#9202, aired 2024-11-12 | RIVERS OF THE WHIRLED $400: Lewis & Clark wintered near it in 1805-1806:
CUBA LIMO the Columbia |
#9202, aired 2024-11-12 | RIVERS OF THE WHIRLED $800: Meaning "great river", it's part of the geography of 6 African countries: MAZE BIZ the Zambezi |
#9202, aired 2024-11-12 | RIVERS OF THE WHIRLED $1200: Mandalay & Magwe are port cities on it: DRAW DIARY the Irrawaddy |
#9202, aired 2024-11-12 | RIVERS OF THE WHIRLED $1600: It begins at the western end of Great Slave Lake:
ECZEMA INK the Mackenzie |
#9202, aired 2024-11-12 | RIVERS OF THE WHIRLED $2000: Down south, some of the flow of the Mississippi is diverted into it:
AHA CALF AT YA the Atchafalaya |
#9190, aired 2024-10-25 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $400: For about 870 years this country's parliament met on the northern shore of Lake Thingvalla Iceland |
#9190, aired 2024-10-25 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $800: Until the 15th century, Pisa was on the Ligurian Sea, but silt from this principal river of Tuscany left it 6 miles from shore the Arno |
#9190, aired 2024-10-25 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $1200: A bit east of Madrid, dams on this river form an artificial lake known as the Sea of Castile the Tagus River |
#9190, aired 2024-10-25 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $1600: In Ireland's County Kerry, Lough Leane, Muckross Lake & Upper Lake are collectively known as the Lakes of here Killarney |
#9190, aired 2024-10-25 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $2000: In this Alpine lake the Strait of Promenthoux separates the sections of Grand Lac & Petit Lac Lake Geneva |
#9154, aired 2024-07-25 | AMERICAN RIVERS $400: Washington State has the White River & the river named "White" this type of fish that's known to run Salmon |
#9154, aired 2024-07-25 | AMERICAN RIVERS $800: The "Philadelphia Inquirer" once dubbed this stately waterway "the river that made Philadelphia" the Delaware River |
#9154, aired 2024-07-25 | AMERICAN RIVERS $1600: Virginia's largest river is this one that's been dubbed the "Founding River" due to its role in American history the James River |
#9154, aired 2024-07-25 | AMERICAN RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): The Gila River makes its way from New Mexico to Arizona, meeting this other river at Yuma the Colorado |
#9154, aired 2024-07-25 | AMERICAN RIVERS $2000: A source of hydroelectric power for South Carolina, the Catawba River rises in these mountains to the north the Blue Ridge Mountains |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Minneapolis lies on this river near its confluence with the Minnesota River the Mississippi |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This Oscar-winning actor honored his late brother by naming his first son River in 2020 Joaquin Phoenix |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Uganda is bordered by lakes named for Victoria & this consort of Victoria Albert |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: This lake that forms a boundary between New York & Vermont bears the name of the French explorer who saw it in 1609 Champlain |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Pixar's first non-binary movie character was the aqueous Lake Ripple from this 2023 flick Elemental |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Vienna is just one of the national capitals that is on this river the Danube |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: China's second-longest river, it's been called the cradle of Chinese civilization the Yellow River |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: In 2007 this Weezer frontman released "Alone", a collection of 18 home demos Cuomo |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: This veteran actress wrote, directed & starred in "In a World", a 2013 movie about the cutthroat voiceover world Lake Bell |
#9145, aired 2024-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Played by Summer Glau, River Tam saved the day in "Serenity", the movie sequel to this sci-fi series with a Western feel Firefly |
#9123, aired 2024-06-12 | RIVERS OF EUROPE $400: A famous brewery was founded in 1870 on the banks of this Dutch river Amstel |
#9123, aired 2024-06-12 | RIVERS OF EUROPE $800: After flowing through this big city, the River Liffey empties into the bay named for that city Dublin |
#9123, aired 2024-06-12 | RIVERS OF EUROPE $1,000 (Daily Double): This river of central Germany follows Frankfurt in the city's full name the Main |
#9123, aired 2024-06-12 | RIVERS OF EUROPE $1200: Visit the valley of this French river that runs from the Massif Central to the Atlantic near Nantes the Loire |
#9123, aired 2024-06-12 | RIVERS OF EUROPE $2000: There's a silent "D" at the beginning of this fourth-longest European river the Dnieper |
#9078, aired 2024-04-10 | STATE CAPITAL RIVERS $1200: The Willamette River Salem (Oregon) |
#9078, aired 2024-04-10 | STATE CAPITAL RIVERS $1600: The James River Richmond |
#9078, aired 2024-04-10 | STATE CAPITAL RIVERS $2000: The Kennebec River Augusta, Maine |
#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: More than 12,000 feet up Ecuador's Lake Quilotoa occupies one of these remnants, formed about 800 years ago a (volcanic) crater |
#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Herodotus believed geometry began when farmland had to be remeasured after this river's annual floods the Nile |
#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: At about 7,300 square miles in area, it's the smallest of the 5 Great Lakes & also the easternmost Lake Ontario |
#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: A type of fatal hemorrhagic fever bears the name of this sub-Saharan river Ebola |
#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Europe's longest river, the Volga flows more than 2,000 miles south into this large inland body of water the Caspian Sea |
#8938, aired 2023-09-27 | RIVERS OF AFRICA $400: The Nile has 3 main sections: the Atbara & the ones known by these 2 colors Blue & White |
#8938, aired 2023-09-27 | RIVERS OF AFRICA $800: The Congo River was renamed this from 1971 to 1997; the Democratic Republic also had that name Zaire |
#8938, aired 2023-09-27 | RIVERS OF AFRICA $1600: The Draa River in Morocco is also called this 4-letter Arabic word for an intermittent stream Wadi |
#8938, aired 2023-09-27 | RIVERS OF AFRICA $2000: Rivers called the Black, Red & White this flow through Burkina Faso, which used to be called Upper this Volta |
#8938, aired 2023-09-27 | RIVERS OF AFRICA $3,800 (Daily Double): The mighty Okavango River stretches from Angola to this desert in Botswana, where it becomes a swamp the Kalahari Desert |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: To map the deep & choppy Congo River, scientists employed people on this kind of palindromic watercraft to brave the currents a kayak |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: No, it's not the kissing disease; it's this salty California lake with calcium carbonate spires on its surface Mono Lake |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Forming part of the boundary of Idaho & Oregon, Hells Canyon is a gorge of this river the Snake River |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: During an 1891 visit Oscar Wilde was surely a "fan" of this largest lake in England--it shares its name with one of his characters Windermere |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Tributaries of this 1,500-mile-long Australian river include the Darling & the Murrumbidgee the Murray |
#8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WORLD RIVERS $400: The Yukon River flows about 2,000 miles before emptying into this sea named for a Dane the Bering |
#8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WORLD RIVERS $800: Catch-&-release salmon fishing is popular along the 120-mile Tay, the longest river in this U.K. country Scotland |
#8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WORLD RIVERS $1200: Created when the Tabqa Dam was completed, Lake Assad is Syria's largest reservoir on this river the Euphrates |
#8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WORLD RIVERS $1600: The Zambezi River separates these 2 nations that begin with the same letter as the river Zambia & Zimbabwe |
#8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WORLD RIVERS $2000: Starting near Lake Geneva, it flows about 500 miles to reach the Mediterranean near Marseilles the Rhône |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: You'll find the Pompidou Centre not far from this big river the Seine |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Lake Nasser was created by impounding the waters of this river the Nile |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: This "colorful" river starts in New Mexico & flows across northern Texas to join the Atchafalaya near Baton Rouge the Red |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: Virgil loved this lake of northern Italy, calling it "the greatest lake" Como |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): This alliterative Swiss body of water is also known as Lac des Quatre Cantons Lake Lucerne |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: An old video game is called Cleopatra, Queen of this, & yes, it is just a river in Africa the Nile |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Reports of a "monster" inhabiting this Scottish lake go back to at least the 6th century; so far, it has eluded sonar detection Loch Ness |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Johann Strauss II wrote a famous waltz about this "Beautiful Blue" river that flows through Europe the Danube |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | LAKES & RIVERS $1500: On the border between Europe & Asia, this "sea" is actually the world's largest lake the Caspian Sea |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | LAKES & RIVERS $10,000 (Daily Double): On the border of Peru & Bolivia, the always fun to say Lake Titicaca lies 12,500 feet above sea level in these mountains the Andes |
#8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $400: The Black Hawk Bridge & the Old Vicksburg Bridge are 2 of the many ways to get across this river the Mississippi |
#8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $800: Connecting Rotherhithe & Wapping, the world's first big underwater tunnel was completed in 1843 beneath this river the Thames |
#8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $1200: During the annual Great Migration, herds of wildebeest & zebras cross crocodile-infested rivers in the Masai Mara in this country Kenya |
#8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $1600: The Vasco da Gama Bridge was completed in 1998 across this big river in a European capital the Tagus |
#8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $3,000 (Daily Double): The former Fiumicino River is officially identified as this fateful ancient crossing site, but some argue for the Pisciatello or Uso the Rubicon |
#8763, aired 2022-12-14 | CAPITAL CITY RIVERS $400: Cross the River Liffey using O'Connell Bridge & grab a stout or 2 at one of the welcoming pubs in this city Dublin |
#8763, aired 2022-12-14 | CAPITAL CITY RIVERS $800: This capital lies astride the Molonglo River, whose name is from Aboriginal words meaning "the sound of thunder" Canberra |
#8763, aired 2022-12-14 | CAPITAL CITY RIVERS $1200: The Cynics once taught along the banks of the Ilisos River in this capital; today, the Ilisos is underground Athens |
#8763, aired 2022-12-14 | CAPITAL CITY RIVERS $1600: Known in the region as the "River of Nine Dragons", the Mekong flows through this Laotian capital Vientiane |
#8763, aired 2022-12-14 | CAPITAL CITY RIVERS $2000: Petroleum products have been sent downstream from Bamako, the capital of Mali, on this river with the name of a neighbor nation the Niger River |
#8755, aired 2022-12-02 | AFRICAN LAKES & RIVERS $200: In 1805 Henry Nicholls set out to find a route to the Niger River from this ocean, unaware he was starting from its mouth the Atlantic |
#8755, aired 2022-12-02 | AFRICAN LAKES & RIVERS $400: Gustave, a huge one of these said to have killed hundreds of people, lived along the shores of Lake Tanganyika a crocodile |
#8755, aired 2022-12-02 | AFRICAN LAKES & RIVERS $800: We presume you know he reached the delta of the Okavango River around 1850 Livingstone |
#8755, aired 2022-12-02 | AFRICAN LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This "colorful" river forms the southwestern boundary of South Africa's Free State province the Orange |
#8755, aired 2022-12-02 | AFRICAN LAKES & RIVERS $3,600 (Daily Double): Between Khartoum & Aswan, the Nile runs through a series of 6 rapids called these, also a term for waterfalls cataracts |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The oldest settlement in Paris, Ile de la Cite is in this river the Seine |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: An 830-mile stretch of this river flows from Khartoum to Lake Nasser the Nile |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: The Parana & Uruguay Rivers join to form this "silvery river" estuary the Río de la Plata |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: Named for a princess, this lake in Banff National Park is the pearl of the Canadian Rockies Lake Louise |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | LAKES & RIVERS $5,000 (Daily Double): This river that flows 2,300 miles before emptying into the Caspian Sea is Europe's longest the Volga |
#8703, aired 2022-09-21 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The algae & shrimp of Kenya's Lake Nakuru are rich in beta carotene, giving its crowds of these wading birds their pink hue flamingoes |
#8703, aired 2022-09-21 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Russia's Lake Baikal is home to the only species of these pinnipeds that lives exclusively in fresh water seals |
#8703, aired 2022-09-21 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: This river rises in the Black Forest & empties into the Black Sea the Danube |
#8703, aired 2022-09-21 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): The pre-Incan Uros people still inhabit floating islands high in the Andes in this lake Lake Titicaca |
#8703, aired 2022-09-21 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This great river system of East-Central North America gets its name from a man martyred in 3rd-century Rome the St. Lawrence waterway |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS & A MOUNTAIN $400: This Great Lake is the source of the Niagara River Lake Erie |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS & A MOUNTAIN $800: Basel, Switzerland & Cologne, Germany both lie on this river the Rhine |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS & A MOUNTAIN $1200: Here is Gasherbrum I, also known as K5, in this Asian mountain range Karakoram |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS & A MOUNTAIN $1600: The portion of this river that flows through Vietnam is called Cuu Long the Mekong |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS & A MOUNTAIN $2000: The Shire River, the only outlet of Lake Malawi, joins this much bigger river on its way to the Indian Ocean the Zambezi |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | STATELY RIVERS $200: John Wesley Powell was one of the first to explore the Grand Canyon by boat on this river the Colorado |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | STATELY RIVERS $400: Its name derived from words for "truth" & "head", Lake Itasca is the head or starting point for this river the Mississippi |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | STATELY RIVERS $600: Great Falls, Montana was named for the nearby falls of this river the Missouri |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | STATELY RIVERS $800: The Schuylkill & Lehigh Rivers are tributaries of this river the Delaware |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | STATELY RIVERS $1000: It empties into Long Island Sound between the towns of Old Saybrook & Old Lyme the Connecticut River |
#8523, aired 2021-12-01 | SNAKES & RIVERS $400: In the mood for some snake charming? Visit Varanasi, along the banks of this river the Ganges |
#8523, aired 2021-12-01 | SNAKES & RIVERS $800: Residents of Memphis had to watch out for water moccasins when this river flooded in 2011 the Mississippi |
#8523, aired 2021-12-01 | SNAKES & RIVERS $1200: Ranging to 20 feet or more in length, the African rock species of this can be found on the banks of the Nile python |
#8523, aired 2021-12-01 | SNAKES & RIVERS $1600: Take a cruise down the Amazon & you might see this, the world's heaviest snake an anaconda |
#8523, aired 2021-12-01 | SNAKES & RIVERS $2000: If you're touring the Niger River Delta, watch out for the green species of this deadly snake mamba |
#8520, aired 2021-11-26 | U.S. RIVERS $400: The waterfront of Alexandria, Virginia is on this, also known as "The Nation's River" the Potomac |
#8520, aired 2021-11-26 | U.S. RIVERS $800: In 1921 Herbert Hoover headed the commission for this river that flooded California often; in 1936 a dam was built as a result the Colorado |
#8520, aired 2021-11-26 | U.S. RIVERS $1200: "The Jewel of Pulaski County", Indiana is this river that sounds like something you don't want to do while boating Tippecanoe |
#8520, aired 2021-11-26 | U.S. RIVERS $1600: This river's name comes from another name for the Shoshone people, not its sinuous shape the Snake |
#8520, aired 2021-11-26 | U.S. RIVERS $2000: Of Pittsburgh's "Three Rivers", it's the one with the longest name the Monongahela |
#8508, aired 2021-11-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This country's largest salt lake is now called Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, reviving its aboriginal name Australia |
#8508, aired 2021-11-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The Loup & Elkhorn Rivers are the main tributaries of this 310-mile river that flows across Nebraska the Platte (River) |
#8508, aired 2021-11-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: About 9 times as salty as the ocean, this sea, actually a lake, lies at the mouth of the Jordan River the Dead Sea |
#8508, aired 2021-11-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This "colorful" river of Asia is the sixth longest in the world the Yellow River |
#8508, aired 2021-11-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $4,800 (Daily Double): Clouds of dust from the exposed bed of Lake Texcoco add to the air pollution of this world capital Mexico City |
#8481, aired 2021-10-04 | RIVERS OF ASIA $400: In this frigid region, Russia's Lena River rises near Lake Baikal & flows over 2,700 miles north to the Laptev Sea Siberia |
#8481, aired 2021-10-04 | RIVERS OF ASIA $800: In some areas, mountains more than one mile high form the banks of this river that runs from Tibet to the East China Sea Yangtze |
#8481, aired 2021-10-04 | RIVERS OF ASIA $1200: The Mekong River fluctuates greatly during the year, with its highest levels after the rains of this wind system monsoon |
#8481, aired 2021-10-04 | RIVERS OF ASIA $2,000 (Daily Double): This lake of Israel famous for its biblical associations is fed & drained by the Jordan River the Sea of Galilee |
