Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (250 results returned)

#9002, aired 2023-12-26FORKS, KNIVES, SPOONS $600: This iconic product from the Victorinox Company was created by Cutler Karl Elsener in 1897 the Swiss army knife
#8857, aired 2023-04-25WRITERS: BORN & DIED $800: From a southern family, his "Fable" began in 1897 & ended in 1962, both in Mississippi Faulkner
#8788, aired 2023-01-18THE 1890s $800: In 1897 this author was released from Reading Gaol & went into exile in France Wilde
#8785, aired 2023-01-13A SIDE OF FABERGÉ EGGS $400: 1897's Coronation Egg, with gold, diamonds, an emerald & a replica of a travel carriage, was a gift from Nicholas II to this woman Alexandra
#8699, aired 2022-09-15A LITTLE HISTORY $800: In 1897 Boston opened the first of these in America, running from Park Street to Boylston Street a subway
#8662, aired 2022-06-14WELL, IT'S 5 FOR THE MONEY $600: In 1897 Russia went to a gold standard in switching this monetary unit from silver to gold the ruble
#8662, aired 2022-06-14ISLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES $1200: In 1897 this guy experimented & sent a radio transmission from the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England Marconi
#8618, aired 2022-04-13BOOK 'EM $200: In 1897 this Bram Stoker horror novel was vastly outsold by another in the genre, "The Beetle", about a shape-shifting monster Dracula
#8604, aired 2022-03-24FEUD ORIGINS $2000: When critic Jean Lorrain tried to out him, this novelist & creator of the Baron de Charlus fought an 1897 duel with Lorrain Marcel Proust
#8583, aired 2022-02-23NOTABLE PEOPLE $400: Describing one of her diamond jubilee celebrations in 1897, she said, "No one ever, I believe, has met with such an ovation" Queen Victoria
#13, aired 2022-02-17FANG SHUI $400: This count in an 1897 tale had a "grim sort of smile, which showed more than he had yet done his protuberant teeth" Dracula
#8525, aired 2021-12-03EPONYMS $800: In 1897 this diva complained of thick bread, so the chef came back with thin, crisp slices of toast now named for her (Nellie) Melba
#8466, aired 2021-09-13SOMEBODY WROTE THAT $1000: Newspaper editor Francis Pharcellus Church wrote the 1897 reply to young Virginia O'Hanlon that's known by these 7 words Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
#8441, aired 2021-07-12THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN BRIEF $800: The last name of this 1897 to 1898 secretary is on a landmark antitrust act Sherman
#8352, aired 2021-03-09CARTELS $1000: Named for a senator, this law was invoked to bust railroad cartels in Supreme Court decisions of 1897 & 1898 Sherman
#8324, aired 2021-01-28THE COMICS $2000: Debuting in 1897 & still running in 2020, this strip revolving around "Kids" Hans und Fritz is the oldest in syndication The Katzenjammer Kids
#8201, aired 2020-04-13WHAT A CHARACTER $800: Jonathan & Mina Harker are characters in this classic novel from 1897 Dracula
#8169, aired 2020-02-27ANNUAL EVENTS $600: First held in 1897, it's now run on Patriots' Day in April each year the Boston Marathon
#8094, aired 2019-11-14A WRITER'S LIFE FOR ME $3,000 (Daily Double): Echoing the title character of a book by his great uncle, he assumed the surname Melmoth after leaving prison in 1897 Oscar Wilde
#8067, aired 2019-10-081890s LITERATURE $800: Edmond Rostand set this 1897 play about the pursuit of the lovely Roxane in 17th century Paris Cyrano de Bergerac
#8057, aired 2019-09-24THAT'S OLD NEWS $1600: The St. Paul Backbone, Jan. 1897: this "party is alive and well. It was not born to die till the last saloon dies" Prohibition
#8050, aired 2019-09-13MOTTOES $1,800 (Daily Double): The New York Times has used this 7-word motto on its front page since 1897 "All the News That's Fit to Print"
#8042, aired 2019-07-23THE 40-YEAR-OLD GERMAN $2000: Vroom! He showed off his 25-HP, 4-stroke, single vertical cylinder compression engine on the cusp of 40 in 1897 Rudolf Diesel
#7971, aired 2019-04-15THE FIRST WINNER $800: J.J. McDermott barely broke 3 hours getting from Ashland to the Back Bay as its first winner in 1897 the Boston Marathon
#7946, aired 2019-03-11ART & ARTISTS $1200: In 1897 he entered the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid but found the classes stupid; he did okay on his own Picasso
#7934, aired 2019-02-21IN PERPETUITY $200: "Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever", said an 1897 New York Sun editorial reply to an 8-year-old with this first name Virginia
#7910, aired 2019-01-18THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY $200: In 1897 this man purchased his birthplace in Derry Township, Penn., which became the site of his chocolate works (Milton) Hershey
#7903, aired 2019-01-09COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING $1200: He wrote some lively "Hungarian Dances"; on April 3, 1897 it was lullaby & good night Brahms
#7870, aired 2018-11-23B.S., I LOVE YOU $2000: In addition to a bloody classic 1897 novel, this Irishman also wrote 1909's "The Lady of the Shroud" Bram Stoker
#7847, aired 2018-10-23STUPID ANSWERS ACROSS AMERICA $400: (Hi, I'm Liz Cho from ABC7.) Ulysses S. Grant was interred here in his New York City tomb in 1897; years later, Groucho Marx made a famous running gag out of this question Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?
