| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $1000: Roger Ebert was just 24 when he began to light up the Chicago movie scene as the film critic for this newspaper the Chicago Sun-Times |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | ARTFUL ROGERS $400: Roger Waters & Roger "Syd" Barrett were founding members of this "colorful" band formed in 1965 Pink Floyd |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | ARTFUL ROGERS $1200: Roles of this actor include a cousin of James Garner in "Maverick",
Simon Templar &
007 (Roger) Moore |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | ARTFUL ROGERS $1600: This artful Cowboys quarterback didn't break into the NFL until he was 27 due to a 4-year commitment with the U.S. Navy Roger Staubach |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | ARTFUL ROGERS $2000: This B-movie maven of "Attack of the Crab Monsters" fame filmed "The Little Shop of Horrors" in 3 days Roger Corman |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ADVANCED CINEMATOGRAPHY $200: Evocative images like Andy Dufresne standing in the rain savoring his freedom earned Roger Deakins an Oscar nom for his work on this film The Shawshank Redemption |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL $800: This pitcher won 7 Cy Young Awards--one with New York, two with Toronto, three with Boston & one with Houston Roger Clemens |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FLAGS $400: It's the rather cheerful name for the flag seen here the Jolly Roger |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | MOVIE COMEDIES $1600: This pic flew with dialogue like "We have clearance, Clarence"; "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?" Airplane! |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | ROCKET MAN $400: This "Rocket" was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award 7 times Roger Clemens |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | MEN OF MICHIGAN $2000: Tragically, this Grand Rapids man lost his life in an Apollo 1 training exercise along with Gus Grissom & Ed White Roger Chaffee |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | BIG-SCREEN BASKETBALL $500: Roger Ebert called this 1994 doc the best film of the 1990s, & "one of the great moviegoing experiences of my lifetime" Hoop Dreams |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | THE 2023 TIME 100 $200: Roger Federer: "Growing up, Diego Maradona... inspired me. Now (this Argentine) can inspire future generations" Lionel Messi |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | HERE BE PIRATES! $1200: Not named for pirate William, but for an admiral who died on the Arizona at Pearl Harbor, here's the USS this, flying the Jolly Roger the USS Kidd |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | 5 ABOUT 4 $1000: In 1954 Roger Bannister ran the first under 4-minute mile on this city's Iffley Road track Oxford |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $600: As Roger Murtaugh in this 1987 film, Danny Glover got a catchphrase--"I'm too old for this (stuff)" (but Danny didn't say "stuff") Lethal Weapon |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | SECRETS OF THE ANGELENOS $400: A columnist wrote that next to the Black Dahlia, L.A.'s biggest whodunit is who killed this streetcar system aka Pacific Electric the Red Car |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | AFTER SCHOOL $200: One of the 2 main traditional components of the "Jolly Roger" symbol a skull |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | JASON ALEXANDER: MASTER OF MY DOMAIN $200: (Jason Alexander gives the clue.) As co-pilot Roger Murdock, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was out there busting his buns every night in this classic 1980 film that took comedy in a new direction altogether Airplane! |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | '80s MOVIE COMEDIES $600: Roger Murdock & Captain Oveur, in this 1980 classic: "We have clearance, Clarence"; "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?" Airplane! |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | BEFORE & ACTORS $400: Will Hunting & Jason Bourne on the big screen who is Roger Murtaugh on the small screen Matt Damon Wayans |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | A LINE IN THE SAND $800: In this 1954 novel, a tale of survival, the "littluns" build sandcastles; Roger & Maurice revel in "kicking them over" the Lord of the Flies |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $400: Former A.G. Roger Taney was Chief Justice for this enslaved man v. Sandford Dred Scott |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | SHARED LAST NAMES $1000: Actress Esther & pianist Roger Williams |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SEE WHAT I DID THERE? $200: Cheerio! I'm Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run this distance in under 4 minutes, seen here on the same track 50 years later the mile |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SPORTS STARS $900: Winner of 20 Grand Slam singles titles, this tennis great recently announced his retirement from competitive play Roger Federer |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | SPORTY BOOKS $800: (I'm Roger Bennett.) My new book, "Gods of Soccer", celebrates 100 stars of the game, like Lionel Messi, Pelé & this American who won 2 World Cups, 2 Olympic gold medals & scored 158 goals in international play (Mia) Hamm |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | THE III $1000: This high-flying '60s group included James Joseph McGuinn III (aka Roger) & Ingram Cecil Connor III (Gram Parsons) the Byrds |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | LENDING TV SUPPORT $400: John Slattery sold his performance as Roger Sterling in the room Mad Men |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | 5-LETTER "W"s $1000: Roger, I heard your radio message & I'll use this combination of 2 words to indicate I'll do what you asked wilco |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | THINK "BIG" $1000: Roger Miller wrote the music & lyrics for this musical based on "Huckleberry Finn" Big River |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | DOCUMENTARIES $800: In "Roger & Me", Michael Moore set out to confront Roger Smith about the closing of this automaker's plants in Flint, Michigan General Motors |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $400: Bacon's hated rival Edward Coke was a mentor to Roger Williams, who founded the colony of Rhode Island & this capital Providence |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | TENNIS LESSON $800: Switzerland won its first Davis Cup in 2014 led by Stan Wawrinka & this legend (Roger) Federer |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | "B" MOVIES $2000: Charlize Theron played Megyn Kelly in this 2019 film about a group of women who take on Fox News CEO Roger Ailes Bombshell |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | LIT CHARACTERS' BAD CHOICES $600: She a) married Roger Chillingworth & b) didn't just head off for Europe with Dimmesdale as soon as she heard the word "prison" Hester Prynne |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $200: Before Roger Ebert won the 1st Pulitzer for Movie Criticism, his paper-mate Ron Powers won the 1st as a critic of this medium television |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | IS IT ME YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? $800: I'm Roger Thornhill, an innocent guy being chased by shadowy forces in this 1959 Hitchcock film; now a plane's after me...! North by Northwest |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | SPORTS BOOKS $200: Roger Kahn's 1972 bestseller "The Boys of Summer" is a nostalgic look at this team before it headed west the (Brooklyn) Dodgers |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | BOATS & SHIPS $400: In 1943 the USS Kidd became the first U.S. Navy ship permitted to fly this feared flag the Jolly Roger |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | 15 MINUTES OR LESS $600: Roger Bannister made history by becoming the first person to do this in less than 4 minutes run a mile |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | BIRDING $1600: In 1934 Roger Tory Peterson put out this 2-word type of book "to the Birds", the first of many used by birders a field guide |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | ROCK BANDS $400: In 2019 Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey released this band's first album in 13 years The Who |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | CATCH $1000: Teenaged truck driver Sal Durante caught this man's homer No. 61 in '61; he sold the ball for $5,000 Roger Maris |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | 1920s GOOD READS $2000: Hercule Poirot must solve "The Murder of" this man found stabbed to death in his study Roger Ackroyd |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | AT THE MOVIES $1000: Cinematographer Roger Deakins didn't say exactly how many shots were in this 2019 WWI film, but the longest was about 7 minutes 1917 |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | 17-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): Critic Roger Fry coined this term for the late 19th century art style of Seurat & Gauguin Postimpressionism |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $2000: Banished from Massachusetts in 1635 over the issue of separation of church & state, he founded Rhode Island Roger Williams |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | BOOKS BY CHAPTERS $400: "I Strike the Jolly Roger", "Silver's Embassy" Treasure Island |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS $1200: Roger Penrose won in 2020 for showing these in space are a consequence of general relativity, though Einstein doubted they exist a black hole |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | PIRATE FLAGS $200: It's the "merry" 2-word name for the skull & crossbones flag the Jolly Roger |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | ANYONE FOR TENNIS? $400: In 2014, 2015 & 2019 Novak Djokovic defeated this Swiss player in the Wimbledon final Roger Federer |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | SCIENTISTS $200: Roger Sperry used this part of his brain to prove that it's used for analytical thought & calculation the left side |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | TYPES OF MOVIES $200: In his review of "Legendary", Roger Ebert called it a "wrestling" version of one of these lacrimation-inducing movies a tearjerker |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | THE MOVIE'S TITLE QUESTION $1200: In an '80s movie Judge Doom was the one "Who Framed" this toon for murder Roger Rabbit |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | ASTRONAUTS $400: Michael Collins, after a huge moment during this mission: "Roger, Tranquility Base. It sure sounded great from up here" Apollo 11 |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | IT'S GONNA BE CLOSE... $1600: It doesn't get much closer than the 2009 Wimbledon final, where this Swiss Mr. beat Andy Roddick 16-14 in the fifth set Roger Federer |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | LITERARY QUOTES $2,000 (Daily Double): Her, to Roger Chillingworth: "Ask me not!...thou shalt never know!" Hester Prynne |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | FILM COMPOSITION $800: Ringo Starr was the pope & Roger Daltrey played the lead in a 1975 film called this Hungarian -"omania" Liszt |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | MARQUEE "MOON" $800: 1979, Roger Moore Bond-ing with Lois Chiles in outer space Moonraker |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | THE NIFTY '50s $400: After achieving a miraculous feat in 1954, he wrote "The Four Minute Mile" (Roger) Bannister |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | ENDS IN "LL" $200: It's seen front & center on a Jolly Roger flag a skull |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | THE "GENERAL" ECONOMY $1200: It was the corporate target of Michael Moore in the documentary "Roger & Me" General Motors |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | IN THE ARTS WORLD $800: These pieces of artwork took off in value in the 1980s, with one from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" going for $50,600 an individual animation cel |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | O IS THE ONLY VOWEL $800: It was the alma mater of Hugh Grant & Sir Roger Bannister Oxford |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | TV MOVIES $800: One of Roger Moore's final films was this 2017 TV remake, but Adam Rayner, not Roger, played Simon Templar The Saint |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | I PLAYED POIROT $1000: David Suchet's Hercule-an run on TV, 1989-2013, included perhaps Poirot's trickiest puzzle, "The Murder of" this man Roger Ackroyd |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | NEXT $800: Movie James Bonds:
Roger Moore,
Timothy Dalton,
him (Pierce) Brosnan |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | COMIC STRIPS $1600: This comic strip sportscaster has stayed current, covering Anthony Davis & Roger Goodell Tank McNamara |
| #8024, aired 2019-06-27 | IN & AROUND THE STATE CAPITAL $800: Plant yourself at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center Providence |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | VITAMINS $400: On "60 Minutes" Roger Clemens said he did get shots of this vitamin Vitamin B-12 |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | TAKE "OUT" $1000: The term this type of "art" by self-taught non-mainstream artists was coined by Roger Cardinal in 1972 outsider art |
| #7974, aired 2019-04-18 | THE AUNT HILL $600: Rosalind Russell played this title auntie in a 1958 film; Roger Smith played nephew Patrick Dennis as a grownup Mame |
| #7956, aired 2019-03-25 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $400: In radio communication, "message received & understood" roger |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | THE WALL $800: "The Wall" is based on the tribulations of this bass player & sometime vocalist, the album's primary writer (Roger) Waters |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | THE PULITZER PRIZE $1200: In 1975 Pulitzer gave 2 thumbs up to the criticism of this Chicago Sun-Times movie reviewer Roger Ebert |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | ON THE SOUNDTRACK $2000: A 2018 sequel:
"If I Could Turn Back Time",
"Mutant Convoy" Deadpool 2 |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | CITIES $600: Discovery Drive, Exploration Drive & Genoa Place are streets in this state capital Columbus, Ohio |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | GET YOUR GAME ON $1000: This title of Stephen Potter's book on "Winning Games Without Actually Cheating" entered the English language Gamesmanship |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | JUST THE FACTS $800: The 2 Asian apes are the orangutan & this arboreal one the gibbon |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Boundary Lake is shared by North Dakota & this Canadian province Manitoba |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | JUST THE FACTS $1200: To
the
nearest
thousand,
the height
in feet
of Mount Everest 29,000 |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | ANCIENT AGRICULTURE $2000: Deuteronomy 8:8 promises a land not of milk & honey but of this salad dressing "and honey" olive oil |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | IN MEMORIAM 2018 $800: He became a prominent neurologist in England, but he's best remembered for breaking the 4-minute mile (Roger) Bannister |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: Britain's Roger Fenton pioneered war photography with his 1855 images of this conflict the Crimean War |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | HOME FROM THE HILL $1200: Last name of Charles, dad of NFL commissioner Roger, who lost his Sen. race after his anti-war stance angered Nixon Goodell |
| #7900, aired 2019-01-04 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2000: Roger Crowley has lived in Istanbul & wrote "1453: The Holy War for" this city Constantinople |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | "GLASS" WORKS $200: Roger Bacon is thought to have designed this type of single convex lens used to produce an enlarged image magnifying glass |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | AGATHA CHRISTIE BOOK TITLES $600: "The ____ of Roger Ackroyd" murder |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | AT THE ARCADE $1200: Bally's 1975 Pinball Wizard machine featured Ann-Margret & this lead singer of The Who Roger Daltrey |
| #7834, aired 2018-10-04 | ELECTION 1968 $1200: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue.) TV, which hurt Richard Nixon in 1960, helped him in 1968 thanks to the skills of this man who went on to run Fox News (Roger) Ailes |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | GETTING SPECIFIC AT GENERAL HOSPITAL $800: (Rebecca Herbst and Roger Howarth give the clue as Elizabeth and Franco from General Hospital.) "I'm a nurse, Franco, I can treat you medically, but permanent change is up to you"
"I'm trying, Elizabeth, but the draw of the dark side feeds on me like these spore-producing organisms that lack chlorophyll & are incapable of photosynthesis" fungi |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | PARDONER $400: One of the last acts of this president was to pardon his brother Roger for drug offenses Bill Clinton |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | IN OVATION $1200: Roger Rabbit was one, & it was part of the name of the town where he lived toon |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | US OPEN 50 YEARS $1000: His dominance of the first decade of the 2000s includes an Open Era record of five straight titles, losing two sets in the five finals (Roger) Federer |
| #7812, aired 2018-07-24 | WRITERS OF COLONIAL AMERICA $1200: A pioneer of religious liberty, he wrote "The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution" & founded his own colony in 1636 Roger Williams |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | LET'S WATCH CARTOONS $1000: Turns out one of Roger the Alien's disguises on this show was 1980 Miracle on Ice Olympic teamer Chex Lemeneux American Dad! |
| #7702, aired 2018-02-20 | COMMON BONDS $2000: "The Cannonball Run" Roger Moore |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | MAN BOOKER $600: Roger Bannister & John Landy are runners to watch in Jason Beck's book titled "The Miracle" this mile |
| #7691, aired 2018-02-05 | WEREN'T THOSE COLLEGE KIDS GREAT? $200: Everything was big here, where Roger Clemens, Mary Lou Retton & Kevin Durant went to school the University of Texas |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | CHIEF JUSTICES $700 (Daily Double): In 2017 Charlie Taney apologized to the family of this slave for the terrible decision made under his ancestor Roger Dred Scott |
| #7666, aired 2018-01-01 | BAND STANDS $800: Roger Waters, known for using a huge inflatable one of these to convey political messages, had one fly away in 2008 an inflatable pig |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | KEEP IT DOWN $800: Roger Maltbie's hushed golf commentary voice earned him the punning nickname this "Whisperer" the Course Whisperer |
