#9146, aired 2024-07-15 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1200: From Cheyenne, Wyoming, it's less than an hour south on I-25 to Fort Collins & this university, CSU Colorado State Universtity |
#9117, aired 2024-06-04 | IN A STORM $2000: This Tarantino Western finds its title characters taking refuge from a nasty blizzard in a Wyoming cabin The Hateful Eight |
#36, aired 2024-05-20 | RECTANGLED $400: On a map these 2 neighboring states, the 38th & 44th, look almost like perfect rectangles Colorado & Wyoming |
#9104, aired 2024-05-16 | THE WILD WEST $800: In Central Wyoming the Bozeman Trail split from this more famous trail & headed north to the gold fields in Montana Oregon |
#9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MAKING A PASS $400: Winter storms sometimes close the over-8,000' Sylvan Pass located in the Wyoming part of this national park Yellowstone |
#9056, aired 2024-03-11 | DOWN IN THE VALLEY $400: The "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" in this U.S. state was created by a gigantic volcanic eruption in 1912 Alaska |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | JACKSON $600: Economists get a taste of the outdoors at the Central Banking annual conferences in Jackson Hole in this state Wyoming |
#9028, aired 2024-01-31 | THE STATE'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTY $400: Laramie County Wyoming |
#8996, aired 2023-12-18 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $800: White moves first & looks to increase his advantage; black replies & seeks to gain this, part of Wyoming's state nickname equality |
#8986, aired 2023-12-04 | GIVE THE "DEVIL" $200: Head to a Wyoming national monument for a "close encounter" with this monolith Devils Tower |
#8975, aired 2023-11-17 | MORE TRICKY QUESTIONS $1000: It's the main reason in Wyoming why a man can't marry his widow's sister because he's dead |
#8974, aired 2023-11-16 | THE NAME OF THE LAW $1600: The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 was named for James Byrd Jr. & this Casper, Wyoming man Matthew Shepard |
#8959, aired 2023-10-26 | OF REPRESENTATIVES $1200: The states with only one representative are Wyoming, Vermont, the Dakotas, Delaware & this state Alaska |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | THE STATE OF CONGRESS $600: Dick Cheney,
Malcolm Wallop,
Milward Simpson (the only Milward to serve the state... so far) Wyoming |
#8916, aired 2023-07-17 | STATE FLAGS $400: Wyoming's flag, adopted in 1917, bears the silhouette of one of these animals, just back from the brink of extinction the American bison (a buffalo) |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | CLOSE ELECTIONS $800: A 1994 tie vote for a seat in Wyoming's state house was broken by a drawing from one of these hats matching a state nickname a cowboy hat |
#8767, aired 2022-12-20 | WHAT A STEAL! $800: On Aug. 29, 1900 this Butch & Sundance gang hit a Union Pacific train in Wyoming & yes, used too much dynamite on a safe the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang (the Wild Bunch) |
#8758, aired 2022-12-07 | LIFE'S PEAKS & VALLEYS $1600: 13,165-foot Cloud Peak is the highest peak in this Wyoming mountain range whose name reflects a type of sheep the Bighorn range |
#8738, aired 2022-11-09 | FRONTIER FOLK $1200: Dr. John Eisner, frontier this, a ritual circumciser, brought 169 Jewish babies into the faith from New Mexico to Wyoming a mohel |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | POLITICS $300: In 2022 Harriet Hageman defeated Liz Cheney in a much-commented-on Republican primary in this state Wyoming |
#8723, aired 2022-10-19 | WHAT A BUTTE! $3,699 (Daily Double): Grizzly Bear Lodge is another name for this butte that rises 1,267 feet above Wyoming Devils Tower |
#8719, aired 2022-10-13 | PONY TALES $1600: Growing up on a Wyoming horse ranch, Kevin is tasked with making a good pony out of "My Friend" her Flicka |
#8718, aired 2022-10-12 | "GO"ING PLACES $1200: Southeastern Wyoming is the land o' this county that shares its name with an ancient home of the Hebrews Goshen |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | AMERICANA $300: Seen here is this famous Wyoming landmark named for its regular eruptions Old Faithful |
#8700, aired 2022-09-16 | 2022 GEOGRA-FEE $800: In Wyoming but also stretching into 2 other states, this natl. park has a $35 entry fee per car but 80% funds critical projects Yellowstone National Park |
#8689, aired 2022-07-21 | THE OLD WEST $1000: When Butch & Sundance & their Wild Bunch gang hid in the Wyoming spot seen here, they were part of this gang named for it the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang |
#8678, aired 2022-07-06 | THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM... $200: Wyoming:
This woman starting in 2017, taking the seat her dad had won nearly 40 years before Liz Cheney |
#8666, aired 2022-06-20 | WASHINGTON SLIPPED HERE $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1922 the Interior Secretary gave an oil company exclusive rights in this Wyoming reserve & got a $200,000 payoff Teapot Dome |
#8657, aired 2022-06-07 | ON THE STATE FLAG $2000: A white silhouette of a bison bearing the state seal appears on its flag Wyoming |
#8654, aired 2022-06-02 | USA $1600: At one square mile, Elk Island in Jackson Lake is this state's largest island Wyoming |
#8643, aired 2022-05-18 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $800: In 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross became America's first woman governor when she was sworn in to lead this Equality State Wyoming |
#8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $1200: Take a look at this then-young man from Wyoming, a few years before he was a heartbeat away from the presidency Dick Cheney |
#8615, aired 2022-04-08 | DONE THAT $1000: In 1889 this Western U.S. state's constitution was the first in the world to grant full voting rights to women Wyoming |
#8606, aired 2022-03-28 | THE PLACE TO "B" $600: This "colorful" mountainous region is a site to see between South Dakota & Wyoming the Black Hills |
#8600, aired 2022-03-18 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: Utah would be more of a rectangle if this state hadn't taken a bite out of its northeastern corner Wyoming |
#8591, aired 2022-03-07 | THE IDEAS OF MARCH $1200: Folks in what's now this state thought March 2, 1836 was a good day to declare independence from Mexico Texas |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | HODGEPODGE $800: This 2-letter abbreviation is alphabetically last among U.S. state postal codes WY |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | OUR GOVERNMENT $800: Most states use primaries, but Wyoming employs one of these meetings to decide candidates a caucus |
#8562, aired 2022-01-25 | WOMEN IN POLITICS $400: First & last name of this political daughter, who represents Wyoming in Congress Liz Cheney |
#8550, aired 2022-01-07 | THAT'S BORDER LINE $2000: You have a couple of choices if you're heading directly across the eastern border of Wyoming--these 2 states South Dakota & Nebraska |
#8495, aired 2021-10-22 | WHAT'S IN A GEOGRAPHIC NAME $800: Named for a trapper who once lived there, this "Hole" is a fertile valley mostly in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park Jackson Hole |
#8478, aired 2021-09-29 | THE NON-COASTAL U.S. $400: This state is the nation's least populous at just under 600,000 Wyoming |
#8478, aired 2021-09-29 | SEE, IT STARTS WITH "CL" $800: As it reaches into the sky, it makes sense for the highest peak in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains to be named for this object clouds |
#8472, aired 2021-09-21 | THE GREAT DIVIDE $800: Here's a sign letting you know what's up in this national park that's mostly in Wyoming Yellowstone |
#8467, aired 2021-09-14 | THE WILD WEST $800: Get the feel of the West at Old Trail Town in this Wyoming city, developed by & named for a Western hero Cody |
#8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AMERICAN RIVERS $1200: This word comes before "Bow" in a Wyoming river & before "Lodge" in a Kansas river Medicine |
#8454, aired 2021-07-29 | THE STATE'S RICHEST PERSON $1600: Wyoming & Virginia: M&M's from this candy family Mars |
#8418, aired 2021-06-09 | PEOPLE FROM THAT STATE $800: Wyoming adds these 3 letters to get the word for a resident, who now sounds like a mineral Wyomingite |
#8405, aired 2021-05-21 | YOU'RE IN THE HOLE $2000: Check out the view of Jackson Hole, a valley in the heart of this national park in Wyoming Grand Teton |
#8396, aired 2021-05-10 | I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP $1200: You'd celebrate too if you'd reached the summit of a peak in this Wyoming range, with a name from the French the Tetons |
#8359, aired 2021-03-18 | ACTS OF CONGRESS $2,200 (Daily Double): An 1872 act established a park in the territories of Montana & Wyoming "near the headwaters of" this river the Yellowstone |
#8326, aired 2021-02-01 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL $800: An estimated 11,000 elk share their winter habitat with a group of bison at the National Elk Refuge near Jackson in this state Wyoming |
#8305, aired 2020-12-18 | STATES BY COUNTY $1000: Mesa,
Cheyenne,
Pueblo Colorado |
#8295, aired 2020-12-04 | MINING $400: Also a sewing term, it's a bed or stratum of coal; Wyoming has some that are 250 feet wide a seam |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | LITERATURE ON THE MAP $800: Owen Wister's "The Virginian" is set in cattle country in this "Cowboy State" Wyoming |
#8231, aired 2020-06-08 | A NATIONAL MONUMENT-AL CHALLENGE $800: Enjoy a close encounter with this national monument in Wyoming AKA Grizzly Bear's Lodge, a remnant of a volcanic intrusion Devils Tower |
#8198, aired 2020-04-08 | STATE THE STATE $600: Yellowstone National Park lies mainly in this "Cowboy State" Wyoming |