#7754, aired 2018-05-03THE DAWN OF THE RAILROADS $1200: In 1897 Baldwin Locomotives introduced an engine to Japan named this, for the emperor, not an operetta Mikado
#7657, aired 2017-12-19AMERICAN HISTORY $600: First performed in 1897, this musical work was designated the official march of the United States in 1987 "Stars And Stripes Forever"
#7620, aired 2017-10-27AMERICAN AUTHORS $800: This Jack of many trades sought fortune in the 1897 Klondike gold rush & used the experience in his books Jack London
#7594, aired 2017-09-21NOT THEIR FIRST RODEO $1200: A huge outdoor rodeo is the centerpiece of this Wyoming city's Frontier Days, held since 1897 Cheyenne
#7493, aired 2017-03-22BOLD GOERS $1200: In 1897 Sweden's Salomon Andree tried to drift over the North Pole in one of these but crash-landed & later perished a balloon
#7463, aired 2017-02-08HISTORIC AUTOMOBILES $200: The 1897 Panhard Levassor was one of the first autos to put the engine in the "French style" here on the car the front
#7440, aired 2017-01-06U.S. MILITARY MEN $800: More than a million people attended his 1885 funeral in NYC & in 1897 a million attended the dedication of his tomb Ulysses S. Grant
#7343, aired 2016-07-13LEARN TO FLY $400: The first rigid airship, built in Germany in 1897, had a hull sheeted with this light metal aluminum
#7252, aired 2016-03-08CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $2000: To become director of the Vienna court opera in 1897, this Austrian converted from Judaism to Catholicism (Gustav) Mahler
#7240, aired 2016-02-19A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $1200: Built in 1869, the State Opera House in this city reached its peak under the directorship of Gustav Mahler from 1897 to 1907 Vienna
#7209, aired 2016-01-07CALIFORNIA CITY‑"O" $200: In 1897 saplings from Civil War battlefields were planted in a memorial grove in Capitol Park in this city Sacramento
#7161, aired 2015-11-02MAIL CALL $400: 7-word phrase made famous in an editor's reply to a child's 1897 letter to the New York Sun Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
#7090, aired 2015-06-12ALONG CAME JONES $1600: Then in her 60s, she got her nickname in 1897 when she spoke out on behalf of railroad & coal mine unionists Mother Jones
#6894, aired 2014-07-31MEDICAL HISTORY $1200: In 1897 Felix Hoffmann first synthesized this wondrous pain reliever aspirin
#6859, aired 2014-06-12THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY $1200: 1897 footage captures the title fight between Bob Fitzsimmons & this boxer known as "Gentleman Jim" Jim Corbett
#6846, aired 2014-05-26ALL GONE $800: The giant rice rat of Martinique hasn't been seen since 1897; the introduction of this cobra foe may be responsible a mongoose
#6830, aired 2014-05-02ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: This 1897 novel was influenced by "Carmilla", an 1872 novella about a female vampire Dracula
#6760, aired 2014-01-2410-LETTER WORDS $200: For some reason, though Tennessee became a state in 1796, it held this type of exposition in 1897 centennial
#6753, aired 2014-01-15LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $2000: In 1897 Ronald Ross found that the parasite causing malaria gets into the blood via this mosquito genus the Anopheles
#6731, aired 2013-12-16THE MACHINE $800: Created in 1897, the first one used gunpowder; some today use compressed air & can throw a change-up a pitching machine
#6701, aired 2013-11-04ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL $800: In 1897, her diamond jubilee Thanksgiving service was a huge success at St. Paul's Queen Victoria
#6658, aired 2013-07-24BORN ON THE 24th OF JULY $600: She winged her way into the world on July 24, 1897 & flew into history just shy of her 40th birthday Amelia Earhart
#6646, aired 2013-07-08LITERARY FLORIDA $1600: Famous for a Civil War novella, he also wrote "The Open Boat", an 1897 account of a Florida shipwreck (Stephen) Crane
#6624, aired 2013-06-06BODY QUOTES $1,200 (Daily Double): This 1897 work includes the line "a great nose indicates a great man" Cyrano de Bergerac
#6622, aired 2013-06-04NEWSPAPERS $200 (Daily Double): The "ticker" was announced in the Feb. 26, 1897 issue of this publication The Wall Street Journal
#6621, aired 2013-06-03MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD $2,500 (Daily Double): This London art museum opened in 1897, with much of the gallery being a gift from the industrialist for whom it's named the Tate
#6593, aired 2013-04-24ALL SCIENCE "E" $800: Physicist J.J. Thomson discovered this subatomic particle in 1897 an electron
#6500, aired 2012-12-14CHEMISTS $2000: In 1897 this Midland, Michigan chemist founded what became one of the world's largest chemical firms (Herbert Henry) Dow
#6480, aired 2012-11-16ART APPRECIATION $2000: The Sleeping Gypsy seen here is an 1897 painting by this French Primitive artist Henri Rousseau
#6464, aired 2012-10-25BOOKS & AUTHORS $2000: To disprove rumors of body-stealing after his 1778 death, his grave in Paris' Panthéon was opened in 1897; he's in there Voltaire
#6393, aired 2012-06-06BORN & DIED: AUTHORS EDITION $800: Born September 1897 in Mississippi, was in Byhalia, Mississippi July 6, 1962 as he lay dying Faulkner
#6362, aired 2012-04-24ALL ABOUT ARTISTS $400: Still going by the name Ruiz, he entered a painting academy in Madrid in 1897, but the teachers bored him Picasso
