| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HURRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! $600: Created as a real estate ad 100 years ago in 1923, the Hollywood Sign originally had this 4-letter word tacked on to the end land |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | TRANSPORTATION $1200: 100 years ago in 1923, Warren Harding drove a spike to complete the railroad named for this state, today with majestic bridges Alaska |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | EXAMINE THE SCIENCE $2000: About 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth with a yield of 100 trillion tons of TNT, ending this "middle life" era the Mesozoic |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | 2022 ANNIVERSARIES $200: 100 years ago, in November 1922 Howard Carter made this discovery, some 3,000 years after the death that caused its creation King Tut's tomb (King Tut's body as a mummy) |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | UNDER THE USA $400: It's the 5-letter name of the bar seen here, also what the space was 100 years ago under a Cleveland bank Vault |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | THE 2021 WORLD ALMANAC $800: Under anniversaries: 100 years ago "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" & "The Sheik" launched the career of this silent film star Rudolph Valentino |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | OCCUPATIONS $200: 100 years ago, this job of connecting people looked as seen here a switchboard operator |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | NONFICTION $400: The remarkable story of these vote-seekers from 100 years ago in Great Britain is told in "Rise Up, Women!" the suffragettes |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $2000: This dinosaur of 100 million+ years ago got its name because its teeth resembled those of a lizard that's still around an iguanodon |
| #7876, aired 2018-12-03 | COOKERS $200: A major innovation in this device was the pop-up mechanism around 100 years ago a toaster |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THE WORDS OF H.G. WELLS $400: Wells imagined an overwhelmingly destructive explosive called this 6-letter "bomb" more than 100 years ago atomic |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | IN THE COOKIE JAR $600: One claim says these cookies made their U.S. debut at Golden Gate Park's Japanese tea garden over 100 years ago fortune cookies |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | 1917 -- 100 YEARS AGO $400: Theda Bara vamped on screen to big box office as this historic temptress Cleopatra |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | 1917 -- 100 YEARS AGO $800: The 100" Hooker telescope, the world's largest in 1917, began operating on Mt. Wilson above this Rose Bowl city Pasadena |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | 1917 -- 100 YEARS AGO $1200: The British rolled out these fearsome vehicles in their first massed use for the Battle of Cambrai tanks |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | 1917 -- 100 YEARS AGO $2000: In Russia this political faction overthrew Kerensky's short-lived provisional government the Bolsheviks |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | 1917 -- 100 YEARS AGO $6,000 (Daily Double): This muckraking author's novel "King Coal" exposed abuses in the U.S. mining industry Upton Sinclair |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BORN 100 YEARS AGO $400: "Where have you gone?" -- this ball player seen here
announcing his retirement in 1951 Joe DiMaggio |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BORN 100 YEARS AGO $800: When he was born in 1914, there was no polio vaccine, not until he developed it in the 1950s (Jonas) Salk |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BORN 100 YEARS AGO $1200: This Norwegian was 32 when he & a crew made a rafting trip from Peru to polynesia Thor Heyerdahl |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BORN 100 YEARS AGO $2000: The force was with this future thespian when he was born in London in April 1914 (Alec) Guinness |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BORN 100 YEARS AGO $3,000 (Daily Double): Born in Swansea, Wales, he went somewhat gentle into that good night in 1953 Dylan Thomas |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | ELEPHANT HODGEPODGE $1200: About 100 years ago, a circus elephant named John L. Sullivan participated in this sport in an act with his trainer boxing |
| #6628, aired 2013-06-12 | EGRETS ONLY $800: Aigrettes, these parts of egrets, were so popular over 100 years ago, demand for them almost wiped the birds out feathers |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | AT THE "CORE" $2000: Begun nearly 100 years ago, it's Columbia University's set of courses to provide a general education a core curriculum |
| #5751, aired 2009-09-21 | TRANSPORTATION $2000: This motorcycle co. whose factory 100 years ago was "The Wigwam" is once again in business after a bumpy history Indian |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $200: On February 12 this important African-American organization was formed NAACP |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $400: On June 2 Alfred Deakin became prime minister of this Commonwealth country for the third time Australia |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $600: A D.C. medical center founded in 1909 is named for this military surgeon Walter Reed |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $1000: On July 25 Frenchman Louis Bleriot became the first to cross this body of water in a plane the English Channel |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 4 he took the White House keys from Teddy Roosevelt Taft |
| #5269, aired 2007-07-05 | MEN OF LETTERS $2000: (I'm Hill Harper of CSI: NY.) My motivational book "Letters to a Young Brother" was inspired by this book written 100 years ago by Rainer Maria Rilke Letters to a Young Poet |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AFI'S 100 YEARS 100 MOVIES $800: One of the 2 years, both more than 5 decades ago, represented on the AFI ballot with 11 films each 1939 (or 1942) |
| #5214, aired 2007-04-19 | NATIONAL FLAGS $400: The flag of this island country was chosen by Dr. Sun Yat-sen about 100 years ago Taiwan |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO $400: This man brought his Wild West show, created in 1883, to Madison Square Garden Buffalo Bill Cody |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO $800: At the Minnesota State Fair in 1901 this vice president gave his "Speak Softly-Big Stick" speech Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO $1200: A saloon in Kiowa, Kansas became the first target in her many attacks on liquor establishments Carrie Nation |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO $2000: On May 21, 1900 Russia found this area a good "candidate" for annexation Manchuria |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1904 this act was first applied to dissolve the Northern Securities Co., which was formed by a big merger Sherman Antitrust Act |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | DOWN TO EARTH $400: 100 million years ago this continent was connected to Antarctica; in 50 million more years, it'll hit Asia Australia |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $100: In 1901 Switzerland's Jean-Henri Dunant, who founded this organization, shared the Nobel Peace Prize International Red Cross |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $200: In the fall, the USA's Columbia defeated Britain's Shamrock II to win this trophy America's Cup |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $400: On February 25 J.P. Morgan & others organized this company, the world's first billion-dollar corporation U.S. Steel |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $500 (Daily Double): In a major address on March 4, he stated that the U.S. "must remain close friends" with Cuba William McKinley |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $500: On Sept. 7, 1901 China's Manchu government signed an agreement with 11 nations ending this uprising Boxer Rebellion |
| #3793, aired 2001-02-14 | GLOBAL WARMING $400: Chemist Svante Arrhenius of this country was concerned about global warming 100 years ago Sweden |
| #2932, aired 1997-05-06 | DISCOVERIES $400: It was the first subatomic particle discovered 100 years ago by J.J. Thomson Electron |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | FEATHERED FRIENDS $500: There are more than 100 species of this bird 1st domesticated about 4,000 years ago a pigeon (chicken) |
| #324, aired 1985-12-05 | BOTTOMS UP $100: 100 years ago, Madeira wine was used as ballast in these (sailing) ships |
| #311, aired 1985-11-18 | RELIGION $200: 100 years ago the now-dead philosopher Nietzsche claimed this being was dead God |
| #290, aired 1985-10-18 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $400: Completed 100 years ago, Chicago's 10-story Home Insurance Building was the 1st to be called this a skyscraper |
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