#9239, aired 2025-01-02 | SO SAYETH THE KING JAMES BIBLE $200: In Genesis, "God blessed" humanity, saying "Make thee be fruitful, and" do this multiply |
#9239, aired 2025-01-02 | SO SAYETH THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: "I am" these 2 letters, "the first and the last: and, what thou seest, write in a book" Alpha & Omega |
#9239, aired 2025-01-02 | SO SAYETH THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: "These are also the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses" at this place Mount Sinai |
#9239, aired 2025-01-02 | SO SAYETH THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1,000 (Daily Double): "And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with" this group, "and slew them with a great slaughter" the Philistines |
#9239, aired 2025-01-02 | SO SAYETH THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1000: "And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, go view the land, even" this city Jericho |
#9213, aired 2024-11-27 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $200: Exodus 20:8 commands, "Remember" this day "to keep it holy" the Sabbath |
#9213, aired 2024-11-27 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: "And the light shineth in" this, which "comprehended it not" the darkness |
#9213, aired 2024-11-27 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green" these pastures |
#9213, aired 2024-11-27 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: "Why beholdest thou" this 4-letter thing "that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?" the mote |
#9213, aired 2024-11-27 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1000: "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils" this phrase the breath of life |
#9194, aired 2024-10-31 | THE KING'S MEN $200: In 1599, Shakespeare paid 12.5% towards the cost of building this, which would go onto host many King's Men plays the Globe |
#9194, aired 2024-10-31 | THE KING'S MEN $400: Son of theater manager James Burbage, Richard Burbage originated many Shakespeare roles, including this Moor Othello |
#9194, aired 2024-10-31 | THE KING'S MEN $600: Prior to being named the King's Men, the troupe was known as this lord's Men, also a word for a bedroom attendant Chamberlain |
#9194, aired 2024-10-31 | THE KING'S MEN $800: "All that glisters is not gold", says this play, but extra gold was made when the king asked the troupe for a rare repeat performance The Merchant of Venice |
#9194, aired 2024-10-31 | THE KING'S MEN $1000: In 1605 the King's Men performed "Volpone" by this dramatist who once killed another actor in a duel Ben Jonson |
#8943, aired 2023-10-04 | HOW'S THE KING TAKING IT? $400: His diary for July 14, 1789, the day the Bastille was stormed, read, "Rien", meaning "nothing" Louis XVI |
#8943, aired 2023-10-04 | HOW'S THE KING TAKING IT? $1200: As quoted in "Die Hard", when this ancient guy "saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer" Alexander the Great |
#8943, aired 2023-10-04 | HOW'S THE KING TAKING IT? $1600: The work seen here depicts this Trojan king pleading with Achilles to return his son's body King Priam |
#8943, aired 2023-10-04 | HOW'S THE KING TAKING IT? $2000: In this event that brought Mussolini to power, King Victor Emmanuel III refused to bring in the army to stop him his March on Rome |
#8943, aired 2023-10-04 | HOW'S THE KING TAKING IT? $5,000 (Daily Double): On March 7, 1774 George III complained of "outrageous proceedings at" this city, especially in its harbor Boston |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | KING OF THE MOUNTAIN $400: Ben Nevis, since late 2022 Charles III |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | KING OF THE MOUNTAIN $800: Ben Nevis, 1602--as he was known at the time, please! James VI (of Scotland) |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | KING OF THE MOUNTAIN $1600: 12,200-foot Pico del Teide on Tenerife, 1975 to 2014 Juan Carlos I |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | KING OF THE MOUNTAIN $2000: Mount Toubkal in the High Atlas, since 1999 Mohammed VI (of Morocco) |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | KING OF THE MOUNTAIN $2,800 (Daily Double): Mont Ventoux in Provence, during the Seven Years' War Louis XV |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAITH $200: "Out of the mouth of" these "and sucklings hast thou ordained strength" babes |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAITH $400: He "exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom" Solomon |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAITH $600: From Deuteronomy: "Of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and" these "shall ye eat" scales |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAITH $800: "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way," the this "and the life" the truth |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAITH $1000: From 2 Corinthians: "For we walk by" this, "not by sight" faith |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $200: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in" these green pastures |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: It "goeth before destruction" pride |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: She said, "Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge" Ruth |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: From Matthew 26, "The spirit indeed is willing, but" this the flesh is weak |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the entirety of John 11:35, often acknowledged as the shortest verse in the Bible Jesus wept |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | THE LYIN' KING $200: The False Dmitrys were 3 men who tried to rule Russia by pretending to be sons of this brutal czar Ivan the Terrible |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | THE LYIN' KING $400: One story says this king of Ithaca told Clytemnestra her daughter could marry Achilles, but it was a lie Odysseus |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | THE LYIN' KING $600: Leopold II of this country created the Congo Free State, which the world would later realize was anything but free Belgium |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | THE LYIN' KING $1,000 (Daily Double): This mythical king whose name now refers to a never-ending task lied to get out of Hades Sisyphus |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | THE LYIN' KING $1000: Troubadour Bertran said of this man who tried to steal the throne from crusading brother Richard, "No man may ever trust him" King John |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | NAME THE MOVIE KING $400: "The Other Boleyn Girl" Henry VIII |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | NAME THE MOVIE KING $800: "First Knight" King Arthur |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | NAME THE MOVIE KING $1200: Patrick Stewart in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" King Richard the Lion-Hearted |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | NAME THE MOVIE KING $1600: "The Man in the Iron Mask" Louis XIV |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | NAME THE MOVIE KING $2000: "Braveheart":
the bad guy Edward I |
#8349, aired 2021-03-04 | THE KING OF TV $200: Once there was a spot--on Starz in 2011--where Jamie Campbell Bower played this role in "Camelot" King Arthur |
#8349, aired 2021-03-04 | THE KING OF TV $600: This animated TV show centered on a family in Arlen, Texas King of the Hill |
