Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (418 results returned)

#9069, aired 2024-03-28BRITISH EXPLORERS $1200: In 1776 James Cook received the Copley Medal for a paper on preventing this disease by feeding his crew cress & an orange extract scurvy
#9060, aired 2024-03-15THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $800: On May 1, 1776, Adam Weishaupt founded the Perfectibilists, a branch of this "enlightened" secret society... oh dear, I may've said too much the Illuminati
#9052, aired 2024-03-055 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $200: George III & George Washington figure prominently in the David McCullogh bestseller entitled this pivotal year 1776
#9045, aired 2024-02-23THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ERA $1600: In 1776 artillery from Ticonderoga moved by sled through this Mass. segment of the Appalachians to fortify Boston the Berkshires
#8989, aired 2023-12-07FIRE PLACE $1000: A 1776 fire destroyed this city's Teatro Regio Ducale; La Scala was built to replace it Milan
#8953, aired 2023-10-18IN CRISIS MODE $400: On Dec. 19, 1776 he published "The American Crisis. Number I" (of 16) Thomas Paine
#8931, aired 2023-09-18AMERICAN HISTORY $200: After fleeing Philly in 1776, Congress entrusted newspaper publisher Mary Katharine Goddard with printing this document the Declaration of Independence
#8876, aired 2023-05-22ART IMITATING LIFE $400: This historical work depicts the December 25, 1776 prelude to an attack on some Hessians in Trenton Washington Crossing the Delaware
#8875, aired 2023-05-19LITERARY MISMATCHES $2000: Of this novel about the floundering Wheelers, Richard Yates said his title meant that the this of 1776 hit a dead end in the 1950s Revolutionary Road
#8840, aired 2023-03-31SONGS FROM '60s MUSICALS $1000: "The Lees Of Old Virginia" & "But, Mr. Adams" 1776
#8835, aired 2023-03-24THE FOG OF WAR $2,400 (Daily Double): At the 1776 Battle of Long Island, fog helped save the defeated Continental Army as it fled to Manhattan across this river the East River
#8828, aired 2023-03-15THE MORNING AFTER $400: On this date, John Adams wrote to a friend, "A declaration passed Congress yesterday, and this morning will be printed" July 5, 1776
#8821, aired 2023-03-06HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): Between 1776 & 1783, Thomas Paine wrote "Crisis" papers, each signed with these 2 words from a familiar early pamphlet Common Sense
#8816, aired 2023-02-27COMPANIES IN HISTORY $2000: This British company made treaties like the 1776 one of Purandar with the Maratha people of present-day Maharashtra state the British East India Company
#8781, aired 2023-01-09WON THE BATTLE, LOST THE WAR $800: The British won the 1776 battle of the Manhattan fort named for this foe, who'd laugh last 7 years later George Washington
#8769, aired 2022-12-22BIG BATTLES $800: Boosting morale, Washington's troops defeated a force of these mercenaries at the Battle of Trenton in 1776 the Hessians
#8764, aired 2022-12-15HISTORY IN ART $800: John Trumbull's painting in the Capitol titled this document shows the submission of a draft in June 1776, not the signing the Declaration of Independence
#8747, aired 2022-11-22THAT WAS QUITE A YEAR $800: Rhode Island is the first colony to nix its British allegiance; Goethe publishes "Stella" long before Tennessee Williams 1776
#8742, aired 2022-11-15TALKIN' ECON $4,000 (Daily Double): The birth of economics as its own discipline is often traced to a 1776 work by this man Adam Smith
#8729, aired 2022-10-27LEARNED LEAGUES $2000: A signature gold key represents this philosophical society founded on Dec. 5, 1776 Phi Beta Kappa
#5, aired 2022-10-23AROUND PHILLY WITH RYAN LONG $1500: (Ryan Long presents the clue.) America was born in Philly; we're heading to the hall on Chestnut Street where in 1776 John Hancock put his Hancock on this document the Declaration of Independence
#8723, aired 2022-10-19HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: A parade through Southie in this city celebrates both St. Paddy's Day & Evacuation Day, the 1776 withdrawal of the British Boston
#8711, aired 2022-10-03A COMMON CATEGORY $400: Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense" was published on January 10 of this revolutionary year 1776
#8710, aired 2022-09-30OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $800: Connecticut's official state hero is this schoolmaster & spy who died at age 21 in 1776 (Nathan) Hale
#8677, aired 2022-07-05ECONOMICS $1600: Book III of a 1776 economic work by this man is "of the Different Progress of Opulence in different Nations" Adam Smith
#8599, aired 2022-03-17BALLET $400: Choreographers like Alexander Gorsky have made this Moscow ballet co. that dates to 1776 one of the world's leading companies the Bolshoi
#8580, aired 2022-02-18THE LANDING $600: The site where George Washington & 2,400 men landed early on December 26, 1776 is today a park in this state New Jersey
#8563, aired 2022-01-26THAT 1770s SHOW $400: Led by Samuel Nicholas, the first landing by this U.S. military force was at Nassau to seize supplies in March 1776 the Marine Corps
#8563, aired 2022-01-26THAT 1770s SHOW $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1776 he wrote,"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet... the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph" (Thomas) Paine
#8527, aired 2021-12-07NONFICTION $600: Edward Gibbon's historical work "The Decline and Fall of" this was published in 6 volumes between 1776 & 1788 Roman Empire
#8526, aired 2021-12-06FINALS $1200: According to tradition, his final words in 1776 were "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" Nathan Hale
#8519, aired 2021-11-25WORLD HISTORY $2000: In July 1776 he set sail from England aboard the Resolution in search of a Northwest Passage James Cook
#8486, aired 2021-10-11GEORGE WASHINGTON DID IT $400: On Christmas night, 1776, Washington crossed the Delaware; the battle of this now-state capital was the next day Trenton
#8476, aired 2021-09-27SUFFRAGETTE $1000: At this New York place in 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton read the Declaration of Sentiments, modeled on a 1776 document Seneca Falls
#8467, aired 2021-09-14CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITALS $400: 1776 wasn't just a big year for us--Guatemala City was founded, 3 years after Antigua Guatemala was felled by one of these an earthquake
#8439, aired 2021-07-08THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: A British gov. of Massachusetts called him the "chief incendiary" but unlike cousin John, his contributions faded after 1776 Sam Adams
#8416, aired 2021-06-07ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES $200: Sept. 22, 1776: The British take the life of this American spy at what is now the corner of 66th & 3rd in Manhattan Nathan Hale
#8388, aired 2021-04-28AMERICA BEFORE 1800 $800: In addition to 2,400 troops, George Washington ferried 18 cannons & many horses across this river on Christmas night, 1776 the Delaware River
#8337, aired 2021-02-16AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1776 this school gave George Washington an honorary degree as thanks for pushing the British out of Boston Harvard
#8324, aired 2021-01-28THE 5 W's, HISTORICALLY $800: When: date & year congress resolved the "United Colonies are... to be free & independent states", 2 days before what you might think July 2, 1776
#8302, aired 2020-12-15AMERICAN HISTORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, PA.) According to affidavits from Betsy Ross's relatives, this famous man came into her shop in 1776 to ask Betsy to make a new flag for our nation George Washington
#8301, aired 2020-12-14HISTORIC DECLARATIONS $800: The 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights was one of the inspirations for this document adopted 15 years later the Bill of Rights
#8263, aired 2020-10-21IN THE ROUGH DRAFT $400: The rough draft of this 1776 document rather charmingly bids Britain an "everlasting adieu!" the Declaration of Independence
#8243, aired 2020-09-23IT'S A DATE $1600: On Jan. 10, 1776 Thomas Paine put out this 47-page pamphlet demanding independence "Common Sense"
#8212, aired 2020-04-28BARACK OBAMA'S READING LIST $1200: "The Wealth of Nations", written by this Scot in 1776, beat a lot of competition to make the reading list Adam Smith
#8182, aired 2020-03-17THAT'S OLD SCHOOL $1000: Chartered near the end of the 17th century, this 2-named college severed formal ties with Britain in 1776 William & Mary
#8066, aired 2019-10-07THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $2,000 (Daily Double): "Plain Truth" was James Chalmers' Loyalist response to this 1776 pamphlet written in support of the revolution "Common Sense"
#8041, aired 2019-07-22HISTORIC TRANSPORTS $400: Large Durham boats for hauling iron were used by George Washington to cross this river in December 1776 Delaware
#8028, aired 2019-07-03THERE'S A TIME & A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING $400: Philly, July 12, 1776: John Dickinson asks the Continental Congress, hey, did you read these Articles I sent you? the Articles of Confederation
