| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $200: It's the term for a 200th anniversary; the United States celebrated one in 1976 bicentennial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $400: Stereotypes about this demographic -- also known as "Gen Y" -- include "tech-savvy" & "saddled with student loan debt" millennial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $600: It describes the "first pitch" thrown by a guest of honor at a baseball game -- a nice way of saying it doesn't actually count ceremonial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $800: Showcasing life in the 18th century, this Virginia attraction calls itself "the world's largest living history museum" Colonial Williamsburg |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $1000: It's the 2000 comedy with the Sandra Bullock line, "I'm in a dress, I have gel in my hair... & I'm armed. Don't mess with me" Miss Congeniality |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MODERN EGYPT $400: In 2022 this capital got its first walkway beside the Nile, along the route of the Corniche Highway Cairo |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MODERN EGYPT $800: On March 8, 1957 & on June 5, 1975, Egypt reopened this waterway following international conflicts the Suez Canal |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MODERN EGYPT $1200: Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi, Alexandria's largest of these buildings, was designed in current form by Italians & inaugurated in 1945 a mosque |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MODERN EGYPT $1600: Under a peace treaty with Israel, this region was returned to Egypt in 1982 the Sinai Peninsula |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MODERN EGYPT $2000: After the tumultuous Arab Spring & an election win by the Muslim Brotherhood, this former general became president in 2014 & still is President El-Sisi |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EGYPT $400: Bracelets featuring butterflies inlaid with gems, circa 2500 B.C., are made from this metal, at that time, more precious than gold silver |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EGYPT $800: This young pharaoh's mummified remains were interred in a solid-gold coffin weighing almost 250 pounds King Tut |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EGYPT $1200: Looking ready to begin, a statue of a scribe from about 2400 B.C. holds a representation of a scroll of this material in his lap papyrus |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EGYPT $1600: A pendant from the tomb of Princess Mereret from around 1800 B.C. features two of these, a fierce hybrid of a raptor & lion a griffin |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EGYPT $2000: He was laid to rest in the grandest of the pyramids, but a tiny ivory figurine is the only complete sculpture known of this pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IT HAPPENED IN EGYPT $400: In the 330s B.C. a Macedonian tough guy took over in Egypt & founded this city that's named for him Alexandria |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IT HAPPENED IN EGYPT $800: What's known as this "Brotherhood" was formed in Egypt in 1928 with a goal of spurning Western influences the Muslim Brotherhood |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IT HAPPENED IN EGYPT $1200: In 1895 Pope Leo XIII divided the Catholics in Egypt that were known by this name into 3 dioceses the Coptics |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IT HAPPENED IN EGYPT $1600: In 1970 a rockfill dam across the Nile was completed just south of this Egyptian city Aswan |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IT HAPPENED IN EGYPT $2000: In 2011 this president who had served Egypt for 30 years stepped down as protesters called for his ouster (Hosni) Mubarak |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: In the 12th century B.C., hungry necropolis workers staged one of the earliest ones of these, demanding back pay a strike |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: Seen here is Nefertari, contemplating Senet, a popular one of these in ancient Egypt a board game |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1200: Before the one in Tennessee, there was this capital of ancient Egypt south of modern Cairo Memphis |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | ANCIENT EGYPT $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows three hieroglyphics on the monitor.) Here's an example of an ancient Egyptian blessing written in hieroglyphics--it shows us ankh, wedja, seneb, translated as this, prosperity, health life |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | ANCIENT EGYPT $6,000 (Daily Double): The United Nations displays a replica of one of the oldest of these, signed by Egyptians & Hittites a (peace) treaty |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | QUEENS OF EGYPT $400: With the backing of Julius Caesar's army, she defeated her brother & then ruled by herself Cleopatra |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | QUEENS OF EGYPT $800: Images of the female pharaoh Sobeknefru depict her as a daughter of this sun god Ra |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | QUEENS OF EGYPT $1200: Later ruling alone, Tausret began in this role, overseeing the rule of her young pharaoh stepson regent |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | QUEENS OF EGYPT $1600: Perhaps the first ruling queen, Merneith was part of the first of the over 20 of these royal houses dynasties |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | QUEENS OF EGYPT $2000: Ahmose-Nefertari was