| #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 |
| #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 |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1000: From the Latin for "to take away secretly", it means secret or sneaky surreptitious |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET CODE WORDS $1000: Take a swing at it--G is this golf |
| #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 |
| #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" |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | IN COGNITO $400: In sum it precedes "ergo" cogito |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | EAT $800: A shiitake is one of these; "take" is Japanese for it a mushroom |
| #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 | 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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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! $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 |
| #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 |
| #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 $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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 | 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 $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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 $1000: If you can make it to Cancun, try a little of this; not afraid of heights, are you? parasailing |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | ROMAN NUMERAL SPELLING $400: Take it easy:
1,001, 50, 500 mild |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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" $400: In other words, to remove freedoms; it actually means to be impertinent or go beyond what's allowed take liberties |
| #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 |
| #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 | 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 |
| #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 | THE OED QUOTES $5,800 (Daily Double): You'll find this 1719 work quoted under "goatskin", "rescue" & "wreck" Robinson Crusoe |
| #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 | 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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 $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 |
| #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 |
| #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" |
| #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) |
| #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 $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 |
| #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 |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | HOUSEHOLD INITIALS $1000: M.R.:
It's a vestibule where you take off wet clothes the mud room |
| #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" |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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) |
| #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 |
| #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 | 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 |
| #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 |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | TAGLINES OF SCARY MOVIES $1000: 1992:
"We dare you to say his name five times" Candyman |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | VALLEY $800: In 452 these feared invaders from central Asia stormed into Italy, devastating the Po Valley the Huns |
| #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 |
| #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) |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 $800: Become a 46er by hiking Whiteface, Haystack & 44 other peaks in this range of Upstate New York the Adirondacks |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | IT STARTS WITH "U" $400: This technology uses sound waves to take images inside the body ultrasound |
| #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" |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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" |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | TAKE AN "IQ" TEST $400: Morally objectionable behavior, sometimes in a den of it iniquity |
| #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 | 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 |
| #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 |
| #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 $600: It follows a schooner as it moves forward wake |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 | 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 |
| #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) |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 | 1980s POP LYRICS $1600: Bon Jovi:
"Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear" "Livin' On A Prayer" |
| #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 |
| #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 | "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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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" |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 $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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 | 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 |
| #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 |
| #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" |
| #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 $1000: It was the middle initial of vice president John Calhoun a C |
| #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 | 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 |
| #7682, aired 2018-01-23 | DOUBLE "D"s $400: In Revelation it's where the final battle between good & evil will take place Armageddon |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | WHAT IN TARNATION? $1200: Legally speaking, it's a wrongdoing for which someone may take civil action a tort |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | EXODUS $800: In Chapter 12, before the Israelites leave Egypt, they take "their dough before it was" this 8-letter word leavened |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | "IM" THE LAW $1600: The court might do this, take your stuff as evidence; hopefully, you'll get it back after the trial impound |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | WEATHER IDIOMS $1000: To take attention from another; it literally happened to a guy who came up with a stage audio effect to steal one's thunder |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | WORDS FROM THE GREEK $400: Take a long look; it's the type of photo seen here a panorama |
| #7632, aired 2017-11-14 | FASHION: 1900 TO 1950 $600: It's the rhyming '40s ensemble seen here a zoot suit |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $8,000 (Daily Double): This African capital is said to take its name from the mammal seen here Kampala |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | SWEET STUFF $200: A candy slogan asked, "How many licks does it take to get to" the center of one of these a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop |
| #7625, aired 2017-11-03 | I TAKE THE FIFTH $800: I take the fifth of Jameson whiskey to a party for this holiday; it's a limited edition bottle just for it St. Paddy's Day |
| #7625, aired 2017-11-03 | ALPHABET SOUP WHEN YOU'RE SICK $1000: If you see b.i.d. on a prescription, it's giving you this instruction telling you to take it twice a day |
| #7623, aired 2017-11-01 | TAKE A HIKE! $200: It's a short and fairly easy hike to Manoa Falls on this most populous Hawaiian island Oahu |
| #7623, aired 2017-11-01 | TAKE A HIKE! $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) For those who like a challenge, it takes about six months to hike the nearly 2,200 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mt. Katahdin in Maine to complete this trail in its entirety the Appalachian Trail |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | FANTASTIC 4 $200: Take tic-tac-toe, expand it to 42 spaces & add 1 more to the winning sequence & you've got this Hasbro game Connect Four |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | WOLVERINE $600: If your cabin has been invaded by a wolverine, take a whiff & you'll know why it's also known as a this animal-bear a skunk bear |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | "ANT", MAN $1000: Opposition to withdrawing state support from a church; take a deep breath & slowly say all 28 letters antidisestablishmentarianism |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | STREAMING EPISODES $2,200 (Daily Double): A Turkish river gave us this word for a U-shaped bend in a stream's course; now it also means to take a winding course meander |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | IT'S A PLANE $800: The British Harrier Jump Jet is capable of VTOL, standing for this a vertical take-off landing |
| #7602, aired 2017-10-03 | IS THAT A THING? $800: Yes, it's a small boat; take out the "H" & you get a word meaning "dirty" a dinghy |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | LIBRARIANS $400: Librarians use not square but linear these to measure the space books take up; it's about 3 to a standard shelf feet |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | 7-LETTER WORDS $600: As a noun, it can be a heroic act or deed; as a verb, it means to take unfair advantage of someone exploit |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | PORTUGUESE HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Threatened by Napoleon, the Portuguese royal family fled to this colonial capital & stayed there for 13 years Rio de Janeiro |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | PORTUGUESE HISTORY $1000: In 1437 this Portuguese prince navigated his way over to Tangier to take it over, but things didn't work out Henry the Navigator |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | TV IN THE STREAM $200: Take a look at "Black" this & it "reflects" a dark anthology series on Netflix mirror |
| #7557, aired 2017-06-20 | 10-LETTER VERBS $200: To take a document off the secret list & make it public declassify |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: If you don't take something too literally, you take it "cum grano salis", or this with a grain of salt |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | CUT IT OUT $600: Take "it" out of Jimmy Page's instrument to get this gum-producing legume guar |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | CUT IT OUT $1000: Take "it" away from a temporary guest to get this helmet part visor |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | THAT'S SHOW BIZ, "BOY" $1600: Since the '70s when this John Denver hit came out, the Baltimore Orioles have played it in the seventh inning stretch "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | MONEY MUSIC $2000: It's the Steve Miller Band's song about criminal lovers Billy Joe & Bobbie Sue "Take The Money And Run" |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | LET'S HIT THE GYMNOSPERM $800: Take a look at Cycas revoluta & you'll see why it's better known as the sago this palm |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | THE FRUITS OF LABOR $400: The seeds of Prunus persica, this fuzzy favorite, can take 18 months to germinate, but it's worth the wait peaches |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | TALK LIKE A CANADIAN $2,000 (Daily Double): Originally a derogatory term for Depression-era gasoline thieves, today it means any foolish or uncivilized person a hoser |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | WON'T YOU TAKE ME TO FUNKYTOWN? $1200: Dave Chappelle's impression aside, this bass player was a funk master who gave it to us with "Give It To Me Baby" in 1981 Rick James |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | SLAMILTON $400: "I take it he is for or against nothing but as it suits his interest or ambition... I feel it a religious duty to oppose his career" Aaron Burr |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | PRE-AMBLE $400: In show biz this Latin phrase means "improvise, wing it"; on a prescription, it means take it as you like ad lib |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | "L"ITERATURE $1200: The first line of this D.H. Lawrence novel is "Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically" Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| #7409, aired 2016-11-24 | 1990s MOVIE QUOTES $400: "How do you write women so well?"--
"I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability" As Good as It Gets |
| #7409, aired 2016-11-24 | 1990s MOVIE QUOTES $1000: "It's amazing, Molly. The love inside, you take it with you" Ghost |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $200: Take it from me, this duo "Don't make a right" two wrongs |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | QUARTERBACKS $400: How long did it take Hall of Fame voters to go over this Green Bay QB's winning candidacy in 2016? Between 6 & 9 secs. Brett Favre |
| #7394, aired 2016-11-03 | COMMUNICATION IS KEY $400: Take a picture, it lasts longer! In 2012 Mark Zuckerberg paid a cool billion to acquire this photo-sharing app Instagram |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | KEEP IT 100 $400: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" is attributed to this NHL legend known as "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | NOTORIOUS $600: In the 2015 movie "Legend", Tom Hardy played these 1960s twin Cockney gangsters the Kray brothers |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | MAYOR GARCETTI'S LOS ANGELES $1000: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Between 1921 & 1955 Italian immigrant Simon Rodia constructed a collection of 17 structures he called Nuestro Pueblo or "Our Town"; today, it's a National Historic Landmark known as this the Watts Towers |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | THE MAGIC OF LAIKA ANIMATION $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Laika Animation Studios.) Needing to shoot 24 precise movements per second results in only about 4 seconds of film a week per animator, it's no surprise it can take up to two and a half years to produce films like this Laika Oscar-nominated feature, based on a work by Neil Gaiman Coraline |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | THINGS TO DO BEFORE $600: It's the "P" in PSAT, which high schoolers may want to take before the SAT preliminary |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | 4-LETTER ENTERTAINMENT $1200: "Control yourself, take only what you need from it", says this band in "Kids" MGMT |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | "S" WORDS $400: Let's take SWORDS for $400--it's a heavy, slightly curved one-edged cavalry sword saber |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | TAKE ME OUT OF THE BALL GAME $600: After winning a Super Bowl with N.Y. in 2008, this D.E. hung it up; he soon began co-hosting a morning show Strahan |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | TAKE A LETTER $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1430 she wrote a letter of support to the town of Reims saying that if it was under siege, "I will be with you shortly" Joan of Arc |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | TAKE A LOOK AT THE MONITOR $400: It's the year of the first-of-its-kind evidence of man seen here 1969 |
| #7311, aired 2016-05-30 | TAKE IT "EZ" $200: It was adopted as the official headgear of the Shriners back in 1872 the fez |
| #7311, aired 2016-05-30 | TAKE IT "EZ" $400: Richie, Chela, Tito & Armando, the Flying Gaonas, were one of the most prominent of these circus acts trapeze |
| #7311, aired 2016-05-30 | TAKE IT "EZ" $600: Not to be confused with the Spanish word for beer, it's the Spanish word for head cabeza |
| #7311, aired 2016-05-30 | TAKE IT "EZ" $800: In 2 Kings 9 she's thrown out of the window by eunuchs, trampled & then eaten by dogs Jezebel |
| #7311, aired 2016-05-30 | TAKE IT "EZ" $1000: This African river plunges over Victoria Falls the Zambezi |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | CONSERVATIVE $1600: Helmholtz gave us the law of conservation of this, also what you do when you take it easy at the start of a long run (conservation of) energy |
| #7274, aired 2016-04-07 | GOOD WORKOUT SONGS $800: This only Top 40 hit by Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It" |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET CODE WORDS $1000: Take a swing at it--G is this golf |
| #7236, aired 2016-02-15 | TAKE YOUR MEDS $400: It's a medicine taken to neutralize a specific poison & the hero usually finds it just in time an antidote (an anti-toxin accepted) |
| #7227, aired 2016-02-02 | LET'S "GO" $2000: This Chinese herb is used to improve memory--now if only I could remember to take it ginkgo biloba |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | POP MUSIC $800: The Eagles had "7 women on my mind" in this hit "Take It Easy" |
| #7217, aired 2016-01-19 | THE BRIDGES OF OTHER COUNTIES $600: Take me home, Fayette County roads in this state, but not on Bridge Day, when New River Gorge closes & BASE jumpers have at it West Virginia |
