| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | "GEN"ERAL SCIENCE $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew hangs with a robotic dinosaur from Walking with Dinosaurs.) The stegosaurus had a walnut-sized brain, so the enlarged area in the spinal cord was thought to be a second brain; it probably stored this polysaccharide, an energy reserve glycogen |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | LET'S MAKE WASHI $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) Before bark is turned into paper, it must be cropped, stripped, bleached & boiled in this caustic solution also known as sodium hydroxide lye |
| #5527, aired 2008-09-23 | ____ OF ____ $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew waves a reflective stick through a projected image.) Even when a projected image appears to be gone, you can still see it when I wave this stick because of this phenomenon in which the light detectors in the eye send signals to the brain the persistence of vision |
| #5524, aired 2008-09-18 | ACCELERATOR $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls the control room of the Stanford Linear Accelerator in Menlo Park, CA.) A detector identifies each particle produced in the accelerator, computing its charge & this measurement that Einstein related to energy mass |
| #5524, aired 2008-09-18 | ACCELERATOR $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Stanford Linear Accelerator in Menlo Park, CA.) In the first of several Nobel Prizes won at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the high rate of new particle production was traced to a new kind of particle, the charm type of this a quark |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | GREEK ALPHABET SOUP $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew airmails us something from The Thunderbirds in Las Vegas, NV.) Several times in each show, all 6 Thunderbirds, flying 18 inches apart, team up in this formation named for a Greek letter delta formation |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | DINOSAURS $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.) The famous 50-foot in the American Museum of Natural History is a dinosaur whose name comes from the Greek for "weight", as in an atmospheric meter a Barosaurus |
| #5513, aired 2008-07-23 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, MI.) One of Ford's biggest foreign crises was the capture of the U.S. ship Mayaguez by this Asian country in 1975 Cambodia |
| #5512, aired 2008-07-22 | SLEEP $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew monitors a sleep study at the Sleep Research Center at Stanford University.) Doctors for this center linked dreaming with this phase of sleep that includes higher heart & respiration rates REM sleep |
| #5512, aired 2008-07-22 | SLEEP $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew bothers a sleeper with her clue at the Sleep Research Center at Stanford University.) Doctors are studying not only insomnia, but parasomnia, which includes night terrors & this condition, from the Latin for "sleep" & "walk" somnambulism |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | MILITARY MATTERS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, NV.) One of the Thunderbirds' standing engagements is an air show for the commencement of this Colorado Springs location the Air Force Academy |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | SCIENCE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew performs a science experiment.) By mixing baking soda, a chemical base, with the acid in the lime juice, this gas is produced, resulting in a bubbly liquid carbon dioxide |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Ginza in Tokyo.) Not much keeps the spirit of Tokyo down; this event in 1923 basically destroyed the city, but it was completely rebuilt in 1930 an earthquake |
| #5497, aired 2008-07-01 | GAMBLING $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands at a craps table.) For my first roll in a round of craps, I'm hoping to roll either of these 2 numbers & win right away 7 & 11 |
| #5496, aired 2008-06-30 | FACE THE MUSIC $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew chimes in about musical notation.) It's the bookkeeping term for the lines above & below the musical staff ledger lines |
| #5491, aired 2008-06-23 | THE BODY HUMAN $5,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the visual.) Red eye in photographs is the reflection of the flash off the blood vessels from this posterior part of the eye the retina |
| #5490, aired 2008-06-20 | SUMO $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands near a sumo match.) Sumo's ties to this native Japanese religion are symbolized in many ways; the canopy suspended above the ring is made to resemble the roof of a shrine Shintoism |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | JAPANESE CUISINE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew raises a glass of Sake.) Sake is made by kneading, then heating & fermenting this rice |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | AVIATION $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada.) To accelerate a plane, this force must be greater than the drag. Luckily, the F-16's engines provide 27,000 pounds of it thrust |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | A GALLIC CATEGORY? $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports form the State Capital in Lincoln, Nebraska) Here in Lincoln, Nebraska, the Capital has a standing Lincoln by this sculptor famous for the seated Lincoln in Washington, D.C. Daniel Chester French |
| #5479, aired 2008-06-05 | CASING YOUR STATE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands next to a Seeing Eye dog.) While there are other schools, only dogs trained at The Seeing Eye's Morristown location in this East Coast state can rightly be called Seeing Eye dogs New Jersey |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | CLOTHES-MINDED $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Japan.) This sash that ties the kimono varies in style with seasons & occasions, & can cost much more than the kimono an obi |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | GAMES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Las Vegas.) James Bond loves to play a high-stakes version of Baccarat known by this 3-word French name Chemin de Fer |
| #5466, aired 2008-05-19 | INTERNATIONAL PARKS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.) This diorama at the American Museum of Natural History depicts Virunga National Park in this African Democratic Republic the Congo |
| #5465, aired 2008-05-16 | WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew explains a diagram of the human eye.) In the normal eye, the focal point of light is on the retina; in hypermitropia, it's behind the retina; in this opposite condition, it's in front of the retina myopia (or nearsightedness) |
| #5462, aired 2008-05-13 | MUSIC CLASS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the music studio.) On sheet music, dots above or below the notes indicate that the note should be played like this, separate & quickly, Italian for "detached" staccato |
| #5461, aired 2008-05-12 | THE DAIRY CATTLE CENTER $200: (Jimmy and Cheryl of the Clue Crew report from the Babcock Hall Dairy in Wisconsin; Jimmy reads the clue.) Cows store massive food in the first of four chambers of the stomach as a part of this process that also means "thinking over slowly" ruminate (or rumination) |
| #5459, aired 2008-05-08 | LET'S VISIT THE MIDEAST $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a map of the Middle East on the monitor.) In 1958 the spell of President Nasser's Pan-Arab Movement persuaded this country to join Egypt in the United Arab Republic Syria |
| #5454, aired 2008-05-01 | WALKING WITH DINOSAURS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew walks with a robotic Stegosaurus.) You might encounter a real Stegosaurus if you can go back to the late part of this geological period, a good one for dinosaurs Jurassic |
| #5454, aired 2008-05-01 | WALKING WITH DINOSAURS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) If a bite that could puncture a car roof wasn't enough, T. rex's teeth have recesses where these live; if the bite didn't kill you, the infection would bacteria |
| #5454, aired 2008-05-01 | WALKING WITH DINOSAURS $4,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Named for its cattle-like horns, this 9-tonner whose name means "bull lizard" had the largest head of any known land animal Torosaurus (Torosaur accepted) |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | FROM THE GREEK $400: (Cheryl of Clue Crew indicates a skeleton.) Appropriately, the name of this bone comes from the Greek for "breastbone" the sternum |
| #5439, aired 2008-04-10 | HEALTH MATTERS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue in front of a large monitor.) Within moments of a fracture, the bone begins to knit by creating a callus, which is a tough meshwork of this protein found in skin & bones; eventually the callus is replaced by bone collagen |
| #5437, aired 2008-04-08 | THE GERALD R. FORD MUSEUM $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Gerald R. Ford museum in Grand Rapids, MI.) This is the actual pen used by President Ford on Sept. 8, 1974 to affix his signature to this document, saying that "It is the right thing to do" the pardon of Richard Nixon |
| #5432, aired 2008-04-01 | SCIENCE STUFF $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew spins purple plastic tube.) When the tube spins, high pressure pushes air through it to the lower pressure end, producing sound & demonstrating this principle named for a Swiss mathematician the Bernoulli principle |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | LOCO FOR LOGOS $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew compares a logo with its antecedent.) This association adapted the Duke of Lorraine's emblem because they, too, were fighting a crusade, but against tuberculosis the American Lung Association |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | EVERYDAY SCIENCE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew topples some dominoes.) Once dominoes start to fall, they continue without further outside influence--an example of this self-sustaining sequence a chain reaction |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue from inside the Jimmy Carter Library in Atlanta, Georgia.)
Jimmy Carter's library has his 2002 Nobel Peace Prize; he can also share the credit for the Peace Prize won in 1978 by these two men Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat |
| #5420, aired 2008-03-14 | AFRICA $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a map on a screen) Cabinda Province is an exclave belonging neither to the Congo nor the Democratic Republic of the Congo which surround it, but to this large country just to the south Angola |
| #5418, aired 2008-03-12 | BOTANY $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) You can collect water from a plant's leaves because they lose water vapor through pores called these stomata |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | LET'S PLAY BLACKJACK $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits at a Las Vegas blackjack table with Sarah.) To ask the dealer for another card, I can gesture or say this traditional 2-word phrase hit me |
| #5409, aired 2008-02-28 | JAPANESE CULTURE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Shibori Gallery in Kyoto, Japan.) Shibori, a fabric coloring method that goes back hundreds of years, is the Japanese equivalent of this retro American method tie-dye |
| #5407, aired 2008-02-26 | MADE TO MEASURE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, NV.) Nellis Air Force Base has the U.S.A.'s largest solar power system: 70,000 panels produce 15 of these units, supplying the base with 25% of its power in the summer a megawatt |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | POTPOURRI $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a phrase on the monitor.) In proofreading, a mark like the red one here indicates that the writer should do this with the words switch them (or transpose them) |
| #5391, aired 2008-02-04 | YOU GET A "D" $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a radar image of a storm.) On August 23, 2005, Katrina had winds of 35 miles per hour & was considered one of these gloomy storms; 2 days later, it was a hurricane a tropical depression |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | METALS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew uses a magnet on a beverage can and a food can.) In separating recyclables, a magnet is used because it will not attract aluminum, but will attract this metal, the main constituent of what we call tin cans steel |
| #5381, aired 2008-01-21 | LAMPS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a lava lamp.) Lava lamps are possible because the liquids have different specific gravities & are immiscible, which means this they don't mix |
| #5379, aired 2008-01-17 | MUSIC $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents some musical notation.) Ledger lines are for notes that don't fit on the 5-line staff, like this note that's one line below the treble staff, or one line above the bass staff middle C |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | SUSHI CULTURE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a piece of food.) It's used to cleanse your palate between sushi selections, is called gari & comes from this plant ginger |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | SUSHI CULTURE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a slab of fish.) Most people don't know that it's the seasoned rice that's known as sushi; the raw fish is properly called this sashimi |
| #5377, aired 2008-01-15 | STATE FLAGS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a flag.) The red & white design stands for the Crossland family; the black & gold stands for the Calvert family on this state's flag Maryland |
| #5364, aired 2007-12-27 | THE JIMMY CARTER LIBRARY & MUSEUM $4,500 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew checks in from the Jimmy Carter Library in Atlanta, GA.) A fine example of Suzhou embroidery, "Kitten Playing with Mantis", was a gift to President Carter from this Chinese Leader in 1979 Teng Hsiao-P'ing |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | SEEING EYE DOGS $400: (A trainer and dog stop at a curb behind Cheryl of the Clue Crew at The Seeing Eye in New Jersey.) A dog is trained to stop at curbs for two reasons, safety & orientation, as people who are visually impaired determine location by counting these the blocks |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | SEEING EYE DOGS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew leads Jon on at The Seeing Eye in New Jersey.) In the matching process for a dog, people with visual impairments are evaluated on pace & pull using this harness named for the Roman queen of heaven Juno |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | "A" IN SCIENCE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) After five minutes in lemon juice, the coin is shiny because the lemon's this works chemically to remove the oxide acid |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | THE JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) Among the many utensils used in the ceremony are the chashaku, or scoop, & a chasen, or wisk, made from a single piece of this bamboo |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | THE JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) Like the altar of a Zen chapel which inspired it, the tokonoma, a decorated alcove, faces this direction, thought lucky due to its exposure to sunlight south |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | THE JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) Many elements of the ceremony like the fire & water, the open tea bowl & the closed tea caddy, represent these two complementary forces of nature borrowed from the Chinese yin & yang |
| #5334, aired 2007-11-15 | FINANCE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows an upward-tending graph with a deviant dip between March and May on the monitor.) Named for the implication that it brought some rationality to an exuberant market, it's a downward move by generally rising prices a correction |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History.) One of the iconic exhibits in the Hall of Ocean Life is the coral reef diorama near a 30-times enlarged model of one of these creatures that make up reefs polyps |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | ANATOMY $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew plays with a skeleton.) The bones of the shoulder--the clavicle, the scapula & the humerus--form this type of joint, which is more susceptible to injury because it moves in multiple directions a ball and socket |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | MATH $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the clue on the monitor.) It's the property that expresses why the third equation follows from the first two transitive |
| #5319, aired 2007-10-25 | ODDS & ENDS $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab.) Princeton studies the physics of magnetic reconnection, which ionizes the upper atmosphere & produces this spectacular natural phenomenon the northern lights |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows satellite video of storm movement on two monitors at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.) A tropical storm in the North Atlantic that reaches 74 miles per hour is called a hurricane; if it's here in the Northwest Pacific, it's classified as this a typhoon |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew rains supreme at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.) Showing the density & motion of clouds, this type of radar named for an Austrian scientist can predict the formation of a tornado Doppler |
| #5311, aired 2007-10-15 | 1907 $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew compares two paintings on the monitor.) The work here from 1906 doesn't quite prepare us for the launch of this art movement by the same artist 1 year later Cubism |
| #5310, aired 2007-10-12 | AROUND THE WORLD $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew takes a stroll outside in Kyoto, Japan.) The tourist areas of Japan are especially crowded in the spring season of hanami, the time for viewing these blossoms the cherry blossoms |
| #5307, aired 2007-10-09 | YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE $800: Math:
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows two hexagons on the monitor.) A polygon may be considered convex, or this, meaning "having at least 1 interior angle greater than 180 degrees" concave |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew wears a thick nylon stocking over one hand.) Because it does not allow light to pass through it, thick nylon, which is not transparent, is described as this, from the Latin for "shaded" opaque |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | DRUMMING $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits at a drum set.) The ride cymbal is more for keeping time; this is the cymbal you hit when you when you want to end with a flourish crash cymbal |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | WORLD FLAGS $1,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads the clue.) Behind the coat of arms on Portugal's flag is a navigational tool; in 1816, it was also on the flag of this other land Brazil |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | "O" YES! $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in sunlight and shadow.) A total solar eclipse where the Moon hides the Sun is an example of this, from the Latin for "conceal", as in the mysteries of the supernatural the occult |
| #5288, aired 2007-09-12 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew will stands in front of a building that extends partway over a river.) I'm at the library of this president who says it symbolizes his efforts to build bridges from yesterday to tomorrow Clinton |
