#9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $800: Famous for his redistricting plan while governor, he became vice president in 1813 & died in office a year later (Elbridge) Gerry |
#9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: His 7th Symphony premiered in 1813 at a benefit after a battle & its second movement is seen as a funeral march Beethoven |
#8934, aired 2023-09-21 | PAST HISTORY $200: William Hedley invented Puffing Billy, this type of locomotive, which began pulling coal cars in 1813 a steam engine (steam locomotive) |
#8891, aired 2023-06-12 | THE WAR OF 1812 $800: U.S. forces killed Tecumseh & broke an Anglo-Indian alliance at the 1813 battle of this river (in Ontario, not London) the Thames |
#8826, aired 2023-03-13 | DYNASTIES OF SPAIN $800: From 1808 to 1813 King Joseph of this Corsican family ruled Spain Bonaparte |
#8795, aired 2023-01-27 | 19th CENTURY SCIENCE $2,000 (Daily Double): An 1813 work called "Elementary Theory of Botany" introduced this field, the classification of organisms taxonomy |
#8694, aired 2022-07-28 | THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION $2,000 (Daily Double): A mass trial in 1813 resulted in many hangings for these machine-smashing foes of the changes the Industrial Revolution brought the Luddites |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | WRITER, WRONGER $1200: This poet & lord is said to have had an affair with his half-sister Augusta in 1813, the year he wrote "The Bride of Abydos" (Lord) Byron |
#8620, aired 2022-04-15 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: On Sept.10, 1813 the U.S. had a naval victory on this lake Lake Erie |
#8506, aired 2021-11-08 | THE CITY HAS FALLEN $3,000 (Daily Double): Caracas to this man's forces, Aug. 6, 1813 Simón Bolívar |
#8292, aired 2020-12-01 | SKIPPER $1200: In 1813 Capt. James Lawrence implored his men on the frigate Chesapeake, "Don't" do this, later a rally cry for the war give up the ship |
#8188, aired 2020-03-25 | HE SAID IT $1000: 1813: "We have met the enemy and they are ours--two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop" Oliver Hazard Perry |
#8030, aired 2019-07-05 | A STEEL DAY $2000: January 19, 1813:
This Englishman who'll go on to revolutionize steel production is born Bessemer |
#7974, aired 2019-04-18 | BATTLE ROYALE $800: Sweden's crown prince was one of the allied commanders who thrashed this man at the 1813 Battle of the Nations Napoleon |
#7815, aired 2018-07-27 | QUICK BOOKS $1,600 (Daily Double): 1813:
Ms. Bennet confronts 2 specific things Pride and Prejudice |
#7654, aired 2017-12-14 | CAMP DAVID $400: We presume you know this man was born in Blantyre, Scotland in 1813 & died in Chitambo, Africa in 1873 David Livingstone |
#7624, aired 2017-11-02 | WHERE'D YOU DISAPPEAR TO? $2000: Theodosia, daughter of this ex-vice president, was on a ship that disappeared off the coast of Cape Hatteras in 1813 Aaron Burr |
#7623, aired 2017-11-01 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: In 1813 Baltimore seamstress Mary Pickersgill was commissioned to make the 30' x 42' garrison flag that flew over this fort Fort McHenry |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | THE REIGN IN SPAIN $1200: His older brother Joseph was king of Naples from 1806 to 1808 & king of Spain from 1808 to 1813 Napoleon |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $1600: The Nazis awarded Japanese admiral Yamamoto this black & silver medal established in 1813 the Iron Cross |
#7555, aired 2017-06-16 | VEEP $600: Last night I dreamt of -mandering again & of this man who became veep in 1813 Elbridge Gerry |
#7492, aired 2017-03-21 | WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON $1600: Harrison became a national hero in 1813 after defeating British forces on this river near London, Ontario the Thames |
#7468, aired 2017-02-15 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $2000: In 1813:
"We have met the enemy and they are ours" (Commodore Oliver Hazard) Perry |
#7326, aired 2016-06-20 | IN THE ____ OF BATTLE $1600: 1813 fight in which Tecumseh was killed near a river in Ontario, not central London:
Battle of the ____ Thames |
