| #1835, aired 1992-07-17 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: He was the last president elected with less than 50% of the popular vote Nixon |
| #1834, aired 1992-07-16 | FILMS OF THE '50s: One of the 1st lines in this William Holden film is "The poor dope. He always wanted a pool." Sunset Boulevard |
| #1833, aired 1992-07-15 | WORLD WAR II: During WWII this Mediterranean island was called Britain's "only unsinkable aircraft carrier" Malta |
| #1832, aired 1992-07-14 | GERMAN AUTHORS: Composer Paul Dukas based "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" on a story by this poet, novelist & scientist Goethe |
| #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | OPERA: Operas by Rossini, Bizet & Beethoven are set in or near this city Seville |
| #1830, aired 1992-07-10 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN: This legendary 71-year-old performer, the widow of a diplomat, died in Panama in 1991 Margot Fonteyn |
| #1829, aired 1992-07-09 | LITERATURE: The prologue of "The Canterbury Tales" calls him "the hooly blisful martir" Becket |
| #1828, aired 1992-07-08 | NATIONS OF THE WORLD: In one of its official languages, this country is called Repiblik Dayti Haiti |
| #1827, aired 1992-07-07 | 1991: Time's 1991 Man of the Year, he made viewers around the world "instant witnesses to history" Ted Turner |
| #1826, aired 1992-07-06 | SHAKESPEARE: The play in which a fool says, "This cold night will turn us all to fools and madmen" King Lear |
| #1819, aired 1992-06-25 | MEDICINE: It was the last of the 4 major blood groups to be discovered AB |
| #1818, aired 1992-06-24 | U.S. STATES: The 2 states formed from counties of the state of Virginia West Virginia & Kentucky |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | IN THE NEWS: In an unannounced December 1991 speech at Columbia Univ., this author said, "Free speech is life itself" Salman Rushdie |
| #1806, aired 1992-06-08 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: He received the most electoral votes of any third party candidate in the 20th century Teddy Roosevelt |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He served FDR as Commerce Secretary, Agriculture Secretary, and Vice President Henry Wallace |
| #1799, aired 1992-05-28 | FOOD & DRINK: Before the introduction of Diet Coke, this was the leading diet soft drink in the U.S. Tab |
| #1796, aired 1992-05-25 | THE 1991 EMMYS: This show won the Best Comedy Series, Actress & Supporting Actress awards Cheers |
| #1795, aired 1992-05-22 | COMPOSERS: An anthem that he composed for George II's 1727 coronation has been used for British crownings ever since George Frederick Handel |
| #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | AMERICAN STORIES: Story that begins, "Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill Mountains" "Rip Van Winkle" |
| #1793, aired 1992-05-20 | TRAVEL & TOURISM: This sparsely populated state has the highest percentage of its workforce in tourism, about a third Nevada |
| #1792, aired 1992-05-19 | ARTISTS: 2 of his major works are "Synagogue at Safed" (1931) & "King David" (1951) Chagall |
| #1791, aired 1992-05-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: A native Kentuckian, he was the first president born outside of the original 13 states Abraham Lincoln |
| #1790, aired 1992-05-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY: John Alden was the last surviving signer of this the Mayflower Compact |
| #1789, aired 1992-05-14 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS: Gan-den Trup-pa, a monk, scholar & author, was the first man to be given this title the Dalai Lama |
| #1788, aired 1992-05-13 | ZOOLOGY: The scientific name of this mammal is abbreviated H. amphibius a hippopotamus |
| #1787, aired 1992-05-12 | COLONIAL AMERICA: Charles II's brother, the Duke of this, was put in charge of getting the Dutch out of New Amsterdam York |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | SECRETARIES OF STATE: This Secretary of State's original first name was Heinz Henry Kissinger |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He was the most recent Democratic Vice President to become President Lyndon Johnson |
| #1784, aired 1992-05-07 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: At about 1 million square miles, it's the world's largest peninsula Arabian |
