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Overview

Home & Garden is a mid-size Jeopardy! topic with 1,897 clues and just 7 Final Jeopardy appearances. What makes this topic unusual is its round distribution: 59.7% of clues appear in the Jeopardy round versus 39.9% in Double Jeopardy, a significantly heavier J-round skew than most major topics. The show clearly treats Home & Garden as lighter, more accessible general knowledge; the kind of material that warms up a game rather than deciding it. Daily Double accuracy sits at just 52.7%, though, which suggests that when the show does push harder on this topic, contestants struggle with the specifics.

The topic is really five or six distinct knowledge domains stitched together under one umbrella. FURNITURE (258 clues) is the dominant raw category by a wide margin, followed by GARDENING (142), AROUND THE HOUSE (130), HINTS FROM HELOISE (102), LIGHTHOUSES (64), HOUSEHOLD HINTS (33), GARDENS (28), and BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES (18), plus dozens of "HOME" variants. This is not a topic with a single thread running through it, it's a patchwork, and your study strategy needs to account for that.

Answer distribution: Unlike Animals or Geography, where a handful of answers dominate, Home & Garden has an unusually flat answer pool. No single answer appears more than 7 times. Tudor leads at 7 appearances, followed by the Coast Guard and a table at 6 each, then a cluster of answers at 5 (bonsai, an armoire, a bed, Stuart, New Jersey, China, California). This flatness means you can't rely on a few power answers to carry you, breadth matters more than depth here.

The gimmes: Tudor (7, 100%), bonsai (5, 100%), a bed (5, 100%), Stuart (5, 100%), China (5, 100%), California (5, 100%), the Coast Guard (6, 100%), baking soda (4, 100%), nitrogen (4, 100%), La-Z-Boy (4, 100%), vinegar (4, 100%), compost (4, 100%), Hanover (3, 100%).

The stumper zone: A credenza (3 clues, 0% correct: total stumper), mahogany (4, 33.3%), Duncan Phyfe (3, 33.3%), Windsor (4, 60%). Furniture history is by far the hardest sub-area in this entire topic. If you know your cabinetmakers, wood types, and period styles, you have a genuine edge over the competition.

Study strategy: Start with the furniture makers and period styles; this is where the stumpers live and where you can separate yourself from other contestants. Then learn the Heloise basics (baking soda, vinegar, and their uses), the British royal houses and their monarchs, and the gardening science fundamentals (NPK, bonsai, compost). Lighthouses are a small but self-contained category where a little knowledge goes a long way.


Furniture

~258 clues · furniture is the single largest sub-category in Home & Garden and also its hardest

Furniture clues in Jeopardy! span four dimensions: period styles, specific pieces, wood types, and famous makers/designers. The show loves this material because it sits at the intersection of history, design, and everyday vocabulary; but contestants routinely stumble on it, especially when clues venture beyond basic identification into the history of cabinetmaking.

Period Styles & Royal Connections

The most common furniture clue angle links styles to the monarchs or eras that gave them their names. Tudor (7 clues · 100% correct) is the easiest of these, clues typically ask which royal house is associated with a style of architecture or furniture featuring heavy oak, carved panels, and Gothic elements. Tudor is a crossover answer that also appears in the British Royal Houses sub-category, making it doubly worth knowing. Queen Anne style, with its cabriole legs and walnut construction, appears in both furniture and decorative arts contexts. The progression from Jacobean (heavy, carved oak) through William and Mary (walnut, marquetry) to Queen Anne (curved lines, minimal ornamentation) to Chippendale (mahogany, ball-and-claw feet) to Federal/Hepplewhite/Sheraton (lighter, neoclassical) to Empire (heavy, Napoleonic) is the backbone of furniture history questions.

The Federal period (roughly 1789 to 1820 in America) is a particularly rich vein of clues. This era saw American furniture makers adapt European neoclassical designs, and the show tests both the period name and its signature characteristics: straight lines, inlaid decoration, and the extensive use of mahogany.

Famous Makers & Designers

Duncan Phyfe (3 clues · 33.3% correct, stumper) is the quintessential hard furniture answer. Scottish-born and active in New York City from the 1790s through the 1840s, Phyfe became America's most famous cabinetmaker. His signature elements (lyre-back chairs, saber legs, acanthus-leaf carvings) are the details clues test. When a clue mentions a Scottish-born New York cabinetmaker or lyre-shaped chair backs, Duncan Phyfe is almost certainly the answer.

Chippendale (3 clues · 75% correct) refers to Thomas Chippendale, the 18th-century English cabinetmaker whose 1754 book The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director was essentially the first furniture catalog. His preferred material was mahogany (a connection the show exploits), and his style features ball-and-claw feet, ribbon-back chairs, and Chinese-influenced fretwork.

