| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | QUITE A SITE $600: In 1886 the circle got taken out of this landmark "Circus" with the construction of Shaftesbury Avenue Piccadilly Circus |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | MIXED GREENS $400: She's been staring at Brooklyn since 1886, and man, her right arm must be tired!:
I FLOUT TERABYTES Statue of Liberty |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | INTERNALLY YOURS $1200: In 1886 Dr. Reginald Fitz wrote the 1st clinical description of this condition where an internal organ is inflamed & urged surgery appendicitis |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1886 a riot in this city's Haymarket Square led to the deaths of several police officers & demonstrators Chicago |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | IT CAME FROM NEW JERSEY $800: It was actually a trio of brothers who founded this New Brunswick-based healthcare company in 1886, but it goes by this & this Johnson & Johnson |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | CHILLIN' IN THE R.I.P. LOUNGE $200: "Because I could not stop for death--he kindly stopped for me", "Me" being this poet on May 15, 1886 in Amherst (Emily) Dickinson |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & ACCESSORIES $800: Auguste Mustel invented this keyboard instrument in 1886; its heavenly name evokes the sky a celesta |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | WRITERS: BORN & DIED $1600: This "Trees" poet was born in New Jersey in 1886 & was killed in action in World War I Joyce Kilmer |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND'S NON-CONSECUTIVE WORLD $600: On May 8, 1886 Dr. John Pemberton sold the first glass of this at a downtown Atlanta pharmacy; that would not be the last Coca-Cola |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $1000: At the 1886 dedication, this president spoke of the statue "keeping watch & ward before the open gates of America" Cleveland |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | HISTORY $2000: A statue of a speakers' wagon stands in this Chicago square to commemorate the 1886 riot that occurred there Haymarket Square |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | TRANSPORTATION $200: The 1886 photo seen here shows that SUP, short for this way of moving around, has been done for a long time stand up paddle |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS $2000: This American exhibited her "Children Playing on the Beach" at the Final Impressionist Exhibition in 1886 Mary Cassatt |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | DOCTOR IS NOT MY FIRST NAME $1600: Dr. Jekyll,
created in 1886 Henry |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | AMERICAN NAMES $800: He failed in a few candy businesses before founding the Lancaster Caramel Company in 1886; later it was on to chocolate (Milton) Hershey |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THE WHITE HOUSE $1000: He's still the only president to have had his wedding in the White House, marrying young Frances Folsom in 1886 Grover Cleveland |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | 1800s AMERICA $2000: A fight between strikers & strikebreakers on May 3, 1886 in Chicago led to this deadly riot the following day the Haymarket Riot |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | CHEMICAL ELEMENTS $2000: Identified in 1886 by a Freiberg professor, this shiny gray element was named for its country of discovery germanium |
| #8235, aired 2020-06-12 | THE MADNESS OF THE KING $2000: Ludwig of this German state got the official "Mad" designation in 1886 after a panel of doctors declared him insane Bavaria |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $400: 350,000 workers responded on May 1, 1886 as the AFL declared a national strike in favor of this workday length the eight-hour workday |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | THE GOLD BURGS $400: This big burg was founded in 1886 following the discovery of gold in the Transvaal Johannesburg |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1600: It's no folly--this Paris music hall has been a hotspot since the 1886 revue "Place au Jeunes" Folies Bergère |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | BEAUTY BRANDS $2,000 (Daily Double): The website for this company begun in 1886 has links for "Shop with a Friend" & "Become a Representative" Avon |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | AMERICAN "CITY" $2,000 (Daily Double): Midwest news: in 1886 Wyandotte changed its name to this city; across the border, what was once Westport did the same in 1889 Kansas City |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER DOLLAR $400: In 1886 this appropriate First Lady's portrait began appearing on $1 silver certificates Martha Washington |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | "B" MY BABY $800: In 1886 gun maker Friedrich Krupp had a daughter named this; we're not sure if she was a big baby Bertha |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | COMPOSERS & THEIR WORKS $5,500 (Daily Double): In 1878 & 1886 he produced sets of "Slavonic Dances" Antonin Dvořák |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | "H"ISTORY $2000: A group known as the "Chicago 8" were blamed for the violence during an 1886 riot in this Chicago square Haymarket Square |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | BIOGRAPHIES OF NON-PEOPLE $400: The biography about "Lady" her tells of coppersmiths, plasterers & her unveiling in 1886 Lady Liberty |
| #8005, aired 2019-05-31 | POTPOURRI $800: It was first offered as a fountain beverage at Jacobs' pharmacy in Atlanta in 1886 Coca-Cola |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | THIS & THAT $200: A classic of men's formal wear, this dinner jacket was named for a New York country club that opened in 1886 a tuxedo |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | SCIENCE AROUND US $600: (Kelly shows the Statue of Liberty on the monitor.) When unveiled in 1886, the Statue of Liberty looked something like this, but by 1920, the copper exterior had turned completely green because of weathering, as well as this chemical process & the copper's exposure to the air oxidation |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | GONNA PAINT THIS TOWN $200: Here's a recent view of this city and Gustav Bauernfeind's 1886 "At the Entrance to the Temple Mount" Jerusalem |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | KING OF THE CASTLE $800: Neuschwanstein Castle, 1864-1886:
