| #9203, aired 2024-11-13 | KEEPING WARM $600: The 1911 Boy Scout manual says 2 things "are essential in the building of a fire"--this (bits of wood or paper) "& air" kindling |
| #9171, aired 2024-09-30 | VENTURE BROS. $200: One of their fledgling companies that had begun in 1910 in Dayton was teetering in 1911 after several employee deaths the Wright brothers |
| #9121, aired 2024-06-10 | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS $800: Begun in 1885 & inaugurated in 1911, the Victor Emmanuel II monument commemorates the unification of this country Italy |
| #9113, aired 2024-05-29 | SHALL WE SCIENCE? $2000: He was at the University of Manchester when he proposed his planetary model of the atom in 1911 Rutherford |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ON WHEELS $800: The 1911 Curtiss Triad was the first plane to have retractable this, like modern planes landing gear |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | ALLITERATIVE PHRASES $1000: In 1911 the Kenosha, Wisconsin Bijou advertised its new nitro this "for projecting motion pictures" on the silver screen |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | HEAVY $200: Fully loaded, this ship launched in 1911 weighed, or displaced, more than 52,000 tons--no match for a monster iceberg the Titanic |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | AVIATION PIONEERS $1200: On the first coast-to-coast flight, in 1911 Cal Rodgers took off from Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. & landed in this Ca. "City of Roses" Pasadena |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | PAINT, BY NUMBERS $2000: Looted by Nazis, "The Father", a 1911 work by this Russian Empire-born painter, got $7.4 million for the rightful heirs in 2022 Chagall |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | LEGEND DAIRY $800: Since 1911, a hallmark of its state fair is a cow sculpted from about 600 pounds of butter the Iowa State Fair |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | PANCHO VILLAGE $1200: After 1911, Pancho Villa used this Texas city of 600,000 on the Rio Grande as a supply center El Paso |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | ART HEISTS $400: Even the "Mona Lisa" has been stolen, pinched from this museum in 1911 & hidden for 2 years until the thief tried to sell the Louvre |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | TRIANGLES $1000: In 1911 a devastating fire at this company's factory in New York City killed 146 garment workers the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | MIRRORS $600: Before the advent of this device in the 1911 Indy 500, passengers called riding mechanics watched for cars coming up behind rearview mirror |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | DISCOVERY & INVENTION $2000: Hiram Bingham was searching for Vilcabamba in 1911 when a local, Melchor Arteaga, led him to this "lost city" Machu Picchu |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | I AM A CHAMPION! $300: On May 30,1911, Ray Harroun became the first champ of this race, going 75 mph; Marcus Ericsson won it in 2022, going 100 mph faster the Indy 500 |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | JUST A LITTLE NUCLEAR PHYSICS $1600: He was knighted after his 1911 discovery of the nucleus; that's Sir Ernest to you Rutherford |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | THAT PAINTS A PICTURE $200: Folks hit the Louvre in 1911 to not see this 1500s painting; it had been stolen, & fans took in the empty space where she had smiled-ish Mona Lisa |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | ANTARCTICA $1200: Arriving in December 1911, this Norwegian's expedition won the race to be the first to reach the South Pole Amundsen |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | SCIENCE $1600: Around 1911 Arthur Holmes postulated Earth's age could be estimated by measuring the decay of this radioactive element into lead uranium |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | TRUST FALL $400: R.J. Reynolds & Liggett & Myers were 2 of the companies created when the trust for this crop was broken up in 1911 tobacco |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | LANDMARK LEGISLATION $400: In 1911 the Senate approved the 17th Amendment, allowing its own members to be chosen via this a popular election |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW $800: In 1911 this author made news when he attended a birthday party for a dog named Fluffy Ruffles, not White Fang (Jack) London |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | U.S. CITIES $400: Incorporated in 1911, this city 30 miles northwest of Hoover Dam has had a busy 111 years Las Vegas |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Killing 146 workers, mostly women, this tragic fire at a New York City garment factory in 1911 led to new safety laws the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | SOUTH ASIA $400: Today with about 15 million people, this city on the Hooghly River was capital of British India from 1772 to 1911 Calcutta (Kolkata) |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | TIME TO FALL INTO AUTUMN $400: An early version of this tradition was in Nov. 1911 when the U. of Missouri's athletic director had alumni visit for the Kansas game homecoming |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | SO VERY COLD $2000: In 1911 researchers discovered the resistance to electricity in mercury was zero at -452 degrees F., making it this superconductor |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | IT'S A SAIL-EBRATION $800: Workers cheered as this ship was launched seamlessly on May 31, 1911 from a Belfast shipyard; its maiden voyage didn't go as well the Titanic |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | ASH TREE $400: Planted before 1911, "Old Granddad" is a landmark ash tree in the shade-hungry city of Modesto in this state California |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | BUSINESS IN THE FRONT $800: In 1911 this oil company got its trust busted & had to divest itself of 33 companies Standard Oil |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | RONALD REAGAN $200: Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in the city of Tampico in this state Illinois |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | A TRIP TO -BURG -TON -VILLE $2000: In Germany, only Berlin has more people than this city whose airport dates back to 1911 Hamburg |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AROUND THE USA $200: After a decree from the federal govt., from 1891 to 1911 this Pennsylvania metropolis had no "H" at the end of its name Pittsburgh |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | LITERATURE ON THE MAP $2000: Many think Frances Hodgson Burnett based the overgrown wild of this 1911 novel on Great Maytham Hall in Kent The Secret Garden |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: Pablo Picasso was arrested & questioned about the 1911 theft of this famous painting from the Louvre the Mona Lisa |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | GET SCHOOLED $2000: What is now NYU's Brown Building was the site of this tragic 1911 fire that killed 146 workers the Triangle Shirtwaist fire |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | STUMP TOWN $400: This Florida coastal town incorporated in 1911 says its name comes from coconuts retrieved from the wreck of the Providencia Palm Beach |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | RAINY DAY GEAR $1000: This British brand known for its plaid-lined raincoats outfitted Amundsen