| #1145, aired 1989-07-21 | AMERICAN POETS: He wrote a biography that won Pulitzer Prize for history in 1940 & won for his poetry in 1951 Carl Sandburg |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | MONARCHS: Berengaria, who never set foot in England, was its queen for 8 yrs. after marrying this king on Cyprus Richard the Lionhearted |
| #1143, aired 1989-07-19 | THE '30s: 2 of the 5 states in the Dust Bowl (2 of) Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Texas or New Mexico |
| #1142, aired 1989-07-18 | AMERICANA: Hotel made famous by Dorothy Parker, Franklin Pierce Adams & Robert Benchley the Algonquin |
| #1141, aired 1989-07-17 | OPERA: Based on a French novel by Henri Murger, its title refers to the carefree life artists lead La bohème |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | IN THE NEWS: The European Community's target year for lifting all economic barriers among its 12 members 1992 |
| #1138, aired 1989-07-12 | FAIRY TALES: 4-letter boy's name that appears most often in the titles of Grimm's fairy tales Hans |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | MOVIES: Title of a 1960 S. Tracy film, it completes the bib. quote "He that troubleth his own house shall..." Inherit the Wind |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY: Alexander Hamilton Stephens of Georgia was the only person to hold this office Vice President of the Confederacy |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | ACTRESSES: In 1955, she was the 1st adult actress to win an honorary Oscar, but she didn't attend the ceremony Greta Garbo |
| #1134, aired 1989-07-06 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: The name of this instrument played with the mouth goes back to a Greek word for "agreement" harmonica |
| #1133, aired 1989-07-05 | MONARCHS: This late ruler was born in 1892, & his original name was Tafari Makonnen Haile Selassie |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | STATE CAPITALS: The 2 state capitals, both east of the Mississippi, that begin with the same 6 letters Columbus (Ohio) & Columbia (South Carolina) |
| #1131, aired 1989-07-03 | NATIONAL PARKS: Besides Wyoming, the 2 other states in which Yellowstone park is located Montana & Idaho |
| #1130, aired 1989-06-30 | CORPORATE AMERICA: This company began in 1914, transporting passengers in Minnesota between Alice & Hibbing Greyhound |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | POETRY: They're described as "Snowy, Flowy, Blowy, Showery, Flowery, Bowery, Hoppy, Croppy, Droppy, Breezy, Sneezy, Freezy" 12 months |
| #1127, aired 1989-06-27 | FOREIGN PHRASES: Latin phrase found on the face of the Great Seal of the United States E pluribus unum |
| #1126, aired 1989-06-26 | WOMEN: 1 of 3 states that currently has a woman governor (1 of) Vermont, Nebraska, or Arizona |
| #1125, aired 1989-06-23 | MAN IN SPACE: On May 25, 1973 it took the crew in an Apollo capsule 9 tries to dock with this craft Skylab |
| #1124, aired 1989-06-22 | PULITZER PRIZES: 1 of 2 Black women who won Pulitzer Prizes for their fiction, 1 in 1983 & 1 in 1988 Alice Walker or Toni Morrison |
| #1123, aired 1989-06-21 | THE CABINET: Department whose 1st secretary was Oveta Culp Hobby & whose last was Patricia Roberts Harris HEW (Health, Education & Welfare) |
| #1122, aired 1989-06-20 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 1916 he was poisoned & shot, but died by drowning Rasputin |
| #1121, aired 1989-06-19 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: In a Eugene Field poem, the wooden shoe stands for a trundle bed, & these 3 for 2 eyes & a head Wynken, Blynken, and Nod |
| #1120, aired 1989-06-16 | AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS: M. Stapleton,
Eli Wallach,
Jessica Tandy &
M. Leighton all won Tonys for performances in his plays Tennessee Williams |
| #1119, aired 1989-06-15 | TECHNOLOGY: French scientist Rene de Reaumur got the idea to make this out of wood from watching a wasp paper |
| #1117, aired 1989-06-13 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This national chain of 1,248 stores was named after a pond Waldenbooks |
| #1116, aired 1989-06-12 | VOCABULARY: This 7-letter synonym for dictionary is from a Greek word for "word" lexicon |
| #1115, aired 1989-06-09 | THE OSCARS: British actress who won Oscars for playing Southern women in 2 different films Vivien Leigh |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | BEST SELLERS: The title of this 1970 best seller referred to brothers Rudolph & Thomas Jordache Rich Man, Poor Man |
| #1107, aired 1989-05-30 | COINS: She became the only monarch to appear on a U.S. coin, when a commemorative quarter was issued in 1893 Queen Isabella |
