| #9375, aired 2025-07-11 | SORORITY NOW! $200: In 1998 the eyes of this state univ. were upon Kappa Phi Gamma, founded as the USA's first women's South Asian Greek-lettered org. Texas at UT-Austin |
| #9375, aired 2025-07-11 | 19th CENTURY FOLKS $1600: The Ether Dome at this New England hospital is where William T.G. Morton made the first use of modern surgical anesthesia in 1846 Massachusetts General |
| #9374, aired 2025-07-10 | SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND $400: In a Grimm Brothers tale, this lad's dad, a tailor, gives him a darning needle to use as a sword on his travels Tom Thumb |
| #9371, aired 2025-07-07 | YES, AND? $200: It's Latin for "and the rest"; we often use it as a single word etcetera |
| #9370, aired 2025-07-04 | PLANNING FOR DISASTER $200: In a pinch, you can use a bow drill made from wood & string to do this, but you can do it a whole lot faster if you've got a Zippo start a fire |
| #9370, aired 2025-07-04 | PLANNING FOR DISASTER $800: From Max Brooks' bestselling "Guide" to surviving these opponents--"use your head: cut off theirs" & "organize before they rise!" zombies |
| #9370, aired 2025-07-04 | PLANNING FOR DISASTER $1000: In crises affecting the water supply, a few drops of this product containing sodium hypochlorite can help make your water safe to drink bleach |
| #9370, aired 2025-07-04 | HOW "AUD" $2000: Usually in plural, it's an expression of approval; ancient Romans would use the Latin version of the word to solicit applause plaudits |
| #9370, aired 2025-07-04 | TV MAKES HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): The original 1980 version of this miniseries starred Richard Chamberlain & Toshiro Mifune & unlike the reboot, didn't use subtitles Shōgun |
| #9369, aired 2025-07-03 | GEOGRAPHY FILED UNDER "T" $600: The USA's oldest military monument honors the men who fought the Barbary pirates on "the shores of" this city Tripoli |
| #9367, aired 2025-07-01 | "SH"! $1200: Hebrew for "seven" gives us this word for a Jewish period of mourning; the use of low stools may be why you hear that you "sit" it shiva |
| #9365, aired 2025-06-27 | WORDS FROM ASIAN LANGUAGES $400: A Hindi word for "to press" likely led to this word for the product we use on our hair before applying conditioner shampoo |
| #9365, aired 2025-06-27 | NOW IT'S A MUSEUM $1200: Alameda, California, is home to a museum housed in this aircraft carrier named for a type of wasp the USS Hornet |
| #9363, aired 2025-06-25 | WELCOME TO YOUR MICROBIOME $400: Even the medicos use this simple 3-letter word for your digestive tract when talking about microbes residing there a gut |
| #9362, aired 2025-06-24 | AVIATION GLOSSARY $1200: The airport lights named for these furry animals use brilliant sequential flashes to help pilots land safely rabbits |
| #9361, aired 2025-06-23 | RIP VAN WINKLE SLEPT THROUGH IT $800: Rip snored through 1783, when the Treaty of Paris established this western border for the newly independent USA the Mississippi |
| #9360, aired 2025-06-20 | BRIT BITS $1600: This lane where you might encounter the Muffin Man runs behind London's oldest theatre that's still in use Drury Lane |
| #9359, aired 2025-06-19 | LESSER-KNOWN BLACK AMERICANS $400: Alexander Augustus, the USA's first Black professor of medicine was a founding faculty member at this D.C. university's med school in 1868 Howard |
| #9359, aired 2025-06-19 | WORLDWIDE PARTY TIPS $1600: When spelling these New Orleans Mardi Gras parade organizations in the names of Rex or Zulu, use a "K" to start krewes |
| #9357, aired 2025-06-17 | IN THE JUNK DRAWER $600: So far I've found several loose house keys & a rusty this type of "key" that I can use to open a beer once I find the scissors a church key |
| #9357, aired 2025-06-17 | HEROES NEED HELP $800: Helping Shrek, this character says, "I got a dragon here, & I'm not afraid to use it" Donkey |
| #9354, aired 2025-06-12 | YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS $1600: (Amanda Peet presents the clue..) Once one of the USA's best-known scientists, geologist Clarence King, discoverer of this mountain, then the tallest in the United States; when he died in 1901 his friends found out he had a second life, wife & five kids, while living as a Black man named James Todd Mount Whitney |
| #9353, aired 2025-06-11 | DO THE WRITE THING $400: Pilot pen co.'s 1973 patent for ink "erased by light wiping" led to an increase in the use of these now-common writing surfaces dry erase boards (whiteboards) |
| #9352, aired 2025-06-10 | HERE'S YOUR INVITATION $200: For her 2018 nuptials, Meghan Markle was the first to use this honorific on a royal wedding invite Ms. |
| #9348, aired 2025-06-04 | JEOPARDY! STRONG $400: The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency says to use strong these even if they're hard to remember, like the agency's name is passwords |
| #9348, aired 2025-06-04 | SPORTS FLICKS $2000: In a 2000 film, Omar Epps & Sanaa Lathan engage in these 2 title activities at USC love & basketball |
| #54, aired 2025-06-04 | IT'S A "E.S." FOR ME $400: Use light bulbs with this U.S. government certification; they burn longer & help cut down on greenhouse gases Energy Star |
| #54, aired 2025-06-04 | FASHION IN SONG $1200: In a Taylor Swift song, "She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts, she's cheer captain and I'm" here in the bleachers |
| #9347, aired 2025-06-03 | EVERYBODY'S AT THE "BAR" $400: Truefitt & Hill, called the world's oldest of these; they use shaving brushes & sell them, too barbers (a barbershop) |
| #9347, aired 2025-06-03 | 20th CENTURY POETRY $800: "may i feel said he" is a rarity among the works of this poet for the use of [collective gasp] a capital letter e.e. cummings |
| #9346, aired 2025-06-02 | & WE'RE "OFF" $800: The use of a drug in a way that hasn't been approved; it's common among those often excluded from clinical trials, like pregnant women off-label |
| #9345, aired 2025-05-30 | FROM OTHER LANGUAGES $200: From Italian for "little house", we use the word to mean a gambling establishment a casino |
| #9343, aired 2025-05-28 | A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE $2,000 (Daily Double): Academic Germans were the first to use this word to mean a 6-month period a Semester |
| #51, aired 2025-05-28 | SHOW THE DOOR $200: The USA's Open Door Policy of 1899 sought to ensure all countries had equal access to trade with this nation China |
| #51, aired 2025-05-28 | THE MOTORCYCLE OF THESEUS $200: Theseus replaced this lever operated with the left hand; bikers still use it, but 95% of U.S. car drivers don't use the same-named pedal clutch |
| #9342, aired 2025-05-27 | WHAT THE 20th CENTURY KIDS WERE SAYIN' $1200: This word was big in 1966: Carole Bayer Sager & Toni Wine heard Simon & Garfunkel use it & came up with the same "Kind Of Love" Groovy |
| #50, aired 2025-05-27 | WORLD OF WEIRD AIRPORTS $400: A street named for this prime minister cuts across the runway of Gibraltar's airport, but cars don't use it anymore Churchill |
| #9341, aired 2025-05-26 | CULTURE, IN THE POPULAR SENSE $400: It's something many use every day to unlock things online & the nickname of Red Sox prospect Jhostynxon Garcia a password |
| #9341, aired 2025-05-26 | IN THE STARS $400: Polaris Australis, the closest star to the celestial this, is barely visible to the naked eye & not much use in navigation the (celestial) South Pole |
| #9341, aired 2025-05-26 | IT HAPPENED ONE LEAP YEAR $5,000 (Daily Double): The USA's first public telegraph line opened for business in 1844 with the dispatch of this 4-word biblical message What hath God wrought |
| #9338, aired 2025-05-21 | AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION $1200: Labels on extra strength Tylenol say, "Do not use if you are allergic to" this "or any of the inactive ingredients" acetaminophen |
| #45, aired 2025-05-20 | SPORTS THROUGH THE YEARS $800: The UCLA coach might have grumbled when in 2025 this bun-sporting guard was the first winner from USC of the John R. Wooden award JuJu Watkins |
| #9334, aired 2025-05-15 | THE DESERT MENU $1200: When Chinese talk about where the Gobi Desert is located, they use the words nei & wai, these opposite adjectives inner & outer |
| #9333, aired 2025-05-14 | KNIVES OUT $400: The penknife derives its name from its use beginning in the 15th century to carve these writing implements quills |
| #43, aired 2025-05-14 | SOME SERIOUS SPORTS TALK $200: In a career spanning 6 decades, sportscasting legend Al Michaels is best known for these 5 words from February 22, 1980 Do you believe in miracles? |
| #9332, aired 2025-05-13 | OPERA $3,000 (Daily Double): This iconic chorus from Act II of "Il trovatore" can actually use a hammer striking the blacksmith tool for which it's named the "Anvil Chorus" |
| #9330, aired 2025-05-09 | WORDS ABOUT WORDS $400: From the Latin for "term", it's the term for all the words you know & use; a precocious child may have an impressive one vocabulary |
| #9330, aired 2025-05-09 | WORDS ABOUT WORDS $800: It's a word you use in place of a less desirable one--for example, "gentleman's club" instead of... well, you know a euphemism |
| #9329, aired 2025-05-08 | OLD MacDONALD HAD A WIND FARM $400: & on his farm O-Mac has a turbine for personal use; he got a tax credit for using this kind of renewable energy rhyming with green clean |
| #42, aired 2025-05-07 | LAW, LEGALITY & COURT STUFF $400: 1876's Kohl v. U.S. was the 1st Supreme Court case on the federal use of this; land in Ohio was to be condemned & used for a post office eminent domain |
| #41, aired 2025-05-07 | ART HISTORY $1600: Many modern artists use deep or cryptic text in their works; Mel Bochner's often include this triple talk for going on & on pointlessly blah blah blah |
| #9323, aired 2025-04-30 | EXERCISE YOUR... $400: ...triceps by doing these exercises, whether modified, clap or Sphinx; they use your own bodyweight push-ups |
| #40, aired 2025-04-30 | THUNDERBOLTS $400: (One more time, David Harbour.) Sometimes, thunder & lightning do strike twice; this song that mentions "thunderbolt and lightning" peaked at No. 9 in the U.S. in 1976, but thanks to its use in a film 16 years later, it reached No. 2 in 1992 "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| #9321, aired 2025-04-28 | SCIENCE & NATURE $2000: Bats use this method of detecting objects by bouncing high-frequency sound waves off them echolocation |
| #9315, aired 2025-04-18 | ROUGHLY TURN OF THE CENTURY MUSIC $800: This Digital Underground rapper would "shoot an arrow like Cupid, I'll use a word that don't mean nothin', like 'looptid"' Shock G (Humpty Hump) |
| #9312, aired 2025-04-15 | WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET? $400: This organization provides cards to help you use its roadside assistance program, which began as 5 motorcyclists in St. Louis AAA |
| #9312, aired 2025-04-15 | AUTHORS' REAL HOUSEWIVES TAGLINES $800: I may use a man's name in a man's world, but trust me ... I may be Victorian but I'm no run of "The Mill On The Floss"! (George) Eliot |
| #9311, aired 2025-04-14 | PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA $1200: This civilization that flourished from 1200 to 400 B.C. carved colossal stone heads & was first to use writing in the Americas the Olmecs |
| #9308, aired 2025-04-09 | 11-LETTER WORDS $800: A tonometer & a retinoscope are tools that this kind of professional might use optometrist |
| #9308, aired 2025-04-09 | ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE $1600: A tip to alleviate RSIs, short for these injuries: use a right-handed mouse at work during the day & a left-handed mouse at home a repetitive stress injury |
| #9307, aired 2025-04-08 | THE NATIONAL ROAD $400: In 1806 this president, big on pushing west, signed the bill authorizing the USA's first federally funded road Jefferson |
| #9305, aired 2025-04-04 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $200: Home to one of the USA's oldest universities, it also hosts Southern Connecticut State New Haven |
| #9303, aired 2025-04-02 | TO THE MOON & BACK $600: The crew of Apollo 15 spent 3 days on the Moon & were the first to use this to visit distant sites the lunar rover |
| #9302, aired 2025-04-01 | NEW TO THE OED $1600: It's a 2-word term for a hinged computer or phone display that can be folded in for storage or out for use a flip screen |
| #9301, aired 2025-03-31 | OXYMORONS $2000: Idiom for a full-out effort to use your adorability to get someone's support charm offensive |
| #9297, aired 2025-03-25 | ART HISTORY $800: The Rococo age was on a gilt trip & surviving pieces often use gilt this alloy, less valuable to strip & melt than silver bronze |
| #9296, aired 2025-03-24 | CYBERSECURITY $800: Ethical hackers, also called by this headgear, use their skills to identify security risks white hats |
| #9295, aired 2025-03-21 | SCIENCE $800: Dentists use a mix of 70% this & 30% oxygen; around 1800, Humphry Davy took it pure & felt "pleasurable delirium" nitrous oxide |
| #9294, aired 2025-03-20 | PLANT LORE $2000: Berries from this tree were once used as medicine by the Greeks & Romans, but we are more familiar with their use in gin juniper |
| #9293, aired 2025-03-19 | "STICK" UP $200: Long before its use in gaming, it was slang for a baseball bat a joystick |
| #9293, aired 2025-03-19 | TOUGH 7-LETTER WORDS $1200: Add an "E" to a word for a wife or husband & you get this verb you use when you adopt a cause espouse |
| #9292, aired 2025-03-18 | AFTER DARK $1000: To apply paint with crude strokes, or to use mud to build a wall or nest, like some wasps daub |
| #9292, aired 2025-03-18 | THE 18th CENTURY $1200: China outlawed this for non-medicinal use in 1729, but the Portuguese & British kept bringing it in opium |
| #9289, aired 2025-03-13 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $800: In use since 1770, its "Marcha Real" is one of the few national anthems with no lyrics Spain |
| #9286, aired 2025-03-10 | A NOTE OF COMMAND $1600: Child experts emphasize positive commands, like "use" this for within 4 walls, not "quit yelling before daddy gets a migraine" your inside voice |
| #9284, aired 2025-03-06 | COLLEGE SEALS $800: The seal of this university features the Sun & California poppies, but no Hector or King Priam USC |
| #34, aired 2025-03-05 | FILM WARNINGS $1200: Warning: this 1989 post-mortem slapstick comedy contains marijuana use
WEE___D __ ______'_ Weekend at Bernie's |
| #9281, aired 2025-03-03 | AROUND THE USA $200: The geographic center of Alaska is about 60 miles northwest of this highest North American peak Denali (Mount McKinley) |
| #9281, aired 2025-03-03 | AROUND THE USA $400: This national park in Florida encompasses more than 1.5 million acres, one-third of which is covered by salt water Everglades |
| #9281, aired 2025-03-03 | AROUND THE USA $600: The site of dangerous shoals, it's the ominous name of a promontory on North Carolina's Smith Island Cape Fear |
| #9281, aired 2025-03-03 | IF YOU'RE SAPPY & YOU KNOW IT $800: You can use this word to describe tacky motel decor but also, literally, a calzone or fondue cheesy |
| #9281, aired 2025-03-03 | AROUND THE USA $1,000 (Daily Double): "Queen City of the Wabash", this city will literally have you on "high ground" Terre Haute |
| #9281, aired 2025-03-03 | AROUND THE USA $1000: St. Martinville, Louisiana has a monument to this poetic figure, "the prototype of the Acadian maiden" Evangeline |
| #9280, aired 2025-02-28 | USE YOUR WORD WORDS $200: Morning (time of day) & mourning (in grief) are examples of these, partly from the Greek for "sound" a homophone |
| #9280, aired 2025-02-28 | USE YOUR WORD WORDS $400: This verb means to articulate & pronounce one's words clearly & correctly enunciate |
| #9280, aired 2025-02-28 | USE YOUR WORD WORDS $600: Speaking casually without preparation is done ad-lib or this 3-word clothing way off the cuff |
| #9280, aired 2025-02-28 | USE YOUR WORD WORDS $800: It's been said that a language is this regional form "with an army & a navy" a dialect |
| #9280, aired 2025-02-28 | USE YOUR WORD WORDS $1000: A word meaning "written in verse" begins this 2-word term for breaking rules of writing or speech intentionally poetic license |
| #9279, aired 2025-02-27 | WHAT'S THE USE? $400: Alexis Fraser & Katherine Mason are known for making art using this cosmetic that comes in tubes, like oil paint does lipstick |
| #9279, aired 2025-02-27 | WHAT'S THE USE? $800: Be patient with this famously slow-pouring condiment: it can polish copper ketchup |
| #9279, aired 2025-02-27 | WHAT'S THE USE? $1200: A nonprofit called Good360 helps get this type of apparel never worn by Brock Purdy or Joe Mixon to the global needy Super Bowl champion gear |
| #9279, aired 2025-02-27 | WHAT'S THE USE? $1600: This compound is toxic, causes acid rain & has a sharp odor like a struck match, so into the wine it goes, to stop yeast growth sulfur dioxide |
| #9279, aired 2025-02-27 | WHAT'S THE USE? $2000: Sildenafil--the same drug in viagra--has been approved by the FDA to give to kids with PAH, pulmonary arterial this hypertension |
| #9276, aired 2025-02-24 | I CAN BUY MYSELF FLOUR $800: Not sure what I'm in the mood for, so I'll get a bag of white wheat flour with this hyphenated term meaning for use in most anything all-purpose |
| #9275, aired 2025-02-21 | ARE YOU INTO ASTROLOGY? $1000: Always seeing both sides equally, it's "the diplomat of the zodiac" & was the sign of Ebenezer Bassett, the USA's first Black diplomat Libra |
| #9274, aired 2025-02-20 | SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES $2,800 (Daily Double): Historians use "the long 19th century" to refer to the 125-year period between the starts of these 2 European cataclysms the French Revolution & World War I |
| #9273, aired 2025-02-19 | TOUGH VOCAB $400: You could use the word zaftig or this synonym inspired by a Baroque master Rubenesque |
| #9271, aired 2025-02-17 | THE PRESIDENT IS IN TROUBLE $600: (Anthony Mackie presents the clue.) Possibly the greatest personal threat to FDR wasn't from a World War II foe but from the destroyer William D. Porter, which accidentally fired this aquatic missile at the president's ship, USS Iowa; fortunately, it blew up in the water torpedo |
| #9271, aired 2025-02-17 | TAKING LESSONS $1200: Escoffier teaches nascent chefs to use this type of small knife to peel apples, mince garlic & core tomatoes paring |
| #9269, aired 2025-02-13 | RECENT HORROR MOVIES $400: "The Last Exorcism" & "Paranormal Activity" use this alliterative technique involving prerecorded events found footage |
| #9268, aired 2025-02-12 | 4, 4 $400: The use of celluloid balls began around 1900 in this game once also called "whiff-whaff" ping-pong |
| #32, aired 2025-02-12 | PLAYING THE POLITICIAN $1000: In the miniseries "Mrs. America", Uzo Aduba plays this "Unbought and Unbossed" pioneer Shirley Chisholm |
| #32, aired 2025-02-12 | VANITY PLATES $3,000 (Daily Double): What's up with that, doc?! Mel Blanc had the vanity plate "KMIT"; "kish mir in tuchas" means "kiss my behind" in this language Yiddish |
| #9267, aired 2025-02-11 | UTENSILS $200: In Japan you use the broad end of these utensils to pick up food from a communal dish chopsticks |
| #9267, aired 2025-02-11 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $800: This "Avatar" actress recently added back the tilde to her last name, missing since a kindergarten teacher refused to use it Saldaña |
| #9267, aired 2025-02-11 | UTENSILS $800: A sieve is good for getting the clumps out of flour; you can use this hole-y bowl-shaped utensil for straining pasta or rinsing lettuce colander |
| #9266, aired 2025-02-10 | THE NOT-A-COMMA DESERT $2000: "What was the use of not leaving it there where it would hang what was the use" is in a book she wrote around 1912 after moving to Europe Stein |
| #9265, aired 2025-02-07 | POETRY-POURRI $1600: Horace's odes use a poetic style named for this woman Sappho |
| #9263, aired 2025-02-05 | ENGLISH CLASS $400: Confused by these 2 adverbs? Use the one with an "A" when you mean more distance, the one with a "U" when you just mean more farther & further |
| #9262, aired 2025-02-04 | MY CONDIMENTS TO THE CHEF! $2000: The name of this cucumber, mustard & vinegar relish might be a variation on "pickle"; tell chef to use my English gran's recipe piccalilli |
| #30, aired 2025-01-29 | A CLUE TOO "FAR" $200: It's a journey you might take to observe animals in the wild--or the web browser you might use to book the tickets Safari |
| #30, aired 2025-01-29 | FERN BABY FERN $200: A little canary told us... decayed ferns from the Carboniferous Period helped create this fossil fuel; we still use it today coal |
| #9257, aired 2025-01-28 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $800: Headed to New Orleans for Mardi Gras? Use this Cajun French phrase that means "Let the good times roll" Laissez les bons temps rouler |
| #9256, aired 2025-01-27 | GAME TIME $400: An optional "Speed Die" for use with this game has one face with a picture of its eponymous top-hatted "Mr." Monopoly |
| #29, aired 2025-01-22 | SCIENCE, TECH & TV $2,500 (Daily Double): A mad scientist & his grandson use a portal gun to travel to different dimensions on this long-running animated series Rick and Morty |
| #29, aired 2025-01-22 | ART CLASS $2,600 (Daily Double): The woman in this 1871 masterpiece is sitting down because she got tired of standing while posing for her son Whistler's Mother |
| #9251, aired 2025-01-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: CBT is short for this therapy; psychotherapists use it to change negative thinking patterns cognitive behavioral |
| #9249, aired 2025-01-16 | TRAVEL USA $400: In Florida, your kiddos will squeal with delight at the theme pork, er, park, based on this British cartoon Peppa Pig |
| #9249, aired 2025-01-16 | TRAVEL USA $800: You won't actually set sail but you can book a suite or stateroom aboard this historic ocean liner in Long Beach, California the Queen Mary |
| #9249, aired 2025-01-16 | TRAVEL USA $1200: Open to visitors, the Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island is one of the lavish former homes of this family the Vanderbilts |
| #9249, aired 2025-01-16 | TRAVEL USA $2000: With its aquarium & museum, this quaint seaport village is one of Connecticut's top places to visit Mystic, Connecticut |
| #9249, aired 2025-01-16 | TRAVEL USA $7,800 (Daily Double): The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in this Alabama city displays one of the world's largest collections of space memorabilia Huntsville |
| #9246, aired 2025-01-13 | TV THIS CENTURY $400: This Kristen Bell show is set in a a spot where people couldn't use curse words & ended up saying "shirt" & "fork" instead The Good Place |
| #9246, aired 2025-01-13 | MacARTHUR FELLOWS $2000: This "Finding Your Roots" host became a jolly good fellow in part for investigating "Language Use in the Black Vernacular" Gates |
| #27, aired 2025-01-08 | DON'T MAKE ME SAY IT $100: This "M" word meaning "slightly wet or damp" is the queen mother of hated words; you can use it to describe a nice pound cake moist |
| #27, aired 2025-01-08 | DON'T MAKE ME SAY IT $300: Real talk: use this "S" word to refer to your loose-fitting pants, & you can probably forget about a second date slacks (sweatpants accepted) |
| #27, aired 2025-01-08 | MONUMENT-AL WOMEN $600: A bronze statue in Kent, England marks the resting place of this Native American princess; there's an identical statue in Virginia Pocahontas |
| #9242, aired 2025-01-07 | A GAME OF RUTH OR BLAIR $1000: Eric Blair felt it necessary to use this pen name before the publication of "Down & Out in Paris & London" George Orwell |
| #9241, aired 2025-01-06 | RECENT SCIENCE NOBEL PRIZES $1200: A 2023 prize was for quantum dots; one is to a soccer ball as the ball is to the Earth, enabling medical use of this teensy technology nanotechnology |
| #9239, aired 2025-01-02 | WHISKEY, & KEEP 'EM COMIN' $1600: During Prohibition, Canada's McLaughlin Buick car was known as the "Whiskey Six" from its use in this activity mentioning another liquor rum-running |
| #9238, aired 2025-01-01 | I USE 3 INITIALS $400: John Ronald Reuel, which would have taken up waaaay too much of a book cover J.R.R. Tolkien |
| #9238, aired 2025-01-01 | I USE 3 INITIALS $800: 18th century composer Carl Philipp Emanuel, no relation to 20th century composer P.D.Q. (C.P.E.) Bach |
| #9238, aired 2025-01-01 | I USE 3 INITIALS $1200: "Avatar" & "The Shield" actress, Carole Christine Hilaria CCH Pounder |
| #9238, aired 2025-01-01 | I USE 3 INITIALS $1600: William Edward Burghardt, unafraid to edit things down W.E.B. Du Bois |
| #9238, aired 2025-01-01 | I USE 3 INITIALS $2000: Confederate cavalry officer James Ewell Brown J.E.B. Stuart |
| #9237, aired 2024-12-31 | FROM "M" TO "Y" $400: This project was the USA's first manned space program Mercury |
| #9236, aired 2024-12-30 | ISSUING A CETACEAN $400: During courtship fights, male humpback whales use the coating of these crustaceans like brass knuckles barnacles |
| #9236, aired 2024-12-30 | ISSUING A CETACEAN $800: The distinctive enlarged tooth on the males of this whale seems to have a sensory use, maybe to note changes in salinity a narwhal |
| #9235, aired 2024-12-27 | HODGEPODGE $400: The most popular TV show in the early 1950s, this sitcom pioneered the use of 3 cameras to film in front of a live audience I Love Lucy |
| #9235, aired 2024-12-27 | CUPS & GLASSES $400: Rather than regular glasses, many hip bars use this type of canning jar named for a 19th century American tinsmith a Mason jar |
| #9234, aired 2024-12-26 | THE 18-SCHOOL BIG TEN $400: The Steven Spielberg Building is at the School of Cinematic Arts at this Pac-12... I mean, of course, Big Ten college USC |
| #9234, aired 2024-12-26 | THE GADSDEN PURCHASE $2000: The Gadsden Purchase covered almost 30,000 square miles, much of it in this desert straddling Mexico & the USA the Sonoran Desert |
| #9233, aired 2024-12-25 | I'M SO INDICTED $400: Did fear of physical injury make the victim give up property? We'll see if we can use the Hobbs Act to indict for robbery or this extortion |
