Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (226 results returned)

#25, aired 2024-05-08COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY $2000: It's no coin flip! This classic of '90s country by Jo Dee Messina was the subject of a 2022 song about hearing it in a karaoke bar "Heads Carolina, Tails California"
#8979, aired 2023-11-23BIBLICAL ZOO $600: Samson caught 300 of these sly creatures, put firebrands on their tails & sent them into enemy cornfields foxes
#8979, aired 2023-11-23CARTOON THEME SONGS $1600: "Long tails and ears for hats" Josie and the Pussycats
#20, aired 2023-11-15MOTHER GOOSE POLICE BLOTTER $600: Veterinary personnel were dispatched when a local woman reported her flock had returned without tails after an unexplained absence "Little Bo Peep"
#8962, aired 2023-10-31SHOW ME THE MONKEY $400: Old World monkeys like our friend the pottos don't have prehensile these; many New World monkeys do prehensile tails
#8854, aired 2023-04-20FLYING COLORS $600: This airline's planes have teal tails that sport a green shamrock with heart-shaped leaves Aer Lingus
#8800, aired 2023-02-03THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $1200: An Alabama historic site invites you to journey back to the 1940s & learn about this group of Black military aviators the Tuskegee Airmen (or Red Tails)
#8777, aired 2023-01-03SCIENCE NEWS $1200: Gene-edited versions of the embryonic type of these cells have helped geckos regrow their tails more perfectly stem cells
#8747, aired 2022-11-22RHYMING PHRASES $600: A single course of lobster tails & filet mignon is this type of order, & yes, please! surf & turf
#8725, aired 2022-10-21BEFORE & AFTER $800: Lewis Carroll feline once used to flog sailors onboard a ship a Cheshire Cat of nine tails
#8692, aired 2022-07-26WHAT'S IN YOUR GULLET? $2000: Saurophagous is a description for those that eat these, tails & all lizards
#8669, aired 2022-06-23THE "D" TAILS $200: Its tail is often pinned on at kids' parties donkey
#8669, aired 2022-06-23THE "D" TAILS $400: A joint used by carpenters is named for this bird's fan-shaped tail a dove
#8669, aired 2022-06-23THE "D" TAILS $600: Its tail gave its name to a 1950s men's hairstyle a ducktail (a duck)
#8669, aired 2022-06-23THE "D" TAILS $800: The website of the Perth Zoo informs us that these have bushy tails & can't bark dingoes
#8669, aired 2022-06-23THE "D" TAILS $1000: These marine creatures have learned to "walk" upright on their tails in captivity & also in the wild dolphins
#8542, aired 2021-12-28TOOLS $600: Tin is one type of these metal cutters, also found in a list of what little boys are made of snips
#8498, aired 2021-10-27THE GIFT OF GRAB $1000: We know about anteater tongues but some also have 2' tails used for climbing that are this "grabby" 10-letter adjective prehensile
#8240, aired 2020-09-18ANTONYMS $200: This pair of antonyms is used when using a coin to make a decision heads or tails
#8214, aired 2020-04-30NAMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY $400: The 2012 film "Red Tails" tells the story of the WWII African-American flyers known as these airmen the Tuskegee Airmen
#8186, aired 2020-03-23HEY, THAT'S FANCY! $200: A 6-course meal with this thermidor--tails with the meat removed, chopped & combined with a bechamel--yeah, that'll work! lobster
#8140, aired 2020-01-17BANDS, CLANS & GANGS $1000: Gangs in the "Gangs of New York" era included the Plug Uglies, the Short Tails & these "Boys" named for part of lower Manhattan the Bowery Boys
#8110, aired 2019-12-06CLOTHING $200: The tapering rear ends of a man's formal jacket are known as these tails
#8026, aired 2019-07-01WHIPS & CHAINS $200: Me-ouch! It's the implement seen here cat o' nine tails
#7975, aired 2019-04-19AUTO-BIOGRAPHIES $1200: Referring to cars' tails, a book on designer Harley Earl has this fishy 4-letter title Fins
#7958, aired 2019-03-27IRISH PEOPLE? $1200: Catherine was her birth name & she wielded a whip with a specific number of cords Cat O'Nine-Tails
#7941, aired 2019-03-04SPLIT 3 WAYS $800: A comet is made up of a coma; usually 2 tails; & this in the center the nucleus
#7901, aired 2019-01-07NURSERY RHYMES $400: Watch out, this trio! The farmer's wife is coming after your tails with a knife the three blind mice
