| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | HISTORIC NAMES: Following his appointment as engineer in 1482, he planned & constructed canals in Milan, Italy Leonardo da Vinci |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | QUOTES OF THE 1960s: He once told Newsweek, "I have no country. For me a country is just a place to dance" Nureyev |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | ARCHITECTURE: This complex was built between 1631 & 1654 at a cost of about 40,000,000 rupees the Taj Mahal |
| #2062, aired 1993-07-20 | ATTORNEYS GENERAL: Last name of the father & son attorneys general under Truman & Lyndon Johnson (Ramsey) Clark |
| #2061, aired 1993-07-19 | ISLANDS: This is the largest island in Europe Great Britain |
| #2060, aired 1993-07-16 | TELEVISION HISTORY: The Texaco Star Theater debuted on June 8, 1948, this day of the week Tuesday |
| #2059, aired 1993-07-15 | THEATRES: Martha Graham & The Wallendas were among the acts featured on the opening night of this 6200-seat theatre 12/27/32 Radio City Music Hall |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: Based on a ballet, this 1944 musical begins at 6 A.M. in the Brooklyn Navy Yard "On the Town" |
| #2057, aired 1993-07-13 | FAMOUS AUTHORS: He used his fishing boat, the Pilar, for counter-intelligence work during World War II Ernest Hemingway |
| #2056, aired 1993-07-12 | PHILANTHROPY: At the time of his death in 1937, he had given over $500 million to charity John D. Rockefeller |
| #2055, aired 1993-07-09 | ACTRESSES & THEIR ROLES: In 1992 Angela Bassett played the Jacksons' mother on TV & Betty Shabazz in this film Malcolm X |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | POETS' HOMES: The home of poet James Whitcomb Riley is a tourist attraction in this state capital Indianapolis |
| #2053, aired 1993-07-07 | WOMEN: Gloria Steinem, Susan Strasberg & Norman Mailer have all written books about her Marilyn Monroe |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS: He used more words in his one inaugural address than FDR used in all four of his William Henry Harrison |
| #2051, aired 1993-07-05 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Chile's Juan Fernandez islands include a pair named for Alexander Selkirk & this fictional character Robinson Crusoe |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | LANGUAGES: Dublin's famous Book of Kells is written in this language Latin |
| #2049, aired 1993-07-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The Brooklyn Flint Glass Works changed its name to this after moving to a N.Y. town of the same name Corning |
| #2048, aired 1993-06-30 | AMERICAN MUSICALS: A 1920s French production of this musical about 19th c. entertainers was titled "Mississippi" Show Boat |
| #2047, aired 1993-06-29 | U.S. RIVERS: The name of this river, famous in song, may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little Saint John" the Swanee |
| #2046, aired 1993-06-28 | GODS & GODDESSES: Augustus Caesar encouraged the worship of this god who was considered the avenger of Julius Caesar Mars |
| #2045, aired 1993-06-25 | MOVIE DIRECTORS: This director's last film, 1976's "A Matter of Time", starred Ingrid Bergman & his Oscar-winning daughter (Vincente) Minnelli |
| #2044, aired 1993-06-24 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Before Clinton, he was the last U.S. president who was a law school graduate (Gerald) Ford |
| #2043, aired 1993-06-23 | POETS & POETRY: He was buried in a country churchyard in Buckinghamshire, England in 1771 Thomas Gray |
| #2042, aired 1993-06-22 | THE 50 STATES: Texas has the most farms with 185,000; this state has the fewest with about 500 Alaska |
| #2041, aired 1993-06-21 | EXPLORATION: What mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller labeled "America" for Amerigo Vespucci is now this country Brazil |
| #2040, aired 1993-06-18 | SOUTH AMERICA: The name of this capital city is a corruption of Rimac, the river on which it lies Lima, Peru |
| #2039, aired 1993-06-17 | PORT CITIES: In population, it was by far the largest city in the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War New Orleans |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | THE 1950s: June 2, 1953 event telecast worldwide & filmed in Technicolor Queen Elizabeth II's coronation |
