| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | OPERA SETTINGS $800: Long before the play & film, an 1898 opera about Mozart & this composer takes place in a room in Vienna & lasts all of 40 minutes Salieri |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | 19th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $400: Harrison Gray Otis served briefly as a brigadier-general in this 1898 war while still publisher of the Los Angeles Times the Spanish-American War |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | FROM PAGE TO SCREAM $2000: "The Turning" is a 2020 film adaptation of an 1898 supernatural story by this author Henry James |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | LITERATURE BINGO $600: "O" (No!), 1898: William S. Porter was convicted of embezzlement; after prison, he put out short stories under this name O. Henry |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | DEWEY $1600: On May 1, 1898 Commodore George Dewey & his fleet sailed into this bay Manila |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | PITHY QUOTES $800: French title of Zola's 1898 letter to President Faure J'Accuse...! |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | FUN WITH THE PERIODIC TABLE $2000: The seventh period begins with francium, followed by this element discovered in France in 1898 radium |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS $400: Eugenio Montero Rios & William P. Frye were names on the 1898 treaty ending this war the Spanish-American War |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $200: In 1898, with a war looming with Spain, she wrote Pres. McKinley that she could supply him with "fifty lady sharpshooters" Annie Oakley |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | STATE FLAGS $800: Idaho's flag is based on one used in 1898 by the First Idaho Infantry during this war the Spanish-American |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | NATIONS' LAST MONARCHS $1200: Seen here the last monarch of this kingdom, annexed by the U.S. in 1898 Hawaii |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | AROUND THE WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1898 the Rough Riders charged up Kettle Hill as well as this more famous one in Cuba San Juan Hill |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS $800: J'accuse a Paris court of convicting this writer of libel in 1898 Zola |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | STRAIGHT TO JAIL $2000: In 1898 this "Gift of the Magi" author spent time in the pokey for embezzlement of bank funds O. Henry |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | ALLITERATIVE HISTORY $400: Nickname of the First Volunteer Cavalry, which blazed into history books at the 1898 Battle of Santiago the "Rough Riders" |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHIP OUT $400: In January of 1898 the USS Maine was sent to this city's harbor; it would not see another new year Havana |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | U.S. TERRITORIES $200: Visited by Columbus on his second voyage west in 1493, this commonwealth became part of the U.S. in 1898 Puerto Rico |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | THAT WAS QUITE A YEAR $2000: Zola "J'Accuse"s; the Curies discover radium; remember... the Maine goes down 1898 |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | THE ELEMENTS $400: While working with pitchblende in 1898, the Curies discovered polonium & this other element radium |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: The destruction of the battleship Maine in 1898 was a precursor to this war the Spanish-American War |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | BIRTH OF AN ARTIST $2000: His father a sculptor & his mother a painter, he first became mobile on July 22, 1898 in Pennsylvania Calder |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | COMPANY TOWNS $1600: Dan Bern's song "Company Town" mentions this Ohio city where Goodyear has been based since 1898 Akron |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | ROMANCE LANGUAGES $1600: In 1898 an explosion killed the last known speaker of this Adriatic language that shared its name with a dog breed Dalmatian |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | "X"s & "O"s $200: The formal act of adding territory to a nation, it happened to Hawaii in 1898 annexation |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | RED $1000: The 1898 Omaha Expo included an "Indian Congress" attended by this Sioux with another Nebraska city named for him Red Cloud |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | BRAND NAMES $2000: First baked in Scotland in 1898, this "ambulatory" shortbread comes in plaid packaging Walker's |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Under revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo, this country declared its independence from Spain in 1898 the Philippines |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | WE'VE GOT THE RECEIPTS $1000: A congressional study estimated the 1898-1899 price of this conflict at $283 million, or nearly $9 billion today the Spanish-American War |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1898 the Curies discovered this radioactive element & named it for Marie's country of birth polonium |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | 19th CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: In 1898 Black troops known as Buffalo Soldiers fought alongside the Rough Riders during the battle of this hill San Juan |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | DO YOU REMEMBER? $6,400 (Daily Double): It became a battle cry after it appeared in a cartoon caption in the Washington Post April 3, 1898 Remember the Maine |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN BRIEF $800: The last name of this 1897 to 1898 secretary is on a landmark antitrust act Sherman |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES $600: July 30, 1898: This ex-Prussian prime minister sinks into destiny Otto von Bismarck |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | CARTELS $1000: Named for a senator, this law was invoked to bust railroad cartels in Supreme Court decisions of 1897 & 1898 Sherman |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | YUKON $1000: Whitehorse, Yukon's capital, began as a transit hub to Bonanza