| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $400: Infamous due to the murder there of 2 young princes, the "Garden Tower" at the complex gained this sanguine name in the 16th century the Bloody Tower |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $800: A balcony is named this princess' "Walk", where she would stroll while imprisoned there by her half-sister Queen Mary Elizabeth I |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $1200: Unlike the non-interacting Queen's Guard, the tower's Yeoman Warders, aka these, conduct tours & answer questions Beefeaters |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $1600: During the Wars of the Roses, the VIth king of this name was imprisoned, then murdered, in the tower in 1471 Henry |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $2000: Richard II took refuge in the tower in 1381 during this "Revolt" the Peasants' Revolt |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | TO THE TOWER! $800: Chicago's tallest tower was originally built for this company Sears |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | TO THE TOWER! $1200: Soon after the Norman conquest, the Tower of London's White Tower was built of this stone from Normandy limestone |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | TO THE TOWER! $1600: Tall twin towers in Kuala Lumpur bear the name of this gas company Petronas |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | TO THE TOWER! $2000: A medieval watchtower stands guard near the Guadalquivir as it flows in this city Seville, Spain |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | TOWER $400: Of all the USA's buildings, the one in Chicago originally called this has the most stories with 110 the Sears Tower |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | TOWER $800: The White Tower in Greece was once called the "Bloody Tower" because this empire executed people there the Ottoman Empire |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | TOWER $1200: In 1994 Seattle Weekly named this tower the "best place to get engaged" the Space Needle |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | TOWER $1600: Every night at 9:53 p.m., the Ceremony of the Keys begins, locking up this fortress on the Thames the Tower of London |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | TOWER $2000: At 1,076', Sky Tower in this largest New Zealand city is the tallest free-standing structure south of the equator Auckland |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON $400: Henry Laurens, the only American imprisoned in the Tower, was exchanged for this Yorktown loser in 1781 Cornwallis |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON $800: At his July 6, 1535 beheading at the Tower, he said, "The King's good servant, but God's first" Thomas More |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON $1200: On Nov. 4, 1605 he was caught trying to blow up Parliament; 3 days later he signed a confession in the Tower Guy Fawkes |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON $1600: In 1305 this Scottish patriot was captured & imprisoned in the Tower; he was savagely executed a few days later William Wallace |
| #5721, aired 2009-06-22 | IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON $4,000 (Daily Double): These two cousins, both of whom married Henry VIII, were imprisoned & executed at the Tower of London Anne Boleyn & Catherine Howard |
| #4874, aired 2005-11-17 | THE IVORY TOWER $200: The White Tower in Thessaloniki in this country has evolved from place of execution to museum Greece |
| #4874, aired 2005-11-17 | THE IVORY TOWER $400: The White Pagoda in Lanzhou, China was originally built in memory of a monk of this religion Buddhism |
| #4874, aired 2005-11-17 | THE IVORY TOWER $600: Chew on this name of the building seen here, a landmark on Chicago's skyline the Wrigley Building |
| #4874, aired 2005-11-17 | THE IVORY TOWER $800: A centuries-old fortress in Monmouthshire, Wales, or a decades-old burger chain based in Ohio White Castle |
| #4874, aired 2005-11-17 | THE IVORY TOWER $1000: In 1078 this king built the Tower of London's White Tower out of stone from his home region of Normandy William the Conqueror |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE TOWER $400: Lightning not only strikes the same place twice, it strikes this 110-story Chicago tower hundreds of times a year the Sears Tower |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE TOWER $800: Old Testament structure built on the Plain of Shinar the Tower of Babel |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE TOWER $1200: Opened in 1976, it's the tallest structure in Canada the CN Tower |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE TOWER $2000: It rises 865 feet above the Belle Fourche River in Wyoming Devils Tower |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE TOWER $4,200 (Daily Double): Upon its completion in 1930, the Chrysler Building beat out this structure as the world's tallest the Eiffel Tower |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | TORONTO'S CN TOWER $400: Between 1978 & 1994, an amazing 460 of these struck the CN Tower lightning bolts |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | TORONTO'S CN TOWER $800: It's the numerical name of the CN Tower's revolving restaurant, & the incredible view it provides 360 |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | TORONTO'S CN TOWER $1200: The horizontal bands are called "Friday lines" because they mark where the pouring of this was stopped each week concrete |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | TORONTO'S CN TOWER $1600: The world's tallest self-supporting structure at 1,815 feet, the CN Tower was built by this railway company Canadian National |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | TORONTO'S CN TOWER $2000: In 1995 the American Society of Civil Engineers designated the CN Tower as one member of this numerical group one of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World |
