Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (321 results returned)

#9068, aired 2024-03-27ARCHITECTS $400: One of the masterminds behind the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was Daniel Burnham of this Midwestern "School" the Chicago School
#9050, aired 2024-03-01ARCHITECTURE $1600: Frank Lloyd Wright worked for 5 years with the Chicago firm of Dankmar Adler & this "father of skyscrapers", leaving in 1893 Sullivan
#8923, aired 2023-07-26ALL KINDS OF LITERATURE $200: The fairy tale about this brother & sister inspired an 1893 opera by the German composer Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel & Gretel
#8885, aired 2023-06-02INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $400: In 1893 Whitcomb Judson patented an early type of this; a later version was marketed as a "hookless fastener" a zipper
#17, aired 2023-05-23SCULPTORS $800: This sculptor best known for his seated statue of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial co-founded the National Sculpture Society in 1893 French
#8868, aired 2023-05-10HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE $600: The Château Frontenac Hotel was built in 1893 overlooking the St. Lawrence River in this provincial capital Québec City
#8782, aired 2023-01-10BUSINESS PARTNERS $2000: The making & selling of watches brought Richard & Alvah together in Chicago in 1893 but the 2 went big into retail as this, this & co. Sears Roebuck
#8776, aired 2023-01-02HISTORY COMES ALIVE WITH ERIK LARSON $200: (Erik Larson presents the clue.) My bestseller "The Devil in the White City" told the incredible true story of how a prolific serial killer lured his victims using the 1893 World's Fair in this Midwest city Chicago
#8766, aired 2022-12-19HISTORIC WOMEN $800: In 1893, activist Fannie Barrier Williams successfully fought for Black inclusion at this city's Columbian Exposition Chicago
#8645, aired 2022-05-20ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL $1000: This traditional series of 14 images at St. Patrick's won prizes as artworks at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair the Stations of the Cross
#8586, aired 2022-02-28THE PICKLE BARREL $1200: At the 1893 World's Fair, this pickle-maker from Pittsburgh offered souvenir pickle charms to those who visited his booth H.J. Heinz
#8584, aired 2022-02-24THE INNER "EAR" $400: In 1893 Wrigley's introduced a gum with this refreshing flavor spearmint
#6, aired 2022-02-10FAMOUS PAINTINGS $800: Edvard Munch's diary entry describing "flaming clouds" & "shivering with anxiety" inspired this iconic 1893 work The Scream
#8570, aired 2022-02-04DANCE PARTY $200: At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the "Street in Cairo" exhibit helped introduce this exotic dancing to America belly dancing
#8532, aired 2021-12-14A LECTURER $800 (Daily Double): Biologist T.H. Huxley was a renowned defender of this theory & in 1893 famously lectured on it "& Ethics" evolution
#8528, aired 2021-12-08LITERARY PROFESSORS $1,400 (Daily Double): In an 1893 story he is described as "the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected" in London Professor Moriarty
#8519, aired 2021-11-25WORLD HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1893 he went to South Africa to do some legal work; he stayed for 21 years to work for Indian rights Gandhi
#8506, aired 2021-11-08INVENTION $400: In 1893 Marie Tucek invented an early version of this metallic support system in brassieres underwire
#8500, aired 2021-10-29LANDSCAPE-ING $800: Eugene Boudin's "Beach at Trouville" from 1893 depicts a landscape of this region that became a household word 51 years later Normandy
#8498, aired 2021-10-27ARTISTIC 19th CENTURY WOMEN $1200: "Modern Woman", a mural done for the 1893 Chicago Expo by this female American in Paris, no longer exists Mary Cassatt
#8462, aired 2021-08-1019th CENTURY MUSIC $2000: The first music publisher to move to what was nicknamed this "Alley" in New York City was M. Witmark & Sons in 1893 Tin Pan
#8436, aired 2021-07-05THIS & THAT $800: The 1893 John Philip Sousa march heard here bears the name of this noisemaker of American history the Liberty Bell
#8416, aired 2021-06-07SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $1600: In 1893 this genius made a copper egg stand on end by using his rotating magnetic field device to rapidly spin it Nikola Tesla
#8368, aired 2021-03-31DEALING WITH THE PAINT $600: Unafraid to give another shout-out to a good idea, Edvard Munch did versions of this in 1893, 1895 & around 1910 The Scream
#8339, aired 2021-02-18ALL FAIRS $2,400 (Daily Double): The 1893 Chicago World's Fair introduced this word for a central avenue of exhibits & amusements the midway
#8296, aired 2020-12-07MUSEUMS $1600: Grant Wood's "American Gothic" resides at the Art Institute of this city, built for the Columbian Exposition of 1893 Chicago
#8284, aired 2020-11-1919th CENTURY PLAYS $2000: His 1893 "A Woman of No Importance" has lines like "Never trust a woman who tells one her real age"; she "would tell one anything" Oscar Wilde
#8209, aired 2020-04-23LITERATURE $1200: Published in 1893, "Catriona", also known as "David Balfour", was Robert Louis Stevenson's sequel to this novel Kidnapped
#8180, aired 2020-03-13STATE THE PROBLEM $400: An 1893 hurricane devastates the island of Cheniere Caminada Louisiana
#8138, aired 2020-01-15COMPOSERS $1600: In 1893 Ruggero Leoncavallo & this other Italian composer had lunch & discovered both were working on "La Bohème" operas Puccini
#8, aired 2020-01-14WELCOME BACK BOYS! $200: Inconsistently consistent, he took the oath of office on March 4, 1885 & was back for more on March 4, 1893 Grover Cleveland
#8043, aired 2019-07-24INFAMOUS WOMEN $400: In 1893, after a 2-week trial & just over an hour of deliberation, a jury found her not guilty of giving her dad & stepmom the ax (Lizzie) Borden
#8019, aired 2019-06-20BOOKS OF MYSTERY $400: This detective featured in 4 novels & 56 short stories was killed off in 1893, but that didn't stop him for long Sherlock Holmes
#7993, aired 2019-05-15AS DESCRIBED IN THE PATENT $1,000 (Daily Double): 1893: "Automatically engaging or disengaging an entire series of clasps by a single continuous movement" a zipper
#7981, aired 2019-04-29WHEELY GOOD $800: Wooden wheels with hanging seats had been popular since c. 1600, but the 1st giant such wheel was built by this man in 1893 Ferris
#7946, aired 2019-03-11ART & ARTISTS $400: Edvard Munch was out with 2 friends when "the sky became blood... over the deep blue fjord", inspiring this 1893 work The Scream
#7893, aired 2018-12-26FAMILY TIES $400: In 1893 Nancy Green hit the world stage as this "syrupy" character & spokesperson Aunt Jemima
