Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (1000 results returned) (search results maxed out)

#9069, aired 2024-03-28TOUGH VOCAB $1200: It can mean a horse carriage for rent; add -ed to mean made commonplace by frequent use a hackney
#9069, aired 2024-03-28ART TERMS $1200: Sculptors sometimes use heat & chemicals to produce this green surface film on their bronzes a patina
#9068, aired 2024-03-27THE 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 2024-03-27AUTO 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 2024-03-26MAMMALS $200: Today Native Americans use Styrofoam pads to collect its quills a porcupine
#9064, aired 2024-03-21ON 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 2024-03-19MIND 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 2024-03-15LOST 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 2024-03-08LEFTOVERS $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 2024-03-05NAMES 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 2024-02-29SCI. ABBR. $1600: If you're a web developer, you probably use HTML (HyperText Markup Language) & CSS, short for this Cascading Style Sheets
#9047, aired 2024-02-27CLASSICAL 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 2024-02-19POTENT 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 2024-02-19POP $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 2024-02-14ALSO A MAGAZINE TITLE $400: Lawyers use it as a courtesy title esquire
#9036, aired 2024-02-12INTERNATIONAL 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 2024-02-09AMERICAN 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 2024-02-08PASTOR BROWN'S CHURCH NEWSLETTER CROSSWORD $800: Don't go to Helvetica! Use a baptismal one (4 letters) font
#9034, aired 2024-02-08MEDICAL SPECIALTIES $800: Nuclear medicine is a subspecialty of this field that involves the use of X-rays to diagnose & treat disease radiology
#9033, aired 2024-02-07ANTHROPOLOGISTS $800: In 1902 Franz Boas established the USA's first department of anthropology at this NYC school Columbia
#9032, aired 2024-02-06LAYERS $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 2024-02-06LATER, 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 2024-02-05TOOLS $800: Let's tighten things up: use the flex-head, standard-head & thumbwheel types to this tool it "up a notch" ratchet
#9028, aired 2024-01-31TECH 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 2024-01-24THE 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 2024-01-23NIGHT 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 2024-01-22WHOSE 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 2024-01-19AGRICULTURE $400: More than half of the world's farmers use a nitrogen-based fertilizer that's processed from this gas ammonia
#9019, aired 2024-01-18A 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 2024-01-15STAY 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 2024-01-10U.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 2024-01-09WATERLOGGED WORDS $800: Damp means wet, as does this other 4-letter "D" word that the cool kids use to mean "excellent" dank
#9012, aired 2024-01-09DISASTER $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 2024-01-03HISTORY 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 2024-01-01LONG 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 2024-01-01RELIGION $3,000 (Daily Double): Perun was the thunder god of the ancient Slavs, Perundan was this day of the week Thursday
#9003, aired 2023-12-2712-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 2023-12-26HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $1000: To employ ornamental evergreen trees of the Taxus genus to use yews
#9002, aired 2023-12-26MUSIC 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 2023-12-21WORDS & THEIR CHANGING MEANINGS $800: Now meaning able to use both hands equally, it once denoted deceit ambidextrous
#8996, aired 2023-12-18POSTAL ABBREVIATION COMBOS $600: Georgia + Mississippi = these body parts, slang grandpa might use gams
#8991, aired 2023-12-11IT'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 2023-12-11HOME 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 2023-12-05FEEDBACK: 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 2023-12-04MASSAGE 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 2023-12-01MACBETH'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 2023-12-01MACBETH'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 2023-11-30CHECK IT & SEE $200: This hairstyle used to have serious buzz beehive
#8982, aired 2023-11-28SLINGING ARROWS $600: Daryl Dixon put his Horton Scout crossbow to good use against zombies on this AMC show The Walking Dead
#8982, aired 2023-11-28WRITERS' WORDS $800: The use of only a few words to convey meaning, it's said to be "the soul of wit" brevity
#8981, aired 2023-11-27CAT'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 2023-11-27WOMEN 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 2023-11-23COACH $200: In 2008 "Coach K", the hoops headman at this school, led the USA to Olympic gold in Beijing Duke University
#8979, aired 2023-11-23PUT 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 2023-11-23BIBLICAL ZOO $800: According to Deuteronomy 17:1, if your bullock is blemished you can't use it as this a sacrifice
#8978, aired 2023-11-22BELGIUM $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 2023-11-15COMPETITIVE 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 2023-11-15RAIN $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 2023-11-15THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT $600: Alicia Silverstone's yellow plaid suit from this comedy went missing & has never been found. Ugh, as if! Clueless
#8971, aired 2023-11-13DOGS & 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 2023-11-10SHIPS $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 2023-11-09MATH 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 2023-11-06CALL 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 2023-11-06IT'S GONNA BLOW! $1000: Heard here, its name is from the German for "flank horn", from its use in battle a flugelhorn
#8960, aired 2023-10-27MICROSCOPY $1600: The single-use weapon of this insect is seen here a bee
#18, aired 2023-10-25FUNGUS 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 2023-10-24GARDENS $400: You'll find the USA's oldest public Japanese Garden in this city's Golden Gate Park San Francisco
#8955, aired 2023-10-20GOOD "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 2023-10-19MUSIC 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 2023-10-11TAKE 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 2023-10-11ALL 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 2023-10-11OH, 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 2023-10-10GAS $800: Having learned from the Hindenburg, modern airships use helium in place of this explosive gas hydrogen
#8944, aired 2023-10-05NUN 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 2023-10-04WE 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 2023-10-04PLEASE 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 2023-10-04EARTH 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 2023-10-04A 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 2023-10-02EGYPTIAN 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 2023-09-29THE 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 2023-09-29THE SHIP OF STATE $1000: In 1862, the captured & rebuilt USS Merrimack was relaunched as the CSS this state the Virginia
#8934, aired 2023-09-21CHINESE FOOD $800: The use of spicy Huajiao peppers gives food from this Chinese province its zesty flavor Sichuan
#8933, aired 2023-09-20ALSO A STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATION $400: Loyola Marymount University offered the USA's first of these degrees in yoga studies an MA
#8932, aired 2023-09-19THE 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 2023-09-14RECONSTRUCTION $1000: In 2023, USS Chancellorsville was renamed after this Black Civil War hero & Reconstruction-era congressman Robert Smalls
#8926, aired 2023-09-11WELCOME TO MIAMI $400: Miami has the USA's largest cruise terminal, serving this cruise line named for a nearby sea Royal Caribbean
#8924, aired 2023-07-27HERE 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 2023-07-21THAT 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 2023-07-20YOU'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 2023-07-19FASHION OLD & NEW $600: This one-piece garment that is named for its original use by parachuters is now high fashion a jumpsuit
#8918, aired 2023-07-19GET 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 2023-07-19GEOLOGY $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 2023-07-17TOM 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 2023-07-17OPPENHEIMER $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 2023-07-14AROUND 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 2023-07-13EAT 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 2023-07-11IN 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 2023-07-04FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: I sound so much more refined when I use this 8-letter French synonym for "tushy" derrière
#8906, aired 2023-07-03NO CAP $2000: The USA's thousands of uncapped oil wells issue forth greenhouse gases like methane & carcinogens like this embalming agent formaldehyde
#8905, aired 2023-06-30POP EYE $1200: On "Orange Is the New Black", Uzo Aduba played Suzanne Warren, who had this manic nickname Crazy Eyes
#8903, aired 2023-06-28POLICY $600: The first SALT treaties limited the use of these, ABMs for short anti-ballistic missiles
#8899, aired 2023-06-22WRITING 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 2023-06-22OF FUELS $1000: Beginning in 2009 the European Union required road vehicles powered by this fuel to use only low-sulfur kinds diesel
#8897, aired 2023-06-20AMERICAN 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 2023-06-15ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: With or without "Asti", use this word to order sparkling wine spumante
#8892, aired 2023-06-13LET'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 2023-06-09STARTS WITH "W" $800: This action means to take something innocuous & then make it suitable to use against another weaponize
#8886, aired 2023-06-05IT'S ALSO A BOAT $200: It's the graceful & majestic item in use here a clipper
#8886, aired 2023-06-05TASK: 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 2023-05-31AROUND THE USA $200: Fittingly, there's no place like the Oz Museum in Wamego in this state Kansas
#8883, aired 2023-05-31AROUND 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 2023-05-31AROUND THE USA $600: The Mendenhall Ice Caves near this state capital glow with a spooky blue light Juneau
#8883, aired 2023-05-31DUDE, 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 2023-05-31AROUND THE USA $800: Oak Ridge in this southern state began as a "Secret City" built for the Manhattan Project Tennessee
#8883, aired 2023-05-31AROUND THE USA $1000: The Empire Quarry in Bloomington, Indiana is famous for providing this building material for the Empire State Building limestone
#8883, aired 2023-05-31DUDE, 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 2023-05-30MIDDLE "G" $1600: Present tense verb meaning to use 2 known positions on a map to determine a third unknown one triangulate
#8879, aired 2023-05-25NUMERICAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: It's the basic form most taxpayers use to report income & file their return a 1040
#8878, aired 2023-05-24THAT'S A WRAP, EVERYBODY! $1000: This loose, skirt-like wrap is noted for its traditional use in the Malay archipelago sarong
#8878, aired 2023-05-24TRAIN-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 2023-05-24THE 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 2023-05-23FOR MASTERS ONLY $1200: Bewildered diners in a sushi restaurant may use this Japanese word indicating "chef's choice" omakase
#17, aired 2023-05-23BEFORE, 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 2023-05-22SPANISH & 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 2023-05-18IT 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 2023-05-16TURNS $800: To get from higher elevation to lower in this sport, use turns like the plough-parallel or the stem christie skiing
#11, aired 2023-05-16MOVIE 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 2023-05-15SOUNDS 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 2023-05-15MUSICAL 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 2023-05-15ART & ARTISTS $600: Her accomplished use of this technique of light & shadow made Artemisia Gentileschi a masterful talent of the Baroque era chiaroscuro
#8, aired 2023-05-12WORLD 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 2023-05-11TRAVEL USA $200: On Oahu explore different Pacific island villages & exhibits at the PCC, short for this Cultural Center Polynesian
#8869, aired 2023-05-11TRAVEL USA $400: In spring head to this California theme park for its annual Boysenberry Festival Knott's Berry Farm
#8869, aired 2023-05-11TRAVEL USA $600: Your evening tour of our nation's capital includes his memorial seen here Jefferson
#8869, aired 2023-05-11TRAVEL USA $800: Take a ride on a vintage trolley at the Seashore Trolley Museum in this Maine "Port" city Kennebunkport
#8869, aired 2023-05-11TRAVEL USA $1000: Boston's Cradle of Liberty, this historic building is adjacent to a bustling marketplace Faneuil Hall
#6, aired 2023-05-10HISTORIC 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 2023-05-10YOU 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 2023-05-09PEOPLE $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 2023-05-09PRESIDENTS 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 2023-05-09NEED! 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 2023-05-09ALL "IN" $400: We sometimes use this Latin word for "in the meantime" when someone takes a job on a temporary basis interim
#2, aired 2023-05-08FLYIN' 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 2023-05-04SCIENCE $5,000 (Daily Double): This pioneering computer language got its name from its early use in translating formulas Fortran
#8863, aired 2023-05-03THE "USS" $200: Extremely selective--no, fastidious--actually, I prefer picky about details fussy
#8863, aired 2023-05-03THAT'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 2023-05-03THE "USS" $400: These shellfish must be debearded as part of prep mussels
#8863, aired 2023-05-03THE "USS" $600: Each year the NFL updates this protocol for players with head injuries concussion
#8863, aired 2023-05-03ABOARD 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 2023-05-03THE "USS" $800: A few people on "Pawn Stars" have brought in this kind of centuries-old short-barreled gun a blunderbuss
#8863, aired 2023-05-03THE "USS" $1000: A supportive garment for hernia sufferers a truss
#8861, aired 2023-05-013-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $600: In the early 2000s the Israeli army phased out use of this submachine gun the uzi
#8860, aired 2023-04-28IT'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 2023-04-24THE 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 2023-04-21CUTTING 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 2023-04-18OK MILLENNIAL $400: Tulsa's Olivia Jordan, 2015 winner of this title, represented her country at the Miss Universe Pageant Miss USA
#8851, aired 2023-04-173-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 2023-04-10QUANTUM 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 2023-04-10À 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 2023-04-06LATIN 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 2023-04-05TV EATS $800: On "The Office" he spilled the beans on making his famous chili: undercook the onions & use ancho chiles Kevin
#8840, aired 2023-03-31VERMONT $200: Population about 7,800, it's the USA's least populous state capital Montpelier
#8840, aired 2023-03-31THAT, 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 2023-03-30A 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 2023-03-29SYNONYMS $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 2023-03-22MAKING 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 2023-03-20QUITE 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 2023-03-17SHIP 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 2023-03-17SHOE KNOW IT $400: Casinos use multiple-deck cardholders called shoes to combat card counters at this game blackjack
#8828, aired 2023-03-15HANGOVER 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 2023-03-14CONTRONYMS $1600: It can mean done to completion, or spent & having no more use finished
#8824, aired 2023-03-09COLLEGE 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 2023-03-08NATIVE 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 2023-03-07THIS 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 2023-03-07MARCH 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 2023-03-06THE 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 2023-03-02HIT ALBUMS $1600: 2020's "Eternal Atake" was a smash for this rapper born Symere Woods Lil Uzi Vert
#8818, aired 2023-03-01UNIONS $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 2023-02-27SOCIAL 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 2023-02-24A 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 2023-02-24VERY 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 2023-02-22COLLEGES & 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 2023-02-08SQUIRRELS 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 2023-02-07SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $400: In 1888 George Eastman began marketing a low-cost, easy-to-use one of these a camera
#8801, aired 2023-02-06U.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 2023-02-01IRAQ $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 2023-01-313-LETTER PALINDROMES $400: Kim & Jon use it to front their names in the rap game Lil
#8796, aired 2023-01-30WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $2000: The boundary between 2 air masses & a typeface used in printing like Korinna Bold a front & font
#8794, aired 2023-01-2612 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 2023-01-26U.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 2023-01-25HOW 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 2023-01-19THE 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 2023-01-19THOMAS 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 2023-01-19VACATION 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 2023-01-18BLANK VERSE $400: "Candy is dandy but ____ is quicker" liquor
