| #9212, aired 2024-11-26 | U.S. CITIES $2,200 (Daily Double): The name of this Iowa city across the river from Omaha honors the site where Lewis & Clark met with tribesmen in 1804 Council Bluffs, Iowa |
| #9189, aired 2024-10-24 | SONGBIRDS $1600: Designated the state bird of Iowa, New Jersey & Washington, this songbird, bright yellow in the male, is a strict vegetarian a goldfinch |
| #9159, aired 2024-09-12 | JOB-POURRI $800: In Iowa & Nebraska you can get a job detasseling this corn |
| #9151, aired 2024-07-22 | STATE HOLIDAYS $800: Iowa honors this president with a special day, the Sunday that falls closest to August 10, his birthday Hoover |
| #9149, aired 2024-07-18 | AMERICA ON STAMPS $800: A 1996 stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Iowa's statehood was based on this native son's "Young Corn" painting (Grant) Wood |
| #9148, aired 2024-07-17 | STATES BY SUPER-SENATOR $800: Ernst Grassley Iowa |
| #9144, aired 2024-07-11 | 1980s AMATEUR WRESTLING $800: Led by legendary coach Dan Gable, this school's Hawkeyes won the NCAA wrestling title every year from 1980 through 1986 Iowa |
| #9140, aired 2024-07-05 | MIDWESTERNERS $2000: In 2023 this Iowa-born techie behind the Mosaic & Netscape browsers posted an inspiring or scary "Techno-Optimist Manifesto" Marc Andreessen |
| #9135, aired 2024-06-28 | STUFF ABOUT STATES $800: As readers know, this county is "the covered bridge capital of Iowa"--start your tour at the welcome center in Winterset Madison County |
| #9114, aired 2024-05-30 | ...BUT WHO'S COUNTYING? $2,000 (Daily Double): Lyon, Sac & Sioux are 3 of the 99 counties that presidential candidates try to visit in this state Iowa |
| #9110, aired 2024-05-24 | GEOGRAPHIC ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER $1200: The "table" city southeast of Phoenix & the seat of Iowa State University Mesa & Ames |
| #29, aired 2024-05-13 | SPORTS JEOPARDY! LIVES AGAIN! $1000: After grabbing 20 rebounds vs. Iowa & Caitlin Clark in 2024, this LSU star used her Vogue photo shoot to declare for the WNBA draft (Angel) Reese |
| #23, aired 2024-05-06 | THE STATE I'M IN $1000: This state is not famous as a source of jazz talent, but Bix Beiderbecke was born there Iowa |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | SPORTS $400: In 2024 this Iowa athlete sunk one of her trademark logo 3-pointers & set the all-time NCAA women's scoring record (Caitlin) Clark |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | ON STATES' HIGHWAY WELCOME SIGNS $400: This farming state has welcomed visitors with "Fields of Opportunities" Iowa |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ADD A LETTER: GEOGRAPHY EDITION $2000: The Midwest's 29th state & a Colorado county, both named after Native American peoples the Iowa & Kiowa |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | AGRICULTURE $2000: This former governor of Iowa served 8 years as Obama's secretary of agriculture & now has the same position under Biden Tom Vilsack |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | IT'S UP 2 U $400: Iowa uses this type of local party meeting to select presidential candidates a caucus |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | IT'S CORN $1600: The murals at the Mitchell Corn Palace in this state are designed by students at a nearby university South Dakota |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | 2023 SPORTS HIGHLIGHT REEL $800: In the most-viewed women's college game ever, Angel Reese & these Tigers beat Iowa for the NCAA basketball crown LSU |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | LEGEND DAIRY $800: Since 1911, a hallmark of its state fair is a cow sculpted from about 600 pounds of butter the Iowa State Fair |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | ROAD TRIP "I SPY" $800 (Daily Double): I spy...
the "American Gothic" house,
the future birthplace of James T. Kirk &
the "Field of Dreams" movie site Iowa |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $800: "The Music Man" takes place "right here in" this fictional Iowa city River City |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THAT'S A GOOD SPOT FOR A BREAK $400: Long-haulers are happy to reach Iowa 80, billed as the world's largest this; amenities include a dog wash & a chiropractor a truck stop |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | STATE NICKNAMES $600: Some say this Iowa nickname honors a Sauk leader; others, a character in "The Last of the Mohicans" "The Hawkeye State" |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SLIDING INTO YOUR "D.M."s $1,800 (Daily Double): The dome on the capitol building of this Midwest city is gilded with 23-karat gold leaf Des Moines |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | U.S. + CANADIAN POSTAL ABBREVS. $1000: IAMB Iowa & Manitoba |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | U.S. SIGHTS $1000: You needn't go to Capri, Italy for one of these picturesque caves; visit the one "of the Redemption" in West Bend, Iowa a grotto |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | STATE CAPITALS $800: This Iowa capital began as a fort in 1843 & the Women's Army Corps began there a century later Des Moines |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $300: In "Field of Dreams" a question is asked, "Is this heaven?"--No, it's this Midwestern state also known as "the Corn State" Iowa |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | ON YOUR STATE'S LEFT $800: It's to the left for a majority of Wisconsin, as it stands atop Iowa Minnesota |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | THE GOOD, OLD, U.S. OF A. $800: A mound-building culture 1,000 years ago left monuments like the Marching these carnivores; you can see it from above in Iowa bears |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS $800: In the 1930s this Iowa native designed a mural called "Breaking the Prairie Sod" for Iowa State University (Grant) Wood |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI $600: In 2022 a 450-foot-long, 5-deck Viking cruise ship made its first journey on the river & hit Dubuque & Davenport in this state Iowa |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | IN THE ROOM $1600: This large upholstered couch that shares its name with the largest of the Quad Cities along the Iowa-Illinois border a davenport |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | LET'S PLAY SPORTS THERE! $200: It's not heaven, it's Dyersville in this state where the Yankees & White Sox sent 8 home runs into the corn in a 2021 game Iowa |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | FREDS UP $800: Fred Grandy, best known for playing Gopher the purser on this series, went on to represent Iowa in Congress Love Boat |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | ON THE ROAD AGAIN $1200: An uphill bike race is held annually in Burlington, Iowa, on this alley seen here, named for a type of critter Snake Alley |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | STANNING THAT SHIP $600: The Missouri is a museum in Oahu, the sister ship, named for the state due north, is also one at the Port of Los Angeles the Iowa |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | THE SENATOR'S FIRST NAME $800: Time to throw out this informal first name of Iowa's Grassley Chuck |
| #8651, aired 2022-05-30 | THE MIDWEST $1000: The name of this second-largest city in Iowa mentions a tree & alludes to a river Cedar Rapids |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | SETTING, THE BROADWAY STAGE $800: This favorite is right here in River City, Iowa The Music Man |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | MISCELLANY $1200: A 400-year-old one of these mighty trees, Iowa's state tree, was found near Des Moines in 2018 an oak |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | MAP QUEST $200: This state capital was founded by four way-out-of-staters, one from England, one from Georgia, one from Alabama & one from Iowa Helena |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | FROM THE STATE SONG $2000: "From yonder Mississippi's stream, to where Missouri's waters gleam... see yonder fields of tasseled corn" Iowa |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY $200: The Hawkeyes' home is this 2-word town Iowa City |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | COLLEGE SPORTS DYNASTIES $400: Led by 125-pound Spencer Lee, in 2021 the Iowa Hawkeyes captured their 24th NCAA title in this sport of reversals & falls wrestling |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: In a tale set in small-town Iowa, Peter Hedges asked, "What's eating" this guy Gilbert Grape |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | STATE YOUR BUSINESS $600: John Deere Co.,
Jimmy John’s Illinois |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE TURNS 75 $600: This actress came by her all-American image honestly; her hometown of Denison, Iowa has been compared to Bedford Falls Donna Reed |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | "BLACK" ON THE MAP $800: Waterloo, Iowa is the seat of this county named for a military leader of the Sauk people Black Hawk |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | THE STATE THAT... $4,000 (Daily Double): Has a postal abbreviation consisting of 2 vowels Iowa |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | OMAHA $400: Omaha is on the west bank of this river opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa the Missouri River |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY ONE OF THE 50 STATES $600: Its highest elevation is fittingly known as Hawkeye Point Iowa |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | MAPPING THE MIDWEST $2,000 (Daily Double): Cities along this river that shares its name with a state capital include Ottumwa & Fort Dodge Des Moines |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | AMERICAN FACTORY $1600: This company's Harvester Works are in Illinois; its Tractor Cab assembly is in Iowa (John) Deere |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | WHICH COLLEGE? $800: Hoover Tower, named after a president Stanford |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | BOOKS BY THE NUMBER $2000: This Jane Smiley Pulitzer Prize winner about the inheritance of a large Iowa farm is a modern retelling of "King Lear" A Thousand Acres |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | GRANT WOOD'S AMERICANA $800: Grant Wood won a $300 prize for this painting that mixes northern renaissance style with Iowa pitchforks American Gothic |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | GRANT WOOD'S AMERICANA $2,000 (Daily Double): Wood painted West Branch, Iowa in a work titled "The Birthplace of" this president Herbert Hoover |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1600: With lovely crystals inside, it's Iowa's state rock a geode |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | STATE CAPITALS $400: It's home to the American Hockey League's Iowa Wild Des Moines |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | BOOKS BY PRESIDENTS $600: "A Boyhood in Iowa" Herbert Hoover |
| #8279, aired 2020-11-12 | HOW ARTSY $4,000 (Daily Double): To honor this artist's 125th birthday, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, commissioned statues like the one here Grant Wood |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | GOOD STUFF IN 2020 $200: Linda Herring of this "Hawkeye State" was honored for fostering more than 600 children over the course of nearly 50 years Iowa |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | HISTORIC HOMES $800: You might recognize the Eldon, Iowa house seen here from this famous 1930 painting of a farm couple posing in front of it American Gothic |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | PHENOMENA $2000: These creatures started mysteriously falling from the sky in Dubuque, Iowa on June 16, 1882 frogs |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THIS & THAT $400: By August 2018 ex-Maryland Rep. & presidential hopeful John Delaney had visited all 99 counties in this early caucus state Iowa |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | TRANSLATED CITIES $1000: Of the Monks, Iowa Des Moines |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | WALLS & BRIDGES $400: Roseman & Hogback are but 2 covered bridges in this county, the "Covered Bridge Capital of Iowa" Madison County |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | THE NOT-SO-VICIOUS CIRCLE $400: Adair, Iowa & Makanda, Illinois have put this cheerful symbol, big in the '70s, on their water towers a smiley face |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | FIRST NAME $600: Novelist & sometime Iowa resident Smiley Jane |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | STUMP TOWN $200: In the names of Iowa cities, this tree precedes Falls & Rapids Cedar |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | AMERICAN "CITY" $2,000 (Daily Double): Midwest news: in 1886 Wyandotte changed its name to this city; across the border, what was once Westport did the same in 1889 Kansas City |
