#8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NO CAP $400: There's no upper age limit for U.S. president; some want one set at this age that Joe Biden blew past in 2012 70 |
#8900, aired 2023-06-23 | KIDS OF THE '70s, REJOICE! $1000: Panda-panda! In 1972 to the delight of U.S. kids, this panda & her mate Hsing-Hsing arrived at the Smithsonian National Zoo Ling-Ling |
#8897, aired 2023-06-20 | LOVE ISLAND U.K. $400: About 700 miles southeast of NYC & home to around 70,000 people, it's known for its shorts & some troublesome triangulation Bermuda |
#8693, aired 2022-07-27 | THE SOUTHERN U.S. $1,500 (Daily Double): It's estimated that there are as many as 70 streets in Atlanta with this fruity 9-letter name Peachtree |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | UP IN THE AIR $600: In the U.S., air pollutants have fallen more than 70% in the past 48 years largely thanks to this 1970 act & its amendments the Clean Air Act |
#8158, aired 2020-02-12 | 21st CENTURY JAPAN $1600: In a 2019 referendum 70% on this island opposed a plan to move a U.S. Marine air base to another spot still on the island Okinawa |
#8033, aired 2019-07-10 | STATE MOTTOES $800: "The crossroads of America"--like the intersection of Interstate 70 & U.S. Highway 41 Indiana |
#7727, aired 2018-03-27 | BUYING ALASKA $200: Of $7 million, $70 million or $700 million, the approximate amount the U.S. paid Russia for Alaska $7 million |
#7619, aired 2017-10-26 | DECADE, PLEASE $800: The last ad for cigarettes airs on U.S. television the '70s |
#6821, aired 2014-04-21 | THAT '70s SONG $1200: "Holly came from Miami, F‑L‑A, hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A." "Walk On The Wild Side" |
#6780, aired 2014-02-21 | GLOBAL STUDIES $800: For 70 million travelers flying to more than 90 countries a year, this U.K. airport is one of the world's busiest Heathrow |
#6315, aired 2012-02-17 | BORN IN 1912 $600: Born in Cambridge, he represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House for 34 years, 10 as speaker in the '70s & '80s Tip O'Neill |
#6074, aired 2011-01-27 | "I" DOCTOR $600: In the late 1950s the Asian type of this virus caused 70,000 deaths in the U.S.; the Hong Kong strain struck in the '60s influenza |
#5968, aired 2010-07-21 | HISTORICAL YEARBOOK ENTRIES? $1000: Can't wait to go to Visva-Bharati U.! Future goal: to be the "I" in '70s Congress-I Party & be India's Madam P.M. (again) Indira Gandhi |
#5868, aired 2010-03-03 | THE '70s $1600: In the 1870s Geronimo enraged the U.S. govt. by going "off" this, an expression now used to mean "out of control" the reservation |
#5481, aired 2008-06-09 | BOOKS OF THE '70s $600: Victor Henry of the U.S. Navy & his family are at the center of this 1971 Herman Wouk epic The Winds of War |
#5432, aired 2008-04-01 | COLD $1000: In 1954, temps at Rogers Pass in this "Treasure State" plunged to -70° F., a continental U.S. record Montana |
#5407, aired 2008-02-26 | MADE TO MEASURE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, NV.) Nellis Air Force Base has the U.S.A.'s largest solar power system: 70,000 panels produce 15 of these units, supplying the base with 25% of its power in the summer a megawatt |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | PETS $200: With more than 70 million living with American households, this is the most common house pet in the U.S. a cat |
#5281, aired 2007-07-23 | ISLANDS $400: This U.S. commonwealth lies about 70 miles across the Mona Passage from the Dominican Republic Puerto Rico |
#5275, aired 2007-07-13 | CHECK YOUR OIL $1200: In 2004 producers said high prices partly result from not building any new ones of these in the U.S. since the '70s refineries |
#5085, aired 2006-10-20 | THE '70s $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.) This capsule was the U.S. half of this project; President Ford said it opened a new era in international cooperation the Apollo-Soyuz Project |
#4933, aired 2006-02-08 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: A controversial war was fought by the U.S. in the '60s & '70s in this country once divided into north & south halves Vietnam |
#4718, aired 2005-02-23 | THAT '70s NEWS ITEM $600: In 1978 robbers stole $6 million in cash & jewelry from Lufthansa Airlines at this U.S. airport JFK |
#4267, aired 2003-03-04 | 2 "P"s $400: To affordably ship up to 70 pounds of... whatever, try this from the U.S. Postal Service parcel post |
#4173, aired 2002-10-23 | '70s U.S. $400: Phyllis Schlafly was among those leading the fight for the defeat of this proposed constitutional amendment ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) |
#4173, aired 2002-10-23 | '70s U.S. $800: In 1975 this comic strip won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning Doonesbury |
#4173, aired 2002-10-23 | '70s U.S. $1200: In 1970 Massachusetts introduced no-fault auto insurance & this state came up with no-fault divorce California |
#4173, aired 2002-10-23 | '70s U.S. $1600: Shortly after this U.S. president declared Iran "an island of stability", the Shah was overthrown Jimmy Carter |