This mad man (Mad King) Ludwig (of Bavaria) |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | UNREAL ESTATE $1600: For an 1886 novel, Thomas Hardy created this town & its mayor Michael Henchard Casterbridge |
| #7750, aired 2018-04-27 | MAGAZINES $1000: In the 1920s Amelia Earhart penned an aviation column for this "worldly" women's magazine begun in 1886 Cosmopolitan |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | ART & ARTISTS $600: "Girl Arranging Her Hair" from 1886 is by this female American impressionist (Mary) Cassatt |
| #7680, aired 2018-01-19 | SERIAL KILLERS $2000: In the May 1, 1886 issue of Graphic, this author killed off Lucetta & her unborn child in "The Mayor of Casterbridge" Thomas Hardy |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | WORKING WOMEN $400: Ding dong, it's one of these salespeople calling; the first began soliciting friends & neighbors in 1886 the Avon Lady |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | ECONOMICS $1200: In 1886 Henry George published "Protection or" this 2-word policy, which he preferred free trade |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | STRIKE! $2000: A protest against anti-strike police brutality led to the deadly 1886 Haymarket Riot in this U.S. city Chicago |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | THESE AREN'T BIBLE BOOKS $800: This 1886 Stevenson novel concerns a lawyer, Mr. Utterson, & his connection to a reclusive physician Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS $400: There's a memorial tower to him in Menlo Park, New Jersey, home to his lab from 1876 to 1886 (Thomas) Edison |
| #7305, aired 2016-05-20 | MAD MEN $2000: Overspending & eccentric behavior got this king of Bavaria deposed in 1886 Mad King Ludwig |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | 19th CENTURY TRANSPORTATION $1200: By 1886 you didn't have to ferry across the Mersey from this city to Birkenhead; you could take a train tunnel Liverpool |
| #7266, aired 2016-03-28 | THE 1880s $1600: In 1886, this 4-letter German patented his 3-wheeled motorwagen, which many consider the first automobile (Karl) Benz |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | BRITISH FICTION $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1886 work says, "With every day...I thus drew...nearer to that truth...that man is not truly one, but truly two" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| #7179, aired 2015-11-26 | A LITTLE READING $3,000 (Daily Double): This 1886 Frances Hodgson Burnett novel inspired a fad of dressing young boys in velvet suits Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | ACIDS $600: Phosphoric acid gives tartness to this delicious stuff created in 1886 Coca-Cola |
| #7084, aired 2015-06-04 | LET'S DUKE IT OUT $800: In 1880, 1886 & 1887 British statesman the Duke of Devonshire turned this job down--who needs the headaches? the prime minister |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU $1000: May 4, 1886:
7 policemen die in this riot in Chicago after someone throws a bomb the Haymarket Riot (Haymarket Square accepted) |
| #7011, aired 2015-02-23 | A "LITTLE" LITERATURE $1200: In this 1886 story 7-year old Cedric Errol cuts a striking figure in black velvet, lace collar & yellow curls Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| #7007, aired 2015-02-17 | WHEN I'M KING... $2000: Bavaria, 1864-1886 Ludwig |
| #6989, aired 2015-01-22 | NOVELS WRITTEN FAST $400: Written in 3 weeks in 1886, "A Study in Scarlet" introduced this character who was later killed off but returned Sherlock Holmes |
| #6966, aired 2014-12-22 | THE OLD WEST $1000: This Chiricahua Apache leader's surrender to Gen. Nelson Miles in 1886 ended major military action with Native Americans Geronimo |
| #6963, aired 2014-12-17 | PHILOSOPHY $1200: In his 1886 work "Beyond Good and Evil", he expounded on his concept of the Superman Nietzsche |
| #6772, aired 2014-02-11 | JUST A WORD BEFORE GOING $200: In 1886 this poet said, "I must go in, for the fog is rising"--then death stopped for her (Emily) Dickinson |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | JOE PARTY $800: In 1886 this press lord was toastmaster at Delmonico's for a lavish Hungarian-American banquet Pulitzer |
| #6691, aired 2013-10-21 | BEERS TO YOU! $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Sydney, Australia.) American visitors to Australia have a great heritage: in 1886, two New York City brothers with this name arrived, built a brewery & went home, but they've been quenching Aussie thirsts ever since Foster's |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | I'M GOING INTO LABOR $400: This spring day for workers was established in the aftermath of the Chicago Haymarket Square riots in 1886 May Day |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | BRITISH ROYAL RESIDENCES $600 (Daily Double): In 1886 a loft for this type of bird was built at Sandringham House; birds from the loft later saw service in WWII a carrier pigeon |
| #6635, aired 2013-06-21 | NOVEL CHARACTERS $1200: 1886:
David Balfour,
Captain Elias Hoseason Kidnapped |
| #6623, aired 2013-06-05 | 1880s AMERICA $1200: In 1886 this new subsidiary of Bell Telephone opened its first line, New York to Philadelphia American Telephone & Telegraph |
| #6579, aired 2013-04-04 | KING LOUIS $800: On June 13, 1886 this Bavarian king aka Louis II drowned in a lake, as did his psychiatrist who tried to save him Mad King Ludwig |
