#9051, aired 2024-03-04 | A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA $400: Premiering in Russia in 1890 & also known as "La belle au bois dormant", this ballet features Princess Aurora Sleeping Beauty |
#9036, aired 2024-02-12 | HOMES $800: In 1890 Claude Monet bought a farmhouse in this French town on the Epte River Giverny |
#8977, aired 2023-11-21 | 19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK $7,000 (Daily Double): Pictured here around 1890, he was the original "Iron Man" Bismarck |
#8942, aired 2023-10-03 | THE CONGO RIVER $800: A harrowing voyage up the Congo River around 1890 by Joseph Conrad was the basis for this 1902 tale Heart of Darkness |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | ART IMITATING LIFE $1000: This sculptor & painter of Western life took on Yankee football with the 1890 painting "Touchdown Yale vs. Princeton" Frederic Remington |
#8865, aired 2023-05-05 | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSE $200: Born in Boston in 1890, she had 9 children, including John, Robert, Edward & Eunice (Rose) Kennedy |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ACC SCHOOL HISTORY $400: In 1872 this New York school chose its official colors--pink & green; its students chose orange in 1890 Syracuse |
#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 |
#8775, aired 2022-12-30 | THERE'S A CENSUS EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR $800: 1890:
14.8% are this, highest in history, finding the streets paved with gold immigrants |
#8774, aired 2022-12-29 | THE HOUSE OF POWER $1600: William was a popular boys' name in this Dutch house, like of William III, king from 1849 to 1890 the House of Orange |
#8671, aired 2022-06-27 | ART LOVERS $800: "Undergrowth with Two Figures" from 1890 is one of the last works by this artist van Gogh |
#8621, aired 2022-04-18 | WORLD LEADERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Otto von Bismarck was this Germanic nation's prime minister from 1862 to 1890, with a brief break around 1873 Prussia |
#8568, aired 2022-02-02 | MLB TEAM NAMES, DEFINED $400: In 1890 they stole a player from Philadelphia's team & got this nickname the Pirates |
#8519, aired 2021-11-25 | A MATTER OF TRUST $600: The U.S. government sued a sugar trust under the provisions of this 1890 act & lost in an 1895 Supreme Court decision the Sherman Antitrust Act |
#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 |
#8483, aired 2021-10-06 | 1800s U.S. HISTORY $800: Duties on imported goods upon entry, they were a big issue all century; an 1890 bill jacked them up tariff |
#8479, aired 2021-09-30 | OLD-SCHOOL SELFIES $1200: But of course, this Postimpressionist posed in a beret for an 1890 selfie Cézanne |
#8439, aired 2021-07-08 | STATE LICENSE PLATES $3,400 (Daily Double): A specialty plate from California supports conservancy programs here, a national park since 1890 Yosemite |
#8435, aired 2021-07-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $600: His artistic career lasted just 10 years, from 1880 until his death from a gunshot in 1890 Vincent van Gogh |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | SUPREME COURT DECISIONS $800: 1904's Northern Securities Company v. U.S. ruling said a holding company formed to eliminate competition violated this 1890 act the Sherman Antitrust Act |
#8348, aired 2021-03-03 | ILLUSTRATORS $2000: Around 1890, Kate Greenaway illustrated the pages of a children's story by this British poet Robert Browning |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | I'M POSTING THAT ON TELEGRAM $1000: A panicky telegram about Native Americans dancing in the snow brought an influx of troops & led to this 1890 massacre Wounded Knee |
#8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This man who built a united Germany resigned as chancellor in 1890 after displeasing the kaiser Bismarck |
#8223, aired 2020-05-27 | A WRITER'S LIFE $200: Born 1890, was a merchant of "murder" & "death", named a dame in 1971, & then there was none of her in 1976 Agatha Christie |
#8215, aired 2020-05-01 | BOOKS OF THE DEAD $400: The first volume of her poems didn't appear until 1890, 4 years after death stopped for her (Emily) Dickinson |
#8113, aired 2019-12-11 | ITALIAN AUTHORS $800: Giovanni Verga turned his own story "Cavalleria rusticana" into a play & it was famously turned into this in 1890 an opera |
#8094, aired 2019-11-14 | LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY $1600: The Justice Dept. IDs violations of this 1890 act; timed, uniform price hikes by competitors are a sign of collusion the Sherman Antitrust Act |
#7993, aired 2019-05-15 | STUDYING FOR THE TEST $2000: This bogus "test" many had to take starting around 1890 was designed to make it impossible for African Americans to vote a literacy test |
#7946, aired 2019-03-11 | A COLONEL OF TRUTH $200: This restaurateur was born Sept. 9, 1890 in Indiana, not Kentucky, & his title was honorary Colonel Sanders |
#7931, aired 2019-02-18 | TEXTBOOKS $1600: In 1890 this brother of novelist Henry published his classic textbook "The Principles of Psychology" William James |
#7885, aired 2018-12-14 | CENTURY 19 REAL ESTATE LISTINGS $1000: Completed in 1890, get in quick--this New York City venue will be demoed in 1925, though it may be replaced Madison Square Garden |
#7814, aired 2018-07-26 | ANTI UP $200: Enacted in 1890, the U.S. govt.'s first law of this kind was named for Ohio senator John Sherman anti-trust |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1600: An 1890 LDS church manifesto mandated a halt to this practice polygamy |
#7708, aired 2018-02-28 | NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: On a December day in 1890, about 200 Native Americans were slain by U.S. Army troops at this South Dakota location Wounded Knee |
#7688, aired 2018-01-31 | A STASH OF MUSTACHES $200: The secret word is this guy, born Julius in New York City in 1890 Groucho Marx |
#7661, aired 2017-12-25 | ROSE $1200: It was called the Battle of Flowers when it was first held on January 1, 1890 the Tournament of Roses Parade |
#7580, aired 2017-07-21 | WEST VIRGINIA $600: This yellow apple had its origin in 1890 as a chance seedling in the Clay County farm of A.H. Mullins Golden Delicious |