#8175, aired 2020-03-06 | POSTAL ABBREVIATION WORDS $800: Combine the home states of Vice Presidents Biden & Cheney to get this word meaning moist dewy (Delaware & Wyoming) |
#8153, aired 2020-02-05 | STATE SONGS $1000: Wyoming's second state song, official since 2018, mentions this 4-letter river named for strong gusts in the area Wind |
#8084, aired 2019-10-31 | MOUNTAIN STATES $400: Grand Teton, towering over Jackson Hole Wyoming |
#8032, aired 2019-07-09 | STATE OF THE COUNTIES $600: Nez Perce County is on its west side & Teton County, on the east Idaho |
#7987, aired 2019-05-07 | THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD $1600: Near Laramie in this state, the railroad's highest point has a monument to the Ames brothers, shovel millionaires who helped finance it Wyoming |
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 | LET'S GO TO THE WILDLIFE REFUGE $800: More than 5,000 of these big deer spend winters at the Wyoming national refuge named for them elk |
#7957, aired 2019-03-26 | WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS $400: This seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, was named for a soldier, not a ghost Casper |
#7944, aired 2019-03-07 | DAM / STRAIT $1600: In 1910 Wyoming's Buffalo Bill Dam was the world's tallest & the first one made of this to be taller than it is wide concrete |
#7935, aired 2019-02-22 | STATE FACTS $600: It earned its "Equality State" nickname when it entered the Union as the first to give women the right to vote & hold office Wyoming |
#7903, aired 2019-01-09 | HISTORY $800: This early 1920s scandal involved granting exclusive oil rights in Wyoming to the Mammoth Oil Company the Teapot Dome scandal |
#7898, aired 2019-01-02 | USA $2000: "Home On The Range" is this Midwest state's official song Kansas |
#7871, aired 2018-11-26 | WHICH STATE? $1000: Had the first national monument & the first national forest Wyoming |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Geysers, hot springs & fumaroles can be found at the bottom of this largest natural Wyoming lake Yellowstone Lake |
#7865, aired 2018-11-16 | STATE FACTS $1600: Though they total almost 400,000 sq. mi., Wyoming, the Dakotas & this larger neighbor each get only one U.S. House seat Montana |
#7816, aired 2018-09-10 | OUR STATE LOOKS UP TO YOU $1000: It's the state Wyoming looks up to Montana |
#7789, aired 2018-06-21 | MATH-FREE WORD PROBLEMS $1000: If Carl's car exits Carlsbad Caverns at 60 MPH & Lou's leaves Louisville at 80, the 2 can meet in this Wyoming capital Cheyenne |
#7781, aired 2018-06-11 | AROUND THE U.S.A. $1000: The only national park entirely within Wyoming is this one just south of Yellowstone Grand Teton |
#7739, aired 2018-04-12 | DOWN FOR THE COUNTY $800: Big Horn County, Wyoming borders another Big Horn County in this state Montana |
#7708, aired 2018-02-28 | NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: The 1851 treaty of this Wyoming fort was an early attempt to resolve conflicts between Native Americans & settlers Fort Laramie |
#7696, aired 2018-02-12 | ASPIRATIONAL NATIONS $800: The proposed Republic of Lakotah would include parts of North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming & this state Nebraska |
#7634, aired 2017-11-16 | CURRENT EVENTS $200: Wyoming's population temporarily doubled as skygazers headed for this event's zone of totality the (solar) eclipse |
#7626, aired 2017-11-06 | AMERICANA $1000: The Wyoming national refuge for these 600-pound creatures holds an annual antler auction elk |
#7594, aired 2017-09-21 | NOT THEIR FIRST RODEO $1200: A huge outdoor rodeo is the centerpiece of this Wyoming city's Frontier Days, held since 1897 Cheyenne |
#7593, aired 2017-09-20 | BUSH I & II CABINET MEMBERS $200: Bush I's Secretary of Defense was this Wyoming man who'd also play a pretty big role in Bush II's administration Cheney |
#7588, aired 2017-09-13 | LESSER-KNOWN MUSEUMS $400: The Tate Geological Museum in Casper, Wyoming has a cast of a skull of this dinosaur "king" with battle scars Tyrannosaurus rex |
#7574, aired 2017-07-13 | IT'S IOWA-ADJACENT $1600: Wahoo! You'll find that city along with Ogallala & Fairbury in this state that dominates Iowa's western border Nebraska |
#7554, aired 2017-06-15 | "NME"s LIST $400: Heart Mountain in Wyoming was one of these World War II "camps" for Japanese Americans internment |
#7550, aired 2017-06-09 | U.S. MOUNTAINS $600: At 13,700 feet the highest peak of this range in Wyoming is "Grand", literally the Grand Tetons |
#7541, aired 2017-05-29 | STATES' LARGEST LAKES $800: Yellowstone Lake Wyoming |
#7539, aired 2017-05-25 | U.S. SENATORS $800: For 24 years as a popular surgeon in this "ghostly" city, Sen. John Barrasso was "Wyoming's Doctor" Casper |
#7527, aired 2017-05-09 | ON A POSTAGE STAMP $800: This "Grand" national park in Wyoming Grand Teton National Park |
#7511, aired 2017-04-17 | "Q"UIZZICAL $1200: If 16 Wyoming state senators show up, it's this minimum number & business can proceed a quorum |
#7508, aired 2017-04-12 | STATE THE NATIONAL MONUMENT $600: Little Bighorn Battlefield Montana |
#7492, aired 2017-03-21 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: Albert Fall, Harding's Interior secretary, got into "hot water" after taking a bribe related to this Wyoming locale Teapot Dome |
#7477, aired 2017-02-28 | VALLEYS $1,600 (Daily Double): Once a national monument, this valley in Wyoming became part of Grand Teton National Park in 1950 Jackson Hole |
#7459, aired 2017-02-02 | LINES ON THE MAP $800: Almost precisely straight lines mark the borders of these two states that joined the Union in 1876 and 1890 Wyoming and Colorado |
#7430, aired 2016-12-23 | BEASTLY STATE SYMBOLS $600: Texas calls its state reptile a horned lizard; Wyoming uses this amphibian name for a related animal the horned toad |
#7421, aired 2016-12-12 | LANDMARKS $2000: 867 feet high from base to top, this Wyoming natural landmark is sacred to the Lakota Devils Tower |
#7395, aired 2016-11-04 | U.S. MOUNTAINS $600 (Daily Double): A Wyoming peak was named for this man soon after his 1924 death; there are said to be 14 points on its ridges Woodrow Wilson |
#7303, aired 2016-05-18 | STATE FACTS $1000: This Western state is last in population with around 580,000 Wyoming |
#7274, aired 2016-04-07 | WORDS IN U.S. CAPITALS $2000: A foreign currency in Wyoming's capital a yen (in Cheyenne) |
#7255, aired 2016-03-11 | U.S. FIRSTS $1600: On Sept. 6, 1870 Louisa Swain became the USA's first recorded female voter when she cast a ballot in this future state Wyoming |
#7245, aired 2016-02-26 | IN THE STATE NICKNAME $600: Wyoming--this profession Cowboy |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | WYOMING $400: When the Union Pacific railroad entered Wyoming in 1867, several towns sprang up, including this capital Cheyenne |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | WYOMING $800: Wyoming's average elevation is around 6,700 feet, second only to this neighbor Colorado |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | WYOMING $1,000 (Daily Double): This resort area is about 6,000 feet up, but as it's surrounded by mountains over 10,000 feet, you can see how it got its name Jackson Hole |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | WYOMING $1200: This major river of north central Wyoming was named for the sheep fur trader Francois Larocque saw on its banks Bighorn |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | WYOMING $2000: In 1852 post chaplain William Vaux opened Wyoming's first school at this fort Fort Laramie |
#7180, aired 2015-11-27 | IN WHICH STATE? $800: Grand Teton National Park Wyoming |
#7177, aired 2015-11-24 | WHERE IS THAT? $1000: The Buffalo Bill Center of the West:
This Wyoming city Cody |
#7154, aired 2015-10-22 | LINES ON THE MAP $800: It's the only state whose borders, like with Montana to the north & Colorado to the south, are 4 straight lines Wyoming |
#7145, aired 2015-10-09 | OF REPRESENTATIVES $1200: The states with only one representative are Wyoming, Vermont, the Dakotas, Montana, Delaware & this state Alaska |
#7120, aired 2015-07-24 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $800: White moves first & looks to increase his advantage; black replies & seeks to gain this, part of Wyoming's state nickname equality |
#7085, aired 2015-06-05 | "SHO" TIME $1200: Native American tribe of Idaho & Wyoming Shoshone |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | ALPHABETICALLY LAST $200: ...of U.S. states Wyoming |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | LITERATURE $1200: This 1997 short story tells of ranch hands Jack Twist & Ennis del Mar, who tend sheep in Wyoming Brokeback Mountain |
#7044, aired 2015-04-09 | WHERE THE DEVIL?! $400: Just wow, this state: Devil's Playground, Hell's Half Acre, Devils Tooth Quadrangle & of course, the big one--Devils Tower Wyoming |
#7037, aired 2015-03-31 | THE FAULT IN OUR STATES $1,200 (Daily Double): The Teton Fault Wyoming |
#7034, aired 2015-03-26 | STATES RHYME TIME $800: A Casper wedding band a Wyoming ring |
#7019, aired 2015-03-05 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $2000: With the Oregon Trail & the Pony Express passing through the post, this Wyoming fort was the center of a nation moving west Fort Laramie |
#7006, aired 2015-02-16 | STATE CAPITOLS $2000: Home to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, this city has the only state capitol with active oil rigs on the grounds Oklahoma City |
#6985, aired 2015-01-16 | "DOWN" & "OUT" $800: For Butch Cassidy, Hole in the Wall in Wyoming was one of these a hideout |
#6960, aired 2014-12-12 | STATE MOTTOES $4,000 (Daily Double): Its motto, "Equal Rights", reflexts the fact that its women were given the right to vote in 1869 Wyoming |
