emotions" I, Robot |
#6357, aired 2012-04-17 | WE'LL LEAVE TONIGHT $1200: In October 2006 Patti Smith presided over the last night at this iconic rock club where she began her career CBGB's |
#6337, aired 2012-03-20 | BESTSELLERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Seth Grahame-Smith revealed an unknown aspect of the Civil War in the horror-history hybrid called Him: "Vampire Hunter" Abraham Lincoln |
#6326, aired 2012-03-05 | PRETTY GOOD MODELS $2000: The G.E. Smith Telecaster is from this guitar company Fender |
#6316, aired 2012-02-20 | THEME $1000: Rod McKuen wrote & sang "Jean", the theme song of this 1969 Maggie Smith film The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie |
#6314, aired 2012-02-16 | GETTING AN EDUCATION $1200: Economics: This "wealth of nations" man called laissez-faire capitalism the system of perfect liberty Adam Smith |
#6313, aired 2012-02-15 | PARTY LIKE IT'S 1899 $600: Smith & Wesson introduced the K-frame M&P revolver known as this numerical "special" .38 |
#6307, aired 2012-02-07 | THE I.T. FACTOR $200: This term for a small program that runs within an application sounds like a baby Granny Smith an applet |
#6307, aired 2012-02-07 | ACTOR/ $400: He starred in "Men in Black" & rapped the title song on the soundtrack Will Smith |
#6300, aired 2012-01-27 | CHILD ACTORS $800: This kid with a familiar last name is seen here in a 2010 film Jaden Smith |
#6298, aired 2012-01-25 | THE BAND IS REALLY COOKING $400: Many years apart, Willie "The Lion" Smith & Weezer recorded songs called "Pork &" these "Beans" |
#6296, aired 2012-01-23 | SCIENCE-FICTION TV $1200: In this series the Robinsons were headed to a distant star on the Jupiter II until Dr. Smith got in the way Lost in Space |
#6292, aired 2012-01-17 | MUHAMMAD ALI AT 70 $1000: For 8 years this actor insisted he wasn't up to playing Ali, but in the end Ali said, "I even thought he was me" Will Smith |
#6281, aired 2012-01-02 | THE SUPER BOWL'S TOP RUSHER $1000: Super Bowl XXVIII:
This Cowboys Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith |
#6272, aired 2011-12-20 | TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL $400: According to this prophet's "History", an angel appeared at his bedside & told him where to find the gold plates Joseph Smith |
#6270, aired 2011-12-16 | THE VILLAGE IDIOM $2000: The village undertaker literally "knows" this phrase, but Mrs. Smith the postmistress knows too where the bodies are buried |
#6259, aired 2011-12-01 | "IGGY" POP $400: A 1998 hit for Will Smith "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" |
#6256, aired 2011-11-28 | MADAM, I'M ADAM SMITH $400: Folks never seem to remember, but my masterwork is actually titled "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of" this The Wealth of Nations |
#6256, aired 2011-11-28 | MADAM, I'M ADAM SMITH $800: I spent most of the final years of my life in this Scottish capital, where I died & am buried Edinburgh |
#6256, aired 2011-11-28 | MADAM, I'M ADAM SMITH $1200: At 40, I quit my professor gig to act as this private teacher, from Latin for "watcher", for a young duke (I got a big raise) a tutor |
#6256, aired 2011-11-28 | MADAM, I'M ADAM SMITH $2000: The 20 pound note shows me & my great idea of the stages of work getting split among specialists; it's this 3-word concept division of labor |
#6256, aired 2011-11-28 | MADAM, I'M ADAM SMITH $5,000 (Daily Double): I once wrote that without seeing it, men are led to "advance the interest of the society" by this anatomical agent an invisible hand |
#6252, aired 2011-11-22 | CARTOON VOICES $800: In "Pocahontas" Mel Gibson was the voice of this English captain John Smith |
#6232, aired 2011-10-25 | ACTING THE PART $1000: This dame's roles have included the Mother Superior in "Sister Act", Granny Wendy in "Hook" & Miss Jean Brodie (Maggie) Smith |
#6222, aired 2011-10-11 | COLLEGE SPORTS $1200: The model for this, originally called the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, was NYU football player Ed Smith the Heisman |
#6207, aired 2011-09-20 | STATELY RIVERS $600: Fort Smith & Little Rock are among the cities located on its banks the Arkansas River |
#6201, aired 2011-07-25 | PULITZER-WINNING NOVELS $400: Richard Ford wrote this novel in which Will Smith saves the world from alien invasion... wait, that's not right Independence Day |
#6196, aired 2011-07-18 | WOMEN IN SCIENCE $2000: Rosa Smith Eigenmann, discoverer of the blind goby, was the first important woman in this -ology ichthyology |
#6194, aired 2011-07-14 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $800: Alexander McCall Smith:
"The No. 1 ___ Detective Agency" Ladies |
#6188, aired 2011-07-06 | POP CULTURE $400: This son of Will Smith turns 13 this week & says math is his favorite subject-- let's get him a textbook Jaden Smith |
#6185, aired 2011-07-01 | AD SLOGANS $400: "We make money the old-fashioned way. We earn it" Smith Barney |
#6183, aired 2011-06-29 | FROM SPORTS BOOK TO FILM $800: Will Smith played a mystical caddie in the adaptation of the Steven Pressfield novel "The Legend of" him Bagger Vance |
#6153, aired 2011-05-18 | MOVIE DEMISES $1200: In "Seven Pounds" this actor gets in a bathtub with a deadly box jellyfish Will Smith |
#6152, aired 2011-05-17 | RECENT NONFICTION $4,000 (Daily Double): This singer won a National Book Award for "Just Kids", about her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe Patti Smith |
#6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 1840s AMERICA $800: On July 12, 1843 he announced that a divine revelation legitimized polygamy (Joseph) Smith |
#6140, aired 2011-04-29 | ARBOR DAY READING? $2000: Francie knows that the tree in her yard isn't a pine or a hemlock in this classic by Betty Smith A Tree Grows In Brooklyn |
#6136, aired 2011-04-25 | THE OPENING VERSE $2,000 (Daily Double): "The Courtship of Miles Standish" mentions this man, "friend, and household companion" of Miles John Alden |
#6129, aired 2011-04-14 | TV SHOW CASTING CALL $400: Kate Jackson,
Farrah Fawcett,
Jaclyn Smith Charlie's Angels |
#6127, aired 2011-04-12 | 1990s TV $200: Will Smith rapped, "Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of" this Bel-Air |
#6125, aired 2011-04-08 | 21st CENTURY MUSIC $400: The stage name of this R&B singer born Shaffer Smith is a play on the name of a character in "The Matrix" Ne-Yo |
#6102, aired 2011-03-08 | BOOK NUMBERS $400: "The Starlight
Barking" is Dodie Smith's sequel to this 1956 classic kids' book The 101 Dalmatians |
#6098, aired 2011-03-02 | COPPING OUT AT THE MOVIES $2000: He did a "Hitch" as Del Spooner, a robot-hating Chicago cop investigating a murder in 2004's "I, Robot" (Will) Smith |
#6097, aired 2011-03-01 | ON YOUR COLLEGE VISIT... $1000: If you're a guy, be prepared for odd looks when you visit this Mass. school where Gloria Steinem went Smith |
#6095, aired 2011-02-25 | CURRENT MUSIC $600: This celebrity kid wasn't weeping when she hit the charts with "Whip My Hair" Willow Smith |
#6091, aired 2011-02-21 | TV CARTOON BY CHARACTERS $1600: Hayley Smith,
Klaus the goldfish,
Roger the alien American Dad! |
#6078, aired 2011-02-02 | SPORTS LEGENDS $200: In 2010 he became the second Emmitt in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Smith |
#6077, aired 2011-02-01 | MOVIE REMAKES $800: Jaden Smith stepped into Ralph Macchio's gi for this 2010 remake The Karate Kid |
#6072, aired 2011-01-25 | BIOPIC-NIC $800: 2001:
Will Smith as this poet/pugilist Muhammad Ali |
#6072, aired 2011-01-25 | ANIMAL TERMS $2000: Teens who frequent shopping centers are called these, the title of a Kevin Smith film mall rats |
#6060, aired 2011-01-07 | POETS OF SONG $1000: "Love is a banquet on which we feed" is from "Because The Night", co-written by this poetess of punk Patti Smith |
#6058, aired 2011-01-05 | LITERARY E-MAIL ADDRESSES $2000: diarist@1984ministry-of-truth.gov Winston Smith |
#6056, aired 2011-01-03 | DUDE-ER-ONOMY $1600: He didn't say much as Silent Bob in "Clerks" but no one in the film could say anything without him: he wrote the pic, too (Kevin) Smith |
#6055, aired 2010-12-31 | THE COMPANY HE KEPT $800: Roger B. Smith (& not me) ran this mega-company from 1981 to 1990 General Motors |
#6048, aired 2010-12-22 | GATHER 'ROUND THE "TRE" $600: Korean War General Oliver Smith said, "we are not" doing this, but "advancing in a different direction" retreating |
#6046, aired 2010-12-20 | A VISIT TO AUSTRALIA $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew sits behind a pile of sheep fleece at Tobruk Sheep Station, Maroota, Australia; next to her is a bale of fleece labeled "TOBRUK STATION".) From the 1830s to the 1970s wool was Australia's top export, & it's still seen in products like this brand of boots founded by Aussie Brian Smith UGGs |
#6041, aired 2010-12-13 | STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $400: Temple Square & the Joseph Smith Memorial Building Salt Lake City |
#6034, aired 2010-12-02 | CELEBRITIES' KIDS' NAMES $600: His daughter Willow played his daughter Marley in "I Am Legend" Will Smith |
#6025, aired 2010-11-19 | JOURNALISM $800: A "lockout" is an identifier like "Joe Smith, WTI Radio, Schenectady," this state New York |
#6022, aired 2010-11-16 | ENVIRONMENTALISM $800: In 1872 Scottish scientist Robert Angus Smith first described this toxic precipitation & its effects acid rain |
#6022, aired 2010-11-16 | TEACHING ASSISTANCE $1000: Your econ prof thanks you for photocopying key passages of this 1776 Adam Smith work for everyone Wealth of Nations |
#6018, aired 2010-11-10 | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT $200: Will Smith married this actress in 1997 Jada Pinkett |
#6017, aired 2010-11-09 | COLLEGE HANGOUTS $400: Smith College students can sip this at the Haymarket Cafe, knowing it's what "cafe" means coffee |
#6012, aired 2010-11-02 | THE ARTS $200: Modernist jeweler Art Smith opened his first shop in this New York City "Village" in 1946 Greenwich Village |
#6009, aired 2010-10-28 | IT'S NOT UNUSUAL $600: Belonging to nearly 2.4 million people as of the 2000 census, it's the USA's most common surname Smith |
#6009, aired 2010-10-28 | 3-LETTER MOVIE TITLES $1600: Will Smith hooks & jabs Ali |
#5994, aired 2010-10-07 | BOOKS' OTHER TITLES $800: Dodie Smith's "The Great Dog Robbery" 101 Dalmatians |
#5993, aired 2010-10-06 | ALL HAIL $600: Edna St. Vincent Millay, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Margaret Chase Smith Maine |
#5990, aired 2010-10-01 | NFL RECORDS $1000: This Cowboy has the most career rushing attempts with 4,409; he's not a bad dancer, either Emmitt Smith |
#5980, aired 2010-09-17 | SCIENCE FICTION FILMS $400: Although its title is a holiday, this 1996 Will Smith film went into general release one day before that holiday Independence Day |
#5972, aired 2010-07-27 | MR. ROBINSON $2000: Walker Smith used this name as a professional boxer Sugar Ray Robinson |
#5971, aired 2010-07-26 | ORIGINAL TITLES IN LITERATURE? $400: 1949:
"Big Brother & The Holding Co.: A Winston Smith Novel" 1984 |
#5965, aired 2010-07-16 | CONAN THE DOCUMENTARIAN $600: This man spent an entire film trying to talk to GM chairman Roger Smith; talk to a foe, & not smite him? Confusing! Michael Moore |
#5964, aired 2010-07-15 | ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS $600: This "Clerks" director said, "I'm way fat... but I'm just not there yet" after Southwest de-planed him for being overweight Kevin Smith |
#5956, aired 2010-07-05 | PEOPLE FROM PENNSYLVANIA $800: As a teen in Philly, this "Hancock" star began rapping under the name the Fresh Prince Will Smith |
#5951, aired 2010-06-28 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACHES $600: Dean Smith
(1962-1997) University of North Carolina |
#5948, aired 2010-06-23 | THAT FILM'S A DISASTER $400: Instead of curing cancer, a virus has been created, leaving Will Smith to fend for himself in NYC I Am Legend |
#5920, aired 2010-05-14 | PRESIDENTS: THIS IS YOUR WIFE! $800: Abigail Smith John Adams |
#5908, aired 2010-04-28 | SUPREME COURTSHIP $1,000 (Daily Double): He wed Marion Stearns in 1946, 8 years after he led he NFL in rushing Byron "Whizzer" White |
#5905, aired 2010-04-23 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: This man considered a prophet by many was born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805 Joseph Smith |
#5903, aired 2010-04-21 | THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS $600: Nicole Kidman dropped out of playing Brad Pitt's wife in this film; you may have heard Angelina Jolie got the part Mr. & Mrs. Smith |
#5903, aired 2010-04-21 | THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS $800: Will Smith turned down the lead in this futuristic 1999 flick, later saying of it, "Keanu was brilliant" The Matrix |
#5895, aired 2010-04-09 | THE 1920s $400: In 1928 presidential candidate Al Smith went against his party's position by opposing this amendment the 18th Amendment |
#5894, aired 2010-04-08 | HOMAGES TO STAR WARS $1600: Kevin Smith's movie "Jay and Silent Bob" do this features a lightsaber battle with Mark Hamill Strike Back |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | GET THEE TO A RUNNER-Y $1600: The NFL's career rushing TD leader with 164, this ex-Cowboy also was the "Dancing With The Stars" champ in '06 Emmitt Smith |
#5885, aired 2010-03-26 | REMINDS ME OF MY FIRST MARRIAGE $1600: Her first hubby was Billy Smith; she was a topless dancer when she met No. 2, oilman J. Howard Marshall, 60+ years her senior Anna Nicole Smith |
#5876, aired 2010-03-15 | MOVIES' ALTERNATE ENDINGS $600: An alternate ending for this movie has Will Smith alive & a reunion of vampire lovers I Am Legend |
#5876, aired 2010-03-15 | MOVIES' ALTERNATE ENDINGS $800: Dante got shot while minding the convenience store in the original end of this Kevin Smith comedy Clerks |
#5856, aired 2010-02-15 | WHO PLAYED 'EM? $400: From 2001 on:
Minerva McGonagall, one of Harry Potter's professors Maggie Smith |
