#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | BRITISH LITERATURE $1600: A man stopped on his way to a wedding feast is told of tragic events aboard a ship in this 1798 narrative poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
#8979, aired 2023-11-23 | NAME THAT REBELLION $1200: Ulster & Wexford, 1798: One of many called by this national adjective the Irish Rebellion |
#8918, aired 2023-07-19 | HISTORY $1200: Oddly, the names of the agents involved in this 1798 scandal were Jean, Pierre & Lucien, not Xena, Yolanda & Zara the XYZ Affair |
#8773, aired 2022-12-28 | HERE COMES THE BRIBE $800: The 1798 XYZ Affair involved agents of this nation seeking bribes from the U.S. for preferential treatment in negotiations France |
#8666, aired 2022-06-20 | WASHINGTON SLIPPED HERE $800: In 1798 the laws regarding pro-French immigrants & anti-presidential rhetoric known as these acts did not go over well the Alien and Sedition Acts |
#8634, aired 2022-05-05 | THE NAPOLEONIC WARS $400: One of Adm. Nelson's early triumphs was the 1798 Battle of Aboukir Bay, better known as the battle of this African river the Nile |
#8609, aired 2022-03-31 | TIME FOR YOUR MEDICINE $1200: Edward Jenner ended up giving us this term for a preventative medicine in a 1798 treatise on smallpox vaccine |
#17, aired 2022-02-22 | WE'VE GOT THE BLUES $400: In 1798 this military branch introduced an early version of its iconic dress blue uniform the Marines |
#8428, aired 2021-06-23 | BRITISH POETRY $800: In this 1798 poem a sailor laments, "With my cross-bow I shot the albatross" The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
#8398, aired 2021-05-12 | NAPOLEON THE INNOVATOR $1000: Egyptology began with Napoleon's 1798 invasion of Egypt & the discovery of this stone, a key to language translation the Rosetta Stone |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | DURING THE JOHN ADAMS PRESIDENCY $400: In 1798 Congress passed the first direct one of these on American citizens taxes |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | DURING THE JOHN ADAMS PRESIDENCY $600: This military branch had been disbanded at the end of the Revolution; pugnacious little John re-established it in 1798 the Marines |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | DURING THE JOHN ADAMS PRESIDENCY $1000: In 1798 a newspaper editor grandson of this Founding Father & publisher was arrested for libeling the president Franklin |
#8363, aired 2021-03-24 | ESSAYS $2000: This economist's "Essay on the Principle of Population" from 1798 predicted "gigantic inevitable famine" Malthus |
#8359, aired 2021-03-18 | ACTS OF CONGRESS $2000: The Alien & this acts were passed in 1798 by a Congress worried about war with France Sedition |
#8253, aired 2020-10-07 | WORDSWORTH AT 250 $2000: The full poem title was "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above" this abbey "on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour. July 13, 1798" "Tintern Abbey" |
#8178, aired 2020-03-11 | ISLAND NATIONS $2000: The red & white of its flag are the colors of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, who ruled this country from 1530 to 1798 Malta |
#8082, aired 2019-10-29 | AMERICAN GOTHIC $800: In 1798's "Wieland", the 1st Amer. Gothic novel, a character seems to die from this: "In a moment, the whole was reduced to ashes" spontaneous combustion |
#7959, aired 2019-03-28 | FOR THE BIRDS $4,000 (Daily Double): Sailors have long been superstitious about killing this bird, as reflected in a 1798 poem an albatross |
#7893, aired 2018-12-26 | DEATH ON THE NILE $800: More than 5,000 French sailors died in the 1798 Battle of the Nile, one of this English admiral's great victories Nelson |
#7674, aired 2018-01-11 | EARLY AMERICA $800: This 1798 law aimed at Frenchmen & Irishmen in the U.S. was passed about 3 weeks before the Sedition Act the Alien Act |
#7674, aired 2018-01-11 | BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1798 he told his men, "From the summit of yonder pyramids forty centuries look down upon you" Napoleon |
#7474, aired 2017-02-23 | STRAIT TALK $400: The exploration of the Bass Strait in 1798 proved that this island was not part of the Australian mainland Tasmania |
#7373, aired 2016-10-05 | NAPOLEON $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1798 Napoleon struck at England by occupying this country, threatening trade routes to India Egypt |
