#7699, aired 2018-02-15 | THE 1930s $200: Edwin Armstrong developed this type of radio broadcasting featuring less noise & static FM |
#7699, aired 2018-02-15 | THE 1930s $400: After leading the Nationalist forces to victory in the Spanish Civil War, he became the country's dictator Franco |
#7699, aired 2018-02-15 | THE 1930s $600: The first of these institutions, at Cook County Hospital, facilitated 1,354 transfusions in its first year a blood bank |
#7699, aired 2018-02-15 | THE 1930s $800: The German government founded this company in 1937 to produce a low-priced "people's car" Volkswagen |
#7699, aired 2018-02-15 | THE 1930s $1000: Orson Welles & John Houseman formed this theatre in 1937 Mercury Theatre |
#7422, aired 2016-12-13 | BOOKS OF THE 1930s $400: 1931 saw the first appearance of "The Joy of" this--remember, it's books of the '30s, not the '70s The Joy of Cooking |
#7422, aired 2016-12-13 | BOOKS OF THE 1930s $800: This novel came out in 1936, was the No. 1 fiction bestseller of 1937 & hit the big screen in 1939 Gone with the Wind |
#7422, aired 2016-12-13 | BOOKS OF THE 1930s $1200: The title of this book that spawned several movies didn't refer to its detective hero but to lanky Clyde Wynant The Thin Man |
#7422, aired 2016-12-13 | BOOKS OF THE 1930s $2000: Ding! Ding! This hard-boiled 1934 novel was James M. Cain's first The Postman Always Rings Twice |
#7117, aired 2015-07-21 | THE NON‑DEPRESSING 1930s $200: At the 1932 Olympics, she set or tied records in the high jump, javelin & 80-meter hurdles Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
#7117, aired 2015-07-21 | THE NON‑DEPRESSING 1930s $400: This comic strip about the Bumsteads made its debut Blondie |
#7117, aired 2015-07-21 | THE NON‑DEPRESSING 1930s $600: Hard work paid off for Frances Perkins--in 1933 she became Secretary of this, the first woman in the cabinet Labor |
#7117, aired 2015-07-21 | THE NON‑DEPRESSING 1930s $800: His 1935 performance
at the Palomar ballroom
in Los Angeles
kicked off the swing era Benny Goodman |
#7117, aired 2015-07-21 | THE NON‑DEPRESSING 1930s $1000: Following this 1938 radio broadcast, people were relieved to find out that America wasn't really attacked by aliens The War of the Worlds |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | THE 1930s $200: On May 21, 1934 this duo attended a party at Black Lake, Louisiana; 2 days later, they were killed by the law Bonnie & Clyde |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | THE 1930s $400: On April 3, 1933 Lord Clydesdale became the first to pilot a plane over this mountain, just clearing it Mount Everest |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | THE 1930s $600: With 6,000 seats, it opened in 1932 in NYC as the world's largest movie theater, though it's named for another medium Radio City Music Hall |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | THE 1930s $800: In March 1939, after Hitler made Bohemia & Moravia a German protectorate, this country ceased to exist Czechoslovakia |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | THE 1930s $1000: After a week-long fast, he was released from government detention in Aug. 1933, weighing about 90 pounds Gandhi |
#6184, aired 2011-06-30 | THE 1930s $400: This Louisiana governor created his "share-our-wealth" in 1934, advocating higher income & inheritance taxes Huey Long |
#6184, aired 2011-06-30 | THE 1930s $800: This son of Man O' War, with "war" in his own name, won the Triple Crown in 1937 War Admiral |
#6184, aired 2011-06-30 | THE 1930s $1200: In 1934 F. Scott Fitzgerald published this novel about psychiatrist Dick Diver & his schizophrenic wife Tender is the Night |
#6184, aired 2011-06-30 | THE 1930s $1600: In June 1936 the Republican National Convention nominated this Kansas governor for president (Alf) Landon |