#8017, aired 2019-06-18THINKING OUT LOUD $1000: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" is attributed to this patriot before his 1776 hanging Nathan Hale
#7997, aired 2019-05-21ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Adams National Historical Park.) Here in 1776, this future First Lady wrote to her husband in the Continental Congress to "remember the ladies who will not hold ourselves bound by any law in which we have no voice" Abigail Adams
#7965, aired 2019-04-05COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Phi Beta Kappa, America's oldest Greek-letter society, was founded in 1776 at this Virginia college William & Mary
#7900, aired 2019-01-04BOOK OF THE YEAR $1200: David McCullough's book on this year shows Washington in December writing of "the poor remains of our debilitated army" 1776
#7891, aired 2018-12-24THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) On July 9, 1776, just hours after the Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time in New York, a patriotic mob tore down a gilded statue, recreated here of this reigning king; parts of it would be melted down and used as ammo against the British George III
#7839, aired 2018-10-11THE 18th CENTURY $800: In this 1776 work Adam Smith advocated free trade & competition Wealth of Nations
#7837, aired 2018-10-09GREEK LETTER, PLEASE $600: It's the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet & the third in the name of an honor society founded in 1776 kappa
#7815, aired 2018-07-27THE U.S. CONGRESS WITH NANCY PELOSI $800: (Nancy Pelosi reads the clue.) While Congress has declared war on 11 occasions, the first was on June 17 of this year, against Great Britain 1812
#7802, aired 2018-07-10NAT GEO $800: Some think his "one life to give" was taken in NYC in 1776 near 3rd Ave. & 66th St.; others, in City Hall Park Nathan Hale
#7792, aired 2018-06-26REMEMBER THE LADIES $200: In 1776 she wrote to husband John, "Remember the ladies, and be more generous...to them than your ancestors" Abigail Adams
#7792, aired 2018-06-26QUOTES OF VICTORY $6,999 (Daily Double): In 1776 in "The American Crisis" he wrote, "The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph" Paine
#7766, aired 2018-05-21THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1000: "The sun never shine on a cause of greater worth" than the colonists', wrote Thomas Paine in this 1776 work Common Sense
#7733, aired 2018-04-04VIRGINIA GOVERNORS $2,000 (Daily Double): In June 1776 Virginia became an independent commonwealth & this famed orator was elected its first governor Patrick Henry
#7662, aired 2017-12-26ON BOXING DAY $400: In the Dec. 26, 1776 battle of this New Jersey city, a colonial army defeated a garrison of Hessian soldiers Trenton
#7655, aired 2017-12-15MAIN STREAM MEDIA $800: Mistakes in this painting of a 1776 event: wrong size boat, wrong flag, wrong time of day & the gen. probably wouldn't stand Washington Crossing the Delaware
#7651, aired 2017-12-11HOME SWEET HOME $1200: From about 1776 to 1779, she lived in the Philadelphia house seen here Betsy Ross
#7645, aired 2017-12-01"COMMON" KNOWLEDGE $1600: The author claimed that 3 months after publication in 1776, this pamphlet had sold 120,000 copies Common Sense
#7626, aired 2017-11-06THE CIA $400: (Alex gives the clue from the CIA.) Standing guard on the CIA grounds is a statue of this early American spy who paid the ultimate price in service to his country way back in 1776 (Nathan) Hale
#7604, aired 2017-10-05THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1600: No one knows where exactly in New York City this hero of the Revolution was hanged as a spy Sept. 22, 1776 Nathan Hale
#7548, aired 2017-06-07OF SURPRISE $800: To attack Hessians on Xmas night 1776, George Washington secretly led 2,400 troops across this ice-packed river the Delaware River
#7546, aired 2017-06-05THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $1600: The 59 cannon used to evict the British from Boston in 1776 were taken from this New York fort Fort Ticonderoga
#7539, aired 2017-05-25OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 1776 $200: In Salzburg that summer, he composed his "Serenade No. 7" for a wedding Mozart
#7539, aired 2017-05-25OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 1776 $400: In 1776 he captained the Resolution in search of the NW Passage but later should not have taken a Hawaiian vacation Captain Cook
#7539, aired 2017-05-25OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 1776 $600: In a work by Edward Gibbon from 1776, this pair of problems precedes "of the Roman Empire" The Decline and Fall
#7539, aired 2017-05-25OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 1776 $800: The Treaty of Purandar was signed by the Maratha & the "Supreme Government" of this U.K. company the (British) East India Company
#7539, aired 2017-05-25OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 1776 $1000: Founded in 1775 but soon abandoned, this mission north of San Diego named for St. John was re-founded for good in 1776 San Juan Capistrano
#7495, aired 2017-03-24"BETA" TEST $1600: It was founded at the College of William & Mary in 1776; are you a member? Phi Beta Kappa
#7491, aired 2017-03-20PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA $1600: The British captured him on Sept. 21, 1776 on Long Island & hanged him as a spy Nathan Hale
#7457, aired 2017-01-3118th CENTURY AMERICAN WRITIN' & SPEAKIN' $1,000 (Daily Double): On Dec. 19, 1776, with Washington's army verging on disintegration, Thomas Paine put out "The American" this The American Crisis
#7441, aired 2017-01-09WOMEN & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $600: In 1776, she wrote to her husband that if attention wasn't paid to women's rights, too, they'd start their own rebellion Abigail Adams
#7417, aired 2016-12-06SCIENTISTS $1200: In 1776 this Italian became the first to isolate methane gas; 24 years later he invented the electric battery (Alessandro) Volta
#7388, aired 2016-10-26MILITARY MEMORIES $400: In December 1776 Washington's surprise attack on this now-N.J. capital did not lose a single man & captured 900-plus Trenton
#7387, aired 2016-10-25NORTH CAROLINA, HISTORICALLY $2000: In 1776 this N.C. tribe supported the British & led by Chief Dragging Canoe attacked the colonists the Cherokee
#7331, aired 2016-06-27MUSICAL SETTINGS $1000: This show is set in Philadelphia during the Continental Congress 1776
#7317, aired 2016-06-07A STATE OF WAR $600: The Battle of White Plains, 1776 New York
#7279, aired 2016-04-14FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS $800: The U.S. "Centennial flag" had the stars arranged in the form of these 2 years 1776 & 1876
#7208, aired 2016-01-06REVOLUTIONARY QUOTATIONS $1200: On Jan. 2, 1776 this body passed the Tory Act, saying lock up "unworthy Americans as... have taken part with our oppressors" the Continental Congress
#7199, aired 2015-12-24COLORFUL HISTORY $1200: In 1776 Benjamin Franklin sailed to France with this dark blue dye to sell to help fund the war effort indigo
#7166, aired 2015-11-09MR. SMITH GOES TO... $2,000 (Daily Double): The University of Glasgow in 1737; in 1776 he publishes this The Wealth of Nations
#7154, aired 2015-10-22"K"APITAL CITIES $400: It succeeded Kandahar as capital in 1776 Kabul
#7131, aired 2015-09-21RED-LETTER DAY $2,000 (Daily Double): A British officer wrote that this man faced his September 22, 1776 execution in Manhattan with "great composure" Nathan Hale
#7117, aired 2015-07-21LIGHTHOUSES $400: When her husband died in 1776, Hannah Thomas became the first U.S. woman keeper, taking his job at this state's Plymouth Light Massachusetts
#7105, aired 2015-07-03LIBRARIES $400: Indiana University's Lilly Library has a copy of the Dunlap Broadside, a first printing of this 1776 document the Declaration of Independence
#7026, aired 2015-03-16FLAGS OF CROSS & CRESCENT $1200: In 1776 Col. William Moultrie chose the crescent for what's now the flag of this state South Carolina
#7013, aired 2015-02-25THE LIBERTY BELL $200: On July 8, 1776 the Liberty Bell rang to celebrate the first public reading of this document the Declaration of Independence
#6990, aired 2015-01-23WORLD CAPITAL POINTS OF INTEREST $400: Afghanistan's capital since 1776, of all years, is this city whose sights include Babur's Gardens Kabul
#6990, aired 2015-01-23THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: In December 1776 John Glover & his fishermen ferried Washington's forces across this river to victory the Delaware
#6909, aired 2014-10-02AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES $1200: In 1776 Silas Deane became our first foreign diplomat when Congress sent him to this nation to procure much-needed aid France
#6893, aired 2014-07-30QUOTATIONS $2000: In 1776 he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" Thomas Paine
#6805, aired 2014-03-28THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE $200: This is actually the date the Declaration of Independence was adopted--most of the signing was on August 2 July 4, 1776
#6787, aired 2014-03-04BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $800: "But, Mr. Adams" & "The Lees Of Old Virginia" 1776
#6743, aired 2014-01-01GUESS WHAT I'VE GOT? $800: A key from this organization founded in 1776 that believes "Love of Learning is the Guide of Life" Phi Beta Kappa