| #1106, aired 1989-05-29 | THE 50 STATES: The 2 states whose names end with the letter "Y" Kentucky & New Jersey |
| #1105, aired 1989-05-26 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: According to the Browning poem, he could also get rid of "The mole and toad and newt and viper" the Pied Piper of Hamelin |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | MONEY: It was the 1st country to use paper money China |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | WORLD CITIES: Linked by the world's 5th longest suspension bridge, it lies in both Europe & Asia Istanbul |
| #1102, aired 1989-05-23 | LITERATURE: It's where Philip Nolan asked to be buried at sea |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | AWARDS: In 1931 this social worker became the 1st American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize Jane Addams |
| #1100, aired 1989-05-19 | PEOPLE & PLACES: Plato mentioned this place in "Critias" & "Timaeus", & people today are still looking for it Atlantis |
| #1099, aired 1989-05-18 | EUROPE: Alphabetically it's the 1st member of both the European Community & NATO Belgium |
| #1098, aired 1989-05-17 | SPORTS: Both volleyball & basketball were invented by Y.M.C.A. staff members in the 1890s in this state Massachusetts |
| #1097, aired 1989-05-16 | AMERICANA: It was published annually from 1732-1757 & credited to an imaginary astronomer Poor Richard's Almanack |
| #1096, aired 1989-05-15 | WORLD POPULATIONS: The U.S. Census Bureau predicts by 2050 this country could surpass China in population India |
| #1095, aired 1989-05-12 | BODIES OF WATER: Covering more than half a million square miles, it's the world's largest gulf the Gulf of Mexico |
| #1094, aired 1989-05-11 | MONEY: "In God we trust" & this word appear on the front of every current U.S. coin liberty |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR: 1 of 2 current U.S. possessions acquired as a result of the Spanish-American War Puerto Rico or Guam |
| #1092, aired 1989-05-09 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: This character, created about 1850, has an artificial leg made of white polished bone Captain Ahab |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | MOUNTAINS: Its name means "great mountain" & it has 2 peaks, Kibo & Mawenzi, that are 7 miles apart Kilimanjaro |
| #1090, aired 1989-05-05 | WOMEN IN POLITICS: In 1974 she became the 1st woman head of state anywhere in the Americas Isabel Peron (of Argentina) |
| #1089, aired 1989-05-04 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: "Best Actress" for 1968, she was the only one in Oscar history to win for playing a queen Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter) |
| #1088, aired 1989-05-03 | HISTORY: At the request of the king of England, Pope Innocent III annulled this in 1215 Magna Carta |
| #1087, aired 1989-05-02 | SLANG: The credit for coining this slang word goes to Alben W. Barkley's grandson veep |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | U.S. STATES: This state's seal includes an eagle holding a serpent in its beak & grasping a cactus in its talons New Mexico |
| #1085, aired 1989-04-28 | FILMS OF THE '50s: The 1st part of this classic 1959 comedy is set in Chicago in February 1929 Some Like It Hot |
| #1084, aired 1989-04-27 | MONARCHS: He married a woman with royal blood & then killed his own cousin to become king of Scotland Macbeth |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | HOLLYWOOD: Cowboy star who has 5 stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame--1 each for film, TV, recording, theater & radio Gene Autry |
| #1082, aired 1989-04-25 | FAMOUS ENGLISHMEN: The last names of surveyors Charles & Jeremiah, who did their most famous work in the 1760s Mason & Dixon |
| #1081, aired 1989-04-24 | THE 1988 ELECTION: 2 states carried by Michael Dukakis besides Massachusetts, his home state (2 of) Rhode Island, Minnesota, New York, Hawaii, Iowa, Oregon, Washington, West Virginia or Wisconsin |
| #1080, aired 1989-04-21 | FAMOUS PAIRS: One was born in Ulverson, England; the other in Harlem, Georgia, & they 1st teamed up in 1926 Laurel & Hardy |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The world's best-selling pen is this company's "Crystal" model BIC |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | THE PULITZER PRIZE: 3 years after this William Kennedy novel won a Pulitzer Prize, it came out as a film starring Meryl Streep Ironweed |
| #1077, aired 1989-04-18 | CIVIL WAR: He was the only U.S. senator who did not leave the Senate when his state seceded Andrew Johnson |
| #1076, aired 1989-04-17 | U.S. COINS: Images replaced on the front of the penny & the nickel by the presidents on them today Indian heads |
