| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | IN THE PAST $600: Her son Jean Baptiste served as a military guide in the American West before his 1866 death Sacagawea |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | A LOOK BACK $600: Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton signed the 1866 "Petition for Universal" this, addressed to Congress Suffrage |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | LANDMARK LEGISLATION $5,000 (Daily Double): Congress passed the first of these acts in 1866; Congress passed another big one in 1964 the Civil Rights Act |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | "C" LIFE $400: Stole his way into life in 1866 in Beaver, Utah; led a "Wild Bunch"; died in Bolivia in 1909... maybe (Butch) Cassidy |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | I'VE GOT A THEORY $800: In 1866 this monk was pushing paper--for the Natural Science Society of Brünn--detailing his theory of heredity Mendel |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | "BR"ANDS $800: William was the Philadelphia man who hand-cranked the first gallon of this ice cream in 1866 Breyers |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES $1000: August 8, 1866: He is born to sharecropper parents in Maryland; the North Pole awaits Matthew Henson |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BAD MEN & ROBBIN' $1200: The first robbery attributed to this man & his gang of outlaws took place in Liberty, Missouri in 1866 Jesse James |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | WAR $1000: This prime minister successfully schemed to start the 1866 Seven Weeks' War & make Prussia Europe's big dog Bismarck |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | BOOKS BY PRESIDENTS $1000: Published in 1866, his "Administration on the Eve of Rebellion" Buchanan |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | WJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $1000: Time to liven up your commute with the overture to this 1866 Smetana opera about a young woman's marriage prospects The Bartered Bride |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | KNOW YOUR RIGHTS $200: A century before the same-named act of 1964, this act of 1866 guaranteed the rights of those formerly enslaved the Civil Rights Act |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $800: A new bio says after the 1866 success of the poetic drama "Brand", this Norwegian trimmed his beard so his mouth was visible Ibsen |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): The 1866 discovery & translation of "The Decree of Canopus" confirmed Champollion's work translating this other artifact the Rosetta Stone |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On July 24, 1866 this state volunteered to be the first Confederate one readmitted to the Union Tennessee |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | FEELING ART "C" $1600: Though her dad said he'd rather see her dead, she moved to Paris in 1866 & later exhibited with the Impressionists (Mary) Cassatt |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | AS DESCRIBED IN THE PATENT $600: 1866:
"The arrangement of 2 wheels, the one directly in front of the other, combined with a mechanism for driving the wheels" a bicycle |
| #7654, aired 2017-12-14 | CAMP DAVID $1600: In 1866 this officer who damned the torpedoes was named the first full admiral of the U.S. Navy David Farragut |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KELVIN $1200: Kelvin was the driving force in the laying of the transatlantic one of these in 1866 telegraph cable |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | INLANDER $800: Before he & his bros. bought the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1907, John of this last name was born in 1866 in McGregor, Iowa Ringling |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | LITERATURE $600: Dostoyevsky drew on his own experience in prison to write this 1866 masterpiece Crime and Punishment |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | KNOWN BY THEIR MIDDLE NAMES $2000: Here's the tale of this author & illustrator of children's books: she was given the first name Helen in England in 1866 Beatrix Potter |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TEXAS $1000: In 1866 Lyne T. Barret began operating the first producing one of these in the state; a lot more would follow an oil well |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | NOTABLE TEENS $1600: He was just 18 when he joined brother Frank & the Younger Gang to rob his first bank in 1866 Jesse James |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | 1866 $400: To replace the silver half-dime, Congress authorized this U.S. coin for the first time the nickel |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | 1866 $800 (Daily Double): Garnier & Doudart de Lagree, sort of the French Lewis & Clark of Asia, left Saigon in 1866 & journeyed up this river the Mekong |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | 1866 $800: Putting him at odds with Congress, this U.S. president vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (Andrew) Johnson |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | 1866 $1600: This novel about a murder & its aftermath was first published in installments in the Russian Messenger Crime and Punishment |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | 1866 $2000: 2016 is the 150th birthday of Fisk University in this city, home of the Jubilee Singers & alma mater of W.E.B. Du Bois Nashville |
