| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | D.C. $400: Theodore Roosevelt Island is one of many in this river that separates Washington, D.C. from Virginia the Potomac |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | D.C. $800: In 1834 the First Baptist Church opened in D.C.; it was later reconfigured as this infamous theatre Ford's Theatre |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | D.C. $1200: After student-led protests in 1988, Dr. I. King Jordan was named this university's first deaf president Gallaudet |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | D.C. $1600: The only president laid to rest in D.C., he's entombed in the Washington National Cathedral Woodrow Wilson |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | D.C. $2000: Opened in 1932, one of its missions is "to advance understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's writings" the Folger Shakespeare Library |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | FROM C TO D $400: If I may be this with you, it means honest & open candid |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | FROM C TO D $800: Here's a lovely one of these central areas, with a fountain a courtyard |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | FROM C TO D $1200: It means to understand or grasp the nature of; got it? comprehend |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | FROM C TO D $2000: In the painting seen here, a young woman is playing this instrument a clavichord |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | FROM C TO D $5,400 (Daily Double): It describes the human heart with 4, as well as a certain type of nautilus chambered |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE REAL (WHITE HOUSE) WIVES OF D.C. $400: In 2020 she topped John Waters & the Beastie Boys to win a Grammy for her spoken word album, an audio book of her memoir Michelle Obama |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE REAL (WHITE HOUSE) WIVES OF D.C. $800: At Wellesley's 1990 commencement, this Texan said, "Someone in the crowd could also become a presidential spouse and I wish him well" Barbara Bush |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE REAL (WHITE HOUSE) WIVES OF D.C. $1200: She met the future president in 1938 when they both tried out for a local play in Whittier, California Pat Nixon |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE REAL (WHITE HOUSE) WIVES OF D.C. $1600: Half-brothers of this southern-born first lady fought for the Confederacy, which could have led to really awkward Thanksgiving dinners Mary Todd Lincoln |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE REAL (WHITE HOUSE) WIVES OF D.C. $3,000 (Daily Double): A year before her death in 1962, she began chairing JFK's Commission on the Status of Women Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | D.C.-AREA ATTRACTIONS $400: Most open daily, 16 museums & the National Zoo make up the D.C. parts of this complex founded in 1846 the Smithsonian Institution |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | D.C.-AREA ATTRACTIONS $800: 184 steel & granite benches honor those who died here on 9/11 the Pentagon |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | D.C.-AREA ATTRACTIONS $1200: A statue of the Comte de Rochambeau is across from the White House in this square named for a more famous Frenchman Lafayette (Square) |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | D.C.-AREA ATTRACTIONS $1600: This library has been known to host Renaissance music to honor Shakespeare's birthday the Folger |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | D.C.-AREA ATTRACTIONS $2000: Unlike JFK's, this president's grave at Arlington National Cemetery lacks an eternal flame but does have a 14-foot monument Taft |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | FROM C TO D $200: In music it's 3 or more notes sounded together a chord |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | FROM C TO D $400: This word for how you want your abs to look contains a sculptor's tool chiseled |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | FROM C TO D $600: It's French for le duck le canard |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | FROM C TO D $800: This large artery that supplies blood to the head & neck also aids in regulating blood pressure carotid |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | FROM C TO D $1000: A man's overcoat & a sofa with rolled arms, as seen here, are named for the Earl of this Chesterfield |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | D.C. TOURISM $200: In 2022 the Smithsonian's Zoo celebrated 50 years of its breeding & conservation work for these animals imported from China pandas |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | D.C. TOURISM $400: A small island has a monument honoring the 56 these of the Declaration of Independence & the island is named for them signees (signers) |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | D.C. TOURISM $600: At its completion in 1884, this was the tallest man-made structure in the world the Washington Monument |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | D.C. TOURISM $800: Begun in 1938, his D.C. memorial is in the Roman style, in keeping with his love of classical architecture (Thomas) Jefferson |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | D.C. TOURISM $1000: In the 1880s, General Meigs designed the Pension Bureau building, now a museum; some called it "Meigs' Old Red" this Meigs's Old Red Barn |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | FROM C TO D $200: It describes a bubbly beverage like tonic water or soda carbonated |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | FROM C TO D $400: In other words, someone who is yellow-bellied a coward |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | FROM C TO D $600: A classic Atari video game of the 1980s was called Missile this Missile Command |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | FROM C TO D $800: As an adjective, it means devoted; as a verb, it means perpetrated committed |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | FROM C TO D $1000: Referring to its crunch, it's another name for iceberg lettuce crisphead |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | AT REST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: At Washington National Cathedral: this president & his wife Edith Wilson |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | AT REST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. $800: At St. Paul's Rock Creek Cemetery, writer Gore Vidal and this longtime host of "Meet the Press" Tim Russert |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | AT REST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. $1600: At Oak Hill Cemetery: journalist & Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee & this woman who owned the Post (Katharine) Graham |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | AT