#9019, aired 2024-01-18 | THE WRITER'S STRIKE $2000: The striking miners have the sympathy of this French realist author in his 1885 novel "Germinal" Émile Zola |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | KIDDY LIT $200: This 1885 book is subtitled "Tom Sawyer's Comrade" Huckleberry Finn |
#8998, aired 2023-12-20 | QUITE A SITE $200: Dynamite was used for 90% of the carving of this South Dakota landmark named for a New York lawyer in 1885 Mount Rushmore |
#8983, aired 2023-11-29 | FAREWELL TO THE CHIEF $2000: On July 23, 1885 just days after completing his memoirs, he died of cancer at his New York home Ulysses S. Grant |
#8922, aired 2023-07-25 | JUST GOOGLY IT $1000: All eyes were on him when he gave his first presidential inaugural address in 1885 Grover Cleveland |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $2000: The Admiralty Islands were under German control from about 1885 until 1914, along with the rest of this sea in the southwest Pacific the Bismarck Sea |
#8868, aired 2023-05-10 | BETTER TOMES & GARDENS $400: He published "A Child's Garden of Verses" in 1885, a year before his novel "Kidnapped" (Robert Louis) Stevenson |
#8785, aired 2023-01-13 | A SIDE OF FABERGÉ EGGS $600: Made in 1885, the egg seen here has a yolk that held this 3-letter creature with its own ruby pendant egg a hen |
#8698, aired 2022-09-14 | PRIMING THE PUMP $2000: The first fuel pump in the U.S. was installed in Fort Wayne in 1885; it supplied this oil used mainly for lamps kerosene |
#8606, aired 2022-03-28 | THE 1880s $400: Louis Riel led the 1885 North-West Rebellion, an unsuccessful effort to halt the expansion of this country Canada |
#8606, aired 2022-03-28 | THE 1880s $6,000 (Daily Double): In 1885 the British captured Mandalay, ending the Konbaung Dynasty & the independence of this country Burma |
#8547, aired 2022-01-04 | FAMOUS AMERICANS ON STAGE $800: In 1885 he was allowed to leave the Standing Rock Lakota Reservation to join Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Sitting Bull |
#8488, aired 2021-10-13 | DOUBLE-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): Moraine Lake is in this national park established in 1885 as Canada's very first Banff |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: An H. Rider Haggard novel from 1885 saw Allan Quatermain looking for this king's mines Solomon |
#8323, aired 2021-01-27 | BOOKS BY PRESIDENTS $3,400 (Daily Double): His "Personal Memoirs", completed before his death in 1885 & "dedicated to the American soldier and sailor" (General) Ulysses S. Grant |
#8307, aired 2021-01-05 | MAPS $1000: An 1885 map with sections like "Chickasaw Nation" & "Osages" shows why what's now this state was known as Indian Territory Oklahoma |
#8, aired 2020-01-14 | WELCOME BACK BOYS! $200: Inconsistently consistent, he took the oath of office on March 4, 1885 & was back for more on March 4, 1893 Grover Cleveland |
#8134, aired 2020-01-09 | MAGAZINE COLLECTION $1000: Founded in 1885, this magazine established an institute to test consumer goods, which might get its seal of approval Good Housekeeping |
#8062, aired 2019-10-01 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $600: (Hi, I'm Kris Radcliffe from KCEN 6.) In 1885, shortly after the Waco Suspension Bridge opened, pharmacist Charles Alderton created a soda locals call a "Waco"; we now know it as this, & for the record it contains no prune juice Dr Pepper |
#8014, aired 2019-06-13 | RELIGION $1600: Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania was founded in 1885 by a member of this religious faith the Quakers |
#7999, aired 2019-05-23 | MUSICALS BASED ON LITERATURE $2000: The musical "Big River" was inspired by this novel first published in the U.S. in 1885 Huckleberry Finn |
#7928, aired 2019-02-13 | THE IDES OF FEBRUARY $600: This future First Lady was born in Independence, Missouri February 13, 1885 Bess Truman |
#7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FRENCH MUSIC ABOUT SPAIN $1600: Massenet's opera about this medieval Spanish hero premiered in 1885 with "Le", not "El", in the title El Cid |
#7903, aired 2019-01-09 | THE BOOK'S CENSORED EDITIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): Seen as obscene, Richard Burton's 1885 version of this book of Mideast fables was published with major cuts The Arabian Nights |
#7834, aired 2018-10-04 | AUTHORS BORN & DIED $600: Born in Denmark in 1885, she went into Africa in 1914 & out of this world Sept. 7, 1962 (Isak) Dinesen |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | LITERARY TYPES $2,000 (Daily Double): In Sauk Centre, Minnesota, a street (not Main Street), is named for this author born there in 1885 Sinclair Lewis |
