#9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $1000: These landmark boxing rules are named for the British nobleman who sponsored their 1867 publication the Queensberry rules |
#9065, aired 2024-03-22 | COMPOSERS $400: Born in Bergen, Norway, Nina Hagerup married this cousin in 1867 & went on to interpret his songs Grieg |
#8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WHERE'S MY FOOD? $1,500 (Daily Double): This dessert of sponge cake, ice cream & meringue that's finished in the oven was created to honor an 1867 land purchase a baked Alaska |
#8900, aired 2023-06-23 | REMEMBER BASEBALL? $1000: Surely you recall 1867, when Candy Cummings is credited with debuting this first breaking pitch a curveball |
#9, aired 2023-05-15 | ART & ARTISTS $400: 1867's "Forever Free" by Edmonia Lewis quotes this presidential edict on its base & in its title the Emancipation Proclamation |
#8855, aired 2023-04-21 | A HARD BARGAIN $200: In 1867 the U.S. agreed to give the czar $7.2 million in gold; the cost to him? This territory Alaska |
#8830, aired 2023-03-17 | CITY OF THE PREMIERE $600: "The Blue Danube" set sail Feb. 15, 1867 Vienna |
#8787, aired 2023-01-17 | THE REAL REAL HOUSEWIVES OF... $1000: ...Salt Lake City respectfully visit this landmark completed in 1867, home to its famous organ & choir the Mormon Tabernacle |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $600: From 1867 to 1918 it formed a dual monarchy with Austria Hungary |
#8731, aired 2022-10-31 | CONDUCTING THE HISTORIC JOB INTERVIEW $400: You scouted for Custer in 1867... became sheriff of Hays City, Kansas 2 years later... What brings you to Deadwood? Wild Bill Hickok |
#8727, aired 2022-10-25 | MISCELLANY $1600: This Italian's 1867 opera "Don Carlos" was written in French, & in 2022 the Metropolitan Opera finally sang it that way Verdi |
#8609, aired 2022-03-31 | COMPOSERS $400: Sail away with this waltz, Opus 314, that Johann Strauss the Younger composed in 1867 "The Blue Danube" |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | 1860s AMERICA $800: This oldest & northernmost leg of horse racing's Triple Crown was first run in 1867, with Ruthless winning in 3:05 the Belmont Stakes |
#8590, aired 2022-03-04 | HISTORY $400: In 1867 young Erasmus Jacobs found the "Eureka" this "upon which the future success of South Africa will be built" diamond |
#13, aired 2022-02-17 | AFTER THE WAR $800: The Republican-led laws guiding seceded states' return to the Union are known as these acts of 1867 & 1868 Reconstruction |
#8460, aired 2021-08-06 | LESSER-KNOWN ARTISTS $2000: Seen here, the work of Alphonse Legros may have influenced this man's most famous portrait; they were friends until an 1867 fight (James) Whistler |
#8443, aired 2021-07-14 | MUSIC, IN THE CLASSICAL SENSE $1200: In 1867 this wizard of the piano composed the "Hungarian Coronation Mass" Liszt |
#8414, aired 2021-06-03 | NOBLE $800: In 1867 John Sholto Douglas, the ninth marquess of this, sponsored a codification of the rules of fisticuffs Queensberry |
#8412, aired 2021-06-01 | SCIENTISTS $600: We think of this Russian who became a professor of general chemistry in 1867, periodically Mendeleev |
#8389, aired 2021-04-29 | HISTORIC GOVERNORS $400: James Throckmorton was removed as Texas governor in 1867 as he was an "impediment to" this post-Civil War rebuilding phase Reconstruction |
#8372, aired 2021-04-06 | HAPPY TRAILS! $400: Between 1867 & 1871 1.5 million head of cattle moo-ved N. on the Chisholm Trail to its terminus in Abilene in this Midwestern state Kansas |
#8368, aired 2021-03-31 | INTERNAL RHYME SURNAMES $1200: This New York City newspaperman signed the bail bond of Jefferson Davis in 1867 Horace Greeley |
#8343, aired 2021-02-24 | CITIES OF THE MIDWEST $200: To accommodate "South Platters", the capital of Nebraska was moved in 1867 from Omaha to here Lincoln |
#8282, aired 2020-11-17 | MUSICAL VIENNA $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from out the Kursalon Music Hall in Vienna, Austria.) The Kursalon opened in 1867 & hosted its first concert of the work of Johann Strauss Jr. the very next year; today, you can still come to both hear & dance this, of which Strauss was known as the king a waltz |
#8210, aired 2020-04-24 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $2000: John Fowles interrupts himself in this novel he wrote, commenting on the lives of the 1867 lovers at the heart of the action The French Lieutenant's Woman |
#8151, aired 2020-02-03 | YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU $400: Should really go without saying: none of this Nobel stuff patented in 1867 dynamite |
#8122, aired 2019-12-24 | A CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLAGE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Omni Parker House in Boston MA.) Arriving on November 19, 1867 for a U.S. reading tour, this author practiced "A Christmas Carol" in front of the mirror here, now named for him (Charles) Dickens |
#8071, aired 2019-10-14 | 5 DAYS IN OCTOBER $400: October 18, this state's day, commemorates the 1867 transfer of territory from Russia to the United States Alaska |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | DATES $2000: The Dominion of Canada was proclaimed on this date in 1867 July 1st |
#7834, aired 2018-10-04 | AUTHORS BORN & DIED $400: Born in "a little house in the big woods" of Wisconsin in 1867, died in Missouri in 1957 (Laura Ingalls) Wilder |
#7785, aired 2018-06-15 | MEANWHILE... $2000: In 1867 Nebraska joined the Union & a union called the Ausgleich created this dual monarchy in Europe Austro-Hungary |
#7782, aired 2018-06-12 | THE BLUE DANUBE $400: The Danube didn't yet flow through this capital when "The Blue Danube" waltz made its premiere there in 1867 Vienna |
#7752, aired 2018-05-01 | WE'RE AN AMERICAN LAND $5,500 (Daily Double): Annexed in 1867, this island may be only 2 square miles but a 1942 battle there proved to be a key moment in the Pacific in WWII Midway |