#7899, aired 2019-01-03GETTING SQUIRRELLY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a squirrel and a rattlesnake on the monitor.) Certain ground squirrels fend off rattlesnakes by shaking their tails & creating heat, & since the snakes detect the heat via this type of light, they go defensive & leave their prey be infrared
#7878, aired 2018-12-05COMET $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an image of a comet on the monitor.) A comet often has two tails--one made of dust & one that glows blue & is made up of these electrically charged gas molecules ions (or plasma)
#7803, aired 2018-07-11"LITTLE" NURSERY RHYME CHARACTERS $600: Her flock disappeared but left their tails behind hanging from a tree to dry Little Bo Peep
#7761, aired 2018-05-14SMALL COUNTRIES $800: Malta was home to the Knights Hospitallers & you'll see this symbol of theirs on the tails of Air Malta planes a (Maltese) cross
#7724, aired 2018-03-22AVIATION HISTORY $800: Benjamin Davis Jr. became the first to lead this all-black Alabama flying unit also known as the Red Tails the Tuskegee Airmen
#7588, aired 2017-09-13"L" $1200: These birds have longer tails and longer names than the very similar lories a lorikeet
#7577, aired 2017-07-18TAILS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC $200: It's Fiji's only native mammal; one species, the monkey-faced, roosts only in the trees of Taveuni Island a bat
#7577, aired 2017-07-18TAILS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC $400: A bird called the megapode is distinctive in doing this to eggs not with body heat but using solar or geothermal energy keeping them warm (or hatching or incubating them)
#7577, aired 2017-07-18TAILS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC $600: Scientists believe the songs of this genus Megaptera whale, which change from year to year, are part of a mating ritual humpbacks
#7577, aired 2017-07-18TAILS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC $800: The saltwater this, the largest living reptile, can bodysurf currents, which is why it's found on South Pacific isles the crocodile
#7577, aired 2017-07-18TAILS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC $1000: New Caledonia is home to the largest type of this lizard; its sticky feet allow it to climb almost any surface a gecko
#7482, aired 2017-03-07BECKY WITH THE GOOD HAIR $400: Tom Sawyer forgets Amy Lawrence when he sees this girl "with yellow hair plaited into two long-tails" Becky Thatcher
#7424, aired 2016-12-15TAILS $200: Shake your tail feather & name this bird--though, to be honest, its bright feathers grow from its back, not its tail peacock
#7424, aired 2016-12-15TAILS $400: Its tail can support the entire body weight of the red type of this marsupial when it lifts its hind legs to kick a kangaroo
#7424, aired 2016-12-15TAILS $600: Seen here is the tail this rodent uses to help prop itself up on its hind legs & to steer as it swims a beaver
#7424, aired 2016-12-15TAILS $800: The size of a large turkey, this extinct bird from Mauritius had a tuftlike tail with curly feathers the dodo
#7424, aired 2016-12-15TAILS $1000: The rufus species of Lynx, it's named for its short tail a bobcat
#7404, aired 2016-11-1710-LETTER WORDS $2000: Like the tails of certain monkeys, a giraffe's tongue is said to be this, adapted for seizing & grasping prehensile
#7326, aired 2016-06-20"GO" AHEAD $400: The tails of pocket these rodents serve as an organ of touch gophers
#7277, aired 2016-04-12KNOT THE TIE $200: In the title of an Irving Berlin song, it comes between "Top Hat" & "Tails" "White Tie"
#7245, aired 2016-02-26GET A HANDLE ON IT $800: This name of a whip used for flogging tells you the number of lines tied to its handle a cat-o'-nine-tails
#7242, aired 2016-02-23MYTHOLOGICAL BEASTS $1200: What a life! These creatures with goats' horns, hooves & tails spent their time drinking & chasing nymphs satyrs
#7136, aired 2015-09-28DOUBLE THAT LETTER! $2000: Carried on a war & moved like some tails waged & wagged
#7056, aired 2015-04-27WHIP SMART $400: Britain's Army Act of 1881 banned the use of this numerical beast the cat o' nine tails
#7021, aired 2015-03-09THE ELITE ATE $600: This dish of lobster tails with Bechamel shares its name with a French Revolutionary Calendar month Thermidor
