| #2755, aired 1996-07-19 | WORLD CAPITALS: It's the easternmost mainland capital in the Americas Brasilia |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ARTISTS: In 1914 his brother's remains were moved from Holland to Auvers, France & buried beside him Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | POP SINGERS: On March 10, 1996, this woman performed a song on the balcony of Buenos Aires' presidential palace Madonna |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | SPAIN: This Catalonian city, once the capital of the Visigoths, may be named for a Carthaginian family Barcelona |
| #2751, aired 1996-07-15 | RULERS: Last name of the last man to sit in power on the Peacock Throne (Shah Reza) Pahlavi (of Iran) |
| #2750, aired 1996-07-12 | MYSTERY WRITERS: Mystery writer whose first book was an autobiography, "The Sport of Queens" Dick Francis |
| #2749, aired 1996-07-11 | NATURE: In December 1995 cold weather killed millions of these wintering in Michoacan monarch butterflies |
| #2748, aired 1996-07-10 | MODERN HISTORY: The airlift of aid to this city, which ran from July 3, 1992 to January 9, 1996, was the world's longest Sarajevo |
| #2747, aired 1996-07-09 | THE 20th CENTURY: This country's civil war actually began in Morocco on July 17, 1936 Spain |
| #2746, aired 1996-07-08 | SPORTS: The only 2 countries that have defeated the U.S. to win the America's Cup competition Australia & New Zealand |
| #2745, aired 1996-07-05 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1781 he wrote, "A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing" Alexander Hamilton |
| #2744, aired 1996-07-04 | SCOTTISH INVENTORS: One of his early commissions was to outfit Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to the Arctic (Charles) Macintosh |
| #2743, aired 1996-07-03 | THE ELEMENTS: The name of this noble gas is derived from the Greek for "strange" or "foreign" xenon |
| #2742, aired 1996-07-02 | DESIGNERS: This designer who died in 1892 got his first big break designing luggage for Empress Eugenie Louis Vuitton |
| #2741, aired 1996-07-01 | BLACK HISTORY: In 1920 he was named provisional president of Africa with a mandate to free it from white domination Marcus Garvey |
| #2740, aired 1996-06-28 | RIVERS: The world's first underwater tunnel was dug beneath this foreign river in the 1840s the Thames |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | SOUTH AMERICA: Approximately 15% of this country's people are of Javanese descent Suriname |
| #2738, aired 1996-06-26 | ISLANDS: Until August 1883 it had an area of 18 square miles; today it's about 6 Krakatoa |
| #2737, aired 1996-06-25 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: It's the biggest single customer of the domestic airline industry, using about 15,000 flights a day the U.S. Postal Service |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: On Jan. 1, 1996 this oldest government regulatory agency, established in 1887, closed the Interstate Commerce Commission |
| #2735, aired 1996-06-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 29, 1765 Patrick Henry's Stamp Act protest was interrupted with this one word Treason |
| #2734, aired 1996-06-20 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: San Juan Hill, site of Herbert Hoover's home, is now home to the president of this university Stanford |
| #2733, aired 1996-06-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: In 1948 this sportswear company was founded in Germany by Adolph Dassler Adidas |
| #2732, aired 1996-06-18 | OPERA PREMIERES: This 1853 Verdi opera's debut failed, partly because its star was too stout to be believable as a consumptive La traviata |
| #2731, aired 1996-06-17 | ARTISTS: His "Young Corn" painting is featured on a 1996 stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Iowa's statehood Grant Wood |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Salvaged from a shipwreck in the 1850s the Lutine Bell hangs in its British headquarters Lloyd's of London |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | U.S. STATE NAMES: The 2 states whose 1-word names are contained in other state names Kansas (Arkansas) & Virginia (West Virginia) |
| #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | THE WINTER OLYMPICS: The last 2 U.S. men to win the men's singles gold medal in figure skating, in 1984 & 1988 Scott Hamilton (1984) & Brian Boitano (1988) |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | ADVENTURERS: This American adventurer & aviator discovered the world's highest waterfall in 1935 Jim Angel |