| #5287, aired 2007-09-11 | BOOK TITLES $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Rowan Oak Home) Faulkner was using "Dark House" as a novel title but on this porch, his wife said there was something about the light in this month August |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | MATH $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows the equation 5x/6 = 10/1 on the monitor.) To find the value of a variable in equivalent fractions, you perform this operation first cross-multiplication |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | MATH $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows the mathematical equation (1+2) + 3 = 1 + (2+3) on a monitor.) The grouping of terms is irrelevant according to this property of addition as well as multiplication associative |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | HISTORIC LONDON $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Regent's Park.) Regent's Park was a hunting ground for this 16th century king, who it was said never hunted without tiring 8 or 10 horses Henry VIII |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | HISTORIC LONDON $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Hyde Park.) Famous men who orated here at Hyde Park's Speaker's Corner include Friedrich Engels & this 1848 Engels co-author Karl Marx |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | HISTORIC LONDON $3,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Temple Gardens.) According to Shakespeare, these conflicts began with the plucking of 2 flowers here in the Temple Gardens the Wars of the Roses |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | EVERYDAY TECHNOLOGY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue crew is in the lab.) This trademarked DuPont technology protects each fiber of a carpet to prevent stains; you might know it better from cookware teflon |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | "C" ME $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a lab at the University of Mississippi.) Sound waves are used to heat & seal blood vessels in a 21st-century version of this process, from the Latin for "branding iron" cauterizing |
| #5271, aired 2007-07-09 | CITYSCAPE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) With a population of close to 10 million, it's the only city in the world that spans two continents Istanbul |
| #5271, aired 2007-07-09 | MYTHOLOGY & ART $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) If you take a closer look at the painting "Primavera" you'll see the trio of elegant goddesses known by this collective name The Graces |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | COOKIN' UP CATFISH $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue as she makes catfish at the Taylor Grocery in Mississippi.) One key ingredient in a good catfish fry coating is this sauce, developed in India but named for the English city where it was first bottled Worcestershire |
| #5262, aired 2007-06-26 | STATES OF MIND $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew displays a symbol.) Curves represent the waking & dream states, & the dot is the metaphysical/ transcendental state in this Sanskrit syllable om |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | 13-LETTER WORDS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of a board with numbers.) The string of values seen here is increasing this way, from the Latin for "to declare" exponentially |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | JAMES JOYCE'S DUBLIN $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Dublin, Ireland.) Dublin's Liffey River is a vital force in Joyce's work, especially in this late novel whose first word is "Riverrun" Finnegans Wake |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | LET'S CONSULT THE MAP $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew displays a map on the monitor.) On this map, a star inside a circle represents these (national) capitals |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | LET'S CONSULT THE MAP $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a rectangular world map on the monitor.) Because areas far from the equator are enlarged, Greenland is bigger than South America in the 16th century system of projection named for this man Mercator |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | ANATOMY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from a lab.) Due to its worm-like shape, the adjective vermiform is commonly used to refer to this tube that's attached to the cecum appendix |
| #5246, aired 2007-06-04 | MUSIC $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows us a treble clef.) The F Major key signature tells me to flatten this fourth note in the scale B |
| #5244, aired 2007-05-31 | GIVE ME AN "A" $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a triangle on the monitor.) In a triangle, a line extending from the vertex to the opposite side or base, creating a right angle, is called this the altitude |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Catalina Island Conservancy.) Rampant use of this 3-letter insecticide lead to a hefty settlement for restorating the population of Catalina's bald eagles DDT |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | BEGINNING & END $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates the monitor.) A porkchop plot, named for its shape, is used for planning space missions; the vertical & horizontal axes plot possible dates for these 2 flight events takeoff & landing (or launch & arrival) |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | GEOGRAPHY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Mississippi.) Some of the best catfish is caught in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, better known around here as this area the (Mississippi) Delta |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) A symbol that is familiar from its use in biology is also used in astronomy to represent this planet Venus |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | ON THE HEAD $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a skull on the monitor and holds a model skull.) Skull bones are joined together by seams of connective tissue called these, also an operating room term a suture |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | THE SCIENCE OF SOUND $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the NCPA at Mississippi)
The Defense Department funds the NCPA's work in using sound imaging to detect the tens of millions of these buried worldwide land mines |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | THE SCIENCE OF SOUND $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the NCPA at Mississippi)
Using the same prefixes as for light, the sonic spectrum goes from ultrasound to these waves that are too low in frequency to hear; the mics being used here can pick them up infrasound |
| #5233, aired 2007-05-16 | BOTANY $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a flower.) The color of a hydrangea's flowers can be determined by the level of this in the soil; above 6 for pink flowers, lower for blue acid |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | ELEMENTAL, MY DEAR $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Princeton University.) The hull thruster, a plasma-based propulsion system for space, burns this element that glows in some luxury cars' headlights xenon |
| #5216, aired 2007-04-23 | IT'S A DOG'S LIFE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands next to a monitor.) In Westminster Kennel Club competitions, poodles show in three sizes--Standard, Miniature & this small one that can't be more than 10 inches high at the shoulder Toy |
| #5216, aired 2007-04-23 | THE STARS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows some constellations on a monitor.) If you're hunting for Orion's constellation in the sky, look for this faithful dog of his who's always nearby Sirius |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | WILLIAM FAULKNER $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Rowan Oak in Oxford, Mississippi.) On the wall is Faulkner's handwritten plot outline for this 1954 novel set during World War I; its title is a type of story Fable |
| #5214, aired 2007-04-19 | AT THE ART OPENING $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from an art gallery.)
By focusing the bouquet, these wine glasses are perfect for this, the world's most popular white wine grape. Chardonnay |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the State Capitol building in Lincoln, NE.) As in Washington, the vice president presides over the Senate, in Nebraska, this official presides over the unicameral legislature the lieutenant governor |
| #5209, aired 2007-04-12 | WHAT THE "L" IS IT? $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the state-of-the-art Jeopardy! marine biology laboratory.) This clinging marine gastropod is also the last name of Don Knotts's character in a 1964 marine movie a limpet |
| #5209, aired 2007-04-12 | MONEY TALK $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports while pointing out numbers on a video chart.) A $1000 investment made at 5% interest would have quite different returns after twenty years, based on these two different types of interest simple and compound interest |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | ROCK $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a Broadway stage.) If you know the name for a group of lions, you can guess the name of this famous rock, here on the set of The Lion King Pride Rock |
| #5207, aired 2007-04-10 | WELCOME TO OLE MISS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Rowan Oak) The university owns & maintains Rowan Oak, home of this Nobel Prize-winning author including the typewriter on which he wrote several novels Faulkner |
| #5203, aired 2007-04-04 | POLITICAL LINGO $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the State Capitol building in Lincoln, NE.) I'm in the nation's only 1-house state legislature known by this 1-word term; Nebraskans chose it by popular vote in the 1930s unicameral |
| #5200, aired 2007-03-30 | THE BILL CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Bill Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR.) This re-creation of Clinton's Oval Office includes the desk the President chose to use; it was first brought into the White House by this hero of Clinton JFK |
| #5200, aired 2007-03-30 | THE BILL CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR.) Gifts to the President abound at the Library, like a mosaic of the Colosseum, given by this man, complete with his seal Pope John Paul II |
| #5200, aired 2007-03-30 | THE BILL CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR.) At the Library, you can see a touching tribute to the first cat & first dog of the Clinton family with these names Buddy & Socks |
| #5190, aired 2007-03-16 | IRELAND $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Dublin, Ireland.) "Ulysses" captures the sight, sound & even products of Dublin; this man, who represents Ulysses, wonders, "What is home without Plumtree's Potted Meat?" (Leopold) Bloom |
| #5188, aired 2007-03-14 | A DATE WITH DENSITY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates a scientific instrument.) This device\ for measuring the density of liquids takes its name from the Greek for "water measure" hydrometer |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | ____ OF ____ $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a map of the Pacific on the monitor.) 80% of energy released in earthquakes comes from the belt circling the Pacific called this for its volcanic activity the Ring of Fire |
| #5184, aired 2007-03-08 | OMAHA'S HENRY DOORLY ZOO $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from inside a zoo exhibit in Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, NE.) I'm in the world's largest indoor desert, which is under the world's largest glazed structure of this type a geodesic dome |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | A DROP OF IRISH WHISKEY $1,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of large tanks containing whiskey in Dublin, Ireland.) The whiskey goes 3 times through this purifying process, the evaporation & collection of a liquid via condensation distillation |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | PLASMA PHYSICS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Plasma Physics Lab at Princeton.) To produce energy, scientists are experimenting with plasma, a charged medium, sometimes called the fourth one of these after solid, liquid & gas phase of matter (or state of matter) |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | PLASMA PHYSICS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Plasma Physics Lab at Princeton.) As fuel, fusion reactors use deuterium & tritium, isotopes of this element that contains one proton & one electron hydrogen |
| #5177, aired 2007-02-27 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a state capital.) I'm in this state capital, the last one to be named for a U.S. president Lincoln, Nebraska |
| #5177, aired 2007-02-27 | WHERE AM I? $3,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a state capital.) This state capital was the subject of a 20-year boundary dispute & gets its name from the fight's peaceful outcome Concord, New Hampshire |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | LITERARY LONDON $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew has a new review from the zoo--the London Zoo in Regent's Park, London.) At the zoo in Regent's Park this character first discovers his unusual powers when he talks to the snakes Harry Potter |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | SCIENCE STUFF $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew explains a diagram shown on a screen.) Many people are concerned about the long-term consequences of this effect that traps energy from the sun the greenhouse effect |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | ELECTION 2006 $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a map.) You can see what's called "the two Virginias" here, & Rockingham County, which went 70% for Allen, & this more urban county, home to the Pentagon & a cemetery, which went 70% for Webb Arlington |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) In 1962, federal marshals escorted James Meredith, the first black student at the university of this state in Oxford; in 1964, he graduated Mississippi |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas.) At a recreation of a famous march, Bill Clinton said that the Voting Rights Act was signed in ink in Washington, but signed in blood in this Alabama city Selma |
| #5162, aired 2007-02-06 | HEALTH MATTERS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is under pressure in the hyperbaric chamber at the USC Wrigley Institute.) The afflication known as "the bends" usually results from bubbles of this gas which is highly soluble in the fatty tissues of the body nitrogen |
| #5161, aired 2007-02-05 | CHEM CLASS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew pours the contents of a flask into a beaker.) Milk has its solids distributed throughout the liquid; to clump the solids into curd, I've added vinegar, a weak one of these an acid |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | A STUDY IN SOUND $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew tests out her pipes.) The difference between the softest and loudest sounds is called "dynamic" this; in speech, it can be about 40 decibels range |
| #5156, aired 2007-01-29 | GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of a circle on the monitor with arc AB, angle a between them, and the formula l(A,B)=ra.) In the formula here, the length of arc (A,B) equals the angle a times r, which stands for this measurement radius |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Girls and Boys Town.) He sent his "Boys Town" Oscar to Father Flanagan, saying his "great human qualities were strong enough to shine through my humble efforts" (Spencer) Tracy |
| #5150, aired 2007-01-19 | MARINE LIFE $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Catalina Island.) The inner cavities of sea urchins contain 5 sets of invertebrate eggs, known by this 3-letter name roe |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | RUSSIAN LEADERS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Moscow, Russia.) After Moscow's Alarm Tower summoned a dangerous mob in 1771, this woman had its bell removed Catherine the Great |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | 'HUSKER DO $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Omaha, NE.) I'm in a replica of the Omaha grocery a man with this last name started running in 1915; 50 years later, his grandson started running an investment business called Berkshire Hathaway Buffett |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands next to an angle depicted on a board.) In the angle ABC the line segments that form the sides of the angle have a common end point, B, called this vertex |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | LETTERS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from London.) Helene Hanff's correspondence with a bookseller at this very site made this London address famous 84 Charing Cross Road |
| #5138, aired 2007-01-03 | TECH SUPPORT $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands next to an open computer case.) If you hear a whir & a clunk & can't get into Windows, this part that stores information on magnetic platters has failed hard drive (or hard disk drive) |
| #5137, aired 2007-01-02 | MEASURING UP $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports with a hygrometer.) Calculated from the difference between the wet & dry thermometers, a hygrometer measures this two-word weather term relative humidity |
| #5131, aired 2006-12-25 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Kelly Ingram Park.) Defying the notorious "Bull" Connor, thousands came to this city's Kelly Ingram Park to demonstrate for civil rights in May 1963 Birmingham |
| #5127, aired 2006-12-19 | WHERE IN LONDON AM I? $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Sherlock Holmes Museum.) I'm standing in front of the Sherlock Holmes Museum, a Victorian lodging house built in 1815, on this famous London street Baker Street |
| #5127, aired 2006-12-19 | WHERE IN LONDON AM I? $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a London square.) I'm in this London square associated with Virginia Woolf, who was at the center of a group that made this area famous Bloomsbury |
| #5126, aired 2006-12-18 | THE KING IS DEAD $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports on a Grecian urned) It was from the Acropolis that this king. believing his son dead, supposedly threw himself in the sea named for him Aegeus |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | FROM THE LATIN $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports while an Omaha zookeeper plays with her monkey.) This little fellow weighs about 10 pounds but could grow up to weigh over 250 pounds, making orangutans the largest animals described as this, from the Latin for "tree" arboreals |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | FLOWER ARRANGING $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of the monitor.) Buy your roses when they're closed or in this stage & you'll have much more time to enjoy them bud |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | MILITARY MEN $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Pentagon pool.) A gym & pool were built at the Pentagon after World War II, at the suggestion of this man, then Army Chief of Staff Eisenhower |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | ANIMALS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the penguin habitat.)
The smallest of all penguins, the little blue is the only one native to this continent where it is sometimes called the fairy penguin Australia |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | ANIMALS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.)