| #7606, aired 2017-10-09 | BOND BOMBSHELLS $1600: Lois Chiles was Holly Goodhead, who had an outer space fling with Roger Moore in this flick Moonraker |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | "CROSS"WORDS $800: They're on the flag known as the Jolly Roger a skull and crossbones |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE JOLLY ROGER $200: He founded the town of Providence on land he acquired from the Narragansett Indians (Roger) Williams |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE JOLLY ROGER $400: Jolly good! On May 6, 1954 in Oxford, England, he ran the mile in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds (Roger) Bannister |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE JOLLY ROGER $600: 1994's "North" left this late reviewer un-jolly: "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it" Roger Ebert |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE JOLLY ROGER $1000: An English dance called the Sir Roger de Coverley evolved into a jolly dance for couples called this state's reel the Virginia reel |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE JOLLY ROGER $1,600 (Daily Double): Between signing the Dec. of Ind. & the Constitution, Roger Sherman autographed this govt.-organizing document in 1777 the Articles of Confederation |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | STUPID ANSWERS $800: In "King Of The Road", Roger Miller sang, "I'm a man of" these "by no means" means |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | 1960s POP MUSIC $1600: Roger McGuinn & David Crosby formed this folk-rock band in Los Angeles in 1964 The Byrds |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | A BUCKET LIST $1000: 1959's "A Bucket of Blood" was one of the movies that made this B-movie director "King of the Drive-Ins" Roger Corman |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | QUESTIONING MOVIE TITLES $200: "Who Framed ____ ____" Roger Rabbit |
| #7523, aired 2017-05-03 | NAME'S EXACTLY THE SAME $1000: Please "R.T."! The drummer for Duran Duran & the drummer for Queen Roger Taylor |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | ANIMATED CHARACTERS $400: In 1988 this wacky Toontown resident was framed for the murder of gag king Marvin Acme Roger Rabbit |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2017 $1000: This Fox News CEO was ousted after Gretchen Carlson charged him with sexual harassment Roger Ailes |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | NEW WAYS TO SAY CORRECT $400: How about this first name of Maris or Ebert? Roger |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | ON THE LISZT $800: Liszt, the 19th c. equivalent of a rock star, was played by this frontman of The Who in the movie "Lisztomania" (Roger) Daltrey |
| #7482, aired 2017-03-07 | AMERICAN LIVES $2000: In 1968 Roger Corman worked for AIP, American Intl. Pictures, & he ran for president for AIP, the Amer. Independent Party George Wallace |
| #7459, aired 2017-02-02 | HISTORIC NAMES $1200: After he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony, he founded the colony of Rhode Island Roger Williams |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | NFL QUARTERBACKS $600: In the '70s this Cowboys quarterback was called "Captain Comeback" & "Roger the Dodger" Roger Staubach |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | HISTORIC HOMES $800: The Hermitage, his Tennessee estate, has a cafe called the Kitchen Cabinet; its ham sandwich is named for Roger Taney Andrew Jackson |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | GAME 7 PITCHERS $400: 2001:
Arizona's Curt Schilling vs. this team's Roger Clemens the Yankees |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | "BING" $1600: Greyhound bus lines, Roger Maris & Bob Dylan all got their start in this Minnesota city Hibbing |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | STAR FISH $800: A Roger Corman cult classic is about these title killers, who've somehow made it from the Amazon to a U.S. resort Piranha |
| #7375, aired 2016-10-07 | BUSINESSPEOPLE $2000: The target of a Michael Moore documentary, he was head of General Motors from 1981 to 1990 Roger Smith |
| #7370, aired 2016-09-30 | SWEEPING THE NATION $600: "Two hours of pushin' broom buys an 8-by-12 4-bit room" in this classic American song from Roger Miller "King Of The Road" |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $2000: A park in the heart of Providence houses the memorial to this early champion of religious freedom Roger Williams |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | OF BOOKS & BOATS $400: Captain Hook's ship in "Peter Pan", it shares its name with a pirate banner the Jolly Roger |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | WE RECOGNIZE THE SENATOR FROM NEW YORK $200: Last name of Charles, who served from 1968 to 1971; you may be familiar with his son Roger, the NFL Commissioner Goodell |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | THE SUPREME COURT $2000: This chief justice wrote that Congress did not have the power to abolish slavery in the territory Roger Taney |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | FOUNDERS $1,500 (Daily Double): Roger Baldwin, co-founder of this "Union", was its director when its clients included John Scopes & James Joyce the ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union) |
| #7245, aired 2016-02-26 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $800: "Life Itself" by this late film critic Roger Ebert |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | BTW $400: Roger Way tasted 200 of these a day, helping him develop the Empire & Jonagold types apples |
| #7232, aired 2016-02-09 | STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $800: The Roger Williams Park Zoo Providence |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | THIS CATEGORY HAS BEEN FLAGGED $400: It's the rather cheerful name for the flag seen here Jolly Roger |
| #7213, aired 2016-01-13 | BACK IN 2006 $200: Yep, it's been a while--he became NFL commissioner on September 1 (Roger) Goodell |
| #7200, aired 2015-12-25 | WHAT HAPPENED WHEN? $2,800 (Daily Double): On March 6, 1857 Chief Justice Roger Taney announced the Supreme Court's decision in this slave's case Dred Scott |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | WELL-SEASONED BOOKS $400: "The Summer Game" by Roger Angell & "The Boys of Summer" by Roger Kahn are classic books about this sport baseball |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | HISTORY ON FILM $600: This British medical student made mid-20th century sports history Roger Bannister |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This founder of Providence, Rhode Island published the first Native American language dictionary in 1643 (Roger) Williams |
| #7134, aired 2015-09-24 | BOOKS BY CHAPTER TITLES $1,800 (Daily Double): "I Strike the Jolly Roger" Treasure Island |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ROCKET MAN $600: This "Rocket" was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award 7 times Roger Clemens |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | WHAT'S YOUR NAME? $400: Salute this flag, you scurvy dogs:
Jolly ____ Roger |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | HISTORICAL NICKNAMES $800: "The Father of Rhode Island" Roger Williams |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | THE ARTFUL ROGER $400: British photographer Roger Fenton is known for his extensive images of this 1853-56 peninsular war the Crimean War |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | THE ARTFUL ROGER $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a sculpture on the monitor.) "Nydia, the Blind Girl of" this city by Randolph Rogers shows Nydia moving through its ash-lined streets; the broken Corinthian capital at her foot represents the city's fall Pompeii |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | THE ARTFUL ROGER $1200: Imagist painter Roger Brown also did set design for productions like this composer's "Cosi Fan Tutte" Mozart |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | THE ARTFUL ROGER $1600: Roger de la Fresnaye was a pioneer in this early 20th century artistic "ism" Cubism |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | THE ARTFUL ROGER $2000: Enamored of Cezanne's work, art critic Roger Fry was credited with coining the term "Post-" this Impressionism |
| #7093, aired 2015-06-17 | FOOTBALL HEROES $600: Growing up in this state capital, Bill Belichick revered Roger Staubach, who won the Heisman playing for Navy Annapolis |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | "GOOD" PEOPLE $200: NFL fans know this fella touched down as Paul Tagliabue's successor in 2006 Roger Goodell |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | POP CULTURE $1600: A roadie known as Roger the Hat provided the manic, dare we say lunatic, laughter on this 1973 Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon |
| #7047, aired 2015-04-14 | I'M "FED" UP! $800: In 2006 this pro tennis player went 92-5 & won 12 singles titles (Roger) Federer |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | BOOK SYNOPSES $400: Presumed dead, Roger Chillingworth finds out his wife, Hester, has cheated on him The Scarlet Letter |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | "BIG" WORDS $1600: Roger Patterson allegedly filmed one in 1967 Bigfoot |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | HOMER $800: On October 1, 1961 Brooklyn truck driver Sal Durante snatched this player's 61st home run ball & then sold it for $5,000 Roger Maris |
| #6981, aired 2015-01-12 | THE WHO $400: In September 1964 he destroyed his first guitar onstage at the Railway Hotel in Harrow (Pete) Townshend |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | HILARIOUSNESS! $1000: 2 of the aliases of this "American Dad!" alien: Dan Ansom Handsome & '80s Jacuzzi dealer Reaganomics Lamborghini Roger |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | LITTLE RHODY $800: In 1636 this minister founded Providence as a "shelter for persons distressed for conscience" Roger Williams |
| #6899, aired 2014-09-18 | MOVIE COMEDIES $800: This pic flew with dialogue like "We have clearance, Clarence"; "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?" Airplane! |
| #6894, aired 2014-07-31 | YOU WISH YOU'D READ THE SCARLET LETTER $400: The evil Roger Chillingworth practices this profession making use of herbs & roots doctor |
| #6879, aired 2014-07-10 | PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN $400: It's believed pirates used a simple red jack before adopting this flag with the skull & crossbones Jolly Roger |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | "BAN" $800: In "King Of The Road", Roger Miller sang, "third boxcar midnight train, destination" this Maine city Bangor |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | MICHIGAN ODDS & ENDS $200: Appropriately, this type of public building in Grand Rapids is named after astronaut Roger B. Chaffee a planetarium |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | THE COSTUME DESIGNS OF WILLIAM IVEY LONG $400: Roger De Bris says
he's supposed to be a Grand Duchess but looks more like the Chrysler Building in this Mel Brooks musical The Producers |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | MODE OF TRANSPORT $400: You know you're a family man when you find yourself behind the wheel of one of these, like the Grand Caravan a minivan |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $600: Here are the bright lights of Chuo-dori Street in this Tokyo shopping district the Ginza |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | 1 LETTER DIFFERENT $1000: I'm ignoring the X-rays! My teeth are fine! dental denial |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | NONFICTION $1200: "A Long Way Gone" is Ishmael Beah's memoir of being a boy soldier during the 1990s civil war in this African nation Sierra Leone |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | NONFICTION $2000: This Neil Sheehan book focuses on Lt. Col. John Paul Vann to illuminate America's failures & disillusionment in Vietnam A Bright Shining Lie |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | MODE OF TRANSPORT $2000: 2-wheeled, 1-passenger harness racing cart a sulky |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | LAKES & RIVERS $10,200 (Daily Double): Sharing the name of a city, it's the largest lake entirely within a Canadian province Lake Winnipeg |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | HISTORIC DAYS $400: April 14, 1865 the Lincoln assassination |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | HISTORIC DAYS $1200: May 29, 1453 the fall of Constantinople |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | MEDICAL TERMS $10,200 (Daily Double): Doctors use this 5-letter term for swelling or bloating in the body due to an excess build-up of fluid edema |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | BOOKS OF THE LATIN VULGATE BIBLE $200: "Judicum" Judges |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | FEEL THE "RG" $400: The FTC's Bureau of Competition reviews them mergers |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | THE CITY $600: When taking "a trip to" this Utah city, be sure to stop by its tabernacle, built before Salt Lake City's Bountiful |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | THE "CITY" $800: From the Latin, it means happiness felicity |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | WORLD LITERATURE $800: Inspiring the film "Rescue Dawn" was Dieter Dengler's "Escape from" this Indochinese nation Laos |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | THE CITY $800: Pennsylvania's "Christmas City", it was founded by Moravians from Central Europe in 1741 Bethlehem |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | COMMON BONDS $800: Egos,
the economy,
an air mattress get inflated |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | ADVERBS IN SONGS $1600: This Smiths song with an adverb-filled title says, "I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar" "How Soon Is Now" |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | ADVERBS IN SONGS $2000: The Beatles used a trio of adverbs in the title of this song from "Revolver" "Here, There And Everywhere" |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS $3,200 (Daily Double): He was commander-in-chief the first time the U.S. formally declared war James Madison |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | BOOZE $400: This brand known for its XO Excellence champagne cognac is named for a French winegrower Rémy Martin |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | SLANG $400: If someone calls you "cray", he has left this letter out of another word Z |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | AN ODD CAST OF CHARACTERS $800: 2013:
Finley,
Evanora,
Glinda Oz the Great and Powerful |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A WORD TO THE "I"s $800: Tajik is a variety of this language Farsi |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | BOOZE $1000: This Polish brand calls itself "the world's first luxury vodka" Belvedere |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | BALLET & OPERA $1200: At the end of a Mozart opera, this title character is dragged into the flames of hell Don Giovanni |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | AFRICAN CAPITALS $1600: On the Ubangi River, Bangui is the capital of this 3-word nation the Central African Republic |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $5,000 (Daily Double): With a mark of 5'6" in this event, in 1948 5'7" Alice Coachman became the first African-American woman to win Olympic gold high jump |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | COLLEGES, NOT UNIVERSITIES $1600: Founded not by Roger but Ephraim, this Massachusetts school boasts alums like George Steinbrenner Williams College |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: He founded Rhode Island, the first colony in America to allow complete religious freedom Roger Williams |
| #6810, aired 2014-04-04 | VIENNA CALLING $100 (Daily Double): The cathedral named for this saint was burned out during the Battle of Vienna in 1945 & rebuilt by 1952 St. Stephen |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTES $800: To King Hezekiah, "Thus saith the Lord, set thine" this "in order, for thou shalt die, and not live" house |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | CABLE NETWORKS $800: "Army Wives" &
"24 Hour Catwalk" Lifetime |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $1600: Vestments of Thumper, the new head of the monastery rabbit abbot habit |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $2000: Go online with your brisket brag your post roast boast |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | MANKIEWICZES AT THE MOVIES $2000: The title character of Joseph's "All About Eve" isn't played by Bette Davis but by her Anne Baxter |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | WORLD NEWSPAPERS $2000: This German tabloid whose name means "Picture" was founded in 1952 for those with poor reading skills Bild |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | HISTORIC OBJECTS $6,400 (Daily Double): Today thought of as a bejeweled statue, it was the Knights of Malta's annual tribute to the Holy Roman Emperor the Maltese Falcon |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | THROWN OF GAMES $800: 354 wins did not overcome the controversy as this ex-Red Sox pitcher didn't make the Hall of Fame cut in 2013 Roger Clemens |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | BESTSELLERS OF THE 13th CENTURY $1200: Last name of Roger, who in "Opus Majus" tried to organize scientific knowledge, & of Francis, who later did the same Bacon |
| #6735, aired 2013-12-20 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $200: Streets in this state capital include Roger Street, Williams Street & Friendship Street Providence (Rhode Island) |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | NOVEL NARRATORS $400: We find out a surprise about the narrator at the end of her 1926 mystery "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" Agatha Christie |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | NEWSPAPERS $800: In April 2013 the Chicago Sun-Times announced the death of this man who reviewed movies for the paper for 46 years (Roger) Ebert |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | BROADWAY SHOWS BY CHARACTER $400: Tacky director Roger De Bris,
Nazi sympathizer & author Franz Liebkind The Producers |
| #6711, aired 2013-11-18 | THE PRODUCERS $2000: "Grand Theft Auto",
"Teenage Caveman",
dozens more Roger Corman |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | LITERARY BUNNIES $600: Gary Wolf's book questioned, "Who Censored" this character; in the movie he was "framed" Roger Rabbit |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | 16th CENTURY WRITING $400: British scholar Roger Ascham's "Schoolmaster" shows how to teach writing in this language Latin |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | WEIRD TOP 40 HITS $1200: In a top 40 classic from 1966 this "king of the road" warned us that "You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd" Roger Miller |
| #6681, aired 2013-10-07 | BAND/NAMES $600: For Pete's sake! We're over the Moon about this '60s quartet; you know how to Entwistle, don't you? Roger! The Who |
| #6681, aired 2013-10-07 | LESS OF THE CELEB TO LOVE $1600: Adding more walking & losing sugar, salt & white flour helped this "Roger & Me" documentarian lose 70 pounds (Michael) Moore |
| #6680, aired 2013-10-04 | 1967 $2000: In 1967 he & Roger Chaffee were laid to rest at Arlington; partner Ed White was buried at West Point Gus Grissom |
| #6680, aired 2013-10-04 | INDOOR DRAMAS $2000: Roger let a Russian phrase slip out--he's one of these spy agents who stay deep undercover for years! a sleeper |
| #6641, aired 2013-07-01 | CELEBRITY PALS $800: Come on, Vogue! Anna Wintour has given fashion advice to this Wimbledon-winning Swiss guy pal (Roger) Federer |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | 2010s TV SHOWS BY CHARACTERS $200: Roger Sterling, Miss Blankenship, Sally Draper Mad Men |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | NEWSPAPERS $1600: The late Roger Ebert was the chief film critic of this Midwest paper for more than 40 years the Chicago Sun-Times |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | REVENGE $400 (Daily Double): Roger Chillingworth seeks revenge for his wife's adultery in this classic American novel The Scarlet Letter |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | BASEBALL BITS $200: When this city's MLB team wins a game, the Jolly Roger is raised the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | ON BASS & VOCALS $400: Hello, 'ello, 'ello ...is there anybody in there? Roger Waters was "Comfortably Numb" for this group Pink Floyd |