#8788, aired 2023-01-18SIX 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 2023-01-18SAME 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 2023-01-16TATTOOS $400: Many Polynesian tattoos use triangles to represent niho mano, the teeth of this predator a shark
#8785, aired 2023-01-13LET'S TALK GALAXIES $800: Astronomers use "S" to designate this type of galaxy with arms wrapping around a circular nucleus spiral
#8780, aired 2023-01-06LEGALLY 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 2023-01-05MANY 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 2023-01-05IMPERSONATORS $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 2023-01-04SURNAMES $200: This name meaning a grinder of grain is among the USA's 10 most popular surnames Miller
#8778, aired 2023-01-04TRANSPORTATION $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 2023-01-03THE 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 2023-01-03HERE'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 2022-12-30I 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 2022-12-30THE 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 2022-12-30SHAKESPEARE'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 2022-12-27ESPIONAGE GLOSSARY $600: This "mortal" term refers to the prearranged location spies use to relay information without meeting a dead drop
#8772, aired 2022-12-27WORLD OF BEERS $800: Trappist monks in this small European country make Chimay & use the income to support their charitable works Belgium
#8772, aired 2022-12-27ESPIONAGE GLOSSARY $800: Also a word for "zero", it's a method spies use to disguise messages by shuffling letters around cipher
#8772, aired 2022-12-27ESPIONAGE 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 2022-12-26YOUR ELEMENTAL HIT PARADE $800: Not great for use in water pipes, this element joins the parade at No. 82 lead
#8770, aired 2022-12-23NATIVE 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 2022-12-15TABLES, 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 2022-12-15ANOTHER 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 2022-12-12SEW & SEW $2000: It's to use long, temporary stitches to hold something together, not to keep it moist to baste
#8759, aired 2022-12-08LET'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 2022-12-06RADIO, 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 2022-12-06A LEGO $800: 6-year-olds found it awesome when the USA's first of these opened in Carlsbad, California in 1999 Legoland
#8757, aired 2022-12-06RADIO, RADIO $1000: Programs on this international network include "Science in a Minute" & "Press Conference USA" Voice of America
#8750, aired 2022-11-25AH, HA HA "HA" $400: On a very special day like today, use this official stamp that indicates quality hallmark
#8747, aired 2022-11-22SOCCER'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 2022-11-22SOCCER'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 2022-11-15USA $200: The Pabst Theater is at the heart of this city's downtown theater district Milwaukee
#8742, aired 2022-11-15USA $400: In 2021, Las Vegas renamed McCarran International Airport in honor of this long-time Nevada senator (Harry) Reid
#8742, aired 2022-11-15USA $600: This 1,450-foot-tall building is a real high point of the ZIP code 60606 the Willis Tower
#8742, aired 2022-11-15USA $800: Most of this large swamp in southeastern Georgia has been designated a National Wildlife Refuge Okefenokee
#8742, aired 2022-11-15USA $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 2022-11-14FOREIGN 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 2022-11-13GOING THROUGH SOME CYCLES $100: Washing machines use this noisy cycle to extract moisture from freshly laundered clothes the spin cycle
#8, aired 2022-11-13HISTORIC 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 2022-11-13THE "A" LIST $400: To avoid a libel lawsuit, news stories about someone accused of a crime use this word meaning "accused" alleged
#8, aired 2022-11-13HISTORIC SHIPS $800: Since Dec. 7, 1941 the USS Arizona has lain at the bottom of this Hawaiian location Pearl Harbor
#8, aired 2022-11-13HISTORIC SHIPS $1000: This U.S. ship from the War of 1812 is nicknamed "Old Ironsides" the USS Constitution
#8, aired 2022-11-13COMPUTER 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 2022-11-11THE ARTS $200: Here's this Italian composer looking like he could use a visit from the Barber of Seville Rossini
#8738, aired 2022-11-09GEOLOGY $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 2022-11-07GET 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 2022-11-06DOG-GONE WORDS $300: For a mixed breed dog, some say mongrel & others use this 4-letter equivalent mutt
#7, aired 2022-11-06STARTS 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 2022-11-04THE 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 2022-11-04MUSICAL 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 2022-11-01CATCH-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 2022-10-31FROM EAR TO FRATERNITY $200: Do we have to paint you a picture? We'll use this wooden frame to help an easel
#8731, aired 2022-10-31YOU'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 2022-10-28YOU 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 2022-10-28YOU 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 2022-10-23YES, 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 2022-10-21SHAVE & A HAIRCUT $600: You can use a razor to shave or shape your 2 these, of which muttonchops are one type sideburns
#8725, aired 2022-10-21SO 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 2022-10-18AMERICANA $400: The USA's National Mammal is the majestic critter seen here, designated by Congress under this 5-letter name a bison
#4, aired 2022-10-16CURRENT EVENTS $400: This 3-digit national hotline phone number for suicide prevention went live in 2022 988
#8718, aired 2022-10-12WAIST 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 2022-10-09GO 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 2022-10-09STARS $1000: Time to use all your heads & hail this huge constellation that includes the Ghost of Jupiter nebula seen here Hydra
#8715, aired 2022-10-07BLACK 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 2022-10-07RECENT 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 2022-10-05BARTENDING 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 2022-10-05IT'S A VERB & A NOUN $600: To glance over, & the 7-letter body part you use to do it to eyeball
#8713, aired 2022-10-05BARTENDING 101 $1000: The appropriate garnish is important; use a lemon slice for this drink that combines beer & lemonade a shandy
#8712, aired 2022-10-04TOYING 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 2022-10-03MEDICAL 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 2022-10-02AUSTIN 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 2022-10-02CELEBRITY 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 2022-09-30SUPERNATURAL STORIES $200: Use your brains & know Colson Whitehead's "Zone One" has a different Mark Spitz taking on feral these creatures zombies
#8707, aired 2022-09-27ALPHANUMERICS $2000: Modern chess notation doesn't use king's bishop 4 & such; all the squares are numbered from a1 to this h8
#1, aired 2022-09-25SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $500: A fancy design of your initials that you use on stationery or clothing a monogram
#8705, aired 2022-09-23TINY 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Musically, it precedes Wayne & Uzi Vert Lil
#8703, aired 2022-09-21PEOPLE & PLACES $400: Some of the Yagua of the Amazon basin still use this weapon for hunting a blow dart
#8703, aired 2022-09-21BELIEF 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 2022-09-19TL;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 2022-09-15HISPANIC 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 2022-09-15GO GET "EM" $1200: It's the crime of using money or property entrusted to you for your own use embezzlement
#8699, aired 2022-09-15HISPANIC 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 2022-07-2840 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 2022-07-2840 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 2022-07-2840 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 2022-07-2840 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 2022-07-2840 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 2022-07-20PLEASE 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 2022-07-18THE 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 2022-07-18GOOD 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 2022-07-13HODGEPODGE $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 2022-07-08DANGER! 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 2022-07-08THE 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 2022-07-05ACTRESSES IN THE SHOW $800: Uzo Aduba, Laura Prepon Orange is the New Black
#8676, aired 2022-07-04NON-ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS $800: It's commonly known as a lie detector a polygraph
#8671, aired 2022-06-27MORE THAN ONE MEANING $200: Concern, or a sum charged for the use of money interest
#8671, aired 2022-06-27SUMMER'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 2022-06-245-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 2022-06-21MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS $800: In an operation in 1846, William Morton employed ether in the first successful public use of this anesthesia
#8664, aired 2022-06-16PLACES 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 2022-06-16PLACES 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 2022-06-16PLACES 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 2022-06-16PLACES 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 2022-06-16PLACES IN THE USA $2000: This Oregon State University city is about 40 miles down the Willamette from Eugene Corvallis
#8661, aired 2022-06-13ASTRONOMY $2000: Astronomers use this, the difference in an object's direction when observed from 2 points, to measure distance parallax
#8660, aired 2022-06-10WHERE 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 2022-06-09ANCIENT 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 2022-06-08ELEMENTS & THEIR USES $400: This second-lightest gas is mixed with oxygen for use in scuba diving helium
#8658, aired 2022-06-08ELEMENTS & 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 2022-06-06SOUND 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 2022-06-02USA $400: In 1987, some 300,000 people crowded onto this structure to celebrate its 50th anniversary the Golden Gate Bridge
#8654, aired 2022-06-02USA $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 2022-06-02USA $1200: This Pennsylvania city was named for the family who founded the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co., not Dunder Mifflin, in 1840 Scranton
#8654, aired 2022-06-02USA $1600: At one square mile, Elk Island in Jackson Lake is this state's largest island Wyoming
#8654, aired 2022-06-02USA $2000: Some believe the ghost of this Voodoo queen haunts her House of Voodoo museum & store in New Orleans Marie Laveau
#8653, aired 2022-06-01DR. 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 2022-06-01DR. 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 2022-06-01WHAT A TOOL $800: It's a pronged tool used for gathering, & no one would use a hoe for that a rake
#8648, aired 2022-05-255-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 2022-05-24Xs, THEN Os $600: Flash lamps are one use for this noble gas xenon
#8647, aired 2022-05-24WARTIME 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 2022-05-23WHAT'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 2022-05-20THE FARMER $800: Some farmers use cow feed grown from plants that are called GMO, short for this genetically modified organisms
#8644, aired 2022-05-19IT'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 2022-05-12NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN $400: In 1613 the English kidnapped this daughter of Powhatan to use her as a hostage in negotiations Pocahontas
#8637, aired 2022-05-10OUTSIDE 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 2022-05-10SHAKESPEARE 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 2022-05-092 "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 2022-05-06INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER GLOSSARY $2,800 (Daily Double): It's literally porta sul retro, but Italian hackers use this English term a backdoor
#8634, aired 2022-05-05ART $800: It was for the USA's centennial that Archibald Willard painted this work showing 3 marching musicians Spirit of '76
#8633, aired 2022-05-04NEW 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 2022-05-04WORLD CURRENCIES $800: Cyprus & Estonia are 2 in a group of countries that use this currency the euro
#8633, aired 2022-05-04WORLD CURRENCIES $3,000 (Daily Double): Like their shared neighbor, Sri Lanka & Pakistan use currencies called this the rupee
#8632, aired 2022-05-03FREE AS A WORD $800: August 1944 brought this happy event for Paris; the French use the same word liberation
#8631, aired 2022-05-02AROUND 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 2022-05-02COLLEGE 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 2022-05-02CONGRESS 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 2022-04-29THE 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 2022-04-20WE 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 2022-04-20WE 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 2022-04-19POLICING & PUNISHMENTS $1200: Since 2020 several states have restricted the use of controversial "no-knock" these documents by the police warrants
#8620, aired 2022-04-15FEMALE 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 2022-04-15YOUR 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 2022-04-14BIBLICAL 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 2022-04-13AROUND 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 2022-04-13AROUND 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 2022-04-13AROUND 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 2022-04-13AROUND 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 2022-04-13AROUND 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 2022-04-11CHEMICAL ELEMENTS $400: The balloons in one Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade use about 400,000 cubic feet of this gas helium
#8614, aired 2022-04-07COMPUTERS & THE INTERNET $200: This Google product is the USA's most-used web browser Chrome
#8614, aired 2022-04-07COMPUTERS & 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 2022-04-05HOW 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 2022-03-31IN 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 2022-03-30HISTORICAL NONFICTION $400: "Milk of Paradise: A History of" this drug examines its use & abuse from ancient times up to our own opium
#8607, aired 2022-03-29PHOTOGRAPHY $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 2022-03-29IDIOMS & 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 2022-03-25LAWN 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 2022-03-25AMERICAN LAW $1200: The Supreme Court says, "The law has long forbidden routine use" of these hand &/or leg chains on defendants shackles
#8604, aired 2022-03-24THEN 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 2022-03-24PUT A "RING" ON IT $400: Like medieval castle-busters, firefighters use this 2-word bar to go through brick walls battering ram
#8603, aired 2022-03-23FOOD & DRINK HOMOPHONES $600: Use one to kill the undead or to hold down the corner of a tent a stake
#8602, aired 2022-03-22THOSE 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 2022-03-22THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS $1200: The Etruscans' religious use of fowls for divination led to this clavicular way for determining fate pulling a wishbone
#8598, aired 2022-03-16BOWL-O-RAMA $400: You can serve soup in a bread bowl; use this kind of bread, just like Panera does sourdough
#8598, aired 2022-03-16ONLINE & 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 2022-03-14LIBRARIES $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 2022-03-14NUCLEAR 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 2022-03-11HOPPER $600: To make a grasshopper green, use the green type of this liqueur crème de menthe
#8594, aired 2022-03-10GOOD 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 2022-03-04HISTORY $1000: The USA's worst depression before the Civil War began with what's usually called this event "of 1837" the Panic
#8589, aired 2022-03-034-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: The Brits use this word to refer to a layoff; elsewhere, it's needless repetition of words redundancy
#8586, aired 2022-02-28HOMOPHONE TO THE LETTER $800: To use your peepers see
#8585, aired 2022-02-25THAT 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 2022-02-23PUTTING 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 2022-02-22A 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 2022-02-22PITHY 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 2022-02-21BAD 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 2022-02-18LET'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 2022-02-18MUSIC CLASS $800: Guitarists use an index finger to hold down multiple strings when playing a "barre" this a chord
#15, aired 2022-02-18BETWEEN 10 & 20 $600: When writing a haiku, you must use this many syllables 17 (5, 7, 5)
#8579, aired 2022-02-17THE 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 2022-02-16HAIKU THAT NOVEL! $800: Oasis, by Cline / Praise... "Wonka meets 'The Matrix'" / --USA Today Ready Player One
#8577, aired 2022-02-15FROM 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 2022-02-15OUR GOVERNMENT $800: Most states use primaries, but Wyoming employs one of these meetings to decide candidates a caucus
#8576, aired 2022-02-14GEOGRAPHY $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 2022-02-11BOATS & SHIPS $200: The USS Pennsylvania was in drydock at this naval base on December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor
#7, aired 2022-02-11COMMENCEMENT $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 2022-02-10OTHER 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 2022-02-10OTHER 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 2022-02-08AROUND 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 2022-02-08AROUND 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 2022-02-08AROUND THE USA $600: In 2021 this bridge that spans the East River got a new 2-way bike lane the Brooklyn Bridge
#8572, aired 2022-02-08AROUND THE USA $800: Head to New Orleans' French Quarter to visit the Old Absinthe House named for this pirate Jean Lafitte
#8572, aired 2022-02-08AROUND 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 2022-02-03DATING 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 2022-02-03IT 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 2022-02-03DATING 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 2022-02-02AGAIN $1,000 (Daily Double): The first use of "instant" this was during the 1963 Army-Navy football game replay
#8567, aired 2022-02-016 FLAGS $600: You can use two flags to communicate in the method seen here semaphore
#8566, aired 2022-01-31BIG 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 2022-01-28AMERICANA $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 2022-01-26CREATURE COMFORTS $600: On Madagascar, these primates use a toxic secretion from millipedes as an insect repellent & is thought to get high lemurs
#8563, aired 2022-01-26E BEFORE I $1200: In Shakespeare it means fanciful or imaginative; in "con"temporary use, it means vain conceited
#8561, aired 2022-01-24ROMA 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 2022-01-19MEXICO 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 2022-01-18I WANT 2 B $600: A child's toy, or a showy trinket that's of little actual use a bauble
#8551, aired 2022-01-10WHALES $400: Like bats, some whales use this natural sonar to hunt, communicate & navigate echolocation
#8541, aired 2021-12-27PAINTINGS $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 2021-12-23NATIONAL 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 2021-12-23COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY $800: Good manners, or the kind of airport phone you can use to reach Avis courtesy
#8534, aired 2021-12-16SAY YOUR PRAYERS $400: In Catholic tradition, October is the month dedicated to the use of this string of prayer beads rosary
#8533, aired 2021-12-15BALANCES $2000: This 17th century Dutch scientist was among the first to use a balance spring in the design of watches Christiaan Huygens
#8531, aired 2021-12-13CHEMISTRY $400: To get this from brine, use the Dow process or insert 2 letters after the "br" bromine
#8531, aired 2021-12-13LET 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 2021-12-09SHOW 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 2021-12-08DEALING 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 2021-12-08THE RULES OF THE GAME $800: The supine competitor may use no mechanical brakes luge
#8527, aired 2021-12-0710-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 2021-12-0710-LETTER WORDS $800: Yep, people still use this handy measuring tool in math class & in certain professions a protractor
#8526, aired 2021-12-06WE GET LETTERS $1600: German musicians use "B" for B flat & this for B natural H
#8523, aired 2021-12-01WRITERS, 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 2021-11-29HELPING THE PLANET $600: Tokyo-based Next Meats offers meat alternatives with extra protein thanks to the use of these legumes soybeans
#8520, aired 2021-11-26MUSEUMS $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 2021-11-22MIX TAPE $1000: For auxiliary data storage, computers sometimes use this type of tape that often has iron oxide in it magnetic tape
#8515, aired 2021-11-19INTO THE J*E*T STREAM $200: To use a syringe to put a drug into a person's body inject
#8514, aired 2021-11-18OUT OF THE CRADLE $400: To use an acid to produce a pattern on glass etch
#8509, aired 2021-11-11WOMEN 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 2021-11-10THE SHIRLEY BOOTH $1600: In the miniseries "Mrs. America" about 1970s feminist wars, Uzo Aduba played this pioneering Black presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm
#8504, aired 2021-11-04PRIME 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 2021-11-04THAT'S OUR FACTORY $1600: A "New" factory of the future in Massachusetts for its made-in-the-USA sneakers New Balance
#8501, aired 2021-11-01KANSAS 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 2021-11-012 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 2021-10-27INTERNATIONAL 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 2021-10-27THE 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 2021-10-27TELEVISION $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 2021-10-21EPIDEMIOLOGY $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 2021-10-20BOATS & 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 2021-10-20BOATS & 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 2021-10-19ANNUS 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 2021-10-18BIRD BRAINS $200: Some birds wield twigs & sticks to accomplish tasks, making them among the handful of animals known to use these tools
#8491, aired 2021-10-18HISTORY'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 2021-10-14VOTING USA $200: A bit under half the states offer SDR, short for same-day this, often Election Day registration
#8489, aired 2021-10-14VOTING 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 2021-10-14VOTING 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 2021-10-14VOTING USA $800: Bringing Sunday churchgoers to cast their votes after services is rhymingly called these "to the polls" souls
#8489, aired 2021-10-14VOTING 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 2021-10-14TWISTER! $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 2021-10-12EDUCATION 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 2021-10-12EDUCATION FIRSTS $1600: The USA's first public teacher training school evolved into Framingham State University in this state Massachusetts
#8485, aired 2021-10-08TECHNOLOGY $1600: Elisha Otis' invention of the "safety" this led to its regular use for passengers elevator
#8484, aired 2021-10-07A 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 2021-10-07SEEN 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 2021-10-011871--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 2021-10-01FOR 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 2021-10-01SPIN CYCLE $1000: Labs use this machine that spins fluids to do your hematocrit, or blood analysis centrifuge
#8476, aired 2021-09-27DAYTIME TV $2000: A 2020 episode title of his show was "My Husband Blames Me for his Drug Use" Dr. Phil
#8474, aired 2021-09-23LITERARY TERMS $1000: "The ancient door groaned when I opened it" makes use of this device giving human attributes to nonhuman things personification
#8471, aired 2021-09-20A WORD IN SPANISH $800: Stand down, Sir Francis Drake; Spanish-speaking countries such as Argentina use this to mean their navy armada
#8470, aired 2021-09-17BROADWAY 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 2021-09-16DURING 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 2021-09-15ACROSS THE USA $400: Elizabeth Bishop's poem about this state mentions alligators, sandbars, swamps & mosquitoes Florida
#8468, aired 2021-09-15ACROSS 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 2021-09-15ACROSS THE USA $1200: It's the only Great Lake that doesn't cross into Canadian territory (Lake) Michigan
#8468, aired 2021-09-15ACROSS 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 2021-09-15ACROSS 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 2021-08-13IDIOMS $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 2021-08-12TIME FOR SECONDS $400: In 2021 he became the USA's first second gentleman Doug Emhoff
#8461, aired 2021-08-09AROUND THE USA $200: Nevada is home to the wonder known as Fly this type of hot spring Geyser
#8461, aired 2021-08-09AROUND 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 2021-08-09AROUND THE USA $600: A live type of this tree is a must-see for visitors to Johns Island, South Carolina oak
#8461, aired 2021-08-09AROUND THE USA $800: Boise, Idaho has an alliterative "Block" for these people of the Pyrenees, dedicated to preserving their culture Basque
#8461, aired 2021-08-09AROUND 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 2021-08-04THE 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 2021-08-043-LETTER WORDS $1200: The British use this booze to mean "strange" rum
#8456, aired 2021-08-02AT 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 2021-07-29HELP! $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 2021-07-29HELP! $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 2021-07-27LISTEN 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 2021-07-26HISTORY $200: Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific saw the first use of this powerful new weapon in 1952 an H-bomb
#8450, aired 2021-07-23MILITARY EMBLEMS OF BELIEF $1200: Pagans might opt to use Mjölnir, the hammer of this god for their gravestones Thor
#8440, aired 2021-07-09BEACH-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 2021-07-09IN 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 2021-07-07WORKING OUT: THE DETAILS $800: When working these major muscles seen here, you can use the formal name or the colloquial pecs
#8437, aired 2021-07-06USE YOUR TWO "I"s $200: It can mean a ghost or strong alcohol a spirit
#8437, aired 2021-07-06USE YOUR TWO "I"s $400: Save me some of this! Another word for cake frosting icing
#8437, aired 2021-07-06USE YOUR TWO "I"s $600: A period of intentionally staying awake to keep watch or to pray vigil
#8437, aired 2021-07-06USE YOUR TWO "I"s $800: The Egyptian god Thoth was often depicted with the head of this bird an ibis
#8437, aired 2021-07-06USE YOUR TWO "I"s $1000: After my bagpipes solo, I really had reason to say the catchphrase "everyone's a" this critic
#8437, aired 2021-07-06AMERICANA $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 2021-07-05BORDERING 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 2021-07-05BORDERING THE USA $400: Goat Island separates the Horseshoe & the American sides of this gorgeous landmark Niagara Falls
#8436, aired 2021-07-05BORDERING 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 2021-07-05PUT 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 2021-07-05BORDERING 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 2021-07-054-LETTER WORDS $1000: This instrument has been in use since the time of the Crusades a fife
#8436, aired 2021-07-05BORDERING THE USA $1000: Mexico's 2 largest cities on the U.S. border are Juarez & this one Tijuana
#8436, aired 2021-07-05PUT 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 2021-06-30SPORTS & 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 2021-06-30SPORTS & 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 2021-06-29AVIATION $1200: Wind & clouds are 2 things pilots use to determine this "altitude" where they'll level off cruising
#8431, aired 2021-06-28SCIENCE $400: In photosynthesis, green plants use sunlight & carbon dioxide to produce this simple sugar as an energy source glucose
#8431, aired 2021-06-28SOUND 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 2021-06-25ANTHROPOLOGY $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 2021-06-22PSYCHOLOGY $200: Carl Jung popularized the use of these 2 terms to refer to outgoing & shy personality types introvert & extrovert
#8426, aired 2021-06-21PLAIN-NAMED MALADIES $200: The injury called this fruit "hand" is on the rise--use a cutting board when making guacamole! avocado
#8423, aired 2021-06-16TWINS & 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 2021-06-16SCIENTISTS $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 2021-06-15JUMBLE GYM $1000: Low-impact exercise program that can use the wunda chair: TEA LIPS Pilates
#8420, aired 2021-06-11VOLCANO CITY USA $200: This Oregon city has an extinct volcano within city limits, 630-foot Mount Tabor Portland
#8420, aired 2021-06-11VOLCANO 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 2021-06-11VOLCANO 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 2021-06-11VOLCANO 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 2021-06-11VOLCANO CITY USA $3,400 (Daily Double): This "gem" is an extinct volcanic cone with a summit that overlooks Honolulu Diamond Head
#8419, aired 2021-06-10RAILWAY & 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 2021-06-10BOOK-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 2021-06-02I'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 2021-06-01NOT 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 2021-05-28IMBIBER'S LEXICON $600: When ordering a martini dry, you're asking the bartender to use less of this vermouth
#8409, aired 2021-05-27LAW SLAW $400: 2-word term for unlicensed but legal quoting of copyrighted material in situations like research or news reporting fair use
#8409, aired 2021-05-27WHICH COLLEGE? $1000: Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts USC
#8407, aired 2021-05-25THE 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 2021-05-21CORPORATE 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 2021-05-19UNDER 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 2021-05-19UNDER 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 2021-05-19HERBS $400: Washington State's Yakima Valley is the USA's center of producing these, which give beer its distinctive taste hops
#8403, aired 2021-05-19UNDER 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 2021-05-19UNDER THE USA $800: Monks in Washington, D.C. created these underground crypts, trying to emulate those found in Rome catacombs
#8403, aired 2021-05-19UNDER THE USA $1000: Once a government relocation site, West Virginia's Greenbrier this was designed as a Cold War fallout shelter Bunker
#8401, aired 2021-05-17STOCK SYMBOLS $800: X marks the spot for this Pittsburgh company, founded in 1901 & formerly part of USX U.S. Steel
#8400, aired 2021-05-14THE 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 2021-05-14THICKER THAN WATER $800: Nearly 80 years later, this sunken battleship is still leaking oil in Pearl Harbor the USS Arizona
#8399, aired 2021-05-13THE 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 2021-05-05NON-ALEXANDER HAMILTON $600: In 2019, she was nominated for a CinemaCon USA Ensemble Award for "Terminator: Dark Fate" Linda Hamilton
#8392, aired 2021-05-04BRITS 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 2021-04-30LIGHTHOUSES $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 2021-04-26BUSINESS ACRONYMS & ABBREV. $1000: Business analysts use SWOT to stand for "strengths, weaknesses, opportunities &" these possible dangers threats
#8384, aired 2021-04-22SECRETS 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 2021-04-22WHAT'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 2021-04-21D PLUS $1000: A word found before "pool" & a use for a big armful of cotton wading & wadding
#8380, aired 2021-04-16PARTS 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 2021-04-15HEAD 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 2021-04-13GOING 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 2021-04-13BATTERY 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 2021-04-13GOING 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 2021-04-09WE "URGE" YOUR RESPONSE $2000: American cooks use zucchini; the Brits call it this courgette
#8374, aired 2021-04-08GUITARS & 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 2021-04-06KNIVES 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 2021-04-01CURRENCIES $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 2021-03-31ANIMALS $800: Honeybees use their mandibles to make their honeycomb cells, each of which ends up in this shape a hexagon
#8366, aired 2021-03-29AROUND THE USA $200: Marble Canyon, on the Colorado River, is part of a national park named for this other canyon Grand Canyon
#8366, aired 2021-03-29AROUND THE USA $400: This South Carolina resort island is named for English sea captain William, not for a hotel chain Hilton Head
#8366, aired 2021-03-29AROUND 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 2021-03-29AROUND THE USA $800: A sculpture of one of these Scandinavian beings resides under the Aurora Bridge in Seattle a troll
#8366, aired 2021-03-29YOU'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 2021-03-29AROUND 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 2021-03-25GOOD "BI" $400: Zoologists don't consider the American buffalo a buffalo; they use this word instead a bison
#8362, aired 2021-03-23CRASS 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 2021-03-22WORDS 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 2021-03-22BOOTS 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 2021-03-19LAKES $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 2021-03-18GREEN $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 2021-03-17THEY 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 2021-03-16TIME 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 2021-03-11VETO $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 2021-03-11THE "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 2021-03-11THE "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 2021-03-10GOING 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 2021-03-09SNAKES & LADDERS $600: The use of ladders to scale a defensive wall is called this, also the name of a Cadillac SUV escalade
#8352, aired 2021-03-09SNAKES & LADDERS $1000: Many dive boats use open sided ladders so divers can go up & down while wearing these fins
#8347, aired 2021-03-02GUITAR TALK $800: Guitarists use picks, also known by this other "P" word plectrum
#8343, aired 2021-02-24BUY 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 2021-02-19POP CULTURE $400: For 7 seasons Meghan Markle played Rachel Zane on this USA Network show about lawyers Suits
#8340, aired 2021-02-19BALTIMORE: 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 2021-02-19MAD 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 2021-02-18GLOVE $600: To prevent allergic reactions, in 2008 the Johns Hopkins Hospital banned the use of gloves made of this rubber product latex
#8335, aired 2021-02-12SCIENCE $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 2021-02-11STEM $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 2021-02-09ENGINEERING $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 2021-02-04QUESTIONABLE 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 2021-02-03THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $400: Able to use both hands with equal ease ambidextrous