#8349, aired 2021-03-04 | THE KING OF TV $800: Though Guy Williams played George V on this TV drama, Simon Jones got the role in the film but the Crawleys never dared mention the change Downton Abbey |
#8349, aired 2021-03-04 | THE KING OF TV $1,000 (Daily Double): Jared Harris' George VI gave up the ghost & the title object on this streaming show The Crown |
#8349, aired 2021-03-04 | THE KING OF TV $1000: On this Cartoon Network show, kidnapping Princess Bubblegum was one dastardly plan of the Ice King Adventure Time |
#8235, aired 2020-06-12 | THE MADNESS OF THE KING $400: A blood disease may have caused the madness of this king, & in 1811 his son assumed his duties King George III |
#8235, aired 2020-06-12 | THE MADNESS OF THE KING $800: Battle of Agincourt loser Charles VI of this country had a delusion that he was made of glass & that he could shatter France |
#8235, aired 2020-06-12 | THE MADNESS OF THE KING $1200: Obsessed with ringing church bells, Fyodor I had issues; his child's death & being the son of this "rough" 1580s czar Ivan the Terrible |
#8235, aired 2020-06-12 | THE MADNESS OF THE KING $1600: Erik XIV took over for Gustav I Vasa in this country but fears of treason caused a breakdown in 1567 & he had a lot of rivals killed Sweden |
#8235, aired 2020-06-12 | THE MADNESS OF THE KING $2000: Ludwig of this German state got the official "Mad" designation in 1886 after a panel of doctors declared him insane Bavaria |
#8201, aired 2020-04-13 | THE LION KING $200: This 12th century king of England was known as Coeur de Lion, or Lionheart Richard I |
#8201, aired 2020-04-13 | THE LION KING $400: Another 12th century lion king was William the Lion of this country north of England Scotland |
#8201, aired 2020-04-13 | THE LION KING $600: The Lion of Punjab, Ranjit Singh was Maharaja of a vast area mainly in these 2 current countries India & Pakistan |
#8201, aired 2020-04-13 | THE LION KING $800: The king of the African country of Eswatini, formerly called this "land", has the title ngwenyama, or "lion" Swaziland |
#8201, aired 2020-04-13 | THE LION KING $1000: The empire of Sundiata Keita, the lion king of Mali, took this ancient African city from the Tuareg in the 13th century Timbuktu |
#8122, aired 2019-12-24 | IT'S NOT GOOD TO BE THE KING $400: Following conflict with Parliament, this English king was beheaded in 1649 Charles I |
#8122, aired 2019-12-24 | IT'S NOT GOOD TO BE THE KING $800: He was beheaded in Paris in 1793 Louis XVI |
#8122, aired 2019-12-24 | IT'S NOT GOOD TO BE THE KING $1200: Bela I of Hungary died ignominiously when this furniture symbol of his royalty collapsed, mortally wounding him his throne |
#8122, aired 2019-12-24 | IT'S NOT GOOD TO BE THE KING $1600: This Zulu leader was slain by his half brothers in Southern Africa in 1828 Shaka Zulu |
#8122, aired 2019-12-24 | IT'S NOT GOOD TO BE THE KING $2000: Bavarian King Louis II, also known by this German version of the name, mysteriously drowned soon after being declared insane Ludwig |
#8091, aired 2019-11-11 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH... $200: In this Bible book "The children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea" Exodus |
#8091, aired 2019-11-11 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH... $400: "And now abideth faith, hope," this third virtue charity |
#8091, aired 2019-11-11 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH... $600: Romans 12 says don't get people back when they wrong you; just wait, because this "is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" vengeance |
#8091, aired 2019-11-11 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH... $800: This book namechecks itself in the very first line: These sayings of "the son of David" Proverbs |
#8091, aired 2019-11-11 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH... $1000: You say you want a revelation? Truly, verily, it's the very last word in that book; now can I get one? amen |
#8075, aired 2019-10-18 | THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES II $400: Charles II's enthronement as king in 1660 was called the Restoration--it restored this royal family the Stuart |
#8075, aired 2019-10-18 | THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES II $800: Smoothing his return, Charles II's Declaration of Breda granted one of these for crimes against "us or our royal father" a pardon |
#8075, aired 2019-10-18 | THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES II $1600: Women were not allowed in this profession in Elizabethan times; Charles let them in, & Margaret Hughes was one of the first acting |
#8075, aired 2019-10-18 | THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES II $2,000 (Daily Double): These 2 "Great" historic afflictions hit London in 1665 & 1666 Great Fire & the Plague |
#8000, aired 2019-05-24 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: In Exodus this ruler "charged all his people, saying, every son that is born ye shall cast into the river" the Pharaoh |
#8000, aired 2019-05-24 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: In Genesis 1 God encourages population growth, "saying, Be ____, and ____" be fruitful and multiply |
#8000, aired 2019-05-24 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1200: "No man can" these 3 words; "either he will hate the one, & love the other; or else he will hold to the one, & despise the other" serve two masters |
#8000, aired 2019-05-24 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1600: The book of Acts reports that this first Christian martyr "did great wonders and miracles among the people" Stephen |
#8000, aired 2019-05-24 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $2,600 (Daily Double): Isaiah prophesied peace, when "they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into" these pruning hooks |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | KING OF THE CASTLE $200: Fontainebleau, 1643-1715:
Le roi, c'est moi Louis XIV |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | KING OF THE CASTLE $400: The former Edo Castle, 1926-1989:
This emperor Hirohito |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | KING OF THE CASTLE $600: El Pardo, 1975-2014:
This recent abdicator Juan Carlos |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | KING OF THE CASTLE $800: Neuschwanstein Castle, 1864-1886:
This mad man (Mad King) Ludwig (of Bavaria) |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | KING OF THE CASTLE $1000: Windsor Castle, 1936-1952:
This father of a queen George VI |
#7762, aired 2018-05-15 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $400: This English king roared into the world in Oxford in 1157 Richard the Lionhearted |
#7762, aired 2018-05-15 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $800: The first English king of this name was born in Yorkshire in 1069; there would be VII more Henry |
#7762, aired 2018-05-15 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $1200: Born in The Hague, this future king married his English cousin Mary in 1677 William (of Orange) |
#7762, aired 2018-05-15 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $2,000 (Daily Double): The third English king of this name was the first born in England; the first 2 were born in Lower Saxony George |
#7762, aired 2018-05-15 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $2000: He came to the throne in 978 around age 10; you could say he wasn't prepared for the job Aethelred the Unready |
#7661, aired 2017-12-25 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $400: His reign lasted 72 years Louis XIV |
