| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT: Her first name comes from an Italian musical term meaning to play "with sweetness" Condoleezza Rice |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | PEOPLE: He said, "I... really never considered myself a TV star. I always thought I was a neighbor who just came in for a visit" Fred Rogers (of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood) |
| #4363, aired 2003-07-16 | RECENT MOVIES: The opening credits of this 2003 action movie are depicted in Braille Daredevil |
| #4362, aired 2003-07-15 | THE CABINET: This department contains the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secret Service & the Coast Guard Department of Homeland Security |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | MAGAZINES: For its 1st swimsuit edition in 2003, it covered 100 years of the swimsuit & included a 1917 photo of topless island women National Geographic |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | FICTIONAL PLACES: Wilton, Connecticut, a quiet, affluent town near New York City, was the basis for this title town in a 1972 novel Stepford |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | ANIMALS: Odobenus, the genus name of this animal, comes from the Greek for "one who walks with his teeth" walrus |
| #4358, aired 2003-07-09 | COMPUTERS: In 2003 Dell made this computer part on its PCs an option; Apple had stopped including it on Macintoshes 5 years earlier floppy (or 3 1/2 inch) disk drive |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | POP MUSIC: Take 2 letters off a Beatles song title & you get this title of Paul McCartney's 2002 live CD of his American tour Back in the U.S. |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: He turned down an appointment as a U.S. senator in 1875 because it meant accepting a pardon for treason Jefferson Davis |
| #4355, aired 2003-07-04 | BUSINESS BIGGIES: In January 2003 this company based in Oak Brook, Illinois reported its first ever quarterly loss McDonald's |
| #4354, aired 2003-07-03 | OPERA: Title character of a 1787 opera who says he needs women "more than the food I eat,... than the very air I breathe" Don Juan (or Don Giovanni) |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | THE BODY HUMAN: At about 63%, there are more atoms of this element than any other in your body hydrogen |
| #4352, aired 2003-07-01 | THE MOVIES: (Alex Trebek delivers the Final clue.) Parts of this 1985 movie were filmed right here in Karen, a suburb of Nairobi Out of Africa |
| #4351, aired 2003-06-30 | 5-LETTER WORDS: Term for an opinion or edict issued by a mufti or 'ulama; a famous one was issued in 1989 fatwa |
| #4350, aired 2003-06-27 | SONG TITLES: The inspiration for this 1964 hit posed alone for the Brazil edition of Playboy in 1987 & with her daughter in 2003 "The Girl from Ipanema" |
| #4349, aired 2003-06-26 | WORD ORIGINS: This word that begins with the Greek word for "all" was coined by John Milton & means "tumultuous disorder" pandemonium |
| #4348, aired 2003-06-25 | TELEVISION: In Apple's I-Movie program, the effect seen here that's done with photos is named for this TV filmmaker Ken Burns |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: This observance began as a day to eat up all the stuff in your home you couldn't eat for the next 40 days Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | U.S. HISTORY: For evading taxes on profits earned, former CIA agent Thomas Clines was the only one sent to prison over this scandal Iran-Contra |
| #4345, aired 2003-06-20 | FORMER WORLD LEADERS: Filling out her application to run in 1986, this widowed mother of 5 listed her occupation as housewife Corazon Aquino (of the Philippines) |
| #4344, aired 2003-06-19 | FRUIT: From Greek for "finger", the Arabs claim it has as many culinary & pharmaceutical uses as days in a year the date |
| #4343, aired 2003-06-18 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS: Fanny Squeers called him Knuckleboy Nicholas Nickleby |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | DISNEY FILMS: Disney theme park attractions based on this 1960 film flew the flag seen here Swiss Family Robinson |
| #4341, aired 2003-06-16 | BUSINESS BIGGIES: Founded in 1898 when several cracker companies merged, in 2000 it passed from one tobacco company to another Nabisco (it went from R.J. Reynolds to Philip Morris) |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | FAMOUS NAMES: The first & middle names of this wealthy man who died in 1975 were those of people who died in 322 B.C. & 399 B.C. Aristotle (Socrates) Onassis |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | MUSEUMS: The detail seen here is from a painting in this museum the Prado |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | SCIENTIFIC THEORIES: Edward Lorenz' idea of linking this creature to changes in the weather became the basis of chaos theory the butterfly |