| #7227, aired 2016-02-02 | TRANSPORTATION $2000: This company founded in 1866 operated more than 100 stagecoaches between St. Louis & the West Coast Wells Fargo |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $1200: In 1866 she fell on the ice in Lynn, Mass. & her recovery led to the principles of Christian Science (Mary Baker) Eddy |
| #7030, aired 2015-03-20 | HISTORICAL TIME UNITS $1,000 (Daily Double): The Seven Weeks' War of 1866 is why this 90% German-speaking country isn't part of Germany Austria |
| #7020, aired 2015-03-06 | PRUSSIA $2000: In 1866 Schleswig & this other Danish duchy became part of Prussia Holstein |
| #6989, aired 2015-01-22 | NOVELS WRITTEN FAST $2000: Not knowing when to hold 'em or when to fold 'em, a big-in-debt Dostoevsky began & ended this novel in October 1866 The Gambler |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | LEGION OF HONOR RECIPIENTS $1200: This author of "Madame Bovary" campaigned for the Legion of Honor, which he received in 1866 Flaubert |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | LASTS $1600: Lord John Russell, who left office in 1866, was the last prime minister of Great Britain who was one of these, foes of the tories the whigs |
| #6858, aired 2014-06-11 | TRANSPORTATION $1600: In 1866 this company purchased Ben Holladay's line, creating the world's largest stagecoach empire Wells Fargo |
| #6825, aired 2014-04-25 | SOCIETIES $400: Founded in 1866, this "American" group 1st focused on livestock & horses but soon began helping dogs & cats too the ASPCA |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | I'D LIKE A SOFT DRINK $1000: A Detroit pharmacist created the Vernors brand of this soft drink in 1866 ginger ale |
| #6735, aired 2013-12-20 | LITERATURE $400: Inspector Porfiry Petrovich is on the case in this 1866 novel Crime & Punishment |
| #6712, aired 2013-11-19 | SCIENCE SURVEY $800: Published in 1866, the results of his heredity experiments went unnoticed for 34 years (Gregor) Mendel |
| #6638, aired 2013-06-26 | WORLD LITERATURE $400: In this 1866 Russian novel, a poor student named Raskolnikov kills an old woman pawnbroker Crime and Punishment |
| #6618, aired 2013-05-29 | THE '60s (19th CENTURY EDITION) $200: In 1866 these brothers began their criminal career with a bank robbery at Liberty, Missouri the James brothers |
| #6599, aired 2013-05-02 | TABLE OF CONDIMENTS $800: In 1866 Colman's, a British brand of this condiment, received a special seal of approval from Queen Victoria mustard |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | LONDON CAN TAKE IT $1000: This waterborne illness hit London hard in 1831, 1848, 1854 & 1866 cholera |
| #6406, aired 2012-06-25 | THE CIVIL WAR $800: In 1865 his pursuit hastened Lee's surrender; in 1866 he was sent west to deal with the Indians & passed into history (George Armstrong) Custer |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON MAN $400: Frederick Charles , the "Iron Prince", led this German kingdom's troops to victory at the 1866 Battle of Koniggratz Prussia |
| #6386, aired 2012-05-28 | "A"UTHORS $1,500 (Daily Double): Written in 1866, "A Long Fatal Love Chase", a Gothic novel by this American woman, was finally published in 1995 (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #6349, aired 2012-04-05 | A SHOWER OF APRIL $400: My dog tells me that this advocacy organization was founded in New York City on April 10, 1866 the ASPCA |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | 19th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1866 the Supreme Court said this military rule may not be in place when the civil courts are functioning martial law |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | A MATTER OF HOURS $200: On Aug. 20, 1866 the National Labor Union was ahead of its time when it asked Congress to make the workday this long 8 hrs |
| #6319, aired 2012-02-23 | LESSER-KNOWN WOMEN $400: Vinnie Ream was commissioned in 1866 to do a Capitol rotunda statue of this man; pretty good likeness Lincoln |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | THE WHITE HOUSE $400: With the 1866 remodeling of offices, Andrew Johnson installed a room for this communications device a telegraph |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | THE 1860s $200: In April 1866 this company absorbed U.S. Telegraph, giving it a complete monopoly in the United States Western Union |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY $500 (Daily Double): Among books that don't circulate is an 1866 volume inscribed by this British author to the little girl who inspired his work Lewis Carroll |
| #6133, aired 2011-04-20 | YOU COULD "WIN" $1600: Model 1866 of this rifle helped tame the Wild West a Winchester |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | PATENTS $1200: 1866: Haven & Hettrich's whirligig, better known now as this stringed toy a yo-yo |