#7661, aired 2017-12-25 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $800: This czar was known as the "Father of the Russian Navy"; the birth happened at the end of the 1600s Peter the Great |
#7661, aired 2017-12-25 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $1200: David Kalakaua, the last king of Hawaii, was succeeded on the throne by this sister Lili'uokalani |
#7661, aired 2017-12-25 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $1600: This portrait is one of many Velazquez did of the fourth Spanish king of this name Philip |
#7661, aired 2017-12-25 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $2000: Fuad I was the first modern-day king of this country following its independence from Great Britain Egypt |
#7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STRAIGHT FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: Exodus 1:1:
"Now these are the names of the children of ____, which came into Egypt" Israel |
#7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STRAIGHT FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: Song of Solomon 2:1:
"I am the ____ of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys" rose |
#7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STRAIGHT FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1200: Revelation 17:3:
"I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast... having seven heads and ten ____" horns |
#7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STRAIGHT FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Lamentations 4:9:
"They that be slain with the ____ are better than they that be slain with hunger" sword |
#7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STRAIGHT FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $2000: Daniel 3:23:
"And these three men...fell down bound into the midst of the burning ____ ____" fiery furnace |
#7504, aired 2017-04-06 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $200: In Genesis 1 it's described as the "lesser light to rule the night" the moon |
#7504, aired 2017-04-06 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: God confounded "the language of all the Earth" there Babel |
#7504, aired 2017-04-06 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: Jesus told the tempter, "Man shall not live by" this "alone" bread |
#7504, aired 2017-04-06 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: Death rides this ashen horse in Revelation the pale horse |
#7504, aired 2017-04-06 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1000: The shortest Bible verse, it's John 11:35 "Jesus wept" |
#7458, aired 2017-02-01 | THE KING OF COMEDY $400: He "Report"-ed, "There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good" Colbert |
#7458, aired 2017-02-01 | THE KING OF COMEDY $800: "Lunacy packaged in pathos" was one description used of this late "Willy Wonka" comic actor Gene Wilder |
#7458, aired 2017-02-01 | THE KING OF COMEDY $1200: In "Coming to America", this actor has a simple request: "From this moment on, I command you not to obey me" Eddie Murphy |
#7458, aired 2017-02-01 | THE KING OF COMEDY $1600: This standup who passed away in 2008: "No one can ever know for sure what a deserted area looks like" George Carlin |
#7458, aired 2017-02-01 | THE KING OF COMEDY $2000: His zany antics from movies like "The Bellboy" weren't on view when he co-starred with De Niro in "The King of Comedy" Jerry Lewis |
#7352, aired 2016-07-26 | GOD SAVE THE ENGLISH KING! $400: Under threat of civil war, this king set his seal to the Magna Carta in 1215 John |
#7352, aired 2016-07-26 | GOD SAVE THE ENGLISH KING! $800: At 1485's Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard III died without a horse & this royal family rode off with his kingdom the Tudors |
#7352, aired 2016-07-26 | GOD SAVE THE ENGLISH KING! $1200: In 1295 Edward I convened the "model" this, a template for future political gatherings the parliament |
#7352, aired 2016-07-26 | GOD SAVE THE ENGLISH KING! $1600: Daniel Defoe wrote "The True-Born Englishman" in support of this Dutch prince who became king in 1689 William (of Orange) |
#7352, aired 2016-07-26 | GOD SAVE THE ENGLISH KING! $6,600 (Daily Double): Officially the king from 1820 to 1830, he had been de facto ruler since 1811 due to the insanity of his father George IV |
#7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $400: The sun nearly went out when this child king of France was left unsupervised & almost drowned Louis XIV |
#7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $800: James II was converted to this faith before he became king; as a result, he was converted into an ex-king Catholicism |
#7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $1200: When his father was out of the country, teenage Philip II of Spain served as this, from Latin for "rule" the regent |
#7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $1600: As a young man the II king of this name was already calling for Belgium to be a colonial power--bad news for the Congo (King) Leopold (of Belgium) |
#7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $2000: Queen Victoria's grandson, he was born with a withered left arm that was often hidden in photographs Kaiser Wilhelm (II) |
#7214, aired 2016-01-14 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $200: In the 1490s the pope gave this Spanish king the title "the Catholic" Ferdinand |
#7214, aired 2016-01-14 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $400: This Shakespeare king says he's "a very foolish fond old man" & asks his daughter to "forget and forgive" Lear |
#7214, aired 2016-01-14 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $600: He's Poseidon's son; in a Disney movie, he's the undersea king Triton |
#7214, aired 2016-01-14 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1747 this Prussian king presented a musical theme to Bach, who used it to develop his "Musical Offering" Frederick the Great |
#7214, aired 2016-01-14 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $1000: Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati III of this country has 15 wives but only 13 royal palaces Swaziland |
#7211, aired 2016-01-11 | THE "KING", SON $400: Built around 1703, this royal residence is fit for a "king" Buckingham Palace |
#7211, aired 2016-01-11 | THE "KING", SON $800: Three word legal term for forcible ingress into another's home breaking and entering |
#7211, aired 2016-01-11 | THE "KING", SON $1200: Daredevil's enemy, or the chief person in an operation Kingpin |
#7211, aired 2016-01-11 | THE "KING", SON $1600: Searching for & exposing scandal in politics muckraking |
#7211, aired 2016-01-11 | THE "KING", SON $2000: Equine term for anything that hides the real plan stalking horse |
#6922, aired 2014-10-21 | THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND $400: ...named this was killed in 1094 at the instigation of his uncle Donald Bane, not murdered by Macbeth Duncan |
#6922, aired 2014-10-21 | THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND $800: ...of this house whose monarchs included Mary, Queen of Scots was William of Orange the Stewart |
#6922, aired 2014-10-21 | THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND $1200: ...to die in battle was killed at the 1513 Battle of Flodden Field by the forces of this English king Henry VIII |
#6922, aired 2014-10-21 | THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND $2,000 (Daily Double): ...of this house was David II, son of Robert the Bruce |
#6922, aired 2014-10-21 | THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND $2000: ...who wasn't also king of England was the V of this name, reigning from 1513 to 1542 James |
