| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | 50 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME $400: In 1986 it was "6 'N The Mornin"' for him in the studio but in 2000 it was "SVU" for him on TV Ice-T |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | ODDS & "N"s $800: Australia also has a region called this, but theirs doesn't include Vermont & Connecticut New England |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY INITIALS $200: A mischievous fairy named Puck just can't stop pranking people:
A.M.N.D. A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY INITIALS $400: It opens with the famous line, "If music be the food of love, play on":
T.N. Twelfth Night |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $200: It's the term for a 200th anniversary; the United States celebrated one in 1976 bicentennial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $400: Stereotypes about this demographic -- also known as "Gen Y" -- include "tech-savvy" & "saddled with student loan debt" millennial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $600: It describes the "first pitch" thrown by a guest of honor at a baseball game -- a nice way of saying it doesn't actually count ceremonial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $800: Showcasing life in the 18th century, this Virginia attraction calls itself "the world's largest living history museum" Colonial Williamsburg |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $1000: It's the 2000 comedy with the Sandra Bullock line, "I'm in a dress, I have gel in my hair... & I'm armed. Don't mess with me" Miss Congeniality |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | WORD PUZZLES $400: A call to action:
D B1
N B2
A B3
T B4
S B5 stand up and be counted |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | RECENT EVENTS $800: Subheads in a piece on this N.Y. rep.: "lied about where he went to... college"; "allegedly swindled a disabled vet whose dog was dying" George Santos |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $800: "Oh! Look what you've done to this rock 'n' roll clown! O-oh! Look what you've done! Photograph... I don't want your..." Def Leppard |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | CURRENT U.S. GOVERNORS $800: He cheers for MLB's Reds in his own state as well as the Asheville, N.C. Tourists minor league team, which his family owns Mike DeWine |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | FINDING NIMOY $200: Nimoy appeared in other TV series with this "Star Trek" co-star, including "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." & "T.J. Hooker" William Shatner |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | RAPPERS WHO ACT $200: Showbiz royalty, she won a Grammy for "U.N.I.T.Y." & was nominated for an Oscar for "Chicago" Queen Latifah |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $1600: This rap group that "Ain't Nuthin' But A She Thing" hit the charts with "Push It" & "Shoop" Salt-N-Pepa |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ABBREVIATED TV $1000: The forces of T.H.R.U.S.H. were enemies of "The Man from" this 1960s title spy organization U.N.C.L.E. |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | THE UNITED NATIONS $400: Due to its neutrality, this country didn't join the U.N. until 2002 Switzerland |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | TO THE "N"s OF THE EARTH $400: Kjøttkaker are this country's beloved meatballs, & don't say they're like Swedish ones Norway |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | SCIENTIFIC INITIALS $1200: N.T.,
who made sparks fly Nikola Tesla |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | MILITARY MEMOIRS $1000: T.E. Lawrence's chronicle of his desert experiences & participation in the Arab Revolt has this numeric title the Seven Pillars of Wisdom |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | "N" JOY $1000: Who doesn't like learning about this unusual ocean mammal whose scientific name is Monodon monoceros a narwhal |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | LEGAL "EE" $600: It's defined by the U.N. as one who can't return to their home country due "to a well-founded fear of being persecuted" a refugee |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) You can't miss the 1973 Cadillac convertible, owned by this rock pioneer, who influenced so many early performers, including The Beatles, & he drove the car in "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll", a documentary that celebrated his 60th birthday Chuck Berry |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | MED. ABBREV. $400: According to the initials, an E.N.T. is a doctor who specializes in treating these body parts ear, nose & throat |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | L-M-N $1200: It's the type of horse seen frolicking here a palomino |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | 'CAUSE WE SPELL GOOD $600: Here's a colonel of truth--"colonel" ain't spelled right in that phrase; please spell out this homophone, the gist of an idea K-E-R-N-E-L |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | VETO $800: Russia, China & the U.S. regularly use their U.N. security council veto but these 2 other perm. members haven't used theirs since 1989 France & the U.K. |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | PICTURE THE MUSICAL ACT $400: Don't "Push It" with these ladies Salt-N-Pepa |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | "T-N-T" $400: Adjective for air that moves suddenly & violently turbulent |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | "T-N-T" $800: "Fashion" term for a disloyal person who betrays a cause turncoat |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | "T-N-T" $1200: A friend & collaborator of Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden had this musical job a trombonist |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | "T-N-T" $1600: This part of a church intersects the nave to form a cross a transept |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | "T-N-T" $2000: A stop on ancient caravan routes, this capital is now the largest city in Central Asia Tashkent |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | M-N-Ms $800: Jesse Ventura said, "WikiLeaks exists because" this media "haven't done their job" mainstream |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | APPROACH THE BENCH $1000: N.Y. Yankee Wally Pipp had a headache in 1925, so this "lucky" man played at 1st; he didn't leave the lineup until 1939 Lou Gehrig |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | "ROCK" &/OR "ROLL" SONGS $600: "Today's music ain't got the same soul, I like that" 1979 Bob Seger hit with this title "Old Time Rock And Roll" |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | LAYING THINGS N TO N $400: It's the "pact" nations sign to say they won't attack one another nonaggression |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | E-COLLEGE-Y $200: N.C. State created a program to compost these food boxes, which usually aren't recyclable, especially if they contain crusts pizza boxes |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | THE 1950s $1000: With U.N. approval, Truman put this general in charge of U.N. command forces on July 8, 1950; that didn't work out so well (Douglas) MacArthur |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | GEO, DUDE $800: Lafitte's blacksmith shop...isn't one? It says it is "the oldest structure used as a bar in the U.S.", on this N.O. St.? We're so there! Bourbon Street |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | LANGUAGE ISOLATES $1200: Kutenai is an isolate spoken in the Kootenay region of this Canadian province, near its eastern border with Alberta British Columbia |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | CROSSWORD CLUES "N" $800: Can't feel a thing