| #1783, aired 1992-05-06 | WORLD LEADERS: On Feb. 24, 1992, this Nobel Peace Prize winner's first column appeared in the New York Times Gorbachev |
| #1782, aired 1992-05-05 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Verona, Italy has someone who answers dozens of letters sent each week to this 13-year-old girl Juliet |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | THE 1970s: These documents revealed the Truman admin. gave military aid to France in its war against the Viet Minh Pentagon Papers |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | OSCAR WINNING FILMS: It ends as the main character, Don Birnam, begins work on a new novel, "The Bottle" The Lost Weekend |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the first Navy veteran to become president Kennedy |
| #1775, aired 1992-04-24 | VICE PRESIDENTS: 2 of only 6 vice presidents who served 2 full terms in office (2 of) Adams, Nixon, Bush, Tompkins (Monroe's), Marshall (Wilson's) or Garner (FDR's 1st & 2nd terms) |
| #1774, aired 1992-04-23 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS: The 3 characters who die in the last scene of "Romeo and Juliet" are Romeo, Juliet & this person Paris |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | THE ELEMENTS: It has the lowest melting point of any metallic element, -38° F. mercury |
| #1772, aired 1992-04-21 | AMERICAN ART: This painting commemorating the 100th anniv. of the American Revolution was inspired by a July 4th parade The Spirit of '76 |
| #1771, aired 1992-04-20 | MONARCHS: After more than 40 years in exile, King Michael returned to this country in 1990 only to be expelled again Romania |
| #1770, aired 1992-04-17 | INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: It was founded in Baghdad, Iraq in September 1960 OPEC |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | AUTHORS: His exact birthday is unknown, but it's believed to be Sept. 29, 1547, the feast day of San Miguel Miguel de Cervantes |
| #1766, aired 1992-04-13 | AUSTRALIA: The flags of these 2 Australian states have crowns on them Queensland & Victoria |
| #1765, aired 1992-04-10 | AWARDS: The Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal features an engraving of this 18th century American Benjamin Franklin |
| #1756, aired 1992-03-30 | ANCIENT ROME: Profession of those who said, "Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant" gladiators |
| #1755, aired 1992-03-27 | MYTHS & LEGENDS: One legend says he was the Earl of Huntingdon & lived from 1160 to 1247 Robin Hood |
| #1754, aired 1992-03-26 | WORLD BUSINESS: After a heraldic lion was placed over its entrance in 1522, a German brewery took this name Lowenbrau |
| #1753, aired 1992-03-25 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He served 8 years each as a member of the House, secretary of state & president James Madison |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | OPERETTAS: Hanna Glawari, whose late husband has left her a fortune, is the heroine of this 1905 operetta "The Merry Widow" |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | BRITISH RULERS: He was the first Hanoverian monarch born in England; his father was Frederick, Prince of Wales George III |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | POETRY: Much of this poem was probably written at the Indian Queen Inn in Baltimore in September 1814 "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| #1749, aired 1992-03-19 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: This 1948 show, the 1st to win a Tony as Best Musical was inspired by a Shakespeare play Kiss Me, Kate |
| #1748, aired 1992-03-18 | LANGUAGES: Swedish is an official language of these 2 European countries Sweden & Finland |
| #1747, aired 1992-03-17 | NOTORIOUS: No one was ever convicted of the double murder committed in this Massachusetts town on August 4, 1892 Fall River, Massachusetts |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | FRANCE: The name of this coastal city is believed to be derived from the Greek for "victory" Nice |
| #1745, aired 1992-03-13 | THE OSCARS: This children's author won 3 Oscars: 2 for documentaries & 1 for a Gerald McBoing-Boing cartoon Dr. Seuss |
| #1744, aired 1992-03-12 | FAMOUS NAMES: In 1789, while commander of Paris' National Guard, he saved Marie Antoinette from a mob that invaded Versailles Marquis de Lafayette |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS: With 10 letters, his middle name was the longest of any U.S. president (John Fitzgerald) Kennedy |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This company that operates over 1400 discount stores is based in Bentonville, Arkansas Wal-Mart (Stores) |
| #1741, aired 1992-03-09 | THE U.S.A.: With 8, this state has the most national parks Alaska |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | 20th CENTURY VICE PRESIDENTS: The only VP to become president not immediately after his vice presidential term Richard Nixon |
| #1739, aired 1992-03-05 | LITERATURE: In "The Jungle Book" it's called "the Red Flower" & "every beast lives in fear of it" fire |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | U.S. STATES: 2 of only 3 U.S. states which have all straight-line boundaries (2 of) Colorado, Utah, & Wyoming |
| #1737, aired 1992-03-03 | COMPOSERS: The Royal Liverpool Harmonic marked its 150th anniversary by premiering his oratorio Paul McCartney |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | ANIMALS: It's 1 of only 2 mammals with a beak (1 of) (duck-bill(ed)) platypus or an echidna |
| #1735, aired 1992-02-28 | IN THE NEWS: In November 1991, 2 people from this country were indicted for the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing Libya |
| #1734, aired 1992-02-27 | SCIENCE: 1 of 2 chemical elements whose symbol is a pronoun (1 of) iodine or helium |
| #1733, aired 1992-02-26 | EXPLORERS: In the 1480s his brother Bartholomew gave England's Henry VII a world map to show him their plan Christopher Columbus |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | ASTRONOMY: Areology is the scientific study of this planet Mars |
| #1731, aired 1992-02-24 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: You'll find this Martin Hanford character is Charlie in France & Ubaldo in Italy Waldo |
| #1730, aired 1992-02-21 | SPORTS: In the 1970s & 1980s over half the Little League World Series champions came from this island Taiwan |
| #1729, aired 1992-02-20 | ARTISTS: His 1979-1986 "Retrospectives & Reversals" reversed & juxtaposed images from his earlier work Andy Warhol |
| #1728, aired 1992-02-19 | GEOGRAPHY: The name of this Greek mountain pass means "hot gates" Thermopylae |
| #1727, aired 1992-02-18 | NOTORIOUS: Some believe the "suicide" of this man on August 17, 1987 in West Berlin was murder Rudolf Hess |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | LAKES & RIVERS: The 2 Great Lakes that border only 1 U.S. state Lake Ontario & Lake Huron |
| #1725, aired 1992-02-14 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: He was listed as the author of 1726's "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World" (Lemuel) Gulliver |
| #1724, aired 1992-02-13 | SCIENTISTS: From 1937-1970 he taught physics & seismology at Caltech Charles Richter |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | MOVIE MUSICALS: Among the characters in this 1950 film are Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull & Kaiser Wilhelm II Annie Get Your Gun |
| #1722, aired 1992-02-11 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: James River Corp., maker of Brawny towels & Dixie cups, is based in this state capital Richmond, Virginia |
| #1721, aired 1992-02-10 | U.S. CITIES: Pedro Menendez de Aviles founded this city September 8, 1565 St. Augustine, Florida |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | THE CIVIL WAR: It was the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi never captured by Union troops Tallahassee, Florida |
| #1719, aired 1992-02-06 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 1 of the 4 presidents who never had a vice president (1 of) Tyler, Fillmore, Andrew Johnson & Arthur |
| #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | FAMOUS WOMEN: She was granted free use of the mails in December 1963 Jacqueline Kennedy |
| #1717, aired 1992-02-04 | MAGAZINES: This late actor was on the July 13, July 20 & July 27, 1991 TV Guide covers Michael Landon |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: 2 of the 3 U.S. states that have Erie Counties New York, Ohio & Pennsylvania |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | ACTORS OF THE PAST: Born in 1895, 2 of his greatest film roles were Julio Desnoyers & Ahmed Ben Hassan Rudolph Valentino |
