| #9100, aired 2024-05-10 | WORLD HISTORY $800: On Aug. 26, 1789 the French National Assembly adopted this declaration, much to the chagrin of Louis XVI the Declaration of Rights of Man |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $600: In 1789 the Marquis de Launay, gov. of this landmark, didn't give up its munitions to the people so easily; bad move the Bastille |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | IT HAPPENED IN CONGRESS $400: In 1789 Congress hotly debated "a day of public" this for the new Constitution; a November day was eventually chosen Thanksgiving |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | SCIENTISTS $2000: Born into freedom in Maryland, this surveyor & astronomer successfully calculated a solar eclipse in 1789 (Benjamin) Banneker |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | METALLICA $600: This metal was discovered in 1789; it took until 1896 to find out that it was radioactive uranium |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND $800: In 1789 the third of these representative groups covered about 26 million of France's 28 million people the (Third) Estate |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | LOOK IN THE CABINET $400: The Judiciary Act of 1789 created this Cabinet job Attorney General |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | HOW'S THE KING TAKING IT? $400: His diary for July 14, 1789, the day the Bastille was stormed, read, "Rien", meaning "nothing" Louis XVI |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUI, OUI, HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): After being given the key to this prison overthrown in 1789, the Marquis de Lafayette re-gifted it to his pal George Washington the Bastille |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: The only signer of both the Declaration & Constitution to sit on this body, James Wilson, took his oaths on October 5, 1789 the Supreme Court |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: Locked out of a meeting hall at Versailles in 1789, members of the Third Estate took their famous oath at this location there a tennis court |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | LESS-THAN-STELLAR SCIENTIFIC POETRY $400: 1789, & Klaproth is fine / This element, found using his cranium / 238 is a type of it, folks / For Martin discovered... uranium |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | REVOLUTION $2,500 (Daily Double): Ordinal name for the commoners who turned into a revolutionary national assembly in 1789 France the Third Estate |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE NONFICTION SECTION $1,500 (Daily Double): In "Disappointment River", Brian Castner retraces Sir Alexander Mackenzie's 1789 search for this waterway the Northwest Passage |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | HEGEL $400: The key world event of Hegel's youth was this, which broke out in the spring & summer of 1789 when he was 18 the French Revolution |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | A COMMON CATEGORY $400: Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense" was published on January 10 of this revolutionary year 1776 |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | CLASSIC LIT $800: His 1789 book "Songs of Innocence" fittingly includes "The Lamb" Blake |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | WHO WAS WHERE, WHEN $1600: France's National Assembly got "The Declaration of the Rights of Man & of the Citizen" from this military hero on July 11, 1789 Lafayette |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | ESTABLISHMENT $400: The Judiciary Act of 1789 created this position in the cabinet, first held by Edmund Randolph attorney general |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | FACTS & FIGURES $200: The original 1789 version of this document on display at the National Archives proposes 12 amendments, not 10 the Bill of Rights |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | WINGS, BUT NO FLY $2000: In 1789 the French were divided over how much power to give this king, & the 2 sides came to be known as the left & right wings Louis XVI |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | FROM THE U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST $800: Since 1789, there have been this many amendments to the Constitution 27 |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | "CITY" $200: In 1789 it became the first capital of the United States under the Constitution New York City |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | NO MAN $600: On April 28, 1789 Fletcher Christian & crew said no to this captain's tough love, sending him off in a boat (Captain) Bligh |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | ODD HISTORY $200: One of these took place on the Bounty in 1789; there was another of sorts on Skylab in 1973 when the radios were turned off a mutiny |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | JOLIE OLD FRANCE $1200: Here is painter Jean-Pierre Houël's depiction of the fall of this fortress to revolutionary forces in 1789 the Bastille |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | A CATEGORY IN 5 ACTS $200: The Judiciary Act of 1789 said the Supreme Court would have 1 Chief Justice & 5 of these, which seems problematic in close decisions associate justices |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | U.S. HISTORY $800: This body convened for the first time on March 4, 1789, but only 8 members--4 short of a quorum--showed up the United States Senate |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | WE HAVE SUCH CHEMISTRY $2000: This Frenchman's 1789 "Elementary Treatise on Chemistry" is said to be the field's first modern textbook Lavoisier |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | THE CABINET $1,800 (Daily Double): Henry Knox in 1789 & Kenneth Royall in 1947 were the first & last secretaries of this department War (then became the Department of Defense) |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | HISTORY POTPOURRI $4,500 (Daily Double): What is usually called the Ancien Regime came to an end in this year 1789 |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | FIVE SUMMONER'S TALES $2000: Needing revenue, this king summoned the Estates-General to meet in 1789 for the first time since 1614 Louis XVI |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | THE FOUNDING FATHERS SPEAK $1000: On taking up his duties as president of the Senate in April 1789, he told it, "The eyes of the world are upon you" (John) Adams |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | EXERCISE YOUR... $200: Exercise your right to protest in one of these actions, like the women's one "on Versailles" back in 1789 a march |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | THE 18th CENTURY $2000: In 1789 this Scotsman left from Lake Athabasca to explore the 1,100 miles of the Canadian river named for him the Mackenzie |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | NAME, RANK, NO SERIAL NUMBER $200: William Bligh officially got this rank one year after his 1789 misadventure captain |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $1600: (MSNBC's Steve Kornacki presents by a display monitor.) New York didn't choose its electors in time and Rhode Island and North Carolina hadn't yet ratified the Constitution, but the vote was otherwise unanimous when every elector cast a vote for George Washington in this year 1789 |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | FETE OFFENSIVE $400: 1953 & 2009 were years of riots in France on this festive day that was violent back in 1789, too Bastille Day |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: This first Constitution of the 13 states was in effect from 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | A TOUR OF EUROPE $3,400 (Daily Double): Roman baths once highlighted this Paris locale that got its name due to the language spoken there until about 1789 the Latin Quarter |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | A YEAR ENDING IN 9 $400: The U.S. Constitution went into effect & the new Congress met for the first time 1789 |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | ERAS & AGES $1600: In a book title by historian Eric Hobsbawm, the Age of Revolution began in this year of big doings in France 1789 |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1778 he was made President of the Continental Congress; in 1789, he was made Chief Justice of the United States John Jay |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS $600: On June 8, 1789 George Washington issued the first of these orders that have become a regular tool of recent presidents executive orders |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $3,400 (Daily Double): John Carroll, the first Roman Catholic bishop in the U.S., founded this D.C. university in 1789 Georgetown |
| #7815, aired 2018-07-27 | THE U.S. CONGRESS WITH NANCY PELOSI $400: (Nancy Pelosi reads the clue.) I was the 52nd Speaker of the House & the first woman to hold the post since Congress convened in 1789 with 59 representatives; today, our 115th Congress has this many House members 435 |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | MEANWHILE... $400: In late April 1789 Parisians were rioting while on the other side of the world the crew of this ship was in mutiny the Bounty |
| #7718, aired 2018-03-14 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $1200: A proposal for a capital in the interior was made as early as 1789 but work didn't start on this city until 1956 Brasilia |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | HISTORIC DATES $200: On July 14, 1789 a French mob demanded arms & munitions from this prison; the guards resisted & the rest is history the Bastille |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | STATE DEPARTMENT HISTORY $800: In 1789 Thomas Jefferson was appointed the first Secretary of State while serving as minister to this country France |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | DENTAL PROBLEMS $400: At age 57 in 1789 he had only one tooth remaining & wore dentures of hippo ivory made by John Greenwood George Washington |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YAS QUEEN $200: In 1789 angry Parisians moved this queen to a new address/prison, the Tuileries Palace; things would get worse Marie Antoinette |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | COLLEGE FIRSTS $400: America's first Catholic college was this one founded in 1789 in Washington, D.C. Georgetown |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS $200: For a brief time in 1789, it was known as the Department of Foreign Affairs the Department of State |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | PHILOSOPHY $1600: 1789's "Principles of Morals" by this man defined utilitarianism as the greatest good for the greatest number (Jeremy) Bentham |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: On Oct. 5, 1789 thousands of women marched to Versailles to protest the high price & scarcity of this foodstuff bread |
| #7104, aired 2015-07-02 | U.S. MARSHALS $400: The oldest federal law-enforcement agency, the U.S. Marshals were established when this man signed the 1789 Judiciary Act George Washington |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | OLD JERSEY, NEW JERSEY $1200: From 1789 to 2008 only one breed of this was allowed on the island of Jersey a cow |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: It's the facility represented here during a 1789 event the Bastille |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | LET'S GO OLD SCHOOL! $400: Old school: this Roman Catholic university in D.C. was founded in 1789; new school: it opened a Qatar campus in 2005 Georgetown |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | STARTS WITH A VOW $2000: In 1789 the French third estate vowed to hold out for a Constitution at a meeting held on one of these fields of play a tennis court |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | UPRISINGS $400: This uprising started with the Great Fear of 1789 The French Revolution |
| #6974, aired 2015-01-01 | EUROPEAN RULERS $400: Ludovico Manin, the last doge of this republic, served from 1789 to 1797, when he was deposed Venice |
| #6881, aired 2014-07-14 | TIME FOR A REVOLUTION! $800: If it's July 14 of this year, it must be time to storm the Bastille & start the French Revolution 1789 |
| #6860, aired 2014-06-13 | HAPPY HOLIDAY! $400: In North Korea, Dec. 27 is this document's day--North Carolina's could be Nov. 21, 1789 Constitution Day |
| #6774, aired 2014-02-13 | THE ELEMENTS $2,200 (Daily Double): Martin Klaproth discovered this element in 1789 & named it for a discovery of 1781 uranium |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND $800: In 1789 the third of these representative groups covered about 24 million of France's 25 million people estate |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | WORLD HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): On August 26, 1789 France's National Assembly approved this "declaration" that proclaimed, "men are born and remain free" the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | IF ONLY I COULD TELL THEM $1000: Louis XVI--do less hunting & more kinging & maybe you can avoid this event that's going to start in 1789 & overthrow you the French Revolution |
