#9291, aired 2025-03-17 | I SAID WHAT I SAID! $600: "I... receive (the Nobel Peace Prize) in the name of the hungry... of the crippled, of the blind, of the leprous" Mother Teresa |
#9187, aired 2024-10-22 | SHE'S A SAINT! $800: This Nobel Prize winner reached the ranks of the blessed in the church's then shortest time & was canonized in 2016 Mother Teresa |
#9132, aired 2024-06-25 | AWARDS & HONORS $200: In 1962 Mother Teresa was awarded the Padma Shri, one of this country's highest civilian honors India |
#9106, aired 2024-05-20 | SAINTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Upon canonization in 2016, Mother Teresa became St. Teresa of this city Calcutta |
#8868, aired 2023-05-10 | WAY BACK IN THE 1900s $200: In 1971 this Missionaries of Charity woman received the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize Mother Teresa |
#8806, aired 2023-02-13 | AIRPORTS NAMED FOR PEOPLE $800: Mother Teresa Airport doesn't serve Calcutta but Tirana, the capital of this nation Albania |
#8795, aired 2023-01-27 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $10,000 (Daily Double): Born 1910:
"Saint of the Gutters" Mother Teresa |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $400: Declared a saint in 2016; her motto:
"Let us do something beautiful for God" Mother Teresa |
#8725, aired 2022-10-21 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: A parent who supervises a Cub Scout group & is also a Nobel Prize-winning nun a den Mother Teresa |
#8636, aired 2022-05-09 | YOU SAID IT! $1600: This recently sainted woman: "Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty" Mother Teresa |
#8546, aired 2022-01-03 | SUBTITLES $400: "Angel of the Slums": a biography about this sainted nun Mother Teresa |
#8300, aired 2020-12-11 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $200: Her motto was "Let us do something beautiful for God" Mother Teresa |
#8241, aired 2020-09-21 | THE TEMPLETON PRIZE $400: Mother Teresa received the inaugural 1973 prize for her work with the children of this Indian city Calcutta |
#8154, aired 2020-02-06 | & THEN THERE WERE NUNS $400: Letters published after her 1997 death revealed her years of spiritual torment & belief that she was reliving Christ's passion Mother Teresa |
#8126, aired 2019-12-30 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: October 7, 1950 is the official founding date of her own order, the Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa |
#8038, aired 2019-07-17 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: The inaugural Templeton Prize, for contributions to life's spiritual aspects, was given to this nun in 1973 Mother Teresa |
#8017, aired 2019-06-18 | THINKING OUT LOUD $800: Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, this nun said, "Love begins at home" Mother Teresa |
#7947, aired 2019-03-12 | FRIEND OF THE COURT $400: A 1994 letter from Mother Teresa called this 1973 abortion rights decision "tragic and destructive" Roe v. Wade |
#7895, aired 2018-12-28 | CENTS OF A WOMAN $600: A 10-euro coin pictured her on the obverse with a child & on the reverse with Pope John Paul II, who beatified her Mother Teresa |
#7792, aired 2018-06-26 | REMEMBER THE LADIES $800: In 2017 on the one-year anniv. of her canonization, a cathedral in Kosovo was consecrated in her honor Mother Teresa |
#7774, aired 2018-05-31 | MISCELLANEOUS $400: Mother Teresa adopted Indian citizenship & wore this Indian garment as her habit a sari |
#7565, aired 2017-06-30 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $400: Sadly, 5 days after Princess Diana's death, this beloved woman died in Calcutta at age 87 Mother Teresa |
#7455, aired 2017-01-27 | THE NAME ON THE AIRPORT $800: Tributes to this woman of Albanian heritage include renaming Tirana International for her & in 2016, sainthood Mother Teresa |
#7342, aired 2016-07-12 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $200: Her citation mentioned "work in bringing help to suffering humanity" in Calcutta Mother Teresa |
#7078, aired 2015-05-27 | SOBRIQUETS $200: "The Saint of the Gutters":
This nun (Mother) Teresa |
#6960, aired 2014-12-12 | LOWLY HISTORY $400: In 1948 the Catholic church gave her permission to leave her convent & work among Calcutta's lowly Mother Teresa |
#6938, aired 2014-11-12 | THE REAL FIRST NAME $2000: of Mother Teresa Agnes |
#6896, aired 2014-09-15 | THOSE ARE SOME BIG SHOES $600: In 1997 Sister Nirmala succeeded this woman as the head of the Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa |
#6808, aired 2014-04-02 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $400: This Nobel Prize-winning nun was featured on a 2010 stamp Mother Teresa |
#6730, aired 2013-12-13 | INDIAN FIRSTS $400: The first Indian Nobel Peace Prize winner was this Albania-born Indian citizen in 1979 Mother Teresa |
#6713, aired 2013-11-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: CBS sitcom about Ted Mosby's search for the nun who founded the order of the Missionaries of Charity in India How I Met Your Mother Teresa |
