#8844, aired 2023-04-06 | NOT MAKING IT TO THE END OF THE MOVIE $600: Gwyneth Paltrow returns to the U.S. from Hong Kong, sickens & dies & this 2011 pandemic thriller is off & running Contagion |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | WHAT A TOOL $2000: Used for shaping wood, it can end in "z" or "ze" an adze |
#8129, aired 2020-01-02 | TOOLS OF THE KITCHEN $1000: An A to Z of kitchen tools might end with this one used to remove part of the peel of certain fruits a zester |
#7901, aired 2019-01-07 | REJECTED SUPERHEROES $200: He was rejected on the grounds that he couldn't stop telling everybody he was sorry the Apologizer |
#7866, aired 2018-11-19 | ODD FUTURE $1200: Drug-resistant bacteria could end the 70-year medical era of these, such as amoxicillin & the good old Z-Pak antibiotics |
#7711, aired 2018-03-05 | DITLOIDS $600: They include a scale & a bull:
12 S O T Z 12 signs of the zodiac |
#7690, aired 2018-02-02 | "X" = Z $400: Wooden hammers hit wooden bars to make beautiful music on this a xylophone |
#7283, aired 2016-04-20 | ZED'S DEAD, BABY $1600: Oy, I could just take the "Z" off the end of a word from Yiddish meaning "to burst" & get the story of a book or movie plotz & plot |
#6828, aired 2014-04-30 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1200: 1993:
A World War II suicide pilot K-A-M-I-K-A-Z-E |
#6789, aired 2014-03-06 | ODDS & END"Z" $200: This French preposition means "at the home of" chez |
#6789, aired 2014-03-06 | ODDS & END"Z" $400: Here's our theme in this musical style associated with Vienna a waltz |
#6789, aired 2014-03-06 | ODDS & END"Z" $600: A court officer cries this twice to get silence before a session oyez |
#6789, aired 2014-03-06 | ODDS & END"Z" $800: The chow chow & Samoyed are this type of dog with thick fur & a tail curled over the back a spitz |
#6789, aired 2014-03-06 | ODDS & END"Z" $1000: Ax-like tool with a chisel-like steel head an adz |
#6642, aired 2013-07-02 | "Z" END $400: In the Alka-Seltzer jingle, these 2 words follow "plop plop" "fizz fizz" |
#6642, aired 2013-07-02 | "Z" END $800: This NBA team played for 5 seasons in New Orleans before heading west in 1979 the (Utah) Jazz |
#6642, aired 2013-07-02 | "Z" END $1200: Smoky topaz isn't topaz at all but a darkish variety of this common mineral quartz |
#6642, aired 2013-07-02 | "Z" END $1600: In figure skating, the "money" jump for women is often the triple this lutz |
#6642, aired 2013-07-02 | "Z" END $2000: In April 1967 the first Russian spacecraft with this name was launched Soyuz |
#6627, aired 2013-06-11 | END OF THE ALPHABET $1000: Zurvan is the god of time in this one of the world's religion"z" Zoroastrianism |
#6391, aired 2012-06-04 | SCIENCE GRAB BAG $13,600 (Daily Double): Of the 10 listings on the Mohs scale, one of the 2 that end in "Z" quartz or topaz |
#5838, aired 2010-01-20 | MUSICAL A TO Z $1600: "C" is for this musical passage added at the end of a movement for a fitting conclusion or climax a coda |
#5634, aired 2009-02-19 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Located toward the end of the dictionary , it's "z" chemistry of fermentation zymurgy |
#5368, aired 2008-01-02 | "Z" END $400: It was first dispensed as a peppermint candy in Vienna Pez |
#5368, aired 2008-01-02 | "Z" END $800: The name of this, a thin pancake filled with cheese or fruit, is from the Yiddish a blintz |
#5368, aired 2008-01-02 | "Z" END $1200: A schmancy hotel gives us this word for a fancy display that you might "put on" the Ritz |
#5368, aired 2008-01-02 | "Z" END $1600: Adjective meaning artificial or synthetic ersatz |
#5368, aired 2008-01-02 | "Z" END $2000: This unit of frequency is equal to one cycle per second hertz |