#7776, aired 2018-06-04 | LOOKIN' BACK TEXAS $200: This "medicinal" soft drink was created in 1885 at Morrison's old corner drugstore in Waco Dr. Pepper |
#7670, aired 2018-01-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORITIES $400: Poor grammar was one reason the Concord, Mass. library banned this Twain novel 1 month after it was published in 1885 Huckleberry Finn |
#7536, aired 2017-05-22 | RUSSIAN CULTURE $800: Made of gold & enamel, the hen egg was the first of some 50 creations he produced for the imperial family beginning in 1885 (Peter Carl) Fabergé |
#7440, aired 2017-01-06 | U.S. MILITARY MEN $800: More than a million people attended his 1885 funeral in NYC & in 1897 a million attended the dedication of his tomb Ulysses S. Grant |
#7357, aired 2016-09-13 | SUDAN IMPACT $400: British general Charles Gordon & many others died in the 1885 siege of this Sudanese city Khartoum |
#7327, aired 2016-06-21 | FAMOUS ELEPHANTS $2000: After this elephant was killed in a railyard accident in 1885, P.T. Barnum continued to exhibit his skeleton Jumbo |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | BARONS & BARONESSES $1000: In 1885 Nathan of this banking family became the first Jewish member of Britain's House of Lords Rothschild |
#7145, aired 2015-10-09 | SCIENTISTS $1200: In 1885 young Joseph Meister was the first person on whom this man used his rabies vaccine Pasteur |
#7143, aired 2015-10-07 | I PREDICT YOU'RE WRONG $400: Rockefeller's partner John Archbold sold at a loss in 1885, saying he'd drink all of this produced west of the Mississippi oil |
#7087, aired 2015-06-09 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $2,000 (Daily Double): This Pennsylvania college opened its doors for women in 1885 but seems to frown upon the use of excessive vowels Bryn Mawr |
#7053, aired 2015-04-22 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $1000: Born in 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, he died in 1951 near Rome Sinclair Lewis |
#7044, aired 2015-04-09 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $4,000 (Daily Double): His 1885 work "The Fog Warning" shows a lone New England fisherman rowing a dory Winslow Homer |
#7026, aired 2015-03-16 | 19th C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $800: In 1885 bartender Harry Tammen & lottery promoter F.G. Bonfils founded this rival of the Rocky Mountain News The Denver Post |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | POST OFFICE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the U.S. Post Office in Chicago, IL.) In 1885, it cost 2 cents to mail a letter; today, it's 49 cents--a 2,350% increase, but still a bargain, & any future increases will be indexed to this economic factor inflation |
#6953, aired 2014-12-03 | CALIFORNIA $200: The oldest art museum in the western U.S., the Crocker Art Museum, opened in this state capital in 1885 Sacramento |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | MILITARY FIRSTS $1600: The digger hat is synonymous
with this nation's army, which first wore it
in 1885 Australia |
#6766, aired 2014-02-03 | BORN IN THE USA $1000: New York City, 1885:
This "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" composer Jerome Kern |
#6579, aired 2013-04-04 | MANHATTAN PROJECTS $1000: James Renwick designed this Gothic Roman Catholic church; the twin spires cost $200,000 & were added in 1885 St. Patrick's Cathedral |
#6519, aired 2013-01-10 | VICTOR HUGO $800: After Hugo's death on May 22, 1885, his body lay in state for one night under this Paris landmark Arc de Triomphe |
#6510, aired 2012-12-28 | VAN GOGH $2000: Van Gogh wrote that this 1885 painting of 5 peasants having dinner "is the best of all my work" The Potato Eaters |
#6427, aired 2012-07-24 | NOTABLE NAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): Mark Twain published this man's memoirs in 1885 & called them "the best of any general's since Caesar" (Ulysses) Grant |
#6351, aired 2012-04-09 | BUSINESS LETTERS $400: When incorporated in 1885, AT&T stood for this American Telephone & Telegraph |
#6320, aired 2012-02-24 | HISTORIC LETTERS $1000: In 1885 he wrote to his father, "I am convinced that I could run a newspaper successfully"; he was right! (William Randolph) Hearst |
#6295, aired 2012-01-20 | "U-R" THERE $1600: In 1989, the Union of this, it's official English name since 1885, was changed to the Union of Myanmar Burma |