#6340, aired 2012-03-23THE IMMORTALS $400: If he really was the historic figure he's linked with, this character introduced in an 1897 novel would be 581 Dracula
#6301, aired 2012-01-30OCCASION $6,000 (Daily Double): September 21, 1897: It seems 3 months early, but the N.Y. Sun publishes an editorial famous for this 7-word phrase "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"
#6291, aired 2012-01-16GOLD $800: The 1897 Canadian gold rush named for this river occurred around the confluence of the Yukon River & it the Klondike
#6268, aired 2011-12-14THE 1890s $400: On April 19, 1897 this city's marathon was run for the first time; John McDermott won in 2 hrs., 55 min., 10 sec. Boston
#6259, aired 2011-12-01MINER CLASSICS $400: He didn't strike it rich in the 1897 Klondike gold rush, but he did use the experience in works like "Son of the Wolf" (Jack) London
#6212, aired 2011-09-27DRESS CASUAL $2000: This cloth is not just for grunge musicians; an 1897 book for boys says it's "the best wear for cricket" flannel
#6166, aired 2011-06-06LAND OF LANDSCAPES $2000: In 1897 Monet painted "Branch of the Seine Near" this small village he grew to know well Giverny
#6135, aired 2011-04-22LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT! $400: Message for you, sir...! In 1897 he founded his wireless telegraph & signal company in London (Guglielmo) Marconi
#6130, aired 2011-04-15SCISSORS $800: Scissors are often included in this versatile Victorinox product that's been around since 1897 a Swiss army knife
#6104, aired 2011-03-10THE NOVELS OF H.G. WELLS $800: In an 1897 work a man discovers his "refractive index" can be changed to that of air, making him this type of "man" Invisible
#6069, aired 2011-01-20SOUP TALK $800: In 1897 Campbell's introduced this flavor of soup, condensed in a can tomato
#6066, aired 2011-01-17WEAPONRY $400: An 1897 officer's knife, aka this, had a corkscrew & second blade; no one's neutral when holding one a Swiss Army knife
#6027, aired 2010-11-23TEXT MESSAGES $1200: In 1897, hearing his obituary had been published, he cabled that the report of his death was an exaggeration Mark Twain
#5957, aired 2010-07-06NEWS TO ME $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates, putting his arm over his mouth.) To avoid spreading germs & maybe flu, we learned the sneeze named for this character made famous in an 1897 book Dracula
#5907, aired 2010-04-27AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES $1600: He was born in New Albany, Mississippi in 1897, but soon moved with his parents to Oxford, Mississippi Faulkner
#5882, aired 2010-03-23LETTERS $2000: In 1897 she wrote, "Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus" Virginia
#5850, aired 2010-02-05THE PRISONER $2000: This Dublin-born man was released from prison bankrupt in 1897; "The Ballad Of Reading Gaol" was released in 1898 Oscar Wilde
#5783, aired 2009-11-04GEMSTONES $400: The Jubilee one of these was so-named in 1897 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Victoria's coronation a diamond
#5775, aired 2009-10-23INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $400: In his second inaugural, Pres. McKinley crowed that in 1901, unlike 1897, the U.S. had a budgetary this a surplus
#5731, aired 2009-07-06ORDER IN THE SUPREME COURT $400: When named to the court in 1897, Joseph McKenna brushed up at this type of school at Columbia University a law school
#5693, aired 2009-05-13SCIENTISTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This Russian physiologist published his first book, "Work of the Digestive Glands", in 1897 (Ivan) Pavlov
#5675, aired 2009-04-17THE REPORT OF MY DEATH... $200: In 1897, responding to a rumor, he wrote, "The report of my death was an exaggeration" Mark Twain
#5675, aired 2009-04-17AMERICANA $800: This capital's Frontier Days celebration has been held every year since 1897 Cheyenne, Wyoming
#5639, aired 2009-02-26HEADED FOR THE FINNISH LINE $2000: In 1897 the Finnish government awarded this musician a pension; in 1900 he rewarded them with "Finlandia" (Jean) Sibelius
#5543, aired 2008-10-15NOVEL QUOTES $200: 1897: "There are such beings as vampires; some of us have evidence that they exist" Dracula
#5504, aired 2008-07-10"C"LASSICAL MUSICIANS $1600: In 1897 this cellist was awarded the Order of Carlos III from the Queen of Spain Pablo Casals
#5499, aired 2008-07-03CORRESPONDENTS $1600: Novelist Stephen Crane was a correspondent in the 1897 Greco-Turkish war, then this war the Spanish-American War
#5472, aired 2008-05-27BUGGY $200: In 1897 Dr. Ronald Ross demonstrated that malaria was transmitted by these insects mosquitoes
#5461, aired 2008-05-12HISTORICAL DIARIES? $1600: 1897: I'm totally bummed--I've been exiled to Siberia! But diary, I swear that in 1917, I'll lead the October Revolution Lenin
#5449, aired 2008-04-24HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE $600: 1897: Theodor Herzl holds the first congress of this group; in one year it would have 800 chapters in Europe the World Zionist Congress
#5433, aired 2008-04-02WATER WORKS $1000: This author's "The Open Boat" is based on his experience surviving an 1897 shipwreck Stephen Crane
#5430, aired 2008-03-28LENIN $200: For his subversive activities, Lenin was banished to this region in 1897 Siberia
#5426, aired 2008-03-24AT THE PHARMACY $200: Bayer says in 1897 Felix Hoffmann first synthesized this pain reliever used in low doses today to prevent heart attacks aspirin