| #6575, aired 2013-03-29 | LOGOMANIA $200: In 1886, this company's owner for the world's first "motorwagen" Mercedes (or Mercedes-Benz) |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | THAT DOCTOR IS UNREAL! $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1886 title doctor isn't really himself when he tramples over a kid & clubs a guy to death Dr Jekyll |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | FRENCH COUSINE $400: In 1886, before moving to Paris, this scientists wrote her cousin Henrika, "My plans for the future? I have none" Marie Curie |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | NATIVE AMERICANS $800: After defending the Apache homeland against the U.S. Army, this warrior surrendered in 1886 Geronimo |
| #6388, aired 2012-05-30 | ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON $1600: In 1886 Tennyson published a new volume containing a poem that revisited this hall "Sixty Years After" Locksley Hall |
| #6340, aired 2012-03-23 | IN UNION $1600: The 1886 Haymarket Riots were a bloody confrontation between unions & police in this city Chicago |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | MAJOR TOM $200: A 39-year-old widower in 1886, he married 20-year-old Mina Miller & built a mansion for her where he improved the phonograph Thomas Edison |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | WINDMILLS $2000: In 1886, before focusing on water lilies, he painted "A Field of Tulips in Holland" featuring a windmill Monet |
| #6266, aired 2011-12-12 | AMERICAN POETS $400: Upon this woman's death in 1886, her sister Lavinia found nearly 1,000 poems hidden away in her bureau Emily Dickinson |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | A "LITTLE" LEARNING $2000: A pampered boy can get this 3-word nickname, an 1886 Burnett novel title Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | HAVE YOU HEARD THE "NEWS"? $1200: It's been "the Bible of Baseball" since 1886 The Sporting News |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | REINVENTING THE WHEEL $400: What some call the first car was an 1886 motorized one of these, now mainly ridden by little kids a tricycle |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | THE WHITE HOUSE $1600: On June 2, 1886 Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in this "colorful" room the Blue Room |
| #6197, aired 2011-07-19 | MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands on a stage.) W.T.G. Morton made history here in Mass General's surgical amphitheater; on October 14, 1886 he performed the first public successful surgery using this anesthetic ether |
| #6191, aired 2011-07-11 | ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON $800: "Deacon Brodie, or the Double Life", a play co-written by Stevenson, led to this 1886 novel Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde |
| #6187, aired 2011-07-05 | AMERICANA $400: This statue was dedicated on Bedloe's Island Oct. 28, 1886 the Statue of Liberty |
| #6068, aired 2011-01-19 | LET''S HAVE A TICKER-TAPE PARADE! $400: Oct. 29, 1886:
As part of the dedication ceremony for this landmark the Statue of Liberty |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | THE 1880s $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from New York.) Though ridiculed at first, the Salvation Army's work was finally recognized in 1886 when this president invited them to the White House & endorsed their work Grover Cleveland |
| #6039, aired 2010-12-09 | PRE-1929 U.S. PAPER CURRENCY $200: In 1886 this first lady graced the $1 Silver Certificate, the first woman ever to appear on U.S. currency Martha Washington |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | A MINOR IN LITERATURE $600: This "Little Lord" in an 1886 book had long curls just like the author's son Vivian Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| #5881, aired 2010-03-22 | CHARACTERS WHO BECAME WORDS $800: Someone exhibiting attributes of these 2 related characters from an 1886 mystery might have a split personality Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $200: This soda was introduced in 1886 & patented in 1887 Coca-Cola |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | UNCIVIL UNREST $2000: These 1886 Chicago riots involved strikers from the McCormick Reaper Works the Haymarket Riots |
| #5804, aired 2009-12-03 | LIFE IN DES MOINES $400: You can't miss this building, finished in 1886 & regilded in 1927, 1965 & 1998 the Capitol |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | MAKER'S MARK $1200: The logo seen here has identified this brand since 1886 Levi Strauss |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | LITERARY CHARACTERS ON TWITTER $2000: 2 1886 Twitterers, please: I'm killing someone. Now I have a medical degree. Now I'm being killed, which kills me as well Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde |
| #5642, aired 2009-03-03 | JOHN J. PERSHING $200: In 1886 Pershing graduated 30th out of 77 from this school West Point |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | GOLDEN OLDIES $1600: W.S. Gilbert did not write the text for this composer's 1886 cantata "The Golden Legend" Arthur Sullivan |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | HARDY $600: Farfrae succeeds Michael Henchard in this office, the title of an 1886 novel by Hardy The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| #5529, aired 2008-09-25 | IN THE VALLEY OF ELI $400: While serving as Governor of this territory, 1880-1886, Eli Murray opposed the advancement of polygamy Utah |
| #5491, aired 2008-06-23 | MINDBENDING MISCELLANY $400: According to Guinness, this present delivered in 1886 was the largest gift ever given the Statue of Liberty |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | GEOLOGY $400: One of these struck Boston in 1755, Missouri in 1811 & Charleston in 1886, so it's not West Coast-specific an earthquake |
| #5432, aired 2008-04-01 | AT TIFFANY'S $400: Tiffany's website says in 1886 it introduced this ring as we know it today, with the diamond set above the band the engagement ring |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | DAYS $1600: In 1886 a workers' demonstration asking for this, now common, turned into the Haymarket Square Riot the 8-hour workday |
| #5390, aired 2008-02-01 | GROUNDHOG DAY $800: In 1886 the first U.S. Groundhog Day was observed in ths Pennsylvania city Punxsutawney |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | WRITERS AT REST $400: Her headstone at West Cemetery in Amherst says she was "BORN
