| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS $100: Fittingly, this number of the amendment that repealed prohibition is also the legal drinking age in the U.S. the 21st Amendment |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 | 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 |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | MOTLEY CLUES $2000: This 1870s U.S. political party got its colorful name because it wanted to maintain or increase paper money circulation Greenbacks (Greenback Party) |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | BODIES OF WATER $400: In the first map of the new U.S.A. by an American, Pennsylvania doesn't have access to this lake which it got in a 1792 purchase Lake Erie |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | MIDDLE NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Biblical middle name of the man said to be the richest person in the U.S. at his death in 1848 Jacob |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | MUSIC OF THE 2000s $800: In 2001, he and his initial were everywhere with "U Remind Me" & "U Got It Bad" Usher |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | VACCINES $400: Prior to the vaccine, 3 to 4 million people a year in the U.S. got this disease also called rubeola measles |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $2000: In the wake of WWI, it was organized as a bureau; then it was an administration & in 1989 got a new name & cabinet status Veterans Affairs |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | CUBA BEFORE FIDEL $400: In 1762 Havana fell to the British, who later returned it to the Spanish & got this nearby future U.S. state in return Florida |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | SPELL IT LIKE THE BRITS $400: Your singing is lovely, Georgina; win "Britain's Got Talent" & Simon Cowell might hand you one of these for 250,000 pounds C-H-E-Q-U-E |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WOMEN $200: The U.S. team shows grace, stamina & split-second timing when practicing this sport synchronized swimming |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I GOT! $1200: This U.S. military medal; since 1962, civilians who've sustained a wound are eligible for it too Purple Heart |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | IF YOU'VE GOT THE TIME... $200: The first time it went into effect nationally in the U.S. was at 2:00 A.M. on April 24, 1966 Daylight Savings Time |
| #7875, aired 2018-11-30 | I GOT "U" BABE $1600: In old English law any interest on a loan was considered this; now it refers to outrageous rates usury |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | WHO HAS MY LETTER? $1000: There's a giant one on a Provo, Utah hillside; the letters "B" before it & "U" after it never got built Y |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | SPY STUFF $400: Now serving life, Aldrich Ames got $2.7 million to reveal the ID of every U.S. agent operating in this country Russia |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | "U" LOVE MUSIC $600: Made for the category, this R&B singer gave us "U Remind Me", "U Got It Bad" & "U Don't Have To Call" Usher |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | BACK IN BLACK $1000: U.S. taxpayers ponied up $180 billion to rescue this 3-letter insurance co., but got it all back, plus a profit AIG |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | U.S. RIVERS $1600: There's a maritime museum named for this river near its mouth in Astoria, Oregon the Columbia |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | "U" GOT THE LOOK $200: When signing in to a website, it's often paired with password username |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | "U" GOT THE LOOK $800: It's an 8-letter synonym for citify urbanize |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | "U" GOT THE LOOK $1000: Referring to its weight, it's the type of recreational aircraft seen here ultralight |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | THE DESOLATION OF SMOG $400: Residents thought it was a Japanese chemical attack when this U.S. metropolis got its first big smog on July 26, 1943 Los Angeles |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | BOOKS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE? $1600: HAL the computer returns in "____: Odyssey Two" MMX |
| #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | PUT ON YOUR NEON $2000: If you see the neon sign here, you're near the waterfront in this U.S. city Seattle |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $200: Romeo's family name M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E |
| #6635, aired 2013-06-21 | THE U.S. CITY RAINS SUPREME $800: Elvis got rained on when he moved to this city in 1948; it gets 54.7" a year Memphis |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | THE DAYS OF THE STAGECOACH $2000: John Butterfield, who got an 1857 contract to set up a coach route for this, had the motto "nothing on God's earth must stop" it the U.S. Mail |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | THE BRITISH ARE GOING! $2,000 (Daily Double): In 120-degree heat in April 2009, British combat operations ended in this country, turned over to a U.S. brigade Iraq |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR $200: This airline says it's got the "Spirit of Australia" (but still no U in its name) Qantas |
