#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | 19th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $800: In 1889 the new owners of this paper had John Philip Sousa write a march about it for an awards ceremony The Washington Post |
#9062, aired 2024-03-19 | UNDERGROUND $2000: You can go under this square, the heart of Old Seattle, to see bits of what the city looked like before a great fire in 1889 Pioneer Square |
#9049, aired 2024-02-29 | IMAGE $1200: MoMA describes this 1889 van Gogh painting as having a "churning sky" & a "quiet village below" Starry Night |
#9041, aired 2024-02-19 | NATIONAL STATUARY HALL $800: A statue of this Pennsylvania-born inventor steamed into the Hall in 1889 Fulton |
#9038, aired 2024-02-14 | THOSE MEDDLING KID KINGS & QUEENS $1200: An 1889 New York Times article called Alphonso XIII "the happiest living monarch"; he would go on to rule this country until 1931 Spain |
#9017, aired 2024-01-16 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1889 a climber said this African mountain was 19,833 feet; re-measurements have been shrinking it ever since Mount Kilimanjaro |
#8994, aired 2023-12-14 | HIGH WATER $1600: A dam collapse in this state led to the deadly 1889 Johnstown Flood Pennsylvania |
#8989, aired 2023-12-07 | OKLAHOMA! $200: This nickname for Oklahomans stems from those who jumped the homesteading starting gun in 1889 a Sooner |
#8985, aired 2023-12-01 | LANDMARKS FOR SALE $200: It cost $1.5 million to build by 1889 but now can be yours! We'll even throw in its antenna! Say oui to this while you can! the Eiffel Tower |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUI, OUI, HISTORY $200: Constructed for the 1889 World's Fair, this iconic structure was originally scheduled to be torn down by 1910 the Eiffel Tower |
#8931, aired 2023-09-18 | IT BELONGS IN THIS MUSEUM $1000: "Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889" by James Ensor parades through this L.A. museum named for an oil magnate the Getty |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | CONSTANTINOPLE $800: In 1889 the Orient Express train ran 1,700 miles from this European capital to Constantinople Paris |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | THE OPERETTAS OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN $800: In an 1889 operetta that begins in Venice, Marco & Giuseppe are 2 of these title boatmen gondoliers |
#8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PEOPLE $800: In his 1889 essay "The Gospel of Wealth", this Penn. steel man urged the well-off to use their money to help the less fortunate Carnegie |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | LIBRARIES $600: In March 1889 the first American library endowed by this philanthropist opened in Braddock, Pennsylvania Carnegie |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $1000: This city on Puget Sound was largely destroyed by fire in 1889; you can tour the original site under the rebuilt downtown Seattle |
#8798, aired 2023-02-01 | YOU "BREAK" $1000: An 1889 Chekhov story is about this, an inability to cope with life due to stress; it's no longer an accepted medical diagnosis a nervous breakdown |
#8796, aired 2023-01-30 | EXPLORATION $800: In 1889 & 1890 Nellie Bly did this in 72 days, 8 fewer than in the title of a popular novel of the day travel around the world |
#8773, aired 2022-12-28 | ALL DRESSED IN WHITE $800: An 1889 painting of David Hayes Agnew, professor of this medical skill, is an early depiction of doctors in white surgery |
#8768, aired 2022-12-21 | PUTTING ON HEIRS $4,000 (Daily Double): The 1889 death of Archduke Rudolf, the heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne, put this man next in line after Rudy's uncle; oops Franz Ferdinand |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | BIG BOOK ROYALTY $2000: The American author of this 1889 book wrote it after reading Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" but Malory didn't include time travel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#8734, aired 2022-11-03 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $200: Charles H. Dow (as in Dow Jones) co-founded this business daily back in 1889 The Wall Street Journal |
#8731, aired 2022-10-31 | A PARLIAMENT OF VOWELS $400: The imperial one traces back to Japan's 1889 constitution:
IE the Diet |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: People who entered the Oklahoma District before the designated time were first called this about 6 months after the Land Run of 1889 Sooners |
#8661, aired 2022-06-13 | U.S. HISTORY $2000: Known as "Mother", she emigrated from Italy in 1889 & in 1946 she became the first U.S. citizen to be declared a saint (Mother) Cabrini |
#8647, aired 2022-05-24 | WE DO TALK ABOUT BRUNO $1600: "Sylvie and Bruno" was a dreamy 1889 children's book by this Brit who was comfortable with fantasy worlds Lewis Carroll |
#8629, aired 2022-04-28 | IRON $2,000 (Daily Double): At about 1,000 feet, it was the tallest iron structure in the world when it was completed in 1889 the Eiffel Tower |
#8615, aired 2022-04-08 | WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS THIS? $400: April 22, 1889 is the birthdate of this "City", capital of the Sooner State Oklahoma City |
#8615, aired 2022-04-08 | DONE THAT $1000: In 1889 this Western U.S. state's constitution was the first in the world to grant full voting rights to women Wyoming |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | HISTORIC WOMEN $1600: In 1889 social reformers Jane Addams & Ellen Gates Starr founded this famous settlement house in Chicago Hull-House |
#2, aired 2022-02-08 | SHAKESPEARE $800: In 1889 John Singer Sargent painted "Ellen Terry as" this ambitious character Lady Macbeth |
#8557, aired 2022-01-18 | ESCAPIST LITERATURE $2000: The displaced title man escapes being put to death in this 1889 novel by accurately predicting a solar eclipse A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#8548, aired 2022-01-05 | RAIN $800: Heavy rains made a dam collapse, causing this 1889 disaster in Pennsylvania the Johnstown Flood |
#8497, aired 2021-10-26 | LITERARY JOURNALISM $600: This newswoman chronicled her 1889-1890 adventures in the book "Around the World in Seventy-Two Days" Nellie Bly |
#8467, aired 2021-09-14 | THE WILD WEST $600: A cavalry bugle at noon on April 22, 1889 began a massive land run in this territory Oklahoma |
#8458, aired 2021-08-04 | ANTON CHEKHOV $400: In an 1889 letter Chekhov laid down a famous principle, saying if you show one of these, it must be used a gun |
#8396, aired 2021-05-10 | SHORT STORIES $800: Known for some dreariness in his plays, this Russian also gave us "A Dreary Story" of a dying professor of medicine in 1889 Chekhov |
#8379, aired 2021-04-15 | AUCTION $200: This artist's 1889 "Self-portrait without beard" went for $71.5 million at a Christie's auction van Gogh |
#8376, aired 2021-04-12 | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $1200: The Johnstown Flood National Memorial in this state commemorates the devastating flood of 1889 Pennsylvania |
#8339, aired 2021-02-18 | ALL FAIRS $400: This was the main attraction of the 1889 Paris Exposition; it also served as the entrance the Eiffel Tower |
#8314, aired 2021-01-14 | COMMUNICATION $1000: It is the interpretive body part of an orchestra conductor; an 1889 book says it has 100 "shades of delicate expression " his or her left hand |
