| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | FROM "S" TO "Y" $800: In an 1811 novel Marianne Dashwood personifies this title word because she's full of emotion sensibility |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | TROPIC OF CAPRICORN NATIONS $1000: After this landlocked nation won independence in 1811, its leader, "El Supremo", locked it off from the world for 26 years Paraguay |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | ROMANCING THE STONES $400: This ruler gave his second wife Marie-Louise a necklace with 234 diamonds after the birth of their son in 1811 Napoleon |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | HISTORY $200: At Caracas in 1811 he said, "Let us lay the cornerstone of South American freedom without fear" Simón Bolívar |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | QUICK HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): This group smashed labor-saving machinery in England in 1811 the Luddites |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | RANKS & TITLES $2000: With great power, Peter Parker held the Royal navy title admiral of this from 1799 to 1811 fleet |
| #8235, aired 2020-06-12 | THE MADNESS OF THE KING $400: A blood disease may have caused the madness of this king, & in 1811 his son assumed his duties King George III |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | LAFAYETTE, IT IS THERE $1600: An obelisk near Lafayette, Indiana memorialized this 1811 battle where William Henry Harrison gained fame Tippecanoe |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL $400: 1811:
"Sense and Sensibility" (Jane) Austen |
| #7834, aired 2018-10-04 | AUTHORS BORN & DIED $200: Born in Connecticut in 1811, she went to that "cabin" in the sky July 1, 1896 (Harriet Beecher) Stowe |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | 1812 OVERTURES $800: Congress convened in late 1811, dominated by pro-war politicians known by this beastly nickname still used today hawks |
| #7755, aired 2018-05-04 | DOWN BY THE WATER $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents.) I'm in this Oregon city, named for the fur merchant who established a trading post here around 1811 Astoria |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | CONTEMPORARIES $600: Insane George III was replaced by a regent in 1811, the year Jane Austen published this novel about the Dashwood sisters Sense and Sensibility |
| #7491, aired 2017-03-20 | PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA $2000: In 1811 the Pacific Fur Company established this fur trading post on the Columbia River Fort Astoria |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | URUGUAY $400: In 1811 Uruguay successfully rebelled against Spanish rule only to be annexed by this northern neighbor Brazil |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | GOD SAVE THE ENGLISH KING! $6,600 (Daily Double): Officially the king from 1820 to 1830, he had been de facto ruler since 1811 due to the insanity of his father George IV |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | HOOSIER HISTORY $2000: In 1811 under this general, the U.S. Army defeated an Indian army at the Battle of Tippecanoe William Henry Harrison |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | HAPPY HISTORY $400: Venezuela declared independence on this date, 35 years & 1 day after ours July 5, 1811 |
| #7330, aired 2016-06-24 | THE CONSCIENCE FUND $600: One 1990 gift was for $155,502, but the fund began with a $5 donation in 1811 during the administration of this president Madison |
| #7181, aired 2015-11-30 | KID, NAPPING $2000: "King of Rome" was a title conferred on this man's only son, born in 1811 Napoléon |
| #7161, aired 2015-11-02 | IT'S "PARA"DISE $1200: Its independence from Spain came in 1811 Paraguay |
| #7108, aired 2015-07-08 | FIGHT OR FLIGHT $1600: William Henry Harrison came to fame at the 1811 battle of this, which ruined Tecumseh's Indian Confederacy plans the Battle of Tippecanoe |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | 19th CENTURY STATE GOVERNORS $600: At the turn of the 19th century, James Monroe was this state's leader; he'd leave the job but get re-elected in 1811 Virginia |
| #6942, aired 2014-11-18 | BATTLE CREEK $1,000 (Daily Double): Site of a Nov. 7, 1811 battle, this Indiana river got additional notoriety in an 1840 campaign of a different sort Tippecanoe |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 19th CENTURY POLITICIANS $2000: This Kentuckian known as the "Great Pacificator" served as Speaker of the House 3 times between 1811 & 1825 Henry Clay |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | 7-LETTER WORDS $600: An 1811 medical lexicon defines it as a "medicine adapted more to please than benefit the patient" a placebo |
