| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "H" IS FOR HISTORY $400: The period of time from March to July of 1815 when Napoleon escaped Elba & ran wild in France is known as this the Hundred Days |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS $800: A treaty signed at the 1815 congress of this city established a balance of power in Europe following the Napoleonic Wars Vienna |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | LONG TIME $400: The Era of Good Feelings reigned from 1815 to 1825, more or less lining up with this president's two terms Monroe |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | BELGIUM $800: Long ruled by others, in 1815 Belgium was merged with this northern neighbor but became its own kingdom at last in 1830 the Netherlands |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1600: Harry Bertram of Ellangowan is the actual hero of the 1815 "Waverley" tale "Guy Mannering" by this author Sir Walter Scott |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | A PLACE IN HISTORY $800: The last major conflict of the War of 1812, the battle of this city took place in January 1815, after the war had ended Battle of New Orleans |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | EPONYMOUS SCIENCE $2000: Born in 1815, this English math man gave us many eponymous things: algebra, logic, search & operators (George) Boole |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | CITY HAPPENINGS $1200: In 1815, on night 1 of his return from Elba, Napoleon landed at this then-village; in 2022, "Top Gun: Maverick" flew onscreen there Cannes |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | ART IMITATING LIFE $2,800 (Daily Double): Jan Willem Pieneman's painting of this 1815 event was to go to the Duke of Wellington, but stayed in Holland the Battle of Waterloo |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | THE LAST BATTLE $800: The Chalmette Plantation was the site of this 1815 battle that took place a few weeks after the signing of a peace treaty the Battle of New Orleans |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | THERE'S A NAME IN THE TITLE $400: This 1815 Jane Austen title is just the heroine's first name Emma |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | "IN" THE RIGHT PLACE $400: In 1815 Mount Tambora on this big archipelago had a huge eruption & lost much of its height Indonesia |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | HISTORICAL MOVEMENTS $5,000 (Daily Double): The first of several of these movements took 38 Black individuals from the U.S. to Sierra Leone in 1815 the back-to-Africa movement |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE $800: 1804 to 1815 is known as the Empire Period; in the decorative arts it featured swans, a symbol of this empress Josephine |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | I GOT A "B" IN HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): In exile in Jamaica in 1815, he wrote a letter outlining unity among the to-be-liberated nations of Spanish America Bolívar |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | WHAT A NOVEL CHARACTER! $400: People who live in woodhouses... making her debut in 1815, this title woman tries to match Harriet with Mr. Elton Emma |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE THE TREATY OF PARIS $1600: 1814 & 1815:
2 Treaties of Paris end these wars named for a man the Napoleonic Wars |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | WHO WAS WHERE, WHEN $800: Despite a generous retirement plan of 2 million francs a year & this island as his own, Napoleon returned to France on March 1, 1815 Elba |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | SCRAMBLED NOVELS $400: An 1815 classic:
"MAME" Emma |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | THE YEAR OF BEFORE & AFTER $2000: The year of the Battle of Waterloo leads to Andy Warhol's suggested period of notoriety 1815 minutes of fame |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | HISTORY $400: This 1815 battle was called the Battle of Mont St. Jean by the French, but the victorious English & allies picked the name that stuck Waterloo |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | HISTORIC NUMBERS $1600: In 1815 the Comte de Chabrol coined this numerical term for a period that had actually lasted for nearly 16 weeks the 100 Days |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | A PALACE IN HISTORY $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from outside Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.) The gathering called this, which reshaped the map of Europe in 1814 through 1815 was noted for partying as much as negotiating; one highlight was a 33-sleigh convoy of princes & potentates to a ball at Schönbrunn Palace the Congress of Vienna |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | GEOLOGY $400: The VEI, or this adjective "explosivity index" , rates Tambora (1815) a 7 with 100 cubic kilometers of ejected material a volcanic |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | WJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $800: Next, a recording from a group making music since 1815, with the alliterative name the Handel & this Composer Society Haydn |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | LITERATURE $1600: Roughly 1,100 years after it was written, this Old English poem was first published in 1815--in Denmark Beowulf |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | THE FIELD MARSHAL PLAN $400: Beaten by Napoleon at Ligny, Prussian Gebhard Blücher retreated, then marched west in time to turn the tide of this 1815 battle Waterloo |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | 1815 $400: New Orleans dentist Levi Spear Parmley introduced this as a means of dental hygiene using a silken thread flossing |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | 1815 $3,000 (Daily Double): Stephen Decatur negotiated treaties with Tunis, Tripoli & Algiers, ending the war against these bad guys the Barbary pirates |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | WORLD LEADERS $600: He led from 1799 to 1814, took an unwanted vacation, returned & then was gone for good in 1815 Napoleon |