#8283, aired 2020-11-18 | I GOT THEM HISTORICAL BLUES $400: Can you hear this train's whistle blowin' / In 1889 / Running from Paris to Constantinople / Murder on the riders' minds the Orient Express |
#8281, aired 2020-11-16 | IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS $800: Here's Handsome Dan, who became the mascot of this school in 1889 Yale |
#8192, aired 2020-03-31 | BASEBALL LINGO $400: The hot corner, a nickname for this position, was coined after a player fielded 7 line drives in an 1889 game third base |
#8147, aired 2020-01-28 | OFF TO THE LANDMARK $400: Hello, young lovers. Head over to this symbol of the Universal Exposition of 1889; the world's tallest structure then; iconic now the Eiffel Tower |
#8139, aired 2020-01-16 | BLUE BY YOU $400: He chose a nice blue hat to cover the bandage over his ear for the 1889 painting seen here van Gogh |
#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 |
#8127, aired 2019-12-31 | IT'S CHARLIE! $1000: Born in England in 1889, he made the comedy short "Making a Living" in 1914 in Los Angeles Charlie Chaplin |
#8112, aired 2019-12-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Saying "I will make them twins", in 1889 President Harrison blindly signed these 2 states into the Union so no one knows which was first North & South Dakota |
#8072, aired 2019-10-15 | MINNESOTA...NICE $800: Last name of the dad and two sons who began caring for patients at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota in 1889 Mayo |
#8071, aired 2019-10-14 | I READ IT IN THE WORLD BOOK $1000: He "(1889?-1950), was the most famous male dancer of his time" Nijinsky |
#8054, aired 2019-09-19 | THE HINTING OF HULL HOUSE $200: Founded in 1889 on Halsted St. in this city, Hull House was the most famous settlement house, kind of an immigrant community center Chicago |
#7952, aired 2019-03-19 | VAN GOGH $400: In 1889 while convalescing at an asylum near Saint-Rémy, France, Van Gogh painted this masterpiece Starry Night |
#7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2018 $4,000 (Daily Double): "Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of" this Midwest capital city includes "Its Chaotic Founding" on April 22, 1889 & much more Oklahoma City |
#7857, aired 2018-11-06 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $800: In 1889 Anna Bissell helped America clean these as the USA's first female CEO carpets |
#7844, aired 2018-10-18 | AMERICANA $800: Named for his literary relative, Edgar Allan Poe was named to the 1st of these elite college athletic teams in 1889 All-American |
#7744, aired 2018-04-19 | GOING UNDERGROUND $400: After an 1889 fire ravaged this city in Wash., streets were raised & what was the ground is now tourable underground Seattle |
#7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) One of the few imperial Easter eggs with a religious theme, the rock crystal egg from around 1889 depicts this event that Easter celebrates the resurrection of Christ |
#7651, aired 2017-12-11 | HOME SWEET HOME $1600: In 1889 a member of this family began building a little country home in N.C., the 250-room Biltmore House the Vanderbilts |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | ART $400: This 1889 van Gogh work depicts a crescent moon in a swirling sky, a church spire & a cypress tree The Starry Night |
#7588, aired 2017-09-13 | HIGH WATER $1600: A dam collapse in this state led to the deadly 1889 Johnstown flood Pennsylvania |
#7587, aired 2017-09-12 | TRAVEL FRANCE $400: In 1889 a weather station was installed on its third & highest floor to measure wind speed & air pressure the Eiffel Tower |
#7557, aired 2017-06-20 | FOREVER "YOUNG" $7,200 (Daily Double): The seeds of this disruptive group date back to 1889 with members of the Imperial Medical Academy of Istanbul the Young Turks |
#7516, aired 2017-04-24 | BRASIL, BRASIL! $800: When Brazil became a republic in 1889, this ceased being the official religion, but 2/3 of the people still adhere to it Catholicism |
#7506, aired 2017-04-10 | THE GILDED AGE $1200: A champion of social welfare reform, Jane Addams founded Hull House to help the poor in this Midwest city in 1889 Chicago |
#7495, aired 2017-03-24 | FAMOUS AMERICAN WOMEN $800: In 1889 journalist Nellie Bly tried to beat the record of Phileas Fogg in this novel & did, by more than a week Around the World in Eighty Days |
#7417, aired 2016-12-06 | EVERY CLAIM YOU STAKE $2,000 (Daily Double): On April 22, 1889 a bugle for a land run sounded in the new Oklahoma territory; those who entered early were dubbed this Sooners |
#7409, aired 2016-11-24 | U.S. CITY SEALS $600: Adorning this state capital's seal are an Indian peace pipe & a stake symbolic of those who staked claims in an 1889 land rush Oklahoma City |
#7408, aired 2016-11-23 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $1,000 (Daily Double): From 1889 until early in the Great Depression, this newspaper rarely reported beyond business & economic news The Wall Street Journal |
#7362, aired 2016-09-20 | NATIVE AMERICANS $600: In 1889 & 1890 a visionary named Wovoka taught this "spectral" dance to tribes to regenerate the earth the Ghost Dance |
#7342, aired 2016-07-12 | DONE THAT $1600: Set out on an around the world trip in November of 1889 Nellie Bly |
#7310, aired 2016-05-27 | SHE-CAGO $1000: In 1889 she & Ellen Gates Starr founded the settlement house in Chicago known as Hull House Jane Addams |
#7282, aired 2016-04-19 | AMERICA THE HISTORICAL $1000: On May 31, 1889 a dam collapse led to this Pennsylvania city's flood, killing 2,200 people Johnstown |
#7276, aired 2016-04-11 | WHO WANTS A BEER? $400: This Dutch beer was honored with a Diplome de Grand Prix at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris Heineken |
#7246, aired 2016-02-29 | LANDMARKS $1,000 (Daily Double): It served as the entrance gateway to the 1889 World's Fair the Eiffel Tower |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | BARONS & BARONESSES $400: Baroness Bertha von Suttner, author of the 1889 novel "Lay Down Your Arms", pushed for the creation of this Nobel Prize the Peace Prize |
#7177, aired 2015-11-24 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $2,400 (Daily Double): This newspaper's 1889 first issue promised "to get the news, to publish it instantly, whether bull or bear" The Wall Street Journal |
#7167, aired 2015-11-10 | OKLAHOMA! $400: This state nickname comes from an April 22, 1889 land rush the Sooner State |
#7146, aired 2015-10-12 | YOU KNOW NOTHING $600: Since the 1889 expiry of a copyright, anyone can put out a dictionary & slap this man's name on it (Noah) Webster |
#7118, aired 2015-07-22 | JULES VERNE $3,000 (Daily Double): During her 72-day trip around the world, 1889-90, she stopped in Amiens to visit with Verne, who had inspired her trip Nellie Bly |
#7105, aired 2015-07-03 | LIBRARIES $2000: The earliest presidential voice recording in the Vincent Voice Library at Mich. State is from this 23rd pres. in 1889 Benjamin Harrison |
#7083, aired 2015-06-03 | TOUGH DAY AT $400: Johnstown, Penn., on the afternoon of May 31, 1889; at 3:10 P.M. this has collapsed the dam |