| #6703, aired 2013-11-06 | GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT $800: Tippecanoe was an 1811 battle; she starred in "Marnie" & "The Birds" Tippi Hedren |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | SC"I"ENCE $1200: In 1811 chemist Bernard Courtois' experiments with seaweed led to the discovery of this element iodine |
| #6468, aired 2012-10-31 | WORLD EXPLORATION $1200: In December 1811 Thomas Manning became the first Englishman to enter this forbidden Tibetan city Lhasa |
| #6438, aired 2012-09-19 | THEIR DEBUT NOVELS $200: "Sense and Sensibility"
(1811) Jane Austen |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | 1811 $200: Insane & no longer fit to rule, this British king was replaced by his son, the prince regent George III |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | 1811 $400: Her "Sense and Sensibility" was published anonymously "in three volumes", "by a lady" Jane Austen |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | 1811 $600: This family-run company, founded in Germany to manufacture steel, eventually did a booming business Krupp |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | 1811 $800: In an 1811 massacre, this pasha of Egypt (not the boxer) knocked out the Mamluks for good Muhammad Ali |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | 1811 $1000: Construction began on the USA's first federal highway, known as this road after the town in which it originated Cumberland Road |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | MR. SPEAKER (OF THE HOUSE) $1600: This "Great Compromiser" from Kentucky was elected Speaker in 1811 on the very first day he set foot in the House Henry Clay |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | FAMOUS PAIRS $600: Chang & Eng, born in May 1811 & died in January 1874, were known as this pair Siamese twins |
| #6085, aired 2011-02-11 | A YEAR ENDING IN 11 $400: General William Henry Harrison defeats the Shawnee Indians at the battle of Tippecanoe 1811 |
| #5962, aired 2010-07-13 | THE FAMILY CIRCUS $3,000 (Daily Double): P.T. Barnum's famed conjoined twins, Chang & Eng were born in this country in 1811 Siam (Thailand accepted) |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THEY NAMED A CITY FOR ME IN... $2,200 (Daily Double): Reverend Newitt Vick (1811) Mississippi |
| #5733, aired 2009-07-08 | THIS AMERICAN LIFE $1200: Written into history June 14, 1811, cries uncle with "Cabin" tale, is history July 1, 1896 Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| #5723, aired 2009-06-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU CAN FRANCE $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Mont St. Michel in France.) In 1811, this French emperor turned Mont Saint Michel's monastery into a prison; you can see why it'd be tough to escape Napoléon |
| #5598, aired 2008-12-31 | 19th CENTURY FICTION $1600: Jane Austen's sketch "Elinor and Marianne" developed into this 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility |
| #5563, aired 2008-11-12 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $1200: Time to lay down the doctrine: he was Secretary of State from 1811 to 1817 (James) Monroe |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | GEOLOGY $400: One of these struck Boston in 1755, Missouri in 1811 & Charleston in 1886, so it's not West Coast-specific an earthquake |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | THE LOVE BOAT $800: Harry Blackmun played Joseph Story, Supreme Court Justice from 1811 to 1845, in this film about a Spanish boat Amistad |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | ELEMENTARY $800: "I" know Bernard Courtois discovered this element in 1811 iodine |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | APPLES $1000: Unlike the tech version, there's no "A" in the name of this apple named for the finder of the1st seedling in 1811 McIntosh |
| #5202, aired 2007-04-03 | WELCOME TO MONTREAL $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1811 this fur merchant bequeathed his property at the foot of Mount Royal to start a University McGill |
| #5157, aired 2007-01-30 | HISTORY A LA HARLEQUIN $400: Their bodies pressed together; there was no choice. After all, they were these conjoined twins born in 1811 Chang & Eng (the Siamese twins) |