#7727, aired 2018-03-27 | BUYING ALASKA $1000: Until 1867, the Russians had controlled the region since this great guy sent Vitus Bering to explore the coast Peter the Great |
#7725, aired 2018-03-23 | MEXICAN STATES $2000: This president drove out the French in 1867 & declared Hidalgo a state in 1869 Benito Juarez |
#7704, aired 2018-02-22 | PLACES TO "C" $600: This L.A. suburb settled in 1867 came straight outta an 18th century Spanish land grant Compton |
#7657, aired 2017-12-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: This period in the South can be divided into presidential (1865-1867) & Congressional or Radical (1867-1877) Reconstruction |
#7643, aired 2017-11-29 | BILDUNGSROMAN $600: In 1867 he published a novel about "Ragged Dick", who isn't so ragged by book's end Horatio Alger |
#7565, aired 2017-06-30 | CANADA 150 $400: (Alex presents from the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C.) Canada's sesquicentennial celebrates the 150th anniversary of the British North America Act of 1867, which joined Nova Scotia & New Brunswick to Ontario & this province in a single dominion under the British monarch Quebec |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | 1867 $200: Several states including Illinois enacted the workday of this many hours, a goal of labor unions eight |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | 1867 $400: Congress overrode the veto of this president to make Nebraska a state that year Andrew Johnson |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | 1867 $600: The last of these military leaders, Tokugawa Yoshinobu was overthrown & imperial rule restored a shogun |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | 1867 $800: This unifying revolutionary man's army marched into Rome but he ended up being arrested Garibaldi |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | 1867 $1000: In 1867 the first cattle from this trail arrived at the railroad yards of Abilene, Kansas the Chisholm Trail |
#7550, aired 2017-06-09 | BETWEEN THE LIONS $600: Here's an 1867 sketch of London and this landmark named for a national hero Nelson's column |
#7528, aired 2017-05-10 | COMPOSERS $2,000 (Daily Double): This colorful Johann Strauss Jr. composition made its debut in Vienna in February 1867 the "Blue Danube Waltz" |
#7518, aired 2017-04-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1867 William Seward negotiated its purchase for about 2 cents an acre, totaling a cool $7.2 million Alaska |
#7501, aired 2017-04-03 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $1200: In 1867 he took a 5-month cruise to the Mediterranean; his newspaper articles sent back home became "The Innocents Abroad" Mark Twain |
#7467, aired 2017-02-14 | A HISTORY LESSON $800: Czar Alexander II signed the 1867 Treaty of Cession that gave this territory to the United States Alaska |
#7459, aired 2017-02-02 | HISTORIC NAMES $1600: He was born July 6, 1832 in Vienna and was executed June 19, 1867 in Mexico Maximilian |
#7445, aired 2017-01-13 | THE 1860s $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1867 this microbiologist was appointed professor of chemistry at the Sorbonne Louis Pasteur |
#7438, aired 2017-01-04 | MARIE $400: When Marie Curie was born in this capital in 1867, it was under Russian control Warsaw |
#7350, aired 2016-07-22 | HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Starting south of San Antonio & ending in Abilene, Kansas, from 1867 to 1871, 1.5 million head of cattle headed north on this trail the Chisholm Trail |
#7245, aired 2016-02-26 | QUIZINE $200: An 1867 appeal to scientists by Napoleon III led to the creation of this butter substitute margarine |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | WYOMING $400: When the Union Pacific railroad entered Wyoming in 1867, several towns sprang up, including this capital Cheyenne |
#7198, aired 2015-12-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $600: Beginning in 1867 school was in session for what is now Morehouse College & this university in Washington, D.C. Howard University |
#7110, aired 2015-07-10 | COLLEGE PEOPLE $1200: Founded in 1867 & later attended by Thurgood Marshall, it was named for the first head of the Freedmen's Bureau Howard |
#7095, aired 2015-06-19 | U.S. PLACE NAME CHANGES $1600: New Archangel, Alaska's name was "spruced" up in 1867 when it was changed to this Sitka |
#7088, aired 2015-06-10 | DISCOVERIES $400: A shiny pebble discovered in South Africa in 1867 turned out to be this type of gem, kicking off a major industry diamond |
#7021, aired 2015-03-09 | WHAT A COUNTRY! $400: On July 1, 1867 this large Dominion was established by the British North America Act Canada |
#7005, aired 2015-02-13 | NON-FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE $800: In 1867 the New York Stock Exchange began using this device & the same-named tape a ticker |
#6972, aired 2014-12-30 | HISTORY $1000: In 1867 Mutsuhito, known as this "M"peror, came to the throne & the modernization of Japan began Meiji |
#6874, aired 2014-07-03 | BORN IN THE USA $200: Drawn up in Wisconsin in 1867, this architect was a real Prairie Style home companion Frank Lloyd Wright |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | 3-NAMED AUTHORS $400: On February 7, 1867 she was born in a little house in the big woods in Lake Pepin, Wisconsin Laura Ingalls Wilder |
#6861, aired 2014-06-16 | CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD $400: Omaha
(1867) Nebraska |
#6829, aired 2014-05-01 | 19th CENTURY FRANCE $800: Attending the 1867 Paris World's Fair, Jules Verne became fascinated with a navy exhibit on a submersible & wrote this novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
#6827, aired 2014-04-29 | SCIENCE & SCIENTISTS $2000: In 1867 he came up with the idea of using carbolic acid to kill germs in surgical wounds (Joseph) Lister |
#6810, aired 2014-04-04 | VIENNA CALLING $400: This 1867 waltz by Johann Strauss Jr. became a symbol of imperial Vienna "The Blue Danube" |