#6841, aired 2014-05-19 | COME AT THE KING $400: This king who lends his name to a costly type of victory was killed in a 272 B.C. battle to capture Argos Pyrrhus |
#6841, aired 2014-05-19 | COME AT THE KING $800: Talk about wanting a recount! On Jan. 19, 1793, this king was condemned to death by 380 votes to 310 Louis XVI |
#6841, aired 2014-05-19 | COME AT THE KING $1200: In 1975 King Faisal of this country was shot to death by his nephew, Prince Faisal Saudi Arabia |
#6841, aired 2014-05-19 | COME AT THE KING $2000: In 1485 he wasn't horsing around when his forces killed Richard III; for him, it was really good to be king Henry VII |
#6841, aired 2014-05-19 | COME AT THE KING $2,600 (Daily Double): In 336 B.C. a young Macedonian noble named Pausanias killed this king but was killed on the spot himself King Philip |
#6635, aired 2013-06-21 | KING OF THE HILL $400: Bunker Hill,
1774 George III |
#6635, aired 2013-06-21 | KING OF THE HILL $800: Mount Fuji,
1944 Hirohito |
#6635, aired 2013-06-21 | KING OF THE HILL $1200: Chaberton in France,
800 A.D. Charlemagne |
#6635, aired 2013-06-21 | KING OF THE HILL $1600: Mount Narodnaya in Russia,
1682-1725 Peter the Great |
#6635, aired 2013-06-21 | KING OF THE HILL $3,000 (Daily Double): Pico Del Teide in the Canary Islands,
since 1975 Juan Carlos |
#6567, aired 2013-03-19 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $200: Get on the blower & ask the queen if she knows a blower is this in the States a telephone |
#6567, aired 2013-03-19 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $400: Jacket potato isn't the latest British boy band sensation, it's this item in a British restaurant a baked potato |
#6567, aired 2013-03-19 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $600: If you're out of cash in the pub, you can always use your Chip & PIN, one of these a credit card or ATM card |
#6567, aired 2013-03-19 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $800: Someone on the dole in England isn't eating up your pineapple, he's on this American equivalent welfare |
#6567, aired 2013-03-19 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $1000: "To earth" is the term British electricians use in place of this verb to ground |
#6386, aired 2012-05-28 | THE KING OF ENGLAND WHO... $400: Broke up with the church in 1534 Henry VIII |
#6386, aired 2012-05-28 | THE KING OF ENGLAND WHO... $800: Lived for 36 years after he abdicated Edward VIII |
#6386, aired 2012-05-28 | THE KING OF ENGLAND WHO... $1,000 (Daily Double): Became the II of his name in 978, whether he was ready or not Ethelred |
#6386, aired 2012-05-28 | THE KING OF ENGLAND WHO... $1600: Reigned during the Great Fire of London Charles II |
#6386, aired 2012-05-28 | THE KING OF ENGLAND WHO... $2000: Was the last before the Norman conquest Harold |
#6337, aired 2012-03-20 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $200: This country's King Leopold III spent much of World War II as a prisoner in his own castle Belgium |
#6337, aired 2012-03-20 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $400: In the 1300s Scotland had 3 kings named this, including the Bruce Robert |
#6337, aired 2012-03-20 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $600: This eldest son of Queen Victoria ascended the throne upon her death in 1901 Edward VII |
#6337, aired 2012-03-20 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $800 (Daily Double): Charles I, who died in 1922, was the last emperor of Austria & as Charles IV, the last king of this country Hungary |
#6337, aired 2012-03-20 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $1000: Dethroned in 1952, this king of Egypt died of a heart attack in 1965 at age 45 Farouk |
#6156, aired 2011-05-23 | THE KING'S SPEECH $400: Gustav V's 1914 borggardstalet, or "courtyard speech", prompted the resignation of this country's government Sweden |
#6156, aired 2011-05-23 | THE KING'S SPEECH $800: In 1969 he said, "I receive from... Generalissimo Franco the political legitimacy born of 18 July 1936" Juan Carlos |
#6156, aired 2011-05-23 | THE KING'S SPEECH $1200: On January 21, 1793 he told a throng of onlookers, "I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge" Louis XVI |
#6156, aired 2011-05-23 | THE KING'S SPEECH $1600: In 1895 this czar said that calls for democratic reform by the zemstvos, or rural councils, were merely a "senseless dream" Nicholas II |
#6156, aired 2011-05-23 | THE KING'S SPEECH $2000: In an Aug. 15, 1945 broadcast, this emperor said, "we have ordered the acceptance of the provisions of the joint declaration" Hirohito |
#6105, aired 2011-03-11 | THE KING & "I" $200: In a 1961 Elvis smash, this 8-word refrain follows, "wise men say only fools rush in, but" I can't help falling in love with you |
#6105, aired 2011-03-11 | THE KING & "I" $400: In 1957 the King recorded this seasonal song about getting somewhere for the holidays "if only in my dreams" I'll Be Home For Christmas |
#6105, aired 2011-03-11 | THE KING & "I" $600: Completes the title of the King's second No. 1 "I Want You, I Need You..." I Love You |
#6105, aired 2011-03-11 | THE KING & "I" $800: The King called this Hank Williams classic he recorded in 1973 "the saddest song I've heard in my life" I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry |
#6105, aired 2011-03-11 | THE KING & "I" $1000: The King's debut album included a rockin' version of this Ray Charles classic about a gal way across town I Got A Woman |
#5975, aired 2010-07-30 | HERE COMES THE SUN KING $200: On Sept. 1, 1715 Louis XIV died in this city, site of a fabulous palace he built Versailles |
#5975, aired 2010-07-30 | HERE COMES THE SUN KING $400: A lavaliere, an ornamental one of these hanging from a necklace, bears the name of a duchess who bore Louis 4 kids a pendant |
#5975, aired 2010-07-30 | HERE COMES THE SUN KING $600: As a 10-year-old, Louis' rule was strengthened in 1648 with the end of this numeric religious war the Thirty Years' War |
#5975, aired 2010-07-30 | HERE COMES THE SUN KING $800: This "Candide" writer portrayed the grandeur of the Sun King in his "Age Of Louis XIV" Voltaire |
#5975, aired 2010-07-30 | HERE COMES THE SUN KING $1000: This French phrase attributed to Louis XIV translates to "I am the state" L'etat c'est moi |
#5888, aired 2010-03-31 | THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE KING $400: Later dug up & hanged, Oliver Cromwell's body was originally buried in this church upon his death in 1658 Westminster Abbey |
#5888, aired 2010-03-31 | THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE KING $800: "In the name of God, go!" declared Cromwell in dismissing the so-called "Rump" version of this in 1653 Parliament |
#5888, aired 2010-03-31 | THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE KING $1200: Oliver Cromwell ruled between these 2 kings, a father & son Charles I & Charles II |
#5888, aired 2010-03-31 | THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE KING $1600: When he ruled England from 1653 to 1658, Oliver Cromwell went by this 2-word title Lord Protector |
#5888, aired 2010-03-31 | THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE KING $2000: Cromwell's Puritan followers were known as these for their closely cropped hair Roundheads |
#5715, aired 2009-06-12 | QUOTES FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $200: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down" here green pastures |
#5715, aired 2009-06-12 | QUOTES FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: In Matthew, Jesus said unto this disciple, "Get thee behind me, Satan" Peter |