#7080, aired 2015-05-29 | NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) When established in 1851, the reservation for this Native American tribe covered much of present-day South Dakota; it shrank in 1868, & then again in 1889, the year of both Dakotas' statehood the Sioux |
#7078, aired 2015-05-27 | THE LATE 19th CENTURY $400: After the death of his cousin in 1889, this man became heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Franz Ferdinand |
#7057, aired 2015-04-28 | MOUNTAIN HIGH $400: In 1889 prospector Frank Densmore named an Alaskan peak Densmore's Mountain; in 1896 it was renamed for this politician McKinley |
#7057, aired 2015-04-28 | CZECH COMPOSERS $1200: Those morbid Goth teens! In 1889, 15-year-old Josef Suk composed this type of march for himself a funeral march |
#7040, aired 2015-04-03 | SELFIE OF THE ARTIST $800: He completed the self portrait here in August 1889, less than a year before his death van Gogh |
#7015, aired 2015-02-27 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $400: This household disinfectant brand has been around since 1889 Lysol |
#6962, aired 2014-12-16 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1200: 1/3 of the space devoted to U.S. exhibits at the 1889 Paris Centennial Exposition was occupied by his inventions Edison |
#6948, aired 2014-11-26 | THE LATE 19th CENTURY $400: In 1889 this list of the 11 best college football players in the country first came out the All-American football team |
#6944, aired 2014-11-20 | BOOKS & ARTHURS $2,400 (Daily Double): Chapter 1 of this 1889 novel begins "'Camelot--Camelot...I don't seem to remember hearing of it before.'" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#6926, aired 2014-10-27 | ART MASTERPIECES $800: This 1889 painting shows a swirling sky with 11 magnified stars & a large orange-y moon over the town of Saint-Remy Starry Night (by van Gogh) |
#6888, aired 2014-07-23 | JOBS IN ART $1600: He painted the 1889 portrait seen here in Arles--apparently, right as the mail came Vincent van Gogh |
#6886, aired 2014-07-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Its November 11, 1889 statehood filled in a corner of the Lower 48 Washington |
#6883, aired 2014-07-16 | NATIVE LANDS $1000: Adolf Hitler made his unfortunate entry into the world in 1889 Austria |
#6878, aired 2014-07-09 | THE WEST $800: This state capital came into being in one day, on April 22, 1889, when 50,000 swarmed onto 2 million acres Oklahoma City |
#6829, aired 2014-05-01 | 19th CENTURY FRANCE $2000: When this Paris dance hall opened in October 1889, its owners gave it the nickname "The First Palace of Women" the Moulin Rouge |
#6813, aired 2014-04-09 | STATE SCHOOLS $200: Introduced in 1964, the Sooner Schooner of this university resembles those used in the 1889 land run the University of Oklahoma |
#6775, aired 2014-02-14 | U.S. CITIES $1000: A memorial on the site of the former South Fork Dam commemorates the devastating 1889 flood in this Pennsylvania city Johnstown |
#6758, aired 2014-01-22 | ART AT THE GETTY CENTER $400: (Alex presents the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) After his self-mutilation & hospitalization, he entered an asylum in Saint-Remy in 1889, where he demonstrated the regenerative powers of the earth in his painting "Irises" van Gogh |
#6741, aired 2013-12-30 | FLYERS & FLYING $400: In 1889 they began publishing a weekly Dayton, Ohio newspaper called the West Side News the Wright Brothers |
#6739, aired 2013-12-26 | MARK TWAIN $3,000 (Daily Double): Twain satirized the customs & institutions of the feudal world in this 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#6660, aired 2013-07-26 | JAPANESE HISTORY $1600: The Meiji Constitution of 1889 created this 4-letter legislature with 2 houses the Diet |
#6637, aired 2013-06-25 | WORLD'S FAIRS $200: The 1889 Paris fair featured a re-creation of this prison to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its storming the Bastille |
#6580, aired 2013-04-05 | HOW COLLEGES GOT THEIR NAMES $1200: This sister college to Columbia was founded in 1889 & named for the then-president of Columbia Barnard |
#6578, aired 2013-04-03 | APRIL $600: These 2 men were born a few days apart in April 1889; one satirized the other in "The Great Dictator" Chaplin & Hitler |
#6563, aired 2013-03-13 | PLAYWRIGHTS $1600: His 1889 play "The Wood Demon" was a failure; he reworked it as the successful "Uncle Vanya" Chekhov |
#6510, aired 2012-12-28 | VAN GOGH $400: In an 1889 letter to this brother, Van Gogh said he hoped to "one day prove that I have not impoverished the family" Theo |
#6460, aired 2012-10-19 | EVERYTHING'S OK $200: This nickname for Oklahomans stems from those who jumped the homesteading starting gun in 1889 Sooners |
#6402, aired 2012-06-19 | ITALIAN FOOD $2,500 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with a pizza baker at Eataly in New York City as he prepares a pizza.) Naples is famous for pizza, including this simple but delicious one named for the queen who visited the city in 1889 pizza Margherita |
#6395, aired 2012-06-08 | DA TRAIN! DA TRAIN! $400: It wasn't murder riding this luxury train that began running from Paris to Istanbul in 1889 the Orient Express |
#6367, aired 2012-05-01 | EXTREME WEATHER $800: In 1889 one of these near Johnstown, Pennsylvania burst during heavy rains; the flood killed 2,000 a dam |
#6316, aired 2012-02-20 | EXPOSITION $400: The symbol of the universal exposition of 1889 was this new landmark, then the world's tallest structure the Eiffel Tower |
#6264, aired 2011-12-08 | NON-ROMAN EMPERORS $600: Franz Joseph, emperor of this dual monarchy, suffered his son's suicide in 1889 & his wife's murder in 1898 Austria-Hungary |
#6236, aired 2011-10-31 | HOSPITALS $800: This city's Johns Hopkins hospital opened on May 7, 1889; today, it's part of a $5 billion medical system Baltimore |
#6215, aired 2011-09-30 | LANDMARKS $400: It served as the gateway entrance to the International Exhibition of 1889, held in Paris the Eiffel Tower |
#6184, aired 2011-06-30 | GILBERT & SULLIVAN $800: The true identity of a missing king is at the heart of 1889's "The Gondoliers", set mostly in this city Venice |
#6169, aired 2011-06-09 | JOHN PHILIP SOUSA $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1889 the owner of this newspaper asked Sousa to write a march for a ceremony for the winners of its essay contest The Washington Post |
#6164, aired 2011-06-02 | A BUNCH OF EDVARD MUNCH $1200: Munch's painting seen here has this title, just like an 1889 van Gogh masterpiece Starry Night |
#6162, aired 2011-05-31 | YOU'VE GONE BANKRUPT $400: A French company went bankrupt in 1889 after digging out 76 million cubic yards of earth to make this waterway the Panama Canal |
#6123, aired 2011-04-06 | CHEESY INTERNATIONAL PICKUP LINES $400: Oui baby, let's hit this landmark that opened on March 31, 1889 to celebrate the centenary of the French Revolution the Eiffel Tower |
#6113, aired 2011-03-23 | AMERICAN RED CROSS HISTORY $1200: In 1889, in one of its earliest relief efforts, the Red Cross aided victims of the killer flood in this Pennsylvania city Johnstown |
#6074, aired 2011-01-27 | THE "KO" CORRAL $800: In 1889 this territory was divided into 2 states; so Sioux me! the Dakota Territory |
#6069, aired 2011-01-20 | MARK TWAIN SHALL MEET $800: ...this young British author who was traveling from India to England via the U.S. in 1889 (Rudyard) Kipling |
