| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | HISTORICAL AMERICAN CURRENCY $600: Between 1837 & 1840 this republic & future state issued a paper currency called star money for the small star on the bill's face Texas |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | MARRIAGE STORY $500: 1840:
"Hi, Elizabeth Cady! How's suffragism?"
"I just got married"
"Who is he?"
"His last name is" this Stanton |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1200: A campaign slogan from 1840 was "Tippecanoe and" this vice presidential running mate too Tyler |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1840 a U.S. judge ruled the unwilling passengers on this ship were kidnap victims, not merchandise the Amistad |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: In 1840 critic & author Margaret Fuller became the first editor of the Dial, a journal of this philosophical movement transcendentalism |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | USA $1200: This Pennsylvania city was named for the family who founded the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co., not Dunder Mifflin, in 1840 Scranton |
| #8650, aired 2022-05-27 | QUICK HISTORY $1000: In 1840 the Boers helped Mpande oust Dingane from the throne of this people the Zulu |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | BUILDINGS IN HISTORY $800: At the Waitangi Treaty House, Chiefs like Tamati Pukututu & Lt. Gov. William Hobson signed this country's founding document in 1840 New Zealand |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | IT HAPPENED IN EUROPE $600: Historian Arnold Toynbee popularized this 2-word term describing Britain's economic change from about 1760 to 1840 the Industrial Revolution |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | THE YEAR OF BEFORE & AFTER $4,000 (Daily Double): William Henry Harrison wins an election; a short nap ensues 1840 winks |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1840 this former president went to St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans to honor an event that occurred 25 years earlier Andrew Jackson |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | UNICORNS $1600: In 1840 the Unicorn became this British line's first ship to set sail; its later ships included the Queen Mary & QE2 the Cunard Line |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | A NAPOLEON COMPLEX $2000: Napoleon did not build Les Invalides, but it ended up as his tomb after his body was moved from this island in 1840 St. Helena |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | POLITICAL CONVENTIONS $200: The 1840 Democratic gathering was the first time this 8-letter statement of principles was adopted at a convention a platform |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The 1840 Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement between the British government & these native people of New Zealand the Māori |
| #8178, aired 2020-03-11 | A YEAR ENDING IN 0 $2000: 19 years after his death, Napoleon's remains were returned to France where he was given a state funeral & a new resting place 1840 |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | IT'S NOT YOU; IT'S ME $1600: VP Richard Johnson lived openly with a female slave--one reason this party dropped him from the 1840 ticket with Martin Van Buren the Democratic Party |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | 2 LETTERS, SECOND IS K $800: This all-American form of approval dates back to around 1840 OK |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | QUEEN VICTORIA $800: Victoria set a new fashion trend when she wore a white wedding dress with lace to marry this prince of a guy in 1840 Albert |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | EUGENE $400: In 1840 Eugene Delacroix painted the "Entry of the Crusaders into" this onetime capital of the Byzantine empire Constantinople |
| #7736, aired 2018-04-09 | A STITCH IN TIME $1,000 (Daily Double): Until she wore a white wedding gown for her 1840 royal wedding, most women wore their best dress for their nuptials Victoria |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | NOTABLE NAMES $1000: When she married Henry Brewster Stanton in 1840, she insisted that the word "obey" be dropped from the vows Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| #7623, aired 2017-11-01 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): From 1840 to 1860 this island of 8 million sent 1.7 million immigrants to the United States Ireland |
| #7521, aired 2017-05-01 | AFRICAN HISTORY $1200: We presume you know the name of this Scottish explorer who first set sail for Africa in 1840 (David) Livingstone |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON $800: During the 1840 election, Harrison was accused of only wanting a pension, a log cabin & this hard apple beverage apple cider |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | CONTEMPORARIES $2000: Victoria & Albert wed in Feb. 1840; 7 months later, it was wedding bells for Clara Wieck & this German Romantic composer Robert Schumann |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $1200: In 1840 the U.K. post office issued the world's first postage stamps, the 2 Penny Blue & the Penny this the Penny Black |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | SUTTER'S FORT $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, CA.) In 1840, John Sutter received a grant from Mexico of around 50,000 acres here in the Sacramento Valley on which he built his fort; he named his landholdings New Helvetia for his homeland in this country Switzerland |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | MARTIN VAN BUREN $1600: In 1836 Van Buren won the presidency over this Whig but lost to him in the 1840 rematch William Henry Harrison |