| #7201, aired 2015-12-28 | NURSE $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an equation on the monitor.) Nurses take the systolic blood pressure measurement & add it to double the diastolic blood pressure measurement, then divide by 3 to calculate M.A.P., which stands for "mean" this "pressure" arterial |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | MARK YOUR CALENDAR $1600: We take it for granted you can name this day celebrating the Virgin Mary's ascension on August 15th Assumption |
| #7184, aired 2015-12-03 | HE'S CHEVY CHASE $1600: (Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.) In "Foul Play", I said to this co-star, "It's Gloria, right? You're really a nice girl & I'm a nice guy... whaddya say? Would you like to take a shower?" Goldie Hawn |
| #7181, aired 2015-11-30 | PHYSICISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the 18th c., this physicist & instrument maker found that the boiling point of liquids varies with air pressure Fahrenheit |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | "POP" CULTURE $800: This question about accessing a Tootsie Roll was first asked in ads in 1970 How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | COUNTING TO 2 $400: It's the 2-word term for a comical reaction to something not noticed the first time you looked a double take |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | "L" OF A CATEGORY $400: Vigilantes "take" it "into their own hands" the law |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | OLIVIA $2000: Olivia Williams is stuck in 1940s New Mexico as a physicist's wife on this WGN series without "Project" in its title Manhattan |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | DOWNTOWN CABBIE $400: Take you from your loft in Soho to a gallery across Houston in this "village"? Tell ya the truth, it'd be faster to walk Greenwich Village (or the West Village) |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | DOWNTOWN CABBIE $800: Sure, I can take you to this L.A. sports arena where Kobe plays; you know it doesn't sell office supplies, right? the Staples Center |
| #7146, aired 2015-10-12 | WINTER IS COMING $600: Following "hot" or the name of a liquor, it's booze, hot water & sugar to take the chill off winter a toddy |
| #7144, aired 2015-10-08 | WHOSE LIFE IS IT? $5,200 (Daily Double): Born New York, 1929,
lived briefly in Camelot,
died New York, 1994 Jackie Kennedy |
| #7108, aired 2015-07-08 | PLAYING THE INTERNAL ORGAN $800: Glucagon, take me away from this organ that produces it to regulate the body's sugar balance the pancreas |
| #7101, aired 2015-06-29 | THE KIDS ARE SINGING IT $2000: This title command by Hozier precedes the line "I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies" "Take Me To Church" |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Take stock--it's slang for both a watch & your heart a ticker |
| #7074, aired 2015-05-21 | "ALL" RIGHT, "ALL" RIGHT, "ALL" RIGHT $800: Also meaning to vex, it's the quality of being impertinent & inclined to take rude liberties gall |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | I SAY IT'S SPINACH $200: I don't care if the first recorded description of these dates to 1587; take them back to Belgium! Brussels sprouts |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | THE "L" WITH IT $1000: My dearest Millicent, if you take this alcoholic tincture of opium for your neuralgia, use just a drop a laudanum |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | ON THE WALL $200: Divided into 20 sections, it's often made of cork; take a shot! a dartboard |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | IN LIFE $800: In Catholicism this sacrament, administered on baptized persons at least age 7, allows you to take communion confirmation |
| #7032, aired 2015-03-24 | DOG STARS $1600: In this movie Jack Nicholson has to take care of Verdell, Greg Kinnear's Brussels Griffon As Good as It Gets |
| #7025, aired 2015-03-13 | WHO CARES ABOUT APATHY? $1200: Sometimes a runner does not get credit for a stolen base due to "defensive" this, a lack of concern indifference |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $1,400 (Daily Double): "We're Not Gonna Take It" &
"Don't Stop Believin'" Rock of Ages |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | GUILTY $2,500 (Daily Double): His 1982 "not guilty by reason of insanity" verdict led states to pass laws that allowed "guilty but mentally ill" John Hinckley |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | ALISON WONDERLAND $400: Alison Sweeney hosts this NBC reality show where contestants take it off The Biggest Loser |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | THE END OF THE BOOK $1000: Lying sick in bed, Adam gives his son Caleb his blessing by saying the Hebrew word "timshel" East of Eden |
| #6947, aired 2014-11-25 | EXPRESSIONS FROM BASEBALL $600: Dinner with your aunt? I can't do it until her next visit, so I've got to take this a rain check |
| #6924, aired 2014-10-23 | ALASKAN PLANT LIFE $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a tree in Alaska.) Alders are the only commercial tree west of the Rockies that take part in the fixation of this gas, turning it into nutrients, so where alders grow, other species of plants can often follow nitrogen |
| #6917, aired 2014-10-14 | TODAY'S CHECKLIST $400: Lace up my Chuck Taylors, sneakers made by this brand, & take my mad game to Rucker Park to hoop it up Converse |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | SPEAKING IN CODE $800: If your wife got sick, it was cool to re-wed, but you had to take care of your sick wife until she passed, said his 1700s B.C. code Hammurabi |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES $400: Come out to the coast and take it easy with these big seals at the Sanctuary at Monterey Bay elephant seals |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: It can mean to rise into the air like an airplane or to take the throne ascend |
| #6876, aired 2014-07-07 | BURGS $800: From Philadelphia, get the spirit of I-76 & take it west for 2 hours to this state capital Harrisburg |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | CHARLESTON CHOOSY $2,800 (Daily Double): (Take a look.) Duckett Hall isn’t very fortress-like; it’s in the Moorish style of much of the campus of this college. The Citadel |
| #6866, aired 2014-06-23 | YOUR IDIOMS CONFUSE ME $400: It's the seasoning you take along with a statement you're skeptical of a pinch of salt (or a grain of salt) |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | PARENTING & CHILDREN $200: It's the gradual accustoming of a child to take nourishment other than by nursing weaning |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | THE NEW YORK TIMES COOKING $400: (Melissa Clark of The New York Times presents the clue.) For Valentine's Day or any other day, you can take chocolate ganache, roll it into balls, then coat the balls in cocoa powder, & you'll have these fancy candies truffles |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $200: Take your time; with no vowels, it's a sound made when thinking hm |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | SINGAPORE $1600: You can take "Transformers: The Ride" in Singapore; it's home to one of only 4 of these studios Universal Studios |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $600: 1972:
They took it easy with "Take It Easy" The Eagles |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | MAN CANDY $1600: Like Harry Potter, you can take a risk--will it be lemon or earwax when you try this inventor's Every Flavour Beans? Bertie Bott's |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | MADDEN COVER MEN $800: In 2004 it was this Falcon QB who would later take a break from the game Michael Vick |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | PUT A "CAP" ON IT $1600: To issue stock to raise money for a company, or to take advantage of an opportunity capitalize |
| #6798, aired 2014-03-19 | WAIT FOR IT! $1000: The "Art of War" by this man says, "He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared" Sun Tzu |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | LIKE IT'S 1998 $1,111 (Daily Double): On July 17 this ruler & some of his family members were re-buried in St. Petersburg Nicholas II |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | BREAKFAST $800: It might take more than one country to contain this restaurant chain's "Rooty Tooty Fresh N' Fruity" breakfast International House of Pancakes (IHOP) |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | PRIME NUMBERS $200: To get a brief respite, you "take" it five |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | IN THE CITY'S NEWSPAPER $200: Its Commercial Appeal:
"Whither Beale Street? Take It to the River" Memphis |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | GUESS WHAT I'VE GOT? $200: A pack of this 3M item--it'd take about 550 million of the 2 7/8-inch square ones to circle the world Post-it notes |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | TAKE A WALK ON THE MILD SIDE $1600: It precedes catch, deal & dinkum fair |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATRE $800: (Ben Brantley gives the clue.) In 1996 I reviewed the revival of this Kander & Ebb musical whose jaded take on celebrity worship & a fractured justice system were timely then; I said I hoped it would run for a long time--little did I know it would still be playing today Chicago |
| #6696, aired 2013-10-28 | IT'S IN THE "CAN" $1600: In a 1972 hit, Sammy Davis Jr. told us that he could "take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew" the Candy Man |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | MY NEXT MUSTACHE $200: The name of this style says it'll be perfect for when I take up biking handlebar |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | IF ONLY I COULD TELL THEM $400: Hey, sailors who saw this 50-pound flightless bird around 1500-take it back to Europe & breed it or it'll be extinct by 1700 a dodo |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | YOU DO THE MATH $2000: You can eat 2 pancakes in a minute & a half, so it'll take you this long to eat 8 6 minutes |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | IT'S CHOPPER ALEX WITH TRAFFIC $400: If you're on I-40 West, take a left turn at this New Mexico City & find I-25 South is clear as a bell Albuquerque |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | IT'S A BIG WORLD $600: This "tyrant lizard" could take his 5-foot skull & rear up to a height of 18 feet Tyrannosaurus rex |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | ROMANCE IN LITERATURE $400: "Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now", he said in "Gone with the Wind" Rhett Butler |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | GETTIN' PIGGY WITH IT $1000: Tourists love to take pictures with Rachel, a life-size bronze piggy bank outside this city's Pike Place Market Seattle |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | CNN TOURISM $2000: (Nick Robertson reads the clue.) More than 3 million people a year take in the view from Europe's largest Ferris wheel, now called the London Eye; when it opened to commemorate the year 2000, it was appropriately called this "Wheel" the Millennium Wheel |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | 14-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the type of surveillance used to take the photo seen here of Cuba reconnaissance |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | 1988 NO. 1 HIT LYRICS $400: "Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo, we'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow" the Beach Boys |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | LET'S GOLF! $800: Every 2 years, teams from the U.S. & Europe compete to win this cup; 14 1/2 points will take it Ryder Cup |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | ALL-TIME 100 SONGS $800: "Thanks to... 'Wayne's World', it can be hard to take" this Queen song "seriously" "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | TAKE ME HOME $200: Found after "IP" or "email", it's also the place you live address |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | TAKE ME HOME $600: It's Spanish for "house"; come on over, "mi" "es su" casa |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | TAKE ME HOME $1000: A plant or animal's natural environment; it's from a Latin word meaning "to dwell" habitat |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | BIOLOGY $400: It should take just a wink to tell us a nictitating membrane is a third one of these found in birds an eyelid |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | NORM DE GUERRE $1200: In 1992 this Gulf War general published an autobiography, "It Doesn't Take a Hero" (Norman) Schwarzkopf |
| #6549, aired 2013-02-21 | HEAVY METAL HEROES $800: "We're not gonna take it" if you can't name this band fronted by Dee Snider Twisted Sister |
| #6545, aired 2013-02-15 | GENETICS $1,800 (Daily Double): In 1986 the U.S. issued the first patent on a plant produced through genetic engineering, a hybrid of this grain corn |
| #6543, aired 2013-02-13 | FROM ZORBA THE GREEK $800: Authors, take note: "All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to" do this write about it |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | "HY" FIVE $800: Before, during & after exercise, it's important that you do this, meaning take in a proper amount of water hydrate |
| #6529, aired 2013-01-24 | WATERFALLS $1200: You can take an elevator to the base of this waterfall to visit the Cave of the Winds, which is behind it Niagara Falls |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | HOW DO YOU? $1000: Open the airflow valve slowly, note the reading when you first hear the pulse & again when you can no longer hear it take someone's blood pressure |
| #6497, aired 2012-12-11 | THE SIGHTS YOU'LL SEE! $600: Visiting Philly? Take a tour of 239 Arch Street, the house where it's said this woman lived from 1773 to 1785 Betsy Ross |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | STATE HAIKUS?? $600: Jake, it's Morgantown / Now, country roads, take me home / Mountaineers to ya! West Virginia |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT $2000: Hoping to rid himself of those troublesome Hapsburgs, in 1529 Suleiman laid siege to this city but couldn't take it Vienna |
| #6475, aired 2012-11-09 | CIVICS $1,400 (Daily Double): For a constitutional amendment to take effect, this fraction of the states must ratify it three-quarters |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | LONDON CAN TAKE IT $200: "London Can Take It" was a popular pro-British film made during the 1940 onslaught with this "fast" 5-letter name blitz |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | LONDON CAN TAKE IT $400: It began in the house of the king's baker near London bridge on September 2, 1666 the great London fire |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | LONDON CAN TAKE IT $600: This hit London in 1625 & 1664, killing tens of thousands each time the (bubonic) plague |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | LONDON CAN TAKE IT $800: In 2005 52 Londoners died when terrorist bombs went off on a bus & on this, the Metro subway system the tube (or underground) |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | LONDON CAN TAKE IT $1000: This waterborne illness hit London hard in 1831, 1848, 1854 & 1866 cholera |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | ART CLASS $800: To make paint for this "digital" type of pre-school art, you can simply take tempera & thicken it with cornstarch finger painting |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | BIG STUFF $800: It could take weeks to finish one of these made by Ravensburger; it's over 17' by 6' & contains more than 32,000 pieces a jigsaw puzzle |
| #6423, aired 2012-07-18 | IT'S AN OLYMPIC YEAR! $400: The Liberty Bell moves to a pavilion north of Independence Hall; Israeli commandos take on hijackers at Entebbe 1976 |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | THE HARD STUFF $800: The most common plutonic rock in the Earth's crust, it makes a great building stone; don't take it for... granite |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | TAKE ME "N-A" WHERE $2000: This city is home to Pacific Oaks College, but that's not why it's the focus of attention each January Pasadena |
| #6398, aired 2012-06-13 | "Q"-LINARY TERMS $400: To make this, take a flour tortilla, fold it in half over a cheese filling & cook lightly in an ungreased skillet a quesadilla |
| #6388, aired 2012-05-30 | ANAGRAMS $1600: It'll take you a picosecond to come up with this type of surgery involving small tubular cameras endoscopic |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | IT'S NOT A MESS, IT'S A COLLECTION $600: Fishing enthusiasts collect these devices that let out the line on the rod, & may take them out for a spin reels |
| #6338, aired 2012-03-21 | GOD DID IT! $600: In Exodus 3, God told Moses, who was standing on holy ground, to take off these his shoes |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | E BEFORE I $400: You "take" it to become a nun the veil |