#7349, aired 2016-07-21 | POETS & POETRY $1000: Spawning the Romantic Movement, 1798's "Lyrical Ballads" was penned by Wordsworth & this other poet (Samuel Taylor) Coleridge |
#7326, aired 2016-06-20 | IN THE ____ OF BATTLE $400: Named for some big old structures nearby, the 1798 fight in which the French took Cairo:
Battle of the ____ Pyramids |
#7229, aired 2016-02-04 | OTTOMAN HISTORY $800: The expedition of this European into Egypt from 1798 to 1801 forced Sultan Selim III to ally with Great Britain Napoleon |
#7090, aired 2015-06-12 | EXPLORATION $1200: Kind of an African wagon train; in 1798 Friedrich Hornemann followed the route of one to explore the Sahara a caravan |
#6995, aired 2015-01-30 | HODGEPODGE $1000: In 1798 Congress passed these 4 internal security laws aimed at immigrants & at curtailing the press the Alien and Sedition Acts |
#6919, aired 2014-10-16 | ALEXANDER HAMILTON, GRUMPY GUY $400: In 1798 this man was forced into making Hamilton 2nd-in-command of the army; later he rid his cabinet of "Hamilton's spies" John Adams |
#6880, aired 2014-07-11 | 7-11 $200: July 11, 1798:
Semper fi! This military branch is formally established the Marines |
#6785, aired 2014-02-28 | MEDICAL HISTORY $2000: In 1798 this British doctor not only created the smallpox vaccine, he also coined the word "vaccine" Edward Jenner |
#6757, aired 2014-01-21 | POETIC LICENSE $800: His 7-part 1798 poem tells of a senseless killing at sea--many deaths, much suffering & redemption Coleridge |
#6569, aired 2013-03-21 | POETIC PUNISHMENT $200: In this 1798 poem a man must do penance for killing a bird by wandering the earth & telling his story Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
#6512, aired 2013-01-01 | OLD YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS $2000: The Kentucky & Virginia resolutions were passed to protest these controversial 1798 acts of Congress the Alien and Sedition Acts |
#6462, aired 2012-10-23 | THE ENGLISH BEAT $2000: ...a fleet at the 1798 Battle of the Nile, leaving this general's invading army trapped in Egypt Napoleon |
#6460, aired 2012-10-19 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $3,000 (Daily Double): One of these acts passed in 1798 called for the deportation of foreigners considered dangerous the Alien & Sedition Acts |
#6454, aired 2012-10-11 | THE REPUBLIC $1200: From 1798 to 1803 the Helvetic Republic governed most of this country Switzerland |
#6385, aired 2012-05-25 | HISTORY $400: Napoleon & his troops captured Cairo in the 1798 battle of these landmarks the Pyramids |
#6365, aired 2012-04-27 | PRESIDENT OF THE YEAR $1,000 (Daily Double): 1798 John Adams |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | FLOAT SAM & JET SAM $1000: Capt. Samuel Hood of the Zealous helped Nelson win the 1798 battle of this river, also called the Battle of Aboukir Bay the Nile |
#6277, aired 2011-12-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: The first official list of military calls for this trumpet-like valveless instrument was issued in 1798 the bugle |
#6208, aired 2011-09-21 | NAME THAT REBELLION $1200: Ulster & Wexford, 1798:
One of many called by this national adjective Irish |
#6168, aired 2011-06-08 | FOR THE BIRDS $1000: The gooney bird is another name for this bird made famous in a 1798 poem an albatross |
#6152, aired 2011-05-17 | THE 2nd MILLENNIUM $2000: In 1798 Malthus published an essay arguing that population will always grow faster than this essential food |
#6084, aired 2011-02-10 | PEEVED VEEPS $1,200 (Daily Double): This veep lead the Democratic-Republican attacks against 1798's Alien & Sedition Acts Thomas Jefferson |
#5965, aired 2010-07-16 | A MAJOR IN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): William Dunlap, "the Father of American Drama", wrote a hit 1798 play about this British major who was hanged Major John André |
#5787, aired 2009-11-10 | WHATEVER $800: This city named for a marquis was North Carolina's capital from 1789 to 1798 Fayetteville |
#5702, aired 2009-05-26 | HISTORICAL MILITARY THERAPY SESSIONS $400: Do you think I sent my forces to win the 1798 Battle of the Pyramids because of my self-named complex? Napoléon |
#5630, aired 2009-02-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1798 Congress passed this collection of bills to control domestic dissent & conspiracy against the federal govt. the Alien & Sedition Acts |
