| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | CHAINS $800: In August 1500 he & his brothers were sent back to Spain in chains for mismanagement & brutality in Hispaniola Columbus |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | NEW WORLD EXPLORATION $2000: In 1500 this sailor headed to India but made a right turn & landed in Brazil, claiming it for Portugal Cabral |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | STAY COOL $600: In the Holocene Epoch, we've had a "medieval cool period" from 1250 to 1500 & a "little" one of these just after an ice age |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | IS AN ISLAND $5,400 (Daily Double): One third of Earth's lava flow since 1500 is said to have come from volcanoes in this Atlantic island nation Iceland |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | NO EGRETS $600: This alliterative bird numbered between 3 & 5 billion in eastern North America in 1500 but was extinct by 1914 passenger pigeon |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | KEEP THE FAITH $400: Nearly 80% of the people of India follow this religion that dates back to around 1500 B.C. Hinduism |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | BROTHER $2000: Ever the loving brother, Cesare Borgia had this sister's husband Alfonso murdered in 1500 Lucrezia Borgia |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Around 1500 B.C. the kings who ruled from the city of Knossos on this Greek island dominated the Aegean Crete |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1500 B.C. people in Central America were processing rubber in a way similar to this process discovered by Goodyearl" vulcanization |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | COMMA, COMMA, COMMA, COMMA, COMMA $200: The comma as we know it came to be around 1500, not by an author, but rather by one of these putting out Greek classics a printing press |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | IT HAPPENED IN THE BIBLE $400: Here's a circa 1500 rendering of the miracle at a wedding in this town, where Jesus turned water into wine Cana |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | ANTHROPOLOGY $1600: In medieval England eating fruit this way was considered dangerous; a 1500 cookbook says to "beware of" it raw |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | EXTINCT PEOPLES $2000: Europeans "found" the Beothuk on this Canadian island around 1500; being found was not good for the Beothuk Newfoundland |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | POTENTATE POTABLES $400: Around 1500 Czar Ivan III introduced a state monopoly to control the production of this potent potable vodka |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | C.C. & ME $400: 1500 was a bad year for this explorer: he was sent back home in chains by Francisco de Bobadilla, his replacement Christopher Columbus |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | MEALS $600: In England in 1500 the main meal was eaten around noon & called this dinner |
| #7679, aired 2018-01-18 | BIBLICAL ART $3,000 (Daily Double): This Italian had a birth of religiosity late in life and painted works like "Mystic Nativity" in 1500 Botticelli |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | "HAL" $2000: Used for both thrusting & striking around 1500, it's the weapon seen here a halberd |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | SCIENCE-Y STUFF $3,000 (Daily Double): Constructed in 1500 by a German explorer, the "Erdapfel", or "Earth Apple", is the world's oldest one of these a globe |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ABOUT TIME $400: The oldest surviving examples of these time-telling devices date from about 1500 B.C. in Egypt a sundial |
| #6933, aired 2014-11-05 | HISTORICAL QUOTATIONS $400: In a 1500 letter, he wrote, "I should be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people" Columbus |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | TITLE CHARACTERS $200: Egyptians did not call their ruler by this title until the 18th Dynasty, roughly 1500 to 1300 B.C. pharaoh |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | MADONNA VIDEOS $800: "Mystic Nativity" from around 1500 shows a Madonna by this man, known for painting the goddess Venus Botticelli |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | INITIALS TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO NUMBERS $1200: For the actor who had the title role in "The Bourne Ultimatum" 1500 (= MD) |
