| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: This colorful sea cuts through 2 geological plates: the Nubian & the Arabian the Red Sea |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: These mountains in southern Turkey are named for the Latin for "bull" because a bull symbolized the storm gods of the area the Taurus Mountains |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: The Hula Valley, one of Israel's richest farming regions, is bordered by these Heights to the east the Golan Heights |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: This capital of the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain is home to one of the world's largest mosques Manama |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: Abadan, Iran & this Iraqi port city both lie on the 120-mile-long Shatt Al-Arab before it empties into the Persian Gulf Basra |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | "NORTH", "SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST" $200: This islet is roughly equidistant from Havana & Homestead, Florida Key West |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | "NORTH", "SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST" $400: A 2018 agreement with Greece put this new name on the map of the Balkans North Macedonia |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | "NORTH", "SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST" $600: Rikers Island is in this tidal strait the East River |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | "NORTH", "SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST" $800: This area of the nation of Georgia declared independence in 1992; Russia & not many others cheer it on South Ossetia |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | "NORTH", "SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST" $1000: This Indian state has a 1,350-mile border with Bangladesh West Bengal |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $200: 2 New York City gangs sing & dance in this top-grossing film of 1961 West Side Story |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $400: Yul Brynner wore the black hat in this 1973 movie; Ed Harris is a different man in black on the TV series Westworld |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $600: In a 2018 summer tune, "She used to meet me" here, "in the city where the sun don't set" Eastside |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $800: The Trask at hand is knowing James Dean starred in this 1955 film East of Eden |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $1000: Danny McBride was ex-Major Leaguer Kenny Powers on this HBO series Eastbound & Down |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: The city of Erbil in Iraq is the capital of an autonomous region where the majority of the people are of this ethnic group Kurds |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: This United Arab Emirates capital with a 2-word name occupies an island first settled around 1760 Abu Dhabi |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1200: The Taurus Mountains of Southern Turkey stretch from Lake Egirdir to this longest river in the region the Euphrates |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | THE MIDDLE EAST $2000: For centuries, a terminus of the spice road of Arabia, this Yemeni city of 800,000 sits on the gulf that bears its name Aden |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | THE MIDDLE EAST $4,000 (Daily Double): Halab is the name in Arabic for this largest city of Northern Syria, heavily damaged in the recent civil war Aleppo |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST $400: In Spanish they're the Indias Occidentales the West Indies |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST $800: In 1977 the Soviet icebreaker Arktika became the first surface ship to reach it the North Pole |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST $1200: Celebrated April 27, Freedom Day, this country's national holiday, commemorates an event of 1994 South Africa |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST $2000: The then Agricultural College of the State of Michigan was founded in what's now this city in 1855 East Lansing |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST $4,000 (Daily Double): You'll find this state in Australia's lower right-hand corner New South Wales |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | THE VERY OLD EAST $400: This subcontinent collided with Eurasia some 40 to 50 million years ago India |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | THE VERY OLD EAST $800: A long, long time ago, protoceratops roamed what's now this desert of China & Mongolia the Gobi |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | THE VERY OLD EAST $1600: The Himalayas became Earth's tallest mountains during this geologic epoch just before our current one the Pleistocene |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | THE VERY OLD EAST $2,000 (Daily Double): Some 15 million years ago, what's now this country moved away from east Asia, & the same-named sea opened in its wake Japan |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | THE VERY OLD EAST $2000: This first known Homo erectus specimen was discovered in the 1890s in what's now Indonesia Java Man |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | COLLEGES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM K TO Q $400: You're always part of the Wolfpack at this Raleigh school NC State |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | COLLEGES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM K TO Q $1200: Neil Armstrong took more than one small step for himself attending this Big Ten university in Indiana Purdue |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | COLLEGES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM K TO Q $1600: About 