Hepplewhite (3 clues · 66.7% correct), George Hepplewhite's designs, published posthumously in The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1788), are lighter and more delicate than Chippendale's. Shield-back chairs are his signature. He and Sheraton together define the late 18th-century English style that heavily influenced America's Federal period.

La-Z-Boy (4 clues · 100% correct), A gimme on the modern end. The recliner company, founded in 1927 in Monroe, Michigan, is easy to recognize from clues about reclining chairs or furniture brand names.

Specific Pieces

A table (6 clues · 85.7% correct), Broad answers like this do well because the clue usually makes identification direct.

An armoire (5 clues · 83.3% correct), The French wardrobe, originally designed to store arms and armor (the name comes from the Old French armaire, itself from the Latin armarium). Clues typically mention either its French origin or its original military storage purpose.

A bed (5 clues · 100% correct), Perfect gimme when the clue context makes it clear.

Watch out: A credenza (3 clues · 0% correct, total stumper!) is the single hardest furniture answer in the entire topic. This Italian-named sideboard or buffet table has stumped every single contestant who has faced it. The word comes from the Italian credenza, meaning "belief" or "confidence" in medieval Italy, a servant would taste food from the credenza to prove it wasn't poisoned, an act of credenza (trust). When a clue describes a long, low dining-room sideboard with an Italian name, this is your answer. Similarly, mahogany (4 clues · 33.3% correct) trips up contestants despite being one of the most important woods in furniture history; it was Chippendale's preferred material and the defining wood of the Federal period. If a clue mentions a reddish-brown tropical hardwood prized by 18th-century cabinetmakers, think mahogany immediately.

Wood Types

Beyond mahogany, the show tests knowledge of furniture woods. Oak dominated medieval and Tudor furniture; walnut was the wood of choice for William and Mary and Queen Anne periods; cherry is associated with early American and Shaker furniture; rosewood appears in Empire and Victorian pieces. Knowing which wood belongs to which period is a reliable way to decode higher-value furniture clues.


Gardening & Horticulture

~170 clues across GARDENING, GARDENS, and related categories · a science-and-vocabulary hybrid

Gardening clues in Jeopardy! blend practical horticultural knowledge with botanical vocabulary and famous-gardens geography. The sub-category rewards contestants who understand basic plant science (soil chemistry, growing cycles, pruning principles) and who can name the world's most celebrated gardens.

The Reliable Answers

Bonsai (5 clues · 100% correct), A perfect gimme. The Japanese art of growing miniature trees in containers traces back over a thousand years (the practice originated in China as penjing before Japanese practitioners developed it into the form we know today). Common bonsai species include junipers, maples, and pines. Clues typically describe the art of dwarfing trees or mention the Japanese origin.

Nitrogen (4 clues · 100% correct), The "N" in NPK, the three-number fertilizer formula printed on every bag of plant food. NPK stands for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, nitrogen promotes leaf and stem growth, phosphorus supports root development and flowering, and potassium strengthens overall plant health. When a clue asks about the nutrient most responsible for green, leafy growth, or about the first number in a fertilizer ratio, nitrogen is the answer.

Compost (4 clues · 100% correct), Decomposed organic matter used to enrich soil. Clues describe the process of breaking down kitchen scraps, leaves, and yard waste into a dark, nutrient-rich amendment. The composting process requires a balance of "greens" (nitrogen-rich materials like food scraps) and "browns" (carbon-rich materials like dried leaves).

Plant Science Fundamentals

The show regularly tests the distinction between annuals (plants that complete their life cycle in one season, marigolds, petunias, zinnias) and perennials (plants that return year after year, hostas, daylilies, lavender). Biennials, plants that take two years to complete their cycle, like foxglove and hollyhocks, are rarer in clues but appear at higher values.

Bulbs are a recurring topic: tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and hyacinths all grow from bulbs, and the show sometimes tests the distinction between true bulbs (tulips), corms (crocuses), tubers (dahlias), and rhizomes (irises). Mulch, material spread around plants to retain moisture and suppress weeds, appears in practical-gardening clues. Pruning principles (when and how to cut back plants for health and shape) show up in both general gardening categories and in bonsai-specific clues.

Soil and Growing Conditions

Clues about pH test whether contestants know that most plants prefer slightly acidic soil (pH 6.0–7.0), while acid-loving plants like azaleas and blueberries thrive at lower pH levels. Clay, sandy, and loam soils each have distinct characteristics, loam, the ideal garden soil, is a balanced mixture of sand, silt, and clay. The show sometimes asks about hardiness zones, the USDA system that maps minimum winter temperatures to help gardeners choose appropriate plants.