#6722, aired 2013-12-03STARTS & ENDS WITH A VOWEL $9,200 (Daily Double): The name of this secret sect said to have formed in 1776 is from the Latin for "enlightened"... but I've said too much the Illuminati
#6704, aired 2013-11-07AROUND THE USA $1,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) As the U.S. expanded its territory westward, this point moved from the east coast in 1776 to South Dakota in 1959 with the addition of Alaska & Hawaii geographic center
#6685, aired 2013-10-11OUR FOUNDING FATHERS $400: A captain in Knowlton's Rangers, this Conn. teacher volunteered to spy on the British in September 1776 (Nathan) Hale
#6666, aired 2013-09-16INTELLIGENCE $800: Innate intelligence not from education, or the title of a 1776 pamphlet common sense
#6666, aired 2013-09-16INTELLIGENCE $1200: Campus chapters of this fraternity founded in 1776 invite straight-A students to join Phi Beta Kappa
#6638, aired 2013-06-26STUPID ANSWERS $200: This musical takes place in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776 1776
#6626, aired 2013-06-10EUROPEAN POETS & POETRY $1600: In 1776 Karl August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, appointed this poet to his cabinet as privy councilor Goethe
#6573, aired 2013-03-27THE AGE OF MAN $200: Regrettably, on September 22, 1776 this 21-year-old gave up his one life for his country (Nathan) Hale
#6572, aired 2013-03-26MUSICAL THEATRE $400: (Alex gives us the clue from the stage of the Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.) I'm on the set of a Sherman Edwards musical set in this very significant year in American history 1776
#6505, aired 2012-12-21THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS $800: December 25, 1776: 2,400 U.S. troops cross this river for a surprise attack the Delaware
#6477, aired 2012-11-13A YEAR TO REMEMBER $1000: Paul Revere takes his famous ride 1775
#6475, aired 2012-11-09THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1200: This 1776 pamphlet read, "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil" Common Sense
#6462, aired 2012-10-23THE ENGLISH BEAT $400: ...this American general at the 1776 battle of Long Island Washington
#6363, aired 2012-04-25QUOTES IN AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In a 1776 letter to Robert Morris, he wrote, "Without a respectable navy--alas! America!" John Paul Jones
#6300, aired 2012-01-27THE TIME OF HIS LIFE $400: A patriot with but one life: 1755-1776 Nathan Hale
#6241, aired 2011-11-07THE CARIBBEAN $400: The island of St. Eustatius has a holiday on Nov. 16, the date in this year it gave the 1st official salute to a U.S. ship 1776
#6241, aired 2011-11-07TREASURES OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY $2000: In November of 1776 more than 700 New Yorkers loyal to Britain signed what's known as the "Declaration of" this Dependence
#6189, aired 2011-07-07THE LIBERTY BELL RANG... $400: on July 8, 1776 to announce the first public reading of this the Declaration of Independance
#6174, aired 2011-06-16& IN OTHER NEWS... $1200: In 1776 Timur Shah moved his capital from Kandahar to this present-day world capital Kabul
#6153, aired 2011-05-18Y'ALL FROM GEORGIA? $200: Georgians Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall & George Walton all signed this document in 1776 the Declaration of Independence
#6146, aired 2011-05-09THE BOOKS OF DAVID McCULLOUGH $600: McCullough's book about this title 18th century year was released in 2005 1776
#6048, aired 2010-12-22ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $1000: In 1776 George Washington & the continental army defeated the Hessians at the battle of this New Jersey city Trenton
#6043, aired 2010-12-15ART $400: In Britain the last name of this British painter (1776-1837) means "police officer" (John) Constable
#6022, aired 2010-11-16TEACHING ASSISTANCE $1000: Your econ prof thanks you for photocopying key passages of this 1776 Adam Smith work for everyone Wealth of Nations
#6002, aired 2010-10-19THIS... WAS... JEOPARDY! $200: He was captured by the British on Sept. 21, 1776 & executed the next day without a trial... but with one regret Nathan Hale
#5999, aired 2010-10-14OHIOANS $1200: In 1890 Ohioan Caroline Harrison became the first president general of this org. that traces members' lineages to 1776 the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution)
#5994, aired 2010-10-07THE GREAT SEAL OF THE U.S. $1000: The first sketch of the Great Seal in 1776 didn't include an eagle but did include this motto later seen in its beak E pluribus unum
#5993, aired 2010-10-06YOU'VE GOT SHE MAIL $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1776 she asked hubby John to "remember the ladies and be more favorable to them than your ancestors" Abigail Adams
#5918, aired 2010-05-125 CLUES FOR A BUCK $1600: Under the pyramid is a string of letters starting with "MD", signifying this 1776
#5870, aired 2010-03-05OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): On Feb. 26, 1776 a fire destroyed Milan's Royal Ducal Theatre; this replaced it La Scala di Milano
#5856, aired 2010-02-15NONFICTION $200: David McCullough's 2005 book covering the military side of a momentous time is titled this revolutionary year 1776
#5842, aired 2010-01-26HOLD THE FORT $200: A fort in New Haven was named for this Connecticut patriot who was hanged as a spy in 1776 Hale
#5777, aired 2009-10-27ECONOMISTS $800: This Scot's 1776 work contained 5 books, including "Of Systems of Political Economy" Adam Smith
#5740, aired 2009-07-17HISTORY & HERSTORY $800: In 1776 she took over the family upholstering business; she also made flags for the Navy of Pennsylvania Betsy Ross
#5736, aired 2009-07-13FILL IN THE HISTORY ____ $400: Adopted July 4, 1776: The ____ of ____ the Declaration of Independence
#5725, aired 2009-06-26HISTORICAL HOME SHOPPING $200: That's right! We have an authentic fake reproduction of this 1776 document signed by John Penn & Josiah Bartlett! the Declaration of Independence
#5671, aired 2009-04-13SAM ADAMS $1000: In June 1776 Adams was selected as Massachusetts' lone delegate to help draft this first U.S. Constitution the Articles of Confederation
#5634, aired 2009-02-19GO DIRECTLY TO YALE $400: He was born in 1755, graduated from Yale in 1773 & was hanged as a spy in 1776 Nathan Hale
#5602, aired 2009-01-06FEEL THE PAINE $400: Thomas Paine First published "Common Sense" in this appropriate year 1776
#5600, aired 2009-01-02GUYS & DUDES $800: This future politician, "The Younger", entered Cambridge at the young age of 14 & graduated at 17 in 1776 (William) Pitt
#5575, aired 2008-11-28REELIN' IN THE YEARS $800: The battles of Saratoga & Bennington were in this year, not the title of a musical 1777
#5554, aired 2008-10-30HALLOWEEN: TRICK OR TREAT $600: On Oct. 31, 1776 M.P.s might have felt tricked as this monarch told them it was not going too well over in America George III
#5523, aired 2008-09-17HANCOCK $400: With a fancy flourish, John Hancock became the first to do this July 4, 1776 sign the Declaration of Independence
#5516, aired 2008-09-08COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew tends bar in Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, VA.) Williamsburg's Raleigh Tavern is the place where, in 1776, students from William & Mary met to form this Greek letter society, an emblem of high achievement Phi Beta Kappa
#5486, aired 2008-06-16THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: On July 4, 1776 this head of the army was in New York preparing for a British attack George Washington
#5359, aired 2007-12-20IT HAPPENED ON CHRISTMAS DAY $600: 1776: George Washington & his troops cross this river to attack the Hessians the Delaware
#5307, aired 2007-10-09AMERICANA $200: On July 8, 1776 it was rung to proclaim the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence the Liberty Bell
#5290, aired 2007-09-14NEW YORK, NEW YORK $800: In 1776, after the Battle of this area shown here, the British retook New York City and held the city until the war's end in 1783 Long Island
#5239, aired 2007-05-24THE HISTORY BOYS $2000: The bestselling author of "The Johnstown Flood" & "1776" is also the narrator of the movie "Seabiscuit" David McCullough
#5173, aired 2007-02-21BROADWAY LYRICS $1000: "All I need is one more try, gotta get that kite to fly" You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
#5160, aired 2007-02-02"LET"S END THIS $200: In December 1776 Thomas Paine began "The Crisis", a series of this 8-letter type of publication a pamphlet
#5144, aired 2007-01-11YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION $400: Washington's 1776 crossing of the Delaware led to the occupation of this future state capital 4 days later Trenton
#5110, aired 2006-11-24PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA $600: On Dec. 5, 1776 this fraternity for students of academic distinction was founded at William & Mary Phi Beta Kappa
#5100, aired 2006-11-10CONVERT THE ROMAN NUMERAL $600: A positively revolutionary year: MDCCLXXVI 1776
#5093, aired 2006-11-01THE ECONOMY $400: In a 1776 work he wrote, "Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production" Adam Smith
#5092, aired 2006-10-31...AND HOWE! $200: The opponents in the 1776 Battle of Long Island were this general and Howe Washington