#8481, aired 2021-10-04 | RIVERS OF ASIA $2000: Long considered sacred, the Godavari River flows 910 miles west to east across India into this bay the Bay of Bengal |
#8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AMERICAN RIVERS $400: The largest river to empty into the Pacific in North America, it makes a huge gorge in the Cascades the Columbia |
#8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AMERICAN RIVERS $800: This river forms part of the border between Kansas & the state it shares a name with the Missouri |
#8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AMERICAN RIVERS $1200: This word comes before "Bow" in a Wyoming river & before "Lodge" in a Kansas river Medicine |
#8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AMERICAN RIVERS $1600: Before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, the Pearl River flows through this capital Jackson, Mississippi |
#8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AMERICAN RIVERS $2000: The "rap" on this river: it's entirely in Virginia & its name is from Algonquian for "stream with quick rising waters" Rappahannock |
#8367, aired 2021-03-30 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Jesus was baptized in the waters of this river Jordan |
#8367, aired 2021-03-30 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: In 1858 explorer John Speke said that this lake was a source of the Nile River Lake Victoria |
#8367, aired 2021-03-30 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: This river that rises in the Alps flows through Lake Geneva & France before emptying into the Mediterranean the Rhône |
#8367, aired 2021-03-30 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: During winter parts of this longest river in Poland freeze over the Vistula |
#8367, aired 2021-03-30 | LAKES & RIVERS $7,000 (Daily Double): Dipping into Ohio, this one of the Great Lakes extends farthest south Erie |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | COLORFUL RIVERS $400: Rising in Colombia, the Rio Negro (or black river) flows about 1,400 miles before joining this massive river the Amazon |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | COLORFUL RIVERS $800: This headstream branch of the Nile that originates in Ethiopia is the source of almost 70% of its water the Blue Nile |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | COLORFUL RIVERS $1200: On its way to the Atlantic Ocean, the Orange River crosses the vast veld region of this country South Africa |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | COLORFUL RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Stretching from Tibet to the Bo Hai Gulf in the Pacific, this 3,400-mile river is often called the cradle of Chinese civilization the Yellow River |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | COLORFUL RIVERS $2000: The Green River in this state offers fine fishing but sadly also gave its name to a serial killer Washington |
#8321, aired 2021-01-25 | WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $200: The Amstel Amsterdam |
#8321, aired 2021-01-25 | WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $400: The Chaobai & the Yongding Beijing |
#8321, aired 2021-01-25 | WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $600: The Vistula Warsaw |
#8321, aired 2021-01-25 | WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $800: The Yamuna (in Asia) New Delhi |
#8321, aired 2021-01-25 | WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $1000: The Congo (either of 2 cities) (1 of) Kinshasa (or Brazzaville) |
#8214, aired 2020-04-30 | WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $400: The Tigris River flows through this capital Baghdad |
#8214, aired 2020-04-30 | WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $800: In troubled Venezuela, many have scoured the polluted waters of the Guaire River in this capital in search of anything of value Caracas |
#8214, aired 2020-04-30 | WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $1600: A tributary of the Rhine, the Aare River wraps around this city on three sides in a canton of the same name Bern |
#8214, aired 2020-04-30 | WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $2000: This capital of Laos lies on the Mekong Vientiane |
#8214, aired 2020-04-30 | WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $5,600 (Daily Double): Of the 4 capitals that stand on the Danube, 3 start with a "B": Bratislava, Budapest & this one further south Belgrade |
#8184, aired 2020-03-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: A remnant of the ancient Lake Bonneville, it's the largest lake in the western United States the Great Salt Lake |
#8184, aired 2020-03-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: The Rappahannock River rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains & flows just over 200 miles before emptying into this bay the Chesapeake |
#8184, aired 2020-03-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Popular for bass fishing, the manmade Grand Lake o' the Cherokees is in this state Oklahoma |
#8184, aired 2020-03-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: As seen here, the city of Florence, Italy, lies on both sides of this four-letter river the Arno |
#8184, aired 2020-03-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: This longest river of Poland runs through the city of Warsaw the Vistula |
#8161, aired 2020-02-17 | WORLD RIVERS $400: In the 1540s Francisco de Orellana made the first known trip down its entire length the Amazon |
#8161, aired 2020-02-17 | WORLD RIVERS $800: Dusseldorf & Mainz are important cities on this river the Rhine |
#8161, aired 2020-02-17 | WORLD RIVERS $1200: The Thar Desert of Northwestern India stretches into Pakistan & this river's valley the Indus |
#8161, aired 2020-02-17 | WORLD RIVERS $1600: It's name means swiftly flowing river and it crosses the province of the same name, the northern and southern branches meeting near Prince Albert Saskatchewan |
#8161, aired 2020-02-17 | WORLD RIVERS $2000: Not the Seine but this river that enters the Atlantic south of Brittany is the longest in France the Loire |
#8138, aired 2020-01-15 | BORDER RIVERS $400: These 2 rivers form parts of the border between the U.S. & Mexico the Rio Grande & the Colorado |
#8138, aired 2020-01-15 | BORDER RIVERS $800: The Paz River separates Guatemala & El Salvador before flowing into this body of water the Pacific |
#8138, aired 2020-01-15 | BORDER RIVERS $1200: The Romaine River is a small part of Canada's longest provincial boundary between Quebec and this vast mainland region Labrador |
#8138, aired 2020-01-15 | BORDER RIVERS $2000: With as many sets of double letters as the Mississippi, this river forms about half the Alabama-Georgia border the Chattahoochee |
#8138, aired 2020-01-15 | BORDER RIVERS $3,000 (Daily Double): The only river that serves as part of a national border in the Caribbean is the Artibonite River on this island Hispaniola |
#8121, aired 2019-12-23 | RIVERS $200: Tilbury & Southend-on-Sea lie on this river, along with many other British-sounding places the Thames |
#8121, aired 2019-12-23 | RIVERS $600: Here's this city's river of the same name decked out for St. Patty's Day. The dye powder is actually orange until it hits water the Chicago |
#8121, aired 2019-12-23 | RIVERS $800: Appropriately, this river forms a 500-mile boundary between the Republic of it & the Democratic Republic of it the Congo |
#8121, aired 2019-12-23 | RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Hydroelectric plants & pumping-generating stations on the U.S. & Canadian sides of this river have a 4.8-million kilowatt combined capacity the Niagara River |
#8121, aired 2019-12-23 | RIVERS $1000: Sacred to Hindus, this river begins in a Himalayan ice cave more than 10,000 feet above sea level the Ganges |
#8110, aired 2019-12-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) The Yenisey River flows north for more than 2,000 miles through the heart of this vast Russian region Siberia |
#8110, aired 2019-12-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Lyon is on this river, 1 letter different from the one Bonn is on the Rhône |
#8110, aired 2019-12-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: A flight to Thunder Bay & a 4-hour drive brings you to Canada's Pukaskwa National Park on this Great Lake Lake Superior |
#8110, aired 2019-12-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Until about 1200, Lake Mälaren was a bay of this sea & was used by oceangoing vessels to reach Sweden's interior the Baltic |
#8110, aired 2019-12-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Owasco is part of this group of skinny lakes near Syracuse, New York the Finger Lakes |
#8018, aired 2019-06-19 | BIG RIVERS $400: The longest river that only flows through one country is this 3,900-mile river AKA the Chang Jiang the Yangtze |
#8018, aired 2019-06-19 | BIG RIVERS $800: At 3,000 miles, the Parana River is only the second-longest river on this continent South America |
#8018, aired 2019-06-19 | BIG RIVERS $1200: These two rivers that form parts of the USA's borders are each more than 750 miles long the Rio Grande and St. Lawrence |
#8018, aired 2019-06-19 | BIG RIVERS $1600: Capital cities on the banks of the Nile River include Cairo & this capital of Sudan Khartoum |
#8018, aired 2019-06-19 | BIG RIVERS $2,500 (Daily Double): Giving its name to a different country, this ancient river flows 2,000 miles mostly through Pakistan the Indus |
#8009, aired 2019-06-06 | U.S. RIVERS THAT FLOW NORTH $400: The Mojave River streams north for 100 miles through desert in this state California |
#8009, aired 2019-06-06 | U.S. RIVERS THAT FLOW NORTH $1200: The Willamette River flows north for about 180 miles into this river near Portland the Columbia |
#8009, aired 2019-06-06 | U.S. RIVERS THAT FLOW NORTH $1600: The Niagara River travels north 36 miles between these 2 Great Lakes Lake Ontario and Lake Erie |
#8009, aired 2019-06-06 | U.S. RIVERS THAT FLOW NORTH $2000: One of Pittsburgh's "Three Rivers", it runs 128 miles north to join the Allegheny Monongahela |
#8009, aired 2019-06-06 | U.S. RIVERS THAT FLOW NORTH $6,000 (Daily Double): This "colorful" river flows north, forming 440 miles of the North Dakota-Minnesota border & then on into Canada the Red River of the North |
#7937, aired 2019-02-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Lake Wakatipu in this country was used as a backdrop in the "Lord of the Rings" movies New Zealand |
#7937, aired 2019-02-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Boundary Lake is shared by North Dakota & this Canadian province Manitoba |
#7937, aired 2019-02-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: The Amazon River begins not in Brazil but with headwaters in this western South American country Peru |
#7937, aired 2019-02-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: The Iberian peninsula's second-longest river, it flows into the Mediterranean southwest of Barcelona the Ebro |
#7937, aired 2019-02-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $8,500 (Daily Double): During monsoon season, this river in Cambodia reverses its flow, flooding the Tonle Sap River & Tonle Sap Lake the Mekong |
#7873, aired 2018-11-28 | RIVERS OF CALIFORNIA $200: The region where this "capital" river meets the American River was the scene of the state's 1849 gold rush the Sacramento |
#7873, aired 2018-11-28 | RIVERS OF CALIFORNIA $400: The only undammed major river system in Calif., the Smith River abounds with Class IV & V options in this activity rafting |
#7873, aired 2018-11-28 | RIVERS OF CALIFORNIA $600: NorCal's Eel River flows 200 miles to the ocean & is home to steelhead & cutthroat species of this game fish trout |
#7873, aired 2018-11-28 | RIVERS OF CALIFORNIA $800: This river provides about 60% of the water for SoCal, but is barely a trickle when it reaches the ocean the Colorado |
#7873, aired 2018-11-28 | RIVERS OF CALIFORNIA $1000: The only river that flows into Death Valley, the Amargosa River is often called the "crown jewel of" this desert the Mojave |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $400: Oneida Lake is often considered to be the "thumb" of these 11 long, narrow lakes in New York the Finger Lakes |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $1200: The Astoria-Megler Bridge spans this river the Columbia |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $1600: Ohio's rivers flow either south into the Ohio River or north directly into this lake Lake Erie |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Geysers, hot springs & fumaroles can be found at the bottom of this largest natural Wyoming lake Yellowstone Lake |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $7,000 (Daily Double): This largest Louisiana lake was named for a French count Lake Pontchartrain |
#7810, aired 2018-07-20 | RIVERS $400: Rising in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, the Rio Grande flows 1,900 miles into this body of water the Gulf of Mexico |
#7810, aired 2018-07-20 | RIVERS $800: The 2 rivers that flow through Washington, D.C. are the Anacosta & this one the Potomac |
#7810, aired 2018-07-20 | RIVERS $1200: Flowing through 5 of Brazil's states, the Tocantins River of South America is named after one of these animals a toucan |
#7810, aired 2018-07-20 | RIVERS $2000: The westernmost capital in continental Europe, Lisbon, is on the banks of this river the Tagus River |
#7810, aired 2018-07-20 | RIVERS $2,800 (Daily Double): Follow all 3,900 miles of China's Yangtze River to the sea & you'll wind up in this metropolis Shanghai |
#7754, aired 2018-05-03 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This comedian got her big break with a 1965 appearance on "The Tonight Show" Joan Rivers |
#7754, aired 2018-05-03 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Greg Lake was the middleman for these prog rock legends Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
#7754, aired 2018-05-03 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: In 2013 coach Doc Rivers flowed from the Celtics to this NBA team the Clippers |
#7754, aired 2018-05-03 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: A 1995 headline--this talk show host: "Bigger Than Oprah?" Ricki Lake |
#7685, aired 2018-01-26 | RIVERS $400: The Snake joins this river just south of Pasco, Washington the Columbia |
#7685, aired 2018-01-26 | RIVERS $800: Here's the famed Lorelei rock in this European river the Rhine |
#7685, aired 2018-01-26 | RIVERS $1200: The ancient city of Ur lay along this river that helped make the Fertile Crescent fertile the Euphrates |
#7685, aired 2018-01-26 | RIVERS $1600: Meaning "great river", it rises out of a bog in Zambia the Zambezi |
#7685, aired 2018-01-26 | RIVERS $2000: Whitehorse is on this river the Yukon |
#7653, aired 2017-12-13 | ASIAN RIVERS $400: 15 million Vietnamese live in this river's delta the Mekong |
#7653, aired 2017-12-13 | ASIAN RIVERS $1200: We've hijacked a view of this huge seaport from its Garden Bridge over Suzhou Creek Shanghai |
#7653, aired 2017-12-13 | ASIAN RIVERS $1600: This river's most notable tributaries, including the Ravi & Sutlej, are located in the Punjab plain the Indus |
#7653, aired 2017-12-13 | ASIAN RIVERS $2000: Indonesia's longest river, the Kapuas, flows around 700 miles on this, the world's third-largest island Borneo |
#7653, aired 2017-12-13 | ASIAN RIVERS $4,000 (Daily Double): From its source in Turkey's Lake Hazar, it travels south to Al Qurna, Iraq where it becomes part of the Shatt al Arab the Tigris |
#7603, aired 2017-10-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: In 1858 sewage in this river caused Parliament to shut down due to the stench; Brits called the period the "Great Stink" the Thames |
#7603, aired 2017-10-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Minnesota's highest point, 2,301' Eagle Mountain, is just a few miles from its lowest point, this Great Lake Superior |
#7603, aired 2017-10-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: The Zhiguli Hills cause this longest European river to make a sharp loop known as the Samara Bend the Volga River |
#7603, aired 2017-10-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: Rubicon Point Lighthouse on this large lake in the Sierra Nevada was once the world's highest in elevation Lake Tahoe |
#7603, aired 2017-10-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: In 2016 NASA reported that this Venezuelan lake was the world's lightning capital with 603 bolts per sq. mile per year Lake Maracaibo |
#7376, aired 2016-10-10 | U.S. RIVERS $400: 7-foot, 100-pound sturgeon have returned to the St. Louis River, Minnesota's largest tributary of this Great Lake Superior |
#7376, aired 2016-10-10 | U.S. RIVERS $800: Way down upon this river, the old folks (& everyone else) can see Florida's largest whitewater rapids the Suwannee |
#7376, aired 2016-10-10 | U.S. RIVERS $1200: This river that runs east-west, bisecting Alaska, is known for the Chinook salmon that spawn in its creeks the Yukon River |
#7376, aired 2016-10-10 | U.S. RIVERS $1600: There's a maritime museum named for this river near its mouth in Astoria, Oregon the Columbia |
#7376, aired 2016-10-10 | U.S. RIVERS $2000: This river named for a state rises in the Sawatch Range of the Rockies & flows 1,460 miles southeast to the Mississippi River the Arkansas River |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | CAPITAL RIVERS $400: Appropriately, this river runs through the capital of Canada, right past Parliament Hill the Ottawa (River) |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | CAPITAL RIVERS $800: The Taedong is the watery artery of this capital on the Korean Peninsula Pyongyang |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | CAPITAL RIVERS $1600: This "Light" river flows south to north through Amsterdam the Amstel |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | CAPITAL RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): One of the 2 capitals on the Congo River; they sit on opposite sides of it Kinshasa or Brazzaville |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | CAPITAL RIVERS $2000: The Baghmati River, which flows through this Himalayan capital, is sacred to Hindus Kathmandu |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $800: In the 19th century the city of Paris bought the land at the source of this river & erected a statue of the goddess Sequana the Seine |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $1600: It rises under Cuilcagh Mountain & divides Ireland almost in 2 the River Shannon |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $2000: At Hamburg, this river splits into 2 branches, which rejoin farther downstream the Elbe |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $4,000 (Daily Double): You can cruise this lake on a paddle steamer with stops at Lausanne & Montreux Lake Geneva |
#7318, aired 2016-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: At 155 feet below sea level, Lake Assal in central Djibouti is this continent's lowest point Africa |
#7318, aired 2016-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: The Moselle River provides part of this grand duchy's eastern border with Germany Luxembourg |
#7318, aired 2016-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: The Philippines' largest lake is Laguna de Bay, referring to this nearby bay Manila Bay |