| #2037, aired 1993-06-15 | CORPORATE AMERICA: Using letters from their names, Harold Matson & Elliot Handler named their toy company this Mattel |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | POETS: In 1993 Maya Angelou became the first poet to read at a presidential inauguration since this poet in 1961 Robert Frost |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: The success of this book in 1957 prompted Random House to create its "Beginner Books" series The Cat in the Hat |
| #2034, aired 1993-06-10 | BIOGRAPHIES: He was the subject of Hendrik Willem van Loon's "R. v. R." Rembrandt van Rijn |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | THE 50 STATES: New in the 1993 World Almanac is the spelling of this state's name, which now has a glottal stop mark in it Hawai'i |
| #2032, aired 1993-06-08 | WORD ORIGINS: From the French for "to go out", it's a flight of combat aircraft on a mission a sortie |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | 19th CENTURY ELECTIONS: In 1836 Van Buren ran against Harrison for U.S. president & these 2 ran for president of Texas Sam Houston & Stephen F. Austin |
| #2030, aired 1993-06-04 | U.S. HISTORY: Albert Gallatin played the leading role in the negotiations that ended this war the War of 1812 |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | ENGLISH LITERATURE: In this 1653 work, Piscator tries to convince Venator, a hunter, that fishing is the better sport The Compleat Angler |
| #2028, aired 1993-06-02 | AFRICA: Blantyre, the largest city in Malawi, is named after this missionary's birthplace David Livingstone |
| #2027, aired 1993-06-01 | NOTORIOUS: He was working as an explosives expert for the Spanish army when he was hired to return to England in 1604 Guy Fawkes |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | SOUTH AMERICA: The original name of this capital city translates as "Our Lady of Peace" La Paz |
| #2025, aired 1993-05-28 | WORLD AIRLINES: This airline's business class is named for Marco Polo Cathay Pacific |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | MEN OF SCIENCE: In addition to a pendulum, Jean Foucault made a simple one of these to prove the Earth rotated gyroscope |
| #2023, aired 1993-05-26 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS: In 1992 Mona Van Duyn became the first woman named this by the Library of Congress poet laureate of the United States |
| #2022, aired 1993-05-25 | IN THE NEWS: In 1992 he opened his own Institute for Architecture near Regent's Park Prince Charles |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | SINGERS: The widow of this singer who died in 1992 donated 16 boxes of his clothing & shoes to the National Hobo Association Roger Miller |
| #2020, aired 1993-05-21 | POETRY: The woman with the most quotes in the new edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is this American Emily Dickinson |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 1529 this Spaniard was made Marques del Valle de Oaxaca Hernán Cortés |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | FAMOUS WOMEN: In 1949 she founded Welcome House, a foster home for Asian-American children Pearl Buck |
| #2017, aired 1993-05-18 | MUSEUMS: This U.S. city is the home of a permanent historical exhibit called "The Sixth Floor" Dallas |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | THE 1970s: Construction on this massive project began at Sheep Creek camp March 9, 1975 the Alaska pipeline (Trans-Alaska pipeline) |
| #2015, aired 1993-05-14 | ANCIENT ROME: General Publius Scipio won the surname "Africanus" for beating this man at the 202 B.C. Battle of Zama Hannibal |
| #2014, aired 1993-05-13 | WORLD CAPITALS: Roxas Boulevard in this capital city was formerly named Dewey Boulevard Manila |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: For his unconventional but effective use of the media, Advertising Age named him its 1992 Adman of the Year Ross Perot |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | CANADA: It's the only Canadian province separated entirely from the North American mainland Prince Edward Island |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS: His 1856 campaign slogan emphasized "Free press, free soil, free men" John C. Frémont |
| #2010, aired 1993-05-07 | BOOKS & AUTHORS: First published in 1732, its author said it sold "annually, near ten thousand" Poor Richard's Almanack |