#6210, aired 2011-09-23 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $800: News of his rabies vaccine spread throughout the world after it proved successful in 1885 (Louis) Pasteur |
#6165, aired 2011-06-03 | THE CHICAGO CODE $800: The 1893 novel "The Cliff-Dwellers" centers on this type of high-rise structure; Chi-town's first was completed in 1885 a skyscraper |
#5994, aired 2010-10-07 | THE GREAT SEAL OF THE U.S. $800: The Great Seal in use today was engraved from an 1885 master made by this NYC jewelry firm Tiffany & Co. |
#5989, aired 2010-09-30 | BORN & DIED: SCIENCE EDITION $1600: Great Dane born Oct. 7, 1885, built atomic models, died Nov. 18, 1962 (Niels) Bohr |
#5988, aired 2010-09-29 | THE DOCTOR IS IN $400: This soft drink has been around since 1885--that makes it 125 Dr Pepper |
#5900, aired 2010-04-16 | MOUNT RUSHMORE $400: Mount Rushmore is named for Charles Rushmore, a lawyer sent to check on land ownership in 1885 in what's now this state South Dakota |
#5882, aired 2010-03-23 | PHONING IT IN $800: Reflecting the company's activities at its founding in 1885, it was the second "T" in AT&T Telegraph |
#5805, aired 2009-12-04 | AMERICANA $200: In 1885 America got its first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building, in this "Windy City" Chicago |
#5764, aired 2009-10-08 | DUTCH & FLEMISH PAINTERS $400: He painted his first major work, "The Potato Eaters", in 1885 while living with his parents in Nuenen Van Gogh |
#5723, aired 2009-06-24 | "BOT" OF COURSE $400: In 1885 Britain established this nation as a protectorate Botswana |
#5693, aired 2009-05-13 | SCIENTISTS $1600: In 1885 he left Edison because he was refused a raise to $25 a week; 6 years later, he invented his coil Tesla |
#5621, aired 2009-02-02 | THE 1880s $600: In 1885 Tiffany's revised the design of this: it's still seen on the reverse of the U.S. $1 bill the Great Seal |
#5621, aired 2009-02-02 | THE 1880s $1000: This writer was born on Feb. 7, 1885 in Sauk Center, Minn.
--perhaps on the town's "Main Street" Sinclair Lewis |
#5599, aired 2009-01-01 | A LITTLE "B" BOP $1000: Established in Alberta in 1885, it's Canada's oldest national park Banff |
#5589, aired 2008-12-18 | NOVELIST/POETS $800: A specialist in action-packed young people's novels, in 1885 he put out the quiet "A Child's Garden of Verses" Robert Louis Stevenson |
#5552, aired 2008-10-28 | CRAYOLA: A COLORFUL HISTORY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with machinery at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) Edwin Binney & this cousin of his began their partnership in 1885 to sell carbon black & other pigments; Crayolas didn't come until 1903 (Harold) Smith |
#5416, aired 2008-03-10 | WORD"Z" $3,000 (Daily Double): Last name of German engineer Karl, who in 1885 developed a 3-wheeled vehicle called the Motorwagen Benz |
#5304, aired 2007-10-04 | DOG TAGS $1000: Born 1885, San Gabriel, Calif.; military pooch: Willie (aka William the Conqueror), a bull terrier (he never slapped him) Gen. George Patton |
#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 |
#5298, aired 2007-09-26 | 19th CENTURY MEDICINE $200: In 1885 the first successful vaccine for this was tested on a boy who had been bitten by a dog rabies |
#5296, aired 2007-09-24 | ID CARDS $1600: This controversial poet was born in Hailey in 1885 & later broadcast propaganda in WWII Ezra Pound |
#5251, aired 2007-06-11 | MORTAL MATTERS $2000: Once fired by Lincoln, this Union General took a New Jersey exit on Oct. 29, 1885 (George) McClellan |
#5245, aired 2007-06-01 | PART-LY CORRECT $1600: An 1885 British-German agreement dividing up part of Africa was the first to refer to these "of influence" spheres of influence |
#5235, aired 2007-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: In 1885 this country's Leopold II established the Congo Free State as his own personal property Belgium |
#5222, aired 2007-05-01 | THEATRE HISTORY $800: The students who founded this univ.'s Dramatic Society in 1885 included a future Archbishop of Canterbury Oxford |
#5205, aired 2007-04-06 | I DO IMPRESSIONISTS $800: More a Neo-Impressionist, he painted Pointillist seascapes at Normandy each summer between 1885 & 1889 (Georges) Seurat |
#5195, aired 2007-03-23 | AFRICAN CITIES $400: This Sudanese capital was destroyed by the Mahdists in 1885; Lord Kitchener began to rebuild it in 1898 Khartoum |
#5180, aired 2007-03-02 | WHAT A BOHR! $400: Bohr was born in Oct. 1885 in this capital, where his father was a professor of physiology Copenhagen |