#7829, aired 2018-09-27CLUES ACROSS PHILADELPHIA $800: (I'm Ducis Rogers from 6ABC.) Philly's beloved farmers' market traces its roots to 1893 when it was built under a new terminal used by this railroad, perhaps most familiar to Monopoly players Reading
#7722, aired 2018-03-20COMPOSERS $1600: In 1893, he was in the house as the New York Philharmonic gave the world premiere of his symphony, "From the New World" (Antonin) Dvořák
#7706, aired 2018-02-26HOW 'BOUT THOSE... $1200: Montreal Amateur Athletic Association fellas, who in 1893 became the first to win possession of this the Stanley Cup
#7678, aired 2018-01-17THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR $200: Illuminated by thousands of lightbulbs, the building seen here was devoted to this new innovation for the home electric lighting
#7678, aired 2018-01-17THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR $400: For 50 cents people got a great view of the fair from high atop this amusement park ride that made its debut there a ferris wheel
#7678, aired 2018-01-17THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR $600: The building at the fair where the Liberty Bell was on display was modeled after this famous building in Philly Independence Hall
#7678, aired 2018-01-17THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR $800: At the fair, people got their first taste of Aunt Jemima pancakes & this beer that won a prize that became part of its name Pabst Blue Ribbon
#7678, aired 2018-01-17THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR $1000: This bestseller by Erik Larson tells the true story of a serial killer who used the 1893 fair to lure his victims The Devil in the White City
#7630, aired 2017-11-10INNOVATIONS $200: 1893: Fashion fastener a zipper
#7594, aired 2017-09-21OPUS DAY $1600: Performed at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 16, 1893, this piece by a Czech was inspired by American music Symphony "From the New World"
#7576, aired 2017-07-17HODGEPODGE $800: In 1893 J.J. Hill finished the first transcontinental one of these built without government aid a railroad
#7538, aired 2017-05-24HEART SURGERY WITH DR. OZ $800: (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) As director of a center for integrative medicine, I appreciate a pioneer of integrated medicine, the African-American surgeon Daniel Hale Williams, who in 1893 sutured a man's pericardium, becoming one of the first Americans to perform this then-risky type of surgery open-heart surgery
#7526, aired 2017-05-08RELIGION $800: It took over 40 years to build, but their temple in Temple Square was finally completed in 1893 the Mormons
#7511, aired 2017-04-17SPORTS TROPHIES $400: The first team awarded this hockey trophy was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association in 1893 the Stanley Cup
#7502, aired 2017-04-04EPONYMS $400: This amusement park ride made the rounds in Chicago in 1893 & carried passengers 264 feet into the air a Ferris wheel
#7501, aired 2017-04-03"O" BROTHER $400: Born in 1810, Bernhard von Bismarck sank in 1893, 5 years before this younger brother did Otto
#7489, aired 2017-03-16IN BALTIMORE $800: In 1893 a $500,000 endowment was raised to help admit women on the same terms as men to this School of Medicine Johns Hopkins
#7487, aired 2017-03-14STATE HOLIDAYS $1600: Its Cherokee Strip Day celebrates the 1893 land rush in which former Indian lands were opened to settlement Oklahoma
#7392, aired 2016-11-01THE 19th CENTURY $1600: In 1893 his daughter Esther became the first child of a president to be born in the White House Cleveland
#7388, aired 2016-10-26-OLOGIES $400: In 1893 sociologist Emile Durkheim's "The Division of" this said workers who specialize more may become more alienated Labor
#7380, aired 2016-10-14U.S. COINS $400: This queen who sponsored Columbus turned up on a commemorative U.S. quarter in 1893 Isabella
#7351, aired 2016-07-25STATE FLOWERS $400: This "kissing" shrub became a state symbol of Oklahoma in 1893, 14 years before statehood mistletoe
#7323, aired 2016-06-15DECOMPOSING COMPOSERS $1600: In 1893 this "Symphonie pathetique" man began decomposing in St. Petersburg Tchaikovsky
#7240, aired 2016-02-191890s AMERICA $800: This president from New York underwent secret jaw surgeries in 1893 that weren't revealed until 1917 Cleveland
#7224, aired 2016-01-28CHICAGO HISTORY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Chicago History Museum.) Made of wood & originally pulled by a steam locomotive, the car here, which transported passengers from the loop to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 is the last one remaining of Chicago's first fleet of railcars to be called by this nickname the "El"
#7133, aired 2015-09-23WORLD'S FAIRS & EXPOS $2000: The first Ferris wheel made the rounds at the World's Columbian Exposition in this city in 1893 Chicago
#7034, aired 2015-03-26SCIENCE MUSEUMS $2,000 (Daily Double): This city's Museum of Science & Industry is housed in the only remaining building from the 1893 Columbian Expo Chicago
#7012, aired 2015-02-24BRAVO $1000: In 1893 this military physician was named a professor of bacteriology at the Army Medical School Walter Reed
#6952, aired 2014-12-02ALL "EARS" $1600: This department store at the local mall dates back to a catalog mail-order company founded in 1893 Sears
#6857, aired 2014-06-10NEVADA $400: From 1870 to 1893, after a gold & silver boom, this state capital was home to a U.S. mint Carson City
#6808, aired 2014-04-02WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $1200: With the Columbus commemorative stamps in 1893, she became the first woman to be depicted on a U.S. stamp Queen Isabella
#6804, aired 2014-03-27MORGAN TOWN $800: This Hartford-born man formed a syndicate that resupplied the U.S. government's gold reserves after the panic of 1893 J.P. Morgan
#6784, aired 2014-02-27ALEX' HONKY-TONK SALOON $800: Look who's here! Hey guys, in 1893, 6 million folks went to this guy's Wild West show in Chicago! Drinks are on me! Buffalo Bill
#6772, aired 2014-02-1119th CENTURY BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: In 1893 this British man published his "initial" book, a "text-book of biology"; many sci-fi novels followed H.G. Wells
#6768, aired 2014-02-0519th CENTURY OPERA $1200: In an 1893 opera, Lescaut seems to have no first name, but this sister of his does Manon
#6764, aired 2014-01-30BLACK & WHITE & READ $600: Erik Larson's "The Devil in the White City" tells of "Murder, Magic, and Madness" at this city's 1893 World's Fair Chicago
#6687, aired 2013-10-15HIT PARADES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1893 this popular parade adopted a "never on Sunday" policy, so the 2012 one was held on January 2 the Rose Parade