#7201, aired 2015-12-28 | HISTORICAL TRANSPORTS $1600: James Lawrence was referring to his frigate the Chesapeake when he gave this famous command in 1813 "Don't give up the ship" |
#7200, aired 2015-12-25 | WHAT HAPPENED WHEN? $1200: This 28-year-old naval officer led U.S. forces to victory on September 10, 1813 at the Battle of Lake Erie Oliver Hazard Perry |
#6873, aired 2014-07-02 | A HISTORY LESSON $400: Wellington defeated the French in 1813 at Vitoria, Spain in the Peninsular War, the peninsula being this one the Iberian |
#6723, aired 2013-12-04 | BRITISH NOVELS' FIRST LINES $800: 1813: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a... fortune, must be in want of a wife" Pride and Prejudice |
#6679, aired 2013-10-03 | BORN & DIED $1200: He was born in Scotland in 1813; his mission came to an end in Chitambo (now in Zambia) in 1873 (David) Livingstone |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | 1813 $400: U.S. troops crossed Lake Ontario & burned Government House in York, now this Canadian city Toronto |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | 1813 $800: The earliest reference to this symbol of the United States was in an 1813 Troy, New York newspaper article Uncle Sam |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | 1813 $1200: Native to South America, this fruit was introduced to Hawaii by a Spanish advisor to King Kamehameha a pineapple |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | 1813 $1600: Johann Burckhardt discovered the ruins of Abu Simbel, the great temple of this pharaoh Ramses the Great |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | 1813 $2000: The French Imperial Guard marched 90 miles in 3 days to smash some china & win the battle of this German city Dresden |
#6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE WAR OF 1812 $800: On April 27, 1813 American forces captured York, the capital of upper Canada; today York is known by this name Toronto |
#6416, aired 2012-07-09 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: More famous today for his weird redistricting plans, he was vice president from 1813 to 1814 (Elbridge) Gerry |
#6338, aired 2012-03-21 | SIR WALTER SCOTT $600: In 1813 Sir Walter wrote a letter complimenting this American on his "History of New York" Washington Irving |
#6270, aired 2011-12-16 | ANTONYMIC BOOK TITLES $600: 1813:
"Humility & Objectivity" Pride & Prejudice |
#6164, aired 2011-06-02 | WORLD LEADER CIA FILES $400: "The Liberator"... seized Caracas 1810... lost Caracas... recaptured Caracas 1813... Caracas!... (Simon) Bolivar |
#6153, aired 2011-05-18 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The shallowest of the Great Lakes, it was the site of a U.S. naval victory in 1813 Lake Erie |
#6144, aired 2011-05-05 | CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS $400: Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was born May 5, 1813 in this capital Copenhagen |
#6038, aired 2010-12-08 | HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURE $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from a pineapple factory on Maui.) The Spanish & the Portuguese spread the pineapple from South America around the world, & it was introduced to Hawaii in 1813 by a Spanish advisor to this ruler Kamehameha |
#5735, aired 2009-07-10 | NOVEL-TIES $800: The title of this 1813 Austen novel comes from the second chapter of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" Pride and Prejudice |
#5675, aired 2009-04-17 | THE REPORT OF MY DEATH... $800: In 1813 this "Ancient Mariner" poet was in a coffee room when he learned that he had earlier hanged himself Coleridge |
#5627, aired 2009-02-10 | HAWAII $600: It was introduced to Hawaii in 1813, & by the 1950s the islands produced 75% of the world's supply pineapple |
#5594, aired 2008-12-25 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $600: 3 words continuing Oliver Hazard Perry's oft-parodied line of 1813, "We have met the enemy and..." they are ours |
#5519, aired 2008-09-11 | LOVE AFFAIR $200: Mr. Bingley leases an estate near the 5 unwed Bennet daughters in this 1813 novel; complications ensue Pride and Prejudice |
