| #9201, aired 2024-11-11 | TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR $200: 1977:
This Egyptian president, who traveled to Israel to seek peace negotiations Anwar Sadat |
| #9184, aired 2024-10-17 | PLANTED BY $400: The Haifa grounds of the Technion, Israel's Stanford or M.I.T., have a tree planted in 1923 by this visiting Jewish scientist Einstein |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: The Hula Valley, one of Israel's richest farming regions, is bordered by these Heights to the east the Golan Heights |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | SPY NOVELS $1600: 2023's "Beirut Station" is about a CIA agent sent to kill a member of this Lebanese group during its 2006 war with Israel Hezbollah |
| #9169, aired 2024-09-26 | FAMOUS FATHERS-IN-LAW $800: In the Bible David succeeded this father-in-law as king of Israel Saul |
| #9160, aired 2024-09-13 | WE HAVE HISTORY $800: From 1948 to 1967 Jerusalem was divided between Israel & this country Jordan |
| #9141, aired 2024-07-08 | 3 OF A KIND $1600: Asher,
Judah,
Gad tribes of Israel |
| #9111, aired 2024-05-27 | AT THE MUSEUM $1600: The Museum of Holocaust Art is part of this World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Israel Yad Vashem |
| #9102, aired 2024-05-14 | POST-WWII ASIAN HISTORY $400: After signing a 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, Israel withdrew from this 23,000-square-mile territory linking Africa & Asia Sinai |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BIBLICAL GARB $800: "Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to" this friend & future king of Israel David |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $2000: Located on Israel's Mount of Remembrance, this memorial center commemorates the victims & the heroes of the Holocaust Yad Vashem |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BAKER $800: A special one of these baked at Passover 2022 for the president of Israel was 20' long by 3 1/2' wide by not very thick matzah |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | INITIALS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE $400: P.M. of Israel in the 1970s:
G.M. Golda Meir |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | QUOTING THE OLD TESTAMENT $1,200 (Daily Double): The second verse of this book begins, "Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel..." Numbers |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | THE COUNTRY THAT BORDERS BOTH $200: Israel &
Sudan Egypt |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | FAMOUS FORGERIES $1600: Lee Israel forged & sold hundreds of letters purportedly from the likes of Edna Ferber & this "Blithe Spirit" author Coward |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | JUST DESERTS $200: In this Bible book, the children of Israel "were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the Desert of Sinai" Exodus |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "I" $200: It's home to over 250 kibbutzim Israel |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | BIBLE QUOTES $2000: Genesis 37: "Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children... and he made him" this showy item a coat of many colors |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | IT'S THE GENEVA CONVENTION $600: This country signed in 1949 with the reservation that it could use the red shield of David as a symbol Israel |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | FINISH THE TERRIBLE RHYME $600: "Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel" was not writ just to shame us / It is, however, right here now, from the Bible's book the Book of Amos |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | PRAY $1600: The Passover service includes a prayer for tal, this type of moisture; once the rainy season ends in Israel, it is extra precious (morning) dew |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL! $200: Adopted in 1949, 9 months after statehood, the emblem of Israel features this symbol of Hanukkah, but with only 7 branches the menorah |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL! $400: World sales of Israel these investment items are over $40 billion; the shalom type from $36 is a lovely B'nei mitzvah gift bonds |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL! $600: In 1992, Israel got what's been called its finest public building to house this body that the government wanted to overhaul in 2023 the Israeli Supreme Court |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL! $800: In October 1973, Israel fought the war named for this Jewish holy day Yom Kippur |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL! $1000: Elected mayor of Jerusalem in 2018, Moshe Lion is the first from this branch of the Jews named from Hebrew for "Spain" Sephardic |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | WHO'S WHO IN THE OLD TESTAMENT $1200: Following this king's death, David laments, "The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!" Saul |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | COUNTRIES IN SHORT $400: A tourism slogan for this Middle East country is the "Land of Creation" Israel |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $400: She taught school in Milwaukee before moving to what was then Palestine, then eventually becoming prime minister of Israel Golda Meir |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | ETHIOPIA $2,600 (Daily Double): With many now living in Israel, Jews of Ethiopian origin trace their lineage to Menelik I, traditionally the son of this woman Queen of Sheba |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MY KID GOT INTO AN IVY LEAGUE MUSEUM $400: Sonny caught the Penn Museum's new gallery of the eastern part of this sea, & its display of sarcophagus lids found in Israel the Mediterranean |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $800: The name of this country's "Hatikvah" means "the hope" Israel |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | IN THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION $400: "On its land, Moses grew up, the light of God appeared, and the message descended on Mount Sinai" Egypt |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | CONQUERS $400: After being in Frankish control for over 80 years, this city fell to Saladin on Oct. 2, 1187 Jerusalem |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | AIRPORTS NAMED FOR PEOPLE $2000: Located near Tel Aviv, Israel's largest & busiest airport is named for him, Israel's first prime minister Ben-Gurion |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WHICH WAR? $1000: Israel quickly captures the Gaza Strip & Golan Heights the Six Days' War |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $600: Analysis shows that a 700s B.C. altar excavated in Israel has traces of this psychoactive 3-letter compound found in cannabis THC |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | WHERE DID I LEAVE MY KEYS? $800: Let's see, I remember heading directly north out of Israel into this country on the Mediterranean... maybe in Baalbek? Lebanon |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | BRING IT! $600: In Exodus 25 the Lord tells him, "Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering" Moses |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MODERN EGYPT $1600: Under a peace treaty with Israel, this region was returned to Egypt in 1982 the Sinai Peninsula |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $800: The first 3 kings of Israel were Saul, David & this wise ruler Solomon |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1000: She helped found the State of Israel & in 1969, became its first female prime minister Golda Meir |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | WORLD OF BEERS $600: Goldstar & Maccabee are beers from this nation Israel |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | HONORARY U.S. CITIZENS $2000: Named "Righteous Among the Nations" by Israel in 1963, this Swede was named an honorary citizen in 1981 Wallenberg |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | BETTER CALL SAUL $400: A heroic deliverance of Jabesh-Gilead helped Saul get called to be the first king of Israel in a book named for this prophet Samuel |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | A LITTLE PEACE OF HISTORY $800: As part of the 1994 peace process between Israel & this neighbor, King Hussein was allowed to fly over Jerusalem Jordan |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | VALLEYS $1000: Full of biblical sites, Israel's Jezreel Valley is bounded to the west by this mount with Haifa on its slopes Mount Carmel |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | FLAGS $200: The hexagram on this country's flag is the Magen David, literally "Shield of David" Israel |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | GOOD HISTORY $1000: In 2020, these accords named for a biblical man raised to 6 the Arab nations with diplomatic ties to Israel the Abraham Accords |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | CLEVER CROSSWORD CLUES $1000: The first lady's residence; some believe it was just east of Israel
(4 letters) Eden |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | SECRET SERVICES $1200: This country's intelligence agency goes by the short name Mossad, which just means "the institute" Israel |
| #8651, aired 2022-05-30 | STICK TO THE SCRIPTURE $1600: "And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, thus saith the Lord God of Israel", these 4 words Let my people go |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | WORLD CURRENCIES $2000: This monetary unit of Israel is divided into 100 agorot a shekel |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | ARCHITECTS $1200: Israel's most famous architect, Moshe Safdie designed the Holocaust History Museum for this Jerusalem Remembrance Center Yad Vashem |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | METAPHORS $1200: British Jew Israel Zangwill used this term for the U.S. as a vessel where all peoples mix; his son moved to El Paso & became part of it a melting pot |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | BIBLICAL PASSAGES $800: The book of Ezekiel says the gates of this city shall be named after the tribes of Israel Jerusalem |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | BIBLICAL PASSAGES $1200: In Exodus, this man tells the elders of Israel that when the Lord sees blood upon the lintel & side posts, he "will pass over the door" Moses |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | RECENT NEWS $1000: The 2020 "Accords" named for this biblical patriarch were to normalize relations between Bahrain, the U.A.E. & Israel Abraham |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): The subject of a 1993 movie, he's the only member of the Nazi Party honored with burial on Israel's Mt. Zion (Oskar) Schindler |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | HISTORY BOOKS $1600: Reversing a phrase from the book of Isaiah, Arno Mayer's history of the state of Israel is titled these "into Swords" Plowshares |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | YOU'LL HAVE PEAKS & VALLEYS $800: In Israel, not Hawaii, the Hula Valley is where 3 tributaries join to form this river the Jordan |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | A CONFRONTATION OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS $800: He tells Moses, "I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go", but seeing as how that appears in a book called Exodus... Pharaoh |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | BIBLICAL PROPHETS $800: Micah says of this town, "Though thou be little... out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel" Bethlehem |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | BIBLICAL PROPHETS $1600: Ezekiel accompanied the Hebrews during their exile here & prophesied their return to Israel Babylon |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | ONE LETTER DIFFERENT $2000: A region in Israel mentioned in the Bible & an Italian scientist who got Inquisition-ed Galilee & Galileo |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | ON THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM $2000: In Israel's Sept. 2019 election, this alliance named for the colors of the country's flag won the most seats Blue White (Blue & White) |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | AVIATION $800: This Israeli airline has been in business since 1948, when the state of Israel was founded El Al |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $800: In 1956 Goldie Myerson changed her name & 13 years later became prime minister of this nation Israel |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | NOVELS $2,400 (Daily Double): This Leon Uris novel portraying Israel's birth is about 10 times longer than the Bible book of the same name Exodus |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | RIVERS OF ASIA $2,000 (Daily Double): This lake of Israel famous for its biblical associations is fed & drained by the Jordan River the Sea of Galilee |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NATIONAL PARK COUNTRIES $400: Masada National Park Israel |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | LOST $5,000 (Daily Double): The biblical Asher & Zebulun were 2 of these that, despite the name, reached the Promised Land the lost tribes of Israel |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | JIMMY CARTER $200: Mediated by Jimmy, these accords ended 30 years of hostility, with an Egypt-Israel peace agreement Camp David |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | EXODUS TELLS US... $200: The Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve, made their lives bitter with hard bondage in mortar & in this brick |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | 2011: 10 YEARS AGO $2000: Israel freed 1,027 prisoners in exchange for soldier Gilad Shalit, 5 years a captive of this group that governs Gaza Hamas |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | LOST & FOUND $1200: In 2019 archaeologists in Israel said they found the town of Ziklag, used by this Hebrew king for refuge from Saul King David |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | BIBLICAL ART $5,000 (Daily Double): Stolen in Israel in 1996, this Russian-born artist's "Jacob's Ladder" was recovered in 2015 & sold at auction in 2020 Marc Chagall |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | THE TERMS OF SERVICE $1200: She led Israel as the nation's 4th prime minister from 1969 to 1974 Golda Meir |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "H" $1600: A "commitment to the land, the people, and the future of Israel" is the mission of this organization of Jewish women Hadassah |
| #8408, aired 2021-05-26 | IT'S A MIRAGE $800: The French-made Mirage fighter jet is known as Shahak, or "heavens", in this country that's used it to great effect Israel |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | A PLACE IN THE BIBLE $800: "Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into" this region, now in northern Israel Galilee |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | MODERN HEBREW $1000: This Nestle brand of coffee translates to "miracle coffee" in Hebrew & is used for any instant coffee in Israel Nescafé |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | ASIAN CITIES $2000: Israel's third-largest city, it overlooks the Mediterranean from Mount Carmel Haifa |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | EMCEE $1600: When Israel hosted this annual music competition in 2019, Bar Refaeli was one of the emcees Eurovision |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | MONEY SLANG $1600: An item might cost you a few of these basic monetary units of Israel, literally or figuratively shekels |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | 6-LETTER COUNTRIES $800: King Abdullah II is the head of state of this country that borders Israel Jordan |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | D MIDDLE OF THE WORD $800: Exodus mentions "the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in" this, meaning captivity bondage |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | BIBLE BABES $1600: This prophet who warns Israel about the Assyrians says "Babes shall rule over" Jerusalem & Judah Isaiah |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | MICHAEL WROTE $200: Michael Chabon's novel "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" has this country collapsing in 1948 & refugees moving to Sitka, Alaska Israel |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | THE GRAMM"E"S $1000: 1960's Song of the Year went to Ernest Gold for his theme to this movie about the founding of Israel Exodus |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | ACTORS' FILMOGRAPHIES $800: "Training Day", "Roman J. Israel, Esq." Denzel Washington |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | LET'S GO TO THE ARCHIVES $1600: The National Library of Israel has an archive on this unjustly accused French officer, including his marriage contract Dreyfus |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | FIRST WORDS $1200: The first line of an Old Testament book is "The proverbs of" him, "the son of David, king of Israel" Solomon |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | MARCO POLO SLEPT HERE $800: Early in his travels Marco stayed in the Crusader capital of Acre, now Akko in this country Israel |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | THE WHISKER REBELLION $2000: In 2 Samuel, King Hanun half-shaves the servants of this king of Israel; they have to go into hiding until their beards even out King David |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | TO DONUTS $600: In Israel, jelly donuts are the traditional food during this winter holiday Hanukkah |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | HISTORIC WOMEN $200: She was the first, & so far only, female prime minister of Israel Golda Meir |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | A STAR IS BORN $600: April 30, 1985 in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel gave us this wonder of a gal Gal Gadot |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | THEIR BAR OR BAT MITZVAH $600: Long Island's Congregation Sons of Israel is where this future gay activist & San Franciscan was bar mitzvahed in 1943 (Harvey) Milk |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | ANIMATED FILMS $1000: This animated film was "Cloudy..." in the U.S. but in Israel "It's Raining Falafel" Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | GROUPS IN THE BIBLE $800: One of the tribes of Israel, these descendants of one of Jacob's sons ministered in the temple as priests, aides & musicians the Levites |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | THEATER TIME $1600: The Tony-winning play named for this European city is set during the 1990s negotiation of peace accords between Israel & the PLO Oslo |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | ICE CREAM $2000: A typical recipe for Israel's halva ice cream includes halva candy &/or this ground sesame paste tahini |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | EMMA-NATION $400: In 1919 the U.S. deported anarchist Emma Goldman to this country the Soviet Union |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | JUST DESERTS $1600: Named for a founding father of Israel, Ben-Gurion University of this desert area is a leading research university the Negev |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | WE HAVE A SITUATION $400: In this country ha-matzav, "the situation", refers to the security threats it has faced since the day of independence in 1948 Israel |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | ACCORD $400: These 1978 accords named for a presidential retreat led to a 1979 peace treaty between Israel & Egypt the Camp David Accords |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $1200: For Israel: this body of water the Dead Sea |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CHARACTERS IN MOBY-DICK $400: This obsessive captain shares his name with a biblical king of Israel Ahab |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | ARCHITECTURE HISTORY $1200: One of Frederick John Kiesler's last works was the Shrine of the Book, completed in 1965 in this country Israel |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | WOMEN OF THE WORLD $800: She was a leader in the Milwaukee Zionist Party before she was a prime minister of Israel (Golda) Meir |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | TRIAL MIX $2000: Seized in South America in 1960, this high-ranking Nazi was transported to Israel, where he was tried & executed Adolf Eichmann |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | ON THE MEDITERRANEAN $2000: 60 miles up the coast from Tel Aviv is this city, Israel's main port Haifa |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | WORLD POLICE $200: The star of the clue is the logo of this country's police force Israel |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | WHERE'S THAT CHURCH? $200: Built in the 300s A.D., the Church of the Nativity Israel |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | AROUND THE WORLD $200: Countries with flags of only these 2 colors include Greece, Honduras & Israel blue & white |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $1200: Noted for his wisdom, this B.C. ruler organized Ancient Israel into 12 districts, appointing his own gov. for each one Solomon |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | RACKET SPORTS $200: Matkot, Hebrew for "racquet", is the unofficial national sport of this nation, where it's being played in the photo Israel |
