| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FOLKLORE & LEGEND $400: Also called Bigfoot, it's the Salish word for a huge, hairy man-monster said to inhabit Pacific Northwest woods Sasquatch |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FOLKLORE & LEGEND $800: This mythical giant whose camp stove was said to cover an acre got credit for creating Puget Sound & the Black Hills Paul Bunyan |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FOLKLORE & LEGEND $1200: There's a statue of this guy, hammer in hand, outside the Great Bend Tunnel in West Virginia John Henry |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FOLKLORE & LEGEND $1600: West Virginia has a statue of this half-human, half-insect creature supposedly first sighted in Point Pleasant in the mid-1960s the Mothman |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FOLKLORE & LEGEND $4,800 (Daily Double): Legend says the woman with this nickname crucially carried water at the Battle of Monmouth Molly Pitcher |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $300: A story goes that asked by his father if he'd chopped down a cherry tree, this boy admitted it, saying, "I cannot tell a lie" George Washington |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $600 (Daily Double): This giant lumberjack & hero of logging camps had a giant blue ox named Babe as a companion Paul Bunyan |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $600: It's the legendary hairy humanlike creature of the Pacific Northwest also known as sasquatch Bigfoot |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $1200: William the this ruled England; High John the this is a figure of liberation in African-American folklore Conqueror |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $1500: This mythic animal of the West is usually depicted as a rabbit with antelope horns a jackalope |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BRITISH FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $200: Robin Hood is associated with this wooded expanse in Nottinghamshire Sherwood Forest |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BRITISH FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $400: Geoffrey of Monmouth told a story of Merlin using magic to bring stones to build this prehistoric site Stonehenge |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BRITISH FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $600: Jack, seen at the right in a 19th century illustration, is earning this title the Giant Slayer (a giant killer) |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BRITISH FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Covered only by her long hair, she rode through Coventry to win a reduction in taxes for its residents Lady Godiva |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BRITISH FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $1000: The Glastonbury thorn seen here reputedly grew from the staff of this man, also said to have brought the Grail to England Joseph of Arimathea |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $200: He used 2 hammers to bore a 14-foot hole in rock & defeat a drill; however, he died doing it John Henry |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $400: Some teach that the ghost of this pirate who died in 1718 glows under the waters off North Carolina, searching for his own head Blackbeard |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $600: He was big, he was blue & one story said his footprints filled with water & became Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, so to repeat... he was big Babe (the Blue Ox) |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $800: "Stand in front of the bathroom mirror with a... candle & say" this witch's name "3 times"; if it works, you'll need that drink, too Bloody Mary |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $1000: Were you raised by coyotes?! Well, this cowboy was, after being lost by his parents near a certain Texas river Pecos Bill |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | CHARACTERS FROM AMERICAN FOLKLORE $400: Febold Feboldson sells sand from this sweltering California location to freezing gold prospectors Death Valley |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | CHARACTERS FROM AMERICAN FOLKLORE $800: Babe the Blue Ox roams the American timberlands accompanied by this giant companion Paul Bunyan |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | CHARACTERS FROM AMERICAN FOLKLORE $1200: Old Stormalong is an American sailor whose ship is so big, it scraped through the English Channel, creating this pale landmark the White Cliffs of Dover |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | CHARACTERS FROM AMERICAN FOLKLORE $2000: Tommyknockers are these underground guys who help miners; ex-mining engineer Herbert Hoover said so & had a statue of one gnomes |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | CHARACTERS FROM AMERICAN