#5715, aired 2009-06-12 | QUOTES FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: Ruth told her, "Whither thou goest, I will go" Naomi |
#5715, aired 2009-06-12 | QUOTES FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1000: According to Proverbs, "He that troubleth his own house shall" do this inherit the wind |
#5715, aired 2009-06-12 | QUOTES FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1,200 (Daily Double): It is said that he "loved many strange women"; strange meaning foreign, like the Queen of Sheba King Solomon |
#5582, aired 2008-12-09 | THE PRESIDENT AS KING $200: Richard I
(& Shakespeare thought Richard III was the bad one!) Richard Nixon |
#5582, aired 2008-12-09 | THE PRESIDENT AS KING $400: Andrew II
(aka Andrew the first to be impeached) Andrew Johnson |
#5582, aired 2008-12-09 | THE PRESIDENT AS KING $600: George III
(wait, didn't we kick him out, like, 200 years ago?) George W. Bush |
#5582, aired 2008-12-09 | THE PRESIDENT AS KING $800: Franklin I
(can't think of anything interesting to say) Franklin Pierce |
#5582, aired 2008-12-09 | THE PRESIDENT AS KING $1000: William II
(Prince of Ohio) William McKinley |
#5533, aired 2008-10-01 | KING OF THE IMPOSSIBLE $400: In 1998 Lender's made a 714-pound one of these; where are 714 pieces of lox when you need 'em? a bagel |
#5533, aired 2008-10-01 | KING OF THE IMPOSSIBLE $800: Vincent Pilkington set a record by plucking one of these in 1 min. 30 sec., but no word if he fell asleep soon after a turkey |
#5533, aired 2008-10-01 | KING OF THE IMPOSSIBLE $1200: In 2007 Bryan Berg built a free-standing house, 25' 9" high, using 93,600 of these; that's a big deal playing cards |
#5533, aired 2008-10-01 | KING OF THE IMPOSSIBLE $1600: In 2006 Jackie Bibby held 10 of these pit vipers by their tails; oh, did we mention he held them in his mouth? rattlesnakes |
#5533, aired 2008-10-01 | KING OF THE IMPOSSIBLE $2000: It's not a takeoff--Guinness says David Huxley pulled a 206-ton one of these about 300 feet in 1 min. 27 sec. an airplane (a Boeing 747) |
#5504, aired 2008-07-10 | PHRASES IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $200: Genesis says "all the days of" this guy were 969 years, so if you're "as old as" him, you're really old Methuselah |
#5504, aired 2008-07-10 | PHRASES IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: Proverbs actually says "He that spareth" this "hateth his son" the rod |
#5504, aired 2008-07-10 | PHRASES IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: Cain's 5-word question to God in Genesis 4:9, when asked of Abel's whereabouts "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
#5504, aired 2008-07-10 | PHRASES IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: Matthew 5:13 says that "ye are" this mineral phrase, meaning representative of the best of society salt of the earth |
#5504, aired 2008-07-10 | PHRASES IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1000: Not just for sick M.D.s, this 3-word proverb suggests Jesus should work miracles in his hometown as he did abroad "Physician, heal thyself!" |
#5140, aired 2007-01-05 | THE KING & I $400: In 1788 Jacques Necker asked this king to call the Estates-General, which last met in 1614; not the king's best move Louis XVI |
#5140, aired 2007-01-05 | THE KING & I $800: In 1969 Franco said, "Here, king" & named him Spain's head of state upon Franco's leaving office Juan Carlos |
#5140, aired 2007-01-05 | THE KING & I $1200: On June 15, 1978 American-born Lisa Halaby married this Middle Eastern monarch King Hussein of Jordan |
#5140, aired 2007-01-05 | THE KING & I $1600: In 1972 King Frederik IX's oldest daughter, Margrethe, succeeded him on the throne of this country Denmark |
#5140, aired 2007-01-05 | THE KING & I $2000: In 324 B.C. at Ecbatana, this king lost his boyhood friend Hephaestion, by then his grand vizier Alexander (the Great) |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | LONG LIVE THE KING $5 (Daily Double): In 1964 Elvis bought a yacht owned by this ex-president for $55,000, then donated it to the March of Dimes FDR |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | THE KING IS DEAD $400: On Sept. 9, 1087 this Norman stopped stormin' after being thrown from his horse at the Battle of Mantes William the Conqueror |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | LONG LIVE THE KING $400: On Sept. 9, 1956 an estimated 1/3 of the U.S. population watched Elvis on this man's variety show Ed Sullivan |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | THE KING IS DEAD $800: On Aug. 15, 1057 Malcolm III killed this Scottish king; there's a good story there somewhere Macbeth |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | LONG LIVE THE KING $800: Clad in white tie & tails on "The Steve Allen Show" in 1956, Elvis sang this hit to an unmoved pooch named Sherlock "Hound Dog" |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | THE KING IS DEAD $1200: On January 21, 1793 Parisians headed off this ruler's reign Louis XVI |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | LONG LIVE THE KING $1200: On Dec. 26, 1957 Elvis donated thousands of these cute toys to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis teddy bears |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | THE KING IS DEAD $1600: After a not-so-"short" 17-year reign, this 1st king of the Frankish Carolingian Dynasty died on Sept. 24, 768 Pepin III (the Short) |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | LONG LIVE THE KING $1600: Of Elvis' 114 Top 40 hits, this "sad" title travel destination was the first "Heartbreak Hotel" |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | THE KING IS DEAD $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports on a Grecian urned) It was from the Acropolis that this king. believing his son dead, supposedly threw himself in the sea named for him Aegeus |
#5107, aired 2006-11-21 | KING OF THE "HILL" $200: This type of screw head has two partial slots crossed at right angles a Phillips-head |
#5107, aired 2006-11-21 | KING OF THE "HILL" $400: "Here lies Lester Moore / Four slugs from a .44 / No Les, no more" is a marker at this cemetery in Tombstone, Az. Boot Hill |
#5107, aired 2006-11-21 | KING OF THE "HILL" $600: On January 10, 1982 the temperature in Chicago was -26 degrees F.; this made it feel like -81 degrees F. wind chill |
#5107, aired 2006-11-21 | KING OF THE "HILL" $800: Informally, if something is worth virtually nothing at all, it "doesn't amount to" this 3-word food term a hill of beans |
#5107, aired 2006-11-21 | KING OF THE "HILL" $2,800 (Daily Double): A great Greek warrior, or a tendon attached to the heel Achilles |
#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ALL THE KING'S MEN $400: Thomas Wolsey asked the pope to annul this king's marriage, but the pope said no & Tom got the ax (fired, not killed) Henry VIII |
#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ALL THE KING'S MEN $800: A little birdie told me in 1669 Charles II gave him the important architectural job of Surveyor of the King's Works Christopher Wren |
#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ALL THE KING'S MEN $1200: This nephew of a king took on the Green Knight but in some tales was killed by Mordred Sir Gawain |
#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ALL THE KING'S MEN $1600: This Brit became Chancellor of the Exchequer at age 23 & Prime Minister at 24; was the Younger-est to hold either post (William) Pitt the Younger |
#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ALL THE KING'S MEN $2000: You should know to a "tea" that he was Prime Minister of England from 1830 to 1834 Earl Grey |