#6907, aired 2014-09-30SPACE STUFF $1600: This bright hyphenated comet that was seen in the skies in the 1990s had 3 tails instead of one the Hale-Bopp comet
#6879, aired 2014-07-10ON THE "ROCK"S $600: Down, down! This spiny crustacean does not have claws, but those tails are goooood rock lobster
#6854, aired 2014-06-05THE "BUL" PULPIT $2000: Type of reeds aka cat's tails bulrushes
#6703, aired 2013-11-06BEASTLY WORDS & PHRASES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some clouds on the monitor.) Long, wispy cirrus clouds are sometimes referred to by this name from their resemblance to a certain equine body part mares' tails
#6588, aired 2013-04-17BLENDER SETTINGS $400: A cat-o'-nine-tails, for example whip
#6548, aired 2013-02-20WE'VE HIT BOTTOM $400: We're going out! Put on your top hat & these, the divided bottom parts of a men's formal jacket tails
#6525, aired 2013-01-18HORRIFYINGLY REAL MOTHER GOOSE $400: 3 mice. Sightless. Scared. & this lady "cut off their tails with a carving knife"; did you ever see such a sight in your life? the farmer's wife
#6525, aired 2013-01-18HORRIFYINGLY REAL MOTHER GOOSE $1200: So ends the tail! She found her sheep "indeed, but it made her heart bleed, for they'd left all their tails behind 'em" Little Bo Peep
#6374, aired 2012-05-10DINOSAURS $200: Velociraptors had ossified tendons in their tails that helped them maintain this while striking & slashing at prey balance
#6301, aired 2012-01-30TIE ONE ON $400: If an invitation specifies this tie, it means it's a formal occasion & tails are required for men a white tie
#6282, aired 2012-01-03APPETIZERS $2000: A popular Louisiana appetizer, crawfish tails that have been shelled, battered & deep-fried are called Cajun this popcorn
#6257, aired 2011-11-29ODD WORDS $400: To decaudate is to do this, like the farmer's wife did to the 3 blind mice cut off tails
#6232, aired 2011-10-25HEADS OR TAILS $200: The tail of the death-stalker type of this arachnid delivers poison that can cause paralysis & heart failure a scorpion
#6232, aired 2011-10-25HEADS OR TAILS $400: This 2nd-largest land mammal has its eyes & ears on top of its head so it can keep track of things from underwater a hippopotamus
#6232, aired 2011-10-25HEADS OR TAILS $600: Seen here, the satanic leaf-tailed this won't save you 15% on your car insurance gecko
#6232, aired 2011-10-25HEADS OR TAILS $800: In Madagascar, the male ring-tailed this slashes a tree trunk with a spur to mark his troop's territory a lemur
#6232, aired 2011-10-25HEADS OR TAILS $1000: Follow your nose to go pro & name this type of monkey seen here, a surprisingly good swimmer proboscis
#6190, aired 2011-07-08CUTE & CUDDLY $800: Tails is a big-eyed friend of this ever-popular hedgehog Sonic
#6148, aired 2011-05-11TAILS FROM SHAKESPEARE $400: "O, thereby hangs a tail", says the clown shortly before this villain's entrance in Act 3 of "Othello" Iago
#6148, aired 2011-05-11TAILS FROM SHAKESPEARE $800: "Henry VI, Part II" describes an animal that "clapp'd his tail between" these his legs
#6148, aired 2011-05-11TAILS FROM SHAKESPEARE $1200: "Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail", says Petruchio in this play The Taming of the Shrew
#6148, aired 2011-05-11TAILS FROM SHAKESPEARE $1600: In "Henry VI, Part I" , Joan of Arc says, "Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while and like" this bird "sweep along his tail" the peacock
#6148, aired 2011-05-11TAILS FROM SHAKESPEARE $2000: "My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail", laments Gloucester's son in this play King Lear
#6054, aired 2010-12-30"EH"? $1000: This adjective is used to describe the gripping ability of the tails of New World monkeys prehensile
#5985, aired 2010-09-24THE RAZZIES FOR 2009 $800: He took Supporting Actor for "riding his daughter's coat-tails and playing her dad in 'Hannah Montana: The Movie'" Billy Ray Cyrus
#5975, aired 2010-07-30SHOW ME THE MONKEY $400: Old-world monkeys, like our friend the patas, don't have prehensile these, many new-world monkeys do tails
#5912, aired 2010-05-0450th ANNIVERSARIES $800: Ears, tails, & all, the first of these swinging clubs opened in Chicago Feb. 29, 1960 the Playboy Club
#5872, aired 2010-03-09...DIES BY THE "S" WORD $800: Of the 1500 species of these arachnids with curved tails & venomous stingers, only 50 are dangerous to humans scorpions
