| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ARTISTS: In 1914 his brother's remains were moved from Holland to Auvers, France & buried beside him Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | POP SINGERS: On March 10, 1996, this woman performed a song on the balcony of Buenos Aires' presidential palace Madonna |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | SPAIN: This Catalonian city, once the capital of the Visigoths, may be named for a Carthaginian family Barcelona |
| #2751, aired 1996-07-15 | RULERS: Last name of the last man to sit in power on the Peacock Throne (Shah Reza) Pahlevi (of Iran) |
| #2749, aired 1996-07-11 | NATURE: In December 1995 cold weather killed millions of these wintering in Michoacan monarch butterflies |
| #2742, aired 1996-07-02 | DESIGNERS: This designer who died in 1892 got his first big break designing luggage for Empress Eugenie Louis Vuitton |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | SOUTH AMERICA: Approximately 15% of this country's people are of Javanese descent Suriname |
| #2737, aired 1996-06-25 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: It's the biggest single customer of the domestic airline industry, using about 15,000 flights a day the US Postal Service |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: On Jan. 1, 1996 this oldest government regulatory agency, established in 1887, closed the Interstate Commerce Commission |
| #2735, aired 1996-06-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 29, 1765 Patrick Henry's Stamp Act protest was interrupted with this one word Treason! |
| #2734, aired 1996-06-20 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: San Juan Hill, site of Herbert Hoover's home, is now home to the president of this university Stanford |
| #2733, aired 1996-06-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: In 1948 this sportswear company was founded in Germany by Adolph Dassler Adidas |
| #2732, aired 1996-06-18 | OPERA PREMIERES: This 1853 Verdi opera's debut failed, partly because its star was too stout to be believable as a consumptive La traviata |
| #2731, aired 1996-06-17 | ARTISTS: His "Young Corn" painting is featured on a 1996 stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Iowa's statehood Grant Wood |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Salvaged from a shipwreck in the 1850s the Lutine Bell hangs in its British headquarters Lloyd's of London |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | U.S. STATE NAMES: The 2 states whose 1-word names are contained in other state names Kansas (Arkansas) & Virginia (West Virginia) |
| #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | THE WINTER OLYMPICS: The last 2 U.S. men to win the men's singles gold medal in figure skating, in 1984 & 1988 Scott Hamilton (1984) & Brian Boitano (1988) |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | ADVENTURERS: This American adventurer & aviator discovered the world's highest waterfall in 1935 Jim Angel |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | U.S. NICKNAMES: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania & Whittier, California share this two-word nickname "Quaker City" |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | ANAGRAMS: Anagrams of each other, one is a synonym for home, the other the material it might be made of abode & adobe |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | INVENTIONS: Swiss inventor George de Mestral created this after closely examining burrs stuck to his pants velcro |
| #2713, aired 1996-05-22 | ASIA: These landmarks are the highest & lowest points in Asia Mount Everest & the Dead Sea |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | WORLD MAGAZINES: The name of this German newsweekly means "The Mirror" Der Spiegel |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | FAMOUS NOVELS: Published in 1605, the first part of this novel was dedicated to the Duque de Bejar, Marques de Gibraleon... Don Quixote |
| #2700, aired 1996-05-03 | MYTHOLOGY: King Agamemnon was killed on his return to Greece after ignoring the warnings of this woman, his slave Cassandra |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | STATE CAPITALS: With 12 letters, it's the longest one-word state capital Indianapolis, Indiana |
| #2697, aired 1996-04-30 | THE U.N.: Switzerland & this country are the only 2 mainland European states which never joined the U.N. Vatican City |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | EUROPEAN DRAMA: In Act One of this 1890 play, the heroine has just returned from her honeymoon; at the end, she shoots herself Hedda Gabler |
| #2689, aired 1996-04-18 | THE CONSTITUTION: According to the terms of the 22nd Amendment, it's the maximum number of years one can serve as president 10 years |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | SCIENTISTS: In 1543 he wrote, "Finally we shall place the sun himself at the center of the universe" Nicolaus Copernicus |
| #2685, aired 1996-04-12 | ARTISTS: At a May 1995 auction, a painting by her sold for $3.2 million, barely topping one by her husband Frida Kahlo |
| #2684, aired 1996-04-11 | SPORTS: This Major League Baseball manager of the 1950s & 1960s received his nickname because he was born in Kansas City Casey Stengel |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | SAINTS: He wrote, "Praise to thee, my Lord, for all thy creatures, above all brother sun" St. Francis of Assisi |
