| #3675, aired 2000-07-21 | HISTORIC CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: It includes 3 present Atlantic provinces, & in the 18th C. 4,000 inhabitants of it took a long trip southwest Acadia |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS: Siegfried's funeral march was played when this man's coffin reached the train station in 1883 Richard Wagner |
| #3673, aired 2000-07-19 | THE MAP OF EUROPE: Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary & Croatia, it's one of the world's newest independent countries Slovenia |
| #3672, aired 2000-07-18 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: A 1965 novel by this author introduced his alter ego, sci-fi writer Kilgore Trout Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| #3671, aired 2000-07-17 | THE MOVIES: 1937 film whose 1954 & 1976 musical remakes each produced soundtracks that hit No. 1 A Star is Born |
| #3670, aired 2000-07-14 | SPORTS BOOKS: In 1998 the author of this controversial 1970 book was finally invited to play in a Yankees old-timers' game "Ball Four" (by Jim Bouton) |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | THE MARS PATHFINDER MISSION: The only landscape feature the mission named for a real person, this rock seemed to have a bowl haircut Moe (Moe Howard of the Three Stooges) |
| #3668, aired 2000-07-12 | WORLD CAPITALS: Founded in 1840, this city is the world's southernmost national capital Wellington, New Zealand |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | THE PULITZER PRIZES: Theodore H. White, the first general nonfiction winner, won for an account of this man's election to the U.S. presidency John F. Kennedy ("The Making of the President, 1960") |
| #3666, aired 2000-07-10 | FAMOUS NAMES: "The Line King" is a film about this man whose work has been in the New York Times for the last 70 years Al Hirschfeld |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | CURRENT TELEVISION: Dee Dee Myers is a consultant to this drama series The West Wing |
| #3664, aired 2000-07-06 | ACADEMY AWARD HISTORY: The first African-American Best Actress nominee, her life was the subject of a 1999 HBO film Dorothy Dandridge |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | INVENTIONS: The delivery system for Ban deodorant, introduced in 1955, was based on this invention, patented in 1938 Ball Point Pen |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | U.S. HISTORY: In 1965 President Johnson flew to this state to sign the Medicare bill with a former president as witness Missouri |
| #3661, aired 2000-07-03 | 1962: On October 28, 1962 this 68-year-old world leader "blinked" Nikita Khrushchev |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | MOVIE DIRECTORS: Last name of the director whose production company is called 1492 Pictures (Chris) Columbus |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | BRITISH LITERATURE: This 1901 novel named for its hero opens at the Lahore Museum Kim |
| #3658, aired 2000-06-28 | THE PULITZER PRIZES: The first man to win the Pulitzer Prize for his film criticism, he's lobbied for a Pulitzer Prize for the movies Roger Ebert |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | ODD JOBS: Among men in this occupation, King Henry VIII's was Will Somers & King Arthur's was Dagonet Court jester |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | STATE CAPITALS: Its name means "sheltered harbor" Honolulu, Hawaii |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: "Max et les Maximonstres" is the French title of this children's classic "Where the Wild Things Are" |
| #3654, aired 2000-06-22 | CONTEMPORARY AMERICANS: This man's father, an Omaha stockbroker & politician, once returned his Congressional pay raise Warren Buffett |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | SCIENCE WORD ORIGINS: Coined by the chemist J.B. van Helmont, the word gas comes from this Greek word meaning "unformed mass" chaos |
| #3652, aired 2000-06-20 | U.S. PAPER CURRENCY: With one of each of the Treasury's currently produced denominations, you'd have this much money $188.00 |
| #3651, aired 2000-06-19 | HISTORIC PEOPLE: Venetians called him "Il Milione", man of the million lies Marco Polo |
| #3650, aired 2000-06-16 | RECENT MOVIES: This film was based in part on the 1974 autobiography "The 16th Round" The Hurricane |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | THE SUPREME COURT: These 2 justices who graduated at the top of their classes were both first offered jobs as typists by the top law firms Ruth Bader Ginsburg & Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | AIRPORT CODES: The 3-letter code for this airport came from what was on the site before it -- Orchard Place O'Hare Airport, Chicago - ORD |