#5406, aired 2008-02-255 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE BOARD $800: In 1897 Wilhelm Hasse of the Moctezuma Brewery created a beer named Siglo XX; today, it's known as this Dos Equis
#5406, aired 2008-02-25TENORS $1200: Entertainment options in Palermo in May 1897 included him as Enzo Grimaldo in "La Gioconda" (Enrico) Caruso
#5404, aired 2008-02-21THEM LITERATURE TYPE FACTS $400: You'll find "Time is now to be dreaded - since once he put that mark upon your throat" in this 1897 novel Dracula
#5393, aired 2008-02-06THE SILENT SCREEN $2000: This German film directed by F.W. Murnau was an adaptation of the 1897 novel "Dracula" Nosferatu
#5364, aired 2007-12-27HEARTACHE TO HEARTACHE $800: Honor & friendship prevent this 1897 title guy from declaring his love for Roxane; rhinoplasty might have helped, too Cyrano de Bergerac
#5273, aired 2007-07-11QUOTATIONS $1200: In 1897 this women's rights pioneer wrote that "Suffrage is the pivotal right" (Susan B.) Anthony
#5263, aired 2007-06-27I'M NOT DEAD YET $200: In 1897 the illness of a relative with this last name led to Mark Twain's "The report of my death was an exaggeration" Clemens
#5253, aired 2007-06-13FITZ $2000: In 1897 Bob Fitzsimmons won the world's heavyweight title by knocking out this "Gentleman" in 14 rounds "Gentleman Jim" Corbett
#5221, aired 2007-04-30HISTORICAL FICTION $400: In James Michener's "Journey", it's 1897 & 5 men are in a rush to find this in the Klondike gold
#5220, aired 2007-04-27FICTIONAL SHIPS $2000: In this 1897 Kipling novel, the schooner "We're Here" rescues teenager Harvey Cheyne near the Grand Banks Captains Courageous
#5201, aired 2007-04-02SCIENCE CLASS $800: In 1897 physicist J.J. Thomson discovered the first subatomic particle, which was later called this an electron
#5116, aired 2006-12-04ON FOOT $1000: Caused by a virus identified around 1897, this viral disease with a hy- phenated name is almost exclusive to cows & sheep hoof-and-mouth disease
#5001, aired 2006-05-15BOHEMIAN RHAPSODIES $400: Either of the 2 composers who in 1897 based an opera on Henri Murger's novel "Scenes de la vie de boheme" Puccini (or Leoncavallo)
#4993, aired 2006-05-03THE BRIT PIC $800: She's the widow at Windsor seen here in 1897 Queen Victoria
#4965, aired 2006-03-24LITERATURE $6,000 (Daily Double): After Christian's death in an 1897 drama, this title character still acts as a platonic friend to the widow Cyrano de Bergerac
#4964, aired 2006-03-23FINLAND $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew accepts the goods from a blonde market vendor in Helsinki, Finland.) I'm in Helsinki buying a CD of this cultural icon who got a life pension from the Finnish Senate in 1897 & lived until 1957 (Jean) Sibelius
#4957, aired 2006-03-14DEATH SENTENCES $400: His famous quip "The report of my death was an exaggeration" was reported in the New York Journal in 1897 Mark Twain
#4945, aired 2006-02-24THE 1800s $200: The Jubilee Diamond was named in honor of her Diamond Jubilee in 1897 Queen Victoria
#4935, aired 2006-02-10LITERARY CHARACTERS $1,500 (Daily Double): In an 1897 novel, he's described as having pointed ears, a cruel-looking mouth & peculiarly sharp white teeth Dracula
#4915, aired 2006-01-1319th CENTURY NAMES $600: In 1897 this U.S. train car maker was buried in a room-sized block of concrete to guard against angry workers (George) Pullman
#4904, aired 2005-12-29BON APPETIT $200: Often paired with a grilled cheese sandwich, it was the most popular of Campbell's original 21 soups in 1897 tomato
#4864, aired 2005-11-03"GEO"PARDY! $2000: This 1897 Kipling novel details a boy's coming of age on a fishing trawler Captains Courageous
#4827, aired 2005-09-13NOVEL CHARACTERS $800: This 1897 title character crawls down the wall of his castle face down, with his cloak spreading out like wings Dracula
#4747, aired 2005-04-05FIRST LADIES' TERMS OF SERVICE $1000: 1897-1901 Ida McKinley
#4673, aired 2004-12-22NATIONAL FORESTS $200: Established in 1897, Black Hills National Forest is home to Wind Cave National Park & this national memorial Mount Rushmore
#4635, aired 2004-10-29KATZ IN THE CRADLE $800: These spunky kids drawn by Rudolph Dirks debuted in the comics in 1897 the Katzenjammer Kids
#4624, aired 2004-10-14FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD $200: Created by C.W. Post in 1897, this breakfast cereal does not contain either of the two components in its name Grape-Nuts
#4549, aired 2004-05-20THE "7"-YEAR ITCH $2000: It was the year of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee 1897
#4411, aired 2003-11-10NOSE WEEK $800: Edmond Rostand won international fame with this 1897 play about a long-nosed, star-crossed poet Cyrano de Bergerac
#4403, aired 2003-10-29NATIONAL MEMORIALS $1600: The 1897 parade & dedication ceremony for this famous tomb attracted more than 1 million people Grant's Tomb
#4335, aired 2003-06-06THE 1890s $800: Of "Frankenstein", "The Invisible Man" or "Dracula", the one not created in 1897 Frankenstein (created in 1818)
#4325, aired 2003-05-23BREAKFAST CEREALS $1000: Although its name suggests something fruity, this Post cereal, introduced in 1897, is made from wheat & barley Grape-Nuts
#4318, aired 2003-05-14CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $2000: In 1897 he became the music director of the Vienna Court Opera & a Catholic (he converted from Judaism) Gustav Mahler
#4304, aired 2003-04-24THE QUESTION IS... $400: Question posed by Virginia O'Hanlon, age 8, in a letter to a newspaper in 1897 Is there a Santa Claus?