DEC. 10, 1830
CALLED BACK
MAY 15, 1886" Emily Dickinson |
| #5350, aired 2007-12-07 | U.S. HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Founded in 1886, it became the major rival of the Edison Electric Company Westinghouse |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | FITZ $400: Robert E. Lee's nephew Major General Fitzhugh Lee was governor of this state from 1886 to 1890 Virginia |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | FOR KING & COUNTRY $1200: 1886 to 1931:
Alfonso XIII Spain |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | PRESIDENTIAL HITCHING POSTS $4,238 (Daily Double): William H. & Helen Taft, on June 19, 1886 Ohio |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | INSIDE THE ARTIST'S STUDIO WITH JAMES LIPTON $1200: (James Lipton reads the clue.) You finished "The Sick Child" in 1886. 7 years later, the world would recoil from "The Scream." Tell us about your pain Munch |
| #5131, aired 2006-12-25 | AUTHORS $400: In 1886 he decided to create a new kind of detective who'd use scientific methods rather than intuition Conan Doyle |
| #5100, aired 2006-11-10 | A TICKER-TAPE PARADE $200: This lady richly deserves her pedestal; the first ticker-tape parade was held for her 1886 dedication the Statue of Liberty |
| #5076, aired 2006-10-09 | FASHION HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1886 mothers began forcing their sons to wear silly velvet suits inspired by this titled tot of literature Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | PUT ME IN COACH! $800: In 1886 this man whose name later joined with Chrysler put an engine in a coach from Stuttgart's Wimpff & Sohn Daimler |
| #5040, aired 2006-07-07 | DOCTOR WHOM? $200: Robert Louis Stevenson created this good doctor in 1886 Dr. (Henry) Jekyll |
| #5038, aired 2006-07-05 | THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE YEARS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew walks next to an antique pump engine in the NY City Fire Museum.) This double-decker engine was part of the festivities when this opened in New York Harbor on October 28, 1886 the Statue of Liberty |
| #5030, aired 2006-06-23 | COWBOYS & INDIANS $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Fort Huachuca, AZ.) Fort Huachuca was built in 1877 as part of the wars with this tribe; that purpose was ended with Geronimo's capture in 1886 the Apache |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | BUSINESS LEADERS $800: In 1886 he started his first successful business, the Lancaster Caramel Co.; the chocolate came later Hershey |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | RICHARD $400: In 1886 Richard Sears began selling pocket watches & in 1887 hired this man as his watch repairman Roebuck |
| #4981, aired 2006-04-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: The Punxsutawney Spirit was the first newspaper to print news about the observance of this holiday in 1886 Groundhog Day |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $1200: In 1886 PM Gladstone suffered defeat when he tried to get home rule for this island Ireland |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | FROZEN FOOD $600: This brand of frozen food is named for Clarence, born in Brooklyn in 1886 Birds Eye |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | GROVER CLEVELAND ROCKS $400: Grover dedicated this 152-foot monument on October 28, 1886 the Statue of Liberty |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | "B" BOYS $400 (Daily Double): This German received the first patent for a gas-fueled car on January 29, 1886 (Karl) Benz |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | BALTIC AVENUE $200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Riga, Latvia.) Called Milda by the locals, the Freedom Monument is the Latvian version of this American statue unveiled in 1886 the Statue of Liberty |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | DO YOU LIKE KIPLING? $2000: Military matters are included in 1886's "Departmental Ditties" & 1890's "Barrack-Room" these Ballads |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS $1000: Brothers Robert, Edward & James didn't need a band-aid concert to help this company they founded in 1886 Johnson & Johnson |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $2000: He wrote 4 "Mephisto Waltzes", but the last was unfinished when he died in 1886 Liszt |
| #4752, aired 2005-04-12 | KING ME $1200: In 1886 this "Mad" Bavarian King was declared insane; he drowned a few days later Ludwig (II) |
| #4724, aired 2005-03-03 | FEMINISM $1,000 (Daily Double): The profession of Mary Prance in Henry James' 1886 "The Bostonians", it was about 1/5 female in Boston at the time a physician (or medicine or a doctor) |
| #4704, aired 2005-02-03 | TEENS IN BOOKS $1200: The abduction of teenager David Balfour is central to the plot of this classic 1886 novel Kidnapped |
| #4677, aired 2004-12-28 | "BERT"DAYS $2000: A pharmaceutical magnate: May 15, 1886 in St. Louis (Gerard Barnes) Lambert |
| #4525, aired 2004-04-16 | QUARTER BACKS $400: A gift from France unveiled in 1886 New York |
| #4516, aired 2004-04-05 | BERN, BABY, BERN $2000: The Bern Convention first adopted in 1886 is an international treaty concerned with this law copyright |
| #4495, aired 2004-03-05 | I LIKE "U" $1600: This pharmaceutical company was founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1886 Upjohn |
| #4462, aired 2004-01-20 | SEEING THE FUTURE $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1886 a newspaper dubbed this Pennsylvania resident the "Seer of Seers" & "Weather Prophet Extraordinary" Punxsutawney Phil |
| #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 |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | MY AUNTIE THE POET $200: Auntie named her cat Emily, after this poet who died in 1886 Emily Dickinson |
| #4330, aired 2003-05-30 | POETS & POETRY $400: Almost all of the poetry of this "New England Mystic" was first published after her death in 1886 Emily Dickinson |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | POET-POURRI $200: "Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for" this poet on May 15, 1886 Emily Dickinson |
