| #9226, aired 2024-12-16 | STATE HOLIDAYS $400: In Arizona & New Hampshire, Civil Rights Day coincides with this other January holiday Martin Luther King Day |
| #9224, aired 2024-12-12 | GEORGIA ON OUR MINDS $1200: This Georgia church where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached bears the name of a memorial erected by Samuel in the Bible Ebenezer Baptist |
| #9201, aired 2024-11-11 | IN THE ARCHIVES $1200: The Vatican Apostolic (formerly "Secret") Archives has the Jan. 3, 1521 document excommunicating this German Martin Luther |
| #9194, aired 2024-10-31 | HATE-FUL QUOTES $400: Among the quotations engraved in the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial is "Hate cannot drive out hate, only" this "can do that" love |
| #9194, aired 2024-10-31 | OCTOBER 31 $800: Tradition says Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on a Wittenberg church door in 1517, launching this religious revolution the Reformation |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | 6 BY 6 NAMES $1000: In 1517 he sent a letter to Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz criticizing the sale of indulgences to free sinners from divine punishment Martin Luther |
| #9186, aired 2024-10-21 | ASSASSINS $1200: In 1977 this assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. escaped from prison but was recaptured after 54 hours Ray |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | NATIONAL HISTORIC PARKS $1600: The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta includes MLK's birthplace & this church where he served as pastor the Ebenezer Baptist Church |
| #9172, aired 2024-10-01 | FILM-POURRI $400: David Oyelowo starred as him in the 2014 biopic "Selma" Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #9150, aired 2024-07-19 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: Pope Leo X gave this monarch the title "Defender of the Faith" in 1521 for his written work against Martin Luther Henry VIII |
| #9146, aired 2024-07-15 | "I" ON HISTORY $1000: Martin Luther protested against the system of these that could be purchased by church members indulgences |
| #9141, aired 2024-07-08 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $1200: In 1968, just 2 months prior to his own assassination, he attended the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. RFK |
| #9122, aired 2024-06-11 | HISTORIC DESCENDANTS $2000: A descendant of Martin Luther, this 19th century German mathematician & astronomer gave his name to the object seen here Möbius |
| #9119, aired 2024-06-06 | HISTORIC TELEGRAMS $400: In 1967 Muhammad Ali sent a telegram to him at the Birmingham County Jail: "Hope that you are comfortable not suffering" Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #9106, aired 2024-05-20 | IT'S A DATE $2000: Stephen King wrote the novel "11/22/63"; Michael Eric Dyson wrote a nonfiction book about this date that "Changed America" April 4, 1968 |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | HISTORICAL FIGURES $800: Rebelling peasants inspired by the Reformation were let down by this man's tract "against the murderous, thieving hordes of peasants" (Martin) Luther |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $400: St. Paul wrote his epistle to the Philippians from here, also a creative spot for Martin Luther King Jr. jail |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $8,200 (Daily Double): The 1521 Edict of Worms banned his writings & declared him a heretic Martin Luther |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | BLACK HISTORY YEAR $400: Martin Luther King Jr. gives his immortal "I Have a Dream" speech in D.C. 1963 |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | THE TOPIC OF CAPRICORNS $800: Capricorn is a goat who scales mountains, like this Capricorn who said in 1968, "I've been to the mountaintop" MLK (Martin Luther King) |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NAME GAME $600: Theologian born in Saxony in 1483 + last name = this theologian born in Atlanta, GA in 1929 Martin Luther King |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | FUNERAL OFFICIANTS $1000: Ralph Abernathy conducted his friend Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral service at this church Ebenezer Baptist Church |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | PAST HISTORY $400: The 86th of these asked why the pope builds St. Peter's Basilica with the money of the poor & not his own the 95 Theses |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | MOMENTOUS DATES $1,000 (Daily Double): On January 3, 1521 the Catholic Church excommunicated this man Martin Luther |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | DOCTOR: WHO? $200: This civil rights leader said, "The great glory of American democracy is the right to protest for right" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | HISTORIC NAMES $600: After posting his 95 Theses on the door of a castle church, this Reformation leader was branded a heretic Martin Luther |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | UNIONS $400: She was a voice student when she met Martin Luther King, a Boston theology student Coretta Scott King |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | WORKING 9 2 5 $800: Tradition says Martin Luther posted this many theses to the door of a castle church in 1517 95 |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | LAST BUT NOT LEAST $1600: It's the "L" in the SCLC, the Atlanta-based agency co-created by Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | THE REAL REAL HOUSEWIVES OF... $200: ...Atlanta honor this leader by visiting his national historical park & touring the home where he was born in 1929 (Dr.) Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | YOU'RE MY INSPIRATION $400: Martin Luther King never had a chance to meet this man who inspired him, but he did meet with his son Ramdas Gandhi |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | VIRGINNY & GEORGIA $200: Atlanta is home to the national historical park devoted to this reverend & civil rights crusader Martin Luther King (Jr.) |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $1000: Martin Luther King said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward" this outcome justice |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: In 1520 Martin Luther refused to retract 41 of his 95 Theses; he was later hit with this ecclesiastical censure excommunication |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $400: Feeling heat at Worms in 1521, he is said to have declared, "Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise" Martin Luther |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ON A HOLIDAY $200: Martin Luther spooked the Catholic church when he chose this fall day in 1517 to proclaim his 95 Theses Halloween (October 31st) |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | NON-MEDICAL DOCTORS $2,000 (Daily Double): Near the Mass. Ave. T stop on the Orange Line is where this man lived in the 1950s getting his theology Ph.D. at Boston University Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE 1960s $800: Broadening his message from civil rights, on March 2, 1965 Martin Luther King made his first public statement against this the Vietnam War |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | WHAT THE LETTER SAYS $1200: In 1964 he wrote from Mecca that he had prayed with white people whose belief in Allah had "removed the 'white' from their minds" Malcolm X |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | BOOK PARTS, REIMAGINED $1000: At the March on Washington, A. Philip Randolph gave this for Martin Luther King the introduction |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | BUILDINGS IN HISTORY $400: Martin Luther King wrote his famous letter on the need for civil rights action from a jail in this city Birmingham |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | 14-LETTER WORDS $1600: Martin Luther & John Calvin both believed in this religious doctrine that life & salvation are already decided by God ahead of time predestination |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POTPOURRI $1600: Martin Luther King Jr. attended this historically Black men's college in Atlanta Morehouse |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | IN THEIR EXPERT OPINION $400: Martin Luther reportedly said of this contemporary, "this fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy" Copernicus |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: His national memorial in Washington, D.C. was unveiled in 2011 MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | DEADLY SINS, ELSEWHERE $800: U2 honored Martin Luther King, singing, "Free at last, they took your life, they could not take your" this pride |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | PAINTINGS $800: Lucas Cranach the Elder painted many portraits of this friend & Reformation leader, including the one seen here Martin Luther |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | MUSEUMS $2000: This motel where Martin Luther King was assassinated honors his legacy as part of the National Civil Rights Museum the Lorraine Motel |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): Albert of Brandenburg, the Archbishop of Mainz, received a copy of this Oct. 31, 1517 document the 95 Theses of Martin Luther |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | RELIGION $200: The Christ child replaced St. Nicholas as the bringer of gifts as part of this movement led by Martin Luther Reformation |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | GENIUS: ARETHA $400: (Cynthia Erivo presents the clue.) Aretha was a passionate supporter of this man, a longtime family friend; in February 1968, he gave her a special award on behalf of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference & two months later, she sang at his memorial service MLK (Martin Luther King Jr.) |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | AT FREDDY'S $1,000 (Daily Double): Frederick the Wise, ruler of Saxony, protected this controversial reformer at Wartburg Castle in 1521 (Martin) Luther |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $400: These 4 words by which Martin Luther King's August 1963 speech is known come more than halfway through it I have a dream |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | ATLANTA: NEWS CLUES $200: (Jeff Hullinger from Atlanta's 11Alive presents the clue.) In December 1964, our news was focused on Oslo, Norway as Atlanta's own Martin Luther King, Jr. accepted this prestigious award on behalf of all those seeking a reign of freedom & a rule of justice the Nobel Peace Prize |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | ALTERNATE HISTORY NOVELS $2,000 (Daily Double): In "The Alteration" by Kingsley Amis, this man became Pope Germanicus I in the 16th century so the Reformation never happened Martin Luther |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | HISTORIC COUPLES $400: About their cause, his wife Coretta said, "We had been thrust into the forefront of a movement to liberate oppressed people" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | SOUTH PARK $400: Atlanta's Freedom Park features a sculpture of this iconic Baptist minister, his arm