#6049, aired 2010-12-23 | THE 1880s $1000: This author of "America the Beautiful" introduced Mrs. Claus in an 1889 tale Katharine Lee Bates |
#6049, aired 2010-12-23 | THE 1880s $3,200 (Daily Double): In 1889 she set out from New York, making it around the world in less than 73 days Nellie Bly |
#6027, aired 2010-11-23 | PAINT NO STOPPING US NOW $800: Toulouse-Lautrec had some dance hall days at this hangout that opened in 1889 in Montmartre the Moulin Rouge |
#6021, aired 2010-11-15 | TWAIN TRACTS $200: A blow on the head sends a man back to Camelot in this 1889 Mark Twain novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#5996, aired 2010-10-11 | LIBRARIES $400: In 1889 this philanthropist funded his first U.S. library in Braddock, Penn., home to one of his steel mills Carnegie |
#5994, aired 2010-10-07 | LENIN $800: Lenin avidly read "Das Kapital" & in 1889 became a follower of this philosophy named for the book's author Marxism |
#5959, aired 2010-07-08 | ALL ABOUT ART $2000: In 1889, Van Gogh painted these title flowers irises |
#5939, aired 2010-06-10 | LANDMARKS FOR SALE $200: It cost $1 million to build by 1889 but now can be yours! We'll throw in its 79-foot antenna! Say oui to this while you can! the Eiffel Tower |
#5894, aired 2010-04-08 | GET OUTTA TOWN! $1600: If you're in this Pennsylvania town May 31, 1889; that dam's not gonna hold Johnstown |
#5868, aired 2010-03-03 | BALLET DANCERS $1,000 (Daily Double): He was born in Kiev around 1889 to parents who were celebrated dancers from Poland Nijinsky |
#5858, aired 2010-02-17 | PERMANENTLY AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY $800: In 1841 "Pippa Passes"; in 1889 this poet passes; today, you can pass him by at Westminster Robert Browning |
#5693, aired 2009-05-13 | CHECK THE NEWSPAPER $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1889 Dow Jones changed the name of its daily business newsletter to this The Wall Street Journal |
#5659, aired 2009-03-26 | PUTTING ON THE DOG $400: In 1889 a Siberian wolfhound in the WKC show had quite a pedigree; its breeder was listed as the czar of this country Russia |
#5648, aired 2009-03-11 | BANK ON IT $1,200 (Daily Double): This company was incorporated to help those in need after a fire blackened the Seattle business district in 1889 Washington Mutual (WaMu) |
#5635, aired 2009-02-20 | BUTCH CASSIDY $400: Butch's first big crime was the $20,000 holdup of the San Miguel Valley Bank in Telluride in this state in 1889 Colorado |
#5606, aired 2009-01-12 | WILL IAMB $400: In 1889 this poet fell in love with Irish beauty Maud Gonne & from that moment, "the troubling of my life began" (William Butler) Yeats |
#5557, aired 2008-11-04 | FOREIGN-BORN LEADERS $800: Adolf Hitler was born in this country in 1889 Austria |
#5538, aired 2008-10-08 | AT THE MUSEE D'ORSAY $200: The museum's got a "Starry Night" that he painted in Arles in 1888, not the more famous one done in Saint Remy in 1889 van Gogh |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1600: This Baltimore university's hospital formally opened in 1889 Johns Hopkins |
#5489, aired 2008-06-19 | MEN IN HISTORY $400: In 1889 this "colossal" man's British South African Company received a charter to develop Malawi (Cecil) Rhodes |
#5475, aired 2008-05-30 | PAPERS $400: In 1889 Charles Dow & Edward Jones founded this business daily the Wall Street Journal |
#5471, aired 2008-05-26 | ART-PODGE $200: In 1889 he completed his "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe" Van Gogh |
#5432, aired 2008-04-01 | PHILOSOPHY $2000: The opposite of determinism is this 2-word phrase used in an 1889 Henri Bergson book title free will |
#5409, aired 2008-02-28 | MEDICINE MEN & WOMEN $2000: In 1889 Susan la Flesche Picotte, a member of this Nebraska tribe, became the first Native American female doctor Omaha |
#5394, aired 2008-02-07 | GIVING YOU THE BIRD $2000: The gray type of this bird was introduced to North America in 1889; come on, get happy! the partridge |
#5361, aired 2007-12-24 | LET'S "ROCK"! $200: Because of the more favorable corporate laws New Jersey passed in 1889, he moved his Standard Oil of Ohio there (John D.) Rockefeller |
#5349, aired 2007-12-06 | SOUNDS FRUITY $400: Garden Grove & Costa Mesa are in this West Coast county formally organized in 1889 Orange County |
#5304, aired 2007-10-04 | DOG TAGS $600: Born 1889, Braunau-am-Inn, Austria-Hungary; pooch: Blondi, a German shepherd Adolf Hitler |
#5291, aired 2007-09-17 | PSEUDO SPORT LIT $5,000 (Daily Double): A-Rod is truly in trouble in this time-traveling Twain text from 1889 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#5216, aired 2007-04-23 | CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES $400: Charlie Chaplin, 1889 London |
#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 |
#5198, aired 2007-03-28 | THE WILD & WOOLLY 1800s $1200: Rudolf, heir to this dual throne, died in a suicide pact at Mayerling in 1889 Austria-Hungary |
#5190, aired 2007-03-16 | AT THE MARK TWAIN HOUSE $1200: (Alex Trebek delivers the clue from the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.) Appropriately, Mark Twain resided here in Hartford while he worked on this 1889 novel about a Hartford man who travels back in time to medieval England A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#5170, aired 2007-02-16 | PAINTERS $600: In 1889, he painted the self-portrait seen here; notice the bandaged ear Vincent van Gogh |
#5155, aired 2007-01-26 | PAINTERS & PAINTINGS $400: He painted "Starry Night" in 1889 while checked into an asylum in Saint Remy Van Gogh |
#5120, aired 2006-12-08 | IT'S A DISASTER $1000: The collapse of the South Fork Dam in May 1889 led to the deaths of more than 2,200 in this Pennsylvania city Johnstown |
#5097, aired 2006-11-07 | EVERYTHING FRENCH $400: He was better known as a bridge engineer before his "tower"ing achievement of 1889 Eiffel |
#5023, aired 2006-06-14 | ROYAL LITERATURE $800: 1889: By Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#4949, aired 2006-03-02 | 19th CENTURY HISTORY $200: In 1889 this island joined up with Tobago as a single colony Trinidad |
#4935, aired 2006-02-10 | AMERICAN PRODUCTS ABROAD $800: In 1889 the Eastman Company was incorporated in London to distribute products under this snappy name Kodak |
#4921, aired 2006-01-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew waxes eloquent in front of Lenin's tomb in Moscow, Russia.) Soviet leaders reviewed a parade of military hardware from Lenin's tomb each year on this day, a Socialist holiday since 1889 May Day |
#4892, aired 2005-12-13 | HISTORIC NAMES $1600: In 1889 this 74-year old chancellor instituted old age pensions in Germany Bismarck |
#4879, aired 2005-11-24 | DWIGHT BOY $1000: In 1889 this U.S. evangelist founded the Chicago Bible Institute that today bears his name (Dwight) Moody |
#4869, aired 2005-11-10 | THE 19th CENTURY $1000: In 1889 this South American country's last emperor, Pedro II, was forced to abdicate Brazil |
#4815, aired 2005-07-08 | LITERARY VENICE $1200: This "Andrea del Sarto" poet spent his final days at Ca' Rezzonico, the palatial home of his son Pen, & died there in 1889 Robert Browning |
#4805, aired 2005-06-24 | I AM I SAID $2000: Soon before his mental collapse in 1889, this European thinker wrote, "I am not a man I am dynamite" Nietzsche |