| #4220, aired 2002-12-27 | 3-NAMED AUTHORS $800: She wrote "Jo's Boys" in 1886, a second sequel to her 1860s novel Louisa May Alcott |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | THE DIAMOND $400: Introduced in 1886, the diamond setting named for this New York City jewelry store has become a standard for solitaires Tiffany's |
| #4207, aired 2002-12-10 | OF THE NILE $600: He was knighted in 1886 in part for his journeys in search of the source of the Nile Sir Richard Burton |
| #4202, aired 2002-12-03 | TICKER-TAPE PARADE HONOREES $800 (Daily Double): The October 28, 1886 parade was for the dedication of this piece of art the Statue of Liberty |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | 19th CENTURY QUOTES $1600: In 1886 this Chiricahua Apache told government troops, "Once I moved about like the wind, now I surrender to you" Geronimo |
| #4115, aired 2002-06-21 | THE WHITE HOUSE $800: The first & only president to get married in the White House, he tied the knot with Frances Folsom there in 1886 Cleveland |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | PLAY BALL! $1,000 (Daily Double): This legend was born in Narrows, Georgia December 18, 1886 Ty Cobb |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | KING ME! $3,000 (Daily Double): He was deposed by the Bavarian government in 1886; must've made him really "Mad" Ludwig II |
| #4049, aired 2002-03-21 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1200: In 1886 in Columbus, Ohio, several trade unions merged to form the AFL, which stands for this The American Federation of Labor |
| #4046, aired 2002-03-18 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $1600: This sculptor was on hand when his Statue of LIberty was dedicated in 1886 Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi |
| #3978, aired 2001-12-12 | BRIT LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): He returned to India at age 17 in 1882 & worked as a journalist; he published his first poems in 1886 Rudyard Kipling |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | HARDY HAR HAR $800: Michael Henchard becomes this town official, the title of an 1886 Hardy novel the Mayor of Casterbridge |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | GEMS & JEWELRY $100: Introduced in 1886, a classic 6-prong setting for engagement rings is named for this Manhattan jewelry store Tiffany's |
| #3902, aired 2001-07-17 | "HAY", THERE $1000: The identity of the person who threw the bomb during this May 4, 1886 Chicago riot was never determined Haymarket |
| #3862, aired 2001-05-22 | THE "GOOD" BOOK $1000: This Nietzsche work was published in 1886 as "Jenseits Von Gut Und Bose" Beyond Good And Evil |
| #3844, aired 2001-04-26 | THE "WEST" WING $200: He founded the electric company bearing his name in 1886 George Westinghouse |
| #3843, aired 2001-04-25 | SOLD "AMERICAN" $300: Samuel Gompers became the first president of this organization, also known as the AFL, in 1886 American Federation of Labor |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | GEOLOGY $200: One of these struck Boston in 1755, Missouri in 1811 & Charleston in 1886, so it's not west coast-specific Earthquake |
| #3749, aired 2000-12-14 | U.S. HISTORY $100: He began selling watches by mail order in 1886 & later hired a repairman named A.C. Roebuck to work for him Richard Sears |
| #3725, aired 2000-11-10 | SCULPTURE $500: This Frenchman sculpted Victor Hugo in 1886 & Pope Benedict XV in 1915 Auguste Rodin |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | FILE UNDER "M" $500 (Daily Double): In 1886 a railroad tunnel opened under this river to connect Birkenhead & Liverpool Mersey |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | FOR OLD CRIME'S SAKE $400: The first use of dynamite as a weapon in America was during the 1886 Haymarket Riots in this city Chicago |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $500 (Daily Double): In 1886 a pharmacist in this southern state became the first man to enjoy a Coke and a smile Georgia |
| #3604, aired 2000-04-13 | NUMBER, PLEASE $300: (Alex reports from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange) Dec. 15, 1886 was the first time that more than this benchmark number of shares were traded in one single day here on the NYSE A million shares |
| #3595, aired 2000-03-31 | SCULPTORS $200: His "Gates of Hell" was the source for his famous 1886 work "The Kiss" Auguste Rodin |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | "NAP" TIME $1000: This 1886 novel recounts the abduction of David Balfour "Kidnapped" |
| #3455, aired 1999-09-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): He died in Bayreuth, Germany on July 31, 1886 during the festival honoring his son-in-law Franz Liszt (his son-in-law was Wagner) |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | U.S. HISTORY 101 $300 (Daily Double): This gift from France was officially unveiled October 28, 1886 on Bedloe's Island the Statue of Liberty |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | HISTORIC CHICAGO $1000: 7 policeman were killed in 1886 when police tried to break up a workers' meeting in this square Haymarket Square ("Haymarket Riot") |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | WE SURRENDER $3,000 (Daily Double): Take a leap & name this leader whose surrender in 1886 ended the Apache Wars Geronimo |
| #3297, aired 1998-12-29 | BELLS $300: Ding, dong! You can now shop online with this company that began "calling" in 1886 Avon |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | THE PERFECT GIFT $500: This large gift France gave to the U.S. was dedicated in 1886 the Statue of Liberty |
| #3153, aired 1998-04-22 | GUYS WHO FOUND THINGS $600: This man who sought the source of the Nile was knighted in 1886 Sir Richard Burton |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: Olive Chancellor was into woman's lib in his 1886 novel "The Bostonians" Henry James |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | FEDERATIONS $600: It was founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1886 by workers wanting an 8-hour day AFL |