| #2682, aired 1996-04-09 | THE CABINET: James Wilson of Iowa, who headed this department for 16 years, served longer than any other cabinet officer Department of Agriculture |
| #2680, aired 1996-04-05 | FOREIGN WARS: It was the first war covered by both newspaper reporters & photographers The Crimean War |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | FAMOUS TEACHERS: In 1967 this former teacher published a memoir entitled "Center of the Storm" John Scopes (famous Scopes Trial) |
| #2678, aired 1996-04-03 | FAMOUS WOMEN: At the first U.N. meeting, held in 1946 in London, she was the only woman in the U.S. delegation Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #2677, aired 1996-04-02 | U.S. CITY NAME ORIGINS: Frederick, Maryland was named for the 6th Baron this Baltimore (the Barons Baltimore; the Calvert family) |
| #2676, aired 1996-04-01 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The two presidents whose fathers signed the Declaration of Independence William Henry Harrison & John Quincy Adams |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | HISTORIC PEOPLE: Apsley House, the London home of this historic duke, boasts an 11' 4" nude statue of Napoleon the Duke of Wellington |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | TRAVEL & TOURISM: This company established its first village in 1950 in Alcudia on the island of Majorca Club Med |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | FOREIGN DIRECTORS: His fascination with clowns & make-believe may have begun when he ran off with Pierino's Circus as a child Federico Fellini |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | CHILDREN'S THEATRE: 1904 British play that includes the line "To die will be an awfully big adventure" Peter Pan |
| #2669, aired 1996-03-21 | FAMOUS SHIPS: Commander Lloyd M. Bucher was the last captain of this U.S. ship USS Pueblo (attacked by North Korea in 1968) |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1941 & 1942 he served as a photo-muralist for the Department of the Interior Ansel Adams |
| #2649, aired 1996-02-22 | SCIENTISTS: In 1992 the Roman Catholic Church admitted that it had erred in condemning this man Galileo |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | BRITISH MONARCHS: She was the niece of the last Hanoverian king Victoria |
| #2647, aired 1996-02-20 | QUOTATIONS: In 1947 Bernard Baruch told the Senate, "We are in the midst of" one of these "which is getting warmer" a cold war |
| #2646, aired 1996-02-19 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: This first American writer to earn $1 million received only $2,000 for a 1903 novel set in the Klondike Jack London |
| #2643, aired 1996-02-14 | LAKES: After Lake Michigan, it's the largest natural lake entirely within the U.S. Great Salt Lake |
| #2635, aired 1996-02-02 | CONGRESS: On Nov. 23, 1973 Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first member of Congress to do this while in office give birth |
| #2633, aired 1996-01-31 | U.S.A.: The new $92 million Rock and Roll Hall of Fame stands on the shores of this lake Lake Erie |
| #2632, aired 1996-01-30 | ENGLAND: Also known as New Sarum, this city famous for its cathedral is just a stone's throw from Stonehenge Salisbury |
| #2631, aired 1996-01-29 | HISTORIANS: In 1962 she said, "Nineteen-fourteen was the birthday of us all" Barbara Tuchman |
| #2629, aired 1996-01-25 | STATE CAPITALS: This state capital is on the site of a cross erected by Capt. Christopher Newport May 24, 1607 Richmond, Virginia |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | EXPLORERS: On March 18, 1912 he wrote in his diary, "My right foot has gone, nearly all the toes..." Robert Falcon Scott (in Antarctica) |
| #2627, aired 1996-01-23 | DISNEY FILMS: In Spanish-speaking countries, this Disney film is known as "La Sirenita" The Little Mermaid |
| #2625, aired 1996-01-19 | 20th CENTURY LEADERS: His name means "son of the young lion" in Hebrew David Ben-Gurion |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | MEDICAL FIRSTS: The death of Denise Darvall in a traffic accident permitted this historic December 3, 1967 event the first heart transplant |
| #2623, aired 1996-01-17 | THE CALENDAR: The next year that will be written in only 4 Roman numerals 2002 (MMII) |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | SPORTS NICKNAMES: This French tennis player born in 1905 is nicknamed "The Crocodile" Rene Lacoste |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | POLITICIANS: In 1961, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as vice president by this mentor Sam Rayburn |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | STATE CAPITALS: During the 1920s the Progressive Party was headquartered in this capital Madison, Wisconsin |
| #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | GEOGRAPHY: It's Europe's second-largest island Iceland |
| #2616, aired 1996-01-08 | I LOVE LUCY: On the May 9, 1955 show, Lucy imitated Gary Cooper, Clark Gable & this man who guest starred Harpo Marx |
| #2613, aired 1996-01-03 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: In the 1950s he won 2 Best Supp. Actor Oscars: 1 for playing a revolutionary, & 1 for playing an artist Anthony Quinn |