outstretched Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | DURING THE RENAISSANCE $1200: The sale of these reductions in punishment by the church troubled Martin Luther & influenced him to take action indulgences |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | HYMNS $1000: From Martin Luther: "A mighty" this "is our God, a bulwark never failing" a fortress |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | NAME THE SPEAKER $800 (Daily Double): 1968: "I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man" Martin Luther King |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | REPORT CARDS OF HISTORICAL FIGURES $200: Civics: Speaks with confidence, especially in 1963 on having "a dream deeply rooted in the American dream" Martin Luther King |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) One of the most memorable moments in Olympic history was when track stars Tommie Smith & John Carlos raised their fists in a Black Power salute in Mexico City in this year of escalated racial tensions six months after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | REAL PEOPLE ON SCREEN $400: A civil rights leader: Jeffrey Wright in "Boycott" & Nelsan Ellis in "The Butler" Martin Luther King |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | HAVE AN ARTSY CHRISTMASTIME $2000: This composer's 1734 "Christmas Oratorio" uses as part of its text Martin Luther's Bible translation Johann Sebastian Bach |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON $2,000 (Daily Double): 10 times Martin Luther King spoke these 3 words that end the first verse of "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" Let freedom ring |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY $1200: Robert Kennedy's April 4, 1968 speech in Indianapolis on the shocking death of this man is now enshrined forever Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | PARTS OF SPEECHES $800: MLK, 1963:
"They will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of..." their character |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | FEMALE SINGERS MONONYMOUS $2000: Martin Luther King Jr. called this singer & activist "The Queen of American Folk Music" Odetta |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In August 1963 Martin Luther King gave his "I Have A Dream" speech at this Washington, D.C. landmark the Lincoln Memorial |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | FILL IN THEIR DATES $5,000 (Daily Double): Martin Luther King:
____ 15, 1929 -
April 4, 1968 January |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | HEY, "B.B." $600: The door at the castle church of Wittenberg once served as this; Martin Luther made use of it the bulletin board |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | GOOGLE'S TOP SEARCHES, 1999-2018 $600: Each year the most searched-for author has been not a novelist but this man who penned "Letter from Birmingham Jail" MLK (Martin Luther King) |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | DIET LAND $5,000 (Daily Double): Traveling on foot, this reformer missed the Diet of Augsburg in 1518 but got a horse & wagon & made it to the one in Worms Martin Luther |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | MARCH ON! $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a march route on the monitor.) The official route of a 1963 march started at the Washington Monument & moved down either Constitution or Independence Avenue to see this Baptist minister speak Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | RED ALL OVER $1600: This red silicate gem is the birthstone of Martin Luther King Jr. & of all thoroughbred horses a garnet |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | VISITING ATLANTA $200: His crypt, in a reflecting pool, is engraved, "Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I'm free at last" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York.) In February 1963, months before his "I Have A Dream" speech, he delivered an early version of the speech right here at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn to a packed congregation Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #7834, aired 2018-10-04 | ELECTION 1968 $400: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue.) Despite fears for his safety, Robert F. Kennedy spoke as scheduled in Indianapolis on April 4, 1968 but instead of his prepared remarks, gave a shocked crowd this news Martin Luther King's assassination |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | ONE-SYLLABLE CITIES $1000: A huge Reformation monument stands in this city where Martin Luther stood before the diet in 1521 Worms |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | THE 16th CENTURY $1200: Martin Luther was asked to recant his criticisms of this church at a diet convened in 1521 in this Rhine River city Worms |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | THE FBI's 10 MOST WANTED LIST $1,000 (Daily Double): The list was already full, but this man was specially added in April 1968 after a high-profile Memphis murder James Earl Ray |
| #7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BORN & DIED $200: He was born Jan. 15, 1929 in Atlanta; died with a dream in his heart in Memphis on April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | SURPRISING MUSICIANS $600: Martin Luther was known to pluck a string or two on this instrument a lute |
| #7725, aired 2018-03-23 | BY THE NUMBERS $1000: Martin Luther's posted number of theses 95 |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $1200: "Snow-white Moslem head-dress around a dead black face" is from Margaret Walker's poem "For" this slain leader Malcolm X |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | A YEAR ENDING IN 8 $400: Martin Luther King & Robert Kennedy are assassinated 1968 |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | JANUARY $200: The third Monday in January is a U.S. federal holiday honoring this man Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | "MORE" THAN A CATEGORY $600: Martin Luther King Jr. attended this historically black college in Atlanta Morehouse |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | WHERE & WHEN $200: Martin Luther nails his theses to the door:
the country Germany |
| #7627, aired 2017-11-07 | "B" A SPORT $200: Martin Luther is said to have argued that 9 was the ideal number of pins for this bowling |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | CONTEMPORARIES $200: The last Mamluk sultan of Egypt was hanged in 1517, the same year he is said to have hung his 95 theses on a church door Martin Luther |
| #7608, aired 2017-10-11 | CARVE OUT $200: Third-generation stone carver Nick Benson engraved the words on this man's D.C. memorial, which was dedicated in 2011 Martin Luther King, (Jr.) |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $1,800 (Daily Double): This Alabama city's National Voting Rights Museum includes exhibits on Martin Luther King & Jesse Jackson Selma |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | GERMAN HISTORY $800: Although inspired by the Reformation, the Peasants' War of 1524-1525 was condemned by this theologian Martin Luther |
| #7526, aired 2017-05-08 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On April 16, 1963 he wrote, "I am in Birmingham because injustice is here" Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | THE 16th CENTURY $200: In 1521 in Worms he declared, "Here I stand; I can do no other" Martin Luther |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $1600: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) "Our feet are tired, but our souls are rested", said Martin Luther King, & then soaked his feet in the bucket on display here after leading thousands on a 5-day, 54-mile freedom march from Selma to the steps of the Capitol in this city Montgomery |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | HISTORIC HOMES $200: His birth home on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta is not far from Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he & his dad preached Martin Luther King |
| #7415, aired 2016-12-02 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $400: You'll find the Martin Luther King Jr. national historic site in this state capital Atlanta |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | JUNIOR LEAGUE $400: He skipped 9th & 12th grades & at age 15, entered Morehouse College, where he decided to become a minister Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #7375, aired 2016-10-07 | RELIGION $200: Martin Luther was the first great leader of this movement that changed Christianity the Reformation |
| #7359, aired 2016-09-15 | HISTORIC PLACES $1600: Tradition says a door of the Schlosskirche, aka Castle Church, is the site where these were posted in 1517 Martin Luther's (95) theses |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | WOMEN OF NOTE $2000: On Feb. 16, 1968 Martin Luther King gave this singer the Southern Christian Leadership award on her "Day" in Detroit Aretha Franklin |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS $1600: His words "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope" are inscribed on his Washington, D.C. memorial Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | WHO WAS PRESIDENT WHEN I DIED? $600: Martin Luther King Jr. Lyndon Johnson |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $800: 16th century Protestant reformer:
"The Pope of Geneva" (John) Calvin |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | HOLIDAYS $800: In 1999 New Hampshire was the last state to make this January event a paid state holiday Martin Luther King Day |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | 2 FIRST NAMES? $3,000 (Daily Double): Born 26 years apart, these 2 heavyweights of the Protestant Reformation fit the category Martin Luther and John Calvin |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $200: He shares a crypt with wife Coretta in Atlanta Martin Luther King (Jr.) |
| #7232, aired 2016-02-09 | A HISTORY LESSON $2000: No. 47 of these from 1517 reads, "Christians are to be taught that the buying of pardons is a matter of free will" the 95 Theses (of Martin Luther) |
| #7225, aired 2016-01-29 | SENIOR-ITIS $800: This "senior" pastor was born with the first name Michael but changed that to Martin & did the same for his son Martin Luther King |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: MOVIES $600: (New York Times film critic A.O. Scott delivers the clue.) David Oyelowo played Martin Luther King with "grace and dignity" in this 2014 film that ends in 1965 in Montgomery, Alabama Selma |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | FOUND IN GERMANY $400: Appropriately, a house where this theologian once lived in Wittenberg is now a Reformation museum Martin Luther |
| #7151, aired 2015-10-19 | CONTEMPORARIES $200: Martin Luther went before the Diet of Worms in 1521, the same year Hernando Cortes conquered this empire the Aztecs |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | A "NON" CATEGORY $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1964 Martin Luther King said this "is the answer to the crucial political & moral questions of our time" nonviolence |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | D.C.-AREA LANDMARKS $1000: The figure of this 20th century man is carved into the "Stone of Hope", which stands past the "Mountain of Despair" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | I PLAYED HIM IN THE RECENT MOVIE $200: David Oyelowo:
This leader in "Selma" Martin Luther King |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | APRIL $600: In big trouble with the Catholic church, as his trial began in April 1521, he refused to recant his writings & teachings Martin Luther |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | DIE ANOTHER DAY $400: April 4, 1968
in Memphis Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #7029, aired 2015-03-19 | THE 16th CENTURY $800: A 1531 writer gave this word a new meaning, saying Martin Luther was making this big kind of change to the whole world a reformation |
| #7012, aired 2015-02-24 | BIOGRAPHY $200: "Parting the Waters" is volume 1 in Taylor Branch's trilogy about this man's life & the civil rights movement Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #6985, aired 2015-01-16 | SUPER BOWLERS $800: This 16th century reformer is said to have built a bowling lane for his kids when he wasn't busy nailing theses Martin Luther |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | EARTHLY QUOTES $1200: This man in Memphis in 1968:
"I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go up to the mountain" (Martin Luther) King |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | THE 20th CENTURY $600 (Daily Double): On April 3, 1968 he said, "So I'm happy tonight, I'm not worried about anything, I'm not fearing any man" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | STATES THAT FLOW TOGETHER $600: The state where Martin Luther King was born & the state where he married Coretta Scott Alabama & Georgia |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER... $1200: St. Louis' Martin Luther King Bridge & New Orleans' Huey P. Long Bridge the Mississippi |
| #6860, aired 2014-06-13 | HAPPY HOLIDAY! $200: In 2013 this federal holiday was also Inauguration Day Martin Luther King Day |
| #6856, aired 2014-06-09 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME $600: Martin Luther King reached a peak with "Free at last! Free at last!" These 3 words, "we are free at last" Thank God Almighty |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | HISTORIC PEOPLE IN ART $400: In the 1520s, this ex-priest was painted by his close friend, Lucas Cranach the Elder Martin Luther |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | "FOR"MATION $600: A hymn by Martin Luther begins, "A Mighty" this "is our God" Fortress |
| #6802, aired 2014-03-25 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: He was arrested in February of 1956 for organizing a bus boycott; his $500 fine was suspended on appeal Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In August 2013 bells rang out across the nation to mark the 50th anniversary of his "I Have a Dream" speech Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #6775, aired 2014-02-14 | LANGUAGES $400: Wanting to make it accessible, Martin Luther translated the Bible into this language German |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $200: Justice & hope are forever enshrined in this man's Washington, D.C. memorial Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #6741, aired 2013-12-30 | BIOGRAPHY SUBJECTS $2000: A religious leader: "Here I Stand" Martin Luther |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | 1963 $400: On April 16, he began a letter, "My dear fellow clergymen, while confined here in the Birmingham City Jail..." Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #6721, aired 2013-12-02 | WE PROTEST! $1600: Perhaps the most famous of all protests began when Martin Luther posted these on the Schlosskirche in 1517 the 95 Theses |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1969 the Alabama-born widow of this man became the first woman to preach in St. Paul's Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER $200: On Aug. 28, 1963 in Washington D.C., Martin Luther King gave a speech later known by this 4-word name "I Have a Dream" |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | '21 $5,000 (Daily Double): 1521:
The tenth pope of this name excommunicates Martin Luther with a papal bull Leo |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | '60s SPEECHES $200: "I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. but...we, as a people, will get to the promised land" Martin Luther King |
| #6628, aired 2013-06-12 | THE REFORMATION $1200: The Reformation's greatest leaders were Martin Luther in Germany & this Geneva-based Frenchman Calvin |
| #6586, aired 2013-04-15 | JACKIE ROBINSON $2000: In August 1963 Jackie & his family took part in this event capped by Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech the March on Washington |
| #6570, aired 2013-03-22 | IT WAS THE '60s $400: This Civil Rights leader convinced Nichelle Nichols to stay on "Star Trek", citing her as a positive inspiration Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | EDICTS $400: The Edict of Worms was issued by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1521 to ban the writings of this man & label him a heretic (Martin) Luther |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | BRITANNICA BIOS: "A" $2000: "Pastor and civil rights leader who was Martin Luther King's chief aide and closest associate" Ralph Abernathy |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | PRESIDENT CLINTON'S HARLEM $1600: (President Clinton delivers the clue.) After Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, Arthur Mitchell, the first black dancer in the New York City Ballet, opened this troupe in a garage on 152nd Street the Dance Theatre of Harlem |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | END OF THE LINE $1600: Martin Luther King Jr.: "He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the ____ ____" promised land |
| #6479, aired 2012-11-15 | THE JUNIOR VARSITY $200: He became president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957 Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #6479, aired 2012-11-15 | QUICK HISTORY $600: This reformer is depicted here in 16th century Wittenberg Martin Luther |
| #6459, aired 2012-10-18 | THE TOPIC OF CAPRICORNS $1,000 (Daily Double): Capricorn is a goat who scales mountains, like this Capricorn who said in 1968, "I've been to the mountaintop" Martin Luther King |
| #6432, aired 2012-07-31 | HODGEPODGE $400: A national holiday observed each year on the third Monday of January honors this man--his actual birthday was Jan. 15, 1929 Martin Luther King |
| #6403, aired 2012-06-20 | FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA $1,600 (Daily Double): (First Lady Michelle Obama presents the clue.) Speaking on opening night of the 2008 Democratic Convention, I noted that our meeting marked the 88th anniversary of women's suffrage & the 45th of this immortal & profoundly American speech "I Have a Dream" |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | WHOLE SALE $1000: Martin Luther was not amused by the sale of these absolutions from sin, from the Latin for "remission" indulgences |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $400: The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site & CNN Center Atlanta |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $400: A memorial to this civil rights leader on the National Mall was dedicated in October 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | MAN: RAY $600: He pleaded guilty in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., then later unsuccessfully asked for a trial James Earl Ray |
| #6341, aired 2012-03-26 | NONFICTION $400: "Hellhound on His Trail" tells of "The Stalking of" this civil rights leader & "the International Hunt for His Assassin" Martin Luther King |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | MEMPHIS $600: Addressing Memphis sanitation workers on April 3, 1962, he said he'd "seen the promised land" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | THEATER $2000: A play starring Samuel L. Jackson takes its title from a line in Martin Luther King's last speech, "I've been to" this summit the mountaintop |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | YOU'RE HISTORICAL! $400: Excommunicated 4 months earlier, in April 1521 he was asked to recant his views at the Diet of Worms Martin Luther |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | -OLOGIES $800: In 1512 Martin Luther earned the degree doctor of this theology |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER $400: Kids, I was in theology school in 1952 when I asked Mary Powell to set me up with a friend, who turned out to be Coretta Scott Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $200: In his acceptance speech, Pres. Obama quoted this 1964 American recipient saying, "Violence never brings permanent peace" (Martin Luther) King (Jr.) |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | AT 33 $600: He was 33 when he nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church Martin Luther |
| #6203, aired 2011-07-27 | TRIAL PARTICIPANTS $600: In 1521 it was Charles V presiding & the Archbishop of Trier, John Eck, prosecuting this man Martin Luther |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | WATER CARRIERS $1200: Martin Luther King hoped for righteousness to roll down "like a mighty" this, not quite a river a mighty stream |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS $600: The CBC led the push for the establishment of this federal holiday, signed into law by President Reagan in 1983 Martin Luther King Day |
| #6177, aired 2011-06-21 | PAPAL BULLS $800: Leo X's 1521 bull "Decet Romanum Pontificem" booted this guy out of the Catholic Church Martin Luther |
| #6153, aired 2011-05-18 | Y'ALL FROM GEORGIA? $1,500 (Daily Double): This Georgia native won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #6120, aired 2011-04-01 | ACTUAL FBI FILES $400: His extensive file noted in 1964 that Mrs. Leonard Farber of White Plains contacted his Atlanta office Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | BREAKING NEWS $3,600 (Daily Double): Senator Obama attended the 2006 groundbreaking for this man's memorial, 1/2 mile from Lincoln's Martin Luther King |
| #6084, aired 2011-02-10 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: An award for African-American authors & illustrators is named for this wife of Martin Luther King Jr. Coretta Scott King |
| #6079, aired 2011-02-03 | OUR WATERY WORLD $400: The City of Worms, where Martin Luther refused to recant in 1521, is a port on this German river the Rhine |
| #6066, aired 2011-01-17 | OPRAH GETS HISTORICAL $400: (Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) I would have loved to have gone with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on a visit to the jail in this city where in 1963 he wrote one of his most eloquent statements of resistance without violence Birmingham |
| #6017, aired 2010-11-09 | NOTABLE NAMES $600 (Daily Double): At the Diet of Worms in 1521, he said, "I cannot and will not retract anything" Martin Luther |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | OTHER CIVIL WARS $200: In the Peasant's War, fought mainly in this country, Martin Luther wanted the rebels treated "like mad dogs" Germany |