| #3029, aired 1997-10-30 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $300: An 1886 convention on copyrights & an 1864 convention on the rules of war were signed in this country Switzerland |
| #2972, aired 1997-07-01 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: This first prime minister of Israel was born in 1886 in Plonsk, Russia, now a part of Poland David Ben-Gurion |
| #2949, aired 1997-05-29 | JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER $800: Sculptor mentioned in the title of Whittier's 1886 poem about the Statue of Liberty Frédéric Bartholdi |
| #2937, aired 1997-05-13 | POETS & POETRY $1,000 (Daily Double): After she died in 1886, her sister Lavinia discovered hundreds of her poems in little handsewn booklets Emily Dickinson |
| #2936, aired 1997-05-12 | ART $1000: This great French sculptor sculpted "The Kiss" in 1886 Auguste Rodin |
| #2930, aired 1997-05-02 | U.S. HISTORY $200: This western state sent its first refrigerated trainload of oranges back east February 14, 1886 California |
| #2855, aired 1997-01-17 | THE 1880s $300: While in London in 1886, Liszt gave a private concert for this queen Queen Victoria |
| #2852, aired 1997-01-14 | INVENTORS $400: With his 1886 wax recording cylinder, he could have made an answering machine for his phone Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | CONDUCTORS $200: Wilhelm Furtwangler, born in this German capital in 1886, became director of its philharmonic Berlin |
| #2818, aired 1996-11-27 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $400: This father-in-law of Richard Wagner died July 31, 1886, during the Wagner festival at Bayreuth Franz Liszt |
| #2764, aired 1996-09-12 | STRIKES $200: An 1886 strike by this Chicago reaper company's workers led to the Haymarket Square riot the McCormick Company |
| #2742, aired 1996-07-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: A May 3, 1886 clash at the McCormick Reaper Works in Chicago led to this riot the next day Haymarket Riot |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | THE 1880s $400: In 1886 Charles M. Hall developed the electrolytic method for getting this metal from bauxite Aluminum |
| #2681, aired 1996-04-08 | POTPOURRI $500: Samuel Gompers was the first president of this labor organization founded in Ohio in 1886 the AFL (the American Federation of Labor) |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | ENGLISH LIT $100: Frances Hodgson Burnett planted "The Secret Garden" in 1911 & has this "Little Lord" grow up in 1886 Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| #2547, aired 1995-10-03 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In 1886 followers of the Mahdi captured Khartoum, now in this country Sudan |
| #2514, aired 1995-07-06 | GROVER CLEVELAND $200: On Oct. 28, 1886 Cleveland presided over its dedication in New York Harbor the Statue of Liberty |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Bookkeeper Frank Robinson named this soft drink invented by John Pemberton in 1886 Coca-Cola |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: The origins of this Connecticut-based chemical company go back to National Carbon Co. in 1886 Union Carbide |
| #2503, aired 1995-06-21 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $600: His 1886 painting "The Lighthouse at Honfleur" displays his famous pointillist technique (Georges) Seurat |
| #2498, aired 1995-06-14 | HISTORIC DOUBLE Bs $800: Born in Georgia in 1886, he was one of the first 5 players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Ty Cobb |
| #2484, aired 1995-05-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: In 1886 the pineapple industry began in this future state with plants imported from Jamaica Hawaii |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | THE 1800s $100: In December 1886 about 20 craft unions joined to form this organization that later joined with the CIO AFL |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | THE 1800s $300: Designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, it was dedicated October 28, 1886 Statue of Liberty |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | FIRST LADIES $1,800 (Daily Double): She outlived the president by nearly 40 years, having married him in 1886 when she was 21 Frances Folsom (Cleveland) |
| #2435, aired 1995-03-17 | CAN I PUT THIS DOWN? $100: She's been carrying a torch since 1886 the Statue of Liberty |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $4,000 (Daily Double): This Hungarian who died in 1886 invented the modern piano recital Liszt |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | ART $600: Pissarro was the only artist displayed in all of this movement's exhibitions of 1874-1886 The Impressionists |
| #2415, aired 1995-02-17 | THE 1880s $1000: In 1886 this cartoonist left Harper's Weekly, where he had created the Republican elephant symbol (Thomas) Nast |
| #2397, aired 1995-01-24 | LANDMARKS $800: This U.S. city's Haymarket Square was the site of an 1886 riot Chicago |
| #2382, aired 1995-01-03 | THE 1880s $500: On Sept. 4, 1886 this Chiricahua Apache surrendered to Gen. Nelson Miles in Arizona Geronimo |
| #2380, aired 1994-12-30 | GOVERNORS $200: In 1886 Robert Love Taylor defeated his brother Alfred to become governor of this "Volunteer State" Tennessee |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | NAUTICAL TERMS $100: Launched in 1886, the Gluckauf was the first of these ships to transport oil across the Atlantic a tanker |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | FIRST LADIES $400: His childhood friend, Edith Kermit Carow, became his 2nd wife in 1886 Theodore Roosevelt |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | WORLD CAPITALS $600: In 1886 Freud set up a private practice in this capital Vienna |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | JUNE $500: On June 2, 1886 this president married his ward, Frances Folsom, in the White House Grover Cleveland |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $100: The Berne Convention of 1886 was about these, symbolized by a C in a circle copyrights |