| #1075, aired 1989-04-14 | OLD TESTAMENT: His adventure began when he "rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord" Jonah |
| #1074, aired 1989-04-13 | EUROPE: 3 of the 6 original members of the European Common Market (3 of) Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Italy & West Germany |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | BOOKS & AUTHORS: The 1st book in David Saperstein's trilogy that continued into "Metamorphosis" & will end with "Butterfly" Cocoon |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | THE CALENDAR: On the old Celtic calendar this was the last day of the year, & some of its pagan rites still exist Halloween |
| #1071, aired 1989-04-10 | WORLD CITIES: With over 2 million people, it's the largest city in the West Indies Havana, Cuba |
| #1070, aired 1989-04-07 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The 3 presidents, besides Bush, whose last names contain only 4 letters William Taft, Gerald Ford & James Polk |
| #1069, aired 1989-04-06 | SHAKESPEAREAN QUOTES: In a Shakespearean tragedy, this famous farewell follows "Now cracks a noble heart" Good night, sweet prince |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | CANADA: The two Canadian provinces without coastlines Alberta & Saskatchewan |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Great American Smokeout, urging smokers to quit the habit, is held each year a week before this holiday Thanksgiving |
| #1066, aired 1989-04-03 | WORLD AFFAIRS: In 1963 these 3 nations signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty the U.S., U.S.S.R. & the U.K. |
| #1065, aired 1989-03-31 | PLAYWRIGHTS: The son of an actor, he won 4 Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, more than any other playwright Eugene O'Neill |
| #1064, aired 1989-03-30 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Headquartered near St. Paul, this company churns out the top-selling brand of butter in the U.S. Land O Lakes |
| #1063, aired 1989-03-29 | MOVIE STARS: She made only 11 Hollywood films during her brief career, co-starring twice with B. Crosby & winning an Oscar Grace Kelly |
| #1062, aired 1989-03-28 | BODIES OF WATER: The only U.S. state whose coastline touches a body of water called a sea Alaska |
| #1061, aired 1989-03-27 | ISLANDS: It's the most volcanic country in the world Iceland |
| #1060, aired 1989-03-24 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE: When it broke away from France in 1804, it became the 2nd independent country in the New World Haiti |
| #1059, aired 1989-03-23 | FIRST FAMILIES: The last member of a first family to have been married at the White House Tricia Nixon |
| #1058, aired 1989-03-22 | ANIMALS: The elephant is the largest land animal by weight; this animal is 2nd the Rhino |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Though his 2nd administration was scandal ridden, he was almost nominated for a 3rd term 4 years later Ulysses Grant |
| #1056, aired 1989-03-20 | BRITISH HISTORY: Since 1700 Britain has had only 3 reigning queens: Victoria, Elizabeth II, & this woman Queen Anne |
| #1055, aired 1989-03-17 | MONARCHS: In her will, she wrote of her hope of just rule for the Indians of the New World Queen Isabella |
| #1054, aired 1989-03-16 | FOOD & DRINK: The letters in "made" can be made into these 2 different words, one a food & one a drink Edam & mead |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | THE OSCARS: In 1938, he was the 1st boy actor to win an honorary Oscar, & he's still performing today Mickey Rooney |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | THE PLANETS: This planet is named for the original god of the sky in Greek mythology Uranus |
| #1051, aired 1989-03-13 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: When Rip Van Winkle fell asleep, this ruler's portrait hung in front of the inn King George III |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | ORGANIZATIONS: Its roots go back to two 1850s organizations: the General Female Training Institute & a prayer union the YWCA (the Young Women's Christian Association) |
| #1047, aired 1989-03-07 | WORLD WAR II: During WWII, the U.S. Constitution, Magna Carta & Declaration of Independence were stored at this U.S. site Fort Knox |
| #1046, aired 1989-03-06 | EXPLORERS: Henry & David are the 1st names of these men who are often paired but mainly worked separately Stanley & Livingstone |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR: 1 of 2 famous patriots hiding in Lexington when Paul Revere warned "The British are coming" Samuel Adams or John Hancock |
| #1044, aired 1989-03-02 | STATE CAPITALS: One of three state capitals with the shortest names--only five letters long (1 of) Dover, DE, Boise, ID & Salem, OR |