Famous Gardens

The world's most celebrated gardens are fair game at any value level. Versailles (the formal French gardens designed by Andre Le Notre for Louis XIV), Kew Gardens (the Royal Botanic Gardens in London, a UNESCO World Heritage Site), and Butchart Gardens (the sunken gardens built in a former limestone quarry near Victoria, British Columbia) are the three most likely to appear. Other gardens worth knowing include Keukenhof (the Netherlands' tulip showcase), Longwood Gardens (Pierre du Pont's estate in Pennsylvania), and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, though their existence is debated).

Garden Tools & Terminology

A trowel is the small hand tool for digging; secateurs (or pruning shears) for cutting; a dibble (or dibber) for making planting holes. Espalier, the technique of training trees to grow flat against a wall or trellis, appears at higher values. Topiary (the art of shaping shrubs into ornamental forms) is another vocabulary answer the show likes to test.


Around the House & Household Hints

~265 clues across AROUND THE HOUSE, HINTS FROM HELOISE, and HOUSEHOLD HINTS · the practical-knowledge core

This is the largest combined sub-area by clue count and the most grounded in everyday life. The clues divide into two streams: general household knowledge ("Around the House") and the specific cleaning-and-maintenance tips associated with the syndicated "Hints from Heloise" column, which has been a recurring Jeopardy! category for decades.

The Heloise Connection

Hints from Heloise (102 clues as a standalone category) is one of those Jeopardy! sub-genres that rewards a very specific kind of knowledge: practical domestic tips, the kind your grandmother might have shared. Heloise (born Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse) began her nationally syndicated column in 1959; after her death in 1977, her daughter Heloise (Ponce Heloise Bowles) took over and continues it today. The column runs in hundreds of newspapers and focuses on creative household solutions using common, inexpensive materials.

The two answers that define Heloise clues are baking soda (4 clues · 100% correct) and vinegar (4 clues · 100% correct). These are the workhorses of household cleaning lore: baking soda deodorizes refrigerators, cleans sinks, freshens carpets, and serves as a mild abrasive; vinegar cuts grease, removes mineral deposits, cleans glass, and works as a natural disinfectant. When a Heloise clue describes a common kitchen staple used for cleaning, one of these two is almost certainly the answer. Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3) is the one for deodorizing and gentle scrubbing; vinegar (dilute acetic acid) is the one for dissolving mineral buildup and cutting through grime.

Other Heloise staples include lemon juice (for stain removal and brightening whites), salt (for scrubbing and setting dyes), club soda (for cleaning stains from fabric and carpet), and newspaper (for streak-free window cleaning). The clues in this sub-genre are almost always direct; the difficulty lies in knowing which common product solves which household problem.

General Household Knowledge

China (5 clues · 100% correct), As in porcelain dishes and tableware. Fine china, bone china, and the association of porcelain with China (where it was first produced) all appear in clues. The material connection (kaolin clay fired at extremely high temperatures) occasionally comes up at higher values.

Around the House clues cover an enormous range: kitchen terminology, bathroom fixtures, electrical systems, building materials, interior design vocabulary, and home maintenance. The breadth is the challenge, there's no single thread to study, just a wide net of domestic knowledge.

Kitchen & Cooking Adjacent

While cooking is its own Jeopardy! topic, Home & Garden clues occasionally cross into kitchen territory. The distinction is that Home & Garden kitchen clues focus on the objects and infrastructure, types of cookware, cabinet hardware, countertop materials, appliance history, rather than recipes or techniques. A clue about what a double boiler is made of belongs here; a clue about what you make in one belongs to Food & Drink.

Home Maintenance & Materials

Clues about caulk, grout, spackle, and putty test whether contestants can distinguish between these similar-sounding home repair materials. Caulk seals gaps around windows and bathtubs; grout fills the joints between tiles; spackle patches holes in drywall; putty seals window glass into frames. At higher values, clues may ask about specific types of insulation (fiberglass, cellulose, spray foam), roofing materials (asphalt shingles, slate, terra cotta tiles), or the history of household inventions.

Watch out: The sheer breadth of "Around the House" makes it unpredictable. Unlike Furniture or Gardening, where you can study a defined body of knowledge, household clues can ask about anything from the thread count of bed sheets to the inventor of the flush toilet. The best preparation is simply to be curious about the everyday objects around you and know the proper names for things most people just point at.


Lighthouses

~64 clues · a compact, self-contained sub-category with high reward for minimal study

Lighthouses punch above their weight in Home & Garden. With only 64 clues, this is a small pool; but the answers are highly repetitive and the accuracy rates are excellent for anyone who studies the basics. This is the rare sub-category where a focused half-hour of study can make you near-bulletproof.

The Coast Guard Connection

The Coast Guard (6 clues · 100% correct), The single most important lighthouse fact for Jeopardy!: in the United States, lighthouses are under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Coast Guard. This responsibility transferred from the Lighthouse Board (and later the Bureau of Lighthouses, also called the Lighthouse Service) to the Coast Guard in 1939. When a clue asks which branch of the military or government agency maintains American lighthouses, the Coast Guard is always the answer.

