#9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL $200: The steelhead, a variety of the rainbow type of this fish, can reach a weight of 55 pounds a trout |
#9071, aired 2024-04-01 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $400: The African clawed variety is an exception, but most frogs use this body part to catch their prey the tongue |
#9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESERT $400: In the Sahara, avoid the deathstalker, an extremely dangerous & venomous variety of this arachnid a scorpion |
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $1000: In winter, the red-winged variety can congregate in flocks of several million blackbird |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | CONDIMENTS $400: This paste of ground sesame seeds can be used in a variety of ways in Middle Eastern cuisine, including as an ingredient in hummus tahini |
#9029, aired 2024-02-01 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: Though it's in the Bovidae family, the musk variety of this is grouped with goats & sheep, not cattle the ox |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | JUST DESERTS $800: The Namib Desert of West Africa is home to a mountain variety of this member of the horse family the zebra |
#9005, aired 2023-12-29 | WORDS ON THE MAP $1600: The Mercator is one variety of this method in which the curved surface of the earth is portrayed on a flat surface a projection |
#9002, aired 2023-12-26 | YELLOW STONE $2000: Like emerald, heliodor is a variety of this hard, 5-letter mineral beryl |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | CAROLS $400: Later to have a long-running TV variety show, she won her first Emmy in 1962 for work on "The Garry Moore Show" Carol Burnett |
#8997, aired 2023-12-19 | ALWAYS IN FASHION $200: This animal pattern is found in a variety of colors on everything from clothing & fashion accessories to furniture leopard (print) |
#8981, aired 2023-11-27 | RIBS $1000: The long moveable ribs of the king variety of this snake stretch out loose skin to form its "hood" a cobra |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS $600: The Hohner Company makes a variety of reed instruments including harmonicas & these "squeeze boxes" accordions |
#8972, aired 2023-11-14 | INSECTS $200: A variety of midge, a type of this, is believed to be the only insect species native to Antarctica a fly |
#8970, aired 2023-11-10 | INTERNAL RHYMES $400: Monotonous, boring or lacking variety equals this rhyming word humdrum |
#8968, aired 2023-11-08 | ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN $2000: The Cortland variety of these brown very slowly after they're cut, making them a good choice for garnishes apples |
#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | MICROSCOPY $400: A variety of this plague carrier is seen here a flea |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | FOODS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $300: The Hass variety of this food traces its lineage back to a single tree planted by postman Rudolph Hass in the 1920s an avocado |
#8951, aired 2023-10-16 | KICKIN' AZTEC $800: What the object seen here was used as; it certainly wasn't a pocket variety a calendar |
#8941, aired 2023-10-02 | A BUG'S LIFE $400: The chigoe is a sand-dwelling variety of this insect a flea |
#8941, aired 2023-10-02 | SOUTH AFRICA $2000: South Africa's national bird is the blue variety of this avian; also warriors once wore its feathers into battle a (blue) crane |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | WELCOME TO OUR FRUIT STAND $1000: Try a Pink Lady, also known as Cripps Pink, the first variety of this fruit to be trademarked apple |
#8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 4 LETTERS, ENDS IN "Y" $1200: The word for this type of small flat-bottomed vessel with high sides & a sharp prow can also refer to a variety of fish dory |
#8916, aired 2023-07-17 | DOUBLE TALK $2000: In Voodoo shops you can buy one of these bags with a variety of ingredients designed to protect you & bring you luck juju (gris-gris) |
#8914, aired 2023-07-13 | EAT IT! WEAR IT! OR SIT ON IT! $1000: Use a pound of the Bing variety & don't set yourself on fire when you ignite the liquor in this 2-word dessert cherries jubilee |
#8896, aired 2023-06-19 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $200: Among the fastest tortoises, this variety with a flattened shell bears the name of a breakfast food a pancake (tortoise) |
#8896, aired 2023-06-19 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $600: Living up to their name, the African springboks seen here are a variety of this horned mammal a gazelle (an antelope) |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | THE NATURAL ORDER $200: These animals including the 6-banded South American variety seen here, make up the order Cingulata armadillo |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE $400: In 1956, he became the first Black entertainer to host a nationally broadcast TV variety show Nat King Cole |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | SOUNDS SPOOKY $400: Sanguinelli is a variety of this citrus fruit whose flesh can be deep red a blood orange |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | PUTTING THE "MM" IN YUMMY $800: That's not a tomato but the Japanese variety of this fruit a persimmon |
#7, aired 2023-05-12 | INVERTEBRATES $1200: The sea wasp variety of this floating invertebrate is deadly; each dart on its many tentacles can kill a person in minutes a jellyfish |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | NEED! COFFEE! NOW! $800: Vietnam grows the most robusta coffee, a stronger variety; Brazil grows the most of this other main variety, a more aromatic mild type Arabica |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | GONE FISHIN' $400: Succulent but potentially lethal, Japan's specially prepared delicacy known as fugu uses a variety of this type of fish a puffer fish |
#8859, aired 2023-04-27 | PRODUCE: WE HAVE NAMES $1200: This woman enjoyed asparagus at her Mount Vernon home & a variety of the veggie is named for her Martha Custis (Washington) |
#8859, aired 2023-04-27 | PRODUCE: WE HAVE NAMES $1600: Grower Henri Pascal found superior stalks of this veggie & the familiar dip-&-crunch variety is named for him celery |
#8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SPEAK OF THE DICKENS $400: Dickens had a pet bird of this variety that he featured in "Barnaby Rudge" & that, in turn, may have inspired a Poe poem a raven |
#8854, aired 2023-04-20 | REPTILES $800: Southeast Asia's tokay variety of this lizard has padded toes with impressive sticking power a gecko |
#8852, aired 2023-04-18 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $800: This variety of prose narrative:
"a short story padded" a novel |
#8841, aired 2023-04-03 | ROCKS & MINERALS $600: Since ancient times, the Chinese have made carvings out of nephrite, the most common variety of this stone jade |
#8835, aired 2023-03-24 | WHAT'LL IT "B"? $200: The vanilla cinnamon variety of this Irish cream liqueur Baileys |
#8831, aired 2023-03-20 | "ME" $600: Metheglin is a variety of this fermented beverage mead |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | OCEAN LIFE $400: These rays have a variety that can grow to more than 20 feet wide manta rays |
#8796, aired 2023-01-30 | MUSHROOM STEW $1200: White button, cremini, & this beautiful harbor mushroom are all the same variety, just at different stages of life a portobello |
#8794, aired 2023-01-26 | WHAT'S IN THE BOTTLE? $400: Different types of vinegar, including this dark, rich variety from Modena, Italy balsamic |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | GARDEN VARIETY STORIES $200: Deborah Moggach's "Tulip Fever" is set in this European city in the 17th century, when lust for the bulbs was all too real Amsterdam |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | GARDEN VARIETY STORIES $400: Mysteries abound as plucky Agatha Raisin tries to find a killer in M.C. Beaton's novel "Pushing up" these flowers Daisies |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | GARDEN VARIETY STORIES $600: James Ellroy took on the real-life unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, nicknamed this, in his novel of the same name the "Black Dahlia" |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | GARDEN VARIETY STORIES $800: Susan Orlean wrote about John Laroche, arrested for stealing these title flowers from Florida swamps orchids |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | GARDEN VARIETY STORIES $1000: This Umberto Eco novel is set in Italy in 1327 The Name of the Rose |
#8791, aired 2023-01-23 | "SIDE" EFFECTS $600: This American desert snake is a horned variety of rattlesnake a sidewinder |
#8791, aired 2023-01-23 | WORDS OF PEACE $800: A grape variety shares its name with this word meaning in peace & harmony concord |
#8789, aired 2023-01-19 | EAT YOUR VEGGIES $1600: This variety of squash seen here has a body part in its name a crookneck |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | SOLVE THE MYSTERY TITLE $1200: A Tea Shop Mystery: the alliterative "Death by" this Indian variety Darjeeling |
#8778, aired 2023-01-04 | START "OFF" $1000: What we somewhat euphemistically call variety meats, the British call this unpleasant-sounding word offal |
#8743, aired 2022-11-16 | COMPOUND WORDS $1600: Popular in chowder, this East Coast variety of clam has the name of a fruit pit cherrystone |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SOMETHING THAT IS... $1200: Yellow:
The ripe skin on the Hawaiian variety of this tropical fruit that like Hawaiian also has 3 A's a papaya |
#8734, aired 2022-11-03 | REAL-DEAL RHYME TIME $600: A variety of ingredients are cooked in steaming broth in this communal Chinese dish hot pot |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | VARIETY $200: Even out of office, with more than 130 million followers, he gets the vote as the most followed person on Twitter Barack Obama |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | VARIETY $400: This saint associated with Christmas has his feast day on December 6 St. Nicholas |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | VARIETY $600: The name of this daily N.Y. Times vocabulary game is actually a play on the name of the software engineer who created it Wordle |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | VARIETY $800: Merriam-Webster's unappetizing description of this fermented tea includes "gelatinous mass of symbiotic bacteria" kombucha |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | VARIETY $1000: In 1962, he became the first American to orbit the Earth; in 1998, he became the oldest person, at 77, to travel into space John Glenn |
#8722, aired 2022-10-18 | CELEBRITIES $400: Variety called her one of pop culture's most famous mother figures; music fans were saddened by her death in 2022 Naomi Judd |
#8716, aired 2022-10-10 | CRITICAL "MASS" $200: The shiatsu variety applies pressure to areas of the body used in acupuncture massage |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | CREATURES GREAT & SMALL $500: Growing up to 14 feet & almost 2,000 pounds, the Atlantic bluefin is the largest variety of this food fish a tuna |
#8710, aired 2022-09-30 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $200: By a 1972 law, California's official reptile is the desert variety of this slow mover tortoise |
#8710, aired 2022-09-30 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $400: A vine ripe variety of this is the state fruit & the state vegetable of Arkansas tomato |
#8693, aired 2022-07-27 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $400: Most species of this color-changing lizard are native to Africa, like Botswana's flap-necked variety chameleons |
#8690, aired 2022-07-22 | EXPENSIVE FOODS $400: From animals reared & fed according to strict guidelines, the Wagyu variety of this meat can set you back $75 for a 4-ounce serving beef |
#8689, aired 2022-07-21 | BOTTOMS UP! $800: Not a positive term used of people, bottom-feeder works for these, like channel variety seen here a catfish |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ROCKS & PLANTS... $1200: The seed husks from this silent "P" annual are helpful with a variety of stomach ills psyllium |
#8659, aired 2022-06-09 | THAT'S NOT A PRESIDENT $1200: The Roosevelt is a variety of this second-biggest North American deer also known as the wapiti an elk |
#8650, aired 2022-05-27 | "V"OCABULARY $400: It's "the spice of life" variety |
#8648, aired 2022-05-25 | BOND APPETIT! $1000: In "Goldfinger" Bond engages in a debate on the merits of Alaskan & stone these, but the stone variety wins out crab |
#8627, aired 2022-04-26 | MINI-"ME" $600: The variety of this seen here is small enough to grow in your little garden a melon |
#8625, aired 2022-04-22 | ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MINERAL $200: Seen here is a purplish variety of this leafy superfood that can be cooked or eaten raw kale |
#8625, aired 2022-04-22 | ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MINERAL $600: A variety of feldspar, this mineral is a June birthstone & is also mentioned in the title of a Wilkie Collins novel a moonstone |
#8625, aired 2022-04-22 | CHEESE $2000: This smooth, rich, slightly sweet double or triple cream cheese from Italy works very nicely in a variety of brulees mascarpone |
#8620, aired 2022-04-15 | IN THE ZOOM ROOM $400: Your gardening group can learn about Detroit dark red--not a hit man but a sweet variety of this root veggie a beet |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BAT QUIZ $800: Nectar-feeding bats pollinate the flowers that grow on the tips of the organ pipe variety of this desert plant a cactus |
#8616, aired 2022-04-11 | PURPLE REIGN $400: Commonly dried, black Corinth is a purple & often seedless variety of this fruit a grape |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | EVERYTHING IS GOLDEN $200: Though typically red, here are the golden variety of these, fresh on the vine raspberries |
#8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $200: Any type of apple such as McIntosh, or a Hollywood weekly magazine about all sorts of entertainment variety |
#8586, aired 2022-02-28 | COLORS IN NATURE $400: Somewhere over in Australia is this variety of lorikeet, named for its array of colors rainbow |
#8585, aired 2022-02-25 | A FEW COLORFUL WORDS $800: Also the name of a big brown potato variety, this 6-letter word refers to a brownish color russet |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | THAT '70s SHOW $400: Beginning in 1971, they starred in their own musical variety show Sonny & Cher |
#16, aired 2022-02-18 | LET'S ROCK & ROLL! $600: Hominid use of this variety of quartz to make tools goes back millions of years; we "-locked" it into early firearms a bit later flint |
#16, aired 2022-02-18 | LET'S ROCK & ROLL! $1000: Final "X" marks the spot for this striped silica variety; one example is the red-&-white banded carnelian onyx |
#15, aired 2022-02-18 | DON'T BE SO THIRSTY $1,000 (Daily Double): Earl Grey tea gets its distinctive taste from an oil derived from the bergamot variety of this fruit an orange |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | COOKING WITH DAVID CHANG $800: (David Chang delivers the clue.) For convenience, I'm a big fan of the microwave & the most basic thing you can make for dinner or a late-night snack is a baked potato; poke a few holes in this most common brown variety & cook about five minutes on each side a russet potato |
#8570, aired 2022-02-04 | MAMMALS $800: Mammals believed to be monogamous include beavers, wolves & the dik-dik, a tiny variety of this African animal antelope |
#8561, aired 2022-01-24 | SPICE UP YOUR LIFE $400: Used especially in baked goods, the Dutch blue variety of these seeds are among the world's best poppy seeds |
#8558, aired 2022-01-19 | AN ORANGE CATEGORY $400: Oh, my darlin', it's this variety of small mandarin orange a clementine |
#8545, aired 2021-12-31 | THE TOAST OF... $600: The toast of Barcelona is often pan con tomate, one of the infinite variety of these Spanish small plates tapas |
#8520, aired 2021-11-26 | RIGHT FROM THE GECKO $400: The lizard seen here can't change its spots because its this variety of gecko a leopard gecko |
#8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $600: 1950's "Luci del varieta", or "Variety Lights", was his first feature film as director Fellini |
#8513, aired 2021-11-17 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $800: Spelled a variety of ways, this girls' name is shared by TV personality & entrepreneur Frankel & surfer Hamilton Bethenny (Bethany) |
#8508, aired 2021-11-10 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: A variety of foods are served in this box with a name from Japanese bento |
#8467, aired 2021-09-14 | FOOD & DRINK $1200: Grown in Spain, Marcona is a variety of this nut almonds |
#8462, aired 2021-08-10 | INAUGURATING A PRESIDENT $1000: A new blueberry variety of this treat was created for Ronald Reagan's 1981 inauguration jelly bean |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | EXTINCT ANIMALS $1200: With feathers once favored in women's hats, the Carolina variety of this bird was widespread in the eastern U.S. until around 1920 the Carolina parakeet |
#8454, aired 2021-07-29 | TAKE A FEW LETTERS $1600: Winesap is a variety of one, inside of which you'll find this bell sound peal |
#8451, aired 2021-07-26 | WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE $4,200 (Daily Double): The North Island brown is a variety of this flightless bird kiwi |
#8440, aired 2021-07-09 | EPONYMOUS FOOD $1000: A variety of this fruit was named for Ah Bing, a Chinese orchard foreman in Oregon a cherry |
#8436, aired 2021-07-05 | THEY DON'T LIVE ON SESAME STREET $800: Big birds of the world include the 6-foot, 30-pound Dalmatian variety of this avian with a large bill & an elastic throat pouch a pelican |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Great Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary.) Here in Budapest is a memorial to the more than half million Hungarian Jews who perished in the Holocaust; appropriately, the tree with the names of victims inscribed on its leaves is of this 2-word mournful variety a weeping willow |
#8418, aired 2021-06-09 | NATIONAL FLOWERS $600: The Holy Ghost variety of one of these exotic tropical plants is Panama's national flower an orchid |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | THE GIVING TREE $1000: Trees named for Rudolph Hass yield the most popular variety of these avocados |
#8406, aired 2021-05-24 | ZODIAC RHYME TIME $800: The fishes' frozen carbonated beverages in a variety of flavors Pisces Icees |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | THE "BLACK" $1600: A byproduct of sugar refining, it's a dark, viscous variety of molasses blackstrap molasses |