| #6795, aired 2014-03-14 | BASEBALL TEAMS $1600: This team's mailing address is 1500 South Capitol Street SE the Washington Nationals |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | VOLCANOES $800: Some scientists believe that this civilization on Crete ended with the eruption of the volcano Thera around 1500 B.C. the Minoan civilization |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | NUTTY NAMES $2000: In 1974 Tanzanian track star Filbert Bayi set a world record of 3:32.2 at this metric distance 1500 meters |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | IF ONLY I COULD TELL THEM $400: Hey, sailors who saw this 50-pound flightless bird around 1500-take it back to Europe & breed it or it'll be extinct by 1700 a dodo |
| #6638, aired 2013-06-26 | STATUES $1200: He was still relatively unknown when brought to sudden fame around 1500 by the Pieta Michelangelo |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | DOUBLE-ZERO YEARS $1000: Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral discovers Brazil 1500 |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: Bartolomeu Dias may have named this cape in 1488; ironic, as he was lost at sea nearby in 1500 the Cape of Good Hope |
| #6214, aired 2011-09-29 | GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION $2000: Begun around 1500 by Guru Nanak, this religion incorporates elements of Hinduism Sikhism |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | REINVENTING THE WHEEL $800: The wheel lock mechanism later used in lighters was invented around 1500 to ignite the powder in these guns |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | PICKUP ARTISTS $200: Hopefully, you won't ram this brand's Ram 1500 into anything Dodge |
| #6162, aired 2011-05-31 | THE INCAS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Machu Picchu, Peru.) In 1500, it took over a week to cover the 50 miles on the Inca Trail, from here, the capital of the Incas, to the retreat of Machu Picchu Cuzco |
| #5872, aired 2010-03-09 | ...DIES BY THE "S" WORD $800: Of the 1500 species of these arachnids with curved tails & venomous stingers, only 50 are dangerous to humans scorpions |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | EUROPE $400: From about 1500 to 1850, glaciers advanced in the Alps in what's called a "Little" this period an Ice Age |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | OLYMPIC FACTS $1600: Sometimes called the metric mile, it's the last of the 10 events in the decathlon the 1500 meters |
| #5501, aired 2008-07-07 | BY THE NUMBERS $200: The Treasury Building is at 1500 & the White House at this number Pennsylvania Ave. 1600 |
| #5473, aired 2008-05-28 | THE THUNDERBIRDS $800: (Sarah reports from the rear seat of a jet.) We won't go there today, but the Thunderbirds can reach ceilings of about 50,000 feet & fly 1500 miles per hour, roughly 2 on this scale Mach |
| #5358, aired 2007-12-19 | ISLANDS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew points out a South Atlantic island on a map on the monitor.) Tristan da Cunha is often called the most remote inhabited island--the nearest major city is this one, 1500 miles away Cape Town |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | ART GAL-ERY $2000: In the mid 1500's Sofonisba Anguissola was a painter at the court of this Spanish king & did his portrait Philip II |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | MAY THE FOREST BE WITH YOU $2000: Th deforestation of this island 2,200 miles west of Chile may have led to the collapse of its society c. 1500 Easter Island |
| #5295, aired 2007-09-21 | CRUNCHING NUMBERS ROMAN STYLE $1,000 (Daily Double): The postal abbreviation of the state seen here equals this quantity in Roman numerals 1500 |
| #5289, aired 2007-09-13 | EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS $400: In 1500 Francisco de Bobadilla arrived in Santo Domingo & sent this man back to Spain in shackles Christopher Columbus |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | EUROPE $2000: If writing to a friend in Berlin in 1500, you could put these 3 words on the envelope as the country Holy Roman Empire |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | "B" PREPARED $600: This period lasted from about 3500 to 1500 B.C. the Bronze Age |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | THE CANTERBURY TALES $400: The Tales are written in this form of English, spoken from after the Battle of Hastings to around 1500 Middle English |
| #5045, aired 2006-07-14 | FRUITLESS SEARCHES $400: Many scholars believe this was actually the Aegean Sea island of Thira, largely destroyed around 1500 B.C. Atlantis |
| #4945, aired 2006-02-24 | T3: RISE OF THE CONSONANTS $1000: A powerful empire in Asia Minor & Syria around 1500 B.C. the Hittites |
| #4844, aired 2005-10-06 | WHEN YOU GET THE MONEY $1,500 (Daily Double): After her first husband, a senator, died in a 1991 plane crash, she inherited an estimated $500 million Teresa Heinz-Kerry |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | HISTORIC GREETING CARDS $600: Sailor who in 1500 got the Father's Day card:
To a Great Dad,
Someday you'll get your own day!