for his 1911 South Pole expedition Burberry |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | LARD ALMIGHTY $600: In 1911 this 6-letter brand was introduced as a vegetable-based alternative to lard Crisco |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO $2000: After other failed attempts, a 1911 federal lawsuit finally split this oil trust into more than 30 companies Standard Oil |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | ART SUPPLIES... $800: ...a new perspective, as in "Ma Jolie", his 1911 portrait of his girlfriend as a heap of triangles Picasso |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | EXPLORERS $2000: In 1911 local Quechua speaker Melchor Arteaga led Hiram Bingham to this "lost" Incan city Machu Picchu |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | DICTATORS & TYRANTS $2000: He ruled Mexico with an iron fist from 1877 to 1880 & again from 1884 to 1911 Porfirio Díaz |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES & A BOAT $1600: A biplane called the Vin Fiz left Long Island in 1911 & 16 crashes later, completed the first crossing by plane of this the United States |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | THE HUMANITIES $2000: Nijinsky tugged at the heartstrings as the tragic title puppet in this 1911 Stravinsky ballet Petrushka |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | YOU PASS BUTTER $1200: Since 1911, the Iowa State Fair has featured one of these sculpted from 600 pounds of pure cream butter a butter cow |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | POLAR EXPLORATION $800: Britain's Natural History Museum houses an egg collected in Antarctica in 1911 from this "royal" bird the emperor penguin |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | POLAR EXPLORATION $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows the South Pole on the monitor.) Here is Amundsen's route to and from the South Pole, & here is the 1911-1912 route from Cape Evans led by this man--on the return trip, he met his end just 11 miles from shelter (Robert Falcon) Scott |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | THE EXPLORER $200: In 1911 Antarctic explorer George Levick noted behavior in these birds so bizarre it wasn't published for a century a penguin |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | A TRIANGLE SCHEME $1000: The regulation of sweatshops got heavier after the 1911 fire at this factory named for the blouses it made the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory |
| #7629, aired 2017-11-09 | A SHOWER OF SCHOPENHAUER $1200: Since 1911 the Schopenhauer Society in this German city "am Main" has been dedicated to the man & his works Frankfurt |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | "M"PORTANT PAINTERS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the "Gray Tree".) You can see the visible world starting to be reduced to lines and rectangles in the "Gray Tree" (1911), by this Dutch painter, who soon got into pure abstraction (Piet) Mondrian |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | THE 1910s $400: Title shared by a popular 1911 poem by Ricardo Guiraldes & the ballroom dance spreading to the U.S. & Europe then the tango |
| #7541, aired 2017-05-29 | ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Arlington National Cemetery.) In 1911, President Taft spoke at the dedication of Captain of Engineers Pierre Charles L'Enfant's new grave; he's one of only 15 soldiers from this war at the cemetery the Revolutionary War |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | KHAN MEN $2000: In 1911 Bogd Gegeen Khan declared this country's independence from China, though it wasn't achieved for a decade Mongolia |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | BUSINESSES $1000: Last name of Henry David, whose Kansas company started making dungarees in 1911 Lee |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | U.S. HISTORY $1600: In 1911 the U.S. signed an agreement with Russia, Japan & the U.K. to protect the seal herds in this sea the Bering Sea |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | HAWAIIAN HISTORY $400: Arriving in 1911, the first large warship to dock at this port just west of Honolulu was the USS California Pearl Harbor |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | EXPLORATION $400: Roald Amundsen reached this point in December 1911 & told the world 3 months later in a telegram from Australia the South Pole |
| #7224, aired 2016-01-28 | CHICAGO HISTORY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Chicago History Museum.) In 1911, you could actually buy the motorbuggy, the Model P, for $495, by mail order through the catalog of this Chicago merchant Sears |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | A NEW YEAR'S BABY $1200: This Detroit Tiger, baseball's first Jewish superstar, first came to the plate Jan. 1, 1911 Hank Greenberg |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | PAINTING & SCULPTURE $400: After this portrait was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, mourners lined up to see the blank space on the wall the Mona Lisa |
| #7140, aired 2015-10-02 | THAT'S HISTORY $200: Commoners rejoiced when the Parliament Act of 1911 took the power of absolute veto away from this house the House of Lords |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | 20th CENTURY COMPOSERS $800: In 1911 this "King of Ragtime" completed "Treemonisha", an opera set during Reconstruction (Scott) Joplin |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | AUTO RACING $200: This race first held in 1911 is run on a track nicknamed "The Brickyard" the Indianapolis 500 |
| #7126, aired 2015-09-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: 146 workers died in a 1911 fire at this NYC sweatshop that made shirtwaists, which were high-necked blouses the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | TRANSPORTATION $200: In 1911 Eugene Ely made the first airplane landing on one of these, the USS Pennsylvania a ship |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | DISCOVERIES $1000: In 1911 Hiram Bingham discovered--or rather rediscovered--this ancient Inca settlement in Peru Machu Picchu |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | LEADER OF THE PACK $400: In 1911 Roald Amundsen led 4 men, 4 sleds & 52 dogs to this spot that's far south but not warm the South Pole |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | THE BIGGEST LOSER $800: In a Wimbledon singles final: Miss P.D.H. Boothby, in 1911 to Mrs. R.L. Chambers by this worst possible score 6-love, 6-love |
| #6918, aired 2014-10-15 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1911 a Swiss psychiatrist coined this term for a withdrawal into one's inner world in patients with schizophrenia autism |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE GENIUS BAR $600 (Daily Double): She is still the only woman to win Nobel Prizes in 2 different fields, which she did back in 1903 & 1911 Marie Curie |
| #6795, aired 2014-03-14 | CONTEMPORARIES $600: Amundsen reached the South Pole in December 1911, a few days after she received her second Nobel Prize Marie Curie |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | ART & ARTISTS $2,500 (Daily Double): His 1911 work "I and the Village" evokes the look of his Hasidic hometown Marc Chagall |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1911 Wisconsin's Victor Berger became the first congressman of this party of Eugene Debs Socialist |
