| #9128, aired 2024-06-19 | HISTORIC SHIPS $400: The 48-gun galleon San Martin was the flagship of the Duke of Medina Sidonia, who led this group against England in 1588 the Spanish Armada |
| #9128, aired 2024-06-19 | HISTORIC SHIPS $800: This ironclad built by John Ericsson for the U.S. Navy was never truly seaworthy & sank in December 1862 off Cape Hatteras the Monitor |
| #9128, aired 2024-06-19 | HISTORIC SHIPS $1600: In 1789 this ship's crew tried to settle on Tubuai in the Austral Islands but were rebuffed by the native inhabitants & returned to Tahiti the Bounty |
| #9128, aired 2024-06-19 | HISTORIC SHIPS $2000: This similar-sounding sister ship of the Lusitania named for a North African kingdom served as a hospital ship in World War I the Mauretania |
| #9128, aired 2024-06-19 | HISTORIC SHIPS $10,000 (Daily Double): The world's largest aircraft carrier for 10 years, it was built starting in October 1943 & named for a battle 16 months before Midway |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | SHIPS $400: This historic 15th century ship got its name from its owner, Juan Niño de Moguer the Niña |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | SHIPS $800: Perhaps the greatest loss of life at sea, over 5,000, came in 1945 when this type of vessel sank the Wilhelm Gustloff a submarine |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | SHIPS $1200: The first 4 Cunard vessels were Acadia, Caledonia, Columbia & this one that really ruled the waves Britannia |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | SHIPS $2000: A space shuttle was named for this ship seen here, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's first research vessel the Atlantis |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | SHIPS $2,600 (Daily Double): On July 24, 1969 the USS Hornet was in the Pacific waiting for this group of men the astronauts on Apollo 11 (Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins) |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $400: In 1922 the USS Langley was commissioned as the first of these big ships in the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $800: In 1985 this organization's Rainbow Warrior was headed to protest French nuclear testing when it was blown up Greenpeace |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $1200: This ship commanded by James Cook on his first Pacific voyage later gave its name to a Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $1600: After attacking & sinking the Housatonic, this Confederate submarine also went down, killing its 8 crewmen Hunley |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $2000: Now on display in Portsmouth, this "floral" Tudor warship went down in 1545 during a fight with France Mary Rose |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC SHIPS $200: This boat that brought over the first Pilgrims reached what is today Massachusetts in November 1620 the Mayflower |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC SHIPS $400: Launched in 1953, the USS Albacore was a research ship that pioneered the "teardrop" hull shape for this type of vessel a submarine |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC SHIPS $600: The HMS Beagle took this scientist on an 1830s voyage to South America, where the sites influenced his theories of evolution Darwin |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC SHIPS $800: Since Dec. 7, 1941 the USS Arizona has lain at the bottom of this Hawaiian location Pearl Harbor |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC SHIPS $1000: This U.S. ship from the War of 1812 is nicknamed "Old Ironsides" the USS Constitution |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SHIPS & BOATS $200: After decades of pushing other boats, the W.O. Decker, New York City's last wooden this, now hauls tourists around the harbor a tugboat |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SHIPS & BOATS $400: Made from a hollowed log, this type of canoe is named for the way the interior wood is removed by chipping & scraping a dugout |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SHIPS & BOATS $600: The name of this type of craft comes from an Inuit word meaning "small boat made of skins" kayak |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SHIPS & BOATS $800: In 1904 the Supreme Court said this type of boat is "a continuation of the highway from one side of the water... to the other" a ferry |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SHIPS & BOATS $1000: The world's largest cruise ship, this company's Wonder of the Seas, debuted in 2022 with a voyage from Florida to the Bahamas (of course) Royal Caribbean |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | BOATS & SHIPS $200: The USS Pennsylvania was in drydock at this naval base on December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | BOATS & SHIPS $400: John Quincy Adams argued the case of the Africans who had mutinied aboard this slave ship & won their freedom the Amistad |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | BOATS & SHIPS $600: Tamil words for tie & wood give us the name of this type of twin-hulled boat a catamaran |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | BOATS & SHIPS $1000: The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, it was launched in 1960 & was the 8th U.S. naval vessel to carry the name the Enterprise |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | BOATS & SHIPS $3,400 (Daily Double): These boats in the lagoon at Boston's Public Garden were inspired by the opera "Lohengrin" & declared a Boston landmark the swan boats |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | BOATS & SHIPS $200: Electric boats are taking off like electric cars & 30 of these speed units is a common performance benchmark knots |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | BOATS & SHIPS $400: In 1943 the USS Kidd became the first U.S. Navy ship permitted to fly this feared flag the Jolly Roger |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | BOATS & SHIPS $800: The USS Doyle didn't have a mutiny during World War II, but it later played this movie ship that did the Caine |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | BOATS & SHIPS $1000: The 107-year-old steamboat Belle of Louisville offers lunch & dinner cruises as it paddles up & down this river the Ohio |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | BOATS & SHIPS $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1854 Flying Cloud, this type of merchant ship, sailed from NYC to San Francisco in 89 days, a record that stood for 135 years a clipper |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | BOATS & SHIPS $800: Sort of a floating palace in Edinburgh, the Britannia is the royal this fancy type of ship a yacht |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | BOATS & SHIPS $1200: In 1915 a U-boat sank this British liner, sending nearly 1,200 souls to a watery grave the Lusitania |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | BOATS & SHIPS $1600: The "P" in a PT boat stands for patrol; the "T" stands for this type of explosive weapon a torpedo |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | BOATS & SHIPS $2000: This clipper ship that sailed from Australia