#6681, aired 2013-10-07 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: Idaho's Hagerman Fossil Beds feature Equus simplicidens, the first true one of these animals horse |
#6681, aired 2013-10-07 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $800: This president's birthplace was presented to the federal government in 1932, 200 years after his birth George Washington |
#6681, aired 2013-10-07 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1200: In 1919 Scotts Bluff National Monument in Nebraska was established to commemorate this pioneer trail Oregon Trail |
#6681, aired 2013-10-07 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1600: Established in 2013, the home of Charles Young, the USA's first black colonel, is named for these "Soldiers" Buffalo Soldiers |
#6681, aired 2013-10-07 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $2000: Chiricahua Natl. Monument, native name "The Land of Standing-Up Rocks", is named for a tribe within this people Apaches |
#5944, aired 2010-06-17 | NATIONAL PARKS & MONUMENTS $400: A national historical park named for this duo is made up of 12 sites in the northwest Lewis & Clark |
#5944, aired 2010-06-17 | NATIONAL PARKS & MONUMENTS $800: Lee's aide-de-camp Charles Marshall, John's great-nephew, chose this surrender site, now a national historical park Appomattox Court House |
#5944, aired 2010-06-17 | NATIONAL PARKS & MONUMENTS $1200: A New Mexico national monument is named for this, from the Greek for "rock carving" petroglyph |
#5944, aired 2010-06-17 | NATIONAL PARKS & MONUMENTS $2000: A national monument in Utah is named for this, the world's largest known natural bridge Rainbow Bridge |
#5944, aired 2010-06-17 | NATIONAL PARKS & MONUMENTS $3,000 (Daily Double): This site 20 miles from Philly let Washington's army keep pressure on the Brits but was too far away for surprise attacks Valley Forge |
#4900, aired 2005-12-23 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $200: This Maryland fort is not only a national monument; it's also called a "historic shrine" (Fort) McHenry |
#4900, aired 2005-12-23 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: Devils Postpile is in California; Devils Tower is in this state Wyoming |
#4900, aired 2005-12-23 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $600: In southern New Mexico, you can literally surf the dunes of this national monument White Sands |
#4900, aired 2005-12-23 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $800: Arizona's Tuzigoot National Monument is one of these villages defined as consisting of multilevel adobe dwellings a pueblo |
#4900, aired 2005-12-23 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1000: A nat'l monument near Mill Valley, Calif. named for this naturalist is known for its stand of ancient coast redwoods (John) Muir |
#3310, aired 1999-01-15 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $200: California's Muir Woods National Monument is known for its stand of this tree, Sequoia sempervirens Redwood |
#3310, aired 1999-01-15 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: Ocmulgee National Monument at Macon in this state preserves some prehistoric & historic Indian villages Georgia |
#3310, aired 1999-01-15 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $600: During the Civil War, this Baltimore fort was used as a federal prison Fort McHenry |
#3310, aired 1999-01-15 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $800: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is the largest of the 13 national monuments in this SW state Arizona |
#3310, aired 1999-01-15 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1000: The gypsum sand in this New Mexico national monument comes from the mountains flanking the valley White Sands |
#3239, aired 1998-10-08 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $100: With Ellis Island, it's the USA's most visited national monument Statue of Liberty |
#3239, aired 1998-10-08 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $200: The USA's only natl. monument outside the 50 states is Buck Island Reef near St. Croix in this U.S. possession U.S. Virgin Islands |
#3239, aired 1998-10-08 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $300: This Montana site was designated a national cemetery in 1879; it became a national monument in 1946 Little Big Horn |
#3239, aired 1998-10-08 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: Idaho's Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument covers over 4,000 acres along the banks of this river Snake |
#3239, aired 1998-10-08 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $500: It rises 1,280 feet above the nearby Belle Fourche River in northeast Wyoming Devils Tower National Monument |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $100: George Custer's men are buried in a cemetery in the national monument named for this river Little Bighorn |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $200: Scotts Bluff National Monument lies in western Nebraska on this pioneer trail Oregon Trail |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $300: Seminole Indian leader Osceola is buried at this fort where the Civil War began Fort Sumter |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: This Wyoming monument contains an 865-foot-high fluted column of igneous rock Devils Tower |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $500: Castillo de San Marcos in this Florida city is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. St. Augustine |
#2788, aired 1996-10-16 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $200: Among the forts that are monuments, this Maryland one is also a historic shrine Fort McHenry |
#2788, aired 1996-10-16 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: Established in Arizona in 1907, this monument has cliff dwellings but no Lone Ranger Tonto National Monument |
#2788, aired 1996-10-16 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $600: The Aztec ruins in this state were made a national monument in 1923 New Mexico |
#2788, aired 1996-10-16 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1000: Proclaimed a monument in 1908, a virgin stand of redwoods in California is named for this naturalist John Muir |
#2788, aired 1996-10-16 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $2,500 (Daily Double): The 2 Georges whose birthplaces are national monuments: their names are similar George Washington & George Washington Carver |