| #6710, aired 2013-11-15 | DISEASES $2000: In the U.S., 1911 saw the last major outbreak of this bacterial disease spread by contaminated water cholera |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | LAMPS & LIGHTS $1600: One of these in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island is named for Ida Lewis, its official keeper from 1879 to 1911 a lighthouse |
| #6694, aired 2013-10-24 | A DAY ON THE BOAT $400: It's the May 31, 1911 launch of this ship that displaces 52,000 tons; now, its fitting-out phase begins the Titanic |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | "BOY"s WILL BE BOYS $400: The magazine Boys' Life has been published by this organization since 1911 the Boy Scouts |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | FIRE! $1000: The 1911 fire in the NYC shirtwaist factory with this geometric name led to improvements in working conditions the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | ON THEIR TOMBSTONES $2000: 1911 to 1956:
"World's Greatest Woman Athlete" Babe Didrikson |
| #6573, aired 2013-03-27 | MAJOR LEAGUE BATTING CHAMPS $200: American League 1911, with an amazing .420:
this "Georgia Peach" Ty Cobb |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | NEWSPAPER MOGULS $1600: This New York World publisher's 1911 will established the Columbia University School of Journalism Pulitzer |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | THEATER $1,000 (Daily Double): This long-running musical is based on a 1911 horror novel by Gaston Leroux Phantom of the Opera |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | YOUR HISTORICAL INSURANCE ADJUSTER $600: Okay, the Louvre, Picasso was questioned on the Aug. 21, 1911 theft of this painting, but we don't cover for bad security! the Mona Lisa |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | OBSESSIONS $800: This African-American composer was so obsessed with his opera "Treemonisha" that he suffered a breakdown in 1911 (Scott) Joplin |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | CASEY AT THE BAT $1000: Joe Casey batted .152 for the 1911 Detroit Tigers; this Georgia-born teammate batted .420 Ty Cobb |
| #6185, aired 2011-07-01 | EXPLORERS $400: On Dec. 14, 1911 a group of explorers planted the flag of Norway at this location for the first time the South Pole |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH? $800: Born in 1911, Louise Bourgeois worked into her 90s on her biomorphic creations in this art form sculpture |
| #6138, aired 2011-04-27 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $1600: In 1911 Heike Onnes first observed superconductivity when he cooled this slippery element to -452 degrees Fahrenheit mercury |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | VIRGIN BERTHS $200: It took 62 seconds in 1911 for this ship's hull to slide from its building berth into Belfast's waters Titanic |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | 1911 $200: This race was held for the first time in May with Ray Harroun winning with an average speed of about 75 mph the Indianapolis 500 |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | 1911 $400: In August Vincenzo Perugia stole this portrait in Paris, leading to the closing of France's borders the Mona Lisa |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | 1911 $600: Claiming 146 lives, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in this city led to worker safety reforms New York City |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | 1911 $1000: With works like the one seen here, this forward-looking art movement held its first exhibition in Milan in the spring Futurism |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | 1911 $4,000 (Daily Double): Forgotten for centuries, this royal retreat of Incan kings was rediscovered by Hiram Bingham in July Machu Picchu |
| #6087, aired 2011-02-15 | ETUDE, BRUTE $2000: From 1911 to 1917, this romantic Russian composed "Etudes-Tableaux" for piano Rachmaninoff |
| #6085, aired 2011-02-11 | A YEAR ENDING IN 11 $200: Irving Berlin writes his first big hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band" 1911 |
| #6085, aired 2011-02-11 | DOWN SOUTH IN SOUTH GEORGIA $800: (Tom Ritchie of Lindblad Expeditions delivers the clue from South Georgia.) The island of South Georgia has no indigenous mammals, but reindeer were introduced here in 1911 to provide meat by Captain C.A. Larsen from this country Norway |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | ONE HOT TOWN $2000: We're not sure it was a happy 4th of July in 1911 in Nashua in this state; 1060 tempers a celebration New Hampshire |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | IT'S RAINING $2000: In 1911 in what's now this country, more than 45 inches of rain fell on the city of Baguio on Luzon in a single day the Philippines |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | ART HEISTS $400: After this painting went missing from the Louvre in 1911, people lined up just to view the empty space the Mona Lisa |
| #5782, aired 2009-11-03 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1200: It was used in the 1780s, long before the airplane; Gleb Kotelnikov first put one in a knapsack in 1911 a parachute |
| #5758, aired 2009-09-30 | THE CON IS ON $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1911 Eduardo de Valfierno stole this Renaissance portrait in order to sell 6 forgeries of it the Mona Lisa |
| #5652, aired 2009-03-17 | ART & ARTISTS $800: His 1911 painting "I and the Village" uses the simple shapes of Russian folk art Chagall |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | THE HUSTLER $800: The 4 H's on the 4-H Club's cloverleaf once stood for Head, Heart, Hands & Hustle; in 1911 this replaced Hustle Health |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: This Edith Frome New York City penned "Ethan Frome" in 1911 (Edith) Wharton |
| #5600, aired 2009-01-02 | HISTORIC SUPREME COURT DECISIONS $600: In 1911 the court ruled this co. "of New Jersey" had to be dissolved for its unreasonable restraint of trade Standard Oil |
| #5587, aired 2008-12-16 | WE REWRITE HISTORY! $1000: 2 people, please: in 1911 Paula Abdul won a Nobel for chemistry, after sharing a physics Nobel with hubby Richard Simmons Marie & Pierre Curie |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | GYPSIES, TRAMPS & THIEVES $1000: In 1911 Vincenzo Perugia stole this painting from the Louvre; he was caught trying to sell it to an antiques dealer the Mona Lisa |
| #5569, aired 2008-11-20 | TIME TO HIT THE BOOKS $1000: Bratty & spoiled Mary Lennox becomes the ward of her English uncle in this 1911 Frances Hodgson Burnett classic The Secret Garden |
| #5553, aired 2008-10-29 | 20th CENTURY CHINA $1000: The democratic revolution led by this man led to the 1911 fall of the Qing dynasty & the end of Chinese feudalism Sun Yat-sen |
| #5486, aired 2008-06-16 | OH "BOY" $1000: The audience booed & threw potatoes at the stage when this Synge play was performed in NYC in 1911 The Playboy of the Western World |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | 20th CENTURY BALLET $1000: In 1911 this great dancer leapt into immortality with his magnificent exit leap in "Le Spectre de la rose" Nijinsky |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | BRITISH TIDBITS $600: This urbane, witty playwright began as a child actor, making his professional debut in "The Goldfish" in 1911 Noel Coward |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $600: It was founded in 1911 as CTR, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co.; today it's known by these 3 letters IBM |