| #6007, aired 2010-10-26 | I'M HENRY VIII, I AM $400: You might think I was an ally of this reformer, but in fact I was named "Defender of the Faith" for writing a 1521 attack on him Martin Luther |
| #5968, aired 2010-07-21 | "SOUTHERN" COMFORT $2000: Both Martin Luther King Jr. & his son have headed this organization, the SCLC the Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #5961, aired 2010-07-12 | THE DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York.) In 2009, the Dance Theatre of Harlem celebrated its 40th anniversary; Arthur Mitchell cofounded it in response to this April 1968 tragedy the assassination of Martin Luther King |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | "LAST" CHANCE $600: The last 3 words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, they also appear in his epitaph "Free at last" |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | LUTHER $400: Martin Luther contradicted Clement VI's "Unigentus Dei Filius", this 4-letter type of document a bull |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | LUTHER $800: Martin Luther spoke of Aristotle & this man of Ockham as "his teachers" William (of Ockham) |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | CIVIL RIGHTS HEROES $1200: Martin Luther King's purpose in traveling to this city in March 1968 was to support striking sanitation workers Memphis |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $800: During the 1500s under his leadership, Geneva became a major center of Protestantism Calvin |
| #5814, aired 2009-12-17 | HAPPY FEDERAL HOLIDAY! $400: This man's Jan. 15 birthday is honored each year with a holiday on the third Monday of the month Martin Luther King |
| #5806, aired 2009-12-07 | "C" IS FOR CATHOLIC $800: It denotes the Catholic revival & response to Martin Luther that began in the 16th century the Counter-Reformation |
| #5801, aired 2009-11-30 | I HAVE 5 KINGS $800: In 1955 this Atlanta-born man got a Ph.D. in theology from Boston University Martin Luther King |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | DETENTION $800: He is known for writing a 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail" MLK, Jr. (Martin Luther King) |
| #5764, aired 2009-10-08 | WE'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER $1000: Number of theses Martin Luther posted on a church door in 1517 95 |
| #5742, aired 2009-07-21 | BACH'S CANTATAS $800: This religious leader wrote the text to "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (Martin) Luther |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: In 1962 he said, "I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #5674, aired 2009-04-16 | GIVE ME SOME DIRECTION $1200: In Austin, Texas its boundaries are Martin Luther King Blvd., IH-35, Town Lake & Lamar Blvd. downtown |
| #5672, aired 2009-04-14 | SOME CALL IT BLASPHEMY $200: His thesis No. 77 says it's blasphemy that the cross on the papal arms is of equal power to Jesus' cross Martin Luther |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | LESSER-KNOWN LINES $800: A speech by him included the line "In a sense, we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #5626, aired 2009-02-09 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $200: This Protestant reformer had a debate at Leipzig with Johann Eck about the papacy in 1519 Martin Luther |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | FUNERAL OFFICIANTS $1000: Ralph Abernathy conducted his friend Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral service at this church Ebenezer Baptist Church |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | YOU GO, GIRL! $1200: This witty woman who helped found the Screen Writers Guild left her estate to Martin Luther King Jr. (Dorothy) Parker |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | WHO WROTE IT? $200: "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #5534, aired 2008-10-02 | FRIENDS $400: Lucas Cranach was not yet Mayor of Wittenberg when this friend of his nailed the 95 Theses on the church door Martin Luther |
| #5518, aired 2008-09-10 | SCOTT LAND $600: She met Martin Luther King while he was studying theology at Boston University Coretta Scott |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | "M.L." $400: In 1521 an imperial diet at Worms declared him an outlaw Martin Luther |
| #5487, aired 2008-06-17 | YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU $800: U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love)" is a tribute to this man who died in 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1200: Since becoming a federal holiday in 1983, the holiday honoring him has occurred on his birthday, Jan. 15, only 4 times Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | BACK IN '68 $400: When he was killed in 1968, he was planning a march of striking Memphis sanitation workers Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH $2000: In 1957 Martin Luther King helped establish this religious organization, the SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | ASSASSIN & VICTIM $800: James Earl Ray
(1968) Martin Luther King Junior |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | & MARTINS $800: In 1505 this theologian abandoned his legal studies & entered a monastery; by 1507 he was a priest Martin Luther |
| #5327, aired 2007-11-06 | BABY GOT BACH $800: Bach grew up in Eisenach, the city where this reformer translated the New Testament at Wartburg Castle Martin Luther |
| #5322, aired 2007-10-30 | BORN & DIED $400: He was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta & died in Memphis April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #5319, aired 2007-10-25 | 1997 $1200: Full name, with Roman numeral, of the new president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1997 Martin Luther King III |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1963 he spoke of his "dream" that his children would one day "not be judged by the color of their skin" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME $1000: "Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow... we're all precious in God's sight" Jesse Jackson |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | GERMAN HISTORY $400: In 1521 he told the Diet of Worms, "Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen" Martin Luther |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | BUT YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE $800: His 99-year prison term for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. ended with his death in 1998 James Earl Ray |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | BEFORE COMPUTERS $400: This functioned as a message or bulletin board, so Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on it church door |
| #5191, aired 2007-03-19 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $400: One of the two African Americans to win the prize, one in 1950, the other in 1964 Martin Luther King, Jr. (& Ralph Bunche) |
| #5146, aired 2007-01-15 | AFRICAN-AMERICANA $200: In 1964 Martin Luther King became the first African American named this magazine's "Man of the Year" Time |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | WE ALL WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD $600: A choice she made on Dec. 1, 1955 would lead to a Supreme Court ruling & Martin Luther King's rise to fame Rosa Parks |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | NAME THE CENTURY $1600: Martin Luther is excommunicated the 16th century (1521) |
| #5119, aired 2006-12-07 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $1,000 (Daily Double): In July 1505 he was struck by lightning; as a result, he entered a monastery in Erfurt, Germany 15 days later Martin Luther |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | MALCOLM X IN THE MIDDLE $400: On 29, 39 or 49, the age at which Malcolm X died, the same as Martin Luther King, Jr. 39 |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | SAVANTS $1,000 (Daily Double): "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere", he wrote in his 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Martin Luther King (Jr.) |
| #5074, aired 2006-10-05 | I WANNA BE... $1600: ...like Martin Luther King & the Dalai Lama & be honored with this humanitarian prize given in Oslo the Nobel Peace Prize |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | THE CANTERBURY TALES $1000: Chaucer tells of the Pardoner, a church official who sells these 11-letter things that made Martin Luther mad indulgences |
| #5064, aired 2006-09-21 | PARENTS $1,600 (Daily Double): Maiden name of the mother of Martin Luther King III Scott |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | HISTORICAL PAINTINGS $5,000 (Daily Double): Lucas Cranach the Elder was a close friend of this clergyman, whom he painted in the 1533 portrait seen here Martin Luther |
| #5049, aired 2006-07-20 | POPE $800: Pope Leo X famously excommunicated this reformer in 1521 Martin Luther |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | BIO SUBJECTS $800: Michael Eric Dyson analyzes this real man, not just his image as mythic minister & leader, in "I May Not Get There with You" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #5005, aired 2006-05-19 | 1966 $800: August 5:
This man gets hit in the head by a rock while leading a civil rights march in Chicago Martin Luther King |
| #4984, aired 2006-04-20 | THE AMERICAN DREAM $500 (Daily Double): Martin Luther King dreamed of "the table of" this, a crowning quality in "America, The Beautiful" brotherhood |
| #4975, aired 2006-04-07 | ONE OF THESE NIGHTS $800: He's heard here in a speech the night of Martin Luther King's murder
"What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another." Robert F. Kennedy |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | THE 16th CENTURY $200: Martin Luther translated the Bible into this language German |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.) In his Stride Toward Freedom, he organized many Civil Rights mass meetings held here at the 16th Street Baptist Church Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | I'M DOWN WITH HOMEWORK $400: History: This man wouldn't give props to the pope, so he got booted from the Church in January, 1521 Martin Luther |
| #4934, aired 2006-02-09 | JR.'s & SR.'s $200: It's the first U.S. federal holiday of the year that honors a person Martin Luther King Day |
| #4925, aired 2006-01-27 | THE SWEET 16th CENTURY $400: Johann Eck debated this noted Protestant in 1519 & helped get him excommunicated in 1521 Martin Luther |
| #4908, aired 2006-01-04 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME $1000: It's the year Martin Luther King declared at the Lincoln Memorial, "I have a dream" 1963 |
| #4866, aired 2005-11-07 | OFF TO COLLEGE $1000: In 1944 he entered Atlanta's Morehouse College as a 15-year-old struggling with religions doubts Martin Luther King |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | BORN FIRST $400: Stokely Carmichael,
Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Malcolm X Malcolm X |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR $1000: Martin Luther believed this German magician & astrologer, a Goethe subject, had devilish powers Faust |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | QUOTATIONS $600: Ironically, on April 3, 1968 he said, "I've seen the promised land" & "I'm happy tonight... I'm not fearing any man" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | THIRD WORLD $200: In 1983 Ronald Reagan signed the law making the third Monday of January this man's "day" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | HISTORIC WOMEN $600: Former nun Catherine von Bora bore him 6 kids; at least he didn't demand 95 (Martin) Luther |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $400: In 1948 Dr. King was ordained a minister in this Christian denomination Baptist |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $800: King donated the money he received for winning this international award in December 1964 to civil rights causes the Nobel Peace Prize |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $1200: While at Crozer Theological Seminary, King studied the nonviolent philosophy of this Asian leader Gandhi |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $1600: Tragically, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 while visiting this Tennessee city Memphis |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $2000: At this Washington, D.C. landmark in 1963, King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech Lincoln Memorial |
| #4629, aired 2004-10-21 | KIDS IN THE 1960s $400: ...heard him say on Aug. 28, 1963, "Even though we face the difficulties of... tomorrow, I still have a dream" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4608, aired 2004-09-22 | THEY'RE ALL WINNERS! $400: (Hi. I'm LeVar Burton, and) In 1999 I won a Grammy for narrating "The Autobiography of" this winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4593, aired 2004-07-21 | GERMAN HISTORY $1600: Though the uprising called the Peasants' War was partly based on this man's ideas, he came out against it in 1525 Martin Luther |
| #4592, aired 2004-07-20 | PEOPLE $200: In 1964 he became the first African American to be named Time magazine's "Man of the Year" Dr. (Martin Luther) King (Jr.) |
| #4533, aired 2004-04-28 | MORE THINGS THAT HAPPENED $400: The League of Schmalkalden was formed in 1531 to defend this German's reformist church (Martin) Luther |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | SCREEN PLAYS $800: John Osborne's 1961 play about this Protestant reformer became a 1974 film starring Stacy Keach Martin Luther |
| #4508, aired 2004-03-24 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $800: "The World's Greatest Gospel Singer", she sang at President Kennedy's inauguration & Martin Luther King's funeral Mahalia Jackson |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew in Memphis, Tennessee) The National Civil Rights Museum is built on the site of the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King was assassinated in this year 1968 |
| #4481, aired 2004-02-16 | U.S. HISTORY $800: August 28, 2003 marked the 40th anniversary of his famous speech heard here:
"My poor little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin..." Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4450, aired 2004-01-02 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $600: 1964: An American clergyman Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4440, aired 2003-12-19 | QUOTES ABOUT 3 THINGS $2,000 (Daily Double): Attributed to Martin Luther is "Who loves not these 3 things remains a fool his whole life long" wine, women and song |
| #4436, aired 2003-12-15 | MARTIN LUTHER $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from Wittenberg, Germany.) The only achievement mentioned in Luther's epitaph is his doctorate in this subject from Wittenberg University theology |
| #4436, aired 2003-12-15 | MARTIN LUTHER $800: Terrified by a storm, Luther swore he'd become one of these, & joined the Augustinian order a monk |
| #4436, aired 2003-12-15 | MARTIN LUTHER $1200: In translating the Bible, Luther added "alone" after this word, believing that it, rather than works, saves us faith |
| #4436, aired 2003-12-15 | MARTIN LUTHER $1600: In 1524 Luther published the "Achtliederbuch", this type of book often found in churches a hymnal |
| #4436, aired 2003-12-15 | MARTIN LUTHER $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Wittenberg, Germany.) On the old wooden door that stood here, Martin Luther posted this numerical piece of writing & began the Reformation the 95 Theses |
| #4427, aired 2003-12-02 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $2000: "The Wittenberg Monk" Martin Luther |
| #4383, aired 2003-10-01 | THE GOOD BOOK $400: Martin Luther's translation of the Bible helped spread the "New High" version of this language German |
| #4343, aired 2003-06-18 | 17th CENTURY NOTABLES $3,000 (Daily Double): Just months after publishing "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems", he was tried for heresy Galileo |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | MUSEUMS $800: A museum at this theologian's Wittenberg home has a vast collection of Reformation history Martin Luther |
| #4327, aired 2003-05-27 | LET'S HAVE A CONFERENCE $800: In 1968 Ralph Abernathy succeeded Martin Luther King as leader of this conference, abbreviated SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #4308, aired 2003-04-30 | AMERICAN DREAMS $200: His famous "I Have a Dream" speech ends, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4290, aired 2003-04-04 | NAME THE JAMES $800: ...who was convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. James Earl Ray |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | STATE CAPITAL BIRTHPLACES $800: Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr. Atlanta |
| #4248, aired 2003-02-05 | GOING, GOING, GANDHI $1200: While at Crozier Theological Seminary in the 1950s, this black leader learned Gandhi's ideas of nonviolence Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $1600: On the 4th of July in 1965, 2 years after "I Have a Dream", Martin Luther King preached on this "dream" the American dream |
| #4229, aired 2003-01-09 | NOTABLE NAMES $400: At the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, he gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4222, aired 2002-12-31 | SPECIAL "K" $800: In 1968 this American leader prophetically shared, "I've looked over and I've seen the promised land" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4219, aired 2002-12-26 | HANS UP! $2,800 (Daily Double): German poet Hans Sachs' most famous work, "The Nightingale of Wittenberg", was a defense of this religious figure Martin Luther |
| #4213, aired 2002-12-18 | WORMS $400: He told the Diet of Worms, "I do not accept the authority of popes and councils" Martin Luther |
| #4188, aired 2002-11-13 | THAT'S OLD NEWS $400: He posted his world-shaking commentaries on a German church door on October 31, 1517 Martin Luther |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: In 1957 he co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference & became its first president Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | RELIGION $600: From 1512 to 1546, this leader of the Reformation taught theology at Wittenberg University Martin Luther |
| #4083, aired 2002-05-08 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $400: "L.A. Story" comic whose other work includes the 95 Theses & "'Til My Baby Comes Home" Steve Martin Luther Vandross |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | WATCH YOUR TONGUE $400: In the early 1500s Martin Luther translated the Bible into this language using a dialect of Saxony German |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | JUST A THOUGHT $800: The people who were against the decisions made at the second Diet of Speyer & sided with Martin Luther were called these Protestant Lutherans (Protestants) |
| #4051, aired 2002-03-25 | CHURCH & STATE $600: Ebenezer Baptist on Auburn Avenue Georgia |
| #4025, aired 2002-02-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: By federal law, his birthday is celebrated on the third Monday in January Martin Luther King |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | HYMNS $2000: Among Martin Luther King's last words were a request for the hymn asking him to "take my hand" Precious Lord |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $200: (Hi. I'm Martin Luther King III.) In 1955, my father led a bus boycott in Montgomery after this woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat Rosa Parks |
| #3889, aired 2001-06-28 | STIFLE YOURSELF EDICT $200 (Daily Double): After Charles V, this priest is the next person mentioned by name in the 1521 edict of the Diet of Worms Martin Luther |
| #3847, aired 2001-05-01 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: In 1524 peasants, influenced by the teachings of this German religious leader, started an uprising Martin Luther |
| #3841, aired 2001-04-23 | PRISONERS' SENTENCES $400: This civil rights leader penned his "Letter From the Birmingham Jail" on April 16, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #3781, aired 2001-01-29 | MOVIE PORTRAYALS $2,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Yolanda King. My father was Martin Luther King, Jr.) In the 1996 movie "Ghosts of Mississippi", I played Reena, the daughter of this civil rights leader killed in 1963 Medgar Evers |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $200: (Hi, I'm Yolanda King) In 1963 my father delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech before this monument in Washington, D.C. Lincoln Memorial |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $400: (Hi, I'm Reverend Bernice A. King) As an advocate of nonviolence, my father, Martin Luther King, Jr., embraced the philosophy & teachings of this Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $600: (Hi, I'm Christine King Farris) As a student at Morehouse College, my brother was inspired by this writer's essay on "Civil Disobedience" Henry David Thoreau |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $800: (Hi, I'm Martin Luther King III) In 1998 I became president of this organization co-founded by my father & known as the SCLC for short Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $1000: (Yolanda King speaking) In 1960 my father, MLK Jr., joined my grandfather as co-pastor of this Baptist church in Atlanta Ebenezer Baptist Church |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | ONCE UPON A DECEMBER $1000: In December in various years Mother Teresa, Jane Addams & Martin Luther King, Jr. each won this the Nobel Peace Prize |
| #3738, aired 2000-11-29 | ACCUSTOMED TO PUBLIC SPEAKING $1000: He told the panel at Worms, "Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise" Martin Luther |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | GIVING "THANK"S $300: On Martin Luther King, Jr.'s gravestone these 3 words follow "Free at Last, Free at Last..." "Thank God Almighty" |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: He's been "Livin' La Vida Loca" since 1517 when he launched the Protestant Reformation Ricky Martin Luther |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | HOW SOON WE FORGET $200: We forget this impassioned man, then remember him again every election year Alan Keyes |