| #5119, aired 2006-12-07 | & THE FURIOUS $1600: In 1811 this lyric poet wrote "The Necessity of Atheism" & was expelled from Oxford, & boy, was his dad mad! Percy Shelley |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1600: In 1811 the Battle of Tippecanoe was fought in what is now this state Indiana |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | OLD AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1811 De Witt Clinton went to Washington to try to get funds for this "ditch" the Erie Canal |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | A DATE WITH HISTORY $600: This general defeated Chief Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811 William Henry Harrison |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | AMERICANA $800: In 1811 work began on the 1st national highway, the Cumberland Road, between Illinois & Cumberland in this state Maryland |
| #4808, aired 2005-06-29 | CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS $1200: In 1811 Senator Thomas Pickering was censured for reading aloud from secret documents about this purchase (the) Louisiana (Purchase) |
| #4756, aired 2005-04-18 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $800: In 1811 Joseph de Maistre wrote in "Letter to X", "Every nation has the" one of these "it deserves" the government |
| #4727, aired 2005-03-08 | AUTHOR BIOS $400: Born in 1775, showed "Sensibility" in 1811, never married, died in 1817 Jane Austen |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | WE HAVE TO LET THEM GO $1000: In 1811, this country said "You go Paraguay and we'll go ours" Spain |
| #4646, aired 2004-11-15 | PITTSTORY $200: In 1811 the first of these to ply the Ohio River was built in Pittsburgh--the New Orleans, named for where it was headed a steamboat |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | ASIAN HISTORY $600: Between 1811 & 1866 the capital of Cambodia Ping-Ponged between Oudong & this Phnom Penh |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | THE GODFATHER $800: After the death of his mother, this future poet was taken in by his godfather John Allan in 1811 (Edgar Allan) Poe |
| #4435, aired 2003-12-12 | EXPLORERS $400: In 1811 Thomas Manning, disguised in Chinese garb, became the first Englishman to enter this Tibetan capital Lhasa |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: In 1811 the New Orleans became the first steamboat to sail down this river Mississippi River |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | KINGS OF ENGLAND $1,600 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "to rule", it's the term for 1811 to 1820, when the future George IV ruled in place of his crazy dad the Regency |
| #3815, aired 2001-03-16 | PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET $100: While Secretary of State from 1811 to 1817, he might have been asked, "What's up, doctrine?" James Monroe |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | GEOLOGY $200: One of these struck Boston in 1755, Missouri in 1811 & Charleston in 1886, so it's not west coast-specific Earthquake |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | CELEBRATING THE IV $400: Regent for his predecessor from 1811 to 1820, he was king of England on his own from 1820 to 1830 George IV |
| #3654, aired 2000-06-22 | HISTORY $100: Legend says in 1811 & 1812 earthquakes on the Midwest's New Madrid Fault made this river run backwards Mississippi River |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | JOHN QUINCY ADAMS $500: In 1811 Madison appointed him to this body; the Senate approved it, but John turned it down Supreme Court |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | OREGONE $1,000 (Daily Double): In this city named for a fur-trading mogul, a park sits on the site of the 1811 fort Astoria |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS $800: You can stand with feet of clay, Henry Clay, at the reconstructed home where he lived from 1811 to 1852 in this state Kentucky |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | ODE TO ENGLAND $1000: In 1811 this group smashed & mangled lots of machinery of things newfangled Luddites |
| #3269, aired 1998-11-19 | POLITICIANS $600: Between 1811 & 1852 this Kentuckian served in the House, the Senate & as Secretary of State Henry Clay |
| #3265, aired 1998-11-13 | WASHINGTON IRVING & FRIENDS $600: In 1811, as a lobbyist in Washington, Irving became a favorite of this first lady Dolley Madison |