Creek in this gold rush region around 1898 the Klondike |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | MARITIME DISASTERS $800: Sadly the SS Portland went down in a storm with all 200 or so on board in this same year that the Maine blew up 1898 |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | AMERICAN ACCESSIONS $1200: The Newlands Resolution of 1898 brought these islands under formal U.S. control the Hawaiian Islands |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | TAXES $600: In 1898 the federal government implemented a version of the estate tax to help finance this war the Spanish-American War |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | HISTORIC OBJECTS $800: At Arlington National Cemetery, a mast from this battleship overlooks the graves of those killed when it exploded in 1898 the Maine |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | A WRITER'S LIFE $1,000 (Daily Double): Born 1898, taught at Oxford & Cambridge, chronicled big cats, enchantresses & closets, died 1963 C.S. Lewis |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $1000: On May 1, 1898 the U.S. Navy fired when ready & sank the Spaniards at the battle of this bay Manila Bay |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $1000: Miner & cowhand Jim White claimed to have discovered these New Mexico caverns as a 16-year-old in 1898 Carlsbad Caverns |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ___ING___ $1600: Valdemar Poulsen's telegraphone of 1898 was one of these that used a reel of magnetized wire--beep! an answering machine |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | CUBA BEFORE FIDEL $2,500 (Daily Double): On Jan, 25, 1898 this U.S. Battleship arrived in Havana Harbor for a friendly visit; 3 weeks later, it blew up the Maine |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | ADMIRABLE ADMIRALS $800: After his victory at Manila Bay in 1898, he was given the rank of Admiral of the Navy George Dewey |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | "G"EOGRAPHY $800: Apotgan & Dededo are major towns on this island, an unincorporated territory of the U.S. since 1898 Guam |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $3,000 (Daily Double): This inventor was one of the founders of the National Geographic Society & succeeded his father-in-law as its president in 1898 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS $3,000 (Daily Double): These 2 radioactive elements were discovered in 1898 radium and polonium |
| #8044, aired 2019-07-25 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1600: In 1898 Maria Beasley patented a device for preventing trains from doing this derailing |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | SOVIETS NOT BORN IN RUSSIA $1200: This man is born in Riga, Latvia in 1898--cut to him directing "Battleship Potemkin" less than 30 years later Eisenstein |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS $800: The Rough Riders battle at San Juan Hill 1898 |
| #7931, aired 2019-02-18 | ANTEBELLUM $1200: Riots in Havana in 1898 led to this doomed U.S. ship being sent there the Maine |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | A MATTER OF WIFE & DEATH $1000: This Irish wit & playwright's estranged wife Constance died in 1898 shortly after his release from prison (Oscar) Wilde |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | IT'S A DATE $1200: February 15, 1898:
This is sunk by an explosion the U.S.S. Maine |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | THE NOBEL MUSEUM $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.) 2-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie gained world fame after she discovered polonium & this element in 1898; she continued to investigate its properties using a scale like the one preserved here radium |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | HAIL HYDRO $400: Last name of the man who in 1898 became the owner of a French spring; his name still adorns green bottles today (Dr. Louis) Perrier |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | GENIUS: PICASSO $1600: As a young man, Picasso lived in Catalonia with a friend, painting & avoiding service in this 1898 conflict the Spanish-American War |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Fabergé used pearls & diamonds to evoke the empress' favorite flowers, lilies of the valley, in an 1898 Easter egg in this ornamental style that was popular at the time Art Nouveau |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | A YEAR ENDING IN 8 $1600: The battleship Maine blows up in Havana harbor 1898 |
| #7625, aired 2017-11-03 | MISSISSIPPI $400: In 1898 in Biloxi, Edward Barq began bottling & selling this beverage root beer |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | THE PARENT COMPANY $1000: KitchenAid Appliances:
this appliance maker founded in 1898 Whirlpool |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | WRITTEN IN 18-SOMETHING $600: This 1898 science fantasy was brought to horrifying quasi-reality in a 1938 Orson Welles broadcast The War of the Worlds |
| #7520, aired 2017-04-28 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $400: U.S. forces along with the Cubans wrested control of this bay from the Spanish in June 1898; we've been there ever since Guantánamo |
| #7520, aired 2017-04-28 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $2000: In 1898 William Day gave up this Cabinet post to John Hay & went with Senator George Gray to negotiate a treaty Secretary of State |