#5543, aired 2008-10-15 | THEY BLEW US OUT OF THE WATER $2000: Admiral Horatio Nelson ensured his heroic status by defeating Napoleon's navy in the 1798 Battle of this river the Nile |
#5478, aired 2008-06-04 | POETS $1600: In 1798 he received an annuity from Josiah & Thomas Wedgwood, & his "Lyrical Ballads" was published (Samuel Taylor) Coleridge |
#5477, aired 2008-06-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1200: A national monument in Cork, the second city of this country, honors the Rebellion of 1798 Ireland |
#5472, aired 2008-05-27 | POETS & POETRY $4,000 (Daily Double): "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink" comes from this poem first published in 1798 "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" |
#5434, aired 2008-04-03 | THE QUASI-WAR WITH FRANCE $400: On June 21, 1798 this president told Congress he was going to break off relations with France John Adams |
#5426, aired 2008-03-24 | EXPLORERS $800: In 1798-99 George Bass & Matthew Flinders proved this current Australian state was an island by sailing around it Tasmania |
#5417, aired 2008-03-11 | BATTLE STATIONS $200: He was the commander of the British fleet that defeated Napoleon's navy in 1798's Battle of the Nile Nelson |
#5297, aired 2007-09-25 | THE MEDITERRANEAN ISLE WHERE... $2000: The Knights Hospitaller reigned until 1798 Malta |
#5160, aired 2007-02-02 | SCIENCE $1200: Vauquelin found Beryllium in 1798, the year after he found this, symbol Cr Chromium |
#5144, aired 2007-01-11 | 4 PLAY $2000: About 25 people were arrested under this group of 4 "acts" passed in 1798; all were repealed or expired by 1802 the Alien and Sedition Acts |
#5075, aired 2006-10-06 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $600: In 1798 this cotton gin inventor began using a system of interchangeable parts to make muskets for the U.S. government Eli Whitney |
#5016, aired 2006-06-05 | REMEMBER THE 1700s? $600: In 1798 this poet was given a new title he inherited from his great-uncle Lord Byron |
#4906, aired 2006-01-02 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $400: For a 1798 naval victory, he was dubbed "The Hero of the Nile" Horatio Nelson |
#4899, aired 2005-12-22 | I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL! $2000: While he was PM of England, this "Younger" man dueled in 1798 with George Tierney, a political rival (William) Pitt (the Younger) |
#4834, aired 2005-09-22 | LITERARY LANDMARKS $2000: You'll have to go to Gwent, Wales to see this abbey immortalized in a 1798 Wordsworth poem Tintern Abbey |
#4794, aired 2005-06-09 | MUSIC ODDS & ENDS $1200: In 1798, back from his time in London, this Austrian-born composer wrote the "Lord Nelson Mass" Haydn |
#4735, aired 2005-03-18 | THEY CAME TO EGYPT $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) When he invaded Egypt in 1798 he said, "Soldiers, from atop of these pyramids, 40 centuries are looking at us" Napoleon |
#4712, aired 2005-02-15 | THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHO... $800: ...refused an appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1798, but became its chief in 1801 (John) Marshall |
#4631, aired 2004-10-25 | HOPE YOU'RE WELL READ... $800: In 1798 he wrote several poems, including "France: An Ode" & "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Coleridge |
#4618, aired 2004-10-06 | WORLD HISTORY $4,600 (Daily Double): On August 1, 1798 Admiral Nelson delivered a fatal blow to the French fleet near the Rosetta mouth of this river the Nile |
#4415, aired 2003-11-14 | HISTORIC QUOTES $1000: In 1798 he told his troops in Africa, "From the summit of yonder pyramids forty centuries look down upon you" Napoleon |
#4372, aired 2003-09-16 | U.S. SENATE HISTORY $800: In 1798 the Senate began its first trial of this type; the defendant was fellow Senator William Blount impeachment |
#4332, aired 2003-06-03 | POEM $2,000 (Daily Double): "Water, water, everywhere; nor any drop to drink" says this 1798 poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" |
#4257, aired 2003-02-18 | SMARTIES $600: We'd have much dirtier windows if Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau hadn't liquefied this gas in 1798 ammonia |
#4197, aired 2002-11-26 | ENGAGEMENTS $600: In a military engagement at the Pyramids in 1798, his forces defeated an Egyptian Mameluke force Napoleon |
#4121, aired 2002-07-01 | MED CENTER $2000: From 1530 to 1798 the Knights Hospitalers had control of this island, now a republic including Gozo & Comino Malta |