to London 25 days faster than other ships is now a sailing museum in Greenwich, London the Cutty Sark |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | BATTLE SHIPS $800: USS Princeton is the sixth U.S. ship to bear the name of a battle of this war the Revolutionary War |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | BATTLE SHIPS $1200: The coat of arms of USS Monterey bears the image of this general & future president, fittingly shown during the Mexican War Zachary Taylor |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | BATTLE SHIPS $1600: USS Bunker Hill is based at this biggest West Coast navy base, diagonally across the country from the battle site San Diego |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | BATTLE SHIPS $2000: A cruiser built at Pascagoula, Miss. bears the name of this other Mississippi burg that made 1863 headlines Vicksburg |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | BOATS & SHIPS $400: This type of ship keeps winter channels clear; it's also an opening line to put people at ease when meeting for the first time icebreaker |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | BOATS & SHIPS $1200: This British luxury liner made its maiden voyage in September 1907; 8 years later it was torpedoed & sank Lusitania |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | BOATS & SHIPS $1600: The Cherokee were among those who traveled using the dugout type of this boat canoe |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | BOATS & SHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1851 this schooner won the Hundred Guinea Cup, the prize for a yacht race around the Isle of Wight America |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | BOATS & SHIPS $2000: A September 1779 battle featured the British frigate Serapis & this American warship Bonhomme Richard |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BOATS & SHIPS $400: Here's the Flying Cloud, this type of speedy 19th century ship a clipper |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BOATS & SHIPS $800: During World War II, a group of these operating in the Atlantic was known as a wolf pack U-boats |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BOATS & SHIPS $1600: This Cunard liner was en route from New York to Fiume when it rescued 705 people from the Titanic's lifeboats the Carpathia |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BOATS & SHIPS $2000: This British battleship had nothing to fear when it was launched in 1906 but was obsolete by World War I the Dreadnought |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BOATS & SHIPS $3,400 (Daily Double): A pirogue is one type of this, a canoe made from one log a dugout canoe |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | FAMOUS SHIPS $400: In the summer of 1620, it made 2 unsuccessful attempts to cross the Atlantic before succeeding in September the Mayflower |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | FAMOUS SHIPS $800: In 2002, 140 years after this ironclad had sunk, its turret was raised from the sea the Monitor |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | FAMOUS SHIPS $1200: When Columbus acquired his flagship, it was called La Gallega; he changed its name to this the Santa María |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | FAMOUS SHIPS $1600: Now part of a Boston museum, this 220-year-old ship fought against the Barbary pirates & in the War of 1812 Old Ironsides (or the U.S.S. Constitution) |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | FAMOUS SHIPS $2000: In 1577 it left England with 4 sister ships; the sister ships didn't make it around the world but it did the Golden Hind |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | SHIPS DON'T LIE $200: In Portsmouth you can see the Mary Rose, a favorite of this king until it sank in 1545; it was raised in 1982 Henry VIII |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | SHIPS DON'T LIE $400: Go to vasamuseet.se & you can see a 17th century warship from this country Sweden |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | SHIPS DON'T LIE $600: A portion of the CSS Georgia, one of these "metallic" Civil War ships, was recovered in 2013 from a Georgia river an ironclad |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | SHIPS DON'T LIE $800: In 1968 this rich eccentric teamed with the CIA to build the Glomar Explorer, which retrieved parts of a Soviet sub Howard Hughes |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | SHIPS DON'T LIE $1000: In 2000 the Russian sub Kursk was raised from the bottom of this Arctic sea bounded by Russia & Norway the Barents Sea |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $400: Launched in 1959, the Savannah was the first American merchant ship powered by this nuclear energy |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on a monitor.) Separated by a storm near the Azores, two ships that were part of a famous trio both made it back to Spain in March, 1493 but without this flag ship that was wrecked on a wreath near Hispañola the Santa Maria |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $1200: Once the flagship of the USA's Pacific Squadron, it was salvaged by the Confederates & recommissioned as the Virginia the Merrimack |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $1600: Jacques Cousteau converted a British minesweeper into this oceanographic research ship the Calypso |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $2000: The last luxury liner to sink on a transatlantic voyage was this Italian vessel on July 25, 1956 the Andrea Doria |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | TALE SHIPS $400: The Hispaniola carries everyone to an island with hidden riches in this novel Treasure Island |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | TALE SHIPS $800: In a Jules Verne novel, the Abraham Lincoln hunts down a sea monster but discovers it's really this boat the Nautilus |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | TALE SHIPS $1200: After the ferry he was on sinks, a man is saved by the tyrannical captain of the Ghost in this Jack London novel The Sea-Wolf |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | TALE SHIPS $2000: Men on the ship the Nellie listen to Marlow tell the story of an African journey in this work Heart of Darkness |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | TALE SHIPS $4,000 (Daily Double): The Fuwalda was the ship that stranded Lord John & Lady Alice, this character's parents Lord Greystoke (Tarzan) |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | KINDS OF SHIPS $200: It comes between "Carnival" & "Lines" Cruise |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | KINDS OF SHIPS $400: From the French, it's a lightly armed, speedy ship, or a Chevy sports car model a corvette |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | KINDS OF SHIPS $600: In the U.S. Navy Relief & Solace were this type of medical vessel hospital ships |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | KINDS OF SHIPS $1000: A VLCC, meaning very large crude carrier, is this type of ship a tanker |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | KINDS OF SHIPS $3,000 (Daily Double): From its prey, it's the term for a 19th