#8328, aired 2021-02-03LET'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 2021-02-02CUTTING 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 2021-02-02CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY $400: People famous in this profession, like Jamie Oliver, often use Wüsthof knives from Germany chefs
#8327, aired 2021-02-02OLD NEWSPAPERS $2000: Begun in 1764, this Hartford, Connecticut Journal is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the USA The Hartford Courant
#8325, aired 2021-01-29LINCOLN 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 2021-01-26FINANCIAL SLANG $800: Traders use yard, short for "milliard" , to mean this very large number billion
#8319, aired 2021-01-21ALMOST RHYMES WITH PURPLE $800: The use of plants & plant extracts to maintain & improve health is called this type of medicine herbal
#8314, aired 2021-01-14COMMUNICATION $200: In 2020 this video conferencing service founded in 2011 became the USA's No. 1 app Zoom
#8314, aired 2021-01-14WEE-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 2021-01-12A CATEGORY FOR FREE $400: Freestyle swimmers use this stroke that ironically doesn't sound very fast the crawl
#8312, aired 2021-01-12A 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 2021-01-06GADGET $1000: The V11 Torque Drive cordless vacuum from this company promises 60 minutes of use without needing to recharge Dyson
#8307, aired 2021-01-05CONDIMENTS $600: We use the German name for this cabbage dish; the French call it choucroute sauerkraut
#8306, aired 2021-01-043-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 2020-12-18MOVING $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 2020-12-16U.S. FACT SHEET $400: The USA's driest point is in this national park in the Mojave Desert Death Valley
#8302, aired 2020-12-15REALITY 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 2020-12-14BLENDED WORDS $1000: When referring to England's 2 oldest universities, use this blended word Oxbridge
#8300, aired 2020-12-11BRITISH 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 2020-12-09BOTANY $800: Instead of seeds, non-flowering plants like ferns, use these one-cell units to reproduce spores
#8298, aired 2020-12-09NEWSPAPERS $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 2020-12-08GEOGRAPHIC FOURS $800: These 4 states meet at the USA's Four Corners Monument Utah, Arizona, New Mexico & Colorado
#8296, aired 2020-12-07PLANETARY EXTREMES $2000: It's the farthest planet from the Sun that was known before the use of telescopes in the 1600s Saturn
#8293, aired 2020-12-02OVAL & 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 2020-11-25À LA CARTOGRAPHY $2000: Mapmakers use altitude data from aneroid barometers, which get their numbers by measuring this air pressure
#8287, aired 2020-11-24SPEAK NOW $200: This word hospitals use to mean "right now!" comes from the Latin for "to stand" stat
#8287, aired 2020-11-24RELIGION $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 2020-11-24SPEAK NOW $800: Want something done quickly? Use this 6-letter Spanish adverb for emphasis pronto
#8286, aired 2020-11-23LET'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 2020-11-18WORRY 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 2020-11-16DAM BUILDING $400: This civilization built some of the oldest dams still in use, including the Proserpina Dam at Mérida, Spain the Romans
#8280, aired 2020-11-1337 IS HEAVEN $600: This Texan was the USA's 37th vice president (& 36th president) LBJ
#8280, aired 2020-11-13INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $800: In 1714 physicist Daniel Fahrenheit invented the first thermometer to use this liquid mercury
#8280, aired 2020-11-13INVENTORS & 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 2020-11-06DID 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 2020-11-06FOXES $600: Writing about foxes? It's required that you use the adjective "bushy" to describe this body part the tail
#8268, aired 2020-10-28AROUND 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 2020-10-28AROUND 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 2020-10-28AROUND THE USA $600: The Hood Art Museum is an attraction in Hanover, a college town in this state New Hampshire
#8268, aired 2020-10-28AROUND 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 2020-10-28AROUND 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 2020-10-27AN 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 2020-10-26SOUNDS LIKE MONEY TO ME $2000: Nita Lowey chairs the House committee on these, public funds designated for a specific use Appropriations
#8263, aired 2020-10-21ARCHITECTS & ARCHITECTURE $800: Pier Luigi Nervi innovated the use of steel-reinforced this material for buildings, & he even built boats from it concrete
#8259, aired 2020-10-15CRIME & PUNISHMENT $800: In December 1982 Texas became the first state to use this form of execution lethal injection
#8259, aired 2020-10-15A 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 2020-10-13MEDICAL 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 2020-10-13A 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 2020-10-07EUROPE $800: Picasso has his own musée in Paris & his own museu in this Spanish seaport Barcelona
#8250, aired 2020-10-02WAR, AMERICAN STYLE $400: The USO was shut down in 1947 but was back in 1951 due to this conflict the Korean War
#8250, aired 2020-10-02WAR, 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 2020-10-01NEW TO THE OED $400: This shortened word you might use to order some Sauvignon cab
#8247, aired 2020-09-29SIDE 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 2020-09-25GUYS 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 2020-09-25ALL 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 2020-09-23AROUND 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 2020-09-23AROUND THE USA $400: The arch seen here is not in Paris but in this city Las Vegas
#8243, aired 2020-09-23AROUND THE USA $600: The Mall of America in this state has no central heating--skylights & store fixtures help do the job Minnesota
#8243, aired 2020-09-23AROUND THE USA $800: To prevent road ice, Polk County, Wisconsin fittingly makes use of brine left over from making this cheese
#8243, aired 2020-09-23AROUND THE USA $1000: Montgomery, Alabama, is home to the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church of this Protestant denomination Baptist
#8240, aired 2020-09-18THE APOSTLES $1600: There were 2 Apostles with this name, so we use "the Greater" & "the Less" to tell them apart James
#8238, aired 2020-09-16THESE 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 2020-09-15ON 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 2020-09-14APPROACH 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 2020-06-10HOME 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 2020-06-10MILITARY 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 2020-06-10BLOOD, 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 2020-06-09CANSPLAINING $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 2020-06-05WORDS 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 2020-06-04EMMYS 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 2020-06-03IS 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 2020-06-02BEFORE & AFTER $1600: 2012 male stripper cinematic saga that went on to be our 70th Secretary of State Magic Mike Pompeo
#8226, aired 2020-06-01POP 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 2020-05-26SCHOOLHOUSE 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 2020-05-26E_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 2020-05-25USE YOUR WORDS $400: There's an amphibian in this 8-letter verb that means to jump over leapfrog
#8221, aired 2020-05-25USE YOUR WORDS $800: This adjective means of or pertaining to the sense of smell olfactory
#8221, aired 2020-05-25USE YOUR WORDS $1200: These 2 adjectives are antonyms of each other & are derived from 2 of the divisions in taxonomy general & specific
#8221, aired 2020-05-25USE YOUR WORDS $1600: This synonym for chasm comes from the Greek for "bottomless" abyss
#8221, aired 2020-05-25USE YOUR WORDS $2000: These lyric poets or minstrels of the 11th to the 13th centuries wrote in the Provençal language troubadours
#8213, aired 2020-04-291917 $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 2020-04-29WE'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 2020-04-28SNOPES 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 2020-04-27AROUND 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 2020-04-27AROUND THE USA $400: This granite boulder is in Pilgrim Memorial State Park in Massachusetts Plymouth Rock
#8211, aired 2020-04-27AROUND THE USA $600: Visit the CNN Center or the Center for Civil & Human Rights in this city Atlanta
#8211, aired 2020-04-27AROUND 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 2020-04-27AROUND 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 2020-04-24HERE'S LOOKING AT EUCLID $400: Euclid was a teacher in this Egyptian city & made use of its famous library Alexandria
#8209, aired 2020-04-23HAIRSTYLES $200: The cooler way to abbreviate this hairstyle associated with reggae music is to use the second syllable dreadlocks
#8209, aired 2020-04-23GIVE 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 2020-04-22EPISODES OF THE SITCOM $600: "Leap to Faith" & "The Worst Possible Use of Free Will" The Good Place
#8208, aired 2020-04-22YOU 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 2020-04-20ROLL 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 2020-04-16THE 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 2020-04-15POETRY $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 2020-04-14CLASSICAL 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 2020-04-14FANTASTICAL SUBSTANCES $2000: "The Core" & "Avatar" both use this term for their "un"possible material unobtainium
#8200, aired 2020-04-10DON'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 2020-04-09PARTY IN THE USA $400: In 2000 Ralph Nader received nearly 3 million presidential votes for this colorful party the Green Party
#8199, aired 2020-04-09PARTY IN THE USA $800: Historians paired this word with "Republican" in the name of an 18th & 19th century American party Democratic
#8199, aired 2020-04-09PARTY 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 2020-04-09PARTY 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 2020-04-09PARTY 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 2020-04-06E-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 2020-04-03WEAPONS OF THE WAR $1000: The USS Massachusetts & the Cristóbal Colón, which exchanged fire outside Santiago de Cuba the Spanish-American War
#8192, aired 2020-03-31ANIMAL 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 2020-03-27AND 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 2020-03-25HERBS & 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 2020-03-18BATTLE 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 2020-03-18BATTLE 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 2020-03-18BATTLE 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 2020-03-16SHAKESPEARE 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 2020-03-13SMITHSONIAN 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 2020-03-10BRR! 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 2020-03-04FROM 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 2020-03-02MUSIC $1600: Gamelan orchestras in Indonesia make good use of this "G" percussion item a gong
#8167, aired 2020-02-25PLAYING 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 2020-02-17JACKAL $400: Some jackals use mounds abandoned by these ant-like insects as dens to birth their pups termites
#8159, aired 2020-02-133/4 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 2020-02-13FOOD & 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 2020-02-11MAGIC 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 2020-02-06FOREIGN-LANGUAGE MOTTOES $3,000 (Daily Double): The Greeks use the motto "Eleftheria i thanatos", "freedom or" this death
#8151, aired 2020-02-03YOU 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 2020-01-28OFF 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 2020-01-28PARTS OF SPEECH, DEFINED $600: They are a "class of words expressing emotion, distinguished... by their use in grammatical isolation" an interjection
#8146, aired 2020-01-27DANGEROUS 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 2020-01-21THE USG $800: "Democracy demands wisdom", says the website of the NEH, the National Endowment for these the Humanities
#8142, aired 2020-01-21THE USG $1200: The CBO, this, analyzes economic issues on behalf of the House & Senate the Congressional Budget Office
#8142, aired 2020-01-21THE USG $2000: The DIA, this, provides info for the JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff the Defense Intelligence Agency
#8142, aired 2020-01-21THE USG $2,500 (Daily Double): The USCCR isn't a classic rock band but the United States Commission on these important CRs Civil Rights
#8140, aired 2020-01-17NATIONALITY PHRASES $2,500 (Daily Double): peets.com shows you how to use the plunger when making coffee in one of these a French press
#8139, aired 2020-01-16COINAGE $400: This country chose the image of an owl from an ancient 4-drachma coin to use on its 1-euro coin Greece
#8139, aired 2020-01-16WEATHER $600: Non-fluid aneroid barometers use a partial one of these instead of mercury to measure air pressure vacuum
#8139, aired 2020-01-16WEATHER $1000: Doppler weather systems use this type of technology to detect weather patterns radar
#8138, aired 2020-01-15TEAM AMERICA $200: The first Olympic Team USA, in this 19th century year, consisted of 14 athletes, who won 11 events 1896
#8138, aired 2020-01-15FAMOUS & HISTORIC WOMEN $200: Her grandson said she suggested the use of a 5-pointed star on the flag vs. George Washington's chosen 6-pointer Betsy Ross
#8, aired 2020-01-14NONSENSE WORDS $200: This author gave us many nonsense words & was not afraid to use them in titles, as in "Bartholomew and the Oobleck" Dr. Seuss
#8, aired 2020-01-14SURPRISE ME, TREBEK $20,200 (Daily Double): This big landlocked African country was surprised to be added to the USA's 2017 travel ban, but was removed from the list in 2018 Chad
#6, aired 2020-01-09JANUARY IN HISTORY $800: The January 1870 cartoon "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" was this man's first use of a donkey to symbolize Democrats Nast
#5, aired 2020-01-09A MILLION BUCKS AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE $1000: Probably the USA's only millionaire in 1799 was Elias Derby, who sent the 1st ship from New Eng. to Guangzhou, then called this Canton
#8133, aired 2020-01-08BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: The name of this single-use coffee brand is derived from the Dutch word for "excellence" Keurig
#8133, aired 2020-01-08UDDERLY MILK--OR NOT $800: To make oat milk, use steel-cut oats or whole these, 2 letters longer than oats a groat
#3, aired 2020-01-08THE GREATEST OF ALL MINDS $8,400 (Daily Double): This German developed calculus independent of another wise guy Leibniz
#8132, aired 2020-01-07FUN WITH ZIP CODES $600: To promote the use of ZIP Codes, Ethel Merman recorded a jingle to the tune of this song from "Song of the South" "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
#2, aired 2020-01-07FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: In 2012 the French govt. ended official use of this word for an unmarried woman, deemed sexist since there's no male equivalent mademoiselle
#2, aired 2020-01-07FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $800: To sing "Happy Birthday", use this phrase "a ti" in Mexico, but reverse the phrase in Chile feliz cumpleaños
#1, aired 2020-01-07THE TOTALLY RAD 1980s $800: I was so stoked when this team USA hockey captain scored the winning goal against the Soviets in 1980's "Miracle on Ice"! Eruzione
#1, aired 2020-01-07SCHOOL DAYS $800: High school math! These equations that don't use exponents are so named because of the way they can be graphed linear equations
#1, aired 2020-01-07CHEMISTS $1200: (Bryan Cranston delivers the clue.) Many folks weren't happy with the Nobel committee's decision to give the 1918 Chemistry Prize to ammonia synthesizer Fritz Haber, as he had also overseen Germany's production & use of this on World War I's western front mustard gas (or poison gas)
#8130, aired 2020-01-03I'M SO THERE FOR IT! $400: Why yes, in 1860 I will use $200,000 in donations to found my training school for nurses in London, thank you very much! Florence Nightingale
#8124, aired 2019-12-26WORDS SHAKESPEARE ONLY USED ONCE $800: In this play Sir Toby belches out Shakespeare's only use of "implacable" Twelfth Night
#8124, aired 2019-12-26WORDS SHAKESPEARE ONLY USED ONCE $2000: In this character's fight with Hermia in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", she utters the bard's only use of "bashfulness" Helena
#8120, aired 2019-12-20AGRICULTURE $400: Fed to livestock, it's the USA's most widely produced feed grain, grown on more than 400,000 farms corn
#8120, aired 2019-12-20AROUND THE USA $400: If you're having beignets, at Cafe du Monde, you're living the high life in this city New Orleans
#8120, aired 2019-12-20ALTERNATIVE SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN $600: Not sparing it to spoil the child in "The Children's Friend" in 1821, Santa left parents "a long, black birchen" this to use the rod
#8120, aired 2019-12-20AROUND THE USA $800: Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, is home to many structures, made of this five-letter clay building material adobe
#8120, aired 2019-12-20AROUND THE USA $1200: Pike Place Market in this Pacific Northwest city is a great place to get in touch with your inner fishmonger Seattle
#8120, aired 2019-12-20AROUND THE USA $1600: The USA's tallest all-granite structure is the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown at the tip of this cape Cape Cod
#8120, aired 2019-12-20AROUND THE USA $2000: Grand Prismatic Spring is a sight to behold in this venerable national park Yellowstone
#8119, aired 2019-12-19ABOUT [TYPE]FACE $200: This company created the Verdana typeface for use on its Windows operating system Microsoft