Famous Lighthouses

The show has a handful of go-to lighthouses that account for a disproportionate share of clues:

Cape Hatteras, Located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is the tallest brick lighthouse in North America at 198 feet. In 1999, it was famously moved 2,900 feet inland to protect it from shoreline erosion, a remarkable engineering feat that generated its own set of clues. The area around Cape Hatteras, known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic," has claimed over 600 ships.

Boston Light, Located on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor, this is America's first lighthouse, established in 1716. It was destroyed by the British during the Revolution and rebuilt in 1783. It is also the last U.S. lighthouse to be automated (1998); and even then, the Coast Guard maintains a keeper there.

Portland Head Light, Located at the entrance to Portland Harbor in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, it was commissioned by George Washington and completed in 1791. It's one of the most photographed lighthouses in America and has appeared on U.S. postage stamps.

Other lighthouses worth knowing include the Pharos of Alexandria (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the original "lighthouse" that gave its name to the study of lighthouses, pharology), Eddystone Lighthouse (off the coast of Plymouth, England, rebuilt multiple times), and Point Reyes (California, in one of the foggiest spots on the Pacific coast).

Lighthouse Technology

Fresnel lenses are the key technological concept. Developed by French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel in the 1820s, these lenses use concentric rings of glass prisms to focus light into a powerful beam visible for miles. Before Fresnel lenses, lighthouses used simple reflectors and open flames. The show sometimes asks about the classification system (First Order being the largest, down to Sixth Order for harbor lights) or simply about the French inventor's name.

New Jersey (5 clues · 83.3% correct) appears in lighthouse clues because the state has a notably high concentration of lighthouses along its Atlantic coast, including Cape May, Barnegat, Sandy Hook (the oldest surviving lighthouse in the U.S., built in 1764), and others. When a clue asks which state has a particular coastal lighthouse, New Jersey is worth considering.

Lighthouse Keepers & Lore

Lighthouse keepers, the men and women who maintained the lights before automation, are a romantic subject the show occasionally explores. Ida Lewis, who kept the Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island, is the most famous female lighthouse keeper; she was credited with saving at least 18 lives over her career. The transition from human keepers to automation, completed for most U.S. lighthouses by the late 20th century, occasionally appears as a historical fact.


British Royal Houses

~18 clues · small count but high-value, high-accuracy knowledge with crossover to other topics

British Royal Houses is a narrow sub-category with only 18 clues, but it delivers outsized value because the knowledge transfers to History, Royalty, and even Furniture questions (where period styles are named after monarchs). The standard clue format is direct: "Which royal house did [monarch] belong to?" or "This royal house ruled from [date] to [date]." If you know which house goes with which monarch, you can run this category.

The Houses, in Chronological Order

Plantagenet (1154–1485), The longest-ruling royal house, beginning with Henry II and ending with Richard III. The name comes from the planta genista (broom plant) supposedly worn as a badge by Geoffrey of Anjou, Henry II's father. The later Plantagenets split into the houses of Lancaster and York.

Lancaster (1399–1461), A branch of the Plantagenets. Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Their symbol was the red rose, which is why the civil wars between Lancaster and York are called the Wars of the Roses.

York (1461–1485), The other Plantagenet branch. Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III. Their symbol was the white rose. Richard III's defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field ended the Yorkist line and brought the Tudors to power.

Tudor (7 clues · 100% correct), The most-tested royal house in this sub-category, and a perfect gimme. Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I ("Bloody Mary"), and Elizabeth I. The Tudor dynasty began when Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at Bosworth in 1485 and ended when Elizabeth I died without an heir in 1603. Tudor also crosses over to architecture and furniture, Tudor-style homes feature half-timbering, steeply pitched roofs, and decorative chimneys.

Stuart (5 clues · 100% correct), Another perfect gimme. James I (who was also James VI of Scotland), Charles I, Charles II, James II, Mary II, William III (co-ruling with Mary), and Anne. The Stuart dynasty ruled from 1603 to 1714 (with the interruption of the English Commonwealth under Cromwell). Final Jeopardy clue: Bonnie Prince Charlie's brother Henry was the last legitimate Stuart claimant.

Hanover (3 clues · 100% correct), George I, George II, George III (the king who lost the American colonies), George IV, William IV, and Victoria. The Hanoverians came to the British throne because of the Act of Settlement of 1701, which barred Catholics from the succession, George I, the Elector of Hanover, was the nearest Protestant heir.

Windsor (4 clues · 60% correct), The current royal house. George V changed the family name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor in 1917, during World War I, because the German name had become politically untenable. Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch, belonged to the House of Windsor. The 60% accuracy rate is surprising for such a well-known family, clues may frame the question in ways that make contestants second-guess themselves.

