| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $1200: 1887's "Ivanov", an early work by this playwright, centers on a depressed young man who considers suicide Chekhov |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | PANHANDLE STATES $1200: When founded in 1887, this largest city in the Texas panhandle was known as Ragtown Amarillo |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | TEX & THE CITY $200: Luke Short killed Jim Courtright in an 1887 duel in the streets of this Texas town, now half of the Dallas "Metroplex" Fort Worth |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | WISH I'D SAID THAT! $2000: Eubie Blake, 1887-1983, is among those credited with "If I'd known I was gonna live this long", he'd have done this taken better care of himself |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | HIGH WATER $1200: In 1887, 1931 & 1938 northern China was devastated by flooding of the Huang He, this colorful river Yellow |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL $600: In 1982, he set a modern record by stealing 130 bases; Hugh Nicol has the all-time record with 138 set in 1887 (Rickey) Henderson |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $400: In 1887 he began running the San Francisco Examiner, which his dad acquired 7 years before Hearst |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FAMOUS PAIRS $400: Premiering in 1887, "Ruddigore" was one of their lesser-known operettas Gilbert & Sullivan |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | ATHLETES NAMED FOR $1000: In 1887 Margaret & William Alexander named their son, a future hall of fame pitcher, for this president Grover Cleveland |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | DOCTOR: WHO? $400: He made it out of the O.K. Corral, but after Nov. 8, 1887, he could no longer be anybody's huckleberry Doc Holliday |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND'S NON-CONSECUTIVE WORLD $800: On Feb. 2, 1887 this borough northeast of Pittsburgh began an annual tradition Punxsutawney |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | "TRI" ME $800: When its remains were first discovered in 1887, they were thought to belong to an extinct species of bison Triceratops |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | FIRE ISLAND $500: 92 at Kilkenny Castle in 1887 was long considered the hottest temperature in this island nation Ireland |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | ESTABLISHMENT $800: In 1887 this man systematically created the first U.S. library school, at Columbia (Melvil) Dewey |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | LANDMARK LEGISLATION $1200: In 1887 Congress passed the Interstate this act, applying the same-named constitutional clause Commerce |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | THE 1880s $800: 1887 saw the collapse of the Dreikaiserbund, or 3 Emperors' League, among Germany, Russia & this dual monarchy Austria-Hungary |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | SO THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE $1600: Perhaps thinking it would be fun to run a newspaper, this man took over the San Francisco Examiner in 1887 Hearst |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | WELL, IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY $200: The Groundhog Day Festival in this Pennsylvania borough celebrated rodent meteorology for the first time in 1887 Punxsutawney |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | CONDUCTORS $4,000 (Daily Double): On an 1887 cruise New York Symphony Society conductor Walter Damrosch met this tycoon & talked him into building a hall (Andrew) Carnegie |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | MOTHERS OF INVENTION $200: Apartment blazes were deadlier before Anna Connelly devised one of these metal structures around 1887 a fire escape |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | CENTENARIANS $2000: Alf Landon (1887-1987), who ran for president in 1936 & lost to FDR, was governor of this state Kansas |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | WEATHER $400: Guinness noted that a 15-inch one of these fluttered down at Fort Keogh, Montana in 1887 a snowflake |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: In 1887 several Denver charities combined efforts to form the Charity Organizations Society, today known as this the United Way |