#4773, aired 2005-05-11 | PAINTERS $800: He was going full throttle in Arles, France in 1888 & 1889, turning out more than 200 paintings Van Gogh |
#4742, aired 2005-03-29 | THAT'S CREDIBLE! $800: About 2 million people visited this 984-foot tall landmark in its first year, 1889 the Eiffel Tower |
#4732, aired 2005-03-15 | CHAPLIN $1200: Chaplin was born April 16, 1889 in England & died Christmas day in 1977 in this country Switzerland |
#4714, aired 2005-02-17 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL VICE $2000: Levi Morton was soiled by the Peruvian guano scandal before taking office in 1889 for this president Benjamin Harrison |
#4684, aired 2005-01-06 | NOW THAT'S INVENTIVE! $200: In 1889 this Elizabethport, New Jersey company electrified the sewing machine Singer |
#4680, aired 2004-12-31 | HISTORY $800: Karl led the first of these Marxist organizational efforts; the second one began in 1889 the International |
#4674, aired 2004-12-23 | SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST $1200: In July 1889 this fighter knocked out Jake Kilrain in the last bare-knuckled championship boxing match (John L.) Sullivan |
#4646, aired 2004-11-15 | HORNED ANIMALS $800: This North American animal's population had dropped from almost 50 million to under 1000 by 1889 the buffalo (or the bison) |
#4591, aired 2004-07-19 | GREAT MOMENTS IN TRAVEL $800: In the 1840s Ida Pfeiffer made this trip in 2 1/2 years; in 1889 Nellie Bly did it in 72 days Around The World |
#4569, aired 2004-06-17 | SCIENCE POTPOURRI $800: Founded in 1889 as St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, today it's known as this the Mayo Clinic |
#4566, aired 2004-06-14 | MEMORIALS $1,000 (Daily Double): The national memorial that commemorates this 1889 disaster preserves what's left of the South Fork Dam the Johnstown Flood |
#4552, aired 2004-05-25 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $2000: Toynbee Hall in London was the model for Hull House, which she founded in 1889 Jane Addams |
#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 |
#4514, aired 2004-04-01 | HOT SPOTS $200: Cloncurry in this country's state of Queensland hit 128 degrees Fahrenheit in 1889 Australia |
#4485, aired 2004-02-20 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $2,006 (Daily Double): At noon on April 22, 1889 settlers rushed to claim land in this new territory: many entered "sooner" than noon Oklahoma |
#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 |
#4397, aired 2003-10-21 | TAKE THE "A" TRAIN $800: Finished in 1889, Central Station in this city is similar in style to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam |
#4396, aired 2003-10-20 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: 1889 event that caused the damage seen here the Johnstown Flood |
#4355, aired 2003-07-04 | AUTHORS & THEIR RELATIVES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1889 his great grandfather was elected to the Miss. legislature & was promptly shot & killed by his opponent Faulkner |
#4342, aired 2003-06-17 | ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS $800: "Irises"
(1889) Vincent Van Gogh |
#4317, aired 2003-05-13 | MAY DAYS $1000: At 4:07 P.M. on May 31, 1889 this Pennsylvania town was flooded when the South Fork Dam collapsed after heavy rains Johnstown |
#4295, aired 2003-04-11 | COLLEGE TEAM NICKNAMES $600: (I'm Drew Brees.) At Purdue I was one of these, originally an insult by some jerks from Wabash College in 1889 Boilermakers |
#4285, aired 2003-03-28 | THE 19th CENTURY $1200: The fourth child of Klara & Alois, this dictator was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria in 1889 Adolf Hitler |
#4266, aired 2003-03-03 | PARIS $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Paris) The Eiffel Tower opened in 1889 for the Universal Exposition, celebrating the 100th anniversary of this The French Revolution |
#4249, aired 2003-02-06 | PAINTERS $800: This 1889 Van Gogh work showing the evening sky was painted from memory in an asylum at Saint-Remy Starry Night |
#4246, aired 2003-02-03 | SHORT STORIES $2000: Even Uncle Vanya might be bored by "A Boring Story", which this Russian playwright wrote in 1889 Anton Chekhov |
#4231, aired 2003-01-13 | AMERICAN WOMEN $400: This American Red Cross founder personally directed the relief effort at the Johnstown Flood in 1889 Clara Barton |
#4217, aired 2002-12-24 | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE $1000: This man presided over the debate leading to the Declaration; his namesake great-grandson was president, 1889-93 Benjamin Harrison |
#4206, aired 2002-12-09 | FAMOUS JOHNS $1200: In 1889 this man, "The Boston Strong Boy", KO'd Jake Kilrain after 75 rounds John L. Sullivan |
#4185, aired 2002-11-08 | A TRIP ON THE "L" $800: In 1889 a Red Sea swarm of these covered an estimated 2,000-square-mile area locusts |
#4177, aired 2002-10-29 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Van Gogh's 1889 painting of director George Romero's 1968 zombie film classic Starry Night of the Living Dead |
#4150, aired 2002-09-20 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $2,600 (Daily Double): Made of wrought iron, this world landmark, built in 1889, was once the world's tallest structure the Eiffel Tower |
#4091, aired 2002-05-20 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS $200: In 1889 he completed his "Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear And Pipe" Van Gogh |
#4078, aired 2002-05-01 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1889 this country became a republic when Pedro II gave up his throne Brazil |
#4036, aired 2002-03-04 | JULES VERNE $2,900 (Daily Double): A Nov. 24, 1889 article told of this journalist's meeting with Verne, whose work inspired her trip Nellie Bly |
#4004, aired 2002-01-17 | THE 1880s $200: In 1889, with Dumas & de Maupassant protesting loudly, this 984-foot structure opened near the Seine Eiffel Tower |
#3918, aired 2001-09-19 | COLUMBIA $400: This college for women became affiliated with Columbia in 1889 Barnard |
#3904, aired 2001-07-19 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $400: Visitors to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris could see Karl Benz' display of one of the first of these an automobile |
#3851, aired 2001-05-07 | THE 1800s $400: This over 900-foot landmark was designed for the 1889 Exposition in Paris the Eiffel Tower |
#3842, aired 2001-04-24 | A WORLD OF ART $100: James Ensor's 1888 painting the "Entry of Christ Into" this Belgian capital "in 1889" was rejected by his fellow artists Brussels |
#3707, aired 2000-10-17 | GILBERT & SULLIVAN $200: In an 1889 interview, Sir Arthur Sullivan said he left writing these openings to the last moment overtures |
#3681, aired 2000-09-11 | VIENNA $1000: This Vienna Woods village was the scene of the mysterious 1889 death of Crown Prince Rudolf Mayerling |
#3669, aired 2000-07-13 | LET'S TAKE A LITTLE TRIP $400: In 1889 she left New York & went around the world in less than 80 days Nellie Bly |
#3654, aired 2000-06-22 | COMMUNICATION $200: In 1889, 13 years after the invention of this, William Gray installed the first pay one Telephone |
#3599, aired 2000-04-06 | NEWSPAPERS $100: In 1889 Charles Dow & Edward Jones founded this business daily The Wall Street Journal |