REST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. $2000: At Prospect Hill Cemetery: William with this last name who owned the house where Abraham Lincoln died Petersen |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | AT REST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. $3,000 (Daily Double): At the Glenwood Cemetery: Emanuel Leutze, who famously painted "(George) Washington" doing this crossing the Delaware |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | FROM C TO D $800: koa.com helps you find this type of place to put up your tent campground |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | FROM C TO D $1200: In a 1982 no. 1 hit The J. Geils Band sang, "My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold, my angel is" this centerfold |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | FROM C TO D $1600: Motion picture film substance celluloid |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | FROM C TO D $2,500 (Daily Double): Goods imported or exported illegally contraband |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | THE D.C. UNIVERSE $400: A little birdie told me Dick Costolo became CEO of this social media site after a 2010 boardroom coup Twitter |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | THE D.C. UNIVERSE $800: How powerful was this "D.C." vice president in D.C.? After he shot a guy in the face in 2006, the guy apologized to *him* Dick Cheney |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | THE D.C. UNIVERSE $1200: Between 1825 & 1834 this frontiersman from Tennessee went 3-3 running for Congress; now, remember the Alamo Crockett |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | THE D.C. UNIVERSE $1600: On July 13, 2016 this British prime minister presented his resignation to the Queen David Cameron |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | THE D.C. UNIVERSE $2000: Get smart! In 2017 Dan Coats was confirmed by the Senate as the DNI, director of this national intelligence |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | FROM "C" TO "D" $400: Another way of saying 10 x 10 x 10 is 10 this cubed |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | FROM "C" TO "D" $800: Ambrose Bierce defined this as "one who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs" a coward |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | FROM "C" TO "D" $1200: On this Food Network show, chefs make an appetizer, entree & dessert using mystery basket ingredients Chopped |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | FROM "C" TO "D" $1600: It's another name for a canine tooth a cuspid |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | FROM "C" TO "D" $2000: The motto of this organization is "Semper Paratus" the Coast Guard |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: The White House has been called "the President's palace" & this "mansion" the Executive Mansion |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the National Mall in Washington, D.C.) Because the ground is firmer, the Washington Monument was placed here, instead of at a spot in the center of the original D.C., as planned by this designer of the city (Pierre) L'Enfant |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $800: The world's largest collection of Shakespeareana is housed at this library the Folger |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1,000 (Daily Double): This 3-word motto is on D.C. license plates to protest its lack of voting rights; a 2016 proposal is start the motto "end" "Taxation Without Representation" |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $200: It means "severe", as in "we have to resort to" these "measures" drastic |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $400: Term for someone who can't remember who he is amnesiac |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $600: Late in 2016 President Obama expelled from the U.S. several Russian members of this corps the diplomatic corps |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $800: Meaning "antiquated", it has nothing to do with a Biblical boat archaic |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $1000: St. Nilus of Ancyra was AKA Nilus the this type of monk who lives simply ascetic |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | AS EASY AS C-D-E $400: Known as a poison, it's also used to extract gold cyanide |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | AS EASY AS C-D-E $800: It describes a witness worthy of belief; that's...! credible |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | AS EASY AS C-D-E $1200: To turn sour or congeal; when you're scared, your blood is said to do this curdle |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | AS EASY AS C-D-E $1600: It can be a small waterfall, an outpouring of objects or events, or the simple juggling pattern seen here a cascade |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | AS EASY AS C-D-E $2000: The rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds cadence |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | D.C. HISTORY $400: Slaves in Washington, D.C. were freed in April 1862, 9 months before this January 1, 1863 manifesto the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | D.C. HISTORY $800: When D.C. burned in 1814, this office important to inventors was spared after its head pleaded with the British the Patent Office |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | D.C. HISTORY $1200: Recently, D.C.'s Latino population has grown with a very large number from this smallest Central American nation by area El Salvador |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | D.C. HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Washington originally included 2 port cities within its boundaries: Georgetown & this city that returned to Virginia in 1846 Alexandria |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | IN THE D.C. AREA $200: More than 400,000 armed service members & their dependents are buried there Arlington National Cemetery |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | IN THE D.C. AREA $400: Like his palatial home, this president's memorial was based in part on the Roman Pantheon Jefferson |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | IN THE D.C. AREA $800: The D.C. memorial seen here depicts soldiers out on patrol during this conflict the Korean War |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | IN THE D.C. AREA $1000: 82-acre President's Park is home each December to this tall attraction the National Christmas Tree |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | IN THE D.C. AREA $1,600 (Daily Double): The Bill of Rights & the Constitution are on display there the National Archives |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $200: A:
Present plural of "to be" are |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $400: B:
A towering building project in Genesis 11:4-9 Babel |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $600: C:
A hood like Batman wears a cowl |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $800: D:
Adjective meaning "sweet", like a pleasant tone dulcet |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $1000: E:
Latin plural for mistakes in a text errata |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | D.C. TV $200: In the first episode of this series, Red Reddington, "the Concierge of Crime", surrenders at FBI headquarters The Blacklist |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | D.C. TV $400: White House party crasher Michaele Salahi was on the D.C. version of this Bravo reality series Real Housewives |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | D.C. TV $600: Agent 86 & Agent 99 worked for the Washington-based intelligence agency CONTROL on this spy sitcom Get Smart |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | D.C. TV $800: Emily Deschanel plays a forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institute in D.C. on this Fox series Bones |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | D.C. TV $1000: 4 Republican senators live together in this Amazon series created by Garry Trudeau Alpha House |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | D.C.-AREA LANDMARKS $200: Established in 1921, it bears the inscription "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God" the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | D.C.-AREA LANDMARKS $400: In the 1860s Constantino Brumidi painted the fresco for the dome of this building's rotunda the Capitol Building |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | D.C.-AREA LANDMARKS $600: This 146-acre stretch of lawn has been called "America's front yard" the Mall |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | D.C.-AREA LANDMARKS $800: A statue of Puck graces this Shakespeare library the Folger |
| #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. |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | "D.C."ING YOU $400: One of these at a school might include solid colors & the banning of short skirts & sagging pants a dress code |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | "D.C."ING YOU $800: SOS or Mayday, for example a distress call |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | "D.C."ING YOU $1200: They were the Super Bowl champs in 1993, 1994 & 1996 the Dallas Cowboys |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | "D.C."ING YOU $2000: Even today, Hot Wheels metal cars are made by this method die-casting |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | "D.C."ING YOU $3,000 (Daily Double): It's the only capital-&-state combo that fits the category Denver, Colorado |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | LET'S VISIT D.C. $200: The memorial to this man was dedicated on April 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of his birth Thomas Jefferson |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | LET'S VISIT D.C. $400: Seen here at holiday time,
the Red Room in this landmark is often used for parties White House |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | LET'S VISIT D.C. $600: In 2010, six names were added to the memorial for veterans of this war, bringing the total to 58,272 Vietnam War |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | LET'S VISIT D.C. $800: Here's the view from this D.C. landmark completed in 1884 Washington Monument |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | LET'S VISIT D.C. $1,600 (Daily Double): Though he didn't even live to see 1777, he is honored with a statue for his contribution to the American Revolution Nathan Hale |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | "D.C." POWER $200: A milk-giving bovine dairy cow |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | "D.C." POWER $400: We love Dirk Taubert, M.D. & the other researchers who've reported in medical journals on the benefits of this sweet dark chocolate |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | "D.C." POWER $600: If you were one of these stupid chicken sounds, you wouldn't be here dumb cluck |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | "D.C." POWER $800: Italian for "from the head", it means to repeat a piece of music from the beginning da capo |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | "D.C." POWER $1000: Once upon a time, theatergoers in this arcing row of seats were expected to wear formal clothes dress circle |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | D.C. TV $200: "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" was an episode of this D.C.-set TV series The West Wing |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | D.C. TV $400: Julia Louis-Dreyfus is, God help us, a heartbeat away from the most powerful office in the world on this HBO comedy Veep |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | D.C. TV $600: Candice Bergen spent a decade playing this title Washington, D.C. reporter Murphy Brown |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | D.C. TV $800: On this ABC soap the president (Tony Goldwyn) is having an affair & has murdered a Supreme Court justice; what a... Scandal |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | D.C. TV $1000: On "The Americans" Matthew Rhys & Keri Russell live in the D.C. suburbs while working as spies for this Russian agency the KGB |
| #6688, aired 2013-10-16 | WASHINGTON, NOT D.C. $400: Washington in this state is part of the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area Illinois |
| #6688, aired 2013-10-16 | WASHINGTON, NOT D.C. $800: Washington in the north of England, home of George's ancestors, is historically associated with mining this coal |
| #6688, aired 2013-10-16 | WASHINGTON, NOT D.C. $1200: Though it's named for someone else, James Black is credited with creating this knife in Washington, Arkansas Bowie |
| #6688, aired 2013-10-16 | WASHINGTON, NOT D.C. $1600: Home to the Pony League World Series, Washington is in this state that also hosts the Little League World Series Pennsylvania |
| #6688, aired 2013-10-16 | WASHINGTON, NOT D.C. $2000: General W. passed 3 times through what's now Washington in this state's Litchfield County Connecticut |
| #6558, aired 2013-03-06 | WASHINGTON, D.C. SCULPTURE $200 (Daily Double): 73 years after his death, a statue of this musician was unveiled outside the band hall at the Marine Barracks John Philip Sousa |
| #6558, aired 2013-03-06 | WASHINGTON, D.C. SCULPTURE $200: In the center of Lafayette Square you'll find not Lafayette but this Tennessean seventh president (Andrew) Jackson |
| #6558, aired 2013-03-06 | WASHINGTON, D.C. SCULPTURE $600: A bronze boy scout stands on the site where the first of these national scout gatherings was held in 1937 a jamboree |
| #6558, aired 2013-03-06 | WASHINGTON, D.C. SCULPTURE $800: "Viva" this revolutionary who stands life-size on the lawn in front of Mexico's embassy (Emiliano) Zapata |