| #8365, aired 2021-03-26 | DINOSAURS $600: When the first specimen of this horned dinosaur was found in Colorado in 1887, it was mistaken for an extinct buffalo a Triceratops |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | ALONG FOR THE RIDE $2000: A "rear column" of depraved upper-class twits tagged along with Henry Stanley to explore this river's basin in 1887 the Congo |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | INVENTED LANGUAGES $3,000 (Daily Double): This 1887 language got its name from "Doctor Hopeful", the pen name in that language of creator L.L. Zamenhof Esperanto |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | COLLABS $200: In 1887 readers were introduced to this pair, a moody resident of Baker Street & his army surgeon friend Watson & Holmes |
| #8187, aired 2020-03-24 | GET-TOGETHERS $2000: It's French for "evening"; an 1887 book of manners says it's held at an early hour & is more about conversation than dancing a soiree |
| #7955, aired 2019-03-22 | U.S. ISLANDS $1200: The Grand Hotel on this Michigan island began welcoming vacationers in 1887 Mackinac |
| #7943, aired 2019-03-06 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $1200: This man who made mail-order mighty met Alvah Roebuck in 1887 when Alvah answered an ad for a watchmaker (Richard) Sears |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | CLASSIC ADVENTURE NOVELS $400: In 1887's "She" by H. Rider Haggard, a lost civilization is discovered in the jungles of this continent Africa |
| #7833, aired 2018-10-03 | ENDS IN "O" $1600: One of the languages you can learn at duolingo.com is this universal one created in 1887 Esperanto |
| #7826, aired 2018-09-24 | IT CAN'T GET MUCH WORSE $600: In 1887 a flood of this "colorful" river in China flattened 1,500 villages the Yellow River |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $400: With a name meaning "new flower", this city replaced Entoto as the capital of Ethiopia in 1887 Addis Ababa |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | DESIGN ACROSS AMERICA $2000: (I'm Steve Hammond from WBOC.) The Gillis-Grier house in Salisbury, Maryland is Victorian in its 1887 time period... but its turrets & gables put it in the style named for this other queen of the early 1700s Queen Anne |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ON WITH THE SHOW $400: Touring England in 1887, the Wild West show begun by this man was so exciting, Queen Victoria saw it multiple times (Buffalo) Bill Cody |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | SOMEHOW THEY PULLED IT OFF $800: This dentist pulled off his boots before he died in bed in 1887, though he'd said he'd die with them on Doc Holliday |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | PHILOSOPHY IN A NUTSHELL $2000: In 1887 this German published "The Genealogy of Morals" Nietzsche |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | LIBRARIANS $800 (Daily Double): This man whose name is still on librarians' lips established the first training program for them in 1887 (Melvil) Dewey |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | HOPE-POURRI $1000: "Lingvo Internacia" is an 1887 book detailing this new language whose name translates to "one who hopes" Esperanto |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | MOURNING ASSEMBLY $1600: Throngs mourned August Spies, one of these no-government types hanged in 1887 for his role in the Haymarket riots an anarchist |
| #7420, aired 2016-12-09 | EPONYMS $800: In 1887 this German scientist invented the dish now named for him that's used in making bacteria cultures Petri |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | "R" HOTEL $2000: If you've won the lottery, you can afford to sling yourself into this iconic Singapore hotel opened in 1887 Raffles |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | THAT TOWN'S IN TEXAS, TOO $800: In 1887 a railway agent named this Texas town for his former home; perhaps this can be Kiss' "Rock City", too Detroit |
| #7222, aired 2016-01-26 | "E-S-P-N" $800: This artificial language came into being in 1887 Esperanto |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | 2nd PERSON, ACTIVE $600: In 1887 you shoot a cigarette dangling from the lips of the future Kaiser Wilhelm II; Wilhelm insisted on holding it Annie Oakley |
| #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 |
| #7025, aired 2015-03-13 | FOOD & DRINK $1600: This flaming dessert is said to have been created in 1887 to honor Queen Victoria's 50th anniversary as monarch cherries jubilee |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD $1600: Canada's first national park, it was created in 1887 in Alberta & was originally called Rocky Mountains Park Banff |
