| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $400: In the 4th century Constantine's mother Helena traveled to this city where she had the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher built Jerusalem |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $800: A papyrus dated to 35 B.C. calls her Philopatris, "she who loves her country", the country being Egypt Cleopatra |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $1200: For obvious reasons these Roman priestesses faced dire consequences if found unchaste, like Aemilia, Licinia & Marcia in 114 B.C. the Vestal Virgins |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Of this lyric poet's works, almost none have been found complete, one being the 28-line "Ode to Aphrodite" Sappho |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $2000: During his reign over Rome, he had a coin minted with the depictions of his 3 sisters, Drusilla, Livilla & Agrippina Caligula |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: Ancient Greeks believed that wine was a gift from this god, the Greek equivalent of Bacchus Dionysus |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Because of his work there, you could call the astronomer Hipparchus the "Colossus of" this island Rhodes |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Horrified by the carnage of war, Asoka, a 3rd century B.C. ruler in India, embraced this peaceful religion Buddhism |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: 4 decades after Constantine, Roman emperor Julian sought to revive these types of cults & temples, from Latin for "rustic" pagan |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: Hetepheres was the mother of this great pyramid king; when her tomb was found, mummy's mummy was missing Cheops (Khufu) |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $200: These were first recorded in Greece in 776 B.C. & Greece led the medal standings with 1 as Coroebus of Elis won the only event the Olympics |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $400: Hannibal brought 37 of these large animals over the Alps to help in his attack on Rome elephants |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $600: Title for Egyptian king Ramses the Great, remembered for his wars & building projects around 1250 B.C. pharaoh |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $800: The first 3 kings of Israel were Saul, David & this wise ruler Solomon |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $1000: By 2500 B.C. the Chinese were breeding a special "worm" in order to make thread & garments from this material silk |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | LIFE IN ANCIENT TIMES $200: The Babylonians controlled rivers by building a barrage of barrages, a term for a small type of this dam |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | LIFE IN ANCIENT TIMES $400: One of the 3 festivals that summoned Israelites to Jerusalem was Shavuot, celebrating the start of this agricultural event harvest |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | LIFE IN ANCIENT TIMES $600: Chinese emperors dictated the color of clothes, so Tang dynasty commoners stripped down to their funky-colored this underwear |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | LIFE IN ANCIENT TIMES $800: The Roman valued this art of persuasive speech, a necessary skill for great oratory rhetoric |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | LIFE IN ANCIENT TIMES $1000: An ostrakon was a piece of pottery with a name on it; if your name was on enough ostraka, you got this punishment for a 10-year term exile (or banishment) |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Still in use, China's "Grand" one of these man-made waterways may date back to the 300s B.C. a canal |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: This Egyptian port was founded around 332 B.C. by--well, let's just say by a pretty great guy Alexandria |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $1200: Though we have no writings of his, this Greek who died in 399 B.C. invented a little thing called moral philosophy Socrates |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $1600: Chariot races were held in this largest Roman stadium for almost a thousand years, the last being in 549 A.D. the Circus Maximus |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $2000: These foes of the Pharisees were so into the Jerusalem temple that its destruction destroyed them Sadducees |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: In 30 B.C. this co-ruler of Rome took his own life after Octavian reached Egypt Antony |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: 475-221 B.C. witnessed what's known as the Warring States period in this Asian country China |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | ANCIENT TIMES $1200: Around the 4th millennium B.C., this 2-letter city was founded in Mesopotamia Ur |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | ANCIENT TIMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Around 900 A.D. this Central American society's Classic Era collapsed & temple building ceased the Mayans |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | ANCIENT TIMES $2000: Not the "Prince of Tyre", this Athenian statesman is known for building projects on the Acropolis Pericles |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: Around 5000 B.C. channels were dug along the Nile for this agricultural purpose irrigation |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Around 1200 B.C. in the Middle East & 600 B.C. in China, the Bronze Age was replaced by this metallic age the Iron Age |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: In ancient Greece they came in 3 architectural styles & were made of stone drums stacked & joined with pegs columns |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: 8,500 years ago, the Zebu or Brahman type of this animal was domesticated in Asia cattle |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: In 2000 B.C. the Israelites conquered this land whose people probably gave them the Hebrew language Canaan |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: The astronomer Hipparchus is famed for cataloging more than 800 of these (That's even more than MGM had) stars |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: I dew declare, Tefnut was this ancient civilization's goddess of the dew the Egyptians |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | ANCIENT TIMES $1200: Darius I of this empire claimed that Bardiya, the king he killed & replaced, had been an impostor Persia |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | ANCIENT TIMES $1600: The Celtic town of Vindobona became a military post for the Romans; it later evolved into this capital on the Danube Vienna |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | ANCIENT TIMES $2000: "If I were not Alexander," said Alexander the Great, "I would be" this philosopher who lived in a tub Diogenes |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: The Shan-Yang one of these waterways was built in China as early as the 300s B.C. a canal |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: The Zapotec Empire in what is now this country developed one of the first written texts in Middle America Mexico |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $1200: During this Carthaginian's crossing of the Alps in 218 B.C., he lost at least 10,000 men & most of his elephants Hannibal |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $1600: In the 700s B.C., the Kingdom of Kush conquered this neighbor to the north, establishing its 25th dynasty Egypt |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $2000: The first palace at Knossos on this Mediterranean island was built around 2000 B.C. Crete |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: Called ros caelestis, or "heavenly dew", it was the chief sweetener of ancient times honey |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Myron's Discobolus statue shows a man doing this, not dancing throwing a discus |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Julius Caesar said this region was divided into 3 parts; Augustus divided it into 4, including Aquitania Gaul |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Nile in Egypt.) The mud deposited by the Nile made ancient Egypt "kemet", black land; the desert was "deshret", meaning this red land |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: The Epigoni were the sons of the "7 against" this city who later succeeded where their dads had failed Thebes |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: The ancient Ban Chiang poetry of Thailand resembles that of this country's neolithic Yang-Shao period China |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Ancient Greeks believed that wine was a gift from this god, the Greek equivalent of Bacchus Dionysus |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Because of his work there, you could call the astronomer Hipparchus "the colossus of" this island Rhodes |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: Horrified by the carnage of war, Asoka, a 3rd century B.C. ruler in India, embraced this peaceful religion Buddhism |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: Hetepheres was the mother of this Great Pyramid king; when her tomb was found, Mummy's mummy was missing Cheops |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: The second one of these in Jerusalem was destroyed by Titus in 70 A.D. the Temple |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: He founded his academy in the olive grove of Academus outside Athens Plato |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | ANCIENT TIMES $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Karnak, Egypt.) Some columns at the temple to this god, whose name later includes the sun god Re or Ra are nearly 80 feet high Amon |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | ANCIENT TIMES $1600: (Jeff Probst reports from Guatemala.) With a name meaning "rubber people", this first great Mexican tribe used stone in architecture & influenced the Mayans greatly the Olmecs |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | ANCIENT TIMES $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Athens.) The agora was partially enclosed by long buildings called this, the Greek word for "portico" a stoa |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: This "Apostle to the Gentiles" was a special guest at the Council of Jerusalem around 49 A.D. Paul |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: Aristotle said this man's "Oedipus Rex" was the greatest play ever; lucky it was one of his few to survive in full Sophocles |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $1600: The name of this Central American people who predated the Mayans means "The Rubber People" the Olmecs |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $2000: Cicero dubbed this man the "Father of History" Herodotus |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $2,500 (Daily Double): This ancient city was also known as Ilium Troy |
| #4448, aired 2003-12-31 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: This Macedonian General began his war against the Persian Empire by crossing the Hellespont in the spring of 334 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #4448, aired 2003-12-31 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: The Mayans gave this ancient Mexican city a name meaning "mouth of the wells of the Itza" Chichen Itza |
| #4448, aired 2003-12-31 | ANCIENT TIMES $1200: This Greek was condemned to death in 399 B.C. for "impiety" & "corrupting the youth" Socrates |
| #4448, aired 2003-12-31 | ANCIENT TIMES $1600: Nebuchadnezzar's many building projects included the repair of this type of stepped tower devoted to the god Marduk a ziggurat |
| #4448, aired 2003-12-31 | ANCIENT TIMES $2000: This ancient wonder was built around 353 B.C. as a tomb for a provincial ruler of the Persian Empire the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus |
| #4126, aired 2002-07-08 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: The Ludus Magnus was a training school for these, who were to perform in the Colosseum gladiators |
| #4126, aired 2002-07-08 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: Aristotle guessed correctly that this river's annual floods were caused by rains in Ethiopia Nile |
| #4126, aired 2002-07-08 | ANCIENT TIMES $1200: Caligula & Hadrian were among the tourists who visited this Sicilian volcano Etna |
