Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (283 results returned)

#9086, aired 2024-04-22TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! $3,600 (Daily Double): The world's longest rotating metal bridge, El Ferdan, spans the Western shipping lane of this Egyptian waterway, dating to 1869 the Suez Canal
#21, aired 2023-11-29THIS DAY IN WORLD HISTORY $400: November 17, 1869: After ten years of grueling construction, this country officially opens the Suez Canal Egypt
#8982, aired 2023-11-284 N LANGUAGE $1600: Adjective preceding the railroad completed in 1869 transcontinental
#8981, aired 2023-11-27CULTURE CLUB $1600: This composer's 1869 waltz "Wine, Women and Song" was far from junior league Johann Strauss Jr.
#8913, aired 2023-07-12THE ____ OF CANADA $800: National symbol Johnny Canuck: this after a national symbol he's shown kicking out of the country in an 1869 cartoon the Uncle Sam of Canada
#8897, aired 2023-06-20AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: A golden spike ceremony on May 10, 1869 near this Utah "Point" marked the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad Promontory
#11, aired 2023-05-16KEN JENNINGS: INTERNATIONAL NERD OF MYSTERY $800: Ah, an 1869 bottle from this 2-name château in Pauillac, France! It's worth 6 figures & will certainly be savored during our D&D game Lafite Rothschild
#10, aired 2023-05-15MY MISSED CAREER, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER $800: I love A.P. bio! Let's talk pancreas! An adult one has a million of these, named for the German doctor who noted them in 1869 islets of Langerhans
#8818, aired 2023-03-01RE: UNION $2000: The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 when the tracks of the Union Pacific & Central Pacific were joined in this state Utah
#8800, aired 2023-02-03JUICE BAR $400: In 1869 a dentist with this last name began selling "unfermented wine", better known as grape juice Welch
#8790, aired 2023-01-20WHIRLED EVENTS $800: Symbolic 1869 railroad item: GO LINK SPEED the golden spike
#7, aired 2022-11-06FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $1500: Egypt's major waterways include the Nile River, of course, & this manmade waterway that opened in 1869 the Suez Canal
#8669, aired 2022-06-23IT'S ANARCHY $800: Matthew Arnold's 1869 "Culture and Anarchy" took the side of culture & popularized the phrase "sweetness and" this light
#8611, aired 2022-04-04EVERYTHING IS GOLDEN $600: Step back in time to 1869 at the Golden Spike National Historical Park in this state Utah
#8609, aired 2022-03-31COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: Rutgers' football rivalry with this school goes back to their first collegiate game in 1869 Princeton
#8586, aired 2022-02-28AMERICAN HISTORY $600: The tracks of the Central Pacific & this railroad met in Utah in 1869 the Union Pacific
#8562, aired 2022-01-25"C" LIFE $1600: Appeased his parents by showing up in England in 1869; tried to make peace; failed & died soon after in 1940 Neville Chamberlain
#8546, aired 2022-01-03WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: In October 1869 Nova Scotia recorded a 54-foot tide at Burntcoat Head in this bay the Bay of Fundy
#8501, aired 2021-11-01ONCE UPON A NOVEMBER $800: After 10 years of construction, this waterway officially opened November 17, 1869 the Suez Canal
#8472, aired 2021-09-21COLOR ME GOOD $400: In 1869 the "golden spike" was driven in to ceremonially finish the construction of this the Transcontinental Railroad
#8393, aired 2021-05-05MR. PRESIDENT $800: Inaugurated in March 1869, he was the first president whose parents were both alive when he took the oath of office Grant
#8317, aired 2021-01-19HISTORICALLY SHAMELESS $400: (Jeremy Allen White presents the clue.) Unashamed of his circus hoaxes, he described himself in 1869 as "preeminent among all who have sought to furnish healthful entertainment to the American people" (P.T.) Barnum
#8304, aired 2020-12-171800s AMERICA $800: In 1869, the first all-professional baseball team to take the field wasn't the Red Sox, but the Cincinnati these Stockings
#8302, aired 2020-12-15AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: With diplomas signed by President Grant, this school for the deaf & hard-of-hearing graduated its first 3 students in 1869 Gallaudet
#8272, aired 2020-11-03RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH $400: In Colorado Mount Yale rises 14,200'; naturally, this "rival" mount that also got its name in 1869 had to be 200' taller Mount Harvard
#8238, aired 2020-09-16SAND PAINTING $800: This New Englander known for his stormy seas painted a calmer 1869 "Beach Scene" Winslow Homer
#8166, aired 2020-02-2419th CENTURY HISTORY $1200: With a capacity of 7,000 barrels, the Charles of Antwerp shipped out in 1869 as the first this to sail an oil tanker
#8115, aired 2019-12-13AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN $200: The opening of this in 1869 provided direct water access between the Mediterranean & the Red Sea the Suez Canal
#8038, aired 2019-07-17NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN $800: This man became sheriff of Ellis County in 1869, but locals soon voted him out for being too "Wild" (Wild) Bill Hickok
#7959, aired 2019-03-28THE WESTERN U.S. $1000: A monument marks the spot where this "colorful" 2-word object was driven into the ground on May 10, 1869 in Utah the golden spike
#7952, aired 2019-03-19THEY NAMED THE COLLEGE FOR ME! $800 (Daily Double): This Big 10 school in Indiana kicked off in 1869, named for one of its early financial supporters Purdue
#7950, aired 2019-03-15THE IDES OF MARCH $200: On March 15, 1869 the Red Stockings of this Ohio city became the first professional baseball team Cincinnati
#7902, aired 2019-01-08THE OLD WEST $600: One of the first of these shows with a Spanish name was held in Colorado in 1869; a Brit was named champion bronc buster a rodeo