#3597, aired 2000-04-04 | GRIDIRON GREATS $100: This "team" was first selected in 1889 & Yale's Pudge Heffelfinger made it the first 3 years the All-American Team |
#3584, aired 2000-03-16 | "E"OGRAPHY $500: This horn of Africa nation was reunified by Menelik II after 1889 Ethiopia |
#3559, aired 2000-02-10 | MARK TWAIN $800 (Daily Double): This 1889 novel contrasts American homespun ingenuity with the Dark Ages' superstition & ineptitude "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
#3542, aired 2000-01-18 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $400: This tragic flood of 1889 is commemorated with a memorial in Pennsylvania Johnstown |
#3508, aired 1999-12-01 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $500: This "Belle" of the old west was shot to death in 1889, perhaps by her son Ed Belle Starr |
#3488, aired 1999-11-03 | FAMOUS NAMES $500: In 1889 this great orator & former slave became the U.S. minister to Haiti Frederick Douglass |
#3418, aired 1999-06-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: On April 22, 1889 "Sooners" staked claims hours ahead of schedule in Guthrie City in this territory's land grab Oklahoma |
#3401, aired 1999-05-24 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $500: Stricken by leprosy, this Belgian Roman Catholic missionary died on the island of Molokai in 1889 Father Damien |
#3384, aired 1999-04-29 | NORTH DAKOTA $400: North Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889, the same day as this other state South Dakota |
#3384, aired 1999-04-29 | "C" IN HISTORY $600: This South Carolina university was founded as an agricultural college in 1889 Clemson |
#3352, aired 1999-03-16 | LIBRARIES $200: Developer of the decimal classification system, he directed the New York State Library, 1889-1906 Melvil Dewey |
#3329, aired 1999-02-11 | A PASSAGE TO INDIA $400: Born in Allahabad in 1889, he's the Indian leader seen here Jawaharlal Nehru |
#3305, aired 1999-01-08 | DAM IT! $200: South Fork Dam on the Little Conemaugh River failed completely, causing this 1889 disaster The Johnstown Flood |
#3301, aired 1999-01-04 | EVEN-TOED UNGULATES $400: Between 1850 & 1889, their number on the American plains decreased from 20,000,000 to 541 buffalo (or bison) |
#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 |
#3227, aired 1998-09-22 | SYMPHONIES $100: In 1889 Cesar Franck shocked some French critics by using this "English" instrument in a symphony the English horn |
#3202, aired 1998-06-30 | PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $100: March 4, 1885-
March 3, 1889;
March 4, 1893-
March 3, 1897 Grover Cleveland |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | I LEARNED IT AT THE MOVIES $100: It was built in 1889 & in the movies it's visible from every window in every building in Paris Eiffel Tower |
#3191, aired 1998-06-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: On November 14, 1889, the New York World called her trip, "The Longest Journey Known to Mankind" Nellie Bly |
#3188, aired 1998-06-10 | U.S. HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 10 minutes, this May 31, 1889 disaster destroyed a town & killed over 2,200 people The Johnstown Flood |
#3160, aired 1998-05-01 | THE 19th CENTURY $1000: In 1889 France's Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interoceanique went bust trying to build this the Panama Canal |
#3046, aired 1997-11-24 | TRINIDAD $200: In 1889 this Caribbean island was joined politically to Trinidad Tobago |
#3008, aired 1997-10-01 | FAMOUS MOUSTACHES $2,500 (Daily Double): These 2 men, born 4 days apart in 1889, sported the similar moustaches seen here: Adolf Hitler & Charlie Chaplin |
#3007, aired 1997-09-30 | THE 1880s $500: At 12:00 noon April 22, 1889 settlers began the rush to claim former Indian land in this territory Oklahoma |
#2979, aired 1997-07-10 | ELECTRICITY $100: In 1889 the Singer Manufacturing Company built the first of these machines to use electricity Sewing machine |
#2978, aired 1997-07-09 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $500: On November 2, 1889, these 2 states, the 39th & 40th, became the first pair admitted to the Union simultaneously North Dakota & South Dakota |
#2947, aired 1997-05-27 | 19th CENTURY NOVELISTS $600: Around 1889 this Scotsman purchased an estate in Samoa, which he called Valima, or "Five Streams" Robert Louis Stevenson |
#2902, aired 1997-03-25 | MUSEUMS $200: Founded in 1889 as a memorial to Princess Bernice Pauahi, the Bishop Museum is this U.S. state's oldest Hawaii |
#2873, aired 1997-02-12 | MEDICINE $1000: This Baltimore hospital named for its benefactor opened in 1889 Johns Hopkins |
#2868, aired 1997-02-05 | MARCHING BAND $500: A popular 1889 Sousa march was commissioned for an awards ceremony at this newspaper the Washington Post |
#2862, aired 1997-01-28 | HOMES $400: This Chicago mansion rented by Jane Addams in 1889 was named for its builder Hull House |
#2861, aired 1997-01-27 | U.S. MUSEUMS $200: A southwestern Pennsylvania museum is devoted entirely to this 1889 disaster the Johnstown Flood |
#2861, aired 1997-01-27 | SAINTS $500: She immigrated to New York from Italy in 1889 & in 1946 was the first U.S. citizen canonized Mother Cabrini |
#2855, aired 1997-01-17 | THE 1880s $200: In May 1889 more than 2,000 lives were lost when a dam burst & flooded this Pennsylvania city Johnstown |
#2833, aired 1996-12-18 | HAITI $400: This orator & abolitionist was U.S. minister to Haiti 1889-1891 Frederick Douglass |
#2774, aired 1996-09-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Some of the older buildings in this Pennsylvania city show high-water marks from the disastrous 1889 flood Johnstown |
#2767, aired 1996-09-17 | MINNESOTANS $200: Their Rochester clinic dates back to 1889 the Mayo Brothers |
#2749, aired 1996-07-11 | PENNSYLVANIA $300: In 1889, 1936 & 1977, this city in the Conemaugh Valley was hit by disastrous floods Johnstown |
#2736, aired 1996-06-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In 1889 this day was designated a labor holiday by the Second Socialist International May Day |
#2729, aired 1996-06-13 | MUSEUMS $800: James Ensor's "Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889" hangs in this Malibu, California museum The Getty Museum |
#2728, aired 1996-06-12 | SCIENCE & NATURE $1000: This German physicist known for his constant taught at the University of Berlin from 1889 to 1928 Max Planck |
#2673, aired 1996-03-27 | 1889 $200: This structure erected for the Paris exposition of 1889 was the world's tallest for 40 years Eiffel Tower |
#2673, aired 1996-03-27 | 1889 $400: He took his "Greatest Show on Earth" to London, where he himself was one of the greatest attractions P.T. Barnum |
#2673, aired 1996-03-27 | 1889 $600: The Dominion Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Canada's oldest, was founded in this capital Ottawa |
#2673, aired 1996-03-27 | 1889 $800: In June 1889 he executed the "Starry Night" painting Vincent Van Gogh |
#2673, aired 1996-03-27 | 1889 $1000: On November 14 this reporter set off on her 72-day trip around the world Nellie Bly |
#2668, aired 1996-03-20 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $400: In 1889 she took over a Chicago home built by a man named Hull & made it a social welfare center (Jane) Addams |
#2629, aired 1996-01-25 | INVENTORS $400: At the 1889 Paris Centennial Exposition, 1/4 of the American exhibit space was devoted to his inventions Thomas Edison |