#4302, aired 2003-04-22EXPLORATION $800: In 1897 Roald Amundsen was first mate aboard the Belgica, a Belgian ship exploring this continent Antarctica
#4287, aired 2003-04-01ODE TO ENGLAND $400: Chiefs & rajahs were there to see, in 1897, her diamond jubilee Queen Victoria
#4176, aired 2002-10-28THE 1890s $800: This school-oriented organization was founded in 1897 by Alice Birney & Phoebe Hearst PTA (Parent-Teacher Association)
#4118, aired 2002-06-26HE'S THE BAUM $1200: In 1897 Baum wrote "Mother Goose in Prose"; next came this counterpart's verses, the best-selling children's book of 1899 Father Goose
#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
#4049, aired 2002-03-21FELIX $1000: Felix Hoffmann synthesized this wonder drug in 1897 aspirin
#4017, aired 2002-02-05PLAY TIME $5,600 (Daily Double): Roxanne loves the handsome Christian, a soldier who's no good at writing love letters, in this 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac
#3970, aired 2001-11-301890s AVIATION $1600: In 1897 3 Swedes (partly funded by Alfred Nobel) tried to reach this point on Earth by balloon -- they died the North Pole
#3964, aired 2001-11-2220th CENTURY LIVES $800: This clubfooted Nazi propagandist was born in Rheydt in 1897 & died in 1945 Joseph Goebbels
#3959, aired 2001-11-15QUOTATIONS $2,300 (Daily Double): In 1897 she wrote, "There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws..." Susan B. Anthony
#3916, aired 2001-09-17BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This firm began in 1897 as Nippon Gakki Company, an organ manufacturer; electronic organs came along in 1959 Yamaha
#3896, aired 2001-07-09ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $500: Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Todd was president of this sleeping car company from 1897 to 1911 Pullman
#3881, aired 2001-06-18CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: In 1897 Gustav Mahler became the artistic director of this city's Imperial Opera, a post he held for 10 years Vienna
#3836, aired 2001-04-16GIANTS OF SCIENCE $400: In 1897 this son of slaves discovered 3 new species of fungi which are named for him, including Taphrina carveri George Washington Carver
#3833, aired 2001-04-11SCIENCE CLASS $1,000 (Daily Double): John Abel, who produced insulin in a crystalline form in 1926, felt a rush when he isolated this hormone in 1897 Adrenaline
#3804, aired 2001-03-01HEADS UP $400: In 1897 this man seen here began a 3-year exile in Siberia Lenin
#3787, aired 2001-02-06HEY, SPORT! $1000: America's oldest regularly contested foot race, it's been held since 1897 when the length was 24.5 miles the Boston Marathon
#3624, aired 2000-05-11SWEET "VIRGINIA" $400: It's the title of Francis P. Church's 1897 New York Sun editorial in response to a young girl's holiday query "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"
#3611, aired 2000-04-24THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS $100: Until 1897, the Library of Congress was housed in this building, seen here: U.S. Capitol
#3590, aired 2000-03-24ENGLISH MONARCHS $200: On June 22, 1897 London celebrated her diamond jubilee with cannon fire & a ceremony at St. Paul's Queen Victoria
#3521, aired 1999-12-20LITERATURE $200: This 1897 novel contains the line "At sunrise the Count could appear in his own form" Dracula
#3426, aired 1999-06-28NASHVILLE $1000: Built for the state's centennial expo in 1897, this replica of an Athenian temple turned 100 itself in 1997 the Parthenon
#3415, aired 1999-06-11HUMANITARIANS $1000: He began studying yellow fever in 1897, 3 years prior to being appointed to a commission to find its cause Walter Reed
#3362, aired 1999-03-30QUEEN VICTORIA $400: Britain celebrated Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887 & recovered in time for this jubilee in 1897 Diamond
#3361, aired 1999-03-29SWITZERLAND $400: On June 12, 1897 Karl Elsener officially registered this multipurpose pocket tool Swiss army knife
#3281, aired 1998-12-07TINKERERS $400: In 1897 this one-time patient of John Kellogg introduced his dry breakfast cereal Grape-Nuts Charles Post
#3263, aired 1998-11-11ART & ARTISTS $800: Question that completes the title of the 1897 Gauguin work, "Where Do We Come From? What Are We?...." Where Are We Going?