| #1714, aired 1992-01-30 | ART: Rodin originally conceived "The Thinker" as a seated portrait of this author for "The Gates of Hell" Dante |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | AFRICAN HISTORY: Taitu, the wife of Emperor Menelik II, gave this capital city its name; it means "new flower" Addis Ababa |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | THE ELEMENTS: It's the only radioactive element that occurs naturally as a gas radon |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | U.S. HISTORY: Ironically, U.S. Grant's 1854 resignation from the Army was accepted by this Secretary of War Jefferson Davis |
| #1710, aired 1992-01-24 | THE BIBLE: The book of Genesis ends with his death "and he was put in a coffin in Egypt" Joseph |
| #1709, aired 1992-01-23 | WOMEN AUTHORS: In 1901 she published what has become the best-selling children's book of all time Beatrix Potter |
| #1708, aired 1992-01-22 | ISLAND GROUPS: The last place Columbus stopped for supplies before reaching the New World the Canary Islands |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | U.S.A.: This community outside Washington, D.C. is named after a Presbyterian church built there in 1820 Bethesda, Maryland |
| #1706, aired 1992-01-20 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY: At her feet is a broken one of these chain |
| #1705, aired 1992-01-17 | WORD ORIGINS: This verb meaning to consider carefully or weigh in the mind comes from Latin for "weight" ponder |
| #1704, aired 1992-01-16 | MOVIE MUSICALS: This 1955 movie musical featured Rod Steiger in a dream ballet choreographed by Agnes de Mille Oklahoma! |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | HISTORIC NAMES: In exile from the U.S., he lived in St. John, New Brunswick from 1787 to 1791 Benedict Arnold |
| #1702, aired 1992-01-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The New York Stock Exchange symbol of this Montreal-based company is "VO" Seagram |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: It has the largest population of any country completely south of the Equator South Africa |
| #1700, aired 1992-01-10 | AMERICAN DRAMA: This 1938 play's 3 acts are titled "Daily Life", "Love and Marriage" & "Death" Our Town |
| #1699, aired 1992-01-09 | THE SENATE: In 1961 he became the first Republican senator from Texas since Reconstruction John Tower |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: These 2 brothers-in-law merged their soap- & candle-making businesses in 1837 Procter & Gamble |
| #1697, aired 1992-01-07 | EDUCATION: Friedrich Froebel wanted children to grow naturally, like plants, so he named his school this kindergarten |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | MYTHOLOGY: Jupiter made Chiron, the wisest & most just of all centaurs, this constellation Sagittarius |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | EUROPEAN NOVELS: A BBC Radio musical called "The Blooms of Dublin" was based on this novel Ulysses |
| #1694, aired 1992-01-02 | LITERATURE: This 1952 novel is based on a Biblical story & set in California's Salinas Valley East of Eden |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | INSECTS: This pest escaped from a Mass. lab where it was brought in the 19th c. as a possible silkworm the gypsy moth |
| #1692, aired 1991-12-31 | THE MOVIES: This 1971 musical featured violin solos by Isaac Stern Fiddler on the Roof |
| #1691, aired 1991-12-30 | NOTORIOUS WOMEN: This Dutchwoman claimed she was the daughter of an Indian dancer & was raised in a Hindu temple Mata Hari |
| #1690, aired 1991-12-27 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: The heroines in this novel perform an original melodrama called "The Witch's Curse" Little Women |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | FAMOUS ADDRESSES: His home address is the Admiral's House, 34th Street & Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC the Vice President of the U.S. (Dan Quayle) |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | CHINA: The Ch'in Dynasty gave China its first emperor, this dynasty gave it its last the Ch'ing (or Manchu) Dynasty |
