| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | POEMS ABOUT POETRY $2000: In 1816 he wrote "Mont Blanc" / & there'd be other gems / But you try rhyming "Ozymandias" / Do I look like Eminem?! Shelley |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | EUROPE $1,000 (Daily Double): Rossini never visited this Spanish city where he set an 1816 opera Seville |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | GENUS & SPECIES $1200: In 1816 this animal was classified in the genus Pan; some scientists want to put it in Homo chimpanzee |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | MY SINGLE JUST DROPPED $800: This pair, a novelist & a poet, ran off together in July 1814 but didn't marry until December 30, 1816 Mary Shelley & Percy Shelley |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | HERE COMES THE SONNET $1600: In 1816, after reading George Chapman's translations, Keats wrote "On First Looking into Chapman's" this poet Homer |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | "E" BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): The title heroine of this 1816 novel wrongly believes herself to be a gifted matchmaker Emma |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | AMERICANA $1000: The USA's oldest continuously operating one, this building has linked Hinsdale, N.H. with the world since it opened in 1816 post office |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | A NAPOLEON COMPLEX $400: Napoleon had intended the Madeleine to be a temple to his Grande Armée, but the monarchy made it into one of these in 1816 a Catholic church |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | PHENOMENA $1200: In 1816 one of these natural phenomena in Asia affected the weather & made it the "year without a summer" globally a volcanic eruption |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | OPERA $400: The music from this 1816 opera heard here sure ain't shave & a haircut, 2 bits The Barber of Seville |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | SAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE $8,000 (Daily Double): In 1816 Lord Byron penned a "Song for" these loom-smashing rioters who were being displaced by new technology Luddites |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | THE LAST TIME I SAW ENGLAND $1600: He left England for the Continent in 1816, settled in Italy & wrote "Don Juan" before dying in Greece in 1824 Lord Byron |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | IT'S TOTALLY TUBULAR $200: This tube in which you can see changing colors was popular from its invention in 1816; Lord Byron got one as a gift a kaleidoscope |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | ART & ARTISTS $1000: This English landscape painter's 1816-1817 work "Flatford Mill" demonstrates his distinctive use of clouds & sky John Constable |
| #7692, aired 2018-02-06 | MEDICINE $400: In 1816 French physician Rene Laennec fashioned the first one of these instruments from a hollow wooden tube a stethoscope |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | SWEET '16 $800: This opera heard here had its premiere in 1816 The Barber of Seville |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | SHAKA $400: In 1816 Shaka became the leader of this African people whose warrior spirit is still celebrated in song & dance the Zulu |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | EUROPEAN ARTISTS $400: In 1816 this onetime court painter to Spanish royalty published "Tauromaquia", his etchings on bullfighting Goya |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | HOW INVENTIVE! $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) Mirrors placed at 60 or 45 degree angles are key to this optical device invented in 1816 by British physicist Sir David Brewster a kaleidoscope |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | 1816 $400: Ash clouds from an Indonesian volcano led to 10 inches of snow in the U.S. in June, typifying the "year without" this summer |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | 1816 $800: Argentinians declared independence as Las Provincias Unidas del this rio the Río de la Plata |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | 1816 $1200: This man's opera "The Barber of Seville" premiered in Rome Rossini |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | 1816 $1600: In Philadelphia Richard Allen & others organized this first independent black U.S. church, the A.M.E. the African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | 1816 $2000: In 1816 the USA's first protective tariff helped launch the contented & isolationist Era of these Good Feelings |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | GOTHIC LITERATURE $2000: This Gothic classic was penned as part of a ghost story writing competition held in a mansion on Lake Geneva in 1816 Frankenstein |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | WORLD OF WATERCRAFT $1000: Depicting an event from 1816, Theodore Gericault's "Raft of" this vessel might make you a little seasick the Medusa |
