| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | BOWLING $1000: In 1895 the son-in-law of this "Br"and's founder organized the first American Bowling Congress Brunswick |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $2000: This 1895 graduate of the University of Nebraska was both managing editor of the school paper & literary editor of her yearbook Willa Cather |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | AFRICAN AMERICANA $1600: In 1895 the exploits of a mack daddy in St. Louis by the name of "Lee" Shelton gave birth to this oft-recorded blues song "Stagger Lee" |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | LET'S PLAY SPORTSBALL $1,000 (Daily Double): The guy who invented this sport in 1895 called it mintonette, but the over-the-net exchanges soon got it a new name volleyball |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | MOMENTOUS DATES $800: On Nov. 8, 1895 he discovered what turned out to be X-rays while investigating the effects of electron beams Roentgen |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | PHYSICS & ENERGY $400: This 1895 discovery with medical implications led to the first Nobel Prize for physics the X-ray |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | STATESMEN & WOMEN $2000: In one of his final posts before his death in 1895, this African American served as U.S. minister to Haiti Frederick Douglass |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | NATIONAL HEROES $1600: This national hero was first radicalized during the Ten Years War of 1868-1878 & died in his fight for Cuban independence in 1895 José Martí |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | UNIONS $3,000 (Daily Double): It was a marriage of true minds when this pair wed in France on July 26, 1895; the bride wore a dark blue dress she could use in the lab Pierre & Marie Curie |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | A SIDE OF FABERGÉ EGGS $800: The Blue Serpent Clock Egg of 1895, with the snake's tongue indicating the hour, is owned by this ruler of Monaco Prince Albert II |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | CITY SPEAK $2000: Biennale
(founded 1895) Venice |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $1600: The unexpurgated transcript of the 1895 libel trial involving this author appeared in 2003 & a 2021 bio makes good use of it (Oscar) Wilde |
| #8681, aired 2022-07-11 | TRIAL & ERA $1600: 1895 saw this writer initially suing for libel, but the tables turned & he was soon on the hook for "gross indecency" Oscar Wilde |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IT HAPPENED IN EGYPT $1200: In 1895 Pope Leo XIII divided the Catholics in Egypt that were known by this name into 3 dioceses the Coptics |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE EXILE FILES $1200: José Martí, national hero of this country, probably should have stayed longer in the U.S.; he returned in 1895 & died in battle Cuba |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | MY SINGLE JUST DROPPED $600: 1895 was a big year for this man; he defended his thesis on magnetism & was drawn to wed Marie Sklodowska, also a towering intellect Curie |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | ASHES TO ASHES $1000: "Ashes" is an 1895 work by this Norwegian painter who often dealt with intense emotional themes (Edvard) Munch |
| #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 |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | THINGS IN LITERARY TITLES $4,000 (Daily Double): Not an actual accolade, it's received by the hero of an 1895 war tale after being hit on the head by a deserter the red badge of courage |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | BUSTERS $2000: It's the 2-word alliterative name of the 1895 Frederic Remington sculpture seen here Bronco Buster |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | DEALING 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 |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | ENTERTAINING BROTHERS $2000: Around 1895 these brothers devised an early motion picture camera & projector they called the Cinematographe the Lumière brothers |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | THE WHISKER REBELLION $1600: In 1895, this businessman came up with the idea of disposable razor blades, though he didn't go clean-shaven himself (King) Gillette |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $2000: His first book of poems, "The Black Riders" was published in 1895, the same year as his "Red Badge of Courage" (Stephen) Crane |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | U.S. ISLANDS $600: Since 1895 most of this northern Michigan island has been part of a state park Mackinac |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | THE RHYME FACTOR $400: In 1895 D.D. Palmer was in alignment as the first this type of medical professional a chiropractor |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | SCIENTISTS $400: Anna Röntgen's wedding ring is visible in the first of these taken by her husband Wilhelm in 1895 an X-ray |
| #8257, aired 2020-10-13 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: In 1895 he received the Rumford Prize for his work in electric lighting Edison |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ABBREVIATED ABC $600: In 1895 the ABC or "American" this sport "Congress" was organized in NYC & helped standardize the game's rules bowling |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | THE "LL", "LL" YOU SAY! $400: William G. Morgan invented this sport in 1895 volleyball |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | CHESS TALK $600: An attack that forces a piece to move & expose another piece behind it is called this, after a type of beam discovered in 1895 X-ray |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | SCI-FI TECH $400: In this 1895 novel, the traveler couldn't tell if the test model of his device was sent into the past or future The Time Machine |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | SOME SCIENCE, THEN DEATH $1200: Made a huge leap in the vaccination field (which he helped pioneer) in 1879; had milked life for all it was worth by 1895 Pasteur |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Paris' Museum of Jewish Art & History has the stripes that were unjustly pulled off the uniform of this capt. in 1895 Alfred Dreyfus |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | THE DISASTER ARTISTS $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1895's "What an Unbranded Cow Has Cost", this artist depicts the brutal cattle wars of the west Remington |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | MY TREATY $400: The 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki opened 4 Chinese ports to trade with this country that had defeated China in war Japan |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | 19th CENTURY SPORTS $2000: In 1895 this Rhode Island city's country club held the first US. Open Golf Championships won by Horace Rawlins Newport |
| #7589, aired 2017-09-14 | THEIR FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL $800: "The Time Machine"
(1895) H.G. Wells |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | THE CONDEMNED MAN $800: Later declared innocent, in 1895, this man, unjustly convicted of treason, was shipped off to Devil's Island Dreyfus |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $800: In 1895 Secretary of State Richard Olney said this doctrine allowed us to intervene in intl. disputes in the W. Hemisphere the Monroe Doctrine |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | PLAY SETTINGS $1600: From 1895:
Algernon Moncrieff's flat in Half-Moon Street The Importance of Being Earnest |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | 1895 $400: William G. Morgan invented this team sport that's played indoors by teams of 6 players volleyball |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | 3-WORD BOOK SUMMARY $400: 1895:
Crane.