| #6881, aired 2014-07-14 | EXPOSÉS $1200: Born Elizabeth Cochran, this journalist wrote an 1887 exposé on conditions in mental asylums Nellie Bly |
| #6724, aired 2013-12-05 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $600: This teacher stayed with Helen Keller from 1887 until her own death in 1936 (Anne) Sullivan |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | THIS & THAT $2000: In 1887 she got herself committed to an insane asylum to write an expose for the New York World Nellie Bly |
| #6578, aired 2013-04-03 | NORTH CAROLINA $400: Established in 1837 by Quakers, Guilford College did not allow this until 1887; finally, glee club! singing |
| #6550, aired 2013-02-22 | SCIENTISTS $1200: Famous for an 1887 paper on super-sonic velocity, he also found a function of the inner ear that helps with balance (Ernst) Mach |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | GIVE OR TAKE $800: In the Reciprocity Treaty of 1887, Hawaii gave the United States rights to this port just west of Honolulu Pearl Harbor |
| #6411, aired 2012-07-02 | HARD TIMES $1600: When land & farm prices collapsed in 1887, farmers demanded the unlimited, or "Free", coinage of this metal silver |
| #6388, aired 2012-05-30 | TENNESSEAN $200: Born in Pall Mall in 1887, he was one of the USA's most decorated soldiers of World War I Alvin York |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In 1887 Oregon became the first state to pass a law recognizing this September holiday Labor Day |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | HARVARD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, MA.) The museum has 4,000 handcrafted glass flowers; created from 1887 to 1936, their accuracy allowed study in Boston of flowers from these regions, between 23 27' north & south the Tropics |
| #6240, aired 2011-11-04 | THAT'S THE CHICAGO WAY! $200: In 1887 this lawyer "Scoped" out a move to Chicago & later repped Pullman Strike supporters Clarence Darrow |
| #6149, aired 2011-05-12 | COLORFUL 19th CENTURY LIT $1600: The first chapter of this 1887 work is titled "Mr. Sherlock Holmes" A Study in Scarlet |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $800: Known for his Tahitian paintings, he served as a laborer in Panama in 1887 while France attempted to build a canal Gauguin |
| #6100, aired 2011-03-04 | MARCH 4th! $1000: 1887: When Benz is still a competitor, this man unveils his first car (Gottlieb) Daimler |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | THE 1880s $200: In 1887 the Senate approved leasing this locale in the Hawaiian Islands as a base for U.S. Navy Pearl Harbor |
| #6022, aired 2010-11-16 | ENVIRONMENTALISM $400: The world's first national park was Yellowstone, opened in 1872; this country opened its first park at Banff in 1887 Canada |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | ARCHITECTS $800: From 1887 to 1893 he was chief draftsman for the Chicago firm of Adler & Sullivan Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #5947, aired 2010-06-22 | CHINESE HISTORY $2000: In 1887 the Protocol of Lisbon confirmed that this colony was a free port under the control of Portugal Macao |
| #5911, aired 2010-05-03 | HE DIED A DEADLY DEATH $4,000 (Daily Double): On Nov. 8, 1887 TB claimed the life of this O.K. Corral vet; he's pretty famous for an ex-dentist Doc Holliday |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | AVOIDING A DISASTROUS TRIP TO EUROPE $600: If in Norway on July 18, don't inquire if it's a national holiday due to the birth of this traitor in 1887 (Vidkun) Quisling |
| #5874, aired 2010-03-11 | 19th CENTURY AFRICA $800: In 1887 Ethiopia's Menelik II founded this city in the Entoto Mountains Addis Ababa |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $200: This soda was introduced in 1886 & patented in 1887 Coca-Cola |
| #5782, aired 2009-11-03 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $800: In 1887 Adolf Fick invented an early form of these to replace eyeglasses contact lenses |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | CHARITY $5,000 (Daily Double): It was founded in 1887 to coordinate 22 Denver charities the United Way |
| #5645, aired 2009-03-06 | THE ART OF WORK $1200: The workers depicted here by Eugene Gracé in 1887 are laying the foundations for this structure the Eiffel Tower |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | THE "FIRST" STATE $200: In 1887 Joseph Conrad gained literary material sailing as this on a ship bound for Java first mate |