#5041, aired 2006-07-10 | PHOTOGRAPHY $600: This businessman revolutionized photography in 1885 by selling roll film using a paper base George Eastman |
#5029, aired 2006-06-22 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTATIONS $1000: In his 1885 inaugural address he said that "Every voter... exercises a public trust" Grover Cleveland |
#5028, aired 2006-06-21 | PAINTERS $1200: The title of his 1885 work "Halibut Fishing" was changed to the more familiar title "Fog Warning" years later Winslow Homer |
#5018, aired 2006-06-07 | THE DEADFUL GREAT $800: The self-penned epitaph of this president who died on July 23, 1885 reads, "Let us have peace" (Ulysses) Grant |
#4944, aired 2006-02-23 | LESSER-KNOWN FOLKS $600: In 1885 Frank Ball found the patent had expired on the glass jars named for this man, so he began making them Mason |
#4925, aired 2006-01-27 | BOTANY $800: In 1885 this horticulturist bought a farm in Sebastopol, California for his plant-breeding activities Luther Burbank |
#4910, aired 2006-01-06 | TURKMENISTAN, MY LOVE $800: Between 1865 & 1885 this empire took over Turkmenistan the Russian Empire |
#4894, aired 2005-12-15 | A FOXY CATEGORY $400: It follows "fox" in the name of a wire or smooth dog whose specialty club was founded in 1885 terrier |
#4802, aired 2005-06-21 | WHAT'S UP, DUCK? $1000: This controversial social drama by Henrik Ibsen premiered in Norway in 1885 The Wild Duck |
#4754, aired 2005-04-14 | "Z" BREEZE $1200: Between 1883 & 1885 Nietzsche turned out a 4-part work about this wandering teacher Zarathustra |
#4750, aired 2005-04-08 | JON STEWART'S AMERICA $1000: 1885 "last words" from this president: "Bury me next to my wife. But nothing too fancy" Grant |
#4722, aired 2005-03-01 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $200: In 1885, a French boy who'd been bitten by a dog got the first inoculation against this rabies |
#4680, aired 2004-12-31 | HISTORY $1000: This Asian political party was founded in 1885 with "Indian National" as part of its name the Congress Party |
#4613, aired 2004-09-29 | THE 3rd FILM IN THE SERIES $600: In a 1990 film in this series, Marty travels to 1885 to save Doc Brown Back to the Future |
#4560, aired 2004-06-04 | AUTHORS $1000: This author of "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" served as U.S. consul in Germany & Scotland between 1878 & 1885 Bret Harte |
#4549, aired 2004-05-20 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2000: Known as a master of the short story--he wrote over 300 of them--he did write 6 novels including "Bel-Ami" in 1885 Guy de Maupassant |
#4526, aired 2004-04-19 | SCIENTISTS $800: In 1885 this French chemist first used his rabies vaccine, on a boy named Joseph Meister Louis Pasteur |
#4507, aired 2004-03-23 | NANA $400: In 1885 Nana & this other Apache leader broke out of the San Carlos Reservation; they were caught & sent to Florida Geronimo |
#4455, aired 2004-01-09 | NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES $800: In 1885 Geronimo & others escaped from this tribe's White Mountain Reservation in Arizona; they were recaptured in 1886 the Apache |
#4447, aired 2003-12-30 | NOVEL TEASE $200: 1885:
"You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'" (The Adventures of) Huckleberry Finn |
#4433, aired 2003-12-10 | PLAYWRIGHT $1200: His play "The Wild Duck" premiered in Bergen, Norway in 1885 Henrik Ibsen |
#4430, aired 2003-12-05 | ISN'T THAT "SPECIAL"? $800: In 1885 the U.S. mail introduced this distinctive service special delivery |
#4367, aired 2003-09-09 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $400: In 1885 one of these explosions, the brightest to appear for the next century, appeared in the Andromeda galaxy a supernova |
#4367, aired 2003-09-09 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $2000: In 1885, 14 years after a more famous find, this German archaeologist excavated Tiryns in Greece Heinrich Schliemann |
#4359, aired 2003-07-10 | SCIENCE & TECH DIGEST: 1885 $200: Developed by British inventor John Starley, the safety bicycle features these of equal size wheels |
#4359, aired 2003-07-10 | SCIENCE & TECH DIGEST: 1885 $400: Anthropologist Francis Galton notes the uniqueness of these for every individual, a help to police fingerprints |
#4359, aired 2003-07-10 | SCIENCE & TECH DIGEST: 1885 $600: Designed by William L. Jenney, the first of these buildings, the 10-story Home Insurance Co., goes up in Chicago skyscrapers |
#4359, aired 2003-07-10 | SCIENCE & TECH DIGEST: 1885 $800: German engineer Carl Friedrich Benz develops the first working one of these powered by a gasoline engine automobile |