| #4337, aired 2003-06-10 | 2001 NEWS: On May 9, 2001 he signed a state law banning punch-card voting Jeb Bush (governor of Florida) |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR: The only man named Time's Man of the Year 2 straight years, he shared the distinction with Kissinger in 1972 Richard M. Nixon |
| #4335, aired 2003-06-06 | CANDY: Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colo., happily founded this candy co. in 1949 to make money during the winter Jolly Rancher |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | FIRST NAMES: This name of a character in a 1904 play was inspired by a real little girl's way of saying the word "friend" Wendy (from Peter Pan) |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | MAP READING: It's the latitude of the South Pole 90 degrees south |
| #4332, aired 2003-06-03 | MEDICAL PRODUCTS: On June 12, 2001 Johnson & Johnson relaunched this brand with a ceremony in a Missouri city St. Joseph aspirin |
| #4331, aired 2003-06-02 | ACTRESSES: She was fined 20,000 francs for "inciting racial hatred" by denouncing a religious practice of killing sheep Brigitte Bardot |
| #4330, aired 2003-05-30 | U.S. CITIES: It's the largest U.S. city in population that's named for an American individual Houston |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: The only 2 Democratic presidents defeated for reelection since the Civil War Grover Cleveland & Jimmy Carter |
| #4328, aired 2003-05-28 | PSYCHOLOGY: Partly from the Greek algos, "pain", it was first noted in 1688 in Swiss soldiers fighting far from home nostalgia |
| #4327, aired 2003-05-27 | CLASSIC LITERATURE: "A Bird's Eye View of Paris" & "The Bells" are chapters in this 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | INSPIRATIONS FOR MUSICALS: In 2002 this novel by C.Y. Lee, first published in 1957, was re-released with a new introduction by David Henry Hwang Flower Drum Song |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | FILM ROLES: Dick Powell, Robert Mitchum & Elliott Gould have all played this character on film Philip Marlowe |
| #4324, aired 2003-05-22 | ECONOMIC HISTORY: Before the first income tax was levied, the U.S. government got 90% of its revenue in the form of these tariffs |
| #4323, aired 2003-05-21 | WORLD CITIES: The food item that some named for Vienna, others named for this city 400 miles away Frankfurt |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | MEN OF MEDICINE: In 1891 he helped found & became the first chairman of the British Institute of Preventive Medicine Joseph Lister ("Father of Antiseptic Surgery") |
| #4321, aired 2003-05-19 | AWARDS: The organization that sponsored the Stage Door Canteens during WWII is now known for these annual awards Tony Awards |
| #4320, aired 2003-05-16 | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS: On the list of the signers, 2 of the 3 last names that appear twice (2 of) Adams, Lee & Morris |
| #4319, aired 2003-05-15 | GOVERNORS: In 1967 she became the first woman governor of a state east of the Mississippi River Lurleen B. Wallace (of Alabama) |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Heads of state Jiang Zemin & Jorge Sampaio were on hand when this territory changed hands in Dec. 1999 Macau |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | WORLD CITIES: According to U.N. data, it's the world's most populous city named for a person São Paulo, Brazil |
| #4316, aired 2003-05-12 | MOVIE INDUSTRY HISTORY: The company that produced most of Marion Davies' films was named for this magazine; the same person owned both Cosmopolitan |
| #4315, aired 2003-05-09 | ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY: Emperor Constantine commissioned several of these buildings, named from the Greek for "royal house" basilicas |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | NATIONAL STATUARY HALL: Both partly of Cherokee descent, they're the 2 men whose statues represent Oklahoma in the U.S. Capitol Will Rogers & Sequoyah |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | FAMOUS ESTATES: After the U.S. government declined to buy this estate & tomb, a ladies association bought it for $200,000 in 1858 Mount Vernon |
| #4312, aired 2003-05-06 | LEGAL HISTORY: After killing his wife's lover in Washington, D.C. in 1859, Rep. Daniel Sickles was the 1st to claim this, a 2-word term temporary insanity |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HISTORIC OCCASIONS: On December 1, 1990 Philippe Cozette & Graham Fagg had a historic handshake here the Chunnel (train tunnel under the English Channel between England & France) |
| #4310, aired 2003-05-02 | CELEBRITY AUCTIONS: A 1999 sale of her effects included a baseball signed by one husband & a conversion certificate signed by her last Marilyn Monroe |
| #4309, aired 2003-05-01 | GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: In 2000 Emma Peel's leather pants & Maxwell Smart's shoe phone were on display at this agency that's not open to the public the CIA |