#5086, aired 2006-10-23 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $2000: 1982:
Psoriasis was the winning word;
1965:
This itchy skin condition E-C-Z-E-M-A |
#4654, aired 2004-11-25 | "Z" END $200: At an elevation of about 12,000 feet, this South American capital is the world's highest La Paz |
#4654, aired 2004-11-25 | "Z" END $400: In the Bible he was married to Ruth Boaz |
#4654, aired 2004-11-25 | "Z" END $600: What's the frequency, Kenneth?--& make sure it's in this unit equal to one cycle per second hertz |
#4654, aired 2004-11-25 | "Z" END $800: In the 1910s this auto company introduced its famous Bearcat Stutz |
#4654, aired 2004-11-25 | "Z" END $1000: This strategically important strait connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman Hormuz |
#4510, aired 2004-03-26 | "Z" END $200: An instructional book is "Juggling for the Complete" one of these, a word from Yiddish meaning "clumsy person" Klutz |
#4510, aired 2004-03-26 | "Z" END $400: This online travel service can ticket you on 455 airlines & put you in 500,000 lodging properties Orbitz |
#4510, aired 2004-03-26 | "Z" END $600: Artificial or synthetic ersatz |
#4510, aired 2004-03-26 | "Z" END $800: The characters from this comic strip seen here are often found at Bryson Elementary Frazz |
#4510, aired 2004-03-26 | "Z" END $1000: It's a printed cotton fabric, often used for drapes chintz |
#4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $2000: German "God is Dead" philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm... N-I-E-T-Z-S-C-H-E |
#4234, aired 2003-01-16 | "Z" END $400: Get out your No. 2 pencils, it's time for this short, written test pop quiz |
#4234, aired 2003-01-16 | "Z" END $800: Johann Strauss, Jr. was the "King" of it waltz |
#4234, aired 2003-01-16 | "Z" END $1200: After high school, Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran worked on this type of Israeli collective settlement kibbutz |
#4234, aired 2003-01-16 | "Z" END $1600: This seaport in southern Spain is a major exporter of figs, olives & sherry Cadiz |
#4234, aired 2003-01-16 | "Z" END $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1967 Leon Uris made the bestseller list with this gem of a spy novel "Topaz" |
#4207, aired 2002-12-10 | MEMORY TEST $800: Give me a Z! Around 1700, Arabs took over this island, later to merge with Tanganyika Zanzibar |
#4042, aired 2002-03-12 | "Z" END $200: This company makes mealtime fun time with its EZ Squirt colored ketchups Heinz |
#4042, aired 2002-03-12 | "Z" END $400: It's Fred & Ethel's last name on "I Love Lucy" Mertz |
#4042, aired 2002-03-12 | "Z" END $600: Famous nickname of Walter Mondale Fritz |
#4042, aired 2002-03-12 | "Z" END $800: In the Bible, Ruth was married to this man Boaz |
#4042, aired 2002-03-12 | "Z" END $1000: Russia's third man-in-space program, it still continues more than 30 years after its inception the Soyuz |
#3696, aired 2000-10-02 | COMMON BONDS $600: Period,
caboose,
Z things at the end |
#3464, aired 1999-09-30 | LEFTOVERS $500: In this official language, the "Z" in Mozambique becomes a "C" with a squiggle under it Portuguese |
#2574, aired 1995-11-09 | WORD"Z" $200: Effervescence; soda has it fizz |
#2312, aired 1994-09-27 | "X", "Y", "Z" $1000: It's defined as an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners xenophobia |
#1081, aired 1989-04-24 | STARTS WITH "Z" $200: 1 sperm
+1 egg
= 1 this a zygote |
#930, aired 1988-09-23 | X, Y & Z $400: Term for someone who is unduly fearful of foreigners a xenophobe |
#852, aired 1988-04-26 | STARTS WITH "Z" $1000: These humped cattle of India were crossed with U.S. cattle to create breed better suited to warm climes zebus |