| #6657, aired 2013-07-23 | CNN HISTORIC REVOLUTIONS $400: (With the first clue, here is Jim Bittermann.) The streets around Paris were boiling like a cauldron as the storming of the Bastille in this year marked the beginning of the French Revolution 1789 |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS $800: On April 28, 1789 he wrote, "Just before sunrise, Mr. Christian" seized him & tied his "hands with a cord" Bligh |
| #6624, aired 2013-06-06 | GEORGE WASHINGTON $400: The city where he was sworn in as president in 1789 (don't say Washington, D.C., it wasn't built yet) New York City |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | THE VICE PRESIDENCY $200: (Vice President Biden delivers the clue.) In 1789, as this man became the first VP, he said that he was more used to engaging in debates than presiding over them John Adams |
| #6611, aired 2013-05-20 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $200: John Carroll, the first Catholic bishop in the U.S., founded this Washington, D.C. school in 1789 Georgetown |
| #6610, aired 2013-05-17 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $1000: In 1789 he was appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States John Jay |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | AMERICA AFTER THE REVOLUTION $400: In July 1789 Congress created this first cabinet department; Thomas Jefferson was selected to head it the State Department |
| #6579, aired 2013-04-04 | KING LOUIS $600: His son & heir died June 4, 1789, just when things were starting to get stressful in other areas Louis XVI |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | EARLY U.S. CAPITALS $800: Pierre L'Enfant remodeled this hall in Lower Manhattan before it was the seat of government in 1789 & 1790 Federal Hall |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $1200: In a 1789 Congressional race in Virginia, James Madison defeated this future president by 336 votes James Monroe |
| #6444, aired 2012-09-27 | LOOK IN THE CABINET $400: The Judiciary Act of 1789 created this Cabinet job the Attorney General |
| #6419, aired 2012-07-12 | DON'T MESS WITH TAXES $800: In 1789 the First Congress passed a law setting up these, placed on goods imported into the United States a tariff |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUIS DE SADE $400: In 1789 de Sade was moved from this prison for creating a disturbance, only days before it was stormed The Bastille |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,800 (Daily Double): This political party founded around 1789 stood for a strong central government the Federalists |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | IT'S YES-VEMBER $200: On Nov. 20, 1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify this, all 10 parts the Bill of Rights |
| #6236, aired 2011-10-31 | FALL GUYS $2000: Born in the fall of 1764, he took the fall for inciting a 1789 mutiny Fletcher Christian |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | THIS YEAR IN HISTORY $800: 1789:
This French landmark is stormed & its governor, killed the Bastille |
| #6191, aired 2011-07-11 | CABINET DEPARTMENTS $800: The 1789 act that created it specified that its officers would include a comptroller & an auditor the Treasury |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | BE PREPARED $200: In 1789 George Washington said, "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving" this peace |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | FRIDAY THE 13th $400: On Nov. 13, 1789 Ben Franklin wrote, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except" these 2 things death & taxes |
| #6100, aired 2011-03-04 | MARCH 4th! $400: 1789: This document goes into effect the Constitution |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT $1200: George Washington was popular in this year when he was both elected & first inaugurated as President 1789 |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: This legislative assembly was formed by Philip IV in 1302; it was replaced in 1789 with the National Assembly the Estates General (les états généraux) |
| #6060, aired 2011-01-07 | "SONG" OF POETS $1,500 (Daily Double): William Blake published this collection in 1789; "Experience" would come a few years later Songs of Innocence |
| #6059, aired 2011-01-06 | FRANCE, FRANCE REVOLUTION $200: This structure, a symbol of the Bourbon monarchy, was stormed on July 14, 1789 the Bastille |
| #6051, aired 2010-12-27 | A BIT CONSERVATIVE $1,200 (Daily Double): This 2-word term for political conservatives comes from where they sat in the French Parliament in 1789 right wing |
| #5985, aired 2010-09-24 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Founded in 1789, this Washington, D.C. school was the USA's first Catholic college Georgetown |
| #5935, aired 2010-06-04 | SURVIVAL AT SEA $2,500 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Better at navigating than handling subordinates, he was put adrift in a 20-foot boat in 1789 & sailed 3,600 miles from near Tonga to Timor Captain Bligh |
| #5914, aired 2010-05-06 | AMERICANS IN PARIS $1600: While minister to France, 1784-1789, this future president enjoyed Parisian culture, as well as the fine food & wine Thomas Jefferson |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: On July 14, 1789 commander Bernard de Launay opened up the gates of this & a mob stormed in the Bastille |
| #5814, aired 2009-12-17 | HAPPY FEDERAL HOLIDAY! $200: In 1789 a general proclamation was issued naming November 26 a day of national this thanksgiving |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | SHIPS $800: In the most famous mutiny in history, Fletcher Christian & his mates seized control of this ship in 1789 the Bounty |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | WHATEVER $800: This city named for a marquis was North Carolina's capital from 1789 to 1798 Fayetteville |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: The law that made July 14 a holiday actually honored that date in this year, 1 year later than you might think 1790 |
| #5696, aired 2009-05-18 | WHAT'S THE MARTYR WITH YOU? $1600: When the French Revolution began in 1789, he painted its leaders & martyrs; "The Death of Marat" is an example (Jacques-Louis) David |