| #6333, aired 2012-03-14 | LOOK OUT BELOW $800: Take a look at the Three Gorges Dam--the world's largest--& the reservoir it created in this country China |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | MOVIES IN REWIND? $1000: 1959: Cross-dressing musicians take off dresses, abandon love & go to Chicago to watch some mob resurrections Some Like It Hot |
| #6301, aired 2012-01-30 | ART "R"EVIEW $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew strokes a charcoal pencil across paper.) You can take a textured surface, a piece of paper, & charcoal, & turn it into this type of two-dimensional image a rubbing |
| #6297, aired 2012-01-24 | LET'S TAKE A "TRIP" $600: Often used for devotional purposes, it's the type of artwork seen here a triptych |
| #6297, aired 2012-01-24 | LET'S TAKE A "TRIP" $800: Destroyed by the Mamelukes in the 13th century, today it's a leading city of Lebanon Tripoli |
| #6297, aired 2012-01-24 | LET'S TAKE A "TRIP" $1000: This adverb sounds like it means clumsily, but it means the opposite in phrases like "flows" this way "from the tongue" trippingly |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS $400: "Othello" opens with Roderigo addressing this villain: "Tush, never tell me; I take it much unkindly" Iago |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | & HONEY $800: & Honey, could you take the minivan to the mechanic? It's still making noise here, also called the gearbox the transmission |
| #6291, aired 2012-01-16 | TAKE IT "SLOW" $200: The ball must arc at least 3 feet in this type of softball slow pitch |
| #6291, aired 2012-01-16 | TAKE IT "SLOW" $400: Hamilton beach sells a programmable one of these to keep pot roast at the right temperature a slow cooker |
| #6291, aired 2012-01-16 | TAKE IT "SLOW" $600: In "The Streets of Laredo", this line that became a book & movie title precedes "& play the fife lowly" bang the drum slowly |
| #6291, aired 2012-01-16 | TAKE IT "SLOW" $800: "Layla" guitarist's lazy moniker Slowhand |
| #6291, aired 2012-01-16 | TAKE IT "SLOW" $1000: What camera crews call "over-cranking" produces this effect slow motion |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | THE DE NIRO CODE $800: In this 1976 movie: "Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum" Taxi Driver |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | RECENT BOOKS $1000: Book club alert--"Then Came You" is the latest novel by this author of "Good in Bed" & "In Her Shoes" Jennifer Weiner |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | ACTRESSES $400: (Glenn Close delivers the clue.) Michael Douglas tried to strangle & drown me but it still took a bullet to take me out in this 1987 thriller; Rasputin's got nothing on me Fatal Attraction |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | THE NATIONAL TRACK & FIELD HALL OF FAME $400: Dave Wottle was known for his cap; after winning 1972's Olympic 800, he forgot to take it off during this & had to apologize the national anthem |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | NUDE WORDS & PHRASES $400: A 1997 film about guys who take it all off popularized this phrase, its title the full monty |
| #6251, aired 2011-11-21 | TAKE THE DAY OFF $800: Occurring the first new moon after the sun enters Aquarius, it's Vietnamese new year Tet |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | TAKE A DRIVE ON I-65 $200: Well, it winds from I-N-D to A-L-A / Ending at this city that has its own bay Mobile |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | TAKE A DRIVE ON I-65 $400: Well, it goes through Indianapolis / Down to Columbus / This largest Kentucky city is oh so pretty Louisville |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | MEANINGFUL STAGE NAMES $2000: Donald Lytle's choice of this stage name made extra sense when "Take This Job And Shove It" became his biggest hit (Johnny) Paycheck |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | ADD A LETTER $1000: Add a letter to "glen" & you can take it in this way, bit by bit glean |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | ISN'T IT "GRAND"? $1200: In bridge, it's when you take all 13 tricks a grand slam |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $400: Polo wrote, this Asian desert "is reported to be so long that it would take a year to go from end to end" the Gobi |
| #6187, aired 2011-07-05 | THIS & THAT $1000: It's a pipe carrying rain down off the roof of your house; there may be an itsy bitsy spider in it a (water)spout |
| #6177, aired 2011-06-21 | NOTHING $1200: In "Casablanca" Rick says, "It doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to" this a hill of beans |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | LEANING $2000: Take the apostrophe out of this word & it means to lean to one side can't |
| #6161, aired 2011-05-30 | 5 IN A "ROW" $600: As it allows you to take books on loan, a library card is also known as this type of card a borrowing card |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $400: In Britain it's a swimming pool; in the U.S. it's something you take in a tub a bath |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | CARS OF THE FUTURE PRESENT $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.) Designed to take advantage of available supply, the 3-fuel mix of Argonne's omnivorous engine means the computer has to solve a new problem dozens of times a second, as it figures what mix to use for each firing, also called this event combustion |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | THE PERIODIC TABLE $600: Don't take this the wrong way: it's the most used & cheapest metal iron |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | ANAGRAMS $600: Take your coats--it's chilly along here the coast (from coats) |
| #6094, aired 2011-02-24 | DESIGN SQUAD NATION $2000: To make a musical bike, the squad created an organ; a crankshaft activates these devices that take in air & blow it out bellows |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | LEGAL "E"s $367 (Daily Double): This 2-word phrase means the power to take private property for public use; it's OK as long as there is just compensation eminent domain |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | TAKE A LETTER $1000: An old book says it's pronounced "by closing the lips... and letting the voice issue by the nose" M |
| #6039, aired 2010-12-09 | TAKE A "COMP" DAY $800: A lingering feeling of remorse or regret for a misdeed, it's from the Latin for "stinging" compunction |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | MONEY SLANG $400: Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough bread |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | PLANE CRAZY $1200: The experimental Convair XFY-1 was nicknamed for this toy "stick" because it could take off & land vertically a pogo stick |
| #6034, aired 2010-12-02 | "LAX" $200: To loosen your grip, or just to take it easy to relax |
| #6033, aired 2010-12-01 | PETS $800: A tank with a large surface increases the supply of D.O., dissolved this, which fish take from the water oxygen |
| #6031, aired 2010-11-29 | 10-LETTER WORDS $2000: In journalism it's more serious than a correction & means "we take the whole story back" a retraction |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL GREAT MIGRATIONS $1200: It will take 5 months and 3 generations of butterflies to reach Canada--a journey they're starting in this warmer country Mexico |
| #6014, aired 2010-11-04 | OPRAH'S GUESTS $600: (Oprah Winfrey reads the clue.) When I interviewed this actor, I got to tell him what it meant to me as a young girl to see an African American walk into the Academy Awards & take home the Best Actor prize (Sidney) Poitier |
| #6009, aired 2010-10-28 | IT'S NOT UNUSUAL $1000: Take a deep breath & tell us the name of this most abundant element in the earth's crust oxygen |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | FRUITY LANGUAGE $400: A small reddish blemish of the skin is known as this fruit's mark strawberry |
| #5963, aired 2010-07-14 | "ACE" $600: It can mean to hug or to take up a cause eagerly embrace |
| #5961, aired 2010-07-12 | TV ADJECTIVES $800: The show in which contestants really take it off:
"The ____ Loser" Biggest |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | TAKE YOUR MEDICINE $1200: Some inhalers come with chambers that slow down delivery of the medication so you take more of it into these organs your lungs |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | ALSO A GIRL'S NAME $400: It used to mean to woo or court; now it means take to court sue |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | IRAQ'S PROVINCES $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of Iraq on the monitor.) Hilla Province was renamed as part of a program urging Iraqis to take pride in their ancient past; it became this, after the city of Nebuchadnezzar, whose ruins stand there Babylon |
| #5941, aired 2010-06-14 | LANDMARKS $200: If you're in this South African town of about 3 million, take the cableway up Table Mountain, which overlooks it Cape Town |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | LAKE POET-RY $2000: Do not go gentle into this "ursine" Canadian lake /
Rage, rage against the cold; it can be just too much to take Great Bear Lake |
| #5909, aired 2010-04-29 | TAKE IN ORDER $800: Nearly 50 years after their biggest hit, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", this group was still performing it at concerts in 2009 The Tokens |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | WINNING WORDS $2000: The hymn title these "Kings Their Titles Take" was the only phrase Dr. Spooner admitted spoonerizing conquering |
| #5890, aired 2010-04-02 | BIBLICAL WHO SAID IT? $400: "Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me" the Pharaoh |
| #5890, aired 2010-04-02 | BIBLICAL WHO SAID IT? $1,000 (Daily Double): "Take me up. and cast me forth into the sea", for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you" Jonah |
| #5881, aired 2010-03-22 | OWED ON A GRECIAN URN $5,000 (Daily Double): For building the Parthenon as leader of Athens, I say to the citizens: you owe me! & please take better care of it Pericles |
| #5861, aired 2010-02-22 | THE ALLOYS $2000: Take a hunk of permalloy, wrap a wire around it, send current through the wire & the hunk becomes one of these an electromagnet |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | HOUSEHOLD HINTS $1000: To remove odor from shoes, add oil of this spice to a cotton ball & leave it in the shoes cloves |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | WEIRD SCIENCE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates a simple science experiment.) Oops--our salt & pepper got mixed together; if I take a plastic spoon & rub it on wool, it picks up electrons & gets this kind of electrostatic charge, attracting the lighter pepper flakes a negative charge |
| #5848, aired 2010-02-03 | TAKE THE FIFTH $1000: You get a B if you know it's the fifth element on the periodic table boron |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: Take a journey into Oz in this 2003 show; it's quite "popular" Wicked |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG! $200: "...don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better" Jude |
| #5806, aired 2009-12-07 | GHOSTBUSTERS $1000: Manhattan is menaced by this marshmallow man, come to life 100 feet tall the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | INTERNATIONAL NAMES $800: Alex Salmond, first minister of this country, wants to take it out of the United Kingdom Scotland |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | THE TEENS $600: In California, it's the minimum age at which you can take a driver's road test 16 |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | JAZZ ODYSSEY $2000: This Dave Brubeck Quartet tune got its title because it's played with an irregular quintuple time signature "Take Five" |
| #5767, aired 2009-10-13 | COMMERCIAL JINGLE LYRICS $1600: "The taste is gonna move ya, take a sniff, pull it out, the taste is gonna move ya when you pop it in your mouth" Juicy Fruit |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: Twisted Sister sang, "We're not gonna take" this it |
| #5742, aired 2009-07-21 | STUPID ANSWERS $1600: Hofstadter's law is formulated as "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account..." this Hofstadter's law |
| #5740, aired 2009-07-17 | TRANSFORMED FOOD $1000: Take a legume whose pod develops underground, roast it, then grind it into a paste to make this peanut butter |
| #5737, aired 2009-07-14 | ONLINE LINGO $800: "DL" is a "dead" this--it won't take you to a new page a dead link |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | TAKE MY TEMPERATURE $200: It has an average surface temperature of 5,600 kelvin the Sun |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | TAKE MY TEMPERATURE $400: It's equal to -459.69 degrees Fahrenheit absolute zero |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | TAKE MY TEMPERATURE $800: When he invented his scale, he originally made 0 the boiling point of water & 100 its freezing point; it changed later (Anders) Celsius |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | TAKE MY TEMPERATURE $1000: From the Latin for "burn up", it's the process of rapid oxygenation & temperature rise associated with burning combustion |
| #5718, aired 2009-06-17 | CELEBRATING POE'S BICENTENNIAL $1600: Take a tour of St. John's Church Cemetery, where Eliza, this relative of Poe's, is buried, led by an actress portraying her his mother |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA $1600: "You Can't Take It With You" unless you're George S. Kaufman & this partner, who took home the prize in 1937 Moss Hart |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | "UTTER" YOUR RESPONSE $200: It's where your mind is if you take an innocent remark in a sexual sense the gutter |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | IT HAS TO END WITH "U" $3,000 (Daily Double): Oh, you're going to take this obnoxiously pious hyphenated 3-word attitude with me, are you? holier-than-thou |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | TAKE ME TO THE BALLET! $1200: I hear there's a heavenly body in "Icarus": it's the ballerina who plays this heavenly body the sun |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | TAKE OUT THE TRASH $600: I've worn my INSPI(RED) T-shirt from this company so many times, even Goodwill won't want it The Gap |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | TAKE OUT THE TRASH $1000: Last week's sandwich has to go; it's now ham, cheese & Rhizopus stolonifer, better known as this mold |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | TAKE A "SHOT" $400: It's a Y-shaped schoolyard weapon using small projectiles a slingshot |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | RALLY TO THE CAUSE $1200: Bring candles--it's for TBTN, "Take Back" this the Night |
| #5683, aired 2009-04-29 | "DI" HARD $1600: To take money out of your holdings; institutions are often urged to do it divest |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU THINK IT IS $600: O Pioneers! To get from Lexington to Columbus in this state, take Highway 30, through Kearney Nebraska |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | PODGE-POURRI $600: Don't take "four score & seven years" to tell us it equals this many total years 87 |
| #5611, aired 2009-01-19 | SCIENCE FACT $800: New studies say it's around 13.7 billion years old (give or take a few million years) the universe |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | PUMP IT "UP" $200: Let's take a poll--this specific poll, actually; it's been around since 1935 Gallup |
| #5604, aired 2009-01-08 | IT'S A FACT $1200: You can take an 8,208-foot cable car climb up Collada D'enradort in this Pyrenees nation Andorra |
| #5597, aired 2008-12-30 | SPORTS ON THE 8s $600: This legendary no. 8 for the Yankees said, "When you come to a fork in the road...take it" Yogi Berra |
| #5582, aired 2008-12-09 | SONG LYRICS $1600: He rapped,
"It's gettin' hot in herre, so take off all your clothes" Nelly |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | U.S. CITIES IN FOREIGN LANDS $400: Denver's windmill has been restored, so take the A10 in Norfolk County to visit it in this country England |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | IT WASN'T RATED R $1000: Meryl Streep's daughter is caught up in a musical version of "My Three Dads" in this film Mamma Mia! |
| #5560, aired 2008-11-07 | ADD A LETTER $800: After you take a beating, add a letter to it & I'll give you one of these tongue-lashings a berating |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | ONE-LETTER TAKE IN ORDER $800: It precedes "Pioneers!" in a literary work & "Henry" in the name of a literary man O |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | ONE-LETTER TAKE IN ORDER $1200: It's the first person nominative singular pronoun I |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | ONE-LETTER TAKE IN ORDER $2000: It precedes "Bay" on the Internet & also name the state capital spelled out by all 5 responses E & Boise |
| #5537, aired 2008-10-07 | JOHNNY GILBERT RAPS & ROCKS ON $1600: "C'mon, take a bottle, shake it up, break the bubble, break it up, pour some sugar on me, in the name of love" Def Leppard |