#6936, aired 2014-11-10 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: POLITICS $400: (I'm Ross Douthat.) I started as a Times op-ed columnist in 2009 with a provocative argument that the 2008 race would have been a clearer choice if this man from Wyoming had been the GOP nominee for president Dick Cheney |
#6914, aired 2014-10-09 | THAT PLACE IS "GRAND"! $800: The John D. Rockefeller Jr. memorial parkway links Yellowstone to this national park in Wyoming Grand Teton |
#6900, aired 2014-09-19 | YOU GOT THE MINE, I GOT THE SHAFT $400: Wyoming's Black Thunder Mine is one of North America's largest producers of this fossil fuel coal |
#6896, aired 2014-09-15 | STATES THAT FLOW TOGETHER $1000: One has Rocky Mountain National Park, one has Cherokee State Park Colorado & Oklahoma |
#6862, aired 2014-06-17 | THE NAME OF THE LAW $1600: The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 was named for James Byrd Jr. & this Laramie, Wyoming man Matthew Shepard |
#6851, aired 2014-06-02 | HAVE A COUNTY SEAT $1000: No one takes a back county seat to Jackson in this state's Teton County Wyoming |
#6839, aired 2014-05-15 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: This river enters Idaho through the Palisades Reservoir on the Wyoming border the Snake River |
#6791, aired 2014-03-10 | EARLIEST TO STATEHOOD $1000: Nevada,
Nebraska,
Wyoming Nevada |
#6786, aired 2014-03-03 | THE LAST CENTURY $2000: In 1924 Wyoming made her the first woman elected governor of a U.S. state Nellie Tayloe Ross |
#6785, aired 2014-02-28 | STATE BY COUNTIES $400: Teton,
Lincoln,
Laramie Wyoming |
#6764, aired 2014-01-30 | ALL OVER $400: Devils Tower National Monument & Medicine Bow National Forest are in this state Wyoming |
#6749, aired 2014-01-09 | PRESIDENTS & VICE PRESIDENTS $800: Like his boss, this VP started at Yale; unlike his boss, he didn't finish there, graduating from the University of Wyoming in 1965 Dick Cheney |
#6743, aired 2014-01-01 | "O-M-G"! $1000: It's the "Equality State" Wyoming |
#6737, aired 2013-12-24 | OUR HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS $2000: The 1872 act establishing this called it a "tract of land in the territories of Montana and Wyoming" Yellowstone National Park |
#6706, aired 2013-11-11 | CARBONATION NATION $1000: This energy drink wants you to "Unleash the beast", perhaps with options like M-80 or Assault Monster |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS $400: In this state the 1st district is the skinny part & the 2nd is the bulgy part by Wyoming Idaho |
#6682, aired 2013-10-08 | TARGET IN SIGHT $800: The Target store in this state capital is near a Walgreens & Wyoming Spine & Neurosurgery Cheyenne |
#6679, aired 2013-10-03 | THAT '70s FILM $2000: An aircraft hangar in Alabama was used to create the landing area behind this Wyoming landmark in "Close Encounters" Devil's Tower |
#6615, aired 2013-05-24 | HISTORY'S ODDS & ENDS $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In Wyoming on July 18, as many turned right to the familiar route west, this 20-wagon party went left toward Fort Bridger & Hastings Cutoff; that did not end well the Donner party |
#6596, aired 2013-04-29 | STATE FACTS $400: Fort William, later to be known as Fort Laramie, was this state's first permanent settlement Wyoming |
#6591, aired 2013-04-22 | SHARED COLLEGE SPORTS NICKNAMES $1000: McNeese &
Wyoming the Cowboys |
#6580, aired 2013-04-05 | BENJAMIN HARRISON ADMINISTRATION $1200: 6 states joined the Union: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming & these 2, on the same day North & South Dakota |
#6537, aired 2013-02-05 | HIGH SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY $2000: The Indians play sports for Central High in this Wyoming city Cheyenne |
#6536, aired 2013-02-04 | THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST $400: The Wyoming type of this frog-like amphibian has a lumpy body covered with warts a toad |
#6528, aired 2013-01-23 | LET'S TAKE A VACATION $200: This national park has 5 entrances: 3 in Montana & 2 in Wyoming Yellowstone |
#6512, aired 2013-01-01 | WHICH TIME ZONE? $400: Casper, Wyoming Mountain |
#6510, aired 2012-12-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: November 29 is Nellie Tayloe Ross Day in this state where she served as governor Wyoming |
#6501, aired 2012-12-17 | THE OTHER 45 STATES $1600: This basically rectangular state is surrounded by Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado & Utah Wyoming |
#6467, aired 2012-10-30 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $800: This winding tributary of the Columbia River rises in a corner of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming the Snake River |
#6453, aired 2012-10-10 | IT'S GETTING WARM $800: During an eruption, the water at the opening of this "loyal" Wyoming geyser is about 204 degrees Old Faithful |
#6438, aired 2012-09-19 | GIVE THE "DEVIL" $400: Head to a Wyoming national monument for a close encounter with this monolith Devils Tower |
#6427, aired 2012-07-24 | OLD WEST LITERATURE $400: Larry McMurtry's second novel was "Leaving" this Wyoming city Cheyenne |
#6425, aired 2012-07-20 | FORESTS $600: The USA's first Natl. Forest, Shoshone, was set aside in 1891 as part of the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve in this state Wyoming |
#6418, aired 2012-07-11 | THE 50 STATES $800: Wyoming's state reptile is this "horned" creature the horned toad |
#6370, aired 2012-05-04 | KNOW YOUR STATE BORDERS! $1000: A majority of Wyoming's western border is with this state Idaho |
#6358, aired 2012-04-18 | U.S. RIVERS $2000: If you park by this 670-mile river in Montana & Wyoming, you're beside the longest undammed river in the lower 48 the Yellowstone |
#6356, aired 2012-04-16 | EVENTS AROUND THE USA $2000: Called "Cowboy Christmas" by contestants, the Buffalo Bill Cody Stampede Rodeo is a load of bull in this state Wyoming |
#6347, aired 2012-04-03 | PROPOSED STATES $1600: Absaroka, which in 1939 proclaimed a governor & a Miss Absaroka, had parts of this state, Montana & South Dakota Wyoming |
#6315, aired 2012-02-17 | BORN IN 1912 $400: This "drip" artist drew his first breaths January 28 in Cody, Wyoming (Jackson) Pollock |
#6311, aired 2012-02-13 | NORTH AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL $800: Check out Yellowtail Dam, part of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area in this state Montana |
#6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $1000: On June 2, 1899 Butch Cassidy & this gang, also a 1969 movie title, robbed their first train near Wilcox, Wyoming the Wild Bunch |
#6251, aired 2011-11-21 | TAKING A PEAK AT THE STATE $200: Disappointment Peak,
Laramie Peak Wyoming |
#6243, aired 2011-11-09 | THE HILLS ARE ALIVE $600: This range covers 6,000 square miles in southwestern South Dakota & eastern Wyoming the Black Hills |
#6186, aired 2011-07-04 | GEOGRAPHIC TERMS $1000: From a French word meaning "mound", it's a steep-sided, flat-topped hill like the one seen here in Wyoming a butte |
#6180, aired 2011-06-24 | NEW YORK CITIES & TOWNS $800: This small town in Wyoming county boasts a large annual rodeo & a rather well-known maximum security prison Attica |
#6167, aired 2011-06-07 | FUN WITH STATE NAMES $1000: The one that ends with "G" Wyoming |
#6144, aired 2011-05-05 | POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS $400: "For the love of" Wyoming senator Enzi! Mike |
#6139, aired 2011-04-28 | STATE FLAGS $1000: A white silhouette of a bison bearing the state seal appears on a blue field on its state flag Wyoming |
#6091, aired 2011-02-21 | THINGS TO DO IN THE USA $2000: In Wyoming you can camp in the shadow of this tower, the USA's first national monument Devils Tower |
#6089, aired 2011-02-17 | THE 50 STATES $600: This state's only public university is located in Laramie Wyoming |
#6063, aired 2011-01-12 | STATE SANDWICH $1600: It's sandwiched between Oregon & Wyoming Idaho |
#6041, aired 2010-12-13 | 1901-1910 $800: Literature of 1902 included this Owen Wister novel of life in Wyoming The Virginian |
#6035, aired 2010-12-03 | HOLE $1000: Now a major ski resort, this Wyoming valley was named for a beaver trapper Jackson Hole |
#6033, aired 2010-12-01 | AFTER ALASKA... $600: 1 of 3 states with a smaller population Wyoming (or Vermont or North Dakota) |
#6013, aired 2010-11-03 | SCI FI MOVIE SUMMARIES $400: 1977: Certain folks can't get a Wyoming landmark out of their heads & go there to meet new friends Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
#6008, aired 2010-10-27 | STATES' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES $200: Wyoming: it's named for a military hero, not a "friendly ghost" Casper |
#5997, aired 2010-10-12 | ALIASES $1,000 (Daily Double): Harry Longabaugh, whose nickname came from the Wyoming town in which he was imprisoned The Sundance Kid |
#5976, aired 2010-09-13 | GOVERNMENT BY COMMITTEE $800: John Barrasso of this "Cowboy State" is Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Wyoming |
#5967, aired 2010-07-20 | STATE LAKES $400: Yellowstone Lake Wyoming |
#5956, aired 2010-07-05 | U.S. STATES $800: It earned its nickname "The Equality State" by being the first to give full voting rights to women back in 1869 Wyoming |
#5954, aired 2010-07-01 | "HOLE"-Y $800: This nearly inaccessible canyon in Wyoming was one of Butch Cassidy & his gang's main hideouts the Hole in the Wall |
#5924, aired 2010-05-20 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Buffalo Bill Reservoir near Cody in this state was formed by the damming of the Shoshone River Wyoming |
#5913, aired 2010-05-05 | STATE THE STATE $600: It's the only state that ends with a "G" Wyoming |
#5895, aired 2010-04-09 | THE 1920s $2,800 (Daily Double): The USA's first woman governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross, governed this "Equality State" from 1925 to 1927 Wyoming |