| #1687, aired 1991-12-24 | HISTORIC ROUTES: Also called the "Regina Viarum", Queen of Roads, it was named after the censor who started it the Appian Way |
| #1686, aired 1991-12-23 | U.S. CITIES: The Colorado city named for its location at the confluence of 2 major rivers Grand Junction |
| #1685, aired 1991-12-20 | THEATRE: The patriarch of this family was born Herbert Blythe in 1847; he took a stage name in 1872 the Barrymores |
| #1684, aired 1991-12-19 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: In 1952 he set up a law practice with partner Oliver Tambo Nelson Mandela |
| #1683, aired 1991-12-18 | AMERICAN NOVELS: The narrative in this 1851 novel contains a dissertation on cetology Moby-Dick |
| #1682, aired 1991-12-17 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES: He's the grandson of one president & the son-in-law of another David Eisenhower |
| #1681, aired 1991-12-16 | ANCIENT WORLDS: In the early 1800s hieroglyphics were first translated by an Egyptologist from this country France |
| #1680, aired 1991-12-13 | THEATRE: Peter Shaffer omitted the death of Emperor Joseph II from the NYC production of this play Amadeus |
| #1679, aired 1991-12-12 | BRIDGES: In 1941 the Rainbow Bridge replaced the Honeymoon Bridge over this river the Niagara River |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | THE SOVIET UNION: The head of the Leningrad Communist Party in the 1920s; an opera & ballet theatre is named for him Sergei Kirov |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: In its native language this island is called Kalaallit Nunaat Greenland |
| #1676, aired 1991-12-09 | OPERA: This 1926 opera was inspired by a Carlo Gozzi play written in 1762 & described as a "Chinese fairy tale" Turandot |
| #1675, aired 1991-12-06 | SONG STANDARDS: According to Irving Berlin, "They can play a bugle call like you never heard before" Alexander's Ragtime Band |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | U.S. MONUMENTS: Commissioned in 1916 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, it was finally completed in 1972 Stone Mountain |
| #1673, aired 1991-12-04 | ORGANIZATIONS: It grew out of vigilance committees set up by local advertising clubs to monitor false advertising the Better Business Bureau |
| #1672, aired 1991-12-03 | THE BRITISH EMPIRE: This country which gained independence in 1981 was Britain's last colony on the mainland of the Americas Belize (British Honduras) |
| #1671, aired 1991-12-02 | U.S. STATES: At the time of the first U.S. census, in 1790, this state was the most populous & the largest in area Virginia |
| #1670, aired 1991-11-29 | SCIENTISTS: In 1902, at age 23, he was appointed to a position in the patent office in Bern, Switzerland Albert Einstein |
| #1669, aired 1991-11-28 | ORGANIZATIONS: The forerunner of this organization was founded in 1887 to coordinate 22 Denver charities United Way |
| #1668, aired 1991-11-27 | SHAKESPEARE: In his diary Samuel Pepys described this play as silly, "and not related at all to the name or day" Twelfth Night, or What You Will |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | FAMOUS NAMES: In the late 1880s this engineer earned the nickname "Magician of Iron" Alexandre Gustave Eiffel |
| #1666, aired 1991-11-25 | THE CENSUS: This state has the highest percentage of Hispanics — 38% New Mexico |
| #1665, aired 1991-11-22 | THE ELEMENTS: This element, whose name is from the Greek, would be Lucifer in Latin phosphorus |
| #1664, aired 1991-11-21 | U.S. CURRENCY: The Treasury prints more bills in these 2 denominations than any other $1 bills & $20 bills |
| #1663, aired 1991-11-20 | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE: Robert Burns called this dish "Great chieftain o' the puddin'-race!"; it's still eaten to honor his birthday haggis |
| #1662, aired 1991-11-19 | PLAYS: This 1954 play is actually 2 one-acts, "Table by the Window" & "Table Number Seven" Separate Tables |
| #1661, aired 1991-11-18 | LITERARY SETTINGS: This "sequestered glen" lies about 2 miles from the Tappan Zee Sleepy Hollow |
| #1660, aired 1991-11-15 | COLONIAL AMERICA: The colonists referred to the first three French & Indian Wars using the names of these three British monarchs George, Anne & William |