| #1043, aired 1989-03-01 | LANDMARKS: de Maupassant & Dumas fils were among those who signed a protest against building this landmark Eiffel Tower |
| #1042, aired 1989-02-28 | ACADEMY AWARDS: The 1st person to win a special Oscar, he won in 1929 for writing, acting, directing & producing Charlie Chaplin |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: A movement of this symphony Beethoven supposedly was writing on his deathbed premiered in 1988 the "Tenth Symphony" |
| #1040, aired 1989-02-24 | CANADA: In 1621 this Canadian province was named to honor the homeland of the reigning king, James Nova Scotia (New Scotland) |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | THE UNITED NATIONS: Much in the news in Sept.-Oct. 1988, it's the largest in population that's not a U.N. member (South) Korea |
| #1038, aired 1989-02-22 | WORLD POLITICS: 2 countries whose governments are headed by a chancellor (West) Germany & Austria |
| #1037, aired 1989-02-21 | HISTORIC LAST LINES: It concludes, "...we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor" the Declaration of Independence |
| #1035, aired 1989-02-17 | STATE CAPITALS: 2 of the 4 state capitals with "City" in their names (2 of) Carson City, Oklahoma City, Jefferson City, or Salt Lake City |
| #1034, aired 1989-02-16 | AWARDS: She was the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize Marie Curie |
| #1033, aired 1989-02-15 | AMERICANA: The 1st of these to fly officially in the U.S. was raised at Fort McHenry at 12:01 A.M. July 4, 1960 50 star U.S. flag |
| #1032, aired 1989-02-14 | SOUTH AMERICA: This South American country is named for an Italian city Venezuela |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | FILMS OF THE '80s: Oscar-winning film whose title character was played at age 3 by Richard Vuu & as an adult by John Lone The Last Emperor |
| #1030, aired 1989-02-10 | HOLIDAYS: Holiday on which the U.S. flag is to be flown at half staff until noon Memorial Day |
| #1029, aired 1989-02-09 | WORLD LEADERS: She was the guest of honor at the last state dinner President Reagan hosted Margaret Thatcher |
| #1028, aired 1989-02-08 | VICE PRESIDENTS: The only 2 vice presidents who previously represented Minnesota in the Senate (Hubert) Humphrey & (Walter) Mondale |
| #1027, aired 1989-02-07 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR: He served as a major general in the Continental Army & a brigadier gen. for the British Benedict Arnold |
| #1026, aired 1989-02-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The 7 largest banks in the free world are headquartered in this country Japan |
| #1025, aired 1989-02-03 | GREAT BRITAIN: 1 of the 3 former prime ministers currently sitting in the British House of Lords (1 of) James Callaghan, Harold Wilson & Alexander Douglas-Home |
| #1024, aired 1989-02-02 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: The Census Bureau is part of this federal department Commerce |
| #1023, aired 1989-02-01 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: In 1975 he became the only Soviet citizen to win the Nobel Peace Prize (Andrei) Sakharov |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | POLITICAL QUOTES: President who said, "The ballot is stronger than the bullet" Abraham Lincoln |
| #1021, aired 1989-01-30 | ISLANDS: In 1542 this island group was named for the future King of Spain Philippines |
| #1020, aired 1989-01-27 | STATE CAPITALS: Of the state capitals, this one has the busiest airport Atlanta |
| #1019, aired 1989-01-26 | U.S. STATES: It's the only state besides Hawaii whose name has 3 adjacent vowels Louisiana |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | AUTHORS: This U.S. poet laureate is the only writer who won Pulitzer Prizes for both poetry & fiction Robert Penn Warren |
| #1017, aired 1989-01-24 | FILMS OF THE '40s: This 1941 film is the only one with a color in its title to win the "Best Picture" Oscar How Green Was My Valley |
| #1016, aired 1989-01-23 | CHEMISTRY: Chemical formula for the most abundant molecule found in the human body H2O |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | U.S. STATES: This state's current license plate has a biplane pictured on it North Carolina |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | FAMOUS NAMES: His father, whose first & middle names were also Charles Augustus, was a Minnesota congressman Charles Lindbergh |
| #1013, aired 1989-01-18 | THE OSCARS: This 1951 musical is the only movie with a world capital in the title to win "Best Picture" An American in Paris |
| #1012, aired 1989-01-17 | ASIA: The 4 official languages of this Southeast Asian country are Chinese, Malay, English & Tamil Singapore |