| #3647, aired 2000-06-13 | FAMOUS SCIENTISTS: At his death in 1727, he left over one million words he had written on alchemy & the occult Sir Isaac Newton |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | MAGAZINES: In 1925 it was founded by an ex-editor of Stars and Stripes; in the '90s it was run by an ex-editor of Vanity Fair The New Yorker |
| #3645, aired 2000-06-09 | EXPLORATION: In 1498 Vasco da Gama landed at Calicut, India, "in search of Christians and" these spices |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | THE BIBLE: According to the King James Version of the Bible, the number of people on Noah's Ark 8 |
| #3643, aired 2000-06-07 | WOMEN IN POEMS: Poe wrote "To" her, "Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home..." Helen |
| #3642, aired 2000-06-06 | NEW CLASSICAL MUSIC: In 1999 in Norfolk, the Virginia Symphony premiered Steve Heitzeg's "Aqua", an homage to this man Jacques Cousteau |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | U.S. COLLEGES: This college for women was founded by Joseph Taylor, a physician who lived not far from Philadelphia Bryn Mawr College |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | '90s OLYMPIC NAMES: She told Women's Sports & Fitness, "Strangers, fans, people on the street... always want to pick me up and carry me" Kerri Strug |
| #3639, aired 2000-06-01 | ARTISTS: He was born in 1864 to 2 first cousins Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | CLOTHING: Article of clothing named for an old character who dressed in loose trousers in Commedia Dell'arte Pantaloons (named for Pantalone) |
| #3637, aired 2000-05-30 | ACTORS: While pregnant with him, the mother of this actor, gazing at the Uffizi's art, 1st felt him move, hence his 1st name Leonardo DiCaprio |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | WORLD CITIES: By the time it hosts the Summer Olympics in 2004, this city plans to have a car-free zone linking its ancient sites Athens |
| #3635, aired 2000-05-26 | BASEBALL HISTORY: Current name of the National League team that started out in the 1870s as the Boston Red Stockings Atlanta Braves |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | SOCIAL SCIENCE: It's estimated that of 6,000 in the world today, half will vanish in the next 100 years, including Jingulu & Chamicuro Languages |
| #3633, aired 2000-05-24 | BOOKS & AUTHORS: Famous profession of the woman who wrote the 1999 inspirational book "The Long Program" Ice/Figure Skater (book written by Peggy Fleming) |
| #3632, aired 2000-05-23 | ASIA: It's Asia's southernmost national capital Jakarta (Indonesia) |
| #3631, aired 2000-05-22 | 19th CENTURY CRIMES: It resulted from the perpetrator's delusion that he was going to be ambassador to France The Garfield Assassination |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | ASIAN HISTORY: This peninsula of 85,000 square miles was ruled by a single dynasty from 1392 to 1910 Korea |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE U.S.: He administered the presidential oath of office more times than any other chief justice -- 9 times John Marshall |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS: In Homer, Athena takes the form of this old friend of Odysseus to advise Odysseus' young son Mentor |
| #3627, aired 2000-05-16 | WORLD LEADERS: Early in the 20th century, he took one of many pseudonyms, Nguyen Ai Quoc, or "Nguyen the Patriot" Ho Chi Minh |
| #3626, aired 2000-05-15 | 19th CENTURY PERSONALITIES: Known to many as The Colossus, this man was elected to the Cape Colony Assembly in 1881 Cecil Rhodes |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | WORLD LANDMARKS: In the 1920s this nation's churches pooled their money & erected a 120-foot religious monument on a 2,300-foot peak Brazil |
| #3624, aired 2000-05-11 | U.S. SYMBOLISM: By a 1782 resolution, they represent valor; purity & innocence; and vigilance, justice & perseverance red, white & blue |
| #3623, aired 2000-05-10 | LITERATURE: An edition of this 1934 book had on its cover a crab & "Not to be imported into Great Britain or U.S.A." Tropic of Cancer (by Henry Miller) |
| #3622, aired 2000-05-09 | FAMOUS WOMEN: 1 of the 2 women who've appeared the most on the cover of Time Magazine, they're separated by 2,000 years Princess Diana or The Virgin Mary |
| #3621, aired 2000-05-08 | U.S. STATES: Before Congress named it for a person, its residents wanted to call it the territory of Columbia Washington |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | CLASSIC SITCOMS: This '70s character was given his last name because he talked ignorant nonsense Archie Bunker |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | FILM CLASSICS: This 1951 classic stars the AFI's top picks for the greatest male & female film legends The African Queen (Humphrey Bogart & Katharine Hepburn) |
| #3618, aired 2000-05-03 | FAMOUS RELATIVES: Around 1780 this grandfather of Charles Darwin invented a pyrometer to measure high heat in his kilns Josiah Wedgwood |