| #5592, aired 2008-12-23 | BEDTIME STORIES $400: (Adam Sandler, whose latest movie is the holiday release Bedtime Stories, reads the clue.) In an 1887 version of the bedtime story about the 3 these, it's an old woman who eats their porridge, & after she leaves the house she's arrested as a vagrant bears |
| #5572, aired 2008-11-25 | CAVES $400: Australia's Jenolan Caves were first known as Binoomea, this type of "places", but in 1887 got electric lighting dark places |
| #5565, aired 2008-11-14 | TEENS IN HISTORY $1200: He was a top student, & not yet a revolutionary, when his brother was executed for trying to kill the Czar in 1887 Lenin |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | DOUBLE SAINT NAMES $2000: He began "The Master of Ballantrae" in 1887 before sailing off with his family to the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | PHYSICISTS $2000: An equation describing the behavior of particles is named for this physicist, 1887-1961 Erwin Schrodinger |
| #5372, aired 2008-01-08 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1200: Ranchers formed the territory of Cimarron in 1887; it lasted until 1890 when it became this state's western panhandle Oklahoma |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | BOOK LEARNIN' $800: In addition to "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", he wrote an 1887 story on the Civil War, "North Against South" (Jules) Verne |
| #5274, aired 2007-07-12 | THE FABULOUS FIFTIES $2000: "Fate"fully, Alexander Borodin won a 1954 Tony as composer of this musical-- even though he'd died in 1887! Kismet |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | SO MAY I INTRODUCE TO YOU $1200: First made in 1887, they went bifocal in 1958 contact lenses |
| #5247, aired 2007-06-05 | NOTABLE WOMEN $400: Dateline Argonia, Kan., 1887--Susanna Salter is elected the USA's first female one of these mayor |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | MY MAINE MAN! $1,200 (Daily Double): Raised in Maine, this Bowdoin alumnus hired Matthew Henson in 1887 to assist a Nicaraguan survey (Admiral) Peary |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | DRAFT PICKS $400: 2 brothers launched this lager in 1887; it's Australian for beer, mate Foster's |
| #5093, aired 2006-11-01 | A VISIT WITH SHERLOCK HOLMES $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates the use of a magnifying glass at the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London.) Sherlock Holmes uses a magnifying glass in tales including "The Red-Headed League" & this 1887 one, whose title includes a shade of red A Study in Scarlet |
| #5033, aired 2006-06-28 | GIVE ME AN "E" $1600: This language was introduced in the 1887 book "Lingvo Internacia" Esperanto |
| #5013, aired 2006-05-31 | CLEANING UP $800: In 1887 Johnson & Johnson was incorporated in part to improve upon this man's study of antisepsis (Joseph) Lister |
| #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 |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | 2-WORD CAPITALS $800: This Ethiopian capital whose name means "new flower" was founded by Emperor Menelik II in 1887 Addis Ababa |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | TAKE A MICHIGANDER AT THIS $3,000 (Daily Double): We don't know if this novelist was "So Big" at her Aug. 15, 1887 birth, but we do know it was in a zoo: Kalamazoo Edna Ferber |
| #4833, aired 2005-09-21 | BORN $200: Born on Oct. 31, 1887 in the Zhejiang Province, he'd Taiwan-on in 1949 Chiang Kai-shek |
| #4833, aired 2005-09-21 | BORN $1000: This painter was nude descending into the world on July 28, 1887 in Blainville, France (Marcel) Duchamp |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | 22 $1000: Begun in 1887 to raise funds for 22 different agencies, the Charity Organization Society is known as this today the United Way |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | LIBRARIES $800: In 1887 Melvil Dewey founded the USA's first library school at this NYC university Columbia |
| #4800, aired 2005-06-17 | PACKAGING $200: In honor of Abe Lincoln, P.J. Towle began selling his maple syrup in a container shaped like one of these structures in 1887 a log cabin |
| #4789, aired 2005-06-02 | SERGEANT YORK $200: WWI's famous Sgt. Alvin York was born on Dec. 13, 1887 in Pall Mall in this "Volunteer State" Tennessee |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | SHEER GENIUS! $200: Among his 355 patents is an 1887 one for ballistite, or smokeless powder (Alfred) Nobel |
