#6152, aired 2011-05-17 | VOCABULARY $800: This 6-letter test checks the acidity or alkalinity of a solution litmus |
#4850, aired 2005-10-14 | VOCABULARY TEST $200: Of tardy, very happy, or full of hot air, what the word elated means very happy |
#4850, aired 2005-10-14 | VOCABULARY TEST $400: While this word can mean a series of arches, you probably know it better as a place to play pinball & video games an arcade |
#4850, aired 2005-10-14 | VOCABULARY TEST $600: It's the 4-letter word for the president's power to reject a bill passed by Congress veto |
#4850, aired 2005-10-14 | VOCABULARY TEST $1000: It's the Spanish term for any of the Spanish conquerors who came to the Americas in the 1500s the conquistadores |
#4850, aired 2005-10-14 | VOCABULARY TEST $1,600 (Daily Double): The name of this branch of math comes from 2 Greek words meaning "earth measure" geometry |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | VOCABULARY TEST $400: The name of this day of the week honors Thor, the Norse god of thunder Thursday |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | VOCABULARY TEST $800: This word for another person's life story comes from Greek words meaning "life" & "written" biography |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | VOCABULARY TEST $1200: Call it a tadpole or call it this 8-letter word, it's still a newly hatched frog pollywog |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | VOCABULARY TEST $1600: Adjectives describe nouns & pronouns; these words, like very & quickly, can modify adjectives & verbs adverbs |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | VOCABULARY TEST $2000: This word means paralyzed by fear or turned to stone, like a forest that's a National Park in Arizona petrified |
#4538, aired 2004-05-05 | VOCABULARY TEST $400: The word hankie is short for this; now wipe your nose handkerchief |
#4538, aired 2004-05-05 | VOCABULARY TEST $800: Rearrange the letters in adobe to come up with this word for a home abode |
#4538, aired 2004-05-05 | VOCABULARY TEST $1200: Pronounced one way, it's an injury; pronounced another, it can mean turned & tightened, like certain clocks wound |
#4538, aired 2004-05-05 | VOCABULARY TEST $1600: It can mean to scrape the surface of the skin, or to feed out in the pasture graze |
#4538, aired 2004-05-05 | VOCABULARY TEST $2000: Spelled differenty, it can be a daisy, or a baking ingredient flower |
#4226, aired 2003-01-06 | VOCABULARY TEST $200: Term for a female goat or for someone who takes care of kids nanny |
#4226, aired 2003-01-06 | VOCABULARY TEST $400: Originally a farmer who lived nearby, now it's any nearby resident, especially one right next door neighbor |
#4226, aired 2003-01-06 | VOCABULARY TEST $600: In math the radius of a circle is half of the line called this diameter |
#4226, aired 2003-01-06 | VOCABULARY TEST $800: It's what we call the northern or southern half of the Earth, as divided by the equator hemisphere |
#4226, aired 2003-01-06 | VOCABULARY TEST $1000: While a synonym has the same meaning as another word, this is a word that means just the opposite antonym |