| #7047, aired 2015-04-14 | I'M "FED" UP! $1600: After the election of 1816, this political party ceased to exist as a national organization Federalist |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | A GAMBOL THROUGH THE GAMBIA $400: Gambia's capital, Banjul, was established in 1816 as a military post to suppress this trade the slave trade |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | YOUNG MR. LINCOLN $200: In 1816 7-year-old Abe Lincoln moved with his family from this birth state to neighboring Indiana Kentucky |
| #6777, aired 2014-02-18 | BRITISH LITERATURE $400: In 1816 this Lord left England for good; in 1818 he praised Italy in his poem "Beppo" Lord Byron |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | HUSBANDS & WIVES $1600: He met Mary Godwin in 1812, but they didn't wed until 1816 because he was still married to his first wife, Harriet Percy Shelley |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | 19th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1816 this naval officer & victor against the Barbary pirates gave the toast "Our country, right or wrong" Stephen Decatur |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: In 1816 Shaka became leader of this African people & embarked on a program of conquest Zulu |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | CHRISTIANITY $1000: Born the son of slaves in 1760, Richard Allen became the first bishop & leader of this church, the AME, in 1816 African Methodist Episcopal church |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | OPERA OPERAS $1200: Count Almaviva is a character in this Italian's "Barber of Seville", first performed in Rome on Feb. 20, 1816 Rossini |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | WHAT A DECADE IN THE U.S. $800: Between 1816 & 1819 westward expansion brought 4 new states, including this Hoosier homeland Indiana |
| #5518, aired 2008-09-10 | OPERA $400: In an 1816 opera, he's the Barber of Seville Figaro |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: At the urging of this general now on the 5-peso note, Argentina declared its independence from Spain July 9, 1816 (Jose de) San Martin |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | ON YOUR INDONESIA $1200: In 1816 the weather in New England was affected by Tambora, one of these in what's now Indonesia volcano |
| #5392, aired 2008-02-05 | HISPANIC HISTORY $1600: The dictator of Paraguay from 1816 to 1840 wasn't called just "El Bueno" but this superlative El Supremo |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | FISH & SHIPS $1000: Built in 1816, the first private yacht to cross the Atlantic shared its name with this ancient craft that cruised the Nile Cleopatra's barge |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | WORLD FLAGS $1,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads the clue.) Behind the coat of arms on Portugal's flag is a navigational tool; in 1816, it was also on the flag of this other land Brazil |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | NEW YORK, NEW YORK $400: Fuhgedaboudit! Now a borough, it was incorporated as a village in 1816 with roughly 4,000 residents Brooklyn |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | LITERARY LONDON $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew seeks a clue in Hyde Park, London.) This poet's first wife, Harriet, drowned herself in the Serpentine Lake in early December 1816; by New Years he'd married Mary Percy Shelley |
| #5018, aired 2006-06-07 | CITY OF THE DAY: BOSTON $200: Boston's 1-ton-plus King's Chapel bell was recast in 1816 by this patriot Paul Revere |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | CHINESE HISTORY $2000: In 1816 Lord Amherst, British envoy to China, was not received because he wouldn't perform this ritual kowtow |
| #4810, aired 2005-07-01 | THE QUIRKS OF HISTORY $200: In 1816 timid Dr. Rene Laennec's reluctance to listen to patients' hearts the usual way caused him to invent this the stethoscope |
| #4778, aired 2005-05-18 | ROSSINI OPERAS $800: He's the local barber & general busybody in an 1816 Rossini opera Figaro |
| #4778, aired 2005-05-18 | ROSSINI OPERAS $2000: The title character of this 1816 opera is in service with the Venetian army Otello |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | STICK OUT YOUR MOTHER TONGUE $800: "The Barber of Seville" premiered in this language February 20, 1816 Italian |
| #4554, aired 2004-05-27 | A FEW "BAR"s OF MUSIC $400: Have a shave & a haircut before seeing this Rossini opera that debuted in 1816 The Barber of Seville |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | OPERA $200: Figaro is the title character of this 1816 Rossini opera The Barber of Seville |
| #4162, aired 2002-10-08 | LEAP DAY BABIES $600: This Italian celebrated his 6th birthday in 1816, days after his opera "The Barber of Seville" premiered Gioachino Rossini |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | PICK A NUMBER FROM 1-10 $2000: In 1816 Ferdinand I ruled over the kingdom of this many Sicilies 2 |
| #3949, aired 2001-11-01 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM $800: In 1816 he didn't lose his "Marbles"; he sold them to the British Museum Lord Elgin |