#8384, aired 2021-04-22 | WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? $200: Bisque de homard, creamy French bisque made with these crustaceans of the spiny variety a lobster |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | RELAX $600: Nothing soothes like a cup of tea made from this herb, whether it's the German or the Roman variety chamomile |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | IT'S ALL ONIONS $400: Great for making onion rings, this variety from Hawaii is sweet, juicy & comes to market in the spring Maui onions |
#8340, aired 2021-02-19 | "KON"FUSION $1600: This Asian variety of white radish takes its name from Japanese for "large root" daikon |
#8336, aired 2021-02-15 | FOOD & DRINK RETRONYMS $600: Before "polishing" began, most of the rice people ate was this color variety; now the term is used for a "whole grain" type brown |
#8331, aired 2021-02-08 | NON-VOCABULARY $2000: Some birds are nonmigratory, including the Anna's variety of this very busy avian a hummingbird |
#8330, aired 2021-02-05 | DAY, DRINKING $1000: In France, the third Thursday in November celebrates the annual release of the nouveau variety of this wine Beaujolais |
#8320, aired 2021-01-22 | COLLECTING $400: Referring to the stuffed, cuddly variety & not the live ones, an arctophile collects these (Teddy) bears |
#8307, aired 2021-01-05 | CONDIMENTS $800: This alphanumeric Kraft Heinz steak sauce comes in a thick & hearty variety A.1. |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | CLOTHES MINDED $1000: The raglan variety of this clothing part is named for a British general who lost a limb at Waterloo & had a special shirt made sleeve |
#8284, aired 2020-11-19 | & A BAG OF CHIPS $200: Chester, mascot of this brand, can't wait to get his paws on the Paws variety Cheetos |
#8284, aired 2020-11-19 | IT'S A FACT $1600: More than 55 million people in Guangdong & Guangxi speak this variety of Chinese that's also called Yue Cantonese |
#8280, aired 2020-11-13 | FROM B TO C $1200: This variety of pear is crisp & in season from September to April Bosc |
#8269, aired 2020-10-29 | ANTIQUES $800: From the Victorian era, the spoonback variety of this piece of furniture came in a comfy, slightly lower nursing version a chair |
#8263, aired 2020-10-21 | A "DIAMOND" $2000: The eastern variety of this reptile is most likely the heaviest venomous snake diamondback |
#8258, aired 2020-10-14 | CONTRONYMS $1000: It can mean an assortment of different types, or one type in particular variety |
#8258, aired 2020-10-14 | PIC-POURRI $2000: This 11-letter French word means a variety of meats, cheeses and other snacks charcuterie |
#8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BEASTLY REVIEWS $800: Camels come in 2 main types, Bactrian & this variety, with both able to cross deserts with little or no water; 3 out of 5 stars a dromedary |
#8247, aired 2020-09-29 | YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHSTONE $2000: This precious September stone is known for its blue variety sapphire |
#8239, aired 2020-09-17 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: The giant variety of this, Tridacna gigas, is the largest living bivalve mollusk & can grow to 4 feet across & 500 pounds a clam |
#8230, aired 2020-06-05 | JUST DESSERTS $600: Different from the New York style, the Japanese variety of this dessert is known for extreme fluffiness cheesecake |
#8228, aired 2020-06-03 | IS IT BIGGER THAN A CHICKEN? $800: No--the bee variety of this is the world's smallest bird at only about 2 inches long a hummingbird |
#8227, aired 2020-06-02 | BIRDS OF PREY $400: Found in South America, the harpy is a crested variety of this bird of prey with a wingspan that can reach seven feet an eagle |
#8226, aired 2020-06-01 | KINDER GARDEN $1000: Yes, Iggy, this rhododendron variety is the pride of the South azalea |
#8224, aired 2020-05-28 | TEACHING THE SPORT $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates a baseball pitch.) Grip the ball with your index and middle fingers along the narrow part of the seams to throw this sinking, two-seam variety of this basic baseball pitch a fastball |
#8218, aired 2020-05-20 | THE "END" IS JUST THE BEGINNING $1000: A variety of chicory, this plant with curled leaves is cultivated as a salad green endive |
#8218, aired 2020-05-20 | HIGH-SCORING 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $2000: This humped variety of ox originated in South Asia (15 points) a zebu |
#8207, aired 2020-04-21 | SILICON VALLEY $1200: Mix up some of the Portland variety of this building material by combining calcium, silica, iron & aluminum cement |
#8207, aired 2020-04-21 | SILICON VALLEY $1600: Valued as a precious gem for its color, this variety of quartz is predominantly silicon dioxide amethyst |
#8205, aired 2020-04-17 | PETS $1000: A leopard in your dorm? No way, but why not the leopard variety of this lizard that can run across the ceiling a gecko |
#8203, aired 2020-04-15 | THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS $400: A wide variety of animals live in the Rocky Mountains, including this type of wild sheep a bighorn sheep |
#8191, aired 2020-03-30 | GREENS $200: A rare variety of beryl, this valuable gem gets its green from chromium emerald |
#8178, aired 2020-03-11 | NAME THAT INSECT $1200: One variety of this insect from Australia can grow up to 2 feet long a stick bug |
#8176, aired 2020-03-09 | WE HAVE A FEW SPECIALS $400: "Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met" this man "Live from Liverpool" was your 2019 Emmy winner for Best Pre-Recorded Variety Special McCartney |
#8176, aired 2020-03-09 | HOW ABOUT DESERT? $800: Vegetation in the Mojave Desert of the sW U.S. is sparse, but includes this "tree", a variety of yucca that can reach 30 feet high the Joshua tree |
#8165, aired 2020-02-21 | YOU'RE OUT OF THE HOLE $200: These insectivores, like the star-nosed variety, spend most of their lives underground digging tunnels moles |
#8155, aired 2020-02-07 | WHERE'S THE BEEF? $1000: Though best known, Kobe is just one variety of this expensive beef whose name translates to "Japanese cow" Wagyu |
#8151, aired 2020-02-03 | YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU $800: Should go without saying part 2: none of these, whether of the fragmentation, smoke or stun variety a grenade |
#8139, aired 2020-01-16 | 5-LETTER WORDS $600: The Carabao is a popular variety of this tropical fruit mangoes |
#6, aired 2020-01-09 | GEMSTONES! MEET THE GEMSTONES! $400: This variety of beryl shares its name with a 10-letter color aquamarine |
#6, aired 2020-01-09 | GEMSTONES! MEET THE GEMSTONES! $800: We quote the ancient Wang Chung: "Take your baby by the wrist, & in her mouth" this purple quartz variety & February birthstone amethyst |
#5, aired 2020-01-09 | TV GREEN THUMB $800: The plants on either side of the host & guests on this web series, also a 2019 TV movie, are the Boston, or sword, variety Between Two Ferns |
#8121, aired 2019-12-23 | THE "LL", "LL" YOU SAY! $800: This colorful variety of sapsucker of North America can migrate as far as the West Indies the yellow-bellied |
#8118, aired 2019-12-18 | BASKIN-ROBBINS' 31 ORIGINAL FLAVORS $600: A Burgundy variety not of grape but of this red fruit ice cream Cherry |
#8117, aired 2019-12-17 | NEW MILLENNIUM TV $1000: In 2013 Variety said of this AMC show's final episode, it got the "chemistry just right" Breaking Bad |
#8095, aired 2019-11-15 | SNAILS $1000: Tasmania produces around 25% of the world's wild caught supply of this large edible sea snail, mainly the black lip variety abalone |
#8085, aired 2019-11-01 | AGRICULTURE $1,500 (Daily Double): In France & Germany, asparagus is grown underground to inhibit this pigment, creating a delicious white variety chlorophyll |
#8059, aired 2019-09-26 | ANIMAL ANATOMY $1600: The musk variety of this herbivore is saber-toothed, not for prey but used by the males to fight during mating season deer |
#8055, aired 2019-09-20 | FABRICS $800: The Harris variety of this fabric is derived from yarns hand-woven on islands off the coast of Scotland tweed |
#8055, aired 2019-09-20 | "ON" OR "OFF" $1200: The name of this semiprecious variety of agate used in jewelry, derives from the Greek for "fingernail" onyx |
#8052, aired 2019-09-17 | ACTOR-DIRECTORS $1600: As Variety would say, he toplined & helmed 2014's "A Million Ways to Die in the West" Seth MacFarlane |
#8049, aired 2019-09-12 | SEPTEMBER $200: September's birthstone is this precious gem that's a variety of corundum sapphire |
#8045, aired 2019-07-26 | 1960s TV $800: I'm so glad we had this woman's variety show that had Jim Nabors as its first guest & as the first guest each season Carol Burnett |
#8035, aired 2019-07-12 | ALIEN INVASION! $1200: This variety of fruit fly invaded California in the 1980s & led to U.S. quarantine laws the Mediterranean fruit fly |
#8029, aired 2019-07-04 | RED, DELICIOUS $1000: This 4-letter cherry variety has a deep garnet color & a sweet taste Bing |
#8027, aired 2019-07-02 | SALAD $1000: Mizuna is an Asian variety of these peppery greens with a condiment in their name mustard greens |
#8006, aired 2019-06-03 | NESTS $1000: Doesn't sound comfy, but several birds make nests in the giant saguaro cactus, including the Gila variety of this headbanger a woodpecker |
#7966, aired 2019-04-08 | JUST YOUR AVERAGE CATEGORY $400: Something that is this place "variety", such as a carrot, is unremarkable garden |
#7956, aired 2019-03-25 | SINGLE-CONSONANT WORDS $1200: A variety of color, or an old word for a shout, paired with "cry" hue |
#7948, aired 2019-03-13 | EXPENSIVE STUFF $2000: Just 2 years old, in 2017 a bottle made from this "most renowned grape variety" for fine red wine sold for $350,000 Cabernet (Sauvignon) |
#7947, aired 2019-03-12 | FRUIT SALAD $400: Henderson ruby is one variety of this citrus fruit that some have half of for breakfast grapefruit |
#7947, aired 2019-03-12 | FRUIT SALAD $1000: Gardener John Paxton cultivated the most popular variety of this fruit & named it for his employer, William Cavendish a banana |
#7946, aired 2019-03-11 | 1870s AMERICA $1600: In 1875 this horticulturist sold the potato variety later named for him for $150 & used the money to move to California Luther Burbank |
#7939, aired 2019-02-28 | TAXONOMY $1200: Taxonomically, this variety of oak tree is Quercus alba a white oak |
#7932, aired 2019-02-19 | IT'S TWOSDAY! $1600: The 2 main types of camel are the dromedary & this 2-humped variety named for a region of Asia Bactrians |
#7924, aired 2019-02-07 | WORD RHYMES $600: Just seeing the mountain variety of this creature brings me happiness a bluebird |
#7914, aired 2019-01-24 | TOP NON-SPORTS PROGRAMS OF ALL TIME $1000: No. 13
(1964):
A variety show featuring a visit by some Liverpudlians The Ed Sullivan Show |
#7904, aired 2019-01-10 | MENAGERIE $400: Sternotherus odoratus, the stinkpot variety of this reptile, emits a smelly fluid from under its shell a turtle |
#7893, aired 2018-12-26 | GLASSES $200: This variety of sunglasses was modeled after goggles worn by early pilots aviators |
#7880, aired 2018-12-07 | IT'S JUST GRASS, MAN $1200: Stampede is a variety of this grass once grazed upon by bovines on the Great Plains buffalo grass |
#7876, aired 2018-12-03 | A FISHY SITUATION $400: The bluefin variety of this food fish can weigh half a ton a tuna |
#7862, aired 2018-11-13 | GAMES OF THE VIDEO VARIETY $200: The main character's all-new car hit the streets in this hero: "Arkham Knight" Batman |
#7862, aired 2018-11-13 | GAMES OF THE VIDEO VARIETY $400: The 2017 release of the Nintendo Switch also gave us this series: "Breath of the Wild" The Legend of Zelda |
#7862, aired 2018-11-13 | GAMES OF THE VIDEO VARIETY $600: In "Black Ops III", Dempsey, Nikolai & co. try to save their souls & take on the zombie horde as they heed this series title Call of Duty |
#7862, aired 2018-11-13 | GAMES OF THE VIDEO VARIETY $800: Redeem yourself & visit the truly wild west in an "Undead Nightmare" in this "colorful" series from Rockstar Games Red Dead Redemption |
#7862, aired 2018-11-13 | GAMES OF THE VIDEO VARIETY $1000: Elias Toufexis voices genetically amped-up Adam Jensen in this series with a Latin name Deus Ex |
#7860, aired 2018-11-09 | NATURE $400: The Goliath birdeater, which eats rodents & reptiles as well as birds, is an extra large variety of this hairy spider a tarantula |
#7839, aired 2018-10-11 | ISLE OF DOGS $1200: The two-color variety of this breed is named for artist Edwin Landseer, who memorably painted the dog as seen here the Landseer Newfoundland |
#7832, aired 2018-10-02 | AT THE ZOO $600: Don't worry if we miss the Aldabra variety of these reptiles on our visit to Central Florida Zoo--they can live to be 200! tortoises |
#7812, aired 2018-07-24 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $200: "This Time Together" is a memoir by this funny lady who in 2017 celebrated the 50th anniv. of her TV variety show Carol Burnett |
#7794, aired 2018-06-28 | IRA $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 |
#7772, aired 2018-05-29 | A-1 ALPHANUMERICS 4U $400: The "Ten" variety of this soda says it has "10 great tasting calories" 7 Up |
#7770, aired 2018-05-25 | NOT MADE $1000: From 1969 to 1996 there was always room for the 1-2-3 variety from this food brand, but no longer Jell-O |
#7766, aired 2018-05-21 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $1000: Water's edge forested by a variety of deciduous tree a beech beach |
#7764, aired 2018-05-17 | HEALTHY GREENS $1600: Large & easily stuffable, cerignola from Italy is a variety of this olive |
#7764, aired 2018-05-17 | THE MONTH OF MAY $1600: This May birthstone is a variety of beryl emerald |
#7762, aired 2018-05-15 | BIG MOUTH $1200: The basking variety of this creature can grow to 50 feet long & open its mouth a yard wide the basking shark |
#7735, aired 2018-04-06 | IT'S GOT ELECTROLYTES $1000: We like this potassium-rich fruit that comes in a blue Java variety a whole bunch bananas |
#7731, aired 2018-04-02 | THREE FOR THE MONEY $600: Because of its high-pitched cry, the three-toed variety of this mammal is also called the ai a sloth |
#7725, aired 2018-03-23 | SAGE ADVICE $400: Jimmy Dean has a fine sage variety of this breakfast item that has the word "sage" in its spelling sausage |
#7720, aired 2018-03-16 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: Smooth cayenne, once the principal variety of this fruit grown in Hawaii, has been replaced by the hybrid MD2 pineapple |
#7719, aired 2018-03-15 | REAL "D" LIGHTS $600: "Open some smiles" with this fruity drink, perhaps the orange strawberry variety SunnyD |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | HOLD MY WINE $800: It's not just Oman's capital, it's also a variety of grape with a pronounced sweet aroma & flavor Muscat |
#7706, aired 2018-02-26 | A LONG ELEVATOR RIDE $800: To ease anxiety, elevator music first appeared in the 1920s, with this trademarked variety arriving in 1934 Muzak |
#7691, aired 2018-02-05 | JUST ONE CONSONANT $600: It's any variety of a color to dye for a hue |
#7687, aired 2018-01-30 | EVERY YEAR $2000: On its 50,000-mile annual migration, the Arctic variety of this bird travels between the North & South Poles a tern |
#7683, aired 2018-01-24 | LET'S TALK DESSERT $400: Popular around the holidays is the term "nutty as" one of these, like the Scottish Dundee variety a fruitcake |
#7659, aired 2017-12-21 | SONGS FROM MUSICAL TV EPISODES $1200: A variety show on this HBO prison series found one inmate covering "I Wanna Be Free" by the Monkees Oz |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | HEALTH & MEDICI $400: Several Medici were diagnosed with this, actually a variety of joint problems; it gave one the nickname "il gottoso" gout |
#7643, aired 2017-11-29 | SPOT CHECK $1000: A poisonous red variety of this with white spots is called fly agaric because it was once used to kill flies a mushroom |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | FASHION: 1900 TO 1950 $800: In the 1930s this rigid undergarment spawned a lighter-weight elastic variety, the girdle a corset |
#7630, aired 2017-11-10 | UNSCRIPTED TV $600: Walter Cronkite liked to note that CBS News covered the Beatles 2 months before their "debut" on this variety show The Ed Sullivan Show |
#7624, aired 2017-11-02 | HERBS $200: The curly-leaf variety of this herb is the one that's often used as garnish parsley |
#7623, aired 2017-11-01 | TAKE A HIKE! $800: With a variety of landscapes to explore, this South American region whose name means "big foot" is a hiker's paradise Patagonia |
#7613, aired 2017-10-18 | ALSO AN APPLE VARIETY $200: Fox TV series that features Lucious, Cookie & Jamal Lyon Empire |
#7613, aired 2017-10-18 | ALSO AN APPLE VARIETY $400: The object seen here--take a swing a piñata |
#7613, aired 2017-10-18 | ALSO AN APPLE VARIETY $600: Officially, it's the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit, but most people know it as the Met this gala |
#7613, aired 2017-10-18 | ALSO AN APPLE VARIETY $800: British slicker a macintosh |
#7613, aired 2017-10-18 | ALSO AN APPLE VARIETY $1000: Perhaps what Dame Maggie's grandkids call her Granny Smith |
#7600, aired 2017-09-29 | THAT'S MY JOB! $400: Mariner (the non-baseball playing variety) a sailor |
#7593, aired 2017-09-20 | GO FOR THE THROAT $400: Ruby-throated is one variety of this creature that can beat its wings 50 times a second a hummingbird |
#7572, aired 2017-07-11 | BY DEGREES $600: If you want your patients to be of the 4-legged variety, get a DVM degree, short for this Doctor of Veterinary Medicine |
#7559, aired 2017-06-22 | LANGUAGES OF EUROPE $600: Welsh & the Scottish variety of this language are recognized regional languages in the United Kingdom Gaelic |
#7547, aired 2017-06-06 | CEREALS $1000: In China, the red variety of this cereal grain is called kaoliang, and can grow up to 8 feet high sorghum |
#7546, aired 2017-06-05 | LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES $1600: Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia is made from this 4-letter variety, the sweet cherry the U.S. grows the most of Bing |
#7541, aired 2017-05-29 | ORANGES $400: Cara cara is one variety of this type of orange--is that an outie or an innie? a navel (orange) |
#7508, aired 2017-04-12 | WE SALUTE YOU $400: This businessman & former mayor has donated more than $4.3 billion to a wide variety of charities & organizations Bloomberg |
#7508, aired 2017-04-12 | PUPPETS $800: In this movie a Variety headline says, "Malko ankles screen for strings" Being John Malkovich |
#7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE "OC" $2000: In 1935 tree planter Rudolph Hass received a patent for a variety of this avocado |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | PRECIOUS GEMS $600: A pink variety of beryl found in 1910 was named by adding -ite to the name of this financier & gem collector J.P. Morgan |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | "A" FOR THE WIN $1000: Continental & colorful variety of parrot seen here African grey |
#7478, aired 2017-03-01 | THE FRUITS OF LABOR $1200: Here's a familiar quotation: this variety "is America's most commonly grown pear" Bartlett |
#7475, aired 2017-02-24 | I'M A FOOD "E" $400: Petit-gris is a smaller French variety of these creatures with shells escargot |
#7470, aired 2017-02-17 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $200: The "local" variety is used on a limited area of the body; the "general" type involves the loss of consciousness anesthesia |