#7563, aired 2017-06-28 | PAINTINGS $600: His Wheatfield with Crows was painted in 1890, the last year of his life Van Gogh |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | A WOMEN'S CATEGORY $1200: This lineage-based women's organization was founded October 11, 1890 the Daugthers of the American Revolution (or DAR) |
#7534, aired 2017-05-18 | BALLET $1200: In a classic 1890 ballet, the fairy of the songbirds dances at the christening of this fairy-tale heroine Sleeping Beauty |
#7477, aired 2017-02-28 | VALLEYS $400: Lincoln signed the bill protecting this Calif. valley in 1864 & Benjamin Harrison signed the bill making it a natl. park in 1890 Yosemite |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESSMEN $800: He incorporated his San Francisco company in 1890, the same year his XX waist overalls were given the lot number 501 Levi Strauss |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESSMEN $2000: When cigarette makers formed the American Tobacco Company in 1890, this North Carolinian became its first president James Buchanan Duke |
#7459, aired 2017-02-02 | LINES ON THE MAP $800: Almost precisely straight lines mark the borders of these two states that joined the Union in 1876 and 1890 Wyoming and Colorado |
#7401, aired 2016-11-14 | LET'S TRAVEL $1200: Visitors to this inventor's New Jersey lab can hear recordings from his 1890 talking doll, a costly failure Edison |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | SCIENCE GUYS $800: Surely this rings a bell: the name of this physiologist who studied the secretory activity of digestion from 1890 to 1900 Ivan Pavlov |
#7397, aired 2016-11-08 | CONTEMPORARIES $1200: In 1890 Sitting Bull was killed & this iron chancellor was forced out of office Bismarck |
#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 |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | ELLIS ISLAND $400: In 1890 Ellis Island doubled in size by using ships' ballast & dirt from the building of this transportation system the New York subway |
#7310, aired 2016-05-27 | I'M SO JELLY $1000: Born Ferdinand LaMothe in 1890, this New Orleans pianist claimed to have invented jazz Jelly Roll Morton |
#7309, aired 2016-05-26 | MOUNTAIN / MAN $1000: Around 1890 I.C. Russell named this mountain, the tallest in Canada, for a geologist Logan |
#7271, aired 2016-04-04 | HE VARNISHED $1200: In 1890 he wrote that a study of his "Cypresses" could use a thick coat of varnish Van Gogh |
#7247, aired 2016-03-01 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1200: In 1890 Wilhelm II forced the resignation of this notorious OVB, who was not Prussian around much after that Otto von Bismarck |
#7223, aired 2016-01-27 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $2,200 (Daily Double): In 1890 this bureau of the government reported that the West was so settled that no frontier could be said to exist the Census (Bureau) |
#7078, aired 2015-05-27 | THE LATE 19th CENTURY $2000: In 1890 a mercenary force organized by Cecil Rhodes founded Fort Salisbury, today this national capital Harare (Zimbabwe) |
#7010, aired 2015-02-20 | AT THE MUSEUM $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Mass.) The saddle probably belonged to this great Sioux leader who got $50 each time he rode once around the ring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; preferring to die as an Indian rather than live as a white man, he returned to his people & was killed in 1890 Sitting Bull |
#7009, aired 2015-02-19 | COMPUTER HISTORY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California)
Punch-card tabulators vastly reduced the time needed to conduct the 1890 census and save taxpayers millions; They were created by Herman Hollerith, the father of modern automatic computation, who founded what is, today, this three-letter business giant IBM |
#7002, aired 2015-02-10 | THE NAME OF THE BOARD GAME $600: The Sherman Act of 1890 was meant to combat this type of business Monopoly |
#7000, aired 2015-02-06 | BAD POETRY ABOUT POETS $200: In 1890 she was 4 years dead / & her 1st book of poems was read / It was a big hit & such / For a lady who did not get out much (Emily) Dickinson |
#6971, aired 2014-12-29 | MEET THE DAKOTAS! $800: The site of a 1890 massacre & a 1973 incident is on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation Wounded Knee |
#6866, aired 2014-06-23 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $2000: On Dec. 29, 1890 more than 200 Lakota were killed by the U.S. Army near this South Dakota creek Wounded Knee |
#6865, aired 2014-06-20 | WHAT AN ARTIST DIES IN ME! $800: This artist died near Paris on July 29, 1890, but you could say a part of him would always be in Arles Van Gogh |
#6853, aired 2014-06-04 | I'M A CHANGED MAN! $800: One minute, this 1890 title guy is young & handsome; the next, his old corpse is only I.D.'d by his rings Dorian Gray |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | CONVERSIONS $400: Around 1890 this licentious Russian underwent change at a monastery at Verkhoture (Grigori) Rasputin |
#6822, aired 2014-04-22 | ON MY HANDS $600: In 1890 Dr. William Halsted got gloves made of this for his scrub nurse (later wife), whose skin reacted to cleaning solutions latex (or rubber) |
#6810, aired 2014-04-04 | THE AGE OF THE ROBBER BARONS $7,100 (Daily Double): In 1890 he became president of the American Tobacco Company in Durham, North Carolina (James Buchanan) Duke |
#6788, aired 2014-03-05 | BRITISH AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): In an 1890 letter, he called himself "a Polish nobleman, cased in British tar" Joseph Conrad |
#6754, aired 2014-01-16 | METROPOLIS $4,200 (Daily Double): In 1890 the population of this U.S. city bordering Mexico was 16,000; today it's 1.3 million San Diego |
#6725, aired 2013-12-06 | RUSSIAN PLAYWRIGHTS $1200: The libretto for this composer's 1890 opera "The Queen of Spades" is by his playwright brother Modest Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
#6725, aired 2013-12-06 | 19th CENTURY NOTABLES $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1890 this painter of the American West illustrated an edition of Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha" Frederic Remington |
#6706, aired 2013-11-11 | CARBONATION NATION $200: In 1890 it said it was "good for brain and brawn"; well, it should know--it is a "physician" Dr Pepper |