#2657, aired 1996-03-05 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $200: In 1939 this Baltimore fort's status was changed from National Park to National Monument Fort McHenry |
#2657, aired 1996-03-05 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: Virginia has 2 national monuments: the birthplaces of George Washington & this black educator Booker T. Washington |
#2657, aired 1996-03-05 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $600: Devils Postpile National Monument is in California & Devils Tower is found in this state Wyoming |
#2657, aired 1996-03-05 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1000: A monument on San Diego Bay honors this Portuguese explorer who claimed the west coast for Spain Juan Cabrillo |
#2657, aired 1996-03-05 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): This expanse of gypsum dunes lies between the San Andres & Sacramento Mountains in New Mexico White Sands National Monument |
#2583, aired 1995-11-22 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $100: Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument is located south of Hardin in this state Montana |
#2583, aired 1995-11-22 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $200: The USA's largest national monument, this state's Misty Fjords, consists of glaciers & long, deep fjords Alaska |
#2583, aired 1995-11-22 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $300: In 1948 a replica of the log cabin in which this black educator was born was constructed at his memorial Booker T. Washington |
#2583, aired 1995-11-22 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: This Wyoming formation has a base diameter of about 1,000 feet & a summit diameter of about 275 feet Devils Tower |
#2583, aired 1995-11-22 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $500: Arizona's Canyon De Chelly National Monument lies within this Indian reservation Navajo |
#2308, aired 1994-09-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $200: This New York harbor monument lies closer to the New Jersey shore the Statue of Liberty |
#2308, aired 1994-09-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: Castillo de San Marcos is a fort built in 1672 to defend this Florida city St. Augustine |
#2308, aired 1994-09-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $600: Utah & this state share Dinosaur & Hovenweep National Monuments Colorado |
#2308, aired 1994-09-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $800: The Hagerman Fossil Beds lie along the banks of this river in Idaho the Snake |
#2308, aired 1994-09-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1,500 (Daily Double): This New Mexico monument consists of thousands of acres of gypsum dunes White Sands National Monument |
#2272, aired 1994-06-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $200: 4,000-year-old Eskimo archaeological sites can be found at Cape Krusenstern Nat'l Monument in this state Alaska |
#2272, aired 1994-06-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: In 1956 this black educator's birthplace near Roanoke, Va. was made a national monument Booker T. Washington |
#2272, aired 1994-06-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $600: This city's Castle Clinton National Monument served as an immigration depot 1855-1890 New York City |
#2272, aired 1994-06-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $800: Birds & chipmunks live at the summit of this 865-foot-high national monument in Wyoming Devils Tower |
#2272, aired 1994-06-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1000: This natural bridge in Utah stands 290 feet high & spans 275 feet Rainbow Bridge |
#1826, aired 1992-07-06 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $200: Custer Battlefield National Monument is located 15 miles south of Hardin in this state Montana |
#1826, aired 1992-07-06 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: One of the finest marine gardens in the Caribbean is Buck Island Reef in this U.S. territory Virgin Islands |
#1826, aired 1992-07-06 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $800: The dunes of Great Sand Dunes Nat'l Monument in this state were described in Zebulon Pike's journal Colorado |
#1826, aired 1992-07-06 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1000: This California monument was named for a tree which the Mormons named for a biblical leader Joshua Tree |
#1826, aired 1992-07-06 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1,300 (Daily Double): Established in 1906, the volcanic rock seen here was the 1st national monument in the U.S.: Devils Tower |
#1722, aired 1992-02-11 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $100: The highest shade temperature recorded here was 134° F. at Furnace Creek Ranch in 1913 Death Valley |
#1722, aired 1992-02-11 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $200: Indian burial mounds can be seen at Mound City Group Nat'l Monument north of Chillicothe in this state Ohio |
#1722, aired 1992-02-11 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $300: Scotts Bluff Nat'l Monument in Western Nebraska was a landmark for pioneers on this trail the Oregon Trail |
#1722, aired 1992-02-11 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: 1 of 2 cacti for which a national monument is named in Arizona saguaro (or organ pipe) |
#1722, aired 1992-02-11 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $500: This natural arch in southeastern Utah is located within the Navajo Indian reservation Rainbow Bridge National Monument |
#1433, aired 1990-11-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: While in this state in 1806-07, Captain Zebulon Pike described the great sand dunes in his journal Colorado |
#1433, aired 1990-11-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $800: This state's St. Croix Island, near the Canadian border, commemorates a 1604 French settlement there Maine |
#1433, aired 1990-11-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $895 (Daily Double): This monument's pedestal is built within the star-shaped walls of Fort Wood the Statue of Liberty |
#1433, aired 1990-11-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1000: It wasn't until August 14, 1909 that white men first viewed this great stone arch in Utah the Rainbow Bridge |