#7897, aired 2019-01-01WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1869 the discovery of diamonds near what became the town of Kimberley in this nation led to quite a rush South Africa
#7872, aired 2018-11-27TRAVEL & TOURISM $1200: Neuschwanstein Castle was begun in 1869 by "Mad" King Ludwig of this German kingdom Bavaria
#7808, aired 2018-07-18THAT'S SO RANDOM! $400: Run over back in 1869, Mary Ward is thought to be the first victim of one of these accidents an automobile
#7745, aired 2018-04-20GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: -bition Party, dude! It's been around since 1869 & opposes tobacco in all its forms as well as alcohol Prohibition
#7742, aired 2018-04-17SEEING RED $800: With origins going back to 1869, this Ohio sports team was named for its players' stockings the Cincinnati Reds
#7731, aired 2018-04-02OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT $400: Excitement fills the air in Utah on May 10, 1869 as this is completed, uniting 2 separate transport lines the transcontinental railroad
#7725, aired 2018-03-23MEXICAN STATES $2000: This president drove out the French in 1867 & declared Hidalgo a state in 1869 Benito Juarez
#7672, aired 2018-01-09IOWA HISTORY $2000: In 1869 Arabella Mansfield became the USA's first woman admitted to this profession, & later taught at DePauw law
#7663, aired 2017-12-27TIME FOR SECONDS $1200: When the first transcontinental RR was completed in 1869, so was the second transcontinental one of these lines telegraph
#7586, aired 2017-09-11HISTORY OF SCIENCE $400: This man announced his periodic law of the elements before the Russian Chemical Society in 1869 Mendeleyev
#7536, aired 2017-05-22RUSSIAN CULTURE $400: This epic novel was first published in its entirety in 1869 under the title "Voyna i Mir" War and Peace
#7523, aired 2017-05-03AYE, AYE, ADMIRAL $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.) Salvaged from a clipper ship called the great admiral that was built in 1869, the figurehead here represents this admiral who won fame in the 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay (David) Farragut
#7506, aired 2017-04-10THE GILDED AGE $400: From 1869 to 1881 3 consecutive U.S. presidents were Ohio-born former Civil War generals of this political party the Republicans
#7476, aired 2017-02-27"O"POURRI $2000: In an 1869 short story, Bret Harte wrote about these exiles "of Poker Flat" outcasts
#7445, aired 2017-01-13THE 1860s $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a ship and a map on the monitor.) In 1869, the end of the glamorous tea clipper era was at hand; steamships could economically bring tea from China because they needed less coal with the opening of this waterway the Suez Canal
#7346, aired 2016-07-18PRES-POURRI $800: Since 1869 Thomas Jefferson has appeared on several versions of this dollar denomination the $2 bill
#7312, aired 2016-05-31GO HAMILTON FISH! $200: In March 1869 this ex-general & new president appointed Hamilton Fish his Secretary of State Grant
#7240, aired 2016-02-19A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $1200: Built in 1869, the State Opera House in this city reached its peak under the directorship of Gustav Mahler from 1897 to 1907 Vienna
#7237, aired 2016-02-16HISTORY $800: In 1869 the tracks of the Union Pacific & the Central Pacific Railroad were joined at Promontory in this state Utah
#7167, aired 2015-11-10THIS & THAT $800: In 1869 Indiana chose the Lafayette area for its new land grant university & named it for this man who gave $150,000 (John) Purdue
#7160, aired 2015-10-30QUOTATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Her, in 1869 in a women's suffrage newspaper: "Join the union, girls, and together say equal pay for equal work" Susan B. Anthony
#7157, aired 2015-10-27THAT'S OLD STUFF $2000: Mad King Ludwig began construction of this fairy-tale castle in 1869 Neuschwanstein
#7078, aired 2015-05-27TRANSPORTATION MILESTONES $1600: "You can be sure" that in 1869 he patented an air brake for trains that could be controlled by the engineer George Westinghouse
#7049, aired 2015-04-16CEREMONIES $400: A golden spike was integral to the May 10, 1869 ceremony that celebrated the completion of this the Transcontinental Railroad
#6960, aired 2014-12-12STATE MOTTOES $4,000 (Daily Double): Its motto, "Equal Rights", reflexts the fact that its women were given the right to vote in 1869 Wyoming
#6918, aired 2014-10-15SURROUNDED BY WATER $400 (Daily Double): In 1869 Africa became completely surrounded by water with the opening of this the Suez Canal
#6878, aired 2014-07-09THE WEST $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1863, the Central Pacific Railroad broke ground in Sacramento, & the Union Pacific Railroad did the same in Omaha. The 1869 joining of the two in Promontory, Utah, was symbolized by this 2-word item the Golden Spike
#6848, aired 2014-05-28STATES THAT END IN "IA" $800: Devastated in the Civil War, it was readmitted to the Union in 1868, expelled in 1869, then readmitted again in 1870 Georgia
#6847, aired 2014-05-27AMERICAN EXPRESS $2000: At this "summit" on May 10, 1869, the ceremonial golden spike was later removed & 3 iron ones driven in Promontory
#6846, aired 2014-05-26THE ATLANTIC $2000: In an 1869 Atlantic shocker, Harriet Beecher Stowe exposed this "noble" romantic poet's affair with his half-sister Byron
#6795, aired 2014-03-14BASEBALL TEAMS $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1869 a club based in this, now a National League city, became the first all-professional baseball team Cincinnati
#6765, aired 2014-01-31CANADIAN BODIES OF WATER $1200: In October 1869 the highest tide in history, 54 feet, occurred at Burncoat Head, Nova Scotia, in this bay the Bay of Fundy