FOLKLORE $4,600 (Daily Double): This Texan cowboy hero tamed a mountain lion & rode it like a horse, using a rattlesnake as a lasso Pecos Bill |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | FOLKLORE $200: In a darker Swiss tale, this septet is killed & their cottage burned to the ground the Seven Dwarfs |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | FOLKLORE $400: The less profound moral of this man's "The Boy & the Filberts": grab fewer nuts & your hand won't be stuck Aesop |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | FOLKLORE $600: Folklore from the eastern part of India tells of a jackal who outwits this type of Indian king Raja |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | FOLKLORE $800: Wicked ones are a staple of folktales; even Japan has them, like the one in "The Mirror of Matsuyama" stepmothers |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | FOLKLORE $200: Blind men examining different parts of this big animal thought it was a pillar, fan, broom, spear... an elephant |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | FOLKLORE $400: An urban legend says these hanging on power lines mark gang territory sneakers |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | FOLKLORE $600: The "Musicians of" this town could have enjoyed Becks, which is brewed there Bremen |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | FOLKLORE $800: The title & theme of this Ibsen play about an ambitious architect reflect a folktale The Master Builder |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | FOLKLORE $1000: In Irish lore & in "Harvey", it's a spirit in the shape of an animal a púca |
| #6057, aired 2011-01-04 | FABLES & FOLKLORE $400: In a Hawthorne tale, old Mother Rigby animates Feathertop, one of these straw dummies used on farms a scarecrow |
| #6057, aired 2011-01-04 | FABLES & FOLKLORE $800: In Russia, Baba Yaga is one of these & she's got a hut that walks around on chicken legs a witch |
| #6057, aired 2011-01-04 | FABLES & FOLKLORE $1200: This character announces, "with my bow & my arrow, I killed Cock Robin" the Sparrow |
| #6057, aired 2011-01-04 | FABLES & FOLKLORE $1600: Gerda tries to rescue Kay from this Hans Christian Andersen title royal the Snow Queen |
| #6057, aired 2011-01-04 | FABLES & FOLKLORE $2000: In a Robert Burns folksong, this character whose name once symbolized liquor endures torture & death John Barleycorn |
| #5618, aired 2009-01-28 | FOLKLORE $400: According to the ballad, "'Twas on the Illinois central that" this engineer "won his fame" Casey Jones |
| #5618, aired 2009-01-28 | FOLKLORE $800: Since 1718 this pirate's ghost has been haunting Pamlico Sound searching for his missing head Blackbeard or Edward Teach |
| #5618, aired 2009-01-28 | FOLKLORE $1200: This Texas cowboy spent his early years running with a pack of coyotes & howling at the moon Pecos Bill |
| #5618, aired 2009-01-28 | FOLKLORE $1600: Old Stormalong soaped his ship to squeeze through the English channel; the soap rubbed off on these cliffs the Cliffs of Dover |
| #5618, aired 2009-01-28 | FOLKLORE $10,000 (Daily Double): In Native American culture, these mythical birds flashed lightning from their eyes & caused storms with their wings thunderbirds |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $400: The fame of this frontier fruit tree planter flowered after an 1871 article in Harper's Magazine Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $800: Among this lumberjack's impressive achievements was digging Puget Sound Paul Bunyan |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $1200: With his 20-pound hammers, he won a hole drillin' contest against a man with a steam-powered drill John Henry |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $1600: This "King of the Keelboatmen" had a daughter named Sal who once fought a duel with a thunderbolt Mike Fink |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $2000: According to an 1858 poem, this Pilgrim proposed to Priscilla Mullens on behalf of his friend Miles Standish John Alden |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $200: Traveling on foot, he planted apple orchards all over the Middle West Johnny Appleseed |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $400: Febold Feboldson was a giant who performed amazing feats on the plains of Nebraska & this "Sunflower State" Kansas |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $600: This lumberjack's tales appeared in a 1914 booklet published by the Red River Lumber Company of Minneapolis Paul Bunyan |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $800: Folk tales of this legendary keelboatman began appearing shortly after his 1823 death Mike Fink |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $1000: This Texas cowboy who used a Bowie knife as a teething ring was created by journalist Edward O'Reilly in 1923 Pecos Bill |