| #7517, aired 2017-04-25 | SIMILARLY NAMED SCHOOLS $400: Northwestern University is in Evanston, Illinois; this private school was founded in Boston in 1898 Northeastern |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | BATTLE HIM $400: "Oh, but we had a bully fight", he said, referring to the 1898 Battle of San Juan Hill Teddy Roosevelt |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | WE'VE GOT COMPANY $200: Today the official supplier of tires to NASCAR, this company was founded in Ohio in 1898 Goodyear |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | THE 1940s $800: On July 4, 1946 the U.S. granted independence to this Asian country we had controlled since 1898 the Philippines |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: The unexplained sinking of the USS Maine led the U.S. to declare war on this country on April 25, 1898 Spain |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | STUFF THAT EXPLODES $1200: The unexplained explosion of this ship in Havana's harbor in 1898 led to war the Maine |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | THERE'S A WAR ON $800: April-December 1898 the Spanish-American War |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1600: In 1898 this chemist known for his flask liquefied hydrogen gas James Dewar |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | DEWEY $1600: You may ring in when ready & name this May 1, 1898 battle that made Admiral George Dewey a national hero the Battle of Manila Bay |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | STATE BIRDS $800: South Dakota's state bird, the ring-necked species of this is native to Asia & was introduced to the state in 1898 pheasant |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | ACQUISITIVE PRESIDENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Puerto Rico William McKinley |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | BATTLESHIPS $400: On February 15, 1898, just hours after the photo seen here was taken, this battleship exploded the Maine |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | HAWAIIAN HISTORY $600: In 1898 a camera crew from this inventor's company filmed scenes in the Hawaiian Islands Edison |
| #7277, aired 2016-04-12 | NATIVE AMERICANS $800: In an 1898 article in McClure's Magazine, Two Moon gave his account of what happened at this June 1876 battle Little Bighorn |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | 19th CENTURY TRANSPORTATION $4,000 (Daily Double): The first production one of these in the U.S. was 1898's Orient-Aster, preceding the Indian brand by 3 years motorcycle |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | 1890s AMERICA $1200: Showcasing the West, the 1898 expo called Trans- this river drew 2.5 million visitors to Omaha the Mississippi |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | LET YOUR GREEK FLAG FLY $1600: From 1898 to 1913 this large island was autonomous & had its own flag Crete |
| #7227, aired 2016-02-02 | THE 1800s $1,000 (Daily Double): 1898:
Marie & Pierre Curie discover these 2 elements radium & polonium |
| #7184, aired 2015-12-03 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $400: In 1898 Congress authorized the Dewey medal for officers & those who participated in the battle of this bay Manila Bay |
| #7022, aired 2015-03-10 | FICTION $2000: After the Archbishop of Canterbury told him a ghost story, Henry James was inspired to write this 1898 tale The Turn of the Screw |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | THE END OF THE LINE $800: On July 30, 1898 this Prussian was sunk Bismarck |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | THE LATE 19th CENTURY $2000: In 1898 gold was discovered on Anvil Creek near this future port on Alaska's Seward Peninsula Nome, Alaska |
| #6928, aired 2014-10-29 | BEVERAGES $600: Back in 1898 a guy named Edward created this biting "olde tyme" root beer Barq's |
| #6811, aired 2014-04-07 | THE USS OLYMPIA $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from aboard the Olympia in the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia.) On May 1, 1898, during the Spanish-American War, the Olympia made history as Admiral Dewey's flagship, leading the U.S. fleet to victory in the decisive naval battle of this bay Manila Bay |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | IMAGINE DRAGONS $1600: His 1898 story "The Reluctant Dragon" was reissued in 1953 to coincide with a "Wind in the Willows" reissue Kenneth Grahame |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | CENTURY 19 $1,000 (Daily Double): In January 1898 this U.S. Battleship went to Havana Harbor in part to protect U.S. citizens, but it would never leave the Maine |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGY $600: In 1898 this noble gas, symbol Kr, was discovered hidden in a liter of liquid air, so it was named for the Greek for "hidden" krypton |
| #6579, aired 2013-04-04 | ENGLAND SWINGS $1600: In 1985 Britain set up a "war cabinet" to combat the violent soccer fans known by this term that dates from 1898 hooligans |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | WHO'S ON FIRST? $200: Cubs, 1898-1912--
the third of a famous trio Chance |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | G.I. JOES $400: Former Confederate general Joseph Wheeler also commanded forces during this war of 1898 the Spanish-American War |
| #6469, aired 2012-11-01 | THE OLD GRAY MAYOR $200: When he leaves office, he will be the oldest mayor of New York City since consolidation in 1898 Bloomberg |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | "X"s & "O"s $400: Let there be light with this element discovered in 1898 xenon |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | BOOK REPORT $1600: Martians attack the Earth after landing outside of London in this 1898 sci-fi classic by H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | ADVERTISING MASCOTS & ICONS $600: In 1898 artist Marius Rossillon created the tire man for this company Michelin |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | SHIP OUT $200: On February 15, 1898 the USS Maine mysteriously sank in this city's harbor Havana |
| #6333, aired 2012-03-14 | THE SPLENDID LITTLE WAR $600: On May 1, 1898 a U.S. fleet under George Dewey destroyed a Spanish fleet in this bay Manila Bay |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | HISTORIC LETTERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Among those he accused in an 1898 letter were Colonel Du Paty de Clam, General Mercier & General Billot Emile Zola |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | TALES OF THE WINDY CITY $400: In 1898's "A Yankee from the West", Chicago's Opie Read used the phrase "There's" one of these "born every minute" a sucker |
| #6264, aired 2011-12-08 | NON-ROMAN EMPERORS $600: Franz Joseph, emperor of this dual monarchy, suffered his son's suicide in 1889 & his wife's murder in 1898 Austria-Hungary |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | AIRSHIPS $1,700 (Daily Double): He began construction of his first airship in June 1898 in a wooden hangar on Lake Constance (Count) Zeppelin |