"Colorful".
War The Red Badge of Courage |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | 1895 $800: In 1895 John Holland got a Navy contract to build the Plunger, an experimental one of these submarine |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | 1895 $1200: This Asheville, North Carolina mansion was nearly finished after 6 years, so the Vanderbilts moved in Biltmore |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | 1895 $1600: Oscar Wilde withdrew his libel case against this nobleman but the publicity led to his own conviction for "gross indecency" the Marquess of Queensbury |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | 1895 $2000: These brothers showed their first movie to a public audience at the Grand Cafe the Lumière brothers |
| #7333, aired 2016-06-29 | LIBRARIES $1200: On Nov. 5, 1895 Mr. C. himself dedicated the Carnegie Library of this city Pittsburgh |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | LITERARY LATIN AMERICA $3,000 (Daily Double): This writer who died fighting for Cuba's independence in 1895 is a national hero of the island José Martí |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | INVENTION & INNOVATION $1200: In 1895 the Westinghouse Company built a hydroelectric power station at this New York site Niagara Falls |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | INVENTION & INNOVATION $1600: Men typically resharpened & reused the same razor blade for life before an invention by this man around 1895 (King) Gillette |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | YOU GET 95 YEARS $1000: 1895:
J'accuse the French army of stripping this man of his rank in a public ceremony Alfred Dreyfus |
| #7217, aired 2016-01-19 | EARLY START $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1895 at age 13 he had his first exhibition in a furniture store on Calle Real in the town of La Coruña Picasso |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $1200: This 1895 H.G. Wells book was subtitled "An Invention" The Time Machine |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | THE "NBA" $2000: A saying popularized in 1895 is "Politics ain't" this object that kids toss around a beanbag |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | LIT BLITZ $1600: In 1895 this author of Polish descent took us to the exotic port of Sambir with his first novel, "Almayer's Folly" Joseph Conrad |
| #7075, aired 2015-05-22 | GREEN BOOKS $2000: Frank Chapman's 1895 "Handbook of" these critters "of Eastern North America" is a must-have for any naturalist birds |
| #6985, aired 2015-01-16 | SUPER BOWLERS $2000: It's easy as 1-2-3: this ABC was organized September 9, 1895 in New York City the American Bowling Congress |
| #6963, aired 2014-12-17 | LET'S TAIWAN ON $800: From 1895 to 1945 Taiwan was under this country's control Japan |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME $1000: In 1895 baseball adopted this rule by which a batter can be called out for popping up with runners on first & second the infield fly rule |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1895 he began sending & receiving wireless signals as far as 1.5 miles at his father's home near Bologna, Italy Marconi |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT $1000: In May 1895 this author was sentenced to 2 years at hard labor, mostly served at Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde |
| #6866, aired 2014-06-23 | MEDICINE $400: The first society of chiropody was founded in 1895; today, the medical specialty is better known by this term podiatry |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | WE "R" THE WORLD $1600: In 1895 Oscar Wilde went to gaol in this town Reading |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | ABBREVIATED ABC $1200: To standardize the rules, the ABC or American Congress of this popular participation sport was founded in 1895 bowling |
| #6810, aired 2014-04-04 | THE AGE OF THE ROBBER BARONS $1600: 5 years after this act was passed, the Supreme Court gutted it in 1895's United States v. E.C. Knight the Sherman Antitrust Act |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | THE PRESIDENT'S ALMA MATER $800: Herbert Hoover was in the class of 1895, this California school's first Stanford |
| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE $400: What, were you raised by wolves? Actually, yes, this Indian boy was, in 1895's "The Jungle Book" Mowgli |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | MAGAZINES $400: The Horseless Age, first published in 1895, was the first American magazine devoted to this subject cars |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | CIVIL WAR LITERATURE $800: This 1895 classic follows the story of a young man from naive patriotism to fear to bravery The Red Badge Of Courage |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | ONE MAN, ONE BOAT $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Panama Canal hadn't been built in 1895, so Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail solo around the world, took the long way, passing through this strait on his three-year voyage the Strait of Magellan |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | IN CASE YOU'RE THIRSTY $800: Created in Atlanta, this soft drink was being sold in every state & territory of the U.S. by 1895 Coca-Cola |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | BOOK LEARNIN' $1600: A Civil War soldier struggles to regain his nerve to fight in this 1895 novel The Red Badge of Courage |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | SCIENTIFIC SOUTH AMERICAN $800: Pedro Paulet's Peruvian promoters claim he built a liquid-fueled one of these in 1895 a rocket |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | MEDICINE MEN $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1895 he began replacing hypnosis as a form of therapy with free association Sigmund Freud |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | RED BOOK $3,000 (Daily Double): In "The Veteran", a sequel to this 1895 novel, Henry Fleming tells us Chancellorsville was where he was wounded The Red Badge of Courage |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $600: In 1895 this black educator delivered the Atlanta Compromise speech about improving the lot of African Americans (Booker T.) Washington |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: From 1892 to 1895 this Czech served as Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City Dvorák |