#4359, aired 2003-07-10 | SCIENCE & TECH DIGEST: 1885 $1000: American electrical engineer William Stanley invents this device for changing energy from AC to DC transformer |
#4319, aired 2003-05-15 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: Physicist Niels Bohr was born in this capital in 1885 Copenhagen |
#4250, aired 2003-02-07 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $1600: In 1885 this 22nd & 24th president said, "Office seeking is a disease...it is ever catching" Grover Cleveland |
#4182, aired 2002-11-05 | BEVERAGES $400: This major soft drink brand was created in Waco, Texas in 1885 & named for a Virginia physician Dr. Pepper |
#4145, aired 2002-09-13 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $800: After being bitten by a dog in 1885, Joseph Meister became the first person inoculated against this rabies |
#4122, aired 2002-07-02 | ORCHESTRAS $400: This city's orchestra began its Pops Concerts in 1885 under the name Promenade Boston |
#4070, aired 2002-04-19 | NEW JERSEY EXITS $1000: This Union general whom Lincoln relieved of command in 1862 gave up the fight in Orange in 1885 McClellan |
#4046, aired 2002-03-18 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $3,000 (Daily Double): A 1/4 size model of the Statue of Liberty, presented by U.S. citizens in 1885, stands on an island in this river the Seine |
#4004, aired 2002-01-17 | THE 1880s $800: The 1885 Congress of Berlin passed out slices of this continent like cake Africa |
#3965, aired 2001-11-23 | REWRITTEN TOMBSTONES $100: 1822-1885:
"I don't want to hear any jokes about who's buried in my tomb" Ulysses S. Grant |
#3961, aired 2001-11-19 | OLD GLORY $200: Some say schoolteacher B.J. Cigrand began Flag Day on June 14, 1885 in this "Dairy State" Wisconsin |
#3958, aired 2001-11-14 | THEY WERE EXPELLED $300: Once publisher of the USA's largest newspaper chain, he was expelled from Harvard in 1885 for insulting his professors William Randolph Hearst |
#3939, aired 2001-10-18 | RAISING ARIZONA $200: Founded in 1885, this Tempe institution was originally called the Arizona Territorial Normal School Arizona State University |
#3905, aired 2001-07-20 | POETIC LICENSE PLATES $400: 1885-1972 USA
16 OZ Ezra Pound |
#3880, aired 2001-06-15 | THE OLD WEST $400: In 1885 this Sioux leader was allowed to leave the reservation to tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Sitting Bull |
#3866, aired 2001-05-28 | FORMER CAPITALS $300: Wheeling
(1863-1870 &
1875-1885) West Virginia |
#3851, aired 2001-05-07 | LET'S GO PARK $200: Established in 1885, Niagara Reservation at Prospect Point in this state is the USA's oldest state park New York |
#3778, aired 2001-01-24 | "V.H." ONE $2,000 (Daily Double): After his death in 1885, his body lay in state under the Arc de Triomphe Victor Hugo |
#3718, aired 2000-11-01 | NEWSPAPER CITIES $800: The World-Herald, est. 1885 Omaha |
#3718, aired 2000-11-01 | NEWSPAPER CITIES $1000: The Morning News, est. 1885 Dallas |
#3633, aired 2000-05-24 | AROUND THE USA $100: The first skyscraper in the U.S. was built in 1885 in this city, now home to the USA's tallest Chicago |
#3510, aired 1999-12-03 | ROYAL LITERATURE $600: One of the first African adventure stories, this 1885 novel chronicled the search for legendary diamond mines "King Solomon's Mines" |
#3508, aired 1999-12-01 | MUSEUMS $400: In 1885 this Amsterdam art museum moved to its present structure which was designed by P.J.H. Cuypers Rijksmuseum |
#3461, aired 1999-09-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885 Charleston |
#3460, aired 1999-09-24 | EARLY BRITISH CINEMA $400: Of 1885, 1895 or 1905, the year Birt Acres launched the British film industry with his "Kinetic Lantern" 1895 |
#3456, aired 1999-09-20 | BROTHERS $400: Last name of British brothers William & James who began marketing their wrapped soap bars in 1885 Lever |
#3437, aired 1999-07-13 | "W"RITERS $800: From 1881 to 1885 this "Ben-Hur" author served as the USA's minister to Turkey Lew Wallace |
#3405, aired 1999-05-28 | PRESIDENTIAL LAST WORDS $300: 1885:
"Water!" Ulysses S. Grant |
#3333, aired 1999-02-17 | STATUES $200: In March 1885 Joseph Pulitzer launched a campaign to raise funds for the completion of its pedestal Statue of Liberty |
#3327, aired 1999-02-09 | THE 1880s $400: This parent of the Bell System was incorporated in 1885 AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph) |
#3225, aired 1998-09-18 | GETTIN' CATTY $200: This breed was introduced to the West around 1885 Siamese |