2,000 women attend this college in South Hadley, Mass., one of the Seven Sisters schools Mount Holyoke |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | COLLEGES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM K TO Q $2000: Let's take a poll--does at least one of you 3 know this "Q" university is in Hamden, Connecticut? Quinnipiac |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | COLLEGES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM K TO Q $5,000 (Daily Double): It's about a 50-mile drive from Penn to this other Ivy League school that fits the category Princeton |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | EAST ON THE MAP $200: This nation was once a province known as East Pakistan & before that, East Bengal Bangladesh |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | EAST ON THE MAP $400: East Cape is the easternmost mainland point on this island, the world's second largest New Guinea |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | EAST ON THE MAP $600: It's home to Michigan State University East Lansing |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | EAST ON THE MAP $800: The area seen here; a Cal State campus in Hayward is named for it the East Bay |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | EAST ON THE MAP $1000: Ambeno, an enclave surrounded by Indonesia, is part of this country that gained its independence in 2002 East Timor |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | HOW THE EAST WAS WON $100 (Daily Double): Russian caravans got access to Beijing in a 1689 treaty with this dynasty that gave its name to a region Manchu |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | HOW THE EAST WAS WON $400: Ivan Moskvitin led the first overland group in Russia to reach this around 1639, 166 years before Lewis & Clark did the Pacific Ocean |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | HOW THE EAST WAS WON $800: Musket-toting Cossacks outgun the locals in a work depicting the 1580s conquest of this vast eastern region Siberia |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | HOW THE EAST WAS WON $1600: In the 1700s, Russia overcame resistance from the native Koryak & annexed this peninsula the Kamchatka Peninsula |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | HOW THE EAST WAS WON $2000: Asian nomads had a "beef" with this wealthy merchant family that colonized the steppes in the 1500s & 1600s the Stroganoffs |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $400: In 2004 President Roh Moo Hyun tried to move South Korea's capital from this city to Gongju Seoul |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $800: One of this Japanese city's most popular tourist destinations is the atomic bomb Genbaku Dome Hiroshima |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $1200: This Mongolian city is often described as the world's coldest capital Ulan Bator |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $1600: This country's 2nd-largest city, Mandalay, is known for a pagoda containing 729 stone Buddhist tablets Myanmar (or Burma) |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $2000: This Vietnamese city near the Gulf of Tonkin serves as the deepwater port for Hanoi Haiphong |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | THE FAR EAST $400: Venomous snakes are "milked" of their poison twice daily for snakebite antidotes at the Pasteur Institute in this Thai capital Bangkok |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | THE FAR EAST $800: May to November is the rainy season of this country--its coast gets 200 inches a year, but Phnom Penh gets less than 60 Cambodia |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | THE FAR EAST $1200: We shall return to this island nation & its large lakes like Lake Lanao on Mindanao the Philippines |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | THE FAR EAST $1600: The lowest point for North & South Korea is at this "national" body of water the Sea of Japan |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | THE FAR EAST $2000: In the Lao language the name of this Laotian capital means "city of sandalwood" Vientiane |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $400: The island of Socotra, 200 miles south of the coast, is part of this Arabian Peninsula nation Yemen |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $800: There's the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea & this national body of water indicated here the Gulf of Oman |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $1200: Indicated here is the location of this almost-17,000-foot peak Mount Ararat |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $1600: Recently damaged in the civil war, this city had been its nation's business capital & was once the end of the Silk Road Aleppo |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $2000: In June of 1942, Erwin Rommel captured this port city from the British, who took it back in November Tobruk |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | "NORTH", "SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST" $400: "You are now free to move about the country" on this airline Southwest |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | "NORTH", "SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST" $800: In about 2,000 years, Gamma Cephei will replace Polaris as this the North Star |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | "NORTH", "SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST" $1200: Rikers Island is in this navigable tidal strait; the RFK Bridge spans it the East River |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | "NORTH", "SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST" $1600: Horace Greeley is generally credited with this 4-word phrase, but some say John Soule used it earlier "Go west, young man." |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | "NORTH", "SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST" $2000: This annual event began in 1987 to showcase the Austin music scene to industry pros South by Southwest |