| #5528, aired 2008-09-24 | STARTS WITH FEB, TREBEK $400: This date brings Punxsutawney Phil's big moment February 2nd |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED $1,000 (Daily Double): Take a brief interval of time, put it before a pointer on a clock & you get this preowned word secondhand |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | SOLDIERS $800: Nicknamed "Stormin' Norman", he wrote the 1992 memoir "It Doesn't Take A Hero" Schwarzkopf |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | MAKES SENSE $1000: Isaac Asimov coined the word "millihelen" as the quantity of beauty it would take to do this launch one ship |
| #5479, aired 2008-06-05 | GOVERNMENT $200: It's the term of office of Ohio state representatives--
come on, take a guess 2 years |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | TAKE A LETTER $800: In the English alphabet, it's the only polysyllabic letter W |
| #5454, aired 2008-05-01 | TOM TIME $200: Cuba Gooding's Oscar acceptance speech included this man! "I love you, brother!" Tom Cruise |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: It's 9.46 trillion kilometers, give or take a few kilometers a light year |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | L.A. GEOGRAPHY IN POP CULTURE $400: In "Free Fallin'", Tom Petty sang, "All the vampires, walkin' through the valley, move west down" this "Boulevard" Ventura Boulevard |
| #5444, aired 2008-04-17 | '80s SONG LYRICS $600: "We gonna rock down to" this place "and then we'll take it higher" "Electric Avenue" |
| #5436, aired 2008-04-07 | EMERIL GOES INTERNATIONAL $800: (Emeril makes a sandwich as he delivers the clue.) Take the ham-&-gruyere sandwich called a croque-monsieur & change its gender by adding a fried egg; now it's called this a croque-madame |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | 4-LETTER VERBS $400: "Like it or" do this, meaning take or endure it lump it |
| #5418, aired 2008-03-12 | OPENING LINES OF SHAKESPEARE $400: Roderigo:
"Tush, never tell me; I take it much unkindly that thou, Iago..." Othello |
| #5413, aired 2008-03-05 | TAKE THE KIDS! $400: If the kids are tall enough, they can ride all 17 of these thrill rides at Cedar Point (it's fun to hear them scream) roller coasters |
| #5403, aired 2008-02-20 | THE LIBRARY $1000: It'll take more than a moment to read this 1988 bestseller by British physicist Stephen Hawking A Brief History of Time |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | TAKE THE FIFTH $1200: It goes Lexington, Park, Madison, this Fifth Avenue |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | TAKE THE FIFTH $1600: It's the southernmost Greek island, & the fifth-largest island in the Mediterranean Crete |
| #5364, aired 2007-12-27 | YEAH, IT WAS THE '80s $600: "Well, I talk about it, talk about it, talk about it, talk about it"; Lipps, Inc. asked, "Won't you take me to" here Funkytown |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | OLD MOVIE QUOTES $400: 1942:
"It doesn't take much to see that the problems of 3 little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world" Casablanca |
| #5347, aired 2007-12-04 | THE BIG APPLE $400: On the NYC subway this train will also take you to Harlem, but then it splits off & heads for Yankee Stadium the B train |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | THE JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) Like the altar of a Zen chapel which inspired it, the tokonoma, a decorated alcove, faces this direction, thought lucky due to its exposure to sunlight south |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | NERDVANA $400: Music on the iPhone should only be installed from this company's iTunes Apple |
| #5332, aired 2007-11-13 | IT'S ALL BLACK & WHITE TO ME $2,000 (Daily Double): Famous for his B&W images used in psychology, as a youth he was named "Kleck", German for "inkblot" (Hermann) Rorschach |
| #5318, aired 2007-10-24 | HAVE A HEART $800: When measuring someone's pulse rate, take it on "t.s.", for this "side" of the wrist the thumb side |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | "L" TO PAY $200: It shouldn't take much effort to tell me this, Tony Blair's political party Labour |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE HISTORY GAME $400: It's 1922 & the Black Shirts force King Victor Emmanuel III to appoint this far-right fielder as Prime Minister Benito Mussolini |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE HISTORY GAME $800: It's going back, back... & it's over this 73-mile-long wall built in the 120s A.D.; "the Emperor" has done it again! Hadrian's Wall |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE HISTORY GAME $1200: It's 1902 & Teddy Roosevelt is putting this "Jr." on the bench... the Supreme Court bench, & he'll be there for 29 years Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE HISTORY GAME $1600: It's 1649 & this king is lookin' kind of tired out... yep, here comes Oliver Cromwell to give him the hook Charles I |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE HISTORY GAME $2000: It's July 10, 1553 & this lady will pinch hit for Edward VI, who's been taken out of the game; Cousin Mary is on deck Lady Jane Grey |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | THAT'S SO CLICHE! $1000: It means to relieve someone of a lot of money, or it's what you'd do with a stained silk dress take it to the cleaners |
| #5274, aired 2007-07-12 | INSIDE ALEX TREBEK $200: To loosen, as a grip, or just to take it easy relax |
| #5270, aired 2007-07-06 | CELEB BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Bet ya didn't know Keanu's Matrix squeeze wrote "You Can Take It With You" with George Kaufman in the 30s Carrie-Anne Moss Hart |
| #5269, aired 2007-07-05 | THE DENVER MINT $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Denver Mint.) Presses put designs on coins; a die called the hammer imprints the head side while one appropriately called this imprints the tail the anvil |
| #5268, aired 2007-07-04 | YOU WANNA PIZZA THIS? $600: Take some pizza dough; stuff it with meat, cheese & herbs; fold it over into a turnover; & you've got this favorite a calzone |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | DISCARDED LITERARY ENDINGS $800: What the heck, thought Javert. It was only a loaf of freakin' bread! "Take off, Jean," he said. "Don't waste my time" Les Misérables |
| #5258, aired 2007-06-20 | ALSO A GUM BRAND $800: To walk with long steps (you may "hit" yours or "take things in" it) a stride |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | COLLEGE EDUCATION $800: The prefix in this term tells you it's a course you have to take before you can take a more advanced one a prerequisite |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | GIVE ME SOME ROOM $2,500 (Daily Double): Latin for "sun terrace", it's a glass-enclosed room where you can sit and enjoy the Sun solarium |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | ABBREV. $200: It doesn't take a genius to figure out that in educational testing, IQ stands for this intelligence quotient |
| #5223, aired 2007-05-02 | GOING DOWNTOWN $200: I'll take the Loop & go to the Field Museum if it's not too windy in this city Chicago |
| #5204, aired 2007-04-05 | GEOGRAPHIC FILM & TV $800: We saw "The Muppets Take" it in 1984; Jason, in Part VIII of "Friday the 13th", wrested control of it in 1989 Manhattan |
| #5197, aired 2007-03-27 | IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR $400: The New York Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles to take their first World Series in this year 1969 |
| #5193, aired 2007-03-21 | LITERARY LASS LINES $2000: "It is too deeply branded. Ye cannot take it off. And would that I might endure his agony, as well as mine!" Hester Prynne |
| #5191, aired 2007-03-19 | WHAT UP, "G"? $800: As a verb, it means to order your child to his room & take away his privileges ground |
| #5180, aired 2007-03-02 | SYNONYMS $2000: As an adjective, it's a synonym for "precise"; as a verb, for "take" or "demand" exact |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | HISTORICAL LAW & ORDER PLEAS $1600: (Hi, I'm Kathryn Erbe of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.) As you're under age 20, Sarajevo law says you get 20 years max for killing Archduke Ferdinand; I strongly urge you to take it Gavrilo Princip |
| #5160, aired 2007-02-02 | SCIENCE $1600: (Jimmy is in his Jeopardy! lab coat delivering the clue this time) You can take a simple nail, coil wire around it, connect it to a battery, and turn it into this attractive 13-letter item an electromagnet |
| #5157, aired 2007-01-30 | AMERICANA $200: When G.I. Joe was introduced, he had one of these on his face; today, plastic surgery would take care of it a scar |
| #5154, aired 2007-01-25 | SOUTH AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: It shouldn't take "100 Years" to figure out this Colombian wrote "News of a Kidnapping" Gabriel García Márquez |
| #5148, aired 2007-01-17 | IN LAS VEGAS $800: It would take you more than 13 years to spend one night in each of this "Grand" hotel's 5,044 rooms the MGM Grand |
| #5139, aired 2007-01-04 | GETTING BIBLICAL $600: In the 1953 film version of this Biblical dancer's life, Rita Hayworth tries to save John the Baptist's life, not take it Salome |
| #5138, aired 2007-01-03 | YOU, ME & DUE PROCESS $800: "Due Process of Law" appears first in this amendment; go ahead, "take" it, you won't get in trouble the Fifth Amendment |
| #5117, aired 2006-12-05 | CAPRA CLASSICS $1600: Before he played a meanie in "It's a Wonderful Life", he was one of the good people in "You Can't Take It With You" Lionel Barrymore |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | END-"EVER" $400: Peggy Lee could tell you it's also known as pyrexia (take 2 aspirin & call me in the morning) fever |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | NASSAU $800: You can take one of these vessels to view the submarine gardens; it was also a Doris Day movie a glass bottom boat |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | STAN THE CONTRACTOR $800: Stan follows the unwritten contractor code: no matter the job, always say it'll take a fortnight, this long, to do two weeks (14 days) |
| #5077, aired 2006-10-10 | FREE SPEECH $4,000 (Daily Double): It can be an adjective meaning "slack" or a verb meaning "set free" loose |
| #5075, aired 2006-10-06 | WORD UP! $2000: It means to take someone else's ideas or writings & pass them off as your own plagiarism |
| #5063, aired 2006-09-20 | MATH JOKES $200: It's what you get when you take the circumference of a pumpkin & divide it by its diameter pumpkin pi (pi accepted) |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | TAKE YOUR "MED"s $200: Almost a million square miles, it's bordered by 3 continents the Mediterranean Sea |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | TAKE YOUR "MED"s $800: From the French for "middle of a rugged mountain", it's an adjective meaning adequate, but not very good mediocre |
| #5048, aired 2006-07-19 | A GAME OF DARTS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew makes a dart shot & gets it in a red space.) Yes! I get this many points for that one shot--take that, Jon! 60 |
| #5033, aired 2006-06-28 | GIVE ME AN "E" $400: In college it's any optional course that a student chooses to take an elective |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CARS IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It would take many of this Nissan model to reach its limit a Maxima |
| #5025, aired 2006-06-16 | HITS THE "FAN" $400: As a noun it can mean "whim"; you can also take a "flight of" it fancy |
| #5025, aired 2006-06-16 | HUMMINGBIRDS $1000: This species, which shares its name with a steam organ, is North America's smallest bird at around 2 3/4" in length the Calliope hummingbird |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $600: It's my final offer, take it or leave it; I'm giving you this an ultimatum |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | ____ & ____ $400: A basic play in various team sports, it's passing to a teammate & then moving to take a return pass give & go |
| #5004, aired 2006-05-18 | VICE PRESIDENT... THE SITCOM! $1,000 (Daily Double): In tonight's episode, "Take This Job & Shove It", he quits as a power line worker to attend the Univ. of Wyoming Cheney |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | VOLCANOES $400: Lassen Peak in the southernmost part of this range was believed extinct until it erupted on May 30, 1914 the Cascades |
| #4990, aired 2006-04-28 | MOVIE QUOTES $400: It's the 1972 film with the timeless line "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli" The Godfather |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | YOU BOT IT $400: Started in 1997 to develop robotics & A.I., the Robocup features robots playing this competitive sport soccer |
| #4975, aired 2006-04-07 | THE EAGLES $1200: This Eagles hit begins, "Well I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load, I've got 7 women on my mind" "Take It Easy" |
| #4969, aired 2006-03-30 | THE DEANS LIST $800: It doesn't take a sausage to know that this country singer took "Big Bad John" to No. 1 in 1961 Jimmy Dean |
| #4969, aired 2006-03-30 | LET'S TAKE A TRIP $1,000 (Daily Double): Anytime the head or tail of this Danish statue is vandalized, it's repaired using the original 1913 mold the Little Mermaid |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | TAKE IT "EASY" $200: To cook eggs on one side, then flip 'em & cook 'em again is to cook them in this style over easy |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | TAKE IT "EASY" $400: Proverbial avenue of affluence Easy Street |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | TAKE IT "EASY" $600: In July 1961 Billboard unveiled a new chart for this style also called "beautiful music" easy listening |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | TAKE IT "EASY" $800: Popular brand of oven-cleaning aerosol Easy-Off |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | TAKE IT "EASY" $1000: "You're an alien and I'm from the Valley" is a line from this 1989 sci-fi comedy Earth Girls Are Easy |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | GREAT BRIT $800: In July of 1945 England said, "Thanks, we'll take it from here" & booted this prime minister from office Winston Churchill |
| #4935, aired 2006-02-10 | DID YOU READ YOUR BIBLE? $2000: Because Joab wouldn't take Absalom to meet the king, Absalom had this done to Joab's field burnt it |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | GRADUATE SCHOOL $2000: It's the M in GMAT, the admission test that hundreds of MBA programs require applicants to take management |
| #4923, aired 2006-01-25 | BEATLES BEFORE & AFTER $1000: Take this sad song, a 1968 No. 1, & Thomas Hardy's last novel & make it better "Hey Jude The Obscure" |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $800: Though his country is only the size of Pennsylvania, this leader's bellicose rhetoric keeps it in the news Kim Jong-il |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | WHICH CRAFT $1,000 (Daily Double): "Fast" partner of the Mayflower that proved to be misnamed when it had to be abandoned in 1620 the Speedwell |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | TAKING THE FIFTH $200: Before he was president, Gerald Ford was a congressman from this state's Fifth District Michigan |
| #4909, aired 2006-01-05 | BOTTOMS UP! $800: This "water of life", served icy cold, traditionally accompanies the Swedish smorgasbord aquavit |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | TAKE A LETTER $1200: It precedes "note" in a slang term for a hundred-dollar bill C |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | TAKE A LETTER $2000: It's the symbol for the old British penny d |
| #4890, aired 2005-12-09 | LEGALESE $1200: To take goods, like a car, into the custody of the Court; it's also a type of account similar to escrow impound |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | HEY! TAKE MY PICTURE! $600: The maiden name of either of the two women seen here Laura Welch (or Barbara Pierce) |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | BIG WORDS $1600: This word famously preceded "wasteland" in a 1961 speech about TV; we'll try not to take it personally vast |
| #4884, aired 2005-12-01 | NAME THAT POEM $2,000 (Daily Double): T.S. Eliot:
"Let us go then, you and I, when the evening is spread out against the sky" "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | TAKE A MICHIGANDER AT THIS $3,000 (Daily Double): We don't know if this novelist was "So Big" at her Aug. 15, 1887 birth, but we do know it was in a zoo: Kalamazoo Edna Ferber |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | VENOMOUS ARTHROPODS $2000: The blister species of this secretes an irritating substance called cantharidin that was once used in love potions beetle |
| #4871, aired 2005-11-14 | MC TREBEK IN DA HIZZ-OUSE $800: "It's gettin' hot in here (so hot), so take off all your clothes" Nelly |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | REALLY TOUGH WHEEL OF FORTUNE PUZZLES $200: ON THE MENU: I'll take a "G", Pat & solve the puzzle... it's an Italian dish of tiny dumplings made from potatoes or flour gnocchi |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | AUTUMN WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): Though it has a different number in our calendar, its name comes from the Latin for "eight" October |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CLARK GABLE $1600: Gable's last line on film, "Just head for that big star straight on... it'll take us right home", is in this movie The Misfits |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | SONNETS $7,800 (Daily Double): "When I consider how my light is spent" begins this sonnet about his loss of sight Milton |