#6675, aired 2013-09-27 | THE GOOD $200: The woman born Agnex Gonxka Bojaxhiu became known as Blessed Mother Teresa of this city Calcutta |
#6589, aired 2013-04-18 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: Her work with the Missionaries of Charity put clinics in the slums of 160 cities, treating millions by the time she died in 1997 Mother Teresa |
#6536, aired 2013-02-04 | RECENT HISTORY $1200: In a November 1996 ceremony in Calcutta, this Roman Catholic nun was given honorary U.S. citizenship Mother Teresa |
#6258, aired 2011-11-30 | THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE NUNS $800: Mother Teresa adopted Indian citizenship & donned this Indian garment as her habit a sari |
#6036, aired 2010-12-06 | WHAT HAPPENED TO THE "MOTHER"s? $1,200 (Daily Double): The Missionaries of Charity copyrighted her name in 2003 in order to protect it Mother Teresa |
#5880, aired 2010-03-19 | HISTORIC WOMEN $400: She was a teacher & administrator at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta for about 17 years until 1946 Mother Teresa |
#5743, aired 2009-07-22 | LITTLE WOMEN $1000: In 1928 this diminutive daughter of an Albanian grocer joined the Sisters of Loretto in Ireland Mother Teresa |
#5630, aired 2009-02-13 | WOMEN OF THE WORLD $200: This Nobel Peace Prize winner was born in what is now Skopje, Macedonia in 1910 Mother Teresa |
#5565, aired 2008-11-14 | LIKE HANNAH $800: Mother Teresa was one a nun |
#5560, aired 2008-11-07 | MINDBLOWERS $1000: Christianity Today said this animated TV dad is more associated with Christianity than the Pope or Mother Teresa Ned Flanders |
#5556, aired 2008-11-03 | THE "7"-YEAR ITCH $200: In this year the world said goodbye to Princess Diana & Mother Teresa 1997 |
#5541, aired 2008-10-13 | A PASSAGE TO INDIA $1200: Mother Teresa tended to the sick & dying in the slums of this city for about 50 years, dying there herself in 1997 Calcutta (or Kolkata) |
#5452, aired 2008-04-29 | SITCOM CENTRAL $600: In 1997 Carol Burnett won an Emmy for playing Teresa Stemple, Jamie Buchman's mother on this series Mad About You |
#5424, aired 2008-03-20 | HONORARY U.S. CITIZENSHIP $200: This 1996 honoree founded Calcutta's Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa |
#5331, aired 2007-11-12 | ROAMIN' HOLIDAYS $2000: This country celebrates Mother Teresa day to mark the beatification of its favorite daughter Albania |
#5240, aired 2007-05-25 | HISTORIC PERSONALIZED PLATES $1200: 1910-1997 Mother Teresa |
#5169, aired 2007-02-15 | PICTURE ME! $600: This saintly Nobel prize winner has rightfully inspired tremendous devotion Mother Teresa |
#5144, aired 2007-01-11 | WE ALL WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD $200: Around 1948 she moved into slums to help the poor; on Oct. 19, 2003 she was beatified Mother Teresa |
#5093, aired 2006-11-01 | IDENTITY THEFT $400: The work of "The Saint of the Gutters", Paris Hilton, with India's sick & poor earned her the 1972 Nehru Award Mother Teresa |
#4935, aired 2006-02-10 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: Agnes was the original first name of this nun who became "Mother" to the poor of Calcutta Mother Teresa |
#4775, aired 2005-05-13 | SING A SONG OF SING SING $800: Creation of a special needs unit for HIV-positive inmates in the '80s prompted a visit from this famous nun Mother Teresa |
#4712, aired 2005-02-15 | THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS $400: In 1997, this nun wrote a Nashville coffee house to stop it from selling souvenirs of a cinnamon roll in her image Mother Teresa |
#4624, aired 2004-10-14 | HUMANITARIAN LADIES $400: Throughout the 1930s, she taught geography at St. Mary's High School in Eastern India Mother Teresa |
#4594, aired 2004-07-22 | RELIGIOUS HOMOPHONES $200: Mother Teresa knew that this was the answer to the math problem of what 2 minus 2 equals none (nun) |
#4450, aired 2004-01-02 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $200: 1979: A nun like none other Mother Teresa |
#4336, aired 2003-06-09 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: She organized a money-raising raffle to give away the car Pope Paul VI gave her on his visit to India in 1964 Mother Teresa |
#4311, aired 2003-05-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $400: In 1952 this nun opened the Nirmal Hriday Home for dying destitutes Mother Teresa |
#4189, aired 2002-11-14 | HARVARD DEGREE HONOREES $1,400 (Daily Double): 1982 recipients included Mother Teresa & this "Big Daddy" of Southern playwrights Tennessee Williams |
#4029, aired 2002-02-21 | GOODBYE $800: On Sept. 6, 1997 the Indian government broke tradition & ok'd the honor of state rites for her funeral Mother Teresa |
#3989, aired 2001-12-27 | NARESH, MY E-PAL $1600: In Calcutta Naresh once saw Mother Teresa, one of these religious women who helped the poor nuns |
#3897, aired 2001-07-10 | CHRISTIAN NAMES $300: Meaning "harvester", it was the name taken by one of the most famous nuns of the 20th century Mother Teresa |