#5852, aired 2010-02-09 | THE NON-BEATLES ROCK BAND $800: Formed in 2008, Chickenfoot had Chad Smith of the Peppers, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony & this ex-Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar |
#5842, aired 2010-01-26 | HOLD THE FORT $1000: During the 1840s Fort Smith in Arkansas was under the command of this general & future President Taylor |
#5833, aired 2010-01-13 | MOVIE POLITICIANS $600: Jimmy Stewart has a few things to say to the Senate in this 1939 film & he goes on... & on... & on... Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
#5827, aired 2010-01-05 | IS THIS A RERUN? $800: Matt Smith is the latest actor to be this sci-fi "Dr.", previously played by Peter Davison & Tom Baker Doctor Who |
#5823, aired 2009-12-30 | SUPER 8 $1600: Eric Sevareid & Howard K. Smith were 2 of the 8 newsmen known as this reporter's "Boys" Edward R. Murrow |
#5822, aired 2009-12-29 | THE SMITHS $200: Explorer said to have been saved by Pocahontas John Smith |
#5822, aired 2009-12-29 | THE SMITHS $400: Howdy Doody, seen here as a bobblehead, was created by this man, his TV costar Buffalo Bob Smith |
#5822, aired 2009-12-29 | THE SMITHS $800: Leading blues singer of the 1920s who recorded nearly 200 songs Bessie Smith |
#5822, aired 2009-12-29 | THE SMITHS $1000: Rhodesian politician who declared independence from Great Britain Ian Smith |
#5822, aired 2009-12-29 | THE SMITHS $1,200 (Daily Double): Founded a church in 1830, murdered 14 years later Joseph Smith |
#5816, aired 2009-12-21 | LET'S PLAY SOME GOLF $800: Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon) recaptures his swing with the help of a caddy in "The Legend of" him (Will Smith) Bagger Vance |
#5804, aired 2009-12-03 | COMMON LAST NAME'S THE SAME $600: Kate,
Keely,
Will Smith |
#5798, aired 2009-11-25 | FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN 2009 $400: Ding dong, Elizabeth Smith, president of this company, calling at No. 85 Avon |
#5791, aired 2009-11-16 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $800: Seth Grahame-Smith rewrote this beloved Jane Austen novel, adding ultraviolent zombie mayhem Pride and Prejudice |
#5777, aired 2009-10-27 | ECONOMISTS $800: This Scot's 1776 work contained 5 books, including "Of Systems of Political Economy" Adam Smith |
#5758, aired 2009-09-30 | MADAM SENATOR $400: Olympia Snowe & Susan Collins represent this state that elected Margaret Chase Smith to both houses Maine |
#5757, aired 2009-09-29 | AT THE MOVIES $1600: Will Smith has weight as an IRS agent changing the lives of others in this film Seven Pounds |
#5745, aired 2009-07-24 | "GUN" SMOKE $800: It was an accident with this substance that caused John Smith to go back to England in 1609 gunpowder |
#5737, aired 2009-07-14 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1612 this English captain published "A Map of Virginia" John Smith |
#5731, aired 2009-07-06 | ORDER IN THE SUPREME COURT $1600: Her marriage to Texas oilman J. Howard Marshall became a Supreme Court ordeal in 2006 Anna Nicole Smith |
#5727, aired 2009-06-30 | A MAN CALLED HORACE $400: In 1852 Horace Smith teamed up with this man to manufacture firearms (Daniel) Wesson |
#5722, aired 2009-06-23 | THE RAZZIES FOR 2008 $600: Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Meg Ryan & Jada Pinkett Smith shared an acting nom for this remake The Women |
#5702, aired 2009-05-26 | EUROPEAN ART & ARTISTS $2000: Joseph Smith, British consul in Venice, was a patron of this mid-17th century view painter Canaletto |
#5699, aired 2009-05-21 | ALSO A CANTERBURY TALES PILGRIM $600: Dante & Randal in a 1994 Kevin Smith movie clerks |
#5686, aired 2009-05-04 | HEISMAN WINNERS $800: In 2006 Troy Smith joined Eddie George & back-to-back winner Archie Griffin as winners from this school Ohio State |
#5680, aired 2009-04-24 | THAT'S MY KID! $2000: 1615:
Pocahontas
(& don't say John Smith, you'll be sad if you do) (John) Rolfe |
#5663, aired 2009-04-01 | NO. 1 HITMAKERS OF THE '90s $400: 1997:
"Men In Black" Will Smith |
#5660, aired 2009-03-27 | MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS $1200: In Hong Kong this Will Smith movie is "Superhero Always Stand By You Whenever or Wherever You Need Help" Hancock |
#5641, aired 2009-03-02 | ADAM $400: He said to found a great empire only for customers seems to be a project "for a nation of shopkeepers" Adam Smith |
#5626, aired 2009-02-09 | BROOKLYN IS BOOKLAND $2000: "There were songs and dancing on the Brooklyn streets in those long ago summers" in this Betty Smith novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
#5608, aired 2009-01-14 | SCULPTURE MATERIAL $1200: David Smith's very reflective, metallic "Cubi" series of the 1960s stainless steel |
#5607, aired 2009-01-13 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED: ACTING EDITION $1600: Sam Neill was in 2 "Jurassic Park" films; lookalike Hugo Weaving was the menacing Agent Smith in this trilogy The Matrix |
#5600, aired 2009-01-02 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $800: Alexander McCall Smith has written a series of books about the "No. 1 Ladies"' this Detective Agency |
#5598, aired 2008-12-31 | MOVIE CALENDAR $600: Will Smith & Jeff Goldblum save the world from an alien invasion in this 1996 thriller Independence Day |
#5595, aired 2008-12-26 | 1890s CINEMA $400: In an 1898 film by G.A. Smith, this character enters & leaves a room via the chimney Santa Claus |
#5595, aired 2008-12-26 | PRESIDENTIAL RUNNERS-UP $2000: 1928:
Al Smith Herbert Hoover |
#5594, aired 2008-12-25 | GET 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 |
#5593, aired 2008-12-24 | ALBUMS $1000: Robert Mapplethorpe shot the cover of "Horses", an album by this influential female rocker Patti Smith |
#5584, aired 2008-12-11 | HERE'S THE PISTOLS $1000: Though the names don't start with M or P, this 2-named company makes the M&P compact 9mm Smith & Wesson |
#5574, aired 2008-11-27 | THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a photo of a Dallas Cowboys player.) At the Pro Football Hall of Fame, you can try to catch 22, but this Cowboy was so explosive, he danced his way to the NFL's all-time rushing record Emmitt Smith |
#5573, aired 2008-11-26 | DEAR JOHN $600: In 1614 this colonist & adventurer made the first English maps of New England John Smith |
#5560, aired 2008-11-07 | SCOTSMEN $800: His "Wealth of Nations" is widely considered the first great work in political economy Adam Smith |
#5552, aired 2008-10-28 | CRAYOLA: A COLORFUL HISTORY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with machinery at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) Edwin Binney & this cousin of his began their partnership in 1885 to sell carbon black & other pigments; Crayolas didn't come until 1903 (Harold) Smith |
#5543, aired 2008-10-15 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $600: Sisters Patty Smith Hill & Mildred J. Hill co-wrote "Good Morning To You", which became the melody for this song "Happy Birthday To You" |
#5541, aired 2008-10-13 | FLESH-EATERS! $400: Will Smith's dog Sam is bitten by infected dogs in this 2007 blockbuster I Am Legend |
#5537, aired 2008-10-07 | SOFT "C" $600: Juice from a Granny Smith cider |
#5532, aired 2008-09-30 | 3 OR MORE WIVES $1600: Judy Nye,
Janie Shirley Smith,
Jane Fonda Ted Turner |
#5524, aired 2008-09-18 | ANGELINA JOLIE $800: As Jane Smith, Angelina asks him, "Any last words?"; as John Smith, his reply... "The new curtains are hideous" Brad Pitt |
#5517, aired 2008-09-09 | MOVIE ACTORS BY ROLE $400: Det. Mike Lowrey,
Captain James West,
Hancock Will Smith |
#5516, aired 2008-09-08 | EXPRESS YOURSELF $2000: Adam Smith wrote of one of these hard-to-see body parts when describing laissez-faire an invisible hand |
#5502, aired 2008-07-08 | MERE SMITHS $400: In a 1939 film, he played Mr. Jefferson Smith, an appointee to the U.S. Senate Jimmy Stewart |
#5502, aired 2008-07-08 | MERE SMITHS $800: This director of "Clerks" played Warlock in "Live Free or Die Hard" Kevin Smith |
#5502, aired 2008-07-08 | MERE SMITHS $1200: This actress gives Lisa Simpson her distinctive voice Yeardley Smith |
#5502, aired 2008-07-08 | MERE SMITHS $1600: Dodie Smith wrote this classic tale about a plethora of puppies 101 Dalmatians |
#5502, aired 2008-07-08 | MERE SMITHS $2000: On the Grammys in 2008, this partner of Louis Prima found "That Old Black Magic" in a duet with Kid Rock Keely Smith |
#5492, aired 2008-06-24 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS $200: In the 1830s his telegraph proposals were helped by having Congressman F.O.J. Smith as a partner Morse |
#5492, aired 2008-06-24 | COVER YOUR TRACKS $600: Gary Jules made a piano ballad out of "Mad World" by this '80s Roland Orzabal & Curt Smith synth pop group Tears For Fears |
#5491, aired 2008-06-23 | STATE OF THE UNION $800: A river in this state is named for the Rappahannock tribe that John Smith met in 1607 Virginia |
#5490, aired 2008-06-20 | MOVIE MR. & MRS. $200: It's the title couple played by Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie in a 2005 movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith |
#5480, aired 2008-06-06 | MMM...BEER $200: Samuel Smith's of Yorkshire brews a brown as well as a pale type of this beer relative ale |
#5480, aired 2008-06-06 | PEOPLE $200: After the murder of Joseph Smith in 1844, he took over as leader of the Mormons Brigham Young |
#5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ODE TO JAY $1600: Jason Mewes & Kevin Smith tried to "strike back" as these 2 slackers in a 2001 comedy Jay & Silent Bob |
#5471, aired 2008-05-26 | QUASI-PRESIDENTIAL CINEMA $400: The IMDB says that this Jimmy Stewart movie was banned in fascist states because of fears that it showed democracy works Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
#5460, aired 2008-05-09 | COLLEGE STADIUMS & ARENAS $1600: The UNC basketball center is named for this coach who had 879 wins Dean Smith |
#5449, aired 2008-04-24 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $2000: Mormon religion founder Joseph, or "Howdy Doody Show" founder Buffalo Bob Smith |
#5448, aired 2008-04-23 | FUN WITH FASHION $200: Attention, Kmart shoppers: This '70s "Charlie's Angel" has her own line of designer jeans Jaclyn Smith |
#5448, aired 2008-04-23 | 1984 $1600: This main character of "1984" works at the Ministry of Truth Winston Smith |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | MELROSE PLACE $600: Prior to "According to Jim", she spent several seasons on "Melrose" as Alison Parker Courtney Thorne-Smith |
#5443, aired 2008-04-16 | ROGER! $800: The "Roger" to Michael Moore's "Me", in 1990 this GM chairman handed over the job to Robert Stempel (Roger) Smith |
#5434, aired 2008-04-03 | QUESTIONS FROM A 1927 QUIZ BOOK $800: Alfred E. Smith & William Gibbs McAdoo were 2 of the candidates for this party's presidential nomination in 1924 the Democratic Party |
#5428, aired 2008-03-26 | PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE $600: This bassist wed Mandy Smith; after the 2 split, his son dated Mandy's mom; he could've been step-dad to his ex-step-mom Bill Wyman |
#5420, aired 2008-03-14 | NAME THE NOVEL $1000: 1961:
"Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith" Stranger In A Strange Land |
#5412, aired 2008-03-04 | JACK LONDON $800: Beauty Smith trains the title wolf dog to become a lethal dog fighter in this Jack London novel White Fang |
#5404, aired 2008-02-21 | THE TOP TEEN LIST $800: Legend says at 13, she saved Capt. John Smith from warriors of Powhatan, her father Pocahontas |
#5396, aired 2008-02-11 | WILL SMITH $200: Will helped protect the Earth from the scum of the universe as Agent J in this 1997 film Men in Black |
#5396, aired 2008-02-11 | WILL SMITH $400: Will helped protect the Earth from the scum of the universe as Captain Steven Hiller in this 1996 film Independence Day |
#5396, aired 2008-02-11 | WILL SMITH $600: Starring with son Jaden in this 2006 film must have been fun; getting a second Oscar nomination, icing on the cake The Pursuit of Happyness |
#5396, aired 2008-02-11 | WILL SMITH $800: A tagline for this 2007 Will Smith film was "The last man on Earth is not alone" I Am Legend |
#5396, aired 2008-02-11 | WILL SMITH $1000: In 2002 Will got an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of this sports icon Muhammad Ali |
#5395, aired 2008-02-08 | BORN & DIED $400: A religious leader born June 1, 1801 in Whitingham, Vermont; died Aug. 29, 1877 in Salt Lake City Brigham Young |
#5393, aired 2008-02-06 | HAM LIT $600: In a Dick King-Smith novel, Ace is the great-grandson of this "sheep-pig" Babe |
#5392, aired 2008-02-05 | NONFICTION PEOPLE $800: He's called a "Rough Stone Rolling" in a 2005 "Cultural Biography of Mormonism's Founder" Joseph Smith |
#5382, aired 2008-01-22 | 1940s TELEVISION $1200: This "Howdy Doody" host had a variety show during the 1948-49 season called "the Gulf Road Show" "Buffalo Bob" Smith |
#5373, aired 2008-01-09 | SITCOM SIBLINGS $600: Taran Noah Smith,
Zachery Ty Bryan,
Jonathan Taylor Thomas Home Improvement |
#5372, aired 2008-01-08 | FIREARMS IN SHOW BIZ $1200: Quasi-related pair time: last name of "Clerks" director Kevin & a cooking oil hawked by Florence Henderson Smith & Wesson |
#5370, aired 2008-01-04 | IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD $1000: Dirty Harry said it was "the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off" a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum |
#5364, aired 2007-12-27 | ROLE IN COMMON $1600: Robert Conrad &
Will Smith James West |
#5340, aired 2007-11-23 | BRANDED $400: C. Harold Smith & Edwin Binney began coloring the world with this brand in 1903 Crayola |
#5328, aired 2007-11-07 | SPORTS $600: This Dallas Cowboys running back rushed for an NFL record 18,355 yards Emmitt Smith |
#5327, aired 2007-11-06 | THE NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNISTS $400: After the death of Red Smith, George Vecsey became a columnist on this subject sports |
#5319, aired 2007-10-25 | RECENTLY DISCOVERED PRESIDENTIAL ADS $600: You elect him, I say in 7 months, the economy'll be in shambles. I'm Al Smith & I approved this message Herbert Hoover |