| #7169, aired 2015-11-12 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1200: During an 1840-41 trip to England, he persuaded many to move to Nauvoo, Illinois Brigham Young |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | CURSES $4,400 (Daily Double): This president broke Tecumseh's Curse, in which presidents elected every 20th year, beginning in 1840, died in office Ronald Reagan |
| #7140, aired 2015-10-02 | NEW SPORTS TEAM NAMES? $1000: Fans in Eugene enjoy the walk to the stadium of this team, named for a 2,000-mile route mainly used from around 1840-1870 the Oregon Trail |
| #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 |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1840 the London Missionary Society sent this Scot to Africa, where he established a base in Bechuanaland (David) Livingstone |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $400: Born June 2, 1840 in England; went far from the madding crowd Jan. 11, 1928 Hardy |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | NATIONAL HOLIDAYS $600: In this country February 6 is Waitangi Day, commemorating an 1840 treaty between the Brits & the Maori New Zealand |
| #6520, aired 2013-01-11 | INTO THE SHARK TANK $1600: (Here's Robert Herjavec again.) OK, Cyrus--you got your patent in 1834; you sold 2 units in 1840 & 7 in 1842; sales are trending up; tell me why I shouldn't fear your reaper (Cyrus) McCormick |
| #6515, aired 2013-01-04 | NEWSPAPERS $1000: In 1840 Horace Greeley began publishing "The Log Cabin", a weekly campaign paper in support of this Whig candidate William Henry Harrison |
| #6463, aired 2012-10-24 | WHAT THE DICKENS! $2000: Little Nell, but not the proverbial cat, dies in this 1840-41 work The Old Curiosity Shop |
| #6322, aired 2012-02-28 | BABY, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT $400: She wed her beloved Albert in 1840 & never remarried after his 1861 death, though she outlived him by nearly 40 years Queen Victoria |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | HAVE A WONDERFUL WEDDING $1200: She made white wedding gowns fashionable affer she wore one during her 1840 wedding in London Queen Victoria |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | FIRST LADIES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a presidential library.) In letters from 1840, she wrote both ways on the page to save paper & money; ironically, she was pilloried by the press for spending too much as First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | PHILATELY PHUN $200: Between 1840 & 1902 all British postage stamps had a picture of her Queen Victoria |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | MOUNTAINS $1600: Now dormant, this volcano in Eastern Turkey last erupted on June 2, 1840 Mount Ararat |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: Even though it's made of metal, this instrument invented around 1840 is considered a woodwind the saxophone |
| #6070, aired 2011-01-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: In 1840, the year that he married Clara Wieck, he composed an incredible 140 pieces of music Schumann |
| #5826, aired 2010-01-04 | STAMP COLLECTING $400: She's the subject of the world's first postage stamp, seen here & issued in 1840 Queen Victoria |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $400: He began a novel called "Les Miseres" as early as 1840; it was finished in 1861 with a different title Victor Hugo |
| #5514, aired 2008-07-24 | DOUBLE-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $400: This capital city was founded in 1840 on Lambton Harbour at the extreme south part of the North Island Wellington |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $200: Queen Victoria married this man in an elaborate ceremony in 1840 Prince Albert |
| #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 |
| #5332, aired 2007-11-13 | FROM THE GREEK $400: In 1840 Christian Schonbein followed his nose to identify this form of oxygen & named it from the Greek for "smell" ozone |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $1000: The Whigs used this structure as a symbol in William Henry Harrison's 1840 campaign a log cabin |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | BLACK IS BACK $1600: The 1840 Penny Black was the first official one of these a postage stamp |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | BOOK LEARNIN' $1600: In 1840 he hit a Bumppo in the road & penned "The Pathfinder" (James Fenimore) Cooper |
| #5261, aired 2007-06-25 | MEN O' WAR $1200: This military man elected president in 1840 wrote a "Discourse on the Aborigines of the Valley of the Ohio" William Henry Harrison |
| #5244, aired 2007-05-31 | PRESIDENTIAL POLITICAL PARTIES $1200: William Henry Harrison,