#6696, aired 2013-10-28THINGS TO DO TODAY $400: Make a dent in this 1,400-page Tolstoy novel, issued in complete form in 1869 War and Peace
#6695, aired 2013-10-25GRAPE JAM $1000: In 1869 this dentist began making "unfermented wine" for communion; today his company is a top marketer of grape juice (Thomas) Welch
#6627, aired 2013-06-11ANOTHER BLACK FRIDAY $200: September 24, 1869: A panic ensues when New York financiers try to corner the market in this precious metal gold
#6618, aired 2013-05-29THE '60s (19th CENTURY EDITION) $800: In 1869 John Wesley Powell led the first recorded voyage through this gorge the Grand Canyon
#6587, aired 2013-04-16AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: "His name is" this & in 1869 this doctor who had set John Wilkes Booth's leg was pardoned & freed from prison (Samuel) Mudd
#6582, aired 2013-04-09BALLET $1200: In the prologue to this 1869 ballet, the title hero dons a washbowl as a helmet & sets out for adventure Don Quixote
#6543, aired 2013-02-13BOOK TITLE CHARACTERS' LAST NAMES $800: 1869: "Lorna" Doone
#6541, aired 2013-02-11THEY'RE HISTORY! $800: In 1869 Elizabeth Cady Stanton & this woman formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (Susan B.) Anthony
#6473, aired 2012-11-07COMPOSERS $400: For his 1869 "Romeo and Juliet" overture, this Russian adapted the sonata form to mirror the play's structure Tchaikovsky
#6464, aired 2012-10-25ONE MAN, ONE BOAT $2,000 (Daily Double): Edward Miles took the short way around, sailing solo through this canal completed in 1869 the Suez Canal
#6412, aired 2012-07-03THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOZE ON $2000: After years of heavy drinking, this 14th president died in 1869 of liver problems (Franklin) Pierce
#6400, aired 2012-06-15INVENTORS $800: His 1869 inspiration was the stock ticker Edison
#6388, aired 2012-05-30OED TOP SOURCES $1000: Begun in 1869, this periodical billed as "A Weekly Journal of Science" helps with entries from abiogenesis to zygote Nature
#6381, aired 2012-05-21WEATHER HISTORY $400: In 1869 Cleveland Abbe began predicting storms & became the first to offer daily these forecasts
#6354, aired 2012-04-12MERE CASH $1200: The 1869 $10 note is called the "jackass note" because this bird looks like a donkey when the bill is upside down the American eagle
#6344, aired 2012-03-29CULTURE CLUB $1600: This composer's 1869 waltz "Wine, Women and Song" was far from junior league Johann Strauss Jr.
#6319, aired 2012-02-23ENGINEERING $800: On April 28, 1869 laborers laid a record 10 miles of track in one day in the final stretch of building this the transcontinental railroad
#6312, aired 2012-02-14A FEW THINGS HAPPENED IN 1865 $400: This Tolstoy novel was published in separate parts from 1865 to 1869; it probably took that long just to print one copy War and Peace
#6294, aired 2012-01-194 N $1600: Adjective preceding the railroad completed in 1869 transcontinental
#6162, aired 2011-05-31YES, WE HAVE NO ARMY $800: This island country, a charter member of NATO, has a Coast Guard but hasn't had an army since 1869 Iceland
#6161, aired 2011-05-30BORN & DIED $600: Born: Oct. 2, 1869, Porbandar, India. Died: Jan. 30, 1948, New Delhi, India Gandhi
#6044, aired 2010-12-16OFF-LIMITS $1600: Unable to vote, in 1869, she & Susan B. Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association Elizabeth Cady Stanton
#6040, aired 2010-12-10THE WAR OF ART $400: The 1869 Civil War lithograph seen here details the last meeting of this general & Jackson (Robert E.) Lee
#6022, aired 2010-11-16EXPLORING AFRICA $400: From 1869 to 1874 Gustav Nachtigal explored this desert, becoming the first to cross from Lake Chad to the White Nile Sahara
#5965, aired 2010-07-16A MINOR IN LITERATURE $400: Richard Rowe's 1869 adventure tale "The Boy in the Bush" follows the exploits of a 14-year-old settler in this country Australia
#5956, aired 2010-07-05U.S. STATES $800: It earned its nickname "The Equality State" by being the first to give full voting rights to women back in 1869 Wyoming
#5868, aired 2010-03-03THE AUTHOR TWITTERS $200: Da, "War and Peace" published in complete form 2day. Liking 1869. Is very good year Tolstoy
#5854, aired 2010-02-11CIVIL WAR GENERALS $800: After basically setting Georgia on fire, he was the commanding general of the U.S. army from 1869 to 1884 Sherman
#5851, aired 2010-02-08GENERAL SCIENCE $400: In 1869 this Austrian monk published a paper on hawkweed: the experiments didn't work as well as the ones with peas Mendel
#5787, aired 2009-11-10BALL GAMES $400: In 1869 the Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first professional team in this sport baseball
#5767, aired 2009-10-13THE OLD MAN $400: Daniel Bakeman (1759-1869) was the last surviving U.S. vet of this conflict the Revolutionary War
#5666, aired 2009-04-06THE LAST $200: Daniel Bakeman of New York, who died in 1869 at age 109, was the last surviving veteran of this war the Revolutionary War
#5643, aired 2009-03-04THE SMELL OF THE CROWD $2,000 (Daily Double): About 800 bishops & other churchmen participated in this council (I) from Dec. 1869 to Oct. 1870 the Vatican Council
#5619, aired 2009-01-29AMERICAN EDUCATION $200: From 1869 to 1939 education was administered by this cabinet department that manages national parks Interior
#5562, aired 2008-11-11ONCE UPON A NOVEMBER $400: This canal between the Arabian desert & the Sinai peninsula formally opened Nov. 17, 1869 the Suez Canal
#5557, aired 2008-11-04KNOW BUSINESS $200: Founded in 1869, this company has been making inroads in Asia with a specially designed corn soup Campbell's
#5547, aired 2008-10-21BORN TO BE MILD $800: His Oct. 2, 1869 birth in Porbandar, India would change the world (Mohandas) Gandhi
#5539, aired 2008-10-09HOW NOVEL! $1600: In an 1869 R.D. Blackmore adventure novel, Lorna is kidnapped by this family of outlaws the Doones