| #6222, aired 2011-10-11 | THE PATRIOT LEAGUE $400: Commanding J.P. Morgan's converted yacht, Richard Wainwright was a hero of the Battle of Santiago in this 1898 war the Spanish-American War |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $1200: Manila, Utah receieved its name in 1898 to commemorate a victory by Admiral Dewey during this war the Spanish American War |
| #6200, aired 2011-07-22 | GENERAL RELATIVITY $600: Both this general & his father Arthur fought in the Philippines, the father in 1898, the son in 1944 Douglas MacArthur |
| #6163, aired 2011-06-01 | HAY IS $1600: ...The last name of the man who became this president's Secretary of State in 1898 McKinley |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | SHIP NAMES $600: A pro-war slogan of 1898 was "Remember" this ship, "to hell with Spain!" the Maine |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | THE NOVELS OF H.G. WELLS $400: Tripod-borne aliens attack & destroy London in this scary 1898 novel The War of the Worlds |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | HISTORY $800: The martial artists who fought against Western control of China from 1898 to 1900 were known as these the Boxers |
| #6018, aired 2010-11-10 | KITES $600: Cpl. William Eddy took the first aerial wartime surveillance photos from a kite during this 1898 conflict the Spanish-American War |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP! $800: Adm. Rickover said this ship's 1898 explosion was due to heat from fire in a coal bin that set off ammunition... remember? the Maine |
| #5990, aired 2010-10-01 | 19th CENTURY LIT $1200: Known for his gloomy novels, this Brit also published 9 volumes of rhyming verse starting in 1898 Thomas Hardy |
| #5901, aired 2010-04-19 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESSMEN $800: In 1898 Charles Seiberling borrowed $3,500 to start this company in Akron to produce bicycle & carriage tires Goodyear |
| #5878, aired 2010-03-17 | 1900 EVENTS $5,000 (Daily Double): This future state became a possession in 1898 & a territory in 1900 Hawaii |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | LYIN' IN WINTER $1600: In January 1898 the Parisian newspaper L'Aurore printed his letter accusing military & civilian authorities of lies (Émile) Zola |
| #5855, aired 2010-02-12 | AFRICAN HISTORY $1200: Work on a bridge over the Tsavo River was badly hampered in 1898 when 2 of these mammals ate 140 workers lions |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | THE PRISONER $2000: This Dublin-born man was released from prison bankrupt in 1897; "The Ballad Of Reading Gaol" was released in 1898 Oscar Wilde |
| #5849, aired 2010-02-04 | GET A "P-H-D" $2000: The Curies discovered radium in 1898 while working with this ore of uranium pitchblende |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | A RICH STEW $400: Since 1898 Mrs. Hunt's Agency has provided staff including this, the manservant to the gentleman of the house a valet |
| #5804, aired 2009-12-03 | ALSO A U.S. STATE $200: It was destroyed in Havana Harbor on Feb. 15, 1898 the USS Maine |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | YOU NEED A DRINK $400: To be patriotic during WWII, this soda invented in 1898 adopted red, white & blue colors, still on its logo today Pepsi |
| #5729, aired 2009-07-02 | LITERATURE IN THE 1800s $1000: This 1898 Henry James novella is considered one of the greatest ghost stories ever written The Turn of the Screw |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | WARS BY BATTLE $600: 1898:
The Battle of San Juan Hill the Spanish-American War |
| #5682, aired 2009-04-28 | NATIVE AMERICANS $400: In 1898 McClure's magazine published Two Moons' account of this June 1876 event the Battle of Little Big Horn |
| #5663, aired 2009-04-01 | ART HISTORY $1600: Born in 1898, this Belgian painter was influenced by De Chirico & the surrealists René Magritte |
| #5625, aired 2009-02-06 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $1,000 (Daily Double): On January 24, 1898 Captain Sigsbee was told to sail this battleship from Key West to Cuba to protect American interests the (USS) Maine |
| #5606, aired 2009-01-12 | THE 19th CENTURY $400: As a result of this 1898 war, the U.S. gained control of Guam, Puerto Rico & the Philippines the Spanish-American War |
| #5595, aired 2008-12-26 | 1890s CINEMA $400: In an 1898 film by G.A. Smith, this character enters & leaves a room via the chimney Santa Claus |
| #5487, aired 2008-06-17 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $400: After this exploded in 1898, Clara Barton wrote, "The air was filled with a blaze of light" the U.S.S. Maine |
| #5487, aired 2008-06-17 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $800: The war to free Cuba actually began half a world away in the Battle of this bay on May 1, 1898 Manila Bay |
| #5487, aired 2008-06-17 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $1600: In this July 1, 1898 battle, the U.S. gained the high ground overlooking Santiago but lost more than 200 men the Battle of San Juan Hill |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On February 15, we remember this ship that was sunk in 1898 the Maine |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | EUROPEAN ART $400: An 1898 exhibit in Amsterdam devoted to this old master has been called the first blockbuster art show Rembrandt |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $200: On Feb. 15, 1898 it famously sank in Havana harbor the U.S.S. Maine |
| #5424, aired 2008-03-20 | BATTLE CRIES $2,000 (Daily Double): This battle cry may have come from a cartoon that appeared in the Washington Post on April 3, 1898 Remember the Maine |
| #5410, aired 2008-02-29 | TRADING PLACES $1000: From its founding in 1898 until 1919, this exchange was known as the Chicago Butter & Egg Board the Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | HISTORIC FACES $200: Later president, this man is seen here back in 1898 Theodore Roosevelt |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: Robert E. Lee's nephew Fitzhugh Lee was a major general during both the Civil War & this 1898 war the Spanish-American War |
| #5391, aired 2008-02-04 | MODERN CHINESE HISTORY $1200: This brewery city in Shantung province was primarily built by the Germans starting in 1898 Tsingtao |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | WRITERS AT REST $800: His grave is marked
"REV. CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON.