| #8089, aired 2019-11-07 | "SCHU" WHO $2000: Can you hear the drums in "Fernando", an operatic work composed by him in 1815, at about age 18? (Franz) Schubert |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME $2000: His 1815 novel "Guy Mannering" begins in the year "17--" with Guy visiting some ruins in Dumfries Walter Scott |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | MEMORIALS $2000: The Lion's Mound is part of a memorial at the site of this 1815 battle that took down Napoleon Waterloo |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | AN EXPLOSIVE CATEGORY $1600: The largest explosion in earth's recorded history was from one of these on Indonesia in 1815 a volcano |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | SAINTS ON EARTH $200: From 1815 to 1821 Napoleon had a lot of time to sit right there & think about what he'd done on this island 1,200 mi. off Africa Saint Helena |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | MEANWHILE... $800: In 1815, while Napoleon was abdicating in France, the Serbs were rising against this empire the Ottoman Empire |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | MAN CAVES $800: Caverns in Indiana bear the name & the bones of this trailblazer's brother Squire, who was laid to rest there in 1815 (Daniel) Boone |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | HIPSTERY $2000: When this 3-initial writer of "Tales" lived in Bamberg, Germany around 1815, he could have enjoyed many craft breweries E.T.A. Hoffmann |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | THE OLD COUNTRY $1200: From 1815 to 1860 the Kingdom of the Two these united southern Italy & one big island the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY $2000: Military engagements authorized by Congress include the 1801 First & 1815 Second of these African wars the Barbary Wars |
| #7692, aired 2018-02-06 | PIRATES! $2,400 (Daily Double): In 1815 James Madison pardoned him & his men (Jean) Lafitte |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | HISTORY $800: This June 18, 1815 battle is also called La Belle Alliance Waterloo |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | THE AGE OF TREASON $800: In 1815 France's monarchy shot Gen. Michel Ney for serving this man who called him "bravest of the brave" Napoleon |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | IT'S A BATTLE $400: It is said that this 1815 battle "was won on the playing fields of Eton" Waterloo |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | KING ME $800: In a competition in 1815, this 4-letter cheese was crowned le roi des fromages, "the king of cheeses" brie |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: He received a presidential pardon in 1815, but soon returned to his pirating ways in the Gulf of Mexico (Jean) Lafitte |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | WORLD HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): In an 1815 letter, he declared that the tie that bound South America "to Spain has been severed" Simón Bolívar |
| #7359, aired 2016-09-15 | HISTORIC PLACES $800: This 1815 battle was actually fought 3 miles south of the village, itself 9 miles south of Brussels the Battle of Waterloo |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $1,400 (Daily Double): The largest U.K. train station at 24.5 acres, it shares its name with an 1815 battle location Waterloo (Station) |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | THE WAR OF 1812 $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map-like diagram on the monitor.) Using barricades of earthworks & cotton bales, he set a defensive line on Rodriguez Canal to defend New Orleans; in a half-hour of fighting on January 8, 1815, British causalities were over 2,000; Americans?--fewer than 100 (Andrew) Jackson |
| #7225, aired 2016-01-29 | PO PRESENTS UNCONVENTIONAL WARRIORS $1000: (Po delivers the clue.) Jordan Noble was just 14 when he played the long roll in this 1815 battle, Andrew Jackson's victory over the British; so was a drummer, but's that's OK. We can't alI be, you know, in the thick of the fight the Battle of New Orleans |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | BATTLES $400: The name of this 1815 battle has come to mean a decisive defeat Waterloo |
| #7155, aired 2015-10-23 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Napoleon Bonaparte escaped imprisonment on this island in 1815 & briefly staged a comeback Elba |
| #7144, aired 2015-10-08 | MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN $400: "Pay attention, Sherman; I've set the WABAC for this famous & dangerous June 1815 battle site;"
"Maybe that short tempered general can tell us its name?"