| #5362, aired 2007-12-25 | YE OLDE BIG APPLE $1000: Workplace safety was reformed after the March 1911 fire at this garment factory the Triangle factory |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: Founded in 1911, this Connecticut college is in the town of New London Connecticut College |
| #5247, aired 2007-06-05 | NOTABLE WOMEN $2000: Virginia Gildersleeve, named dean of this school in 1911 by the president of Columbia U., served 36 years Barnard |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | THE FOOL $2000: Around 1911 Tsar Nicholas II had this "mystic" expelled, but Alexandra soon had him returned; worked out well Rasputin |
| #5197, aired 2007-03-27 | IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR $1000: Roald Amundsen first reached the South Pole late in this year 1911 |
| #5192, aired 2007-03-20 | MILITARY MATTERS $600: In 1911 French general Ferdinand Foch remarked that these "are interesting toys, but of no military value" biplanes |
| #5129, aired 2006-12-21 | FIRE WHEN READY $600: The 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in this city left 146 garment workers dead New York City |
| #5013, aired 2006-05-31 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $1600: In 1911 a physicist first observed superconductivity when he found no resistance in this slippery element at 4.2 kelvin mercury |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | IT'S CANADA, EH $1200: In 1911 the U.S. & Canada signed a convention to give protection to these "northern fur" critters seals |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | POLITICIANS $1200: Nelson Aldrich, a senator from 1881 to 1911, was the grandfather of this vice president named for him Nelson Rockefeller |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | HAIL OF BULLETS $800: In 1911, these two men highlighted here reportedly died in a hail of bullets in Bolivia Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid |
| #4954, aired 2006-03-09 | TEDDY ROOSEVELT SPEAKS $600: In a 1911 speech Teddy declared, "I took" this zone "and let Congress debate" the Panama Canal Zone |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | COMMIES $2,900 (Daily Double): He left Vietnam for Europe in 1911 & was a founding member of the French Communist Party Ho Chi Minh |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | STOP, THIEF! $600: Stolen in 1911, this painting was returned to the Louvre in Jan. 1914 after a 2-month tour of Italy the Mona Lisa |
| #4904, aired 2005-12-29 | PLAY "BOY" $600: Still being published today, this adventure magazine for Boy Scouts debuted in 1911 Boys' Life |
| #4902, aired 2005-12-27 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $800: This corn oil brand was first sold in 1911 in a can with a drawing of a corn cob forming the body of an Indian girl Mazola |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | CHINESE HISTORY $1600: A physician educated in the U.S., he led the movement to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty in 1911 Sun Yat-sen |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | THE SUPREMES $800: Justice Harlan was named for this earlier justice & served nearly as long, 1877-1911 John Marshall |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | MIRRORS $600: Before the advent of this device in the 1911 Indy 500, passengers called riding mechanics watched for cars coming up behind a rear-view mirror |
| #4784, aired 2005-05-26 | GROOMING AIDS $1000: In 1911 Northam Warren founded this brand, which produced the first cuticle cream Cutex |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | ALSO A PLANET $1200: In 1911 in Tacoma, this confectioner founded what is today one of the USA's largest privately-owned corporations (Frank) Mars |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | TRIANGLES $1000: In 1911 a devastating fire at this company's factory in New York City killed 146 garment workers the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | ROBERTS RULE $600: In 1911 in recognition of his Arctic exploration, Congress made him a rear admiral Peary |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | REAGAN 101 $200: The state where Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 Illinois |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | ETIQUETTE $1000: When the band strikes up this appropriate serenade from 1911, it's time to get your hat, coat & spouse "Goodnight, Ladies" |
| #4685, aired 2005-01-07 | ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION $5,000 (Daily Double): Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911; he then left a note for this man (Capt. Robert) Scott |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | INITIALLY YOURS $400: After developing his Maine hunting shoe in 1911, he opened a mail order business Bean |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | 20th CENTURY FOOD $800: This new brand of solid hydrogenated vegetable shortening was introduced in 1911 Crisco |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | THE INDY 500 $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from inside a car at the Indianapolis Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.) A 1911 Stoddard-Dayton was one of the first of these cars that lead others around the track but don't race a pace car |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | SPORTS TALK $400: On Memorial Day in 1911 Ray Harroun drove into history as the first winner of this auto race the Indianapolis 500 |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $400: Williams was born on March 26, 1911 in this Mississippi town named for America's discoverer Columbus |
| #4540, aired 2004-05-07 | ANTARCTICA $200: First reached in 1911, it's the point in Antarctica through which the Earth's axis passes the South Pole |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | DRAGONS $200: From ancient times, the dragon was the symbol of this country's imperial family & adorned its flag until 1911 China |
| #4495, aired 2004-03-05 | INTO AFRICA $400: Italy invaded this north African country in 1911 & took control in 1912 Libya |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | THE MAUREEN CORPS $800: Born in Ireland in 1911, she played Jane to Tarzan & wife to John Farrow Maureen O'Sullivan |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | OLD BUSINESS $400: In 1911 the Supreme Court ordered this oil company to split, creating 33 new independent companies Standard Oil |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | CITY FOLKS $600: In 1911 he established his reputation as a songwriter with "Alexander's Ragtime Band" Irving Berlin |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | COME WHAT MAY $800: This auto race dates back to May 30, 1911 the Indianapolis 500 |
| #4385, aired 2003-10-03 | PANCHO VILLAGE $1200: After 1911, Pancho Villa used this Texas city of 600,000 on the Rio Grande as his headquarters El Paso |
| #4382, aired 2003-09-30 | EDITH WHARTON PIECES $2000: A poor farmer falls in love with his wife's cousin in this 1911 tale of tragic irony Ethan Frome |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | GUINNESS RECORDS $400: No doubt the most valuable object ever stolen, it vanished from the Louvre in 1911, but was recovered the Mona Lisa |
| #4319, aired 2003-05-15 | LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS -- NOT! $800: In 1911 the New York Times reported, "Vast Engineering Works Accomplished by Our Planetary Neighbors" here Mars |
| #4315, aired 2003-05-09 | 20th CENTURY NOVELISTS $800: His "Siddhartha" was inspired by a trip he made to Asia in 1911 Hesse |
| #4281, aired 2003-03-24 | HOLLYWOOD MIDDLE INITIALS $2000: X.