| #8092, aired 2019-11-12 | HAIL, CAESAR! $600: Built by Herod the Great & dedicated to Augustus, Caesarea is a coastal town in this country Israel |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH... $200: In this Bible book "The children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea" Exodus |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | AMERICAN GOTHIC $400: Gothic is common for churches, and, though much less common, was used for these, like the neo-Gothic Mickve Israel in Savannah a temple (synagogue) |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $600: She stars as literary forger Lee Israel in "Can You Ever Forgive Me?", based on the memoir of the same name Melissa McCarthy |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | POTPOURRI $1600: This tuberous vegetable isn't named for the city in Israel but for the Italian word for "sunflower", girasole a Jerusalem artichoke |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | CITIES IN THE COUNTRY $1600: Beersheba,
Bat Yam Israel |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | INTERNATIONAL PARKS $1200: The lands at Tel Megiddo National Park in Israel feature prominently in this last book of the Bible Revelation |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | WHERE IS THAT MOUNT? $800: Zion & Sodom Israel |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | BIRTHPLACES $1600: Gene Simmons:
This country Israel |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | 1950s PEOPLE $400: Israel offered this physicist the presidency in 1952; feeling he didn't have the personality for the job, he declined Einstein |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZES $800: Ralph Bunche won for his efforts in ending the war that began when this country came into being in 1948 Israel |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS $800: This word refers to a currency used today in Israel, or a weight of less than an ounce in the Bible a shekel |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | "Z"-POURRI $1600: Theodor Herzl was a leader of this Jewish political movement that sought to establish the state of Israel Zionism |
| #7955, aired 2019-03-22 | BIBLICAL BADDIES $1000: The Phoenician princess Jezebel married this king of Israel & became his partner in crime & blasphemy Ahab |
| #7954, aired 2019-03-21 | COIN STAR $1000: In the 1980s Israel's 5-shekel had 2 stars on the reverse & a double one of these horns of plenty on the obverse a cornucopia |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | COUNTRY SHORTCUTS $3,000 (Daily Double): Israel & Saudi Arabia Jordan |
| #7943, aired 2019-03-06 | HISTORIC STRUCTURES $1000: Herod built this Israel mountain fortress; later the Romans had trouble taking it from the Zealots Masada |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | WOMEN OF THE BIBLE $800: In Luke 2 Simeon tells her that her "child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel" Mary |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | OUR FAIR CITY $600: Nazareth in Israel is home to 2 different churches that claim to be the site where this angel appeared to the Virgin Mary Gabriel |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | COUNTRIES $400: "Shield of David" is a more accurate translation of this country's symbol, the star of David Israel |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | DON'T GO TO TOWN $1600: This type of community was created in Israel; Nir Am is one near the Gaza border a kibbutz |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | HISTORY $600: Egypt & Syria launched a war against Israel on October 6, 1973, which was this Jewish holy day Yom Kippur |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | MOVING THE CAPITAL $400: Israel moved its capital from this city to Jerusalem in 1949; the U.S. embassy followed in 2018 Tel Aviv |
| #7899, aired 2019-01-03 | EXTRAORDINARY RENDITIONS $800: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's soaring take on this "Wizard of Oz" classic is ubiquitous in Hawaii "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | RECENT EVENTS $1000: Singing "I'm not your toy, you stupid boy", Israel's Netta won this contest, edging out an entry from Cyprus Eurovision |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $800: Mount Ararat Turkey |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1000: After her death, it was revealed that she'd had leukemia for 12 years, including her time as Israel's prime minister Golda Meir |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $2000: Mentioned in Isaiah & 2 Kings & depicted here, Sargon II, king of this empire, took the 10 lost tribes of Israel captive Assyria |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | IN THE '90s $1000: A.P. journalist Terry Anderson was freed in 1991 after 2,454 days as a hostage of Hezbollah in this country Lebanon |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | PAYING THE PIPER $1200: If his Haifa chorale boosted morale, say thanks with this currency of modern & ancient Israel the shekel |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | I'M OUTTA HERE $2000: Pushing 80, this leader with a hyphenated name resigned as prime minister of Israel in 1963 Ben-Gurion |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | BUSINESS $1600: A passage from the book of Hosea was the inspiration Israel's first Minister of Transportation had for naming this airline El Al |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | FOR ME & MY GAL GADOT $200: You can see Gal's early work on the series "Bubot", made in this, her home country Israel |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS $1000: Earn 25 points for this woman who introduced the worship of Baal into Israel & was denounced by Elijah Jezebel |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | THE LAW OF THE LAND $2000: "Mixed legal system" including "British mandate regulations" Israel |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS BOOKS $800: "The Weapon Wizards" is a study of the strategies that have helped make this Mideast nation a high-tech superpower Israel |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | THE THIRD MAN $800: Use your wisdom & name this third king of ancient Israel, Bathsheba's boy Solomon |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $400: "Speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land" Exodus |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | SUPER CONDUCTORS $2000: Seen here as a young maestro, he announced that in 2019 he'll retire, after 50 years leading the Israel Philharmonic Zubin Mehta |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | UNARMED COMBAT $1600: An elbow strike to the face is a basic move in this self-defense system developed by the Israel defense forces krav maga |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | MUSEUMS $2000: The 45-acre campus of this Jerusalem museum, Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, lies on the Mount of Remembrance Yad Vashem |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | MOVIE TITLES IN FOREIGN LANDS $800: Israel re-titled this film "Love in the Skies" but we'd say Goose's experience in said skies was not as fun as Maverick's Top Gun |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600: The name of this monetary unit of Israel originally referred to a unit of weight equal to about half an ounce a shekel |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | AIRLINES $800: Its slogan:
"It's not just an airline. It's Israel" El Al |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | A YEAR ENDING IN 8 $1200: The state of Israel is proclaimed 1948 |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | GO "BRA" $1000: A person born in Israel a Sabra |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | HISTORIC TRIOS $1000: With Israel's Yitzhak Rabin & Shimon Peres, this man won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize (Yasser) Arafat |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | IT'S ALL A MIRAGE $800: Israel used the French Mirage fighter to great effect in both the 1967 Six-Day War & this 1973 holy day war Yom Kippur |
| #7691, aired 2018-02-05 | OLD TESTA-MEN $800: "No razor shall come on his head... he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines" Samson |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | NOW GET OUT! $200: "The Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies" is in this Bible book Exodus |
| #7654, aired 2017-12-14 | CAMP DAVID $600: In 1978, Jimmy Carter welcomed the leaders of these two countries to Camp David for historic peace talks Egypt and Israel |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | AROUND THE WORLD $600: In 1948 it was established as the national airline of Israel El Al |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | WATERWORKS $1600: Israel's Sorek desalination plant uses "reverse" this process to make the Mediterranean drinkable osmosis |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | TECHNOLOGY $1200: Founded in Israel in 2006, this Google app to map the fastest route for drivers often takes you down side streets Waze |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | COUNTRIES' OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $200: In Israel, Arabic & this Hebrew |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | IT'S LIEBERMAN! $600: In 2016 Avigdor Lieberman became this country's defense minister Israel |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | FOREIGN-SOUNDING TEXAS PLACES $800: A land divided by Jordan, Egypt & Israel, or the seat of Anderson County, Texas Palestine |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | MAGIC & SORCERY IN THE BIBLE $1,500 (Daily Double): This Phoenician princess & wife of King Ahab was accused of practicing witchcraft as queen of Israel Jezebel |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | MAGIC & SORCERY IN THE BIBLE $2000: This desperate king of Israel consulted the witch of Endor even though he himself had banned sorcery & magic Saul |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | UNCLE SUGAR $800: The U.S. gave this young country a $100 million loan in 1949 & has been supportive ever since Israel |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STRAIGHT FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: Exodus 1:1:
"Now these are the names of the children of ____, which came into Egypt" Israel |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | ARCHAEOLOGY $400: A hill marking the site of an ancient city, it's found in the names of some Middle East cities, including one of Israel's largest tel |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | THE LITERATURE OF ISRAEL $400: Holocaust survivor Aharon Appelfeld wrote of the impending horror in "Badenheim" this year 1939 |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | THE LITERATURE OF ISRAEL $800: The title of a 1958 Leon Uris novel about Israel's birth isn't "Genesis", but this Exodus |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | THE LITERATURE OF ISRAEL $1200: In Amos Oz' novel "The Hill of Evil Counsel", 2 boys grow up in Jerusalem under this country's post-WWI mandate the United Kingdom |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | THE LITERATURE OF ISRAEL $1600: This "Tales of the South Pacific" author's novel "The Source" is a tale of Israel from ancient times up to the 20th century (James) Michener |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | THE LITERATURE OF ISRAEL $2000: Aharon Megged's "Foiglman" looks at the conflicts between fathers & sons, Israel & the Diaspora & these 2 languages Hebrew and Yiddish |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | "HAT" BOX $1600: Meaning "The Hope", it's the national anthem of Israel "Hatikvah" |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | HOMELAND $1200: Model Bar Refaeli Israel |
| #7517, aired 2017-04-25 | "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: In 2010 new species of bacteria were found at the bottom of this "lifeless" lake between Israel & Jordan the Dead Sea |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): Nineveh was a huge city of this land which, if the first 2 letters were removed, would spell a current Mideast country Assyria |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | DUG OUT $2000: Isaac & Abraham dug wells in this town of southern Israel whose name means "seven wells" Beersheba |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | RHYMES WITH NADA $2000: This ancient mountaintop fortress in Israel is the site of the Jews' last stand against the Romans in 70 A.D. Masada |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | ASIAN FLAGS $800: Traditional name for the hexagram at the center of Israel's flag the Star of David |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | HOT PLACES $800: Records show Tirat Tsvi, one of these small collective farms in Israel, hitting 129 in 1942 a kibbutz |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | COUNTRIES' POLITICAL PARTIES $1600: Kadima Israel |
| #7482, aired 2017-03-07 | RELIGIOUS BOOKS $2000: In Paulo Coelho's "The Fifth Mountain", Elijah flees Israel when this wicked woman puts all non-Baal prophets to death Jezebel |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | COLOR THAT FLAG! $400: El Salvador & Israel (2 colors) blue and white |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | VALLEYS $200: Today part of Israel, the Valley of Elah is where these 2 fought as recounted in the first book of Samuel David and Goliath (or the Philistines and the Israelites) |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | THE 1970s $1000: In 1978 Egypt's Sadat & Israel's Begin agreed to these accords named for a presidential retreat the Camp David Accords |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS $200: Chapter 1 tells you you're reading "the proverbs of" this man, "king of Israel" Solomon |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | AND SO IT BEGINS... $800: "Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt" the book of Exodus |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | AN "I" LAND $1200: You can find the Negev Desert here Israel |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | THE LEADERS & BEST $200: After Moses died this man led the children of Israel over the Jordan & conquered Jericho Joshua |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | COME FLY WITH ME $2000: In 1949 the Jews of Yemen were brought to Israel on this new airline as part of Operation Magic Carpet El Al |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | HISTORY $2000: In 1950 this Israeli parliament passed the Law of Return, allowing Jews to go to Israel & get immediate citizenship the Knesset |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $1600: Arthur Rubinstein, born in Poland, moved to the U.S. & is interred in this country that has a piano competition named for him Israel |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | BIBLICAL RHYME TIME $2000: The first king of Israel's utterances with prolonged vowels Saul's drawls |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RELATIVE POP CULTURE $1200: "Big Adventure" time! one of Israel's first fighter pilots was the dad of Paul Reubens, aka this film & TV character Pee-wee Herman |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | HOLY MOSES! $7,500 (Daily Double): When Moses confronts the pharaoh, these 4 words follow "Thus saith the Lord God of Israel" let my people go |
| #7343, aired 2016-07-13 | PLACES, EVERYONE $400: The northern region of Israel that includes Nazareth & Tiberias shares its name with this so-called sea the Sea of Galilee |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS $400: This country's philharmonic was founded in 1936 as the Palestine Orchestra Israel |
| #7330, aired 2016-06-24 | THE CRUSADES $2000: In 1291 this city on Israel's northern coast became the last Crusader State to fall to the Muslims Acre |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | SINGERS' REAL NAMES $600: We will kiss & tell that he was born Chaim Witz in Israel Gene Simmons |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | REDRAWING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE $2000: Great Britain acquired southern Mesopotamia & this city, today the largest port in Israel Haifa |
| #7302, aired 2016-05-17 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $1600: In 1994 Yitzhak Rabin & this king approved a treaty formally ending 46 years of war between Israel & Jordan King Hussein |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | COUNTRY DISTINCTIONS $1,800 (Daily Double): These 2 neighboring Middle East countries share the lowest elevation on land, about 1,300 feet below sea level Israel & Jordan |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | JUDEAN HISTORY $400: Around 1000 B.C. this king from Judea united all Israel into one kingdom with Jerusalem as its capital David |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | JUDEAN HISTORY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Biblical Palestine was divided into two kingdoms--Israel in the north & Judea in the south, with this city that's still the main community of the Negev region as its southernmost town Beersheba |
| #7269, aired 2016-03-31 | VICTOR $1200: In 2 Samuel: This King of Israel over the Philistines, whom he smote from Gera to Gazer David |
| #7245, aired 2016-02-26 | WIDE WORLD OF PORTS $2000: This port & year-round resort lies at the southern tip of Israel & at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba Eilat |
| #7243, aired 2016-02-24 | WORLD FACTS $800: About a third of the people in this 25-mile-long coastal territory between Egypt & Israel live in refugee camps Gaza |
| #7229, aired 2016-02-04 | WITH FOAM $400: To preserve the coral reefs of this sea, Israel, Egypt & Jordan have designated protected areas the Red Sea |
| #7224, aired 2016-01-28 | YOU OLD SON OF A GUN MAKER $1600: Uzi Gal designed a gun & had a son after emigrating in 1936 to what's now this country Israel |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS $1000: "Hatikvah" Israel |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | NAMING THE FIRST PRESIDENT $1000: Of Israel: L'him! (Chaim) Weizmann |
| #7169, aired 2015-11-12 | PEOPLE $800: This leader is widely known in Israel as "Bibi" Netanyahu |
| #7165, aired 2015-11-06 | THE FIRST 10 BIBLE BOOKS $400: Referring to a line of charismatic leaders of Israel, it's the only book title in the first 10 that's an occupation Judges |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | I AM HISTORY! $2000: Ukraine-born, she moved to the U.S. in 1906 & eventually became a world leader for Israel Golda Meir |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | APPLES & ORANGES $800: Jaffa oranges are a sweet variety named for a port in this present country Israel |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $200: Israel,
Ireland,
Italy Italy |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | BIBLE "B" BOYS $400: This youngest son of Rachel fathered one of the 12 tribes of Israel Benjamin |
| #7093, aired 2015-06-17 | BETTER CALL SAUL $400: Better dial 972, the country code for this nation of which Saul was the first king Israel |
| #7081, aired 2015-06-01 | HISTORIC MOTTOES & SLOGANS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Kibbutz Ami'ad in Israel.) The original vision of kibbutz life focused on the collective good & the motto was, "From each according to his ability, to each according to" these his needs (his need accepted) |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | ETERNAL DAN NATION $2000: Psychologist & 2002 Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman Israel |