#5420, aired 2008-03-14 | NAME THE NOVEL $400: 1813: "Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day...Mrs. Bennet got rid of her 2 most deserving daughters" Pride and Prejudice |
#5381, aired 2008-01-21 | LAMPS $800: Dr. Clanny's lamp of 1813 was designed so these workers wouldn't ignite gases & blow themselves up miners |
#5339, aired 2007-11-22 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $2000: On Feb. 28, 1813 these 2 countries whose names rhyme teamed up against France in the Treaty of Kalisch Russia & Prussia |
#5330, aired 2007-11-09 | AUTOBIOGRAPHERS $400: A German master:
"From My Life:
Poetry and Truth"
(1813) Goethe |
#5261, aired 2007-06-25 | MEN O' WAR $800: (Alex refers to a monochrome depiction of a naval engagement.) You may see a resemblance to little brother Matthew in this 1813 naval hero pictured here Oliver Hazard Perry |
#5159, aired 2007-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The city of Leipzig, now in this country, was the site of an 1813 battle called the greatest clash of arms before WWI Germany |
#5110, aired 2006-11-24 | PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA $800: In 1813, 2 years after defeating Tecumseh at Tippecanoe, this general fought & killed him at the Thames River William Henry Harrison |
#4972, aired 2006-04-04 | CHICK LIT $200: This 1813 novel about the Bennet sisters has been called a chick lit classic Pride and Prejudice |
#4971, aired 2006-04-03 | THE COURAGE TO "B" $2000: Despite the democratic ideals of Freemasonry, this member declared himself dictator of Venezuela in 1813 Bolivar |
#4951, aired 2006-03-06 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $400: Originally established in 1813, the Iron Cross was re-established by this German leader on August 5, 1914 Kaiser Wilhelm II |
#4949, aired 2006-03-02 | LITERARY PAIRS $400: 1813:
"... and Prejudice" Pride |
#4833, aired 2005-09-21 | "K" RATIONS $1600: This melancholic philosopher & author of "Fear & Trembling" was a frail hunchback born in Denmark in 1813 Kierkegaard |
#4819, aired 2005-07-14 | BOOK TITLES $800: The title of this 1813 novel refers to the attitudes that characterize Mr. Darcy & Elizabeth Bennet Pride and Prejudice |
#4806, aired 2005-06-27 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $2000: Around 1813 he set Goethe's "Gretchen am Spinnrade" to music Franz Schubert |
#4801, aired 2005-06-20 | BOOK ENDS $400: "Darcy, as well as Elizabeth, really loved" the Gardiners is found in the final paragraph of this 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice |
#4599, aired 2004-09-09 | 19th CENTURY WOMEN $400: At her husband James' inauguration party in 1813, she served ice cream Dolley Madison |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | THE WAR OF 1812 $800: In April 1813, the U.S. captured Toronto, but this general after whom a Colorado mountain is named died in the battle Zebulon Pike |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | THE WAR OF 1812 $1600: In 1813 this naval officer supervised the building of American ships to strengthen the Navy's fleet on Lake Erie Oliver Hazard Perry |
#4470, aired 2004-01-30 | VENEZUELAN HISTORY $800: In 1813 he was given the title of liberator after his army captured Caracas (Simon) Bolivar |
#4452, aired 2004-01-06 | THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DANE $1600: Born in Copenhagen in 1813, this Danish philosopher helped lay the foundation of existentialism (Soren) Kierkegaard |
#4440, aired 2003-12-19 | IT'S CAPITALIZED $400: This word when it precedes "of Buena Vista" (in 1847) or "of Lake Erie" (in 1813) Battle |
#4378, aired 2003-09-24 | EARLY U.S. $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1813 Major Armistead ordered one of these for Fort McHenry so large that the enemy could see it easily from afar a flag |
#4324, aired 2003-05-22 | CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES $4,000 (Daily Double): Soren Kierkegaard,
1813 Copenhagen |
#4318, aired 2003-05-14 | LITERARY FIRST LINES $400: 1813: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a... fortune must be in want of a wife" Pride and Prejudice |