| #4650, aired 2004-11-19 | RUSSIAN AROUND $1600: In 1887 the brother of this first USSR leader was executed for attempting to kill Czar Alexander III Lenin |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | I DON'T GIVE A "WHIT" $600: This Southern California city was founded by Quakers in 1887; it was home to Pio Pico, the state's last Mexican gov. Whittier |
| #4554, aired 2004-05-27 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: Marcus Garvey, born on this island nation in 1887, was deported back there by the U.S. in 1927 Jamaica |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | THE "7"-YEAR ITCH $2000: It was the year of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee 1897 |
| #4540, aired 2004-05-07 | STUFF TO DO AT RECESS $800: Go to metal shop & make a scale model of this Parisian landmark that cost over $1 million to build from 1887 to 1889 the Eiffel Tower |
| #4414, aired 2003-11-13 | STRICTLY BUSINESS $800: Business Week Magazine says this, registered as a trademark in 1887, is the world's most valuable brand Coca-Cola |
| #4408, aired 2003-11-05 | WORLD'S FAIRS & EXPOS $200: In January of 1887 construction began on this for the 1889 Expo in Paris & it's still around the Eiffel Tower |
| #4372, aired 2003-09-16 | TRAINING DAY $3,400 (Daily Double): In 1887 he established the world's first school for librarians at Columbia University Melvil Dewey |
| #4295, aired 2003-04-11 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1000: "Ruddigore", first published in 1887, is one of their lesser known operettas Gilbert & Sullivan |
| #4240, aired 2003-01-24 | FRENCH AUTHORS $800: In 1887 this science fiction author wrote a novel about the U.S. Civil War, "North Against South" Jules Verne |
| #4214, aired 2002-12-19 | 19th CENTURY BASEBALL $1200: An 1887 rule counting these "free passes" as hits led to 20 guys batting .400 walks |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL $1200: In 1982 he set a modern record by stealing 130 bases; Hugh Nicol has the all-time record with 138 set in 1887 Rickey Henderson |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | 20th CENTURY ARTISTS $1600: Born in the Jewish village of Vitebsk in 1887, this painter lived till the ripe old age of 97 Chagall |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | THE BIG DAY $600: During an 1887 snowstorm in Montana, one of these was measured at 15 inches wide & 8 inches thick snowflake |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | ARCHITECTURE $1600: Born Charles Edouard Jeanneret in 1887, he took his mother's maiden name as his professional name Le Corbusier |
| #4172, aired 2002-10-22 | FAMOUS FOLK $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in San Francisco) When this great French actress stayed here at the Palace Hotel in 1887, she was accompanied by her pet baby tiger Sarah Bernhardt |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | ENDS IN "O" $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows some letters on a chalkboard.) In this language introduced in 1887, the alphabet begins "a b c ĉ d" Esperanto |
| #4055, aired 2002-03-29 | MACHINES $1600: Musical recording took hold with this 1887 version of the phonograph, invented by Emile Berliner the Gramophone (flat disk) |
| #4004, aired 2002-01-17 | THE 1880s $1000: On June 20, 1887 Queen Victoria got her shot at meeting this markswoman Annie Oakley |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | LLOYDERING $400: In 1887 he moved to Chicago & became a draftsman for architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #3917, aired 2001-09-18 | LEGAL BRIEFS $500: It's the H.L.R. first published in 1887 the Harvard Law Review |
| #3897, aired 2001-07-10 | OPERA $800: He was in his 70s when he composed "Otello" in 1887 & "Falstaff" in 1893 Giuseppe Verdi |
| #3808, aired 2001-03-07 | NATIVE AMERICANA $100: The well-meant Dawes Act of 1887 divided these Indian areas into individual parcels of land Reservations |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK $1000: China ceded this strategic territory to Portugal on December 1, 1887 Macao |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | PRESIDENTS IN IOWA $400: In 1887 Cleveland attended this city's Corn Palace (or should we say Maize Palace) Sioux City |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | EXPERIMENTS $500: 1887's Michelson-Morley experiment demolished the idea of this medium that supposedly conducted light aether |