century vessel loaded with spermaceti a whaler |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | HISTORIC SHIPS $400: In 1779 he took command of the Bonhomme Richard John Paul Jones |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | HISTORIC SHIPS $800: The first luxury liner with this name was scrapped in 1972 after it burned & sank in a Hong Kong harbor the Queen Elizabeth |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | HISTORIC SHIPS $1200: The first steamship to cross the Atlantic was the SS this, named for the Georgia port city from which it set sail Savannah |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | HISTORIC SHIPS $1600: Captured here in National Geographic footage is this sunken German battleship, located in 1989 the Bismarck |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | HISTORIC SHIPS $7,000 (Daily Double): In 1839 Joseph Cinque led the revolt against Spaniards aboard this slave ship the Amistad |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | SHIPS $400: It initially left England August 15, 1620 along with another ship, the Speedwell the Mayflower |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | SHIPS $800: In the most famous mutiny in history, Fletcher Christian & his mates seized control of this ship in 1789 the Bounty |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | SHIPS $1200: During the War of 1812, this frigate earned its nickname Old Ironsides the Constitution |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | SHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): Tragically, in December 1941 this battleship sank in less than 9 minutes, with 1,177 of her crew the Arizona |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | SHIPS $2000: During his 1570s circumnavigation of the world, he renamed his Pelican flagship the Golden Hind Sir Francis Drake |
| #5758, aired 2009-09-30 | LITERARY SHIPS $200: The Nautilus plumbs the depths in this 1870 Verne work Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
| #5758, aired 2009-09-30 | LITERARY SHIPS $400: The Rachel is the rescue ship at the end of this Melville epic Moby-Dick |
| #5758, aired 2009-09-30 | LITERARY SHIPS $600: The Jolly Roger sails the seas in this J.M. Barrie romp Peter Pan |
| #5758, aired 2009-09-30 | LITERARY SHIPS $800: You're gonna need a bigger boat than the Orca in this Peter Benchley thriller Jaws |
| #5758, aired 2009-09-30 | LITERARY SHIPS $1000: The Hispaniola is found in this Stevenson high seas quest Treasure Island |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | OF THE SEA & SHIPS $200: The submarine U.S.S. Nautilus was the first oceangoing vessel to use this form of power nuclear |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | OF THE SEA & SHIPS $400: In 1838 the Sirius became the first steamship to cross this ocean using steam power alone the Atlantic |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | OF THE SEA & SHIPS $600: On a sailing ship, these can be buntlines, downhauls or sheets ropes |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | OF THE SEA & SHIPS $800: Apollo 15's command module was named in honor of this ship commanded by captain James Cook the Endeavour |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | OF THE SEA & SHIPS $1000: Before its name was changed, this ship of Sir Francis Drake was known as the Pelican the Golden Hind |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | SHIPS $400: On this ship that sailed in Sept. 1620, the Puritans called themselves "saints" & the others on board "strangers" the Mayflower |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | SHIPS $800: The name of this caravel of Columbus means "painted one" Pinta |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | SHIPS $1200: El Cazador was found 200 years after it sank with 400,000 of these monetary units worth of silver pesos |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | SHIPS $1600: Among sites celebrating the 30th anniversary of this in 1999 was the U.S.S. Hornet, the recovery ship the Apollo 11 mission |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | SHIPS $2000: This type of ship was devised to counter vessels called torpedo boats, & the name originally followed "torpedo boat" a destroyer |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | FISH & SHIPS $200: The Moray variety of this fish is sharp-toothed & can be vicious if provoked eel |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | FISH & SHIPS $400: The ability of the creature seen here to get airborne gives it this two-word name flying fish |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | FISH & SHIPS $600: On Columbus' first voyage to the New World in 1492, brothers Martin & Vicente Pinzon commanded these 2 ships Nina & Pinta |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | FISH & SHIPS $800: Queen variety of this heavenly sponge eater & reef dweller is seen here an angel fish |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | FISH & SHIPS $1000: Built in 1816, the first private yacht to cross the Atlantic shared its name with this ancient craft that cruised the Nile Cleopatra's barge |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | FICTIONAL SHIPS $400: Capt. Nemo said, "Tomorrow I will be dead, and I wish for no other tomb than" this vessel. "It is my coffin!" the Nautilus |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | FICTIONAL SHIPS $800: Captain Peleg told Ishmael that he & Captain Bildad were part-owners of this whaler the Pequod |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | FICTIONAL SHIPS $1200: In a 1984 Tom Clancy thriller, this Russian sub is equipped with an ultra-quiet propulsion system Red October |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | FICTIONAL SHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): Lieutenant Steve Maryk takes command of this destroyer-minesweeper from an unstable captain the Caine |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | FICTIONAL SHIPS $2000: In this 1897 Kipling novel, the schooner "We're Here" rescues teenager Harvey Cheyne near the Grand Banks Captains Courageous |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | SHIPS $400: On May 7, 1915 German submarine commander Walter Schweiger gave the command to torpedo this British liner the Lusitania |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | SHIPS $800: In 1717 this pirate captured La Concorde & renamed it Queen Anne's Revenge; a year later it ran aground off N.C. Edward Teach (Blackbeard) |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | SHIPS $1200: The 1st ship built in the colonies by English settlers was built in 1607 on the Kennebec River in what is now this state Maine |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | SHIPS $1600: The flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry was named for this captain who said, "Don't give up the ship" James Lawrence |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | SHIPS $2000: In 1994, 9 years after it was hijacked by PLF members, this Italian cruise ship burned & sank in the Indian Ocean Achille Lauro |
| #4975, aired 2006-04-07 | SHIPS $200: The ships of Columbus' first voyage were 2 caravels & this bigger ship, a type called a nao the Santa Maria |