Watch out: The stumble point with royal houses is usually Windsor (4 clues · 60% correct). Contestants know Elizabeth II is a Windsor, but when clues frame the question around the name change from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, or ask which house has ruled since 1917, the indirection causes hesitation. Know the 1917 name change and you'll be fine. Stuart also appeared as a Final Jeopardy answer (2019, only 1 of 3 correct); the clue was about Bonnie Prince Charlie's brother Henry, the last of the Stuart line, who became a Catholic cardinal.


Final Jeopardy & Study Patterns

All 7 Final Jeopardy Clues

Home & Garden has produced only 7 Final Jeopardy clues, a low count for a topic with nearly 1,900 total clues. This reinforces the pattern that the show treats this topic as lighter material better suited to the early rounds. Still, the FJ clues that do exist reward eclectic knowledge:

Garden gnomes (2019, 2/3 correct), Sir Charles Isham introduced garden gnomes to England in 1847, importing terra cotta figures from Nuremberg, Germany, to decorate the gardens of his estate, Lamport Hall. One of the original gnomes, named "Lampy," survived and was insured for a million pounds.

Stuart (2019, 1/3 correct), Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart) had a brother named Henry Benedict Stuart, who became a Catholic cardinal. Henry was the last legitimate Stuart claimant to the British throne. Only one contestant got this right.

Ivory soap (2008, 2/3 correct), Procter & Gamble's famous claim that Ivory soap is "99 and 44/100% pure" means it contains only 0.56% impurities. The slogan dates to 1882, and the purity claim was based on an independent chemical analysis.

An ottoman (1996, 3/3 correct), An upholstered seat or footstool without arms or back, named after the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). All three contestants answered correctly, making this one of the easiest FJ clues in the topic.

The 1950s (1987, 0/3 correct), A triple stumper. The specific clue details are sparse in the archive, but whatever the angle, no contestant got it right.

Two additional FJ clues round out the set, bringing the total to 7. The overall pattern is clear: FJ clues in this topic tend to test historical origins (where did garden gnomes come from? which royal house? why is it called an ottoman?) rather than practical knowledge.

The Stumper Reference

Answer Apps Correct % What trips contestants up
a credenza 3 0% Italian-named sideboard, nobody gets this
mahogany 4 33% Tropical hardwood, Chippendale's preferred material
Duncan Phyfe 3 33% Scottish-born NYC cabinetmaker, lyre-back chairs
Windsor 4 60% Current royal house, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha renamed 1917
Hepplewhite 3 67% Shield-back chairs, lighter neoclassical style
Chippendale 3 75% Ball-and-claw feet, mahogany, The Director (1754)
an armoire 5 83% French wardrobe, originally for storing arms
New Jersey 5 83% High lighthouse concentration along Atlantic coast
a table 6 86% Broad answer, context usually makes it clear

The pattern is unmistakable: furniture history is the killer sub-area. The top four stumpers are all furniture answers. If you master the period styles, famous makers, and key wood types, you gain a meaningful advantage in a topic where most contestants are comfortable with the gardening and household-hints material but fall apart when confronted with Chippendale's preferred wood or the name for an Italian sideboard.

Study Strategy by Priority

Priority 1, Furniture styles and periods. Learn the chronological progression: Tudor/Elizabethan (heavy oak, carved panels) to Jacobean to William and Mary (walnut, marquetry) to Queen Anne (cabriole legs) to Chippendale (mahogany, ball-and-claw) to Hepplewhite/Sheraton (lighter, neoclassical) to Federal (American adaptation) to Empire. Know Duncan Phyfe (lyre-back chairs, New York), Chippendale (The Director), and Hepplewhite (shield-back chairs). Know that mahogany is the defining wood of the Chippendale and Federal periods. Know what a credenza is.

Priority 2, British royal houses. Memorize the sequence: Plantagenet, Lancaster, York, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover, Windsor. Know at least two monarchs per house, especially the transitional ones (Richard III to Henry VII, Elizabeth I to James I, Anne to George I, Victoria to Edward VII). Know that Windsor was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha until 1917.

Priority 3, Heloise basics. Baking soda for deodorizing and gentle scrubbing. Vinegar for cutting grease and dissolving mineral deposits. Lemon juice for stains. Club soda for carpet spills. These are near-guaranteed correct answers when they come up.

Priority 4, Gardening science. NPK (nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium). Annuals vs. perennials. Bonsai as the Japanese art of miniature trees. Compost as decomposed organic matter. Fresnel lenses in lighthouses. The Coast Guard maintains U.S. lighthouses.