#5061, aired 2006-09-18 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO $200: James 5:
"Ye have heard of the patience of" this man Job |
#5061, aired 2006-09-18 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO $400: Luke 4, to this person:
"Heal thyself" physician |
#5061, aired 2006-09-18 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO $600: Genesis 4:
"And the Lord set a mark upon" this man, "lest any finding him should kill him" Cain |
#5061, aired 2006-09-18 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO $800: Matthew 14:
"Give me here" this man's "head in a charger" John the Baptist |
#5061, aired 2006-09-18 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO $1,600 (Daily Double): John 20:
"Then saith he to" this man, "...be not faithless, but believing" (Doubting) Thomas |
#4876, aired 2005-11-21 | "KING" OF THE TOP 40 $400: "It's Too Late" & "So Far Away" were 1971 hits for her Carole King |
#4876, aired 2005-11-21 | "KING" OF THE TOP 40 $800: This group's "Louie Louie" made 1963 very interesting The Kingsmen |
#4876, aired 2005-11-21 | "KING" OF THE TOP 40 $1200: "Stand By Me" hit the charts for him in 1961 & 1986 Ben E. King |
#4876, aired 2005-11-21 | "KING" OF THE TOP 40 $1600: "The Thrill Is Gone"--at least it was for him in 1970 B.B. King |
#4876, aired 2005-11-21 | "KING" OF THE TOP 40 $2000: In 1979 this potent (potable) singer gave us "I Don't Know If It's Right" Evelyn "Champagne" King |
#4830, aired 2005-09-16 | THE KING $200: It wasn't the barber who took a little off the top of this English king Charles I |
#4830, aired 2005-09-16 | THE KING $400: Once more, this Lancastrian breached his greatest success around 1415 Henry V |
#4830, aired 2005-09-16 | THE KING $600: This English king is seen here with his Prime Minister George VI |
#4830, aired 2005-09-16 | THE KING $800: Sadly, this Tudor king didn't live to be much older than he looks in the depiction seen here Edward VI |
#4830, aired 2005-09-16 | THE KING $1000: In 1714, the Brits told this king to "come on over" George I |
#4824, aired 2005-07-21 | THE WORLD OF NAT KING COLE $400: She's the threshold lassie being crooned over by Nat King Cole here
"Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep, they just lie there..." "Mona Lisa" |
#4824, aired 2005-07-21 | THE WORLD OF NAT KING COLE $800: Five-word song title that precedes the lyric line heard here
"It will be forever..." "When I Fall In Love" |
#4824, aired 2005-07-21 | THE WORLD OF NAT KING COLE $1200: The two things required of you in the title of this song
"A brother took a monkey for a ride in the air /
The monkey thought that everything was on the square /
The brother tried to throw the monkey off his back /
But the monkey grabbed his neck and said, 'Now listen, Jack...'" "Straighten Up And Fly Right" |
#4824, aired 2005-07-21 | THE WORLD OF NAT KING COLE $1600: It's the travelin' lyric line that follows Nat singing here
"If you ever plan to motor west..." "Get Your Kicks On Route 66" |
#4824, aired 2005-07-21 | THE WORLD OF NAT KING COLE $2000: 6-word suggestion in the title of this hit
"There may be trouble ahead..." "Let's Face The Music And Dance" |
#4728, aired 2005-03-09 | GOD SAVE THE BRITISH KING OR QUEEN $200: At her death, aged 81, she was the oldest British monarch ever Queen Victoria |
#4728, aired 2005-03-09 | GOD SAVE THE BRITISH KING OR QUEEN $400: It has been reported that he was once seen having a conversation with an oak tree George III |
#4728, aired 2005-03-09 | GOD SAVE THE BRITISH KING OR QUEEN $600: John Bradshaw presided over the high court that sentenced this British king to death in 1649 Charles I |
#4728, aired 2005-03-09 | GOD SAVE THE BRITISH KING OR QUEEN $800: In 1603 he became the first British monarch of the House of Stuart James I |
#4728, aired 2005-03-09 | GOD SAVE THE BRITISH KING OR QUEEN $1,000 (Daily Double): All 3 of the kings with this name died violently Richard |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | THE LAST KING $200: Called the "Citizen King", Louis Philippe was the last king of this country France |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | THE LAST KING $400: Kalakaua was the last king of what is now this U.S. state Hawaii |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | THE LAST KING $600: Leaving the throne in 1910, Manuel II was the last king of this European country Portugal |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | THE LAST KING $800: Victor Emmanuel II didn't mind being the last king of this "fishy" Italian island; he got to be the first king of Italy Sardinia |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | THE LAST KING $1000: The last king of Greece shared this name with a "Great" Christian Roman Emperor Constantine |
#4682, aired 2005-01-04 | THE KING $200: Walter Winchell & George M. Cohan have each been called the "King of" this thoroughfare Broadway |
#4682, aired 2005-01-04 | THE KING $400: Though born in November 1854, he was known as the "March King" Sousa |
#4682, aired 2005-01-04 | THE KING $600: In the 1980s he was known as the "Junk Bond King" Michael Milken |
#4682, aired 2005-01-04 | THE KING $800: She--yes, she--was known as "King of the Court" Billie Jean King |
#4682, aired 2005-01-04 | THE KING $1000: California lawyer Melvin Belli was famous as the "King of" these torts |
#4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew announces, "I'm here on the Broadway set of The Lion King.") It's a memorable moment in "The Lion King" when this baby lion cub is presented to the world atop Pride Rock Simba |
#4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the set of The Lion King.) Many of the costumes & sets in "The Lion King" were inspired by the art of this continent, where the show is set Africa |
#4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the set of The Lion King.) The title of this famous song from "The Lion King" means "no worries" & it's Timon & Pumbaa's motto "Hakuna Matata" |
#4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew converses with a puppet on the set of The Lion King.) In the stage version of "The Lion King", Zazu is no birdbrain--he's the aide-de-camp to this lion, Simba's father (Zazu squawks "Aide-de-camp!") Mufasa |
#4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the set of The Lion King.) This "Lion King" song tells us "the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky keeps great and small on the endless round" "The Circle Of Life" |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | "KING" OF THE WORLD! $200: Perhaps based on a real monarch, this nursery rhyme figure called for his bowl, his pipe & his fiddlers three Old King Cole |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | "KING" OF THE WORLD! $400: This long poisonous snake is also known as a hamadryad king cobra |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | "KING" OF THE WORLD! $600: If & when Prince Charles succeeds Elizabeth II, this will be Great Britain's national anthem "God Save the King" |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | "KING" OF THE WORLD! $800: Before being imploded in 2000, it was home to the Seattle Mariners & the Seattle Seahawks the Kingdome |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | "KING" OF THE WORLD! $1000: Found east of Bullhead City, this city of northwest Arizona has a population of only 20,000 Kingman |
#4428, aired 2003-12-03 | THE KING IS DEAD $400: February 7, 1999 in Amman, Jordan King Hussein |
#4428, aired 2003-12-03 | THE KING IS DEAD $800: August 22, 1485