| #4308, aired 2003-04-30 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: This phrase meaning "discuss the most important matter" dates back to 1920s movie editing cut to the chase |
| #4307, aired 2003-04-29 | FILMS OF THE '60s: In the top films of 2 consecutive years in the 1960s, she played a nanny & a governess Julie Andrews |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | TRANSPORTATION: On December 11, 1967 it was removed from the British registry & turned over to the city of Long Beach, California the Queen Mary |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | OCCUPATIONS: Called the first U.S. stewardess, Ellen Church later went back to this old job, something the 1st stews had to be nurse |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | POLITICAL JARGON: This 2-word term was first used to describe advisors who spoke to the press after a 1984 Reagan-Mondale debate spin doctors |
| #4303, aired 2003-04-23 | CHARACTERS: Person missing from: Rossweisse, Ortlinde, Siegrune, Grimgerde, Helmwige, Gerhilde, Waltraute & Schwertleite Brunhilde (one of the Valkyries) |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | MUSICALS: The 2 longest-running musicals in Broadway history; Cameron Mackintosh produced both of them Cats & Les Miserables |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS: French physicist Leon Foucault gave it its name, which is from the Greek for "to view the rotation" gyroscope |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | ORGANIZATIONS: "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings" was a goal of this group at its 19th century founding Sierra Club |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | CELEBRITY RELATIVES: Over the end credits of "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" she sings "There's No Business Like Show Business" Rosemary Clooney |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | THE SECRET SERVICE: This 20th century U.S. president was the first to receive full-time protection from the Secret Service Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | WORLD LEADERS: On June 18, 1940, the day of Churchill's "finest hour" speech, this leader made his first broadcast from London Charles de Gaulle |
| #4296, aired 2003-04-14 | MOUNTAINS: All of the mountains in the U.S. over 14,500 feet are in this state Alaska |
| #4295, aired 2003-04-11 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES: 2 of the 3 4-letter countries of Africa (2 of) Chad, Mali, & Togo |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | HISPANIC AMERICANS: He won the USA's only boxing gold medal at the 1992 Olympics Oscar De La Hoya |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | 20th CENTURY WORDS: Walter Cronkite said it was first used in 1952 for "Not exactly a reporter, not exactly a commentator" anchorman |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | OSCAR-WINNING FILMS: This 1995 double Oscar winner takes its title from a line used by Claude Rains in 1942's "Casablanca" The Usual Suspects |
| #4291, aired 2003-04-07 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: Author of the 1889 novel that opens, "Camelot, Camelot... I don't seem to remember hearing of it before" Mark Twain |
| #4290, aired 2003-04-04 | FOOD SCIENCE: In 2002 Japanese scientists discovered it contains the enzyme Lachrymatory-Factor Synthase onions |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the first U.S. president not of British descent Martin Van Buren |
| #4288, aired 2003-04-02 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: One of the only 2 Canadian provinces that do not border a saltwater ocean or bay Alberta or Saskatchewan |
| #4287, aired 2003-04-01 | WORDS: It's the common English word that is pronounced differently when it becomes the name of a language polish/Polish |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CUSTOMS: When a pharaoh died, his heart was carved out & replaced with a stone rendering of this tiny creature a scarab beetle |
| #4285, aired 2003-03-28 | IN THE NEWS: In 1951 Elizabeth II attended one of these in Canada; she attended her next one, also in Canada, on October 6, 2002 hockey game |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | BESTSELLING AUTHORS: The main library at the University of Northern Colorado is named for this alumnus who wrote an epic of Colorado in 1974 James Michener (the novel was "Centennial") |
| #4283, aired 2003-03-26 | 2002 POP STARS: In September 2002 she set a Billboard record with her first-ever single, jumping from its debut at No. 52 to No. 1 Kelly Clarkson |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS: He's the only U.S. president whose first, middle & last names each have the same number of letters Ronald Wilson Reagan |
| #4281, aired 2003-03-24 | THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: Of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, this one was the smallest Statue of Zeus at Olympia |
| #4280, aired 2003-03-21 | GAMING: In 1996 IGT introduced the first themed slot machine based on a TV show, this one Wheel of Fortune |