| #4975, aired 2006-04-07 | SHIPS $400: The Andrea Doria was replaced with a ship named for this artist, followed by the Michelangelo & the Raffaello Leonardo da Vinci |
| #4975, aired 2006-04-07 | SHIPS $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.) The Vasa capsized on its 1628 maiden voyage because tons of stones, used as this, didn't counterweigh the guns, masts, sails, & upper hull ballast |
| #4975, aired 2006-04-07 | SHIPS $800: The U.S.S. Constitution was one of the first 6 of this type of warship authorized by Congress in 1794 frigate |
| #4975, aired 2006-04-07 | SHIPS $1000: C.Y. Tung bought this ocean liner in 1970 with plans to convert her into the floating Seawise University the Queen Elizabeth |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | SHIPS' NAMES $400: In 1585 John Davis sailed to find the Northwest Passage with 2 ships: Sunneshine & this one (hic!) Moonshine |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | SHIPS' NAMES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands before an aircraft carrier.) The U.S.S. Tarawa takes its name from an atoll where a fierce battle between the U.S. & this nation took place Japan |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | SHIPS' NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): Noted Dandy George Crowninsheild Jr. built the USA's 1st seagoing yacht & called it this woman's "barge' Cleopatra |
| #4631, aired 2004-10-25 | SHIPS $200: Charles Darwin once wrote, "The voyage of" this ship "has been by far the most important event in my life" the Beagle |
| #4631, aired 2004-10-25 | SHIPS $400: Neither this man nor his flagship the Trinidad completed the circumnavigation of the world in the 1520s Magellan |
| #4631, aired 2004-10-25 | SHIPS $600: The Mary Rose, a warship built for this British king, sank in 1545 & was raised in 1982 Henry VIII |
| #4631, aired 2004-10-25 | SHIPS $800: In 1787 the great cabin of this ship once called the Berthia was converted to house pots to hold breadfruit the Bounty |
| #4631, aired 2004-10-25 | SHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): 3 torpedoes fired from the British cruiser Dorsetshire helped sink this battleship on May 27, 1941 the Bismarck |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | SHIPS $400: This historic 15th century ship got its name from its owner, Juan Nino de Moguer the Niña |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | SHIPS $800: Perhaps the greatest loss of life at sea, over 5,000, came in 1945 when this type of vessel sank the Wilhelm Gustloff submarine |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | SHIPS $1200: The first 4 Cunard vessels were Acadia, Caledonia, Columbia & this one that really ruled the waves the Britannia |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | SHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): On July 24, 1969 the U.S.S. Hornet was in the Pacific waiting for these men the crew of Apollo 11 |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | SHIPS $2000: A space shuttle was named for this ship seen here, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's first vessel the Atlantis |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | SHIPS $200: In 2001 an aircraft carrier named for this former president was christened by his wife Nancy Reagan |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | SHIPS $400: After its return to England, this Pilgrim ship may have been sold for salvage & used as a barn roof the Mayflower |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | SHIPS $600: This naval hero named his ship the Bonhomme Richard in honor of Benjamin Franklin John Paul Jones |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | SHIPS $800: Nearly 1,200 people died after a torpedo sank this British liner in 1915 the Lusitania |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | SHIPS $1000: A book about this brig calls it "Survey Ship Extraordinary"; we're sure Charles Darwin would agree the Beagle |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | BOATS & SHIPS $200 (Daily Double): (Sarah is on a boat.) Ready to race? We are on this "patriotic" yacht that won Dennis Conner the America's Cup in 1987 Stars and Stripes |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | BOATS & SHIPS $400: James Cameron used real footage of this sunken luxury liner in his 1997 movie the Titanic |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | BOATS & SHIPS $800: In 1673 Marquette & Joliet traveled the Mississippi in these made of birchbark canoes |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | BOATS & SHIPS $1200: This wooden sailing ship of the Far East sounds like a bunch of useless stuff a junk boat |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | BOATS & SHIPS $2000: Henry Hudson & James Cook's expeditions each shuttled across the ocean on a ship called this Discovery |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | ENGLISH SHIPS $100: On April 15, 1912 the Carpathia picked up its SOS & radioed back, "Coming hard" Titanic |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | ENGLISH SHIPS $200: 128 Americans died when this British liner was torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7, 1915 Lusitania |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | ENGLISH SHIPS $400: Francis Drake's flagship the Pelican was renamed this, after passing through the Strait of Magellan the Golden Hind |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | ENGLISH SHIPS $500 (Daily Double): Built in 1765, this admiral's flagship the Victory is preserved & on display in Portsmouth, England Admiral Nelson |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | ENGLISH SHIPS $500: In 1791 the HMS Pandora sailed into Tahiti to seize several of this ship's crew the Bounty |
| #3246, aired 1998-10-19 | SHIPS $100: On July 21, 1997 this "old" ship celebrated the 200th anniversary of its launch by sailing into Boston harbor the Constitution ("Old Ironsides") |
| #3246, aired 1998-10-19 | SHIPS $200: In 1808 this ship's John Adams was found on Pitcairn Island; he was the only adult male still there the Bounty |
| #3246, aired 1998-10-19 | SHIPS $300: In 1960 Johnny Horton had a No. 3 hit with a song about the sinking of this German battleship the Bismarck |
| #3246, aired 1998-10-19 | SHIPS $400: On March 25, 1961 Elvis Presley performed at Honolulu's Bloch Arena to raise money for this ship's memorial the Arizona |
| #3246, aired 1998-10-19 | SHIPS $500: The arrival of this Cunard liner shortly after the Titanic sank prevented further loss of life the Carpathia |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | SHIPS $100: In 1787 Lt. William Bligh was given command of this 215-ton ship H.M.S. Bounty |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | SHIPS $200: The March 9, 1862 battle of these 2 ships was the 1st conflict between ironclads Monitor & Merrimac |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | SHIPS $300: In the summer of 1870, this steamboat named for a Southern hero defeated the Natchez in a match race Robert E. Lee |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | SHIPS $400: The British sent over 60 vessels against this German battleship before it sank on May 27, 1941 Bismarck |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | SHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): Ship whose memorial is seen here: (in Pearl Harbor) U.S.S. Arizona |