| #2238, aired 1994-05-04 | NATIVE AMERICANS $1000: This Chiricahua Apache leader remained under gov't control from his capture in 1886 until his death in 1909 Geronimo |
| #2223, aired 1994-04-13 | POETS $800: After her death in 1886, this poet's sister Lavinia found her poems & had them published Emily Dickinson |
| #2189, aired 1994-02-24 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $800: Now edited by Helen Gurley Brown, this magazine began in Rochester, N.Y. in 1886 Cosmopolitan |
| #2182, aired 1994-02-15 | ENGLISH LIT. $200: He published "Kidnapped" & "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in the same year, 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $1000: Standing inside the crown on Oct. 28, 1886, this sculptor released the French flag & the statue was unveiled Bartholdi |
| #2160, aired 1994-01-14 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: Baylor University was founded in Independence, Texas & moved to this city in 1886 Waco |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | ART $600: Edward Moran painted "The Unveiling of" this statue in 1886 the Statue of Liberty |
| #2140, aired 1993-12-17 | U.S. HISTORY $400: This city's 1886 Haymarket Riot left 7 policemen dead & more than 60 injured Chicago |
| #2073, aired 1993-09-15 | UNREAL ESTATE $1000: This lord wrote 2 famous poems about a mansion called Locksley Hall, the first in 1842 & a sequel in 1886 (Lord) Tennyson |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | NATIONAL PARKS $200: This Wyoming park was under the direct charge of the U.S. Army from 1886 to 1916 Yellowstone |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | BAVARIA $200: Neuschwanstein is just one of these built by the eccentric King Ludwig II between 1869 & 1886 a castle |
| #2009, aired 1993-05-06 | MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $200: This 151'-tall monument was presented to the U.S. in 1886 as a gift from France Statue of Liberty |
| #1987, aired 1993-04-06 | ROYALTY $1000: This "Mad King" of Bavaria drowned himself a few days after he was deposed in 1886 (Mad King) Ludwig |
| #1930, aired 1993-01-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: Ding dong! This firm was founded in 1886 as the California perfume company Avon |
| #1920, aired 1993-01-01 | FAMOUS PHILOSOPHERS $1,800 (Daily Double): In 1886 he published "Beyond Good and Evil" to correct any misconceptions about the Superman Nietzsche |
| #1916, aired 1992-12-28 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: He received his Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins in 1886 Woodrow Wilson |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | NOVEL OPERAS $800: Petr Tranchell turned his 1886 novel "The Mayor of Casterbridge" into a 1951 opera (Thomas) Hardy |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | SHRUBS & BUSHES $200: The American Beauty hybrid of this bush was imported from France in 1886 a rose |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | PENNSYLVANIA $800: The American Federation of Labor was founded in this city in 1886 Pittsburgh |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | EXPLORERS $1000: Knighted in 1886, he was in the 1st European party to reach Africa's Lake Tanganyika Sir Richard Burton |
| #1883, aired 1992-11-11 | HODGEPODGE $400: Steve Brodie leaped onto the front pages when he leaped from this into the East River, July 23, 1886 The Brooklyn Bridge |
| #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | PLAYWRIGHTS $800: This author of "Miss Julie" wrote an autobiographical novel, "Son of a Servant", in 1886 Strindberg |
| #1829, aired 1992-07-09 | ARTISTS $400: In 1886 he moved to Paris to be with his brother Theo, & stayed for 2 years van Gogh |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $800: As leader of this from 1886-1902, Richard Croker was the unofficial dictator of New York City Tammany Hall |
| #1791, aired 1992-05-18 | GEOGRAPHY $400: In 1886 Congress "closed" this sea off Alaska due to indiscriminate fur-sealing practices of other nations the Bering Sea |
| #1753, aired 1992-03-25 | CHICAGO $800: A rally for an 8-hour workday in the farm implement industry led to this 1886 riot Haymarket Riot |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | PRESIDENTS $1000: The music for his 1886 White House wedding was provided by John Philip Sousa & the Marine Band (Grover) Cleveland |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | LITERARY VILLAINS $800: In this 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson story the hero & villain are the same man Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde |
| #1686, aired 1991-12-23 | CUBA $200: This practice, introduced in Cuba about 1517, continued there until 1886 slavery |
| #1680, aired 1991-12-13 | CANADIAN CITIES $400: The NHL Flames moved from Atlanta, which burned in 1864, to this city that had a big fire in 1886 Calgary |
| #1637, aired 1991-10-15 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: In 1886 this cigar-maker was elected President of the American Federation of Labor (Samuel) Gompers |
| #1588, aired 1991-06-26 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $300: The title character of Burnett's 1886 book who became a byword for any overdressed, pampered boy Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| #1560, aired 1991-05-17 | ART $200: In 1886 'this monumental sculpture by Bartholdi was dedicated in New York Harbor the Statue of Liberty |
| #1543, aired 1991-04-24 | AMERICAN INDIANS $100: The Apache Wars ended in 1886 with his formal surrender to the U.S. Geronimo |
| #1464, aired 1991-01-03 | PRODUCTS THAT CLEAN UP $500: Invented in 1886, this cleanser hasn't scratched yet Bon Ami |
| #1441, aired 1990-12-03 | U.S. HISTORY $800: An 1886 labor riot in this Chicago square left about 10 dead & more than 60 wounded Haymarket |
| #1406, aired 1990-10-15 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Frank Robinson, a bookkeeper, named this soft drink and created the script for its logo in 1886 Coca-Cola |