#3202, aired 1998-06-30 | PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $100: March 4, 1885-
March 3, 1889;
March 4, 1893-
March 3, 1897 Grover Cleveland |
#3190, aired 1998-06-12 | CREATIONS $200: In Chicago in 1885, William Jenney rose to new heights when he built the first structure called this the skyscraper |
#3085, aired 1998-01-16 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $600: This impressionist who lived in Giverny painted a "Poppy Field in a Hollow Near Giverny" in 1885 Claude Monet |
#3057, aired 1997-12-09 | A BOOK OF VERSES $400: He dedicated his 1885 "A Child's Garden of Verses" to Alison Cunningham, his childhood nurse Robert Louis Stevenson |
#3007, aired 1997-09-30 | THE 1880s $300: On February 21, 1885 this 555' memorial was dedicated in the nation's capital Washington Monument |
#3006, aired 1997-09-29 | ARTISTS $400: He included sketches of Dutch rural scenes in a letter to his brother Theo sent around 1885 Vincent Van Gogh |
#2950, aired 1997-05-30 | LETTERS $800: In 1885 he wrote to his brother Theo, "There is a school....of impressionists. But I know very little about it" Vincent Van Gogh |
#2915, aired 1997-04-11 | THE CABINET $800: From 1801 to 1804 Levi Lincoln was Attorney General; from 1881 to 1885 this Lincoln was Secretary of War Robert Lincoln |
#2915, aired 1997-04-11 | THE MIDWEST $800: From around 1885 to 1910 the political machine of George "Boss" Cox ran this southern Ohio metropolis Cincinnati |
#2831, aired 1996-12-16 | AUTHORS $800: His 1885 work "King Solomon's Mines" was suggested by the ruins at Zimbabwe H. Rider Haggard |
#2830, aired 1996-12-13 | HISTORY $1000: In 1885 this British governor-general was killed defending Khartoum from the Mahdi's forces Charles Gordon ("Gordon of Khartoum") |
#2825, aired 1996-12-06 | POETS $400: Between 1842 & 1885, he repeatedly revised his "Idylls of the King" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#2757, aired 1996-09-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: On March 4, 1885 this president took the oath of office for the first of his 2 nonconsecutive terms Cleveland |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | 1885 $200: On March 14 this Gilbert & Sullivan operetta debuted in London, England, not Titipu, Japan The Mikado |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | 1885 $400: In 1885 this city replaced T'ai-nan as administrative center of Taiwan Taipei |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | 1885 $600: He first used his rabies vaccine on Joseph Meister, a small boy who had been bitten by a dog Louis Pasteur |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | 1885 $800: This Amsterdam museum opened officially July 13 in a structure designed by P.J.H. Cuypers the Rijksmuseum |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | 1885 $1000: In 1885 this "Old Ironsides" poet published a biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson Oliver Wendell Holmes |
#2686, aired 1996-04-15 | THE 1880s $300: The Congo Free State was established in 1885, with this country's King Leopold II as ruler Belgium |
#2681, aired 1996-04-08 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $800: This prestigious college for women opened outside Philadelphia in 1885 Bryn Mawr |
#2633, aired 1996-01-31 | POTPOURRI $800: In 1885 this Nez Perce chief & his people were moved to a reservation in Washington where he died in 1904 Chief Joseph |
#2588, aired 1995-11-29 | LITERATURE $600: This 1885 H. Rider Haggard story is narrated by Allan Quatermain, of Durban, Natal, gentleman King Solomon's Mines |
#2494, aired 1995-06-08 | "MAN"LY WORDS & PHRASES $300: Myanmar's second-largest city, it served as the country's capital from 1860 to 1885 Mandalay |
#2490, aired 1995-06-02 | LETTERS $400: A letter written to his brother Theo around 1885 included 2 sketches of Dutch rural scenes (Vincent) van Gogh |
#2488, aired 1995-05-31 | HISTORIC MASSACRES $1000: In 1885 the entire Egyptian garrison under Charles Gordon was wiped out in this Sudan city Khartoum |
#2420, aired 1995-02-24 | 1885 $200: When this arrived from France on June 19, its pedestal on Bedloe's Island wasn't finished the Statue of Liberty |
#2420, aired 1995-02-24 | 1885 $400: The first U.S. street railroad employing this type of power opened in Baltimore on August 10 electricity |
#2420, aired 1995-02-24 | 1885 $600: Chartered in 1880, Bryn Mawr College opened in this state in 1885 Pennsylvania |