| #5935, aired 2010-06-04 | RUSSIAN LITERATURE $400: In this 1866 Dostoevsky novel, a student named Raskolnikov murders an old woman pawnbroker & her sister Crime and Punishment |
| #5917, aired 2010-05-11 | PAINTINGS $800: His 1866 painting of "The Fifer" was less scandalous than his nude "Olympia" Manet |
| #5805, aired 2009-12-04 | AMERICANA $400: Waterloo, N.Y. is the birthplace of this holiday, having first honored the Civil War dead May 5, 1866 Memorial Day |
| #5736, aired 2009-07-13 | HOLIDAYS $400: Memorial Day was first observed in 1866 to honor the dead of this war the Civil War |
| #5684, aired 2009-04-30 | MARY, MARY $1600: She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts before settling in France in 1866 Mary Cassatt |
| #5632, aired 2009-02-17 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $1000: In 1866 Dr. Thomas Allbutt was all brain when he invented a 6-inch one of these; safer fluids have replaced mercury a thermometer |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | ITALIAN HISTORY $400: In 1866 citizens of this northern city-state voted to join the Kingdom of Italy Venice |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | THEY BLEW US OUT OF THE WATER $1600: In the Battle of Lissa in 1866, it was the Austrians vs. the Italians in the largest ever battle of these metallic rammers ironclads |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $2000: As prince & king, Carol I ruled this Eastern European nation from 1866 to 1914 Romania |
| #5435, aired 2008-04-04 | NOBEL $200: After years of trial & error, Nobel invented this explosive in 1866, making him a very rich man dynamite |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $1600: In July 1866 he became the U.S. Navy's first full admiral (Admiral David) Farragut |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | VETERAN-ARY MEDICINE $200: The oldest operating V.A. hospital opened in this first post-Civil War year in Maine 1866 |
| #5358, aired 2007-12-19 | ISLANDS $200: In 1866 this large island became politically united with British Columbia Vancouver |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY $2,500 (Daily Double): I'll bet you a "ten" that this tiny country last fought in a war in 1866 Liechtenstein |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: The Trustees of the College of California bought 160 acres of land north of Oakland & named the site this in 1866 Berkeley |
| #5214, aired 2007-04-19 | VERY SPECIFIC FORTUNE COOKIES $1600: You will have a blast when you know this repeating arms company began making its famous rifle is 1866 Winchester |
| #5195, aired 2007-03-23 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $1000: His memoirs of his "Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion" were published in 1866 James Buchanan |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | RECONSTRUCTION $400: In April 1866 this president vetoed a bill granting citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.; Congress overrode his veto Andrew Johnson |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | NOW THAT'S INVENTIVE! $800: In 1866 a physician invented one of these that took a few minutes to take a reading instead of the normal 20 a thermometer |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | POTENT POTABLES $400: This brand has been made at the Lynchburg, Tennessee distillery since 1866 Jack Daniels |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | A CAPITAL IDEA $400: The American University of this Lebanese capital opened in 1866 Beirut |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | MUSIC $1200: In 1866 he began teaching at the new Moscow Musical Conservatory, now often called by his name Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| #5018, aired 2006-06-07 | A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN UNION $600: In 1866 Western Union had the "heart" to introduce the first of these stock-price reporting devices a ticker |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | VOLCANOES $600: This volcano on the southeast slope of Mauna Loa has had a hotel on its rim since 1866 Kilauea |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $400: In 1866 rancher Charles Goodnight introduced this vehicle used for transporting provisions & cooking equipment a chuck wagon |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | CIVIL RIGHTS HEROES $200: In 1866 Mary Ellen Pleasant, "Mother of Civil Rights in California", sued & won after being thrown off this city's streetcar San Francisco |
| #4895, aired 2005-12-16 | ROAD TO RHODE ISLAND $600: Civil War general Ambrose Burnside held this post in Rhode Island from 1866 to 1869 governor |
| #4891, aired 2005-12-12 | HEAD GEAR $400: In 1866 this company introduced its "hat of the west" also called "boss of the plains" Stetson |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | HOWDY, PARTNER! $800: He partnered with Edward Williams in 1866 to "Cover the Earth" with paint Sherwin |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | GUNS N' ROSES $800: Though patented in 1862, this crank-operated machine gun didn't become official U.S. Army weaponry until 1866 the Gatling Gun |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | ALSO A CURRENT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE $500 (Daily Double): Founder of an ice cream company in 1866 Breyer |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | ASIAN HISTORY $600: Between 1811 & 1866 the capital of Cambodia Ping-Ponged between Oudong & this Phnom Penh |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | POLITICIANS & LEADERS $2000: It should dawn on you that this man born back in 1866 is considered the Father of modern China Sun Yat-sen |
