| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | BREAK-UPS $200: This power couple wed March 9, 1796; being the emperor of France has its perks: he nullified the marriage in 1809 Napoleon & Josephine |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: In 1809 this first lady hosted the first official Inaugural ball & gala at Long's Hotel for 400 guests Dolley Madison |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | WORLD CITIES $800: In 1809 John Molson linked Quebec & this city by water with the first Canadian steamboat Montreal |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | A CAPITAL OFFENSIVE $1200: Napoleon put a guard of honor around the home of Joseph Haydn after capturing this capital in 1809 Vienna |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | TREATIES $800: An 1809 treaty between Britain & this empire prohibited warships from entering the Bosporus & the Dardanelles the Ottoman (Empire) |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | SCIENTIFIC INITIALS $400: Naturalist
C.R.D.,
1809-1882
(the "R" was for Robert) Darwin |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $200: (Doris Kearns Goodwin presents the clue.) Born in 1809 into a frontier family, young Abe Lincoln had only one year of schooling, but read the Bible, Shakespeare, & learned logic from "The Elements" of this ancient Greek mathematician Euclid |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | THE HISTORIC WHITE HOUSE $200: Serving from 1809 to 1817, she set the bar for first ladies & popularized ice cream in the White House Dolley Madison |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | THE MAN'S PEN NAME $1000: A rip-ping storyteller, he covered "A History of New York" in 1809 under the name Diedrich Knickerbocker Washington Irving |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | THE ARISTOCRATS! $1600: The daughter of an aristocrat who hit hard times, she became empress of France, till hubby nullified their marriage in 1809 Josephine Bonaparte |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | MOBITUARIES WITH MO ROCCA $800: (Mo Rocca presents the clue.) "He had lived long, did some good and much harm, said one obituary of this "Common Sense" pamphleteer who had only a handful of people show up to his funeral in 1809 Thomas Paine |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | A PALACE IN HISTORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.) During his forces' occupation of Vienna in 1805 & 1809, this emperor chose Schönbrunn as his headquarters & one of the rooms is now named for him Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #8353, aired 2021-03-10 | U.S. COINS $600: First minted in 1809, the "Liberty Cap" this was .74 inches in diameter, just a bit bigger than today dimes |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | PRESIDENTIAL HOMES $1600: He wrote part of 1809's "History of New York" while staying in what would later be Martin Van Buren's home, Lindenwald Washington Irving |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | DIET LAND $2000: 1809's Diet of Porvoo brought this northern country under the control of Russia Finland |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | FRENCH OFF THE BOAT $400: By 1809 this man & his brother Pierre had arrived in New Orleans & set up a blacksmith shop; piracy paid better, so... (Jean) Lafitte |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $1,000 (Daily Double): Edgar Allan Poe's tale began in Boston in 1809 & ended in this other "B" city in 1849 Baltimore |
| #7529, aired 2017-05-11 | STRANGER THINGS $400: This American's self-written epitaph makes no mention of his years as president from 1801 to 1809 Jefferson |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON $400: As this territory's governor, Harrison signed the Treaty of Fort Wayne in 1809, opening Indian lands to whites Indiana |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | 14-LETTER WORDS $1600: The name of these breeches was inspired by Washington Irving's 1809 work "A History of New York" knickerbockers |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | A DATE FOR THE INAUGURAL BALL $2,000 (Daily Double): James Madison held the first official inaugural ball in this year; 3 years later came war with Great Britain 1809 |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | AUTHORS WITH PRESIDENTIAL NAMES $400: In 1809 he published "A History of New York" under the pen name Diedrich Knickerbocker Washington Irving |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | PRES-POURRI $1200: Starting in 1809 she set the standard for First Ladies as managers of the White House Dolley Madison |
| #7281, aired 2016-04-18 | COUNTRY FACTS $1000: From 1809 to 1917 Finland was controlled by this country Russia |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | A SWEDISH KING NAMED GUS $1200: Deposed in 1809, Gustav IV Adolf went into exile using this last name, which makes sense as his father was Gustav III Gustafsson |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | PRESIDENTS 101 $1000: The first born outside the original colonies, in 1809 Abraham Lincoln |