| #2947, aired 1997-05-27 | HISTORIC SHIPS $100: In August 1851 this schooner won the Hundred Guinea Cup & the cup was later renamed for it America |
| #2947, aired 1997-05-27 | HISTORIC SHIPS $200: The Confederate ship the Virginia was also known by this name Merrimac |
| #2947, aired 1997-05-27 | HISTORIC SHIPS $300: When Columbus left Spain August 3, 1492, he was aboard this ship Santa Maria |
| #2947, aired 1997-05-27 | HISTORIC SHIPS $400: It was the flagship of the 5 commanded by Sir Francis Drake that set sail December 13, 1577 the Golden Hind |
| #2947, aired 1997-05-27 | HISTORIC SHIPS $500: In an 1872 race between these fast sailing ships, the Thermopylae beat the Cutty Sark Clipper ships |
| #2879, aired 1997-02-20 | SHIPS $200: Due to stormy weather, this ship arrived at Cape Cod instead of Virginia November 21, 1620 the Mayflower |
| #2879, aired 1997-02-20 | SHIPS $400: On May 7, 1915 the Germans sank this British liner because of the 173 tons of rifle ammunition & shells on board the Lusitania |
| #2879, aired 1997-02-20 | SHIPS $600: In November 1609 the British seized this Henry Hudson ship but later returned it to the Dutch East India Co. The Half Moon |
| #2879, aired 1997-02-20 | SHIPS $800: Jacques Cousteau's ship; John Denver sang about it Calypso |
| #2879, aired 1997-02-20 | SHIPS $1000: Brothers Martin & Vincente Pinzon commanded these 2 ships on Columbus' first voyage to the New World the Niña & the Pinta |
| #2780, aired 1996-10-04 | FAMOUS SHIPS $100: Remember this ship that blew up in 1898? One inquiry said the cause of the explosion was a submarine mine the Maine |
| #2780, aired 1996-10-04 | FAMOUS SHIPS $200: After striking a reef in 1989 it caused the largest oil spill in U.S. history Exxon Valdez |
| #2780, aired 1996-10-04 | FAMOUS SHIPS $300: The Pearl Harbor memorial built above this sunken battleship was dedicated in 1962 the Arizona |
| #2780, aired 1996-10-04 | FAMOUS SHIPS $400: The ramains of this ship were found off Pitcairn Island in 1957 the Bounty |
| #2780, aired 1996-10-04 | FAMOUS SHIPS $500: Name shared by the 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic & the 1st nuclear-powered merchant ship the Savannah |
| #2543, aired 1995-09-27 | SHIPS & BOATS $200: It's voyage was "naturally" chronicled in an 1839 book the Beagle |
| #2543, aired 1995-09-27 | SHIPS & BOATS $400: It was the first nuclear-powered submarine to sail under the North Pole the Nautilus |
| #2543, aired 1995-09-27 | SHIPS & BOATS $600: The Cutty Sark was built in 1869 to carry crates of this cargo from China tea |
| #2543, aired 1995-09-27 | SHIPS & BOATS $1,000 (Daily Double): Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki wa made of balsa; his Ra II was made of this material reeds (or papyrus) |
| #2543, aired 1995-09-27 | SHIPS & BOATS $1000: It was the name of Aristotle Onassis' famous yacht the Christina |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | SHIPS $100: At the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, his flagship, the Victory, was 40 years old Lord Nelson |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | SHIPS $200: In 1821 Great Britain launched the Aaron Manby, the first iron- hulled ship powered by this a steam engine |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | SHIPS $300: Launched in 1853, the Great Republic, one of these speedy ships, was the largest sailing ship of its time a clipper ship |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | SHIPS $400: In 1839 this steamship line was founded as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Cunard |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | SHIPS $500: In 1942 a fire destroyed this country's ocean liner The Normandie as it lay in New York Harbor France |
| #2253, aired 1994-05-25 | SHIPS & BOATS $100: It's a large, square- ended, flat boat used to carry sand, coal or even garbage a barge (scow) |
| #2253, aired 1994-05-25 | SHIPS & BOATS $200: We wonder how many miles the Spanish got to one of these 16th century treasure ships a galleon |
| #2253, aired 1994-05-25 | SHIPS & BOATS $300: In this popular strategy game, it takes 5 direct hits to sink an aircraft carrier Battleship |
| #2253, aired 1994-05-25 | SHIPS & BOATS $400: It's a ship with no regular schedule that takes hauling jobs as it finds them a tramp |
| #2253, aired 1994-05-25 | SHIPS & BOATS $500: The term for this small boat that's often towed hails from Hindi a dinghy |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | SHIPS $200: In 1959 the N.S. Savannah became the first commercial ship powered by this nuclear power |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | SHIPS $400: The largest portion of the world's merchant fleet is this type of cargo ship a tanker |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | SHIPS $600: In 1967 this company launched the Queen Elizabeth II, its last liner the Cunard line |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | SHIPS $800: Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat was better known by this name, after the estate of a major backer the Clermont |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | SHIPS $1000: Launched in 1797, this oldest decommissioned U.S. Navy ship is docked at Pier 1 in Baltimore Harbor the Constellation |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | BOATS & SHIPS $100: One of these boats designed to push & pull larger craft can move 10 to 20 barges at a single time a tugboat |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | BOATS & SHIPS $200: For fishing & transportation, Indonesians commonly use an outrigger, a type of this boat a canoe |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | BOATS & SHIPS $300: In 1959 Mamie Eisenhower christened the N.S. Savannah, the first merchant vessel powered by this nuclear power |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | BOATS & SHIPS $400: According to Guinness, the most expensive one, the Abdul Aziz, belongs to the King of Saudi Arabia a yacht |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | BOATS & SHIPS $500: Among the more famous of these swift sailing ships were the Flying Cloud & the Cutty Sark a clipper ship |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | SHIPS $100: These include Royal Caribbean, Princess & Holland America cruise ships |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | SHIPS $200: Arco recently passed this oil company as the largest shipping owner & operator in the U.S. Exxon |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | SHIPS $300: The Delta Queen, this type of river boat, originally ran between San Francisco & Sacramento a steamboat |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | SHIPS $400: In the names Bireme, Trireme, & Quarireme, "reme" refers to these oars |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | SHIPS $500: The record for an Atlantic crossing by a passenger liner is this many days & about 11 hours three |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | SHIPS $100: This ship, Columbus' flagship., was