| #6323, aired 2012-02-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: Ra's Nasrani or Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (Hebrew name Mifraz Shlomo) is at the tip of this peninsula the Sinai |
| #6323, aired 2012-02-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: According to the State Department, the Middle East or "Near East" extends west to this African monarchy Morocco |
| #6323, aired 2012-02-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1200: Here are World Trade Center towers that overlook the Persian Gulf & Manama in this country Bahrain |
| #6323, aired 2012-02-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1600: Among Arab countries, this one on the Mediterranean has the highest percentage of Christians Lebanon |
| #6323, aired 2012-02-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The cities of Ramadi & Fallujah have given nightmares to U.S. troops engaged in this Sunni-majority province, Iraq's biggest in area Al Anbar |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | FAR EAST MOVEMENT $400: Led by a man professing to be Jesus' brother, the Taiping Rebellion roiled this nation in the 19th century China |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | FAR EAST MOVEMENT $800: The U.S. fought a war in this Asian country where a nationalist Communist army had earlier fought the French Vietnam |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | FAR EAST MOVEMENT $1200: Japan's Satsuma Rebellion of the 1870s was the last attempt by this warrior class to regain its privileges the samurai |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | FAR EAST MOVEMENT $1600: A joint North-South declaration in 2000 began a new move for the reunification of this Asian peninsula the Korean Peninsula |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | FAR EAST MOVEMENT $2000: Political parties in this island country called Formosa by the Portuguese have asserted its de facto autonomy in recent years Taiwan |
| #5938, aired 2010-06-09 | MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $400: These 2 rivers meet north of the city of Basra the Tigris & Euphrates |
| #5938, aired 2010-06-09 | MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $800: Ras Mohammed National Park at the southern end of this peninsula was Egypt's first national park the Sinai Peninsula |
| #5938, aired 2010-06-09 | MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): The Omani peninsula of Musandam juts into this strait, an important route for oil tankers the Strait of Hormuz |
| #5938, aired 2010-06-09 | MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $1600: Israel's third-largest city, this port was built on the northern slopes of Mount Carmel Haifa |
| #5938, aired 2010-06-09 | MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $2000: This country's provinces include Nabatiyeh & Beqaa Lebanon |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | BORN IN EAST LA. $1600: Born near Opelousas, he's the Paul in K-Paul's Louisiana kitchen Paul Prudhomme |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | BORN IN EAST LA. $2000: Baton Rouge, La.-born Brandon Hamilton starred as a cornerback for the Edmonton Eskimos in this sports league Canadian football |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | TO THE FAR EAST SIDE $200: This capital lies on a plain in northern China, about 100 miles from the Bohai Gulf Beijing |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | TO THE FAR EAST SIDE $400: 20 miles east of the Yellow Sea is this South Korean city whose name means "capital", which is convenient Seoul |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | TO THE FAR EAST SIDE $600: In 1972 the winter Olympics were held in this Japanese city on Hokkaido, near Otaru bay; beer me! Sapporo |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | TO THE FAR EAST SIDE $800: Known as "the roof of the world", this autonomous region of China averages more than 15,000' above sea level Tibet |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | TO THE FAR EAST SIDE $1000: Macau is one of 2 special administrative regions of China; this, Chinese-controlled since 1997, is the other Hong Kong |
| #5837, aired 2010-01-19 | "EAST" $400: An elaborate meal well prepared & greatly enjoyed feast |
| #5837, aired 2010-01-19 | "EAST" $800: It was the capital city of the former German Democratic Republic East Berlin |
| #5837, aired 2010-01-19 | "EAST" $1200: Madame de Beaumont's classic tale "La belle et la bete" is known as this in English "Beauty and the Beast" |
| #5837, aired 2010-01-19 | "EAST" $1600: One of the statues excavated by Thor Heyerdahl here is more than 30 feet tall Easter Island |
| #5837, aired 2010-01-19 | "EAST" $2000: Charles & Maximillian Fleischmann started marketing this around 1870 yeast |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | EAST ASIA $200: Created by So-ami, a garden at Ryoan-ji outside Kyoto consists of rocks arranged on a bed of this sand |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | EAST ASIA $400: Before he was PM of this country, Samak Sundaravej hosted a TV cooking show, with recipes like larb tuna Thailand |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | EAST ASIA $600: In 2006 Business Week reported China has 300,000 millionaires & quoted Deng Xiaoping, "To get" this "is glorious" rich |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | EAST ASIA $800: Back when Myanmar was Burma, this capital was Rangoon Yangon |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | EAST ASIA $1,800 (Daily Double): Korea's West Coast, including Inchon, borders this arm of the Pacific Yellow Sea |