| #2009, aired 1993-05-06 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: It's the oldest executive department of the U.S. government Department of State |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | IN THE NEWS: In January 1993 he was elected president of a country 2/3 the size of the one he led 7 months earlier Vaclav Havel |
| #2007, aired 1993-05-04 | NATURE: About 1250 miles long, it's the largest structure ever formed by creatures other than man the Great Barrier Reef |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | DISNEY FILMS: "Beauty and the Beast" is set in this country France |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: One of Canada's largest universities, it was endowed by a Scottish- born fur trader McGill University |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: This was a separate city within the district until joined with Washington in 1878 Georgetown |
| #2003, aired 1993-04-28 | MODERN NOVELS: Chapter VII of this James Michener novel is titled "Mazurka" Poland |
| #2002, aired 1993-04-27 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the last unmarried man elected president Grover Cleveland |
| #2001, aired 1993-04-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Peter J. McGuire, this holiday's originator, set its date to fall about midway between July 4th & Thanksgiving Labor Day |
| #2000, aired 1993-04-23 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES: "Hero" co-stars Dustin Hoffman & Geena Davis last appeared together in this film Tootsie |
| #1999, aired 1993-04-22 | FORMS OF ADDRESS: The first form of address transmitted by telephone Mr. |
| #1998, aired 1993-04-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The highest point in this South American country is Julianatop in the Wilhelmina Mountains Suriname |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | U.S. LANDMARKS: A bell in its steeple is inscribed: "We are the first ring of bells cast for the British Empire in North America" the Old North Church (Christ Church) |
| #1996, aired 1993-04-19 | JOURNALISM: The origins of this go back to 6 papers that combined to telegraph news from Boston to NYC the Associated Press |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | ASSASSINATIONS: On February 21, 1965 he was killed in the Audubon Ballroom in New York City Malcolm X |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | LITERARY QUOTES: This title is the only quote by playwright John Osborne in Bartlett's Look back in anger |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | ROCK STARS: This Brit. rocker is the 1st non-sports figure to be honored on Madison Square Garden's Walk of Fame Elton John |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: President born the earliest in the 20th century (Lyndon) Johnson |
| #1991, aired 1993-04-12 | KINGS & QUEENS: He was king of England during the War of 1812, though his son served as regent George III |
| #1990, aired 1993-04-09 | NEWS OF THE '30s: In 1935 Ontario made this group wards of the crown the Dionne quintuplets |
| #1989, aired 1993-04-08 | STATE CAPITALS: This city in the northwest is the "City of Trees"; its name comes from the French for "wooded" Boise |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | AFRICA: This country gained its independence from France in March 1956 & from Spain a month later Morocco |
| #1987, aired 1993-04-06 | FAMOUS HOMES: There's a famous home on a piece of land called Walker's Point in this U.S. town Kennebunkport, Maine |
| #1986, aired 1993-04-05 | THE CALENDAR: This religion's calendar dates from 622 A.D. Islam |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | THE TONY AWARDS: He won his first of 9 Tonys for the first Broadway musical he choreographed, "The Pajama Game" Bob Fosse |
| #1984, aired 1993-04-01 | EXPLORERS: This contemporary of Columbus established the concept of a New World in his 1504 letter "Mundus Novus" Amerigo Vespucci |
| #1983, aired 1993-03-31 | MONARCHS: In 1942 she become the first reigning queen to address the U.S. Congress Wilhelmina |
| #1982, aired 1993-03-30 | MEDICAL HISTORY: The first triple transplant, performed in 1986, involved these 3 different organs the heart, the lungs & the liver |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: The Klickitat Indians referred to this peak as Tah-One-Lat-Clah, meaning "fire mountain" Mount St. Helens |
| #1980, aired 1993-03-26 | U.S. STATES: It's the newest state east of the Mississippi River West Virginia |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | ISLANDS: After its ruler left February 26, 1815, this island was restored to Tuscany Elba |