#6762, aired 2014-01-28 | YOU'RE NOT ON THE LISZT $800: In 1867 this composer founded the Norwegian Academy of Music (Edvard) Grieg |
#6745, aired 2014-01-03 | THE HISTORIC SEÑOR-"A" OR SEÑORIT-"A" $2000: The daughter of Belgium's King Leopold I, she was Empress of Mexico from 1864 to 1867 Carlota |
#6697, aired 2013-10-29 | STRANGE RHYMES $2000: This farmers' organization was founded in 1867 the Grange |
#6668, aired 2013-09-18 | HAIL MARY $400: In 1867 Harper & Brothers made Mary Louise Booth the first editor of this fashionable magazine Harper's Bazaar |
#6660, aired 2013-07-26 | FASHION $3,000 (Daily Double): This fashion weekly began publishing in 1867; it got the double "A" in 1929 Harper's Bazaar |
#6619, aired 2013-05-30 | IN THE CAPITAL CITY $1,800 (Daily Double): Nov. 7, 1867:
The future Marie Curie is born Warsaw |
#6613, aired 2013-05-22 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This baking soda brand first sold in 1867 has had great success urging us to dump its product down the drain Arm & Hammer |
#6562, aired 2013-03-12 | ON THE GEOGRAPHIC MENU $400: A heated yet frozen dessert bearing the name of a big 1867 land purchase by the United States Baked Alaska |
#6554, aired 2013-02-28 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This Strauss composition made its debut in Vienna in February 1867 The Blue Danube Waltz |
#6513, aired 2013-01-02 | CAPITAL CITY CHURCHES $1000: Matthias Church, or Matyas Templom, where Franz Joseph was crowned in 1867 Budapest |
#6481, aired 2012-11-19 | IN 1867... $200: This dual monarchy with a population of about 50 million was formed; it lasted until 1918 Austria-Hungary |
#6481, aired 2012-11-19 | IN 1867... $400: In 1867, he published the play "Peer Gynt" and obviously spent some time on his facial hair (Henrik) Ibsen |
#6481, aired 2012-11-19 | IN 1867... $600: The fame of this scout was spread by a Harper's article that went "Wild" over his "exquisite manly proportions" Wild Bill Hickok |
#6481, aired 2012-11-19 | IN 1867... $800: August von Hofmann discovered this fluid; 25 years later it could have been used to embalm him formaldehyde |
#6481, aired 2012-11-19 | IN 1867... $1,000 (Daily Double): She wed a doomed physician suffering from alcoholism, perhaps contributing to her violent hatred of booze Carrie Nation |
#6453, aired 2012-10-10 | YOU KNOW THE RULES! $800: No. 11 in this man's rules for boxing, first published in 1867: no shoes or boots with springs allowed (The Marquess of) Queensberry |
#6409, aired 2012-06-28 | MARX $1000: This 1867 Marx masterwork has been called "the Bible of the working class" Das Kapital |
#6402, aired 2012-06-19 | AMERICAN YEARBOOK $500 (Daily Double): In 1867 it cost the U.S. about 2 cents an acre to buy this Alaska |
#6399, aired 2012-06-14 | ALMOST HEAVEN: WEST VIRGINIA $1000: West Virginia University was founded in this city in 1867 Morgantown |
#6382, aired 2012-05-22 | THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS $1200: It achieved dominion status in 1867, the first Commonwealth member to do so Canada |
#6354, aired 2012-04-12 | WITHOUT MY PARTNER $800: He composed the music for the 1867 operetta "The Contrabandista" (Arthur) Sullivan |
#6343, aired 2012-03-28 | A CLASSICAL MIXUP $1200: Silly me! It wasn't the rock group Franz Ferdinand but this guy who gave us the 1867 "Hungarian Coronation Mass" Franz Liszt |
#6305, aired 2012-02-03 | THE WRITER'S COLLEGE $1200: Toni Morrison:
This Washington, D.C. university founded in 1867 Howard |
#6255, aired 2011-11-25 | THE LONELY ISLAND $5,000 (Daily Double): The name given to these islands when they were annexed by the U.S. in 1867 reflected their position between America & Asia the Midway Islands |
#6252, aired 2011-11-22 | WHERE YA FROM? $2,000 (Daily Double): Born June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin, he dreamed of moving to Chicago, with its soaring architecture Frank Lloyd Wright |
#6240, aired 2011-11-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $2000: The Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867; this transplanted Scot became the country's first prime minister (John A.) Macdonald |
#6204, aired 2011-07-28 | THE OLD WEST $1600: In 1867 Joseph McCoy set up a shipping yard in Abilene, Kansas to hold Texas cattle arriving on this trail the Chisholm Trail |
#6183, aired 2011-06-29 | AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS $1600: He was born in 1867 in Idaho, but it would be in South Dakota that he would do a really huge work of art (Gutzon) Borglum |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | THE 1860s $1,000 (Daily Double): In an 1867 article, this English physician wrote, "the first object must be the destruction of any septic germs" Joseph Lister |
#6141, aired 2011-05-02 | HEAD OF THE CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: In 1867 he founded the Norwegian Academy of Music Grieg |
#6123, aired 2011-04-06 | HORTON HEARS A HOOSIER $200: This aviator first flew into the world near Millville on April 16, 1867; Orville landed in Ohio in 1871 Wilbur Wright |
#6070, aired 2011-01-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: This 1867 Edvard Grieg work was first published as a piano duet but later divided into 2 suites Peer Gynt |
#6038, aired 2010-12-08 | AUSTRIAN HISTORY $800 (Daily Double): When Austria joined forces with this country in 1867, the result was known as a "doppelmonarchie" Hungary |
#5974, aired 2010-07-29 | 19th CENTURY OPERA $800: He began writing "Die Meistersinger" in 1845 as a companion piece to "Tannhauser", but didn't finish it until 1867 (Richard) Wagner |
#5914, aired 2010-05-06 | WORKING ON THE RAILROAD $800: Organized in 1867, his firm built, staffed & operated sleeping cars on all major U.S. railroads (George) Pullman |
#5902, aired 2010-04-20 | BAKING BRANDS $400: The logo of this brand of baking soda was created (or should we say forged?) in 1867 Arm & Hammer |