#6671, aired 2013-09-23 | THE AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME $600: In 1890 Stephen Babcock devised a simple 10-minute test to determine the content of this in milk fat (butterfat) |
#6668, aired 2013-09-18 | BUTTON HOOK $200: The original Levi's with a button fly have had this number since 1890 501s |
#6627, aired 2013-06-11 | A ROUND OF GULF COAST $1000: By 1890 about 270 people lived in this "Sunshine City" at the tip of Pinellas Peninsula on Tampa Bay St. Petersburg |
#6614, aired 2013-05-23 | GERMAN HISTORY $1600: Jealous of this chancellor's fame, Wilhelm II forced him to resign on March 18, 1890 Bismarck |
#6580, aired 2013-04-05 | BENJAMIN HARRISON ADMINISTRATION $400: In 1890 President Harrison designated this the first federal immigration station Ellis Island |
#6580, aired 2013-04-05 | BENJAMIN HARRISON ADMINISTRATION $1600: On July 2, 1890 Ben signed this act outlawing trusts or any other monopolies hindering trade the Sherman Antitrust Act |
#6559, aired 2013-03-07 | LONDON TRANSPORTATION $600: The Underground has been known by this shorter nickname since 1890 when the first deep-level electric railway line opened The Tube |
#6401, aired 2012-06-18 | EVERYONE'S AN ART CRITIC $400: An 1890 critique said "Sunflowers" is "powerful in color" but "the value of" his "other canvases... escapes us" van Gogh |
#6385, aired 2012-05-25 | HISTORY $200: The German Empire had this "Iron Chancellor" from 1871 to 1890 Bismarck |
#6348, aired 2012-04-04 | KISSING $200: In most versions of this tale, like Tchaikovsky's in 1890, a kiss awakens the princess "Sleeping Beauty" |
#6317, aired 2012-02-21 | ACTS OF CONGRESS $800: This Ohio senator was busy in 1890, with his Silver Purchase Act as well as the more famous antitrust one (John) Sherman |
#6292, aired 2012-01-17 | NORMAN INVASION $800: In 1890 British architect Norman Shaw designed the police headquarters known as "New" this Scotland Yard |
#6191, aired 2011-07-11 | ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON $1000: Around 1890 Stevenson bought 300 acres in what's now this country, where he was called tusitala, or "teller of tales" Samoa |
#6171, aired 2011-06-13 | NATIONAL PARKS A-Z $800: S:
What is now this California national park was established in 1890 to protect a grove of big trees Sequoia |
#6168, aired 2011-06-08 | THE '90s $600: On August 6, 1890 William Kemmler became the first criminal forced to sit in one of these--& he only did it once an electric chair |
#6145, aired 2011-05-06 | DUTCH BOYS $400: This Dutchman died in July 1890; his brother Theo died 6 months later & was buried next to him Van Gogh |
#6050, aired 2010-12-24 | FAMILY VALUES $400: By 1890 the 2nd John Jacob of this family had increased the family fortune to more than $75 million the Astors |
#5999, aired 2010-10-14 | OHIOANS $1200: In 1890 Ohioan Caroline Harrison became the first president general of this org. that traces members' lineages to 1776 the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution) |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | TELL TCHAIKOVSKY THE NEWS $1600: Don't fret that the czar's only comment was "Very nice"; the music for this 1890 fairy tale ballet is danceable & enchanting The Sleeping Beauty |
#5935, aired 2010-06-04 | RUSSIAN LITERATURE $800: By 1890 this author & playwright had written hundreds of short stories, including "The Steppe" Chekhov |
#5930, aired 2010-05-28 | GETTING TICKED OFF $800: Jealous of this Prussian chancellor's fame, Wilhelm II sank him by forcing his resignation in 1890 Bismarck |
#5922, aired 2010-05-18 | ALL ROADS LEAD TO CECIL RHODES $2000: In 1890 Rhodes became prime minister and virtual dictator of this South Africa "Colony" the Cape Colony |
#5852, aired 2010-02-09 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $2000: After gold was discovered in 1890 in the Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie mines, this capital of Western Australia grew rapidly Perth |
#5839, aired 2010-01-21 | NUTS LANDING $200: A butter made from this nut (really a legume) was developed in 1890 & promoted as a health food at the 1904 World's Fair a peanut |
#5807, aired 2009-12-08 | 19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK $2000: Pictured here around 1890, he was the original "Iron Man" (Otto von) Bismarck |
#5801, aired 2009-11-30 | QUEENS UP $1000: Had she been a man, this Dutch queen would have inherited Luxembourg in 1890 Queen Wilhelmina |
#5799, aired 2009-11-26 | BORN & DIED $1000: Born in Lille, Nov. 22, 1890; said a general au revoir Nov. 9, 1970 Charles de Gaulle |
#5798, aired 2009-11-25 | FOR THE BIRDS $2000: 100 of these European birds were released in Central Park in 1890; today, there are 200 million in North America starlings |
#5792, aired 2009-11-17 | PATRON $400: Nadezhda von Meck gave him 6,000 rubles a year to devote himself to composing, but suddenly cut him off in 1890 Tchaikovsky |
#5780, aired 2009-10-30 | JACKETS REQUIRED $400: Now meaning any sport coat, it was originally crimson colored when introduced in Great Britain in 1890 a blazer |
#5773, aired 2009-10-21 | BATTLE DESCRIPTIONS $800: This 1890 massacre in South Dakota ends armed conflict between the Sioux & the Army Wounded Knee |
#5730, aired 2009-07-03 | ON THE 3rd OF JULY $200: 1890:
This territory, no small potatoes, joins the Union as the 43rd state Idaho |
#5716, aired 2009-06-15 | BRIDE & GLOOM $800: An 1890 Ibsen play opens with this title character returning from her honeymoon, disappointed by her marriage Hedda Gabler |
#5673, aired 2009-04-15 | ARTHUR-IAN AUTHORS $1200: In 1890 he gave up practicing medicine for full-time writing; in 1902, he was knighted (Arthur Conan) Doyle |
#5654, aired 2009-03-19 | HARD STUFF $400: Around 1890 Thomas Edison schemed to have this invention named after his rival George Westinghouse the electric chair |
#5649, aired 2009-03-12 | SHOW BUSINESS $2000: Started in 1890, this conglom shows off its products on the networks it owns, like Sci Fi, USA & Bravo GE |
#5619, aired 2009-01-29 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $800: It's the decade the Statue of Liberty was dedicated & opened in New York harbor the 1880s |
