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Clue	Answer As Given	Value	Round	Category	Air Date	Show
It's the only one of the noble gases with a name that doesn't end in "N"	helium	$400	DJ	HARD SCIENCE	2025-05-28	#51
First detected in the Sun's atmosphere in 1868, it got its name from an old word for sun	helium		FJ	SCIENCE ETYMOLOGY	2023-11-23	#8979
The symbol for this element is He	helium	$400	J	IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE	2016-05-18	#7303
The exosphere, the edge of the atmosphere, is primarily made of particles of hydrogen & this element	helium DD	$400	DJ	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	2015-01-26	#6991
This inert gas alters your voice because sound travels more than twice as fast in it as in air	helium	$400	DJ	SCIENCE	2011-11-29	#6257
Of the 6 noble gases on the periodic table, it is the lightest	helium DD	$5,000	DJ	SCIENCE CLASS	2010-07-06	#5957
(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Macy's Parade Warehouse in Hoboken, New Jersey.) The Macy's Parade balloons are inflated with a mix of air & this gas; they used to be released after the parade but that was stopped for safety reasons	helium	$800	DJ	SCIENCE STUFF	2007-02-16	#5170
Of the noble gases, this one has the lowest atomic weight	helium	$800	DJ	SCIENCE	2004-07-12	#4586
When William Ramsay told of the discovery of this gas on Earth in 1895, we wonder if he used a squeaky voice	helium	$400	J	SIMPLE SCIENCE	2004-03-10	#4498
The vast majority of this second-lightest gas comes from natural gas fields in the U.S.	helium	$200	J	SCIENCE	2003-01-08	#4228
It has the lowest boiling point of any element, -452 degrees Fahrenheit	helium	$500	J	GENERAL SCIENCE	1996-10-30	#2798
With 2 neutrons & 2 protons, an alpha particle is identical to the nucleus of an atom of this gas	Helium	$1,000	DJ	GENERAL SCIENCE	1992-11-09	#1881
The sun produces its energy through nuclear-fusion, changing hydrogen to this gas	helium	$800	DJ	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	1991-11-26	#1667
Most of the world's supply of this light gas comes from natural gas fields in the U.S.	Helium	$400	DJ	SCIENCE	1989-09-20	#1158
It's the lightest element that has a neutron in its nucleus	helium	$600	DJ	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	1988-05-13	#865
From name of Greek sun god, it is the 2nd most abundant element in the universe	helium		FJ	SCIENCE	1985-10-25	#295

Clue

Answer As Given

Value

Round

Category

Air Date

Show

It's the only one of the noble gases with a name that doesn't end in "N"

helium

$400

HARD SCIENCE

2025-05-28

#51

First detected in the Sun's atmosphere in 1868, it got its name from an old word for sun

helium

SCIENCE ETYMOLOGY

2023-11-23

#8979

The symbol for this element is He

helium

$400

IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE

2016-05-18

#7303

The exosphere, the edge of the atmosphere, is primarily made of particles of hydrogen & this element

helium DD

$400

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

2015-01-26

#6991

This inert gas alters your voice because sound travels more than twice as fast in it as in air

helium

$400

SCIENCE

2011-11-29

#6257

Of the 6 noble gases on the periodic table, it is the lightest

helium DD

$5,000

SCIENCE CLASS

2010-07-06

#5957

(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Macy's Parade Warehouse in Hoboken, New Jersey.) The Macy's Parade balloons are inflated with a mix of air & this gas; they used to be released after the parade but that was stopped for safety reasons

helium

$800

SCIENCE STUFF

2007-02-16

#5170

Of the noble gases, this one has the lowest atomic weight

helium

$800

SCIENCE

2004-07-12

#4586

When William Ramsay told of the discovery of this gas on Earth in 1895, we wonder if he used a squeaky voice