1840 the Whigs |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | 1840 $200: Captain Charles Wilkes spots what will become Wilkes Land, a part of this continent Antarctica |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | 1840 $400: The second-deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 317 as it destroys this state's city of Natchez Mississippi |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | 1840 $600: This big Whig is elected president of the U.S. in November; he enjoyed the job for a short time Willam Henry Harrison |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | 1840 $800: Sir Charles Barry lays the cornerstone for these "Houses" in London the Houses of Parliament |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | 1840 $1000: Britain issues this "dark" postage, the world's first stamp the Penny Black |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | BODIES OF BRONZE & MARBLE $400: Horatio Greenough's 1840 statue of this president represented him posed like the god Zeus George Washington |
| #5026, aired 2006-06-19 | TIME IS ON MY SIDE $800: In 1840 this king, the third in the dynasty, had enough time in his 29-year reign to give Hawaii its first constitution King Kamehameha |
| #4967, aired 2006-03-28 | REMEMBER THE 1800s? $200: Brides wore a wide variety of colors before that trendsetter Queen Victoria popularized this one in 1840 white |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | THE 1840s $1200: In 1840 Antarctic explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville named a species of this for his wife Adelie a penguin |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | I, MAX $800: German poet Max Schneckenburger was famous for his 1840 poem about a watch on this river the Rhine |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS $400: William Henry Harrison really had lived in one of these, his symbol in the 1840 campaign, but he added 12 rooms a log cabin |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | HISTORIC GREETING CARDS $1000: 1840 graduate whose card came with a horse in a red bow:
Cump,
West Point made a fine young man. We're so proud. William Tecumseh Sherman |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | "N" THE BEGINNING $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a vineyard.) In California, "Wine Country" often means this valley, that planted its first wine grapes around 1840 Napa |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: If Amelia Jenks hadn't married this man in 1840, women might have worn "Jenks" (Dexter) Bloomer |
| #4591, aired 2004-07-19 | THE STAMP ACT $1600: Issued in England in 1840, the first postage stamp ever has this colorful nickname penny black |
| #4589, aired 2004-07-15 | "S" TOUGH $1200: This curved wind instrument was invented in Belgium around 1840 the saxophone |
| #4568, aired 2004-06-16 | AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE $600: Though not in the best of health, in 1840 he went to New Orleans to celebrate his battle victory's 25th anniversary Andrew Jackson |
| #4568, aired 2004-06-16 | PETER $1200: After retiring from medicine in 1840, he began work on his thesaurus in London Peter Roget |
| #4540, aired 2004-05-07 | FAMOUS QUOTATIONS $800: It completes a quote from Thomas Palmer in 1840: "If at first you don't succeed..." try, try again (try and try again accepted) |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | OUR FLAG $600: In 1840 the U.S. flag first flew over this continent during the Charles Wilkes expedition Antarctica |
| #4500, aired 2004-03-12 | BORN & DIED $1,600 (Daily Double): Born in Paris in 1840, he got the final brush off at Giverny in 1926 Monet |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | "BEFORE" & "AFTER" $1600: 1840 Richard Henry Dana memoir that became one of the most popular tales of life at sea Two Years Before the Mast |
| #4352, aired 2003-07-01 | CAMELS $200: Camels were first brought to this continent in 1840 & later transported goods between Adelaide & Perth Australia |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC $400: The 1840 Treaty of Waitangi guaranteed the Maori rights to this country's land in return for British sovereignty New Zealand |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS $200: Until 1840 brides just wore their best dresses; then this young queen got married all in white Victoria |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: Term for the period in England from 1760 to 1840 during which steam power & big factories came into vogue Industrial Revolution |
| #4163, aired 2002-10-09 | RUNNING MATES $200: A catchy 1840 campaign slogan paired "Tippecanoe and" this running mate "too" John Tyler |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | FORMER CAPITALS $800: In 1840, the building seen here, now in this U.S. state, was the capital of the Republic
of the Rio Grande. Texas |
| #4017, aired 2002-02-05 | STUFF THAT HAPPENED $400: The upper & lower portions of this country united in 1840 Canada |
| #3949, aired 2001-11-01 | THE BIG WHIGS $200: In 1840 the 2 major political parties in the U.S. were the Whigs & this party the Democrats |
| #3935, aired 2001-10-12 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Modern versions of this flower, also called a clove pink, were developed in France around 1840 carnation |
| #3770, aired 2001-01-12 | ELECTION NIGHT PARTIES $1000: William Henry Harrison,
1840 Whig |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | HISTORY $600: In 1840 regular transatlantic steamship service was inaugurated between Great Britain & this Nova Scotia capital Halifax |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | GRAVE MATTERS $400: In 1840 his body was moved from St. Helena to Paris & entombed in the Church of the Dome Napoleon |