#6606, aired 2013-05-13ALL THE SINGLE LADIES $600: Gee, how'd this woman accused of double homicide in 1893 stay single all her life? (Lizzie) Borden
#6545, aired 2013-02-15AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: On Sept. 16, 1893 the Cherokee Outlet in this U.S. territory was opened to white settlement Oklahoma
#6540, aired 2013-02-08AFRICAN AMERICANS $1000: (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar presents the clue.) In 1893 internal surgery was rare--most patients died of infection--but that year Dr. Daniel Hale Williams used antiseptic methods during one of the first successful open-heart surgeries suturing this sac around the heart the pericardium
#6482, aired 2012-11-20WORD ORIGINS $2,600 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us some attractions at the Ozark Empire Fair in Springfield, MO.) This term for the part of a fair or carnival where sideshows & other amusements are located comes from the site of an 1893 Expo held in Chicago the midway
#6479, aired 2012-11-15SAMURAI: THE WARRIOR TRANSFORMED $1200: (Alex presents the clue from the National Geographic Museum.) The armor here was featured at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair; the lacquer-covered iron plates here are held together by woven strands of this lightweight but very strong fabric developed in China silk
#6422, aired 2012-07-17ARTHUR $1600: In 1893 he killed off his most famous character only to bring him back in a 1903 story (Arthur Conan) Doyle
#6410, aired 2012-06-29HEATED WORDS $1000: Developed in 1893, it claims to be "the original heavy-duty hand cleaner" Lava
#6369, aired 2012-05-03PORTRAIT BY THE ARTIST $800: 1893: "The Scream" Edvard Munch
#6305, aired 2012-02-03MUSEUMS $1200: Founded as the Columbian Museum of Chicago in 1893, it was renamed 12 years later to honor a major benefactor the Field Museum
#6304, aired 2012-02-02TALES OF THE WINDY CITY $600: Henry Fuller's 1893 novel "The Cliff-Dwellers" deals with "The Tribe" inhabiting a lofty Chicago one of these a skyscraper
#6297, aired 2012-01-24ASIAN HISTORY $800: Novosibirsk, one of the main cities of this Russian region, only dates from 1893; its name means "new" this Russian region Siberia
#6253, aired 2011-11-23GEMS & JEWELRY $400: In 1893 Kokichi Mikimoto developed a process to create these "cultured" gems pearls
#6196, aired 2011-07-18"EARS" TO YOU $400: Retail giant founded in 1893 Sears
#6193, aired 2011-07-13DAN-O-MITE $1000: American architect Daniel Burnham was the Director of Works at the 1893 World's Fair in this city Chicago
#6169, aired 2011-06-09JOHN PHILIP SOUSA $1200: This 1893 march named for a national symbol served as the theme for "Monty Python's Flying Circus" "The Liberty Bell"
#6165, aired 2011-06-03THE CHICAGO CODE $800: The 1893 novel "The Cliff-Dwellers" centers on this type of high-rise structure; Chi-town's first was completed in 1885 a skyscraper
#6164, aired 2011-06-02A BUNCH OF EDVARD MUNCH $800: This 1893 painting was inspired by an experience in which Munch heard an infinite one "throughout nature" The Scream
#6144, aired 2011-05-05U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: This state's largest county, San Bernardino, was divided in 1893 to form Riverside County California
#6114, aired 2011-03-24A FAIR TO REMEMBER $400: The World Expo of 1893 was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of one of this man's voyages Columbus
#6068, aired 2011-01-19OPERA $400: The "Hexenritt", or "Witches' Ride", is sung in Act III of this 1893 fairy tale opera Hansel and Gretel
#6019, aired 2010-11-11NAMED FOR PEOPLE $800: This wheel was made for an 1893 expo by an engineer who specialized in steel structures the Ferris wheel
#6018, aired 2010-11-10KITES $1000: In 1893 Lawrence Hargrave flew the first of this type of kite, which he called a cellular kite a box kite
#5999, aired 2010-10-14"BUCK" EYES $800: When it was founded in 1893, Sears was paired with this man's name Roebuck
#5996, aired 2010-10-11JERSEY GIRLS $800: This Algonquin wit was born in West End, N.J. in 1893 & was a drama critic for Vanity Fair by 1917 Dorothy Parker
#5970, aired 2010-07-23BREAKFAST BRANDS $800: This brand, whose logo is seen here, dates back to 1893 Cream of Wheat
#5952, aired 2010-06-29ARCHITECTS $800: From 1887 to 1893 he was chief draftsman for the Chicago firm of Adler & Sullivan Frank Lloyd Wright
#5949, aired 2010-06-24LET'S ALL GO TO THE LOBBY $800: The centerpiece of the Waldorf Astoria lobby is a 9-foot-tall clock created for the 1893 World's Fair in this Midwest city Chicago
#5943, aired 2010-06-16ST. AUGUSTINE $200: St. Augustine, Florida boasts a "farm" founded in 1893 for these reptiles with more than 20 related species alligators
#5941, aired 2010-06-14ART & ARTISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): Dancer Jane Avril & printer Pere Cotelle are depicted in his 1893 lithograph "L'Estampe Originale" Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
#5861, aired 2010-02-22SUITE TALK $600: This 2-named NYC hotel that dates to 1893 offers 900-square-foot luxury suites that overlook Park Avenue the Waldorf Astoria
#5756, aired 2009-09-28THE AGE OF NATIONALISM $800: In 1893 Nathan Birnbaum coined this term for the Jewish desire for a national home Zionism
#5735, aired 2009-07-10FAMOUS TRIALS $400: Exhibits in her 1893 trial in New Bedford, Mass., included her parents' skulls & the head of a hatchet Lizzie Borden
#5730, aired 2009-07-03ART SCENARIOS $2,000 (Daily Double): 1893: 2 people on a rail behind a bald man; hands clasped over his ears; his mouth contorts to an "O" shape The Scream
#5708, aired 2009-06-03MIRO, MIRO ON THE WALL $200: Some Joan Miro paintings are on the wall in this Spanish seaport where Miro was born in 1893 Barcelona
#5691, aired 2009-05-11THE 21st CENTURY WITH CNN $200: (I'm Suzanne Malveaux.) Pope Benedict's visit to the U.S. was extra festive: during his White House visit, he was serenaded with this 1893 song "Happy Birthday To You"
#5688, aired 2009-05-06WHEE! IT'S 1893! $400: This artist painted "Tahitian Landscape" Gauguin
#5688, aired 2009-05-06WHEE! IT'S 1893! $800: He returned to the White House in 1893 for his second term Cleveland
#5688, aired 2009-05-06WHEE! IT'S 1893! $1200: The U.S. Navy established this rank abbreviated C.P.O. chief petty officer
#5688, aired 2009-05-06WHEE! IT'S 1893! $1600: This wit's play "A Woman of No Importance" premiered Oscar Wilde
#5688, aired 2009-05-06WHEE! IT'S 1893! $2000: The U.S. facilitated the overthrow of this kingdom's monarchy; annexation came later Hawaii
#5641, aired 2009-03-02LIVING IN "L" $1200: In 1893 this Southeast Asian nation became a protectorate of France Laos
#5629, aired 2009-02-12CHAMBER MUSIC $1600: The "American" quartet is an 1893 work by this Czech composer known for his interest in the New World (Antonin) Dvorak