#7466, aired 2017-02-13 | SEEING RED $200: It's the precious variety of corundum seen here ruby |
#7460, aired 2017-02-03 | THE JEOPARDY! SORTING HAT $1000: The hat is all abuzz; you are now a member of this tiniest insect variety of hummingbirds bee hummingbirds |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | VIRGINIA FLORA & FAUNA $1200: The loggerhead is the most common variety of this in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay a turtle |
#7448, aired 2017-01-18 | 4-LETTER EDIBLES $800: Shoepeg is a white variety of this corn |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | VARIETY PACK $400: The magazine published by this organization for those 50 & older has the largest circulation of any U.S. periodical AARP |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | VARIETY PACK $800: The Latin word talpa, meaning "mole", gives us the word for this brownish gray color that resembles moleskin taupe |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | VARIETY PACK $1200: Charles Fey's first 3-reel one of these had 5 symbols: diamonds, hearts, horseshoes, spades & a Liberty Bell a slot machine |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | VARIETY PACK $1600: According to Hawaiian legend, anyone who removes a piece of volcanic rock will be cursed by this fire goddess Pele |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | VARIETY PACK $2000: In 1913 Bela Schick developed a test for determining the susceptibility of infants to this infectious "d"isease diphtheria |
#7432, aired 2016-12-27 | GIVE A FIG $200: Figs come in a variety of skin colors including black, purple, brown & this one that sounds immature green |
#7421, aired 2016-12-12 | SILENT "H" $1200: Seen here, the cattleya is a popular variety of this an orchid |
#7392, aired 2016-11-01 | REPTILES $800: Also a feathery fashion accessory, it's a variety of constricting snake a boa |
#7384, aired 2016-10-20 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $200: Maltaise sauce is made by adding the juice from the blood variety of this fruit to hollandaise sauce an orange |
#7384, aired 2016-10-20 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: Hungarian wax is the hot variety of sweet banana these peppers |
#7384, aired 2016-10-20 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1000: Not as popular as the ruby red, the Duncan is believed to be the oldest variety of this fruit in the United States a grapefruit |
#7383, aired 2016-10-19 | STATE BIRDS $200: These 2 smallest states both have a variety of chicken as their state birds Rhode Island & Delaware |
#7374, aired 2016-10-06 | TV IN THE YEAR 2000 $400: In 2000 the Emmy for Best Variety, Music or Comedy Series went to "Late Show" with him, & we miss you, sir David Letterman |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | SCIENCE $200: The ragweed variety of this material is seen here under the microscope--achoo! pollen |
#7358, aired 2016-09-14 | SOMETHING TO EAT $600: Cremini, a variety of this edible, are intentionally harvested when they're immature mushrooms |
#7353, aired 2016-07-27 | BEASTLY APPENDAGES $400: The venom-packed stinger of the Arizona barbed variety of this desert arachnid can deliver a fatal dose to humans a scorpion |
#7350, aired 2016-07-22 | POISONOUS PLANTS $400: The stinging variety of this plant is covered in minute hairs that inject irritants when they are touched nettle |
#7343, aired 2016-07-13 | TEQUILA $800: Tequila is not made from a cactus but from the blue variety of this other succulent agave |
#7342, aired 2016-07-12 | EELS $2000: There are about 100 species of this 6-letter variety of eel that can be 6 feet long the conger eel |
#7341, aired 2016-07-11 | RED RHYME $200: The canopy variety is similar to the four-poster bed |
#7341, aired 2016-07-11 | ROCKS $800: This brand of gin has a "Sapphire" variety inspired by a gemstone once owned by Mary Pickford Bombay |
#7313, aired 2016-06-01 | LEFTOVERS $400: The dwarf type, a parasite on pine tree trunks, is a variety of this plant; now how about a Christmas kiss? mistletoe |
#7292, aired 2016-05-03 | NOW WHAT'S FOR LUNCH $600: "Priest stranglers" (strozzapreti in Italian), a twisted variety of this pasta |
#7278, aired 2016-04-13 | CAT & DOG BREEDS $400: Before 1830 all of these Alpine rescue dogs were shorthaired; the longhaired variety came from crossbreeding a Saint Bernard |
#7276, aired 2016-04-11 | GARDENING $2000: The grass in your lawn might be Bermuda, rye or this variety that sounds like a city in Florida St. Augustine |
#7270, aired 2016-04-01 | ROCKS & MINERALS $2000: A prized variety of this ornamental stone mined in the American Southwest is robin's egg blue turquoise |
#7259, aired 2016-03-17 | ONE-VOWEL WORDS $400: One variety of these pincers is used to grasp ice tongs |
#7249, aired 2016-03-03 | "UNK" IN THE TRUNK $400: The stink badger of Indonesia is a variety of this critter a skunk |
#7237, aired 2016-02-16 | JAPANESE POP CULTURE $400: Pachinko is a variety of this arcade game that one might find in a Tokyo parlor pinball |
#7235, aired 2016-02-12 | DORM FOOD $200: When regular Oreos aren't enough, reach for this variety that has a bigger filling Double Stuf |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | ____UM $1000: Here are a variety of these Chinese dumplings dim sum |
#7218, aired 2016-01-20 | IT'S A "WR"AP $400: South Carolina's state bird is the Carolina variety of this small flyer a wren |
#7212, aired 2016-01-12 | FIRST ISSUES $800: This entertainment industry staple had an article on "Hobbies of Vaudeville Managers" in its 1905 debut Variety |
#7209, aired 2016-01-07 | LIVING THE SPACED-OUT LIFE $200: In 2015 NASA astronauts on the International Space Station snacked on space lettuce, a variety of romaine grown with the aid of these, LEDs light-emitting diodes |
#7202, aired 2015-12-29 | "M"USIC $400: A popular folk instrument in Latin America, this variety of xylophone originated in Africa the marimba |
#7190, aired 2015-12-11 | FRUIT $200: The Anjou type of this fruit originated in France; the Bartlett is an English variety a pear |
#7179, aired 2015-11-26 | NATURE'S WONDERS $400: The largest living organism is said to be a variety of this fungus that covers 2,200 acres in an Oregon forest a mushroom |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | FOOD & DRINK $400: Maytag Dairy Farms in Iowa has been turning out this variety of cheese since 1941 blue cheese |
#7172, aired 2015-11-17 | YOU'RE "DA" BOMB! $400: The trumpet narcissus is a common variety of this flower a daffodil |
#7165, aired 2015-11-06 | GEMS & JEWELRY $5,000 (Daily Double): This blue-green variety of beryl is routinely heated to make it bluer by removing the yellow color aquamarine |
#7160, aired 2015-10-30 | THERE'S A COLOR IN MY BRAND $600: This fancy brand of Dijon mustard has a rouge variety, flavored with Cabernet sauvignon & blackberries Grey Poupon |
#7154, aired 2015-10-22 | GEM $1200: The most valued type of this gem is the pigeon-blood variety ruby |
#7153, aired 2015-10-21 | BLANK "UM" $800: It's a retail store that sells a variety of items like the one at Disneyland that sells hats, pins, snacks, etc. an emporium |
#7152, aired 2015-10-20 | FOOD & DRINK $400: This sandwich with a towering variety of meats, cheeses and other things is named for a comic strip character a Dagwood |
#7143, aired 2015-10-07 | I PREDICT YOU'RE WRONG $200: Show biz' Variety, referring to this style of music in 1955:
"It will be gone by June" rock 'n' roll |
#7123, aired 2015-07-29 | THE NAME OF THE ROSE $400: A new variety, Anna's Promise, is the first in a series of roses inspired by this British TV series Downton Abbey |
#7123, aired 2015-07-29 | IT'S ALL ABOUT "U" $800: Dense, fluffy cloud variety associated with rising air currents cumulus |
#7123, aired 2015-07-29 | THE NAME OF THE ROSE $1000: This very popular & common variety shares its name with a type of lettuce iceberg |
#7111, aired 2015-07-13 | APPLES & ORANGES $800: Jaffa oranges are a sweet variety named for a port in this present country Israel |
#7111, aired 2015-07-13 | APPLES & ORANGES $1000: With its deep red flesh, the Moro variety of this orange is not for the squeamish a blood orange |
#7101, aired 2015-06-29 | LET'S VISIT SAO TOME & PRINCIPE $1,400 (Daily Double): Sao Tome & Principe is an important nesting site for the hawksbill variety of this marine creature a turtle |
#7085, aired 2015-06-05 | "SHO" TIME $400: In 1945 Variety coined this 7-letter term for what it covers showbiz |
#7066, aired 2015-05-11 | THE MIDDLE $200: In the 1970s we got more of the middle with the introduction of the Double Stuf variety of this cookie an Oreo |
#7066, aired 2015-05-11 | TV MOMS & DADS $2000: In the '80s Vicki Lawrence was the matriarch on "Mama's Family", based on a skit from this variety show The Carol Burnett Show |
#7059, aired 2015-04-30 | ADVERTISING ICONS $200: Ho ho ho! Named after a variety of large peas, this character first appeared in ads in 1928 the Jolly Green Giant |
#7037, aired 2015-03-31 | _O_O $2000: This tasty salmon variety is also known as the silver salmon coho |
#7032, aired 2015-03-24 | HEALTHY COOKING WITH MICHELLE OBAMA $600: (First Lady Michelle Obama delivers the clue.) You can find it in a variety of dishes & foods like canned salmon; because it contains tiny edible bones, 4 ounces provides 25% of the daily recommended amount of this mineral calcium |
#7021, aired 2015-03-09 | THE ELITE ATE $800: The Densuke, a variety of this melon with black rather than green skin, has been sold for more than $6,000 a watermelon |
#7019, aired 2015-03-05 | THE BLACK LIST $1200: Urged on by his priest, Billy Wilkerson of this Variety rival published "Billy's Blacklist" in 1946 Hollywood Reporter |
#7015, aired 2015-02-27 | U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS $800: 2010:
This word meaning the variety of life on earth biodiversity |
#7007, aired 2015-02-17 | A HAMBURGER WITH ALL THE FIXINGS $600: You gotta have grilled onions--this sweet variety named for a Georgia city Vidalia |
#6989, aired 2015-01-22 | SPECIAL ED $400: This TV variety show host was also a gossip columnist for the N.Y. Daily News from 1932 to 1974 Ed Sullivan |
#6983, aired 2015-01-14 | FRUIT $1000: Elephant heart is a red-fleshed variety of this fruit the plum |
#6961, aired 2014-12-15 | THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY PAGE 1,001 $2000: Emulsifier found in egg yolks & used in a wide variety of products lecithin |
#6959, aired 2014-12-11 | 4 LEGS FOR YOU $400: The South American variety of this 4-legged cat can weigh 350 lbs.; some 2-legged Jacksonville ones can go 350, too a jaguar |
#6946, aired 2014-11-24 | BOSTON ACCENTS $400: The Boston variety of this plant has frilly leaves & long drooping fronds a fern |
#6926, aired 2014-10-27 | MARSUPIAL MATTERS $600: The endangered numbat feeds on these wood-eating insects that include a damp wood variety termites |
#6921, aired 2014-10-20 | JUST DESERTS $800: The Namib Desert of West Africa is home to a mountain variety of this member of the horse family the zebra |
#6917, aired 2014-10-14 | TODAY'S CHECKLIST $600: Feed my pet this, a variety of antelope; then I'm off to play the same-named drums a bongo |
#6913, aired 2014-10-08 | FRUIT & NUTS $200: The sweet Royal Ann variety of this is usually the type used to make maraschinos a cherry |
#6913, aired 2014-10-08 | FRUIT & NUTS $600: The Gravenstein variety of this fruit is named for a village in Denmark an apple |
#6909, aired 2014-10-02 | 2-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: They're "nuts" in China--
& in the U.S.,
where we grow the Brewster variety lychees |
#6904, aired 2014-09-25 | EAT YOUR VEGGIES $600: Developed in Canada, the Yukon Gold variety of this tuber has yellow flesh potato |
#6904, aired 2014-09-25 | EAT YOUR VEGGIES $2,200 (Daily Double): Unlike the familiar small red globe variety of this root vegetable, the daikon type is carrot-shaped & can be 18" long radish |
#6903, aired 2014-09-24 | WHAT GOOGLE COULD BE DOING $2000: This food made from the flint variety is always getting stuck between teeth, & Google has no fix popcorn |
#6899, aired 2014-09-18 | GEMS $200: A rare variety of ruby exhibits asterism, meaning that this shape is visible when the gem is seen in sunlight star |
#6899, aired 2014-09-18 | GEMS $400: Dive, mate! The waters of Australia are rich in the white south sea variety of these gems pearls |
#6896, aired 2014-09-15 | 2 KINDS OF "ESQUE" $200: A variety of bawdy stage show, or reminding one of Mr. Ives burlesque |
#6888, aired 2014-07-23 | ONLY ONE $1000: ...is a variety of snail:
glider,
sailfoot,
ramshorn ramshorn |
#6875, aired 2014-07-04 | I'M BORED $800: Lacking in variety, having very little inflection, repetitive; lacking in variety... monotonous |
#6875, aired 2014-07-04 | "RH" FACTOR $800: The coast variety of this "rose tree" is Washington's state flower the rhododendron |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | THE PUSSYCAT $200: Sealpoints are the best-known variety of this breed, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera Siamese |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | NEVADA $600: In 1973 this variety of sheep was designated Nevada's state animal a bighorn sheep |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew walks outside at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, CA.) At the Getty Center you can buy a cube of this rock, a variety of limestone that's the same Italian material on the Getty's facades & walkways travertine |
#6851, aired 2014-06-02 | "BABY" ON BOARD $800: Gypsophila elegans rosea is a pink variety of this bouquet flower baby's breath |
#6844, aired 2014-05-22 | BRANDS $200: The No. 1 breakfast cereal in the U.S. is the "Honey Nut" variety of these Cheerios |
#6842, aired 2014-05-20 | UNDER THE MICROSCOPE $400: These omnipresent organisms come in three shapes; seen here are bacilli, the rod-shaped variety bacteria |
#6842, aired 2014-05-20 | THE MUSEUMS OF EUROPE $3,000 (Daily Double): Exhibits in this composer's Bonn home include his grand piano & a variety of ear trumpets Beethoven |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $200: In 2013 Variety reported "This is the End" was the last movie rented from this once-mighty chain Blockbuster |
#6835, aired 2014-05-09 | YOU HAD ONE JOB! $600: In the pages of Variety, a thrush is this a female singer |
#6832, aired 2014-05-06 | MUSICAL SPLITS $400: They had a second variety show in 1976, after they had divorced Sonny and Cher |
#6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A WORD TO THE "I"s $800: Tajik is a variety of this language Farsi |
#6822, aired 2014-04-22 | ON MY HANDS $800: A Japanese variety of this sport called kyudo uses a glove called a yugake with which to draw the string archery |
#6818, aired 2014-04-16 | BREAD $800: In 1849 the Boudin family found the San Francisco air helped give their French bread a new taste & got into making this variety sourdough |
#6792, aired 2014-03-11 | "R"ANDOM HOUSE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS $600: "A variety of lettuce... having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves" romaine |
#6783, aired 2014-02-26 | A BUG'S LIFE $400: These insects, like the Anopheles variety, use a tubelike proboscis to inject saliva & draw up blood mosquitoes |
#6777, aired 2014-02-18 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1200: The Cavendish is the most common variety of this beloved tropical fruit peeled, sliced & split in the United States the banana |
#6753, aired 2014-01-15 | I'D LIKE A SOFT DRINK $600: Barq's is an "old tyme" variety of this soft drink root beer |
#6746, aired 2014-01-06 | MEYER TO NAUVOO $400: Made from sugarcane, the blackstrap variety of this has less sugar but more nutrition than lighter types molasses |
#6746, aired 2014-01-06 | EAT, DRINK $1600: The University of Minnesota created the honeycrisp, a variety of this fruit an apple |
#6723, aired 2013-12-04 | FINLANDIA $200: The Evangelical variety of this major Protestant denomination is the religion most widely practiced by Finns Lutheran |
#6722, aired 2013-12-03 | STINKER $200: The rare hooded variety is one of about a dozen species of these stinkers in the mammal family Mephitidae a skunk |
#6703, aired 2013-11-06 | THE NEW YORK TIMES FOOD $400: (Mark Bittman delivers the clue.) At nytimes.com you'll find videos on how to cook a variety of dishes, American & international, like dal tarka, a lentil dish from this country India |
#6696, aired 2013-10-28 | ARE YOU GONNA EAT THAT? $800: This generic 4-letter variety of seaweed, kombu in Japanese--no kelp |
#6684, aired 2013-10-10 | ON A MISSION $800: Seen here, the mission variety of this edible is one of the most popular types grown in the United States figs |
#6684, aired 2013-10-10 | AMERICAN ISLANDS $1200: A wide variety of species inhabit Rhode Island's bird sanctuaries like Prudence Island's in this bay Narragansett Bay |
#6683, aired 2013-10-09 | VARIETY OF VEG $200: Moth,
fava bean |
#6683, aired 2013-10-09 | VARIETY OF VEG $400: Bermuda,
Maui onion |
#6683, aired 2013-10-09 | VARIETY OF VEG $600: Banana,
bell pepper |
#6683, aired 2013-10-09 | VARIETY OF VEG $800: Smooth-leaf,
baby,
semi-savoy spinach |
#6683, aired 2013-10-09 | VARIETY OF VEG $1000: Imperator,
Chantenay,
little fingers carrots |
#6676, aired 2013-09-30 | THE BATTLESHIP U.S.S. IOWA $800: (Alex delivers the clue from the box launchers of the U.S.S. Iowa.) One of the modernizations to the Iowa in the 1980s was the addition of these armored box launchers & their deadly cargo of the Tomahawk variety of these a cruise missile |
#6673, aired 2013-09-25 | FLOWERS $1600: As you might suspect from its name, blue dawn is a variety of this climbing flower morning glory |
#6673, aired 2013-09-25 | FLOWERS $2000: Found in many different colors, this popular variety of orchid is known by its Latin genus name the Cymbidium |
#6655, aired 2013-07-19 | THE APPLE STORE $1200: The Beatles used this green apple variety from Australia as the logo of Apple Records Granny Smith |
#6655, aired 2013-07-19 | THE APPLE STORE $2000: The Royal Gala & Braeburn were crossed to get this apple variety with a musical name the Jazz |
#6649, aired 2013-07-11 | WORLD HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): The 1st planned convict settlement in Australia was at this bay named for its abundance and variety of life Botany Bay |
#6642, aired 2013-07-02 | "Z" END $1200: Smoky topaz isn't topaz at all but a darkish variety of this common mineral quartz |
#6641, aired 2013-07-01 | AGELESS QUOTES $400: About this queen, Shakespeare wrote, "age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety" Cleopatra |
#6640, aired 2013-06-28 | LAB TEST $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads the clue.) The Florence variety of this lab container takes its alliterative name from earlier ones used to bottle certain Italian wines a Florence flask |
#6637, aired 2013-06-25 | GOT A LITTLE CATEGORY HERE $800: Native to Cuba & barely over 2 inches in length, the "bee" variety of this is the world's smallest bird hummingbird |