originally called the Marigalanti Santa Maria |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | SHIPS $200: Neither this admiral nor his flagship, the Trinidad, completed the circumnavigation of the globe Magellan |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | SHIPS $300: The Queen Elizabeth was a few feet longer than this, her sister ship the Queen Mary |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | SHIPS $400: In 1831 Charles Darwin sailed as naturalist on this ship the Beagle |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | SHIPS $500: The Thresher & Scorpion were this type of ship; 1 was lost in 1963, 1 in 1968 (nuclear) submarines |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | BOATS & SHIPS $100: Basic types of this ship include oil, ore-bulk-oil & liquefied-gas carrier tankers |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | BOATS & SHIPS $200: In Venice, motorboats have largely replaced these vessels as the main means of transportation gondolas |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | BOATS & SHIPS $300: In his "Travels", Marco Polo described these Chinese sailing ships, praising their system of bulkheads junks |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | BOATS & SHIPS $400: The earliest form of this boat was a barge or raft pulled across a stream by ropes a ferry |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | BOATS & SHIPS $500: This Scottish-named clipper, first launched in 1869, is now preserved in England as a museum the Cutty Sark |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | SHIPS $200: The names of U.S. naval ships are preceded by U.S.S., the names of British naval ships by these 3 letters H.M.S |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | SHIPS $400: After the Titanic Disaster an international patrol to look for these was set up in 1914 icebergs |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | SHIPS $600: It's a 2-masted square- rigged ship or the jail aboard it a brig |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | SHIPS $800: In 1819 it became the 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic, though most of the trip was by sail the Savannah |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | SHIPS $1000: Columbus' Santa Maria was this type of seagoing vessel whose name begins with "C" a caravel |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | SHIPS $100: Until it sunk in 1912, it was the world's largest & most luxurious ocean liner the Titanic |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | SHIPS $200: Upon reaching Pitcairn Island in 1790, it was stripped of everything usable & then burned the Bounty |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | SHIPS $300: In the 1st key naval battle of the War of 1812, this ship defeated the British frigate Guerriere the Constitution |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | SHIPS $400: This steamship provided passenger service along the Hudson River from 1807 to 1814 the Clermont |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | SHIPS $500: This flagship of Lord Horatio Nelson can be seen in dry dock at Portsmouth, England HMS Victory |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | SUNKEN SHIPS $100: The anchor of this Civil War ironclad was recovered off the N. Carolina coast in 1983 the Monitor |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | SUNKEN SHIPS $200: A monument above the final resting place of this battleship was dedicated at Pearl Harbor in 1962 the Arizona |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | SUNKEN SHIPS $300: Germany justified the May 7, 1915 sinking of this ship by saying it carried munitions the Lusitania |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | SUNKEN SHIPS $400: The bow of the Stockholm, constructed to cut through ice, cut through the side of this liner in 1956 the Andrea Doria |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | SUNKEN SHIPS $500: The Mary Rose, a ship built for this king in 1510, sank in 1545 & was raised in 1982 Henry VIII |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | SHIPS $200: As a result of this ship's sinking, the 1st International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea was convened in 1913 the Titanic |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | SHIPS $400: Named for the dog star, it became the 1st to cross the Atlantic totally under steam power in 1838 the Sirius |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | SHIPS $600: The nuts, bolts & bell used in the Constitution, Old Ironsides, were made by this Boston craftsman Paul Revere |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | SHIPS $800: In 1968 Cunard launched this ship, the last trans-Atlantic superliner to be built the QE2 |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | SHIPS $1000: Though warned of attacks, few of the 1,258 passengers on this ship's May 1, 1915 trip cancelled the Lusitania |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | SHIPS $200: In 1818, the "Walk in the Water" was the first ship to use this type of power on the Great Lakes steam |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | SHIPS $400: The name of these 19th century slender hulled sailing ships comes from a word meaning to move swiftly the clippers |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | SHIPS $600: When it caught fire & sank in Hong Kong Harbor in 1972, this liner was being prepared for use as a university the Queen Elizabeth |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | SHIPS $800: Oceanus Hopkins was born on this ship at sea, & Peregrine White was born after it dropped anchor the Mayflower |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | SHIPS $1000: Now permanently moored at Pier 1 in Baltimore Harbor, this frigate was the U.S. Navy's first warship the U.S. Constellation |
| #1430, aired 1990-11-16 | SHIPS $200: A British crew sailed a replica of this ship from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Mass. in 1957 the Mayflower |
| #1430, aired 1990-11-16 | SHIPS $400: Because many rulers of these Nordic people were buried in their ships, some vessels have survived the Vikings |
| #1430, aired 1990-11-16 | SHIPS $600: Of the bow, the forecastle & the poop, the one situated at the stern of a ship the poop |
| #1430, aired 1990-11-16 | SHIPS $800: These sailing ships were the largest in the Spanish Armada galleons |
| #1430, aired 1990-11-16 | SHIPS $1000: It has surpassed Liberia as the country with the most merchant ships under its flag Panama |
| #1379, aired 1990-09-06 | SHIPS $200: In 1961, the USS Long Beach became the 1st naval surface ship using this type of power nuclear power |
| #1379, aired 1990-09-06 | SHIPS $400: In 1791 the HMS Pandora sailed into the harbor at Tahiti in search of this ship's crew the Bounty |
| #1379, aired 1990-09-06 | SHIPS $600: Robert Fulton called it the North River's Steamboat; we refer to it by this name the Clermont |
| #1379, aired 1990-09-06 | SHIPS $800: Sir Francis Drake's 100-ton ship, the Pelican, was renamed this, from the crest of one of his backers the Golden Hind |
| #1379, aired 1990-09-06 | SHIPS $1000: When launched in 1907, this British liner was the fastest ship afloat, but it was sunk 8 years later the Lusitania |