#5881, aired 2010-03-22 | EARTH SCIENCE $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of a map of Wyoming and Montana.) The caldera of a supervolcano that last erupted 640,000 years ago covers much of the 2.2 million acres of this national park Yellowstone National Park |
#5854, aired 2010-02-11 | THE FICTION FILE $400: This genre of novel is traced back to 1902's "The Virginian", set mainly in Wyoming the western |
#5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THEY NAMED A CITY FOR ME IN... $2000: Lieutenant Caspar (sic) Collins (1888) Wyoming |
#5833, aired 2010-01-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $800: Hill,
Big Horn,
Custer Montana |
#5832, aired 2010-01-12 | COLORS ON THE MAP $800: In a Wyoming national park:
____stone Lake Yellow |
#5805, aired 2009-12-04 | FORESTS $400: Established in 1891 as the USA's first national forest, Shoshone National Forest lies in Wyoming adjacent to this natl. park Yellowstone |
#5777, aired 2009-10-27 | STATE THE NATIONAL PARK $400: Grand Teton National Park Wyoming |
#5748, aired 2009-09-16 | EXTREMELY YOUTHFUL POLITICIANS $800: No way, that can't be right... wow, that is in fact this Wyoming guy who left national office in 2009 (Dick) Cheney |
#5737, aired 2009-07-14 | VACATION FUN $1600: Yee haw! Grab your lasso & head to the Heart Six Guest Ranch near Jackson Hole in this state Wyoming |
#5736, aired 2009-07-13 | THE LAW $400: States with 75-mph these on their highways tend to be wide open ones, like Utah & Wyoming speed limits |
#5698, aired 2009-05-20 | 20th CENTURY NEWS $800: In 1989 Craig Thomas took over for Dick Cheney as a representative from this state Wyoming |
#5694, aired 2009-05-14 | ONE-BUTTON TEXT MESSAGING $1000: To text the 2-letter postal code of this U.S. state, get your thumb on the 9 Wyoming |
#5675, aired 2009-04-17 | AMERICANA $800: This capital's Frontier Days celebration has been held every year since 1897 Cheyenne, Wyoming |
#5649, aired 2009-03-12 | STATE FLAGS $400: This bovine is found on the flags of both Kansas & Wyoming a buffalo |
#5611, aired 2009-01-19 | WHICH IS TALLEST? $1000: San Francisco's Coit Tower, Chicago's UBS Tower,
Wyoming's Devils Tower Devils Tower |
#5599, aired 2009-01-01 | NATIONAL PARKS $1200: This national park in Wyoming has a big hole in it--
Jackson Hole Grand Teton |
#5596, aired 2008-12-29 | BIRTH, ART, DEATH $1600: Born 1912 in Wyoming,
"Lavender Mist",
died 1956 in East Hampton, New York Pollock |
#5578, aired 2008-12-03 | PHOTOGRAPHY $400: William Henry Jackson's photographs of Wyoming in the 1870s helped establish this national park Yellowstone |
#5574, aired 2008-11-27 | IT'S ALL POLITICALLY RELATIVE $1000: About being a distant cousin of this politician from Wyoming, Barack Obama said, "That's a heartbreak" Dick Cheney |
#5568, aired 2008-11-19 | THE HILLS $2000: Mills in the Gas Hills of Wyoming refine & press this element into the yellowcake form uranium |
#5502, aired 2008-07-08 | FUN ACROSS AMERICA $200: Wild West fun abounds during Cheyenne Frontier Days in this state Wyoming |
#5496, aired 2008-06-30 | AMERICANA $2000: Wyoming county known for its cattle war of 1892 Johnson County |
#5484, aired 2008-06-12 | THE 50 STATES $1600: It's "The Yellowhammer State" Alabama |
#5479, aired 2008-06-05 | CASING YOUR STATE $1,000 (Daily Double): Hop over to Grasshopper Glacier in this state's Custer National Forest; you can still see 'em in the ice Montana |
#5469, aired 2008-05-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): On Nov. 29 this state celebrates the birthday of Nellie Tayloe Ross, the USA's first woman governor Wyoming |
#5427, aired 2008-03-25 | WHERE'D YA GO TO SCHOOL? $800: Dick Cheney (bachelor's & master's):
the University of this state Wyoming |
#5389, aired 2008-01-31 | GO OLD WEST, YOUNG MAN $200: Fort Bonneville in this "Cowboy State" was "Fort Nonsense" to scoffing trappers Wyoming |
#5387, aired 2008-01-29 | U.S. "C"ITIES $800: It's the largest city in Wyoming Cheyenne |
#5378, aired 2008-01-16 | HAVE I TOLD YOU PHILATELY $600: This state got upset when a cowboy & bronco similar to its own logo was used on the Montana stamp Wyoming |
#5361, aired 2007-12-24 | STATE YOUR CASE $2000: This state elected Jeannette Rankin as the first woman to the U.S. Congress, & she represents it in Statuary Hall Montana |
#5359, aired 2007-12-20 | HISTORIC U.S. BUILDINGS $800: A Library of Congress photo collection of buildings includes a 1910 1-room this in South Pass City, Wyoming a schoolhouse (school accepted) |
#5312, aired 2007-10-16 | THE HILLS $800: High peaks in this range of low mountains in South Dakota & Wyoming include Parker Peak & Custer Peak the Black Hills |
#5288, aired 2007-09-12 | STATE MOTTOES $800: Wyoming:
"Equal" these rights |
#5287, aired 2007-09-11 | DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS $1000: Harry Longbaugh got this nickname after serving time in a Wyoming prison for horse theft the Sundance Kid |
#5257, aired 2007-06-19 | WHERE YA FROM, CONGRESSMAN? $800: Dick Cheney Wyoming |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | LET'S CONSULT THE MAP $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew points out a map on the monitor.) On this map of Northwest Wyoming, dashed-line enclosures are used to designate national parks & these set-aside lands Indian reservations |
#5217, aired 2007-04-24 | NCAA TEAM NAME'S THE SAME $2000: University of Wyoming, Oklahoma State University the Cowboys |
#5192, aired 2007-03-20 | FORESTS $800: In 1891 this Natl. Park's Timberland Reserve was established in Wyoming as the USA's first Natl. Forest Yellowstone |
#5183, aired 2007-03-07 | STATES FREAK $2000: The name of this Rocky Mountain state comes from 2 Indian words meaning "at the big plains" Wyoming |
#5170, aired 2007-02-16 | PAINTERS $800: This Wyoming-born painter was famed for the radical "drip" technique he used to create his major works (Jackson) Pollock |
#5111, aired 2006-11-27 | ____ING $200: A buffalo roams on this state's flag Wyoming |
#5093, aired 2006-11-01 | OUT WEST $800: Lt. Caspar W. Collins has a city named for him (spelled differently) on the North Platte River in this state Wyoming |
#5089, aired 2006-10-26 | IT'S "TEA" TIME $200: In the 1920s this scandal poured out of Wyoming Teapot Dome |
#5085, aired 2006-10-20 | ALPHABETICALLY LAST $800: ...of the U.S. states Wyoming |
#5053, aired 2006-07-26 | I'VE ZINE THE MOVIE $600: Annie Proulx said she was driving while she wrote most of the article that became this Wyoming-set film Brokeback Mountain |
#5030, aired 2006-06-23 | COWBOYS & INDIANS $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Grand Teton Nat'l Park in Wyoming.) Created by native son George Ostrom, this trademark of the state of Wyoming is abbreviated BH&R Bucking Horse & Rider |
#5004, aired 2006-05-18 | VICE PRESIDENT... THE SITCOM! $1,000 (Daily Double): In tonight's episode, "Take This Job & Shove It", he quits as a power line worker to attend the Univ. of Wyoming Cheney |
#4972, aired 2006-04-04 | GETTING ATTACHED $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from horseback in Grand Teton Nat'l Park, Wyoming.) On the Western saddle, a cowboy can attach his lariat to the high one of these parts, also called the horn a pommel |
#4954, aired 2006-03-09 | ON ROUTE 66 $400: The 66 counties of this northern U.S. state include Custer & Minnehaha South Dakota |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | OUT WEST $200: This state has state parks named for Curt Gowdy near Buford & Buffalo Bill near Cody Wyoming |
#4940, aired 2006-02-17 | SMALLVILLE $400: This Wyoming town, pop. 15, was named for a wish-making boy in "The Arabian Nights" Aladdin |
#4924, aired 2006-01-26 | STUPID ANSWERS $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew stands in front of an old log cabin in the Wyoming mountains.) Towering over Jackson Hole, Wyoming at a lofty 13,766 feet is this mountain, the largest in the Grand Teton range Grand Teton |
#4913, aired 2006-01-11 | JACKSON HOLE $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a park in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.) It's hard to believe the picturesque Jackson Square was once used as a dump; in 1932 it was beautified & named for this president for his 200th birthday George Washington |
#4913, aired 2006-01-11 | JACKSON HOLE $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew walks under arches in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.) Jackson's famous arches are made of antlers of these animals found in the area; don't worry--they shed them first elk |
#4913, aired 2006-01-11 | JACKSON HOLE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew walks in the street of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.) Here in the "Equality State", Jackson was the U.S.A.'s first municipality with an all-female government in this year when U.S. women got the vote 1920 |
#4910, aired 2006-01-06 | A WHITE WATER GLOSSARY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew paddles his raft down the Snake River in Wyoming.) A Class 3 river like this part of the Snake is for intermediate rafters; the scale goes up to this number, but those I'll skip 6 |
#4901, aired 2005-12-26 | STATE OF THE UNION $1000: One of the two states with similar, very unhip outlines seen here Wyoming (or Colorado) |
#4900, aired 2005-12-23 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: Devil's Postpile is in California; Devil's Tower is in this state Wyoming |
#4876, aired 2005-11-21 | WELCOME TO WYOMING $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is outstanding in his field, complete with dilapidated barn and mountain range, in Grand Teton Nat'l Park, Wyoming.) The Grand Tetons are an impressive part of the northern section of this much larger mountain chain the Rockies |
#4876, aired 2005-11-21 | WELCOME TO WYOMING $800: The scandalous Teapot Dome is part of the area that got Casper into this business in the 1890s the oil business |