#6631, aired 2013-06-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Part of the sole family, a hogchoker is a North American variety of this creature a fish |
#6625, aired 2013-06-07 | DRINKS $800: There's a Marshmallow Madness variety of this rhyming brand of hot cocoa Swiss Miss |
#6621, aired 2013-06-03 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $800: The jewelry seen here is made from Hawaii's state gem -- the black variety of this substance black coral |
#6618, aired 2013-05-29 | HONEY $600: The forest-dwelling honey variety of this creature of Southeast Asia is known as bhalu in Hindi a bear |
#6618, aired 2013-05-29 | HONEY $1000: Hummingbirds go wild for the Cape variety of this nectarous plant, seen here honeysuckle |
#6616, aired 2013-05-27 | "ART", FOR ART'S SAKE $800: Although many types of this edible plant are popular in Europe, the globe variety is mostly grown in the United States the artichoke |
#6601, aired 2013-05-06 | ROCKS & MINERALS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Lodestone, a natural picker-upper, is a variety of this mineral
that's named for
its attractive properties magnetite |
#6592, aired 2013-04-23 | LET'S GO TO TAHITI $600: Called va'a in the native tongue, a sport using the outrigger variety of this is a major sport in Tahiti a canoe |
#6592, aired 2013-04-23 | LET'S GO TO TAHITI $800: A Tahitian variety of this ice cream flavoring that's derived from a flower is world famous vanilla |
#6576, aired 2013-04-01 | & HERE'S YOUR HOST... $200: This "Idol" host with a variety of showbiz interests made $61 million from May 2010 to May 2011 Ryan Seacrest |
#6575, aired 2013-03-29 | GEMS $1600: The finest variety of this purple quartz gemstone comes from mines in Uruguay amethysts |
#6561, aired 2013-03-11 | WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY $1600: What:
Illinois' state amphibian, the eastern tiger variety of this salamander |
#6558, aired 2013-03-06 | GET YOUR IRISH UP $200: A national symbol, the shamrock is a variety of this plant a clover |
#6558, aired 2013-03-06 | ALASKAN WILDLIFE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Glacier Bay in Alaska.) The straw-colored plumes that curve backwards from behind the eyes are part of the breeding ornamentation of the tufted variety of this auk family member a puffin |
#6551, aired 2013-02-25 | VARIETY SLANGUAGE $200: In the pages of Variety, a tenpercenter is one of these representatives an agent |
#6551, aired 2013-02-25 | VARIETY SLANGUAGE $400: Abbreviated B.O., it can be boffo, socko or even whammo box office |
#6551, aired 2013-02-25 | VARIETY SLANGUAGE $600: Of "Major Crimes", "Guys with Kids" or "The Bachelor", the TV show Variety would call a laffer Guys with Kids |
#6551, aired 2013-02-25 | VARIETY SLANGUAGE $800: Colorful term meaning a studio go-ahead to make a movie a green-light |
#6551, aired 2013-02-25 | VARIETY SLANGUAGE $1000: Like Washington Irving, Variety calls New York City this (no "city" at the end) Gotham |
#6545, aired 2013-02-15 | LET'S MAKE THEM SCOTTISH $1600: The king variety of this "Scottish" fish can be more than 5 1/2 feet long a mackerel |
#6542, aired 2013-02-12 | THE WEATHER & GEOGRAPHY REPORT $400: Want variety? Over two days in 1916 the temperature in Browning, in this state, went from 44 to -56 degrees Montana |
#6537, aired 2013-02-05 | "HY" FIVE $2000: The grape variety of this flowering plant is seen here a hyacinth |
#6534, aired 2013-01-31 | BREAKFAST CEREALS $200: This Kellogg's cereal also comes in a gluten-free variety made with brown rice--but still with the same beloved sound Rice Krispies |
#6502, aired 2012-12-18 | EAT PREY $800: One of the fiercest predators of penguins is the leopard variety of this mammal a seal |
#6488, aired 2012-11-28 | WITH MAORI $400: Maori ceremonial cloaks called korowai are made with the feathers of a rare albino variety of this flightless bird a kiwi |
#6487, aired 2012-11-27 | A BUNCH OF "S.B." $200: At one of these, help yourself to lettuce & a variety of toppings plus your choice of dressing a salad bar |
#6475, aired 2012-11-09 | THE CULTURE OF VIETNAM $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a street in Vietnam.) The tube houses of old Vietnam sometimes went back 100 yards from the street; they had to be narrow, because taxes were based on frontage, & unlike the modern variety, they had to be one story, so that no one could look down on this exalted person the king or queen |
#6468, aired 2012-10-31 | OUTSIDE $400: The unusual markings on the Rembrandt variety of this bulb flower were originally caused by a virus a tulip |
#6461, aired 2012-10-22 | STATE SYMBOLS OF HAWAII $800: Hawaii's state bird, the nene, is also known as the Hawaiian variety of this bird a goose |
#6461, aired 2012-10-22 | STATE SYMBOLS OF HAWAII $1000: The yellow variety of this tropical bloomer is the state flower hibiscus |
#6458, aired 2012-10-17 | "OCC"-UPY JEOPARDY! $200: This vegetable that your kid may shun is a variety of cabbage broccoli |
#6450, aired 2012-10-05 | HOMOPHONES $2000: Extremely unpleasant, or what the Brits call variety meats awful/offal |
#6418, aired 2012-07-11 | THE HARD STUFF $2,000 (Daily Double): The star variety of this deep blue gemstone has other minerals embedded inside super-hard corundum sapphire |
#6417, aired 2012-07-10 | ILLINOIS STATE SYMBOLS $200: The Goldrush variety of this is the state fruit; hopefully, one a day will keep the doctor away the apple |
#6412, aired 2012-07-03 | ANGRY BIRDS $2000: I'm just goin' out with my covey, Ma! As Montezumas, I know we're a small variety of this bird, but I'll be ok! Gosh! a quail |
#6408, aired 2012-06-27 | NATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): The moonflower, whose blossoms open in the evening, is a fragrant variety of this a.m. flower the morning glory |
#6396, aired 2012-06-11 | "PIPE" DREAMS $1000: Also known as a syrinx, this variety of flute is popular in the Pyrenees a panpipe |
#6394, aired 2012-06-07 | FOOD STUFF $200: The wild variety of this grain is actually a type of marsh grass native to the Great Lakes region (wild) rice |
#6393, aired 2012-06-06 | FATS & OILS $1200: AKA groundnut oil, it absorbs almost no flavor from food, so you can cook a variety of foods in it together peanut oil |
#6369, aired 2012-05-03 | BEASTLY BUSINESS $200: The western spotted variety of this animal does a handstand before it sprays its enemies a skunk |
#6359, aired 2012-04-19 | 4-LETTER CROSSWORD REGULARS $1600: Trademarked name for an unattractive, wrinkly skinned variety of tangelo an Ugli |
#6351, aired 2012-04-09 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: This doorless 4-wheeled buggy had a variety of tops including parasol, extension &, of course, fringed a surrey |
#6348, aired 2012-04-04 | BEGGARS CAN'T BE BOOZERS $200: In 2009 Carlsberg introduced a variety of this priced at $350 a bottle beer |
#6346, aired 2012-04-02 | A BEASTLY CATEGORY $800: An Alpine variety of this amphibian can stay pregnant for 3 years & 2 months a salamander |
#6343, aired 2012-03-28 | OFFICIAL STATE FRUITS $1600: Texas
(the Texas red variety) grapefruit |
#6337, aired 2012-03-20 | MY PRECIOUS $200: A New York City importer sells the Caspian Almas Osetra Malossol variety of this for just over $20k per kilo caviar |
#6337, aired 2012-03-20 | MY PRECIOUS $800: Lucky for us all, the weapons-grade variety of this stuff that powered the second atomic bomb costs almost $11,000 a gram plutonium |
#6333, aired 2012-03-14 | AMERICAN FOOD $800: Juice, jellies, & jams are made with this American fruit variety seen here Concord grapes |
#6324, aired 2012-03-01 | FOOD TALK $1000: For its resemblance to fasteners used by cobblers, a popular variety of sweet white corn is called this shoepeg corn |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | A FRUITFUL CATEGORY $1000: Grown in the South, the scuppernong is a variety of this a grape |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | TV SPIN-OFFS $1600: "Mama's Family", from this star's variety show Carol Burnett |
#6292, aired 2012-01-17 | YOU MIGHT "B" HUNGRY $800: This German sausage made of pork & veal is seasoned with a variety of spices including ginger, nutmeg & coriander bratwurst |
#6282, aired 2012-01-03 | APPETIZERS $1200: This French-named type of appetizer, seen here, can feature a wide variety of toppings canapé |
#6276, aired 2011-12-26 | SOUP ALPHABET $800: "T" is for this classic; Martha Stewart says to make it with the whole plum variety tomato (soup) |
#6275, aired 2011-12-23 | GEMSTONES $400: In 1910 a gemologist named a variety of beryl morganite for this financier & mineral collector J.P. Morgan |
#6247, aired 2011-11-15 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS $1200: In 1945 in Newport, Arkansas, he opened his first store, a Ben Franklin variety store Sam Walton |
#6229, aired 2011-10-20 | MEET THE FLINT STONES $600: Flint is a fine-grained variety of this mineral used in crystal-controlled clocks & watches quartz |
#6225, aired 2011-10-14 | "V" IS FOR... $400: this synonym for diversity, said to be the spice of life variety |
#6223, aired 2011-10-12 | CHILDHOOD HEALTH $600: (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) Body fat affects the ability to use insulin, so bad eating habits among youth may be why more & more kids are diagnosed not with the type 1 or juvenile kind of this but the type 2 or adult-onset variety diabetes |
#6214, aired 2011-09-29 | ARCTIC WILDLIFE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway.) The Atlantic variety of this comical seabird has a parrot-like bill that can hold many fish at one time a puffin |
#6208, aired 2011-09-21 | TREES $2,500 (Daily Double): Brought over from Australia, blue gum is the USA's most common variety of this tree eucalyptus |
#6195, aired 2011-07-15 | THE SUBJECT IS ROSES $1600: The most popular garden roses are the hybrid these; there's a "black" variety, but don't try to brew it tea roses |
#6192, aired 2011-07-12 | & "LOW" THING $1000: A variety of gorilla that can be eastern or western lowland gorillas |
#6191, aired 2011-07-11 | GET "SET" $1600: A variety of apple is called this, also a shade of reddish brown russet |
#6186, aired 2011-07-04 | THE LANGUAGE OF FOOD $600: "Cool as a" this; the English variety can grow up to 2 feet long a cucumber |
#6180, aired 2011-06-24 | MAY I QUOTE YOU ON THAT? $1600: Variety in 1955 on this musical style:
"It will be gone by June" rock & roll |
#6171, aired 2011-06-13 | THAT'S LIFE SCIENCE $1200: A variety of Atlantic sea slug eats algae, retains some of it & can then undergo this plant process photosynthesis |
#6171, aired 2011-06-13 | THAT'S LIFE SCIENCE $1600: Able to reach a length of 6.5", the South American longhorn variety of this insect is one of the world's largest a beetle |
#6167, aired 2011-06-07 | SPECIAL "T"s $1000: The Minneola is a common variety of this hybrid citrus fruit a tangelo |
#6161, aired 2011-05-30 | CATCHING A FEW "Z"s $2000: The Matura diamond is a colorless variety of this 6-letter mineral zircon |
#6153, aired 2011-05-18 | SOUNDS PEACHY $200: This botanist is in the U.S. Inventors Hall of Fame for a variety of peach he developed, not his potato (Luther) Burbank |
#6151, aired 2011-05-16 | THEY'RE NUTS IN CALIFORNIA $1200: In the Kerman variety of this, 1/4 of the nuts may lack the typical split shell & need it done mechanically the pistachio |
#6150, aired 2011-05-13 | 10-LETTER WORDS $600: Isn't there a song about this variety of tangerine? a clementine |
#6145, aired 2011-05-06 | SUMMER SCHOOL $600: The crookneck variety of this alliterative item is seen here a summer squash |
#6144, aired 2011-05-05 | ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS $800: Variety called it "a horse picture" with "a new dramatic find--moppet Elizabeth Taylor" National Velvet |
#6142, aired 2011-05-03 | THE MALE CARES FOR THE YOUNG $800: Males of the poison arrow variety of these amphibians carry the hatched young on their backs to water frogs |
#6139, aired 2011-04-28 | FRUITS & NUTS $800: The Brazilian type of this c-shaped nut is the largest, softest & whitest variety cashew |
#6120, aired 2011-04-01 | WHAT'S GOING "ON"? $800: A variety of agate with alternating colored layers an onyx |
#6117, aired 2011-03-29 | QUITE THE CAST OF TV CHARACTERS $1000: Lutz, Frank & Toofer help make a variety show on this TV show 30 Rock |
#6098, aired 2011-03-02 | BOTANY $400: This smooth-skinned variety of peach can sometimes be found on the same tree as its fuzzy brethren a nectarine |
#6097, aired 2011-03-01 | FOOD & DRINK $400: Ocean Spray makes Cran-Cherry, Cran-Grape & Cran-this variety of orange tangerine |
#6091, aired 2011-02-21 | EXTREME ANIMALS $200: The Antarctic fur variety of this animal has the longest whiskers of any animal, up to about 20 inches long a seal |
#6088, aired 2011-02-16 | DIALING FOR DIALECTS $200: Sprechen Sie Plattdeutsch? If you do, you speak the Low variety of this language German |
#6084, aired 2011-02-10 | WHAT THE TV TITLE MEANS $800: The building where the variety show "TGS with Tracy Jordan" is produced 30 Rock |
#6080, aired 2011-02-04 | BIRDIE $400: Seen here, & common in Hawaii, is the red-crested variety of this bird the cardinal |
#6066, aired 2011-01-17 | ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN $1000: The Cortland variety of these brown very slowly after they're cut, making them a good choice for garnishes apples |
#6062, aired 2011-01-11 | A SEEDY CATEGORY $200: Sushi is sometimes crusted with both the black & white variety of these sesame seeds |
#6062, aired 2011-01-11 | A SEEDY CATEGORY $400: Weighing up to 50 pounds the world's largest seed, as pictured here is the double variety of this palm fruit a coconut |
#6048, aired 2010-12-22 | OH BOY! PRESENTS! $1000: Fans of this comedienne's 1970s variety show might enjoy a copy of her best-selling memoir "This Time Together" (Carol) Burnett |
#6046, aired 2010-12-20 | SOME KIND OF A NUT $1200: The black variety of this tree of the genus Juglans produces edible nuts in a tough green husk walnut |
#6043, aired 2010-12-15 | COLORFUL FOODS $1600: This variety of kale has a color in its two-word name collard greens |
#6039, aired 2010-12-09 | CREATURES OF THE NIGHT $800: As you might expect from its name, the 2-toed variety of this nocturnal animal is a real slow mover a sloth |
#6035, aired 2010-12-03 | GREEN FOOD $600: Pascal is the familiar pale green variety of this stalked veggie celery |
#6033, aired 2010-12-01 | MY "B*FF" $400: Variety has long used this word for a box office hit boffo |
#6031, aired 2010-11-29 | THE LILY $1200: Sacred to the ancient Egyptians, Buddhists & Hindus, it's the variety of water lily seen here the lotus |
#6030, aired 2010-11-26 | "ULA" LA! $600: At almost a foot in leg span, the largest variety of this arachnid is the Goliath bird-eater
of South America a tarantula |
#6028, aired 2010-11-24 | BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY $800: The amazing variety of light colors must belong to this U.S. desert city Las Vegas |
#6027, aired 2010-11-23 | ACTION CINEMA 2010! $1000: Variety said this Sly Stallone pic had enough pyrotechnic displays to alter the planet's orbit The Expendables |
#6019, aired 2010-11-11 | MYSTERY MEAT $1000: Not to assume the wurst, but Braunschweiger is a smoked variety of this spreadable sausage liverwurst |
#6011, aired 2010-11-01 | MUSHROOMS $1000: The name of this widely eaten variety, Agaricus bisporus, implies that it's cute a button mushroom |
#6003, aired 2010-10-20 | LIZARDRY $400: Able to sit on a quarter, the dwarf variety of this lizard is the world's smallest & won't try to sell you car insurance the (dwarf) gecko |
#6002, aired 2010-10-19 | SCIENCE IS GOLDEN $2,000 (Daily Double): Citrine is a yellow variety of this mineral quartz |
#5999, aired 2010-10-14 | VARIETY PACK $400: It's a slang term for a job for musicians, or a pronged spear used for fishing or catching frogs a gig |
#5999, aired 2010-10-14 | VARIETY PACK $800: The words tanning & tannin come from an old German word for this mighty tree, once the main source of tannin an oak |
#5999, aired 2010-10-14 | VARIETY PACK $1200: This 3-word phrase describes a desperate "leap" taken by a TV show to retain ratings jump the shark |
#5999, aired 2010-10-14 | VARIETY PACK $1600: In 1931 this Hull House founder was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the first American woman so honored (Jane) Addams |
#5999, aired 2010-10-14 | VARIETY PACK $2000: In 1954 Monaco's Prince Rainier created the Order of this family to reward those who contribute to the country's prestige Grimaldi |
#5965, aired 2010-07-16 | "HY" FIVE $1600: Grown in a variety of colors, they're the large, showy flowers seen here hydrangeas |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | LIVING THINGS $600: Washington's state fish is the steelhead variety of this a trout |
#5941, aired 2010-06-14 | A FRUITY CATEGORY $800: The aptly named sanguinelli is a variety of this citrus fruit with deep red flesh a blood orange |
#5936, aired 2010-06-07 | EXTRAVAGANT EDIBLES $400: Dogs are trained to find the white or Piedmont variety of this fungus a truffle |
#5936, aired 2010-06-07 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $600: A thick variety of blanket, or a Kabul native an afghan |
#5922, aired 2010-05-18 | GOOD DOGGIE $200: The Pembroke variety of this breed is popular with royalty corgis |
#5913, aired 2010-05-05 | "V" LIKE 7-LETTER WORDS $200: Crayolas & Band-Aids come in this kind of pack that gives you lots of choice variety |
#5913, aired 2010-05-05 | PICKLES $800: Eaten between different servings of sushi, gari is a thinly sliced, pickled variety of this herb ginger |
#5900, aired 2010-04-16 | TELL ME EVERYTHING $200: Your average garden variety of this creature moves at about .03 miles per hour a snail |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | WEIRD CRITTERS $400: A living fossil of the deep, the goblin variety of this fish is seen here the shark |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | WEIRD CRITTERS $1200: The long beak variety of this egg layer is found in New Guinea an echidna |
#5885, aired 2010-03-26 | LAST OF A DYING BREED $800: The last wild wisent, also called the European variety of this plains animal, was killed in the Caucasus in 1927 a bison |
#5864, aired 2010-02-25 | BLACK BIRD $2000: You crazy old guy, it's the American variety of this 4-letter waterfowl a coot |
#5863, aired 2010-02-24 | STING LIKE A "BE" $400: Your garden variety this veggie is often eaten pickled; the sugar type, not a beet |
#5857, aired 2010-02-16 | ASSEMBLY LINE $1000: (Alex reports from the line at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.) To increase manufacturing efficiency, the engine will fit not only the truck here, but a whole variety of others, which makes it this kind of interchangeable part, from the Latin for "unit of measurement" modular |
#5856, aired 2010-02-15 | TURTLES $1200: Like cajun pralines, the longtime Nestle treat Turtles contained this nut that comes in a paper shell variety pecans |
#5840, aired 2010-01-22 | MELON-CHOLY $800: Americans call an orange-fleshed melon with a netted rind this; charentais is a variety of the true one a cantaloupe |