#5595, aired 2008-12-26 | THE CONSTITUTION TODAY $800: An influential 1890 article was titled "the right to" this, now seen as covered (though unnamed) by the Bill of Rights privacy |
#5535, aired 2008-10-03 | BIRTH OF A PRESIDENT $800: October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas Eisenhower |
#5530, aired 2008-09-26 | DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY $1600: Introduced in 1890, this product for little backsides advertises its "clean, classic scent" baby powder |
#5444, aired 2008-04-17 | BALLET $3,000 (Daily Double): The 1890 premiere of this ballet included Enrico Ceccheti as the Bluebird & Carlotta Brianza as Aurora Sleeping Beauty |
#5433, aired 2008-04-02 | MONOPOLY $1000: This antitrust act from 1890 was designed to prevent monopolies in American business the Sherman Antitrust Act |
#5432, aired 2008-04-01 | BREAKFAST $800: In 1890 a woman named Nancy Green represented this character, the symbol for a pancake mix Aunt Jemima |
#5428, aired 2008-03-26 | FRENCH BUSINESS $1600: This company, whose symbol is seen here, eagerly embraced the automobile around 1890 Peugeot |
#5404, aired 2008-02-21 | THEM LITERATURE TYPE FACTS $1000: It's no mystery that she was born in 1890 in Devon, England, wrote 67 novels under this name & 6 as Mary Westmacott Agatha Christie |
#5397, aired 2008-02-12 | FIRSTS $400: The Scott brothers sold rolls of this in 1890; 2-ply came later toilet paper |
#5395, aired 2008-02-08 | AFRICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1890 this British financier & empire builder was elected prime minister of Cape Colony Cecil Rhodes |
#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 |
#5297, aired 2007-09-25 | INSECTS $800: This snout beetle reached Texas from Mexico around 1890 & spread into most cotton-growing areas of the U.S. the boll weevil |
#5296, aired 2007-09-24 | "C"HEESE $800: This French cheese from the Normandy area was first packaged in small cylindrical boxes in 1890 camembert |
#5284, aired 2007-07-26 | MUSIC CLASS $600: In 1890 this composer wrote a rousing number called "The High School Cadets", heard here (John Philip) Sousa |
#5279, aired 2007-07-19 | TEEN QUEENS $1200: Wilhelmina of this country reigned as a teen after the last male in the house of Orange-Nassau died in 1890 the Netherlands |
#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 |
#5223, aired 2007-05-02 | TERM PAPYRUS $2,000 (Daily Double): A papyrus copy of "Constitution of Athens" by this tutor of Alexander the Great was discovered in 1890 Aristotle |
#5209, aired 2007-04-12 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS $2000: This Illinois girl died in 1835; in 1890, she was reburied in Petersburg, Ill. to drum up tourism there Ann Rutledge |
#5103, aired 2006-11-15 | FUHGETTABOUDIT $800: Want to join this religion so you can have more than one spouse? Fuhgettaboudit! Canceled the practice in 1890 Mormon |
#5090, aired 2006-10-27 | HOW GREAT THOU ART $2000: This "mama's boy" answered the art critics in his 1890 book "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" Whistler |
#5078, aired 2006-10-11 | RELIGION IN ART $400: 1890's "Church at Auvers" is in the typical frenetic style of this artist (Vincent) van Gogh |
#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: Women 18 or older who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of this event can join a group founded Oct. 1890 the American Revolution |
#5038, aired 2006-07-05 | CARE TO SEE MY ETCHINGS? $400: He created etchings of Paul Gachet, a doctor who in 1890 took him in & cared for him at Auvers van Gogh |
#5012, aired 2006-05-30 | SHERMANS $5,000 (Daily Double): One of the 2 important "Acts" written by U.S. Senator John Sherman in 1890 the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (or the Sherman Silver Purchase Act) |
#5006, aired 2006-05-22 | SIBLING REVELRY $800: By 1890 the Scott brothers rolled more of this paper product into U.S. homes than any other company toilet paper |
#5000, aired 2006-05-12 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGING $1000: 1890:
wilhelm ii mkng me quit chnclr gig. off 2 est8s @ friedrichsruh, wch is impsbl 2 abbrv & b undrstd (Otto von) Bismarck |
#4925, aired 2006-01-27 | AMERICANA $400: America's National Zoo was just 1 year old when it became part of this institution in 1890 the Smithsonian Institution |
#4897, aired 2005-12-20 | GROUP THERAPY $400: This group officially ended its practice of polygamous marriage in 1890 the Mormons |
#4890, aired 2005-12-09 | CHICAGO $800: In 1890 this department store founder donated the land for the University of Chicago Marshall Field |
#4843, aired 2005-10-05 | BRANDS $600: This brand name was first put on sacks of generic "self-rising pancake flour" around 1890 Aunt Jemima |
#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 |
#4789, aired 2005-06-02 | PICK ME A WIENER $400: Born in the metropolis of Vienna in 1890, he directed the movie "Metropolis" Fritz Lang |
#4755, aired 2005-04-15 | OHIO BIO $800: Born in Columbus in 1890, he was a car-racing champion & a WWI flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker |
#4718, aired 2005-02-23 | J.R. $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a street in the Lower East Side, New York.) This reformer & photographer described the conditions of the Lower East Side in 1890's "How the Other Half Lives" Jacob Riis |
#4692, aired 2005-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $1200: In his early teens, around 1890, he studied cello in Barcelona with Jose Garcia (Pablo) Casals |
#4607, aired 2004-09-21 | GREAT MOMENTS IN HISTORY $1600: In the 1890's William Painter invented the top, seen here, whose projections got it this "regal" name the crown bottlecap |
#4541, aired 2004-05-10 | YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET! $1,000 (Daily Double): To star in this 1890 fairy tale ballet, you shouldn't have spindly legs but you will need a spindle Sleeping Beauty |
#4485, aired 2004-02-20 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $2000: The 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee in this state was the last major conflict between Indians & U.S. troops South Dakota |
#4466, aired 2004-01-26 | HODGEPOURRI $2000: Dentist Alfred Southwick developed this device used in 1890 on a convict named William Kemmler the electric chair |