| #3535, aired 2000-01-07 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $100: This "King of the Wild Frontier" "Kilt him a b'ar when he was only three" Davy Crockett |
| #3535, aired 2000-01-07 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $200: This steel drivin' man used 2 20-pound hammers in his contest with a steam drill John Henry |
| #3535, aired 2000-01-07 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $300: Immortalized in song, this engineer of the Cannonball Express died in a 1900 crash, saving everyone aboard Casey Jones |
| #3535, aired 2000-01-07 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $400: This New Hampshire orator is said to have outsmarted the Devil himself Daniel Webster |
| #3535, aired 2000-01-07 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $600 (Daily Double): This cowpoke taught broncos how to buck, & rode a cyclone without a saddle Pecos Bill |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | FOLKLORE $100: In 1998 the story of this young Chinese lady became Disney's latest animated legend Mulan |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | FOLKLORE $200: The rules of this kids' game, like keeping one knuckle down while shooting, are passed down orally Marbles |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | FOLKLORE $300: This liquid appears in many folktales & in the title of a Searchers hit Love Potion No. 9 |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | FOLKLORE $400: A small spirit that torments pilots, or a small car once made by American Motors Gremlin |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | FOLKLORE $500: Lesser known than Paul Bunyan, but equally heroic, Gib Morgan was a mighty driller for this oil |
| #3067, aired 1997-12-23 | NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKLORE $200: From the Ojibwa word "ototeman", it's the animal or plant a family group associates with its ancestry Totem |
| #3067, aired 1997-12-23 | NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKLORE $400: Accoridng to the Hopi, this wild canine related to the wolf was around before there were people Coyote |
| #3067, aired 1997-12-23 | NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKLORE $600: By simply displaying this item, also called a calumet, one could call a truce between some tribes Peace pipe |
| #3067, aired 1997-12-23 | NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKLORE $800: This title of an Algonquian medicine man now refers to popular tribal gatherings Pow-wow |
| #3067, aired 1997-12-23 | NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKLORE $1000: These giant mythical birds were frequently at war with water monsters Thunderbirds |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | FOLKLORE $200: In a French tale, a man climbs one of these to heaven; Jack climbs one & meets a giant Beanstalk |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | FOLKLORE $400: The wise people of England's mythical town of Gotham pretended to be these people honored on April 1 Fools |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | FOLKLORE $600: Proverbial lore says, "Feed a cold and" do this, although we're not sure what it means Starve a fever |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | FOLKLORE $800: Scholar Jan Brunvand calls tales of fatal Pop Rocks candy & hook-handed molesters this kind of "legend" Urban legend |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | FOLKLORE $1,000 (Daily Double): Artificial creature of Jewish lore seen here: [video clue] Golem |
| #2625, aired 1996-01-19 | FOLKLORE $100: The gift of eloquence will be yours if you kiss this during your trip to the Emerald Isle The Blarney Stone |
| #2625, aired 1996-01-19 | FOLKLORE $200: Lady Godiva's ride was a protest against these Taxes |
| #2625, aired 1996-01-19 | FOLKLORE $300: Both Laocoon & Cassandra warned this city to refuse the big gift from the Greeks, but did they listen? Troy |
| #2625, aired 1996-01-19 | FOLKLORE $400: When the foot & hoof prints left by this pair filled with water, Minnesota's 10,000 lakes were formed Paul Bunyan & Babe |
| #2625, aired 1996-01-19 | FOLKLORE $500: This bird periodically makes an ash of himself, but soon rises above it The Phoenix |
| #2389, aired 1995-01-12 | LEGENDS & FOLKLORE $200: This musician of German legend is described as "pied" because of his multicolored clothing the Pied Piper |
| #2389, aired 1995-01-12 | LEGENDS & FOLKLORE $400: This term for a voyeur dates back to the tailor who dared to peek at Lady Godiva Peeping Tom |
| #2389, aired 1995-01-12 | LEGENDS & FOLKLORE $600: In Ireland these sea creatures are called merrows; their appearance forebodes a coming storm mermaids |
| #2389, aired 1995-01-12 | LEGENDS & FOLKLORE $800: To strengthen their own bloodlines, some fairies steal babies & leave these beings in their place changelings |
| #2389, aired 1995-01-12 | LEGENDS & FOLKLORE $1000: He was popular in folklore before becoming the subject of the 1630 play "The Seducer of Seville" Don Juan |