| #8102, aired 2019-11-26 | DEEP STUFF $800: In 1947 this Iowa company introduced its DeepFreeze Upright freezer Amana |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | YOUNGER THAN THE SIMPSONS $2000: Robert James Waller got the idea for this bestselling book when he was taking pictures in Iowa in the early 1990s The Bridges of Madison County |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1200: In 2019 this Iowa senator succeeded Orrin Hatch as president pro tempore (Chuck) Grassley |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY $400: Paternalism is restricting freedom in our (supposed) best interests, like state taxes on these, which began in Iowa in 1921 cigarettes |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | IOWA IN ENTERTAINMENT $400: In this film when asked, "Is this heaven?", Kevin Costner answers, "It's Iowa" Field of Dreams |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | IOWA IN ENTERTAINMENT $800: This brotherly duo of "Bye Bye Love" fame got their start singing on Iowa radio stations The Everly Brothers |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | IOWA IN ENTERTAINMENT $1200: Iowa native Fred Grandy played Gopher on this TV show for 9 years & later was a U.S. rep from the state The Love Boat |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | IOWA IN ENTERTAINMENT $1600: Filmed partly in tornado-prone Iowa, this 1996 film starred Helen Hunt & Bill Paxton Twister |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | IOWA IN ENTERTAINMENT $2000: George Reeves from Woolstock, Iowa was a trained boxer & in 1952 became the first actor to play this character on TV Superman |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | STATE SCHOOL, THAT GREAT SCHOOL $1000: In 1965 John Irving entered this Midwest school's prestigious writers workshop & worked with Kurt Vonnegut Iowa |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: Holliwell Bridge is the longest covered bridge in this Iowa county Madison County |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | CITIES ON THE MISSISSIPPI $1600: Sit down & put your feet up in this third most populous Iowa city Davenport |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | BIRTHPLACE OF A BRAND $2,000 (Daily Double): Maytag appliances Iowa |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | PRESIDENTS' DAYS $2000: This state observes Herbert Hoover Day Iowa |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | YOU PASS BUTTER $1200: Since 1911, the Iowa State Fair has featured one of these sculpted from 600 pounds of pure cream butter a butter cow |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | STATE OF THE NEWSPAPER $600: The Rapid City Journal South Dakota |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MY OLD "L.P."s $400: This instructional driver's license for the young can be obtained at age 14 in Iowa a learner's permit |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | SNIPPETS FROM MY COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS $800: You will cross many bridges in life, perhaps the Fred Schwengel Memorial one over this river from Iowa into Illinois the Mississippi |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | DOWN FOR THE COUNTY $1200: This state's 99 counties include Decatur & Dubuque Iowa |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | THE POSTMAN'S 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Solo for a soprano an aria |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | BIG 12 SCHOOLS $800: This university Ames to please with murals by Grant Wood in its library Iowa State |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | SPORTS TRADITIONS $200: A new tradition in 2017--at the end of the 1st quarter, Hawkeye fans at this U. turn & wave at Children's Hospital patients the University of Iowa |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | DUMB CRIMINALS $400: Working this bar entrance job in Iowa City, a man got presented with his own stolen ID a bouncer |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | IOWA HISTORY $400: Since 1972 these Iowa candidate selection events have been a key first contest in the race for the White House the Iowa caucuses |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | IOWA HISTORY $800: In 1873 near Adair, Iowa, this outlaw & his gang hit the Rock Island line in the "first train robbery in the West" Jesse James |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | IOWA HISTORY $1200: In 2011 Iowa got its first whitewater rafting park, naturally on this river with well-known rapids the Cedar River |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | IOWA HISTORY $1600: To help the war effort, in 1943 Iowa farmers grew 40,000 acres of this 4-letter crop, genus Cannabis hemp |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | IOWA HISTORY $2000: In 1869 Arabella Mansfield became the USA's first woman admitted to this profession, & later taught at DePauw law |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | UNESCO CITIES OF LITERATURE $1200: Thanks to its pioneering writers' program, the only American city honored is in this Midwest state Iowa |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | THE EUROPEAN MIDWEST $800: Elk Horn, Iowa, known as "Little" this country, hosts the Tivoli Fest Denmark |
| #7625, aired 2017-11-03 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Robert James Waller, who passed away in 2017, was best known for this bittersweet tale set in Iowa The Bridges of Madison County |
| #7623, aired 2017-11-01 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: The body of this Sauk leader for whom an 1832 war is named was kept in an Iowa museum until 1855, when the museum burned Black Hawk |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | THE MIDWEST $200: Population about 70,000, it's where to go to see the Hawkeyes play in Kinnick Stadium Iowa City |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | THE U.S. OF ATTRACTIONS $800: Iowa's The Music Man Square isn't in River City but Mason City, this composer's hometown Meredith Willson |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | IT'S IOWA-ADJACENT $400: "Head" to the huge national memorial also known as "The Shrine of Democracy" in this state South Dakota |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | IT'S IOWA-ADJACENT $800: The Mississippi flows 2,350 miles southward from its source, Lake Itasca, in this state Minnesota |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | IT'S IOWA-ADJACENT $1200: Rising nearly 1,800 feet in the Ozark Plateau, Taum Sauk is the highest point in this state Missouri |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | IT'S IOWA-ADJACENT $1600: Wahoo! You'll find that city along with Ogallala & Fairbury in this state that dominates Iowa's western border Nebraska |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | IT'S IOWA-ADJACENT $2000: The Spoon River of "Anthology" fame is a tributary of the river named for this state Illinois |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | INLANDER $800: Before he & his bros. bought the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1907, John of this last name was born in 1866 in McGregor, Iowa Ringling |
| #7566, aired 2017-07-03 | ANAGRAMMED U.S. CITIES $2000: Seam, Iowa Ames |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | EVERY YEAR $600: Fat pigs & fried brownies are featured at this, the biggest annual event in Iowa the State Fair |
| #7529, aired 2017-05-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: A city in Iowa, or a type of sofa a davenport |
| #7523, aired 2017-05-03 | ALFALFA $600: Imperial & Kern are leading alfalfa-growing counties in this state that cultivates about 1 million acres California |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | THE 50 STATES $1000: The highest temperature ever recorded in this state was a blistering 118 degrees at Keokuk on July 20, 1934 Iowa |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | IN BALTIMORE $1000: Elected mayor of Baltimore in 1999, this Democrat ran for president in 2016 but dropped out after Iowa Martin O'Malley |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | A SMALL COLLEGE $200: Truman State University in this state (where else?) has a low student-to-faculty ratio of 16:1 Missouri |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: It's a meeting of political party leaders prior to a general election; Iowa held one February 1, 2016 a caucus |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | CASINO $1200: Quad Cities is a Midwestern gaming hub with casinos in Bettendorf & this other trisyllabic Iowa city Davenport |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | COMPLETE THE BOOK TITLE $1600: Jane Smiley redoes "King Lear" in Iowa:
"A Thousand ____" Acres |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | POTENT QUOTABLES $400: William Lampton described this state as "where the corn is full of kernels and the colonels full of corn" Kentucky |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | THE FILMS OF MERYL STREEP $400: The Winterset, Iowa location seen here was one of several used in this 1995 film The Bridges of Madison County |
| #7366, aired 2016-09-26 | U.S. LANDMARKS $800: In Eldon, Iowa you can visit the house that inspired this classic "American" painting by Grant Wood American Gothic |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | AND I QUOTE $2000: New Yorker founder Harold Ross said the magazine is "not edited for the old lady in" this Iowa city Dubuque |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | OFFICIAL STATE SYMBOLS $1000: This state rock of Iowa has a name derived from Greek for "earthlike" geode |
| #7305, aired 2016-05-20 | BRIDGES $800: The bridges of this Iowa county were the title feature of a Meryl Streep movie Madison County |
| #7281, aired 2016-04-18 | U.S. GOVERNORS $800: This state's Terry Branstad is the longest-serving governor in U.S. history Iowa |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | TRAVEL USA $1000: The National Farm Toy Museum in Dyersville is an attraction in this corn-rich state Iowa |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $200: The Great River Road features many scenic sites along this river in 10 states, including Iowa & Minnesota the Mississippi |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | TOM, DICK & HARRY $2000: A former governor of Iowa, Tom Vilsack has served as this Cabinet secretary since 2009 Agriculture |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1929 he won first place & $450 in the Iowa State Fair's art show Grant Wood |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | BTW $1200: Not to be confused with the Hurricanes, these teams take the field for Iowa State the Cyclones |
| #7188, aired 2015-12-09 | HIS OWN MUSEUM $1600: His Presidential Library & Museum is located in West Branch, Iowa Herbert Hoover |
| #7173, aired 2015-11-18 | FOOD & DRINK $400: Maytag Dairy Farms in Iowa has been turning out this variety of cheese since 1941 blue cheese |
| #7169, aired 2015-11-12 | "WHAT" MOVIE? $2000: Johnny Depp cares for brother Leonardo DiCaprio in small-town Iowa What's Eating Gilbert Grape |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT SHER $1600: 19 years after the Eastwood-Streep movie, Bartlett turned this Iowa-set Robert James Waller book into a musical The Bridges of Madison County |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | U.S. FESTIVALS $800: "In the mood" for a festival honoring this bandleader? Drop by Clarinda, Iowa the second week in June (Glenn) Miller |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | ARCHITECTS $2000: The Iowa courthouse seen here was designed by George Elmslie, a follower of Frank Lloyd Wright, in this flatland style Prairie Style |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | 5 SHADES OF GRAY $1000: You'll never sink this color of the USS Iowa battleship gray |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | "B"OOKS $200: It's the huge 1992 bestseller about a photographer, a farm wife & 4 days in Iowa Bridges of Madison County |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | "I. C." $400: It lost its state capital duties to Des Moines in 1857 Iowa City |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | ZIP IT! $1000: 50001:
Ackworth, NW of Ottumwa in this state Iowa |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS $1000: W Iowa |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | THE MIDWEST $600: The Telegraph Herald in Dubuque traces its beginnings to 1836 & this state's first newspaper Iowa |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | RIVER BANK ON IT $600: To beat your feet on its mud, visit places on its bank like Davenport, Iowa the Mississippi |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: Council Bluffs, Iowa lies across the Missouri from this Nebraska city & makes up part of its metro area Omaha |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | DIE ANOTHER DAY $1200: February 3, 1959
in an Iowa cornfield (one of 3 musicians) the Big Bopper (or Buddy Holly or Ritchie Valens) |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | THE STRAIT SCOOP $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from aboard the USS Iowa in San Pedro, California.) During its 50 years of service, the Iowa operated in the Atlantic, Pacific, &, on one of its last deployments, this Middle Eastern strait, escorting oil tankers in the first Gulf War the Strait of Hormuz |
| #7027, aired 2015-03-17 | "QUAD"-RUPLE JEOPARDY! $1200: Davenport & Bettendorf, Iowa, plus 3 (huh?) places in Illinois the Quad Cities |
| #7022, aired 2015-03-10 | FICTION $2,000 (Daily Double): The novel that inspired "Field of Dreams" grew out of the story "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to" this place Iowa |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | WORDS FROM POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS $600: Arkansas plus Iowa performs this an aria |
| #7002, aired 2015-02-10 | THE NAME OF THE BOARD GAME $400: The USS Missouri is an Iowa-class one Battleship |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | SOCIETY $2000: The Ebenezer Society, established in New York in 1843, moved to this state & changed its name to Amana Iowa |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | RIBBONS $600: The Blue Ribbon Foundation raises funds for the grounds where this annual Iowa event takes place the Iowa State Fair |
| #6924, aired 2014-10-23 | CANALS $800: A windmill & the Molengracht canal, seen here, reflect Pella, Iowa's heritage from this country the Netherlands |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | BORDERING MISSOURI $600: Check out Herbert Hoover's birthplace, a two-room cottage in this state Iowa |
| #6857, aired 2014-06-10 | EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew comes to us from the gift shop on the USS Iowa in San Pedro, CA.) If you know what type of vessel the USS Iowa is, it makes sense that its gift shop sells a fun on the run version of this board game Battleship |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | MARKETING $400: Forget how it plays in Peoria; this Iowa capital is a player in test marketing Des Moines |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | HAVE A COUNTY SEAT $600: Check out some bridges of Madison County near its county seat of Winterset in this state Iowa |
| #6837, aired 2014-05-13 | STATE FACTS $800: Its geographic center is 5 miles northeast of Ames Iowa |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | IOWA $200: The first railroad bridge across this river was built at Davenport, Iowa in 1856 the Mississippi |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | IOWA $400: Carlisle, Iowa's Bobbi McCaughey made history in Nov. 1997 by giving birth to the first surviving set of this many babies seven |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | IOWA $600: In 1991 Iowa led the nation in reviving the 19th century tradition of gambling aboard these riverboats |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | IOWA $800: This Iowa settlement lent its name to the company that makes the Radarange Amana |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | IOWA $1000: Buddy Holly & friends perished near this Iowa city named for a beautiful body of water Clear Lake |