| #4279, aired 2003-03-20 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS: Starting in 1966, this state was represented by the same 2 senators for over 35 years, a record South Carolina |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | ALL GOD'S CREATURES: Edison proposed a flying machine based on the flight of this creature, also the subject of a musical work bumblebee |
| #4277, aired 2003-03-18 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: In the 20th c., one of the 2 men who've lost as both presidential & vice presidential nominee of a major party Bob Dole or Walter Mondale |
| #4276, aired 2003-03-17 | SCIENCE: As it has no mass, this particle travels at about 186,000 miles per second photon |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | THE MOVIES: The DVD of this 1961 film includes "picture-in-picture commentary on how to make the trick shots" The Hustler |
| #4274, aired 2003-03-13 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY: On Sept. 8, 1565 the first Catholic parish in what is now the U.S. was founded at this settlement St. Augustine (in Florida) |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | TELEVISION: Milli Vanilli was the first subject of this series, which came from questions like whatever happened to Milli Vanilli Behind the Music |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | ACTRESSES IN HISTORY: She was born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton on the island of Jersey in 1853 Lillie Langtry |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | U.S. COINS: These 2 states both have airplanes from the 20th century's first decade on their quarters North Carolina & Ohio (as a tribute to the Wright Brothers) |
| #4270, aired 2003-03-07 | SUMMER OLYMPIC VENUES: The only time the host country failed to win a gold medal was at the Olympics held in this Western Hemisphere city Montreal (1976) |
| #4269, aired 2003-03-06 | AGRICULTURE: The Norse were impressed by these in North America, but they weren't grown profitably in North America until around 1850 grapes |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | CLASSIC SONGS: Originally called "Prima Donna", it was renamed for a Renaissance painting & won an Oscar "Mona Lisa" |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | MILITARY AVIATION: In 1911 this nation was the 1st to use powered aircraft for military purposes when it spied on Turkish activities in Libya Italy |
| #4266, aired 2003-03-03 | THE NEW WORLD: All that is known about her life is limited to 9 days in August 1587 Virginia Dare (the first child born in America of English parents) |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | THE USA: In area, they're the largest & smallest states that joined the Union in the 19th century Texas & West Virginia |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | ADVERTISING ICONS: Of Advertising Age's Top 10 Advertising Icons of the 20th Century, one of the 3 that are animals Elsie the Cow, the Energizer Bunny or Tony the Tiger |
| #4263, aired 2003-02-26 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Of the Central American countries, it has the highest percentage of people of African descent Belize |
| #4262, aired 2003-02-25 | AMERICAN NOVELS: Chapter III of this 1826 novel is prefaced by a quote from the poem "An Indian at the Burial-Place of His Fathers" The Last of the Mohicans |
| #4261, aired 2003-02-24 | THE 1960s: On September 26, 1960 these 2 men squared off in the studios of WBBM in Chicago John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | AMERICAN NOVELS: The narrator of this 1951 novel first appeared in the short stories "I'm Crazy" & "Slight Rebellion off Madison" "Catcher in the Rye" (the narrator being Holden Caulfield) |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | TOP ATHLETES: On ESPN's list of the 50 top athletes of the 20th century, this woman is the highest-ranked female Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | COMPANY NAMES: This company was named for the sound made by its top product -- a slingshot hitting its target Wham-O |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | NUMERICAL PHRASES: Number & type of musical instruments hanging from a Mason City, Iowa ceiling, a tribute to a native son 76 trombones |
| #4256, aired 2003-02-17 | FILMS OF THE '70s: This '71 film opens on the words "To the police officers of San Francisco who gave their lives in the line of duty" Dirty Harry |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: James Fenimore Cooper based the character of Natty Bumppo on this man who was born in 1734 Daniel Boone |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | FIRST NAMES: Once considered too sacred to use, it was later the top girl's name from 1880 to the 1940s Mary |
| #4253, aired 2003-02-12 | NEW ENGLAND: It's the only state in New England that doesn't border the Atlantic Ocean Vermont |