| #9232, aired 2024-12-24 | INSCRUTABLE WORDS $2000: A food made from gluten that's also called wheat meat; some restaurants use it to make mock duck seitan |
| #9230, aired 2024-12-20 | COMPUTER TECH $400: With bowling, boxing & more, in 2006 this home console from Nintendo pioneered the use of motion sensors a Wii |
| #9229, aired 2024-12-19 | THE SCIENCE FARE $1200: Back in 1989, this 3-letter drug was the only one approved for use against AIDS & it cost a shocking $8,000 per year AZT |
| #9227, aired 2024-12-17 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: Use "The Power of Now" to name this German-born author of "The Power of Now" Eckhart Tolle |
| #9227, aired 2024-12-17 | JURY DUTY $1600: When lawyers want a potential juror to be excused, they use a challenge, either "for cause" or this type, without any explanation peremptory |
| #9226, aired 2024-12-16 | COMMUNICATION $200: ARPANET developer Ray Tomlinson, who sent the first of these in 1971, doesn't remember what it said but did use the @ symbol an email |
| #9220, aired 2024-12-06 | CASH CONSIDERATIONS $1000: The Faroe Islands & Greenland use this currency that is subdivided into 100 Øre, similar to our cents the krone |
| #9219, aired 2024-12-05 | THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM $1600: Unlike other jellyfish, comb jellyfish use these hairlike projections for movement; they also diffract light at their exhibit cilia |
| #9216, aired 2024-12-02 | ADD VERBS $1600: Hey, cowboy, it's time to ____ that horse, also the word for the gear you'll use to hitch it to the wagon harness |
| #9215, aired 2024-11-29 | A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THEM $400: Chicago Bull, from 1993 to 1998; USA Men's National Team head coach in Paris Steve Kerr |
| #9215, aired 2024-11-29 | ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES $800: Some U.S. airmail stamps of the 1930s depicted these transatlantic craft & were for use only on the mail they carried zeppelin |
| #9214, aired 2024-11-28 | FUN WITH ZIP CODES $800: When writing to this famous residence, use the ZIP Code 20500 the White House |
| #9213, aired 2024-11-27 | FOOD & DRINK $800: Terms like stir fry & this dumpling were introduced when Buwei Yang Chao created one of the USA's first Chinese cookbooks pot sticker |
| #9213, aired 2024-11-27 | THE DAY $800: A 2005 shop.org press release is said to be the first public use of this term for a shopping day a few days after Thanksgiving Cyber Monday |
| #9213, aired 2024-11-27 | BIOLOGY $1200: Ferns use this type of cell to asexually reproduce a spore |
| #9213, aired 2024-11-27 | THE WORLDS OF TV $1200: According to Gene Roddenberry, this home planet of a USS Enterprise officer orbits a star called 40 Eridani A Vulcan |
| #9212, aired 2024-11-26 | THAT'S A FACT $800: Oil still bubbles to the surface of Pearl Harbor from this battleship, now a part of a national memorial the USS Arizona |
| #9208, aired 2024-11-20 | GLADIATORS $400: (Connie Nielsen presents the clue.) The wealthy got to see the bloodshed & bravery close up from the lowest level of the Coliseum; it had this Latin word for a platform you stand on that some use for what you're standing behind a podium |
| #9207, aired 2024-11-19 | VETERINARY MEDICINE $1600: As a fish anesthetic, vets may use this spice oil with species name aromaticum that humans use for a toothache cloves (clove oil) |
| #9204, aired 2024-11-14 | CATCHING SOME RAYS $600: Roentgenogram is another name for an image produced with the use of these X-rays |
| #9202, aired 2024-11-12 | NICE WHEELS $1000: Tibetan Buddhists use this device as an aid to meditation a prayer wheel |
| #9201, aired 2024-11-11 | ALL A BOARD! $200: It's the delicious advertising item in use here a sandwich board |
| #9200, aired 2024-11-08 | THROWBACK TECHNOLOGY $600: The app Lapse makes your phone act like this type of single-use camera; photos are a mystery until they "develop" later in the day disposable camera |
| #9199, aired 2024-11-07 | PURE BED-LAM $3,000 (Daily Double): You can use this cozy 5-letter couch as a bed; it's also found in the name of a chicken & broccoli dish topped with Hollandaise a divan |
| #9195, aired 2024-11-01 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $2000: L.A.'s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion opened in 1964 with a performance by this Lithuanian-born violinist & longtime USC teacher Jascha Heifetz |
| #9194, aired 2024-10-31 | OCTOBER 31 $1600: The USA's first paved coast-to-coast highway, this more-than-3,000-mile presidential one was dedicated in 1913 the Lincoln Highway |
| #9192, aired 2024-10-29 | PREFIXES $1600: This distant-prefix word "is presented by authority of the National Football League & is intended for the private use of our audience" a telecast |
| #9192, aired 2024-10-29 | AN "A" IN PSYCHOLOGY $5,400 (Daily Double): Broca's & Wernicke's are 2 types of this condition in which language use & speech are impaired aphasia |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | SHE'S A SAINT! $400: Tradition says that St. Priscilla allowed this New Testament figure also called Simon to use her home as his HQ while in Rome Peter |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $2000: The French now use visage for "face"; an older, shorter form gave us this alternative to "regarding the matter of" vis-à-vis |
| #9186, aired 2024-10-21 | ROCK & POP FIRSTS $800: In 1998 this Cher song became the first hit record to use auto-tune to distort the music "Believe" |
| #9185, aired 2024-10-18 | SOCCER IN THE USA $200: The name of this Los Angeles MLS team refers to all the stars & celebrities found there the (LA) Galaxy |
| #9185, aired 2024-10-18 | SOCCER IN THE USA $400: He's the part owner of Inter Miami CF, seen here Beckham |
| #9185, aired 2024-10-18 | SOCCER IN THE USA $600: One of the USA's premier soccer complexes & home to the NWSL's Courage, WakeMed Soccer Park is in Wake County in this state North Carolina |
| #9185, aired 2024-10-18 | SOCCER IN THE USA $800: The U.S. women's team won 2008 & 2012 Olympic gold & the 2015 World Cup behind, or in front of, the play of this goalkeeper Hope Solo |
| #9185, aired 2024-10-18 | SOCCER IN THE USA $1000: In 2024 a poor showing in this quadrennial Spanish-named tournament cost the U.S. men's national team coach his job Copa América |
| #9184, aired 2024-10-17 | RECENT SLANG $400: Wanna clap back at someone born between 1946 & 1964? Use this 2-word expression Okay, Boomer |
| #9183, aired 2024-10-16 | THAT'S SUCH A CLICHÉ! $1200: To a friend who has betrayed you, you might use this Latin phrase from Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" Et tu, Brute |
| #9181, aired 2024-10-14 | OCTOBER IN HISTORY $400: Joining the House, a bipartisan Senate vote in October 2002 authorized the use of military force against this nation Iraq |
| #9181, aired 2024-10-14 | OCTOBER IN HISTORY $600: In Boston Harbor on October 21, 1797, this 44-gun U.S. Navy frigate was launched into service the USS Constitution |
| #9181, aired 2024-10-14 | SIGNS & SIGNALS $800: In scuba diving, you can use the "OK" circle, but this other sign meaning "it's OK" on land gets you brought to the surface a thumbs-up |
| #9181, aired 2024-10-14 | CHOOSE A NAME $800: Dunno what he had in mind--Buffy? Fern? But in 1952, Martin Charteris asked her what regnal name she'd use; she said, "Mine" Elizabeth II |
| #9181, aired 2024-10-14 | THE CHARACTERS THEY BIRTHED $1200: Newland Archer,
Zenobia Frome Wharton |
| #9180, aired 2024-10-11 | TRANSPORT USA $200: In this city with more fabled transit options, the No. 8 Muni bus & a little walking will take you from Pier 39 to Chinatown San Francisco |
| #9180, aired 2024-10-11 | TRANSPORT USA $400: Upon reflection, it probably wasn't the best look for the brand when this bus line owned a meatpacking company from 1970 to 1983 Greyhound |
| #9180, aired 2024-10-11 | TRANSPORT USA $600: PA is for Port Authority in this acronym for the train that's a vital link between Manhattan & New Jersey PATH train |
| #9180, aired 2024-10-11 | JUST DOIN' MY JOB $800: Knows the proper use of propofol; can count to 16 (letters in the job); can tell people to count backward from 100 an anesthesiologist |
| #9180, aired 2024-10-11 | TRANSPORT USA $800: When the ferry can't go, Madeline Island in Lake Superior is accessible by this 2-word conduit, also in the title of a TV show the Ice Road |
| #9180, aired 2024-10-11 | TRANSPORT USA $1000: 2,200 trains a day run between Boston & Washington, D.C. in what Amtrak calls the Northeast this type of passageway Corridor |
| #9178, aired 2024-10-09 | GREEN VEGGIES $1000: Nearly 100% of the USA's production of this thistle is grown in Central California & much of that is the green globe variety an artichoke |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | COOKING TERMS $400: Use kitchen twine for this technique of sewing up a chicken's legs & wings before roasting; it helps cook the bird evenly trussing |
| #9173, aired 2024-10-02 | HAVING "FUN" $800: On this kind of railway, 2 train cars use each other as counterweights a funicular |
| #9172, aired 2024-10-01 | NAME THE CLASSIC BAND: A READING $400: "If everybody had an ocean / Across the USA / Then everybody'd be surfin' / Like Californ-eye-ay" The Beach Boys |
| #9165, aired 2024-09-20 | POWERS THAT "B" $400: Use your noggin & come up with this 2-word term used to describe FDR's heady group of advisors a brain trust |
| #9160, aired 2024-09-13 | IN THE MEDICINE CABINET $800: To use this bronchodilator medicine aka ventolin via an inhaler, you puff, puff & pass the air out of your lungs albuterol |
| #9160, aired 2024-09-13 | COUNTRIES' NORTHERNMOST POINTS $1600: Point Barrow, Alaska is the USA's northernmost point, but in the lower 48 it's the Northwest Angle in this state Minnesota |
| #9159, aired 2024-09-12 | THE CLASH $600: It's said the Battle of Pelusium between the Persian Empire & the 26th Dynasty of this kingdom was won by the clever use of cats Egypt |
| #9154, aired 2024-07-25 | ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS $200: You'll want to use paper called kami that's thinner & often 6 inches square for this craft with a Japanese name origami |
| #9154, aired 2024-07-25 | FACTS ABOUT WORLD WAR I $1000: To halt a German advance during 1914's First Battle of the Marne, 600 of these transports brought 3,000 French troops to the front taxicabs |
| #9153, aired 2024-07-24 | THEY CALL ME... $600: Benjamin Siegel--I'm a gangster & friends gave me this nickname; enemies who use it are cruising for a bruising Bugsy |
| #9152, aired 2024-07-23 | TIME FOR SCIENCE $400: Telescopes can be reflectors, which use mirrors to focus light, or these, which use lenses refractors |
| #9151, aired 2024-07-22 | THAT'S AN EXECUTIVE ORDER $400: President Biden's Oct. 30, 2023 order on the development & use of this noted its "extraordinary potential for both promise and peril" artificial intelligence |
| #9150, aired 2024-07-19 | IT'S SOME KIND OF LAW $200: A 1925 Geneva protocol forbade the use of bacteriological weapons or this stuff in war (poison) gas |
| #9148, aired 2024-07-17 | 6-POURRI $800: Less famous than 66, Route 6 was once the USA's longest--3,652 miles from Long Beach, Calif. to Provincetown in this state Massachusetts |
| #9147, aired 2024-07-16 | GILLS, GILLS, GILLS $600: Using all its tools, the scalloped type of this shark suppresses gill use during dives & can hold its breath for about an hour a hammerhead shark |
| #9147, aired 2024-07-16 | NATIONAL FLAGS $2000: Seen here is the flag of this nation on the Black Sea that may have been in use since the 14th century Georgia |
| #9147, aired 2024-07-16 | GILLS, GILLS, GILLS $3,000 (Daily Double): Gills aren't part of the name of these fish, subclass Dipnoi, but they actually have them & use them lungfish |
| #9144, aired 2024-07-11 | OCCUPATIONAL POTPOURRI $1000: Smith is the USA's most common occupational surname; second is this, a job that's literally a grind Miller |
| #9144, aired 2024-07-11 | HEIR $2000: This Byzantine emperor, the 8th to use the name, had no male heir, so he married off his daughter Zoe so she could reign Constantine VIII |
| #9141, aired 2024-07-08 | ENDGAME $200: In this game, used as a metaphor in Beckett's "Endgame", I forgot to use the Schlechter Defense against the Danish Gambit; I'm toast chess |
| #9141, aired 2024-07-08 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $2000: Established in 1946 to control the development & use of nuclear power, this commission was superseded by a new agency in 1974 the AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) |
| #9136, aired 2024-07-01 | SAME FIRST & LAST CONSONANT $400: Hopefully, you don't have to use your winnings to buy back the family jewels at this kind of store a pawn shop |
| #9136, aired 2024-07-01 | IT'S ALIVE $400: Scientists think some dolphins use these creatures to protect their snouts while foraging along the ocean floor, not for cleaning it a sponge |
| #9135, aired 2024-06-28 | COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS $800: Troy University's Trojan population reads the Tropolitan newspaper, while the Daily Trojan serves this school's student body USC |
| #9133, aired 2024-06-26 | FROM THE GERMAN $2000: This word for broken-down & completely useless ends with a double T in German; we just use one kaput |
| #9131, aired 2024-06-24 | I'M FEELING POSITIVE $800: When jump-starting a car, use the red cable to connect between each battery's positive one of these "final" posts terminals |
| #9131, aired 2024-06-24 | 14-LETTER RESPONSES $2000: Self-hypnosis may make use of this, the planting of your own ideas into your subconscious autosuggestion |
| #9129, aired 2024-06-20 | YOU CAN'T SPELL... $800: This type of covenant, limiting how you can use your property, without "strict" a restriction (restrictive) |
| #9129, aired 2024-06-20 | IT WAS ALL ORANGE $800: The use of these orange flowers to adorn altars called ofrendas during Day of the Dead festivals dates from Aztec times marigolds |
| #9129, aired 2024-06-20 | BROADWAY'S OPENING NIGHT CASTS $1200: These two actresses were wickedly good when their show opened in October of 2003 Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel |
| #9125, aired 2024-06-14 | TONIC $200: For a classic gin & tonic, you can use this brand's sapphire gin Bombay |
| #9124, aired 2024-06-13 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $1600: Several phrases use this French word for "ribbon"; before sanitaire, it means a line to prevent an epidemic from spreading cordon |
| #9123, aired 2024-06-12 | "D" FACTO $200: Daffy Duck has been known to use this adjective meaning worthy of scorn or contempt to describe Bugs Bunny despicable |
| #9122, aired 2024-06-11 | CERAMICS $1200: These items that ignite the air-fuel mixture in an engine use ceramic insulators to provide greater thermal conductivity spark plugs |
| #9119, aired 2024-06-06 | HARD STUFF $400: The "hard" type of this beverage is typically made from apple juice, but you can also use peach or pear juice cider |
| #9118, aired 2024-06-05 | ALLITERATIVE TELEVISION SHOWS $800: Chase & Rubble are 2 of the playful rescue dogs who use their unique talents to protect the town of Adventure Bay on this show Paw Patrol |
| #9117, aired 2024-06-04 | COMMON BONDS $600: Jon,
Dicky,
Uzi Vert Lil rappers |
| #9114, aired 2024-05-30 | WE HAVE FOOD AT HOME $1000: Maybe we use cheap scotch since we don't have kirsch to make this flaming cherry dessert cherries jubilee |
| #9113, aired 2024-05-29 | CLASSIC RAP LYRICS $600: He rapped, "Today I didn't even have to use my AK, I gotta say it was a good day" Ice Cube |
| #9112, aired 2024-05-28 | MOVIES WITH LITTLE DIALOGUE $400: In this 2018 film, John Krasinski & his family are forced to use sign language to avoid being heard by blind creatures that hunt by sound A Quiet Place |
| #9111, aired 2024-05-27 | AT THE MUSEUM $2000: Seattle's Museum of Flight has a helicopter famous for its use in Vietnam, the Bell UH-1H Iroquois, nicknamed this a Huey |
| #9109, aired 2024-05-23 | IT'S A PLANE $200: It's the call sign of the Air Force's C-32, used to carry the vice president, the first lady, & Congress & Cabinet members Air Force Two |
| #9109, aired 2024-05-23 | CONGRESS ACTED UP $2000: To enforce Prohibition came this act to regulate the manufacture, etc. of alcohol & "promote its use in scientific research" the Volstead Act |
| #9107, aired 2024-05-21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES $200: Due to a "great" this, Nov. 9, 1965, the Times had to use the presses of the Newark Evening News to get its paper out the next morning a power outage (the great blackout) |
| #34, aired 2024-05-17 | FURNITURE $200: This type of cupboard gets its name from its former use: storing weapons an armoire |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | THAT'S JUST LAWFUL $800: It's not hard, it's an interest granted by deed to use land owned by another for a specific limited purpose, like a right-of-way an easement |
| #32, aired 2024-05-15 | PREHISTORIC CREATURES $400: This school-bus-sized dinosaur is the state fossil of Colorado, where the USA's first one was discovered in 1877 the Stegosaurus |
| #32, aired 2024-05-15 | LET'S GET COOKING $1000: Want to sound fancy? Instead of saying "double boiler" or "water bath", use this French term; it's used for making custards a bain-marie |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | HISTORICAL CRISES $800: (George Stephanopoulos delivers the clue.) My new book "The Situation Room" recounts some tense moments in that White House room, like during the Bosnian War, when this woman asked Colin Powell, "What's the point of having this superb military if we can't use it?" Albright |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | MUSIC IN BOOKS $800: In this Nick Hornby novel, Rob puts Chuck Berry's "Back In The USA" & "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye in his top 5 High Fidelity |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | TECHNOLOGY $800: VPN for short, it may use the IPsec protocol suite to tunnel encrypted data across the internet's "series of tubes" virtual private network |
| #9101, aired 2024-05-13 | SAME 3 LETTERS, 2 DIFFERENT MEANINGS $600: A college of Gamecocks & a college of Trojans USC |
| #9101, aired 2024-05-13 | MEN OF MEDICINE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1853 this British anatomist wrote "On the Structure and Use of the Spleen"; his more famous work came 5 years later Gray |
| #30, aired 2024-05-13 | NAMES IN SONGS $800: An Erykah Badu song says, "I think ya better call" this title guy--"but you can't use my phone" Tyrone |
| #30, aired 2024-05-13 | NAVAL GAZING $1200: If you can't use celestial navigation to figure out where you are, try this "mortal" method that uses distance & direction traveled dead reckoning |
| #9100, aired 2024-05-10 | TALKING HOT & COLD $4,800 (Daily Double): This military policy is described as a tactic in which you destroy everything that an enemy can use to wage war scorched earth |
| #27, aired 2024-05-10 | "M" & "M"s $400: Cash carried for impulse purchases or for emergency use, like when a date goes bad mad money |
| #9099, aired 2024-05-09 | MUSIC, MUSIC EVERYWHERE $200: Trumpet players use this device to alter tonal quality in addition to lowering the volume, but do they "hit" it as they do? a mute |
| #26, aired 2024-05-08 | STARTS & ENDS WITH R $200: You might use this stuff to reinforce concrete rebar |
| #26, aired 2024-05-08 | STARTS & ENDS WITH R $600: This type of technician might use a CT scan to make images of your body radiographer |
| #25, aired 2024-05-08 | THE CLOTHES CLOSET $800: If you want to be fancy, instead of saying boat neck, you can use this French word for boat bateau |
| #9096, aired 2024-05-06 | EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE $800: Often called the first dark horse president, this 11th chief executive waged the Mexican War & added vast new territory to the USA James K. Polk |
| #24, aired 2024-05-06 | LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS? $400: Show off! This gladiator could use his sword with either hand equally Ambidextrous |
| #24, aired 2024-05-06 | WE OUT HERE TRYNA MINE $2000: California's Mountain Pass Mine is the USA's only one digging out this group of 17 elements, a field the Chinese dominate rare earth (elements) |
| #23, aired 2024-05-06 | WEIGHT OF THE WHIRLED $200: A couple of the apothecary type of these weigh 960 grains:
USE CON ounces |
| #23, aired 2024-05-06 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $400: This adjective deals with the creation & use of low-temperature phenomena cryogenic |
| #9093, aired 2024-05-01 | KISS & TELL $2000: This second Roman emperor tried to ban kissing at state functions, perhaps to control an outbreak of cold sores (ugh, sorry) Tiberius |
| #22, aired 2024-05-01 | THE KERNEL OF THE CLUE $400: (Supplier of actors)
Your criticism of my use of ayahuasca stings because I take it in moderation central casting (in ayahuasca stings) |
| #22, aired 2024-05-01 | THE KERNEL OF THE CLUE $800: (Including your abs)
If you really try you can graduate from USC less knowledgeable than before core muscles (in from USC less) |
| #9091, aired 2024-04-29 | BUSINESS ANNIVERSARIES $800: June 12, 1924 is the birthday of this brand; you can use it to wipe away the happy tears you shed on its 100th Kleenex |
| #9088, aired 2024-04-24 | FEEL "OLD" YET? $2000: Tips to do this from indeed.com include create a script, use a local number & keep the conversation personable cold calling |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | SILENCE! $800: "There's a weapon that we must use in our defense--silence" in this song by Jane Wiedlin & Terry Hall about their secret romance "Our Lips Are Sealed" |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: Located in a caldera in the Cascade Mountains, it's the USA's deepest lake Crater Lake |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $1200: The Cooper's type of this bird of prey is soon to be the TBD type as American birds will no longer have people in their common names hawk |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WHERE'D YOU "GO"? $1200: Just off its east coast is John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the USA's first undersea park Key Largo |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $400: Measuring electricity? In the U.S., we use this unit that honors an Italian count a volt |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | NOBEL PRIZES $400: Arthur Ashkin's 2018 prize was for inventing optical these, which use laser beams to grab particles & cells rather than hairs tweezers |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | IN THIS ECONOMY?! $800: Why use money or credit cards when there's this system where a mechanic might trade a tuneup to a farmer for some apples barter |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $400: The African clawed variety is an exception, but most frogs use this body part to catch their prey the tongue |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | TOUGH VOCAB $1200: It can mean a horse carriage for rent; add -ed to mean made commonplace by frequent use a hackney |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ART TERMS $1200: Sculptors sometimes use heat & chemicals to produce this green surface film on their bronzes a patina |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $800: Big laxative has made good use in its ads of this word for the problem its products treat irregularity |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | AUTO PARTS 101 $800: It's what Tesla calls the place you stick the charger into; Ford & GM have agreed to use Tesla charging tech in their EVs the (charge) port |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAMMALS $200: Today Native Americans use Styrofoam pads to collect its quills a porcupine |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | ON THE NOSE $1600: National Geographic notes that the male of this primate species use their fleshy pendulous noses to attract mates proboscis monkeys |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | MIND THE GAP $1600: To shuck properly, look for the gap between the oyster's shell & use your knife to sever this muscle the adductor |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $2000: This Frenchman's controversial urinal from a 1917 show is lost; you can look at (but not use) a replica at the Tate Modern Duchamp |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LEFTOVERS $200: This organization is the first to tell us that "animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment..." PETA |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | NAMES IN FASHION $400: A longtime vegetarian like parents Paul & Linda, she doesn't use any leather or fur in her designs Stella McCartney |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | "LIKE"NESS $1600: Fittingly, it was in the year of the USA's bicentennial that Steve Miller put out the album with this soaring title track "Fly Like An Eagle" |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | SCI. ABBR. $1600: If you're a web developer, you probably use HTML (HyperText Markup Language) & CSS, short for this Cascading Style Sheets |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY $600: One legend said these warrior women cut off their right breasts to make it easier to use their bows the Amazons |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POTENT QUOTABLES $200: The New Testament's I Timothy says, "Drink no longer water, but use a little" of this "for thy stomach's sake" wine |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POP $800: Saying "family over everything", this NBA star said he'd skip an NBA game to watch his son Bronny debut at USC in 2023 LeBron James |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | ALSO A MAGAZINE TITLE $400: Lawyers use it as a courtesy title esquire |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS $4,200 (Daily Double): Founded in 1831 to support the conquest of Algeria, this organization requires members to use assumed names the French Foreign Legion |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Still going in Macon, a college with this Methodist-conscious name was the USA's first chartered to grant degrees to women Wesleyan College |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | PASTOR BROWN'S CHURCH NEWSLETTER CROSSWORD $800: Don't go to Helvetica! Use a baptismal one