#5309, aired 2007-10-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1609 this captain was injured in a gunpowder explosion & lost his leadership role in Jamestown John Smith |
#5277, aired 2007-07-17 | NAME THE CENTURY $400: John Smith comes to Virginia to help found the Jamestown colony the 17th century |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | YOU TUBE $800: Emmitt Smith won the third installment of this show with a samba Dancing With the Stars |
#5264, aired 2007-06-28 | HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY "GAL"? $800: Meaning "thrifty", it describes gourmet TV chef Jeff Smith frugal |
#5250, aired 2007-06-08 | BIOGRAPHIES $400: Fawn Brodie, niece of a president of the Mormon Church, wrote "No Man Knows My History" about this prophet Joseph Smith |
#5242, aired 2007-05-29 | SOUNDS LIKE AN ARMY UNIT $1000: Homonym for the center of a Granny Smith or a Jonathan corps |
#5226, aired 2007-05-07 | BUSINESS PAIRINGS $1200: Company that introduced the first magnum revolver, the .357 in 1935 Smith & Wesson |
#5211, aired 2007-04-16 | MUSICAL NOBILITY $2000: Dinah Washington was "The Queen of the Blues" & this singer was "The Empress of the Blues" Bessie Smith |
#5204, aired 2007-04-05 | GEOGRAPHIC FILM & TV $400: Title destination of Mr. Smith, Billy Jack & The Happy Hooker Washington |
#5202, aired 2007-04-03 | SAX & THE CITY $600: This animated kid is voiced by Yeardley Smith, but when she plays sax, you're hearing Terry Harrington Lisa Simpson |
#5199, aired 2007-03-29 | THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION $200: In the 1950s, Sgt. Friday's partners on this show included Sgt. Ben Romero, Sgt. Ed Jacobs & Officer Frank Smith Dragnet |
#5199, aired 2007-03-29 | LET'S SPEAK JAPANESE $600: (I'm Harry Smith.) In January 2005 I covered the aftermath of one of these disasters whose name is from the Japanese for "harbor wave" a tsunami |
#5198, aired 2007-03-28 | JEFF $1200: Jeff Townes was known as this when he & Will Smith had a hit with "Summertime" DJ Jazzy Jeff |
#5189, aired 2007-03-15 | WORLD LEADERS $200: This Prime Minster became the Labour Party's leader in 1994 after John Smith died Tony Blair |
#5186, aired 2007-03-12 | EYEWITNESS TO HISTORY $800: (I'm Harry Smith.) Important news stories I've covered include the events & ceremonies of this president's funeral in 2004 Reagan |
#5169, aired 2007-02-15 | WORDS IN AMERICA $400: You may note America is, according to Rev. Samuel Smith, the "land where my fathers" did this died |
#5165, aired 2007-02-09 | MOVIES $2000: Will Smith is struggling single father Chris Gardner in this film based on a true story The Pursuit of Happyness |
#5160, aired 2007-02-02 | FOOD & DRINK BRANDS $400: That's Dorothy Hope Smith's unfinished sketch of a neighbor's baby on the labels of this brand Gerber's |
#5131, aired 2006-12-25 | SPORTS VENUES $800: (I'm Harry Smith.) In 1992 I helped host the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France & again in 1994 in this Norwegian city Lillehammer |
#5128, aired 2006-12-20 | MC J-GIL IN DA HIZZ-OUSE (FEAT. DJ T-BEK) $600: (Alex: Here's our next rapper...)
"Crib for my mom on the outskirts of Philly, you trying to flex on me don't be silly...Gettin' jiggy wit it" Will Smith |
#5124, aired 2006-12-14 | CELL BLOCK CINEMA $1,000 (Daily Double): The scenes of Perry Smith being interviewed in jail in this 2005 film were shot in Manitoba, not in Kansas Capote |
#5119, aired 2006-12-07 | THOMAS JEFFERSON'S READING LIST $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1771 this man hadn't turned to economics yet, but his "Theory of Moral Sentiments" is recommended Adam Smith |
#5117, aired 2006-12-05 | CAPRA CLASSICS $400: Capra went to the Lincoln Memorial for inspiration before shooting this film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
#5114, aired 2006-11-30 | COLUMBIA $400: In a 2005 release Will Smith as this "date doctor" helped out the romantically helpless Kevin James Hitch |
#5113, aired 2006-11-29 | HE SAID, SHE SAID $600: Sydney Smith was quoted as saying "There are 3 of" this palindromic word--males, females "and clergymen" sexes |
#5111, aired 2006-11-27 | GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS $800: Appropriate 10 letter nickname of David Smith Sr. shown here; he has travelled a record 185 ft., 10 in. the Human Cannonball |
#5110, aired 2006-11-24 | GEOLOGY $2000: William Smith's 1815 map "of England and Wales" showed these rock layers in different colors strata |
#5103, aired 2006-11-15 | SMITH $400: The first Grammy for Best Rap Performance went to DJ Jazzy Jeff & this "Fresh Prince" Will Smith |
#5103, aired 2006-11-15 | SMITH $800: Betty Smith wrote about young Francie Nolan in her novel "A Tree Grows in" this New York City borough Brooklyn |
#5103, aired 2006-11-15 | SMITH $1200: Winston Smith is a writer of Newspeak for the Ministry of Truth in this George Orwell novel 1984 |
#5103, aired 2006-11-15 | SMITH $1600: A New York City Fire Department fireboat is named for this 1928 pres. candidate known as the "Happy Warrior" Al Smith |
#5103, aired 2006-11-15 | SMITH $2000: Economist Adam Smith is best known for "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of" this the Wealth of Nations |
#5101, aired 2006-11-13 | GRAND CENTRAL STATION $600: An entire alien civilization lives in a locker at Grand Central in the sequel to this Will Smith-Tommy Lee Jones film Men In Black |
#5093, aired 2006-11-01 | THE ECONOMY $400: In a 1776 work he wrote, "Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production" Adam Smith |
#5064, aired 2006-09-21 | PARENTS $1,600 (Daily Double): Maiden name of the mother of Martin Luther King III Scott |
#5061, aired 2006-09-18 | SINGERS ON FILM $400: As Jimmy "Rabbit" Smith in "8 Mile" Eminem |
#5061, aired 2006-09-18 | PUNCH LINES $1000: Red Smith wrote that this Cinderella Man's "time was the Great Depression and he was a man of his time" James J. Braddock |
#5038, aired 2006-07-05 | GREAT BRITONS $800 (Daily Double): This philosopher of the Enlightenment helped shape the U.S. Constitution with his "Two Treatises" John Locke |
#5037, aired 2006-07-04 | POETS & POETRY $400: This troubled poet, an alumna of Smith College, used the pseudonym Victoria Lucas Sylvia Plath |
#5035, aired 2006-06-30 | FIRST LADIES' FATHERS $400: Wilburn Edgar Smith, a Plains, Georgia mechanic Rosalynn Carter |
#5035, aired 2006-06-30 | FACT $1000: Ray Charles Leonard became Sugar Ray Leonard; Walker Smith, Jr. became this boxer Sugar Ray Robinson |
#5030, aired 2006-06-23 | COWBOYS & INDIANS $1000: Once captured by John Smith, this Pawtuxet taught colonists Indian methods of planting & fertilizing corn Squanto |
#5025, aired 2006-06-16 | THE INDIE 5 $2000: Much of this movie was filmed in the store where director Kevin Smith was working at the time Clerks |
#5019, aired 2006-06-08 | MANHATTAN'S MUSEUM MILE $800: The Museum of the City of N.Y. has the derby of this governor, the first Catholic to be a major party pres. candidate Al Smith |
#5014, aired 2006-06-01 | WOMEN IN POLITICS $800: In January 1964 this Maine senator announced that she would seek the Republican nomination for president Margaret Chase Smith |
#5007, aired 2006-05-23 | "TRUTH" OR CONSEQUENCES $1200: Winston Smith works for this ironically named government unit in the novel "1984" the Ministry of Truth |
#4993, aired 2006-05-03 | THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS OF 2006 $1000: "A DRAMA STRAIGHT FROM THE TABLOIDS" blared the Times in a story on her appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court in March Anna Nicole Smith |
#4993, aired 2006-05-03 | LITERARY THRILLERS $3,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew strolls through Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia.) A 1981 thriller by this author opens with the discovery of 3 faceless corpses here in the title setting, Moscow's Gorky Park Martin Cruz Smith |
#4991, aired 2006-05-01 | CHAMPS OF THE SQUARE CIRCLE $1200: Born Walker Smith, Jr., this "honey" of a fighter won the middleweight title 5 times in the 1950s Sugar Ray Robinson |
#4990, aired 2006-04-28 | THIRTYSOMETHING $600: In 1899 Smith & Wesson introduced the Model 10 gun that fires this special caliber .38 |
#4982, aired 2006-04-18 | THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER $1000: "Mrs. Miniver",
"Mister Roberts",
"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" Mrs. Miniver |
#4979, aired 2006-04-13 | LET'S GET MARRIED IN VEGAS! $1000: He's the blushing groom seen here after his 1967 wedding at the Riviera Roger Smith |
#4977, aired 2006-04-11 | MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $200: Fort Dix is in this state's 4th District, repped by Chris Smith, who was elected to Congress at age 27 New Jersey |
#4977, aired 2006-04-11 | MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $400: William French Smith, who held this post, 1981-1985, had a key role in putting the 1st woman on the Supreme Court Attorney General |
#4977, aired 2006-04-11 | MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $600: In 1996 Gordon Smith lost to Ron Wyden to replace Bob Packwood as a Sen. from this state; now they serve together Oregon |
#4977, aired 2006-04-11 | MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $800: Washington's 9th District is represented by this man, who has the same name as a certain economist Adam Smith |
#4977, aired 2006-04-11 | MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $1000: Parts of Comal, Hays & Travis Counties make up the 21st District of this state's Rep. Lamar Smith Texas |
#4964, aired 2006-03-23 | LET'S PLAY SOME BASKETBALL $1000: He coached the University of North Carolina men's college basketball team in 4 different decades Dean Smith |
#4960, aired 2006-03-17 | SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE $1000: "Golfer John Daly has... endorsement deals with" Dunkin' Donuts & this Anna Nicole Smith-endorsed diet aid TrimSpa |
#4957, aired 2006-03-14 | LET'S GET ECONOMICAL $1200: Born in Scotland in 1723, this economist concluded that people always act in their own best interests Adam Smith |
#4955, aired 2006-03-10 | 23 SKIDOO $2,000 (Daily Double): Governor Al Smith of this state signed a repeal of the state's Prohibition Enforcement Act, angering the feds New York |
#4947, aired 2006-02-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENTERTAINERS $200: In grade school he was nicknamed "Prince", as in Prince Charming; later he added "Fresh" to that moniker Will Smith |
#4945, aired 2006-02-24 | ALIAS SMITH & JONES $400: A 1997 Supreme Court decision permitting civil lawsuits against a sitting president was a result of Clinton v. her Paula Jones |
#4945, aired 2006-02-24 | ALIAS SMITH & JONES $800: Though he was twice accused of murder, we still have a "Whole Lotta Love" for this Scot-born U.S. Navy hero John Paul Jones |
#4945, aired 2006-02-24 | ALIAS SMITH & JONES $1200: Though not a sci-fi author, he wrote about an "invisible hand" in the marketplace in 1776 Adam Smith |
#4945, aired 2006-02-24 | ALIAS SMITH & JONES $1600: In 1928 he became the first Roman Catholic nominated for president by a major party Al Smith |
#4945, aired 2006-02-24 | ALIAS SMITH & JONES $2000: In 1624 he wrote "The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles" John Smith |
#4944, aired 2006-02-23 | GUNS $400: To quote Ice Cube, "Here's another topic I'm addressin' so learn a quick lesson about" this pair Smith & Wesson |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | LITERARY SUBTITLES $400: Dick King-Smith:
"The Gallant Pig" Babe |
#4939, aired 2006-02-16 | TV TEENS $600: This actor plays the sensitive but stubborn Ephram on "Everwood" Gregory Smith |
#4936, aired 2006-02-13 | MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS $800: They were the 2 main stars of the sequel Hong Kong knew as "Special Unit in Black Glasses Part 2" Tommy Lee Jones & Will Smith |
#4923, aired 2006-01-25 | BOROUGH BABIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Author Betty Smith's borough of birth Brooklyn |
#4916, aired 2006-01-16 | SCI-FI MOVIES BY CHARACTER $200: 1999:
Agent Smith,
Morpheus,
Cypher The Matrix |
#4913, aired 2006-01-11 | CLEVELAND ATHLETES $1000: Now in the Hall of Fame, this tight end of the '80s was known as the "Wizard of Oz" Ozzie Newsome |
#4908, aired 2006-01-04 | EARLY AMERICA $400: In 1608 Captain John Smith was elected council president of this settlement Jamestown |
#4907, aired 2006-01-03 | IT'S A GROUP THING $400: Numerical name for the group that includes Smith, Bryn Mawr & Mount Holyoke the Seven Sisters |
#4895, aired 2005-12-16 | MR. AND MRS. SMITH $400: In the early 1900s, Amanda Smith of Mrs. Smith's fame made a name for herself baking these pies |
#4895, aired 2005-12-16 | MR. AND MRS. SMITH $800: An annual festival in Sydney, Australia honors Maria Smith, the originator of this famous apple the Granny Smith apple |
#4895, aired 2005-12-16 | MR. AND MRS. SMITH $1200: A book called "In Sacred Loneliness" documents 33 of the Mrs. Smiths in his life Joseph Smith |
#4895, aired 2005-12-16 | MR. AND MRS. SMITH $1600: The UPN sitcom "All of Us" is loosely based on this Hollywood couple who also produce the show Will & Jada Pinkett Smith |
#4895, aired 2005-12-16 | MR. AND MRS. SMITH $2,000 (Daily Double): When her husband Clyde died in 1940, she took over his seat as a House Representative from Maine Margaret Chase Smith |
#4879, aired 2005-11-24 | NATIVE AMERICA $1000: John Smith's use of threats & force to get corn for the Jamestown Colony irked this Native American chief Powhatan |
#4875, aired 2005-11-18 | FICTIONAL WOMEN $2000: Winston Smith has a doomed romance with this young woman in "1984" Julia |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | 18th CENTURY BRITAIN $400: In 1776 this economist noted the value of the potato in "The Wealth of Nations" (Adam) Smith |
#4787, aired 2005-05-31 | 'ALLO, GOVERNOR! $200: Al Smith,
Mario Cuomo New York |