#2618, aired 1996-01-10 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS $800: A self-portrait hangs above the bed in his 1889 "The Bedroom at Arles" Van Gogh |
#2592, aired 1995-12-05 | INVENTORS $600: This American inventor of the microphone became a commander of the French Legion of Honor in 1889 Thomas Alva Edison |
#2571, aired 1995-11-06 | POTPOURRI $300: Founded in 1862, this government department that deals with farmers was given cabinet status in 1889 The Department of Agriculture |
#2506, aired 1995-06-26 | ARTISTS $200: During a one-year stay at an asylum in St.-Remy, 1889-1890, he produced over 150 paintings Vincent van Gogh |
#2497, aired 1995-06-13 | THE OLD WEST $400: In 1889 the town of Guthrie grew up overnight when it was hinted it would become capital of this territory Oklahoma |
#2494, aired 1995-06-08 | BASEBALL HISTORY $300: In 1889 Michael Kelly was so famous for doing this he inspired a song, "Slide Kelly Slide" stealing bases |
#2480, aired 1995-05-19 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $400: Also called Hansen's disease, it claimed the life of Father Damien in 1889 leprosy |
#2418, aired 1995-02-22 | FLOODS $200: 777 unidentified victims of this 1889 flood are buried in Grandview Cemetery in Pennsylvania the Johnstown Flood |
#2404, aired 1995-02-02 | GEMS & JEWELRY $800: By 1889 nearly all the diamonds produced in Africa passed through the hands of this "scholar" (Cecil) Rhodes |
#2383, aired 1995-01-04 | MOUNTAINS $800: Kibo, this volcanic mountain's highest peak, was first scaled in 1889 Kilimanjaro |
#2350, aired 1994-11-18 | EDUCATION $1000: In 1889 this "The Life Of Reason" author began teaching philosophy at Harvard George Santayana |
#2332, aired 1994-10-25 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $200: The oldest extant home designed by this architect was built in 1889 in Oak Park, Illinois Frank Lloyd Wright |
#2308, aired 1994-09-21 | FIRSTS $300: In 1889, at its plant in Elizabethport, New Jersey, this company produced the first electric sewing machine Singer |
#2288, aired 1994-07-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1889 this Ohio congressman & future U.S president was selected to chair the Ways & Means Committee President McKinley |
#2285, aired 1994-07-08 | SOUSA $500 (Daily Double): This 1889 march was written for the awards ceremony of a newspaper-sponsored essay contest "The Washington Post" |
#2261, aired 1994-06-06 | EVANGELISTS $1000: In 1889 he opened his Bible Institute in Chicago (Dwight) Moody |
#2214, aired 1994-03-31 | PENNSYLVANIA $300: The site of South Fork Dam is included in a national memorial to this May 31, 1889 tragedy the Johnstown Flood |
#2171, aired 1994-01-31 | BLACK AMERICA $600: This abolitionist who edited the North Star served as U.S. Minister to Haiti 1889-1891 Frederick Douglass |
#2161, aired 1994-01-17 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $600: A memorial 10 miles east of this Pennsylvania city commemorates an 1889 flood that killed 2,200 Johnstown |
#2153, aired 1994-01-05 | ANNUAL EVENTS $500: In 1889 the Second Socialist International designated this day as a labor holiday May 1 (May Day) |
#2150, aired 1993-12-31 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: On April 15, 1889 this Catholic priest died of leprosy on the Hawaiian island of Molokai (Father) Damien |
#2140, aired 1993-12-17 | U.S. HISTORY $100: In 1889 Dow Jones & Company launched this financial paper the Wall Street Journal |
#2089, aired 1993-10-07 | FAMOUS NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): Reporter Elizabeth Cochrane's pen name; she went around the world as a publicity stunt in 1889-1890 Nellie Bly |
#2087, aired 1993-10-05 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $1000: He became heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne after his cousin Rudolf shot himself at Mayerling in 1889 Franz Ferdinand |
#2055, aired 1993-07-09 | ISLANDS $400: In 1889 Trinidad & this island became a single colony under British rule Tobago |
#2017, aired 1993-05-18 | MEDICINE $800: This Baltimore university's hospital opened in 1889 & its medical school, 4 years later Johns Hopkins |
#1979, aired 1993-03-25 | WORLD'S FAIRS $400 (Daily Double): This city hosted World's Fairs in 1855, 1867, 1878, 1889, 1900 & 1931 Paris |
#1919, aired 1992-12-31 | WORLD'S FAIRS & EXPOS $200: This landmark was constructed for the Paris Exposition of 1889 the Eiffel Tower |
#1906, aired 1992-12-14 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $1000: This English beauty known as the "Jersey Lilly" played a seductive Lady Macbeth in 1889 Lillie Langtry |
#1900, aired 1992-12-04 | THE 19th CENTURY $600: In 1889 this oil company built one of the world's largest oil refineries in Whiting, Indiana Standard Oil |
#1844, aired 1992-09-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: This Philadelphia-born department store founder served as Postmaster General from 1889-93 (John) Wanamaker |
#1841, aired 1992-09-14 | U.S. HISTORY $100: In 1889 the dam rebuilt by the South Fork Fishing & Hunting Club broke, causing this flood the Johnstown Flood |
#1738, aired 1992-03-04 | GENGHIS KHAN $800: In 1889 Russians found the ruins of Karakorum, which Genghis chose as this in 1220 his capital |
#1719, aired 1992-02-06 | DECEMBER 7 $400: Their last real success, "The Gondoliers", was performed for the 1st time at the Savoy December 7, 1889 Gilbert & Sullivan |
#1679, aired 1991-12-12 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1,500 (Daily Double): It was caused by the collapse of a dam on the Conemaugh River May 31, 1889 the Johnstown flood |
#1672, aired 1991-12-03 | NATIONAL LANDMARKS $800: This settlement house at 800 S. Halsted Street in Chicago was founded by Jane Addams in 1889 Hull House |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | ODDS & ENDS $200: In 1889 the Singer Manufacturing Co. produced the first electric one of these sewing machine |
#1609, aired 1991-09-05 | ROYALTY $800: Crown Prince Rudolf of this country was found shot to death at Mayerling in 1889 Austria |
#1572, aired 1991-06-04 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $800: Her 1930 novel "Cimarron" told the story of the 1889 land rush in Oklahoma (Edna) Ferber |
#1553, aired 1991-05-08 | EXPLORERS $1000: In 1889 this former N.Y. Herald reporter discovered the "Mountains of the Moon" in E. Central Africa (Henry) Stanley |
#1543, aired 1991-04-24 | NEWSPAPERS $200: In 1889 financial reporter Charles H. Dow became this paper's first editor The Wall Street Journal |
#1523, aired 1991-03-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,000 (Daily Double): April 30, 1889 was declared a national holiday to mark the centennial of this event the inauguration of George Washington as President |
#1518, aired 1991-03-20 | ARTISTS $400: His 1889 self-portrait shows him with pipe & bandaged ear Vincent Van Gogh |
#1499, aired 1991-02-21 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: In 1889, in New York City, Otis Company installed the first electric one of these an elevator |
#1487, aired 1991-02-05 | GREAT DISASTERS $400: The 1889 river flood at this Pennsylvania town took more U.S. lives than any other Johnstown |