#7318, aired 2016-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: Lord Byron set a poem at the Castle of Chillon along the shores of this European lake Lake Geneva |
#7318, aired 2016-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Only 2 letters but more than 2,200 miles long, it flows across Russia to the Arctic Ocean the Ob |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $200: Rising in the Langres Plateau, it flows 480 miles across France before reaching the English Channel the Seine |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $400: Show me you know that this stately river has a "Little" 600-mile namesake that joins it in North Dakota the Missouri |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $600: One of the cradles of civilization, the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro lies along this river in Pakistan the Indus |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $800: The bonny Rivers Clyde & Kelvin flow through this largest Scottish city Glasgow |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $1000: The Volga River flows more than 2,000 miles into this body of water the Caspian Sea |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $200 (Daily Double): In 1699 Sieur d'Iberville saw Okwata, a vast lake near the Gulf of Mexico, & renamed it this Lake Pontchartrain |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This largest lake in Africa is also the main reservoir of the Nile River Lake Victoria |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This Florida lake bears a Hitchiti name that means "big water" Okeechobee |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Mosul, one of Iraq's largest cities, lies on the west bank of this river the Tigris |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: The principal river of Tuscany rises on Monte Falterona the Arno River |
#7205, aired 2016-01-01 | STATE CAPITAL RIVERS $200: The Hudson River Albany (New York) |
#7205, aired 2016-01-01 | STATE CAPITAL RIVERS $400: The Charles River Boston |
#7205, aired 2016-01-01 | STATE CAPITAL RIVERS $800: The Susquehanna River Harrisburg |
#7205, aired 2016-01-01 | STATE CAPITAL RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): The Mississippi River--2 cities at opposite ends of the river Baton Rouge & St. Paul |
#7205, aired 2016-01-01 | STATE CAPITAL RIVERS $1000: The Chattahoochee River Atlanta |
#7163, aired 2015-11-04 | STATELY RIVERS $400: This river begins its 315-mile journey just northeast of Montgomery the Alabama |
#7163, aired 2015-11-04 | STATELY RIVERS $800: Louisville, Kentucky lies on this river that forms most of the state's northern border the Ohio |
#7163, aired 2015-11-04 | STATELY RIVERS $1200: In the late 1930s the All-American Canal was built to deliver water from this river to California's Imperial Valley the Colorado |
#7163, aired 2015-11-04 | STATELY RIVERS $1600: The first permanent white settlements in Nebraska & South Dakota were located on this river the Missouri |
#7163, aired 2015-11-04 | STATELY RIVERS $2000: New England's longest river, it flows from a small beaver pond near the Canadian border to Long Island Sound the Connecticut |
#7088, aired 2015-06-10 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE RIVERS $400: The Hondo River provides much of the border between Mexico & this small Central American nation Belize |
#7088, aired 2015-06-10 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE RIVERS $1200: In the 1520s Sebastian Cabot named a South American river this, believing the nearby area had lots of silver Río de la Plata |
#7088, aired 2015-06-10 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE RIVERS $1600: Rising near Tennessee pass in the Colorado Rockies, it flows southeasterly for more than 1,400 miles the Arkansas River |
#7088, aired 2015-06-10 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE RIVERS $2000: The Winnipeg River rises in this U.S.-Canada lake & empties into Lake Winnipeg Lake of the Woods |
#7088, aired 2015-06-10 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE RIVERS $2,700 (Daily Double): Its many tributaries include the Great Miami & Wabash Rivers the Ohio |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: According to Maori legend, this country's Lake Manapouri was formed by the tears of dying sisters New Zealand |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: The Ravi, as in Shankar, is a major tributary of this river that winds from Tibet to Pakistan the Indus |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Switzerland.) Europe's palace of nations, the UN's second biggest facility, stands in the 46 hectare Ariana Park with amazing views of this lake Lake Geneva |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: Drought has depleted this lake, the USA's largest man-made reservoir & a major source of Las Vegas' water Lake Mead |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, 2 degrees above the Arctic Circle, lies on this river's delta the MacKenzie River |
#6919, aired 2014-10-16 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $400: East of Belgrade this river flows through a narrow gorge called the iron gate the Danube |
#6919, aired 2014-10-16 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $800: Surrounded by peat bogs for much of its course, this 224-mile river drains most of central Ireland the Shannon |
#6919, aired 2014-10-16 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $1200: The Moscow canal links this river at Evankovo with the Russian capital the Volga |
#6919, aired 2014-10-16 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $2000: Cities on this important commercial waterway include Geneva, Lyon & Avignon the Rhone |
#6919, aired 2014-10-16 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $3,000 (Daily Double): Iberus was the ancient name for the longest river entirely within this country Spain |
#6869, aired 2014-06-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This country's longest river, the Waikato, winds north & west before entering the Tasman Sea New Zealand |
#6869, aired 2014-06-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,200 (Daily Double): At Paducah, Kentucky, the Tennessee River meets this other one named for a state the Ohio River |
#6869, aired 2014-06-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: The strait of Promenthoux separates this large Alpine lake into the Grand Lac & the Petit Lac Lake Geneva |
#6869, aired 2014-06-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: This river bisecting Dublin was personified by James Joyce as Anna Livia Plurabelle the (River) Liffey |
#6869, aired 2014-06-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: This Canadian province shares the Chiputneticook Lakes with Maine New Brunswick |
#6840, aired 2014-05-16 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This lake is shared by Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania Lake Victoria |
#6840, aired 2014-05-16 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: More than 3,000 square miles in area, it shares its name with a Central American nation Lake Nicaragua |
#6840, aired 2014-05-16 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: Murray is not just your cousin the dentist but also this country's major river, at more than 1,500 miles Australia |
#6840, aired 2014-05-16 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: The 2 longest rivers in the U.K. are the Thames & this 220-mile river that flows through England & Wales Severn (River) |
#6840, aired 2014-05-16 | LAKES & RIVERS $10,200 (Daily Double): Sharing the name of a city, it's the largest lake entirely within a Canadian province Lake Winnipeg |
#6758, aired 2014-01-22 | RIVERS $400: The Brooklyn Bridge & the Williamsburg Bridge both span this river the East River |
#6758, aired 2014-01-22 | RIVERS $800: It empties into the English Channel at Le Havre the Seine |
#6758, aired 2014-01-22 | RIVERS $1200: In Mexico, what we call the Rio Grande is called this, also the title of a John Wayne movie the Rio Bravo |
#6758, aired 2014-01-22 | RIVERS $1600: The longest river entirely in Spain, it rises in the Cantabrian Mountains the Ebro |
#6758, aired 2014-01-22 | RIVERS $2000: The name of this river that runs through Myanmar is thought to come from a Sanskrit term meaning "elephant river" the Irrawaddy |
#6749, aired 2014-01-09 | AFRICAN RIVERS $700 (Daily Double): The Vanderkloof Dam on this "colorful" river helped to create productive farmland in South Africa Orange River |
#6749, aired 2014-01-09 | AFRICAN RIVERS $800: 2 southern parts of this river are known as Victoria & Albert the Nile |
#6749, aired 2014-01-09 | AFRICAN RIVERS $1600: The Draa River, Morocco's longest, marks part of the boundary between Morocco & this eastern neighbor Algeria |
#6690, aired 2013-10-18 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $400: We'll think you're just Great when you name this body of water Lake Huron |
#6690, aired 2013-10-18 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $800: 22 miles long & 6,225 feet up, this lake on the California-Nevada border is the USA's biggest Alpine lake Lake Tahoe |
#6690, aired 2013-10-18 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $1600: Lake McConaughy, this state's largest lake, is a reservoir created by the Kingsley Dam on the North Platte River Nebraska |
#6690, aired 2013-10-18 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): 1,240 miles long & rich in hydro power, it's the largest river by volume that flows from the U.S. into the Pacific Ocean the Columbia River |
#6690, aired 2013-10-18 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Near Greenwood, Mississippi the Yalobusha River flows into this one even later in the alphabet the Yazoo River |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | U.S. RIVERS $400: Mount Vernon is on the banks of this river the Potomac |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | U.S. RIVERS $1200: Called Utah's major stream, the Green River drains the northeast quarter of the state & flows into this longer one the Colorado River |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | U.S. RIVERS $1600: This northern Indiana river from which a U.S. president received his nickname is fed by 88 natural lakes Tippecanoe |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | U.S. RIVERS $2000: Edgar Lee Masters wrote about the mussel shells on its banks, & its name comes from those shells, used in eating the Spoon River |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | U.S. RIVERS $2,200 (Daily Double): The Hudson River rises at Lake Tear of the Clouds on the shoulder of Mount Marcy in these mountains the Adirondacks |
#6640, aired 2013-06-28 | RIVERS ON THE BORDER $400: This border river also called Rio Bravo empties into the Gulf of Mexico the Rio Grande |
#6640, aired 2013-06-28 | RIVERS ON THE BORDER $800: The Meuse River separates Belgium & this country from Maastricht to Maaseik the Netherlands |
#6640, aired 2013-06-28 | RIVERS ON THE BORDER $1200: This river is on the border of Germany & Switzerland the Rhine |
#6640, aired 2013-06-28 | RIVERS ON THE BORDER $2000: The Torne River is on the border of Sweden & this country until it empties in the Gulf of Bothnia Finland |
#6640, aired 2013-06-28 | RIVERS ON THE BORDER $4,000 (Daily Double): The Usumacinta River forms the border between Mexico & this country Guatemala |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS $400: The Yaqui & Magdalena rivers in Mexico's state of Sonora flow into this gulf the Gulf of California |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS $800: In 1968 the U.S. & Mexico completed an artificial riverbed to keep this river from altering its course on the boundary the Rio Grande |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS $1200: (Sarah of The Clue Crew reports from Twin Falls, ID.) The Perrine Bridge near Twin Falls, Idaho is the only U.S. bridge from which so-called base jumpers can legally parachute without a permit into this river below. the Snake River |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS $2000: This 1,000-mile-long river emptying into Hudson Bay wasn't named for a British P.M. but a governor of Hudson's Bay Company the Churchill River |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS $2,600 (Daily Double): Its major tributaries include the Spokane, Yakima, & Kootenai Rivers the Columbia River |
#6535, aired 2013-02-01 | WORLD RIVERS $400: It drains an area of 2.7 million square miles in 7 South American countries the Amazon |
#6535, aired 2013-02-01 | WORLD RIVERS $800: 2 of this U.K. country's major rivers are the Tay & the Clyde Scotland |
#6535, aired 2013-02-01 | WORLD RIVERS $1200: With just a bit in Kazakhstan, most of the 2,200-mile length of this river is found in Russia the Volga |
#6535, aired 2013-02-01 | WORLD RIVERS $1600: Called the cradle of Chinese civilization, the Huang He River has this colorful name in English the Yellow River |
#6535, aired 2013-02-01 | WORLD RIVERS $3,000 (Daily Double): This river that rises in the Black Forest flows through Germany & on into Austria the Danube |
#6358, aired 2012-04-18 | U.S. RIVERS $400: The artificially created Lake Mead in Nevada has an outlet to the sea via this river the Colorado |
#6358, aired 2012-04-18 | U.S. RIVERS $800: Most of Texas' rivers flow directly into the Gulf of Mexico, but the Pecos River flows into this border river the Rio Grande |
#6358, aired 2012-04-18 | U.S. RIVERS $1200: To distinguish it from another river, "of the North" is usually added to the name of this river that flows into Canada the Red |
#6358, aired 2012-04-18 | U.S. RIVERS $1600: This river whose name is from the Dutch for "hidden river" once supplied Philadelphia with its drinking water Schuylkill |
#6358, aired 2012-04-18 | U.S. RIVERS $2000: If you park by this 670-mile river in Montana & Wyoming, you're beside the longest undammed river in the lower 48 the Yellowstone |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The name of Mille Lacs, a lake in this state, means "1,000 lakes"; sounds like an undercount Minnesota |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Major ports on this river include Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod & Rybinsk the Volga |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Crack open a Brazil nut & tell us of your time as a captain on the Rio Madeira, a major tributary of this river the Amazon |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,800 (Daily Double): This long river with a short name rises in the Cottian Alps & empties into the Adriatic the Po |
#6207, aired 2011-09-20 | STATELY RIVERS $200: For some 2,300 miles, this "Ol' Man River" just keeps rollin' along the Mississippi |
#6207, aired 2011-09-20 | STATELY RIVERS $400: This river that rises in the Rockies forms the Arizona-California border the Colorado |
#6207, aired 2011-09-20 | STATELY RIVERS $600: Fort Smith & Little Rock are among the cities located on its banks the Arkansas River |
#6207, aired 2011-09-20 | STATELY RIVERS $800: This river is formed by the confluence of the Tallapoosa & Coosa Rivers, north of Montgomery the Alabama River |
#6207, aired 2011-09-20 | STATELY RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Trenton, New Jersey lies at the head of navigation on this river the Delaware River |
#6204, aired 2011-07-28 | RIVERS $200: As the central river artery, this is one of the world's busiest waterways the Mississippi |
#6204, aired 2011-07-28 | RIVERS $400: Although its ultimate source is still debated, this river flows into the Atlantic the Amazon |
#6204, aired 2011-07-28 | RIVERS $600: From two small sources, this river flows to the North Sea the Rhine |
#6204, aired 2011-07-28 | RIVERS $800: The head of this river is dry for much of the year and flows to an estuary on the North Sea the Thames |
#6204, aired 2011-07-28 | RIVERS $1000: Flowing westward, this river has a drainage basin that covers seven states the Colorado |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Windermere is the biggest lake in this country's Lake District England |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Africa's Lake Victoria lies in 3 countries: Tanzania, Kenya & this one Uganda |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: The western half of Lake Balkhash in this largest "stan" is freshwater; the eastern half is saltwater Kazakhstan |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: In 1973 Syrians completed Tabka Dam, one of the world's largest on this river they call al Furat the Euphrates |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: This German river rises in the Czech Republic, where it's known as the Labe the Elbe |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | CAPITAL RIVERS $400: Cairo the Nile |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | CAPITAL RIVERS $800: Belgrade the Danube |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | CAPITAL RIVERS $1200: Phnom Penh the Mekong |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | CAPITAL RIVERS $1600: Warsaw the Vistula |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | CAPITAL RIVERS $2000: Bamako, Mali the Niger |
#6094, aired 2011-02-24 | RIVERS $400: It empties into the English Channel at Le Havre the Seine |
#6094, aired 2011-02-24 | RIVERS $1200: This river that rises in the Rocky Mountains flows through the Grand Canyon the Colorado |
#6094, aired 2011-02-24 | RIVERS $1600: Guarani words meaning "place to paddle" give us the name of this river that flows 1,700 miles, mostly in Venezuela the Orinoco |
#6094, aired 2011-02-24 | RIVERS $2000: This river that includes Victoria Falls on its course has a name meaning "great river" in a Bantu language the Zambezi |
#6094, aired 2011-02-24 | RIVERS $10,000 (Daily Double): The traditional source of this river is marked by a stone in a field 356 feet above sea level & 3 miles SW of Cirencester the Thames |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Over millions of years, it carved out the Grand Canyon the Colorado |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: This largest African lake is the chief source of the Nile River Victoria |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: Seen here, Fannette Island, formerly known as Emerald Isle, is the only island in this California/Nevada lake Tahoe |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Of the five Great Lakes, Superior is the farthest north; this one is the farthest south Lake Erie |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: The northern tip of this long lake on the border between Vermont & New York extends into Quebec Lake Champlain |
#5924, aired 2010-05-20 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $400: Rivers that flow into this inlet in Washington state include the Puyallup & Skagit Puget Sound |
#5924, aired 2010-05-20 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $800: One of Hawaii's longest rivers, the Kaukonahua flows into the Pacific near Waialua on this island Oahu |
#5924, aired 2010-05-20 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Buffalo Bill Reservoir near Cody in this state was formed by the damming of the Shoshone River Wyoming |
#5924, aired 2010-05-20 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $1600: At 618 feet, Seneca Lake is the deepest of this group of long & narrow lakes in Western New York the Finger Lakes |