| #6795, aired 2014-03-14 | CLOSE QUARTERS $1000: This state's quarter is based on "Arbor Day", by native son Grant Wood Iowa |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | GRANDSON OF WOOD $400: (Alex Trebek presents the clue from the deck of the USS Iowa.) The upper decks of World War II Iowa class battleships were covered in this hard Asian wood, some of it still in place after 70 years; it's the kind of wood you find on expensive yachts teak |
| #6759, aired 2014-01-23 | BLACK SOCKS $600: Anything that's out of an earlier time, specifically a retro sports uniform, like the Iowa Hawkeyes one
seen here throwback |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT $200: Fort Dodge is on the Des Moines River in this state Iowa |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | STATE OF THE MOVIE $1200: Starring Melanie Griffith:
"Crazy in ____" Alabama |
| #6719, aired 2013-11-28 | SHOW BIZ STUPID ANSWERS $1000: In 1933 Will Rogers & Janet Gaynor starred in a non-musical version of this film set at the Iowa state fair State Fair |
| #6708, aired 2013-11-13 | T.P., YOUR HOUSE $200: Tim Pawlenty, from 2003 to 2011 you lived in the governor's mansion in this city St. Paul |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | OF SWINE $1000: 2013 figures revealed this Midwest state is home to over 20 million pigs, more than 1/4 of the USA's total Iowa |
| #6676, aired 2013-09-30 | THE BATTLESHIP U.S.S. IOWA $200: (Alex delivers the clue from the foredeck of the U.S.S. Iowa.) Shortly after it
was commissioned in 1943, F.D.R. came aboard the Iowa and traveled to Tehran
for an important meeting with these two other world leaders Stalin & Churchill |
| #6676, aired 2013-09-30 | THE BATTLESHIP U.S.S. IOWA $400: (Alex delivers the clue from the foredeck of the USS Iowa.) When it was recommissioned for the Korean War, the Iowa's wide decks made it ideal for retrievers like the Piasecki HUP-1, this kind of transport used to rescue downed pilots helicopters |
| #6676, aired 2013-09-30 | THE BATTLESHIP U.S.S. IOWA $600: (Alex delivers the clue from the atop the forward battery of the U.S.S. Iowa.) In 1986,
President and Mrs. Reagan stood on the bow of the Iowa in New York Harbor to watch
the celebrations marking the restoration and the centennial of this monument the Statue of Liberty |
| #6676, aired 2013-09-30 | THE BATTLESHIP U.S.S. IOWA $800: (Alex delivers the clue from the box launchers of the U.S.S. Iowa.) One of the modernizations to the Iowa in the 1980s was the addition of these armored box launchers & their deadly cargo of the Tomahawk variety of these a cruise missile |
| #6676, aired 2013-09-30 | THE BATTLESHIP U.S.S. IOWA $1000: (Alex delivers the clue from the foredeck of the U.S.S. Iowa.) In the Pacific
during World War II, the Iowa's 16-inch guns
were fired many times
against Japanese positions, like those on Enewetak Atoll, in these islands that are today an independent republic the Marshall Islands |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | IT'S CHOPPER ALEX WITH TRAFFIC $1600: I-29 past Sioux Falls; clear. 281 near Aberdeen; clear. I-90 around Rapid City; clear. This state... clear South Dakota |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | ROMANCE IN LITERATURE $800: A photographer finds brief but unforgettable love in Iowa in this '90s novel The Bridges of Madison County |
| #6618, aired 2013-05-29 | WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE $1600: We're meeting in this SW Iowa city named for a meeting between Otoes & the Lewis & Clark Expedition in 1804 Council Bluffs |
| #6617, aired 2013-05-28 | MUSIC & LITERATURE $4,800 (Daily Double): The novel on which this movie musical was based was by Phil Stong, whose grandfather ran the swine division at the Iowa one State Fair |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER $1600: This son of Iowa painted his mother Hattie in the same style as his later "American Gothic" (Grant) Wood |
| #6558, aired 2013-03-06 | KNOW YOUR AREA CODES $400: 712 gets you Iowa, 412, Pennsylvania & 212, this state New York |
| #6549, aired 2013-02-21 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Dubuque, Iowa lies at the junction of 3 states: Iowa, Illinois & this one Wisconsin |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | "QUE" TIPS $1200: Named for a French Canadian, it's Iowa's oldest city Dubuque |
| #6473, aired 2012-11-07 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: An outpost called Fort Raccoon was wisely renamed & became this capital of Iowa Des Moines |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | STOPS $800: On I-80 in Iowa you'll find what claims to be the world's largest this; it has a 300-seat restaurant & 24 private showers a truck stop |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | DEMOCRA "C" $800: After talk of moving them to December, Iowa's first in the nation these were held January 3, 2012 caucuses |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | NEWS OF THE 2010s $1600: She ended her presidential campaign right after the 2012 Iowa caucuses Michele Bachmann |
| #6394, aired 2012-06-07 | U.S.A. TOUR $1000: If tractors are your thing, visit this company's pavilion in Moline, Illinois or its tractor works in Iowa John Deere |
| #6394, aired 2012-06-07 | ALMOST-FORGOTTEN WARS $1200: The bloodless 1839 "Honey War" helped establish the boundary between Iowa & this southern neighbor Missouri |
| #6381, aired 2012-05-21 | WEBCAMS $400: In April of 2011, people set their browsers to watch these baby birds hatch in Decorah, Iowa bald eagles |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | A GRAY AREA $800: In the 1890s the U.S. Navy painted its war vessels gray--presumably this shade, also a term for the USS Iowa battleship grey |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | THE MIDWEST $8,000 (Daily Double): This river passes through Waterloo, Iowa as well as through the cities named for its falls & rapids the Cedar |
| #6358, aired 2012-04-18 | NEWSPAPERS $1000: It grew out of the Iowa Star, begun in 1849 The Des Moines Register |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | THE 50 STATES $1200: Iowa's nickname the Hawkeye state is said to honor this Sauk chief who fought the U.S. in an 1832 war Black Hawk |
| #6330, aired 2012-03-09 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: The Delicious apple was originally called this, after the nickname of Iowa, where its developer lived the Hawkeye |
| #6311, aired 2012-02-13 | COLLEGE COURSES $400: At the U. of Iowa, electives for this major include "Introduction to Clinical" & "Introduction to Cognitive" this Psychology |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $600: "The Music Man" takes place "right here in" this Iowa city River City |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $1600: The Amana Colonies were settled on this "stately" river in the 1850s Iowa |
| #6233, aired 2011-10-26 | STATE'S RIGHTS $1600: Nebraska Iowa |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | BIG BIRTHER $1200: How lucky--in 1997 Bobbi McCaughey of Des Moines, Iowa gave birth to the first surviving set of these septuplets |
| #6230, aired 2011-10-21 | STATE OF THE NOVEL $600: "The Bridges of Madison County" Iowa |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | ALL "AMERICAN" $800: When Iowa farmers & their wives first saw this 1930 painting of a farm couple, many of them were downright angry American Gothic |
| #6139, aired 2011-04-28 | STATE FLAGS $600: Iowa's flag features this bird holding a scroll in its beak an eagle |
| #6099, aired 2011-03-03 | WILL U. $2000: The university named for this Quaker leader is in Oskaloosa, Iowa, not Altoona or Monongahela William Penn |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | STATES' FIRST NEWSPAPERS $400: Du Buque Visitor
(1836) Iowa |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | IOWA $400: Iowa's east & west borders are formed by water, primarily these 2 rivers the Mississippi & the Missouri |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | IOWA $800: In 2007 Winterset, Iowa celebrated the centennial of this actor's birth there, Pilgrim John Wayne |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | IOWA $1200: The name of this capital of Iowa may come from a Native American word meaning "river of the mounds" Des Moines |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | IOWA $1600: The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art houses the largest collection of this native Iowan's paintings Grant Wood |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | IOWA $4,000 (Daily Double): The first non-native Americans to travel in Iowa, this French pair explored the region in 1673 Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | THE BIG "C" $400: A water tower in Stanton, Iowa has been painted like a giant one of these: at over 35,000 gal., that's a lot of java! a cup of coffee |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | STATE SANDWICH $2000: It's sandwiched between Minnesota & Missouri Iowa |
| #6054, aired 2010-12-30 | COUNTY CULTURE $800: The photo here was taken in this Iowa county found in the title of a bestseller Madison county |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | FOOTBALL: 20-10 $600: 20-10 was the score when this school's Hawkeyes beat Wisconsin in 2009 for their 11th straight win University of Iowa |
| #6030, aired 2010-11-26 | LET'S PLAY TEXAS HOLD-EM $400: His brother Buck Barrow was released from a Texas prison in 1933; he was killed by Iowa police later that year Clyde Barrow |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | CHAMBER MUSIC $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a string quartet at the Juilliard School in New York.) His "American Quartet" was written in a Czech community in Iowa soon after his "New World Symphony"; some hear black spirituals in the melodies (Antonin) Dvorak |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP! $400: The first radio-controlled target, this "Hawkeye State" ship was sunk in an exercise in 1923 the Iowa |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | AGRICULTURE $200: Iowa is the USA's leading producer of this "pop"ular crop corn |
| #5954, aired 2010-07-01 | COW $400: The 600-pound cow made by Sarah Pratt each year for the Iowa state fair is made from this dairy product butter |
| #5931, aired 2010-05-31 | STATE THE STATE $1000: Put the three seen here in alphabetical order, please Alabama, Iowa, Pennsylvania |
| #5915, aired 2010-05-07 | THE SPIRIT OF 1976 $400: In January this then little-known governor won the Iowa Democratic Caucus Jimmy Carter |
| #5901, aired 2010-04-19 | ART FOR ART'S SAKE! $200: Dentist Byron McKeeby of Cedar Rapids, Iowa was immortalized in this 1930 painting along with the artist's sister American Gothic |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: A Maverick preacher & a swashbuckling Civil War General founded Drake University in this capital of Iowa Des Moines |
| #5889, aired 2010-04-01 | MERYL STREEP MOVIE ROLES $600: Lonely Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson The Bridges of Madison County |
| #5862, aired 2010-02-23 | STATE FAIR FOODS $400: Iowa's hot beef sundae includes a buttery scoop of these, topped with gravy & cheese & garnished with a cherry tomato mashed potatoes |
| #5846, aired 2010-02-01 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the only state that fits the bill Iowa |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | SCIENCE GUYS $1,600 (Daily Double): Born a slave in Missouri, this scientist received a B.S. in Agriculture from Iowa State in 1894 George Washington Carver |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | FACTS & FIGURES $800: In 2009 Iowa changed the name of its Dept. of Elder Affairs to the Dept. on this, leading to the abbreviation D.O.A. Aging |
| #5804, aired 2009-12-03 | LIFE IN DES MOINES $1600: The annual Pridefest is more festive since the April 2009 decision that allowed this in Iowa gay marriage |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | "UTTER" YOUR RESPONSE $400: For Steak de Burgo, an Iowa favorite, this is mixed with garlic & spooned over meat butter |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $400: February 3, 1959, one of 3, in a cornfield in Iowa (Ritchie) Valens (or Buddy Holly or the Big Bopper) |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $1000: An RV maker based in Iowa shares its name with this large Wisconsin lake Winnebago |
| #5699, aired 2009-05-21 | HOBO A GO GO $200: In August, hop a freight train to the city of Britt in this "Hawkeye State" for its annual "Hobo Days" convention Iowa |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | NUMBER PLEASE $1,400 (Daily Double): Number of U.S. states that begin with the letter I four |
| #5644, aired 2009-03-05 | I'M IN SUCH A STATE! $1000: I'm of one mind to say it's the only state with a unicameral state legislature Nebraska |
| #5630, aired 2009-02-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Between 1856 & 1860, 2,962 of this faith set out from Iowa & Nebraska to Utah in the Handcart Migration Mormonism |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | SPORTS FACTS $1000: Iowa State's Dan Gable won 2 NCAA titles in this sport & then coached Iowa to 15 team titles from 1978 to 1997 wrestling |
| #5607, aired 2009-01-13 | WE WAX PHILOSOPHIC $800: Beauty's in the eye of the beholder; one may behold this Iowa man's 1931 painting "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" Grant Wood |
| #5606, aired 2009-01-12 | MY ACTING & POLITICAL RESUME $1600: "Blind Ambition",
"The Love Boat",
U.S. rep. from Iowa (Fred) Grandy |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | WOOD YOU OR WOODN'T YOU? $400: This word precedes Falls & Rapids in Iowa city names Cedar |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | AMERICANA $2000: This Iowa city was named for a French Canadian, the first white man to settle permanently in what is now Iowa Dubuque |
| #5534, aired 2008-10-02 | STATES BY COUNTIES $400: Palo Alto,
Dallas,
Dubuque Iowa |
| #5496, aired 2008-06-30 | THE ONION'S GLOSSARY OF ELECTION TERMS $800: This is referred to as a "process by which Americans are quadrennially reminded of Iowa's existence" the Iowa caucuses |
| #5435, aired 2008-04-04 | PRESIDENTS AT REST $800: At his national historic site in West Branch, Iowa Hoover |
| #5434, aired 2008-04-03 | THE IOWA STATE FAIR $400: Bruce Springsteen sang about this attraction; the one at the Iowa State Fair dates back to 1921 the Tunnel of Love |