| #4252, aired 2003-02-11 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: In works written about 300 years apart, Nick Bottom & Pinocchio find themselves transformed into these donkeys |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The world's highest city of over 1 million people sits at about 12,000 feet in these mountains the Andes |
| #4250, aired 2003-02-07 | THE HISTORY OF CLIFFS NOTES: In 1985 Cliffs Notes' "The Scarlet Letter" retook the top-selling spot; this book had briefly replaced it "1984" |
| #4249, aired 2003-02-06 | HISTORIC AMERICAN PLACES: Over 260,000 people have been buried here, starting in 1864 Arlington National Cemetery |
| #4248, aired 2003-02-05 | NATURE: The propagation of oak trees depends on the lousy memories of these animals squirrels |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: By size, it's the largest country that borders only one other country Canada (borders only the United States) |
| #4246, aired 2003-02-03 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: Elizabeth Shoumatoff was sketching his portrait when he fell unconscious April 12, 1945; he died 2 hours later Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | AUTHORS: In September 2002 he offered $10,000 to help capture the person who burned down Iowa's Cedar Bridge Robert James Waller (author of "The Bridges of Madison County") |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: A Nagasaki geisha who had a child with a man named Glover was the model for this title character Madame Butterfly |
| #4243, aired 2003-01-29 | TRANSPORTATION: In 1936 the man who beat Joe Louis returned home on the famous craft named this the Hindenburg |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | AMERICANA: In June 1885 it made a historic transatlantic voyage in 214 crates on the frigate Isere Statue of Liberty |
| #4241, aired 2003-01-27 | THE TOWER OF LONDON: Only prisoners of high rank were executed here on Tower Green, & this woman was the first queen beheaded here Anne Boleyn |
| #4240, aired 2003-01-24 | BRAND NAMES: Robert Chesebrough named this brand for the German word for water & the Greek word for olive oil Vaseline |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 2002 Christie's auctioned off his own account of his 48-day journey & his coconut cup with the date April 1789 on it Captain William Bligh (after he got bounced off the Bounty) |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | THE GLOBE: Of the more than a dozen countries through which the equator passes, this country stretches farthest south Brazil |
| #4237, aired 2003-01-21 | POPULAR SYMBOLS: Starting in the 1860s, this cartoonist gave us the modern image of Santa Claus Thomas Nast |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | PATRON SAINTS: It's believed that this patron saint founded many monasteries, including one at Mynyw Saint David |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: In 1999 this Broadway musical was advertised with the line: "Before the Century Ends, See How It All Began" Ragtime |
| #4234, aired 2003-01-16 | ELEGANT WORDS: It may come from a ship travel acronym for port windows on the outward journey & starboard coming home posh (portside out, starboard home) |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | 18th CENTURY NAMES: He's the Frenchman seen here in a detail from a portrait by Jacques-Louis David Antoine Lavoisier |
| #4232, aired 2003-01-14 | LOGOS & TRADEMARKS: This brand's famous logo originally represented Vulcan about to strike his anvil Arm & Hammer |
| #4231, aired 2003-01-13 | NUTRITION: By virtue of the great quantity eaten, this vegetable is the leading source of vitamin C in the American diet potato |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | NONFICTION BOOKS: "The Road to Middle-Earth" is a book about this writer J.R.R. Tolkien |
| #4229, aired 2003-01-09 | WORLD CAPITALS: 1 of the 3 national capitals in the Western Hemisphere that have "City" in their English names (1 of 3) Guatemala City, Mexico City or Panama City |
| #4228, aired 2003-01-08 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the first president to use a middle name John Quincy Adams |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | ANIMALS: What the Germans call a Bambusbar, we generally call this a panda bear |
| #4226, aired 2003-01-06 | STATE CAPITALS: One of the 2 state capitals whose names end with the letter "U" Juneau, Alaska or Honolulu, Hawaii |
| #4225, aired 2003-01-03 | CLASSIC LITERATURE: In this 3-part work, the main character encounters Nimrod, Ulysses, Muhammad & Thomas Aquinas "The Divine Comedy" |
| #4224, aired 2003-01-02 | ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS: She won many Oscars, including those for 1949's "The Heiress", 1951's "A Place in the Sun" & 1973's "The Sting" Edith Head |
| #4223, aired 2003-01-01 | U.S. STATES: It only has 3 communities with a population over 15,000 & is the least populous state east of the Mississippi Vermont |
