| #6205, aired 2011-07-29 | LOS ANGELES LANDMARKS: A James Dean memorial can be found adjacent to this structure, located at one of the high spots in Los Angeles the Griffith Observatory |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | WORLD HISTORY: Surus was the last known one of these to survive a mountain crossing in the 3rd century B.C. an elephant |
| #6203, aired 2011-07-27 | ROYALTY: On the run following the siege of Oxford, he surrendered May 5, 1646 near Newark on Trent Charles I |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | THE NEW TESTAMENT: This miracle that happens in all 4 gospels, including Mark 6 & Luke 9, has elements that symbolically represent Jesus the miracle of the loaves & fishes |
| #6201, aired 2011-07-25 | BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS: The 2003 bestseller "The Meaning of Everything" is subtitled "The Story of" this reference classic the Oxford English Dictionary |
| #6200, aired 2011-07-22 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1909 he sent the message "Stars and Stripes nailed to the pole" Robert Peary |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | 20th CENTURY LEADERS: Time magazine first mentioned him in 1939, when his father sent him on a diplomatic errand from London to Glasgow John F. Kennedy |
| #6198, aired 2011-07-20 | SPORTS MOVIES: Their team colors were yellow & white & they were originally sponsored by Chico's Bail Bonds The Bad News Bears |
| #6197, aired 2011-07-19 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: This novel's first epilogue says, "The activity of Alexander or of Napoleon cannot be called useful or harmful" War and Peace |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the 4 largest Asian countries in area, it's the only one that borders the other 3 China |
| #6195, aired 2011-07-15 | TRADEMARKS: In 1987 a maker of fiberglass insulation became the first company to trademark a color--this color pink |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES: Opened in 1971, his presidential library is the farthest south Lyndon Johnson |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | NAME THE POET: "The spirit who bideth by himself / In the land of mist and snow / He loved the bird that loved the man / Who shot him with his bow" Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | COMIC BOOK HISTORY: On the cover of the 1941 first issue of this comic book, the title hero punches Hitler in the jaw Captain America |
| #6191, aired 2011-07-11 | 18th CENTURY QUOTATIONS: 2 yrs. before his 1794 execution, he said, "I am no courtier, nor moderator... nor defender of the people: I am myself the people" Maximilien Robespierre |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | THE OLYMPICS: If he had been his own country, at the 2008 Summer Olympics he would have tied for ninth in gold medals Michael Phelps |
| #6189, aired 2011-07-07 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: On September 2, 1945 New Zealand Air Marshal Leonard Isitt put the final signature on the document that ended this World War II |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | U.S. STATE NAMES: Of the 4 states that begin & end with the same vowel, the one that doesn't begin & end with the same letter as the other 3 states Ohio |
| #6187, aired 2011-07-05 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: An education center at his historic home includes galleries called "First in War" & "A Leader's Smile" George Washington |
| #6186, aired 2011-07-04 | ADVERTISING ICONS: Introduced in 1963, this internationally known character wears a size 29EEE shoe Ronald McDonald |
| #6185, aired 2011-07-01 | BRITISH AUTHORS: She described her work as "human nature in the Midland Counties" & involving "three or four families in a country village" Jane Austen |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | COINS OF THE WORLD: 50 Cent pieces issued in 2003 by this country depict Frodo, Gandalf, Gollum, Sauron & Aragorn New Zealand |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | POETIC SUBJECTS: It was saved from destruction by a poem submitted to the Boston Daily Advertiser in September 1830 the Constitution ("Old Ironsides") |
| #6182, aired 2011-06-28 | FAMOUS NAMES: The last time the University of Michigan retired a football number was in 1994, in honor of this center who graduated in 1935 Gerald Ford |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | GAMES: In 2007 Robstown, near Corpus Christi, was recognized as the birthplace of this game, now played online too Texas hold 'em |
| #6180, aired 2011-06-24 | WORLD CAPITALS: Built about 50 years ago, it's the only world capital to start with the letter "I" Islamabad |
| #6179, aired 2011-06-23 | LITERARY SEQUELS: The mirror motif in this 1871 sequel includes 2 characters who are enantiomorphs, or mirror-image twins Through the Looking-Glass |
| #6178, aired 2011-06-22 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: His "remarks about the Confederacy... made Atlanta look at him first in bewilderment, then coolly and then with hot rage" Rhett Butler |
| #6177, aired 2011-06-21 | DOGS: This alliterative dog breed bears the former name of an African country Rhodesian Ridgeback |
| #6176, aired 2011-06-20 | MOVIE CHARACTER NAMES: This last name of the speech therapist in the 2010 Oscar winner for Best Picture is also a suffix meaning "speech" Logue |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | MEDICAL HISTORY: In December 1967 Louis Washkansky, a patient in this country claimed, "I am a new Frankenstein" South Africa |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: Penned by a British author, it became a No. 1 bestseller in the U.S. in 1959, 31 years after it was initially banned Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | CRUSADING WOMEN: A judge's directed verdict of guilty for her action in Rochester in 1872 was written before her trial began Susan B. Anthony |
| #6172, aired 2011-06-14 | FLAGS OF THE WORLD: "L'Unifolié" is one of the names popularly given to the new flag unveiled in 1965 by this country Canada |
| #6171, aired 2011-06-13 | SHOW BUSINESS FAMILIES: The car company that sponsored the radio show for which his father worked inspired the middle name of this filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola |
| #6170, aired 2011-06-10 | FRANCE: With about 340,000 people today, it's the most populous French city that came under Italian occupation in World War II Nice |
| #6169, aired 2011-06-09 | THE PRESIDENCY: From 1792 to 1886 this person, not the Speaker of the House, followed the vice president in the line of succession the President pro tem (of the Senate) |
| #6168, aired 2011-06-08 | THE MOVIES: Lt. Col. A.P. Clark played a key role in the elaborate breakout from Stalag Luft III that inspired this 1963 movie The Great Escape |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | BESTSELLERS: In the beginning this 2005 novel was simply titled "Forks" Twilight |
| #6166, aired 2011-06-06 | COLORFUL TITLES: At its premiere in NYC in 1924 this composition was part of a concert billed as "an experiment in modern music" Rhapsody in Blue |
| #6165, aired 2011-06-03 | WORLD HISTORY: Traditionally said to be founded in 421, this city was later built up on islands in a lagoon by refugees from invading Lombards Venice |
| #6164, aired 2011-06-02 | THE TONY AWARDS: There has never been a Tony Award winner for Best Musical set on either of these 2 continents Antarctica & Australia |
| #6163, aired 2011-06-01 | THE RAILROADS: The railroad founded in 1859 by a Kansas state charter reached this state capital on February 16, 1880 Santa Fe |
| #6162, aired 2011-05-31 | ANCIENT WRITINGS: In 170 A.D. Melito of Sardis compiled a list of religious works to be included in this, a 2-word term he coined the Old Testament |
| #6161, aired 2011-05-30 | SCIENCE TERMS: This term for the lowest level of the ocean that the Sun's rays can reach shares its name with a classic 1960s TV show the twilight zone |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | U.S. CITIES: Alphabetically first among the 150 most populous U.S. cities, it has become the "polymer capital of the world" Akron |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC: Lyrics to an 1868 tune by this man began, "Guten Abend, Gut Nacht, Mit Rosen Bedacht" Johannes Brahms |
| #6158, aired 2011-05-25 | FEMALE SINGERS: She's tied with Mariah Carey for most No. 1 hits by a female with 18: 12 as a member of a group & 6 as a solo act Diana Ross |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | THE 16th CENTURY: Held in 1579, the first Christian service in California was performed by the chaplain traveling with this English captain Sir Francis Drake |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | MEDICINE: In 1964 a dean at Tufts' medical school wrote a modern version of this, used at many medical school graduations the Hippocratic Oath |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | CANALS: When Sweden's Gota Canal was completed in the 1820s, these 2 seas became directly linked the Baltic Sea & the North Sea |
| #6154, aired 2011-05-19 | LONG-RUNNING FILMS: Playing in theaters since 1975, this film has had the longest continuous theatrical run in movie history The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #6153, aired 2011-05-18 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: The longest period in American history with no changes to the Constitution was from 1804 to this year 1865 |
| #6152, aired 2011-05-17 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: The first words he ever spoke to his assistant were "How are you?... You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive" Sherlock Holmes |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | COLLEGE: From the Latin for "free", this 2-word term for a type of college refers to the old belief of what a free man should be taught liberal arts |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | MONARCHS: In March 2011 he gave his first televised speech in 22 years on the throne, saying he hoped things would get better Emperor Akihito of Japan |
| #6149, aired 2011-05-12 | AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: They're the only father & son to receive the AFI's Life Achievement Award--dad in 1991, son in 2009 Kirk Douglas & Michael Douglas |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: "A Girl from a Different World" & "Train to the Urals" are chapters in this 1957 work Doctor Zhivago |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL COLLECTION: In 2009 Alabama replaced a statue in the collection with one of her at age 7, the first child honored Helen Keller |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | THE TITANIC: When the RMS Titanic sank in 1912, its cargo included more than 7 million pieces of this, in some 3,400 sacks mail |
| #6145, aired 2011-05-06 | U.S. LANDMARKS: It contains over 5,000 tons of steel, rises 630 feet in the air & is in the shape of an inverted catenary curve The St. Louis Gateway Arch |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | WORLD LEADERS: Shortly after he received the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize, his country ceased to exist Mikhail Gorbachev |
| #6143, aired 2011-05-04 | FAMOUS SPEECHES: Just 10 sentences, this speech is wrong on one point: it is long remembered the Gettysburg Address |
| #6142, aired 2011-05-03 | AMERICAN POETS: "Bearing the bandages, water & sponge, straight & swift to my wounded I go", he wrote in "The Wound-Dresser" Walt Whitman |
| #6141, aired 2011-05-02 | CANADA: It's the only Canadian province that is separated from the North American mainland Prince Edward Island |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | AMERICAN ARTISTS: In 1909 he completed his last painting, a canvas called "Driftwood" Winslow Homer |
| #6139, aired 2011-04-28 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: This president was the first to put solar panels on the White House Jimmy Carter |
| #6138, aired 2011-04-27 | TV THEME SONGS: A 1984 country hit, "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" is the basis for its theme song Monday Night Football |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | PLAYWRIGHTS: This Brit won Tonys for Best Play in 1968, 1976, 1984 & 2007; in the '90s he settled for the 1998 Best Screenplay Oscar Tom Stoppard |
| #6136, aired 2011-04-25 | BRITISH LANDMARKS: Completed in 1858, it was to be named St. Stephen, but was nicknamed this, honoring the chief commissioner of the works Big Ben |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | BIOGRAPHERS: As many mourned, this minister wrote in a letter, "Washington is gone! Millions are gasping to read... about him" Parson Weems |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | SCIENTISTS: At the time of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, his widow said, "That was his dream, sending a rocket to the Moon" Robert Goddard |
| #6133, aired 2011-04-20 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: Sharing his first name with the man who took this 1850s photo, he's the diplomat & officer seen here Matthew Perry |
| #6132, aired 2011-04-19 | AUTHORS: He died in 1995, the day before the opening of a Glasgow veterinary library named for him James Herriot |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | BASEBALL GEOGRAPHY: After Alaska, it's the largest state in area without a Major League Baseball team Montana |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | ANCIENT ARTIFACTS: Some of its text says, "The decree should be written on a stela of hard stone, in sacred writing, document writing & Greek writing" the Rosetta Stone |
| #6129, aired 2011-04-14 | AUTHORS ON AUTHORS: Faulkner said this writer "has no courage" & "has never used a word where the reader (may need) a dictionary" Ernest Hemingway |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS: The 2 Middle East prime ministers of the same country who shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with another leader Shimon Peres & Yitzhak Rabin |
| #6127, aired 2011-04-12 | BASEBALL & THE PRESIDENCY: As both vice president & president, he threw out a season's 1st pitch, each time for a different Senators franchise Richard Nixon |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | GEOGRAPHIC ADJECTIVES: Of the nations with adjectives in their common names, only this Western Hemisphere one bears the name of a religious order the Dominican Republic |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: 64 paintings from the Met's founding purchase are still in its collection; over 1/3 of them are from this current European nation the Netherlands |
| #6124, aired 2011-04-07 | LITERARY QUOTATIONS: Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost remarked that this is what gets "lost in translation" poetry |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | COMPOSERS: His first name means "happy", but 3 of his 5 symphonies are in gloomy minor keys Felix Mendelssohn |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS: The latest "Bartlett's" lists quotes chronologically; the first quotes come from this country Egypt |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: These 3 nations each border the world's largest & smallest oceans Russia, the United States & Canada |
| #6120, aired 2011-04-01 | BILLBOARD'S HOT 100: In 2010 they broke The Beatles' record for having had the most songs on the Hot 100 chart by a non-solo act the cast of Glee |
| #6119, aired 2011-03-31 | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS: One of the 2 plays whose plots are set in motion by shipwrecks, one off Illyria & one off an unnamed island (1 of) The Tempest & Twelfth Night |
| #6118, aired 2011-03-30 | INFLUENTIAL 19th CENTURY THINKERS: At the University of Bonn in 1836, he was wounded in a duel with a member of an aristocratic Prussian fraternity Karl Marx |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | COASTAL STATES: With 301 miles, it has the most coastline of current states that were part of the 13 original colonies North Carolina |
| #6116, aired 2011-03-28 | SPORTS IN AMERICA: Founded in 1795, this city that hosts a popular annual sporting event has "sport" in its name Williamsport |
| #6115, aired 2011-03-25 | PHILANTHROPY: The Pink Pony Fund, for breast cancer care & prevention, is a philanthropic initiative of this fashion company Ralph Lauren |
| #6114, aired 2011-03-24 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: Armor-clad knights face off in a game of baseball in an 1889 work by this author Mark Twain |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | BRITISH NOVELISTS: In his journals he described how he once set 2 groups of boys against each other, likely inspiring his 1954 novel William Golding |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | GARMENTS OF THE WORLD: The custom of hijab, Arabic for "veiling", can include this garment, mentioned by Kipling the burqa |
| #6111, aired 2011-03-21 | COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS ON SCREEN: From 1966 to 1968 this role was played by 2 different actresses in a TV series; it was also the title role in a 2004 film Catwoman |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | THE PRESIDENCY: With a combined age of just 90 years, this president & vice president were the youngest team ever inaugurated Bill Clinton & Al Gore |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | 20th CENTURY NOTABLES: Between April 1909 & March 1910, he killed 296 animals, including 9 lions & 8 elephants Theodore Roosevelt |
| #6108, aired 2011-03-16 | VOCABULARY: Pronounced one way, this 7-letter word can mean unjustified; pronounced another, it's someone sickly invalid |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | SPORTS & MUSIC: In July 2010 this Rock & Roll Hall of Famer performed at the Baseball H.O.F. induction ceremonies John Fogerty |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | AFI's 50 GREATEST FILM VILLAINS: Of the 50 on the list, only one never appears on screen: man, from this 1942 animated feature Bambi |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS: Although capital of its country, it is not the capital of the province in which it's located, nor is it the seat of government Amsterdam |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: The last time the Democratic & Republican nominees had once been governor of the same state, this was the state New York |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | BRITISH ROYALTY: After the death in combat of the previous king, he became the last one to win the crown while on the battlefield Henry VII |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: "The Scarlet Letter" says, "to forbid the culprit to hide his face... was the essence of" this 7-letter punishment the pillory |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | OLYMPIC HOST COUNTRIES: 3 of the 6 countries that have hosted both the Summer & Winter Olympics (3 of) United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy & Japan |
| #6100, aired 2011-03-04 | SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES: In 1919, barely 20 years after its discovery, it was the world's most expensive substance at $3 million an ounce radium |
| #6099, aired 2011-03-03 | BIOGRAPHIES: Michael Foldy examined "The Trials of" this author: "Deviance, Morality, and Late-Victorian Society" Oscar Wilde |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | LANDMARKS: Completed in 1869, it has also been known by its nickname "the Highway to India" the Suez Canal |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: A novel set during the Depression earned this author a 1940 Pulitzer Prize & contributed to him winning a Nobel Prize in 1962 John Steinbeck |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | BRANDS: Jack Odell gave his child a tiny vehicle to bring to school inside one of these items, & a toy brand name was born a matchbox |
| #6095, aired 2011-02-25 | GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: This area that includes several countries got its name because the colonizers spoke Spanish, French & Portuguese Latin America |
| #6094, aired 2011-02-24 | THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: The smallest Ancient Wonder, it was the only one ever moved, having been transported to Constantinople around 391 A.D. the Statue of Zeus at Olympia |
| #6093, aired 2011-02-23 | AMERICAN LIT: He wrote, "The hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker & quicker, & louder & louder every instant" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #6092, aired 2011-02-22 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: In an 1845 autobiography, he wrote, "You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man" Frederick Douglass |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Though Rhea was his mother, in one tradition this god was brought up by Capheira, the daughter of Oceanus Poseidon |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: His "story was soon told, for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night" Rip Van Winkle |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | EVENTS OF 2010: A piece of custom-made equipment called the Phoenix played a key role in an October event in this country Chile |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | 19th CENTURY NOVELISTS: William Wilkinson's "An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia" inspired this author's most famous novel Bram Stoker |
| #6087, aired 2011-02-15 | U.S. CITIES: Its largest airport is named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle Chicago |
| #6085, aired 2011-02-11 | 1930s FILMS: In this classic film, one of the characters tries to quote the Pythagorean theorem but gets it wrong The Wizard of Oz |
| #6084, aired 2011-02-10 | THE LAW: Asked in 1966 to write a concise statement for arresting officers to recite, California D.A. Harold Berliner started with these 7 words You have the right to remain silent |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | POLITICAL PARTIES: Only 1 U.S. president represented this party, & he said, "I dread... a division of the republic into 2 great parties" the Federalist Party |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | ANCIENT QUOTES: He said, "to leave this stream uncrossed will breed manifold distress for me; to cross it, for all mankind" Julius Caesar |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: Chapters in this 1953 thriller include "Dossier for M", "Pink Lights and Champagne" & "The Game is Baccarat" Casino Royale |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | BRITISH BUSINESS: For decades Rolls-Royce also owned this luxury brand named for its founder; now both are produced by German companies Bentley |
| #6079, aired 2011-02-03 | WORD HISTORY: Since the 1600s this 8-letter word has meant men of letters; a punning form of it refers to celebrities literati |
| #6078, aired 2011-02-02 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Of the 20 presidents elected to a second term, 2 of the 3 who failed to complete that term (2 of) Lincoln, Nixon & McKinley |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | 20th CENTURY LEADERS: In 1950, 2 years after his murder, some of his ashes were enshrined at the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles Gandhi |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | 21st CENTURY EMMYS: As 2 different characters, she is the first actress to win lead acting Emmys in both the drama & comedy categories Edie Falco |
| #6075, aired 2011-01-28 | DISNEY MOVIES: With special sound equipment needed in the auditorium, this 1940 film was initially released in only 14 theaters Fantasia |
| #6074, aired 2011-01-27 | SPORTS AWARDS: In the 4 major U.S. sports leagues, he's won more regular season MVP awards than any other player Wayne Gretzky |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | AFRICA: Its Declaration of Independence was signed in 1847 by 11 men in that nation's Providence Baptist Church Liberia |
| #6072, aired 2011-01-25 | THE OLD TESTAMENT: In the Book of Job, this name means "accuser", & that was his role in God's court Satan |
| #6071, aired 2011-01-24 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE: After meeting him, Hawthorne said he had a "sallow, queer, sagacious visage" warmed by "homely human sympathies" Abraham Lincoln |
| #6070, aired 2011-01-21 | MOVIE SEQUELS: Golf carts used by the crew in the production of this 2009 movie bore signs reading "Galileo" & "Bernini" Angels & Demons |
| #6069, aired 2011-01-20 | WORLD LEADERS: At his 1994 inaugural, he called for "a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world" Nelson Mandela |
| #6068, aired 2011-01-19 | OCEAN LIFE: The deepest-diving sea turtle is this one whose name suggests the flexibility that lets it survive 1,700 lbs./square inch pressure the leatherback turtle |
| #6067, aired 2011-01-18 | STATE NAMES: These are the 2 U.S. states with only one consonant in their names Iowa & Ohio |
| #6066, aired 2011-01-17 | AUTHORS: This author whose 1st name is also an English word meaning a saying or motto was the 1st president of the Soviet writers' union Maxim Gorky |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | THE PRESIDENCY: From the same state, they're the 2 presidents whose occupations are listed by World Book as "planter" George Washington & Thomas Jefferson |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | LAW: In 1790 the USA's 1st law governing this protection gave it a term of 14 years; today it can extend well over a century copyright |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | COMPUTER SCIENCE: John Tukey coined this compound word in 1958 saying it was as important as "tubes, transistors, wires, tapes..." software |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | 20th CENTURY ARTISTS: In 1950 he answered a Time magazine article on him, & a common criticism, with a telegram reading, "No chaos damn it" Jackson Pollock |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | SYMBOLS: One tale of its origin says that the blind seer Tiresias separated 2 snakes with his staff the caduceus |
| #6060, aired 2011-01-07 | WORLD LANGUAGES: Of all the countries with Spanish as an official language, this one is last alphabetically Venezuela |
| #6059, aired 2011-01-06 | WORLDWIDE MEDIA: The name for this news agency means "peninsula", referring to the Arabian peninsula Al Jazeera |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | COUNTRIES: By area, it's the world's largest country that's named for a river India |
| #6057, aired 2011-01-04 | THE HALL OF PRESIDENTS: Of the 9 presidents whose images have a beard or mustache, this late 19th century man is the only Democrat Grover Cleveland |
| #6056, aired 2011-01-03 | POP STARS: He was backed by London's Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra on his 2010 tour, which he called "Symphonicity" Sting |
| #6055, aired 2010-12-31 | POLITICAL TERMS: A 1912 speech said the Bull Moose Party "comes from" these; "it has grown from the soil of... people's hard necessities" grass roots |
| #6054, aired 2010-12-30 | MUSIC & MOVIE SUPERSTARS: These 2 are the only Best Actress Oscar winners to have No. 1 hits on the Billboard Top 40 Barbra Streisand & Cher |
| #6053, aired 2010-12-29 | LITERARY LINES: "You have no right to expect me to send you back to Kansas" appears in a 1900 novel & in an epigraph to this 1995 novel Wicked |
| #6052, aired 2010-12-28 | CABINET OFFICERS: He was the last Secretary of State to serve in the post under 2 presidents Henry Kissinger |
| #6051, aired 2010-12-27 | LANGUAGES OF EUROPE: A mixture of English & Spanish, Llanito is the language of this territory's 30,000 residents Gibraltar |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | AMERICANA: Finding the spot for this memorial caused its creator to say, "America will march along that skyline" Mount Rushmore |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | SPORTS: In 1744 the first mention of this now popular sport said, "Away flies the boy To the next... post And then home with joy" baseball |
| #6048, aired 2010-12-22 | U.S. HISTORY: The day after the 15th Amendment took effect, Thomas Peterson became the 1st Afr. American to do this under its provisions vote |
| #6047, aired 2010-12-21 | THE 19th CENTURY: Thomas Huxley & Samuel Wilberforce were among the Oxford Museum speakers debating this theory June 30, 1860 evolution |
| #6046, aired 2010-12-20 | 20th CENTURY NOVELISTS: A critic said that a character of his, "yearning for the moon... never saw the sixpence at his feet"; he made that into a title Somerset Maugham |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | AMERICANA: Riding the subway in New York in 1908, Jack Norworth saw a sign for the Polo Grounds & was inspired to write this song "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | SKYSCRAPERS: After a construction boom fueled by oil & gas money, this capital city now has Europe's tallest building Moscow |
| #6043, aired 2010-12-15 | BRITISH ROYALTY: From the Latin for "greatest", this form of address was introduced by the narcissistic King Richard II majesty |
| #6042, aired 2010-12-14 | OLYMPICS HISTORY: In 1988 this country boycotted the Summer Olympics after its demand to co-host the games was refused North Korea |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | COUNTRIES: In only 2 cases can you add 2 letters to one country & get another country: Austria/Australia & this pair Niger/Nigeria |
| #6040, aired 2010-12-10 | MOVIES & LANGUAGE: A 2010 article from Slate called this language created by Paul Frommer "the new Klingon" Na'vi |
| #6039, aired 2010-12-09 | STATE CAPITALS: Forget Me Not, Glacier Avenue & Glacier Highway are streets in this state capital Juneau |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | WORLD HISTORY: After the Royal Family fled to this country in 1807, it became the only one in South America from which a European country was ruled Brazil |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | FLAGS OF THE WORLD: In use from 1844 to 1905, a flag representing the union of these 2 countries was nicknamed the "herring salad" Norway and Sweden |
| #6036, aired 2010-12-06 | THE BIBLE: This happens several times, as in I Kings 17 & Acts 20; the most famous time, it's done by Jesus in John 11 raising the dead |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | THE CABINET: These 2 Cabinet departments both depict 19th century plows on their official seals Agriculture & Labor |
| #6034, aired 2010-12-02 | BRITISH WOMEN: It's said that this woman who died in 1976 "made more money out of murder than any woman since Lucrezia Borgia" Agatha Christie |
| #6033, aired 2010-12-01 | FRENCH AUTHORS: Published posthumously in 1970, his first novel, "A Happy Death", features a protagonist named Patrice Mersault Albert Camus |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | SPORTS: In action since 1917, this sports franchise is now largely owned by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Toronto Maple Leafs |
| #6031, aired 2010-11-29 | THE CIVIL WAR: These 2 cities in the Southeast & Southwest were the only 2 Confederate state capitals not captured by Union forces Tallahassee & Austin |
| #6030, aired 2010-11-26 | MUSICAL THEATER: The basis of this show that won a Best Musical Tony & a Pulitzer was a collection of stories that won the Pulitzer in 1948 South Pacific |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He is the only president of the United States to be awarded the Purple Heart John F. Kennedy |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | PAINTINGS: The alternate name of this 16th century Italian painting also means "cheerful" the Mona Lisa |
| #6027, aired 2010-11-23 | HORSE BREEDS: This American breed was named for its ability to race a distance of 1,320 feet quarter horse |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | COMMUNICATION: It was first transmitted by the USS Arapahoe off Cape Hatteras on August 11, 1909 SOS |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | OUR LIVING PLANET: Several species appear in the logo of the U.N.'s International Year of this 12-letter word, vital to the health of "life" on Earth biodiversity |
| #6024, aired 2010-11-18 | EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: German is its official national language; Croatian, Slovene & Hungarian are each official in one of its states Austria |
| #6023, aired 2010-11-17 | PHRASES: In ancient Rome it was a post where racers changed direction; since 1836 it's meant a moment change occurs turning point |
| #6022, aired 2010-11-16 | OPERA: The title character of this opera addresses his son in the aria "Sois immobile" ("hold yourself still") William Tell |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | SPORTS IN AMERICA: Seen with a piece of equipment, Bryn Mawr's 1st physical education director brought this sport to the U.S.; it shares part of its name with another sport field hockey |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | DOCUMENTS: It says, "The history of the present king of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations" the Declaration of Independence |
| #6019, aired 2010-11-11 | THE 1930s: In April 1935 in Oklahoma, when blowing soil darkened the sky, a reporter coined this term for the region the Dust Bowl |
| #6018, aired 2010-11-10 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: During his tenure, he never threw out an opening day first pitch, but before he was president, he did it for the Braves Jimmy Carter |
| #6017, aired 2010-11-09 | WORDS IN 20th CENTURY NOVELS: Words found in this 1945 fable include brood, baying, bleating, comrade, tyranny & rebellion Animal Farm |
| #6016, aired 2010-11-08 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: The mailing address for this company is P.O. Box 57, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 Heinz |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | TERMS FROM THE BIBLE: In 2010 we heard of the discovery of the fossil of a 12 million-year-old giant sperm whale given this Biblical name by its finders Leviathan |
| #6014, aired 2010-11-04 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON: His grave notes his 1842 West Point graduation, his time at Ft. Sumter, Gettysburg & 2nd Bull Run, but does not mention sports Abner Doubleday |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | BILLBOARD NO. 1 HITMAKERS: In May 1964 this New Orleans native was 62 years old when he bumped The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" from the No. 1 spot Louis Armstrong |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | CHARACTERS IN NOVELS: Debuting in a 1960 novel, this character dies following a heart attack on a basketball court in a 1990 book Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom |
| #6011, aired 2010-11-01 | BUSINESS PAIRINGS: The names of 2 men, 1 born in Germany in 1834 & 1 in Kansas in 1875, were joined in this company name lasting 1998-2007 Daimler-Chrysler |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | NO. 1 HITS: Topping the charts on Oct. 20, 1962, this novelty song is the only No. 1 hit to have the word "electrodes" in the lyrics "The Monster Mash" |
| #6009, aired 2010-10-28 | WORD ORIGINS: This 4-letter term for a religious group that holds distinctive beliefs comes from the Latin for "follow" a sect |
| #6008, aired 2010-10-27 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Stieg Larsson created the girl with the dragon tattoo by imagining this fictional Swedish girl as an adult Pippi Longstocking |
| #6007, aired 2010-10-26 | SPORTS VENUES: In 2000 the Centre Court Arena in Melbourne, Australia was renamed for him Rod Laver |
| #6006, aired 2010-10-25 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1886 he published his first book, "The Trumpet and Drum", an instructional handbook with 8 compositions (John Philip) Sousa |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | THE OSCARS: Only Orson Welles & this man have been nominated for Best Actor & Original Screenplay in the same year while in their 20s Matt Damon |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | ART & ARTISTS: They are the 2 artists associated with the 1888 work seen here; one is the artist & the other is the subject Van Gogh & Gauguin |
