| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $200: In this type of triangle, all the sides are of the same length equilateral |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $400: A 2012 documentary named for this pitch follows Tim Wakefield & R.A. Dickey the knuckleball |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $600: Popular in the 1800s, these meaty-named side whiskers were rocked by folks who didn't wanna grow a full beard muttonchops |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $800: Admiration for England & the way they do things there Anglophilia |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $1000: Change the first 3 letters in a fancy word for "blessing" to get this, a curse malediction |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | THE ANCIENTS SPEAK $2,000 (Daily Double): In "The Lives of the Twelve Caesars", it's said that his last words were "What an artist dies with me!" Nero |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $600: You don't want plaque building up in these of your arteries walls |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | 7-LETTER WORDS $400: Your pain & sadness from past experiences is known as your emotional this, also carried on a journey baggage |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | 11-LETTER WORDS $400: Let's horse around on this far straightaway on an oval racecourse; it might also be a way to limber up your lumbar region the backstretch |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | 11-LETTER WORDS $800: Keep up! The son of your brother's child is this relationship to you, old-timer great nephew (grandnephew) |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | TOUGH 7-LETTER WORDS $1600: This murder tool, a thin wire with handles, allows one to get up close & personal when strangulation is the goal a garrote |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | Y_O_Y $1200: To tell a friend that something is really his bag, say "it's right up" these 2 words your alley |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $800: I'm on your side; I'll always do this, the same as "step up to home plate", for you go to bat |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1200: Described in 3 of the gospels, it's the term for Jesus' change in appearance to divine form up on a mountain transfiguration |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | SILENT K WORDS $800: In a Chumbawamba song, this happens, "but I get up again" (I get) knocked down |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | PASSION $1000: These 2 passionate words make up the title of a 1965 film about Michelangelo agony & ecstasy |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | WORDS ENDING IN "Y" $400: Hopefully, your golf ball ends up here after your tee shot the fairway |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $400: In ancient Athens, it was a class of informers; today, it's a total suck-up sycophant |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | "G"-RATED WORDS $200: Rain water & bad bowling attempts end up in this the gutter |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: Once meaning to "pull up by the roots", today it means to get rid of something completely, like to wipe out a disease to eradicate |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: About the size of France, this ex-French colony is seen here living up to 2 of the 3 words in its name the Central African Republic |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: Just one letter different, these 2 rhyming words both mean to soak up spilled liquid sop & mop |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | BOOZY PHRASES $1,500 (Daily Double): This phrase became a meme as the words spoken just before doing a reckless stunt hold my beer and watch this |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | WORDS WITH GREEK LETTERS $400: It's an artistic representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over Jesus' body & is made up of 2 Greek letters pieta (pi & eta) |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | BEN FRANKLIN $1000: When a friend asked if the Constitution set up a republic or a monarchy, Ben replied, "A republic" followed by these 5 words if you can keep it |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | COMPOUND WORDS $800: Get fired up for this type of home, seen here, popular in New Orleans a shotgun shack |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's the fear of old people gerontophobia |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | CLOSING STATEMENTS $1600: "'Darling,' replied Valentine, 'Has not the Count just told us that all human wisdom is summed up in two words?--'Wait and hope"' The Count of Monte Cristo |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | "THE" END $600: To fancy up an argument with big words, or to array with garments to clothe |
| #8650, aired 2022-05-27 | WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $800: Meaning to break up into smaller units, this term comes from a geographic region that was divided in the 19th & 20th centuries to Balkanize |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | FUN WITH U.S. CITY FLAGS $1000: The unofficial flag of this very south Florida city bears the words "Conch Republic", a nation/state of mind set up in the area in 1982 Key West |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): These 4 words of advice from newspaper editor Horace Greeley were followed by "and grow up with the country" Go West, young man |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | THESE WORDS MEAN NO OFFENSE $2,000 (Daily Double): This 8-letter word is made up of a prefix from Greek meaning "sharp" & another word that means someone of low intelligence an oxymoron |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1200: There's one of these on Wabash Avenue spanning the Chicago River; don't try to cross when it's up drawbridge |
| #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | WORDS FROM RUSSIAN $1600: Job title of Vladimir Komarov, who was very, very high up on Oct. 12 & 13, 1964 cosmonaut |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | OLD WORDS $600: An expergefactor was someone or something that did this to you, like a rooster woke you up |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | 7-LETTER WORDS $400: This common building lumber product is made up of an odd number of veneers glued together plywood |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | FOSSIL WORDS $200: Meaning reduced in amount or force, this past tense used to have an initial "A" & now shows up only before "breath" bated |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | 14-LETTER WORDS $800: Rich tech people buying up Oakland homes causes this issue, a focus of the 2018 movie "Blindspotting" gentrification |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | BOOK-BORNE WORDS & PHRASES $2000: In "Stranger in a Strange Land", this author came up with "grok", meaning to understand someone thoroughly Robert Heinlein |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | 10-LETTER WORDS $200: To speed up quickly, like your car to make that green light to accelerate |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | 11-LETTER WORDS $800: This ancient flying reptile had a wing span of up to 35 feet pterodactyl |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | WORDS THAT START WITH 2 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $800: This adjective refers to the ability to soak up water or heat absorbent |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | "S"IX-LETTER WORDS $400: As seen here, Uncle Sam is a real stand-up guy, standing tall on these stilts |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | 8-LETTER WORDS $1000: Just before landing, it's when the pilot lines up the plane with the runway approach |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | GAME THEORY $200: If your stack is short & you need to double up to stay in a game of hold 'em, it might be time to "go" these 2 words all-in |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | 3-LETTER "D" WORDS $800: A turned-up noise din |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: Come up with this synonym of legerdemain & we'll be impressed prestidigitation |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | 8-LETTER WORDS $800: A large army unit made up of brigades & regiments division |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | LAST WORDS $1200: If this fabric item is "up", it's the beginning; plural, it's certainly the end a curtain |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | MOVIN' ON "UP" $400: In other words a rebellion, like the Boxer one in China in 1900 an uprising |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Used to indicate whether a substance is acidic or basic, this compound is obtained from lichens litmus |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | WORDS THAT RHYME $1200: What the defendant did in court regarding a legal charge & to totally carve it up on a snowboard, dude pled & shred |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | WORDS THAT RHYME $2000: To pick & get rid of inferior cattle from the herd & to heat & spice up some wine cull & mull |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | LATIN PHRASES $1600: Julius Caesar summed up his victory in a 47 B.C. campaign with these 3 Latin words "Veni, vidi, vici" |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | PORTMANTEAU WORDS $800: Many Comic-Con attendees engage in this, dressing up as characters from anime, movies or TV cosplay |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | POSTAL ABBREVIATION WORDS $1600: Hoosiers join up with their neighbor directly south to form this newspaper-stained word inky (Indiana & Kentucky) |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | FOOD & DRINK WORDS & PHRASES $600: It's a circular representation of relative percentages making up a whole a pie chart |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | FOOD & DRINK WORDS & PHRASES $1000: This expression means "earn a living"; in an old commercial, it was followed by "fry it up in a pan" bring home the bacon |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $600: Step right up & identify this musical instrument that bears the name of a muse a calliope |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | "F"OUR-LETTER WORDS $1000: Before "up", it means to admit to a misdeed fess |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | 7-LETTER WORDS $1200: An oubliette was a secret one of these beneath a trapdoor in a castle & a place you did not want to end up a dungeon |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: "Pick up the" this, the rate of speed at which someone walks or runs pace |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | THINKING OUT LOUD $200: In victory in 2008 Barack Obama said, "We will respond with that...creed that sums up the spirit of a people:" these 3 words yes we can |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | MEASURING YOUR WORDS $800: Don't get "tied up in" these measures of speed at sea knots |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): This term for a cure-all bears the name of a daughter of Asclepius panacea |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | WORDS FROM ITALIAN $1200: Crew up for this, a sporting event consisting of a series of boat races a regatta |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | JUST YOUR AVERAGE CATEGORY $1200: This 8-letter adjective for middling effort comes from words meaning "halfway up the mountain" mediocre |
| #7956, aired 2019-03-25 | SINGLE-CONSONANT WORDS $400: To line up queue |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1200: A place to total up your money; "the king was" there in "Sing A Song Of Sixpence" the countinghouse |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | WORDS FROM THE MALAY $2000: This flightless bird of Asia can sprint up to 30 miles an hour a cassowary |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | WORDS OF SCIENCE $800: This "middle" layer of our atmosphere is where meteors first encounter major air & burn up from the friction the mesosphere |
| #7835, aired 2018-10-05 | ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES $1600: (Sarah shows two yoga poses on the monitor.) To do the yoga pose upward-facing dog, the entire body is lifted up the floor & the arms are straight; the thighs stay on the floor & the arms are bent in this similar pose, named for a snake cobra |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | WEIRD WORDS $800: Up high at a circus, a funambulist has this job a high-wire walker |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | PARTING WORDS $1600: This type of issue is brought up to divide a political party, not to hold the door open a wedge |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | MATH WORDS $400: P:
Scheme up this figure with a polygon for a base & triangles with a common vertex for faces a pyramid |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $1200: A farm implement to dig up a field & a light emanating from something plow and glow |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | 10-LETTER WORDS $2000: The leather shorts seen here are perfect for a trip up the Alps lederhosen |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | DON'T GIVE UP THE RELATIONSHIP $400: On their 25th anniv. Michelle told Barack "You're still my" these 2 words (without "forever") best friend |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | 5-LETTER WORDS $600: 2-syllable adjective for a comment that sums things up in a few words pithy |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | RANDOM WORDS $2000: Hotels ask for your credit card to pick up these, meaning "minor expenses" incidentals |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Darn! None of my numbers came up in this game Keno |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | 11-LETTER WORDS $800: The U.N. has an office for this, getting countries to give up their nukes disarmament |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | WORDS MADE UP OF ROMAN NUMERALS $200: Vigor's proverbial partner vim |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | WORDS MADE UP OF ROMAN NUMERALS $400: A paper factory a mill |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | WORDS MADE UP OF ROMAN NUMERALS $600: To imitate playfully mimic |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | WORDS MADE UP OF ROMAN NUMERALS $800: Doing this type of "duty" includes basic stuff like paying taxes & voting your civic duty |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | WORDS MADE UP OF ROMAN NUMERALS $1000: Absolutely furious! livid |
| #7667, aired 2018-01-02 | DOUBLE "O" 7-LETTER WORDS $2000: An incompetent prizefighter, or boxer Joe of comic strip fame who hung up his gloves in 1984 a palooka |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: In humans, this tailbone is made up of 3-5 successively smaller vertebrae the coccyx |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | WORDS FROM THE GREEK $600: A synonym for predicament, it's made up of 2 words that together mean "two propositions" dilemma |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | 20/20 AT 40 $1000: (David Muir of 20/20 presents the clue.) The words mad & unstable came up when Barbara Walters interviewed this Arab leader in 1989 Gaddafi |
| #7606, aired 2017-10-09 | LAW SLAW $200: Connecticut's rules for this group of 12 say don't look up any words you hear in court in a dictionary a jury |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): Teddy Roosevelt took this term from "Pilgrim's Progress" to refer to one who digs up scandal about famous people muckraker |
| #7549, aired 2017-06-08 | WOOD WORDS $800: When paired with "up", it means to make trim & neat, such as one's appearance spruce |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | PORTMANTEAU WORDS $400: Slice into a pluot & you'll find it's made up of these 2 words plum and apricot |