| #7057, aired 2015-04-28 | WHERE YA FROM? $400: If you're a Sabra, this current country Israel |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | -ISMs $800: Novelist Israel Zangwill was an early leader of this back-to-Palestine movement Zionism |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | AIRPORTS $800: Israel's main airport, Ben Gurion is about 25 miles from Jerusalem & less than 10 from this city "that Never Stops" Tel Aviv |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | SOJOURNER $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1271, this man left Venice with his dad and uncle & hit what is now Israel & Iran on his way to Shangdu, China, & the summer palace of Kublai Khan Marco Polo |
| #7051, aired 2015-04-20 | ANATOMICAL QUOTES $1200: At Bunker Hill, William Prescott (or was it Israel Putnam?) told his troops to not fire until they saw these of the enemy the whites of their eyes |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | "UBE" JOB $400: A son of Jacob & a forefather of one of the tribes of Israel Reuben |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | YES, PRIME MINISTER $2000: This Yitzhak, who both followed & preceded Rabin in Israel, saw a lot in his 96 years Shamir |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | THE BOOK OF EXODUS $3,000 (Daily Double): The names of these 2 current countries appear in the very first verse of Exodus Egypt & Israel |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | DON'T L ME $800: It's a color on Israel's flag white |
| #7023, aired 2015-03-11 | CHAPTER 1, VERSE 1 $1,800 (Daily Double): "Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob" Exodus |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | NATIONAL NARRATIVES $800: "The Settlers" & "Exodus" Israel |
| #7007, aired 2015-02-17 | WHEN I'M KING... $800: Israel, from around 1000 to 960 B.C. David |
| #6980, aired 2015-01-09 | THIS ONE'S FOR THE LADIES $1000: Before becoming Prime Minister of Israel in 1969, she taught school in Milwaukee Golda Meir |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | THINGS TO DO & SEE IN ISRAEL $400: Armored vehicles from a 1948 Arab siege of this holy city, long left as rusty memorials, have moved to a national park Jerusalem |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | THINGS TO DO & SEE IN ISRAEL $800: First built in the 4th century, a church in Tabgha on the Sea of Galilee honors this culinary miracle of Matthew 14 the miracle of the loaves & fishes |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | THINGS TO DO & SEE IN ISRAEL $1200: In Tel Aviv, stop by Independence Hall on Rothschild Blvd., where this leader declared the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (David) Ben-Gurion |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | THINGS TO DO & SEE IN ISRAEL $1600: Head to the Negev Desert to see some of these mountain goats with back-curving horns in their native habitat ibex |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | THINGS TO DO & SEE IN ISRAEL $2000: Try to catch the Israel Philharmonic led by this Bombay-born man, the orchestra's music director for life Zubin Mehta |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | COUNTRIES BY WORLD HERITAGE SITES $1200: Tel Megiddo &
the Old City of Acre Israel |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | WORLD LEADERS $600: This leader of the Likud Party is the first prime minister born after the founding of Israel as a nation Netanyahu |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | GETTING ATTACHED $600: The Bible says the children of Israel had it tough "with hard bondage, in mortar, and in" this, which mortar binds together bricks |
| #6941, aired 2014-11-17 | BORDERING THE RED SEA $1000: Snorkel or sunbathe at the southernmost point in Israel, this resort city at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba Eilat |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | 1964 -- 50 YEARS AGO $400: He became the first pope to fly when he visited Jordan & Israel on a "pilgrimage of prayer & penance" Pope Paul VI |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | JUST DESERTS $200: In this Bible book, the children of Israel "were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the Desert of Sinai" Exodus |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $200: Hebrew Israel |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $1600: In 2007 Israel bombed a Syrian site that intelligence showed was one of these built with North Korean help nuclear reactor |
| #6881, aired 2014-07-14 | THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO $1,000 (Daily Double): Joshua 6:1: "now" this city "was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel" Jericho |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | ARCHAEOLOGY $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2013 the stone paws of one of these creatures dedicated to Egyptian King Menkaure were found in Israel the sphinx |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | WELCOME TO THE U.N. $800: 1949:
This country, the year after its founding Israel |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | FINISH THE TERRIBLE RHYME $800: "Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel" was not writ just to shame us / It is, however, right here now, from the Bible's book of... Amos |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | NOOSE MEN $1600: His May 31, 1962 execution in Ramleh, Israel is the only time that Israel has carried out a death sentence Adolf Eichmann |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | SECURITY $2000: Maintaining the security of Israel, it is officially the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations Mossad |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | FIRST THINGS THIRD $1000: Tradition says this third king of ancient Israel composed many proverbs & songs Solomon |
| #6841, aired 2014-05-19 | THE MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY $400: Iran,
Israel,
Italy Iran |
| #6802, aired 2014-03-25 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE $1000: After her 1978 death, it was revealed that this ex-prime minister of Israel had leukemia for 12 years Golda Meir |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | WORLD OF MUSIC $200: In 1948 the Palestine Orchestra was renamed the Philharmonic Orchestra of this country Israel |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | ON THE MAP $800: Beersheba is the largest city in this southern desert region of Israel the Negev |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | "BED" $800: Traditionally, these Arab nomads stopped long enough to hold a Thursday market in Beersheba, Israel bedouins |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $600 (Daily Double): This third book of the Old Testament is named for the tribe from which the priests of Israel were descended Leviticus |
| #6767, aired 2014-02-04 | CLARINETS & SEAFOOD $1600: Tilapia is known in Israel as this apostle's fish; tradition holds he caught one & found a coin in its mouth St. Peter |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | EPONYMOUS AIRPORTS $2000: In 1973 Israel's Lod Airport was renamed to honor him, the nation's first prime minister (David) Ben-Gurion |
| #6757, aired 2014-01-21 | INCOMPLETE "PASS" $800: To do like the Lord did for the houses of the children of Israel when he smote the Egyptians; hence a holiday name pass over |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | THE BEATITUDES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Israel.) I'm at the Church of the Beatitudes, on the hill where Jesus spoke the words, "Blessed are these people, for they shall inherit the earth" the meek |
| #6735, aired 2013-12-20 | CHRISTMAS $2,000 (Daily Double): With peace on earth on their minds, Israel's Menachem Begin & this leader met in Egypt on Christmas Day 1977 (Anwar) Sadat |
| #6711, aired 2013-11-18 | PLACES $600: In biblical times, caravans stopped at Capernaum, Israel to stock up on fish from this nearby lake the Sea of Galilee |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | 1960s NEWSMAKERS $800: His eye patch became a familiar sight after he was made Israel's Defense Minister 4 days before the 6-Day War (Moshe) Dayan |
| #6694, aired 2013-10-24 | FRAGILE $1000: Truces between Israel & this group that runs Gaza & intends Israel's destruction are often called fragile Hamas |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | THE STATE DEPT. SUGGESTS YOU STAY HOME $3,000 (Daily Double): Hezbollah's "strong presence" & "shelling... from Syria" are reasons to avoid this country Lebanon |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | WORLD FACTS $200: It's the most widely spoken first language in Israel Hebrew |
| #6635, aired 2013-06-21 | THE 1970s $800: Israel's first fighter plane, the Nesher ("Vulture"), took wing & had many kills in this holiday-named 1973 war the Yom Kippur War |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS $800: See them yourself --in 2012 Google & the Antiquities Authority launched deadseascrolls.org.il, il short for this Israel |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | POCKET CHANGE $1000: The 30 pieces of silver given to Judas are thought to be these, which you can use in Israel today shekels |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: Under these 1978 peace accords, Israel agreed to return the Sinai to Egypt Camp David |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | BIBLICAL JEALOUSY $2,000 (Daily Double): King Saul was displeased when the women of Israel praised this man's battlefield prowess over his own King David |
| #6524, aired 2013-01-17 | THIS MEANS WAR! $1600: Egypt & Syria simultaneously attack Israel on 2 fronts, on a holy day the Yom Kippur War |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | B.C. KING $200: Around 1000 B.C. he became the first king of Israel Saul |
| #6519, aired 2013-01-10 | CALL ME ISRAEL $400: This state's flag flew at half-mast on the day of singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's 1997 funeral Hawaii |
| #6519, aired 2013-01-10 | CALL ME ISRAEL $800: Born with the first name Israel, he became famous as his brother George's lyricist under this name Ira Gershwin |
| #6519, aired 2013-01-10 | CALL ME ISRAEL $1200: General Israel Putnam is said to have ordered, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" at this battle Bunker Hill |
| #6519, aired 2013-01-10 | CALL ME ISRAEL $1600: In 1844 Israel Josaphat adopted this last name; with an added "S", it would become Europe's leading news agency Reuter |
| #6519, aired 2013-01-10 | CALL ME ISRAEL $2000: Israel ben Eliezer, better known as the Ba'al Shem Tov, founded this Orthodox Jewish movement in the 18th century Hasidism |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | OLD YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS $1600: U.N. Res. 242 supports "secure and recognized boundaries" for Israel & neighbors following this June 1967 war the Six Day War |
| #6507, aired 2012-12-25 | RELIGION & FLAGS $200: Bearing a symbol reaching back to antiquity, this nation's flag is seen here Israel |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | OLD McDONALD HAD... $2000: James McDonald had a street named for him in Netanya in this country to which he was the USA's first ambassador in 1949 Israel |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | ANCIENT JERUSALEM $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.) Jerusalem's first temple was destroyed by the Babylonians; a model of the city shows the second temple, destroyed by these people in 70 AD the Romans |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | ANCIENT JERUSALEM $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.) At the west end of the second temple was the section called the Holy of the Holies, entered only once a year on this holiest of days in Judaism Yom Kippur |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | ANCIENT JERUSALEM $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.) Still standing today, the walls of Jerusalem's Old City existed in the 1st century; they were destroyed along with the temple, but rebuilt by this Emperor, better known for a wall in Britain Hadrian |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | ANCIENT JERUSALEM $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.) In Jesus' time three festivals a year brought thousands of pilgrims to the temple; those serving the throngs included these people, whose tables Jesus overturned the money changers |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | ANCIENT JERUSALEM $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.) The red-roofed buildings are the residences of those on this Jewish supreme court; it also functioned as a legislature with Pharisees & Sadducees its two parties the Sanhedrin |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $2000: (I'm New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.) In 2002 I broke the story of a peace plan--a return to June 1967 lines & a Palestinian state for a full peace between Israel & the Arab world--proposed by this now-king of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | ALSO A TRIBE OF ISRAEL $400: It precedes "Strauss" in the name of a San Francisco apparel manufacturer Levi |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | ALSO A TRIBE OF ISRAEL $800: A sandwich served on rye Reuben |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | ALSO A TRIBE OF ISRAEL $1200: Slang for a $100 bill a Benjamin |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | ALSO A TRIBE OF ISRAEL $1600: To move about aimlessly; it's found before "fly" Gad |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | ALSO A TRIBE OF ISRAEL $2000: A degree of expertise in karate or judo Dan |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | YOU HAD ME AT SHALOM $400: A memorial outside Israel's Knesset honoring Israel's fallen soldiers was inspired by the burning bush story in this Bible book Exodus |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | YOU HAD ME AT SHALOM $800: In 1948 she was appointed Minister to Moscow; in 1969 she became Israel's prime minister Golda Meir |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | YOU HAD ME AT SHALOM $1200: In 1909 Jewish immigrants from Europe founded this 2-word city, now Israel's chief financial center Tel Aviv |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | YOU HAD ME AT SHALOM $1600: Later Israel's Defense Minister, he lost an eye during a 1941 battle in Syria (Moshe) Dayan |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | YOU HAD ME AT SHALOM $2000: Born in Israel, he played the solo violin passages in John Williams' score for "Schindler's List" Itzhak Perlman |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | YOU DESERVE A PRIZE $600: Zubin Mehta & this '70s Secretary of State were among the first recipients of Israel's Presidential Medal Henry Kissinger |
| #6429, aired 2012-07-26 | BIBLICAL WIFERY $2000: In the last book of the Old Testament, this prophet chastises the men of Israel for taking foreign wives Malachi |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | PHOENICIA PHUN $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew explains a region on a map.) Generally speaking, Phoenicia was bounded on the north by the Eleutherus River, & on the south by this mountain in present-day Haifa in Israel Mount Carmel |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | "M.E." $200: Israel & Iran are in this part of the world the Middle East |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | WHAT'S FOR DESERT? $1,200 (Daily Double): The name of this desert in the south of Israel is Hebrew for "south" Negev |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | GO WIDE $2000: The filtration technology produced at Israel's Kibbutz Amiad can handle municipal & industrial waste treatment down to two of these units, each .001 millimeters a micron |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | BIBLICAL IDOL $800: Any of the children of Israel who consorted with the god Molech faced a rocky future with this punishment stoning |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | BIBLICAL IDOL $1,200 (Daily Double): Also known as the Lord of the Flies, this god of Ekron was consulted by Ahaziah, King of Israel Beelzebub |
| #6341, aired 2012-03-26 | IT'S 1985 $400: In February this nation finished the first phase of a troop withdrawal from Lebanon Israel |
| #6330, aired 2012-03-09 | GRAVE MATTERS $1000: (Alex delivers the clue from Jerusalem.) This Nobel Peace Prize winner asked to be buried not on Mount Herzl with other Israeli leaders, but here on the Mount of Olives with his old comrades in Israel's fight for statehood (Menachem) Begin |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1600: Across the Sea of Galilee on its eastern shore lies this hilly plateau occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967 the Golan Heights |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | CELEBRITY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN $800: Model Bar Refaeli Israel |
| #6308, aired 2012-02-08 | THE 21st CENTURY $1200: In 2005 Israel gave up control of this coastal territory the Gaza Strip |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | FOOD FIGHT! $1200: In 2008 Lebanon threatened to sue this nation for violating its "food copyright" on hummus & tabbouleh Israel |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | STARTS WITH "Z" $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Masada, Israel.) In the 1st century A.D., these Jews fiercely opposed Roman paganism, & many of them made their last stand here on Masada; today the word means anyone passionately committed a Zealot |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: In 1981 this maestro from India was made music director for life of the Israel Philharmonic (Zubin) Mehta |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $600: The name of this so-called artichoke isn't from a city in Israel but from girasole, Italian for "sunflower" Jerusalem |
| #6267, aired 2011-12-13 | PRIME MINISTERS $600: A devastating stroke in 2006 ended his tenure as prime minister of Israel (Ariel) Sharon |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | TIME FOR A CHANGE $200: Born Golda Mabovitch in Kiev, she changed her name to this after moving to Israel Golda Meir |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE NUNS $1200: Saint Therese is seen here in her habit of this order whose name comes from a mountain range in Israel Carmelite |
| #6250, aired 2011-11-18 | ASSUME THE POSITION $1600: In 1995 Shimon Peres became Prime Minister of Israel following the assassination of this predecessor (Yitzhak) Rabin |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | POLITICAL LEADERS $600: David Ben-Gurion first became prime minister of Israel in this year 1948 |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | AT SIXES & SEVENS $1000: It ended with a victory for Israel June 10, 1967 the Six-Day War |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | THE LAND OF THE BIBLE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in the Jordan River in Israel.) In the Book of Joshua, as soon as the men carrying this holy object set foot here in the Jordan River, it dried up, allowing them to cross the Ark of the Covenant |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | THE LAND OF THE BIBLE $1000: The queen of this place, thought by modern scholars to be roughly present-day Yemen, blessed Solomon & the god of Israel Sheba |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | THE 2011 TIME 100 $2000: "Now in his second stint as Israel's prime minister, he is Bibi; as with Bono, a single name suffices" (except right now) (Benjamin) Netanyahu |
| #6214, aired 2011-09-29 | IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS $800: He was David's predecessor as Israel's king Saul |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | EARLY MAN $400: 790,000-year-old flints from a site in Israel provide the oldest known evidence of early man's control of this fire |
| #6198, aired 2011-07-20 | THE STYLE OF ELEMENTS $2000: (Alex walks along the shore of the Dead Sea in Israel with mud all over his face.) For hundreds of years people have believed in the rejuvenating qualities of the Dead Sea's black mud; among its many components this element, symbol Mg, said to remove toxins from the skin; makes you feel good magnesium |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?! $200: I died around 965 B.C. & my son Solomon succeeded me as King of Israel David |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | WORLD CITIES $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Kibbutz Amiad in Israel.) When this city had problems treating its sewage prior to the 2008 Olympic games, Amiad's water filtration company helped with machines like the EBS filter Beijing |