#3242, aired 1998-10-131890s TECHNOLOGY $1,200 (Daily Double): By 1897 this German had perfected his alternative to the Otto gasoline engine Rudolf Diesel
#3223, aired 1998-09-16DEAD LINES $200: The AP received his 1897 telegram saying, "The report of my death was an exaggeration" Mark Twain
#3202, aired 1998-06-30PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $100: March 4, 1885- March 3, 1889; March 4, 1893- March 3, 1897 Grover Cleveland
#3162, aired 1998-05-05JEWISH HISTORY $1000: The first congress of this movement met in 1897; its goal of Israeli statehood was achieved in 1948 Zionist movement
#3126, aired 1998-03-16PLAY TIME $600: This playwright achieved international fame with his 1897 play "Cyrano de Bergerac" Edmond Rostand
#3076, aired 1998-01-05DEATH SENTENCES $300: In a June 1897 issue of the New York Journal he quipped, "The report of my death was an exaggeration" Mark Twain
#3072, aired 1997-12-30MUSIC MAKERS $200: He composed the "King Cotton" March in 1897, the same year as "The Stars & Stripes Forever" John Philip Sousa
#2982, aired 1997-07-15WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1897 Swiss climber Mattias Zurbriggen became the first to scale this Argentinian peak Mount Aconcagua
#2961, aired 1997-06-16PARTICLE PHYSICS $800: Some say particle physics goes back to the discovery of this particle in 1897 electron
#2952, aired 1997-06-03FAMOUS FIRSTS $400: He introduced his Grape-Nuts in 1897 & followed that with "Elijah's Manna", which became Toasties Charles William Post
#2913, aired 1997-04-09QUOTATIONS $300: First name of the girl who asked the Sun newspaper in 1897, "Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?" Virginia
#2907, aired 1997-04-01APRIL $400: It was lullaby & goodnight for this composer who died in Vienna April 3, 1897 Johannes Brahms
#2906, aired 1997-03-31GEN. NELSON MILES $400: In 1897 Miles represented the U.S. at the diamond jubilee celebration of this English queen Queen Victoria
#2902, aired 1997-03-25MUSIC APPRECIATION $1000: Franco Alfano & Walter Damrosch both composed operas adapted from this 1897 play by Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac
#2879, aired 1997-02-201897 $200: This jiggly dessert was introduced in 1897 by Pearl B. Wait Jell-O
#2879, aired 1997-02-201897 $600: This leader of the Nation of Islam, or Black Muslims, was born Elijah Poole in 1897 Elijah Muhammad
#2879, aired 1997-02-201897 $800: The Vladivostok to Khabarovsk section of this Russian railroad opened to traffic in 1897 Trans-Siberian Railway
#2879, aired 1997-02-201897 $1000: In this French artist's 1897 painting "The Sleeping Gypsy", a woman sleeps while a lion examines her Henri Rousseau
#2845, aired 1997-01-03PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $500: In 1897 he said, "War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed" William McKinley
#2821, aired 1996-12-02U.S. PRESIDENTS $1000: From 1895 to 1897 he served as president of the New York City police board Teddy Roosevelt
#2714, aired 1996-05-23BRITISH HISTORY $500: This much-loved queen celebrated her diamond jubilee in 1897 Queen Victoria
#2706, aired 1996-05-13BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: Lucy Westenra becomes a vampire in this 1897 Bram Stoker novel Dracula
#2697, aired 1996-04-30DRAMA $400: This Edmond Rostand drama opened in Paris in December 1897, starring Constant Coquelin Cyrano de Bergerac
#2583, aired 1995-11-22SPORTS $500: The first to win this Patriots' Day event was John McDermott in 1897 Boston Marathon
#2550, aired 1995-10-06STATE CAPITALS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1897 Ransom E. Olds began the automobile industry in this capital city Lansing, Michigan
#2535, aired 1995-09-15CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: In 1897 Gustav Mahler became artistic director of the Court Opera in this Austrian capital Vienna
#2526, aired 1995-09-04LONDON LANDMARKS $400: Opened in 1897, this gallery of modern British art was named for a sugar merchant Tate Gallery
#2521, aired 1995-07-17OPERA $300: His story "The Little Match Girl" inspired an 1897 opera by Danish composer August Enna Hans Christian Andersen
#2515, aired 1995-07-07SPORTS $200: Founded in 1897, it's the world's oldest annual marathon the Boston Marathon
#2508, aired 1995-06-28HISTORIC NAMES $200: In 1897 this founder of psychoanalysis wrote the article "Infantile Cerebral Paralysis" Sigmund Freud
#2503, aired 1995-06-21HISTORIC AMERICANS $1000: He organized the Social Democratic Party of America in 1897 & was its candidate for president in 1900 (Eugene) Debs
#2498, aired 1995-06-14OPERA $600: This Italian tenor created the role of Federico In Francesco Cilea's 1897 opera "L'arlesiana" Caruso
#2492, aired 1995-06-06ORGANIZATIONS $100: In 1897 Phoebe Hearst & Alice Birney created this group in which families work with schools the PTA
#2469, aired 1995-05-04RONS & RONALDS $200: In 1897 Ronald Ross proved this insect carried the malarial parasite anopheles mosquito