#4316, aired 2003-05-12 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: This "King of the Wild Frontier" served as a scout during the 1813-14 war against the Creek Indians in Alabama & Florida Davy Crockett |
#4248, aired 2003-02-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1813 this hero of Tippecanoe defeated Tecumseh at the Thames River in Canada William Henry Harrison |
#4214, aired 2002-12-19 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1200: Elbridge Gerry almost became president when this man got very sick in 1813, but wound up dying in office himself James Madison |
#4196, aired 2002-11-25 | ERIE COINCIDENCE $2000: Reporting his 1813 naval battle on Lake Erie, he remarked, "We have met the enemy and they are ours" Oliver Hazard Perry |
#4178, aired 2002-10-30 | LET'S GO DUTCH $2000: After Napoleon's 1813 defeat, the Netherlands became a constitutional monarchy under this royal house House of Orange |
#4157, aired 2002-10-01 | PUMPING "IRON" $600: One of Germany's highest military decorations, it was instituted in Prussia in 1813 Iron Cross |
#4087, aired 2002-05-14 | U.S. CITIES $2000: Vincennes on the Wabash River in this state was the territorial capital from 1800 to 1813 Indiana |
#4081, aired 2002-05-06 | POETIC LICENSE $2000: Leigh Hunt was imprisoned in 1813 for literary attacks against the prince regent, who later became this king George IV |
#3982, aired 2001-12-18 | FAMOUS HOMES $1600: Built by her grandparents around 1813, her home was probably the first brick house in Amherst, Mass. Dickinson |
#3907, aired 2001-09-04 | WON THE BATTLE $200: After Perry met the enemy in the September 1813 battle of this great lake, they were ours Lake Erie |
#3872, aired 2001-06-05 | I WON $500: This "hazardous" naval officer won the decisive 1813 Battle of Lake Erie over the British Oliver Hazard Perry |
#3781, aired 2001-01-29 | TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS $400: Missouri's governor from 1813 to 1820, he named one of his sons after Meriwether Lewis William Clark |
#3662, aired 2000-07-04 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $200: "My Theodosia" is the story of this man's daughter, Theodosia Burr Alston, believed to be lost at sea in 1813 Aaron Burr |
#3615, aired 2000-04-28 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy & Miss Elizabeth Bennet represent these title attributes in an 1813 novel pride & prejudice |
#3438, aired 1999-07-14 | THAT YEAR'S HEADLINE $500 (Daily Double): Treaty of Ghent Signed Ending War of 1812! 1814 |
#3213, aired 1998-07-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1813 the U.S. defeated the British in the Battle of the Thames River in what is now this country Canada |
#3124, aired 1998-03-12 | BATTLE CRIES $100: Despite Captain Lawrence's final orders, it's what the crew of the Chesapeake did on June 1, 1813 give up the ship |
#3094, aired 1998-01-29 | NEW JERSEYITES $500: This Trenton-born Colorado explorer was killed in an 1813 assault on York, Canada; he was "piqued" (Zebulon) Pike |
#2992, aired 1997-09-09 | IMPOSSIBLE $800: In an 1813 letter this leader wrote, "You write to me that it's impossible; the word is not French" Napoleon Bonaparte |
#2987, aired 1997-09-02 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: His flagship, the Lawrence, was destroyed by British gunfire, September 10, 1813 Oliver Hazard Perry |
#2822, aired 1996-12-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Oliver Perry sent the message "We have met the enemy and they are ours" after winning this 1813 battle Battle of Lake Erie |
#2769, aired 1996-09-19 | U.S. HISTORY $300: On Sept. 10, 1813 he sailed from South Bass Island off Ohio's shore to battle the British Oliver Hazard Perry |
#2711, aired 1996-05-20 | NEWSPAPERS $800: This state's first newspaper was published in 1813 in Spanish at Nacogdoches Texas |
#2687, aired 1996-04-16 | EXPLORERS $200: In 1813 this partner of Meriwether Lewis became governor of this Missouri Territory (William) Clark |
#2675, aired 1996-03-29 | 19th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $400: In 1813 he recaptured his hometown, Caracas, from the Spaniards (Simón) Bolívar |