#5857, aired 2010-02-16 | SEWARD'S FOLLIES $200: In 1867 William Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from this nation for $7.2 million Russia |
#5846, aired 2010-02-01 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $600: On Oct. 18, 1867 General Lovell Rousseau formally received this territory purchased 7 months earlier the Alaska Territory |
#5821, aired 2009-12-28 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Although founded in 1867, this Washington, D.C. school didn't have its first black president until 1926 Howard |
#5692, aired 2009-05-12 | VIVA MEXICO! $2000: This archduke of Austria who became emperor of Mexico died before a firing squad in 1867 Maximilian |
#5650, aired 2009-03-13 | 19th CENTURY FRANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): He designed a towering Gallery of Machines for the Paris Exposition of 1867 (Gustave) Eiffel |
#5606, aired 2009-01-12 | THE 19th CENTURY $1600: This dual monarchy was created in March 1867 after Francis Joseph I & Magyar rulers reached an agreement the Austro-Hungarian Empire |
#5590, aired 2008-12-19 | CHRISTMAS PUDDING $800: As early as 1867 this NYC store with a red star symbol was open until midnight Christmas Eve Macy's |
#5514, aired 2008-07-24 | A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND $1600: South Africa's diamond industry began in 1867 after a child found a diamond beside this "colorful" river the Orange |
#5506, aired 2008-07-14 | LIFE'S A BEACH $2000: "The sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair" in this 1867 Matthew Arnold Poem "Dover Beach" |
#5479, aired 2008-06-05 | CASING YOUR STATE $200: In 1864 its capital moved from Fort Whipple to Prescott, which lost the honor in 1867, then got it back in 1877 Arizona |
#5457, aired 2008-05-06 | ON WISCONSIN $2000: On June 8, 1867 this architect began building a life for himself when he was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin (Frank Lloyd) Wright |
#5452, aired 2008-04-29 | COMPOSERS $400: In 1867 Edvard Grieg founded the Norwegian Academy of Music in this city, then known as Christiania Oslo |
#5409, aired 2008-02-28 | COURT-LY $200: In 1867 Congress temporarily reduced the number of justices to 7 so this pres. couldn't appoint new ones Andrew Johnson |
#5304, aired 2007-10-04 | SOMEWHERE $800: Johann Strauss Jr. conducted the "Blue Danube" waltz publicly for the first time at a Feb. 1867 concert in this city Vienna |
#5303, aired 2007-10-03 | U.S. CITY HISTORY $1200: It was Arizona's territorial capital from 1867 to 1877, & a university was founded there in 1885 Tucson |
#5301, aired 2007-10-01 | OH, BROTHER $800: The older of these 2 brothers was born in Indiana in 1867; the younger in Dayton, Ohio, in 1871 the Wright brothers |
#5272, aired 2007-07-10 | GEMS & JEWELS $400: In 1867 a child in South Africa found a "pretty pebble", which turned out to be a 22-carat one of these diamonds |
#5236, aired 2007-05-21 | MILITARY MATTERS $2000: This term from the Japanese refers to the 3 military govts. that ruled Japan between 1192 & 1867 the Shogunate (the Shogun accepted) |
#5214, aired 2007-04-19 | LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $1000: This pioneer who gave his name to a pass, a trail & a Montana city was killed by Indians in 1867 John Bozeman |
#5188, aired 2007-03-14 | BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE! $800: In 1867 this Swedish inventor found kieselguhr, a type of chalky earth, absorbed a lot of nitroglycerine (Alfred) Nobel |
#5184, aired 2007-03-08 | "DEN"MARK $400: It was made a territorial capital in 1867 Denver |
#5124, aired 2006-12-14 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $2000: He renewed his ties to his native land by writing his "Hungarian Coronation Mass" in 1867 Liszt |
#5074, aired 2006-10-05 | CANADA, MEXICO OR THE U.S. $1000: Ruled by an emperor from 1864 to 1867 Mexico |
#5009, aired 2006-05-25 | WORLD AUTHORS $1200: Peer Gynt, the title character of his 1867 play, is based on a legendary Norwegian folk hero Ibsen |
#4957, aired 2006-03-14 | LET'S GET ECONOMICAL $2000: In 1976 this author of "A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960" won the Nobel Prize for Economics Milton Friedman |
#4957, aired 2006-03-14 | LET'S GET ECONOMICAL $2,200 (Daily Double): In this 1867 work Karl Marx declared that free enterprise would lead to severe depressions Das Kapital |
#4952, aired 2006-03-07 | RANKS & TITLES $200: From 1867 to 1914 this African country was ruled by a Turkish viceroy called a khedive Egypt |
#4891, aired 2005-12-12 | GETTING HUNGARY? $800: In March of 1867, Hungary was joined with this country in a dual monarchy Austria |
#4888, aired 2005-12-07 | WATER WORKS $800: Strauss composed this watery waltz around 1867 in Vienna "The Blue Danube" |
#4880, aired 2005-11-25 | THE "L" IT IS! $400: Between 1867 & 1871 about 1 1/2 million of these cattle made a one-way trip up the Chisholm Trail longhorns |
#4872, aired 2005-11-15 | DEAD SCIENTISTS SOCIETY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1867 this British surgeon published "On the Antiseptic Principle in the Practice of Surgery" (Joseph) Lister |
#4816, aired 2005-07-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: This university in Washington, D.C. was founded in 1867 to educate newly freed slaves & their descendants Howard University |
#4794, aired 2005-06-09 | C'MON, YOU HAD TO EXPECT NEBRASKA $200: In 1867 the city known as Lancaster was renamed this to honor a fallen leader Lincoln |
#4789, aired 2005-06-02 | PICK ME A WIENER $800: Born in Vienna in 1832, he was executed in Mexico in 1867 Maximilian |
#4756, aired 2005-04-18 | DONE THAT $400: Samuel B. Fay patented the first bent-wire one of these in 1867; it was originally used to attach tags to fabric a paper clip |
#4690, aired 2005-01-14 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $2000: After helping Jefferson Davis make bail in 1867, this New Hork Tribune publisher lost about half his readers Horace Greeley |
#4689, aired 2005-01-13 | 19th CENTURY NOTABLES $400: In 1867 he patented dynamite (Alfred) Nobel |