#5777, aired 2009-10-27NEW ORLEANS CUISINE $1600: Can't get more New Orleans than crawfish tails in the batter for these deep-fried dough treats, savory or sweet beignets
#5733, aired 2009-07-08THE FROG ROLLS IN $200: Frogs belong to the order Anura, meaning without this body part, something they had only as tadpoles tails
#5683, aired 2009-04-29YOUR HAIR $400: Often worn in pairs, this popular hairstyle for little girls is named for a porcine feature pig tails
#5662, aired 2009-03-31AN "O'" CATEGORY $200: Feline-sounding flogging whip a cat-o'-nine-tails
#5546, aired 2008-10-20JEOPARDY! DITLOIDS $200: The farmer's spouse de-tails them: 3 B M three blind mice
#5533, aired 2008-10-01KING OF THE IMPOSSIBLE $1600: In 2006 Jackie Bibby held 10 of these pit vipers by their tails; oh, did we mention he held them in his mouth? rattlesnakes
#5512, aired 2008-07-22MOTHER GOOSE $400: This shepherdess found her sheep's tails all hung on a tree to dry, so she tried to "tack to each sheep its tail, oh" Little Bo Peep
#5511, aired 2008-07-21ACROSS THE UNIVERSE $400: Discovered in 1858, Donati, one of these, developed a curved dust tail & 2 thin gas tails a comet
#5446, aired 2008-04-21TIME FOR LEFTOVERS $200: In the nursery rhyme, they're made up of "snips & snails & puppy dog tails" little boys
#5439, aired 2008-04-10ON THE CUTTING EDGE $400: It was used by the farmer's wife to cut off the tails of the 3 blind mice a carving knife
#5305, aired 2007-10-05THE "PRE" GAME SHOW $1600: Often used to describe certain monkeys' tails, this adjective means "able to grasp" prehensile
#5294, aired 2007-09-20FASHION SENSE $600: Lord Spencer may have invented the Spencer style of this by burning off one of his tails, then cutting off the other jacket
#5278, aired 2007-07-18FINE $200: Fine hairs from squirrels' tails are used in brushes for this painting medium whose name tells you it uses H2O watercolor
#5270, aired 2007-07-06THE "X" GAMES $1200: Chromosomal pairing in humans that traditionally leads to frogs & snails & puppy-dogs' tails X-Y
#5235, aired 2007-05-18IT'S ALL A LEGEND $1000: This pair of legendary Irish cats fought until only their tails were left the Kilkenny Cats
#5191, aired 2007-03-19NURSERY RHYME ER $600: Multiple traumas! The wife of a rural man had a carving knife... were these title rodents' tails packed in ice?! the Three Blind Mice
#5130, aired 2006-12-22CLICHES $1,800 (Daily Double): Meaning you can't make sense of it, to not be able to do this "of" something, may refer to a flipped coin make heads or tails of it
#5126, aired 2006-12-18LONG LIVE THE KING $800: Clad in white tie & tails on "The Steve Allen Show" in 1956, Elvis sang this hit to an unmoved pooch named Sherlock "Hound Dog"
#5123, aired 2006-12-13SHADES OF GREEN $400: Sounds fishy, but there's a shade named for these legendary sexy sea creatures--must be the color of their tails a mermaid
#5069, aired 2006-09-28TV QUOTABLES $400: "...we didn't have no tails & we didn't come from monkeys, you atheistic pinko meathead" Archie Bunker
#5046, aired 2006-07-17HISTORIC AMERICANS $800: We tell you no "tails": 19th c. astronomer George Phillips Bond discovered 11 of these celestial bodies comets
#5024, aired 2006-06-15NFL BLITZ $800: (I'm Jerome Bettis.) This player on the visiting team calls heads or tails in the pregame coin toss the captain
#4895, aired 2005-12-16"C" FOOD $400: Cajun popcorn is made from the tails of these crustaceans crayfish
#4887, aired 2005-12-06BIBLICAL ZOO $600: Samson caught 300 of these sly creatures, put firebrands on their tails & sent them into enemy cornfields a fox
#4820, aired 2005-07-15IN THE BIBLE $400: Before killing 1,000 Philistines with the jawbone of an ass, he set 300 foxes' tails afire; does PETA know about this? Samson
#4782, aired 2005-05-24COMPOUND WORDS $600: A swallowtail is a type of this, a man's formal coat that slopes toward the tails cutaway
#4778, aired 2005-05-18YES, YOU MAY $200: AKA a dun, this 4-winged insect has multiple tails & does not eat a mayfly
#4735, aired 2005-03-18A CATEGORY FROM SCRATCH $800: Used for flogging, it takes its name from the feline scratch-like marks it left on its victims a cat-o'-nine-tails
#4642, aired 2004-11-09EITHER/OR $400: It's the first choice the visiting team's captain always has at midfield right before kickoff of an NFL game Heads or tails?