| #2726, aired 1996-06-10 | FAMOUS WOMEN: In 1849 Zachary Taylor eulogized her, saying, "She was truly our first lady for a half-century" Dolley Madison |
| #2725, aired 1996-06-07 | PLAYS: In one version of this play, the heroine stabs herself & says, "There rest"; in another, "There rust" Romeo and Juliet |
| #2724, aired 1996-06-06 | INVENTORS: In 1856 he addressed a British scientific association on "the manufacture of iron without fuel" Henry Bessemer |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: The College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is named for him Howard Hughes |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | SPELLING: This tree is the only 7-letter English word that contains all 5 vowels sequoia |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | CANADIAN CAPITALS: The largest city in Canada's Maritime Provinces is named for George Montagu Dunk, the 2nd Earl of this Halifax |
| #2720, aired 1996-05-31 | WORLD CAPITALS: This city called "The Mother of Russian Cities" is capital of a country other than Russia Kiev |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | WORLD WAR II NAMES: The 1st U.S. naval ship with a plural name honored their memory; a 2nd ship was christened in 1995 the Sullivans |
| #2718, aired 1996-05-29 | JAPANESE LITERATURE: One-word title of a 1915 story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa; it was filmed in 1950 Rashomon |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | U.S. NICKNAMES: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania & Whittier, California share this two-word nickname "Quaker City" |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | ANAGRAMS: Anagrams of each other, one is a synonym for home, the other the material it might be made of abode & adobe |
| #2715, aired 1996-05-24 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: Charles Laughton, Robert Shaw & Richard Burton were all nominated for playing this role Henry VIII |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | INVENTIONS: Swiss inventor George de Mestral created this after closely examining burrs stuck to his pants velcro |
| #2713, aired 1996-05-22 | ASIA: These landmarks are the highest & lowest points in Asia Mount Everest & the Dead Sea |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | WORLD MAGAZINES: The name of this German newsweekly means "The Mirror" Der Spiegel |
| #2711, aired 1996-05-20 | FOREIGN CURRENCY: The ngultrum, Bhutan's unit of currency, trades at par with this unit the (Indian) rupee |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | FAMOUS NOVELS: Published in 1605, the first part of this novel was dedicated to the Duque de Bejar, Marques de Gibraleon... Don Quixote |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: On February 6, 1996 Binney & Smith produced its 100 billionth one of these a crayon |
| #2708, aired 1996-05-15 | PATRIOTIC PLACES: This site on the Schuylkill River was named for a small ironworks nearby Valley Forge |
| #2707, aired 1996-05-14 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the only president preceded & succeeded by the same man Benjamin Harrison |
| #2706, aired 1996-05-13 | CEREMONIES: At the coronation of a British monarch, this person presides over the ceremony Archbishop of Canterbury |
| #2705, aired 1996-05-10 | WORD ORIGINS: Now part of the English language, this Swahili word for "trip" or "journey" is derived from Arabic safari |
| #2704, aired 1996-05-09 | U.S. CITIES: This North Carolina city was the 1st in the U.S. to name itself after the Marquis de Lafayette Fayetteville |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | MEDICINE: Latin for "poison", it's a disease-causing agent smaller than a bacterium virus |
| #2702, aired 1996-05-07 | THE ROMAN EMPIRE: Martial's "Book of Spectacles" in 80 A.D. was a book of poems published for this landmark's opening the (Roman) Colosseum (Coliseum) |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | DATES: The building of the Erie Canal, B&O Railroad & Washington Monument began on this date in different years July 4th |
| #2700, aired 1996-05-03 | MYTHOLOGY: King Agamemnon was killed on his return to Greece after ignoring the warnings of this woman, his slave Cassandra |
| #2699, aired 1996-05-02 | THE EMMYS: He won Emmys for teleplay writing 3 years in a row, 1955-57 Rod Serling |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | STATE CAPITALS: With 12 letters, it's the longest one-word state capital Indianapolis, Indiana |