| #6149, aired 2011-05-12 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1600: The story of this woman, the only female to judge Israel, is told twice in Judges Deborah |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY $400: As a result of the 1967 Arab-Israel War, Israel took control of this disputed piece of land along the Mediterranean the Gaza Strip |
| #6118, aired 2011-03-30 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands on the bank of the Jordan River in Israel.) As depicted in art, after parting the River Jordan with his cloak, this biblical prophet followed a chariot of fire into Heaven Elijah |
| #6118, aired 2011-03-30 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads the clue from a church in Galilee in northern Israel.) This Italian Franciscan church is dedicated to these 9 assertions Jesus made nearby about the blessed the Beatitudes |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | YAHWEH $800: In Exodus 6 Yahweh tells this man, "Say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord" Moses |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | FROM HERE TO THERE $1200: Found in the Bible, the phrase "from Dan to Beersheba" refers to an area now within this country Israel |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | YAD VASHEM $400: (Alex delivers the clue from Yad Vashem, Israel.) At Yad Vashem, which is the Jewish people's living memorial to the Holocaust, the monument to Jewish resistance fighters forms this national symbol the Star of David |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | YAD VASHEM $800: (Alex shows us a large stone in Yad Vashem, Israel.) This stone comes from the central synagogue in Aachen, Germany, which was destroyed on November 9, 1938, in what became known as Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken this glass |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | YAD VASHEM $1200: (Alex walks in front of the Wall of Remembrance in Yad Vashem, Israel.) Both the valiant uprising against the Nazis & the final deportation are depicted here in the Wall of Remembrance to this city's ghetto, which at one time held more than 400,000 people in just 1.3 square miles Warsaw |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | YAD VASHEM $1600: (Alex walks among lush green vegetation at Yad Vashem, Israel.) Symbolic of the renewal of life, trees line the avenue honoring those who risked their lives to help save the Jews; they are known as this noble word "Among the Nations" the Righteous |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | READ YOUR BIBLE $400: Rehoboam, king of Israel, was a son of this wise king by an Ammonite mother Solomon |
| #6079, aired 2011-02-03 | CHICKS DIG ME $2000: At Mt. Carmel in Israel, Dorothy Garrod was the first to find this prehistoric human skeleton outside of Europe Neanderthal |
| #6071, aired 2011-01-24 | AIRLINES' HOME COUNTRIES $600: El Al Israel |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | IT'S AN HONOR $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Jerusalem in Israel.) President of Israel is a mainly ceremonial post chosen by the Knesset; a 2007 vote chose Shimon Peres, who won this international prize in 1994 the Nobel Peace Prize |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | RESCUE ME $800: In July 1976 commandos from this country rescued 103 hostages being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda Israel |
| #6060, aired 2011-01-07 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a plate of hummus in Israel.) On average, each Israeli eats 22 pounds a year of hummus, a spread made from these garbanzo beans (or chickpeas) |
| #6051, aired 2010-12-27 | PLACES IN THE BIBLE $800: John 1:46 asks whether any good thing can come out of this town in Galilee in northern Israel; we can think of 1 Nazareth |
| #6040, aired 2010-12-10 | ZOO LAND $600: Hai Bar Carmel nature reserve Israel |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | EGYPTIAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: Egypt has land borders with Israel, Libya & this large country to the south the Sudan |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | ISLAMIC CULTURE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Jerusalem's Mayer Museum in Israel.) This chess set was made around the year 1000 in this present-day country; their king was called "shah" & the end of the game was "shah mat", our checkmate Iran |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | ISLAMIC CULTURE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Mayer Museum in Israel.) Astronomy was just one area in which the Islamic world made great strides with devices like these navigational instruments with the same root as the word "astronomy" the astrolabe |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: This capital of Israel is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world Jerusalem |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | THE COLOR OF MONEY $400: Israel's 1968 5-lira banknote showed this scientist in green & white next to a blue & orange cloud of atoms Einstein |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | THE "EYE"s HAVE IT $1600: This facial wear made Israel's Moshe Dayan instantly recognizable worldwide an eye patch |
| #5955, aired 2010-07-02 | NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Jesus Museum in Israel.) The Jesus Boat is very much like those in which he sailed, as in Mark chapter 4 when there arose a great storm, & He rebuked this the wind |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | ALEX MEETS AUTO-TUNE $800: "When Israel was in Egypt land / Let my people go / Oppressed so hard they could not stand / Let my people go" "Go Down Moses" |
| #5944, aired 2010-06-17 | MR. OCTOBER $1000: This controversial military man's brief retirement ended when he was recalled by Israel's army in October 1973 Ariel Sharon |
| #5942, aired 2010-06-15 | FOREIGN MAYORS $400: Before becoming prime minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert was mayor of this city Jerusalem |
| #5942, aired 2010-06-15 | FOREIGN MAYORS $600: Israel Pinheiro was the first mayor of this South American capital that was dedicated in 1960 Brasilia |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | KIBBUTZ LIFE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Kibbutz Amiad in Israel.) The kibbutz scene began as utopian communities, combining socialism with this movement to reestablish a Jewish homeland Zionism |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | KIBBUTZ LIFE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Kibbutz Amiad in Israel.) Amiad develops techniques to aid the growth of crops via existing watering systems; it's called "fertigation", the combination of these two words fertilization & irrigation |
| #5938, aired 2010-06-09 | MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $1600: Israel's third-largest city, this port was built on the northern slopes of Mount Carmel Haifa |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | OLD DEUTERONOMY $400: "Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord" from Deuteronomy is part of Maariv, evening these prayers |
| #5927, aired 2010-05-25 | BIB-LICKAL EVENTS $800: The Moabites feared that "the children of" this will "lick up all... about us, as the ox licketh up grass" Israel |
| #5925, aired 2010-05-21 | TREATIES $400: The I979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty allowed Israel access to this man-made waterway the Suez Canal |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | MASADA $400: (Alex reports from Masada, Israel.) The Romans would come out of their encampment down below & harry the defenders of Masada by hurling stones such as this one over the walls using this ancient artillery weapon catapult |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | MASADA $1200: (Alex reports from Masada, Israel.) The thousand defenders were able to survive for two years because they had more than a dozen of these defensive assets--collectors of water from the Latin for "box" cisterns |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | MASADA $2000: (Alex reports from Masada, Israel.) The defenders chose death over surrender, & then they drew lots to determine who would get to kill the others; we get the story from this Roman historian who had been in a lot-drawing situation himself as a Jewish fighter (Flavius) Josephus |
| #5913, aired 2010-05-05 | THAT'S HOT! $1600: Tirat Tsvi in what's now this country hit 129 in 1942 Israel |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | AROUND THE KNESSET $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Knesset in Jerusalem.) In 1977, in the first visit by an Arab leader to the state of Israel, this man addressed the Knesset & even shared a laugh with Golda Meir (Anwar) Sadat |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | AROUND THE KNESSET $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Knesset in Jerusalem.) On May 15th, 1948, Israel was attacked by five neighboring countries; one day earlier, Israel's reclamation of independence was read by him, the country's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | YOU'VE GOT YOUR BORDERS $2,000 (Daily Double): To the south, Israel; to the east, Syria; to the west, the Mediterranean Lebanon |
| #5874, aired 2010-03-11 | BIBLICAL MEGADEATHS $2000: II Kings recounts the slaughter by an angel of the Lord of 185,000 soldiers of this kingdom to the north of Israel Assyria |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | HOME OF THE BRAVE $800: The Fighter against Nazis Medal Israel |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | LIFE'S A (MILITARY) CAMPAIGN $600: On June 5, 1967 this country's sudden air assault destroyed Egypt's Air Force on the ground; Syria & Jordan were next Israel |
| #5855, aired 2010-02-12 | LITTLE LANDS $1000: It's about the size of Maine, & it's right across the river from Israel Jordan |
| #5851, aired 2010-02-08 | THE BIG 10 $400: In Israel Tevet is the tenth of these month |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | NEW TESTAMENT PLACES $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in flowing water in Israel.) The book of Mark recounts how believers, including Jesus, were baptized in the Jordan River by this man John the Baptist |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | NEW TESTAMENT PLACES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Israel.) This boat from the early Christian era is the type that Peter & Andrew may have been in when Jesus said, "Follow me and I will make you" these fishers of men |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | NEW TESTAMENT PLACES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Israel.) The Church of the Beatitudes is on the hilltop long considered the site where Jesus delivered this, which contained the Beatitudes the Sermon on the Mount |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | NEW TESTAMENT PLACES $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Israel.) Here in the garden of Gethsemane, this disciple, accompanied by a group of armed men, approached Jesus & said, "Hail, master", then kissed him Judas |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | NEW TESTAMENT PLACES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Israel.) The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is believed to be built over this hill, site of the crucifixion Golgotha |
| #5841, aired 2010-01-25 | COUNTRIES IN SPACE $600: To launch satellites, this country's Shavit rockets take the Mediterranean route to avoid hostile neighbors Israel |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HE'S "R" MAN $400: Before becoming prime minister in 1974, he was Israel's ambassador to the United States Yitzhak Rabin |
| #5816, aired 2009-12-21 | LET'S PLAY SOME GULF $2000: Israel's shoreline on this gulf is very short, from the city of Eilat to its border with Egypt at Taba the Gulf of Aqaba |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS $800: This prime minister of Israel is nicknamed "Bibi" Netanyahu |
| #5796, aired 2009-11-23 | A JOURNEY THROUGH ISRAEL $300 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Israel.) This ruined fortress atop a mesa is where thousands of Israeli soldiers have taken an oath swearing that it shall not fall again Masada |
| #5796, aired 2009-11-23 | A JOURNEY THROUGH ISRAEL $400: (Alex reports from the Western Wall in Jerusalem.) In Jewish circles, the Wailing Wall became known as the Western Wall after this 1967 war & the reunification of Jerusalem the Six-Day War |
| #5796, aired 2009-11-23 | A JOURNEY THROUGH ISRAEL $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is in a boat.) You can ride in a boat reminiscent of Jesus' time on this sea, beside which he preached & performed miracles like the one of the loaves & fishes the Sea of Galilee |
| #5796, aired 2009-11-23 | A JOURNEY THROUGH ISRAEL $1200: (Alex places a stone on a grave at Mount Zion Cemetery in Jerusalem.) Here in the Mount Zion Cemetery, one of the prominent graves is that of this man, a Krakow factory owner, who, in World War II, saved the lives of over 1,000 Jews (Oskar) Schindler |
| #5796, aired 2009-11-23 | A JOURNEY THROUGH ISRAEL $2000: (Alex floats in the Dead Sea.) Floating in the Dead Sea is easy; now what keeps me buoyant? The water is nine times saltier than seawater, & it has a very high this, which is mass per unit of volume density |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FAMOUS TRIALS $800: (Jack Ford delivers the clue.) "I had orders" was among his statements at his trial in Israel after being seized in Argentina in 1960; he got the only death sentence Israel has ever imposed (Adolf) Eichmann |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | BETTER KNOWN AS $400: When he began writing songs in 1907, singing waiter Israel Baline became him Irving Berlin |
| #5742, aired 2009-07-21 | BIBLE QUOTES BY BOOK $800: "...The children of Israel came nigh: & he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai" Exodus |
| #5737, aired 2009-07-14 | HEADS OF STATE $200: Shimon Peres, elected by the Knesset as the 9th president in 2007 Israel |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN $800: After World War I, France was given a League of Nations mandate over this country Lebanon |
| #5706, aired 2009-06-01 | HIDDEN AGENDA $800: Magen David Adom is this country's Red Cross Israel |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | "Y"S UP! $800: In 1973 Arab states attacked Israel on this Jewish Day of Atonement Yom Kippur |
| #5688, aired 2009-05-06 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $1600: Prime Minister of Israel in the 1990s, he resumed the post in 2009 Netanyahu |
| #5681, aired 2009-04-27 | IMBIBLERS $400: In 1 Kings, the Syrian kings are getting drunk when the soldiers of this nation slaughter them Israel |
| #5643, aired 2009-03-04 | IN THE OFFICE FRIDGE $1000: Made of chickpeas formed into balls, this street food of Israel has been in the fridge so long, I think it growled at me falafel |
| #5630, aired 2009-02-13 | RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS $800: Rehovot in this country has an institute named for Russian-born Chaim Weizmann, who synthesized acetone Israel |
| #5619, aired 2009-01-29 | EXODUS $600: 14: 16 says, "And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea" --this one the Red Sea |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | YOU "GO" FIRST $1000: Israel's only ski resort is in this area named for a Biblical city of refuge the Golan Heights |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | THE HOLY "C" $200: Pharaoh & his men pursued the children of Israel into the Red Sea aboard these horse-drawn vehicles chariots |
| #5590, aired 2008-12-19 | OPERATIONS $1200: The 1973 Egyptian & Syrian surprise attack on Israel on this holiday was known as Operation Badr, or "Full Moon" Yom Kippur |
| #5586, aired 2008-12-15 | COUNTRY TIME $1,600 (Daily Double): In a 1948-49 war, this Middle Eastern country increased the territory it controlled by about 50% Israel |
| #5570, aired 2008-11-21 | HEROD'S LOST TOMB $400: 2007 brought news of the identification of Herod's tomb in the Judean Desert in this present country where he once ruled Israel |
| #5558, aired 2008-11-05 | 2001 $400: On February 6 this Likud Party leader won election as Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon |
| #5557, aired 2008-11-04 | FOREIGN-BORN LEADERS $400: Born in what is now Poland, he was the first prime minister of Israel Ben-Gurion |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: Yitzhak Rabin was this country's first native-born prime minister Israel |
| #5527, aired 2008-09-23 | A LINE $1000: In 1949 Israel & Jordan created the Green Line between them, determining the boundary of this troubled area the West Bank |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | 2008 NEWS $600: In July, leaders of Israel, Syria, Algeria, etc. met in France to launch the Union for this body of water the Mediterranean Sea |
| #5525, aired 2008-09-19 | WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG $600: In 1995 an ultranationalist assassinated Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of this country Israel |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | ALL "SET" $800: Hebrew for "assembly", it's the parliament of Israel the Knesset |
| #5477, aired 2008-06-03 | MUSEUMS $400: The Shrine of the Book, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, is a wing of this country's national museum Israel |
| #5465, aired 2008-05-16 | HAPPY MADISON $1200: (Adam Sandler delivers the clue.) In my new movie "You Don't Mess With The Zohan", I play an intelligence agent from this country founded in 1948 who fakes his death to be a hairdresser Israel |
| #5458, aired 2008-05-07 | SENIOR YEAR $400: Golda Meir began serving as this country's prime minister at age 70 Israel |
| #5454, aired 2008-05-01 | QUOTATIONS $800: On signing the 1979 peace treaty with Israel, this Egyptian said, "Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights" Anwar Sadat |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE $800: 1909:
This 1st modern Jewish city is founded; today it's the financial & cultural center of Israel Tel Aviv |
| #5442, aired 2008-04-15 | THE COLORS IN THE NATIONAL FLAG $800: Israel blue & white |
| #5432, aired 2008-04-01 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Christmas carol with the line "Born is the King of Israel" becomes a witty English playwright The First Noël Coward |
| #5431, aired 2008-03-31 | MEDICAL TALK $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew tends to a virtual patient at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Ctr, a Harvard teaching hospital in Boston, MA.) A dilated pupil indicates that a head injury may have led to an acute subdural this, where blood accumulates within the skull a hematoma |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | WORLD FLAGS $600: In the middle of this country's flag, you'll find the Star of David Israel |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | AROUND THE WORLD $1600: Wrecked military vehicles remain by the road from Tel Aviv to this city as a memorial of Israel's 1948 War of Independence Jerusalem |
| #5379, aired 2008-01-17 | REDHEADS $400: Youngest of the 8 sons of Jesse, this supposedly redheaded King of Israel reigned from 1000 to 962 B.C. David |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | EGYPT $600: In 1979 Egypt became the first Arab country to make peace with Israel as this leader went to Camp David Anwar Sadat |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | YO, JIMMY! $800: A book by former president Jimmy Carter compared Israel's treatment of Palestinians to this policy of white South Africa apartheid |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $400: Israel,
Lebanon,
Syria Syria |
| #5340, aired 2007-11-23 | COMBAT! $1600: Krav Maga is the official self-defense system of this Mideast country's defense forces Israel |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | VIRTUAL MEDICINE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the surgery simulation room at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA.) Doctors get invaluable training on the Human Patient Simulator at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of this medical school founded in 1782 Harvard |
| #5330, aired 2007-11-09 | -ISMS $1200: This Jewish movement that began in the late 1800s led to the establishment of Israel in 1948 Zionism |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | LADIES' DAY $2000: Rina Messenger, Miss Universe of 1976, saw service in this country's army Israel |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: In 1994 Jordan signed a peace treaty with this country, ending the official state of war between them Israel |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPER $1000: Haaretz,