| #5434, aired 2008-04-03 | THE IOWA STATE FAIR $1200: The Beef Cattle competition is sanctioned by this youth group, big in the Heartland with its slogan "Learn by doing" 4-H |
| #5434, aired 2008-04-03 | THE IOWA STATE FAIR $1600: At age 2 this future single-named fashion designer was named the fair's "Healthiest City Boy" Halston |
| #5434, aired 2008-04-03 | THE IOWA STATE FAIR $2000: One annual event is tossing this, also the term for the "bouncy" food eaten on the banquet circuit rubber chicken |
| #5434, aired 2008-04-03 | THE IOWA STATE FAIR $3,000 (Daily Double): Set at the Iowa State Fair, this duo's musical "State Fair" says, "I've got Ioway in my ears and eyes and nose" Rodgers & Hammerstein |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | CLINT EASTWOOD: A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD $400: Meryl Streep played an Iowa housewife who has a brief affair with Clint Eastwood in this film The Bridges of Madison County |
| #5426, aired 2008-03-24 | THE STATE'S JR. SENATOR $1200: Tom Harkin Iowa |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Iowa's lowest point is a the junction of the Des Moines River & this river that forms Iowa's Eastern border the Mississippi River |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | NO, IT'S IOWA $200: In 1942 the first training base for the WAAC, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, opened in this capital Des Moines |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | NO, IT'S IOWA $400: The Mississippi forms all of Iowa's eastern boundary, & this river, with a tributary, bounds the west the Missouri |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | NO, IT'S IOWA $800: You've hit a Bumppo in the road: it's the name of the University of Iowa's sports teams the Hawkeyes |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | NO, IT'S IOWA $1000: Named for a Native American tribe, this city of 85,000 lies near where Iowa, Nebraska & South Dakota meet Sioux City |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | NO, IT'S IOWA $2,000 (Daily Double): The largest of the "Quad Cities", this city shares its name with a type of large sofa Davenport |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | STATE YOUR NAME $1200: The University of Iowa gave this future 2-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright a B.A. in 1938 Tennessee Williams |
| #5264, aired 2007-06-28 | FEELING "BLUE"? $200: Take your gooseberry jam to the Iowa State Fair & win this top prize, like Dawn Shaw did in 2005 blue ribbon |
| #5260, aired 2007-06-22 | "H"E MAN $1200: This current U.S. Senator comes from Cumming, Iowa, population 150 Tom Harkin |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | U.S. RIVERS $200: This river's widest point, 3 1/2 miles, is just north of Clinton, Iowa the Mississippi |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | INCREDIBLE EDIBLES $400: Iowa State Univ.'s Entomology Club once added mealworms to this fried grain that's a staple in Asian restaurants rice |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE $400: "Ow"! Don't hurt yourself inside this state Iowa |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | THE WIZARD OF ODDS $1600: The odds to win this lottery game played in 29 states are 1 in 146 million but in 2006, an Iowa couple won $200.8 mil. that way Powerball |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | ILLINOIS, IOWA OR INDIANA $200: The Diamond Lady, the first of this state's riverboat casinos, launched from Bettendorf in 1991 Iowa |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | ILLINOIS, IOWA OR INDIANA $400: In area, it's the smallest mainland state west of the Appalachian Mountains Indiana |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | ILLINOIS, IOWA OR INDIANA $600: Rockford is its third-largest city Illinois |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | ILLINOIS, IOWA OR INDIANA $800: One of the world's largest tractor factories can be found in this state's city of Waterloo Iowa |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | ILLINOIS, IOWA OR INDIANA $1000: The city of East Chicago is located there Indiana |
| #5206, aired 2007-04-09 | SPORTS GEAR $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from wrestling practice at the University of Iowa.) Ancient Greek wrestlers competed naked; today's wrestlers wear this one-piece garment a singlet |
| #5197, aired 2007-03-27 | MY KIND OF TOWN $800: In 1851 Prairie Rapids, Iowa was renamed this for the Belgian site of Napoleon's last defeat Waterloo |
| #5193, aired 2007-03-21 | SPORTS TERMS $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the University of Iowa.) It's the structural term for the arched position a wrestler uses to avoid his back touching the mat a bridge |
| #5183, aired 2007-03-07 | STATES FREAK $1600: The 3 states on Michigan's southern borders Indiana, Ohio, & Wisconsin |
| #5177, aired 2007-02-27 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Iowa State Fair.) I'm in this city, home of the Iowa State Fair, whose name may be from the French for "monks", recalling early French missionaries Des Moines |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | STATES OF THE UNION $400: This state's first paper was the Du Buque Visitor, which began publishing in 1836 Iowa |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Iowa State Fair.) Will Rogers, Jeanne Crain & Pat Boone starred in different versions of this film about a family's adventures at the Iowa State Fair State Fair |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | FOR THE BIRDS $1200: One of the 2 U.S. states with a bird in its official state nickname (One of) Iowa or Louisiana |
| #5152, aired 2007-01-23 | THE LARGEST U.S. STATE $1000: Iowa,
Indiana,
Illinois Illinois |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $2000: Last name of this Iowa-born "Superman Returns" star is pronounced like "South" Brandon Routh |
| #5141, aired 2007-01-08 | WRESTLING $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew goes to the mat at the University of Iowa.) Single leg or double leg, this type of wrestling takedown shares its name with the act of bringing down a football player a tackle |
| #5141, aired 2007-01-08 | WRESTLING $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the University of Iowa.) In one starting position the wrestler in the bottom is said to be in "par terre", French for on this on the ground (on the earth accepted) |
| #5141, aired 2007-01-08 | WRESTLING $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew grapples with another clue from the University of Iowa.) To get one of these--& win the match--the shoulders have to be pinned to the mat for 1 second--2 seconds in high school a fall |
| #5141, aired 2007-01-08 | WRESTLING $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the final blow from the University of Iowa.) This takedown is named for the way an injured person might be taken out of a burning building a fireman's carry |
| #5141, aired 2007-01-08 | WRESTLING $3,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew is back in the gym at the University of Iowa.) Olympic wrestling consists of two styles: freestyle & this, in which the legs can't be used in attack or defense Greco-Roman |
| #5131, aired 2006-12-25 | SPORTS VENUES $400: Veterans Memorial Auditorium in this state capital was the home of the Iowa Barnstormers of the AFL Des Moines |
| #5120, aired 2006-12-08 | IOWA $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of a carnival attraction holding corn.) The Iowa State Fair features plenty of corn products--fitting for a state that in 2004 produced 2.2 billion of these units of corn bushels |
| #5120, aired 2006-12-08 | IOWA $800: The quad cities comprise Bettendorf & Davenport, Iowa & Rock Island & Moline in this state Illinois |
| #5120, aired 2006-12-08 | IOWA $1200: (Jimmy stands in front of a wrestling match.) The men's wrestling team, with the 20 NCAA Division I titles since 1975, is part of a great tradition for the University of Iowa athletes known by this nickname the Hawkeyes |
| #5120, aired 2006-12-08 | IOWA $1600: Before primary season, Iowa gets in early on the pres. nominating process with these party gatherings caucuses |
| #5120, aired 2006-12-08 | IOWA $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of a smithy.) Born in 1874, this U.S. president & famed humanitarian was the son of an Iowa blacksmith, whose shop is replicated here Herbert Hoover |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | STATE FLAGS $400: This bird of prey is on the state flags of Illinois & Iowa the (bald) eagle |
| #5060, aired 2006-09-15 | NOTABLE NAMES $600: Maryville Wood, an Iowa farmer, gave this name to his artistically gifted son Grant |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | COLLEGE SPORTS $400: In 2002 Southern Cal quarterback Carson Palmer won this trophy; Iowa quarterback Brad Banks was second the Heisman Trophy |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $800: Like "The Music Man", "The Pajama Game" takes place in this U.S. state Iowa |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | HIDDEN U.S. STATES $600: Face it: audio wasn't as good on Grandma's gramophone Iowa (in audio wasn't) |
| #5037, aired 2006-07-04 | NAMES IN SPORTS $400: (Hi, I'm Tim Dwight.) At Iowa I was one of these, like the sneaky scout in "The Last of the Mohicans" a Hawkeye |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | FIRST LADIES' FATHERS $800: Charles D. Henry, a Waterloo, Iowa banker Lou Hoover |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): These largest cities of Michigan & Iowa were both given French names Detroit & Des Moines |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $400: Hailing from West Branch, Iowa, he was the first president born west of the Mississippi Hoover |
| #4952, aired 2006-03-07 | AIRPORT I.D. CODES $400: You can understand why some residents of this Iowa city want to change their airport's designation, SUX Sioux City |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | THE "I"s HAVE IT $1200: On Dec. 28, 1846 it joined the U.S. as the 29th state Iowa |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | MARVELOUS MARVEL $1000: This Marvel sharpshooter is also a nickname for the State of Iowa Hawkeye |
| #4937, aired 2006-02-14 | AROUND THE USA $200: In the 2000 census, Des Moines & Cedar Rapids were the only 2 cities in this state with populations of more than 100,000 Iowa |
| #4913, aired 2006-01-11 | CLEVELAND ATHLETES $800: "Bullet Bob", this pitcher from Van Meter, Iowa, joined the Indians at age 17 in 1936 Bob Feller |
| #4898, aired 2005-12-21 | FOOTBALL $400: (I'm Kurt Warner of the NFL.) From 1995 to 1997 I played for the Iowa Barnstormers in this league that plays its games indoors the Arena Football League |
| #4882, aired 2005-11-29 | CLINT EASTWOOD MOVIE QUOTES $800: Meryl Streep:
"Are you supposed to be in Iowa?" The Bridges of Madison County |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | "D"-RIGEUR $800: Given in Iowa in Jan. 2004, this politician's most memorable quote may have been "Yeeeeeaaaaaargh!" (Howard) Dean |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | COLLEGE AKA $1000: In Iowa:
A male duck Drake |
| #4811, aired 2005-07-04 | STATE NICKNAMES $400: The "Hawkeye State" Iowa |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | PRESIDENTS & BASEBALL $600: One of his first jobs was re-creating Cubs games over the radio in Iowa Ronald Reagan |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | LIBRARIES $400: Galleries at his Iowa Pres. Library & Museum include "The Humanitarian Years" & "From Hero to Scapegoat" Herbert Hoover |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | THE 50 STATES $400: To stand in the center of this state, go 5 miles northeast of Ames & stand there--how exciting... Iowa |
| #4775, aired 2005-05-13 | CNN 25: PEOPLE $2000: In 1997 it was a boy, boy, boy, boy, girl, girl, girl for this Iowa woman, as she delivered septuplets (Bobbi) McCaughey |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | WOULD YOU TAKE AN "IOU"? $800: Geographically, it precedes "City" in Iowa & "Falls" in South Dakota Sioux |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | STATES' LONGEST RIVERS $400: Des Moines River Iowa |
| #4672, aired 2004-12-21 | TRAVEL FUN $600: Pop over to the national balloon museum, made to look like 2 inverted balloons, in Indianola in this "Hawkeye State" Iowa |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | CORPORATE BRANDS $1200: This Iowa company can send its repairmen to fix its Magic Chef & Admiral appliances & its Hoover vacuums Maytag |
| #4651, aired 2004-11-22 | ROAD TRIPPING $200: Just west of Davenport, the Iowa-80, one of these refuges for big rigs, features a dentist & barber shop a truck stop |
| #4634, aired 2004-10-28 | STATE-LY HOMES $400: In 1934 Buffalo Bill's Iowa boyhood home was moved to Cody in this state Wyoming |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $1000: State where the concession speech seen here was made in 2004 Iowa |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | LICENSE PLATE SLOGANS $600: Iowa has had "The Corn State", Kentucky has had "Bluegrass State", & it has had "The Wheat State" Kansas |
| #4624, aired 2004-10-14 | FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD $600: The Red Delicious apple was originally called the Hawkeye apple; it was developed in an orchard in this state Iowa |
| #4598, aired 2004-09-08 | SMALL TOWN FOLKS $800: This bandleader whose hit is heard here grew up in the small towns of Clarinda, Iowa; Tryon, Neb.; & Grant City, Mo. Glenn Miller |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | POPULATIONS $600: From 1970 to 1990 the population center shifted west from southern Illinois to near Steelville in this state Missouri |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | THE LARGEST IN AREA $1000: Nebraska,
Iowa,
Missouri Nebraska |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | WHAT'S "D" MATTER? $1200: A large city in Iowa, or a large sofa that often converts into a bed Davenport |