#5924, aired 2010-05-20 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Running from New Mexico's northern border to its southern border, this river splits the state in 2 the Rio Grande |
#5762, aired 2009-10-06 | STATELY RIVERS $200: Bogue Falaya,
Bayou Lafourche Louisiana |
#5762, aired 2009-10-06 | STATELY RIVERS $400: Clearwater River,
Snake River Idaho |
#5762, aired 2009-10-06 | STATELY RIVERS $600: Rahway River,
Passaic River New Jersey |
#5762, aired 2009-10-06 | STATELY RIVERS $800: Manatee River,
Kissimmee river Florida |
#5762, aired 2009-10-06 | STATELY RIVERS $1000: Kennebunk River,
Penobscot River Maine |
#5726, aired 2009-06-29 | 4-LETTER RIVERS $400: This "stately" river marks the Indiana-Kentucky boundary the Ohio |
#5726, aired 2009-06-29 | 4-LETTER RIVERS $800: The Kagera River in Burundi is the most remote headstream of this river the Nile |
#5726, aired 2009-06-29 | 4-LETTER RIVERS $1200: This monstrous river rises in the Elk Mountains of New Mexico the Gila |
#5726, aired 2009-06-29 | 4-LETTER RIVERS $2000: This river forms the boundary between Poland & Germany before reaching the Baltic Sea the Oder |
#5726, aired 2009-06-29 | 4-LETTER RIVERS $4,000 (Daily Double): Lewis & Clark noticed the white color of this river & named it accordingly the Milk |
#5531, aired 2008-09-29 | CAPITAL RIVERS $400: Paris the Seine |
#5531, aired 2008-09-29 | CAPITAL RIVERS $800: Baghdad the Tigris |
#5531, aired 2008-09-29 | CAPITAL RIVERS $1200: Rome the Tiber |
#5531, aired 2008-09-29 | CAPITAL RIVERS $1600: Vientiane the Mekong |
#5531, aired 2008-09-29 | CAPITAL RIVERS $2000: Bratislava the Danube |
#5524, aired 2008-09-18 | U.S. RIVERS $400: This river of the American Southwest shares its name with a "monster" that inhabits the area the Gila |
#5524, aired 2008-09-18 | U.S. RIVERS $800: This river is actually a strait that "falls" 326 feet from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario Niagara |
#5524, aired 2008-09-18 | U.S. RIVERS $1200: This river grows to 11 miles in width as it reaches Chesapeake Bay at Point Lookout, Maryland the Potomac |
#5524, aired 2008-09-18 | U.S. RIVERS $1600: Although 150 miles to the east, this river supplies most of San Diego's water the Colorado |
#5524, aired 2008-09-18 | U.S. RIVERS $2000: This river was discovered in 1805 by Lewis & Clark, who called it the Lewis Fork of the Columbia River the Snake |
#5290, aired 2007-09-14 | RIVERS $400: Its upper part runs clear; it clouds up near Great Falls, Montana & gets muddier from there Missouri |
#5290, aired 2007-09-14 | RIVERS $800: It's fed by the Hasbani River in Lebanon & by the Baniyas in Syria the Jordan |
#5290, aired 2007-09-14 | RIVERS $1200: GE acknowledges that in the 20th Century it dumped PCBs into this river around Troy the Hudson River |
#5290, aired 2007-09-14 | RIVERS $1600: 3-letter name of the British river on which Oxford's rival university is located the Cam River |
#5290, aired 2007-09-14 | RIVERS $2000: Candido Rondon found the River of Doubt, now the Rio Roosevelt, which flows in this country's Amazonas State Brazil |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | U.S. RIVERS $200: This river's widest point, 3 1/2 miles, is just north of Clinton, Iowa the Mississippi |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | U.S. RIVERS $400: The many dams on this river in Washington & Oregon include Chief Joseph, Rock Island & Bonneville the Columbia |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | U.S. RIVERS $600: It's New York State's longest river the Hudson |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | U.S. RIVERS $800: Most of the rivers in Texas flow into this body of water the Gulf of Mexico |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | U.S. RIVERS $1000: Major tributaries of this "state"ly river include the Kentucky, Wabash & Cumberland rivers the Ohio |
#5189, aired 2007-03-15 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $400: Oregon is in deep with this body of water on its state quarter Crater Lake |
#5189, aired 2007-03-15 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's formed by the confluence of 3 rivers near Three Forks, Montana the Missouri River |
#5189, aired 2007-03-15 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $1200: In 1722 a French explorer on this river noticed the "Little Rock" that gave the city its name the Arkansas River |
#5189, aired 2007-03-15 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $1600: This largest south-flowing tributary of the Ohio forms a 200-mile boundary between Indiana & Illinois the Wabash |
#5189, aired 2007-03-15 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $2000: John C. Fremont named this Nevada lake seen here for its tufa or rock formation Pyramid Lake |
#5055, aired 2006-07-28 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $200: As you can gather from its name, Lake Texoma is shared by these 2 states Texas & Oklahoma |
#5055, aired 2006-07-28 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $400: This large Louisiana lake is named for Louis XIV's marine minister Lake Pontchartrain |
#5055, aired 2006-07-28 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $600: Until 1900 when engineers reversed the flow, this river flowed into Lake Michigan the Chicago River |
#5055, aired 2006-07-28 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $800: This lake whose French name means "heart of an awl" is at the heart of a beautiful resort area in Idaho (Lake) Coeur d'Alene |
#5055, aired 2006-07-28 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1819 the Independence became the first steamboat used on this river the Missouri |
#5037, aired 2006-07-04 | AMERICAN RIVERS $400: In an 1883 book, Mark Twain described this river as "rolling its mile-wide tide along, shining in the sun" the Mississippi |
#5037, aired 2006-07-04 | AMERICAN RIVERS $800: Custer National Cemetery lies near this Montana river the Little Big Horn |
#5037, aired 2006-07-04 | AMERICAN RIVERS $1200: The name of this river that flows into Chesapeake Bay is Algonquin for "where goods are brought in" Potomac |
#5037, aired 2006-07-04 | AMERICAN RIVERS $1600: This river joins the Allegheny in Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River the Monongahela |
#5037, aired 2006-07-04 | AMERICAN RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the river mentioned in the title of Indiana's state song the Wabash |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS $400: Its upper branch is the Maranon, the lower branch the Ucayali; both flow in Peru the Amazon |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS $800: Gatun Lake was formed in 1912 by the Gatun Dam during the construction of this the Panama Canal |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS $1200: This largest inland body of water in Central America lies just southeast of Managua Lake Nicaragua |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS $1600: The 3/4-mile-wide Strait of Tiquina in Bolivia separates the upper & lower portions of this lake Lake Titicaca |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS $2000: This longest Venezuelan river starts in the Parima Highlands near the Brazilian border the Orinoco River |
#4864, aired 2005-11-03 | GERMAN RIVERS $200: A major waterway of western Germany, the Weser river flows 273 miles to this sea the North Sea |
#4864, aired 2005-11-03 | GERMAN RIVERS $400: The Breg & the Brigach unite at Donaueschingen, Germany to form this second-longest river in Europe the Danube |
#4864, aired 2005-11-03 | GERMAN RIVERS $600: The Neckar river of SW Germany begins its 228-mile course near Schwenningen in this region aka the Schwarzwald the Black Forest |
#4864, aired 2005-11-03 | GERMAN RIVERS $800: The Pegnitz & the Rednitz join to form the Regnitz River just NW of this German city famous for its trials & rallies Nuremberg |
#4864, aired 2005-11-03 | GERMAN RIVERS $1000: The 339-mile Moselle River forms part of the boundary between Germany & this duchy Luxembourg |
#4849, aired 2005-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This river irrigates millions of acres of land in Egypt & Sudan the Nile |
#4849, aired 2005-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: This "monstrous" Scottish lake has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain Loch Ness |
#4849, aired 2005-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,400 (Daily Double): Allahabad, India is a holy city located at the junction of the Jumna River & this more famous one the Ganges |
#4849, aired 2005-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: The name of this state's Lake Okeechobee is a seminole Indian word meaning "plenty big water" Florida |
#4849, aired 2005-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: This salt lake on the border of Asia & Europe is more than 4 times the size of Lake Superior the Caspian Sea |
#4836, aired 2005-09-26 | RIVERS $400: This Low Country's principal rivers are the Maas, the Schelde & the Rhine the Netherlands |
#4836, aired 2005-09-26 | RIVERS $800: In 1999 this river was put on the back of the New Jersey quarter the Delaware |
#4836, aired 2005-09-26 | RIVERS $1200: The country whose capital is Dakar, or the river that forms part of its border with Mauritania Senegal |
#4836, aired 2005-09-26 | RIVERS $1600: Columbus may have spotted the mouth of this Venezuelan river in 1498 the Orinoco |
#4836, aired 2005-09-26 | RIVERS $2000: To get from Madrid to Lisbon by river, take the Manzanares to the Jarama to this river the Tagus |
#4825, aired 2005-07-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: In Hinduism, a shortcut to paradise is to die in this 1,560-mile river the Ganges |
#4825, aired 2005-07-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: In chapter 3 of the Biblical book named for him, Joshua leads the Israelites across this river the Jordan |
#4825, aired 2005-07-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: It's estimated that more than 20% of the world's unfrozen fresh water is in this Siberian lake Lake Baikal |
#4825, aired 2005-07-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: The Tipitapa River connects Lake Nicaragua with this other large lake to the north Lake Managua |
#4825, aired 2005-07-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Perhaps Enya could tell you that part of this 1,600-mile-long river flows along the Venezuela-Colombia border the Orinoco |
#4800, aired 2005-06-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: In 2004 she co-hosted "The Fashion Police" at the Academy Awards along with her mom Melissa Rivers |
#4800, aired 2005-06-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Kim Basinger's "L.A. Confidential" character was supposted to be the spitting image of this '40s blonde bombshell Veronica Lake |
#4800, aired 2005-06-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: He was nominated for an Oscar in 1989; his brother Joaquin, in 2001 River Phoenix |
#4800, aired 2005-06-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Outfielder Mickey Rivers claimed, "me", this Yankees owner "& Billy (Martin) are two of a kind) George Steinbrenner |
#4800, aired 2005-06-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: More chairs are thrown on "Jerry Springer", but her talk show that debuted in 1993 is still on the air, too Ricki Lake |
#4696, aired 2005-01-24 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $200: It flows over 2300 miles before entering the Mississippi just north of St. Louis the Missouri |
#4696, aired 2005-01-24 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $400: 1,645 feet deep, this beautiful blue lake on the California-Nevada border is one of North America's deepest Lake Tahoe |
#4696, aired 2005-01-24 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $600: A major traffic route, the Arlington Memorial Bridge spans this river Potomac |
#4696, aired 2005-01-24 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands on a lakeshore.) I'm standing near the shore of this body of water that was once known as "Lac Des Illinois" Lake Michigan |
#4696, aired 2005-01-24 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This river winds its way through Grand Teton National Park, as well as Hell's Canyon Snake River |
#4692, aired 2005-01-18 | STATES' LONGEST RIVERS $400: Des Moines River Iowa |
#4692, aired 2005-01-18 | STATES' LONGEST RIVERS $800: Wabash River Indiana |
#4692, aired 2005-01-18 | STATES' LONGEST RIVERS $1200: Susquehanna River Pennsylvania |
#4692, aired 2005-01-18 | STATES' LONGEST RIVERS $1600: Chattahoochee River Georgia |
#4692, aired 2005-01-18 | STATES' LONGEST RIVERS $2000: James River Virginia |
#4670, aired 2004-12-17 | ASIAN RIVERS $400: From the Lake Hula area to the Sea of Galilee about 10 miles south, it falls more than 600 feet the Jordan River |
#4670, aired 2004-12-17 | ASIAN RIVERS $800: The Syr Darya, one of central Asia's major rivers, flows through 3 countries whose names end in this syllable stan |
#4670, aired 2004-12-17 | ASIAN RIVERS $1200: At Al Qurnah, Iraq, it joins the Euphrates to form the Shatt al Arab Tigris (River) |
#4670, aired 2004-12-17 | ASIAN RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): A 1947 partition divided the water in the basin of this 1,800-mile-long river on the border of Pakistan Indus River |
#4670, aired 2004-12-17 | ASIAN RIVERS $2000: The 710-mile-long Kapuas River, Indonesia's longest, is on this third-largest island in the world Borneo |
#4655, aired 2004-11-26 | & JOAN RIVERS RUNS THROUGH IT $400: Since 1986 when Joan left "The Tonight Show", this host has reportedly said "No" when asked "Can we talk?" Johnny Carson |
#4655, aired 2004-11-26 | & JOAN RIVERS RUNS THROUGH IT $800: Ms. R was Miss Piggy's coworker (we can only imagine the office dish) when the Muppets took this title place in '84 Manhattan |
#4655, aired 2004-11-26 | & JOAN RIVERS RUNS THROUGH IT $1200: Joan voiced Julie, Bruce Willis' new baby sister, in this 1989 comedy Look Who's Talking |
#4655, aired 2004-11-26 | & JOAN RIVERS RUNS THROUGH IT $1600: Joan gave a robotic performance as Dot Matrix in this Mel Brooks "Star Wars" spoof Spaceballs |
#4655, aired 2004-11-26 | & JOAN RIVERS RUNS THROUGH IT $2000: Joan narrated The Electric Co.'s "Adventures of Letterman" starring him, though it wasn't in Wonka Vision Gene Wilder |
#4540, aired 2004-05-07 | U.S. RIVERS $400: It flows through Washington, D.C. & on past Mount Vernon the Potomac |
#4540, aired 2004-05-07 | U.S. RIVERS $1200: This river of the Pacific Northwest provides much of the boundary between Washington & Oregon the Columbia |
#4540, aired 2004-05-07 | U.S. RIVERS $1600: The Falls of Saint Anthony stop this mighty river from being navigable north of St. Paul, Minnesota the Mississippi |
#4540, aired 2004-05-07 | U.S. RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): The Lincoln & Holland tunnels let cars travel from Manhattan to New Jersey under this river the Hudson |
#4540, aired 2004-05-07 | U.S. RIVERS $2000: This river bisects the state of South Dakota from north to south the Missouri |
#4513, aired 2004-03-31 | 4-LETTER RIVERS $400: Its source is in southern Burundi; from there it flows a long, long way north the Nile |
#4513, aired 2004-03-31 | 4-LETTER RIVERS $1200: The Czechs call this 720-mile-long river the Labe the Elbe |
#4513, aired 2004-03-31 | 4-LETTER RIVERS $1,400 (Daily Double): Steubenville was laid out on this river in 1797 the Ohio |
#4513, aired 2004-03-31 | 4-LETTER RIVERS $1600: This Russian river rises at the south end of the mountain range of the same name the Ural |
#4513, aired 2004-03-31 | 4-LETTER RIVERS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from New Haven, Connecticut) This river that Eli Whitney used to power his machinery got its name from powering machines the Mill River |
#4462, aired 2004-01-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Famous for its monster, it forms part of the Caledonian Canal Loch Ness |
#4462, aired 2004-01-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: In Israel the area where this river exits the Sea of Galilee is considered holy the Jordan |
#4462, aired 2004-01-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $500 (Daily Double): About halfway along its course from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, it falls 167 feet the Niagara River |
#4462, aired 2004-01-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: It's the largest body of fresh water entirely within the U.S. Lake Michigan |
#4462, aired 2004-01-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: After the Yukon, it's the longest river in the Western Hemisphere to "roll on" into the Pacific the Columbia |
#4447, aired 2003-12-30 | RIVERS $200: Lake Mead was formed by damming this river the Colorado |
#4447, aired 2003-12-30 | RIVERS $400: An Iroquois word that means "where goods are brought in" gives this river that flows past D.C. its name the Potomac |
#4447, aired 2003-12-30 | RIVERS $600: (Jeff Probst gives the clue from Brazil.) The Rio Negro is a major tributary of this river, South America's longest the Amazon |
#4447, aired 2003-12-30 | RIVERS $800: The Grand Coulee Dam derives electric power from this river the Columbia |
#4447, aired 2003-12-30 | RIVERS $1000: It's the longest river entirely within Canada the Mackenzie |
#4302, aired 2003-04-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: In 1811 the New Orleans became the first steamboat to sail down this river Mississippi River |
#4302, aired 2003-04-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: During a religious festival called the Kumbh Mela, millions of pilgrims bathe in this holy river Ganges |
#4302, aired 2003-04-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: This largest Alpine lake straddles the border between Switzerland & France Lake Geneva |
#4302, aired 2003-04-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Noted for its turquoise waters, it's the pearl of the Canadian Rockies seen here Lake Louise |
#4302, aired 2003-04-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $3,000 (Daily Double): The Straits of Mackinac connect these 2 Great Lakes Lake Michigan & Lake Huron |
#4236, aired 2003-01-20 | RIVERS $400: This French river empties into the English Channel near Le Havre Seine |
#4236, aired 2003-01-20 | RIVERS $800: Sighted by Lewis & Clark in 1805, this 1,038-mile-long river was first called the Lewis Fork of the Columbia River Snake River |
#4236, aired 2003-01-20 | RIVERS $1600: This river is navigable for 500 miles from Basel, Switzerland to its mouth at the North Sea Rhine |
#4236, aired 2003-01-20 | RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): The forest around it is called the "Lungs of the World" because it supplies so much of the Earth's oxygen Amazon |
#4236, aired 2003-01-20 | RIVERS $2000: This river forms most of the border between China & North Korea Yalu |
#4161, aired 2002-10-07 | RIVERS $200: As a baby Moses was left in a basket along this river's banks the Nile |
#4161, aired 2002-10-07 | RIVERS $400: 80% of Washington, D.C.'s fresh drinking water comes from this river the Potomac |
#4161, aired 2002-10-07 | RIVERS $600: Stratford & Warwick are important towns upon this river the Avon |
#4161, aired 2002-10-07 | RIVERS $800: Mainz, Germany & Basel, Switzerland both lie on this river the Rhine |
#4161, aired 2002-10-07 | RIVERS $1000: During WWI 2 famous battles were fought near this river, the largest branch of the Seine the Marne |