Yedioth Ahronoth Israel |
| #5280, aired 2007-07-20 | WAY BACK IN THE 1990s $2000: On Oct. 26, 1994 a peace treaty was signed between Israel & this country led by King Hussein I Jordan |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO TODAY $1600: On June 1, 1967 this man became Israel's Minister of Defense; 4 days later he was very busy Moshe Dayan |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | YOU'VE NEVER LOOKED LOVELIER $200: The beautiful Bathsheba was already married, but that didn't stop this King of Israel from pursuing her King David |
| #5246, aired 2007-06-04 | AN ECUMENICAL CATEGORY $1600: The Jewish prayer known by this Hebrew name begins, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one" Shema Yisrael |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | WORLDWIDE WEAPONRY $1000: The Uzi Israel |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | HAIFA LOAF $400: The main seaport of Israel, Haifa is on this sea Mediterranean Sea |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $400: Mount Meron in Galilee Israel |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | SPRING BREAK! $1200: Ceremonies at the grave of Theodor Herzl are part of this country's Independence Day observation Israel |
| #5212, aired 2007-04-17 | THE PONY EXPRESS $600: Riders carried a mochila, a special one of these made by Israel Landis a bag (saddlebag, mailbag) |
| #5212, aired 2007-04-17 | MESSIAH $800: The Jewish Messiah will be in the line of this second king of Israel, who united his nation David |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | FRIDAY THE 13th $1000: 1994: The first handover of a West Bank city from Israel to the Palestinians--this one where a battle was fit Jericho |
| #5201, aired 2007-04-02 | THE SMALLEST IN AREA $200: Iran,
Iraq,
Israel Israel |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | LET'S GET BIBLICAL $800: Lamentations recounts that during a siege of Israel, many people resorted to this for food cannibalism |
| #5193, aired 2007-03-21 | JEWISH HISTORY $1000: In 1984 an airlift began flying Jews called falashas from this African country to Israel Ethiopia |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | DAVID $600: David succeeded this man as the leader of Israel around 1010 B.C. Saul |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | COUNTRIES BY CITIES $200: Netanya,
Beersheba,
Haifa Israel |
| #5100, aired 2006-11-10 | A TICKER-TAPE PARADE $800: In 1951 it was the turn of David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of this country Israel |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | IRAQ $400: After this country's 1948 independence, the armies of Transjordan & Iraq invaded Israel |
| #5075, aired 2006-10-06 | ASIAN BODIES OF WATER $400: Although called a sea, it's actually a large salty lake between Israel & Jordan the Dead Sea |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | IT'S A MONARCHY $200: Jordan,
Israel,
Egypt Jordan |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | PRONOUNS $1200: The pronoun that is formed by the first 3 letters of the current monetary unit of Israel she (from Shekel) |
| #5013, aired 2006-05-31 | YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED $1200: Israel formally annexed this strategic upland region in 1981 the Golan Heights |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | SINNERS $1200: Seized in Buenos Aires in May 1960, he was hanged in Israel 2 years later Adolf Eichmann |
| #5004, aired 2006-05-18 | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST $1200: Arouchat boker in this country would include yogurt, herring, cucumber & fresh vegetables from the cooperative Israel |
| #5000, aired 2006-05-12 | 20th CENTURY FOREIGNERS $400: Born in Israel in 1915, he was Minister of Defense during the Six-Day War Moshe Dayan |
| #4979, aired 2006-04-13 | 1956 $800: One thing that led to this crisis named for a waterway was attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip the Suez Crisis |
| #4971, aired 2006-04-03 | PRIME MINISTERS OF ISRAEL $200: The only one commemorated with a one-woman Broadway play Golda Meir |
| #4971, aired 2006-04-03 | PRIME MINISTERS OF ISRAEL $400: The founding father after whom Tel Aviv's airport is named Ben-Gurion |
| #4971, aired 2006-04-03 | PRIME MINISTERS OF ISRAEL $600: This Nobel Prize winner was Prime Minister of Israel of twice: once in the '80s & once in the '90s Shimon Peres |
| #4971, aired 2006-04-03 | PRIME MINISTERS OF ISRAEL $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 Yitzhaks Rabin & Shamir |
| #4971, aired 2006-04-03 | PRIME MINISTERS OF ISRAEL $1000: Then serving as prime minister, he was a mourner at Anwar Sadat's funeral in 1981 Begin |
| #4956, aired 2006-03-13 | RECENT MOVIES $400: This director shot much of his film "Munich" in Malta, which stood in for Israel Spielberg |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | DANCE $1000: Mayim, a popular folk dance from this country, means "water" in the native language Israel |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | NATURAL BORN KILTERS $1600: He was born in East Lothian, Scotland in 1848, & his "Declaration" supported the creation of the State of Israel Balfour |
| #4935, aired 2006-02-10 | DID YOU READ YOUR BIBLE? $1600: The subject of the second book of Samuel is this king's reign over Judah & all of Israel David |
| #4873, aired 2005-11-16 | STATE INTELLIGENCE $800: Mossad Israel |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU! $400: Iraq,
Iran,
Israel Iran |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | OLD TESTAMENT HEROES $400: Because of the many psalms he wrote, this king was called "The Sweet Psalmist of Israel" David |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | REMEMBER SEPTEMBER? $800: As Prime Minister of Israel, he signed the Camp David accords in September 1978 Begin |
| #4818, aired 2005-07-13 | ROYALTEASE $1000: The biblical Ahaziah followed the evil ways of this mother, but luckily only ruled Israel briefly Jezebel |
| #4817, aired 2005-07-12 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $600: "Towards the East, an eye looks to Zion" Israel |
| #4810, aired 2005-07-01 | FOREIGN LEGISLATURE $400: The Knesset Israel |
| #4808, aired 2005-06-29 | I READ THE NEWS TODAY $400: This "Post" is one of Israel's largest English-language daily newspapers (the) Jerusalem (Post) |
| #4808, aired 2005-06-29 | THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN! $800: Syria to the north & east, Israel to the south & the Mediterranean Sea to the west Lebanon |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | THE BIBLE BELT $400: In Psalms "We wept, when we remembered" this, also preceding a "Crossroads" near Charlottesville, Virginia Zion |
| #4770, aired 2005-05-06 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $800: At age 13 this violinist from Israel was presented to the U.S. by Ed Sullivan Itzhak Perlman |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: The Irgun was a secret underground organization fighting to establish this nation Israel |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | 1955 $1000: In Israel, it was shalom & welcome back to this first prime minister who took up that post for a second time Ben-Gurion |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | ONE OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL $200: Haggerty or Fogelberg Dan |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | ONE OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL $400: A corned beef & sauerkraut sandwich on rye Reuben |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | ONE OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL $600: Goldie's "Private" Benjamin |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | ONE OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL $800: It joins with "zooks!" as a mild or ironic oath Gad |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | ONE OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL $1000: Sans the San, Hearst's California castle Simeon |
| #4731, aired 2005-03-14 | IN THE MINORITY $800: Arabs make up 20% of this country; they vote, serve in the army & are represented in Parliament by the United Arab List Israel |
| #4726, aired 2005-03-07 | A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 10 $800: Number of lost tribes of Israel after the defeat by the Assyrians in 721 B.C. 10 |
| #4720, aired 2005-02-25 | THE U.S. PRESIDENT WHEN... $800: ...Golda Meir became Prime Minister of Israel Nixon |
| #4717, aired 2005-02-22 | 3 Es PLEASE $400: This brazen biblical woman introduced the worship of Baal into Israel Jezebel |
| #4698, aired 2005-01-26 | PARTYING LIKE IT WAS 1999 $800: On Feb. 7, 1999, Abdullah II became king of this Arab nation, bounded on the west by Israel Jordan |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | '56 $400: Israel's conflict with Egypt near the end of 1956 led to the Israeli seizure of this peninsula the Sinai |
| #4635, aired 2004-10-29 | YOU ARE SO HOT! $600: The temperature in Tirat Tsvi in this country reached 129 in 1942 (& you thought the West Bank was a hot spot) Israel |
| #4629, aired 2004-10-21 | CHORES $1000: God's many commands to him include one in Numbers 26 to count all 600,000 men of Israel Moses |
| #4627, aired 2004-10-19 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: Golda Meir, a former school teacher, was prime minister of this country from 1969 to 1974 Israel |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | THE CHURCH LADY $1000: Judges 4 & 5 tell us that this woman was the chief preacher, evangelist & leader of Israel for 40 years Deborah |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | HEIR OF THE DAG $2,000 (Daily Double): This Secretary-General accompanied Anwar Sadat on his historic trip to Israel in 1977 (Boutros) Boutros-Ghali |
| #4603, aired 2004-09-15 | FEMMES FATALES $200: So enraptured was Israel's King David with this woman, he deliberately sent her husband into battle where he died Bathsheba |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | Y-R $400: A short war between Israel & Egypt & Syria in October 1973 was named for this high holiday Yom Kippur |
| #4569, aired 2004-06-17 | PLAINS $800: Israel's Plain of Jezreel is said to be the site of this future biblical battle Armageddon |
| #4563, aired 2004-06-09 | 1969 $600: She became Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir |
| #4558, aired 2004-06-02 | COUNTRY TIME $1600: A child prodigy, violinist Yehudi Menuhin was born in this country the United States |
| #4530, aired 2004-04-23 | IMMIGRANTS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) Here at Ellis Island, I found a record of this composer's arrival in 1893, aged 5, under the name Israel Baline Irving Berlin |
| #4517, aired 2004-04-06 | DOUBLE LETTERS $600: 3 years older than his brother Moses, he was Israel's first high priest Aaron |
| #4508, aired 2004-03-24 | IT BORDERS BOTH $400: Egypt & Lebanon Israel |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | WORLD COINS $400: Its 1-shekel coin features a flower taken from a Judean coin during the Persian period Israel |
| #4504, aired 2004-03-18 | MBAs RULE! $1600: This PM of Israel, 1996 to 1999, earned his MBA from M.I.T. in 1976 (Benjamin) Netanyahu |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | "E"PICS $400: In 1960 it was let my people go to this film in which Paul Newman helps establish the state of Israel Exodus |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | NAZARETH $400: Nazareth is the largest Arab city in this Middle Eastern country Israel |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | SPACE TRAVELERS $800: Sadly, this country's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, died aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 2003 Israel |
| #4494, aired 2004-03-04 | FLAGS $400: Israel's flag features 2 dark blue stripes on a white background & this symbol the Star of David |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | GHOST $1000: In the first book of Samuel, Samuel's ghost appears to this king of Israel & predicts his military defeat Saul |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ISRAEL $200: If you're getting engaged, consider a visit to Netanya, a world center for cutting & polishing these diamonds |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ISRAEL $400: Sde Boker, one of these cooperative communities, was the retirement home of first prime minister David Ben-Gurion kibbutz |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ISRAEL $600: This port city on & around Mount Carmel has been compared to San Francisco, its sister city Haifa |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ISRAEL $800: In 1961 this Israeli airline set a record for the longest nonstop commercial flight, New York to Tel Aviv El Al |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ISRAEL $1000: Home to spectacular ruins, Caesarea was founded around 20 B.C. & named for this Caesar Augustus |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | MOUNTAINS $2,000 (Daily Double): Jabal Katrinah on this peninsula is Egypt's highest peak; in the 1970s, during occupation, it was Israel's highest point the Sinai Peninsula |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | COUNTRY TIME $400: On May 14, 1948 Rachel Cohen & David Ben-Gurion signed this country's Declaration of Independence Israel |
| #4462, aired 2004-01-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: In Israel the area where this river exits the Sea of Galilee is considered holy the Jordan |
| #4439, aired 2003-12-18 | FEMALE FIRSTS $800: Ehud Barak once dressed as a woman in a covert operation, but she was the only actual woman PM of Israel Golda Meir |
| #4436, aired 2003-12-15 | CAN I HAVE A WORD WITH YOU? $600: A kolkhoz was a collective or co-operative communal one in the USSR, sort of like a kibbutz in Israel a farm |
| #4430, aired 2003-12-05 | AUTHORS $800: The history of this present-day country is the subject of James Michener's 1965 book "The Source" Israel |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $1600: Songwriter Israel Baline Irving Berlin |
| #4414, aired 2003-11-13 | MOOLA MOOLA $200: Naomi & Meir Eshel designed a series of shekel notes this country put into circulation in 1999 Israel |
| #4395, aired 2003-10-17 | OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS $600: In chapter 1 of this aptly named book, God orders that the first census of Israel be taken Numbers |
| #4395, aired 2003-10-17 | OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Chapter 6 of this book begins, "Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel" Joshua |
| #4395, aired 2003-10-17 | SOCIOLOGY $1200: Playwright Israel Zangwill dubbed the ethnic mix of NYC around 1900 one of these, "roaring and bubbling" a melting pot |
| #4372, aired 2003-09-16 | INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS $400: Allow enough time for connections, or you'll be hurryin' at Ben Gurion in this country Israel |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | AT A LOW POINT $1,000 (Daily Double): The Dead Sea is the lowest point of these 2 countries Israel & Jordan |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | NERVOUS REX $1200: After 3 of his sons were slain in battle on Mount Gilboa, this first king of Israel killed himself Saul |
| #4354, aired 2003-07-03 | WHERE'D YA FIND THAT? $2000: Neanderthal skulls were found in the Tabun Cave of this mount near Haifa, Israel Carmel |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | THE SHIELD $400: Israel's national emergency medical service, Magen David Adom, is this color shield of David red |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | THAT '70s NEWS $1200: One of history's largest tank battles ever was fought in 1973 in the Golan Heights between these 2 countries Israel & Syria |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMETIME, B.C. $200: This noted Philistine-slayer ruled Israel for 4 decades starting around 1000 B.C. David |
| #4288, aired 2003-04-02 | OUT OF AFRICA $1200: The Beta Israel or Falashas of Ethiopia call this scroll the Orit Torah |
| #4280, aired 2003-03-21 | THE U.S. EMBASSY $800: The U.S. embassy in Israel remains in this city, despite decades of talk about moving it to the capital, Jerusalem Tel Aviv |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $1000: Acclaimed playwright Israel Horovitz is the father of Adam Horovitz, aka this group's King Ad-Rock The Beastie Boys |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $2000: 1 of the 2 men usually credited with the Bunker Hill quote "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" William Prescott or Israel Putnam |
| #4250, aired 2003-02-07 | THE BIBLE $800: In Genesis 32 Jacob's name was changed to this, "For as a prince hast thou power with God and with men" Israel |
| #4218, aired 2002-12-25 | THE BIBLE $800: The book of Proverbs is "The Proverbs of" this man, "The Son of David, King of Israel" Solomon |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | IT BORDERS BOTH $200: Israel & Libya Egypt |
| #4203, aired 2002-12-04 | WITCH & FAMOUS $1000: Before battling the Philistines, Israel's King Saul visited this witch Witch of Endor |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $1600: The type of irrigation seen here, it was used in Israel to make the desert bloom drip irrigation |
| #4169, aired 2002-10-17 | TOUGH GEOGRAPHY $400: This desert makes up half of the area of Israel Negev |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | NAME THE YEAR $600: In this U.S. presidential election year, Israel gained independence 1948 |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS $400: In 1996 this MIT graduate became prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu |
| #4145, aired 2002-09-13 | "J" WALKING $1200: After Solomon's death in 922 B.C., the Hebrews divided into 2 kingdoms: Israel & this one Judah |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | DEAD SEA $600: It's the controversial area partially on the Dead Sea claimed by Israel & Jordan the West Bank |
| #4116, aired 2002-06-24 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $1200: Bani the Gadite & Elhanan, son of Dodo, were part of the personal guard of this second king of Israel David |
| #4115, aired 2002-06-21 | 20th CENTURY SCIENTISTS $800: In 1952, when Chaim Weizmann died, this scientist was invited to succeed him as president of Israel but he declined Einstein |
| #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | OFFICIAL SEALS $400: Maybe we can send the Clue Crew out to pick up candles for the menorah on this country's seal Israel |
| #4111, aired 2002-06-17 | COVERING BARON GROUND $2000: The German baron born Israel Beer Josaphat founded this news agency in Paris in 1851 Reuters |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | SORRY, YOU'VE BEEN CENSORED $1000: Because he's been identified with the Nazi's cause, the music of this man who died in 1883 is rarely played in Israel Wagner |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | MR. PRIME MINISTER $400: Ariel Sharon Israel |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY $800: With the kingdom split, in 920 B.C. you had Rehoboam ruling Judah & Jeroboam ruling this Israel |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | DOLLAR $1600: A "Benjamin" from it would have meant a $2 note, which showed its Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin the Confederacy |
| #4053, aired 2002-03-27 | FORMAL COUNTRY DESIGNATIONS $200: Eritrea & Israel are formally designated as these, sort of like Idaho & Iowa states |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | MUSEUMS $800: The Shrine of the Book, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, is a wing of this country's national museum Israel |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | THE CHILDREN'S HOUR $1000: In the Bible, his sons gave their names to the tribes of Israel Jacob |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $800: This second child of David & Bathsheba was appointed by David as "ruler over Israel and over Judah" Solomon |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $2000: Although other women were prophets, she was the only known woman to ever judge Israel Deborah |