#2594, aired 1995-12-07 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: After U.S. forces burned York in April 1813, the British burned this city in reprisal in 1814 Washington, D.C |
#2539, aired 1995-09-21 | NOTABLE PEOPLE $1000: In September 1813 he sent Gen. Harrison the message "We have met the enemy, and they are ours" Oliver Hazard Perry |
#2515, aired 1995-07-07 | HISTORIC WOMEN $500: In 1813 this mistress of the late Lord Nelson was imprisoned for debt Lady Hamilton |
#2512, aired 1995-07-04 | "L"s ON THE MAP $500: Napoleon lost the 1813 Battle of this German city, which is also called the Battle of the Nations Leipzig |
#2470, aired 1995-05-05 | POTPOURRI $300: In 1813 an expeditionary force led by this man invaded Venezuela & liberated Caracas Bolivar |
#2374, aired 1994-12-22 | NEWSPAPERS $200: Founded in 1813, the Mobile Register is this state's oldest newspaper Alabama |
#2368, aired 1994-12-14 | HISTORY $300: His brother Joseph became king of Spain in 1808 & reigned until 1813 Napoleon Bonaparte |
#2349, aired 1994-11-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: From its incorporation in 1813 until 1901, this New York village was known as Sing-Sing Ossining |
#2260, aired 1994-06-03 | PHILOSOPHERS $1,000 (Daily Double): This religious philosopher was born in Copenhagen on May 5, 1813 Soren Kierkegaard |
#2137, aired 1993-12-14 | WRECKS $800: The 1813 death of Theodosia, this 3rd U.S. VP's daughter, is a mystery, but she probably died in a shipwreck (Aaron) Burr |
#2044, aired 1993-06-24 | OHIO $400: A memorial at Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island honors his victory in the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie (Commodore) Perry |
#1985, aired 1993-04-02 | THE WAR OF 1812 $500: In April 1813 Americans briefly captured this capital of Upper Canada, then called York Toronto |
#1921, aired 1993-01-04 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $500: Sir Walter Scott's 1813 poem "Rokeby" was inspired by the legend of this ghost ship the Flying Dutchman |
#1900, aired 1992-12-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $500: If the valves weren't added to this in 1813, Wynton Marsalis would be playing a bugle today a trumpet |
#1883, aired 1992-11-11 | HISTORIC HOMES $400: The oldest brick house in the town of Amherst was built by this poet's grandfather in 1813 Emily Dickinson |
#1625, aired 1991-09-27 | HISTORIC NAMES $500: In 1813 this American naval leader sent the message, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours" Perry |
#1558, aired 1991-05-15 | NEWSPAPERS $200: Founded in 1813, the Mobile Register is this state's oldest newspaper Alabama |
#1418, aired 1990-10-31 | DAVY CROCKETT $800: Davy fought in an 1813-14 war against this Indian tribe Creek Indians |
#1223, aired 1989-12-20 | POETS LAUREATE $600: Thomas Gray did it in 1757; Sir Walter Scott, in 1813 they refused the post of poet laureate |
#947, aired 1988-10-18 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $200: In 1813 Sir Walter Scott turned down this royal post, recommending Robert Southey Poet Laureate |
#846, aired 1988-04-18 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $800: In 1813, King Friedrich Wilhelm III created this top award for military valor Iron Cross |
#833, aired 1988-03-30 | WAR OF 1812 $400: In 1813, Brig. Gen. Wm. H. Harrison recovered control of this Michigan city Hull lost in 1812 Detroit |
#498, aired 1986-11-05 | MILITARY MELODIES $400: Tchaikovsky's overture uses cannons; this great German's 1813 "Wellington's Victory" uses musket fire Beethoven |
#443, aired 1986-05-21 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $500: They're said to be the last words of the Chesapeake's commander James Lawrence, June 1, 1813 "Don't give up the ship" |
#361, aired 1986-01-27 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $200: From 1813 through WWII, it was Germany's highest military decoration the Iron Cross |
#287, aired 1985-10-15 | LITERATURE $200: Author J. D. Wyss marooned this Swiss family on an island in 1813 the Robinsons |
#91, aired 1985-01-14 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: This 1813 battle gave us the quote "We have met the enemy & they are ours" the Battle of Lake Erie |