| #6575, aired 2013-03-29 | "BLACK" OR "WHITE" $400: It's another name for a pirate's Jolly Roger a black flag |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | CELEBRITIES LOVE TV $200: (I'm CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary.) Just like a lot of people, I'm watching this AMC show created by Matthew Weiner, who writes great characters like Betty Draper & Roger Sterling Mad Men |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | ATHLETES' FILM QUOTES $400: "Airplane":
"My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | PIN THE TALE ON THE WRITER $800 (Daily Double): "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
(1892) Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | DIRECTOR $1600: This company's directors include Jeffrey Immelt, Roger Penske & ex-sen. Sam Nunn; are light bulbs popping for you? General Electric |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1638 he organized the first Baptist church in America in Providence, Rhode Island Roger Williams |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | IN THE "MM"IDDLE $4,000 (Daily Double): Incendiary or provocative; arousing anger inflammatory |
| #6469, aired 2012-11-01 | I WORKED FOR ROGER CORMAN $200: In 1961 this actor boldly went where a lot of actors had gone before--
starring for Corman--in "The Intruder" William Shatner |
| #6469, aired 2012-11-01 | I WORKED FOR ROGER CORMAN $400: Before being "king of the world", this director did visual effects for 1980's "Battle Beyond The Stars", written by John Sayles James Cameron |
| #6469, aired 2012-11-01 | I WORKED FOR ROGER CORMAN $600: In 1972, the year before "Mean Streets", he directed "Boxcar Bertha" (also appearing as a brothel client!) Scorsese |
| #6469, aired 2012-11-01 | I WORKED FOR ROGER CORMAN $800: Corman made this director an offer he couldn't refuse: to rewrite & edit the 1963 pic "Battle Beyond The Sun" (Francis Ford) Coppola |
| #6469, aired 2012-11-01 | I WORKED FOR ROGER CORMAN $1000: 1960's "The Last Woman On Earth" was the first feature gig for this "Chinatown" screenwriter Robert Towne |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | LINE FROM THE TV SHOW $800: Roger Sterling: "I did everything they told me. Drank the cream, ate the butter. Then I get hit with a coronary" Mad Men |
| #6443, aired 2012-09-26 | BIG CHECKS $800: Youth Education Towns are getting a cool million thanks to this NFL honcho. Roger Goodell |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES $1600: Roger Moore 007 film that turns into another action pic with Uma Thurman as a killer bride View to a Kill Bill |
| #6358, aired 2012-04-18 | BOOKS ABOUT ROCK STARS $1200: "Tommyland" Tommy Lee |
| #6350, aired 2012-04-06 | WORD UP $200: A familiar man's name, this word can also mean "message received", over Roger |
| #6336, aired 2012-03-19 | SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR $600 (Daily Double): 1954:
British track man Roger Bannister |
| #6314, aired 2012-02-16 | THAT'S MY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY $2000: Roger B. Taney Andrew Jackson |
| #6313, aired 2012-02-15 | ROCK DOCUMENTARIES $6,000 (Daily Double): Title of Roger Waters' 1990 concert documentary filmed in Berlin The Wall |
| #6251, aired 2011-11-21 | THE THEAT-"R" $400: Roger is HIV-positive & Mimi is a heroin addict in this musical Rent |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | NAME THE CITY $200: Roger Williams National Memorial Providence |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | USDA FOREST SERVICE $600: The shape of the Union Pacific Railroad logo was used, & this tree in the pine family was added to create the Forest Service logo fir |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | YOU MUST REMEMBER CASABLANCA $800: Central to the plot are stolen "letters of" this that will allow anyone to travel unopposed transit |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | MELTING POTPOURRI $1000: Melting copper & zinc together is the traditional recipe for this alloy used since Neolithic times brass |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $1600: The Amana Colonies were settled on this "stately" river in the 1850s Iowa |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | 17-LETTER WORDS $1600: A cosmetic treatment that gently sands the skin microdermabrasion |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | 17-LETTER WORDS $2000: In politics, really, really traditional & right wing ultraconservative |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | I MARRIED THIS SPORTS STAR $2000: Carrie Underwood,
in 2010 Mike Fisher |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | YOU MUST REMEMBER CASABLANCA $3,200 (Daily Double): After Nazi Major Strasser has been shot, the command goes out to "Round up" this group, the title of another film usual suspects |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | 17-LETTER WORDS $4,800 (Daily Double): This adjective means "thwarting an intended goal", like living on credit while trying to save money counterproductive |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | 20 FOR DUMMIES $400: "Allergies &" this "for Dummies" lists famous folks with the condition, including Beethoven & Teddy Roosevelt Asthma |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | NOVELS $800: The hero escapes from a dungeon by sewing himself into the burial sack of a fellow prisoner in this Dumas work The Count of Monte Cristo |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | WHO'S AT STAKE? $1200: Florence, May 23, 1498:
An anti-papal priest & reformer Savonarola |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | 4 STRAIGHT VOWELS $2000: "The moan of doves in immemorial elms, and murmuring of innumerable bees" is an example of this literary device onomatopoeia |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | SOUNDS ALL AROUND $2000: Small pieces of ice that can damage a ship are called these, as trapped air escaping during melting makes them sound like animals growlers |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | WHO'S AT STAKE? $2000: Konstanz, Germany, July 6, 1415:
A Czech religious reformer (Jan) Hus |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | NOVELS $9,000 (Daily Double): Her "Agnes Grey" appeared in 1847 under the pseudonym Acton Bell (note the initials) Anne Brontë |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | LANGUAGES $18,000 (Daily Double): Although Dutch is the official language, Sranan Tongo is spoken by most people in this South American country Suriname |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | PUTTING CELEBRITIES ON THE MAP $400: Putting a letter before the first name of a "Grease" actress fills the seats in La Paz Bolivia Newton-John |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | FICTIONAL LANDS $600: Shangri-La James Hilton |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | ON THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK $600: This Jeff Bridges sequel featured tracks called "The Grid" & "The Son of Flynn" Tron: Legacy |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | GAELIC PRIDE $600: In Gaelic this historic catastrophe is known as "An Gorta Mor" (The Great Hunger) the (Irish) Potato Famine |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | REAL LANDS $600: The river sharing the name of this landlocked land in Central South America forms a seasonal swamp, the Pantanal Paraguay |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | REAL LANDS $800: A fluffy toy dog is named for this historical region along Poland's Baltic coast Pomerania |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | ON THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK $1000: Rick Garcia sang "Welcome Amigo" & Los Lobos the theme song for this 2011 animated film Rango |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | FOOD SCIENCE $1600: Careful when eating bagels with these seeds on them--you could test positive for heroin! poppy seeds |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | ON THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK $1,800 (Daily Double): This 1984 film included Salieri's 1788 "Axur, re d'Ormus" Amadeus |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | TERMS OF ART $7,400 (Daily Double): Mind your this 16th c. Italian art movement that gave us long-necked Madonnas Mannerism |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | ETHICS $10,000 (Daily Double): Monistic theories reduce the search for good to one thing, like pleasure in the case of this theory hedonism |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | ABBREV. $800: C.J. is short for this title held by Roger Taney & William Howard Taft Chief Justice |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | GROUP COUNTDOWN $200: In this sporting quintet, the center is considered No. 5 when diagramming plays a basketball team |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | TRANSLATION EXERCISES $800: Turkish to Spanish:
Relatively speaking, "anne" & "baba" madre y padre |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | 19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS $2000: On Nov. 2, 1880 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Ohio, a senator-elect & president-elect Garfield |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $2000: 1963:
"You've Really Got A Hold On Me" Smokey Robinson and the Miracles |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD $5,000 (Daily Double): Also known as butter beans, they were, prior to being exported to Europe, a diet staple of the Inca lima beans |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $800: (Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) One of the most amazing performances ever came when Nadia Comaneci scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics, that was impressive
Not bad, not bad, but even better might be when Roger Bannister broke this track & field time barrier in 1954 the 4-minute mile |
| #6220, aired 2011-10-07 | OLD (REALLY OLD) PHOTOS $2000: Britain's Roger Fenton is known as the first war photographer, capturing quiet moments in this 1850s conflict the Crimean War |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION $200: As commissioner of the NFL, I spent my summer dealing with a player lockout & negotiating a new contract (Roger) Goodell |
| #6195, aired 2011-07-15 | INDIAN GAMING $1200: Long before Jim Thorpe, Roger Williams wrote that Indians "have great meetings of" this game, "town against town" football |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | THE 13th CENTURY $1600: Roger Bacon wrote coded instructions for making the explosive mix of saltpeter, sulfur & charcoal called black this powder |
| #6185, aired 2011-07-01 | RADIO MUSIC $1600: The foe of CONTROL on "Get Smart", it also follows "Radio" in the title of a Roger Waters album K.A.O.S. |
| #6177, aired 2011-06-21 | TEAM PLAYERS $1000: 1977:
Golden Richards, Billy Joe DuPree, Roger Staubach... all were offensive minded the Dallas Cowboys |
| #6172, aired 2011-06-14 | TENNIS, ANYONE? $600: In 2008 Stanislas Wawrinka teamed with this pro to represent Switzerland in the Olympics, winning the doubles title Roger Federer |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | THEY'RE NUTS IN CALIFORNIA $800: After 45 years selling these at Dodger Stadium, Roger Owens wrote a book, "The Perfect Pitch" peanuts |
| #6099, aired 2011-03-03 | WILL U. $800: The university named for him is in Bristol, Rhode Island Roger Williams |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | VS. $600: From 2003 to 2009 the men's final in this British tournament was somebody vs. Roger Federer Wimbledon |
| #6093, aired 2011-02-23 | THE 13 COLONIES $800: In 1635 William Blackstone became the first European to settle in this colony, one year before Roger Williams Rhode Island |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | TV CARTOON BY CHARACTERS $1600: Hayley Smith,
Klaus the goldfish,
Roger the alien American Dad! |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | THE 16th CENTURY $4,000 (Daily Double): Edward VI died on July 6, 1553; she was proclaimed Queen 4 days later (didn't last) Lady Jane Grey |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | BIRDIE $1000: For his service during WWI, Cher Ami, one of these useful birds, was awarded France's Croix de Guerre a homing pigeon |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | HAPPIER MOVIE ENDINGS $1600: "Forget it, Jake, it's... hold on--Evelyn's okay. The bullets missed her in the car. She's fine & the cops are letting her go" Chinatown |
| #6055, aired 2010-12-31 | THE COMPANY HE KEPT $800: Roger B. Smith (& not me) ran this mega-company from 1981 to 1990 General Motors |
| #6042, aired 2010-12-14 | CELEBRITY BOOKS $800: In "My Word is My Bond", he talks about some of his memorable roles from The Saint to Beau Maverick to 007 Roger Moore |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $1600: Benefit Street & the Roger Williams Park Zoo Providence (Rhode Island) |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITIES $1000: In 2010 he won the Australian Open for his 16th Grand Slam title Roger Federer |
| #5998, aired 2010-10-13 | FLIES & FLYING $1200: Jack kills a pig & Roger kills Piggy in this 1954 work Lord of the Flies |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | EASY ON THE EYES $400: Jessica Rabbit made it OK to think an animated character was hot in this 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #5983, aired 2010-09-22 | THE COMMISH $200: Roger Goodell the NFL |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | WOMEN ON THE MAP $1000: Named for a Danish queen, it's the capital of the U. S. Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | WORDS WITH DIACRITICAL MARKS $1600: These chili peppers seen here are popular because they can be easily seeded a jalapeño |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | GOAT-POURRI $400: Goat Island splits Niagara Falls into the American Falls & this waterfall on the Canadian side Horseshoe Falls |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | MOVIE CITIES $400: Of course there's a car chase on the freeway in 1985's "To Live and Die in __.__." L.A. |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | SEPTEMBER'S HERE ALREADY $600: You Marylanders who didn't vote in this on the 14th, don't complain about the bums who take office primary |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | SEPTEMBER'S HERE ALREADY $800: I'm 2 weeks late with my 73rd birthday gift for this L.A. Olympics organizer & ex-baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | 19th CENTURY QUOTATIONS $1600: In this 1841 essay, Ralph Waldo Emerson remarked, "Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist" Self Reliance |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | MAKE IT RIGHT $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.) The "E" in insulated "Low-E windows" stands for this; the windows allow light through but prevent solar heat gain & block UV rays emission |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | SILENCE $1000: The name of this branch of monks known for keeping silent comes from a 17th century Cistercian Abbey the Trappists |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | BESTSELLERS $1200: A vampire series by Kerrelyn Sparks is punningly titled "Love at" this Stake |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | WORLD LEADERS $1200: Serzh Sargsian is its president, Tigran Sargsian is its prime minister Armenia |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $1600: Her 1981 Rolling Stone cover shot of a nude John Lennon was taken hours before his murder Annie Leibovitz |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | LOVABLE QUOTES $2000: Thomas Fuller observed that "love and pride stock" this British mental hospital Bedlam (or Bethlehem Royal) |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | IT'S NOT EASY BEING TWEEN $2000: Hmm, your tween is reading works in this movement, like Camus' "Caligula"? That's both impressive & disturbing existentialism |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | ART SCHOOL $10,000 (Daily Double): The Stroganov School in Russia specialized in these exquisite artworks for private devotions icons |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | ROCK 'N OLD $200: Drumroll please! In July 2010 this Beatle turned 70 Ringo Starr |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $400: Sally has 1/3 of a 5th Avenue candy bar, Eddie has 7/8 of a Mr. Goodbar; both are made by this company Hershey |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | EQUALS ONE $400: 4 cups a quart |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | WAIT FOR IT... $2000: She was a lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn before she became the next queen Jane Seymour |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | LEGENDARY! $5,000 (Daily Double): He invented the lyre & gave it to Apollo; Apollo gave him the caduceus in return Hermes |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $1200: He directed wife Gena Rowlands to 2 Oscar nominations: for "A Woman Under the Influence" & "Gloria" John Cassavetes |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | ELEMENTAL CLUES $12,400 (Daily Double): Pd:
A great place for live music palladium |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | CONAN THE DOCUMENTARIAN $600: This man spent an entire film trying to talk to GM chairman Roger Smith; talk to a foe, & not smite him? Confusing! Michael Moore |
| #5942, aired 2010-06-15 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $2000: (I'm Dana Delany.) You won't find Andy Williams or Roger Williams, but there is this woman whose albums include "West" & "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" Lucinda Williams |
| #5935, aired 2010-06-04 | PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS $2000: Arthur Kornberg won for showing how DNA duplicates in bacteria; son Roger's work was on the conversion of DNA into this RNA |
| #5933, aired 2010-06-02 | 5-LETTER WORDS $2000: 2 words combine to make this old term used in radio communications to indicate agreement or compliance wilco |
| #5931, aired 2010-05-31 | HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS $600: Only 2 Heisman winners have played for Navy: Joe Bellino & this man, "Roger the Dodger" Roger Staubach |
| #5918, aired 2010-05-12 | SURVIVORS OF THE BAND $400: The Who
(one of the 2) Pete Townshend (or Roger Daltrey) |
| #5918, aired 2010-05-12 | THE NEW YORK TIMES CONTRIBUTORS $800: (I'm Roger Cohen.) In the 1990s, based in Zagreb, I was the New York Times' chief of the bureau named for this peninsular region; I've written many books & columns about conflict there the Balkan Peninsula |
| #5917, aired 2010-05-11 | CHIEF JUSTICES $800: Dred Scott's nemesis, he was rejected as an associate in 1835 but a new Senate confirmed him as chief the next year Roger B. Taney |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | THE NOVEL'S FIRST DRAFT? $400: "Y'know, Arthur", Hester said, "Roger's gonna be home soon. & I think having an affair in this town is a bad, bad idea" The Scarlet Letter |
| #5882, aired 2010-03-23 | ON THE "BALL" $200: London schoolchild Paul Barker was one of these for the 2006 final between Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal a ballboy |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $1600: 1989:
This CEO "& Me" Roger |
| #5833, aired 2010-01-13 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $200: Roger Chillingworth is Hester's wronged husband in this 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $800: Informal word meaning "OK"; a pirate's was "Jolly" roger |
| #5759, aired 2009-10-01 | DASH $1200: Aussie John Landy shaved 1.5 seconds off this Brit's mile record in 1954, but lost to him in a race 2 months later Roger Bannister |
| #5758, aired 2009-09-30 | LITERARY SHIPS $600: The Jolly Roger sails the seas in this J.M. Barrie romp Peter Pan |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | GETTING SHIFT-Y WITH YOUR KEYBOARD $800: Roger Maris was all-too-familiar with this item over the 8 the asterisk (asterik accepted) |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | ANDY IS DANDY $200: In the longest match in Wimbledon history, he lost to Roger Federer in 2009 Andy Roddick |
| #5733, aired 2009-07-08 | 3 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $2000: Roger Chillingworth,