#5081, aired 2006-10-16DISGUISE THE LIMIT $1600: In Sept. 1776 this patriot disguised himself as a schoolmaster & carried his Yale diploma while tracking the Brits (Nathan) Hale
#5070, aired 2006-09-29SIGNING OFF $200: Upon signing his name in 1776 he said, "There, King George will be able to read that without his spectacles" (John) Hancock
#5054, aired 2006-07-27CONNECT UP WITH CONNECTICUT $400: Connecticut's official state hero is this native son who was executed by the British in 1776 Nathan Hale
#5040, aired 2006-07-07MONTHS $400: In an informal congressional vote for indep. on the first of this month in 1776, there were only 9 yes votes July
#5035, aired 2006-06-30THE 18th CENTURY WORLD $2000: In 1776 this South American city was made the capital of the new Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata Buenos Aires
#4995, aired 2006-05-05IT HAPPENED IN MAY $1000: 1776: Adam Weishaupt forms this "enlightened" Bavarian secret society the Illuminati
#4987, aired 2006-04-2518th CENTURY AMERICA $200: His wife Abigail wrote to him in a 1776 letter, "Remember the ladies... all men would be tyrants if they could" John Adams
#4987, aired 2006-04-2518th CENTURY AMERICA $800: On Dec. 26, 1776 Americans killed Col. Johann Rall & captured about 1,000 Hessian troops in this battle the Battle of Trenton
#4946, aired 2006-02-27FIRE! $600: Maria Theresa ordered this Italian opera house built after a fire destroyed the Royal Ducal Theatre in 1776 La Scala
#4945, aired 2006-02-24ALIAS SMITH & JONES $1200: Though not a sci-fi author, he wrote about an "invisible hand" in the marketplace in 1776 Adam Smith
#4918, aired 2006-01-18THOMAS PAINE $600: It was published on Jan. 10, 1776 as an anonymous 2-shilling pamphlet of 47 pages Common Sense
#4880, aired 2005-11-25HISTORIC AMERICANS $1000: In 1759 he served in the House of Burgesses; in 1776 he framed the Declaration of Rights of Virginia (George) Mason
#4863, aired 2005-11-0218th CENTURY BRITAIN $400: In 1776 this economist noted the value of the potato in "The Wealth of Nations" (Adam) Smith
#4849, aired 2005-10-13THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1200: On Dec. 26, 1776, at this location, Washington's troops woke up to find 4 more inches of snow on the ground Valley Forge
#4839, aired 2005-09-29START SPREADIN' THE NOOSE $400: On Sept. 22, 1776, the morning after his capture by the British & with no trial, he gave the one life he had Nathan Hale
#4818, aired 2005-07-13YOU GET MY "VOLT" $1200: In 1776 sculptor Jean Baptiste Pigalle created a nude statue of this author Voltaire
#4811, aired 2005-07-04EXPLORERS $1600: In 1776 Francisco Garces became the first European since this Spanish conquistador's men to reach the Grand Canyon Coronado
#4788, aired 2005-06-01CALIFORNIA MISSIONS $800: In 1776 a mission was named for St. John (or San Juan) of this Italian town Capistrano
#4771, aired 2005-05-09"M" PLACEMENT $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Charleston, SC waterfront.) In 1776, his defense of Fort Sullivan in Charleston Harbor got the fort renamed for him (William) Moultrie
#4766, aired 2005-05-02PHILOSOPHERS $1600: This Scottish philosopher who died in 1776 denied that a miracle can be proved with any amount or kind of evidence David Hume
#4741, aired 2005-03-28WHO PLAYED 'EM? $800: 2000: Benjamin Martin, a patriot in 1776 Mel Gibson
#4709, aired 2005-02-10ASIAN CAPITALS $1200: In 1776, during the reign of Timur Shah, the Durrani rulers moved their capital from Kandahar to this city Kabul
#4707, aired 2005-02-08ACADEMIC PENTATHLON $200: Social Studies: This document was first read publicly on July 8, 1776 the Declaration of Independence
#4669, aired 2004-12-16WHEN WAS THAT MOVIE? $600: Songs in this revolutionary musical include "Sit Down, John" & "The Lees of Old Virginia" 1776
#4625, aired 2004-10-15"D" FACTO $1000: American forces crossed this on Christmas Night 1776 to launch their surprise attack on the Hessians the Delaware River
#4623, aired 2004-10-13THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: During a 6-week cruise in 1776, this American naval commander captured 8 British ships & sank 8 others John Paul Jones
#4599, aired 2004-09-09JAMES $800: This captain set out on his third voyage in 1776, one from which he'd never return James Cook
#4590, aired 2004-07-16THE HANGED MAN $400: He gave his one life for his country on Sept. 22, 1776 Nathan Hale
#4545, aired 2004-05-14IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID! $1000: The full title of Adam Smith's monumental 1776 work is "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of" this the Wealth of Nations
#4462, aired 2004-01-20IT'S A DATE! $1000: George Washington planned his Delaware crossing for this date in 1776, during a silent night December 25
#4435, aired 2003-12-12REASON $1600: Washington attacked at this N.J. city Dec. 26, 1776 because many of his soldiers' enlistments ended Dec. 31 Trenton
#4417, aired 2003-11-18AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1776 this silversmith set up a mill to make gunpowder after the colonists ran out of it at Bunker Hill Paul Revere
#4399, aired 2003-10-23YOU GET NO DESSERT! $800: Their festivities were interrupted on Dec. 26, 1776 by the arrival of Washington & his troops the Hessians
#4382, aired 2003-09-30THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $400: In Jan. 1776 Thomas Paine attacked King George III & argued for American independence in this pamphlet Common Sense
#4382, aired 2003-09-30THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $1600: The Marine Corps' first amphibious landing took place in 1776 at New Providence in this island group in the West Indies the Bahamas
#4344, aired 2003-06-19ASSOCIATIONS $600: www.pbk.org is the web address of this collegiate group founded in 1776 Phi Beta Kappa
#4309, aired 2003-05-01GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: This date is written at the top of the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
#4277, aired 2003-03-18WE'VE GOT ISSUES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1776 Adam Smith defended makers of these against charges of excessive profit, charges still made today pharmaceuticals (or drug companies)
#4266, aired 2003-03-03FAMOUS PAIRS $200: The Phi Beta Kappa honor society was founded at this college in 1776 William and Mary
#4252, aired 2003-02-111776 $400: The new Spanish viceroy of Rio de la Plata had its capital in this Argentine city Buenos Aires
#4252, aired 2003-02-111776 $800: Completes the first sentence of Thomas Paine's first "Crisis" pamphlet, "These are the times that..." try men's souls
#4252, aired 2003-02-111776 $1200: The Continental Army tried out a one-man, hand-cranked one of these crafts invented by David Bushnell submarine
#4252, aired 2003-02-111776 $2000: During his mission-founding frenzy, he founded San Francisco in 1776 Father Junipero Serra
#4252, aired 2003-02-111776 $3,600 (Daily Double): The Moscow ballet company now known as this gave its first performance in 1776 Bolshoi
#4218, aired 2002-12-25STATE FLAGS $800: South Carolina's original state flag of 1776 didn't feature this tree; it was added in 1861 palmetto
#4209, aired 2002-12-12BASES LOADED $2000: In 1776 the Spanish founded this military base that overlooks the entrance to San Francisco Bay the Presidio
#4201, aired 2002-12-02AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES $600: In 1776 23-year-old William & Mary grad Edmund Randolph became Attorney General of this state Virginia
#4201, aired 2002-12-02AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES $1000: He was given liberty in 1776 & death on June 6, 1799 Patrick Henry
#4192, aired 2002-11-19OUR FOUNDING FATHERS $600: He signed the Declaration of Independence twice: on July 4, 1776 & in large letters the following month John Hancock
#4192, aired 2002-11-19OUR FOUNDING FATHERS $1000: He knew "not what course others may take", but his course was to serve as Virginia governor, 1776-79 & 1784-86 Patrick Henry
#4164, aired 2002-10-10THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MET HERE $800: On Dec. 20, 1776 the Congress said hello to this city, home of Poe Baltimore
#4154, aired 2002-09-26THAT'S THE SPOT $400: This patriot of few regrets was hanged in 1776 on what is now 66th & 3rd in New York City Nathan Hale
#4139, aired 2002-09-05THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: John Glover & his marines, using borrowed boats rowed troops across this river on Christmas, 1776 the Delaware
#4046, aired 2002-03-18THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $2000: Completes the Roman numeral on Liberty's tablet, MDCC... LXXVI
#4042, aired 2002-03-12REVOLUTIONARY WORDS $200: In 1776 he told the Continental Army that it must "resolve to conquer or die" George Washington
#4005, aired 2002-01-18JAN. $1200: This Thomas Paine pamphlet was published in Jan. 1776, with over 100,000 copies distributed Common Sense
#3989, aired 2001-12-27A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER $400: December 25th, 1776: This American general seen here leads an important surprise attack George Washington