Inside zoos, the aim is to increase the population; outside the zoos, the declining number of orangutans are found only on these two Indonesian islands Borneo and Sumatra |
| #5113, aired 2006-11-29 | THE 19th CENTURY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands on an Irish seashore at a Martello tower in Dublin, Ireland.) Martello towers were built by the British in the early 19th century to defend against an invasion by this man Napoleon |
| #5105, aired 2006-11-17 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside the Merrimack Restaurant in New Hampshire.) This Colorado senator was one of the many politicos to come to the Merrimack Restaurant in Manchester, New Hampshire ahead of the big primary Gary Hart |
| #5102, aired 2006-11-14 | STUPID ANSWERS: THE NEW YORK EDITION $1600: (Jimmy, Cheryl, & Sarah of the Clue Crew walk into a New York restaurant.) We're getting ready to have a fabulous meal here at this world-famous New York restaurant at 21 West 52nd St. 21 |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | EVERYTHING FRENCH $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.) This "Beauty and the Beast" character has the same name as the brothers who founded French cinema Lumière |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | SCIENC"E" $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the USC Wrigley Institute on Catalina Island, CA.) Pentaradial symmetry & hard, spiny skin are two major qualities of this phylum of creatures Echinodermata |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | COMPOUNDS IN ACTION $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside a science lab.) When hydrogen sulfide in the air reacts with silver, it creates a coating called silver sulfide, better known by this one word tarnish |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | CATALINA $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from near a fountain on Catalina Island, CA.) In 1919 this chewing gum magnate bought Catalina & built it into a world-class resort (William) Wrigley |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | CATALINA $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from on high on Catalina Island, CA.) Catalina's only city shares its name with this island of the King Arthur legends Avalon |
| #5077, aired 2006-10-10 | FDR $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the FDR Presidential Library.) FDR collected these watercolors of the naval battles with this country in 1846-47 Mexico |
| #5076, aired 2006-10-09 | SYMBOLS IN ART $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a Flemish oil painting.) In "Adoration of the Shepherds" by Rubens, the baby Jesus lies on wheat stalks, which are a reference to this sacrament the eucharist |
| #5075, aired 2006-10-06 | STATUES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the State Capitol at Lincoln, NE.) The Nebraska state capitol's statue, "The Sower", is tossing these to the Great Plains, 400 feet below seeds (of prosperity) |
| #5067, aired 2006-09-26 | ANCIENT TALK $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points out circles animated on a plot on the monitor.) On a curve, the circles that best approximate the curvature at each point are called "osculating circles", from the Latin "osculare", to do this kiss |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | NEW HAMPSHIRE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of the State House in Concord, NH.) Here in Concord, America's oldest State House, using its original chambers, was built in 1819, mostly of this stone--naturally granite |
| #5064, aired 2006-09-21 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is waiting for me.) I'm on this California island of romance which, according to a Four Preps song, is "26 miles across the sea" (Santa) Catalina |
| #5064, aired 2006-09-21 | WHERE AM I? $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a studio classroom with dressed mannequins.) I'm at the College of Textiles of the state university of this state that leads the U.S. in textile production North Carolina |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | MOTHER RUSSIA $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew goes for gold in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Russian craftsmen have recreated the Amber Room here in the Catherine Palace, which had been plundered by these people in 1941 the Nazis |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | MOTHER RUSSIA $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is our girl in Moscow, Russia.) From 1953 to 1961, Lenin shared his tomb with this leader who was then moved to his present resting place in the Kremlin wall Stalin |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | MOTHER RUSSIA $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew rushes back to Palace Square in St. Petersburg.) In 1905 a peaceful demonstration here on Palace Square turned into a massacre known to history as this bloody day of the week Sunday |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | MOTHER RUSSIA $6,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from "poetic" Russia.) I'm here in the town originally called Tsarskoye Selo, which in 1937 was renamed for this great Russian poet Pushkin |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | THE CHAMBER $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows us a hyperbaric chamber on Catalina Island, CA.) A hyperbaric chamber is also called this type of chamber, not because you relax, but because you return to normal pressure a decompression chamber |
| #5053, aired 2006-07-26 | OLD, ODD & OBSCURE WORDS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew speaks from a library.) In "Robinson Crusoe" the name of this amphibian means "a loop to hold a sword"; today, it's the name of this type of fastener a frog |
| #5050, aired 2006-07-21 | ALL ABOUT THE BOOK $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents an image of a page of a book.) A "gloss" is a marginal translation or explanation of a difficult term; the same root gives us this word for a list of such terms a glossary |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.) "Beauty and the Beast" takes place in & around a quiet provincial village in this country France |
| #5044, aired 2006-07-13 | IT'S AN ILLUSION $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows an optical illusion on the monitor.) The duck-rabbit figure with a duck's bill here & a rabbit's nose here was first commented on by Joseph Jastro, who studied the brain's role in perception as one of America's first professors of this psychology |
| #5044, aired 2006-07-13 | IT'S AN ILLUSION $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows one last illusion on the monitor.) The image seen here is called figure & this; the shape that has more meaning to you is the one that you'll see as the figure ground |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads as she & Jon play cards.) Jon's keeping his cards under the table; I have mine above the table, which gave us this word meaning "without deceit" aboveboard |
| #5037, aired 2006-07-04 | ODD JOBS $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a barrel-making shop in Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH.) From planks of wood, a cooper makes these curved pieces that form the sides of a barrel staves |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | MOSCOW KNOW-HOW $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points out a feature on a church in Moscow, Russia.) In Moscow, you can see how these church features got their name--they do look like a certain bulb vegetable onion domes |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | MOSCOW KNOW-HOW $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew now reports from a market in Moscow.) Russian markets feature an array of these urns that have use beyond boiling water--now, decorative objects a samovar |
| #5034, aired 2006-06-29 | STAGE ACTING $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew speaks on a living room stage setting.) By speaking to farther & farther points, I learn to do this with my voice, also something done at the back of a movie theater project |
| #5032, aired 2006-06-27 | LANGUAGES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the fishing docks.) Paradoxically, "Dhen milao elinika" means "I don't speak" this Greek |
| #5028, aired 2006-06-21 | WHERE AM I? $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in a narrow space station module replica in Russia.) I'm at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in this complex near Moscow, appropriately named this City Star City |
| #5021, aired 2006-06-12 | KNOW YOUR EARTH $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a ribboned timeline on the monitor.) Named for the tiny time period that followed it, this interval covers 80% of geological time Precambrian |
| #5014, aired 2006-06-01 | "BOOK"S $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates a novel book.) By changing one element on each page, we've created one of these, first patented in 1882 a flip book |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | SINNERS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.) In 2002, Bobby Frank Cherry, a member of this group, was the last suspect to be convicted for the bombing of this very church in 1963 the Ku Klux Klan |
| #5008, aired 2006-05-24 | PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the State House in Concord, NH.) An article dating from 1792 in this document provides for open sessions of the legislature to all who behave decently the Constitution |
| #5008, aired 2006-05-24 | PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits in the chamber of the State House in Concord, NH.) With only one member present in the 400-seat House, we're way short of this, which has to be a majority of the members a quorum |
| #5004, aired 2006-05-18 | MACHINERY $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a ticking metronome.) This mechanism that provides periodic energy to devices like a metronome gets its name from the wheel that is caught & then gets free an escapement |
| #5003, aired 2006-05-17 | INSIDE THE BRAIN $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads the clue after hitting Jon on the knee with a small mallet.) The knee jerk reflex involves just one of these connection sites between neurons; most, like the blink reflex, use more than one synapses |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Tervasaari.) Tervasaari, just off Helsinki, sits in this arm of the Baltic Sea the Gulf of Finland |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | GONE TOO SOON $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) The Oval Office was a place of sorrow when President Kennedy heard of the death of this Congolese leader in early 1961 (Patrice) Lumumba |
| #4994, aired 2006-05-04 | MYTHOLOGY & ART $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands with a gold statue in Peterhofm St. Petersberg, Russia.) The statue of Perseus here at Peterhof holds the head of this Gorgon who's made to look like King Charles XII of Sweden Medusa |
| #4992, aired 2006-05-02 | GOVERNORS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from atop the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL.) When civil rights marchers faced off against the mounted police in 1965 here on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, this man was Alabama's governor George Wallace |
| #4991, aired 2006-05-01 | EARLY AMERICA $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, NH.) This tavern, opened in Portsmouth in 1766, was named for this British prime minister, a defender of the colonists in Parliament Pitt (the Elder) |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | TV INSPIRATIONS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the JFK Library & Museum.) A famous 1961 photo of President Kennedy at his desk is echoed in the opening credits of this popular television series The West Wing |
| #4986, aired 2006-04-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from outside of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.) A vision of little scraps of Sunday dresses in this author's "Song of Solomon" refers to the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church Toni Morrison |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | SPORTS EVOLUTION $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Utah Olympic Park, with Cheryl and Jimmy pushing her in a bobsled.) Begun in the 1800s, the first bobsleds didn't have these--a garden rake was used instead brakes |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | SPORTS EVOLUTION $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew slides a curling stone across the ice in the Utah Olympic Oval.) Curling came to North America with Scottish soldiers who melted down these iron projectiles; today's stone is 40 pounds of polished granite cannonballs |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | DEAF & BLIND $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.) On the campus named for this remarkable woman, a statue is signing the word for blind while reading the word for deaf Helen Keller |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | DEAF & BLIND $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.) This youthful soul gospel group was formed at what's now Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind in 1939 & original members still perform together in the 21st century The Blind Boys of Alabama |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | "M"EDICINE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a laboratory at NC State University in Raleigh, NC.) An artificial retina developed with the aid of North Carolina State University engineers may cure this type of degeneration named for a spot at the center of a retina macular |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | FINLAND $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew accepts the goods from a blonde market vendor in Helsinki, Finland.) I'm in Helsinki buying a CD of this cultural icon who got a life pension from the Finnish Senate in 1897 & lived until 1957 (Jean) Sibelius |
| #4962, aired 2006-03-21 | THE MATERIAL WORLD $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads in front of the Pentagon.) The Pentagon was constructed primarily with this building material; steel was saved for the 2nd World War effort (reinforced) concrete |
| #4962, aired 2006-03-21 | THE MATERIAL WORLD $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads while picking up stamps with tongs.) I'm using special tongs to put my stamps into this type of envelope whose name is derived from a transparent material glassine |
| #4955, aired 2006-03-10 | ALL THAT JAZZ $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Smithsonian Institution.) This Grammy is one of 13 awarded to this jazz singer called "The First Lady of Song" Ella Fitzgerald |
| #4954, aired 2006-03-09 | LET'S SPEAK RUSSIAN $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls down a street in Moscow, Russia.) So that I could be polite in Russia, I made sure to learn puzhalusta for "please" & this basic word for "thank you" spasiba |
| #4953, aired 2006-03-08 | VETERINARY MEDICINE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the North Carolina State Veterinary School.) X-rays can detect hip dysplasia common in large dogs in which the ball of this bone is loose in its socket the femur |
| #4951, aired 2006-03-06 | ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the ruins of the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.) The ancient Greek special effect of a deity lowered from a crane was called this, meaning "god from the machine" deus ex machina |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | HISTORIC NEW HAMPSHIRE $400 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the State House in Concord, NH.) The State House has a portrait of this youngest speaker of the New Hampshire House; he was later president of the United States at age 48 Franklin Pierce |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | HISTORIC NEW HAMPSHIRE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Bretton Woods Mountain Resort in New Hampshire.) In 1944 the Washington Mountain Resort in Bretton Woods hosted the conference that set up these two major international financial institutions the International Monetary Fund & the World Bank |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | HISTORIC NEW HAMPSHIRE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Portsmouth, NH.) Washington was too warm, so in 1905, Portsmouth was the site of the negotiations & treaty signing ending this war the Russo-Japanese War |
| #4945, aired 2006-02-24 | THE FOUNTAINS OF EUROPE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue at Peterhof in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Peterhof's Samson Fountain symbolizes Russia's victory over this Scandinavian country that has a lion as its heraldic beast Sweden |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.) In his Stride Toward Freedom, he organized many Civil Rights mass meetings held here at the 16th Street Baptist Church Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Birmingham, AL in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.) It took three tries, but finally, several thousand crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 on a Civil Rights march from Selma to this state capital Montgomery |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from inside the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, AL.) Civil Rights activists fought segregation permitted by this 3-word slogan in an 1896 Supreme Court decision "separate but equal" |
| #4940, aired 2006-02-17 | LET'S LOOK TO THE STARS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew draws a familiar constellation on a chalkboard.) The constellation outlined here is known by this name in the U.S. the Little Dipper |
| #4932, aired 2006-02-07 | TRAVEL FUN $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Peterhof in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Peter the Great loved games, & one of the fanciful cascades here at Peterhof is named for this kind of playing surface checkerboard (or chessboard) |
| #4931, aired 2006-02-06 | SCIENCE $2000: (A honey-colored retriever named Max tries to lick Cheryl of the Clue Crew as she pets him at NC State University in Raleigh, NC.) Veterinarians refer to this area of an animal's body as the posterior or this region, from the Latin for "the tail" the caudal region |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | ON BROADWAY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.) I'm here on the Broadway set on which you'll hear Mrs. Potts sing this title tune
"Tale as old as time /
True as it can be..." "Beauty And The Beast" |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | ISLANDS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Tinos in Greece.) In 1715, Tinos became the last island to fall to these conquerors from across the Aegean the Turks |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | PRECIOUS "M"s $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue crew shows off her choker.) You can buy some unique jewelry made of this, the lining of some mollusk shells mother of pearl |
| #4923, aired 2006-01-25 | ALSO A BODY PART $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a jacketless copy of Jane Austen's Persuasion.) To some, books are like people--maybe that's why some of their parts have names like head, spine & this part that connects the spine & cover the joint |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew waxes eloquent in front of Lenin's tomb in Moscow, Russia.) Soviet leaders reviewed a parade of military hardware from Lenin's tomb each year on this day, a Socialist holiday since 1889 May Day |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | TEXTILES $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the goods from the NC State University's College of Textiles.) This 2004 model loom still uses a method of controlling individual yarns based on the one developed in 1804 by this French loom inventor Jacquard |
| #4918, aired 2006-01-18 | REBUILDING $1,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Pentagon.) The post-9/11 rebuilding of the Pentagon "where rebirth will arise from destruction" was nicknamed this project by workers "Project Phoenix" |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | CIVIL RIGHTS HEROES $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Pentagon.) The service of these aviators honored here was a factor in leading President Truman to desegregate the military the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls a scenic walkway by a riverbank at Gorky Park.) Famous as the setting of a book & a movie, Gorky Park lies on the right bank of this river the Moscow River |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Red Square in Moscow, Russia while a memorable melody plays.) This composer of film & ballet scores was overshadowed when he died the same day as Stalin, March 5, 1953 Prokofiev |