| #3617, aired 2000-05-02 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: "Built From Scratch" is a book on how Bernie Marcus & Arthur Blank remodeled this chain founded in 1978 Home Depot |
| #3616, aired 2000-05-01 | SCULPTURE: This, the largest sculpture in the United States, is not located in South Dakota Stone Mountain (in Georgia) |
| #3615, aired 2000-04-28 | SPORTS CHAMPIONS: Winning in 1965 & 1966, he was the first man to win the Masters golf tournament in 2 consecutive years Jack Nicklaus |
| #3614, aired 2000-04-27 | STATE NAME ORIGINS: 3 of the 4 states whose names come from the first names of European kings (3 of) Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina & South Carolina |
| #3613, aired 2000-04-26 | U.S. CITIES: The 34 peaks of the roof of this city's airport represent mountains that are about 30 miles away Denver |
| #3612, aired 2000-04-25 | 20th CENTURY HEROES: Jean Moulin was one of the chief organizers & martyrs of this movement French Resistance (Maquis) |
| #3611, aired 2000-04-24 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS: Playwright who wrote the historical dramas "Erik XIV", "Gustav Adolf" & "Gustav Vasa" August Strindberg |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | SPORTS LEGENDS: Retired since 1977, he said, "All I can say is I'm glad I never had to go up against Mia Hamm" Pele |
| #3609, aired 2000-04-20 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: The first person selected to the Intl. Swimming Hall of Fame, his last starring film role was in 1955's "Devil Goddess" Johnny Weissmuller |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | ENGLISH: Group of 4 letters that sounds different within words for done, exhaustive, hack, idea, branch & coarse "O-U-G-H" |
| #3607, aired 2000-04-18 | WORLD WAR II BATTLES: In 1998 Bill Surgi helped locate the sunken aircraft carrier Yorktown, a ship he last saw during this WWII battle Midway |
| #3606, aired 2000-04-17 | BRAND NAME PEOPLE: Immigrating to the U.S. at age 17, he cooked at the Plaza in New York & catered Pres. Wilson's wedding reception in 1915 Chef Boyardee (real name Ettore Boiardi) |
| #3605, aired 2000-04-14 | POTENT POTABLES: Founded in Cuba in 1862, it's the world's bestselling brand of spirits Bacardi |
| #3604, aired 2000-04-13 | INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Winner of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, this group once used the slogan "We Have Two Billion People in our Waiting Room" Doctors Without Borders |
| #3603, aired 2000-04-12 | SPACE EXPLORATION: A plaque left on the Moon in July 1969 contains the signatures of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin & these 2 men Richard Nixon & Michael Collins (the third Apollo 11 astronaut) |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | NURSERY RHYME CHARACTERS: This nursery rhyme character's name goes back to the Jacobites' satiric nickname for the Prince of Orange Wee Willie Winkie |
| #3601, aired 2000-04-10 | '90s NOTABLES: In 1999 a stretch of I-70 that runs past Busch Stadium was renamed in his honor Mark McGwire |
| #3600, aired 2000-04-07 | TRAVEL & TOURISM: One of Iowa's top tourist attractions is a set from this 1989 movie Field of Dreams |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | POLITICIANS: Later speaker, he replaced JFK in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1953 Thomas "Tip" O'Neill |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | EUROPEAN AUTHORS: The name of this author who died in 1924 has become an adjective meaning surreal or nightmarish Franz Kafka (Kafkaesque) |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | FAMOUS MIDDLE NAMES: This middle name of a famous composer means "beloved by God" (Wolfgang) Amadeus (Mozart) |
| #3596, aired 2000-04-03 | TECHNOLOGY: In 1933 Marconi set up one of the first microwave radio systems, between Castel Gandolfo & this sovereign state Vatican City |
| #3595, aired 2000-03-31 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He once wrote to his son-in-law, "In New York I am to be disenfranchised and in New Jersey hanged" Aaron Burr |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | ACTRESSES: She's the granddaughter of an Oscar winner, the niece of a 2-time Oscar winner, & the daughter of a 1997 nominee Bridget Fonda |
| #3593, aired 2000-03-29 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: The title of this novella that won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize consists of 6 words, each of which is 3 letters long "The Old Man and the Sea" |
| #3592, aired 2000-03-28 | PLAYS: In 1998 the city of New Orleans gave the title object of this play to the city of San Francisco "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | FAMOUS WOMEN: This woman who made death masks of guillotine victims took the Bastille gate key after the 1789 storming Marie Tussaud |