#4022, aired 2002-02-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula extends far into this, the deepest of the Great Lakes Lake Superior |
#4022, aired 2002-02-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Before being named for a queen, this largest African lake was known to the Arabs as Ukerewe Victoria |
#4022, aired 2002-02-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Many Hindus ask to be cremated near this most sacred river of India the Ganges |
#4022, aired 2002-02-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: The world's largest river in volume, it has 7 tributaries longer than 1,000 miles the Amazon |
#4022, aired 2002-02-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: The delta of this, Italy's longest river, is advancing into the Adriatic Sea at 200 feet per year the Po |
#3993, aired 2002-01-02 | RIVERS $400: In Spanish the name of this 4,000-mile-long river is 2 letters longer than in English the Amazon |
#3993, aired 2002-01-02 | RIVERS $800: Gold found in the Yukon in 1869 caused a little rush; gold found near this Yukon tributary in 1896 caused a big rush the Klondike |
#3993, aired 2002-01-02 | RIVERS $1200: Cool river flowing past Amiens; you might like it hot Somme |
#3949, aired 2001-11-01 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: World Book reports 3-foot-long trout are among the fish found in this lake that borders Peru & Bolivia Lake Titicaca |
#3949, aired 2001-11-01 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This New York City river is actually a tidal strait connecting upper New York Bay with Long Island Sound the East River |
#3949, aired 2001-11-01 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: 336 rivers flow into this Siberian lake, but only one, the Angora, flows out of it Lake Baikal |
#3949, aired 2001-11-01 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: This river that flows to Lyon, France rises from a glacier of the same name in Switzerland the Rhone |
#3949, aired 2001-11-01 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This largest Central American lake has several islands, including Ometepe, which has 2 volcanoes Lake Nicaragua |
#3850, aired 2001-05-04 | U.S. RIVERS $200: The Sacramento River rises near Mount Shasta & empties into the Pacific at this colorful "Gate" Golden Gate |
#3850, aired 2001-05-04 | U.S. RIVERS $400: This river forms the boundary between Arizona & California the Colorado River |
#3850, aired 2001-05-04 | U.S. RIVERS $600: Chief ports on this river include Sioux City, Omaha & Kansas City the Missouri River |
#3850, aired 2001-05-04 | U.S. RIVERS $1000: This chief tributary of the Columbia River is navigable inland to Lewiston, Idaho the Snake River |
#3850, aired 2001-05-04 | U.S. RIVERS $1,500 (Daily Double): It flows from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois, where it empties into the Mississippi River the Ohio River |
#3849, aired 2001-05-03 | 3 RIVERS $100: Of the Loire, the Seine or the Drome, the river that runs through a national capital city the Seine (through Paris) |
#3849, aired 2001-05-03 | 3 RIVERS $200: Of the Shannon, the Boyne or the Mackenzie, the river that's not in Ireland the Mackenzie |
#3849, aired 2001-05-03 | 3 RIVERS $300: Of the Gabon, the Gallego or the Ganges, the river that's named for a Hindu goddess the Ganges |
#3849, aired 2001-05-03 | 3 RIVERS $400: Of the St. Joseph, the St. Lawrence or the St. Francis, the river that serves as a border between 2 nations the St. Lawrence (Canada & the U.S.) |
#3849, aired 2001-05-03 | 3 RIVERS $500: Of the Tagus, the Tarsus or the Taro, the river that runs through southern Turkey the Tarsus |
#3809, aired 2001-03-08 | BYE-BYE THREE RIVERS STADIUM $200: Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970, the same year as this city's Riverfront Stadium Cincinnati |
#3809, aired 2001-03-08 | BYE-BYE THREE RIVERS STADIUM $400: This pro football team had to find a new home with the closure of the stadium Pittsburgh Steelers |
#3809, aired 2001-03-08 | BYE-BYE THREE RIVERS STADIUM $600: For the Pirates' last home game in the stadium, this "We Are Family" group sang the National Anthem Sister Sledge |
#3809, aired 2001-03-08 | BYE-BYE THREE RIVERS STADIUM $800: As PNC Park replaced Three Rivers, Three Rivers replaced this park Forbes Field |
#3809, aired 2001-03-08 | BYE-BYE THREE RIVERS STADIUM $1000: This MVP of the '79 World Series was honored as part of the closing ceremonies Willie Stargell |
#3806, aired 2001-03-05 | CAPITAL RIVERS $800: Dublin Liffey |
#3806, aired 2001-03-05 | CAPITAL RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Belgrade Danube |
#3806, aired 2001-03-05 | CAPITAL RIVERS $1000: Warsaw Vistula |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $100: The Marne joins this river at Charenton-le-Pont, a suburb of Paris the Seine |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $200: Lake Albano in the west-central part of this country is the site of Castel Gandolfo, the Pope's summer residence Italy |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $500: The castle of Chillon on this lake's eastern shore was made famous in a Lord Byron poem Lake Geneva |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): The Lorelei is a famous steep rock on the right bank of this river the Rhine |
#3794, aired 2001-02-15 | RIVERS $100: It was once believed that the rising of this river was caused by the tears of the goddess Isis Nile |
#3794, aired 2001-02-15 | RIVERS $200: The Indus starts in these mountains Himalayas |
#3794, aired 2001-02-15 | RIVERS $300: The Morava in Moravia empties into this river, one of Europe's chief waterways Danube |
#3794, aired 2001-02-15 | RIVERS $400: The papal palace in Avignon overlooks this river Rhone |
#3794, aired 2001-02-15 | RIVERS $500: In 1966 this river caused major damage when it flooded Florence Arno |
#3756, aired 2000-12-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This South American river widens to about 150 miles at its mouth the Amazon |
#3756, aired 2000-12-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: This smallest of the Great Lakes shares its name with a Canadian province Lake Ontario |
#3756, aired 2000-12-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Once steamboats were launched on this river in 1819, traffic flourished from St. Louis to Fort Benton, Montana the Missouri |
#3756, aired 2000-12-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Over the centuries, this "sea", the world's largest lake, has been getting smaller due to extensive damming the Caspian Sea |
#3701, aired 2000-10-09 | RIVERS $200: Joan Rivers had her first booking on this show in 1965; in 1983 she became its permanent guest host The Tonight Show |
#3701, aired 2000-10-09 | RIVERS $400: On this soap's September 28, 1999 episode Erica & David went to New York & ran into Joan All My Children |
#3701, aired 2000-10-09 | RIVERS $600: In 1986 Joan filled this position on a TV game show board; today it's filled by Whoopi center square (on "The Hollywood Squares") |
#3701, aired 2000-10-09 | RIVERS $800: You can take a peek at this pooch who has his own page on Joan's website Spike |
#3701, aired 2000-10-09 | RIVERS $1000: Come in & tell us this 2-word title of Joan's 1986 autobiography "Enter Talking" |
#3655, aired 2000-06-23 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $100: It's London's chief water supply Thames River |
#3655, aired 2000-06-23 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $200: In Paris the banks of this river have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site Seine |
#3655, aired 2000-06-23 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $300: In 1992 Slovaks altered this river's course on the border of Slovakia & Hungary to improve navigation Danube |
#3655, aired 2000-06-23 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $400: In 1937 this Russian river's first hydroelectric project was completed at Ivankovo Volga |
#3655, aired 2000-06-23 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $500: This country's longest river, the Gudena, winds 98 miles through the Jutland Peninsula Denmark |
#3644, aired 2000-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: This river's drainage basin, the world's largest, includes parts of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador & Colombia Amazon |
#3644, aired 2000-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Ethiopia's Lake Tana is the source of this river's blue branch Nile |
#3644, aired 2000-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: Australia's only large permanent lakes are artificially created & include Lake Gordon in this island state Tasmania |
#3644, aired 2000-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The Rhone River enters & exits this Alpine lake on the French-Swiss border Lake Geneva |
#3644, aired 2000-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: A portion of Thailand's border with Laos is provided by this river Mekong |
#3622, aired 2000-05-09 | U.S. RIVERS $100: This river flows into the Pacific at Astoria, Oregon Columbia |
#3622, aired 2000-05-09 | U.S. RIVERS $200: Lake Texoma on the Texas-Oklahoma border was formed by damming this river Red River of the South |
#3622, aired 2000-05-09 | U.S. RIVERS $300: It begins as a creek near an old mining town called Lulu City in Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado River |
#3622, aired 2000-05-09 | U.S. RIVERS $400: Nebraska's Platte River is a major tributary of this river, joining it at Plattsmouth Missouri |
#3622, aired 2000-05-09 | U.S. RIVERS $500: This New York river has been called "America's Rhine" because its shores resemble Germany's Rhine River Hudson |
#3593, aired 2000-03-29 | STATE RIVERS $100: It's the longest river west of the Rocky Mountains Colorado |
#3593, aired 2000-03-29 | STATE RIVERS $200: This river shares the spelling of its name with the state in which the 42nd U.S. president was born Arkansas |
#3593, aired 2000-03-29 | STATE RIVERS $300: An authority set up in 1933 has extensively dammed this river that begins just east of Knoxville Tennessee |
#3522, aired 1999-12-21 | RIVERS $200: The Han River flows through this capital whose name in Korean means "center" Seoul |
#3522, aired 1999-12-21 | RIVERS $400: In 1909 the first kibbutz was founded in this river's valley the Jordan |
#3522, aired 1999-12-21 | RIVERS $600: The Rhine of Germany & the Netherlands flows into this sea North Sea |
#3522, aired 1999-12-21 | RIVERS $800: The outus of the Indus is this sea the Arabian Sea |
#3448, aired 1999-09-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This largest of the Great Lakes is also the highest above sea level at 600 feet Lake Superior |
#3448, aired 1999-09-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: It's the longest river in the world Nile |
#3448, aired 1999-09-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $600 (Daily Double): This lake on the French-Swiss border shares its name with the Swiss city at its southern end Lake Geneva |
#3448, aired 1999-09-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: This river runs from Three Forks, Montana to its mouth 17 miles north of St. Louis Missouri |
#3448, aired 1999-09-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Despite its huge size, this saltwater "sea" bordering Iran has no tides Caspian Sea |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: This Great Lake has the same name as a Canadian province Lake Ontario |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Regular steamship service is available on this river from Cairo to Aswan Nile |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: It's the river mentioned in the title of the following Danube ("Blue Danube Waltz") |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Hindus believe that dying in this most sacred of rivers ensures passage to paradise Ganges |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: Fed by the Kissimmee River, it's the largest freshwater lake in the southern United States Lake Okeechobee |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | RIVERS $200: It's still working at deepening the Grand Canyon Colorado River |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | RIVERS $400: This river featured on the state flag of Nebraska bears the name of another state Missouri |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | RIVERS $600: Called the mother of Canada, it includes Lake St. Louis & Lac St.-Pierre St. Lawrence |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | RIVERS $1000: 2 of the 3 rivers that surround the island of Manhattan East, Harlem, Hudson |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | RIVERS $2,500 (Daily Double): It falls in altitude over 16,000 feet over its first 600 miles & only another 800 feet over the last 3,600 miles Amazon |
#3242, aired 1998-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: Even though it's the world's second longest river, it still has the world's largest drainage basin Amazon |
#3242, aired 1998-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The Aare, originating in the Bern canton, is a major river of this country Switzerland |
#3242, aired 1998-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: Rising in the Black Forest, it's the second longest river in Europe Danube |
#3242, aired 1998-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: You can take a high road or a low road to this, the largest lake in Scotland Loch Lomond |
#3242, aired 1998-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: This lake in Manitoba, Ontario & Minnesota is a remnant of an extinct glacial lake Lake of the Woods |
#3236, aired 1998-10-05 | BIG RIVERS $200: On its trip through Egypt, this river has no tributaries Nile |
#3236, aired 1998-10-05 | BIG RIVERS $400: While rowing down this river, you'll pass Oxford University & Windsor Castle Thames |
#3236, aired 1998-10-05 | BIG RIVERS $600: Lake St. Francis on the border of Ontario & Quebec is actually just a wide spot in this river St. Lawrence |
#3236, aired 1998-10-05 | BIG RIVERS $800: In 1960 India & Pakistan signed a treaty to deal with control of the waters of this river Indus |
#3236, aired 1998-10-05 | BIG RIVERS $1000: The main drain of northern Italy, its delta at the Adriatic Sea has numerous mouths the Po |
#3164, aired 1998-05-07 | RIVERS $100: The Detroit, Huron & Grand Rivers flow into Lake Erie, & this river with a famous falls flows out of it Niagara |
#3164, aired 1998-05-07 | RIVERS $200: The Dee & Don Rivers are scenic features of Aberdeen, in this country Scotland |
#3164, aired 1998-05-07 | RIVERS $300: This river separates Cambridge from Boston Charles |
#3164, aired 1998-05-07 | RIVERS $500: In Arabic, it's Nahr Al-Urdunn Jordan |
#3164, aired 1998-05-07 | RIVERS $1,200 (Daily Double): The Platte River joins it near Omaha; the Kansas River joins it at Kansas City Missouri |
#3120, aired 1998-03-06 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $100: This "Beautiful Blue" river is blue for only part of its length; mostly it's brown or sepia-colored Danube |
#3120, aired 1998-03-06 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $200: This river, which flows through London, rises in the Cotswold Hills of Gloucestershire Thames |
#3120, aired 1998-03-06 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $300: Remains flung into this river include Joan of Arc's ashes & Marguerite of Burgundy's discarded lovers Seine |
#3120, aired 1998-03-06 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $400: The famed boatmen of this Russian river once pulled their barges from the river's banks Volga |
#3120, aired 1998-03-06 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $500: The ancient Romans believed it was a shield protecting Gaul from the wild German tribes Rhine |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: In this state you can Kissimmee once, twice & once again, as it's a river, lake & city Florida |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: At its north end, the Dead Sea receives this river Jordan |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: The James, Potomac & Chester Rivers all flow into this bay Chesapeake Bay |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: It's still working on deepening the Grand Canyon the Colorado River |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: The river known as the "Great Man-Made River" in Libya reaches into this desert Sahara |
#3001, aired 1997-09-22 | REALLY LONG RIVERS $100: While cruising down this river in 1542, Francisco de Orellana was attacked by female warriors; thus, its name the Amazon |
#3001, aired 1997-09-22 | REALLY LONG RIVERS $200: Ptolemy guessed the area of the source of this river almost 2,000 years before it was found the Nile |
#3001, aired 1997-09-22 | REALLY LONG RIVERS $300: This Chinese river is really "long" since its alternate name, Chang Jiang, means "long river" the Yangtze |
#3001, aired 1997-09-22 | REALLY LONG RIVERS $400: During high water, this river was once navigable from Fort Benton, Montana to St. Louis the Missouri |
#3001, aired 1997-09-22 | REALLY LONG RIVERS $500: At Khone Falls on the Cambodia-Laos border, this river is 6 1/2 miles wide the Mekong |
#3000, aired 1997-09-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: This "lifeless" lake is known in Arabic as the Sea of Lot the Dead Sea |
#3000, aired 1997-09-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The ferry 'cross this British river predates Gerry & the Pacemakers by 635 years the Mersey |
#3000, aired 1997-09-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: The artificial Lake O' the Cherokees in this state was formed by damming the Neosho river Oklahoma |
#3000, aired 1997-09-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The Ural river flows 1,500 miles to this inland sea where sturgeon swim the Caspian Sea |
#3000, aired 1997-09-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: Lake Assal in Djibouti is this continent's lowest point at about 500 feet below sea level Africa |
#2999, aired 1997-09-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: The Niagara River flows about 34 miles from Lake Erie north to this Great Lake Lake Ontario |
#2999, aired 1997-09-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: The Song Hong, a river of Vietnam, is also known by this name, from the color of its silt Red River |
#2999, aired 1997-09-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: The Moselle River forms part of the border between Germany & this grand duchy Luxembourg |
#2967, aired 1997-06-24 | RIVERS $100: In the Netherlands the name of this river is spelled R-I-J-N the Rhine |
#2967, aired 1997-06-24 | RIVERS $200: This river's drainage basin extends from 4 degrees south latitude to 31 degrees north latitude the Nile |
#2967, aired 1997-06-24 | RIVERS $300: The mouth of this 2315-mile-long river lies in the Mississippi River 17 miles above St. Louis the Missouri |
#2967, aired 1997-06-24 | RIVERS $400: This central Italian river empties into the sea via the Fiumara Branch & the Fiumicino Canal the Tiber |