| #6233, aired 2011-10-26 | A LITTLE LEGALESE $400: This type of clause that sounds elderly was born in 1895, when Southern states used it to deny black suffrage a grandfather clause |
| #6203, aired 2011-07-27 | THEIR DEBUT NOVELS $400: 1895:
"The Time Machine" H.G. Wells |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | LETTERMAN $2000: In 1895 he became the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard W.E.B. DuBois |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | THE KING'S SPEECH $1600: In 1895 this czar said that calls for democratic reform by the zemstvos, or rural councils, were merely a "senseless dream" Nicholas II |
| #6149, aired 2011-05-12 | COLORFUL 19th CENTURY LIT $400: This 1895 Stephen Crane work has been called the first modern war novel The Red Badge of Courage |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | ON BENDED KNEE $600: Fellow scientist Marie attended his 1895 thesis presentation on magnetism; a proposal soon followed (Pierre) Curie |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | THE DIRECTOR $400: Born in this city in 1895, J. Edgar Hoover graduated from its National University law school in 1917 Washington |
| #6048, aired 2010-12-22 | LIFE IS SHORT $400: Being only 4'11'' tall didn't stop this artist from painting posters like 1895's "La Revue Blanche" Toulouse-Lautrec |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | IT HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 5 $400: 1895:
George Selden receives the first U.S. patent for one of these conveyances a car |
| #5922, aired 2010-05-18 | "EU" VEY! $800: Josef Breuer wrote an 1895 book on hysteria with this fellow Austrian Sigmund Freud |
| #5922, aired 2010-05-18 | ALL ROADS LEAD TO CECIL RHODES $1600: A gold coin bears the name of this South African president whom Rhodes & others tried to overthrow in 1895 (Paul) Kruger |
| #5915, aired 2010-05-07 | HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? $1200: An 1895 textbook calls this one-celled creature the lowest form of animal life an amoeba |
| #5904, aired 2010-04-22 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $3,600 (Daily Double): Ironically, Henry Fleming gets this title reward in an 1895 novel after being struck by a comrade during a retreat the Red Badge of Courage |
| #5794, aired 2009-11-19 | UN-OUTSOURCEABLE $5,100 (Daily Double): This type of healer who adjusts & aligns you based on a system developed in 1895 a chiropractor |
| #5726, aired 2009-06-29 | 12-LETTER WORDS $200: Leavenworth, established in 1895, is a federal one penitentiary |
| #5716, aired 2009-06-15 | A NEW LINE OF BARBIES? $800: Barbie's off to Paris to attend a famous culinary arts school, founded in 1895, the next top chef, it's... Cordon Bleu Barbie |
| #5682, aired 2009-04-28 | FISH TALES $1000: Mark Kurlansky's book about this food fish says in 1895 a 211-lb. one was caught off the coast of Massachusetts cod |
| #5636, aired 2009-02-23 | SCULPTURE $800: An Ogdensburg, New York museum devoted to this sculptor includes his 1895 work "The Bronco Buster" Remington |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | ANNA-GRAMS $800: Born in 1895, she followed her father into the psychology biz Anna Freud |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT $400: Initially yours: in 1895 his syndicate bought all of a $62 million bond issue, ending a gold shortage in the U.S. treasury J.P. Morgan |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $3,400 (Daily Double): H.G. Wells subtitled this 1895 classic "An Invention" The Time Machine |
| #5471, aired 2008-05-26 | ART-PODGE $1000: Painted in 1895, "Northeaster" is a well-known seascape by this American artist (Winslow) Homer |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | TENORS $2000: Jean de Reszke made the ladies swoon when he premiered as this Wagnerian lover in 1895 Tristan |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1,000 (Daily Double): From 1892 to 1895 he headed NYC's National Conservatory of Music; he returned to Bohemia due to homesickness (Antonin) Dvorák |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | 19th CENTURY MEDICINE $1000: This German's discovery of x-rays in 1895 had visible effects in diagnosing medical problems Roentgen |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | BE A SPORT $2000: In 1895 at a YMCA, this indoor sport was developed for businessmen who found basketball too vigorous volleyball |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | THEIR FIRST NOVELS $400: "The Time Machine"
(1895) H.G. Wells |
| #5269, aired 2007-07-05 | "Z" FOR YOURSELF $1000: This monarch was born October 8, 1895 in Burgayeti, Albania King Zog |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | SO MAY I INTRODUCE TO YOU $2,400 (Daily Double): The rollout of air-filled tires for automobiles was by this French company in 1895 Michelin |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | HELLO, MALI! $1,000 (Daily Double): This European power ruled Mali from 1895 to 1959, when Mali united with Senegal; independence came in 1960 France |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | DESTINATION: MARS $800: In 1895 astronomer Percival Lowell argued that the straight lines on Mars' surface were these canals |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | TRY, TRY AGAIN $600: In 1895 an English jury reached no verdict on this playwright's morals; he was retried just 3 weeks later Oscar Wilde |