| #4825, aired 2005-07-22 | PHYSICS $200 (Daily Double): Term first used by James Watt for a unit equivalent to 550 foot-pounds of work per second horsepower |
| #4824, aired 2005-07-21 | THE WORLD OF NAT KING COLE $1600: It's the travelin' lyric line that follows Nat singing here
"If you ever plan to motor west..." "Get Your Kicks On Route 66" |
| #4822, aired 2005-07-19 | YOU DO THE MATH $800: 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 |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | USA!! USA!! $800: This U.S. women's team steamrolled to gold in Athens, outscoring opponents 51-1 the women's softball team |
| #4799, aired 2005-06-16 | WRITERS AT REST $600: It doesn't take a P.I. like his Sam Spade to find this man's grave at Arlington; it's in Section 12, Lot 508 Dashiell Hammett |
| #4795, aired 2005-06-10 | CONDIMENTS $1000: This garlic-flavored mayonnaise from Provence is popularly served with fish aioli |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | LETS TAKE A "D" TOUR $1200: It's the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, which, incidentally, is located on the Beagle Gulf Darwin |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | LETS TAKE A "D" TOUR $2000: Once the capital of French West Africa, now it's the capital of Senegal Dakar |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | TAKE ME TO THE RIVER $1200: Rising in the Cottian Alps, it's the longest river in Italy the Po |
| #4779, aired 2005-05-19 | AN ATTRACTIVE PREPOSITION $400: To bet that the Rams & Colts will combine to score more than 42 points it to "take" this the over |
| #4775, aired 2005-05-13 | 3-LETTER THE BETTER $200: You take your llama to one when it's sick a vet (doc accepted) |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA $1600: "The Royal Family" & "You Can't Take It WIth You" are in a volume of plays credited to this man
"& Co." George S. Kaufman |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | MICROSOFT $1200: In March 2004 this body hit Microsoft with a 497 million-euro fine for its bus. practices (take it out of petty cash) the European Union |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | THE JIMMY $2,200 (Daily Double): In 1922 he was the first pilot to cross the U.S. in under 24 hours Jimmy Doolittle |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | AMERICAN "W"RITERS $7,600 (Daily Double): In the 1940s this epic war novelist served aboard the destroyer-minesweeper Zane (Herman) Wouk |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | BEASTLY BUSINESS $200: Of the Gabbro, the goldendoodle, or the gadroon, the one that's a real breed of dog the goldendoodle |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | TAKE THE "A" TRAIN $400: It can be keynote or residential an address |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | TAKE THE "A" TRAIN $1200: In 1919 Ernest Rutherford bombarded nitrogen with these particles to transform it into oxygen alpha particles |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | TAKE THE "A" TRAIN $1600: It can be a call to go left or right in square dancing with interlocking arms an allemande |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | TAKE THE "A" TRAIN $2000: Once a separate kingdom, it's now a state in the extreme northeast of India Assam |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | BEND IT LIKE BECKETT $8,000 (Daily Double): Beckett is a major dramatist of the "Theater of" this, which portrays a bewildered & anxious humanity the Absurd |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | CAB ARRAY $200: You might want to take a water taxi to this city's Piazza San Marco but--mamma mia!--it can be pricey Venice |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | OCCUPATIONAL NAMES $6,600 (Daily Double): This common English last name indicates an ancestor who rounded wood on a lathe Turner |
| #4748, aired 2005-04-06 | ADD A LETTER $200: Take this letter, wrap it in towel, & it becomes a masonry tool R (trowel) |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | THE RADIO ALPHABET $800: It shouldn't take you a month to come up with this word for "N" November |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | WOULD YOU TAKE AN "IOU"? $800: Geographically, it precedes "City" in Iowa & "Falls" in South Dakota Sioux |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | WOULD YOU TAKE AN "IOU"? $1200: Thrill to this word meaning "performed in place of another", from the Latin for "substitute" vicarious |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | WOULD YOU TAKE AN "IOU"? $1600: From the Latin for "propitiate", it means earnestly religious pious |
| #4723, aired 2005-03-02 | HINTS FROM HELOISE... TO ABELARD $400: "It was your command, not love of God, which made me take" this, meaning to become a nun the veil |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRINK? $600: It doesn't take breaking a world record to tell us this Irish brew is "brilliant" Guinness |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | HALL OF FAMER BY POSITION $1000: Gump Worsley,
Shrimp Worters,
Rat Westwick hockey goalie |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | ROYAL STORY PROBLEMS $800: If Queen Beatrix had a potter who could make 3 vases a day, it would take him this long to make a gross 48 |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | TAKE OUT $400: It's the common operation to remove 2 small oval masses of tissue at the back of the mouth a tonsillectomy |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | TAKE OUT $1600: A keratotomy is an incision of this eye part; a keratectomy removes part of it the cornea |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | CHARACTERS' FAREWELLS $400: "Take thou Excalibur, my good sword, and go with it to yonder waterside..." King Arthur |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | TAKE THE KIDS! $400: If the kids can stomach it, watch Tasmanian devils being fed in Tasmanian Deveil Park at Taranna in this country Australia |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | SOUNDS LIKE A PRESCRIPTION DRUG $400: A word to designate the 3 low countries, or their economic pact Benelux |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | TAKE THE KIDS! $800: Take the kids to Drumnadrochit to see the exhibition devoted to this beast, then go outside & search for it yourself the Loch Ness monster |
| #4680, aired 2004-12-31 | AIRLINE TRAVEL $400: It can be a place to leave your puppy when you take a trip, or a carrier for him that fits under an airplane seat a kennel |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | SAY HELLO TO OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS $800: It can take a minute for the occidentalis or brown species of this bird to drain its pouch of water pelican |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | SONG BIRDS $800: Anne Murray asked it to "Take me... to that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow" snowbird |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | ASIA $6,200 (Daily Double): If you plan to walk from Beijing to Ulan Bator, take lots of water, as you'll be crossing this land region the Gobi Desert |
| #4653, aired 2004-11-24 | TAKE ME HOME, ALEX $1000: Once home to a prosperous NYC merchant who went bankrupt, it's now the mayor's official residence Gracie Mansion |
| #4629, aired 2004-10-21 | HISTORY $800: In 1368 the Ming dynasty didn't just take over this country, they urned it China |
| #4628, aired 2004-10-20 | MR. NOODLE $800: If your take-out place makes lousy mee krob, fly to Bangkok in this country to sample it from the source Thailand |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | STOP IT, YOU'RE KILLING ME! $400: March 15, 44 B.C.:
Cassius & about 20 other guys take a stab Julius Caesar |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | TAKE IN ORDER! $400: Now add this letter to get H. Rider Haggard's novel about an African sorceress E |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | TAKE IN ORDER! $600: Next add this letter for a ballpark opened April 17, 1964 A |
| #4597, aired 2004-09-07 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: If you take a nappy in London, it's one of these to put on a baby a diaper |
| #4594, aired 2004-07-22 | A BRAND NEW "YOU" $2000: This play won Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman a Pulitzer Prize in 1937 You Can't Take It With You |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | HOBBY TIME $1200: This show that was just 7 minutes long when it debuted in 1994 has inspired many to take up Irish step-dancing Riverdance |
| #4586, aired 2004-07-12 | RANKS & TITLES $1200: Marc Grossman didn't feel it was beneath him to take the job of this for Political Affairs in the State Department undersecretary |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It'll probably take more than a buck to buy a jumbuck, an Australian term for one of these animals a sheep |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | MAIN STREET U.S.A. $800: In Salt Lake City take Main Street to this square to find the Mormon Tabernacle Temple Square |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | HITS OF THE '60s $1600: Its lyrics include "We always take my car 'cause it's never been beat, and we've never missed yet with the girls we meet" "I Get Around" |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | HEAVENS TO BETSY! $400: If you can't visit her home at 239 Arch Street in Philadelphia, take a virtual tour of it on the web Betsy Ross |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | "C"OUNTRIES $2,000 (Daily Double): On November 11 it celebrates the independence of Cartagena Colombia |
| #4561, aired 2004-06-07 | FOOD ACROSS AMERICA $2000: Famous for its seafood, this "Old Original" restaurant in Philly is a premier reading, er, dining spot Bookbinder's |
| #4560, aired 2004-06-04 | IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT... $600: To know the truth of the Matrix, take this color pill the red pill |
| #4552, aired 2004-05-25 | COUNTRY SINGERS' NO. 1 HITS $400: "Take This Job And Shove It" Johnny Paycheck |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | OH, THE THINGS I KNOW! $1600: In 1876 this "Wild" West man was killed in the Dakota Territory holding aces & 8s, later known as a dead man's hand Wild Bill Hickok |
| #4522, aired 2004-04-13 | SIT, TAKE A LOAD OFF $800: This 2003 John Grisham novel puts you in the game; well, puts you in a place to watch it Bleachers |
| #4504, aired 2004-03-18 | PLEASE TAKE DIRECTION $400: Region of the world to which the Eisenhower Doctrine was applied in 1957 & 1958; it's still a hot spot the Middle East |
| #4504, aired 2004-03-18 | PLEASE TAKE DIRECTION $600: Established in 1802, it was the first school of engineering in the U.S. & women weren't admitted until 1976 West Point |
| #4504, aired 2004-03-18 | MBAs RULE! $2000: It doesn't take a private eye like her V.I. Warshawski to uncover that she has both an MBA & a Ph.D. Sara Paretsky |
| #4503, aired 2004-03-17 | SPICE $1200: If you take a swig of kummel, you'll notice the flavor of this spice it was named for cumin |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | HALF A NICE DAY $1000: We guess it would take 2 of this rapper's "Get Rich or Die Trying" CDs to equal 1 Buck Owens 50 Cent |
| #4477, aired 2004-02-10 | LET'S VISIT VERMONT $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew removes a bucket from a tree in Vermont and pours out its contents into another bucket.) It can take more than 40 gallons of this to make one gallon of maple syrup sap |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | ANIMAL LORE $200: The Inuit call it Nanuk & say it can take off its fur & enter an igloo as a man a polar bear |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE $800: It's the "infantile" name for the tiny white flowers of the genus Gypsophila that florists often add to bouquets Baby's Breath |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE $1600: It's the emergency procedure of cutting into the windpipe to open a breathing passage a tracheotomy |
| #4436, aired 2003-12-15 | JUST CAUSE $400: Formed in 1864 to take care of battle victims, it now relieves human suffering worldwide The Red Cross |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | SMART ANSWERS $600 (Daily Double): Meaning "arising from sound judgment", it was a sound name for an insurance company to take in the 1870s Prudential |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | RHYTHM & BOOZE $800: This country legend recorded the hits "Fifteen Beers" & "Take This Job and Shove It" Johnny Paycheck |
| #4384, aired 2003-10-02 | PIRATES $400: The main job of a pirate, "to take things by force", it's from a German word plunder |
| #4380, aired 2003-09-26 | TRICKY QUESTIONS $400: It's the technical reason you can't take a photograph of a man with a wooden leg a wooden leg won't take a photograph |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: It doesn't take sleight of hand to spell... M-A-G-I-C-I-A-N |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $1600: Take an educated guess and spell... S-C-H-O-L-A-S-T-I-C |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | RACK YOUR BRAIN $800: Take a rack of lamb, form it in a circle & you have this roast fit for a king a crown roast |
| #4374, aired 2003-09-18 | HABITAT FOR HUMANITY $1600: (Jimmy Carter presents the clue.) It's a horizontal framing member over a door, or what I'll try not to take as I walk around the site a header |
| #4369, aired 2003-09-11 | AROUND ASIA $400: Take a look, it's the city where the woman seen here did the work that made her famous Calcutta |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | SONGS...JAMES BOND SONGS $800: It took 20 years & Duran Duran to take a Bond tune to No. 1 -- this 1985 hit "A View to a Kill" |
| #4332, aired 2003-06-03 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: 1997 film in which unemployed steel workers take it all off & form a comedy troupe with Eric Idle & John Cleese The Full Monty Python |
| #4324, aired 2003-05-22 | AT THE "Y" $400: This type of boat's name is from a word meaning "hunting ship" & will take up your whole driveway if you park it there yacht |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | 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 |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | MODELING $800: It's the term for the structure seen here; look down; 707s take off on a larger one of the same name runway |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | 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 |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | IT'LL TAKE AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT $200: A 1990 act said a person under 14 must wear one of these when riding a horse on a road helmet |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | IT'LL TAKE AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT $400: In 1993 a bwrdd was set up to promote the use of this language Welsh |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | IT'LL TAKE AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT $600: A 1991 act "to make provision for...periodical maintenance payable by certain parents" is known as this 2-word act child support |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | IT'LL TAKE AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT $800: A 2002 act made it illegal to reprogram one of these to a new number unless you're the manufacturer cell phone |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | IT'LL TAKE AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT $1000: In 2000 Britain made it illegal to raise animals solely to slaughter them just to get this to sell fur |
| #4309, aired 2003-05-01 | COOKIES $800: In 1921 "sandwich" was added to the name of this cookie that you can take apart to eat the icing first an Oreo |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | THEATRE TALK $1000: (Jimmy and the rest of the Clue Crew, on stage at the St. James Theatre.) It's the two-word term for the event after a play when the actors appear to take their bows a curtain call |
| #4295, aired 2003-04-11 | GOVERNMENT WORK $2,000 (Daily Double): Next to the president is the vice president; this "vice" is the crown's main representative in a territory a viceroy |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH... $1000: My camera could only take shots of bald people, so I called it Kojak, but it didn't do as well as his Kodak George Eastman |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | SNICKERS $800: In "Take the Money and Run", asked, "Do you think sex is dirty?", Woody said, "It is if you do it" this way right |
| #4256, aired 2003-02-17 | NOW YOU'RE COOKIN' $800: To take the dorsal blood vein out of a shrimp (it sounds like something Pine Valley's Anna might be good at) deveining |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS $700 (Daily Double): It doesn't take a nuclear physicist to figure out that he won the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize Andrei Sakharov |