| #6240, aired 2011-11-04 | MAPMAKER, MAPMAKER $1200: A study says it's the most misspelled city in the U.S., but you got it right, with the final "H" Pittsburgh |
| #6214, aired 2011-09-29 | BLUES CLUES $1600: Heard here, he popularized the blues in the U.S. & even faraway England in the 1950s
"Got my mojo working /
But it just won't work on you" Muddy Waters |
| #6177, aired 2011-06-21 | WHAT DO U STAND FOR? $1600: In the ACLU Union |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | SPELL IT RIGHT $800: It's got mass appeal R-E-Q-U-I-E-M |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | THE QUOTA SYSTEM $400: People from this land were barred from immigrating to the U.S. in 1882; in 1943, as a WWII ally, it got a quota of 105 China |
| #5724, aired 2009-06-25 | AS "IF"! $1000: It's the only U.S. state that fits the category California |
| #5587, aired 2008-12-16 | WASHINGTON STATE $600: In 1962 Seattle got one of the first elevated ones of these in a U.S. city; it carried people to the World's Fair a monorail |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | U.S. HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): Seen here, he was the earliest president ever to be photographed, & the first to have a middle name John Quincy Adams |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | THE WILD & WOOLLY 1800s $5,400 (Daily Double): France got this territory back in 1800 & turned around & sold it to the U.S. a few years later Louisiana |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | U.S. CITIES $1000: In 2006 rival cities got crabby when Men's Fitness magazine named it the fittest city in America Baltimore |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | U.S. COINS $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Denver.) Though it depicts Caesar Rodney's ride to vote for the Declaration of Independence, Delaware got the Mint's first state quarter because it was the first to do this ratify the U.S. Constitution |
| #5154, aired 2007-01-25 | MATT-ICULOUS $600: In 1951 General Matthew Ridgway replaced this man as U.N. Forces Commander-in-Chief in Korea (Gen. Douglas) MacArthur |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | EUROPE'S GOT TALENT TOO $1200: Put your hands together & do this, like Martha Gibson of the U.K., who at age 7 did it louder than anyone else clap |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | MOSCOW KNOW-HOW $9,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Moscow, Russia.) Luminaries whose ashes are interred at the Kremlin Wall include this U.S. journalist portrayed in the movie "Reds" (John) Reed |
| #4962, aired 2006-03-21 | EGGHEADS $500 (Daily Double): She went to the U. of Denver at 15 & got a Ph.D. there studying the USSR; she's now in the Cabinet Condoleezza Rice |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | HONEST AL TREBEK'S USED CARS $800: This import had its U.S. debut in 1985 at $3,990, but its home country got split up later, so I'll let it go for a cool grand Yugo |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | LYRICALLY YOURS $1000: In this hit, "Feels so good when you know you're down, a super dope homeboy from the Oaktown... Stop. Hammer time" "U Can't Touch This" |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | WE GET LETTERS $1200: Alphabetically, it's the first letter that doesn't have a U.S. president's last name filed under it D |
| #4650, aired 2004-11-19 | DRIVING THE GREEN $1000: The EV1 got a fantastic 0 MPG, as it was a no-gas vehicle from this U.S. co. organized by William Durant in 1908 General Motors |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | GOT MILK? $200: AKA "America’s Dairyland", it’s one of the leading U.S. states in milk production Wisconsin |
| #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 |
| #4388, aired 2003-10-08 | U.S. CITIES $1600: New Hampshire's largest city, it was first named Harrytown, then Derryfield; it got its present name in 1810 Manchester |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $1000: Leo Szilard & this man finally got a patent for a nuclear reactor in 1955, but it was assigned to the U.S. Enrico Fermi |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | THE UNITED NATIONS $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is outside the U.N. building.) It's the U.N. goal & the reference from Isaiah expressed by the U.N. headquarters statue seen here beating swords into plowshares |
| #3702, aired 2000-10-10 | THE INQUISITION $400: This practice by the Inquisition was sanctioned in 1252; today there's a U.N. convention against it torture |
| #3692, aired 2000-09-26 | FAMOUS BUILDINGS $100: U.S. Army engineers built it in the early 1940s to house all of what was then the offices of the Department of War Pentagon |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | THE ROARING '20s $800: Maybe it was the campaign song Al Jolson wrote that got him elected U.S. president in 1920 Warren G. Harding |