#5535, aired 2008-10-03ARCHAEOLOGY $2000: In the 1869 work "Ithaka, der Peloponnes und Troja", he announced his theory that Troy was at Hissarlik (Heinrich) Schliemann
#5462, aired 2008-05-13COLLEGE FOOTBALL GEOGRAPHY $200: In 1869 this state's Rutgers beat Princeton in the first college game New Jersey
#5456, aired 2008-05-05ANNUAL EVENTS $2,400 (Daily Double): This corp. is the engine behind the first National Train Day, May 10, 2008, remembering the golden spike of May 10, 1869 Amtrak
#5451, aired 2008-04-28MIDDLE INITIAL J. $1600: His first product was his mom's horseradish in 1869; the ketchup came in 1876 (Henry J.) Heinz
#5443, aired 2008-04-16MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER $1600: A copy of the New Testament in Arabic was given to Twain during the cruise that inspired this 1869 travel classic The Innocents Abroad
#5345, aired 2007-11-30WESTWARD EXPANSION OF THE U.S. $800: On May 10, 1869 telegraph operators in Utah signaled the nation that this had been completed the Transcontinental Railway
#5342, aired 2007-11-27I RESIGN! $600: In 1869 he resigned his Western Union operator's job to devote more time to his inventions Thomas Edison
#5327, aired 2007-11-06SCIENTISTS $6,000 (Daily Double): In 1869 this Russian chemist predicted the properties of 3 undiscovered elements based on his periodic law (Dmitri) Mendeleev
#5291, aired 2007-09-17HISTORY $600: In 1869 this "wild" & crazy guy killed 2 men as acting sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas Wild Bill Hickok
#5217, aired 2007-04-24OGDEN $1000: Ogden was transformed to a bustling city after the "Golden Spike" ceremony of 1869 joined these 2 railways the Union Pacific & the Central Pacific
#5191, aired 2007-03-19ORIGINAL PRANKSTA $2000: Unearthed in 1869, this 10-foot "giant" wasn't a prehistoric man but a hoax buried & "discovered" by George Hull the Cardiff Giant
#5174, aired 2007-02-2219th CENTURY AMERICA $800: In 1869 Uriah Stephens founded the Knights of this as a secret society Labor
#5160, aired 2007-02-02FOOD & DRINK BRANDS $200: This brand of grape juice was created in 1869 & was billed as unfermented wine Welch's
#5135, aired 2006-12-2919th CENTURY LIT $400: Her 1869 novel "Oldtown Folks" features runaway children instead of runaway slaves (Harriet Beecher) Stowe
#5091, aired 2006-10-30WELCOME TO OMAHA $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from in front of an Omaha museum.) In 1865 the first spike of this railroad was driven in Omaha; in 1869 it became part of the transcontinental system the Union Pacific
#5018, aired 2006-06-07A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN UNION $400: Like the railroad would in 1869, the telegraph went transcontinental by linking up in this state, in 1861 Utah
#4995, aired 2006-05-05IT HAPPENED IN MAY $600: 1869: Ooh la la! These risque follies open on the wicked continent the Folies Bergères
#4981, aired 2006-04-17THE NEW YORK TIMES PHOTOGRAPHY $200: The ship seen here is moving through this artificial waterway completed in 1869 the Suez Canal
#4895, aired 2005-12-16ROAD TO RHODE ISLAND $600: Civil War general Ambrose Burnside held this post in Rhode Island from 1866 to 1869 governor
#4868, aired 2005-11-09LET'S TALK ABOUT SIX $600: This group was originally made up of 6 members; in 1869 Congress changed its total to 9 the Supreme Court
#4864, aired 2005-11-03BASIC TRAIN-ING $1200: Riding the Mount Washington Cog Railway has thrilled folks in this New England State since 1869 New Hampshire
#4847, aired 2005-10-11GOIN' MOBILE $1000: On May 10, 1869, No. 119 & the Jupiter were the 2 trains head-to-head when this golden item was hammered home a spike
#4833, aired 2005-09-21BORN $1,000 (Daily Double): Born on March 18, 1869 in Birmingham, England, he appeased away 71 years later Neville Chamberlain
#4766, aired 2005-05-02STATE FIRSTS $600: In 1869 this state scored big with the first professional baseball team, the Red Stockings Ohio
#4736, aired 2005-03-21NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $1000: The Golden Spike National Historic Site commemorates the completion of this in 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad
#4699, aired 2005-01-27NOVELS $400: Even the epilogue is lengthy in this 1869 Tolstoy epic; it comes out in 2 parts &, in our copy, is 105 pages long War and Peace
#4622, aired 2004-10-12LIFETIME $400: Born October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India, didn't eat much, died January 30, 1948 in New Delhi (Mohandas) Gandhi
#4496, aired 2004-03-08DOUBLE "F" $400: In 1869 Cornelius Swarthout got a patent on an iron to make these waffles
#4472, aired 2004-02-03THINGS THAT HAPPENED $400: The opening of this in 1869 cut 4,000 miles & weeks of sailing off trips the Suez Canal
#4445, aired 2003-12-26PEAKING AT NAMES $1200: The director of Canada's geological survey from 1842 to 1869, he lent his name to the 2nd-highest peak in N. America Logan
#4403, aired 2003-10-29SCIENTISTS $1000: This Russian chemist's Periodic Law of 1869 predicted the existence of elements yet to be discovered Mendeleev
#4371, aired 2003-09-15THE OLD SOUTH $800: Imprisoned for life in 1865, this doctor was pardoned by the President in 1869 Samuel Mudd
#4327, aired 2003-05-27NEW DELI $1600: Since 1869, this soda brand, with flavors including cream soda & Cel-Ray, is just what the doctor ordered Dr. Brown's
#4317, aired 2003-05-13MAY DAYS $600: On May 10, 1869 the Jupiter & the 119 touched noses at this Utah "Point", completing the Transcontinental Railroad Promontory Point, Utah
#4309, aired 2003-05-01GILMORE GIRLS & BOYS $2000: Patrick Gilmore organized an 1869 concert that had 100 firemen on this "instrument" that's in the title of the following the anvil
#4274, aired 2003-03-13THE SUPREME COURT $200: The Judiciary Act of 1869 stabilized the size of the court at this number 9