| #4222, aired 2002-12-31 | SOUTH AMERICA: Alphabetically, they're the first & last of the 7 countries where the Andes are found Argentina & Venezuela |
| #4221, aired 2002-12-30 | BUSINESS GIANTS: Highly diversified, it's the only co. in the Dow Jones Industrial Average that was included in the original index of 1896 General Electric |
| #4220, aired 2002-12-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY: This 5-letter word can refer to one type of work by a composer, or to several works of different types opera |
| #4219, aired 2002-12-26 | TOYS & GAMES: It was inspired by support for economist Henry George's idea that only land should be taxed Monopoly |
| #4218, aired 2002-12-25 | ISLAND COUNTRIES: In 2002 State Dept. spokesman Richard Boucher called it "The first new nation of the new millennium" East Timor |
| #4217, aired 2002-12-24 | U.S. STATES: This state is 2nd in blueberry production, 3rd in cranberries, 4th in peaches but 1st in chemical production New Jersey |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | OSCAR WINNERS: She's the first woman to win 2 Best Actress Oscars before the age of 30 Luise Rainer |
| #4215, aired 2002-12-20 | GREEK GODS: Isthmia in Corinth was the site of the sanctuary of this Greek god Poseidon |
| #4214, aired 2002-12-19 | TV & MUSIC: Scooby-Doo's name was inspired by a line in this 1966 song standard "Strangers in the Night" |
| #4213, aired 2002-12-18 | 20th CENTURY U.S. PRESIDENTS: This president shares his middle name with the name of a 1st c. Jewish theologian mentioned in the New Testament Warren Gamaliel Harding |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | SCIENCE: It takes approximately 24,840 mph to achieve this escaping the Earth's gravity (& go off into outer space, on your way to the Moon, for instance) |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES: As its packaging reflects, this company began marketing its products from an Iowa cattle farm in 1985 Gateway |
| #4210, aired 2002-12-13 | U.S. HISTORY: In 1992 Nathan E. Cook, the last veteran of this war, died the Spanish-American War |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTORS: He's the last person to win the Best Director Oscar for a film in which he also starred Mel Gibson (for Braveheart) |
| #4208, aired 2002-12-11 | NATIONAL FLAGS: Over its 200-plus years, this country has had 28 different flags, a record for any country United States of America |
| #4207, aired 2002-12-10 | THE SPACE PROGRAM: In 1979 NASA officials received a fine for littering from a small town in this country Australia |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | WORDS: This common expression of distress comes from an English representation of the French for "help me" Mayday |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | 20th CENTURY CLASSICAL MUSIC: This work written in 1931 consists of 5 movements including "On the Trail" & "Painted Desert" "Grand Canyon Suite" (by Ferde Grofe) |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | PSYCHOLOGICAL TERMS: From the Greek for "womb", this disorder was once thought to be peculiar to women hysteria |
| #4203, aired 2002-12-04 | THE WHITE HOUSE: In February 2000 the White House Press Briefing Room was named in this man's honor James Brady |
| #4202, aired 2002-12-03 | WASHINGTON, D.C.: The National Mall is bounded by these 2 avenues whose names recall historic documents Constitution & Independence Avenues |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | 2002 NEWS: These 2 men, both christened Paul, made news when they visited Africa together in May 2002 Bono & Paul O'Neill |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | AFRICA: 1 of the 2 current African nations that were independent at the start of the 20th century Liberia or Ethiopia |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CALENDAR: Rendered numerically, it was the last complete date where every digit was an odd number 11-19-1999 |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 1 of the 3 U.S. Presidents to run on a third-party ticket after having already served as president (1 of) Teddy Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren & Millard Fillmore |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | POLITICIANS: Name of the man who would serve as chief executive if President Bush & Vice President Cheney were incapacitated Dennis Hastert (Speaker of the House) |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | POTENT POTABLES: This brand won a top prize at the 1893 Chicago Expo & has carried the award in its name ever since Pabst Blue Ribbon beer |
| #4195, aired 2002-11-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: 1 of the 2 planets of the solar system not represented in Gustav Holst's 1916 work "The Planets" Earth or Pluto |
| #4194, aired 2002-11-21 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: One of the original titles of this 1925 novel was "Among Ash Heaps and Millionaires" The Great Gatsby |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | AMERICANA: Baptist minister Francis Bellamy penned this oath in 1892 to reflect his Christian Socialist beliefs the Pledge of Allegiance |