#6184, aired 2011-06-30 | THE 1930s $2000: World War I veterans demanding extra pay for their service made up the 1930s group known as this army the Bonus Army |
#5735, aired 2009-07-10 | THE NIFTY 1930s $200: This future baseball giant first said "Hey!" to the world when he was born in Alabama in 1931 Willie Mays |
#5735, aired 2009-07-10 | THE NIFTY 1930s $400: 1934 was the first year for this Oscar category, & the winner was "The Continental" Best Song |
#5735, aired 2009-07-10 | THE NIFTY 1930s $600: This ski-nosed comic broke out of Vaudeville & made his Broadway acting debut in the 1933 musical "Roberta" Bob Hope |
#5735, aired 2009-07-10 | THE NIFTY 1930s $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Tavern on the Green.) Tavern on the Green opened as a restaurant in 1934; this New York City mayor opened the door with a brass key & sampled the cuisine LaGuardia |
#5735, aired 2009-07-10 | THE NIFTY 1930s $2,600 (Daily Double): Agatha Christie set Hercule Poirot afloat on a boat called the Karnak in this exotic 1937 novel Death on the Nile |
#5627, aired 2009-02-10 | THE 1930s $400: In 1933, after less than 3 years in the funnies, he married Blondie Boopadoop Dagwood Bumstead |
#5627, aired 2009-02-10 | THE 1930s $800: In 1936 Haile Selassie asked this world body for sanctions against Italy, which had invaded Ethiopia in 1935 the League of Nations |
#5627, aired 2009-02-10 | THE 1930s $1600: The Century of Progress Exposition was held in this city during 1933 & 1934 Chicago |
#5627, aired 2009-02-10 | THE 1930s $2,000 (Daily Double): As a tie-in with the new president's programs, in 1933 Warner Bros. movies were advertised as this "in entertainment" a New Deal in entertainment |
#5627, aired 2009-02-10 | THE 1930s $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Central Park in New York.) In the 1930s, before it was a lush, great lawn, an area of Central Park was home to displaced people's communities known as these, after a famous American Hoovervilles |
#5312, aired 2007-10-16 | THE 1930s $400: W.H. Auden wrote of this civil war-torn country, "History to the defeated may say alas but cannot help nor pardon" Spain |
#5312, aired 2007-10-16 | THE 1930s $800: As the depression hit Europe, this figure in Belgium went from 5.4% in 1930 to 23.5% in 1932 unemployment |
#5312, aired 2007-10-16 | THE 1930s $1,500 (Daily Double): Melvin Purvis gained fame (more than Hoover liked) as head of the FBI's office in this city Chicago |
#5312, aired 2007-10-16 | THE 1930s $1600: The Baltic States' fate was decided by a secret protocol to the August 1939 non-aggression pact of these 2 nations Germany & the Soviet Union |
#5312, aired 2007-10-16 | THE 1930s $2000: 1 of the 2 men, a Southern pol & a soldier, whom FDR said were the 2 most dangerous in the country Huey Long (or Douglas MacArthur) |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | BASEBALL: THE 1930s $400: On May 25, 1935 he slugged the last 3 home runs of his career--numbers 712, 713 & 714 Babe Ruth |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | BASEBALL: THE 1930s $800: On July 6, 1933 this city's Comiskey Park hosted the first All-Star Game; the American League won, 4-2 Chicago |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | BASEBALL: THE 1930s $1200: In 1939 Red Sox rookie batted .327; 2 years later his batting average increased 79 points Ted Williams |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | BASEBALL: THE 1930s $1600: In 1934 this eccentric St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won 30 games was named the NL's most valuable player Dizzy Dean |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | BASEBALL: THE 1930s $2000: In June 1938 this Cincinnati Reds pitcher became the only man to pitch a no-hitter in 2 consecutive games Johnny Van Der Meer |