| #5162, aired 2007-02-06 | 19th CENTURY AMERICAN LIT $1600: Text that was deleted by the original publisher in 1895 was restored to this Stephen Crane novel in 1982 The Red Badge of Courage |
| #5157, aired 2007-01-30 | ENGLISHMEN $800: Thomas Huxley, who coined this term for a person who's not sure if God exists, died in 1895; now he may know for sure an agnostic |
| #5022, aired 2006-06-13 | TAIPEI PERSONALITY $200: Following China's defeat in an 1895 war, Taiwan was ceded to this nation that redesigned Taipei as a modern city Japan |
| #5004, aired 2006-05-18 | MACHINERY $800: In 1895 Dr. Shields invented one of these machines that simulated the action of a calf a milker |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | AMAZING STORIES $1600: "The Chronic Argonauts" was a precursor to this 1895 H.G. Wells novel The Time Machine |
| #4984, aired 2006-04-20 | HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE $1000: In 1895 this crusader married Robert Seaman, but after he died she had to return to reporting to make money Nellie Bly |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | I AM A CAMERA $800: In 1895 these French brothers invented the cinematographe, which combined a movie camera & a projector the Lumière Brothers |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | INVENTORS $800: By early 1895, at his estate near Bologna, he could ring a bell a few yards away via radio waves Marconi |
| #4901, aired 2005-12-26 | ROYALTY $400: In 1895 this queen was imprisoned in Hawaii's Iolani Palace, where she once ruled Lili'uokalani |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING $1200: Checked in with "Cello Concerto in B Minor" in 1895, Czech-ed out in Prague on May 1, 1904 Dvorak |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | HISTORIC "D" TOUR $1200: In 1895 French army captain Alfred Dreyfus was sent there Devil's Island |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | BLACK & WHITE CINEMA $1000: Family name of the creators of the 1895 treasure seen here Lumière |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | HOWDY, PARTNER! $600: Born in 1895, this lyricist partnered with composers Friml, Romberg, Kern & Rodgers Hammerstein |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | C'MON, YOU HAD TO EXPECT NEBRASKA $600: Officially "The Tree Planters' State" in 1895, in 1945 it became this "State" to honor the U. of Nebraska athletic teams the Cornhusker State |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | YOU GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY $200: Born in 1895, this director of a Justice Department bureau served under 8 presidents J. Edgar Hoover |
| #4747, aired 2005-04-05 | SWEET VIRGINIA $800: This author of "To the Lighthouse" became manic depressive after her mother's death in 1895 Virginia Woolf |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | WHAT A CHARACTER! $800: The main character in this 1895 novel is known simply as the time traveler The Time Machine |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | WE "EARN" IT $1600: This play satirizing the shallowness of British society was first produced in 1895 The Importance of Being Earnest |
| #4627, aired 2004-10-19 | LITERATURE $600: His first "Jungle Book" was so popular that he published his "Second Jungle Book" in 1895 Rudyard Kipling |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | JULY $800: Born alone July 12, 1895, he later partnered with Jerome Kern & Richard Rogers Hammerstein |
| #4570, aired 2004-06-18 | THROW THE "BOOK" AT 'EM! $800: In an 1895 speech he accepted some segregation in his "Atlanta Compromise" Booker T. Washington |
| #4569, aired 2004-06-17 | FLEX YOUR "AB"S $400: Half of a legendary comedy duo, he was born in New Jersey in 1895 Bud Abbott |
| #4520, aired 2004-04-09 | KIDS $1200: In 1895 this Northeastern city's library in Copley Square opened the first U.S. library area just for children Boston |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | SCREEN PLAYS $1600: "An Ideal Husband" was adapted from an 1895 comedy by this "Earnest" author, definitely not ideal husband material Oscar Wilde |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | ALL MY LIFE $2000: Born in 1820, found the manifesto of his dreams in 1848, put up das kapital for a Marx work, died 1895 Engels |
| #4510, aired 2004-03-26 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE $800: Born in 1895, this movie choreographer would drill through floors to film his arrays of girls Busby Berkeley |
| #4503, aired 2004-03-17 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $800: Stephen Crane gathered material for this 1895 novel by reading "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" The Red Badge of Courage |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | SIMPLE SCIENCE $400: When William Ramsay told of the discovery of this gas on Earth in 1895, we wonder if he used a squeaky voice helium |
| #4492, aired 2004-03-02 | NATIVE AMERICAN ART $2000: The style seen here developed in Oregon has been called this, after a medical device discovered in 1895 X-ray art |
| #4481, aired 2004-02-16 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $400: This 1895 work by Stephen Crane is told from the viewpoint of young soldier Henry Fleming "The Red Badge of Courage" |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | LIBRARIES $1000: Andrew himself dedicated this city's Carnegie Library in 1895 Pittsburgh |
