| #9088, aired 2024-04-24 | ETYMOLOGIES $600: This word for a break you take is etymologically similar to "respect" & has the same number of letters respite |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! $200: I'm sold on walking across this bridge from Centre Street in Manhattan to Tillary Street on the other side of the East River the Brooklyn Bridge |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! $400: Begun in 1787, the Pont de la Concorde used remnants of the Bastille as a source for masonry to help span this river the Seine |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! $800: Ponte dei Sospiri is the Italian name for this bridge that spans the Rio di Palazzo the Bridge of Sighs |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! $1000: This London bridge used hydraulic pumps driven by steam until 1976, when it went electric Tower Bridge |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! $3,600 (Daily Double): The world's longest rotating metal bridge, El Ferdan, spans the Western shipping lane of this Egyptian waterway, dating to 1869 the Suez Canal |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $400: Told, "Take it to the house" in an ad for this co. that "knows home improvement", Christian McCaffrey says, "I will, that's where I live" Lowe's |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENCE $600: Sculptor Gutzon Borglum chose this landmark for its solid granite rock face; it would take 14 years for it to be completed Mount Rushmore |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Let's take a pregnant pause for this term of 3 months trimester |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ACTING UP AT JUILLIARD $1200: This member of Group 30 in 2001 saw his career take off "Marvelously" as Falcon (Anthony) Mackie |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY $4,800 (Daily Double): In June, take in the "white nights" of this city; after 19 hours of daylight, bridges across the Neva are raised at night so boats pass St. Petersburg |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $200: At the Fremont St. Experience, take a thrill ride on one of these, 7 stories high & 2 blocks long; the zoom one is even bigger a zip line |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | STOCK PHOTOS, KINDA $600: This company expected healthy 2023 sales of around $84 billion, you know, give or take Johnson & Johnson |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT $2000: The star of a 2023 HBO doc, this poet & her work "Black Judgment" helped take the Black Arts Movement to national prominence Nikki Giovanni |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | UNREAL ESTATE $200: Several of this author's works like "A Time to Kill" take place in Clanton, Mississippi John Grisham |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | SLANGIN' WITH MR. JENNINGS $600: You "take" this letter when you suffer a defeat the L |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | OPERA SETTINGS $1600: Scenes in this Mussorgsky opera take place in the czar's quarters & in a square outside of St. Basil's Cathedral Boris Godunov |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | ON THE MAP $4,200 (Daily Double): Tourists can swim in Devil's Pool adjacent to Livingstone Island & atop this natural wonder Victoria Falls |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $200: Fittingly, these teeth used to grind food take their name from the Latin for "millstone" molars |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1000: From the Latin for "to take away secretly", it means secret or sneaky surreptitious |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A STANDOUT STAND-UP $1000: A chapter in Laurie Kilmartin's "Dead People Suck" is "Home Hospice: Die Surrounded by Stuff You Meant to Take to" this charity Goodwill |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $800: C22H24N2O8 is the formula of this antibiotic that's known for fighting acne but can take on cholera too tetracycline |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: Named for a stalagmite, each December the Rock of Ages Lantern Tours take visitors through this New Mexico national park Carlsbad Caverns |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | SONGS OF YOUTH $800: Nate Ruess & this band implored, "We are young so let's set the world on fire" fun. |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $400: Jackson Browne's "The Load-Out" is a thank you to these folks who move & set up equipment--"Let" them "Take the Stage" roadies |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | WAITS $600: He had a Top 20 hit singing, "You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is the hardest part" Tom Petty |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $1000: This early play features Proteus & Valentine in the title roles (& it's not "Proteus & Valentine Take Manhattan") The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | A NICE SHORT STORY SPOILED $800: Take the rest of the day off, Columbo--the murderer gives himself up in this Poe story by offering up a body part "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | A NICE SHORT STORY SPOILED $2000: Turns out O. Henry's "Ransom of" him ends up costing the kidnappers $250 just to get the dad to take the kid off their hands "The Ransom of Red Chief" |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | ELECTION LINGO $600: This type of informal vote to test political sentiment may take its name from plant stalks tossed up to gauge wind direction a straw poll |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | JUDGES $800: In 1955 Texas judge Drummond W. Bartlett allowed this for the 1st time in a murder trial, & presumably combed his hair & adjusted his robe television cameras |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 1990s MUSIC $200: "Shakedown" is the first word of this Smashing Pumpkins song named for a year 1979 |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 1990s MUSIC $1000: This Red Hot Chili Peppers tune implores, "Take me to the place I love, take me all the way" "Under The Bridge" |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE $1000: Until this delivery service began in 1860, mail could take 25 days to get from coast to coast, some by steamship via Panama the Pony Express |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 1970s MOVIES $1200: Reaching for a gun to take on Mongo, Sheriff Bart gets warned in this film: "No, no... if you shoot him, you'll just make him mad" Blazing Saddles |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | LITERATURE BINGO $200: "N", 2005: Llewelyn Moss decides to take off with millions in drug money in this Cormac McCarthy tale; Llewelyn comes to regret that No Country for Old Men |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | QUOTING THE OLD TESTAMENT $1,200 (Daily Double): The second verse of this book begins, "Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel..." Numbers |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | QUOTING THE OLD TESTAMENT $1200: "Take us the" these "the little" these "that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes" foxes |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | OCCUPATIONS $400: Plumbers take their job name from plumbum, this element in Latin & an early material for making water pipes lead |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET CODE WORDS $1000: Take a swing at it--G is this golf |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | TECH TALK $1200: Seen here, is a more than 2,000-year-old one of these, also what you use to take notes in Kobo eReaders & ebooks a stylus |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | CHAINS $200: In professional wrestling today, steel cage matches usually take place in a ring surrounded by this barrier a chain link fence |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HOT FOR CREATURE $600: Birds don't have these glands, so they take heat out of their bodies using a version of panting sweat glands |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $800: A punk band fronted by Billy Idol, or the group born following the baby boom Gen X (Generation X) |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: In 2019 FIFA named her Women's Player of the Year; in 2020 she proposed to girlfriend Sue Bird Megan Rapinoe |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | DASHIELL HAMMETT $1600: Many of Hammett's stories take place in this inner-city San Francisco neighborhood that shares its name with a cut of beef the Tenderloin |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | RHYMING VERB PAIRS $1600: To reap or take in
&
to make soap bubbles to lather & gather |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BEST TIME TO VISIT $400: Every October hundreds of hot air balloons take flight in this New Mexico city at what's called "the most photographed event in the world" Albuquerque |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BEST TIME TO VISIT $800: Serious collectors take a June getaway to Basel in this country to attend its renowned art fair & stroll its cobblestone alleys Switzerland |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $800: To take a very small amount, as of psychedelics, perhaps to boost one's mood, rather than to get high microdosing |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | TAKE IT BACK! $200: The slogan "Take Back Control" is credited with helping this event get approved in a 2016 U.K. referendum Brexit |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | TAKE IT BACK! $400: The campaign Reclaim Your Vote can tell you the deadline to do this in each state (Alabama: Oct. 21, 2024) register to vote |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | TAKE IT BACK! $600: Campaigns called Take Back the Tap, aiming to reduce Americans' passion for this, say it's not specially safe & bad for the planet bottled water |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | TAKE IT BACK! $1,000 (Daily Double): In 2008 the Hindu American Foundation launched "Take Back" this practice that's much more than the physical postures of asana yoga |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | TAKE IT BACK! $1000: TBTN for short, this movement against sexual violence has been marching since the 1970s Take Back the Night |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | NAME THAT '90s HIT $1200: Red Hot Chili Peppers: "I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day, but take me to the place I love, take me all the way" "Under The Bridge" |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | HEAR ME ROAR $1200: Written in 1792, this French song asks, "Do you hear in the countryside the roar of those savage soldiers?" "La Marseillaise" |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | SPORTS TAKES $200: Stay balanced, tighten your jaw muscles & keep your chin down are tips for how to take one of these--if you have to a punch |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | SPORTS TAKES $400: Basketball players take shots, like this type added to the NBA in 1979 a three-point shot (three-pointer) |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | SPORTS TAKES $600: Stephen A. Smith & Molly Qerim talk sports & more on this ESPN show First Take |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | SPORTS TAKES $1000: An unwritten rule of baseball is to take (not swing) on this count, especially if your team has a big lead 3-0 |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | IT'S CORN $1600: The murals at the Mitchell Corn Palace in this state are designed by students at a nearby university South Dakota |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | COUNTRY OVERLAPS $2000: A Balkan "black mountain" country vaults over Serbia to meet the former Walachia & Moldavia Montenegromania |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $300: Written in 1908, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" features the lyric "Buy me some peanuts and" this ballpark treat Cracker Jacks |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | OATHS $500: According to "Le Morte d'Arthur" by Sir Thomas Malory, this group was required to take what we know as the Pentecostal Oath the Knights of the Round Table |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | PEOPLE $400: Gavin Newsom appointed Laphonza Butler to take this woman's seat in the U.S. Senate after her death at age 90 Dianne Feinstein |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | BEGINS WITH "S" $600: This portmanteau word describes a holiday you take at home a staycation |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | VÁMONOS A MEXICO! $400: Take in the beautiful blue agave fields near this town in Jalisco that gave its name to a potent potable Tequila |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | AGES, EPOCHS & ERAS $800 (Daily Double): This "Age" began in the 1930s with the advent of a new type of engine, though it didn't take off for a decade or so the Jet Age |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | THE MANGER ZONE $800: "And when they were departed... the angel of the Lord" said take the child & his mom & "flee into" this present-day nation Egypt |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | CONTEMPORARIES $800: She arrived in England from Virginia in June 1616, in time to take in a new masque by Ben Jonson Pocahontas |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | UNION ACTIONS $600: Union victory at the September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam emboldened President Lincoln to take this historic action 5 days later the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | LET'S TAKE A PEEK $200: The grouping of peacock feathers is called this, like the part of a bride's dress that follows behind her a train |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | LET'S TAKE A PEEK $400: In 1994, this vaunted race ventured across La Manche for a bit, taking an excursion through Dover the Tour de France |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | LET'S TAKE A PEEK $600: Hagia Sophia has four of these tapered structures that stretch into the sky; the red one is thought to be the oldest minarets |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | LET'S TAKE A PEEK $800: The group in the lab includes Alexander Fleming who discovered this antibiotic penicillin |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | QUITE A SITE $1000: Let's take a 2.1-million-year trip through time & examine exposed deposits in this gorge, the "cradle of mankind" Olduvai |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | LET'S TAKE A PEEK $1000: Moscow's Red Square is home to a cathedral named in honor of this saint, Wonderworker of Moscow St. Basil |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | CAUTIONARY RHYMES $200: An old adage tells us, "Red sky at night, sailors' delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take" this warning |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | TRAILER PARK $600: In a trailer for this animated feature from 1999, Satan is in bed with Saddam Hussein South Park: The Movie (South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut) |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | WATER WORLD $2000: Channels called these ways take water around a dam when the reservoir is full spillways |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HISTORY $1000: Retracing this 1930s journey will take you thousands of miles from Ruijin to Yan'an the Long March |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | IT WAS AN OLYMPIC YEAR! $400: The Liberty Bell moves to a pavilion north of Independence Hall; Israeli commandos take on hijackers at Entebbe 1976 |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | F-STOP $800: To take off--your hat, for example doff |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | REAL MEN OF SCIENCE $200: These small glass or plastic dishes used to culture microorganisms are named for a German bacteriologist Petri |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | WHAT DO I "GET" $400: Take aim at this "date" set for completion of a task target date |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE $600: F. Scott Fitzgerald popularized this musical term for the lively era that coincided with the Harlem Renaissance the Jazz Age |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | GIVE THE "DEVIL" $400: 3-word hyphenated term for an "attitude" with a tendency to take risks devil-may-care |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | LANDMARKS FOR SALE $800: You'll take "El Gigante", a 72-foot one of the Moai, or stone statues on this island? Great, now let's talk shipping Easter Island |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | "SESAME STREET" SONG PARODIES $1000: After being stood up by the "letter of the day", she sings "I Don't Know Why 'Y' Didn't Come", a take on her hit "Don't Know Why" Norah Jones |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | ALONG FOR THE RIDE $1500: In the tourist city of Hoi An, you can take a ride on a water buffalo; it's considered the symbol of this Asian country Vietnam |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $800: The Judds wanted him to "take me back to yesterday" & "tell me 'bout the good old days" Grandpa |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | THE INSTRUMENT OF DEATH $400: In 1914 Franz Ferdinand didn't say "take me out" but was anyway, via this a gun |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | HETERONYMS $1600: Suitable for the occasion, or to take possession of appropriate & appropriate |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | LET'S TAKE A BATH $200: The waiting room of New York City's old Penn Station was inspired by the Baths of Caracalla, built in the 3rd century in this city Rome |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | IN COGNITO $400: In sum it precedes "ergo" cogito |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | LET'S TAKE A BATH $400: I've been known to get colorful in the tub with Crayola's version of these alliterative sudsy explosions bath bombs |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | LET'S TAKE A BATH $600: The idea for "Lohengrin" came to this composer while he was taking a spa bath Wagner |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | LET'S TAKE A BATH $800: Sodium sesquicarbonate is one chemical sold as the soothing additions called "bath" these compounds salts |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | LET'S TAKE A BATH $1000: The earliest known surviving bathtub dates back to 1700 B.C. & was used in the palace of Knossos on this island Crete |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | EAT $800: A shiitake is one of these; "take" is Japanese for it a mushroom |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | "THE" MOVIE $400: This 1973 horror classic had Linda Blair take an extended look around The Exorcist |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | DUDE-ER-ONOMY $1600: Whoa! In 1991 these 2 title dudes got a sequel & totally returned to take a "Bogus Journey" Bill & Ted |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | STARTS WITH... $2000: U:
The noun you "take" when you feel offended umbrage |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS $100: Fittingly, this number of the amendment that repealed prohibition is also the legal drinking age in the U.S. the 21st Amendment |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | MARRIAGE STORY $200: 1946:
"Julia McWilliams! What's cookin'?"
"I just got married"
"Tasty! To whom?"