(4 letters) font |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MEDICAL SPECIALTIES $800: Nuclear medicine is a subspecialty of this field that involves the use of X-rays to diagnose & treat disease radiology |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | ANTHROPOLOGISTS $800: In 1902 Franz Boas established the USA's first department of anthropology at this NYC school Columbia |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LAYERS $1600: This outermost layer of the Sun can't be seen with the naked eye, unless you use an instrument that adds -graph to the end of the word corona |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LATER, DUDE $2000: As this 8-letter word can mean "goodbye forever" in Japan, most Japanese people don't use it that often sayonara |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | TOOLS $800: Let's tighten things up: use the flex-head, standard-head & thumbwheel types to this tool it "up a notch" ratchet |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | TECH TALK $1200: Seen here, is a more than 2,000-year-old one of these, also what you use to take notes in Kobo eReaders & ebooks a stylus |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | THE ERRORS TOUR $200: HGTV's "25 Biggest Renovating Mistakes" include "Going Too Trendy" & "Excessive Use of" this tape; it "is not a permanent solution" duct tape |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $300: Before flowers & bones, the open skies of Texas were one of her early subjects, like the 1917 work "Starlight Night" Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WHOSE WHAT $1200: The creation of the USC Shoah Foundation & the Righteous Persons Foundation was a direct result of this Steven Spielberg film Schindler's List |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | AGRICULTURE $400: More than half of the world's farmers use a nitrogen-based fertilizer that's processed from this gas ammonia |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | A WOMAN'S PLACE $1600: Open for 10 days until the cops came in 1916, the Brownsville Clinic in Brooklyn was the USA's first to offer guidance about this birth control |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | STAY SAFE $1600: Small to carry & easy to use, test strips to detect this deadly synthetic opioid can save the lives of drug users fentanyl |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $800: The highest U.S. denomination ever issued, $100,000 gold certificates, were not meant for public use, but for use by these banks |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WATERLOGGED WORDS $800: Damp means wet, as does this other 4-letter "D" word that the cool kids use to mean "excellent" dank |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | DISASTER $800: The USA's deadliest maritime disaster killed more than 1,000 people when the steamboat Sultana sank on this river in 1865 the Mississippi |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS $800: Canada's biggest city, Toronto once had this name, in honor of the same noble title as the USA's biggest city York |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | LONG TIME $1200: The Mesolithic is part of this prehistoric stage of human development, centered on the use of material-specific tools the Stone Age |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | RELIGION $3,000 (Daily Double): Perun was the thunder god of the ancient Slavs, Perundan was this day of the week Thursday |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | 12-LETTER SCIENCE WORDS $10,400 (Daily Double): Studies have shown that some shrews use this process, emitting high-pitched squeaks as a guide in the dark echolocation |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $1000: To employ ornamental evergreen trees of the Taxus genus to use yews |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | MUSIC TERMS $2,200 (Daily Double): You can use the black notes on a keyboard to play this common 5-note scale the pentatonic scale |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | WORDS & THEIR CHANGING MEANINGS $800: Now meaning able to use both hands equally, it once denoted deceit ambidextrous |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | POSTAL ABBREVIATION COMBOS $600: Georgia +
Mississippi =
these body parts, slang grandpa might use gams |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | IT'S THE GENEVA CONVENTION $600: This country signed in 1949 with the reservation that it could use the red shield of David as a symbol Israel |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | HOME ON THE RANGE $1600: Use whatever combination of seafood that you prefer for this stew created by Italian immigrants in San Francisco cioppino |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FEEDBACK: SANDWICH $200: The Connecticut, not the Maine, version of the sandwich called this roll gets my vote but why use a hot dog bun? a lobster roll |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | MASSAGE IN A BOTTLE $1600: If your massage oil is scented, it may also be used for this, the use of fragrance to help with mood or behavior aromatherapy |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | MACBETH'S WITCHES ON FOOD NETWORK $200: Use a whole toad but only the toe of this similar creature--you want that subtle flavor a frog |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | MACBETH'S WITCHES ON FOOD NETWORK $400: Instead of cilantro, we'll use slips of yew slivered during one of these of the Moon an eclipse |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | CHECK IT & SEE $200: This hairstyle used to have serious buzz beehive |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | SLINGING ARROWS $600: Daryl Dixon put his Horton Scout crossbow to good use against zombies on this AMC show The Walking Dead |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | WRITERS' WORDS $800: The use of only a few words to convey meaning, it's said to be "the soul of wit" brevity |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | CAT'S A RISING STAR $400: On June 19, 1978... ugh, a Monday... this tubby tabby introduced himself & "my cartoonist, Jon" to the masses Garfield |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | WOMEN IN SCIENCE $600: Using triethylene melamine on tumors, Dr. Jane Cooke Wright pioneered research on this, the use of drugs to treat cancer chemotherapy |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | COACH $200: In 2008 "Coach K", the hoops headman at this school, led the USA to Olympic gold in Beijing Duke University |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | PUT ME IN $400: You can't use plain old rice if you're going to make sushi; it's got to be treated with me, the "rice" type of this vinegar |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | BIBLICAL ZOO $800: According to Deuteronomy 17:1, if your bullock is blemished you can't use it as this a sacrifice |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | BELGIUM $2000: In WWI the second battle of this western Belgian cit"Y" saw some of the earliest use of deadly poison gas Ypres |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING $400: This university's Lexington-based cheer team is the winningest in UCA Division IA history, with 24 national titles; go Wildcats! Kentucky |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | RAIN $400: Scientists use the term "petrichor" to refer to this pleasing property of rain; you can thank the bacteria in wet soil smell |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT $600: Alicia Silverstone's yellow plaid suit from this comedy went missing & has never been found. Ugh, as if! Clueless |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DOGS & CATS LIVING TOGETHER $200: Toy dogs like the Chihuahua can be trained to use these; experts say fill your dog's with the non-clumping stuff a litter box |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | SHIPS $2,600 (Daily Double): On July 24, 1969 the USS Hornet was in the Pacific waiting for this group of men the astronauts on Apollo 11 (Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins) |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | MATH SYMBOLS $800: Instead of a decimal point, the French use this common punctuation mark comma |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | "LOVE" $2000: As there's no "beautifulest", you can use this word that Edward Fitzgerald paired with "the best" loveliest |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $800: After years of yelling at soldiers as a first sergeant in the Air Force, this man vowed to use a more soothing voice painting on TV (Bob) Ross |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | IT'S GONNA BLOW! $1000: Heard here, its name is from the German for "flank horn", from its use in battle a flugelhorn |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | MICROSCOPY $1600: The single-use weapon of this insect is seen here a bee |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FUNGUS AMONG US $1500: Scientists use this internet-inspired pun name for the vast network of fungi swapping nutrients beneath the forest floor the wood wide web |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | GARDENS $400: You'll find the USA's oldest public Japanese Garden in this city's Golden Gate Park San Francisco |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | GOOD "P.R." $400: Use this tool for relatively large areas, like if you're doing the whole bedroom in Sherwin-Williams mindful gray a paint roller |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | MUSIC TERMS $1200: String players debate how much of this technique to use; a little adds warmth... too much & you get the nanny goat effect vibrato |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $200: Take this toy I use to "walk the dog"; I tried that "warp drive" trick, & now I'm in traction a yo-yo |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $100: A company called "London" this "tours" provides "a whirlwind tour of the history of the British public toilet" loo |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | OH, THAT'S RICH $100: Chef Jamie Oliver's website says that if you use lamb instead of beef for cottage pie, it should go by this occupational name shepherd's pie |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | GAS $800: Having learned from the Hindenburg, modern airships use helium in place of this explosive gas hydrogen |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $1600: Dating back to 1609, the Loreto nuns use the same "rule" as this male teaching order founded in 1534 the Jesuits |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | WE TRY TO STAY NEUTRAL $400: In the 1970s baseball players & owners began to use a neutral 3rd person to resolve salary disputes in "binding" this arbitration |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | PLEASE BEAR WITH ME $800: This man as Jackie Moon, after a stunt on the court with a bear goes awry in "Semi-Pro": "If you have a small child, use it as a shield!" Will Ferrell |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | EARTH SCIENCE $800: Seismographers use the difference in speed between P waves & S waves to help locate this point the epicenter (of an earthquake) |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | A BUNDLE OF "FUN" $300: Impatient tax filers expecting some extra cash can use a tool on irs.gov called "Where's my" this refund |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY $1200: This tome was a collection of spells, charms & magical formulas for the deceased to use in the afterlife the Book of the Dead |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | THE SHIP OF STATE $200: Designated SSN-780, the current USS Missouri isn't a battleship but a nuclear-powered one of these a submarine |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | THE SHIP OF STATE $1000: In 1862, the captured & rebuilt USS Merrimack was relaunched as the CSS this state the Virginia |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | CHINESE FOOD $800: The use of spicy Huajiao peppers gives food from this Chinese province its zesty flavor Sichuan |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | ALSO A STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATION $400: Loyola Marymount University offered the USA's first of these degrees in yoga studies an MA |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | THE ASIAN GAMES $600: In sepak takraw, or "kick" this, teams of three use feet, knees, chest & heads but no hands to hit the ball over the net (kick) volleyball |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | RECONSTRUCTION $1000: In 2023, USS Chancellorsville was renamed after this Black Civil War hero & Reconstruction-era congressman Robert Smalls |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | WELCOME TO MIAMI $400: Miami has the USA's largest cruise terminal, serving this cruise line named for a nearby sea Royal Caribbean |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | HERE BE PIRATES! $1200: Not named for pirate William, but for an admiral who died on the Arizona at Pearl Harbor, here's the USS this, flying the Jolly Roger the USS Kidd |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | THAT HOLLOW FEELING $600: The national museum of Ireland has a plaster cast of an early 1900s "ghost turnip" this; we use pumpkins a jack-o'-lantern |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | YOU'VE GOT SOME BAGGAGE $600: Folks in the Bible might have needed a raiment bag; today we use this for suits & dresses that must hang straight, not be folded a garment bag |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FASHION OLD & NEW $600: This one-piece garment that is named for its original use by parachuters is now high fashion a jumpsuit |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66 $800: Lester Dill, who ran Missouri's Meramec Caverns, was one of the 1st to use this form of advertising on cars; in the '30s they were tied on bumper stickers |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | GEOLOGY $1,600 (Daily Double): Leapfrog is software scientists use to create 3D models of this kind of relative elevation map, partly from Greek for "place" topographical (topographic) |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | TOM SWIFT TALES $200: In 1914 Tom had a "Photo" one of these; today he could use a Samsung Galaxy a (photo tele)phone |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | OPPENHEIMER $2000: (Matt Damon presents the clue.) I play this hard-driving U.S. Army general, described as the Manhattan Project's indispensable man who oversaw the project from its inception through the successful testing & eventual wartime use of the atomic bomb General Leslie Groves |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | AROUND THE HOUSE $800: Use newspaper to stay warm without burning it with the blown-in cellulose type of this, which can fit small & curved spaces insulation |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | EAT IT! WEAR IT! OR SIT ON IT! $1000: Use a pound of the Bing variety & don't set yourself on fire when you ignite the liquor in this 2-word dessert cherries jubilee |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | IN HIGH PLACES $1000: Located in Colorado & named for metal ore, at approximately 10,150 feet, it's the highest incorporated city in the USA Leadville |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: I sound so much more refined when I use this 8-letter French synonym for "tushy" derrière |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NO CAP $2000: The USA's thousands of uncapped oil wells issue forth greenhouse gases like methane & carcinogens like this embalming agent formaldehyde |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | POP EYE $1200: On "Orange Is the New Black", Uzo Aduba played Suzanne Warren, who had this manic nickname Crazy Eyes |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | POLICY $600: The first SALT treaties limited the use of these, ABMs for short anti-ballistic missiles |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | WRITING ON THE WALLS $400: In 1859 Henry Bursill published a book showing how to use your hands to make these on the wall, including the bunny & goat shadow puppets |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | OF FUELS $1000: Beginning in 2009 the European Union required road vehicles powered by this fuel to use only low-sulfur kinds diesel |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The demand for decorations on women's hats led Theodore Roosevelt to set up the USA's first 50 reserves for these birds |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: With or without "Asti", use this word to order sparkling wine spumante |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | LET'S CHECK YOUR FAMILY HISTORY $600: Last name of Frank, who invented the Milky Way bar; his family is still one of the USA's richest Mars |
| #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 |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | IT'S ALSO A BOAT $200: It's the graceful & majestic item in use here a clipper |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | TASK: FORCE $1000: The Seattle PD "de"fines it as actions "that seek to minimize the likelihood of the need to use force" in a situation de-escalation |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | AROUND THE USA $200: Fittingly, there's no place like the Oz Museum in Wamego in this state Kansas |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | AROUND THE USA $400: New Orleans' singing oak is good for shade & melodies, the latter provided by these strung through the branches wind chimes |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | AROUND THE USA $600: The Mendenhall Ice Caves near this state capital glow with a spooky blue light Juneau |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | DUDE, HERE'S YOUR CAR $600: Since 2002 this model, with a name from the Japanese word kanmuri, has been the USA's bestselling passenger car the Toyota Camry |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | AROUND THE USA $800: Oak Ridge in this southern state began as a "Secret City" built for the Manhattan Project Tennessee |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | AROUND THE USA $1000: The Empire Quarry in Bloomington, Indiana is famous for providing this building material for the Empire State Building limestone |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | DUDE, HERE'S YOUR CAR $2,200 (Daily Double): Lamborghini's Sesto Elemento was named for its pioneering use of this, from which much of the car is made carbon |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | MIDDLE "G" $1600: Present tense verb meaning to use 2 known positions on a map to determine a third unknown one triangulate |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | NUMERICAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: It's the basic form most taxpayers use to report income & file their return a 1040 |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | THAT'S A WRAP, EVERYBODY! $1000: This loose, skirt-like wrap is noted for its traditional use in the Malay archipelago sarong |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | TRAIN-ING DAY $1200: If you want to "be in" this, Chicago's official downtown area, use the Quincy & Clark/Lake "L" stops the Loop |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE GRAMMAR POLICE $200: Do you know how fast you were going you blew past that stop sign you didn't use a period you ended up with this hyphenated error a run-on sentence |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | FOR MASTERS ONLY $1200: Bewildered diners in a sushi restaurant may use this Japanese word indicating "chef's choice" omakase |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $2000: Numeric sci-fi book about a metaverse, a singular evening of passion & the controversial right to use deadly force as self-defense Ready Player One-night stand your ground |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | SPANISH & PORTUGUESE $800: When talking to one person in Spanish, you use the pronoun tú with a pal but this other pronoun for a more formal encounter usted |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | IT ALL STARTS WITH "U" $2000: In economics, it's a period during which business is at a high point; to be green, it means to use goods to make a better product upcycle |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | "B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $400: When you hear this sound, think of auto parts supplier Ed Peterson, who pioneered its use to prevent backover incidents a beep |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | TURNS $800: To get from higher elevation to lower in this sport, use turns like the plough-parallel or the stem christie skiing |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $400: (Hans Zimmer reads and plays.) For this epic I tried to use some international influences, as it opens in Germany, takes place partly in Morocco & the hero is known as "the Spaniard" Gladiator |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | SOUNDS SPOOKY $200: You don't have to keep it under wraps: a British kid might use this 5-letter word instead of mother mummy |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & ACCESSORIES $200: Despite the rumors, David Mamet said he doesn't actually use this musical device to mark time, but does count syllables metronome |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | ART & ARTISTS $600: Her accomplished use of this technique of light & shadow made Artemisia Gentileschi a masterful talent of the Baroque era chiaroscuro |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | WORLD COINS $800: Cameroon is one of several countries that use a currency called the CFA this; coins come in values from 1 to 500 franc |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | TRAVEL USA $200: On Oahu explore different Pacific island villages & exhibits at the PCC, short for this Cultural Center Polynesian |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | TRAVEL USA $400: In spring head to this California theme park for its annual Boysenberry Festival Knott's Berry Farm |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | TRAVEL USA $600: Your evening tour of our nation's capital includes his memorial seen here Jefferson |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | TRAVEL USA $800: Take a ride on a vintage trolley at the Seashore Trolley Museum in this Maine "Port" city Kennebunkport |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | TRAVEL USA $1000: Boston's Cradle of Liberty, this historic building is adjacent to a bustling marketplace Faneuil Hall |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $400: In 1922 the USS Langley was commissioned as the first of these big ships in the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | YOU BUG ME $2000: Not sounding much like biology-speak, it's the term for the figure-8 dance bees use to tell others the distance & direction to food waggle |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PEOPLE $800: In his 1889 essay "The Gospel of Wealth", this Penn. steel man urged the well-off to use their money to help the less fortunate Carnegie |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PRESIDENTS WHO SERVED $1600: On Sept. 2, 1944 Robert Williams of the USS Finback sighted shot-down aviator George H.W. Bush through this, enabling his rescue a periscope |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | NEED! COFFEE! NOW! $1000: Company legend says Teddy Roosevelt praised Maxwell House coffee with these 5 words, a slogan they still use today good to the last drop |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | ALL "IN" $400: We sometimes use this Latin word for "in the meantime" when someone takes a job on a temporary basis interim |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | FLYIN' HIGHER THAN A JET AIRLINER $400: Apollo 15 was the first mission to use this 460-pound item on the Moon & it's still up there, basically left on the lot the (lunar) rover |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | SCIENCE $5,000 (Daily Double): This pioneering computer language got its name from its early use in translating formulas Fortran |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THE "USS" $200: Extremely selective--no, fastidious--actually, I prefer picky about details fussy |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THAT'S A GOOD SPOT FOR A BREAK $200: Peyton Manning said adjustments at this point are a myth: You "use the restroom, eat (some) oranges & the coach says, 'Let's go"' halftime |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THE "USS" $400: These shellfish must be debearded as part of prep mussels |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THE "USS" $600: Each year the NFL updates this protocol for players with head injuries concussion |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER $600: Sort of a carrier's garage, this "bay" below decks is where most of the aircraft are stored when not in use the hangar bay |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THE "USS" $800: A few people on "Pawn Stars" have brought in this kind of centuries-old short-barreled gun a