the patron of this vast capital that included Luxor & Karnak; her statuette was found there Thebes |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE 10 PLAGUES OF EGYPT $200: The first plague was the turning of the waters of Egypt into this blood |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE 10 PLAGUES OF EGYPT $400: The third plague was these parasitic arthropods that also plague kids in the classroom lice |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE 10 PLAGUES OF EGYPT $600: In the seventh plague, this rained "upon the land of Egypt", breaking "every tree of the field" hail |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE 10 PLAGUES OF EGYPT $800: In the eighth plague, swarms of these covered the face of the Earth, darkening the land locusts |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE 10 PLAGUES OF EGYPT $1000: Passover gets its name from when God passes over the Israelites' homes, sparing them from this final plague death of the firstborn |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The Egyptians were the first known civilization to power boats using these, probably large leafy fronds on the bow sails |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map of Egypt on the monitor.) Egypt originally hugged the Nile River, but over the next 1,200 years, it gradually grew to cover an area reaching as far north as this river by the 1400s B.C. the Euphrates |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1200: During the Old Kingdom, Egyptians would paint their eyelids this color using malachite, an oxide of copper green |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1600: A Greek scholar named Callimachus wrote a bibliographical survey of the authors of the books held here the Alexandrian Library |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | ANCIENT EGYPT $2000: In some cases you could buy this guide for the departed "off the rack" & have a scribe fill in your name the Egyptian Book of the Dead |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | EGYPT $200: This glamour girl reigned in Egypt from 51 to 31 B.C. Cleopatra |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | EGYPT $400: After the Sack of Baghdad in 1258 by the Mongols, a new line of Abbasid caliphs was formed in this Egyptian city Cairo |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | EGYPT $600: In 1979 Egypt became the first Arab country to make peace with Israel as this leader went to Camp David Anwar Sadat |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | EGYPT $800: Built in the 3rd century B.C. by Ptolemy I, it contained over 500,000 manuscripts the Library at Alexandria |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | EGYPT $1000: In 1952 a group of army officers overthrew King Farouk & by 1954 this man had taken over the Egyptian govt. Nasser |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: A Jan. 2005 scan of this pharaoh's mummy showed he wasn't killed by a blow to the head; it did reveal a leg fracture, however Tutankhamen |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: Hieratic is this script in cursive form hieroglyphics |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1200: The Egyptians called themselves Remetch, simply meaning this, like "Inuit" people |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in the foreground of the Sphinx and Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.) In a dream this falcon-headed son of Isis told Thutmose IV to clear the sand that buried the sphinx & he'd be king Horus |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $3,000 (Daily Double): Paradise in the Egyptian afterlife was in this god's
"field of reeds" Osiris |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | A VISIT TO ANCIENT EGYPT $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) Around 1500 B.C., after expelling Hyksos invaders, proud Egyptian rulers began the vast tomb area that we now call this the Valley of the Kings |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | A VISIT TO ANCIENT EGYPT $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from an exhibit in Cairo.) This mask is from Tut's tomb, which this British archaeologist found in 1922, saying everywhere the glint of gold (Howard) Carter |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | A VISIT TO ANCIENT EGYPT $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Giza.) This great pharaoh left his mark on Egypt in the form of temples & colossal statues of himself, like this fallen one Ramses II (or Ramses the Great) |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | A VISIT TO ANCIENT EGYPT $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from in front of a pyramid at Giza.) The King's Chamber in the tallest of the Great Pyramids still contains the sarcophagus of this ruler Cheops (or Khufu) |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | A VISIT TO ANCIENT EGYPT $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from in front of the Sphinx.) Created as a royal image, the Sphinx was was associated by the Greeks with a monster who riddles this tragic king Oedipus |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | THEY CAME TO EGYPT $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Giza, Egypt.) After seeing the Sphinx he wrote in "Innocents Abroad", "The great face was so sad, so earnest, so longing" Mark Twain |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | THEY CAME TO EGYPT $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) Lady Herbert, daughter of this lord, was at the opening of Tut's tomb & lived to age 79--so much for the curse! Lord Carnarvon |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | THEY CAME TO EGYPT $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) When he invaded Egypt in 1798 he said, "Soldiers, from atop of these pyramids, 40 centuries are looking at us" Napoleon |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | THEY CAME TO EGYPT $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Giza, Egypt.) In a letter, this 19th century limerick poet wrote about riding a camel, "Away you go, just as if on a rocking chair" Edward Lear |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | THEY CAME TO EGYPT $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) One of the people behind moving the other obelisk to Paris was this decipherer of the Rosetta Stone Champollion |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | PLAGUES ON EGYPT $200: Plague No. 4, they were everywhere, including in my soup! Waiter! flies |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | PLAGUES ON EGYPT $400: In plague No. 2 these went a-pharaoh courtin', uh-huh frogs |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | PLAGUES ON EGYPT $600: This plague, No. 8, occurs every 17 years in some places locusts |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | PLAGUES ON EGYPT $800: In 1991 Gloria Estefan was "Coming Out of" this, also plague No. 9 the darkness |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | PLAGUES ON EGYPT $1000: Pharaoh could have used a pediculicidal shampoo to get rid of these in plague No. 3 lice |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | EGYPT BEYOND THE PYRAMIDS $200: This teeming capital of today is found very near the site of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis Cairo |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | EGYPT BEYOND THE PYRAMIDS $400: All classes of society wore these accessories; the poor wore vegetable fiber, while the rich got real hair Wigs |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | EGYPT BEYOND THE PYRAMIDS $600: 13-letter term for the process undergone by the Egyptian seen here mummification |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | EGYPT BEYOND THE PYRAMIDS $1000: Ruler discussed here, ignoring those nasty plagues Ramses II |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | EGYPT BEYOND THE PYRAMIDS $2,000 (Daily Double): Herodotus first used this term from the Greek to describe the region of the Nile near the Mediterranean delta |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | OLD EGYPT $200: Boatmen in the Nile extended an index finger & thumb to ward off these reptiles crocodiles |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | OLD EGYPT $400: The British Museum has a copy of "The Book of the Dead" on a 3500-year-old roll of this document material papyrus |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | OLD EGYPT $600: This young lad took the ‑aton off his name & restored the old state religion Akhenaton had changed Tutankhamun |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | OLD EGYPT $800: Statues show Hatshepsut, a woman who ruled Egypt, wearing a false one of these to look like a king a beard |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | OLD EGYPT $1000: We know from people with this job that Prince Khaemwase, a son of Ramses II, had been one too archaeologist |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: There was no ceremony for this; it was just formalized when a man & a woman formed a household marriage |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: In ancient times this river branched into 5 & maybe up to 16 routes into the Mediterranean; today it has 2 Nile |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: A 3"-tall ivory figure found in Abydos is the only known image of this Great Pyramid king Cheops (Khufu) |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: The name of this land to the south of Ancient Egypt may be from the word nub, "gold", or nob, "slave" Nubia |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: Ancient Egypt's capital for centuries, its ruins supplied the stones used to build Cairo Memphis |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Cheops' father, Snefru, had the first true one of these structures built at Dahshur Pyramids |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The body of this wife of Akhenaten has never been found, but her bust is in Berlin Nefertiti |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: Imported from Punt, this sacred incense carried by the Magi was used for embalming Myrrh |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: Women used galena & later kohl as this part of their makeup kit Eye Makeup (eyeliner, mascara) |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1,000 (Daily Double): This flower was the symbol of rebirth & of the god Re Lotus |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: This famous stone discovered in 1799 allowed Young & Champollion to decipher hieroglyphics The Rosetta Stone |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The step one of these monuments at Saqqara was first conceived as a rectangular mastaba Pyramid |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: This plant whose stems were used to make writing material was called ptef by the ancient Egyptians Papyrus |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: When Osiris was slain by Seth, this goddess gathered most of the pieces of his body & reformed him Isis |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: The Valley of the Kings lies on the western bank of the Nile opposite this ancient capital Thebes |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: An essential