"His last name is" this Child |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | IN BOOKSTORES NOW $500 (Daily Double): A 2021 book, "Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli" is subtitled "The Epic Story of the Making of" this film The Godfather |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | PENINSULAS $1000: Be sure to take the scenic Slea Head Loop if you're driving on this Irish peninsula; you'd be a real ding-dong to miss it the Dingle Peninsula |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | RIGHT "U-R" $1,500 (Daily Double): The New York Times called it a "sport in which daredevils race over rooftops, flip over ledges and climb walls without assistance" parkour |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | QUOTABLE CINEMA $600: 1976:
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Network |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | FASHION STATEMENTS $200: You take these "off" to praise someone, but keep something "under" one to keep a secret a hat |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $200: NYU's Stern School of Business offers a Ph.D. in this financial record-keeping specialty accounting |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $400: A degree in broadcasting will help prepare you for a career as one of these, like Al Michaels announcer |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $600: In L.A. you can study the Meisner technique at the Elizabeth Mestnik Studio of this Acting |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $800: Take classes like "Environmental Design" & "Regenerative Building" at Yale's School of this Architecture |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $1000: At Barnard College, courses in this field include "The Rise of Civilization" & "The Origins of Human Society" anthropology |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | OF REPRESENTATIVES $2000: Upset about taxes? Take it up with this committee, the House's main one for writing tax bills the Ways & Means Committee |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | PLEASE, ANYTHING BUT "MATH" $300: Seen here, the U.S. Constitution says the president must take one of these before entering office an oath |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL BOOKSTORE $400: "Nowhere Man" is Robert Rosen's take on "The Final Days of" this Beatle John Lennon |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "I" CAN GO EITHER WAY $300: Take a nail salon treatment, move its eye from the back to the front, & you get this model & longtime wife of David Bowie Iman |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | RESPOND LIKE A PIRATE $500: The World Tango Museum is located in this country Argentina |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | PODCASTS $600 (Daily Double): "5-4" is a podcast that calls itself an "occasionally profane take on the ideological battles" of this federal body the Supreme Court |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "I" CAN GO EITHER WAY $600: Take a long skirt or dress, move its "I" from the back to the front, and you get this supersized movie format IMAX |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | DENZEL WASHINGTON $600: "No one would take on his case... until one man was willing to take on the system" was a tagline for this 1993 Washington film Philadelphia |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "I" CAN GO EITHER WAY $900: Take a southwestern Native American tribe, move its "I" from the back to the front, and you get this breakfast chain IHOP |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "I" CAN GO EITHER WAY $1200: Take this first name (he loved Lucy), move its "I" from the back to the front, and you get this ominous day for Caesar ides |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "I" CAN GO EITHER WAY $1500: Take the ending to a "San Francisco treat", move its "I" from the back to the front, and you get this element #26 on the periodic table iron |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | THE MOUNTAIN WEST $1600: These mountains west of the Hudson possibly take their name from the Dutch for "wildcat creek" the Catskills |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $800: With no pence on hand, you might ask the curry restaurant, "Will you take" a personal one of these? C-H-E-Q-U-E |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | YOU DO THE MATH $1600: If 5 chickens each lay an egg every Monday, Wednesday & Friday only, it'll take this many weeks to make a 30-egg omelet 2 |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | WHO SAID THIS? $1000: In a 1775 speech he declared, "I know not what course others may take..." Patrick Henry |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | WE WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK $1000: We provide you the best in classical whistling with this piece heard here Four Seasons |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $200: Take this toy I use to "walk the dog"; I tried that "warp drive" trick, & now I'm in traction a yo-yo |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $400: Take this crossbar with 2 U-shaped pieces; my oxen are on strike, & they refuse to wear it a yoke |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $600: Take this pack animal I brought back from Asia; it grunts so much I can't sleep at night a yak |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $800: Please take my "Learn to" do this CD; if I hear "Alpine Honeymoon" one more time, I'll go bananas yodel |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $1000: Take this role in "Fiddler on the Roof"; I wanted to play it, but Bea Arthur's old Broadway costume doesn't fit me Yenta |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | DEMONYMS $500: It's how you might refer to a resident of Tirana, a capital city near the Adriatic coast--or to a resident of NY's state capital an Albanian |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | HI, I'M J.LO $2,100 (Daily Double): You can buy a copy of "The Call of the Wild" at the gift shop in the California state park dedicated to this "J.Lo" Jack London |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | PEW! PEW! PEW! $3,000 (Daily Double): Derived from the French word for "flea", it's a dark shade of red similar to burnt sienna puce |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | FOOD $1600: Diana Prince occasionally has to take her hair out of this to become Wonder Woman a bun |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | LITERARY POP $2000: This band was born to be wild enough to take its name from a Hermann Hesse novel Steppenwolf |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | ANIMAL VERBS $400: To selfishly take more than one's share, especially of the road hog |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $1,200 (Daily Double): In law, it's one party managing another's property for the benefit of a third; in life, some say it's the key to a good relationship trust |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | NATURAL BIOLOGY $400: It's often a warning when this tuft or plume on a cockatoo's head stands up a crest (a comb) |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ALSO AN ANIMAL SOUND $300: A Dutch term for a seller of ineffective medicines led to this word for an incompetent physician a quack |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | THE DNA OF MUSIC $900: This boy band kicked off their DNA World Tour in 2022; they sang "I Want It That Way" & other hits the Backstreet Boys |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | IN THE CORPORATE ARENA $2000: The Chicago Blackhawks take wing at the center named for this airline United |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SHAKESPEARE -LOGUES ON $400: "Mark Antony, here, take you Caesar's body. You shall not in your funeral speech blame us" Brutus |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SHAKESPEARE -LOGUES ON $1000: "When I did him at this advantage take, an ass's noll I fixed on his head" Puck |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | THE AKC DESCRIBES THE DOG $400: "Famously long, low silhouette, ever-alert expression, and bold, vivacious personality" Dachshund |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES COUNTRY $2000: "Take this job & shove it, I ain't workin' here no more, my woman done left & took all the reason I was workin' for" (Johnny) Paycheck |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | FIRE Z $400: Take Z beer away from a word for a heavy drinker & get this person at a sporting event voicing their displeasure booer (from boozer) |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | FIRE Z $1000: Take the Z off the case in a type of mystery novel with little violence & it becomes this word for shy coy (from cozy) |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | MESSIN' WITH TEXAS $400: Allemande left & take a chance / As you do this state folk dance / Swing yer partner & do-si-do / That's it for now, I got to go square dance |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | THAT SONG SLAYS $2000: He uses his "silver hammer" to take out a quizzical Joan, an annoyed school teacher, & even the judge at his trial Maxwell |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | CROOKS $600: A 1949 obituary said the name of this man "whose magic would double an investment in 90 days, was heard everywhere" Ponzi |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | PHYSICS $800: Of these 2 opposite everyday words, one has a limit because you can't take away more energy than is there; the other is in theory infinite cold & heat |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | MOTLEY CLUES $800: It might be a tad brisk to take a plunge into this alliterative lake, Scotland's largest in surface area Loch Lomond |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | B.C.-ING YOU $2000: In 480 B.C. the Battle of Salamis saw Greek navies take on the navies of this Persian ruler, son of Darius Xerxes |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | WORLD OF FIRST NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Take a first name meaning "gift of God", change the "th" sound to an "f" & you have this Russian name that means the same Fyodor |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | GOOD AFTERNOON! $200: From the French for "morning", it somehow became a term for a show's afternoon performance... let's take one in! a matinee |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | GOOD AFTERNOON! $600: In "Anchorman" Will Ferrell sang "Afternoon Delight"; in 2022 Will & Ryan Reynolds sang "Good Afternoon" in this Dickens of a film Spirited |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | TAKING A RIDE $1200: You can take a nice-sized ride of 700 miles on a single tank of gas in a Sonata hybrid blue by this car company Hyundai |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SO YOU GOT YOUR "M.A." $1000: This 1910 law said you couldn't take women across state lines for immoral purposes the Mann Act |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | STITCH INCOMING $2000: Recovering from knee surgery on the ligament seen here can take a year, but the dissolving stitches should be gone in three weeks the ACL |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | TAKE IT "E-Z" $200: Oui, oui! The "Z" is silent in this type of liaison a rendezvous |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | TAKE IT "E-Z" $400: For "Pulp Fiction", Quentin Tarantino actually rewrote the Bible for Jules Winnfield's quotation of this Old Testament book Ezekiel |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | TAKE IT "E-Z" $600: Hyphenated French name for the type of eyewear you are eyeing here pince-nez |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | TAKE IT "E-Z" $800: The one-act opera "Cavalleria rusticana" features one of these orchestral interludes an intermezzo |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | TAKE IT "E-Z" $1000: This type of music that has its roots with Ashkenazi Jews features the clarinet & violin, among other instruments klezmer |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | RHYMING PHRASES $400: Bakers love this idiom about something foolish or remarkable; "doesn't that just" this take the cake |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $800: If you take yoga in the U.S., many a teacher will end class with this, a respectful Sanskrit term & gesture namaste |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NO CAP $800: 2023 marks 50 years of family feasts at Golden Corral restaurants & their "endless" this--just take a new plate on the return trip a buffet |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | AT THE FARMERS MARKET $400: Purple ones of these? I'll take one artichokes |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1200: Driving I-40 from Winslow to Kingman, you might want to stop in this city & maybe take in the Museum of Northern Arizona Flagstaff |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | FIRST SPEECHES IN SHAKESPEARE $1,000 (Daily Double): "Take but good note & you shall see in him the triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpet's fool" Antony and Cleopatra |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | RANDOM STUFF $400: Take a listen to this woodwind an oboe |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | DEEP BOOKS $2000: Take a prison term decided by a judge, insert 1 letter & you have this book by Nicholas Humphrey about what it is to be conscious Sentience |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STARTS WITH "W" $800: This action means to take something innocuous & then make it suitable to use against another weaponize |
| #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 | CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): A line in this book says, "Take my apples, boy, and sell them in the city. Then you will have money and you will be happy" The Giving Tree |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | INTERNAL ORGANS (& OTHER BODY PARTS) $200: To leap down into water; you "take" it when you make a quick decision a plunge |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | THE OPERETTAS OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN $200: Gilbert & Sullivan's first work together was "Thespis", about a group of actors who take over this home of the Greek gods Mount Olympus |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | GALACTIC VACATIONS $800: Take a pic for the Gram by the supermassive one of these at the core of the M87 galaxy--but don't get too close! a black hole |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | CON MUST GO $800: The act of taking land by force abandons "con" to go on a this, perhaps to seek more land to take by force quest |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | THESE BROS ARE LIT $1200: In a 1969 novel Sonny, Michael & Fredo are brothers in this family you should really never take sides against the Corleones |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE 1960s $1,000 (Daily Double): U.S. Solicitor General J. Lee Rankin was its general counsel & is credited with smoothing the prose in its 1964 report the Warren Commission |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARKS $1600: A historical park devoted to the whaling industry in this Massachusetts city features a museum & the schooner Ernestina New Bedford |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | A CENTURY OF TIME MAGAZINE COVERS $1600: "The joints are really flipping", said the 1954 cover featuring this "Take 5" jazz pianist (Dave) Brubeck |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE UNIVERSE WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $1000: (Neil deGrasse Tyson presents the clue.) I take a special interest in this smallest of Uranus' five major moons; with its high cliffs & low gravity, if you dropped a rock, it would fall for ten minutes; in fact, my wife & I gave my daughter the same Shakespearean name Miranda |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | LOVE LETTERS $1600: In his last letter to this mistress, Lord Nelson wrote, "I will take care that my name shall ever be most dear to you" (Lady) Hamilton |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | SOME OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS $800: "Thou shalt not" do this shenanigan with "the name of the Lord thy God" take thy name in vain |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | PANTOMIME HORSE $600: Storm Worm & Zeus are types of these computer viruses that take their name from classical mythology a Trojan horse |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1000: While they never married, this French existentialist couple did share a lifelong romantic & literary relationship Sartre & de Beauvoir |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | AUTHORS $2000: Terrorists take hostages at a party in the South America-set novel "Bel Canto" by this woman Patchett |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | POSSESSIVE GEOGRAPHY $1000: Around 1830 Felix Mendelssohn composed an overture about this Scottish grotto Fingal's Cave |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MY MISSED CAREER, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER $200: Let's take roll... A.A. Ron...? Oh, just like this composer of 1957's "Piano Fantasy" Copland |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MY MISSED CAREER, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER $400: Let's bring American history class to life! Take a look at this Revolutionary group pouring tea down the throat of a Crown official Sons of Liberty |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MY MISSED CAREER, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER $600: In P.E. I'll make you multi-sport stars like this decathlete who won a 1960 duel of UCLA Bruins to take Olympic gold Rafer Johnson |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $1600: This spot northwest of Philly got its name from a tavern named for Frederick II King of Prussia |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | LET'S GO ON A SAFARI $11,800 (Daily Double): A unique way to see wildlife in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is to take a sunset cruise on this river above Victoria Falls Zambezi |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | TRAVEL USA $800: Take a ride on a vintage trolley at the Seashore Trolley Museum in this Maine "Port" city Kennebunkport |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | THE MALE GAZE $1200: Ben Stiller explained that this signature look of Zoolander is a 6-part process & is meant to convey "OK, take it already" Blue Steel |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | MASTERING PASTRY WITH DOMINIQUE ANSEL $400: (Dominique Ansel reads.) It's not actually a thousand, despite the name, but usually three layers of puff pastry that are spread with cream & jam to make this dessert mille-feuille |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | GRAB BAG $1000: In this religion services take place in a gurdwara, or "guru's gateway" Sikhism |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | RHYMINGLY NAMED CELEBS $400: In 1997 he was up for a Grammy, made a cameo in "Good Burger" & ended the season shooting 48% from the free throw line Shaquille O'Neal (Shaq accepted) |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | ALL "IN" $800: This type of verb doesn't take a direct object intransitive |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | THE MAP OF EUROPE $1600: It's the largest & southernmost of Ireland's counties Cork |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | COMIN' TO YOUR CITY $1,000 (Daily Double): Take in the earthquake-resistant "Cardboard Cathedral", built after a 2011 event in this New Zealand city Christchurch |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | TAKE ME TO CHURCH $200: Built to commemorate the defeat of the Tatars, St. Basil's Cathedral is in this capital city Moscow |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | TAKE ME TO CHURCH $400: In ancient Rome it was a temple to 12 gods; in the 600s it became a church to just one, holding the remains of martyrs the Pantheon |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | TAKE ME TO CHURCH $800: Climbing up on Montmartre Hill, I could see Paris' city lights & this basilica whose name means sacred heart the Sacré-Cœur |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | TAKE ME TO CHURCH $1,000 (Daily Double): In 2023 16th St. Baptist in this city marks 150 years of the congregation, a history marred by a 1963 bombing Birmingham, Alabama |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | TAKE ME TO CHURCH $1000: Controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the Church of this is believed to mark the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem the Church of the Nativity |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | MAGAZINES IN OTHER WORDS $800: "Sophisticated":
Take our quiz on its famous quizzes! Cosmopolitan |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | A REAL BODY BUSY $4,000 (Daily Double): Most of your digestion doesn't take place in the stomach but rather in this organ that includes the ileum the small intestine |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TAKE A TOUR $200: An architecture tour of this city includes the Tribune Tower & the Wrigley Building Chicago |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TAKE A TOUR $400: A real quack-up, a fun way to tour Boston is on one of these amphibious vehicles that ends with a ride on the Charles River a duck boat |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TAKE A TOUR $600: From the comfort of your home, you can virtually tour some of the art exhibits of this museum in both New York & Bilbao, Spain the Guggenheim |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | "A_B_C_D" $800: It's a longer way of saying vitamin C ascorbic acid |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TAKE A TOUR $800: In Kentucky, "swing" by the museum & factory for this sporting product, see how it's made & score one for yourself Louisville Slugger |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TAKE A TOUR $1000: Fashion fit for royalty is one of the specialty tours offered at this palace in Honolulu, once home to Hawaii's monarchs Iolani Palace |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | GREEK HISTORY $400: Fought in 2 stages during the 1940s, the Greek Civil War saw those of this political philosophy try & fail to take control Communists |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | MY PREROGATIVE $600: Expropriation is another word for this 2-word term, the government's prerogative to take your stuff without your consent eminent domain |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A EUROPEAN VACATION $1600: We'll take a castle tour of this nation, the northernmost of the 3 Baltic states; Narva's is an impressive one Estonia |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A EUROPEAN VACATION $2000: Take six pals & be seven against this Greek city where you can check out what's left of the circa 1400 B.C. Palace of Cadmus Thebes |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $2000: Meaning to understand or take into custody; we hope the police don't do it to you apprehend |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | ANAGRAMMED SCIENTISTS $2000: Take the test & crack the code:
ANNUAL GRIT Alan Turing |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ARCHITECTURALLY SPEAKING $600: In other words, "when one won't tolerate temperature, remove oneself from food-making facilities" if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ONE HOT MoMA $1600: Mais oui, you can take a trip back in time to 1899 & survey his "Tahitian landscape" Gauguin |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | AIR TRAVEL $800: You can't take off until this part of the plane, the MCD for short, is secured main cabin door |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | BIBLE BOOKS BY QUOTES $400: "Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, take this child away, and nurse it for me" Exodus |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | YOU'RE GONNA SING $800: Pat Benatar was "running with" these in an iconic song from the 1980s; baby, take her hand, "it'll be all right" the shadows of the night |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | WHEN IN ROME $800: Take a day trip to Pompeii & visit the archaeological sites or hike up this volcano for the views Vesuvius |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | WHEN IN ROME $2000: Stop by the Borghese Gallery to see this sculptor architect's different take on "David" Bernini |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $200: Think fast! This big cat can take 3 1/2 strides per second & reach a speed of 70 mph a cheetah |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | THE WWE $1000: (Triple H presents the clue.) In 1997, I defeated Mankind to take this coveted, rhyming royal title that helped give me the momentum to form D-Generation X later that year King of the Ring |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | TO THE MOUNTAINTOP! $200: Washington State Route 706 will take you to the national park for your climb to the 14,410-foot top of this Mount Rainier |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SONGS FROM MOVIES $400: Naturally, it's the title song as Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra play old-time baseball players "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | A HEAVENLY BODY IN MUSIC $2000: A Tori Kelly tune rhymes, "I've never been to heaven, but it doesn't seem that far, 'cause you're my" this North Star |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | HANGOVER CURES $200: The juice of the Asian or Korean one of these, shaped more like an apple, only works if you take it before the drinking pear |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | WORLD TRAVEL $400: MUV is this country's home-grown version of Uber; take a MUV to your hotel from the Asunción Airport Paraguay |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $400: This word can refer to someone in charge of a train, or Susanna Malkki when she's leading a philharmonic a conductor |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $800: A German version of Caesar, Kaiser was an official royal title until the end of this conflict World War I |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $1600: As shown in a 17th century painting, Jesus is taken before Caiaphas who is this religious boss, kohen gadol, in Hebrew the high priest |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $2000: This type of govt. official sent to a foreign land shares its name with an elected leader in the days of the Roman Republic a consul |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $3,000 (Daily Double): As her son Chlotar II was an infant when he became king in 584 A.D., his mom Fredegund served as this type of queen until he came of age queen regent |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | STUDY: GUIDES $1600: Take the very scenic route with "The A.T. Guide", a handbook for hiking this 2,200-mile path from Maine to Georgia the Appalachian Trail |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | POP MUSICIANS $400: Hozier wanted someone to take him to this place in a 2014 hit; "worship like a dog", he will church |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | STAY CLASSY, CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: This 1829 opera has the title Swiss mister take on the evil Gesler William Tell |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | HOME FROM COLLEGE $600: The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi is logically located in this city--take grandma to mass if you're home for Easter San Francisco |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | HOMOPHONES $1000: To take from someone by force & to take a break wrest/rest |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | YOU SEEM UPSET $1600: Take one "K" out of a word meaning to sneak & you get this, to be silently bitter sulk |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | TRAVEL FACTS $2000: Say yes to grandma when she wants to take you on a cruise to the stretch of the Yucatan coast invitingly called the "Mayan" this the Mayan Riviera |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | THE REST OF THE WORLD IN 2018 & '19 $1000: Turkish troops began 2018 with an offensive to take Kurdish territory in the north of this war-torn nation Syria |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | LET'S TAKE A SPRING BREAK $200: If you can make it to the island of Hawaii, check out the Merrie Monarch Festival, billed as "the perpetuation of" this dance hula |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | LET'S TAKE A SPRING BREAK $400: You can hang glide from sand dunes & visit the Wright Brothers Memorial in this state's Outer Banks North Carolina |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | LET'S TAKE A SPRING BREAK $600: Panama City, Florida is a great place to see these dolphins named for the shape of their snouts bottlenose |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | LET'S TAKE A SPRING BREAK $800: Spring break is major party time on the beaches of SPI, this Texas spot South Padre Island |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | LET'S TAKE A SPRING BREAK $1000: If you can make it to Cancun, try a little of this; not afraid of heights, are you? parasailing |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | LOVE $400: The 3 title elements of this Elizabeth Gilbert book take place in Italy, India & Indonesia Eat, Pray, Love |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | NUTS TO YOU! $200: Cashews are tasty but take it easy; they have a high this content--about 12 grams per ounce fat |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WHICH WAR? $200: The French take the duchy of Guyenne from England in 1337 & things get out of hand for a long while The Hundred Years' War |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $400: Lord Henry tells him, "to get back my youth (I'd) do anything... except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable"; Wilde! Dorian Gray |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WORDS WITH DIPHTHONGS $1200: Take a diphthong into this word for a sullen expression, which "you better not" do, "I'm telling you why" in a Christmas song pout |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE GLOBE $1600: Thais celebrate Buddhist New Year by doing this to each other, with elephants using their trunks to join in bathe, wash (getting wet) |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | HOT TUNES $800: He noted, "It's getting hot in herre" & followed with the helpful "so take off all your clothes" Nelly |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | THE ILIAD & THE ODYSSEY $1200: These 2, a god & a goddess with 6-letter "A" names, take the form of vultures to watch Hector challenge the Greeks Apollo & Athene |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | ROMAN NUMERAL SPELLING $400: Take it easy:
1,001, 50, 500 mild |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | "Z" CATEGORY $800: Take a look at this musical instrument a zither |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | "Z" CATEGORY $2000: Take the first two letters from the legs & the first four letters from the upper body to get the name of this hybrid critter a zedonk |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | COUNTRY SONGS $400: Inspired by an Oz character, Miranda Lambert sings, "Hey there, Mr." him, "Take it from me, darlin', you don't want a heart" Tin Man |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | LET'S TALK ABOUT SAX, BABY $1000: "I said hey babe, take" this Lou Reed title, add Ronnie Ross' killer sax solo at the end, & you've got yourself a classic tune "Take A Walk On The Wild Side" |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $500: Here's this "Unstoppable" singer wearing one of her trademark oversized wigs Sia |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | 3-LETTER RESPONSES $200: An agency of Homeland Security, it tells you what you can & can't take on a plane the TSA |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | WHEN IN ANCIENT ROME $1000: On Sept. 2, 44 B.C. you could take in the first of his 14 Philippic orations; he sure did love to orate, until it got him executed Cicero |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | "NN"YTIME $400: This verb can mean to have your hiking companion for dinner, or to take resources from one project to finish another cannibalize |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | SAVE ROOM FOR DESERT $800: This desert highlighted here covers some serious ground--500,000 square miles, give or take the Gobi Desert |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Until disallowed by the L.A. Coliseum, a live bear would take the field at home football games for this school UCLA (the University of California Los Angeles) |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: Founded in 1693, the oldest college in Virginia is the college of this royal pair the College of William & Mary |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | NYC SUBWAY STOPS $1000: If you want a day at the museum, take the C train to 81st Street to enjoy this "Night at the Museum" museum the Museum of Natural History |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW $1000: "The tragicall history" tour is coming to take you away with this Christopher Marlowe play featuring Mephistopheles Doctor Faustus |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | SACRIFICIAL ROLES $1600: Trying to spare Regan from evil in this 1973 thriller, Jason Miller as Father Karras screams "Take me" & is taken The Exorcist |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ECONOMY OF MOVEMENT $800: This airline can take you first class from New York to London for about $6,500; a trip on the same brand "Galactic" is more Virgin (Atlantic) |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | FLYOVER COUNTRIES $1600: We hope you enjoyed your time in Iraq; now take in the Persian Gulf on our left as we cross this small emirate & land in Saudi Arabia Kuwait |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WORD PUZZLES $600: Take a hike & take along some of this snack
RIALT trail mix |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | THE BOTTOM 10 $800: Not many could take "The Star Spangled Banner" into the Top 20 twice, but she did; however, "Whatchulookinat" only looked at 96 Whitney Houston |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | MAGIC $800: It's the term for a witch's aide; it might take the form of a cat or a toad & was said to feed from a witch's mole or wart a familiar |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | THE BOTTOM 10 $1600: No stranger to the Top 10, this Jersey band could only take "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" to 97 in '93 Bon Jovi |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | 10-LETTER VERBS $400: To change a letter to uppercase, or to take advantage of capitalize |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | TV & MOVIE PLACES $1600: "Stranger Things" & "A Christmas Story" take place in this U.S. state Indiana |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | DRONING ON ACROSS AMERICA $800: We wish you slots of luck as we take a trip into & over this Biggest Little City in the World Reno |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | SCIENCE! $200: A measurement of distance, not time, it's equal to about 6 trillion miles, you know, give or take a light year |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | SHE BLINDED ME $200: Playing Malorie in "Bird Box", this actress puts blindfolds on 2 kids, warning them not to take them off Sandra Bullock |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: There are 300 islands in the bay on which this Finnish capital sits & a taxi boat will take you to many Helsinki |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $800: It's easy as pie to take pi to 2 decimal places (there's even a day for it) but take it to 3.these 5 digits 3.14159 |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | BODY LANGUAGE $200: As a noun, it can be the edge of a road; as a verb, take the burden or the blame shoulder |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | "GIVE" OR "TAKE" $200: A word now meaning "a spooky spirit" once meant your life force; that's why this expression means "to die" give up the ghost |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | "GIVE" OR "TAKE" $400: In other words, to remove freedoms; it actually means to be impertinent or go beyond what's allowed take liberties |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | "GIVE" OR "TAKE" $600: To do this, meaning let someone do what they want, is about horses, not kings--no silent "G" give them free rein |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | MORE THAN ONE SILENT LETTER $800: This synonym for "destroy" has a spare W & either a spare C or a spare K, take your pick wreck |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | "GIVE" OR "TAKE" $800: To make a sacrifice to help the group, like when a ballplayer lets a pitch hit him take one for the team |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | "GIVE" OR "TAKE" $1000: There's a male bovine in this expression meaning to meet a difficult situation promptly & boldly take the bull by the horns |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: December 10 is the U.N.-declared day for these--take some time & read the Universal Declaration of them Human Rights |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT $600: If dissatisfied with their starting hand, Magic the Gathering players may take one of these, like a do-over on a golf course a mulligan |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | SLANG $800: A blend of 2 words & first used in the '90s, it means to calm down, take it easy chillax |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | LET'S PLAY SPORTS THERE! $400: You can take me out to the ballgame anytime at Miller Park at this university in Provo, Utah BYU (Brigham Young) |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | SOME OF THAT JAZZ $1200: This signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra advises listeners to "take" a particular subway line "Take The 'A' Train" |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | SOME OF THAT JAZZ $1600: The title of this Dave Brubeck quartet classic reflects its unusual 5/4 time signature "Take Five" |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | TAKE THE FIFTH $400: A rhyme about Guy Fawkes & his Gunpowder Plot beseeches, "Remember, remember" the fifth of this month November |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | TAKE THE FIFTH $800: Secrecy & sabotage are activities of any wartime faction known as the fifth this column |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | TAKE THE FIFTH $1200: A fifth of alcohol, as I'm sure you are all aware, equals 750 of these units milliliter |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | TAKE THE FIFTH $1600: Traditional news media are said to be the "fourth" this, while nontraditional media are the "fifth" estate |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | TAKE THE FIFTH $2000: In 1980 South Korea's president Chun Doo-hwan ushered in this; France did the same with its government back in 1958 the Fifth Republic |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | TOP OF THE MORNING! $800: Proverbially & colorfully, when this is seen "at morning, sailor take warning" red sky |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | DRIVING IN L.A. $400: L.A. lore says when Johnny Carson asked Bette Davis how a young actress could get into here, Bette said, "Take Fountain" Hollywood |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AT THE STORE $500: Ron Johnson, Apple's former senior VP for retail, came up with this name for the counter where you take your broken MacBook the Genius Bar |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | DRIVING IN L.A. $1000: The 1950 movie with this title is about an hour & 50 minutes; it'll take about that long to drive the same-named 22-mile road Sunset Boulevard |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SOMETHING THAT IS... $1600: Blue:
A crow was said to take a whole day to fly from one horn to the other of this American folklore creature Babe the Blue Ox |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | WE SPY $1600: As portrayed in "Hamilton", he was a "tailor spyin' on the British govt., I take their measure-ments, information, & then I smuggle it" Hercules Mulligan |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | HITS OF 2002 $400: Give us the title of this Nelly song that heated up all the way to No. 1 but please, don't take off all your clothes "Hot In Herre" |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | MOVIE QUOTES $2000: Burt Lancaster to Tony Curtis in this film: "I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic" Sweet Smell of Success |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | IN THAT NOVEL $1200: Lewis, Ed, Bobby & Drew take a harrowing canoe trip Deliverance |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BIG ____ $100: Early in the 20th century, New York City was being recognized by this nickname; later, tourists were told to take a bite of it the Big Apple |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $1600: A paladin engaged in a joust, a perilous situation a knight fright fight (or plight or blight) |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | THE OED QUOTES $5,800 (Daily Double): You'll find this 1719 work quoted under "goatskin", "rescue" & "wreck" Robinson Crusoe |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | STREETS OF AMERICA $1000: Head to West Carson Street in this city & take the Duquesne Incline up to Grandview for a grand view of a few rivers Pittsburgh |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | FROM THE LATIN $200: This 2-letter symbol for a prescription comes from the Latin for "to take" RX |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | DANIEL RADCLIFFE COLLAGE $400: (Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) In what didn't seem like the most obvious choice for me, I was handpicked by this musical parodist to portray him in the 2022 biopic spoof "Weird" Yankovic |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | MATH CLASS $2000: This symbol with a "way out" name tells you to take the square root of the number inside it radical |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | AROUND PHILLY WITH RYAN LONG $300: (Ryan Long presents the clue.) I'll take a video & hum "Gonna Fly Now" while you run up the 72 stairs that lead to the east entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, recreating an iconic scene from this 1976 movie Rocky |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | OF COURSE I'M NOT BREAKING UP WITH YOU $900: It's more like we each "take" this respiratory term to get our wind back & think about things a breather |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP $2000: Being half of a legendary Wild West outlaw duo gave me the courage to take the ice for the Charlestown Chiefs Paul Newman |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | LET'S TAKE A WALK $100: A Sony exec wanting to hear opera was the original impetus for this portable cassette player the Walkman |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | LET'S TAKE A WALK $200: Captain Hook made prisoners do this, involving a board leading over the water; real-life pirates, not so much walk the plank |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | LET'S TAKE A WALK $300: Someone going home early Sunday morning in Saturday night's clothes is taking this stroll the walk of shame |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | LET'S TAKE A WALK $400: There's tension in the wire & among the crowd when these circus performers take their walk high in the air a tightrope walker |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | LET'S TAKE A WALK $500: When Nancy Sinatra sang "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'", she probably meant these repetitive boots she favored go-go boots |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | BRAIN SURGEON'S TERMINOLOGY $600: Jugular veins take blood away from the head & the carotids, these blood vessels, bring it back arteries |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | BRAIN SURGEON'S TERMINOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): This adjective is the "M" in an MRI diagnostic test, so do take your keys & your lucky coin out of your pockets magnetic |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | TV AS OF LATE $800: He decided to take "Carpool Karaoke" to the other side of the street & leave "The Late Late Show" in 2023 to return to the United Kingdom Corden |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | 21 OR UNDER $200: Including the pole vault & hurdles, the athletic contest known as the decathlon comprises this many track & field events 10 |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | THE AFTER PARTY $200: You are... not the father! Or maybe you are! Time to take this "test" that determines biological dad-ness paternity |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN $200: "We got next" was the slogan of this league when it debuted in 1997 with stars like Lisa Leslie & Rebecca Lobo the WNBA |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | WAIT JUST A MINERAL! $1600: As an art supply, pixie dust is often flakes of this shiny 4-letter type of mineral mica |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS $400: In 1970 Binion's Horseshoe Casino hosted the first-ever World Series of this poker |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BORROW $1200: That bathroom hasn't been updated since 1932! Let's take out a HELOC, short for this, & bring things into the 21st century a home equity line of credit |
| #8709, aired 2022-09-29 | STAY HEALTHY $200: Pass the wild Alaskan sockeye! Be heart healthy & take in omega-3s to inhibit blood clot formation by eating some of this fish salmon |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | APOLOGIES $600: "Sorry, Dave... when the crew are dead or incapacitated, the onboard computer must assume control" is a line in this sci-fi novel 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | APOLOGIES $900: In this William Goldman book, Miracle Max says to Inigo Montoya & Fezzik, "I'm sorry... take your corpse with you" The Princess Bride |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | TAKE ME TO THE PILOT $200: Among her last confirmed words on July 2, 1937 were "We are on the line 157-337" (Amelia) Earhart |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | SONG SNIPPETS $400: "Take a sad song and make it better" "Hey Jude" |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | TAKE ME TO THE PILOT $400: In 2022, Charles McGee, who flew 130+ missions for this elite African-American group in WWII, passed away at 102 the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | TAKE ME TO THE PILOT $600: In 2009 U.S. Airways pilot Sully Sullenberger noted, "What a view" of this river, but soon said, "We may end up in" it the Hudson |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | TAKE ME TO THE PILOT $1,000 (Daily Double): This wealthy man of many interests designed & flew his own planes, circled Earth in a record 91+ hours in 1938 & owned an airline Howard Hughes |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | TAKE ME TO THE PILOT $1000: Clyde "Upside-Down" Pangborn was one of the 1920s pilots who thrilled folks on the ground with the stunt flying called this aerobatics (barnstorming) |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | MUST BE NICE $1000: For my bedroom, I'll take your closet where you keep a prized photo of this singer/actress & a few of the Hermès bags named for her Jane Birkin |
| #8703, aired 2022-09-21 | PEOPLE & PLACES $1200: The Flemings of northern Belgium take their name from this region Flanders |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TAKE THE BROADWAY HOME $400: In 2017, Keegan-Michael Key & this comic made their Broadway debuts in Steve Martin's "Meteor Showers" Amy Schumer |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TAKE THE BROADWAY HOME $800: This actor with "Red" in his name won a Tony in his Broadway debut in the art play "Red" Eddie Redmayne |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TAKE THE BROADWAY HOME $1200: In 2022 this veteran funnyman took to the stage as the mahvelous Buddy Young Jr. in "Mr. Saturday Night" Billy Crystal |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TAKE THE BROADWAY HOME $1600: Future Golden Girl Bea Arthur was Yente in the 1964 opening night cast of this musical set in 1905 Fiddler on the Roof |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TAKE THE BROADWAY HOME $2000: Sally Hawkins & Adam Driver both made their debuts in a revival of this playwright's "Mrs. Warren's Profession" George Bernard Shaw |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | SINGERS WHO ACT $2000: This rocker played Jareth, the Goblin King in the 1986 cult classic fantasy "Labyrinth" David Bowie |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | NFL OPENING WEEKEND $400: (Jason McCourty of the NFL Network presents the clue.) Quarterbacks, take note; don't start the season like Chicago's Jim Hardy did in 1950, when he threw a still-record 8 of these--maybe it was the wind interceptions |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | RALPH MACCHIO TALKS COBRA KAI $800: (Ralph Macchio presents the clue.) Johnny & I may not agree on a lot of things, but we did have a nice moment when we heard & sang "Take It On The Run" as we test-drove a car--as I said, "What kind of man doesn't like this '80s band?" REO Speedwagon |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $200: Take the L out of a beer league sport (in an alley) & you get an act of showing respect bowing & bowling |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $400: Take the L out of a beer league sport (on ice) & you get an act of healing a disease curling & curing |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $600: The sticker identifying the contents of a bottle drops an L to be a doomed man in the Bible label & Abel |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $800: Another term for a merry-go-round loses an L to go party & get its drink on in a big way carousel & carouse |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | ISLANDS & PENINSULAS $800: Take in different flavors of this island by reading some Pirandello as you eat glorious food in its capital of Palermo Sicily |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $1000: A word describing mild weather mildly drops an L to become a major part of concrete clement & cement |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT SONG? $800: Dolly Parton:
"I'm begging of you, please don't take my man" "Jolene" |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | A PRISONER OF YOUR OWN DEVICE $800: With a name that is Latin for "eye", this company offers prescription lenses for its Quest VR headsets; I may never take it off Oculus |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | THE TITLE THAT COMPLETES THE RHYME $800: "I know that I can't take no more it ain't no lie I wanna see you out that door baby..." "Bye Bye Bye" |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | 4,4 $400: Want to get to the bottom of an issue? "Take" one of these, no scuba gear necessary a deep dive |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | THE COLD WAR ERA $400: This president made a secret deal to take U.S. nukes out of Turkey, helping end the Cuban Missile Crisis Kennedy |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | ROLE CALL $400: In 2022's "The Batman", Zoë Kravitz brought a new take on this character with a secret identity of her own Catwoman |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | STOCK SYMBOLS $400: MRNA:
They take a variant approach Moderna |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | -OLA $800: Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, whose name we'll take any excuse to say, wrote a popular Concerto in F major for this instrument viola |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | FACE/PALM $800: A boxer is said to have this "breakable" 2-word item when he's unable to take a punch to the kisser a glass jaw |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | POP ROCKS $600: A few years back daughter Liv posted a sweet video of her & dad, this Aerosmith frontman, singing, "Can't take my eyes off of you" Steven Tyler |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | THE MORAL OF THE FABLE $1000: A fox stuck in a well tricks a goat into joining him; the goat learned this lesson meaning "take care before you act" look before you leap |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | ONE, TWO $400: A tree-dweller, the 2-toed this mammal sleeps about 15 hours a day & can take an entire month to digest some food items a sloth |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | D-DAY, THE 6th OF JUNE $1200: Members of this U.S. Army special operations force scaled the steep cliffs of Pointe du Hoc to take out German artillery the Rangers |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | DON'T GET CONFUSED $800: Spelled one way, it's a pile of treasure; spelled another, it's a crowd coming to take it hoard (horde) |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | IN THE WORLD CAPITAL $1000: We'd love to take one of the cars in its Royal Automobile Museum for a spin, maybe 3 hours north to another capital, Damascus Amman |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | SUPER-DUPER SUPERS $2000: Seen here, he sounded like he could take a punch or 12 voicing the title super Invincible Yeun |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | BALLPARK FUN $1000: In the 1980s & '90s this rhymingly named Cubs announcer led the Wrigley faithful in singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" Harry Caray |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | SEND A LETTER $600: At the Stanford academic advising website, advice to students on getting these letters: take intro seminars to cozy up to a prof (letters of) recommendations |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | GOING "PRO" $800: Instead of being passive about the situation, let's be this & take initiative in advance proactive |