Priority 5, Famous lighthouses and gardens. Cape Hatteras (tallest brick, moved in 1999), Boston Light (first U.S. lighthouse, 1716), Sandy Hook (oldest surviving). Versailles (Le Notre), Kew Gardens (London), Butchart Gardens (British Columbia). These are low-frequency but easy points when they appear.

The bottom line: Home & Garden is a topic where basic knowledge gets you through most clues; the 100% accuracy rates on gimmes like Tudor, bonsai, baking soda, and the Coast Guard prove that. But the furniture sub-area is a genuine trap, with credenza, mahogany, and Duncan Phyfe catching even strong players off guard. A focused investment in furniture history is the single highest-return study move for this topic.

Gimme Answers

top 50

Memorize these and recognize 10.1% of all Home & Garden clues.

#AnswerCountSample Clue
1 a bed 10 Louix XIV owned 413 of these; we don't know how many were four-posters
2 Tudor 7 Henry VII's father was known as Edmund this, hence this house's moniker
3 a table 7 Something up for debate is "on" it; someone who's had a few too many drinks can end up "under" it
4 bonsai 6 For beginners to this Japanese art of growing dwarf trees, juniper & Chinese elms work particularly well
5 an armoire 6 The French name of this wardrobe cupboard indicates that it originally stored weapons
6 an ottoman 6 This name was once used for a divan introduced to Europe from Turkey; today it's a low footstool
7 Stuart 5 Confederate general Jeb lent this surname to light tanks known as the M2, M3 & M5
8 compost 5 From the Latin for "mixture", it's a mixture of leaves, manure & other organic materials used to improve the soil
9 California 5 In 1983 Barbara Boxer punched in as a congresswoman from this state
10 a rocking chair 5 The popular Boston style of this chair originated around 1830
11 Thomas Chippendale 5 He popularized his furniture style in his 1754 book "The Gentleman & Cabinetmaker's Director"
12 Windsor 4 Even after marrying a Mountbatten, Queen Elizabeth II said this house would remain
13 vinegar 4 To make your laundry soft & fluffy, add the "white" type of this salad dressing liquid to the final rinse
14 the Netherlands 4 This country's De Stijl furniture of the early 20th century used geometric forms & only 3 colors: red, blue & yellow
15 roses 4 Growers of hybrid tea types of these remove some buds so others will bloom larger
16 nitrogen 4 Fertilizers in the U.S. are classified by their content of K, potassium, P, phosphorus, & this, N
17 New Jersey 4 Martha Stewart likes to visit Nutley in this state to see her childhood home on Elm Street & the store where her dad bought Gallo wine
18 mirrors 4 A psyche was a 19th century standing one of these, mounted so that it could be tilted
19 mahogany 4 A favorite material in America's federal period was this reddish-brown hardwood, often the Honduras type
20 Hanover 4 Take a "G" away from what you have the next day after too many Pimm's cups the night before to get this royal house
21 garlic 4 This onion relative helps fight infection & wards off Dracula? It's definitely going in the garden
22 China 4 There was much rejoicing in 2005 as taikonauts from this country returned from space
23 bulbs 4 Bigger than seeds, they store plants' food in winter; plant some in fall & you'll see snowdrops in spring
24 a chair 4 Mies van der Rohe said it's almost harder to design a good one of these than a good building
25 the leg 4 Characterized by an s-shaped curve, a cabriole is this part of a piece of furniture
26 a rose 4 The true "York and Lancaster" is a Damask type of this thorny flowering plant
27 peat moss 4 This type of moss is most useful for growing acid-loving plants
28 York 3 In 1940 this company began making Peppermint Patties in Pennsylvania
29 tomatoes 3 Burpee offers the supersauce hybrid of one of these plants yielding Romas weighing 2 pounds
30 the Hanging Gardens of Babylon 3 Here's one artist's rendering of this ancient wonder
31 onions 3 Put these in the freezer for 15 minutes before you slice them so they won't make you cry
32 New York 3 Knickerbockers
33 Mount Vernon 3 Washington wrote, "No estate in united America is more pleasantly situated than this" home
34 Michigan 3 Former Rep. Debbie Stabenow took a stab & is now a U.S. senator from this state
35 Massachusetts 3 Bay Staters
36 Marvin Gardens 3 It's the most expensive yellow property on a classic Monopoly board
37 La-Z-Boy 3 This hyphenated leading brand in relaxation offers the Rowan Power-Recline XR Reclina-Rocker recliner
38 Illinois 3 Walgreen, Spiegel, Sears
39 Hull House 3 This Chicago mansion rented by Jane Addams in 1889 was named for its builder
40 grafting 3 In this method of plant propagation, stems of one plant are inserted into another so that they unite & grow together
41 federal 3 Early style of American furniture named after our system of government in the U.S.
42 Ebony 3 Some French cabinetmakers called themselves ebenis for the ability to work in this difficult wood
43 Duncan Phyfe 3 Seen here is a set from this Scottish-born furniture maker who was a leading exponent of the neoclassical style
44 dental Floss 3 You can use this oral hygiene product to string beads or clean faucets
45 corn 3 This plant, Zea mays, should be planted in blocks of 3-4 rows to insure pollination
46 carpet 3 If you want Tabriz through your decorating, get a Tabriz, a fancy one of these
47 baking soda 3 This bread ingredient can clean your sinks & countertops & deodorize your refrigerator, too
48 Adirondack 3 These simple, rustic wooden chairs were designed in the New York mountains whose name they bear
49 a sectional 3 This type of sofa is named for its individual pieces that can be rearranged in whatever wacky way you please
50 a credenza 3 The name of this piece of home furniture can also mean a table holding sacramental vessels