#2420, aired 1995-02-24 | 1885 $800: This 18th U.S. president & his vice president Schuyler Colfax both died during the year (Ulysses) Grant |
#2420, aired 1995-02-24 | 1885 $1000: He completed his first important painting, "The Potato Eaters", in Nuenen Van Gogh |
#2415, aired 1995-02-17 | THE 1880s $400: In 1885 this female sharpshooter joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Annie Oakley |
#2409, aired 1995-02-09 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: This university was founded as the Arizona Territorial Normal School at Tempe in 1885 Arizona State University |
#2406, aired 1995-02-06 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $100: In 1885 Gottlieb Daimler & Wilhelm Maybach mounted an engine on a bike, creating the first of these a motorcycle |
#2384, aired 1995-01-05 | POTPOURRI $400: From 1877-1885, the Liberty Bell was hung in Independence Hall from a chain of this many links 13 |
#2365, aired 1994-12-09 | FRENCH DISCOVERIES $600: In 1885 he developed an anti-rabies vaccine Pasteur |
#2349, aired 1994-11-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Albuquerque, New Mexico lies on this 1885-mile long river the Rio Grande |
#2305, aired 1994-09-16 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: Founded in Atlanta in 1885, this university has one of the finest engineering schools in the country Georgia Tech |
#2211, aired 1994-03-28 | THE 1880s $800: In 1885 followers of the Mahdi killed General Gordon at this Sudanese city Khartoum |
#2195, aired 1994-03-04 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: This landmark in the nation's capital was dedicated on February 21, 1885 the Washington Monument |
#2176, aired 1994-02-07 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: Shortly before his death in 1885, he was reinstated as a general & put back on the Army payroll Grant |
#2099, aired 1993-10-21 | POETRY $1000: Hoosier poet who wrote his 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" in Hoosier dialect James Whitcomb Riley |
#2081, aired 1993-09-27 | ART $600: This 1885 painting by van Gogh depicts peasants at their evening meal The Potato Eaters |
#2026, aired 1993-05-31 | BRITISH HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): Between 1868 & 1885, William Gladstone & this man alternated as prime minister of Britain Disraeli |
#2024, aired 1993-05-27 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This company was named for the brothers who began making antiseptic surgical dressings in 1885 Johnson & Johnson |
#2019, aired 1993-05-20 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1885 the Post Office began this service that sent mail more quickly for an extra fee special delivery |
#1974, aired 1993-03-18 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $800: Killed in Khartoum in 1885, this British general was nicknamed "Chinese" for his exploits in China (Charles George) Gordon |
#1938, aired 1993-01-27 | MUSEUMS $1000: Petrus Cuypers designed the Gothic revival building that's housed this Dutch museum since 1885 the Rijksmuseum |
#1904, aired 1992-12-10 | INDIANS $300: This leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux nation Joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1885 Sitting Bull |
#1899, aired 1992-12-03 | GILBERT & SULLIVAN $200: At its 1885 premiere, this show was billed as "An entirely new and original Japanese opera" The Mikado |
#1890, aired 1992-11-20 | THE OLD WEST $200: Joseph Glidden wasn't the first to make this fencing material, but by 1885, his design was the top seller barbed wire |
#1881, aired 1992-11-09 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: He died on July 23, 1885 just 4 days after completing his Civil War memoirs Ulysses S. Grant |
#1874, aired 1992-10-29 | MAGAZINES $100: This magazine was introduced in 1885; its seal came later Good Housekeeping |
#1865, aired 1992-10-16 | ONTARIO $400: In 1885, the first league in this sport was formed at Kingston hockey |
#1832, aired 1992-07-14 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $200: Completed in 1885, the 10-story Home Insurance Co. Building in Chicago was the 1st to be called this a skyscraper |
#1827, aired 1992-07-07 | ART $200: The Detroit Institute of Arts, founded in 1885, features murals by this Mexican artist (Diego) Rivera |
#1710, aired 1992-01-24 | FAMOUS WOMEN $200: This markswoman joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1885 & was its star attraction for 17 years Annie Oakley |
#1683, aired 1991-12-18 | MEDICAL HISTORY $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1885 he administered the first inoculation for rabies (Louis) Pasteur |