#4397, aired 2003-10-21 | THE 1930s $400: He published his new "scale" in the January 1935 bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (Charles) Richter |
#4397, aired 2003-10-21 | THE 1930s $800: This Al Capp comic strip made its debut August 13, 1934 "Li'l Abner" |
#4397, aired 2003-10-21 | THE 1930s $1200: In 1935 beer was canned & Bill Wilson & Dr. Robert H. Smith founded this organization Alcoholics Anonymous |
#4397, aired 2003-10-21 | THE 1930s $1600: This NYC mayor resigned in 1932, clouded by dy-no-mite headlines on corruption charges Jimmy Walker |
#4397, aired 2003-10-21 | THE 1930s $2000: In October 1936 Literary Digest took a poll & declared that this Kansan would win the presidency in a landslide Alf Landon |
#3691, aired 2000-09-25 | THE 1930s $100: In 1939 this city was home to the Golden Gate International Exposition San Francisco |
#3691, aired 2000-09-25 | THE 1930s $200: Charles Floyd, known by this nickname, was killed in a shootout with FBI agents in 1934 "Pretty Boy" Floyd |
#3691, aired 2000-09-25 | THE 1930s $300: In 1930 this company introduced frozen peas; only problem was, few stores had freezers Birdseye |
#3691, aired 2000-09-25 | THE 1930s $400: Daniel Guggenheim helped fund this man's 1930 move to New Mexico to continue his rocket research (Robert) Goddard |
#3691, aired 2000-09-25 | THE 1930s $500: In 1931 this social worker picked up a Nobel Peace Prize to put in her house Jane Addams |
#3550, aired 2000-01-28 | THE 1930s $100: This NYC landmark that opened May 1, 1931, in the depths of the Depression, cost a reported $41,000,000 Empire State Building |
#3550, aired 2000-01-28 | THE 1930s $200: Last name of the "Ma" killed in a gun battle with the police & FBI January 16, 1935 Ma Barker |
#3550, aired 2000-01-28 | THE 1930s $300: It's the "U" in HUAC, a committee formed in 1938 Unamerican |
#3550, aired 2000-01-28 | THE 1930s $400: He said, "I'm a small fish here in Washington, but I'm a kingfish to the folks down in Louisiana" Huey Long |
#3550, aired 2000-01-28 | THE 1930s $500: On September 18, 1934 the Soviet Union joined this international organization League of Nations |
#3369, aired 1999-04-08 | THE 1930s $200: A 6-day fast by this man in 1932 changed the way the untouchables in India were treated Mohandas Gandhi |
#3369, aired 1999-04-08 | THE 1930s $400: The first factory to make these cars was dedicated in Wolfsburg, Germany May 26, 1938 Volkswagen |
#3369, aired 1999-04-08 | THE 1930s $500 (Daily Double): Pope Pius XI's "Casti Connubii" encyclical of 1930 was largely a condemnation of this practice birth control |
#3369, aired 1999-04-08 | THE 1930s $600: In 1931 chemists discovered a growth hormone in this gland Pituitary gland |
#3369, aired 1999-04-08 | THE 1930s $1000: Tops in country music in the '30s were this family's A.P., Sara & Maybelle Carter family |
#3055, aired 1997-12-05 | THE 1930s $200: After Pope Pius XI died in February 1939, Eugenio Pacelli was elected to the post & took this name Pope Pius XII |
#3055, aired 1997-12-05 | THE 1930s $400: His short reign as King of England fell in in 1936 King Edward VIII |
#3055, aired 1997-12-05 | THE 1930s $600: When created in 1933 it insured bank accounts up to $2,500 in the case of bank failure FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Commission) |
#3055, aired 1997-12-05 | THE 1930s $800: Gen. Emilio Mola said this group of Fascist supporters in Madrid would help him take the city the Fifth Column |
#3055, aired 1997-12-05 | THE 1930s $1000: In 1933 the New York Society for the Prevention of Vice wanted his "God's Little Acre" declared obscene Erskine Caldwell |
#2891, aired 1997-03-10 | THE 1930s $200: A factory to make these "People's Cars" was dedicated May 26, 1938 in Wolfsburg, Germany Volkswagen |