#4783, aired 2005-05-25 | GLOVE, AMERICAN STYLE $800: Known as "The Wizard", this Hall-of-Fame Cardinal set records for most assists & total chances accepted Ozzie Smith |
#4783, aired 2005-05-25 | GLOVE, AMERICAN STYLE $2000: One of the 2 200-meter medalists who each wore a black glove on the Mexico City Olympic victory stand (John) Carlos (or Tommie Smith) |
#4768, aired 2005-05-04 | I GET THEM CONFUSED $800: Of people named this, it wasn't Dean or Bessie but Ian who led Rhodesia Smith |
#4758, aired 2005-04-20 | JOLLY ROGER $400: GM's chairman from 1981 to 1990, he was the Roger in the documentary "Roger & Me" Roger Smith |
#4758, aired 2005-04-20 | 2 ACTORS, SAME ROLE $2000: Jonathan Harris &
Gary Oldman Dr. Smith |
#4752, aired 2005-04-12 | SINGLE-LETTER STOCKS $2000: "C", this financial services company, brought Smith Barney under its umbrella Citigroup |
#4748, aired 2005-04-06 | THE MERCHANT OF TENNIS $1600: This classic Adidas shoe is named for the 1971 U.S. Open men's singles champ Stan Smith |
#4747, aired 2005-04-05 | CROSSWORD CLUES "F" $400: On TV, type of "Gourmet" Jeff Smith was
(6) Frugal |
#4741, aired 2005-03-28 | WHO PLAYED 'EM? $200: 2005:
Date doctor Alex "Hitch" Hitchens Will Smith |
#4739, aired 2005-03-24 | SMITH COLLEGE ALUMNAE $200: She went to Smith in 1918 hoping to become a doctor; her dream was "Gone with the Wind" when her mom died in 1919 Margaret Mitchell |
#4739, aired 2005-03-24 | SMITH COLLEGE ALUMNAE $400: This chef who died at age 91 in 2004 earned a history degree from Smith in 1934 (Julia) Child |
#4739, aired 2005-03-24 | SMITH COLLEGE ALUMNAE $600: These 2 20th century First Ladies both attended Smith College in the 1940s Barbara Bush & Nancy Reagan |
#4739, aired 2005-03-24 | SMITH COLLEGE ALUMNAE $800: This 1956 grad co-founded the Ms. Foundation & the Women's Action Alliance (Gloria) Steinem |
#4739, aired 2005-03-24 | SMITH COLLEGE ALUMNAE $1000: Ann M. Martin (Smith, 1977) is the author of the book series about this "Club" The Baby-sitters Club |
#4724, aired 2005-03-03 | FEMINISM $200: Elizabeth Cady Stanton's cousin Elizabeth Smith Miller first wore these trousers named for another woman bloomers |
#4712, aired 2005-02-15 | OPERAS BY CHARACTER $400: Dick Deadeye, a sailor;
Admiral Sir Joseph Porter;
Captain Corcoran H.M.S. Pinafore |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | MAKES SCENTS TO ME! $600: Dolce & Gabbana's light blue perfume smells like bluebell, bamboo & the Granny Smith type of this apple |
#4701, aired 2005-01-31 | CLASSIC SONGS $200: Around 1831 Samuel Francis Smith wrote new lyrics to the following & called it this "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" |
#4700, aired 2005-01-28 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $800: In 1844 he succeeded Joseph Smith as leader of the Mormon Church Brigham Young |
#4697, aired 2005-01-25 | STUD $800: This "Men in Black" star turned down a scholarship offer at MIT to pursue his rapping career (Will) Smith |
#4689, aired 2005-01-13 | SONG STANDARDS $600: Kate Smith, the "First Lady of Radio", once had the exclusive rights to sing this song on the air "God Bless America" |
#4689, aired 2005-01-13 | 19th CENTURY NOTABLES $1200: This mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois tried to run for President in 1844 Joseph Smith |
#4688, aired 2005-01-12 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $800: Australia's botanists first bred these green-skinned apples in the late 19th century Granny Smith apples |
#4680, aired 2004-12-31 | EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES $2,000 (Daily Double): 1939 Oscar winner: "...you are a credit to your craft, your race and to your family" Hattie McDaniel (for her role in Gone with the Wind) |
#4670, aired 2004-12-17 | ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES $400: In 1982 President Reagan awarded this "God Bless America" singer the Presidential Medal of Freedom Kate Smith |
#4666, aired 2004-12-13 | 18th CENTURY QUOTES $1200: In this work Adam Smith wrote, "Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production" The Wealth of Nations |
#4659, aired 2004-12-02 | ECONOMICS $400: Adam Smith thought these were conspiracies against the consumer, but don't tell that to Parker Brothers monopolies |
#4655, aired 2004-11-26 | CROSSWORD CLUES "D" $400: Samson's locks-smith
(7) Delilah |
#4638, aired 2004-11-04 | GUNSMOKE $200: Horace Smith produced the first cartridge revolver pistol with this business partner Wesson |
#4638, aired 2004-11-04 | BIBLICAL NAME'S THE SAME $400: West,
Smith,
Sandler Adam |
#4633, aired 2004-10-27 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $400: Champions of this governor running for president in 1928 included the New York Yankees (Al) Smith |
#4611, aired 2004-09-27 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $400: Former St. Louis Cardinal shortstop Smith & Ms. Beecher Stowe Ozzie & Harriet |
#4608, aired 2004-09-22 | A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF HERBERT HOOVER $400: In 1928 Hoover won 444-87 in the Electoral College over Al Smith & his "Strange Interlude" opened in New York (Eugene) O'Neill |
#4608, aired 2004-09-22 | METER MAIDS $2000: Her best-known poem says, "I was much further out than you thought and not waving but drowning" Stevie Smith |
#4594, aired 2004-07-22 | NOTABLE WOMEN $2000: The last Englishwoman to win Wimbledon's women's singles, she won in 1977 Virginia Wade |
#4592, aired 2004-07-20 | GIMME THE 5th $1600: Mike Smith, Lenny Davidson, Denis Payton, Rick Huxley & he were "Glad All Over" in 1964 Dave Clark |
#4583, aired 2004-07-07 | INDEPENDENT FILMS $800: Title job of Dante & Randal in a 1994 Kevin Smith film clerks |
#4579, aired 2004-07-01 | BOXING $1600: Fearsome nickname of 1980s heavyweight champ James Smith "Bonecrusher" |
#4547, aired 2004-05-18 | CALL ME HARRY $800: This man co-anchored the ABC news with Howard K. Smith Harry Reasoner |
#4545, aired 2004-05-14 | IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID! $1000: The full title of Adam Smith's monumental 1776 work is "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of" this the Wealth of Nations |
#4541, aired 2004-05-10 | POLITICAL MOVIES $400: Jimmy Stewart played Jefferson Smith, the naive & idealistic appointee to the U.S. Senate in this Capra classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
#4536, aired 2004-05-03 | HISTORIC KIDS $1200: John Smith said that this girl was about 10 when he met her in 1607 (she looked a little older in the Disney movie) Pocahontas |
#4529, aired 2004-04-22 | TV TITLE ROLES $400: Will Smith
1990-96 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
#4526, aired 2004-04-19 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS $200: To give the nominating speech for Al Smith in 1924, he rose from his wheelchair & made his way to the mike Franklin D. Roosevelt |
#4524, aired 2004-04-15 | THE STRANGER $1000: A Martian named Valentine Michael Smith is the main character in this man's "Stranger in a Strange Land" Robert Heinlein |
#4523, aired 2004-04-14 | BRITISH LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): Winston Smith is arrested by the Thought Police in this 1949 novel 1984 |
#4508, aired 2004-03-24 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: "Ali" portrayer & handgun manufacturer who celebrated their 150th anniversary in 2002 Will Smith and Wesson |
#4505, aired 2004-03-19 | THAT OLD TIME TELEVISION $2000: Jeepers, Dr. Smith! On TV's "Lost in Space", this actor played the youngest Robinson Billy Mumy |
#4496, aired 2004-03-08 | COLORFUL ROCK $800: In 1968 O.C. Smith sang, "God didn't make" these "and it don't snow in Minneapolis when the winter comes" little green apples |
#4492, aired 2004-03-02 | NATIVE AMERICAN ART $800: In the 1850s, Atsidi Sani, "The Old Smith", fashioned the first Navajo artworks in this metal silver |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | DO YOU SPEAK COMPUTER? $1000: It's not a small Granny Smith, it's a small piece of computer code that can be transferred over the Internet an applet |
#4471, aired 2004-02-02 | POP CULTURE $1200: She's so outrageous that in 2002 she got her own TV show Anna Nicole Smith |
#4462, aired 2004-01-20 | THE 2nd MRS. $800: Will Smith Jada Pinkett |
#4452, aired 2004-01-06 | TV ROLL CALL $1200: Hannibal Smith,
Howling Mad Murdock,
B.A. Baracus The A-Team |
#4449, aired 2004-01-01 | SCREEN NAMES $1600: This larger-than-life model & reality show subject was born Vickie Lynn Hogan Anna Nicole Smith |
#4449, aired 2004-01-01 | SCREEN NAMES $2000: TV's Tonto, Mohawk Indian Harold Jay Smith got this nickname playing lacrosse by running on the balls of his feet Jay Silverheels |
#4432, aired 2003-12-09 | BLUES CLUES $200: Last name of Mamie, who had a 1920 hit with "Crazy Blues", & also of the better-known Bessie Smith |
#4427, aired 2003-12-02 | MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS $200: Will Smith's "Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)" is the theme to this 2002 sequel Men in Black II |
#4418, aired 2003-11-19 | LORD OF THE RING $200: In a 2001 film, Will Smith played this heavyweight boxer known as "The Greatest" Muhammad Ali |
#4415, aired 2003-11-14 | THE DEANS LIST $800: At this southern university, Dean Smith coached Sam Perkins, James Worthy & Michael Jordan North Carolina |
#4401, aired 2003-10-27 | THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS $1200: You could say that Liz Smith got back to her "roots" in the memoir she called "Natural" this Blonde |
#4399, aired 2003-10-23 | WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE EATING? $400: Smith & Wesson sells guns; Smith & this sells steaks Smith & Wollensky |
#4397, aired 2003-10-21 | THE 1930s $1200: In 1935 beer was canned & Bill Wilson & Dr. Robert H. Smith founded this organization Alcoholics Anonymous |
#4395, aired 2003-10-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS $600: (Hi, I'm Vivica Fox) In 1997 this actor & I won the MTV Movie Award for "Best Kiss" for the kiss we shared in "Independence Day" Will Smith |
#4393, aired 2003-10-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: John Smith was among the early members on the Council of Seven that governed this Virginia colony Jamestown |
#4364, aired 2003-07-17 | PULLING UP STAKES $2000: This church organized into wards, stakes & regions was established in 1830 by Joseph Smith Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
#4362, aired 2003-07-15 | PEN NAMES $800: His first book, "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets", was so shocking that he published it under the name Johnston Smith Stephen Crane |
#4345, aired 2003-06-20 | FOOD & DRINK $400: Company that uses the sketch seen here by Dorothy Hope Smith Gerber |
#4344, aired 2003-06-19 | FOOTBALL $1000: (Hi, I'm Jason Sehorn of the New York Giants.) I played for this West Coast school under head coaches Larry Smith & John Robinson the University of Southern California |
#4341, aired 2003-06-16 | AN APPLE A DAY $2,400 (Daily Double): This tart green apple was first cultivated by a certain Australian lady named Maria Ann Granny Smith |
#4340, aired 2003-06-13 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $400: This "Independence Day" co-star was in a league of his own as a real animal lover in Edward Albee's play "The Goat" Bill Pullman |
#4333, aired 2003-06-04 | THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A DAME $400: She was magic as professor Minerva McGonagall in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" Maggie Smith |
#4330, aired 2003-05-30 | TREE POTPOURRI $2000: This 1943 Betty Smith novel told the story of Francie Nolan, a child living in NYC's slums "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" |
#4327, aired 2003-05-27 | LET'S HAVE A CONFERENCE $600: (I'm NFL wide receiver Jimmy Smith) I played for Jackson State University in this conference, abbreviated the SWAC Southwestern Athletic Conference |
#4326, aired 2003-05-26 | BROTHERS IN BUSINESS $400: Ahem, we'd tell you they were William & Andrew, not Trade & Mark, but that would be name cough dropping Smith Brothers |
#4322, aired 2003-05-20 | YOU'RE DARN TOOTIN'! $400: In the Cleveland Orchestra, this section includes flutist Joshua Smith & oboe man Jeffrey Rathbun woodwinds |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | 20th CENTURY NOVELISTS $2000: Lula Carson Smith was the original name of this "Reflections in a Golden Eye" author Carson McCullers |
#4296, aired 2003-04-14 | QUOTES FROM 2002 $800: Prodded about possible insider trading, she remarked on national TV, "I want to focus on my salads" Martha Stewart |
#4281, aired 2003-03-24 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $2000: This Maine senator was reportedly proud that Khrushchev called her "The devil in the disguise of a woman" Margaret Chase Smith |
#4280, aired 2003-03-21 | 75 YEARS OF THE OSCARS $2000: This 1939 classic earned 11 Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture
"The whole parade of what Man's carved out for himself, after centuries of fighting. Fighting for something better" Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
#4279, aired 2003-03-20 | YOUR RESERVATION IS CONFIRMED $1000: A New Jersey reservation is home to the nation named for this man, who they say never tried to kill John Smith Powhatan |
#4277, aired 2003-03-18 | WE'VE GOT ISSUES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1776 Adam Smith defended makers of these against charges of excessive profit, charges still made today pharmaceuticals (or drug companies) |
#4269, aired 2003-03-06 | MEL GIBSON $800: An ABC telecast of this animated film had a scene in which Mel, as John Smith, & Judy Kuhn sang a duet Pocahontas |
#4257, aired 2003-02-18 | "M" & "M"s $400: In 1989 Crayola makers Binney & Smith acquired the manufacturing rights to these big drawing pens Magic Markers |
#4246, aired 2003-02-03 | SEEING STARS $400: You can catch this "Men in Black" star in TV reruns of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" Will Smith |
#4243, aired 2003-01-29 | A LITERARY TOUR $1200: See the gardens or ride the rides in this Moscow locale, the title setting for a Martin Cruz Smith novel Gorky Park |