| #4908, aired 2006-01-04 | ERNEST HEMINGWAY $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the JFK Library & Museum holding a composition book.) I'm holding Ernest Hemingway's first draft of this novel; you can see that his working title for it was "Fiesta" The Sun Also Rises |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | DIVERSIONS $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew displays a grid of numbers and empty squares on a monitor.) I both divert & torment myself doing these puzzles with a Japanese name that's become a worldwide fad Sudoku |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | THE RUSSIANS IN SPACE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Star City, Russia.) This Russian capsule can ferry up to three crew members to & from the International Space Station Soyuz |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | THE RUSSIANS IN SPACE $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Star City, Russia.) In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space & flew three times faster than anyone else had in a capsule called this, or East Vostok |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | CHESS PAINS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays chess with Cheryl.) By moving my rook, I've given my opponent the nasty shock of discovered this check |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds up a harmonica.) As opposed to a chromatic harmonica with sharps & flats, this one has holes for just a single scale a diatonic harmonica |
| #4884, aired 2005-12-01 | THE SMITHSONIAN JAZZ BAND $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a misshapen trumpet inside the Smithsonian Institution.) When a trumpet of this "Big Beboper" was accidentally bent, he liked the sound & kept playing with horns like this one (Dizzy) Gillespie |
| #4883, aired 2005-11-30 | -OLOGY WHIZ $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows off her handwriting at the blackboard.) Tall letters, like the "L"s here, are a sign of pride according to this -ology, a term coined in 1875 graphology |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | AWARDS & HONORS $900 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands behind a statuette, the inscription blurred, and in front of the presidential seal.) This is the Emmy Award that this famous woman won in 1962 for giving a memorable tour of her home Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | EUROPEAN EATS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points out some finned edibles in Tallinn, Estonia.) This small fish with the name of a nursery rhyme character is big in Estonia, especially smoked sprat |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | IT'S A "CIN" $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew tightens a horse saddle in a stable.) The strap I'm tightening is called latigo, Spanish for "gird", or this word that means it's easily done a cinch |
| #4870, aired 2005-11-11 | TECHNOLOGY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from NC State University in Raleigh, NC.) Exoskeleton garments with their own muscles are being developed to help victims of this injury caused by impaired brain blood supply a stroke |
| #4870, aired 2005-11-11 | TECHNOLOGY $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from NC State University in Raleigh, NC.) This device spreads an opening for surgical access; North Carolina State University developed a force-controlled one to reduce post-op pain in heart patients a rib spreader |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue from inside a giant tree in the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York.) I'm here in the tree of this character, who's a male baboon in the movie & played by a female here on Broadway Rafiki |
| #4867, aired 2005-11-08 | WORD HISTORY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows some Greek on the monitor.) The name of this typographical mark comes from the Greek words para, meaning "beside", & tithenai, "to put" parentheses |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | BACTERIOLOGY $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds up a small vial from inside the Smithsonian Institution.) In 1943 Selman Waksman discovered in this soil sample this, the first drug effective against tuberculosis streptomycin |
| #4863, aired 2005-11-02 | THE HOME SPA $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sticks her hand in a tub of wax inside a home spa.) At home, you can treat your hands to a warm coating of this wax that's also the main ingredient in candles paraffin |
| #4863, aired 2005-11-02 | THE HOME SPA $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew wipes some oil on her hand in a home spa.) Oil from this shrub with a Spanish name makes a good moisturizer; it's similar to our natural skin oil jojoba |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | PUPPETRY ON BROADWAY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, accompanied by a large puppet bird and its puppeteer.) Julie Taymor & Michael Curry designed puppets like Zazu for this 1998 Tony-award-winning musical
Zazu: "Say it!" The Lion King |
| #4861, aired 2005-10-31 | "M"USIC $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds up an instrument having a keyboard.) The harmonica company, Hohner, trademarked the name for this instrument that plays single notes or chords the melodica |
| #4859, aired 2005-10-27 | MAA (military acronyms & abbreviations) $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue while walking down a Pentagon corridor.) The 20,000+ people who work here at the Pentagon include the CJCS, short for this senior-ranking armed forces member Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| #4859, aired 2005-10-27 | MAA (military acronyms & abbreviations) $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue while standing in the ANZUS corridor of the Pentagon.) I'm in the Pentagon corridor that honors the Pacific security treaty known as ANZUS, an acronym for these three nations Australia, New Zealand, & the United States |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | SAINT PETERSBURG $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the beautiful Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) The Peacock Clock at the Hermitage was given to Catherine the Great by this prince for whom a Russian battleship was named Potemkin |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | SAINT PETERSBURG $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from outdoors in St. Petersburg, Russia.) From a grateful Russia, the Alexander Column here in Palace Square is dedicated to the czar who helped defeat this man Napoleon |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | SAINT PETERSBURG $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports again from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) A tradition was born in the 1880s when Alexander III gave his czarina a jeweled Easter egg made by this design firm Fabergé |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | SAINT PETERSBURG $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports again from St. Petersburg, Russia.) As prime minister of Russia's provisional government in 1917, this man moved into the Winter Palace & used the czar's private library as his office Kerensky |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | SAINT PETERSBURG $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads a final time from St. Petersburg, Russia.) Here in Palace Square on June 28, 1762, this czar was overthrown & his wife Catherine the Great was hailed as empress Peter III |
| #4855, aired 2005-10-21 | DISEASES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew, at the Smithsonian Institution, holds up a small needle.) By dispensing just enough vaccine, the bifurcated needle is the only medical instrument to eradicate a disease, this one eliminated in 1979 smallpox |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | CHEESE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue in front of a tub of milk in Wisconsin.) The first step in cheese making is this process named for a bacteriologist pasteurization |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | CHEESE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew scoops milky white granules out of a trough in Wisconsin.) In cheesemaking, the magic of warming causes separation into whey & this semi-solid material curds |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | CHEESE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a cylinder of cheese in Wisconsin.) Cheese is formed, warmed, & then preserved in this salt water solution; the salt flavors the cheese & protects its surface brine |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | CHEESE $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew, in a cheese storage area in Wisconsin, gives the final clue of the category.) The name of this final step that refines cheese is from the French for "refine"; it may include 30 washes by hand affinage |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | A ROYAL VISIT $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Old North Church in Boston, MA.) The first reigning British monarch to visit Boston, she took part in a Sunday morning service here at Old North Church on July 11, 1976 Queen Elizabeth (II) |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew brings a Native American artifact for show and tell.) Warring tribes often used this ceremonial item to try to settle their differences a peace pipe |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | MATH $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands at a chalkboard.) Multiplying in scientific notation gets me a product with this exponent 9 |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | SEND IN THE MARINES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew visits a training course at Parris Island, SC.) In 1976 with women in the Corps, the Marines phased out "We're looking for a few good men" & went to this recruiting slogan "The few, the proud" |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from a busy terminal.) I'm at this site, once called Idlewild, which, in a ceremony December 24, 1963, was officially renamed this JFK International Airport |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | WHERE AM I? $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the seaside.) I'm at this site built to defend against foreign enemies; it was attacked by Louisiana's General Beauregard in 1861 Fort Sumter |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | WHERE AM I? $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew carries the Bunny Rabbit puppet from Captain Kangaroo through some archives.) I'm with a few of the 3 million objects in this museum of the Smithsonian, once the Museum of History and Technology the Museum of American History (the American History Museum accepted) |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | THE PENTAGON $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in a room with a podium and plaques along the walls in the Pentagon.) The Pentagon's Hall of Heroes is dedicated to over 3,440 recipients of this, our nation's highest military decoration the Congressional Medal of Honor |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a coconut shell enshrined in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) This is the actual piece of coconut on which John F. Kennedy carved a plea for help after this boat was cut in half during World War II PT-109 |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from outside the Old South Meeting House.) Here at Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams gave a coded signal that began this protest event the Boston Tea Party |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Old North Church.) On April 18, 1775 North Church sexton Robert Newman climbed into the steeple to use the code famously known by this 9-word phrase one if by land and two if by sea |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | MATH SYMBOLS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue standing at a chalkboard.) When you've used parentheses & brackets, it's time for these braces |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | MATH SYMBOLS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue standing at a chalkboard.) This "extreme" symbol indicates a square root; when used with a raised 3, a cube root a radical |
| #4826, aired 2005-09-12 | A BALTIC CRUISE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Russia.) Here at the east end of the Baltic, a palace known as the Russian Versailles was built by this man who opened Russia to the West Peter the Great |
| #4825, aired 2005-07-22 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANA $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Chicago's Adler Planetarium.) In celebration of his 500th birthday, a statue of this Polish astronomer was dedicated outside the Adler Planetarium in 1973 Copernicus |
| #4818, aired 2005-07-13 | AROUND NEW YORK $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Times Square, New York.) The Times Square subway station is between Broadway & 7th Avenue on this road, also the name of a hit Broadway musical 42nd Street |
| #4817, aired 2005-07-12 | IT'S GREEK CUISINE TO ME $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a balcony in Greece.) No Greek salad is complete without this cheese whose name means "slice" feta |
| #4817, aired 2005-07-12 | IT'S GREEK CUISINE TO ME $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a balcony in Greece.) I like this lamb dish, similar to shashlik, whose name comes from Greek for a "skewer" souvlakia |
| #4817, aired 2005-07-12 | IT'S GREEK CUISINE TO ME $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a patio in Greece.) This anise-flavored Greek liqueur is clear, but when you mix water & ice, it turns opaque & milky white ouzo |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT STUFF $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, IL.) The symbolism Frank Lloyd Wright used on this house includes the stork for this quality, which is fitting as Wright raised 6 kids here fertility |
| #4796, aired 2005-06-13 | POTENT POTABLES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds up a drink in a tall glass.) A whiskey & soda is one example of this type of cocktail, also the relatively tall glass in which it is served a highball |
| #4795, aired 2005-06-10 | 10-, 11- & 12-LETTER WORDS $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Chicago's Adler Astronomy Museum.) Built in 1913, the Atwood Sphere is an early one of these, which created a night sky using points of light instead of a projector a planetarium |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | SPACE TECHNOLOGY $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.) The manned maneuvering unit was used to repair the Solar Max satellite on a 1984 flight of this the Space Shuttle |
| #4793, aired 2005-06-08 | DELI-CACIES $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits down to a dish at Katz's Deli in New York.) Under various names, this item is part of the cuisine of much of Europe; in Jewish cooking, it's called this a blintz |
| #4792, aired 2005-06-07 | MOVIE LOCATIONS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Delos, Greece.) In this 1989 film, a frustrated Liverpool housewife finds love, leisure & liberation here on the islands of Greece Shirley Valentine |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | FLY FISHING $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds what looks like a not-so-freshly caught game fish in Montana.) I caught one of these salmon family members popular with fly casters a (rainbow) trout |
| #4787, aired 2005-05-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from horseback.) Shakespeare used this word in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" to catch someone's notice; I use it to stop my horse whoa (ho also accepted) |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | DRAW IT UP $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates from a blackboard.) It's the specific technique I've used to shade in an area & give depth to my picture cross-hatching |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | DRAW IT UP $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates from a blackboard.) When you draw Michigan as a mitten, this bay separates the thumb from the rest of the hand Saginaw Bay |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | DRAW IT UP $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a circuit diagram.) This word for a diagram of an electrical system comes from the Latin for "figure" a schematic |
| #4779, aired 2005-05-19 | ANIMAL SHELTERS $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Tinos, Greece.) The Greek Island of Tinos is noted for these elaborate structres built to house a certain bird dovecotes |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | POP CULTURE $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Barnes Foundation.) This famous son was not quite 2 years old when Dad put him at the center of "The Artist’s Family" Jean Renoir |
| #4769, aired 2005-05-05 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a desk at NYPD headquarters.) This future U.S. president sat at this desk when he was president of the board of police commissioners Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | HISTORIC ESPN $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) 1912:
Gustav V says, "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world"; His reply--"Thanks, King" Jim Thorpe |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | POLITICKING $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a butterfly ballot in a voting booth at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA.) Florida voting machines introduced this 4-letter word to many people's vocabularies in 2000 chad |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | LITERARY GREECE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Athens, Greece.) In 1810, here in Athens, this British author wrote, "Maid of Athens, ere we part, / Give, oh, give me back my heart!" Byron |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | LITERARY GREECE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Santorini, Greece.) He wrote in 1941's "The Colossus of Maroussi" that, "In Greece, light penetrates to the soul, opens the doors and windows of the heart" Henry Miller |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | LITERARY GREECE $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a shore in Greece.) He wrote about the beauty of the Greek landscape in "The Magus", set on an island like the one where he had lived John Fowles |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | CHESS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while demonstrating such a move with Cheryl at a chessboard.) The knight is well suited to this maneuver, that threatens two pieces at one time; it shares its name with a piece of tableware fork |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | CHESS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while demonstrating in a chess game with Sarah.) It's the 8-letter term for the direction in which I've chosen to castle kingside |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | CHESS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while at a chessboard with Cheryl.) Even chess masters often begin a game with this familiar opening named for a Spanish priest Ruy Lopez |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | THE RURAL SCENE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while milking a cow.) Stimulation of the teats tells the pituitary gland to produce oxytocin, one of these, which leads to milk production a hormone |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | DECORATIVE ARTS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew spins a clay pot on a wheel in Greece.) Keramos, a Greek word for "clay", gave us this English word for pottery ceramics |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | HISTORIC CHARLESTON $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a boat off Charleston, SC.) In its 1863 assault on Battery Wagner, the Union's first Black unit earned this, also the title of a 1989 film about it Glory |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | HISTORIC CHARLESTON $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC.) At Fort Sumter, early one morning in this month & year, South Carolinian Henry Farley fired what may have been the Civil War's first shot April, 1861 |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | HISTORIC CHARLESTON $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a boat off Charleston, SC.) Sullivan's Island held thousands of quarantined Africans who survived the Atlantic crossing known by this 2-word term the Middle Passage |