| #1337, aired 1990-05-29 | SHIPS $200: Slang term for cargo ships that don't have regular routes & just pick up business where they can tramp steamer |
| #1337, aired 1990-05-29 | SHIPS $400: A roman trireme had a man doing this to keep the oarsmen in sync beating time (on a drum) |
| #1337, aired 1990-05-29 | SHIPS $600: One legend says if you want to see the Flying Dutchman, be in the area of this cape during a storm Cape of Good Hope |
| #1337, aired 1990-05-29 | SHIPS $800: The second mate has this job on a ship, so he gets to see the stars, or at least he used to navigator |
| #1337, aired 1990-05-29 | SHIPS $1000: The American Belknap & Soviet Slava were anchored off this Mediterranean island Dec. 2, 1989 Malta |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | SHIPS $100: This Georgia city provided the name for the 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic the Savannah |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | SHIPS $200: This nation builds almost half of the world's ships, but most are sold to other countries Japan |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | SHIPS $300: Lateen sails, which are better for sailing into the wind, are always of this shape triangles |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | SHIPS $400: The luxury liner the QE2 is operated by this British company Cunard |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | SHIPS $500: Mohammed Abul Abbas was the mastermind accused of the 1985 hijacking of this Italian cruise ship the Achille Lauro |
| #1071, aired 1989-04-10 | SHIPS $100: Flying Cloud, Cutty Sark & Sea Witch are all examples of this mid 19th c. speedy merchant ship a clipper ship |
| #1071, aired 1989-04-10 | SHIPS $200: The Vikings approved the sailing ability of ships by adding this long, narrow piece to the underside a keel |
| #1023, aired 1989-02-01 | SHIPS $200: The science of calculating the position of a ship & directing its course navigation |
| #1023, aired 1989-02-01 | SHIPS $400: According to the camp song, "It was sad when" this "great ship went down" Titanic |
| #1023, aired 1989-02-01 | SHIPS $600: Also called an air cushion vehicle, it rides on air just above the water's surface hovercraft |
| #1023, aired 1989-02-01 | SHIPS $800: Privately-owned ships registered in certain countries to pay lower taxes are said to fly this type of flag flag of convenience |
| #1023, aired 1989-02-01 | SHIPS $1000: Meaning "tied wood", this boat originally consisted of a platform lashed across 2 canoes or logs catamaran |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | SHIPS $200: A poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes helped save this ship from the scrapyard Old Ironsides (The Constitution) |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | SHIPS $400: A boat on a "Nantucket sleigh ride" was pulled by one of these whale |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | SHIPS $600: Trailers go directly off truck beds into the holds of these ships that have no interior cargo decks container ships |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | SHIPS $800: The Britannia, a ship in his line, began the 1st regular transatlantic steamship service in 1840 Cunard |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | SHIPS $1000: Mamie Eisenhower christened this 1st nuclear powered merchant ship July 21, 1959 Savannah |
| #945, aired 1988-10-14 | SHIPS $200: Eskimos have large boats called umiaks or "women's boats" & these smaller ones meaning "men's boats" kayaks |
| #945, aired 1988-10-14 | SHIPS $600: The largest battleships of all time were built by this country & sunk by the U.S. in WWII Japan |
| #945, aired 1988-10-14 | SHIPS $1,000 (Daily Double): Ship for which the following movie theme was named: Exodus |
| #890, aired 1988-06-17 | SHIPS $100: 15th century admiral Cheng Ho commanded a fleet of 62 of these boats, all over 500 feet long junks |
| #890, aired 1988-06-17 | SHIPS $200: The U.S. entered WWI some 2 years after this British liner was sunk by a German U-boat the Lusitania |
| #890, aired 1988-06-17 | SHIPS $300: The Susan Constant, the Godspeed & the Discovery carried the 1st Englishmen to this settlement Jamestown |
| #890, aired 1988-06-17 | SHIPS $400: In 1938, this famous passenger liner crossed the Atlantic in just 3 days, 20 hrs. & 42 mins. Queen Mary |
| #890, aired 1988-06-17 | SHIPS $500: Name of the U.S. Navy ship hit in an Iraqi missile attack May 17, 1987 the USS Stark |
| #830, aired 1988-03-25 | SHIPS $200: In October 1987, in the S. Pacific, one of these erupted 130' beneath the research ship Melville a volcano |
| #830, aired 1988-03-25 | SHIPS $400: In Sept. 1987 the Walt Disney Company announced plans to buy this Calif. tourist attraction the Queen Mary |
| #830, aired 1988-03-25 | SHIPS $600: For clipper ships, this attribute was the top priority speed |
| #830, aired 1988-03-25 | SHIPS $800: Mississippi riverboat named for the outlet of the Sacramento River, where it originally ran the Delta Queen |
| #830, aired 1988-03-25 | SHIPS $1000: The 1st nuclear submarine was produced in this state's shipyards Connecticut |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | SHIPS $100: Guinness says the world's most expensive yacht is this country's royal yacht, the Abdul Aziz Saudi Arabia |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | SHIPS $200: Not Jason's mythical "Argo", but a ship called the "Argonaut", appeared in this Lloyd Bridges TV series Sea Hunt |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | SHIPS $300: A famous yachting trophy was called the "100 Guinea Cup" until after it was won by this yacht America's Cup (America) |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | SHIPS $400: Type of U.S. Navy ship whose identification # begins with the letters "CV" aircraft carrier |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | SHIPS $500: In 1950, Admiral Radford directed that Old Glory be hoisted over remains of this ship each day U.S.S. Arizona |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | SHIPS $200: At 1st this job aboard a galley was considered honorable; later, slaves & POWs were used rowing |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | SHIPS $400: A flat-bottomed boat, it's also the term for a float on a seaplane pontoon |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | SHIPS $600: Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, its name was appropriate, since he won Victory |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | SHIPS $800: Shape of the oldest known sails square |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | SHIPS $1000: Company which commissioned the Lusitania Cunard |
| #677, aired 1987-07-14 | SHIPS $200: You can sail to Tahiti on the replica of this ship used in the Anthony Hopkins/Mel Gibson film the Bounty |
| #677, aired 1987-07-14 | SHIPS $400: Mississippi River steamboat that is on the National Register of Historic Places the Delta Queen |
| #677, aired 1987-07-14 | SHIPS $500 (Daily Double): The "S.S." before a ship's name indicates this a steamship |
| #677, aired 1987-07-14 | SHIPS $800: Exactly 4" longer than her sister ships, the Missouri, Iowa & Wisconsin, she's the largest battleship afloat the New Jersey |