feature of this embalming process was desiccation by means of dry natron mummifying |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Ancient Egyptians made this potent potable by soaking bread in water & fermenting the mixture beer |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: This famous queen was replaced by her daughter as Akhenaten's principal wife Nefertiti |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Hieroglyphics were Greek to scholars until this 1799 discovery supplied Greek equivalents The Rosetta Stone |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: The pyramid of Menkaure was the last of the major 3 built at this site southwest of modern Cairo Giza |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: The first of these structures was created by placing series of mastabas atop each other pyramid |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The Ancient Egyptians used this plant to make rope & sails as well as writing material papyrus |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: This salad green was part of the rituals of the god Seth & was thought to have magical properties lettuce |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: The Restoration Stela gives an account of this young pharaoh's efforts to stabilize the government Tutankhamun |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: The statues of this pharaoh at Abu Simbel are more than 65 feet tall Ramses |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | EGYPT $200: Cairo gets only about 1 inch of this per year; the south gets even less rain |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | EGYPT $400: Rubble from the tomb of Ramses VI helped protect this pharaoh's tomb from grave robbers Tutankhamen |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | EGYPT $600: In 1914, partly to protect the Suez Canal, this country declared Egypt a protectorate Great Britain |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | EGYPT $800: He was Deputy Minister of War during the 1973 conflict & was named vice president in 1975 Hosni Mubarak |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | EGYPT $1000: The nation's largest religious minority is this monophysite Christian sect the Coptics |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: The Egyptians called their country Kemet, or "black land", after the dark soil deposited by this river the Nile |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: More than 600 picture symbols were used in this form of writing adopted by the Egyptians around 3000 B.C. hieroglyphics |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: Founded by Ptolemy I, this city's library contained over 400,000 papyrus scrolls Alexandria |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The name of this wife of Akhenaton means "the beautiful woman has come" Nefertiti |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1,000 (Daily Double): On Sept. 2, 31 B.C., Antony & Cleopatra lost the Battle of this Greek promontory to Octavian Actium |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Abu al-Hawl, the Arabic name for this famous recumbent statue at Giza, means "father of terror" the Sphinx |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Soon after the death of Cleopatra in 30 B.C., Egypt became a province of this empire Rome |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: 2 of the most popular foods in ancient Egypt, or what the queen was eating in "Sing a Song of Sixpence" bread and honey |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: This "book" contains spells that were supposed to help the deceased in the afterlife the Book of the Dead |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: Egyptians painted the area below their eyes this color with a paste made from ground malachite green |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: Bandaging & adding amulets were finishing touches in this preservation process mummification |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Ironically, the longest tomb in this famous valley is that of a queen--Queen Hatshepsut the Valley of the Kings |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: Both men & women wore clothes made of this fabric, woven so finely it was transparent linen |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Ptolemy XV was probably the son of this Roman Julius Caesar |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: This Egyptian mother goddess is often depicted wearing cow horns on her head Isis |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | EGYPT $100: World Book calls this river Egypt's chief natural resource the Nile |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | EGYPT $200: In 1956 Egypt nationalized this waterway the Suez Canal |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | EGYPT $300: In 1972 Sadat expelled this country's military advisors from Egypt the Soviet Union |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | EGYPT $400: Egypt produces about 30% of the long-staple variety of this fiber cotton |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | EGYPT $500: Egypt kept this name for about 10 years after Syria left the federation the United Arab Republic |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: Papyrologists learn more about Ancient Egypt by studying texts written on this material papyrus |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Egyptian men often wore these skirts, but they weren't plaid like the Scottish ones kilts |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: Egyptians loved to drink this brew, which they made by fermenting