#2891, aired 1997-03-10 | THE 1930s $400: When Howard Hughes set an air speed record August 13, 1935, she was flying by to help confirm it Amelia Earhart |
#2891, aired 1997-03-10 | THE 1930s $600: Harbour Bridge, one of the largest arch bridges in the world, opened in this city in 1932, mate Sydney |
#2891, aired 1997-03-10 | THE 1930s $800: On April 7, 1939 this country invaded Albania & about a week later formally absorbed it Italy |
#2891, aired 1997-03-10 | THE 1930s $1000: In September 1933 he led a military coup against the government of Cuba Fulgencio Batista |
#2765, aired 1996-09-13 | THE 1930s $200: Its explosion, May 6, 1937, ended commercial airship transportation & development Hindenburg |
#2765, aired 1996-09-13 | THE 1930s $400: In December 1936 Anastasio Somoza became president of this country in a rigged election Nicaragua |
#2765, aired 1996-09-13 | THE 1930s $600: Nationalists made gains in Egypt's 1936 elections, the first under this king King Farouk |
#2765, aired 1996-09-13 | THE 1930s $800: In 1934 this Canadian island whose capital is St. John's lost dominion status Newfoundland |
#2765, aired 1996-09-13 | THE 1930s $1000: Ras Tafari became sole ruler of this country after the death of Empress Zauditu in 1930 Ethiopia |
#2735, aired 1996-06-21 | THE 1930s $200: In 1936, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, this country began remilitarizing the Rhineland Germany |
#2735, aired 1996-06-21 | THE 1930s $400: This longtime anchor of the CBS Evening News became a UPI correspondent in 1939 Walter Cronkite |
#2735, aired 1996-06-21 | THE 1930s $600: Helen Keller brought the first of these Japanese dogs to the United States in 1937 the akita |
#2735, aired 1996-06-21 | THE 1930s $800: He was appointed conductor of the Boston Pops in 1930 Arthur Fiedler |
#2735, aired 1996-06-21 | THE 1930s $1000: This author of "Anne of Green Gables" was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1935 (Lucy Maud) Montgomery |
#2667, aired 1996-03-19 | THE 1930s $100: In 1936 this Spanish general was exiled to the Canary Islands by the Popular Front government Franco |
#2667, aired 1996-03-19 | THE 1930s $200: This Communist leader divorced Ho Tzu-Chen in 1937 & married Chiang Ch'ing in 1939 Mao |
#2667, aired 1996-03-19 | THE 1930s $300: In 1934 this "Public Enemy Number One" fought his way out of a police trap in Wisconsin (John) Dillinger |
#2667, aired 1996-03-19 | THE 1930s $400: In 1932 the Winter Olympic Games were held in this New York town Lake Placid |
#2667, aired 1996-03-19 | THE 1930s $500: This poet began writing "Four Quartets", his most important later work, in 1935 T.S. Eliot |
#2633, aired 1996-01-31 | THE 1930s $100: In 1935 beer was sold in these containers for the first time Cans |
#2633, aired 1996-01-31 | THE 1930s $200: To generate income, this state legalized the 6-week divorce in 1931 as well as gambling Nevada |
#2633, aired 1996-01-31 | THE 1930s $300: A 1933 New Deal measure set up this, the TVA, to provide rural electric power in part of the South Tennessee Valley Authority |
#2633, aired 1996-01-31 | THE 1930s $400: In 1930 Hoover Dam was begun & this Grant Wood painting was finished "American Gothic" |
#2633, aired 1996-01-31 | THE 1930s $500 (Daily Double): On his 1936 presidential campaign button, he used a sunflower motif, from the Kansas state flower Alf Landon |
#2561, aired 1995-10-23 | THE 1930s $100: This 102-story New York skyscraper officially opened May 1, 1931 the Empire State Building |
#2561, aired 1995-10-23 | THE 1930s $200: On Jan. 23, 1930 Wilhelm Frick became the first member of this party to take a ministerial office in Germany the Nazi Party |