| #3484, aired 1999-10-28 | SUFFRAGETTE CITY $400: When she married Henry Stanton in 1840, she insisted on omitting the word "obey" from the marriage vows Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $400: On Feb. 10, 1840 Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha married her Victoria |
| #3402, aired 1999-05-25 | THE 1840s $300: Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Cady Stanton got the idea to fight for women's rights at an 1840 convention against this slavery |
| #3373, aired 1999-04-14 | THIS JUST IN... $800 (Daily Double): This prince marries his first cousin February 10, 1840; we've got the film in a can at 11 Prince Albert |
| #3257, aired 1998-11-03 | 19th CENTURY FOOD & DRINK $400: Antoine Alciatore opened his restaurant on St. Louis Street in this city in 1840 New Orleans |
| #3139, aired 1998-04-02 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $1000: The Whigs ran Harrison in 1840 on a campaign of hard cider & these, not Merlot & mansions log cabins |
| #3130, aired 1998-03-20 | THE 19th CENTURY $1,900 (Daily Double): On sale May 1, 1840, the first postage stamp with adhesive on the back had this person on the front Queen Victoria |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | LET'S GET MARRIED! $300: This queen wore English lace on her 1840 bridal gown to give the British lace-making industry a boost Victoria |
| #3069, aired 1997-12-25 | STATE CAPITALS $300: In 1840 Jason Lee established a mission on the site of this future Oregon capital Salem |
| #2985, aired 1997-07-18 | SCIENCE $300: Around 1840 chemist John William Draper took the first photograph of this heavenly body the moon |
| #2909, aired 1997-04-03 | DANCE $500: First popular in Paris music halls around 1840 & considered vulgar, its name is French for "gossip" Can-Can |
| #2865, aired 1997-01-31 | TRANSPORTATION $400: In 1840 this line sent its first ship, the Britannia, across the Atlantic Cunard Line |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | FURNITURE $300: From the name of a queen, it's the general term for English & American furniture of the period 1840-1900 Queen Victoria (Victorian furniture) |
| #2733, aired 1996-06-19 | OPERA CHARACTERS $1000: This ancient Greek poetess is the heroine of an 1840 opera by Giovanni Pacini Sappho |
| #2697, aired 1996-04-30 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $600: When this reformer married Henry Brewster Stanton in 1840, she omitted the word "obey" from her vows Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: New Zealand's chief port, it was founded in 1840 on the site of a major Maori settlement Auckland |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: His 1840 novel "The Pathfinder" is subtitled "The Inland Sea" (James Fenimore) Cooper |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | QUEEN VICTORIA $600: 2 of these went on sale May 1, 1840: a penny black & a 2-pence blue, both showing Victoria a stamp |
| #2649, aired 1996-02-22 | PIANISTS $500: Clara Wieck made her debut in 1828 & married this German composer in 1840 Robert Schumann |
| #2637, aired 1996-02-06 | U.S. HISTORY $300: Trying to defeat this man in 1840, the Whigs used the slogan "Van, Van, Van, Van is a used-up man" Martin Van Buren |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | GARDENING $200: Hybrid perpetuals like the American Beauty were the main type of these in American gardens 1840-1880 roses |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | THE 1840s $200: In January 1840, Charles Wilkes first sighted this continent Antarctica |
| #2602, aired 1995-12-19 | MOUNTAINS $400: In 1840 great masses of this mountain where Noah's Ark landed were torn lose by an earthquake Mount Ararat |
| #2583, aired 1995-11-22 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $500: During an 1840 speaking tour in England, he persuaded thousands to emigrate to Nauvoo, Illinois Brigham Young |
| #2540, aired 1995-09-22 | INVENTORS & SCIENTISTS $600: 2 early reapers he sold in 1840 got hopelessly clogged when cutting wet grain McCormick |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | MARTINS $200: Running for reelection in 1840, this 8th U.S. president failed to carry even his home state Martin Van Buren |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | 'ELLO DUCHESS $200: It's said that the Duchess of Bedford originated this daily British rite around 1840 tea time |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | THE AMERICAN FLAG $400: The U.S. flag first flew on this continent in 1840 during the Charles Wilkes expedition Antarctica |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | IN THEIR 80s $400: In 1840 at age 82, he supervised the publication of his dictionary's second edition (Noah) Webster |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | SIGNERS $500: 500 Maori chiefs signed the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, which helped the British annex this country New Zealand |
| #2252, aired 1994-05-24 | QUEEN VICTORIA $1000: On May 1, 1840 Queen Victoria's portrait appeared on these, a first for anyone in the world a postage stamp |
| #2250, aired 1994-05-20 | TRANSPORTATION $800: In 1840 this company's first steamship, the Britannia, made its first transatlantic crossing Cunard |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | HERE COME THE BRIDES $300: "Our reception was most enthusiastic", she wrote in her diary of her 1840 marriage to her beloved Albert Queen Victoria |