| #3087, aired 1998-01-20 | POETS & POETRY $600: In 1811 this poet was expelled from Oxford for writing the pamphlet "The Necessity of Atheism" Percy Shelley |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | FAMOUS PAIRS $600: Born of Chinese parents in 1811, they died in 1874, having literally lived their whole lives together Chang & Eng Bunker (Siamese twins) |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | VIRGINIA GOVERNORS $400: In 1811 Virginia had 4 governors: John Tyler, George William Smith, Peyton Randolph & this fifth president James Monroe |
| #2825, aired 1996-12-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600 (Daily Double): In 1811 this German family began its steel-making business by constructing a plant in Essen Krupp |
| #2733, aired 1996-06-19 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $100: In 1811 this statesman married his wealthy cousin Floride Bonneau Calhoun John C. Calhoun |
| #2702, aired 1996-05-07 | EXPLORERS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1811 Thomas Manning became the first Englishman to reach this forbidden capital of Tibet Lhasa |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | BRITISH POETS & POETRY $600: Written in 1811, this lord's poem "Farewell To Malta" begins, "Adieu, ye joys of La Valette!" Lord Byron |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: On Nov. 7, 1811 this territorial governor of Indiana lost 62 of his men at Tippecanoe William Henry Harrison |
| #2369, aired 1994-12-15 | THE SUPREME COURT $300: Joseph Story, appointed in 1811 at the age of 32, holds this distinction the youngest Supreme Court justice |
| #2290, aired 1994-07-15 | ROYAL CHILDREN $300: At his birth in 1811, Napoleon II was proclaimed king of this major Italian city Rome |
| #2241, aired 1994-05-09 | TRANSPORTATION $200: In 1811 the New Orleans became the first steamboat to sail on this river Mississippi |
| #2195, aired 1994-03-04 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: In 1811 a subsidiary of his American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria on the Columbia River (John Jacob) Astor |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: In 1811 she published "Sense and Sensibility" at her own expense Jane Austen |
| #2056, aired 1993-07-12 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $1000: An 1811 census showed this city to be the first in history to exceed 1 million residents London |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: In 1811 Venezuela's independence was proclaimed in this city Caracas |
| #1917, aired 1992-12-29 | U.S.A. $500: John Tyler's father, who was also named John Tyler, was governor of this state from 1808 to 1811 Virginia |
| #1883, aired 1992-11-11 | HODGEPODGE $100: Gordon Carruth reports that in 1811 a Mrs. Andrews in New York City gave instructions on painting on this plush fabric Velvet |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | THE 50 STATES $1000: In 1811 John Jacob Astor set up a Pacific Fur Co. Trading post for in what is now Astoria in this state Oregon |
| #1681, aired 1991-12-16 | THE ELEMENTS $400: Used to control goiter, this element was discovered in seaweed by a French chemist in 1811 iodine |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | INDIANA $400: William Henry Harrison & a thousand troops defeated the Shawnee Indians in an 1811 battle near this river the Tippecanoe |
| #1543, aired 1991-04-24 | AFRICAN HISTORY $1000: Muhammad Ali, governor of this country, invited the Mamelukes to dinner in 1811 & had them massacred Egypt |
| #1325, aired 1990-05-11 | MEXICO $1000: Honored as the father of independence, he was captured by the Spanish, defrocked & executed in 1811 Father Miguel Hidalgo |
| #1074, aired 1989-04-13 | U.S. STATES $500: The Battle of Tippecanoe took place in 1811 near present-day Lafayette in this Midwestern state Indiana |
| #865, aired 1988-05-13 | THE 19th CENTURY $500: Due to illness, this king was "represented" by the Prince of Wales from 1811 to his death in 1820 George III |
| #847, aired 1988-04-19 | U.S. HISTORY $100: An earthquake in 1811 at New Madrid, Mo. caused this "Big River" to flow backwards for a time Mississippi |
| #514, aired 1986-11-27 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: According to 1811 census, it became 1st European city with over a million people London |
| #324, aired 1985-12-05 | OREGON $1000: Said to be the richest man of his day, in 1811 he founded 1st permanent settlement in Oregon (John Jacob) Astor |