#4248, aired 2003-02-05LONG WORDS $3,500 (Daily Double): It can describe the crossing of Europe or Asia, or a railroad that first crossed America in 1869 transcontinental
#4213, aired 2002-12-18JUBAL EARLY $400: After moving back to the U.S. from Canada in 1869, Early, rebel that he was, wore only this color gray
#4097, aired 2002-05-28HEY, DOC! $800: Convicted as an accessory after the fact in Lincoln's assassination, he was pardoned in 1869 Samuel Mudd
#4073, aired 2002-04-24K.C. $1200: Opened in 1869, the Hannibal Bridge spanning this river helped make Kansas CIty a railroading center the Missouri (River)
#4049, aired 2002-03-2119th CENTURY AMERICA $800: On May 10, 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the Central Pacific & this railroad met in Utah Union Pacific
#4049, aired 2002-03-2119th CENTURY AMERICA $1600: In 1869 Elizabeth Cady Stanton & this woman established the National Woman Suffrage Association Susan B. Anthony
#3993, aired 2002-01-02RIVERS $800: Gold found in the Yukon in 1869 caused a little rush; gold found near this Yukon tributary in 1896 caused a big rush the Klondike
#3983, aired 2001-12-19ORIGINAL TITLES $400: Leo Tolstoy 1869: "All's Well That Ends Well" War and Peace
#3943, aired 2001-10-24BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: He made M'm! M'm! Good! when he joined a Camden, N.J. canning company in 1869; he later took it over Joseph Campbell
#3938, aired 2001-10-17OF ARABIA $200: When this waterway opened in 1869, it brought Arabia into much closer touch with the outside world Suez Canal
#3933, aired 2001-10-10SCIENCE $1000: In 1869 this Russian chemist published his periodic table Dmitri Mendeleev
#3913, aired 2001-09-12MIND YOUR BUSINESS $200: This soup-er company began as a canning & preserves business in Camden, New Jersey in 1869 Campbell's
#3897, aired 2001-07-10GRAPE JAM $400: This dentist & prohibitionist began selling his "unfermented wine" in 1869; in 1890 he renamed it "Grape Juice" Thomas B. Welch
#3779, aired 2001-01-25THE 1860s $800: This "Equality State" was still a territory when it gave women the right to vote in 1869 Wyoming
#3749, aired 2000-12-14AMERICAN ART $400: After traveling west on this famous trail that led to the Willamette Valley, Albert Bierstadt painted it in 1869 Oregon Trail
#3732, aired 2000-11-21REVERSED DECISIONS $1,500 (Daily Double): The 1869 ruling that this business isn't commerce was reversed by U.S. v. South-Eastern Underwriters Insurance business
#3678, aired 2000-09-06JAY $800: 1869's "Black Friday" wasn't so black for James Fisk & this man as they cornered the gold market Jason "Jay" Gould
#3641, aired 2000-06-05TO THE NINES $600: Since 1869 this 9-member group consisted solely of men until Potter Stewart retired in 1981 U.S. Supreme Court
#3637, aired 2000-05-30TRANSPORTATION $100: On May 10, 1869 it became the first continent to have a rail line running from its east coast to its west coast North America
#3578, aired 2000-03-08SEARCHING THE GLOBE $1000: While awaiting a permit to look for Troy, he spent part of 1869 in Indianapolis getting a divorce Heinrich Schliemann
#3551, aired 2000-01-31POLITICIANS $1000: From 1869 to 1875, this Maine Republican was Speaker of the House James G. Blaine
#3526, aired 1999-12-27PRESIDENTIAL FACTS $300: The last president born in North Carolina, he served until 1869 Andrew Johnson
#3513, aired 1999-12-08JAPAN $300: It's said a Baptist minister living in Yokohama invented this popular vehicle in 1869; it was quickly copied: rickshaw
#3503, aired 1999-11-24'MEMBER NOVEMBER? $100: The first college football game took place between Rutgers & this other N.J. university on November 6, 1869 Princeton
#3484, aired 1999-10-28SUFFRAGETTE CITY $800: A utilitarian philosopher who worked with suffrage societies, he wrote 1869's "The Subjection of Women" John Stuart Mill
#3478, aired 1999-10-20QUICK BIOS $200: Born in Porbandar in 1869; fasted, iconoclasted; died in New Delhi, 1948 Mahatma Gandhi
#3442, aired 1999-07-20LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1869 Ebenezer Bassett, the USA's first black diplomat, became minister to this French-speaking nation Haiti
#3383, aired 1999-04-28U.S. HISTORY $500: This Secretary of State retired in 1869, 2 years after his "folly" William Seward
#3368, aired 1999-04-07THE HORSE $400: In 1869 the 10th Hussars introduced to England this game also called "hockey on horseback" Polo
#3240, aired 1998-10-09INVENTORS $200: Hippolyte Mege-Mouries invented it in 1869 to satisfy "imperial" desire for a butter substitute Margarine
#3233, aired 1998-09-30OPERA & BALLET $1,000 (Daily Double): In an 1869 Marius Petipa ballet he puts a metal basin on as a helmet & goes seeking adventure Don Quixote
#3216, aired 1998-09-07LABOR $100: This notice that consumers are encouraged to "look for" goes back to California carpenters in 1869 The Union Label
#3202, aired 1998-06-30PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $500: March 4, 1869- March 3, 1877 Ulysses S. Grant
#3183, aired 1998-06-03RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD $800 (Daily Double): From the Greek for "not knowing", this term is said to have been first used by Thomas Huxley in 1869 Agnosticism
#3160, aired 1998-05-01U.S. PRESIDENTS $500 (Daily Double): Taking office in 1869, he was the first West Point graduate to become president Ulysses S. Grant
#3139, aired 1998-04-02POP GOES THE EASEL $1000: Born in 1869, he excelled as a pointillist, a fauvist & finally, as a collagist Henri Matisse
#3130, aired 1998-03-20THE 19th CENTURY $200: Opened in 1869, part of it follows the route of a canal dug 12 centuries earlier the Suez Canal
#3112, aired 1998-02-2419th CENTURY AMERICA $800: To avoid Boss Tweed's graft, Alfred Beach secretly built one of these under Broadway in 1869-70 a subway
#3093, aired 1998-01-28EXPLORERS $1000: Alexine Tinne's 1869 attempt to cross this desert ended when she was killed by her Tuareg guides Sahara