| #7185, aired 2015-12-04 | COLORFUL EXPRESSIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): The OED traces this term back to an 1809 article about cerebral fibers grey matter |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | INTERRED IN THE PANTHEON IN PARIS $800: In 1809, 3 French counts were interred--but not their whole bodies, just these parts in urns their hearts |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | NICE BEARD $200: The evolution of this naturalist began on February 12, 1809, probably without the beard, though Charles Darwin |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | YES, VIRGINIA $2,000 (Daily Double): This World Heritage site just southeast of Charlottesville was built between 1768 & 1809 Monticello |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | 1809 $200: On October 11, 1809 this traveling companion of William Clark was found dead at a Tenn. inn called Grinder's Stand Meriwether Lewis |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | 1809 $400: Enemies kidnapped this country's Gustav IV Adolf & held him in Gripsholm Castle until he abdicated Sweden |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | 1809 $600: Pope Pius VII excommunicated this French leader, so he had the Pope arrested Napoleon |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | 1809 $1000: President Madison appointed this future president as United States Minister to Russia John Quincy Adams |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | 1809 $3,000 (Daily Double): In May Mary Dixon Kies became the first American woman to receive one, for a way to weave straw with silk or thread a patent |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 19th CENTURY POLITICIANS $400: Taking office in 1809, he was the first U.S. president who had previously served in Congress Madison |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | 19th CENTURY FRANCE $400: At dinner on Nov. 30, 1809, he told his wife that he had to find a new one who could produce an heir Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | FEMALE FIRSTS $800: In 1809 Mary Kies became the first woman to receive one of these, for a method of weaving straw a patent |
| #6403, aired 2012-06-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This composer born in 1809 was the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | THE 1800s $400: In 1809 he informed his soon-to-be ex Josephine that he needed to find a wife who could produce an heir Napoleon |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | BLAME IT ON THE CASANOVA $800: In 1809 this Corsican divorced his 46-year-old wife; a few months later, he married a 19-yr.-old Austrian archduchess Napoléon |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | BYRON $400: In 1809, at the age of 21, Byron took his seat in this parliamentary body the House of Lords |
| #5718, aired 2009-06-17 | A YEAR ENDING IN '09 $400: Robert Fulton patents the steamboat 1809 |
| #5706, aired 2009-06-01 | MMM...DONUTS $1000: He was among the first to use the word, in an 1809 reference to a N.Y. Dutch treat of sweet dough fried in hog fat Washington Irving |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | WAIST MANAGEMENT $200: Until 1809 this legendary character was portrayed as tall & thin; Washington Irving made him jolly & stout Santa Claus |
| #5629, aired 2009-02-12 | HAPPY 200th, LINCOLN & DARWIN $200: Born in Shrewsbury Feb. 12, 1809, Charles Darwin was sent at 16 to study medicine in this Scottish city Edinburgh |
| #5629, aired 2009-02-12 | HAPPY 200th, LINCOLN & DARWIN $400: Born in Kentucky Feb.12, 1809, Abe Lincoln lived from age 7 to 21 in this state before the move to Illinois Indiana |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | CITY LITTER $400: His 1809 work "A History of New York" relates the Dutch occupation of Manhattan Washington Irving |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | LOU D.O.B.s $400: Jan. 4, 1809,
Coupvray, France:
Modified the Barbier point writing system for the Royal Institute for Blind Children Louis Braille |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | ARCHDUKE UNIVERSITY $800: Despite his epilepsy, Archduke Charles ably led Austrian forces to victory over this man in May 1809 Napoleon |
| #5071, aired 2006-10-02 | OUR FOUNDING FATHERS $400: He began building Monticello in 1770 but it wasn't completed until after he left the presidency in 1809 Thomas Jefferson |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | NEW HAMPSHIRE $4,000 (Daily Double): (Jon of the Clue Crew stands with a statue in Concord, NH.) General John Stark, immortalized here at the New Hampshire State Capitol, coined this motto in 1809 as a toast that continued, "death is not the worst of evils" "Live free or die" |
| #5052, aired 2006-07-25 | TURN ME LEWIS $400 (Daily Double): He died on Oct. 11, 1809 of a gunshot wound in Tennessee; murder or suicide has never been proven either way Meriwether Lewis |
| #4898, aired 2005-12-21 | THERE IS A SANTA CLAUSE $400: St. Nick smoked a long pipe & wore a broad-brimmed hat in his 1809 "Knickerbocker's History of New York" Washington Irving |
| #4816, aired 2005-07-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1200: Named for the Indian tribe, this university was chartered in Oxford, Ohio, not in Florida, in 1809 Miami (University of Ohio) |