| #3590, aired 2000-03-24 | FUN WITH FIRST FAMILIES: If the mother of the 35th president married the father of the 41st, she would have been named this Rose Bush |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | MODERN MUSIC: His 1998 "Greatest Hits" album made him the first instrumentalist to have 7 consecutive multi-platinum albums Kenny G |
| #3588, aired 2000-03-22 | HISTORIC PEOPLE: After his 1955 death, his papers were given to Jerusalem's Hebrew Univ. & his violin was left to his grandson Albert Einstein |
| #3587, aired 2000-03-21 | PRETTY FLOWERS: Growing this pretty flower seen here can get you in big trouble the opium poppy |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | ARMIES OF THE WORLD: The national orchestra of this nation on the Mediterranean Sea is larger than its army Monaco |
| #3585, aired 2000-03-17 | HISTORIC AMERICAN HOMES: In 1999 famous Shakespearean actors joined an effort to preserve this murderer's childhood home John Wilkes Booth (It's called Tudor Hall & it's near Baltimore) |
| #3584, aired 2000-03-16 | SPACE: On Nov. 13, 1999 a body circling HD 209458 became the first new planet to be photographed since this one Pluto |
| #3583, aired 2000-03-15 | ARTISTS: As of Oct. 1999, of the 10 most expensive paintings sold at public auction, these 2 artists had 4 each on the list Pablo Picasso & Vincent van Gogh |
| #3582, aired 2000-03-14 | ORGANIZATIONS: After the decline of cathedral building in the 1600s, this organization began to accept non-stoneworkers the Masons |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | SPORTS STARS: Born in 1980, this world champion figure skater was named for a Beatles hit Michelle Kwan |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: In a 1963 book this character found out his family motto in Latin would be "Orbis Non Sufficit" James Bond ("The World Is Not Enough") |
| #3579, aired 2000-03-09 | WORLD CAPITALS: A large bay bearing its name borders this capital settled by the Spaniards in 1571 Manila, Philippines (Manila Bay) |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | TEXTILES: This synthetic material is named for the sports venue where it was installed in 1966 AstroTurf (for the Houston Astrodome) |
| #3577, aired 2000-03-07 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Newly discovered, perhaps the oldest playable instrument is one of these, made from a crane's bone Flute |
| #3576, aired 2000-03-06 | SINGERS: Popular 1950s vocalist who has written the autobiographies "Girl Singer" & "This for Remembrance" Rosemary Clooney |
| #3575, aired 2000-03-03 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: He coined the term "Usonian" for his U.S. designs that were meant to bring beauty & humanity to ordinary people Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #3574, aired 2000-03-02 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This U.S. firm is the world's largest processor of tomatoes H.J. Heinz |
| #3573, aired 2000-03-01 | ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY: In 1988 his body was moved to Arlington & buried next to Robert Peary Matthew Henson |
| #3572, aired 2000-02-29 | THE 13 COLONIES: 1 of the 2 original colonies whose names came from American Indian words (1 of) Connecticut or Massachusetts |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | 1999 BOOKS: This controversial biography of a famous American has a foreign nationality as its title "Dutch" (presidential biography of Ronald Reagan by Edmund Morris) |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | THEATRE: In 1999 Del Close willed this to the Goodman Theatre in Chicago to be used in Act 5, Scene 1 of "Hamlet" His own skull (to be used in the scene, "Alas, poor Yorick...") |
| #3569, aired 2000-02-24 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: The only person named Oscar to win an Oscar, he won twice Oscar Hammerstein II |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: On May 2, 1936 "Peter and the Wolf" had its world premiere in this capital city Moscow |
| #3567, aired 2000-02-22 | U.S. SENATORS: This former Navy SEAL is the only current member of Congress who has earned the Medal of Honor Robert Kerrey |
| #3566, aired 2000-02-21 | U.S. CITIES: This city's flag shows 2 rivers joining behind a fleur-de-lis St. Louis (at the confluence of the Missouri & Mississippi Rivers) |
| #3565, aired 2000-02-18 | GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES: The city of Tromso in this country is home to the world's northernmost university & brewery Norway |
| #3564, aired 2000-02-17 | WORLD LEADERS: This world leader who left office as president in 1994 titled his autobiography "The Last Trek: A New Beginning" F.W. de Klerk (of South Africa) |
| #3563, aired 2000-02-16 | OSCAR-WINNING MOVIES: Its final scene includes the line "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner" The Silence of the Lambs |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The 2 U.S. presidents who served as governors of states west of the Mississippi River Ronald Reagan (California) & Bill Clinton (Arkansas) |