| #8650, aired 2022-05-27 | WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $200: Hot water springs called geysers take their name from a specific one in this country Iceland |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | ANAGRAM PAIRS $800: The prudent care you take when bidding at Sotheby's caution auction |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | LET'S TAKE A WORLD TOUR $400: Heaviest of the parrots, the flightless kākāpō, of this Down Under island nation, can weigh up to nine pounds New Zealand |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | LET'S TAKE A WORLD TOUR $800: The name of this Scottish city is from Gaelic & means "green hollow" Glasgow |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | BLOOPERMAN $1000: While doing a take in "Rush Hour 2", this comic gets a real-life call from someone who asks to speak to Jackie Chan Chris Tucker |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | LET'S TAKE A WORLD TOUR $1200: Uganda, Tanzania & Kenya all border this chief reservoir of the Nile River Lake Victoria |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO SAID... $1,400 (Daily Double): "You win some, you lose some. And then there's that little-known third category... take it from me. Every vote counts" Al Gore |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | LET'S TAKE A WORLD TOUR $1600: This notorious island prison off the coast of French Guiana also once housed a leper colony Devil's Island |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | LET'S TAKE A WORLD TOUR $2000: The tower seen here is 1,381 feet high, but reflecting the name of the Asian capital it's in, has just this 2-letter name the KL Tower |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | YOU NEVER TAKE ME TO... $400: Minneapolis, but we've seen an awful lot of Wild hockey games in this Twin City St. Paul |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | YOU NEVER TAKE ME TO... $1,000 (Daily Double): Champaign, Illinois, only to this seat of Champaign County Urbana |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | YOU NEVER TAKE ME TO... $1200: Kashmir; we're stuck on the plains of this companion region Jammu |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | YOU NEVER TAKE ME TO... $1600: The Grenadines; why always this partner island with volcanic La Soufrière? St. Vincent |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | YOU NEVER TAKE ME TO... $2000: Assateague Island, though why leave this, "Virginia's only resort island" Chincoteague |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | TALK TO THE HAND $600: On film, Charlton Heston memorably said, "Take your stinking" these "off me, you damned dirty ape!" paws |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | JOHN GOODMAN IS HARD TO FIND $1200: Yes, that's John voicing a ho-ho-homicidal robot Santa Claus trying to take out Fry & Leela on this animated show Futurama |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | ASTRONOMY $1600: Going 1,000 mph, it would take more than 2.8 million years to travel the 4.2-light-year distance to this nearest star system Alpha Centauri |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | I CREATED THAT FICTIONAL PLACE! $400: Take me down to the Emerald City where the streets are green & the girls are pretty Baum |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $1200: Take a look at this then-young man from Wyoming, a few years before he was a heartbeat away from the presidency Dick Cheney |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | LANDMARKS $800: For a great view of Rio & Guanabara Bay, take a cable car to the summit of this Brazilian peak Sugarloaf |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | CATCHING YOU SHORT $1600: You might only need a 500-foot-long runway to land an aircraft with STOL short for this short take off & landing |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | ALSO FOUND IN THE KITCHEN $200: If you reach one of these in the road, you have to make a decision on which path to take a fork |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | HOUSEHOLD INITIALS $1000: M.R.:
It's a vestibule where you take off wet clothes the mud room |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | THE PLACE TO "B" $1000: Cruise down to Irkutsk region to take a dip in this deep, deep lake Baikal |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | CLASSIC CARS $1000: The take-off ready tail fins of a 1959 classic from this maker are seen here Cadillac |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | BOATING GLOSSARY $400: To take a sounding is to measure this, often important in unfamiliar seas depth |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | BOATING GLOSSARY $800: It sounds like scissors are required to do this, change the angle of a sail to take advantage of the wind to trim |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | EASY PEASY $200: Check out the statue standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona; it was inspired by this Eagles hit "Take It Easy" |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | TUNE RIVER $1600: Big Mouth Billy Bass, a fish mounted on a plaque, lip-synched "Don't Worry, Be Happy" & this apt Al Green tune "Take Me To The River" |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | FURNITURE $1000: This other name for a sideboard comes from the Italian, & would you take out the dishes from it, please? a credenza |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | SO THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE $1200: Take a look at & a listen to Scott Joplin, the genius who created this classic song "The Entertainer" |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | REALITY SHOW SPIN-OFFS $200: "Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami" Keeping Up with the Kardashians |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | FROM BOOK TO TV $600: Tony Hale plays the rich benefactor who recruits a group of gifted orphans to take part in this "Mysterious" society The Mysterious Benedict Society |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | GENUS & SPECIES $800: Canis aureus, or "golden dog", is a species of this canine with a foul odor & a reputation for skulking cowardice a jackal |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | ALL THE WAY FROM D TO E $800: To take away someone's right to vote disenfranchise |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | SUNDAY IN THE PARK $1000: Time to take Mr. Snuffles, who is this sole dog breed native to Cuba, for Sunday park walkies Havanese |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | FEB BE WARY $400: Take care-- many Valentine's Day menus are this 2-word French term, meaning the food & cost are set prix fixe |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | ALLITERATIVE PHRASES $400: After Selection Sunday in 2022, the first four games of this will take place in Dayton March Madness |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | BRING YOUR "A" GAME $2000: Germany & Japan take on the U.S., U.K. & USSR in this strategy game named for the 2 opposing sides Axis & Allies |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | MUSIC CLASS $800: Guitarists use an index finger to hold down multiple strings when playing a "barre" this a chord |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | CHEMISTRY GLOSSARY $1200: As the name implies, redox is a reaction in which these 2 actions take place reduction & oxidation |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | DESSERT $600: A line from "The Godfather": "Leave the gun, take" this dessert a cannoli |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | A HARD CATEGORY $800: Known for its hardness, durability & capacity to take a high polish, this heavy, black wood is big in cabinets & knife handles ebony |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | A LITTLE BODY ENGLISH $800: To be hit hard by something is to "take it on" this the nose (or the chin) |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | THAT'S SHOW BIZ $1200: This 1-named rapper:
"Take this advice that I'm givin', make a difference, make a killin', make a killin', Lord willin"' Logic |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | GAME TIME $400: In a version of Clue based on this TV show, employees at Dunder Mifflin take part in a murder mystery exercise The Office |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | TV CHARACTER ANALYSIS $600: The Penn Badgley is mightier;
him or "You", take your pick Joe (Goldberg) |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | THAT FILM IS FIRE $800: Fresh from hell, Scorpion uses some fire powers to take down Sub-Zero in this 2021 flick based on a video game Mortal Kombat |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | JOHNNY GILBERT READS LYRICS FROM THE HEART $1200: "Life was a willow & it bent right to your wind (oh)... I'm begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans, that's my man" Taylor Swift |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | TRANSLATE THE BRITISH ENGLISH $1200: Let's take our seats & meet for a drink at the interval intermission |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | A PLACE IN THE SUN $1200: Take the 3:10 to this city at the southwestern tip of Arizona that frequently ranks as the sunniest city in the United States Yuma |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $400: The puma of north & South America is also known as the cougar, the panther, & this 2-word name a mountain lion |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $800: A recently created breed of small cat bears this name from "The Wizard of Oz" a munchkin |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $1200: It's the stately breed of long-haired domesticat seen here a Maine coon |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | U.S. CITIES $1,500 (Daily Double): "Take a ride" in this oft-mispronounced Pennsylvania city named for the ancestral hometown of the Penn family Reading |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $1600: Tradition says this tailless cat originated on an island in the Irish Sea a Manx cat |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $2000: Seen here, this lovely little cat is often referred to as a miniature version of the big cat called the clouded leopard the marbled cat |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | TIME FOR LAW SCHOOL $2000: To take your case all the way to the Supreme Court, the main method is to ask the justices to grant a writ of this Latin word certiorari |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | RECENT BOOKS $400: In "I'll Take Your Questions Now", Stephanie Grisham recounts her time at this job during the Trump administration press secretary |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | TIME TO HIT THE LIBRARY $800: I.L.L. is short for this service; your library can even get materials from the Library of Congress, but you can't take those home interlibrary loan |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | ISLE "B" $800: About 4.6 million people every year take the 35-minute ferry ride from Seattle to this island in Puget Sound Bainbridge Island |
| #1, aired 2022-02-08 | THESE WORDS ARE YOUNGER THAN YOU ARE $600: 2012 gave us this alliterative term for the device that lets you take a turnaround photo from a better angle a selfie stick |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | KILLER TV SHOWS $1600: The "Murders" in this British detective show take place in the fictional title county, not the dog days of August the Midsomer Murders |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | SCIENCE & NATURE $1000: It's defined as the sum of all chemical reactions that take place in each cell & provide energy for activities metabolism |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | 5-LETTER WORDS $2000: It can mean the wading bird seen here or take aim at verbally & criticize snipe |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | FLY BY NIGHT $800: Let's go back in time as we take a little flyby of this famous hill the Acropolis |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | JOB DESCRIPTION $1000: Take in 4,500 years of history;
12 basic meridians & qi are key;
get to the multiple points & max around 0.4 inches deep an acupuncturist |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | "A"NTONYMS $2,000 (Daily Double): Of take the throne to abdicate |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | TAGLINES OF SCARY MOVIES $1000: 1992:
"We dare you to say his name five times" Candyman |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | WATERLOGGED READING $1000: Overmatched Capt. Jack Aubrey & Dr. Stephen Maturin take on a Spanish frigate in this 1st Patrick O'Brian book in a series Master and Commander |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | DEADLY SINS, ELSEWHERE $800: U2 honored Martin Luther King, singing, "Free at last, they took your life, they could not take your" this pride |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | HISTORY PLAYS $1600: In Shakespeare's take on the life of this monarch who died in 1216, he is fatally poisoned by a monk King John |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | FACTS & FIGURES $800: There's often an $18 toll to take the 20-mile bridge & tunnel system from Va.'s eastern shore to Hampton Roads across this bay the Chesapeake |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | FEMALE NAME WORDS $2000: Grand Harbour, a vast one of these in Malta, will take good care of your yacht marina |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | YOU NEED A VITAMIN BOOST $1600: Take your B6 to avoid microcytic this, where red blood cells are smaller than normal anemia |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | SEASONINGS GREETINGS $1000: It can take thousands of crocus stigmas to make even a small amount of this golden seasoning used in paella saffron |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS $600: "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" is by this "Take Me Home, Country Roads" singer (John) Denver |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | "B" MOVIES $2000: Charlize Theron played Megyn Kelly in this 2019 film about a group of women who take on Fox News CEO Roger Ailes Bombshell |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | MUSIC STARS $800: This singer's 2021 hit "Take My Breath" is perfect for a Saturday or Sunday the Weeknd |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | STATE SONGS $400: Lyrics from this Louisiana state song include "You make me happy when skies are gray" "You Are My Sunshine" |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | EXAM TIME $600: These exams are required for many Ph.D. degrees; for a Stanford history doctorate, you take them in your third year oral exams |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | SNAKES & RIVERS $1600: Take a cruise down the Amazon & you might see this, the world's heaviest snake an anaconda |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $2000: Heading to Machu Picchu? Book your hotel in this Peruvian city 50 miles to the southeast & take a train there Cusco |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BROADWAY IS BACK $1200: The musical "Six" features a modern take on Henry VIII's 6 wives, including this first wife who was born in Spain
"If you think for a moment /
I'd grant you annulment /
Just hold up there's n-n-n-n-n-n-no way..." Catherine of Aragon |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: The take from 1930s robberies committed by this pair seen here was rarely more than $1,000 Bonnie & Clyde |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | LOOK AT THAT MOUNTAIN! $800: Take one look at Cerro Torre in this plateau region of southern Argentina & you'll see why it's one of the world's toughest climbs Patagonia |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | DISNEY+ $400: Take a fly-through of "Star Wars" vehicles like this iconic ship. "You're all clear, kid!"; now let's respond correctly and go home the Millennium Falcon |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | SHAKESPEARE PLAY SETTINGS $400: "Romeo & Juliet", is one of the plays that take place in what's now this country Italy |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | COLOR, MY WORLD $400: Take a glass bottom boat ride in this Springs in Florida, or a short car ride to D.C. from this Spring in Maryland Silver |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | COFFEE IS LIFE $800: A 1773 act & this following protest prompted many in America to take up coffee the Boston Tea Party |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | LET'S TAKE A TRIP $400: Shoot a selfie at this state's Rainbow Bridge, a natural stone arch with a 275-foot span & a height of 290 feet Utah |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | LET'S TAKE A TRIP $800: If the "active" life is for you, climb one of these, like Mount Bromo in Indonesia or Mount Sakurajima in Japan volcanoes |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | LET'S TAKE A TRIP $1200: 3 1/2-mile-long Nanjing Road is the main shopping street in this most populous Chinese city Shanghai |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | LET'S TAKE A TRIP $1600: Enjoy a performance by North America's longest-running ballet company, the Royal Ballet in this Manitoba city Winnipeg |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | LET'S TAKE A TRIP $2000: Visit the megaliths of Carnac, then name your daughter after this region of Northwest France where you found them Brittany |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "K"-POP $2000: Ooh I wanna take ya, but, the Beach Boys completely made up this triple-rhyme title island from a 1988 song Kokomo |
| #8496, aired 2021-10-25 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $1000: Take the H off the end of a word meaning to complete & you still have this noun for a conclusion finis |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | NEW YORK CITY $400: Take a selfie with the Statue of Liberty aboard this 25-minute ride to the St. George Terminal across New York Harbor the Staten Island Ferry |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | NEW YORK CITY $1000: You can hitch a ride or just take a bus to this Queens beach, New York City's only legal surfing spot Rockaway |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | THAT'S A CAR MODEL $200: A Volkswagen hatchback: a sport you can literally take a whack at a Golf |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | DISNEY SONGS $200: This song says, "I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder" "A Whole New World" |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | '80s TV $1200: "You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have" this sitcom The Facts of Life |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | THAT'S A BIG BOOK $1200: Might seem that way, but it won't take a hundred years to read this 1974 James Michener bestseller about the American West Centennial |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | LADIES & GENTLEMEN $400: In 1919 Lady Astor became the first woman to take a seat in this body & kept the chair until 1945 House of Commons |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE COLLAGE $2000: Maine & this Midwestern state are the 2 that don't have winner-take-all electoral vote policies Nebraska |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | IS AN ISLAND $400: Take in the beauty of Hanauma Bay on this island, also known for the totally awesome waves on its North Shore Oahu |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | IDIOMS $1000: In the 17th century it was a feather & a horse; today we use this idiom for one more burden you just can't take the straw that broke the camel's back |
| #8464, aired 2021-08-12 | COLORFUL PRO SPORTS TEAMS $200: Boylston Street & Brookline Avenue will take you to parking for their home games the (Boston) Red Sox |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | INAUGURATING A PRESIDENT $200: John Quincy Adams didn't take his oath with his hand on a Bible; he used a law book that included this document that he read from (the) Constitution |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | CURRENT TV $800: Hospital patients on "The Resident" can take comfort in familiar faces like this actor who once played young Theo Huxtable (Malcolm-Jamal) Warner |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | LET'S TAKE IT OUTSIDE $200: It's the end-of-the-alphabet activity seen here zipline |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | LET'S TAKE IT OUTSIDE $400: This term for a pleasant way to take a meal is from the Italian for "in the cool air" al fresco |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | LET'S TAKE IT OUTSIDE $600: Black's Law Dictionary says this 6-letter verb means "to hang about & (do) nothing in a public place" loiter |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | LET'S TAKE IT OUTSIDE $800: We can go to the Safari Park of this California zoo & see the only platypuses in the United States San Diego |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | LET'S TAKE IT OUTSIDE $1000: This mountaineering apparel company began in 1966 in San Francisco's North Beach The North Face |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | TAKE A FEW LETTERS $400: In the season we also call fall, you can catch this 4-letter fish tuna |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | TAKE A FEW LETTERS $800: The letters of a U.S. Army rank that goes up to 5 stars can form this color green |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | TAKE A FEW LETTERS $1200: A 200-year anniversary provides the letters for this water source for a soldier or hiker canteen |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | TAKE A FEW LETTERS $1600: Winesap is a variety of one, inside of which you'll find this bell sound peal |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | TAKE A FEW LETTERS $2000: Digging into the hardest naturally occurring substance brings up this type of acid that makes up protein amino |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | ACTORS SING $800: He didn't sing in "The Dark Knight" but serenaded Julia Stiles with "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" in "10 Things I Hate About You" Heath Ledger |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | POPES $1200: In 993 John XV was the first pope to take this step, honoring Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg, dead just 20 years bestowing sainthood |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | 15 MINUTES OR LESS $400: A skilled pro in this job that's done about once a year can take care of one Merino in 3 minutes a sheep shearer |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | MED SCHOOL $400: 510 or above (out of a possible 528) is a good score to aim for when you take this 4-letter medical school admissions test the MCAT |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | SING "OUT" $600: In 2004 indie rockers Franz Ferdinand declared, "You say you don't know; I say" this title "Take Me Out" |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | & I TOOK THAT PERSONALLY $400: Criticized for the purchase of this, William Seward said it would "take another generation to find out" how cool it was Alaska |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | MICHAEL JORDAN $600: After hearing doubts about his future, this Warrior scored 62 & said, "Cue the Jordan meme, right? I take all that personally" (Steph) Curry |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | MICHAEL JORDAN $800: A defender unafraid to take what he believed was his, Michael led the NBA in this statistic 3 times, averaging about 3 per game steals |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | PUT IN OSCILLATION $1200: This vacuum company also makes "Hot+Cool" oscillating air purifiers that take care of 99.97% of pollutants & allergens Dyson |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER $800: Slang for a look, as in "take a ____ at this", & the exposure to risk gander & danger |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | HERE'S YOUR CONSTELLATION PRIZE $1000: Our favorite Greek god of medicine, take your place in the sky as Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer Aesculapius |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | FORE! NO, 5 GOLF MOVIES $1600: In "Tin Cup", this actor finally makes it over the water to take a memorable 12 on the final hole (Kevin) Costner |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | 5 SCOOPS OF ICE CREAM $400: This type of ice cream engenders debate about which flavor to eat last & some strange folks take all three in one spoonful Neapolitan |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | HOME, SWEET ANIMAL HOME $400: These high nests for birds of prey, like the osprey, may take their name from the Latin for a "vacant place" aerie |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | HAVING A POSITIVE ALTITUDE $400: On the fringes of this world capital, a 17,200-foot volcano called Iztaccíhuatl will take your breath away Mexico City |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | EDUCATION $1000: To get into a school accredited by the American Bar Association, be prepared to take the entrance exam with this acronym LSAT |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | RAILWAY & SUBWAY STATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Among Eliel Saarinen's prominent works is the railway station in this capital Helsinki |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES $200: Sept. 22, 1776: The British take the life of this American spy at what is now the corner of 66th & 3rd in Manhattan Nathan Hale |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | I'D LIKE TO BUY $600: I want to lay some bricks, so I'll take a Kraft tool carbon steel one of these mortar spreaders with a flat plate & a handle a trowel |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | WORDS OF WISDOM $800: Take the creature seen here, add one letter, & you have this word meaning "clever" shrewd |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: If you take someone into your this, you are trusting them not to reveal what's been said confidence |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | MOVIES ABOUT THE MOVIES $2000: A single-shot take that lasts about 8 minutes opens this 1992 film about a movie exec played by Tim Robbins The Player |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | ELEMENT"IUM" $800: Greek for "color" gives us the name of this metal that will take a high polish chromium |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | CORPORATE JARGON $2000: I don't have this, actually a measure of data transmission, to take on that project bandwidth |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $2000: In a needed upgrade to Penn Station, a $1.60 billion train hall named for this longtime New York senator, opened in 2021; take a look Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | ALMOST PARADISE $800: To take the words or ideas of another & pass them off as your own plagiarize |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | I'LL FIGHT YOU! $600: This "Rowdy" woman made some initial changes in 2018, swapping out MMA for WWE to take on Triple H Ronda Rousey |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | A CINEMATIC WEDDING ABROAD $200: ABBA, dabba do! A wedding in Greece with "Take A Chance On Me" playing is the climax of this 2008 musical Mamma Mia! |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | LAYING DOWN THE SCIENTIFIC LAW $2000: Let's take a long, "constant" look at this man's law that states the greater the distance to a galaxy, the faster it recedes (Edwin) Hubble |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | AROUND TENNESSEE $400: Choo choo! Take a train ride through time at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in this city Chattanooga |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | PROM MUSIC $400: Giving kids that take-charge vibe, Gwen Stefani sings about being a real cheerleader, "I ain't no" this hollaback girl |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | SEE 3 "P", "O" $1200: One matchup of this contest that aired on the NFL's biggest Sunday saw Team Fluff take on Team Ruff the Puppy Bowl |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | NOTHIN' BUT A SILENT G THING, BABY $200: From outside one's own nation foreign (a foreigner) |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: On its website, the ASPCA invites you to take a pledge & stand against this, as in its initials cruelty to animals |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | DIETARY MATTERS $600: When it comes to weight loss, it's really all about these units of energy, the amount you take in & the amount you burn calories |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT $600: Take a trip to Flavortown with Guy Fieri on this Food Network show, "DDD" for short Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | FOSTERING "UNITY" $600: When you land on this space in Monopoly, you must take the top yellow card Community Chest |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | WESTERN U.S. CITIES $1,200 (Daily Double): Take the 580 from Reno to the 431 & you'll see the majesty that is this body of water Lake Tahoe |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK $400: I'll take this whiskey & vermouth cocktail that legend once said was created for a party given by Lady Churchill a Manhattan |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | LITERARY FIRST LINES $800: "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold" Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BROADWAY BOUND $200: In 1988 this "Material Girl" decided to "Take a Bow" in "Speed-the-Plow" on Broadway Madonna |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | CATCHIN' THE MOVIE TRAIN $800: In this 2004 holiday film, the title train stops by a kid's house with an offer to take him way, way north The Polar Express |