| #1011, aired 1989-01-16 | POETRY: In a famous poem, the Mongol Empire summer palace called Shangtu is known as this Xanadu |
| #1010, aired 1989-01-13 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Originally called Vera Cruz, this country was renamed for a type of tree Brazil |
| #1009, aired 1989-01-12 | FASHION: The 2 Asian leaders in the 1960s & '70s for whom popular jacket styles were named Nehru & Mao |
| #1008, aired 1989-01-11 | COLONIAL AMERICA: This colony was named for the 1st governor of the colony of Virginia Delaware |
| #1007, aired 1989-01-10 | THE OLYMPICS: In 1960 he became the 1st black athlete to carry the U.S. flag in the Olympic procession Rafer Johnson |
| #1006, aired 1989-01-09 | PRESIDENTS: 2 presidents who didn't go to college (2 of) Washington, Jackson, Van Buren, Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Cleveland & Truman |
| #1005, aired 1989-01-06 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: 2 of the 9 mainland countries of the world through which the Equator passes (2 of) Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Kenya, Somalia & Uganda |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | WORLD RELIGION: This country has the most Protestants of any in the world United States |
| #1003, aired 1989-01-04 | THE CIVIL WAR: The 2 Union states that were invaded by General Lee's Confederate armies Maryland & Pennsylvania |
| #1002, aired 1989-01-03 | LEADING LADIES: The 2 blonde sex symbols who made their last films with Gable, 1 released in 1937, 1 in 1961 Jean Harlow & Marilyn Monroe |
| #1001, aired 1989-01-02 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: "The Revenge of the Hound" was published in 1987 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this hero Sherlock Holmes |
| #1000, aired 1988-12-30 | EXPLORERS: Puerto Rico's 2nd largest city is named for this explorer, its 1st governor Ponce de Leon |
| #999, aired 1988-12-29 | LANDMARKS: Irish-born architect J. Hoban designed this building in 1792 & finished rebuilding it 25 years later White House |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: He was the 1st incumbent president to debate his opponent for office on TV Gerald Ford |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES: This English word is derived from the Latin "duodecim" dozen |
| #996, aired 1988-12-26 | MOUNTAINS: Soviet mountain range thought to be where the white race originated Caucasus Mountains |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | TELEVISION: It was on for 6 years, giving it the longest run of any animated TV show in prime time The Flintstones |
| #994, aired 1988-12-22 | WOMEN IN SPORTS: This California teenager was the 1st American to win a regular gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics Janet Evans |
| #993, aired 1988-12-21 | MOVIE DIRECTORS: Joan Fontaine is the only performer who won an Oscar for acting in any of his 53 films Alfred Hitchcock |
| #992, aired 1988-12-20 | LANGUAGE: The Hawaiian alphabet uses 12 of the 26 letters in the English alphabet & runs from "A" to this letter W |
| #991, aired 1988-12-19 | BEST SELLERS: In 1964, 5 of the top 10 nonfiction best sellers were by or about this man John F. Kennedy |
| #990, aired 1988-12-16 | ADVERTISING: 1 of the top 5 advertisers on network TV sports shows in 1987 was this Cabinet department the Department of Defense |
| #989, aired 1988-12-15 | AMERICANA: The U.S. flag flies 24 hours a day over both his birthplace & his grave Francis Scott Key |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | PUBLISHING: The World Almanac is published either 48 hrs. after a presidential election or this October event World Series |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | MONARCHS: He was the last person to hold the title Emperor of India King George VI |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES: In pounds per capita, the most consumed fresh fruit in U.S.--mostly the yellow Cavendish variety bananas |
| #985, aired 1988-12-09 | THE CENSUS: Decade in the 20th century in which the fewest immigrants were admitted to the U.S. the 1930s |
| #984, aired 1988-12-08 | INVENTORS: A unit used to measure the intensity of sound is named after this inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| #983, aired 1988-12-07 | TELEVISION: This TV star was posthumously honored by having a bus depot in Brooklyn named for him Jackie Gleason |
| #982, aired 1988-12-06 | THE CIVIL WAR: Confederate troops wounded this general May 2, 1863 at Chancellorsville; he died 8 days later Stonewall Jackson |
| #981, aired 1988-12-05 | U.S. LANDMARKS: Its cornerstone was laid February 12, 1915 the Lincoln Memorial |
| #980, aired 1988-12-02 | MONARCHS: This Queen of England was the granddaughter of Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain Mary I (Bloody Mary) |