| #5641, aired 2009-03-02 | ADAM $200: In 1789 architect Robert Adam designed the University of this Scottish city Edinburgh |
| #5620, aired 2009-01-30 | ON CAMPUS $400: Bill Clinton & Antonin Scalia both graduated from this D.C. university founded in 1789 Georgetown |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | A BOOK OF POEMS $1600: "The Lamb" & "The Shepherd" are found in these William Blake "songs" from 1789 Songs of Innocence |
| #5531, aired 2008-09-29 | MOUNT VERNON $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the dining room, Mount Vernon, VA.) It was here in the dining room that Charles Thomson, secretary of the Congress, told Washington he had been unanimously elected president in this year 1789 |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: This document served as our basic charter of government from 1781 until the Constitution in 1789 the Articles of Confederation |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | BUTTONS $400: Featuring an eagle & a sunburst, one of the most sought-after political buttons in the U.S. is from his 1789 inaugural George Washington |
| #5386, aired 2008-01-28 | BLIGH ME, CAPTAIN! $400: The most famous event in William Bligh's life was the 1789 mutiny on the Bounty led by this man Fletcher Christian |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | WHEN DID IT HAPPEN? $600: Bastille Day in France commemorates an event on this date in 1789 July 14 |
| #5310, aired 2007-10-12 | THOMAS JEFFERSON $800: Thomas was staying just outside this European city July 14, 1789, so he knew of the big events there Paris |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: When this Paris prison was stormed on July 14, 1789, only 7 prisoners were found the Bastille |
| #5195, aired 2007-03-23 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: He didn't campaign & denied he wanted the office, but he was elected anyway in 1789 (George) Washington |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: These "Articles" served as the basis of our national government from 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA $200: On Nov. 26, 1789 this was celebrated as a national holiday for the first time Thanksgiving |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | EVERYTHING FRENCH $1200: In July of 1789 this salacious marquis screamed from his cell that he & his fellow prisoners should be freed from the Bastille Marquis de Sade |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | HISTORICAL PAINTINGS $400: This 1789 event was captured in the painting seen here the storming of the Bastille |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | THE 18th CENTURY WORLD $1200: Canada's longest river is named for this explorer who traveled on it in 1789 Mackenzie |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CHEMISTRY $2000: This Frenchman known for his oxygen theory of combustion wrote the first modern chemistry textbook in 1789 Lavoisier |
| #5016, aired 2006-06-05 | REMEMBER THE 1700s? $1,000 (Daily Double): Locked out of its regular meeting place, this country's national assembly met on a tennis court in 1789 France |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | LAFAYETTE YOU ARE HERE $1200: She laughed at Lafayette's dancing in 1774 & probably wasn't laughing when he had to save her in October 1789 Marie Antoinette |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | POETS & POETRY $400: In a 1789 poem, he wrote "Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, the hills of the highlands for ever I love" (Rabbie) Burns |
| #4922, aired 2006-01-24 | THE EUROPEAN PAST $1,000 (Daily Double): July 14, 1789 was the Marquis de Launay's last day as governor of this edifice the Bastille |
| #4917, aired 2006-01-17 | GOVERNMENT AT YOUR SERVICE $600: (Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge reads the clue.) This service, established in 1789 & now part of the DHS helps fight the WMD threat with its use of border searches Customs |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $200: In October 1789 a large crowd of women marched to Versailles demanding this food staple bread |
| #4872, aired 2005-11-15 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: The Justice Department was created in 1870, but this top job there had existed since 1789 Attorney General |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | THE VIRGINIAN $400: This Virginian was appointed the first Secretary of State under the new Constitution in 1789 Thomas Jefferson |
| #4846, aired 2005-10-10 | HOW TO INVEST YOUR ALLOWANCE $1000: Buy U.S. Savings Bonds from this government department founded in 1789 the U.S. Treasury |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1600: This document approved on August 27, 1789 proclaimed that "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights" The Declaration of the Rights of Man |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $2000: On June 20, 1789 assembly members took an oath at this sports venue not to separate until there was a new constitution the tennis court |
| #4811, aired 2005-07-04 | EXPLORERS $2000: On July 16, 1789 this Scot reached the Arctic Ocean & the mouth of the 2,635-mile-long river now named for him (Alexander) MacKenzie |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | PRESIDENTS $200: In April 1789 Washington left Mount Vernon, going to this city to head the new governent New York |
| #4737, aired 2005-03-22 | DO IT LIKE THE EUROPEANS $1000: Chartered in 1789, the town of Hammerfest in this country is the northernmost town in Europe Norway |
| #4724, aired 2005-03-03 | METALLICA $1200: This metal was discovered in 1789; it took until 1896 to find out that it was radioactive uranium |
| #4649, aired 2004-11-18 | THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR $200: This 10-item document ratified by New Jersey in 1789 & Connecticut in 1939 the Bill of Rights |
| #4649, aired 2004-11-18 | EARLS GONE WILD $1,600 (Daily Double): Lord Chancellor of this country 1789-1802, the Earl of Clare fought against rights for Catholics there Ireland |
| #4646, aired 2004-11-15 | THE ENLIGHTENMENT $400: This event that began in 1789 embodied many Enlightenment ideas, but is thought to have ended the era the French Revolution |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | ASTRONOMY $2000: A large crater on Saturn’s moon Mimas is named for this British astronomer who discovered the moon in 1789 William Herschel |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | HISTORIC GROUPS $1600: The Jacobins were a party in France in 1789; 100 years earlier the Jacobites were supporters of this family in England the Stuarts |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON $200: When George Washington was sworn in on April 30, 1789, he was wearing one of these weapons a sword |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE $800: One of the supports for the bridge covers the spot on Cherry Street where this couple lived from 1789 to 1790 George & Martha Washington |