| #4234, aired 2003-01-16 | FACTS & FIGURES $800: Take this down: it's the horse that won the Belmont in 1973 by a record 31 lengths Secretariat |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AROUND THE WORLD $800: The Gulfs of Aqaba & Suez border this Egyptian peninsula the Sinai Peninsula |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | I'M SUPERSTITIOUS! $1000: One well-known superstition is that it's bad luck to walk under one of these a ladder |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: This Iraqi capital was founded on the western bank of the Tigris River in 762 A.D. by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur Baghdad |
| #4217, aired 2002-12-24 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $1600: In the best picture of '95, this actor exclaimed, "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!" Mel Gibson (from Braveheart) |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | PARTY TIME! $800: Invited to a party for this wedding anniversary? Take some of the "bad luck" off it by giving lace, the traditional gift 13th anniversary |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | TO A "T" $800: The main force; if you can 'bear" it, you take on most of the burden brunt/weight |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | GAME SHOWS $200: In old titles this word preceded "a Chance", "a Guess" & "My Word for It" "Take" |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To deal with a problem head on is "to take" it "by the horns" the bull |
| #4194, aired 2002-11-21 | TAKE A LETTER $800: In German, it usually has the sound that English gives to the letter before it in the alphabet W |
| #4194, aired 2002-11-21 | TAKE A LETTER $1000: Used chiefly in poetic or religious invocations, it's an interjection expressing strong emotion O |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | 1902 $600: He & Matthew Henson made their first serious attempt to reach the North Pole, but it would take 7 more years Robert Peary |
| #4192, aired 2002-11-19 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $800: Traditionally, sabbatical leave, which teachers take for study or travel, comes once every this many years 7 |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | THE FRENCH HAVE A(N ENGLISH) WORD FOR IT $600: This attachment adds a burst of light to brighten the photos of the Eiffel Tower that you take at night flash |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | TAKE THIS JOB $200: It's the title occupation shared by opera characters "of Baghdad" & "of Seville" barber |
| #4151, aired 2002-09-23 | BODY PARTS $400: A fighter might "take it on" this body part without flinching the chin |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | ARTS & CRAFTS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew models the colors.) For fun, you can take one of Dad's old t-shirts & turn it into this style of colorful shirt tie-dye |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | ALSO AN AUTO $400: It won't tax you much to take a gamble & name this Riviera city 9 miles from Nice, France Monte Carlo |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | FRENCH DERIVATIONS $1600: First developed in France, the name of this sport comes from the word meaning "take this", as in try to hit it tennis |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS OF CONGRESS $1,000 (Daily Double): Congress can do this, but by the 27th Amendment it can't take effect until after the next election give themselves a raise |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | TAKE IT "EZ" $400: They're the type of artists seen here trapeze |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | TAKE IT "EZ" $800: In some theaters it's the lowest balcony the mezzanine |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | TAKE IT "EZ" $1200: In 1989 this tanker caused the largest oil spill in U.S. history the Exxon Valdez |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | TAKE IT "EZ" $1600: California honors this late Latino labor leader with a state holiday on or around March 31, his birthday (Cesar) Chavez |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | TAKE IT "EZ" $2000: On his "In the Fiddler's House" CD, Itzhak Perlman jazzed things up with this type of Jewish folk music klezmer |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | MEASURING UP $800: The smallest unit of weight commonly used in the U.S., you can take it with one of salt grain |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Dee Snider band who sang "We're Not Gonna Take It" to Caroline Meeber in a Dreiser novel Twisted Sister Carrie |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | RUN "IT" UP $1200: One more time, it's the 1975 title order from the Eagles "Take It To The Limit" |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | BEATLES LYRICS $800: "Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all" "Taxman" |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | CANALS $200: It has its own pilots who take over on ships passing through it from Gatun to Balboa Panama Canal |
| #4116, aired 2002-06-24 | GARDEN TALK $400: In "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" it's what you do, do, do for the home team root |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | MILITARY MEN $400: "It Doesn't Take a Hero" is the autobiography of this commander of the Persian Gulf War Schwarzkopf |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | YOUR INITIAL RESPONSE IS CORRECT $10,000 (Daily Double): This postal abbreviation of the "Old Line State" has been doctored MD |
| #4100, aired 2002-05-31 | TAKE A SHOT $800: In volleyball, it's a hard smash close to the net almost straight down into the opponent's court spike |
| #4093, aired 2002-05-22 | IT'S TOO DARN HOT! $400: You shouldn't take these heat tablets named for a seasoning unless your physician recommends them salt tablets |
| #4093, aired 2002-05-22 | LEISURE ACTIVITIES $800: To "take" one of these means to walk a long distance for pleasure; in slang, it means to go away a hike |
| #4091, aired 2002-05-20 | ON A PRINCESS CRUISE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew takes her place as captain of the ship.) It's my turn to take over steering the boat or take the, this wheel or helm |
| #4075, aired 2002-04-26 | THIS IS C_NN_ $1000: It means to take parts out of an old machine to fix another one like it, or to have a friend for dinner cannibalize |
| #4069, aired 2002-04-18 | DESERT PLANTS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Botanical Garden in Phoenix.) You could call these giant cacti "late bloomers." It may take 70 years for them to develop their first branch saguaro |
| #4053, aired 2002-03-27 | YOU LITTLE MINKS! $400: Collier's says a mink's discharge when provoked is nastier than this animal's; we'll take their word for it a skunk |
| #4053, aired 2002-03-27 | THE 60s $800: In 1940 it was the top prize in the radio question-&-answer show "Take It or Leave It" $64 |
| #4047, aired 2002-03-19 | TAKE A GAMBLE $400: By local law, it's illegal for citizens of this country to gamble in the casinos of Monte Carlo Monaco |
| #4047, aired 2002-03-19 | TAKE A GAMBLE $800: It's the horse racing combination in which you pick the winners of 2 specific races on the same day the daily double |
| #4038, aired 2002-03-06 | THE CIVIL WAR $2000: Joseph Johnston caught his death of cold at the 1891 funeral of this union general who had accepted his surrender General (William T.) Sherman |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | ARTHUR-IAN LEGENDS $2000: It shouldn't take you "a thousand days" to come up with this shared name of father & son U.S. historians Arthur Schlesinger |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | TAKE ME TO THE ZOO! $200: You don't have to go to the desert to ride one of these humped mammals; you can do it at the Philadelphia Zoo a camel |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | TAKE ME TO THE ZOO! $600: It's fun to ride the Cypress Bayou Railroad at the zoo in this capital of Louisiana Baton Rouge |
| #4015, aired 2002-02-01 | TAKE THE "MONEY" & RUN $2000: It's the "place" for short-term trade in low-risk securities money market fund |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600 (Daily Double): It's about 9.46 trillion kilometers, give or take a few kilometers light-year |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | NATIONS OF THE WORLD $1200: With 1,600,000 lira to the dollar, it'll only take you $.63 to be a millionaire in this country spanning Europe & Asia Turkey |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | PASS ME A MINT $2000: Saint David suggested the Welsh take one of these & wear it in their hat to distinguish friend from foe a leek |
| #3992, aired 2002-01-01 | MMM, LEGUMES! $2000: The legume seen here (Take a look.), it was demanded by John Cleese as highwayman Dennis Moore a lupine |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | REMEMBER THE '60s? $1,000 (Daily Double): Hundreds died in a student protest in Mexico City on Oct. 2, 1968, 10 days before these opened Summer Olympics |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | "B" ON THE LOOKOUT $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew climbs a rock-climbing wall.) As a noun, it's a large rock; as a rock-climbing verb, it means to take an easy route close to the ground boulder |
| #3973, aired 2001-12-05 | WHAT ARE "YOU" DOING? $800: This 1938 James Stewart film won Best Picture & earned an Oscar for its director, Frank Capra You Can't Take It with You |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | INTERNATIONAL INTERNET CODES $400: It doesn't take a high I.Q. to figure out that .iq represents this nation Iraq |
| #3969, aired 2001-11-29 | THE 20th CENTURY PLAY'S THE THING $1200: In the '30s Wolfe wrote "You Can't Go Home Again" & Kaufman & Hart wrote "You Can't" do this Take It with You |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | AT THE MOVIES $3,200 (Daily Double): 1992 Oscar winner with the line "It's a hell of a thing killin' a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have" Unforgiven |
| #3958, aired 2001-11-14 | GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS $1000: The title of this 1962 Faulkner novel refers to 3 young men who steal a car & take it for a joy ride The Reivers |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | TAKE ME TO THE THEATRE! $400: Thou shalt not miss "Thou Shalt Not" because it features songs by this singer & pianist seen here Harry Connick |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | RAISING ARIZONA $400: "Well I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona" in this 1972 Eagles hit Take It Easy |
| #3936, aired 2001-10-15 | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ALUMNI $400: It'd take more than "60 Minutes" to honor this anchor/alum, also a character in "The Insider" Mike Wallace |
| #3936, aired 2001-10-15 | AD CAMPAIGNS $400: This company took us for a ride with "It's Such a Comfort to Take the Bus and Leave the Driving to Us" Greyhound |
| #3935, aired 2001-10-12 | SURVIVAL SKILLS $200: To control bleeding, apply direct pressure on the wound & on these, which supply blood to the affected area arteries |
| #3924, aired 2001-09-27 | THAT'S SO CLICHE $500: To be skeptical is "to take it with a grain of" this seasoning salt |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | ENTERTAINMENT NEWS $1000: I pity the lymphoma that was stupid enough to take on this "A-Team" star; he beat it, he beat it good Mr. T |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | WEAPONS OF WAR $500: It's the impressive weapon seen here that can take off & land vertically the Harrier |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | 4 "N" WORDS & PHRASES $400: It's the point in a baseball game when fans traditionally stand & sing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" the seventh inning stretch |
| #3902, aired 2001-07-17 | JEOPARDY! PLACE THE FINAL EPISODE $500: (Gilbert reads, with organ music.) At Emily and Drake's wedding, Trent meets Brad; they hit it off & take a "fun" cruise on this Kathie Lee advertised line Carnival |
| #3899, aired 2001-07-12 | ABC $200: It describes an exercise that helps you take in oxygen aerobic |
| #3895, aired 2001-07-06 | LET'S TAKE A WORLD TOUR $200: It's the sacred river that runs through Kanpur & Allahabad Ganges |
| #3895, aired 2001-07-06 | LET'S TAKE A WORLD TOUR $800: Originally settled by the Dutch, this country of NE South America came under British control in the 19th century Guyana |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | TAKE THE KIDS! $300: If your kids can't fall asleep, take them to this city's Neon Museum; it's open all night long Las Vegas |
| #3860, aired 2001-05-18 | ANN-A-GRAMS $1000: Love being a prima ballerina (stop) hate playing the dying swan (stop) it's 1925, I'll take the pension (stop) Anna Pavlova |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | TO YOUR HEALTH $200: Among these, A is fat-soluble so your body stores it, but C is water-soluble so you need to take it regularly Vitamins |
| #3819, aired 2001-03-22 | I KNOW THAT SONG $400: "Someone left the cake out in the rain, I don't think that I could take it 'cause it took so long to bake it..." "MacArthur Park" |
| #3818, aired 2001-03-21 | QUESTIONS $800: "Macbeth" begins with a witch asking this question When shall we 3 meet again? |
| #3783, aired 2001-01-31 | "WHEEL" OF FORTUNE $200: This toy line helps Mattel claim it makes more cars each year than the big 3 automakers combined Hot Wheels |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | CLIMB IT $100: You can climb to the crown of this NYC landmark but you have to take the stairs, all 354 of them! Statue of Liberty |
| #3773, aired 2001-01-17 | PLAY TIME $800: George S. Kaufman co-wrote "You Can't Take It With You" & "The Man Who Came to Dinner" with this man Moss Hart |
| #3742, aired 2000-12-05 | NUMBER, PLEASE $200: In popular phrases it follows "gimme" & "take" Five |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | MONEY TALKS $200: It's an old warning said on parting about not accepting false five-cent pieces "Don't take any wooden nickels" |
| #3728, aired 2000-11-15 | THE "SS" WORD $200: To study in minute detail or take apart; some people draw the line at doing it to frogs Dissect |
| #3718, aired 2000-11-01 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: When it's wet out, don't forget to take your brolly, one of these Umbrella |
| #3710, aired 2000-10-20 | ALMOST-RHYME TIME $1,200 (Daily Double): She wrote the almost-rhyming verse heard here
["Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul..."] Emily Dickinson |
| #3700, aired 2000-10-06 | THE CIRCUS $200: For the Big Apple Circus, it takes a crew of 35 5 hours to set this up, & 3 hours to take it down the (big) tent |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | ___THE___ $200: Carry off the prize; it's what the peasants might have done after Marie Antoinette's exclamation Take the cake |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | HIGH "IQ" $400: Don't take it personally, it's just a detailed analysis of a subject or literary work Critique |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | ABSOLUTELY NOTHING $600: Mary Richards can take one of these "and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile" A nothing day |
| #3622, aired 2000-05-09 | YOUNG STARS $200: It doesn't take a Sherlock to know this "Dawson's Creek" star witnessed some "Disturbing Behavior" on film Katie Holmes |
| #3549, aired 2000-01-27 | CLASSIC ROCK LYRICS $100: The Beatles told this title guy to "take a sad song and make it better" Jude |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | BEIN' GREEN $200: A mini matador may take it on: Bullfrog |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | ANNIVERSARY GIFTS $200: It's a nice gift for the 35th, but if you take it out of a U.S. reef you may be arrested Coral |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | NEW YORK FOR THE KIDS $200: If your kids want to know who's buried in this tomb, take them to see it at Riverside Drive & 122nd Street Grant's Tomb |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | THE BIG APPLE $400: It's what John Smith could have called his dad's mom, or a variety of green apple grown in the U.S. Granny Smith |
| #3496, aired 1999-11-15 | BRIDGE OF SIZE $500: One of the world's longest railroad bridges, the Huey P. Long Bridge, is found in Metairie in this U.S. state Louisiana |
| #3480, aired 1999-10-22 | MARRIED WITH CHILDREN $100: It can be an early harmonious period for a president, or a married couple can take a "second" one without the kids Honeymoon |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): A 1969 war between Honduras & El Salvador followed a qualifying match for this sporting event World Cup (of soccer) |
| #3474, aired 1999-10-14 | TV TO FILM $100: An ad line for this 1998 film read, "On June 19 Take Your Greatest Fear and Multiply it By X" The X-Files |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | SLOGANEERING $100: When going out, take this card because "It's Everywhere You Want to Be" Visa |
| #3467, aired 1999-10-05 | DESTRUCTION $600: In June 1999 European Union officials said it would take over $3 billion to rebuild this region Kosovo |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | QUOTATIONS FROM HELL $400: It precedes, "And I'm not going to take it any more" "I'm mad as hell" |