| #4753, aired 2005-04-13 | WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARRIS ISLAND $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Parris Island, SC.) Marine training instills this motto, meaning "always faithful" semper fidelis |
| #4753, aired 2005-04-13 | WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARRIS ISLAND $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Parris Island, SC.) Marines are taught to see themselves as part of a team, like this basic unit of 30 to 50 people a platoon |
| #4753, aired 2005-04-13 | WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARRIS ISLAND $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Parris Island, SC.) A lot of Marine vocabulary comes from the Navy: doors are hatches, while windows & eyeglasses are both called these portholes |
| #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 |
| #4748, aired 2005-04-06 | NYPD $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside a NYPD station.) The NYPD's offical motto, fidelis ad mortem, means this--it recognizes officers who sacrified for fellow citizens "faithful to the death" |
| #4747, aired 2005-04-05 | YOU SLEIGH ME $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Park City, UT.) This name of this sled-like contraption is the French word for "sled" luge |
| #4745, aired 2005-04-01 | THE FDR LIBRARY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the FDR Presidential Library in Hyde Park, NY.) FDR used this cane given to him by this organization; the handle has a slot to collect coins for the Infant Paralysis Fund the March of Dimes |
| #4745, aired 2005-04-01 | THE FDR LIBRARY $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to the original document in the collection room of the FDR Presidential Library in Hyde Park, NY.) On his December 8, 1941 speech, FDR crossed out the words "world history" & used this one word for evil repute infamy |
| #4738, aired 2005-03-23 | HOMELAND SECURITY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from JFK Airport in New York.) It's the "I" in ICE, the Homeland Security department that confiscated these drugs & money Immigration |
| #4737, aired 2005-03-22 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Park City, UT.) This five-letter word can mean "disposed", or "liable", or "biathlon position" prone |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | SKI $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shuffles uphill on skis in Park City, UT.) As well as a suit pattern, it's a technique of climbing a hill by pointing your skis outward herringbone |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | SKI $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew skids to a stop on skis in Park City, UT.) Introduced in 1868, this turn that ski jumpers use to stop is named for what Norway's capital was then called christiania |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | MUSIC $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew blows into a saxophone.) From the French for "mouth", it's the way you form your lips & teeth around a horn's mouthpiece the embouchure |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | MUSIC $5,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a chalkboard.) In the treble clef, the lines of the staff are E-G-B-D-F, so the spaces are known by this anatomical acronym FACE |
| #4731, aired 2005-03-14 | WINTER SPORTS REVIEW $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from a speed skating rink in Park City, UT.) It's the geometric name for a speed skating track; high altitude helps make the Utah Olympic one here the fastest ice on Earth an oval |
| #4731, aired 2005-03-14 | WINTER SPORTS REVIEW $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Park City, UT.) Kufens, which steer the luge, are attached to these, also called steels runners |
| #4730, aired 2005-03-11 | ANCIENT GREEK THEATRE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.) When this man introduced his play "Medea" in a contest held here at the Theater of Dionysus in 431 B.C., he came in last Euripides |
| #4729, aired 2005-03-10 | COME TO THE POINT $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a flow chart on an easel pad.) In a flow chart, a diamond shape represents this point of the process a decision |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | ANCIENT STRUCTURES $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Athens, Greece, overlooking the Acropolis.) This great Athenian leader launched construction on the Acropolis, partly to boost employment Pericles |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | ANCIENT STRUCTURES $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports alongside ruins on Naxos, Greece.) On Naxos, archaelogists have restored the temple dedicated to this Greek goddess of agriculture Demeter |
| #4724, aired 2005-03-03 | ART AT THE BARNES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Barnes Foundation.) In "Three Ballet Dancers", he used pastels to transform awkward natural movements into balletic gestures Degas |
| #4724, aired 2005-03-03 | ART AT THE BARNES $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Barnes Foundation.) Cézanne drew upon Greek mythology when he painted this title pair Leda and the Swan |
| #4723, aired 2005-03-02 | 21 $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from behind the bar at 21.) Among the mementos at 21 is a gift, donated by John F. Kennedy, of the model that represents this boat PT-109 |
| #4720, aired 2005-02-25 | FOREIGN 3-LETTER WORDS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew clinks drinks with Sarah at an outdoor cafe in Greece.) To the Greeks, having kefi, or joy in the moment, often inspires this three-letter exclamation opa |
| #4719, aired 2005-02-24 | WOODY ALLEN'S MANHATTAN $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls through Washington Square Park in New York.) Alvy Singer & the title shiksa stroll past Washington Square in this Oscar-winning picture Annie Hall |
| #4717, aired 2005-02-22 | I "WONDER" $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Yellowstone Nat'l Park.) The scenery gave Yellowstone this nickname, so it was fitting when Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice visited the park "Nature's Wonderland" |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | WE'VE GOT DESIGNS ON BROADWAY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the New Amsterdam Theatre.) The New Amsterdam Theatre is a fine example of this art style that features vines, flowers & flowing hair Art Nouveau |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | EVERYTHING HAS A NAME $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) As opposed to a dimmer switch, a simple two-setting light switch has this 6-letter name toggle |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | IT'S GREEK TO ME $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands by a small belfry overlooking the sea at Santorini, Greece.) Historian Herodotus said the island of Santorini was once called "Kalliste" meaning the utmost in this quality beauty |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | IT'S GREEK TO ME $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands by a stone wheel in Naxos, Greece.) Related for the English "to bear", "pherein" gave us the name of this traditional container to bear oil an amphora |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a national park.) I'm in America's first national park in this state that also had our first national monument & national forest Wyoming |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | WHERE AM I? $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a city square.) I'm in this city that was co-capital of the Colony & State of Connecticut 1701-1875 New Haven |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | WHERE AM I? $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a field of a certain cereal crop.) I'm the area known by this agricultural name, stretching from Nebraska to Ohio, & Minnesota to Missouri the Corn Belt |
| #4707, aired 2005-02-08 | ACADEMIC PENTATHLON $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a pair of polynomial expressions on a chalkboard.) Math:
It's what the lower expression is to the expression on the top its square |
| #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 |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | FRENCH LESSONS WITH MOM $200: (Everyone's favorite "Mom", Cheryl of the Clue Crew, sitting at a counter, begs, "Let Mom help you with your French homework.") Let's say you're at the cafeteria & you think, "This meal is delicious"; tell everybody, "Ce déjeuner est délicieux" lunch |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | FRENCH LESSONS WITH MOM $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" says, "Okay, here's another one.") Your friend pulls a move on a skateboard, & you say, "Tres bon, Dawg"; you mean this very good |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | FRENCH LESSONS WITH MOM $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" gives the clue.) I know you want to talk to that girl in your homeroom. Try this: "Que vous êtes jolie." You're telling her flat-out she's this gorgeous (or cute or beautiful or pretty) |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | FRENCH LESSONS WITH MOM $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" says, "Oh, I have another one.") When somebody does something really gross at school, you can say, "Oh, mon dieu", which translates to this Oh, my God |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | FRENCH LESSONS WITH MOM $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" implores, "Let's try numbers.") If you have to be home at this time, just say "Je dois rentre chez moi à sept heure" 7:00 |
| #4704, aired 2005-02-03 | DOWN ON THE FARM $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew speaks from a field.) In a boat, it means "getting rid of water"; on a farm, it's "tying up hay in a neat package" bailing |
| #4704, aired 2005-02-03 | DOWN ON THE FARM $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a dairy barn.) Enhancing the body's absorption of calcium, this vitamin is added to processed milk; it's not significant in raw milk Vitamin D |
| #4698, aired 2005-01-26 | RELIGIOUS PLACES $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from ruins in Delos, Greece.) Greek temples were generally built so as to face this daily event the sunrise |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands on a lakeshore.) I'm standing near the shore of this body of water that was once known as "Lac Des Illinois" Lake Michigan |
| #4694, aired 2005-01-20 | THE 1980s $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Berlin, Germany.) The most visible symbol of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall was torn down by the citizens of Berlin in this year 1989 |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | BUILDING FEATURES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the outside of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.) The National Cathedral has 110 of these figures, whose function is to carry rain away from the walls & foundation a gargoyle |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | ANATOMY & MEDICINE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from an old-time pharmacy.) Polio, which forced young victims to wear braces like this, was once often referred to by this two-word name infantile paralysis |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | A TOUR OF GREECE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Athens, Greece.) Socrates was often to be found chatting people up in this area, the social & administrative heart of Athens the Agora |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | A TOUR OF GREECE $1600: (Cheryl of the clue crew reports from Aegina, Greece.) The island of Aegina is rich in this tree that produces a cooking oil as well as this beloved nut pistachio |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | U.S. CITY-SCAPE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside the Cathedral of Learning.) Beginning in 1787, in a frontier log cabin, this university is now symbolized by the 42-story Cathedral of Learning the University of Pittsburgh |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands by an alcove with a fireplace in Oak Park, Chicago, IL.) It's the word for a cozy fireside nook; Frank Lloyd Wright designed this one with an Arts-and-Crafts influence the inglenook |
| #4681, aired 2005-01-03 | THIRD BASE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Berlin, Germany.) After East Berlin began to be walled off in 1961, this was the first entry checkpoint to be opened after Alpha & Bravo Checkpoint Charlie |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | TIMES SQUARE AT 100 $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Times Square.) On the night of August 14th of this year, an estimated 2 million people spontaneously celebrated in Times Square 1945 |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | TIMES SQUARE AT 100 $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports Times Square.) In 1907, risky fireworks were replaced for New Year's Eve with this, covered with 125-watt bulbs the (New Year's Eve dropping) ball |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of Wright's Robie House in Chicago, IL.) Wright's Robie House is from this school of architecture whose horizontal lines imitate Midwestern terrain the Prairie School |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside the Robie House in Chicago, IL with a view featuring a broad roof overhang.) Steel beams let Wright build a daring example of this type of roof that extends beyond its supporting wall a cantilever |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | BROADWAY $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands on stage with giraffes at the New Amsterdam Theatre.) She was the first woman to win a Tony for best director of a musical when she won in 1998 for "The Lion King" Julie Taymor |
| #4666, aired 2004-12-13 | MAYBE YOU HAVE TO BE A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands at a blackboard.) In the familiar atomic symbol, the dots represent these little guys electrons |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | MANHATTAN NEIGHBORHOODS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew walks past a curbside restaurant with green, white, and red banners.) There's no shortage of good food in this ethnic-named neighborhood once home to Martin Scorcese Little Italy |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a musical instrument.) Here at Mammoth Mountain, the staff of the yodeler lodge sounds this instrument each day to bring folks in from the slopes an Alpine horn |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | ANDREW JACKSON $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Hermitage in Tennessee holding a pendant.) Jackson was never without his miniature of this woman, who died just before he became President Rachel Robards |
| #4659, aired 2004-12-02 | SHAPE UP $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands by a blackboard showing connected hexagons.) The conjecture that hexagons use the least total perimeter to cover a surface is named for this animal structure a honeycomb |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | GREECE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Delos in Greece.) Delos was sacred as the birthplace of this music-loving sun god whose temple this is Apollo |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | GREECE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Athens, Greece.) In Greek cities, orient yourself using this, whose name comes from words meaning "highest" & "city" the Acropolis |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | GREECE $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.) In 401 B.C. here at the Theater of Dionysus, this man won a posthumous first prize for his play "Oedipus at Colonus" Sophocles |
| #4651, aired 2004-11-22 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: (Cheryl and Sofia of the Clue Crew shoot some skeet.) "Pull!" You should know the name of the person who releases the target in trap shooting the puller |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from under the boughs of a riverside willow in England.) Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare was baptized & buried, stands on the banks of this English river Avon |
| #4643, aired 2004-11-10 | REPORTING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the White House.) One year ago he represented Michigan's 5th District. Today, August 9th 1974, he enters the Oval Office as President Gerald Ford |
| #4643, aired 2004-11-10 | REPORTING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the White House.) June 13, 1967 is a historic day as President Johnson appointed this great-grandson of a slave to the Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall |
| #4642, aired 2004-11-09 | HERE I AM AT... $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew, in ski gear, reports from a snowy spot.) I'm on Mammoth Mountain, which, like a lot of great California skiing, is in this mountain range the Sierra Nevada |
| #4642, aired 2004-11-09 | HERE I AM AT... $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls across a college campus.) I'm on the campus of this university, where over 25 Nobel Prize winners were educated, including Milton Friedman (the University of) Chicago |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | MATH & SCIENCE $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a strip of paper from the top secret Jeopardy! labs.) The Mobius strip is used in this field, the study of properties that don't change when a shape bends or twists topology |
| #4639, aired 2004-11-05 | WASHINGTON'S NATIONAL CATHEDRAL $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.) In 1968 he gave his last Sunday sermon from the Canterbury pulpit; a memorial service for him was held here 5 days later Dr. King |
| #4630, aired 2004-10-22 | HOW DO YOU... $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads and demonstrates on Jimmy.) To perform this 2-word procedure to relieve choking, place your thumb on the person's upper abdomen & thrust inward the Heimlich maneuver |
| #4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew announces, "I'm here on the Broadway set of The Lion King.") It's a memorable moment in "The Lion King" when this baby lion cub is presented to the world atop Pride Rock Simba |
| #4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the set of The Lion King.) The title of this famous song from "The Lion King" means "no worries" & it's Timon & Pumbaa's motto "Hakuna Matata" |
| #4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the set of The Lion King.) This "Lion King" song tells us "the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky keeps great and small on the endless round" "The Circle Of Life" |
| #4624, aired 2004-10-14 | MATH $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a diagram on the chalkboard.) In the ratio of s to r, this measure of an angle is similar to the word that the r stands for radian |
| #4623, aired 2004-10-13 | WHAT DO YOU "C"? $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a diagram.) In geometry, it's a segment that joins two points on a circle a chord |
| #4622, aired 2004-10-12 | COWBOY SONGS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew belts out a tune from atop a horse on a dude ranch in Montana.) Dale Evans wrote the lyrics to this song that says:
"Until we meet again" "Happy Trails" |
| #4622, aired 2004-10-12 | COWBOY SONGS $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew belts out a tune from atop a horse on a dude ranch in Montana.) It’s where Gene Autry was in the title of his theme song:
"Out where a friend is a friend" "Back In The Saddle (Again)" |
| #4621, aired 2004-10-11 | THE ADLER PLANETARIUM $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands behind a large metal cylinder in the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.) This telescope was made by William Herschel & may be the actual one he used to discover this planet in 1781 Uranus |
| #4619, aired 2004-10-07 | THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in the nave of a chapel at the University of Chicago.) This chapel here on campus is named for him, of whom students sang, "Wonderful man is he / Gives all his spare change to the U. of C." John D. Rockefeller (Rockefeller Chapel accepted) |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | CALCULUS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a blackboard.) By finding the value of the right side of the equation, we'll do this to the function integrate it |