| #1978, aired 1993-03-24 | GOVERNORS: The first President after Franklin Roosevelt who had also been a state governor Jimmy Carter |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | FRENCH DRAMA: This 1897 play contains the line "I never loved but one man in my life, and I have lost him-- twice" Cyrano de Bergerac |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | U.S. CITIES: This city, its state's largest, was named for a co-founder of a banking & express transport company Fargo |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | MUSEUMS: In 1971 Michael Collins was named director of this museum The (National) Air & Space Museum |
| #1974, aired 1993-03-18 | FAMOUS WOMEN: The Greek equivalent of Eve, the first woman on Earth; she got in trouble too Pandora |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | PULITZER PRIZE PLAYS: In 1991 Neil Simon won his first Pulitzer Prize, for this play Lost in Yonkers |
| #1972, aired 1993-03-16 | WORLD CITIES: The original full name of this Mexican port translates to "Rich Town of the True Cross" Veracruz |
| #1971, aired 1993-03-15 | PUBLISHING: Last name of the Scottish brothers who began publishing textbooks in 1843 & put out their first novel in 1855 MacMillan |
| #1970, aired 1993-03-12 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This electronics company's New York Stock Exchange symbol is "TXN" Texas instruments |
| #1969, aired 1993-03-11 | POPULATION: With almost 9 million residents, this is the U.S.A.'s most populous county Los Angeles County |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | ISLANDS: These islands about 400 miles from Cape Horn were named for a British treasurer of the Navy the Falklands |
| #1967, aired 1993-03-09 | MONEY MATTERS: According to Forbes magazine, this country ranks between the U.S. & Japan in the number of billionaires Germany |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | U.S. CITIES: Abraham Lincoln's first home in Illinois was near this city named after a naval hero Decatur |
| #1965, aired 1993-03-05 | WORLD CITIES: In population, it ranks second to Mexico City as the largest city in the Western Hemisphere São Paulo, Brazil |
| #1964, aired 1993-03-04 | MOVIE MOGULS: U.S. movie studio founder whose family name was derived from the French village of Isigny-sur-Mer (Walt) Disney |
| #1963, aired 1993-03-03 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: The category in which the U.S. has won the fewest medals--10 Literature |
| #1962, aired 1993-03-02 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: In 1977 S.S. Kresge Company changed its name to this K-Mart |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | U.S. CITIES: To shorten its name to fit a newspaper's masthead, this Ohio city lost an "A" in 1832 Cleveland |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | NOTABLE NAMES: Eugene Cernan is the last person to stand here the Moon |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: The execution of this man & his followers in 1859 is believed to be the only one for treason against a state John Brown |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | GEMS: The Star of Africa is a diamond & the Star of India is one of these a sapphire |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY: Of the 9 tried for this 1770 event, 7 were acquitted & 2 charged with manslaughter, branded & let go the Boston Massacre |
| #1956, aired 1993-02-22 | MILITARY LEADERS: This U.S. general was born April 5, 1937 to parents who had emigrated from Jamaica Colin Powell |
| #1955, aired 1993-02-19 | NEW ENGLAND: In Washington, D.C.'s Statuary Hall, the state of Vermont is represented by this patriot Ethan Allen |
| #1954, aired 1993-02-18 | TELEVISION HISTORY: When this service hit the air August 1, 1981, the first act it presented was The Buggles MTV |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | IN THE NEWS: Tennessee governor Ned McWherter chose Harlan Mathews to fill this man's Senate seat until 1994 Al Gore |
| #1952, aired 1993-02-16 | EUROPE: 2 of the 5 mainland European nations that touch only 1 other country (2 of) Portugal, Denmark, San Marino, Vatican City & Monaco |
| #1951, aired 1993-02-15 | FLAGS: A flag bearing a white anchor & caduceus on a blue field represents this U.S. government official Surgeon General of the United States |