blunderbuss |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THE "USS" $1000: A supportive garment for hernia sufferers a truss |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $600: In the early 2000s the Israeli army phased out use of this submachine gun the uzi |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | IT'S A COOKBOOK! $400: "Over 300 recipes for plant-based eating all through the year" are found in the bestselling "Forks Over" these Knives |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | THE UNITED NATIONS $800: To do public outreach, U.N. programs & agencies name these ambassadors, something the world could use more of Goodwill Ambassadors |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | CUTTING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES $400: Cary Elwes to Chris Sarandon: "I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon" The Princess Bride |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | OK MILLENNIAL $400: Tulsa's Olivia Jordan, 2015 winner of this title, represented her country at the Miss Universe Pageant Miss USA |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $400: Some use their pencil to do this in textbooks to remind themselves of salient points; it can also mean to strongly assert underscore (or underline) |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | QUANTUM SCIENCE $800: (Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) World Quantum Day is April 14th because Planck's constant, which is in constant use, rounds to 4.14 eV, short for electron this unit; it takes about 625 quintillion eV per second to light a 100-watt bulb volt |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | À LA THE FRENCH COOKING STYLE $800: "À la boulangère", in the style of this man's wife & implying the use of an oven the baker |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | LATIN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: While he popularized the concept, John Locke didn't actually use this term for the idea that the mind is a blank slate at birth tabula rasa |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | TV EATS $800: On "The Office" he spilled the beans on making his famous chili: undercook the onions & use ancho chiles Kevin |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | VERMONT $200: Population about 7,800, it's the USA's least populous state capital Montpelier |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | THAT, OR A GOLF THING $800: The item in use here, or what you use on the green when other players get to putt first a marker |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | A DEADLY WEAPON $1000: A peasant could learn to use a crossbow quickly; this weapon, a Hundred Years' War game-changer, required training a long bow |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | "EI", OH! $1200: The use of this rousing bugle call dates to 1812 in the U.S. military "Reveille" |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | SYNONYMS $2000: Making a departure? Use a synonym from religion, like Exodus or this journey that covered about 210 miles in 622 A.D. the Hejira |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | '80s MOVIE COMEDIES $1000: In this holiday film Randy Quaid's Eddie used to have a metal plate in his head, but use of a microwave made him forget who he was Christmas Vacation |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | MAKING MUSIC $800: (Questlove presents the clue.) This use of snippets from other artists' songs is a hip-hop tradition; in 2006 the Roots had a half hour to clear one from Radiohead before our album got shipped, so we got Jay-Z to find Thom Yorke at the gym a sample |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | QUITE THE FISH STORY $200: Fish argue whether a dentist is using a Hedstrom file or a K-Flex in this Pixar film; the DDS did use the Schilder technique Finding Nemo |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHIP OUT $400: In January of 1898 the USS Maine was sent to this city's harbor; it would not see another new year Havana |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHOE KNOW IT $400: Casinos use multiple-deck cardholders called shoes to combat card counters at this game blackjack |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | HANGOVER CURES $400: Nolan Ryan treated blisters with brine, also called this juice, & for internal use, the electrolytes might help your symptoms pickle juice |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | CONTRONYMS $1600: It can mean done to completion, or spent & having no more use finished |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | COLLEGE SPORTS STUFF $600: The NCAA needs permission from Major League Baseball to use this name for an event held each summer in Omaha the College World Series |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | NATIVE AMERICANA $600: Armaments-wise, Plains Indians had a gull-wing style of these, which they could use on horseback--it takes 2 hands. You try it a bow and arrow |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | THIS IS HOW I WIN $600: Be last off the Battle Bus & land by a quiet spot instead of the Citadel; have a wide range of weapons & a medkit; use headphones Fortnite |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | MARCH MADNESS $800: Last name of USC's Cheryl, winner of back-to-back titles & M.O.P.s in 1983 & '84; she's in the hall of fame with her brother Reggie Miller |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | THE TECH BEAT $1600: Brightspace is a system schools use to provide remote classes, like SNHU & the U. of this state capital, online since '89 Phoenix |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | HIT ALBUMS $1600: 2020's "Eternal Atake" was a smash for this rapper born Symere Woods Lil Uzi Vert |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | UNIONS $3,000 (Daily Double): It was a marriage of true minds when this pair wed in France on July 26, 1895; the bride wore a dark blue dress she could use in the lab Pierre & Marie Curie |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | SOCIAL SCIENCE $400: Growing out of its 1970s women's studies program, in 2006 Indiana University began the USA's first Ph.D. program in this gender studies |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | A GOVERNMENT OFFICE $400: The Off. of Minority Health says disease of this organ, the USA's top killer, takes 30% fewer Hispanics & 30% more Blacks than whites the heart |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | VERY ARTISTIC $800: Praise this painting from the early 1500s on its use of sfumato, the use of fine shading, but please don't tell her to smile more the Mona Lisa |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: (I'm Troian Bellisario.) Considering my first name, maybe I was predestined to attend this university's school of dramatic arts where I earned a fine arts degree; fight on, Trojans! USC |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | SQUIRRELS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN $400: This striped rodent of the squirrel family makes good use of its large internal cheek pouches when transporting food a chipmunk |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $400: In 1888 George Eastman began marketing a low-cost, easy-to-use one of these a camera |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | U.S. MUSEUMS $1000: The highlight of the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut is this first nuclear sub, launched in 1954 USS Nautilus |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | IRAQ $400: In 2003 the USA's 75th Exploitation Task Force searched Iraq for these, WMDs for short, but didn't find any weapons of mass destruction |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | 3-LETTER PALINDROMES $400: Kim & Jon use it to front their names in the rap game Lil |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $2000: The boundary between 2 air masses & a typeface used in printing like Korinna Bold a front & font |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | 12 LETTERS OR MORE $800: It's the process by which green plants use chlorophyll to convert sunlight into nutrients & create oxygen as a by-product photosynthesis |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | "G"EOGRAPHY $300: Officially, it's known as the Hellenic Republic, but this is the name we usually use for it Greece |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $1200: A 2018 USA Today headline: "Rex Tillerson was on the toilet when he was told he'd be fired" from this diplomatic Cabinet job secretary of state |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | HOW DO I GET THERE? $800: This city opposite the same-named island: Drive north on I-5 past Seattle, cross the border & use BC-99, eh Vancouver |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | "SIDE" EFFECTS $800: Heavy skirts & modesty were 2 factors in the use of this piece of equestrian gear a sidesaddle |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | THE ROPES $800: One of the 6 simple machines, it can use downward force on the rope, not a spinning crank, to hoist a load a pulley |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | THOMAS EDISON $200: Edison was good friends with this industrialist, who hoped to use Edison's nickel-iron batteries to power his cars Ford |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | VACATION SPOTS $300: At the Six Flags in Jackson, New Jersey, visitors go from zero to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds on Kingda Ka, the USA's tallest this roller coaster |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | BLANK VERSE $400: "Candy is dandy but ____ is quicker" liquor |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | SIX PACK $800: The "Six Flags" over Texas refer to the entities that have controlled it; sixth is the USA, this was fifth the Confederacy |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $800: Use your this & tell us this slang term for your head; it can also mean a small mug or cup a noggin |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | TATTOOS $400: Many Polynesian tattoos use triangles to represent niho mano, the teeth of this predator a shark |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | LET'S TALK GALAXIES $800: Astronomers use "S" to designate this type of galaxy with arms wrapping around a circular nucleus spiral |
| #8780, aired 2023-01-06 | LEGALLY SPEAKING $2000: A right of way is a type of this, which generally means an acquired right to use another person's land for a special purpose an easement |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $3,000 (Daily Double): The former Fiumicino River is officially identified as this fateful ancient crossing site, but some argue for the Pisciatello or Uso the Rubicon |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | IMPERSONATORS $300: Early 20th century British entertainer Bert Errol is described as a "female impersonator"; today, he might use this royal term drag queen |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | SURNAMES $200: This name meaning a grinder of grain is among the USA's 10 most popular surnames Miller |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | TRANSPORTATION $1600: Coach USA's bus service from O'Hare to Mitchell Airport in this city is 70 miles straight up I-94, but it's still called a shuttle Milwaukee |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | THE GOOD, OLD, U.S. OF A. $400: From c. 1640 & built using dovetailing, the USA's oldest of these 2-word symbols of hardy pioneer life is in western New Jersey a log cabin |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | HERE'S LOOKING AT "U" $800: Here are ancestors of this tribe that let Salt Lake City college athletes use its name to build respect for its history & culture the Utes |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | I GOT A "B" IN HISTORY $400: In World War I the soldiers of the USA's all-Black 92nd infantry division put this animal on their patch buffalo |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | THE FRIEND ZONE $400: In the 1600s, you could have this kind of ship's captain, who was no use in storms; now we talk mostly about this kind of friend a fair-weather friend |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | SHAKESPEARE'S CONTEMPORARIES $800: With 1587's "Tamburlaine the Great", Christopher Marlowe, not Shakespeare, set the stage for the use of this verse in drama iambic pentameter (blank verse) |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ESPIONAGE GLOSSARY $600: This "mortal" term refers to the prearranged location spies use to relay information without meeting a dead drop |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | WORLD OF BEERS $800: Trappist monks in this small European country make Chimay & use the income to support their charitable works Belgium |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ESPIONAGE GLOSSARY $800: Also a word for "zero", it's a method spies use to disguise messages by shuffling letters around cipher |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ESPIONAGE GLOSSARY $1000: The use of sexual wiles in espionage is called this, which sounds like it would work against Winnie-the-Pooh a honey trap |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | YOUR ELEMENTAL HIT PARADE $800: Not great for use in water pipes, this element joins the parade at No. 82 lead |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: This chief befriended Washington Territory settlers, who named a city for him & paid him for the use of his name Chief Seattle |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | "TIP" $400: Early use of this phrase about unseen trouble is said to refer to awareness of how the Titanic sank tip of the iceberg |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | TABLES, LADDERS & CHAIRS $400: In 2008 Nebraska's Supreme Court ruled use of this device violated the state constitution's ban on cruel & unusual punishment the electric chair |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | ANOTHER NAME FOR THAT CONDITION $2000: Called Sao Paulo fever in Brazil, the disease caused by the tick-borne rickettsia pathogen is this geological fever in the USA Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | SEW & SEW $2000: It's to use long, temporary stitches to hold something together, not to keep it moist to baste |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | LET'S GET DOWN TO CASES $400: Davis v. Beason ruled that a Mormon couldn't use this amendment as a defense for polygamy the First Amendment |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | RADIO, RADIO $600: In 1924 Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover said the quickest way to kill radio would be to use it for direct this advertising |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | A LEGO $800: 6-year-olds found it awesome when the USA's first of these opened in Carlsbad, California in 1999 Legoland |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | RADIO, RADIO $1000: Programs on this international network include "Science in a Minute" & "Press Conference USA" Voice of America |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | AH, HA HA "HA" $400: On a very special day like today, use this official stamp that indicates quality hallmark |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | SOCCER'S WORLD CUP IN THE 21st CENTURY $400: Italy won its fourth title in 2006 but only after a full time tie & the use of a "shootout" of these kicks to decide the game penalty kicks |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | SOCCER'S WORLD CUP IN THE 21st CENTURY $1000: This American striker had a 5-goal game to begin the 2019 Women's World Cup, & it was USA all the way Alex Morgan |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | USA $200: The Pabst Theater is at the heart of this city's downtown theater district Milwaukee |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | USA $400: In 2021, Las Vegas renamed McCarran International Airport in honor of this long-time Nevada senator (Harry) Reid |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | USA $600: This 1,450-foot-tall building is a real high point of the ZIP code 60606 the Willis Tower |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | USA $800: Most of this large swamp in southeastern Georgia has been designated a National Wildlife Refuge Okefenokee |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | USA $1000: The northernmost point in the lower 48 is this 130-square-mile area on Minnesota's Lake of the Woods the Northwest Angle |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $6,000 (Daily Double): A criminal who is caught red-handed is caught this way, "while the crime is blazing" in flagrante delicto |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | GOING THROUGH SOME CYCLES $100: Washing machines use this noisy cycle to extract moisture from freshly laundered clothes the spin cycle |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC SHIPS $400: Launched in 1953, the USS Albacore was a research ship that pioneered the "teardrop" hull shape for this type of vessel a submarine |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THE "A" LIST $400: To avoid a libel lawsuit, news stories about someone accused of a crime use this word meaning "accused" alleged |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC SHIPS $800: Since Dec. 7, 1941 the USS Arizona has lain at the bottom of this Hawaiian location Pearl Harbor |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC SHIPS $1000: This U.S. ship from the War of 1812 is nicknamed "Old Ironsides" the USS Constitution |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH MATT AMODIO $1500: (Matt Amodio delivers the clue.) This word means a procedure for solving a computational problem; it can be simple, like the steps of long division, or complicated, like the ones search engines use to deliver results an algorithm |
| #8740, aired 2022-11-11 | THE ARTS $200: Here's this Italian composer looking like he could use a visit from the Barber of Seville Rossini |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | GEOLOGY $1200: Used in the Stone Age for spear points & arrowheads, this form of quartz later found a use in firearms flint |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: If your lab has a tile counter, don't use it to place solid carbon dioxide, aka this; the adhesive will be destroyed dry ice |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | GET A HANDLE ON IT $600: Some say it's tacky, but baseball sluggers regularly use this 2-word tree product to improve their grip pine tar |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | DOG-GONE WORDS $300: For a mixed breed dog, some say mongrel & others use this 4-letter equivalent mutt |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $1000: Astronomers use this 3-letter word to refer to a period of time equaling one billion years; to others, it means a really long time an eon |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | THE OED QUOTES $400: Weird: Charlotte Bronte provided the first known use of this alliterative 2-word term for a lawless section of American frontier Wild West |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1200: Part of Duke Ellington's band for 40 years, Harry Carney played this biggest & lowest-pitched sax in common use baritone sax |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | CATCH-2022 $600: USC & UCLA announced a move to this conference, whose teams they've often faced in the Rose Bowl the Big Ten |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | FROM EAR TO FRATERNITY $200: Do we have to paint you a picture? We'll use this wooden frame to help an easel |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | YOU'RE THE BEST AROUND $1000: The "best of all possible worlds" was a philosophical tenet of this German who advised Peter the Great Gottfried Leibniz |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | YOU MOVE ME $400: On the PGA Champions Tour (formerly the Senior Tour), players may use this, though Darren Clarke is one of the few who do a golf cart |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | YOU MOVE ME $600: Ramcharger 8 at Montana's Big Sky Resort is the USA's first 8-person one of these uphill transports a ski lift |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | YES, CHEF! $500: I said use 1.5 lbs. of white button mushrooms for the duxelles, a 3-pound tenderloin & puff pastry to make "Beef" this! Gogogo! Wellington |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | SHAVE & A HAIRCUT $600: You can use a razor to shave or shape your 2 these, of which muttonchops are one type sideburns |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | SO YOU BLEW IT THE FIRST TIME $800: A rejection letter to this writer said, "You just don't know how to use the English language", but "The Jungle Book" lay ahead Kipling |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | AMERICANA $400: The USA's National Mammal is the majestic critter seen here, designated by Congress under this 5-letter name a bison |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | CURRENT EVENTS $400: This 3-digit national hotline phone number for suicide prevention went live in 2022 988 |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | WAIST UP, NECK DOWN $400: The cecum is part of the large intestine; animals use it to digest this kind of food, so in koalas, it's 3 times body length plants (vegetation) |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | GO BLUE! $400: Known as the little blue pill, it's been suggested audaciously that some men might use it for recreation, not procreation Viagra |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | STARS $1000: Time to use all your heads & hail this huge constellation that includes the Ghost of Jupiter nebula seen here Hydra |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | BLACK BUSINESS $200: Once, the USA's largest Black-owned business was North Carolina Mutual Life on Durham's Parrish Street, also called "Black" this street Wall Street |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $1600: The unexpurgated transcript of the 1895 libel trial involving this author appeared in 2003 & a 2021 bio makes good use of it (Oscar) Wilde |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | BARTENDING 101 $400: To release their oils & flavor, use a special tool called a muddler to crush these leaves when making a mojito mint |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | IT'S A VERB & A NOUN $600: To glance over, &
the 7-letter body part you use to do it to eyeball |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | BARTENDING 101 $1000: The appropriate garnish is important; use a lemon slice for this drink that combines beer & lemonade a shandy |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | TOYING WITH YOU $200: His Funny-Face Kit debuted in 1952, for use with any fruit or vegetable; his plastic "head" became part of the package in 1964 Mr. Potato Head |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | MEDICAL SPECIALTIES $800: By definition, this field specializes in the use of X-rays, ultrasounds & other images to diagnose whatever is going on inside the body radiology |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | AUSTIN TENDS BAR $900: (Austin shakes drops from a bottle into a glass with a red drink.) Whether you use the Angostura or Peychaud's brand, life has its share of these aromatic spirits used to flavor classic cocktails like the Old Fashioned bitters |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | CELEBRITY CAMEOS $1200: Bill Murray dresses up like the undead to "blend in" in this 2009 film; Woody Harrelson admits that he's a big fan Zombieland |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | SUPERNATURAL STORIES $200: Use your brains & know Colson Whitehead's "Zone One" has a different Mark Spitz taking on feral these creatures zombies |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | ALPHANUMERICS $2000: Modern chess notation doesn't use king's bishop 4 & such; all the squares are numbered from a1 to this h8 |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $500: A fancy design of your initials that you use on stationery or clothing a monogram |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | TINY 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Musically, it precedes Wayne & Uzi Vert Lil |
| #8703, aired 2022-09-21 | PEOPLE & PLACES $400: Some of the Yagua of the Amazon basin still use this weapon for hunting a blow dart |