#2967, aired 1997-06-24 | RIVERS $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1951 it was determined that this river's source was in the Sierra Parima of Venezuela the Orinoco |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: Centuries of overflow from this lake helped create the Everglades Lake Okeechobee |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: About 70% of China's rice crop is grown in this river's basin Yangtze River |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: This river's tributaries include the Koyukuk River in Alaska & the Klondike in Canada Yukon |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This largest Central American lake shares its name with the country in which it's located Lake Nicaragua |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: Great Britain's 2 longest rivers are the Severn & this one Thames |
#2937, aired 1997-05-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This river flows from its source in Turkey to the Shatt al Arab, where it unites with the Tigris the Euphrates |
#2937, aired 1997-05-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Deposits of silt are causing this longest Italian river's delta to advance into the Adriatic several feet per year the Po |
#2937, aired 1997-05-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $700 (Daily Double): Near the German-Dutch border this river splits into 2 channels:
the Lek & the Vaal Rhine |
#2937, aired 1997-05-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Cities on this river include Louisville, Cincinnati & Wheeling, West Virginia Ohio River |
#2937, aired 1997-05-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: A short channel connects this large lake with the Gulf of Venezuela Lake Maracaibo |
#2926, aired 1997-04-28 | RIVERS $100: Ancient Greek historian Herodotus said, "Egypt is the gift of" this river the Nile |
#2926, aired 1997-04-28 | RIVERS $200: The section of this river near London Bridge is called the Pool the Thames |
#2926, aired 1997-04-28 | RIVERS $300: This river has hundreds of tributaries, including more than 200 in Brazil alone the Amazon |
#2926, aired 1997-04-28 | RIVERS $400: The basin of this sacred river in India lies between the Himalayas & the Vindhya range the Ganges |
#2926, aired 1997-04-28 | RIVERS $500: The longest river west of the Rockies, it enters Mexico near Yuma, Arizona the Colorado |
#2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ALL ABOUT RIVERS $100: To rafters, rapids are known by this 2-word term White water |
#2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ALL ABOUT RIVERS $200: The rills, streams & brooks that feed a river are called these Tributaries |
#2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ALL ABOUT RIVERS $300: On an average day the Mississippi dumps over 1 million metric tons of this into the Gulf of Mexico Silt/Sediment |
#2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ALL ABOUT RIVERS $400: You may be waiting for the Robert E. Lee on a natural one of these raised river banks created by flood waters Levee |
#2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ALL ABOUT RIVERS $500: Unlike a delta, it's a deep, broad mouth of a river; the Amazon's stretches several hundred miles upstream Estuary |
#2850, aired 1997-01-10 | RIVERS $200: Due to the great falls on this river, large ships can't go past Washington, D.C. Potomac |
#2850, aired 1997-01-10 | RIVERS $400: More than 30 bridges in Paris pass over this river Seine |
#2850, aired 1997-01-10 | RIVERS $600: The world's largest delta is formed by the Brahmaputra & this sacred river Ganges |
#2850, aired 1997-01-10 | RIVERS $800: Canals connect this 2200-mile long river to the Baltic, Black & White Seas & to Moscow Volga |
#2850, aired 1997-01-10 | RIVERS $1000: It flows 626 miles across the Iberian peninsula before entering the Atlantic near Lisbon Tagus |
#2822, aired 1996-12-03 | LAKES & RIVERS $200 (Daily Double): Tributaries of this river include the Ruhr, Moselle & Neckar Rhine |
#2822, aired 1996-12-03 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This country's longest river is the 228-mile Shinano on Honshu Japan |
#2822, aired 1996-12-03 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This river's name is from Sindhu, Sanskrit for "river" Indus |
#2822, aired 1996-12-03 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: In terms of surface area, this Siberian body of water is Eurasia's largest freshwater lake Lake Baikal |
#2812, aired 1996-11-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This state's longest river is Kaukonahua Stream on Oahu Hawaii |
#2812, aired 1996-11-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This river forms part of the boundary between Israel & Syria The River Jordan |
#2812, aired 1996-11-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: This state's largest lake, Lake Hopatcong, lies about 25 miles west of Passaic New Jersey |
#2812, aired 1996-11-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Smolensk, Mogilev & Kiev are major ports lying on this, Europe's third-largest river the Dnieper |
#2812, aired 1996-11-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,500 (Daily Double): Numerous islands lie within this lake, Scotland's largest Loch Lomond |
#2800, aired 1996-11-01 | U.S. RIVERS $200: Most of the area between the Rockies & the Appalachians, 1,250,000 square miles, is drained by this river the Mississippi |
#2800, aired 1996-11-01 | U.S. RIVERS $400: Large ships can travel up this river as far as Washington, D.C. the Potomac |
#2800, aired 1996-11-01 | U.S. RIVERS $600: This state's Boise River is used extensively for irrigation Idaho |
#2800, aired 1996-11-01 | U.S. RIVERS $800: This Virginia river was the site of the first permanent English settlement in America James River |
#2800, aired 1996-11-01 | U.S. RIVERS $1000: It flows into the Gulf of California after a journey of 1,450 miles the Colorado River |
#2755, aired 1996-07-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: It's the deepest of the Great Lakes as well as the largest Lake Superior |
#2755, aired 1996-07-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Major cities on this river include Phnom Penh in Cambodia & Vientiane in Laos The Mekong River |
#2755, aired 1996-07-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Created by the Aswan High Dam, it's also known as High Dam Lake Lake Nasser |
#2755, aired 1996-07-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: This chief waterway of western Russia flows more than 2,200 miles before entering the Caspian Sea the Volga |
#2755, aired 1996-07-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This Venezuelan lake receives most of its water from the Catatumbo River Maracaibo |
#2704, aired 1996-05-09 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This river was "locked up" to form a seaway between Montreal & Lake Ontario the St. Lawrence |
#2704, aired 1996-05-09 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Its largest tributary, the Rio Negro, is called the Guainia in Colombia the Amazon |
#2704, aired 1996-05-09 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: The name of Bras d'Or, a lake in Nova Scotia, comes from the name of this nearby peninsula Labrador |
#2704, aired 1996-05-09 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: The Congo River's other name, it's from a native word for river, making it the River River Zaire |
#2704, aired 1996-05-09 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,100 (Daily Double): The first naval battle between American & British forces took place on this lake October 11, 1776 Lake Champlain |
#2691, aired 1996-04-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Because of its location, this country's lake of Lucerne is also called the Lake of the Four Forest Cantons Switzerland |
#2691, aired 1996-04-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This sacred river flows nearly 1,600 miles from the southern Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal the Ganges |
#2691, aired 1996-04-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: This African lake is the largest freshwater lake in the world after Lake Superior Victoria |
#2691, aired 1996-04-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: The Sava flows through Slovenia, Croatia & Serbia before entering this river at Belgrade the Danube |
#2691, aired 1996-04-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Isla del Sol in this lake is the legendary birthplace of the Incas Titicaca |
#2688, aired 1996-04-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Lake Taal, on this country's island of Luzon, occupies the crater of a volcano The Philippines |
#2688, aired 1996-04-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: These 2 "colorful" headstreams of the Nile River join at Khartoum the Blue & the White |
#2688, aired 1996-04-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: The Richelieu River in southern Quebec issues from this lake near the U.S.-Canada border Lake Champlain |
#2688, aired 1996-04-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Florence & Pisa lie on the banks of this river, one of Italy's largest the Arno |
#2688, aired 1996-04-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This largest South American lake is an inlet of the Caribbean Sea Maracaibo |
#2644, aired 1996-02-15 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: When the Civil War closed this river, Mark Twain gave up his career as a steamboat pilot the Misssissippi |
#2644, aired 1996-02-15 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Brazil's Guanabara Bay was 1st called this by sailors who thought it was a river Rio de Janeiro |
#2644, aired 1996-02-15 | LAKES & RIVERS $800 (Daily Double): Name shared by cities on the Greek Ilissus River & Georgia's Oconee River Athens |
#2644, aired 1996-02-15 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: The 2 Great Lakes named for Indian tribes Huron & Erie |
#2644, aired 1996-02-15 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: The 1945 Potsdam Conference set the Oder & Neisse Rivers as the border between Germany & this country Poland |
#2631, aired 1996-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: At about 2/3 of a square mile, Upper Lake is the smallest of this country's lakes of Killarney Ireland |
#2631, aired 1996-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Explorer Jacques Cartier called it the "River of Canada" the St. Lawrence |
#2631, aired 1996-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Cities on this Swiss lake include Montreux & Lausanne Lake Geneva |
#2631, aired 1996-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: This lake in the Andes is divided into 2 bodies of water connected by the Tiquina Strait Lake Titicaca |
#2631, aired 1996-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This river in west central Africa is also called the Zaire River the Congo |
#2607, aired 1995-12-26 | RIVERS $100: River that's the course of the Henley Royal Regatta the Thames |
#2607, aired 1995-12-26 | RIVERS $200: Between Lake Tiberius & the Dead Sea, it flows through the Ghawr Valley the Jordan River |
#2607, aired 1995-12-26 | RIVERS $300: Ian Dunlop wrote the 1969 book "Chateaux of" this river the Loire |
#2607, aired 1995-12-26 | RIVERS $400: It flows under Florence's Ponte Vecchio the Arno |
#2607, aired 1995-12-26 | RIVERS $500: David Livingstone explored this fourth-longest African river during the 1850s & 1860s the Zambezi River |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Lake Nasser was created by the damming of this river in the 1960s Nile |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Not surprisingly, it contains over half the water in the Great Lakes Lake Superior |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: The Barada River divides this Syrian capital in two Damascus |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: In its 230-mile course, this Irish river passes through several lakes, including Lough Derg Shannon |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,500 (Daily Double): Krakow & Warsaw lie on this river Vistula |
#2587, aired 1995-11-28 | U.S. RIVERS $100: In the 1960s Mexico & the U.S. built an artificial riverbed to prevent it from shifting course the Rio Grande |
#2587, aired 1995-11-28 | U.S. RIVERS $200: In 1832 Henry Schoolcraft identified Lake Itasca in Minnesota as this river's source the Mississippi |
#2587, aired 1995-11-28 | U.S. RIVERS $300: This Virginia river is navigable as far inland as Richmond the James River |
#2587, aired 1995-11-28 | U.S. RIVERS $400: This river provides part of Pennsylvania's border with New York & New Jersey the Delaware |
#2587, aired 1995-11-28 | U.S. RIVERS $500: The chief tributaries of this flat, shallow Nebraska river are the Loup & Elkhorn Rivers the Platte |
#2580, aired 1995-11-17 | RIVERS $100: This British river flows through the Bard's birthplace Avon |
#2580, aired 1995-11-17 | RIVERS $200: The land between these two rivers, now known in part as Al-Jazira, was once Mesopotamia Tigris & Euphrates |
#2580, aired 1995-11-17 | RIVERS $300: The Chagres River supplies some of the water that operates this canal's locks Panama Canal |
#2580, aired 1995-11-17 | RIVERS $400: In April of 1862, David Farragut ordered his fleet up this river Mississippi River |
#2580, aired 1995-11-17 | RIVERS $500: The ancient Roman Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, now Cologne, Germany, is on this river Rhine |
#2563, aired 1995-10-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Xochimilco in this country is famous for its "floating gardens" Mexico |
#2563, aired 1995-10-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: In 1973 Lake Edward in the south of this country was renamed for Idi Amn Uganda |
#2563, aired 1995-10-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Famous for its many chateaux, this river was called the Liger by the Romans the Loire |
#2563, aired 1995-10-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Lake Garda is this nation's largest lake Italy |
#2563, aired 1995-10-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $3,000 (Daily Double): This southernmost of the Great Lakes was called Lac du Chat by French explorers Lake Erie |
#2553, aired 1995-10-11 | AMERICAN RIVERS $200: In Pittsburgh the Monongahela & Allegheny rivers join to form this river the Ohio |
#2553, aired 1995-10-11 | AMERICAN RIVERS $400: The Pecos, which rises in New Mexico, eventually joins this river in Texas the Rio Grande |
#2553, aired 1995-10-11 | AMERICAN RIVERS $600: Over 1,000 feet deep the Royal Gorge in this state was carved by the Arkansas River Colorado |
#2553, aired 1995-10-11 | AMERICAN RIVERS $800: In its short course from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, this river drops 326 feet the Niagara |
#2553, aired 1995-10-11 | AMERICAN RIVERS $1000: It's the river mentioned in Indiana's state song the Wabash |
#2517, aired 1995-07-11 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: The Susquehanna River flows past this infamous power plant Three Mile Island |
#2517, aired 1995-07-11 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Lake Tiberias on the Jordan is better known as the Sea of this the Sea of Galilee |
#2517, aired 1995-07-11 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: The 80-mile-long Moscow Canal connects the Moskva River with this river the Volga |
#2517, aired 1995-07-11 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The Irrawaddy is a river road to Mandalay in this country Myanmar or Burma |
#2517, aired 1995-07-11 | LAKES & RIVERS $500 (Daily Double): The Dnepr River empties into the Black Sea in this former Soviet Republic the Ukraine |
#2501, aired 1995-06-19 | RIVERS $200: This, England's most important river, rises in 4 headstreams: the Isis, Churn, Coln & Leach Thames |
#2501, aired 1995-06-19 | RIVERS $400: The Han Jiang is one of the chief tributaries of this longest river in Asia Yangtze |
#2501, aired 1995-06-19 | RIVERS $600: The Genesee River empties into this Great Lake near Rochester, N.Y. Ontario |
#2501, aired 1995-06-19 | RIVERS $800: Taddeo Gaddi designed the Ponte Vecchio over this river in Florence, Italy Arno |
#2501, aired 1995-06-19 | RIVERS $1000: Mount Hermon, the highest peak in the Anti-Lebanon Mountain Range, is the source of this river Jordan |
#2494, aired 1995-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Lough Leane, which covers nearly 8 square miles, is the largest of this country's lakes of Killarney Ireland |
#2494, aired 1995-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Africa's Lake Victoria was named for the British queen & this lake was named for her husband Lake Albert |
#2494, aired 1995-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Vermont shares its second-largest lake, Memphremagog, with this Canadian province Quebec |
#2494, aired 1995-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,400 (Daily Double): Sebastian Cabot named this South American river for the mineral deposits he thought were nearby the Rio de la Plata |
#2493, aired 1995-06-07 | U.S. RIVERS $100: This river forms Virginia's northeast border the Potomac |
#2493, aired 1995-06-07 | U.S. RIVERS $200: Otter Creek, the longest river within this state, flows from near East Dorset to Lake Champlain Vermont |
#2493, aired 1995-06-07 | U.S. RIVERS $300: This river begins at Tear-of-the- Clouds Lake on Mount Marcy in northern New York State the Hudson |
#2493, aired 1995-06-07 | U.S. RIVERS $400: This northwest river generates about 1/3 of the hydroelectric power produced in the U.S. the Columbia River |
#2493, aired 1995-06-07 | U.S. RIVERS $700 (Daily Double): In Utah the Green River is the main tributary of this river the Colorado |
#2459, aired 1995-04-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The Spanish & Portuguese names are the same for this 3,900-mile-long South American river the Amazon |
#2459, aired 1995-04-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Judge Roy Bean was "The Law West of" this river the Pecos |
#2459, aired 1995-04-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Cities on its lakeshore include Burlington, Vermont & Plattsburgh, New York Lake Champlain |
#2459, aired 1995-04-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Lake Louise is located in Banff National Park in this province Alberta |
#2459, aired 1995-04-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): This river that runs from Tibet to the Arabian Sea was the cradle of a great civilization the Indus |
#2440, aired 1995-03-24 | RIVERS $200: The Shatt al-Arab is formed in southeastern Iraq by the confluence of these 2 rivers the Tigris & the Euphrates |
#2440, aired 1995-03-24 | RIVERS $400: This river flows about 4,145 miles from its sources south of the equator to the Mediterranean Sea the Nile River |
#2440, aired 1995-03-24 | RIVERS $600: Called "China's Sorrow" from its frequent floods, the Huang Ho is known by this name in English the Yellow River |
#2440, aired 1995-03-24 | RIVERS $800: The Bonneville Dam was completed in 1937 on this U.S.-Canadian river & made it easier to navigate the Columbia |
#2440, aired 1995-03-24 | RIVERS $1,300 (Daily Double): Pakistan's fertile Punjab Plain is irrigated by this river & its tributaries the Indus River |
#2431, aired 1995-03-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: It's the largest river that empties into the Gulf of Mexico the Mississippi |