| #1950, aired 1993-02-12 | FASHION HISTORY: Listing the great men of the 19th century, Lord Byron ranked himself 3rd, Napoleon 2nd & this man 1st Beau Brummel |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES: His father, Eugene, an immigrant from Sicily, taught romance languages at Brooklyn College Antonin Scalia |
| #1948, aired 1993-02-10 | NEWSPAPERS: It was once advertised as "The Daily Diary of the American Dream" The Wall Street Journal |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | ORGANIZATIONS: The symbol of this organization is a lighted candle with barbed wire surrounding it Amnesty International |
| #1946, aired 1993-02-08 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Abandoned as a child in Liverpool, he was raised by the Earnshaw family Heathcliff |
| #1945, aired 1993-02-05 | OPERA: This 20th century opera was inspired by Hieronymus Bosch's painting "The Adoration of the Magi" Amahl and the Night Visitors |
| #1944, aired 1993-02-04 | OSCAR-WINNING FILMS: A series of articles about corruption in the longshoremen's union inspired this 1954 film On the Waterfront |
| #1943, aired 1993-02-03 | SPORTS: He's the only man voted NBA MVP under 2 completely different names Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) |
| #1942, aired 1993-02-02 | HISTORIC NAMES: A U.S. naval squadron brought back his remains from France in 1905, 113 years after his death John Paul Jones |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | ORGANIZATIONS: This service organization's name comes from American Indian dialect meaning "we make ourselves known" Kiwanis International |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | BRITISH MONARCHS: 1 of 4 British monarchs whose reigns were longer than Elizabeth I's 45 years (1 of) Victoria, Henry III, Edward III, & George III |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | WORLD BUSINESS: In April 1992 McDonald's opened its biggest restaurant ever in this world capital Beijing |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | U.S. CITIES: The name of this California college town is Spanish for "tall tree" Palo Alto |
| #1937, aired 1993-01-26 | ODD JOBS: It was the profession of Lou Jacobs, the model for a 1966 postage stamp, who died in Sarasota in 1992 a clown |
| #1936, aired 1993-01-25 | IN THE NEWS: In 1992 it missed its 1st Monday Night Football opener in 23 yrs.; it was in Miami transmitting relief messages the Goodyear Blimp |
| #1935, aired 1993-01-22 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Excluding FDR, 1 of the 4 presidents since the Civil War to have had more than 1 vice president (1 of) Richard Nixon, Grover Cleveland, Ulysses Grant & William McKinley |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | PLANTS & FLOWERS: Common name of the plants that make up the genus Helianthus the sunflower |
| #1932, aired 1993-01-19 | POLITICAL LEADERS: His books "No Easy Walk to Freedom" & "The Struggle Is My Life" were published during his imprisonment Nelson Mandela |
| #1931, aired 1993-01-18 | NATIONAL PARKS: The original entrance to this southwest U.S. park was via a miner's bucket lowered almost 200 feet Carlsbad Caverns |
| #1930, aired 1993-01-15 | WOMEN: In 1971 she was honored by Pope Paul VI with the first Pope John XXIII Peace Prize Mother Teresa |
| #1929, aired 1993-01-14 | MOVIE ROLES: Ed Wynn & W.C. Fields turned down the title role in this 1939 film The Wizard of Oz |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | FAMOUS STRUCTURES: Prior to the completion of the Eiffel Tower, this U.S. structure was the world's tallest the Washington Monument |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: He was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946 Bill Clinton |
| #1926, aired 1993-01-11 | SHAKESPEARE: The 2 leading female characters in this play are the marriageable Minola sisters The Taming of the Shrew |
| #1925, aired 1993-01-08 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR: A letter from Ben Franklin introduced him as "a lieut. genl. in the King of Prussia's service" Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | 19th CENTURY AUTHORS: In 1863 he published his rules for castle croquet, which he played with the Liddell Sisters Lewis Carroll |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | PLANTS & TREES: Botany Bay kino, a resin used to protect wood from worms, is derived from this type of tree eucalyptus |