#8117, aired 2019-12-17INTERNATIONAL YULETIDE $600: This is a Christmas staple in Latin America, although some in Central America use banana leaves instead of corn husks tamales
#8116, aired 2019-12-16USING WORLDLY ADJECTIVES $3,000 (Daily Double): Superstitious theater folks use this term to refer to Shakespeare's "'Macbeth" "The Scottish Play"
#8113, aired 2019-12-11NAVAL HISTORY $400: Launched in 1959, the USS Long Beach was the world's first surface warship powered by this nuclear power
#8112, aired 2019-12-10BEHIND THE MUSIC $400: Freddie Mercury approved the use of this song in "Wayne's World" just weeks before his death "Bohemian Rhapsody"
#8109, aired 2019-12-05THE "J" EFFECT $1000: It's the name some folks use for the additions on the ice cream jimmies
#8109, aired 2019-12-05GRAND OLD FLAGS $1200: In use since 1743, the triangular pennons on Nepal's flag originally symbolized these jagged natural features the Himalayans
#8108, aired 2019-12-04TRIOS $200: An early use of this Christian concept around 170 A.D. defines the 3 as God, His word & His wisdom the Trinity
#8106, aired 2019-12-025 CLICKS $800: Heard by the musicians, click tracks use this device to keep tempo in a song a metronome
#8105, aired 2019-11-29RANDOM FACTS $400: In 1912 Arthur Eldred made a fire from 2 sticks & a string & became the USA's first Scout to earn this honor an Eagle Scout
#8104, aired 2019-11-28GETTING COLT FEAT $600: Camp Colt in Penn. was the first U.S. post to train soldiers to use these new armored fighting vehicles of World War I tanks
#8103, aired 2019-11-27PHARMACY KNOWLEDGE $1600: Term for a pharmacy that makes up individualized batches for patients who can't use a big pharma product a compounding pharmacy
#8102, aired 2019-11-26LIFE IN PLYMOUTH COLONY $800: Ill-nourished after their first winter, the Pilgrims learned to plant corn & use herring for fertilizer from this guide & interpreter Squanto
#8101, aired 2019-11-25DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE $800: It can mean a small mug but is usually a way to refer to your head; use yours now! a noggin
#8098, aired 2019-11-20RACKET SPORTS $600: What's the dill, yo? The USAPA promotes this racket sport, one of the USA's fastest-growing sports pickleball
#8097, aired 2019-11-1911-LETTER WORDS $800: In 2018 a $10 million Houston mansion made news as the USA's most expensive property in this unfortunate status foreclosure
#8097, aired 2019-11-19HIT TUNES $1600: Streaming hits of Oct. 2018 included songs by Lil Baby, Lil Pump, Lil Uzi Vert & "Uproar" & "Dedicate" by him Lil Wayne
#8093, aired 2019-11-13WORD-POURRI $800: Traditionally, Brits have used this 4-letter term for any grain; as a result, they use the term maize for the yellow vegetable corn
#8091, aired 2019-11-11WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS $200: This adjective means showy & intended to impress ostentatious
#8091, aired 2019-11-11WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS $400: To inject someone with a small amount of a disease so that they can become immune to it to inoculate
#8091, aired 2019-11-11WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS $600: "Dancing Queen" can "feel the beat from" this instrument tambourine
#8091, aired 2019-11-11WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS $800: It sounds like you're writing a novel, but it means to empower or formally sanction an act authorize
#8091, aired 2019-11-11WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS $1000: Ecstatic happiness euphoria
#8089, aired 2019-11-07JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS, NOT! $800: This "Dairy State" is the USA's top milk producer, with lots coming from Tulare County in the Central Valley California
#8088, aired 2019-11-06"ALL" IN $200: To use a delaying tactic in order to get additional time to stall
#8087, aired 2019-11-05PAC-12 SCHOOLS $1200: In 2017 this private school opened a new $700 million "Village" featuring South L.A.'s first Trader Joe's USC
#8086, aired 2019-11-04ABBREV. & ACRONYMS $1200: Some want the NCAA to allow student athletes to be paid for the use of these 3 things often shorthanded as NIL name, image and likeness
#8084, aired 2019-10-31"H"ISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This defensive barrier was in use until almost the end of the Roman rule of Britain Hadrian's Wall
#8083, aired 2019-10-30SPORTS TALK $200: It's not to eat. It's to use in the on-deck circle a doughnut
#8083, aired 2019-10-30BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGES $400: A stranded German motorist might say "Mein auto ist" this, a word we use in English for anything busted kaput
#8080, aired 2019-10-25ANIMAL COMMUNITY $800: Shoaling fish move in the same direction but each does its own thing; fish doing this similar word use coordinated moves schooling fish
#8080, aired 2019-10-25KIDD STUFF $800: The USS Kidd in Baton Rouge, this lethal-sounding type of ship, is named for the first U.S. Navy flag officer killed in WWII a destroyer
#8076, aired 2019-10-21THE GENDER-FREE OPTION $1200: You can use this 6-letter term rather than Latina or Latino Latinx
#8075, aired 2019-10-18NEWSPAPERS $800: In 1982 the Gannett Co. started publishing this national newspaper USA Today
#8074, aired 2019-10-17ENFANTS TERRIBLES $800: French moms use Mitosyl when cranky babies are suffering from this skin irritation named for something they wear diaper rash
#8072, aired 2019-10-15TV MORNING SHOWS $600: Ana Patricia Gámez helps wake up the USA's Spanish speakers on "Despierta América" on this TV network Univision
#8071, aired 2019-10-14SPEAK SOFTLY $400: Kids, you're within the walls of the house, not out in the park, so stop shouting & "use your" this inside voice
#8071, aired 2019-10-14LET'S LIVE ABROAD $400: ...But not too far abroad! This border city about 15 miles south of San Diego will keep us close to the good ol' USA Tijuana
#8070, aired 2019-10-11BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS $800: For a classic eggs Benedict, use a dollop of this creamy sauce Hollandaise
#8067, aired 2019-10-08MAKE LIGHT WORK $800: 10 projectors show astronomical wonders in the USA's largest of these facilities, at a Jersey City science center a planetarium
#8067, aired 2019-10-08MAKE LIGHT WORK $1000: John Alcott & Emmanuel Lubezki, people in this profession, are noted for creative use of natural light cinematographers
#8066, aired 2019-10-07AROUND THE USA $200: You may be more familiar with the La Brea ones, but there's a sticky batch of these in Carpinteria, California as well tar pits
#8066, aired 2019-10-07AROUND THE USA $400: Eastport in this state is fittingly the easternmost city in the lower 48 states Maine
#8066, aired 2019-10-07AROUND THE USA $600: Charging one nickel, the first automated these hit Oklahoma city streets in 1935 a parking meter
#8066, aired 2019-10-07AROUND THE USA $800: You can feel like an 1880s train rider aboard the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in this state Colorado
#8066, aired 2019-10-07AROUND THE USA $1000: Historians say many residents of this 175-mile long chain of islands off North Carolina are descended from pirates the Outer Banks
#8064, aired 2019-10-032 LETTERS, SECOND IS K $1200: "Today I didn't even have to use my" this, so "it was a good day" for Ice Cube my AK
#8062, aired 2019-10-01JUMP AROUND! $400: USA track & field champion Sam Kendricks does it with a pole vault
#8062, aired 2019-10-01CHIPPENDALE $1200: Because Chippendale didn't use this identifier, also a bourbon brand, his furniture can only be authenticated by original bills maker's mark
#8059, aired 2019-09-26PENCILS $2000: Artists often use pencil to make a study, which like a musical study piece, has this French name etude
#8058, aired 2019-09-25STADIUM STUFF $800: Clemson's & LSU's stadiums both use this nickname, also a very dry region in California Death Valley
#8054, aired 2019-09-1916-LETTER WORDS $1200: Type of coordinated activity designed to prevent or thwart groups like ISIS that use violence for political aims counterterrorism
#8052, aired 2019-09-17HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT $200: In 2019 Germany announced it would phase out power plants that use this fossil fuel coal
#8052, aired 2019-09-17HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT $400: Airborne wind energy systems use drones or these tethered playthings like the diamond or sled kind a kite
#8052, aired 2019-09-17VERBS $1000: This 4-letter verb means "to beget"; use it as a noun when addressing a king sire
#8052, aired 2019-09-17CENTER FOR THE INTREPID $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio, Texas.) "People say, 'He lost a leg.'...I object...you gave a leg" was said by General Peter Pace of these patients at the center--an alliterative phrase for injured soldiers that became common during the USA's 21st century conflicts wounded warriors
#8050, aired 2019-09-13ANTONYMS $800: This adjective is the opposite of "attentive"; legally, it refers to one who fails to use "due care" & "ordinary prudence" negligence
#8049, aired 2019-09-12BEEN AROUND AWHILE $800: During China's 800-year Zhou Dynasty, these came into common use, maybe as cooks dealt with scarcity by serving tinier bits of food chopsticks
#8047, aired 2019-09-10PIG ENGLISH $1200: The first recorded use of "in a" this as an exclamation of derision dates to 1847 pig's eye
#8045, aired 2019-07-26ON THIS DAY: JULY 26 $400: Signing the Amer. w/ Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990, Pres. Bush said he was inspired by this GOP senator who lost the use of an arm (Bob) Dole
#8045, aired 2019-07-262 VERBS IN ONE $800: To use a foot & a pedal to get a motorcycle going kick-start
#8044, aired 2019-07-25USELESS BODY PARTS $1000: We can't use it to detect pheromones like other animals, but we have a vestigial version of Jacobson's organ in this body part the nose
#8042, aired 2019-07-23COMPANY ADS & SLOGANS $400: A classic car ad: "See the USA in your..." Chevrolet
#8042, aired 2019-07-23THE "B" THAT POWERS $1600: Many of the torch lighters you find available at your local liquor store use this type of colorless gas butane
#8040, aired 2019-07-19THAT'S HOT STUFF $400: If you're gonna try this activity AKA anastenaria, use cherry or maple embers so as not to burn your feet walking on coals
#8040, aired 2019-07-19MOM & DAD CONFUSE ME $1000: Mom & Dad want me to let my sister use my toys; so how is this word bad when Grandma tells us too much personal stuff? oversharing
#8036, aired 2019-07-15THEY'RE MY FRIENDS $800: As seen in the film "The Favourite", Sarah, wife of this duke & general, made good use of her friendship with Queen Anne the Duke of Marlborough
#8036, aired 2019-07-15I LOVE HORSES $800: One of the USA's largest labor unions, it was originally organized for drivers of horse-drawn vehicles the Teamsters
#8029, aired 2019-07-04VERBI"AGE" $1200: To save something from the trash pile & put it to use salvage
#8027, aired 2019-07-02CORRUPTION ALL AROUND $400: It's a plant bud united with another growing plant, or the use of your political office to make money graft
#8027, aired 2019-07-02BONE UP ON YOUR ANAGRAMS $800: Tough to scratch: CLAP USA a scapula
#8026, aired 2019-07-01WHIPS & CHAINS $600: With pathologist Howard Florey, biochemist Ernst Chain isolated & purified this antibiotic for general clinical use penicillin
#8024, aired 2019-06-27A GEM OF A TALE $400: Tuned to the Force, the Jedi use kyber crystals in these glowing weapons a lightsaber
#8023, aired 2019-06-26ISSUES OF THE 2020s $1600: If automation replaces the USA's 3.5 million of these workers, there'll be no more songs like "18 Wheels And A Dozen Roses" truck drivers
#8022, aired 2019-06-25NAME THE GAME $200: Use all 7 of your tiles on one turn & get a 50-point bonus Scrabble
#8022, aired 2019-06-25NAME THE GAME $800: Use letter tiles to build words in this a-peeling game with a fruit in its name Bananagrams
#8022, aired 2019-06-25FIND A SYNONYM $1600: Instead of "global", you can use this more cosmic word for something that applies everywhere universal
#8018, aired 2019-06-195-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: The stockpile of words that you use vocabulary
#8018, aired 2019-06-19COMPUTER CONNECTIONS $1000: Microsoft's Internet Explorer uses "favorites" where other browsers use this word from the non-wired world bookmarks
#8018, aired 2019-06-19BIG RIVERS $1200: These two rivers that form parts of the USA's borders are each more than 750 miles long the Rio Grande and St. Lawrence
#8014, aired 2019-06-13A LIL RAP CATEGORY $600: In 2016 Lil Uzi Vert was off to see this "Wiz" since the 2 teamed on "Pull Up" Wiz Khalifa
#8014, aired 2019-06-13A LIL RAP CATEGORY $1000: Skippa da Flippa mentions Vikings on "Minnesota" by this lil Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty
#8013, aired 2019-06-12OUR PLANET $400: The innovative use of drones helped the crew capture one of these, the largest animals on Earth, alongside her curious young a blue whale
#8013, aired 2019-06-12EPONYMS $800: It was devised for use with the telegraph Morse code
#8006, aired 2019-06-03POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY $1200: Samuel Pufendorf, he's your friend when things get rough & in 1673 said a nation needs this document; the USA's founders listened a Constitution
#8004, aired 2019-05-30SOME OF THE TEA IN CHINA $1200: Despite its name, you can't use this green tea rolled into pellets to fire a cannon gunpowder
#8002, aired 2019-05-28TIME ZONES $800: Egypt has adopted Daylight Saving Time, but suspends its use during this Muslim month Ramadan
#8001, aired 2019-05-27FEELING ART "C" $2000: He was a master of chiaroscuro, the use of light & shadows to add drama to his canvases, as in "The Denial of Saint Peter" Caravaggio
#7999, aired 2019-05-23THE 2018 IG NOBEL PRIZES $800: The Economics winners investigated if the use of these dolls was effective against bad bosses voodoo dolls
#7999, aired 2019-05-23SCIENCE $1200: You can't use a Carnot engine to power your car--it's an ideal one that loses no heat via this resisting force friction
#7997, aired 2019-05-21ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Adams National Historical Park.) At his desk in 1779, John Adams drafted the Massachusetts constitution--it pioneered the use of three branches of government & this type of legislature, from the Latin for "twin chambers" bicameral
#7997, aired 2019-05-21ACRONYMS & INITIALISMS $600: The use of this 6-letter acronym for our country's highest court actually goes back to 1879 SCOTUS
#7996, aired 2019-05-20A DEGREE IN LITERATURE $1000: In this author's "Brideshead Revisited", a father says of his son's univ. degree, "No use to me. Not much use to you either" Evelyn Waugh
#7994, aired 2019-05-16BIBLE TRANSLATION $400: Many version of the Bible use the word "murder" in the 10 commandments, but the King James Version uses this shorter verb kill
#7994, aired 2019-05-16BIBLE TRANSLATION $1600: Many translations use this 4-letter word, as in seek God "with all thy heart and all thy" this; Robert Alter uses "being" soul
#7993, aired 2019-05-15MORE THAN 1 MEANING $200: You can invest in shares of it, or you can use the beef or chicken type to make soup stock
#7993, aired 2019-05-15MATH, TEACHERS $400: It's the number of distinct digits that are used to represent numbers in a particular number system; you probably use 10 the base
#7993, aired 2019-05-15MATH, TEACHERS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a coordinate system on the monitor.) To describe the position of a point in two dimensions, you can use the distance from an origin point & the angle from an axis, which are these paired coordinates with a chilly name polar coordinates
#7992, aired 2019-05-14SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE ALUMNI $200: In 2017 he received an honorary doctorate & delivered the commencement address at his alma mater, USC Will Ferrell
#7990, aired 2019-05-10HEY, YOU! $1000: You're awesome, Sally Ride, riding into history in 1983 onboard this shuttle as the USA's first woman in space the Challenger
#7987, aired 2019-05-07THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.) JPL's Juno probe needed a boost to get to its target; scientists designed its trajectory to come back to Earth & then use our gravity to slingshot to this planet, Juno's husband in mythology Jupiter
#7986, aired 2019-05-06INITIALLY YOURS $1000: Via the White Star Line, the Titanic was owned by this U.S. banking tycoon, who had a private suite he never got to use J.P. Morgan
#7985, aired 2019-05-03GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: Starting in the 1930s, Elmo Roper was the first to develop the scientific use of these in political forecasting polls
#7985, aired 2019-05-03GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2000: The USA's second-longest of these lasted 21 days in 1995-96, over budgets & social program spending a government shutdown
#7984, aired 2019-05-02HEY, "B.B." $600: The door at the castle church of Wittenberg once served as this; Martin Luther made use of it the bulletin board
#7984, aired 2019-05-02SCI-FI TECH $800: In the story that inspired "Blade Runner", Philip K. Dick didn't use "replicant"--his term was "andy", short for this android
#7982, aired 2019-04-309...9 $400: When the new year on the Roman calendar was March 1, this was the 9th month--remember your Latin, or use your fingers November
#7980, aired 2019-04-26IT'S A GAS $400: Europe's first use of gas for this purpose was with coal gas in William Murdock's cottage in 1792 lighting
#7978, aired 2019-04-24SCIENCE CENTRAL $1600: In 1916 the great chemist Gilbert Lewis called the central part of an atom this, a word we use for the seed in an apricot pit the kernel
#7977, aired 2019-04-23POTPOURRI $600: The stems of the shiitake type of this are extremely tough; remove them & use them to flavor sauces mushroom
#7976, aired 2019-04-22COMMUNITIES $400: The 1820s utopian community New Harmony had what's been called the USA's first of these schools for 5-year-olds kindergarten
#7976, aired 2019-04-22THE 20-TEENS $800: On Jan. 1, 2014 in Denver, 1/8 ounce of Bubba Kush was the USA's first legal sale of this for recreational purposes marijuana
#7970, aired 2019-04-12MOOLAH $11,914 (Daily Double): The mint in this western city produces about half of U.S. coinage & is the USA's second-largest gold depository Denver
#7968, aired 2019-04-10HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Making a cake for this Jewish holiday? You can't use flour (or any leavening agent) Passover