| #3699, aired 2000-10-05 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $400: This influential minister & civil rights pioneer won the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1960s Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | WORMS $400: This man, already pronounced a heretic, was formally declared an outlaw by 1521's Edict of Worms Martin Luther |
| #3651, aired 2000-06-19 | ALSO AT THE 2000 GRAMMYS $1000: Richard Burton won a Grammy in 1976; this man, no relation, won in 2000 for reading the words of Martin Luther King LeVar Burton |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | 20th CENTURY QUOTES $100: A minister, 1968:
"I've seen the promised land...and I'm happy tonight...I'm not fearing any man" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #3603, aired 2000-04-12 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $800: His national historic site includes his birthplace, his gravesite & Ebenezer Baptist Church Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | OH WHAT A YEAR! $100: Martin Luther King assassinated, Viet Cong launches Tet Offensive, Green Bay wins second Super Bowl 1968 |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | SENIOR CITIZENS $400: Born Michael, he changed his name -- & his son's -- to honor the German Protestant leader Martin Luther King, Sr. |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | HYMNS $400: This 16th century reformer wrote the German hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" Martin Luther |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING $200: Dr. King said it's what we must let ring "from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city" Freedom |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING $400: King preached this "is the greatest form of government...ever conceived", but "we have never touched it" Democracy |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING $600: This peaceful practice "is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force" Nonviolence |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING $800: From jail King wrote, "We will reach...freedom in" this city 'because the goal of America is freedom" Birmingham |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING $1000: This 1954 "decision...will long be stenciled on the mental sheets of succeeding generations" Brown v. Board of Education |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | THE SWINGIN' '60s $200: This Baptist minister won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #3509, aired 1999-12-02 | TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR $300: It was a dream come true for this minister in 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #3492, aired 1999-11-09 | MUSEUMS $400: The National Civil Rights Museum is located on the Memphis site where he was assassinated in 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | HALLOWEEN $400: After what he did October 31, 1517 the Wittenberg Palace Church may have had to put up a "Post No Theses" sign Martin Luther |
| #3417, aired 1999-06-15 | CHURCHES $500: Even Scrooge might have enjoyed services at this Atlanta church where Martin Luther King was co-pastor Ebenezer Baptist Church |
| #3411, aired 1999-06-07 | THE '60s $400: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Freedom Walk in 1965 spanned the 50 miles between these 2 Alabama cities Montgomery & Selma |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS $400: Pope Leo X named Henry VIII "Defender of the Faith" for his written attack on this German Protestant leader Martin Luther |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | STATE CAPITALS $100: In 1955 Martin Luther King, Jr. led a boycott of this Alabama capital's segregated bus system Montgomery |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $100: While studying at Boston University, Martin met this woman who became his wife Coretta Scott |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $200: King is seen here at his March, 1964 meeting with this civil rights leader Malcolm X |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $300: In 1968 King was planning a second march on this city, to unite poor people Washington, D.C. |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $400: At age 15, Martin graduated from a high school named for this first head of Tuskegee Institute Booker T. Washington |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $500: The night before his death King said he had gone up to the mountain, looked over & seen this the Promised Land |
| #3309, aired 1999-01-14 | U2 $300: U2's first Top 40 hit in the U.S., "Pride (In the Name of Love)", was a tribute to this man Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #3295, aired 1998-12-25 | BEFORE & AFTER $1000: 1517's "Theses" author known for developing new varieties of fruits & vegetables Martin Luther Burbank |
| #3246, aired 1998-10-19 | KING KRAZY $400: Clergyman seen here in 1956 Martin Luther King |
| #3239, aired 1998-10-08 | BLACK AMERICANS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1965 these 2 Nobel Peace Prize winners participated in the Selma to Montgomery March Martin Luther King & Ralph Bunche |
| #3235, aired 1998-10-02 | FIRESTARTER $500: He's the reform-minded former Catholic priest seen here Martin Luther |
| #3216, aired 1998-09-07 | LABOR $300: When he was killed in 1968, he was planning a march of striking Memphis sanitation workers Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #3195, aired 1998-06-19 | WHO SAID THAT? $400: The night before his 1968 murder he said, “I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man” (Martin Luther) King |
| #3178, aired 1998-05-27 | CHARLES V $1000: Charles convened the Diet of Worms where this man refused to recant his beliefs Martin Luther |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | AFRICAN-AMERICANS $100: In 1964 he became the first black American to be named Time's "Man of the Year" Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | TIME $400: This holiday always gives federal employees their first 3-day weekend of the year Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| #3160, aired 1998-05-01 | AND THE AWARD GOES TO... $300: While president of the Philippines, she received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize Corazon Aquino |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | THE "JAMES" GANG $200: In a 1997 meeting with Dexter King, he denied killing Dexter's father Martin Luther King Jr. James Earl Ray |
| #3140, aired 1998-04-03 | ORGANIZATIONS $600: In 1997, Martin Luther King III was elected president of this group, the SCLC; Dad would have been proud the Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #3123, aired 1998-03-11 | WHEN $100: On Aug. 28, 1963 he told a crowd gathered in Washington, D.C. "I have a dream" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #3120, aired 1998-03-06 | NUMBER, PLEASE $400: Malcolm X & Martin Luther King both died at this age, months short of a milestone birthday 39 |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | RELIGION $200: This German's attacks on the Roman Catholic church began the Reformation Martin Luther |
| #3088, aired 1998-01-21 | FEELIN' GOUTY $600: Gout didn't stop this reformer from nailing his 95 Theses to a Wittenberg church door Martin Luther |
| #3086, aired 1998-01-19 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $600: In 1965, after being assaulted in this Alabama city, Martin Luther King led a march from there to Montgomery Selma |
| #3062, aired 1997-12-16 | NOTABLE WOMEN $200: Coretta Scott met this future husband while at the New England Conservatory of Music Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | 16th CENTURY NAMES $200: In his 1520 "Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation", he called for church reform Martin Luther |
| #2943, aired 1997-05-21 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: In 1505 this Protestant reformer earned a master of arts degree from the University of Erfurt Martin Luther |
| #2933, aired 1997-05-07 | RELIGION $400: The son of a copper miner, he initiated the Protestant Reformation Martin Luther |
| #2913, aired 1997-04-09 | NAMES OF THE '60s $500: He donated his 1964 Nobel Prize money, over $54,000, to the civil rights movement Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2889, aired 1997-03-06 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: This Dutch humanist's 1524 work "On Free Will" was an attack on Martin Luther Erasmus |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | HISTORY $500: In 1521 Martin Luther was summoned to the Diet of this city to renounce his beliefs Worms |
| #2867, aired 1997-02-04 | TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR $100: Time called this 1963 choice the symbol of the Negro revolution Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2856, aired 1997-01-20 | MARTIN LUTHER KING $200: At Crozer Theological Seminary King learned of this Indian leader's idea of nonviolence Mahatma Gandhi |
| #2856, aired 1997-01-20 | MARTIN LUTHER KING $400: It was the profession of King's father & grandfather as well Minister |
| #2856, aired 1997-01-20 | MARTIN LUTHER KING $600: In December 1964 King conferred with this man, who was spying on him, about the FBI's role in civil rights J. Edgar Hoover |
| #2856, aired 1997-01-20 | MARTIN LUTHER KING $800: King wished that his children "not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of" this Character |
| #2856, aired 1997-01-20 | MARTIN LUTHER KING $1000: This 3-word phrase from a spiritual is engraved 3 times on King's tombstone "Free At Last" |
| #2839, aired 1996-12-26 | EUROPEAN CITIES $1000: The castle church to which Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses is a landmark of this German city Wittenburg |
| #2837, aired 1996-12-24 | 1955 $200: This clergyman was asked to lead a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2825, aired 1996-12-06 | POETS $200: On Feb. 12, 1959, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, he addressed a joint session of Congress Carl Sandburg |
| #2797, aired 1996-10-29 | SUCCESSORS $400: When this man was assassinated in 1968, Ralph Abernathy succeeded to the leader of the SCLC Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2734, aired 1996-06-20 | STREETS $100: On Jan. 15, 1983 Santa Barbara Ave. in L.A. was renamed for this slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2726, aired 1996-06-10 | ART & ARTISTS $600: While living in Wittenberg, Lucas Cranach the Elder became a friend of this religious reformer Martin Luther |
| #2720, aired 1996-05-31 | QUOTATIONS $400: At the Diet of Worms in 1521, he said, "Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me." Martin Luther |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $600: The Reformation is often dated from October 31, 1517, when he posted his 95 Theses Martin Luther |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | HISTORY $200: While hiding at Wartburg Castle during 1521-22, he translated the New Testament into German Martin Luther |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | BLACK AMERICA $300: In 1969 she wrote "My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr." Coretta Scott King |