| #8703, aired 2022-09-21 | BELIEF SYSTEMS $2000: "Ru" is the Chinese word for the belief system central to Chinese culture for millennia; we use this word, from a sage's name Confucianism |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TL;DW $1000: We were excited to see his fabled cut but then saw the USA Today headline: "Why is" this director's "'Justice League' four hours long?" (Zack) Snyder |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | HISPANIC HERITAGE HERE $1200: Philadelphia has the USA's second-largest community from this U.S. commonwealth & a center for its culture Puerto Rico |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | GO GET "EM" $1200: It's the crime of using money or property entrusted to you for your own use embezzlement |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | HISPANIC HERITAGE HERE $1600: Julia Alvarez explores the Yankee-ization of an event for teenage girls in "Once Upon a" this: "Coming of Age in the USA" a quinceañera |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $200: For issue 1 in 1982, as many a front page had Lebanon's pres. getting blown up, USA Today led with the death of this princess from Philly Princess Grace of Monaco (Grace Kelly) |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $400: The New York times ("The Gray Lady") remarked on USA Today's "brazen" use of this, in all 4 sections from July 2, 1984 color |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $600: Stories by USA Today's Christine Brennan helped get this golf club to admit its first female members in 2012 Augusta |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $800: In 1986 USA Today became the youngest publication parodied by this Harvard mag, including a story on sending Qaddafi thousands of pizzas the Lampoon |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $1000: USA Today's Leslie Cauley wrote about this agency storing Americans' phone records before Edward Snowden worked there the NSA |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | PLEASE RISE FOR OUR NATIONAL... $600: Symbol of the USA itself: In 1950 the nation said, "I want you" to this finger-pointer Uncle Sam |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | THE WOUK MOB $200: In a novel by Herman Wouk, unstable Captain Queeg of the USS Caine faces this title event The Caine Mutiny |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | GOOD HISTORY $200: Around 400,000 B.C., hominids began to control this; one later use may have been to destroy habitat so as to aid hunting & foraging fire |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | HODGEPODGE $400: In billiards, when it's too far a reach, you can use a mechanical one of these 6-letter tools to help make the shot a bridge |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | DANGER! DANGER! $600: You can sleep all night & work all day, but Time magazine listed this outdoor job as the USA's most dangerous a lumberjack |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | THE COLD WAR ERA $2000: Abbreviated M.A.D., this theory deterred the use of nuclear weapons by suggesting there would be no winners mutually assured destruction |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | ACTRESSES IN THE SHOW $800: Uzo Aduba,
Laura Prepon Orange is the New Black |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | NON-ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS $800: It's commonly known as a lie detector a polygraph |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $200: Concern, or a sum charged for the use of money interest |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | SUMMER'S HERE $200: It's a festive Fourth of July in South Carolina, where consumer-grade these are legal to use if you're over 16 fireworks |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: It's the process of verifying yourself in order to use a computer system; some might require "2 factor" authentication |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS $800: In an operation in 1846, William Morton employed ether in the first successful public use of this anesthesia |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | PLACES IN THE USA $400: The world's largest stand of ponderosa pines is near Flagstaff in Coconino National Forest in this state Arizona |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | PLACES IN THE USA $800: An Idaho city gave its name to a geyser there called these "Springs"; it was Beer Springs but went non-alcoholic Soda Springs |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | PLACES IN THE USA $1600: Sheffield, Alabama is home to these "Shoals", the studio where "Wild Horses" & "Old Time Rock & Roll" were recorded Muscle Shoals |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | PLACES IN THE USA $2,000 (Daily Double): A favorite restaurant of Joe Biden's is Piccolina Toscana in this Delaware city, his longtime home Wilmington |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | PLACES IN THE USA $2000: This Oregon State University city is about 40 miles down the Willamette from Eugene Corvallis |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | ASTRONOMY $2000: Astronomers use this, the difference in an object's direction when observed from 2 points, to measure distance parallax |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) I’m in this area of San Francisco that served as an Army base for Spain, Mexico & the United States before switching to civilian use in 1994 the Presidio |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: A noted military use of these animals was by Pyrrhus at the Battle of Heraclea in 280 B.C.; they freaked out the Roman horses elephants |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | ELEMENTS & THEIR USES $400: This second-lightest gas is mixed with oxygen for use in scuba diving helium |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | ELEMENTS & THEIR USES $2000: A pacemaker can use heat from this radioactive element, No. 94, as it decays to generate the electricity that stimulates the heart plutonium |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | SOUND UP! $600: The use of this word for the basketball success heard here dates back at least as far as 1913 a swish |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | USA $400: In 1987, some 300,000 people crowded onto this structure to celebrate its 50th anniversary the Golden Gate Bridge |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | USA $800: This body of water that separates Maryland's eastern & western shores is the largest estuary in the United States the Chesapeake Bay |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | USA $1200: This Pennsylvania city was named for the family who founded the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co., not Dunder Mifflin, in 1840 Scranton |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | USA $1600: At one square mile, Elk Island in Jackson Lake is this state's largest island Wyoming |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | USA $2000: Some believe the ghost of this Voodoo queen haunts her House of Voodoo museum & store in New Orleans Marie Laveau |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | DR. MITTENS, CAT OBSTETRICIAN $200: Ultrasound won't tell us litter size; for that we use this diagnostic technology that's several decades older X-ray |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | DR. MITTENS, CAT OBSTETRICIAN $400: Stage I of labor includes creating a cozy space, known as this avian-sounding activity; be sure to use your human's most costly clothes nesting |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | WHAT A TOOL $800: It's a pronged tool used for gathering, & no one would use a hoe for that a rake |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | 5-LETTER "W"s $1000: Roger, I heard your radio message & I'll use this combination of 2 words to indicate I'll do what you asked wilco |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | Xs, THEN Os $600: Flash lamps are one use for this noble gas xenon |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | WARTIME U.S. PRESIDENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the final days of the Vietnam War, he ordered the airlift of more than 200,000 refugees, most of whom were brought to the USA Gerald Ford |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | WHAT'S IN A NAME? $200: From its use by certain movie folks, it's the style of seat seen here a director's chair |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | THE FARMER $800: Some farmers use cow feed grown from plants that are called GMO, short for this genetically modified organisms |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | IT'S A WORD! IT'S A NAME! $200: Baedeker became a generic word for this kind of book; publisher Karl was one of the first to use stars in his a (travel) guide |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN $400: In 1613 the English kidnapped this daughter of Powhatan to use her as a hostage in negotiations Pocahontas |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE $400: Sailors have been known to use these to sleep in, but more familiar are the ones tied between 2 trees in your backyard hammocks |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY QUOTE $2000: "Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe" Richard III |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | 2 "R"s NOT TO REASON WHY $800: Also an adjective for straightness, it's the old-time firearm accessory in use here a ramrod |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER GLOSSARY $2,800 (Daily Double): It's literally porta sul retro, but Italian hackers use this English term a backdoor |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | ART $800: It was for the USA's centennial that Archibald Willard painted this work showing 3 marching musicians Spirit of '76 |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | NEW YORK STATE HISTORY $600: Said to be the USA's oldest state park is the one encompassing this natural wonder formed about 12,000 years ago Niagara Falls |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | WORLD CURRENCIES $800: Cyprus & Estonia are 2 in a group of countries that use this currency the euro |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | WORLD CURRENCIES $3,000 (Daily Double): Like their shared neighbor, Sri Lanka & Pakistan use currencies called this the rupee |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | FREE AS A WORD $800: August 1944 brought this happy event for Paris; the French use the same word liberation |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: Built in what's now this country in the 300s B.C. & still in use today, the theater at Epidaurus seats about 13,000 Greece |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY $800: From 2002 to 2008, this coach seen here led USC to seven straight BCS bowls & two title games Pete Carroll |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | CONGRESS IN THE 19th CENTURY $2000: Latin for "force of the county", these 2 words titled an 1878 act that prevented the use of the army to enforce law in the South posse comitatus |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | THE LANGUAGE OF SPORT $200: In volleyball, this hard hit ends a point; police use it in a "strip" to end high-speed pursuits spike |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ____, ____ & ____ $4,000 (Daily Double): These items were tolled, closed & extinguished in an old Catholic ceremony bell, book & candle |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | WE ARE SWOLEMATES $800: It's leg day! The adductor muscles are inner muscles in this body part, so let's squeeze the 2 together & use them! & again! thighs |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | WE ARE SWOLEMATES $1000: Let's blast these triangular shoulder muscles with some lateral raises with kettlebells, & don't just use momentum; we'll do traps next deltoids |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | POLICING & PUNISHMENTS $1200: Since 2020 several states have restricted the use of controversial "no-knock" these documents by the police warrants |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | FEMALE LITERARY CHARACTERS $400: A specialist in waterproof fires, she was known to use a time-turner so she could be in 2 classes at once (Hermione) Granger |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | YOUR TV HOST WITH THE MOST $1000: She went "Live!" as a title daytime TV co-host in 2001 but in the '80s, got to show off her moves on "Dance Party USA" (Kelly) Ripa |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | BIBLICAL TRANSLATIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): Most translations say Lot's wife became one of these, but some use "column" or "statue" a pillar of salt |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $400: To see a rare stone beach on Washington Island, Wisconsin, you must brave Death's Door, a strait connecting Lake Michigan and this bay Green Bay |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $800: Head west on I-40 in New Mexico, & you can go from Acoma to Zuni, visiting two of the state's 19 of these centuries old Native American communities pueblos |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $1200: Incredible homes like Marble House, an imitation of Versailles, meant to be a temple of the arts, are in this Rhode Island city Newport |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $1600: Seafood plus history mark this area, named for its location on Chesapeake Bay, birthplace of both Harriet Tubman & Frederick Douglass the Eastern Shore |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $2,000 (Daily Double): Southwest of Tallahassee, this community got the same name as a Central American capital in 1909 when its people were excited about possible trade Panama City |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | CHEMICAL ELEMENTS $400: The balloons in one Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade use about 400,000 cubic feet of this gas helium |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | COMPUTERS & THE INTERNET $200: This Google product is the USA's most-used web browser Chrome |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | COMPUTERS & THE INTERNET $2,200 (Daily Double): Old monitors needed a screensaver, which moved so it wouldn't burn in; today you can use this static image, also a home decorating item wallpaper |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | HOW ARE YOU FIXED FOR BLADES? $400: A dermatologic surgeon can use a No. 15 type of this small, light blade & a Bard-Parker handle a scalpel |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | IN THE GILDED AGE $2000: Celebrating the Declaration of Independence, the USA's first world's fair, the Centennial Exposition, was held in this city Philadelphia |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | HISTORICAL NONFICTION $400: "Milk of Paradise: A History of" this drug examines its use & abuse from ancient times up to our own opium |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | PHOTOGRAPHY $400: A symbol of bad luck & of Halloween, this common pet can also be hard to photograph--use diffused, not direct light a black cat |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $1200: In Sweden, to be caught "with your beard in the mailbox" is similar to this clothing-related phrase we use caught with your pants down |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | LAWN TOMORROW $400: Freeze! this varmint--you tore up my lawn but I'll use liquid castor oil around your tunnel entry to ward you off the gopher |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | AMERICAN LAW $1200: The Supreme Court says, "The law has long forbidden routine use" of these hand &/or leg chains on defendants shackles |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE... $200: ...gone nowhere near this D.C. complex on June 17, 1972, Virgilio Gonzalez; you could have put your locksmith skills to better use the Watergate Hotel |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | PUT A "RING" ON IT $400: Like medieval castle-busters, firefighters use this 2-word bar to go through brick walls battering ram |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | FOOD & DRINK HOMOPHONES $600: Use one to kill the undead or to hold down the corner of a tent a stake |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS $400: The Etruscan 20-letter language went out of use owing to the spread of this language that used 23 letters Latin |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS $1200: The Etruscans' religious use of fowls for divination led to this clavicular way for determining fate pulling a wishbone |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | BOWL-O-RAMA $400: You can serve soup in a bread bowl; use this kind of bread, just like Panera does sourdough |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | ONLINE & TEXTING ABBREV. $2000: eli5 is shorthand for this expression, so use small words to clarify explain it to me like I'm 5 |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | LIBRARIES $800: You don't have to work in government to use the main reading room here, but you do need an appointment the Library of Congress |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $1200: The first people to use the term "atom" were the ancient Greeks & in their language, it refers to this quality indivisibility |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | HOPPER $600: To make a grasshopper green, use the green type of this liqueur crème de menthe |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | GOOD FOR THE STEW $200: Slang for the head; sometimes people ask you to "use" this bit of pasta when you've made a dumb mistake noodle |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | HISTORY $1000: The USA's worst depression before the Civil War began with what's usually called this event "of 1837" the Panic |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: The Brits use this word to refer to a layoff; elsewhere, it's needless repetition of words redundancy |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | HOMOPHONE TO THE LETTER $800: To use your peepers see |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | THAT INVENTION IS ELECTRIC $800: Jack Cover read about a man who survived walking into an electric fence & as a result, police use these devices tasers |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | PUTTING THE CARBS $200: Apples, lentils & brown rice provide vitamins & minerals as this complex carb; you use a different form to crisp up shirts starch |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A STATE CAPITOL IDEA $2000: The Capitol in this northern city lacks a dome, big grounds & any road to get there; you can hit the sea & use the marine highway Juneau |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | PITHY WORDS & PHRASES $1200: If fashion is your "bag", use this 5-letter designer name when you want to say something is "great" or "going well" Gucci |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | BAD PEOPLE IN BOOKS $2000: This character tells Paul Sheldon, "You're going to use this typewriter to write a new novel! Your best novel! 'Misery's Return!"' Annie Wilkes |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | LET'S ROCK & ROLL! $600: Hominid use of this variety of quartz to make tools goes back millions of years; we "-locked" it into early firearms a bit later flint |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | MUSIC CLASS $800: Guitarists use an index finger to hold down multiple strings when playing a "barre" this a chord |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | BETWEEN 10 & 20 $600: When writing a haiku, you must use this many syllables 17 (5, 7, 5) |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | THE MOVIE TITLE ELEMENT $2000: "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops", Cary Grant says in a 1944 comedy about his aunts' use of this arsenic |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | HAIKU THAT NOVEL! $800: Oasis, by Cline /
Praise... "Wonka meets 'The Matrix'" /
--USA Today Ready Player One |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | FROM THE OLD TOOL SHED $800: Here's sculptor Antoine Coysevox holding this tool that he put to good use while at Versailles a chisel |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | OUR GOVERNMENT $800: Most states use primaries, but Wyoming employs one of these meetings to decide candidates a caucus |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: Located in Arkansas, Lake Chicot is the USA's largest lake of this type formed by a bend in a river an oxbow lake |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | BOATS & SHIPS $200: The USS Pennsylvania was in drydock at this naval base on December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | COMMENCEMENT $200: In 1959 Arlene Pieper became the USA's first woman to finish one of these races, at Pikes Peak: Boston refused her entry the marathon |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | OTHER COUNTRIES SEPARATED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE $400: French Canadians use "on" for this pronoun instead of "nous", more commonly used in France we |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | OTHER COUNTRIES SEPARATED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE $1000: For "good day", Austrians use "gruss gott" instead of this literal translation used in most of Germany guten tag |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $200: Almost 300 years old, this house of justice in King William County, Virginia is the USA's oldest in continuous use a courthouse |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $400: A sign on Commercial Street in Boston commemorates a 1919 flood of this sweet & sticky brown syrup; sounds funny, but lives were lost molasses |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $600: In 2021 this bridge that spans the East River got a new 2-way bike lane the Brooklyn Bridge |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $800: Head to New Orleans' French Quarter to visit the Old Absinthe House named for this pirate Jean Lafitte |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $1000: Stephen King's stay at the Stanley Hotel in this state inspired "The Shining"; you can stay there too Colorado |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | DATING THE REALITY SHOW $400: Head to Casa Amor to see if singles in bathing suits become soulmates after a solid few days on this show "USA" Love Island |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | IT WAS ALL PURPLE $600: Apollonia Kotero & Morris Day both got to use their first names for their characters in this 1984 flick Purple Rain |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | DATING THE REALITY SHOW $600: Somehow, TLC built a hit show called this that's centered on a time length established by the USA's K-1 visa program 90 Day Fiancé |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | AGAIN $1,000 (Daily Double): The first use of "instant" this was during the 1963 Army-Navy football game replay |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 6 FLAGS $600: You can use two flags to communicate in the method seen here semaphore |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | BIG NAMES ON CAMPUS $600: A USC cinema building is named for this director who was rejected 3 times by the school & attended Cal State Long Beach instead (Steven) Spielberg |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | AMERICANA $600: Young woman! It's fun to stay here & Julia Morgan, the USA's most prolific major architect, designed about 20 of them the YWCA |
| #8563, aired 2022-01-26 | CREATURE COMFORTS $600: On Madagascar, these primates use a toxic secretion from millipedes as an insect repellent & is thought to get high lemurs |