(4) numb |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | CHANGE YOUR M*I*N*D* $2000: To attach the part you shouldn't judge a book by bind |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | SPELL THE BEANS $1000: Chipotle's ingredients include black beans & this other 5-letter type P-I-N-T-O |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | FAMOUS "N"AMES $1200: Name but don't touch this man, hired to head the Chicago Prohibition Bureau in 1929 (Eliot) Ness |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | FAUX AMIS $800: In French C-O-I-N isn't money; coin means corner & coin-coin is what these birds say ducks |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | SPELLEMENTS $800: Cl C-H-L-O-R-I-N-E |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $600: Insomniac's activity
T _ _ _ _ N _
_ N _
T _ _ N _ N _ tossing and turning |
| #7900, aired 2019-01-04 | SUMMING UP THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY $1000: When in Rome, revenge is a dish, all right; S-A/T-U-R/N-I-N/U-S! Oh, man, does everyone die Titus Andronicus |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $400: The name of this large sea comes from words for "middle of the land" M-E-D-I-T-E-R-R-A-N-E-A-N |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | BEJEWELED $1000: Seen here, both these gems are vulnerable to scratching; they become adjectives by adding "E-S-C-E-N-T" opal and pearl |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | BIBLE STUDY $800: Many find this N.T. figure foretold in Malachi: "I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way" John the Baptist |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | IF THE HYPHEN BECOMES A LETTER $800: The hyphen in something you can do to a document via computer becomes an "N":
this Navy rank ensign |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $2000: In 1994 it was this 12-letter word meaning before the Biblical flood A-N-T-E-D-I-L-U-V-I-A-N |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | AROUND THE WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): Kings reign over these 2 countries in Asia that both begin with "B" & end with "N" Bahrain and Bhutan |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | THE KOREAN WAR $800: As commander in chief of the U.N. command from July 1950 to April 1951, he didn't stay over in Korea a single night MacArthur |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | SILENT N $2000: To represent in drawing of painting; it's 4 letters & you know the last 2 are "mn"-- don't let us down! limn |
| #7362, aired 2016-09-20 | "TEN"-LETTER WORDS $1200: Patrick Roy & Hope Solo played this position goaltender |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | NASCAR TECHNOLOGY $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) The tires used in NASCAR have another tire within them for safety reasons, & are filled with this gas, symbol N, because it contains less moisture than air, & the tire pressure doesn't change as much in a race nitrogen |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | COMMUNICATION $2000: You won't be able to make out the message if there's too low an S/N ratio, S/N standing for this signal-to-noise |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | ODDS & "N"s $800: Australia also has a region called this, but theirs doesn't include Vermont & Connecticut New England |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ERA $800: It wasn't just in Boston--on Dec. 22, 1774, patriots in Greenwich, N.J. burned this cargo in a field tea |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: French word for a phase of the moon or a buttery pastry C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | FICTIONAL ORGANIZATIONS $800: Several of the Time Lords on this series have dealt with U.N.I.T., a task force that investigates aliens on Earth Doctor Who |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | "N" DEAVOUR $800: A game in which a pitcher doesn't give up a single, double, triple or homer a no-hitter |
| #7060, aired 2015-05-01 | TECHNOLOGY & STUFF $1000: In 1994 Marc Andreessen offered this web browser based on Mosaic commercially to the world Netscape |
| #7028, aired 2015-03-18 | LAUGHABLE TELEVISION $800: This Bill Hader guy:
"N.Y.'s hottest club is Push!... (It) has... ghosts... banjos... a stuck-up kitten who won't sign autographs..." Stefon |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS $500 (Daily Double): 2004:
Commemorating the struggle against this & its abolition, which sadly still hasn't happened slavery |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | HARD ROCKERS $800: "Take me down to the Paradise City, where the grass is green & the girls are pretty, oh, won't you please take me home?" Guns N' Roses |
| #6989, aired 2015-01-22 | THIS IS N-P-R $200: Directional term for a drenching bit of weather; don't get caught in a heavy one downpour |
| #6975, aired 2015-01-02 | PARENTHETICAL SONG TITLES $400: The Rolling Stones:
"(But I Like It)" "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll" |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | "N"TERTAINMENT $2000: Radio Disney uses the label N.B.T., short for this the next big thing |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $200: This gaming console that comes in PS4 & PS Vita models P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $800: This Olympic sport that consists of 10 track & field events D-E-C-A-T-H-L-O-N |
| #6900, aired 2014-09-19 | ROCKY ROAD $200: The rocky road seen here is in this country that has stoni--S-T-O-N-I--in its name Estonia |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1600: Product of a thinker from Crotone
_ Y T _ _ G _ _ _ _ N
T _ _ _ _ _ _ Pythagorean theorem |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | LONG WALKS ON THE BEACH $400: In 2012 superstorm Sandy battered the boardwalk by this N.J. gambling city but locals want you to know it wasn't destroyed Atlantic City |
| #6805, aired 2014-03-28 | HANDLING SOME T-N-T $200: You "go off on" this geometric term if you digress suddenly a tangent |
| #6805, aired 2014-03-28 | HANDLING SOME T-N-T $400: An oppressive ruler a tyrant |
| #6805, aired 2014-03-28 | HANDLING SOME T-N-T $600: An object of little value, like a small piece of jewelry a trinket |
| #6805, aired 2014-03-28 | HANDLING SOME T-N-T $800: To sully or tarnish to taint |
| #6805, aired 2014-03-28 | HANDLING SOME T-N-T $1000: British term for a merry-go-round; sounds like fair play a turnabout |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | THE ONE WHO KNOCKS $800: The N.Y. Daily News' review of "Glitter" told this singer, "Don't quit your day job"; the headline? "A Star Is Boring" Mariah Carey |
| #6774, aired 2014-02-13 | STATE GOVERNORS $1200: On Oct. 4, 2011 this N.J. governor announced he wasn't running for president, saying, "Now is not my time" Chris Christie |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $200: Romeo's family name M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $1000: Queen of the Fairies, wife of Oberon T-I-T-A-N-I-A |
| #6705, aired 2013-11-08 | FROM THE "OL" COUNTRY $1600: We sing the song of this island country in the Pacific about 1,000 miles N.E. of Australia--actually, we won't the Solomon Islands |
| #6687, aired 2013-10-15 | STARTS WITH A QUESTION WORD $1200: If you don't have a reason to visit this community 25 minutes south of Asheboro, N.C., just say this Whynot |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS SHRUGGED $800: The U.N. doesn't recognize Morocco's control over a disputed part of this desert, but the Atlas does the Sahara |
