| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SHORT SHAKESPEARE $2000: Saintly day of Henry V's stirring speech St. Crispin's Day |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $200: Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt snapped a sailor kissing a nurse on the August 1945 day known as this V-J Day |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | QUANTUM SCIENCE $800: (Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) World Quantum Day is April 14th because Planck's constant, which is in constant use, rounds to 4.14 eV, short for electron this unit; it takes about 625 quintillion eV per second to light a 100-watt bulb volt |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | LET'S GET DOWN TO CASES $400: Davis v. Beason ruled that a Mormon couldn't use this amendment as a defense for polygamy the First Amendment |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | BETTER MOMENTS IN HISTORY $400: Both Americans & Europeans were jubilant on May 8, 1945, called this "Day" V-E Day |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | IT HAPPENED IN EUROPE $800: This event brought joy two days before D-Day the liberation of Rome |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | LYRICAL C.V. $1600: "Born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas Day, when the New York Times said God is dead" Levon |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MONTH? $800: Victoria Day (in Canada),
V-E Day May |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | HUGS & KISSES $2000: The photo here was taken August 14, 1945, the day this was announced the end of World War II or V-J Day |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | NATIONAL 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 |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | SHAKESPEARE IN GOV $1200: John F. Kennedy memorized the "St. Crispin's Day" speech from this play & would often quote it Henry V |
| #7627, aired 2017-11-07 | KICKING AXIS $1200: Gen. Jodl signed capitulation papers in Reims on May 7, 1945; May 8 has become known as this day V-E Day |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | OLDE ENGLISH $1600: Verily, though this king won the day at Agincourt, he was foully defeated by dysentery Henry V |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | ALL ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT $800: (Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor gives the clue.) In Planned Parenthood v. Casey, an opinion I wrote with 2 other justices applied stare decisis, or respect for precedent, in broadly upholding this controversial 1973 decision Roe v. Wade |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | THE LIBERTY BELL $400: The Liberty Bell was struck on June 6, 1944; the sound was broadcast on radios across the U.S. to announce this event D-Day |
| #6898, aired 2014-09-17 | THE SUPREME COURT $2,600 (Daily Double): (Former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) A lot more people got to know what we sounded like on December 11, 2000, when the oral argument in this case became the first one released for same-day broadcast Bush v. Gore |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | HISTORIC DAYS $800: August 15, 1945 V-J Day |
| #6825, aired 2014-04-25 | RECENT HISTORY $400: (Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) The Court's legacy of civil rights cases includes Brown v. Board of Education & also Grutter v. Bollinger, a decision I wrote for the court allowing this race-conscious practice in law school admissions affirmative action |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | THE CREW $1000: The book title "Band of Brothers" is from the St. Crispin's Day speech by this Shakespearean king Henry V |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | "V-E" DAY $400: Green with vegetation verdant |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | "V-E" DAY $800: Local term for the open pasture land of South Africa veldt |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | "V-E" DAY $1200: Early type of bicycle known as a "bone-shaker" velocipede |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | "V-E" DAY $1600: Fine parchment made of calfskin vellum |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | "V-E" DAY $2000: It's a mathematical quantity with both direction & magnitude vector |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR $2000: (Justice Sandra Day O'Connor presents the clue.) From Robert Jackson in Youngstown v. Sawyer to, some say, myself in the church & state case McCreary County v. the American Civil Liberties Union, some important opinions have been this type in which a justice agrees with the majority but for his or her own reasons concurring opinions |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | FIND YOUR "VOICE" $400: In a screenplay, V.O. is short for this, saying things like "I remember the day I first saw Maureen..." a voiceover |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $200: Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt snapped a sailor kissing a nurse on the August 1945 day known as this V-J Day |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | "V" DAY $200: This synonym for conceited was used in the title of a 1973 Carly Simon hit vain |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | "V" DAY $400: The prevailing fashion, or a popular magazine devoted to fashion vogue |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | "V" DAY $600: As a noun, it's the opening of a volcano in the earth's crust; as a verb, it means to give forceful expression vent |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | "V" DAY $800: It can be a decorative design placed at the beginning or end of a book, or a short scene taken from that book vignette |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | "V" DAY $1000: From the Spanish for "watchman", it's one who takes the law into his own hands vigilante |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | THE KISSING BOOTH $1600: In 2008 90-year-old Edith Shain re-enacted a famous kiss, claiming she's the one in that 1945 V-J Day pic by this photographer Eisenstaedt |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | THE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR CHRONICLES $1200: O'Connor's fancy footwork in 1992's Planned Parenthood v. Casey preserved this 1973 decision Roe v. Wade |
| #5683, aired 2009-04-29 | NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY $1000: "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother" Henry V |
| #5613, aired 2009-01-21 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from France.) This date in 1945 is still observed in France each year to celebrate victory & liberation May 8th |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | MR. & MRS. MALAPROP $800: On "All in the Family", Edith Bunker referred not to V-E Day or V-J Day but this, um, relative VD Day |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | THE 5-YEAR PLAN $200: The AP's Edward Kennedy was fired for prematurely reporting this happy event of May 1945 V-E Day (or Germany's surrender) |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | PROMENADE DATES $1000: Seen here are men in Times Square celebrating V.J. Day in August of this year 1945 |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | KISS ME! $3,000 (Daily Double): Month & year of the historic kiss seen here August 1945 |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | PHOTOGRAPHY $200: Alfred Eisenstaedt's best-known image is a V-J day photo of a sailor kissing a girl at this NYC locale Times Square |
| #4352, aired 2003-07-01 | "V"ARIETY $200: In Chaucer's "Parliament of Fowls", the fowls gather to choose their mates on this day Valentine's Day |
| #3588, aired 2000-03-22 | PRESIDENTIAL FATHER'S DAY $300: Benjamin Harrison V William Henry Harrison |
| #3190, aired 1998-06-12 | CELEBRATIONS $1000: This date on which WWII ended in Europe is a legal holiday in France May 8, 1945 |
| #3099, aired 1998-02-05 | THE ART OF PEACE $600: He took the famous photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on V-J Day Alfred Eisenstaedt |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | COUNTRIES $100: It became independent from Britain on Aug. 15, 1947, the day after Pakistan did India |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | A DAY AT THE RACES $500: Racers lie on their backs on modified skateboards for the "street" version of this winter sport Luge |
| #3063, aired 1997-12-17 | HISTORIC DATES $100: In 1945 May 7 was called V-E Day & September 2 was called this V-J Day |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | "V" DAY $100: The peak on a cap, or the movable front piece on the helmet of a suit of armor Visor |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | "V" DAY $200: As a noun it can be a burial chamber; as a verb, it means to leap Vault |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | "V" DAY $300: From the Latin for "to be watchful", it's a person who takes the law into his own hands Vigilante |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | "V" DAY $400: This British title was first given to John Beaumont in 1440 Viscount |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | "V" DAY $500: It's a short ornamental drapery placed across the top of a window Valence |
| #2080, aired 1993-09-24 | RED-LETTER DAYS $200: It's how we usually refer to June 6, 1944 D-Day |
| #1480, aired 1991-01-25 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: England's Henry V won this battle in France on St. Christan's Day in 1415 Agincourt |
| #1459, aired 1990-12-27 | "V"OCABULARY $100: The greeting sent to a sweetheart on a certain saint's day, or the sweetheart it's sent to a valentine |
| #743, aired 1987-11-25 | WORLD WAR II $100: While V-E Day was celebrated May 8, 1945, this was celebrated September 2, 1945 V-J Day (victory in [over] Japan) |
| #729, aired 1987-11-05 | 1945 $400: On May 8, Allied forces celebrated V-E Day, which stood for this Victory in Europe |
| #48, aired 1984-11-14 | "DAY" TIME $400: June 6, 1944 D-Day |