| #6558, aired 2013-03-06 | WASHINGTON, D.C. SCULPTURE $1000: The statue of this president in the Capitol rotunda represents the state of Ohio Garfield |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $400: A Murphy one comes out of the wall a bed |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $800: A taxi, or to travel in one cab |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $1200: To recede, like the tide; it's often paired with "flow" ebb |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $1600: To yield territory cede |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $2000: A work of classical Icelandic poetry an edda |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | C.D.s $200: "An Eye for an Eye" is a book by this Scopes Trial lawyer (Clarence) Darrow |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | C.D.s $400: When this Victorian novelist was 12, his father went to debtors' prison Charles Dickens |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | C.D.s $600: In 1947 this fashion designer introduced his "New Look" Christian Dior |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | C.D.s $800: After 30 years as a U.S. senator from Connecticut, he now heads the Motion Picture Association of America (Christopher) Dodd |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | C.D.s $1000: In 1884 this French composer won the Grand Prix de Rome with his cantata "L'enfant prodigue" Claude Debussy |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: The Smithsonian museums are along the National this, "America's Front Lawn" the Washington Mall |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: (Alex presents the clue from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) From the front balcony of the Newseum, we can easily see its neighbor, the embassy of this longtime U.S. ally; it's the embassy that's closest to the U.S. Capitol building Canada |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600: Its Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom is the permanent home of the Declaration of Independence the National Archives |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1000: This neighborhood is named for the traffic circle where Mass., Connecticut & New Hampshire Aves. intersect DuPont Circle |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | REAL HISTORICAL HOUSEWIVES OF D.C. $200: In February 1962 millions of Americans tuned in to watch her TV "Tour of the White House" (Jackie) Kennedy |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | REAL HISTORICAL HOUSEWIVES OF D.C. $400: Only 6 rooms were finished when she moved in in 1800, & she ended up using the East Room to hang laundry Abigail Adams |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | REAL HISTORICAL HOUSEWIVES OF D.C. $600: After her husband suffered a stroke in 1919, any requests to see him or communicate with him had to go through her first Edith Wilson |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | REAL HISTORICAL HOUSEWIVES OF D.C. $800: The woman enjoying her grandkids in the White House movie theater isn't any old granny--she's this First Lady Mamie Eisenhower |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | REAL HISTORICAL HOUSEWIVES OF D.C. $2,000 (Daily Double): She actually served wine at an 1877 White House dinner before the ban on alcohol went into effect "Lemonade" Lucy Hayes |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $200: This branch of mathematics uses letters to symbolize numbers in equations algebra |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $400: To shake or wave a weapon menacingly brandish |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $600: From the Latin for "to come round", it's what you do when you want to avoid something circumvent |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $800: If you're on the "horns" of one of these situations with unpleasant options, good luck with your choice dilemma |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $1000: A European car maker, or an authoritative decree fiat |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | EVERYTHING FROM C TO D $200: This game equipment has 64 squares of 2 alternating colors, in 8 horizontal & 8 vertical rows a checkerboard |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | EVERYTHING FROM C TO D $400: Old Mother Hubbard knows it's a closet with shelves for dishes a cupboard |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | EVERYTHING FROM C TO D $600: One who lacks courage, or last name of a certain British playwright coward |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | EVERYTHING FROM C TO D $800: To communicate by exchange of letters correspond |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | EVERYTHING FROM C TO D $1000: In math: raised to the third power cubed |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $200: Queen Victoria married this man in an elaborate ceremony in 1840 Prince Albert |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $400: The object of this dice game is to move all 15 stones from the triangles & take them off the board backgammon |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $600: A mountain range in the Northwestern United States, or some big waterfalls the Cascades |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $800: In Shakespeare's "Richard III" the title character opens the play by saying, "Now is the winter of our" this discontent |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $1000: A superficial appearance or the front of a building the facade |
| #5369, aired 2008-01-03 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: This nickname for the Hirshhorn Museum lets you know it's round & has a hole in the middle, like a fried treat "The Doughnut" |
| #5369, aired 2008-01-03 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: Pope Pius IX donated a stone for this imposing obelisk, but some masked fiends dumped it into the Potomac in 1854 the Washington Monument |
| #5369, aired 2008-01-03 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600: Ronald Reagan was the first pres. sworn in on the west front of this bldg., facing the moving vista of the Natl. Mall the U.S. Capitol |
| #5369, aired 2008-01-03 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $800: World famous as "the president's guesthouse", it's actually 4 interconnected townhouses with 110 rooms Blair House |