| #8563, aired 2022-01-26 | E BEFORE I $1200: In Shakespeare it means fanciful or imaginative; in "con"temporary use, it means vain conceited |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | ROMA LIFE & CULTURE $1000: This legendary Roma jazz player who lacked the use of 2 left fingers has inspired generations of guitarists Django Reinhardt |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | MEXICO BEFORE 1600 $400: Maya tracking their appointments could use the Haab 19-month one of these or the long count one, which covers 5,125 years calendars |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | I WANT 2 B $600: A child's toy, or a showy trinket that's of little actual use a bauble |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | WHALES $400: Like bats, some whales use this natural sonar to hunt, communicate & navigate echolocation |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | PAINTINGS $1200: 1964's "Picture of a Hollywood Swimming Pool" was the first of many pool paintings by this Brit who made a big splash in the USA David Hockney |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | NATIONAL NATURAL LANDMARKS $200: Nearly 600 sites are designated National Natural Landmarks, like the Barringer Meteor this in Arizona, the USA's largest impact one a crater |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY $800: Good manners, or the kind of airport phone you can use to reach Avis courtesy |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | SAY YOUR PRAYERS $400: In Catholic tradition, October is the month dedicated to the use of this string of prayer beads rosary |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | BALANCES $2000: This 17th century Dutch scientist was among the first to use a balance spring in the design of watches Christiaan Huygens |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | CHEMISTRY $400: To get this from brine, use the Dow process or insert 2 letters after the "br" bromine |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | LET THERE BE ENLIGHTENMENT $2000: This German's 1784 essay "What is Enlightenment?" told readers to "Dare to know!... have the courage to use your own understanding" (Immanuel) Kant |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | SHOW ME YOUR P-H-D $1200: In 2021 4 astronauts landed in the Gulf of Mexico in the USA's first nighttime one of these since 1968 a (crewed) splashdown |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | DEALING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT $800: The International Tropical Timber Agreement regulates the use of wood that's grown between these 2 geographic limits the Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | THE RULES OF THE GAME $800: The supine competitor may use no mechanical brakes luge |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: Footbridge is a 10-letter word that you use if you're this kind of 10-letter traveler a pedestrian |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | 10-LETTER WORDS $800: Yep, people still use this handy measuring tool in math class & in certain professions a protractor |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | WE GET LETTERS $1600: German musicians use "B" for B flat & this for B natural H |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | WRITERS, WITH STYLE $2000: He didn't use sci-fi in 1961's "Mother Night", about an American playwright spying on the Nazis. He passed away in 2007. So it goes Vonnegut |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | HELPING THE PLANET $600: Tokyo-based Next Meats offers meat alternatives with extra protein thanks to the use of these legumes soybeans |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | MUSEUMS $800: Though the secret annex at her house is empty now, you can use a VR app to explore it as it looked when her family was in hiding Anne Frank |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | MIX TAPE $1000: For auxiliary data storage, computers sometimes use this type of tape that often has iron oxide in it magnetic tape |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | INTO THE J*E*T STREAM $200: To use a syringe to put a drug into a person's body inject |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | OUT OF THE CRADLE $400: To use an acid to produce a pattern on glass etch |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: As a child Johanna Spyri spent time in Graubunden in this country, a setting she would later use in "Heidi" Switzerland |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | THE SHIRLEY BOOTH $1600: In the miniseries "Mrs. America" about 1970s feminist wars, Uzo Aduba played this pioneering Black presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | PRIME NUMBER, PLEASE $600: The OED found the University of Buffalo was the first to use this number denoting an introductory course, in 1929 101 |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | THAT'S OUR FACTORY $1600: A "New" factory of the future in Massachusetts for its made-in-the-USA sneakers New Balance |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm John Holt.) It was an exciting but sobering event in 2006 when Kansas City opened the USA's official museum of this event, with features for visitors to ponder like a field of 9,000 silk poppies World War I |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | 2 WORDS, 2 SYLLABLES EACH $800: Brits use this "familial" name for the guy who brings presents every December Father Christmas |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "K"-POP $400: Top 40 songs by this rapper in 2019 included "Follow God", "On God" & "Use This Gospel" Kanye |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES $400: Argentina still asserts a claim to these islands, though it renounced the use of force to recover them in the 1990s the Falklands |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY $1000: Prince Philip spent 15 years designing his hearse from this automotive brand; in 2021 it came into use Land Rover |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | TELEVISION $1200: Inmate Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on "Orange Is the New Black", in 2021 she handed out therapy on "In Treatment" Uzo Aduba |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | EPIDEMIOLOGY $800: Epidemiologists use this 4-letter word for a person who harbors a pathogen; it's no party to be one a host |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | BOATS & SHIPS $400: In 1943 the USS Kidd became the first U.S. Navy ship permitted to fly this feared flag the Jolly Roger |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | BOATS & SHIPS $800: The USS Doyle didn't have a mutiny during World War II, but it later played this movie ship that did the Caine |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | ANNUS HORRIBILIS $600: "Black Thursday" saw panic selling on Oct. 24 of this year, leading to "Black Monday" & "Black Tuesday" & dark days in the USA 1929 |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | BIRD BRAINS $200: Some birds wield twigs & sticks to accomplish tasks, making them among the handful of animals known to use these tools |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | HISTORY'S MYSTERIES $400: Despite reporting no problems, the USS Cyclops went missing in 1918 & is thought to be lost in this mysterious region the Bermuda Triangle |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | VOTING USA $200: A bit under half the states offer SDR, short for same-day this, often Election Day registration |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | VOTING USA $400: Oklahoma is among states to explicitly allow posting a photo of how you voted, commonly known as a "ballot" this selfie |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | VOTING USA $600: (Here is Dr.Kate Rubins who has spent a total of 300 days in space.) Astronauts are able to vote from the ISS, including me in the 2016 election; my ballot was encrypted & transmitted to a county clerk in this city, where Mission Control is Houston |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | VOTING USA $800: Bringing Sunday churchgoers to cast their votes after services is rhymingly called these "to the polls" souls |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | VOTING USA $1000: Saying it was no longer needed, in 2013 the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of this law & its federal oversight the Voting Rights Act |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | TWISTER! $1200: Tornadoes destroy wind speed instruments, so meteorologists use mobile radar named for this Austrian to get the same effect Doppler |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | & PLAYING TRIANGLE $600: Just like a boat, windmills like the ones seen here use a type of triangular sail with this 3-letter name a jib |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | EDUCATION FIRSTS $1200: Golfer Terry Williams was the USA's first woman to receive one of these, from the University of Miami in 1973 a sports scholarship |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | EDUCATION FIRSTS $1600: The USA's first public teacher training school evolved into Framingham State University in this state Massachusetts |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | TECHNOLOGY $1600: Elisha Otis' invention of the "safety" this led to its regular use for passengers elevator |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | A PRESI-DENTAL CATEGORY $800: In 2001 George W. Bush began his plainspoken "Toothpaste Diplomacy" by saying he & this Brit "both use Colgate" Blair |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | SEEN HERE $800: We all could use some support, & both your clavicles & your ribs get support from this bone seen here sternum |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | "H" IS FOR HISTORY $200: He helped make the Teamsters the USA's largest labor union, but his whereabouts are a mystery Hoffa |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | 1871--150 YEARS AGO $400: William Woods Holden of North Carolina became the USA's first governor removed from office via this process impeachment |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | FOR YOUR REFERENCE $1000: "Do not break sentences in two" & "use the active voice" were among William Strunk's original these title principles Elements of Style |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | SPIN CYCLE $1000: Labs use this machine that spins fluids to do your hematocrit, or blood analysis centrifuge |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | DAYTIME TV $2000: A 2020 episode title of his show was "My Husband Blames Me for his Drug Use" Dr. Phil |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | LITERARY TERMS $1000: "The ancient door groaned when I opened it" makes use of this device giving human attributes to nonhuman things personification |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | A WORD IN SPANISH $800: Stand down, Sir Francis Drake; Spanish-speaking countries such as Argentina use this to mean their navy armada |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $1600: Jay-Z admitted he lied about seeing "Annie" on Broadway as a kid to convince the rights holders to let him use its music in this song "Hard Knock Life" |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | DURING THE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON ADMINISTRATION $600: March 5, 1841 saw the start of what's considered the Senate's first use of this tactic; it lasted several days filibuster |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ACROSS THE USA $400: Elizabeth Bishop's poem about this state mentions alligators, sandbars, swamps & mosquitoes Florida |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ACROSS THE USA $800: Clingmans Dome, the highest point in Tennessee, is also the highest point on this trail that goes from Georgia to Maine the Appalachian Trail |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ACROSS THE USA $1200: It's the only Great Lake that doesn't cross into Canadian territory (Lake) Michigan |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ACROSS THE USA $2000: Fittingly, it's from the top of Idaho's He Devil Mountain that this deepest river gorge in North America plunges 8000 feet Hells Canyon |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ACROSS THE USA $6,000 (Daily Double): This river flows through Richmond, Virginia as well as a historic colonial settlement that bears its name (the) James (River) |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | IDIOMS $1000: In the 17th century it was a feather & a horse; today we use this idiom for one more burden you just can't take the straw that broke the camel's back |
| #8464, aired 2021-08-12 | TIME FOR SECONDS $400: In 2021 he became the USA's first second gentleman Doug Emhoff |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | AROUND THE USA $200: Nevada is home to the wonder known as Fly this type of hot spring Geyser |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | AROUND THE USA $400: In Great Falls, Montana, visit the Sip 'n Dip, one of these Polynesian style lounges with colorful drinks & swimming mermaids a tiki bar |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | AROUND THE USA $600: A live type of this tree is a must-see for visitors to Johns Island, South Carolina oak |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | AROUND THE USA $800: Boise, Idaho has an alliterative "Block" for these people of the Pyrenees, dedicated to preserving their culture Basque |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | AROUND THE USA $4,400 (Daily Double): The purple seats near the top of Coors Field tell you you've reached this geographic designation mile high |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | THE CHOSEN FEW $800: Anyone is allowed to book time to use this space telescope first launched in 1990, but competition is fierce the Hubble |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1200: The British use this booze to mean "strange" rum |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AT HOME $400: When it's late at home, I'll use my Kindle Oasis or Nook Glowlight, which are these, to catch up on my Flaubert e-reader |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | "TENDER" $600: One must "demonstrate a practical use of the taut-line hitch" to achieve this scouting rank Tenderfoot |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | HELP! $400: In college dorms R.A. is short for this helper, who could be of use if a neighbor won't keep his music down resident assistant (resident advisor) |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | HELP! $1000: The Red Cross helps teach the public about CPR & how to use an AED, or automated external one of these heart starters defibrillator |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | "BY" & "BI" $1000: As a verb, it means "to avoid"; as a noun, it's the road you might use to avoid something bypass |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | LISTEN UP! $1000: Known for its use in "Star Wars" films, this "scream" wasn't named for a kaiser but for a 1953 film character who got an arrow in the leg Wilhelm (the Wilhelm scream) |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | HISTORY $200: Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific saw the first use of this powerful new weapon in 1952 an H-bomb |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | MILITARY EMBLEMS OF BELIEF $1200: Pagans might opt to use Mjölnir, the hammer of this god for their gravestones Thor |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | BEACH-Y KEEN $600: Didn't use sunscreen? You could be described this way, a phrase using a color & a crustacean red as a lobster |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | IN A STORM $1600: Use most of the letters from "typhoon" to spell out this creature whose reticulated version can get pretty big a python |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | WORKING OUT: THE DETAILS $800: When working these major muscles seen here, you can use the formal name or the colloquial pecs |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | USE YOUR TWO "I"s $200: It can mean a ghost or strong alcohol a spirit |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | USE YOUR TWO "I"s $400: Save me some of this! Another word for cake frosting icing |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | USE YOUR TWO "I"s $600: A period of intentionally staying awake to keep watch or to pray vigil |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | USE YOUR TWO "I"s $800: The Egyptian god Thoth was often depicted with the head of this bird an ibis |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | USE YOUR TWO "I"s $1000: After my bagpipes solo, I really had reason to say the catchphrase "everyone's a" this critic |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | AMERICANA $1000: The USA's oldest continuously operating one, this building has linked Hinsdale, N.H. with the world since it opened in 1816 post office |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | BORDERING THE USA $200: About 20 minutes after crossing the border into British Columbia, you can be in this big city exploring Stanley Park Vancouver |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | BORDERING THE USA $400: Goat Island separates the Horseshoe & the American sides of this gorgeous landmark Niagara Falls |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | BORDERING THE USA $600: This northwestern Mexican peninsula has 2,000 miles of coastline & Las Tres Virgenes, a volcano last active in 1746 Baja California |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | PUT IN OSCILLATION $800: To the naked eye it may look like it's not moving when in use, but here's a slow-motion look at this musical item at work a tuning fork |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | BORDERING THE USA $800: Montana's Wild Horse port of entry sees you through to this Canadian province on your way to Medicine Hat, eh? Alberta |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: This instrument has been in use since the time of the Crusades a fife |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | BORDERING THE USA $1000: Mexico's 2 largest cities on the U.S. border are Juarez & this one Tijuana |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | PUT IN OSCILLATION $1600: This 3-D imaging technique used in medicine to visualize organs makes use of the oscillations of hydrogen atoms an MRI (magnetic resonance image) |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | SPORTS & SOCIETY $200: Some players are offended by this word for the person who bought a team; Commissioner Silver says the NBA isn't using it anymore owner |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | SPORTS & SOCIETY $1000: Born the summer it became law, USC & WNBA star Lisa Leslie has been called "The First Daughter of" this clause Title IX |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | AVIATION $1200: Wind & clouds are 2 things pilots use to determine this "altitude" where they'll level off cruising |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | SCIENCE $400: In photosynthesis, green plants use sunlight & carbon dioxide to produce this simple sugar as an energy source glucose |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | SOUND GARDEN $800: I use wind chimes in my garden as part of this 2-word Chinese art that aspires to harmonious balance feng shui |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | ANTHROPOLOGY $200: Begun in 2005, the Genographic Project to track historic migration aimed to use 100,000 samples of this from indigenous peoples DNA |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: Carl Jung popularized the use of these 2 terms to refer to outgoing & shy personality types introvert & extrovert |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | PLAIN-NAMED MALADIES $200: The injury called this fruit "hand" is on the rise--use a cutting board when making guacamole! avocado |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | TWINS & TRIPLETS $800: Between 1980 & 2014 U.S. twin births increased by 79%, due in part to the use of the then-new treatment called IVF, short for this in vitro fertilization |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | SCIENTISTS $1000: When asked about his proof of the existence of these waves, Heinrich Hertz said, "It's of no use whatsoever" electromagnetic waves |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | JUMBLE GYM $1000: Low-impact exercise program that can use the wunda chair:
TEA LIPS Pilates |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | VOLCANO CITY USA $200: This Oregon city has an extinct volcano within city limits, 630-foot Mount Tabor Portland |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | VOLCANO CITY USA $400: Jackson Volcano, under the capital of this southern state, erupted 75 million years ago & formed a dome on which the city sits today Mississippi |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | VOLCANO CITY USA $600: Just east of the Valles Caldera, this New Mexico City & national lab site helped create a different type of explosion in WWII Los Alamos |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | VOLCANO CITY USA $800: Erupting several times in 1992, Mount Spurr has dumped ash on & remains a threat to this largest Alaska city Anchorage |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | VOLCANO CITY USA $3,400 (Daily Double): This "gem" is an extinct volcanic cone with a summit that overlooks Honolulu Diamond Head |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | RAILWAY & SUBWAY STATIONS $800: More than 3 billion riders a year use this city's subway system, with stops at Gucheng & Dongdan stations Beijing |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | BOOK-BORNE WORDS & PHRASES $1600: The first use of "ingenue" in English described this not-quite-ingenue in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" Becky Sharp |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | I'D LIKE TO BUY $1000: I love to build things, so I sure could use a Madison Mill round wood poplar one of these connecting rods a dowel |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED: HOUSEHOLD BRANDS $600: Brands of dish soap with female names include Joy & this one that touts its use to clean wildlife affected by oil spills Dawn |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | IMBIBER'S LEXICON $600: When ordering a martini dry, you're asking the bartender to use less of this vermouth |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | LAW SLAW $400: 2-word term for unlicensed but legal quoting of copyrighted material in situations like research or news reporting fair use |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | WHICH COLLEGE? $1000: Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts USC |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FINEST OF FINE ARTS $1600: In physics it's a type of energy; in art it's a type of sculpture involving movement, like the works of Takis, which use magnetism kinetic |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | CORPORATE JARGON $1600: Sheryl Sandberg used this phrase as a book title; others use it to mean "give the appearance of seeming interested" lean in |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | UNDER THE USA $200: One of America's earliest subways was this city's Tremont Street subway; it's still used to get to Boylston Boston |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | UNDER THE USA $400: It's the 5-letter name of the bar seen here, also what the space was 100 years ago under a Cleveland bank Vault |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | HERBS $400: Washington State's Yakima Valley is the USA's center of producing these, which give beer its distinctive taste hops |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | UNDER THE USA $600: The Aerojet-Dade Facility in this state was once used for testing fuel; left behind was a part of a rocket in an underground silo Florida |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | UNDER THE USA $800: Monks in Washington, D.C. created these underground crypts, trying to emulate those found in Rome catacombs |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | UNDER THE USA $1000: Once a government relocation site, West Virginia's Greenbrier this was designed as a Cold War fallout shelter Bunker |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | STOCK SYMBOLS $800: X marks the spot for this Pittsburgh company, founded in 1901 & formerly part of USX U.S. Steel |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | THE STOCK MARKET $600: In 2021 the wild ride of GameStop stock pitted small investors against the big boys who use this method & hope the price will fall short selling |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | THICKER THAN WATER $800: Nearly 80 years later, this sunken battleship is still leaking oil in Pearl Harbor the USS Arizona |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | THE DAILY TRIPLE $1000: The USA's 3 main credit Bureaus are TransUnion, Experian & this one that began with a grocer listing his credit-worthy customers Equifax |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | 'CAUSE WE SPELL GOOD $400: These 2 letters are between M & F in a word from the French for the use of disguise in the military O & U |
| #8393, aired 2021-05-05 | NON-ALEXANDER HAMILTON $600: In 2019, she was nominated for a CinemaCon USA Ensemble Award for "Terminator: Dark Fate" Linda Hamilton |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | BRITS IN BOATS $1200: This British force, which unlike the USA's is just one word, was founded in 1822 as 3 anti-smuggling services merged the coastguard |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | LIGHTHOUSES $400: West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, with its red & white candy stripes, shines from this state & is the furthest east in the continental USA Maine |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | BUSINESS ACRONYMS & ABBREV. $1000: Business analysts use SWOT to stand for "strengths, weaknesses, opportunities &" these possible dangers threats |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | SECRETS OF THE WHALES $600: Belugas get a spa day at a secret site off Canada's coast; traveling far to use rocks there & do this, shed the surface of old skin molt |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? $800: For a lighter lunch, try the Thai salad som tam, which makes good use of this oval, melon-like tropical fruit papaya |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | D PLUS $1000: A word found before "pool" & a use for a big armful of cotton wading & wadding |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | PARTS OF THE HOLE $600: A type of bunker, what it's filled with or the type of wedge you use to escape it sand |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | HEAD FOR THE LIGHT $400: The Brits use this word to mean a flashlight; to us, it's a stick that's been set aflame a torch |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | GOING STIR CRAZY $200: Use these paired Asian utensils to stir; they break up foods that stick together & wooden ones don't scratch non-stick pans chopsticks |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | BATTERY LIFE $200: In 2004 Sony produced the first silver oxide battery that was free of this element, & it's going down in thermometer use, too mercury |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | GOING STIR CRAZY $1000: A stirring motion is the worst way to use this implement that comes in balloon & flat types; a side-to-side motion gets better results a whisk |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | WE "URGE" YOUR RESPONSE $2000: American cooks use zucchini; the Brits call it this courgette |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | GUITARS & DRUMS $400: Marching drummers use 2 sticks on this biggest & deepest-sounding drum; rockers kick it with a foot pedal a bass drum |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | KNIVES OUT $600: This knife has the name of a 6-letter bivalve; use the knife to pry it open & extract its meat an oyster knife |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | CURRENCIES $1600: This unit of currency with a 4-letter name seen here became one of the IMF's reserve currencies in 2015 the yuan |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | ANIMALS $800: Honeybees use their mandibles to make their honeycomb cells, each of which ends up in this shape a hexagon |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | AROUND THE USA $200: Marble Canyon, on the Colorado River, is part of a national park named for this other canyon Grand Canyon |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | AROUND THE USA $400: This South Carolina resort island is named for English sea captain William, not for a hotel chain Hilton Head |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | AROUND THE USA $600: Pe'ahi, a giant, dangerous surf break off Maui, is also called by this title of a movie about another dangerous ocean giant Jaws |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | AROUND THE USA $800: A sculpture of one of these Scandinavian beings resides under the Aurora Bridge in Seattle a troll |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | YOU'LL EAT THOSE WORDS $1000: A 1930s guide to underworld lingo provides the first known written use of this baked product as slang for money bread |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | AROUND THE USA $1000: A New Orleans museum devoted to this religion has a kneeling bench that belonged to Marie Laveau, a priestess of it Voodoo |