| #979, aired 1988-12-01 | STATE CAPITALS: The 2 state capitals located on the Mississippi River St. Paul, Minnesota & Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| #978, aired 1988-11-30 | FAMOUS NAMES: Surveyor general of India from 1830-43, in 1865 a mountain was renamed in his honor Sir George Everest |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | AMERICAN HISTORY: Historically significant event of June 17, 1972 the Watergate break-in |
| #976, aired 1988-11-28 | HISTORIC DATES: Date in 1777 on which the Continental Congress approved a flag of 13 stripes & 13 stars June 14 |
| #974, aired 1988-11-24 | ACADEMY AWARDS: 2 of the 3 "Best Picture" winners of the '80s with 1-word titles (2 of) Gandhi, Amadeus or Platoon |
| #973, aired 1988-11-23 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Alice in Wonderland character named after the county in which Lewis Carroll was born Cheshire Cat |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | NATIONAL PARKS: The only national park named for a president is named for him Theodore Roosevelt |
| #971, aired 1988-11-21 | MUSICALS OF THE '80s: The hero of this Tony Award-winning "Best Musical" is sometimes known by a number, 24601 Les Misérables |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | ELECTIONS: 3 twentieth century presidents who were defeated when running to retain the office (3 of) Taft, Hoover, Carter, & Ford |
| #969, aired 1988-11-17 | GEOGRAPHY: Now independent, this island has been ruled by Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs, Normans, French & British Malta |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | MAN IN SPACE: 3 months after John Glenn, he became the second American to orbit the Earth (Malcolm) Scott Carpenter |
| #967, aired 1988-11-15 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: This country's authors have won more Nobel literature prizes than any other, including the U.S. France |
| #966, aired 1988-11-14 | THE CIVIL WAR: The bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War took place in this state Maryland |
| #965, aired 1988-11-11 | THE SUPREME COURT: Only member of the current Court who has been elected to a public office Sandra Day O'Connor (state senator from Arizona) |
| #964, aired 1988-11-10 | THE OSCARS: Husband & wife who won Oscars almost 30 years apart, she in 1958, he in 1987 Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward |
| #963, aired 1988-11-09 | FOREIGN PHRASES: The Greek expression meaning "philosophy (is) the guide of life" is abbreviated by these three Greek letters phi beta kappa |
| #962, aired 1988-11-08 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: He was the only incumbent vice president to defeat a president in a presidential election Thomas Jefferson |
| #961, aired 1988-11-07 | WORLD CITIES: This major North American city is built around the mountain it's named for Montreal |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | LETTER PERFECT: Vowel found in the names of 7 of the 9 planets U |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | THE BIBLE: While there were lots of animals on Noah's Ark, there were this many humans 8 |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | THE SPACE RACE: Sputnik was the Soviet's 1st satellite, while this was ours Explorer |
| #957, aired 1988-11-01 | POLITICIANS: Carl Hayden represented this state in Congress from when it joined the Union until 1969 Arizona |
| #956, aired 1988-10-31 | AUTHORS: One of this author's two middle names was Balfour Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson |
| #955, aired 1988-10-28 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: He was the 1st candidate to receive Hawaii's electoral vote John F. Kennedy |
| #954, aired 1988-10-27 | WEATHER: With an average of 7.4 inches of rain annually, it's the driest state in the U.S. Nevada |
| #953, aired 1988-10-26 | RELIGION: Almost struck by lightning in 1505, this young man vowed to become a monk & did soon after Martin Luther |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: He was knighted in 1953, the same year he won the Nobel Prize for Literature Winston Churchill |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | WORLD HISTORY: On May 20, 1902 U.S. rule ended & this country became independent Cuba |
| #950, aired 1988-10-21 | EUROPEAN HISTORY: Germany's 3rd Reich was the Nazi regime, the 2nd was the 1871-1918 monarchy, while the 1st Reich was this Holy Roman Empire |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | THE UNITED NATIONS: In the course of its 43-year history, the UN has had this many Secretaries-General 5 |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: By June 30, 1988 every U.S. residence should have received a gov't booklet w/this man's photo on the cover C. Everett Koop |