#4237, aired 2003-01-21 | 1870s AMERICA $200: In 1871 the federal government arrested this Mormon leader for polygamy Brigham Young |
#4230, aired 2003-01-10 | ANIMATED MOVIES $800: As captain John Smith, Mel Gibson sang songs in this animated film about an American Indian princess Pocahontas |
#4216, aired 2002-12-23 | ALBEE $1600: Albee's play "The Death of" this singer, the "Empress of the Blues", examines race relations Bessie Smith |
#4203, aired 2002-12-04 | PLYMOUTH COLONY $800: This barrelmaker & future husband of Priscilla Mullens was hired at Southampton before the ship left England John Alden |
#4197, aired 2002-11-26 | I THEE WED $400: He "Bond"ed with Keely Shaye Smith at an Irish abbey in 2001 Pierce Brosnan |
#4182, aired 2002-11-05 | BEVERAGES $1,500 (Daily Double): Lars Olson Smith's "Purified Tenfold" distilling system produced a vodka named this for its complete purity Absolut |
#4150, aired 2002-09-20 | IT'S A FACT $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) This common last name comes from the job of the craftsman I'm with Smith |
#4147, aired 2002-09-17 | MOVIE STARS SPEAK $800: Believing in his "Will" power, he said, "If I set my mind to it, within...15 years, I would be the president" Will Smith |
#4142, aired 2002-09-10 | A TRIP TO MARS $400: "Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith", begins this Heinlein work Stranger in a Strange Land |
#4127, aired 2002-07-09 | CAPES $1,200 (Daily Double): This North Carolina cape on Smith Island was named for the treacherous waters surrounding it Cape Fear |
#4125, aired 2002-07-05 | MEN IN BLACK $1000: (Sarah is behind the scenes of Men in Black II.) This director of the "Men in Black" movies also directed Will Smith in "Wild Wild West" Barry Sonnenfeld |
#4116, aired 2002-06-24 | GIVE 'EM A HAND $1000: In this book Adam Smith created the economic principle of the invisible hand The Wealth of Nations |
#4113, aired 2002-06-19 | FOOTBALL $400: Nicknamed Bubba, this defensive tackle was the first player selected in the 1967 draft Bubba Smith |
#4109, aired 2002-06-13 | NEW TO THE INVENTORS HALL OF FAME $200: Patsy Sherman & Sam Smith don't have any spots on the fabric of their record; they invented this 3M product Scotchgard |
#4109, aired 2002-06-13 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $400: Liz, Jaclyn, Bubba Smith |
#4106, aired 2002-06-10 | KIDDY LIT $1600: Dodie Smith wrote this 1956 classic doggy tale The Hundred and One Dalmatians |
#4105, aired 2002-06-07 | BASEBALL HISTORY $1600: Lee Smith is the all-time leader in this pitching category with 478 saves |
#4099, aired 2002-05-30 | TITLE FILM FOLK $200: 2001:
Will Smith pulled no punches Ali |
#4095, aired 2002-05-24 | THE THREE STOOGES $600: This Oscar-nominated Stooges short shares its name with a 1997 film starring Tommy Lee Jones & Will Smith Men In Black |
#4092, aired 2002-05-21 | "B" SHARP $2000: Last name of Edwin, C. Harold Smith's cousin & partner in the Crayola biz Binney |
#4085, aired 2002-05-10 | RELIGION $4,000 (Daily Double): Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon from gold plates revealed to him by an angel named this Moroni |
#4084, aired 2002-05-09 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $1000: Albert Smith, mayor of this suburb, helped stop American Nazis from marching there in the late 1970s Skokie (Illinois) |
#4079, aired 2002-05-02 | BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID $1600: Be prepared to consume a daily Granny Smith if you've got iatrophobia, a fear of these doctors |
#4076, aired 2002-04-29 | LET'S GO TO FLORENCE $2000: English novelist & poet Florence Margaret Smith used this more masculine-sounding first name Stevie Smith |
#4073, aired 2002-04-24 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $600: Just months before his death in 1844, this Mormon founder declared his candidacy for president Joseph Smith |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | ENDS IN "TH" $400: Meaning "metal worker", it follows black, silver & gun smith |
#4064, aired 2002-04-11 | HYPHENATED-AMERICANS $400: In 1976 Charlie's Original Angels were Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson & this then-hyphenated actress Farrah Fawcett-Majors |
#4062, aired 2002-04-09 | SINGERS' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $800: "Man in Black" Johnny Cash |
#4050, aired 2002-03-22 | BASKETBALL COACHES $400: In 1997 Adolph Rupp's record of 876 wins with Kentucky was broken by this southern school's Dean Smith UNC (University of North Carolina) |
#4049, aired 2002-03-21 | OSCAR $400: Maggie Smith actually won an Oscar for playing a film star who is in L.A. for the Oscars in this Neil Simon film California Suite |
#4048, aired 2002-03-20 | TV: WHO PLAYED 'EM? $1,500 (Daily Double): Charles Ingalls & Jonathan Smith Michael Landon |
#4042, aired 2002-03-12 | CELEBRITY KID LIT $800: He used the lyrics from his 1998 rap hit "Just The Two Of Us" for a book about a father's love for his son Will Smith |
#4034, aired 2002-02-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $600: An auto accident in 1937 cut short the life of this legendary blues singer Bessie Smith |
#4022, aired 2002-02-12 | CRAYOLA CRAYONS $200: Shades of this color include Magic Mint & Granny Smith Apple green |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | TEENS IN HISTORY $800: In his teens, he was apprenticed to a merchant; life got exciting later with that rescue by Pocahontus John Smith |
#4003, aired 2002-01-16 | CORRECTION! $1200: Patricia Smith apologized for attributing quotes to made-up people in this New England daily Boston Globe |
#3988, aired 2001-12-26 | SAME LAST NAME $400: Joseph was the founder of the Mormon religion & Will is the Fresh Prince of hip hop Smith |
#3982, aired 2001-12-18 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $200 (Daily Double): In January 1636 this clergyman fled Massachusetts & settled in the Narragansett Bay area Roger Williams |
#3981, aired 2001-12-17 | FAMOUS WOMEN $200: Formerly Frances Smith, she teamed with her husband Roy in film & TV westerns Dale Evans |
#3973, aired 2001-12-05 | LEGENDS $200: After saving John Smith's life, she married John -- John Rolfe Pocahontas |
#3967, aired 2001-11-27 | THE KOREAN WAR $400: Of a key march, General Oliver Smith said, "We are not" doing this, but "advancing in a different direction" retreating |
#3957, aired 2001-11-13 | PATRIOTIC SONGS $300: Kate Smith blessed the world with the first public rendition of this Irving Berlin song in 1938 "God Bless America" |
#3957, aired 2001-11-13 | PATRIOTIC SONGS $500: Written by clergyman Samuel Smith, this "country" song has the same melody as "God Save The Queen" "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" |
#3951, aired 2001-11-05 | ECONOMICS $500: Mercantilism was shot down by this economist in his "Wealth of Nations" Adam Smith |
#3951, aired 2001-11-05 | BRITISH ART & ARTISTS $600: William Hodges journeyed to the south Pacific as an artist to this captain & painted the portrait of him seen here Captain James Cook |
#3940, aired 2001-10-19 | U.K. DEPENDENCIES $100: This archipelago east of North Carolina is now self-governing under P.M. Jennifer Smith Bermuda |
#3914, aired 2001-09-13 | COMIC STRIP SETTINGS $500: Okefenokee Swamp Pogo |
#3910, aired 2001-09-07 | PARTNERS $600: On Wall Street:
Charles Merrill, Edmund Lynch, Edward Pierce, Charles Fenner &... Winthrop Smith |
#3907, aired 2001-09-04 | VIVA ANN-MARGRET! $500: The Riviera was the site of Ann-Margret's marriage to him (not the French Riviera, the one in Las Vegas) Roger Smith |
#3895, aired 2001-07-06 | BOOK LEARNIN' $200: Winston Smith lives in Oceania in this George Orwell work 1984 |
#3886, aired 2001-06-25 | TV NOSTALGIA $200: In titles of TV series, it followed "Grandpa Goes to..." & "Mr. Smith Goes to..." Washington |
#3883, aired 2001-06-20 | AH, FLORIDA! $800: Legalized in Florida in 1931, this track sport was devised by Owen Patrick Smith greyhound/dog racing |
#3881, aired 2001-06-18 | CITY LIT $200: Betty Smith wrote about her hometown in the classic "A Tree Grows in" this borough Brooklyn |
#3879, aired 2001-06-14 | SUPER BOWL MVPs $200: XXVIII:
Emmitt Smith Dallas Cowboys |
#3879, aired 2001-06-14 | THEY WROTE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES $400: Colorful nickname of Times sportswriter Walter Smith "Red" |
#3872, aired 2001-06-05 | DEAR JOHN $600: He & Priscilla Mullens were among the first Pilgrim couples to marry in America John Alden |
#3871, aired 2001-06-04 | WORLD LITERATURE $800: In "1984" Winston Smith works for the Ministry of this Truth |
#3869, aired 2001-05-31 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $300: Guess? model Anna Nicole & the vegetable oil brand Florence Henderson endorsed in TV ads Smith & Wesson |
#3859, aired 2001-05-17 | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $500: Smith,
Rogers,
Durant Will |
#3855, aired 2001-05-11 | THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL $300: In 1998 Will Smith was "Gettin'" to the No. 1 spot on the charts with this song "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" |
#3837, aired 2001-04-17 | CALL ME SMITTY $200: Her Armistice Day rendition of "God Bless America" in 1938 introduced the song to the world Kate Smith |
#3837, aired 2001-04-17 | CALL ME SMITTY $400: The 1969 Oscar winner for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" was this future dame Maggie Smith |
#3837, aired 2001-04-17 | CALL ME SMITTY $600: Governor of New York 4 times, he ran unsuccessfully for president in 1928 Al Smith |
#3837, aired 2001-04-17 | CALL ME SMITTY $800: In the Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame, this former University of North Carolina coach is the only Smith Dean Smith |
#3837, aired 2001-04-17 | CALL ME SMITTY $1000: The founder of the Rhodesian Front, he was prime minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979 Ian Smith |
#3835, aired 2001-04-13 | BROWN $100: Samuel Smith's of Yorkshire brews a brown as well as a pale type of this beer relative Ale |
#3828, aired 2001-04-04 | WORD SMITHS $100: "The Frugal Gourmet Cooks With Wine" is a book by this chef Jeff Smith |
#3828, aired 2001-04-04 | WORD SMITHS $200: This gossip columnist gives the scoop on herself in the 2000 autobiography "Natural Blonde" Liz Smith |
#3828, aired 2001-04-04 | WORD SMITHS $300: His translation of "The Book of Mormon" was published in 1830 Joseph Smith |
#3828, aired 2001-04-04 | WORD SMITHS $400: "White Teeth", a 2000 bestseller by this woman, isn't a dental handbook, but a novel about 2 London families Zadie Smith |
#3828, aired 2001-04-04 | WORD SMITHS $500: In a 1776 work, he inquired into laissez-faire economics Adam Smith |
#3828, aired 2001-04-04 | WHERE THERE'S A WILL $1000: This ex-Playboy playmate won round 1 (& $449 million) contesting her late 90-year-old husband's will Anna Nicole Smith |
#3826, aired 2001-04-02 | EARLY AMERICA $200: After a 1614 voyage along America's northeast coast, John Smith gave the area this name, which is still used New England |
#3816, aired 2001-03-19 | TO REMAIN SILENT $1000: He's played Silent Bob in a slew of films including "Mallrats" & "Clerks" Kevin Smith |
#3804, aired 2001-03-01 | BLUES CLUES $400: "Spider Man Blues" was a record by this "Empress of the Blues"; Sony should be thinking soundtrack! Bessie Smith |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? $400: (Hi, I'm Robert Smith, running back for the Minnesota Vikings.) In 1997 I set a team record for number of these in a season: 1,266 rushing yards |
#3786, aired 2001-02-05 | RECENT MOVIES $600: He played a mystical caddy in "The Legend of Bagger Vance" Will Smith |
#3781, aired 2001-01-29 | TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS $100: In 1865 acting Idaho governor C. DeWitt Smith died after a strenuous match at this board game Chess |
#3778, aired 2001-01-24 | I MARRIED A PRESIDENT $800: Abigail Smith John Adams |
#3776, aired 2001-01-22 | SPEAK OF THE DEAD $600: Completes the Stevie Smith line, "I was much further out than you thought/and not waving but" this Drowning |
#3762, aired 2001-01-02 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $600: This college was created in 1879 to provide instruction for women by the Harvard faculty Radcliffe |
#3748, aired 2000-12-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $100: Jefferson,
Deaf Smith,
El Paso Texas |
#3732, aired 2000-11-21 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $100: Sally Bedell Smith reveals the pain behind the smile in her book about this late royal icon "In Search of Herself" Princess Diana |
#3732, aired 2000-11-21 | VIBE $800: Vibe's September 1998 cover story on this actor/singer was titled "The Fresh King" Will Smith |
#3726, aired 2000-11-13 | THE REEL WORLD $500: In a 1996 film this actor proclaimed, "The Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday" Bill Pullman |
#3720, aired 2000-11-03 | SPORTS $300: In 1994 this Dallas Cowboy scored 22 touchdowns; in 1995 he topped that with 25 Emmitt Smith |
#3714, aired 2000-10-26 | JOHN BOY $400: In 1608 he became president of Jamestown John Smith |
#3711, aired 2000-10-23 | ONCE THEY WERE ANGELS $400: She's had a clothing line at K-Mart since 1985 Jaclyn Smith |
#3703, aired 2000-10-11 | "B" WITH "U" $100: Pro football's Smith or Paris, or any good old Southern boy Bubba |
#3702, aired 2000-10-10 | THE KENNEDY WOMEN $100: Jean Kennedy Smith served as U.S. ambassador to this country, the family's ancestral home Ireland |
#3700, aired 2000-10-06 | CARTOON NETWORK $100: Ranger Smith works in this park Jellystone Park |
#3699, aired 2000-10-05 | I'M HUNGRY $400: Sink your teeth into a Granny Smith & you'll be eating this apple |
#3691, aired 2000-09-25 | AVIATION $100: On its first day of operation, April 17, 1973, this company founded by Fred Smith flew 186 packages Federal Express |