| #677, aired 1987-07-14 | SHIPS $1000: As a class, they're the largest ships afloat today tankers |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | SHIPS $100: Of the Queen Elizabeth or QE2, the larger Queen Elizabeth |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | SHIPS $200: The 1st of these made in France was named the Nautilus submarine |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | SHIPS $300: A Roman galley slave didn't work in the ship's kitchen but was used for this function rowing the boat |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | SHIPS $400: The 1st registered vessel powered by this was appropriately named the James Watt steamship |
| #572, aired 1987-02-17 | SHIPS $200: With 18" to a cubit, it was by biblical stats, the longest wood ship ever built Noah's Ark |
| #572, aired 1987-02-17 | SHIPS $400: Only Gilbert & Sullivan operetta whose title is the name of a ship H.M.S. Pinafore |
| #572, aired 1987-02-17 | SHIPS $600: They "committed themselves to the will of God" wrote William Bradford of this ship's voyage Mayflower |
| #572, aired 1987-02-17 | SHIPS $800: Scuttled Union frigate the Confederates raised, clad with iron, & renamed the "Virginia" Merrimack |
| #572, aired 1987-02-17 | SHIPS $1000: In 1831, Charles Darwin signed on as unpaid naturalist for this ship's scientific voyage Beagle |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | SHIPS $100: In "Tales of a Wayside Inn", Longfellow compares brief encounters to "ships that" do this pass in the night |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | SHIPS $200: In 1830, an Oliver Wendell Holmes poem prevented scrapping of this ship, now a Boston shrine Old Ironsides (USS Constitution) |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | SHIPS $400: 1st steamship to cross Atlantic & 1st nuc. powered merchant ship both bore name of this Georgia city Savannah |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | SHIPS $500 (Daily Double): Ship referred to in the title of this song: the sloop John B |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | SHIPS $500: In early 1986, this, the British royal yacht, was used to evacuate foreigners from South Yemen Britannia |
| #416, aired 1986-04-14 | SHIPS $200: The Pequod's fatal quest Moby-Dick |
| #416, aired 1986-04-14 | SHIPS $400: He captained "the Golden Hind", not "the Rubber Duck" Sir Francis Drake |
| #416, aired 1986-04-14 | SHIPS $1000: U.S. battleship aboard which the Japanese surrendered to General MacArthur the Missouri |
| #416, aired 1986-04-14 | SHIPS $1,600 (Daily Double): Nautical title of this, The Hues Corporation's only No. 1 hit song:
"Our love is like a ship on the ocean / We've been sailing with a cargo full of love and devotion / So I'd like to know where, you got the notion "Rock The Boat" |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | SHIPS $100: Ironically, few people even lost their footing when this ship hit the iceberg the Titanic |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | SHIPS $200: A single-masted ship such as the "John B" a sloop |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | SHIPS $300: Fighting in this war, Germany's "Seeadler" was the last important naval vessel to use sails World War I |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | SHIPS $400: Rush to reach Cal. gold fields spurred construction of this speedy type of vessel clipper ships |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | SHIPS $500: This British line, which includes "QE2", sent its 1st steamship across the Atlantic in 1840 the Cunard line |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | FAMOUS SHIPS $100: Millionaires Benjamin Guggenheim & John Jacob Astor went down with this ship the Titanic |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | FAMOUS SHIPS $200: In film it's been captained by Charles Laughton, Trevor Howard & Anthony Hopkins the Bounty |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | FAMOUS SHIPS $1,000 (Daily Double): Comic opera where you hear this song:
"We sail the ocean blue / And our saucy ship's a beauty / We're sober men and true / And attentive to our duty / When the balls whistle free / O'er the bright blue sea / We stand to our guns all day / When at anchor we ride / On the Portsmouth tide / We have plenty of time for play / Ahoy! Ahoy!..." H.M.S. Pinafore |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | SHIPS $100: Second in command to the captain first mate (executive officer accepted) |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | SHIPS $200: From Old English for "steering oar" & "ship's side", it's the right side of the ship starboard |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | SHIPS $400: Though the Confederates had the "Hunley", the "Holland", launched in 1898, was the 1st of this type in U.S. Navy a submarine |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | SHIPS $500 (Daily Double): Ship in the following:
"...he got drunk /
And broke in the Captain’s trunk /
The constable had to come and take him away..." the sloop John B |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | SHIPS $500: Spain's "Invincible Armada" was made up of these vincible treasure ships galleons |
| #121, aired 1985-02-25 | SHIPS $100: Sailing ship platform that gives the lookout a "bird's eye view" the crow's nest |
| #121, aired 1985-02-25 | SHIPS $200: Cargo ships with no set schedules or routes, they're the vagrants of shipping tramp steamer |
| #121, aired 1985-02-25 | SHIPS $300: The side away from the wind, or Grant's opposition lee |
| #121, aired 1985-02-25 | SHIPS $400: The part of the ship that's traditionally painted the same colors as the house flag the smokestack |
| #121, aired 1985-02-25 | SHIPS $500: Charles Dickens traveled to U.S. on this magnate's first liner, the "Britannia" (Samuel) Cunard |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | SHIPS $200: In 1959, the U.S. "Savannah" was 1st merchant ship to use this type of power nuclear power |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | SHIPS $400: The largest & fastest sailing vessels, one famous example was the "Cutty Sark" the clipper ships |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | SHIPS $600: About 3200 B.C. this civilization invented sails the Egyptians |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | SHIPS $800: In the Army, officer who provides supplies, but on ships, the petty officer who maintains the bridge the quartermaster |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | SHIPS $1000: These were not initiated for vessels until packet ships began using them in 1818 regular schedules |
| #10, aired 1984-09-21 | SHIPS $100: "Unsinkable" for most of its maiden voyage in 1912 the Titanic |
| #10, aired 1984-09-21 | SHIPS $200: Merchant ship that made the trip in 1620 from Plymouth to Cape Cod the Mayflower |
| #10, aired 1984-09-21 | SHIPS $300: He entertained world leaders on his yacht "Christina" (Aristotle) Onassis |
| #10, aired 1984-09-21 | SHIPS $400: Royal neighbor of the Spruce Goose the Queen Mary |
| #10, aired 1984-09-21 | SHIPS $500: At some 500' long & with 9 masts, the "Cheng Ho" was largest of this kind a junk |