| #4807, aired 2005-06-28 | HISTORICAL PAINTINGS $800: A painting at Versailles shows this leader at Ratisbonne in 1809, after he was shot in the foot Napoleon |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | HOWDY, PARTNER! $400: After his partner's death in 1809, he partnered with Nicholas Biddle to complete the expedition report (William) Clark |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | DEAD RECKONING $800: News of this Revolutionary writer's June 8, 1809 death could've filled more than just a pamphlet Thomas Paine |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | PRESIDENTS $400: Inaugurated in 1809, he's considered the last of the Founding Fathers to serve as president Madison |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | LET'S FINNISH THIS $400: From 1809 until 1917, Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy of this country Russia |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | THE PERSONALS $400: Dec. 14, 1809:
Divorced today! Ex-empress, 46, Malmaison-bound, desires tall man for a change Josephine |
| #4575, aired 2004-06-25 | EARLY 19th CENTURY AMERICA $800: In 1809 President Madison appointed this future president the first U.S. minister to Russia John Quincy Adams |
| #4575, aired 2004-06-25 | EARLY 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1600: His 1809 work "A History of New York" was a tongue-in-cheek history of New Amsterdam (Washington) Irving |
| #4556, aired 2004-05-31 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS $400: He left the White House in 1809, went home & never left Virginia for the remaining 17 years of his life Jefferson |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $800: Napoleon divorced her in 1809 & soon married the more fertile Marie Louise Josephine |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | FIRST LADIES $1000: She was a hostess at the White House for the widowed Thomas Jefferson before becoming first lady in 1809 Dolley Madison |
| #4173, aired 2002-10-23 | BIRTH OF A PRESIDENT $600: February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky Abraham Lincoln |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | PRESIDENTIAL ETYMOLOGY $800: The first & last names of this president born in 1809 mean "Father of Many Nations" & "Of the Lake Colony" Abraham Lincoln |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | HERSTORY $600: In 1809 Mary Kies became the 1st U.S. woman to receive one of these guaranteeing the right to sell an invention patent |
| #3995, aired 2002-01-04 | TOUGH POTPOURRI $1000: This explorer was the governor of the Louisiana territory when he died mysteriously at a Tennessee inn in 1809 Meriwether Lewis |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | REWRITTEN TOMBSTONES $500: 1809-1892:
"A poet laureate who wouldn't lord it over you" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
| #3951, aired 2001-11-05 | THAT WAS MY WIFE $500: Marie Josephine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie
(1796-1809) Napoleon |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | FIRST LADY FIRSTS $300: The consummate hostess, in 1809 she was first to host an official inaugural ball Dolley Madison |
| #3893, aired 2001-07-04 | PRESIDENTIAL LIFE SPANS $300: 1809-1865 Lincoln |
| #3815, aired 2001-03-16 | PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET $200: While Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809, he was president from 1809 to 1817 James Madison |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | HISTORIC LEADERS $300: U.S. President:
1801-1809 Thomas Jefferson |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | THE MONROE DOCTRINE $2,000 (Daily Double): This was the year Monroe proclaimed the doctrine, some could have said, "Two score and seven years ago..." 1823 |
| #3477, aired 1999-10-19 | PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES $200: February 12, 1809 near Hodgenville, Kentucky Abraham Lincoln |
| #3399, aired 1999-05-20 | SHORT BIOS $1000: Born in Virginia in 1809, invented reaper in 1831, reaped in profits until death in 1884 Cyrus McCormick |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | CHARLES DARWIN $100: Charles & this American president were born on the same day, February 12, 1809; Charles lived much longer Abraham Lincoln |
| #3268, aired 1998-11-18 | THEY HAIL FROM BOSTON $600: This West Point washout & author of "The Raven" was born in Boston in 1809 Edgar Allan Poe |
| #3245, aired 1998-10-16 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $1000: In the 1809 treaty of this fort, the U.S. acquired 2.5 million acres from Indiana's Indians Fort Wayne |
| #3244, aired 1998-10-15 | "ERE"Y WORDS $400: In 1808 & 1809 this silversmith made copper plates for Robert Fulton's steamship boilers Paul Revere |
| #3214, aired 1998-07-16 | 5-LETTER CAPITALS $500: In 1809 one of the first revolts for independence in Latin America broke out in this Ecuadoran capital Quito |
| #3167, aired 1998-05-12 | POET-POURRI $1000: In 1809 he took his seat in the House of Lords & began 2 years of travel in Portugal, Spain & Greece Lord Byron |
| #2970, aired 1997-06-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Because of his deist beliefs, this "Age of Reason" author died a social outcast in New York City in 1809 Thomas Paine |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | HISTORICAL OPERAS $200: Spontini's 1809 opera "Fernand Cortez" is also called "The Conquest Of" this country Mexico |
| #2758, aired 1996-09-04 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 replaced this Act banning international trade by U.S. ships the Embargo Act |