Acting since 1911, he played his final role in 1966's "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" Francis X. Bushman |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: This doctor lit up China as its provisional president in 1911 Sun Yat-sen |
| #4178, aired 2002-10-30 | ARCHAEOLOGY $2000: In 1911 explorer Hiram Bingham discovered this 15th C. Incan royal city that lies 50 miles northwest of Cuzco Machu Picchu |
| #4173, aired 2002-10-23 | BIRTH OF A PRESIDENT $800: February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois Ronald Reagan |
| #4171, aired 2002-10-21 | THE LAST BOY SCOUT $800: Published since 1911, it's the Boys Scouts' bimonthly magazine Boys Life |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | WORLD ART $1600: In 1911 Kandinsky & Franz Marc formed Germany's Blaue Reiter group, named for their love of blue & of these animals horses |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | IT'S BEEN FUN $1600: Yee-haw! The Snake River Stampede grew out of a harvest festival held in Nampa in this state in 1911 Idaho |
| #4109, aired 2002-06-13 | ON YOUR TOES $1600: This 1911 Stravinsky ballet told the touching story of puppets brought to life Petrushka |
| #4093, aired 2002-05-22 | ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS $2000: 1911:
"I and the Village" Marc Chagall |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | BALLET $1600: In 1911 this great dancer leapt into immortality with his magnificent exit leap in "Le spectre de la rose" Nijinsky |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | EARLY AUTOMAKERS $1200: Of Crosby, Stills, Nash or Young, the president of Buick in 1911 Nash |
| #4065, aired 2002-04-12 | VICTORIA'S SECRETS $1600: Queen Victoria's son Prince Arthur served as governor-general of this country from 1911 to 1916 Canada |
| #4062, aired 2002-04-09 | WHAT A COUNTRY! $2000: Ataturk fought in Libya in 1911 & 1912 against forces of this European nation bent on colonizing the region Italy |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | NOTABLE NAMES $600: The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, she won for Physics in 1903 & for Chemistry in 1911 Marie Curie |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | NOTABLE NAMES $1000: Not to be outdone by Robert Peary, in 1911 this Norwegian was the first to reach the South Pole Roald Amundsen |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | THE JAPANESE $1000: This city was known as Kyongsong in 1911 when Japan controlled the Korean Peninsula Seoul |
| #3951, aired 2001-11-05 | ENTERTAINMENT MILESTONES $600: 1911's "The Durbar at Delhi" was the first major film made using this visual advance color |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | THEY WERE FREEMASONS $300: He regularly attended Masonic lodge meetings until 1911 when he became England's First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: Named for its 2 owners, it introduced the first commercial drink mixer in 1911 Hamilton-Beach |
| #3900, aired 2001-07-13 | EARLY TIBET $400: Following this large country's 1911 revolution, its influence in Tibet was greatly reduced China |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $500: Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Todd was president of this sleeping car company from 1897 to 1911 Pullman |
| #3882, aired 2001-06-19 | EARTH SCIENCES $500: In 1911 Arthur Holmes used the decay of this element to lead to measure the age of the Earth Uranium |
| #3868, aired 2001-05-30 | MUST BE "D" PLACE $200: In 1911 the name of Palmerston, Australia evolved into this Darwin |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | FEMALE FLYERS $100: On August 1, 1911 Harriet Quimby became the first American woman to get one of these Pilot's license |
| #3830, aired 2001-04-06 | WHAT ARE YOU ON? $300: Getting British unemployment benefits begun in 1911 on the dole |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | SEE HOW THEY RUN $400: Ty Cobb led the league in these in 1911, but lost out in 1912 to Clyde "Deerfoot" Milan Stolen bases |
| #3758, aired 2000-12-27 | HODGEPODGE $500: This publisher who died in 1911 set up a prize fund for awards in journalism, literature, music & drama Joseph Pulitzer |
| #3743, aired 2000-12-06 | 20th CENTURY SPORTS $100: Averaging about 74 MPH, Ray Harroun won the first running of this May 30, 1911 Indianapolis 500 |
| #3740, aired 2000-12-01 | MEXICAN HISTORY $1,600 (Daily Double): Lasting until 1911, the 30-year dictatorship of this man is known as the Porfiriato Porfirio Diaz |
| #3739, aired 2000-11-30 | DALLAS $100: One of Dallas' oldest, this university was founded by the United Methodist Church in 1911 SMU (Southern Methodist University) |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | NAME THE ARTIST $400: 1911:
"Nude Descending A Staircase" Marcel Duchamp |
| #3673, aired 2000-07-19 | IN EXILE $200: Porfirio Diaz seized power in this country in 1876, ruled for 35 years, fled in 1911 & died in exile Mexico |
| #3611, aired 2000-04-24 | PLANETARY NAMES $800: In 1911 he founded the company that makes M&M's Frank Mars |
| #3524, aired 1999-12-23 | INDIANA JONES $100: Originating in 1911, this annual Indiana event is attended by 400,000 people Indianapolis 500 |
| #3477, aired 1999-10-19 | PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES $400: February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois Ronald Reagan |
| #3475, aired 1999-10-15 | FILMS OF THE '10s $400: "The Dimpled Darling", Maurice Costello, played Sydney Carton in a 1911 version of this novel A Tale of Two Cities |
| #3407, aired 1999-06-01 | IN CHINA $1000: This man led the 1911 revolutionary movement dedicated to establishing democracy in China Sun Yat-sen |