| #947, aired 1988-10-18 | WORLD CAPITALS: Canada agreed to abide by this person's choice for its capital city, & in 1858, Ottawa was chosen Queen Victoria |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | ACADEMY AWARDS: He was nominated posthumously for "Best Actor" 2 years in a row, in February 1956 & February 1957 James Dean |
| #945, aired 1988-10-14 | WORLD HISTORY: An allied army of Americans, Britons, Germans, Frenchmen, Russians & Japanese ended this in 1900 Boxer Rebellion |
| #944, aired 1988-10-13 | ELECTIONS: He was the last major party presidential candidate to lose 2 elections to 2 different men Thomas Dewey |
| #943, aired 1988-10-12 | THE MILITARY: The Marines' Hymn was written during this war the Mexican (American) War |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | 1988: In April the late Dr. Paul D. White became familiar to many people who saw his portrait on this A stamp |
| #941, aired 1988-10-10 | THE CIVIL WAR: 1 of 2 states admitted to the Union during the Civil War (1 of) West Virginia or Nevada |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | SPORTS & GAMES: Invented in 1895 in Massachusetts, it became an Olympic sport at the 1964 Tokyo games volleyball |
| #939, aired 1988-10-06 | THE CABINET: The flag of the secretary of this department bears a clipper ship & a lighthouse the Department of Commerce |
| #938, aired 1988-10-05 | SEE THE USA: Latest figures show this U.S. state is the most popular destination for Japanese tourists Hawaii |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | TECHNOLOGY: They 1st appeared in British shops, hotels & railway stations in 1884 & were called silence cabinets telephone booths |
| #935, aired 1988-09-30 | THE MOVIES: Under the system begun in 1968, the MPAA has assigned this rating to more films than any other R |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: It didn't become a federal holiday until 1971, though it was 1st celebrated in 1792 Columbus Day |
| #933, aired 1988-09-28 | MONARCHS: The world's oldest dynasty, some 2000 years old, still reigns in this country Japan |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | THE BIBLE: The only 3 men to reign as king over all 12 tribes of Israel Saul, David & Solomon |
| #931, aired 1988-09-26 | AMERICANA: In 1986 Coke & Kodak were among 19 firms who pledged over $66 mil. to use its image in their ads the Statue of Liberty |
| #930, aired 1988-09-23 | ROYAL FAMILIES: England's Queen Elizabeth I had this many stepmothers 4 |
| #929, aired 1988-09-22 | MAGAZINES: In June 1988 he appeared on the covers of Time, People, Life & Sports Illustrated Mike Tyson |
| #928, aired 1988-09-21 | THE MOVIES: Charles Laughton, Trevor Howard & Anthony Hopkins all played this historic figure William Bligh |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | 1978: Upon Golda Meir's death, this leader said, "I must, for history's sake, praise her as an honest foe" (Anwar) Sadat |
| #926, aired 1988-09-19 | MYTHOLOGY: 2 of the 3 goddesses who were contestants in the famous beauty contest judged by Paris (2 of) Aphrodite, Athena or Hera |
| #925, aired 1988-09-16 | THE U.S. CAPITOL: Only state to contribute a statue of a king for our Capitol's National Statuary Hall Hawaii |
| #924, aired 1988-09-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Inspired by Cornell's new team colors, in 1898 it changed its orange & black labels to red & white Campbell's |
| #923, aired 1988-09-14 | MUSICALS: This Lerner & Loewe musical was written directly for the screen & wasn't a Broadway musical 'til 1973 Gigi |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | THE CALENDAR: 1st year of the 100th century 9901 |
| #921, aired 1988-09-12 | WORLD LEADERS: He was named president of the Soviet Union twice; once in 1960 & again in 1977 (Leonid) Brezhnev |
| #920, aired 1988-09-09 | FAMOUS NAMES: The assassin John Wilkes Booth admired this other assassin, for whom his father was named Brutus |
| #919, aired 1988-09-08 | SHAKESPEARE: The 1st line spoken in this Shakespearean play is 1 word:
"Bos'n!" The Tempest |
| #918, aired 1988-09-07 | PRESIDENTS: (2 of 4) U.S presidents who married divorced women (2 of) (Ronald) Reagan (Andrew) Jackson, (Gerald) Ford or (Warren) Harding |
| #917, aired 1988-09-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Observances that fell in 1988 on Wednesday February 17 & Thursday March 17 Ash Wednesday & St. Patrick's Day |
| #916, aired 1988-09-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: Longest boundary between any 2 U.S. states is the one between these 2 Texas & Oklahoma |