#7967, aired 2019-04-09BEER $400: These bitter buds added for flavor belong to the Cannabaceae family, making them a cousin of marijuana hops
#7967, aired 2019-04-09"PORTER" $800: Walmart isn't just the USA's largest retailer, but also the largest of these companies that bring goods into a country importer
#7963, aired 2019-04-03MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU $2000: "Anthony Adverse" & a family name inspired actor Bernard Schwartz to take this stage name & use it in "Some Like It Hot" Tony Curtis
#7960, aired 2019-03-29PHILOSOPHY $400: 18th c. ethics said actions of virtue are virtuous & actions of vice are this adjective, which today we use for a snarling dog vicious
#7960, aired 2019-03-29NOUNS THAT ARE ALSO VERBS $400: 3-letter word meaning to tint a garment, or what you use to do so dye
#7959, aired 2019-03-28WE WOULD HAVE ALSO ACCEPTED... $600: Holy See is a perfectly fine response to use instead of this name for a small European country Vatican City
#7958, aired 2019-03-27GETTING AN EDUCATION $800: The youngest of the USA's 5 service academies, it was established in 1954 the Air Force Academy
#7956, aired 2019-03-251960s AMERICA $1200: A Naval Academy graduate, he became the USA's first man in space with a 15-minute suborbital flight Alan Shepard
#7951, aired 2019-03-18MISSOURI HISTORY $1000: The USA's first project in this road system to start construction under the 1956 act was in St. Charles County the interstate system
#7950, aired 2019-03-15CHANGE MY MIND $600: To sway me, you'll need to provide one of these metaphoric weapons, showing recent use a smoking gun
#7950, aired 2019-03-15THE IDES OF MARCH $800: John McCloskey became the USA's first of these March 15, 1875, but didn't get his red hat until an 1878 trip to Rome a cardinal
#7950, aired 2019-03-15CHANGE MY MIND $1000: You'd best use your skills at this, also a Jane Austen novel title persuasion
#7946, aired 2019-03-11FOOD & DRINK $400: This beverage brand doesn't just use "The Best Stuff on Earth"--it's found even "Better Stuff" for its teas Snapple
#7946, aired 2019-03-11FOOD & DRINK $800: This company's iconic deviled ham logo is the USA's oldest food trademark still in use Underwood
#7946, aired 2019-03-111870s AMERICA $2000: His cartoon "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" in 1870 was the first use of a donkey as a Democratic symbol (Thomas) Nast
#7944, aired 2019-03-07THIS & THAT $400: Baking a cake at high altitude? Use less of this leavener from Arm & Hammer baking soda
#7938, aired 2019-02-27SHOOTING BLANKS $600: Battleship nicknamed "Mighty Mo": USS ____ Missouri
#7934, aired 2019-02-21FIRST-TIME RESPONSES $1200: Introduced in 1991 & already one of the USA's favorite varieties, this apple is named for its sweet taste & firm crunch a honeycrisp
#7931, aired 2019-02-18SAVING THE ANIMALS $200: After this island was ravaged by Hurricane Maria, Lucky Dog Animal Rescue & Southwest Air flew some pets to the USA Puerto Rico
#7931, aired 2019-02-18USE YOUR B,R,A,I,N POWER $400: This glorious sight is formed by the refractive dispersion of light through falling water droplets a rainbow
#7931, aired 2019-02-18USE YOUR B,R,A,I,N POWER $800: A substance like oil or grease used to reduce friction a lubricant
#7931, aired 2019-02-18USE YOUR B,R,A,I,N POWER $1200: It's the vocal range between tenor & bass baritone
#7931, aired 2019-02-18USE YOUR B,R,A,I,N POWER $1600: Important for energy production in the body, it's also called Vitamin B2 riboflavin
#7931, aired 2019-02-18USE YOUR B,R,A,I,N POWER $2000: If you're "under" this in a hospital, you're technically an outpatient though you may stay for days observation
#7929, aired 2019-02-14HISTORIC SUPREME COURT CASES $800: Korematsu v. U.S. in 1944 saw the Court uphold the use of these, such as Heart Mountain, "to prevent espionage" internment camps
#7926, aired 2019-02-11SIDE STONES $1000: Quarrying produces a heap of rocks called this "pile", also a word for any large supply for future use a stockpile
#7922, aired 2019-02-05FAR OUT, MAN $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the Pacific Ocean on the monitor.) A spot in the Pacific is so remote that world space agencies use it as a dumping area because there's little chance of endangering humans; it's named Point this after a literary captain whose name means "no one" in Latin Point Nemo
#7922, aired 2019-02-05THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $1200: In 1970 Frank Zappa said, "Zubin, hit it!" & the Phil played Zappa's "200 Motels" at this university's Pauley Pavilion UCLA
#7921, aired 2019-02-04THE ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY $400: Sagittarii were soldiers who specialized in the use of these weapons (bows and) arrows
#7913, aired 2019-01-23NAMES IN MUSIC $200: She originally wanted to use the stage name Bacardi Cardi B
#7913, aired 2019-01-23WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE! $400: Bushmen use the sap of the bottle tree to tip poison these, so I wouldn't climb it if I were you arrows
#7912, aired 2019-01-22SPECIAL DAYS $800: Use the smiling face with heart eyes on July 17, the world day for these emojis
#7912, aired 2019-01-22LANGUAGE FAMILIES $1,500 (Daily Double): The Athabascan family ranges into Canada & includes this SW language, the USA's most widely spoken native language Navajo
#7910, aired 2019-01-18LOVE & MARRIAGE $5,000 (Daily Double): This 4-letter word has fallen out of use in vows; Elizabeth used it to marry Philip, but Diana didn't to marry Charles obey
#7908, aired 2019-01-16APPROPRIATE NAMES $400: Igor Judge went into law & in 2013 retired as a high judge of England & Wales called lord this, much like the USA's top judge chief justice
#7908, aired 2019-01-16"SHOP" TALK $800: Let's use 2 straws to share the milkshake relative for which this establishment is named a malt shop
#7902, aired 2019-01-08BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY BATTLES $1200: USA! USA! USA! In 2011 Esperanza Spalding beat out these 2 Canadians, a teen star & a rapper Drake and Justin Bieber
#7901, aired 2019-01-07PROMOTION $400: Bernarr Macfadden was an early promoter of fitness & in 1903 staged the USA's first competition in this field bodybuilding
#7899, aired 2019-01-03HOW TO PLAY QUIDDITCH $800: For a Bludger, which eliminates other players by contact, you can use this ball; just ask Patches O'Houlihan a dodgeball
#7898, aired 2019-01-02USA $400: In 2018, some 50 years after it opened, this Houston stadium was designated a recorded Texas Historic Landmark the Astrodome
#7898, aired 2019-01-02USA $800: We cannot tell a lie--the National this Festival in Traverse City, Michigan includes pie-eating & pit spit contests the Cherry Festival
#7898, aired 2019-01-02IN THEIR WILLS $1000: Benjamin Franklin gave his daughter a memento containing 408 of these gems, but she couldn't use them for jewelry diamonds
#7898, aired 2019-01-02USA $1,400 (Daily Double): Surprisingly, of the more than 164 million items in its collection, fewer than a quarter are catalogued books the Library of Congress
#7898, aired 2019-01-02USA $1600: Beginning with 99801, its zip codes are the highest of any state capital's Juneau, Alaska
#7898, aired 2019-01-02USA $2000: "Home On The Range" is this Midwest state's official song Kansas
#7894, aired 2018-12-27SEND LAWYERS, GUNS & MONEY $2000: Even a withered, witchlike old woman could use this coin of Denmark, equal to 100 ore a krone
#7893, aired 2018-12-26STATE STUFF $400: This "Beehive State" keeps busy with the USA's highest birth rate Utah
#7889, aired 2018-12-20RECENT EVENTS $200: A month before she married Prince Harry in real life, Meghan Markle married Patrick J. Adams on this USA show Suits
#7889, aired 2018-12-20COMMUNICATION $400: In Britain they dial 999 in emergencies instead of this number we use 911
#7889, aired 2018-12-20SAY IT IN LATIN $400: Not sure of the year Chaucer was born? you can use around, about or this Latin word before the year circa
#7889, aired 2018-12-20ACCORDING TO EMILY POST $1000: When addressing a letter to a lawyer, if you use this honorific after the name, don't put "Mr." or "Ms." in front Esquire
#7888, aired 2018-12-19"IN" THE END $800: If you use raw papaya or raw pineapple in this type of dessert, it won't jiggle gelatin
#7886, aired 2018-12-17WOMEN IN MATH & SCIENCE $400: In 1923 Edith Quimby devised a way to use this type of radiographic film to accurately gauge exposure to radiation X-ray film
#7886, aired 2018-12-17ON THE SLAB $400: Square slabs of cobblestone, red sandstone & bricks are available for building use in this video game Minecraft
#7885, aired 2018-12-14THINGS TO TAKE WITH YOU ON VACATION $600: If you don't mind the traditional tourist marking, carry this around your neck, but use a slash-proof strap against thieves a camera
#7884, aired 2018-12-131940s AMERICA $1200: This edifice built for the War Dept. was intended to go back to civilian use after WWII, maybe as a very big hospital the Pentagon
#7882, aired 2018-12-11HEY, BIG BUY $400: "The sun's getting real low" is the phrase the Avengers use to turn this angry guy back into Bruce Banner the Hulk
#7877, aired 2018-12-04TECHNOLOGY: OLD & NEW $1600: The books "Longships" & "The Vikings" inspired computer engineer Jim Kardach to use this word for his wireless project Bluetooth
#7875, aired 2018-11-30I GOT NOTHING $200: We can't explain this effect like when you use a drug for pain for days & then you start using saline & it works a placebo
#7875, aired 2018-11-30I GOT NOTHING $400: Ships & planes continue to disappear into this polygon off the S.E. USA, including a plane reportedly missing in Dec. 2008 the Bermuda Triangle
#7868, aired 2018-11-21CYBER MONDAY $400: You can also use "Amazon" or "Computer" to talk to your Echo device instead of this 5-letter name Alexa
#7867, aired 2018-11-20ROOM SERVICE $400: BYU has one of the USA's top programs for the type of dance named for this room a ballroom
#7864, aired 2018-11-15FRESHWATER FISH $400: Native peoples of South America use the razor-sharp teeth of this predatory fish, AKA the caribe, to make weapons a piranha
#7861, aired 2018-11-12HODGEPODGE $800: This Alabaman became the USA's 84th attorney general Sessions
#7861, aired 2018-11-12MUSIC CLASS $800: A magician might also use this word that means play quickly, faster than allegro presto
#7861, aired 2018-11-12SCHOOL UNIFORMS $1000: In 1987 schools in D.C. & this "Old Line State" began to implement the first use of uniforms in U.S. public schools Maryland
#7861, aired 2018-11-12ECOLOGY $1200: The USS Oriskany was purposely sunk & is now punningly known as the "Great Carrier" this reef
#7860, aired 2018-11-09TO GRIND $1600: To grind their food, birds use this organ that also starts with "G" gizzard
#7857, aired 2018-11-06WOMEN'S FIRSTS $800: In 1889 Anna Bissell helped America clean these as the USA's first female CEO carpets
#7856, aired 2018-11-05RECENT HEADLINES IN THE ONION $600: "Should" this NFL team that went 0-16 in 2017 "Use the First Overall Pick on a Once-in-a-Generation Long Snapper?" the Cleveland Browns
#7856, aired 2018-11-05NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S MARS $1200: This German scientist actually built the Saturn V moon rocket with a plan to use it to one day reach Mars von Braun
#7855, aired 2018-11-02IN THE ROOM $200: Regular & exclusive use is one requirement for deducting the cost of this on your taxes the home office
#7855, aired 2018-11-02UNITS OF MEASURE $400: When referring to this temperature unit abbreviated K, just use the name of the unit, no "degrees" kelvin
#7852, aired 2018-10-30JOURNALISM $800: Endowed by a grant from Joseph Pulitzer, this university offered the USA's first graduate program for journalism Columbia
#7851, aired 2018-10-29AT THE ARCADE $400: You use paddles or mallets, not sticks, to score on the table used in this arcade classic air hockey
#7851, aired 2018-10-29FACTS & FIGURES $800: This bridge that spans the East River was the first to use steel for cable wire the Brooklyn Bridge
#7851, aired 2018-10-29FROGGER $2,000 (Daily Double): To fool predators some species of frogs use thanatosis, this defensive behavior playing dead
#7850, aired 2018-10-26ANIMAL ODDITIES $600: These Asian tree-dwelling great apes have been known to use large leaves as rain ponchos orangutans
#7850, aired 2018-10-26PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1896 he became the first to use the telephone during a presidential election campaign, often calling GOP HQ William McKinley
#7850, aired 2018-10-26AVIATION HISTORY $1200: Vietnam War naval aviators took off from USS this, named for the town near where the Wright Brothers took off Kitty Hawk
#7848, aired 2018-10-24CELEBRATING CHER $800: This 1998 Cher hit popularized the use of Auto-Tune as a robotic vocal effect "Believe"
#7848, aired 2018-10-24BYZANTIUM & BEYOND $1200: Leading to trouble, in 726 A.D. Emperor Leo III banned the use of this type of 4-letter religious image an icon
#7847, aired 2018-10-23STUPID ANSWERS ACROSS AMERICA $600: (Hi, I'm Rob Fukuzaki from ABC7.) At the first major football game played in this stadium, USC rose up & bowled over Penn State 14-3 the Rose Bowl
#7846, aired 2018-10-22NO LONGER AROUND $1000: In 1997 after nearly 120 years in business, this iconic 5 & dime chain closed up shop in the USA Woolworth
#7845, aired 2018-10-19AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1968 at this school, SFSU for short, Nathan Hare created the USA's first black studies program San Francisco State University
#7843, aired 2018-10-17NUCLEAR PHYSICS $400: The world's more than 400 nuclear power plants use this process of splitting an atom in 2 to create energy fission
#7841, aired 2018-10-15ROOST-ERS $600: Abandoned mines provide favorite roosts for about half the USA's 45 species of these non-birds bats
#7841, aired 2018-10-15SOCIAL MEDIA ABBREV. $800: When you want to bump a post up from obscurity, use "TTT" for this directional phrase to the top
#7840, aired 2018-10-12MOUNTAINS $200: The USA's 10 highest mountain peaks are all found in this state Alaska
#7839, aired 2018-10-11METEOROLOGICAL RHYME TIME $600: Eating utensil for use during the seasonal rainy period of southeast Asia a monsoon spoon
#7836, aired 2018-10-08ASTRONOMY $1600: The 2 main types of optical telescopes are reflectors & these, which use lenses to magnify objects refractors
#7833, aired 2018-10-03THE COLD WAR $1200: The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was resolved when this Russian leader blinked in his face-off with the USA Khrushchev
#7832, aired 2018-10-02FRENCH ARTISTS $800: Ingres & David both worked in this "new" style based on antiquity that made use of crisp outlines Neoclassicism
#7830, aired 2018-09-283 CONSONANTS, NO VOWELS $400: Use it to exclaim that it's bracingly cold brr
#7828, aired 2018-09-26OPERATION $400: The USA's most common operation, it accounts for 1 in 3 births, up from 1 in 20 in 1970 caesarean section
#7822, aired 2018-09-18PSA MASCOTS $200: Here are Vince & Larry, two of these 3-word guys who helped America use seat belts crash test dummies
#7822, aired 2018-09-18'90s SONGS FOR OLYMPIC SKATERS $400: The title of this biggest hit by House of Pain is too on point not to use "Jump Around"
#7822, aired 2018-09-18NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $800: Mx. is a title that you can use when referring to someone when you don't know this about them their gender
#7821, aired 2018-09-17SHOW BOATS $800: The USS Nathan James, whose crew has survived a global pandemic The Last Ship
#7818, aired 2018-09-12"A", BABY! $800: The first successful use of this technique dates to the 1700s, when Dr. John Hunter helped a couple conceive artificial insemination
#7817, aired 2018-09-11GO FLY A KITE! $400: Kite Power Systems in the U.K. is developing the use of kites instead of turbines to provide this type of energy wind power
#7815, aired 2018-07-27TRAVEL HAWAII $200: A recovered anchor from the USS Arizona is on display at this memorial's visitor center Pearl Harbor
#7812, aired 2018-07-24IT'S ABOUT THE MONEY $200: Banks make money via this, the price paid for the use of borrowed funds interest
#7812, aired 2018-07-24THIS IS ONLY A TEST $600: In use since 1916, the Stanford-Binet test is commonly used to evaluate this in children IQ
#7810, aired 2018-07-20FAMOUS JEWISH AMERICANS $2000: This early 20th c. Supreme Court justice got his name on the USA's only nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored university (Louis) Brandeis
#7809, aired 2018-07-19O'BOY $200: This late night host: "Autumn in California, where the leaves change color if you use the right Instagram filter" Conan O'Brien
#7807, aired 2018-07-17A LIGHT CATEGORY $800: L.E.D.s, light-emitting these, were invented in 1962 but it took decades for them to come into wide use diodes
#7807, aired 2018-07-17CITING PRECEDENT $1000: Dissenting in Kelo v. New London, Clarence Thomas objected to "boundless use of" this, government taking of property eminent domain
#7807, aired 2018-07-17THAT'S PROPRIETARY, MA'AM $1200: This word is trademarked both for a "desk-top... card file" & for electronic use Rolodex
#7807, aired 2018-07-17A LIGHT CATEGORY $1200: Many stoves now use piezoelectric sparks instead of these to ignite the gas pilot lights
#7807, aired 2018-07-17THAT'S PROPRIETARY, MA'AM $1600: Sheetrock is a trademark of USG, United States this mineral--"drywall" is OK gypsum
#7807, aired 2018-07-17THAT'S PROPRIETARY, MA'AM $2,000 (Daily Double): Adobe does not want you to use this imaging term as a verb or noun--try "airbrush" Photoshop
#7805, aired 2018-07-13A STREETCAR $800: In 2001 this City of Roses got the USA's first new streetcar line since WWII & it'll take you to the Rose Quarter Portland
#7804, aired 2018-07-12AD COUNCIL CLASSICS $600: A 1988 campaign that said "Help stop AIDS. Use" one of these was the first in America to use the word a condom
#7801, aired 2018-07-09INTERNATIONAL LAW $2000: A 1979 treaty says the use of this, where only Americans have ever been, is "the province of all mankind" the moon
#7800, aired 2018-07-06THE FRIDGE $1000: For a quick chill, use the powercold feature of this brand, maybe on the blue cheese that shares its name Maytag
#7799, aired 2018-07-05"L"AKES $200: It's a 720-acre lake in North Carolina, or an artificial bait you might use in it a lure (or Lake Lure)
#7798, aired 2018-07-045, 5 $200: Some beginners use these, seen in the picture here water wings
#7794, aired 2018-06-28KITCHEN CONFUSION $600: The main difference between a traditional Italian pesto & French pistou is the use of these nuts in pesto pine nuts