| #7448, aired 2017-01-18 | Y_O_Y $1200: To tell a friend that something is really his bag, say "it's right up" these 2 words your alley |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | BEASTLY WORDS & PHRASES $400: When it comes to paying, you this animal "up"; when it comes to hair, it's quite a "tail" pony |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | ONE-"I"d WORDS $400: 4 stages of life were summed up in The Godfathers' song this, "School, Work, Death" birth |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | ODD WORDS $400: Carceral means of or relating to this place where you don't want to end up prison |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | "PEANUT", "BUTTER", "JELLY", "TIME" $800: This candy made of caramelized sugar & a legume is easily broken-- but that's the point! peanut brittle |
| #7362, aired 2016-09-20 | "TEN"-LETTER WORDS $1200: Patrick Roy & Hope Solo played this position goaltender |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS $1000: Proverbially, "All" this, "no steak" means something didn't live up to expectations all sizzle, no steak |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | 12-LETTER WORDS $1200: "Rocky" term for putting up obstacles to delay the release of damaging information stonewalling |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | BLENDED WORDS $2000: This arm of Disney dreams up the theme parks & attractions & brings them to life the Imagineers |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | LITERARY CHARACTERS' LAST WORDS $1600: In an 1851 novel:
"Thus, I give up the spear!" Ahab |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | LITERARY CHARACTERS' LAST WORDS $4,000 (Daily Double): "Bob! Make up the fires, and buy another coal-scuttle before you dot another I, Bob Cratchit!" (Ebenezer) Scrooge |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | "LOP"SIDED WORDS $1200: Darren "Professor Splash" Taylor has made this type of dive into a kiddie pool from 36 feet up a belly flop |
| #7196, aired 2015-12-21 | MEASURED WORDS $1000: After you land at the airport, pick up your car at this unit of frequency counter Hertz |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | WORDS IN FLOWERS $400: Step up to this raised platform dais (in daisy) |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | PORTMANTEAU WORDS $600: Unpack the portmanteau word "bit" & you'll find it's made up of this word & "digit" binary |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | ACTION WORDS $400: Slang meaning to give up a bad habit; a soccer player also does it kick |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | "MARK" YOUR WORDS $800: Up to 50% of babies have one of these called a salmon patch a birthmark |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | NEW ENDINGS FOR CLASSIC LIT $800: Sydney Carton let his last words reverberate. Powerful stuff, he thought. Then he parkoured up the wall, to freedom! A Tale of Two Cities |
| #6963, aired 2014-12-17 | SPANISH WORDS WITHIN WORDS $1200: The studio recording didn't pick up any ambient sounds, so we believed the track sounded this bien (in ambient) |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | KIDDY LIT TITLE WORDS $800: "From the ____ Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" Mixed-Up |
| #6927, aired 2014-10-28 | OSCAR SONGS IN OTHER WORDS $800: 2005:
Things are difficult in regards to the call-girl management industry "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" |
| #6912, aired 2014-10-07 | MEN OF FEW WORDS $400: The admen at J. Walter Thompson came up with the slogan these 4 words. "The Marines" "The Few. The Proud." |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | INTERNET JARGON $600: Someone who types "sup" to you is contracting these 2 words what's up |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: A mathematician's 9-year-old nephew came up with this word for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros googol |
| #6873, aired 2014-07-02 | BIBLE BOOKS IN OTHER WORDS $200: Major divisions of plays, made up of scenes acts |
| #6857, aired 2014-06-10 | EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds up a flag at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, PA.) You might want to commemmorate your trip to the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia with a "Don't Give Up the Ship" flag featuring the immortal words of Captain James Lawrence during this war the War of 1812 |
| #6845, aired 2014-05-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: From the Latin for "rise up", it's one who rebels against an established government; today it's often used to mean "terrorist" insurgent |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | LEGAL MATTERS $1600: 2 French words make up this procedure in which prospective jurors are questioned by the judge & lawyers voir dire |
| #6811, aired 2014-04-07 | ICE CREAM PARLOR WORDS $1000: 3 of the 6 for quarks are up, down & strange flavors |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | SAFE WORDS $800: A fissure, or to tell a joke crack |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | PALINDROMIC WORDS $200: The feat of using your arms to get your chin over a bar a pull-up |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1200: You can pick it up at a restaurant or push it down as a keyboard button tab |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | 8-LETTER WORDS $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a video of a pool table.) The ability to give a cue ball this particular type of english reverses its forward momentum to set it up for the next shot backspin |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | SEVEN UP $1200: His comedy routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling George Carlin |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | "UP" WORDS $200: The Supreme Court case Jones v. Van Zandt didn't overturn the Fugitive Slave Act but did this opposite uphold it |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | "UP" WORDS $400: This "up" word is a term in both boxing & bridge uppercut |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | "UP" WORDS $600: To promote someone to a higher position where he can do less damage is to kick him here upstairs |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | "UP" WORDS $800: To reprimand or censure severely upbraid |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | "UP" WORDS $1000: This stroke for stringed instruments like violins is indicated in scores by the symbol V upbow |
| #6641, aired 2013-07-01 | SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS $800: ____ had just broken when Timmy woke up, eager to play with his magic ____ dawn/wand |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | "ON"WORDS & "UP"WORDS $200: WRITTEN ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS, LIKE THIS CLUE uppercase |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | "ON"WORDS & "UP"WORDS $400: This word is frequently used to describe approaching traffic oncoming |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | "ON"WORDS & "UP"WORDS $800: Rochester, Albany & Syracuse are located in this part of New York the upstate |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | "ON"WORDS & "UP"WORDS $1000: It's a doctor who specializes in treating cancer oncologist |
| #6578, aired 2013-04-03 | NO. 1 HITS IN OTHER WORDS $800: No Doubt:
"Hush Up" "Don't Speak" |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | WORDS WITH A DOUBLE L $400: A drum as well as a bugle can sound this early morning wake-up signal "Reveille" |
| #6542, aired 2013-02-12 | TEEN-LETTER WORDS $1200: 13 letters:
Seen here, it links up smaller devices to calculate incredibly fast a supercomputer |
| #6515, aired 2013-01-04 | 10-LETTER WORDS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) This invention sped up the flow of news from behind the beyond; in 2001, this one sent the only real-time images of U.S. surveillance personnel being freed from China a videophone |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | PALINDROMIC WORDS $2000: A deceitful, planned operation is this 5-letter type of "job" a put-up |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: A college applicant whose mom or dad graduated from that same school, possibly giving junior a "leg" up a legacy |