#1486, aired 1991-02-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: In 1889 the 2nd Socialist International designated this day to honor the world's workers May 1st |
#1452, aired 1990-12-18 | BLACK HISTORY $1,700 (Daily Double): This ex-slave, a renowned orator, was the United States minister to Haiti from 1889 to 1891 Frederick Douglass |
#1431, aired 1990-11-19 | 8-LETTER STATES $100: This state once known as Indian Territory was open to homesteaders in 1889 Oklahoma |
#1426, aired 1990-11-12 | SOUTH AMERICA $800: Abdicating in 1889, this Brazilian emperor was the last monarch in the Americas Pedro |
#9, aired 1990-08-11 | ODDS & ENDS $1000: After digging about 76 million cubic yards of earth to build a Panama canal, his firm went bankrupt in 1889 Ferdinand de Lesseps |
#1341, aired 1990-06-04 | HERSTORY $500: In 1889-90 she went around the world by ship, train, jinriksha & burro, in 73 days Nellie Bly |
#1286, aired 1990-03-19 | LIBRARIES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1889 a Braddock, PA library became the first in the U.S. constructed by this businessman Andrew Carnegie |
#1265, aired 1990-02-16 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $100: The first telephone of this type was installed in a bank in Hartford, Conn. in 1889 a pay phone (or public telephone) |
#1264, aired 1990-02-15 | WORKS OF ART $500: An 1889 painting of a sky of blue & yellow swirling over a small village Starry Night |
#1245, aired 1990-01-19 | 1889 $200: Dow Jones & Co. began publishing this newspaper July 8, 1889 The Wall Street Journal |
#1245, aired 1990-01-19 | 1889 $400: 2 of this composer's big hits in 1889 were "The Thunderer" & "The Washington Post" John Philip Sousa |
#1245, aired 1990-01-19 | 1889 $600: Italy claimed the Treaty of Uccialli established a protectorate over this African nation Ethiopia |
#1245, aired 1990-01-19 | 1889 $800: On November 2 these 2 states joined the Union & it's not certain which was really 1st North & South Dakota |
#1245, aired 1990-01-19 | 1889 $4,000 (Daily Double): Crown prince of Austria who was found dead with his lover in Mayerling; some say it wasn't suicide Archduke Rudolf |
#1227, aired 1989-12-26 | '89 ANNIVERSARIES $400: To open his Paris landmark in 1889, this engineer walked up its 1,671 steps & unfurled a French flag Gustave Eiffel |
#1227, aired 1989-12-26 | '89 ANNIVERSARIES $500: In April 1889 the Indian Territory was opened up & Sooners rushed into what is now this state Oklahoma |
#1218, aired 1989-12-13 | WEATHER $100: In July 1889 a city in Romania got over 8 inches of this in 20 minutes rain |
#1103, aired 1989-05-24 | ROYALTY $1000: In 1889 Pedro II called it quits & this S. American land moved toward becoming a republic Brazil |
#1055, aired 1989-03-17 | 1889 $200: This company produced the 1st electric sewing machine in the U.S. Singer |
#1055, aired 1989-03-17 | 1889 $400: In April 1889 New York City celebrated the centenary of his inauguration George Washington |
#1055, aired 1989-03-17 | 1889 $700 (Daily Double): 7 weeks after B. Harrison took office, the land rush officially began in what is now this state Oklahoma |
#939, aired 1988-10-06 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS $300: In 1889 he painted a self-portrait showing himself with a pipe & bandaged ear Van Gogh |
#918, aired 1988-09-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: This Pennsylvania city was the center of U.S. steel making at the time of its famous 1889 flood Johnstown |
#886, aired 1988-06-13 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $500: The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 was the setting for her 1930 novel "Cimarron" Edna Ferber |
#864, aired 1988-05-12 | THE 1880s $500: The Mayerling tragedy of 1889 involved the suicide of this Cent. European country's crown prince Austria-Hungary |
#844, aired 1988-04-14 | U.S. HISTORY $200: The land rush in this territory began at noon April 22, 1889, but some started sooner Oklahoma |
#811, aired 1988-02-29 | ANTIQUES $300: You didn't have to be insane to make 1 of these patchwork quilts, popular in the U.S. from 1870-1889 a crazy quilt |
#772, aired 1988-01-05 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In New York City on April 29, 1889, his Wall Street inauguration was re-enacted George Washington |
#769, aired 1987-12-31 | U.S. CITIES $400: In 1889, the Sisters of St. Francis built a hospital for Dr. Wm. Mayo to administer in this city Rochester, Minnesota |
#738, aired 1987-11-18 | JOURNALISM $400: Attempting to beat the fictional Phileas Fogg, this woman reporter went around the world in 72 days in 1889 Nellie Bly |
#715, aired 1987-10-16 | LANDMARKS $700 (Daily Double): The Eiffel Tower, completed in 1889, was erected to honor the 100th anniversary of this event fall (storming) of the Bastille (French Revolution) |
#710, aired 1987-10-09 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: In an 1889 R.L. Stevenson title James Durie is "Master" of this estate Ballantrae |
#609, aired 1987-04-09 | "STEIN"s $800: Though a genius in electronics, his German socialist activities forced him to flee to U.S. in 1889 Charles Steinmetz |
#543, aired 1987-01-07 | HOLIDAYS $600: In 1889, the 2nd Socialist International declared this day a holiday for radical workers 1st of May (May Day) |
#531, aired 1986-12-22 | U.S. CITIES $800: Pennsylvania town well-known for its 1889, 1936 & 1977 floods Johnstown |
#521, aired 1986-12-08 | U.S. STATES $800: Years after the Okla. landrush of 1889, a similar one occurred on Sioux Indian holdings in this state South Dakota |
#480, aired 1986-10-10 | U.S. STATES $800: Admitted on same day in 1889, it's said N. Dakota was called 39th state, S. Dakota 40th for this reason South Dakota comes alphabetically after North Dakota |
#477, aired 1986-10-07 | U.S. HISTORY $500: The unknown plot tn this Penn. city's Grandview Cemetery honors 777 victims of 1889 flood the Great Johnstown Flood |
#395, aired 1986-03-14 | HIGHER EDUCATION $400: 1st football tackling dummy was devised in 1889 by Amos Alonzo Stagg at this Conn. university Yale |
#366, aired 1986-02-03 | FOOTBALL $400: 1st selection of this team was made by Caspar Whitney for "The Week's Sport" in 1889 an All-American team |
#353, aired 1986-01-15 | LEFTOVERS $1000: In 1889, Jane Addams opened this famous settlement house in Chicago to help immigrants Hull House |
#310, aired 1985-11-15 | 19TH CENTURY $500: For a promotional stunt in 1889, this newspaper publisher sent Nellie Bly around the world (Joseph) Pulitzer |
#287, aired 1985-10-15 | BOXING $600: In 1889, John L. Sullivan went 75 rounds to win the last heavyweight championship fought this way bare-knuckle |
#279, aired 1985-10-03 | ENGINEERING $100: Used as early as 230 B.C., the 1st successful electric one was developed by the Otis Bros. in 1889 an elevator |
#114, aired 1985-02-14 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: From 1822-1889, this South American country was ruled by emperors Pedro I & II Brazil |
#111, aired 1985-02-11 | TRIVIA $400: A famous 1889 film featured Fred Ott performing this physiological function sneezing |
#58, aired 1984-11-28 | U.S. HISTORY $600: This popular tourist destination was annexed in 1889 due to pressure from sugar planters Hawaii |
#5, aired 1984-09-14 | THE PRESS $400: First published in 1889 by the Dow Jones Co. The Wall Street Journal |