| #4503, aired 2004-03-17 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: This city in Iowa is at the confluence of the Big Sioux & Missouri Rivers Sioux City |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | SEMPER "FI" $1200: Iowa senator Chuck Grassley is the chairman of this U.S. Senate committee Finance |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | ASHTON KUTCHER $400: On the seventh of February in 1978, Ashton was born in Cedar Rapids in this state Iowa |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | IOWA $400: This "yummy" red apple, the USA's top seller, was developed in the 1880s in Jesse Hiatt's orchard near East Peru the Red Delicious |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | IOWA $800: Each May since 1935 the town of Pella has celebrated its heritage from this country with its Tulip Time Festival the Netherlands (Holland) |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | IOWA $1600: Republican Chuck Grassley has represented Iowa in the U.S. Senate since 1981; this Democrat, since 1985 Tom Harkin |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | IOWA $2000: In 1673 these 2 Frenchmen, one a priest, became the first whites to set foot in what is now Iowa Marquette & Joliet |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | IOWA $6,000 (Daily Double): With a circulation of over 150,000, this capital city newspaper is Iowa's largest daily the Des Moines Register |
| #4439, aired 2003-12-18 | U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $1000: Rockwell City in this state calls itself the "Golden Buckle on the Corn Belt" Iowa |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: 1995 film in which actor Beau's brother has a love affair in Iowa with Meryl Streep Jeff Bridges of Madison County |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | ABBREVIATIONS $800: It's the 2-letter postal abbreviation for Iowa IA |
| #4371, aired 2003-09-15 | THE MISSOURI RIVER $200: Parts of the Missouri are lined with these cliffs; an Iowa city named for a famous council is located on some bluffs |
| #4371, aired 2003-09-15 | ART & ARTISTS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1934 this midwestern regionalist became an assistant professor of fine arts at the University of Iowa Grant Wood |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | FIND THE STATE $1200: Fidelio was Beethoven's only opera (but has it played in Dubuque?) Iowa |
| #4303, aired 2003-04-23 | PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY ADDRESSES $1000: 210 Parkside Drive, West Branch, Iowa Herbert Hoover |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | ILLOGICAL GEOGRAPHIC NAMES $1600: Rock Island is not on an island but a city on the Mississippi River in this state that borders Iowa Illinois |
| #4295, aired 2003-04-11 | COLLEGE TEAM NICKNAMES $200: (I'm Kurt Warner.) The team at my alma mater, Northern Iowa, is these big, fierce black cats Panthers |
| #4270, aired 2003-03-07 | WHEW! IT'S HOT! $600: 118 degrees on June 20, 1934 in Keokuk Iowa |
| #4263, aired 2003-02-26 | 19th CENTURY WOMEN $500 (Daily Double): This woman famous for her pantaloons became president of the Iowa Woman Suffrage Society in 1871 Amelia Bloomer |
| #4263, aired 2003-02-26 | POLITICS $600: Before a U.S. general election, these elections are held to determine the party candidates primaries (or caucus) |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | MOUNDS $1000: The mounds near Marquette, Iowa are known as these mounds, as they are shaped like birds, bears & other animals effigy mounds |
| #4252, aired 2003-02-11 | TALLEST, LONGEST, WIDEST, DEEPEST $400: This river reaches its widest point, about 4 miles, near Clinton, Iowa Mississippi River |
| #4249, aired 2003-02-06 | TASTE TREATS? $1200: The Entomology Club at Iowa State Univ. put these chirping insects into Chocolate Chirpie Chip Cookies crickets |
| #4203, aired 2002-12-04 | & AWAY WE GO $1600: As seen in 1995's "The Straight Story", Alvin Straight rode one of these from Iowa to Wisc. to visit his brother a lawnmower |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | STATE GOVERNMENT $1600: The counties of Iowa & Arizona are headed by boards of these supervisors |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | OCCUPATIONS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle.) Aboard a Boeing 80A-1, Iowan Ellen Church became the first of these workers in 1930 stewardess (flight attendant) |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | BOOK OF LOVE $400: Photographer Robert Kincaid has a steamy but brief affair with an Iowa farmer's wife in this '90s love story "The Bridges of Madison County" |
| #4134, aired 2002-07-18 | KEVIN COSTNER FILMS $400: Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella Field of Dreams |
| #4111, aired 2002-06-17 | NAME THAT PRESIDENT $800: Born in Iowa; helped feed the unfortunate; sucked up 444 electoral votes in 1928 Hoover |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | COUNTIES $800: Counties in Iowa & West Virginia are named for this Indian princess Pocahontas |
| #4091, aired 2002-05-20 | IOWANS $200: Born in Iowa in 1907, he starred in "Rio Lobo", "Rio Bravo" & "Rio Grande" John Wayne |
| #4091, aired 2002-05-20 | IOWANS $800: Iowan Meredith Willson wrote this 1957 musical set in River City, Iowa The Music Man |
| #4053, aired 2002-03-27 | FORMAL COUNTRY DESIGNATIONS $200: Eritrea & Israel are formally designated as these, sort of like Idaho & Iowa states |
| #3999, aired 2002-01-10 | VERB FIRST NAMES $1000: To bestow, like a "gothic" American painter from Iowa grant |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | FAMOUS HOMES $400: The house that inspired this Grant Wood painting still stands in Eldon, Iowa American Gothic |
| #3969, aired 2001-11-29 | CELEBRITY POLITICIANS $2000: Later a congressman from Iowa, this man played Gopher on "The Love Boat" Fred Grandy |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | AMERICA-PODGE $400: If you fly over Iowa, you'll see lots of this leading crop that accounts for about 18% of the USA's production corn |
| #3919, aired 2001-09-20 | "D" TOUR $800: A shipping point for agriculture, this eastern Iowa city is located on the Mississippi River across from Rock Island Davenport |
| #3907, aired 2001-09-04 | SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE $400: In Story County, 5 miles northeast of Ames Iowa |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | BORDERLINE STATES $500: Illinois,
Iowa,
Michigan,
Minnesota Wisconsin |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "K" $800: Mark Twain once worked as a printer in this Iowa town Keokuk |
| #3814, aired 2001-03-15 | STATES BY SENATORS $500: Grassley & Harkin Iowa |
| #3762, aired 2001-01-02 | FOR THE "HOLLY" DAYS $200: Charles was the real first name of this Texan who died in a plane crash near Mason City, Iowa Buddy Holly |
| #3743, aired 2000-12-06 | WOW! THE MIDWEST $100: The Delicious variety of this fruit was first grown in the late 1800s on a farm in Peru, Iowa Apple |
| #3742, aired 2000-12-05 | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? $800: (Hi, I'm Kurt Warner of the St. Louis Rams) Before coming to the NFL, I played for 3 years with the Iowa Barnstormers of this football league AFL (Arena Football League) |
| #3730, aired 2000-11-17 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Angie Anderson & Carrie MacDonald are the first women to wear the Hawkeye mascot costume of this university Iowa |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | COLLEGE HODGEPODGE $300: (Hi, I'm Margaret Bickers, a contestant in the 1992 Jeopardy! college tournament, now a pilot in Iowa.) This government agency runs a center for aviation systems reliability at Iowa State FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) |
| #3721, aired 2000-11-06 | ATE $400 (Daily Double): As a byproduct of WWII food rationing, this U.S. state consumes more Spam per capita than any other Hawaii |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $400: This "American Gothic" creator was a leading regionalist, his region being Iowa Grant Wood |
| #3693, aired 2000-09-27 | VWLLSS $400: Hawkeye & Buckeye states:
"W" & "H" Iowa & Ohio |
| #3690, aired 2000-09-22 | MIDWESTERN CITIES $1000: Of the Quad Cities, this Iowa one is where you'd most likely want to sit down & put your feet up Davenport |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | PRESIDENTS IN IOWA $100: He was at radio station WHO back in the 1930s & while president, went back to Des Moines Ronald Reagan |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | PRESIDENTS IN IOWA $200: He dedicated the Rathbun Dam July 31, 1971 Richard Nixon |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | PRESIDENTS IN IOWA $300: Lincoln has a monument in Council Bluffs; this other president has a grave in West Branch Herbert Hoover |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | PRESIDENTS IN IOWA $400: In 1887 Cleveland attended this city's Corn Palace (or should we say Maize Palace) Sioux City |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | PRESIDENTS IN IOWA $500: In 1975 Ford attended this, the subject of a 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein film musical Iowa State Fair |
| #3672, aired 2000-07-18 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: From 1902 to 1912, this washing machine magnate served as an Iowa state senator F.L. Maytag |
| #3658, aired 2000-06-28 | THEY NAMED IT FOR ME $100: They named a poll after this man born in Iowa in 1901 George Gallup |
| #3658, aired 2000-06-28 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $500: While visiting Iowa in 1893, this Czech composed his "String Quartet No. 12 in F Major", or the "American Quartet" Antonin Dvorak |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | FUN FACTS ABOUT STATES & CAPITALS $1000: It's the only state whose name begins with 2 vowels Iowa |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | U.S. "CITY"s $500: A monument in this Iowa city honors Sgt. Charles Floyd, who died during the Lewis & Clark expedition Sioux City |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | FUN WITH ZIP CODES $400: 50010 is found in the heartland, Ames in this state Iowa |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: "Windy" nickname of Iowa State's athletic teams Cyclones |
| #3627, aired 2000-05-16 | STATE BORDERS $200: The Wabash River provides part of Illinois' border with this neighbor, also its neighbor alphabetically Indiana |
| #3617, aired 2000-05-02 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS CITIES $200: Iowa:
193,000 Des Moines |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | IT HAPPENED ON GROUNDHOG DAY $300: In 1959 this 22-year-old singer played his last gig, at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa Buddy Holly |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | HAVE A (COUNTY) SEAT $500: Winterset, also the title of a 1936 movie, is the seat of this Iowa county featured in a 1995 movie Madison County |
| #3530, aired 1999-12-31 | NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES $400: Add 1 letter to "Iowa" to get the name of this tribe who lived south of the Iowa Kiowa |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | SO LONG TO THE '90s $100: In the summer of '93, parts of Illinois, Iowa & 7 other states became disaster areas due to this disaster Flooding |
| #3514, aired 1999-12-09 | MOBILE HOMES $300: Headquartered in Forest City, Iowa, it's "The Most Recognized Name" among builders of mobile homes Winnebago |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: The name of this Iowa capital may come from an Indian word for "River of the Mounds" Des Moines |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | THE ASPCA $1000: The ASPCA helped stop Iowa legislators from legalizing hunting of the mourning type of this Dove |
| #3469, aired 1999-10-07 | SINNERS $400: Iowa senator Tom Harkin is trying to get this Black Sox ballplayer's record cleared "Shoeless" Joe Jackson |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORS $300: "My Boyhood in Iowa" Herbert Hoover |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | U.S. "O" TOUR $200: Council Bluffs, Iowa lies across the river from this Nebraska city & makes up part of its metropolitan area Omaha |
| #3419, aired 1999-06-17 | THE MIDWEST $1000: Josiah Grinnell heeded this advice that Horace Greeley gave him & moved from Washington, D.C. to Iowa "Go West, young man (and grow up with the country)" |
| #3409, aired 1999-06-03 | COUNTY SEATS $300: This Iowa city, the seat of Black Hawk County, has a name Wellington would remember Waterloo |
| #3362, aired 1999-03-30 | LET'S GET M*A*S*Hed $400: Company clerk "Radar" O'Reilly was from this state Iowa |
| #3320, aired 1999-01-29 | COLLEGE SPORTS $200: Between 1975 & 1996 this midwestern school's Hawkeyes won 16 NCAA wrestling titles Iowa |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | SO THAT'S THE STORY $300: Photographer stops to ask directions of an Iowa farm wife; gets 4 days of passionate lovemaking; leaves The Bridges Of Madison County |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | CORNY MOVIES $100: Film in which Kevin Costner hears a mysterious voice while standing in his Iowa cornfield Field Of Dreams |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | CORNY MOVIES $300: Reviewers went crazy with "corn" puns reviewing this Eastwood-Streep movie set in Iowa The Bridges Of Madison County |
| #3300, aired 1999-01-01 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $400: Don't miss Dyersville in this Hawkeye State; it's the "Farm Toy Capital of the World" Iowa |
| #3277, aired 1998-12-01 | STATE TREES $400: Iowa has 2 of the 3 letters of this, its state tree, in its name oak |
| #3245, aired 1998-10-16 | GAMBLING $400: In 1989 Iowa became the first state to legalize modern mobile casinos on these riverboats |
| #3240, aired 1998-10-09 | ART & ARTISTS $100: This "American Gothic" artist was an asst. professor of fine arts at the Univ. of Iowa in 1934 Grant Wood |
| #3232, aired 1998-09-29 | MIDWEST CITIES $400: Along with Rock Island & Moline, Illinois, this state's Davenport & Bettendorf form the Quad Cities Iowa |
| #3216, aired 1998-09-07 | THE 1998 PULITZER PRIZES $500: A gold medal went to this state's Grand Forks Herald for coverage of a flood & other disasters North Dakota |
| #3200, aired 1998-06-26 | STATES OF THE UNION $500: The name of this "Hawkeye State" means either "Beautiful Land" or "One Who Puts to Sleep" Iowa |
| #3190, aired 1998-06-12 | EXPLORATION $200: A city in what is now this state was named to honor Julien Dubuque, 23 years after his death Iowa |
| #3180, aired 1998-05-29 | PRESIDENTIAL BURIAL PLACES $300: West Branch, Iowa Herbert Hoover |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | U.S. AIRPORT DESIGNATIONS $500: SUX Sioux City, Iowa |
| #3106, aired 1998-02-16 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $600: A 45-ton statue of a bull named Albert decorates the Iowa town named for this 19th century bird artist John James Audubon |