| #1659, aired 1991-11-14 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The first two consecutive presidents who were from the same state Thomas Jefferson & James Madison (both from Virginia) |
| #1658, aired 1991-11-13 | AFRICAN AMERICANS: In 1978 she became the first black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp Harriet Tubman |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | SOUTH AFRICA: The University of Cape Town is on the grounds of Groote Schuur, the former home of this statesman Cecil Rhodes |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | AUTHORS: His father was a general under Napoleon & he took part in Garibaldi's liberation of Sicily in 1860 Alexandre Dumas |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | ACTRESSES & THEIR ROLES: This American actress won a 1960 Tony & a 1962 Oscar for playing the same teacher Anne Bancroft |
| #1654, aired 1991-11-07 | THE BIBLE: The English title of this book is a translation of the Greek word "arithmoi" Numbers |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | TRANSPORTATION: The world's 14th largest airline is based in this 240-square-mile island nation Singapore (Singapore Airlines) |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | WORLD LEADERS: He died in 1965 & was buried in St. Martin's churchyard near the palace where he was born in 1874 Winston Churchill |
| #1651, aired 1991-11-04 | ANCIENT LITERATURE: More writings of this orator survive than of any other Latin author Cicero |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | ASIAN CAPITALS: This city was designed in 1912 by English architect Edwin Lutyens New Delhi |
| #1649, aired 1991-10-31 | THE WINTER OLYMPICS: 2 of the 3 cities that have hosted the games twice St. Moritz, Lake Placid & Innsbruck, Austria |
| #1648, aired 1991-10-30 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES: Ronald Reagan, Errol Flynn, Richard Mulligan & Gary Cole have all played this historical role George Armstrong Custer |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | INVENTORS: In 1852 he invented an automatic safety device to prevent the fall of hoisting machinery (Elisha) Otis |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This Minneapolis company was incorporated in 1928 when 5 flour-making firms merged General Mills |
| #1645, aired 1991-10-25 | LITERARY SEQUELS: "Perchance to Dream" is Robert B. Parker's sequel to this 1939 Raymond Chandler novel The Big Sleep |
| #1644, aired 1991-10-24 | THE SENATE: The 2 former major party vice presidential nominees who are now senators Robert Dole & Lloyd Bentsen |
| #1643, aired 1991-10-23 | THE MOVIE INDUSTRY: This motion picture process was invented by an alumnus of MIT & named in honor of the school Technicolor |
| #1642, aired 1991-10-22 | THE NEW TESTAMENT: At his mother's request, Jesus performed his first miracle in public at this event the wedding at Cana |
| #1641, aired 1991-10-21 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Of our 4 assassinated presidents, these 2 were shot in Washington, D.C. Lincoln & Garfield |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | SCIENCE: It's the only chemical element named for a U.S. state Californium |
| #1639, aired 1991-10-17 | ORGANIZATIONS: The USA’s oldest nationwide voluntary health agency, it was founded in 1904 to combat tuberculosis the American Lung Association |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | MUSICAL THEATRE: The title of this 1932 Pulitzer Prize winner comes from the patriotic song "America" Of Thee I Sing |
| #1637, aired 1991-10-15 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: This president kept a personally significant coconut shell on his White House desk John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | WORLD WAR II: H.M.S. Hood, then the world's largest warship, was sunk by this battleship May 24, 1941 the Bismarck |
| #1635, aired 1991-10-11 | U.S. CITIES: The paper making Winston Churchill an honorary U.S. citizen is in this city named for an inventor Fulton, Missouri |
| #1634, aired 1991-10-10 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The oldest U.S. food trademark still in use, a red devil, was granted to this company in 1870 Underwood |
| #1633, aired 1991-10-09 | DANCERS: In 1912, she bought a London home which became famous for its ornamental lake with swans Anna Pavlova |