#2561, aired 1995-10-23 | THE 1930s $300: In 1931 he established the first Chinese Soviet republic in a region of Kiangsi Province Mao Tse-tung |
#2561, aired 1995-10-23 | THE 1930s $400: Harold Urey discovered deuterium, a "heavy" isotope of this element hydrogen |
#2561, aired 1995-10-23 | THE 1930s $500: In Egypt's first elections under this king in 1936, the nationalists made great advances Farouk |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | THE 1930s $100: In 1934 a peace treaty was signed by descendants of these Florida Indians who fought 3 wars against the U.S. the Seminole |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | THE 1930s $200: A plane crash in Alaska killed this cowboy humorist on August 15, 1935 Will Rogers |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | THE 1930s $300: This U.S. seismologist developed his famous scale Richter |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | THE 1930s $400: The "P" in WPA stood for this (Works) Progress (Administration) |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | THE 1930s $500: In 1930 he became the first golfer to win the "Grand Slam" & announced his retirement Bobby Jones |
#2366, aired 1994-12-12 | THE 1930s $100: In 1939 this team became the first to win 4 World Series in a row the Yankees |
#2366, aired 1994-12-12 | THE 1930s $200: After initially rejecting it, Parker Brothers began to cash in on this board game in 1935 Monopoly |
#2366, aired 1994-12-12 | THE 1930s $300: "My First Days in the White House" was a 1935 fantasy written by this governor of Louisiana Huey Long |
#2366, aired 1994-12-12 | THE 1930s $400: In 1936 a newspaper said, ask a boy who he wants to be like & 10-1 he'll say this official, "The Director" J. Edgar Hoover |
#2366, aired 1994-12-12 | THE 1930s $500: The Lindbergh kidnapping occurred in this state New Jersey |
#2336, aired 1994-10-31 | THE 1930s $100: In 1930 Congress established this underground national park in the Southwest Carlsbad Caverns |
#2336, aired 1994-10-31 | THE 1930s $200: In 1931 Lawrence Gelb introduced a European hair dye to the U.S. under this brand name Clairol |
#2336, aired 1994-10-31 | THE 1930s $300: It was the Mercury Theatre On The Air's presentation on Oct. 30, 1938 War of the Worlds |
#2336, aired 1994-10-31 | THE 1930s $400: In February 1936 a group of workers at Goodyear pioneered this type of strike A sit-down strike |
#2336, aired 1994-10-31 | THE 1930s $500: This New York City playboy mayor resigned in 1932 during a corruption investigation Jimmy Walker |
#2281, aired 1994-07-04 | THE 1930s $100: In October 1934 Mao Tse-Tung & about 85,000 troops embarked on this country's "Long March" China |
#2281, aired 1994-07-04 | THE 1930s $200: This Scottish-born tea company founder died on October 2, 1931 Lipton |
#2281, aired 1994-07-04 | THE 1930s $300: In a rigged 1936 election, Anastasio Somoza became president of this country Nicaragua |
#2281, aired 1994-07-04 | THE 1930s $400: He was popular when he succeeded his father, Fuad, as king of Egypt in 1936 Farouk |
#2281, aired 1994-07-04 | THE 1930s $500: In June 1936 this emperor asked the League of Nations for help in expelling Italy from his country Haile Selassie |
#2260, aired 1994-06-03 | THE 1930s $100: Under President Roosevelt's New Deal, this agency, also called the TVA, was established in 1933 the Tennessee Valley Authority |
#2260, aired 1994-06-03 | THE 1930s $200: In June 1937 he married the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson King Edward VIII |
#2260, aired 1994-06-03 | THE 1930s $300: In 1936 this foreign automaker introduced the first passenger car to run on diesel fuel Daimler(-Benz) |
#2260, aired 1994-06-03 | THE 1930s $400: In 1935 this show presenting America's top tunes debuted on radio Your Hit Parade |