| #5369, aired 2008-01-03 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1000: Ironically, the statue of this president astride Cincinnatus looks toward the former home of Robert E. Lee Grant |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | D.C. COMICS $400: One of his "politically incorrect" musings: "airline security in America remains a faith-based initiative" Bill Maher |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | D.C. COMICS $800: This American humorist said, "I am not a member of any organized party--I am a Democrat" Will Rogers |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | D.C. COMICS $1200: One of his "rants": "Hillary Clinton hears... 'I'm sorry' more frequently than Pauly Shore on 'Celebrity Jeopardy!'" Dennis Miller |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | D.C. COMICS $2000: This comic's line "Would you buy a used car from this man?" was a reference to Nixon's shifty appearance Mort Sahl |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | D.C. COMICS $2,200 (Daily Double): A T-shirt promoting these 2 fake news stars as 2008 running mates promised "truthiness and justice for all" Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: You might see Bob Woodward during your walking tour of this publication's building on 15th Street N.W. the Washington Post |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C. $800: The Peacock room at the Freer Gallery shows the fun-loving side of this artist known for that dour depiction of mama Whistler |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C. $1200: The museum that's now the Smithsonian's Arts & Industries Bldg. was the site of this man's 1881 inaugural ball Garfield |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C. $2000: This Frenchman who planned D.C. had such a "terrible" temperament that he was dismissed in 1792 Pierre L'Enfant |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C. $2,500 (Daily Double): It was once known as "Presidents Park" but perhaps this name for it looks better on a "Marquis" Lafayette Park |
| #5156, aired 2007-01-29 | D.C. SITES $200: This center includes restaurants, theaters, a concert hall & an opera house the Kennedy Center (for the Performing Arts) |
| #5156, aired 2007-01-29 | D.C. SITES $400: This motto is on the base of the Statue of Freedom that sits atop the Capitol E pluribus unum |
| #5156, aired 2007-01-29 | D.C. SITES $800: The building on Pennsylvania Ave. named for him houses the FBI (J. Edgar) Hoover |
| #5156, aired 2007-01-29 | D.C. SITES $1,000 (Daily Double): At its 500-foot level, it has 8 small windows, 2 on each side the Washington Monument |
| #5156, aired 2007-01-29 | D.C. SITES $1000: This library on the Hill has a theatre that evokes the courtyard of an English Renaissance inn the Folger Library |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: (Kweisi Mfume reads the clue.) When I was a congressman, I often strolled through this 96-foot-wide domed hall, the Capitol's hub the Rotunda |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $800: The USA's only Leonardo da Vinci painting resides at this museum at 4th & Constitution the National Gallery of Art |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1200: (Hi, I'm Ari Fliescher.) In the White House large events like dances & weddings are held in this room, designed as a "public audience room" the East Room |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1600: A hotel near the White House is named for John Hay & this pal of his, a descendant of presidents Henry Adams |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $2000: (Hi, I'm Christie Whitman.) The EPA is based in this Ariel Rios Building, part of this "Triangle" bounded by 15th, Pennsylvania & Constitution Federal Triangle |
| #4545, aired 2004-05-14 | "D.C." $200: This Dickens character is the first full name mentioned in J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" David Copperfield |
| #4545, aired 2004-05-14 | "D.C." $400: This legendary frontiersman's motto was "Be always sure you're right--then go ahead!" Davy Crockett |
| #4545, aired 2004-05-14 | "D.C." $600: In terms of electricity, it flows steadily in one direction direct current |
| #4545, aired 2004-05-14 | "D.C." $800: This epic poem by Dante is divided into 3 sections: the Inferno, the Purgatorio & the Paradiso the Divine Comedy |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | D.C.'IN YOU $400: On September 9, 1983 a petition was submitted to Congress asking that the district be made this a state |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | D.C.'IN YOU $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) The White House has been known as this "Mansion", also the branch of our government that works here Executive |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | D.C.'IN YOU $1200: The NSO, the National Symphony Orchestra, has been playing at this center since 1971, the year it opened the Kennedy Center |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | D.C.'IN YOU $1600: In 1846 the District of Columbia gave back about 30 square miles of its area to this state Virginia |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | D.C.'IN YOU $2000: Get off the Metro at Farragut North to visit this society's Explorers Hall the National Geographic Society |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $400: These critters yowl in the spaces between buildings alley cats |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $800: As an example, jackets & ties for men in a restaurant; there's not one of these in the "Jeopardy!" office dress code |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $1200: Pressing & bagging are the final steps in this process dry cleaning |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $1,600 (Daily Double): All the envoys, ambassadors, etc. in residence at a capital the diplomatic corps |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $2000: This type of brief, Latin for "friend of the court", is common in cases of public interest Amicus curiae |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | C D "B" $200: You'll need the equipment seen here to play this popular backyard game badminton |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | C D "B" $400: One of the many depictions of this Nepalese-born man is seen here Buddha |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | C D "B" $600: Be prepared to fly along at breakneck speeds using one of these transports bobsled |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | C D "B" $800: It's the large country of 170 million seen here Brazil |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | C D "B" $1000: This weather forecaster can help save you a lot of trouble a barometer |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | "D.C." $400: You can find Boot Hill Museum on Wyatt Earp Blvd. in this Kansas community Dodge City |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | "D.C." $800: This team plays its home games in Texas Stadium Dallas Cowboys |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | "D.C." $1200: Pullman's Delmonico became the first of these railroad carriages in 1868 dining car |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | "D.C." $1600: This cable outlet airs TV shows like "Blue Planet" & "Walking With Prehistoric Beasts" Discovery Channel |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | "D.C." $2000: He wrote "Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business" several