| #3384, aired 1999-04-29 | "C" IN HISTORY $800: Sir Wilfred Laurier, prime minister of this country from 1896 to 1911, was nicknamed "Silver-Tongued Laurier" Canada |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | FROM A TO Y $400: Winston Churchill, as First Lord of this from 1911 to 1915, kept things shipshape Admiralty |
| #3325, aired 1999-02-05 | FACTS & FIGURES $1000: On January 10, 1911 the temperature at Rapid City in this state fell over 45 degrees in 15 minutes South Dakota |
| #3300, aired 1999-01-01 | RESOLUTIONS $1000: A 1911 resolution making it a state got a presidential veto, but the next year it was in Arizona |
| #3285, aired 1998-12-11 | ONCE UPON A DECEMBER $400: Point on the Earth reached for the first time by man December 14, 1911 South Pole |
| #3279, aired 1998-12-03 | FABULOUS BAKER BOYS $300: Type of hit that won Frank Baker his nickname when he hit 2 in the 1911 World Series Home run |
| #3263, aired 1998-11-11 | ART & ARTISTS $600: His 1911 oil painting "I And The Village" depicted scenes of life in his native Vitebsk, Russia Marc Chagall |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | U.S. HISTORY $400: On May 30, 1911, with a time of 6:42:08, Ray Harroun won the first running of this Indianapolis 500 |
| #3079, aired 1998-01-08 | ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS $200: On Dec. 17, 1911 he left the South Pole, leaving behind a tent & the Norwegian flag Roald Amundsen |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $1000: He retired about 1896 but remained president of Standard Oil until it was dissolved in 1911 John D. Rockefeller |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: In 1911 Italy took control of this country; today it's under Qaddafi's control Libya |
| #2948, aired 1997-05-28 | THEATRE $1000: Lady Gregory organized foreign tours of this Dublin theater company from 1911 to 1913 the Abbey Theatre |
| #2937, aired 1997-05-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: Laws of 1911 & 1949 left this upper house of Parliament with only delaying powers House of Lords |
| #2924, aired 1997-04-24 | POTPOURRI $100: The origins of this company can be traced back to the production of a car called the Dat in 1911 Nissan/Datsun |
| #2889, aired 1997-03-06 | THE 1910s $500: With the October 1911 death of this man, Frank Cobb became the editor of the New York World newspaper Joseph Pulitzer |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: In 1911 this university founded a health sciences center in Memphis the University of Tennessee |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | CONDUCTORS $1000: Sir Thomas Beecham introduced this impresario's Ballets Russes to London in 1911 Sergei Diaghilev |
| #2767, aired 1996-09-17 | EXPLORERS $500: Hiram Bingham made 2 trips back to this "Lost City" of the Incas after a guide led him to it in 1911 Machu Picchu |
| #2743, aired 1996-07-03 | OOPS $100: Franz Reichalt, an amateur inventor of these, plunged to his death c. 1911 testing one from the Eiffel Tower a parachute |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | FAMOUS MEXICANS $800: This guerrilla leader of the agrarian movement helped Madero overthrow Diaz in 1911 Emiliano Zapata |
| #2653, aired 1996-02-28 | DECEMBER $300: On December 14, 1911 this point on Earth was reached for the first time the South Pole |
| #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | POETS $200: In 1911 this "Trees" poet's first volume of verse, "Summer of Love" was published Joyce Kilmer |
| #2606, aired 1995-12-25 | THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART $600: Last name of portrait artist John Singer, who painted his niece Rose-Marie in "Repose" in 1911 (John Singer) Sargent |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | TRANSPORTATION $800: By 1911 this Russian-born American aviation pioneer had built 2 unsuccessful helicopters Sikorsky |
| #2602, aired 1995-12-19 | SPORTS $100: On May 30, 1911 Ray Harroun won the first running of this auto race the Indy 500 |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | ENGLISH LIT $100: Frances Hodgson Burnett planted "The Secret Garden" in 1911 & has this "Little Lord" grow up in 1886 Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| #2560, aired 1995-10-20 | SOUTH AMERICA $500: This Inca city found in 1911 has been called "the most important archaeological site in South America" Machu Picchu |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | THE ARTS $1000: Nijinsky played the title puppet at the premiere of this Stravinsky ballet in 1911 Petrushka |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Man first stood upon this geographic extreme December 14, 1911 the South Pole |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | WORLD HISTORY $500: Princely absolutism gave way to constitutional gov't in this Mediterranean country in 1911 Monaco |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | PHILOSOPHERS $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1911 Ludwig Wittgenstein went to Cambridge to study with this philosopher- mathematician Bertrand Russell |
| #2477, aired 1995-05-16 | SUPREME COURT DECISIONS $800: A 1911 decision dissolved the trust of this company of New Jersey Standard Oil |
| #2435, aired 1995-03-17 | PAINTERS & PAINTINGS $400: In 1911 this Spaniard painted "Accordionist"; in 1930 he painted "Acrobat" Picasso |
| #2399, aired 1995-01-26 | ON THE ROAD $100: The 1st of these were manually painted on a Mich. road in 1911; a machine was later created to cut the cost the line in the middle of the road (traffic lanes) |
| #2398, aired 1995-01-25 | FLAGS $200: In 1911 this state adopted a modified version of the Bear Flag Republic's flag California |
| #2348, aired 1994-11-16 | NOTORIOUS $200: Vincenzo Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa from this museum in 1911 & kept it for two years The Louvre |