#5833, aired 2010-01-13 | HOLE FOODS $400: Emmental, produced since the 13th century, is the original variety of this Swiss cheese |
#5816, aired 2009-12-21 | FARM AID $1600: Tomatoes sometimes come in this "old" variety, meaning they're open-pollinated & not grown widely heirloom |
#5812, aired 2009-12-15 | DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS $1600: Unlike a close relative, the blue-winged variety of this Aussie bird doesn't "laugh" but cackles kookaburra |
#5799, aired 2009-11-26 | ANIMAL FARM $200: The L.A. Times says the Norwegian variety of this animal came to Los Angeles via rail, the black variety via ship a rat |
#5799, aired 2009-11-26 | ANIMAL FARM $800: The spadefoot variety of this amphibian can lay up to 3,000 eggs in pools created by a summer rainfall a frog (a toad accepted) |
#5799, aired 2009-11-26 | WEIRD WORDS $1000: Also a slang term for the head in Shakespeare's time, a costard is an old variety of this fruit an apple |
#5794, aired 2009-11-19 | THE "GREEN" ROOM $800: In show biz it's a studio OK to go ahead, as in the 2008 Variety headline "'Gulliver' Gets Fox" this a green light |
#5782, aired 2009-11-03 | ON THE RESTAURANT'S FAST FOOD MENU $400: A boneless variety bucket of poultry, including a popcorn one KFC |
#5778, aired 2009-10-28 | THE "H" IT IS $400: From the Old Norse for "house dweller", it's one variety of spouse husband |
#5777, aired 2009-10-27 | THAT'S RARE $400: This green gem is actually a rare variety of beryl emerald |
#5774, aired 2009-10-22 | SLIP-POURRI $1600: The lady's slipper variety of this exotic plant is seen here an orchid |
#5770, aired 2009-10-16 | TASTES OF TOKYO $1600: Unagi is the freshwater type; anago is the salt-water variety, like the conger an eel |
#5761, aired 2009-10-05 | BEAR IT $600 (Daily Double): Also a name of an Alaskan island, this bear variety is one of the largest carnivores on Earth the Kodiak |
#5761, aired 2009-10-05 | BEAR IT $1600: The "clan" of this extinct bear variety, Ursus spelaeus, lived in Europe during the Pleistocene Epoch the cave bear |
#5755, aired 2009-09-25 | EYE CANDY $800: Life's a beach with the tropical variety of these candies, including mango melon & pina colada Starburst |
#5752, aired 2009-09-22 | FROM SOUP TO NUTS $1000: The sweet variety of this nut is popular as a snack; the bitter type is inedible but yields a flavoring extract almonds |
#5744, aired 2009-07-23 | DANSWERS $400: One variety from Pace is Pineapple Mango Chipotle salsa |
#5744, aired 2009-07-23 | WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE LIZARD $800: Can the lizard change its spots? Not if it's this feline variety a leopard lizard |
#5742, aired 2009-07-21 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Sandeman Winery in Portugal.) In Portugal corks are made from this variety of oak tree cork |
#5741, aired 2009-07-20 | "IT" OR "NOT" $1600: Adjective meaning tediously repetitive... or repetitious... or lacking in variety monotonous |
#5739, aired 2009-07-16 | SPIDERS, MAN! $800: Stand back--it's the hairy variety of spider seen here the tarantula |
#5736, aired 2009-07-13 | ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES $1000: If you meet the "loan" variety of this fish, watch your wallet a shark |
#5718, aired 2009-06-17 | THE "GOLD" BUG $1200: It's the variety of tall herbs seen here goldenrod |
#5712, aired 2009-06-09 | SCIENCE GLOSSARY $3,000 (Daily Double): The quality of richness of variety of life forms, both plant & animal, in a given environment biodiversity |
#5710, aired 2009-06-05 | I REMEMBER TELEVISION $400: I remember this variety show that signed off with "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together" from 1967 to 1978 The Carol Burnett Show |
#5709, aired 2009-06-04 | NOT HARD AT ALL $1000: Used for steam generation, this soft variety of coal is called steam coal in Britain bituminous |
#5700, aired 2009-05-22 | THE DOLPHINS $1200: Seen here, this variety of dolphin takes its name from a distinctive facial feature the bottlenose |
#5681, aired 2009-04-27 | ANIMATED WORD PUZZLES $200: Sargento makes a fancy variety of this shredded cheese |
#5664, aired 2009-04-02 | ZOOLOGY $600: Not only does it have armor to protect itself, the 3-banded variety of this can also roll into a ball the armadillo |
#5662, aired 2009-03-31 | THAT'S NOT CRICKET $200: The unlucky guy seen here is the hawk variety of this insect a moth |
#5633, aired 2009-02-18 | NATURE CALLS $400: The Asian tiger variety of this insect is invading the U.S. & transmits dengue fever, encephalitis & dog heartworm mosquito |
#5633, aired 2009-02-18 | CAN I BUY YOU A SANDWCH? $2,000 (Daily Double): The name of this hot pressed sandwich made with a variety of fillings is Italian for "little bread" panini |
#5629, aired 2009-02-12 | BRANDED $200: "There's a" variety of this brand of eye lubricant "for that" or if you prefer the old slogan, "It gets the red out" Visine |
#5608, aired 2009-01-14 | OVER-THE-COUNTER CULTURE $1000: The DEA backed off, man! Nutiva sells protein bars made from this fiber-producing variety of cannabis sativa hemp |
#5607, aired 2009-01-13 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $2000: The Italian plum is one variety of this member of the nightshade family tomatoes |
#5598, aired 2008-12-31 | ROCKS & STONES $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a carved artwork in Peru.) Hand-carved sculptures of this stone, a translucent variety of gypsum, are a mainstay of Peruvian handicrafts alabaster |
#5589, aired 2008-12-18 | SPOTTED CREATURES $600: The northern spotted variety of this wise old bird has been on the threatened list since 1990 owl |
#5584, aired 2008-12-11 | VARIETY PACK $400: Mittendorf's Dot is a congenital whitish-gray dot on the lens of this organ the eye |
#5584, aired 2008-12-11 | VARIETY PACK $800: A prefix referring to skin, or a Jewish-American sausage also called kishke derma |
#5584, aired 2008-12-11 | VARIETY PACK $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew presents a textbook physics experiment.) Interweave two books together & you won't be able to pull them apart, because the spine compresses the pages & creates this force between each page friction |
#5584, aired 2008-12-11 | VARIETY PACK $1600: During a thunderstorm, this faint glowing light sometimes appears around masts of sailing ships & treetops St. Elmo's Fire |
#5584, aired 2008-12-11 | VARIETY PACK $2000: Sherlock Holmes smokes a calabash pipe made from this mineral whose name is German for "sea foam" meerschaum |
#5573, aired 2008-11-26 | I'M SO "SHR" $600: The Malaysian variety of this insectivore is seen here a shrew |
#5570, aired 2008-11-21 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $1000: Buzzbee is the advertising mascot for this variety of Cheerios Honey Nut Cheerios |
#5561, aired 2008-11-10 | "OO" 7-LETTER WORDS $2000: To deceive or cheat, possibly at this variety of pool snooker |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | TIBET YOUR LIFE $800: In the 8th c. the scholar & mystic Padmasambhava fashioned the Tibetan variety of this faith Buddhism |
#5544, aired 2008-10-16 | FLOWERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Though it means "lily", the fleur-de-lis is a variety of this flower an iris |
#5543, aired 2008-10-15 | WHATCHA EATIN'? $1200: A handful of Lamberts, a heart-shaped red variety of this pitted fruit cherries |
#5542, aired 2008-10-14 | THE BELLS ARE RINGING $200: The bell variety of this edible item is a specially cultivated group from the species Capsicum annuum the pepper |
#5536, aired 2008-10-06 | MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES OF 2007 $1000: Boys' No. 7:
Burgess,
Eden,
Wayne
(he of the "Mad" variety) Anthony |
#5531, aired 2008-09-29 | MICROSCOPY $400: A variety of this plague carrier is seen here a flea |
#5528, aired 2008-09-24 | TV VARIETY SHOWS $200: This comedienne ended her telecasts by tugging her ear, a personal message to her grandmother Carol Burnett |
#5528, aired 2008-09-24 | TV VARIETY SHOWS $400: Daughter Chastity made her TV debut on this singing duo's "Comedy Hour" in the early 1970s Sonny & Cher |
#5528, aired 2008-09-24 | TV VARIETY SHOWS $600: This newspaper columnist's CBS variety show aired on Sunday nights for 23 straight years Ed Sullivan |
#5528, aired 2008-09-24 | TV VARIETY SHOWS $800: Everybody loves somebody, & everybody loved this singer's NBC variety series that ranked in the top 10 in '68 & '69 Dean Martin |
#5528, aired 2008-09-24 | TV VARIETY SHOWS $1000: In 1968 comedian Pat Paulsen began a campaign for president on this duo's comedy/variety hour the Smothers Brothers |
#5518, aired 2008-09-10 | ENGLAND $1000: A "rock" variety of game hen is named for this southwestern county of England Cornwall |
#5511, aired 2008-07-21 | ON "Q" $400: The northern bobwhite is a common variety of this small bird a quail |
#5507, aired 2008-07-15 | THE EMERALD AISLE $1600: Roll out this--emerald is the green variety of it; aquamarine is the blue-green variety beryl |
#5501, aired 2008-07-07 | COOK $1200: "Eye" have a feeling you might know the name of this kind of salmon, the most valuable food variety sockeye |
#5494, aired 2008-06-26 | "R" GANG $600: From the Latin for "furrowed", it's the pasta variety seen here rigatoni |
#5491, aired 2008-06-23 | RATS $1000: Exposed underground variety of rat seen here a naked mole rat |
#5485, aired 2008-06-13 | HODGEPODGE $200: This "feline" variety of willow tree belongs to the same family as aspens & cottonwoods the pussy willow |
#5483, aired 2008-06-11 | ANIMALS $2000: One variety of the white-tailed species of this lives in the Florida Keys & weighs only 50 to 75 pounds a deer |
#5479, aired 2008-06-05 | ALL NATURAL EATS $1000: Whether it's the pascal or golden variety of this vegetable, its name comes from the Greek for "parsley" celery |
#5472, aired 2008-05-27 | BUGGY $800: The term "locust" commonly refers to the short-horned variety of this insect a grasshopper |
#5470, aired 2008-05-23 | "B" PLUS $1000: This national variety of python can grow to 30 feet long the Burmese python |
#5467, aired 2008-05-20 | "T" TIME $2000: The scarlet variety of this high flier seen here tanager |
#5466, aired 2008-05-19 | HODGEPODGE $1000: Originally from Asia, the "walking" variety of this fish was introduced into Florida in the 1960s the catfish |
#5461, aired 2008-05-12 | MAKE SOME NOISE! $1600: The Canada variety of these are heard here geese |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | CAT SKILLS $2000: The clouded variety of this large feline of Southeast Asia is known to perch & hide in trees a leopard |
#5446, aired 2008-04-21 | BUSINESS TALK $1600: From the Latin for "to roll together", it's a corporation of several companies involved in a variety of businesses conglomerate |
#5441, aired 2008-04-14 | CEPHALOPODCAST $600: Sepia is a variety of this 3-letter defensive secretion produced by cephalopods ink |
#5433, aired 2008-04-02 | WHAT A GEM! $1,000 (Daily Double): Often a lemony color, this variety of quartz has a name derived from the type of fruit that a lemon is citrine |
#5416, aired 2008-03-10 | THE CAT $600: It's the tailless cat variety from an island south of Scotland a manx |
#5409, aired 2008-02-28 | SWEET $200: Blackstrap is a variety of this brownish sugar residue that's used in animal feed molasses |
#5404, aired 2008-02-21 | SHARK! $1600: One specimen of this shark variety seen here was 21 feet long & 7,300 pounds--no wonder it gets all the press a great white shark |
#5403, aired 2008-02-20 | NO, I'M GOING TO THE ZOO $1200: Seen here is the desert variety of this, a word referring only to land-dwelling animals a tortoise |
#5395, aired 2008-02-08 | VALENTINE'S DAY CUISINE $200: (Bam! Emeril Lagasse from the Food Network delivers the first clue.) Asparagus has long been thought to help in the romance department; for variety, try the European white type, grown in darkness so they lack this pigment chlorophyll |
#5390, aired 2008-02-01 | MONTY PYTHON FOREVER $800: A fake TV show designed to help viewers recognize trees keeps showing this tree variety over & over & over the larch |
#5387, aired 2008-01-29 | LET'S BUILD AN "ARK" $800: A songbird of the genus Sturnella, or a Globetrotter of the Genius variety Meadowlark |
#5382, aired 2008-01-22 | 1940s TELEVISION $1200: This "Howdy Doody" host had a variety show during the 1948-49 season called "the Gulf Road Show" "Buffalo Bob" Smith |
#5373, aired 2008-01-09 | HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW? $1000: This popular terrier variety seen here was developed for hunting in the 19th century a Jack Russell terrier |
#5373, aired 2008-01-09 | HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW? $1,200 (Daily Double): One of the rarest breeds is this Asian variety a shar-pei |
#5372, aired 2008-01-08 | YOU'RE AN ANIMAL $800: The plains variety of this animal has gray markings that are known as shadow stripes a zebra |
#5358, aired 2007-12-19 | A MOLE $600: The mole variety of this insect has forelegs adapated for shoveling: the males can chirp a mean tune, too a cricket |
#5354, aired 2007-12-13 | WHAT A GEM! $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew holds a purple gem in a pair of tweezers.) It has more iron oxide than any other variety of quartz, which is believed to account for its rich color an amethyst |
#5353, aired 2007-12-12 | HELPING HANDS MONKEYS $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from Helping Hands in Boston, MA as a monkey gets some water from a fridge.) The wide variety of tasks the monkeys learn makes life much easier for those with mobility impairments, such as this condition of paralysis of all four limbs quadriplegia |
#5350, aired 2007-12-07 | FOOD $1200: California's Green Globe is a popular variety of this veggie with an edible heart an artichoke |
#5347, aired 2007-12-04 | SALMON $600: The roe of the chum salmon is a popular source for the red variety of this caviar |
#5347, aired 2007-12-04 | SALMON $800: Salmon are members of the same family as the speckled or brook variety of this fish trout |
#5341, aired 2007-11-26 | LEAF ME $1200: Some consider the Hannibal variety of these, made from 100% Havana seed leaf, the world's finest cigars |
#5337, aired 2007-11-20 | I ONLY HAVE "I"s FOR YOU $200: Hedera Helix is the English variety of this climbing plant ivy |
#5327, aired 2007-11-06 | AT THE BUFFET $800: How about some fruit salad featuring this apple variety whose name means "a festive celebration" Gala |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | FISH & SHIPS $200: The Moray variety of this fish is sharp-toothed & can be vicious if provoked eel |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | FISH & SHIPS $800: Queen variety of this heavenly sponge eater & reef dweller is seen here an angel fish |
#5286, aired 2007-09-10 | THE HONEY $2000: Aw, shucks! It's the variety of plant seen here honeysuckle |
#5278, aired 2007-07-18 | INSECT INVASION $400: About 300,000 people in Africa suffer from sleeping sickness spread by the tsetse variety of this insect a fly |
#5278, aired 2007-07-18 | INSECT INVASION $1200: Responsible for millions of cases of malaria each year, the Anopheles variety of this insect is one deadly bug the mosquito |
#5278, aired 2007-07-18 | HOW TO MAKE A VEGETABLE STEW $1600: Don't forget to add this bulb; you can use the Walla Walla, Maui, Bermuda or Vidalia variety onion |
#5277, aired 2007-07-17 | FLORA $2000: A variety of this state tree of Mississippi is the cucumber tree, which gets its name from the shape of its fruits the magnolia |
#5264, aired 2007-06-28 | SOUNDS LIKE A U.S. STATE $400: Jill of "Crossing Jordan" knows this cognac brand has a Paradis Extra variety in addition to V.S.O.P. & X.O. Hennessy |
#5259, aired 2007-06-21 | ANIMAL FARM $2000: The ursus californicus variety of this fierce brown bear is featured on California's state seal grizzly |
#5254, aired 2007-06-14 | SCULPTURE $2000: The Etruscans carved many of their works from tufa, a soft porous variety of this calcium carbonate rock limestone |
#5246, aired 2007-06-04 | OF WING $400: As big as the California variety of this type of vulture is, the Andean variety is even larger a condor |
#5246, aired 2007-06-04 | I WANT MY "M" TV $400: This widely popular variety show was hosted by a frog The Muppets |
#5246, aired 2007-06-04 | OF WING $600: The so-called wingspan of the manta variety of this creature can reach 20 feet a ray |
#5240, aired 2007-05-25 | HAVE SOME "T" $600: Hope you can "stomach" this variety meat; I'm serving it the classic French way, a la mode de Caen tripe |
#5233, aired 2007-05-16 | "B" PREPARED $800: This "colorful" variety of country music is played on unamplified stringed instruments bluegrass |
#5223, aired 2007-05-02 | ENDS WITH "UM" $400: Santa Rosa is a large, dark purple variety of this fruit a plum |
#5213, aired 2007-04-18 | "Q"ING UP $400: Citrine, which is cut into gemstones, is a variety of this mineral quartz |
#5189, aired 2007-03-15 | ALL BARK $200: The bald variety of this tree is common in swampy areas a cypress |
#5189, aired 2007-03-15 | BIRTHSTONES $600: This February birthstone is a violet variety of quartz amethyst |
#5183, aired 2007-03-07 | TOP 10 LISTS $1000: The top 10 fastest fish in the sea include the tiger shark, the sailfish & the bluefin variety of this food fish the tuna |
#5178, aired 2007-02-28 | TV BEFORE & AFTER $1200: A sketch show's dead parrot lives to soar through a flaming hoop held by Cathy Lee Crosby on a '70s celeb variety show Monty Python's Flying Circus of the Stars |
#5177, aired 2007-02-27 | ALSO A 3-LETTER TREE $600: A variety of California laurel, or a body of water forming an indentation of a shoreline bay |
#5177, aired 2007-02-27 | ALSO A 3-LETTER TREE $800: English is one variety of this tree that is also a nightmare-ridden movie street elm |
#5176, aired 2007-02-26 | FINISH THE REALLY LOOSE RHYME $1000: This critter seen here isn't poisonous, heck no! /
Look & you'll see, as plain as can be, your garden variety... gecko |
#5172, aired 2007-02-20 | THE BIRD IS THE WORD $1000: The house variety of this common songbird was introduced to North America in the 1850s sparrow |
#5171, aired 2007-02-19 | BOTANY $600: About 3/4 of U.S. plantings of this palm fruit are of the Deglet Noor, a semidry variety dates |
#5171, aired 2007-02-19 | GRAPES $2000: A popular grape used in making raisins is this variety that shares its name with the capital of Oman Muscat |
#5167, aired 2007-02-13 | RHYME TIME $800: A weak, not in the best of health gastropod of the common garden variety frail snail |
#5155, aired 2007-01-26 | POTPOURRI $1200: First 2 words of Variety's headline about rural audiences rejecting rural movies, preceding "Hick Pix" Sticks Nix |
#5153, aired 2007-01-24 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: The canvasback is a wild North American variety of this bird a duck |
#5153, aired 2007-01-24 | FOR THE BIRDS $2000: The Rainbow variety of this parakeet relative is seen here a lorikeet |
#5141, aired 2007-01-08 | EAT YOUR FRUITS & VEGGIES $1200: In the 1970s the sugar snap variety of this veggie was created when snow & green varieties were crossed peas |