Ethan Brand,
Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| #5717, aired 2009-06-16 | 10 YEARS GONE $1200: In February 1999 Roger Ebert lost his TV partner when this critic passed away (Gene) Siskel |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | NAUTICAL RHYME TIME $200: A dateless but nevertheless Jolly Roger a stag flag |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | THE DALLAS COWBOYS $200: One of the 2 Cowboys QBs who've been named Super Bowl MVP Troy Aikman (or Roger Staubach) |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | FOUNDERS $1000: To support the Bill of Rights, Roger Baldwin co-founded this group in NYC in 1920 the ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union) |
| #5699, aired 2009-05-21 | HOBO A GO GO $1000: It was Roger Miller's hobo-themed No. 1 hit from 1965 "King Of The Road" |
| #5696, aired 2009-05-18 | THE NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNISTS $400: (I'm Roger Cohen.) In November 2008 I urged the new president-elect to close this place where to date out of 770 detained, only 23 have been charged Guantanamo |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | I WANT TO RIDE THAT! $800: I may not know "Who Framed" this movie bunny, but I can ride his Car Toon Spin at Disneyland Roger Rabbit |
| #5669, aired 2009-04-09 | BOOKS THAT BECAME FILMS $200: "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #5652, aired 2009-03-17 | YOU'RE IN THE CABI-NOT! $800: Roger B. Taney, after fighting the Bank of the U.S.,
1834 Treasury |
| #5633, aired 2009-02-18 | CY YOUNG AWARD WINNERS $800: He won 7 Cy Young awards, more than any other pitcher, & he did it with 4 teams: the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees & Astros Roger Clemens |
| #5618, aired 2009-01-28 | CHARACTERS IN MOVIES $1600: Dean Keaton,
Fred Fenster,
Roger "Verbal" Kint The Usual Suspects |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $2,000 (Daily Double): Roger Rees tried to domesticate Bebe Neuwirth (Good luck!) in a 1999 production of this comedy The Taming of the Shrew |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | 50+ HOME RUNS $400: 61 in 1961
(with the New York Yankees) (Roger) Maris |
| #5610, aired 2009-01-16 | FILMS OF THE 1980s $600: "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way" is a line from this 1988 film that mixed live action & animation Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #5559, aired 2008-11-06 | THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN $800: This award-winning musical composed by Roger Miller was based on the book Big River |
| #5537, aired 2008-10-07 | ROGER THAT! $400: While a student at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, he won championships in the mile run Roger Bannister |
| #5537, aired 2008-10-07 | ROGER THAT! $800: This French guy's ex-wives included Brigitte Bardot & Jane Fonda (he never married Catherine Deneuve) Roger Vadim |
| #5537, aired 2008-10-07 | ROGER THAT! $1200: As the government photographer of this war, Roger Fenton portrayed the Charge of the Light Brigade as glorious the Crimean War |
| #5537, aired 2008-10-07 | ROGER THAT! $2,000 (Daily Double): He founded the town of Providence, which became a haven for Quakers & Anabaptists Roger Williams |
| #5537, aired 2008-10-07 | ROGER THAT! $2000: Sir Roger Penrose, with Stephen Hawking, proved that all matter within one of these collapses to a singularity a black hole |
| #5521, aired 2008-09-15 | SPORTS $1200: In 2008 this Spaniard defeated Roger Federer in the longest-ever final at Wimbledon Rafael Nadal |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | WARREN BEATTY $1000: Roger Ebert said this 1987 Hoffman & Beatty film was "a lifeless, massive, lumbering exercise in failed comedy" Ishtar |
| #5514, aired 2008-07-24 | SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew hangs out outside a storied building--UC San Diego's Scripps Revelle Lab.) Scripps Revelle Lab is named for Roger Revelle, whose 1960 class at Harvard influenced this Nobel Prize winner to investigate global warming Al Gore |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES $1200: Jim Carrey voices an elephant that heads to Toon Town to solve a murder with Bob Hoskins in this animated classic Horton Hears a Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | ART $1600: Roger Fry of the Met coined this term for the works of artists like Cezanne & Gauguin Postimpressionist |
| #5473, aired 2008-05-28 | RECENT CINEMA $400: About this 2008 release, Roger Ebert wrote, "Godzilla meets the Queasy-cam" Cloverfield |
| #5471, aired 2008-05-26 | "J" WALKING $800: Aye, matey! It's the popular term for a black pirate flag with a white skull & crossbones a Jolly Roger |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | THEY'RE SO ATHLETIC! $1200: This pitcher's February 13, 2008 testimony to Congress "rocketed" him into the headlines Roger Clemens |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | EARLY AMERICA $1000: Having learned the Narragansett language, this theologian served as a negotiator during the Pequot War in 1637 Roger Williams |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | ROGER! $400: In 1982 he co-anchored "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw, & you could say his name is... Roger Mudd |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN $400: Roger Daltrey The Who |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | ROGER! $800: The "Roger" to Michael Moore's "Me", in 1990 this GM chairman handed over the job to Robert Stempel (Roger) Smith |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | ROGER! $1200: I'll have a side of this 13th century English philosopher & creator of the "Opus Majus" Roger Bacon |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | ROGER! $1600: He was to fly as lunar module pilot on the first manned Apollo mission but tragically never made it Roger Chaffee |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | ROGER! $2000: The fifth Chief Justice of the United States, he succeeded John Marshall in 1836 Roger Taney |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | SHERLOCK HOLMES $800: In a 1976 TV movie this "Spy Who Loved Me" actor played "Sherlock Holmes in New York" Roger Moore |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | STATE THE STATE $2000: Roger Sherman, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, represented this state at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 Connecticut |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | CHICK FLICKS $400: Singer Roger Miller played Alan-a-Dale, rooster minstrel, in this Disney classic Robin Hood |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | TEAMS OF SUPER BOWL MVPs $200: VI: Roger Staubach the Dallas Cowboys |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | SODA POP QUIZ $600: Aargh! Black lemonade must be perfect for pirates; this Jolly Roger symbol adorns its label the skull & crossbones |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $400: In 2007 he became the first man since Bill Tilden to win the U.S. Open 4 years in a row (Roger) Federer |
| #5350, aired 2007-12-07 | MOVIE COMEDY QUOTES $800: "I'm sorry, son, but you have me confused with someone else. My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot" Airplane! |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | TENNIS $1000: In April 2007 Switzerland issued its very first stamp of a living person, a 1-franc stamp depicting this tennis player Roger Federer |
| #5337, aired 2007-11-20 | I ONLY HAVE "I"s FOR YOU $600: Roger that, Houston--the rocket engines have reached this point of firing to life ignition |
| #5332, aired 2007-11-13 | ESPN ENTERTAINMENT $800: In 2005 ESPN aired "Four Minutes", about this athlete who was born in Middlesex, England in 1929 Roger Bannister |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | THE NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED $800: In 2006 Roger Mahoney, high up in this organization, said he would disobey a bill & keep helping illegal immigrants the Catholic Church |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | BANNED $1600: After being banned from Massachusetts, he established the Rhode Island colony Roger Williams |
| #5313, aired 2007-10-17 | A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME $800: Cheerful 2-word name for the flag seen here the Jolly Roger |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | LE CINEMA $400: In 1956 Roger Vadim directed his first film, "And God Created Woman", which starred this actress, his then-wife Brigitte Bardot |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | OCTOBER 1 $1200: 1961:
This man hits his 61st homer of the season (Roger) Maris |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO TODAY $2000: Tragically, a Jan. 27, 1967 fire at Cape Kennedy claimed the lives of Ed White, Roger Chaffee & this man (Gus) Grissom |
| #5262, aired 2007-06-26 | PHILOSOPHIC BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Pirate flag that symbolizes a 13th c. English scholar who was jailed when his talk of science was deemed heretical the Jolly Roger Bacon |
| #5222, aired 2007-05-01 | STATE CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): Because he believed God led him there, Roger Williams named a state capital this Providence |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | ACTORS IN BONDAGE $800: "Moonraker" Roger Moore |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | CARTOON FEMALES $600: The sexy cartoon female seen here starred in this innovative 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | THAT'S GONNA COST YOU $1600: This man purchased the site of Providence, Rhode Island from the Narragansett Indians (Roger) Williams |
| #5162, aired 2007-02-06 | 19th CENTURY AMERICAN LIT $800: In this novel, Hester Prynne's husband assumes the guise of Roger Chillingworth, a doctor The Scarlet Letter |
| #5162, aired 2007-02-06 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $1600: This Swiss mister is the first man to win both Wimbledon & the U.S. Open 3 straight times (Roger) Federer |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | MILLER'S CROSSING $800: Country legend who wrote & sang "King of the Road" Roger Miller |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | FARGO $1600: This home run slugger's museum has his 1961 Hickok Pro Athlete of the Year Award & a replica of his Yankee locker Roger Maris |
| #5108, aired 2006-11-22 | THE MARRIER $200: Tom Hayden,
Roger Vadim,
Ted Turner Jane Fonda |
| #5103, aired 2006-11-15 | WHAT'S ON THE TUBE? $400: This veteran Pulitzer-winning film critic trades reviews with Richard Roeper (Roger) Ebert |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | EUROPE'S GOT TALENT TOO $400: In 1954 Roger Bannister became the first person to do this in under 4 minutes run the mile |
| #5045, aired 2006-07-14 | HOMETOWN ATHLETES $200: Out of retirement to play for this hometown team, Roger Clemens led them to their first World Series in 2005 the (Houston) Astros |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | FIRST IN OUR HEARTS $800: The first of these cast for a woman was Roger MacBride's, going to 1972 Libertarian V.P. candidate Theodora Nathan an Electoral College vote |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | AWARDS & HONORS $1600: This play, the 1982-83 New York Drama Critics Circle Best Musical winner, was based on a Roger Corman film Little Shop of Horrors |
| #4979, aired 2006-04-13 | LET'S GET MARRIED IN VEGAS! $1000: He's the blushing groom seen here after his 1967 wedding at the Riviera Roger Smith |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | THE HEISMAN TROPHY $600: 8 Heisman winners are Pro Football Hall of Famers, including this Dallas QB who won in 1963 when he was playing for Navy (Roger) Staubach |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | ASSUME THE POSITION $200: Thurman Munson,
Roger Bresnahan,
Johnny Bench catchers |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | RHYME TIME $1600: Rhode Island founder Williams' major league baseball team Roger's Dodgers |
| #4940, aired 2006-02-17 | FANTASY NOVELS $2000: Roger Zelazny is known for the series of novels based on this land that shares its name with fossilized resin Amber |
| #4906, aired 2006-01-02 | HELLO, "OLLY" $400: Buccaneer banner the Jolly Roger |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | THE UNITED NATIONS $800: Audrey Hepburn became a goodwill ambassador for this U.N. group in 1988 & introduced it to Roger Moore UNICEF |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | MOVIE NEWCOMERS $1000: Known for playing cop Roger Murtaugh, he debuted onscreen as a con in "Escape from Alcatraz" Danny Glover |
| #4883, aired 2005-11-30 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2000: Age 87 at his death in 1864, he was the oldest man ever to serve as Chief Justice of the U.S. Roger Brooke Taney |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | TAKE A MICHIGANDER AT THIS $1600: Born in Grand Rapids in 1935, he perished with fellow astronauts Grissom & White in 1967 (Roger) Chaffee |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU $400: Around 1268 Roger Bacon observed that these new optical devices could be used to improve eyesight lenses |
| #4844, aired 2005-10-06 | BOYS IN THE BAND $800: Nick Rhodes,
Andy, John & Roger Taylor,
Simon Le Bon Duran Duran |
| #4833, aired 2005-09-21 | ATTORNEYS GENERAL $800: A.G. Roger Taney wrote this president's speech announcing the veto of the bill renewing the Bank of the U.S. Andrew Jackson |
| #4808, aired 2005-06-29 | I READ THE NEWS TODAY $1200: (Hi, I'm Al Sparks.) In 1987 I was named "Funniest Teenager in Chicago" by this newspaper for which Roger Ebert works the Chicago Sun-Times |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | "B" BOYS $800: His 1955 autobiography was titled "Four-Minute Mile" Roger Bannister |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | SPORTSMEN $1200: Becker & Edberg were idols of this Swiss man who won Wimbledon in 2003 & 2004 Roger Federer |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | AP's MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR BY DECADE $200: Rafer Johnson &
Roger Maris the 1960s |
| #4769, aired 2005-05-05 | LETTER PERFECT $800: Strikeout master Roger Clemens gave all 4 of his children names starting with this letter K |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | JOLLY ROGER $200: He ran an historic 5,280 feet on May 6, 1954, later became a neurologist & was knighted in 1975 Roger Bannister |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | JOLLY ROGER $400: GM's chairman from 1981 to 1990, he was the Roger in the documentary "Roger & Me" Roger Smith |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | JOLLY ROGER $800: The New England university named for this man is seen here Roger Williams |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | JOLLY ROGER $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1996, he became the founding chairman & CEO of Fox News Roger Ailes |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | JOLLY ROGER $1000: This 6-time Hugo-winning sci-fi writer's last name was near the end of the phone book Roger Zelazny |
| #4752, aired 2005-04-12 | "KING" ME $400: Roger Miller won 5 Grammys in 1965 for this hit "King Of The Road" |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | ARMY, NAVY OR MARINES $800: Roger Staubach the Navy |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | THEOLOGIANS $2,000 (Daily Double): During King Philip's War, this minister acted as captain of the Providence Militia & fought the Indians Roger Williams (from Providence, Rhode Island) |
| #4729, aired 2005-03-10 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES $400: When this president was a governor, his brother Roger was arrested Clinton |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | THE MOORE THE MERRIER $1200: He was the spy in "The Spy Who Loved Me" Roger Moore |
| #4716, aired 2005-02-21 | THIS OLD HOUSE $2000: (Hi, I'm Roger Cook, landscape contractor.) It's an Italian word for an arbor with trelliswork to support climbing plants pergola |
| #4695, aired 2005-01-21 | YOUR NUMBER'S UP $400: In the last game of the 1961 season, Roger Maris swatted this number home run 61 |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | "EMP" TV $600: Roger Moore was "The Saint" while playing this character Simon Templar |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | THE CHIEFS $2000: This Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision earlier served as Attorney General under Andrew Jackson (Roger B.) Taney |
| #4659, aired 2004-12-02 | NFL TEAM PLAYERS $1000: Germany's Joseph Ratzinger,
The USA's Roger Mahony a Cardinal |
| #4610, aired 2004-09-24 | PRO FOOTBALL $200: Quarterback Roger Staubach spent his entire 11-seaons pro career with this team the Dallas Cowboys |
| #4610, aired 2004-09-24 | PATRIOTS $1000: (I'm John DeStefano, Mayor of New Haven, but) This man, our first mayor, was the only man to sign the 4 great U.S. founding documents, including the Constitution Roger Sherman |
| #4592, aired 2004-07-20 | COLONIAL AMERICA $800: On October 9, 1635 this minister was banished from Massachusetts; he headed south to Rhode Island (Roger) Williams |
| #4583, aired 2004-07-07 | THE VICTORIANS $1600: In this 1850s war, Roger Fenton took the first extensive war photos, though he spared viewers the gore the Crimean War |
| #4577, aired 2004-06-29 | MIDWESTERN CITIES $600: The Roger Maris Museum at the West Acres Shopping Center is a big hit in this North Dakota city Fargo |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | ROGER THAT $400: In 1961 his 61st home run not only broke the record but won a 1-0 game Roger Maris |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | ROGER THAT $800: This singer seen here has also made a name as a stage actor Roger Daltrey |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | ROGER THAT $1200: In 1934 Roger Tory Peterson published his classic "A Field Guide to" these Birds |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | ROGER THAT $2000: This Navy pilot was named to the Apollo 1 crew in 1966, but his life ended tragically a year later Roger Chaffee |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | ROGER THAT $5,600 (Daily Double): Roger Baldwin, director of the American Union Against Militarism, transformed it into this "Union" the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC DRINKIN' SONGS $1600: He's the artist heard here Roger Miller |
| #4519, aired 2004-04-08 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Pirate flag that broke the 4-minute mile Jolly Roger Bannister |
| #4508, aired 2004-03-24 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $600: In 1991 this archbishop of Los Angeles was elevated to cardinal Roger Mahony |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | COMMUNICATION $600: When the Yankees signed Hideki Matsui, they hired Roger Kahlon to do this job translator/interpreter |
| #4496, aired 2004-03-08 | COLORFUL ROCK $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew) In 1990 at the site of the Berlin Wall an all-star version of "The Wall" was presented by Roger Waters of this band Pink Floyd |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | FRANCIS SCOTT KEY $1000: Key's brother-in-law & law partner Roger B. Taney served as this from 1836 to 1864 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | NATIONAL SITES $2000: This state's only national memorial honors clergyman Roger Williams Rhode Island |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 50th ANNIVERSARY $800: After breaking the 4-minute mile, he wrote an article for Sports Illustrated on "The Joy of Running" Roger Bannister |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $1600: Roger Chaffee & this astronaut, killed in a 1967 fire aboard their Apollo spacecraft, are buried next to each other Gus Grissom |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | LET'S GO TO THE PARK $800: Roger Williams Park is the largest park in this Rhode Island city founded by Williams in 1636 Providence |
| #4448, aired 2003-12-31 | SPORTS 2003 $600: Milestone reached by the man seen here on June 13th 300 wins |