| #8364, aired 2021-03-25 | PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION $800: In Laughlin, Nevada water taxis will take you from one casino to the next along this river the Colorado River |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | BEYOND ME $400: Idiomatically, when you "take someone's" this, you're evaluating them measure |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | STING $200: (Sting presents the clue.) In 2019, the music rights organization BMI honored this song I wrote for the most radio plays in its 14 million song catalog; remember, "I'll be watching you" "Every Breath You Take" |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | ACTS OF CONGRESS $1600: An 1856 act allowed Americans to take possession of unoccupied islands with deposits of this, bird droppings valued as fertilizer guano |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | THAT'S TOTALLY LIT $1000: O. Henry told of "The Ransom of" this title kid, so troublesome his kidnappers pay dad to take him back Red Chief |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | 3-WORD BOOK TITLES $1200: Don't be a birdbrain! Take wing with this fable by Richard Bach that has a bird in its title Jonathan Livingston Seagull |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | UP RISING $600: Take the focal point of a theater & add "up" to get the back of that part stage & upstage |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | MUSICAL IDIOMS TO MY EARS $600: Playing this stringed instrument means to take a subordinate role second fiddle |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | CHICKEN NUGGETS $2000: A domesticated fowl of Southeast Asia may be the ancestor of this official state bird of Rhode Island the red hen |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | "CRACK"LE $200: This product got a boost in 1908 when it was mentioned in "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" Cracker Jack |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | MAMMALS $1000: Take a Michigander at this mammal, but don't get too close a wolverine |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | DRIVE MY CAR $600: Take a ride in this Asian automaker's Telluride, or in its sportier K5 Kia |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | VALLEY $800: In 452 these feared invaders from central Asia stormed into Italy, devastating the Po Valley the Huns |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | GAME THEORY $1000: Take the small continents first & leave Asia for later in this "game of strategic conquest" Risk |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | ALL THE "RAGE" $2000: Please don't take this feeling of resentment, from Latin for "shadow" umbrage |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | SUPERSTITION $600: After this "crack'd from side to side; 'the curse is come, upon me' cried the Lady of Shalott"; take note the mirror |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | WHAT HAPPENS IN CHAPTER 1? $1000: Colonel Buendía faces a firing squad right off; Melquíades says hi; alchemy... why not take alchemy? One Hundred Years of Solitude |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS $800: David Bowie sang that this "makes a man take things over" fame |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | TAKE 'EM TO THEIR ROYAL HOUSES $400: Peter the Great & Nicholas II the Unfortunate Romanov |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | TAKE 'EM TO THEIR ROYAL HOUSES $800: Henry VII & Bloody Mary I Tudor |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | TAKE 'EM TO THEIR ROYAL HOUSES $1600: Louis XIV Bourbon |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | TAKE 'EM TO THEIR ROYAL HOUSES $2000: The crown prince known as MBS: the house of this Saud |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | TAKE 'EM TO THEIR ROYAL HOUSES $5,000 (Daily Double): Empress Maria Theresa & Emperor Franz Josef Habsburg |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | PLAY CHARACTERS $600: Darren Lemming is a star player of this sport coming out of the closet in the Broadway show "Take Me Out" baseball |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | MOVIE MAGIC $800: This Marvel sorcerer supreme has a cloak of levitation that can take care of itself in a magical pinch Doctor Strange |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | MUSICALS BY SONG LYRICS $800: "You're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off of you" Jersey Boys |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | CORNERSTONES $1200: In 1163 Pope Alexander III laid the cornerstone for this iconic Paris cathedral that would take 200 years to complete Notre Dame |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | VIDEO GAMES $400: Hey, trainers! Take on gym leaders of the Galar region for your next big battle in this series that offers "Sword" & "Shield" Pokémon |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | TO PHRASE A COIN $1600: "Don't take any" of these, like the commemorative souvenirs made for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair a wooden nickel |
| #8321, aired 2021-01-25 | PHILOSOPHY $1600: Antonyms that fill in a famous Kierkegaard thought: life can only be understood ____ but it has to be lived ____ backwards & forwards (reverse & forward) |
| #8320, aired 2021-01-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: To take the water out of something dehydrate |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | ACTORS' FILMOGRAPHIES $400: "Trainwreck", "I Feel Pretty" Amy Schumer |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | WORD "UP" $800: This theater direction can mean to take the focus from another actor & put it on your own performance upstage |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | SPACE-PODGE $200: So far we haven't been able to take a picture of the entirety of this galaxy of ours; NASA uses images of Messier 74 instead the Milky Way |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | ALLITERATION $400: Toddlers don't get the idea of sharing; teach them to do this, alternate possession, with the toy take turns |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | TAKE NOTE $200: From this actress to Andy Warhol: "I'm so proud I finally have your 'Liz' and thank you for signing it so sweetly to me" Liz Taylor |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | TAKE NOTE $400: "Thank You Notes" is a segment on his late night talk show & also the title of 2 books he's written Jimmy Fallon |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | TAKE NOTE $600: In a 1780s letter to his friend George Whatley, he described his invention of bifocals & even included a diagram Benjamin Franklin |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | TAKE NOTE $800: This artist to her husband: "Diego, my love, remember that once you finish the fresco we will be together forever" Frida Kahlo |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | TAKE NOTE $1000: Hours before her death in 1587, this queen wrote, "I am to be executed like a criminal at eight in the morning" Mary, Queen of Scots |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | INSANE CLOWN POSSE $400: Frank Sinatra reportedly wanted to play this Clown Prince of Crime on "Batman", but Cesar Romero got to the greasepaint first the Joker |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $1000: A humorist wrote, "Why not go" here, take a chance in unknown territory? "Isn't that where the fruit is?" out on a limb |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | ARTISTS IN EUROPE $1000: While visiting van Gogh at Arles, this painter did his own take on "The Night Café" and Madame Ginoux all in one Gauguin |
| #8309, aired 2021-01-07 | JOCKS $800: This Milwaukee Bucks star was born in Greece to Nigerian parents (don't worry, we'll take just his first name) Giannis (Antetokounmpo) |
| #8309, aired 2021-01-07 | HOBBIES & CRAFTS $1000: Take up this 5-letter type of yoga that many westerners perform as a type of exercise hatha |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | NORWEGIANS $800: Great Norwegian musicians include Pal Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen & Morten Harket, who wrote this No. 1 hit for a-ha "Take On Me" |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | 1800s AMERICA $800: In 1869, the first all-professional baseball team to take the field wasn't the Red Sox, but the Cincinnati these Stockings |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | ON A HIGH NOTE $1600: A tenor in this title role hits a high A flat singing "Let your soul take you where you long to be!" from "The Music Of The Night" The Phantom of the Opera |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | BOOK BARRIERS $600: In this 1990 novel raptors "hit the fence, take a shock. They never seem to mind" Jurassic Park |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | THE BIG, LITTLE OR NO BANG $400: Mr. Phelps will not self-destruct in 5 seconds in this 1996 film; a chopper crash in a tunnel will take care of things Mission: Impossible |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | VERY PURITANICAL $1600: A Puritan idea that land not being farmed was theirs to take led to the Pequot War, ended by the Treaty of this Conn. capital Hartford |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | DURING THE RENAISSANCE $1200: The sale of these reductions in punishment by the church troubled Martin Luther & influenced him to take action indulgences |
| #8292, aired 2020-12-01 | SPORTS IDIOMS $200: In wrestling you "go to the" this; in another sense it means to take up someone's cause in a dispute the mat |
| #8292, aired 2020-12-01 | SPORTS IDIOMS $1000: To win a car race you'll have to "take" one of these banners; the British spell it with a "Q" a checkered flag |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | LET'S START A SMALL BUSINESS $400: A small business owner must take in more than $400 annually to be subject to self-employment these taxes |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | PALINDROMES $1000: Tumbling on soft mats is naturally part of the fun at this place where kids can take classes & have birthday parties My Gym |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | GO "NUT"s $1600: There's peanut butter, chocolate & caramel in the candy bar called "Reese's" this NutRageous |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | POTPOURRI $200: This Real Housewife of Atlanta is married to Greg Leakes NeNe Leakes |
| #8282, aired 2020-11-17 | WONDERLAND $400: Alice "had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or" this object "to take out of it" a watch |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | DID YOU KNOW? $400: Take it slow! This rain forest tree-dwelling mammal can take weeks to digest a meal & can hold its breath longer than a dolphin a sloth |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | TAKE A HIKE $200: Beware the big drop on Bright Angel Trail, a feature of this perennial Arizona attraction's South Rim the Grand Canyon |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | TAKE A HIKE $400: You'll see some familiar faces on the Presidential Trail, which loops past this mount Mount Rushmore |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | TAKE A HIKE $600: Here the Great Smoky Mountains live up to their name as a hiker navigates the Charlies Bunion Hike on this famed trail the Appalachian Trail |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | TAKE A HIKE $800: Become a 46er by hiking Whiteface, Haystack & 44 other peaks in this range of Upstate New York the Adirondacks |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | TAKE A HIKE $1000: If you want to hike Halemau'u Trail with all its wonder, you'll have to head to this second-largest of the Hawaiian islands Maui |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | ALBUMS $400: This "colorful" singer has used an exclamation point in her name starting with her 2000 debut album "Can't Take Me Home" P!nk |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | IT STARTS WITH "U" $400: This technology uses sound waves to take images inside the body ultrasound |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | COMEDIANS $400: Henny Youngman's autobiography "Take My Life, Please!" riffs on this trademark line of his Take my wife |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | AROUND THE HOUSE $400: Perhaps you have this type of old-fashioned desk that's pretty handy but doesn't take dictation secretary |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORD PUZZLES $400: Hold on and take a spin on this merry-go-round |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | THE DOCTOR WILL "C" YOU NOW $800: Red blood cells must take things one at a time passing through one of these tiny blood vessels, which can be .008mm capillaries |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | LATIN LOVER NEEDED $400: Take note, youngsters, "tempus fugit" means this time flies |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | TALKING FRONT OFFICE BASEBALL $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Pymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York.) Praying at Brooklyn's Plymouth Church helped this Dodgers general manager decide to take a big step and integrate baseball with Jackie Robinson Branch Rickey |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | MOVIE THRILLERS $2000: The dreams that take place at the climax of this Christopher Nolan film are dreamed inside the first class cabin of a 747 Inception |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | 3 VOWELS IN A ROW $400: Adjective for one who's ready to take you to court anytime litigious |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | AMERICANA $2000: This Ohio city was named for a fort built by "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who boldly dared the English & Native Americans to take it Fort Defiance |
| #8244, aired 2020-09-24 | OCCUPATIONAL SONG TITLES $2000: "Dear sir or madam will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look?" goes this Beatles tune "Paperback Writer" |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | NEW TECHNOLOGY $400: Dogs take notice: a new A.I. with neuromorphic computing may recognize these emitted by narcotics & explosives scents |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | KEN JENNINGS ON WINNING STREAKS $1000: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) The Persian Empire fell to him in the 330s B.C., then Western Asia Minor, the Mediterranean coast, Egypt, on into India; not bad for a guy barely over 30 Alexander the Great |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | THIS IS LEOPARDY! $800: Leopards take about half their kills to eat here, where those lousy prey-stealing hyenas are unable to follow into a tree |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | SHORTENED SLANG $800: Take an adjective for theater that's serious & artistic-minded, cut it in half & you get this word, as MC Hammer knows legit |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | GOING ON VACATION $400: Stop by this landmark & take in the amazing vista from Yavapai Point to the North Rim the Grand Canyon |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | PICTURE THE MOVIE $200: Take a ride with this recent Oscar-winning movie Green Book |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | FORM "E" $600: Take a look from above & you'll see why an area just south of the White House has this geometric name the Ellipse |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | E_I_E_I UH OH! $1600: 2-word term for the state's legal ability to take private property for public use eminent domain |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | THE LORD DEALS WITH THEE, BIBLICALLY $2000: "The Lord spake unto" him, "saying, take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man...out of the midst of Jordan" Joshua |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | HOW NOW, DOUBLE VOWEL $1200: What a plane is doing moving down a runway, preparing for take-off taxiing |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | GIVE US A DATE $200: 1929: Dressed like cops, Capone gang members line up Bugs Moran's guys against a wall & take them out in a "Massacre" February 14th |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | JAMES TAYLOR: HIS LIFE & MUSIC $2000: (James Taylor presents the clue.) In 2020 I released a new album, "American Standard", putting my take on some of the songs & show tunes I grew up listening to like "Ol' Man River" from this musical Show Boat |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | SPORTS TALK $800: In track, the "metric mile" is this many meters 1,500 |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | IRREGULAR VERBS $400: A common sign at a checkout counter is "Take a penny," do this leave a penny |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | UNIQUE COLLEGE COURSES $600: You can take a course on artificial intelligence at this school along the Charles River; go Engineers! MIT |
| #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | ON THE BAND'S SET LIST $800: Take a bite out of their "Harmony Hall" & "Unbelievers" Vampire Weekend |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | RHYME TIME $1200: A judge's mallet that you can take on vacation a travel gavel |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | T OFF $800: Take "T" off a word meaning to cut & you get this edge of a crater rim |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | STRAIGHT C'S $400: 17th century pirates who raided Spanish colonies, or a 21st century team that may take on the Raiders buccaneers |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | ABSTRACT NOUNS $400: Some people might take this "lap" to celebrate this, the successful ending of a struggle or contest victory |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | LYRICS OF TODAY $400: "Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to" this title place, "I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more" "Old Town Road" |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | THE OSCARS $200: Accepting for his "Revenant" role, he said, "Climate change is real, it is happening... let us not take this planet for granted" Leonardo DiCaprio |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | STAGEY DIALOGUE $200: I see you are prepared to take over--"waiting in" these side areas, so to speak the wings |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | ENDS WITH A 3-LETTER BODY PART $400: To take someone's weapons away disarm |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | LIFE $1200: Ticks & tapeworms are examples of these creatures that take nutrition with no benefit to their host a parasite |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ANIMAL PHRASES $2000: It means to stop acting like you're better than the rest of us; take your feet out of the stirrups first Get off your high horse |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS $600: Tom Brady holds the record for most Super Bowl wins as a player with this many--he needs 2 hands for his rings Six |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | 1940s LITERATURE $800: The first words of this faded southern belle are "They told me to take a streetcar named Desire" Blanche DuBois |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | FOOD & DRINK IN THE BIBLE $200: In Exodus God says he wants to take the Israelites "unto a land flowing with" this pair milk and honey |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | WE HAVE A FEW SPECIALS $1000: She has a different take on motherhood in her comedy specials "Baby Cobra" and "Hard Knock Wife" Ali Wong |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | THE TOOLSHED $1200: If you need to take out your frustration on sheet metal, then this hammer with a hemispherical head at one end is for you a ball peen hammer |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | EXPLORERS $600: After conquering Cuba, Panfilo de Narvaez was tasked by Charles V to take this nearby peninsula Florida |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | WALLS & BRIDGES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Here's the national trail, where you can take the 84-mile coast-to-coast walk and explore Roman forts along the World Heritage site of this historic landmark Hadrian's Wall |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | FAIRY TALE POLICE REPORT $1000: "Plotted to take queen's firstborn child by offering to spin straw into gold for her" Rumpelstiltskin |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | IN THE ARTS WORLD $1600: This controversial artist made headlines when he recently opened "Dismaland", a unique take on amusement parks Banksy |
| #8164, aired 2020-02-20 | GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING $600: These casual knee-length pants take their name from an Atlantic island & are worn formally there Bermuda shorts |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | CONTRONYMS $200: It can mean to take away a car or to get your car back repossess |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | CONTRONYMS $400: When you model, you do this to create a pose; for a stagehand, it means to take down a set strike |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | ENTERTAINMENT $400: This song was written in 1908 & over 100 years later it's still sung during the seventh-inning stretch "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | LONDON BOROUGHS $1200: Take a walk down memory lane in the borough of Camden & name this thoroughfare made famous by The Beatles Abbey Road |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | RELIGIOUS FICTION $400: Books in this series by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins take place following "the rapture" Left Behind |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | JUST SAY "N.O." $800: It's a French phrase whose sentiment is that the rich should take care of the poor noblesse oblige |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | OPERA ZINGERS $2000: The Wagnerian dwarf Alberich calls these "maidens" "bony fish" who should "take eels for their lovers" Rhinemaidens |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | 1980s POP LYRICS $200: The Police: "Oh, can't you see you belong to me" "Every Breath You Take" |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | A COLORFUL CATEGORY $3,000 (Daily Double): Here's this mountain range mentioned in the opening of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" the Blue Ridge Mountains |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU $400: Should really go without saying: none of this Nobel stuff patented in 1867 dynamite |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU $800: Should go without saying part 2: none of these, whether of the fragmentation, smoke or stun variety a grenade |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU $1200: None of this element used to disinfect pools & spas--relax, they'll use it at the resort! chlorine |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU $1600: No booze above 70% alcohol, this proof 140 |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU $2000: No to the Note7 model of this smartphone Samsung |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | THE COUNTY LINE $200: Take a county seat! Specifically for Seminole county in this state, that'd be Sanford Florida |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | ENTERING THE LANGUAGE $800: 1738: this 2-word term for low-powered binoculars you might take to a performance of "Aida" opera glasses |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | GET YOUR "B.A." DEGREE $3,400 (Daily Double): This hornless breed--take a look--is named in part for a place in Scotland black angus |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | "STEP" BY STEP $800: This 5-word idiom meaning "to take responsibility" comes from what a baseball batter does before seeing a pitch step up to the plate |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | THE GOOD DOCTOR $3,800 (Daily Double): A vizier to Djoser, this Egyptian was one of the few mortals to be completely deified & was worshipped as the god of medicine Imhotep |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | SKATING INTO THE NHL $600: Gilbert Perreault is credited with "The 3 important elements of hockey are fore-check, backcheck &" this, & you can take that to the bank paycheck |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | GEMSTONES! MEET THE GEMSTONES! $800: We quote the ancient Wang Chung: "Take your baby by the wrist, & in her mouth" this purple quartz variety & February birthstone amethyst |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | ROAD TRIP! $2000: An "On the Road" trip will take you to Larimer Street in this city where Sal hangs with Dean before heading for the coast Denver |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | TV HOMES & ADDRESSES $200: In the third season of this Netflix series, the wrestlers take up residence at the Fan-Tan Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas GLOW |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | TAKE AN "IQ" TEST $400: Morally objectionable behavior, sometimes in a den of it iniquity |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | TAKE AN "IQ" TEST $800: To convert an asset into cash liquidate |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | TAKE AN "IQ" TEST $1200: "Invasion of the Boy Snatchers" is a book in a young adult series named for this type of social group a clique |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | TAKE AN "IQ" TEST $1600: One-word term for an expert on old things an antiquarian |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | TAKE AN "IQ" TEST $2000: Edward Kingsford first used scrap lumber from carmaking to produce these charcoal briquettes |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | IT WOULD TAKE A MIRACLE $800: "The Tracks Of My Tears" & "Ooo Baby Baby" were hits for this frontman backed by a group of Miracles Smokey Robinson |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | HAVE FUN STORMING THE CASTLE! $800: Take plenty of these to scale the walls; Joan of Arc said she was the first to place one against a fortress at the Siege of Orleans a ladder |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | IT WOULD TAKE A MIRACLE $1200: Patty Duke & Anne Bancroft play student & teacher in this film The Miracle Worker |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | IT WOULD TAKE A MIRACLE $1600: The "Music City Miracle" was a last-second play that benefited this NFL team in 2000 the (Tennessee) Titans |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | IT WOULD TAKE A MIRACLE $2000: You don't need to walk on water to get to this city's Miracle Garden Dubai |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | LET'S JAZZ UP THIS PLACE $1200: This man's quartet experiments with time: "Take Five" is in 5/4 meter & "Blue Rondo A La Turk" is in 9/8 Dave Brubeck |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | CHANGE ONE LETTER $2,000 (Daily Double): A word meaning to try hard tries hard & changes a letter to take one long step strive & stride |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | BATTLE & HUM $400: In 2015, she told us "This is my fight song, take back my life song, prove I'm all right song" Rachel Platten |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | POND $1000: On those warm, sunny London afternoons, take a dip in the bathing ponds of this famed Heath in the north of the city Hampstead Heath |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | GHOST-TED $1200: You put up a portable canvas shelter yesterday, then took down the -ted to leave this cardinal number ten |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | GONNA TAKE MY HORSE $400: On this sitcom, all of Pawnee comes out for the memorial of beloved miniature horse Li'l Sebastian Parks and Recreation |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | GONNA TAKE MY HORSE $600: In this film, Kevin Costner first meets the Sioux after they repeatedly try to steal his horse, Cisco Dances with Wolves |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | GONNA TAKE MY HORSE $800: As Mongo, Alex Karras takes down a horse with one punch in this 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | GONNA TAKE MY HORSE $1000: In this long cinematic "Story", Atreyu loses his horse Artax in the swamp of sadness, devastating many a child of the '80s The NeverEnding Story |