| #2326, aired 1994-10-17 | EXPLORERS $1000: He chose the Bay of Whales as the base for his 1911 conquest of the South Pole Amundsen |
| #2302, aired 1994-09-13 | HISTORY $800: This last imperial dynasty of China was overthrown in a 1911 revolution the Manchus |
| #2301, aired 1994-09-12 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $200: Orchard House in Concord, Mass., where she wrote "Little Women", was made a memorial in 1911 Louisa May Alcott |
| #2297, aired 1994-09-06 | 1911 $200: This house of the British Parliament lost its veto power the House of Lords |
| #2297, aired 1994-09-06 | 1911 $400: This man, later the 40th president, was born February 6 Ronald Reagan |
| #2297, aired 1994-09-06 | 1911 $600: This famous temperance activist died June 9 in Leavenworth, Kansas Carrie Nation |
| #2297, aired 1994-09-06 | 1911 $800: Physicist Ernest Rutherford announced his model for the structure of this the atom |
| #2297, aired 1994-09-06 | 1911 $1000: This composer's comic opera "Der Rosenkavalier" had its premiere in Dresden Richard Strauss |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | 1911 $200: On May 25 the troops of Francisco Madero forced Porfirio Diaz to resign as president of this country Mexico |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | 1911 $400: On May 15 the Supreme Court ordered this oil firm dissolved for antitrust law violations Standard Oil |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | 1911 $600: "The Georgia Peach", he won the 5th of his 12 A.L. batting titles with a career high average of .420 Ty Cobb |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | 1911 $800: Hiram Bingham of Yale discovered this Incan fortress city about 50 miles northwest of Cuzco Machu Picchu |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | 1911 $1000: On June 13 this Russian composer's ballet "Petrushka" premiered in Paris Stravinsky |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | INVENTORS $500 (Daily Double): In 1911 Ernest Rutherford & this German physicist developed a device to count alpha particles Hans Geiger |
| #2246, aired 1994-05-16 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1911 this company became one of the first to distribute a food brand nationally, a soup Campbell's |
| #2244, aired 1994-05-12 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1911 Edward McLean paid over $150,000 for this unlucky 44.5-carat blue diamond the Hope Diamond |
| #2217, aired 1994-04-05 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $600: The Gateway of India in this city was built to commemorate the 1911 visit by King George V & Queen Mary Bombay |
| #2214, aired 1994-03-31 | ARTISTS $1000: His "I and the Village", painted in Paris in 1911, is a surreal view of a Russian village Chagall |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | WILLIAMs $200: This musical partner of Sir Arthur Sullivan died in 1911 while trying to save a drowning woman (William) Gilbert |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | NEW HAMPSHIRE $300: The farm where this poet lived 1900-1911 is preserved near Derry, N.H. Robert Frost |
| #2108, aired 1993-11-03 | DIVAS $200: Luisa Tetrazzini appeared at this NYC opera house for only 1 season, 1911-12 Metropolitan |
| #2009, aired 1993-05-06 | RONALD REAGAN $1000: Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, above a bank in Tampico in this state Illinois |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: 1911's "Peter and Wendy" was a retelling of this play in book form Peter Pan |
| #1971, aired 1993-03-15 | LESSER KNOWN NAMES $1000: In 1911 Irene Foote went into a marriage with this dancer with both feet Vernon Castle |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | SILENT MOVIES $500: This legendary French stage actress appeared in "La Dame aux Camelias" in 1911 (Sarah) Bernhardt |
| #1772, aired 1992-04-21 | PHOENIX $1,100 (Daily Double): Phoenix has been Arizona's capital since the state was admitted to the Union in this year 1912 |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | 1953 $1,400 (Daily Double): British authorities said this 1911 find was a hoax & not the skull of a primitive man the Piltdown Man |
| #1744, aired 1992-03-12 | NOTORIOUS $400: Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee, stole this painting in 1911 & kept it for 2 years the "Mona Lisa" |
| #1734, aired 1992-02-27 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $400: In 1911 she became the first person to win 2 Nobel Prizes Marie Curie |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | PRESIDENTIAL CHILDREN $200: Robert Todd Lincoln ran this sleeping car company from 1897 to 1911 Pullman Company |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | THE BOY SCOUTS $400: This monthly magazine for Boy Scouts has been published since 1911 Boy's Life |
| #1691, aired 1991-12-30 | PLAYING POST OFFICE $600: In 1911 the 1st sack of mail to be sent this way was delivered from one part of Long Island to another air mail |
| #1679, aired 1991-12-12 | AUSTRALIA $600: In 1911 New South Wales ceded the land for this capital to the Commonwealth Canberra |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | ARCHAEOLOGY $500: In 1911 Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu, an Inca fortress city, in this country Peru |
| #1662, aired 1991-11-19 | CHINESE HISTORY $800: This physician led the movement that overthrew the monarchy in 1911; 2 months later he became president Sun Yat-sen |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | CLOUDS $800: This device was invented in 1911 to view the paths of subatomic particles a cloud chamber |
| #1621, aired 1991-09-23 | TECHNOLOGY $100: Its 3 blimps that still fly are the only survivors among the 300 airships built by the co. since 1911 Goodyear |