FELL ASLEEP JAN. 14, 1898.
AGED 65 YEARS" Lewis Carroll |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | JINGO ALL THE WAY $200: The U.S. was spurred to war with this country in 1898 due in part to "jingo journalism" Spain |
| #5358, aired 2007-12-19 | ISLANDS $400: Though ceded in 1898, this Pacific island didn't become a U.S. territory until 1950 Guam |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | WHEN DID IT HAPPEN? $400: The U.S. declared war against Spain on April 25 of this year 1898 |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1898 Americans were urged to "remember" this battleship that sank in Havana harbor, leading to war with Spain the Maine |
| #5261, aired 2007-06-25 | JOBS $600: Back in 1898 William Morris went into business as one of these a talent agent |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | POSSESSED $400: Spanish for "rich port", it was ceded to the U.S. in 1898 Puerto Rico |
| #5195, aired 2007-03-23 | AFRICAN CITIES $400: This Sudanese capital was destroyed by the Mahdists in 1885; Lord Kitchener began to rebuild it in 1898 Khartoum |
| #5152, aired 2007-01-23 | A YEAR TO REMEMBER $1200: Teddy Roosevelt hits San Juan Hill; Otto von Bismarck sinks; Sir George Frampton comes alive sculpting Keats 1898 |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | TO TELL THE TRUCE $400: The treaty ending this war was signed in Paris on Dec. 10, 1898 Spanish-American War |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | LETTERS $1200: His "J'accuse" letter in 1898 helped secure a new trial for Alfred Dreyfus (Emile) Zola |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | MILITARY MEN $2000: He was in command of George Dewey's flagship, the Olympia, when it sailed into Manila Bay in 1898, & fired when ready Charles Gridley |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | FAMOUS TREATIES $600: It ended the Spanish-American War
(1898) the Treaty of Paris |
| #5054, aired 2006-07-27 | RESTAURANTS $1000: When Hiltl opened in Zurich in 1898, its customers were called Grasfresser, as it's this kind of restaurant a vegetarian restaurant |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: This Akron-based company got rolling in 1898, making bicycle & carriage tires, horseshoe pads, & yes, poker chips Goodyear |
| #5033, aired 2006-06-28 | BRITISH POETS & POETRY $1200: After he gave up writing novels, he published his "Wessex Poems" in 1898 Thomas Hardy |
| #5013, aired 2006-05-31 | CLEANING UP $1600: In 1898 Caleb Johnson sold this soap named for 2 types of oil used to make it; later the co. merged with Colgate Palmolive |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | THE ONION $800: From an issue in 2056: This island & commonwealth ceded to the U.S. in 1898... "Should it become our 63rd state?" Puerto Rico |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | RIDDLE ME THIS $1600: If this riddling Belgian surrealist painter, born 1898 worked for "Jeopardy!", he might write, "This is not a clue" Magritte |
| #4992, aired 2006-05-02 | GOVERNORS $200: His record in the Spanish-American War helped him get elected governor of New York in 1898 Teddy Roosevelt |
| #4960, aired 2006-03-17 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $2,000 (Daily Double): This Asian island nation gained independence from the U.S. in 1946 but celebrates its 1898 freedom from Spain on June 12 the Philippines |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | SCIENCE FICTION $400: This 1898 novel is divided into 2 parts: "The Coming of the Martians" & "The Earth Under the Martians" War of the Worlds |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | ISLANDS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Aswan, Egypt.) This island here in the Nile bears the name of this British field marshal, who conquered Khartoum in 1898 Lord Kitchener |
| #4918, aired 2006-01-18 | A PHILIPPINES TIMELINE $800: 1898:
The Treaty of Paris cedes control of the Philippines to this nation the U.S. |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Riga, Latvia.) Perhaps the U.S.S.R.'s greatest filmmaker, born in Riga in 1898, I'm in front of a building his father designed Sergei Eisenstein |
| #4894, aired 2005-12-15 | UNDER THE MICROSCOPE $800: In 1898, Beijerinck, a Dutch scientist, realized there were pathogens smaller than bacteria & named them this a virus |
| #4873, aired 2005-11-16 | HISTORY CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $200: "Memorable" battleship of 1898
(5) the USS Maine |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | PITHY QUOTES $1,200 (Daily Double): French title of Zola's 1898 letter to President Faure J'accuse |
| #4859, aired 2005-10-27 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $200: In January 1898 this ship was sent to Havana to protect American interests in case of war the Maine |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | ROADSIDE AMERICA $800: In the city park in Reading, Pa., take a gander at the anchor of this ship sunk in 1898 by a mysterious explosion the Maine |
| #4807, aired 2005-06-28 | "X" RATED $1000: Colorless & odorless element first discovered in 1898 xenon |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | WAR $400: One of the first uses of kites for aerial photographic surveillance was during this 1898 war the Spanish-American War |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | LEO $3,000 (Daily Double): An 1898 rampage by man-eating lions halted construction of a railway from this body of water to Mombasa Lake Victoria |