| #8122, aired 2019-12-24 | METAPHORS $400: A white one of these animals is a metaphor for something too expensive for its owner to take care of an elephant |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | TAKE MY RHYME $200: When used by hand, it'll kill a vampire stake |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | TAKE MY RHYME $400: The yamakagashi of Asia is a venomous one snake |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | TAKE MY RHYME $600: It follows a schooner as it moves forward wake |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | TAKE MY RHYME $800: To leave someone when they still need you; oh, my darling, do not forsake |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | TAKE MY RHYME $1000: To satisfy one's thirst slake |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | MOVIE EXCHANGES $800: 2 characters: "Look, your worshipfulness... I take orders from just one person: me"; "It's a wonder you're still alive" Han Solo & Princess Leia |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | THE SECOND-LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE $200: Yale University helped this city take second behind Bridgeport New Haven |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | IN FULL $600: "Borat" is subtitled "Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of" this Kazakhstan |
| #8108, aired 2019-12-04 | YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK! $200: In November 2018 fights broke out at a Houston-area bank when one of these began doling out $100s instead of $10s an ATM |
| #8108, aired 2019-12-04 | IN THE NATIONAL TOY HALL OF FAME $400: Splish splash, you can take a bath with this playful yellow inductee that floats a rubber ducky |
| #8108, aired 2019-12-04 | YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK! $400: Time to lock in my rate on this 2-letter savings item with a fixed maturity date such as 12 months a CD |
| #8108, aired 2019-12-04 | YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK! $600: The FDIC says property deeds & originals of birth certificates are good candidates for placement in one of these at a bank a safe deposit box |
| #8108, aired 2019-12-04 | YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK! $800: My bank called--someone tried to buy a $2,500 laptop on my credit card but I have protection vs. this crime, a synonym for deceit fraud |
| #8108, aired 2019-12-04 | YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK! $1000: Redoing the kitchen is gonna be pricey, so we'll take out a HELOC, short for home equity this a home equity line of credit |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | I WON'T BE IN TODAY $1000: From him, around 1400: Fynishd wrytng my "Tales" & am off to finde a prufreadur; myghte take a whil Chaucer |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | ENTREPRENHEIRS $1000: It doesn't take an Oracle to know this last name of Megan, producer of Oscar-nominated films like "Her" & "Zero Dark Thirty" Ellison |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | HERE, KITTY $800: Let's take this "tigre americano" for a spin--it feeds on capybara & will attack caimans a jaguar |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | MEDICAL IDIOMS $200: It can mean to measure body heat but idiomatically, it means to survey the attitudes of a group of people take the temperature |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | 1990s LYRICS $800: No Doubt: "Take this pink ribbon off my eyes" "Just A Girl" |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $800: The 2015 AMAs saw Taylor Swift take home the trophy for Pop/Rock Album--this one named for the year of Taylor's birth 1989 |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | YOU'RE CREEPING ME OUT $600: Don't take my odd looks the wrong way. I'm just a simple one of these fowl with the same name as a Kentucky bourbon wild turkey |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | CHARACTERS IN THE AENEID $1,000 (Daily Double): Sinon is a Greek who persuades the Trojans to take this object into their city as an offering to the goddess Minerva a wooden horse (the Trojan Horse) |
| #8092, aired 2019-11-12 | FANTASY FOOTBALL $1000: In my fantasy Super Bowl, the 18-1 '85 Bears take on Larry Csonka & the rest of this 17-0 1972 squad the Miami Dolphins |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | THIS LAND IS YOUR LANDLOCKED COUNTRY $600: Serbia, Albania, oo I wanna take ya to Montenegro, Macedonia, come on, pretty mama... those all border this new country Kosovo |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | AUTO FILL $400: Take a long trip in the ____ Odyssey Honda |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | A HISTORICAL RHETORICAL $600: Visigoth princes of Spain, are you sure it's a good idea to invite these people to help you take power? They have their own agenda the Moors |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | TAKE "TEN" $400: An apartment dweller a tenant |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | IDIOMS DELIGHT $600: To view something with skepticism is to "take it with" this bit of sodium chloride a grain of salt |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | TAKE "TEN" $800: In the U.S., it's the most popular form of bowling ten pin |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | TAKE "TEN" $1200: It's an adjective meaning pertaining to the most popular British poet of the Victorian era Tennysonian |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | TAKE "TEN" $1600: In a state of anxiety? You're "on" these 11-letter items tenterhooks |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | TAKE "TEN" $2000: The khayyam in Omar Khayyam means this profession tent maker |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | SHAKE HANDS WITH SHAKESPEARE $100 (Daily Double): "Take me by the hand, and say 'Harry of England, I am thine'" is how this title king proposes to Katherine Henry V |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | SHAKE HANDS WITH SHAKESPEARE $400: "First, Marcus Brutus, will I shake with you; next, Caius Cassius, do I take your hand", says Antony in this play Julius Caesar |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | GIVING AWAY THE MOVIE'S ENDING $400: Jack Skellington from Halloween Town tries to take over a holiday that's later in the year Christmas |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | 21st CENTURY TELEVISION $1000: Amybeth McNulty stars in the series "Anne with an E", a grittier take on this 1908 Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | TV-POURRI $400: Season 3 of this streaming show about a blind superhero featured a nearly 11-minute, single-take prison riot scene Daredevil |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | WHAT PREZ PRECEDED... $3,800 (Daily Double): Martin Van Buren, & you can take that to the bank Andrew Jackson |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | LONDON'S BLUE PLAQUES $5,000 (Daily Double): He could have said, "I need the 2-wheeled carriage or 'cab' named for me to take me home to 27 Sumner Place" (Joseph) Hansom |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES ON THE ROAD $2000: You can take a swing by Yankee Stadium on the Major this Expressway, named for a guy who helped build army bases in N.Y. during WWI the Major Deegan |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | MAKE LIGHT WORK $600: Take a mind-expanding journey at the live show called Paramount's Laser Spectacular, with the music of this "Dark Side" band Pink Floyd |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | WOMEN COMPOSERS $1200: Anne Dudley won an Oscar for scoring this film in which unemployed British steelworkers take it off The Full Monty |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | DROP OUT $400: Drop the "out" from a synonym for "budding" & you get this season when it might happen spring (from sprouting) |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | ADAPTATIONS $2000: To stop violence, women take a vow of abstinence in Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq", a retelling of this Greek comedy Lysistrata |
| #8062, aired 2019-10-01 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $800: (Hi, I'm Ben Bailey with Local 4.) You'll actually go south to Canada if you take your merry wife onto the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit & this city Windsor (Ontario) |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | GETTING TO THE AIRPORT $600: You can take the T to Logan from State Street Station in this city Boston |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | GETTING TO THE AIRPORT $800: From The Strip, take Tropicana Avenue to Paradise Road to 5757 Wayne Newton Boulevard, this facility McCarran Airport |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | CLASSIC METAL BANDS $7,600 (Daily Double): "We're Not Gonna Take It" by this Dee Snider band has some musical roots in "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Twisted Sister |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | HUNTING & FISHING $200: Also a poker hand, in hunting this word means to cause game birds to break cover or take flight flush |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | COUNTRY MUSIC $6,000 (Daily Double): (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) Before her untimely death, she saw her career take off beginning with her first No. 1 hit that she had been reluctant to record
"I fall to pieces /
Each time..." Patsy Cline |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | WORLD CURRENCY $2,500 (Daily Double): In 2018 its pres. Erdogan urged his people to take euros & dollars from under their pillows & convert them to the native lira Turkey |
| #8045, aired 2019-07-26 | 2 VERBS IN ONE $600: To get behind the wheel of a Chrysler you're thinking of buying & take it for a spin test-drive |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | audible SUMMER READING $600: Tim Curry takes us on an adventure with a classic by this author
Let no one take it into his head before us to try and discover the center of the Earth! (Jules) Verne |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | ALLITERATIVE ACTORS & ACTRESSES $2000: In "Hard to Kill", this martial artist & actor says, "I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank" Steven Segal |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | IN THE AIR $400: In Genesis this man is told to take "fowls...of the air" by sevens Noah |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | ANDREW DAVIES $800: Davies intended a different take from the musical in his adaptation of this Hugo novel, airing on PBS in 2019 Les Miserables |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | I LOVE HORSES $600: These draft horses make appearances all over; they take the trip from St. Louis to appear in the Rose Parade the Clydesdales |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LIEDER $400: Typically, 19th century lieder, or songs, were arranged for 1 vocalist & 1 accompanist on this instrument a piano |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LIEDER $800: Lieder date back to the 12th century but really hit their stride during this emotional musical era that began in the 18th century the Romantic era |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LIEDER $1200: The French followed the Germans' lied with a form called melodie, like Henri Duparc's this French word for song "Triste" chanson |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | ACRONYMS & ABBREVS. $1200: Take a deep dive & tell us what SCUBA is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LIEDER $1600: Discovered in 2017, "Lied vom Weissen Käse", or "Song of the White Cheese", is by this composer who often worked with Bertolt Brecht Kurt Weill |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LIEDER $2,000 (Daily Double): This Vienna-born composer was only 17 when he wrote "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel" & changed the lieder game in 1814 Franz Schubert |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | ON SECOND THOUGHT $800: In Hollywood-speak, better take one more of these at that script of yours or you'll get one of these, a "no" from a studio a pass |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | NO. 1 HITS OF THE '80s $1600: Lipps, Inc. sang, "Well, I talk about it, talk about it, talk about it, talk about it... won't you take me to" this title place Funkytown |
| #8032, aired 2019-07-09 | STATE OF THE COUNTIES $400: Take in the united colors of Bennington, party in Orleans, then go to Rutland Vermont |
| #8032, aired 2019-07-09 | "H.D." $2000: 2-word term meaning to take shelter in a defensive position, perhaps from a storm hunker down |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | ON WEEKENDS $1000: One fine Saturday, this "O"hio liberal arts college will move up from Div. III & take down Alabama football, 70-21; go Yeomen! Oberlin |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | THE GOLDEN HOARD $200: "Open sesame" are the magic words that this man used to take gold from 40 thieves Ali Baba |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | TAKING THE DRIVING TEST $600: To take the test in most states, you'll need this proof of financial responsibility in case anything goes wrong insurance |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | HISTORICAL MUSEUMS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Museum of the American Revolution.) Figures bring to life some of the war's younger participants, like Joseph Plumb Martin, who first enlisted at 15 & described arriving at this Pennsylvania site in 1777 "to take up our winter quarters with no clothing, no provisions, and disheartened as need be" Valley Forge |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | WHERE YOU GO FROM HERE $800: If you take a shortcut south through the Suez Canal, you end up in this sea the Red Sea |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | PRONOUN LOSS $200: Take "us" away from a movie theater job & you end up with this, another pronoun her |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | PRONOUN LOSS $400: Take "me" away from an old honeyed liquor & you get this, found in the pages of a magazine ad |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | PRONOUN LOSS $600: Take "I" from a term for any revered person in a particular field & you get this flimflam game con |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | PRONOUN LOSS $1000: Take "she" away from a law enforcement job & you get this snappy sequence on a guitar a riff |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | QUOTING THE SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER $2000: "Come unto these yellow sands, and then take hands" Ariel |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | FROM THE GERMAN $400: You can take one of these high-speed, limited-access highways to get to the Schwarzwald an autobahn |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | AROUND THE BODY $800: These arteries that supply blood to the heart itself take their name from the Latin for "crown" the coronary arteries |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | VITAMINS $200: Humans can't produce this scurvy-fighting vitamin internally, but you can take supplements to treat hay fever Vitamin C |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | PICTURE THE IDIOM $200: For an optimistic view of things, take a look through these rose-colored glasses |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | PICTURE THE IDIOM $1000: Note the lovely weather; it means to take advantage of an opportunity make hay while the sun shines |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | ONE BIG SWAMP $1200: Take a little R & R in this "T & T" country & visit the mangrove channels of its Caroni Swamp Trinidad and Tobago |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | 1980s POP LYRICS $1600: Bon Jovi:
"Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear" "Livin' On A Prayer" |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | THE MONTHLY MOVIE TITLE $1200: 4 women of the 1920s take to an Italian villa & have the time of their lives in "Enchanted" this April |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | RECENT POLITICS $1000: In Feb. 2019 this GOP ex-Massachusetts gov. announced for pres. & urged "people of good will to take a stand & plant a flag" William Weld |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | MATH, TEACHERS $1200: Math-minded cows might graze over this, the set of all the possible values that a function can take the range |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | STUDYING FOR THE TEST $1600: You can take this test at TheInkBlot.com but you'll get a joke analysis about your personality a Rorschach test |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | STUDYING FOR THE TEST $2000: This bogus "test" many had to take starting around 1890 was designed to make it impossible for African Americans to vote a literacy test |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | IT HAPPENED IN MAY $800: Father of the famous Quaker, Admiral William Penn failed to take Hispaniola from the Spanish in April of 1655, but did capture this island in May Jamaica |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | CENTRAL AMERICA $400: Oil tankers & other ships pay a fee to take this 50-mile Central American shortcut the Panama Canal |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "W" $200: To take money out of an account withdraw |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | NOBODY EXPECTS $600: David Niven & the audience were taken unawares when one of these rushed the Oscars stage in 1974 a streaker |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | WORLD OF SPORT $600: In August 2018 a Hawaiian squad beat the team of youngsters from South Korea to take this championship the Little League championship |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | I COULD LIVE IN THAT FOOD $400: Take home a tapioca pudding from Kozy this dwelling shack |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | "TAKE" IT $400: Something that's really good does this sweet 3-word phrase takes the cake |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | A FORK IN THE ROAD $400: At Barstow, Calif., take I-40 East to get to Needles or I-15 North to this more glamorous Nevada city of more than 600,000 Las Vegas |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | "TAKE" IT $800: When you're hit by a delayed realization, you may do one of these numeric reactions double take |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | 1930s SLANG $1000: A convicted murderer might have to take the hotsquat, in this device the electric chair |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | "TAKE" IT $1200: It's an old, less fancy word for a mortician the undertaker |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | "TAKE" IT $1600: This manifold supplies fuel & air to your car's cylinders the intake manifold |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | "TAKE" IT $2000: "The way you wear your hat, the way you sip your tea, the mem'ry of all that--no, no!" this song title "They Can't Take That Away From Me" |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | TAKE "OUT" $200: It's police surveillance outside a building to observe or catch criminals a stakeout |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | TAKE "OUT" $400: For the kids, this restaurant chain offers a joey menu Outback |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | TAKE "OUT" $600: A boat made from a hollowed-out log, or where baseball players sit a dugout |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | LAKE NAME-IS-MEMORABLE $600: Hello, Wisconsin! Take the motorhome brand of the same name to Lake this Winnebago |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | TAKE "OUT" $800: Medical procedures without overnight hospitalization are considered this type outpatient |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | TAKE "OUT" $1000: The term this type of "art" by self-taught non-mainstream artists was coined by Roger Cardinal in 1972 outsider art |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | WOMEN OF THE WORLD $600: At age 11 she gave her first speech, called "How Dare the Taliban Take Away My Basic Right to Education?" Malala |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | ALSO A FIRST NAME $1000: If you lower someone's high opinion of himself, you take him down one of these, a wooden fastener a peg |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Franklin Institute.) The Edward G. Budd Company, maker of metal car parts, tried its hand at aircraft, and produced the first one entirely made of this heavy alliterative alloy to take flight--still has a nice shine to it stainless steel |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER $200: These 9-digit government-issued numbers will never begin with 666--take that, Satan! Social Security numbers |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | IDIOMS $1000: Be assertive! Do this 6-word phrase like Hercules did to that bovine on Crete take the bull by the horns |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | LOGGER $600: One story about this companion of Paul Bunyan says it would take a day for crows to fly from one horn to the other Babe (the blue ox) |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU $2000: "Anthony Adverse" & a family name inspired actor Bernard Schwartz to take this stage name & use it in "Some Like It Hot" Tony Curtis |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | LITERARY GENRES $600: Tom Brady swears by the self-help book "The Four Agreements"; one is "don't take anything" this way personally |
| #7958, aired 2019-03-27 | I'M WALKIN' HERE! $800: It's not in the Bill of Rights, but you really should take a morning this 14-letter bit of light exercise a constitutional |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | G.O.T. $400: This "G.O.T." phrase means the same as "more or less", more or less give or take |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia):
Visit the Franklin Institute gift shop, buy a copy of "Poor Richard's Almanack,"and take some of Ben Franklin's wisdom with you, like, "He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with" these fleas |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | THE SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS $200: He resigned as Illinois senator November 16, 2008 to take higher office Barack Obama |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | BILLBOARD'S GREATEST HOT 100 SINGLES $200: This Police song sounds like a love song, but Sting admits it's really about jealousy & obsessiveness "Every Breath You Take" |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | CITIES $800: Take a stroll down the Molo Audace in Trieste & you can dip your feet in this 500-mile-long sea the Adriatic |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | ANIMAL TALK $800: Maybe you're a canvasback if you start a new activity & "take to it like" this duck to water |
| #7931, aired 2019-02-18 | STILL I RISE $400: Bodybuilders can only dream of pecs, short for these muscles, as developed as the ones that help birds take off pectorals |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | THE GRAND TOUR $400: Young 18th c. Brits would take a grand tour of Europe, including crossing these mountains into Italy (carried in a chair) the Alps |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | EASY LISTENING $400: This rock classic begins "Well I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load, I've got seven women on my mind" "Take It Easy" |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | APPLE PIE ORDER $400: I'll take one from this chain, though as I recall it tasted better before they went from fried to baked in 1992 McDonald's |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | NUMERIC WORDS & PHRASES $400: "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" is traditionally sung in this break the seventh-inning stretch |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | OXFORD $1000: 1st year law folks take courses in torts, contracts & trusts "to qualify as a solicitor or" this job pleading in higher courts a barrister |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | "C" IN COOKING $600: A famous movie quote is "Leave the gun. Take" this totally tubular dessert cannoli |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | ENGLISH ROYAL FIRSTS $200: In 1327 Edward II became the 1st king forced to take this action of formally giving up power, to the son who became Edward III abdicating |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | HOME FROM THE HILL $800: When it came to U.S. senators, this state decided to take a gamble on Jacky Rosen in 2018 as Dean Heller came up snake eyes Nevada |
| #7900, aired 2019-01-04 | 2019 HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Pack up the kids on Thursday, April 25 & take them here, not to the playground work |
| #7899, aired 2019-01-03 | EXTRAORDINARY RENDITIONS $800: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's soaring take on this "Wizard of Oz" classic is ubiquitous in Hawaii "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | BUILDING AN IDIOM $200: This 3-word phrase means to take care of things while someone else is away mind the store |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | ON THE ROAD $1200: Primm Boulevard in Primm, Nevada will take you to Whiskey Pete's Casino & this 1930s couple's "death car" Bonnie and Clyde |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | GOING TO SEE AMMAN $2000: I'll enjoy a leisurely walk & take in the sights at the 12-acre plaza named for this house of the royal family Hashemite |
| #7890, aired 2018-12-21 | SENATORS WITH STAMINA $200: In 2009 Joe Biden left the Senate after more than 30 years of service to take this job vice president |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | ACCORDING TO EMILY POST $800: Sorry, hipsters, but men are still expected to take these off in restaurants & in other folks' homes hats |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | THE FAB FOUR $800: "Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to" this song, recorded in 2 different speeds & keys & combined for an eerie effect "Strawberry Fields Forever" |
| #7887, aired 2018-12-18 | AMERICAN HELICOPTER MUSEUM $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from American Helicopter Museum in West Chester, Pennsylvania.) Able to take off & land vertically & fly like a conventional airplane, the tiltrotor Osprey was the product of a long & controversial development process, inspired by the failure of Navy helicopters during the aborted 1980 hostage rescue in this country Iran |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | THINGS TO TAKE WITH YOU ON VACATION $200: In case you hit the beach, bring this rated SPF 15 or higher sunscreen |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | THINGS TO TAKE WITH YOU ON VACATION $400: Some repellent might prove useful if you encounter these critters of the genus Anopheles mosquitoes |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | THINGS TO TAKE WITH YOU ON VACATION $600: If you don't mind the traditional tourist marking, carry this around your neck, but use a slash-proof strap against thieves a camera |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | THINGS TO TAKE WITH YOU ON VACATION $800: In case of a flight delay, pack a few snacks, like these kidney-shaped nuts high in protein cashews |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | THINGS TO TAKE WITH YOU ON VACATION $1000: For Uganda & Oman, pack an adapter, as their standard wall socket voltage is this, twice what it is stateside 240 |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | GREAT BOOKS ON AUDIBLE $1200: Take a listen to Scarlett Johansson if you are curious about this classic