half-baked bread beer |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Callimachus, a Greek scholar, compiled the bibliography for this great ancient library the Library at Alexandria |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: This goddess hid her son Horus until he was old enough to avenge the murder of his father, Osiris Isis |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: It was the Greek historian Herodotus who nicknamed Egypt "the gift of" this river the Nile |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: It's believed that this boy king's Vizier Ay, not only succeeded him, but married his widow King Tut |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: When Julius Caesar was murdered in 44 BC this queen was living in one of his villas in Rome Cleopatra |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: His son Khafre's pyramid is almost as big as his Cheops |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: This jackal-headed god was worshipped at Canopolis, which means "dog city" Anubis |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Reigning in Egypt from 51-30 B.C., she was the seventh queen to bear this name Cleopatra |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Akhenaton's son-in-law, his life was short & his tomb was long hidden (King) Tut |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: When the star Sirius reappeared in the sky, the Egyptians noticed this annual event followed the flooding of the Nile |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: Horus & Ra were depicted with the head of this bird a falcon (or hawk) |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: The Coffin Texts evolved into this book the Book of the Dead |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Usually, hieroglyphs were carved in stone & hieratic writing was done by pen on this papyrus |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The ancient Egyptians called their leader "Pr-O", which turned into this in the Bible the Pharaoh |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: For a while she ruled with her son Caesarion Cleopatra |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: During the Old Kingdom this god of fertility became the god of the underworld Osiris |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $2,800 (Daily Double): At the end of the Old Kingdom the capital moved from Memphis to this southern city Thebes |
| #1632, aired 1991-10-08 | EGYPT $100: Though Beja, Berber & Nubian are still spoken, about 98% of Egyptians speak this language Arabic |
| #1632, aired 1991-10-08 | EGYPT $200: Egypt borders these two seas the Mediterranean Sea & the Red Sea |
| #1632, aired 1991-10-08 | EGYPT $300: Rubble from the building of Ramses VI's tomb protected this pharaoh's tomb from robbers Tutankhamun |
| #1632, aired 1991-10-08 | EGYPT $400: A suburb of Cairo, this city where the Great Pyramid is located, is Egypt's 3rd largest Giza |
| #1632, aired 1991-10-08 | EGYPT $1,000 (Daily Double): Construction of this began in 1960 & cost about $1 billion the Aswan Dam |
| #1574, aired 1991-06-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: King Thutmose IV was probably the first to clear the accumulated sand off this monument the Sphinx |
| #1574, aired 1991-06-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Anubis was the god of this mummification process that kept you in good shape after expiring embalming |
| #1558, aired 1991-05-15 | EGYPT $200: There are some 80 of these structures in Egypt, but the three at Giza are the most famous Pyramids |
| #1558, aired 1991-05-15 | EGYPT $400: Though it may look strange on a map, to get from lower to upper Egypt, you go in this direction South |
| #1558, aired 1991-05-15 | EGYPT $800: This body of water separates Egypt from Saudi Arabia The Red Sea |
| #1558, aired 1991-05-15 | EGYPT $1000: Following Sadat's visit to Jerusalem, Egypt regained the occupied parts of this peninsula Sinai |
| #1558, aired 1991-05-15 | EGYPT $5,000 (Daily Double): It was closed June 6, 1967 & re-opened June 5, 1975 The Suez Canal |
| #1474, aired 1991-01-17 | EGYPT $100: Though this dam controls the Nile's flood waters, some say it's harmed the environment Aswan High Dam |
| #1474, aired 1991-01-17 | EGYPT $200: The country's most important crop; Egypt became Europe's main supplier during our Civil War Cotton |
| #1474, aired 1991-01-17 | EGYPT $300: When Sadat was assassinated in 1981, this vice-president succeeded him Hosni Mubarak |
| #1474, aired 1991-01-17 | EGYPT $400: Established in 970, Cairo's Al-Azar is the chief Islamic one in the world University |
| #1474, aired 1991-01-17 | EGYPT $700 (Daily Double): The eagle, a symbol of this medieval Muslim sultan of Egypt, is on its flag & coat-of-arms Saladin |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: It was made by cutting the pith of a plant into strips & beating them together into sheets papyrus |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Excerpts from this book were often inscribed on the outside of a coffin lid Book of the Dead |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: Capital during the old kingdom, almost none of it has survived Memphis |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Deir El-Medina was the company town for workers building tombs here the Valley of the Kings |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: When Alexander died, this man, one of his generals, gained control of Egypt Ptolemy |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: These structures were always built in the desert, & always on the west bank of the Nile pyramids |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: The Egyptians were the 1st to use these to power boats, saving the strokers from strokes sails |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: Based on the flooding of the Nile each June, the Egyptians developed a calendar of this many days 365 |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Since timber was in short supply, the wood of cedar trees was imported from this country Lebanon |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: When the Ptolemies started ruling Egypt about 305 B.C., they made this city the capital Alexandria |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: Like Emily Post & Eleanor Roosevelt, Ptah Hotep wrote on this subject etiquette |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: The Ancient Egyptians tried special formulas to restore this; if only the FDA approved Rogaine earlier hair |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: Menes, the 1st king of the 1st Dynasty, founded this capital city near present day Cairo Memphis |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Thutmose I was the 1st to build his tomb here Valley of the Kings |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1,000 (Daily Double): In 332 B.C. he took possession of Egypt without a struggle Alexander (the Great) |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | EGYPT $200: 99% of Egypt's people live along the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean or this body of water Nile |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | EGYPT $400: Egypt became a republic in 1953 after army officers forced this king to give up the throne Farouk |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | EGYPT $800: According to World Book, this part of Egypt is in Asia Sinai |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | EGYPT $1,000 (Daily Double): 1 of 3 men who each built one of the pyramids of Giza (1 of) Cheops (Khufu) or (Khefren and Mykerinos) |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | EGYPT $1000: A popular way to see Cairo by night is to rent a felucca, which is this, & ask for one with a BBQ boat |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: This term for the king came into use during the New Kingdom; before that it referred to the palace pharaoh |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: World Book calls it Ancient Egypt's most popular beverage - -they were such party animals beer |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: Of the British Museum, the Egyptian Museum or in his tomb, where King Tut's body now rests King Tut's tomb |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: Found in 1799, this black basalt slab was the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics Rosetta Stone |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: Akhenhaten's wife; her name meant "the beautiful one comes", something said at her birth Nefertiti |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: Instead of growing them, pharaohs wore phalse ones one their phaces beards |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Among the things found in his tomb in 1922 were whips,fans, lots of great jewelry, & a gold mask Tutankhamun |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: The pharaohs claimed to be sons of this sun god Ra |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: This city known for its library was built around the Egyptian town of Rhakotis Alexandria |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: Saved from the waters of Lake Nasser, the Temple of Dendur was rebuilt inside this U.S. museum the Metropolitan Museum |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: From 51-30 B.C., this queen ruled along with 3 different Ptolemys Cleopatra |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Carved out of rock, this Giza landmark has the body of a lion the sphinx |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: Based on coffin & pyramid texts, it's a guide for the departed man the Book of the Dead |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: He began as the local god of Heliopolis before becoming the major sun god Ra |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $2,000 (Daily Double): In 212 A.D., with few exceptions, the entire population was granted citizenship in this the Roman Empire |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | EGYPT $100: While the pharaohs built ancient wonders, Ferdinand de Lesseps built this "modern" one the Suez Canal |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | EGYPT $200: Nefertari & Nefertiti were 2 of them queens of Egypt |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | EGYPT $300: Though union with Syria fell through, Gamal Abdel Nasser continued to call Egypt this the United Arab Republic |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | EGYPT $400: It's said the Mosque of Ibn Tulun has the only spiral one of these in the world a minaret |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | EGYPT $500: Though founded in Cairo in 1945, in 1979 this organization suspended Egypt's membership the Arab League |
| #141, aired 1985-03-25 | EGYPT $100: Egyptian-born actor Michael Shalhoub, his most famous role was a Russian doctor Omar Sharif |
| #141, aired 1985-03-25 | EGYPT $300: Leader assassinated at parade celebrating 8th anniversary of Yom Kippur War Sadat |
| #141, aired 1985-03-25 | EGYPT $400: Albanian founder of the last Egyptian dynasty; his namesake is a famous prizefighter Muhammad Ali |
| #141, aired 1985-03-25 | EGYPT $500 (Daily Double): Italian opera set in Egypt featuring this march: Aida |