#5141, aired 2007-01-08 | EAT YOUR FRUITS & VEGGIES $3,000 (Daily Double): Beurre d'Anjou, a variety of this fruit, is thought to have originated in France; it was introduced into the U.S. in 1842 a pear |
#5140, aired 2007-01-05 | BYE BYE BIRDIE $400: Incredibly, this variety of pigeon that went extinct in 1914 was once the most abundant bird species in America a passenger pigeon |
#5139, aired 2007-01-04 | LET'S GO CAMPING! $800: The mummy variety of this camping equipment is perfect for cold weather sleeping bag |
#5138, aired 2007-01-03 | LIVIN' LA VIDA LOBSTER $400: A variety lacking enlarged pincers, this 5-letter "prickly" type of lobster is also known as a sea crayfish a spiny lobster |
#5136, aired 2007-01-01 | SAY CHEESE $800: Tillamook is an American variety of this British cheese cheddar |
#5135, aired 2006-12-29 | MARLIN $400: The 4 main types of marlin are the white, the striped, the black & this colorful variety that can grow to 1,000 pounds! the blue marlin |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | LONG LIVE THE KING $400: On Sept. 9, 1956 an estimated 1/3 of the U.S. population watched Elvis on this man's variety show Ed Sullivan |
#5102, aired 2006-11-14 | A VARIETY OF WORDS $400: When Variety talks about the "Mouse", they're referring to this studio Disney |
#5102, aired 2006-11-14 | A VARIETY OF WORDS $800: The "Eye Web" is commonly used to refer to this network CBS |
#5102, aired 2006-11-14 | A VARIETY OF WORDS $1200: An "oater" is specifically this genre of film a Western |
#5102, aired 2006-11-14 | A VARIETY OF WORDS $1600: If Variety says a film is doing well in "Oz", it doesn't mean the Munchkins like it, it means it's popular here Australia |
#5102, aired 2006-11-14 | A VARIETY OF WORDS $2000: The "Alphabet Web" refers to this network ABC |
#5096, aired 2006-11-06 | P TIMES 3 $600: It's a roundish or oblate variety of apple pippin |
#5094, aired 2006-11-02 | POET'S GLOSSARY $800: The "heroic" variety of this pair of rhyming lines is written in iambic pentameter a couplet |
#5083, aired 2006-10-18 | OH "MY" $1200: It's the golden variety of the famous copycat seen here a mynah bird |
#5078, aired 2006-10-11 | THE ALIENS ARE HERE! $1200: An Asian fungus has killed virtually every one of the American variety of this popular holiday nut tree the chestnut |
#5075, aired 2006-10-06 | EAT WELL $1000: Among legumes, a good source of protein, are peas & this type of seed such as the pinto, white or black variety beans |
#5069, aired 2006-09-28 | JACKASS--THE CATEGORY $400: The jackass, possibly the Somali variety, was domesticated on this continent about 6,000 years ago Africa |
#5067, aired 2006-09-26 | GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT $200: The minneola is the best-known variety of the tangelo; Minnehaha is his best gal in a Longfellow poem Hiawatha |
#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $1000: Instead of eating the Egyptian variety of this bird, a crocodile lets it into its mouth to clean the croc's teeth plover |
#5064, aired 2006-09-21 | ROCK $2000: The "true", as opposed to the "oriental", type of this rock is a fine-grained white variety of gypsum alabaster |
#5043, aired 2006-07-12 | SHOW ME THE MONKEY! $600: The pygmy variety of this small South American monkey is seen here a marmoset |
#5043, aired 2006-07-12 | 40 YEARS OF THE NEA $1200: Guy Noir knows the NEA gave early, critical funding to start this Minnesota Public Radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion |
#5029, aired 2006-06-22 | IT WAS THE OCEAN TO BE PACIFIC $800: The Pacific razor is a variety of this bivalve a clam |
#5028, aired 2006-06-21 | IT'S ALL A PLANT $200: Arkansas has made the pink variety of this its state fruit & its state vegetable, just in case a tomato |
#5023, aired 2006-06-14 | KICKIN' AZTEC $800: What the object seen here was used as--it certainly wasn't a pocket variety a calendar |
#5019, aired 2006-06-08 | CLASSIC TV THEMES $1600: I'm so glad you had the time to tell me this zany variety show whose theme is heard here The Carol Burnett Show |
#5014, aired 2006-06-01 | A VARIETY OF WORDS $200: Bridgestone product tire |
#5014, aired 2006-06-01 | A VARIETY OF WORDS $400: A division of geologic time era |
#5014, aired 2006-06-01 | A VARIETY OF WORDS $600: A large, deep vessel for holding liquids such as dye vat |
#5014, aired 2006-06-01 | A VARIETY OF WORDS $800: A short metal fastener often used to join 2 sheets of metal together rivet |
#5014, aired 2006-06-01 | A VARIETY OF WORDS $1000: Adjective meaning feeling great anger irate |
#4995, aired 2006-05-05 | CAT $1200: Slender Asian variety of feline seen here a Siamese cat |
#4992, aired 2006-05-02 | SNOW $800: The snow variety of this feisty critter is seen here a snow leopard |
#4990, aired 2006-04-28 | THE "FAC"s OF LIFE $1000: From the Latin for "do everything", it's somebody employed to do a variety of jobs for someone else a factotum |
#4985, aired 2006-04-21 | A BUG'S LIFE $400: The chigoe is a sand-dwelling variety of this insect a flea |
#4976, aired 2006-04-10 | POSITION PAPERS $800: "Chopsocko U.S. bow for Sony's fantasy" wrote Daily Variety of "___ing Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Crouching |
#4967, aired 2006-03-28 | REMEMBER THE 1800s? $200: Brides wore a wide variety of colors before that trendsetter Queen Victoria popularized this one in 1840 white |
#4937, aired 2006-02-14 | GRAB BAG $800: 1 potato, 2 potato, 3 potato, 4, more potatoes are of this brown-skinned variety than any other russet |
#4935, aired 2006-02-10 | RED, WHITE OR BLUE $600: Roquefort is a variety of this dairy product blue cheese |
#4924, aired 2006-01-26 | STUPID ANSWERS $200: You can read a variety of articles all about all aspects of show business in this trade paper established in 1905 Variety |
#4917, aired 2006-01-17 | CITY FOODS $600: Veggie that's really a sunflower variety:
___ artichoke Jerusalem |
#4915, aired 2006-01-13 | IT'S THE BERRIES $400: The 1st important American variety of this shortcake fruit was the hovey, grown in 1834 in Massachusetts strawberry |
#4914, aired 2006-01-12 | CHINESE REGIONAL CAPITALS $800: Chengdu is the hot & spicy capital of this province that lends its name to a hot & spicy Chinese food variety Szechuan |
#4907, aired 2006-01-03 | SOAP DISH $800: You might have this "for life" as well as for the Aqua Pure variety of this body bar Zest |
#4905, aired 2005-12-30 | BACK TO THE FUCHSIA $1200: Because of its drooping flowers, the fuchsia is also known by this name shared with a variety of women's jewelry earrings |
#4905, aired 2005-12-30 | BACK TO THE FUCHSIA $2000: A variety of fuchsia found at the southern tip of South America bears the name of this Portuguese explorer Magellan |
#4904, aired 2005-12-29 | BON APPETIT $1000: When making your special fruitcake for the holidays, be sure to add the Muscat or Thompson variety of these raisins |
#4899, aired 2005-12-22 | BRITISH POETS & POETRY $400: William Cowper called it "The very spice of life" variety |
#4896, aired 2005-12-19 | A 5-COURSE MEAL $1200: Next, I recommend this 10-armed cephalopod, though we're fresh out of the 80-pound variety calamari |
#4889, aired 2005-12-08 | TREES $400: The bark of this type of oak is used for a variety of purposes, including bottle stoppers & bulletin boards cork |
#4889, aired 2005-12-08 | "CAT" GOT YOUR ANSWER $1600: A native American tribe of the Carolinas, it's also a variety of grape Catawba |
#4877, aired 2005-11-22 | THE CRUSADES $2000: Crusaders brought back the Damson variety of this fruit from Damascus to plant in France a plum |
#4876, aired 2005-11-21 | FOOD $200: The first new variety of Eggo waffle Kellogg's made was one with this fruit in 1972 blueberries |
#4861, aired 2005-10-31 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $800: This variety of lime grown only in Southern Florida is best known as an ingredient in a certain pie a key lime |
#4861, aired 2005-10-31 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1200: The California French variety of this dried fruit can be juiced, stewed or eaten out of hand a prune |
#4856, aired 2005-10-24 | A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS $200: The male emperor variety of these birds stands about 4 feet tall & incubates eggs between its feet & belly a penguin |
#4856, aired 2005-10-24 | A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS $800: This smallest variety of owl sounds like it works for Santa Claus an elf owl |
#4848, aired 2005-10-12 | SHAKE YOUR TAIL FEATHER $400: Seen here is the trumpeter variety of this bird, whose name comes from an old word for "singer" a swan |
#4839, aired 2005-09-29 | MONGO FOR MONGOLIA $1200: In the 1990s the Przewalski variety of this was reintroduced to Mongolia horse |
#4836, aired 2005-09-26 | DEAD MAN WALKEN $400: Unfortunately, Christopher Walken, as Nick, prefers the Russian variety of roulette in this '78 classic The Deer Hunter |
#4834, aired 2005-09-22 | FLOWER $1600: The Rose of Sharon and the Chinese variety are popular types of this flower used in perfumes a hibiscus |
#4830, aired 2005-09-16 | YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG $200: This variety of collie is named for its origin near the region between England & Scotland border collie |
#4825, aired 2005-07-22 | "FAN" CLUB $1200: This American grape that makes a fine wine has been traced back to an Italian variety known as primitivo zinfandel |
#4820, aired 2005-07-15 | VEGGIES' SCIENTIFIC NAMES $1000: Raphanus sativa, its giant white variety is known as a daikon in Japan radish |
#4820, aired 2005-07-15 | AM I BLUE? $1000: In part because of the popularity of sushi & sashimi, this variety of tuna can sell for $50 a pound bluefin |
#4816, aired 2005-07-11 | A BOWL OF CHERRIES $800: This cherry with a 4-letter name is the most common variety in North America Bing |
#4814, aired 2005-07-07 | A FOOD ATTITUDE $200: James Brown could tell you that lemon is a popular variety of this flat-bodied food fish sole |
#4805, aired 2005-06-24 | SANDWICHES $200: This term for a large sandwich with a variety of fillings is named for a character in the comic strip "Blondie" a Dagwood |
#4802, aired 2005-06-21 | KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS $200: You'll "spot" this feline variety in Jeremiah 13:23 a leopard |
#4802, aired 2005-06-21 | BUSINESS JARGON $400: The show-buz newspaper Variety calls this studio "The Mouse" Walt Disney |
#4800, aired 2005-06-17 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $600: Gravenstein, which is green with red streaks, is a variety of this fruit an apple |
#4800, aired 2005-06-17 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1000: This variety of grape is the USA's most important in making preserves & juice the Concord (grape) |
#4798, aired 2005-06-15 | DO US A FLAVOR $600: Most varieties of this herb essential to Italian pesto have green leaves, but the opal variety has purple leaves basil |
#4795, aired 2005-06-10 | PREY PURVIEW $400: The population of the lynx rises & falls with the availability of the snowshoe variety of this creature, its main prey a rabbit |
#4789, aired 2005-06-02 | BIRD UP! $800: The deepest-diving bird in the world is this "regal" variety of penguin the emperor penguin |
#4778, aired 2005-05-18 | CHEMISTRY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from beside a mummy from Cairo, Egypt.) To remove all the moisture from a body, natron, a variety of this, was applied both inside & outside the corpse salt |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | 1 FOR THE PRICE OF 2 $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from atop a horse.) The cattle known as black baldies are Hereford bred with this Scottish variety Aberdeen Angus |
#4764, aired 2005-04-28 | OFFICIAL ALASKAN STATE STUFF $1000: Alaska's state bird is the willow variety of this grouse relative the ptarmigan |
#4763, aired 2005-04-27 | BEASTLY BUSINESS $600: The burrowing wolf variety of this arthropod uses its fangs to poison insects that it ambushes a spider |
#4753, aired 2005-04-13 | WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARRIS ISLAND $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Parris Island, SC.) From the Latin for "boxer", it's the variety of training weapon these Marines are using to practice combat fighting a pugil stick |
#4749, aired 2005-04-07 | WHATCHA GOT COOKIN'? $1000: In addition to beets, you can make borscht with the leaves of the red variety of this, cut into 1/4-inch strips cabbage |
#4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $400: The Arctic variety of this gull relative is famous for migrating over 25,000 miles each year a tern |
#4722, aired 2005-03-01 | ALSO AN APPLE VARIETY $200: Irish satirist Swift Jonathan |
#4722, aired 2005-03-01 | ALSO AN APPLE VARIETY $400: Acting brothers Alec, Billy & Stephen Baldwin |
#4722, aired 2005-03-01 | ALSO AN APPLE VARIETY $600: Broadway musical about Charlemagne's son Pippin |
#4722, aired 2005-03-01 | ALSO AN APPLE VARIETY $800: British royal house symbolized by a white rose York |
#4722, aired 2005-03-01 | ALSO AN APPLE VARIETY $1000: Austere, like the people of an ancient Greek city Spartan |
#4720, aired 2005-02-25 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $600: The Bosc variety of this fruit is excellent for baking or poaching pears |
#4712, aired 2005-02-15 | THE STONES $1,500 (Daily Double): The black type of this October birthstone is quite rare, & more valuable than the fire variety opal |
#4708, aired 2005-02-09 | EAT YOUR VEGETABLES! $1000: Snow Crown, a popular variety of this veggie, has a pure white head cauliflower |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | BOTANY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a ski slope.) The bristlecone variety of this tree is the oldest type of living tree in the U.S. & can live 4,000 years or more a pine |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CATCH OF THE DAY $800: In one of the few times it's ever been seen, a rare megamouth variety of this fish recently washed ashore in Sumatra a shark |
#4701, aired 2005-01-31 | WORLD WAR I $600: This variety of coat, seen here, bears the name of front-line fortifications used in World War I trench coat |
#4699, aired 2005-01-27 | LOW CUT GENES $400: Because they develop from a single ovum, this variety of twins has the same genetic makeup identical |
#4696, aired 2005-01-24 | BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT $400: The "blue dawn" is a variety of this climbing vine whose flowers open with the first light of dawn a morning glory |
#4695, aired 2005-01-21 | THAT'S "OK" $800: To dupe, or a variety of billiards snooker |
#4693, aired 2005-01-19 | TREES $1600: While the white variety of this "berry" tree feeds silkworms, other types yield edible fruit the mulberry |
#4681, aired 2005-01-03 | -O-O-O $1200: Tedium, or wearisome lack of variety monotony |
#4672, aired 2004-12-21 | WATCH THE BIRDIE $400: Of the family Trochilidae, they're the smallest variety of birds a hummingbird |
#4666, aired 2004-12-13 | THE VEGETABLE GARDEN $2000: There's nothing like a vine-ripened one of these, perhaps the vineripe variety a tomato |
#4649, aired 2004-11-18 | ROCKS & STUFF $1000: Soapstone, used as an electrical insulator, is a greenish-gray variety of this soft mineral talc |
#4640, aired 2004-11-06 | OFFICIAL STATE FOOD & DRINK $1600: A variety of muscadine, the scuppernong type of this is North Carolina's state fruit grape |
#4636, aired 2004-11-01 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $400: To give the brain a quick antioxidant fix, sip the green variety of this drink; herbals aren't as potent tea |
#4635, aired 2004-10-29 | DUDE, WHERE'S MY CARB? $800: The name of this variety of complex carbohydrate comes from an Old German word meaning "to be rigid" starch |
#4633, aired 2004-10-27 | RED ALERT! $400: It's the variety of red pepper most often used to stuff a green olive a pimento |
#4624, aired 2004-10-14 | THE HOLE TRUTH $2000: The yellow-bellied variety of this woodpecker drills a series of small holes in tree bark to feed a sapsucker |
#4611, aired 2004-09-27 | PRECIOUS STONES $1000: Sounding like a noted political writer for the N.Y. Times, it's a blue gem variety of corundum sapphire |
#4607, aired 2004-09-21 | BALLROOM BLITZ $200: The "Virginia" variety of this country dance starts with partners facing each other in 2 lines the reel |
#4604, aired 2004-09-16 | PICK ONE $800: Of Army, Navy or Marine, the one who began as a columnist for Variety in 1953 Army (Archerd) |
#4594, aired 2004-07-22 | SEDIMENTARY ROCK $800: Alabaster is a variety of this rock (that would make a good law partner for Cheatum) Gypsum |
#4568, aired 2004-06-16 | MIAMI NICE $400: A '60s TV variety show filmed in Miami featured skits using characters from this Jackie Gleason sitcom The Honeymooners |
#4563, aired 2004-06-09 | SOUL FOOD $400: When dining on red beans & rice, the beans are traditionally this variety kidney beans |
#4563, aired 2004-06-09 | A GREEN CATEGORY $600: The green variety of this sticky-footed creature is seen here a tree frog |
#4552, aired 2004-05-25 | 2 "P"s $600: The Star of India is this gem variety of corundum a sapphire |
#4540, aired 2004-05-07 | FAMOUS QUOTATIONS $2000: E.M. Forster proposed "Two cheers for" this system of government that "admits variety &... permits criticism" democracy |
#4539, aired 2004-05-06 | RHYMES WITH RHYME $1000: This variety of performer dates back to the Ancient Greeks a mime |
#4521, aired 2004-04-12 | PLANTS & TREES $1600: With its bright foliage, the copper variety of this tree is referenced in a Sherlock Holmes story title beech |
#4515, aired 2004-04-02 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: Canned pears are most likely to be this variety Bartlett |
#4515, aired 2004-04-02 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $600: The white variety of this purplish-red root vegetable has the highest sugar content of any vegetable beet |
#4512, aired 2004-03-30 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1200: Oh my darling, it's a variety of small, sweet tangerine clementine |
#4510, aired 2004-03-26 | NAMES IN NATURE $400: The canvasback, a large variety of this bird, is named for the male's grayish-white back & sides duck |
#4497, aired 2004-03-09 | PAPER CLIPS $2000: This trade paper, September 2, 2003: "Pricey Tix Pump Pallid Pix" Variety |
#4481, aired 2004-02-16 | SOMETHING'S FISHY HERE $1200: On the thresher variety of this fish, its tail is as long as the rest of its body a shark |
#4478, aired 2004-02-11 | UNUSUAL PLANTS $600: From the plant's hooded shape, a variety of lily bears the name of this venomous Asian snake a cobra |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | OVER A FOOT LONG $600: On the crested variety of this rodent, the quills can be over 14 inches long a porcupine |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | CROSSWORD CLUES "V" $1600: The spice of life
(7) variety |
#4474, aired 2004-02-05 | LAWN ORDER $1600: Grass for your lawn includes St. Augustine, Bahia & a variety named for this British Atlantic island Bermuda |
#4455, aired 2004-01-09 | 10-LETTER "W"ORDS $800: Perfect for a picnic is the picnic or ice-box variety of this fruit watermelon |