| #4192, aired 2002-11-19 | IN THE NEWS: So far some of its major components are Zarya, Unity, Zvezda & Canadarm2 International Space Station (ISS) |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | THE PRESIDENCY: He was the first man to become U.S. president as a result of the 25th Amendment Gerald Ford |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | BIOGRAPHIES: A 2001 biography of this man is subtitled "Pioneer of the Mind" Sigmund Freud |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | LITERARY INSPIRATIONS: In 2002, at age 104, Gregorio Fuentes, an inspiration for this tale, died in the Cuban fishing village of Cojimar The Old Man and the Sea |
| #4188, aired 2002-11-13 | COMPUTER HISTORY: IBM engineer Dave Bradley is called the father of this multi-key combination Control-Alt-Delete |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY: 5 of the women condemned in Salem in 1692 were finally exonerated by a bill signed on this day in 2001 Halloween (October 31) |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | THEORIES OF SCIENCE: Physicist John Wheeler compared possible passages through space & time to the work of this creature a worm |
| #4185, aired 2002-11-08 | STATE CAPITALS: In the continental United States, this city is the southernmost state capital Austin, Texas (Tallahassee is a very close second, Baton Rouge, third) |
| #4184, aired 2002-11-07 | HISTORIC BOOKS: Published in 1611, the Pilgrims in 1620 refused to bring it to America; they brought the Geneva version King James Bible |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | AUTHORS: In September 1941 this author christened the warship Atlanta, also known as "The Mighty A" Margaret Mitchell |
| #4182, aired 2002-11-05 | FAMOUS PHRASES: Phrase associated with very dissimilar events of April 19, 1775 & October 3, 1951 the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: It is an official language of about 30 countries, second only to English French |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | BUSINESS GEOGRAPHY: The U.S. company that now has the greatest revenues is headquartered in this state that's near the bottom in household income Arkansas (Wal-Mart) |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | HISTORIC CONGRESSMEN: Armed Services Committee head Carl Vinson was the first living American for whom the government named 1 of these ship/aircraft carrier |
| #4178, aired 2002-10-30 | CABLE TELEVISION: 2002's "A Season on the Brink" was this cable network's first original movie ESPN/ESPN2 |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | NOTABLE NAMES: His last direct descendant was a granddaughter, Elizabeth Hall, born to John & Susanna Hall in 1608 William Shakespeare |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | DOUBLE MEANINGS: Used one way, this word is one of the official titles of the Pope; used another, it's an order of mammals primate |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | NATURAL WONDERS: Given its current name by John Wesley Powell, it was called Kaibab, or "mountain lying down", by the Paiutes the Grand Canyon |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | HISTORIC PHRASES: Sidney Sherman, who died in Texas in 1873, is credited with coining this 3-word phrase "Remember the Alamo" |
| #4173, aired 2002-10-23 | AMERICANA: It's made yearly by Tiffany out of 7 pounds of silver; since 2001 one in Baltimore has been touched by some 250,000 fans The Vince Lombardi Trophy (emblematic of winning the Super Bowl) |
| #4172, aired 2002-10-22 | WOMEN AUTHORS: A line in her first novel reads, "I am to replace my mother, whose seat at the mah jong table has been empty" Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club) |
| #4171, aired 2002-10-21 | PEOPLE: A British airport recently named for him features a logo with the words "Above Us Only Sky" John Lennon |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: It's the westernmost state to border any of the Great Lakes Minnesota |
| #4169, aired 2002-10-17 | MODERN-DAY KNIGHTS: At the Knights of the Garter's Chapel, the heraldic crest representing this man depicts a kiwi with an axe Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1920 this man, great-grandson of Sauk leader Black Hawk, became the first president of what is now the NFL Jim Thorpe |
| #4167, aired 2002-10-15 | FIELDS OF SCIENCE: Ludwig Prandtl, an expert in wind tunnel & wing design, is called "The Father of" this aviation-related field aerodynamics |
| #4166, aired 2002-10-14 | COMPOSERS: His Rococo-style summer house in Prague is nicknamed "America" Antonin Dvorak |
| #4165, aired 2002-10-11 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1785 he wrote that "After fifty years' service in public affairs", he wanted to "make plenty of experiments" Benjamin Franklin |
| #4164, aired 2002-10-10 | ADVERTISING: In 2002 H&R Block used a version of this 1966 song in its TV commercials "Taxman" |