| #4320, aired 2003-05-16 | WISCONSIN PLACES $4,000 (Daily Double): The overalls seen here were made by a company that was founded in this city in 1895 Oshkosh |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | BRITISH LIT $800: The traveller in this 1895 tale finds himself in the year A.D. 802,701 The Time Machine |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $400: His psychoanalytic method of free association & his daughter Anna first saw the light in 1895 Sigmund Freud |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | TAKE MY WIFE, PLEASE $1,000 (Daily Double): Marie Sklodowska
(1895-1906) Pierre Curie |
| #4128, aired 2002-07-10 | AT $1200: The ultimate place to learn cooking is at the school founded in Paris in 1895 the Cordon Bleu |
| #4097, aired 2002-05-28 | 19th CENTURY LIT $600: He gave us "The Jungle Book" in 1894 & "The Second Jungle Book" in 1895 Kipling |
| #4091, aired 2002-05-20 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS $400: Painted in 1895, "Northeaster" is a well known seascape by this American artist Winslow Homer |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | MADE IN TAIWAN $600: Following a war with China, this country gained control of Taiwan in 1895 Japan |
| #4033, aired 2002-02-27 | MODEL RAILROADING $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands by a model train set.) In 1895, the Baltimore & Ohio
pioneered this type of power, also used in model railroading electric |
| #4022, aired 2002-02-12 | AMERICAN LIT $1600: By the end of this 1895 novel, Henry Flemming "had rid himself of the red sickness of battle" The Red Badge of Courage |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | DURING THE '90s $600: You should remember this island's war of independence was fought 1895 to 1898 Cuba |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | THING $2000: In 1895 the Argonaut Jr., one of these, traveled the sea floor on wheels submarine |
| #4000, aired 2002-01-11 | EXPLORERS' LATER YEARS $1600: This journalist & African explorer returned to his native Britain & served in Parliament from 1895 to 1900 Stanley |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | ORIGINAL TITLES $1000: H.G. Wells, 1895: "The Chronic Argonauts" The Time Machine |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $2000: This count was granted a patent in 1895 for his new method of rigid-airship construction Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | ENGLISH LIT $700 (Daily Double): H.G. Wells subtitled this 1895 classic "An Invention" The Time Machine |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESS LEADERS $300: In 1895 he introduced the first camera that would fit into a pocket George Eastman |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | POETIC LICENSE PLATES $1000: 1895-1985 UK
ROB TOMBS Robert Graves |
| #3804, aired 2001-03-01 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: In 1895 Brooklyn ground to a halt when workers on these electric vehicles went on strike trolleys |
| #3776, aired 2001-01-22 | FAMOUS ARTS $800 (Daily Double): Born in 1895, he made the diagram seen here part of American culture
(dance steps) Arthur Murray |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $500: 1895:
Jude Fawley Jude the Obscure |
| #3747, aired 2000-12-12 | SHORT SCIENCE BIOS $200: Born Paris 1859, found piezoelectricity 1880, married Marie 1895, radiated success, died 1906 Pierre Curie |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | NAME THE ARTIST $800 (Daily Double): 1895:
"Au Salon de la Rue des Moulins" Toulouse-Lautrec |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | LIFE OF A SALESMAN $1000: His name means "coal miner", but he was a book salesman who started a weekly magazine in 1895 Peter Fenelon Collier |
| #3651, aired 2000-06-19 | POPES NAMED LEO $400: In an 1895 letter Leo XIII wrote against this country's separation of church & state USA |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | LIBRARIES $600: This library was founded in 1895 by a trust fund from Samuel J. Tilden & the consolidation of the Astor & Lenox Libraries New York Public Library |
| #3585, aired 2000-03-17 | COLORFUL LITERATURE $100: Many are ready to demonstrate their bravery at the start of this 1895 Stephen Crane novel The Red Badge of Courage |
| #3574, aired 2000-03-02 | 1890s SCIENCE $300: He was just trying to make things glow in the dark when he discovered X-rays in 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen |
| #3574, aired 2000-03-02 | 1890s SCIENCE $400: In 1895 Aleksandr Popov & this Italian separately came up with the antenna to improve radio reception Guglielmo Marconi |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | HOWDY, "BUSTER" $500: This 1895 sculpture was the first of 25 Western art bronzes by Frederic Remington Bronco Buster |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | EARLY BRITISH CINEMA $400: Of 1885, 1895 or 1905, the year Birt Acres launched the British film industry with his "Kinetic Lantern" 1895 |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | IT'S A WEIRD WORLD $400: While president of the Royal Society in 1895, this lord remarked "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible" Lord Kelvin |
| #3377, aired 1999-04-20 | I AM CURIOUS "YELLOW" $1000: Drawn by R.F. Outcault, this hero of the first true newspaper comic strip debuted on May 5, 1895 The Yellow Kid |
| #3323, aired 1999-02-03 | ART & ARTISTS $800: In 1895 this impressionist finished his famous series of paintings of Rouen Cathedral Claude Monet |