| #3337, aired 1999-02-23 | THE GREAT SEAL OF THE U.S. $500: On the seal's reverse side this body part of "Providence" is seen Eye |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | "U" GOT IT! $200: Lauren Bacall's first job in the theater wasn't onstage; she worked in the house as one of these Usher |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | "U" GOT IT! $400: As far as we know, this 1989 hit is the only Oscar-winning song sung by an animated crab Under The Sea |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | "U" GOT IT! $800: It was once "The Breadbasket of the Soviet Union"; now it's "The Breadbasket of the C.I.S." Ukraine |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | "U" GOT IT! $1,000 (Daily Double): On Feb. 16, 1862 Ulysses S. Grant wrote that he would only accept this type of surrender Unconditional |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | "U" GOT IT! $1000: The name of this Indic language comes from a phrase that means "Language of the camp" Urdu |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | "U" GOT IT! $200: Keats wrote an "Ode On A Grecian" one Urn |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | "U" GOT IT! $400: It describes an avant-garde film, a secret political movement, or anything subterranean Underground |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | "U" GOT IT! $600: For most of the 1970s, it was dictator Dada's domain Uganda |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | "U" GOT IT! $800: Mesannepadda & Aannepadda were 2 early rulers of this 2-letter Sumerian city Ur |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | "U" GOT IT! $1000: In "The Last of the Mohicans" he shook his tomahawk at Magua & shouted, "Stay; Dog of the Wyandots!" Uncas |
| #2295, aired 1994-07-22 | WORD ORIGINS $100: This type of kidney bean got its name because it was a staple food of U.S. sailors a navy bean |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | U.S.A. $300: To see the National Museum of Women in the Arts, go to 13th St. & New York Ave. NW in this city Washington, D.C. |
| #1468, aired 1991-01-09 | U.S. MONEY $200: This bill got its nickname because the Roman numeral on it resembles a sawhorse or sawbuck the $10 bill |
| #1161, aired 1989-09-25 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: This Washington, D.C. school is the only liberal arts college for the deaf in the U.S. Gallaudet |
| #1054, aired 1989-03-16 | AMERICAN INDIANS $200: U.S. cavalry leader who defeated the Cheyenne at the 1868 Battle of the Washita George Armstrong Custer |
| #1009, aired 1989-01-12 | U.S. CITIES $800 (Daily Double): City in the title of the following song, Glen Campbell's 1st Top 40 hit:
"By the time I make Oklahoma /
She'll be sleeping..." Phoenix |
| #859, aired 1988-05-05 | GOVERNMENT $800: Adopted by Congress in 1913, this act completely reorganized the U.S. banking system the Owen-Glass Act (the Federal Reserve Act of 1913) |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | U.S. HISTORY $100: In 1868, long before labor unions got it, the federal gov't gave employees a workday this long 8 hours |
| #723, aired 1987-10-28 | U.S. HISTORY $400: The name of Robert Livingston's estate, Fulton named a steamship after it Clermont |
| #679, aired 1987-07-16 | THE MILITARY $400: It's the largest arm of the U.S. Army, though most of their fighting is done on foot the inantry |
| #633, aired 1987-05-13 | CORPORATE AMERICA $1000: In 1895, he led bankers who lent U.S. Treasury $31 million so it didn't need to stop currency redemption (J.P.) Morgan |
| #557, aired 1987-01-27 | LANGUAGES $400 (Daily Double): Vocal version of the following was only song ever to hit No. 1 in U.S. in this language:
[Instrumental music plays.] Japanese |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | U.S. STATES $1000: This state's capital was named in honor of Princess Anne of England Annapolis |
| #386, aired 1986-03-03 | WINES $600: It's the most prolific native grape in U.S. east of the Rockies the Concord grape |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | U.S.A. $100: It took its first vacation from New York in 100 years to appear in the '85 Rose Parade the Statue of Liberty's torch |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | U.S. STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): State in which this song takes place:
"And I dreamed about them cottonfields 'n' home /
I dreamed about my mother /
Dear old sister and papa and brother /
Dreamed about that sweetheart who's been waitin' for so long /
I wanna go home..." Michigan |
| #135, aired 1985-03-15 | U.S. STATES $1000: During the Civil War, this Midwest state sent proportionally the most men into the Union Army Kansas |
| #119, aired 1985-02-21 | U.S.A. $300: It's not a state but a commonwealth of the U.S. Puerto Rico |
| #115, aired 1985-02-15 | TRADE CENTERS $100: City that beer made famous, it still produces most in U.S. Milwaukee |
| #72, aired 1984-12-18 | COLLEGES $600: In the U.S., 58% of this ethnic group graduates from college Jewish |
| #68, aired 1984-12-12 | U.S. STATES $400: The New England state without an Atlantic Ocean coastline Vermont |
| #2, aired 1984-01-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $50: It scrapes the sky at 5th Avenue & 34th Street, New York City the Empire State Building |
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