| #4442, aired 2003-12-23 | OTHER ROLES OF BIG SCREEN BONDS $600: Before he was Bond 007 times, he played Beau Maverick, the cousin of James Garner's Bret Maverick Roger Moore |
| #4440, aired 2003-12-19 | CUBA $400: Roger Moore once suggested that Cuba Gooding Jr. be the next choice to play this franchise character James Bond |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | MR. ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD $200: Roger Bacon, the first European with a gunpowder recipe, was educated at this English university Oxford |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | MR. ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Providence, RI.) This compass is believed to be the one that guided this man to the place he called Providence in 1636 Roger Williams |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | MR. ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD $600: This king of low-budget moviemaking came to California from Michigan in his teens Roger Corman |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | MR. ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD $800: This French region was the birthplace of William the Conqueror & of Roger I, who conquered Sicily Normandy |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | MR. ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD $2,400 (Daily Double): 1850s Chief Justice whose name, his fellow Marylanders write to tell us, rhymes with "brawny", not "brainy" Roger Taney |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | ABOUT "IT" $400: Roger Ebert is a movie one a critic |
| #4430, aired 2003-12-05 | RABBITS, RABBITS, RABBITS $400: He's "framed" in Toontown Roger Rabbit |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | THE BOYS IN THE BAND $600: John Entwistle,
Roger Daltrey,
Keith Moon,
Pete Townshend The Who |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | OLD HAVEN $1600: He founded the colony of Rhode Island as a haven for those persecuted by the Puritans Roger Williams |
| #4369, aired 2003-09-11 | BASEBALL NICKNAMES $1000: "The Rocket" Roger Clemens |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | LEGENDS OF THE GAMES $400: This slugger from Fargo, North Dakota hit 61 home runs in 1961 Roger Maris |
| #4323, aired 2003-05-21 | MONEY, MONEY, MONEY $800: The name of this coin issued in the 1100s by Roger II of Sicily, Duke of Apulia, now refers to an admission ticket ducat |
| #4303, aired 2003-04-23 | WHAT DOES SHE SEE IN HIM? $1600: Roger Chillingworth?!?! What was this woman thinking? She should have run off with that dishy minister Hester Prynne |
| #4288, aired 2003-04-02 | CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $1200: Ebert's elderly eccentrics Roger's codgers |
| #4288, aired 2003-04-02 | PLAYING MUSICIANS $2000: 1975:
Roger Daltrey as this Romantic era composer Franz Liszt (Lisztomania) |
| #4266, aired 2003-03-03 | TV TIDBITS $800: Future James Bond Roger Moore played Beau, an English cousin of this James Garner western hero Maverick |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $1200: He swore in more men as president than anyone else -- 7, from Van Buren to Lincoln Roger Taney |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | UNIVERSITY STATE $200: Providence College & Roger Williams University Rhode Island |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL $1600: This pitcher has won 6 Cy Young Awards: 1 with New York, 2 with Toronto & 3 with Boston Roger Clemens |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | GOOD BUY $600: Roger Williams purchased the site for this state capital from the Narragansett Indians Providence, Rhode Island |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | SPECIAL EFFECTS $1200: This former art director for Roger Corman directed the FX-heavy hits "True Lies" & "The Abyss" James Cameron |
| #4195, aired 2002-11-22 | '40s TECH $200: That kid in the Mazda commercials could tell you the lens Roger Cuvillier developed in 1949 could do this zoom |
| #4178, aired 2002-10-30 | GUITARIST'S LINGO $400: The Byrds' Roger McGuinn is perhaps the most famous player of the Rickenbacker guitar with this many strings 12 |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | DOWN UNDER $1200: In 1954 John Landy became the 1st Australian & the 2nd person in the world to break this mark; Roger Bannister was 1st the four-minute mile |
| #4150, aired 2002-09-20 | TV OR NOT TV $800: "Ronnie Racehorse",
"Roger Ramjet",
"Roland Rat" Ronnie Racehorse |
| #4134, aired 2002-07-18 | HISTORIC NAMES $2000: Whit "Opus Magus", you can "bring home" this 13th C. British friar & philosopher (no relation to Francis) Roger Bacon |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | "E"-MALE $400: In 2000 this film critic gave thumbs up to new balcony-mate Richard Roeper of The Chicago-Sun Times (Roger) Ebert |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | THE DEVIL, YOU SAY $800: This late director's autobiographical works include "Memoirs of the Devil" & "Bardot Deneuve Fonda" (Roger) Vadim |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | HAILS FROM WALES $1200: Roger Moore's successor, he's the Welsh-born actor who played Bond, James Bond Timothy Dalton |
| #4117, aired 2002-06-25 | YANKEES' NUMBERS $1000: 1960-1966:
No. 9 Roger Maris |
| #4117, aired 2002-06-25 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $2000: Roger Ebert wrote that in this film Pierce Brosnan was a James Bond type "with no gadgets and no scruples" The Tailor of Panama |
| #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | COUNTRY SINGERS ON FILM $1000: When this man starred in the film "Honeysuckle Rose" at age 47, Roger Ebert said he didn't look a day over 60 Willie Nelson |
| #4112, aired 2002-06-18 | WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE $1200: Bill Daily played Captain Roger Healey, this captain's best friend Tony Nelson |
| #4110, aired 2002-06-14 | THE 1960s $800: If you include the World Series, he actually hit a total of 62 home runs in 1961 Roger Maris |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | DOCTORS $1600: In 1955 this British physician published his autobiography, "Four-Minute Mile" Roger Bannister |
| #4068, aired 2002-04-17 | TV MOVIES $800: The title of a 2001 movie about Roger Maris' home run record chase was the number 61 followed by this the famous asterisk |
| #4067, aired 2002-04-16 | FILL IN THE (MEL) BLANC $800: For "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", Blanc revived 5 characters including Tweety & this other bird Daffy Duck |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | INSIDE BASEBALL $2000: (Once again, from Bank One Ballpark, here's Sarah.) Curt Schilling & Roger Clemens both use this pitch that's similar to a forkball a split-finger fastball |
| #4046, aired 2002-03-18 | BACK TO THE 1960s $800: The big sports news of 1961 was the battle between these 2 New York Yankees for the league home run crown Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris |
| #4041, aired 2002-03-11 | THE FICTION FILE $600: Don't let anyone spoil it by giving you the ending of her book "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" Dame Agatha Christie |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | WORD PUZZLES $400: In old war movies, it's used to end a radio transmission "Roger, over and out" |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | ART $1200: Roger Fry of the Met coined this term for the work of artists like Cezanne & Gauguin post-impressionist |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | WED TO THE IDEA $600: Apparel usually tied to the back of the newly-married couple's carriage (baby) shoes |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $3,000 (Daily Double): This show that empowered women in the summer of '97 always closed with Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" Lilith Fair |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | GEOGRAPH"E" $3,000 (Daily Double): This city was probably named for Edwin of Northumbria, who built a fort on the Firth of Forth in the 600s Edinburgh |
| #4030, aired 2002-02-22 | TIME THE FIRST ISSUE $600: Mon dieu! Prof. Charles Henri can speed up this process in new wine with a 60,000 volt electrostatic field aging |
| #4030, aired 2002-02-22 | MUSIC STYLES $1000: Reggae came out of Jamaica; this popular '50s style came from a samba-like style of Trinidad calypso |
| #4030, aired 2002-02-22 | UNREAL ESTATE $1600: Mr. Lockwood becomes Mr. Heathcliff's tenant at Thrushcross Grange in chapter 1 of this novel Wuthering Heights |
| #4030, aired 2002-02-22 | RELAX $2000: "Art raises its head when religions relax their hold", once remarked this ubermensch philosopher Nietzsche |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | THE 18th CENTURY $800: You may get sleepy at bedtime from this Iberian dessert wine produced by Sanderman since 1790 port (*sherry) |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | THE 18th CENTURY $1000: This country acquired much of Italy, including Naples & Milan, but the new pasta schnitzel never caught on Austria |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK $2000: Gen. Burnside lasted even less time as head of this Union "Army" than McClellan or Hooker Army of the Potomac |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | COME ON DOWN! $2000: These 2 were first partnered in the 1933 film "Flying Down to Rio" Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire |
| #4025, aired 2002-02-15 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $2000: This Rhode Island minister compiled a dictionary of the Narragansett language Roger Williams |
| #4007, aired 2002-01-22 | GREETINGS $1600: Mary Ann Esposito's PBS cooking show is this "Italia" Ciao |
| #4007, aired 2002-01-22 | TV SITCOM THEME SONGS $2000: "As Long As We Got Each Other" Growing Pains |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | PLUS TAX $600: I dub thee this, an additional tax on top of one already being collected surtax |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | HYMNS $800: "Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power? Are you washed in" this? the blood of the lamb |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | 1699 $800: Guillaume Amontons' laws of this physical force applied only to stationary, not moving, objects in contact friction |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | 1699 $1000: In 1699 Peter the Great put Russia on this calendar that's named for another ruler the Julian calendar |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | A GOOD "ST"ART $1,430 (Daily Double): Meaning "containing tin", it precedes "fluoride" in the name of a useful compound stannous |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | SCIENCE CLASS $1600: Named after a planet, its atomic number is 92 Uranium |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE ROME $1600: If you're Rome for the holidays, check out the Pope's balcony speech "Urbi et Orbi" at noon on this day Christmas |
| #3997, aired 2002-01-08 | BONDS' 73 $200: This man who shattered Roger Maris' 37-year-old record had his record broken by Barry Bonds in only 3 years Mark McGwire |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | MARY, TYLER OR MOORE $400: 7 years a Saint,
7 years a Bond Roger Moore |
| #3993, aired 2002-01-02 | ROLE IN COMMON $1600: Roger Bowen, who played this Korean War Army doc on film, died the day after TV counterpart McLean Stevenson Col. Henry Blake |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $200 (Daily Double): In January 1636 this clergyman fled Massachusetts & settled in the Narragansett Bay area Roger Williams |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | DAMN YANKEES $400: In 1956 this Oklahoman won the Triple Crown, hitting .353, with 52 HRs & 130 RBIs Mickey Mantle |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $400: Roger Ebert writes movie reviews for this Midwestern paper the Chicago Sun-Times |
| #3952, aired 2001-11-06 | "J" WALKING $300: Aye, matey! It's the popular term for a black pirate flag with a white skull & crossbones Jolly Roger |
| #3945, aired 2001-10-26 | BELOVED SINGERS $300: The vocals of this country singer were featured in Disney's "Robin Hood" Roger Miller |
| #3907, aired 2001-09-04 | VIVA ANN-MARGRET! $300: Ann-Margret got her second Oscar nomination for playing Roger Daltrey's mom in this rock film Tommy |
| #3907, aired 2001-09-04 | VIVA ANN-MARGRET! $500: The Riviera was the site of Ann-Margret's marriage to him (not the French Riviera, the one in Las Vegas) Roger Smith |
| #3907, aired 2001-09-04 | DOUBLE-O WORDS $600: (Well-known film critic Roger Ebert delivers the clue.) As the Movie Answerman I informed readers that "A Bug's Life" purposely created a "reel" of these comical errors bloopers |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | TEAM PLAYERS, HALL OF FAME EDITION $200: Roger Staubach
(1969-1979) the Dallas Cowboys |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | "BEAN"S $200: Roger Clemens was accused of throwing one of these at Mike Piazza on July 8, 2000 beanball |
| #3880, aired 2001-06-15 | CANDY NAMES $300: Laughs disrepectfully Snickers |
| #3868, aired 2001-05-30 | FOOD & DRINK $300: Featured in "Roger & Me" & "Fatal Attraction", this meat is a good source of selenium Rabbit |
| #3850, aired 2001-05-04 | QUAKERS $600: Roger Williams disagreed with Quaker teachings but was a friend to the Friends, providing refuge in this colony Rhode Island |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | SPORTS HOLDS $200: Roger Staubach Football |
| #3830, aired 2001-04-06 | IT'S A MYSTERY $300: Day job of the mystery-solving character Roger Dowling Priest |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | BALLET $200: In a 1999 ballet Roger Van Fleteren played Dr. Jekyll & Wes Chapman played this alter ego Mr. Hyde |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | PLEASE SIR, I WANT SOME MOORE $300: A big screen Bond Roger Moore |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | SEE HOW THEY RUN $600: In 1954 Diane Leather was the first woman under 5 minutes in the mile & he was the first man under 4 Roger Bannister |
| #3744, aired 2000-12-07 | THE SILVER SCREEN $800: (Here comes film critic Roger Ebert) "This film ennobles filmmaking" is what I wrote of this death row drama starring Susan Sarandon Dead Man Walking |
| #3711, aired 2000-10-23 | OF MONTEZUMA $200: One of these works entitled "Montezuma" was composed by Roger Sessions in 1964 an opera |
| #3694, aired 2000-09-28 | CONTEMPORARIES $800: While Bunyan was making progress with his Pilgrim, this Puritan was in charge of defending Providence Roger Williams |
| #3658, aired 2000-06-28 | 1850s AMERICA $1000: To the "Dred" of abolitionists, this man from a slaveholding family was chief justice of the U.S. Roger Taney |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | BASEBALL LIT $800: Roger Angell's classic baseball articles include a profile of this Hall of Fame Cardinals pitcher of the '60s Bob Gibson |
| #3643, aired 2000-06-07 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $100: On Sept. 13, 1998 this Cubs slugger surpassed Roger Maris' home run record; however, Mark McGwire did it 5 days earlier Sammy Sosa |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | "B" MOVIES $800: This Roger Corman classic finds gun-toting "Mama" Angie Dickinson involved with William Shatner Big Bad Mama |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | SPORTS SUPERSTARS $100: In 1961 Mickey Mantle & this teammate hit a total of 115 home runs--the most by 2 teammates in baseball history Roger Maris |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | IN & AROUND LONDON $600: Thackeray, Wesley & this founder of Rhode Island were schooled at Charterhouse, which is about 20 miles from London Roger Williams |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | I GOT A CALDECOTT! $1000: 1948's & '49's books had this weather condition in their titles; Roger Duvoisin's was "White" & "Bright"; the Haders', "Big" Snow |
| #3596, aired 2000-04-03 | THE HISTORY CHANNEL $400: This History Channel host is related to the doctor who set Booth's leg after Lincoln's assassination Roger Mudd |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY $400: Roger Avary & Quentin Tarantino
(1994) Pulp Fiction |
| #3585, aired 2000-03-17 | INSTRUMENT BY PERFORMERS $200: Roger Daltrey,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Bobby McFerrin voice |
| #3552, aired 2000-02-01 | FILM ROLES IN COMMON $200: Actors who've played this role include Moore, Roger Moore & Dalton, Timothy Dalton James Bond |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $600: 3 years before "King of the Road" sold a million, he was a drummer in Faron Young's band Roger Miller |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | I WROTE A BOOK! $500: This low-budget legend wrote "How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime" Roger Corman |
| #3523, aired 1999-12-22 | TV ARCHIVE $400: He was Major Nelson's girl-crazy fellow astronaut Major Roger Healey |
| #3522, aired 1999-12-21 | CRIMEA $200: Like Mathew Brady in the Civil War, Roger Fenton is famous for doing this during the Crimean War Taking photographs |
| #3520, aired 1999-12-17 | JANES ADDICTION $1000: French director Roger Vadim was this American actress' first husband Jane Fonda |
| #3500, aired 1999-11-19 | HAIL & FAREWELL: 1999 OBITS $200: He was often all thumbs as Roger Ebert's partner Gene Siskel |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | ALL STARS $200: Nicknamed "The Rocket", this pitcher won 3 Cy Young Awards with the Red Sox & 2 with the Blue Jays Roger Clemens |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | PEOPLE $1000: While in college, this Chicago Sun-Times film critic was editor of the Daily Illini student newspaper Roger Ebert |
| #3496, aired 1999-11-15 | THE TONY AWARDS $600: Hot Dog! Roger Bart won for playing this role in "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" Snoopy |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $400: The first man to run 1.609 kilometers in under 4 minutes Roger Bannister |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | BASEBALL NICKNAMES $300: "Dr. K" Dwight Gooden |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | SPORTS STARS $300: (Hi, I'm Bob Costas.) In 1956 this N.Y. Yankee became the only player ever to win baseball's Triple Crown while hitting more than 50 home runs Mickey Mantle |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | SONGS OF THE '60s $200: "Queen of the House" by Jody Miller was a reply to this 1965 Roger Miller hit "King of the Road" |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES $400: "The Roger Williams City" Providence |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | MUSIC OF THE '60s $300: In this 1965 hit, Roger Miller tells us that "Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve four-bit room" "King of the Road" |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | TV CHARACTERS $100: Capt. Roger Healey,
Dr. Bellows,
Capt. Tony Nelson I Dream of Jeannie |
| #3451, aired 1999-09-13 | PRO FOOTBALL $600: (Hi, I'm Jake Plummer, quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals.) On November 16, 1997 I set an NFL rookie record by passing for 388 yards, breaking the record set by this Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman |
| #3441, aired 1999-07-19 | SIMPLY SIMON $500: Roger Moore & Ian Ogilvy have both played this character, also called the Saint, on British TV Simon Templar |
| #3430, aired 1999-07-02 | THE ARMY-NAVY GAME $400: Roger, we copy: this future Dallas Cowboys QB was the star as Navy upset Army in 1962 Roger Staubach |
| #3415, aired 1999-06-11 | THEY REST IN RHODE ISLAND $600: This founder of Rhode Island has his own memorial in Providence Roger Williams |
| #3409, aired 1999-06-03 | SPOUSE IN COMMON $300: Roger Vadim,
Tom Hayden Jane Fonda |