| #3561, aired 2000-02-14 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS: According to Suetonius it was inscribed on a parade wagon after the 5-day Pontic campaign of 47 B.C. "Veni, Vidi, Vici" ("I came, I saw, I conquered") |
| #3560, aired 2000-02-11 | MAMMALS: The 2 mammals that live at the highest altitude on a permanent basis are the pika & this animal Yak |
| #3559, aired 2000-02-10 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Title hero whose boarding school's motto is "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus", "Never Tickle A Sleeping Dragon" Harry Potter |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | CLASSIC TOYS: In response to anti-tobacco protests, this toy gave up its attachable pipe in 1987 Mr. Potato Head |
| #3557, aired 2000-02-08 | POETRY: Title hero who "silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, just as the moon rose over the bay" Paul Revere |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The land closest to zero longitude, zero latitude & zero altitude, Cape Three Points is found on this continent Africa |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | FILMS OF THE '80s: The one-word title of this 1985 film refers to Samuel Lapp, a Penn. farm boy who makes his first visit to a city Witness |
| #3554, aired 2000-02-03 | SPORTS ORIGINS: This American sport traces its roots back to the '30s & Southern bootleggers who outran the law Stock car racing |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | FINANCIERS: The Federal Reserve System was founded partly in response to his March 31, 1913 death J.P. Morgan |
| #3552, aired 2000-02-01 | HISTORIC NAMES: To honor his work, this man's daughter took the name Maria Celeste when she became a nun in 1616 Galileo |
| #3551, aired 2000-01-31 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale" was inspired by this famous woman Jenny Lind |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | FRONT PAGE HISTORY: An August 6, 1945 Associated Press story described this as a "Japanese army base" Hiroshima (story about the dropping of the first atomic bomb) |
| #3549, aired 2000-01-27 | MEDIEVAL FIRSTS: In the Middle Ages, this man introduced fireworks to western Europe Marco Polo |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: In area, it's the largest country that does not belong to the United Nations Switzerland |
| #3547, aired 2000-01-25 | THE TONY AWARDS: (Hi, I'm Brian Dennehy) This man won a Tony for writing the Best Play of 1949 and I had the honor of presenting him with a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 1999 Arthur Miller (wrote "Death of a Salesman") |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | FOOD & DRINK: Its name is from Gaelic for "water of life" Whiskey |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS: "You Can Leave Your Hat On" & "The Stripper" are on the soundtrack of this 1997 Oscar-nominated movie The Full Monty |
| #3544, aired 2000-01-20 | OPERA SINGERS: In 1999 Placido Domingo opened the Met for a record 18th time, breaking this man's record of 17 Enrico Caruso |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | THE BOOK TRADE: According to USA Today, they're the 2 nonconsecutive months that see the highest cookbook sales May & December |
| #3542, aired 2000-01-18 | IN THE NEWS: The U.N. designated October 12, 1999 as the date the Earth's population reached this figure 6 billion |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | U.S. STAMPS: FDR's in 1982 was the last stamp to show 1 of these; they were removed from photos of Jackson Pollock & Edward R. Murrow a cigarette |
| #3540, aired 2000-01-14 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS: On Dec. 7, 1995 this state officially renamed its portion of Interstate 10 as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway Arizona (because of the Arizona battleship that was sunk at Pearl Harbor) |
| #3539, aired 2000-01-13 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS: This phrase originally referred to the period between July & August, when Sirius rises with the Sun the dog days of summer |
| #3538, aired 2000-01-12 | NEOLOGISMS: In his 1984 novel "Neuromancer", William Gibson coined this 10-letter term for a virtual reality computer network Cyberspace |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | TELEVISION HISTORY: In the late '60s this character was created to show children it's okay to be grumpy Oscar the Grouch (from "Sesame Street") |
| #3536, aired 2000-01-10 | MEDICAL HISTORY: Anne Miller, the first person whose life was saved by this drug, lived 57 more years, dying in 1999 penicillin |
| #3535, aired 2000-01-07 | YANKEE STADIUM HISTORY: A plaque in Monument Park honors this ex-"Cardinal" for a 1979 event held at the stadium Pope John Paul II |