#4876, aired 2005-11-21 | WELCOME TO WYOMING $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew writhes his palm in a lovely pink raft in the Snake River, Bridger-Teton Nat'l Forest, Wyoming.) The Snake River may have gotten its name from a Shosone gesture, but it didn't mean "snake"; it meant the river was full of these fish |
#4876, aired 2005-11-21 | WELCOME TO WYOMING $1600: (Kelly reports from horse country, horse in hand, in Grand Teton Nat'l Park, Wyoming.) While living in Wyoming, Mary O'Hara created a classic equine literary character: "My Friend" this horse Flicka |
#4876, aired 2005-11-21 | WELCOME TO WYOMING $2000: Wyoming's scenery has inspired many artists, so it's fitting that the state flower is the "Indian" this paintbrush |
#4853, aired 2005-10-19 | HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU $1000: The Bozeman Trail took travelers from this Wyoming fort to the gold fields in Montana Fort Laramie |
#4818, aired 2005-07-13 | ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS $1600: An 8-foot statue in Douglas, Wyoming honors this antlered jackrabbit created by a local taxidermist jackalope |
#4812, aired 2005-07-05 | AMERICA $800: This state trademarked the logo seen here Wyoming |
#4809, aired 2005-06-30 | USA $200: The highest waterfall in the U.S. is Yosemite Falls, located in this state California |
#4809, aired 2005-06-30 | USA $1000: It's the name given the largest of Wyoming's Les Trois Tetons the Grand Tetons |
#4806, aired 2005-06-27 | OFFICIAL STATE SEALS $1000: The woman on its seal represents equal rights, since it was the first state to grant women the right to vote Wyoming |
#4793, aired 2005-06-08 | HELL ON EARTH $800: Indians used to herd buffalo for slaughter into Hell's Half Acre near Casper in this state Wyoming |
#4787, aired 2005-05-31 | 'ALLO, GOVERNOR! $1,000 (Daily Double): Henry S. Thibodaux,
P.B.S. Pinchback Louisiana |
#4780, aired 2005-05-20 | PRE-DATERS $800: Before Utah, the last state to join the union was this neighbor Wyoming |
#4779, aired 2005-05-19 | STATES BY COUNTIES $400: Beaverhead,
Flathead,
Custer Montana |
#4746, aired 2005-04-04 | BUCKS $400: In the 1930s Allen True designed the one on Wyoming's license plates the bucking bronco |
#4712, aired 2005-02-15 | DERIVED FROM ETRUSCAN $400: If you own Wyoming, your land covers 62.7 million of these acres |
#4708, aired 2005-02-09 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a national park.) I'm in America's first national park in this state that also had our first national monument & national forest Wyoming |
#4687, aired 2005-01-11 | THE 2004 ELECTIONS $200: On CNN's election map, it was the final color of Wyoming, Kansas & Alabama red |
#4654, aired 2004-11-25 | AIRPORT CODES $800: A friendly ghost town?:
CPR Casper, Wyoming |
#4634, aired 2004-10-28 | STATE-LY HOMES $400: In 1934 Buffalo Bill's Iowa boyhood home was moved to Cody in this state Wyoming |
#4633, aired 2004-10-27 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): This river joins the Columbia near Pasco, Washington, a little more than 1,000 miles from its source in Wyoming the Snake River |
#4622, aired 2004-10-12 | STOP PULLING MY CHENEY $1000: Dick Cheney served 6 terms as this state's sole representative in the House of Representatives Wyoming |
#4613, aired 2004-09-29 | THE WOMEN OF CONGRESS $1600: Republican Barbara Cubin represents this state in the House all by herself Wyoming |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | THE LARGEST IN AREA $400: Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
Washington Wyoming |
#4594, aired 2004-07-22 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1600: On May 3, 1933 this first woman governor of Wyoming became the first woman director of the U.S. Mint Nellie Tayloe Ross |
#4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE TOWER $2000: It rises 865 feet above the Belle Fourche River in Wyoming Devils Tower |
#4498, aired 2004-03-10 | STATE THE STATE $2000: In 1906 this state's Devils Tower became the nation's first national monument Wyoming |
#4467, aired 2004-01-27 | INNS $800: One of the largest log hotels in the world, the Old Faithful Inn is found in this state Wyoming |
#4462, aired 2004-01-20 | DON'T DO THE CRIME $200: In Wyoming, this crime is fourth degree when property worth less than $200 is purposely burned arson |
#4383, aired 2003-10-01 | ONE-CONGRESSMAN STATES $200: It's larger than France, Spain & Poland combined Alaska |
#4383, aired 2003-10-01 | ONE-CONGRESSMAN STATES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew draws a map.) I've drawn a map of this state... Want a little more help? Colorado's down here Wyoming |
#4367, aired 2003-09-09 | HEADLINE NEWS 1899 $800: Led by this man, "Wild Bunch" gang robs Wyoming train of $30,000 Butch Cassidy |
#4350, aired 2003-06-27 | STICKS & STONES $1600: Devils Tower in Wyoming consists primarily of this common volcanic rock basalt |
#4345, aired 2003-06-20 | NATIONAL PARKS $200: The U.S. has 2 parks labeled "Grand", Wyoming's Grand Teton & this one in Arizona Grand Canyon |
#4326, aired 2003-05-26 | WHAT'S IN A NAME? $400: This Wyoming city of 50,000 was named not for a friendly ghost, but for a soldier who died from fighting Indians Casper |
#4324, aired 2003-05-22 | STATE LAKES $400: Yellowstone Lake Wyoming |
#4293, aired 2003-04-09 | THE "HOLE" THING $600 (Daily Double): Named for a trapper who once lived there, it's a fertile valley in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park Jackson Hole |
#4282, aired 2003-03-25 | THE OLD WEST $2000: Frank Canton was elected sheriff of this Wyoming county in 1882; he later sided with the cattlemen in the "war" there Johnson County |
#4280, aired 2003-03-21 | WYOMING $200: Among the states, it's Wyoming's rank in population as well as alphabetization last (50th) |
#4280, aired 2003-03-21 | WYOMING $400: Devil's Tower is the neck of an ancient one of these volcano |
#4280, aired 2003-03-21 | WYOMING $600: Carbon County really digs this solid fuel, really coal |
#4280, aired 2003-03-21 | WYOMING $800: The first school in Wyoming was founded at this fort in 1852 Laramie |
#4280, aired 2003-03-21 | WYOMING $1000: Splitting North America, it actually splits in two itself while running through Wyoming the Continental Divide |
#4218, aired 2002-12-25 | STATE FLAGS $400: A white silhouette of this bovine of the plains adorns Wyoming's flag bison |
#4181, aired 2002-11-04 | "CH"ITCHAT $600: You'll find this state capital about 100 miles north of Denver Cheyenne, Wyoming |
#4168, aired 2002-10-16 | MR. BILL $400: Appropriately, you'll find an Old West museum bearing his name in Cody, Wyoming Buffalo Bill Cody |
#4156, aired 2002-09-30 | GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST $400: On Jan. 5, 1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming made history when she was inaugurated as this (first woman) governor |
#4132, aired 2002-07-16 | COLLEGE TEAM NICKNAMES $1600: Wyoming & Oklahoma State the Cowboys |
#4124, aired 2002-07-04 | ANAGRAMMED U.S. CITIES $1000: On the Pony Express route:
SPACER Casper (Wyoming) |
#4118, aired 2002-06-26 | THE DEVIL, YOU SAY $1600: Located in northeastern Wyoming, it was the USA's first designated national monument Devil's Tower |
#4099, aired 2002-05-30 | INDIAN RESERVATIONS $800: Cheyenne is a city in Wyoming; the Northern Cheyenne Reservation is in this state to the north Montana |
#4087, aired 2002-05-14 | HISTORY HODGEPODGE $800: After a Senate investigation into the scandal, the Mammoth Oil Co. lost its lease on this Wyoming site Teapot Dome |
#4025, aired 2002-02-15 | TRICKY QUESTIONS $200: It's the main reason in Wyoming why a man can't marry his widow's sister because the man's dead |
#3971, aired 2001-12-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: On Nov. 29 this state celebrates the birthday of its governor Nellie Tayloe Ross, the USA's first woman governor Wyoming |
#3914, aired 2001-09-13 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): Wyoming's largest lake, it lies right in the middle of a national park Yellowstone Lake |
#3904, aired 2001-07-19 | BORDERLINE STATES $300: Idaho,
North Dakota,
South Dakota,
Wyoming Montana |
#3857, aired 2001-05-15 | THE 50 STATES $1000: In the 1800s the Pony Express & the Oregon Trail crossed over the Rockies at South Pass in this state Wyoming |
#3851, aired 2001-05-07 | LET'S GO PARK $400: Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park is only 7 miles south of this other national park Yellowstone |
#3819, aired 2001-03-22 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the seat of Laramie County Cheyenne, Wyoming |
#3812, aired 2001-03-13 | SECOND LETTER "Y" $400: It's the only U.S. state whose unabbreviated name fits the category Wyoming |
#3806, aired 2001-03-05 | CURT $400: Sportscaster with his own Wyoming state park Curt Gowdy |
#3779, aired 2001-01-25 | THE 1860s $800: This "Equality State" was still a territory when it gave women the right to vote in 1869 Wyoming |
#3729, aired 2000-11-16 | STATE NICKNAMES $500: "The Cowboy State" Wyoming |
#3695, aired 2000-09-29 | STATES BY CITIES $400: Rock Springs,
Casper,
Gillette Wyoming |
#3694, aired 2000-09-28 | THE SIMPSONS $800: As a U.S. Senator from Wyoming he authored the Immigration Reform & Control Act Alan Simpson |
#3691, aired 2000-09-25 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: The only university in this state is in the city named for Jacques La Ramee Wyoming |
#3685, aired 2000-09-15 | CITIES $500: This state capital located on Crow Creek has a "C" name also, the name of an Indian tribe Cheyenne, Wyoming |
#3639, aired 2000-06-01 | GOVERNORS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1998 this state's Jim Geringer was the only governor to win election with under 100,000 votes Wyoming |