| #3399, aired 1999-05-20 | PROVIDENCE $1000: Grateful for God's providence, this man founded the town & named it accordingly Roger Williams |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | ROGER EBERT ON MOVIES $100: This "Lethal Weapon" star told me he makes sure no one presses his clothes, so he can display that rumpled charm Mel Gibson |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | ROGER EBERT ON MOVIES $200: For the Oscars in 1999, I correctly predicted these 2 actresses would win for "Shakespeare in Love" Gwyneth Paltrow & Judi Dench |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | ROGER EBERT ON MOVIES $300: For the 1999 Oscars, I wrongly predicted a screenplay award for this film with Warren Beatty as a politician Bulworth |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | ROGER EBERT ON MOVIES $400: I had problems with "Message in a Bottle" in which Robin Wright Penn works for this rival of the Chicago Sun-Times The Chicago Tribune |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | ROGER EBERT ON MOVIES $500: This 1982 Disney film in which a man gets lost in a computer was part of my 1999 Overlooked Film Festival Tron |
| #3392, aired 1999-05-11 | "Y"s $100: Roger Maris hit his 61st home run in 1961 in this stadium Yankee Stadium |
| #3382, aired 1999-04-27 | SURPRISING SINGERS $200: Amy Irving provided the sexy singing voice of Jessica Rabbit for this 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #3368, aired 1999-04-07 | ROYs & ROGERs $100: Chicago Sun-Times film critic who wrote the 1985 book "A Kiss is Still a Kiss" Roger Ebert |
| #3368, aired 1999-04-07 | ROYs & ROGERs $300: This presidential half-brother is a junior Roger Clinton |
| #3368, aired 1999-04-07 | ROYs & ROGERs $500: This 13th century English philosopher can "bring home" the credit for an ornithopter, a flying machine Roger Bacon |
| #3363, aired 1999-03-31 | FIRST & LAST $200: A 1961 home run king,
5 letters:
M---s (Roger) Maris |
| #3360, aired 1999-03-26 | EPITAPHS $1,000 (Daily Double): "61/61. Against all odds" Roger Maris |
| #3358, aired 1999-03-24 | BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS $400: In 1990 Roger Waters of this group gave a performance of "The Wall" at the former site of the Berlin Wall Pink Floyd |
| #3336, aired 1999-02-22 | FATHERLY NICKNAMES $500: "The Father of Rhode Island" Roger Williams |
| #3333, aired 1999-02-17 | SPORTS SUPERSTARS $500 (Daily Double): On May 6, 1954 he broke Gunder Hagg's mile record of 4 minutes, 1.4 seconds by 2 seconds Roger Bannister |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | HAM $200: As ham radio fan Roger Mahoney holds this rank in Los Angeles, it must mean no ham on Fridays Cardinal |
| #3327, aired 1999-02-09 | IT'S A GROUP THING $300: Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Rick Wright & David Gilmour Pink Floyd |
| #3325, aired 1999-02-05 | MOVIE QUOTES $400: "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way" Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #3322, aired 1999-02-02 | TV CHARACTERS $500: Roger Thomas,
Dwayne Clemens,
Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs What's Happening!! |
| #3322, aired 1999-02-02 | BIT ROLES $600: This Toronto Blue Jays strikeout king had a role in "Cobb" playing -- what else? -- a pitcher Roger Clemens |
| #3317, aired 1999-01-26 | WHAT A YEAR! $400: In this year, "Rock Around The Clock" was recorded, Roger Bannister beat the clock & Henri Matisse clocked out 1954 |
| #3313, aired 1999-01-20 | MAIN STREET U.S.A. $400: Established by Roger Williams, the oldest Baptist church in the U.S. is on this city's Main St. Providence |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | FRENCH LIT $200: After he toiled on his first work, "Cromwell", friends told this "Comedie Humane" man to give up literature Honoré de Balzac |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | "O" $200: Reporter Ben Reddick is credited with coining this "state"ly term for Dust Bowl refugees Okies |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | THE U.S. $200: Industry that gave the Illinois & Pennsylvania cities of Carbondale their names coal mining |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | PATRIOTIC SONGS $300: George M. Cohan was awarded a Congressional medal for writing this most famous song of World War I "Over There" |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | JACKS OF ALL TRADES $700 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Jack Ford, chief legal correspondent for NBC News.) Before joining NBC, I was an anchor for this cable network from its debut in 1991 to 1994 Court TV |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | MEDIEVAL PEOPLE $200: Roger II, king of this large island off Italy, was one of the 12th century's intellectual dynamos Sicily |
| #3272, aired 1998-11-24 | BIRTHPLACES $800: Famous sons of this Minnesota city where Bob Dylan grew up are Vincent Bugliosi & Roger Maris Hibbing |
| #3263, aired 1998-11-11 | SPORTS LEGENDS $600: On Sept. 8, 1998 Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris' home run record in Busch Stadium against this visiting team Chicago Cubs |
| #3263, aired 1998-11-11 | THE 13 COLONIES $1000: In 1634 William Blackstone, not Roger Williams, became the first Englishman to settle in this colony Rhode Island |
| #3262, aired 1998-11-10 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $500: Medieval instrument heard here a lute |
| #3261, aired 1998-11-09 | OLD TESTAMENT WOMEN $200: When David first saw her, she was "washing herself, and" she "was very beautiful to look upon" Bathsheba |
| #3240, aired 1998-10-09 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $300: The first book printed in the colonies was Stephen Day's "Whole Book of" these biblical songs in 1640 Psalms |
| #3240, aired 1998-10-09 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In March 1643 he left Rhode Island for England to get a formal charter for the colony Roger Williams |
| #3240, aired 1998-10-09 | INVENTORS $800: He invented the standard drum brake & built France's largest automobile company Louis Renault |
| #3240, aired 1998-10-09 | THE 50 STATES $1,500 (Daily Double): This state saw the birth of America's first hospital & first circulating library Pennsylvania |
| #3236, aired 1998-10-05 | EVERYDAY SYMBOLS $400: It's the "happy" nickname for the nautical flag seen here "Jolly Roger" |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | DINOSAUR LORE $500: Term for a meat-eating dinosaur like the Tyrannosaurus, or the title of a 1993 Roger Corman film Carnosaur |
| #3217, aired 1998-09-08 | IT'S MILLER TIME $400: This Tony Award winner had hits with "Do-Wacka-Do" & "King of the Road" Roger Miller |
| #3202, aired 1998-06-30 | THE POSITION PLAYED $300: Randy Johnson,
Roger Clemens,
Greg Maddux Pitcher |
| #3202, aired 1998-06-30 | ALL THUMBS $800 (Daily Double): Famous thumbs seen here:
(movie reviewers) Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert |
| #3197, aired 1998-06-23 | THE 1970s $400: In 1975 New Zealand's John Walker ran the mile in 3:49.4, beating this man's 1954 mark by 10 seconds Roger Bannister |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | ICE CREAM $400: Minty Python & Choc Ness Monster were suggestions for this company's new British flavor Ben & Jerry's |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | THE OCEAN $400: The Cyanea, a northern type of this, may have 100-foot-long tentacles & not one bone jellyfish |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | SONG STANDARDS $500: This 1944 Bing Crosby hit was subtitled "Mister In-Between" "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive" |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | SCOOPS $1,500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Andrea Mitchell of NBC News.) As a campaign reporter I got the scoop that George Bush had made this controversial choice August 16, 1988 selecting Dan Quayle as his running mate |
| #3182, aired 1998-06-02 | SPORTS $200 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Jim Lampley) This Oakland A's first baseman in 1996 hit 52 home runs -- most in the A.L. since Roger Maris hit 61 in '61 Mark McGwire |
| #3171, aired 1998-05-18 | SHAKESPEAREAN ANAGRAMS $400: We wonder if Roger Moore ever played this tragic young lover Romeo (Moore) |
| #3161, aired 1998-05-04 | THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY $800: You have to be a baritone to play Cortez in Roger Sessions' opera about this emperor of the Aztecs Montezuma |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | ROCK $200: In 1996 Roger Daltrey & other members of this group reunited for a new presentation of "Quadrophenia" The Who |
| #3154, aired 1998-04-23 | SPORTS $100: He hit 110 home runs in 1996 & 1997 -- more than any player in 2 straight seasons except Babe Ruth Mark McGwire |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | BASEBALL $600: This Yankee centerfielder hit a career record 18 World Series home runs -- 3 more than Babe Ruth Mickey Mantle |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | COLUMNISTS $400: This TV Guide columnist, sans Roger Ebert, reviews movies due to air during the upcoming week Siskel |
| #3095, aired 1998-01-30 | WHO'S ON FIRST? $100: In 1927 Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs but this first baseman & Yankee teammate was league MVP Lou Gehrig |
| #3089, aired 1998-01-22 | "T" TIME! $1000: This word can refer to a tree of the mahogany family or an animated character such as Roger Rabbit toon |
| #3085, aired 1998-01-16 | BOUGHT THE FARM $600: Both famous for playing this "M*A*S*H" character, Roger Bowen & McLean Stevenson died in February 1996 Col. Henry Blake |
| #3072, aired 1997-12-30 | CELEBRITIES $100: The screenplay for "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" was written by this partner of Gene Siskel Roger Ebert |
| #3070, aired 1997-12-26 | THINK PINK $500: John Waters is the director of "Pink Flamingos" & Roger Waters is the bassist of this rock group Pink Floyd |
| #3059, aired 1997-12-11 | 19th C. AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): On Dec. 28, 1835 President Jackson appointed Roger B. Taney to succeed this chief justice John Marshall |
| #3041, aired 1997-11-17 | THEY ALSO RAN $200: In May 1954 it took Roger Bannister 3 minutes 59.4 seconds to cover this distance Mile |
| #3031, aired 1997-11-03 | U.S. CITIES $800: This state capital is home to the 4 1/2 acre Roger Williams National Memorial Park Providence, Rhode Island |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | ANIMAL GROUPS $200: As Roger Miller pointed out, "You can't roller skate" in this group of buffalo Herd |
| #3014, aired 1997-10-09 | BIRD WATCHING $500: This artist & ornithologist known for his "Field Guide"s died at age 87 in 1996 Roger Tory Peterson |
| #3013, aired 1997-10-08 | ISMs $600: Critic Roger Fry coined this term for art like Cezanne's, which developed from a previous French style post-impressionism |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | FLOPS $400: Roger Ebert called this 1980 Michael Cimino film "Painful & unpleasant to look at" Heaven's Gate |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | DIRECTORS & THEIR FILMS $200: Robert Zemeckis directed this 1988 Disney hit, undoubtely the biggest bunny film of the decade Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #2996, aired 1997-09-15 | CELEBRITY ASTROLOGY $400: Roger Ebert is a Gemini & this partner is an Aquarius; hmmm, their signs are supposed to be compatible Gene Siskel |
| #2994, aired 1997-09-11 | SHAKE YOUR BOOTY $600: The name of this "merry" pirate flag may have come from the title "Ali Raja", "King of the Sea" the Jolly Roger |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | QUESTIONS $600: In a 1988 film Bob Hoskins must enter Toontown to answer this title question Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: This 13th century English philosopher predicted there would be cars, airplanes & ships without rowers Roger Bacon |
| #2958, aired 1997-06-11 | SPORTSWRITERS $500: Roger Kahn mourned Ebbets Field & the Brooklyn Dodgers in this 1971 bestseller The Boys of Summer |
| #2946, aired 1997-05-26 | TV PILOTS $100: Type of craft piloted by Roger E. Mosely on “Magnum, P.I.” & James Farrentino on “Blue Thunder” helicopter |
| #2946, aired 1997-05-26 | LITERATURE $1,000 (Daily Double): Her husband, a physician, assumed the name Roger Chillingworth Hester Prynne |
| #2929, aired 1997-05-01 | BOND... JAMES BOND $1000: In his first appearance as Bond in "Live and Let Die", he took on Mr. Big Roger Moore |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | PEOPLE & PLACES $400: The 2 Scandinavian countries with the largest population of Lapps Norway & Sweden |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | CINCO DE MAYO $400: Founded in the 13th century by the Kirghiz, it adopted its constitution May 5, 1993 Kyrgyzstan |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | PHOTOGRAPHY $1000: This photographer & her husband Erskine Caldwell published the 1937 work "You Have Seen Their Faces" Margaret Bourke-White |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | SCIENCE $2,000 (Daily Double): Often quite expensive, it's considered the strongest natural fiber silk |
| #2924, aired 1997-04-24 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $400: This collection of sayings is sometimes referred to as the "Book of Wisdom" Proverbs |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | ROGER $100: From 1973 to 1985 he could say "The name is Bond, James Bond" Roger Moore |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | ROGER $200: He's been the film critic at the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967 Roger Ebert |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | ROGER $300: After a shoulder operation he won the Cy Young Award in 1986 & 1987 Roger Clemens |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | ROGER $400: He founded the first Baptist church in America in 1639 Roger Williams |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | ROGER $500: If you gave him 4 minutes in 1954, he could run a mile & still have time remaining Roger Bannister |
| #2899, aired 1997-03-20 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $300: In 1636 he established Rhode Island's first permanent European settlement at Providence Roger Williams |
| #2875, aired 1997-02-14 | STATE CAPITALS $400: It's nicknamed "The Roger Williams City" Providence, Rhode Island |
| #2871, aired 1997-02-10 | ESSAYS $200: Roger Ebert has recently edited a book of essays & other writings on this subject movies |
| #2853, aired 1997-01-15 | SILLY SONGS $300: According to the title of a Roger Miller song, it's what you can't do "In a buffalo herd" Roller skate |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | POP MUSIC $300: This 1960s pop & country star opened a hotel in Nashville called King Of The Road Roger Miller |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | CONTINENTAL CONGRESSMEN $300: 2 of the 4 great documents of the Continental Congress; Roger Sherman was the only man to sign all 4 (2 of) Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Articles of Association & The Constitution |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | MODERN HISTORY $400: In 1967 a launch pad fire claimed the lives of Edward White, Roger Chaffee & this astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom |
| #2817, aired 1996-11-26 | HOME RUN SLUGGERS $300: When he slugged 61 home runs in 1961, his batting average was only .269 Roger Maris |
| #2809, aired 1996-11-14 | THEY USED TO BE TRUCK DRIVERS $500: This British star of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" was formerly a truck driver, a steeplejack & a fire eater Bob Hoskins |
| #2801, aired 1996-11-04 | BLACK ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: In the 3 "Lethal Weapon" films, he played detective Roger Murtaugh Danny Glover |
| #2786, aired 1996-10-14 | THE 12th CENTURY $600: In 1130 Roger II became king of this Italian island state & made his court at Palermo Sicily |
| #2782, aired 1996-10-08 | TELEVISION HISTORY $600: In 1964 CBS News paired Roger Mudd & Robert Trout in response to the popularity of this NBC duo Huntley and Brinkley |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | PHYSICIANS $400: The first to break the 4-minute mile, he quit athletic competition in late 1954 to practice medicine (Roger) Bannister |
| #2724, aired 1996-06-06 | THE MOVIES $500: He directed both the 1957 & 1988 versions of "And God Created Woman" Roger Vadim |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | PEOPLE $400: He was a fiddler for Minnie Pearl before he became "King of the Road" Roger Miller |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | DOCTOR $100: Roger Sperry's studies of how this organ's halves split up processes won him a 1981 Nobel Prize Brain |
| #2667, aired 1996-03-19 | COLONIAL AMERICANS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1636 he bought land at the head of Narragansett Bay Roger Williams |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | 20th CENTURY OPERA $800: In "King Roger" the queen of this largest Mediterranean island loves a shepherd prophet from India Sicily |
| #2661, aired 1996-03-11 | THE 1650s $300: From 1654 to 1657, he served as president of the Rhode Island colony Roger Williams |
| #2653, aired 1996-02-28 | LITERATURE $200: In this novel Hester Prynne's husband conceals his identity & assumes the name Roger Chillingworth The Scarlet Letter |
| #2638, aired 1996-02-07 | THE MOORES $1,000 (Daily Double): Moore associated with the following: Roger Moore |
| #2630, aired 1996-01-26 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $300: In 1954 Roger Bannister became the first person to do this in under 4 minutes run a mile |
| #2609, aired 1995-12-28 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $1000: This choral conductor formed his famous chorale in 1946 Roger Wagner |
| #2597, aired 1995-12-12 | SPORTS $400: Although he hit 61 home runs in 1961, he averaged fewer than 20 a year the rest of his career Roger Maris |
| #2596, aired 1995-12-11 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $100: The word roger, meaning a rouge, may have led to this term for a pirate flag Jolly Roger |
| #2581, aired 1995-11-20 | POP MUSIC $200: In 1989, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend & John Entwistle reunited as this group for an American tour The Who |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | PIGS ON FILM $200: Roger Ebert describes her water ballet number in "The Great Muppet Caper" as Busby Berkeley-like Miss Piggy |
| #2555, aired 1995-10-13 | THE MOVIES $500: "Repulsion", starring Catherine Deneuve, was this director's first English-language film Roman Polanski |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | THE 1994 OSCARS $200: Best Original Screenplay went to this film's Roger Avary & Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction |
| #2532, aired 1995-09-12 | RELIGION $600: In 1991 Roger Mahony, the archbishop of this city, became America's youngest cardinal Los Angeles |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | AMERICANA $500: 1636, the date on Rhode Island's state seal, is the year he founded Providence Roger WIlliams |
| #2514, aired 1995-07-06 | "LADY"s $200: The earliest account of her ride through Coventry comes from Roger of Wendover in the 13th c. Lady Godiva |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | NEW ENGLAND TRIVIA $400: In 1636 Roger Williams settled among these Indians who gave their name to a bay Narragansett |
| #2503, aired 1995-06-21 | RELIGION $600: On March 14, 1644, this clergyman received a charter for Rhode Island (Roger) Williams |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $500: Among this director's wives were Brigitte Bardot & Jane Fonda Roger Vadim |
| #2477, aired 1995-05-16 | NONFICTION $500: In her memoir "Leading With My Heart" she reminisced about life & raising sons Bill & Roger Virginia Clinton |
| #2467, aired 1995-05-02 | STATE CAPITALS $400: Covering about 430 acres, Roger Williams Park is this city's largest Providence |
| #2452, aired 1995-04-11 | SONGS $100: In a Roger Miller song, this title line follows "I'm a man of means by no means" "King Of The Road" |
| #2444, aired 1995-03-30 | FOUNDERS $800: 1 of the 3 Plymouth colonists who founded Duxbury, Massachusetts John Alden, Miles Standish, William Brewster |