| #5633, aired 2009-02-18 | EAST & WEST $200: It's the state immediately to the east of North Dakota Minnesota |
| #5633, aired 2009-02-18 | EAST & WEST $400: It's the country immediately to the east of Haiti the Dominican Republic |
| #5633, aired 2009-02-18 | EAST & WEST $600: It's the country immediately to the west of Egypt Libya |
| #5633, aired 2009-02-18 | EAST & WEST $800: It's the province immediately to the west of Alberta British Columbia |
| #5633, aired 2009-02-18 | EAST & WEST $1000: It's the state immediately to the west of South Australia Western Australia |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | "EAST" $400: Egon Krenz was briefly the head of this country during the fall of the Berlin Wall East Germany |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | "EAST" $800: Hanukkah is sometimes called this "of Lights" the Feast of Lights |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | "EAST" $1200: This holiday may take its name from the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring Easter |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | "EAST" $1600: A single-celled organism that ferments sugars & carbohydrates yeast |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | "EAST" $1,800 (Daily Double): It's from the Old French for "wild creature" a beast |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: Jordan's flag features a 7-pointed star; the points represent the first 7 verses of this book the Koran |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: In 1971 this federation of 6 states gained its independence; Ras al Khaymah made it 7 states in 1972 the United Arab Emirates |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1200: He assumed the presidency of Syria upon the death of his father in June 2000 Bashar Assad |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1600: This 1917 British declaration favored "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people the Balfour Declaration |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | THE MIDDLE EAST $2000: In 1944 Ibn Saud allowed several U.S. petroleum firms to unite forming Aramco, which stands for this co. the Arabian-American Company |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | EAST ON THE MAP $200: This waterway separates Manhattan from Long Island the East River |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | EAST ON THE MAP $400: Cheech Marin played a movie character born in this title area East L.A. |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | EAST ON THE MAP $600: Walter Ulbricht had his fingers in this country's strudel for over 20 years East Germany |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | EAST ON THE MAP $800: This city with a 2-word name grew around Michigan State University East Lansing |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | EAST ON THE MAP $1000: As a geopolitical term it was coined in 1902 by U.S. Naval Officer Alfred Mahan to describe an Asian-African area the Middle East |
| #4125, aired 2002-07-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: More than 90% of the population in the Middle East follows this religion Islam |
| #4125, aired 2002-07-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: This Palestinian leader's first name is Arabic for "easy-going" Yasser Arafat |
| #4125, aired 2002-07-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: This country's president Hafez Al-Assad died on June 10, 2000 & his son Bashar was picked to succeed Syria |
| #4125, aired 2002-07-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: This Hashemite kingdom's only port is Al-Aqaba on the Gulf of Aqaba Jordan |
| #4125, aired 2002-07-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: In 1968 this political party sent its opponents to the shower & has been ruling Iraq since then the Ba'ath Party |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY $400: To be or knot to be, it was the capital of Phrygia Gordion (or Gordium) |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY $800: With the kingdom split, in 920 B.C. you had Rehoboam ruling Judah & Jeroboam ruling this Israel |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Dagon was the top god of these people whose name has come to mean "uncouth" & "unsophisticated" the Philistines |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Scholars label Old Persian royal inscriptions X for Xerxes, C for Cyrus & D for him Darius |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: We know Carians were in Egypt from graffiti they carved into a big Ramses statue at this temple site Abu Simbel |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: As coined by Naval historian Alfred Thayer Mahan, the "Middle East" is bounded on its west by this sea the Mediterranean Sea |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: The Iranian language group is mainly represented by this language Persian (or Farsi) |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: Medina in this country is also called Medinat-En-Nabi, "City of the Prophet" Saudi Arabia |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: In 1976 Syria began positioning thousands of troops in this smaller neighboring country Lebanon |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1,800 (Daily Double): President Bush stopped using this word for the War on Terrorism; it raised bad Mideastern medieval memories crusade |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | EAST TIMOR $100: They're the geographic "Indies" where you'll find East Timor East Indies |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | EAST TIMOR $200: Of 1955, 1975 or 1995, the year Indonesia invaded East Timor 1975 |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | EAST TIMOR $300: In 1999 this organization oversaw a referendum on independence for East Timor United Nations |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | EAST TIMOR $400: 90 percent of Indonesians are Muslims, while the majority of East Timorese are of this fatih Christians |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | EAST TIMOR $500: In the 16th century East Timor became a colony of this southern European nation Portugal |