| #4315, aired 2003-05-09 | RECONSTRUCTION $1200: Created in 1866 it's name evolved from the Greek word for "circle" the Ku Klux Klan |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | HERE'S LUCY $1,200 (Daily Double): Lucy Hobbs Taylor must have aced her orals because in 1866 she became the first woman to receive a degree in this dentistry |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | DISCOVERY $1600: In 1866 Francis Garnier sailed up this Vietnamese river to seek a navigable route to China the Mekong |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | LITERARY TITLE PAIRS $600: 1866:
"____ and Punishment" Crime |
| #3893, aired 2001-07-04 | PICK "NIC" $200: It was first issued in 1866; before that, people talked about plugged quarters The nickel |
| #3819, aired 2001-03-22 | FOOTNOTES IN HISTORY $100: In 1866 Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of this (1)
(1) He also founded a similar society to protect children Cruelty to Animals |
| #3809, aired 2001-03-08 | MANET, MONET OR JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID $1000: His painting "The Fifer", seen here, dates from 1866: Manet |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | HIGH SCHOOL NAMES $1000: (Hi, I'm Kevin Garnett) My high school was named after this man for whom the rank of full admiral was created in 1866 David Farragut |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | RECONSTRUCTION $200: This largest Tennessee city needed its own reconstruction after 1866 race riots there Memphis |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | NON-RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $400 (Daily Double): It was first celebrated in the U.S. in February 1866 as a memorial service Lincoln's Birthday |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | POETS & POETRY $100: Published in 1866, "Battle-Pieces" was Herman Melville's unappreciated book of poetry about this event Civil War |
| #3392, aired 1999-05-11 | SAUL BELLOW'S LIBRARY $600 (Daily Double): "A dead-broke Russian student sews a loop in his coat from which he hands an axe" early in this 1866 work Crime and Punishment |
| #3129, aired 1998-03-19 | AFTER THEY LEFT OFFICE $1000: He wrote a defense of his "Administration on the Eve of Rebellion", published in 1866 Buchanan |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | IRISH HISTORY $800: The revolutionary Fenians invaded this British overseas dominion in 1866 & 1870 Canada |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: The 1866 Civil Rights Act was passed over this president's veto Johnson |
| #3093, aired 1998-01-28 | GERMAN HISTORY $800: Prussia defeated Austria in the 7 Weeks' War of 1866, 103 years after fighting this longer war the Seven Years' War |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | POOR & FAMOUS $800: This Russian's 1866 novel "The Gambler" is based on his own ruinous passion for roulette Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| #2996, aired 1997-09-15 | THE ATLANTIC OCEAN $400: In July 1866 one of these was laid across the Atlantic by the Great Eastern Steamer Cable |
| #2951, aired 1997-06-02 | MUSEUMS $300: A bank museum in Liberty, MO. has memorabilia relating to this man & his gang who robbed it February 13, 1866 Jesse James |
| #2893, aired 1997-03-12 | CANADIAN CAPITALS $1000: This British Columbia capital was the capital of the colony of Vancouver Island 1848-1866 Victoria |
| #2818, aired 1996-11-27 | BUSINESS $200: In 1866, William A. Breyer started the company that's now the oldest national producer of this ice cream |
| #2800, aired 1996-11-01 | CRIME TIME $400: On Oct. 6, 1866 the Reno brothers committed the first robbery of one of these in America train |
| #2760, aired 1996-09-06 | SUITES $200: This "Carmen" composer wrote the symphonic suite "Roma" between 1866 & 1868 Bizet |
| #2758, aired 1996-09-04 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: On July 24, 1866 it "voluntarily" became the first Confederate state to rejoin the Union Tennessee |
| #2746, aired 1996-07-08 | SCIENTISTS $600: The results of this monk's "Experiments with Plant Hybrids" appeared in a scientific journal in 1866 Mendel |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: American University of this Lebanese city was founded in 1866 as Syrian Protestant college Beirut |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | RHODE ISLANDERS $200: This Civil War general admired for his side-whiskers served as governor of Rhode Island from 1866-69 Ambrose Burnside |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: This company's roots date back to the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, founded in 1866 Nestlé |
| #2636, aired 1996-02-05 | LITERARY TITLE PAIRS $200: Dostoyevsky's 1866 tale of murder & its consequences Crime and Punishment |