| #6473, aired 2012-11-07 | RHYME FIGHTER $400: A professional who comes up with the words for advertisements a copywriter |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | WORDS WITH FRIENDS $600: This song begins, "What would you think if I sang out of tune, would you stand up and walk out on me" "With A Little Help From My Friends" |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | NEW WORDS & PHRASES $1000: A group of people emailed or texted to show up at a particular spot for a group performance a flash mob |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | COMPOUND WORDS $2000: In the Bible, "there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire... and Elijah went up by" one of these "into heaven" a whirlwind |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | WEBSTER'S LAST WORDS $800: O:
This 11-letter word for the atmospheric layer made up of O3 ozonosphere |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | 20th CENTURY WORDS & PHRASES $200: A scientist came up with this blended word after reading a paper on "'fog and smoke" smog |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | 20th CENTURY WORDS & PHRASES $800: This 9-letter word popped up for a place where you could enjoy a beverage or a light meal while using your computer a cybercafe |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | LITERARY CHARACTER PERSONAL TRAINER $200: Work those harpooning arms, or "Thus, I give up the spear" will be your last words! & work those calves ...OK, calf, anyway! Captain Ahab |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $2000: You'll use up 3 vowels playing this word that means toward the side of a ship that's sheltered from the wind alee |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | 17-LETTER WORDS $4,800 (Daily Double): This adjective means "thwarting an intended goal", like living on credit while trying to save money counterproductive |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | 2011 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: Round 8 served up this 10-letter Japanese word for meat & vegetables cooked tableside on a griddle teppanyaki |
| #6143, aired 2011-05-04 | "Y"s UP $800: If I'm kibbitzing or kvetching & saying things that are just plain schmaltzy, I'm using words from this language Yiddish |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | FOOD WORDS & PHRASES $800: Joyce's "Ulysses" includes a version of this "sweet" proverb about using something up & still having it to enjoy "You can't have your cake and eat it, too" |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | FOOD WORDS & PHRASES $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of recent earthquakes around the San Andreas Fault on the monitor.) A Japanese seismologist saw a possible circular earthquake pattern that could build up to one very large quake, in the hole in what's called the Mogi this, like a bakery treat a doughnut |
| #6094, aired 2011-02-24 | ORIGINAL TITLES $1000: William Faulkner,
1929:
"Twilight" (the title ended up 5 words instead of 1) The Sound and the Fury |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | 4-LETTER "S" WORDS $1000: Dude, this term for a vassal serving on a lord's land is totally up! a serf |
| #6051, aired 2010-12-27 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1600: To cut up into small parts, or to walk with small, dainty steps mince |
| #5985, aired 2010-09-24 | SCRAMBLED EGG WORDS $1000: UNUSED IN SPY sunny side up |
| #5916, aired 2010-05-10 | 11-LETTER WORDS $1600: A type of lamp powered up by a ballast fluorescent |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | WINNING WORDS $2000: The hymn title these "Kings Their Titles Take" was the only phrase Dr. Spooner admitted spoonerizing conquering |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: As an adjective, this word can refer to a document drawn up in 1787; as a noun, it means a healthy walk a constitutional |
| #5829, aired 2010-01-07 | AROUND THE COURTROOM $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) The court reporter who sits here must record up to 250 words per minute for CVR certification, the "V" standing for this exact adjective verbatim |
| #5814, aired 2009-12-17 | CELEBRITY HEADACHES $400: Even in small towns, people might come up to you & ask for one of these, from the words meaning "self writing" an autograph |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | 11-LETTER WORDS $800: 1930s movies were sped up with this type of dialogue in which actors don't let each other finish overlapping |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | 11-LETTER WORDS $1000: To back up or confirm another person's version of events corroborate |
| #5733, aired 2009-07-08 | SELF-CONTRADICTORY WORDS $1600: This word means tied up, or on your way to a place bound |
| #5725, aired 2009-06-26 | ANIMAL WORDS $600: Stepping up to the plate? Try one of these mammals of the order Chiroptera a bat |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | MISSING WORDS $600: In the end times a true believer missing from Earth hasn't been captured but this rhyming word, meaning raised up raptured |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: It can mean vitality, as when it's paired with "get up &..." go |
| #5684, aired 2009-04-30 | A CATEGORY OF FEW WORDS $2,700 (Daily Double): From the Latin concidere, "to cut up". I've already said too much concise |
| #5683, aired 2009-04-29 | TV OPENING WORDS $800: 2005: "...I made a list of everything bad I've ever done, and one by one I'm going to make up for all my mistakes..." My Name is Earl |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | "UP" WORDS $200: A move from coach to first class an upgrade |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | "UP" WORDS $400: Jill, from Jack (for a moment) uphill |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | "UP" WORDS $600: Breaking news from Seth Meyers Weekend Update |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | "UP" WORDS $800: Manhattan north of 59th street uptown |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | "UP" WORDS $1000: St. Paul, from St. Louis upriver |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | COMPOUND WORDS $400: Get a load of this transport seen here; see how it stacks up a forklift |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | COMPOUND WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): The part of a racetrack farthest from the grandstand, or what you might do to limber up your lumbar region the backstretch |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTATIONS $4,800 (Daily Double): "A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger" is one of this book's adages Proverbs |
| #5570, aired 2008-11-21 | GOOD APPLICATION ESSAY WORDS $800: Wanted: candidates whose interests are this 7-letter word, i.e. made up of various elements diverse |
| #5559, aired 2008-11-06 | COLOR-FULL WORDS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew points her remote, first at you, and then at her digital camera.) You don't see anything happening when you press your remote, but hold it up to a camera & you can see it's communicating to the TV using this spectrum of light infrared |
| #5553, aired 2008-10-29 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200 (Daily Double): Of the chemical elements, it has the shortest name tin |
| #5546, aired 2008-10-20 | WORDS THAT SOUND ODD WITHOUT PREFIXES $2000: The "Re-" that can precede this word seems redundant; when you want to fill up or furnish, "P" is for this 7-letter word plenish |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK TIMES $1000: While he gave up his political column, he still shares his love of words in his "On Language" column (William) Safire |
| #5504, aired 2008-07-10 | "C"LASSICAL MUSICIANS $400: For messing up the words, among other mistakes, in 1894 this Italian tenor was dismissed from "Mignon" Caruso |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | 12-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a pre-wedding ladies-only party where a scantily-clad man may turn up a bachelorette party |
