| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BOOKS IN HISTORY $1600: This 5-word phrase about people in a different income bracket from you is the title of an 1890 Jacob Riis expose of NYC's slums how the other half lives |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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) |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | BUTTON HOOK $200: The original Levi's with a button fly have had this number since 1890 501s |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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" |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #4890, aired 2005-12-09 | CHICAGO $800: In 1890 this department store founder donated the land for the University of Chicago Marshall Field |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #3752, aired 2000-12-19 | THE "ANTI"-CATEGORY $600: Sherman's "Act" of 1890 Anti-Trust Act |
| #3601, aired 2000-04-10 | TRAINS $800: Around 1890 Eli Janney's automatic type of this replaced the dangerous link-&-pin type Coupler |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #2389, aired 1995-01-12 | ART & ARTISTS $200: This artist's devoted brother Theo died just 6 months after his 1890 suicide Van Gogh |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | LITERATURE $800: Published in 1890, it was Oscar Wilde's only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: This Russian's popular Polovitzian dances are from his 1890 opera "Prince Igor" Alexander Borodin |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $600: By 1890, his company dominated America's sleeping car business (George) Pullman |
| #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 $500: This execution method was used for the first time in New York's Auburn Prison electric chair |
| #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 |
| #888, aired 1988-06-15 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1890, this senator from Ohio introduced the famous anti-trust bill Sherman |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