| #4351, aired 2003-06-30 | A TRIP TO THE TOWER OF LONDON $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew) Ranulf Flambard, the first prisoner at the Tower, escaped using this, smuggled to him in a wine casket rope |
| #4351, aired 2003-06-30 | A TRIP TO THE TOWER OF LONDON $400: The first polar bear on English soil lived at the Tower of London in the 13th century & fished for its meals in this river Thames |
| #4351, aired 2003-06-30 | A TRIP TO THE TOWER OF LONDON $600: The first ghost seen at the Tower, in the 13th century, was that of this archbishop who was murdered in Canterbury Thomas Becket |
| #4351, aired 2003-06-30 | A TRIP TO THE TOWER OF LONDON $800: According to legend, there's buried treasure at the Tower, & this famous diarist born in 1633 tried to find it Samuel Pepys |
| #4351, aired 2003-06-30 | A TRIP TO THE TOWER OF LONDON $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) One of the last prisoners at the Tower of London was this Nazi, imprisoned here after parachuting into Scotland in 1941 Rudolf Hess |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from London.) The oldest part of the Tower of London, the White Tower, was begun more than 900 years ago by this conqueror William the Conqueror |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $800: These black birds who traditionally live at the Tower each get one egg a week as a treat ravens |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from London.) This future queen narrowly escaped execution when she was sent to the Tower by her half-sister Mary in 1554 Queen Elizabeth I |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $1600: The yeoman warriors guarding the Tower once got hefty rations of meat, which may be why they're nicknamed this Beefeaters |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from London.) The ghosts of these two boys who died in 1483 haunt the bloody Tower; they stand silently, hand-in-hand, & fade into the stone the Little Princes |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | TOWER OF LONDON PRISONERS $200: She was Henry VIII's second wife, though she was the first he locked in the Tower Anne Boleyn |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | TOWER OF LONDON PRISONERS $400: This future queen was imprisoned there by Bloody Mary Elizabeth I |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | TOWER OF LONDON PRISONERS $600: She spent more time in the tower in 1553 & 1554 than the 9 days she spent on the throne of England Lady Jane Grey |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | TOWER OF LONDON PRISONERS $800: After 13 years in the Tower, he convinced James I to release him on the promise he'd find a gold mine Sir Walter Raleigh |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | TOWER OF LONDON PRISONERS $1000: It held prisoners as late as 1941, when this German P.O.W. was there Rudolf Hess |
| #1435, aired 1990-11-23 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $200: The unlucky number of towers on the inner wall 13 |
| #1435, aired 1990-11-23 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $400: Some say this saint welcomed his imprisonment in the Tower in 1534, but it was still no Utopia Thomas More |
| #1435, aired 1990-11-23 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $600: This courtier was released to search for gold in the New World; he failed & was executed Sir Walter Raleigh |
| #1435, aired 1990-11-23 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $1000: These 2 wives of Henry VIII were beheaded at the Tower Anne Boleyn & Catherine Howard |
| #1435, aired 1990-11-23 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $1,200 (Daily Double): This 1888 Gilbert & Sullivan operetta set at the Tower features the following:
"Tower warders, / Under orders, / Gallant pikemen, valiant sworders! / Brave in bearing, / Foemen scaring, / In their bygone..." Yeomen of the Guard |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | "TOWER"s $100: Guinness says it took 2 years, 2 months & 2 days to build at a cost of 7,799,401 francs & 31 centimes Eiffel Tower |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | "TOWER"s $200: It's described in Genesis 11:1-9 Tower of Babel |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | "TOWER"s $300: Former Texas senator who chaired the review board investigating the Iran-Contra Affair John Tower |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | "TOWER"s $500: The enclosed observation post of a submarine conning tower |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | "TOWER"s $800 (Daily Double): 1974 film that gave us the following Oscar-winning song:
"We may never love like this again /
Don't stop the flow /
We can't let go..." The Towering Inferno |