| #4610, aired 2004-09-24 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew eats a slice of pizza on Arthur Avenue in New York.) A motto on Arthur Avenue is "mangia bene, vivi bene", which translates to this eat well, live well |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | @$&! $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew quizzes us from the chalkboard, which reads, "10 gal. of paint @ $2.50 per qt.") It’s the total price in dollars for the shipment I've listed $100 |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | CHARADES $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew.) A James Bond movie, three words: Diamonds Are Forever |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | ROOM $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Briefing Room at the White House.) The White House briefing room floor covers a swimming pool that was installed for this man in 1933 FDR |
| #4594, aired 2004-07-22 | SEDIMENTARY ROCK $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew dissolves a piece of rock in a chemistry experiment.) With diluted hydrochloric acid, you can test for this rock; the acid reacts with the calcite to form CO2 limestone |
| #4591, aired 2004-07-19 | COMPUTER PROGRAMS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew drags a mustache back onto Alex.) Introduced in 1990, it's the program I'm using to create an unusual image Photoshop |
| #4586, aired 2004-07-12 | BUSY HANDS $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits at a laptop while looking at a paper sheet labeled "Exercise No. 1".) It's the alliterative 2-word term for the skill I'm trying to master touch typing |
| #4586, aired 2004-07-12 | BUSY HANDS $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew manipulates a toy.) This Rubik's product is more for the artistic type than the cube is the (Rubik's) Snake |
| #4585, aired 2004-07-09 | MOVIE MUSIC $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew deliver the clue from the broad steps of an art museum in a certain city.) "I walked the avenue 'till my legs felt like stone" is a line from this 1993 Oscar-winning song "Streets Of Philadelphia" |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | THEATRE AWARDS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT.) In 1991, Yale Rep received one of these awards presented by the American Theatre Wing for Regional Theatre a Tony |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | BUILDING BRIDGES $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Brooklyn Bridge.) It's the last name of the father-&-son engineers who were instrumental in building the Brooklyn Bridge Roebling |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew fences with Cheryl of the Clue Crew.) The name of this answering attack also refers to a quick verbal response riposte |
| #4577, aired 2004-06-29 | MR. POTATO HEAD $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands with a big, shiny statue of Mr. Potato Head in Providence, RI.) Mr. Potato Head was introduced back in 1952 by this toy company that's based here in Rhode Island Hasbro |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | KINGS & THEIR CASTLES $2,200 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from outside Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany.) Sadly, this king of Bavaria, who built Neuschwanstein Castle, didn't live here long; he was declared insane & forced to leave Ludwig II of Bavaria |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | MUSICAL SETTINGS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Broadway set of Cabaret.) Life is a cabaret here on the set of "Cabaret" at the Kit Kat Klub, a tawdry nightclub in this city Berlin |
| #4568, aired 2004-06-16 | CHARADES $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew makes a small "C" with her fingers.) The gesture here means "small word", like this word followed by "the Good Old Summertime" in |
| #4568, aired 2004-06-16 | CHARADES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew tugs on her ear lobe.) If you're stuck with a word you can't act out, you may want to resort to this sign sounds like |
| #4568, aired 2004-06-16 | CHARADES $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds up seven fingers.) If it's an Indiana Jones movie, it has to be this big screen adventure Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
| #4568, aired 2004-06-16 | CHARADES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew makes a streching motion with her fingers.) Someone guessed "dark", so I'm trying to get them to this word in an Arthur Koestler title darkness |
| #4568, aired 2004-06-16 | CHARADES $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew makes "air quotes".) Next, I'll act out one of these, from the Latin for "word"--maybe "Murder will out" or "All rivers run into the sea" a proverb |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew punches in from Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn.) Terms for boxing punches include uppercut, hook & this 3-letter word jab |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | MEMORIALS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew provides the clue from Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.) The Pearl Harbor memorial I'm visiting spans the hull of this battleship that was sunk December 7, 1941 the Arizona |
| #4565, aired 2004-06-11 | '60s POTPOURRI $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew walks through a TV room times three at Graceland in Memphis, TN.) Elvis probably got the idea to put 3 TVs in a row from this president, who was famous for watching 3 news shows at once Johnson |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.) When completed over this river in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge in the world the East River |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls the deck of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.) In 1884, to show the safety of the Brooklyn Bridge, this showman paraded 21 elephants across it Barnum |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew looks down from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.) In this romantic comedy, Meg Ryan & Hugh Jackman travel between the past & present by jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge Kate & Leopold |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | THE MIND $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew explains a graph on the chalkboard.) Contrary to common use, a steep one of these indicates rapid mastering of a skill a learning curve |
| #4557, aired 2004-06-01 | 1995 $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls the grounds.) Now known as the Survivor Tree, this American elm survived the April 19th tragedy in this state capital Oklahoma City |
| #4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NYC MUSIC HISTORY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a street corner in the Bronx, New York.) The Belmonts, named for the Belmont area of the Bronx, sang in this style, the street version of a cappella doo-wop |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | VEGGIE-POURRI $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the science lab.) Surprisingly, the sweet potato belongs to this botanical family of flowers that open in the early part of the day morning glories |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | MOM JUST DOESN'T GET IT $400: (Mom Cheryl of the Clue Crew tries to sound "hip" and "with it".) What is up, Dawg? Don't I sound like this "American Idol" judge & Grammy-winning producer, Dawg? Randy |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | MOM JUST DOESN'T GET IT $800: (Mom Cheryl of the Clue Crew tries to be helpful. But she just isn't.) I'm sure my son, Alec, was grateful when I told him to pull up his pants so this pugilistic items wouldn't show & embarrass him boxers |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | MOM JUST DOESN'T GET IT $1600: (Mom Cheryl of the Clue Crew is left incredulous by fashion.) I can't believe my kids want clothes from this "Farm"--they're not the least bit chubby Phat Farm |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | MOM JUST DOESN'T GET IT $2000: (Mom Cheryl of the Clue Crew exhorts you to some juvenile fun.) Come on, let's hit the half pipe & do a few tail slides, like this guy who landed the first ever 900 at the X Games (Tony) Hawk |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | D.C.'IN YOU $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) The White House has been known as this "Mansion", also the branch of our government that works here Executive |
| #4534, aired 2004-04-29 | "C" WORLD $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Berlin) The Nazis blamed the 1933 Reichstag fire on this political group that may well have set it themselves the Communists |
| #4533, aired 2004-04-28 | MILITARY MEN $100 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Martha's Vineyard, MA.) The When and If was built for this general to sail, when & if he came back from Europe, but he died in a 1945 accident George Patton |
| #4530, aired 2004-04-23 | IMMIGRANTS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) Here at Ellis Island, I found a record of this composer's arrival in 1893, aged 5, under the name Israel Baline Irving Berlin |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | NEW YORK CITY HISTORY $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) In 1940 this mayor established Arthur Avenue Market to eliminate the pushcarts he found a nuisance Fiorello LaGuardia |
| #4518, aired 2004-04-07 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) I'm in this Rhode Island city that's home to the International Tennis Hall of Fame Newport |
| #4514, aired 2004-04-01 | SINGING $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) In bel canto technique you contract the upper abs to control this, the main muscle in respiration the diaphragm |
| #4514, aired 2004-04-01 | SINGING $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sings.)
Swing low, sweet chariot...
Also meaning non-material, this type of song was used for a secret communication among slaves a spiritual |
| #4514, aired 2004-04-01 | SINGING $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sings.)
The lowest range a girl can try, its meaning is "against the high" contralto |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | 4-LETTER RIVERS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from New Haven, Connecticut) This river that Eli Whitney used to power his machinery got its name from powering machines the Mill River |
| #4510, aired 2004-03-26 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Munich, Germany.) His first speech to a mass meeting was in a 1919 German Workers Party rally at the Hofbrauhaus Hitler |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | SPORTSMEN $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, N.Y.) Among Gleason's trainees, Marvin Hagler was "Marvelous" & Joe Frazier had this "hot" nickname "Smokin' Joe" |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | FENCING $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew fences with Cheryl.) Unlike epee, attacking with this type of sword gives a fencer the right-of-way to keep attacking foil |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | FENCING $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew fences with Cheryl.) It's the basic term for the block of an opponent's attack parry |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | FENCING $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew fences with Cheryl.) A touch with the sword point can also be called this; Hamlet gives Laertes a very palpable one a hit |
| #4503, aired 2004-03-17 | ENDS IN "ELLA" $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in New York City) The name of this Italian specialty deli meat, similar to bologna, means that it was once seasoned with myrtle berries mortadella |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Eli Whitney Museum in New Haven, Connecticut) In the 1940s, Dr. William Sewell created an artificial one of these, using parts from an erector set an artificial heart |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | SIMPLE SCIENCE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the chalkboard) By adding two lines, I've turned a math symbol for division into a symbol for this inequality/not equal to |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | ELLIS ISLAND $1,600 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) This comic was born in England; he arrived at Ellis Island in 1908 as a 4-year-old named Leslie Bob Hope |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | WE LOVE L.A. $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) It's the alliterative name for this stretch of boulevard featuring clubs like the Whiskey-A-Go-Go the Sunset Strip |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | BMW $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Munich, Germany) BMW's history in aeronautics is seen by its logo representing a rotating one of these a propeller |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | "D" DAY $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia) Weather forecasting radar uses this effect because radio waves change frequency like sound waves the Doppler effect |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) From 1943 to 1956, Rosa Parks was secretary of her local chapter of this organization the NAACP |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | MOM SAYS... $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) You call that music? When I was your age, we listened to real music, like The Who, the Stones & this other group from England we called the Fab Four The Beatles |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | MOM SAYS... $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) You're going out with your friends? Wouldn't you rather stay home & watch grandpa's home movies from Mount Rushmore in this state? South Dakota |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | MOM SAYS... $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Oh, you're not going anywhere, you're grounded. You came in at 2 A.M. when this six-letter limit was 10 P.M. curfew |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | MOM SAYS... $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) You are not going to school wearing that, young lady; it's exposing this body part, your umbilicus belly button |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | MOM SAYS... $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) If you have your eye on any bling bling, you'd better do your chores so you can get this, from the Latin for "to pray" allowance |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the clue, using a small piece of wood, a nail, and a hammer.) Meaning to do or say exactly the right thing is the phrase I'm demonstrating here to hit the nail on the head (or hit the hammer on the head) |
| #4481, aired 2004-02-16 | SANDWICHES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Geno's Steak in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) At Geno's Steak, you can get your cheese steak with American cheese, Cheez Whiz, or this mild Italian cheese provolone |
| #4480, aired 2004-02-13 | INVENTION $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Eli Whitney Museum in New Haven, Connecticut.) In 1793 this device changed an industry by separating the seeds from the fiber the cotton gin |
| #4474, aired 2004-02-05 | SPORTS STARS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island) His "Days of Grace" include July 5, 1975 when he became the first African-American male to win the Wimbledon singles title Arthur Ashe |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | BOXING $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) From the Middle English for "thrust", it's a term used for practice fighting sparring |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | EQUIVALENTS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of an oil pumpjack in Oklahoma City.) The pumpjack has to pump 42 gallons of oil out of the ground to equal one of these units a barrel |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | COURT MONARCHS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Rhode Island) Participant in the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" who wore this jacket Bobby Riggs |
| #4457, aired 2004-01-13 | BERLIN IS IN! $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Berlin Wall) In Berlin in 1963, this American said, "Democracy is not perfect, but we never had to put a wall up to keep people in" John F. Kennedy |
| #4456, aired 2004-01-12 | MOVIE LOCATIONS $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Martha's Vineyard) Towns all over Martha's Vineyard filled in for this friendly seaside town in "Jaws" Amity |
| #4454, aired 2004-01-08 | LET'S GO TO GRACELAND $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at Graceland in Memphis, TN.) When Elvis was at home, he loved to play & sing this type of music, whose name comes from Old English for "good news" gospel |
| #4453, aired 2004-01-07 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Stratford-upon-Avon, England) Although only its foundations remain today, in 1597 Shakespeare bought a new place in Stratford called this New Place |
| #4450, aired 2004-01-02 | W.W. $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Martha's Vineyard.) This type of platform atop the roof was named for the women who watched for incoming ships from them widow's walk |
| #4450, aired 2004-01-02 | GRAMBLING MARCHING BAND $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Grambling State University.) I'm with the Grambling marching band, in the stadium named for this legendary coach Eddie Robinson |
| #4436, aired 2003-12-15 | MARTIN LUTHER $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Wittenberg, Germany.) On the old wooden door that stood here, Martin Luther posted this numerical piece of writing & began the Reformation the 95 Theses |
| #4433, aired 2003-12-10 | "F" TROOP $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia) In 1851 in Paris, he invented the first terrestrial device to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth Foucault |
| #4427, aired 2003-12-02 | GETTING UP THERE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Colorado) Drink extra water at 10,000 feet. Up here, this point is lower, so the air contains less water the dew point |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | BIOLOGY $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents in front of a blackboard.) A 2-carbon compound & protein are converted to CO2 & water in this cycle that turns food into energy the Krebs cycle |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | IT OPENED IN NEW HAVEN $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT.) His play "Fences" was originally staged here at Yale Rep.; it moved to Broadway & won him his first Pulitzer Prize August Wilson |
| #4417, aired 2003-11-18 | STARTS WITH "R" $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Oklahoma City National Memorial) A place for quiet thoughts, this kind of pool here in Oklahoma City shares its name with one near the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool |
| #4414, aired 2003-11-13 | HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Providence, Rhode Island) This rare Bible is the one John Elliot translated in the 1660s into this language, spoken by the Indians of Massachusetts Algonquian |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | NEW HAVEN $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from New Haven.) The New Haven Green was designated this type of public area around the same time as the one in Boston a common |
| #4411, aired 2003-11-10 | GRADE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows the equation y = 3x + 7 at a chalkboard.) Eighth graders should be able to deal with this type of equation that uses variables without exponents a linear equation |
| #4408, aired 2003-11-05 | RHODE ISLAND $1,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Providence, Rhode Island.) The original deed for the land that became Rhode Island was signed by chiefs of this tribe, with the marks of an arrow & a canoe the Narragansett |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $2000: (Cheryl of the clue Crew presents from Oklahoma City, OK) The National Memorial here in Oklahoma City stands on the spot once occupied by this building, named for an Oklahoma judge the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building |