| #3534, aired 2000-01-06 | NONFICTION AUTHORS: First published in 1946, a book written by this man became the bestselling book in the U.S. after the Bible Dr. Benjamin Spock ("Baby and Child Care") |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | ECOLOGY: Former Monty Python member John Cleese has joined a campaign to save this bird from extinction Parrot |
| #3532, aired 2000-01-04 | THE MUSICAL U.S.: In 1999 this state acquired the rights to use John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" to promote tourism West Virginia |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | FROM PLAY TO BALLET: This character became the heroine of the dramatic ballet "The Moor's Pavane" Desdemona |
| #3530, aired 1999-12-31 | TODAY'S SPORTS STARS: He was named after Japanese beef Kobe Bryant |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | HISTORIC QUESTIONS: "'Yes,' said he, with a kind smile, lifting his cap slightly" was the reply to this 1871 question "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" |
| #3528, aired 1999-12-29 | THE 1970s: A change of procedure in 1979 led to 3 of these being named Bob, David & Frederic Hurricanes |
| #3527, aired 1999-12-28 | ARTISTS: Looking at kids' art, he said at "Their age I could draw like Raphael, but it took me a lifetime to learn to draw like them" Pablo Picasso |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | AUTHORS: In 1594 he took a job as a tax collector in Andalusia Miguel de Cervantes |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | RELIGION: A 1999 study concluded that this 13-foot-long, 3-foot-wide holy relic dates back to pre-8th century Jerusalem Shroud of Turin |
| #3524, aired 1999-12-23 | LANGUAGES: Of the 6 official languages of the United Nations, the one spoken by the fewest people worldwide French |
| #3523, aired 1999-12-22 | FOOD & SPORTS: In August 1999, for the first time in its 75-year history, Wheaties began featuring players of this sport on its boxes Soccer |
| #3522, aired 1999-12-21 | 1999 TELEVISION: The final episode of this sitcom was called "The Final Frontier" Mad About You |
| #3521, aired 1999-12-20 | POLITICIANS: This politician adopted his last name from a southern California beach & surfing community Governor Jesse Ventura |
| #3520, aired 1999-12-17 | NAME'S THE SAME: Name shared by a British film company & an American who made millions in oil & pharmaceuticals Hammer (Hammer Films/Armand Hammer) |
| #3519, aired 1999-12-16 | CONTROVERSIAL FOOD & DRINK: Pope Clement VIII said of this beverage around 1600, "We shall cheat Satan" by baptizing it as a Christian beverage Coffee |
| #3518, aired 1999-12-15 | OPERA: A 1920s discovery proved that some of the instruments used in this 1871 opera were historically accurate Aida |
| #3517, aired 1999-12-14 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: His bestselling first novel, published in 1846, was set in Polynesia Herman Melville ("Typee") |
| #3516, aired 1999-12-13 | STATE LICENSE PLATES: Utah changed one letter in "Greatest Show on Earth" to produce this phrase on its license plates "Greatest Snow on Earth" (skiing) |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | CLASSIC TELEVISION: This series was set at 165 Eaton Place, 6 floors, basement to attic Upstairs, Downstairs |
| #3514, aired 1999-12-09 | HONORS: To remain "Free to blast and bollock Blairite Britain" Tony Harrison declined this post in 1999 Poet Laureate of England |
| #3513, aired 1999-12-08 | AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY: This man for whom a car is named previously worked for Daimler-Benz & designed the Volkswagen Ferdinand Porsche |
| #3512, aired 1999-12-07 | ROCK PERFORMERS: 2 of 4 performing duos inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2 of) The Everly Brothers, Ike & Tina Turner, Sam & Dave, and Simon & Garfunkel |
| #3511, aired 1999-12-06 | HISTORIC WOMEN: In 1998 the director of the U.S. Mint called her "a woman of exemplary physical courage and stamina" Sacajawea |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | POLITICS: In 1999 the Bushes became the first brothers to serve as governor at the same time since these 2 brothers in 1971 Nelson & Winthrop Rockefeller |
| #3509, aired 1999-12-02 | NOVELISTS: "Omerta", the title of the last book he completed before his death in 1999, is Sicilian for "code of silence" Mario Puzo |
| #3508, aired 1999-12-01 | WORLD CITIES: Around 59 B.C. the Romans settled what is now this city, & gave it a Latin name that means "blossoming" Florence |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | JAZZ SINGERS: Comedian Harry Anderson was among those who gave eulogies at this singer's June 1999 funeral Mel Torme |
| #3506, aired 1999-11-29 | U.S. STATES: It's the only state whose name & capital city both consist of 2 words New Mexico (Santa Fe) |