| #4499, aired 2004-03-11 | THE SAILOR MAN $800: On June 14, 1789, after a 2-month, 3,600-mile voyage, he & 18 crewmen reached Timor in the Bounty's longboat Captain Bligh |
| #4453, aired 2004-01-07 | BIG JOHNS $2000: He served as Chief Justice of the U.S. from 1789 to 1795 John Jay |
| #4447, aired 2003-12-30 | PRISONS $600: It hasn't been a prison or even a building since 1789, but its "Place" is still a landmark the Bastille |
| #4378, aired 2003-09-24 | EARLY U.S. $400: He was the top vote getter in the electoral college of 1789 George Washington |
| #4372, aired 2003-09-16 | U.S. SENATE HISTORY $600: In 1789 the Senate convened for the first time, in this city New York |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | NAME THE YEAR $1200: Bastille Day, July 14, celebrates the storming of the Bastille in this year 1789 |
| #4350, aired 2003-06-27 | CRACK OPEN A U.S. HISTORY BOOK $200: From 1789 to 1797 he cast only 2 vetoes, an average of 1 per presidential term George Washington |
| #4307, aired 2003-04-29 | CHEMICAL ELEMENTS $800: Martin Klaproth named this radioactive element that he discovered in 1789 for a planet discovered in 1781 uranium |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | TAKES 2 TO TONGA $600: This ship was off the coast of Tonga when its famous mutiny took place in 1789 the Bounty |
| #4269, aired 2003-03-06 | AROUND THE GLOBE $800: These areas were given a 3-mile limit in 1789 because 3 miles was the maximum distance cannons could fire a shot shorelines |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | FRENCH CLASS: POTPOURRI $400: In 1789 King Louis asked, "Is it a revolt?" & a duke said, no it was one of these -- the French one revolution |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | THANKSGIVING AT ALEX'S HOUSE $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew has dibs on a drumstick.) We should all give thanks to this U.S. president who proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving in 1789 George Washington |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | FRIENDS IN HISTORY $1000: Monica ends up in France on July 14, 1789 & freaks out at the mess Parisians make storming this prison the Bastille |
| #4164, aired 2002-10-10 | THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MET HERE $2000: On March 2, 1789 that old gang of the Continental Congress met for its last time ever in this city New York City |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $200: In his 1789 address he stated that he didn't believe he should be paid for becoming president George Washington |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | DOLLAR $2000: This revolutionary year (not the one you might think) appears on the front of all U.S. dollar bills 1789 |
| #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: He was informed April 14, 1789 that back on February 4, the Electoral College had elected him President George Washington |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | THE FIRST CONGRESS $1200: Frederick Muhlenberg was elected to this post April 1, 1789 Speaker of the House |
| #3989, aired 2001-12-27 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $2000: This document served as our basic charter of government from 1781 until the Constitution in 1789 Articles of Confederation |
| #3942, aired 2001-10-23 | HISTORY TEST $900 (Daily Double): This ship left Tahiti April 4, 1789, apparently to the regret of many of the crew the Bounty |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $400: Seen here in a self-portrait, Madame Vigee Lebrun was painter to this queen before fleeing France in 1789 Marie Antoinette |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | PRESIDENTS BY PARTY $200: Federalist Party
1789-1797 George Washington |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | "T" COUNTRIES $600: In 1789 the mutiny on the Bounty occurred in the waters of this South Pacific kingdom Tonga |
| #3886, aired 2001-06-25 | THEY SAID IT $200: In a 1789 letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, this American said, "But in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes" Benjamin Franklin |
| #3822, aired 2001-03-27 | THE CABINET $400: On September 15, 1789 the Department of Foreign Affairs changed its name to this Department of State |
| #3818, aired 2001-03-21 | "S.C." $100: This body was created September 24, 1789 by the Federal Judiciary Act Supreme Court |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | LET'S MARCH! $600: This important U.S. document went into effect March 4, 1789 The Constitution |
| #3792, aired 2001-02-13 | HISTORY $100: The storming of this prison in 1789 is one of the most famous events of the French Revolution Bastille |
| #3781, aired 2001-01-29 | THE MARSHAL PLAN $200: The U.S. Marshals Service was created in this year when our constitution first took effect 1789 |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | AMERICAN BEER HISTORY $200: In 1789 this president announced that he would henceforth only drink porter beer made in America George Washington |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | AMAZIN' FACTS $400: Selim III, who held this Ottoman title from 1789 to 1807, reportedly shot an arrow 972 yards sultan |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | A ROYAL PAIN $200: In 1789 pesky revolutionaries imprisoned this king & his family in the Tuileries Palace Louis XVI |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | EPITAPHS $500: Died 1789:
"His spirit is in Vermont now" Ethan Allen |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: Created July 24, 1789, it's the main committee in the House that deals with tax bills Ways and Means |
| #3690, aired 2000-09-22 | CONGRESS $200: Between 1789 & 1865 this group invalidated only 2 of the statutes passed by Congress; since 1865, over 100 Supreme Court |
| #3677, aired 2000-09-05 | U.S. CONGRESSES $200: Number of the Congress that began its term in 1789 1st |
| #3604, aired 2000-04-13 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $300: On November 20, 1789 this "Garden State" became the first to ratify the Bill of Rights New Jersey |