#4434, aired 2003-12-11 | SURVIVORS $1600: The statements of Louise Weasel Bear & other survivors of the 1890 massacre at this site were published in 1940 Wounded Knee |
#4369, aired 2003-09-11 | SIOUX $1000: The last armed conflict of the Sioux Wars was at this creek in 1890 Wounded Knee |
#4275, aired 2003-03-14 | ARTISTS IN FRANCE $1600: He was living in Auvers-sur-Oise when, despairing & lonely, he shot himself in 1890 Vincent Van Gogh |
#4180, aired 2002-11-01 | NOTORIOUS $400: In 1890 William Kemmler, who had killed his mistress, became the first convict to be executed this way electrocuted |
#4136, aired 2002-09-02 | LITERARY LINGO $400: The term "stream of" this first appeared in William James' 1890 textbook "The Principles of Psychology" consciousness |
#4099, aired 2002-05-30 | INDIAN RESERVATIONS $1200: Somewhat oddly, Standing Rock Reservation in the Dakotas is where this Sioux leader was killed in 1890 Sitting Bull |
#4074, aired 2002-04-25 | THEY LIVED PAST 100 $1200: She was born July 22, 1890 in Boston & died Jan. 22, 1995 in Hyannisport Rose Kennedy |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | AMERICANA $1600: "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" was an 1890 memoir by this artist (& mama's boy) Whistler |
#4039, aired 2002-03-07 | CRIME TIME $200: In the 1890's British police in Bengal, India were the first to use these "digital" impressions to identify criminals fingerprints |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | "E"OPLE $600: This U.S. chief executive was born in Texas in 1890 Eisenhower |
#4014, aired 2002-01-31 | THE GOOD OLD U.S. OF A. $200: Tombstone in this state was settled in 1879 & was a mining center right up until 1890 Arizona |
#4008, aired 2002-01-23 | NOT THE BEATLES $1600: Serving in the British parliament from 1890 to 1945, he was prime minister during WWI David Lloyd George |
#3966, aired 2001-11-26 | GOOD TOMES $1000: In 1890 Oscar Wilde painted this novel portrait of a man trying to stay forever young The Picture of Dorian Gray |
#3927, aired 2001-10-02 | AUTHOR COUNTDOWN $200: "The Sign of Four"
(1890) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
#3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BISMARCK $1000: The 1890 cartoon seen here shows Bismarck & this man who dismissed him Kaiser Wilhelm II |
#3917, aired 2001-09-18 | THEY WROTE FOR BRITANNICA $300: In a 1929 bio on his brother Wilbur, he wrote that in 1890 Wilbur joined him in publishing a newspaper (Orville) Wright |
#3897, aired 2001-07-10 | GRAPE JAM $400: This dentist & prohibitionist began selling his "unfermented wine" in 1869; in 1890 he renamed it "Grape Juice" Thomas B. Welch |
#3867, aired 2001-05-29 | NO OIL PAINTING $200: This onetime freak show performer, whose head was 3 feet around, died in a London hospital in 1890 John Merrick ("The Elephant Man") |
#3866, aired 2001-05-28 | FORMER CAPITALS $500: Guthrie
(1890-1910) Oklahoma |
#3824, aired 2001-03-29 | FAMOUS UKRAINIANS $800: Seen here, he was born in Kiev in 1890 & died in London in 1950 Vaslav Nijinsky |
#3752, aired 2000-12-19 | THE "ANTI"-CATEGORY $600: Sherman's "Act" of 1890 Anti-Trust Act |
#3708, aired 2000-10-18 | NAME THE ARTIST $200: 1890:
"Starry Night" Vincent Van Gogh |
#3666, aired 2000-07-10 | "DELTA" $300: Since 1890 this company has been carrying passengers on ships like its namesake seen here Delta Queen |
#3601, aired 2000-04-10 | TRAINS $800: Around 1890 Eli Janney's automatic type of this replaced the dangerous link-&-pin type Coupler |
#3574, aired 2000-03-02 | 1890s SCIENCE $200: In 1890 William Halsted became the first surgeon to wear these during an operation gloves |
#3516, aired 1999-12-13 | FORMER BIGWIGS $600: Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890 Otto von Bismarck |
#3479, aired 1999-10-21 | SOUTH DAKOTA $500 (Daily Double): A gruesome clash between the government & the Indians took place here on December 29, 1890 Wounded Knee |
#3478, aired 1999-10-20 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Her son Willem-Alexander is the first male heir in the Netherlands' House of Orange since 1890 Queen Beatrix |
#3477, aired 1999-10-19 | PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES $600 (Daily Double): October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas Dwight D. Eisenhower |
#3457, aired 1999-09-21 | AMERICAN POETRY $200: In 1890, 4 years after her death, the first volume of this "Amherst Nun's" poetry was published Emily Dickinson |
#3430, aired 1999-07-02 | THE ARMY-NAVY GAME $200: In the first game in 1890, Navy's Red Emrich scored 4 of these, but they were only worth 4 points each touchdowns |
#3418, aired 1999-06-16 | WHICH CAME FIRST? $800: Taft-Hartley Act,
Voting Rights Act,
Sherman Antitrust Act Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) |
#3367, aired 1999-04-06 | NAMES IN THE LAW $1000: The 1936 Robinson-Patman Act revived & revised this man's Anti-Trust Act of 1890 John Sherman |
#3360, aired 1999-03-26 | CEDERS $600: This national park created in 1890 didn't have its spectacular valley until California ceded it in 1906 Yosemite |
#3294, aired 1998-12-24 | LET'S GO TO A MUSEUM $400: The Ulster Museum in this capital city dates back to 1890 Belfast |
#3281, aired 1998-12-07 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: In 1890, at age 6, he and his family moved to Independence, MO., his home for most of the rest of his life Harry S. Truman |
#3281, aired 1998-12-07 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $300: From 1890 to 1902, he served as professor of jurisprudence & political economy at Princeton Woodrow Wilson |
#3275, aired 1998-11-27 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1890 this senator's Anti-Trust Act was passed John Sherman |
#3255, aired 1998-10-30 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS $400: Much of the music for this 1959 film, including the song "Once Upon A Dream" was adapted from an 1890 ballet Sleeping Beauty |
#3216, aired 1998-09-07 | U.S. AT WAR $400: The Battle of the Little Big Horn was part of the Sioux Wars that also included the massacre here in 1890 Wounded Knee |
#3150, aired 1998-04-17 | BRIT LIT $200: His own disastrous trip to the Congo in 1890 was the basis for his "Heart of Darkness" Joseph Conrad |