| #2659, aired 1996-03-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1963 this Black leader began writing his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail" on the margin of a newspaper Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2647, aired 1996-02-20 | RELIGION $600: On Oct. 19, 1512 he was awarded a doctorate of theology by the University of Wittenberg (Martin) Luther |
| #2638, aired 1996-02-07 | LOUISIANA $400: A museum of these in Monroe has a 1550 Danish Martin Luther & a 1617 King James in its collection Bibles |
| #2611, aired 1996-01-01 | FAMOUS NAMES $100: 2 months before his own death, Robert Kennedy attended the funeral of this slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | BLACK AMERICA $200: The book "The Black 100" ranks this civil rights leader as the most influential African-American who ever lived Dr. Martin Luther King |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | WINE & CHEESE $800: Liebfraumilch is a fine Rhine wine named for a church in this city, Martin Luther's "diet" site Worms |
| #2565, aired 1995-10-27 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $100: In 1957 Ralph Abernathy & this civil rights leader founded the SCLC Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | U.S. MUSEUMS $200: The National Civil Rights Museum is housed at the Memphis motel where he was slain in 1968 Martin Luther King |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | NICKNAMES $200: His nicknames include "The Father of Protestantism" & "The Father of the Reformation" Martin Luther |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | MARTINS $100: This civil rights leader entered Morehouse College in Atlanta at age 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | CRIME TIME $800: This murderer of Martin Luther King, Jr. was nicknamed "The Mole" for his numerous prison escapes (James Earl) Ray |
| #2519, aired 1995-07-13 | LANGUAGES $600: Martin Luther translated the Bible into this language using the dialect of Saxony German |
| #2492, aired 1995-06-06 | ORGANIZATIONS $500: In 1957 the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed with this man as president Martin Luther King, Jr |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | POTPOURRI $300: The house he owned as co-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church stands on Sunset Ave. in Atlanta Martin Luther King |
| #2415, aired 1995-02-17 | NOTABLE NAMES $1000: In 1521 he wrote a pamphlet "On Monastic Vows" while hiding at Wartburg Castle Martin Luther |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | NOTORIOUS $600: In May 1994 a Tennessee board rejected parole for this convicted assassin of Martin Luther King James Earl Ray |
| #2403, aired 1995-02-01 | 1956 $400: This 27-year-old pastor was found guilty of conspiracy in the Montgomery bus boycott Martin Luther King, Jr |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: In 1993 a court upheld Boston University's claim to 83.000 of this civil rights leader's papers Martin Luther King |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | NONFICTION $200: Published in 1958, "Stride Toward Freedom" was Martin Luther King's account of the bus boycott in this city Montgomery |
| #2360, aired 1994-12-02 | CONTEMPORARIES $500 (Daily Double): While Martin Luther hid in Wartburg Castle in 1521, this man took Tenochtitlan Cortes |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | BLACK AMERICA $100: Ralph Bunche was the first black American to win the Nobel Peace Prize & this civil rights leader was second Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): 3 years after he nailed his 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg, he was excommunicated Martin Luther |
| #2342, aired 1994-11-08 | 1983 $400: Senator Jesse Helms led the opposition to this federal holiday that became law in 1983 Martin Luther King's birthday |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | MARCHING ORDERS $200: Famous speech delivered as part of the 1963 March on Washington Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech |
| #2301, aired 1994-09-12 | THE 20th CENTURY $100: On Aug. 28, 1963 he told those assembled at the Lincoln Memorial, "I have a dream today" Martin Luther King |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This Protestant reformer was born in Eisleben in Thuringia, Germany Nov. 10, 1483 Martin Luther |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | BAPTISTS $300: He earned his Ph.D. in theology at Boston University; it was also in Boston that he met Coretta Scott Martin Luther King |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | NONFICTION $600: In "Who Killed Martin Luther King?", this convicted assassin argues his innocence James Earl Ray |
| #2225, aired 1994-04-15 | BLACK AMERICA $100: In January 1993, for the first time, all 50 states observed the birthday of this slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2211, aired 1994-03-28 | QUOTATIONS $800: It's said Martin Luther wrote, "Who loves not" these 3 things "remains a fool his whole life long" wine, women & song |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | THE 1970s $100: On June 10, 1977 this man convicted of killing Martin Luther King, Jr. escaped from a Tennessee prison James Earl Ray |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Reformation Day, Oct. 31, is the anniversary of the day he posted his 95 Theses in 1517 Martin Luther |
| #2168, aired 1994-01-26 | MARTINs $100: On Dec. 10, 1520 he publicly burned a copy of a papal bull; he was excommunicated a month later Martin Luther |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | BLACK AMERICA $400: His burial site & the church where he served as assistant pastor are part of a historic district in Atlanta Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | RELIGION $1000: In 1960 Martin Luther King. Jr. was made co-pastor with his father of this Atlanta church the Ebenezer Baptist Church |
| #2139, aired 1993-12-16 | EUROPEAN CITIES $400: Worms, the city where Martin Luther appeared before the Imperial Diet in 1521, is in this country Germany |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | 1983 $200: On Nov. 2 President Reagan signed a bill establishing a federal holiday honoring this man Martin Luther King |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | OCTOBER 31 $300: It's reported that on October 31, 1517 he nailed some theses to a door Martin Luther |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | ENDS WITH "END" $400: A title for Martin Luther King or Billy Graham Reverend |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | -OLOGIES $400: Martin Luther & Albert Schweitzer held doctorates in this theology |
| #2079, aired 1993-09-23 | RECENT HISTORY $200: In 1992 Arizona voters approved a January state holiday to honor this late civil rights leader Martin Luther King |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | BLACK AMERICA $200: On January 20,1992 Winnie Mandela helped lead a march in Atlanta honoring this slain leader Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #2057, aired 1993-07-13 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This leader of the Reformation wrote the famous hymn "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" Martin Luther |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | JUNIORS $200: In 1953 he married Coretta Scott & his first son is III Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | FOREIGN QUOTES $400: "Hier stehe ich, ich kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir. Amen", he told the Diet Martin Luther |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | BLACK AMERICA $600: Robert & John Kennedy helped this man get out of a Georgia jail in 1960 Martin Luther King |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Some states combine this January federal holiday with Robert E. Lee Day Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Upon this man's death in 1968, Ralph Abernathy became head of the SCLC Martin Luther King |
| #1942, aired 1993-02-02 | U.S. CITIES $100: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic District is located in this Georgia capital Atlanta |
| #1916, aired 1992-12-28 | MUSEUMS $200: This theologian's home in Wittenberg, Germany is now a museum devoted to manuscripts of the Reformation Martin Luther |
| #1909, aired 1992-12-17 | HISTORY $600: The Peasants' War, which began in Germany in 1524, was inspired by the teachings of this religious leader Martin Luther |
| #1900, aired 1992-12-04 | FAMOUS SPEECHES $400: In his last public address, he said, "I've been to the mountaintop...and I've seen the Promised Land" Martin Luther King, Jr |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | FILE UNDER "W" $200: The Edict of this place issued May 25, 1521 branded Martin Luther an outlaw Worms |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | AWARDS $100: In 1991 this Soviet leader won the Martin Luther King, Jr. Non-Violent Peace Prize Gorbachev |
| #1838, aired 1992-09-09 | HISTORY $200: On April 18, 1521 he told the Diet of Worms, "Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen." Martin Luther |
| #1796, aired 1992-05-25 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $200: In 1982 Santa Barbara Ave. in Los Angeles was renamed to honor this slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King |
| #1784, aired 1992-05-07 | GERMANY $600: This theologian's tomb is in Wittenberg, where he was a professor of biblical theology Martin Luther |
| #1756, aired 1992-03-30 | HODGEPODGE $400: Almost one year after he escaped from Missouri State Penitentiary, he shot Martin Luther King, Jr. James Earl Ray |
| #1728, aired 1992-02-19 | THE 16th CENTURY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1512 he received his doctorate of theology from the University of Wittenberg Martin Luther |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1,000 (Daily Double): This library, best known for its Shakespeare collection, also contains some original tracts by Martin Luther the Folger Library |
| #1709, aired 1992-01-23 | ANNUAL EVENTS $700 (Daily Double): This was first celebrated as a legal holiday in January 1986 Martin Luther King Day |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Stonewall Jackson's, Robert E. Lee's & Martin Luther King's birthdays are observed in this month January |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: In 1708, the Mühlhausen city council paid for printing "Gott ist mein König", his first published music Johann Sebastian Bach |
| #1608, aired 1991-09-04 | NAME THE DECADE $400: Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee the 1960s |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | HISTORIC QUOTES $300: In 1521 he told the Diet of Worms, "I cannot and I will not recant anything" (Martin) Luther |
| #1560, aired 1991-05-17 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1969 he received a 99-year prison sentence for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (James Earl) Ray |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | NUMBER, PLEASE $1000: Number of theses Martin Luther posted on the door of a church in Wittenberg 95 |