| #3101, aired 1998-02-09 | STUPID ANSWERS $200: In 1989 the town of Fort Madison, Iowa celebrated the completion of a wood replica of this historic structure Fort Madison |
| #3074, aired 1998-01-01 | ART $600: The setting of this "American Gothic" artist's "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" looks like Iowa, not Boston Grant Wood |
| #3072, aired 1997-12-30 | MUSIC MAKERS $1000: In 1993 Spillville, Iowa celebrated the 100th anniversary of this Czech composer's summer visit there Dvorak |
| #3061, aired 1997-12-15 | LITERARY TEARJERKERS $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1992 novel about a 4-day affair in Iowa was written in 14 days The Bridges of Madison County |
| #2960, aired 1997-06-13 | UTOPIAS $1000: George Foerstner named his brand of refrigerator for this Iowa society to which he belonged Amana |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | ROAD TRIP $200: Capitals on Interstate 80 include Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Cheyenne & this one in Iowa Des Moines |
| #2930, aired 1997-05-02 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: Pella, Iowa celebrates its heritage from this country during its Tulip Time Festival in May Holland (the Netherlands) |
| #2921, aired 1997-04-21 | HISTORIC PLACES $800: This president's national historic site in West Branch, Iowa has a Quaker meetinghouse on the grounds Herbert Hoover |
| #2919, aired 1997-04-17 | STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES $600: It's "The Hoosier Capital" & "The Railroad City" Indianapolis |
| #2891, aired 1997-03-10 | NEWSPAPERS $1000: This Des Moines paper is Iowa's largest daily Des Moines Register |
| #2886, aired 1997-03-03 | AUTHORS $400: The Burr Oak, Iowa hotel in which this "Little House on the Prairie" author briefly lived is a museum Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #2876, aired 1997-02-17 | PRESIDENTS' BIRTHDAYS $500: He was born to a blacksmith's wife August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa Herbert Hoover |
| #2863, aired 1997-01-29 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $500: At his birthplace at 224 S. 2nd St., Winterset, Iowa, you can see the eye patch he wore in a 1969 film John Wayne (as Rooster Cogburn) |
| #2857, aired 1997-01-21 | U.S. STATES $300: Iowa's capitol building in this city has 5 domes & one of them is covered in 23-karat gold Des Moines |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | U.S. STATES $300: It's known as "The Land Where the Tall Corn Grows" Iowa |
| #2814, aired 1996-11-21 | NATIVE AMERICANS $400: The Sauk chief Keokuk is buried in the city of Keokuk in this state Iowa |
| #2805, aired 1996-11-08 | FOOD $100: The delicious type of this fruit was discovered near Peru, Iowa in 1872 apple |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: 2 of 3 U.S. states that fit the category (2 of) Ohio & Utah (Iowa) |
| #2801, aired 1996-11-04 | ANNUAL EVENTS $500: Mason City, the birthplace of this "Music Man" composer, is home to the North Iowa Band Festival Meredith Willson |
| #2787, aired 1996-10-15 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): The town of Winterset in this Iowa county is noted for its Covered Bridge Festival Madison |
| #2755, aired 1996-07-19 | NEWSPAPERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Important papers in this state include the Pine Bluff Commercial & the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith Arkansas |
| #2740, aired 1996-06-28 | SECRETARIES OF THE INTERIOR $600: A statue of Samuel J. Kirkwood represents this "Hawkeye State" in the U.S. Capitol Iowa |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | NATIVE AMERICANS $800: This leader of an 1832 "war" was allowed to return to his people in Iowa but couldn't be a chief Black Hawk |
| #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: Iowa is nicknamed "The Land Between Two Rivers" because it lies between this mighty pair the Missouri & Mississippi Rivers |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: The University of Iowa is in Iowa City & Iowa State University is in this city Ames |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $1000: The name of this Iowa city refers to a meeting in 1804 between Indians & Lewis & Clark Council Bluffs |
| #2665, aired 1996-03-15 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $800: A native of West Branch, Iowa, he was the first president born west of the Mississippi Herbert Hoover |
| #2654, aired 1996-02-29 | SCIENCE $500: Radiation belts encircling the Earth are named for this Mount Pleasant, Iowa-born astronomer (James) Van Allen |
| #2647, aired 1996-02-20 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: The Dubuque Hills are in both Illinois & this state to the west Iowa |
| #2631, aired 1996-01-29 | FILMS OF THE '90s $100: Meryl Streep as an Iowa farm wife finds a once-in-a-lifetime love with Clint Eastwood in this 1995 film The Bridges of Madison County |
| #2629, aired 1996-01-25 | INVENTORS $200: Christian Nelson of Onawa, Iowa patented this chocolate-coated ice cream bar in 1921 Eskimo Pie |
| #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | THE MISSISSIPPI $400: Riverboat casino gambling has increased tourism in this Hawkeye State's city of Bettendorf Iowa |
| #2583, aired 1995-11-22 | FIRST LADIES $1000: This first lady died in 1944 & was buried in West Branch, Iowa Lou Henry Hoover |
| #2575, aired 1995-11-10 | U.S.A. $300: This nickname for Iowa is believed to honor the Sauk Indian chief Black Hawk the Hawkeye State |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1857 it replaced Iowa City as Iowa's capital Des Moines |
| #2570, aired 1995-11-03 | THE 1780s $200: In 1788 French-Canadian trader Julien Dubuque became the first white settler in what is now this state Iowa |
| #2541, aired 1995-09-25 | ANNUAL EVENTS $500: An annual Iowa art festival is named for this "American Gothic" artist, one of the state's native sons Grant Wood |
| #2529, aired 1995-09-07 | FAMOUS MEREDITHS $400: This Mason City, Iowa composer created some trouble for River City, Iowa Meredith Willson |
| #2525, aired 1995-07-21 | FIRST LADIES $300: You can visit the birthplace of this 1950s first lady in Boone, Iowa Mamie Eisenhower |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Each June Clarinda, Iowa gets "In The Mood" with a festival honoring this big band leader Glenn Miller |
| #2500, aired 1995-06-16 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: Born in Iowa in 1861, this stage star renowned for her beauty was nicknamed "Airy, Fairy Lillian" Lillian Russell |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Marengo, Iowa is named for the Italian battlefield where he defeated the Austrians in 1800 Napoleon |
| #2482, aired 1995-05-23 | BIRTHPLACES $800 (Daily Double): This artist, famous for his painting of a farm couple, was born on a farm near Anamosa, Iowa in 1891 Grant Wood |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: This river reaches its widest point, 3 1/2 miles, just north of Clinton, Iowa Mississippi |
| #2444, aired 1995-03-30 | COLLEGES $200: This Tuskegee teacher earned his master's degree at Iowa State Agricultural College (George Washington) Carver |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | U.S. TRAVEL $500: Near Dyersville, Iowa, you can play baseball next to a cornfield where this 1989 movie was filmed Field of Dreams |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | REPUBLICANS $1000: In 1994 Rep. Fred Grandy narrowly lost the GOP nomination for governor of this state to Gov. Branstad Iowa |
| #2411, aired 1995-02-13 | ARTISTS $800: In 1934 this "American Gothic" artist became a professor of fine arts at the University of Iowa Grant Wood |
| #2400, aired 1995-01-27 | AMERICAN MUSEUMS $200: A mock-up of artist Grant Wood's house can be seen in the Davenport Museum of Art in this state Iowa |
| #2398, aired 1995-01-25 | FLAGS $800: Iowa's flag resembles this country's tricolor because Iowa was once part of Louisiana France |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | U.S. STATES $300: This state's nickname "The Hawkeye State" probably honors the Indian leader Black Hawk Iowa |
| #2338, aired 1994-11-02 | MUSEUMS $800: The Jasper County Historical Museum in Newton in this state has a Maytag washing machine exhibit Iowa |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | QUOTATIONS $200: According to Fred Allen, it's "a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for movie stars" Hollywood |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | THE 50 STATES $500: The Mississippi River forms its eastern border; the Missouri & Big Sioux rivers, its western border Iowa |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | LESSER KNOWN NAMES $500: Ellen Church, the 1st woman to have this profession, has an airport named for her in Cresco, Iowa a stewardess |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | NEWSPAPERS $500: Newspapers in Des Moines, Iowa & Orange County, California share this name the Register |
| #2264, aired 1994-06-09 | U.S. "D" CITIES $400: This Iowa port was named for a French- Canadian explorer, the 1st to settle in the state Dubuque |
| #2256, aired 1994-05-30 | COUNTIES $400: Lee County in this state has 2 county seats: Fort Madison & Keokuk Iowa |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1894 this agricultural scientist became the first black graduate of what's now Iowa State University George Washington Carver |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | STATE CAPITALS $300: The art center in this Iowa capital was designed in the 1940s by Eliel Saarinen Des Moines |
| #2225, aired 1994-04-15 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $300: Iowa's second-largest city is named for the rapids of this river the Cedar |
| #2188, aired 1994-02-23 | THE 50 STATES $500: This state located between the Missouri & Mississippi rivers is the USA's leading corn producer Iowa |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | U.S.A. $500: A memorial in Spillville, Iowa honors this composer who worked on his “New World” Symphony there (Anton) Dvorák |
| #2132, aired 1993-12-07 | PLACE NAME ORIGINS $400: Both an Iowa county & its county seat are named for this daughter of Chief Powhatan Pocahontas |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | AMERICAN BUSINESS $1000: This Iowa-based company developed the agitating washing machine in 1922 & a dryer 31 years later Maytag |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | THE "I"'s HAVE IT $800: "The Crossroads of America" is its state motto Indiana |
| #2122, aired 1993-11-23 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1867 the first railroad to cross this state was completed from the Mississippi to Council Bluffs Iowa |
| #2121, aired 1993-11-22 | ADVICE COLUMNISTS $600: She & husband Tom bought 5 Iowa papers & locals can write to her new advice column Roseanne Arnold |
| #2103, aired 1993-10-27 | THE 1850s $100: The first bridge over this river, connecting Iowa & Illinois, opened in April 1856 the Mississippi |
| #2092, aired 1993-10-12 | U.S. STATES $100: The USA's largest popcorn processing plant is in Sioux City in this state Iowa |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | WISCONSIN $400: From 1836-39 Burlington, now in Iowa, was Wisconsin's temporary capital & this was its permanent one Madison |
| #2083, aired 1993-09-29 | EIGHTS $200: Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa St., Kansas, Kansas St., Missouri, Oklahoma St. The Big 8 |
| #2078, aired 1993-09-22 | JULY 1993 $100: This river flooded homes & businesses in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois & Missouri Mississippi |
| #2078, aired 1993-09-22 | RESTAURANTS $200: In 1993 this TV comedienne & her husband Tom opened their Big Food Diner near their farm in Eldon, Iowa Roseanne Arnold |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | FIRST LADIES $200: 19 years after she left the White House in 1961, her Boone, Iowa birthplace was opened as a historic site Mamie Eisenhower |
| #2062, aired 1993-07-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: 5 brothers of this Waterloo, Iowa family died when the cruiser Juneau was sunk in 1942 the Sullivan brothers (the Sullivans) |
| #2040, aired 1993-06-18 | UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES $200: Because of its violent storms, it's sometimes called the "Cyclone State" Kansas |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | U.S. CITIES $200: Part of the metropolitan area of this Nebraska city extends into Council Bluffs, Iowa Omaha |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: This hot cereal company's plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the world's largest cereal mill under one roof Quaker Oats |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | ODDS & ENDS $300: It's the form of transportation on which Iowa legalized gambling in 1991 riverboats |
| #2010, aired 1993-05-07 | COLLEGE NICKNAMES $200: The Hawkeyes Iowa |
| #1998, aired 1993-04-21 | NEWSPAPERS $400: This state's first newspaper, the Du Buque Visitor, began publishing in 1836 Iowa |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | FILE UNDER "H" $1000: The only branch of this presidential library is in West Branch, Iowa the Hoover Library |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | 1942 $400: On July 20 the first group of officers in this women's military unit began basic training in Iowa the Women's Army Corps (the WACS) |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: This river that rises in Minnesota has lent its name to the capital of Iowa Des Moines |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Christian Nelson, an Iowa soda shop operator, invented this chocolate-covered ice cream bar the Eskimo pie |
| #1964, aired 1993-03-04 | U.S.A. $200: This style of music is featured at the Bix Beiderbecke Festival held each July in Davenport, Iowa jazz |
| #1952, aired 1993-02-16 | THE SCHOOL PLAY $800: A band instrument salesman visits a small Iowa town in this Meredith Willson production The Music Man |
| #1950, aired 1993-02-12 | FAMOUS MILLERS $200: This big band leader was probably the most famous man born in Clarinda, Iowa Glenn Miller |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: This state's Amana Colonies celebrate Oktoberfest each year Iowa |
| #1917, aired 1992-12-29 | U.S.A. $200: Snake Alley in Burlington, Iowa, like Lombard St. in San Francisco, has been referred to as this the crookedest street in the world |
| #1891, aired 1992-11-23 | POTPOURRI $300: The red delicious apple, originally called the hawk eye, was discovered in this state Iowa |