#1676, aired 1991-12-09 | AFRICA $800: In 1885 this Belgian king established the Congo Free State as his personal property Leopold |
#1622, aired 1991-09-24 | PARKS $1,400 (Daily Double): Canada's National Park System began in 1885 with the establishment of this park in Alberta Banff (National Park) |
#1572, aired 1991-06-04 | STATE PARKS $400: This state's Niagara Reservation, established in 1885, is the USA's oldest state park New York |
#1548, aired 1991-05-01 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1,300 (Daily Double): This first lady was born on February 13, 1885 to David & Madge Wallace Bess Truman |
#1495, aired 1991-02-15 | TOM & HUCK $100: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in 1885 was the 1st book issued by this man's publishing co. Mark Twain |
#1425, aired 1990-11-09 | GILBERT & SULLIVAN $200: It's said that a Japanese sword dropping from Gilbert's library wall inspired this 1885 opera Mikado |
#1412, aired 1990-10-23 | CANADA $600: This company completed Canada's first transcontinental rail line in 1885 the Canadian Pacific |
#1384, aired 1990-09-13 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: 2 years after he was expelled from Harvard in 1885 his father gave him the San Francisco Examiner (William Randolph) Hearst |
#1331, aired 1990-05-21 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY $200: Built by Carl Benz in 1885, the first internal combustion car had this many wheels 3 |
#1272, aired 1990-02-27 | FRENCH AUTHORS $200: When this author of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" died in 1885, his body lay in state under the Arc De Triomphe Victor Hugo |
#1228, aired 1989-12-27 | PRESIDENTIAL BOOKS $200: His "Personal Memoirs", including his account of the Civil War, were published in 1885 by Mark Twain U.S. Grant |
#1193, aired 1989-11-08 | CANADIAN HISTORY $800: The last spike of this transcontinental railroad was driven on November 7, 1885 Canadian Pacific |
#1071, aired 1989-04-10 | MOVIE TRIVIA $300: Charlton Heston starred in this film about the 1885 siege of the capital of the Sudan Khartoum |
#1052, aired 1989-03-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Between 1868-1885 William Gladstone & this man alternated as prime minister Benjamin Disraeli |
#1007, aired 1989-01-10 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200: At the start of the 1885 novel he's living with the Widow Douglas & her sister Miss Watson Huckleberry Finn |
#995, aired 1988-12-23 | HISTORIC DATES $400: This structure was dedicated on February 21, 1885 probably because February 22 was a Sunday the Washington Monument |
#865, aired 1988-05-13 | AMERICAN ISLANDS $400: When the Statue of Liberty arrived from France in 1885, Liberty Island was called this Bedloe's Island |
#809, aired 1988-02-25 | TECHNOLOGY $1000: In 1885, this U.S. inventor came up with the 1st practical adding machine William Burroughs |
#773, aired 1988-01-06 | TRANSPORTATION $500: In 1885, Gottlieb Daimler & this fellow German built the 1st gasoline-powered vehicles (Karl) Benz |
#719, aired 1987-10-22 | VAN GOGH $600: Vegetable in title of Van Gogh's famous 1885 painting of peasants potato |
#661, aired 1987-06-22 | PRESIDENTS $200: He was inaugurated in 1885 at age 47, & again in 1893 at age 55 Grover Cleveland |
#286, aired 1985-10-14 | 1885 $100: History says M. Fox introduced this game to America in 1885, not "fore" golf |
#286, aired 1985-10-14 | 1885 $200: Begun on July 4, 1848, this monument in Washington was finally dedicated the Washington Monument |
#286, aired 1985-10-14 | 1885 $300: This women's magazine celebrated its centennial in 1985, a seal of America's approval Good Housekeeping |
#286, aired 1985-10-14 | 1885 $400: The 2nd volume of his "Das Kapital" was published Karl Marx |
#286, aired 1985-10-14 | 1885 $500: A vine from Napoleon's grave was planted at this U.S. president's tomb (Ulysses) Grant |
#282, aired 1985-10-08 | TECHNOLOGY $400: From 1801-1885, forerunners of the automobile had this low-pollution engine steam |
#263, aired 1985-09-11 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: In his spare time as a bookshop owner, he compiled his "Famous Quotations" in 1855 Bartlett |
#189, aired 1985-05-30 | 1885 $400: Explorer Richard Burton published his translation of these 1,001 tales The Arabian Nights |
#189, aired 1985-05-30 | 1885 $500 (Daily Double): Now costing over $2 extra, this service started nationwide at only 10¢ above postage Special Delivery |