#2431, aired 1995-03-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The Dordogne River, which eventually joins the Garonne, is one of this country's longest rivers France |
#2431, aired 1995-03-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Lakes Winnipeg & Winnipegosis in this Canadian province are remnants of the glacial Lake Agassiz Manitoba |
#2431, aired 1995-03-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: This second-largest African lake separates Tanzania from Zaire Lake Tanganyika |
#2431, aired 1995-03-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: On its way from the Andes to the Pacific, the Loa river flows through this Chilean desert the Atacama |
#2405, aired 1995-02-03 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $200: Paris landmarks on the left bank of this river include the Latin quarter & the Luxembourg Gardens the Seine |
#2405, aired 1995-02-03 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $400: Ireland's largest hydroelectric plant lies on this river, between Lough Derg & Limerick the river Shannon |
#2405, aired 1995-02-03 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $800: Europe's longest river, it rises in the Valdai Hills north of Moscow & flows 2,290 miles to the Caspian Sea the Volga |
#2405, aired 1995-02-03 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $1000: This river forms Liechtenstein's western border with Switzerland the Rhine |
#2405, aired 1995-02-03 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $1,400 (Daily Double): It reaches its northernmost point at Regensburg in Bavaria & then flows southeast to Vienna the Danube |
#2394, aired 1995-01-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The Goring Gap near Reading, England divides this river's upper basin from its lower the Thames |
#2394, aired 1995-01-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: An ice cave in the Himalayas is the source of this most sacred Hindu river the Ganges |
#2394, aired 1995-01-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Lake Eyre, the lowest point on this continent, was named for its discoverer, Edward John Eyre Australia |
#2394, aired 1995-01-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Over half of this lake lies in Vermont, a portion lies in New York & its northern tip lies in Quebec Lake Champlain |
#2394, aired 1995-01-19 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This large Siberian lake is home to one of the few species of freshwater seals Lake Baikal |
#2379, aired 1994-12-29 | U.S. RIVERS $200: This river on the border of Texas & Oklahoma is named for the color of its sediment the Red River |
#2379, aired 1994-12-29 | U.S. RIVERS $400: Historic sites located on this river include Harpers Ferry & Mount Vernon the Potomac |
#2379, aired 1994-12-29 | U.S. RIVERS $600: This river rises in the Rocky Mountains & empties into the Gulf of Mexico at Brownsville, Texas the Rio Grande |
#2379, aired 1994-12-29 | U.S. RIVERS $1000: Boats can travel on this 1,000-mile-long river as far inland as Lewiston, Idaho the Snake River |
#2379, aired 1994-12-29 | U.S. RIVERS $1,300 (Daily Double): The Great Miami, Wabash & Tennessee Rivers flow into this important commercial river the Ohio River |
#2303, aired 1994-09-14 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: Of the world's 6 largest lakes in area, 3 are part of this quintet the Great Lakes |
#2303, aired 1994-09-14 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This river connects the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea the Jordan |
#2303, aired 1994-09-14 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: Lake Rudolf is found in Africa & Reindeer Lake is located on this continent North America |
#2303, aired 1994-09-14 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This river's route to the Shatt al-Arab is about 50% longer than the Tigris' The Euphrates |
#2303, aired 1994-09-14 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): One of the deserts through which the Orange River flows Kalahari (or Namib) |
#2262, aired 1994-06-07 | U.S. RIVERS $100: Like the Colorado, the Yellowstone River flows through a canyon named this Grand |
#2262, aired 1994-06-07 | U.S. RIVERS $200: The Big Black & Red Rivers flow into this mighty one the Mississippi |
#2262, aired 1994-06-07 | U.S. RIVERS $300: Fulton's steamboat Clermont was sent up this river August 17, 1807 the Hudson River |
#2262, aired 1994-06-07 | U.S. RIVERS $400: The name of this tributary of The Wabash became a nickname for William Henry Harrison the Tippecanoe |
#2262, aired 1994-06-07 | U.S. RIVERS $500: This river forming most of the border between Georgia & South Carolina sounds like a grassland the Savannah |
#2225, aired 1994-04-15 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $100: It's third in size of the Great Lakes & the only one entirely within the U.S. Lake Michigan |
#2225, aired 1994-04-15 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $300: Iowa's second-largest city is named for the rapids of this river the Cedar |
#2225, aired 1994-04-15 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $400: This large southern lake is fed mainly by the Kissimmee River Okeechobee |
#2225, aired 1994-04-15 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $500: The artificially created Lake O' the Cherokees is located in this state Oklahoma |
#2225, aired 1994-04-15 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $800 (Daily Double): Lewis & Clark explored the full length of this river to its source in Montana the Missouri |
#2196, aired 1994-03-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The Don is in Russia & the Dordogne is in this country France |
#2196, aired 1994-03-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The Equator crosses this largest lake in Africa Victoria |
#2196, aired 1994-03-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Oh, it's the largest city on India's Hooghly River Calcutta |
#2196, aired 1994-03-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: The Erie Canal was dug along this river, but we don't have to "drum" that fact into you the Mohawk |
#2196, aired 1994-03-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: The Ijsselmeer is the lake left after this Dutch inlet was cut off from the North Sea the Zuider Zee |
#2162, aired 1994-01-18 | RIVERS $100: This South American river drains about 5% of the Earth's total land area the Amazon |
#2162, aired 1994-01-18 | RIVERS $200: William Shakespeare's Stratford in on this river, a tributary of the Severn the Avon |
#2162, aired 1994-01-18 | RIVERS $300: The Adige River begins in the Alps & enters this sea about 15 miles south of Venice the Adriatic |
#2162, aired 1994-01-18 | RIVERS $400: The Amur River in Central Asia forms part of Russia's border with this country China |
#2162, aired 1994-01-18 | RIVERS $1,100 (Daily Double): This river joins the Monongahela at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio the Allegheny |
#2152, aired 1994-01-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: It's the chief water supply for London & its western suburbs the Thames |
#2152, aired 1994-01-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Montana's Fort Peck Lake was formed by damming this tributary of the Mississippi the Missouri |
#2152, aired 1994-01-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Plunging to 5,314 feet, this Siberian lake is the deepest continental body of water on Earth Lake Baikal |
#2152, aired 1994-01-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Lake Athabasca is Alberta's largest lake, though 2/3 lies in this province to the east Saskatchewan |
#2152, aired 1994-01-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Rotterdam's New Waterway Canal is the main navigational link between the North Sea & this river the Rhine |
#2148, aired 1993-12-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: This country's largest lake is Vanern, across the peninsula from Stockholm Sweden |
#2148, aired 1993-12-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The Hebrew name of this lake is Yam Ha-Melah, or "Salt Sea" the Dead Sea |
#2148, aired 1993-12-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: A pavilion in Russia's Valdai Hills marks the source of this river the Volga |
#2148, aired 1993-12-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: North of the Mexican border, Arizona's Bill Williams & Gila Rivers join this river the Colorado |
#2148, aired 1993-12-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: When completed in 1976, the Tarbela Dam on this Pakistani river was the world's largest earth-fill dam the Indus River |
#2088, aired 1993-10-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Oxford, Reading & Windsor Castle lie on its banks Thames |
#2088, aired 1993-10-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: According to Maori legend, this country's Lake Manapouri was formed from the tears of 2 sisters New Zealand |
#2088, aired 1993-10-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $500 (Daily Double): This lake in Canada's Banff National Park was named for a daughter of Queen Victoria Lake Louise |
#2088, aired 1993-10-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: It's where John the Baptist did his baptizing Jordan River |
#2088, aired 1993-10-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This principal river of West Africa was the site of the Mali & Songhai empires Niger River |
#2067, aired 1993-09-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The name of this lake at the northern edge of the Everglades is a Seminole word for "big water" the Okeechobee |
#2067, aired 1993-09-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Traces of prehistoric settlements have been found at Lakes Neuchatel & Geneva in this country Switzerland |
#2067, aired 1993-09-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Named for early settlers, the Russian River runs through this state's Sonoma & Mendocino Counties California |
#2067, aired 1993-09-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: This river formed by the Coosa & Tallapoosa near Montgomery shares its name with the state it's in Alabama |
#2067, aired 1993-09-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Shallow, saline Lake Eyre is this continent's lowest point Australia |
#2042, aired 1993-06-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: Annual floodings of this river are contained by the Aswan High Dam Nile |
#2042, aired 1993-06-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The country of Zambia takes its name from this river Zambezi |
#2042, aired 1993-06-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: There's a reproduced 9th c. Viking fortress on Emerald Bay in this large California-Nevada lake Lake Tahoe |
#2042, aired 1993-06-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This smallest of the Great Lakes is fed mainly by the Niagara River Lake Ontario |
#2042, aired 1993-06-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: Over 300 rivers & streams flow into this Siberian lake, but the Angara River is its only outlet Lake Baikal |
#2014, aired 1993-05-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: In South America, the Parana River is second in size only to this one the Amazon |
#2014, aired 1993-05-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This river forms part of the Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German & French-German borders the Rhine |
#2014, aired 1993-05-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Bridges crossing this eastern river include the Rip Van Winkle & Tappan Zee the Hudson |
#2014, aired 1993-05-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Located in eastern Anatolia, Lake Van is this country's largest inland body of water Turkey |
#2014, aired 1993-05-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: The Sudanese portion of this lake created by the Aswan High Dam is called Lake Nubia Lake Nasser |
#1988, aired 1993-04-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: In northern Peru the Ucayili & Maranon Rivers merge to form this mighty river the Amazon |
#1988, aired 1993-04-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This river separates El Paso, Texas & Ciudad Juarez, Mexico the Rio Grande |
#1988, aired 1993-04-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: Ontario is the shortest of the Great Lakes & this is the longest Superior |
#1988, aired 1993-04-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Uganda contains parts of Lake Albert & this lake over 10 times larger Lake Victoria |
#1988, aired 1993-04-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake is the reservoir behind this dam on the Columbia River the Grand Coulee Dam |
#1979, aired 1993-03-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The Bonneville Dam on this river has special ladders for salmon to use the Columbia |
#1979, aired 1993-03-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Only about 20 miles of this 252-mile-long river that runs through Rome is navigable the Tiber |
#1979, aired 1993-03-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: This lake is shared by Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Lake Victoria |
#1979, aired 1993-03-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Touraine, an area famous for its chateaux, lies in this river's valley the Loire |
#1979, aired 1993-03-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: It's the Churun, a tributary of this Venezuelan river, that flows over angel falls the Orinoco |
#1906, aired 1992-12-14 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Vatican City lies on the west, or right, bank of this river the Tiber |
#1906, aired 1992-12-14 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This "beautiful blue" river begins as 2 small springs, the Breg & Brigach, in the Black Forest the Danube |
#1906, aired 1992-12-14 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Including Lake Managua, the 2 largest lakes in Central America are found in this country Nicaragua |
#1906, aired 1992-12-14 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Early explorers gave it a Spanish name meaning "large river" the Rio Grande |
#1906, aired 1992-12-14 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Major tributaries of this river include the Pelly, Porcupine & Klondike the Yukon |
#1850, aired 1992-09-25 | RIVERS $200: It's the longest river of China... & of Asia the Yangtze |
#1850, aired 1992-09-25 | RIVERS $400: An international airport in Ireland shares its name with this river, the country's largest Shannon |
#1850, aired 1992-09-25 | RIVERS $600: The Tanaro & Ticino are among the many tributaries of this river in Northern Italy the Po |
#1850, aired 1992-09-25 | RIVERS $800: Formed by the Ping, Wang, Nan & Yom Rivers, the Chao-Phraya is the principal river of this country Thailand |
#1850, aired 1992-09-25 | RIVERS $1000: Part of this African river tumbles 355 feet into a gorge to create Victoria Falls the Zambezi |
#1774, aired 1992-04-23 | RIVERS $200: In Homer's "Odyssey", both Egypt & this river are referred to as Aigyptos the Nile |
#1774, aired 1992-04-23 | RIVERS $400: Italians call it the Tevere the Tiber |
#1774, aired 1992-04-23 | RIVERS $600: In 1961 the city of Stalingrad was renamed after this river the Volga |
#1774, aired 1992-04-23 | RIVERS $800: Hungary's longest river, the Tisza, is a tributary of this river the Danube |
#1774, aired 1992-04-23 | RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In terms of shipping, it's the most important river in Western Europe the Rhine |
#1738, aired 1992-03-04 | RIVERS $100: The Ottawa River drains Grand Lake Victoria & the river drains Lake Victoria the Nile |
#1738, aired 1992-03-04 | RIVERS $200: It's been called the chief waterway of the Soviet Union the Volga River |
#1738, aired 1992-03-04 | RIVERS $300: In 1896 gold was discovered along the Klondike, a tributary of this nearly 2,000-mile-long river the Yukon River |
#1738, aired 1992-03-04 | RIVERS $500 (Daily Double): Until 1990 the Elbe River formed part of the border between these 2 countries East & West Germany |
#1738, aired 1992-03-04 | RIVERS $500: Punjab means "Land of the 5 Rivers", referring to the 5 rivers that empty into this one the Indus (River) |
#1717, aired 1992-02-04 | RIVERS $200: The Henley Royal Regatta takes place on this river the Thames |
#1717, aired 1992-02-04 | RIVERS $400: A new waterway connects this German river through the Main & Danube to the Black Sea the Rhine |
#1717, aired 1992-02-04 | RIVERS $600: This river runs from Alberta to Manitoba through the province with which it shares its name the Saskatchewan |
#1717, aired 1992-02-04 | RIVERS $1000: Its main ports are Buenos Aires & Montevideo the Rio de la Plata |
#1717, aired 1992-02-04 | RIVERS $2,500 (Daily Double): Of the 3 longest rivers in Africa, these 2 start with the same 2 letters the Niger & the Nile |
#1656, aired 1991-11-11 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This country's largest lake, Chapala, is located near the city of Guadalajara Mexico |
#1656, aired 1991-11-11 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Seneca is the largest of these lakes in west-central New York Finger Lakes |
#1656, aired 1991-11-11 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: This South American lake drains into the smaller Lake Poopo in Bolivia Lake Titicaca |
#1656, aired 1991-11-11 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: It's been estimated that this lake in Siberia contains as much water as the Baltic Sea Baikal |
#1656, aired 1991-11-11 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Milky-colored from glacial clay when entering Lake Geneva, this river is clear blue upon exiting Rhone |
#1620, aired 1991-09-20 | RIVERS $200: The military academy at West Point is on this river the Hudson |
#1620, aired 1991-09-20 | RIVERS $400: This river & its tributaries carry about 2/3 of all soviet river freight the Volga |
#1620, aired 1991-09-20 | RIVERS $600: A railway tunnel beneath this English river connects the cities of Liverpool & Birkenhead the Mersey |
#1620, aired 1991-09-20 | RIVERS $800: The Vaal River of South Africa forms part of the boundary between the Orange Free State & this province Transvaal |
#1620, aired 1991-09-20 | RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Geneva, Lyon & Avignon are on this river which rises in the Alps & empties into the Mediterranean the Rhone |
#1567, aired 1991-05-28 | RIVERS $200: This river's Parker Dam created Lake Havasu the Colorado River |
#1567, aired 1991-05-28 | RIVERS $400: It's Europe's longest river but not the longest in the Soviet Union the Volga |
#1567, aired 1991-05-28 | RIVERS $800: South Africa's longest, this "colorful" river rises in Lesotho & borders Namibia the Orange River |
#1567, aired 1991-05-28 | RIVERS $1000: One of the largest nuclear materials plants in the U.S. is named for this river on the S.C.-GA border the Savannah River |
#1567, aired 1991-05-28 | RIVERS $1,400 (Daily Double): When this river flooded in 1928, the storerooms of the Tate Gallery were inundated the Thames |
#1560, aired 1991-05-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The Rio Negro in South America is the longest tributary of the river the Amazon |
#1560, aired 1991-05-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: About 15 miles east of Las Vegas you'll find this largest artificial lake in the U.S. Lake Mead |