| #2612, aired 1996-01-02 | THE SUPREME COURT: He served as chief justice for more of the 20th century than any other man--17 years Warren Burger |
| #2610, aired 1995-12-29 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: Clause 40 of this document reads, "To none will we sell, to none deny or delay, right or justice" the Magna Carta |
| #2607, aired 1995-12-26 | HISTORIC PEOPLE: Marie Antoinette called him "l'ambassadeur electrique" Benjamin Franklin |
| #2606, aired 1995-12-25 | ARCHITECTS: Frank Lloyd Wright had a fine collection of art from this country where he spent a lot of time 1915-1922 Japan |
| #2598, aired 1995-12-13 | FAMOUS MUSICIANS: In the 1950s he composed the scores for Satyajit Ray's brilliant "Apu" trilogy of films Ravi Shankar |
| #2597, aired 1995-12-12 | HISTORIC QUOTES: In 1945 this Frenchman told his countrymen, "If I treated with the enemy, it was to spare you" Philippe Pétain |
| #2596, aired 1995-12-11 | BRITISH AUTHORS: Among guests who surprised him on a 1994 British "This is Your Life" were Buzz Aldrin & Alexi Leonov Arthur C. Clarke |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | EUROPE: Excluding Russia, with over 81 million people, it's the most populous country in Europe Germany |
| #2590, aired 1995-12-01 | U.S. AIRPORTS: In terms of cargo this city's airport was the world's busiest in 1994, handling 1.65 million metric tons Memphis |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 1 of 3 U.S. presidents in the 20th c. who never had a house of Congress controlled by his party (1 of) Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford & George Bush |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | ETHICS: Aesculapius, Hygeia, Panacea & Apollo are all mentioned in the first line of this The Hippocratic Oath |
| #2583, aired 1995-11-22 | THE OSCARS: 2 of the 5 actors before Tom Hanks to win 2 Best Actor Oscars (2 of) Marlon Brando, Gary Cooper, Dustin Hoffman, Fredric March & Spencer Tracy |
| #2582, aired 1995-11-21 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: This character in an 1838 novel was based on Ikey Solomon, a British thief & fence Fagin |
| #2581, aired 1995-11-20 | BESTSELLING NOVELISTS: From 1979 to 1986, he was dean of the college of business administration at the University of Northern Iowa Robert James Waller ("The Bridges of Madison County") |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | FAMOUS NAMES: DNA from Prince Philip helped prove that Anna Anderson-Manahan was not this woman, as she had claimed Anastasia |
| #2579, aired 1995-11-16 | STATE CAPITALS: This state capital was a compromise choice between North Platters & South Platters Lincoln, Nebraska |
| #2578, aired 1995-11-15 | SCULPTORS: This American remarked, "Disparity in form, color, size, weight, motion is what makes a composition" Alexander Calder |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | NOTABLE WOMEN: She said she healed from a near-fatal fall after reading a passage from the Bible in 1866 Mary Baker Eddy |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | THE ELEMENTS: At its standard mass, it puts the red in red fireworks; its 90 isotope is found in nuclear fallout Strontium |
| #2575, aired 1995-11-10 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: James B. Stockdale was his vice-presidential running mate Ross Perot |
| #2574, aired 1995-11-09 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: He's the co-founder & editor-in-chief of a new magazine that hit the stands on September 26, 1995 John F. Kennedy, Jr. |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | VOCABULARY: This term for the ludicrous misuse of a word is from the name of a character in an 18th century play malapropism |
| #2572, aired 1995-11-07 | FRANCE: Jacques Chirac is the 5th president of the 5th Republic; he was the first Charles de Gaulle |
| #2571, aired 1995-11-06 | BUSINESS & LITERATURE: On March 24, 1994 this store held a breakfast to announce the new Truman Capote Literary Trust Tiffany's |
| #2558, aired 1995-10-18 | THE CARIBBEAN: Its peso is symbolized R.D.$ the Dominican Republic |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | PRIMATES: A type of macaque, it's the only primate, other than man, found in Europe The Gibraltar Ape |
| #2543, aired 1995-09-27 | U.S. CURRENCY: On April 13, 1976 the reverse of this bill was changed from a presidential home to an event the $2 bill |
| #2541, aired 1995-09-25 | NEXT IN LINE: Jacqueline, Claudia, Thelma, … Elizabeth "Betty" (Ford) |
| #2537, aired 1995-09-19 | NOTABLE WOMEN: In 1995, 61 years after her death, she became the 1st woman entombed in France's Pantheon in her own right Marie Curie |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | RULERS: The 2 British kings whose royal names have the highest Roman numerals Henry VIII & Edward VIII |
| #2529, aired 1995-09-07 | NATURALISTS: Before his death in 1914 he studied forests in Russia, India & Australia, as well as the U.S. John Muir |
| #2528, aired 1995-09-06 | FAMOUS WOMEN: Of a famous 1955 event she said, "My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work" Rosa Parks |
| #2526, aired 1995-09-04 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Other than in Germany, the U.S. has more military personnel stationed in this foreign country than in any other Japan |