years before his more famous book Dale Carnegie |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | D.C. ABBR. $200: You'll be well endowed if you receive a grant from the NEA, the National Endowment for these the Arts |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | D.C. ABBR. $400: FEC is the Federal Commission overseeing these E's elections |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | D.C. ABBR. $600: The CAB was concerned with these craft that taxi; it was dissolved back in 1984 aircraft |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | D.C. ABBR. $800: Take the I & tell us SDI is this military program Strategic Defense Initiative |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | D.C. ABBR. $1000: If Senator Capone pulls out a GATT on the floor, it's just this agreement, not a gun General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $200: A small lozenge to treat hoarseness a cough drop |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) This is the spicy treat that fits the category a chili dog |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $800: The leader of the free world traditionally spends some free time at this Maryland retreat Camp David |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $1000: In the 1920s & '30s the legendary Stanley Walker ran this department of the Herald Tribune the City Desk |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $1,200 (Daily Double): Rodney Ansell, Australia's barefoot bushman, inspired this movie character Crocodile Dundee |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | D.C. $200: Like his contemporary Mr. Tweed, Alexander Shepherd, who helped pave Washington, D.C., had this nickname "Boss" |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | D.C. $400: This D.C. structure seen here is in the style of Rome's Pantheon Jefferson Memorial |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | D.C. $600: It was in L'Enfant's original plan to name the diagonal avenues for states with this avenue as the major one Pennsylvania Avenue |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | D.C. $800: This pool gained fame in 1974 when stripper & congressional companion Fanne Foxe frolicked in it the Tidal Basin |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | D.C. $1000: The Smithsonian Institution building seen here is commonly known by this imposing name "The Castle" |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | "C.D." $1200: In school this phrase ends English or says history is history class dismissed |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | "C.D." $1600: It expanded with the threat of nuclear war & is now under the Federal Emergency Management Agency Civil Defense |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | "C.D." $2000: Butte, Montana lies on this rocky ridge that separates North America's east- & west-running rivers the Continental Divide |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | AROUND D.C. $200: A tour of this may include visits to its DNA lab, the material analysis unit & a display of over 5,000 weapons FBI headquarters |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | AROUND D.C. $400: Valley girls may pout, but this strip with the Lincoln Memorial at one end is lined with trees, not stores the Mall |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | AROUND D.C. $800: 7 presidents have lain in state & Nixon gave his farewell speech in this room of the White House the East Room |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | AROUND D.C. $1,000 (Daily Double): The Kennedy Center & the State Dept. are in this area named for smoke that industries there once emitted Foggy Bottom |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | AROUND D.C. $1000: This mansion named for a Scottish landmark was home to a 1944 conference that led to the United Nations Dumbarton Oaks |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | "C.D."s $200: This pink sparkling wine from Germany originally included champagne Cold duck |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | "C.D."s $1,000 (Daily Double): Once a railway company lawyer, he resigned during an 1894 strike & became a defense attorney Clarence Darrow |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | "C.D."s $1000: He wrote the following in the 1890s Claude Debussy |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | WASHINGTON D.C. $100: You'll find the words of the Gettysburg Address inscribed on the walls of this memorial the Lincoln Memorial |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | WASHINGTON D.C. $300: It's the shape of the White House's diplomatic reception room, & of the president's office oval |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | WASHINGTON D.C. $400: The Kennedy Center's Grand Foyer is so large this D.C. obelisk would fit in it, if laid on its side the Washington Monument |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | WASHINGTON D.C. $500 (Daily Double): He reportedly called the FBI headquarters the ugliest building he'd ever seen; it was named for him anyway J. Edgar Hoover |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | WASHINGTON D.C. $500: This floral festival takes place in late March or early April, even if the trees aren't in bloom yet the Cherry Blossom |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $100: This society's headquarters contains Explorers Hall National Geographic |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: HHS, the Department of Health & Human Services, is located in a building named for this H.H.H. Hubert Humphrey |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $300: It's the oldest federal structure in the capital the White House |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: It was built in 16 months between 1941 & 1943, which works out to 3.2 months per side the Pentagon |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $500 (Daily Double): The National Archives displays a copy of the Magna Carta on loan from this Dallas businessman H. Ross Perot |
| #2244, aired 1994-05-12 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: Theodore Roosevelt Island in this river is a pedestrian-only wilderness preserve the Potomac |
| #2244, aired 1994-05-12 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: In 1993 this building celebrated its bicentennial with the return of its refurbished Freedom statue the Capitol |
| #2244, aired 1994-05-12 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600: This agency once located in the Dept. of Justice Building moved to the J. Edgar Hoover Building in 1974 the FBI |
| #2244, aired 1994-05-12 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $800: The first civil airport designed to specifically handle jets, it's been serving the D.C. area since 1962 Dulles |