#1560, aired 1991-05-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: The ancient region of Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers the Tigris & the Euphrates |
#1560, aired 1991-05-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: The Straits of Mackinac connect Lake Huron to this Great Lake Lake Michigan |
#1560, aired 1991-05-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: At Pittsburgh this river joins the Allegheny to form the Ohio the Monongahela |
#1534, aired 1991-04-11 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $200: The Henley Royal Regatta is held annually on this river the Thames |
#1534, aired 1991-04-11 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $400: The 1,100-mile-long Kama River is this Russian river's greatest tributary the Volga |
#1534, aired 1991-04-11 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $600: The Grand & Royal Canals link Dublin with Ireland's west coast via this river the Shannon River |
#1534, aired 1991-04-11 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $800: Only small boats can navigate most of the 565-mile-long Ebro, this country's longest river Spain |
#1534, aired 1991-04-11 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $1000: 2 important World War I battles were fought at this small tributary of the Seine the Marne |
#1530, aired 1991-04-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: In Germany, where it rises in the forest, this river is called the Donau the Danube |
#1530, aired 1991-04-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This country's largest lake is Garda, but its Lake Como is more famous Italy |
#1530, aired 1991-04-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: At 2,485 miles, the Parana is this continent's second-longest river South America |
#1530, aired 1991-04-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The Snake River, which flows across Idaho, is the largest tributary of this river the Columbia |
#1530, aired 1991-04-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: After a course of over 2,200 miles, the Volga River enters this inland sea the Caspian Sea |
#1512, aired 1991-03-12 | RIVERS $200: Of almost equal length, Britain's 2 longest rivers are the Severn & this one the Thames |
#1512, aired 1991-03-12 | RIVERS $400: The actual source of this river in the snow-covered Andes of Peru wasn't discovered until this century the Amazon |
#1512, aired 1991-03-12 | RIVERS $600: The Moselle which flows from France to Germany is a tributary of this river the Rhine |
#1512, aired 1991-03-12 | RIVERS $800: The St. Croix & St. John Rivers form part of the border between New Brunswick, Canada & this state Maine |
#1512, aired 1991-03-12 | RIVERS $1000: South America's Orinoco River forms part of the boundary between Colombia & this country Venezuela |
#1500, aired 1991-02-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: Oceangoing ships can travel 1,000 miles up this river to the Brazilian port of Manaus the Amazon |
#1500, aired 1991-02-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Fed by the snows of Mt. Hermon, this river flows through the Sea of Galilee & into the Dead Sea the Jordan |
#1500, aired 1991-02-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The Shatt-al-Arab begins where the Tigris meets this river in Iraq the Euphrates |
#1500, aired 1991-02-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $500 (Daily Double): In Hindu myth this river springs from the foot of the god Vishnu the Ganges |
#1500, aired 1991-02-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: This Great Lake, the smallest, is almost as big as the state of New Jersey Lake Ontario |
#1482, aired 1991-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: The largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere, it's fed by the Bear, Weber & Jordan Rivers the Great Salt Lake |
#1482, aired 1991-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Vermont's largest lake is named for this explorer who discovered it in 1609 Lake Champlain |
#1482, aired 1991-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: This river rises in Colorado before becoming an international boundary the Rio Grande |
#1482, aired 1991-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The world's longest over water highway bridge spans this lake north of New Orleans Lake Pontchartrain |
#1482, aired 1991-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: The 2nd largest freshwater lake entirely within the U.S. is Lake Iliamna in this state Alaska |
#1480, aired 1991-01-25 | RIVERS $100: Lake Tear of the Clouds is the source of this river, the longest in New York State Hudson |
#1480, aired 1991-01-25 | RIVERS $200: It curves thru Paris for about 8 miles, dividing the city into right & left banks Seine |
#1480, aired 1991-01-25 | RIVERS $300: South of Terre Haute, this river forms the boundary between Indiana & Illinois Wabash |
#1480, aired 1991-01-25 | RIVERS $400: To most Chinese, it's known as the Chang-Jiang, or "long river" Yangtze |
#1480, aired 1991-01-25 | RIVERS $500: In Greek myth, this river flows by Hades; in reality, it's in Alabama Styx |
#1468, aired 1991-01-09 | RIVERS $200: 99% of all Egyptians live in the basin of this river the Nile |
#1468, aired 1991-01-09 | RIVERS $400: Budapest's Vigado concert hall faces this musical river the Danube |
#1468, aired 1991-01-09 | RIVERS $600: This peninsula was named for the Ebro River the Iberian Peninsula |
#1468, aired 1991-01-09 | RIVERS $800: Explored by & named for Theodore Roosevelt, the Rio Roosevelt is in this country Brazil |
#1468, aired 1991-01-09 | RIVERS $1000: 1 of 2 states besides Tennessee through which the Tennessee River flows Kentucky & Alabama |
#1440, aired 1990-11-30 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris stands on the Île de la Cité, a small island in this river the Seine |
#1440, aired 1990-11-30 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The Mississippi is "Big River" & this one is "Big Muddy" the Missouri |
#1440, aired 1990-11-30 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: After Lake Superior this African lake is the largest freshwater lake in the world Victoria |
#1440, aired 1990-11-30 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: The Colorado River empties into this Mexican gulf the Gulf of California |
#1440, aired 1990-11-30 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: The Wabash & Green Rivers are tributaries of this U.S. river the Ohio |
#1421, aired 1990-11-05 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $200: The Hungarian Parliament building lies on a bank of this river the Danube |
#1421, aired 1990-11-05 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $400: The largest port on this river is Le Havre the Seine |
#1421, aired 1990-11-05 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $600: The name of this country's Guadalquivir is from the Arabic "Wadi al-Kabir" meaning Great River Spain |
#1421, aired 1990-11-05 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $800: This German tributary of the Rhine has lent its name to a major industrial region the Ruhr |
#1421, aired 1990-11-05 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $1000: In Dublin, 10 bridges span this river as it leisurely winds its way to the sea the Liffey |
#1407, aired 1990-10-16 | 5-LETTER RIVERS $100: This North American river shares its name with a Canadian territory the Yukon |
#1407, aired 1990-10-16 | 5-LETTER RIVERS $200: The site of the first permanent British colony in the U.S. is on this Virginia river the James River |
#1407, aired 1990-10-16 | 5-LETTER RIVERS $300: This river rises near Yellowstone, skirts the Grand Tetons, and flows south to Idaho and Hells Canyon the Snake |
#1407, aired 1990-10-16 | 5-LETTER RIVERS $400: This river is called Rio Tejo in Portugal & Rio Tajo in Spain where it rises the Tagus |
#1407, aired 1990-10-16 | 5-LETTER RIVERS $500: 1 of the 2 5-letter names of the African river that's the 5th-longest in the world the Congo (or the Zaire) |
#1396, aired 1990-10-01 | RIVERS $200: Montreal is on an island in this river the St. Lawrence |
#1396, aired 1990-10-01 | RIVERS $400: An 80-mile-long canal, built between 1932-7 connects Moscow with this river the Volga |
#1396, aired 1990-10-01 | RIVERS $600: Ho Chi Minh City is situated on this river that wasn't renamed when the city was (the) Saigon (River) |
#1396, aired 1990-10-01 | RIVERS $800: The Loire, the longest river in France, empties into this bay the Bay of Biscay |
#1396, aired 1990-10-01 | RIVERS $3,500 (Daily Double): One of Africa's richest countries & one of Africa's poorest are named after this river the Niger River |
#6, aired 1990-07-21 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: 3 of the 5 largest lakes in north America are part of this group Greak Lakes |
#6, aired 1990-07-21 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This country's longest river is the Tay, but the Clyde carries more traffic Scotland |
#6, aired 1990-07-21 | LAKES & RIVERS $1500: New York state actually has 11, not 10, of them Finger Lakes |
#6, aired 1990-07-21 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Lake Eyre, the largest on this continent, covers 3600 square miles but is only about 4 feet deep Australia |
#6, aired 1990-07-21 | LAKES & RIVERS $2500: The name of this river which joins the Ganges means “the son of Brahma, the creator of the universe” Brahmaputra |
#1261, aired 1990-02-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Lake Xochimilco, a swamplike lake in this capital city, is noted for its "floating gardens" Mexico City |
#1261, aired 1990-02-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The Shatt al Arab is a channel formed by the confluence of these 2 rivers in southern Iraq Tigris & Euphrates |
#1261, aired 1990-02-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: The brine shrimp, artemia, is abundant in this Utah lake Great Salt Lake |
#1261, aired 1990-02-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: German-speaking Swiss call crescent-shaped lake the "Genfersee" Lake Geneva |
#1261, aired 1990-02-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: South America's largest lake is the one in Venezuela, known for it underwater oil deposits Lake Maracaibo |
#1203, aired 1989-11-22 | U.S. RIVERS $400: Called the "Rhine of America", the St. John River links Canada's New Brunswick province & this state Maine |
#1203, aired 1989-11-22 | U.S. RIVERS $600: Utah's 2 largest rivers are this 1 & the Green River, its main tributary the Colorado |
#1203, aired 1989-11-22 | U.S. RIVERS $800: Fort Peck Dam on this river has created the largest lake in Montana the Missouri River |
#1203, aired 1989-11-22 | U.S. RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): At least 4 U.S. rivers have this name that's in the title of the following song:
"Come sit by my side if you love me..." the Red River |
#1203, aired 1989-11-22 | U.S. RIVERS $1000: Metropolitan Philadelphia has the world's largest freshwater port, along these 2 rivers the Delaware & the Schuylkill |
#1101, aired 1989-05-22 | U.S. RIVERS $200: This river forms most of the border between Washington & Oregon the Columbia River |
#1101, aired 1989-05-22 | U.S. RIVERS $400: The name of this Alaskan river might be abbreviated Cu the Copper River |
#1101, aired 1989-05-22 | U.S. RIVERS $600: From its source near Three Forks, Montana to its mouth near St. Louis, this river traverses 7 states the Missouri River |
#1101, aired 1989-05-22 | U.S. RIVERS $800: Harpers Ferry, WV was founded in the 1740s by Robt. Harper, who established a ferry across this river the Potomac |
#1101, aired 1989-05-22 | U.S. RIVERS $1000: Although it flows for 310 miles through mid-Nebraska, this river is too shallow for navigation the Platte |
#1099, aired 1989-05-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: If the new London bridge in England, not Arizona, fell down. it would fall into this river the Thames |
#1099, aired 1989-05-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: To get to Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral you have to cross a bridge over this river the Seine |
#1099, aired 1989-05-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: This lake on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border sounds like a watering hole for Santa's sleigh team Reindeer Lake |
#1099, aired 1989-05-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: During the 16th c. Ivan IV claimed all of this great river's valley for Russia the Volga |
#1099, aired 1989-05-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Though the Nile is longer, this 2nd longest river in Africa carries more water the Congo (the Zaire) |
#1076, aired 1989-04-17 | RIVERS $200: South America's 500-mile-long Rio Teodoro is named for this president who explored it Theodore Roosevelt |
#1076, aired 1989-04-17 | RIVERS $400: in 1965 Gerry & the Pacemakers saluted the ferry that crosses this English River the Mersey |
#1076, aired 1989-04-17 | RIVERS $600: Flooding from the Arno river in 1966 caused incalculable damage to this city's art treasures Florence |
#1076, aired 1989-04-17 | RIVERS $800: Pioneers dying of thirst at Hells Canyon, Ida. could look down at this river but had no way of reaching it the Snake |
#1076, aired 1989-04-17 | RIVERS $1000: Canada's longest river, it flows from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic the Mackenzie River |
#1009, aired 1989-01-12 | RIVERS $200: The Porcupine River flows into this U.S. state from the Yukon Territory Alaska |
#1009, aired 1989-01-12 | RIVERS $400: At Niagara Falls, 90% of the flow of the Niagara River goes over this fall Horseshoe |
#1009, aired 1989-01-12 | RIVERS $600: This river enters the east end of Lake Geneva near Montreaux & leaves the west end in Geneva Rhone |
#1009, aired 1989-01-12 | RIVERS $800: Though much of the Yangtze is navigable, very little of this 3,000 mile-long Chinese river is Huang He (Yellow River) |
#1009, aired 1989-01-12 | RIVERS $1000: Europe's 2nd-busiest airport serves Frankfurt & is named for these 2 rivers Rhine & Main |
#981, aired 1988-12-05 | AMERICAN RIVERS $200: One of the longest rivers in North America, its Spanish name means large river the Rio Grande |
#981, aired 1988-12-05 | AMERICAN RIVERS $400: These 2 rivers form Iowa's eastern & western borders the Mississippi & the Missouri |
#981, aired 1988-12-05 | AMERICAN RIVERS $800: Illinois river made famous in an "Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters Spoon River |
#981, aired 1988-12-05 | AMERICAN RIVERS $900 (Daily Double): Massachusetts is crossed by this river named for a nearby state the Connecticut River |
#981, aired 1988-12-05 | AMERICAN RIVERS $1000: World's highest suspension bridge spans the Royal Gorge which was cut by the Arkansas River in this state Colorado |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The longest river in Europe, it's noted for its boatmen Volga |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: River that runs from Pittsburgh to Cairo--Illinois that is Ohio River |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: The German-speaking Swiss call it the Genfersee Lake Geneva |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Shreveport, Louisiana, and Hanoi, Vietnam, are both on rivers that have this colorful name Red River |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Over 300 rivers flow into this largest freshwater lake in Asia, & only one flows out, the Angara Lake Baikal |
#938, aired 1988-10-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Banff National Park & this lake are visited more than any other place in the Canadian Rockies Lake Louise |
#938, aired 1988-10-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: The only place alligators are found outside the U.S. is in this river, China's longest the Yangtze |
#938, aired 1988-10-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: The capitals of North & South Dakota are both located on this river the Missouri |
#938, aired 1988-10-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): River mentioned in the following Kingston Trio song:
"Standing there across the river, mid sound of horn and tram / In all her quiet beauty, the cathedral Notre Dame..." the Seine |
#938, aired 1988-10-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Both the Rhine & the Rhone rivers originate in this country Switzerland |
#877, aired 1988-05-31 | AMERICAN RIVERS $100: It's California's "capital" waterway Sacramento River |
#877, aired 1988-05-31 | AMERICAN RIVERS $200 (Daily Double): The entire northern boundary of this southern state is formed by the Ohio River Kentucky |
#877, aired 1988-05-31 | AMERICAN RIVERS $200: Lake Powell was created by damming the waters of this river Colorado |
#877, aired 1988-05-31 | AMERICAN RIVERS $300: Hells Canyon, deepest canyon in U.S. has been carved by the Snake River in this state Idaho |
#877, aired 1988-05-31 | AMERICAN RIVERS $400: The research corridor along the upper Rio Grande gives this state one of our country's highest % of Ph.D.s New Mexico |
#874, aired 1988-05-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: The famous bridge on Lake Havasu in Arizona formerly spanned this river Thames |
#874, aired 1988-05-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Famous lake which occupies the caldera of Mt. Mazama, an extinct volcano in Oregon Crater Lake |
#874, aired 1988-05-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: The Jefferson, Gallatin, & Madison Rivers meet in Montana, forming this major river Missouri |
#874, aired 1988-05-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: It takes 2 hands & 1 extra digit to count this group of lakes in west central New York Finger Lakes |
#874, aired 1988-05-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: The world's longest over-water highway spans this lake in southeastern Louisiana Lake Pontchartrain |
#831, aired 1988-03-28 | AMERICAN RIVERS $200: Washington, DC lies along the east bank of this river the Potomac |
#831, aired 1988-03-28 | AMERICAN RIVERS $400: This river between Texas & Oklahoma was named for the color of the sediment it carries the Red River |
#831, aired 1988-03-28 | AMERICAN RIVERS $600: This urban river used to flow into Lake Michigan but now flows out of it the Chicago River |
#831, aired 1988-03-28 | AMERICAN RIVERS $800: This river covers the entire southern boundary of Indiana the Ohio River |
#831, aired 1988-03-28 | AMERICAN RIVERS $1000: The Mohawk River is the largest tributary of this river which flows into the Atlantic the Hudson River |
#778, aired 1988-01-13 | RIVERS $200: Some say it was named after the Indian word for "boat destroyer", some say after a race of women warriors Amazon |
#778, aired 1988-01-13 | RIVERS $400: Big Bend National Park was named for a big bend in this watery Texas border the Rio Grande |
#778, aired 1988-01-13 | RIVERS $600: The mouths of this holy river cover almost the entire coastline of Bangladesh the Ganges |
#778, aired 1988-01-13 | RIVERS $800: Tho the Atlantic is less than 200 miles from its source, this W. African river travels nearly 2600 to reach it the Niger |
#778, aired 1988-01-13 | RIVERS $1000: South Africa's longest, this colorfully-named river begins in Lesotho the Orange |