#4618, aired 2004-10-06OTHER USES FOR ANIMALS $800: You can't beat this 9-tailed whip, or maybe you can a cat-o'-nine-tails
#4575, aired 2004-06-25TAILS $200: It's said that the world's largest one of these occurs at the Georgia-Florida football game in Jacksonville a tailgating party
#4575, aired 2004-06-25TAILS $400: The Earth is believed to have passed through the tail of this in 1910 Halley's Comet
#4575, aired 2004-06-25TAILS $600: In "Dumbo", Dumbo follows his friend Timothy, this type of animal, by holding his tiny tail in his trunk a mouse
#4575, aired 2004-06-25TAILS $800: In the 1600s the Manchu Dynasty introduced this hairstyle for men as a sign of submission to the emperor the queue (or pigtail)
#4575, aired 2004-06-25TAILS $1000: The coccyx the tailbone
#4536, aired 2004-05-03GRAB BAG $400: The Megabite, which set a world record in 1997 for the largest one of these flown, was 210 feet long including the tails a kite
#4457, aired 2004-01-13CLOTHES ENCOUNTERS $200: The costumes for this long-running musical based on a T.S. Eliot book of poems include pointy ears & tails Cats
#4428, aired 2003-12-03TAILS $200: There are at least 101 reasons for you to name this dog breed a dalmatian
#4428, aired 2003-12-03TAILS $400: Back away if the tail of this predator is in your sight a rattlesnake
#4428, aired 2003-12-03TAILS $600: Part of the plumage sported by this bird is seen here the peacock
#4428, aired 2003-12-03TAILS $800: The tail of one of these armored vegetarians is seen here a rhinoceros
#4428, aired 2003-12-03TAILS $1000: The tail fin seen here is from this popular make of car Cadillac
#4410, aired 2003-11-07FOR THE BIRDS $1200: It's the bird mentioned in the full name of the tails worn by a well-dressed Fred Astaire swallow
#4376, aired 2003-09-22DRESSING UP $600: For a fancy event, dress up in white tie & these, which animals have but humans usually don't tails
#4338, aired 2003-06-11RIBBONS $1600: It looks as if a cord or ribbon runs between the tails of the 2 creatures in this constellation Pisces
#4301, aired 2003-04-21CARTOON THEME SONGS $1600: "Long tails and ears for hats" Josie and the Pussycats
#4268, aired 2003-03-05MOTHER GOOSE $600: "What are little boys made of? Snips and snails, and" these; "that's what little boys are made of" puppy dog tails
#4221, aired 2002-12-30MUSICAL TRIBUTES $800: Tony Bennett's "Steppin' Out" album features songs introduced by this dancer, including "Top Hat, White Tie & Tails" Fred Astaire
#4204, aired 2002-12-05BITS & PIECES $2000: 2 of the men used as models for this 1913 U.S. coin were named John Big Tail & Crow Tails Indian Head (Buffalo) Nickel
#4191, aired 2002-11-18FAMILIAR EXPRESSIONS $800: It follows "heads I win" in an expression meaning the game is fixed tails you lose
#4113, aired 2002-06-19GIMME SOME MONEY $1600: Flipping coins "heads or tails" dates back to a coin featuring the "head" of this 1st century B.C. Roman dictator Julius Caesar
#4075, aired 2002-04-26"C" FOOD $1,000 (Daily Double): A Louisiana appetizer, this type of "popcorn" is actually fried crayfish tails Creole (Cajun)
#4055, aired 2002-03-29NURSERY RHYME AFTERMATHS $800: The SPCA has filed a lawsuit against this person who cut off the tails of 3 visually impaired mice the farmer's wife
#4028, aired 2002-02-20SOUTH AMERICAN SAFARI $800: Day 23: Starving. Found a clutch of iguana eggs, found iguanas defend themselves with teeth & these *tails (claws)
#3994, aired 2002-01-03CORPORAL PUNISHMENT $600: One superstition says that a trinity of trinities would be more efficient, hence the number of lashes on this whip a cat-o-nine-tails
#3884, aired 2001-06-21WE 3 $200: They ran after the farmer's wife, so she cut off their tails with a carving knife Three Blind Mice
#3846, aired 2001-04-30U.S. COINS $500: Collectors don't use "tails" & "heads", they use the terms reverse & this obverse