| #3588, aired 2000-03-22 | AYE AYE, ADMIRAL $1,000 (Daily Double): He died a vice admiral in 1817, that little 1789 mutiny behind him William Bligh |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $100: On July 14, 1789 Camille Desmoulins incited a mob to storm this fortress, thus beginning the revolution the Bastille |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | UNITED "STATE"S $400: Created in 1789, it replaced Foreign Affairs in the U.S. cabinet Department of State |
| #3450, aired 1999-09-10 | OUR GOVERNMENT $200 (Daily Double): This group that meets in the Capitol started in 1789 with 22 members & now has 100 the Senate |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | GOING "NATIONAL" $200: Lafayette in 1789 & Dan Quayle in 1969 each joined an organization called this National Guard |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $600: When Congress first met in 1789, the House of Representatives had 65 members; today there are this many 435 |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $100: The people were seeking guns & gunpowder when they stormed this Paris landmark July 14, 1789 the Bastille |
| #3349, aired 1999-03-11 | ADMIRALS $100: 22 years after the April 28, 1789 mutiny, he was promoted to Rear Admiral William Bligh |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | FANTASTIC VOYAGES $900 (Daily Double): Set adrift in a 1789 mutiny, he & 18 men sailed in an open boat over 3,500 miles across the Pacific to Timor William Bligh |
| #3326, aired 1999-02-08 | VICE PRESIDENTS' TERMS OF SERVICE $200: 1789-1797 John Adams |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | WHEN WAS THAT, PIERRE? $400: Vive la Revolution Francaise! which began in this year 1789 |
| #3262, aired 1998-11-10 | APRIL $400: In 1789 the first of these events took place in April; it was later moved to March, then January presidential inauguration |
| #3226, aired 1998-09-21 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: Between March 1, 1781 & March 4, 1789, when the Constitution came into effect, the government was run under these Articles of Confederation |
| #3203, aired 1998-07-01 | U.S. HISTORY $600: At noon April 30, 1789 George Washington was sworn in as president in this city New York City |
| #3125, aired 1998-03-13 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: A political or social system; an "ancien" one governed France until 1789 a regime |
| #3109, aired 1998-02-19 | HISTORIC WORLD LEADERS $100: Serving from 1789 to 1797, he wanted the U.S. presidency to be nonpartisan George Washington |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | THE 18th CENTURY $600: In 1789 General Nguyen Hue led an attack on Chinese forces during this holiday Tet |
| #3063, aired 1997-12-17 | HISTORIC DATES $200: On the French Revolutionary calendar, this 1789 date of the Bastille's fall might have been 25 Messidor July 14 |
| #3062, aired 1997-12-16 | OATHS $500: This 1789 oath by the National Assembly served notice on Louis XVI & left the ball in his court Tennis Court Oath |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $300: In 1789 this future president was elected to Congress from Virginia, defeating James Monroe James Madison |
| #2948, aired 1997-05-28 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $200: In 1784 the king considered having this torn down; in July 1789, the people did so on their own le Bastille |
| #2948, aired 1997-05-28 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: On July 11, 1789, Lafayette proposed to the Assembly a first draft of the declaration of these the rights of man |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | 1996 BIOGRAPHIES $1000: In 1996 Peter Ackroyd pubilshed a biography of this poet who wrote "Songs of Innocence" in 1789 William Blake |
| #2941, aired 1997-05-19 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: On Aug. 27, 1789 this country's national assembly issued its declaration of the rights of man France |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FIRSTS $1000: The father of modern chemistry, this Frenchman published the first modern chemistry textbook in 1789 (Antoine) Lavoisier |
| #2929, aired 1997-05-01 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: Thomas Paine's "The Rights of Man" is a defense of this European country's 1789 revolution France |
| #2904, aired 1997-03-27 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $600: On September 25, 1789 the first Congress, meeting in this city, submitted the Bill of Rights to the states New York City |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Commemorating a 1789 event, it didn't become a French national holiday until 1880 Bastille Day |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | HISTORY $100: Only 7 prisoners were inside this fortress when it was stormed by French citizens July 14, 1789 The Bastille |
| #2713, aired 1996-05-22 | WORLD RELIGIONS $400: This denomination that derives its doctrine from the Church of England was organized in Phila. in 1789 Episcopalian |
| #2700, aired 1996-05-03 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $600: In 1789 the name of the Department of Foreign Affairs was changed to this Department of State |
| #2699, aired 1996-05-02 | SCHOOL DAYS $200: A 1789 Massachusetts law required grammar schools to teach this 3rd "R" with reading & writing arithmetic |
| #2676, aired 1996-04-01 | APRIL FOOLS' DAY $300: On April 1, 1789, the House had its first quorum & elected Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg to this post Speaker of the House |
| #2675, aired 1996-03-29 | SCULPTORS $400: Edme Bouchardon's equestrian statue of Louis XV was destroyed during this 1789-1799 upheaval the French Revolution |
| #2651, aired 1996-02-26 | CONGRESS $100: On April 25, 1789 the Senate elected its first of these officials who open the sessions with prayer chaplains |
| #2592, aired 1995-12-05 | THE 18th CENTURY $100: Robert Livingston administered the presidential oath of office to this man April 30, 1789 George Washington |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 1789 it became the first U.S. holiday designated by presidential proclamation Thanksgiving Day |
| #2566, aired 1995-10-30 | SCIENCE & SCIENTISTS $800: Ben Franklin watched these brothers demonstrate their balloon in Paris in November 1789 the Montgolfier brothers |
| #2565, aired 1995-10-27 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: In 1789 this doctor called for humane decapitation by a single blow Guillotine (Guillotin) |