| #3972, aired 2001-12-04 | WAR $400: During the 6-Day War of 1967, Israel captured the Sinai Peninsula, West Bank, Golan Heights & this "Strip" the Gaza Strip |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | 20th CENTURY LIVES $200: He led Israel's army in the 1967 Six-Day War & was assassinated as prime minister in 1995 Yitzhak Rabin |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | RULERS & LEADERS $600: 1 of 2 Yitzhaks since the '70s to serve as prime minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin (or Shamir) |
| #3957, aired 2001-11-13 | SWEET NOVEMBER $1,000 (Daily Double): On Nov. 10, 1994 this Mideast king made his first official visit to Israel King Hussein of Jordan |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | WHEN IN... $300: In Israel, this day of the week is Yom Rishon, literally "first day" Sunday |
| #3867, aired 2001-05-29 | ISRAEL $200: Carried by roughly 40% of Israelis, they were popularized by a 2.5-cents-a-minute offer in 1994 cell phones |
| #3867, aired 2001-05-29 | ISRAEL $400: Bat Yam, or "Daughter of the Sea", is a suburb of this Mediterranean metropolis Tel Aviv |
| #3867, aired 2001-05-29 | ISRAEL $600: Among those buried on this Jerusalem mount, or believed to be, are the prophet Haggai & Prince Philip's mother the Mount of Olives |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | SUCCESSORS $800: He took over from Ehud Barak as prime minister of Israel Ariel Sharon |
| #3846, aired 2001-04-30 | REALLY BAD DATES $400: A few hours after the announcement that this country had been formed, it was attacked by Egypt & Lebanon on May 15, 1948 Israel |
| #3830, aired 2001-04-06 | TOPS OF THE WORLD, MA! $1000: Mount Meron Israel |
| #3824, aired 2001-03-29 | LESSER-KNOWN BIBLICAL FOLK $500: Doeg the Edomite was a henchman of this man, Israel's first king Saul |
| #3797, aired 2001-02-20 | FEBRUARY DATEBOOK $300: Feb. 26, 1980:
For the first time these 2 Mideast countries exchange ambassadors Egypt & Israel |
| #3793, aired 2001-02-14 | ON VALENTINE'S DAY $100: Chaim Weizmann was elected this country's first president Feb. 14, 1949 Israel |
| #3781, aired 2001-01-29 | CHAPTER 1, VERSE 1 $300: "Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came unto Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob" Exodus |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | 30 DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER $200: With no party having a majority in September 1984 this country's Knesset voted for a coalition government Israel |
| #3768, aired 2001-01-10 | THE BIBLE $400: In Exodus 19, God says that if the children of Israel keep this bargain, they'll be a "peculiar treasure" Covenant |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | INTERNATIONAL STARS $1000: Natalie Portman Israel |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | WELCOME TO MY COUNTRY $200: Ben-Gurion International Israel |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | MOUNTAIN $800: Israel, Lebanon, Syria & the U.N. all have presences around Mount Hermon, the highest peak on these heights Golan Heights |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | JUDAICA $400: U.S. president who recognized the new state of Israel; first president Chaim Weizmann gave him a Torah Harry S. Truman |
| #3710, aired 2000-10-20 | THE LARGEST IN AREA $600: Jordan,
Lebanon,
Israel Jordan |
| #3700, aired 2000-10-06 | SPEAKING OF LANGUAGE $200: 1 of the 2 official languages of Israel Hebrew (or Arabic) |
| #3680, aired 2000-09-08 | WHAT'S IN A NAME $1000: Meaning "garden" in Hebrew, this first name derives from a mountain in Israel that's home to Christian monasteries Carmel |
| #3679, aired 2000-09-07 | QUOTATIONS $600: On signing the 1979 peace treaty with Israel, this Egyptian said, "Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights" Anwar Sadat |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | THE BIBLE $200: Jacob wrestled this new name out of an angel Israel |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | INDEPENDENCE! $200: May 14, 1948 is considered this country's day of independence Israel |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | THIS IS I COUNTRY $300: One of this country's driest regions is the Negev Desert, with an annual rainfall of usually less than 10 inches Israel |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | STUPID ANSWERS $300: It's the name given the nearly 1-week-long military conflict between Israel & several Arab neighbors in 1967 Six-Day War |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | CABINET MINISTERS $600: From 1956 to 1966 she was Israel's minister of foreign affairs Golda Meir |
| #3632, aired 2000-05-23 | THE BIBLE $200: This wise king of Israel had "Forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen" Solomon |
| #3616, aired 2000-05-01 | "EZ" DOES IT $200: In its 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, Israel was guaranteed unrestricted use of this waterway the Suez Canal |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | WIDE WORLD OF TRIVIA $300: The lowest surface road in the world is more than 1,290 feet below sea level in this country Israel |
| #3593, aired 2000-03-29 | MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): Siberian-born Israel Baline was known around Tin Pan Alley by this name Irving Berlin |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | BIBLICAL MILITARY MEN $300: Moses designated him to defend Israel against Amalek; he later brought down the walls of Jericho Joshua |
| #3564, aired 2000-02-17 | 20th CENTURY MEDICINE $200: In 1961 U.S. physicians began using his oral polio vaccine Dr. Albert Sabin |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | GO JUMP IN A LAKE $400: On the Israel-Jordan border:
394 square miles Dead Sea |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | OLD TESTAMENT PEOPLE $200: The name of this first great patriarch of Israel means "father of a multitude" Abraham |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | TO THE REPUBLIC $1,000 (Daily Double): The heart of what was Phoenicia is in this republic between Israel & Syria Lebanon |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | COUNTRIES BY AREA $200: Abu Muharrik Dunes,
Al-Ajmah Mountains,
Sinai Peninsula Egypt |
| #3505, aired 1999-11-26 | EARLY MAN $100: Evidence from Israel shows c. 10,000 B.C. these were the first animals to be domesticated Dogs |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | SALUTE THE FLAG $600: Israel's flag proudly bears this symbol Star of David |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | BOTANY $600: The Jaffa variety of orange originated in this country Israel |
| #3466, aired 1999-10-04 | THEY'RE IN CHARGE $200: Middle Eastern prime minister Ehud Barak Israel |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: In 1967 this country lost the West Bank to Israel Jordan |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: In 1967 this country lost the Golan Heights to Israel Syria |
| #3454, aired 1999-09-16 | THEY USED TO BE IN CHARGE $100: Benjamin Netanyahu Israel |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | THE 1980s $600: In 1981 Israel annexed this Syrian territory it had taken in 1967 the Golan Heights |
| #3424, aired 1999-06-24 | BIBLICAL DATING GAME $600: Abigail married this great king of Israel after pleading with him not to harm her husband David |
| #3401, aired 1999-05-24 | RELIGION $400: Around 1154 the Carmelite religious order was founded on Mount Carmel in what is now this country Israel |
| #3394, aired 1999-05-13 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $400: "Hatikva" Israel |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL $200: Football great Dierdorf Dan |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL $400: "Law & Order" actor Bratt Benjamin |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL $600: Jeans maker Strauss Levi |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL $800: Novelist Heller Joseph |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL $1000: Explorer Pike Zebulon |
| #3379, aired 1999-04-22 | WORLD OF KNOWLEDGE $400: Zalman Shoval is the current ambassador to the U.S. from this country Israel |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | NATIONAL AIRLINES $300: El Al Israel |
| #3371, aired 1999-04-12 | CLASSIC MOVIE LINES $300: 1956:
"Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: Let my people go!" The Ten Commandments |
| #3371, aired 1999-04-12 | NAMES IN THE NOOSE $600: For his role in Nazi Germany's mass murder of the Jews, he was hanged in Israel May 31, 1962 Adolf Eichmann |
| #3362, aired 1999-03-30 | HEADS OF STATE $200: In July 1994 this Jordanian king signed a peace agreement with Israel's prime minister Yitzhak Rabin King Hussein |
| #3360, aired 1999-03-26 | SINAI $1000: Israel, which occupied the peninsula from 1967 to 1982, withdrew because of these accords Camp David Accords |
| #3357, aired 1999-03-23 | SPECIAL FORCES $1000: "By way of deception, thou shalt do war" is the motto of this agency that captured Eichmann in Argentina the Mossad (from Israel) |
| #3348, aired 1999-03-10 | 50 YEARS AGO $400: On July 20, 1949 this country signed the final armistice of its 1948 war of independence, with Syria Israel |
| #3345, aired 1999-03-05 | THE SECOND $200: It's the country with the 2nd-largest Jewish population Israel |
| #3322, aired 1999-02-02 | THIS IS MY COUNTRY $400: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israel |
| #3309, aired 1999-01-14 | UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN $100: On June 27, 1967 Israel's parliament voted to officially reunite this city Jerusalem |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: This man was the first prime minister of his country (Israel) David Ben-Gurion |
| #3301, aired 1999-01-04 | CLOTHES MAKE THE LAND $500: Bedouin costumes like these abound in this country that's east of Israel & west of Saudi Arabia Jordan |
| #3300, aired 1999-01-01 | COUNTRY DANCING $500: Mayim, Mayim Israel |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | NORTH BY NORTHWEST $400: Janin is the northernmost major settlement in this formerly Jordanian area Israel occupied in 1967 West Bank |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | GO WITH THE FLOW $1,600 (Daily Double): The Jordan of Israel the Dead Sea |
| #3275, aired 1998-11-27 | TREATIES $400: The 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty called for the return of this peninsula to Egypt Sinai |
| #3245, aired 1998-10-16 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $100: In 1998 Israel celebrated its 50th anniversary & this Leon Uris book celebrated its 40th Exodus |
| #3241, aired 1998-10-12 | '76 $500: Yoni Netanyahu, brother of the future prime minister, led Israel's hostage rescue at this Uganda airport Entebbe |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | BEER BASH! $200: Maccabee is one of this country's most popular beers Israel |
| #3210, aired 1998-07-10 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $200: 20th century violin virtuosi include Isaac Stern & this Israel native whose name is a form of Isaac Itzhak Perlman |
| #3194, aired 1998-06-18 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $100: One of the signers of Israel's Declaration of Independence, she became prime minister in 1969 Golda Meir |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | 1948 $1000: To life, to life, to this man, elected provisional president of Israel May 16, 1948 Chaim Weizmann |
| #3178, aired 1998-05-27 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: In 1997 this gymnast who vaulted hurt at the '96 Olympics went to Israel for the Maccabiah Games Kerri Strug |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | JEWISH HISTORY $800: Biblical Palestine was divided into Israel & this kingdom named for one of Jacob's sons Judah |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | L.A.'s SISTER CITIES $400: 2 of L.A.'s sister cities are about 200 miles apart: Giza, Egypt & Eilat, in this country Israel |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $600: On April 10, 1974 she resigned as Israel's prime minister but served as a caretaker until June Golda Meir |
| #3130, aired 1998-03-20 | THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS $500: This group named for a king of Israel split from the church in 1934, a "branch" of it became notorious in 1993 the Davidians |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ON ST. PADDY'S DAY $100: Israel's fourth premier, she was sworn in March 17, 1969 Golda Meir |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | OLD TESTAMENT NUDITY $500: After prophesying, this 1st king of Israel stayed in bed, undressed, for a whole day Saul |
| #3105, aired 1998-02-13 | HE SAID $400: After his name was changed to Israel, God still called him this, to tell him to go down to Egypt Jacob |
| #3073, aired 1997-12-31 | HAPPY NEW YEAR! $300: May 14, 1998 marks the 50th anniversary of this nation's independence; Mazel Tov! Israel |
| #3058, aired 1997-12-10 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1981 this country formally annexed the Golan Heights, land it had held militarily since 1967 Israel |
| #3050, aired 1997-11-28 | THE 1960s $2,000 (Daily Double): On June 1, 1967, 4 days before the beginning of the 6-Day War, he was named defense minister of Israel Moshe Dayan |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | THE BIBLE $800: This future king of Israel was summoned to soothe King Saul with his harp playing David |
| #3047, aired 1997-11-25 | WINE $200: The Rishon Le-Zion area in this Middle Eastern country produces wines under the Carmel label Israel |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | HISTORIC NUMBERS $600: After this short conflict in 1967, Israel controlled the entire Sinai Peninsula Six-Day War |
| #3014, aired 1997-10-09 | SPACE FLIGHT $400: This country has a launch site in the Negev Desert Israel |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | B.C. WOMEN $600: The song of this woman, who led the tribes of Israel to defeat King Jabin, is found in the book of Judges Deborah |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | GIANTS OF SCIENCE $400: By then living in the U.S., he was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 Albert Einstein |
| #3005, aired 1997-09-26 | TOUGH GEOGRAPHY $800: Beersheba is one of the main cities of this desert region of Israel Negev |
| #3002, aired 1997-09-23 | THAT'S MY BOY! $200: This wise son of David wrote songs as well as psalms & divided Israel into 12 administrative parts Solomon |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $500: It's unclear whether Israel Putnam or William Prescott commanded this June 17, 1775 battle Bunker Hill |
| #2978, aired 1997-07-09 | HISTORY BOOKS $500: Benzion Netanyahu, father of Israel's PM, wrote "The Origins Of" this tribunal "In 15th Century Spain" The Spanish Inquisition |
| #2972, aired 1997-07-01 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: This first prime minister of Israel was born in 1886 in Plonsk, Russia, now a part of Poland David Ben-Gurion |
| #2949, aired 1997-05-29 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Lake Hula is not in Hawaii but just west of the Golan Heights in this country Israel |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | RELIGION $400: A shrine of the Bab, a forerunner of the Baha'i, is in Haifa in this country Israel |
| #2931, aired 1997-05-05 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: Not surprisingly, this Israeli national airline offers the most nonstop flights between Israel & the U.S. El Al |
| #2902, aired 1997-03-25 | MOUNTAINS $300: The world headquarters for the Bahai Faith is on Mount Carmel in this country Israel |
| #2880, aired 1997-02-21 | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $300: These 2 books chronicle the monarchs of Israel & Judah, beginning with David & ending with Jehoiachin Kings I & II |
| #2869, aired 1997-02-06 | "G"EOGRAPHY $300: Formerly occupied by Israel, this narrow piece of land reverted to Palestinian control in 1994 Gaza Strip |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800 (Daily Double): Bordered by Syria & Israel, this small country is only 135 miles long & 35 miles wide Lebanon |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | ISRAEL $200: The Tayelet, or Promenade, runs along the shores of this sea, beginning at Gordon Street in Tel Aviv The Mediterranean Sea |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | ISRAEL $400: These fried chickpea balls served with salad in a pita are popular Israeli fast food Falafel |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | ISRAEL $600: Degonia Alef was the first of these communities based on equality & subservience to community needs Kibbutz |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | ISRAEL $800: Tiberius is the largest town on the shore of this "sea" the Israelis call Yam Kinneret Sea of Galilee |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | ISRAEL $1000: In Sde Boker, you can visit this first PM's desert house where he drank tea with Dag Hammarskjold David Ben-Gurion |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $300: Word repeated 4 times before "Born is the king of Israel" Noel |
| #2836, aired 1996-12-23 | AROUND THE WORLD $200: About 3% of this country's people live on collective settlements called kibbutzim Israel |
| #2828, aired 1996-12-11 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: To research this 1958 novel, Leon Uris reportedly traveled about 12,000 miles in Israel Exodus |
| #2826, aired 1996-12-09 | CATCHING SOME "Z"s $400: Israel, as a symbol of the Jewish people, is sometimes referred to by this name Zion |
| #2813, aired 1996-11-20 | THE 1970s $400: In June of 1970, fighting between Israel & Syria reached new heights on these heights The Golan Heights |
| #2812, aired 1996-11-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This river forms part of the boundary between Israel & Syria The River Jordan |
| #2783, aired 1996-10-09 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: Popular in Israel, a sabra is the fruit of one of these prickly plants a cactus |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | THE BIBLE $400: The letter of James is addressed to these scattered groups of Israel the Twelve Tribes |
| #2762, aired 1996-09-10 | MODERN HISTORY $1000: Traced to Argentina in 1960, this Nazi official was transported to Israel, tried & executed Adolf Eichmann |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $400: This man anointed the 1st king of Israel was the son of Kish, a wealthy Benjaminite Saul |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | PRIME MINISTERS $400: This Israeli prime minister signed the first peace treaty between Israel & an Arab country Menachem Begin |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $3,000 (Daily Double): The Judeo-Galilean Highlands are one of four major land divisions of this country Israel |
| #2751, aired 1996-07-15 | UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIES-GENERAL $400: This current secretary-general accompanied Anwar Sadat on his historic 1977 trip to Israel Boutros Boutros-Ghali |
| #2749, aired 1996-07-11 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $200: In 1974 he exhibited portraits of his dying father, Jacob Israel Avedon Richard Avedon |
| #2749, aired 1996-07-11 | NAME THE DECADE $200: India & Pakistan gain independence & the nation of Israel is proclaimed the 1940s |
| #2747, aired 1996-07-09 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: The Dead Sea extends nearly 50 miles along the border of these 2 countries Israel & Jordan |
| #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | WINE $600: In the 1890s Baron Rothschild supported Rishon-Le-Zion, a winemaking village in what's now this country Israel |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | NICKNAMES $500: "Old Man" who was "The Father of Israel" David Ben-Gurion |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | THE BIBLE $1000: Ahab, king of Israel, is known for his marriage to this Sidonian who worshiped Baal Jezebel |
| #2706, aired 1996-05-13 | DESERTS $1000: Much of this desert that occupies the southern half of Israel is covered with fertile soil Negev |
| #2704, aired 1996-05-09 | WORLD POTPOURRI $300: Most flights to this country land at Ben-Gurion International Airport Israel |
| #2702, aired 1996-05-07 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $800: Ishbosheth was the fourth son of this first king of Israel Saul |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | GUINNESS RECORDS $400: The lowest settlement in the world is Israel's Ein Bokek on the shore of this sea Dead Sea |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $100: On June 5, 1967 this country launched an air strike against Egypt Israel |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $200: Nehemiah 12 covers the celebration on dedicating the wall of this central city of Israel Jerusalem |