#3128, aired 1998-03-18 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Originally the colors of Syracuse were pea green & pink, but in 1890 this one color was chosen orange |
#3082, aired 1998-01-13 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1890 William Kemmler was in the hot seat as he became the first criminal to die by this method Electric chair |
#3053, aired 1997-12-03 | WHY, I OTTO... $400: Known as the "Iron Chancellor", he was forced out of power by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1890 Otto von Bismarck |
#2999, aired 1997-09-18 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Later the namesake of an African country, he served as prime minister of Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896 Cecil Rhodes |
#2991, aired 1997-09-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1890 this GOP senator from Ohio sponsored an antitrust act & the Silver Purchase Act John Sherman |
#2977, aired 1997-07-08 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: Though she became queen of the Netherlands in 1890, she wasn't crowned until September 6, 1898 Queen Wilhelmina |
#2913, aired 1997-04-09 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $1000: After moving to Europe, this New Yorker wrote his 1890 novel "The Tragic Muse" about the art world of Europe Henry James |
#2905, aired 1997-03-28 | WINDMILLS $200: The first windmill built to produce this type of power was built in 1890 Electric |
#2899, aired 1997-03-20 | U.S. CITIES $200: The famous Tournament of Roses Parade was first held in this California city in 1890 Pasadena |
#2883, aired 1997-02-26 | WORLD CITIES $1000: The discovery of gold at Kalgoorlie in 1890 aided the growth of this capital of Western Australia Perth |
#2879, aired 1997-02-20 | U.S. HISTORY $500: This 1890 act was designed in part to prevent monopolies Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
#2869, aired 1997-02-06 | NATIONAL PARKS $1000: This California park, the site of El Capitan, was administered by the U.S. Army from 1890 to 1914 Yosemite |
#2832, aired 1996-12-17 | 19TH CENTURY AUTHORS $200: His first novel, "The Snake's Pass", was published in 1890, 7 years before "Dracula" Bram Stoker |
#2828, aired 1996-12-11 | BALLET $200: Princess Aurora pricks her finger on a spindle in act one of this 1890 ballet "Sleeping Beauty" |
#2815, aired 1996-11-22 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $200: In 1890 this German emperor forced Otto Von Bismarck to resign as chancellor Kaiser Wilhelm II |
#2787, aired 1996-10-15 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: In 1890 this grand duchy ended its political ties to the Dutch royal family Luxembourg |
#2744, aired 1996-07-04 | JULY $400: It wasn't "small potatoes" when this became our 43rd state July 3, 1890 Idaho |
#2735, aired 1996-06-21 | VERMONTERS $400: George Franklin Edmunds wrote most of this antitrust act of 1890 the Sherman (Antitrust Act) |
#2720, aired 1996-05-31 | AMERICAN INDIANS $400: A poignant marker stands at the South Dakota gravesite of the Sioux Indians killed here in 1890 Wounded Knee |
#2690, aired 1996-04-19 | OLD GLORY'S STARS $200: The number of stars added in 1890, the most since 1818, or the number of points on each star 5 |
#2685, aired 1996-04-12 | OLD BASEBALL TEAMS $400: In 1890 this city had a team called the Bisons; a little redundant, don't you think? Buffalo |
#2612, aired 1996-01-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In September 1890 this church discontinued the sanctioning of polygamy the Mormon Church |
#2601, aired 1995-12-18 | NOVELS & NOVELISTS $1000: Native country of 1920 Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun, whose 1890 novel "Hunger" made him famous Norway |
#2583, aired 1995-11-22 | FIRST LADIES $600: In 1890 at age 5, she met her future husband in an Independence, Missouri Sunday school class Bess Truman |
#2566, aired 1995-10-30 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $400: For a brief time in 1890 this inventor made talking dolls, but their voices were "exceedingly unpleasant" Edison |
#2549, aired 1995-10-05 | NONFICTION $1000: In 1890 this reporter shared her travel experiences in "Around the World in Seventy-Two Days" Nellie Bly |
#2539, aired 1995-09-21 | NOTORIOUS $100: From about 1873 to 1890, the famous feud between these 2 mountain families was at its worst the Hatfields & McCoys |
#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 |
#2466, aired 1995-05-01 | BALLET $800: Varvara Nikitina played the enchanted princess when this Tchaikovsky ballet debuted in 1890 Sleeping Beauty |
#2466, aired 1995-05-01 | BALLET $1000: Born in Kiev in 1890, this legendary ballet star was the son of celebrated Polish dancers Nijinsky |
#2452, aired 1995-04-11 | NOTORIOUS $400: In 1890, at Auburn Prison, William Kemmler became the first American executed in this device the electric chair |
#2438, aired 1995-03-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: In 1890 Congress established this territory & added the Panhandle region to it Oklahoma |
#2433, aired 1995-03-15 | 19th CENTURY ASIA $200: In 1890, in its 1st national election, males over 25 who paid taxes of 15 yen or more were eligible to vote Japan |
#2432, aired 1995-03-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1890 2 bituminous labor organizations merged to form this union the United Mine Workers union |
#2417, aired 1995-02-21 | WOMEN AUTHORS $200: She was born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller in Torquay, England in 1890 Agatha Christie |
#2389, aired 1995-01-12 | ART & ARTISTS $200: This artist's devoted brother Theo died just 6 months after his 1890 suicide Van Gogh |
#2373, aired 1994-12-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1890 Castle Garden closed as a New York immigration depot & 2 years later this one opened Ellis Island |
#2328, aired 1994-10-19 | LITERATURE $800: Published in 1890, it was Oscar Wilde's only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray |
#2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $600: On March 18, 1890 this German chancellor was forced to resign by Wilhelm II Bismarck |
#2305, aired 1994-09-16 | EUROPEAN ROYALTY $800: She was only 10 when she became queen of the Netherlands in 1890, so her mother, Emma, served as regent Queen Wilhelmina |