#4454, aired 2004-01-08 | ROCK $1000: Brownstone is a variety of this rock, formed when grains of quartz & other minerals are bound together sandstone |
#4449, aired 2004-01-01 | FOOD & DRINK $200: The Rainbow variety of this fish is popularly served "amandine" trout |
#4449, aired 2004-01-01 | FOOD & DRINK $400: At Starbucks you'll find a variety of these Scottish quick breads to go with your coffee scones |
#4437, aired 2003-12-16 | FLORA $600: James Markham received the first patent for a tree in 1932, a variety of this fuzzy fruit peach |
#4421, aired 2003-11-24 | VARIETY PACK $200: In 1956 this Brynner played King Mongkut on screen Yul Brynner |
#4421, aired 2003-11-24 | VARIETY PACK $400: This log traditionally goes into the fireplace at Christmas yule log |
#4421, aired 2003-11-24 | VARIETY PACK $600: In the '70s this Gibbons became the spokesman for the health benefits of Grape-Nuts cereals Euell Gibbons |
#4421, aired 2003-11-24 | VARIETY PACK $800: It's the first word in the title of the original name of the show on which Phil Silvers played Sgt. Bilko You'll (Never Get Rich) |
#4421, aired 2003-11-24 | YOU'RE A BEAST! $1000: The hairy-nosed variety of this burrowing marsupial of south Australia can reach 4 feet in length wombat |
#4421, aired 2003-11-24 | VARIETY PACK $1000: Off Detroit, you'll find Belle this Isle |
#4401, aired 2003-10-27 | FOOD STUFF $400: Also called the Italian plum, the plum variety of this comes in red & yellow versions tomatoes |
#4400, aired 2003-10-24 | THINGS TO "C" $400: Usually found in mountainous regions, it's the variety of feline seen here a cougar |
#4398, aired 2003-10-22 | THE TIGERS $800: Now endangered, this largest variety of tiger bears the name of a large Russian region the Siberian tiger |
#4392, aired 2003-10-14 | BODY LANGUAGE $400: When Daily Variety reports that a studio's prexy has ankled, it means its president did this left the job |
#4389, aired 2003-10-09 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $200: The sugar variety of this is preferred for pies, the Connecticut field variety for jack-o'-lanterns pumpkin |
#4389, aired 2003-10-09 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $600: Unlike the green variety of this vegetable, the string on sugar snaps runs around both sides of the pod peas |
#4384, aired 2003-10-02 | AMERICAN FOOD $800: Marionberries aren't from D.C.; they're from Oregon & are a variety of these berries blackberries |
#4371, aired 2003-09-15 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1600: The Flame is a variety of red grape with this popular quality seedless |
#4353, aired 2003-07-02 | NAVAL VESSELS $800: Your regular old garden variety destroyer's main mission is to sound out & destroy these submarines |
#4353, aired 2003-07-02 | GEMS & JEWELRY $2000: This variety of chrysoberyl is named for a 19th century czar, not moi Alexandrite |
#4343, aired 2003-06-18 | 1960s TV $400: The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate determined that at the end of the '60s, this variety series was TV's No. 1 show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In |
#4343, aired 2003-06-18 | MUSIC TO MY EARS $1600: "The Four Seasons" is this type of "music" that doesn't go with a TV show but expresses a non-musical idea programmed music |
#4342, aired 2003-06-17 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $2000: It's a person of great learning in a variety of subjects, though it sounds like only in trig & calculus polymath |
#4341, aired 2003-06-16 | AN APPLE A DAY $600: The name of this world capital precedes "Beauty" in the name of an apple variety that's excellent for baking Rome |
#4341, aired 2003-06-16 | AN APPLE A DAY $800: The Jonagold is a hybrid of the Golden Delicious & this red apple variety Jonathan |
#4334, aired 2003-06-05 | WOULD YOU LIKE A BEVERAGE? $200: At up to $300 a pound, the world's costliest variety of this breakfast beverage is Kopi Luwak coffee |
#4325, aired 2003-05-23 | SCIENCE LAB $1200: From the German for "spark", the variety of metamorphic rock pronounced "nice" is spelled this way G-N-E-I-S-S |
#4323, aired 2003-05-21 | HOMOPHONES $800: Scorched; or, a large-leaved variety of beet (perhaps Swiss) charred/chard |
#4323, aired 2003-05-21 | MINERALS $1200: Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact variety of this soft mineral talc |
#4319, aired 2003-05-15 | TRUE & FALSE $400: The true morel variety of these is okay to eat; the false morels are poisonous mushrooms |
#4318, aired 2003-05-14 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $200: The egg-shaped plum variety of this makes a great spaghetti sauce the tomato |
#4317, aired 2003-05-13 | GREEK ALPHABET SOUP $1200: This variety of globulin is the part of blood that contains the antibodies gamma globulin |
#4314, aired 2003-05-08 | THIS PLACE IS A ZOO! $1200: The 2 types of alligator are the American alligator & a rare variety that makes its home in this Asian country China |
#4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HARD CANDY $1000: This candy brand with a variety of hard candies introduced its "Pick-A-Mix" concept in 1958 Brach's |
#4306, aired 2003-04-28 | EDS $400: He hosted a phenomenally successful prime-time variety show for 24 years Ed Sullivan |
#4304, aired 2003-04-24 | SCIENCE $200: The leatherback variety of this reptile is one of the few animals that primarily eat jellyfish turtle/tortoise |
#4302, aired 2003-04-22 | A "LEG" $1200: Hoo ha! It's a variety of chicken leghorn |
#4300, aired 2003-04-18 | GLOBAL WORMING $200: It's the common variety of worm seen here earthworm |
#4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SHADES OF GREEN $1200: A rare variety of beryl valued as a gem emerald |
#4296, aired 2003-04-14 | GARDENS $400: The record for the largest one of these garden favorites was of the beefsteak variety & weighed 7 lbs., 12 ounces! a tomato |
#4296, aired 2003-04-14 | GARDENS $1600: The Pascal variety of this crisp garden vegetable has nearly stringless stalks celery |
#4295, aired 2003-04-11 | FAMOUS PEARS $400: A famous quotation about this pear variety also called the Williams is that it accounts for about 50% of U.S. production the Bartlett pear |
#4294, aired 2003-04-10 | TREES $1600: The raffie variety of this tropical tree produces leaves that grow to more than 65 feet in length a palm |
#4293, aired 2003-04-09 | WHAT'S COOKING? $600: This salad green, a variety of Italian chicory, is usually reddish radicchio |
#4289, aired 2003-04-03 | FLOWERS $400: The Cattleya is the variety of this flower most widely used for corsages orchids |
#4289, aired 2003-04-03 | FLOWERS $1200: Luther Burbank developed the Shasta variety of this flower daisy |
#4286, aired 2003-03-31 | EAT YOUR VEGGIES! $600: Most Idaho baking potatoes are of this variety which may weigh up to 18 ounces Russet |
#4271, aired 2003-03-10 | PILLOW TALK $800: Named for the variety of designs & stitches on it, this type of pillow can bear a homily or a homemade design sampler |
#4253, aired 2003-02-12 | FILE UNDER "Z" $400: Gold Rush is a variety of this Italian squash but with yellowish skin zucchini |
#4246, aired 2003-02-03 | INSPECT HER GADGET $400: Margaret Knight invented a machine to make the square-bottomed variety of these grocery store items in 1870 paper bag |
#4245, aired 2003-01-31 | VAUDEVILLE $400: It's an early name for vaudeville, or a type of skit-&-music TV show descended from vaudeville variety |
#4235, aired 2003-01-17 | TEXAS TECH $800: Staley McBrayer of Fort Worth moved newspaper printing from the "hot" to the "cold" variety of this typesetting |
#4233, aired 2003-01-15 | "J" WALKING $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew) Popular in the 16th & 17th centuries, it's the variety of sleeveless tunic I'm wearing jerkin |
#4218, aired 2002-12-25 | HEMP $800: During her reign from 1837 to 1901, this queen used hemp for a variety of medicinal purposes Queen Victoria |
#4212, aired 2002-12-17 | THE SPORTING NEWS $2000: Similar to 10-pin bowling is this "avian" variety using shorter & squatter pins duckpin bowling |
#4211, aired 2002-12-16 | FASHION $400: The Alpine variety of these sport boots features an exterior of hard plastic ski boots |
#4208, aired 2002-12-11 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $600: A "pink" variety of this doubles as Arkansas' state fruit & vegetable tomato |
#4208, aired 2002-12-11 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $800: The satsuma, a nearly seedless variety of this, is typically canned, & goes great with Chinese chicken salad mandarin orange |
#4207, aired 2002-12-10 | JEWEL $600: A variety of smoky quartz, cairngorm is a gemstone that comes from the Cairngorm Mountains of this country Scotland |
#4193, aired 2002-11-20 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $800: Ectopistes migratorius is the scientific name of this now extinct variety of pigeon passenger pigeon |
#4190, aired 2002-11-15 | STUDYING ABROAD $800: To visit some countries, it's recommended you be vaccinated for the "A" variety of this liver disease hepatitis |
#4177, aired 2002-10-29 | THE ROLLING STONES $400: The Stones played a cleaned-up version of "Let's Spend The Night Together" on this U.S. TV variety show in 1967 The Ed Sullivan Show |
#4174, aired 2002-10-24 | WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE $2000: The size of Belgium, this deep Russian lake is home to a rare variety of freshwater seal Lake Baikal |
#4169, aired 2002-10-17 | LANGUAGES $800: Important literary works in the Eastern variety of this language of India are written in Awadhi Hindi |
#4168, aired 2002-10-16 | 5-LETTER BIRDS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Belize Zoo) Whoa, baby! The Jabiru variety of this bird stands up to 5 feet tall with a wingspan of 8 feet or more & it flies stork |
#4150, aired 2002-09-20 | SWEET STUFF $400: The Double Delight variety of these Nabisco sandwich cookies has peanut butter & chocolate creme filling Oreos |
#4143, aired 2002-09-11 | TUTTI FRUITY $400: The cayenne variety of this juicy tropical fruit is grown in Hawaii Pineapple |
#4140, aired 2002-09-06 | EAT MEAT $2000: These "meats", including the kidneys, heart & brain, must be "the spice of life" variety meats |
#4138, aired 2002-09-04 | GARDEN TALK $400: "Black Beauty" is a popular variety of this "plant" that goes into ratatouille eggplant |
#4132, aired 2002-07-16 | FROM A TO E $2000: This hard variety of coal is the main mineral resource in both Korea & Vietnam anthracite |
#4102, aired 2002-06-04 | "SHOE"s $600: This smooth-soled variety of tap dancing was made famous by George Primrose the soft-shoe |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | PUFFIN $200: The puffin's number one enemy is the great black-backed variety of this "sea" bird seagulls |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | PUFFIN $600: Usually boiled & served with a variety of sauces, puffins are eaten in this northernmost U.K. country Scotland |
#4098, aired 2002-05-29 | SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND! $800: Though less than 8 inches long, the dwarf dogfish variety of this fish has "jaws" that bite shark |
#4098, aired 2002-05-29 | SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND! $1600: At only about 5 inches long, the "pink fairy" variety is the smallest species of this armored mammal armadillo |
#4096, aired 2002-05-27 | 5 DWARFS $400: The steenbok of Africa is a dwarf variety of this animal antelope |
#4083, aired 2002-05-08 | LET A SMILE BE YOUR UMBRIA $800: Native to Umbria, the Sangiovese variety of these is grown to produce a popular Italian export grapes |
#4075, aired 2002-04-26 | THIS CATEGORY BUGS ME! $200: In a bible for beetles, this large variety might be slain by a David beetle a Goliath beetle |
#4075, aired 2002-04-26 | MAKE MINE RARE $800: Hawaii's state bird, the nene is a rare variety of this bird sometimes served at Christmas dinner a goose |
#4075, aired 2002-04-26 | MAKE MINE RARE $1200: This brilliant gemstone is actually a rare variety of beryl the emerald |
#4047, aired 2002-03-19 | HALLOWED "GROUND" $400: The scientific name for the Great Plains variety of this rodent comes from the Greek for "seed lover" ground squirrel |
#4045, aired 2002-03-15 | LET'S REVIEW $1000: Variety called this 2000 John Travolta pic "The Showgirls of sci-fi shoot-em-ups" Battlefield Earth |
#4045, aired 2002-03-15 | TV PAST & PRESENT $2,000 (Daily Double): Except for a Bob Hope Christmas special its Feb. 9, 1964 episode was the highest-rated variety telecast of all time The Ed Sullivan Show |
#4044, aired 2002-03-14 | YOU'RE AN ANIMAL $2,000 (Daily Double): The only species of bear found in Sri Lanka is this long-tongued, slow-moving (but not three-toed) variety a sloth (bear) |
#4042, aired 2002-03-12 | I AM CURIOUS YELLOW $800: The bright yellow variety of this undersea dweller is seen here a sponge |
#4041, aired 2002-03-11 | YOU'RE MAKING ME HUNGRY! $400: Also known as knotroot, the Chinese variety of this tuber tastes similar to the Jerusalem type an artichoke |
#4030, aired 2002-02-22 | "SIT" DOWN $2000: It's not the larch, it's the variety of spruce seen here Sitka |
#4028, aired 2002-02-20 | GEMS $400: The Japanese have cultivated the Biwa variety of these gems in the fresh water of Lake Biwa pearls |
#4020, aired 2002-02-08 | WINTER $200: Many of the humpback variety of this animal migrate to Hawaii for the winter the whale |
#4011, aired 2002-01-28 | "P"OTPOURRI $400: Distinctive variety of tower seen here pagoda |
#4010, aired 2002-01-25 | ALL TUNA $1,000 (Daily Double): This tasty variety of tuna is the only one in the U.S classified as white meat tuna albacore |
#4008, aired 2002-01-23 | VARIETY HEADLINES $200: This computer-animated character stomped the competition as "Jolly Green B.O. Giant" Shrek |
#4008, aired 2002-01-23 | VARIETY HEADLINES $400: After 3 big weeks we feasted on "Munch Ado..." this Anthony Hopkins film "...Devours for Third Course" Hannibal |
#4008, aired 2002-01-23 | VARIETY HEADLINES $600: It was "Sudden Death" when this football league started by the WWF & NBC fumbled to end its season XFL |
#4008, aired 2002-01-23 | VARIETY HEADLINES $800: Dreamworks' "Almost Famous" & this film were "Rock 'n" Romans" when they won Golden Globe Awards Gladiator |
#4008, aired 2002-01-23 | VARIETY HEADLINES $1000: This Mel Gibson comedy had a merry Christmas with "Mel's Belles Pinch 'Grinch'" What Women Want |
#4007, aired 2002-01-22 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $200: By improving the milling process, the Romans popularized the making of the white variety of this bread |
#4002, aired 2002-01-15 | MR. EDS $200: He was a sportswriter & gossip columnist before hosting his famous Sunday night variety show Ed Sullivan |
#4002, aired 2002-01-15 | "S"-ENCE $1000: Fishermen know the record weight for this variety of bass is 10 pounds 14 ounces smallmouth bass |
#4001, aired 2002-01-14 | HERBS & SPICES $600: This spice is made by grinding aromatic red pepper pods; the Hungarian variety is said to be superior paprika |
#3994, aired 2002-01-03 | BIRDS $400: The nest of the Calliope variety of this bird is only about 1 1/2 inches across a hummingbird |
#3989, aired 2001-12-27 | WHAT'S THE BUG IDEA? $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew with a creature on her arm.) The emperor variety of this stinging critter is uh, making a move on me scorpion |
#3984, aired 2001-12-20 | TV TALK SHOW HOSTS $1600: This singer who hosted a variety series in the '50s had her own talk show from 1974 to 1980 Dinah Shore |
#3978, aired 2001-12-12 | MEET THE BEETLES $1600: It's the beetle variety that rolls balls of manure into its burrows to feed its larvae dung beetle |
#3952, aired 2001-11-06 | ALONG CAME A SPIDER $100: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a laboratory.) The Mexican red knee variety of this type of spider is crawling on my hand right now tarantula |
#3951, aired 2001-11-05 | DOUBLE LETTERS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the San Diego Zoo.) Found in northern Australia & New Guinea, the tree variety of this marsupial can grow to 18 pounds kangaroo |
#3948, aired 2001-10-31 | HISTORICAL TRICK OR TREAT $600: (Ding dong! Cheryl of the Clue Crew prompts you to asp the question.) I'm Cleopatra, & Shakespeare said, "Age cannot wither me, nor custom fail my infinite" this variety |
#3942, aired 2001-10-23 | THE PURPLE TESTAMENT $600: Seen here, it's a purple variety of quartz amethyst |
#3931, aired 2001-10-08 | THE REAL SLIM PICKENS $400: We got a laugh when Slim appeared on this comedy variety show hosted from 1969 to 1992 by Roy Clark Hee Haw |
#3923, aired 2001-09-26 | FOR THE BIRDS $200: The giant variety of this bird seen here is only about 8 inches long a hummingbird |
#3914, aired 2001-09-13 | FELINE FINE $600: First known to the West in the 1870s, it's the popular cat variety seen here Siamese |
#3912, aired 2001-09-11 | WEAPONS OF WAR $300: A 15th-century drawing of the medieval variety of this siege weapon is seen here a catapult |
#3909, aired 2001-09-06 | THIS LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SPOT $300: This variety of peas seen here can really hit the spot black-eyed pea |
#3906, aired 2001-09-03 | THEY HAVE HOOVES $100: One variety of the white-tailed species of this weighs only 50-75 pounds & lives in the Florida Keys the deer |
#3897, aired 2001-07-10 | PEOPLE EAT THAT? $200: We wonder if this variety meat tastes you while you're tasting it tongue |
#3889, aired 2001-06-28 | COLOR MY WORLD $200: A possession costly to maintain, or a rare variety of pachyderm a white elephant |
#3883, aired 2001-06-20 | YOU'RE AN ANIMAL! $100: The giant moray variety of this critter is seen here an eel |
#3883, aired 2001-06-20 | YOU'RE AN ANIMAL! $300: A crab-eating variety of this mammal lives in northern South America a raccoon |
#3879, aired 2001-06-14 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $600: Taking its name from its singular beam, it's the variety of train seen here Monorail |
#3879, aired 2001-06-14 | THE BREAKFAST CLUB $1000: With the introduction of the Marsh Seedless variety, this became more popular as a breakfast item Grapefruit |
#3865, aired 2001-05-25 | WORDS FROM CHINESE $600: It's the sand-fur dog variety seen here a Shar Pei |
#3859, aired 2001-05-17 | MMM...PIE $400: Use the eating variety of this gourd for pies; the jack o' lantern type produces poor pies Pumpkin |
#3857, aired 2001-05-15 | "GENERAL" ASSEMBLY $400: A shop selling a variety of goods General store |
#3855, aired 2001-05-11 | SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!! $100: The appendage seen here gives this variety of snake its name rattlesnake |
#3848, aired 2001-05-02 | ODDS & ENDS $400: The barn variety of this bird doesn't give a hoot, but rather a raspy, hissing screech owl |
#3845, aired 2001-04-27 | I AM A ROCK $200: Kimberlite, a variety of peridotite, yields this precious gem in Arkansas & South Africa diamond |
#3843, aired 2001-04-25 | SOLD "AMERICAN" $200: It's a Grateful Dead album, or a hybrid variety of cultivated rose with deep pink to crimson flowers American Beauty |