| #4126, aired 2002-07-08 | ANCIENT TIMES $1600: Titus Tatius was the king of these people who attacked Rome after the abduction of their women Sabines |
| #4126, aired 2002-07-08 | ANCIENT TIMES $5,000 (Daily Double): In 31 B.C., Mark Antony's army camped on this cape before his battle with Octavian off its gulf Actium |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $100: We know Hadrian's study center called the Athenaeum was in this city, we just don't know where Rome |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: Archimedes figured this value to be between 3 1/7 & 3 10/71 Pi |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $300: Greek architects Callicrates & Ictinus used a Doric design for this Acropolis topper the Parthenon |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Known for his "Parallel Lives", he also wrote treatises on "Friends and Flatterers" & "Curiosity" Plutarch |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $500: Greek city that claimed it was the omphalos, the navel or center of the world Delphi |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $200: In olden Japan agricultural groups called Be were mainly busy producing this Rice |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $400: The legendary Mucius saved Rome by putting this in a fire, earning the name "Left-Handed" Right hand |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $600: Egyptian ruler Snefru had to have a second one of these built after architects messed up the first Pyramid |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $800: At the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, this structure was a heap of ashes from old sacrifices Altar |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $1000: Scholars assign the writing of the book of Leviticus to "P", which stands for these religious officials priests |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: Commodus did fancy himself one of these, as seen in the Russell Crowe film, but didn't really die in the arena Gladiator |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: This Greek philosopher recognized 4 types of cause: material, efficient, formal & final Aristotle |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | ANCIENT TIMES $500 (Daily Double): This woman's mother, Herodias, hated John the Baptist for condemning her marriage Salome |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: In Rome's festival of Lupercus, god of this quality, women were hit with goatskins to transmit it to them Fertility |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: For 400 years China was ruled by this 3-letter dynasty that shares its name with a river Han |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: The Alexandrian library contained more than 400,000 scrolls, most made of this writing material papyrus |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: This largest stadium in ancient Rome held about a quarter of a million spectators Circus Maximus |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: These ancient seafarers spoke a language closely related to Hebrew the Phoenicians |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: Ruins of the Indus Valley civilization are found at Mohenjo-Daro in this country Pakistan |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: In 422 B.C. Athenians were all "abuzz" over this Aristophanes comedy that features a chorus of insects The Wasps |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $100: The pharaoh Hound originated in this country during the time of the pharaohs Egypt |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: The Zapotecs erected their capital, Monte Alban, in what is now the state of Oaxaca in this country Mexico |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $300: Roscius, who rehearsed every gesture meticulously, was one of this civilization's greatest actors Rome |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: He became king of Babylonia in 605 B.C., after the death of his father, Nabopolassar Nebuchadnezzar |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $500 (Daily Double): Built by Cyrus the Great, Pasargadae was the 1st dynastic capital of this empire the Persian Empire |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: In classical antiquity, a biga was a 2-horse type of this vehicle chariot |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: The first large tomb called this was built for King Mausolus at Halicarnassus in what is now Turkey mausoleum |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: The city of Ashur, the first capital of Assyria, stood on the west bank of this river Tigris |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $1,000 (Daily Double): Mut, a sky goddess of this ancient African civilization, is sometimes represented as a vulture Egypt |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: Nanna the moon-god was the patron deity of this 2-letter Sumerian city Ur |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: These darn people of ancient Etruria called themselves Rasna or Rasena Etruscans |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Incitatus was Caligula's favorite of these animals, but the story that he made him a consul is untrue a horse |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, remodeled the ziggurat in this city that had a 2-letter name Ur |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: The ancient Egyptian civil calendar was based on this annual event the flooding of the Nile |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $1,500 (Daily Double): Artaxerxes III, who ruled this empire, was murdered by a eunuch named Bagoas in 338 B.C. the Persian Empire |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $100: Nebuchadnezzar is sometimes credited with building the hanging gardens of this city Babylon |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: The ancient Egyptians were a polytheistic people, meaning they had many of these gods |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $300: For the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great set up a mail delivery system similar to this Old West one the Pony Express |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: About all that is accepted about this author is that he was blind & wrote the "Iliad" & the "Odyssey" Homer |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $500: At his death in 323 B.C., Alexander the Great's empire covered parts of these 3 continents Europe, Asia & Africa |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | ANCIENT TIMES $100: Known in ancient times as Berytus, this Middle Eastern seaport is now a world capital Beirut |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: A great temple was built at Ur to honor Nannar, the Sumerian god of this heavenly body moon |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | ANCIENT TIMES $300: Euripides' satyr play "The Cyclops" satirizes an episode from book 9 of this Homeric work The Odyssey |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: A type of this potent potable made from barley was the favorite beverage of ancient Egypt beer |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | ANCIENT TIMES $500: The Harappan civilization is another name for the ancient civilization of this Asian river valley Indus River valley |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: In an Icelandic saga, this dreaded Hun is known as Atli Attila |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Famous for its caryatid porch, the Erechtheum on this Greek hill may have been designed by Mnesicles the Acropolis |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Terence wrote 6 of these, including "The Mother-in-law" & "The Eunuch", then disappeared comedies (or plays) |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: The sacred oracle of Amon saluted this "Great" Macedonian as a son of the god Amon Alexander the Great |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: Ashurbanipal, who assembled a great ancient library at Nineveh, ruled this kingdom 668-627 B.C. Assyria |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: Chaldeans were noted for their achievements in these 2 fields whose names begin with "astro" astrology & astronomy |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: The Zapotecs, not the Maya, were probably the first people in what is now this country to write Mexico |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Marduk, who became lord of the gods, was the chief god of this city, Nebuchadnezzar's capital Babylon |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: The ancient kingdom of Kush lay along this river in what is now the Sudan the Nile |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: "Mausoleum" comes from the name of this ruler of Caria whose mausoleum was erected at Halicarnassus Mausolus |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $100: The Mesopotamians had hundreds of these; the Israelites had just 1 a god |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: Around 500 B.C. Greek kids were playing with this toy popularized in the U.S. by Donald Duncan in the 1920s a yo-yo |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $300: The Aryans introduced these vehicles to the Indus Valley the chariot |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Acrobatic leaping over charging bulls was popular in this civilization on Crete c. 1600 B.C. the Minoan civilization |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $500: During the Zhou Dynasty in China, life was explained as a blend of these 2 opposing forces yin & yang |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $100: 1 of this country's temples of Abu Simbel was dedicated to Nefertari & the goddess Hathor Egypt |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: The Hittites built Hattusas, their capital, about 90 miles from Ankara in what is now this country Turkey |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $300: 1 of his disciples, Yen Hui, was so poor he had only a single bamboo bowl of rice to eat Confucius |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: These darn people of ancient Etruria were famous for their terracotta sculptures the Etruscans |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $500: This 3rd wife made Claudius' life a mess; when he heard she was plotting a coup, he had her executed Messalina |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: The ancient city of Ubar, trade center for this fragrant gift for the Baby Jesus, was discovered in 1991 frankincense |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: The Greeks added a set of this to the Phoenician alphabet & it didn't cost them $250 each to do it vowels |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: The Mycenaeans flourished during the age of this metal & probably imported tin from Britain to make it bronze |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: The Lydians used to mint gold coins about 560 B.C. under the reign of this rich king (King) Croesus |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | ANCIENT TIMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Some sources say this ancient wonder was built by Semiramis, a legendary queen of Assyria the hanging garden of Babylon |
| #1770, aired 1992-04-17 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: No one is sure where Ophir was located, but it was famous in ancient times for this precious metal gold |
| #1770, aired 1992-04-17 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: The ancient astronomer Anaximander concluded that this planet was the center of the universe earth |
| #1770, aired 1992-04-17 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: We don't know if this Babylonian had a "code" name for his chief rival, Rim-Sin of Larsa Hammurabi |
| #1770, aired 1992-04-17 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: Egyptian women favored this dark eye make-up made from soot, antimony or Galena, a form of lead ore kohl |
| #1770, aired 1992-04-17 | ANCIENT TIMES $1,300 (Daily Double): The Bible calls these ancient seagoers "Sidonians"; Sidon was one of their cities Phoenicians |
| #1627, aired 1991-10-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: This Hun invaded Italy in 452 but was persuaded to turn back by Pope Leo I Attila |
| #1627, aired 1991-10-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: This Thracian slave & gladiator was finally defeated by Crassus in 71 B.C. Spartacus |
| #1627, aired 1991-10-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: This country's 28th dynasty consisted of a single king, Amyrtaeus of Sais Egypt |