#5603, aired 2009-01-07ALL THINGS OPERA $800: Adelheid Wette, Engelbert Humperdinck's sister, wrote the libretto for this 1893 opera of a fairy tale pair Hansel and Gretel
#5517, aired 2008-09-09U.S. COINS $600: The Columbian quarter was issued in 1893 & featured this 15th century queen on the obverse Isabella
#5502, aired 2008-07-08TAKE IN ORDER $1600: In 1893 he was chief engineer of Detroit's Edison Illuminating Company; 6 years later he'd form his own company Henry Ford
#5454, aired 2008-05-01CHICAGO FUN & SUNDRY FACTS $600: This amusement park ride premiered at Chicago's Columbian Exposition in 1893 the Ferris wheel
#5418, aired 2008-03-12THE WALTZ $600: Act III of this 1893 Engelbert Humerpdinck opera features the "Gingerbread Waltz" Hansel and Gretel
#5384, aired 2008-01-24OPUS DAY $800: This geographic term applied to Dvorak's Opus 95 is also where it premiered--in New York City, Dec. 15, 1893 Symphony from the New World
#5337, aired 2007-11-20TOMATOES $400: In 1893 the Supreme Court weighed in on an old controversy by declaring that tomatoes are these vegetables
#5334, aired 2007-11-15HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS $3,000 (Daily Double): Henry & Clara Ford are proud to announce the rollout of this model Nov. 6, 1893 the Edsel
#5292, aired 2007-09-18AFTER MASH $600: In the pair of men who published the first of their famous namesake dictionaries in 1893 Wagnalls
#5286, aired 2007-09-10IN THE BOOKSTORE $600: "The Devil in the White City" examines "Murder, Magic & Madness" at the 1893 World's Fair in this U.S. city Chicago
#5282, aired 2007-07-24JULY $2000: In July 1893 this president underwent a secret operation to remove part of his jaw due to cancer Grover Cleveland
#5270, aired 2007-07-06"N" THE ATLAS $600: In 1893 Cornelius Vanderbilt had the 70-room family "cottage" known as the Breakers built in this Rhode Island city Newport
#5260, aired 2007-06-22AMUSEMENTS $600: This word, before "Plaisance" in the name of the 1893 Chicago Expo site, came to refer to any carnival area midway
#5242, aired 2007-05-29ACTS OF CONGRESS $800: In 1893 the anti-mangling activism of Lorenzo Coffin got Congress to mandate the air type of these on railroad cars brakes
#5232, aired 2007-05-15CHOP-A-HOLICS $800: In 1893 this Massachusetts woman was acquitted of giving her parents the axe Lizzie Borden
#5221, aired 2007-04-30HOW ABOUT MED SCHOOL? $600: In 1893 this Baltimore university became the first major medical school to admit women as well as men Johns Hopkins
#5205, aired 2007-04-06MASSACHUSETTS $800: In 1893 Springfield produced the USA's 1st gasoline-powered car; in 1901, the USA's 1st factory for these 2-wheelers motorcycles
#5165, aired 2007-02-09HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGES $400: 1893: blt my 1st wking gas engn. mdl-t wl b kewl! ttyl (Henry) Ford
#5149, aired 2007-01-18QUEEN $1200: In 1893 this Spanish queen became the first woman depicted on a U.S. postage stamp Isabella
#5138, aired 2007-01-03OPERA CHARACTERS $800: In an 1893 opera, Peter is the father of these gingerbread-gorgers Hansel & Gretel
#5091, aired 2006-10-30ROYALLY LAST $1000: Deposed in 1893, she was the last royal ruler of Hawaii Lili'uokalani
#5066, aired 2006-09-25THEIR FIRST NOVELS $1000: "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" (1893) Stephen Crane
#5046, aired 2006-07-17INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $800: In 1893 this German engineer published "The Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Engine" Rudolf Diesel
#5033, aired 2006-06-28PULLING RANK $800: In 1893 the U.S. got a new diplomatic rank: Thomas Bayard, our first official one of these, was off to Great Britain ambassador (to the Court of St. James)
#5013, aired 2006-05-31YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED $800: It was declared a protectorate February 1, 1893; a treaty to annex it to the U.S. came 2 weeks later Hawaii
#4910, aired 2006-01-06EVENING NEWS 1893 $400: A motion picture of these men has been produced but the shoeing scene may be too intense for youngsters blacksmiths
#4910, aired 2006-01-06EVENING NEWS 1893 $800: The nation listened as this man took on the topic of civil service reform in his second inaugural address Grover Cleveland
#4910, aired 2006-01-06EVENING NEWS 1893 $1200: For those vacationing out West, the Great Northern Railway has reached the Pacific in this state Washington
#4910, aired 2006-01-06EVENING NEWS 1893 $1600: The tragic death of Peter Tchaikovsky should remind us all to boil our water to avoid this disease cholera
#4910, aired 2006-01-06EVENING NEWS 1893 $2000: We can breathe easier now that Emma Goldman, an advocate of this system against all government, is behind bars anarchism
#4882, aired 2005-11-29LOOSE CHANGE $600: Of the 7 real women to appear on U.S. coins, this queen was the first, in 1893 Queen Isabella of Spain
#4876, aired 2005-11-21AMERICANA $600: Eli Bridge builds amusement rides like this one that's been making the rounds since 1893 a ferris wheel
#4872, aired 2005-11-15COMPOSERS $2000: He was born in the Old World but found fame with his 1893 symphony "From the New World" (Antonin) Dvorak
#4794, aired 2005-06-09OH, WITTY WOMAN $1,100 (Daily Double): 1893-born wit who reportedly said, "The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue" Dorothy Parker
#4753, aired 2005-04-13U.S. PRESIDENTS $4,400 (Daily Double): In 1893 James K. Polk's tomb was moved from his estate to the state capitol grounds in this city Nashville
#4709, aired 2005-02-10AUTUMN LEAVES $3,000 (Daily Double): Autumn 1893: This composer's death in St. Petersburg leaves rumors of suicide Tchaikovsky
#4700, aired 2005-01-28YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA $800: At the beginning of an 1893 opera, these little tykes are sent into the woods to pick strawberries Hansel & Gretel
#4687, aired 2005-01-11GUITAR PLAYER $2000: Last name of a famous Spanish classical guitarist born in 1893; it's also a province in Spain Segovia
#4677, aired 2004-12-28COLLEGE BOWL $1000: In 1893 the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf, Dumb & Blind became this Gallaudet
#4669, aired 2004-12-16WHO-SIERS $3,000 (Daily Double): Indianan who formed the American Railway Union in 1893 & was a candidate for President 5 times Eugene Debs
#4666, aired 2004-12-13THE LIBERTY BELL $1000: In 1893 the Liberty Bell was on exhibit at the Columbian Exposition in this city Chicago
#4614, aired 2004-09-30OPERA $400: This 1893 opera based on a children's tale is set partly in the woods of Ilsenstein Hansel and Gretel
#4578, aired 2004-06-30PURPLE HAZE $200: In 1893 Katharine Lee Bates wrote of "purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain" in this song "America The Beautiful"