| #1632, aired 1991-10-08 | SPACE EXPLORATION: After his Mercury flight, he named his Gemini capsule "Molly Brown" Gus Grissom |
| #1631, aired 1991-10-07 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: Howard R. Garis wrote some 12,000 stories about this "Uncle" & his friends between 1910-1947 Uncle Wiggily |
| #1630, aired 1991-10-04 | FAMOUS NAMES: This future foreign prime minister attended Milwaukee Teachers Training College in 1916 & '17 Golda Meir |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | THE ELEMENTS: The 2 metallic elements whose names end in "D" lead & gold |
| #1628, aired 1991-10-02 | STAMPS & COINS: 2 of the 3 countries in whose currencies United Nations stamps are issued (2 of) United States, Switzerland & Austria |
| #1627, aired 1991-10-01 | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: Last name of the 2 brothers from Virginia who signed the Declaration of Independence Lee |
| #1626, aired 1991-09-30 | THE OLD TESTAMENT: The 2 books that list the Ten Commandments Exodus & Deuteronomy |
| #1625, aired 1991-09-27 | SOUTHEAST ASIA: It's the only country in Southeast Asia with a Christian majority the Philippines |
| #1624, aired 1991-09-26 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: 12 of the 15 persons impeached by the federal gov't held this position (federal) judge(s) (judgeship) |
| #1623, aired 1991-09-25 | BUSINESS & FINANCE: The Bank of N.Y., America's oldest continuously operating bank, was founded by him in 1784 Alexander Hamilton |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | THE PULITZER PRIZE: In 1991 he won his second Pulitzer for fiction, with a book that was a sequel to his first winner John Updike |
| #1621, aired 1991-09-23 | WOMEN IN HISTORY: In 1909 she became the 1st woman pres. of what later became the National Conference of Social Work Jane Addams |
| #1620, aired 1991-09-20 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The first president to serve 8 full years Thomas Jefferson |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | ORGANIZATIONS: It was founded in 1938 as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis March of Dimes |
| #1618, aired 1991-09-18 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS: The first Victoria Cross was made from Russian guns captured during this war the Crimean War |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | FAMOUS MOVIE PAIRS: The only Tracy & Hepburn film with their characters' names in its title Pat and Mike |
| #1616, aired 1991-09-16 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: An accomplished author, his masterpiece was a "Practical Handbook of Bee Culture" Sherlock Holmes |
| #1615, aired 1991-09-13 | THE 20th CENTURY: He was attacked by R. Mercader, a Spanish Communist agent, on Aug. 20, 1940 & died the following day Leon Trotsky |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | INVENTORS: Advised to invent something to be used & thrown away, he did in 1895 & made a fortune King Gillette |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: The day Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving, Americans observe this day Columbus Day |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: At the premiere of this Handel work, explosions destroyed part of the outdoor pavilion Music for the Royal Fireworks |
| #1611, aired 1991-09-09 | THE OLYMPICS: This country hoped to get the 1996 games as it would have been 100 years since it last had them Greece |
| #1610, aired 1991-09-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: It's the largest company on the Fortune 500 named for a person (Henry) Ford |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | ACTRESSES: She was the special guest at the Empire State Building's 60th anniversary celebration on May 1, 1991 Fay Wray |
| #1608, aired 1991-09-04 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the 1st Democrat elected president after the Civil War (Grover) Cleveland |
| #1607, aired 1991-09-03 | NOVELS: Hemingway novel that begins, "Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton" The Sun Also Rises |
| #1606, aired 1991-09-02 | POETRY: Robert Browning's poem about him contains the line "Rats! They fought the dogs and killed the cats" Pied Piper (of Hamelin) |