#4653, aired 2004-11-24 | U.S. "S"ITIES $2000: Until 1867 it was the capital of Russian America Sitka |
#4636, aired 2004-11-01 | THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE $800: This piece of trading floor technology arrived in 1867 but is now a bit out of date the ticker |
#4621, aired 2004-10-11 | FOOD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Delmonico's in New York City is credited with inventing this dish in honor of an 1867 U.S. purchase Baked Alaska |
#4589, aired 2004-07-15 | AN "A" IN HISTORY $1000: In 1867 entrepreneur Joseph McCoy selected this Kansas town as the railhead for Tex. cattle drives Abilene |
#4586, aired 2004-07-12 | THE 1860s $400: The oldest of horse racing's Triple Crown races, it was first run on June 19, 1867 at Jerome Park, New York the Belmont (Stakes) |
#4542, aired 2004-05-11 | N"AA"CP $800: Established in 1867, it's America's first fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar |
#4456, aired 2004-01-12 | GENESIS $1200: French gardener Joseph Monier received a patent for the reinforced type of this construction material in 1867 concrete |
#4411, aired 2003-11-10 | AFRICAN-AMERICANA $800: Once called "The Capstone of Negro Education", this Washington, D.C. university opened its doors in 1867 Howard University |
#4375, aired 2003-09-19 | HISTORY $200: On July 1, 1867 the British North America Act created this new dominion Canada |
#4365, aired 2003-07-18 | THE "BALD" & THE BEAUTIFUL $1200: An 1867 Mussorgsky symphonic composition is about a "Night on" this Bald Mountain |
#4363, aired 2003-07-16 | 1867 $200: In 1867 Charles Weller created the phrase "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party" to test this typewriter |
#4363, aired 2003-07-16 | 1867 $400: On March 1, 1867 it was admitted to the Union as the 37th state with Omaha as its capital Nebraska |
#4363, aired 2003-07-16 | 1867 $600: On October 18 ownership of this territory was transferred from Russia to the United States Alaska |
#4363, aired 2003-07-16 | 1867 $800: In 1867 the first of this author's more than 100 rags-to-riches tales, "Ragged Dick", was published Horatio Alger |
#4363, aired 2003-07-16 | 1867 $1000: Minnesota farmer Oliver Kelley established this organization of American farmers as a social & educational group The Grange |
#4358, aired 2003-07-09 | HISTORIC NAMES $2000: After losing the support of the French army, this emperor of Mexico faced a firing squad in June 1867 Maximilian |
#4309, aired 2003-05-01 | GILMORE GIRLS & BOYS $1200: Major League Baseball's top award to pitchers is named for this man who was born in Gilmore, Ohio in 1867 Cy Young |
#4230, aired 2003-01-10 | DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Middle name of American architect Frank Wright, born in 1867 Lloyd |
#4212, aired 2002-12-17 | CANADIAN P.M.s $400: Since 1867 all the P.M.s, except for 2 Unionists, have been from 1 of these 2 parties Conservative or Liberal |
#4199, aired 2002-11-28 | EUROPE $2000: This dual monarchy began with Franz Josef in 1867 & broke up in 1918, 2 years after his death the Austro-Hungarian |
#4154, aired 2002-09-26 | "OG" $600: In 1867 the last one of these Japanese warrior rulers resigned & power returned to the emperor Shogun |
#4128, aired 2002-07-10 | PERIOD $2,200 (Daily Double): This period of Japan's history, 1603-1867, was given Tokyo's earlier name the Edo Period |
#4123, aired 2002-07-03 | EMPIRES $800: An empire was established in 1867 under Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria & king of this country Hungary |
#4122, aired 2002-07-02 | WELL DOCUMENTED $2000: Baron Eduard De Stoeckl for Russia & this man for the U.S. worked out the 1867 Alaska Purchase Treaty Seward |
#4083, aired 2002-05-08 | I'VE GOT A LITTLE LISZT $1200: One of Liszt's later works was an 1867 funeral march for this Austrian archduke & emperor of a N. American country Maximilian |
#4057, aired 2002-04-02 | STATES' FORMER CAPITALS $400: Omaha
(1854-1867) Nebraska |
#4051, aired 2002-03-25 | CHURCH & STATE $700 (Daily Double): St. Olaf Lutheran, founded by Norwegians in 1867 Minnesota |
#4005, aired 2002-01-18 | GRIEG $400: In 1867 Edvard Grieg founded the Norwegian Academy of Music in this city, then known as Christiania Oslo |
#3866, aired 2001-05-28 | FORMER CAPITALS $100: Tucson
(1867-1877) Arizona |
#3866, aired 2001-05-28 | FORMER CAPITALS $400: Sitka
(1867-1900) Alaska |
#3815, aired 2001-03-16 | PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET $1,000 (Daily Double): He wasn't a Secretary of State, he was Andrew Johnson's Secretary of War in 1867 & 1868 Ulysses S. Grant |
#3779, aired 2001-01-25 | THE 1860s $400: This Swede came up with a dynamite invention & patented it in 1867 Alfred Nobel |
#3770, aired 2001-01-12 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $300: In 1867 this dual monarchy was created under the rule of Francis Joseph I; it lasted until the end of World War I Austria-Hungary |
#3752, aired 2000-12-19 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $200: "Miss Ravenel's Conversion From Secession to Loyalty" is John De Forest's 1867 novel about this war Civil War |
#3696, aired 2000-10-02 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1000: This scientist was born in 1867 in Poland with the name Marja Sklodowska Marie Curie |
#3651, aired 2000-06-19 | THE 1860s $100: In March of 1867 Secretary of State Seward arranged to buy this "icebox" for a total of $7.2 million Alaska |
#3647, aired 2000-06-13 | METHODS OF EXECUTION $500: Emperor Maximilian,
1867 Firing squad |
#3622, aired 2000-05-09 | IF I HAD A HAMMER $100: This leavening agent has been sold in boxes bearing an arm & hammer logo since 1867 baking soda |
#3475, aired 1999-10-15 | BETRAYED! $1,900 (Daily Double): This emperor of Mexico was betrayed in 1867 by one of his trusted officers Maximilian |
#3470, aired 1999-10-08 | THE ASPCA $800: In 1867 the ASPCA began operating the world's first of these vehicles to carry horses, probably without a siren Ambulance |