#3080, aired 1998-01-09"INN" & "OUT" $500: This 1869 Mark Twain travel narrative is subtitled "The New Pilgrim's Progress" Innocents Abroad
#3048, aired 1997-11-26SURROUNDED BY WATER $200: When this canal opened in 1869, suddenly Africa was completely surrounded by water Suez Canal
#3041, aired 1997-11-17BORN IN THE U.S.A. $200: The American version of rugby, it was first played at college level in 1869 when Rutgers beat Princeton football
#3038, aired 1997-11-12RAILROAD TIES $500: On May 10, 1869 the Union Pacific & Central Pacific "met" at this northern Utah "Point" Promontory Point
#2994, aired 1997-09-11HOLLYWOOD 90028 $500: A street & a "Gulch" are named for this rancher who came to town in 1869 John Gower
#2963, aired 1997-06-18NONPOTENT POTABLES $100: Thomas Welch invented this drink in 1869 as an alternative to wine grape juice
#2962, aired 1997-06-17COLORADO $400: Year in which Colorado was admitted to the Union 1876
#2927, aired 1997-04-29EASY HISTORY $200: In 1869 the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad was completed & this canal opened in the Mideast Suez Canal
#2843, aired 1997-01-01THEY ALSO RAN $400: This anti-liquor party that goes back to 1869 ran Earl Dodge for president in 1992 Prohibition Party
#2769, aired 1996-09-19U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1869 the U.S. attempted to annex this nation on eastern Hispaniola the Dominican Republic
#2747, aired 1996-07-09AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On May 10, 1869 the Liberty Bell rang to honor the Central & Union Pacific railroads' meeting at this Utah point Promentory Point
#2730, aired 1996-06-14BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1869 the National Convention of Colored Men was established with this orator as its president Frederick Douglass
#2694, aired 1996-04-25GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: The Temperance movement led to the formation of this political party in 1869 the Prohibition Party
#2675, aired 1996-03-29NONFICTION $200: At his death in 1869, his "Thesaurus of English words and Phrases" had gone through 28 editions Roget
#2660, aired 1996-03-08COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: In 1869 the University of California moved from Oakland to this neighboring city Berkeley
#2622, aired 1996-01-1619th CENTURY POLITICIANS $400: After retiring in 1869, this Secretary of State traveled the world, including a stop in Alaska William Seward
#2602, aired 1995-12-19THE 19th CENTURY $200: This Middle East waterway officially opened to traffic November 17, 1869 the Suez Canal
#2565, aired 1995-10-27NAMES $400: This feminine name is derived from the title heroine of an 1869 novel by R.D. Blackmore Lorna
#2543, aired 1995-09-27SHIPS & BOATS $600: The Cutty Sark was built in 1869 to carry crates of this cargo from China tea
#2514, aired 1995-07-06BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: His story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" appeared in 1869 in the Overland Monthly, which he edited Bret Harte
#2514, aired 1995-07-06ENGINEERING $1000: On May 10, 1869 telegraphs around the U.S. flashed the news that it was "done" the Transcontinental Railroad
#2480, aired 1995-05-19COMPOSERS $600: He composed dozens of waltzes, including the 1869 hit "Wine, Women and Song" Johann Strauss
#2445, aired 1995-03-311869 $100: In Dec. the Wyoming Territory passed the 1st U.S. law giving women the right to do this & hold office vote
#2445, aired 1995-03-311869 $200: In September a scheme to corner this commodity resulted in "Black Friday" gold
#2445, aired 1995-03-311869 $300: N.Y. Herald publisher James Gordon Bennett, Jr. financed an African expedition to find this man Livingstone
#2445, aired 1995-03-311869 $400: A ceremony in this future state marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad Utah
#2445, aired 1995-03-311869 $1,500 (Daily Double): The Indiana Agricultural College in West Lafayette adopted this name, after its benefactor Purdue
#2415, aired 1995-02-17TRANSPORTATION $1000: On May 10, 1869 the Central Pacific & this railroad met at Promontory, Utah the Union Pacific
#2409, aired 1995-02-09COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: The nation's first university hospital was founded in 1869 at this Ann Arbor school the University of Michigan
#2397, aired 1995-01-24SOCIAL REFORMERS $200: In 1869 Elizabeth Cady Stanton & this woman founded the National Woman Suffrage Association Susan B. Anthony
#2377, aired 1994-12-27NEW YORK GOVERNORS $600: Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, he was one of the founders of the Whig Party in the 1830s (William Henry) Seward
#2368, aired 1994-12-14WOMEN AUTHORS $200: In 1869, due to the success of "Little Women", she wrote, "Paid up all the debts, thank, the Lord!" (Louisa May) Alcott
#2367, aired 1994-12-13LITERATURE $400: Her 1869 novel "Oldtown Folks" is about runaway children, not runaway slaves Harriet Beecher Stowe
#2367, aired 1994-12-13CHEMISTS $600: When Mendeleyev made his periodic table in 1869, this was the only element in the first period hydrogen
#2340, aired 1994-11-04HISTORY $100: In 1869 it cut the travel distance between London & Bombay by over 4,000 miles the Suez Canal
#2320, aired 1994-10-07RELIGION $1000: The Roman Catholic Church has had 2 of these councils: one 1869-70 & one 1962-65 Vatican Councils
#2296, aired 1994-09-05GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: Since 1869 its membership has been set at a Chief Justice & 8 Associate Justices the United States Supreme Court
#2296, aired 1994-09-05MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $600: It was built with the help of the French between 1859 & 1869 Suez Canal
#2296, aired 1994-09-05RAILROADS $800: Compressed air in a rock drill inspired George Westinghouse to invent this in 1869 the air brake