#2460, aired 1995-04-21BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: Dr. John Dorrance joined this company in 1897 & discovered a way to condense its soups Campbell
#2403, aired 1995-02-01COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $300: In 1897 this university moved to its current 36-acre campus in Upper Manhattan Columbia University
#2382, aired 1995-01-03TRANSPORTATION $100: In 1897 things really began moving when the nation's first subway opened in this Mass. city Boston
#2372, aired 1994-12-20DESIGN $400: From about 1897 to WWII, P.J. Towle sold his maple syrup in a tin shaped like one of these structures a log cabin
#2347, aired 1994-11-15U.S. PRESIDENTS $1000: In 1897 he was hired as a mining engineer at Coolgardie, Australia Herbert Hoover
#2328, aired 1994-10-19WOMEN IN HISTORY $200: This spy could have learned her exotic dances while living in Java & Sumatra from 1897 to 1902 Mata Hari
#2300, aired 1994-09-09SPORTS $400: On March 17, 1897, Bob Fitzsimmons won the heavyweight title from this man known as "Gentleman Jim" Corbett
#2290, aired 1994-07-15BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Founded in 1897, it's America's largest chemical company after Du Pont Dow
#2290, aired 1994-07-15PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $800: In 1897 President McKinley formally dedicated this president's New York City tomb (Ulysses) Grant
#2262, aired 1994-06-07NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $400: When founded in 1897, the Jewish Daily Forward was published in this language, not Hebrew Yiddish
#2255, aired 1994-05-271890s AMERICA $300: In 1897 the Pennsylvania Capitol in this city was destroyed by fire Harrisburg
#2252, aired 1994-05-24ANCESTORS $300: A General Society was founded in 1897 by those claiming ancestors on this famous ship the Mayflower
#2245, aired 1994-05-13LITERARY POTPOURRI $2,900 (Daily Double): At the beginning of this 1897 H.G. Wells novel, the title character is "wrapped up from head to foot" The Invisible Man
#2227, aired 1994-04-19PEAKS & VALLEYS $1000: In 1897 Matthias Zurbriggen conquered this Andean peak Aconcagua
#2208, aired 1994-03-23AUTHORS $400: His first book was "Mother Goose in Prose" in 1897; 3 years later he created Oz (Frank) Baum
#2193, aired 1994-03-02ARTISTS $600: In 1897 this artist published "Noa Noa", a report of his travels in Tahiti Gauguin
#2074, aired 1993-09-16NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $200: From 1897 to 1904 the national headquarters of the American Red Cross was in her Glen Echo, Md. home Clara Barton
#2068, aired 1993-09-08HISTORY $200: In 1897 Zululand became part of Natal, now a province of this country South Africa
#2051, aired 1993-07-05MUSIC $400: The French name of this 1897 orchestral scherzo is "L'apprenti sorcier" The Sorcerer's Apprentice
#1867, aired 1992-10-20FAMOUS NAMES $1000: Last name of twin brothers Francis & Freeland, who built their first steamer in 1897 Stanley
#1852, aired 1992-09-29OPERA AROUND THE WORLD $400: Arturo Berruti's 1897 opera "Pampa" was this country's first opera on a national theme Argentina
#1800, aired 1992-05-29WYOMING $400: A western celebration, Frontier Days, has been held each year since 1897 in this capital Cheyenne
#1799, aired 1992-05-28COMPOSERS $400: In 1897 this country granted its great composer Jean Sibelius a yearly pension Finland
#1724, aired 1992-02-13EDUCATION $400: This organization was founded on February 17, 1897 as the National Congress of Mothers PTA
#1623, aired 1991-09-25SPORTS HISTORY $200: With a time of 2 hrs. 55 mins. & 10 secs., John J. McDermott won this city's first marathon, April 19, 1897 Boston
#1596, aired 1991-07-08U.S. STATES $200: Celebrated in Cheyenne since 1897, Frontier Days is this state's most popular annual event Wyoming
#1594, aired 1991-07-04U.S. HISTORY $600: Passed in 1890, it didn't work too well as some 50 new trusts were formed by 1897 the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
#1581, aired 1991-06-17USA $500: On May 18, 1897, this man who extracted bromine from brine, founded his chemical company (Herbert) Dow
#1572, aired 1991-06-04FAMOUS NAMES $300: Bob Fitzsimmons, inventor of the solar plexus punch, used it to defeat this "Gentleman" in 1897 (James J.) Corbett
#1528, aired 1991-04-03DIAMONDS $100: The Jubilee Diamond was named in honor of her jubilee in 1897 Queen Victoria
#1470, aired 1991-01-11PLAYWRIGHTS $800: He was born in 1897 in Madison, Wisc., not in Grover's Corners (Thornton) Wilder
#1408, aired 1990-10-17MAGAZINES $800: Started in 1821 in Philadelphia, it became something of a nat'l institution after Curtis bought it in 1897 The Saturday Evening Post
#10, aired 1990-08-18THE 19TH CENTURY $500: This nationalist movement was founded by Jews at an int'l congress in 1897 in Switzerland Zionism
#1340, aired 1990-06-01CANADA $400: In 1897 people rushed to this area located near Dawson in the Yukon Territory The Klondike
#1314, aired 1990-04-26AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: He went to the Klondike in 1897 & wrote magazine stories later collected in "The Son of the Wolf" Jack London