#2288, aired 1994-07-13 | ART $500: This Dutchman painted his famous "Crows Over a Wheatfield" in the last weeks before his 1890 suicide van Gogh |
#2287, aired 1994-07-12 | WOMEN'S GROUPS $400: Members of this group founded in 1890 are direct descendants of people who helped free the colonies the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution) |
#2272, aired 1994-06-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $600: This city's Castle Clinton National Monument served as an immigration depot 1855-1890 New York City |
#2245, aired 1994-05-13 | BALLET $500: When this Tchaikovsky ballet premiered in 1890, a male dancer played Carabosse the evil fairy Sleeping Beauty |
#2244, aired 1994-05-12 | INVENTORS $600: This inventor founded an Association for the Deaf in 1890 & it was renamed in his honor in 1953 Alexander Graham Bell |
#2205, aired 1994-03-18 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: He began his tea dynasty by sailing to Ceylon in 1890 & buying every tea plantation he could find (Sir Thomas) Lipton |
#2178, aired 1994-02-09 | ARTISTS $1000: In 1890 he started a water-lily garden across the street from his house in Giverny Monet |
#2160, aired 1994-01-14 | COMPOSERS $800: This Russian ballet composer was deeply hurt when his patron Madame von Meck cut him off in 1890 Tchaikovsky |
#2150, aired 1993-12-31 | HISTORIC NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1890 this Ohio senator introduced a bill prohibiting the monopolization of a market (John) Sherman |
#2135, aired 1993-12-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: This battleship was launched from the New York Navy Yard in 1890; it blew up in 1898 the Maine |
#2104, aired 1993-10-28 | ACT ONE, SCENE ONE $1,000 (Daily Double): At the beginning of this 1890 Ibsen play, the title character has just returned from her honeymoon Hedda Gabler |
#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 |
#2058, aired 1993-07-14 | MOVIE STARS $200: Half of this comedy team was born in England in 1890; the other half was born in Georgia in 1892 Laurel and Hardy |
#2038, aired 1993-06-16 | BIRTHPLACES $400: This flamboyant female evangelist wasn’t American but Canadian; she was born in Ontario in 1890 Aimee Semple McPherson |
#1927, aired 1993-01-12 | ACTS $400: This 1890 act was used in the early 1900s to break up Standard Oil & the American Tobacco Company the Sherman Antitrust Act |
#1881, aired 1992-11-09 | THE 1890s $900 (Daily Double): In an effort to curb monopolies, Congress passed this act in 1890 the Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
#1881, aired 1992-11-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: This Russian's popular Polovitzian dances are from his 1890 opera "Prince Igor" Alexander Borodin |
#1869, aired 1992-10-22 | HISTORY $500: In 1890, General George Leo von Caprivi replaced this man as chancellor of the German Empire Bismarck |
#1866, aired 1992-10-19 | FAMOUS SCIENTISTS $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1890 he became professor of physiology at the Imperial Medical Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia (Ivan) Pavlov |
#1852, aired 1992-09-29 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In 1890, a year after his "The Master of Ballantrae" was published, he settled in Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson |
#1844, aired 1992-09-17 | DISCOVERIES $400: He found a way to get bromine out of brine & in 1890 started his chemical company (Henry) Dow |
#1837, aired 1992-09-08 | BALLET $5,000 (Daily Double): When this ballet premiered in 1890, Carlotta Brianza danced the role of Princess Aurora The Sleeping Beauty |
#1826, aired 1992-07-06 | COMPOSERS $400: In 1890 he began work on "Suite Bergamasque" for piano, which includes the celebrated "Clair de Lune" Claude Debussy |
#1755, aired 1992-03-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: These service academies played their first football game on Nov. 29, 1890 Army & Navy |
#1754, aired 1992-03-26 | POETS & POETRY $600: This Hoosier poet wrote his 1890 poem "The Raggedy Man" in Hoosier dialect James Whitcomb Riley |
#1724, aired 1992-02-13 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1,500 (Daily Double): This last major conflict between Indians & U.S. troops occurred Dec. 29, 1890 Wounded Knee |
#1723, aired 1992-02-12 | ART $200: From 1880 to his death in 1890, this Dutch artist's brother Theo supported him financially Vincent van Gogh |
#1693, aired 1992-01-01 | THE 1890s $400: During the Ghost Dance uprising in 1890, this Sioux leader was shot and killed Sitting Bull |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1890 this diamond king became prime minister of the Cape Colony in Africa Cecil Rhodes |
#1625, aired 1991-09-27 | BIRTHPLACES $400: Nijinsky made his first appearance in this capital of Ukraine in 1890 Kiev |
#1624, aired 1991-09-26 | NOTORIOUS $200: In 1890 William Kemmler became the first person executed in this shocking manner electrocution |
#1594, aired 1991-07-04 | U.S. HISTORY $600: Passed in 1890, it didn't work too well as some 50 new trusts were formed by 1897 the Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
#1566, aired 1991-05-27 | QUOTES $400: Jacob Riis' 1890 indictment of slum conditions was titled "How the Other Half" does this Lives |
#1549, aired 1991-05-02 | RELIGION $200: The Mormons officially ended this practice in 1890 polygamy |
#1547, aired 1991-04-30 | MEDICAL HISTORY $200: In 1890, William Halsted began the practice of wearing these rubber items during surgery gloves |
#1541, aired 1991-04-22 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $600: By 1890, his company dominated America's sleeping car business (George) Pullman |
#1522, aired 1991-03-26 | HISTORY $400: Kaiser Wilhelm II dismissed this man as Chancellor of Germany in 1890 Bismarck |
#1476, aired 1991-01-21 | THE OCCULT $200: Now sold in toy stores, this occult communication device was invented by William Fuld in 1890 the Ouija board |
#1394, aired 1990-09-27 | INVENTIONS $100: Invented in 1890 as a health food, it's been sticking to the roofs of mouths for a century now peanut butter |
#1368, aired 1990-07-11 | AMERICAN INDIANS $1000: In 1890 about 200 Sioux were killed during the "Ghost Dance war" at this S. Dakota site Wounded Knee |