"Of course he can Sherman, of course he can" Waterloo |
| #7121, aired 2015-07-27 | GERMAN LIT $2000: 1815 is the estimated time of arrival of "The Devil's Elixer" by this author E.T.A. Hoffmann |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | VICTORY $200: The Duke of Wellington's victory at this 1815 battle brought an end to the Napoleonic era Waterloo |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | VICTORY $400: A decisive victory at this January 1815 battle made Andrew Jackson a national hero the Battle of New Orleans |
| #7007, aired 2015-02-17 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $400: In 1815 this theatrical street was allowed to cut diagonally through Manhattan's new grid plan Broadway |
| #6857, aired 2014-06-10 | THE BONAPARTES $400: Napoleon's brother Jerome was in command of a division at this 1815 Belgian battle Waterloo |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON $800: On June 21, 1815 Wellington's aide Major Henry Percy arrived in London to announce England's victory in this battle Waterloo |
| #6755, aired 2014-01-17 | BATTLE NATIONS $1200: Go to this country to meet your 1815 battle site Waterloo Belgium |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | THE NAPOLEONIC ERA $800: Napoleon met his Waterloo in 1815 just outside the town of Waterloo in what's now this country Belgium |
| #6591, aired 2013-04-22 | MUSIC & HISTORY $1200: Rhyme along as "Young Edmund bid his eyes adieu... the drummer boy of" this 1815 battle Waterloo |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | MAYORS OF NYC $1600: Mayor 3 different times from 1800 to 1815, he was "de" man to improve American infrastructure (DeWitt) Clinton |
| #6542, aired 2013-02-12 | IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY $800: On Feb. 26, 1815, he escaped from the island of Elba & headed back to France Napoleon |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): Count de Chabrol really liked to count; he coined this term for Napoleon's brief return, March 20 - July 8, 1815 the Hundred Days |
| #6443, aired 2012-09-26 | WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? $1000: The Battle of New Orleans, get your Wordsworth with "The White Doe of Rylstone" 1815 |
| #6437, aired 2012-09-18 | DUTCH COURAGE $1600: The Military Order of William was created in 1815, after a future Dutch king was wounded in this battle Waterloo |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | A HISTORY LESSON $600: Prussian field marshal Gebhard von Blucher helped defeat this French leader at Waterloo in 1815 Napoleon |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | THE BRITISH ARE COMING! $2,000 (Daily Double): The British did not have bon temps in the Jan. 8, 1815 battle of this city New Orleans |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | MARCH-ING $1200: March 1, 1815 saw this man return to France from exile Napoleon |
| #6310, aired 2012-02-10 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1600: Austrian statesman Prince Klemens von Metternich hosted this 1814-1815 European conference the Congress of Vienna |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | TIMES PAST $2,000 (Daily Double): In the congress system of 1815-25, nations tried to solve conflict diplomatically, starting with the Congress of here Vienna |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | BATTLES $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew explains an illustration on a monitor.) There's the Duke of Wellington's Line, & happily for Napoleon, here come Marshall Von Blucher's 61,000 troops to this 1815 battle Waterloo |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | HODGEPODGE $1600: In February 1815 Napoleon snuck off this island with about 1,000 followers Elba |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | AUSTRIAN HISTORY $2000: In 1814 & 1815 Austria hosted this get-together that helped reorganize Europe after the Napoleonic wars the Congress of Vienna |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | ARMCHAIR GENERAL $800: I gotta hand it to Gen. Gebhard von Blucher, 72 years old, commanding the Prussian troops at this June 1815 battle Waterloo |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | 6,000 $600: In 1815 he sold his collection of more than 6,000 books to the Library of Congress for $23,950 Thomas Jefferson |
| #5819, aired 2009-12-24 | IT HAPPENED ON CHRISTMAS EVE $800: The War of 1812 was officially ended by the signing of the Treaty of Ghent on Dec. 24 of this year 1814 |