#3825, aired 2001-03-30THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $500: An ancient musical instrument gives this bird its name: [video clue] Lyre bird (tails going up as a lyre)
#3819, aired 2001-03-22THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE $600: A man's formal evening coat with 2 long tails in back is named for its resemblance to the tail of this bird: swallow ("swallowtail")
#3766, aired 2001-01-08"CAT"ECHISM $400: For serious penance, this nine-strand knotted flogging whip might be required Cat o' nine tails
#3610, aired 2000-04-21THE U.S. MINT $500: He crossed from heads to tails to appear on the reverse of the 1999 New Jersey quarter George Washington
#3580, aired 2000-03-10LIONS $400: As well as these on their paws, lions have a patch of rough skin on their tails called the same thing claw
#3517, aired 1999-12-14GOOSE... MOTHER GOOSE $300: Little boys are made of frogs & snails & these, eew... Puppy dog tails
#3511, aired 1999-12-06"HEAD" LINES $100: When tossing a coin, the French say, "Pile ou face?"; we say this Heads or tails?
#3449, aired 1999-09-09BOOK SERIES $800: This cat from "Sabrina" has his own series of "Tails" Salem
#3447, aired 1999-09-07NURSERY RHYMES $600: Did you ever see such a thing in your life? The farmer's wife cut off their tails "with a carving knife" Three Blind Mice
#3444, aired 1999-07-22I DON'T KNOW $400: If something is puzzling you & you can't "make" this out "of it", maybe it's a pushmi-pullyu Heads or tails
#3365, aired 1999-04-02ANIMAL SONGS $100: A children's song in which rodents lose their tails, or a Ken Auletta book about CBS, NBC & ABC "Three Blind Mice"
#3350, aired 1999-03-12TAILS $100: It's the only Zodiac sign represented by an animal with a stinging tail Scorpion
#3350, aired 1999-03-12TAILS $200: The Earth probably passed through its tail during its 1910 visit Halley's Comet
#3350, aired 1999-03-12TAILS $300: The train feathers of this bird's tail bear large blue & green eyespots called ocelli Peacock
#3350, aired 1999-03-12TAILS $400: She "Tried what she could, as a shepherdess should, to tack" each tail back to its lamb Little Bo Peep
#3308, aired 1999-01-13ODD WORDS $400: To decaudate is to do this, like an old farmer's wife did to a trio of blind mice chop off their tails
#3181, aired 1998-06-01WHIPS & CHAINS $200: Used for flogging, it's a whip with 9 knotted cords fastened to a handle Cat o' Nine Tails
#3113, aired 1998-02-25COMMON BONDS $300: Shirt, kite, donkey (things with) tails
#3100, aired 1998-02-063-LETTER WORDS $100: Tongues & tails do it Wag
#2988, aired 1997-09-03AROUND THE DUNGEON $300: A flogging with this multi-colored whip may leave you with a different type of scratch fever Cat O' Nine Tails
#2834, aired 1996-12-19INCREDIBLE EDIBLES $500: The young shoots of this marsh plant named for a feline appendage may be eaten in salads Cat Tails
#2816, aired 1996-11-25ASTRONOMY $200: These objects with comas & tails can be named for up to 3 independent co-discoverers comets
#2780, aired 1996-10-04FOOD $300: Cajun popcorn is made by battering & frying shrimp, or the tails of these freshwater crustaceans crayfish
#2769, aired 1996-09-19THE BIBLE $800: Angry at the Philistines, he caught 300 foxes, set their tails on fire & turned them loose in the fields Samson
#2757, aired 1996-09-03FASHION $400: Men's tails are also known by this longer, avian name swallow-tails
#2701, aired 1996-05-06ANIMALS $400: These omnivores with masklike facial markings & bushy ringed tails can weight over 30 pounds raccoon
#2639, aired 1996-02-08HERALDRY $400: This fur worn by royalty is represented by black tails on a white or silver ground ermine
#2616, aired 1996-01-08AIRLINES $600: Planes operated by this airline can be recognized by a shamrock logo on their tails Aer Lingus
#2551, aired 1995-10-09WARNER BROS. CARTOONS $300: This "fastest mouse" made his debut in 1953's "Cat-Tails for Two" Speedy Gonzales