#3821, aired 2001-03-26 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $1,500 (Daily Double): During the 1920s she was a government inspector of schools in Italy Maria Montessori |
#3811, aired 2001-03-12 | FAMOUS FEMALES $200: She's the courageous woman seen here Mother Teresa |
#3796, aired 2001-02-19 | '90s SITCOMS $300: In 1997 Carol Burnett won an Emmy for playing Teresa Stemple, Jamie Buchman's mother on this series Mad About You |
#3791, aired 2001-02-12 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $400: Less than a week after Princess Diana died, the world mourned the death of this beloved nun in India Mother Teresa |
#3756, aired 2000-12-25 | ONCE UPON A DECEMBER $1000: In December in various years Mother Teresa, Jane Addams & Martin Luther King, Jr. each won this the Nobel Peace Prize |
#3747, aired 2000-12-12 | SAINTLY WOMEN $300: St. Ann is the mother of this very famous mother Virgin Mary |
#3695, aired 2000-09-29 | DEAD LINES $200: 1997:
"Not since Albert Schweitzer has any one person had such an inspirational effect" Mother Teresa |
#3488, aired 1999-11-03 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1970s $400: For her work in Calcutta, this tireless Catholic nun won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa |
#3390, aired 1999-05-07 | "MOTHER"s DAY $500: This courageous Nobel Prize-winning nun was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910 Mother Teresa |
#3359, aired 1999-03-25 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: In 1952 she opened a home for dying destitutes in Calcutta Mother Teresa |
#3259, aired 1998-11-05 | FOUNDER'S DAY $800: She "fathered" the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart Mother Cabrini |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $300: In 1997 Pope John Paul II called this late nun "The unforgettable mother of the poor" Mother Teresa |
#3174, aired 1998-05-21 | NONFICTION $200: "A Simple Path" is a compilation of this Nobel Prize-winning nun's thoughts & experiences Mother Teresa |
#3073, aired 1997-12-31 | FAMOUS WOMEN $200: In 1997 Sister Nirmala succeeded this Nobel Prize winner as head of the Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa |
#3037, aired 1997-11-11 | WORLD CITIES $300: Capital of British India until 1912, it was where Mother Teresa ministered to the unfortunate Calcutta |
#2933, aired 1997-05-07 | THE NOBEL PRIZE $400: In selecting her for the 1979 Peace Prize, the committee cited her work with refugees & children Mother Teresa |
#2884, aired 1997-02-27 | NOTABLE WOMEN $400: In 1995 this Nobel peace laureate visited the U.S. & helped open an AIDS hospice for women & children Mother Teresa |
#2870, aired 1997-02-07 | WORDS TO THE WISE $400: This Calcutta nun said, "There is a net of love by which you can catch souls" Mother Teresa |
#2728, aired 1996-06-12 | BOYS TOWN $100: In 1976 this Calcutta woman was awarded the Father Flanagan Award for service to youth Mother Teresa |
#2674, aired 1996-03-28 | WOMEN IN RELIGION $200: This woman who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta is called the Saint of the Gutters Mother Teresa |
#2618, aired 1996-01-10 | RELATIVELY SPEAKING $100: Title shared by Cabrini, Teresa & Nature Mother |
#2380, aired 1994-12-30 | AWARDS $600: The Templeton Prize for Religion was 1st given in 1973 to this founder of the Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa |
#2056, aired 1993-07-12 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: In 1950 she started the Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa |
#2007, aired 1993-05-04 | CONTEMPORARY WOMEN $800: For her care of children, she received the 1992 Leo Tolstoy Int'l Award at her mission in India Mother Teresa |
#1910, aired 1992-12-18 | FEMALE NOBEL LAUREATES $200: In April 1992 this Nobel-winning nun appealed to the California gov. to spare a condemned murderer Mother Teresa |
#1842, aired 1992-09-15 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: She joined the Sisters of Loreto in 1928 & founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1948 Mother Teresa |
#1730, aired 1992-02-21 | FAMOUS FOLKS $200: In 1948 she got permission to leave her convent to help the poor of India Mother Teresa |
#9, aired 1990-08-11 | CURRENT EVENTS $800: For health reasons, she stepped down as head of the Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa |
#1261, aired 1990-02-12 | COMMON BONDS $800: Mother Teresa, Lech Walesa & Desmond Tutu winners of the Nobel Peace Prize |
#1120, aired 1989-06-16 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $1000: In 1930 the pope sanctioned her Missionaries of Charity order in India Mother Teresa |
#777, aired 1988-01-12 | PEOPLE $100: Choosing not to eat in homes of others, Mother Teresa said no to this NYC mayor's cookies & lemonade Koch |
#598, aired 1987-03-25 | PEOPLE $400: She made the news October 14, 1986 when she took a few photos on the Great Wall of China Queen Elizabeth II |
#457, aired 1986-09-09 | WOMEN $400: This European-born Indian citizen won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa |