| #6435, aired 2012-08-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: This country in the Americas has more than 125,000 miles of coastline, the most of any country in the world Canada |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | BOOK SERIES: In the 8th book in a series by L. Frank Baum, this character begins to speak; he simply chose not to before Toto |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | BRITISH SCIENTISTS: In 1859 a theory was born when he wrote, "from so simple a beginning endless forms... have been, and are being, evolved" Charles Darwin |
| #6432, aired 2012-07-31 | KIDS' BUSINESS: The corporate headquarters of this store founded in 1948 is at One Geoffrey Way in Wayne, New Jersey Toys "R" Us |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | NOTABLE AMERICANS: In addition to his 1,093 U.S. patents, he held more than 1,200 patents awarded by other countries Thomas Alva Edison |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | ANTARCTICA: This country that explored the Antarctic interior is the most northerly nation to claim territory on the continent Norway |
| #6429, aired 2012-07-26 | OPERA: The swan boats in Boston's Public Garden were inspired by this opera in which a swan pulls a boat on the Scheldt River Lohengrin |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | NEW OLYMPIC SPORTS: This sport introduced in Summer 2000 plays out over a raised area 16 1/2 feet long & 9 1/2 feet wide trampoline |
| #6427, aired 2012-07-24 | '80s SITCOM CHARACTERS: Creator Gary David Goldberg wrote this Republican character as unsympathetic, but the actor made him lovable Alex Keaton |
| #6426, aired 2012-07-23 | POLITICAL LITERATURE: The key message to this title figure in an Italian work is "it is far safer to be feared than loved" The Prince |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | RECENT FILMS: One of its first lines is "I won't talk! I won't say a word!!!" The Artist |
| #6424, aired 2012-07-19 | ANTHROPOLOGY: The most famous resident of the National Museum of Ethiopia is the very old young lady named this Lucy |
| #6423, aired 2012-07-18 | BRITISH HISTORY: This 17th century king was the last British monarch to enter the House of Commons Charles I |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | FIRST NAMES: A wife of King David & 2 of our early first ladies shared this name derived from Hebrew for "my father's joy" Abigail |
| #6421, aired 2012-07-16 | INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS: David Phillips, whose exposé reporting inspired this word made popular by Teddy Roosevelt, was later shot dead muckraking |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | BRITISH HISTORY: This appointed position first held by John Dryden echoes a "Versificator Regis" of Richard I in the 12th century Poet Laureate |
| #6419, aired 2012-07-12 | THE UNITED NATIONS: Of the 6 official languages used at the U.N., this one is the last alphabetically Spanish |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES: He said, "It is 72 years since the first inauguration of a president under our national Constitution" Abraham Lincoln |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | ENTREPRENEURS: In 1989 he said, "You can't just ask customers what they want... by the time you get it built, they'll want something new" Steve Jobs |
| #6416, aired 2012-07-09 | NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING SCIENTISTS: 1910 winner Albrecht Kossel studied a new material in the control center of cells; today, we know it as this DNA |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | OPERA CHARACTERS: In a play subtitle, she's called "the Chinese Sphinx"; in a later opera her suitor calls her "Principessa di Morte" Turandot |
| #6414, aired 2012-07-05 | FACTS & FIGURES: With only 58% of residents, this U.S. state has the lowest percentage of licensed drivers New York |
| #6413, aired 2012-07-04 | NUCLEAR NATIONS: On May 18, 1974 this country tested its first nuclear device, nicknamed "Smiling Buddha" India |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | 1950s MOVIES: "The Man on Lincoln's Nose" was a working title for this 1959 film North by Northwest |
| #6411, aired 2012-07-02 | FAMOUS RELATIVES: In 2011 his daughter Svetlana, living in the U.S. under the name Lana Peters, died in Wisconsin at age 85 Joseph Stalin |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS: Among the many books he wrote were "The World Crisis", "The Second World War" & "Painting As A Pastime" Winston Churchill |
| #6409, aired 2012-06-28 | NOVEL TITLES: The title of this scandalous novel set in 1930s Paris symbolizes "the disease of civilization" Tropic of Cancer |
| #6408, aired 2012-06-27 | EARLY FILMS OF OSCAR WINNERS: The 1995, 2003 & 2006 winners for Best Actor all appeared in this 1982 teen comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| #6407, aired 2012-06-26 | HISTORIC U.S. CITIES: A 1905 treaty named for this U.S. city ended a foreign war 7,000 miles away & was actually signed at Kittery, Maine Portsmouth |
| #6406, aired 2012-06-25 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS: Though shot in the chest, Teddy Roosevelt gave a 1912 speech saying, "it takes more than that to kill" one of these animals a bull moose |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | 20th CENTURY TECHNOLOGY: The first major use of simultaneous translation, before adoption by the U.N., was in this European city in 1945 & 1946 Nuremberg |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES: Listed in 1983, this complex finished c. 1650 features inlaid semiprecious stones & Arabic calligraphy the Taj Mahal |
| #6403, aired 2012-06-20 | 2011 MUSICMAKERS: According to Billboard, the top 2 music artists of 2011 were these single-named singers, neither born in the U.S. Adele & Rihanna |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | FABRICS: The name of this fabric includes the initials of the city where it was introduced at a World's Fair site nylon |
| #6401, aired 2012-06-18 | FICTIONAL PAIRS: These 2 men first meet after one of them tells a friend, Stamford, of needing new lodgings in London Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | ISLANDS: This nation, independent since 1960 is the largest island in the world with French as one of its official languages Madagascar |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | U.S. TOP-SELLING ALBUMS: The bestselling album of all time by a female is a 20 million seller by this woman who started singing at age 8 in Ontario Shania Twain |
| #6398, aired 2012-06-13 | POLITICAL TERMS: 19th c. reports on horse races used this 2-word term to mean horses that were in the field but didn't finish high also rans |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | AUTHORS: His multi-novel series is based on Robert Browning's poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" Stephen King |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | EVENTS IN THE BIBLE: Acts 1:13 says this event occurred in "an upper room" the Last Supper |
| #6395, aired 2012-06-08 | CLICHES: In an 1873 Thomas Hardy serial, a chapter ends with a character dangling from an "enormous sea-bord" this a cliff |
| #6394, aired 2012-06-07 | THE ARTS: Formed in 1909, it performed to great acclaim in Paris, London, New York & Monte Carlo, but never in Moscow Ballet Russe (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo) |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | THE PRESIDENCY: Between January 1, 1841 & December 31, 1850 the U.S. had this many presidents, the most in a 10-year period 6 |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | WOMEN IN ENTERTAINMENT: 1 of the first 2 women in Hollywood to own a studio (according to the official bio of No. 3, Oprah) (1 of) Mary Pickford or Lucille Ball |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | AFRICA: Very different places, the first 2 African nations to gain independence from a European power were Egypt & this one South Africa |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | WORD ORIGINS: From the French for "to set in the woods", this word refers to a type of attack ambush |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | AIRLINE HISTORY: Clipper Goodwill, a Boeing 727, took this airline's last passengers from Barbados to Miami December 4, 1991 Pan Am |
| #6388, aired 2012-05-30 | PRESIDENTIAL RESTING PLACES: Only 3 sites have the remains of 2 presidents: 1 at Quincy, Massachusetts, 1 at Arlington & 1 in this state capital Richmond, Virginia |
| #6387, aired 2012-05-29 | CLASSIC MYSTERY NOVELS: A letter in this mystery says, "We are going... to Luxor and Assuan by steamer, and perhaps on to Khartoum" Death on the Nile |
| #6386, aired 2012-05-28 | AMERICAN INNOVATORS: This Grammy winner who died in 2009 at age 94 was an inductee into both the Rock & Roll & National Inventors Halls of Fame Les Paul |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | MILITARY MATTERS: In 1934 the lease for this place was increased to $4,085 per year; since 1959 the checks haven't been cashed Guantanamo |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | BIOGRAPHIES: "The Man who Invented the Twentieth Century" is a biography of this scientist born in the Balkans Nikola Tesla |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | ANIMALS: A 2005 study reported that this animal named for an island has, pound-for-pound, the most powerful bite of any mammal Tasmanian devil |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | 1957: On September 5, Dwight Eisenhower told this state's governor that "the federal Constitution will be upheld by me by every legal means" Arkansas |
| #6381, aired 2012-05-21 | DRAMA: This play that came to Broadway in 2005 is set in the autumn of 1964 at St. Nicholas Church School in the Bronx Doubt |
| #6380, aired 2012-05-18 | INVENTORS: The National Inventors Hall of Fame said his work "brought the South prosperity", but he was out of business within 5 years Eli Whitney |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | SPORTING EVENTS: First held in May 1875, it is the oldest continuously held major sporting event in the United States the Kentucky Derby |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: In 2011, in the preface to the 75th anniversary edition, Pat Conroy called this novel "the last great... victory of the Confederacy" Gone with the Wind |
| #6377, aired 2012-05-15 | MUSEUMS: Completed in 1959, it's been variously described as a snail, a concrete tornado, even a giant wedding cake the Guggenheim Museum |
| #6376, aired 2012-05-14 | AWARDS: This performer is the only person to win an Emmy, the Mark Twain Prize & the Spingarn Medal Bill Cosby |
| #6375, aired 2012-05-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY: When the future state of Iowa became part of the United States, this man was President Thomas Jefferson |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | OLYMPICS HISTORY: Besides Antarctica, the 2 continents that have never hosted the Summer or Winter Olympic Games Africa & South America |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | CONTEMPORARY NOVELISTS: Seeing young people competing in a reality show on one channel & fighting a war on another gave this author a book idea Suzanne Collins |
| #6372, aired 2012-05-08 | ANCIENT LANDMARKS: It's believed that its nose was about 3 feet wide when it was first constructed around 2500 B.C. the Sphinx |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | ON THE PERIODIC TABLE: Of the 5 elements with 4-letter names, it's the only one that is not a solid at room temperature neon |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: In 1777 an opponent wrote of him "Money is this man's God, and to get enough of it he would sacrifice his country" Benedict Arnold |
| #6369, aired 2012-05-03 | MEDICINE: Though its name means "against life", it's any of a class of substances used to save a life an antibiotic |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | CALENDARS: Of the 12 beasts representing years in the Chinese calendar, the one not biologically related to any creature on Earth the dragon |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | FICTIONAL BEINGS: These fictional beings are also called Periannath & Halflings, but this familiar term means "hole-builders" Hobbits |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: Its seal shows a 16-pointed star, symbolizing the search for information, on a shield symbolizing defense the CIA |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | CONSTELLATIONS & MYTH: In Greek myth he became the prey when he was killed by Scorpius; now they're both in the sky Orion |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS: It's the constitutional kingdom of more than 6 million whose road vehicle sticker is seen here
HKJ the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | WEBSITES: It launched its first offer on October 22, 2008: a two-for-one pizza deal in Chicago Groupon |
| #6362, aired 2012-04-24 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS: In 1977 Juanita Kreps, the first woman on the board of the NYSE, became the first woman to head this Cabinet dept. Commerce |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY: This state is known as the "Cockpit of the Revolution" for all the battles there, including a pivotal one in December 1776 New Jersey |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | WORLD CURRENCIES: One of the 4 small U.N. member nations that use the euro as their official currency even though not in the European Union (1 of) Andorra, Montenegro, Monaco, or San Marino |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT WHEN...: The Jets beat the heavily favored Colts in Super Bowl III Lyndon B. Johnson |
| #6358, aired 2012-04-18 | 1920s NOVELS: This title guy says, "Do you believe in my innocence, in the fiendishness of my accusers? Reassure me with a hallelujah!" Elmer Gantry |
| #6357, aired 2012-04-17 | MUSEUMS: For 2010 & 2011, it's gotten more visitors than any other single museum in the U.S. the National Air & Space Museum |
| #6356, aired 2012-04-16 | 2011 MEMOIRS: He titled his 2011 memoir "Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain" Hal Holbrook |
| #6355, aired 2012-04-13 | WORD ORIGINS: An exploited part of a law, originally it meant an opening in a castle wall used to look at or shoot at an enemy a loop hole |
| #6354, aired 2012-04-12 | SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS: The only 2 plays whose titles repeat a word, excluding articles & prepositions, are "Measure for Measure" & this All's Well That Ends Well |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | ART STYLES: Printmaker Richard Hamilton is credited with coining the name of this style, calling it "designed for a mass audience" Pop Art |
| #6352, aired 2012-04-10 | AWARDS & PRIZES: Designed by Norwegian Gustav Vigeland, it depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders the Nobel Peace Prize |
| #6351, aired 2012-04-09 | THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME: His widow Maria Elena & actor Gary Busey were on hand when his star was dedicated outside Capitol Records in 2011 Buddy Holly |
| #6350, aired 2012-04-06 | WORLD LEADERS: Names of the pair seen here, who've been spending a lot of time together Nicolas Sarkozy & Angela Merkel |
| #6349, aired 2012-04-05 | POLITICAL TERMS: The OED traces these 2 parallel terms to an October 30, 2000 "Today" show discussion of an electoral map red state & blue state |
| #6348, aired 2012-04-04 | CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A. cavaticus, the scientific name of the barn spider, inspired the middle initial & last name of a character in this book Charlotte's Web |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | SYMBOLIC SCULPTURE: In 2005 a sculpture of an African elephant was installed outside this country's embassy in Washington, D.C. Côte d'Ivoire |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | TRANSLATED MOVIE TITLES: This Robert De Niro film is known in Italian as "Il cacciatore" The Deer Hunter |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | U.S. VICE PRESIDENTS: More VPs have been from this state than any other, including 2 20th century VPs who were its governor New York |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | SPACE EXPLORATION: On March 17, 2011 a probe called MESSENGER became the first spacecraft to orbit this planet Mercury |
| #6343, aired 2012-03-28 | LATIN PHRASES: Though often associated with Machiavelli, this phrase, "exitus acta probat", first appears in a work by Ovid the end justifies the means |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: "Books leapt and danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red and yellow feathers" is a line from this novel Fahrenheit 451 (by Ray Bradbury) |
| #6341, aired 2012-03-26 | ISLANDS: At 22 square miles, it's the world's smallest island with a population exceeding 1 million, a figure it reached by 1880 Manhattan |
| #6340, aired 2012-03-23 | TOYS & GAMES: In 1953 the maker of this board game was flooded with letters with ideas for timing devices, turntables & bags to hold game pieces Scrabble |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | STATE NICKNAMES: Its nickname is said to come from a line in an 1899 speech that followed "frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me" Missouri |
| #6338, aired 2012-03-21 | FAMOUS NAMES: At his death in January 2010, he was called "the Garbo of letters, famous for not wanting to be famous" J.D. Salinger |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | HISTORICAL FACTS & FIGURES: This site was active from 1892 to 1954; its busiest day was April 17, 1907 when 11,747 were processed Ellis Island |
| #6336, aired 2012-03-19 | MOVIE DIRECTORS: On visiting RKO in 1939, he described the studio as the biggest electric train set any boy ever had Orson Welles |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | '70s BLOCKBUSTERS: A direction in this film: "Start with the tone... up a full tone. Down a major third. Now drop an octave. Up a perfect fifth" Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| #6334, aired 2012-03-15 | LITERATURE: This 1928 novel was partly based on the author's wife Frieda & her affair with Angelo Ravagli Lady Chatterley's Lover (by D.H. Lawrence) |
| #6333, aired 2012-03-14 | 20th CENTURY NAMES: Chapters in his autobiography include "Outcaste", "First Day in Pretoria" & "Fasting as Penance" Gandhi |
| #6332, aired 2012-03-13 | FICTIONAL WOMEN: After dying, she's described as having "too much of water", & her brother says, "therefore I forbid my tears" Ophelia |
| #6331, aired 2012-03-12 | PEOPLE OF EUROPE: These people who ruled large parts of Spain before Celtic & Roman dominance left their name on the land the Iberians |
| #6330, aired 2012-03-09 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: An entertainer born in 1888 whose original first name was Adolph was one of the best-known players of this instrument the harp |
| #6329, aired 2012-03-08 | TONY-WINNING MUSICALS: These 2 back-to-back Tony winners for Best Musical (1987 & 1988) were both set in Paris Les Miserables & The Phantom of the Opera |
| #6328, aired 2012-03-07 | CURRENT AMERICAN COMPANIES: The name of a Kansas City-based consumer product company, it's also a term goldsmiths use to denote quality Hallmark |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | AMERICAN WRITERS: A fellow author called him "a very unique cat--a French Canadian Hinayana Buddhist beat Catholic savant" (Jack) Kerouac |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | CIVILIZATIONS: Starting in the 300s B.C., Hellenistic civilization was spread from this land where a new country was declared in 1991 Macedonia |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | BOOK VILLAINS: The first time we meet this man in a 1981 novel, he's in his cell holding "Le Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine" Hannibal Lecter |
| #6324, aired 2012-03-01 | SCIENTISTS: In 1711 Newton led the Royal Society in London & his greatest rival led the Academy of Sciences in this capital city Berlin |
| #6323, aired 2012-02-29 | THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY: The Catholic & Eastern churches separated in 1054, when the Pope & Patriarch did this to each other; it was undone in 1965 excommunicated |
| #6322, aired 2012-02-28 | THE 1960s: On nominating this man in 1967, LBJ said "It is the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man & the right place" Thurgood Marshall |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | U.S. MEMORIALS: "No day shall erase you from the memory of time", from Virgil's "Aeneid", is inscribed on a wall at this memorial the 9/11 Memorial in New York City |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES: Quoting a famous line of his, a 2011 biography of this man was titled "And So It Goes" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| #6319, aired 2012-02-23 | SINGERS: On the eve of Earth Day, 2011, he became the first performer inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame John Denver |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | THE NEW TESTAMENT: In Chapter 1 of the Acts of the Apostles, Matthias is chosen to replace him Judas |
| #6317, aired 2012-02-21 | ASIAN BORDERS: In 1893 the British established the Durand line, now the boundary, much in the news since 2001, between these 2 countries Pakistan & Afghanistan |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | FRENCH PAINTERS: This French painter wrote, "I am good for nothing except painting and gardening" Monet |
| #6315, aired 2012-02-17 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: The only title character in her creator's 6 major novels, she was portrayed in a 1996 film & a 2009 miniseries Emma (Woodhouse) |
| #6314, aired 2012-02-16 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY: The name of this assassin is Latin for heavy, dull, insensitive, oafish Brutus |
| #6313, aired 2012-02-15 | U.S. STATES: This third-smallest state in area is home to the USA's third-oldest college Connecticut |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The 14 countries that border China run alphabetically from this to Vietnam Afghanistan |
| #6311, aired 2012-02-13 | ANNIVERSARIES: In 2011 Elizabeth II marked the 400th anniversary of this, assembled by 47 translators in Oxford, London & Cambridge the King James Bible |
| #6310, aired 2012-02-10 | ANCIENT QUOTATIONS: When Byzantine Emperor Justinian completed Hagia Sophia, he declared, this king, "I have surpassed thee" King Solomon |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | CHARACTERS IN POETRY: The name of this title heroine of an 1847 poem is from the Greek for "good news" Evangeline |
| #6308, aired 2012-02-08 | COMIC BOOKS: An inspiration for this character introduced in 1929 was 15-year-old Palle Huld's 1928 44-day voyage around the world Tintin |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | MEDICAL DISCOVERIES: Nicolas Paulescu isolated a substance he called pancrein, now known as this insulin |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | COLONIAL HISTORY: A 1763 letter said that these 2 men were equipped with "instruments... to look at the posts in the line for ten or twelve miles" Mason & Dixon |
| #6305, aired 2012-02-03 | NATIONAL PARKS: A biosphere reserve, this Southern national park is the largest in the lower 48 completely within one state Everglades National Park |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | 19th CENTURY AUTHORS: One of this author's greatest successes came after remarking, "I want to write about a fellow who was two fellows" Robert Louis Stevenson |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | WORD ORIGINS: From the Arabic for "storehouse", in 1731 it was first used to refer to a monthly storehouse of information magazine |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | 1870s PEOPLE: Preserved in the West Point library, his last message reads, "Benteen. Come on. Big village. Be quick. Bring packs" General Custer |
| #6301, aired 2012-01-30 | 1960s TV CHARACTERS: One of her first spoken lines is translated as "You have the face of a wise and fearless caliph" Jeannie |
| #6300, aired 2012-01-27 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS: After living in Honduras, O. Henry coined this term for a small country dependent on a single export a banana republic |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | HEALTH MATTERS: This term for sudden severe head pain that typically lasts only a few minutes was trademarked by 7-Eleven in 1994 brain freeze |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STARS: In 2002 his No. 10 jersey from the 1970 World Cup finals sold at auction for a record $220,850 Pelé |
| #6297, aired 2012-01-24 | ISLANDS: The Carabelli & Durazzo families are considered the Hatfields & McCoys of this island Corsica |
| #6296, aired 2012-01-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY: This volunteer group was born in May 1898 near the bar in San Antonio's Menger Hotel; it existed for just 133 days the Rough Riders |
| #6295, aired 2012-01-20 | ENGLISH LITERATURE: This title character of an 18th century novel was the son of a man named Kreutznaer, but his name gets Anglicized Robinson Crusoe |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | SPORTS & THE MOVIES: When asked for a home address in "The Blues Bros." Elwood gives 1060 W. Addison St., the home of this facility Wrigley Field |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | FATHERS & SONS: The island where this man's son washed ashore was later named Ikaria Daedalus |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | U.S. POPULATION: Between 2000 & 2010 these 2 states that border each other led the nation in highest percentage of population increase, 35% & 25% Arizona and Nevada |
| #6291, aired 2012-01-16 | ENGLISH MONARCHS: Since 1066, the longest consecutive period when the monarch had the same name was 116 years with this given name George |
| #6290, aired 2012-01-13 | PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATES: The traditional inaugural lunch for this president & V.P. featured boiled stuffed lobster & prime ribs of beef au jus JFK & LBJ |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS: 1 of the 2 American women authors nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938 (1 of) Pearl Buck & Margaret Mitchell |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | FOOD ETYMOLOGY: Keith Downey developed rapeseed into this cooking product, now a huge cash crop for farmers in Saskatchewan canola |
| #6287, aired 2012-01-10 | RULERS IN HISTORY: Born in 1672 & named for a saint, in 1703 he founded a city whose name represents both of them Peter the Great |
| #6286, aired 2012-01-09 | RECENT FILMS: An early scene in this 2011 film is set in Tonsberg, Norway in the year 965 A.D. Thor |
| #6285, aired 2012-01-06 | ANCIENT WEIGHTS & MEASURES: The Hebrew word for this Biblical unit of measurement is Ammah, aptly meaning "elbow" or "forearm" a cubit |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | CALIFORNIA HISTORY: Surname of the employer of James W. Marshall, who found gold in a stream near the Sacramento River in 1848 Sutter |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | 1930s NOVELS: An audio version of this anti-war novel by a once blacklisted author has introductions from Cindy Sheehan & Ron Kovic Johnny Got His Gun |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | ASTRONOMY: In July 2011 it completed its first orbit around the Sun since its discovery in 1846 Neptune |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | '70s OSCARS: This film whose title refers to an establishment holds the record for most wins, 8, without winning Best Picture Cabaret |
| #6280, aired 2011-12-30 | ROCK ICONS: While he's had 12 Top 10 hits on Billboard, including 7 from a 1984 album, he's never had a No. 1 single Bruce Springsteen |
| #6279, aired 2011-12-29 | CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN WRITERS: Concluding a 4-book series, his 2004 novel "Folly and Glory" features Kit Carson, William Clark & Jim Bowie Larry McMurtry |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | BUSINESS HISTORY: Crosby, Sinatra & Hope starred in the October 13, 1957 CBS-TV special that launched this short-lived product the Edsel |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS: His second inauguration marked the first time that women officially participated in the inaugural parade Woodrow Wilson |
| #6276, aired 2011-12-26 | JOLLY OLD ENGLAND: Queen Anne liked the Marquess of Normanby, gave him permission to build a huge home in London & made him Duke of this Buckingham |
| #6275, aired 2011-12-23 | POLITICAL WORDS: 16th century British farmers notching their livestock for identification led to this term for an item set aside for a specific purpose earmark |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | ISLANDS: 1 of the 2 islands with a population exceeding 100 million; each one is part of an Asian country (1 of) Honshu or Java |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | THE NFL: This team that joined the NFL in the mid-1970s is the only one whose name starts with the same 3 letters as its city's name the Seattle Seahawks |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | POETS: While north of his homeland he was inspired to write perhaps his greatest work, "Alturas de Macchu Picchu" Pablo Neruda |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | FAMOUS BUILDINGS: Recent evidence suggests that, despite its name, this 1599 building was a 20-sided icosagon the Globe Theatre |
| #6270, aired 2011-12-16 | WORD HISTORY: A Roman legal term for a debtor sentenced to servitude is the origin of this term for a slave to a vice addict |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: He was born in NYC on April 3, 1783, toward the end of the Revolutionary War, & named for one of the war's heroes Washington Irving |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | POPULAR BABY NAMES: Character names in a book & movie series, the top names for 2009 & 2010 were Isabella for girls & this biblical one for boys Jacob |
| #6267, aired 2011-12-13 | 20th CENTURY LITERATURE: A 50th anniversary edition of this fictionalized biography featured the painting seen here on its cover Lust for Life |
| #6266, aired 2011-12-12 | THE BILLBOARD TOP 40: Previously done by the Trapp Family, this song about an instrumentalist was a Top 40 hit every December from 1958 to 1962 "The Little Drummer Boy" |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | "FIRST" PHRASES: The earliest known use of this term was in an Indianapolis Star opinion piece of September 20, 1914 First World War |
| #6264, aired 2011-12-08 | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS: The only Roman Catholic signer represented this state Maryland |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | SPORTING EVENTS: The cup presented since 1887 to the man who wins this is inscribed "single handed champion of the world" Wimbledon (the men's singles championship) |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | U.S. STRUCTURES: On December 6, 1884 this was capped with a 100-oz., 9-inch-high pyramid-shaped block of aluminum, a metal that was rare at the time the Washington Monument |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | PLAYWRIGHTS: For a 1953 play, he spent time in Salem doing research at the courthouse & at the Witch House Arthur Miller |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | WORD ORIGINS: This word for a friend comes from the Latin for "with whom you would eat bread" companion |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | HIT SONGS: Inspired by a Meher Baba saying, this 1980s Grammy winner was the first a cappella recording to top the Billboard 100 "Don't Worry, Be Happy" (by Bobby McFerrin) |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | ORGANIZATIONS: On Nov. 17, 1871 Union vets dismayed by soldiers' lack of proficiency in one skill formed this organization the National Rifle Association |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | TOYS: Invented in 1943, this toy was flung over tree branches by soldiers in Vietnam & used as a makeshift radio antenna the Slinky |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | 16th CENTURY NAMES: In 2010, 467 years after his death, this man at odds with the church was reburied with honors at a Polish cathedral Nicolaus Copernicus |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | MODERN AMERICAN NOVELS: The title of this 1981 Pulitzer Prize winner comes from a Jonathan Swift line about how lesser minds unite to oppose genius A Confederacy of Dunces (by John Kennedy Toole) |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | PSYCHOLOGY TERMS: This 2-word term has its origins in a hostage-taking that followed the botched 1973 Norrmalmstorg bank robbery Stockholm Syndrome |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | AMERICAN WOMEN: Geraldine Doyle, who in 1942 took a job at a Michigan metal factory, helped inspire the look & job of this iconic character Rosie the Riveter |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | U.S. MONEY MATH: Adding up the denominations of circulating bills with U.S. presidents on the front gives you this total $78 |
| #6251, aired 2011-11-21 | MOVIE CHARACTERS: 900 years old when he died, he spoke in OSV syntax, object-subject-verb Yoda |
| #6250, aired 2011-11-18 | ACTOR-DIRECTORS: It's rare to get Oscar nominations for Best Director & Best Actor for the same film; he is 1 of the 2 who did it twice (1 of) Clint Eastwood & Warren Beatty |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: It's the shorter, better-known name of the document "United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967" the Pentagon Papers |
| #6248, aired 2011-11-16 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: Still in existence, it began in 1688 in a British coffee shop popular with maritime folk; it soon got involved in their business Lloyd's of London |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | 19th CENTURY POETRY: He wrote, "He looked upon the garish day With such a wistful eye; The man had killed the thing he loved, & so he had to die" Oscar Wilde |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | THE PRESIDENTIAL CABINET: 7 women have been the secretary of this, the most for any department in the president's cabinet Labor |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | BUSINESS: A 2005 sale of 14,159,265 shares prompted the headline "Google offers shares, seeks global piece of" this pi |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY: They were the first 2 sisters ever nominated for the same acting Oscar in the same year Joan Fontaine & Olivia de Havilland |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | FRENCH HISTORY: She said, "I told my plans to no one. I was not killing a man, but a wild beast that was devouring the French people" Charlotte Corday |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | 18th CENTURY AUTHORS: In a poem he named himself Cadenus, an anagram of Decanus, or "Dean" Jonathan Swift |
| #6241, aired 2011-11-07 | FROM THE GREEK: The word for a song element you won't find in instrumentals comes from the name of this instrument a lyre |
| #6240, aired 2011-11-04 | NOTABLE GROUPS: Harpo Marx was among this group when it met in NYC's Rose Room for its final time, in 1943, & found there was nothing left to say the Algonquin Round Table |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | COUNTRIES' HIGHEST PEAKS: These 2 nations, one an island, have highest peaks with the same name; they also share a common European culture Greece & Cyprus |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | WORLD CITIES: A member of the Hanseatic League, this city with a 4-letter name was once known as the "Paris of the Baltic" Riga |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | CHILDREN'S LIT: This classic book begins, "The pretty little Swiss town of Mayenfeld lies at the foot of a mountain range" Heidi |
| #6236, aired 2011-10-31 | 19th CENTURY QUOTATIONS: "In this sense, the theory of" this group "may be summed up in the single sentence: abolition of private property" communists |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | INVENTORS: In 1823 this Scot obtained a patent for a process that made silk, paper & "other substances impervious to water and air" Charles Macintosh |
| #6234, aired 2011-10-27 | MOVIES: The villain's visage in this movie series was partly chosen due to its likeness to an 1893 work by a Norwegian artist Scream |
| #6233, aired 2011-10-26 | DEATH OF AN AUTHOR: In 1940 at age 44 he died of a heart attack at his Hollywood home while reading his Princeton Alumni Weekly F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | CLASSIC GAMES: Monopoly creator Charles Darrow's sole quote in "the Yale Book of Quotations" includes this 3-digit number 200 |
| #6231, aired 2011-10-24 | U.S. CITIES: Of the top 10 cities in population within city limits, this one of 1.4 million is the only state capital Phoenix, Arizona |
| #6230, aired 2011-10-21 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: In the original 1883 work, this title character kills a talking cricket, has his feet burned off & nearly starves Pinocchio |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | TOP OF THE POP CHARTS: In 1978 he replaced his brothers at No. 1, who then replaced him; one of the brothers was a writer on all 3 songs Andy Gibb |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | THE 20th CENTURY: In the 1940s Franklin Roosevelt coined this term in reference to all the countries allied against the Axis powers United Nations |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | FOREIGN-BORN INVENTORS: His 1922 New York Times obituary mentions that his patent No. 174,465 "has been called the most valuable patent ever issued" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | 2011 EVENTS: To mark an historic visit, on May 17 an Irish army band played this song followed by Ireland's anthem "God Save The Queen" |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: This nation lost its direct access to the Pacific around 1880 but retains a navy that patrols its rivers & a large lake Bolivia |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | THE OSCARS: This performer is the only person to win Oscars for acting & also songwriting Barbra Streisand |
| #6223, aired 2011-10-12 | ART & STATE CAPITALS: The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, home to the largest permanent collection of her works, is in this state capital Santa Fe |
| #6222, aired 2011-10-11 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: "'How are you getting on?' said" this animal character, "as soon as there was mouth enough for it to speak with" the Cheshire Cat |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR: He was executed in 1780 & buried in Tappan, New York; his remains were moved to Westminster Abbey in 1821 Major John André |
| #6220, aired 2011-10-07 | ROYALTY: The son of an Oscar winner, this prince is also a 5-time Olympian Prince Albert |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | OSCAR NOMINATIONS: The only time 3 actors from the same movie were nominated for Best Actor was for this high seas film Mutiny on the Bounty |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS: He gave his horse a name that partly means "nag" in Spanish; the name he gave himself refers to a piece of armor Don Quixote |
| #6217, aired 2011-10-04 | EUROPEAN TRAVEL & TOURISM: Visited by 15 million people a year, this spot in Britain honors an 1805 battle fought elsewhere Trafalgar Square |
| #6216, aired 2011-10-03 | REMEMBERING U.S. HISTORY: Issued in 2011, a stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of a major event in U.S. history depicts this stronghold Fort Sumter |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | THE OLYMPICS: Aside from racquet sports, one of the 2 other Summer Olympic sports in which men may currently compete against women equestrian events or sailing |
| #6214, aired 2011-09-29 | THE 20th CENTURY: In February 1967 this Asian leader said his people would "never agree to negotiate under the threat of bombing" Ho Chi Minh |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | THE CHANGING U.S.A.: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) According to the Census, this point has progressed westward since the U.S. was founded & has moved southwest since the 1960s the mean center of population |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | ENGLISH WRITERS: English poet Thomas Hoccleve, a contemporary of this man, called him the "firste fyndere of our fair langage" Chaucer |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | FAMILIAR PHRASE ORIGINS: In medieval times, an act of bravery got you dubbed a knight & won you a pair of golden these spurs |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: In the 1880s he developed Crystal A Caramels; a product under his own name came out in 1900 Hershey |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | PHILOSOPHY: Nietzsche wrote, "Once you said 'God' when you gazed upon distant seas; but now I have taught you to say" this word superman |
| #6208, aired 2011-09-21 | OSCAR WINNERS: The most recent father & daughter to win acting Oscars: he won for playing a veteran, she for playing a mental patient Jon Voight & Angelina Jolie |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | NAME'S THE SAME: Name shared by a popular world sport & a member of the Gryllidae family cricket |
| #6206, aired 2011-09-19 | AMERICAN WRITERS: In the 1840s he wrote, "I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government" Henry David Thoreau |