#4173, aired 2002-10-23 | '70s U.S. $2000: A national inoculation campaign was held in 1976 to prevent an epidemic of this that never materialized swine flu |
#4123, aired 2002-07-03 | BOOKS OF THE '70s $1200: Victor Henry of the U.S. Navy & his family are at the center of this 1971 Herman Wouk epic The Winds of War |
#4014, aired 2002-01-31 | THAT '70s MOVIE $400: He made his big screen debut in 1974's "Sizzle Beach U.S.A.", 21 years before "Waterworld" Kevin Costner |
#3569, aired 2000-02-24 | REAL U.S. LOCALES $400: It's the only town in Illinois bearing the name of a mid-'70s dance craze Disco |
#3464, aired 1999-09-30 | SEPTEMBER 30 $400: The U.S. Treasury announced a budget surplus of $70 billion on Sept. 30, 1998, the end of this financial period Fiscal year |
#3398, aired 1999-05-19 | IT WAS THE '70s $1000: From the Spanish for "to hinder", one of these hindered U.S. motorists when Arab states imposed it on oil embargo |
#3321, aired 1999-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY $200: The black population of these U.S. areas, the destination of "white flight", doubled in the '70s & '80s Suburbs |
#3273, aired 1998-11-25 | THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARYLAND $200 (Daily Double): This U.S. Army "Proving Ground" for weapons testing occupies over 70,000 acres in Harford County Aberdeen |
#2963, aired 1997-06-18 | U.S. CITIES $100: This city's French Quarter encompasses 70 blocks New Orleans |
#2871, aired 1997-02-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: This second-largest Hawaiian island is located about 70 miles southeast of Oahu Maui |
#2645, aired 1996-02-16 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY $500: Mickey Mouse turned 65 on November 18, 1993, the day this 1st U.S. astronaut in space turned 70 Alan Shepard |
#2523, aired 1995-07-19 | FILE UNDER "D" $300: French for "relaxation", it was the easing of tensions between the U.S. & U.S.S.R. in the '70s détente |
#2513, aired 1995-07-05 | POLITICIANS $200: Throughout the '70s, this Arizona senator's son Barry Jr. was a U.S. representative from California (Barry) Goldwater |
#2493, aired 1995-06-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1851, nearly 70 years before U.S. Prohibition, Maine passed a law banning the sale of this alcohol |
#2413, aired 1995-02-15 | MODERN U.S. HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): A professor at Harvard in the 1950s, he was a Secretary of State in the '70s (Henry) Kissinger |
#2259, aired 1994-06-02 | SHOES $400: Among the U.S. presidents of the last 70 years, he has the biggest shoe size, a 13C Bill Clinton |
#2216, aired 1994-04-04 | U.S. CITIES $400: At the time of its completion, this city's 70-story Peachtree Plaza Hotel was the world's tallest Atlanta |
#1771, aired 1992-04-20 | U.S. CURRENCY $100: About 70% of all U.S. coins are of this denomination pennies |
#1725, aired 1992-02-14 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: This North Carolina cape with a 70-mile national seashore is northeast of Cape Lookout Cape Hatteras |
#1693, aired 1992-01-01 | FRUIT $300: About 70% of the U.S. pear crop is of this variety Bartlett |
#1642, aired 1991-10-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: No city in Florida is more than 70 miles from either the Atlantic Ocean or this gulf the Gulf of Mexico |
#1246, aired 1990-01-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: About 70,000 now live in this planned "new town" founded in 1967 between Baltimore & D.C. Columbia |
#1223, aired 1989-12-20 | U.S. STATES $800: Over 70 varieties of gems & semiprecious stones can be found in this, the "Gem State" Idaho |
#1222, aired 1989-12-19 | CANADA $200: About 70% of Canada's trade, both imports & exports, is with this country the U.S. |
#1217, aired 1989-12-12 | U.S. CITIES $800: The Breakers, a 70-room mansion built by Cornelius Vanderbilt, is not a museum in this R.I. city Newport |
#974, aired 1988-11-24 | U.S. STATES $1000: Over 70 varieties of gems & semi-precious stones can be found in this, the "Gem State" Idaho |
#784, aired 1988-01-21 | HOT DOG! $100: The 1st ever hot dog stand in the U.S., it's said, opened over 70 years ago at this NYC beach Coney Island |
#650, aired 1987-06-05 | "BLACK" $500: In the late 70s, annual compensation to U.S. miners who had this disease totalled some $1 billion black lung disease |
#628, aired 1987-05-06 | RODENTS $400: In the late '70s, there were some 3000 ranches in the U.S. & Canada raising this rodent for its fur a chinchilla |
#483, aired 1986-10-15 | U.S.A. $200: At over 70 million bushels in 1985, it's the #1 apple grown in the U.S., yum yum delicious |
#267, aired 1985-09-17 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $600: Retirement age for federal judges there is no retirement age for federal judges |
#263, aired 1985-09-11 | CANADA $200: During the '60s & '70s, U.S. gov't. objected to Canada's policy of accepting these fugitive Americans draft dodgers (the Vietnam draft evaders) |
#166, aired 1985-04-29 | LAW $200: Much flaunted law enacted in the '70s which has nevertheless made U.S. highways safer the 55 m.p.h. speed limit |