| #4782, aired 2005-05-24 | GUNS & AMMO $600: The line of pistols designed by this Austrian in 1898 became the standard for German soldiers (Georg) Luger |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | IN THE NAVY $800: In 1898 this man resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to organize a volunteer cavalry regiment Teddy Roosevelt |
| #4745, aired 2005-04-01 | TIM, TOM, TAMMY $1000: The first collection of this author's short stories was 1898's "Der Kleine Herr Friedemann" Thomas Mann |
| #4727, aired 2005-03-08 | CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS $600: According to the "World Almanac", they were the last 3 years of the 19th century 1898, 1899, & 1900 |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | A IS FOR... $800: ...Arlington National Cemetery, which is home to the mast of this ship that blew up in 1898 the Maine |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | WRITERS JOURNAL $2000: His 1898 letter to the president of France accused "the War Office of having led a vile campaign in the press" Emile Zola |
| #4680, aired 2004-12-31 | THE COMPANY LINE $800: Edward Teller & this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women (Paul) Bonwit |
| #4669, aired 2004-12-16 | McCLURE'S MAGAZINE $700 (Daily Double): McClure's sent William Glackens to this island in 1898 to provide illustrations of the battles Cuba |
| #4638, aired 2004-11-04 | COUNTRY MATTERS $400: On April 25, 1898 the U.S. declared war on this country Spain |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | A YEN FOR JAPAN $800: On December 7, 1941 the Japanese also attacked this Marianas island that Spain ceded to the U.S. in 1898 Guam |
| #4461, aired 2004-01-19 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $1000: In May 1898 Lt. Andrew Rowan delivered his famous message from President McKinley to this Cuban military man General Garcia |
| #4452, aired 2004-01-06 | SONGS EVERYBODY KNOWS $1000: This Italian classic whose title translates as "O My Sun!" dates from 1898 "'O Sole Mio" |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | ART & ARTISTS $1600: Born in 1898 & trained as an engineer, he turned to art in his 20s & began making stabiles & mobiles Alexander Calder |
| #4408, aired 2003-11-05 | THE MOONS OF SATURN $1600: After Phoebe was discovered in 1898, the next one was found in 1966 & named for this 2-faced god Janus |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: On February 15, 1898 the U.S. battleship Maine blew up in this Cuban capital's harbor Havana |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | PEACE OUT $400: In an 1898 peace treaty, this country had to give up Cuba--that's what you get for messing with Uncle Sam Spain |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1898 Frank Seiberling founded this tire company named for the inventor of vulcanized rubber Goodyear |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | ART & ARTISTS $800: His several "At the Circus" drawings from 1898 include "The Tandem", "Acrobats" & "Rehearsing" Toulouse-Lautrec |
| #4309, aired 2003-05-01 | YOU SHOULD BE IN AN OPERA! $2000: Your performance as Loris in "Fedora" will make everyone forget this great tenor who originated the role in 1898 Caruso |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | NYC BUSINESS HISTORY $1000: George Dunlap joined up with this man in 1898 to publish books, left him in 1899, but came back in 1900 Alexander Grosset |
| #4270, aired 2003-03-07 | WHEW! IT'S HOT! $1000: 119 degrees on July 10, 1898 in Pendleton Oregon |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | A CAPITAL IDEA $1000: In 1898, 10 years after inheriting the throne, 18-year-old Queen Wilhelmina was finally crowned in this city Amsterdam |
| #4229, aired 2003-01-09 | NOTABLE NAMES $1600: In an 1898 book this woman, whose real name was Clarissa, explained all about "The Red Cross in Peace & War" Clara Barton |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | THEATER $400: Method actors know Konstantin Stanislavsky opened his influential theater in this capital city in 1898 Moscow |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | ENGAGEMENTS $400: In 1898 the first land engagement of this war took place at Las Guasimas, Cuba Spanish-American War |
| #4194, aired 2002-11-21 | FUN WITH THE PERIODIC TABLE $2,500 (Daily Double): The seventh period begins with francium followed by this element discovered in France in 1898 radium (discovered by the Curies) |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $1200: In 1898, when this battleship blew up, Llewellyn Powers was governing the state of the same name Maine |
| #4147, aired 2002-09-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: On May 1, 1898 Commodore Dewey defeated the Spanish Pacific fleet at the battle of this Philippine bay Manila Bay |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: On February 15 we remember this ship that was sunk in 1898 Maine |
| #4110, aired 2002-06-14 | U.S. HISTORY $800: This commodore said Manila & the Philippines were "terra incognita" when he sailed there in 1898 George Dewey |
| #4101, aired 2002-06-03 | THE DAMON RUNYON STORY $400: During this 1898 war, Damon Runyon wrote for the Manila Freedom & The Soldier's Letter in the Philippines Spanish-American War |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | EUROPEAN ART $2,000 (Daily Double): An 1898 exhibition in Amsterdam devoted to this old master has been called the first blockbuster art show Rembrandt |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: A New Bern, North Carolina pharmacist invented this drink in 1898, claiming it cured dyspepsia Pepsi (or Pepsi-Cola) |
