| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | AND THE STATE CAPITAL IS... $400: Tennessee:
Chattanooga,
Memphis,
Nashville Nashville |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | THE CHASE $2000: In 1862's Great Locomotive Chase, Union soldiers tried to make it from central Georgia to this Tennessee city they hoped to capture Chattanooga |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | AROUND TENNESSEE $400: Choo choo! Take a train ride through time at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in this city Chattanooga |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | A POETIC GEOGRAPHY LESSON $2000: George Prentice's poem "Lookout Mountain" recounts the 1863 battle for this Tennessee city Chattanooga |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | THAT'S OLD NEWS $400: The Nov. 23, 1864 Daily Chattanooga Rebel: "Every man will rally in the path of" this Gen. "ere he reaches the seacoast" Sherman |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | TRANSPORTATION IN SONG $1000: On this, "You leave the Pennsylvania station 'bout a quarter to four, read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore" the "Chattanooga Choo Choo" |
| #7517, aired 2017-04-25 | THE OFFICE $2000: A 2013 survey found average office space cost by this common measure was $36 in San Francisco, $11 in Chattanooga by square foot |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | "C"ITIES $2000: One of the world's largest freshwater aquariums is in this city on the Tennessee River Chattanooga |
| #7296, aired 2016-05-09 | TOOTING YOUR OWN HORN $1000: Pardon me boy, but it was this trombonist who gave us "Chattanooga Choo Choo" in 1941 Glenn Miller |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | NAME THE 19th CENTURY DECADE $400: The Battle of Chattanooga the 1860s |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | STATES RHYME TIME $1000: A Chattanooga monetary charge a Tennessee fee |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | TENNESSEE'S WILLIAMS $400: From 1913 to 1918 Chattanooga lawyer William McAdoo, this man's son-in-law, was also his Treasury secretary Woodrow Wilson |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | 29 & HOLDING $400: Title conveyance seen on Track 29 in a Glenn Miller song The Chattanooga Choo Choo |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | "C" WORLD $200: The name of this Tennessee city is from the Creek, meaning "rock rising to a point", not "choo choo" Chattanooga |
| #6118, aired 2011-03-30 | "CH"ILL OUT! $800: The Battle of Missionary Ridge was a chief encounter of the 1863 battle of this southeastern city Chattanooga |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | SOUNDS LIKE A SNEEZE $200: Double talk railroad term in the title of a 1941 hit song with Tex Beneke on vocals choo choo |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | ENERGY $800: The Sequoyah 1 nuclear reactor near Chattanooga is operated by this agency established in 1933 the TVA |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS $600: Adolph Ochs, who bought into the New York Times in 1896, "train"ed at this Tennessee city's Times Chattanooga |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | THE BIG BAND ERA $800: Title transport in the big band classic heard here the Chattanooga Choo Choo |
| #4742, aired 2005-03-29 | "MISSION" POSSIBLE $2000: U.S. Grant's forces drove the Confederates off this position near Chattanooga in November 1863 Missionary Ridge |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | LET'S GO TO THE PARK $1000: The USA's largest military park is Chickamauga & Chattanooga, which covers over 9,000 acres in these 2 states Tennessee & Georgia |
| #4621, aired 2004-10-11 | TENNESSEE $2,000 (Daily Double): The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum is in this city, a railroad center Chattanooga |
| #4490, aired 2004-02-27 | DON'T LOSE YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT $600: The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, one of the world's steepest, starts in this "Choo Choo" city Chattanooga |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH THEM $800: Knoxville & Chattanooga the Tennessee River |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | U.S. SKYLINE TOURS $1000: This Southern capital owes its location to a railroad, rather than a river Atlanta |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | I SEE TENNESSEE $400: In 1999 Chattanooga celebrated 100 years of putting this beverage into bottles Coca-Cola |
| #3782, aired 2001-01-30 | THE '40s $100: In 1942 RCA plated a master copy of Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" this color to honor a million sold Gold |
| #3754, aired 2000-12-21 | "CHAT" ROOM $200: This port of southeastern Tennessee was a key city during the Civil War Chattanooga |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | MARSHMALLOW CUISINE $300: This marshmallow sandwich from the Chattanooga Bakery, a favorite in the South with RC Cola, has been around since 1917 MoonPie |
| #3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1941 $300: In a 1941 hit song "You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four" aboard this title train "Chattanooga Choo Choo" |
| #3405, aired 1999-05-28 | WITH "LOVE" $600: Despite it's suicidal name, you'll feel exalted at this site on Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee Lover's Leap |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | CALL ME SMITTY $600: This expressive blues "empress" was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee around 1894 Bessie Smith |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | SONG STANDARDS $500 (Daily Double): In 1942 Glenn Miller received the very first gold record for this song, heard here: "Chattanooga Choo Choo" |
| #3183, aired 1998-06-03 | LOOK! $500: Lookout Mountain just south of this southern Tennessee city offers tourists a view of 7 states Chattanooga |
| #3171, aired 1998-05-18 | CLASSIC SONG LYRICS $800: It leaves "the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four" "Chattanooga Choo Choo" |
| #2849, aired 1997-01-09 | MUSIC $1000: Tenor sax man Tex Beneke sang on this orchestra leader's hit "Chattanooga Choo Choo" Glenn Miller |
| #2804, aired 1996-11-07 | TENNESSEE $200: This city's name means "rock coming to a point", not "home to a choo choo" Chattanooga |
| #2662, aired 1996-03-12 | SONG STANDARDS $200: Track on which you'd find Glenn Miller's Chattanooga Choo Choo Track 29 |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: In 1899 this soft drink was first bottled on a large scale in Chattanooga, Tennessee, not Georgia Coca-Cola |
| #2218, aired 1994-04-06 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: It's the river flowing past Chattanooga & it shares its name with the state the Tennessee |
| #2020, aired 1993-05-21 | U.S. STATES $400: An 1867 flood in this state allowed a steamboat to travel down Chattanooga's Main Street Tennessee |