#2288, aired 1994-07-13BLACK AMERICA $500: In 1869 E. Bassett, the U.S.' 1st black diplomat, became minister to this country on Western Hispaniola Haiti
#2270, aired 1994-06-17GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: In 1869, at a convention of nondrinkers, this political party was founded the Prohibition Party
#2269, aired 1994-06-16THE SUPREME COURT $200: Though the first court had just 6 members, the number has been set at this since 1869 9
#2265, aired 1994-06-10THE WORLD PRESS $1000: Argentina's 2 most influential dailies are "La Nacion", founded in 1870, & this one founded in 1869 La Prensa
#2247, aired 1994-05-17MUSIC $400: This 3rd "B"s "German Requiem" had its first complete performance in Leipzig in 1869 Brahms
#2205, aired 1994-03-18BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: In 1869 this Pittsburgh co.'s founder sold horseradish; sauerkraut & pickles came later (H.J.) Heinz
#2199, aired 1994-03-10THE PANAMA CANAL $400: De Lesseps, who'd previously directed the construction of this canal 1859-1869, failed to build one in Panama the Suez Canal
#2173, aired 1994-02-02THE OLD WEST $1000: Leland Stanford & Thomas Durant took turns "driving" this May 10, 1869 the Golden Spike
#2116, aired 1993-11-15BORN & DIED $100: He was born October 2, 1869 to a merchant caste family in Porbandar, India & died January 30, 1948 in New Delhi Mohandas Gandhi
#2104, aired 1993-10-28NOTORIOUS $1000: George Hull was the man behind this hoax "giant" discovered in New York in 1869 the Cardiff Giant
#2018, aired 1993-05-19BAVARIA $200: Neuschwanstein is just one of these built by the eccentric King Ludwig II between 1869 & 1886 a castle
#1980, aired 1993-03-26"GOLD"EN PHRASES $300: A monument in Box Elder County, Utah marks the site where this was discovered in May 10, 1869 the golden spike
#1953, aired 1993-02-17INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $200: In 1869 Hippolyte Mege-Mouries of France invented this butter substitute by using beef fat margarine
#1893, aired 1992-11-25HISTORY $400: In 1869 this dominion purchased the present NW Territories from the Hudson's Bay Company Canada
#1799, aired 1992-05-28COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Girton, Cambridge University's 1st college for these people, was founded in 1869 women
#1780, aired 1992-05-01BOATS & SHIPS $500: This Scottish-named clipper, first launched in 1869, is now preserved in England as a museum the Cutty Sark
#1722, aired 1992-02-11NUMBER, PLEASE $300: An 1869 act of Congress increased Supreme Court membership from 7 to this current number 9
#1707, aired 1992-01-21CHEMISTRY $200: About 1869 Julius Lothar Meyer & Dmitry Mendeleyev came up with this chart separately periodic table
#1695, aired 1992-01-03U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1869 one-armed major John Wesley Powell made the hazardous 1st trip down the length of this river the Colorado
#1691, aired 1991-12-30LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Ebenezer Bassett, the 1st Black U.S. diplomat, was named consul general to this French-speaking nation in 1869 Haiti
#1685, aired 1991-12-20JULES VERNE $100: This 1869 novel's 16th chapter is titled "A Walk on the Bottom of the Sea" Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
#1658, aired 1991-11-13PRINCETON $300: Of 1769, 1869 or 1969, the year Princeton began to admit women as undergraduates 1969
#1597, aired 1991-07-09CHICAGO $200: The water tower, completed in 1869, was 1 of the few structures to survive this 1871 event the fire
#1547, aired 1991-04-3019th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This early labor organization began as a secret society of Philadelphia garment cutters in 1869 the Knights of Labor
#1537, aired 1991-04-16U.S. HISTORY $400: Black Friday, September 24, 1869, was Wall Street's reaction to Gould & Fisk's attempt to corner this the gold market
#1497, aired 1991-02-19PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $600: He relinquished his rank of 4-star general when he became president in 1869 Grant
#1484, aired 1991-01-31AFRICAN HISTORY $400: Opened in 1869, it shortened the route between England & India by 5,000 miles the Suez Canal
#1459, aired 1990-12-27BALTIMORE $200: This presidential assassin was buried in an unmarked grave in Green Mount Cemetery in 1869 John Wilkes Booth
#1441, aired 1990-12-03U.S. HISTORY $1000: An attempt to corner the gold market in 1869 resulted in this "day" of financial panic Black Friday
#1364, aired 1990-07-0519TH CENTURY AMERICA $300: In 1869 the final link in the Transcontinental RR was completed in what's now this state Utah
#1353, aired 1990-06-20FASHION $1000: This empress of France appointed C.F. Worth, an Englishman, court dressmaker in 1869 Eugénie
#1285, aired 1990-03-16POLITICAL PARTIES $100: The nation's oldest existing 3rd party, it was founded in 1869 to prevent the manufacture & sale of liquor Prohibition Party
#1272, aired 1990-02-27AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Black Friday, September 24, 1869, resulted from Gould & Fisk's attempt to corner the U.S. supply of this gold
#1267, aired 1990-02-20U.S. HISTORY $1000: Formally organized in the 1870s, it began as a secret order of garment workers in 1869 the Knights of Labor
#1242, aired 1990-01-16BUSINESS HISTORY $600: Founded in 1869 as a flour milling company it now owns Green Giant, Haagen-Dazs & Burger King Pillsbury
#1241, aired 1990-01-15THE OLD WEST $1000: On May 10, 1869 Leland Stanford drew back his sledge hammer, let it fall & missed the spike linking these RRs the Union Pacific & the Central Pacific
#1145, aired 1989-07-21THE SUPREME COURT $200: It wasn't until 1869 that the number of justices stabilized at this number 9
#1141, aired 1989-07-17PENNSYLVANIANS $200: In 1869 Philadelphia's John Wanamaker founded one of the 1st of these in the U.S. the department store