| #3518, aired 1999-12-15 | THEY WENT TO SCHOOL BACK EAST $200: Brooke Shields Princeton |
| #3518, aired 1999-12-15 | THEY WENT TO SCHOOL BACK EAST $600: Hillary Rodham
(B.A. '69) Wellesley |
| #3518, aired 1999-12-15 | THEY WENT TO SCHOOL BACK EAST $800: Justice Brandeis
(LL.B. 1877)
(no, not Brandeis) Harvard Law School |
| #3518, aired 1999-12-15 | THEY WENT TO SCHOOL BACK EAST $1,000 (Daily Double): Edna St. Vincent Millay,
Mary McCarthy,
Meryl Streep Vassar |
| #3518, aired 1999-12-15 | THEY WENT TO SCHOOL BACK EAST $1000: I.M. Pei,
George Ellery Hale,
Murray Gell-Mann MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $200: The 1998 Olympics have come & gone, but this city still has one of Japan's oldest representations of Buddha Nagano |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $400: Kaohsiung is the major port serving this island of over 20 million people Taiwan |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $600: In the 1940s this North Korean capital was home to forces of the occupying Soviet army Pyongyang |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $800: It was China's capital from 1928 until its brutal capture by Japanese forces in 1937 Nanking |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $1000: Also called Guangzhou, for almost a century it was the only Chinese port open to foreign trade Canton |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: In 1967 this country lost the West Bank to Israel Jordan |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: In 1967 this country lost the Golan Heights to Israel Syria |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: These 2 rivers form the Shatt al Arab, which then flows into the Persian Gulf the Tigris & the Euphrates |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: This island, 1/3 of which is Turkish-controlled, is often considered part of the Middle East Cyprus |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: This country shook off the Ottomans in 1882 & the British in 1952 Egypt |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | THE EAST COAST $100: The original of this painting seen here hangs in Abbot Hall in Marblehead, Massachusetts "Spirit of 1776" |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | THE EAST COAST $200: Thanks to Du Pont, this state's Wilmington is the "Chemical Capital of the World" Delaware |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | THE EAST COAST $300: This largest Maine city has been destroyed by the Abnaki Indians, the French, the British & by a fire Portland |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | THE EAST COAST $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Ian Ziering) On TV I live in "Beverly Hills 90210", but I was born in West Orange 07052 in this state New Jersey |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | THE EAST COAST $500: This gin-making city on the east bank of the Hudson is named for Dutch trader Jan Peek Peekskill |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | THE FAR EAST $100: Popular types of these in Malaysia include rambutans, chikus, durians & guavas fruits |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | THE FAR EAST $200: China is adamant it will dismantle the government of this British dependency when it takes over in 1997 Hong Kong |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | THE FAR EAST $300: Vietnam is now the world's third-largest exporter of this food staple rice |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | THE FAR EAST $400: Chinese for "gate of heavenly peace", it stands in Beijing in a large square of the same name Tiananmen |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | THE FAR EAST $500: Until 1975 Louangphrabang was its royal capital & Vientiane its administrative capital Laos |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $100: On June 5, 1967 this country launched an air strike against Egypt Israel |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $200: In 331 B.C. the Greek & Macedonian armies under this general conquered the Persians Alexander the Great |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $300: After he spoke to the U.N. in 1974, the U.N. recognized the PLO as the representative of Palestinian Arabs Arafat |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $400: In 1979 Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigned as president of Iraq & this man succeeded him Saddam Hussein |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $500: On Oct. 23, 1983 a truck loaded with explosives killed 241 U.S. servicemen at their barracks in this capital city Beirut |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $200: In 1990 Syria's troops joined the Allied forces in preparing to attack this invader of Kuwait Iraq |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $400: The ancient Phoenicians' homeland is now part of this country known for its cedars Lebanon |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $600: It was built with the help of the French between 1859 & 1869 Suez Canal |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $800: In a 1948-49 war, this country increased its territory by about 50% Israel |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1984 women voted for the first time in this Hashemite kingdom Jordan |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: Cotton, candy & sugar are words that came to us from this language Arabic |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: The only Middle Easterners to win a Nobel Peace Prize were this pair for 1978 Sadat & Begin |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: In 1991 the Arab League consisted of 21 members, 20 countries & this political organization the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: These descendants of the Medes live in the region where Iran, Iraq, Turkey & Syria meet the Kurds |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | THE MIDDLE EAST $2,000 (Daily Double): Located in what's now Syria, this ancient city was famous for a rich, patterned fabric Damascus |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: Enghlab Avenue in this capital city was formerly known as Shah Reza Avenue Tehran |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: The emirate of Qatar occupies a peninsula that juts into this large gulf the Persian Gulf |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: In area it's the largest country in the Middle East Saudi Arabia |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: In 1979 this country became the first Arab nation to recognize Israel Egypt |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: This country's principal agricultural area is the Bekaa Valley Lebanon |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: After Beirut, Tarabulus is this country's largest city Lebanon |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: In 1988 King Hussein surrendered this country's claim to the disputed West Bank Jordan |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: Abu Dhabi is the largest & most populous of the states that make up this nation the United Arab Emirates |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: Eastern Thrace is the European portion of this nation Turkey |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1,800 (Daily Double): Country whose currency is seen here: Iraq |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | THE FAR EAST $100: The Hollywood Rd. area in this Crown colony is the place to go for antiques and art Hong Kong |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | THE FAR EAST $200: Called Wei-Ch'i in China and this in Japan, it's a strategy game of lining up black & white pieces go |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | THE FAR EAST $300: Tourists visiting Ulantoke in this Chinese "inner" region can rent a yurt with attached bath for the night Inner Mongolia |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | THE FAR EAST $400: In this Buddhist country April 6 is Chakri Day, a holiday honoring the ruling family Thailand |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | THE FAR EAST $500: In Singapore a statue of this Briton marks the spot where it's thought he came ashore in 1819 (Sir Thomas) Raffles |
| #1573, aired 1991-06-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: In 1973 this Hashemite kingdom finally gave women the right to vote Jordan |
| #1573, aired 1991-06-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: The Gulf of Oman is connected with the Persian Gulf by this strategic strait the Strait of Hormuz |
| #1573, aired 1991-06-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: Tabriz is the largest city in this country's part of Azerbaijan Iran |
| #1573, aired 1991-06-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1,000 (Daily Double): When this Saudi king was assassinated by a nephew in March 1975 he was succeeded by his brother Khalid King Faisal |
| #1573, aired 1991-06-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: The Beqaa Valley is this small country's main agricultural region Lebanon |
| #12, aired 1990-09-01 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $500: Tonkin is the northern part of this country Vietnam |
| #12, aired 1990-09-01 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $1000: This country's unit of currency is the Togrog, which is divided into 100 Mongo Mongolia |
| #12, aired 1990-09-01 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $1500: This country leads the world in the production of rubber & tin Malaysia |
| #12, aired 1990-09-01 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $2000: The Komodo dragon is native only to this island nation Indonesia |
| #12, aired 1990-09-01 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $2500: For some 2000 years these Chinese bureaucrats got their jobs by passing civil service tests the mandarins |
| #1285, aired 1990-03-16 | THE FAR EAST $100: In 1978 Chiang Kai-shek's son, Chiang Ching-kuo, was elected president of this island nation Taiwan (Republic of China) |
| #1285, aired 1990-03-16 | THE FAR EAST $300: China's Grand Canal connects these 2 rivers Yangtze & Yellow |
| #1285, aired 1990-03-16 | THE FAR EAST $400: Singapore & Malaysia were formerly ruled by this European country Great Britain |
| #1285, aired 1990-03-16 | THE FAR EAST $500: The 2 countries whose shared border, set in 1945, roughly follows the 38th Parallel North & South Korea |
| #1285, aired 1990-03-16 | THE FAR EAST $1,200 (Daily Double): A Japanese military center from 1868 to 1945, this city is now home to Peace Memorial Park Hiroshima |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | THE FAR EAST $200: Of 240 acres, 24 acres or 2.4 acres. the size of the average Japanese farm 2.4. acres |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | THE FAR EAST $400: Although over 75% of Singapore's people are Chinese, this is the language of instruction in public schools English |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | THE FAR EAST $600: You can see the cross Magellan supposedly planted in Cebu, this country's oldest settlement the Philippines |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | THE FAR EAST $800: In 1945" the Netherlands East Indies became this country Indonesia |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | THE FAR EAST $1000: In 1945 the U.S. occupied South Korea & this nation occupied the North the USSR (the Soviet Union) |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $200: From the Malay word for unhusked rice, it's a field where rice is grown a paddy |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $400: According to religious custom, every Thai man is expected to spend 3 months in one of these a Buddhist monastery |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $600: During Mao's leadership this "curtain" separated Communist China from the West the Bamboo Curtain |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $800: The 1st Anglo-Burmese War was provoked by the Burmese invasion of this country in 1823 India |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $1000: River whose headwaters are in the Tibet highlands & whose delta is just south of Ho Chi Minh City the Mekong River |