| #5725, aired 2009-06-26 | HISTORICAL HOME SHOPPING $600: France had 25,000 casualties at this June 1815 battle--don't meet yours by not buying its commemorative coin! Waterloo |
| #5654, aired 2009-03-19 | THE RIVER RHINE $1200: The 1815 Treaty of this capital made the Rhine an international waterway Vienna |
| #5604, aired 2009-01-08 | GEORGES THE BELGIAN WAFFLER $2000: Georges loves the Jay Treaty, but also is into the treaty of this Belgian city that was ratified on Feb. 16, 1815 Ghent |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | THOMAS JEFFERSON'S MONTICELLO $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Monticello in Virginia.) Jefferson had the USA's largest private book collection, 6,000 of which were sold in 1815 to form the nucleus of this the Library of Congress |
| #5505, aired 2008-07-11 | 19th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $800: Before he was king, William II of the Netherlands commanded the Dutch troops in this June 18, 1815 battle Waterloo |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | THE 5-YEAR PLAN $800: The despotic Ferdinand, restored to the throne of Naples in 1815, declared himself King of the 2 these Sicilies |
| #5310, aired 2007-10-12 | THOMAS JEFFERSON $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1815 Thomas sold his collection of about 6,700 of these to the government for $23,950 books |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | NAME THAT YEAR $800: Napoleon meets his Waterloo, literally 1815 |
| #5247, aired 2007-06-05 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Under the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Sweden was given this neighbor that was taken from Denmark Norway |
| #5245, aired 2007-06-01 | DUTCH TREATY $800: The peace settlement brokered at this Congress in 1815 reunited Belgium & the Netherlands, but not for long the Congress of Vienna |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | FIGHT ON! $600: The Treaty of Ghent had already been signed when Andrew Jackson decisively won this Jan. 1815 battle the Battle of New Orleans |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | PITFALL $800: The timely arrival of Prussian forces at this June 18, 1815 battle was the turning point for Allied troops Waterloo |
| #5195, aired 2007-03-23 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $600: In 1815 he had Congress authorize fighting with Algiers (James) Madison |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS $400: In 1814 & 1815 this island 6 miles off Tuscany was a sovereign state ruled by Napoleon Elba |
| #5162, aired 2007-02-06 | NATIONAL NAMES $1600: It became a duchy in 1354 & a grand duchy in 1815 Luxembourg |
| #5127, aired 2006-12-19 | WHERE IN LONDON AM I? $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Sherlock Holmes Museum.) I'm standing in front of the Sherlock Holmes Museum, a Victorian lodging house built in 1815, on this famous London street Baker Street |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | GEOLOGY $2000: William Smith's 1815 map "of England and Wales" showed these rock layers in different colors strata |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | FAMOUS TREATIES $800: It ended the Napoleonic Wars
(1815) the Treaty of Paris |
| #5085, aired 2006-10-20 | THE NASTY CRITIC REVIEWS THE 19th CENTURY $400: He left Elba in February 1815 but abdicated (again!) by June 22... what a dreadful performance Napoleon |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1200: In 1815 he was appointed minister to Great Britain, a post held by his father &, later, by his son Charles John Quincy Adams |
| #4975, aired 2006-04-07 | CLASSIC LITERATURE $800: 1815's "Emma" was the last of her novels published in her lifetime (Jane) Austen |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | APRIL FOOL'S DAY BABIES $800: Born in 1815, he unified the German states into one empire under his leadership Bismarck |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | INVENTORS $600: In 1815 he built America's first steam-powered warship Fulton |
| #4906, aired 2006-01-02 | DENMARK'S THE SPOT $1600: For its support of this Corsican, the Congress of Vienna took Norway away from Denmark in 1815 & gave it to Sweden Napoléon |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | LITERARY LANDMARKS $1200: Now a hotel, Seaham Hall is the manor where this licentious lord married Annabella Milbanke in 1815 Lord Byron |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | ENDS IN "OO" $400: It was really after this 1815 battle that Louis XVIII felt secure back on his old throne Waterloo |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $1,800 (Daily Double): World leaders met at the Congress of this city in 1815 to decide the fate of Europe after Napoleon's defeat Vienna |