| #3505, aired 1999-11-26 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS: 2 of the 4 20th century U.S. presidents after whom streets in Paris are named (2 of) Eisenhower, Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt & Wilson |
| #3504, aired 1999-11-25 | U.S. STATES: The 2 states which have "Waltz" in the title of their state songs Missouri & Tennessee |
| #3503, aired 1999-11-24 | PUBLICATIONS: Its first issue was intended to be read on sabbath day, August 5, 1821 The Saturday Evening Post |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | MONUMENTS: Over 90% of the sculpting on Mount Rushmore was done with this Dynamite |
| #3501, aired 1999-11-22 | FAMOUS WEDDINGS: In 1998 a 61-year-old piece of this couple's wedding cake sold for $26,000 at Sotheby's The Duke of Windsor (former King Edward VIII) & Wallis Simpson |
| #3500, aired 1999-11-19 | THE PLANETS: Containing less than 1% of the mass in the solar system, it's the second most massive object in it Jupiter |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | MANHATTAN LANDMARKS: Appropriately, this hotel on West 44th Street has a Round Table Suite the Algonquin |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | MODERN MARRIAGE: He's the only president of the United States who had been divorced Ronald Reagan |
| #3497, aired 1999-11-16 | DIRECTORS: Appropriately, the 100th anniversary of this director's birth was on a Friday the 13th -- August 13, 1999 Alfred Hitchcock |
| #3496, aired 1999-11-15 | FAMOUS NAMES: On a Feb. 1995 shuttle mission, pilot Eileen Collins took along a scarf that had belonged to this woman Amelia Earhart |
| #3495, aired 1999-11-12 | HISTORIC QUOTES: One month prior to his hanging on December 2, 1859, he said that he had no design to "excite slaves to rebel" John Brown |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | U.S. LAKES: This lake is the remnant of former Lake Bonneville, which existed during the Pleistocene epoch The Great Salt Lake |
| #3493, aired 1999-11-10 | AFRICA: Towns in this country include Marshall & Tubmanburg Liberia |
| #3492, aired 1999-11-09 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: This Virginian, beloved in peace & war, is featured on the Great Seal of the Confederacy George Washington |
| #3491, aired 1999-11-08 | PEOPLE & PLACES: In 1999 only a few hundred Americans known as Zonians were left in this country Panama |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | MODERN TECHNOLOGY: Common name given Douglas Engelbart's device, an "X-Y position indicator for a display system" a mouse |
| #3489, aired 1999-11-04 | PUBLICATIONS: This humor publication, known for its website, put out its first book in 1999, a No. 1 bestseller The Onion |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | ADVERTISING: In Scandinavian countries these characters are known as Pif, Paf & Pof Snap, Crackle & Pop (from Rice Krispies) |
| #3487, aired 1999-11-02 | SCIENCE HISTORY: In 1672 Christiaan Huygens sketched its southern ice cap Mars |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: His "Fictional Memoir" about his last African safari was published in 1999, 38 years after his death Ernest Hemingway |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | 19th CENTURY FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: This title horror character was created by its author at 6 Royal Crescent in the resort of Whitby in Yorkshire Dracula (created by Bram Stoker) |
| #3484, aired 1999-10-28 | WORLD CAPITALS: This capital's name is from the Greek for "Three Towns" Tripoli, Libya |
| #3483, aired 1999-10-27 | HOCKEY TEAMS: This National Hockey League team regularly practices for fans at the world's largest mall Edmonton Oilers |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY: Anglicanism got its name from the Latin "Anglicana Ecclesia", a phrase in this 13th century document Magna Carta |
| #3481, aired 1999-10-25 | THE CABINET: The seal of this cabinet department has an anvil on it Department of Labor |
| #3480, aired 1999-10-22 | SISTER CITIES: San Francisco, California is a sister city to this one in Italy Assisi (named after St. Francis of Assisi) |
| #3479, aired 1999-10-21 | EXPLORERS: On hearing of the discovery of George Mallory's body, this man told reporters he still thinks he was first Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | 20th CENTURY NEWSMAKERS: Due to police irregularities, this man's Arizona conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1966 Ernesto Miranda |
| #3477, aired 1999-10-19 | HISTORIC FIRSTS: Stopped by a cop on a bike, in 1896 Walter Arnold was the first man in England to receive a fine for this Speeding |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | INDUSTRIALISTS: In 1916 he said, "The only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today" Henry Ford |
| #3475, aired 1999-10-15 | NATIONAL HEROES: This country's national heroes include Juan Pablo Duarte & Sammy Sosa Dominican Republic |