#3682, aired 2000-09-12 | THE GRIDIRON $500: [Hi, I'm Shannon Sharpe of the Denver Broncos] In 1995 this Cowboys running back tied Jim Brown's record by scoring his 100th career TD in his 93rd NFL game Emmitt Smith |
#3670, aired 2000-07-14 | CELEBS $100: This "Men in Black" star earned his "Prince" nickname in school due to his "charming" manner Will Smith |
#3668, aired 2000-07-12 | NOT A GREEK LETTER $500: 1999 Kevin Smith film that didn't follow Christianity to the letter Dogma |
#3662, aired 2000-07-04 | MUSIC OF THE '90s $100: In 1998 this actor-rapper had his first No. 1 pop hit with "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" Will Smith |
#3652, aired 2000-06-20 | IN THE PAST MILLENNIUM $100: Adam Smith published "The Wealth of Nations" in this year, the same one in which we declared independence 1776 |
#3645, aired 2000-06-09 | PRESIDENTIAL MOMS $500: Abigail Smith John Quincy Adams |
#3645, aired 2000-06-09 | NO. 1 HITS OF THE '90s $500: In 1999 Will Smith scored with a No. 1 hit with this film title track featuring Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee "Wild Wild West" |
#3634, aired 2000-05-25 | SMITH, JOHN SMITH $100: While fighting in Hungary & Transylvania, Smith was promoted to this rank Captain |
#3634, aired 2000-05-25 | SMITH, JOHN SMITH $200: In 1608 Smith was elected president of this colony that earlier in the year wanted to hang him Jamestown |
#3623, aired 2000-05-10 | PEOPLE IN SPACE FILMS $200: This star had close encounters in "Men In Black" & "Independence Day" Will Smith |
#3621, aired 2000-05-08 | SPORTS LEGENDS $500: (Hi, I'm Steve Smith of the NBA.) My boyhood idol, George Gervin, had this nickname because he always kept his cool "The Iceman" |
#3620, aired 2000-05-05 | IN & AROUND LONDON $600: Thackeray, Wesley & this founder of Rhode Island were schooled at Charterhouse, which is about 20 miles from London Roger Williams |
#3607, aired 2000-04-18 | SMITH & JONES $100: David Cassidy's stepmom, she also played his mom on TV Shirley Jones |
#3607, aired 2000-04-18 | SMITH & JONES $200: He's often called the "Father of the American Navy" John Paul Jones |
#3607, aired 2000-04-18 | SMITH & JONES $300: He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992, 6 years before Tammy Wynette George Jones |
#3607, aired 2000-04-18 | SMITH & JONES $400: "From Here to Eternity" & "The Thin Red Line" are part of a WWII trilogy by this author James Jones |
#3607, aired 2000-04-18 | SMITH & JONES $500: This esteemed British "Dame" played the mother superior in the 2 "Sister Act" movies Maggie Smith |
#3584, aired 2000-03-16 | AMERICAN DIPLOMATS $200: In 1976 Robert P. Smith replaced her as ambassador to Ghana Shirley Temple Black |
#3581, aired 2000-03-13 | "SIX" PACK $500: Kevin Bacon was not in this 1993 film, but Will Smith & Donald Sutherland were "Six Degrees of Separation" |
#3581, aired 2000-03-13 | LITERARY HEROINES $1000: The story of Irish-American slum child Francie Nolan is told in this "arboreal" Betty Smith novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
#3576, aired 2000-03-06 | FAMOUS NATIVE AMERICANS $200: The first mention of her in British colonial records was in John Smith's "True Relations" Pocahontas |
#3565, aired 2000-02-18 | PEN NAMES $1000: Originally, his 1893 novel "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" appeared under the pseudonym Johnston Smith Stephen Crane |
#3564, aired 2000-02-17 | ANCIENT GREEK SALAD $600 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Steve Smith, proud to have been a Michigan State Spartan) It's the name of a league the ancient Spartans founded, & of a war they fought against Athens Peloponnesian |
#3557, aired 2000-02-08 | NEW YORK CINEMA $100: He played New York cop James Edwards who became MIB Agent J Will Smith |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | HANNIBAL-ISM $600: In the 1980s George Peppard played Hannibal Smith, leader of this TV title team The A-Team |
#3547, aired 2000-01-25 | LITERARY ANIMALS $100: Cadpig was the smallest & prettiest of Pongo's 15 puppies in this 1956 Dodie Smith novel "101 Dalmatians" |
#3537, aired 2000-01-11 | 1800 $1000: His "The Wealth of Nations" was one of the first books bought to stock the new Library of Congress Adam Smith |
#3536, aired 2000-01-10 | NATIVE AMERICAN LIT $600: This "Gorky Park" author drew on his Pueblo heritage to write the 1986 thriller "Stallion Gate" Martin Cruz Smith |
#3531, aired 2000-01-03 | TV PERSONALITIES $300: On her 1998 Oscar Night Special, she asked Will Smith, "Do you think I'm getting jiggy with it?" Barbara Walters |
#3519, aired 1999-12-16 | HIDDEN DEADLY SINS $200: Feeling of hostility Ranger Smith felt towards litterers anger (in ranger) |
#3512, aired 1999-12-07 | STATE FACTS $400: The geographic center of the 48 contiguous states is in Smith County in this state Kansas |
#3507, aired 1999-11-30 | MOVIE QUOTES $500: 1939:
"You all think I'm licked. Well, I'm not licked, & I'm going to stay right here & fight for this just cause" Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
#3505, aired 1999-11-26 | "F" TROOP $600: (Hi, I'm Robert Smith, running back for the Minnesota Vikings) In the 1997 season, I set a team record of 352 consecutive carries without one of these Fumble |
#3500, aired 1999-11-19 | TV STUPID ANSWERS $100: From 1959 to 1963 John Smith & Robert Fuller starred in this western set in Laramie, Wyoming Laramie |
#3498, aired 1999-11-17 | THE BIG APPLE $400: It's what John Smith could have called his dad's mom, or a variety of green apple grown in the U.S. Granny Smith |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $400: Randy Quaid & Will Smith help save the Earth in this 1996 action thriller Independence Day |
#3477, aired 1999-10-19 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $400: John Smith, hurt in an explosion, was ousted from his leadership of this settlement & sailed back to England Jamestown |
#3476, aired 1999-10-18 | MR. & MISSIVE $800: In a 1980s letter this Soviet leader said Samantha Smith reminded him of "Becky, Tom Sawyer's friend" Yuri Andropov |
#3471, aired 1999-10-11 | MYSTERY $1000: In 1999's "Havana Bay" he brings back his "Gorky Park" investigator Arkady Renko Martin Cruz Smith |
#3467, aired 1999-10-05 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $600: Writer Maxim, or Cruz Smith's "Park"
(5) Gorky |
#3458, aired 1999-09-22 | THEY SAID THAT? $1000: Former governor Al Smith is credited with remarking in 1936, "No matter how thin you slice it, it's still" this Baloney |
#3448, aired 1999-09-08 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $800: On "Home Improvement", 3-name kids included Zachery Ty Bryan, Taran Noah Smith & him as Randy Jonathan Taylor Thomas |
#3446, aired 1999-09-06 | MOVIE PEOPLE $500: As Jim West & Artemus Gordon, these 2 actors rode into the "Wild Wild West" in 1999 Will Smith & Kevin Kline |
#3431, aired 1999-07-05 | CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS $400: Limiting immigration is one of the main causes of Rep. Lamar Smith, from this state's 21st district Texas |
#3419, aired 1999-06-17 | INVENTORS $1000: In 1854 Horace Smith & this partner patented the repeating rifle & revolver Daniel B. Wesson |
#3410, aired 1999-06-04 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $500: A member of Congress from 1940 to 1973, this Down Easter was the first woman to serve in the House & Senate Margaret Chase Smith |
#3386, aired 1999-05-03 | CALL ME SMITTY $200: In 1614 he returned to America & led an expedition that explored & mapped the coast of New England John Smith |
#3386, aired 1999-05-03 | BLACK AMERICANS $400: In 1997 Will Smith "rapped" up the year by marrying this actress Jada Pinkett |
#3386, aired 1999-05-03 | CALL ME SMITTY $400: In 1839 this religious leader led the Mormons in the founding of Nauvoo, Illinois Joseph Smith |
#3386, aired 1999-05-03 | CALL ME SMITTY $600: This expressive blues "empress" was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee around 1894 Bessie Smith |
#3386, aired 1999-05-03 | CALL ME SMITTY $800: "Most good gossip columnists have a touch of Savonarola in them", wrote this author & gossip columnist Liz Smith |
#3386, aired 1999-05-03 | CALL ME SMITTY $1000: This 18th C. Scottish political philosopher laid the foundations of free-market economic theory Adam Smith |
#3381, aired 1999-04-26 | WOMEN $100: On a 1616 trip to England, she had a touching reunion with John Smith Pocahontas |
#3379, aired 1999-04-22 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: Investment firm that makes money "The Old-Fashioned Way" taken over by a Flintstone neighbor Smith Barney Rubble |
#3371, aired 1999-04-12 | NAMES IN THE NOOSE $1,500 (Daily Double): Killers Perry Smith & Dick Hickock, whose crime inspired this Truman Capote book, were hanged in 1965 "In Cold Blood" |
#3366, aired 1999-04-05 | FAMOUS PARTNERS $300: By their last names, it looks like the actors seen here, partnered in 1997, were actors under aliases Tommy Lee Jones & Will Smith |
#3363, aired 1999-03-31 | MUSICAL MUSICALS $800: Bessie Smith's music is heard in the sultry revue of this style "in the Night" Blues |
#3357, aired 1999-03-23 | DOWN WITH THE SHIP $500 (Daily Double): (Alex: I'm at the Titanic Artifacts Exhibit at the World Trade Center, Boston.) A megaphone like this one might have been used during the sinking by this captain to shout commands Captain Edward Smith |
#3352, aired 1999-03-16 | LIBRARIES $400: The life & career of this female senator from Maine is on display at a library in Skowhegan Margaret Chase Smith |
#3350, aired 1999-03-12 | IF THEY MARRIED... $400: Former TV "Angel" Smith ties the knot with House Judiciary Chair Henry & takes on this monstrous name Jaclyn Hyde |
#3344, aired 1999-03-04 | 1998 MOVIES $400: After being one of the "Men in Black", he became an "Enemy of the State" Will Smith |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | IN THE BEGINNING $1000: "Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith" "Stranger in a Strange Land" (by Robert Heinlein) |
#3340, aired 1999-02-26 | DISNEY FILM VOICES $400: He was the voice of John Smith in "Pocahontas" but his brother Donal got the role in the direct-to-video sequel Mel Gibson |
#3334, aired 1999-02-18 | JAZZ NICKNAMES $500: The Empress of the Blues Bessie Smith |
#3321, aired 1999-02-01 | 1776 $1,500 (Daily Double): This Scottish economist theorized that labor, not land, is the main source of wealth Adam Smith |
#3291, aired 1998-12-21 | DOG TALES $300: Dodie Smith's 1956 tale about Missis, a dalmatian whose litter of 15 puppies is stolen 101 Dalmatians |
#3291, aired 1998-12-21 | THE FIRST $600: Take note, in 1957 this company with a once hyphenated name began marketing the 1st electric portable typewriters Smith-Corona |
#3284, aired 1998-12-10 | BLACK PROFILES IN COURAGE $1000: Deputy U.S. marshal Bass Reeves brought outlaws back to trial in this Arkansas "fort" Fort Smith |
#3260, aired 1998-11-06 | HISTORY 101 $400: John Smith said he would have had his brains beaten out with clubs if this Indian girl hadn't saved him Pocahontas |
#3259, aired 1998-11-05 | FOUNDER'S DAY $1000: Gertrude Robinson-Smith helped found the famous symphony festival held at this Berkshire estate Tanglewood |
#3258, aired 1998-11-04 | THE MORMONS $500 (Daily Double): This heavenly being, son of the prophet Mormon, appeared to Joseph Smith in 1823 the angel Moroni |
#3256, aired 1998-11-02 | 20th CENTURY ART $200: Like painters, modern artists in this form turned to abstraction, as in David Smith's work in steel Sculpture |
#3253, aired 1998-10-28 | NICKNAMES $400: Nickname shared by football's Vernon Smith & baseball's James Hunter "Catfish" |
#3248, aired 1998-10-21 | ROCK SINGERS $100: His "Men In Black" single topped the U.K. charts but wasn't available as a commercial U.S. release Will Smith |
#3242, aired 1998-10-13 | THE BLUES $400: This blues empress' "Down Hearted Blues" sold 780,000 copies, restoring the ailing Columbia Records Bessie Smith |
#3235, aired 1998-10-02 | COLLEGES, HITHER & YON $800: Of the schools known as the Seven Sisters, this one in Massachusetts is alphabetically last Wellesley |
#3227, aired 1998-09-22 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $100: John Smith recorded the name of this river as Patawomeck, but it is now called this Potomac |
#3222, aired 1998-09-15 | BUSINESS MEN $300: It shouldn't take you overnight to deliver the name of this company Fred Smith founded in 1973 Federal Express |
#3215, aired 1998-07-17 | GREAT BRITS $1000: He wrote a review of Samuel Johnson's dictionary before inquiring into the "Wealth of Nations" Adam Smith |
#3212, aired 1998-07-14 | WORKOUT VIDEOS $800: The fitness star seen here, her tapes include "Keep Fat Burning" & a pregnancy workout Kathy Smith |
#3204, aired 1998-07-02 | MOVING AROUND THE DIAL $100: As the Fresh Prince, Will Smith moved from west Philly to this ritzy California enclave Bel-Air |
#3204, aired 1998-07-02 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $400: Important songs in this Democrat's 1928 campaign included "Better Times With Al" & "The Sidewalks Of New York" Al Smith |
#3202, aired 1998-06-30 | CLASSIC "BIG" & "LITTLE" SONGS $300: In 1968 O.C. Smith crooned, "God didn't make" these "and it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime" Little green apples |
#3202, aired 1998-06-30 | THE POSITION PLAYED $400: Marshall Faulk,
Barry Sanders,
Emmitt Smith Running back |
#3201, aired 1998-06-29 | THE OLD WEST $400: These last names of Springfield, Mass. gunmakers Horace & Daniel were very familiar to people in the Old West Smith & Wesson |
#3193, aired 1998-06-17 | BRIT ROCK $1000: "Therapeutic" name of the band led by lipstick-sporting Robert Smith The Cure |
#3192, aired 1998-06-16 | THEATER ALFRESCO $3,000 (Daily Double): He's the former resident in the title of the Nauvoo, Illinois pageant "City of Joseph" Joseph Smith |
#3185, aired 1998-06-05 | DOROTHYS, REBECCAS & SUMMERS $600: This Indian woman, who saved John Smith, changed her name to Rebecca when she became Christian Pocahontas |
#3176, aired 1998-05-25 | THE NAME'S THE SAME $400: A name on many motel registers, it's also a Jamestown founder & a recent U.K. labour party head John Smith |