| #4394, aired 2003-10-16 | A CHURCH WEDDING $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from All Hallows Church in London.) This man got married here at All Hallows Church on July 26, 1797, soon after his dad became U.S. president John Quincy Adams |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | TOUGH JOBS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in front of an oil rig in Oklahoma City) From his coarse appearance, it's a term for a person who works on an oil rig, other than a driller roughneck |
| #4391, aired 2003-10-13 | ENERGY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at an oil rig near Oklahoma City) Once a derrick has drilled, what you see in an oil field is a pumpjack, bringing up mainly oil & this fuel natural gas |
| #4390, aired 2003-10-10 | I FEEL LIKE SUCH AN IDIOM! $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew standing in front of a chalkboard) It's the 2-word term for this "arboreal" representation family tree |
| #4385, aired 2003-10-03 | GEOMETRY $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in front of a blackboard with 2 circles drawn on it) Also used to describe people, in the world of circles, it's the opposite of concentric eccentric |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | TIPS FROM THE ANCIENTS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a 3-4-5 right triangle on a blackboard.) Builders check for square by measuring 3 feet along one wall, 4 feet along another; this man from Samos says the two points should be 5 feet apart Pythagoras |
| #4372, aired 2003-09-16 | HE GOT "GAME" $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from a classroom.) This No. 1 hit is from 1965: Shirley Shirley bo birley, banana fana fo firley, fee fie mo mirley, Shirley "The Name Game" |
| #4370, aired 2003-09-12 | WHAT'S THAT THING CALLED? $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew displays the long,
wand-like part of
a phonograph that
holds the stylus.) Fittingly, this part of a phonograph has sort of a musical name a tone arm |
| #4366, aired 2003-09-08 | HUNGARIAN 101 $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) In Hungarian, it's a chili or bell pepper; in English, it's a ground spice paprika |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | ART $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Rembrandt's house in Amsterdam.) Rembrandt used metal plates & this oak press to make copies of this type of artwork etchings |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | ART & ARTISTS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at Rembrandt's house in Amsterdam) Rembrandt did much of his work in this studio, including this philosopher "Contemplating the Bust of Homer" Aristotle |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | ENGLAND $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London with Parliament in the background) As a tourist, I can visit the gallery, but since 1642 no British monarch has been allowed into this house of Parliament House of Commons |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | PEOPLE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from New York City.) At one end of Rockefeller Plaza, a large granite block is inscribed with the credo of this famous son John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
| #4352, aired 2003-07-01 | I NEED MY SPACE $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston) The first voyage in the shuttle program came 20 years to the day after he became the first man in space Yuri Gagarin |
| #4351, aired 2003-06-30 | A TRIP TO THE TOWER OF LONDON $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) One of the last prisoners at the Tower of London was this Nazi, imprisoned here after parachuting into Scotland in 1941 Rudolf Hess |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | ...AND ON DRUMS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Motown Museum in Detroit) This "What's Going On" singer played drums on early Motown seasons including "Please Mr. Postman" Marvin Gaye |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) Some haunting tales might have been penned at the portable writing desk used by this writer who died in 1849 Edgar Allan Poe |
| #4327, aired 2003-05-27 | HAWAII $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew on the island of Oahu) These are the two times it's most customary to place a lei around a mainlander's neck when they leave & when they arrive |
| #4327, aired 2003-05-27 | HAWAII $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in downtown Honolulu) Appropriately, a statue of this great Hawaiian is located on King Street King Kamehameha |
| #4327, aired 2003-05-27 | SOUL $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at Studio A of the Motown Museum in Detroit) Motown's first million-seller was this group's song that says, "My mama told me you'd better shop around" The Miracles |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | YOU'VE GOT TO STAND FOR SOMETHING $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) Hydrants are classified according to their output in GPM, which stands for this gallons per minute |
| #4323, aired 2003-05-21 | FIRE ON FILM $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents in front of a fire engine.) There's a fire engine love scene in this movie whose title refers to the addition of fresh oxygen to a fire Backdraft |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | NEW YORK IN THE MOVIES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from in front of New York's Rockefeller Center.) Kevin & his mom were reunited here at Rockefeller Center in a sequel to this Macaulay Culkin film Home Alone |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | ON THE BROADWAY STAGE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is on the set of "Les Miserables" at the Imperial Theatre.) You can almost hear the revolutionaries on the Broadway set of "Les Miserables", based on a novel by this French author Victor Hugo |
| #4307, aired 2003-04-29 | GRACELAND $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at Graceland in Memphis) The initials "TCB" painted here on the tail of Elvis Presley's airplane stand for this "Taking Care of Business" |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | GOULASH $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from along the banks of the Thames in London.) Big Ben doesn't properly refer to the clock or the tower, but to a 13-ton one of these inside bell |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | PACIFIC ISLAND CULTURES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) These people who live in New Zealand are famous for their carving skills Maoris |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | CAR TUNES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit.) In the opening to "All in the Family", Archie & Edith sang, "Gee, our old" one of these cars "ran great" LaSalle |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | THE MIGHTY U.S.S. MISSOURI $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the U.S.S. Missouri in Hawaii.) During the Gulf War in 1991, the U.S.S. Missouri fired its 16-inch guns in anger for the first time since this 1950s conflict the Korean War |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | THE MIGHTY U.S.S. MISSOURI $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of the U.S.S. Missouri in Hawaii.) It's the appropriate 2-word name for the predominate color of the U.S.S. Missouri battleship gray |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | THEATRE TALK $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the set of The Producers.) According to the cast of "The Producers", actors say this three-word phrase, instead of "Good luck" "Break a leg" |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | WHAT'S COOKING? $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) This term for crimped decorative edge of a pie crust includes the name of a musical instrument fluted |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | TEATIME $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London) I'm enjoying a cup of this tea named for the man who was prime minister to King William IV Earl Grey |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | TEATIME $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London) Tea was still new to England when he had his first cup & wrote about it in his diary, September 25, 1660 Samuel Pepys |
| #4291, aired 2003-04-07 | MAN IN SPACE $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Johnson Space Center.) I'm in a trainer for this 1973-74 program that tried to find out how weightlessness affected astronauts Skylab |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | REMEMBER THE '80s $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit) On March 30, 1981 outside the Washington Hilton, this man was shoved into this 1972 Lincoln limousine Ronald Reagan |
| #4287, aired 2003-04-01 | FOOD & DRINK $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London) Traditionally at tea, scones is served warm with jam & this, named for an English county Devonshire cream |
| #4287, aired 2003-04-01 | IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF AUTHORS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from London.) This "Private Lives" playwright & man about town loved to stay here in the Oliver Messel Suite at the Dorchester Noël Coward |
| #4285, aired 2003-03-28 | ALL ABOUT AMSTERDAM $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) Altitude measurements throughout Europe are based on this, as established in Amsterdam sea level |
| #4285, aired 2003-03-28 | ALL ABOUT AMSTERDAM $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) Amsterdam's famous Skinny Bridge spans this river, for which Amsterdam was partly named Amstel River |
| #4283, aired 2003-03-26 | THEATER $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew on the stage at Studio 54 in New York City) This actor was the first to play the MC in "Cabaret"; he won a Tony for the play & an Oscar for the film Joel Grey |
| #4281, aired 2003-03-24 | ABBREV. $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston) Here, astronauts receive important training in this, EVA, for short Extra-vehicular activity |
| #4280, aired 2003-03-21 | SHAKESPEARE'S STRATFORD $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Stratford-upon-Avon in England.) The main purpose of the grammar school at Stratford-upon-Avon was the teaching of this language Latin |
| #4280, aired 2003-03-21 | SHAKESPEARE'S STRATFORD $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Stratford-upon-Avon in England.) This monument was in place by 1623, the year of a historic collection of Shakespeare's work, known by these two words the First Folio |
| #4280, aired 2003-03-21 | SHAKESPEARE'S STRATFORD $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Stratford-upon-Avon in England.) His birthroom shows the 16th century construction technique using twigs & clay or mud known as wattle & this daub |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Amsterdam.) Mary Mapes Dodge had never been to Holland when she wrote this 1865 tale set on Dutch canals "Hans Brinker" or "The Silver Skates" |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.) An orbital facility is being built for the ISS that bears the name of this man born in Genoa in 1451 Christopher Columbus |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.) This Asian country's first manned space facility is Kibo, which means "hope" Japan |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | ARCHITECTURE $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Amsterdam) These houses have examples of the neck type of this roof section gable |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | IN OLD DETROIT $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Detroit Historical Museum) The five-&-dime opened by this man in 1899 evolved into the K-Mart Corporation S.S. Kresge |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | "Q" & A $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates an exercise.) It's the body part I'm working here quadricep |
| #4262, aired 2003-02-25 | MOTOWN $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside Motown Studios in Detroit.) In this very studio, The Temptations recorded their greatest hits, including this one that begins, "I've got sunshine, on a cloudy day..." "My Girl" |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | ART & ARTISTS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Amsterdam at Rembrandt's house.) Under a lean-to in this courtyard, Rembrandt painted 1642's "Sortie of a Company of Captain Banning Cocq", also known as this The Night Watch |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | BUILDINGS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit.) The portable factory-assembled Dymaxion house was developed by this 20th century inventor Buckminster Fuller |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | SCIENCE CLASS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) As snowflakes are frozen water vapor, they're made up of these 2 chemical elements hydrogen & oxygen |
| #4250, aired 2003-02-07 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) Dress warmly to prevent a fallen body temperature below 95 degrees Fahrenheit - the definition of this condition hypothermia |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | LANDMARKS $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from London) The dome of St. Paul's Cathedral is modeled on the dome of this Roman temple that's dedicated to all the gods The Pantheon |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | WHERE AM I? $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) I'm at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in this city Atlanta |
| #4243, aired 2003-01-29 | A LITERARY TOUR $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) "Cursed be he that moves my bones" is a chilling last line of the inscription over this man's grave William Shakespeare |
| #4243, aired 2003-01-29 | 1903 $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) Like Dayton, Ohio itself, the cycle shop where the Wright Brothers worked in 1903 can be called "The Birthplace of" this Aviation |
| #4241, aired 2003-01-27 | CAR TREK $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) In the longest run of any U.S. car model from 1908-1927, Henry Ford built 15 million of this model Model T |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | MUSICAL MATTERS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) When I make my Carnegie Hall conducting debut, I'll begin with this stroke that begins each measure downbeat |
| #4237, aired 2003-01-21 | BRITANNICA $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London) After St. Paul's was destroyed by fire in 1666, this man was commissioned to design a new building Sir Christopher Wren |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit) The car that carried JFK on this fateful date was later modified & used by other presidents November 22, 1963 |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit) With a spin in a Stanley Steamer in Ohio in 1901, this man became the first U.S. president to ride in a car William McKinley |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew singing at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta; Alex gives the clue) Based on a gospel song, it became an anthem of the civil rights movement "We Shall Overcome" |
| #4231, aired 2003-01-13 | THE MUSIC OF SOUND $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Edison's lab at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit.) The first sound ever recorded & played was Edison's recitation of this familiar nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" |
| #4229, aired 2003-01-09 | SCHOOL SUPPLIES $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew drawing on the chalkboard) I can draw rings around you with this instrument compass |
| #4222, aired 2002-12-31 | WESTMINSTER ABBEY $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reporting from London) Since 1066, every British monarch except 2 have come to Westminster Abbey for this ceremony coronation |
| #4222, aired 2002-12-31 | WESTMINSTER ABBEY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reporting from London) Over 30 million of Britain's 58 million people watched this event from Westminster Abbey September 6, 1997 Princess Diana's Funeral |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | "J.B." SPORTS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the American Airlines Center in Dallas) It's the name for the game-starting activity seen here jump ball |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | ODE TO ENGLAND $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London) A hill & fortress, we explain, also share this bridge's name Tower Bridge |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | FROM A TO ALMOST Z $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew looks at a picture of Alex on the wall.) Hmmm, that picture is offending my aesthetic sensibilities; it's slightly this, but I'll fix it askew (awry accepted) |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | THINK ABOUT IT $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Atlanta Zoo) It's the scientific name, genus & species of these animals Gorilla gorilla |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | WHAT'S IN A NAME? $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew writes the series 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21.) The series I've begun writing is named for this Italian Leonardo Fibonacci (the "Fibonacci Sequence") |
| #4208, aired 2002-12-11 | LET'S PLAY CARDS $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports) The highest hand you can have in five-card stud is called this royal flush |
| #4202, aired 2002-12-03 | 2-LETTER ABBREV. $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) Before the CD, there was this LP |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | OLD JOBS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the fire.) A blacksmith worked at the forge; this appropriately named counterpart worked with the finished iron the whitesmith (or the tinsmith) |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | THANKSGIVING AT ALEX'S HOUSE $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew has dibs on a drumstick.) We should all give thanks to this U.S. president who proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving in 1789 George Washington |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | HURRY "UP"! $400: (Cheryl & Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrate.) This term for diverting attention from someone else comes from the theater faux pas I've just committed upstage |
| #4195, aired 2002-11-22 | HOLLYWOOD LINGO $1200: (Sarah and Cheryl of the Clue Crew give the clue together.) A certain rapid camera movement is called the swish type of this pan |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | "M" WORDS $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Amsterdam) That's the official residence of Amsterdam's burgermeister, the Dutch equivalent of this U.S. official mayor |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from London.) The oldest part of the Tower of London, the White Tower, was begun more than 900 years ago by this conqueror William the Conqueror |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from London.) This future queen narrowly escaped execution when she was sent to the Tower by her half-sister Mary in 1554 Queen Elizabeth I |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from London.) The ghosts of these two boys who died in 1483 haunt the bloody Tower; they stand silently, hand-in-hand, & fade into the stone the Little Princes |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports) This branch of mathematics deals specifically with the figure seen here trigonometry |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | GETTING KNOTTY $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports) This non-slipping knot takes its name from the line attached to the front part of a boat bowline |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | MATH TERMS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew standing in front of a chalkboard) From the Latin for "to turn upside down", the function g is described as this of the function f inverse |
| #4182, aired 2002-11-05 | SURELY YOU JOUST $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew attends a jousting tourney.) King Arthur set up the Diamond Jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments, all won by this knight Sir Lancelot |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | YOU NEED SOME EXERCISE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew on an exercise mat.) This term for a type of exercise comes from the Greek sthenos, meaning strength calisthenics |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | GEORGE $800: This 18th century man composed the music heard here:
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew sings.)
"Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name..." George Frideric Handel |
| #4178, aired 2002-10-30 | GUITARIST'S LINGO $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holding a guitar) The tuning devices are called either keys or by this name pegs |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | ODDS & ENDS $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew standing in front of a maypole) Mayday was once a day of a festival celebrating these London workers; Dick Van Dyke played one in "Mary Poppins" chimney sweeps |
| #4171, aired 2002-10-21 | THE "FIFTH" ELEMENT $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) Many ballet moves like the glissade begin from & end in this posture fifth position |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | BITS & PIECES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) I've chosen just the right words to complete this numerical type of poetic stanza quatrain |
| #4166, aired 2002-10-14 | "MET"s $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew using a globe) This system is based on the idea that there are 10 million of its most basic units from here to here metric system |
| #4165, aired 2002-10-11 | NUMB WITH NUMBERS $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew standing in front of a blackboard) The number of zeroes in the product of a billion & a million 15 (9 + 6) |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | "I" OBJECT $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) While these were first patented in 1819, it wasn't until the 1990s that they really took off inline skates |
| #4158, aired 2002-10-02 | SECURITY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) I'm illustrating both parts of this famous security-related advice from a U.S. president "Speak softly and carry a big stick" |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | LET THE GAMES BEGIN $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates) It was the name once of the game itself as well as the object you strike shuttlecock |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | THREE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew deals the cards) Let's see if I can con 'ya into finding the lady in this street game I've got going here Three-card Monte |
| #4152, aired 2002-09-24 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Atlanta Zoo) The wristbones of the giant panda are elongated & act as thumbs for holding stalks of this food, its primary diet bamboo |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | IT HAPPENED IN EUROPE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew checks in from the Ren Faire.) The points of these long weapons were often blunted in medieval jousting lances |
| #4145, aired 2002-09-13 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Atlanta Zoo.) A traditional symbol of peace, the giant panda is also the symbol of this nature organization WWF (World Wildlife Fund) |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | LETTER PERFECT $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the American Airlines Center in Dallas.) It's the single-letter name for the (basketball) shot seen here J (jump shot) |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | STARTS WITH "R" $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from FBI Headquarters in Washington.) Known as this, the grooves cut into the barrel help investigators match a bullet to a gun the rifling |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | ENDS IN "O" $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows some letters on a chalkboard.) In this language introduced in 1887, the alphabet begins "a b c ĉ d" Esperanto |
| #4137, aired 2002-09-03 | WHAT A CLICHE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstates science.) The electrical charge in the tube is seeking this path, so it's moving from the tube to my body the path of least resistance |
| #4120, aired 2002-06-28 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew writing on a chalkboard.) The tilde goes over Ns in Spanish, but over vowels in this neighboring language Portuguese |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Air & Space Museum.) In the Glamorous Glennis, the Bell X-1 plane you see here, he broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager |
| #4116, aired 2002-06-24 | GROUPS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew writes on a chalkboard.) If A represents all people & B represents men, then B is this of A a subset |
| #4110, aired 2002-06-14 | LAB EQUIPMENT $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a device.) Technically a scale is just one of the trays or pans; the entire scientific item has this name a balance |
| #4108, aired 2002-06-12 | I'M GAME $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) Babe Ruth used the bat I'm holding in this year when he hit 60 homers 1927 |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | BEASTLY VERBS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stretches to read over Cheryl's shoulder.) It's to do what I'm doing, like a bird of the family Gruidae to crane |
| #4095, aired 2002-05-24 | GRIMM FAIRY TALES $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holding an animal.) In a Grimm tale,
a rich man wanted a child,
even if it was only one of these, similar to the American porcupine hedgehog |
| #4091, aired 2002-05-20 | ON A PRINCESS CRUISE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew takes her place as captain of the ship.) It's my turn to take over steering the boat or take the, this wheel or helm |
| #4085, aired 2002-05-10 | PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew peruses a model train hobbyist's fantasy setup.) If train "A" leaves at 3:00 at 60 mph, & train "B" leaves at 5:00 at 90 mph, this equation, d=rt, tells you when B passes A distance equals rate times time |
| #4083, aired 2002-05-08 | STRAIN THY BRAIN $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sizes herself up with an NBA behemoth.) I'm 5'2", & Shawn Bradley is 7'6", so this is the number of inches difference in our heights 28 |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | THE NATURAL WORLD $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew groups with the troop.) Referring to its hair color, the dominant male in a group of gorillas is called this a silverback |
| #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | HOME SWEET HOME $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Gettysburg) When she was home here in Gettysburg, Mamie Eisenhower's day often revolved around watching this show, her favorite soap As the World Turns |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits at a game table with tiles.) I'm setting up to play this popular tile game imported from China mah-jongg |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | OH MY GODS! $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) This Hindu goddess of death has four arms Kali |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | THE LUNGS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the clue from a doctor's office)
Inhalers like this are used to treat this common lung condition from the Latin for "breathe hard" asthma |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | I PROTEST! $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Plaza Hotel.) In protest of the Oak Room's men-only lunch policy, this organization staged a sit-in at the Plaza on February 12, 1969 N.O.W. (the National Organization for Women) |
| #4067, aired 2002-04-16 | CIVIL WAR STUFF $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the choo-choo clue.) On April 12, 1862, Union soldiers went on a rampage after stealing this Confederate locomotive The General |
| #4062, aired 2002-04-09 | HOBBIES $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from a model train showroom.) Model railroading was popularized at the 1933 Century of Progress Expo, in this U.S. city, a longtime railroad hub Chicago, Illinois |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | SHALL WE DANCE? $600: (Jimmy & Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrate a dance.) The original name of this dance would have fit in a "triple talk" category cha-cha (**cha-cha-cha) |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | A GAME OF CHESS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands on a gigantic chessboard at a beach.) A recommended opening move is "'P'-ing to K-4", which is short for this pawn to king 4 |
| #4038, aired 2002-03-06 | THE CIVIL WAR $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Gettysburg.) I'm on Cemetery Ridge, which this man tried to take in the ill-fated charge named for him on July 3, 1863 (George) Pickett |
| #4036, aired 2002-03-04 | BUTTERFLIES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a butterfly.) The word Lepidoptera, the scientific order of butterflies, comes from the Greek for "scale" & this wing |
| #4035, aired 2002-03-01 | TIME FOR A PRINCESS CRUISE $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from aboard the Golden Princess.) I'm on this deck, whose name is from French for "walk" or "stroll" the promenade |
| #4035, aired 2002-03-01 | TIME FOR A PRINCESS CRUISE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from aboard the Golden Princess.) The captain & I are traveling 23 statute miles per hour, which is 20 of these knots |
| #4033, aired 2002-02-27 | MODEL RAILROADING $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands by a model train set.) In 1895, the Baltimore & Ohio
pioneered this type of power, also used in model railroading electric |
| #4033, aired 2002-02-27 | MODEL RAILROADING $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a piece of track.) In the common H.O.-Scale model railroad, the track width, also called this, is about 5/8 of an inch gauge |
| #4032, aired 2002-02-26 | SPORTING PRESIDENTS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Eisenhower home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.) A golf enthusiast, the president achieved this feat while playing a round in 1968 a hole in one |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Gettysburg Cemetery.) In 1863, Lincoln dedicated this cemetery by saying that "we cannot consecrate--we cannot" do this to "this ground" hallow |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | PEACHES & HERB $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew pours sauce on ice cream.) This peachy favorite was created by Escoffier
in the late 1800s to honor a famous opera singer. Peach Melba |
| #4027, aired 2002-02-19 | GUITAR PARTS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew plays the guitar.) I'm not sticking mine out to tell you the fingerboard covers this part of the guitar. neck |
| #4022, aired 2002-02-12 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: (Cheryl of the Clue crew presents from Gettysburg.) Admitting defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, this general told his men, "It's all my fault.". Lee |
| #4022, aired 2002-02-12 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents holding a caterpillar.) The caterpillar is this stage of a butterfly's development larvae |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | UH-OH! OPERA! $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents.) The 1988 opera "Monsters of Grace" featured these kind of images, so the audience wore special glasses 3-dimensional |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | MMMM! $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from in front of a fireplace holding a roasted marshmallow.) Now that I've roasted my marshmallow, I'll combine it with other ingredients to make this treat a s'more |
| #4017, aired 2002-02-05 | EARTH TONES $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents holding a pot.) The pot I have here is an example of this, Italian for "big dirt" terra cotta |
| #4014, aired 2002-01-31 | AT HOME WITH THE EISENHOWERS $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Eisenhower's porch.) President Eisenhower felt most at home on his porch, where he visited with this Soviet leader in 1959 Khrushchev |
| #4014, aired 2002-01-31 | AT HOME WITH THE EISENHOWERS $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Eisenhower's living room.) Notice the Persian rug here in the Eisenhowers' living room; it was a gift from this ruler the Shah (of Iran) |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | THE AMISH $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside in Amish country.) Old Order Amish shun telephones, electricity & drive these, not automobiles carriages (horse & buggy) |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | THE AMISH $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside in Amish country.) A perfect gift for a newlywed couple is a quilt with interlocking or double these double wedding ring |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | THE AMISH $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside in Amish country.) Old Order Amish speak English, German & this "stately" language, a dialect of German Pennsylvania Dutch |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | THE AMISH $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside in Amish country.) Amish dolls don't have faces because Exodus chapter 20 prohibits making these images graven images |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | THE AMISH $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside in Amish country.) The name "Amish" comes from Jacob Ammann, a bishop of this Protestant religious group Mennonites |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | NURSERY RHYMES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Mother Goose statue in New York.) In a famous Mother Goose rhyme, this little boy gets his head patched up with vinegar & brown paper Jack |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | THING $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sews a purple cloth.) I don't want to end up like Sleeping Beauty, so I'm using this protective item a thimble |
| #4010, aired 2002-01-25 | DOCTOR TALK $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Dr.'s office.) "Cranialgia" I have one of these, also a synonym for any annoyance headache |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | "A" PLUS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew does a smart 180 in a military uniform.) It's the name of this military maneuver about face |
| #4008, aired 2002-01-23 | SOUNDS GOOD TO ME $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at SeaWorld.) A dolphin's clicks are used in echolocation; to identify itself to others it has a signature one of these sounds whistle |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | YARD SALE $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shops at a yard sale.) What a deal--75 cents for a statue of this enlightened one--good karma is included Buddha |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | YARD SALE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shops at a yard sale.) Holy cow--an original printing of this document that begins, "When in the course of human events..." Take 2 bucks? the Declaration of Independence |
| #4004, aired 2002-01-17 | PEOPLE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Apollo.) Along with Diana Ross, Gladys Knight had a hand in discovering these singers after they appeared here in the late '60s Jackson 5 (Jacksons) |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | ALPHABET SOUP $3,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from New York City.) Like the Duke Ellington song, this is one way to get to Harlem the A Train |
| #4000, aired 2002-01-11 | THE PRESIDENCY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Waldorf-Astoria.) When he wasn't giving fireside chats, this great American sometimes sat at this desk. Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #3999, aired 2002-01-10 | ALICE IN WONDERLAND $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Alice statue in Central Park.) It was this worm-like creature who told Alice
that eating a mushroom would make her taller or shorter Caterpillar |
| #3998, aired 2002-01-09 | DUKE, DUKE, DUKE, DUKE & EARL $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Waldorf-Astoria.) Designed for Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Suite at the Waldorf was a residence of this uncle of the Queen & his American wife Duke of Windsor |
| #3987, aired 2001-12-25 | "B" CAREFUL $400: (Cheryl & Sofia of the Clue Crew outside at a carnival.) It's the common name for
the treat being enjoyed here bubble gum |
| #3987, aired 2001-12-25 | "B" CAREFUL $2000: (Cheryl & Jimmy of the Clue Crew playing a board game.) This board game is popular
all around the world.
Ha ha! backgammon |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) This is the spicy treat that fits the category a chili dog |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | CHRISTMAS POTPOURRI $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) The Christmas tune I'm about to sing is based on this song that may have been written by Henry VIII:
"What child is this, who laid to rest on Mary's lap is sleeping?" "Greensleeves" |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | CHRISTMAS POTPOURRI $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) It's the familiar Latin title of the following song:
"O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant / O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem" "Adeste Fideles" |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | REMEMBER THE '60s? $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Apollo Theater.) This group appeared in a Motown review here in 1962 before their first number-one hit.
Where did our love go? The Supremes |
| #3980, aired 2001-12-14 | "LING"O $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Central Park.) My little pal is waiting to hear the ending of this Hans Christian Andersen story about one of his feathered friends The Ugly Duckling |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | THE APOLLO THEATER $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is on the stage of the Apollo Theater in Harlem.) Especially on Amateur Night, performers like to rub what's known as the tree of this, & yes, it springs eternal hope |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | BEATLES SONGS $600: (Cheryl and her fellow Clue Crew mates are at the Santa Monica Pier.) Today, we're all living in a yellow submarine; The Beatles found this colorful body of water in the song Sea of Green |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | "OW" $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is at Sea World in San Diego.) A muscular flap covers this, & is closed to provide a watertight seal when the dolphin is relaxed blowhole |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | GOOD TOMES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.) This man's second novel, 1922's "The Beautiful and Damned", features scenes in the Plaza's Grill Room F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | ODDS & ENDS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is at the Santa Monica Pier.) He was credited with shooting down 80 Allied planes before being shot down himself in April 1918 The Red Baron |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | SPORTS TALK $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the golf course.) This name for my present location sounds like a place to seek shelter from an air raid bunker |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | LITERA-SEA $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is at the beach.) The birds remind me of this 1970 book by former Air Force pilot Richard Bach "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" |
| #3958, aired 2001-11-14 | WHAT'S THAT CALLED? $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew tugs on her skirt.) All polite young ladies should learn this respectful gesture a curtsy |
| #3957, aired 2001-11-13 | HODGEPODGE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Central Park.) Some people think Mother Goose was inspired by Queen Goosefoot, the mother of this King of the Franks Charlemagne |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | ZOOLOGY $300: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from SeaWorld.) The otter is the most aquatically adapted of this animal family the weasel family |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | "FOR"-LETTER WORDS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a fluid-filled jar.) In high school, I just couldn't cut up my frog, so I've still got him--preserved in this formaldehyde |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | RANKS & TITLES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the U.N.) As chief administrator of the U.N., this is Kofi Annan's title Secretary-General |
| #3949, aired 2001-11-01 | SPACE $500: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Jet Propulsion Lab.) I'm in the Mars yard with a model of this Martian rover, whose name also means "a visitor" Sojourner |
| #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 |
| #3945, aired 2001-10-26 | BELOVED SINGERS $500: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is on the stage of the Apollo Theatre in New York City.) This "Sassy" singer won an amateur contest here in 1942 with her rendition of "Body and Soul" Sarah Vaughan |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | THE UNITED NATIONS $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is outside the U.N. building.) It's the U.N. goal & the reference from Isaiah expressed by the U.N. headquarters statue seen here beating swords into plowshares |
| #3942, aired 2001-10-23 | PALEONTOLOGY $300: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is at the Page Museum in Los Angeles.) The paw I'm holding belonged to a ground type of this, also one of the seven deadly sins sloth |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is at the San Diego Zoo.) This bird, second in size to the ostrich, has rudimentary wings under its feathers...he should be in here somewhere emu |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | ENGLISH LIT $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is at the Orange County Fair.) I'm waiting for the big race with Porkbiscuit, Pig-O-War & this pig who led the revolt at "Animal Farm" Napoleon |
| #3938, aired 2001-10-17 | MAMMALS $100: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is at Sea World in San Diego.) Here comes the Asian small-clawed type of this, which is smaller than the river type of North America otter |
| #3938, aired 2001-10-17 | DOUBLE-VOWEL WORDS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is at the Santa Monica Pier.) This character sometimes dreams that he's a World War I flying ace, battling the Red Baron Snoopy |
| #3937, aired 2001-10-16 | POCKET BILLIARDS $300: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew takes her turn.) The term for the error I just made has come to refer to any type of mistake miscue |
| #3936, aired 2001-10-15 | ENDS IN "X" $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the L.A. County Museum of Natural History.) I'm standing between two dueling dinosaurs: a triceratops & this carnivore Tyrannosaurus rex |
| #3934, aired 2001-10-11 | HOW SWEET IT IS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Orange County Fair.) This cake, a Pennsylvania Dutch specialty, is named for the device used to pour the batter funnel cake |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | JPL $300: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the JPL in Pasadena.) The thermal vacuum chamber can cool to 5 degrees Kelvin, which is 5 above this hypothetical point absolute zero |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | FACTS ON FILE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Santa Monica Pier.) These planes named after their wing configurations were flown by the Wright Bros. but disappeared after World War II biplanes |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | JPL $500: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the JPL in Pasadena.) Scientists at JPL are learning to navigate a vessel close to this type of celestial body, Latin for "long-haired star" comet |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | TENNIS $100: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the tennis court.) Once meaning "to hinder", it's the call on a serve when the ball hits the net & drops over let |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $600: (The entire Clue Crew lounges about on the grass, picnic-style, with Cheryl reading.) It's what we're having right now, or the title of a scandalous 1863 Manet painting Luncheon on the Grass |
| #3928, aired 2001-10-03 | SPORTS & GAMES $300: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Porter Valley Country Club.) A game score in tennis, or the court I'm in to receive serve deuce |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | ANIMALS $500: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the L.A. County Natural History Museum.) This sea mammal, whose skull is seen here, has a spiral tusk that keeps growing & growing & growing... & growing & growing the narwhal |
| #3924, aired 2001-09-27 | SAN DIEGO ZOO $100: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the San Diego Zoo.) The binturong smells like this--buttered, so if it gets loose in a movie theater, you'll never know popcorn |
| #3922, aired 2001-09-25 | GOOD SPORTS $1000: (Cheryl of the clue crew swings a club on a golf course) On my way to the green I've ended up in this turbulent part of a golf course the rough |
| #3921, aired 2001-09-24 | CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shakes things up at the California Science Center.) I'm learning how earthquakes happen, when these continental sections are pushed together or pulled apart tectonic plates |