#3441, aired 1999-07-19 | THE WILD WEST $300: The one Kansas opened in 1867 was basically copied from the one in Joliet, Illinois Prison |
#3428, aired 1999-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The Tokugawa shogungate ruled this country from 1603 to 1867 Japan |
#3422, aired 1999-06-22 | BORN & DIED $800: 2-time Nobel Prize winner who was born in Warsaw in 1867 & died in France in 1934 Marie Curie |
#3404, aired 1999-05-27 | TO ALASKA $1000: This Secretary of State bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 at about 2 cents an acre, a bargain price William Seward |
#3373, aired 1999-04-14 | "SI" THE WORLD $800: When the U.S. bought Alaska in 1867, the transfer ceremony was held in this "si"ty Sitka |
#3340, aired 1999-02-26 | LIFE AFTER APPOMATTOX $400: Nicknamed "Yellow Hair", he was court-martialed for going AWOL in 1867 but rejoined the 7th Cavalry in 1868 George Armstrong Custer |
#3308, aired 1999-01-13 | HISTORIC NEBRASKA $600 (Daily Double): From 1855 to 1867, this city was the territorial capital Omaha |
#3257, aired 1998-11-03 | 19th CENTURY FOOD & DRINK $300: This Boston company introduced its canned deviled ham in 1867 William Underwood Co. |
#3140, aired 1998-04-03 | FAMOUS FRIEDMANS $600: Nobel economist & author of the exciting "A Monetary History of the United States 1867-1960" Milton Friedman |
#3136, aired 1998-03-30 | 19th CENTURY LIT $800: The 1867 stage melodrama "Under the Gaslight" featured a dramatic rescue from an oncoming one of these a train |
#3102, aired 1998-02-10 | DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB $500: He gave up his cushy European royalty job to become emperor of Mexico, & was executed there in 1867 Maximillian |
#3081, aired 1998-01-12 | FORMER CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): This Arizona city was the territorial capital from 1867 to 1877 Tucson |
#3043, aired 1997-11-19 | BULL $300: In about 1867 he was made principal chief of several Sioux tribes Sitting Bull |
#3016, aired 1997-10-13 | U.S. CITIES $100: Rebuilding Precolumbian irrigation canals in 1867 helped "resurrect" this future Arizona capital Phoenix |
#2970, aired 1997-06-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In October 1867 Gen. Rousseau took formal possession of this territory that the U.S. had bought in March Alaska |
#2944, aired 1997-05-22 | THE 19th CENTURY $100: Found near the Orange River in 1867, these gems started a rush to southern Africa Diamonds |
#2935, aired 1997-05-09 | COMPOSERS $600: This Norwegian "Peer Gynt Suite" composer married his first cousin, singer Nina Hagerup, in 1867 (Edvard) Grieg |
#2908, aired 1997-04-02 | AUGUST $200: On August 12, 1867 President Johnson named this Civil War general his new Secretary of War Ulysses S. Grant |
#2900, aired 1997-03-21 | MILITARY GOVERNORS $600: Term for the military governor of Japan; the last one resigned in 1867 Shogun |
#2862, aired 1997-01-28 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $400: Senate approval of the treaty to buy this area in 1867 may have been accomplished by Russian bribery Alaska |
#2855, aired 1997-01-17 | HUNGARY $200: In 1867 Hungary & this country established a dual monarchy that lasted until the end of World War I Austria |
#2816, aired 1996-11-25 | GEMS & JEWELRY $100: The 1st of these crystalline carbon gems discovered in South Africa was found in 1867 Diamonds |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | JAPAN $300: These military dictators dominated Japan for most of the period between 1192 & 1867 the shoguns |
#2735, aired 1996-06-21 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $400: In 1867 Thomas Allbutt invented one of these instruments which took 5 minutes to register instead of 20 a thermometer |
#2700, aired 1996-05-03 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: One of these brothers was born near New Castle, Indiana in 1867, the other in Dayton, Ohio in 1871 the Wright Brothers |
#2686, aired 1996-04-15 | THE 1880s $700 (Daily Double): The Organic Act of 1884 applied the laws of Oregon to this area purchased by the U.S. in 1867 Alaska |
#2685, aired 1996-04-12 | DOWN FOR THE COUNT $400: Count Andrassy helped arrange the Compromise of 1867, which created this dual monarchy Austria-Hungary |
#2673, aired 1996-03-27 | INVENTORS $200: In 1867 his perfected sewing machine won a gold medal at the Paris exhibition Elias Howe |
#2669, aired 1996-03-21 | HISTORY $300: In 1867 Emperor Franz Joseph created this dual monarchy Austria-Hungary |
#2645, aired 1996-02-16 | POLES $400 (Daily Double): She was born Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw on November 7, 1867 Marie Curie |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | POETRY $600: His "One's-Self I Sing" was originally published in 1867 under the title "Inscription" Whitman |
#2596, aired 1995-12-11 | HISTORY $400: Since 1867 Japan had has 4 emperors: Mutsuhito, Yoshihito, Hirohito & him Akihito |
#2570, aired 1995-11-03 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: From 1864-69 he was general-in-chief of the U.S. Army; in 1867-68, an interim Secretary of War Ulysses S. Grant |
#2549, aired 1995-10-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1867 Congress declared Nebraska the 37th state, overriding this president's veto Andrew Johnson |
#2495, aired 1995-06-09 | MEXICO $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1867 Maximilian surrendered to this former president of Mexico in the city of Queretaro Benito Juarez |
#2494, aired 1995-06-08 | MUSIC $1000: A chorus of hisses greeted the premiere of 3 movements of his "German Requiem" in 1867 (Johannes) Brahms |
#2485, aired 1995-05-26 | AUTHORS $800: This Swedish playwright began attending the University of Uppsala in 1867 but never graduated Strindberg |
#2480, aired 1995-05-19 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The British North America Act of 1867 created this country Canada |
#2438, aired 1995-03-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,100 (Daily Double): In 1867 this newspaper editor helped Jefferson Davis gain his freedom by signing his bail bond Horace Greeley |
#2415, aired 1995-02-17 | AMERICANA $100: It became capital of the Colorado Territory in 1867 & capital of Colorado in 1876 Denver |
#2407, aired 1995-02-07 | THEATRE $1000: In 1867 this Norwegian wrote one of his most famous plays, "Peer Gynt" (Henrik) Ibsen |
#2406, aired 1995-02-06 | 19th CENTURY EUROPE $200: The first volume of his "Das Kapital" was published in 1867 Karl Marx |
#2360, aired 1994-12-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: To bring farmers together, Oliver Hudson Kelley founded this fraternal order in 1867 the Grange |
#2311, aired 1994-09-26 | BLACK AMERICA $400: 2 of America's most prestigious black colleges were founded in 1867: Morehouse & this one in Washington, D.C. Howard |
#2307, aired 1994-09-20 | AUTHORS $800: "Ragged Dick", his 1st successful rags-to-riches story, was 1st serialized in 1867 Horatio Alger |
#2300, aired 1994-09-09 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1867 he had Maximilian shot & was installed as president of Mexico (Benito) Juarez |
#2259, aired 1994-06-02 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $200: The British North America Act of 1867 formed this dominion & divided it into 4 provinces Canada |
#2259, aired 1994-06-02 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $500: John Graham Chambers drafted the 12 boxing rules published under the patronage of this marquess in 1867 the Marquess of Queensbury |
#2258, aired 1994-06-01 | ART & ARTISTS $400: The 1867 execution of this emperor of Mexico inspired one of Manet's few historical paintings Maximilian |
#2249, aired 1994-05-19 | HISTORY $800: This ruler created a dual monarchy in 1867 & joined a Triple Alliance in 1882 Franz Joseph |
#2239, aired 1994-05-05 | COMPOSERS $800: The inspiration for many of this Norwegian's songs was his cousin Nina Hagerup, whom he married in 1867 (Edvard) Grieg |
#2223, aired 1994-04-13 | STATE CAPITALS $100: In 1867 Nebraska's capital was moved from Omaha to Lancaster, which was renamed this Lincoln |
#2208, aired 1994-03-23 | HISTORY $200: In 1867 MP John Stuart Mill proposed that this be extended to women but Parliament said no suffrage (the vote) |
#2168, aired 1994-01-26 | MEXICAN HISTORY $1000: This Zapotec Indian served as president of Mexico from 1867 until his death in 1872 (Benito) Juarez |
#2122, aired 1993-11-23 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1867 the first railroad to cross this state was completed from the Mississippi to Council Bluffs Iowa |
#2120, aired 1993-11-19 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This dominion was created by the British North America Act on July 1, 1867 Canada |
#2101, aired 1993-10-25 | 1867 $200: Of about 2¢, 20¢ or $2, the amount per acre the U.S. paid Russia for Alaska 2¢ |
#2101, aired 1993-10-25 | 1867 $400: Charles Weller devised "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party" to test these a typewriter |
#2101, aired 1993-10-25 | 1867 $600: Minnesota farmer Oliver Kelley founded this fraternal organization the Grange |
#2101, aired 1993-10-25 | 1867 $800: Under a new dual monarchy, this Austrian emperor became king of Hungary as well Franz Josef |
#2101, aired 1993-10-25 | 1867 $1000: Japan's National Revolution known as this restoration began in 1867 with the accession of prince Mutsuhito The Meiji Restoration |
#2085, aired 1993-10-01 | MEDICINE $500 (Daily Double): He published an 1867 article entitled "On the Antiseptic Principle in the Practice of Surgery" Lister |
#2061, aired 1993-07-19 | DIPLOMACY $400: In 1867 Baron de Stoeckl & this Secretary of State drew the treaty that ceded Alaska to the U.S. Seward |
#2049, aired 1993-07-01 | WORLD ALMANAC 1868 $300: On Nov. 14, 1867 there were meteor showers & this volcano near Naples erupted Vesuvius |
#2038, aired 1993-06-16 | HISTORY $400: In 1867 the last of these Japanese military directors was forced to resign Shogun |
#2020, aired 1993-05-21 | U.S. STATES $400: An 1867 flood in this state allowed a steamboat to travel down Chattanooga's Main Street Tennessee |
#2020, aired 1993-05-21 | MEXICO $400: Though Victor Hugo & Garibaldi petitioned to save this emperor's life, he was executed in 1867 Maximilian |
#2002, aired 1993-04-27 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY $200: Since 1867 the bishops of this church have gotten together for occasional talks at the Lambeth Conferences the Anglican Church (the Church of England) |
#2000, aired 1993-04-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: While conducting Vienna Court balls in 1867, he wrote "The Blue Danube" Johann Strauss (Jr.) |
#1996, aired 1993-04-19 | HISTORIC LEADERS $200: In 1867 Francis Joseph became emperor of the dual monarchy that included these 2 countries Austria & Hungary |
#1979, aired 1993-03-25 | WORLD'S FAIRS $400 (Daily Double): This city hosted World's Fairs in 1855, 1867, 1878, 1889, 1900 & 1931 Paris |
#1960, aired 1993-02-26 | NEBRASKA $400: Originally called Lancaster, this capital city was renamed at statehood in 1867 Lincoln |
#1936, aired 1993-01-25 | COLORADO $100: This city replaced Golden as territorial capital in 1867 Denver |
#1929, aired 1993-01-14 | VIETNAM $200: In 1867 Cochin China, the southern part of Vietnam, became a colony of this country France |
#1924, aired 1993-01-07 | OPERA $600: He composed his first comic opera, "Cox and Box", in 1867; he didn't work with his famous partner until 1871 Sullivan |
#1901, aired 1992-12-07 | HISTORY $600: Sent by France to rule Mexico. this man was executed there in 1867 Maximilian |
#1857, aired 1992-10-06 | RUSSIAN HISTORY $200: In 1867 Russia sold this territory to the U.S. for $7,200,000 Alaska |
#1850, aired 1992-09-25 | PLANTS $400: Introduced in 1867, La France was the first hybrid tea variety of this flower the rose |