| #2697, aired 1996-04-30 | THE U.N.: Switzerland & this country are the only 2 mainland European states which never joined the U.N. Vatican City |
| #2696, aired 1996-04-29 | NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: This organization is the world's largest private-sector employer of people with disabilities Goodwill |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | EUROPEAN DRAMA: In Act One of this 1890 play, the heroine has just returned from her honeymoon; at the end, she shoots herself Hedda Gabler |
| #2694, aired 1996-04-25 | HISTORIC NAMES: The name of this ancient ruler translates as "It is well with the sun disk" Akhenaten |
| #2693, aired 1996-04-24 | THE OLYMPICS: The Summer Games in this city were opened by Queen Elizabeth II Montreal |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | STATESMEN: He abandoned plans for a military career at age 17 &, in 1607, became Bishop of Lucon Cardinal Richelieu |
| #2691, aired 1996-04-22 | ISLANDS: Alvaro de Mendana named these Pacific islands believing they provided gold for the Jerusalem temple the Solomon Islands |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | ARTISTS: 121-year-old Jeanne Calment remembers this man buying canvases at her in-laws' store in Arles Vincent van Gogh |
| #2689, aired 1996-04-18 | THE CONSTITUTION: According to the terms of the 22nd Amendment, it's the maximum number of years one can serve as president 10 years |
| #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | OPERA COMPOSERS: He set his last completed opera, "Gianni Schicchi", in Florence, & his last unfinished opera in China Giacomo Puccini |
| #2687, aired 1996-04-16 | MOVIE DEBUTS: Candice Bergen, Joanna Pettet, Kathleen Widdoes & Joan Hackett debuted as college alumnae in this 1966 film The Group |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | SCIENTISTS: In 1543 he wrote, "Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the universe" Nicolaus Copernicus |
| #2685, aired 1996-04-12 | ARTISTS: At a May 1995 auction, a painting by her sold for $3.2 million, barely topping one by her husband Frida Kahlo |
| #2684, aired 1996-04-11 | SPORTS: This Major League Baseball manager of the 1950s & 1960s received his nickname because he was born in Kansas City Casey Stengel |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | SAINTS: He wrote, "Praise to thee, my Lord, for all thy creatures, above all brother sun" St. Francis of Assisi |
| #2682, aired 1996-04-09 | THE CABINET: James Wilson of Iowa, who headed this department for 16 years, served longer than any other cabinet officer Department of Agriculture |
| #2681, aired 1996-04-08 | FAMOUS ENGINEERS: In 1960 he became director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama (Wernher) von Braun |
| #2680, aired 1996-04-05 | FOREIGN WARS: It was the first war covered by both newspaper reporters & photographers The Crimean War |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | FAMOUS TEACHERS: In 1967 this former teacher published a memoir entitled "Center of the Storm" John Scopes (famous Scopes Trial) |
| #2678, aired 1996-04-03 | FAMOUS WOMEN: At the first U.N. meeting, held in 1946 in London, she was the only woman in the U.S. delegation Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #2677, aired 1996-04-02 | U.S. CITY NAME ORIGINS: Frederick, Maryland was named for the 6th Baron this Baltimore (the Barons Baltimore; the Calvert family) |
| #2676, aired 1996-04-01 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The two presidents whose fathers signed the Declaration of Independence William Henry Harrison & John Quincy Adams |
| #2675, aired 1996-03-29 | POETS: In 1942 his collection of verse "Shakespeare in Harlem" appeared Langston Hughes |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | HISTORIC PEOPLE: Apsley House, the London home of this historic duke, boasts an 11' 4" nude statue of Napoleon the Duke of Wellington |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | TRAVEL & TOURISM: This company established its first village in 1950 in Alcudia on the island of Majorca Club Med |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | FOREIGN DIRECTORS: His fascination with clowns & make-believe may have begun when he ran off with Pierino's Circus as a child Federico Fellini |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | THE ELEMENTS: The first inert gas discovered on Earth, its name is Greek for "without work" argon (Ar) |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | CHILDREN'S THEATRE: 1904 British play that includes the line "To die will be an awfully big adventure" Peter Pan |