| #3429, aired 1999-07-01 | "BOOT" CAMP $1000: City name for the device that keeps a parked car from going anywhere Denver boot |
| #3406, aired 1999-05-31 | BEST DIRECTOR $800: "You Can't Take It with You" Frank Capra |
| #3364, aired 1999-04-01 | SPELL IT BACKWARDS $100: When males take on females, it's called "The Battle of" these S-E-X-E-S |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | 2-LETTER SPELLING $100: To work this tool, you just have to take a whack, not at it, but with it A-X |
| #3339, aired 1999-02-25 | AROUNDA ROMA $400: Take your loofa to the National Roman Museum; part of it was once these of Diocletian Baths |
| #3320, aired 1999-01-29 | CHOCOLATEY QUOTES $100: This song begins "Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two?" "The Candy Man" |
| #3320, aired 1999-01-29 | PLAYGROUND PUNCHLINES $200: It's how you stop an elephant from charging Take away his charge/credit card! |
| #3320, aired 1999-01-29 | "D"SERT $1000: If you want more of this curranty Scottish pudding, get off yours & take it Duff |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | HOMOPHONES $400: Take note, it can mean to jot down, or a religious ceremony Write/rite |
| #3309, aired 1999-01-14 | VERY CROSS WORD CLUES $800: From Latin for "shade", you can "give" or "take" it Umbrage |
| #3288, aired 1998-12-16 | TAKE A LETTER $200: It's the only multi-syllable letter in our alphabet W |
| #3288, aired 1998-12-16 | TAKE A LETTER $400: It was "fantastically embroidered and illuminated upon" Hester Prynne's gown A (The Scarlet Letter) |
| #3285, aired 1998-12-11 | TV THEME SONGS $500: "When it looks like you will take a lickin'... just callllll for" him Super Chicken |
| #3268, aired 1998-11-18 | ENDURANCE $5,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm astronaut Wendy Lawrence aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Many space shuttle missions have taken U.S. astronauts to the orbiting Russian space station Mir.) This woman who spent six months on Mir in 1996 holds the U.S. astronaut record for consecutive days in space Dr. Shannon Lucid |
| #3266, aired 1998-11-16 | COLLEGE MEMORIES $100: It's the one-word name for the exams you take at the end of school terms Finals |
| #3266, aired 1998-11-16 | IT'S ALL ABOUT "YOU", ISN'T IT? $800: This Kaufman & Hart comedy portrays the antics of the wacky Sycamore family You Can't Take It With You |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | TAKE IT OFF! TAKE IT OFF! $100: In rhyme, Polly put it on & Sukey took it off Kettle |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | TAKE IT OFF! TAKE IT OFF! $200: When CBS took this show off its schedule for 1998, it angered its viewers & its star Jane Seymour "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | TAKE IT OFF! TAKE IT OFF! $300: A tamale is traditionally cooked inside this; peel it off before eating Corn husk |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | TAKE IT OFF! TAKE IT OFF! $400: Used by male "strippers", it's the tool seen here Belt sander |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | TAKE IT OFF! TAKE IT OFF! $500: Now in Oregon, it took off only once -- November 2, 1947 with Howard Hughes piloting The Spruce Goose |
| #3239, aired 1998-10-08 | FIX THE PROVERB $100: Be it ever so numbing, there's no place like Nome Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home |
| #3236, aired 1998-10-05 | TAKE "TEN" $200: We won't spare you; it's the most popular form of bowling in the world Ten pin |
| #3233, aired 1998-09-30 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $300: He wrote "Running On Empty" & co-wrote "Take It Easy" Jackson Browne |
| #3222, aired 1998-09-15 | BUSINESS MEN $300: It shouldn't take you overnight to deliver the name of this company Fred Smith founded in 1973 Federal Express |
| #3210, aired 1998-07-10 | "DOUBLE" OR "NOTHING" $500: If Suzette tells Pierre "Your tower's quite an 'Eiffel'", he may take it as one of these a double entendre |
| #3203, aired 1998-07-01 | "EYE" GUESS $300: Take a look at the monitors players: It was used to take the photo seen here: fish-eye lens |
| #3201, aired 1998-06-29 | THE "LONG" & THE "SHORT" OF IT $200: Take note: a secretary takes notes using this system that uses symbols for words & phrases shorthand |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | TAKE THE CAKE $400: German for "something strewn", it's a coffeecake with a crumbly topping Streusel |
| #3183, aired 1998-06-03 | IT'S A PLANE! $400: In 1954 the Convair XFY-1 became the first plane to make a VTOL -- this kind of take-off & landing Vertical |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | ROCK ARTISTS $300: 2 years before "Take It Easy" was released, they backed Linda Ronstadt on her "Silk Purse" LP in 1970 The Eagles |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | ANATOMY CLASS $400: Remember, it's in this largest part of the brain that learning & remembering take place Cerebrum |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | BAGHDAD NOT BY THE BAY $200: TV series that featured the Baghdad native seen here in doll form I Dream of Jeannie |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | LET'S PLAY POKER $500: The biggest annual poker game there is, it's held at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas each spring the World Series of Poker |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | G IS FOR GRAFTON $100: Not guilty,
"I is for..." Innocent |
| #3138, aired 1998-04-01 | APRIL $200: This song, heard here, was one of 6 No. 1 hits for its performer:
"Every star's a wishing star that shines for you..." "April Love" |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | A "B" CITY $500: The center of the Czech Republic's wool industry, it looks like it needs to buy a vowel Brno |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | "LIGHT"s $200: To do this to someone's plight, you could trivialize it, or just take the P away make light of it |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | "LIGHT"s $400: A joking question asked about many groups is "How many does it take to" do this screw in a light bulb |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | BODY PART HOMONYMS $800: It seems like it's hopping away when some guys take a shower Hair (hare) |
| #3086, aired 1998-01-19 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: It means to weaken a support; it could mean to take too little out of the ground Undermine |
| #3073, aired 1997-12-31 | BOWL GAME NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1942 Oregon State & Duke duked it out in this bowl's temporary WWII home in Durham, N.C. the Rose Bowl |
| #3056, aired 1997-12-08 | ASTRONAUT LINGO $1000: It "panes" us to tell you it's the limited period during which a craft can take off to accomplish its mission Window |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | BELCHING $1000: Novel in which Sam Spade tries to ditch a cop who says, "You belched for help and now you've got to take it" The Maltese Falcon |
| #3000, aired 1997-09-19 | ANIMALS $400: The siamang of Sumatra & Malaysia is the largest type of this smallest ape a gibbon |
| #2997, aired 1997-09-16 | FAMOUS MOUNTS $200: You can take it for granite that this South Dakota landmark has four 60' heads carved into it Mount Rushmore |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | "POP" THE QUESTION $100: Dreaded by students, it follows the order, "Books under your desk, take out a pencil & paper" Pop Quiz |
| #2994, aired 1997-09-11 | "EASY" QUESTIONS $400: One of the 2 "Easy" hits by The Eagles that flew into the Top 40 "Take It Easy" (or "Peaceful Easy Feeling") |
| #2982, aired 1997-07-15 | NAME THE DECADE $100: "American Bandstand" debuts,
Federal troops sent to Little Rock,
Alaska becomes a state the 1950s |
| #2970, aired 1997-06-27 | WHEN YOU WERE A KID $500 (Daily Double): It's the make your own drink product seen here: Fizzies |
| #2936, aired 1997-05-12 | TAKE A LETTER $100: On report cards, it's the opposite of P F |
| #2936, aired 1997-05-12 | TAKE A LETTER $200: It makes Mary or Bill very possessive S |
| #2936, aired 1997-05-12 | TAKE A LETTER $500: It's the seventh tone in a C-major scale B |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | MEDICINE $1000: Streptococci cause this childhood "fever" characterized by a bright red rash & high temperature Scarlet fever |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | ANIMAL SONGS $300: The Beatles urged it to "Take these broken wings and learn to fly" "Blackbird" |
| #2869, aired 1997-02-06 | STAR TREK $500 (Daily Double): Creature seen here from the original series, it was brought back for a special "DS9" episode a tribble |
| #2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ROCK MUSIC $400: This group's 1972 hit "Take It Easy" was written by group member Glenn Frey & Jackson Browne The Eagles |
| #2812, aired 1996-11-19 | MOVIE CLASSICS $300: 1941 classic in which Bogart tells Peter Lorre, "When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it!" The Maltese Falcon |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | ART & ARTISTS $1,200 (Daily Double): After a nervous breakdown in 1908, he became more positive & painted lovely murals for the Univ. of Oslo (Edvard) Munch |
| #2786, aired 1996-10-14 | SAINTS $400: It might take an Einstein to figure out that he's the patron saint of science students Albert |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | MATH PROBLEMS $400: If you drink 2 pints of milk a day, it would take you this many days to drink a gallon 4 |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | SUPERSTITIONS $300: To sailors it's a delight at night, but in the morning, they'd best take warning red sky |
| #2696, aired 1996-04-29 | TAKE IN ORDER $300: I Don't Know played it third base |
| #2689, aired 1996-04-18 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: It can mean once around the track, or to take in liquid with the tongue lap |
| #2682, aired 1996-04-09 | GAMES $300: You take an opponent's checker after you do this to it jump it |
| #2680, aired 1996-04-05 | QUOTATIONS $100: Robert Frost wrote, it "Is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in" Home |
| #2644, aired 1996-02-15 | DC COMICS $200: It's Wolverine vs. Lobo, Aquaman vs. Sub-Mariner & more as this company's heroes take on DC's in a miniseries Marvel |
| #2641, aired 1996-02-12 | MISSIONARIES $1000: In 1539 Franciscan missionary Marcos de Niza came upon this septet of Zuni settlements Seven Cities of Cibola |
| #2634, aired 1996-02-01 | TAKE THE "EL" $200: It's the West Texas town Marty Robbins made famous in song El Paso |
| #2610, aired 1995-12-29 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $100: Don't throw this away: take it out of your medicine bottles & use it to apply nail polish remover cotton |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | TAKE IN ORDER $100: It's defined as emergency medical treatment given before professionals arrive first aid |
| #2544, aired 1995-09-28 | BIOGRAPHIES $400: Peter Petre collaborated with this general on his 1992 book "It Doesn't Take a Hero" (Norman) Schwarzkopf |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | NUMBER, PLEASE $200: It shouldn't take you a minute to tell us there are this many seconds in a minute 60 |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | HUMPHREY BOGART FILMS $600: The 2 Humphrey Bogart films with "Sierra" in their titles The Treasure of the Sierra Madre & High Sierra |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | THE PLANETS $300: It would take about 25 of this smallest planet to make up the mass of the second smallest, Mercury Pluto |
| #2494, aired 1995-06-08 | "MAN"LY WORDS & PHRASES $400: He can "take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it in choc'late and a miracle or two" the Candy Man |
| #2440, aired 1995-03-24 | RIVERS $1,300 (Daily Double): Pakistan's fertile Punjab Plain is irrigated by this river & its tributaries the Indus River |
| #2430, aired 1995-03-10 | THE CONGRESS $1000: Carl Hayden, who represented this state in the House & Senate, served in Congress the longest—57 yrs. Arizona |
| #2421, aired 1995-02-27 | FILMS OF THE '70s $200: Film in which Peter Finch yelled, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" Network |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | PAN-AMERICA $300: It's over 40 miles long, opened in 1914 & ships take about 8 hours to pass through it the Panama Canal |
| #2408, aired 1995-02-08 | "TAKE" FIVE $300: It refers to what's left of your paycheck after the payroll deductions have been made take home pay |
| #2408, aired 1995-02-08 | "TAKE" FIVE $500: A declaration of the minimum requirement to perform an Argentine dance It takes two to tango |
| #2404, aired 1995-02-02 | EXPLORERS $400: Edsel Ford was one of the backers of his flight over the North Pole Byrd |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | "OF" $400: "It doesn't take much to see that the problems of 3 little people don't amount to" this "in this crazy world" a hill of beans |
| #2384, aired 1995-01-05 | DISNEYLAND $300: You can climb aboard this ride at the Disneyland Hotel & take it all the way to Tomorrowland the monorail |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | RULES FROM EXODUS $500: 23:8 warns not to take one of these inducements, for it "perverteth the words of the righteousness" bribe (or gift) |
| #2356, aired 1994-11-28 | HAPPY HANUKKAH $500: Parents might give the kids a little Hanukkah gelt, which is this money |
| #2347, aired 1994-11-15 | COLLECTIONS $200: Ted Schuler of Tennessee has 3,997 full bottles of this on his walls; take one down, pass it around & he has 3,996 Beer |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | GEOGRAPHIC ANAGRAMS $500: If you take the superexpress train, Tokyo is only about 3 hours from this city Kyoto |
| #2274, aired 1994-06-23 | SPANISH WORDS & PHRASES $500: No tengo nada que declarar, a phrase often heard at the customs office, means this I have nothing to declare |
| #2274, aired 1994-06-23 | LABOR $1000: Under the USA's new family leave law, an eligible employee can take off a maximum of this many weeks for childbirth 12 |
| #2254, aired 1994-05-26 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800 (Daily Double): This author of "All the King's Men" edited a 1971 book about John Greenleaf Whittier's poetry Robert Penn Warren |
| #2236, aired 1994-05-02 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: It can take gov't about 20 months to process 1 of these applications & you may need a working model patent |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | "NIGHT" MUSIC $300: Kris Kristofferson wrote this impassioned plea that begins, "Take the ribbon from your hair" "Help Me Make It Through The Night" |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | ECONOMICS $400: Take note, it's the Central Bank of the United States Federal Reserve |
| #2115, aired 1993-11-12 | THE BODY HUMAN $1,200 (Daily Double): If you fracture your scaphoid bone of the lower end of your radius, you've broken this joint wrist |
| #2095, aired 1993-10-15 | SCHOOL DAYS $300: It doesn't take a CPA to figure out a student's GPA, which stands for this grade point average |
| #2075, aired 1993-09-17 | I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN $200: New Yorkers call it "The Village" Greenwich Village |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: As a new way to take Vicksburg, Grant tried to change the course of this major river--it didn't work the Mississippi |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | NONFICTION $300: He "generalizes" about his life & the Persian Gulf War in "It Doesn't Take a Hero" Norman Schwarzkopf |
| #2044, aired 1993-06-24 | REMEMBER THE ALAMO! $200: It took this man & his army 13 days to take the Alamo; it took the Texas army 18 minutes to beat him at San Jacinto Santa Anna |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | ANIMALS $200: A young kangaroo rides around in this until it's big enough to take care of itself a pouch |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $200: A 1983 revival of "You Can't Take It with You" reunited Eddie Albert with this glamorous "Green Acres" co-star Eva Gabor |
| #2023, aired 1993-05-26 | TRANSPORTATION $500: The type of transport involved in a Nantucket sleigh ride a whaler |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | WEDDING ETIQUETTE $100: Some receptions have a separate one of of these for the groom; pieces of it are boxed for guests to take home cake |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | CALCULUS $600: You need calc. to take this earth measurement because it isn't a perfect sphere; if it were, you'd use (4/3) pi r3 volume |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | RAINING $200: Even if it's sunny, a person invited to a lunch he can't attend Often says, "I'll take" one of these a rain check |
| #1965, aired 1993-03-05 | TRANSPORTATION $300: A slang word for steamship, or the type of trunk travelers take on it a steamer |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | BIOLOGY $200: To breathe, fish take water in through the mouth & pass it through these, which absorb the oxygen the gills |
| #1952, aired 1993-02-16 | THE SCHOOL PLAY $1000: This Kaufman & Hart comedy is about the more than slightly off-center Sycamore Family You Can't Take It with You |