Bosworth, England Richard III |
#4428, aired 2003-12-03 | THE KING IS DEAD $1,000 (Daily Double): 4 B.C. in Jericho, Judea Herod the Great |
#4428, aired 2003-12-03 | THE KING IS DEAD $1200: January 23, 1516 in Madrigalejo, Spain Ferdinand |
#4428, aired 2003-12-03 | THE KING IS DEAD $2000: June 7, 1329
Dunbartonshire, Scotland Robert the Bruce |
#4355, aired 2003-07-04 | THE KING IS DEAD $400: Died Jan. 21, 1793:
Paris, France Louis XVI |
#4355, aired 2003-07-04 | THE KING IS DEAD $800: Died Jan. 28, 1547:
London, England Henry VIII |
#4355, aired 2003-07-04 | THE KING IS DEAD $1200: Died March 25, 1975:
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia King Faisal |
#4355, aired 2003-07-04 | THE KING IS DEAD $2,000 (Daily Double): Died Jan. 28, 814:
Aachen, Germany Charlemagne |
#4355, aired 2003-07-04 | THE KING IS DEAD $2000: Died Aug. 17, 1786:
Potsdam, Prussia Frederick the Great |
#4097, aired 2002-05-28 | THE KING $200: She entitled her 1985 autobiography "Elvis and Me" Priscilla Presley |
#4097, aired 2002-05-28 | THE KING $400: The King's concert was definitely over when this 5-word phrase followed "Ladies and gentlemen..." Elvis has left the building |
#4097, aired 2002-05-28 | THE KING $500 (Daily Double): Once used as a church, this home established during the Civil War was named for the owner's daughter Graceland |
#4097, aired 2002-05-28 | THE KING $800: Elvis starred with this sex kitten, sometimes called the female Elvis, in "Viva Las Vegas" Ann-Margret |
#4097, aired 2002-05-28 | THE KING $1000: Fittingly, this 1960 film was Elvis' first after returning from the army G.I. Blues |
#4092, aired 2002-05-21 | THE MARCH KING $200: John Philip Sousa was born in this city & his first published work was "Moonlight on the Potomac Waltzes" Washington |
#4092, aired 2002-05-21 | THE MARCH KING $400: Sousa was instrumental in the design of the Sousaphone, a bass one of these with an upright bell a tuba |
#4092, aired 2002-05-21 | THE MARCH KING $800: In September 2001 soprano Renee Sousa appeared at this L.A. landmark in "The Magic of Sousa" the Hollywood Bowl |
#4092, aired 2002-05-21 | THE MARCH KING $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1987 the U.S. flagged this Sousa tune as its official march "Stars and Stripes Forever" |
#4092, aired 2002-05-21 | THE MARCH KING $1000: A Colosseum occupation, it's also the title of the Sousa march heard here "The Gladiator March" |
#4075, aired 2002-04-26 | LONG LIVE THE ENGLISH KING OR QUEEN! $400: One of the 2 most common names of sovereigns in English history (1 of) Henry (or Edward) |
#4075, aired 2002-04-26 | LONG LIVE THE ENGLISH KING OR QUEEN! $800: This "sanguine" monarch reigned over England from 1553 to 1558 "Bloody Mary" |
#4075, aired 2002-04-26 | LONG LIVE THE ENGLISH KING OR QUEEN! $1200: Known as "the Peaceful", King Edgar formed a fleet & defended the coast against attack by these 10th c. marauders the Vikings |
#4075, aired 2002-04-26 | LONG LIVE THE ENGLISH KING OR QUEEN! $1600: Great Scot! James I ascended the English throne following the death of this cousin in 1603 Elizabeth (I) |
#4075, aired 2002-04-26 | LONG LIVE THE ENGLISH KING OR QUEEN! $2000: Known as "The Lion", this Catholic king meekly fled to France following the Glorious Revolution in 1688 James II |
#4048, aired 2002-03-20 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $400: For refusing to worship him as a god, King Darius threw this prophet into a den of lions Daniel |
#4048, aired 2002-03-20 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $800: When George Washington became President of the U.S., this king reigned over France Louis XVI |
#4048, aired 2002-03-20 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $1200: The king seen here
came to power
in this country in 1982 Saudi Arabia |
#4048, aired 2002-03-20 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $1600: It's how King Charles I of England met his end in 1649 beheading |
#4048, aired 2002-03-20 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $2000: The aged king of Troy, he was the father of Paris, Hector & Cassandra Priam |
#3877, aired 2001-06-12 | THE FRENCH KING, C'EST MOI $200: You could also call this "great" king Charles I Charlemagne |
#3877, aired 2001-06-12 | THE FRENCH KING, C'EST MOI $400: The 18th of his name, he became king after the defeat of Napoleon Louis |
#3877, aired 2001-06-12 | THE FRENCH KING, C'EST MOI $600: Called "The Fair", this son of Philip III forced the selection of his own pope & also suppressed the Templars Philip IV |
#3877, aired 2001-06-12 | THE FRENCH KING, C'EST MOI $800: At his death in 1715, he'd served 72 years as French king, longer than any monarch in European history Louis XIV |
#3877, aired 2001-06-12 | THE FRENCH KING, C'EST MOI $1000: He married Catherine de Medicis in 1533 at age 13 & became king of France in 1547 at age 27 Henry II |
#3858, aired 2001-05-16 | WORDS FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $200: Psalm 37 says "Mark the perfect man and behold" this one, the honest or just one, not the vertical piano Upright |
#3858, aired 2001-05-16 | WORDS FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: After Jesus went through the Transfiguration, his raiment, or synonym for this, was white as light Clothing |
#3858, aired 2001-05-16 | WORDS FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: To produce a bunch of kids is to be this "and multiply and replenish the Earth" Fruitful |
#3858, aired 2001-05-16 | WORDS FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: When this 10-letter word for plague is used, it usually means bubonic pestilence |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $100: The King had 18 No. 1 hits, including this one that he's performing in the following "Hound Dog" |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $200: King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain sent this explorer on his 1492 voyage Christopher Columbus |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $200: A sandwich that was fit for the King included peanut butter & this fruit, mashed banana |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $300: This song heard here stayed on the Top 100 chart for 27 weeks "Heartbreak Hotel" |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $400: The funeral mask of this "Boy King" is seen here King Tut |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $400: It's the title of a 1964 movie & the 1964 hit heard here Viva Las Vegas |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $500: Once he became Elvis' manager (for up to a 50% fee), he never took on another client Colonel Tom Parker |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $800: This king divorced the Church of England from the Catholic Church so that he could divorce the first of 6 wives Henry VIII |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $1000: France's King Louis XVI was married to this woman who supposedly said, "Let them eat cake" Marie Antoinette |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | LONG LIVE THE KING! $1,500 (Daily Double): A translation of the Bible is named for this king of England & Scotland James (I) |
#3769, aired 2001-01-11 | ALL THE KING'S SONGS $100: "I don't want no other love, baby it's still you I'm thinking of" "Don't Be Cruel" |
#3769, aired 2001-01-11 | ALL THE KING'S SONGS $200: "The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang" "Jailhouse Rock" |
#3769, aired 2001-01-11 | ALL THE KING'S SONGS $300: "No such number, no such zone" "Return to Sender" |
