#8988, aired 2023-12-06 | OUT OF CON TEXT $200: A memoir:
"On Feb. 4, 2004... Larry drove me to the women's prison in Danbury, Connecticut" Orange Is the New Black |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | CRINGEWORTHY OFFICE LINGO $400: It's a sonar-inspired way to say "contact me"--when "text me", "call me" or "email me" just won't cut it ping me |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | JOHNNY GILBERT SAYS THE NO. 1 HITS $600: "It's OK, he already in my DMs... Why are men great 'til they gotta be great? Don't text me, tell it straight to my face" "Truth Hurts" |
#8733, aired 2022-11-02 | YOU LEFT ME $600: You saw my text message but didn't respond--you "left me on" this read |
#8520, aired 2021-11-26 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME $800: "Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting", says this ancient text on strategy The Art of War |
#8346, aired 2021-03-01 | BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS $2000: "Hail to you gods... on that day of the great reckoning, behold me, I have come to you" is from this Ancient Egyptian text the Book of the Dead |
#8147, aired 2020-01-28 | NEWER NECCO CANDY HEARTS $800: In 1998, between "Call me" & "Text me", came this 2-word phrase invoking now-outmoded telecommunications "Fax me" (or "Page me") |
#7446, aired 2017-01-16 | OUT OF CON TEXT $200: A memoir: "On Feb. 4, 2004... Larry drove me to the women's prison in Danbury, Connecticut" Orange is the New Black |
#7022, aired 2015-03-10 | WORDS ABOUT WORDS $800: If the heroine of your 18th century romance novel says, "Text me", you've used this -ism anachronism |
#6626, aired 2013-06-10 | TEXT ME $200: Enough texting; let's meet in person, F2F face-to-face |
#6626, aired 2013-06-10 | TEXT ME $400: It's been fun, but GTG got to go |
#6626, aired 2013-06-10 | TEXT ME $600: HHOK (it starts with a laugh) ha ha, only kidding |
#6626, aired 2013-06-10 | TEXT ME $800: NOYB, you nosy texter none of your business |
#6626, aired 2013-06-10 | TEXT ME $1000: To quote the Beach Boys, GOK God only knows |
#6462, aired 2012-10-23 | SEND ME A TEXT $200: MLAS:
These "are sealed" my lips |
#6462, aired 2012-10-23 | SEND ME A TEXT $400: SLAP:
"Sounds like" this a plan |
#6462, aired 2012-10-23 | SEND ME A TEXT $600: WOTAM:
"Waste of" this valuable pair time & money |
#6462, aired 2012-10-23 | SEND ME A TEXT $800: PMFJI:
"Pardon me for" doing this jumping in |
#6462, aired 2012-10-23 | SEND ME A TEXT $1000: OOO:
These 3 words, so maybe on vacation out of office |
#5787, aired 2009-11-10 | "TEXT" ME $200: This system of linking Internet documents contains cross-references so you can jump easily between them hypertext |
#5787, aired 2009-11-10 | "TEXT" ME $400: It's the underlying or implicit meaning of a literary work subtext |
#5787, aired 2009-11-10 | "TEXT" ME $600: People quoted as saying horrifying things often protest that their words were taken out of this context |
#5787, aired 2009-11-10 | "TEXT" ME $1000: A 2007 government report was titled "Turn the Page: Making College" these "More Affordable" Textbooks |
#5787, aired 2009-11-10 | "TEXT" ME $5,200 (Daily Double): This is an ostensible reason put forward to conceal a true purpose or object a pretext |
#5607, aired 2009-01-13 | TEXT MESSAGING $800: "EM?", you really expect me to believe you don't know "EM?" stands for this? Excuse me! |
#5165, aired 2007-02-09 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGES $600: 2004:
edwrds & i lost 2 w?!
bk 2 senate 4 me.
btw, i lv heinz (ktchp, 2) (John) Kerry |
#5165, aired 2007-02-09 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGES $700 (Daily Double): 1787:
81 yrs old & penn. snds me 2 cnst cnv.
im gttng 2 old fr ths... stf.
lol Benjamin Franklin |
#5000, aired 2006-05-12 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGING $200: 1989:
stk @ embassy.
u.s. blsting vh @ me.
:(
ttyl (Manuel) Noriega |
#5000, aired 2006-05-12 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGING $800: 1981:
am canada's pm. dont no zonker r b.d. u kp txtng me abt. pls stp Pierre Trudeau |
#5000, aired 2006-05-12 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGING $1000: 1890:
wilhelm ii mkng me quit chnclr gig. off 2 est8s @ friedrichsruh, wch is impsbl 2 abbrv & b undrstd (Otto von) Bismarck |
#3778, aired 2001-01-24 | "TT"s ME $500: It's the text of an opera, as opposed to the music Libretto |
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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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida
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"He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
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