| #3300, aired 1999-01-01 | JANUARY 1 $200: It's no secret that this longtime FBI head was born Jan. 1, 1895 J. Edgar Hoover |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | AT HOME IN EUROPE $600: In 1895 these newlyweds moved into a home on Rue de la Glaciere in Paris, & radiated happiness Pierre & Marie Curie |
| #3278, aired 1998-12-02 | U.S. FIRSTS $300: In 1895 C.B. Macdonald won the first official U.S. Amateur Championship of this sport Golf |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | MEDICAL HISTORY $300: In 1895 this scientist could see right through his wife; he took X-rays of her hand Wilhelm Roentgen |
| #3045, aired 1997-11-21 | WASHINGTONIANS $600: He was born in Washington on Jan. 1, 1895 & became the FBI's director at 29 J. Edgar Hoover |
| #2994, aired 1997-09-11 | FAMOUS FREDS $200: "Bronco Buster" in 1895 was his first bronze Frederic Remington |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | INVENTORS $1000: In 1895 they invented the cinematographe, which combined a movie camera with a printer & a projector The Lumiere Brothers |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $600: D.D. Palmer, the inventor of this therapy, performed his first adjustment in 1895 Chiropractic |
| #2872, aired 1997-02-11 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: Union soldier Henry Fleming is the hero of this 1895 Civil War novel "The Red Badge of Courage" |
| #2821, aired 1996-12-02 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1000: From 1895 to 1897 he served as president of the New York City police board Teddy Roosevelt |
| #2801, aired 1996-11-04 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $1000: In 1895 Louis Lumiere adapted the presser foot of a sewing machine to this type of camera movie/motion picture camera |
| #2763, aired 1996-09-11 | TRANSPORTATION $200: In 1895 this railroad, the B&O, became the first to provide electric service on a main line the Baltimore & Ohio |
| #2745, aired 1996-07-05 | 19th CENTURY CINEMA $1000: Last name of the French brothers who made their 1st film in 1895; it showed workers leaving their factory Lumière |
| #2708, aired 1996-05-15 | RAIDS $200: In 1895 Sir Leander Starr Jameson led a raid into the Transvaal region of this present country South Africa |
| #2681, aired 1996-04-08 | CONTEMPORARIES $400: Diamond Jim Brady didn't have a country named for him, but in 1895 this diamond magnate did Cecil Rhodes |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | LITERATURE $400: This 1895 story set in the future was H.G. Wells' first novel "The Time Machine" |
| #2640, aired 1996-02-09 | VALENTINE'S DAY $600: His "The Importance of Being Earnest" premiered in London on Valentine's Day 1895 Oscar Wilde |
| #2632, aired 1996-01-30 | ART $1000: "Northeaster", an 1895 painting by this American artist, depicts the ocean striking the Maine shore Winslow Homer |
| #2617, aired 1996-01-09 | THE SUPREME COURT $1000: The court struck down this type of tax in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. in 1895 the income tax |
| #2608, aired 1995-12-27 | THE SUPREME COURT $600: The court limited the reach of this antitrust act in 1895's U.S. v. E.C. Knight Co. the Sherman Antitrust Act |
| #2583, aired 1995-11-22 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: In February of 1895 the U.S. reserves of this were down to a dangerously low $41 million dollars Gold |
| #2523, aired 1995-07-19 | ISLANDS $1000: In 1895 Alfred Dreyfus was sent here Devil's Island |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | AUTHORS $600: As a teenager in 1895, poet Edgar Guest was an office boy at this Detroit newspaper The Detroit Free Press |
| #2516, aired 1995-07-10 | FICTIONAL SENIORS $400: A baker named Drusila Fawley is Jude's great-aunt in this 1895 Thomas Hardy novel Jude the Obscure |
| #2510, aired 1995-06-30 | INVENTORS $4,000 (Daily Double): On December 22, 1895, he took an X-ray of his wife's hand (Wilhelm) Roentgen |
| #2487, aired 1995-05-30 | ROYAL RELATIVES $200: Grand Duchess Olga, born in 1895, was the eldest child of this czar & czarina Nicholas & Alexandra |
| #2485, aired 1995-05-26 | LIBRARIES $500 (Daily Double): This public library was founded in 1895 by consolidating the Astor & Lenox Libraries & the Tilden Trust the New York Public Library |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | J LETTER MEN $200: This agency director was born in Washington, D.C. January 1, 1895 & died there May 2, 1972 (J. Edgar) Hoover |
| #2479, aired 1995-05-18 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1,500 (Daily Double): Henry Fleming, hero of a classic 1895 novel, is a grandfather in this author's 1896 story "The Veteran" (Stephen) Crane |
| #2448, aired 1995-04-05 | HISTORY $800: Jose Marti, a leader in this country's fight for independence, died in the Battle of Dos Rios in 1895 Cuba |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | BALLET $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1895 Pierina Legnani became the 1st ballerina to play Odette & Odile as a dual role in this ballet Swan Lake |
| #2444, aired 1995-03-30 | GENERAL SCIENCE $600: Wilhelm Roentgen announced the discovery of these rays in "Eine neue Art von Strahlen" in 1895 X-rays |
| #2411, aired 1995-02-13 | THE CLASS TRIP TO WASHINGTON $500: From 1877-1895 this ex-slave & orator lived in a house that's now a popular tourist attractions Frederick Douglass |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | THE 50 STATES $300: Adopted in 1895, the constitution of this state prohibits polygamy Utah |