| #6570, aired 2013-03-22 | COMPASS POINT MOVIES $1200: Hitchcock couldn't film inside the U.N. for this 1959 thriller, so he re-created its rooms on a soundstage North By Northwest |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | THE LIFE OF A GENIUS $2,500 (Daily Double): They'll want your intellect at these Murray Hill, N.J. labs, the longtime research & development arm of AT&T Bell Labs |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | KINDLY CORRECT NIGEL'S SPELLING $600: I can't conceive why you believed you had licence to dissemble in such a fashion L-I-C-E-N-S-E |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | RUNNING ON "N.T." $200: It doesn't count as opening someone else's mail to read the letter to Philemon found in this book The New Testament |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | RUNNING ON "N.T." $400: A classy goodbye includes "until" then, the occasion after this one next time |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | RUNNING ON "N.T." $600: In the address P.O. Box 438 Fort Simpson, NT X0E 0NO, NT is short for this Northwest Territories |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | RUNNING ON "N.T." $800: The guy not as important as the top guy but more important than every other guy number two |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | RUNNING ON "N.T." $1000: More kids than adults have these episodes of fear & sometimes screaming during sleep night terrors |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | 14-, 15- & 16-LETTER WORDS $1600: This word for a prediction also starts with P & ends with T-I-O-N prognostication |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm at the CBC Broadcast Centre in this city, Canada's largest metropolis & commercial centre--that's C-E-N-T-R-E Toronto |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | & HONEY $600: & Honey, it's May--we gotta call your mom in London for Mother's Day; don't forget it's this many hours ahead of N.Y. time five |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $1000: Unbearable, such as the "Acts" passed by the British parliament in 1774 I-N-T-O-L-E-R-A-B-L-E |
| #6231, aired 2011-10-24 | KAN U SPEL BIZNESS? $1000: Amazing, phenomenal cleaner from SC Johnson F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-K |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | PROHIBITION $1000: This "Little Flower" N.Y. rep. (& later mayor) believed that God would disapprove of prohibition
"And I don't think that he intended the use of grapes to be made into jelly." Fiorello LaGuardia |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | SPELL IT! $1200: Spell this metric measurement equal to .03937 of an inch M-I-L-L-I-M-E-T-E-R |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | THE DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $1200: This duo's "Baby Don't Forget My Number" reached No. 1 in July 1989; turned out they didn't sing it Milli Vanilli |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | THE DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $2000: It'll drive me crazy if you can't name this band that hit No. 1 in April 1989 with "She Drives Me Crazy" Fine Young Cannibals |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | U.N. OBSERVANCES $200: December 2 is International Day for the Abolition of this, which didn't disappear in 1865 Slavery |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | U.N. OBSERVANCES $800: Can't wait for Oct. 20, World Day for this science of collecting & arranging numerical facts & data statistics |
| #6143, aired 2011-05-04 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $1600: The Ramones, about this title institute of learning: "Well, I don't care about history" "Rock 'n' Roll High School" |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | AN AUTHOR IS BORN $2000: He was born at home Oct. 3, 1900 in Asheville, N.C. & later found out you can't go home again Thomas Wolfe |
| #6008, aired 2010-10-27 | BET YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING $1200: In 1950 this general & head of the U.N. military force led a surprise landing behind enemy lines at the Korean port of Inchon MacArthur |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $800: The written note from a doctor to a pharmacist telling what medicine you need P-R-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | ALL ABOARD AMTRAK $600: The Southwest Chief route takes a "right toyn" after stopping at this 11-letter N.M. city (relax, we won't make you spell it) Albuquerque |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | T-N-C $400: A loose-fitting cloak extending to the hips or knees a tunic |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | T-N-C $800: A long, steep-sided depression in the ground or the ocean floor a trench |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | T-N-C $1200: Instability in the atmosphere that means it's time to buckle your airplane seatbelt turbulence |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | T-N-C $1600: From the Latin for "dyeing", it's a medicine used in small amounts, consisting of an extract in solution tincture |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | T-N-C $2000: The act of abstaining from excess or an anti-alcohol movement of the late 19th century temperance |
| #5847, aired 2010-02-02 | COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES $2000: "Don't be absent from your own life", Jessica Lange told seniors at this Bronxville, N.Y. liberal arts school Sarah Lawrence |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | MUSICAL NAME ORIGINS $1000: This "Boys Are Back In Town" band was named for a female robot in a comic strip, not from the nickname of the Model T Thin Lizzy |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | FINLANDIA $800: Finland forms a symbolic N. border between Eastern & Western Europe: to the east is Russia; to the west, these 2 nations Norway & Sweden |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | TEA 'N T $200: Wired magazine asked & answered the question "How much is all the tea" here "actually worth?" $1,590,653,400 China |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | TEA 'N T $400: A U.S. government security with maturity 1 year or less is called this, 5 letters total a T-bill |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | TEA 'N T $600: A tea plant matures in 3 to 5 years & produces a growth of new shoots called this; a royal one is great in poker a flush |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | TEA 'N T $800: In medical speak, "T & A" is this operation "& adenoidectomy"; keep it medical, folks! tonsillectomy |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | TEA 'N T $1000: Seen here, this instrument is used in mechanical drawing a T square |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: Not the beginning of a beautiful friendship, the Agadir Incident pitted Germany vs. France in this N. African country Morocco |
| #5771, aired 2009-10-19 | POTPOURRI $600: Scary--in 1991 the N.Y. Supreme Court ruled that a home buyer could void the sale as he hadn't known the house was this haunted |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $400: The NYC borough that includes Wall Street M-A-N-H-A-T-T-A-N |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $1000: Pardon me, boy, but this city is on the Moccasin Bend of the Tennessee River C-H-A-T-T-A-N-O-O-G-A |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | HOLLYWOULDN'T $200: "Nocturnal Fears", a proposed sequel to this, would've seen Elliot kidnapped by aliens; Spielberg said N-O E.T. |
| #5706, aired 2009-06-01 | ABBREVIATED LINES OF POETRY $800: "Take thy beak from out my heart, & take thy form from off my door!"