| #4737, aired 2005-03-22 | GERMAN COMPOSERS $1200: When his brother Kaspar died in 1815, he became co-guardian of Kaspar's 9-year-old son Karl Beethoven |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | FEBRUARY IN HISTORY $400: In February 1815 he was able to escape his 10-month exile on a small island Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | U.S. CITY-SCAPE $400: This Michigan city was incorporated in 1815; there must have been a recall, as it was reincorporated in 1824 Detroit |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | ANDREW JACKSON $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Hermitage in Tennessee, a gold sword in his hands.) Jackson received this sword in honor of this 1815 victory that made him a national hero The Battle of New Orleans |
| #4653, aired 2004-11-24 | WHO WAS THE ENGLISH MONARCH WHEN... $6,600 (Daily Double): ...Napoleon lost at Waterloo George III |
| #4617, aired 2004-10-05 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $400: The St. Helena Medal, for French soldiers & sailors who took part in the wars between 1792 & 1815, bears his likeness Napoleon |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | LUXEMBOURG $1000: The Congress of Vienna in 1815 made Luxembourg a state headed by this type of ruler a grand duke |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | BRITISH INVENTIONS $2000: The miner's safety lamp was also called by the name of this British chemist who invented it in 1815 Sir Humphry Davy |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | JUNE BUGGED $400: Zut! On June 22, 1815, 4 days after Waterloo, Napoleon had to do this officially for the second time abdicate |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | HISTORIC KIDS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1815, at age 6, this future writer of scary stories moved to Great Britain with his foster family, the Allans Edgar Allan Poe |
| #4517, aired 2004-04-06 | 19th CENTURY SCIENCE $1000: In 1815 William Prout hypothesized that this was the fundamental atom & all other atoms were made of it hydrogen |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | UNSUNG HEROES $600 (Daily Double): Tennessee militia general William Carroll sailed down the Mississippi to help out at this 1815 battle the Battle of New Orleans |
| #4401, aired 2003-10-27 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Fought on June 18, 1815 in what is now Belgium, it was the final & decisive battle of the Napoleonic Wars Battle of Waterloo |
| #4270, aired 2003-03-07 | IT'S TYLER TIME! $1600: As "His Accidency" had 15 of these from 1815 to 1860, we figure some weren't accidents children (by 2 wives) |
| #4173, aired 2002-10-23 | A WORLD OF PIRATES $400: In 1815 Washington Irving planned to join Stephen Decatur on an expedition against these North African pirates Barbary pirates |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | OF AFRICA $800: In 1815 James Madison had Congress declare war on this Algerian capital city Algiers |
| #4128, aired 2002-07-10 | AT $400: On June 18, 1815 the French suffered 25,000 casualties at this battle site Waterloo |
| #4115, aired 2002-06-21 | MILITARY MATTERS $400: 1815's Congress of Vienna was interrupted by the escape of this famous military leader Napoleon |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | IT HAPPENED ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY $1000: April 1, 1815 saw the birth of a cute l'il future "Iron Chancellor" of Prussia named this Bismarck |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | MARCH: IN LIKE A LION $2000: On March 3, 1815 the U.S. declared war on Algiers as part of these wars the Barbary wars |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | RULERS & LEADERS $400: This French emperor's return to power in 1815 lasted about one hundred days Napoleon |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | FRANCE LOSES THE FIGHT $200: Napoleon's forces suffered about 40,000 casualties losing this June 18, 1815 battle Waterloo |
| #3945, aired 2001-10-26 | BALTIMORE $100: Begun in 1815, America's first large-scale monument to this man towers above Mount Vernon Place George Washington |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | U.K. DEPENDENCIES $500: Napoleon was, so to speak, dependent on this island from 1815 to 1821 St. Helena |