#1131, aired 1989-07-03U.S HISTORY $800: When the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, this Calif. city was the western terminus Sacramento
#1054, aired 1989-03-16SCIENCE & NATURE $200: In 1869 he created his 1st successful invention, an improved stock ticker Edison
#1054, aired 1989-03-16POLITICAL PARTIES $200: One of the oldest 3rd parties, it was founded in Chicago in 1869 to get liquor outlawed the Prohibition Party
#1030, aired 1989-02-10PRESIDENTS $600: In 1869 he became the 1st graduate of West Point to become president Grant
#1021, aired 1989-01-30COMPOSERS $1000: He composed "Faust" &, in 1869, the Vatican National Anthem (Charles) Gounod
#988, aired 1988-12-14HISTORIC NAMES $600: In 1869 she said, "Join the union, girls, and together say 'equal pay for equal work'" Susan B. Anthony
#967, aired 1988-11-15TRANSPORTATION $1000: Bells were rung across the U.S. as telegraphers relayed news of this event on May 10, 1869 the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad (the driving of the golden spike accepted)
#943, aired 1988-10-12EXPLORERS $800: In 1869 the New York Herald commissioned this correspondent of theirs to go to Central Africa Stanley
#914, aired 1988-07-21THE MEDITERRANEAN $200: Outlet opened in 1869, closed in 1967 & reopened in 1975 the Suez Canal
#769, aired 1987-12-31AUTHORS $200: This Russian wrote "The Idiot" while traveling & finished it in Florence in 1869 Dostoyevsky
#762, aired 1987-12-22HISTORY $400: In 1869, the president of the Dominican Republic offered to sell his country to this country the United States
#644, aired 1987-05-28CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: In 1869, Tchaikovsky wrote a tone poem about these Shakespearean teenagers Romeo & Juliet
#593, aired 1987-03-18FOOTBALL $200: Played in 1869, the 1st intercollegiate "football game" in the U.S. was actually this sport soccer
#581, aired 1987-03-02PRESIDENTS $800: In view of his 1-time occupation, you could say he was a "tailor made president" from 1865-1869 Andrew Johnson
#571, aired 1987-02-16QUOTES $1000: Bartlett's says she "coined" the phrase "equal pay for equal work" on March 18, 1869 Susan B. Anthony
#557, aired 1987-01-27MAY $400: On May 10, 1869, the golden spike was driven into the ground of this state Utah
#549, aired 1987-01-15HOAXES $1000: This 10' tall "petrified man" unearthed by upstate N.Y. workmen in 1869 was actually carved of stone Cardiff Giant
#486, aired 1986-10-20HISTORY $200: Opened in 1869, blocked by ships sunk in the Six-Day War & reopened in 1975 the Suez Canal
#393, aired 1986-03-12TECHNOLOGY $500: Edison's earliest known invention, it was patented in 1869, but Congress "elected" not to buy it a vote button, a vote selector, so they know how to vote(an electric voting machine)
#386, aired 1986-03-03MAMMALS $2,000 (Daily Double): It was 1st discovered in 1869 by a French missionary who thought it an abnormally colored bear the giant panda
#365, aired 1986-01-31TRANSPORTATION $300: On Nov. 17, 1869, French imperial yacht "Aigle" was 1st ship to pass through this canal the Suez Canal
#350, aired 1986-01-10SUPREME COURT $400: Since 1869, the bench has regularly held this total number of justices 9
#310, aired 1985-11-1519TH CENTURY $100: In 1869, professional players of this sport earned maximum of $1400 a year & didn't strike baseball
#286, aired 1985-10-14THE AMERICAS $400: Named in 1869 by geologist Powell, it's only official natural wonder found in U.S. the Grand Canyon
#183, aired 1985-05-22TEXAS $400: In 1978, William P. Clements became the 1st Republican since 1869 to be elected this governor
#121, aired 1985-02-25GEOGRAPHY $200: 1869 completion of this waterway separated Africa from Asia the Suez Canal
#7, aired 1984-09-18RAILROADS $1000: It met the Union Pacific at Promontory, Utah, in 1869 the Central Pacific
#1, aired 1984-09-10INVENTIONS $200: In 1869 an American minister created this "oriental" transportation a rickshaw

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#9024, aired 2024-01-25CLASSIC LITERATURE: An intended sequel to this 1869 work centered on the Decembrists, a group of veterans who largely served in the Napoleonic Wars War and Peace
#8821, aired 2023-03-06U.S. HISTORY: An 1869 presidential pardon was granted to this man, due in part to a plea by the Medical Society of Harford County, Maryland Dr. Samuel Mudd
#8665, aired 2022-06-1719th CENTURY CONTEMPORARIES: Congratulating her on the 1869 release of her biography, Frederick Douglass wrote, "I have wrought in the day--you in the night" Harriet Tubman
#8380, aired 2021-04-16AMERICAN NAMES: One of the luminaries who drove in the "Golden Spike" in Utah in 1869 was this man who later founded a university (Leland) Stanford
#8365, aired 2021-03-2619th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1869 he moved to Yosemite Valley & was the first to say the area was formed by glacial erosion, a theory generally accepted today (John) Muir
#7977, aired 2019-04-23AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 1, 1869 these 2 men met at the White House, 4 years & 3 weeks after a more historic meeting between them Ulysses S. Grant & Robert E. Lee
#6098, aired 2011-03-02LANDMARKS: Completed in 1869, it has also been known by its nickname "the Highway to India" the Suez Canal
#5674, aired 2009-04-16AMERICAN BUSINESS: On Sept. 29, 2008 every stock in the S&P 500 dropped except this maker of comforting food, founded in 1869 Campbell's
#5660, aired 2009-03-2719th CENTURY CONSTRUCTION: It was first designed as "Egypt carrying the light to Asia", & its original intended site was Port Said in 1869 the Statue of Liberty
#2383, aired 1995-01-04UNIVERSITIES: The golden spike removed after the May 10, 1869 ceremony is now at this university Stanford

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