| #2404, aired 1995-02-02 | LIBRARIES $400: Pittsburgh's main public library, it was founded in 1895 & named for a steel manufacturer Carnegie |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | OLD, OLD SONGS $600: In an 1895 Charles B. Ward song he "would waltz with a strawberry blonde, and the band played on" Casey |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | AWARDS $600: In 1895, Louis Pasteur received this country's Leeuvenhoek Medal for microscope research The Netherlands/Holland |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | PHILADELPHIA $400: Built in 1895, the original Quadrangle of this university was based on Oxford & Cambridge the University of Pennsylvania |
| #2336, aired 1994-10-31 | WILLS & BEQUESTS $200: This German socialist who died in 1895 willed most of his property to Karl Marx' children Engels |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | 1895 $100: He followed the success of "The Red Badge of Courage" with "The Black Riders and Other Lines" Stephen Crane |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | 1895 $200: In 1895 this country ceded Taiwan to Japan China |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | 1895 $300: U.S. Sec'y of State Richard Olney invoked this doctrine against Britain in a border dispute with Venezuela the Monroe Doctrine |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | 1895 $400: Sir William Ramsay isolated this light gas, atomic number 2, from the mineral cleveite helium |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | 1895 $500: In Jan. Carsten Borchgrevink was a member of the first party to set foot on this continent's main part Antarctica |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $100: In 1895 King Gillette invented the safety type of this with disposable blades a razor |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $800 (Daily Double): The Kiel Canal opened in 1895, connecting this sea to the Baltic Sea The North Sea |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | THEME PARKS $300: At Six Flags Astroworld in this city, nostalgia lovers can ride a carousel dating from 1895 Houston |
| #2262, aired 1994-06-07 | 20-SOMETHING $100: He sent his first radio signals in 1895, when he was 21 Marconi |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1890s $800: In 1895 England almost went to war over Venezuela's border with this British possession British Guiana |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: Richard Olney is famous for an 1895 corollary to this 1823 doctrine the Monroe Doctrine |
| #2188, aired 1994-02-23 | FAMOUS FALLS $200: In 1895 a large power plant opened on these falls northwest of Buffalo Niagara Falls |
| #2117, aired 1993-11-16 | LIBRARIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Founded in 1895, the Carnegie Library is this city's main public library Pittsburgh |
| #2091, aired 1993-10-11 | CHINESE HISTORY $400: In the 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki, China ceded Taiwan to this country that held it until 1945 Japan |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $300: The first professional game in this sport was played in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in August 1895 football |
| #2043, aired 1993-06-23 | WORLD HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): This king of England was born at Sandringham in 1895 & died there in 1952 George VI |
| #1967, aired 1993-03-09 | JANUARY $400: This British ex-prime minister died January 24, 1965; his father, Randolph, had died January 24, 1895 Winston Churchill |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | RAILROADS $200: Known as the B&O, it began the world's first electric main-line service in 1895 the Baltimore & Ohio |
| #1945, aired 1993-02-05 | THE 19th CENTURY $1000: On Jan. 5, 1895, in front of French troops, he was stripped of his buttons & badges & had his sword broken Alfred Dreyfus |
| #1855, aired 1992-10-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $600: He married scientist Marie, formerly Manya Sklodowska in 1895 & shared the Nobel Prize with her in 1903 Pierre Curie |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | LIBRARIES $300: The libraries of John Jacob Astor & James Lennox became part of this city's public library in 1895 New York |
| #1827, aired 1992-07-07 | ART $100: Over 300 castings have been made of his 1895 "Bronco Buster" Remington |
| #1791, aired 1992-05-18 | TREATIES $500: The 1895 treaty of Shimonoseki between China & Japan gave independence to this peninsular country Korea |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | WOMEN'S RIGHTS $800: Elizabeth Cady Stanton rewrote this holy book to lose its male bias, publishing parts in 1895 & 1898 The Bible |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | NEWSPAPERS $1000: He bought the New York Morning Journal in 1895 with money his mother gave him (William Randolph) Hearst |
| #1729, aired 1992-02-20 | SCIENCE FICTION $300: 1979's "Morlock Night" by K.W. Jeter is a sequel to this author's 1895 work "The Time Machine" H.G. Wells |
| #1729, aired 1992-02-20 | THE RAILROAD $400: In 1895 the train running through the 7-mile-long Baltimore tunnel ran on this, not steam electricity |
| #1700, aired 1992-01-10 | BROTHERS $100: Last name of brothers John & Will who introduced the first flaked cereal in 1895 Kellogg |
| #1692, aired 1991-12-31 | WORLD FACTS $800: X-rays were discovered in this country in 1895 Germany |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | AUTHORS $600: Varina Davis, daughter of this famous man, wrote the 1895 novel "The Veiled Doctor" Jefferson Davis |
| #1641, aired 1991-10-21 | LITERATURE $600: In 1895 he published "The Black Riders", a book of poems, & the novel "The Red Badge of Courage" Stephen Crane |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | OSCAR WILDE $400: It's where Wilde was forced to spend the years between 1895-97 prison |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | BUSINESS LEADERS $200: In ill health, Alvah Roebuck sold out to this partner for $25,000 in 1895 Sears |