#3626, aired 2000-05-15 | STATE MOTTOES $2,000 (Daily Double): "Equal Rights" Wyoming |
#3620, aired 2000-05-05 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $100: The Indian paintbrush has this official designation in Wyoming (no, it's not the state paintbrush) State flower |
#3507, aired 1999-11-30 | U.S.A. $200: This Wyoming city known for its planetarium was named for a cavalry lieutenant, not for a friendly ghost Casper |
#3500, aired 1999-11-19 | TV STUPID ANSWERS $100: From 1959 to 1963 John Smith & Robert Fuller starred in this western set in Laramie, Wyoming Laramie |
#3495, aired 1999-11-12 | COUNTIES BY STATE $400: Custer,
Big Horn,
Lewis & Clark Montana |
#3454, aired 1999-09-16 | SCENIC ROUTES $100: You might see antelope when you travel Happy Jack Road between Laramie & Cheyenne in this state Wyoming |
#3449, aired 1999-09-09 | U.S. POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS $200: WY Wyoming |
#3447, aired 1999-09-07 | ARE WE THERE YET? $1000: This oldest national park has entrances in Wyoming & Montana Yellowstone |
#3444, aired 1999-07-22 | AROUND THE USA $100: It's the one-word title of Wyoming's state song "Wyoming" |
#3413, aired 1999-06-09 | WHAT'S THE MATTER...YELLOW?? $100: Appropriately, you can see the yellow-bellied marmot in this Wyoming-Montana-Idaho national park Yellowstone |
#3413, aired 1999-06-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1901 Buffalo Bill founded this town in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming Cody |
#3367, aired 1999-04-06 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $100: Wyoming's is the cottonwood state tree |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | STATE LICENSE PLATES $600: 0 0000
[with a drawing of a cowboy] Wyoming |
#3338, aired 1999-02-24 | CLIMB IT $500: These Wyoming peaks include the South, the Middle & the most imposing Grand Tetons |
#3323, aired 1999-02-03 | STATE NICKNAMES $500 (Daily Double): The "Hot Water State" Arkansas |
#3297, aired 1998-12-29 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC $400: The prairie dogs seen here are having a picnic at this national monument (in Wyoming) Devils Tower |
#3293, aired 1998-12-23 | STATE BIRDS $400: Wyoming honors this blackbird relative whose name also belongs to a legendary Harlem Globetrotter the meadowlark |
#3291, aired 1998-12-21 | WY WYOMING? $300: Pioneer trails through South Pass included the California, Mormon & this one to the Northwest the Oregon Trail |
#3291, aired 1998-12-21 | WY WYOMING? $500 (Daily Double): This large prairie animal is featured in white silhouette on the state flag Buffalo |
#3291, aired 1998-12-21 | WY WYOMING? $500: This chief tributary of the Columbia River rises near the Continental Divide in Yellowstone the Snake River |
#3274, aired 1998-11-26 | SMALL U.S. CAPITALS $100: Although its population is only about 50,000, it's Wyoming's largest city Cheyenne |
#3250, aired 1998-10-23 | NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS $400: A "hole" in Wyoming is named for this 19th century explorer & mountain man David E. Jackson |
#3239, aired 1998-10-08 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $500: It rises 1,280 feet above the nearby Belle Fourche River in northeast Wyoming Devils Tower National Monument |
#3188, aired 1998-06-10 | U.S. MUSEUMS $400: The Buffalo Bill Museum in this small Wyoming city also displays some of Annie Oakley's possessions Cody |
#3170, aired 1998-05-15 | WILD THINGS $500: Bred in captivity, dozens of these rare "masked" weasels were introduced into the Wyoming wilderness in 1991 Ferrets |
#3065, aired 1997-12-19 | U.S. STATES $600: Located on the Continental Divide, Glacier National Park is in this state Montana |
#3061, aired 1997-12-15 | THE WILD WEST $500: The famous hideout in Wyoming's Powder River country used by the Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy's gang Hole In The Wall |
#3060, aired 1997-12-12 | U.S. CITIES $100: This Wyoming capital is home to the annual Frontier Days celebration Cheyenne |
#3046, aired 1997-11-24 | STATE ANAGRAMS $400: ON MY WIG Wyoming |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: This Wyoming monument contains an 865-foot-high fluted column of igneous rock Devils Tower |
#2991, aired 1997-09-08 | TRIBES $400: Their name, from a Sioux term for "people of alien speech", is shared by the largest city in Wyoming the Cheyenne |
#2982, aired 1997-07-15 | ANNUAL EVENTS $100: This state has a woodchopper's jamboree in Encampment & a primitive weapons contest in Casper Wyoming |
#2959, aired 1997-06-12 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: This river that winds through Wyoming, Idaho & Oregon is the main tributary of the Columbia River the Snake River |
#2924, aired 1997-04-24 | STATE CAPITALS $200: The area of this Wyoming capital was first occupied by the Native American tribe for which it's named Cheyenne |
#2922, aired 1997-04-22 | STATE FLAGS $500: This state's flag features its official seal on a white buffalo Wyoming |
#2886, aired 1997-03-03 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: The Jackson Hole Shootout in this state features a stagecoach robbery reenactment Wyoming |
#2877, aired 1997-02-18 | 1977 $500: The first woman governor in the U.S., Nellie Tayloe Ross, who held office in this state, died at 101 Wyoming |
#2872, aired 1997-02-11 | LAST PLACE $100: It's the least populous state, though you may ask WY Wyoming |
#2855, aired 1997-01-17 | NATIONAL PARKS $800: To visit Jackson Hole, Wyoming, travel to this national park south of Yellowstone Grand Teton |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | OOPS! $400: A Casper, Wyoming game & fish display to stop this crime had 3 sets of trophy antlers stolen from it Poaching |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: This region of South Dakota & Wyoming has the largest gold mine in the U.S. Black Hills |
#2842, aired 1996-12-31 | COUNTIES BY STATE $400: Choctaw,
Cherokee,
Cimarron Oklahoma |
#2838, aired 1996-12-25 | THE 50 STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): It's alphabetically last among the 50 states Wyoming |
#2831, aired 1996-12-16 | TOWERS $500: In 1906 this natural formation in Wyoming was made the first U.S. national monument Devils Tower |
#2827, aired 1996-12-10 | U.S. STATES $200: This state's largest lake is Yellowstone Lake in the northwest Wyoming |
#2825, aired 1996-12-06 | ART & ARTISTS $400: This drip artist was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912 Jackson Pollock |
#2797, aired 1996-10-29 | OFFICIAL STATE THINGS $300: In Oregon it's the Oregon grape; in Wyoming, it's the Indian paintbrush state flower |
#2780, aired 1996-10-04 | BILL CLINTON $400: While the GOP convention was taking place in California, President Clinton was vacationing in this state Wyoming |
#2762, aired 1996-09-10 | STATE CAPITALS $500: It's Wyoming's largest city & manufacturing center Cheyenne |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | STATE CAPITALS $1,800 (Daily Double): Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman governor, occupied the governor's mansion in this city Cheyenne |
#2731, aired 1996-06-17 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $3,000 (Daily Double): 2 of 7 states with only 1 member in the House of Representatives Wyoming & Vermont |
#2671, aired 1996-03-25 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: "Green Grass of Wyoming" was the 2nd sequel to this novel about Ken McLaughlin & his half-wild filly My Friend Flicka |
#2657, aired 1996-03-05 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $600: Devils Postpile National Monument is in California & Devils Tower is found in this state Wyoming |
#2647, aired 1996-02-20 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: 1 of 3 states bordering Nebraska's western panhandle (1 of) South Dakota (Colorado or Wyoming) |
#2617, aired 1996-01-09 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): These 2 states share the Bighorn River & the Bighorn Mountains Montana & Wyoming |
#2583, aired 1995-11-22 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: This Wyoming formation has a base diameter of about 1,000 feet & a summit diameter of about 275 feet Devils Tower |
#2548, aired 1995-10-04 | U.S. STATES $1000: With a population of less than 500,000, this Rocky Mountain state is the USA's least populous Wyoming |
#2531, aired 1995-09-11 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: You can enter this national park from Cody, Wyoming, Gardiner, Montana or 3 other entrances Yellowstone |
#2476, aired 1995-05-15 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: National Forests in this state include Bridger-Teton near Jackson & Shoshone near Cody Wyoming |
#2465, aired 1995-04-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: The Laramie Mountains & many other places in this state are named for fur trapper Jacques La Ramie Wyoming |
#2463, aired 1995-04-26 | NATIONAL PARKS $100: The Montana-Wyoming border passes through this national park Yellowstone |
#2458, aired 1995-04-19 | THE 50 STATES $300: Fort Laramie, the first permanent trading post in this present state, was built in 1834 Wyoming |
#2445, aired 1995-03-31 | 1869 $100: In Dec. the Wyoming Territory passed the 1st U.S. law giving women the right to do this & hold office vote |
#2441, aired 1995-03-27 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: Jeannette Rankin, the first woman in the U.S. Congress, represented this state 1917-19 & 1941-43 Montana |
#2437, aired 1995-03-21 | U.S. STATES $300: This state's largest bank is Key Bank in Cheyenne Wyoming |
#2409, aired 1995-02-09 | THE 50 STATES $100: Jackson & Yellowstone are the largest natural lakes in this state Wyoming |
#2369, aired 1994-12-15 | U.S. "C"ITIES $300: This city's daily newspaper, a recent consolidation, is the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle Cheyenne |