#3962, aired 2001-11-20AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES $400: This spy who was hanged on September 22, 1776 may have been betrayed by a Loyalist cousin (Nathan) Hale
#3962, aired 2001-11-20AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES $2,000 (Daily Double): In September 1776 Congress named Arthur Lee, Silas Deane & this man as commissioners to the court of France (Benjamin) Franklin
#3958, aired 2001-11-14THE BILL OF RIGHTS $200: Many ideas George Mason wrote into this state's Declaration of Rights in 1776 were used in the Bill of Rights Virginia
#3949, aired 2001-11-01FEMINISM $100: The 1848 feminist "Declaration of Sentiments" adds these 2 words to 1776's "All men are created equal" "and women"
#3932, aired 2001-10-09"NEW" GEOGRAPHY $400: It was the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain in 1776 New Hampshire
#3918, aired 2001-09-19THE 13 COLONIES $100: On April 12, 1776, this future "Tar Heel State" became the first colony to instruct its delegates to vote for independence North Carolina
#3850, aired 2001-05-04QUAKERS $400: Of Quaker descent, this revolutionary pamphleteer wrote an "Epistle to the Quakers" in 1776 Thomas Paine
#3848, aired 2001-05-02'76ers $200: On July 4, 1776 this head of the Army was in New York preparing for a British attack George Washington
#3848, aired 2001-05-02'76ers $400: The musical "1776" includes the song "Sit Down, John", addressed to this gabby guy from Massachusetts John Adams
#3828, aired 2001-04-04WORD SMITHS $500: In a 1776 work, he inquired into laissez-faire economics Adam Smith
#3824, aired 2001-03-29ON THE $1 BILL $300: The Roman numerals at the base of the pyramid on the back represent this year 1776
#3785, aired 2001-02-02X $1,500 (Daily Double): The L.A. Times reports the X in Gen-X stands for this, the number of generations of Americans since 1776 10
#3772, aired 2001-01-1650 CENTS $800 (Daily Double): 1 of the 2 years on the front of the 50-cent coin that displayed Independence Hall on the reverse 1976 (or 1776)
#3767, aired 2001-01-09EXPLORATION $200: When Captain Cook left England in July 1776, this future Bounty captain was master of his ship the Resolution Captain William Bligh
#3748, aired 2000-12-13ELSEWHERE IN 1776 $100: Edward Gibbon published his first volume on its "Decline and Fall", 5 more would follow Roman Empire
#3748, aired 2000-12-13ELSEWHERE IN 1776 $200: In July 1776 James Cook set out to search for this long-sought passage Northwest Passage
#3748, aired 2000-12-13ELSEWHERE IN 1776 $300: Fire destroyed the old Ducal Theater in this city in 1776 & La Scala was built to replace it Milan
#3748, aired 2000-12-13ELSEWHERE IN 1776 $400: This gas produced by car engines was first produced in a lab by a French scientist in 1776 Carbon monoxide
#3748, aired 2000-12-13ELSEWHERE IN 1776 $500: Louis XVI began construction of a fortified breakwater off this city, offering better protection than umbrellas Cherbourg
#3720, aired 2000-11-03CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PRESIDENTS $200: While still a delegate, Richard Henry Lee offered the June 7, 1776 resolution that led to this document the Declaration of Independence
#3705, aired 2000-10-13GETTYSBURG ADDRESSES $200: Gettysburg's oldest house, at 89 Steinwehr Ave., was built in this year, four score and seven before the battle 1776
#3699, aired 2000-10-05SECONDS, PLEASE $200: John Hancock was the first & Charles Thomson the second signer of this, July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence
#3683, aired 2000-09-13IN DISGUISE $500: When Nathan Hale was captured in September 1776, he was disguised as one of these Schoolteacher
#3652, aired 2000-06-20IN THE PAST MILLENNIUM $100: Adam Smith published "The Wealth of Nations" in this year, the same one in which we declared independence 1776
#3641, aired 2000-06-05JOHN HANCOCK $300: Hancock was one of 2 men to do this on July 4, 1776; he did it again, with a flourish, in August Sign the Declaration of Independence
#3618, aired 2000-05-03MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS $500: "Sit Down, John" & "The Lees of Old Virginia" are songs from this musical set during the revolution 1776
#3513, aired 1999-12-08COLORFUL U.S. CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Built around 1776, Tank Cottage in this city is said to be the oldest house in Wisconsin Green Bay
#3510, aired 1999-12-03RIVER CROSSINGS $200: In December 1776 Washington crossed this river to safety, then recrossed it to attack Delaware River
#3495, aired 1999-11-12FUHGEDDABOUDIT! IT'S BROOKLYN $600: Brooklyn was the scene of the August 1776 "Battle of" this island Long Island
#3443, aired 1999-07-21HISTORIC AMERICA $600: Charles Thompson signed the Declaration of Independence on this date, 1 of only 2 to do so July 4, 1776
#3438, aired 1999-07-14THAT YEAR'S HEADLINE $100: Nathan Hale Executed for Spying! 1776
#3421, aired 1999-06-21THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION $400: Richard Henry Lee proposed drafting the Articles on June 7 of this year 1776
#3396, aired 1999-05-17LOOK OUT "BELL"OW $200 (Daily Double): On July 8, 1776 it was sounded in the tower of Independence Hall the Liberty Bell
#3374, aired 1999-04-1518th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On Dec. 1, 1776 this commander in chief found himself leading an army of only about 3,000 men George Washington
#3371, aired 1999-04-12NAMES IN THE NOOSE $400: Regrettably, a Loyalist cousin may have caused this patriot to lose his one life for his country in 1776 Nathan Hale
#3337, aired 1999-02-23THE GREAT SEAL OF THE U.S. $300: First ordered on this historic date, a design wasn't approved until June 20, 1782 July 4, 1776
#3331, aired 1999-02-15GEORGE WASHINGTON $300: On December 23,1776 Washington wrote that "Our attempt on" this city was fixed for "Christmas Day or night" Trenton
#3321, aired 1999-02-011776 $200: This famous Moscow ballet company's roots go back to 1776 Bolshoi
#3321, aired 1999-02-011776 $400: Gathering at a Virginia tavern for conviviality, 5 young men formed this Greek letter fraternity, the USA's oldest Phi Beta Kappa
#3321, aired 1999-02-011776 $800: The German title of this 1776 Von Klinger play lent its name to a literary movement headed by Goethe und Schiller Sturm und Drang
#3321, aired 1999-02-011776 $1000: "First In Freedom", this U.S. colony was first to authorize its delegates to vote for independence North Carolina
#3321, aired 1999-02-011776 $1,500 (Daily Double): This Scottish economist theorized that labor, not land, is the main source of wealth Adam Smith
#3307, aired 1999-01-12THE 4 SEASONS $400: Thomas Paine scorned this seasonal warrior & the "Sunshine Patriot" in a 1776 pamphlet Summer soldier
#3299, aired 1998-12-31COURAGEOUS CAPTAINS $600: The British captured this courageous captain Sept. 21, 1776 on his return from a spy mission Nathan Hale
#3284, aired 1998-12-10AROUND WILLIAMSBURG $200: Williamsburg was the capital of this colony from 1699 to 1776 Virginia
#3265, aired 1998-11-13OH, HENRYs! $400: Give me this man who was governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779 & again from 1784 to 1786 Patrick Henry
#3263, aired 1998-11-11THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BEN FRANKLIN $400: On June 11, 1776 I was chosen to be a member of the committee that drafted this important document Declaration of Independence
#3263, aired 1998-11-11THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BEN FRANKLIN $800: At the age of 70 in 1776 I was one of 3 Congressional Commissioners to this nation France
#3259, aired 1998-11-05FOUNDER'S DAY $200: In 1776 Juan Bautista de Anza claimed the site for this California city's Presidio San Francisco
#3228, aired 1998-09-23HORNBLOWER $300: Creator C.S. Forester gave Horatio this date & year of birth, also found on the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
#3226, aired 1998-09-21THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: Born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland in 1747, he took command of the Providence in 1776 John Paul Jones
#3160, aired 1998-05-01MUSICAL THEATER $2,400 (Daily Double): This historical 1969 musical, revived on Broadway in 1997, features the following 1776
#3150, aired 1998-04-17THE EAST COAST $100: The original of this painting seen here hangs in Abbot Hall in Marblehead, Massachusetts "Spirit of 1776"
#3129, aired 1998-03-19CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $1000: Richard Henry Lee, Martha Jefferson, John Hancock 1776
#3127, aired 1998-03-17ON ST. PADDY'S DAY $400: No beans about it, the British made news when they evacuated this city March 17, 1776 Boston
#3121, aired 1998-03-09THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: George Taylor signed this August 2, 1776 after replacing a Pennsylvania delegate who refused Declaration of Independence
#3105, aired 1998-02-13SHE SAID $600: In 1776 she wrote to husband John, "Remember the ladies, and be more generous... to them than your ancestors" Abigail Adams
#3045, aired 1997-11-21TAKING THE FIFTH $600: On this date in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was mailed to towns across the colonies July 5th
#3032, aired 1997-11-04HISTORIC NUMBERS $400: It's how Lincoln "addressed" the number of years between 1776 & 1863 "Four score and seven..."