| #3866, aired 2001-05-28 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $400: The 1816 premiere of his "Barbiere di Siviglia", which he conducted, was one of the most famous fiascos of operatic history Rossini |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | ISN'T IT BYRONIC? $400: In 1816 Byron summered in Switzerland where he joned this poet & his wife Mary Percy Shelley |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: This 1816 Jane Austen title character is "of no feeble character" Emma |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: This important black church was formally organized in 1816 with Richard Allen as its first bishop African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $200: In 1816 Johann Nepomuk Maelzel patented this device used by musicians to keep correct tempo Metronome |
| #3430, aired 1999-07-02 | CLASSIC BOOKS $1000: It's the first name of both the title character of an 1857 Flaubert novel & an 1816 Austen novel Emma |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | MEDICAL HISTORY $200: In 1816 French physician Rene Laennec invented this device used to listen to the heart & lungs Stethoscope |
| #3157, aired 1998-04-28 | JANE AUSTEN $600: We don't want to leave you "Clueless" -- Sir Walter Scott gave this 1816 book by Jane a good review "Emma" |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | BRIT LIT $500: In 1816 she revised her "Northanger Abbey"; she originally planned to publish it in 1803 Jane Austen |
| #3068, aired 1997-12-24 | RAISE YOUR GLASSES $800: Following "Our Country", it completes a jingoistic 1816 toast by Stephen Decatur Right or wrong |
| #2935, aired 1997-05-09 | AUTHORS $400: She met poet Percy in the spring of 1814, eloped to France with him in July & married him in 1816 Mary Shelley |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | POETIC POTPOURRI $400: The 1816 sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" was the first mature poem by this ode poet John Keats |
| #2835, aired 1996-12-20 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: The Teatro San Carlo, one of Italy's largest opera houses, was built in this city by the bay in 1816 Naples |
| #2816, aired 1996-11-25 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $100: She dedicated her 1816 novel "Emma" to his royal highness, the Prince Regent Jane Austen |
| #2816, aired 1996-11-25 | GEMS & JEWELRY $200: These green beryls have been obtained from Cleopatra's mines rediscovered around 1816 Emeralds |
| #2724, aired 1996-06-06 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: In 1816 it became capital of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata Buenos Aires |
| #2653, aired 1996-02-28 | DECEMBER $1,500 (Daily Double): He married Mary Godwin in December 1816, 3 weeks after his first wife's body was recovered from a lake (Percy) Shelley |
| #2302, aired 1994-09-13 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $1000: Elshie of the Mucklestanes is the title character of this Scotsman's 1816 novel "The Black Dwarf" Sir Walter Scott |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: This party to which John Adams belonged disappeared from national politics after the 1816 election Federalist Party |
| #2154, aired 1994-01-06 | STATE CAPITALS $200: In 1816 this city succeeded Chillicothe as the capital of Ohio Columbus |
| #2145, aired 1993-12-24 | INDIANA $400: He lived in Indiana 1816-1830 & you can visit the burial site of his mother, Nancy Hanks Abraham Lincoln |
| #2107, aired 1993-11-02 | HISTORY $400: In 1816 he took control of the Zulu nation Shaka |
| #2014, aired 1993-05-13 | ASIAN HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): From 1816 to 1949 Indonesia was a colony of this European country the Netherlands |
| #1774, aired 1992-04-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: The first performance of his "Barber of Seville" February 20, 1816 was a fiasco Rossini |
| #1660, aired 1991-11-15 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Argentina declared its independence from this country in 1816 Spain |
| #1543, aired 1991-04-24 | AFRICAN HISTORY $600: Britannica says this tribe had only about 1500 members when Shaka became chief in 1816 Zulu |
| #1440, aired 1990-11-30 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1816, Rufus King of New York became the last presidential candidate of this party the Federalist Party |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: In 1816 this city replaced Chillicothe as capital of Ohio Columbus |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | WORLD LEADERS $500: Between 1816 & 1830 he was at various times ruler of present-day Venezuela, Peru & Colombia Simón Bolívar |
| #1172, aired 1989-10-10 | POTPOURRI $800: This lord didn't lose his marbles; he sold them in 1816--they're now in the British Museum Elgin |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | EARLY AMERICANS $600: When N.H. tried to take over Dartmouth in 1816, this alumnus & orator defended the college Daniel Webster |
| #637, aired 1987-05-19 | JUNE $200: On June 6, 1816, 10 inches of this fell on New England snow |
| #408, aired 1986-04-02 | OPERA $1,000 (Daily Double): 1816 Rome premiere of this beloved work was called one of the greatest fiascos in opera:
[Instrumental music plays] The Barber of Seville |