#2260, aired 1994-06-03 | THE 1930s $500: In 1939 this tennis player who later lost the "Battle of the Sexes" won at Wimbledon Bobby Riggs |
#1999, aired 1993-04-22 | THE 1930s $100: Led by Ruth & Gehrig, this team swept the 1932 World Series in 4 games the New York Yankees |
#1999, aired 1993-04-22 | THE 1930s $200: In June 1938 FDR signed the Fair Labor Standards Act, establishing this at 40 cents an hour the minimum wage |
#1999, aired 1993-04-22 | THE 1930s $300: In August 1932 95,000 people gathered at the Coliseum in this city for the Olympic closing ceremonies Los Angeles |
#1999, aired 1993-04-22 | THE 1930s $400: This "People's Car" designed by Ferdinand Porsche made its debut in 1936 the Volkswagen |
#1999, aired 1993-04-22 | THE 1930s $1,000 (Daily Double): In February 1934 General Augusto Sandino was slain by national guardsmen in this country Nicaragua |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | THE 1930s $200: A popular song of 1932 asked, "Brother, can you spare" one of these a dime |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | THE 1930s $400: On October 5, 1931 Hugh Herndon & Clyde Pangborn completed the first nonstop flight across this ocean the Pacific Ocean |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | THE 1930s $600: In December 1933 this lady of Lourdes was made a saint Bernadette |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | THE 1930s $800: In March 1939 this nation ceased to exist for awhile; it was split up between Hungary & Germany Czechoslovakia |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | THE 1930s $1000: Charles Lindbergh helped develop the Perfusion Pump, an artificial one of these a heart |
#1827, aired 1992-07-07 | THE 1930s $200: FDR turned on the lights in Crosley Field 5/24/35 to allow the 1st Major League one of these in the U.S. night baseball |
#1827, aired 1992-07-07 | THE 1930s $400: Built to relieve crowding in the Holland tunnel, this one opened under the Hudson in 1937 the Lincoln Tunnel |
#1827, aired 1992-07-07 | THE 1930s $800: In March 1933 Engelbert Dollfuss dissolved this country's parliament & banned parades Austria |
#1827, aired 1992-07-07 | THE 1930s $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1936 Drew Pearson & Robert Allen coined this term to describe the Supreme Court's makeup Nine Old Men |
#1827, aired 1992-07-07 | THE 1930s $1000: Gandhi was arrested after a 1930 march to break up the government's monopoly on this salt |
#1723, aired 1992-02-12 | THE 1930s $200: In 1939 FDR moved this up from November 30 to November 23 Thanksgiving |
#1723, aired 1992-02-12 | THE 1930s $400: On May 28, 1934 2 midwives & Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe delivered 5 children to this family the Dionne family |
#1723, aired 1992-02-12 | THE 1930s $600: At 9:59 PM EST October 18, 1931 all non-essential lights in the U.S. were dimmed in his memory Thomas Edison |
#1723, aired 1992-02-12 | THE 1930s $800: O these could B used in a court in New York as evidence as of 1935 blood types |
#1723, aired 1992-02-12 | THE 1930s $1000: What Wallace Carothers called Fiber 66 in 1938 is now known as this synthetic fabric nylon |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | THE 1930s $200: American volunteers were heading to this country in 1937 to help the Loyalists in their civil war Spain |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | THE 1930s $400: On her Nov. 11, 1938 radio show she belted out the song "God Bless America" Kate Smith |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | THE 1930s $600: In Feb. 1930 she was crowned the world's amateur singles figure-skating champ for the 4th straight year Sonja Henie |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | THE 1930s $1000: In 1932, amid charges of neglect & incompetency, this dapper NYC mayor resigned (Jimmy) Walker |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | THE 1930s $2,000 (Daily Double): In Oct. 1931 he received the stiffest sentence ever for income tax evasion, 11 years in prison (Al) Capone |