Q.T.R., N. Quoth the raven, "Nevermore" |
| #5663, aired 2009-04-01 | WHEN POLITICIANS SPEAK $400: Asked about being a VP, he said he was in a N. Vietnam prison in the dark & fed scraps & he wouldn't want to do that again John McCain |
| #5644, aired 2009-03-05 | THE ANGEL GABRIEL $1200: In the N.T., Gabriel appears to Zacharias & tells him that his wife Elizabeth will give birth to this person John the Baptist |
| #5641, aired 2009-03-02 | AROUND THE U.N. $1,500 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Assembly floor.) Many U.N. agencies, like the World Health Organization, are headquartered in this country that didn't get its General Assembly seat until 2002 Switzerland |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS (SORT OF) $2000: Jeremy Irons starrer: "E-N-U-T-R-O-F" Reversal of Fortune |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $400: Luckily a competitor didn't have one spelling this word that means "pertaining to the heart" C-O-R-O-N-A-R-Y |
| #5539, aired 2008-10-09 | HISTORIC BINGO $600: "N" 1810:
Josephine wasn't on the guest list at his April 1 marriage to Archduchess Marie-Louise Napoleon (Bonaparte) |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | ABBREVIATED PROVERBS $400: "Dead men
T. N. T." tell no tales |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | SPELLING "B" $200: Acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining the lungs B-R-O-N-C-H-I-T-I-S |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | SPELLING "B" $800: Istanbul was once Constantinople & before that, this city founded by the Greeks B-Y-Z-A-N-T-I-U-M |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | SPELLING "BE" $1600: A doughnut-like treat from New Orleans' Cafe du Monde B-E-I-G-N-E-T |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | U.S. POLITICS $800: (I'm Julie Chen.) In 1999, on our first "Early Show" broadcast on CBS, I reported on a possible N.Y. Senate race between these 2 people; it didn't happen, but they may still face off for president (Hillary) Clinton & Rudolph Giuliani |
| #5344, aired 2007-11-29 | YOU'RE GOING TO WIN A PULITZER! $1600: The first 2 Pulitzers for writing these, to the N.Y. Tribune & Louisville Courier Journal, didn't name the authors editorials |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | QUIZILLA $200: In 2006 ABC aired the finals in primetime for this C-O-N-T-E-S-T, the "longest-running educational promotion" the Spelling Bee |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | BE A STELLAR SPELLER $1200: It's part of Scorpio... A-N-T-A-R-E-S |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: 1954:
This architectural term for the part of a church that crosses the nave at right angles T-R-A-N-S-E-P-T |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | FOOD-O $1,600 (Daily Double): The name of this kind of tuna is Spanish for "pretty" bonito |
| #5029, aired 2006-06-22 | COLLEGE HOOPS $400: Since 1938 the N.I.T. has played all its championship games at this New York City venue Madison Square Garden |
| #4965, aired 2006-03-24 | AMERICANA $800: You don't have to be in spitting distance to know that N.C. has 3 official festivals; 2 of them honor this fruit the watermelon |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | CITIES BY THE "TON" $1200: Home to the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Latin American Art, remember this Texas city! San Antonio |
| #4952, aired 2006-03-07 | AIRPORT I.D. CODES $200: Reserved for Navy airfields, "N" can't begin an identifier for a commercial airport, so this N.J. airport is EWR Newark |
| #4932, aired 2006-02-07 | FILL IN THE NOVEL TITLE $200: "T.H.O.N.D."
by Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1000: 1994:
Pertaining to the period before the flood, it also means out of date A-N-T-E-D-I-L-U-V-I-A-N |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | SCRABBLE 50-POINT BONUSES $400: T, U, N, S, I, E, Q:
A judicial investigation of a death inquest |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | DEPARTMENT "S" $400: This protest technique became common in 1960 when black students wouldn't leave a N.C. lunch counter sit-in |
| #4815, aired 2005-07-08 | MAKING THE CUT $100 (Daily Double): This cut's name derives from a N.Y. liquor establishment & contains the tenderloin & the top loin muscle porterhouse |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $800: This poet & biographer's site isn't in Illinois but in Flat Rock, N.C.; he moved there & raised goats Carl Sandburg |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | THE RADIO ALPHABET $800: It shouldn't take you a month to come up with this word for "N" November |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | GUNS N' ROSES $800: Though patented in 1862, this crank-operated machine gun didn't become official U.S. Army weaponry until 1866 the Gatling Gun |
| #4655, aired 2004-11-26 | NAME THE DECADE $1000: Pre-"The West Wing", the real Josiah Bartlett governs N.H., John Paul Jones gives up the fight & the Jay Treaty is inked 1790s |
| #4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $800: 1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | SPELL THAT GOVERNOR $400: Of Ohio, coming from a long line of politicians, Bob... T-A-F-T |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | "N" MASSE $1200: Richard I of this French dukedom wasn't "the Lionhearted", but he was "the Fearless" Normandy |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: It doesn't take sleight of hand to spell... M-A-G-I-C-I-A-N |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $400: U.N. commander in the Korean War General Douglas... M-A-C-A-R-T-H-U-R |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $2000: German "God is Dead" philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm... N-I-E-T-Z-S-C-H-E |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | DECODE THE PERSONAL AD $1000: The S.A.M. whom this S.A.F. wants an L.T.R. with has to be N.S.N.D., for this non-smoking, non-drinking |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | QUIPS $600: This N.Y. film director said he wasn't afraid of dying but "I don't want to be here when it happens" Woody Allen |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | KJPY HIT RADIO $200: Your KJPY T-shirt gets you half off to see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", featuring Joey Fatone of this band 'N Sync |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | SPORTS NAME SPELLING $400: Dale, who drove car No. 3 E-A-R-N-H-A-R-D-T |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | THE FRENCH HAVE A(N ENGLISH) WORD FOR IT $400: Please mister please don't play B-17 on the tavern music player the French call this jukebox |