| #3910, aired 2001-09-07 | ARTISTS $800: This Spanish artist, court painter to Charles IV, is seen here in an 1815 self-portrait Goya |
| #3808, aired 2001-03-07 | CANNES $600: In an effort to regain power, this leader returned to France near Cannes in 1815 Napoleon |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | BONE UP ON YOUR BONAPARTE $1000: This royal house was restored to the French throne in 1815 following Napoleon's final defeat Bourbon |
| #3658, aired 2000-06-28 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $300: The 1815 death of his brother Caspar led to a long struggle for custody of Caspar's son Karl Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #3639, aired 2000-06-01 | "OO", SORRY! $800 (Daily Double): This Ontario city was settled by Pennsylvania Mennonites who named it for an 1815 European battle Waterloo |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | SIMON SAYS $500: In an 1815 letter:
"The bonds that united us to Spain have been severed" Simon Bolivar |
| #3584, aired 2000-03-16 | "E"OGRAPHY $300: Napoleon was able to leave this island February 26, 1815 Elba |
| #3575, aired 2000-03-03 | A LOSING BATTLE $400: In 1815 Sir Edward Pakenham's forces attacked this city & were repulsed by Andrew Jackson's New Orleans |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $500: Octagon House in Washington, D.C. is the place where the Treaty of Ghent that ended this war was signed in 1815 the War of 1812 |
| #3483, aired 1999-10-27 | U.S. HISTORIC SITES $1000: Castle Clinton National Monument was originally a fort renamed in 1815 for this New York City mayor DeWitt Clinton |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1814 & 1815 New England leaders took part in the Hartford Convention to discuss opposition to this war War of 1812 |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | NAPOLEON $300: Napoleon wanted to be in Brussels by June 18, 1815 but was stopped by this battle Waterloo |
| #3412, aired 1999-06-08 | PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN $100: American forces won this January 1815 battle with the help of pirates led by Jean Lafitte the Battle of New Orleans |
| #3373, aired 1999-04-14 | THIS JUST IN... $400: Rain delay aids in French defeat at this June 18, 1815 battle; film at onze Waterloo |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | REALLY BAD DATES $100: A June 18, 1815 battle in Belgium was the final defeat of this leader Napoleon |
| #3314, aired 1999-01-21 | THE WAR OF 1812 $400: This engagement of January 8, 1815 has been called "the needless battle" Battle of New Orleans |
| #3277, aired 1998-12-01 | DUBLINERS $800: This Dublin native entered Paris as the commander of the victorious British troops in July 1815 Duke of Wellington |
| #3231, aired 1998-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1814 & 1815 Napoleon ruled this island as a principality Elba |
| #3175, aired 1998-05-22 | A LITTLE BITTY COUNTRY $800: In 1354 Charles of Luxembourg raised the country to this status; it became "grand" in 1815 duchy |
| #3160, aired 1998-05-01 | THE 19th CENTURY $200: This 1815 battle ended Napoleon's career Waterloo |
| #3160, aired 1998-05-01 | LITERATURE $500: This Tolstoy epic of Russian society between 1805 & 1815 contains more than 500 characters "War and Peace" |
| #3082, aired 1998-01-13 | CHEESE IT! $300: It may have been the Meaux type of this French cheese the 1814-1815 Congress of Vienna titled "The King of Cheeses" Brie |
| #2965, aired 1997-06-20 | HISTORY $600: Between 1812 & 1815 the Scots & Irish founded the Red River settlement in this Canadian prairie province Manitoba |
| #2960, aired 1997-06-13 | GEOGRAPHY $500: Paramaribo, capital of this country, came under Dutch rule in 1815 Suriname |
| #2949, aired 1997-05-29 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: In 1815 Congress purchased this ex-president's 6,000-book library for the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson |
| #2895, aired 1997-03-14 | HISTORY $200: From 1815 to 1861 this principality on the Riviera was under the protection of Sardinia Monaco |
| #2839, aired 1996-12-26 | EXILES $200: From 1815 to 1821 the Farmhouse of Longwood on the island of St. Helena was this exile's home Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #2829, aired 1996-12-12 | HISTORY $300: In 1815 the Congress of Vienna guaranteed this country's neutrality Switzerland |
| #2805, aired 1996-11-08 | ARTISTS $1000: After Napoleon's defeat in 1815, this neoclassical French artist went to Brussels, where he died in exile (Jacques-Louis) David |