| #1546, aired 1991-04-29 | WORLD HISTORY $200: A good lute player, in the 1500s he wrote Protestant hymns, as well as the "95 Theses" Martin Luther |
| #1545, aired 1991-04-26 | MODERN HISTORY $200: He donated the money from his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize to the civil rights movement Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1964, he said, "Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political & moral questions of our time" Martin Luther King |
| #1509, aired 1991-03-07 | WORLD HISTORY $400: While a teacher of moral philosophy at the Univ. of Wittenberg, he received his doctorate of theology in 1512 Martin Luther |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: "Thank God almighty, I'm free at last" is written on the tomb of this man who's honored in January Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #1485, aired 1991-02-01 | WOMEN $400: Mahalia Jackson was among those who sang old slave spirituals at his 1963 March on Washington Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #1413, aired 1990-10-24 | "SOUTHERN" $400: Martin Luther King Jr. founded this civil rights group in 1957 the Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #1376, aired 1990-09-03 | POLITICAL QUOTES $500 (Daily Double): 1 day before his assassination he remarked, "I've looked over, & I've seen the promised land" Martin Luther King (Jr.) |
| #4, aired 1990-07-07 | SAINTS & SINNERS $200: He expected a debate but didn't expect to start a new church when he posted his "95 Theses" in 1517 Martin Luther |
| #1356, aired 1990-06-25 | AUTO-BIOGRAPHIES $100: She titled her 1969 book "My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr." Coretta Scott King |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $200: The tomb of this civil rights leader lies next to the Ebenezer Baptist churchyard on Auburn Ave. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | EPITAPHS $200: "Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I'm free at last!" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #1319, aired 1990-05-03 | HISTORIC CITIES $800: At the Diet held in this city in 1521, Martin Luther refused to eat his words Worms |
| #1318, aired 1990-05-02 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: While hidden at Wartburg Castle in 1521, this man began his German translation of the New Testament Martin Luther |
| #1308, aired 1990-04-18 | PEOPLE $400: In "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down", this former SCLC head wrote about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Ralph Abernathy |
| #1285, aired 1990-03-16 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY $600: Martin Luther objected to the papal policy of selling these to remit penalty for sins indulgences |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | LEFTOVERS $400: On January 20, 1986, the U.S. 1st observed a day in his honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #1240, aired 1990-01-12 | JUNE 1969 $100: J. Edgar Hoover said RFK authorized the FBI to tap this black leader's phone Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY $400: In 1525 this religious reformer married an ex-nun named Katherina Martin Luther |
| #1173, aired 1989-10-11 | BLACK AMERICANS $1000: In 1968 this Baptist minister succeeded Martin Luther King Jr. as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Ralph Abernathy |
| #1138, aired 1989-07-12 | GERMANY $400: The hymn "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" was written in the 16th century by him Martin Luther |
| #1133, aired 1989-07-05 | PRESIDENTS $200: J. Edgar Hoover's request to tap Martin Luther King's phones was approved during his administration John Kennedy |
| #1120, aired 1989-06-16 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $800 (Daily Double): A day before her husband's funeral, she led 40,000 marchers to support striking sanitation workers Coretta Scott King |
| #1102, aired 1989-05-23 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $600: The number of theses, or proposals, that Martin Luther nailed to the door of Castle Church 95 |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | RELIGION $200: When J. Carter put portraits of notable Black Georgians in the state capitol, this minister was 1st Martin Luther King (Jr.) |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | 1983 $100: President Reagan signed the law that made this day an annual federal holiday Martin Luther King's Birthday |
| #1061, aired 1989-03-27 | 20th C. QUOTES $300: This clergyman wrote from a Birmingham jail, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | JULY $1,000 (Daily Double): The 1st raid this son of a sugar planter led, July 26, 1953, failed & got him jailed Fidel Castro |
| #1056, aired 1989-03-20 | 1968 $1,000 (Daily Double): James Earl Ray was arrested near this European capital for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. London |
| #1046, aired 1989-03-06 | THEATER $600: In John Osborne's historical drama, this reformer tells his son, "You should have seen me at Worms" Martin Luther |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Ralph Abernathy became head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference upon this man's death Martin Luther King |
| #877, aired 1988-05-31 | THE '60s $200: 1963 event at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech March on Washington |
| #811, aired 1988-02-29 | U.S. STATES $400: Martin Luther King Jr. is buried in this state Georgia |
| #808, aired 1988-02-24 | 4-WORD PHRASES $1000: After Henry VIII wrote a treatise attacking Martin Luther, Pope Leo X gave Henry this title Defender of the Faith |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | AMERICAN MUSIC $400: In this famous speech on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King quoted the song "America" the "I Have A Dream" speech |
| #794, aired 1988-02-04 | HISTORICAL DRAMA $400: Albert Finney created the title role in John Osborne's play about this man, lynchpin of the Reformation Martin Luther |
| #749, aired 1987-12-03 | 1955 $500: In December, Martin Luther Kind Jr. led a boycott of this city's bus system Montgomery, Alabama |
| #736, aired 1987-11-16 | AKA $100: Until he was six, his name was Michael Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #694, aired 1987-09-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: Late civil rights leader who won a 1970 Grammy for his record "Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam" Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #688, aired 1987-09-09 | RELIGION $100: Before turning Protestant, Martin Luther was a monk & the vocation of his future wife was this a nun |
| #676, aired 1987-07-13 | LIES $400: A "failed" polygraph test revealed that he acted alone in assassinating Martin Luther King (James Earl) Ray |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Dr. Joseph Lowery now heads this million-member group founded by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. the Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #643, aired 1987-05-27 | CHRISTMAS $500: Popular legend credits this religious reformer with creating the 1st Christmas tree Martin Luther |
| #619, aired 1987-04-23 | NEIGHBORHOODS $400: You can visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. historic district in this city Atlanta |
| #615, aired 1987-04-17 | RELIGION $1000: The way the Catholic church sees it, he was revolting--starting October 31, 1517 Martin Luther |
| #613, aired 1987-04-15 | WINTER $400: Of 3, 4, or 5, the # of federal holidays observed during the official winter season 4 |
| #612, aired 1987-04-14 | RELIGION $200: Martin Luther's translation of the Bible into this language is considered a literary masterpiece German |
| #603, aired 1987-04-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: City to which Martin Luther King Jr. marched with over 25,000 people in March 1965 Montgomery, Alabama |
| #563, aired 1987-02-04 | 1968 $400: Their assassinations occurred 63 days apart in 1968 Robert Kennedy & Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #543, aired 1987-01-07 | HOLIDAYS $200: It was observed for the 1st time as an official federal holiday in 1986 Martin Luther King's birthday |
| #491, aired 1986-10-27 | GERMANY $800: City where the imperial diet turned on Martin Luther Worms |
| #484, aired 1986-10-16 | RELIGION $600: Both Martin Luther King Sr. & Jr. were pastors of this Atlanta church Ebenezer Baptist Church |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | SPIRITUAL SONGS $800: It's believed he wrote the hymn, "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" Martin Luther |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | "KING"s & "QUEEN"s $600: In 1948, at age 19, he was ordained a Baptist minister Martin Luther King |
| #415, aired 1986-04-11 | U.S. HISTORY $400: Young pastor in Montgomery, Alabama who organized city-wide bus boycott protesting Rosa Parks' arrest Martin Luther King |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | BRITISH RULERS $1000: Martin Luther called him "King Heinz, by God's disgrace king of England" Henry VIII |
| #355, aired 1986-01-17 | FAVORITE PASTIMES $500: An avid bowler, he was the "1st Protestant" Martin Luther |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | "SOUTH" $1000: Helping to found it in 1957, Martin Luther King, Jr. headed this civil rights group until his death Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #303, aired 1985-11-06 | RELIGION $600: In 1553 this Protestant reformer had radical theologian Michael Servetus burned in Geneva John Calvin |
| #292, aired 1985-10-22 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Threatened with excommunication, this Reformation leader publicly burned the bull Martin Luther |
| #291, aired 1985-10-21 | HISTORICAL QUOTES $1000: "There are no warlike people--just warlike leaders", said the 1st Black Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph Bunche |
| #261, aired 1985-09-09 | THE RENAISSANCE $1000: His brilliant 16th century translation of the Bible into German became the basis for modern German Martin Luther |
| #166, aired 1985-04-29 | CHICAGO $500 (Daily Double): The Chicago riots of April 1968 were sparked by this Memphis, TN event the assassination of Martin Luther King |
| #143, aired 1985-03-27 | THE '70s $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1978, a House select committee reopened hearings on these two assassination victims John F. Kennedy & Martin Luther King |
| #117, aired 1985-02-19 | ASSASSINS $400: James Earl Ray Martin Luther King |
| #116, aired 1985-02-18 | RELIGION $600: He defended his teachings before the Diet of Worms Martin Luther |
| #95, aired 1985-01-18 | 1956 $200: Martin Luther King, Jr. 1st gained prominence leading bus boycott in this Alabama city Montgomery |
| #69, aired 1984-12-13 | CIVIL RIGHTS $200: He was the husband of Coretta Scott Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #11, aired 1984-09-24 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In '63, 200,000 Washington marchers heard him say, "I have a dream" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #1, aired 1983-09-18 | THE SIXTIES $250: American who won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Martin Luther King (Jr.) |