| #2669, aired 1996-03-21 | FAMOUS SHIPS: Commander Lloyd M. Bucher was the last captain of this U.S. ship USS Pueblo (attacked by North Korea in 1968) |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | NONFICTION: The masthead of this publication says it was "established in 1792 and published every year thereafter" The Farmers Almanac |
| #2667, aired 1996-03-19 | THE AMERICAS: It's the only country in the Americas currently headed by a woman president & vice president Nicaragua |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | BIRDS: Ectopistes migratorius is the scientific name of this now-extinct bird the passenger pigeon |
| #2665, aired 1996-03-15 | PUBLISHING FIRSTS: In 1570 Abraham Ortelius produced the first modern book of this type: "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" an atlas |
| #2664, aired 1996-03-14 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: 1 of 3 presidential candidates who lost an election in which they received over 200 electoral votes Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford or Charles Evans Hughes |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | OPERA: He conducted the world premieres of "Pagliacci", "La Boheme" & "The Girl of the Golden West" Arturo Toscanini |
| #2662, aired 1996-03-12 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS: Capital nearest which you'd find a monument called Mitad del Mundo, or "middle of the world" Quito |
| #2661, aired 1996-03-11 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS: U.S. sailors & Marines who participated in this battle were awarded the Dewey Medal the Battle of Manila Bay |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | AUTHORS: He adapted a rejected treatise on exploring Africa by balloon into an 1863 novel, his first big success Jules Verne |
| #2659, aired 1996-03-07 | FAMOUS WOMEN: Karen, a suburb of Nairobi, is named in honor of this woman who once lived there Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | ANCIENT HISTORY: He started the Third Servile War in 73 B.C. Spartacus |
| #2657, aired 1996-03-05 | THE OSCARS: Husband & wife who were both nominated for playing a married couple in a 1966 film; only the wife won Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor |
| #2656, aired 1996-03-04 | INVENTIONS: Oliver Wendell Holmes called it "the mirror with a memory" a camera |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | THE CONTINENTS: The 3 longest rivers in the world are on these 3 continents Africa, South America, and Asia |
| #2654, aired 1996-02-29 | AUTHORS: He created his most famous character in 1952 at Goldeneye, a holiday home he bought in Jamaica Ian Fleming |
| #2653, aired 1996-02-28 | AIRLINES: In 1962 this airline used the ad line "My son, the pilot" El Al |
| #2652, aired 1996-02-27 | FAMOUS FAMILIES: The 1st man named this was a violinist, the 2nd, an actor & the 3rd, CEO at Times Mirror Magazines Efrem Zimbalist |
| #2651, aired 1996-02-26 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Olga Ivinskaya, who passed away in Moscow in 1995, was the inspiration for this character Lara |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1941 & 1942 he served as a photo-muralist for the Department of the Interior Ansel Adams |
| #2649, aired 1996-02-22 | SCIENTISTS: In 1992 the Roman Catholic Church admitted that it had erred in condemning this man Galileo |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | BRITISH MONARCHS: She was the niece of the last Hanoverian king Victoria |
| #2647, aired 1996-02-20 | QUOTATIONS: In 1947 Bernard Baruch told the Senate, "We are in the midst of" one of these "which is getting warmer" a cold war |
| #2646, aired 1996-02-19 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: This first American writer to earn $1 million received only $2,000 for a 1903 novel set in the Klondike Jack London |
| #2645, aired 1996-02-16 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES: This actor's first name is Hawaiian for "cool breeze over the mountains" Keanu Reeves |
| #2644, aired 1996-02-15 | NORTH AMERICA: This country contains North America's most southerly point Panama |
| #2643, aired 1996-02-14 | LAKES: After Lake Michigan, it's the largest natural lake entirely within the U.S. Great Salt Lake |
| #2642, aired 1996-02-13 | EXPLORERS: For many years after his death in 1324, he was considered Europe's greatest liar Marco Polo |
