| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | SCIENCE MUSEUMS $400: 1601 NASA Parkway is the street address of a space museum in this Texas city Houston |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | SCIENTISTS $1,000 (Daily Double): When Tycho Brahe died in 1601, his protégé, this astronomer, succeeded him as "imperial mathematician" Johannes Kepler |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $400: A risque work "written" by one of this queen's ladies in waiting, "1601" was first published anonymously by Mark Twain in 1880 Elizabeth I |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | PAINT BY YEARS $800: 1601:
Caravaggio anticipates the Baroque era in "the conversion of" this man Saul (or St. Paul) |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | ALL SYSTEMS GO $1600: In 1601 the Banner System organized armies to conquer China & create this dynasty aka the Qing the Manchu Dynasty |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | THE GREAT LIBRARIES OF EUROPE $1600: This Danish astronomer died in Prague in 1601, & the Clementinum National Library there has material relating to him Tycho Brahe |
| #6448, aired 2012-10-03 | THE COURT OF ELIZABETH I $2000: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of this, lost his head & called the Queen an old woman; he really lost his head in 1601 Essex |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER $1200: One of Twain's favorite books was the "Diary of" this Englishman; Twain credited it as the model for his book "1601" (Samuel) Pepys |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | QUOTES FROM THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES $600: In a 1601 play, he wrote, "Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage" (William) Shakespeare |
| #4720, aired 2005-02-25 | THE BRITISH MONARCH WHEN... $3,000 (Daily Double): ...Shakespeare wrote "Hamlet" Elizabeth I |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | 11/30 $800: On Nov. 30, 1601 she delivered her "Golden Speech" to Parliament on "To Be a King" Queen Elizabeth I |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | BRITISH SPEECHES $800: In 1601 she said, "The glory of my crown (is) that I have reigned with your loves" Elizabeth I |
| #3766, aired 2001-01-08 | TURNS OF THE CENTURY $1000: Johannes Kepler became imperial mathematician to the Holy Roman Emperor in 1601 following this Dane's death Tycho Brahe |
| #3627, aired 2000-05-16 | TURNS OF THE CENTURY $400: As its title suggests, this Shakespeare comedy may have opened Jan. 6, 1601, a dozen evenings after Christmas Twelfth Night |
| #3518, aired 1999-12-15 | THE PLOT THICKENS $600: Once a favorite of Elizabeth I, this earl conspired against her & was executed in February 1601 Earl of Essex |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | PLACES OF INCARCERATION $400: One of the buildings at this British site is named for Robert Devereux, held there before his 1601 execution Tower of London |
| #2726, aired 1996-06-10 | 1601 $200: France's Gobelins factory began weaving these wall hangings in 1601 tapestries |
| #2726, aired 1996-06-10 | 1601 $400: The word for this hot drink first appeared in English in 1601, though it had only 1 E on the end coffee |
| #2726, aired 1996-06-10 | 1601 $600: Devereux Tower, part of this British landmark, was named for Robert Devereux, a prisoner there in 1601 Tower of London |
| #2726, aired 1996-06-10 | 1601 $800: On Tycho Brahe's death in 1601, Johannes Kepler was named to this post in Rudolf II's court royal astronomer |
| #2726, aired 1996-06-10 | 1601 $1000: This "Death Be Not Proud" poet lost his job & was jailed when he secretly wed his boss' niece in 1601 John Donne |
| #2724, aired 1996-06-06 | FAMOUS GERMANS $800: In 1601 this astronomer was appointed Imperial Mathematician by Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II (Johannes) Kepler |
| #1366, aired 1990-07-09 | SENIORS IN HSITORY $400: In 1601, when she was in her late 60s, she had her 33-year-old favorite, Robert Devereux, executed Elizabeth I |
| #981, aired 1988-12-05 | QUOTES $800: British monarch who said in 1601, "This I count the glory of my crown: That I have reigned with your loves" Elizabeth I |