| #8364, aired 2021-03-25 | GOOD "BI" $400: Zoologists don't consider the American buffalo a buffalo; they use this word instead a bison |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | CRASS WARFARE $3,000 (Daily Double): The USA's "Ghost Army" kept the Axis on its heels with inflatable M4 these, 93 pounds instead of the real thing's 32 tons tanks |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | WORDS IN BOOKS $1000: We use this word to describe a boy or girl of 11 or 12; Tolkien used it to mean a Hobbit not yet an adult tween |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | BOOTS ON THE GROUND $1000: The name of this footwear company sounds like a groan of disgust, but its Biltmore Workboot is delightful an UGG |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | LAKES $1600: Big bull sharks are thought to use the San Juan River to make the 120-mile journey inland to this largest lake of Central America Lake Nicaragua |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | GREEN $1200: In 1864 at Caledonia, New York, Seth Green built the USA's first of these places for fish to be born hatcheries |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | THEY GO LOW $800: 5-letter type of diving, specifically to targets like the USS Spiegel Grove wreck diving |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | '90s NONFICTION $1600: USA Today called this Richard Preston bestseller about the Ebola virus "more terrifying than any sci-fi nightmare" The Hot Zone |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | TIME FOR AN APP $1000: Can't get to Costco or some of your local retailers? Grab the carrot & use this app that sends shoppers for you Instacart |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | VETO $800: Russia, China & the U.S. regularly use their U.N. security council veto but these 2 other perm. members haven't used theirs since 1989 France & the U.K. |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | THE "OVER"/"UNDER" $1200: Toronto has an innovative park named for this type of area, even making use of the big columns supporting the highway above the underpass |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | THE "OVER"/"UNDER" $1600: To use a literary style that's too elaborate; in word processing, it's also the opposite of insert overwrite |
| #8353, aired 2021-03-10 | GOING FROM FIRST TO THIRD $800: You give someone this phrase when you use extreme methods to extract a confession out of them the third degree |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | SNAKES & LADDERS $600: The use of ladders to scale a defensive wall is called this, also the name of a Cadillac SUV escalade |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | SNAKES & LADDERS $1000: Many dive boats use open sided ladders so divers can go up & down while wearing these fins |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | GUITAR TALK $800: Guitarists use picks, also known by this other "P" word plectrum |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | BUY ME $600: I could use a letter opener; would you buy me one of these small Italian daggers with a tapering blade? a stiletto |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | POP CULTURE $400: For 7 seasons Meghan Markle played Rachel Zane on this USA Network show about lawyers Suits |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | BALTIMORE: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Megan Gilliland of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) Every 4th of July there are fireworks over this ship, Baltimore's answer to the USS Constitution; her illustrious history includes the capture of three slave ships off the coast of Africa the USS Constellation |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | MAD ABOUT MADRIGALS $2000: The music at his funeral left out his sad "Adagio For Strings" but did use a madrigal by his life partner Gian Carlo Menotti Samuel Barber |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | GLOVE $600: To prevent allergic reactions, in 2008 the Johns Hopkins Hospital banned the use of gloves made of this rubber product latex |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | SCIENCE $200: (Dr. Markaisa Black presents the clue.) Diabetes was a death sentence until Dr. Frederick Banting discovered how to use & extract this hormone to treat the disease insulin |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | STEM $1600: (Dr. Frauke Neuser presents the clue.) Mathematician Emmy Noether formulated a theorem that scientists make use of to this day--there is an associated symmetry for every law of this, meaning a total quantity remains constant conservation |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | ENGINEERING $1200: (Erica Joy Baker presents the clue.) Famed California architect, Julia Morgan, pioneered the use of reinforced concrete, helping designs such as the Mills College Bell Tower to survive this 1906 disaster the San Francisco earthquake |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | QUESTIONABLE VERBS $800: It can mean to inquire too closely into another's private affairs, or to use force to open or move something to pry |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $400: Able to use both hands with equal ease ambidextrous |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | LET'S GO SNORKELING $800: Environmental groups encourage snorkelers to use "reef-safe" this that doesn't contain PABA & other coral-killing chemicals sunscreen |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY $200: If saw blades with this gemstone in their name seem a bit cheaper than an engagement ring, it's because they use synthetic stones diamonds |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY $400: People famous in this profession, like Jamie Oliver, often use Wüsthof knives from Germany chefs |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | OLD NEWSPAPERS $2000: Begun in 1764, this Hartford, Connecticut Journal is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the USA The Hartford Courant |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | LINCOLN BLOGS $1,000 (Daily Double): June 16, 1858: I'm gonna use "A house divided against itself cannot stand" as I begin taking him on for Senate! He's got no chance Stephen Douglas |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | FINANCIAL SLANG $800: Traders use yard, short for "milliard" , to mean this very large number billion |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | ALMOST RHYMES WITH PURPLE $800: The use of plants & plant extracts to maintain & improve health is called this type of medicine herbal |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | COMMUNICATION $200: In 2020 this video conferencing service founded in 2011 became the USA's No. 1 app Zoom |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | WEE-POURRI $800: Wilhelm His is credited with the invention of the microtome, which slices thin sections of tissue for use in this instrument a microscope |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | A CATEGORY FOR FREE $400: Freestyle swimmers use this stroke that ironically doesn't sound very fast the crawl |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | A CATEGORY FOR FREE $800: Active from 1848 to 1854, this minor but influential political party opposed the spread of slavery into the western USA Free Soil |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | GADGET $1000: The V11 Torque Drive cordless vacuum from this company promises 60 minutes of use without needing to recharge Dyson |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | CONDIMENTS $600: We use the German name for this cabbage dish; the French call it choucroute sauerkraut |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | 3-NAMERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY $800: This son of a president was the USA's ace diplomat in the 18-teens before becoming president himself John Quincy Adams |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | MOVING $800: A humpstrap is a key piece of equipment in moving this, though Laurel & Hardy didn't use one when they moved theirs a piano |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | U.S. FACT SHEET $400: The USA's driest point is in this national park in the Mojave Desert Death Valley |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | REALITY TV $800: Originally a trainer on this show, Bob Harper became its host when it moved to the USA Network The Biggest Loser |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | BLENDED WORDS $1000: When referring to England's 2 oldest universities, use this blended word Oxbridge |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | BRITISH ENGLISH $400: The Brits put their trousers on one leg at a time; this 5-letter word that Americans use means underwear over there pants |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | "USA"! "USA"! $200: Black pudding isn't a type of dessert--it's a type of this sausage |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | "USA"! "USA"! $400: Someone vigorously fighting for a cause, not just in the medieval Middle East a crusader |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | "USA"! "USA"! $600: Named for a composer of military marches, this instrument is made for marching a sousaphone |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | BOTANY $800: Instead of seeds, non-flowering plants like ferns, use these one-cell units to reproduce spores |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | NEWSPAPERS $800: At its launch in 1982, this paper whose name includes our country had a globe logo; now it's just a blue dot USA Today |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | "USA"! "USA"! $800: The free-swimming stage in a jellyfish's life, it sounds like a mythological monster medusa |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | "USA"! "USA"! $1000: Adjective for a behavior or transgression that is so bad it cannot be pardoned or tolerated inexcusable |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | GEOGRAPHIC FOURS $800: These 4 states meet at the USA's Four Corners Monument Utah, Arizona, New Mexico & Colorado |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | PLANETARY EXTREMES $2000: It's the farthest planet from the Sun that was known before the use of telescopes in the 1600s Saturn |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | OVAL & OVAL AGAIN $1000: The main venues for the 2010 Olympics in this Canadian city, including the Richmond speed skating oval, remain in use Vancouver |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | À LA CARTOGRAPHY $2000: Mapmakers use altitude data from aneroid barometers, which get their numbers by measuring this air pressure |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | SPEAK NOW $200: This word hospitals use to mean "right now!" comes from the Latin for "to stand" stat |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | RELIGION $400: In the Bible used by Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus was executed on a "torture stake"; other translations use this word a cross |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | SPEAK NOW $800: Want something done quickly? Use this 6-letter Spanish adverb for emphasis pronto |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | LET'S GET HAMMERED $1000: Bob Vila says this hammer with a hemispherical head is "the best hammer to use for metal... less likely to chip on contact" a ball-peen |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | WORRY LINES $1200: An old song says, "What's the use of worrying... so, pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and" do this, this, this smile, smile, smile |
| #8281, aired 2020-11-16 | DAM BUILDING $400: This civilization built some of the oldest dams still in use, including the Proserpina Dam at Mérida, Spain the Romans |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | 37 IS HEAVEN $600: This Texan was the USA's 37th vice president (& 36th president) LBJ |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $800: In 1714 physicist Daniel Fahrenheit invented the first thermometer to use this liquid mercury |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1600: Laszlo & Gyorgy Biro of Hungary used a novel tip when making this easy-to-use implement in the 1930s a ballpoint pen |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | DID YOU KNOW? $200: The OED dates the first recorded use of this letter to mean "kiss" back to a 1763 British letter X |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | FOXES $600: Writing about foxes? It's required that you use the adjective "bushy" to describe this body part the tail |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AROUND THE USA $200: After a decree from the federal govt., from 1891 to 1911 this Pennsylvania metropolis had no "H" at the end of its name Pittsburgh |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AROUND THE USA $400: The spot "Where Montana Began" in 1841 is St. Mary's, this type of Catholic settlement also big in 18th century California a mission |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AROUND THE USA $600: The Hood Art Museum is an attraction in Hanover, a college town in this state New Hampshire |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AROUND THE USA $1,000 (Daily Double): Major cities that share this name lie on the Kennebec River in Maine & on the Savannah River in Georgia Augusta |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AROUND THE USA $1000: This state's state bird, the cactus wren, often builds nests in the saguaro cactus, unique to the Sonoran Desert Arizona |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | AN ENCOURAGING VERB $600: It used to mean praising God; now, a movie may be accused of doing it to bad behavior like drug use glorify |
| #8266, aired 2020-10-26 | SOUNDS LIKE MONEY TO ME $2000: Nita Lowey chairs the House committee on these, public funds designated for a specific use Appropriations |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | ARCHITECTS & ARCHITECTURE $800: Pier Luigi Nervi innovated the use of steel-reinforced this material for buildings, & he even built boats from it concrete |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $800: In December 1982 Texas became the first state to use this form of execution lethal injection |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | A VISIT TO THE TAILOR $800: In 1851 this New Yorker designed & built an improved sewing machine; tailors still use machines that bear his name Singer |
| #8257, aired 2020-10-13 | MEDICAL HISTORY $800: Why is it called an operating theater? There used to be an audience, like for Dr. Keen, the USA's first of these, also known as neurosurgeons a brain surgeon |
| #8257, aired 2020-10-13 | A BUNCH OF SQUARES $1600: Home to the Palacio Nacional, this Latin American city's large square known as the Zocalo is a public plaza in use since Aztec times Mexico City |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | EUROPE $800: Picasso has his own musée in Paris & his own museu in this Spanish seaport Barcelona |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | WAR, AMERICAN STYLE $400: The USO was shut down in 1947 but was back in 1951 due to this conflict the Korean War |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | WAR, AMERICAN STYLE $800: During the Spanish-American War, with no casualties the USS Charleston took this Pacific island, today a U.S. possession Guam |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | NEW TO THE OED $400: This shortened word you might use to order some Sauvignon cab |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY $1200: The prostate medicine Finasteride was found to have this side effect, so it is now also used under the brand name Propecia hair growth |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | GUYS NAMED DOUG $800: Douglas Ginsburg's nomination for this post went up in smoke in 1987 when reports of drug use came out a Justice of the Supreme Court |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | ALL THINGS BELGIAN $800: Though the name we use contradicts the claim, the Belgians say they invented these, & enjoy smothering them in mayo, not ketchup French fries |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $200: 14,060-foot Mount Bierstadt is a good place to start climbing the "Fourteeners" of this western range the Rockies |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $400: The arch seen here is not in Paris but in this city Las Vegas |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $600: The Mall of America in this state has no central heating--skylights & store fixtures help do the job Minnesota |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $800: To prevent road ice, Polk County, Wisconsin fittingly makes use of brine left over from making this cheese |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $1000: Montgomery, Alabama, is home to the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church of this Protestant denomination Baptist |
| #8240, aired 2020-09-18 | THE APOSTLES $1600: There were 2 Apostles with this name, so we use "the Greater" & "the Less" to tell them apart James |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | THESE UNITED STATES $1000: Fargo, N.D. lies in the valley of this "colorful" river "of the North", one of the USA's great agricultural areas the Red River of the North |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | ON THE BOOKSHELF $2000: Dubbed the "Queen of Suspense" for such novels as "You Belong to Me", this beloved author passed away in 2020 at age 92 Mary Higgins Clark |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | APPROACH THE BENCH $400: Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov's benching of goalie Vladislav Tretiak helped Team USA get miraculous at the 1980 Olympics in this village Lake Placid |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | HOME IMPROVEMENT ON TV $400: Karen & Mina attack homes like surgeons, unafraid to use an open concept on a place with "Good" these, the show's title Bones |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | MILITARY IDIOMS $2,000 (Daily Double): Meaning a choice to use atomic weapons, it was applied by Trent Lott to a drastic change in Senate rules a nuclear option |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | BLOOD, SWEAT & CHEERS $2000: "Plyo" is short for this type of exercise that used to be called jump training; use its box for squats & push-ups plyometrics |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | CANSPLAINING $400: OK, here's what you have to realize about "The Wizard of Oz": the Tin Man tells Dorothy to use a can of this to help him move again oil |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | WORDS COINED IN THE 1920s $2,500 (Daily Double): Right on "Q", this designation for a standard keyboard, first developed for the typewriter, came into use in 1929 QWERTY |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | EMMYS FOR WRITING $800: Charlie Brooker & William Bridges won 2018's limited series award for the "USS Callister" episode of this high-tech anthology Black Mirror |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | IS IT BIGGER THAN A CHICKEN? $200: Yes, it's this Acropolis temple completed in 438 B.C.; the foundation seems good, but it could probably use a little roof work the Parthenon |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: 2012 male stripper cinematic saga that went on to be our 70th Secretary of State Magic Mike Pompeo |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | POP MUSIC $1600: This "Use Somebody" group sounds like a long line of Spanish royalty, but it actually formed in Nashville Kings of Leon |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS $400: I tried to lather up with this soft greasy stone that's mostly talc, but teacher said not to use it as shampoo soapstone |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | E_I_E_I UH OH! $1600: 2-word term for the state's legal ability to take private property for public use eminent domain |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | USE YOUR WORDS $400: There's an amphibian in this 8-letter verb that means to jump over leapfrog |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | USE YOUR WORDS $800: This adjective means of or pertaining to the sense of smell olfactory |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | USE YOUR WORDS $1200: These 2 adjectives are antonyms of each other & are derived from 2 of the divisions in taxonomy general & specific |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | USE YOUR WORDS $1600: This synonym for chasm comes from the Greek for "bottomless" abyss |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | USE YOUR WORDS $2000: These lyric poets or minstrels of the 11th to the 13th centuries wrote in the Provençal language troubadours |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 1917 $400: The Battle of Cambrai marked the 1st large-scale use of this motorized weapon, with more than 350 British Mark IVs deployed tanks |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION $400: Dear Abby stated, "Charlie's hiccups were cured... through the use of carbon monoxide. It should have read" this--so close! carbon dioxide |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | SNOPES SAYS NOPE $1000: This House Speaker did not use $15,000 worth of pens to sign impeachment articles against Donald Trump Nancy Pelosi |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $200: Head to this state to visit the Mendenhall Glacier & the Mendenhall Ice Caves (but hurry--the ice is melting) Alaska |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $400: This granite boulder is in Pilgrim Memorial State Park in Massachusetts Plymouth Rock |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $600: Visit the CNN Center or the Center for Civil & Human Rights in this city Atlanta |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $800: A 50-foot stainless steel South Dakota statue called "Dignity" honors the culture of the Dakota and this group whose name rhymes with "Dakota" the Lakota |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $1000: Miner & cowhand Jim White claimed to have discovered these New Mexico caverns as a 16-year-old in 1898 Carlsbad Caverns |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | HERE'S LOOKING AT EUCLID $400: Euclid was a teacher in this Egyptian city & made use of its famous library Alexandria |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | HAIRSTYLES $200: The cooler way to abbreviate this hairstyle associated with reggae music is to use the second syllable dreadlocks |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | GIVE US A DATE $800: 1941: The minesweeper USS Condor sights a Japanese submarine, 4 hours before a pivotal moment in history December 7th |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | EPISODES OF THE SITCOM $600: "Leap to Faith" & "The Worst Possible Use of Free Will" The Good Place |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | YOU KNOW THE DRILL $1600: Use a hammer drill to cut through this hard building material named for the bricklayer or stoneworker who constructed it masonry |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | ROLL WITH IT $400: Instead of evaluating all applications after a hard deadline, some colleges use this 2-word process & reply more quickly rolling admission |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | THE HIDDEN WORLD OF EMOJIS $1000: "WC" on blue is supposed to mean "water closet" but many use it to stand for this type of admiration woman crush |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | POETRY $1200: This poet with a bias for lowercase letters did use capital E's for the initials of his first & middle names cummings |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Thinking there weren't enough solo pieces for violin, Fritz Kreisler did this & attributed them to nobodies like Pugnani he composed them himself |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | FANTASTICAL SUBSTANCES $2000: "The Core" & "Avatar" both use this term for their "un"possible material unobtainium |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY $1600: In this 19th c. year the USS President fought a battle with HMS Belvidera, which until then didn't know for sure there was a war on 1812 |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | PARTY IN THE USA $400: In 2000 Ralph Nader received nearly 3 million presidential votes for this colorful party the Green Party |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | PARTY IN THE USA $800: Historians paired this word with "Republican" in the name of an 18th & 19th century American party Democratic |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | PARTY IN THE USA $1600: In 2016 this party got Gary Johnson on ballots in all 50 states, the first time for a third party since 1996 Libertarian |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | PARTY IN THE USA $2000: The Objectivist Party seeks to promote the political philosophy of this female novelist who died in 1982 Ayn Rand |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | PARTY IN THE USA $5,000 (Daily Double): Due to the participation of Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt, this incumbent president finished third in 1912 William Howard Taft |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | E-COLLEGE-Y $1000: The foundation named for this holiday runs the Tree Campus USA program to recognize forest-friendly schools, like Bryn Mawr Arbor Day |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | WEAPONS OF THE WAR $1000: The USS Massachusetts & the Cristóbal Colón, which exchanged fire outside Santiago de Cuba the Spanish-American War |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | ANIMAL FACTS $200: Sea otters often carry their favorite type of this, stored in a pocket of skin, & use it to crack open shellfish a rock |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | AND THE PITCH $400: Aka the drooler, this pitch was banned in 1920 except for 17 hurlers who got to use it until they retired a spitball |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | HERBS & SPICES $4,000 (Daily Double): Olympic medals are imprinted with sprigs of these leaves that cooks use to flavor soups & stews bay leaves (laurel leaves) |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | BATTLE SHIPS $800: USS Princeton is the sixth U.S. ship to bear the name of a battle of this war the Revolutionary War |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | BATTLE SHIPS $1200: The coat of arms of USS Monterey bears the image of this general & future president, fittingly shown during the Mexican War Zachary Taylor |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | BATTLE SHIPS $1600: USS Bunker Hill is based at this biggest West Coast navy base, diagonally across the country from the battle site San Diego |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | SHAKESPEARE MEANS SOMETHING ELSE $1600: In "Cymbeline", it means something like "free use"; nowadays it refers to a sports team or the right to open a fast food outlet franchise |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | SMITHSONIAN AIR & SPACE MUSEUM $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.) Though it wasn't quite ready for combat in WWII, the Bell Airacomet first flew in 1942, making it the first American plane to use this then-emerging technology jet propulsion |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | BRR! IT'S COLD OUT THERE $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1954 an historic contiguous USA low temp of -70 was recorded near Rogers Pass in this fourth-largest state Montana |