| #2442, aired 1995-03-28 | NORTH DAKOTA $400: This Yankee who broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record has a N. Dakota museum devoted to him (Roger) Maris |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | CELEBRITY RELATIVES $500: Diane Ladd gained notice while appearing in a production of this cousin's play "Orpheus Descending" Tennessee Williams |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | POTPOURRI $100: Beers from this country include Murphy's Export Stout & Guinness Extra Stout Ireland |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | WORLD RELIGIONS $100: In 1993 this group celebrated the centennial of the completion of its temple in Salt Lake City the Mormons |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | U.S. STATES $800 (Daily Double): State in which you'd find Crater of Diamonds State Park Arkansas |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | SWEET TREATS $800: It's the flavor of the sauce that's served with Crepes Suzette orange |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: The ancient Egyptian civil calendar was based on this annual event the flooding of the Nile |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | PEANUTS $200: Peanuts originated on this continent South America |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | U.S. CITIES $300: Statues of Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas stand on the grounds of its capitol building Springfield, Illinois |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | U.S. CITIES $400: Cow Town, a tourist site in this largest Kansas city, is a reproduction of the early city Wichita |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | GUINNESS RECORDS $500: The world's largest mosque is the Shah Faisal Mosque near Islamabad in this country Pakistan |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $1000: "Soldiers Of God" is the anthem of this largest African country in area Sudan |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | INVENTORS $200: This inventor of condensed milk was a Direct descendant of Roger Williams Gail Borden |
| #2368, aired 1994-12-14 | THE GRAMMYS $300: This artist won 3 Grammys for "Dang Me" in 1965, including Best Country & Western Song Roger Miller |
| #2359, aired 1994-12-01 | OXFORD UNIVERSITY $600: While studying medicine at Oxford, he took up track & in 1954 ran a 3:59.4 mile at a meet there Roger Bannister |
| #2336, aired 1994-10-31 | FRANCE $800: Among the firms on "L'Avenue de" this in Epernay are Pol Roger & Moet et Chandon Champagne |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | U.S. CITIES $700 (Daily Double): State capital in which you'd find Roger Williams National Memorial Providence (Rhode Island) |
| #2329, aired 1994-10-20 | ANIMATION $200: Scandal hit the papers in 1994 when a few frames of Jessica Rabbit in this film were found very revealing Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | "AMERICAN" ORGANIZATIONS $400: From 1920-1950 Roger Baldwin was director of this legal group that participated in the Scopes Trial the American Civil Liberties Union |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: In the 1989 film "Roger & Me", Roger was Roger Smith, the CEO of this auto corporation General Motors |
| #2281, aired 1994-07-04 | HAILS & FAREWELLS $400: In radio communications, these words mean; received will comply, finished signing off Roger, Wilco, over & out |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | SINGERS $400: He wrote & sang lots of wacky songs, including "Do-Wacka-Do" & "My Uncle used to love me but she died" Roger Miller |
| #2271, aired 1994-06-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: This 3 Musketeers maker also owns Uncle Ben's Rice Mars |
| #2271, aired 1994-06-20 | STATE CAPITALS $400: In an alphabetical listing, this capital comes first Albany |
| #2271, aired 1994-06-20 | STATE CAPITALS $500: You'll find this state capital at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains Santa Fe |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | SAUCES $400: Hot chilies & garlic go into rouille sauce, often served with this French fish stew bouillabaisse |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: In 1869, at a convention of nondrinkers, this political party was founded the Prohibition Party |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: One may be of duty, of credit or of scrimmage a line |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | THE BIBLE $600: "In the first year of Belshazzar King of Babylon" this prophet "had a dream and visions" Daniel |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | NEWSPAPERS $100: This Utah city's Tribune is the state's only morning newspaper Salt Lake City |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS $500: A special award is named in honor of this director of biblical epics, its first recipient De Mille |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | COMPOSERS $600: He studied with Christian Gottlob Neefe in his native Bonn, Germany before going to Vienna in 1792 Ludwig von Beethoven |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | PRINCELY NICKNAMES $800: This brother of a presidential assassin was known as "The Prince of Players" Edwin Booth |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | THE 50 STATES $800: Pennsylvania shares the historic Brandywine Creek with this state to the south Delaware |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | THE CIVIL WAR $1,500 (Daily Double): Neither the Monitor nor the Merrimack was sunk in the 1862 battle named for this Virginia channel Hampton Roads |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | SAINTS $2,000 (Daily Double): This mystic & foundress of an order was born at Avila & died at Alba de Tormes St. Teresa |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | COLONIAL AMERICA $800: After he was banned from Mass. Bay, this minister spent the winter of 1635 with the Wampanoag Indians Roger Williams |
| #2260, aired 1994-06-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: When his nominee, Roger B. Taney, was rejected in 1834, Levi Woodbury became Treasury Secretary Andrew Jackson |
| #2254, aired 1994-05-26 | THE MOVIES $300: In 1968 this successor to Roger Moore as James Bond made his film debut in "The Lion in Winter" (Timothy) Dalton |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | COMMON BONDS $100: The Royal
Standard,
the Jolly Roger,
the Stars
and Stripes flags |
| #2235, aired 1994-04-29 | FILM DIRECTORS $1000: This French director was Jane Fonda's first husband Roger Vadim |
| #2227, aired 1994-04-19 | THE 1960s $400: In the 162nd & last game of the 1961 season, he hit his 61st home run Roger Maris |
| #2219, aired 1994-04-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In the 1630s America's first Baptist church was established in Providence, Rhode Island by this pastor Roger Williams |
| #2163, aired 1994-01-19 | POP MUSIC $100: This Roger Miller tune begins, "Trailer for sale or rent, room to let fifty cents" "King Of The Road" |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $1000: A nat'l memorial to this religious dissenter lies at the Rhode Island site where he settled in the 17th c. Roger Williams |
| #2139, aired 1993-12-16 | THE SPORT PLAYED $400: Cecil Fielder,
Roger Clemens,
Dennis Eckersley baseball |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | STATE CAPITALS $600: Founded by Roger Williams in 1638, the oldest Baptist church in the U.S. is in this city Providence (Rhode Island) |
| #2134, aired 1993-12-09 | '50s FILM FACTS $400: He portrayed King Henri II of France in the 1955 film "Diane" 18 years before we spied him as James Bond Roger Moore |
| #2132, aired 1993-12-07 | LITERARY BUNNIES $400: Gary K. Wolf's book asked "Who Censored" this character, not "Who Framed" him Roger Rabbit |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | HISTORICAL OPERAS $300: This Aztec is the title character in operas by Karl Heinrich Braun & Roger Sessions Montezuma |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $800: In 1981 accountant Roger B. Smith became CEO of this American automaker General Motors |
| #2091, aired 1993-10-11 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $800: He played Antony, Mark Antony in 1986, the same year he signed on to play Bond, James Bond Timothy Dalton |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | ROCK GROUPS $200: John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey The Who |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | ROCK GROUPS $500: Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, John Taylor, Roger Taylor & Simon Le Bon Duran Duran |
| #2042, aired 1993-06-22 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $100: Roger Williams was the "Rebel of", not the "Witch of", this Massachusetts city Salem |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | AWARDS $800: In 1986 this Boston Red Sox pitcher won the Cy Young Award & was named MVP in the American League Roger Clemens |
| #2020, aired 1993-05-21 | PIRATES $200: Although most of these featured a skull & crossbones, some had flaming swords or hourglasses pirate flags (or the jolly roger) |
| #1996, aired 1993-04-19 | THE GRAMMYS $400: This Roger Miller tune was responsible for 5 Grammys in 1965, including Best Rock & Roll Single "King Of The Road" |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | CATS & DOGS $200: Cats with this color pattern are called "torties" for short tortoiseshell |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | CATS & DOGS $300: Prince Charles could tell you the Sealyham terrier was developed in this part of the British Isles Wales |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Only about 20 miles of this 252-mile-long river that runs through Rome is navigable the Tiber |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | CATS & DOGS $500: This sporting dog that ofen has amber eyes was bred by nobles at the Weimar Court the Weimeraner |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: In 1933 he became the last president whose term of office ended on March 4 Hoover |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | FRUIT $3,400 (Daily Double): Used as a topping for peach Melba, Melba sauce is made mainly of this fruit raspberries |
| #1965, aired 1993-03-05 | CHIEF JUSTICES $400: Roger Taney is remembered for his opinion in this 1857 case on slaves' rights Dred Scott |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | MUSEUMS $3,000 (Daily Double): Indian relics are on display at the Roger Williams Park Museum in this state capital Providence (Rhode Island) |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | "4"! $500: Roger Bannister called this sports record "an Everest—a challenge to the human spirit" the 4-minute mile |
| #1929, aired 1993-01-14 | BOOKS ON AUDIOTAPE $100: Roger Rees reads "H.", Lin Haire-Sargeant's tale of this brooding hero's journey back to Wuthering Heights Heathcliff |
| #1887, aired 1992-11-17 | MYSTERIES $300: Her book, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", was inspired partly by a suggestion from Lord Mountbatten Agatha Christie |
| #1869, aired 1992-10-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: Dang me; songs like "Dang Me" earned him a place in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Roger Miller |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | COLONIAL AMERICANS $400: This clergyman went to England in 1643 to secure a charter for Rhode Island Roger Williams |
| #1848, aired 1992-09-23 | PEOPLE $300: They're Siskel & Ebert's first names Gene & Roger |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | DANCE $400: The Sir Roger de Coverley, an English dance, evolved into this Virginia line dance a reel |
| #1846, aired 1992-09-21 | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE $1000: Roger Sherman on the committee to draft the declaration also helped write this 1781 compact the Articles of Confederation |
| #1806, aired 1992-06-08 | IN STATUARY HALL $800: In 1872 Rhode Island put a statue of this founder in the Hall Roger Williams |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | DISNEY WORLD $300: This "hare with the flair" is the presiding spirit of the park's "Bi-Tencennial" Roger Rabbit |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | POP MUSIC $100: Roger Miller sang, "Third boxcar, midnight train, destination" this city Bangor, Maine |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: This Rhode Island bay is named after the Indians who sold Roger Williams the land Narragansett |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | RELIGION $600: Many early Englanders including Roger Williams were members of this extreme Protestant group the Puritans |
| #1737, aired 1992-03-03 | COMIC BOOKS $100: He has his own Disney comic plus a "Toontown" spin-off Roger Rabbit |
| #1737, aired 1992-03-03 | "B" IN LITERATURE $200: Captain Roger Byam narrates the novel about the mutiny on this ship the Bounty |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: The story of her naked ride first appeared in the chronicle of Roger of Wendover Lady Godiva |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: A statue of Roger Williams stands in a park overlooking this city Williams founded in 1636 Providence |
| #1691, aired 1991-12-30 | RHODE ISLAND $600: Some early settlements were called plantations & this first one was founded by Roger Williams Providence |
| #1686, aired 1991-12-23 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY $300: The Roger in the title of Michael Moore's 1989 documentary "Roger and Me" is this retired GM exec Smith |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | POLITICS $800: It's the fraction of votes needed in the House & Senate to override a president's veto two-thirds |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | PROVERBS $800: "The more" of these, "the more offenders" laws |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | MATHEMATICS $1000: The term for part of a circle formed between 2 radii & the circumference a sector |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | STATE PARKS $1000: The 2 states in which you'll find a Washington Crossing State Park Pennsylvania & New Jersey |
| #1673, aired 1991-12-04 | THE PULITZER PRIZE $600: Writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, he won a 1975 Pulitzer for his film criticism Roger Ebert |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | 1970 $200: Dr. Roger Payne & his wife released recordings they made of these animals "singing" whales |
| #1644, aired 1991-10-24 | RABBITS IN FILM $200: This 1988 film about a rabbit actor won 4 Oscars, including one for Special Visual Effects Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #1634, aired 1991-10-10 | "SMITH" & "JONES" $300: "77 Sunset Strip" actor who now manages wife Ann-Margret's career Roger Smith |
| #1574, aired 1991-06-06 | OKLAHOMANS $300: This Yankee slugger hit over 50 home runs in a season twice, 1956 & 1961 Mickey Mantle |
| #1559, aired 1991-05-16 | HISTORY $300: Roger Fenton did this in the Crimean War, as Mathew Brady later did in the Civil War take pictures |
| #1557, aired 1991-05-14 | STATE CAPITALS $500 (Daily Double): Roger Williams Park covers more than 450 acres in this capital city Providence, Rhode Island |
| #1533, aired 1991-04-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: The site of Pawtucket is part of the land he purchased from the Narragansett Indians Roger Williams |
| #1518, aired 1991-03-20 | PEOPLE $300: Roger Rees played Nicholas Nickleby on the stage before playing Robin Colcord on this sitcom Cheers |
| #1495, aired 1991-02-15 | STATE CAPITALS $500: Roger Williams purchased the site for this capital from the Narragansett Indians Providence |
| #1490, aired 1991-02-08 | BASEBALL $200: In 1987 this Red Sox pitcher became only the fourth man to win 2 consecutive Cy Young Awards Roger Clemens |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | SPORTS $200: Some fans were angry that he broke Babe Ruth's record when he hit 61 home runs in 1961 Roger Maris |
| #1435, aired 1990-11-23 | CARTOONS $400: This comic character's roller coaster rode into theaters in tandem with Dick Tracy Roger Rabbit |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | MUSICAL THEATER $400: In this musical based on a Roger Corman film, no one heeds the musical warning, "Don't feed the plants!" Little Shop of Horrors |
| #1414, aired 1990-10-25 | COUNTRY SONGS $400: In this song Roger Miller told us, "They oughta take a rope & hang me high from the highest tree" "Dang Me" |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | CELEBRITY BOOKS $200: He wrote his "Movie Home Companion" without Gene Siskel (Roger) Ebert |
| #1382, aired 1990-09-11 | THEATRE $400: The first of her books to be dramatized was "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" which became the play "Alibi" Agatha Christie |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | COLORS $1000: It's another name for the Jolly Roger the black flag |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | POTPOURRI $200: Organization which sponsors "The Great American Smokeout" the American Cancer Society |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | ROYALTY $500: King Boris III of Bulgaria was the son-in-law of this country's King Victor Emmanuel III Italy |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | 1989 $600: On Sept. 20, 1989 he was sworn in as the new President of South Africa de Klerk |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | TV SITCOMS $800: "Blood on the Badge" was a novel written by Detective Ron Harris on this sitcom Barney Miller |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | POTPOURRI $800: The current cost of mailing a standard postcard 15 cents |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | ROYALTY $1000: Before allowing Portugal's Manuel I to marry their daughter, this couple forced him to expel the Jews Ferdinand & Isabella |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | TV SITCOMS $1000: The relationship of Granny to Jed Clampett in "The Beverly Hillbillies" mother-in-law |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | 1989 $1000: He died in Hawaii in September at age 72 Ferdinand Marcos |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | THE NEW WORLD $1500: The Manhasset, Shinnecock, Patchogue & Montauk Indians all lived on this island Long Island |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | ROYALTY $2500: The only son of Nicholas II, he was the 1st male heir born to a reigning Romanov czar since the 1600s Alexei |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $7,500 (Daily Double): The Food Stamp Program is administered by this Cabinet department the Department of Agriculture |
| #7, aired 1990-07-28 | WORLD TRAVEL $200: EPCOT, as in EPCOT Center, is an acronym for "Experimental Prototype Community of" this Tomorrow |
| #7, aired 1990-07-28 | BODIES OF WATER $500: The Strait of Belle Isle separates the Island of Newfoundland from this, its mainland terr. Labrador |
| #7, aired 1990-07-28 | TOMs & THOMASes $600: He's the current Speaker of the House Tom Foley |
| #7, aired 1990-07-28 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $1500: Isotopes are atoms having the same number of protons by different numbers of these neutrons |
| #7, aired 1990-07-28 | NEW TESTAMENT $2500: In the Book of Revelation, this archangel does battle with Satan Michael |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: Roger Bacon, John Duns Scotus & William of Ockham were among the Franciscans who taught here Oxford |
| #1359, aired 1990-06-28 | POTPOURRI $400: He was captured by Indians while exploring the Chickahominy River in 1607 John Smith |
| #1325, aired 1990-05-11 | MEDIEVAL PEOPLE $800: Known as Friar Roger, this English scientist & philosopher foresaw the airplane Roger Bacon |
| #1322, aired 1990-05-08 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Chas. Fleischer provided the voice of Benny the Cab & the title character in this 1988 blockbuster Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | INK $400: 1988 film that featured a will written in Acme disappearing & re-appearing ink Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | SINGERS $300: He wrote the song that begins "Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let -- fifty cents" Roger Miller ("King of the Road") |