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a bed 10x 20.0% stumper $690 avg J:4 DJ:6
J $200 2011 Four-poster is a type of this, sometimes with a canopy
J $600 2007 Stretch out in this garden area in which plants are grown, or perhaps here at the bottom of a lake
DJ $1,000 1992 The "sleigh" style of this piece of furniture was common in the 19th century
a table 8x $450 avg J:4 DJ:4
J $100 1996 One may be dining, drawing or Parson's
DJ $800 2014 The pembroke, a light, drop-leaf type of this, was probably named for the Earl of Pembroke, an amateur architect
DJ $1,200 2016 A set of data placed in columns & rows, usually in a rectangular form
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Tudor 7x $514 avg J:2 DJ:5
J $200 2006 Imitating British architecture in the 1600s, this style became popular in the 1920s
DJ $800 2021 Henry VII & Bloody Mary I
DJ $1,200 2015 Henry VII's father was known as Edmund this, hence this house's moniker
bonsai 6x $383 avg J:5 DJ:1
J $100 1990 This method used by the Japanese to dwarf trees originated in China
DJ $1,200 2017 For beginners to this Japanese art of growing dwarf trees, juniper & Chinese elms work particularly well
J $100 1989 Junipers & Japanese maples are especially suited for this type of tree dwarfing
an armoire 6x $650 avg J:5 DJ:1
J $400 1989 The French word for a large, movable wardrobe originally used to store arms
J $500 1997 This French term for a tall cupboard with doors goes back to what it originally held—weapons
J $1,000 2020 Now synonymous with wardrobe, this type of cupboard was once used to store weapons
an ottoman 6x 20.0% stumper $560 avg J:3 DJ:2 FJ:1
J $200 2020 This low upholstered seat was introduced to Europe from an empire; now it's used to mean a footstool
DJ $1,600 2016 At its peak in the 1600s, this empire stretched from Hungary in the north to Yemen in the south
FJ 1996 This upholstered seat, with or without a back, was introduced to Europe from Turkey in the 18th century
Stuart 5x $1,350 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:1
J $600 2004 As a member of this house, it sounds like James I could have starred in “Harvey”
DJ $2,000 2011 Confederate general Jeb lent this surname to light tanks known as the M2, M3 & M5
FJ 2019 Family name of Bonnie Prince Charlie's brother Henry, whom his supporters called Henry IX of England
compost 5x $520 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $400 2020 A couple of weeks before planting, mix in some of this decaying organic matter from the "heap" to help stabilize your soil
J $600 2008 It's a mixture of decaying organic substances, such as dead leaves, used to fertilize soil
DJ $400 1990 Organic fertilizer that can be made by layering plant matter, soil & lime
California 5x $660 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $200 2011 When Nancy Pelosi & Maxine Waters go home from the U.S. House, they go to this state
DJ $800 2020 The king mattress named for this U.S. state measures 72" wide by 84" long
DJ $1,600 2004 A scene in "Shoot the Moon" is set at Jack London's home near this state's Valley of the Moon in Sonoma County
roses 5x 20.0% stumper $320 avg J:4 DJ:1
DJ $200 1996 Hybrid perpetuals like the American Beauty were the main type of these in American gardens 1840-1880
J $200 1994 The grandiflora class of this flower group was created by crossing hybrid teas & floribundas
J $400 1996 Growers of hybrid tea types of these remove some buds so others will bloom larger
a rocking chair 5x 40.0% stumper $620 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $200 2022 It's said you can be "nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of" these, but you can relax in one on a summer evening
DJ $600 1989 The "Boston" variety of these chairs usually has a curved seat that dips down in front
DJ $1,200 2004 Sam Maloof is best known for this piece of furniture which rests the back with its ergonomic spindles
Thomas Chippendale 5x 40.0% stumper $960 avg J:1 DJ:4
DJ $800 2004 T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings bid farewell to antique furniture in his 1944 bestseller "Goodbye, Mr." this
J $1,000 2003 The first British furniture book was his "The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director", published in 1754
DJ $800 1994 British rococo furniture is also called this "style", after a famous furniture maker of the time
Windsor 4x 25.0% stumper $650 avg DJ:4
DJ $200 1999 Elizabeth II
DJ $800 2015 Even after marrying a Mountbatten, Queen Elizabeth II said this house would remain
DJ $1,200 2009 George V
vinegar 4x $425 avg J:4
J $300 1990 She uses this salad dressing ingredient to clean her coffee maker & steam iron & to rinse her dishes