| #4147, aired 2002-09-17 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $1200: One of your skills is spelling... A-C-C-O-M-P-L-I-S-H-M-E-N-T |
| #4128, aired 2002-07-10 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $1,200 (Daily Double): His wife's name, Hannah, was also spelled J-A-N-N-E-T-J-E, Dutch for Hannah Martin Van Buren |
| #4093, aired 2002-05-22 | THE CIVIL WAR $2,400 (Daily Double): When the war began, N.Y. was the most populous Union state & this was the most populous Confederate one Virginia |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | U.S. CITIES $800: There's a tomb of the unknown soldiers of the Revolutionary War in this N.Y. city that wasn't built in a day Rome, New York |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | I PROTEST! $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Plaza Hotel.) In protest of the Oak Room's men-only lunch policy, this organization staged a sit-in at the Plaza on February 12, 1969 N.O.W. (the National Organization for Women) |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | SPELLING BEE $1000: The name of the Greek goddess of vengeance, it now means an opponent or rival who can't be overcome N-E-M-E-S-I-S |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $1000: Maiden name of the author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" W-O-L-L-S-T-O-N-E-C-R-A-F-T |
| #3922, aired 2001-09-25 | SPEAK & SPELL $300: Brace yourself & spell... O-R-T-H-O-D-O-N-T-I-A |
| #3840, aired 2001-04-20 | SECTIONS $200: Section of the Los Angeles Times that covers money matters like the stock market & personal finance Business |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | MOVIE REVIEWS $500 (Daily Double): The N.Y. Daily News played on a line from "On The Waterfront" in its review of this Joan Allen political drama The Contender |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $200: Thanks for spelling... A-P-P-R-E-C-I-A-T-I-O-N |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: Don't delay, spell... I-M-P-A-T-I-E-N-T |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $400: A peace officer having minor judicial functions, usually in a small town C-O-N-S-T-A-B-L-E |
| #3675, aired 2000-07-21 | SPELL MY FIRST NAME $400: Dunst of "Interview With The Vampire" K-I-R-S-T-E-N |
| #3675, aired 2000-07-21 | SPELL MY FIRST NAME $800: Johnston of "3rd Rock" K-R-I-S-T-E-N |
| #3675, aired 2000-07-21 | SPELL MY FIRST NAME $1000: Scott Thomas of "The English Patient" K-R-I-S-T-I-N |
| #3671, aired 2000-07-17 | NURSERY RHYMES $200: It's the precarious location of the Rock-a-bye Baby's cradle In the tree top |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | AMERICANA $300: Race a Model T while holding a pig in your lap in the Pig-N-Ford race at this state's Tillamook County Fair Oregon |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | ROCK 'N' POP $400: He wrote several earlier hits for others, but didn't have his own Top 10 hit until "Like A Rolling Stone" in 1965 Bob Dylan |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | HE WAS IN THAT? $1000: This American wasn't yet the Man from U.N.C.L.E. when he was in the golden calf scene in "The Ten Commandments" Robert Vaughn |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | INITIAL T.V. $400: This '60s police drama with Jack Warden was missing the "blue" of the series that began in 1993 N.Y.P.D. |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | INITIAL T.V. $1000: Organization that employed Alexander Waverly, Mark Slate & Illya Kuryakin U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement) |
| #3611, aired 2000-04-24 | ROCK 'N' POP $500: Don't get "Nervous"; it's the only numerical Rolling Stones Top 10 hit "19th Nervous Breakdown" |
| #3592, aired 2000-03-28 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $200: Former Russian president Boris... Y-E-L-T-S-I-N |
| #3592, aired 2000-03-28 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $300: Stone Age cartoon series star Fred... F-L-I-N-T-S-T-O-N-E |
| #3588, aired 2000-03-22 | PARTS OF A BUILDING $500: L-E-N-T-I-L spells a legume; rearranged & spelled this way, you get a supporting piece L-I-N-T-E-L |
| #3557, aired 2000-02-08 | SHUT YOUR MOUTH $800: You won't get enough coconut cream or key lime if you keep this slang term for your mouth shut Piehole |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $400: It's the British version of the word we spell C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-O-N C-O-N-N-E-X-I-O-N |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $800: A game of tic-tac-toe is a game of these & crosses N-O-U-G-H-T-S |
| #3495, aired 1999-11-12 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $600: Give the word special treatment as you spell... P-R-E-F-E-R-E-N-T-I-A-L |
| #3495, aired 1999-11-12 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $800: Casually & cooly prove that you can spell... N-O-N-C-H-A-L-A-N-T |
| #3472, aired 1999-10-12 | NATO $600: Its initials tell you NATO is an "organization" formed by this "N.A.T.", signed April 4, 1949 North Atlantic Treaty |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $200: Things will be sour if you can't spell... V-I-N-E-G-A-R |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $300: I hungrily await you to spell... N-E-C-T-A-R-I-N-E |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $500: You won't be exasperated if you can spell... A-G-G-R-A-V-A-T-I-O-N |
| #3442, aired 1999-07-20 | HODGEPODGE $500: According to the U.N. World Food Map, this country's people have the most per person; hope it doesn't get rotten! Denmark |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | N.E.W.S. $500 (Daily Double): Of north, east, west or south, the one that doesn't start a U.S. state's name east |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $800: U.S. pop artist Roy... L-I-C-H-T-E-N-S-T-E-I-N |
| #3364, aired 1999-04-01 | SPELL IT BACKWARDS $500: Punctures grounded the Garfield one of these in the 1998 Macy's parade N-O-O-L-L-A-B |
| #3361, aired 1999-03-29 | "I" SHADOW $800: We Canadians know this U.S. government branch is abbreviated I.N.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| #3352, aired 1999-03-16 | '50s TV $200: Word that completes the line sung by Jimmy Nelson "N-e-s-t-l-e-s, Nestle's makes the very best..." Chocolate |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $100: Make yourself useful & spell... U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-A-N |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $200: Don't be conservative as you spell... F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-M |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: We'll think of you as lustrous, colorful & brilliant when you spell... I-R-I-D-E-S-C-E-N-T |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $500: Resolve yourself to spelling... D-E-N-O-U-E-M-E-N-T |