| #1116, aired 1989-06-12 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: War broke out on Sept. 22, 1980 when fighter bombers from this nation attacked 10 Iranian airfields Iraq |
| #1116, aired 1989-06-12 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: The building of Egypt's Aswan High Dam in the 1960s was financed by loans from this country Soviet Union |
| #1116, aired 1989-06-12 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: Of all the Arab countries, this one has the highest percentage of Christians, about 40% Lebanon |
| #1116, aired 1989-06-12 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: In 1917 Britain issued the Balfour Declaration which called for the creation of this Jewish-Palestinian state |
| #1116, aired 1989-06-12 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: In 1941 Syria gained its independence from this European country France |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $200: Until he said he wasn't, Japanese emperors were considered divine Hirohito |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $400: Being a free port makes Kowloon, in this Crown Colony, a busy place Hong Kong |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $600: In Asia, the sherpas are best known as mountain guides & the gurkhas as these warriors (or soldiers) |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $800: These people refer to themselves as the Han the Chinese |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | THE MYSTERIOUS EAST $1000: While America is called the "Land of the Free", this nation's name means just that Thailand |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | THE FAR EAST $200: Though only about 4% of the population, the Communist Party in this country is the world's largest China |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | THE FAR EAST $400: In 1571 people from this country founded Manila in the Philippines Spain |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | THE FAR EAST $600: Indonesia is famous for this fabric which is made by waxing & dying the cloth batik |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | THE FAR EAST $800: "A new era for the common people" was the campaign slogan of Roh Tae Woo, president of this country South Korea |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | THE FAR EAST $2,000 (Daily Double): Portuguese sailors named it "Beautiful Island", though the Chinese call it "Terraced Bay" Taiwan or Formosa |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: The Middle East includes parts of this many continents 3 |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $500 (Daily Double): The shrine all Muslims face when they pray is in the city of Mecca in this country Saudi Arabia (the Kaaba) |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: 2 of the 3 longest rivers in the Middle East Nile & Euphrates (or the Tigris) |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: Located on the Persian Gulf & the Gulf of Oman, this country consists of 7 sheikdoms United Arab Emirates |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: The 2 countries that were at one time part of the British-ruled Palestine Mandate Israel & Jordan |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | THE FAR EAST $200: Ency. Americana says Burma was probably devastated more than any other nation during this war Second World War |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | THE FAR EAST $400: In 1919, peaceful protests against Japanese rule in this peninsular country were violently crushed Korea |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | THE FAR EAST $600: The average January temperature of Ulan Bator, capital of this country, is -17° F Mongolia |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | THE FAR EAST $800: This political group changed Cambodia's name to Kampuchea Khmer Rouge |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | THE FAR EAST $1000: This early 20th c. president had served as 1st American civil governor of the Philippines Taft |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: Cleopatra ruled from this port, now Egypt's 2nd-largest city Alexandria |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: At the town of Al-Qurnah, Iraq, these 2 historic rivers join Tigris & Euphrates |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: Country governed by a supreme council made up of the 7 rulers of its component parts United Arab Emirates |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: Kipling said, "There aren't no 10 commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" east of there Suez |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: In January 1987, this Speaker of the Iranian Parliament claimed Pres. Reagan sent him a Bible Rafsanjani |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE EAST $100: The Middle East has more than half of the world's proven reserves of this oil |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: This ongoing Middle East war has now lasted longer than World War II the Iran-Iraq War |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE EAST $300: In February 1987, the United Arab Emirates experienced this weather for 1st time in history snow |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: U.S. passports are currently invalid for travel to Libya & this Mideast country Lebanon |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE EAST $500: Name of both Iraqi king executed during 1958 coup & Saudi king assassinated in 1975 Faisal |