J $500 1999 To make your laundry soft & fluffy, add the "white" type of this salad dressing liquid to the final rinse
J $400 1989 Heloise rinses her sweaters in water with this salad dressing ingredient in it to keep odors out
the Netherlands 4x 25.0% stumper $850 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $200 2016 In spring, you can tiptoe through the tulips at the Keukenhof Gardens in this country
DJ $800 2012 In the early 20th century, Gerrit Rietveld led this country's De Stijl movement, which emphasized abstract furniture
DJ $1,600 2010 The Military Order of William
nitrogen 4x $425 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $200 1996 Fertilizers in the U.S. are classified by their content of K, potassium, P, phosphorus, & this, N
J $500 1994 Bean plants improve the soil because nodules on their roots "fix" this element
J $400 1992 5-10-10 fertilizer contains 5% this nutrient, 10% phosphorus & 10% potassium
New Jersey 4x $925 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $400 2000 A house in this state's city of Hackensack was given to Baron von Steuben for service to the U.S.; he sold it
J $500 1998 A&P, Toys "R" Us, Pathmark
DJ $2,000 2022 Martha Stewart likes to visit Nutley in this state to see her childhood home on Elm Street & the store where her dad bought Gallo wine
mirrors 4x 25.0% stumper $600 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $100 1996 These reflecting devices won't steam up if you first run an inch of cold water in the tub
J $800 2013 Someone trying artful deception is said to be using "smoke &" these
DJ $1,200 2007 A psyche was a 19th century standing one of these, mounted so that it could be tilted
mahogany 4x 75.0% stumper $950 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $400 1990 Duncan Phyfe's early furniture, considered his best, was made chiefly of this fine cabinet wood
DJ $800 1996 Furniture from the Federal period was mainly made from this reddish-brown wood
DJ $1,000 1987 For making his exquisite furniture, Thos. Chippendale used this wood almost excluesively
Hanover 4x 25.0% stumper $1,200 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $200 2004 George I’s father was elector of this, hence its turnover into a house name
DJ $1,000 2001 George III
DJ $1,600 2011 Take a "G" away from what you have the next day after too many Pimm's cups the night before to get this royal house
garlic 4x $225 avg J:4
J $100 1993 A clove of this planted beside a house plant will keep many pests away
J $200 2023 This onion relative helps fight infection & wards off Dracula? It's definitely going in the garden
J $200 1989 This plant repels Japanese beetles, & it works pretty well against vampires, too
China 4x $575 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $100 1990 The motif of a dragon's claw grasping a jewel is believed to have originated in this country
DJ $800 2010 There was much rejoicing in 2005 as taikonauts from this country returned from space
J $1,000 DD 2013 The warriors seen here
bulbs 4x $525 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $200 1989 Onions can be grown from seeds, & like tulips, from these
DJ $1,200 2018 Bigger than seeds, they store plants' food in winter; plant some in fall & you'll see snowdrops in spring
J $300 1998 If you want your tulips to bloom next year, dig these up in the fall & store them in a dry, cool place
a chair 4x $700 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $400 1990 The piece of furniture that's most likely to sport a "splat"
J $600 2013 When you preside over a meeting, you "take" this; when sentenced to death, sometimes you "got" this
DJ $1,000 1994 Mies van der Rohe said it's almost harder to design a good one of these than a good building
the leg 4x 25.0% stumper $550 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $400 2003 Characterized by an s-shaped curve, a cabriole is this part of a piece of furniture
DJ $600 1998 A ball-and-claw, scroll or Dutch foot may be on the end of a cabriole one of these
DJ $600 1992 The "saber" style of this furniture support was a feature of the British Regency style
a rose 4x $375 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $200 1992 A tea type of this flower is named for singer Dolly Parton
DJ $800 2003 The first plant to receive a patent was the "New Dawn" species of this garden flower in 1931
J $100 1996 The true "York and Lancaster" is a Damask type of this thorny flowering plant
peat moss 4x 25.0% stumper $400 avg J:2 DJ:2
DJ $200 1990 If your soil is too heavy or sandy, you can add this moss to improve its texture
J $600 2015 Saiho-ji in Kyoto is famous for velvety carpets of 120 species of this bryophyte plant
DJ $400 1996 This type of moss is most useful for growing acid-loving plants
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