#3026, aired 1997-10-27THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $200: Hanged as a spy on September 22, 1776, his body probably still lies somewhere in midtown Manhattan Nathan Hale
#3018, aired 1997-10-15AMERICAN HERSTORY $200: It's been said that in 1776 she put 5-pointed stars on the U.S. flag because they were easier to cut Betsy Ross
#2987, aired 1997-09-0218th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1776 this future Secretary of the Treasury served as a captain of a New York artillery company Alexander Hamilton
#2955, aired 1997-06-06SAN FRANCISCO $500: This old military base that overlooks the entrance to San Francisco was founded by Spain in 1776 the Presidio
#2926, aired 1997-04-28AMERICAN REVOLUTION $100: Ben Franklin was 70 years old when he signed this document in 1776 Declaration of Independence
#2913, aired 1997-04-09AMERICAN HISTORY $100: On July 9, 1776 this state's legislature met in White Plains & ratified the Declaration of Independence New York
#2896, aired 1997-03-17VIRGINIA GOVERNORS $800: In 1776, 2 years after the House of Burgesses was dissolved, this orator became the state's first governor Patrick Henry
#2842, aired 1996-12-31NOTABLE PHYSICIANS $100: Benjamin Rush was 1 of 4 practicing physicians who signed this 1776 document Declaration of Independence
#2807, aired 1996-11-1218th CENTURY LITERATURE $1000: He'd only been in America for 2 years when he published his "Common Sense" pamphlet in 1776 Thomas Paine
#2802, aired 1996-11-05THOMAS JEFFERSON $100: As a member of the Continental Congress, Jefferson was chosen to draft this document in 1776 the Declaration of Independence
#2741, aired 1996-07-01THE 18th CENTURY $200: In 1776 hymn singers could ask this "cleft" object, "let me hide myself in thee" the Rock of Ages
#2736, aired 1996-06-24THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: In 1776 he wrote in "The Crisis", "Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered" Thomas Paine
#2728, aired 1996-06-12THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: On December 6, 1776, the British occupied the naval base at Newport in this colony Rhode Island
#2728, aired 1996-06-12THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: Just 4 Americans were wounded in the battle for this New Jersey site December 26, 1776 Trenton
#2707, aired 1996-05-14THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $100: On guard duty, this seamstress' 1st husband John was killed in a 1776 explosion; she remarried twice Betsy Ross
#2704, aired 1996-05-09LAKES & RIVERS $1,100 (Daily Double): The first naval battle between American & British forces took place on this lake October 11, 1776 Lake Champlain
#2686, aired 1996-04-15ESPIONAGE $900 (Daily Double): John Honeyman's spying helped take this city in 1776; a plaque in Washington Crossing State Park honors him Trenton
#2674, aired 1996-03-28WOMEN IN RELIGION $1000: Ann Lee established the first U.S. community of this sect in Watervliet, N.Y. in 1776 Shakers
#2665, aired 1996-03-15FAMOUS HOPKINS $100: The Hopkins on this 1776 document is Rhode Island's Stephen Hopkins the Declaration of Independence
#2655, aired 1996-03-01PENNSYLVANIA $100: Easton, home of this document's signer George Taylor, held one of its 1st public readings July 8, 1776 the Declaration of Independence
#2647, aired 1996-02-20THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE $200: The vote for independence happened on this date in 1776, 2 days earlier than most people think July the 2nd
#2643, aired 1996-02-14QUOTATIONS $200: On Sept. 22, 1776 he said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" (Nathan) Hale
#2622, aired 1996-01-16WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1776 Spain created a colony called the Viceroyalty of the Rio De La Plata on this continent South America
#2576, aired 1995-11-1318th CENTURY AMERICANS $200: When caught as a spy in September of 1776, he was disguised as a Dutch schoolteacher Nathan Hale
#2542, aired 1995-09-26STATE SYMBOLS $400: Connecticut's state hero is this patriot hanged by the British in 1776 Nathan Hale
#2520, aired 1995-07-14HISTORIC NAMES $300: This British explorer left on his third & final voyage in July 1776 (Captain) Cook
#2466, aired 1995-05-01LINCOLN $100: Abe once said, "I have never had a thought politically that did not spring from" this 1776 document Declaration of Independence
#2460, aired 1995-04-21THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $200: John Glover's mariners rowed Washington & his troops across this river Dec. 25, 1776 the Delaware
#2438, aired 1995-03-22AMERICAN HISTORY $100: On July 8, 1776 revolutionary patriot John Nixon gave the first public reading of this document the Declaration of Independence
#2437, aired 1995-03-21NUMBER, PLEASE $400: The Roman numeral for this year appears on the back of a $1 bill 1776
#2416, aired 1995-02-20U.S. HISTORY $500: In March 1776 the Marine Corps made its 1st landing, at New Providence in this Caribbean island group the Bahamas
#2412, aired 1995-02-14THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $600: Painter Charles Willson Peale crossed this river as a part of a battalion December 27, 1776 the Delaware
#2405, aired 1995-02-031776 $200: This Northern California city was founded as Yerba Buena by the Spanish in 1776 San Francisco
#2405, aired 1995-02-031776 $400: Now famous for its cliff divers, this Mexican city was destroyed by an earthquake in 1776 Acapulco
#2405, aired 1995-02-031776 $600: He published "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" Adam Smith
#2405, aired 1995-02-031776 $800: This Bahamas city named for William III's family was held briefly by American revolutionists Nassau
#2405, aired 1995-02-031776 $1000: On July 4, 1776 the Congress appointed Franklin, Adams & Jefferson to design this The Great Seal of the United States
#2399, aired 1995-01-26SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $1000: While attending this college in 1776, Bushrod Washington became a founding member of Phi Beta Kappa William and Mary
#2395, aired 1995-01-20AMERICAN HISTORY $200: The 1776 New York campaign gave him his first experience as a commander in a major battle George Washington
#2390, aired 1995-01-13REVOLUTIONARY WAR FIGURES $200: Charles Carroll was the only Roman Catholic to sign this 1776 document the Declaration of Independence
#2390, aired 1995-01-13THEATRE $600: 1 of the 2 women characters in "1776" (1 of) Abigail Adams (or Martha Jefferson)
#2375, aired 1994-12-23THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: Only Charles Thomson & this man signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 John Hancock
#2343, aired 1994-11-09BROADWAY MUSICAL STARS $400: Ken Howard played Thomas Jefferson in this Tony-winning musical 1776
#2340, aired 1994-11-04THE DECLARATION OF INDEPEDENCE $400: Most of the members of the Continental Congress did this on Aug. 2, 1776, not on July 4 signed
#2335, aired 1994-10-28AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In January 1776 Thomas Paine called for American independence in this pamphlet "Common Sense"
#2255, aired 1994-05-27FAMOUS NAMES $1000: The Russian Black Sea fleet was organized in 1776 by this court favorite of Catherine the Great Potemkin
#2254, aired 1994-05-26U.S. HISTORY $500: During a 6-week period in 1776, he captured 8 British ships & destroyed 8 others John Paul Jones
#2227, aired 1994-04-19ESPIONAGE $400: Hanged as a spy in NYC in 1776, it's believed he was betrayed by a British Loyalist cousin Nathan Hale
#2225, aired 1994-04-15CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $600: Caesar Rodney, Richard Henry Lee, Benjamin Franklin 1776
#2158, aired 1994-01-12U.S. COINS $300: There are no quarters dated 1975 & the 1976 quarters also have this year on them 1776
#2125, aired 1993-11-26FAMOUS PHYSICIANS $200: Benjamin Rush was one of four physicians who signed this 1776 document Declaration of Independence