| #1987, aired 1993-04-06 | MUSEUMS $200: Look sharply & you'll find the National Knife Museum in this city known for its choo-choo Chattanooga |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | TENNESSEE $200: In 1854 Tennessee's first railroad was completed between Nashville & this "choo-choo" city Chattanooga |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: Winning the battle of this city November 25, 1863 gave the Union control over all its choo-choos Chattanooga |
| #1664, aired 1991-11-21 | MUSICALS IN OTHER WORDS $300: "Toodle-oo
Toodle-oo
Conrad" Bye Bye Birdie |
| #1644, aired 1991-10-24 | U.S. "C"ITIES $200: The original "Choo Choo" train station in this city is now a Holiday Inn Chattanooga |
| #1574, aired 1991-06-06 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: This federal agency has four offices, in Washington, D.C., Muscle Shoals, Alabama, & Chattanooga & Knoxville, Tennessee the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | U.S.A. $400: Site of a Civil War battle, Lookout Mt. overlooks this Tenn. city Chattanooga (Tennessee) |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $300: City that's home to 1 of 4 campuses of the University of Tennessee (1 of) Knoxville, Memphis, Martin, or Chattanooga |
| #1508, aired 1991-03-06 | THE CONFEDERACY $1000: Union agent James Andrews stole a train headed from Marietta, Georgia toward this Tennessee city Chattanooga |
| #1419, aired 1990-11-01 | THE 20th CENTURY $300: Pardon me, boys, miniature golf began in this southeastern Tennessee city Chattanooga |
| #1257, aired 1990-02-06 | CIVIL WAR GENERALS $100: Driving the Confederates off Missionary Ridge near Chattanooga in Nov. 1863 made him a national hero Ulysses S. Grant |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | U.S. CITIES $500: Since 1931 this Tennessee city, a major cotton market, has held an annual Cotton Carnival Memphis |
| #1204, aired 1989-11-23 | U.S. CITIES $200: In 1854 Tennessee's 1st railroad line was completed between Nashville & this city, choo choo Chattanooga |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: You can spend the night in a Victorian style railroad car at the Choo Choo Hilton in this city Chattanooga |
| #827, aired 1988-03-22 | STAGE NAMES $500 (Daily Double): Heard singing here, her real 1st name was Maria: Carmen Miranda (Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha) |
| #531, aired 1986-12-22 | U.S. CITIES $700 (Daily Double): (Alex: Here comes the music.)
"Have you ever passed the corner of Fourth and Grand /
Where a little ball of rhythm has a shoe shine stand? /
People gather round and they clap their hands /
He's a great big bundle of joy /
He pops the boogie woogie rag..."
City in which you'd find title character of this song
"...Yeah, he charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe /
He makes the oldest kind of leather look like new /
You feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through..." Chattanooga (Shoe Shine Boy) |
| #525, aired 1986-12-12 | DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS $600: In song, destination of the train "on Track 29" Chattanooga |
| #474, aired 1986-10-02 | IN OTHER WORDS... $600: Excuse this person, lad, could yonder object be a train to Tennessee's 4th largest city? Pardon me, boy, but is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo |
| #289, aired 1985-10-17 | "C" CITIES $300: You can stay at the Choo-Choo Hilton in this Tennessee town Chattanooga |
| #193, aired 1985-06-05 | POTPOURRI $200: The track the Chattanooga choo choo leaves on Track 29 |
| #45, aired 1984-11-09 | TRAVELIN’ TUNES $400: It has “isinglass curtains y’ can roll right down” "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" |
| #7, aired 1984-09-18 | RAILROADS $400 (Daily Double): Where Glenn Miller was headed on this choo choo:
Instrumental music plays Chattanooga |
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Tom Vanderloo, a law librarian from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 20 player (2004-07-15).
KJL game 32.
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Julie Podlesni, a law clerk for a federal judge from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 28 player (2012-01-09).
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Chuck Newell, an English teacher from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 23 player (2007-02-26).
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Claire Tuley, a paralegal from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 30 player (2014-02-27).
Last name pronounced like "TOO-lee".
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Michael Schulson, a 12-year-old from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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"As a member of bug club, it's only natural that he...
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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Nancy Neff, a teacher from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 3 1-time champion: $13,000.
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Nancy Byrne, a graduate student from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 7 player (1990-11-02).
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Ryan Clary, a cheesemonger from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 39 player (2023-06-26).
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Cathy Royal, a librarian from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 19 player (2002-10-04).
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Gina Bever, a director of marketing from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 20 player (2003-11-26).
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Matt Farr, an associate director of annual giving from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
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Season 30 player (2014-04-16).
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Ron Landers, a lawyer from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 16 player (2000-07-04).
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Justin Braddock, a power engineer from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 33 player (2017-05-22). Justin died at the age of 44...
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Melinda Wittenburg, an early child-development specialist from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 18 player (2001-10-02).
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Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Beth Reardon, a school librarian from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 14 player (1997-09-03).
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Donna Landry, a marketing coordinator from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 14 player (1998-03-09).
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John Carroll, an international security consultant from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 14 player (1997-09-16).
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