| #2316, aired 1994-10-03 | EUROPEAN FOLKLORE $200: Tales of these bloodsuckers abound throughout the Balkan countries, not just in Romania vampires |
| #2316, aired 1994-10-03 | EUROPEAN FOLKLORE $400: A kraken, which is this kind of monster, has tentacles so long & powerful it can capture ships octopus (sea monster) |
| #2316, aired 1994-10-03 | EUROPEAN FOLKLORE $600: In the legends of this part of the United Kingdom, Gwyn Ap Nudd is a god of the underworld Wales |
| #2316, aired 1994-10-03 | EUROPEAN FOLKLORE $800: Kastchei, a wicked wizard in Russian folklore, is the villain of this Stravinsky ballet The Firebird |
| #2316, aired 1994-10-03 | EUROPEAN FOLKLORE $1,000 (Daily Double): A medieval German legend about the Knight of the Swan inspired this Wagner opera Lohengrin |
| #2282, aired 1994-07-05 | LEGENDS & FOLKLORE $100: In Arabian myth these spirits are made of air or fire; you probably associate them with magic lamps genie |
| #2282, aired 1994-07-05 | LEGENDS & FOLKLORE $200: This sorcerer taught the Lady of the Lake Magic, then she imprisoned him in an enchanted thornbush Merlin |
| #2282, aired 1994-07-05 | LEGENDS & FOLKLORE $300: Depicted in Egyptian sculpture, the criosphinx has the head of a ram & the body of this animal a lion |
| #2282, aired 1994-07-05 | LEGENDS & FOLKLORE $400: These shrieking beings found in Celtic folklore didn't mourn for obscure people banshees |
| #2282, aired 1994-07-05 | LEGENDS & FOLKLORE $500: These gnomelike beings of Scandinavian myth are featured in the maelstrom ride at EPCOT Center trolls |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $100: A bowl of this dairy product is the perfect reward for a helpful brownie; most other gifts will offend him milk |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $200: Since leprechauns are shoemakers, they often wear aprons made of this leather |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $300: To a folklorist, it's a scary goblin; to a golfer, it's 1 stroke over par on a hole a bogey |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $400: The name of these gnomelike creatures comes from Old Norse for "demon" a troll |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $500: In a French romance, he's Morgan Le Fay's son; in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Titania's husband Oberon |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $100: John Henry died with one of these tools in his hand a hammer |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $200: This "Coonskin Congressman" wasn't above making up a few tales about himself Davy Crockett |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $300: His stories of a 20-year sleeper & a ghost rider were inspired by German folktales Washington Irving |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $400: New Hampshirites turned this speechwriter into a folk hero, calling him "Dan'l" Daniel Webster |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $500: Old Stormalong soaped his ships to squeeze through the English Channel; the soap scraped off on these cliffs (white) cliffs of Dover |
| #1756, aired 1992-03-30 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $100: Kobolds are spirits who live in these, so you might see them clinging to stalactites caves |
| #1756, aired 1992-03-30 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $200: Pwyll Pen Annwn was a temporary lord of the underworld in legends from this part of the British Isles Wales |
| #1756, aired 1992-03-30 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $300: A leprechaun can be found by following the sound of the hammer he uses to make these shoes |
| #1756, aired 1992-03-30 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $400: Sometimes this mischievous spirit's name follows "hob" & sometimes it stands alone goblin |
| #1756, aired 1992-03-30 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $500: Oni, demons who can be converted to Buddhism, are most associated with this country's folklore Japan |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | FOLKLORE $200: If a troll is exposed to this, it bursts or turns into stone sunlight |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | FOLKLORE $400: His cause of death was overexertion from hammering too fast John Henry |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | FOLKLORE $800: The rock in the Rhine known for its siren Lorelei |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | FOLKLORE $1000: He gave his wife keys to all the rooms in the castle, but said don't go in one (it had bodies of old wives) Bluebeard |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | FOLKLORE $1,500 (Daily Double): In Norse myth the Norns were equivalent to these dispensers of destiny in Greek myth The Fates |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | FOLKLORE $100: Couples lucky enough to have new babies could tell you these long-legged birds are considered lucky storks |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | FOLKLORE $200: A nerve running from the left hand's 4th finger to the heart is the folklore reason for this putting your wedding ring on that finger |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | FOLKLORE $300: According to Reader's Digest, the reason witches do this is they're afraid of horses ride on broomsticks |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | FOLKLORE $400: Dragging his spiked lumberjack pole behind him he cut out the Grand Canyon Paul Bunyan |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | FOLKLORE $500: In the folklore of flowers, the peony stands for this; gosh it's perfect for a Disney dwarf bashfulness |