| #591, aired 1987-03-16 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: Saudi Arabia has provided asylum to this former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin |
| #591, aired 1987-03-16 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: Common in the Middle East, this cylindrical felt hat is named for a Moroccan city fez |
| #591, aired 1987-03-16 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600 (Daily Double): Middle Eastern language in which Eartha Kitt sings the following:
"Üsküdar'a gider iken aldi da bir yagmur..." Turkish |
| #591, aired 1987-03-16 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: Origin & meaning of the name of this principal port of Israel is uncertain Haifa |
| #591, aired 1987-03-16 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: Petra, where huge temples & tombs are carved into cliff walls, is tourist attraction in this country Jordan |
| #493, aired 1986-10-29 | MYSTERIOUS EAST $100: Major ones in Singapore include New World & Gay World, but not Disney World theme parks (amusement parks) |
| #493, aired 1986-10-29 | MYSTERIOUS EAST $200: When the Japanese emperor moved here in 1868, the city name was changed from Edo to this Tokyo |
| #493, aired 1986-10-29 | MYSTERIOUS EAST $500 (Daily Double): The 3 nations which comprised French Indochina Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam |
| #465, aired 1986-09-19 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: Strife-torn country whose territory corresponds closely to ancient Phoenicia Lebanon |
| #465, aired 1986-09-19 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: The 4 novels of Lawrence Durrell's "Quartet" are set in this Egyptian city Alexandria |
| #386, aired 1986-03-03 | MYSTERIOUS EAST $100: Until the middle of the 19th century, this country was ruled by shoguns Japan |
| #386, aired 1986-03-03 | MYSTERIOUS EAST $200: The average altitude of this country is 15,000', which would make the Dalai Lama a very high priest Tibet |
| #386, aired 1986-03-03 | MYSTERIOUS EAST $300: The "th" in this former U.N. Secretary General's name means he was born on a Friday U Thant |
| #386, aired 1986-03-03 | MYSTERIOUS EAST $400: Common name of the Vietnamese New Year festival, a 1968 "offensive" was timed to coincide with it Tet |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: On Jan. 16, 1979, he & his family left Iran on a "vacation" from which they never returned the Shah (of Iran) |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: This controversial area, occupied by Israel since 1967, is just over ½ the size of L.A. county the West Bank |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: While King Hussein rules Jordan, Saddam Hussein leads this neighboring country Iraq |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: This sheikdom's people pay no taxes & both medical care & the local amusement park are free Kuwait |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | THE FAR EAST $200: Besides producing 7 million cars a year, this country is world's leading shipbuilder Japan |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | THE FAR EAST $400: In Burma, men's names such as Thant are often preceded by this letter, meaning "Mister" U |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | THE FAR EAST $600: Common name of the first cousin to Java Man, he is credited with first using fire the Peking Man |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | THE FAR EAST $800: There's a government loudspeaker in every home in this land whose capital is Pyongyang North Korea |
| #124, aired 1985-02-28 | THE FAR EAST $100: Nationalist China is better known by this name Taiwan |
| #124, aired 1985-02-28 | THE FAR EAST $200: Three-quarters of the people of Singapore are of this ethnic group Chinese |
| #124, aired 1985-02-28 | THE FAR EAST $300: High ranking officials in imperial China & most common dialect of Chinese Mandarins |
| #124, aired 1985-02-28 | THE FAR EAST $400: Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku & Honshu the Japan Home Islands |
| #124, aired 1985-02-28 | THE FAR EAST $500: A Muslim rebellion has been raging for years in the southern part of this island nation the Philippines |
| #96, aired 1985-01-21 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: Pop Singer Pat Boone wrote lyrics to this song about Israel "Exodus" |
| #96, aired 1985-01-21 | THE MIDDLE EAST $600: Members of Muslim religious order given to frenzied dancing the (Whirling) Dervishes |
| #96, aired 1985-01-21 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: Country known as "The United Arab Republic" from 1958-71 Egypt |
| #96, aired 1985-01-21 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: Country that was formerly the British colony of Aden Yemen |
| #41, aired 1984-11-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $100: This word originally referred not to many wives but to the part of the house they lived in a harem |
| #41, aired 1984-11-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: Anti-Iranian Arabs call this body of water "the Arabian gulf" the Persian Gulf |
| #41, aired 1984-11-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $300: Though most of its farmers don't live on them, Israel is famous for these collective farms kibbutzim |
| #41, aired 1984-11-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $400: Hookah, nargileh & hubble bubble (water) pipes |