#1353, aired 1990-06-20 | EUROPEAN ARTISTS $400: This troubled Dutchman's career lasted only 10 years; he shot himself in 1890 Van Gogh |
#1304, aired 1990-04-12 | 1890 $100: These 2 service academies played the first of their annual football games West Point & the Naval Academy at Annapolis |
#1304, aired 1990-04-12 | 1890 $200: For the first time members of this religious group didn't win all the council seats in Salt Lake City the Mormons |
#1304, aired 1990-04-12 | 1890 $300: A monopoly was created for James Buchanan Duke when he formed this tobacco conglomerate American Tobacco Company |
#1304, aired 1990-04-12 | 1890 $400: These 2 national parks were established in California Yosemite & Sequoia |
#1304, aired 1990-04-12 | 1890 $500: This execution method was used for the first time in New York's Auburn Prison electric chair |
#1286, aired 1990-03-19 | FILE UNDER "E" $200: Eritrea, now the northernmost province of this country, was an Italian colony from 1890-1941 Ethiopia |
#1242, aired 1990-01-16 | BUSINESS HISTORY $800: In 1890 Congress passed this 1st antitrust act declaring combination in restraint of trade illegal Sherman Act |
#1223, aired 1989-12-20 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $800: In 1890 this newswoman beat Phileas Fogg's record by going around the world in less than 80 days Nellie Bly |
#1204, aired 1989-11-23 | ROYALTY $200: This country hasn't been ruled by a king since Queen Wilhelmina's father died in 1890 the Netherlands |
#1075, aired 1989-04-14 | THE 19TH CENTURY $400: Talk about young--in 1890 this Dutch queen ascended the throne at age 10 Wilhelmina |
#1046, aired 1989-03-06 | HISTORIC NAMES $600: Crazy Horse was killed in jail in 1877, & he was killed in a scuffle with Indian police in 1890 Sitting Bull |
#1039, aired 1989-02-23 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $600 (Daily Double): He was the last president born in the 19th century Dwight Eisenhower (1890) |
#977, aired 1988-11-29 | THE KENNEDY WOMEN $100: Daughter of Boston mayor John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, she was born July 22, 1890 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy |
#888, aired 1988-06-15 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1890, this senator from Ohio introduced the famous anti-trust bill Sherman |
#762, aired 1987-12-22 | STARTS WITH "H" $300: When the bicycle became popular about 1890, long, upward curving mustaches came to be called this a handlebar |
#700, aired 1987-09-25 | KITCHEN FIRSTS $200: Made by Henry Avery in 1890, the 1st saucepan made of this metal was used until 1933 by Mrs. Avery aluminum |
#686, aired 1987-09-07 | U.S. MILITARY $300: Until 1890 when these vessels came into prominence, the Navy had consisted mainly of cruisers battleships |
#640, aired 1987-05-22 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In 1890, John M. Kohler heated a cattle trough & sprinkled it w/enamel powder to create his 1st of these bathtub |
#639, aired 1987-05-21 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $600: The 1st was played at West Point, November 29, 1890 Army-Navy football game |
#618, aired 1987-04-22 | INDIANS $500: The Indian policemen who killed this legendary chief Dec. 15, 1890 were named Tomahawk & Bullhead Sitting Bull |
#579, aired 1987-02-26 | TEEN CUISINE $100: In 1890, a doctor developed this as an easily digested high protein food, with or without jelly peanut butter |
#552, aired 1987-01-20 | BASEBALL $100: Stealing a player from Philadelphia in 1890 earned Pittsburgh this team name the Pirates |
#504, aired 1986-11-13 | AGRICULTURE $200: It wasn't until about 1890 that this pest invaded the U.S. & ruined cotton crops boll weevil |
#501, aired 1986-11-10 | JOURNALISM $800: Purchased by Pope Leo XIII in 1890, in the 1930s it was the only Italian paper free of fascist control L'Osservatore Romano |
#495, aired 1986-10-31 | 1890's $200: In 1892, at age 53, WCTU founder Miss Frances Willard learned to ride one of these bicycle |
#495, aired 1986-10-31 | 1890's $400: In 1896, the director of the Sorbonne's psychology lab, Alfred Binet, devised this test I.Q. test |
#495, aired 1986-10-31 | 1890's $700 (Daily Double): The Chicago Exposition celebrated the 400th anniversary of this discovery of America by Christopher Columbus) |
#495, aired 1986-10-31 | 1890's $800: After previously suggesting that Jews convert to Catholicism, Theodor Herzl founded this movement Zionism |
#486, aired 1986-10-20 | POETRY $600: The 1st volume of this American poet's works
was published in 1890, 4 years after her death Emily Dickinson |
#420, aired 1986-04-18 | 1890's $200: 1st ever was built by G.W. Gale Ferris for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 a Ferris wheel |
#420, aired 1986-04-18 | 1890's $400: He survived Little Bighorn & a Wild West Show, but was gunned down by troops in 1890 Sitting Bull |
#420, aired 1986-04-18 | 1890's $800: In 1891, this petite painter produced his first music hall posters Toulouse-Lautrec |
#420, aired 1986-04-18 | 1890's $900 (Daily Double): 3 of original 5 prize categories established by Alfred Nobel's will after he died in 1896 (3 of) physics, physiology or medicine, chemistry, literature, & peace |
#420, aired 1986-04-18 | 1890's $1000: After 1892, this New York City harbor site was called in several languages "the Isle of Tears" Ellis Island |
#383, aired 1986-02-26 | 1890's $200: In 1890, a new sports arena opened in New York bearing this same name as its predecessor Madison Square Garden |
#383, aired 1986-02-26 | 1890's $400: In 1895, this Irish playwright was sentenced to 2 years' hard labor on a morals charge Oscar Wilde |
#383, aired 1986-02-26 | 1890's $600: In 1896 decision, Supreme Court said facilities could be racialy separate if they were this equal |
#362, aired 1986-01-28 | FOOD & DRINK $600: It was grown in South Carolina in 1890, but was too costly to compete with Asian brews tea |
#327, aired 1985-12-10 | INVENTIONS $600: Computers are successors to an invention used to count this in 1890 census |
#104, aired 1985-01-31 | 1890S $200: Under pressure, the Mormons renounced it in 1890 polygamy |
#72, aired 1984-12-18 | COLLEGES $1,000 (Daily Double): N.Y. State's Madison University changed its name in 1890 to honor this famous soapmaking family Colgate |