#1266, aired 1990-02-19SCIENTISTS $600: With his cousin, this Italian physicist formed the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Co., Ltd. in 1897 Guglielmo Marconi
#1234, aired 1990-01-04NOVELS $800: The 1897 novel in which Lucy Westenra ends up with a stake through her heart Dracula
#1199, aired 1989-11-16SCIENTISTS $400: Published in 1897, "Work of the Digestive Glands" was the only book by this Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov
#1168, aired 1989-10-04MARK TWAIN QUOTES $600: In an 1897 cable from London to the Associated Press, Twain said, "The reports of my death are" this "greatly exaggerated"
#1166, aired 1989-10-02ASTRONOMY $1000: Before completing a 40" telescope in 1897, he was raising money for a 60" one, then a 100"... George Hale
#1034, aired 1989-02-16ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: Title character of H.G. Wells' 1897 novel who was heard more than seen The Invisible Man
#1004, aired 1989-01-05NOTORIOUS $300: Title character of this 1897 novel was based on Vlad Tepes, a cruel prince from Walachia, part of Romania Dracula
#1001, aired 1989-01-02FAMOUS FRENCHMAN $600: In 1897 Constant Coquelin became the 1st actor to play this Edmond Rostand character Cyrano de Bergerac
#992, aired 1988-12-20CHRISTMAS $500: Most famous line of Francis P. Church's September 21, 1897 editorial in the New York Sun Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
#951, aired 1988-10-24ANATOMY $800: It 1st became well known in 1897 when Fitzsimmons knocked out Corbett with a blow to it solar plexus
#884, aired 1988-06-09BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: #1 best seller of 1897, this tale of early Christians has a Polish author & a Latin title Quo Vadis
#846, aired 1988-04-18HISTORICAL POETRY $200: Kipling's 1897 poem "Recessional" celebrated the 60th anniversary of her reign Queen Victoria
#825, aired 1988-03-18FRENCH LITERATURE $200: Steve Martin's 1987 film "Roxanne" was based on this 1897 play by Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac
#782, aired 1988-01-19SPORTS $100: This city's annual marathon was 1st run back in 1897 Boston
#744, aired 1987-11-26THE 1890s $200: In 1897, James J. Corbett & Bob Fitzsimmons starred & sparred in the 1st pro one of these filmed a boxing match
#718, aired 1987-10-2119th CENTURY AMERICA $100: President McKinley dedicated this president's NYC tomb in 1897 Grant
#621, aired 1987-04-27TRANSPORTATION $500: In production from 1897 to 1924, this car was nicknamed "The Tea Kettle" the Stanley Steamer
#509, aired 1986-11-20PRESIDENTIAL AILMENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): His operation for cancer of the jaw was kept secret until long after he left office in 1897 Grover Cleveland
#438, aired 1986-05-14ICE $1000: His most important work is "Northward Over the Great Ice,...In the Years 1886 & 1891-1897" Robert Peary
#335, aired 1985-12-20SEPTEMBER $800: Famous lines summing up the New York Sun editor's September 1897 reply to Virginia O'Hanlon Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
#266, aired 1985-09-16ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: One time tour manager to an actor, he's best remembered for his 1897 tale of a Romanian count Bram Stoker
#176, aired 1985-05-13NORTH AMERICA $600: Famous 1897 gold rush took place in the Klondike in this territory the Yukon Territory
#152, aired 1985-04-09SPORTS TRIVIA $200: Oldest marathon race run in America the Boston Marathon
#103, aired 1985-01-30INVENTIONS $200: What the 1897 Pianola could do without you play by itself
#88, aired 1985-01-09DOUBLE S $200: 1897 auto; a hot water heater on wheels the Stanley Steamer

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#8373, aired 2021-04-07NOTORIOUS: In 1897 she was accused of a much lesser crime, shoplifting in Rhode Island Lizzie Borden
#7492, aired 2017-03-21FASHION HISTORY: These pants first became popular when Pratap Singh, a maharaja's son, visited Queen Victoria with his polo team in 1897 jodhpurs
#7489, aired 2017-03-16INTERNATIONAL BEVERAGE BRANDS: The name of this popular beer brand founded in 1897 is a reference to the 20th century Dos Equis
#7287, aired 2016-04-26LITERARY QUOTES: More than once this 1897 novel quotes from Deuteronomy, "The blood is the life" Dracula
#4518, aired 2004-04-07NOVELS: First published in 1897, this novel wasn't translated into Romanian until 1992 Dracula
#3069, aired 1997-12-25JOURNALISM: In an 1897 editorial that stated, "Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever" this question was answered "Is there a Santa Claus?" ("Yes, Virginia...")
#2874, aired 1997-02-13NOVELS: Just before its 1897 publication, its title was changed from "The Un-Dead" to this Dracula (by Bram Stoker)
#1977, aired 1993-03-23FRENCH DRAMA: This 1897 play contains the line "I never loved but one man in my life, and I have lost him-- twice" Cyrano de Bergerac
#619, aired 1987-04-23GAY '90s: By 1897, as many as half of Seattle's police & firemen had left the city to go there the Yukon

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