#2368, aired 1994-12-14 | NATIONAL PARKS $400: The 2 "Grand" national parks are Grand Canyon & this one in Wyoming Grand Teton |
#2363, aired 1994-12-07 | MONTANA $200: Though most of this national park is in Wyoming, 3 of its 5 entrances are in Montana Yellowstone |
#2330, aired 1994-10-21 | U.S. EXTREMES $500: 1 of 2 states whose lowest point is over 3,000 feet above sea level Colorado (or Wyoming) |
#2315, aired 1994-09-30 | STATE CAPITALS $200: This city's Frontier Days is the most popular annual event in Wyoming Cheyenne |
#2314, aired 1994-09-29 | U.S. STATE NAMES $500: Originally, this state's name began with "Ou"; its legislature changed that to "W" Wisconsin |
#2278, aired 1994-06-29 | STATE CAPITALS $500: Happy Jack Road is a 38-mile scenic byway that runs between Laramie & this capital city Cheyenne, Wyoming |
#2272, aired 1994-06-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $800: Birds & chipmunks live at the summit of this 865-foot-high national monument in Wyoming Devils Tower |
#2243, aired 1994-05-11 | U.S. HISTORY $500: In 1924 this "Equality State" elected the USA's first woman governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross Wyoming |
#2231, aired 1994-04-25 | AMERICANA $400: The National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center is in Dubois, Wyoming, near these mountains The Rocky Mountains |
#2226, aired 1994-04-18 | RANCHES $200: At the turn of the century, the Eaton Ranch near Sheridan, Wyoming became the 1st of these western vacation resorts a dude ranch |
#2226, aired 1994-04-18 | RANCHES $1000: This 1902 Owen Wister novel is set in Wyoming on Judge Henry's Sunk Creek Ranch The Virginian |
#2201, aired 1994-03-14 | THE 50 STATES $800: Gannett Peak is this state's highest mountain, though Grand Teton is better known Wyoming |
#2153, aired 1994-01-05 | ANNUAL EVENTS $300: In 1899 this Wyoming capital's Frontier Days held their 1st scheduled women's event, a rodeo Cheyenne |
#2132, aired 1993-12-07 | PLACE NAME ORIGINS $200: Pabst Peak, Wyoming was so named because climbers of it drank a bottle of this made by Pabst beer |
#2116, aired 1993-11-15 | AMERICANA $500: In Douglas, Wyoming there's a 10-foot statue of this legendary animal that looks like a jackrabbit with antlers Jackalope |
#2105, aired 1993-10-29 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: This retail chain began as the Golden Rule Store in 1902 in Kemmerer, Wyoming J.C. Penney |
#2086, aired 1993-10-04 | BLACK AMERICA $800: Oscar De Priest, the 1st 20th c. black elected to Congress, represented this "Prairie State" 1929-1935 Illinois |
#2084, aired 1993-09-30 | "C" HERE $100: Wyoming's second-largest city, it was named for a soldier, not for a friendly ghost Casper |
#2083, aired 1993-09-29 | COUNTIES $300: This state's most populous county is Laramie Wyoming |
#2058, aired 1993-07-14 | NATIONAL PARKS $200: This Wyoming park was under the direct charge of the U.S. Army from 1886 to 1916 Yellowstone |
#2050, aired 1993-07-02 | THE 50 STATES $200: Only Wyoming has fewer people than this largest state in area Alaska |
#2039, aired 1993-06-17 | CABINET MEMBERS $800: On March 17, 1989 the Senate voted 92-0 to confirm this Wyoming congressman as Secretary of Defense (Dick) Cheney |
#2025, aired 1993-05-28 | STATE CAPITALS $200: Stamp collectors stampede to the National First Day Cover Museum in this Wyoming capital Cheyenne |
#1972, aired 1993-03-16 | NATIONAL PARKS $400: You can enter this park from any of 5 entrances, 2 in Wyoming & 3 in Montana Yellowstone |
#1966, aired 1993-03-08 | THE 50 STATES $800: A statue of a woman holding an "Equal rights" banner appears on the official seal of this state Wyoming |
#1959, aired 1993-02-25 | U.S.A. $500: The Grand Teton Music Festival is an annual summer event in this state Wyoming |
#1950, aired 1993-02-12 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: This scandal of 1924 involved the secret leasing of oil reserves in Wyoming & California Teapot Dome |
#1930, aired 1993-01-15 | REPUBLICANS $1000: This Wyoming senator is probably best known as author of the 1986 Immigration Reform Act (Alan) Simpson |
#1901, aired 1992-12-07 | STATE CAPITALS $500: By 1960 the first ICBMs were housed at Francis E. Warren AFB near this Wyoming capital Cheyenne |
#1878, aired 1992-11-04 | STATE SYMBOLS $400: A bucking horse is the official insignia of this Rocky Mountain state Wyoming |
#1857, aired 1992-10-06 | U.S. STATES $600 (Daily Double): 1 of the 2 states bordered by both Idaho and South Dakota Wyoming (or Montana) |
#1826, aired 1992-07-06 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1,300 (Daily Double): Established in 1906, the volcanic rock seen here was the 1st national monument in the U.S.: Devils Tower |
#1800, aired 1992-05-29 | WYOMING $200: Wyoming shares the Black Hills National Forest with this state South Dakota |
#1800, aired 1992-05-29 | WYOMING $400: A western celebration, Frontier Days, has been held each year since 1897 in this capital Cheyenne |
#1800, aired 1992-05-29 | WYOMING $600: The source of this main tributary of the Columbia River is located in Yellowstone National Park the Snake River |
#1800, aired 1992-05-29 | WYOMING $800: Settlement began in earnest when this railroad pushed across the state in the 1860s the Union Pacific |
#1800, aired 1992-05-29 | WYOMING $1000: 1 of Wyoming's 2 U.S. senators Alan Simpson (or Malcolm Wallop) |
#1796, aired 1992-05-25 | RANCHES $200: In 1904 the Eaton Ranch near Sheridan, Wyoming became the 1st of these vacation ranches in the West dude ranches |
#1728, aired 1992-02-19 | U.S.A. $400 (Daily Double): Alphabetically the states run from Alabama to this Wyoming |
#1714, aired 1992-01-30 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: In 1924 U.S. states elected 2 women governors: Miriam Ferguson in Texas & Nellie Tayloe Ross here Wyoming |
#1685, aired 1991-12-20 | U.S. STAMPS $600: A 3-cent stamp of 1956 honored the 50th anniversary of this Wyoming national monument Devil's Tower |
#1649, aired 1991-10-31 | IDAHO $200: This national park, also in Montana & Wyoming, was established before Idaho became a state Yellowstone |
#1648, aired 1991-10-30 | WYOMING $200: The Bozeman, Overland & Oregon ones all crossed Wyoming trails |
#1648, aired 1991-10-30 | WYOMING $400: The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is in this city Cody |
#1648, aired 1991-10-30 | WYOMING $600: "Geographical" term for Jim Bridger, Jedediah Smith & others who trapped in the state mountain men |
#1648, aired 1991-10-30 | WYOMING $800: It's the name of a river, Cheyenne's county & the city that's home to the University of Wyoming Laramie |
#1648, aired 1991-10-30 | WYOMING $1000: After this governor died in 1924, his wife was elected to complete his term of office William Ross |
#1644, aired 1991-10-24 | U.S. "C"ITIES $1000: Though it's the largest city in Wyoming, it's not the state capital Casper |
#1636, aired 1991-10-14 | U.S. STATES $600: With fewer than 500,000 people, this Rocky Mountain state placed last in the 1990 census Wyoming |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | COUNTIES $600: Jackson Hole is more than a hole, it's a valley at 7,000 ft. in this state's Teton County Wyoming |
#1624, aired 1991-09-26 | AMERICANA $3,000 (Daily Double): The Sioux call this Wyoming national monument "The Bad God's Tower" the Devils Tower |
#1622, aired 1991-09-24 | PARKS $800: A national park in Wyoming is named for this mountain near Jackson Hole Grand Teton |
#1619, aired 1991-09-19 | NATIONAL FORESTS $400: Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming borders this national park Yellowstone |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | POTPOURRI $1000: After Colorado, this state to its north has the highest average elevation in the U.S. Wyoming |
#1601, aired 1991-07-15 | CRIME TIME $800: This hideout used by Butch Cassidy was about a day's ride from Casper, Wyoming the Hole-in-the-Wall |
#1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE EARTH $1,400 (Daily Double): N. America's biggest volcanic eruptions of the past million yrs. were in Wyoming & turned the rock this color yellow |
#1596, aired 1991-07-08 | U.S. STATES $200: Celebrated in Cheyenne since 1897, Frontier Days is this state's most popular annual event Wyoming |
#1595, aired 1991-07-05 | STATE FLAGS $600: A white silhouette of this animal appears on Wyoming's flag a buffalo (or bison) |
#1549, aired 1991-05-02 | POLITICS $800: Until appointed Defense Secretary, Dick Cheney was this state's only representative in the House Wyoming |
#1455, aired 1990-12-21 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: America's first nat'l monument, Devils Tower & first nat'l forest, Shoshone, are both in this state Wyoming |
#1452, aired 1990-12-18 | 1960s TV TRIVIA $500: In 1962, NBC ran a Western named after this Wyoming town, & ABC had one called "The Lawman" set there Laramie |
#1441, aired 1990-12-03 | NATIONAL PARKS $400: The headquarters for this national park is located in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming Yellowstone |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | WOMAN SUFFRAGE $400: By 1870, though some women in this territory were sharing husbands, each had the right to vote Utah |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | WOMAN SUFFRAGE $800: It was the 1st U.S. territory & the 1st state to explicitly give women the vote Wyoming |
#1407, aired 1990-10-16 | U.S. CITIES $800: This largest Wyoming city could have been called Collins but they used the soldier's first name Casper |
#1391, aired 1990-09-24 | STATE PARKS $1000: Appropriately, this state's Buffalo Bill State Park is just outside the town of Cody Wyoming |
#1389, aired 1990-09-20 | MOUNTAINS $600: The Bighorn Mountains extend northward from Wyoming into this state Montana |