#4550, aired 2004-05-21NYC MUSIC HISTORY $400: Dvorak's "New World Symphony" debuted in this venue in 1893: The Beatles played there in 1964 Carnegie Hall
#4530, aired 2004-04-23IMMIGRANTS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) Here at Ellis Island, I found a record of this composer's arrival in 1893, aged 5, under the name Israel Baline Irving Berlin
#4466, aired 2004-01-26OPERA TITLE CHARACTERS $800: Some merry wives dress up like fairies in Verdi's 1893 opera named for this Shakespearean character Falstaff
#4465, aired 2004-01-23ART & ARTISTS $1600: His "Vampire" painting from 1893 just might make you "Scream" Edvard Munch
#4464, aired 2004-01-22THEY NAMED IT FOR ME $200: His big wheel built for the 1893 expo in Chicago & used at the 1904 expo in St. Louis was then sold for scrap George Ferris
#4399, aired 2003-10-23WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE EATING? $600: Need a scone in Rome? Stop by Babington's, these "rooms", opened in 1893 tea rooms
#4390, aired 2003-10-10WELL EQUIPPED $400: This piece of equipment was first worn by a future admiral playing in the 1893 Army-Navy Game football helmet
#4375, aired 2003-09-19HISTORY $600: In 67 A.D. Nero began building a canal across this country's Isthmus of Corinth; a canal was completed in 1893 Greece
#4371, aired 2003-09-15MOVIE LOCATIONS $600: L.A.'s 1893 Bradbury Building, seen here, was featured in this Harrison Ford movie, set around 2020 Blade Runner
#4316, aired 2003-05-12THE BREADED OPERA CATEGORY $400: Gingerbread figures prominently in this 1893 Humperdinck opera Hansel and Gretel
#4291, aired 2003-04-07HISTORIC FRIENDS $1600: Reporter Lorena Hickok (1893-1968) was a friend of this first lady for 30 years Eleanor Roosevelt
#4244, aired 2003-01-30PERSONAL PRODUCTS $200: This company introduced its baby powder in 1893, its baby oil in 1935 & its baby shampoo in 1954 Johnson & Johnson
#4239, aired 2003-01-23MR. PRESIDENT $800: The economic panic of 1893 hit shortly after he returned as the nation's 24th president Grover Cleveland
#4213, aired 2002-12-18"L.B."s $1000: In 1893 this horticulturist published his first nursery catalog offering his "New Creations in Fruits and Flowers" Luther Burbank
#4201, aired 2002-12-02EAT YOUR VEGGIES! $200: In 1893, as a result of a tariff dispute, the Supreme Court proclaimed it a vegetable, not a fruit the tomato
#4176, aired 2002-10-28THE 1890s $2000: In 1893, 9 years after Massenet's "Manon", this Italian composer told a similar story in "Manon Lescaut" Giacomo Puccini
#4137, aired 2002-09-03DR. WHO... $2,000 (Daily Double): ...in 1893, became professor of clinical microscopy at the Army Medical College in Washington, D.C. Walter Reed
#4070, aired 2002-04-19NEW JERSEY EXITS $600: This baseball pioneer grounded out in Mendham on January 26, 1893 (Abner) Doubleday
#4061, aired 2002-04-08VICE PRESIDENTS $600: He was VP from 1893 to 1897; his same-named grandson lost presidential elections twice to Dwight Eisenhower (Adlai) Stevenson
#4048, aired 2002-03-20PENINSULAS $1600: Completed in 1893, the Corinth Canal literally made this southern Greek peninsula an island the Peloponnesus
#3988, aired 2001-12-26'TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $1200: Mao Tse Tung, a leader of this country, began his "Long March" through life on Dec. 26, 1893 China
#3976, aired 2001-12-10PUT OUT THE CHINA $200: This Chinese dictator was born December 26, 1893 in the city of Shaoshan Mao Tse-tung
#3970, aired 2001-11-30COMPANY HISTORIES $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1893 George Brown & this man formed a partnership in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Robert Williamson
#3907, aired 2001-09-04FUN WITH OPERA $400: In an 1893 opera, the Sandman puts this young title duo to sleep & the Dew Fairy wakes them up Hansel & Gretel
#3897, aired 2001-07-10OPERA $800: He was in his 70s when he composed "Otello" in 1887 & "Falstaff" in 1893 Giuseppe Verdi
#3810, aired 2001-03-0919th CENTURY NOVELS $500: In 1893 this author published "Catriona", a sequel to "Kidnapped" Robert Louis Stevenson
#3807, aired 2001-03-06CHEMISTRY $600: This creator of the Periodic Table directed the Bureau of Weights & Measures in St. Petersburg from 1893 to 1917 Dmitri Mendeleev
#3783, aired 2001-01-31"WHEEL" OF FORTUNE $400: This state fair ride favorite premiered at Chicago's Columbian Exposition in 1893 a Ferris Wheel
#3708, aired 2000-10-18NAME THE ARTIST $500: 1893: "The Scream" Edvard Munch
#3704, aired 2000-10-12THE MAJORS $400: In 1893 this major was named curator of the Army Medical Museum in Washington, D.C. Walter Reed
#3670, aired 2000-07-14INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $200: In 1893 he built the Black Maria, the first building designed to make commercial motion pictures Thomas Edison
#3663, aired 2000-07-05LITERATURE $800: The title of this poet-playwright's 1893 book "The Celtic Twilight" became a synonym for the Irish literary revival William Butler Yeats
#3658, aired 2000-06-28CLASSICAL MUSIC $500: While visiting Iowa in 1893, this Czech composed his "String Quartet No. 12 in F Major", or the "American Quartet" Antonin Dvorak
#3611, aired 2000-04-24THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS $200: Registered in 1893 by Thomas Edison, "...Record of a Sneeze" is the earliest known copyright for one of these Motion picture
#3584, aired 2000-03-16"E"OGRAPHY $400: The site of a famous 1976 rescue, this city was the capital of Uganda from 1893 to 1962 Entebbe
#3565, aired 2000-02-18PEN NAMES $1000: Originally, his 1893 novel "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" appeared under the pseudonym Johnston Smith Stephen Crane
#3530, aired 1999-12-3119th CENTURY AMERICA $600: The Ferris wheel made its first rounds in 1893 at the World's Columbian Exposition in this city Chicago
#3491, aired 1999-11-08PEOPLE IN HISTORY $200: In 1893 this architect opened his own practice in Chicago; later he moved it to Oak Park Frank Lloyd Wright
#3436, aired 1999-07-12THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH $400: In 1893 the queen seen here became the last monarch of this country Hawaii
#3405, aired 1999-05-28PRESIDENTIAL LAST WORDS $500: 1893: "I know that I am going to where Lucy is" Rutherford B. Hayes
#3388, aired 1999-05-05CANDY LAND $600: Charlie says this licorice-flavored candy, around since 1893, is probably the oldest candy brand in the U.S. Good & Plenty
#3335, aired 1999-02-19AMERICAN HISTORY $500: In 1893 3 men serving prison sentences for this riot were pardoned by the governor of Illinois Haymarket Riot
#3319, aired 1999-01-28THE JOHNSONS $1000: In his first novel in 1893, Stephen Crane tells the tale of this "Girl of the Streets" Maggie Johnson
#3316, aired 1999-01-25STATE FACTS $200: In 1893 the world's first alligator farm was established in St. Augustine in this state Florida
#3252, aired 1998-10-27REVOLUTIONARIES $200: Born in 1893, life was a "party" for this revolutionary seen here Mao Tse-tung
#3242, aired 1998-10-131890s TECHNOLOGY $600: Whitcomb Judson's "clasp locker" of 1893 was this fastener's forerunner Zipper
#3240, aired 1998-10-09ART & ARTISTS $200: Artist of the 1893 lithograph seen here Toulouse-Lautrec
#3202, aired 1998-06-30PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $100: March 4, 1885- March 3, 1889; March 4, 1893- March 3, 1897 Grover Cleveland
#3202, aired 1998-06-30INVENTORS $500: In 1893 these brothers made a trial run of their gasoline-powered auto in Springfield, Massachusetts Duryea brothers
#3174, aired 1998-05-2119th CENTURY AMERICA $600: On Dec. 15, 1893 this Dvorak work, heard here, was performed for the first time by the N.Y. Philharmonic: New World Symphony
#3103, aired 1998-02-11OPERA $400: The text of this 1893 Engelbert Humperdinck opera was written by his sister, Adelheid Wette Hansel and Gretel
#3095, aired 1998-01-30OPERA HODGEPODGE $400: The witch in this 1893 Humperdinck opera is sometimes played by a man Hansel & Gretel
#3031, aired 1997-11-03FUN WITH OPERA $800: Of all the operas we know, this 1893 work based on a Grimm role has the most gingerbread in it Hansel and Gretel
#2998, aired 1997-09-17THE TROPHY CASE $400: This trophy was donated by the governor-general of Canada & first presented in 1893 The Stanley Cup
#2957, aired 1997-06-10HITS OF THE 1890s $500: A completely different title to this often sung 1893 classic is "Good Morning To All" "Happy Birthday To You"
#2951, aired 1997-06-02SCIENTISTS $200: In 1893 she earned a physics degree from the Sorbonne, ranking first in her class Marie Curie
#2948, aired 1997-05-28INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $500: The sensation of the 1893 Chicago Exposition rose 250' & was named for its inventor the Ferris Wheel
#2920, aired 1997-04-18TRAVEL U.S.A. $500: Visitors to this Midwestern city may tour the Pabst Mansion, built in 1893 in the Flemish Renaissance style Milwaukee
#2917, aired 1997-04-15BRAND NAMES $400: At the 1893 Columbian Expo Nancy Green flipped one million pancakes while portraying this character Aunt Jemima
#2901, aired 1997-03-24STATE CAPITALS $400: Before closing in 1893, this Nevada city's mint made almost $50 million in silver dollars & other coins Carson City
#2898, aired 1997-03-19ART $800: This French impressionist's 1893 "Trapeze Artist At The Medrano Circus" was painted on cardboard Toulouse Lautrec
#2884, aired 1997-02-27CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $600: His symphony "From The New World" premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1893 Antonin Dvorak
#2875, aired 1997-02-14STATE CAPITALS $100: Taking 40 years to build, the Mormon Temple was dedicated in this capital in 1893 Salt Lake City
#2872, aired 1997-02-11C IS FOR... $400: Corinth Canal, completed in 1893, which was cut 4 miles through solid rock in this country Greece
#2861, aired 1997-01-2719th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This religion that promotes a universal faith was introduced to the U.S. from Persia around 1893 the Bahá'í Faith
#2849, aired 1997-01-09MUSIC $400: In 1893 Francisco Fanciulli succeeded this man as leader of the U.S. Marine Band John Philip Sousa
#2846, aired 1997-01-06FAMOUS FIRSTS $200: At the Columbian Exposition in 1893, this tall amusement park ride had everyone going in circles the Ferris Wheel
#2835, aired 1996-12-20OPERA CHARACTERS $1,800 (Daily Double): Angels guard this duo while they sleep in the forest in an 1893 opera Hansel & Gretel
#2788, aired 1996-10-16ENGINEERS $800: Charles Steinmetz joined this Schenectady, N.Y. company in 1893 & later became its consulting engineer General Electric
#2788, aired 1996-10-16ART & ARTISTS $1000: Jane Avril commissioned him to create a poster advertising her 1893 debut at the Jardin de Paris Toulouse-Lautrec
#2747, aired 1996-07-0919th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $1000: In January 1893 Sanford Dole declared that she was deposed Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
#2725, aired 1996-06-07ARTISTS & SCULPTORS $800: Except for 1893-95, he spent the last 12 years of his life in French Polynesia Gauguin
#2698, aired 1996-05-01ASIA $500 (Daily Double): By 1893 Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia were incorporated into this territory French Indochina
#2677, aired 1996-04-02ART $1000: She was commissioned to paint a mural for the woman's building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition Mary Cassatt
#2671, aired 1996-03-25HISTORIC PEOPLE $400: From 1893 to 1914, this nationalist leader of India practiced law in South Africa Gandhi
#2659, aired 1996-03-07FASTENERS $500: Patented in 1893, the first of these devices was called the Clasp Locker the zipper
#2657, aired 1996-03-05HISTORIC WOMEN $400: The subject of a rhyme, she was acquitted of a double murder in 1893 Lizzie Borden
#2651, aired 1996-02-26AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $400: The first successful U.S. car powered by this was built by the Duryea Brothers in 1893 Gasoline
#2602, aired 1995-12-19MUSEUMS $600: This Chicago Natural History Museum's first collections were from the Columbian Exposition of 1893 the Field Museum
#2600, aired 1995-12-15WOMEN $1000: Katharine Lee Bates, who wrote this patriotic poem in 1893, was a professor at Wellesley America the Beautiful
#2575, aired 1995-11-10HISTORY $600: In 1893 he established a motion picture lot at his factory in West Orange, New Jersey Thomas Alva Edison
#2510, aired 1995-06-30MUSIC APPRECIATION $1000: This Spanish classical guitarist who was born in 1893 was basically self-taught Segovia
#2494, aired 1995-06-08BASEBALL HISTORY $500: In 1893, due to the power of pitchers Amos Rusie & this man, the mound was moved back to 60'6" from home Cy Young
#2410, aired 1995-02-10OPERA $200: The 1893 opera based on this fairy tale features a gingerbread house Hansel and Gretel
#2377, aired 1994-12-27HISTORY $1000: This largest city of Laos became an independent kingdom in the 1700s & part of French Laos in 1893 Vientiane
#2350, aired 1994-11-18ART & ARTISTS $600: He painted "Vampire" in 1893, the same year he painted "The Scream" Edvard Munch
#2338, aired 1994-11-02HAWAII $500: In 1993 Congress apologized to the Hawaiian people for helping to overthrow this queen in 1893 Liliuokalani
#2328, aired 1994-10-19FEBRUARY $400: Hawaii signed a treaty of annexation to the U.S. Feb. 14, 1893, the 114th anniv. of this explorer's death Captain Cook