| #1566, aired 1991-05-27 | ART $200: The group of expressionists known as Der Blaue Reiter, or The Blue Rider, formed in this country in 1911 Germany |
| #1566, aired 1991-05-27 | U.S. HISTORY $400: The Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire in 1911 in this city led to demands for improved working conditions New York City |
| #1564, aired 1991-05-23 | HISTORY $600: Beaten to the North Pole by Peary, this Norwegian reached the South Pole Dec. 14, 1911 Amundsen |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | BALLET $800: When this ballet set in Russia premiered in 1911, Nijinsky played the title puppet Petrushka |
| #1521, aired 1991-03-25 | THE JACKSONS $100: Born in New Orleans in 1911, she became the most famous gospel singer of her time Mahalia Jackson |
| #1436, aired 1990-11-26 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: Sir Wilfrid Laurier held this office from 1896-1911, the first French-Canadian to do so Prime Minister of Canada |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $400: She was buried in Belton, Missouri in 1911, we don't know if they buried the hatchet with her Carrie Nation |
| #1427, aired 1990-11-13 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: It was first incorporated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. IBM |
| #1427, aired 1990-11-13 | DESPOTS & DICTATORS $1000: It took a revolution in 1911 to unseat this Mexican pres. who'd held power for more than 3 decades Porfirio Díaz |
| #1381, aired 1990-09-10 | DRAGONS $200: In 1911 when it became a republic this country removed the dragon from its flag China |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In the title of a 1911 book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, this adjective describes the garden secret |
| #1307, aired 1990-04-17 | IRVING BERLIN $200: "Come on and hear, come on and hear", this song, Berlin's first big hit, which he wrote in 1911 "Alexander's Ragtime Band" |
| #1286, aired 1990-03-19 | SCIENTISTS $200: Her second Nobel Prize, awarded in 1911, was for her work in chemistry Marie Curie |
| #1255, aired 1990-02-02 | THE 20TH CENTURY $200: The thief who stole it from the Louvre in 1911 tried to sell it to the Italian government for $95,000 the Mona Lisa |
| #1252, aired 1990-01-30 | PLAY SETTINGS $800: This musical, set in a Paris theater, is based on a 1911 novel by Gaston Leroux "The Phantom of the Opera" |
| #1190, aired 1989-11-03 | WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In a famous race, these 2 men reached the South Pole, 1 in December 1911, the other 5 weeks later Amundsen & Scott |
| #1188, aired 1989-11-01 | U.S. STATES $400: The 1st long-distance automobile race on a track took place in 1911 in this midwestern state Indiana |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | CITIES $1000: Designed by U.S. architect Walter B. Griffin in 1911, it is Australia's largest inland city Canberra |
| #898, aired 1988-06-29 | HISTORICAL DRAMAS $1000: In 1911, he starred on Broadway in his most famous role, "Disraeli" George Arliss |
| #888, aired 1988-06-15 | '60s SONGS $300: British music hall song written in 1911 & revived in 1965 by Herman's Hermits "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" |
| #834, aired 1988-03-31 | ART $200: In 1911, this painting was stolen from the Louvre & wasn't recovered for 2 years the Mona Lisa |
| #698, aired 1987-09-23 | THE LAW $400: There are 11 of these federal courts whose authority falls between district courts & the Supreme Court the Court of Appeals (Circuit Court) |
| #696, aired 1987-09-21 | BRITISH TRIVIA $200: It wasn't until 1911 that members of Parliament began receiving this for their work pay (salary) |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | TRANSPORTATION $500: In May 1911, its 1st pace car was a Stoddard Dayton driven by Carl G. Fisher Indianapolis 500 |
| #485, aired 1986-10-17 | AUTOMOBILES $100: The 1911 Reeves "Octoauto" had a 180-inch wheelbase & this many wheels 8 |
| #465, aired 1986-09-19 | THE 1870s $1000: He overthrew the Mexican government in 1876 & "became it" from 1877 until 1911 Porfirio Díaz |
| #422, aired 1986-04-22 | STUPID ANSWERS $100: It was invented in 1911 by Hans Geiger the Geiger counter |
| #422, aired 1986-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $500: Founder of “individual psychology”, he broke with Freud in 1911 Alfred Adler |
| #384, aired 1986-02-27 | MODERN HISTORY $100: 1st to use planes in combat, in 1911 this boot-shaped nation kicked off modern aerial warfare Italy |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | TECHNOLOGY $600: U.S. models of these have included the 1904 Caloric, the 1912 Fwick, & the 1911 Irvington Izzer cars |
| #372, aired 1986-02-11 | 20TH CENTURY $300: In an attempt to return it to its native Italy, this painting was stolen from the Louvre in 1911 the Mona Lisa |
| #359, aired 1986-01-23 | U.S. HISTORY $600: Born Feb, 6, 1911 above a shoe store in Tampico, Ill., he grew up to be president Ronald Reagan |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | SOUTH AMERICA $800: In 1911, Hiram Bingham discovered ruins of great medieval city Machu Picchu in this country Peru |
| #185, aired 1985-05-24 | KIDDIE LIT $200: This, the oldest still-published children's magazine, was begun by the Boy Scouts in 1911 Boy's Life |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | NOBEL PRIZE $200: In 1903, she split a physics prize with her husband Pierre, but in 1911 got her own for chemistry Madame Curie |
| #82, aired 1985-01-01 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1000: These Inca ruins near Cusco, Peru weren't discovered until 1911 Machu Picchu |
| #51, aired 1984-11-19 | SCIENCE $400: In 1911, Casimir Funk discovered the 1st of what some people take "1-a-Day" vitamins |