#1388, aired 1990-09-19 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman in the U.S. to hold this office, was later the first female director of the U.S. Mint governor |
#1330, aired 1990-05-18 | STATE "C"APITALS $500: Major General Grenville Dodge named this Union Pacific terminal site after a local Indian tribe Cheyenne, Wyoming |
#1299, aired 1990-04-05 | WYOMING $200: Frontier Days, featuring one of America's largest rodeos, is held each July in this capital city Cheyenne |
#1299, aired 1990-04-05 | WYOMING $400: Oil fields north of Casper include this one which gave its name to a scandal in Harding's admin. Teapot Dome |
#1299, aired 1990-04-05 | WYOMING $600: 2 animals which are paired in "Home On The Range" that are among the most widespread large animals in the state the deer and the antelope |
#1299, aired 1990-04-05 | WYOMING $800: Wyoming city where you'd find the Buffalo Bill Museum Cody |
#1299, aired 1990-04-05 | WYOMING $1000: The only national park located entirely within Wyoming is this one just south of Yellowstone Grand Teton National Park |
#1291, aired 1990-03-26 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: North Dakota has its Devils Lake & Wyoming its Devils one of these Devils Tower |
#1290, aired 1990-03-23 | GOVERNMENT $400: He was Wyoming's U.S. representative & GOP House Whip when he was nominated for Sec'y of Defense Dick Cheney |
#1265, aired 1990-02-16 | U.S.A. $1000: The only university in this state is in Laramie Wyoming |
#1262, aired 1990-02-13 | U.S. STATES $400: Wyoming is nicknamed "The Equality State" because it was the first to do this allow women to vote |
#1248, aired 1990-01-24 | THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS $400: In 1865 this Wyoming city was named after a lieutenant killed by the Indians, not a ghost Casper |
#1241, aired 1990-01-15 | THE OLD WEST $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1849 the Army took over Fort Laramie, Wyoming to protect the wagon trains on this trail the Oregon Trail |
#1218, aired 1989-12-13 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: Wyoming valley named for beaver trapper Davey Jackson; it has since become a major ski resort Jackson Hole |
#1207, aired 1989-11-28 | FORESTS $400: Yellowstone Timberland Reserve, the 1st U.S. Forest Reserve, was established in 1891 in this state Wyoming |
#1181, aired 1989-10-23 | THE 50 STATES $600: This Rocky Mountain state's flag features a white bison on a blue background Wyoming |
#1171, aired 1989-10-09 | MONUMENTS $1000: In "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" the aliens used this Wyoming national monument as a landing site the Devil's Tower |
#1161, aired 1989-09-25 | MUSEUMS $1000: 1 of 3 states with museums devoted to Buffalo Bill Cody 1 of (Wyoming, Nebraska, or Colorado) |
#1131, aired 1989-07-03 | FAMOUS MEN $300: An early merchandising giant, he started his 1st store at Kemmerer, Wyoming J.C. Penney |
#1095, aired 1989-05-12 | NATIONAL LANDMARKS $800: The Old Faithful Inn in this state has a lobby made of logs that stands 7 stories tall Wyoming |
#1071, aired 1989-04-10 | U.S. HISTORY $400: The illegal leasing of oil reserves at this Wyoming site caused a tempest around Harding's administration Teapot Dome |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $500: There's a national refuge specifically for herds of these animals near Jackson, Wyoming elk |
#1024, aired 1989-02-02 | THE 50 STATES $100: Wyoming's capital, its name means "red talkers", not Clint Walker Cheyenne |
#1000, aired 1988-12-30 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $300: In 1872 the land near the headwaters of this Wyoming territory river was designated a public park Yellowstone |
#988, aired 1988-12-14 | NORTH AMERICAN MOUNTAINS $1000: Jackson Hole is a 7,000 ft. high valley in this Wyoming range of the Rockies Tetons |
#980, aired 1988-12-02 | THE 50 STATES $500: This "Equality State" granted its women political equality when it was still a territory Wyoming |
#966, aired 1988-11-14 | WYOMINGITES $100: Nickname of frontierswoman Martha Jane Cannary, who was born in Missouri, lived in Wyoming, and died in South Dakota "Calamity Jane" |
#966, aired 1988-11-14 | WYOMINGITES $300: He spent time in Wyoming, though his most famous novel is "The Virginian" Owen Wister |
#966, aired 1988-11-14 | WYOMINGITES $400: This Wyoming-born abstract expressionist painted with his canvas on the floor Jackson Pollock |
#966, aired 1988-11-14 | WYOMINGITES $500: A Wyoming national forest is named for this mountain man who helped map the Oregon Trail Jim Bridger |
#951, aired 1988-10-24 | GEOGRAPHICAL SONGS $400: "Whoopie-ti-yi-yo, git along little dogies, you know that" this state "will be your new home" Wyoming |
#940, aired 1988-10-07 | THE 20TH CENTURY $1000: In 1927 the Supreme Court ruled the lease of these Wyoming oil reserves fraudulent Teapot Dome |
#936, aired 1988-10-03 | U.S.A. $500: Rocky Mountain state named for a valley in Pennsylvania Wyoming |
#928, aired 1988-09-21 | U.S. STATES $1000: Only Alaska & Wyoming have fewer people than this New England state Vermont |
#911, aired 1988-07-18 | U.S. CITIES $200: It's said the world's largest filling station is just outside this Wyoming capital Cheyenne |
#891, aired 1988-06-20 | U.S. CITIES $800: Frontier Days, featuring world's oldest annual rodeo, are the pride of July for this Wyoming town Cheyenne, Wyoming |
#876, aired 1988-05-30 | U.S. STATES $500: This state boasts the 1st U.S. National Monument, National Forest, & National Park Wyoming |
#803, aired 1988-02-17 | STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS $400: This state's postal abbreviation is alphabetically last Wyoming (WY) |
#777, aired 1988-01-12 | LICENSE PLATES $500: This state has few people & its plates have low #s, so there's room to show a cowboy on a bucking bronco Wyoming |
#775, aired 1988-01-08 | WYOMING $100: Despite its "friendly" name, this is Wyoming's largest city, not a ghost town Casper |
#775, aired 1988-01-08 | WYOMING $200: Wyoming got the nickname "The Equality State" because it was the 1st state to grant this women the right to vote |
#775, aired 1988-01-08 | WYOMING $300: In this town you can visit Buffalo Bill Dam, Buffalo Bill Village, & Buffalo Bill Historical Center Cody |
#775, aired 1988-01-08 | WYOMING $500: In 1906, Pres. T. Roosevelt declared this "Tower" in N.E. Wyoming the nation's 1st nat'l monument Devil's Tower |
#775, aired 1988-01-08 | WYOMING $600 (Daily Double): 2 of 3 great river systems that partially begin in Wyoming (2 of) Missouri, Colorado & Columbia |
#759, aired 1987-12-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): Though most of Yellowstone National Park lies in Wyoming, it spreads out into these other 2 states Montana & Idaho |
#723, aired 1987-10-28 | FOLK MUSIC $800: Only state mentioned in the cowboy song, "Git Along, Little Dogies" Wyoming |
#668, aired 1987-07-01 | STATE CAPITALS $1000: The least populous state capital, it's found in the least populous state east of the Mississippi Montpelier, Vermont |
#640, aired 1987-05-22 | MOUNTAINS $600: This nat'l park encompassing a Wyoming mountain range is named for the range's tallest peak Grand Teton |
#577, aired 1987-02-24 | STATE CAPITALS $400: It's the capital of the least populated state, Wyoming Cheyenne |
#537, aired 1986-12-30 | SEE THE USA $3,500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 5 states where you can cross the Continental Divide Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho |
#531, aired 1986-12-22 | STUPID ANSWERS $100: Wyoming's only university the University of Wyoming |
#524, aired 1986-12-11 | THE SENATE $1,000 (Daily Double): 3 of the 6 states whose senators outnumber their representatives two-to-one (3 of) Alaska, Wyoming, Delaware, North & South Dakota, and Vermont |
#518, aired 1986-12-03 | 20TH CENTURY AMERICA $800: 1924 saw election of 2 women governors, Nellie Ross of Wyoming & Miriam Ferguson of this SW state Texas |
#506, aired 1986-11-17 | STATE FLOWERS $500 (Daily Double): The flowers of this pair of states are the wild prairie rose & the pasqueflower North and South Dakota |
#494, aired 1986-10-30 | STATE MOTTOS $1000: Fact that Wyoming women were the 1st in the U.S. to vote & hold office is reflected in this two-word state motto "Equal Rights" |
#449, aired 1986-05-29 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $400: "Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, for you know" this state "will be your new home" Wyoming |
#433, aired 1986-05-07 | "C" CITIES $800: The historic Teapot Dome is among the oil fields surrounding this Wyoming city Casper |
#407, aired 1986-04-01 | COLLEGE NICKNAMES $200: Going by their nickname, Wyoming could play for Dallas in the NFL the Cowboys |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | WILD WEST $400: Wyoming town founded by & named for Buffalo Bill Cody |
#363, aired 1986-01-29 | WYOMING $600: Jackson Pollock of Wyoming played key role in development of this movement in art abstract expressionism |
#290, aired 1985-10-18 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $600: 1st state to elect a woman governor Wyoming |
#288, aired 1985-10-16 | U.S. STATES $400: Called "America's breadbasket", it leads the nation in wheat production Kansas |
#283, aired 1985-10-09 | STATE NAMES $1000: This Rocky Mountain state is named for a valley in Pennsylvania Wyoming |
#166, aired 1985-04-29 | POT LUCK $100: In Wyoming, these "moveable mansions" constitute 18.1% of all housing mobile homes |
#130, aired 1985-03-08 | U.S. STATES $100: Population 51,016, Casper is this state's largest city Wyoming |
#111, aired 1985-02-11 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $700 (Daily Double): The only state to end in the letter G Wyoming |
#93, aired 1985-01-16 | AMERICAN INDIANS $200: Tribe for whom Wyoming's capital is named Cheyenne |