| #2484, aired 1995-05-25 | CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS $400: On April 28, 1789, he & 18 crewmen were set adrift near Tonga; 48 days later he reached Timor (Captain) Bligh |
| #2434, aired 1995-03-16 | THE 1300s $200: Built in 1370 as part of the fortifications of the East Wall of Paris, it was destroyed in 1789 the Bastille |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | U.S. HISTORY $400: When it first met in 1789, the House of Representatives had 65 members; today it's set at this many 435 |
| #2411, aired 1995-02-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On Nov. 20, 1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify this group of constitutional amendments the Bill of Rights |
| #2399, aired 1995-01-26 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $400: He was appointed U.S. minister to Spain in 1779 & Chief Justice of the U.S. in 1789 John Jay |
| #2399, aired 1995-01-26 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $600: Irish-born William Paterson became one of this state's first U.S. senators in 1789 New Jersey |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On Nov. 26, 1789 this holiday was observed nationally for the first time Thanksgiving |
| #2288, aired 1994-07-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: From 1781 to 1789, this document was the law of the land the Articles of Confederation |
| #2243, aired 1994-05-11 | U.S. HISTORY $200: The first session of Congress convened in 1789 at Federal Hall in this city New York |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: On July 14, 1789 the Marquis de Launay, governor of this Paris fortress, was murdered by a crowd the Bastille |
| #2221, aired 1994-04-11 | ORIGINAL LANGUAGES $400: "The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen", adopted in 1789 French |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT $800: In 1789, as one of the first acts of the new government, these lawmen were established marshals |
| #2200, aired 1994-03-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $200: After taking arms from the Invalides on July 14, 1789, the mob stormed this prison the Bastille |
| #2200, aired 1994-03-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: On Oct. 5, 1789 the National Guard, led by Lafayette, & thousands of women headed to this palace Versailles |
| #2200, aired 1994-03-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $600: In August 1789 the new National Assembly gave this king the title "Restorer of French Liberty" Louis XVI |
| #2168, aired 1994-01-26 | MARTINs $300: U may not know that Martin Klaproth discovered this radioactive element in 1789 Uranium |
| #2131, aired 1993-12-06 | U.S. HISTORY $600: In 1789 Henry Knox, for whom the fort was later named, became the first to head this Cabinet department War |
| #2056, aired 1993-07-12 | AUTHORS $800: This author was born in Burlington, N.J. in 1789 & moved to Cooperstown, N.Y. as a child James Fenimore Cooper |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | HISTORY $1000: Approved August 27, 1789, this French document proclaimed that "men are born & remain free..." the Declaration of the Rights of Man |
| #2046, aired 1993-06-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Before becoming chief justice in 1789, he was Sec'y of Foreign Affairs in the Continental Congress John Jay |
| #1982, aired 1993-03-30 | GEORGE WASHINGTON $100: In 1789 almost all of his natural ones of these were gone; substitute materials included hippo tusk teeth |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | LIEUTENANTS $100: On April 27, 1789 Lt. William Bligh was in command of this 215-ton ship; the next day, a 23-foot boat the Bounty |
| #1944, aired 1993-02-04 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: A Paris mob stormed this structure for its weapons July 14, 1789 the Bastille |
| #1944, aired 1993-02-04 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: On October 5, 1789 thousands of women marched to Versailles demanding this food bread |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $800: The Office of Attorney General was created in 1789, but this department wasn't established until 1870 the Department of Justice |
| #1902, aired 1992-12-08 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: The meeting of this French National Assembly in 1789 marked the beginning of the French Revolution the Estates-General |
| #1891, aired 1992-11-23 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: This Scot was the 1st European to cross Canada east to west & in 1789 explored the river named for him Mackenzie |
| #1868, aired 1992-10-21 | WORLD EVENTS $100: When this was stormed in 1789, its governor, the Marquis de Launay, was murdered the Bastille |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | THE ELEMENTS $200: This element was discovered in 1789 in the mineral zircon zirconium |
| #1793, aired 1992-05-20 | HISTORIC AMERICA $200: St. Paul's, the oldest church in Manhattan, is where this pres. attended services after his 1789 inauguration Washington |
| #1754, aired 1992-03-26 | DATES IN HISTORY $200: It was stormed Tuesday July 14, 1789 the Bastille |
| #1754, aired 1992-03-26 | DATES IN HISTORY $800: On September 26, 1789 Congress confirmed him as America's first chief justice John Jay |
| #1749, aired 1992-03-19 | EXPLORERS $2,500 (Daily Double): Canada's longest river is named for this explorer who sailed it in 1789 (Alexander) Mackenzie |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | THE CONSTITUTION $200: Because some states refused to approve it as is, this section was submitted in September 1789 the Bill of Rights |
| #1731, aired 1992-02-24 | U.S. HISTORY $200: A constitutional amendment regarding the pay of members of these 2 bodies has been pending since 1789 the Senate & the House of Representatives |
| #1662, aired 1991-11-19 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $600: A co-author of the Federalist Papers, he served as Chief Justice from 1789 to 1795 John Jay |
| #1644, aired 1991-10-24 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $200: In 1789 the royal family was taken to Paris by a mob yelling, "We have the baker... now we shall have" this bread |
| #1641, aired 1991-10-21 | LAFAYETTE $600: July 15, 1789 the day after this political event, Lafayette was appointed head of the French national guard the storming of the Bastille |
| #1588, aired 1991-06-26 | FAMOUS NAMES $300: In 1789 the Marquis de Sade was stuck in an insane asylum & this captain was stuck in a boat & set adrift Captain Bligh |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | LAW $300: From its start in 1789 to 1804, the U.S. Supreme Court consisted of judges from this party Federalist |