| #1922, aired 1993-01-05 | CABLE TELEVISION: This TV evangelist's son Tim is president & CEO of the Family Channel Pat Robertson |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | FOOTBALL: 3 of the 4 California cities in which the Super Bowl has been played (3 of) L.A., Pasadena, San Diego & Palo Alto |
| #1920, aired 1993-01-01 | FOREIGN CARS: August Horch named this car by translating his last name, which means "listen", to a Latin equivalent Audi |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | GOVERNORS: This governor sent in the militia after the 1919 Boston police strike was under control (Calvin) Coolidge |
| #1918, aired 1992-12-30 | FAMOUS NAMES: Volume 1 of the New Book of Knowledge Ency. has an article on this man written by Danny Kaye Hans Christian Andersen |
| #1917, aired 1992-12-29 | QUOTES: The author who wrote, "Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #1916, aired 1992-12-28 | LANGUAGES: Swahili contains many words borrowed from this language, including the word "Swahili" Arabic |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | WORLD LEADERS: At age 25 in 1908, this future European leader wrote his only novel, "The Cardinal's Mistress" Benito Mussolini |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES: Author DuBose Heyward was born in this city & set his most famous work on its waterfront Charleston |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | BOTANY: The genus of this herb used in crop rotation & to feed livestock is Trifolium clover |
| #1912, aired 1992-12-22 | THE OLYMPICS: In 1988 she became the first Black American to win a Winter Olympic medal Debi Thomas |
| #1911, aired 1992-12-21 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Founded by a Philadelphia Baptist in 1884 as an evening college, it became a university in 1907 Temple |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | HISTORIC NAMES: This prominent European family took its name from a red shield painted on an ancestral home the Rothschilds |
| #1909, aired 1992-12-17 | THE ELEMENTS: Alphabetically the first among gases, it's the third most abundant gas in the air argon |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | U.S. LAKES: Wizard Island sits in this lake in what was once Mount Mazama Crater Lake |
| #1907, aired 1992-12-15 | ANATOMY: You have this bone, snakes don't, & in bats, it's keeled a breastbone (or sternum) |
| #1906, aired 1992-12-14 | ROMAN EMPERORS: In 54 A.D., as the result of his mother's scheming, he became the first teenage emperor of Rome at age 16 Nero |
| #1905, aired 1992-12-11 | TRANSPORTATION: Last names of the motor car maker & motor car dealer who merged in Manchester, England in 1906 Rolls & Royce |
| #1904, aired 1992-12-10 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He wrote 2 books inspired by his career: "The Canfield Decision" & "Go Quietly... or Else" (Spiro) Agnew |
| #1903, aired 1992-12-09 | BALLET: The elaborate prologue of this 1890 ballet features a christening & a curse Sleeping Beauty |
| #1902, aired 1992-12-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The gasoline brand named for its founder & a famous highway Phillips 66 |
| #1901, aired 1992-12-07 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This island nation has the world's largest Muslim population Indonesia |
| #1900, aired 1992-12-04 | LANGUAGES: The official langauge shared by Niger, Rwanda & Senegal French |
| #1899, aired 1992-12-03 | PUBLISHING: This publishing company's logo is a dwelling that's been described as half cottage & half mansion Random House |
| #1898, aired 1992-12-02 | ANCIENT POETS: Plato called her "The Tenth Muse" Sappho |
| #1897, aired 1992-12-01 | FAMOUS NAMES: The last of his 56 children, Mabel Sanborn, died in 1950 at age 87 Brigham Young |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | MUSICIANS: On his 1986 death he was called "arguably the only white jazz player to be the best on his instrument" Benny Goodman |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | ISLANDS: This is the largest island in the Indian Ocean Madagascar |
| #1894, aired 1992-11-26 | THE CABINET: This cabinet department is in charge of printing all postage stamps Treasury |
| #1893, aired 1992-11-25 | STATE CAPITALS: John Tyler, James Monroe & Jefferson Davis are buried in this capital's Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | HISTORIC PAIRS: They were the maternal grandparents of England's Queen Mary I Ferdinand & Isabella |