#2321, aired 1994-10-10MEDICINE $600 (Daily Double): In 1893 this Army bacteriologist was named Curator of the Army Medical Museum in Washington, D.C. Walter Reed
#2307, aired 1994-09-20WORLD ALMANAC 1893 $100: A list of these, perhaps the largest ever published, included "Rah, rah, ru, Bucknell, B.U." cheers
#2307, aired 1994-09-20WORLD ALMANAC 1893 $200: Of about 33, 51 or 72 years, the "average duration of human life" in 1893 33 years
#2307, aired 1994-09-20WORLD ALMANAC 1893 $300: Chicago packed & marketed 5,249,798 of these animals in the year ending March 1, 1892 hogs
#2307, aired 1994-09-20WORLD ALMANAC 1893 $400: A fifth satellite was found orbiting this planet by E.E. Barnard in 1892; the others were found by Galileo Jupiter
#2307, aired 1994-09-20WORLD ALMANAC 1893 $1,000 (Daily Double): In terms of population, it was the largest city on Earth London
#2301, aired 1994-09-12ILLINOIS $800: Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry occupies a building from this 1893 World's Fair the Columbian Exposition
#2264, aired 1994-06-09POTPOURRI $200: Until he went out on his own in 1893, this architect worked for the Chicago firm of Adler & Sullivan (Frank Lloyd) Wright
#2221, aired 1994-04-11FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: In 1893 the justices of the Supreme Court declared that this was a vegetable, not a fruit a tomato
#2214, aired 1994-03-31HISTORY $200: In 1893 this founder of the People's Republic of China was born in Shao-Shan in Hunan Province Mao Tse-tung
#2169, aired 1994-01-27OPERA $1,000 (Daily Double): A soprano plays the role of the Sandman in this 1893 Humperdinck opera Hansel and Gretel
#2149, aired 1993-12-30CANADIAN ACTORS $200: Born in Toronto in 1893, she became famous as "America's Sweetheart", not "Canada's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford
#2093, aired 1993-10-13THE 1890s $100: In 1893 New Zealand became the first country to grant women this right in full the vote
#2072, aired 1993-09-14SPORTS TROPHIES $100: In 1893 Lord Stanley of Preston, governor-gen. of Canada, donated a trophy for this sport hockey
#2071, aired 1993-09-13HISTORIC NAMES $400: 1922 Nobel Peace Prize winner Fridtjof Nansen spent 1893-96 trying to reach this point on Earth the North Pole
#2060, aired 1993-07-16MYSTERIES $400: Arthur Conan Doyle didn't introduce this archvillain until 1893's "The Final Problem" Moriarty
#2034, aired 1993-06-10TRAVEL FLORIDA $200: An alligator farm near this, Florida's oldest city, has a attracted reptile lovers since 1893 St. Augustine
#2024, aired 1993-05-271893 $100: U.S. interests deposed Queen Liliuokalani of this kingdom, paving the way for its annexation Hawaii
#2024, aired 1993-05-271893 $200: More than 100,000 rushed to the Cherokee Strip area of this territory to claim land Oklahoma
#2024, aired 1993-05-271893 $300: Lord Stanley of Preston gave a trophy to be awarded to the best Canadian team in this sport hockey
#2024, aired 1993-05-271893 $400: Laos was added to this French Southeast Asian dependency Indochina
#2024, aired 1993-05-271893 $500: This state's governor, John Peter Altgeld, pardoned the 3 surviving Haymarket Riot conspirators Illinois
#2002, aired 1993-04-27POT LUCK $400: In 1893 Southern cook Nancy Green became the 1st woman to act as this pancake promoter Aunt Jemima
#1985, aired 1993-04-02ARTISTS $1000: This Alice in Wonderland illustrator was knighted in 1893 Sir John Tenniel
#1947, aired 1993-02-091893 $100: Kids who turned 1 in 1893 were among the first to hear this song by Patty & Mildred Hill "Happy Birthday"
#1947, aired 1993-02-091893 $200: He built a motion picture studio at his laboratories in West Orange, New Jersey Thomas Edison
#1947, aired 1993-02-091893 $300: In March the Diplomatic Appropriation Act created this rank for our foreign representatives Ambassador
#1947, aired 1993-02-091893 $400: This Dvorak symphony had its premiere in New York City the New World Symphony
#1947, aired 1993-02-091893 $500: William Wrigley, Jr. introduced 2 gum flavors, Wrigley's spearmint & this Juicy Fruit
#1945, aired 1993-02-05THE 19th CENTURY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1893 this labor leader founded the American Railway Union (Eugene) Debs
#1937, aired 1993-01-26FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200: In 1893 Arthur Conan Doyle killed this sleuth, only to bring him back in another story Sherlock Holmes
#1930, aired 1993-01-15CANALS $400: In 67 A.D., Nero began a canal over the Isthmus of Corinth in this country; a successful canal opened in 1893 Greece
#1917, aired 1992-12-29WOMEN $300: Not allowed to go to university in Poland, she attended the Sorbonne & in 1893 graduated top of her class Marie Curie
#1881, aired 1992-11-09THE 1890s $400: The world's first Ferris wheel began cranking in 1893 at the Columbian Exposition in this city Chicago
#1781, aired 1992-05-04WOMEN'S RIGHTS $600: In 1893 this country became the first to give women full voting rights after a vote in Wellington New Zealand
#1744, aired 1992-03-12LITERATURE $400: He continued the story of "Kidnapped" in his 1893 book "Catriona" Robert Louis Stevenson
#1732, aired 1992-02-25COINS $800: The commemorative Columbian Exposition coin of 1892 & 1893 bore an engraving of this ship Santa Maria
#1693, aired 1992-01-01THE 1890s $1000: In 1893, this 79-year-old composer's last opera, "Falstaff", premiered in Milan (Giuseppe) Verdi
#1656, aired 1991-11-11INVENTORS $600: In 1893 this German engineer published "Theory and Design of a Rational Heat Engine" (Rudolf) Diesel
#1639, aired 1991-10-17WORLD TRAVEL $1000: This Chicago museum of natural history was an outgrowth of the 1893 Columbian Exposition the Field Museum
#1632, aired 1991-10-08U.S. HISTORY $400: To honor the 400th anniversary of America's discovery the Columbian Exposition was held in this city in 1893 Chicago
#1597, aired 1991-07-09CHICAGO $800: The city's Natural History Museum was founded by this dept. store owner in 1893 (Marshall) Field
#1553, aired 1991-05-08OPERA $800 (Daily Double): E. Humperdinck's sister Adelheid wrote the libretto for this 1893 opera about a brother & sister Hansel and Gretel
#1537, aired 1991-04-16DIPLOMACY $600: Jefferson held this rank when he represented us in France; the U.S. didn't have ambassadors until 1893 minister
#1520, aired 1991-03-22AMERICANA $800: Though the crime was committed in Fall River, New Bedford, Mass., was the site of her 1893 murder trial Lizzie Borden
#1484, aired 1991-01-31FLAGS $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 stars on this city's flag stand for the 1893 Columbian Exposition & the 1933 World's Fair Chicago
#1466, aired 1991-01-07COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: Congress chartered this city's American Univ. in 1893, but instruction didn't begin until 1914 Washington, D.C.