| #6003, aired 2010-10-20 | COUNTRY DEMOGRAPHICS: Because of a policy adopted in 1979, this country's young people are collectively referred to as "little emperors" China |
| #6002, aired 2010-10-19 | HOLIDAY HISTORY: Cuba removed Christmas from its list of national holidays in 1969 & restored it in 1997 in anticipation of a visit by this man Pope John Paul II |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | U.S. CURRENCY: It's the only U.S. coin or bill produced in 2010 that features the private home of a president on the reverse the nickel |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the first U.S. president to be elected in an Olympic year McKinley |
| #5999, aired 2010-10-14 | COUNTRY NAMES: The only 2 countries in the world with an "X" in their names, one is found in Europe & one in the Americas Luxembourg and Mexico |
| #5998, aired 2010-10-13 | BRITISH AUTHORS: His son Christopher said, my father "got to where he was by climbing upon my infant shoulders" A.A. Milne |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | SHAKESPEARE: These 2 "King Lear" characters, 1 male, 1 female, both represent truthfulness; one disappears when the other returns Cordelia and the Fool |
| #5996, aired 2010-10-11 | PRISONS: Nazi Rudolf Hess in 1941 & the notorious Kray twins in 1952 were among the last people briefly held here the Tower of London |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | BESTSELLING AUTHORS: Since coming on the beat, he's had more N.Y. Times bestsellers than any other author, including over 20 in the last 5 years James Patterson |
| #5994, aired 2010-10-07 | MAMMALS: One type of this aquatic animal gives milk that's 65% fat; pups are weaned in 4 days, the least of any mammal the seal |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | 2010 SCIENCE NEWS: The IUPAC named an element for this man born in 1473 to "highlight the link between astronomy and... nuclear chemistry" Copernicus |
| #5992, aired 2010-10-05 | BROADWAY STARS: In 1955 she became the first & so far only actress to win a Tony for playing a male role in a musical Mary Martin |
| #5991, aired 2010-10-04 | PRIMETIME TV: Now in season 23, its producer says it's the only show with "no script, no actors, no host & no re-enactments" COPS |
| #5990, aired 2010-10-01 | WORD ORIGINS: Like the name of a minor Roman god, this word for a caretaker comes from the Latin for "door" janitor |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | ALLITERATIVE ATHLETES: In 1998 these 2 baseball rivals shared top honors as Sports Illustrated's Sportsmen of the Year Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire |
| #5988, aired 2010-09-29 | GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: As their bordering countries are all this adjective, Liechtenstein & Uzbekistan are considered "double" this landlocked |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | BIBLICAL BEASTS: It's the total number of legs on the 2 non-human animals whose words are quoted in the Old Testament 4 |
| #5986, aired 2010-09-27 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES: Built between 1940 & 1942, Moton Field in Alabama has a national historic site honoring men belonging to this famed group the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #5985, aired 2010-09-24 | PRESIDENTS: He served the shortest amount of time as president before running for & winning reelection to the job LBJ |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | POETRY: A line in this 1863 poem mentions "The eighteenth of April, in seventy-five" "Paul Revere's Ride" |
| #5983, aired 2010-09-22 | THE BRITISH ISLES: Britain's oldest known scrap of material called this, sometimes identified as shepherd's plaid, dates from 250 A.D. tartan |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | SPORTS & THE MEDIA: On February 8, 2010 the headline in a major newspaper in this city read, "Amen! After 43 Years, Our Prayers Are Answered" New Orleans |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Made up of 1 large & many smaller islands, it's the most populous of Britain's remaining overseas territories Bermuda |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | RIVERS: These 2 rivers, each more than 1,000 miles long, rise in the Armenian Plateau in Turkey the Tigris & the Euphrates |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | WORD AND PHRASE ORIGINS: Meaning "rapidly", this term began in England, referring to the speed with which the mail was delivered post haste |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | MONARCHS: From 1513 to 1972, only men named Christian & Frederick alternated as rulers of this nation Denmark |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | LITERARY & MOVIE TITLE OBJECTS: The inspiration for this title object in a novel & a 1957 movie actually spanned the Mae Khlung River "The Bridge on the River Kwai" |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | MUSICAL THEATER: A Hollywood venue was renovated & renamed the Aquarius Theater to host this musical in 1968 Hair |