| #3612, aired 2000-04-25 | WORLD CITIES $2,500 (Daily Double): Emperor Menelik II founded this African capital in 1887 Addis Ababa |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | SHE'S ANNE $500: In 1887 she became Helen Keller's teacher Anne Sullivan |
| #3441, aired 1999-07-19 | ARTSY TYPES $200 (Daily Double): Best known for her images of the Southwest, she was born in Wisconsin in November 1887 Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #3422, aired 1999-06-22 | BORN & DIED $1,200 (Daily Double): This businessman checked in on Christmas Day 1887 in New Mexico & checked out in 1979 in Santa Monica, CA. Conrad Hilton |
| #3370, aired 1999-04-09 | HEY HEY WE'RE THE MOUNTIES! $800: This famous RCMP presentation dates back to 1887 the Mounties' Musical Ride |
| #3362, aired 1999-03-30 | QUEEN VICTORIA $400: Britain celebrated Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887 & recovered in time for this jubilee in 1897 Diamond |
| #3326, aired 1999-02-08 | LANGUAGES $400: The Mexican pop group Kabah took the name of this language created in 1887 as the title of its 1998 CD Esperanto |
| #3302, aired 1999-01-05 | U.S. CITIES $400: The Society of Friends founded this California city in 1887 & named it after an American poet Whittier |
| #3246, aired 1998-10-19 | PLACIDO DOMINGO $400: Placido is associated with the title role of this 1887 Verdi opera based on a Shakespearean tragedy "Othello" |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | HERE'S LOOKING AT ME $200: He went downhill between his 1887 "Self-Portrait With Gray Felt Hat" & his 1889 one "With Bandaged Ear" Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ON ST. PADDY'S DAY $500: The first of these office machines by A.B. Dick
went on sale
March 17, 1887 March 17, 1887 a mimeograph |
| #3083, aired 1998-01-14 | TRANSPORTATION $500: In 1887 Canada's Transcontinental Railroad reached from Montreal to this west coast city Vancouver |
| #3039, aired 1997-11-13 | LET'S CELEBRATE! $400: In February 1887, Oregon became the first state to declare this September day a legal holiday Labor Day |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | INSURRECTIONS $400: Robert Wilcox led a revolt against the 1887 "Bayonet Constitution" U.S. businessmen forced on these islands Hawaii |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | SCIENTISTS $400: In 1887 this German was "in the driver's seat" on the subject of electromagnetic waves Heinrich Hertz |
| #2970, aired 1997-06-27 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $1000: Frank Langella starred in a 1996 revival of this Swedish playwright's 1887 drama "The Father" August Strindberg |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | 19TH CENTURY PORTUGAL $800: In an 1887 treaty, China recognized Portugal's sovereignty over this territory west of Hong Kong Macao |
| #2894, aired 1997-03-13 | THE 1880s $200: In 1887 this explorer was sent back to Africa to rescue Mehmed Emin Pasha Henry Stanley |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | TRANSPORTATION $200: In 1887 the Pennsylvania Limited became the first of these vehicles equipped with electric lights train |
| #2863, aired 1997-01-29 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1000: In 1887 this future Democratic presidential nominee moved to Lincoln, Nebraska William Jennings Bryan |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 1887 Oregon became the first state to pass a law establishing this holiday now in September Labor Day |
| #2761, aired 1996-09-09 | ART $600: This Dutchman's self-portraits include 1887's "With a Gray Felt Hat" & "With a Straw Hat" van Gogh |
| #2697, aired 1996-04-30 | PORTS & HARBORS $100: In 1887 the kingdom of Hawaii granted the U.S. permission to use this harbor as a repair facility Pearl Harbor |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | DOCTOR $300: We wonder if Polish physician Ludwik Zamenhof wrote prescriptions in this language he invented in 1887 Esperanto |
| #2681, aired 1996-04-08 | NEWSPAPERS $500: In 1887 William Randolph Hearst took over this San Francisco newspaper the San Francisco Examiner |
| #2613, aired 1996-01-03 | NOVELS $600: Sherlock Holmes met Dr. Watson for the first time in this 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet |
| #2599, aired 1995-12-14 | JOURNALISTS $1000: Born in Oregon in 1887, he was buried in the Kremlin in 1920 John Reed |
| #2551, aired 1995-10-09 | HISTORY $300: In 1887 the Chinese acknowledged Portuguese sovereignty over this territory Macau |
| #2542, aired 1995-09-26 | BIRTHPLACES $600: This future hotel magnate checked in on Christmas Day 1887 in San Antonio, New Mexico Conrad Hilton |