| #1627, aired 1991-10-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: This greatest of Greek orators killed himself by taking poison in 322 B.C. Demosthenes |
| #1627, aired 1991-10-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $1,500 (Daily Double): In 331 B.C. his troops plundered Persepolis & burned the palace of Xerxes Alexander the Great |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: It was a complaint by this "good" group that got Pontius Pilate recalled to Rome the Samaritans |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: This river flowed through the city of Babylon but has since shifted its course the Euphrates |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: The book "Ancient World" calls these seagoing trading people the 1st middlemen the Phoenicians |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: The Palace of Knossos on this Mediterranean island even had bathrooms Crete |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | ANCIENT TIMES $2,000 (Daily Double): To make this, an Egyptian took a river reed, split the pith into strips & pounded & rubbed it smooth paper (papyrus) |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: To the Romans, she was goddess of the dawn, though her last name wasn't Borealis Aurora |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Macedonian-born Ptolemy I served as a general under this man before becoming king of Egypt Alexander |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Roman emperor Caracalla reportedly took "pride" in sharing his bed with one of these beasts a lion |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: Known in Latin as "Flagellum Dei", the "Scourge of God", he had the gall to invade Gaul in 451 A.D. Attila (the Hun) |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: Mesopotamia, which means "between the rivers", was located between these 2 the Tigris & Euphrates |
| #964, aired 1988-11-10 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: He built Babylon's Ishtar Gate as well as the Hanging Gardens Nebuchadnezzar (II) |
| #964, aired 1988-11-10 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: The place in Egypt where Jacob settled was known to the Hebrews as the Land o' ...this Goshen |
| #964, aired 1988-11-10 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Byzantine emperor who built the Hagia Sophia Church & collected Roman laws into one code Justinian (I) |
| #964, aired 1988-11-10 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: With the defeat of this man at Actium in 31 B.C., Octavian had full control of the Roman Empire Mark Antony (or Marcus Antonius) |
| #964, aired 1988-11-10 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: The ancient Persian holy book called the "Avesta" contains the writings of this man & his followers Zoroaster |
| #731, aired 1987-11-09 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: It was long a mystery how Egyptians cut & erected these tapering monolithic pointed pillars obelisks |
| #731, aired 1987-11-09 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: In 55 and 54 B.C., his forces invaded Britain Julius Caesar |
| #731, aired 1987-11-09 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: The Minoan civilization, named for the mythological King Minos, was centered on this island Crete |
| #731, aired 1987-11-09 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: Ancient Greek
philosophy synonymous with hedonism epicureanism |
| #731, aired 1987-11-09 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: Many consider this Greek orator's "On The Crown" the most nearly-perfect speech in history Demosthenes |
| #713, aired 1987-10-14 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: The men who buried this Hun were put to death so his grave would never be found Attila |
| #713, aired 1987-10-14 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Circa 370 A.D., the Goths split into 2 tribes, the Ostrogoths & these people Visigoths |
| #713, aired 1987-10-14 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: This ancient ruined temple is in Kampuchea near the ruins of Angkor Thom Angkor Wat |
| #713, aired 1987-10-14 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: Modern-day country in which the Olmecs, or "rubber people", flourished from 1200 to 100 B.C. Mexico |
| #713, aired 1987-10-14 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: Greek audiences buzzed with laughter when this playwright stung the legal system with "The Wasps" Aristophanes |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: Hannibal made history crossing the Alps with 50,000 men, 9000 cavalry troops & about 40 of these animals elephants |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: World Book calls this toy, said to originate in China about 3000 years ago, the oldest form of aircraft kite |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $600 (Daily Double): So the library in Pergamum would not grow as big as Alexandria's, Egypt forbade export of this material papyrus |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Three years after the Gauls attacked in 390 B.C., this city began building a wall around its 7 hills Rome |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: 2 of the 4 things that Herodotus wrote would not "stay", or stop, Persian messengers (2 of) snow, rain, sleet and gloom of night |
| #276, aired 1985-09-30 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: The French call it "A.C.", the Italians "D.C.", a 12-hour NBC miniseries called it this A.D. |
| #276, aired 1985-09-30 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Nero sent an expedition out about 60 A.D. to find the source of this great river the Nile |
| #276, aired 1985-09-30 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Roman slave famous for broaching a "thorny" subject with a lion Androcles |
| #276, aired 1985-09-30 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: Mussolini's party name came from this bundle of rods bound to an ax, a symbol of ancient Rome fasces |
| #276, aired 1985-09-30 | ANCIENT TIMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Along with Argos & Thebes, they made up the 4 earliest city-states of ancient Greece Athens and Sparta |