Love,
Diego Christopher Columbus |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | A VISIT TO ANCIENT EGYPT $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) Around 1500 B.C., after expelling Hyksos invaders, proud Egyptian rulers began the vast tomb area that we now call this the Valley of the Kings |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | THE STONES $1,500 (Daily Double): The black type of this October birthstone is quite rare, & more valuable than the fire variety opal |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | SHE SELLS SEYCHELLES $800: From about 1500 to 1750 the Seychelles served mainly as a hiding place for these people pirates |
| #4565, aired 2004-06-11 | LEADING MEN $3,000 (Daily Double): Seen here near the end of his career, his last name is a synonym for "strength"
"I want only the strong, who can row 1500 miles to Africa and walk ashore alive!" Tyrone Power |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | "A" IN HISTORY $1000: It's the first name of Italian navigator Vespucci, who made several trips to the New World around 1500 Amerigo |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | NON-VIDEO GAMES $800: A version of this popular board game was played in India over 1500 years ago Parcheesi |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | CHUTE FIRST $1600: Though neither was built, around 1500 he sketched not only a flying machine, but a parachute, too Leonardo da Vinci |
| #4185, aired 2002-11-08 | HISTORY $400: In 1500 Pedro Cabral sailed too far west in rounding Africa & spotted what is now this country on April 22 Brazil |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | SO LONG $800: The ores of this metal were deposited around 2 billion B.C.; the "Age" of its human use began around 1500 B.C. iron |
| #4083, aired 2002-05-08 | LET A SMILE BE YOUR UMBRIA $1,500 (Daily Double): Running through Umbria are the Tiber & Nera Rivers & the Umbrian Range of this mountain system the Apennines |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: The first recorded eruption of this Sicilian volcano occurred in about 1500 B.C. Mount Etna |
| #3843, aired 2001-04-25 | CENTURY CITY $1000: In 1500 Lodovico Sforza recaptured this northern Italian capital of the Lombardy region Milan |
| #3779, aired 2001-01-25 | WHILE THE "IRON" IS HOT $200: It began about 1500 B.C., period Iron Age |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | EXPLORATION $500: In 1500 Bartolomeu Dias died in a storm off this cape, which he called the Cape of Storms the Cape of Good Hope |
| #3740, aired 2000-12-01 | MEXICAN HISTORY $200: Between about 1325 & 1500 this group expanded from an island or two to control southern Mexico Aztecs |
| #3727, aired 2000-11-14 | NEXT IN LINE $400: In the Olympics:
400-meter run,
800-meter run... 1500-meter run |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | CLEO POTPOURRIO $500: Designed around 1500 B.C., it was set up on the Thames embankment in the 1870s Cleopatra's Needle |
| #3564, aired 2000-02-17 | ANCIENT GREEK SALAD $1000: "Anabasis" chronicles the Greeks' 1500-mile retreat after fighting for Prince Cyrus of this empire Persian Empire |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | THEY SAYETH OF BEAUTY $200: Around 1500 this artist wrote in his notebook "In life beauty perishes, but not in art" Leonardo da Vinci |
| #3455, aired 1999-09-17 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $400: Just after 1500 Peter Henlein built the first spring-driven one of these that fit in a pocket Watch |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | THE RENAISSANCE $800: In 1500 her husband, Alfonso of Aragon, was murdered on orders of her brother Cesare Lucrezia Borgia |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: These people who settled India c. 1500 B.C. were taken for a superior race in Nazi pseudoscience Aryans |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | 500 YEARS AGO $400: In 1498 Michelangelo began this statue of Mary holding the body of Christ; he finished it in 1500 "Pieta" |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $800: This educator built the Tuskegee Institute from a student body of 40 in 1881 to 1500 by 1915 Booker T. Washington |
| #3034, aired 1997-11-06 | SUPER ATHLETES $200: Janet Evans holds the world record in the 400, 800 & 1500-meter freestyle events in this sport swimming |