#2110, aired 1993-11-05PATs & PATRICKs $200: In 1776 this orator became the Commonwealth of Virginia's first governor Patrick Henry
#2106, aired 1993-11-01COLONIAL AMERICA $600: In 1776 he said, "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately" Benjamin Franklin
#2099, aired 1993-10-21THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE $400: On July 2, 1776 only this large state abstained from voting on the Declaration New York
#2074, aired 1993-09-16NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $400: This "Hiawatha" poet's Cambridge, Mass. home was Gen. Washington's headquarters in 1775 & 1776 Longfellow
#2049, aired 1993-07-01QUOTES $500: The first line of "The American Crisis, No. 1", a 1776 tract by Thomas Paine These are the times that try men's souls
#2039, aired 1993-06-17U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1776 Sgt. Ezra Lee led the first known attack in one of these submersible crafts a submarine
#2013, aired 1993-05-12THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $100: In early 1776 Naval Commander in Chief Esek Hopkins raided Nassau in this island gorup Bahamas
#2013, aired 1993-05-12FINALS $200: Though adopted July 4, 1776, it may not have been signed by the final delegate until 1781 Declaration of Independence
#1996, aired 1993-04-1918th CENTURY AMERICA $400: On January 5, 1776 this "Granite State" became the first of the 13 colonies to adopt its own constitution New Hampshire
#1964, aired 1993-03-04ECONOMISTS $800: Adam Smith's 1776 book was "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of" this The Wealth of Nations
#1948, aired 1993-02-10REJECTED $200: Several passages in this 1776 document by Thomas Jefferson were rejected by Congress Declaration of Independence
#1929, aired 1993-01-14DECLARATION SIGNERS $1000: While chairman of the Navy Board in 1776 & 1777, Francis Hopkinson is believed to have designed this the American flag
#1927, aired 1993-01-12THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: On December 19, 1776 he began publishing a series of 16 pamphlets called "The Crisis" Thomas Paine
#1908, aired 1992-12-16PRESIDENTS $1,200 (Daily Double): He's the subject of the following song from a 1969 Broadway musical: "He plays the violin / He tucks it right under his chin / And he bows, oh he bows / For he knows, yes he knows..." Thomas Jefferson
#1905, aired 1992-12-11COMPOSERS $200: Francis Hopkinson, who composed 1754's "Ode to Music", also signed this famous 1776 document the Declaration of Independence
#1895, aired 1992-11-27THE 18th CENTURY $200: While spying for General Washington, he was caught by the British and hanged on September 22, 1776 Nathan Hale
#1888, aired 1992-11-18THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE $400: When the Declaration was read in Philadelphia on July 8, 1776, the Liberty Bell rang from this building Independence Hall (or the Old State House)
#1877, aired 1992-11-031776 $100: On July 6 the Pennsylvania Evening Post devoted much of its 4-page issue to this document the Declaration of Independence
#1877, aired 1992-11-031776 $200: After crossing this river on Christmas night, George Washington surprised the Hessians at Trenton the Delaware River
#1877, aired 1992-11-031776 $300: In March this state set up an independent government with John Rutledge as president in Charleston South Carolina
#1877, aired 1992-11-031776 $500 (Daily Double): On December 5, at the College of William and Mary, this first fraternity was founded Phi Beta Kappa
#1877, aired 1992-11-031776 $500: In July this English captain set out on his final voyage, this time to find the Northwest Passage Captain Cook
#1846, aired 1992-09-21THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE $600: The date of this historic event was August 2, 1776 the signing of the Declaration
#1837, aired 1992-09-08THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: After her husband was killed in 1776, she added flag making to her upholstery business Betsy Ross
#1837, aired 1992-09-08THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $600: In 1776 John Adams rebutted this pamphlet with his own "Thoughts on Government" Common Sense
#1831, aired 1992-07-13THE AMERICAN FLAG $100: Dating from 1776, the oldest known stars & stripes belonged to N. Fillmore, grandfather of this president Millard Fillmore
#1826, aired 1992-07-06SPIES $200: He was only 21 years old when he was hanged as a spy by the British in 1776 Nathan Hale
#1792, aired 1992-05-19BOSTON $100: This document got its first reading in Boston July 18, 1776 at the Old State House the Declaration of Independence
#1739, aired 1992-03-05ART $700 (Daily Double): This Dec. 25, 1776 event was depicted in a painting by Emanuel Leutze Washington crossing the Delaware
#1714, aired 1992-01-30PLAY SETTINGS $600: The script of this musical says it's set partly in "certain reaches of John Adams' mind" 1776
#1700, aired 1992-01-10SPIES $200: On September 22, 1776 this martyr of the Revolution lost his one life for his country Nathan Hale
#1657, aired 1991-11-12EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: La Scala was built by order of this Austrian empress in 1776 when Milan was ruled by Austria Maria Theresa
#1641, aired 1991-10-21MUSICAL THEATRE $300: William Daniels played John Adams & Ken Howard Thomas Jefferson in the 1st run of this musical 1776
#1615, aired 1991-09-13SEASONAL QUOTES $600: He wrote about "the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot" in "The Crisis" in 1776 Thomas Paine
#1613, aired 1991-09-11STATE SEALS $400: The frigate Raleigh, built in Portsmouth in 1776, adorns this state seal New Hampshire
#1608, aired 1991-09-0418th CENTURY AMERICA $100: On July 9, 1776, New York's Provincial Congress met in White Plains & ratified this the Declaration of Independence
#1608, aired 1991-09-0418th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On June 12, 1776, its House of Burgesses became the 1st colonial legislature to adopt a bill of rights Virginia
#1580, aired 1991-06-14WORLD HISTORY $300: Year in which "Wealth of Nations", "Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire" & "Common Sense" were published 1776
#1570, aired 1991-05-31THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: On Dec. 25, 1776 Washington crossed the Delaware & captured about 1,000 Hessians in this city Trenton (New Jersey)
#1484, aired 1991-01-311776 $100: The first public reading of this document was given by John Nixon on July 8, 1776 the Declaration of Independence
#1484, aired 1991-01-311776 $200: Adam Smith published "The Wealth of Nations", establishing this as a separate science economics
#1484, aired 1991-01-311776 $300: In that year of America's rise, Edward Gibbon began to write of "The Decline and Fall of" this the Roman Empire
#1484, aired 1991-01-311776 $400: German anthropologist Johann Blumenbach divided humanity into five different ones of these races
#1484, aired 1991-01-311776 $500: Grigory Potemkin ceased being this empress's official lover Catherine the Great
#1460, aired 1990-12-28FACTS & FIGURES $400: First established in 1776 it's the world's largest ballet company, the key word here is largest the Bolshoi ballet
#1449, aired 1990-12-13EARLY AMERICA $800: Thomas Paine argued the cause of independence in this January 1776 pamphlet "Common Sense"
#1441, aired 1990-12-03U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1776 Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest Greek letter society, was founded at this Virginia college William & Mary
#1407, aired 1990-10-16HISTORICAL TRIVIA $200: In 1776 David Bushnell came up with a submarine he named for this reptile a turtle
#1373, aired 1990-07-18POTLUCK $400: In "Fugue For Tinhorns", a song from this musical, Paul Revere is the name of a horse Guys and Dolls
#1370, aired 1990-07-13WORLD HISTORY $400: Between 1776 & 1924 this country took in over 35 million immigrants the U.S.A.