#11, aired 1990-08-25ARTISTS $500: He moved back to France from Tahiti in 1893 but returned to the South Seas permanently 2 years later Gauguin
#1309, aired 1990-04-19EDUCATION $400: The women who raised $500,000 to open this Baltimore med school in 1893 insisted women be admitted Johns Hopkins
#1235, aired 1990-01-05PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $500: His daughter Esther, born in 1893, was the only president's child born in the White House Grover Cleveland
#1186, aired 1989-10-30BARONS & BARONESSES $400: This hockey trophy was named for the baron who donated it in 1893 the Stanley Cup
#1172, aired 1989-10-10SEWING $100: Used more on clothing now, its 1893 patent described it as "a clasp locker or unlocker for shoes" a zipper
#1072, aired 1989-04-11LITERARY TRIVIA $600: An 1893 Henry James short story, or how Coca-Cola described itself in the 1970s "The Real Thing"
#984, aired 1988-12-08POT LUCK $500: Ride used at the 1893 Chicago Expo & the 1904 St. Louis Fair; legend says it's now buried under a golf course Ferris wheel
#976, aired 1988-11-28WORLD'S FAIRS $800: The 1st ever Ferris wheel was built for this city's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Chicago
#966, aired 1988-11-1419TH CENTURY WOMEN $800: In 1893 this Sunday school teacher was the most notorious woman in Fall River, Massachusetts Lizzie Borden
#935, aired 1988-09-30CARNIVALS $500: Word derived from the name of the main street of the Chicago 1893 Exposition the Midway
#920, aired 1988-09-09FOREIGN-BORN AMERICANS $200: Born Emmanuel Goldenberg in Romania, in 1893, he shot to fame as "Little Caesar" Edward G. Robinson
#859, aired 1988-05-05RUSSIAN COMPOSERS $400 (Daily Double): Composer of following, it's now believed he poisoned himself in 1893 to avoid a sex scandal: Tchaikovsky
#807, aired 1988-02-23KITES $200: Lawrence Hargrave of Australia perfected this "geometric" kite in 1893 a box kite
#804, aired 1988-02-18WEIGHTS & MEASURES $300: Ironically, this system was declared the fundamental standard of measurement in the U.S. in 1893 metric system
#772, aired 1988-01-05U.S. HISTORY $600: In 1893, Sanford B. Dole became president of this area he declared a new U.S. protectorate Hawaii
#706, aired 1987-10-05NEW ZEALAND $100: In 1893, New Zealand became 1st nation to give women this right suffrage (the vote)
#661, aired 1987-06-22PRESIDENTS $200: He was inaugurated in 1885 at age 47, & again in 1893 at age 55 Grover Cleveland
#602, aired 1987-03-31CHICAGO $1,000 (Daily Double): Scandalous highlight of the 1893 Columbian Exposition & title of the following: "She had a ruby on her tummy and / A diamond big as Texas on her toe, whoa whoa / She let her hair down and / She did the hoochie coochie real slow, whoa whoa" "Little Egypt"
#546, aired 1987-01-12TRIVIA $800: This 1893 song by Mildred J. & Patty S. Hill was originally titled "Good Morning To You" "Happy Birthday To You"
#475, aired 1986-10-03HISTORY $200: In 1893, New Zealand became the first country to give women this right the right to vote
#420, aired 1986-04-181890's $200: 1st ever was built by G.W. Gale Ferris for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 a Ferris wheel
#408, aired 1986-04-02OPERA $200: Writing for another 25 years, he never matched success of his 1st opera, 1893's "Hansel & Gretel" Engelbert Humperdinck
#391, aired 1986-03-10BASEBALL $200: Until 1893, this was 50 feet from home plate the pitcher's mound
#315, aired 1985-11-22PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $500: When his wife woke him in 1893, fearing burglars in house, he said, "In the Senate maybe, not the House" Grover Cleveland
#179, aired 1985-05-16FIRST FAMILIES $400: First child born to President or President-elect in office since 1893, he's recently studied in India John Kennedy, Jr. (JFK Jr.)
#72, aired 1984-12-18COLLEGES $200: In 1893, the University of Oregon first opened this type of dormitory co-ed
#12, aired 1984-09-25INVENTIONS $300: 2,160 people at a time could ride on this at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair a Ferris wheel

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#8939, aired 2023-09-28SYMPHONIES: Debuting at Carnegie Hall in 1893, it was written by a European living in New York & partly inspired by "The Song of Hiawatha" the New World Symphony
#8594, aired 2022-03-10FAMOUS TRIALS: On her acquittal in 1893, a reporter cited nearby events 2 centuries earlier, saying the days of witch trials are over Lizzie Borden
#8561, aired 2022-01-24U.S. MUSEUMS: Named for a benefactor, it was established in 1893 to house artifacts from the nearby World's Columbian Exposition the Field Museum
#7682, aired 2018-01-23LITERARY BROTHERS: This character first appeared in "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", an 1893 story in London's Strand Magazine Mycroft Holmes
#7429, aired 2016-12-22LITERARY INSPIRATIONS: Seen here, the White City built for Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition is said to have inspired this author who then lived near it L. Frank Baum
#6940, aired 2014-11-14OPERA CHARACTERS: In an 1893 opera that was its composer's greatest success, Peter & Gertrud are the parents of these 2 characters Hansel & Gretel
#6317, aired 2012-02-21ASIAN BORDERS: In 1893 the British established the Durand line, now the boundary, much in the news since 2001, between these 2 countries Pakistan & Afghanistan
#6234, aired 2011-10-27MOVIES: The villain's visage in this movie series was partly chosen due to its likeness to an 1893 work by a Norwegian artist Scream
#5489, aired 2008-06-19BUSINESS TRADEMARKS: Registered in 1893, this product's trademark is written in the Spencerian script of bookkeeper Frank Robinson Coca-Cola
#5293, aired 2007-09-1919th CENTURY INVENTIONS: One description of it said its "spokes look like cobwebs; they are after the fashion of those on the newest... bicycles" the Ferris Wheel
#4634, aired 2004-10-28HISTORIC AREAS: In 1893, as it was disappearing, F.J. Turner wrote a famous essay on "The Significance of" it "in American History" the Frontier
#4196, aired 2002-11-25POTENT POTABLES: This brand won a top prize at the 1893 Chicago Expo & has carried the award in its name ever since Pabst Blue Ribbon beer
#3840, aired 2001-04-20ENGINEERING: The first one, built in 1893, consisted of 2,200 tons of steel, rose 268 feet & had 36 cars each carrying 60 people Ferris Wheel
#3807, aired 2001-03-06PEOPLE ON POSTAGE: In 1893 this 15th century monarch became the first woman to appear on a U.S. postage stamp Queen Isabella
#1107, aired 1989-05-30COINS: She became the only monarch to appear on a U.S. coin, when a commemorative quarter was issued in 1893 Queen Isabella

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