| #1918, aired 1992-12-30 | FOOD & DRINK $500: The oldest brewery in Venezuela makes a beer named for these mountains the Andes |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | POETS $400: This lord wrote, "O God! It is a fearful thing to see the human soul take wing" Lord Byron |
| #1874, aired 1992-10-29 | COUNTRY SINGERS $300: A year before he recorded "By The Time I Get to Phoenix", he played guitar on the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" Glen Campbell |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | SONG STANDARDS $700 (Daily Double): It's the question asked in "I Got Rhythm" Who could ask for anything more? |
| #1866, aired 1992-10-19 | AUTHORS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the middle name of the "Fool for Love" playwright born Samuel Rogers Sam Shepard |
| #1861, aired 1992-10-12 | ALABAMA $1,900 (Daily Double): The 1st Alabama-bound explorer was this Spaniard who marched across it in 1540 Hernando de Soto |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | POTPOURRI $400: From the Latin meaning "to take care of", it's a person who oversees a museum or library a curator |
| #1829, aired 1992-07-09 | U.S. HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Russell, Waddell & Majors, the men who started this service April 3, 1860, went bankrupt with it in 1861 the Pony Express |
| #1774, aired 1992-04-23 | WORLD HISTORY $300: The Great Leap Forward refers to the radical policies pursued in this country from 1958-1960 China |
| #1754, aired 1992-03-26 | NAME THE PLAY $800: Sheridan Whiteside,
Maggie Cutler &
"My Lady Nausea" The Man Who Came to Dinner |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | WHISTLES $200: It means to take a drink wet your whistle |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: It's the holiday on which the Tournament of Roses & Mummers parades usually take place New Year's Day |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | CLICHES $1000: To take money for one purpose & use it for another is to "Rob Peter to" do this pay Paul |
| #1697, aired 1992-01-07 | QUOTES $200: W.T. Ballard said, "You can take a boy out of" this NYC borough, "but you can never get" it "out of the boy" Brooklyn |
| #1690, aired 1991-12-27 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $500: A lipoma is a benign tumor that consists of this kind of tissue fat (tissue) |
| #1687, aired 1991-12-24 | LITERATURE $1000: He wrote "Stage Door" with Edna Ferber & "You Can't Take It with You" with Moss Hart George S. Kaufman |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | OCCUPATIONS $400: It's an official authorized to certify documents & take depositions a notary |
| #1670, aired 1991-11-29 | CARS $200: A Buick, or the European coastal region where you could take it for a spin Riviera |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $100: With over 1700 steps, it's quicker to take the elevator to the top of this Paris landmark the Eiffel Tower |
| #1626, aired 1991-09-30 | BRITISH FASHION HISTORY $600: In the 1820s it could take a man up to 2 hours to do this properly to his cravat tie it |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | FIRST LADIES $3,000 (Daily Double): 1 of her favorite paintings, "The Garden at Versailles" was painted in 1951 by her husband Mamie Eisenhower |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | THEATRE $1000: This Kaufman & Hart comedy about a madcap family won a 1937 Pulitzer Prize You Can't Take It with You |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | COMPLETES THE PLAY TITLE $200: "You Can't Take It..." with You |
| #1588, aired 1991-06-26 | ANTONYMS $400: Pronounced one way it's an antonym of take, pronounced another way it's an antonym of absent present |
| #1571, aired 1991-06-03 | LITERARY TRILOGIES $1,000 (Daily Double): "Judgment Day", the third book in James T. Farrell's famous trilogy, culminates in the death of this character Studs Lonigan |
| #1561, aired 1991-05-20 | POT LUCK $100: It doesn't take a bird brain to figure out stoolie is short for this a stool pigeon |
| #1547, aired 1991-04-30 | QUOTES $800: Elbert Hubbard said, "Don't take this too seriously; you will never get out of it alive" life |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | POP SINGERS $400 (Daily Double): In 1975, he reached the top 10 with a remake of the following 1962 number one hit
"Don't take your love away from me / Don't you leave my heart in misery" Neil Sedaka |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1,500 (Daily Double): The Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus & Benedictus & the Agnus Dei are five parts of these compositions masses |
| #1500, aired 1991-02-22 | KID STUFF $300: It's what you have to ask "it" before you can take those baby & giants steps Mother, may I? |
| #1500, aired 1991-02-22 | OLD TESTAMENT $600: Though Adonijah plotted to take the throne, it was this son who succeeded David Solomon |
| #1468, aired 1991-01-09 | MOVIE SONGS $100: He "can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two" "The Candy Man" |
| #1465, aired 1991-01-04 | TRAINS $500: It's the fastest train you can take from New York City to Washington, D.C. a Metroliner |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | NMOɊ-ƎɊISԀ∩ $700 (Daily Double): In 1980 this singer had a No. 1 hit with the following:
"Upside down / Boy, you turn me / Inside out / And round and round / Upside down / Boy, you turn me / Inside out / And round and round..." Diana Ross |
| #1387, aired 1990-09-18 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $200: Kyoto is the home of this beverage ceremony & tourists can take classes there to learn it tea ceremony |
| #1352, aired 1990-06-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): He won his first Grammy in 1972 for writing the following:
"Take the ribbon from your hair / Shake it loose and let it fall / Lay it soft upon my skin..." Kris Kristofferson |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | '60s MUSIC $400: In a song about marital problems, R.B. Greaves sang, "Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife, send a copy to" him my lawyer |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | SONGS OF THE '80s $400: Eddy Grant sang, "We're gonna rock down to" this "Avenue, and then we'll take it higher" "Electric Avenue" |
| #1316, aired 1990-04-30 | COMPLETES THE FILM TITLE $500: "Who is Killing the Great Chefs of..." Europe |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ABBREVIATIONS $300: You could see one of them write down "q.i.d.", but you might find it hard to read Doctors (they write that down on your prescription; take it 4 times a day) |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | PROVERBS $800: Proverb that was the title of a Kaufman/Hart play about an unconventional family "You Can't Take It With You" |
| #1265, aired 1990-02-16 | PEOPLE $1,100 (Daily Double): Performer heard here talking about his craft; you may never have heard him before:
"If I want to mime a flower, I take the shape of the flower..." Marcel Marceau |
| #1245, aired 1990-01-19 | QUOTES $200: Eddie Anderson said of him in character, "If he can't take it with him, he ain't gonna go" Jack Benny |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | COUNTRY CLASSICS $400: The title of a Roger Miller song, it precedes "they oughta take a rope and hang me" "Dang Me" |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | FAMOUS QUOTES $1000: Since he wrote "Network", "I'm mad as hell & I'm not going to take it anymore" is attributed to him Paddy Chayefsky |
| #1215, aired 1989-12-08 | IN OTHER WORDS... $400: Steal the thing, then again, let the thing stay put Take It or Leave It |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | LETTER PERFECT $200: It's the letter of the train Duke Ellington wants you to take A |
| #1204, aired 1989-11-23 | THE OLD WEST $100: Denoting cattle ownership, it could take the form of a monogram, phonogram or pictograph brand |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | TEXAS $700 (Daily Double): David G. Burnet, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Anson Jones & Sam Houston were the only ones to hold this office president of the Republic of Texas |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | WOMAN IN SPACE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1984 Kathryn Sullivan became the 1st American woman to perform this feat take a walk in space |
| #1175, aired 1989-10-13 | STATE NICKNAMES $800: Take the nickname of West Virginia, add green to it & you have this nickname of Vermont The "Green Mountain State" |
| #1161, aired 1989-09-25 | DANCE $500 (Daily Double): Dance that Eydie Gorme sang about in the following 1963 hit:
"I was at a dance / When he caught my eye / Standin' all alone / Lookin' sad and shy..." the bossa nova |
| #1146, aired 1989-09-04 | MINING $200: It's also called opencut mining & no, the machine operators don't take their clothes off strip mining |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | "GIVE" & "TAKE" $100: Act 20:35 says, "It is more blessed to" do this "give" (rather than receive.) |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | "GIVE" & "TAKE" $200: Henny Youngman's most famous 1-liner "My wife, take her please." ("Take my wife, please.") |
| #1133, aired 1989-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: When the British tried to take back Conn.'s charter, it was hidden, tradition says, in this type of tree oak |
| #1122, aired 1989-06-20 | MAKING THE ROUNDS $600 (Daily Double): In July 1964 this song became the 1st No. 1 single by an American male group in 11 months:
"We always take my car 'cause it's never been beat / And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet..." "I Get Around" |
| #1106, aired 1989-05-29 | 3-LETTER WORDS $300: It can be a sting from the cold or a small drink some might take to warm up nip |
| #1087, aired 1989-05-02 | 1986 $500: In a TV ad, this late actor said, "Now that I'm gone, I tell you: don't smoke..." Yul Brynner |
| #1084, aired 1989-04-27 | TELEVISION HISTORY $300: Even on the new ads it's still his voice telling you Timex watches take a licking & keep on ticking John Cameron Swayze |
| #1081, aired 1989-04-24 | AMERICAN WRITERS $200: He and Geo. S. Kaufman won a Pulitzer Prize for "You Can't Take It with You" Moss Hart |
| #1059, aired 1989-03-23 | BIRDS $600: Lunch for a vulture, it sounds like luggage you take on the plane carrion |
| #1032, aired 1989-02-14 | FISH $400: Take one of these fish, split it, salt it & smoke it, & you'll have a kipper a herring (*salmon) |
| #1032, aired 1989-02-14 | "G" WHIZ $600: The groom may throw this after the wedding, but he 1st has to take it off the bride the garter |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | TEENY THINGS $200: If you do something with skepticism, you "take it" with this tiny thing grain of salt |
| #1021, aired 1989-01-30 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the northernmost country that's a member of the Organization of American States United States |
| #990, aired 1988-12-16 | SHOW MUSIC $400: It begins, "Hear my voice where you are! Take a train; steal a car; hop a freight; grab a star..." Come Back to Me |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | GERMANY $200: Forced to abdicate in 1918, he died in exile in Holland in 1941 Kaiser Wilhelm (II) |
| #894, aired 1988-06-23 | KISSING $400 (Daily Double): In 1952, it became "Her Nibs" Miss Georgia Gibbs' 1st smash hit:
"The lips you only let me borrow / Love me tonight and let the devil take tomorrow / I know that I must have your kiss although it dooms me / Though it consumes me..." "Kiss Of Fire" |
| #891, aired 1988-06-20 | OLD TESTAMENT $200: He must have been a slow chiseler: it took him 40 days just to take down the 10 Commandments Moses |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | MOVIE BALLERINAS $800: "Sugar Babies" star who was tapped to play an aspiring ballerina in "You Can't Take It with You" Ann Miller |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN $500 (Daily Double): It's over 50 blocks long but only 3 blocks wide Central Park |
| #846, aired 1988-04-18 | BOTANY $500 (Daily Double): It's wise to know this attribute is shared by the needles of yew trees, mistletoe berries & rhubarb leaves they are all poisonous |
| #779, aired 1988-01-14 | GEOGRAPHIC COCKTAILS $300 (Daily Double): Title of the following, it's also a cocktail made of Scotch whisky, sugar, & bitters:
"Well you take the high road, and I'll take the low road"
"But I'll be in be in Scotland before ya /
For me and my true love may never meet again..." Loch Lomond |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600 (Daily Double): Composer of the following, which was featured in the movie about her life:
"You've come to tell me something you say I ought to know / That he don't love me anymore and I'll have to let him go / You say you're gonna take him, oh, but I don't..." Loretta Lynn |
| #759, aired 1987-12-17 | OPPOSITES IN SONG $200: While The Silhouettes were urged to "Get A Job", Johnny Paycheck told his employer this "Take This Job And Shove It" |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | GILBERT & SULLIVAN $1000: Take your time & you'll have this, the name of Bunthorne's intended bride & the operetta Patience |
| #735, aired 1987-11-13 | ANIMALS $300: The only African bird of prey with terrestrial habits, it can't type or take dictation the secretarybird |
| #722, aired 1987-10-27 | THE BEATLES $300: It's "waiting...", "hoping...", "coming...", & "dying to take you away" "The Magical Mystery Tour" |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600: Of imperial gals., U.S. gals. or liters, the 1 of which it would take greatest number to fill your tank liters |
| #712, aired 1987-10-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: Christopher Reeve said of this role, "It takes me 3 running steps to take off; I used to be able to do it in 1" Superman |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | SCIENCE $600: If a jogger could circle the Earth in 6 months, it would take him 5 1/2 years to run around this planet Jupiter |
| #696, aired 1987-09-21 | ADVERTISING $300: In the '60s men were urged to "take it off, take it all off" in commercials for this Noxzema shave cream |
| #694, aired 1987-09-17 | ROUTE OF THE BARGE $500: On May 12,1987, this town said it would take the stuff & maybe put up yellow ribbons to celebrate Islip, New York |
| #692, aired 1987-09-15 | "PIG" OUT $300: You "feed" it with change, then, when it's full, take a hammer to it a piggy bank |
| #678, aired 1987-07-15 | ASTRONOMY $1000: Unlike Halley's, it'll take another 75,000 years for this comet, 1st seen in 1973, to return Kohoutek |
| #664, aired 1987-06-25 | COOKING $600: Profession of the Italian cook who created "Tournedos Rossini" a composer |
| #650, aired 1987-06-05 | REFORMERS $800: Since no magazine would take her article on pollution, she turned it into a book "Silent Spring" Rachel Carson |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | TRANSPORTATION $400 (Daily Double): Group which topped the country charts with the following song about a truck driver:
[Truck noises]
"Roll on, highway /
Roll on along /
Roll on, Daddy, 'til you get back home /
Roll on family /
Roll on crew /
Roll on, Mama, like I asked you to do /
And roll on eighteen wheeler, roll on /
(Roll on!)..." Alabama |
| #619, aired 1987-04-23 | LYRICS $100: "Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it in choc'late & a miracle or two?" "The Candy Man" |
| #592, aired 1987-03-17 | TAKE A GUESS $500 (Daily Double): The companies behind stock ticker symbols XRX & XON Xerox and Exxon |
| #592, aired 1987-03-17 | TAKE A GUESS $500: Full name of "Great Gatsby" author, it includes full name of his "Star-Spangled" relative Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald |
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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Folake Dosu, a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
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2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Danny Vopava, a sophomore from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Brighton, Minnesota. [No contestant...
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Susan Mitchell, a chemical engineer from Houston, Texas
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Carlee Jensen, a senior from Santa Monica, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rachel Landau, a museum night security guard from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 26 player (2009-09-24).
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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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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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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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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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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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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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