I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole--and yet--and yet--it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life! Alice in Wonderland |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | WEST VIRGINIA $600: In 2014 his "Take Me Home, Country Roads" became one of West Virginia's official state songs John Denver |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | DE-CAP-ITATE 'EM! $800: Take the "C-A-P" off a type of chicken & you get this preposition on |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | DE-CAP-ITATE 'EM! $2000: Take the "cap" off a shipboard winch & get this male first name Stan |
| #7881, aired 2018-12-10 | DESCRIBING THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER $600: 1988:
2 very different brothers take a road trip Rain Man |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | FEMALE PLAYWRIGHTS $800: Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize winner "Wit" take place during the final hours of a woman succumbing to this disease ovarian cancer |
| #7876, aired 2018-12-03 | THEIR TRIBUTE BAND $1000: Take a chance on their tribute band, Bjorn Again ABBA |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY $600: Even if you have an awesome name like Pita Pan or Holy Mole, these businesses take long hours & hard work restaurants |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | RESORT $400: Kalon in Costa Rica, dedicated to this, coaches guests in take offs, cutbacks & wave catching surfing |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | LAYING DOWN SOME R&B & HIP-HOP VOCALS $600: "Shopping sprees in Paris, everything 24 karats, take a look in that mirror, now tell" this singer "who's the fairest" Bruno Mars |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | 'TEENS IN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This Mongolian took a break from BBQ-ing China in 1218 to take out an empire in what's now Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan Genghis Khan |
| #7864, aired 2018-11-15 | AMERICAN QUOTATIONS $200: He knew "not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death" Patrick Henry |
| #7864, aired 2018-11-15 | B MINUS $1000: Pilfering the "B" from a strong Irish accent makes you this kind of scoundrel a rogue |
| #7862, aired 2018-11-13 | GAMES OF THE VIDEO VARIETY $600: In "Black Ops III", Dempsey, Nikolai & co. try to save their souls & take on the zombie horde as they heed this series title Call of Duty |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU? $400: Medically, I'm this, so I take insulin to control my condition diabetic |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | SCHOLARSHIPS $400: First step to become a National Merit Scholar--take this 4-leter college prep test the PSAT |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | SCHOLARSHIPS $1000: It's going to take more than a baking soda volcano to win a scholarship from the Google-sponsored contest called this event the Google Science Fair |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | TIME TO TAKE THE S_A_T $400: Wrigley's gum is known for this aromatic herb with serrated leaves spearmint |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | DOUBLE TALK $600: Popular toy that you can take "around the world" a yo-yo |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | TIME TO TAKE THE S_A_T $800: A very bright red scarlet |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | TIME TO TAKE THE S_A_T $1200: As well as a quick informal photograph, it can mean a brief summary of a situation a snapshot |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | TIME TO TAKE THE S_A_T $1600: It's not just the sound of a grapefruit hitting concrete--it's also the middle vertical element of a chair back splat |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | TIME TO TAKE THE S_A_T $2000: It's an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude & longitude at sea a sextant |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | A WORD OF ADVICE $1200: Leave this 10-letter advice in the box; maybe we'll take it suggestion |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | TAKE A "NEE" $200: Someone in the running for an Emmy or a Tony a nominee |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | TAKE A "NEE" $400: A scornful, lip-curling facial expression a sneer |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | TAKE A "NEE" $600: A Native American people who lived on the Platte River, or Leslie Knope's fictional Indiana town Pawnee |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | TAKE A "NEE" $800: Captain Bligh suffered the wrath of a group of them mutineers |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | TAKE A "NEE" $1000: Stanley makes these long-jawed pliers needle-nose |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | HALLOWEEN WITH GENE SIMMONS $2000: (Gene Simmons presents the clue.) Legend says that death awakens the dead with a fiddle on Halloween & invites the skeletons to this French-named dance of death danse macabre |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | STARTS OR ENDS WITH A BODY PART $400: Diminutive term for a quick writing method done to take dictation shorthand |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | THE "HEART" OF COUNTRY $600: Take heed before you fool around: Hank Williams warned that this title thing "will make you weep" your cheating heart |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | SOMETHING TO READ $2000: After a returning Civil War general is murdered by his wife, their children take revenge in this O'Neill trilogy of plays Mourning Becomes Electra |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | C'EST LA TV $800: Here's a not-so-small claim--she sold her 5,000-plus court show archive back to CBS for $95 mil, give or take Judge Judy |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | EDUCATION $400: According to its initials, you take the MCAT if you're pursuing a career in this medicine |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | OTHER CONSTITUTIONS $1200: "The republic of Poland shall take special care of" these, "particularly war invalids" veterans |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | FORT NIGHT $1000: In 1779 this "Mad" revolutionary led a daring midnight raid to take the fort at Stony Point (Anthony) Wayne |
| #7833, aired 2018-10-03 | DENTISTRY $1200: A Maryland this doesn't take you over the Patuxent River; it's a false tooth held in place with metal wings a bridge |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | OCTOBER OBSERVANCES $1000: October 10 is "World" this "Health Day", but it doesn't mean you're supposed to take one to skip work mental health |
| #7830, aired 2018-09-28 | 20th CENTURY DECADES $800: Students take over the Sorbonne & the Paris stock exchange the '60s |
| #7830, aired 2018-09-28 | YOUR SIGNIFICANT AUTHOR $2000: Though not into big government, she did take social security payments & medicare benefits under the name Ann O'Connor Ayn Rand |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $400: Fox' "Empire" has been seen as a hip-hop take on this play, with Jamal Lyon as a gender-swapped Cordelia King Lear |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | OPERATION $2000: Your surgeon could choose to take a look inside you with this type of fiber optic instrument laparoscope |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | THE T LEAVES $200: T gets loose from a strong string to be this beverage, red or white wine |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | MORE COWBELL $1000: "Rock on, gold dust woman, take your silver spoon, dig your grave", sang this cowbell-employing band Fleetwood Mac |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | EXERCISING: YOUR OPTIONS $200: Take a run at this exercise machine, also defined as "any monotonous...routine in which there is little or no...progress" a treadmill |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | COLLEGES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM K TO Q $2000: Let's take a poll--does at least one of you 3 know this "Q" university is in Hamden, Connecticut? Quinnipiac |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | TRAIL MIX $1000: Take a hike on the John Muir Trail, which starts in Yosemite National Park & ends at this highest U.S. peak not in Alaska Mount Whitney |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | A STREETCAR $400: The Sun Link streetcars that take you to the U. of Arizona in this city are among the first U.S.-made ones in 60 years Tucson |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | A STREETCAR $800: In 2001 this City of Roses got the USA's first new streetcar line since WWII & it'll take you to the Rose Quarter Portland |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | AD COUNCIL CLASSICS $400: In 1979 the Council unleashed McGruff the Crime Dog, who urged Americans to do this 6-word thing take a bite out of crime |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | CLASSIC MOVIE: THE VIDEO GAME $600: Like the film, the game is in real time as you take on the Miller gang as marshal, but try to avoid having Grace Kelly leave you High Noon |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | CLASSIC MOVIE: THE VIDEO GAME $800: Be a 14th century knight or take a holiday as death; debate God's existence as you play a chess game within the game The Seventh Seal |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | RICK & MORTY $400: He wrote the unforgettable lyric "She's a very kinky girl, the kind you don't take home to Mother" Rick James |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | "L"AKES $800: Take a boat ride on this lake or disembark at the city of the same name to visit the Swiss Transport Museum Lucerne |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | "L"AKES $1000: You take the high road, & I'll take the low road, to this largest lake in Scotland Loch Lomond |
| #7796, aired 2018-07-02 | SMALL-SCREEN CRIME FIGHTERS $600: Set in Washington D.C., "NCIS" spun off versions that take place in these other 2 cities New Orleans and Los Angeles |
| #7791, aired 2018-06-25 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $600: "The Mercury Visions of" this French photography pioneer is a tale of his quest to take 10 final photos Daguerre |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | LET'S TAKE A CLASS AT HARVARD $400: The Divinity School has a course focused on the early life of Moses--it's all about chapter 2 of this Biblical book Exodus |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | U.S. CITIES $800: It might "rock" your world to take a tour of the Celestial Seasonings Tea factory in this Colorado city Boulder |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | LET'S TAKE A CLASS AT HARVARD $800: Phillis Wheatley & W.E.B. Du Bois are part of African-American lit "From the Beginnings to" this area's "Renaissance" Harlem |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | LET'S TAKE A CLASS AT HARVARD $1200: Fittingly, a med school elective on this -ology is taught by an expert whose first name is Arash dermatology |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | LET'S TAKE A CLASS AT HARVARD $1600: Get your MBA & buy buy buy! By taking M&A "Processes & Structures", with M&A standing for these 2 oft-paired business terms mergers and acquisitions |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | LET'S TAKE A CLASS AT HARVARD $2000: At Harvard Law, Prof. Lessig wants to school you on the separation of powers in his course on this type of law constitutional |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | POKE OUT AN I $1200: Without its "I", a synonym for "landed" becomes this computer key alt |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | 17th CENTURY LIT $1200: This French playwright had a flop with his 1665 take on the Don Juan legend Moliere |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | COMPLETE THE RHYMING PHRASE $2000: "Red sky in morning..." sailors take warning |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | IDIOM ORIGINS $2000: The activity of wrestling with steer led to this phrase about taking charge take the bull by the horns |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | I NEED A DRINK $1000: I'll take a shot of this Swiss cinnamon schnapps with real gold-leaf flakes Goldschlager |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | NEW WORLD SYMPHONY $2000: It was estimated that it could take 585 billion years to explore all the planets in this PlayStation video game No Man's Sky |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | PHOTOGRAPHY $600: The button you press on most cameras to take the picture is called this "release" the shutter |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | I DON'T WANNA CRAMP $1000: This type of fever characterized by muscle stiffness & painful joints may take its name from the Swahili for "cramp" dengue fever |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | BLACK-&-WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE $2000: These ferns, whose name includes a word for a young lady, take their name from their delicate fronds maidenhair |
| #7774, aired 2018-05-31 | FLY, YOU FOOLS! $200: It's 120 degrees in this desert & you want to drive from L.A. to Vegas in your 1969 jalopy? Take a plane! the Mojave |
| #7774, aired 2018-05-31 | FLY, YOU FOOLS! $800: Traffic is horrible around the Big Apple--take a chopper to JFK from this Jersey airport, EWR Newark |
| #7772, aired 2018-05-29 | RETORTS $400: Challenged by a political rival, Sen. Fritz Hollings said, "I'll take a drug test, if you'll take" this mental "test" an IQ test |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | GENIUSES ARE BORN $600: Later to take the pen name Richard Saunders, he was born to a poor family in Boston January 17, 1706 Ben Franklin |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | EARLY 19th CENTURY TIMELINE $2000: July 2, 1839:
Erstwhile slaves take over this Spanish schooner the Amistad |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | TAKE THE CATEGORY IN ORDER $200: Found in front of "rally", this palindromic 3-letter word refers to an abundance of energy pep |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | TAKE THE CATEGORY IN ORDER $400: Here's an old-timey version of this kitchen implement that's sure to spice up your meal a pepper grinder (or pepper mill) |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | TAKE THE CATEGORY IN ORDER $600: This 3-word brand has been billed as "the Champagne of beers" Miller High Life |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | JEFF BRIDGES $400: The Abiders, Jeff's backing band on a recent album, take their name from a line in this Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski |
| #7763, aired 2018-05-16 | I HEAR VOICES $1000: Maurice LaMarche said the voice for this "take over the world" mouse is "70% Welles, 20% Vincent Price" & 10% "something else" Brain |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | SHALL WE "DANCE"? $200: You probably "take" this at the start of every class attendance |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | POLITICAL TERMS $1200: It can mean a wallet, a purse or a type of issue that affects the take-home pay of workers a pocketbook |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | TAKE MY MONEY! $200: If your order is C.O.D., you pay at the time of this "D" delivery |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | TAKE MY MONEY! $400: A payment at the start of a poker hand; add "up" to mean "do your share!" ante |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | TAKE MY MONEY! $600: "Shut up & take my money!" was said by Fry on this sci-fi animated show when told about problems with a gadget he's buying Futurama |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | TAKE MY MONEY! $800: Owned by PayPal, this 5-letter app allows you to send money to friends, making group dinners less stressful Venmo |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | TAKE MY MONEY! $1000: Depositing this 5-figure amount of cash or more in the bank requires form 8300 & that the IRS be notified $10,000 |
| #7748, aired 2018-04-25 | EMOTION $1600: In the book "Take" this, Jessica Tracy says this sense of self-worth has led to many great accomplishments pride |
| #7748, aired 2018-04-25 | ON THE BIG MONEY $3,600 (Daily Double): We'd take a couple of $1,000 bills from 1928 featuring this president, even if they were in nonconsecutive order Grover Cleveland |
| #7736, aired 2018-04-09 | ALL THE WAY FROM A TO B $400: To take in a gas or liquid absorb |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | GREED, OH! $600: On a Kanye song, this type of woman "take my money when I'm in need, yea, she's a trifling friend indeed" a golddigger |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | CELEBRITY INVENTIONS $800: This singer & original "American Idol" judge patented a titling microphone stand--take that, Simon! Paula Abdul |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | ASIAN $600: Covering part of northern China is this desert of which Marco Polo said, "It would take a year to go from end to end" the Gobi Desert |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | TELEVISION $800: Cole Sprouse dons an updated version of Jughead's hat on this dark take on the Archie comics Riverdale |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | LOCATION VACATION $600: Take a tour of Highclere Castle in Hampshire, England, better known to PBS fans as this title manor Downton Abbey |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | LITERARY GEOGRAPHY $200: Reel in Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" to know the land-based parts take place on this island Cuba |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | THE LAKE SHOW $3,000 (Daily Double): Take a look & we'll Clooney you into this lake, 25 miles north of Milan Lake Como |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $400: Beit Aghion, the current Israeli prime minister's residence, is in this city, not Tel Aviv Jerusalem |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $1200: You can see why Cheong Wa Dae, home to this country's leader, is known as the Blue House South Korea |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $1600: The Canadian PM can be found at 24 Sussex Drive, which has a beautiful view of this river Ottawa |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $2000: How chic! There are shoe stores right across the street from this palace, home to the French president the Élysée Palace |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $6,000 (Daily Double): You will find this country's leader at Carthage Presidential Palace, near an archaeological site Tunisia |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | DIRECT ME TO THE DIRECTIONAL UNIVERSITY $200: From L.A.'s Staples Center, take Figueroa past the 110 & hang a right on McCarthy Way University of Southern California |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | MAILING IT IN $600: Take a whack at sending this candy-filled party item; rainbow donkey is a popular type a piñata |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | WE'LL TAKE YOUR MEASURE! $800: Anemometers measure this, especially in a tunnel wind speed |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT $800: If you take this country out of South America, it would stretch from the Barents Sea down to the Persian Gulf Chile |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | WE'LL TAKE YOUR MEASURE! $1200: Consult a galvanometer to measure amperes of this electrical current |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | WE'LL TAKE YOUR MEASURE! $1600: Glucometers are a big part of life for people with this diabetes |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | WE'LL TAKE YOUR MEASURE! $2000: Used by the USGS, creepmeters gauge the slip of these, such as the strike-slip type fault lines |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | THE WEATHER $800: If the UVI, standing for this, is above 10, it will take only 10 minutes to get a sunburn the ultraviolet index |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | TRADITIONAL ANNIVERSARY GIFTS $400: The 35th:
This marine organism, so be creative & take a trip to the Great Barrier Reef coral |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | LOOK UP THE BEATLES NUMBER $1000: Lines from this tune: "There's one for you, 19 for me" & "Should 5% appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all" "Taxman" |
| #7702, aired 2018-02-20 | DEATH, AMERICAN STYLE $200: Death elected to take this suffragist on March 13, 1906 Susan B. Anthony |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | MILITARY GAME PLANS $1200: This conqueror loves to blitz--he'll invade N.E. China in 1211 & take down Beijing in the backfield in 4 years Genghis Khan |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | MILITARY GAME PLANS $2000: In late 1944 your 3rd U.S. Army will take Metz, then it's ground & pound to cross the Saar River George S. Patton |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | TAKE A LETTER $200: It = mc2 E |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | TAKE A LETTER $400: In the dictionary it comes before -ball, -bar & -shirt T |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | TAKE A LETTER $600: In the U.S. foods that have been certified kosher are most often marked with a K or this letter in a circle a U |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | TAKE A LETTER $800: In "The Scarlet Letter", Hester Prynne is forced to wear this letter on her dress an A |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | TAKE A LETTER $1000: It was the middle initial of vice president John Calhoun a C |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | MEDICATIONS $2000: Instead of "calm down", some people say "take" this chill pill aka diazepam Valium |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | NASDAQ COMPANIES $800: The news (corp) had been good & then bad for this founder in his long bid to take over European broadcaster sky Rupert Murdoch |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | ASPIRATIONAL NATIONS $400: The Republic of the South Moluccas wants to take East Timor's lead & split from this country Indonesia |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | WORD ORIGINS $400: Literally meaning "dead pledge", it's the loan you take out to buy a home a mortgage |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC $400: Ed Zern said this D.H. Lawrence novel "cannot take the place of J.R. Miller's 'Practical Gamekeeping'" Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | 8-LETTER WORDS $800: It means wary or ever alert; don't take the law into your own hands by adding an E to it vigilant |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | THE RULES OF THE GAME $600: If you decide not to take a chance & attack with your armies in this Hasbro game, you pass the dice to your left Risk |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | A WIEN-WIEN SITUATION $1600: Most Viennese streetcar lines will take you into the Wienerwald, these, for a little hiking, ja? the Vienna Woods |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: James Corden voices Peter Rabbit in a 2018 film that's a very 21st century take on a work by this author Beatrix Potter |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | BILLY $1600: Billy Strayhorn's lifetime collaboration with this legend led to hits like "Chelsea Bridge" & "Take the 'A' Train" Duke Ellington |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | TALKIN' FOOTBALL $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.) As Minneapolis' U.S. Bank Stadium prepares to host Super Bowl LII, I'm looking at the Ring of Honor, with names from this defensive line that took the Vikings to four Super Bowls the Purple People Eaters |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | EASY COURSE LOAD $1000: To end the meal, let's take wing with this, a series of single-ounce servings of fine wines or whiskeys a flight |
| #7682, aired 2018-01-23 | DOUBLE "D"s $400: In Revelation it's where the final battle between good & evil will take place Armageddon |
| #7679, aired 2018-01-18 | BRITISH CABINETRY $1,000 (Daily Double): Most cabinet meetings take place at a residence with this address 10 Downing Street |
| #7678, aired 2018-01-17 | A BANNER YEAR $400: The flags and sign take a stand in a referendum held in this year 2016 |
| #7678, aired 2018-01-17 | GALAPAGOS ADAPTATION $1000: (Alex presents the clue from the Galápagos.) The pigment carotenoid, from the fish they consume, is the source of the blue on the feet of these birds--the brighter the blue, the healthier they appear to potential mates the blue-footed booby |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | SCIENCE WITH IAIN ARMITAGE $400: (Iain Armitage presents the clue.) Take away the teleprompter--one look & I'll demonstrate an eidetic memory, an ability of Sheldon's that's also called this other name a photographic memory |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | TOTALLY '80s WORDS! $600: If someone wanted you to relax, they might have asked you to take this rhyming medication a chill pill |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | WHAT IN TARNATION? $1200: Legally speaking, it's a wrongdoing for which someone may take civil action a tort |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | TAKE ME "DOWN" $200: 15,406... 15,405... 15,404... man, this is going to take a while a countdown |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | TAKE ME "DOWN" $400: To put in a lower gear downshift |
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Robert Gibbs, a former press secretary from the Obama White House
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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Paul Nelson, a Senate staff aide originally from Iowa City, Iowa
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Leslie Decker, a high school German and ESL teacher from Austin, Texas
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Burns Cameron, a realtor from Standish, Maine
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. Burns appeared on the original version...
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Zachary Tomanelli, an online organizer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-01-22).
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Matthew Linnabary, a phlebotomist from Wichita, Kansas
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Season 30 player (2014-01-13).
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Seth Tribble, a statistician from New York, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $26,488 + $2,000.
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Rachel Samberg, an academic tutor and performer from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-01-02).
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Chuck Forrest, a lawyer and CEO from London, United Kingdom
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\"He became a winner of the second-ever Tournament of Champions in...
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Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Bill Pitassy, a lawyer from Roselle Park, New Jersey
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\"After winning 5 games in 1994, he took his family on...
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Gus Iurillo, a business ownership coach from Glen Allen, Virginia
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Season 30 player (2013-10-28).