#1332, aired 1990-05-22NEW HAMPSHIRE $200: Several weeks before July 4, 1776 New Hampshire issued its own one of these a Declaration of Independence
#1300, aired 1990-04-06THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: In 1776, while encamped with Washington's troops, he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" Thomas Paine
#1294, aired 1990-03-2918TH CENTURY AMERICA $300: In 1776, with a membership of 5 students, it became the 1st social fraternity at a U.S. college Phi Beta Kappa
#1277, aired 1990-03-06ICE SKATING $200: This queen of France was skating around 1776 --possibly on thin ice Marie Antoinette
#1257, aired 1990-02-06LITERARY QUOTES $400: In 1776 he criticized "The Summer Soldier And The Sunshine Patriot" in his pamphlet "The Crisis, No. 1" Thomas Paine
#1208, aired 1989-11-29ENGLISH LITERATURE $800: Published in 6 volumes from 1776-88, this Edward Gibbon work covers about 13 centuries The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
#1205, aired 1989-11-24MORTAL MATTERS $100: On September 22, 1776 he was hanged as a spy near what is now 66th & 3rd in New York City Nathan Hale
#1181, aired 1989-10-23FIRST LADIES $500: In 1776 this future First Lady urged her husband John "to remember the ladies," or else... Abigail Adams
#1158, aired 1989-09-20AMERICAN HISTORY $200: This orator became governor of Virginia in 1776 Patrick Henry
#1117, aired 1989-06-13HISTORY $400: In 1776 he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" Thomas Paine
#1091, aired 1989-05-08FRATERNITIES & SORORITIES $200: Founded as a fraternity in 1776, it's now the nations oldest honor society Phi Beta Kappa
#1089, aired 1989-05-04ECONOMICS $1000: A 1776 work by this man has been called "The Handbook of the Industrial Revolution" Adam Smith
#1058, aired 1989-03-22WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Though this city has existed for well over 2,500 yrs., it wasn't the capital of Afghanistan until 1776 Kabul
#1024, aired 1989-02-02EARLY AMERICANS $800: He graduated from Yale at 18, became a captain at 20 & was hanged at age 21, in 1776 Nathan Hale
#987, aired 1988-12-13NEW JERSEY $200: Forming New Jersey's border with Pennsylvania, it's easier to cross than it was in 1776 the Delaware River
#970, aired 1988-11-18BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: "1776" climaxes with this historical event the signing of the Declaration of Independence
#963, aired 1988-11-09THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $300: The first page of this 1776 pamphlet reads, "Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil" "Common Sense"
#917, aired 1988-09-06REVOLUTIONARY WAR $1,000 (Daily Double): The only ones to sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 were Charles Thomson & this man John Hancock
#834, aired 1988-03-31"LINE"s $300: For a newspaper article about declaring U.S. independence, it might have been "Philadelphia, July 4, 1776" a dateline
#825, aired 1988-03-18AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Thomas McKean of Delaware signed it sometime between 1776 & 1781, but no one knows when Declaration of Independence
#809, aired 1988-02-25DID YOU NOTICE? $700 (Daily Double): You may find in circulation a U.S. 25¢ or 5¢ piece with these 2 dates on its face 1776 & 1976
#795, aired 1988-02-05BY THE NUMBERS $600 (Daily Double): Famous phrase describing the number of years between 1776 & 1863 "Four score and seven...."
#744, aired 1987-11-26QUOTES $600: In a letter in 1776, Sir Henry Dudley wrote that these "will never cease" wonders
#736, aired 1987-11-16HISTORICAL DRAMAS $1,183 (Daily Double): 193 years after the events it portrayed, this 1969 musical featured the following: "For I am yet happy, the first family, in the Southern colony of Virginia..." 1776
#735, aired 1987-11-13TEXAS $200: When the United States became a nation in 1776, Texas was ruled by this country Spain
#734, aired 1987-11-12AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1000: The last name of two brothers who, between 1776 and 1778, were in command of all British land and sea forces (William and Richard) Howe
#699, aired 1987-09-24WOMEN IN HISTORY $100: After her 1st husband died in an explosion in 1776, this seamstress "flag"ged down 2 more husbands Betsy Ross
#686, aired 1987-09-07U.S. MILITARY $400: San Francisco headquarters of the 6th Army, it's been a military reservation since 1776 the Presidio
#670, aired 1987-07-03THE 4TH OF JULY $100: The "4th of July" was 1st celebrated in this city, July 8, 1776 Philadelphia
#650, aired 1987-06-05"WHITE" $1000: It's said the1st cavalry charge of the Revolution was at this N.Y. battle of October 28, 1776 (the Battle of) White Plains
#553, aired 1987-01-21AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Col. John Nixon read this publicly for 1st time on July 8, 1776 the Declaration of Independence
#536, aired 1986-12-29ECONOMICS $800: This famous book published in 1776 made author Adam Smith synonymous with laissez-faire economics Wealth of Nations
#482, aired 1986-10-14MUSICALS $400: In "1776", Mrs. Jefferson sings that he "strings are unstrung" when Tom tucks this under his chin his violin
#457, aired 1986-09-09EXPLORERS $500: In 1776, the infamous Capt. Bligh was sailing master for this South Seas explorer Captain Cook
#339, aired 1985-12-26RHODE ISLAND $600: On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island did this 2 months early declare independence
#335, aired 1985-12-20SEPTEMBER $400: On Sept. 9, 1776, the Continental Congress ruled to dump the name "United Colonies" & change it to this United States
#293, aired 1985-10-23COLLEGES $200: America's oldest fraternity, founded in 1776, in the 1830s it became an honor society Phi Beta Kappa
#119, aired 1985-02-21U.S.A. $100: It was first celebrated July 8, 1776 Independence Day
#85, aired 1985-01-04U.S. CITIES $200: "America's Birthplace", July 4, 1776 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#67, aired 1984-12-11LANDMARKS $500: The date on the tablet held by the Statue of Liberty July 4, 1776
#19, aired 1984-10-04LEGENDS $400: On July 4, 1776, he wrote his signature large so King George could read it without glasses John Hancock
#10, aired 1984-09-21GEOGRAPHY $400: First colony since 1776 to break from Britain without consent, it is now Zimbabwe Rhodesia
#4, aired 1984-09-13BY THE NUMBERS $500: Musical about Continental Congress, it included song "Sit Down, John" 1776
#2, aired 1984-09-11STATE CAPITALS $300: Crossing the Delaware on Xmas, 1776, Washington defeated the Hessians at this N.J. capital Trenton, New Jersey

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (11 results returned)

#8973, aired 2023-11-15WASHINGTON, D.C.: It was proposed in Congress in 1926 in honor of a big 150th anniversary; it opened 17 years later the Jefferson Memorial
#8188, aired 2020-03-25ALLITERATIVE LEGISLATION: Signed into law in March 1941, House Resolution 1776 was this act that provided aid to a foe from 1776 the Lend-Lease Act
#8123, aired 2019-12-25ORGANIZATIONS: Founded by students at William & Mary in 1776; its members include 17 U.S. Presidents, 41 Supreme Court Justices & more than 140 Nobel laureates Phi Beta Kappa
#6361, aired 2012-04-23AMERICAN HISTORY: This state is known as the "Cockpit of the Revolution" for all the battles there, including a pivotal one in December 1776 New Jersey
#5040, aired 2006-07-07STATE FLAGS: Its state flag, based on a design from 1776, shows Virtue, dressed like an Amazon, triumphing over Tyranny Virginia
#4936, aired 2006-02-13THE 50 STATES: Since 1776, it has been the only U.S. state to be the most populous state for more than a century New York
#4859, aired 2005-10-2718th CENTURY CORRESPONDENCE: In 1776 she wrote, "Whilst you are... emancipating all nations, you insist upon retaining an absolute power over wives" Abigail Adams
#4024, aired 2002-02-14AMERICAN HISTORY: German officer Johann Rall led this group when they were defeated in battle in December 1776 the Hessians
#3939, aired 2001-10-18ORGANIZATIONS: This organization is headquartered at 1776 D Street, NW Washington, D.C. Daughters of the American Revolution
#3449, aired 1999-09-09HISTORIC DATES: It's reported that on this date King George III wrote in his diary, "Nothing of importance happened today" July 4, 1776
#1301, aired 1990-04-09AMERICAN HISTORY: Virginia's motto since 1776; it was shouted in another context on April 14, 1865 "Sic Semper Tyrannis"

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