| #1566, aired 1991-05-27 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES $100: This president's farewell to his mother in 1789 is reenacted every Mother's Day in her Virginia home George Washington |
| #1565, aired 1991-05-24 | THE CABINET $100: On September 15, 1789 the Department of Foreign Affairs changed its name to this Department of State |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | SCIENTISTS $800: In 1789, this French scientist published the first modern chemistry textbook Antoine Lavoisier |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | POLITICAL HISTORY $1000: In the 1789 election he got 34 electoral votes --the second highest total John Adams |
| #1475, aired 1991-01-18 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $300: Though the first Attorney General was appointed in 1789, this department wasn't established until 1870 the Department of Justice |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | ELEANOR ROOSEVELT $100: One of Eleanor's ancestors, R.R. Livingston, administered the oath of office to this president in 1789 George Washington |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | THE CABINET $200: It was created July 27, 1789 as the Department of Foreign Affairs; 1½ months later it was renamed this the Department of State |
| #1376, aired 1990-09-03 | POLITICAL QUOTES $200: On July 14, 1789 this French king wrote in his diary "Nothing" Louis XVI |
| #2, aired 1990-06-23 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: Sports venue where, in 1789, Third Estate deputies pledged not to disband until France had a constitution tennis court |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | APRIL $300: April is a bad month for ship captains; the Titanic sank in 1912 & in 1789 this ship's crew mutinied the Bounty |
| #1307, aired 1990-04-17 | U.S. STATES $1000: This state ceded Tennessee to the U.S. in 1784, then reclaimed it & ceded it again in 1789 North Carolina |
| #1306, aired 1990-04-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $500: As a child, he was a clerk in a countinghouse; in 1789, at age 34, he was Treasury Sec'y of the U.S. Alexander Hamilton |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | 18TH CENTURY AMERICA $500 (Daily Double): Year in which Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison, "France will be quiet this year" 1789 |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $200: "Ancien Regime" refers to the government of France prior to this 1789 event The French Revolution |
| #1259, aired 1990-02-08 | NUMBER, PLEASE $1000: If you know the First Congress met in 1789, you can figure out this is the number of the current one 101st |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | CONGRESS $200: 1 of 3 cabinet departments established by the 1st Senate session in 1789 (1 of) State, Treasury, or War |
| #1181, aired 1989-10-23 | PALACES $200: A mob of Parisian women vandalized this magnificent palace in October 1789 Versailles |
| #1168, aired 1989-10-04 | FRENCH HISTORY $100: After a coup d'etat in 1789, he took the title "First Consul" Napoleon |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Though the constitution became effective in 1789, this was not ratified until 1791 the Bill of Rights |
| #1152, aired 1989-09-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Founded in 1789, this D.C. university is the oldest Catholic college in the U.S. Georgetown |
| #1042, aired 1989-02-28 | HISTORY $200: Country which proclaimed its "Declaration of the Rights of Man & the Citizen" in 1789 France |
| #1033, aired 1989-02-15 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $600: Martin Klaproth named this element he discovered in 1789 in honor of a planet found 8 years earlier uranium |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | U.S. HISTORY $300: On April 30, 1789 Robert Livingston of New York became the 1st person ever to administer this oath the oath of U.S. presidential office |
| #912, aired 1988-07-19 | THE YEAR THAT WAS $600: Each July 14th the French celebrate Bastille Day, which took place in this year 1789 |
| #879, aired 1988-06-02 | THE ELEMENTS $200: Discovered in 1789 & given atomic number 92, it was named after the planet discovered in 1781 uranium |
| #755, aired 1987-12-11 | BOTTOMS UP $300: In 1789 a Baptist minister in Kentucky was 1st to make this type of whiskey bourbon |
| #733, aired 1987-11-11 | 18TH CENTURY AMERICA $1000: On November 20, 1789, New Jersey became the first state to ratify this the Bill of Rights |
| #692, aired 1987-09-15 | NOTORIOUS $500: This mistress of Louis XV was guillotined in 1789, even though she "was a lady" (Madame) du Barry |
| #635, aired 1987-05-15 | LANDMARKS $1000: You'll find the key to this French landmark at Mt. Vernon, but its hated walls were torn down in 1789 Bastille |
| #584, aired 1987-03-05 | HISTORY $400: The year Paris mobs stormed the Bastille & Washington became 1st president 1789 |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | FRENCH REVOLUTION $200: Originally a citadel to protect the palace, this prison was stormed on July 14, 1789 the Bastille |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | THE 1700s $1000: Year the U.S. Congress met for the 1st time under the Constitution 1789 |
| #167, aired 1985-04-30 | 1789 $200: Congress established this department in 1789 & made a mint out of it the Department of the Treasury |
| #167, aired 1985-04-30 | 1789 $400: The 1st American novel was published in this city and, fortunately, wasn't banned Boston |
| #167, aired 1985-04-30 | 1789 $600: Galvani was ridiculed when he made these animals' legs twitch by electricity frogs |
| #167, aired 1985-04-30 | 1789 $800: Begun in 1789 as benevolent institution in NYC, it later became a corrupt political machine Tammany Hall |
| #167, aired 1985-04-30 | 1789 $1000: This Benelux country's independence from Austria lasted only a year Belgium |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | SURVEYS $200: In 1749, he was appointed surveyor of Culpepper County; in 1789, elected U.S. President George Washington |
| #10, aired 1984-09-21 | 1789 $200: Washington proclaimed Nov. 26, 1789 this first national holiday Thanksgiving |
| #10, aired 1984-09-21 | 1789 $400: Why April 28th was a bad day for Capt. Bligh the day of the mutiny on the Bounty |
| #10, aired 1984-09-21 | 1789 $1000: Now totaling over $1 trillion, it began 11 days after Treasury was established in 1789 the national debt |