| #1858, aired 1992-10-07 | STOP THE PRESSES! $500: The 4th annual International Leisure Suit Convention drew 1500 polyester lovers to this Iowa capital Des Moines |
| #1855, aired 1992-10-02 | U.S.A. $300: Waterloo in this state is the home of the Hawkeye Institute of Technology Iowa |
| #1835, aired 1992-07-17 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: Britt, Iowa is the site of an annual convention for these tramps hobos |
| #1793, aired 1992-05-20 | 1991 $1000: The Navy apologized for blaming this battleship's gun turret explosion on one of its victims the Iowa |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | IOWANS $800: Both this president and his wife Lou were born in Iowa: he in West Branch & she in Waterloo Hoover |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | IOWANS $1000: This "American Gothic" painter was made an associate professor of art at the University of Iowa in 1934 Grant Wood |
| #1774, aired 1992-04-23 | FOOD $100: The Red Delicious, the top-selling type of this in the U.S., was developed near east Peru, Iowa an apple |
| #1766, aired 1992-04-13 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: The western border of this state is formed by the Big Sioux & Missouri Rivers Iowa |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | THE 1950s $100: While visiting Iowa Sept. 22, 1959, this Soviet premier ate his first hot dog Nikita Khrushchev |
| #1735, aired 1992-02-28 | STATE CAPITALS $300: This Iowa capital is headquarters to more than 50 insurance companies Des Moines |
| #1725, aired 1992-02-14 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: A beautiful park surrounds Herbert Hoover's birthplace at West Branch in this state Iowa |
| #1721, aired 1992-02-10 | BIRTHPLACES $100: She was born in Sioux City, Iowa 17 minutes before Abigail Van Buren Ann Landers |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | IOWA $100: This state capital has a doll collection of First Ladies wearing their individual gowns Des Moines |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | IOWA $200: Mrs. Olsen of Folger's coffee fame grew up in Stanton, where the world's largest one of these stands coffee pot |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | IOWA $300: Pufferbilly Days, held each September in Boone, celebrates this means of transport rail |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | IOWA $400: A 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein film was set at this annual event in Iowa state fair |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | IOWA $500: Iowa's official rock, it may look plain on the outside, but inside there are crystals geode |
| #1659, aired 1991-11-14 | THE CONGRESS $400: Former "Love Boat" star Fred Grandy represents this state's 6th District in the House Iowa |
| #1649, aired 1991-10-31 | JAZZ $200: Davenport in this state honors its native son Bix Beiderbecke with an annual jazz festival Iowa |
| #1645, aired 1991-10-25 | IOWA $100: The U.S. received Iowa's land as part of this 1803 deal with France the Louisiana Purchase |
| #1645, aired 1991-10-25 | IOWA $200: This river gives the state its eastern boundary the Mississippi |
| #1645, aired 1991-10-25 | IOWA $300: This state nickname probably honors Black Hawk, an Indian chief the Hawkeyes |
| #1645, aired 1991-10-25 | IOWA $400: This "American Gothic" painter was born in Anamosa & died in Iowa City Grant Wood |
| #1645, aired 1991-10-25 | IOWA $500: Louis Jolliet & this French priest were the first 2 Europeans to visit Iowa's territory, in 1673 Pere Marquette |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | LAW $400: Iowa has a new law that will allow a revival of this activity on riverboats in its waters gambling |
| #1535, aired 1991-04-12 | UNREAL ESTATE $500: In "The Music Man", Meredith Wilson used Mason City, Iowa as the basis for this fictional city River City |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | ISLANDS $600: One of Iowa's quad cities & a railroad bear the name of this island Rock Island |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | STAR TREK $100: Riverside, Iowa has declared itself the future birthplace of this "Star Trek" captain Captain Kirk |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | POT LUCK $200: This Grant Wood painting depicts a farmer & his daughter, not wife, in front of an Iowa farmhouse American Gothic |
| #1392, aired 1990-09-25 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $2,000 (Daily Double): The only president born in Iowa, he was the first president born west of the Mississippi Hoover |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | FAMOUS POLITICIANS $600: Tho this senate minority leader won the 1988 GOP Iowa caucauses, he lost the presidential nomination Bob Dole |
| #1354, aired 1990-06-21 | U.S. STATES $300: Hoover's library is in Iowa & his dam is on the border of these 2 states Nevada & Arizona |
| #1331, aired 1990-05-21 | NUTMEGGERS $600: His character, Radar O' Reilly, was from Iowa, but this actor was born in Bristol, Connecticut Gary Burghoff |
| #1307, aired 1990-04-17 | U.S. STATES $600: The Hawkeyes of this "Hawkeye State" must read a lot--they have the highest literacy rate in the U.S. Iowa |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | IOWANS $200: This singer & variety show host was born in Wall Lake, not Moon River, Iowa Andy Williams |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | "C" CITIES $500: Originally called Rapids City, this Iowa city was renamed in 1849 to include the name of the river Cedar Rapids |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | IOWANS $600: 1 of the 2 first ladies who were born in Iowa Mamie Eisenhower (or Lou Hoover) |
| #1289, aired 1990-03-22 | THE 50 STATES $800: The Amana Colonies in this state are known for the manufacturing of refrigerators & other appliances Iowa |
| #1247, aired 1990-01-23 | MINNESOTA $400: With this as the state nickname, Fred Grandy should have been a representative from Minnesota "The Gopher State" |
| #1208, aired 1989-11-29 | AMERICAN INDIANS $500: The Sauk leader Keokuk is buried in the city named for him in this state Iowa |
| #1202, aired 1989-11-21 | WORD PLAY $800: It's the only U.S. state whose name begins with 2 vowels Iowa |
| #1190, aired 1989-11-03 | U.S. CITIES $400: Survey Sampling, Inc. calls this Iowa capital the No. 1 city for market research Des Moines |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | WORD PLAY $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 states whose names have 3 vowels & only 1 consonant Ohio & Iowa |
| #1060, aired 1989-03-24 | FAMOUS WOMEN $300: Take our advice; these famous twins were born on the 4th of July in 1918 in Sioux City, Iowa "Dear Abby" & "Ann Landers" |
| #1037, aired 1989-02-21 | LIBRARIES $800: This Tony Award winning musical of 1957 was partially set in the Madison Library in Iowa The Music Man |
| #981, aired 1988-12-05 | AMERICAN RIVERS $400: These 2 rivers form Iowa's eastern & western borders the Mississippi & the Missouri |
| #944, aired 1988-10-13 | FARMING $200: Cereal producer whose "belt" stretches from Ohio through Iowa & west to Nebraska corn |
| #926, aired 1988-09-19 | SCIENCE $400: University of Iowa physicist who discovered 2 radiation belts encircling the Earth (James) Van Allen |
| #916, aired 1988-09-05 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1,000 (Daily Double): Iowa's only national historic site is the birthplace of this U.S. president Herbert Hoover |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | COLLEGES $800: This state university in Ames claims to be the birthplace of the electronic digital computer Iowa State |
| #881, aired 1988-06-06 | POLITICIANS $200: Harry L. Hopkins of Sioux City, Iowa, headed the WPA for this president Franklin Roosevelt |
| #876, aired 1988-05-30 | U.S. STATES $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 states that have only 4 letters in their name (2 of) Ohio, Utah & Iowa |
| #823, aired 1988-03-16 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $300: An Iowa man told judge he'd submit to stoning instead of jail if throwers met this condition without sin |
| #813, aired 1988-03-02 | IOWANS $200: At his birthplace in Winterset, Iowa, you can view 1 of the eye patches he wore in "True Grit" John Wayne |
| #813, aired 1988-03-02 | IOWANS $400: Heeding advice of this newspaperman, J. Grinnell left New York in 1854 & founded Grinnell, Iowa Horace Greeley |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | INDIAN NAMES $1000: In 1883, the body of this Fox chief was disinterred & moved to the Iowa city named for him Keokuk |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | GUINNESS RECORDS $500: The only man ever to drive 48 of these in a single hitch was Dick Sparrow of Zearing, Iowa horses |
| #755, aired 1987-12-11 | IOWA $100: The Hawkeye State is Iowa's nickname, the oak is its state tree, & the geode is this the state mineral (or rock) |
| #755, aired 1987-12-11 | IOWA $300: Though Iowa is 3rd to Texas & Nebraska in U.S. beef cattle, it leads in production of this animal hogs |
| #755, aired 1987-12-11 | IOWA $400: It's the name of Iowa's longest interior river as well as its capital Des Moines |
| #755, aired 1987-12-11 | IOWA $500 (Daily Double): 1957 musical written by an Iowan from which the following comes:
"Oh, there's nothing halfway /
About the Iowa way to treat you /
When we treat you /
Which we may not do at all /
There's an Iowa kind of special /
Chip-on-the-shoulder attitude /
We've never been without /
That we recall /
We can be cold /
As our falling..." The Music Man |
| #720, aired 1987-10-23 | U.S. STATES $300: It's known as "The land where the tall corn grows" Iowa |
| #677, aired 1987-07-14 | SHIPS $800: Exactly 4" longer than her sister ships, the Missouri, Iowa & Wisconsin, she's the largest battleship afloat the New Jersey |
| #670, aired 1987-07-03 | TESTS $1000: Since 1942, students nationally have been taking this Midwest university's basic skills test Iowa |
| #651, aired 1987-06-08 | U.S.A. $200: A large sofa, or a large city in Iowa davenport |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | WOOD ON THE MAP $300: Cities in Iowa are named for the falls & rapids of this river Cedar |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | AROUND THE HOUSE $500: His winning one of Iowa's seats in 1986 could be filmed as "Mr. Gopher Smith Goes to Washington" Fred Grandy |
| #624, aired 1987-04-30 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Said to be largest cereal mill in world, this co.'s mill in Cedar Rapids, Iowa really feels its oats Quaker |
| #531, aired 1986-12-22 | U.S. CITIES $1000: Iowa city named for French-Canadian who was 1st settler in the area Dubuque |
| #520, aired 1986-12-05 | TRANSPORTATION $400: Mode of transportation celebrated in Boone, Iowa during annual Pufferbilly Days steam locomotives |
| #499, aired 1986-11-06 | SEPTEMBER $800: In Sept. 1959, this foreign leader visited Coon Rapids, Iowa Nikita Khrushchev |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | CORN $600: Generally, the leader in corn production, this state grows more corn than all but 1 country outside the U.S. Iowa |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | ROADSIDE AMERICA $200: Stanton, Iowa, Mrs. Olson's hometown, proudly spouts off about the world's largest of these a coffee pot |
| #482, aired 1986-10-14 | MILK $200: Appropriately, this state called "America's Dairyland" leads the U.S. in milk production Wisconsin |
| #472, aired 1986-09-30 | IOWA $200: Called the single most watched person in history, this TV host was born in Iowa, not Nebraska Johnny Carson |
| #472, aired 1986-09-30 | IOWA $400: Born in Scott County, this showman & Indian scout wrote a few dime novels but was a hero in 575 of them Buffalo Bill (Cody) |
| #472, aired 1986-09-30 | IOWA $600: Woolstock, Iowa, not Krypton, was birthplace of this TV "Superman" George Reeves |
| #472, aired 1986-09-30 | IOWA $800: "I knew... Richard Nixon as well as I wanted to," wrote this former "60 Minutes" newsman Harry Reasoner |
| #472, aired 1986-09-30 | IOWA $1000: Wife of 34th president & 1 of 2 first ladies whose birthplace is a historic site Mamie Eisenhower |
| #465, aired 1986-09-19 | ROADSIDE AMERICA $500: Near Audubon, Iowa, you'll find world's largest statue of this farm animal, Iowa's largest money maker a bull |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: From Hebrew for "faith", this Iowa company founded by German settlers makes refrigerators Amana |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | LITERARY ADAPTATIONS $600: Phil Stong novel about an annual event in Iowa, it's been filmed 3 times State Fair |
| #412, aired 1986-04-08 | EARLY AMERICA $200: 1st European settler in what is now this Midwest state was French-Canadian was Julien Dubuque Iowa |
| #358, aired 1986-01-22 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $200: Iowa feminist remembered for the Turkish pantaloons she wore but didn't invent Amelia Bloomer |
| #307, aired 1985-11-12 | U.S. STATES $1000: Meredith Willson modeled his “River City” on his home town of Mason City in this state Iowa |
| #302, aired 1985-11-05 | RACCOONS $300: State whose capital lies at junction of the Raccoon & Des Moines Rivers Iowa |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | IOWA $100: Waterloo is site of John Deere plant, largest in U.S., producing these tractors |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | IOWA $200: While living in Iowa, this Czech composer edited his symphony "From the New World" Antonin Dvorak |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | MEDICINE $1000: In 1895, Iowa merchant Daniel Palmer founded form of this phys. therapy which means "hand effective" chiropractics |
| #178, aired 1985-05-15 | COLLEGE NICKNAMES $1000: The Hawkeyes University of Iowa |
| #171, aired 1985-05-06 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: From French meaning "of the mounds", it's Iowa's capital Des Moines |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | CITY QUOTES $400: Fred Allen called it "a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for movie stars" Hollywood |
| #126, aired 1985-03-04 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: Indian name for "sleepy ones", 95% of this "Corn State" is farmland Iowa |
| #64, aired 1984-12-06 | "IN" CROWD $1000: Delaware, Iowa, or Dakota Indians |
| #48, aired 1984-11-14 | U.S. CITIES $1,200 (Daily Double): Iowa city with 3 U's in its name Dubuque |
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Tim Kresowik, a urology resident from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 27 2-time champion: $42,201 + $1,000.