#1515, aired 1991-03-15 | THE 1930s $200: In 1937 the Lincoln Tunnel was opened under the Hudson & this was opened over San Francisco Bay the Golden Gate Bridge |
#1515, aired 1991-03-15 | THE 1930s $400: In his 1st inaugural address, FDR said this was the only thing the country had to fear fear itself |
#1515, aired 1991-03-15 | THE 1930s $600: Louisiana senator who proposed a "Share the Wealth" program Huey Long |
#1515, aired 1991-03-15 | THE 1930s $800: In 1932 the U.S. Army booted this expeditionary force out of Washington, D.C. the Bonus Army |
#1515, aired 1991-03-15 | THE 1930s $1000: Detroit priest who took to the airwaves with tirades against the government Father (Charles) Coughlin |
#1251, aired 1990-01-29 | FILMS OF THE 1930S $200: Tibetans were played by Pala Indians from California in this film based on James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon |
#1251, aired 1990-01-29 | FILMS OF THE 1930S $400: In 1932 Paul Muni was "A Fugitive From" this A Chain Gang |
#1251, aired 1990-01-29 | FILMS OF THE 1930S $600: In this film E.G. Robinson uttered the dying words, "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?" "Little Caesar" |
#1251, aired 1990-01-29 | FILMS OF THE 1930S $800: This Greta Garbo film in which she played a Russian was remade in 1957 as the musical "Silk Stockings" "Ninotchka" |
#1251, aired 1990-01-29 | FILMS OF THE 1930S $1000: In this 1936 film Gary Cooper portrayed a tuba player from Mandrake Falls who inherits $20 million "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" |
#1040, aired 1989-02-24 | THE 1930s $100: Born in Canada in 1934, the celebrated Dionne quintuplets were all of this sex female |
#1040, aired 1989-02-24 | THE 1930s $200: Event at which FDR said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" first inaugural address |
#1040, aired 1989-02-24 | THE 1930s $300: In January 1935 federal agents gunned down this famous mother & her son Fred Ma Barker |
#1040, aired 1989-02-24 | THE 1930s $400: On Pres. Hoover's orders, federal troops evicted this "army" from Washington, D.C. the Bonus Army |
#1040, aired 1989-02-24 | THE 1930s $500: Harold Gatty's co-pilot on the 1st single-plane round-the-world flight Wiley Post |
#933, aired 1988-09-28 | THE 1930s $100: In 1939 he said, "As soon as I've carried out my program for Germany, I shall take up my painting" Hitler |
#933, aired 1988-09-28 | THE 1930s $200: In 1933 the Mayo Clinic established the 1st "bank" of this type blood bank |
#933, aired 1988-09-28 | THE 1930s $300: His entire reign as King of England was in 1936 Edward VIII (Duke of Windsor) |
#933, aired 1988-09-28 | THE 1930s $400: Constantinople officially did this in 1930 change its name to Istanbul |
#933, aired 1988-09-28 | THE 1930s $500: In 1931 he received an 11 year sentence for tax evasion but was released, mortally ill, in 1939 Al Capone |
#641, aired 1987-05-25 | THE 1930s $200: When dedicated on May 1, 1931, it was the world's tallest building Empire State Building |
#641, aired 1987-05-25 | THE 1930s $400: Of "Dracula", "The Wolf Man" or "Frankenstein", film which didn't premiere in the 1930s The Wolf Man |
#641, aired 1987-05-25 | THE 1930s $600: On May 9, 1936, it landed successfully at Lakehurst, New Jersey Hindenburg |
#641, aired 1987-05-25 | THE 1930s $800: Japan's 8-year war against this country began at the Marco Polo Bridge in July 1937 China |
#641, aired 1987-05-25 | THE 1930s $1000: In October 1935, Roosevelt said "A state of war unhappily exists" between Italy & this country Ethiopia |