| #2641, aired 1996-02-12 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: This American general born in 1820 was called "Cump" by his siblings William Tecumseh Sherman |
| #2640, aired 1996-02-09 | DESIGN: Marc Chagall & Salvador Dali were among the artists who designed these for Baron Philippe de Rothschild wine labels |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | FAMOUS NAMES: His 1958 article "The American Automobile--Designed for Death?" appeared in the Harvard Law Record Ralph Nader |
| #2638, aired 1996-02-07 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT: Charged with adultery, she, her brother & 4 others were locked in the Tower of London in 1536 Anne Boleyn |
| #2637, aired 1996-02-06 | SHAKESPEARE: Shakespeare's 2 plays with "King" in the title & no numbers following King Lear & King John |
| #2636, aired 1996-02-05 | 20th CENTURY COMPOSERS: This Italian-born American won his 2nd Pulitzer Prize in 1955, for an opera set in NYC's Little Italy (Gian Carlo) Menotti |
| #2635, aired 1996-02-02 | CONGRESS: On Nov. 23, 1973 Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first member of Congress to do this while in office give birth |
| #2634, aired 1996-02-01 | POETS: In 1968 Gwendolyn Brooks succeeded this man as Poet Laureate of Illinois Carl Sandburg |
| #2633, aired 1996-01-31 | U.S.A.: The new $92 million Rock and Roll Hall of Fame stands on the shores of this lake Lake Erie |
| #2632, aired 1996-01-30 | ENGLAND: Also known as New Sarum, this city famous for its cathedral is just a stone's throw from Stonehenge Salisbury |
| #2631, aired 1996-01-29 | HISTORIANS: In 1962 she said, "Nineteen-fourteen was the birthday of us all" Barbara Tuchman |
| #2630, aired 1996-01-26 | CENTRAL AMERICA: The least populous country in Central America, it extends the farthest north Belize |
| #2629, aired 1996-01-25 | STATE CAPITALS: This state capital is on the site of a cross erected by Capt. Christopher Newport May 24, 1607 Richmond, Virginia |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | EXPLORERS: On March 18, 1912 he wrote in his diary, "My right foot has gone, nearly all the toes..." Robert Falcon Scott (in Antarctica) |
| #2627, aired 1996-01-23 | DISNEY FILMS: In Spanish-speaking countries, this Disney film is known as "La Sirenita" The Little Mermaid |
| #2626, aired 1996-01-22 | 1995: Frank C. Gaylord II sculpted the figures for the memorial to this, dedicated July 27, 1995 the Korean War |
| #2625, aired 1996-01-19 | 20th CENTURY LEADERS: His name means "son of the young lion" in Hebrew David Ben-Gurion |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | MEDICAL FIRSTS: The death of Denise Darvall in a traffic accident permitted this historic December 3, 1967 event the first heart transplant |
| #2623, aired 1996-01-17 | THE CALENDAR: The next year that will be written in only 4 Roman numerals 2002 (MMII) |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | SPORTS NICKNAMES: This French tennis player born in 1905 is nicknamed "The Crocodile" Rene Lacoste |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | POLITICIANS: In 1961, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as vice president by this mentor Sam Rayburn |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | STATE CAPITALS: During the 1920s the Progressive Party was headquartered in this capital Madison, Wisconsin |
| #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | GEOGRAPHY: It's Europe's second-largest island Iceland |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | FURNITURE: This upholstered seat, with or without a back, was introduced to Europe from Turkey in the 18th century an ottoman |
| #2617, aired 1996-01-09 | ENGLISH POETS: "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind" precedes a famous line from his works (John) Donne |
| #2616, aired 1996-01-08 | I LOVE LUCY: On the May 9, 1955 show, Lucy imitated Gary Cooper, Clark Gable & this man who guest starred Harpo Marx |
| #2615, aired 1996-01-05 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: The first Russian winner, he was awarded the 1904 Prize in Physiology or Medicine Ivan Pavlov |
| #2614, aired 1996-01-04 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: He was born Newton Leroy McPherson in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 17, 1943 Newt Gingrich |
| #2613, aired 1996-01-03 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: In the 1950s he won 2 Best Supp. Actor Oscars: 1 for playing a revolutionary, & 1 for playing an artist Anthony Quinn |