#4058, aired 2002-04-03 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $1200: By sailing around it in 1798, George Bass proved this Australian state was an island Tasmania |
#4057, aired 2002-04-02 | STATES' FORMER CAPITALS $800: Natchez
(1798-1802 & 1817-1821) Mississippi |
#4011, aired 2002-01-28 | BRITISH POETS $1200: In 1798 he received an annuity from Josiah & Thomas Wedgwood & his "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was published Coleridge |
#3989, aired 2001-12-27 | HISTORIC BATTLES $400: Admiral Nelson's 1798 defeat of the French is a called the battle of this Egyptian river Nile |
#3980, aired 2001-12-14 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $1200: Born in 1725, he created scandals in his home of Italy & in France, made love to a lot of women, & died in 1798 Casanova |
#3897, aired 2001-07-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: Bushrod, the favorite nephew of this president, became a Supreme Court justice in 1798 George Washington |
#3816, aired 2001-03-19 | HISTORIC OCCASIONS $300: In 1798, in this African country, Napoleon said, "Soldiers...forty centuries look down upon you" Egypt |
#3732, aired 2000-11-21 | BONE UP ON YOUR BONAPARTE $400: The admiral who defeated Napoleon's navy in 1798's Battle of the Nile Lord Nelson |
#3703, aired 2000-10-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: Joseph Haydn based this 1798 oratorio on the Bible & Milton's "Paradise Lost" The Creation |
#3670, aired 2000-07-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY "X" $800: This "affair" caused a quasi-war between France & America in 1798 "X Y Z" Affair |
#3575, aired 2000-03-03 | A LOSING BATTLE $200: In 1798 Admiral Brueys & the French lost big in the battle of this river near Alexandria Nile |
#3542, aired 2000-01-18 | WHAT'S UP, DOC? $400: In 1798 he published "An Inquiry into...a Disease by the Name of Cow Pox" Edward Jenner |
#3426, aired 1999-06-28 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: From 1798 to 1804 this seventh president served as a judge on Tennessee's Superior Court Andrew Jackson |
#3366, aired 1999-04-05 | WE SURRENDER $800: The Knights Hospitallers held Malta for over 250 years before surrendering it to this French emperor in 1798 Napoleon |
#3252, aired 1998-10-27 | 1798 $200: Sailing through a strait off Australia in 1798, George Bass & Matthew Flinders proved this was an island Tasmania |
#3252, aired 1998-10-27 | 1798 $400: This poet joined forces with Samuel Taylor Coleridge to publish "Lyrical Ballads" William Wordsworth |
#3252, aired 1998-10-27 | 1798 $600: He captured Alexandria in 1798 & held it until 1801 Napoleon |
#3252, aired 1998-10-27 | 1798 $800: In Thomas Malthus' "Essay on the Principle of" this, he links it with food supply Population |
#3252, aired 1998-10-27 | 1798 $1,500 (Daily Double): In a 1798 tract on cowpox he introduced the term "vaccine" Edward Jenner |
#3159, aired 1998-04-30 | PINPOINTS ON THE MAP $800: Utica in this state chose its name in 1798 by drawing it out of a hat New York |
#3042, aired 1997-11-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: If this act hadn't passed July 14, 1798, we would have had just the Alien Acts Sedition Acts |
#2957, aired 1997-06-10 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1,400 (Daily Double): On his 1798 conquest of Egypt, this man brought many scholars to study its antiquities Napoléon |
#2910, aired 1997-04-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: The Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions were passed in opposition to these 1798 acts Alien & Sedition Acts |
#2886, aired 1997-03-03 | AUTHORS $200: She wrote "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice" & "Northhanger Abbey" between 1795 & 1798 Jane Austen |
#2757, aired 1996-09-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: The sluggish pace of the Senate was one reason this Tennessean resigned from it in 1798 Andrew Jackson |
#2757, aired 1996-09-03 | PHYSICIANS $1000: In 1798 he wrote on "The Causes and Effects of... a Disease Known by the Name of Cow Pox" (Edward) Jenner |
#2718, aired 1996-05-29 | HISTORY $400: In 1798 the Knights Hospitalers surrendered this island to Napoleon Malta |
#2586, aired 1995-11-27 | THE 1790s $400: When he died in 1798, this legendary lover was librarian to the Count von Waldstein Casanova |