| #2536, aired 1995-09-18 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $400: This language was first laid out in an 1887 book called "Lingvo Internacia" Esperanto |
| #2516, aired 1995-07-10 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: In 1887 William Bristol joined with this man to form the Clinton Pharmaceutical Company (John) Myers |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | FASHION $500: The Capezio Company was founded in 1887 to manufacture these dance items ballet shoes |
| #2488, aired 1995-05-31 | POETS $600: She died in 1887, before her "New Colossus" was placed on the Statue of Liberty Emma Lazarus |
| #2486, aired 1995-05-29 | I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN $400: He agreed to finance construction of a concert hall while on his honeymoon cruise in 1887 Carnegie |
| #2394, aired 1995-01-19 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $100: His maternal grandfather, Joseph Baines, was Texas' secretary of state from 1883-1887 LBJ |
| #2382, aired 1995-01-03 | THE 1880s $200: Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, this city's Marshall Field Building was completed in 1887 Chicago |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | U.S. HISTORY $400: This first federal regulatory agency was established in 1887 to oversee railroads the Interstate Commerce Commission |
| #2229, aired 1994-04-21 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: In 1887 William Bristol joined forces with this college friend to build one of America's largest drug companies (John) Myers |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | OPERA $400: Before her death in 1887, this Swedish soprano was on staff at the Royal College of Music in London Jenny Lind |
| #2187, aired 1994-02-22 | NOTABLE NAMES $800: In 1887 he set up the USA's first institution for training librarians Melvil Dewey |
| #2163, aired 1994-01-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1887 the Union Passenger Railway in this Virginia capital became the first large electric railway system Richmond |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Hired as Robert Peary's valet in 1887, he accompanied the explorer on 7 trips to the Arctic Matthew Henson |
| #2066, aired 1993-09-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: This 1887 novel by onetime ostrich farmer Rider Haggard is known by a single pronoun She |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $1000: Set up in 1887 to regulate railroads, this commission was given authority over trucking in 1935 Interstate Commerce Commission |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | STATE CAPITALS $500: The home of William Jennings Bryan is preserved in this state capital where he lived from 1887-1921 Lincoln, Nebraska |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | ARCHITECTURE $400: In 1887 he designed his 1st building while working for Joseph Lyman Silsbee in Chicago Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | SHERLOCK HOLMES $800: This 1st Sherlock Holmes adventure was published in "Beeton's Christmas Annual" in 1887 A Study in Scarlet |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | FASHION $1000: Capezio was founded in 1887 to make shoes for this type of dance ballet |
| #1665, aired 1991-11-22 | ARCHITECTS $800: This Wisconsin-born architect worked for Louis H. Sullivan from 1887-93 Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | INVENTORS $800: Scottish-born veternarian who invented the pneumatic tire in 1887 for his son's tricycle (John) Dunlop |
| #1615, aired 1991-09-13 | GRAB BAG $1000: This man, whose first & middle names were Albert Blake, invented a mimeograph machine in 1887 A.B. Dick |
| #1610, aired 1991-09-06 | ART $400: Born in a Jewish Russian ghetto in 1887, he often painted Jewish imagery like "Rabbi with Torah" (Marc) Chagall |
| #1600, aired 1991-07-12 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $200: The Interstate Commerce Commission was created in 1887 to regulate this means of transportation railroad |
| #1590, aired 1991-06-28 | WORLD LITERATURE $100: This detective who insisted on scientific method, was "born" in Strand Magazine in 1887 Sherlock Holmes |
| #1499, aired 1991-02-21 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1887 the govt. of Hawaii granted the U.S. rights to use this harbor to fuel & repair ships Pearl Harbor |
| #1426, aired 1990-11-12 | RULERS $1000: From 1887-1946 this triple-named family associated with Britain ruled Bulgaria Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | COLORFUL STORIES $800: Sherlock Holmes made his 1st appearance in this 1887 story A Study in Scarlet |