#7794, aired 2018-06-28GEORGE GERSHWIN $800: Despite pressure to use white singers in blackface, George Gershwin insisted on a black cast for this work set on Catfish Row Porgy and Bess
#7794, aired 2018-06-28IRA $1200: You can use the money in your IRA in a variety of ways, but you can't use it as this type of security used for a loan collateral
#7794, aired 2018-06-28IRA $2000: This "faithful" investment firm with $6.8 trillion in customer assets says it's the USA's "No. 1 IRA provider" Fidelity
#7793, aired 2018-06-27MAKING A FEDERAL CASE OUT OF IT $1000: 18 USC 96 defines this gangster activity as "any act or threat involving" murder, gambling, extortion, etc. racketeering
#7792, aired 2018-06-265-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: The Greek word oikos led to this word meaning thrifty in the use of money or other things economical
#7792, aired 2018-06-26UNREAL ESTATE $2000: A group of travelers use Saknussemm's Corridor to do this, the title of a Verne novel Journey to the Center of the Earth
#7788, aired 2018-06-20IT'S TOTALLY TUBULAR $400: Besides using it to moisten turkey, you can also use this tube with a rubber bulb at one end to water high-hanging plants a baster
#7788, aired 2018-06-20& THIS IS THE THANKS I GET?! $800: This 6-letter Hawaiian word means "thank you"; you can use 5 of those 6 to say "hello" mahalo
#7788, aired 2018-06-20WHO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES $1600: WHO says to use antileprosy meds only in combination to prevent emergence of this, which makes them ineffective resistance

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (150 results returned)

#8961, aired 2023-10-30DRIVING THE USA: It's the state with the most miles of Interstate Highway, more than 3,200; one Interstate accounts for 1/4 of that mileage Texas
#8875, aired 2023-05-19THE USA: People going north on this route say they're traveling "GAME", an acronym regarding their beginning & ending points the Appalachian Trail
#8873, aired 2023-05-17U.S. NATIONAL MEMORIALS: Efforts recently began to reintroduce 2 species of oyster to help restore the contaminated waters of this, a national memorial Pearl Harbor
#2, aired 2023-05-08USA: Opened in 1909 & less famous than an older neighbor, it connects Brooklyn & Chinatown the Manhattan Bridge
#8837, aired 2023-03-28TRANSPORTATION USA: This public agency runs the USA's busiest bus terminal, opened in 1950 for commuters awed by its polished steel & stone the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
#8781, aired 2023-01-09USA: Ironically, though this company founded in the 1860s is Moore county, Tennessee's largest employer, Moore is a dry county Jack Daniel's
#8753, aired 2022-11-30FLAGS OF OUR HEMISPHERE: The stars on this country's flag represent states, 26 of them; unlike the USA's, its "federal district" gets its own 27th star Brazil
#8655, aired 2022-06-03TECHNOLOGY: Upon the first use of this in 1844, the Baltimore Sun declared that time & space had been annihilated the telegraph
#8641, aired 2022-05-16THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: The USA's smallest national park is a 91-acre site on the Mississippi River, home to this 630-foot landmark the St. Louis Arch (the Gateway Arch)
#8635, aired 2022-05-06USA: These 2 mayors gave their names to a facility built on the site of an old racetrack owned by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler William Hartsfield & Maynard Jackson
#8617, aired 2022-04-12GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: The 1964 article that gave this term its current use noted the "menace that haunts the Atlantic off our southeastern coast" the Bermuda Triangle
#8577, aired 2022-02-1520th CENTURY AUTHORS: Early in his career he worked for a newspaper whose style guide said, "use short sentences" & "use vigorous English" (Ernest) Hemingway
#3, aired 2022-02-09USA: In 2012 these 2 neighboring states celebrated the centennial of their admission to the Union Arizona & New Mexico
#8463, aired 2021-08-11WORLD FLAGS: The use of red, yellow & green as Pan-African colors began with the flag of this nation, the continent's oldest independent country Ethiopia
#8437, aired 2021-07-06COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: In 2019 this public university attempted to trademark the word "the" for use on clothing & hats (the) Ohio State University
#8426, aired 2021-06-21REFERENCE BOOKS: Emily Dickinson made frequent use of a work by this family friend & said that for several years, it was "my only companion" (Noah) Webster
#8274, aired 2020-11-05FOREIGN WORDS IN ENGLISH: The first use of this Spanish term in English was by Wellington referring to partisans in the Peninsular Wars guerrillas
#8209, aired 2020-04-23STATESMEN: The first Asian to accept the Nobel Peace Prize was the prime minister of this country who in 1967 renounced use of nuclear weapons Japan
#8200, aired 2020-04-10WORDS IN THE NEWS: On September 25, 2019, searches on merriam-webster.com for the definition of this 3-word Latin term increased by 5,500% quid pro quo
#8191, aired 2020-03-30ADVERTISING CHARACTERS: Jack Keil's team created this animal character rolled out in 1980, the year of the USA's highest recorded murder rate McGruff (the Crime Dog)
#8123, aired 2019-12-25ORGANIZATIONS: Founded by students at William & Mary in 1776; its members include 17 U.S. Presidents, 41 Supreme Court Justices & more than 140 Nobel laureates Phi Beta Kappa
#8062, aired 2019-10-01MOUNTAIN RANGES: A chain of volcanoes is named for this mountain range where the continental USA's deadliest eruption took place Cascades
#8000, aired 2019-05-24AROUND THE USA: Astronomy buffs visit Idaho for the USA's first dark sky reserve; oddly, part of it is this resort area with a bright name Sun Valley
#7991, aired 2019-05-13AMERICANA: John & Priscilla Alden lie in the USA's oldest maintained cemetery, which like a poem about the couple, is named for this person Myles Standish
#7877, aired 2018-12-04THE NFL: For the 2018 draft this team tried to use a parrot to make a pick; the bird got stage fright the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
#7542, aired 2017-05-30THE CIVIL WAR ERA: The USA's largest state school in 1861, by 1862 its enrollment had dropped by 90% the University of Virginia
#7471, aired 2017-02-20WORD ORIGINS: The first recorded use of this word in print was when Nathan Hope posted an image of his busted lip online in 2002 selfie
#7458, aired 2017-02-01DUAL-USE TERMS: In 1812 the U.S. endured a literal one of these 2-word terms & beginning in 1964 enjoyed a musical one a British invasion
#7313, aired 2016-06-01COLLEGE TEAM SPORTS: The USA's first intercollegiate athletic event was in 1852 in this, which as a sport goes back to at least the Middle Ages rowing
#7254, aired 2016-03-10WORDS & THEIR USE: Originally an electronics word for an output signal returning as input, today it means "criticism" or "evaluation" feedback
#7235, aired 2016-02-12THE U.S. SENATE: During his Senate service, which lasted from 1973 to January 2009, this man cast 12,810 votes Joe Biden
#7230, aired 2016-02-05U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the only 20th century president who never delivered an inaugural address President Ford
#7168, aired 2015-11-11ABBREVIATIONS: Its meaning as an individual product dates to 1977; its meaning as conforming to orthodox opinion dates to 1986 PC
#7058, aired 2015-04-29CHAIN STORE NAMES IN THE NEWS: The 1917 first use of what became its name said this 2-word small room "called up the tube that the steamer... was torpedoed" Radio Shack
#6981, aired 2015-01-1220th CENTURY BRITS: Dr. Hugh Cairns, who tried but couldn't save the life of this man in May 1935, became a pioneer in the use of motorcycle helmets T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
#6954, aired 2014-12-04TOY BRANDS: This product's website has stated, "Helping imagination take shape for over 50 years!" & "Fun to (use), not to eat" Play-Doh
#6896, aired 2014-09-15AUTHORS: In 1937 his sister said he had "hats of every description" which he would use as a "foundation of his next book" Dr. Seuss
#6873, aired 2014-07-02U.S. GEOGRAPHY: 2 places called Point Udall, referred to as the USA's easternmost & westernmost points, are in these 2 territories Guam & the Virgin Islands
#6872, aired 2014-07-01THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: The first official use of this 4-word term is at The Declaration's beginning, immediately after "The thirteen" "United States of America"
#6813, aired 2014-04-09AROUND THE USA: The Mayo Clinic Mile is a walking path that features 1 mile, 5K & 10K routes within this structure the Mall of America
#6775, aired 2014-02-14GETTING A "D" IN COLLEGE: The USA's oldest endowed chair is a Harvard chair of this subject, given in 1721 when that was largely what Harvard taught divinity
#6720, aired 2013-11-29COLLEGE SPORTS MASCOTS: In 1947 Walt Disney made a handshake deal to let this university use one of his major characters as its mascot, still in use today the University of Oregon
#6668, aired 2013-09-18WORLD WAR II: Because time was short, only this ship's starboard side, used for boarding, was repainted September 1, 1945 the USS Missouri
#6556, aired 2013-03-04COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: One of its mascots is a restored 1930 Sport Coupe that's been in use at the school since 1961 Georgia Tech
#6405, aired 2012-06-2220th CENTURY TECHNOLOGY: The first major use of simultaneous translation, before adoption by the U.N., was in this European city in 1945 & 1946 Nuremberg
#6360, aired 2012-04-20WORLD CURRENCIES: One of the 4 small U.N. member nations that use the euro as their official currency even though not in the European Union (1 of) Andorra, Montenegro, Monaco, or San Marino
#6328, aired 2012-03-07CURRENT AMERICAN COMPANIES: The name of a Kansas City-based consumer product company, it's also a term goldsmiths use to denote quality Hallmark
#6313, aired 2012-02-15U.S. STATES: This third-smallest state in area is home to the USA's third-oldest college Connecticut
#6265, aired 2011-12-09"FIRST" PHRASES: The earliest known use of this term was in an Indianapolis Star opinion piece of September 20, 1914 First World War
#6064, aired 2011-01-13LAW: In 1790 the USA's 1st law governing this protection gave it a term of 14 years; today it can extend well over a century copyright
#6037, aired 2010-12-07FLAGS OF THE WORLD: In use from 1844 to 1905, a flag representing the union of these 2 countries was nicknamed the "herring salad" Norway and Sweden
#6026, aired 2010-11-22COMMUNICATION: It was first transmitted by the USS Arapahoe off Cape Hatteras on August 11, 1909 SOS
#5951, aired 2010-06-28BOTANICAL ETYMOLOGY: This plant's name may have come from its use by Italian Renaissance women to dilate pupils, which, they felt, augmented beauty belladonna
#5945, aired 2010-06-18SPORTS VENUES: Built in 1914 & named for the club's owner in 1926, it's the oldest National League ballpark still in use Wrigley Field
#5905, aired 2010-04-23WORDS FROM THE FRENCH: The first known use of this word in the U.S. was in an obituary for wealthy banker Pierre Lorillard in 1843 millionaire
#5854, aired 2010-02-11COLLEGE HISTORY: The Pittsburgh university named for Andrew Carnegie is the USA's first to offer a degree in this musical instrument the bagpipes
#5786, aired 2009-11-09THE OLD TESTAMENT: This man was given the armor, helmet & sword of the first king of Israel, but refused to use them David
#5758, aired 2009-09-30HISTORIC HEADLINES: On Sept. 30, 2008 Daily Variety reprised this 5-word headline from Oct. 30, 1929 Wall Street Lays An Egg
#5745, aired 2009-07-2425 YEARS & COUNTING: In 2009 she was on a world tour at age 69; when "Jeopardy!" premiered in September 1984, she had the USA's No. 1 hit Tina Turner
#5728, aired 2009-07-01PHRASE ORIGINS: A 19th century gambling term meaning a desirable prize, its use in reference to NYC stems from a 1921 newspaper sports column the Big Apple
#5691, aired 2009-05-11WORD ORIGINS: Before its use in journalism, it meant a boundary beyond which straying prisoners would be shot deadline
#5663, aired 2009-04-01BETTING TERMS: This word is from the custom of hiding bets in a hat before odds were announced handicapping
#5633, aired 2009-02-18POLITICAL TERMS: The first known use of this word is a 1763 entry in John Adams' diary describing a club meeting in a friend's attic caucus
#5527, aired 2008-09-23TENNIS: This Grand Slam stadium is named for a WWI pilot who pioneered the use of machine guns on fighter planes Roland-Garros Stadium
#5444, aired 2008-04-17WWII: In English, it's the word that Mussolini was the first to use to describe the partnership between Berlin & Rome axis
#5413, aired 2008-03-05HISTORIC NEW YORK CITY: The USA's first Labor Day parade, in 1882, went from City Hall to this square just north of 14th Street Union Square
#5411, aired 2008-03-03U.S. GEOGRAPHY: Of the USA's 50 tallest peaks, all are in Alaska, Colorado & California except this peak Mt. Rainier (in Washington)
#5394, aired 2008-02-07EUROPE: Its use dates back to 1360; on January 1, 2002 Belgium dropped it but Switzerland kept it the franc
#5377, aired 2008-01-15BABY NAMES: Once among the top 100 girls' names, in 2006 it made a sudden drop to 382, many hesitant to use it Katrina
#5357, aired 2007-12-18THE 1970s: For an historic February 1972 trip, Richard Nixon & Henry Kissinger each learned to use these; Nixon was better at it chopsticks
#5201, aired 2007-04-02HISTORIC LOCATIONS: It's where British Admiral Fraser, Canadian Army Col. Cosgrave & Japanese Gen. Umezu all stood on Sept. 2, 1945 the USS battleship Missouri
#5187, aired 2007-03-13HEALTH & MEDICINE: According to the Mayo Clinic, allergies to these are the USA's most common cause of life-threatening allergic reactions peanuts
#5147, aired 2007-01-16THE U.S. GOVERNMENT: It's the only Cabinet department whose official website does not use the ".gov" suffix the Department of Defense
#5118, aired 2006-12-06FAMOUS NEW YORKERS: In 1905 he said, "It is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money... for the good of my fellow man" John D. Rockefeller
#5096, aired 2006-11-06AUTHORS: John Dryden in 1683 was the first to use the term "biography"--appropriately, while writing about this Greek Plutarch
#5088, aired 2006-10-25THE 1850s: He published a book of prose & verse quotes "to trace to their source passages and phrases in common use" John Bartlett
#5048, aired 2006-07-19PRESIDENTIAL QUOTATIONS: He announced to the American public, "The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed..." Harry Truman
#5021, aired 2006-06-12U.S. NEWSPAPERS: During the American Revolution, this New England newspaper had the USA's highest circulation; it's still in the top 50 the Hartford Courant
#5006, aired 2006-05-2219th CENTURY AMERICA: Springs at Weston, Missouri provided water to wagon trains & McCormick's, now the USA's oldest continuously operating one of these a distillery
#4986, aired 2006-04-24ROCKS & MINERALS: Mines near Ticonderoga, New York were once the USA's principal source for this 8-letter mineral graphite
#4954, aired 2006-03-09ISLANDS: Despite landmines dating from 1982, penguins use these islands for mating grounds, being too light to set them off the Falkland Islands
#4918, aired 2006-01-18U.S. COMMERCE: Huntington, considered the USA's busiest inland port & largely shipping coal, is on this river the Ohio River
#4912, aired 2006-01-10THE U.S. MILITARY: Established in 1903, the oldest U.S. military base in continuous use outside of the U.S. is in this country Cuba
#4814, aired 2005-07-07ON THE GLOBE: Moving west from Canada, the next 3 countries through which the Arctic Circle passes USA, Russia, & Finland
#4660, aired 2004-12-03U.S. CITIES: Of the USA's 10 most populous cities, 1 of the 2 that dropped in population from 1990 to 2000 (1 of) Detroit or Philadelphia
#4614, aired 2004-09-30ACRONYMS: Passed in October 2001, its full name includes "providing appropriate tools required..." the USA PATRIOT Act
#4570, aired 2004-06-18THE 16th CENTURY: In 1582 the man born Ugo Buoncompagni proclaimed this solar dating system still used today the Gregorian calendar
#4546, aired 2004-05-17THE 50 STATES: The USA's most-climbed mountain, Monadnock, is in this state associated with rock New Hampshire
#4507, aired 2004-03-23POSTAGE STAMPS: "Oh, The Places He'll Go!" was USA Today's headline announcing the 2004 stamp honoring this artist & author Dr. Seuss
#4463, aired 2004-01-21SPORTS: On USA Today's list of magical numbers in sports, each had an explanation except 61, which only had this symbol an asterisk
#4412, aired 2003-11-11BIG IN THE USA: This state is home to the USA's largest portrait busts South Dakota
#4407, aired 2003-11-04FILMS OF THE '50s: This film featuring Glenn Ford & Sidney Poitier was the first major film to use rock & roll music on the soundtrack Blackboard Jungle
#4403, aired 2003-10-29THE WORLD'S PEOPLE: The 1st recorded use of this word now applying to 1.1 billion people was by St. Ignatius of Antioch around 100 A.D. Catholic
#4359, aired 2003-07-10ANIMALS: Odobenus, the genus name of this animal, comes from the Greek for "one who walks with his teeth" walrus
#4294, aired 2003-04-10HISPANIC AMERICANS: He won the USA's only boxing gold medal at the 1992 Olympics Oscar De La Hoya
#4267, aired 2003-03-04MILITARY AVIATION: In 1911 this nation was the 1st to use powered aircraft for military purposes when it spied on Turkish activities in Libya Italy
#4265, aired 2003-02-28THE USA: In area, they're the largest & smallest states that joined the Union in the 19th century Texas & West Virginia
#4254, aired 2003-02-13FIRST NAMES: Once considered too sacred to use, it was later the top girl's name from 1880 to the 1940s Mary
#4228, aired 2003-01-08U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the first president to use a middle name John Quincy Adams
#4155, aired 2002-09-27THE EAST COAST: It's the only U.S. island allowed to use a possessive apostrophe by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Martha's Vineyard
#4139, aired 2002-09-05TECHNOLOGY: After a demonstration of this, the April 8, 1927 New York Times said, "Commercial use in doubt" television
#4109, aired 2002-06-13MEDICAL WORDS: After ether's first use in surgery, O.W. Holmes coined this word from the Greek for the condition it produced anesthesia
#4055, aired 2002-03-29RECENT FILMS: The May 2001 premiere of this film was held aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis Pearl Harbor