#3172, aired 1998-05-19 | MEN IN BLACK $200: This star of the film sang the theme song Will Smith |
#3169, aired 1998-05-14 | TRANSLATION $300: The scriptures of this religion were translated from gold plates by Joseph Smith Mormon |
#3165, aired 1998-05-08 | COLLEGE ATHLETICS $400: From 1962 through 1997, this North Carolina men's basketball coach had an NCAA record 879 wins Dean Smith |
#3156, aired 1998-04-27 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $300: Ben Alexander played officer Frank Smith, one of Jack Webb's partners on this TV show Dragnet |
#3155, aired 1998-04-24 | JAZZ NICKNAMES $600: Oran Page, trumpeter & accompanist to Bessie Smith, was known as this, the same as a "M*A*S*H" nurse Hot Lips |
#3155, aired 1998-04-24 | MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $800: This singer heard here was born on May 1, 1909: Kate Smith |
#3153, aired 1998-04-22 | COUGH, COUGH $200: We're name dropping & cough dropping: last name of the men seen here Smith (Smith Brothers) |
#3152, aired 1998-04-21 | COACHES $400: The dean of college basketball coaches, he retired in 1997 after 36 years at North Carolina Dean Smith |
#3141, aired 1998-04-06 | MEET AL GORE $400: This film star was Al's roommate at Harvard around the time Will Smith was born:
"I'm talkin' to you! You know how many of your kind I've swatted with a newspaper? You're nothing but a smear on the sports page to me, you slimy, gut-sucking, intestinal parasite!" Tommy Lee Jones |
#3139, aired 1998-04-02 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $600: Babe Ruth & Gene Tunney were among the champions for this New York governor who ran in 1928 Al Smith |
#3137, aired 1998-03-31 | CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS $100: In an early account of Jamestown's first year, he made no mention of his rescue by Pocahontas John Smith |
#3133, aired 1998-03-25 | TV ACTORS & ACTRESSES $100: Between TV stints as Andy Griffith's son & Tom Bosley's son, he played Henry Fonda's son on "The Smith Family" Ron Howard |
#3121, aired 1998-03-09 | BRAND NAMES $500: This powerboat company was founded by Christopher Columbus Smith Chris Craft |
#3106, aired 1998-02-16 | HISTORY $600: Pocahontas was married to this man for just 3 years before her death in 1617 John Rolfe |
#3099, aired 1998-02-05 | UNDRESSED FOR SUCCESS $300: She was Playmate Of The Year before becoming playmate of the last years of oil tycoon Howard J. Marshall Anna Nicole Smith |
#3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ENDS $300: Ex-PM Ian Smith was speaking in South Africa & missed the 1980 ceremony ending this country's 15-year history Rhodesia |
#3077, aired 1998-01-06 | HISTORIC JOHNS $600: The 2 Johns most closely associated with Pocahontas John Rolfe & John Smith |
#3043, aired 1997-11-19 | MRS. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $200: In 1950 Sen. Margaret Chase Smith condemned this man for turning the Senate into a "forum for hate" Joseph McCarthy |
#3043, aired 1997-11-19 | MRS. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $400: In 1989 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of this Freedom |
#3043, aired 1997-11-19 | MRS. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $600: The first woman elected to both houses, she represented this state for 32 years Maine |
#3043, aired 1997-11-19 | MRS. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $800: In 1961 this world leader called pro-nuclear Margaret "The devil in the disguise of a woman" Nikita Khrushchev |
#3043, aired 1997-11-19 | MRS. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $1000: Jiminy Cricket! Her 1972 book was "Declaration of" this Conscience |
#3040, aired 1997-11-14 | HISTORIC HEARTTHROBS $400: This late actor, who played American heroes like Mr. Smith, piloted bombers during WWII Jimmy Stewart |
#3034, aired 1997-11-06 | SUPER ATHLETES $800: This German tennis star has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, second only to Margaret Smith Court's 24 Steffi Graf |
#3028, aired 1997-10-29 | FIRST LADIES $400: She studied interior decorating at Georgia Southwestern College Rosalynn (Smith) Carter |
#3025, aired 1997-10-24 | SCIENCE QUIZ $600: Home appliance invented in 1858 by Hamilton Smith, it was a tub with a crank-turned spindle Washing machine |
#3018, aired 1997-10-15 | AMERICAN HERSTORY $1000: In 1941 she cast the sole vote in the House against entering WWII Jeannette Rankin |
#2999, aired 1997-09-18 | THE MOVIES $1000: In the 1966 film "Nevada Smith", this actor played the title role earlier played by Alan Ladd in "The Carpetbaggers" Steve McQueen |
#2994, aired 1997-09-11 | BACK TO SCHOOL $400: This Dallas running back went running back to Florida to get his degree in 1996 Emmitt Smith |
#2986, aired 1997-09-01 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $600: Arkady Renko, a Moscow investigator in this author's "Gorky Park", becomes a seaman in "Polar Star" Martin Cruz Smith |
#2985, aired 1997-07-18 | THE BLUES $1000: Known as the "Empress of the Blues", this singer often recorded with jazz great Louis Armstrong Bessie Smith |
#2980, aired 1997-07-11 | SPORTS $300: In 1996 Emmitt Smith, with $16.5 million, & this Dolphins QB, with $11.7 million, led the NFL in total earnings Dan Marino |
#2975, aired 1997-07-04 | CHARACTERS IN SITCOMS $200: Philip Banks,
Carlton Banks,
Will Smith "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" |
#2971, aired 1997-06-30 | CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS $500: People with animal names born November 27 include Eddie Rabbitt, Robin Givens & this pal of Howdy Doody "Buffalo Bob" Smith |
#2943, aired 1997-05-21 | PLAYWRIGHTS $800: A course in playwriting at Smith College inspired this author of "The Heidi Chronicles" Wendy Wasserstein |
#2925, aired 1997-04-25 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $800: This founder of the Mormon church was murdered by a mob in 1844 Joseph Smith |
#2911, aired 1997-04-07 | THE SILVER SCREEN $600 (Daily Double): Ronald Reagan said this film most affected his life:
[video clue] Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
#2896, aired 1997-03-17 | VIRGINIA GOVERNORS $400: In 1811 Virginia had 4 governors: John Tyler, George William Smith, Peyton Randolph & this fifth president James Monroe |
#2896, aired 1997-03-17 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: This author leaves "Gorky Park" for a British coal-mining town in his 1996 novel "Rose" Martin Cruz Smith |
#2892, aired 1997-03-11 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: Born Lula Carson Smith, she wrote "Reflections in a Golden Eye" under this name Carson McCullers |
#2890, aired 1997-03-07 | IN OTHER WORDS... $100: One Granny Smith within one 24-hour period prevents a medic's arrival "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" |
#2884, aired 1997-02-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Captain John Smith became president of this Virginia colony's council in September 1608 Jamestown |
#2879, aired 1997-02-20 | U.S. HISTORY $400: Philanthropist Gerrit Smith helped finance this man's 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry John Brown |
#2874, aired 1997-02-13 | MOVIE HEROES $100: Will Smith played a pilot fighting aliens in this 1996 summer movie "Independence Day" |
#2867, aired 1997-02-04 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $400: In 1844 he succeeded Joseph Smith as leader of the Mormon Church Brigham Young |
#2864, aired 1997-01-30 | TELEVISION $200: This Will Smith sitcom ended its 6-year run in 1996 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
#2858, aired 1997-01-22 | JAZZ SINGERS $800: In 1970 Janis Joplin helped pay for a gravestone for this "World's Greatest Blues Singer" Bessie Smith |
#2851, aired 1997-01-13 | THE MOVIES $100: Mel Gibson sang 2 songs as Captain John Smith in this animated Disney film "Pocahontas" |
#2836, aired 1996-12-23 | 5-LETTER WORDS $100: A metalworker, or a common surname Smith |
#2827, aired 1996-12-10 | 1996 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS $500 (Daily Double): Swimmer Michelle Smith, the first woman from this country to win Olympic gold, took home 3 gold medals & 1 bronze Ireland |
#2825, aired 1996-12-06 | AMERICAN EXPLORERS $400: Jedediah Smith was a mountain man & explorer employed in this industry fur trading |
#2823, aired 1996-12-04 | SHE SELLS $400: This fashion label's "girls" have included Carre Otis, Claudia Schiffer & Anna Nicole Smith The Gap |
#2817, aired 1996-11-26 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: It took him 9 years to write "An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" Adam Smith |
#2816, aired 1996-11-25 | CORPORATE AMERICA $800: These brothers, William & Andrew, became known as "Trade" & "Mark", the words under their pictures on the box the Smith Brothers |
#2811, aired 1996-11-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: He related the story of Pocahontas in his "Generall Historie of Virginia" in 1624 (John) Smith |
#2808, aired 1996-11-13 | SPORTS STARS $500: On December 25, 1995 this Dallas Cowboys running back set an NFL season record by rushing for his 25th touchdown Emmitt Smith |
#2797, aired 1996-10-29 | SONG STANDARDS $600: Irving Berlin's royalties from this song popularized by Kate Smith were donated to the Boy & Girl Scouts "God Bless America" |
#2788, aired 1996-10-16 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $200: Sports star Margaret Smith or the place she played
(5) court |
#2761, aired 1996-09-09 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Canada's Ellesmere Island is separated from this Danish island by 35-mile-wide Smith Sound Greenland |
#2760, aired 1996-09-06 | THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $400: Smiths in the Hall include Bessie, Margaret Chase & this 2nd first lady, whose maiden name was Smith Abigail Adams |
#2758, aired 1996-09-04 | 1984 $200: While sobering up, protagonist Winston Smith realizes he's written a slogan against this leader Big Brother |
#2758, aired 1996-09-04 | 1984 $600: In room 101 Smith faces these creature, "The worst thing in the world" rats |
#2758, aired 1996-09-04 | 1984 $1000: At his job Smith uses this official language to simplify events for the masses Newspeak |
#2755, aired 1996-07-19 | NEWSPAPERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Important papers in this state include the Pine Bluff Commercial & the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith Arkansas |
#2741, aired 1996-07-01 | HODGEPODGE $1000: Pronounced one way it's the capital of the Comoros; the other way, it's the angel seen by Joseph Smith Moroni |
#2738, aired 1996-06-26 | FICTIONAL SMITHS & JONESES $200: The title of his "The Dead Zone" refers to the damaged part of Johnny Smith's brain Stephen King |
#2738, aired 1996-06-26 | DECORATIVE ARTS $400: Born in 1500, Benvenuto Cellini was this type of "Smith", perhaps the most famous of all time a goldsmith |
#2738, aired 1996-06-26 | FICTIONAL SMITHS & JONESES $800: Beauty Smith buys this Jack London wolf/dog to use in dogfights White Fang |
#2735, aired 1996-06-21 | VERMONTERS $200: This founding prophet of Mormonism was born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805 Joseph Smith |
#2732, aired 1996-06-18 | EXPLORERS & EXPLORATION $200: In 1616 Pocahontas & John Rolfe visited with this former colonist & explorer in England John Smith |
#2714, aired 1996-05-23 | TELEVISION HISTORY $400: This creator of "Howdy Doody" began in broadcasting as a musician on radio station WBEN "Buffalo Bob" Smith |
#2702, aired 1996-05-07 | TELEVISION $100: Tim Conway played Ensign Parker on "McHale's Navy" & Courtney Thorne-Smith plays Alison Parker on this Melrose Place |
#2696, aired 1996-04-29 | TV PERSONALITIES $200: Jeff Smith, better known as "The Frugal" this, is an ordained Methodist minister Gourmet |
#2694, aired 1996-04-25 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1000: This N.Y. Democrat who ran for president in 1928 got his nickname "The Happy Warrior" from FDR Al Smith |
#2693, aired 1996-04-24 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $1000: Each Labor Day weekend, this Illinois city founded by Joseph Smith holds a grape festival Nauvoo |
#2684, aired 1996-04-11 | ABBOTT & COSTELLO $300: Bud & Lou got their radio start on this "God Bless America" singer's show Kate Smith |
#2675, aired 1996-03-29 | TV CHARACTERS $400: This character's sidekicks have included Ben Romero, Ed Jacobs, Frank Smith & Bill Gannon Sgt. Joe Friday |
#2675, aired 1996-03-29 | EDUCATORS $1000: Between 1836 & 1857, Truman & Smith Publishers of Cincinnati issued 6 of his "Eclectic Readers" McGuffey |
#2672, aired 1996-03-26 | THE SPORT PLAYED $200: Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders & Dan Marino Football |
#2666, aired 1996-03-18 | THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $800: This Maine senator who passed away in 1995 is in the Hall Margaret Chase Smith |
#2657, aired 1996-03-05 | HISTORIC WOMEN $200: She was about 12 years old when she saved the life of Captain John Smith Pocahontas |
#2649, aired 1996-02-22 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $200: In his "General Historie", Capt. John Smith said he would have been killed if not for her Pocahontas |
#2620, aired 1996-01-12 | U.S. HISTORY $400: Samuel Smith wrote this song to a melody he found in a German book, not knowing it was England's anthem "America" (or "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee") |
#2620, aired 1996-01-12 | U.S. HISTORY $800: Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt & Alfred E. Smith all held this political post Governor of New York |
#2617, aired 1996-01-09 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $500: In 1995 this first woman elected to both houses of Congress died in Skowhegan, Maine Margaret Chase Smith |
Rebekah Smith, a library associate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 player (2017-10-06). Not to be confused with Season 34...