Last name pronounced like "yoo-RILL-oh".
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Amanda Graves, a writer from Whitinsville, Massachusetts
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Season 30 player (2013-10-09).
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Stephanie Femrite Stevens, a recycling operations specialist from Arbutus, Maryland
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Season 30 player (2013-09-23).
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Shane Battier, a two-time NBA champion originally from Birmingham, Michigan
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2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $30,000 for the The Battier Take Charge Foundation.
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Tova Meyer, a graduate student in education from Princeton, New Jersey
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Season 30 player (2013-09-17).
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Kate Jay Zweifler, a Realtor and stay-at-home mom from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 35 player (2019-05-01). Daughter of Season 7 player Roz Jay....
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Amanda Walker, a junior at Gonzaga University from East Wenatchee, Washington
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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Kevin Finn, a university lecturer from Miami, Florida
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Season 25 player (2008-10-15). As an accommodation for a disability, Kevin...
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Nishant Menon, an economist from Hyattsville, Maryland
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Season 29 player (2013-06-28).
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Prabhu Balasubramanian, a product manager from Mountain View, California
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Season 28 1-time champion: $9,199 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "bah-lah-soo-brah-MAHN-ee-un".
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Andrea Bornschlegel, a corporate controller from Mountain View, California
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Season 28 player (2011-12-26).
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Clement Doucette, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Hudson, Massachusetts
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"This science lover wants to do something in the medical field....
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Brian Lehman, a communications manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 28 player (2011-09-22).
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Beth Hermann, a school receptionist from Melbourne, Florida
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Season 28 player (2011-09-21).
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Doug Lloyd, a law student from Charlton, Massachusetts
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Season 28 1-time champion: $12,400 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: Doug527
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Jody Carlson, a paralegal from Fairfax, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2013-04-26).
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Joshua Bartlett, a graduate student of early American poetry from Albany, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-11-22).
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Derek Schuld, a chef from Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
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Season 28 player (2011-12-19).
Last name pronounced like "SHOOLD".
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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
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"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
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Luciano D'Orazio, a social studies teacher from Deer Park, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $27,200 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "loo-chee-AH-no door-AHT-zee-oh".
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Cari Champion, a journalist from Pasadena, California
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"A journalist from Pasadena, California, she hosted ESPN First Take before...
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Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Guil Prickette, a licensed professional counselor from Anchorage, Alaska
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Season 25 player (2008-11-25).
First name pronounced like "GILL".
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Nick Cohen, an equity trader from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-04-22).
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Irene Lawrence, an enrolled agent from Palo Alto, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-13).
KJL game 30.
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Lindsay Shields, a grants and contracts coordinator from Sunnyside, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-06-28).
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John Michael Higgins, an actor from Boston, Massachusetts
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"An actor from Boston, Massachusetts, since 2018, he's hosted the popular...
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Shawn Selby, an adjunct history professor from Canton, Ohio
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Season 29 player (2013-04-17).
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Darren Abernethy, a telecommunications attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-04-18).
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Jon Shoup, a graduate student of political science from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 28 1-time champion: $14,179 + $2,000.
Last named pronounced like "SHOWP" (like "shout").
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Katie Annis, a stay-at-home mom from Ashburn, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2013-07-24).
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Daniel Cohen, an actor from Astoria, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-02-09). Not to be confused with Season 27...
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Bradley Silverman, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia
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2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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Pian Wong, a high school English teacher from New York, New York
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"She teaches at a Bronx school that's been ranked the most...
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Justin Sausville, a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27/28 6-time champion:...
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John Krizel, a writer originally from Oceanside, New York
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Greg Draves, an MBA student from New York, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Cal Mason, a lawyer from Arlington, Massachusetts
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Season 29 player (2013-07-19).
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Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
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Danielle Harlow, a personal assistant originally from Dayton, Ohio
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Season 27 1-time champion: $14,700 + $1,000.
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Chris Long, a human resources director from Thousand Oaks, California
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Season 29 player (2013-05-24).
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
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"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
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"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Lauren Girard, a museum guest relations manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 29 2-time champion: $51,000 + $2,000.
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Tom McGrath, an actor and photographer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2012-12-25).
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Leigh Wishner, an antique textile and costume specialist from the Bronx, New York
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Season 28 player (2011-10-12).
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Beth Copenhaver, a software consultant from Johns Creek, Georgia
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Season 29 player (2012-12-25).
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Mike McStravick, a homicide detective from Houston, Texas
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Season 28 1-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000.
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Stacie Larson, a public librarian from Orlando, Florida
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Season 29 player (2013-07-10).
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Carlee Jensen, a senior from Santa Monica, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Anshika Niraj, a sophomore from Beachwood, Ohio
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2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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Julie Bratvold Ghanbari, a stay-at-home mom from San Diego, California
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Season 28 1-time champion: $18,001 + $1,000. JBoard user name: jkbrat...
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Brandon Welch, a senior from Grayson, Georgia
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Saidi Chen, an attorney for a legal nonprofit from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-12-12).
First name pronounced like "SIGH-dee".
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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Megan Johnson, an attorney originally from Toledo, Ohio
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Season 28 player (2011-10-04).
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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Lynn Olson, an association vice president from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 25 player (2008-10-20).
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Robert Ashley, a psychiatrist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $28,401 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Robert Ashley
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Dorothy Cassetta, a teacher from Orlando, Florida
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Season 23 player (2007-02-23).
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Debra Walsh, a retired accounting instructor from Morehead City, North Carolina
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Season 30 player (2014-06-02).
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Josh Vittor, a law student from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2014-12-16).
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Heidi Fogle, a senior from Overland Park, Kansas
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Michael Oliphant, an acupuncturist from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 31 player (2014-12-12).
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Hunter Brown, a senior from Wheaton, Illinois
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2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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Carolyn D'Aquila, a graduate student originally from Derry, New Hampshire
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Season 24 1-time champion: $4,999 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "DOCK-will-lah".
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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Aimee Seligstein, a recruiter originally from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 30 player (2014-04-25). Last name pronounced like "SEE-lig-stine". Aimee joined...
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Kris Voss, a doctoral student from Durham, North Carolina
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Season 30 player (2014-04-21).
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Allison Solomon, a management consultant originally from Brooksville, Florida
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Season 31 1-time co-champion: $20,200 + $1,000. Allison and Ryan Alley...
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Jessica Tanner, a graduate student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2006-06-08).
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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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Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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Colleen Mahoney, a sophomore from East Hampton, Connecticut
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2001 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $10,000. 15 at the time of...
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Angela Chuang, a public defender from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2014-01-23).
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Susan Ferrari, a graduate student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 23 player (2007-01-10).
Susan's LiveJournal.
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Patricia Davis, a writer and editor from Encinitas, California
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Season 20 player (2004-06-16).
KJL game 11.
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Alexander Persaud, a Ph.D. student in economics originally from Dubuque, Iowa
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Season 31 3-time champion: $61,000 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "per-SAWD".
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Frank Liu, an anesthesiologist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 player (2006-12-29).
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Candice Torres, a contract analyst from Stallings, North Carolina
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Season 31 player (2014-10-14).
JBoard user name: CandiceT
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Van Tarpley, a seminary student from La Mesa, California
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Season 22 player (2006-04-10).
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Terri Pous, a social media editor from New York, New York
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Season 31 2-time champion: $36,801 + $2,000. Terri produced a podcast...
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Beth Klein, a mom and assistant editor from Boynton Beach, Florida
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Season 22 player (2005-12-09).
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Julie Backer, a librarian from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-05-25).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: JLo
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Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 22 3-time champion:...
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Michael Cramer, a graduate student from Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Season 22 1-time champion: $22,600 + $1,000.
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Jonathan Spencer, a box office manager from Alameda, California
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Season 22 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
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Winston Nguyen, a health aide from New York, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $10,067 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "NWENN".
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Nissan Cohen, a consultant from Louisville, Colorado
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Season 22 player (2006-04-14).
First name pronounced like "nee-SAHN".
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Aaron Thompson, a special assistant from Washington, D.C.
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
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Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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Jessica Lee, an immigration attorney from Evanston, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2012-11-06).
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Ron Trigueiro, a student from Caruthers, California
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1988 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 4 4-time champion: $49,401...
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Jaime Thomson, an administrative assistant from Denton, Texas
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Season 22 player (2006-04-27).
First name pronounced like "JAY-mee".
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Tom Ricketts, a chemical engineer from Halifax, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2006-04-12).
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Kristen Meinhold, a graphic designer originally from Monument, Colorado
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Season 22 player (2006-05-30).
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Tom Kavanaugh, a kickball team captain from St. Louis, Missouri
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Colin Brown, a senior at the University of Rochester from Milwaukie, Oregon
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Kathleen Larkey, an ESL teacher and program coordinator from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 22 1-time champion: $13,200 + $1,000.
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Maire Kennedy, an adventure specialist from Santa Rosa, California
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Season 30 player (2014-07-08).
First name pronounced like "MARE-uh".
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Peter Ellis, a senior at North Carolina State University from Cary, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Shloka Ananthanarayanan, a compliance analyst from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-07-01).
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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Jayanth Iyengar, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis from Madison, Wisconsin
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2005 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jiyen1213
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Jeff Versteeg, an account executive from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2014-07-03).
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Matt Tick, from Escondido, California
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"Will take violin lessons and loves science, but he really wants...
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Todd Wilson, a marketing executive from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 20 1-time champion: $6,799 + $1,000.
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Yeechang Lee, an equity analyst originally from the Bronx, New York
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Season 21 player (2005-06-16).
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Antonia Wang, a sophomore at Purdue University from Carmel, Indiana
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Kay Thanaporn, a health care consultant from Decatur, Georgia
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Season 30 1-time champion: $33,199 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "TAN-a-porn".
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Shane Whitlock, a resident physician from Little Rock, Arkansas
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"As a junior at the University of Arkansas, he won the...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Jamie Weiss, a law student from St. Louis, Missouri
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"He won the 1990 Teen Tournament. Today he's a law student....
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Jill Rowley, a flight attendant from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 30 2-time champion: $43,802 + $2,000.
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Kristina Glithero, a law student originally from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 26 player (2010-07-01).
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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Stephanie Bethel, a public information officer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 27 player (2010-10-19).
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James Friscia, a product manager from Venice, California
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Season 30 player (2014-06-23).
Last name pronounced like "FRISH-ah'.
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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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Gabriel Johnson, a senior from Teaneck, New Jersey
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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David Sampugnaro, a writer and internet specialist from North White Plains, New York
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"A 5-time winner from 1996, he's now a writer and internet...
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Ron Trigueiro, a student from Caruthers, California
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1988 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 4 4-time champion: $49,401...
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Matthew Levine, an account executive from Victoria, British Columbia
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Season 26 player (2010-06-25).
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David Traini, a high school administrator from Moorestown, New Jersey
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"This 5-time champ finished second in the 1987 Tournament of Champions....
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Lisa Cerrato, a managing editor from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2010-06-25).
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Al Lin, a law professor from Davis, California
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"A law student when he won five times in 1993, he's...
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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
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"His aggressive wagering helped him become the biggest winner from the...
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Joshua Allen, a student from North Hollywood, California
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Season 21 2-time champion: $39,001 + $1,000.
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
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Dylan Payne, a psychiatrist from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-10-11). Husband of Season 25 4-time champion and...
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Karen Lafferty, a teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 21 player (2004-12-09).
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Megan Susman, an environmental policy specialist from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 21 1-time champion: $19,599 + $1,000.
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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Joe Keehnast, a web product manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 30 player (2014-06-12).
|
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Lisa Ellis, a high school teacher from Shaker Heights, Ohio
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Season 21 player (2004-11-01).
KJL game 64.
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Sari Laufer, a rabbi from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-06-11). Name pronounced like "SARE-ee LAU-fur" ("LAU" rhyming...
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Jeff Matthews, a managing copy editor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 player (2004-10-26).
KJL game 60.
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Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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Todd Perkins, a private school administrator from Vacaville, California
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Season 21 player (2004-09-09).
KJL game 42.
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Cindy Summers, a pharmacist from Clarksville, Tennessee
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Season 30 player (2014-06-10).
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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Stephanie Herndon, an administrative associate from Waco, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-03-06).
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Kelani Chan, an investment relations associate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 25 player (2009-06-29).
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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Tui Sutherland, a children's book author from Watertown, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $44,200 + $2,000. First name pronounced like...
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Destiny Lilly, a casting director from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-09-22).
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Russ Porter, a water systems engineer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
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Judy Rowen, a pediatrician from Galveston, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-01-14).
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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Les Taub, a training and sportsmanship consultant from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-09-16).
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Tony Fan, a law student from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 27 player (2010-09-14).
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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Stephen Weingarten, a stay-at-home dad from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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David Garcia, a waiter from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 26 player (2009-10-13). Not to be confused with Season 38...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Clayton, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Regina Robbins, an arts teacher from New York, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $90,700...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Rebecca Drinnon, an English teacher from Morristown, Tennessee
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Season 25 player (2009-01-02).
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Tom Jennings, a maintenance mechanic from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 1-time champion: $24,000 + $2,000.
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Robin Poché, a stay-at-home mom from Collierville, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-04-29). Last name pronounced like "po-SHAY". Robin won...
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Alexandra Helprin, an art history graduate student from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-04-28).
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Nirav Shah, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $20,500 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Anne Noble, an appellate lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 20 player (2004-03-30).
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Gabe Hernandez, a content coordinator from North Hollywood, California
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Season 26 player (2010-04-26). Gabe was present in the studio as...
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Ali Binazir, an author and hypnotherapist from Santa Monica, California
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Season 27 player (2011-01-18).
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David Juliano, a casino dealer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 9 1-time champion: $8,000 + a week's vacation at Murrieta...
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Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
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Anthony Fox, an account executive from Arlington Heights, Illinois
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Season 27 4-time champion: $51,998 + $1,000. Playing as "Tony", Anthony...
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Claudia Corriere, a church musician and homemaker from Kennesaw, Georgia
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Season 32 2-time champion: $29,000 + $2,000. Claudia won show #7195,...
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Chris Serb, a firefighter from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 20 player (2004-01-06). Chris's hometown was listed as Rogers Park,...
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Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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Rachel Landau, a museum night security guard from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 26 player (2009-09-24).
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Matt Creamer, an editor from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-12-30).
Last name pronounced like "KREE-mer".
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Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Ester Murdukhayeva, a law student originally from Queens, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-12-22).
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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
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"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Gila Stadler, a molecular epidemiologist from New York, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $3,000 + $2,000.
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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Bern Samko, a Ph.D. student in linguistics originally from Worcester, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2010-01-20).
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Bob Black, a history teacher from Canandaigua, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $18,700 + $1,000.
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Michele Frankl, a volunteer from Hendersonville, North Carolina
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Season 25 player (2008-12-04).
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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
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Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Kate Reilly, a white-collar criminal defense attorney from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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Season 27 player (2010-12-02).
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Reilly Kiernan, a 12-year-old from Pelham, New York
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"You're never too young to take up a cause, and this...
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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York
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"Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
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Francesca Huemer Kelly, a singer and editor from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 27 player (2010-12-02).
Middle name pronounced like "HYOO-mer".
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Eddie Kwiatkowski, a 10-year-old from Cumberland, Rhode Island
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"His interests in presidents and their history could lead to a...
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Rebecca O'Brien, a writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-11-24).
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Megan Cornell, a stay-at-home mom from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Season 27 player (2010-11-23).
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Kelly Sherer, an account planning manager from West Orange, New Jersey
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Season 24 player (2007-10-24).
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Karla Sortland, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 23 player (2007-06-11). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Karla was brought...
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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Kelly Loughead, a college freshman from Mason, Ohio
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Season 26 player (2010-01-05).
Last name pronounced like "LAW-hed".
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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Charles Soule, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-01-04).
Last name pronounced like "SOLE".
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Jennifer Wilder, a travel agent from Moore, Oklahoma
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Season 20 player (2004-03-04).
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Britt Terry, a Ph.D. student from Fountain Inn, South Carolina
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Season 24 player (2007-10-03).
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Judy Weisman, a surgeon from Plattsburgh, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-03-03).
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Michelle Schrier, an 11-year-old from Potomac, Maryland
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"She plans on being a news reporter while waiting for her...
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Don Stewart, a teacher from Belmont, Massachusetts
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Season 23 player (2007-06-21).
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Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
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"He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
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Ray Sun, a college student from Lebanon, New Hampshire
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Season 23 1-time champion: $28,801 + $2,000.
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Ashley Tongret, a historic preservation officer from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
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Season 23 player (2007-03-26).
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Keith VanDen Heuvel, a corporate market analyst from Green Bay, Wisconsin
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Season 23 player (2007-05-25).
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Sean Morris, a college professor from Whittier, California
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Season 20 player (2004-02-24).
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Jeffrey Baer, a senior from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Jared Cohen, a private equity analyst from Narberth, Pennsylvania
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Season 23 2-time champion: $26,223 + $1,000. Referencing the Family Guy...
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Anders Martinson, a quality assurance engineer from Union City, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $16,000 + $1,000.
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Tracy Parrish Wolfe, a stay-at-home mom from Carmel, Indiana
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Season 23 1-time champion: $30,000 + $1,000.
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Aiden Pink, a freshman from St. Louis Park, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 15 at the time...
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Andy Hutchins, a senior from Rockledge, Florida
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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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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Cathy Sorge, an archivist from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 26 player (2009-11-23).
Last name pronounced like "SORJ".
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Steve Toffler, a travel marketing executive from Boca Raton, Florida
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Season 22 player (2006-02-22).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: StevieT
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Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
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"Howard Stern's news anchor and sidekick for the past 28 years,...
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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
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2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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Maureen McCuen, a U.S. history teacher from Paris, Texas
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Season 23 player (2006-11-22).
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Jennifer Gossett, a band director from North Charleston, South Carolina
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Season 23 player (2007-07-06).
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Kate Sendegeya, a payroll manager from Antioch, California
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Season 21 player (2005-05-26).
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Steve Newman, a partner in a small computer company from Rockville, Maryland
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"He was the first player to win 5 games in the...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Brian Poole, a support center analyst from Redondo Beach, California
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Season 22 player (2006-01-17).
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Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Jennifer Czechowski, an English teacher from Fayetteville, North Carolina
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Season 23 player (2006-09-15).
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Joely Fisher, an actress from 'Til Death
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"She made her Broadway debut in Grease, and earned rave reviews...
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Keli Jackson, a software testing manager originally from Fort Washington, Maryland
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Season 24 1-time champion: $22,001 + $1,000.
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Timothy Benston, a program director from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-09-12).
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Larry Marshall, a junior at the University of Missouri from Kansas City, Missouri
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Aki Terasaki, an 11-year-old from Newark, Delaware
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"This future millionaire would like to be a professional writer and...
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Grace Veach, a librarian from Lakeland, Florida
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"After winning 5 games in 1997, she was the grand marshall...
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Lara Robillard, a policy analyst from Arlington, Virginia
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"She used the winnings from her 5 shows in 1998 to...
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Andrew Watkins, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: everyday847
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
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"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
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Caren Chancey, a graduate student from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2005-10-05). Won $125,000 on Who Wants To Be...
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Kenny Schlax, a junior from Deerfield, Illinois
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Listed as "Kenneth" on the official web site.
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Camille Bullock, a senior from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Camille88
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Leo Wolpert, a college student from Fairfax, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-11-06).
KJL game 68.
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Jason Block, an Internet researcher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 17 4-time champion: $36,701. Won $125,000 on Who Wants to...
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Dennis Donohue, a general manager from Janesville, Wisconsin
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"He was administrative services officer from Arizona when he became a...
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Bobby Millison, from Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania
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"He's an award-winning diver, and would like to serve his country...
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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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