| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | 17th CENTURY WRITING $9,200 (Daily Double): In his 1624 history of Virginia & New England, he included the famous story of his rescue John Smith |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | A PLACE IN HISTORY $600: In the 17th century Cardinal Richelieu began using this as a state prison; in the 18th, it drew a big crowd outside the Bastille |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | POSSESSIVE HISTORY $1600: Nine Men's Misery was an incident in the 17th century conflict called this Wampanoag chief or "King"'s war King Philip |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 17th CENTURY HISTORY $400: This 1611 book had what were known as "He" & "She" editions, after variants in the last words of Ruth 3:15 the King James Bible |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 17th CENTURY HISTORY $800: A 1609 law in this country banned Moriscos (Muslims baptized as Christians) & shipped 300,000 of them to north Africa Spain |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 17th CENTURY HISTORY $1200: In 1628 privateer Piet Heyn captured a Spanish fleet & put 12 million of these Dutch monetary units ($165 million today) in the treasury a florin (a guilder) |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 17th CENTURY HISTORY $2000: He got up late on New Year's Day 1660, ate some turkey & began writing his diary (Samuel) Pepys |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 17th CENTURY HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): This Virginia Native American died in 1618, but wars that bore his name were fought on & off between 1622 & 1646 Powhatan |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | THE BOOK OF THE CENTURY $600: "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling", not a Welsh singer the 18th century (or the 1700s) |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | HISTORY $1000: Originally it was a fortress; Cardinal Richelieu began using it as a state prison in the 17th century the Bastille |
| #7673, aired 2018-01-10 | HISTORY TIME $800: He's the 17th-century English king shown here with his co-ruler--note what color he's wearing William of Orange |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE WITH DR. OZ $2000: (Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Many patients died from the first blood transplants of the 17th century, but the ABO blood system of 1901 & this one from 1940 named for a species of monkey have made them routine medical procedures rhesus |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | I AM HISTORY! $800: The only surviving son of a rector, this 17th century man went on to design more than 50 churches in London (Christopher) Wren |
| #7086, aired 2015-06-08 | THE CENTURY OF THE CRIME $800: The Salem witch trials burn into history the 17th century |
| #5536, aired 2008-10-06 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $2,600 (Daily Double): This major league was a political & commercial confederacy of European towns from the 13th to the 17th century the Hanseatic League |
| #5320, aired 2007-10-26 | THEATRE HISTORY $800: Pulcinella, a Commedia dell'arte character, evolved into his pugilistic puppet of 17th century England Punch |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $200: Her death in 1603 ended her 45-year reign, & a total of 118 years for the Tudors Elizabeth I |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $400: Because plague closed this university, Newton went home to Woolsthorpe, where he saw that apple fall Cambridge |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $600: The mutineers who left this navigator on James Bay in 1611 were jailed when they got back to England (Henry) Hudson |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $800: As Charles I couldn't attend this in Paris in May 1625, the Duke of Buckingham was his proxy his wedding |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $1000: Charlie Brown could have joined this group of Oliver Cromwell's that beat the Cavaliers in battle in July 2, 1644 the Roundheads |
| #3922, aired 2001-09-25 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $1000: This 17th century English sea captain gave his name to a large North American bay, a river & a strait (Henry) Hudson |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In the early 17th century, the college of James VI became the university of this Scottish city Edinburgh |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This 17th century Mogul emperor founded the city of Delhi & built the Peacock Throne & the Taj Mahal Shah Jehan |
| #1632, aired 1991-10-08 | FASHION HISTORY $100: A morion was a crested metal one of these worn by soldiers in the 16th and 17th century a helmet |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | WORLD HISTORY $400: 17th century explorers found ruins of the Norse settlement founded by Erik the Red here around 985 Greenland |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | FASHION HISTORY $100: 17th century men's rhinegraves breaches were trimmed with these, which you may tie around gifts ribbons |
| #1381, aired 1990-09-10 | FASHION HISTORY $200: 17th & 18th century women carried fancy little boxes full of these which they stuck on their faces mouches (beauty marks) |
| #2, aired 1990-06-23 | FRENCH HISTORY $500: From the 14th to the 17th century, France's flag had 3 of these “flowers” on a blue field lillies or fleur-de-lis |
| #980, aired 1988-12-02 | THEATER HISTORY $1000: Developed in the 17th century, this form of theater features men called "onnagata" in female roles kabuki |
| #979, aired 1988-12-01 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY $300: The Quaker movement was founded in this country in the 17th century England (Great Britain accepted) |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | THE 17th CENTURY $100: “Timetables of History" says this hand 1st appeared on watches in 1670; about time! the minute hand |
| #899, aired 1988-06-30 | FASHION HISTORY $600: A 17th century woman wore her "commode", a silk-covered wired form 2 or 3 tiers high, on this her head |
| #885, aired 1988-06-10 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $200: In the 17th century, Mary Frith was known as "Moll Cutpurse" because she did this for a living stealing |
| #633, aired 1987-05-13 | HISTORY $1000: The century in which England last had any queen named Elizabeth prior to Elizabeth II 20th century |
| #530, aired 1986-12-19 | FASHION HISTORY $800: Until imported from India in the 17th century, this fiber was not important in European fashion cotton |
| #292, aired 1985-10-22 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: It was the middle rank between apprentice & master workman in a 17th century craft guild a journeyman |