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Rebecca Smith, a certified massage therapist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-07-16). Not to be confused with Season 34...
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Stephanie Smith, a retired quality engineer and manager from Scarborough, Maine
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Season 22 player (2006-05-04). Not to be confused with Season 1...
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Andrew Smith, an aerospace engineer from Madison, Alabama
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Season 31 player (2015-01-28). Not to be confused with Season 21...
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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Harry Smith, a broadcast journalist from The Early Show
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"This hard-working host of CBS's The Early Show has interviewed five...
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Stephanie Smith, a waitress from Garden Grove, California
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Season 1 player (1985-02-15). Not to be confused with Season 22...
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Roxann Smith, a professional volunteer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 30 player (2013-12-25).
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Vicky Smith, a children's book review editor from South Portland, Maine
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Season 33 player (2017-07-14).
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Kelvin Smith, a Ph.D. student from Birmingham, Alabama
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Season 34 player (2017-11-02).
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Steve Smith, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
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1995 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $12,400. Not to be confused with...
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Steve Smith, a linguist interpreter originally from Medway, Ohio
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Season 3 player (1987-06-11). Not to be confused with 1995 College...
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Darcy Smith, a copywriter from New York, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-07-14).
KJL game 31.
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Kevin Smith, a television news reporter and producer from South Pasadena, California
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Season 16 player (2000-07-21). Not to be confused with Season 10...
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Kevin Smith, an archaeologist and museum curator from Williamsville, New York
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Season 10 player (1994-04-28). Not to be confused with Season 16...
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Rochelle Smith, a university librarian from Moscow, Idaho
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Season 29 player (2012-10-01).
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Deborah Smith, a project manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-05-01).
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Sally Sommers Smith, a biology professor from Kennebunk, Maine
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Season 28 player (2012-01-03).
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Jedidiah Smith, a technical writer from Denver, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2015-09-28).
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Che Smith, a consultant and Ph.D. candidate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 31 player (2014-11-06). ché wrote her name as such on...
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Grace Riley, a writer from Fort Smith, Arkansas
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Season 30 player (2014-04-24).
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Jake Smith, a wine salesman from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 31 player (2015-07-21).
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Susan MacKay Smith, a writer from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 31 player (2015-02-16).
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Alaric Smith, a songwriter, vocalist, and graduate student from Sacramento, California
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Season 22 player (2005-10-28).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: LastVisigoth
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Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
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"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
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John Smith, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 player (2005-06-15).
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Kerry Smith, a baking and pastry art student from Midland, Michigan
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Season 26 player (2010-03-26).
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Andrew Smith, an online high school teacher from Lake Elizabeth, California
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Season 21 player (2004-11-26). KJL game 73. Not to be confused...
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Linda Smith, a high school English teacher from Springfield, Arkansas
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Season 26 player (2010-04-29).
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Mike Smith, a litigation technology specialist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 20 1-time champion: $16,100 + $1,000.
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Alexandra Whitehill Smith, an administrative assistant from Columbia, South Carolina
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Season 32 player (2015-12-04).
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Bethlehem Lema, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
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"Either being an astrophysicist or a pediatrician is in her future..."...
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Breanne Reinhard Smith, a writer from Arcola, Illinois
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Season 26 player (2009-12-29).
First name pronounced like "bree-ANN".
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Sean Smith, a law student from Austin, Texas
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Season 24 player (2007-12-12).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: seans88
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Chris Smith, an advertising creative director from Dallas, Texas
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Season 22 2-time champion: $42,199 + $1,000.
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Michael Smith, an actor originally from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-03-07).
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Craig Smith, a musician from Maylene, Alabama
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Season 22 player (2006-01-05).
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J.D. Smith, an editor and writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 21 player (2004-09-06).
KJL game 39.
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Steve Schirripa, an actor from The Sopranos
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"Once the entertainment director at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas,...
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Jean Smith, an elementary school teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 10 player (1994-04-06).
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David Natkin, an attorney from Lexington, Virginia
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Season 4 player (1988-07-14). David appeared on Kiddie Kollege, representing Ann(e)...
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Bob Winthrop, a technical writer originally from Hannibal, Missouri
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1988 Senior Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000. Bob and Tom Wickham each had...
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Eric Smith, a bartender from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 36 2-time champion: $42,000 + $2,000.
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Peter Smith, a lawyer from Mar Vista, California
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Season 35 player (2019-07-16).
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Maureen Smith, a teacher from Ontario, California
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Season 2 player (1985-12-19).
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Joan Smith, a gift shop owner from Eufaula, Oklahoma
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1988 Senior Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Dusty Smith, a former movie executive from Corvallis, Oregon
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Season 37 player (2021-01-12).
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Brayden Smith, a policy intern from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 37 5-time champion: $115,798 + $2,000. Brayden died 2021-02-05, at...
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Brigid Smith, a corporate communications manager from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 9 player (1992-12-24).
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Patricia Ford-Smith, a postal inspector from Fresno, California
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Season 8 player (1992-01-10).
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Gary Smith, a lawyer from Toronto, Ontario
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Season 5 1-time champion: $3,600.
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Mark Smith, an environmental scientist from Salem, Ohio
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Season 35 player (2019-02-15).
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Jeff Smith, a music educator from San Diego, California
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Season 38 player (2021-11-05).
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Adam Smith, a law student from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 36 1-time champion: $21,200 + $1,000.
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Tom Wickham, an airline pilot from Torrington, Connecticut
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1988 Senior Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Tom only became eligible for the...
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Elaine Smith, a registered nurse from Ocala, Florida
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Season 7 player (1990-12-20).
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Diana Smith, a scheduler/planner from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 36 player (2019-10-28).
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Doug Smith, a casting assistant from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-21).
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Connie Smith, a mechanical engineer from Oviedo, Florida
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Season 38 player (2021-10-15).
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Tom Smith, a marketing manager from Palo Alto, California
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Season 1 player (1985-04-16).
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Jason Smith, a head of risk operations from Scottsdale, Arizona
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Season 38 player (2022-05-17).
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Anthony Christopher-Smith, a social worker from Newark, New Jersey
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Season 38 player (2021-10-05).
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Carsen Smith, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Jacksonville, Florida
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2018 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Jennifer Smith, a unit secretary from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 9 player (1992-10-09).
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Debbie Smith, a Ph.D. candidate originally from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 10 player (1994-03-04).
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Randy Jackson, a branch sales manager originally from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 3 player (1987-01-01): a Smith-Corona typewriter.
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Kim Smith, a ticket counter originally from Sedalia, Missouri
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Season 11 player (1994-09-06). Season 10 1-time champion: $7,400. Kim was...
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Kim Smith, a ticket counter originally from Sedalia, Missouri
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Season 11 player (1994-09-06). Season 10 1-time champion: $7,400. Kim was...
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Nicky Smith, a debate instructor from San Francisco, California
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Season 38 player (2022-04-26).
Nicky uses they/them pronouns.
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Holly Smith, a writer and editor from Toledo, Ohio
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Season 39 player (2022-11-25).
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Blaine Smith, a writer and communications consultant from Portland, Oregon
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Season 39 player (2023-02-14).
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Ron Smith, a teacher from Riverside Illinois
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Season 5 1-time champion: $12,450.
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D.J. Smith, a computer business analyst from Garland, Texas
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1988 Senior Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000. D.J.'s quarterfinal score was high enough...
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Heather Hunter Smith, a director of employment services from Greece, New York
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Season 19 player (2003-03-11).
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Scott Smith, a physical therapist from Brooklyn, Ohio
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Season 7 player (1990-12-05).
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Bill Smith, a lending officer originally from Fairmount, Indiana
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Season 1 player (1985-04-29)
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Dave Smith, a political analyst from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 10 2-time champion: $25,701.
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Frank Smith, a sales manager from Milford, Connecticut
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Season 10 player (1993-12-29).
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Jeff Smith, a music educator from San Diego, California
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 38 player (2021-11-05).
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Lynde Smith, a server from Louisville, Colorado
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Season 38 player (2022-02-21).
First name pronounced like "LIN-dee".
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Peg Smith, a housewife from Madeira Beach, Florida
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Season 3 player (1987-04-09).
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Abra Belke, a legislative aide from Butte, Montana
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Season 26 player (2009-10-13). Name pronounced like \"AH-bra BELL-kee\". Abra won...
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Moira Smith, an accountant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 39 player (2022-09-29).
First name pronounced like "MORE-uh".
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Barbara Smith, an elementary educator from Yuba City, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $4,000.
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Caitlin Monesmith, a Ph.D. candidate from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 39 player (2023-01-06).
Last name pronounced like "mon-UH-smith".
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Doris Smith, a freelance proofreader from Oakland, California
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Season 12 player (1996-05-23).
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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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Melissa Woodall, a homemaker from Fort Smith, Arkansas
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Season 39 player (2022-09-16).
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Mary Frances Smith, a homemaker from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 3 player (1987-01-28).
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Bob Smith, an engineer from Kinnelon, New Jersey
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Season 8 1-time champion: $9,000 + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game.
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Yellowlees Douglas, an associate professor of management communications from Gainesville, Florida
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Season 29 player (2013-03-08). Yellowlees's actual full name is "J. Yellowlees...
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Edgar Smith, Jr., a math instructor from Houston, Texas
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Season 15 2-time champion: $21,608.
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Pat Smith, a water treatment operator from Lake Worth, Florida
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Season 15 1-time champion: $7,601.
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Evan Bick, a graduate student in psychology from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 31 player (2015-04-07). Evan won $70,000 of a $210,000 jackpot...
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Francisco Smith, a circulation manager from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 16 player (2000-03-06).
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Aaron Brown, an Emmy Award-winning newsman from CNN's popular primetime newscast
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"A journalist for over 25 years, he now anchors CNN's popular...
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Noah Smith, a freshman from Northwestern University
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1990 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Shawntel Smith, a Miss America from Muldrow, Oklahoma
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1995 Celebrity Jeopardy! player (1995-11-08).
Playing for the Miss America Foundation.
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Melanie Smith, an office manager from Modesto, California
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Season 16 1-time champion: $9,650.
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Margaret Monroe, a junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Margaret was 16 at the time...
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Lucy Kendikian-Smith, a teacher and attorney originally from Mexico City, Mexico
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Season 8 player (1992-06-08).
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Matt Smith, a graphic designer from Naperville, Illinois
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Season 15 player (1999-02-02).
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Dorene Smith, a law librarian from Portland, Oregon
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Season 17 player (2001-03-07).
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Jay Smith, a student from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 18 player (2001-10-18).
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Earl Smith, a state fraud manager from Detroit, Michigan
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Season 15 player (1999-01-22).
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Ashley Smith, an eleven-year-old seventh-grader from Greencastle, Indiana
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2003 Back to School Kids Week player (2003-09-25).
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Cathy Smith, an executive secretary from Ventura, California
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Season 5 player (1989-01-23).
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Brad Smith, a newspaper reporter from Winnetka, California
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Season 13 1-time champion: $11,599.
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Alan Smith, a capitol administrator from Anchorage, Alaska
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Season 4 player (1987-10-30).
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Emlen Smith, a college professor from Lafayette, Indiana
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Season 33 player (2017-03-22).
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Stacy Lee, a senior at Smith College from Bellerose, New York
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2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Karen Smith, an Air Force air traffic controller originally from El Paso, Texas, now stationed at Aviano, Italy
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week player (1999-06-29).
Rank: Captain.
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David Smith, a small business analyst from San Diego, California
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Season 16 player (2000-04-27).
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Carole Smith, a regulations writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 13 player (1997-03-19).
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Martin Smith, a new home sales assistant originally from Leeds, Yorkshire England
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Season 13 player (1997-03-19).
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Shelley Smith, a video and film editor from New York City, New York
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Season 14 1-time champion: $11,199.
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Sheri Smith, a tax attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 14 player (1998-06-10).
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Miguel Ferrer, an actor from Crossing Jordan
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"He began his career as a studio drummer and played on...
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Roxanne Smith, a government worker from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 14 player (1997-09-24).
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Nancy Smith, a lawyer originally from Gainesville, Florida
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Season 2 1-time champion: $12,600.
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David Smith, an attorney originally from Norwich, England
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Season 13 2-time champion: $27,602.
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Paul Smith, an attorney from Sutton, Massachusetts
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Season 17 player (2000-10-11).
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Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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