| #1380, aired 1990-09-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: This American's birthday was 1st observed by New York City's Republican Club in 1887 & by Illinois in 1892 Abraham Lincoln |
| #1317, aired 1990-05-01 | AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN $800: In 1887 this man replaced Levi Abt as a partner with Max & Harry Hart & Marcus Marx Joseph Schaffner |
| #1312, aired 1990-04-24 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $1000: In 1887 while librarian at Columbia U., he founded the first school for training librarians Melville Dewey |
| #1283, aired 1990-03-14 | THE 1880S $400: In 1887 she celebrated her golden jubilee Queen Victoria |
| #1283, aired 1990-03-14 | THE 1880S $1,500 (Daily Double): In an 1887 treaty China recognized Portugal's claim to this territory Macao |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | GEOGRAPHY $400: Entoto, the old capital, was very cold so the Ethiopian emperor created this capital in 1887 Addis Ababa |
| #1098, aired 1989-05-17 | RULERS $200: In 1887 she celebrated her golden jubilee, marking 50 years on the throne Queen Victoria |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | BASEBALL HISTORY $200: In 1887 statistically a walk counted as this a hit |
| #1007, aired 1989-01-10 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Wars between Italy & this African country broke out in 1887, 1895 & 1935 Ethiopia |
| #1000, aired 1988-12-30 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $100: In 1887, 11 years before annexing Hawaii, the U.S. obtained exclusive use of this naval facility Pearl Harbor |
| #846, aired 1988-04-18 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $300: In 1887, the U.S. gov't established this commission to regulate transport & trade between states Interstate Commerce Commission |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | CHINA $1000: In 1887, 900,000 people died when this river, "China's sorrow", overflowed the Yellow River (Hwang Ho) |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | 1887 $200: The U.S. renewed a treaty with this independent country giving us right to build a base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | 1887 $400: Developer of a library cataloging system, he founded 1st U.S. professional library school Dewey |
| #770, aired 1988-01-01 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Harvey Henderson Wilcox, a real estate developer, in 1887, but his wife, Daeida, named it the founder of Hollywood |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | 1887 $100: Detective introduced to the world in 1887 in "A Study in Scarlet" Sherlock Holmes |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | 1887 $200: French president Paul Jules Grevy resigned when it was learned his son-in-law was selling this award's medals Legion of Honor |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | 1887 $300: At 23, this proprietor of the SF Examiner chartered a train to cover a hotel fire & scored his 1st "scoop" (William Randolph) Hearst |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | 1887 $400: On February 5, La Scala held the world premiere of "Otello", considered this composer's best tragic opera (Giuseppe) Verdi |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | 1887 $500: France merged Cochin-China, Annam, Tonkin & Cambodia in a "union" called this (French) Indochina |
| #557, aired 1987-01-27 | LANGUAGES $1000: Language invented in Poland in 1887 by Dr. Ludwik L. Zamenhof Esperanto |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | SPORTS $100: 1st called "kitten ball," it was invented in 1887 as an indoor derivative of baseball softball |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | ODD TOWNS $1000: Founded July 12, 1887, Mound Bayou, Miss. is oldest city in U.S. whose population is exclusively this Black |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $300: H. Rider Haggard used this 3rd person singular pronoun as a title of 1887 novel She |
| #362, aired 1986-01-28 | DISASTERS $500: Nearly a million people died when this Chinese river flooded in 1887 the Yellow River (Hwang Ho) |
| #352, aired 1986-01-14 | U.S. HISTORY $400: On Jan. 20, 1887 the U.S. leased this Hawaiian port to be a naval station Pearl Harbor |
| #65, aired 1984-12-07 | HUMAN VISION $800: These were first made in 1887 by German physiologist A.E. Fick contact lenses |