| #1563, aired 1991-05-22 | TECHNOLOGY $500: The vitascope patented by Thomas Armat in 1895 was an early one of these motion picture projector |
| #1549, aired 1991-05-02 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $400: In 1895, Daniel Palmer became the first of these doctors who believe disease results
from a misaligned spine chiropractor |
| #1536, aired 1991-04-15 | HISTORY $200: Unjustly condemned for treason, Alfred Dreyfus was sent to this penal colony in 1895 Devil's Island |
| #1536, aired 1991-04-15 | LIBRARIES $200: The Astor & Lenox Libraries formed the basis for this city's public library in 1895 New York Public Library |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | SPORTS $100: From 1895 to 1908 this Triple Crown race was run in Brooklyn, then it returned to Pimlico the Preakness |
| #1404, aired 1990-10-11 | GOLF $400: The New Course at the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of this city opened in 1895 St. Andrews |
| #1387, aired 1990-09-18 | HISTORY $400: In 1895 the area run by the British South Africa Company was named this, after a British statesman Rhodesia |
| #1362, aired 1990-07-03 | THE SUN & THE MOON $1,500 (Daily Double): This element was discovered on the Sun before it was found in 1895 on Earth helium |
| #2, aired 1990-06-23 | COOKING $600: This school was founded in 1895 to teach cooking to wealthy young Frenchwomen Le Cordon Bleu |
| #1315, aired 1990-04-27 | PLAY SETTINGS $200: William Gillette's 1895 spy drama "Secret Service" is set in Richmond at the end of this war the Civil War |
| #1289, aired 1990-03-22 | AFRICAN HISTORY $200: In 1895 this British diamond king had a colony named for himself Sir Cecil Rhodes (Rhodesia) |
| #1201, aired 1989-11-20 | NEW YEAR'S BABIES $600: His file would tell you he was born in Washington, D.C., January 1, 1895, and served under eight presidents J. Edgar Hoover |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | NOVELS $400: An 1895 novel by Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz, or Latin for “where are you going” Quo Vadis |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $100: In 1895 Henry Irving became the first British actor to receive this honor he was knighted |
| #1124, aired 1989-06-22 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This poem by Katherine Lee Bates was 1st published on July 4, 1895; the music came later "America the Beautiful" |
| #1070, aired 1989-04-07 | SCIENCE $500: In 1895 J.J. Thomson discovered this small particle of the atom the electron |
| #1066, aired 1989-04-03 | HYPNOTISM $200: By 1895 he stopped using hypnosis for treating hysteria in favor of a new technique, free association Sigmund Freud |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: From 1895-1958 this country administered a federation of 8 territories in West Africa France |
| #1007, aired 1989-01-10 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Wars between Italy & this African country broke out in 1887, 1895 & 1935 Ethiopia |
| #1006, aired 1989-01-09 | GAMBLING $200: In 1895 Charles Fey of San Francisco invented this machine that has a lot of pull in Vegas a slot machine |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): This 1895 novel, subtitled "An Episode of the American Civil War", was written by a 22-year-old The Red Badge of Courage |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $800: In 1895, Pres. Cleveland asked U.S. citizens not to give aid to this island's rebels fighting against Spain Cuba |
| #865, aired 1988-05-13 | THE 19th CENTURY $400 (Daily Double): In an 1895 treaty, China was forced to recognize Korea & cede Formosa to this emerging power Japan |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | U.S. CITIES $200: This city north of Phoenix was founded in 1895 by a man named Winfield Scott Scottsdale |
| #810, aired 1988-02-26 | SCIENCE $600: From Greek for "amber", these subatomic particles were discovered in cathode rays in 1895 electrons |
| #780, aired 1988-01-15 | KINGS & QUEENS $100: In 1895, Liliuokalani was charged with treason & forced to abdicate throne of this island group Hawaii |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE 1890s $600: In 1895, this still-published magazine for hunters & fishermen began publication Field & Stream |
| #633, aired 1987-05-13 | CORPORATE AMERICA $1000: In 1895, he led bankers who lent U.S. Treasury $31 million so it didn't need to stop currency redemption (J.P.) Morgan |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | LITERATURE $200: He published "The Jungle Book" in 1894, & its sequel, "The 2nd Jungle Book", in 1895 Rudyard Kipling |
| #556, aired 1987-01-26 | THE DEVIL $600: In 1895, Alfred Dreyfus became the 1st prisoner ever sent there Devil's Island |
| #484, aired 1986-10-16 | SCIENTISTS $800: In 1895, Marie Sklodowska married this French chemist Pierre Curie |
| #469, aired 1986-09-25 | GOLF $400: Of golf's 4 majors, this one started in 1895 is the oldest played in the U.S. the U.S. Open |
| #384, aired 1986-02-27 | SPORTS $500: The 1st recognized race of this kind was run from Paris to Bordeaux in 1895 an auto race |
| #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 |
| #313, aired 1985-11-20 | LITERARY TRIVIA $400: In 1895, this 67-year-old count learned to ride the bicycle he received from Moscow admirers Tolstoy |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | MEDICINE $1000: In 1895, Iowa merchant Daniel Palmer founded form of this phys. therapy which means "hand effective" chiropractics |
| #30, aired 1984-10-19 | "TIME"S $600: In the film "Time After Time", H.G. Wells himself uses this device from his 1895 novel the time machine |