| #2612, aired 1996-01-02 | THE SUPREME COURT: He served as chief justice for more of the 20th century than any other man--17 years Warren Burger |
| #2611, aired 1996-01-01 | DEMOCRATS: In 1995 he cast his 14,000th vote in the Senate, a record for any party Senator (Robert) Byrd |
| #2610, aired 1995-12-29 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: Clause 40 of this document reads, "To none will we sell, to none deny or delay, right or justice" the Magna Carta |
| #2609, aired 1995-12-28 | AWARDS: Prior to winning a Nobel Peace Prize, she received the Nehru Award Mother Teresa |
| #2608, aired 1995-12-27 | ADVERTISING SYMBOLS: In a 1945 poll she ranked as the best-known woman in America after Eleanor Roosevelt Betty Crocker |
| #2607, aired 1995-12-26 | HISTORIC PEOPLE: Marie Antoinette called him "l'ambassadeur electrique" Benjamin Franklin |
| #2606, aired 1995-12-25 | ARCHITECTS: Frank Lloyd Wright had a fine collection of art from this country where he spent a lot of time 1915-1922 Japan |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: A statue of him stands at Yale's Connecticut Hall; a copy can be found at CIA headquarters in Virginia Nathan Hale |
| #2604, aired 1995-12-21 | ENGINEERING: Opened in 1994, it links the SNCB, SNCF & BR the Chunnel (the English Channel Tunnel) |
| #2603, aired 1995-12-20 | NATIONAL PARKS: East Temple, Angels Landing & the Altar of Sacrifice are landmarks in this park Zion National Park |
| #2602, aired 1995-12-19 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The name of this country in the Southern Hemisphere comes from a Latin word for "southern" Australia |
| #2601, aired 1995-12-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE: Songs performed in a 1960 musical about her included "Beautiful People Of Denver" & "I Ain't Down Yet" (Unsinkable) Molly Brown |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: Book 1, Chapter 4 of this 1880 work is entitled "The Third Son Alyosha" The Brothers Karamazov |
| #2599, aired 1995-12-14 | FAMOUS NAMES: Famous name of Colonel Paul W. Tibbets' mother Enola Gay |
| #2598, aired 1995-12-13 | FAMOUS MUSICIANS: In the 1950s he composed the scores for Satyajit Ray's brilliant "Apu" trilogy of films Ravi Shankar |
| #2597, aired 1995-12-12 | HISTORIC QUOTES: In 1945 this Frenchman told his countrymen, "If I treated with the enemy, it was to spare you" Philippe Pétain |
| #2596, aired 1995-12-11 | BRITISH AUTHORS: Among guests who surprised him on a 1994 British "This is Your Life" were Buzz Aldrin & Alexi Leonov Arthur C. Clarke |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | EUROPE: Excluding Russia, with over 81 million people, it's the most populous country in Europe Germany |
| #2594, aired 1995-12-07 | NICKNAMES: Poet Ezra Pound nicknamed this person "Old Possum" T.S. Eliot |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | OSCAR-WINNING FILMS: WWII kept this 1941 movie from filming on location, so an entire Welsh village was built in California How Green Was My Valley |
| #2592, aired 1995-12-05 | WOMEN OF SCIENCE: With 32, Carolyn Shoemaker has discovered more of these than any other living person comets |
| #2591, aired 1995-12-04 | SHAKESPEARE: The most recent British monarch who's the title character of a Shakespeare play Henry VIII |
| #2590, aired 1995-12-01 | U.S. AIRPORTS: In terms of cargo this city's airport was the world's busiest in 1994, handling 1.65 million metric tons Memphis |
| #2588, aired 1995-11-29 | INVENTORS: In 1911 Willis H. Carrier presented a paper on this subject to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers air conditioning |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | ARCHAEOLOGY: Discovered in 1799, it records the deeds of Egyptian king Ptolemy V Epiphanes the Rosetta Stone |
| #2586, aired 1995-11-27 | PEOPLE: According to Forbes, with an estimated worth of $12.9 billion, he's now the richest man in the world Bill Gates |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 1 of 3 U.S. presidents in the 20th c. who never had a house of Congress controlled by his party (1 of) Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford & George Bush |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | ETHICS: Aesculapius, Hygeia, Panacea & Apollo are all mentioned in the first line of this The Hippocratic Oath |
| #2583, aired 1995-11-22 | THE OSCARS: 2 of the 5 actors before Tom Hanks to win 2 Best Actor Oscars (2 of) Marlon Brando, Gary Cooper, Dustin Hoffman, Fredric March & Spencer Tracy |