| #1891, aired 1992-11-23 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: He retired after the only woman he ever loved, opera singer Irene Adler, passed away Sherlock Holmes |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | PRESIDENTS' HOMES: The exterior of the governor's mansion in Florida is modeled after the home of this president Andrew Jackson |
| #1889, aired 1992-11-19 | POETRY: William Blake called them "The Two Contrary States of the Human Soul" and wrote songs of them innocence & experience |
| #1888, aired 1992-11-18 | WORLD DRAMA: Sophocles, Euripides & Eugene O'Neill all wrote plays with this woman's name in their titles Electra |
| #1887, aired 1992-11-17 | NEWSPAPERS: It was first published between 1861 and 1865; it was revived in 1918; stopped in 1919, and revived again in 1942 Stars and Stripes |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Henry Moore's sculpture, "Nuclear Energy", can be seen on the campus of this university the University of Chicago |
| #1885, aired 1992-11-13 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY: This automaker's trademark symbolizes the 3 places where its engines were used: land, air & water Mercedes-Benz |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | POLAND: Laid to rest temporarily at Arlington in 1941, his remains were returned to Poland in 1992 Jan Paderewski |
| #1883, aired 1992-11-11 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He served as vice president for the shortest length of time: one month John Tyler |
| #1882, aired 1992-11-10 | MYTHS & LEGENDS: What the ancient Greek writer Theseus called a "monokeros", we call this a unicorn |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | GEOGRAPHY: Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, this is the largest country in area in the world Russia |
| #1880, aired 1992-11-06 | OPERETTAS: Sigmund Romberg wrote the music for this 1926 operetta inspired by an Arab revolt in French Morocco The Desert Song |
| #1879, aired 1992-11-05 | EXPLORERS: He died after his ship the St. Peter was wrecked in the Komandorskiye Islands in 1741 Vitus Bering |
| #1878, aired 1992-11-04 | INSECTS: Lampyridae is the scientific name of this family of insects fireflies (lightning bugs) |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY: His left arm is buried at Ellwood Farm near Fredericksburg, Virginia Stonewall Jackson |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | TELEVISION: This program grew out of evening updates on the Iran hostage crisis hosted by Frank Reynolds Nightline |
| #1875, aired 1992-10-30 | THE SUPREME COURT: The 1973 case Doe v. Bolton was decided with this more famous case Roe v. Wade |
| #1874, aired 1992-10-29 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The first two presidents not born in Virginia were born in what is now this state Massachusetts |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | U.S. STATES: This state with several hundred ghost towns was admitted to the Union on Halloween in 1864 Nevada |
| #1872, aired 1992-10-27 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS: This phrase meaning the aristocracy is derived from the part of a loaf served to honored guests the upper crust |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | HISTORIC NAMES: For his licentious behavior, monk Grigori Yefimovich Novykh earned this nickname meaning "debauched one" Rasputin |
| #1870, aired 1992-10-23 | BUSINESS BIGGIES: This, the world's largest food company, is based in Vevey, Switzerland Nestle |
| #1869, aired 1992-10-22 | FAMOUS SHIPS: This research vessel named for a character in the "Odyssey" is a former WWII minesweeper the Calypso |
| #1868, aired 1992-10-21 | CHRONOLOGY: Dionysius Exiguus, a monk in Rome, is credited with inspiring the use of these 2 abbreviations B.C. & A.D. |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | MEN OF SCIENCE: In 1927, a year after his death, his autobiography "Harvest of the Years" was published Luther Burbank |
| #1866, aired 1992-10-19 | WORD ORIGINS: The name of this swift current between 2 of the Lofoten Islands off Norway has come to refer any whirlpool a maelstrom |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: This Southern lake ranks 2nd in size to Lake Michigan among freshwater lakes entirely within the U.S. Lake Okeechobee |
