| #9233, aired 2024-12-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE $2000: The empire endured a brief interregnum in the early 1400s after losing a big clash with this "lame" conqueror from the East Tamerlane |
| #9156, aired 2024-09-09 | ALSO KNOWN AS $1000: Conqueror Timur Tamerlane |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | WE'VE GOT HISTORY $400: A descendant of Tamerlane, Babur founded this dynasty that ruled in India from 1526 until 1858 the Mughal |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD $600: In December 1398 Tamerlane sacked this old city in northern India amid great carnage (Old) Delhi |
| #8282, aired 2020-11-17 | THE 15th CENTURY $2000: This "lame" conqueror blew into Damascus in 1401, massacring & pillaging Tamerlane (Timur the Lame) |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | WRITERS ANONYMOUS $1000: In 1827 this 18-year-old American anonymously published "Tamerlane and Other Poems", including "Visit of the Dead" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | THINGS THAT HAPPENED $2000: This Central Asian conqueror who died in 1405 was exhumed in Uzbekistan in 1941; his lameness was confirmed Tamerlane (or Timur the Lame) |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1200: Incurring a curse, Tamerlane's tomb was opened in June 1941; on June 22 Hitler invaded this homeland of the archaeologists Russia |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | WRITERS WHO SELF-PUBLISHED $2000: In 1827 he paid a printer to publish 50 copies of "Tamerlane and Other Poems" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #7590, aired 2017-09-15 | THE 14th CENTURY $2000: Legend says he messed up his knee during a youthful sheep raid, but being lame didn't keep him from a life of conquest Tamerlane (Timur the Lame) |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | YOU GET 95 YEARS $800: 1395:
Tamerlane invades the Caucasus & takes the glitter off this horde the Golden Horde |
| #7229, aired 2016-02-04 | OTTOMAN HISTORY $1600: The 1402 Battle of Ankara saw Turkish forces overwhelmed by this man aka Timur Tamerlane (Timur the Lame) |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | THE 15th CENTURY $1000: Around 1401 Baghdad fell to this lame conqueror Tamerlane (Timur the Lame) |
| #5466, aired 2008-05-19 | AMERICAN POETRY $800: A poem by Poe purports to be the confession of this lame Asiatic conqueror, also a Christopher Marlowe subject Tamburlaine or Tamerlane |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | "D"-RIGEUR $1600: Tamerlane had 100,000 people killed & then razed this old city in India in 1398 Delhi |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: In 1402 Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I was captured in the Battle of Ankara by this conqueror from Samarkand Tamerlane |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | CONQUERORS $1200: In 1398 Tamerlane not only conquered Delhi in this country but burned it down India |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | FORMER CAPITALS $2000: This Central Asian city, once Tamerlane's capital, was anciently known as Maracanda Samarkand |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | POETS & POETRY $500: A poem by Poe purports to be the confession of this lame Asiatic conqueror, also a Christopher Marlowe subject Tamerlane |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | FARAWAY PLACES $1000: A city "Uz"ing culture, Samarkand in this former Soviet republic is the site of Tamerlane's tomb Uzbekistan |
| #2819, aired 1996-11-28 | FIRST YEAR OF THE CENTURY $300: In 1401 Tamerlane sacked this city that's now the capital of Iraq Baghdad |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: His first collection, "Tamerlane and Other Poems", was published in 1827 & credited to "A Bostonian" (Edgar Allan) Poe |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | INDIA $1000: This "Great" Mogul emperor who came to the throne in 1556 was related to Tamerlane & Genghis Khan Akbar |
| #2434, aired 1995-03-16 | THE 1300s $1000: In 1398 this lame conqueror marched into India & destroyed Delhi Timur the Lame (Tamerlane) |
| #2365, aired 1994-12-09 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: This "Lame" Mongol conqueror died suddenly in 1405 while planning a campaign against China Tamerlane (Timur the Lame) |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1398 this "lame" ancestor of Babar sacked Delhi & killed about 100,000 of its citizens Tamerlane (Timur the Lame) |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $400: Tamerlane claimed to be a direct descendant of this mongol, but it probably wasn't true Genghis Khan |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | RULERS $600: Claiming descent from Genghis Khan, this lame Mongol conquered much of the Middle East by the 1500s Tamerlane (Timur the Lame) |
| #1578, aired 1991-06-12 | LITERARY TRIVIA $1,500 (Daily Double): Only 11 first editions survive of this author's first book, "Tamerlane and Other Poems" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #1483, aired 1991-01-30 | OH THOSE OTTOMANS $1000: Mehmed I is called restorer as he reunited the empire after this lame leader conquered it in 1402 "Timur the Lame" (Tamerlane) |
| #1362, aired 1990-07-03 | HISTORY $300: This conqueror's descendants, the Timurids, ruled part of his empire after his death in 1405 Tamerlane |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | SOVIET CITIES $600: The tomb of this lame Mongol emperor is a major landmark in Samarkand Tamerlane |
| #1065, aired 1989-03-31 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Europeans corrupted the name of the Mongol leader Timur the Lame, changing it to this Tamerlane |
| #709, aired 1987-10-08 | POETS' CORNER $1000: He had already published "Tamerlane & Other Poems" when he was appointed to West Point Edgar Allan Poe |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | RULERS $100: A descendant of Genghis Khan, this Mongol conqueror was also known as Timur the Lame Tamerlane |