| #5478, aired 2008-06-04 | RELIGIOUS NUMBERS $400: The number of times the words "apple" & "snake" appear in the King James Version of Genesis 0 |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | REARRANGING WORDS $200: Rearrange the letters in "skate" to come up with this surname of a Romantic poet Keats |
| #5362, aired 2007-12-25 | FURNITURE WORDS $200: Something up for debate is "on" it; someone who's had a few too many drinks can end up "under" it the table |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | 5-LETTER WORDS $2000: To voluntarily give up a claim or a right, maybe with a gesture meaning bye-bye waive |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | 14-LETTER WORDS $800: If I mess up, it'll be fixed in this process that includes editing & sound mixing postproduction |
| #5327, aired 2007-11-06 | MACHU PICCHU $2000: (Alex reports from Machu Picchu in Peru.) The words "Up here men's feet found rest at night near eagles' talons" are from the poem "The Heights of Machu Picchu" by this great Chilean poet (Pablo) Neruda |
| #5322, aired 2007-10-30 | FOOD WORDS & PHRASES $3,400 (Daily Double): Someone suddenly saying flattering things to you may just be doing this, like on toast buttering you up |
| #5311, aired 2007-10-15 | ODD WORDS $600: Too much time enjoying potent potables? You could end up with a katzenjammer, one of these a hangover |
| #5288, aired 2007-09-12 | OLD, ODD & OBSCURE WORDS $600: It really burns me up that "febrific" means having one of these a fever |
| #5231, aired 2007-05-14 | WAR OF WORDS $800: Also meaning "abusive criticism", this antiaircraft artillery term comes from the German "Flieger Abwehr Kanone" flak |
| #5212, aired 2007-04-17 | 13-LETTER WORDS $800: If you weighed up to 126 pounds, you'd be as light as this class of boxer featherweight |
| #5193, aired 2007-03-21 | RARE BOGGLE WORDS $1600: This type of gluttonous eater is going to rack me up the maximum 11 points a gourmand |
| #5189, aired 2007-03-15 | BIRTHSTONES $400: The name of this March birthstone is made up of 2 water-related words aquamarine |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $2000: "Ante" up; it's third from the end antepenultimate |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | WORDS IN AMERICA $1600: This objective case of "thou" turns up a lot thee |
| #5160, aired 2007-02-02 | DOORS SONGS IN OTHER WORDS $600: "Greetings, Great Affection For Thee Wells Up Within Me" "Hello, I Love You" |
| #5115, aired 2006-12-01 | WHAT'S UP, CLOCK? $200: In a Mother Goose nursery rhyme, these 3 words precede "the mouse ran up the clock" hickory dickory dock |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | MYTHIC COMPANY $1000: He didn't "clean up" after the Trojan War; Agamemnon didn't give him Achilles' armor, so he took a "powder" Ajax |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: Against, as the wind up |
| #5093, aired 2006-11-01 | "SUPER" WORDS $1000: Until 1995 this federal toxic clean-up program was financed with taxes on toxic chemical manufacturers Superfund |
| #5083, aired 2006-10-18 | 2 WORDS IN ONE $400: "Chunnel", formed from these 2 words, was originally dug up in the 1920s channel & tunnel |
| #5075, aired 2006-10-06 | WORD UP! $800: It's what we call a word that has the same meaning as another word a synonym |
| #4984, aired 2006-04-20 | ( )-LETTER WORDS $1600: (9)
To make up a story, or to make by art or skill & labor fabricate |
| #4962, aired 2006-03-21 | REALLY LONG WORDS $1600: The "nihil" in floccinaucinihilipilification suggests it means to judge something as worth this nothing |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | BARRIERS $1000: From the Latin "palus" come the words "pale", a stake or picket, & this word for a barrier made up of pales a palisade |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | WHAT A CHARACTER! $2,000 (Daily Double): The last words of this classic 1851 novel character are "Thus, I give up the spear" Captain Ahab |
| #4715, aired 2005-02-18 | 19th CENTURY QUOTES $800: The 4 words preceding "...and grow up with the country" Go west, young man |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS... $2000: "Carmen" remains unfinished up to the time a beefy broad belts out a ditty the opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings |
| #4698, aired 2005-01-26 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $800: "Mum's the word" dates back to his "Henry IV, Part 2": "Seal up your lips and give no words, but--mum" Shakespeare |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: This watery term turns up in the names of 2 NFL teams Bay |
| #4638, aired 2004-11-04 | 5-LETTER WORDS $7,800 (Daily Double): It means in a particular area; put a hyphen in the middle & it helps you lose weight local |
| #4636, aired 2004-11-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: This phrase meaning “a witty remark” is made up of 2 3-letter French words bon mot |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | LAST WORDS $1200: At the end of this 1960 Billy Wilder comedy, Shirley MacLaine settles down to a card game & says, "Shut up and deal!" The Apartment |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: To try too hard when making up for a defect overcompensate |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $1000: A verb & the words modifying it make up this syntactic unit that's part of a complete sentence predicate |
| #4462, aired 2004-01-20 | QUESTIONS IN THE FORM OF A PHRASE $4,000 (Daily Double): The last 4 words Blanche speaks in "A Streetcar Named Desire" make up this famous phrase the kindness of strangers |
| #4445, aired 2003-12-26 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1200: To make amends; it sounds like what you hear when you pick up a phone atone |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | ABBREVIATIONS $1600: When looking up words in a dictionary, you should know that pref. & suff. stand for these word elements prefix & suffix |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: It can mean awake, cheerful, or at bat up |
| #4274, aired 2003-03-13 | 11-LETTER WORDS $600: The largest ethnic group in this war-torn nation is the Pushtun, making up about 40% of the population Afghanistan |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | 12-LETTER WORDS $800: (Dr. Joyce Brothers gives the clue) This 12-letter word, also called shacking up, isn't the same as marriage -- marriage can lead to more intimacy cohabitation |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: The burden's on you to come up with this Latin term for "burden" onus |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | FAMILIAR PHRASES IN OTHER WORDS $800: Cinch up thy mid-body drawstring tighten your belt (tighten the belt) |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | UP WORDS $400: In the King James Bible, Hilkiah is described as this type of priest High priest |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | UP WORDS $800: It's the type of music played here, from the place you might hear it Elevator music |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | UP WORDS $1200: A type of apartment often used by artists, or the backward slant on a golf club's face Loft |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | UP WORDS $1600: "You're" this, "you're a Waldorf salad; you're" this, "you're a Berlin ballad" the top |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | UP WORDS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is pulling up a punching bag.) As a verb, it means "to lift"; as a noun, it's an assembly of pulleys to lift heavy objects Hoist |
| #4113, aired 2002-06-19 | WEST WORDS $1000: 4-word piece of advice that precedes "and grow up with the country" Go west, young man |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | "UP" WORDS $200: To improve your computer by incorporating new advances upgrade |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | "UP" WORDS $400: The early training one receives in life upbringing |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | "UP" WORDS $600: Capital letters used in writing or printing uppercase |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | "UP" WORDS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew has his boxing gloves on.) It's the devastating blow I'm about to deliver an uppercut |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | "UP" WORDS $1000: This city is home to Sweden's oldest university Uppsala |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: The Random House Dictionary gives one definition of it as "at bat" up |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: Madison said, as people "exercise the government in person", this system "will be confined to a small spot" democracy |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $10,400 (Daily Double): This adjective referring to a reversal of common sense comes from the Latin for "before behind" preposterous |
| #4067, aired 2002-04-16 | FILL IN THE (MEL) BLANC $200: This 3-word query might have been Mel Blanc's first words What's up, Doc? |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | "IN" WORDS $600: It's the branch of an army made up of foot soldiers infantry |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's the basic unit that makes up a computer image, if you get my point! a pixel |
| #4049, aired 2002-03-21 | UP WORDS $400: An armed officer whose job is preventing air piracy is called an air marshal or this "marshal" a sky marshal |
| #4049, aired 2002-03-21 | UP WORDS $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew performs with Gaetano the Illusionist.) This 8-letter word means to rise up into the air, to defy gravity to levitate |
| #4049, aired 2002-03-21 | UP WORDS $1200: This layer of the atmosphere just above the troposphere goes up about 20 miles with little change in temperature the stratosphere |
| #4049, aired 2002-03-21 | UP WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the Christian event
in the 15th-century painting seen here the Ascension |
| #4049, aired 2002-03-21 | UP WORDS $2000: Term in geometry for the highest point of a pyramid or triangle the apex |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | "SUPER" WORDS $1600: In 1006 one of these in the nighttime sky was said to have achieved the brightness of a half-moon a supernova |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | "FOR"-LETTER WORDS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a fluid-filled jar.) In high school, I just couldn't cut up my frog, so I've still got him--preserved in this formaldehyde |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: It precedes -hold, -keep & -heaval up |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | WHAT WORDS SHOULD REALLY MEAN $1000: This should mean "what professionals charge", not "to divide proportionately" prorate |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | SOME CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $300: "I'm gonna live forever...light up the sky like a flame...baby remember my name" & also this tune Fame |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS $100: To prepare for war, "dig up" this ax; when you've made peace, you bury it again the hatchet |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS $200: To fight with the fists, "put up" these noblemen your dukes |
| #3897, aired 2001-07-10 | 8-LETTER WORDS $400: This buttoned sweater & a matching shell usually make up a twin set a cardigan |
| #3846, aired 2001-04-30 | FLAGS $200: Oliver Hazard Perry's flag featured the words "Don't Give Up" this the Ship |
| #3816, aired 2001-03-19 | 5-LETTER WORDS $100: When you want someone to hurry up with a lengthy explanation, have them "cut to" this The chase |
| #3785, aired 2001-02-02 | WORDS FROM "JEOPARDY!" $500: Odd that this is the only one of Disney's 7 Dwarfs whose name is contained in "Jeopardy!" Dopey |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | 10-LETTER WORDS $500: From the Latin for "growing up", it's another term for a teen Adolescent |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | 5-LETTER WORDS $200: The cirrus type of this is delicate & wispy, & is made up of ice crystals cloud |
| #3651, aired 2000-06-19 | "EX" WORDS $400: From the Latin for "up high", it means to glorify or honor Exalt |
| #3631, aired 2000-05-22 | "ICK"Y WORDS $100: A robbery at gunpoint, or an adhesive air freshener Stick-up |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | NEW HAWAIIAN WORDS $200: Lihilihi maka kuyi are false ones of these for women (no, think higher up) Eyelashes |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | 12-LETTER WORDS $400: A pygmy one of these animals can weigh up to 600 pounds Hippopotamus |
| #3440, aired 1999-07-16 | "TIE" ME UP $100: In other words, attached via the ribbons on a protective kitchen garment Tied by the apron strings |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $1000: Greek for "purge", it's used in English to mean the purging of pent-up emotions Catharsis |
| #3354, aired 1999-03-18 | ANAGRAMMED HITCHCOCK FILMS $400: "POUND BELLS" Spellbound |
| #3279, aired 1998-12-03 | BODY LANGUAGE $500: Insincere words not backed up by deeds are this type of "service" Lip service |
| #3214, aired 1998-07-16 | PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS $400: Up on the highwire you might wear this bodysuit named for a famous 19th century trapeze artist a leotard |
| #3177, aired 1998-05-26 | CANINE PROVERBS $200: In other words, "There's no way to educate one ancient canine in up-to-date actions" "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" |
| #3175, aired 1998-05-22 | DRUNK ON WORDS $200: This 2-word expression is often followed by "like a Christmas tree" lit up |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | 13-LETTER WORDS $800: It's a more general term for an algebraist; that just about sums it up mathematician |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Material that makes up an unwanted "bunny" under your bed dust |
| #3026, aired 1997-10-27 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: A sticky substance itself, doubled up they're amorous glancing eyes goo |
| #3012, aired 1997-10-07 | ODD WORDS $1000: In an ancient Roman house the impluvium was a basin in the atrium set up to receive this rain |
| #2972, aired 1997-07-01 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: It precedes hill, roar, state & -to-date Up |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1000: South Africa first issued this 1-ounce gold coin in 1967 Krugerrand |
| #2898, aired 1997-03-19 | SONGS $400: 2 words following "Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky..." stormy weather |
| #2873, aired 1997-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: To tightly roll up a flag or a sail Furl |
| #2870, aired 1997-02-07 | WORDS TO THE WISE $200: "People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes" is good advice from this "dear" columnist "Dear Abby" |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | DOUBLE L WORDS $1000: The only president whose first & last names contain double Ls Millard Fillmore |
| #2801, aired 1996-11-04 | MEDIEVAL WORDS $800: A knight's overcoat, or the name of the inn where Chaucer's pilgrims stop Tabard Inn |
| #2691, aired 1996-04-22 | MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS $800: "Speculate What Guest Is Showing Up for the Evening Repast" Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | 5-LETTER WORDS $400: To prepare for an attack or to prop up a wall brace |
| #2591, aired 1995-12-04 | BIRD WORDS & PHRASES $200: It's the bird term for a theatrical flop that doesn't "gobble" up enough business a turkey |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES $600: If you don't know what a worterbuch is, you might look it up in das worterbuch a dictionary |
| #2540, aired 1995-09-22 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $400: His first words after being picked up in the Atlantic May 5, 1961 were "What a ride!" Alan Shepard |
| #2498, aired 1995-06-14 | THE BIBLE $1000: "A soft answer turneth away" this; "but grievous words stir up anger" wrath |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | FLAGS $400: Oliver Hazard Perry's flag bore this phrase uttered by James Lawrence in the War of 1812 "Don't Give Up the Ship" |
| #2168, aired 1994-01-26 | SECRETS $1000: In early 1944 the secret code words for the Normandy invasion turned up in these in the Daily Telegraph crossword puzzles |
| #2099, aired 1993-10-21 | ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: It's what the early bird does; doesn't make you want to get up early, does it? catches the worm |
| #2078, aired 1993-09-22 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: When Rip van Winkle woke up, his dog was gone & oh, shoot, this was rusted gun |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Put liquor in the punch or tie up a shoe lace |
| #1986, aired 1993-04-05 | "BI" WORDS $300: Except for Nebraska, all U.S. states have this form of legislature made up of 2 houses bicameral |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: Cleaning up a great big mess is called "Cleaning the Augean Stables" after one of his labors Hercules |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | "MAN"LY WORDS $200: The wingspan of this ray, also called a devil fish,
may reach up to 20 feet a manta ray |
| #1782, aired 1992-05-05 | INVENTORS $400: In the 1850s this rubber pioneer wrote an account of his discoveries in "Gum-Elastic & Its Varieties" Goodyear |
| #1745, aired 1992-03-13 | 10-LETTER WORDS $500: It's the jellylike substance that makes up all plant & animal cells protoplasm |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | LAST WORDS $500: "Turn up the lights--I don't want to go home in the dark", this author said in a twist ending June 5, 1910 O. Henry |
| #1664, aired 1991-11-21 | ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES $400: "To sow" this mythical beast's "teeth" means to stir up strife or war dragon |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | IN OTHER WORDS $500: All the flowers are emerging American Beauties everything's coming up roses |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: The handle of a dagger, or what something pushed to the limit is done up to the hilt |
| #1557, aired 1991-05-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: George Eastman arrived at the name of this company by making up words that started & ended with "K" Kodak |
| #1548, aired 1991-05-01 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $1000: Descartes summed up his philosophy with this Latin phrase, "I think, therefore I am" cogito, ergo sum |
| #1474, aired 1991-01-17 | MUSICAL RHYME TIME $200: Brian Hyland hit #1 in 1960 singing about this type of "yellow, polka-dot bikini" itsy bitsy teenie weenie |
| #1386, aired 1990-09-17 | PRESIDENTS $400: As Chief Justice, he swore in Herbert Hoover as president in 1929 & messed up some of the words (William Howard) Taft |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A repast, or the ground-up seeds of a grain Meal |
| #1325, aired 1990-05-11 | 8-LETTER WORDS $300: Term for a barrier that impedes progress or a course made up of such barriers Obstacle |
| #1299, aired 1990-04-05 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: Americans say it when they want you to hurry; Italians say it when they answer the telephone pronto |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: This unit of the Roman army consisted of 3,000-6,000 infantry & up to 200 cavalry men the legion |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | IN OTHER WORDS... $300: Maintain the pace of Casey & John Paul keep up with the Joneses |
| #1225, aired 1989-12-22 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: It can precede ball, curl, point, up & wheel pin |
| #1221, aired 1989-12-18 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $700 (Daily Double): In other words, these symbols are cudgels, shovels, pumping organs & girls' best friends clubs, spades, hearts & diamonds |
| #1180, aired 1989-10-20 | IN OTHER WORDS... $300: Mr. Cagney breaks up maize, without my interest Jimmy crack corn and I don't care |
| #1106, aired 1989-05-29 | 3-LETTER WORDS $300: It can be a sting from the cold or a small drink some might take to warm up nip |
| #1092, aired 1989-05-09 | 13-LETTER WORDS $400: What you regain when you wake up from a faint consciousness |
| #1089, aired 1989-05-04 | ECONOMICS $800: Over 90 nations signed the GATT, which is this General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade) |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | IN OTHER WORDS... $100: Retire at 9, up at 5, results in one guy being fit plus rich, not to mention smart Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise |
| #1011, aired 1989-01-16 | NOVEL CHARACTERS $600: His last words were "Thou damned whale! Thus, I give up the spear!" Captain Ahab |
| #966, aired 1988-11-14 | IN OTHER WORDS... $200: Entirely well attired without any destination "All dressed up and no place (nowhere) to go" |
| #956, aired 1988-10-31 | MILITARY MELODIES $100: "We got to get up, we got to get up, we got to get up" are words to this bugle call "Reveille" |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | "DARK" $500 (Daily Double): In March 1974 this song topped the pop charts:
"She dealt two cards, a queen and a three / And mumbled some words that were so strange to me / And then she turned up a two-eyed jack / My eyes saw red but the card..." "Dark Lady" |
| #938, aired 1988-10-05 | POE-POURRI $200: In 1 story, 1 of these embalmed Egyptians gets dressed up in sky blue pantaloons & a pink chemise a mummy |
| #938, aired 1988-10-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: The triangle used to set up the balls in a pool game a rack |
| #938, aired 1988-10-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To the British, when followed by "up", it's a verb meaning "to make a phone call" ring |
| #930, aired 1988-09-23 | IN OTHER WORDS... $500: Autographed, shut up tight, then taken to the person specified signed, sealed & delivered |
| #923, aired 1988-09-14 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $1,100 (Daily Double): The first 3-syllable word in "The Star-Spangled Banner" perilous |
| #863, aired 1988-05-11 | SPORTING WORDS $400: Unless he's up 1st in an inning a baseball player is usually here just before he's "at bat" on deck |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It's worn on a boot & used in conjunction with "giddy up" spur |
| #753, aired 1987-12-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: To dig up by the roots, it's slang for food grub |
| #717, aired 1987-10-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Meaning "fasten up", it's the skirt highlanders fasten around their waists kilt |
| #687, aired 1987-09-08 | 5-LETTER WORDS $500 (Daily Double): Title of the following hit which spun up to No. 1 in 1969: "First time that I saw you, girl / I knew that I just had to make you mine" "Dizzy" |
| #661, aired 1987-06-22 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: The triangular frame used to line up the billiard balls at the start of the game the rack |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: Direction in which you'd have to look right now to see a catwalk up |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Another name for earth, it's what gossip columnists try to dig up dirt |
| #593, aired 1987-03-18 | WORDS OF THE PAST $200: If Max Factor was "farding" your face, he'd be doing this to it making it up (putting makeup on) |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | "HALF" WORDS $400: Type of foolish notion that sounds like Betty Crocker thought it up half-baked |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It's the tone you get when you pick up the phone a dial tone |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | 5-LETTER WORDS $100: Her close ties to this really burned up Joan of Arc stake |
| #481, aired 1986-10-13 | 12-LETTER WORDS $200: While men work up a sweat, women merely glisten with this perspiration |
| #475, aired 1986-10-03 | WORDS $600: A nose that is "retrousse" is said to do this turns up |
| #443, aired 1986-05-21 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $500: They're said to be the last words of the Chesapeake's commander James Lawrence, June 1, 1813 "Don't give up the ship" |
| #415, aired 1986-04-11 | SCIENTISTS $1000: 19th century German mathematician remembered for his "strip", a single-sided loop (August) Möbius |
| #397, aired 1986-03-18 | IN OTHER WORDS... $200: Allow snoozing schnauzers to go undisturbed Let sleeping dogs lie (allowing sleeping dogs to lie, letting sleeping dogs lie) |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | "ON" WORDS & "UP" WORDS $100: If Slippery Rock College beats Notre Dame an upset |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | "ON" WORDS & "UP" WORDS $200: A boxing blow an uppercut |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | "ON" WORDS & "UP" WORDS $300: A rubbernecker an onlooker |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | "ON" WORDS & "UP" WORDS $400: According to song in "Oklahoma", what everything is in Kansas City up to date |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | "ON" WORDS & "UP" WORDS $500: When your computer is "up", had its coffee, & is ready to talk with the central system online |
| #369, aired 1986-02-06 | "F" WORDS $200: Part which makes a lightbulb light up a filament |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | "J" WORDS $300: "If you shut up your mug, I'll fill up" this with "good ol' mountain dew" your jug |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: It comes before "...the Academy", "...the Creek", & "...the Sandbox" Up |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | "BAD" WORDS $500: In the military, what being AWOL or in prison is referred to bad time |
| #265, aired 1985-09-13 | 11-LETTER WORDS $300: From Latin "to flow back", it means to throw up regurgitate |
| #133, aired 1985-03-13 | "ON" WORDS & "UP" WORDS $100: Like, it's the opposite of a downer, man an upper |
| #133, aired 1985-03-13 | "ON" WORDS & "UP" WORDS $200: Where you are if you missed the boat up the creek (or on shore) |
| #133, aired 1985-03-13 | "ON" WORDS & "UP" WORDS $300: What you are when you start puttin' on airs & getting persnickety uppity |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | 3-LETTER WORDS $100: Some people have one "up their sleeve" or "in the hole" an ace |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500 (Daily Double): Bacall's last word on how to whistle blow |
| #57, aired 1984-11-27 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: A grown-up acorn an oak |
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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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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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Suzie Lisky, a 12-year-old from Mendham, New Jersey
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"She's not sure what she wants to be when she grows...
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Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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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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Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
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2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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Injee Hong, a 12-year-old from Metairie, Louisiana
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"If her dreams of becoming a lawyer don't come true, she...
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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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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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Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
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2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
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"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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Mehrun Etebari, a grad student from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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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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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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Allyson Lieberman, a 12-year-old from Whitmore Lake, Michigan
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"Since she was little, she has truly loved to act. Broadway,...
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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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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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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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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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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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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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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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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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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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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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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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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
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Alan Lin, a software engineer from Riverside, California
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• 6-game champion • 2017 Tournament of Champions runner-up 2024 Jeopardy!...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
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Alan Lin, a software engineer from Santa Barbara, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Alan Lin, a software engineer from Riverside, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Alan Lin, a software engineer from Los Angeles, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Ashley Walker, a senior from Dartmouth College
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Fort Pierce, Florida. [No contestant...
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Brooke Martin, an eleven-year-old from Galway, New York
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"It looks like smooth sailing for this marine biologist. From Galway,...
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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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Amy Ludwig, a copywriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 28 player (2012-01-05).
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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
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Ethan Waldman, a twelve-year-old from West Hills, California
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"This wizard of words wants to be a fantasy author when...
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Hayley Clatterbuck, a junior from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of...
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Mike Janssen, a journalist from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-01-30).
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Nick Klaiber, a grad student from Holbrook, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-24).
Last name pronounced like "KLAY-bur".
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Harry Shearer, an actor/writer/producer from The Simpsons and Le Show
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"His many credits include providing voices for The Simpsons, and he's...
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