| #3474, aired 1999-10-14 | MAGAZINES: The title of this women's magazine that turned 60 in 1999 used to end with "of Hollywood" Glamour |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | THE OSCARS: 1 of only 2 actors who directed themselves to a Best Acting Oscar Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful) or Sir Laurence Olivier (Hamlet) |
| #3472, aired 1999-10-12 | MODERN SCIENCE: On January 12, 1998 19 European nations endorsed the first international ban of this practice on humans Cloning |
| #3471, aired 1999-10-11 | FAMOUS SCANDINAVIANS: The painter who said, "Illness, madness and death were the dark angels who watched over my cradle" Edvard Munch |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | THE FUNNIES: Debuting November 18, 1985, the caption in its first box was "So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap!" Calvin and Hobbes |
| #3469, aired 1999-10-07 | FAMOUS BALLETS: A magic feather helps save the life of Prince Ivan in this Stravinsky ballet based on Russian folklore The Firebird |
| #3468, aired 1999-10-06 | ON THE MONEY: Of the 7 men pictured on the front of currently printed U.S. currency, the 3 who never lived in the White House Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton & George Washington |
| #3467, aired 1999-10-05 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: In 1958 this country's army overthrew its govt. & set up a council with a Kurd, a Shiite & a Sunni Arab Iraq |
| #3466, aired 1999-10-04 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: John Cleveland defined it as "Nature's Confectioner" Bee |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | AUTHORS: In 1995 a library at the Glasgow Veterinary School was named in his honor James Herriot |
| #3464, aired 1999-09-30 | CURRENT POLITICIANS: First elected in 1994, he's become one of the most prominent conservatives in Congress Steve Largent |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | MAGAZINES: Conde Nast's Feb./Mar. 1999 issue of its magazine for these title people was a Guinness record 1,242 pages Brides (who are planning a June wedding) |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | FAMOUS NAMES: In April 1999 Paul Simon took center field for the dedication of a monument to this man Joe DiMaggio |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | FICTION: This 1937 mystery was written at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan "Death on the Nile" |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | OLYMPICS 2000: Name of the new Olympic event that will cover a total of 51.5 kilometers the triathlon |
| #3459, aired 1999-09-23 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: This politician died on June 3, 1861, 39 days after giving a speech in Springfield, Illinois supporting the Union Stephen Douglas |
| #3458, aired 1999-09-22 | BUSINESS LEADERS: This fast food magnate subtitled his 1991 autobiography "A New Approach to Old-Fashioned Success" Dave Thomas |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | TREES: This type of tree that includes the pecan is common in the eastern U.S., is noted for toughness & can live to 300 Hickory |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | POLITICIANS: He began his political career by defeating Jerry Voorhis in 1946 for a California house seat Richard M. Nixon |
| #3455, aired 1999-09-17 | SWAHILI PHRASES: Hillary Clinton would translate the Swahili "Mkono mmoja haulei mwana" to this 8-word phrase "It takes a village to raise a child" |
| #3454, aired 1999-09-16 | ROCK MUSIC: This term for a rock genre came into popular usage from a line in Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" Heavy metal |
| #3453, aired 1999-09-15 | FAMOUS NOVELS: Chapter XVI of this novel concerns "The Inn Which He Took for a Castle" "Don Quixote" |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | U.S. CITIES: Its former mayor William Hartsfield dubbed it the city "Too Busy to Hate" Atlanta (airport named for him) |
| #3451, aired 1999-09-13 | HISTORIC ARTIFACTS: In 1996 it came home to Scotland after 700 years Stone of Scone |
| #3450, aired 1999-09-10 | FUN WITH NUMBERS: Number of degrees the minute hand on a standard clock travels in one hour 360 |
| #3449, aired 1999-09-09 | HISTORIC DATES: It's reported that on this date King George III wrote in his diary, "Nothing of importance happened today" July 4, 1776 |
| #3448, aired 1999-09-08 | HOLIDAY QUOTES: In the end this Dickens character says, "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Ebenezer Scrooge |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | EMPIRES: In the early 1800s, this man's empire included the duchy of Warsaw, the kingdom of Naples & Spain Napoleon |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: On July 20, 1999 it was 30 years since this man said, "Houston... the Eagle has landed" Neil Armstrong |