| #2582, aired 1995-11-21 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: This character in an 1838 novel was based on Ikey Solomon, a British thief & fence Fagin |
| #2581, aired 1995-11-20 | BESTSELLING NOVELISTS: From 1979 to 1986, he was dean of the college of business administration at the University of Northern Iowa Robert James Waller ("The Bridges of Madison County") |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | FAMOUS NAMES: DNA from Prince Philip helped prove that Anna Anderson-Manahan was not this woman, as she had claimed Anastasia |
| #2579, aired 1995-11-16 | STATE CAPITALS: This state capital was a compromise choice between North Platters & South Platters Lincoln, Nebraska |
| #2578, aired 1995-11-15 | SCULPTORS: This American remarked, "Disparity in form, color, size, weight, motion is what makes a composition" Alexander Calder |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | NOTABLE WOMEN: She said she healed from a near-fatal fall after reading a passage from the Bible in 1866 Mary Baker Eddy |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | THE ELEMENTS: At its standard mass, it puts the red in red fireworks; its 90 isotope is found in nuclear fallout Strontium |
| #2575, aired 1995-11-10 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: James B. Stockdale was his vice-presidential running mate Ross Perot |
| #2574, aired 1995-11-09 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: He's the co-founder & editor-in-chief of a new magazine that hit the stands on September 26, 1995 John F. Kennedy, Jr. |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | VOCABULARY: This term for the ludicrous misuse of a word is from the name of a character in an 18th century play malapropism |
| #2572, aired 1995-11-07 | FRANCE: Jacques Chirac is the 5th president of the 5th Republic; he was the first Charles de Gaulle |
| #2571, aired 1995-11-06 | BUSINESS & LITERATURE: On March 24, 1994 this store held a breakfast to announce the new Truman Capote Literary Trust Tiffany's |
| #2570, aired 1995-11-03 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: He was director of the New York State Library from 1889 to 1906 (Melvil) Dewey |
| #2569, aired 1995-11-02 | NUCLEAR ENERGY: With 109 operable nuclear reactors, the U.S. leads the world; as of 1994 this country was No. 2 with 56 France |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | ASTRONOMY: This term means "sun stands still" solstice |
| #2567, aired 1995-10-31 | THE UNITED NATIONS: Along with Antarctica, the 2 continents that have not supplied the U.N. with a secretary-general North America & Australia |
| #2566, aired 1995-10-30 | ANNUAL EVENTS: Between 1903 & the present, this event took place every year but 2: 1904 & 1994 the World Series |
| #2565, aired 1995-10-27 | BIRTHSTONES: 1 of the 2 months with the same first letter as their traditional birthstones (1 of) September or October |
| #2564, aired 1995-10-26 | SECRETARIES OF STATE: He said, "Looking far off into the northwest, I see the Russian as he busily occupies himself..." (William) Seward |
| #2563, aired 1995-10-25 | NATIVE AMERICANS: Indian tribes own more acreage in this state than in any other Arizona |
| #2562, aired 1995-10-24 | HISTORICAL QUOTES: In 1912 he said, "There is only one thing to do... go back to the Republican Party" Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt |
| #2561, aired 1995-10-23 | FAMOUS NAMES: As British ambassador to Turkey he was allowed to take away "any pieces of stone with old inscriptions" (Lord) Elgin |
| #2560, aired 1995-10-20 | STATE CAPITALS: The name of this capital is an Anglicized form of the Hebrew word for "peace" Salem |
| #2559, aired 1995-10-19 | OSCAR-WINNING FILMS: 1 of the 2 musicals set in France that won the Best Picture Oscar in the 1950s (1 of) Gigi or An American in Paris |
| #2558, aired 1995-10-18 | THE CARIBBEAN: Its peso is symbolized R.D.$ the Dominican Republic |
| #2557, aired 1995-10-17 | U.S. STATES: After Alaska, this state has the greatest difference between its highest & lowest points California |
| #2556, aired 1995-10-16 | DOGS: Boer farmers bred this big-game hunter from the Mastiff, Great Dane, Greyhound & others a Rhodesian Ridgeback |