| #2643, aired 1996-02-14 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $300: The Knesset is this country's legislative body Israel |
| #2633, aired 1996-01-31 | TRANSPORTATION $200: In 1979 Israel sent its first cargo ship through this waterway Suez Canal |
| #2627, aired 1996-01-23 | INTERNATIONAL POLITICS $200: In December 1993 the Catholic Church agreed to establish diplomatic ties with this state founded in 1948 Israel |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | POTPOURRI $100: One of this country's shekels can be broken down into 100 agorot Israel |
| #2607, aired 1995-12-26 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $1000: This prophet ruled Israel at the end of the period of Judges & anointed the first 2 kings Samuel |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | GEOGRAPHY $400: Mount Meron in Upper Galilee is this country's highest point Israel |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: The Bay of Haifa is located in this country Israel |
| #2583, aired 1995-11-22 | HALF BROTHERS $1000: This third king of Israel succeeded to the throne after half-brother Adonijah tried to seize it Solomon |
| #2582, aired 1995-11-21 | THE 20th CENTURY $300: Israel occupied this 146 square-mile area in the 1956 Suez Crisis & again during the 1967 Six-Day War Gaza Strip |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $500: In 1 Samuel 4, these people captured the Ark of the Covenant after defeating Israel in battle Philistines |
| #2572, aired 1995-11-07 | FAMOUS WOMEN $800: She was born in Kiev in 1898, grew up in Milwaukee & in 1969 became prime minister of Israel Golda Meir |
| #2570, aired 1995-11-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): Parts of Israel's Negev desert are irrigated by water from this freshwater lake Lake Tiberias (the Sea of Galilee, the Sea of Tiberias) |
| #2567, aired 1995-10-31 | BODIES OF WATER $400: In this country the Gulf of Aqaba is commonly referred to as the Gulf of Eilat Israel |
| #2560, aired 1995-10-20 | SOCIETY $400: A kolkhoz is a collective farm in Russia & this is one in Israel a kibbutz |
| #2559, aired 1995-10-19 | BODIES OF WATER $200: It's Israel's longest river the Jordan |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | THE OLYMPICS $500: In 1992 Yael Arad won this Middle Eastern country's first Olympic medal -- a silver in women's judo Israel |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | AROUND THE WORLD $600: Itzhak Ben-Zvi was the only person chosen president of this country 3 times–in 1952, 1957 & 1962 Israel |
| #2543, aired 1995-09-27 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $400: Jacob's other name was this, like the 12 tribes descended from him Israel |
| #2533, aired 1995-09-13 | GEOGRAPHY $300: This country's fertile plain of Sharon is known for its citrus crop Israel |
| #2523, aired 1995-07-19 | ACTRESSES $200: This star of "An Officer and a Gentleman" once lived in Israel, where she trained with the army Debra Winger |
| #2521, aired 1995-07-17 | PEOPLE $600: In 1993 he became Israel's first head of government to visit China Yitzhak Rabin |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | OLD TESTAMENT $300: The 12 captains of Israel would alternate serving David for this part of a year a month |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | OLD TESTAMENT $500: Samuel anointed him the first king of Israel Saul |
| #2501, aired 1995-06-19 | EXOTIC FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: In this Middle East country, the prickly pear is called sabra, like the country's native-born citizens Israel |
| #2461, aired 1995-04-24 | THE BIBLE $1,000 (Daily Double): In Genesis 32:28 God changed his name to Israel Jacob |
| #2440, aired 1995-03-24 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERALS $400: Israel Putnam is often credited with giving the order "Don't one of you fire until you see" this the whites of their eyes |
| #2439, aired 1995-03-23 | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $1,500 (Daily Double): Chapter 1 of this book reports there were 603,550 of the children of Israel Numbers |
| #2434, aired 1995-03-16 | HISTORY $300: In 1982 Israel completed its phased 3-year withdrawal from this peninsula the Sinai Peninsula |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | TREATIES $500: This prime minister signed the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty for Israel Menachem Begin |
| #2426, aired 1995-03-06 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES $400: In this country the children of Israel built the cities of Pithom & Raamses Egypt |
| #2420, aired 1995-02-24 | LOST & FOUND $500: These include those of Dan, Gad & Naphtali the lost tribes of Israel |
| #2420, aired 1995-02-24 | DESERTS $800: This desert covers the southern half of Israel the Negev |
| #2418, aired 1995-02-22 | AUTHORS $200: He traveled throughout Israel & read some 300 books on the subject before writing "Exodus" Leon Uris |
| #2417, aired 1995-02-21 | WORLD CITIES $1000: This chief seaport city of Israel is located on Mount Carmel Haifa |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | THE 1970s $1,000 (Daily Double): As a follow-up to the Camp David Accords, these two countries signed a formal peace treaty March 26, 1979 Egypt and Israel |
| #2407, aired 1995-02-07 | THE UNITED NATIONS $100: At a 1988 General Assembly session in Geneva, this PLO leader accepted Israel's right to exist Yasser Arafat |
| #2398, aired 1995-01-25 | P.M. $100: As its first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion is considered the father of this nation Israel |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $400: "Hatikvah" was the Zionist song before being adopted as this country's national anthem Israel |
| #2382, aired 1995-01-03 | TRANSPORTATION $500: It's the national airline of Israel El Al |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | FLAGS $300: Israel's flag consists of this object & 2 stripes of blue on a white field the Star of David |
| #2373, aired 1994-12-21 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Eilat, one of Israel's leading oil ports, is located on this gulf Gulf of Aqaba |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | THE 1970s $200: In 1977 Anwar Sadat made a historic visit to this country, where he addressed the Knesset Israel |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | THE 1960s $100: This country took over the Golan Heights in 1967 Israel |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: "Israel Potter" is an 1855 novel of the American Revolution by this author of "Moby-Dick" Herman Melville |
| #2340, aired 1994-11-04 | WORLD CURRENCY $800: In 1980 Israel adopted this currency that shares its name with a biblical unit of weight a shekel |
| #2338, aired 1994-11-02 | THE BIBLE $300: Absalom's parents were Maacah, a princess of Geshur, & this king of Israel David |
| #2338, aired 1994-11-02 | THE BIBLE $500: This successor of Moses supervised Israel's conquest of Canaan Joshua |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | HISTORY $200: In February 1949 this country's Knesset elected Chaim Weizmann as its first president Israel |
| #2329, aired 1994-10-20 | JERUSALEM $400: The city is home to this, Israel's parliament the Knesset |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | BESTSELLERS $400: Herman Wouk's "The Hope" is the saga of this country Israel |
| #2310, aired 1994-09-23 | MOUNTAINS $200: Mount Carmel extends from the Esdraelon valley to the Bay of Haifa in this country Israel |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | HISTORIC AFFAIRS $600: Exposed in 1986, this affair involved, among other nations, the U.S., Nicaragua & Israel the Iran-Contra affair |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $200: She became secretary- general of Israel's Mapai Party in 1966 Golda Meir |
| #2299, aired 1994-09-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In Israel Tu Bi-Shevat is the new year of these, which children are encouraged to plant trees |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $800: In a 1948-49 war, this country increased its territory by about 50% Israel |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | NOTABLE NAMES $800: It was the Hebrew name of David Gruen, who became Israel's first prime minister in 1948 David Ben-Gurion |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | BODIES OF WATER $200: The Kishon River flows into the Bay of Haifa in this country Israel |
| #2272, aired 1994-06-21 | THE BIBLE $800: This first king of Israel was a Benjamite from the mountain village of Gibeah King Saul |
| #2265, aired 1994-06-10 | 1949 $100: On January 31 the U.S. formally recognized Transjordan & this country Israel |
| #2256, aired 1994-05-30 | HEADS OF STATE $400: President Ezer Weizman Israel |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | WORLD RELIGIONS $200: Hasidism, a movement within this religion, was founded in the 18th c. by Israel Baal Shem Tov Judaism |
| #2253, aired 1994-05-25 | 1976 $600: In July commandos from this country rescued 103 hostages at Uganda's Entebbe Airport Israel |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | 1949 $300: In this country's first election, David Ben-Gurion's Mapai Party won a large plurality Israel |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | OLD MONEY $600: A coin this country introduced in 1963 had a menorah on it Israel |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | QUOTATIONS BY WOMEN $300: Resigning as prime minister of Israel, she said, "I have had enough" Golda Meir |
| #2227, aired 1994-04-19 | ESPIONAGE $600: Shin Bet & Mossad are 2 of this country's espionage agencies Israel |
| #2214, aired 1994-03-31 | ARCHITECTURE $400: Frederick John Kiesler's last major work was the Shrine of the Book in this country Israel |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: This Mideast country celebrates its 1948 independence on the fifth day of the lunar month of Iyar Israel |
| #2185, aired 1994-02-18 | DANCE $200: Mayim, mayim, a modern circle dance from this country, is a variation of the hora Israel |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | WOMEN $200: Israel's first minister to the Soviet Union, she became the country's prime minister in 1969 Golda Meir |
| #2173, aired 1994-02-02 | POLITICAL PARTY TIME $800: Shared party name of Moshe Dayan of Israel, Bob Hawke of Australia & Ramsay MacDonald of Britain Labour |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The Mapai Party, led by Ben-Gurion, won this country's first general election in 1949 Israel |
| #2164, aired 1994-01-20 | BIBLICAL KINGS $200: King David chose this city as the capital of Israel; it became known as the City of David Jerusalem |
| #2151, aired 1994-01-03 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $400: Israel "saw that the wisdom of God was in" this king, "to do judgment" Solomon |
| #2147, aired 1993-12-28 | HISTORY $600: The Haganah, a volunteer militia formed after WWI, became this country's Nat'l Army in 1948 Israel |
| #2134, aired 1993-12-09 | MUSIC MEN $800: This native of Bombay conducted the Israel Philharmonic during the Six-Day War Zubin Mehta |
| #2121, aired 1993-11-22 | VIOLINISTS $800: This violinist, stricken with polio at age 4, was discovered in Israel by Ed Sullivan Itzhak Perlman |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | ODDS & ENDS $100: Founded in 1948, this country requires its men & women to serve in the Armed Forces Israel |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | AKA $500: Israel Baline Irving Berlin |
| #2057, aired 1993-07-13 | WORLD FLAGS $600: Israel's coat of arms shows a menorah & its state flag shows this symbol a star of David |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: When named Israel's first prime minister in 1948, he was chairman of the World Zionist Organization David Ben-Gurion |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | PENINSULAS $200: Under the terms of a peace treaty, Israel returned control of this peninsula to Egypt in 1982 the Sinai |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | GEOGRAPHY $500: Hebrew for "fortress", it's located about 20 miles southeast of Hebron in Israel Masada |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | HISTORIC NAMES $600: She was Israel's first ambassador to the Soviet Union Golda Meir |
| #1996, aired 1993-04-19 | MUSEUMS $200: Several museums in this country, including Yad Vashem, are dedicated to Holocaust victims Israel |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: In 1979 this country became the first Arab nation to recognize Israel Egypt |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | GEOGRAPHY $300: Average annual rainfall in this country ranges from about 28 inches in N. Galilee to 1 inch in the Negev Israel |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | TREATIES $200: The framework for the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt & Israel was worked out at this retreat Camp David |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | THE BIBLE $500: After 3 of his sons were slain in battle, this first king of Israel killed himself Saul |
| #1925, aired 1993-01-08 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $800: This country grows the Jaffa orange Israel |
| #1917, aired 1992-12-29 | JERUSALEM $400: The Shrine of the Book, part of the Israel Museum, houses these scrolls the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #1917, aired 1992-12-29 | JERUSALEM $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1967 Israel captured the Old Section of the city from this country Jordan |
| #1916, aired 1992-12-28 | WORLD RELIGION $600: Theodor Herzl was a leader of this Jewish movement which sought to establish the state of Israel Zionism |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | CHRISTMAS $200: To visit the city of Christ's birth today, you have to go to this country Israel |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | THE VIRGIN MARY $400: Tradition says Mary was a member of this royal house of Israel the House of David |
| #1901, aired 1992-12-07 | HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): After this ruler's death, Israel split into 2 kingdoms: Israel in the north & Judah in the south Solomon |
| #1893, aired 1992-11-25 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $200: This older brother of Moses is often considered the first high priest of Israel Aaron |
| #1878, aired 1992-11-04 | 1960 $800: This Nazi official, living in Argentina under the name Ricardo Clement, was captured & taken to Israel Eichmann |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | FOREIGN CURRENCY $100: This country that came into existence in the 20th century uses the shekel Israel |
| #1866, aired 1992-10-19 | THE RIVER JORDAN $1000: Besides Jordan, 2 of the other 3 countries that share the river's waters 2 of (Israel, Syria, and Lebanon) |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | OLD TESTAMENT $400: This King of Israel began his career as a player of the harp in King Saul's Court David |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | 1992 WOMEN OLYMPIANS $200: Yael Arad, this country's first medalist ever, dedicated her silver to the slain athletes of the '72 games Israel |
| #1828, aired 1992-07-08 | HISTORY $400: In 1989 this country rejoined the Arab League after a 10-year suspension for signing a peace treaty with Israel Egypt |
| #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $400: "Hatikvah", meaning "hope", was adopted as this country's national anthem in 1948 Israel |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | ODDS & ENDS $800: While no longer music director for the N.Y. Philharmonic, he's the Israel Phil.'s music director for life Zubin Mehta |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500: Tyre & Sidon were the most important cities in this region on the coastal areas of Syria, Lebanon & Israel Phoenicia |
| #1771, aired 1992-04-20 | GEOGRAPHY $400: The Arabic name of this country between Libya & Israel is Misr Egypt |
| #1744, aired 1992-03-12 | NOTORIOUS $1000: Meyer Lansky tried to emigrate to this country in 1970 but was refused permanent sanctuary Israel |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | RECENT HISTORY $200: In 1981 this country's parliament voted to annex the Golan Heights Israel |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | ISRAEL $200: The lower part of this wall in Jerusalem is said to contain stones from Herod's temple the Wailing Wall |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | ISRAEL $400: Israel's coat of arms features olive branches & this ancient holy candleholder menorah |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | ISRAEL $600: Members of this Israeli parliament are elected for terms of 4 years the Knesset |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | ISRAEL $800: It takes 100 agorot to equal one of these monetary units shekel |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | ISRAEL $1000: These 3 languages appear on Israeli coins & postage stamps English, Hebrew & Arabic |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | WORLD FLAGS $300: The tallith, a blue & white prayer shawl, was adopted as the basis for this country's flag Israel |
| #1714, aired 1992-01-30 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1984, when neither Likud nor Labor won a clear majority, this country received a National Unity gov't Israel |
| #1704, aired 1992-01-16 | WEAPONS $100: Iraq fired over 35 of these missiles on Israel during the Gulf War scud |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | THE BIBLE $1000: Before Samson's birth, an angel announced that he would help deliver Israel from these people the Philistines |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $1000: This sister of Moses led the women of Israel in song & dance after crossing the Red Sea Miriam |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | PIRATES $300: You can see the trial of pirate Israel Hands reenacted in this restored colonial capital of Virginia Williamsburg |
| #1675, aired 1991-12-06 | WORLD CITIES $800: This city at the foot of Mount Carmel is Israel's main seaport Haifa |
| #1671, aired 1991-12-02 | DESERTS $800: This desert extending from Beersheba to Elat forms the triangular southern half of Israel the Negev |
| #1669, aired 1991-11-28 | BIBLICAL QUOTES $200: He asked God, "Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh and... bring forth the children of Israel" Moses |
| #1666, aired 1991-11-25 | QUOTES $1000: Israel Zangwill wrote, "America is God's Crucible, the great" one of these melting pot |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $200: If you're on a kibbutz, you're on a collective farm in this country Israel |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: About 1/3 of this Mideast country's foreign trade earnings comes from sales of cut diamonds Israel |
| #1643, aired 1991-10-23 | POTENT POTABLES $200: Sabra is a chocolate- & orange-flavored liqueur made in this country Israel |
| #1635, aired 1991-10-11 | OLD TESTAMENT $600: This king of Israel's famous harp was actually a type of lyre called a kinnor David |
| #1634, aired 1991-10-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Israel's northernmost region; Jesus spent most of his life there Galilee |
| #1616, aired 1991-09-16 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1987, J.J. Pollard got life for conveying secret information to this Middle East country Israel |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | OLD TESTAMENT $400: The 12 different gemstones on Aaron's breastplate represented these the 12 Tribes of Israel |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE WORLD PRESS $200: In Israel no newspapers are published on this day of the week Saturday |
| #1584, aired 1991-06-20 | OLD TESTAMENT $500: This king of Israel had 700 wives & 300 concubines Solomon |
| #1583, aired 1991-06-19 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: Anwar Sadat expelled all of this country's military advisors from Egypt July 18, 1972 the Soviet Union |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | ORCHESTRAS $200: This country's philharmonic orchestra was formed in 1936 as the Palestine Symphony Israel |
| #1567, aired 1991-05-28 | NAMES $300: After "wrestling with the Lord", Jacob was given this new name Israel |
| #1558, aired 1991-05-15 | DESERTS $400: The name of this desert in the south of Israel is from the Hebrew for "south" Negev |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | 1988 $600: On Aug. 31 this country gave up all claims to the West Bank & left it up to the PLO as to what should be done Jordan |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | FAMOUS NAMES $500: In 1952 this scientist turned down an invitation to become president of Israel Einstein |