| #1236, aired 1990-01-08 | U.S. HISTORY $300: Roger Williams founded R.I. after he was banished from this colony for his religious beliefs Massachusetts |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | COUNTRY CLASSICS $400: The title of a Roger Miller song, it precedes "they oughta take a rope and hang me" "Dang Me" |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | CELEBRITIES $400: The French called her "La BB Americaine" even before Roger Vadim divorced Bardot & married her Jane Fonda |
| #1221, aired 1989-12-18 | LEFTOVERS $600: In the early 1960's these 2 New York Yankees were known as the "M & M Boys" Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris |
| #1194, aired 1989-11-09 | NAME'S THE SAME $300: The CEO of General Motors, or the actor who costarred with Efrem Zimbalist Jr. on "77 Sunset Strip" Roger Smith |
| #1191, aired 1989-11-06 | COMMON BONDS $100: Bernard F. Law, Roger Mahony & John J. O'Connor Catholic Cardinals |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | NEBRASKAN ACTORS $200: French director Roger Vadim was a son-in-law of this performer from Grand Island, Nebraska Henry Fonda |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BASEBALL MANAGERS $500: This San Francisco Giants manager has the same name as a 49ers running back Roger Craig |
| #1126, aired 1989-06-26 | MYSTERIES $200: The 1926 novel "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" made this mystery author world famous Agatha Christie |
| #1102, aired 1989-05-23 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $800: Briefly a baptist & later a non-denominational Christian, he founded R.I. as a center of religious liberty Roger Williams |
| #1099, aired 1989-05-18 | THE SPORT PLAYED $300: Jose Canseco, Roger Clemens & Darryl Strawberry baseball |
| #1092, aired 1989-05-09 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: Surprisingly, Bob Hoskins wasn't nominated for an Oscar for his work with this animated title character Roger Rabbit |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | BOYS IN THE BAND $200: Pete Townshend,
Roger Daltrey,
John Entwistle The Who |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | BOYS IN THE BAND $300: Roger Waters,
David Gilmour,
Nick Mason Pink Floyd |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: Robt. Livingston, Roger Sherman, Ben Franklin & John Adams were members of the committee of 5 that drafted it the Declaration of Independence |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | NEWSPAPERS $1000: Chicago paper that's home of film critic Roger Ebert the (Chicago) Sun-Times |
| #1065, aired 1989-03-31 | NAME THAT TOON $300: They worked as waiters in "Mary Poppins" & "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" -- tuxedos & all penguins |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | '88 MOVIES $200: There were so many animation units for this Spielberg-Disney prod. the credits ran 6 1/2 minutes Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #1010, aired 1989-01-13 | RHYMING PAIRS $400: When S.F. Giants manager Mr. Craig pitched for Brooklyn, he could have been called this Roger Dodger |
| #1007, aired 1989-01-10 | SONG $200: Long before Roger Rabbit, Brer Rabbit hopped down the road with James Baskett in this 1946 film Song of the South |
| #1002, aired 1989-01-03 | RHODE ISLAND $600: Rhode Island has a national memorial honoring this man, its founder Roger Williams |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | MOVIE LOCALES $800: This Roger Vadim movie was filmed in St. Tropez; the '88 remake was shot in Santa Fe, N.M. ...And God Created Woman |
| #989, aired 1988-12-15 | ACTRESSES $600: She provides the speaking voice for Mrs. Roger Rabbit Kathleen Turner |
| #985, aired 1988-12-09 | NEWSCASTERS $400: He's a descendant of the doctor who treated Lincoln's assassin Roger Mudd |
| #969, aired 1988-11-17 | "AND" SO IT GOES $600: Title of 1956 French film & its 1988 American remake, both directed by Roger Vadim And God Created Woman |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | JOLLY "ROGER"S $100: Maroon Studios star who enjoyed a Diet Coke while watching his wife, Jessica, perform Roger Rabbit |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | JOLLY "ROGER"S $300: In one episode, she coached Rob's brother, Stacey Petrie, through a practice date Sally Rogers |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | JOLLY "ROGER"S $400 (Daily Double): Singer of the following, a Jolly Roger if we ever heard one:
"You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd, can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd..." Roger Miller |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | JOLLY "ROGER"S $400: As Harcourt Fenton Mudd, he gave Captain Kirk no end of trouble Roger C. Carmel |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | JOLLY "ROGER"S $500: Both Elliott Gould and this man played Trapper John McIntyre in "M*A*S*H" Wayne Rogers |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | SPORTS GREATS $300: Having done it 5 times, this former Dallas QB holds the Super Bowl record for fumbles Roger Staubach |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | 19TH C. AMERICANS $600: Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney is best known for having handed down this decision Dred Scott |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | THE HUSBAND MARRIED $400: Brigitte Bardot,
Annette Stroyberg & Jane Fonda,
but not Catherine Deneuve Roger Vadim |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | THE 17th CENTURY $600: Clergyman who, in 1639, founded the 1st Baptist church in the U.S. in Providence, R.I. Roger Williams |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | STARTS WITH "SU" $600: It means "with highest praise", so be glad if it's on your diploma summa (cum laude) |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | A.K.A. $600: Actor-comedian-movie director Joseph Levitch, who changed his name but not his initials Jerry Lewis |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | COMPOSERS $800: Though this Polish composer never took piano lessons after age 12, he became a great pianist Chopin |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): This 1895 novel, subtitled "An Episode of the American Civil War", was written by a 22-year-old The Red Badge of Courage |
| #921, aired 1988-09-12 | WEATHER $400: Closely connected to thunderstorms, this type of storm most often occurs around Denver hailstorms |
| #916, aired 1988-09-05 | TRACK & FIELD $100: On May 6, 1954 he became the 1st person to break the 4-minute mile Roger Bannister |
| #897, aired 1988-06-28 | MUSIC MAKERS $600: His big break was when Roger Miller became the 1st of dozens to record his song "Me & Bobby McGee" Kris Kristofferson |
| #895, aired 1988-06-24 | MUSICALS $800: In 1988, he played the role of Pap for the Nashville opening of his own musical "Big River" Roger Miller |
| #890, aired 1988-06-17 | 1962 $200: He re-signed with the Yankees for $72,500, almost twice what he got in 1961, when he hit 61 homers Roger Maris |
| #886, aired 1988-06-13 | "SUMMER" $500: 1972 book by Roger Kahn about the Brooklyn Dodgers of the early 1950s The Boys of Summer |
| #864, aired 1988-05-12 | WEAPONS $300: The oldest of all explosives, its formula appears in a 13th century book by Roger Bacon gunpowder |
| #847, aired 1988-04-19 | BASEBALL $200: This Boston pitcher was the only one to win 20 or more games in both 1986 & 1987 Roger Clemens |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | "DD" $1000: Once tagged "the premier broadcast journalist in Washington", he was with CBS for 19 years Roger Mudd |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | FICTIONAL HEROINES $1000: She was Roger Chillingworth's wife; you get an "A" if you get this one Hester Prynne |
| #793, aired 1988-02-03 | COMMON BONDS $300: "Do-Wacka-Do",
"Chug-A-Lug",
"Dang Me" words from Roger Miller songs |
| #779, aired 1988-01-14 | MAIDEN NAMES $500: Mrs. Roger Smith Ann-Margret |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | INTERNATIONAL ACTRESSES $300: She starred in 1st film Roger Vadim directed & became his 1st wife Brigitte Bardot |
| #770, aired 1988-01-01 | MARYLANDERS $1000: Maryland-born Chief Justice Roger Taney is perhaps best known for this 1857 decision the Dred Scott decision |
| #764, aired 1987-12-24 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $300: Ex-James Bond who said, "I replace everyone. I'll be replacing Mickey Mouse in about three years" Roger Moore |
| #736, aired 1987-11-16 | AKA $300: Helen Louise Leonard got this stage name from Tony Pastor and her diamonds, we assume, from Jim Brady Lillian Russell |
| #736, aired 1987-11-16 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1000: Only state that fits the category Massachusetts |
| #735, aired 1987-11-13 | AUTO SHOP $300: MacPherson struts are not dance steps but types of these shock absorbers (or suspension devices) |
| #735, aired 1987-11-13 | ARTS & CRAFTS $400: Twining, coiling, and weaving are the three basic methods of making these baskets |
| #735, aired 1987-11-13 | ANIMALS $400: The number of toes on the foot of a hippopotamus; especially the ones in Disney's "Fantasia" four |
| #735, aired 1987-11-13 | TEXAS $600: Largest lake entirely in Texas is named for this long-time Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn |
| #735, aired 1987-11-13 | TOUGH DISNEY $1000: Title character of this 1961 live-action hit was named Ned Brainard The Absent-Minded Professor |
| #726, aired 1987-11-02 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $300: Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, or a term for what holds 2 or more atoms together in a compound Bond |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500: This medieval Eng. philosopher lived 350 years before Francis Bacon, with whom he's often confused Roger Bacon |
| #656, aired 1987-06-15 | NAME CHANGES $300: Of Roger Moore, Garry Moore or Sir Thomas More, the 1 whose real name was Thomas Garrison Morfit Garry Moore |
| #637, aired 1987-05-19 | BUSINESS TRIVIA $1000: The product war discussed in Roger Enrico's "The Other Guy Just Blinked" involved these 2 companies Coca-Cola & Pepsi-Cola |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | BROADWAY $600: "Big River", a musical with songs by singer Roger Miller, is based on this classic American novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | U.S. CITIES $500 (Daily Double): Only city that's mentioned in this song: "Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents / No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes..." Bangor, Maine |
| #554, aired 1987-01-22 | PEOPLE $800: Roger Vadim called this ex-wife "a monster of efficiency who often made me think of a robot" Jane Fonda |
| #552, aired 1987-01-20 | BASEBALL $500: In May 1986 this Red Sox pitcher struck out not only 20 batters in 9 innings, but the old record Roger Clemens |
| #545, aired 1987-01-09 | WOMEN IN THE NEWS $600: Of Bardot, Deneuve, or Fonda, the 1 not suing Roger Vadim for invasion of privacy Jane Fonda |
| #535, aired 1986-12-26 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $400: In football, "The Dodger" has referred to this Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach |
| #534, aired 1986-12-25 | BASEBALL $1000: For a single season, it's the 56 hit by Hack Wilson in 1930 the National League record for home runs |
| #530, aired 1986-12-19 | NORTH DAKOTA $600: "Yankee" who grew up in Fargo, he holds Major League record for most home runs in one season Roger Maris |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | TELEVISION $600: Of "The Promoters", "The Persuaders", or "The Protectors", what Roger Moore & Tony Curtis were The Persuaders |
| #505, aired 1986-11-14 | "MOORE" OR "LES" $200: While James Bond may not have been a "saint", he was Roger Moore |
| #494, aired 1986-10-30 | TOYS IN SONG $200: According to Roger Miller in 1966, "You can't" do this "in a buffalo herd" roller skate |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | ACTORS & ROLE $100: British secret agent
played by Barry Nelson, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, & Sean Connery James Bond |
| #464, aired 1986-09-18 | MINI-COUNTRIES $200: Capital city of Singapore Singapore |
| #464, aired 1986-09-18 | THE DESERT $300: Of the equator, Tropics of Cancer or of Capricorn, the 2 lines near which most of the world's deserts lie Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn |
| #464, aired 1986-09-18 | CRAZY TALK $400: Bid adieu to one's feelings of touch, taste, sight, sound & smell "to take leave of one's senses" |
| #464, aired 1986-09-18 | SCIENTISTS $400: Guillaume Amontons' 17th century thermometer was 1st filled with this & corrected for air pressure mercury |
| #464, aired 1986-09-18 | GREAT DAMES $400: Boisterous lament of Rodgers & Hammerstein's lovesick sailors "There is Nothing Like a Dame" |
| #464, aired 1986-09-18 | MINI-COUNTRIES $1000: Independent since 301 A.D., this "most serene republic" in Europe is the oldest republic in the world San Marino |
| #464, aired 1986-09-18 | KNIGHTS $1000: Sir Gawain beheads him in an epic poem, but still lets this knight share the title the Green Knight |
| #463, aired 1986-09-17 | HISTORY $100: In 1926, 6'4", 240 lb. Ibn-Saud became king & later unified this country Saudi Arabia |
| #463, aired 1986-09-17 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $200: Secretary of state who said western nations had, in effect, told Libya's Kadafi, "You've had it, pal" George Shultz |
| #463, aired 1986-09-17 | WHO CARES? $300: A peat moss leaf is generally only this many cells thick 1 |
| #463, aired 1986-09-17 | WHO CARES? $400: Research Associates found it was the favorite color of 51% of Nebraska residents polled blue |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | U.S. HISTORY $200: At start of 1880s this branch of the U.S. military reportedly ranked 12th in world, behind Chile the U.S. Navy |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $300: In "The Last Dragon", Leroy aspired to be like this actor-turned-legend Bruce Lee |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | LEGS $400: In "Moby Dick", Capt. Ahab's artificial leg was made of this whalebone |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | NUMBER PLEASE $400: The only number on a standard push button telephone with no letters over it 1 |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: David Lean wanted Charles Laughton for this film, but Alec Guinness got the part & the Oscar The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | SHAKESPEARE $400: The Earl of Essex used a performance of "Richard II" to incite a revolt during this monarch's reign Queen Elizabeth I |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | EQIUVALENCIES $500: This country's equivalent of our House of Representatives is the Dail Ireland |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | SHAKESPEARE $600: This title character calls life "A tale told by an idiot, full of sound & fury, signifying nothing" Macbeth |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | RELIGION $800: He told Newport, R.I. Jews, U.S. govt. "Gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance" George Washington |
| #460, aired 1986-09-12 | BANKRUPTCIES $200: Insolvent companies can file for reorganization under this chapter of U.S. Bankruptcy Code Chapter 11 |
| #460, aired 1986-09-12 | "DR." MOVIES $800: 1st in a series of Dirk Bogarde movies, it's part of question asked Doctor in the House |
| #460, aired 1986-09-12 | LANDMARKS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1935, Eleanor Roosevelt urged the addition of a 5th figure to it, representing "American Womanhood" Mount Rushmore |
| #447, aired 1986-05-27 | NEWSCASTERS $300: Anchor of NBC's "American Almanac" who is the daughter of a Nationalist Chinese diplomat Connie Chung |
| #440, aired 1986-05-16 | ROCK 'N' ROLL TRIVIA $200: From 1964 to 1973, Roger McGuinn was the only member to remain aloft with this "flock" The Byrds |
| #405, aired 1986-03-28 | BASEBALL $200: Roger Kahn's best-seller about 1952 & 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, with title from Dylan Thomas poem The Boys of Summer |
| #404, aired 1986-03-27 | MOVIE TRIVIA $200: In Roger Corman series, they were "Student", "Private Duty", "Night Call", "Young", & "Candy Stripe" nurses |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | LONDON LANDMARKS $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 London landmarks mentioned in chorus of Roger Miller's "England Swings" Westminster Abbey & the Tower of Big Ben |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY $100: Roger Miller says it "swings like a pendulum do" England |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | "LAST" $1,000 (Daily Double): Unfortunately, this aptly titled 1975 song was 1st & only hit for Roger Whittaker:
There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor
Tomorrow for old England she sails
Far away from your land of endless sunshine "The Last Farewell" |
| #347, aired 1986-01-07 | ’60s CINEMA $400: Scary star of Roger Corman Poe series, including "The House of Usher" & "Pendulum" Vincent Price |
| #344, aired 1986-01-02 | COLONIAL AMERICA $400: R.I. founder Roger Williams is said to have been 1st in America to undergo this by immersion baptism |
| #339, aired 1985-12-26 | TV TRIVIA $300: Before "Bond"ing with Jane Seymour, he was "Saint"ly as Simon Templar Roger Moore |
| #333, aired 1985-12-18 | GUINNESS RECORDS $300: Waiter Roger Bourban ran a marathon in less than 3 hours carrying this a tray with a wine bottle |
| #310, aired 1985-11-15 | BRITISH TV $100: Each week when Roger Moore looked up at beginning of “The Saint” this appeared above his head halo |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | TV WESTERNS $200: Roger Moore became Beau Maverick when this man rode into the sunset over a contract dispute James Garner |
| #274, aired 1985-09-26 | '60s SONGS $200: He rode the "3rd boxcar, midnight train, destination, Bangor, Maine" Roger Miller |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | MOVIES $1000: Producer/director of biker & horror films who launched the careers of J. Nicholson & F. Coppola Roger Corman |
| #179, aired 1985-05-16 | POE $400: American director famous for series of Poe films in the early '60s Roger Corman |
| #168, aired 1985-05-01 | FOOTBALL $500: 1963 Heisman Trophy winner for Navy who was a 10th round pick of Dallas in '65 Roger Staubach |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | MOVIES $300: Wall coating that WWII Oscars were "cast" in plaster |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The sacred Ganges river flows into this bay the Bay of Bengal |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | POETRY $800: Lucasta was told "I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not" this more honor |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | POETRY $1000: Herrick suggests they "gather ye rosebuds while ye may" the virgins |
| #130, aired 1985-03-08 | MOVIES $800: Role played at different times by Alan Arkin, Peter Sellers & Roger Moore Inspector Clouseau |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | FLAGS $200: "Jovial" name for the skull & crossbones the Jolly Roger |
| #111, aired 1985-02-11 | 1961 $600: He hit 61 in '61 Roger Maris |
| #106, aired 1985-02-04 | SPORTS $200: 1st man to break the 4-minute mile Roger Bannister |
| #96, aired 1985-01-21 | "MOORE" OR "LES" $300: Actor who retired his halo to "Live and Let Die" Roger Moore |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | AWARDS $500: He may disagree with Gene Siskel, but he won '75 Pulitzer Prize for Film Criticism Roger Ebert |
| #37, aired 1984-10-30 | CAPTAINS $200: Captain of the Jolly Roger & enemy of Peter Pan Captain Hook |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | BIRDS $5,000 (Daily Double): With both eyes facing forward, it has greatest range of binocular vision in birds the owl |
| #14, aired 1984-09-27 | THE 20TH CENTURY $400: Time barrier shattered by runner Roger Bannister in 1954 the four-minute mile |
| #2, aired 1984-09-11 | STATE CAPITALS $500: The name shows its founder, Roger Williams, believed God led him there Providence |