#1840, aired 1992-09-11 | AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES $200: She was born in Pepin, Wisconsin in 1867, presumably in a "little house" Laura Ingalls Wilder |
#1790, aired 1992-05-15 | FAMOUS AUSTRIANS $500: This emperor's brother was killed in Mexico in 1867 & his wife was assassinated in 1898 Franz Joseph |
#1656, aired 1991-11-11 | INVENTORS $400: Until his death in 1867, this inventor got royalties on every sewing machine sold in the U.S. (Elias) Howe |
#1617, aired 1991-09-17 | COMPOSERS $1,700 (Daily Double): In 1867 he founded the Norwegian Academy of Music Edvard Grieg |
#1566, aired 1991-05-27 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: The Patrons of Husbandry, founded in 1867, were popularly known as this the Grange |
#1543, aired 1991-04-24 | AFRICAN HISTORY $400: In 1867 these precious gems were found near Hopetown on the Orange River diamonds |
#1467, aired 1991-01-08 | HISTORY $300: Yoshinobu, the last man to hold this title in Japan, resigned in 1867 with the Meiji Restoration shogun |
#1464, aired 1991-01-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: Ironically, Horace Greeley disapproved of this 1867 purchase Alaska |
#1434, aired 1990-11-22 | INDIANS $400: In 1867 this nation built its capitol in Tahlequah, Oklahoma Cherokee |
#1428, aired 1990-11-14 | SCIENTISTS $200: This chemist was born Marie Sklodowska in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland Marie Curie |
#1420, aired 1990-11-02 | FAMOUS LETTERS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1867 he wrote, "I have almost resolved to publish a little essay on the origin of mankind" Charles Darwin |
#1410, aired 1990-10-19 | STARTS WITH "Q" $400: Since 1867 professional boxers have had to adhere to these rules the Queensbury rules |
#1396, aired 1990-10-01 | U.S. HISTORY $800: In 1867 this general became acting Secretary of War (U.S.) Grant |
#1394, aired 1990-09-27 | RULERS $400: He was executed by a Mexican firing squad on June 19, 1867 Maximilian |
#1386, aired 1990-09-17 | EUROPE $200: Since 1867 this city, more famous for its perfume, has offered tours of its sewers Paris |
#1369, aired 1990-07-12 | EDUCATION $300: Founded in 1867 to serve blacks, this Washington, D.C. university has always been open to all races Howard University |
#1344, aired 1990-06-07 | LEFTOVERS $200: When the Dominion of Canada was created in 1867, John MacDonald became the first to hold this post prime minister |
#1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $1000: In 1867 Oliver Hudson Kelley & 6 associates founded this secret organization for farmers the Grangers (the Grange) |
#1234, aired 1990-01-04 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: This empress of Mexico was in Europe when her husband, Maximilian, was executed in 1867 Carlota |
#1133, aired 1989-07-05 | RULES $300: John Douglas, who sponsored a code of fair play for pugilism in 1867, is better known by this title the Marquess of Queensberry |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | GEORGE WASHINGTONS $400: In 1867 George Washington Julian helped prepare the articles of impeachment against him Andrew Johnson |
#1064, aired 1989-03-30 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: In 1867 this country returned to imperial rule under a teenager called Meiji Japan |
#986, aired 1988-12-12 | AUSTRIA $500: In 1867, under the dual monarchy, both the Austrians & Hungarians pledged allegiance to him Emperor Franz Joseph |
#982, aired 1988-12-06 | U.S. CITIES $600: In 1867 Lancaster, Nebraska was made state capital & its name changed to this Lincoln |
#946, aired 1988-10-17 | HISTORY $200: In 1867, when it was sold to the U.S. for $7.2 million, only 30,000 people lived there Alaska |
#940, aired 1988-10-07 | SPEAK OF THE DICKENS $200: Almost every year from 1843 to 1867 Dickens wrote a special story or book for this holiday Christmas |
#917, aired 1988-09-06 | OPERA $200: At least 3 composers have written operas based on this 1867 Ibsen work; must be peer pressure Peer Gynt |
#902, aired 1988-07-05 | WORLD HISTORY $300: The 1867 British North America Act united 3 colonies under this single name Canada |
#805, aired 1988-02-19 | HISTORY $100: In 1867, Alexander II of Russia sold it to the United States Alaska |
#772, aired 1988-01-05 | U.S. HISTORY $800: Horace Greeley was among those who guaranteed $100,000 bail for this ex-president May 13, 1867 Jefferson Davis |
#735, aired 1987-11-13 | TWAIN $600: On their 1st "date" Twain took his future wife to a reading given by this English author in 1867 Charles Dickens |
#734, aired 1987-11-12 | COLLEGES $400: In 1867, a Union general co-founded this D.C. university, among the first for black students Howard University |
#637, aired 1987-05-19 | JUNE $800: Ex-Austrian archduke, ex-Mexican emperor, executed June 19, 1867 Maximilian |
#507, aired 1986-11-18 | 19th CENTURY $600 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 provinces that formed the new Dominion of Canada in 1867 (2 of) Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia |
#506, aired 1986-11-17 | HISTORY $800: Dual monarchy founded in 1867 in which Franz Josef was king of 1 country & emperor of the other Austro-Hungarian Empire |
#462, aired 1986-09-16 | NATURE $800: Blinded in 1867, he vowed to "see God's wilderness", recovered his sight, & ended up in Yosemite John Muir |
#395, aired 1986-03-14 | HIGHER EDUCATION $1000: Nashville university founded for Blacks in 1867 but now open to all Fisk University |
#337, aired 1985-12-24 | NEBRASKA $800: In 1867, Congress overrode this President's veto to make Nebraska our 37th state Johnson |
#327, aired 1985-12-10 | COLONIAL EMPIRES $200: 1867 British North America Act gave this country independence Canada |
#291, aired 1985-10-21 | RULERS $500: In 1867, these 2 European nations became a dual monarchy under Franz Josef Austria & Hungary |
#146, aired 1985-04-01 | SPORTS $400: Since 1867, lacrosse has been this country's national sport Canada |