| #1620, aired 1991-09-20 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $100: From the Latin "unda", meaning wave, an undine is a spirit that lives in this environment the water |
| #1620, aired 1991-09-20 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $200: These fairies that share their name with little Girl Scouts ride to fetch the midwife at childbirth brownies |
| #1620, aired 1991-09-20 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $300: The mirage known as the Fata Morgana was named for this enchantress of Arthurian legend Morgan le Fay |
| #1620, aired 1991-09-20 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $400: These fairy babies switched with human babies usually have an ugly physical feature changelings |
| #1620, aired 1991-09-20 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $500 (Daily Double): This title has been held by Mab & Titania Queen of the Fairies |
| #1536, aired 1991-04-15 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $100: This country has fairy folk called shee as well as leprechauns Ireland |
| #1536, aired 1991-04-15 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $200: He puts "sleepy dust" in children's eyes to help them sleep sandman |
| #1536, aired 1991-04-15 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $300: Some say the Menehunes of this U.S. state can build a road in a single night Hawaii |
| #1536, aired 1991-04-15 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $400: A bowl of cream is one of the few gifts these fairies with a "sweet snack" name will accept brownie |
| #1378, aired 1990-09-05 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $200: In some stories, fairies are fallen ones of these who never reached the underworld angels |
| #1378, aired 1990-09-05 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $400: Shakespeare didn't invent this mischievous sprite; in folklore he's also known as Hobgoblin Puck |
| #1378, aired 1990-09-05 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $600: These household fairies usually wear hats or hoods of the color found in their names brownies |
| #1378, aired 1990-09-05 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $800: A wailing fairy whose name is derived from the Irish meaning "woman of Fairyland" banshee |
| #1378, aired 1990-09-05 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $1000: Kobolds, who are most associated with this country, often live underground in caves or mines Germany |
| #1257, aired 1990-02-06 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $100: You might have left one of your deciduous canines under a pillow so this fairy would give you some money the Tooth Fairy |
| #1257, aired 1990-02-06 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $200: The magical little people called Menehune are believed to work at night in this U.S. state Hawaii |
| #1257, aired 1990-02-06 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $300: Some gifts offend these "colorful" fairies; if you give them clothing, they may disappear brownies |
| #1257, aired 1990-02-06 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $400: Legend says if you hear a banshee wail, this will happen you or someone in your family will die |
| #1257, aired 1990-02-06 | FAIRIES & FOLKLORE $500: Fairies sometimes steal these & leave changelings in their place babies |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | MEDICAL FOLKLORE $100: It's said you sleep best on this side of your body the right side |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | MEDICAL FOLKLORE $200: Some try to cure heartburn by sucking on this black mineral coal |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | MEDICAL FOLKLORE $300: The Sioux regard these Ursidae as the chief of the healing animals bears |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | MEDICAL FOLKLORE $400: To cure a look from this, an egg was rubbed all over the naked body the evil eye |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | MEDICAL FOLKLORE $500: Eating half a roasted mouse supposedly cures this, enuresis bedwetting |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | MEDICAL FOLKLORE $100: Despite Mom's warnings, if you eat fruit seeds, a tree won't grow in this gastric organ the stomach |