| #2681, aired 1996-04-08 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $600: In 1809 he published the comic work "A History of New York... by Diedrich Knickerbocker" Washington Irving |
| #2669, aired 1996-03-21 | FIRST LADIES $800: She wore a yellow velvet gown & a plumed Parisian turban to her husband's 1809 inaugural ball Dolley Madison |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | COMPOSERS $1000: In 1809, Princes Kinsky & Lobkowitz & Archduke Rudolf guaranteed him an income if he'd remain in Vienna Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | FIRST LADIES $400: She wore a Parisian turban topped with bird-of-paradise plumes at her husband's 1809 inaugural ball Dolley Madison |
| #2503, aired 1995-06-21 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $200: This exploration partner of William Clark may have been murdered outside Hohenwald, Tennessee in 1809 (Meriwether) Lewis |
| #2487, aired 1995-05-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1809 this noted hostess became the first U.S. first lady to throw an inaugural ball Dolley Madison |
| #2467, aired 1995-05-02 | NICKNAMES $300: Born in 1809, he evolved into "The Great Naturalist" Darwin |
| #2424, aired 1995-03-02 | FIRST LADIES $1,000 (Daily Double): After her husband was inaugurated in 1809, some referred to her as "Lady Presidentess" Dolley Madison |
| #2406, aired 1995-02-06 | 19th CENTURY EUROPE $600: After defeating the French at Oporto & Talavera in 1809, Arthur Wellesley was given this title Duke of Wellington |
| #2371, aired 1994-12-19 | FIRST LADIES $600: In 1809 she became the 1st first lady to attend her husband's inauguration Dolley Madison |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: In 1809 this Ecuadoran capital staged one of the first uprisings for independence in Latin America Quito |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | EUROPEAN CITIES $800: When Russia took over in 1809, Turku on the Gulf of Bothnia was this country's capital & largest city Finland |
| #2225, aired 1994-04-15 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: This Finnish capital was under Russian rule from 1809 to 1917 Helsinki |
| #2223, aired 1994-04-13 | POETS $1,500 (Daily Double): Soon after his 1809 birth, his parents died & he was taken to the Richmond, Va. home of Mr. & Mrs. John Allan Edgar Allan Poe |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: This British naturalist was born on the same day as Abraham Lincoln, February 12, 1809 (Charles) Darwin |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In December 1809 this emperor divorced his first wife; 4 months later he married Archduchess Marie-Louise Napoleon |
| #2061, aired 1993-07-19 | DIPLOMACY $1000: Under the 1809 Treaty of Schonbrunn, this country lost 32,000 square miles to Napoleon Russia |
| #2056, aired 1993-07-12 | NOTABLE NAMES $300: This president was born at Sinking Spring Farm in Kentucky on February 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln |
| #2043, aired 1993-06-23 | PAUL REVERE $300: In 1808 & 1809 Revere's foundry made copper plates for this man's steamboat boilers Fulton |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Only 6 mourners attended the 1809 funeral of this author of "Common Sense" Thomas Paine |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | LEFTOVERS $800: All exports from the U.S. to Europe were barred by this 1807 act, but it failed & was rendered inactive in 1809 The Embargo Act |
| #1729, aired 1992-02-20 | U.S. HISTORY $200: Thomas Jefferson had begun this house back around 1770 but didn't finish it until 1809 Monticello |
| #1616, aired 1991-09-16 | OPERA $800: London Opera House
first opened in 1732,
burnt in 1808,
reopened in 1809,
burnt in 1856 & reopened in 1858 Covent Garden |
| #1510, aired 1991-03-08 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: This explorer was found dead in a Tennessee inn in 1809; how he was shot is still a mystery Meriwether Lewis |
| #1449, aired 1990-12-13 | EUROPE $800: The "Age of Metternich", 1809-48, was named for this country's leading statesman Austria |
| #1371, aired 1990-07-16 | SCANDINAVIA $1000: In 1809 this country's parliament, the Riksdag, created the office of ombudsman Sweden |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | OPERA $200: Spontini's opera about this adventurer's conquest of Mexico premiered in 1809 Hernando Cortez |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | POETS $200: On reaching age 21 in 1809, Byron took his hereditary seat in this house of Parliament the House of Lords |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: This explorer's 1809 death on the Natchez Trace was reported as a suicide, but some think it was murder Meriwether Lewis |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $300: In 1809 he became the 1st president inaugurated wearing only American-made clothes James Madison |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | PRESIDENTIAL LIFESPANS $100: February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln |
| #581, aired 1987-03-02 | EUROPE $800: In 1809, this country devised the office of "ombudsman" to protect citizens from government abuse Sweden |
| #560, aired 1987-01-30 | EXPLORERS $400: Cause of the 1809 gunshot death of this Louisiana Purchase explorer is still undetermined Meriwether Lewis |
| #511, aired 1986-11-24 | FEBRUARY $300: Day colonists founded Savannah in 1733, & birthday, in 1809 of the 16th president February 12th |