| #1864, aired 1992-10-15 | ANIMALS: Legend says this dog is descended from ones shipwrecked on the coast of Maryland in 1807 the Chesapeake (Bay Retriever) |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | RELIGIOUS GROUPS: "The War Cry" & "The Young Soldier" are publications of this religious movement Salvation Army |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | PRESIDENTS: Before Eisenhower, he was the last president to preside over the admission of a new state (William Howard) Taft |
| #1861, aired 1992-10-12 | ISLANDS: This U.S. possession was named for its location on the sea route from California to Japan the Midway Islands |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: Famous nickname of the woman who was born Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson Tipper Gore |
| #1859, aired 1992-10-08 | THE SUPREME COURT: He is the only bachelor serving on the Supreme Court David Souter |
| #1858, aired 1992-10-07 | AMERICANA: The Ryan NYP hanging from a ceiling in Washington, D.C. is better known by this name the Spirit of St. Louis |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | THE OSCARS: In 1992 John Singleton replaced this 1941 nominee as the youngest director nominated Orson Welles |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | LANGUAGES: The 2 languages on the Rosetta Stone Egyptian & Greek |
| #1855, aired 1992-10-02 | HISTORICAL OPERAS: This queen is a leading character in Donizetti's opera "Roberto Devereux, Conte d'Essex" Elizabeth I |
| #1854, aired 1992-10-01 | THE CALENDAR: It was the last year that was just two letters long in Roman numerals 1500 (MD) |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | ORGANIZATIONS: Founded in Michigan in 1936, it's the largest philanthropic organization in the world the Ford Foundation |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: In England, it was a place set aside at balls where servants would attend to people's wigs the powder room |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | ENTERTAINERS OF THE PAST: This Missouri-born expatriate starred in the 1935 French film "Princess Tam-Tam" Josephine Baker |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: This holy day may be named for an Anglo-Saxon spring goddess Easter |
| #1849, aired 1992-09-24 | THE 20th CENTURY: Containing Army surplus food, the first of these arrived in France in 1946 & cost $15 a box to send care packages |
| #1848, aired 1992-09-23 | SPORTING EVENTS: In 1911, it took 6 hours, 42 minutes to win this event; in 1991, 2 hours, 50 minutes the Indianapolis 500 |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | THE SOVIET UNION: After this hero's death in 1968, the town of Gzhatsk was renamed in his honor Yuri Gagarin |
| #1846, aired 1992-09-21 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: The name of this mountain chain means "bark eaters", a derogatory name the Iroquois gave their neighbors the Adirondack chain |
| #1845, aired 1992-09-18 | FILMS OF THE '40s: In the 1940s this star made 8 films with Bing Crosby, more than any other actress Dorothy Lamour |
| #1844, aired 1992-09-17 | U.S. ELECTIONS: He's been on the Republican national ticket more than anyone else, 5 times Richard Nixon |
| #1843, aired 1992-09-16 | WORLD LEADERS: This dictator's original surname was Al-Tikriti Saddam Hussein |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | PSYCHOLOGY: In Freud's "Interpretation of Dreams", he mentions this king of Thebes Oedipus |
| #1841, aired 1992-09-14 | POETRY: About her Tennyson wrote, "She took the tax away and built herself an everlasting name" Lady Godiva |
| #1840, aired 1992-09-11 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The name of this country is New Latin for "place of freedom" Liberia |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | SHIPS: This British navy ship left Devenport Dec. 27, 1831 & went around the world on a 5-year survey mission the HMS Beagle |
| #1838, aired 1992-09-09 | FAMOUS WOMEN: On her death, Will Rogers said her "consideration of others will live as a mark for any woman to shoot at" Annie Oakley |
| #1837, aired 1992-09-08 | FAMOUS SCIENTISTS: In 1969 the N.Y. Times retracted a 1920 editorial ridiculing his claim that rockets could fly to the Moon Robert Goddard |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This chain of 748 shoe stores was named for a Scottish professional golfer Thom McAn |