| #8173, aired 2020-03-04 | FROM SNL TO THE MOVIES $800: "Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of" this 1980 musical title duo "has been approved" The Blues Brothers |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | "LIST" BUCKET $800 (Daily Double): From the Greek for "'beauty" & "strength", it's basic exercises for fitness with little use of special equipment calisthenics |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | MUSIC $1600: Gamelan orchestras in Indonesia make good use of this "G" percussion item a gong |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | PLAYING REAL PEOPLE $2000: (Ryan Reynolds presents the clue.) In the 2015 film "Woman in Gold", I played Randy Schoenberg, the lawyer who finally got the Austrian government to return Nazi-looted art to the relatives of Adele Bloch-Bauer whose portrait was painted by this Austrian known for his use of gold leaf (Gustav) Klimt |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | JACKAL $400: Some jackals use mounds abandoned by these ant-like insects as dens to birth their pups termites |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | 3/4 OF AN EGOT $400: This "Divine Miss M" could still really use an "O"--that'd be Oscar--as her 2 nominations did not lead to victory Bette Midler |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | FOOD & DRINK WORDS & PHRASES $400: Tread carefully if doing this phrase for being careful not to anger someone (it can use the whole food item or just the shells) walking on eggshells |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | MAGIC IN LITERATURE $1200: To access power, mages in the "Malazan" series use & travel in these, just like the burrows where rabbits live warrens |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | FOREIGN-LANGUAGE MOTTOES $3,000 (Daily Double): The Greeks use the motto "Eleftheria i thanatos", "freedom or" this death |
| #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 |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | OFF TO THE LANDMARK $200: It was one of the first bridges to use steel for cable wire! On N.Y.'s East River, it almost sells itself! the Brooklyn Bridge |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | PARTS OF SPEECH, DEFINED $600: They are a "class of words expressing emotion, distinguished... by their use in grammatical isolation" an interjection |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | DANGEROUS COLORS $400: The use of cinnabar as a red, like in Degas' "Combing the Hair", is quite toxic, as it contains this liquid metal mercury |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | THE USG $800: "Democracy demands wisdom", says the website of the NEH, the National Endowment for these the Humanities |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | THE USG $1200: The CBO, this, analyzes economic issues on behalf of the House & Senate the Congressional Budget Office |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | THE USG $2000: The DIA, this, provides info for the JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff the Defense Intelligence Agency |
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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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Carlos Garcia, an immigration attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 34 player (2018-02-09). According to his contestant interview, Carlos chose...
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Marty Butterick, a director of operations of USC baseball from Monterey Park, California
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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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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Brandon Blackwell, a sophomore from Holliswood, New York
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Chuck Todd, a journalist and chief White House correspondent from NBC News and Meet the Press
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Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California
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2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
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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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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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Maria Bartiromo, a business anchor from CNBC
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Charities: National Italian American Foundation...
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Senator Al Franken, a U.S. senator from Minnesota
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"After a successful career as a comedy writer, author, and radio...
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Thomas Zamora, a junior at the University of Southern California from Cypress, California
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2001 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $14,100. Thomas was 20 at the...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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Cora Peck, a high school teacher and grad student from Aliso Viejo, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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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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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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Cliff Galiher, a student from Half Moon Bay, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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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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Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
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Justin Williams, a land use attorney from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 37 player (2021-05-14).
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Pam Mueller, a justice researcher originally from Chicago, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Nathan Walpow, a data processor originally from Queens, New York
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1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 1 5-time champion: $38,900....
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Elizabeth Connor, an art director from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-01-31). Elizabeth wore a necklace that said "UGH"...
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Pam Mueller, a think tank researcher from Culver City, California
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Alisha Mathalikunnel, a medical student from Alhambra, California
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Season 34 player (2018-01-12).
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Chris Sullivan, a naval flight officer from Manama, Bahrain
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Season 11 player (1995-03-22). Not to be confused with Season 15...
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Giulio Ongaro, a college professor originally from Venice, Italy
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Season 10 player (1993-09-16). At the time of his appearance, Giulio...
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Jason Moore, a freshman from USC
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1989 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Sam Deutsch, a business consultant from Calabasas, California
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2017 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2016 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Lau Mehes, a youth substance use prevention worker from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 36 player (2020-01-22).
Last name pronounced like "MAY-hay".
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Tina Baybay-Bykov, an AP world history teacher from Orlando, Florida
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"Ballet used to keep her on her toes. Now it's her...
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Patrick Aimone, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Long Beach, California
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"Teacher, scientist, lawyer--he just wants to use his debating skills. From...
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Sarah Salisbury, a sophomore at USC in Los Angeles, California
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2022 National College Championship quarterfinalist: $10,000. Sarah was majoring in English....
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Graham Doskoch, a twelve-year-old from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
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"He wants to put his love of design and building to...
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Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
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Charlotte Scott, a twelve-year-old from Washington, D.C.
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"Watch out, Diane Sawyer. This future news anchor is ready for...
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Ellen Dickens, an adult education director from Newcastle, Maine
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Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
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Israel Yarchun, a U.S. Air Force rescue coordinator originally from Boston, Massachusetts
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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Ana Peso, a high school librarian from Wheeling, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2012-12-31).
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
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"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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Gabriela Gonzales, a senior from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Erin Hart, a junior from Benton Harbor, Michigan
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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Kate Rowland, a family doctor from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Paul Hoan Zeidler, a writer and director from Los Angeles, California
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Frank Firke, a junior from Chicago, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Keith Olbermann, a news anchor from MSNBC
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"In 2004, this veteran reporter will provide extensive coverage of the...
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Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Philip Blustein, a handyman from Beverly Hills, California
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Season 20 player (2004-05-28).
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Todd Faulkenberry, a junior from Moore, South Carolina
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2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
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"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Heidi Liu, a senior from Plymouth, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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Hank Robinson, a senior from Lithia Springs, Georgia
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Colin Gleeson, a retail manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 31 player (2015-03-17).
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Nicole Steeves, a tutor and tour guide from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 24 player (2008-01-07). Nicole's contestant experience web site. Her USA...
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Guy Tabachnick, from New York, New York
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"He wants to be a baseball announcer for the New York...
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Erica Eaton, a social worker and grad student from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-02-02).
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Derek Robinson, a project manager from Alameda, California
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Season 23 player (2007-02-01).
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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
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Sam Deutsch, a junior at the University of Southern California from Bethesda, Maryland
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2017 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2016 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Christine Gengaro, a college professor and writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 32 player (2015-10-13).
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia (USA)
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Lan Djang, a business analyst from Toronto, Canada
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Mark Nelson, an Army officer from Hameln, West Germany
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Season 5 player (1988-09-26). Mark's rank was major at the time...
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Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois
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Gay Mollette, a procurement manager from Bronx, New York, USA
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1997 International Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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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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Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
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Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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Brady Newell, from Derwood, Maryland
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"She loves diving and gymnastics, but is headed toward being either...
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Pam Mueller, a graduate student in psychology from Princeton, New Jersey
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"She was a student at Loyola University when she won the...
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Pranita Ramakrishnan, from Centreville, Virginia
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"Not only does this future neurologist enjoy swimming, drawing and spelling,...
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Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
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"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
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Corinth Matéra, a high school English teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2005-06-09).
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Doug Meyer, an editor originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 21 player (2005-06-09). Season 20 player (2004-03-11). Doug previously appeared...
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Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
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"This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
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Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
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"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He's a...
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Neil Sondov, a psychotherapist from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 32 player (2016-07-07).
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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
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Jeff Richmond, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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"He used his 1988 5-game winnings to pay for law school....
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Michael Galvin, a consultant from Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania
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"He was the first winner of the Teen Tournament back in...
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Maureen McKay, a systems engineer from Potomac Falls, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-12-15).
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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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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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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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Asad Jaleel, a student and teacher from Naperville, Illinois
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Season 20 player (2004-01-19).
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Stephanie Radke, a senior from McLean, Virginia
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. As an accommodation for a disability,...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
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Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
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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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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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Nathan Walpow, a data processor and an actor originally from Queens, New York
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1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 1 5-time champion: $38,900....
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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Stephanie Ehresman, a senior from Shirley, New York
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Al Michaels, a sportscaster from ABC's Monday Night Football
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"Named Sportscaster of the Year in 1996 by the American Sportscasters...
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John Matthews, a senior from Escondido, California
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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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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Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
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"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Joey Beachum, an Air Force intelligence officer from Conway, Arkansas
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Cate Heine, a 12-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky
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"She's leaving her career path open, but wants to use the...
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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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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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Sophia Marianiello, an 11-year-old from Newark, Delaware
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"She plans on putting her love of building with cardboard and...
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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Jim Stevens, a high school math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 6-time champion: $140,600 + $2,000.
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Larissa Kelly, a grad student from El Cerrito, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Tom Morris, a substitute teacher and grad student from Irvine, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 4-time champion: $100,801...
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Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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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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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Christine Kennedy, a freshman from the University of Notre Dame
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2007 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 19 at the time of...
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Kaitlin Welborn, a sophomore from the University of Pennsylvania
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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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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Dianisbeth Acquie, from Brooklyn, New York
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"This ballet, jazz, and tap dancing Girl Scout would like to...
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Michael Green, a graduate student from Tempe, Arizona
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Season 23 player (2006-10-31).
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Justin Budinoff, an administrative coordinator from Framingham, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2006-07-18).
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Susan Lucci, an actress from All My Children
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"One of daytime TV's most beloved actresses, she's played Erica Kane...
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Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey
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"Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
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Drew Lachey, a singer and actor from Dancing with the Stars
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"He was working as an emergency medical technician when brother Nick...
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Laura Ansley, a senior from Twinsburg, Ohio
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Alex Stambaugh, a 12-year-old from Paris, Kentucky
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"He feels he can use his talents in math and science...
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Pam Mueller, a junior at Loyola University, Chicago from Wilmette, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $35,600. 2001 Tournament...
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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
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"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
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Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
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"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
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Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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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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