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Tim Rask, a project administrator from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 25 player (2008-12-12).
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Andy Mills, a math instructor from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 34 player (2018-06-07).
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A.C. Hawley, a graduate student in media studies from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 30 player (2013-10-04).
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Heidi McEchron, a painter and parodist from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 30 player (2013-09-26).
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Ernest Niño-Murcia, a court interpreter originally from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 28 1-time champion: $11,599 + $1,000.
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Jayne Lady, a web developer from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 32 player (2015-10-27).
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Doris Nash, a costume shop supervisor from Ames, Iowa
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Season 24 1-time champion: $28,801 + $2,000.
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Andy Axel, a graduate student in poetry from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 31 1-time champion: $1,599 + $2,000.
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Paul Nelson, a Senate staff aide originally from Iowa City, Iowa
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2013 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 29 5-time champion: $54,900 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: PaulNelson2012
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Megan Bygness, a Ph.D. student and literature instructor from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 24 player (2007-09-11).
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Eric Newhouse, a public policy coordinator from Sioux City, Iowa
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"Alex called our next alumnus a 'Powerhouse.' He was the youngest...
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Mellissa Ahmed, a legal editor from Ottumwa, Iowa
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Season 28 player (2011-11-18).
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Barb Hougas, a pharmacist originally from Denison, Iowa
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Season 28 player (2012-05-23).
Last name pronounced like "HO-gus".
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Erin Post, a statistician from Bettendorf, Iowa
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Season 33 player (2016-09-28).
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Jill Gilbert, a middle school English teacher from Des Moines, Iowa
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2016 Teachers Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,000 + a $2,500 education grant...
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Robert Alden, a middle school math teacher from Ames, Iowa
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Season 23 1-time champion: $25,000 + $1,000.
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Martha Jackson, a high school math teacher from Tabor, Iowa
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2015 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Martha taught math and speech at...
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Sandy Carroll, a retired teacher from Avoca, Iowa
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Season 30 player (2014-07-11).
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James Holst, a researcher from Ida Grove, Iowa
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Season 25 1-time champion: $24,801 + $2,000.
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Christine Havens, a parish administrator from Waterloo, Iowa
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Season 26 player (2010-01-19).
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R.J. Lesch, a programmer from Adel, Iowa
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Season 23 1-time champion: $25,800 + $2,000.
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Jen Jacobsen, a wellness coordinator from Grinnell, Iowa
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Season 26 player (2009-11-24).
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JT Nuckolls, a customer service representative from Red Oak, Iowa
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Season 24 player (2007-09-18).
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Ruth Comer, an executive director from Chariton, Iowa
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Season 23 player (2006-11-30).
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Ruth Dammel, a customer service supervisor from Perry, Iowa
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Season 23 1-time champion: $28,200 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: raliced
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Dan Loney, a graduate student originally from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 10 player (1994-06-07).
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Curt Surls, a law clerk originally from Iowa Falls, Iowa
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Season 5 2-time champion: $16,400.
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Paul Nelson, a Senate staff aide originally from Iowa City, Iowa
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2013 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 29 5-time champion: $54,900 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: PaulNelson2012
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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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Nancy Bishop, a graduate student from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 18 player (2002-06-10).
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Paul Cheng, a physician from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 16 player (2000-04-19).
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Chad VonKampen, an attorney from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Season 10 player (1993-09-10).
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Janet Stevenson, a housewife originally from Sioux City, Iowa
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Season 3 3-time champion: $15,100.
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Alec Binnie, a student originally from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 3 player (1986-10-13).
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Jean Murray, an occupation unknown from Iowa
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Season 5 player (1988-12-22). The player information comes from the chat...
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Halley Ryherd, a real estate attorney from Waukee, Iowa
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Season 38 1-time champion: $5,999 + $1,000.
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Chip Ritter, a transfer recordist originally from Sac City, Iowa
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Season 9 player (1992-12-03).
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Jim Napier, a poker dealer from West Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 35 player (2019-06-13).
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Kirk Daddow, from Ames, Iowa
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Season 4 player (1988-07-18). The recording used to archive the game...
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Robert Perez, a proposal manager from Fairfield, Iowa
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Season 35 player (2019-01-04).
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Molly Herrington, a legal secretary and student originally from Iowa
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Season 5 player (1988-09-05).
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Matt Volk, a financial analyst from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Season 30 2-time champion: $34,400 + $2,000.
No challenger Hometown Howdy was published for Matt.
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Bill Heins, a graduate student originally from Whiting, Iowa
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Season 6 2-time champion: $11,101.
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Damon Darlin, a journalist originally from Dubuque, Iowa
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Season 10 player (1994-03-16).
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Nikki Laski, a junior from Iowa State University
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1995 College Championship quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Laura Amundson, a former criminal defense attorney from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 29 1-time champion: $20,395 + $2,000.
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Kathy Collins, an attorney from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 2 1-time co-champion: $4,000.
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Norma Nielsen, an insurance company consultant originally from Greenfield, Iowa
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Season 1 player (1985-05-20).
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Ty Patton, a communications specialist from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 40 player (2024-06-17).
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Nikole Villanueva, a direct service provider from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Season 37 1-time champion: $23,300 + $2,000.
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Colleen Kemps, an elementary school librarian from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Season 9 player (1992-09-10).
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Chuck Todd, a journalist and chief White House correspondent from NBC News and Meet the Press
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"Chief White House correspondent and political director for NBC News, he...
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Emily Hackbarth, a middle school counselor from Ames, Iowa
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Season 39 player (2022-09-28).
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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Brian Hogan, a real estate developer originally from Fort Dodge, Iowa
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Season 9 player (1993-04-16).
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Ana Wagner-Hoffman, a travel writer from Ames, Iowa
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Season 12 player (1995-10-06).
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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Caleb Olson, a senior from Chariton, Iowa
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Dave Higgins, a stage hand originally from Iowa
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Season 4 player (1987-10-28). Credited as David Anthony Higgins, Dave has...
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Jennifer Head, an archivist for the Sisters of Charity from Dubuque, Iowa
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Season 29 player (2013-03-07).
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Bryan Stofferahn, a senior at Santa Clara University from Marshalltown, Iowa
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1998 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
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Marcy Lehman, a senior business systems analyst from Marion, Iowa
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Season 34 player (2018-02-07).
Last name pronounced like "LAY-man".
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Sarah Fanning, a senior from Ames, Iowa
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1988 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Brian Golden, a senior from Davenport, Iowa
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1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Penny Souhrada, a computer supply owner from Le Claire, Iowa
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Season 5 player (1988-12-27).
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Tucker Dunn, an ESL teacher from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 33 3-time champion: $39,999 + $1,000. In his first appearance,...
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Brad Williams, a junior from the University of Northern Iowa
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1990 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Not to be confused with...
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Tom Lawrence, a performing waiter from Davenport, Iowa
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Season 4 3-time champion: $28,401.
Tom died on 2019-05-29.
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Eric Newhouse, a junior from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Alexander Persaud, a Ph.D. student in economics originally from Dubuque, Iowa
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Season 31 3-time champion: $61,000 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "per-SAWD".
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Mark McDermott, an editorial writer originally from Iowa
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Season 5 5-time champion: $42,880.
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Melissa Spencer, an adjunct physics instructor and stay-at-home mom from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 32 1-time champion: $13,600 + $2,000.
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John Gardner, a technical data manager originally from Lost Nation, Iowa
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Season 7 player (1991-01-07).
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Amy Nienaber, an aspiring student from Bettendorf, Iowa
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Season 30 2-time champion: $51,000 + $1,000. Won $5,000 on Who...
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Eric Newhouse, a student from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Josh Den Hartog, a junior from Otley, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Bonnie Megel, an administrative assistant from Grinnell, Iowa
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Season 32 1-time champion: $31,400 + $2,000.
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Jim Johnson, an attorney from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 7 player (1990-09-04).
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Doug Morrison, a director of information services from Ervindale, Iowa
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Season 13 player (1997-01-06).
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Mark McDermott, a freelance writer originally from Schaller, Iowa
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1989 Tournament of Champions semifinalist:...
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Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina
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"She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
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Mark McDermott, a desktop publisher originally from Schaller, Iowa
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1989 Tournament of Champions semifinalist:...
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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Peter Steffen, a senior from New Hampton, Iowa
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1994 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $22,999.
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Pat Mobley, a sophomore at the University of Michigan from Davenport, Iowa
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2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Margaret Murphy, an assistant housing manager from Davenport, Iowa
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Season 27 player (2011-01-10).
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Lilly Ridge, a technical editor originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Season 23 player (2007-06-01).
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Chris Palmquist, an eleven-year-old from Stanton, Iowa
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2003 Holiday Kids Week player (2003-01-07).
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Ashton Kutcher, an actor from That '70s Show
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"He plays the intellectually-challenged Michael Kelso on That '70s Show..." Playing...
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Matt Keller, a sophomore at Vanderbilt University from Bettendorf, Iowa
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2000-B College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Bruce Gilbert, a librarian from Ames, Iowa
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Season 14 player (1997-11-24).
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Phil Klinkner, a political science professor originally from Clinton, Iowa
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Season 9 1-time champion: $3,200. Philip Klinkner was a guest panelist...
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Eric Newhouse, a student and winner of last year's Teen Tournament from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Josh Den Hartog, a Teen Tournament winner from Otley, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Don Kaufman, a bartender from Harlan, Iowa
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Season 15 player (1999-05-24).
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Vermillion, South Dakota
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"He won both the 1989 Teen Tournament and the 1998 Teen...
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Doug Kollasch, a college student from Colfax, Iowa
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Season 17 player (2001-04-10).
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