#2355, aired 1994-11-25ETIQUETTE $500: You don't have to wear tails to a formal party; a tux will do unless the invitation says this White tie
#2317, aired 1994-10-04FAMILIAR PHRASES $300: "No room to swing a cat" probably refers to one of these whips, not to a feline a cat o' nine tails
#2280, aired 1994-07-01ANIMALS $400: These arachnids with stingers in their tails can be as long as 8 inches scorpions
#2189, aired 1994-02-24CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: They're made of "frogs and snails and puppy-dogs' tails" little boys
#2112, aired 1993-11-09THE FANNIE FARMER COOKBOOK $500: Cut these tails into 2-inch pieces & dust them with flour before you make the soup named for them oxtail
#2016, aired 1993-05-17FOOD FACTS $100: Traditionally, these cattle tails are cooked with carrots & onions in a stew oxtails
#1958, aired 1993-02-24GOING TO THE DOGS $200: These "French" dogs don't have natural pompoms at the end of their tails; they're clipped that way poodles
#1956, aired 1993-02-22IN OTHER WORDS... $800: Brilliant like one cat-o'-nine-tails smart as a whip
#1928, aired 1993-01-13RAIN FOREST CREATURES $500: These monkeys named for their thick fur can hang by their tails while picking fruit woolly monkeys
#1926, aired 1993-01-11GAMES $100: Pressman's version of this children's party game comes with 14 "donkey tails" Pin the Tail on the Donkey
#1896, aired 1992-11-30ETIQUETTE $500: Though male guest may wear tuxedos to a debutante's coming-out party, her father should wear this white tie and tails
#1886, aired 1992-11-16ASTRONOMY $400: As they approach the sun, some of these develop tails as long as 100 million miles a comet
#1768, aired 1992-04-15ANIMAL FACTS $300: These rodents' tails are long enough to shade them, so their name comes from the Greek for "shadow tail" squirrels
#1756, aired 1992-03-30ASTRONOMY $600: Found between Aquarius & Aries, the 2 parts of this constellation are connected at their tails Pisces
#1731, aired 1992-02-24TAILS $200: In old schoolhouses these tails were dipped in the inkwells by nasty boys pigtails (ponytails)
#1731, aired 1992-02-24TAILS $400: It can have a plasma tail made of ionized gas or a dust tail or both a comet
#1731, aired 1992-02-24TAILS $800: Also called the bay lynx, it got this name from its stubby tail the bobcat
#1731, aired 1992-02-24TAILS $1,000 (Daily Double): 1986 film that featured the following: "Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight" An American Tail
#1731, aired 1992-02-24TAILS $1000: I don't care if you know this alternate title to "Jimmy Crack Corn" the "Blue Tail Fly"
#1722, aired 1992-02-11DOG FOOD $300: Boxes of Wagtime Beef Basted Biscuits say they're "for happy" ones, as the name implies tails
#1708, aired 1992-01-22NUMBER, PLEASE $400: Number of tails on a cat -the whip, not the animal 9
#1663, aired 1991-11-20"X", "Y" & "Z" $400: In India the tails of these bovines are sometimes dyed & sold as flytraps yaks
#1563, aired 1991-05-22ANIMALS $100: These 60 lb. rodents are known for their broad flat tails & their engineering feats beavers
#1549, aired 1991-05-02ANIMAL KINGDOM $400: Some of these ray-like fish have electric organs in their tails & they sound like they belong in a rink skate
#1517, aired 1991-03-19WEATHER $500: Latin for "curl of hair", these wispy clouds can be blown into strands called mare's tails cirrus
#1491, aired 1991-02-11WEAPONS $400: This whip got its name when its blows were compared to the scratches of a feline a cat o' nine tails
#1482, aired 1991-01-29BY THE NUMBERS $200: This whip consists of knotted cords attached to a handle a cat-o-nine tails
#1456, aired 1990-12-24BIBLICAL ZOO $1000: Samson caught 300 of them, tied torches to their tails & used them to burn the fields of the Philistines foxes
#1423, aired 1990-11-07ASTRONOMY $600: Streaming out of coronal holes, it causes comet tails to point away from the sun solar wind