| #3334, aired 1999-02-18 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $200: French emperor Napoleon (I)... B-O-N-A-P-A-R-T-E |
| #3334, aired 1999-02-18 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $600: Czech-born retired tennis star Martina... N-A-V-R-A-T-I-L-O-V-A |
| #3327, aired 1999-02-09 | DOESN'T RHYME WITH SQUAT $200: It makes up half of the Morse Code letter "N" Dash |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | SPELLBOUND $600: It's the fifth book of the Old Testament D-E-U-T-E-R-O-N-O-M-Y |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | SPELLBOUND $800: In a 1991 movie, a group of working-class Dubliners form a band that plays '60s soul music & take this name C-O-M-M-I-T-M-E-N-T-S |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | SPELLBOUND $1000: It's the adjective for a 150th anniversary celebration S-E-S-Q-U-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L |
| #3222, aired 1998-09-15 | YES, "N"DEEDY $500: A big bottle that holds about 20 quarts of champagne, or a Babylonian king who probably couldn't Nebuchadnezzar |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | SPELLING $400: Often seen at Christmas, this flowering plant was named for Joel R. Poinsett P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-A |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | SPELL CHECK $400: Feel no pain as you spell... A-N-E-S-T-H-E-S-I-A |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | SPELL CHECK $600: Don't lose your way as you spell... L-A-B-Y-R-I-N-T-H |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | SPELL CHECK $1000: It'll be peculiar if you can't spell... I-D-I-O-S-Y-N-C-R-A-S-Y |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | "F" IN SPELLING $400: We won't beat you unless you correctly spell... F-L-A-G-E-L-L-A-N-T |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | "F" IN SPELLING $1000: Congratulations! Now spell this synonym... F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N-S |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | A "B" CITY $500: The center of the Czech Republic's wool industry, it looks like it needs to buy a vowel Brno |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $800: 1994:
Ned Andrews said a mouthful with... A-N-T-E-D-I-L-U-V-I-A-N |
| #3051, aired 1997-12-01 | ON STAGE $400: In 1996 Fiona Shaw made her N.Y. debut in a theatrical rendering of this lengthy T.S. Eliot poem The Waste Land |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $200: This Mandarin orange was named for the city of Tangier T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: When you eat in a deli, you should know "deli" is short for this word D-E-L-I-C-A-T-E-S-S-E-N |
| #2949, aired 1997-05-29 | '60s TV $200: In 1966 "T.H.E. Cat" followed "The Man From" this organization on NBC U.N.C.L.E. |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | QUOTATIONS $600: This late magazine publisher ascribed his success to "Sheer ability spelled I-N-H-E-R-I-T-A-N-C-E" Malcolm Forbes |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | JAZZ SINGERS $600: The father of this "Don't Worry, Be Happy" singer provided Sidney Poitier's singing voice in "Porgy And Bess" Bobby McFerrin |
| #2842, aired 1996-12-31 | FADS $300: In 1971 wholesaler N.G. Slater sold 20 million buttons featuring this smiling expression Happy Face |
| #2842, aired 1996-12-31 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $400: Tyler appointee Abel Upshur was expelled from the College of N.J., now called this, for being in a student rebellion Princeton |
| #2819, aired 1996-11-28 | BLACK AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1971 U Thant eulogized this U.N. undersecretary as "An international institution in his own right" Dr. Ralph Bunche |
| #2745, aired 1996-07-05 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $300: Bruce "The Boss", who was "Born To Run" S-P-R-I-N-G-S-T-E-E-N |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | FEMINISM $400: In 1981 N.O.W. was disappointed the Supreme Court didn't reverse the ban on women registering for this the draft |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | POP MUSIC $200: "U.N.I.T.Y." is a pro-female rap song about self-respect by this "Queen of Rap Music" Queen Latifah |
| #2422, aired 1995-02-28 | A.K.A. $100: Originally, the last name of this famed Hollywood family was spelled H-O-U-G-H-S-T-O-N Huston |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | ENCHANTED APRIL $500: Although his expedition reached the N. Pole in April 1909, he couldn't relay the news until September (Robert) Peary |
| #2322, aired 1994-10-11 | TIME $200: Insert these 3 letters into "tricennial" to multiply it from every 30 years to every 300 years T-E-N |
| #2165, aired 1994-01-21 | AROUND THE WORLD $300: This country with official names in French, German & Italian isn't a member of the U.N. Switzerland |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | SPELLING $500: Japanese words for "port" & "wave" gave us this name for a huge, potentially devastating wave T-S-U-N-A-M-I |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | LEFTOVERS $100: Word that completes the line "N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestle's makes the very best..." chocolate |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | SPELL THAT NAME $400: The Tammy who taught us to spell D-I-V-O-R-C-E W-Y-N-E-T-T-E |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | SPELL THAT NAME $500: In "Double Indemnity", this Barbara was a "Ball of Fire" S-T-A-N-W-Y-C-K |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | SPELLING $200: It's a little cube of fried or toasted bread that's tossed on top of a salad C-R-O-U-T-O-N |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | SPELLING $400: SK is the postal abbreviation for this Canadian province S-A-S-K-A-T-C-H-E-W-A-N |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | SPELLING $500: You could call this chambered sea creature a conehead because its head is cone-shaped N-A-U-T-I-L-U-S |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | "C" IN SPELLING $400: To visit Mystic Seaport, you have to go to this state C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-C-U-T |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | OH NO! IT'S SPELLING $100: This citrus fruit was named for Tangier, Morocco T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | OH NO! IT'S SPELLING $200: Jane, who was probably proud of her "Pride and Prejudice", answered to this last name A-U-S-T-E-N |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | OH NO! IT'S SPELLING $300: As a rule, encyclopedia articles on this kind of "procedure" mention Robert's Rules of Order P-A-R-L-I-A-M-E-N-T-A-R-Y |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | DECEMBER 1969 $400: This rich Texan took 2 planes to N. Vietnam loaded with gifts for U.S. P.O.W.s but wasn't let in Ross Perot |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | FURNITURE $200: In the 18th cen. these furniture extremities were often carved to look like a rat's claw holding a ball feet (foot) |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | IN THE NEWS $100: 13-year-old Amanda Goad of Virginia was the winner of this national C‑O‑M‑P‑E‑T‑I‑T‑I‑O‑N the Spelling Bee |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SPELLING $800: If you have a high I.Q., you know the "Q." in I.Q. stands for this Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | FINANCE $5,000 (Daily Double): Named for a N.Y. congressman, this pension plan was established in 1962 to benefit the self-employed Keogh (Plan) |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $200: Dianne Neale of N.Y. made the news when she said this "E.T." host's voice triggered her seizures (Mary) Hart |
| #1725, aired 1992-02-14 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: T. Roosevelt took the presidential oath of office at Wilcox Mansion in this 2nd largest N.Y. city Buffalo |
| #1702, aired 1992-01-14 | SPELL THAT NAME $400: Late Ballerina Dame Margot F-O-N-T-E-Y-N |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | SPELL THAT NAME $100: Harry who sings calypso but doesn't explore on the Calypso B-E-L-A-F-O-N-T-E |
| #1603, aired 1991-07-17 | A.K.A. $200: James King Kern Kyser of Rocky Mount, N.C. became a famous bandleader using this name Kay |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | SPELLING $100: A jointed puppet manipulated by strings or wires M-A-R-I-O-N-E-T-T-E |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | SPELLING $500: The plant whose name is pronounced "impatience" is spelled this way I-M-P-A-T-I-E-N-S |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE EARTH $1,400 (Daily Double): N. America's biggest volcanic eruptions of the past million yrs. were in Wyoming & turned the rock this color yellow |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | SPELL THAT NAME $200: Formerly Allie on "Kate & Allie", she is no plain Jane (Jane) C-U-R-T-I-N |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | DIPLOMACY $800: Of 2, 4, or 5 years, the length of the UN secretary general's renewable term 5 years |
| #1531, aired 1991-04-08 | COLUMNISTS $1000: Columnist for N.Y.’s Newsday who wrote the novel “The Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight” Jimmy Breslin |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | SPELLING $200: It's the fee you pay to attend a private school or a university T-U-I-T-I-O-N |
| #1484, aired 1991-01-31 | NOT IN THE U.N. $200: Check the roster & you won't see this Holy See the Vatican |
| #1484, aired 1991-01-31 | NOT IN THE U.N. $400: You won't find it between Algeria & Angola in the UN, only between France & Spain on a map Andorra |
| #1363, aired 1990-07-04 | FAMOUS SPEECHES $200: Actor N. Shelley says he gave the famous speech on the retreat at Dunkirk as this man wasn't available Winston Churchill |
| #1347, aired 1990-06-12 | SPELLING $500: A 150th anniversary S-E-S-Q-U-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L |
| #1341, aired 1990-06-04 | HERSTORY $700 (Daily Double): "Ma" Ferguson of Tx. & N.T. Ross of Wy. were both elected to this post the same day, but Ross took office first governor or their respective states |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | SPELLING $100: A native of Tangier or a citrus fruit T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | SPELLING $200: It's the continent that surrounds the South Pole A-N-T-A-R-C-T-I-C-A |
| #1216, aired 1989-12-11 | ROCK 'N' ROLL FILMS $300: Buxom blonde who was the girl in 1956's "The Girl Can't Help It" Jayne Mansfield |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | SPELL THAT NAME $100: The last name of the 1988 Democratic vice-presidential nominee B-E-N-T-S-E-N |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | SPELL THAT NAME $200: According to its '50s ads, it "makes the very best...chocolate" N-E-S-T-L-E-S |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | SPELL THAT NAME $500: Orville the popcorn king spells his last name this way R-E-D-E-N-B-A-C-H-E-R |
| #1126, aired 1989-06-26 | DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS $200: "naut." isn't the abbreviation for naughty but for this nautical |
| #1126, aired 1989-06-26 | DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS $600: "sing." isn't a command to vocalize, it's an abbreviation for this grammatical term singular |
| #1126, aired 1989-06-26 | DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS $800: A "conj." isn't a conjurer, it's one of these a conjunction |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | SPELLING $100: Used in insecticides, it's the poisonous alkaloid found in tobacco N-I-C-O-T-I-N-E |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | SPELLING $200: A 200th anniversary B-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L |
| #1081, aired 1989-04-24 | THE UNITED NATIONS $800: The "T" in UNTSO indicates that the U.N. supervises these between warring nations in the Middle East truces |
| #1029, aired 1989-02-09 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Like Brooke Shields, F. Scott Fitzgerald attended this N.J. univ., but he didn't graduate Princeton |
| #1028, aired 1989-02-08 | SPELLING $500: You can amaze us by spelling this 9-letter word for a maze L-A-B-Y-R-I-N-T-H |
| #1027, aired 1989-02-07 | ROCK 'N' ROLL $300 (Daily Double): Composer of the following song sung here by Tom Jones:
"You don't have to be rich to be my girl / You don't have to be cool to rule my world / Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with / I just want your extra time and your kiss..." Prince |
| #957, aired 1988-11-01 | COLLEGES $400: In the mid '80s scientists at this N. England brain trust produced artificial blood vessels from live cells M.I.T. |
| #915, aired 1988-07-22 | SPELLING $1000: A small corsage worn by a man in his buttonhole B-O-U-T-O-N-N-I-E-R-E |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $500 (Daily Double): As hard to spell as she is to beat, it's the last name of Czech tennis star Martina N-A-V-R-A-T-I-L-O-V-A |
| #873, aired 1988-05-25 | MONTANA $1,000 (Daily Double): Montana is the only state whose rivers flow west to the Pacific, S.E. to the Gulf of Mexico, & N.E. to this bay Hudson Bay |