| #2244, aired 1994-05-12 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1000: When she took office as mayor in 1991, she became the 1st black woman to preside over a major U.S. city (Sharon Pratt) Kelly |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $100: This black granite memorial inscribed with over 57,000 names was dedicated in 1982 The Vietnam Memorial |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: Petersen house where Lincoln died, is across the street from this theatre Ford's Theatre (*the Ford Theatre) |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $300: The NE, NW, SE & SW sections of the city come together at this building the Capitol |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $500 (Daily Double): Washington officially became the capital when the federal government moved from this city in 1800 Philadelphia |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $500: This circular, white marble memorial stands among Japanese cherry trees on the Tidal Basin the Jefferson Memorial |
| #1906, aired 1992-12-14 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $100: A town crier reads this document on the steps of the National Archives on the Fourth of July the Declaration of Independence |
| #1906, aired 1992-12-14 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: The Old Ebbitt Grill, billed as "Washington's Oldest Saloon", is just 2 blocks from this famous residence the White House |
| #1906, aired 1992-12-14 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $300: Stalactites have formed in the basement under this presidential memorial -- "honest" the Lincoln Memorial |
| #1906, aired 1992-12-14 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: Pierre L'Enfant's grand plan for Washington, D.C. was reminiscent of this capital city, his birthplace Paris |
| #1906, aired 1992-12-14 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $500: The Freer Gallery boasts a major collection of this artist's works, tho his "mother" hangs in the Louvre Whistler |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: The city, which covers 69 square miles, borders this state on three sides Maryland |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: A bronze statue of freedom 19 1/2 feet high stands on top of the dome of this building the Capitol |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600: Cass Gilbert designed this building that features the motto "Equal Justice Under Law" the Supreme Court Building |
| #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 |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1000: The Herbert C. Hoover building houses this gov't department of which Hoover was secretary the Department of Commerce |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $100: Statues of citizens from every state line Statuary Hall in this building the Capitol |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: "Ginevra de Benci" in the National Gallery is the only painting of his in the U.S. Leonardo da Vinci |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $300: Eero Saarinen designed the terminal building of this international airport that serves D.C. Dulles |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: The 23rd Amendment to the Constitution gave residents of Washington, D.C. the right to do this vote for president |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $700 (Daily Double): It has been called "The Nation's Attic" the Smithsonian |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: The land that constitutes the present-day District of Columbia once belonged to this state Maryland |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: Some words from the Declaration of Independence on his memorial are misspelled or missing Jefferson |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600: His official residence is located in Observatory Circle on Massachusetts Avenue NW Vice President Quayle |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $800: You'll find a statue of Puck outside this library the Folger (Shakespeare) Library |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1000: Colonial architecture can be seen in this neighborhood, the city's oldest Georgetown |
| #1339, aired 1990-05-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: The city's planner, Pierre L' Enfant, called this hill "A pedestal waiting for a monument" Capitol Hill |
| #1339, aired 1990-05-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: This little park, named for a French nobleman, faces the White House across Pennsylvania Ave. Lafayette Park/Square |
| #1339, aired 1990-05-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600: The National Zoological park is a unit of this Smithsonian Institution |
| #1339, aired 1990-05-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1000: Massachusetts Avenue is noted for more of them than any other street Embassies |
| #1339, aired 1990-05-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $2,000 (Daily Double): The basement of this building at 511 10th St. NW houses a museum of Lincoln memorabilia Ford's Theater |
| #1098, aired 1989-05-17 | "A.C."/"D.C." $100: Your city's collector of errant canines the dog catcher |
| #1098, aired 1989-05-17 | "A.C."/"D.C." $200: A stray feline, whether or not he's in the street an alley cat |
| #1098, aired 1989-05-17 | "A.C."/"D.C." $300: He played Atahualpa on Broadway in "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" before starring in "Kung Fu" on TV David Carradine |
| #1098, aired 1989-05-17 | "A.C."/"D.C." $400: In November 1976 it was announced that this 9-year-old girl would attend a public school in Washington, D.C. Amy Carter |
| #1098, aired 1989-05-17 | "A.C."/"D.C." $500: Swimming stroke in which the swimmer kicks twice with 1 leg for each stroke of the opposite arm the Australian crawl |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $100: The 2 states that border Washington, D.C. Virginia & Maryland |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: Directional name of the largest room in the White House East Room |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $300: Created by Congress in 1846, it's called the "Attic of the Nation" Smithsonian Institution |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches the height of the Washington Monument |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $500: Famous ones in Washington include the National, the Corcoran & the Freer art galleries |
| #1023, aired 1989-02-01 | "A.C."/"D.C." $200: Very inexpensive dirt cheap |