| #1530, aired 1991-04-05 | MILITARY LEADERS $600: Noted for his eye patch, this general served as Israel's defense minister from 1967 to 1974 Moshe Dayan |
| #1522, aired 1991-03-26 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $100: For exceptional service or courageous acts, this country awards the National Order of the Cedars Lebanon |
| #1519, aired 1991-03-21 | INTERNATIONAL PARKS $400: This country's national parks include Megiddo, Caesarea, & Masada Israel |
| #1517, aired 1991-03-19 | 1948 $100: The U.S. & Guatemala were the 1st countries to recognize this Mideast state, proclaimed May 14 Israel |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | THE 1970s $200: In 1977 Anwar el-Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit this country Israel |
| #1492, aired 1991-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: This king of Israel, who succeeded Saul, conquered Jerusalem & made it his capital David |
| #1489, aired 1991-02-07 | WORLD LEADERS $400: President Chaim Herzog is Israel's head of state, while this prime minister heads its gov't Shamir |
| #1485, aired 1991-02-01 | QUOTES $200: Completes the quote, "The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty" fallen |
| #1477, aired 1991-01-22 | THE BIBLE $1000: She was both a prophetess & a judge of Israel Deborah |
| #1473, aired 1991-01-16 | FLAGS $200: The one on Morocco's flag has one less point than the one on Israel's a star |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE $400: In 1980 this country changed its monetary unit from the pound to the shekel Israel |
| #1420, aired 1990-11-02 | OLD TESTAMENT $300: In Exodus 2:23-25 the children of Israel call upon God; in 3:4 God calls upon him Moses |
| #1417, aired 1990-10-30 | RELIGION $800: Usually depicted as a warrior, he is the patron angel & guardian of Israel Michael the archangel |
| #1394, aired 1990-09-27 | COMPOSERS $200: He was born Israel Baline in Russia in 1888 & died in the U.S. in 1989 (Irving) Berlin |
| #1386, aired 1990-09-17 | THE BIBLE $1000: Before his last battle with the Philistines, this king of Israel visited the Witch of Endor Saul |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | WORLD LEADERS $800: In 1983 Yitzhak Shamir replaced this man as prime minister of Israel Menachem Begin |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | GEOGRAPHY $600: Associated with Jesus' childhood, this city in lower Galilee is the largest Arab city in Israel Nazareth |
| #7, aired 1990-07-28 | 1979 $600: A 31-year state of war between these 2 nations ended in March with a treaty signed in the U.S. Israel & Egypt |
| #1359, aired 1990-06-28 | THE BIBLE $600: In the days of Elijah, Samaria was the capital of Israel & Jerusalem was capital of this country Judah (Judea) |
| #1358, aired 1990-06-27 | GEOGRAPHY $100: Though only 146 square miles, this strip of land occupied by Israel since 1967 is often in the news Gaza Strip |
| #1318, aired 1990-05-02 | WEST ON THE MAP $600: Since 1967 Israel has occupied a controversial area on the West Bank of this river the Jordan |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | WORLD LEADERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Middle East country whose current president was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland Israel (Chaim Herzog) |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The Hebrew kingdom split into Judah & Israel after the death of this king Solomon |
| #1283, aired 1990-03-14 | WORLD LEADERS $600: In 1948 she became Israel's 1st envoy to the USSR Golda Meir |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | DESIGN $200: "The 12 Tribes of Israel" is a series of windows by Marc Chagall using this material stained glass |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | INDIA $500: India became independent 1 day after this country was created Pakistan |
| #1270, aired 1990-02-23 | HISTORY $800: Within 3 days of declaring statehood, May 14,1948, Israel was recognized by the U.S. & this country USSR |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $500: On July 28, 1989 Israeli forces went to Jibchit, Lebanon & carried this man back to Israel Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Judas trees grow on the northern slopes of this country's Mount Carmel National Park & Nature Reserves Israel |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | OLD TESTAMENT $500: Because they lied, Joshua made the people of Gibeon hewers of wood & drawers of this for Israel water |
| #1220, aired 1989-12-15 | ASIA $500: Israel annexed this area of Syria in 1981 after having won it in the 6-Day war 14 years earlier Golan Heights |
| #1219, aired 1989-12-14 | THE BIBLE $400: His 12 sons founded the 12 tribes of Israel Jacob |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $400: Smetana's "The Moldau" resembles the music of "Hatikva", this country's anthem Israel |
| #1208, aired 1989-11-29 | "POT"s $500: British writer Israel Zangwill was the 1st to describe America as one of these a melting pot |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | THE BIBLE $300: Though not the oldest, this son was the one David wanted to succeed him as King of Israel Solomon |
| #1184, aired 1989-10-26 | FLAGS $600: The blue & white stripes on Israel's flag are taken from this garment worn by Jewish males a talis (tallit also acceptable) |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | RELIGION $400: It's believed Ramses II was Pharaoh when these people fled from Egypt the Children of Israel (the Jews) |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: At the Battle of Bunker Hill, Gen. Israel Putnam warned his troops, "Don't fire until you see" these the whites of their eyes |
| #1176, aired 1989-10-16 | THE APOSTLES $300: It's said Jesus picked 12 disciples to coincide with the 12 of these the tribes of Israel |
| #1164, aired 1989-09-28 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Indian-born music director of the Israel Philharmonic, he also conducts the New York Philharmonic Zubin Mehta |
| #1161, aired 1989-09-25 | DANCE $500: Sometimes done out in a meadow, it's a traditional dance of Romania & Israel the hora |
| #1141, aired 1989-07-17 | FILM FACTS $200: Parts of "Rambo: First Blood Part III" were actually filmed in Sodom in this country Israel |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | MUSIC TRIVIA $100: In 1948 the Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra was renamed this the Israel Philharmonic |
| #1092, aired 1989-05-09 | OLD TESTAMENT $500: We 1st meet this 1st king of Israel when his father sends him out to find their asses Saul |
| #1080, aired 1989-04-21 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR $200: At the Battle of Bunker Hill Gen. Israel Putnam warned his troops, "Don't fire until you see" this the whites of their eyes |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | WORLD OF BEERS $400: Gold Star & Maccabee Israel |
| #1076, aired 1989-04-17 | CURRENT EVENTS $100: They declared an independent state for themselves November 15, 1988, & Israel said no way the Palestinians |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | 1983 $300: In Israel, this man resigned as prime minister in September, & in October the Shamir gov't took office Menachem Begin |
| #1066, aired 1989-04-03 | TECHNOLOGY $300: In September 1988 this Mideast country launched its 1st satellite Israel |
| #1044, aired 1989-03-02 | BIBLICAL 1st LINES $400: "What shall be done to the man that killeth this Phillistine & taketh away the reproach from Israel?" David |
| #1037, aired 1989-02-21 | NATIONAL SYMBOLS $500: This, not the Star of David, is featured in the center of Israel's coat of arms the menorah |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | EINSTEIN $1000: In 1952 Einstein was offered & turned down the presidency of this country Israel |
| #992, aired 1988-12-20 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Captured from Syria in 1967, this region was annexed by Israel in 1981 Golan Heights |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: The 2 countries that were at one time part of the British-ruled Palestine Mandate Israel & Jordan |
| #967, aired 1988-11-15 | 20TH-CENTURY PERSONALITIES $200: Born in Russian Poland in 1886, he became the first prime minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | GEOGRAPHY $800: The Plain of Sharon is the most densely populated area in this country Israel |
| #955, aired 1988-10-28 | OH "NO"! $200: In a popular carol, this word precedes "Born is the king of Israel" noel |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | OLD TESTAMENT $300: After 7 days as king of this, Zimri, sensing defeat, chose to be burned to death, & Omri took over Israel |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: After his death in 922 B.C., the 12 tribes of Israel split into 2 kingdoms Solomon |
| #907, aired 1988-07-12 | BIBLICAL OPERAS $400: At the end of a Carl Neilsen opera, this shepherd boy is proclaimed king of Israel David |
| #903, aired 1988-07-06 | FAMOUS LASTS $800: In the Old Testament, Samuel was the last of these leaders judges |
| #898, aired 1988-06-29 | NATIONAL LEADERS $800: President Herzog Israel |
| #871, aired 1988-05-23 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: The land now called Israel was named Palestine in the 2nd century A.D. by this ruling people Romans |
| #864, aired 1988-05-12 | "HOUSE"s $1000: U.S. religious sect known for its traveling bearded baseball team, or a royal family of Ancient Israel House of David |
| #863, aired 1988-05-11 | PEOPLE & PLACES $400: Literally the fruit of a prickly pear, a Sabra also means a native of this Mediterranean country Israel |
| #852, aired 1988-04-26 | FLAGS $100: In Israel, the counterpart to this features a red star of David, in Muslim countries, a red crescent the Red Cross flag |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | THE YEAR THAT WAS $400: Communist coup in Czechoslovakia, Berlin blockade began, State of Israel established 1948 |
| #815, aired 1988-03-04 | BIBLICAL QUOTES $500 (Daily Double): The women of Israel said he "hath slain... his ten thousands" when he'd only killed 1 person David |
| #810, aired 1988-02-26 | THE '40s $200: Created as a result of a U.N. vote, this Mideast nation was admitted as a member in 1949 Israel |
| #799, aired 1988-02-11 | NATIONAL NICKNAMES $300: The Land of Milk & Honey Palestine |
| #798, aired 1988-02-10 | WORLD POLITICS $1000: The president of Israel is elected for a 5-year term by this, the Israeli parliament The Knesset |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | SWIMWEAR $300: The Middle East's #1 exporter of swimwear, this country produces about 2 million suits a year Israel |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | THE BIBLE $600: Harper's Bible Dictionary calls it "probably the oldest musical instrument of Israel" ram's horn (shofar) |
| #761, aired 1987-12-21 | WORLD RELIGION $400: During an Int'l Congress, this group dedicated the William Booth grove of trees in Israel the Salvation Army |
| #752, aired 1987-12-08 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: In the past 40 years, this country has been given more foreign aid than any other Israel |
| #725, aired 1987-10-30 | BIBLICAL PARTIES $200: Genesis tells us Abraham made a great feast the day this child was weaned Isaac |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | THE '80s $1000: Country in which, in 1987, John Demjanjuk was prosecuted for the crimes of "Ivan the Terrible" Israel |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | FRUIT $400: In any given year, this country produces 60-90% of all grapefruit United States |
| #694, aired 1987-09-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: In 1948, she was appointed Israel's minister to Moscow Golda Meir |
| #688, aired 1987-09-09 | COUNTRIES $200: This nation's "Shrine of the Book" houses the Dead Sea Scrolls Israel |
| #676, aired 1987-07-13 | END OF THE WAR $200: On June 10, 1967, the 6-Day War ended with Israel's capture of this country's Golan Heights Syria |
| #672, aired 1987-07-07 | FOLK DANCES $100: 1 of 2 countries, 1 Balkan, 1 Middle Eastern, with which the hora is associated Israel (or Romania) |
| #665, aired 1987-06-26 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $600: Even though Greece doesn't fully recognize this country, it will do joint advertising with it Israel |
| #655, aired 1987-06-12 | WORLD LEADERS $400: The first British prime minister to visit Israel while in office since the British left in 1948 Margaret Thatcher |
| #639, aired 1987-05-21 | ZOOS $600: This king's zoo may have included the apes & peacocks he brought to Israel King Solomon |
| #637, aired 1987-05-19 | THE YOUNGEST $400: Though youngest of Jesse's 8 sons, he was the only 1 to become King of Israel David |
| #636, aired 1987-05-18 | SCIENTISTS $400: Research chemist Chaim Weizmann was the 1st president of this country Israel |
| #607, aired 1987-04-07 | LANGUAGES $600: Israel's official languages are Hebrew & this Arabic |
| #593, aired 1987-03-18 | FORMER CAPITALS $200: In 1949, Israel moved its seat of government to Jerusalem from this city Tel-Aviv |
| #591, aired 1987-03-16 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: Origin & meaning of the name of this principal port of Israel is uncertain Haifa |
| #589, aired 1987-03-12 | ISRAEL $100: To promote saving water during 1986 drought, Israel advised citizens to do this "with a friend" take a shower |
| #589, aired 1987-03-12 | ISRAEL $200: While Israel is called "The land of milk & honey", World Book says this fruit is the major crop orange |
| #589, aired 1987-03-12 | ISRAEL $300: Colors on the flag of Israel blue and white |
| #589, aired 1987-03-12 | ISRAEL $400: This desert covers the southern half of the country Negev |
| #589, aired 1987-03-12 | ISRAEL $500: City in which March 26,1979 peace treaty between Israel & Egypt was signed Washington, D.C. |
| #580, aired 1987-02-27 | 1982 $200: When Bashir Gemayel, resident-elect of Lebanon was killed, this country invaded West Beirut Israel |
| #574, aired 1987-02-19 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY $400: In 1952, the "Law of Return" gave all Jews automatic admission to this country Israel |
| #562, aired 1987-02-03 | FAMOUS PARKS $300: Though it sounds like it's in Israel, Zion National Park is actually in this state Utah |
| #551, aired 1987-01-19 | FAMOUS DAVIDS $400: Dubbed "The Architect of Israel", his last name means "son of young lion" David Ben-Gurion |
| #540, aired 1987-01-02 | RULERS $400: One of the greatest kings of Israel, he was the son of David & Bathsheba Solomon |
| #529, aired 1986-12-18 | WORLD LEADERS $400: In July '86 this country ruled by King Hassan II became 2nd Arab nation to meet openly with Israel Morocco |
| #523, aired 1986-12-10 | THE BIBLE $100: When Judah & Israel split into 2 separate nations, this 1 retained Jersualem as its capital Judah |
| #503, aired 1986-11-12 | RULERS $400: After this king's death, the Hebrew kingdom split into the states of Judah & Israel Solomon |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: He's played a king of Israel & a gigolo of America Richard Gere |
| #486, aired 1986-10-20 | HODGEPODGE $600: Israel celebrates it on the 5th of Iyar Israeli Independence Day |
| #484, aired 1986-10-16 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: This country's ads invite you to "Come stay with friends" Israel |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | BIRTHSTONES $100: The idea of birthstones can be traced to ancient Israel, where 12 different gems stood for these 12 tribes of Israel |
| #478, aired 1986-10-08 | HYPHENATED WARS $200: In this war, Israel captured territory more than 3 times its size Six-Day War |
| #469, aired 1986-09-25 | WORLD LEADERS $400: In 1963, he resigned premiership of Israel & later moved to a kibbutz in the Negev Desert David Ben-Gurion |
| #463, aired 1986-09-17 | FOREIGN WORDS $300: "Fred" in Norway, "mir" in Russia, & "shalom" in Israel, which could use some peace |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | UNDECLARED WARS $200: In 1958, 14,300 Marines were sent to battle Moslem rebels in this land adjoining Israel Lebanon |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | EQIUVALENCIES $500: This country's equivalent of our House of Representatives is the Dail Ireland |
| #457, aired 1986-09-09 | ASIA $800: This wild cat is found in Israel, Korea, Malaysia & Java, as well as Africa the leopard |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | "DAVID"s $600: 1st prime minister of Israel, he could be called the father of his country David Ben-Gurion |
| #419, aired 1986-04-17 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $200: In this country's restaurants you might try local wines, Friedman, Yarden & Carmel Israel |
| #417, aired 1986-04-15 | THE BIBLE $600: Being tallest person in the country made him a logical choice for 1st king of Israel Saul |
| #409, aired 1986-04-03 | "LOST" $300: Naphtali, Gad, Zebulon, Simeon, Asher, Issachar, Reuben, Ephraim, Manasseh & Dan the lost tribes of Israel |
| #405, aired 1986-03-28 | 12s $200: They were named for the sons of Jacob the 12 tribes of Israel |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | WILD CATS $300: Only country outside Africa to which lions are native India |
| #349, aired 1986-01-09 | THE BIBLE $600: Mount Megiddo in Israel is prophesied site of last earthly battle better known as this Armageddon |
| #331, aired 1985-12-16 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $600: Israel's Golda Meir at one time taught school in this U.S. city Milwaukee |
| #313, aired 1985-11-20 | THE '70s $400: In March of 1979, Egypt was suspended from this organization for signing peace treaty with Israel the Arab League |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: This controversial area, occupied by Israel since 1967, is just over ½ the size of L.A. county the West Bank |
| #295, aired 1985-10-25 | IT'S LATIN TO ME $400: Meaning "and others", it looks like a misprint of Israel's national airline et al |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | SAY CHEESE $200: Curdled "diet" cheese eaten on a large scale in the U.S., England, & Israel cottage cheese |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Country besides Israel that was part of Britain's Palestine mandate Jordan |
| #171, aired 1985-05-06 | ANCIENT WORLDS $1000: Country in which Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego were cast into a fiery furnace Babylon (Babylonia) |
| #165, aired 1985-04-26 | HISTORY $200: East Jerusalem was part of this country from 1948-67 Jordan |
| #157, aired 1985-04-16 | THE BIBLE $400: Kings of Israel were anointed with this substance (olive) oil |
| #155, aired 1985-04-12 | HERALDRY $200: Heraldry dates back to ancient times when the Old Testament referred to the 12 symbols of these the 12 tribes of Israel |
| #148, aired 1985-04-03 | ROYALTY $400: All Biblical kings of Judah descended from this king of Israel David |
| #147, aired 1985-04-02 | MEDICINE $600: Muslims use a red crescent, Israel a red star of David to symbolize their versions of this health org. the Red Cross |
| #146, aired 1985-04-01 | THE BIBLE $600: Evil queen of Israel, or any wicked woman, like Bette Davis in '38 film Jezebel |
| #136, aired 1985-03-18 | CUISINE $300: With a name derived from Ashkelon, Israel, it's a type of green onion a scallion |
| #116, aired 1985-02-18 | BODIES OF WATER $200: The 2 countries bordering the Dead Sea Israel & Jordan |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | ANIMALS $1000: Identity cards are issued for all 300,000 of these in Israel cattle |
| #96, aired 1985-01-21 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: Pop Singer Pat Boone wrote lyrics to this song about Israel "Exodus" |
| #72, aired 1984-12-18 | 1984 $300: Because of the close election, this country will have two alternating Prime Ministers Israel |
| #41, aired 1984-11-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $300: Though most of its farmers don't live on them, Israel is famous for these collective farms kibbutzim |
| #40, aired 1984-11-02 | "I" LANDS $1000: In 1947, its independence was settled over 5000 miles from its shores Israel |
| #37, aired 1984-10-30 | GEOGRAPHY $800: The continent Israel is on Asia |
| #23, aired 1984-10-10 | WOMEN LEADERS $400: She led Israel through the Yom Kippur War Golda Meir |
| #21, aired 1984-10-08 | RELIGION $1,000 (Daily Double): Mormons believe they're Amer. Indians; others say they're Japanese or Anglo-Saxons the 10 lost tribes of Israel |
| #17, aired 1984-10-02 | 1959 $400: Uris #1 best-seller about Jewish refugees in emerging Israel Exodus |