| #851, aired 1988-04-25 | COMMERCIAL SLOGANS $500: "Sweet dreams you can't resist" are spelled this way N-E-S-T-L-E-S |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | ANATOMICAL SPELLING $600: The tube leading from the middle ear to the throat E-U-S-T-A-C-H-I-A-N |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | SPELLING $1000: Many religions believe God to be omnipresent, omnipotent & this, having total knowledge O-M-N-I-S-C-I-E-N-T |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | SPELLING $2,000 (Daily Double): Of all the countries, this war-torn central Asian country is 1st alphabetically A-F-G-H-A-N-I-S-T-A-N |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | ODD SPELLING $200: Number halfway between eighty & one hundred N-I-N-E-T-Y |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | ODD SPELLING $600: It's how that 3-part picture of a playmate in the middle of a British Playboy is spelled C-E-N-T-R-E-F-O-L-D |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | WYOMING $500: In 1906, Pres. T. Roosevelt declared this "Tower" in N.E. Wyoming the nation's 1st nat'l monument Devil's Tower |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | SCIENTIFIC SPELLING $200: The only element on the periodic table that starts with "K", its symbol is Kr K-R-Y-P-T-O-N |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | SCIENTIFIC SPELLING $600: Temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 0° C-E-N-T-I-G-R-A-D-E |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | SCIENTIFIC SPELLING $800: Temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 32° F-A-H-R-E-N-H-E-I-T |
| #753, aired 1987-12-09 | U.S. HISTORY $500: When Congress didn't finance a base for the Statue of Liberty, his newspaper, the N.Y. World raised the money Joseph Pulitzer |
| #752, aired 1987-12-08 | MUSICALS $500: "Illya, Darling" wasn't based on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", but on this Melina Mercouri film Never on Sunday |
| #724, aired 1987-10-29 | SPELLING $200: A man from Naples, or his ice cream N-E-A-P-O-L-I-T-A-N |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | N. AMERICAN ANIMALS $300: It's said the mammal that can jump the highest isn't a kangaroo but this member of the cat family the mountain lion (the cougar, the puma) |
| #661, aired 1987-06-22 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $1000: This family lived at 39 Crenshaw St., Tuckahoe, N.Y., next door to Arthur & Vivian Harmon Maude Findlay & her husband |
| #651, aired 1987-06-08 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE $500 (Daily Double): The 5 consonants & 1 vowel that most people select in the bonus round E, T, N, R, S & L |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | COLORFUL NAMES $900 (Daily Double): Singer of the following, his name is a little dull for the category:
"And I'm feelin' the strain, ain't it a shame? / Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul / I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll and drift away..." Dobie Gray |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | SPELLING $300: (Punctuation marks enclosing this answer) P-A-R-E-N-T-H-E-S-E-S |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | SPELLING $400: Spelling of the sea you'd see looking north from Tripoli M-E-D-I-T-E-R-R-A-N-E-A-N |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | SPELLING $500: A member of the spurge plant family, its bright red leaves make it a popular Christmas decoration P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-A |
| #608, aired 1987-04-08 | AMERICAN INDIANS $600: It's said our union of states may have been patterned after this 6-tribe league centered in N.Y. the Iroquois |
| #591, aired 1987-03-16 | WILD WEST $800: At Old Adobe Hotel in Hot Springs, N.M., July 27, 1879, these 2 legendary outlaws met over dinner Jesse James and Billy the Kid |
| #579, aired 1987-02-26 | SPELLING $400: Writing paper & envelopes, or the kind of store that sells them S-T-A-T-I-O-N-E-R-Y |
| #579, aired 1987-02-26 | SPELLING $600: The "Q" in "IQ" Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | 20TH CENTURY AMERICA $400: Some feel if N.Y. Times had printed its info on this '61 invasion, it wouldn't have happened the Bay of Pigs |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | THE '50s $1000: A prosecuting attorney in the Rosenberg case, he later assisted Sen. Joe McCarthy Roy Cohn |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | SPELLING $800: Last name of Chief Justice William H. R-E-H-N-Q-U-I-S-T |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $300: A device used to stop the flow of blood through an artery by compression T-O-U-R-N-I-Q-U-E-T |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | SPELLING $600: A political murder such as that of Lincoln A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-A-T-I-O-N |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | ROCK ‘N ROLL $200: Beatles song about purchasing affection that was 1st to hit #1 in U.S. & Britain at same time "Can’t Buy Me Love" |
| #417, aired 1986-04-15 | SPELLING $300: From the Irish "smidirin", something exploded into fragments has been blown to this S-M-I-T-H-E-R-E-E-N-S |
| #412, aired 1986-04-08 | POTPOURRI $400: In Sept. 1985, Jersey City, N.J said they'd auction off this landmark if $1 mil. water bill wasn't paid the Statue of Liberty |
| #388, aired 1986-03-05 | 1981 $1,000 (Daily Double): Though he said it would be "a duty & an honor" to be re-elected U.N. Sec.-General, he wasn't Kurt Waldheim |
| #386, aired 1986-03-03 | CONNECTICUT $1,000 (Daily Double): Though much more is grown in N.C. & Ky., it's also Connecticut's leading field crop tobacco |
| #339, aired 1985-12-26 | POLITICAL QUOTES $300: N.Y. senator Alfonse D'Amato said both he & his bodyguard are afraid to ride these the New York subways |
| #331, aired 1985-12-16 | POTENT POTABLES $1000: Secret ass'n of distillers & gov't officials that embezzled liquor taxes under President Grant the Whiskey Ring |
| #302, aired 1985-11-05 | ROCK 'N' ROLL TRIVIA $800: Donovan said these 2 comic book characters "ain't got nuthin' on me" Superman & Green Lantern |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | "DANCE" SONGS $300: Loggins & Messina's 1973 "maternal" hit "Your Mama Don't Dance" |
| #163, aired 1985-04-24 | ROCK 'N ROLL $100: You can do anything to Elvis, but don't step on these his blue suede shoes |
| #163, aired 1985-04-24 | ROCK 'N ROLL $400: In February '61, he had a "Runaway" hit Del Shannon |
| #42, aired 1984-11-06 | SPELLING $1000: How we spell the art that makes Charlie McCarthy talk V-E-N-T-R-I-L-O-Q-U-I-S-M |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | SPELLING $500 (Daily Double): (Spelling of the name of the brackets surrounding this answer) P-A-R-E-N-T-H-E-S-E-S |
| #13, aired 1984-09-26 | TRIVIA $300: Though a northern state, N.J. didn't abolish it until 1860 slavery |
| #13, aired 1984-09-26 | 1968 $500: After 11 months in captivity, crew of this ship was released by N. Koreans the Pueblo |