#2571, aired 1995-11-06 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: On July 4, 1798 he became the only former president named commander-in-chief of American forces George Washington |
#2520, aired 1995-07-14 | COMPOSERS $400: He first realized he was going deaf in 1798; he was only 27 Beethoven |
#2502, aired 1995-06-20 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: In 1798 George Washington got this former Treasury Sec'y the job of Army Inspector General Alexander Hamilton |
#2473, aired 1995-05-10 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $1000: The Royal Society had no interest in publishing his 1798 paper on cowpox vaccinations (Edward) Jenner |
#2391, aired 1995-01-16 | THE 1790s $400: This beauty met Lord Nelson in 1793 & in 1798 helped him get supplies for his Nile Campaign Mrs. Hamilton |
#2351, aired 1994-11-21 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $600: His great 1798 oratorio "The Creation" is known in German as "Die Schopfung" Franz Joseph Haydn |
#2304, aired 1994-09-15 | BATTLES $200: In 1798 Napoleon defeated Murad Bey in this country at the Battle of the Pyramids Egypt |
#2280, aired 1994-07-01 | WORLD CITIES $400: When Napoleon seized it in 1798, this Egyptian city had been under the control of the Turks for 281 years Cairo |
#2183, aired 1994-02-16 | POETRY $1000: After visiting this ruined medieval church July 13, 1798, Wordsworth put his thoughts into a poem Tintern Abbey |
#2180, aired 1994-02-11 | MUSIC $1000: Haydn's 1798 mass in D minor is thought to celebrate his victory in the Battle of the Nile Lord Nelson |
#2178, aired 1994-02-09 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: In 1798 John Adams reappointed him commander-in-chief of the armies Washington |
#2073, aired 1993-09-15 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $400: This former president's nephew Bushrod was appointed by John Adams in 1798 Washington |
#2035, aired 1993-06-11 | POETRY $2,100 (Daily Double): The 1798 collection "Lyrical Ballads" contained poems by both Coleridge & this "Tintern Abbey" poet Wordsworth |
#1996, aired 1993-04-19 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: These 1798 acts allowed the arrest & deportation of foreigners deemed dangerous the Alien & Sedition Acts |
#1982, aired 1993-03-30 | GEORGE WASHINGTON $500: Washington's first military command in 1754 & his last in 1798 were against threats fro this country France |
#1942, aired 1993-02-02 | MEDICINE MEN $1000: In 1798 he wrote "An Inquiry into the Causes & Effects of the Variolae Vaccine, a Disease Known (as) Cow Pox" (Edward) Jenner |
#1876, aired 1992-11-02 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: The British fleet under Nelson defeated Napoleon in the Aug. 1, 1798 Battle of this river the Nile |
#1785, aired 1992-05-08 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: This great admiral was made Baron of the Nile after he won the Battle of the Nile in 1798 Nelson |
#1740, aired 1992-03-06 | LAW & GOVERNMENT $1000: In 1798 Congress passed these controversial laws dealing with foreigners & with inciting rebellion the Alien & Sedition Acts |
#1665, aired 1991-11-22 | U.S. HISTORY $400: 1 of 2 constitutional freedoms taken away under the Sedition Act of 1798 freedom of the press (or freedom of speech) |
#1459, aired 1990-12-27 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $200: The Department of the Navy was established in 1798 under this second president John Adams |
#1330, aired 1990-05-18 | THE 18th CENTURY $400: This country's neutrality was fully respected until 1798 when the French invaded Switzerland |
#1230, aired 1989-12-29 | HISTORIC QUOTES $1000: In 1798 Robert Goodloe Harper said, "Millions for defense, but not one cent for" this Tribute |
#1176, aired 1989-10-16 | FAMOUS ADMIRALS $400: For defeating Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, this British admiral became a baron (Horatio) Nelson |
#875, aired 1988-05-27 | HISTORIC NAMES $300: This future emperor conquered Egypt in 1798 Napoleon |
#756, aired 1987-12-14 | THE CABINET $600: From 1798 until 1947, the secretary of this military branch served in the cabinet the Secretary of the Navy |
#186, aired 1985-05-27 | ECOLOGY $1000: In 1798, this Eng. clergyman warned of overpopulation Malthus |
#115, aired 1985-02-15 | STARTS WITH "X" $800: French agents suggested the U.S. bribe them in this 1798 diplomatic scandal the XYZ affair |