| #2207, aired 1994-03-22 | LITERATURE $200: The title of his 1840 novel "The Pathfinder" refers to Natty Bumppo (James Fenimore) Cooper |
| #2196, aired 1994-03-07 | COMPOSERS $1000: This German wrote many of his most famous lieder in 1840, the year he married pianist Clara Wieck (Robert) Schumann |
| #2194, aired 1994-03-03 | TREATIES $800: About 500 chiefs of these New Zealand natives signed the Treaty of Waitangi with Britain in 1840 the Maoris |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $400: This country abandoned the metric system in 1812 & readopted it in 1840 France |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: From 1840 to 1846, this "Rip Van Winkle" author served as U.S. minister to Spain Washington Irving |
| #2176, aired 1994-02-07 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $1000: In 1840 he used the "Log Cabin Campaign" to become president William Henry Harrison |
| #1912, aired 1992-12-22 | POTPOURRI $500: 1 of the "5 Civilized Tribes" moved by the U.S. government to the Oklahoma Territory between 1817 & 1840 (1 of) Seminole, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek |
| #1786, aired 1992-05-11 | MAY DAY $500: On May 1, 1840 penny blacks, which are these, went on sale in England; today they're worth a fortune stamps |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $500: She attended an 1840 convention with her husband, H.B. Stanton, but, as a woman, was excluded from the floor Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $700 (Daily Double): In 1859, Richard Henry Dana added a final chapter to this book, first published in 1840 Two Years Before the Mast |
| #1476, aired 1991-01-21 | NONFICTION $200: In 1840, after his return home, he published "Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle" Darwin |
| #1429, aired 1990-11-15 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $300: He was buried on St. Helena in his favorite uniform in 1821 but was moved to Paris in 1840 Napoleon |
| #1419, aired 1990-11-01 | STAMP COLLECTING $200: Issued in 1840 the first adhesive stamp, the penny black of Britain, bore a portrait of this queen Victoria |
| #1387, aired 1990-09-18 | POLITICAL PARTIES $200: John Greenleaf Whittier supported the Liberty Party founded in 1840 to oppose this slavery |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Waitangi Day in New Zealand commemorates the 1840 treaty signed between the British & these natives Maoris |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | THE OLD WEST $200: In 1840 this Swiss was granted 49,000 acres in California & built a tannery, a fort, a mill... (John) Sutter |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | COMPOSERS $600: In 1840 this German romantic married Clara Wieck, an outstanding pianist & a composer, too Robert Schumann |
| #1063, aired 1989-03-29 | 19th C. AMERICA $800: This party gained control of both houses of Congress for the 1st time in the elections of 1840 Whigs |
| #969, aired 1988-11-17 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $500: Richard Henry Dana's 1840 classic based on a voyage he took around Cape Horn Two Years Before the Mast |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | SHIPS $800: The Britannia, a ship in his line, began the 1st regular transatlantic steamship service in 1840 Cunard |
| #897, aired 1988-06-28 | ELECTIONS $300: "Tippecanoe & Tyler too!" was an 1840 campaign slogan of this party the Whig Party |
| #876, aired 1988-05-30 | COLORS $1000: The 1st postage stamp in England, issues May 1, 1840, is known by this colorful name the Penny Black |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | TECHNOLOGY $300: About 1840, an alphabetic code was created for communication via this new invention telegraph |
| #745, aired 1987-11-27 | STAMPS & COINS $400: "The Penny Black", on May 6, 1840 in Great Britain the first postage stamp issued |
| #515, aired 1986-11-28 | WORLD HISTORY $100: In 1840, American naval officer Charles Wilkes was 1st to claim Antarctica is 1 of these a continent |
| #514, aired 1986-11-27 | POSTAL HISTORY $300: In 1840, the 1st adhesive stamps were issued in England in 1 & 2 pence denominations with her portrait Queen Victoria |
| #514, aired 1986-11-27 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: In 1840, Napoleon's remains were brought to Paris from this island St Helena |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | RITUALS $200: The Duchess of Bedford brought this afternoon custom to England about 1840 tea |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: A former slave who protested segregation on 1840's trains by sitting in cars reserved for whites Frederick Douglass |
| #345, aired 1986-01-03 | ODD SPORTS $600: "Birling", which originated among North American lumberjacks about 1840, is also called this logrolling |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | SHIPS $500: This British line, which includes "QE2", sent its 1st steamship across the Atlantic in 1840 the Cunard line |
| #328, aired 1985-12-11 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $1000: Potent potable connected with Wm. Henry Harrison's 1840 campaign hard cider |
| #103, aired 1985-01-30 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: Between 1840 & 1860 more immigrants came from this country than any other Ireland |