| #1380, aired 1990-09-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: For his upcoming 75th birthday in 1886 this Hungarian pianist went on a jubilee tour (Franz) Liszt |
| #1340, aired 1990-06-01 | MONARCHS $400: This king of Bavaria was declared insane on June 10, 1886; he drowned himself 3 days later "Mad" King Ludwig II |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: In 1886 he completed his third symphony & "Carnival of the Animals" Camille Saint-Saens |
| #1316, aired 1990-04-30 | NOTORIOUS $200: Her common-law husband, Sam Starr, was killed in a gunfight in 1886 Belle Starr |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $1000: John Philip Sousa & The Marine Band played at their White House wedding in 1886 The (Grover) Clevelands |
| #1194, aired 1989-11-09 | BORN & DIED $400: She was born at 280 Main Street in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1830 & died there in 1886 Emily Dickinson |
| #1164, aired 1989-09-28 | U.S. HISTORY $800: An 1886 labor rally in this city's Haymarket Square turned into a riot Chicago |
| #1158, aired 1989-09-20 | DESIGN $400: A fork-type setting for diamonds introduced in 1886 by this NYC jewelry store is named for it Tiffany |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | REFERENCE BOOKS $1000: Published annually since Joseph Pulitzer revived it in 1886, it says it "does not decide wagers" The World Almanac |
| #967, aired 1988-11-15 | 20TH-CENTURY PERSONALITIES $200: Born in Russian Poland in 1886, he became the first prime minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion |
| #890, aired 1988-06-17 | ANTIQUES $1000: The highest price paid for one of these machines was $6,450 for an 1886 Daw & Tait model a typewriter |
| #865, aired 1988-05-13 | THE 19th CENTURY $200: In 1886, the S. African city of Johannesburg was laid out as populated by people looking for this gold |
| #864, aired 1988-05-12 | THE 1880s $200: It wasn't until this Apache chief surrendered in 1886 that wagon trails could pass safely thru Ariz. Geronimo |
| #857, aired 1988-05-03 | LABOR UNIONS $1000: 1886 pro-labor Chicago demonstration that turned into a riot in which 10 were killed the Haymarket |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | FIRST LADIES $500: The $1 silver certificate issued in 1886 was 1st bill bearing a woman's portrait -- hers Martha Washington |
| #807, aired 1988-02-23 | GOING IN STYLE $500: King who drowned himself & his physician in a lake near Munich in 1886, perhaps because he was "mad" Mad King Ludwig |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | COMMODORES $400: Of 1786, 1886 or 1986, the last year the U.S. Navy had the rank of commodore 1986 |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | CHARLESTON, S.C. $300: The most damaging of these geologic disasters ever in eastern U.S. hit Charleston in 1886 an earthquake |
| #752, aired 1987-12-08 | NAME CHANGES $200: Born Asa Yoelson in Russia in 1886, his "mammy" could tell you he changed his name to this Al Jolson |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: This president dedicated the Statue of Liberty on Oct. 28, 1886 Grover Cleveland |
| #687, aired 1987-09-08 | AMERICAN POETRY $800: Because she "could not stop for death", death "kindly stopped for" her, in 1886 Emily Dickinson |
| #657, aired 1987-06-16 | U.S. HISTORY $400: On Sept. 4, 1886, U.S. troops captured this Apache leader & deported him--to Florida Geronimo |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | COLORFUL NAMES $500: Born in 1886 in Alabama, he served 34 years on the U.S. Supreme Court (Hugo) Black |
| #570, aired 1987-02-13 | ART $400: Rodin's famous 1886 statue of lovers, so named because they're doing it kissing |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | CORPORATE AMERICA $100: Selling "Little Dot" perfume door-to-door in 1886, Mrs. Albee is considered the 1st of these saleswomen Avon lady |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | 1886 $200: A San Francisco law against this ethnic group's laundries didn't wash with the Supreme Court the Chinese |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | 1886 $400: John S. Pemberton's "brain tonic" 1st introduced that year at an Atlanta drugstore Coca-Cola |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | 1886 $600: In a year when 610,000 workers struck, Samuel Gompers founded this the AFL (American Federation of Labor) |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | 1886 $800: The last major Indian war ended with this Chiricahua leader was captured Geronimo |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | 1886 $1000: Griswold Lorillard wore a short black coat with satin lapels to the Autumn Ball in this N.Y. town Tuxedo |
| #503, aired 1986-11-12 | RULERS $800: His father had died, so Alfonso XIII became king of this country at birth in 1886 Spain |
| #494, aired 1986-10-30 | LABOR $400: From 1886 until his death in 1924, he only missed one year as president of the AFL Samuel Gompers |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | FIRST LADIES $800: A bachelor when elected president, he married Frances Folsom, 27 years his junior, in 1886 Cleveland |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | LITERATURE $1000: Probably the 19th c.'s largest single royalty check went to this president's widow in 1886 for his "Memoirs" Ulysses S. Grant |
| #438, aired 1986-05-14 | ICE $1000: His most important work is "Northward Over the Great Ice,...In the Years 1886 & 1891-1897" Robert Peary |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | BEAUTY SHOP $200: A former book seller began this cosmetics company in 1886, later naming it after the Bard's river Avon |
| #333, aired 1985-12-18 | MUSIC $2,200 (Daily Double): 1886 hit whose title came from remark by minstrel seeing kids setting fire in Old Town, La. "A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight" |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | POP QUIZ $100: In 1886, the 1st batch of this "Real Thing" was concocted in Atlanta Coca-Cola |
| #94, aired 1985-01-17 | OCTOBER $600: N.Y. landmark dedicated Oct. 28, 1886 the Statue of Liberty |