#3769, aired 2001-01-11 | ALL THE KING'S SONGS $400: "Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire" "Viva Las Vegas" |
#3769, aired 2001-01-11 | ALL THE KING'S SONGS $500: "We're caught in a trap, I can't walk out, because I love you too much baby" "Suspicious Minds" |
#3754, aired 2000-12-21 | GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING $200: c. 1028
Falaise, Normandy William the Conqueror |
#3754, aired 2000-12-21 | GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING $400: November 14, 1935
Amman, Jordan King Hussein |
#3754, aired 2000-12-21 | GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING $800: June 4, 1738
London George III |
#3754, aired 2000-12-21 | GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING $1000: February 11, 1920
Cairo King Farouk |
#3754, aired 2000-12-21 | GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING $2,000 (Daily Double): September 5, 1638
Saint-Germain-en-Laye Louis XIV |
#3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING $200: Dr. King said it's what we must let ring "from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city" freedom |
#3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING $400: King preached this "is the greatest form of government... ever conceived", but "we have never touched it" democracy |
#3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING $600: This peaceful practice "is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force" nonviolence |
#3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING $800: From jail King wrote, "We will reach... freedom in" this city "because the goal of America is freedom" Birmingham |
#3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING $1000: This 1954 "decision... will long be stenciled on the mental sheets of succeeding generations" Brown v. Board of Education |
#3357, aired 1999-03-23 | THE KING $200: This other musical icon called Elvis "deplorable" in the 1950s & "A tremendous asset to the business" after his death Frank Sinatra |
#3357, aired 1999-03-23 | THE KING $400: The title of this Elvis boxing movie includes the name of a chaste Round Tabler Kid Galahad |
#3357, aired 1999-03-23 | THE KING $600: Any way you spell it, this name was Elvis' middle name Aaron |
#3357, aired 1999-03-23 | THE KING $800: An illegal Dutch immigrant, this man who was Elvis' manager was once the Tampa, Florida dogcatcher Colonel Tom Parker |
#3357, aired 1999-03-23 | THE KING $2,400 (Daily Double): In 1973 viewers all over the world enjoyed Elvis' live TV special broadcast by satellite from this U.S. state Hawaii |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | THE KING AND I $200: Macduff calls him a "coward" & a "hell-hound" & then cuts his head off -- mercifully, offstage Macbeth |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | THE KING AND I $400: This Magna Carta king tells his son, "I am a scribbled form, drawn with a pen upon a parchment" John |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | THE KING AND I $600: This title prince of Tyre taunts King Antiochus: "Great king, few love to hear the sins they love to act" Pericles |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | THE KING AND I $1000: Fed up with this fairy king, Titania vows, "I have forsworn his bed and company" Oberon |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | THE KING AND I $3,100 (Daily Double): His fool calls him a fool, saying, "All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with" King Lear |
#3195, aired 1998-06-19 | LONG LIVE THE KING $200: John Hancock signed his name big so “John Bull” including this king, could read it without glasses George III |
#3195, aired 1998-06-19 | LONG LIVE THE KING $400: While married to Isabella I, he sired at least 2 daughters with other women Ferdinand |
#3195, aired 1998-06-19 | LONG LIVE THE KING $600: As harpsichordist for this Prussian king, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach often accompanied him in concert Frederick the Great |
#3195, aired 1998-06-19 | LONG LIVE THE KING $800: This current monarch is the sixth king of the Belgians Albert |
#3195, aired 1998-06-19 | LONG LIVE THE KING $1000: Pedro I, emperor of Brazil, was the son of King John VI of this country Portugal |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | THE KING'S MUSIC $100: "Well since my baby left me, I've found a new place to dwell..." "Heartbreak Hotel" |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | THE KING'S MUSIC $200: "You know I can be found, sitting home all alone..." "Don't Be Cruel" |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | THE KING'S MUSIC $300: "Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone, Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone..." "Jailhouse Rock" |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | THE KING'S MUSIC $400: "A-well-a bless my soul what's wrong with me..." "All Shook Up" |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | THE KING'S MUSIC $500: "I gave a letter to the postman, he put it in his sack..." "Return To Sender" |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE KING AND I $200: Madame de Maintenon was the sunshine of this "Sun King"'s life; they were secretly married, perhaps in 1683 Louis XIV |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE KING AND I $400: Legend says "Fair Rosamund", a lover of Henry II, was poisoned by order of Henry's wife, this heiress of Aquitaine Eleanor |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE KING AND I $600: Margaret Drummond, lover of this country's a King James IV, was murdered with poisoned porridge in 1501 Scotland |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE KING AND I $800: This actress & orange-seller was the apple of Charles II's eye Nell Gwyn |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE KING AND I $1000: Camilla Parker Bowles' great-grandmother Alice Keppel was a mistress of this king who reigned 1901-1910 Edward VII |
#2409, aired 1995-02-09 | THE LION KING $100: The voice of young Simba was provided by Jonathan Taylor Thomas of this Tim Allen TV series Home Improvement |
#2409, aired 1995-02-09 | THE LION KING $200: Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings & Whoopi Goldberg whooped it up as the voices of a trio of these animals hyenas |
#2409, aired 1995-02-09 | THE LION KING $300: It took animators & technicians more than 2 years to create the stampede of these animals also known as gnus a wildebeest |
#2409, aired 1995-02-09 | THE LION KING $400: The title of this song from the film is a popular Swahili expression that means "no worries" "Hakuna Matata" |
#2409, aired 1995-02-09 | THE LION KING $500: This British actor's appearance as well as his voice inspired the look of Simba's Uncle Scar Jeremy Irons |
#650, aired 1987-06-05 | THE KING $100: Elvis once unsuccessfully auditioned for this man's popular "Talent Scouts" program Arthur Godfrey |
#650, aired 1987-06-05 | THE KING $200: Shortly before his Army discharge, Elvis achieved this NCO rank sergeant |
#650, aired 1987-06-05 | THE KING $500 (Daily Double): Jesse Garon Presley Elvis's dead twin brother |
#60, aired 1984-11-30 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $200: The additional letter in British spelling of "honor" & "labor" U |
#60, aired 1984-11-30 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $600: It's what you're on when you're on the dole welfare (relief) |
#60, aired 1984-11-30 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $800: An American family goes on vacation, while a British family goes on this holiday |