#4032, aired 2002-02-2619th CENTURY INVENTIONS: Peter Roget's new device for performing mechanically the involution & evolution of numbers the slide rule
#3960, aired 2001-11-16SPORTS MARKETING: Tiger Woods' 22-page booklet "The Making of a Champion" came free on one million boxes of this product Wheaties
#3937, aired 2001-10-16USA: Now part of a national recreation area, it was once referred to as "Uncle Sam's Devil's Island" Alcatraz Island
#3923, aired 2001-09-26IT'S ABOUT TIME: Scientists added an extra one of these to December 31, 1998, giving it 86,401; we hope you made good use of it a second
#3875, aired 2001-06-08HEALTH & MEDICINE: The USA's leading chronic illness in children, it causes 10 million missed school days & 1 in 6 of all pediatric emergency visits asthma
#3720, aired 2000-11-03RICH & FAMOUS: "Worth" magazine says with 1.7 million ranchland acres in 5 states, this mogul is the USA's largest private landowner Ted Turner
#3543, aired 2000-01-19THE BOOK TRADE: According to USA Today, they're the 2 nonconsecutive months that see the highest cookbook sales May & December
#3532, aired 2000-01-04THE MUSICAL U.S.: In 1999 this state acquired the rights to use John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" to promote tourism West Virginia
#3379, aired 1999-04-22THE ENVIRONMENT: Samples from a Swiss bog show the highest levels of this element in the past 14,000 years were from 1975 to 1982 Lead
#3363, aired 1999-03-31IN THE NEWS: In use from January 1, 1999, it's represented by the symbol seen here the euro
#3355, aired 1999-03-19SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS: In 1608 its inventor offered it exclusively to the Dutch government for military use telescope
#3179, aired 1998-05-28COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The 3 most populous countries, they added up to an estimated 2.42 billion people in 1996 China, India, & the USA
#3089, aired 1998-01-22SYNTHETICS: The name of this common kitchen material comes from its use in place of a mineral Formica
#3065, aired 1997-12-19HOLLYWOOD HISTORY: It was the first, first, first, first film to use Cinerama's single-projector system It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
#2978, aired 1997-07-09AMERICAN AUTHORS: One of the USA's greatest novelists, he lived most of his life, from 1876 to 1916, in England Henry James
#2763, aired 1996-09-11THE USA: This structure is the greatest single source of water power in the U.S. the Grand Coulee Dam
#2669, aired 1996-03-21FAMOUS SHIPS: Commander Lloyd M. Bucher was the last captain of this U.S. ship USS Pueblo (attacked by North Korea in 1968)
#2548, aired 1995-10-04FLOWERS: This flower's name comes from its use in scenting the ancient Romans' wash water lavender
#2536, aired 1995-09-18WORLD WAR II: On Jan. 29, 1944 Margaret Truman, accompanied by her senator father, christened this battleship USS Missouri
#2490, aired 1995-06-02ORGANIZATIONS: This organization was started in 1935 by William Griffith Wilson & Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
#2302, aired 1994-09-13TECHNOLOGY: The first commercial product to use the transistor; the radio came 2 years later in 1954 a hearing aid
#2281, aired 1994-07-04SPACE EXPLORATION 1994: The USA's 1st lunar probe in 21 years is named this because after the mission it'll be "lost and gone forever" Clementine
#2095, aired 1993-10-15FAMOUS HOMES: The ticket office at this presidential home hands out dozens of $2 bills as change every day Monticello
#2013, aired 1993-05-12NAMES IN THE NEWS: For his unconventional but effective use of the media, Advertising Age named him its 1992 Adman of the Year Ross Perot
#1868, aired 1992-10-21CHRONOLOGY: Dionysius Exiguus, a monk in Rome, is credited with inspiring the use of these 2 abbreviations B.C. & A.D.
#1718, aired 1992-02-05FAMOUS WOMEN: She was granted free use of the mails in December 1963 Jacqueline Kennedy
#1639, aired 1991-10-17ORGANIZATIONS: The USA’s oldest nationwide voluntary health agency, it was founded in 1904 to combat tuberculosis the American Lung Association
#1634, aired 1991-10-10BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The oldest U.S. food trademark still in use, a red devil, was granted to this company in 1870 Underwood
#1458, aired 1990-12-26THE 50 STATES: 3 of the 5 states which, along with part of Minnesota, were formed from the Northwest Territory (3 of) Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio
#1426, aired 1990-11-12THE COMMON MARKET: Only permanent Common Market member whose official language doesn't use the Latin alphabet Greece
#1277, aired 1990-03-06PRESIDENTS: Black Jack was the riderless horse at the funerals of these 3 presidents JFK, LBJ & Eisenhower
#1105, aired 1989-05-26FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: According to the Browning poem, he could also get rid of "The mole and toad and newt and viper" the Pied Piper of Hamelin
#1104, aired 1989-05-25MONEY: It was the 1st country to use paper money China
#938, aired 1988-10-05SEE THE USA: Latest figures show this U.S. state is the most popular destination for Japanese tourists Hawaii
#931, aired 1988-09-26AMERICANA: In 1986 Coke & Kodak were among 19 firms who pledged over $66 mil. to use its image in their ads the Statue of Liberty
#915, aired 1988-07-22ROYALTY: Before his marriage in 1956, he slipped out of Los Angeles using the alias "C. Monte" Prince Rainier
#899, aired 1988-06-30RIVERS: The USA's 2 longest rivers meet just 10 miles north of this major city St. Louis
#881, aired 1988-06-06GOVERNMENT: The use of civil service examinations began over 1000 years ago in this country China
#770, aired 1988-01-01TRAVEL & TOURISM: The 2 major cities you'd 'fly to, 1 in the USA, 1 in the USSR, to visit landmarks called "The Hermitage" Leningrad & Nashville
#755, aired 1987-12-11ELECTIONS: 1st president for whom 18-year-olds across the USA could have voted Richard Nixon
#661, aired 1987-06-22RELIGION: After being a hostage in Lebanon, he became head of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Rev. Benjamin Weir
#492, aired 1986-10-28NEWSPAPERS: With the weekday circulation close to that of "The N.Y. Times" & the "L.A. Times" combined, this is the largest-selling U.S. daily The Wall Street Journal
#446, aired 1986-05-26TRADITIONS: It was with widespread use of this that the practice of celebrating birthdays came into being calendars
#345, aired 1986-01-03ENERGY: 1st plant to use this lunar-related power opened in 1966 on French side of the English Channel tidal power (wave generated energy, tides)
#338, aired 1985-12-25GOVERNMENTS: Country with the oldest written constitution still in use The United States
#331, aired 1985-12-16U.S. CURRENCY: Up to & including the $100 bill, the sum total of all U.S. paper currency denominations in current use $188
#302, aired 1985-11-05TIME: Though perhaps borrowed from the Chaldeans, this religious group established use of a 7-day week the Jews

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Sarah Salisbury, a sophomore at USC in Los Angeles, California 2022 National College Championship quarterfinalist: $10,000. Sarah was majoring in English....
Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky 2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
Ellen Dickens, an adult education director from Newcastle, Maine Season 27 1-time champion: $21,700 + $1,000.
Graham Doskoch, a twelve-year-old from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey "He wants to put his love of design and building to...
Charlotte Scott, a twelve-year-old from Washington, D.C. "Watch out, Diane Sawyer. This future news anchor is ready for...
Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California 2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana 2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington \"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times "He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show "He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College "His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
Ana Peso, a high school librarian from Wheeling, Illinois Season 29 player (2012-12-31). First name pronounced like "AH-na".
Gabriela Gonzales, a senior from Winston-Salem, North Carolina 2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska 2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
Erin Hart, a junior from Benton Harbor, Michigan 2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University "He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College "His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
Kate Rowland, a family doctor from Chicago, Illinois Season 27 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts 2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000. JBoard user name: jpahk
Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand \"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
Frank Firke, a junior from Chicago, Illinois 2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
Keith Olbermann, a news anchor from MSNBC "In 2004, this veteran reporter will provide extensive coverage of the...
Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia 2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
Christine Gengaro, a college professor and writer from Los Angeles, California Season 32 player (2015-10-13). Last name pronounced like "jen-GARE-oh".
Philip Blustein, a handyman from Beverly Hills, California Season 20 player (2004-05-28). Last name pronounced like "BLOO-steen".
Todd Faulkenberry, a junior from Moore, South Carolina 2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University 2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
Colin Gleeson, a retail manager from Chicago, Illinois Season 31 player (2015-03-17).
Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio 2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University 2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder 2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York "His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
Heidi Liu, a senior from Plymouth, Minnesota 2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University 2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
Hank Robinson, a senior from Lithia Springs, Georgia 2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of the...
Nicole Steeves, a tutor and tour guide from Chicago, Illinois Season 24 player (2008-01-07). Nicole's contestant experience web site. Her USA...
Guy Tabachnick, from New York, New York "He wants to be a baseball announcer for the New York...
Erica Eaton, a social worker and grad student from New York, New York Season 23 player (2007-02-02).
Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University 2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
Giulio Ongaro, a college professor originally from Venice, Italy Season 10 player (1993-09-16). At the time of his appearance, Giulio...
Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University 2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
Derek Robinson, a project manager from Alameda, California Season 23 player (2007-02-01). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jplusd
Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University 2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia (USA) 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
Lan Djang, a business analyst from Toronto, Canada 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
Gay Mollette, a procurement manager from Bronx, New York, USA 1997 International Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
Paul Hoan Zeidler, a writer and director from Los Angeles, California Season 32 player (2016-03-08).
Aaron Thompson, a special assistant from Washington, D.C. 2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
Neil Sondov, a psychotherapist from Greenville, South Carolina Season 32 player (2016-07-07).
Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York 2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
Brady Newell, from Derwood, Maryland "She loves diving and gymnastics, but is headed toward being either...
John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia 2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
Pranita Ramakrishnan, from Centreville, Virginia "Not only does this future neurologist enjoy swimming, drawing and spelling,...
Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama 2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia "A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
Mark Nelson, an Army officer from Hameln, West Germany Season 5 player (1988-09-26). Mark's rank was major at the time...
Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
Corinth Matéra, a high school English teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota Season 21 player (2005-06-09).
Doug Meyer, an editor originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts Season 21 player (2005-06-09). Season 20 player (2004-03-11). Doug previously appeared...
Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas "This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
Sam Deutsch, a junior at the University of Southern California from Bethesda, Maryland 2017 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2016 College Championship winner: $100,000...
Asad Jaleel, a student and teacher from Naperville, Illinois Season 20 player (2004-01-19).
Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
Stephanie Radke, a senior from McLean, Virginia 2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. As an accommodation for a disability,...
Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C. Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California "This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
Jeff Richmond, an attorney from Los Angeles, California "He used his 1988 5-game winnings to pay for law school....
Michael Galvin, a consultant from Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania "He was the first winner of the Teen Tournament back in...
Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
Maureen McKay, a systems engineer from Potomac Falls, Virginia Season 21 player (2004-12-15).
Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois 2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York 2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game "This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
Nathan Walpow, a data processor and an actor originally from Queens, New York 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 1 5-time champion: $38,900....
Joey Beachum, an Air Force intelligence officer from Conway, Arkansas 2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University 2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University 2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas 2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
Stephanie Ehresman, a senior from Shirley, New York 2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
John Matthews, a senior from Escondido, California 2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan 2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania 2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama 2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA 2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
Al Michaels, a sportscaster from ABC's Monday Night Football "Named Sportscaster of the Year in 1996 by the American Sportscasters...
Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington 2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
Jim Stevens, a high school math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio 2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 6-time champion: $140,600 + $2,000.
Tom Morris, a substitute teacher and grad student from Irvine, California 2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 4-time champion: $100,801...
Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California 2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
Cate Heine, a 12-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky "She's leaving her career path open, but wants to use the...
Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska 2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota 2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Folake Dosu, a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois 2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
Christine Kennedy, a freshman from the University of Notre Dame 2007 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 19 at the time of...
Sophia Marianiello, an 11-year-old from Newark, Delaware "She plans on putting her love of building with cardboard and...
Kaitlin Welborn, a sophomore from the University of Pennsylvania 2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
Dianisbeth Acquie, from Brooklyn, New York "This ballet, jazz, and tap dancing Girl Scout would like to...
Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown "He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
Michael Green, a graduate student from Tempe, Arizona Season 23 player (2006-10-31).
Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York 2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia 2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
Justin Budinoff, an administrative coordinator from Framingham, Massachusetts Season 22 player (2006-07-18).
Susan Lucci, an actress from All My Children "One of daytime TV's most beloved actresses, she's played Erica Kane...
Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $35,600. 2001 Tournament...
Drew Lachey, a singer and actor from Dancing with the Stars "He was working as an emergency medical technician when brother Nick...
Alex Stambaugh, a 12-year-old from Paris, Kentucky "He feels he can use his talents in math and science...
Larry Marshall, a junior at the University of Missouri from Kansas City, Missouri 2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York 2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland 2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
Laura Ansley, a senior from Twinsburg, Ohio 2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland "He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey "Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia "In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...



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