| #4075, aired 2002-04-26 | MAKE MINE RARE $2,600 (Daily Double): Discovered in 1898, this rare element found by Marie & Pierre Curie was named for her country of birth polonium |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | DURING THE '90s $600: You should remember this island's war of independence was fought 1895 to 1898 Cuba |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | JAN. $1600: In Jan. 1898 he wrote "J'accuse" & helped win Alfred Dreyfus a new trial (Émile) Zola |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | 'TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $400 (Daily Double): On Dec. 26, 1898 this woman scientist & her husband Pierre discovered radium Marie Curie |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $800: Alberto Santos-Dumont's first flight of his No.1 airship in 1898 ended with it being caught in one of these tree |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | WORLD CAPITALS $600: In 1898 Lord Kitchener & the British recaptured this African capital from the forces of 'Abd Allah Khartoum (capital of the Sudan) |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $100: After mobs attacked several Havana newspapers in January 1898, the U.S. sent this battleship in the Maine |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $500: At 5:41 A.M. on May 1, 1898 Dewey told this captain of the Olympia, "You may fire when you are ready" Gridley |
| #3861, aired 2001-05-21 | LET'S VISIT CUBA $300: Visit this site that Teddy did in 1898 & see small monuments marking the battle & a rusted ferris wheel San Juan Hill |
| #3830, aired 2001-04-06 | MESSAGE CENTER $1000: In 1898 Lt. Andrew Rowan made it through a Spanish blockade to get "a message to" this Cuban general Calixto Garcia |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: 95 films were based on this classic fairy tale, from 1898's "Fairy Godmother" to 1998's "Ever After" "Cinderella" |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | NEBRASKA, GOD'S COUNTRY $400: In 1898 he came to Omaha to supervise the lighting of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition Thomas Edison |
| #3709, aired 2000-10-19 | 19th CENTURY LIT $2,001 (Daily Double): Frenchman famous for realistic novels & for an open letter published Jan 13, 1898 Emile Zola (J'Accuse) |
| #3706, aired 2000-10-16 | BODIES OF WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1898 Dewey won a great victory in this bay; now you can see lovely sunsets over it Manila Bay |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $1000: World drama was changed forever in 1898 when this director & acting teacher opened the Moscow Art Theater Constantin Stanislavski |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | PUERTO RICO $500: In 1987 he became the first Spanish king to visit Puerto Rico since 1898 Juan Carlos |
| #3588, aired 2000-03-22 | AYE AYE, ADMIRAL $600: In less than a day, May 1, 1898, his fleet demolished the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay George Dewey |
| #3557, aired 2000-02-08 | TAFT! $600: Taft was the first civil governor of these islands, acquired from Spain in 1898 after the Spanish-American War Philippines |
| #3547, aired 2000-01-25 | HOTELS $500: He opened his own hotel in Paris in 1898 & soon started running the Carlton in London Cesar Ritz |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | BORN TO BE WILDE $600: Wilde wrote of inhuman prison conditions in this 1898 "ballad" The Ballad of Reading Gaol |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, PA. $400: Born in 1898, this Bethlehem, PA. native's works include "John Brown's Body" & "The Devil and Daniel Webster" Stephen Vincent Benet |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | MR. & MISSIVE $1,200 (Daily Double): The January 13, 1898 issue of L'Aurore printed this author's letter of accusation on the front page Emile Zola |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | SANK-A $200: 260 seamen perished when this battleship was sunk by an explosion in 1898 Maine |
| #3405, aired 1999-05-28 | FROM RUSSIA $1000: The story of this woman who wrote "The Story of Civilization" with husband Will began in Russia in 1898 Ariel Durant |
| #3370, aired 1999-04-09 | U.S. HISTORY $400: Cuban hill that was stormed by the Rough Riders on July 1, 1898 San Juan Hill |
| #3360, aired 1999-03-26 | CEDERS $1000: Spain ceded this largest of the Marianas to the U.S. in 1898 & sold the rest to Germany in 1899 Guam |
| #3222, aired 1998-09-15 | TEDDY ROOSEVELT $100: In 1898 Roosevelt resigned as Asst. Secretary of the Navy to help organize this cavalry unit the Rough Riders |
| #3216, aired 1998-09-07 | U.S. AT WAR $500: Mark Twain was among those who opposed the U.S. acquiring these Pacific islands from Spain in 1898 The Philippines |
| #3208, aired 1998-07-08 | 1898 $100: $10 million worth of this was dug out of Canada's Klondike region gold |
| #3208, aired 1998-07-08 | 1898 $200: On January 25, 1898, this U.S. battleship arrived in Havana for a friendly visit the Maine |
| #3208, aired 1998-07-08 | 1898 $300: This pair found radium wanted to be alone, so they isolated it Pierre & Marie Curie |
| #3208, aired 1998-07-08 | 1898 $400: In 1898, he turned in "The Turn of the Screw" to his publisher Henry James |
| #3208, aired 1998-07-08 | 1898 $500: This Russian actor-producer founded the Moscow Art Theater for method actors Constantin Stanislavsky |