| #1023, aired 1989-02-01 | "A.C."/"D.C." $300: The Protestant version of this begins "I belive in God the father almighty, maker of Heaven & Earth" Apostle's Creed |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: When completed in 1884, it was the tallest masonry structure in the world the Washington Monument |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600 (Daily Double): The only official Washington memorial to JFK the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600: The first pope to visit the White House John Paul II |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $800: It's where you'd go to see the original of the Declaration of Independence the National Archives |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | THE D.C. SUMMIT $200: Among films the Soviet embassy asked to show during the summit was this Tom Cruise hit Top Gun |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | THE D.C. SUMMIT $400: Raisa Gorbachev called it "a museum", saying "A human being would rather live in a regular house" the White House |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | THE D.C. SUMMIT $600: He kept stressing the Soviet maxim "Doveryai no proveryai", "Trust but verify" Ronald Reagan |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | THE D.C. SUMMIT $700 (Daily Double): Full page newspaper ads were taken out to remind you this was a Parker name of pen (the one they used in signing the treaty) |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | THE D.C. SUMMIT $1000: On Thursday, December 10, 1987, this high U.S. official had a private breakfast with Gorbachev George Bush (George Shultz accepted) |
| #720, aired 1987-10-23 | "D.C." $200: Painters use this sheet as protection against spills & drips a drop cloth |
| #720, aired 1987-10-23 | "D.C." $600: It's pressing molten metals into molds under pressure, or throwing a cube in gambling, often under pressure die casting |
| #720, aired 1987-10-23 | "D.C." $800: A section of seats in an opera house, usually the tier above the orchestra the dress circle |
| #720, aired 1987-10-23 | "D.C." $1000: In these, the chemical producing the current is made into a paste so the contents will not spill a dry cell battery |
| #720, aired 1987-10-23 | "D.C." $1,800 (Daily Double): He sang the lead on the following TV theme & co-starred on the series with his stepmother:
"Hello world, here's a song that we're singin' /
Come on, get happy /
A whole lotta lovin' is what we'll be bringin' /
We'll make you happy..." David Cassidy |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | WASHINGTON D.C. $200: It was established from the fortune left our gov't in 1829 by British scientist James Smithson Smithsonian Institute |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | WASHINGTON D.C. $400: By a rules committee decision, this has been served in the Senate restaurant every day since 1907 navy bean soup |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | WASHINGTON D.C. $600: Tho much larger, this was built in the exact proportions of Ancient Egyptian obelisks Washington Monument |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | WASHINGTON D.C. $800: Washington is divided into 4 unequal quadrants with this building at its center Capitol Building |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | WASHINGTON D.C. $1000: Tho work on it began in 1907, this famed Episcopal church has never been completed Washington Cathedral (Church of St. Peter or National Cathedral) |
| #625, aired 1987-05-01 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $100: Of larger or smaller, area of D.C. now as compared to when it was first established smaller |
| #625, aired 1987-05-01 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: The 2 individuals honored in the name Washington, D.C. George Washington & Christopher Columbus |
| #625, aired 1987-05-01 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $300: Washington's famed cherry trees were a gift from this country Japan |
| #625, aired 1987-05-01 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: Both original score of Bway's "Oklahoma!" & a perfect vellum edition of a Gutenberg Bible are found here the Library of Congress |
| #625, aired 1987-05-01 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $500: You can visit Petersen House, which still appears as it did when this president died there Abraham Lincoln |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | "D.C." $200: He's had talk shows on ABC, PBS, & USA cable Dick Cavett |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | "D.C." $600: Born Vito Andolini, this character is known to his godchildren by this respectful name Don Corleone |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | "D.C." $800: From Italian "from the head", it's a musical notation mean "from the top, again" da capo |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | "D.C." $1000: In Britain, it's an odds-on favourite wager; in U.S., it's... a deceased breath mint a dead cert |
| #455, aired 1986-06-06 | WASHINGTON D.C. $100: It's said walking out into this season's humid weather in D.C. is like "stepping into the breath of a large dog" summer |
| #455, aired 1986-06-06 | WASHINGTON D.C. $200: This best-known composer of patriotic marches was, fittingly, a D.C. native son John Philip Sousa |
| #455, aired 1986-06-06 | WASHINGTON D.C. $300: Its museums' collections include Charles Lindbergh's plane & George Washington's false teeth the Smithsonian |
| #455, aired 1986-06-06 | WASHINGTON D.C. $400: Main N/S streets are numbered, E/W streets lettered, & diagonals named for these the states |
| #455, aired 1986-06-06 | WASHINGTON D.C. $500: In 1974, for 1st time in over 100 years, D.C. residents were allowed to vote for this a city government |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | WASHINGTON D.C. $200: This president's memorial forms a triangle with Washington and Lincoln's on National Mall Jefferson |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | WASHINGTON D.C. $400: Originally a 10 mile square, its present shape is due to having returned land to this state Virginia |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | WASHINGTON D.C. $600: Hanging around the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum is this Charles Lindbergh plane The Spirit of St. Louis |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | WASHINGTON D.C. $800: The Folger Library houses world's most important collection of works by and about him William Shakespeare |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | WASHINGTON D.C. $1000: He foresaw a republic of 50 states when engaged to plan the capital in 1791 Pierre L'Enfant |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | WASHINGTON D.C. $100: What the "D.C." stands for the District of Columbia |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | WASHINGTON D.C. $200: The District's oldest neighborhood, it was named for a king Georgetown |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | WASHINGTON D.C. $300: 287 miles long, it flows past Washington & induces "fever" in ambitious politicians the Potomac River |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | WASHINGTON D.C. $400: Though this mound rises only 88', it's synonymous with building which stands upon it Capitol Hill |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | WASHINGTON D.C. $500: Former Secretary of State for whom Washington, D.C. International Airport is named John Foster Dulles |