| #4163, aired 2002-10-09 | THE CENSUS: The 1930 U.S. Census was the first to ask if residents owned one of these & 12 million were counted a radio |
| #4162, aired 2002-10-08 | 1896: This venture was financed by the sale of souvenir stamps & medals & a large donation from businessman Georgios Averoff the Olympic Games (first of the modern era) |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | MOVIE MUSIC: The end credits for this 1998 film with Woody Allen feature the song "High Hopes" Antz |
| #4160, aired 2002-10-04 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: A Civil War general, he was the last man to go directly from the House of Representatives to the presidency James A. Garfield |
| #4159, aired 2002-10-03 | CATCHPHRASES: Maiden name of author Edith Wharton, whose social-climbing family may have inspired a catchphrase Jones |
| #4158, aired 2002-10-02 | BROADWAY STARS: This Tony-winning actor with the real name Joseph took part of his stage name from a role in "Guys and Dolls" Nathan Lane |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | COMIC STRIPS: He's Willi Wakker in Germany, Angelo Capello in Italy & Andre Chapeau in France Andy Capp |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | WORLD FLAGS: This Mediterranean country is the world's only nation whose flag bears a geographic outline of itself Cyprus |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | THE EAST COAST: It's the only U.S. island allowed to use a possessive apostrophe by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Martha's Vineyard |
| #4154, aired 2002-09-26 | WORLD LEADERS: In April 1952 he wrote in a poem, "Cherry blossoms are blooming full today, now is the nation's springtime" Emperor Hirohito |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | MOVIE MOUNTAINS: This peak is featured in the 1959 Disney film "Third Man on the Mountain", where it's called "The Citadel" the Matterhorn |
| #4152, aired 2002-09-24 | WORLD NATIONS: Of the world nations whose English names contain "land", this nation has the most people, 60 million Thailand |
| #4151, aired 2002-09-23 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES: A New Deal Democrat in his youth, this president stated, "Government is not the solution to our problem" Ronald Reagan |
| #4150, aired 2002-09-20 | HISTORIC OBJECTS: It's the historic object seen here [marked "1620"] Plymouth Rock |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | EXPLORERS: Sailing on behalf of Spain in 1519, this Portuguese explorer's trip proved the Americas were a new world Ferdinand Magellan |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS: The oldest of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, they're also the only ones still standing today the Pyramids |
| #4147, aired 2002-09-17 | STATE FACTS: In August 1959 a coin toss helped Hiram L. Fong become this state's senior senator Hawaii |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | ON THE CALENDAR: In 1974, to save energy, it began in January instead of April & ended on October 27 daylight saving time |
| #4145, aired 2002-09-13 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: The first winning presidential ticket of 2 sitting U.S. senators was the ticket of these 2 men John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B. Johnson |
| #4144, aired 2002-09-12 | U.S. HISTORY: Dating back to the revolution, it's the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States West Point |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | BASEBALL: It's the only team to win World Series titles in 3 different cities for which it played the Braves (Boston, Milwaukee & Atlanta) |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | BY THE NUMBERS: In the 1800s Carl Wunderlich got this number by averaging over a million readings from armpits of 25,000 patients 98.6 degrees |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | POETS: She has over 30 honorary degrees, wrote a poem for Clinton's first inauguration & now has a line of Hallmark Cards Maya Angelou |
| #4140, aired 2002-09-06 | SPORTS STARS: He's the only athlete in history to play in both the Super Bowl & the World Series Deion Sanders |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | TECHNOLOGY: After a demonstration of this, the April 8, 1927 New York Times said, "Commercial use in doubt" television |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS: Moving several times, the first was originally P.T. Barnum's Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome Madison Square Garden |
| #4137, aired 2002-09-03 | SEPTEMBER 1984: History-making woman whose Sept. 1984 itinerary included speeches in Dallas, Spokane, Syracuse & Youngstown Geraldine Ferraro |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | STATUES: On May 8, 2002 the city of Minneapolis placed a statue of this fictional character at the corner of 7th St. & Nicollet Mall Mary Richards |