| #3012, aired 1997-10-07 | MACHINES NEVER BUILT $200: Around 1500 he sketched not only a flying machine, but a parachute Leonardo da Vinci |
| #2829, aired 1996-12-12 | SPORTS $1000: She holds the U.S. & world records in freestyle swimming at 400, 800 & 1500 meters Janet Evans |
| #2738, aired 1996-06-26 | DECORATIVE ARTS $400: Born in 1500, Benvenuto Cellini was this type of "Smith", perhaps the most famous of all time a goldsmith |
| #2731, aired 1996-06-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: At least 1500 islands make up this group in the St. Lawrence River Thousand Islands |
| #2633, aired 1996-01-31 | EXPLORERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Pedro Cabral formally took possession of it in 1500 & named it Vera Cruz; we know it as this country today Brazil |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | THE OLYMPICS $200: The first competition in this event is the 100-meter dash; the tenth, the 1500-meter run decathlon |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | SAND $400: Over 1500 feet high, the world's highest sand dunes are in Algeria in this desert Sahara |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | EUROPEAN CITIES $1,100 (Daily Double): Around 1500 this Belgian port became the commercial center of Western Europe Antwerp |
| #2392, aired 1995-01-17 | ECOLOGY $200: Parents using these for 30 months will find disposable ones cost them $1500 & cloth ones $300 diapers |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | RELIGION $1000: Dating from between 1500 & 500 B.C., they're the oldest & most sacred books of Hinduism the Vedas |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | ARCHAEOLOGY $500: The method of working this metal was not mastered until about 1500 B.C. under the Hittites iron |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1500 Pedro Alvares Cabral became the first European to reach this large South American country Brazil |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | REALLY "BIG" $500: Santa Elena Canyon in this Texas national park reaches a depth of more than 1500 feet Big Bend Park |
| #2247, aired 1994-05-17 | SEAS $200: About 1500 miles wide, it was named by 15th century Spanish explorers for Indians in the area the Caribbean |
| #2205, aired 1994-03-18 | EXPLORERS $600: In 1500 Bartolomeu Dias perished near this African cape that he'd discovered years earlier the Cape of Good Hope |
| #2193, aired 1994-03-02 | HISTORY $1000: In 1500, Louis XII annexed this Italian city throwing Ludovico Sforza in jail Milan |
| #2130, aired 1993-12-03 | 1500 $100: Jakob Nufer was the 1st on record to perform this operation where the mother & baby both survived a caesarean |
| #2130, aired 1993-12-03 | 1500 $200: Holyrood Palace was built in this capital city around 1500 Edinburgh |
| #2130, aired 1993-12-03 | 1500 $300: When blown off course, explorer Pedro Cabral discovered this country & claimed it for Portugal Brazil |
| #2130, aired 1993-12-03 | 1500 $500 (Daily Double): This most famous morality play dates to around 1500 Everyman |
| #2130, aired 1993-12-03 | 1500 $500: This first Tudor king reigned on the throne of England Henry VII |
| #2107, aired 1993-11-02 | STARTS WITH "L" $100: One of the tallest ones ever built was about 400 feet high; it guided ships for 1500 years lighthouse |
| #2107, aired 1993-11-02 | CARD GAMES $400: In contract bridge, bidding & making one of these can get you 1500 points grand slam |
| #2025, aired 1993-05-28 | LONG LIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): When she died in 1961 at 101, she left 2 children, 9 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren & 1500 paintings Grandma Moses |
| #1999, aired 1993-04-22 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Xochimilco & Texcoco were 2 of this Indian civilization's principal cities in 1500 the Aztecs |
| #1932, aired 1993-01-19 | THE PLANETS $1000: Presently the farthest planet from the Sun, it has 1500-mph winds, some of the strongest in the solar system Neptune |
| #1858, aired 1992-10-07 | STOP THE PRESSES! $500: The 4th annual International Leisure Suit Convention drew 1500 polyester lovers to this Iowa capital Des Moines |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | EXPLORERS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1500 Vicente Pinzon & Pedro Cabral landed in the New World in what is now this country Brazil |