#3843, aired 2001-04-25 | THE KEYSTONE STATE $200: This "cat" is the only variety of wild feline found in Pennsylvania the bobcat |
#3832, aired 2001-04-10 | ON THE FLY $400: From the Spanish for "little fly", this fly variety has hypodermic mouth parts to pierce skin Mosquito |
#3827, aired 2001-04-03 | '50s TV $1,900 (Daily Double): On September 18, 1955 the "Toast of the Town" variety series changed its title to this The Ed Sullivan Show |
#3823, aired 2001-03-28 | MACON WHOOPEE $500 (Daily Double): Each March a Macon festival celebrates the blooming of over 100,000 of the Yoshino variety of these trees Cherry trees |
#3821, aired 2001-03-26 | TOURIST TREATS $1000: A tasca is a Spanish pub serving a variety of these bartop appetizers Tapas |
#3810, aired 2001-03-09 | "T" BIRDS $200: One good one of these seabirds, including the Arctic variety, deserves another; that's why they're protected by law Tern |
#3809, aired 2001-03-08 | ROCKS & MINERALS $200: Often white & translucent, this delicate variety of gypsum has been used to make statues & vases Alabaster |
#3809, aired 2001-03-08 | SYRUPTITIOUS $400: Used in a variety of foods, this a"maize"ing syrup is made by processing a starch with acids or enzymes Corn syrup |
#3807, aired 2001-03-06 | MOVIE REVIEWS $100: Variety said expand the scene in "Annie Hall" where Woody visits Diane Keaton's family & you've got this Ben Stiller comedy Meet The Parents |
#3805, aired 2001-03-02 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $500: Aaaack! It's the variety of Australian parrot seen here Cockatoo |
#3798, aired 2001-02-21 | MAMMALS $1000: The pygmy variety of this small South American monkey is barely 6 inches long Marmoset |
#3794, aired 2001-02-15 | A WORLD OF CRITTERS $300: The "giant" variety of this animal can have a hundred teeth, more than most mammals Armadillo |
#3794, aired 2001-02-15 | A WORLD OF CRITTERS $500: Due to a decrease in prairie dog populations, the black-footed variety of this swift weasel is now endangered Ferret |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | THE COCKTAIL HOUR $600: One variety of Haagen-Dazs ice cream soaks raisins in this potent potable rum |
#3783, aired 2001-01-31 | THEY BITE, THEY STING $1000: AKA the violin spider, this poisonous variety differs from other spiders in that it has 6 eyes rather than 8 the brown recluse spider |
#3778, aired 2001-01-24 | A LOAD OF BULL $500: The common European variety of this non-mythological creature is seen here Bullfinch |
#3776, aired 2001-01-22 | WILD KINGDOM $400: The white-headed variety of this high-flying scavenger is seen here Vulture |
#3769, aired 2001-01-11 | AMPHIBIANS $400: The smooth type of this common variety of salamander is seen here Newt |
#3769, aired 2001-01-11 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $600: Maltaise sauce, a variation of hollandaise, is made from the blood variety of this fruit Orange |
#3769, aired 2001-01-11 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1000: The Gravenstein variety of these is harvested in August & September Apples |
#3766, aired 2001-01-08 | FLOWERS $300: The Duc van Tol variety of this bulb flower rarely exceeds 6 inches in height Tulip |
#3753, aired 2000-12-20 | CAROLS $200: A highlight of her variety show was her portrayal of Mrs. Wiggins opposite Tim Conway's Mr. Tudball Carol Burnett |
#3743, aired 2000-12-06 | WOW! THE MIDWEST $100: The Delicious variety of this fruit was first grown in the late 1800s on a farm in Peru, Iowa Apple |
#3740, aired 2000-12-01 | NUTTY TV $100: From 1979 to 1983, Rev. Grady Nutt was a regular on this variety series, country music's answer to "Laugh-In" Hee Haw |
#3739, aired 2000-11-30 | BLOSSOM $500: Dumas wrote about a courtesan who always wore this flower, perhaps the Japonica variety Camellia |
#3738, aired 2000-11-29 | "TRIPLE" JEOPARDY! $200: Tantalizing variety of lunch seen here:
(Dagwood would approve!) Triple-decker sandwich |
#3738, aired 2000-11-29 | APPLES & ORANGES $300: This juice orange is the world's most popular variety of orange Valencia orange |
#3724, aired 2000-11-09 | A PASSION FOR FASHION $200: Worn today by both men & women, the coat variety seen here is known by this "military" name Bomber jacket |
#3715, aired 2000-10-27 | TELEVISION $400: (Hi, I'm Wallace Langham.) My mother was a costume designer on this first TV variety series hosted by this brother-&-sister duo Donny & Marie Osmond |
#3714, aired 2000-10-26 | AT THE "Y" $200: A "cowardly" variety of sapsucker Yellow-bellied |
#3712, aired 2000-10-24 | FLORA & FAUNA $300: A variety of this endangered mammal is seen here manatee |
#3710, aired 2000-10-20 | LET US PREY $300: The fastest bird of prey, this speedy falcon variety is also known as a duck hawk a peregrine falcon |
#3707, aired 2000-10-17 | ANIMANIA $600: This diminuitive hippo variety reaches a scant 6 feet long & a mere 600 pounds a pygmy hippo |
#3707, aired 2000-10-17 | ANIMANIA $1000: The blue-ringed variety of this sea mollusk has a venom so potent it can kill a human being in a matter of minutes an octopus |
#3700, aired 2000-10-06 | THAT'S AMAZING! $1000: The Goliath bird-eating variety of this arachnid can grow up to 11 inches across spider |
#3693, aired 2000-09-27 | WASHINGTONNAGE $100: In 1998 Washington state processed 43,500 tons of grapes into white wine, about half of it this variety Chardonnay |
#3688, aired 2000-09-20 | GARDENING $400: One way to grow big ones of these "love apples" is to pick a variety that normally grows big, like beefsteak Tomatoes |
#3684, aired 2000-09-14 | TENTS $200: A pair of Boy Scouts might use this small "canine" variety of tent Pup tent |
#3682, aired 2000-09-12 | ANIMAL PLANET $400: Ethiopian feline variety seen here Abyssinian |
#3669, aired 2000-07-13 | MOVIE L.A. $200: This show biz daily known for its breezy headlines is headquartered at 5700 Wilshire Variety |
#3668, aired 2000-07-12 | SID & MARTY KROFFT TV $100: On their Krofft-produced variety show, Marie Osmond was "a little bit country" & Donny was "a little bit" this rock and roll |
#3668, aired 2000-07-12 | SID & MARTY KROFFT TV $300: The Kroffts helped this sitcom family put on a short-lived variety show (with a new Jan) The Brady Bunch |
#3657, aired 2000-06-27 | COFFEE $600: Coffee originated in this east African nation where the Harrar variety is "Haile" popular today Ethiopia |
#3656, aired 2000-06-26 | "A" PLUS $300: Hound variety seen here: Afghan |
#3653, aired 2000-06-21 | MUSEUMS $600: Prince Edward Island's museum of these displays Canada's own Shepody variety as well as the russet Burbank potatoes |
#3650, aired 2000-06-16 | SCIENCE & NATURE $200: Scientists classify the "live" variety of this tree as Quercus virginiana Oak |
#3637, aired 2000-05-30 | THE WRITS $400: (Hi, I'm Greg Gerrmann and I play Richard Fish on Ally McBeal.) This name for a variety of legal writs comes from the Latin for "you have the body" habeas corpus |
#3631, aired 2000-05-22 | PRETTY BIRDIES $100: A Walter Lantz cartoon character is the handsome red-headed variety of this bird (Woody) Woodpecker |
#3631, aired 2000-05-22 | PRETTY BIRDIES $300: The St. Andreasburg variety of this yellow songbird is bred in the Harz Mountains a canary |
#3623, aired 2000-05-10 | FOOD & DRINK $100: These come in a variety of sizes from small to supercolossal & are often stuffed with pimientos Olives |
#3610, aired 2000-04-21 | ZOOLOGY $300: The white variety of this pachyderm is the only type that eats by grazing Rhinoceros |
#3599, aired 2000-04-06 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $300: A serving of the butternut variety of this vegetable supplies over 100 percent of the RDA of beta carotene Squash |
#3598, aired 2000-04-05 | FOOD & DRINK $100: Pisum sativum, the garden variety of this legume, usually bears 5 to 10 seeds in its pods Peas |
#3598, aired 2000-04-05 | FOOD & DRINK $400: Of crunchy, smoke flavored or less sodium, the one not yet a variety of Spam Crunchy |
#3575, aired 2000-03-03 | COLOR TV $800: On this popular variety show you might have seen characters like Bolivar Shagnasty & Clem Kadiddlehopper The Red Skelton Show |
#3571, aired 2000-02-28 | 3-LETTER ANIMALS $300: Sounds fishy, but the conger variety of this can reach over 6 feet long Eel |
#3569, aired 2000-02-24 | HAUTE DOGS $800: The Pembroke variety of this canine is popular with royalty Corgi |
#3567, aired 2000-02-22 | WE KNEAD THE DOUGH $200: Fermented dough is used to make this tart variety of bread, a San Francisco staple Sourdough bread |
#3565, aired 2000-02-18 | SNAKES ALIVE! $400: Eunectes notaeus, the "yellow" variety of this South American snake, is much smaller than its "giant" cousin Anaconda |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | TIME TO "D"ECIDE $300: A regional variety of a language distinguished by pronounciation & vocabulary; Cockney, for example Dialect |
#3543, aired 2000-01-19 | EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY $200: A bright, tasty, yellow variety of apple; it's as yummy as it sounds Golden delicious |
#3536, aired 2000-01-10 | WHAT'S IN A DOG'S NAME? $400: This silky-haired, droopy-eared variety is just a "Spanish" dog spaniel |
#3528, aired 1999-12-29 | LITTLE-KNOWN ELEMENTS $1000: A large store selling a variety of articles might be built from this element Emporium |
#3517, aired 1999-12-14 | THE WOK OF FAME $500: Meaning "heart's delight", it's a variety of snacks like fried dumplings & steamed buns Dim sum |
#3514, aired 1999-12-09 | THE 1999 EMMY AWARDS $200: The Best Variety, Music or Comedy Special Emmy went to this well "staged" awards show Tony Awards |
#3511, aired 1999-12-06 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $200: "Jeopardy!" announcer Johnny & '60s TV variety show host Ed Gilbert & Sullivan |
#3510, aired 1999-12-03 | "FF" $300: Variety might report this, abbreviated "B.O.", as boffo Box office |
#3498, aired 1999-11-17 | THE BIG APPLE $400: It's what John Smith could have called his dad's mom, or a variety of green apple grown in the U.S. Granny Smith |
#3475, aired 1999-10-15 | SKIN STUFF $200: Common warts can be found on a variety of places; plantar warts are only found here Bottom of the feet |
#3471, aired 1999-10-11 | BEES $200: A scout bee may use the "waggle" variety of this to inform others about the location of flowers Dance |
#3470, aired 1999-10-08 | BOTANY $600: The Jaffa variety of orange originated in this country Israel |
#3467, aired 1999-10-05 | VEGGIES $500: You'll often see a red variety of this vegetable used as a garnish & carved into "roses" a radish |
#3466, aired 1999-10-04 | "V"OCABULARY $200: Proverbially speaking, it's "the spice of life" Variety |
#3464, aired 1999-09-30 | SOCIOLOGY $1000: Once a variety of Provencal used by crusaders, this "lingua" is now any language used by people without a common tongue Lingua Franca |
#3463, aired 1999-09-29 | MUCH ADO ABOUT NUTTING $500: The 2 main types of the nut seen here are the English variety & this other full variety: Black walnut |
#3462, aired 1999-09-28 | '70S TV $200: Characters he played on his new variety hour included the Reverend Leroy & Geraldine Jones Flip Wilson |
#3456, aired 1999-09-20 | COFFEE $400: A superior coffee variety is named for this district on the island of Hawaii Kona |
#3454, aired 1999-09-16 | FROM Z TO A $400: A common variety of this flower is seen here: Zinnia |
#3450, aired 1999-09-10 | IN THE COOKIE JAR $200: Recipes for the cookie named for this spread may call for the smooth or chunky variety Peanut butter |
#3450, aired 1999-09-10 | IN THE COOKIE JAR $400: About 1 of every 4 boxes of Girl Scout cookies sold is of this chocolaty-coated variety Thin Mints |
#3447, aired 1999-09-07 | BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS! $400: The colorful macaw variety of this bird is seen here Parrot |
#3446, aired 1999-09-06 | CEREALS $300: This variety of cereal seen here also comes in a spoon-size version Shredded Wheat |
#3416, aired 1999-06-14 | STRIPES $100: It's the Central American stripe-kneed variety of this hairy species seen here a tarantula |
#3406, aired 1999-05-31 | ROCK $100: Halite is used as the "table" variety of this salt |
#3405, aired 1999-05-28 | HOLLYWOODSPEAK $500: In the lingo of Variety, a "diskery" is a company that produces these records |
#3405, aired 1999-05-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: This state capital is known for a variety of oysters found primarily in Puget Sound Olympia |
#3405, aired 1999-05-28 | STATE FLOWERS $1000: The fragrant light purple variety of this shrub is New Hampshire's state flower lilac |
#3403, aired 1999-05-26 | YOU'RE AN ANIMAL! $100: The dwarf variety of this cold-blooded killer is seen here a crocodile |
#3397, aired 1999-05-18 | YOU'RE AN ANIMAL! $200: The red caucated variety of this head-banging bird is seen here woodpecker |
#3392, aired 1999-05-11 | BEE HEALTHY $300: Of the genus Bombus, it's the bee variety seen here bumblebee |
#3392, aired 1999-05-11 | THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL $600: The giant variety of this aquatic mammal is seen here an otter |
#3385, aired 1999-04-30 | REDS $100: His variety show ran for 20 years, 17 on CBS Red Skelton |
#3376, aired 1999-04-19 | ANIMAL BEHAVIOR $400: The emperor variety of this bird can stay underwater for 18 minutes Penguin |
#3359, aired 1999-03-25 | SEA WORLD $300: The Japanese spider variety of this sea creature is the world's largest crustacean a crab |
#3349, aired 1999-03-11 | TV's SUPPORTING ACTORS $100: Her long-running variety show featured supporting actors Tim Conway & Harvey Korman Carol Burnett |
#3336, aired 1999-02-22 | WOLVES $500: Both endangered, the two types of wolves are the red wolf & this variety seen here the gray wolf |
#3330, aired 1999-02-12 | FLOWERS $500 (Daily Double): There's a streaked variety of this bulb flower named for Rembrandt Tulip |
#3325, aired 1999-02-05 | THE GOOD LIFE $800: Connoisseurs know that the Franc variety of this grape is less full-bodied than the Sauvignon Cabernet |
#3313, aired 1999-01-20 | A WOODLAND "P"ARADISE $100: In the woods, don't pet the crested variety of this rodent; its quills can be 14 inches long! porcupine |
#3308, aired 1999-01-13 | ON THE ROCKS $400: This variety of quartz is a beautiful birthstone amethyst |
#3292, aired 1998-12-22 | '70s TV $400: This brother & sister's variety show ran from 1976 to 1979; their talk show debuted in 1998 Donny & Marie Osmond |
#3292, aired 1998-12-22 | '70s TV $800: In 1962 this pair was together at Carnegie Hall; 10 years later both had variety shows Carol Burnett & Julie Andrews |
#3289, aired 1998-12-17 | GARDENING $500: The African variety of this annual, seen here, has an appropriate color in its name marigold |
#3286, aired 1998-12-14 | LADLE, LADLE $300: The Gruyere variety of this food graces the surface of French onion soup cheese |
#3267, aired 1998-11-17 | ENDANGERED SPECIES $100: The endangered red variety of this animal once ranged from the Atlantic to Texas Wolf |
#3252, aired 1998-10-27 | STRAWBERRIES $300: Strawberries have their very own variety of this tiny pest also called a plant louse Aphid |
#3244, aired 1998-10-15 | TROPICAL FOREST CREATURES $500: The "black" variety of this snake is the largest venomous snake in Africa the mamba |
#3235, aired 1998-10-02 | THE STAND $300: "The Hollywood Reporter" & this "Daily" constitute "the trades" of the TV & film industry Variety |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | FLOWER $400: The opium variety of this flower yields a powerful narcotic, & non-narcotic seeds used in baking Poppy |
#3184, aired 1998-06-04 | TOUGH TV $200: Arte Johnson was the only performer to win an Emmy for his work on this comedy-variety series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In |
#3183, aired 1998-06-03 | LOOK! $400: The card seen here is used to test for the red-green variety of this condition: Colorblindness |
#3154, aired 1998-04-23 | HOT DATES $400: Referring to the stock market crash on October 30, 1929, Variety ran the headline: "Wall St." does this Lays an Egg |
#3143, aired 1998-04-08 | FRUIT $200: About 50% of the U.S. orange crop is of this variety that shares its name with a Spanish city Valencia |
#3141, aired 1998-04-06 | PITCHES FROM THE CRYPT $300: Known for introducing acts on his '50s variety show, he introduced the new Mercedes S.U.V. in 1997 Ed Sullivan |
#3128, aired 1998-03-18 | ALL EARS $300: In the '70s she ended her TV variety show by tugging on her ear as a signal to grandma Carol Burnett |
#3122, aired 1998-03-10 | HOT WATER $300: The water variety of this Jewish roll is simmered before it's popped in the oven Bagel |
#3122, aired 1998-03-10 | BOTANY $800: Developed from the McIntosh & delicious, the empire is a variety of apple developed in this state New York |
#3098, aired 1998-02-04 | BANJOS $800: In its original form the banjo was a hollowed-out fruit of this type that includes the bottle variety Gourd |
#3089, aired 1998-01-22 | ALL MY CHILDREN $400: Verla Grubbs on "All My Children", she used to star in "As the Stomach Turns" on her own variety show Carol Burnett |
#3082, aired 1998-01-13 | SCIENCE & NATURE $300: Unlike the German species, the Asian variety of this kitchen insect is actually attracted to light cockroach |
#3082, aired 1998-01-13 | THE COPS $500 (Daily Double): (Hello, I'm Benjamin Bratt.) This piece of police equipment comes in a steel variety opened with a key & in a plastic version that has to be cut handcuffs |
#3075, aired 1998-01-02 | WHAT'S TO EAT? $100: The lox that you put on a bagel is a smoked variety of this fish Salmon |
#3066, aired 1997-12-22 | DOUBLE D WORDS $100: Colby is a mild variety of this cheese cheddar |
#3064, aired 1997-12-18 | FLOWERS $200: Chrysanthemum maximum is the scientific name for the shasta variety of this Daisy |
#3047, aired 1997-11-25 | WINE $400: The most famous grape variety used to make red wine is this Cabernet Cabernet Sauvignon |
#3033, aired 1997-11-05 | FLOWER POWER $300: This popular Christmas flower comes in several different colors, but the red variety is in greatest demand the poinsettia |
#3024, aired 1997-10-23 | GONE TO THE DOGS $400: Reaching 34" in height, the tallest dog is the Irish variety of this Wolfhound |
#3019, aired 1997-10-16 | FOREIGN FOODS $100: Chlodnik, a Polish soup made from beets, is a summer variety of this Russian soup Borscht |
#3016, aired 1997-10-13 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $200: Cox's orange pippin is a popular British variety of this fruit Apple |
#2995, aired 1997-09-12 | THE EMMYS $200: Bob Mackie sewed up a Costume Design Emmy for her variety special "Men, Movies and Carol" Carol Burnett |
#2974, aired 1997-07-03 | ROCKS & MINERALS $1000: True alabaster is a variety of this mineral used for making plaster of Paris gypsum (calcium sulfate) |
#2970, aired 1997-06-27 | WHAT'S COOKIN'? $200: There's a Spanish variety of this spice as well as the Hungarian Paprika |
#2959, aired 1997-06-12 | NOTABLE RELATIVES $300: This country singer once starred on a TV variety series with her younger sisters Louis & Irlene Barbara Mandrell |
#2949, aired 1997-05-29 | '60s TV $500: Only 2 CBS shows remained on Sunday nights for the entire decade: "Lassie" & this variety show "The Ed Sullivan Show" (old "Toast Of The Town") |