| #2803, aired 1996-11-06 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: This mistress of Lord Nelson died penniless in France in 1815 Emma Hamilton (the Lady Hamilton) |
| #2801, aired 1996-11-04 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: Prince Klemens von Metternich, Austrian minister of state, served as president of this 1814-1815 congress Congress of Vienna |
| #2783, aired 1996-10-09 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $100: To suffer a crushing defeat is "to meet your" this, as Napoleon did June 18, 1815 Waterloo |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $100: While in exile on the island of St. Helena from 1815-1821, he dictated his memoirs to friends Napoleon |
| #2643, aired 1996-02-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On Feb. 17, 1815 the Senate approved this treaty ending the War of 1812 Ghent |
| #2637, aired 1996-02-06 | POETRY $800: Believed written in the 8th c., this heroic Old English poem did not appear in print until 1815 Beowulf |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Unaware of the Treaty of Ghent signed earlier, the British attacked this Louisiana city on Jan. 8, 1815 New Orleans |
| #2594, aired 1995-12-07 | HISTORY $400: Term for the short period after Napoleon's March 20, 1815 return to Paris the Hundred Days |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $400: Thomas Solie's 1815 portrait of this orator is in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection Patrick Henry |
| #2578, aired 1995-11-15 | TREATIES $100: The 1815 Treaty of Paris was signed after his final defeat at Waterloo Napoleon |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | WORLD HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1815 Holland, Luxembourg & this neighbor united as the Kingdom of the Netherlands Belgium |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | BRITISH POSSESSIONS $1000: Napoleon arrived on this island October 15, 1815 St. Helena |
| #2531, aired 1995-09-11 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: This is the world's best-selling book with about 2.5 billion copies sold between 1815 & 1975 the Bible |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | EUROPE $800: In 1815 the Congress of Vienna united Belgium with this country Luxembourg (or The Netherlands) |
| #2526, aired 1995-09-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: Over half the value of U.S. exports from 1815-1860 came from this crop cotton |
| #2469, aired 1995-05-04 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $100: Fought on Jan. 8, 1815, the battle of this city made Andrew Jackson famous Battle of New Orleans |
| #2438, aired 1995-03-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: This famous frigate made her last cruise in battle under Charles Stewart in 1815 Old Ironsides (the Constitution) |
| #2397, aired 1995-01-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Nearly 15,000 of the Duke of Wellington's men were killed or wounded in this one-day battle June 18, 1815 Waterloo |
| #2337, aired 1994-11-01 | WAR $200: He was forced to abdicate in 1815, near the end of the Hundred Days Napoleon |
| #2320, aired 1994-10-07 | HISTORY $400: In 1815 the Congress of Vienna made this country a grand duchy ruled by the Netherlands Luxembourg |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: Martin Van Buren was this state's attorney general from 1815 to 1819 New York |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Rain delayed this 1815 battle, allowing Gebhard von Blucher's army to aid the Duke of Wellington the Battle of Waterloo |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $300: He was president of the American Philosophical Society from 1797 until 1815 Thomas Jefferson |
| #2147, aired 1993-12-28 | COMPOSERS $1000: This Austrian composer wrote over 140 songs in 1815, including 8 lieder in a single day Franz Schubert |
| #2017, aired 1993-05-18 | MEDICINE $200: The 1st of these instruments used to listen to internal body sounds was made by Rene Laennec c. 1815 a stethoscope |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: In 1815 he sold his 6,000 book library to Congress to replace those destroyed by the British Thomas Jefferson |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | BATTLES $200: Napoleon met his on June 18, 1815 Waterloo |