#1363, aired 1990-07-04THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $200: Some macaques have long ones, some have short ones & the barbary ape doesn't have one at all tails
#1323, aired 1990-05-09NURSERY RHYME ANIMALS $500: Someone fleeced them good, their tails were found "all hung on a tree to dry" Little Bo Peep's sheep
#1307, aired 1990-04-17PROVERBS $200: These "that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails." bees
#1269, aired 1990-02-22BELLS $500: From 1948-1963 this U.S. coin featured a bell on the tails side the 50-cent piece (the Benjamin Franklin half dollar)
#1095, aired 1989-05-12RABBITS $400: These wild North American rabbits are named for the fur on the underside of their tails cottontails
#1083, aired 1989-04-26MAMMALS $800: These bovines are used to carry mail in Tibet & their tails are sold as flyswatters in India yaks
#1056, aired 1989-03-20WORDS $400: The adjective that means adapted for grasping by wrapping around, like some monkeys' tails prehensile
#1039, aired 1989-02-23NURSERY RHYMES $200: "The farmer's wife...cut off their tails with a carving knife" "Three Blind Mice"
#1019, aired 1989-01-26DANCERS $100: He wore his trademark top hat & tails in his very 1st film, "Dancing Lady", with Joan Crawford Fred Astaire
#1000, aired 1988-12-30MOTHER GOOSE $100: Type of knife used by the farmer's wife to cut off the tails of 3 blind mice carving knife
#995, aired 1988-12-23GOLFERS $100: Also known as "Supermex", he once wore top hat & tails to play in a tournament Lee Trevino
#991, aired 1988-12-19THE ADAMS FAMILY $200: Dress for his Boston Tea Party wasn't tie & tails but feathers & war paint Samuel Adams
#946, aired 1988-10-17ZOOLOGY $100: Found in South American waters, they have enough power in their tails to light a dozen lightbulbs electric eels
#941, aired 1988-10-10"P"s & "Q"s $600: The tails of this airline's planes all sport kangaroos Qantas
#833, aired 1988-03-30"Y" NOT? $500: Their Latin name is Bos grunniens, & their tails make wonderful fly swatters yaks
#779, aired 1988-01-14WARTHOGS $300: Warthogs stick this long, thin, tufted body part straight up in the air when they run their tails
#777, aired 1988-01-12POULTRY $400: Mythology says that Hera was so fond of these birds, she adorned their tails with eyes of her lover Argus peacocks
#651, aired 1987-06-08ANTONYMS $1,000 (Daily Double): After heads or tails, it's the next set of antonyms a football player contends with kickoff or receive
#626, aired 1987-05-04NURSERY RHYMES $100: "Frogs & snails, & puppy dogs' tails" What are little boys made of?
#578, aired 1987-02-25AMPHIBIANS $400: Salamanders are the adult amphibians with these tails
#438, aired 1986-05-14BIRDS $400: Mythology says Hera was so fond of these birds she adorned their tails with the eyes of her love, Argus peacock
#430, aired 1986-05-02NATURE $200: These grow in marshes & on feline posteriors cat tails
#407, aired 1986-04-01ANIMALS $400: Beavers slap these on the water to warn others of danger tails
#345, aired 1986-01-03COMPLETE A PHRASE $300: From ship's whip, not its mouser, comes problem of not having "enough room to swing" this the cat
#301, aired 1985-11-04THE HUMAN BODY $500: Though lacking tails, we don't lack this, anatomically called a coccyx a tailbone
#263, aired 1985-09-11FAMOUS SHEPHERDS $100: Her sheep will come home, wagging their tails behind them Little Bo Peep
#163, aired 1985-04-24ASTRONOMY $500: From Greek "long-haired", they have tails up to a hundred million miles a comet
#110, aired 1985-02-08"CAT" EGORY $200: Ancient weapon kept a stone's throw from its target a catapult
#63, aired 1984-12-05FOLK MUSIC $100: What the farmer's wife did to 3 unlucky mice cut off their tails with a carving knife
#63, aired 1984-12-05ZOOLOGY $200: Finned on fish, scaly on lizards, nonexistent on humans & manx cats tails

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