| #2635, aired 1996-02-02 | ISLANDS $400: In 1866 a leper colony was founded on this Hawaiian island's Kalaupapa Peninsula Molokai |
| #2633, aired 1996-01-31 | GEMS $400: This country's diamond rush began after some Boer children found a 21-carat stone in 1866 South Africa |
| #2632, aired 1996-01-30 | NOVELS & NOVELISTS $1000: Sonia Marmeladovna is the heroine of his 1866 novel "Crime And Punishment" Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| #2615, aired 1996-01-05 | ARTISTS $600: He painted "Mademoiselle Fiocre in the Ballet 'La Source'" around 1866 Degas |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: In 1866 he became general of the U.S. Army; the first officer so designated Ulysses S. Grant |
| #2583, aired 1995-11-22 | THEATRE $400: This Norwegian wrote his 1866 play "Brand" in rhyming verse Henrik Ibsen |
| #2497, aired 1995-06-13 | THE OLD WEST $100: Vehicle invented by Charles Goodnight in 1866 to feed men on 5-month trail drives the Chuck Wagon |
| #2461, aired 1995-04-24 | ART $1000: Painted in 1866, "Prisoners from the Front" was one of the first major works by this American artist Winslow Homer |
| #2368, aired 1994-12-14 | SCIENCE $600: O.C. Marsh, a discoverer of Pterodactyl fossils, became the USA's first professor of this science in 1866 paleontology |
| #2348, aired 1994-11-16 | INVENTORS $1000: He was knighted in 1866 not for his temperature scale, but for helping develop the transatlantic cable Lord Kelvin |
| #2337, aired 1994-11-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Founded as a milk producer in 1866, it added Nescafe & Nestea to its line in this century Nestle |
| #2206, aired 1994-03-21 | LITERARY POTPOURRI $1000: This Russian based the heroine of his 1866 novel "The Gambler" on his paramour Polina Suslova Dostoyevsky |
| #2111, aired 1993-11-08 | HISTORY $200: in 1866 this city of canals on the Adriatic Sea became a part of the Kingdom of Italy Venice |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: By the end of April 1866, this former president was the only Confederate official still held prisoner Jefferson Davis |
| #2003, aired 1993-04-28 | AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS $200: It was founded in 1866 in N.Y., where its agents can carry guns & arrest an owner for mistreatment the American SPCA |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | BOTANY $600: His "Experiments with Plant Hybrids" was published by the Brunn Natural History Society in 1866 (Gregor) Mendel |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Made a British crown colony in 1849, this island aligned with British Columbia in 1866 Vancouver |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | SCIENTISTS $400: This proposer of the absolute temperature scale was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1866 Kelvin |
| #1775, aired 1992-04-24 | SAINTS $400: In 1866 this saint joined a convent at Nevers & never returned to Lourdes (St.) Bernadette |
| #1756, aired 1992-03-30 | ORGANIZATIONS $1000: In 1866 Benjamin F. Stephenson founded this "Grand" society of Civil War vets who fought for the North Grand Army of the Republic |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | U.S. NAVY $400: In 1866 this commander who fought at Mobile Bay became the 1st Navy officer promoted to the rank of admiral Admiral Farragut |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | FILE UNDER "Y" $500: The last name of the 4 brothers who rode with the Jesse James gang between 1866-1874 Younger |
| #1518, aired 1991-03-20 | DOCTORS $600: In 1866 Thomas Allbutt introduced the clinical type of this; old ones took 20 minutes to register a thermometer |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | OPERA $1000: From 1866-74, this composer & Czech nationalist was conductor of the Prague Opera Bedřich Smetana |
| #1411, aired 1990-10-22 | ARTISTS $400: Wassily Kandinsky, who's considered the first modern abstract painter, was born in this country in 1866 Russia |
| #1318, aired 1990-05-02 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: In its drive for German unification, this country defeated Austria in the 7 Weeks' War of 1866 Prussia |
| #955, aired 1988-10-28 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1866 Cyrus Field laid the 1st permanent one transatlantic cable |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The 1st time his birthday was formally observed was February 12, 1866 in Washington, D.C. Abraham Lincoln |
| #521, aired 1986-12-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: While this Swiss company dates back to 1866, they didn't make chocolate until 1929 Nestlé |
| #457, aired 1986-09-09 | STUPID ANSWERS $100: Extremely small tropical fish discovered in 1866 by the Rev. R.J. Lechmere Guppy a guppy |
| #415, aired 1986-04-11 | U.S. HISTORY $100: On May 16, 1866 Congress authorized this new coin, nicknamed for its metal composition a nickel |
| #305, aired 1985-11-08 | ZOOLOGY $300: This extremely common, small tropical fish was discovered by a minister in 1866 on Trinidad guppy |
| #294, aired 1985-10-24 | NOTORIOUS $200: The Reno bros. pulled off America's 1st robbery of one of these, October 6, 1866 a train robbery |