| #1770, aired 1992-04-17 | WORLD WAR II $400: Over 1500 kamikaze flyers lost their lives trying to defend this largest of the Ryukyu Islands Okinawa |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: The Thousand Islands, which really number about 1500, are located in this river, between Canada & N.Y. the St. Lawrence |
| #1684, aired 1991-12-19 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: The greatest depth of this sea, about 1500 feet, lies near Sweden's Gotland Island the Baltic |
| #1593, aired 1991-07-03 | BRAZIL $500: Though Spanish explorers may have been there first, in 1500 this Portuguese claimed Brazil for his country Pedro Cabral |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | WORLD LANDMARKS $400: It stretches 1500 miles from the city of Shanhaiguan to near Jiayuguan the Great Wall of China |
| #1543, aired 1991-04-24 | AFRICAN HISTORY $600: Britannica says this tribe had only about 1500 members when Shaka became chief in 1816 Zulu |
| #1539, aired 1991-04-18 | DECORATIVE ARTS $400: The hunt of this mythical animal is the subject of a series of 7 tapestries, woven c. 1500 the unicorn |
| #1511, aired 1991-03-11 | THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE $200: The earliest written reference to tea appeared in this country over 1500 years ago China |
| #1431, aired 1990-11-19 | ALL GONE $400: In 1902 the Thomas B. Jeffrey Company made 1500 of these cars, a line later bought by Nash Ramblers |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | OPERA $2,500 (Daily Double): This opera, which features the following, was the 1st transmitted in color on TV: Carmen |
| #1311, aired 1990-04-23 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $600: Nanak, who lived c. 1500, was the first guru of this religion which sought to unite Islam & Hinduism Sikhism |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | MATHEMATICS $400: Average of the 30 dollar amounts on the board at the start of Jeopardy! 300 |
| #961, aired 1988-11-07 | THE THREE R's $800: Printing with this style of letters began in Venice about 1500 italics |
| #869, aired 1988-05-19 | PASTA $500: It's said this, Latin for "little worm", was the generic name for pasta in Italy circa 1500-1800 vermicelli |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | PAINTERS $400: Antonio Bin is smiling; the 300 copies he's done of this famous work sell at up to $1500 each Mona Lisa |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | THE OLYMPICS $600: Distance run in the "metric mile" 1500 meters |
| #476, aired 1986-10-06 | SPORTS $500 (Daily Double): 3 of the 10 events in an Olympic decathlon (3 of) 100 meters, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 meters, 110 meter hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw & 1500 meters |
| #468, aired 1986-09-24 | COMPARISONS $100: You'd consume 3000 of these eating 15 oz. of butter or 1500 radishes calories |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | THE OLYMPICS $300 (Daily Double): On 7/10/24, this country's Paavo Nurmi won the gold in both the 1500 & 5000 meter races Finland |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | QUOTES $400: In 1500, he asked to "be judged as a captain who went... to the Indies to conquer a people" Christopher Columbus |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | FAIRIES $200: Brownies wear brown but pixies wear this color green |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | VITAMINS & MINERALS $400: A lack of protein & this mineral contribute to anemia iron |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | UTILITIES $500: World's largest landfill, receiving 10,000 tons of new garbage daily, is in this NYC borough Staten Island |
| #162, aired 1985-04-23 | WEATHER $400: This Italian's invention of the wind vane about 1500 changed the direction of forecasting Leonardo da Vinci |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | ALL NUMBERS $300: Highest number that appears on most standard AM radio bands 1600 |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | NUMBER PLEASE $600: In track & field, it's known as a metric mile the 1500-meter race |
| #145, aired 1985-03-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: The largest U.S. franchise chain has over 1500 restaurants abroad, 450 of them in Japan McDonald's |