| #2555, aired 1995-10-13 | GOVERNMENT: Bill Clinton did this for the first time as president June 7, 1995, 869 days into his term veto a bill |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | FAMOUS NOVELS: The first of the 7 commandments in this 1945 novel is "Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy" Animal Farm |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | VOCABULARY: A formicarium is an apparatus for raising & observing these creatures ants |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | COMMEMORATIVE COINS: On a 1995 dollar commemorating the Special Olympics, she's the first living woman depicted on a U.S. coin Eunice Kennedy Shriver |
| #2551, aired 1995-10-09 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES: He served as assistant attorney general of Missouri under John C. Danforth from 1974 to 1977 (Clarence) Thomas |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | PRIMATES: A type of macaque, it's the only primate, other than man, found in Europe The Gibraltar Ape |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | SPORTS: There are more patents issued in relation to this sport than any other golf |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | FLOWERS: This flower's name comes from its use in scenting the ancient Romans' wash water lavender |
| #2547, aired 1995-10-03 | FAMOUS NAMES: Born June 27, 1880, she called March 3, 1887, the day she met her teacher, the birthday of her soul Helen Keller |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | U.S. STATES: 2 of the 4 states that border only 2 other states (2 of) Florida, Washington, South Carolina & Rhode Island |
| #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | 19th CENTURY ARTISTS: He sued a man for libel over a criticism of his painting "Nocturne in Black and Gold"--& won (James Abbott McNeil) Whistler |
| #2544, aired 1995-09-28 | THE OLYMPICS: The last Summer Olympic Games of the 20th century are scheduled to be held in this city Sydney, Australia |
| #2543, aired 1995-09-27 | U.S. CURRENCY: On April 13, 1976 the reverse of this bill was changed from a presidential home to an event the $2 bill |
| #2542, aired 1995-09-26 | GREEK MYTHOLOGY: The name of this benefactor of man signifies "forethought" Prometheus |
| #2541, aired 1995-09-25 | NEXT IN LINE: Jacqueline, Claudia, Thelma, … Elizabeth "Betty" (Ford) |
| #2540, aired 1995-09-22 | ART HISTORY: Prior to 1508 it was covered by Pier Matteo d'Amelia's representation of a starry sky the (ceiling of the) Sistine Chapel |
| #2539, aired 1995-09-21 | U.S.A.: Its design includes 13 stars, 13 stripes, 13 arrows, 13 olives, 13 rows of stones & a 13-letter motto *the Great Seal of the U.S. (**the dollar) |
| #2538, aired 1995-09-20 | WORLD LEADERS: Published in 1989, "Daughter of Destiny" is this prime minister's autobiography (Benazir) Bhutto |
| #2537, aired 1995-09-19 | NOTABLE WOMEN: In 1995, 61 years after her death, she became the 1st woman entombed in France's Pantheon in her own right Marie Curie |
| #2536, aired 1995-09-18 | WORLD WAR II: On Jan. 29, 1944 Margaret Truman, accompanied by her senator father, christened this battleship USS Missouri |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | RULERS: The 2 British kings whose royal names have the highest Roman numerals Henry VIII & Edward VIII |
| #2534, aired 1995-09-14 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: Poet Carl Sandburg once described him as "the mightiest ballad singer of this or any other century" Burl Ives |
| #2533, aired 1995-09-13 | AMERICAN POETRY: In a famous poem, she's "the Arrow-maker's daughter...Handsomest of all the women" Minnehaha |
| #2532, aired 1995-09-12 | FAMOUS SPEECHES: Last word of a 1775 speech that includes "Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in illusions of hope" death |
| #2531, aired 1995-09-11 | FRENCH AUTHORS: In 1881 Paris' Avenue d'Eylau was renamed for this author who lived on it in honor of his 80th year Victor Hugo |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | ANTHROPOLOGY: It's the more familiar name of the type of Homo erectus once classified as sinanthropus Peking man |
| #2529, aired 1995-09-07 | NATURALISTS: Before his death in 1914 he studied forests in Russia, India & Australia, as well as the U.S. John Muir |
| #2528, aired 1995-09-06 | FAMOUS WOMEN: Of a famous 1955 event she said, "My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work" Rosa Parks |
| #2527, aired 1995-09-05 | FAMOUS NAMES: Licensing rights to the likeness of this man born in Germany in 1879 belong to Jerusalem's Hebrew University Albert Einstein |
| #2526, aired 1995-09-04 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Other than in Germany, the U.S. has more military personnel stationed in this foreign country than in any other Japan |