| #1974, aired 1993-03-18 | ESCAPES $100: In early 1815 Napoleon escaped from confinement on this island Elba |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | WORLD HISTORY $800: When this kingdom was formed in 1815, William VI, Prince of Orange, was put on the throne the Netherlands |
| #1791, aired 1992-05-18 | TREATIES $500 (Daily Double): In 1815 this congress restored the Papal States to the pope the Congress of Vienna |
| #1789, aired 1992-05-14 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): After Napoleon's final defeat in 1815, the congress of this city confirmed Swiss neutrality Vienna |
| #1788, aired 1992-05-13 | U.S. HISTORY $400: The War of 1812 ended in this year 1815 (*1814) |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: The 1815 Congress of Vienna guaranteed this country's traditional neutrality Switzerland |
| #1642, aired 1991-10-22 | TREATIES $200: This congress of 1814 & 1815 partitioned Poland among Russia, Prussia & Austria the Congress of Vienna |
| #1639, aired 1991-10-17 | POTTERY $500: The company he founded in Lambeth in 1815 was appointed a supplier to the British court in 1901 John Doulton |
| #1549, aired 1991-05-02 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: The noble house with this color's name originated in France but has ruled the Netherlands since 1815 the House of Orange |
| #1522, aired 1991-03-26 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $500: Willems Order, created in 1815, honors military bravery in this country the Netherlands |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | SAFETY FIRST $500: The safety lamp for miners he invented in 1815 was carried, not worn on the helmet Sir Humphrey Davies |
| #1459, aired 1990-12-27 | BALTIMORE $400: A Baltimore monument whose cornerstone was laid in 1815 was the U.S.'s first to honor this president Washington |
| #1455, aired 1990-12-21 | KINGS NAMED FRED $500: Frederick Augustus I of Saxony lost 3/5 of his land at this 1815 conclave the Congress of Vienna |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: Andrew Jackson was fighting against 50 ships commanded by Edw. Packenham when he won this 1815 battle Battle of New Orleans |
| #1337, aired 1990-05-29 | THE 19TH CENTURY $400: Agreements signed at this assembly in 1815 reorganized Europe politically & geographically Congress of Vienna |
| #1264, aired 1990-02-15 | EUROPE $800: This river that flows from the Alps to the North Sea was made an int'l waterway by the 1815 Treaty of Vienna Rhine |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | U.S. CITIES $200: The final battle of the War of 1812 was fought in 1815 in & around this city New Orleans |
| #1088, aired 1989-05-03 | NAPOLEON $600: Louis XVIII noted on his return to power July 8, 1815 that Napoleon had kept him out this many days 100 |
| #1006, aired 1989-01-09 | BERMUDA $200: It used to be St. George, but since 1815 it's Hamilton the capital of Bermuda |
| #978, aired 1988-11-30 | SWITZERLAND $200: The 1815 Treaty of Vienna guaranteed this policy which Switzerland had adopted some time before neutrality |
| #847, aired 1988-04-19 | U.S. HISTORY $400: At this southern showdown in 1815, the British lost over 2000 men, while the U.S. lost only about 20 Battle of New Orleans |
| #722, aired 1987-10-27 | POT LUCK $100: Aug. 8 was date Nixon announced his resignation in 1974 & this man sailed for St. Helena in 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: The 1815 Congress in this city restored legitimate monarchs to France, Spain & Holland Vienna |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | JUNE $1000: On June 22, 1815, he abdicated, again Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #639, aired 1987-05-21 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $800: In 1815, inventor John L. McAdam laid the 1st of these that are named for him macadam highways, roads |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | COLORS $200: Color in the name of the family which has ruled the Netherlands since 1815 orange |
| #608, aired 1987-04-08 | AMERICAN INDIANS $200: Sioux Indian greeting 1st heard by whites about 1815 háu |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | THE 19th CENTURY $200: Great Britain, Prussia, Austria & Russia joined forces in 1815 to rid Europe of him once & for all Napoleon |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | HISTORY $200: Napoleon landed here on his return from Elba in 1815, a little early for the film festival Cannes |
| #114, aired 1985-02-14 | U.S.A. $800: In 1815, the 1st well for this fuel was accidentally tapped in West Virginia while drilling for water natural gas |