| #3175, aired 1998-05-22 | ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE $200: This city's famed "Art Theatre" opened in 1898 with a production of "Czar Fyodor Ivanovich" Moscow |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | MOTHERS OF INVENTION $200: In 1898 this "radiant" physicist invented a method of extracting radioactive material from ore Marie Curie |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | BATTLE CRIES $500: It's said this slogan came from a cartoon that appeared in the Washington Post on April 3, 1898 "Remember the Maine" |
| #3014, aired 1997-10-09 | HISTORY $100: In 1898 Britain leased the New Territories from China, adding to the area of this dependency Hong Kong |
| #3012, aired 1997-10-07 | BLASTS FROM THE PAST $200: Havana Harbor February 15, 1898 the blowing up of the Maine |
| #2985, aired 1997-07-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: During the Spanish-American War, his unit first saw action June 24, 1898 at Las Guasimas, Cuba Theodore Roosevelt |
| #2977, aired 1997-07-08 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: Though she became queen of the Netherlands in 1890, she wasn't crowned until September 6, 1898 Queen Wilhelmina |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | 19TH CENTURY PORTUGAL $400: In May 1898 Portugal celebrated the 400th anniversary of this explorer's arrival in India Vasco da Gama |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: His war record as a Rough Rider helped him win the New York governorship in 1898 Theodore Roosevelt |
| #2911, aired 1997-04-07 | FIRST LADIES $1000: In 1898 she became the first woman in America to earn a degree in geology Lou Henry Hoover |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | MAY DAY $500: He was ready & he fired May 1, 1898 Captain Charles Gridley |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | PUERTO RICO $200: This country surrendered Puerto Rico to the U.S. in the 1898 Treaty of Paris Spain |
| #2857, aired 1997-01-21 | RULERS $600: Ahmadu Seku, who died in 1898, was the second & last ruler of this continent's Tukulor Empire Africa |
| #2846, aired 1997-01-06 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $400: The 1st land engagement of this war took place June 24, 1898 at Las Guasimas, Cuba Spanish-American War |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | 19TH CENTURY SCIENCE $200: This element used in advertising signs was first separated from other inert gases in 1898 Neon |
| #2826, aired 1996-12-09 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: In 1898 DePaul University was founded in this city & named for St. Vincent De Paul Chicago |
| #2809, aired 1996-11-14 | U.S. HISTORY $4,400 (Daily Double): In 1898, as a result of this war, the U.S. paid $20 million for the Philippines the Spanish-American War |
| #2780, aired 1996-10-04 | FAMOUS SHIPS $100: Remember this ship that blew up in 1898? One inquiry said the cause of the explosion was a submarine mine the Maine |
| #2774, aired 1996-09-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: The island of Guam was captured by U.S. Captain Henry Glass in 1898, during this war the Spanish-American War |
| #2749, aired 1996-07-11 | BARITONES $1,100 (Daily Double): This celebrated actor & bass-baritone was born in Princeton, N.J. in 1898, the son of a former slave Paul Robeson |
| #2748, aired 1996-07-10 | AMERICAN POTPOURRI $400: In 1898 his New York Journal offered a $50,000 reward for detection of the "Maine Outrage" perpetrator (William Randolph) Hearst |
| #2747, aired 1996-07-09 | 19th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $400: In 1898 William Henry Pickering discovered Phoebe, the ninth satellite of this ringed planet Saturn |
| #2745, aired 1996-07-05 | 19th CENTURY CINEMA $400: This February 1898 Havana event was recreated by Georges Melies the sinking of the Maine |
| #2743, aired 1996-07-03 | GUAM $400: Except for WWII, this U.S. armed service administered the island from 1898 to 1950 the U.S. Navy |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | NATIVE AMERICANS $600: Two Moon's tale of this June 1876 battle was told in an 1898 article in McClure's Battle of Little Big Horn |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | RUSSIAN HISTORY $800: Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko & this actor/producer founded the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898 (Constantin) Stanislavski |
| #2720, aired 1996-05-31 | KANSANS $400: This inventor of basketball was head of physical education at the University of Kansas 1898-1937 Naismith |
| #2700, aired 1996-05-03 | HISTORY $400: About 250 foreign missionaries & 32,000 Chinese Christians were killed in this 1898-1900 uprising the Boxer Rebellion |
| #2684, aired 1996-04-11 | JULY $1000: On July 7, 1898 Pres. McKinley signed a joint resolution of Congress annexing this future state Hawaii |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | MUSIC $600: An 1898 opera by Rimsky-Korsakov concerned these "Amadeus" adversaries Mozart & Salieri |
| #2635, aired 1996-02-02 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $400: In 1898 the Spanish-American War ended when Manila surrendered to Gen. Merritt & this admiral George Dewey |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | U.S. HISTORY $200: Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee was in command of this ship when it blew up February 15, 1898 the Maine |
| #2609, aired 1995-12-28 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $800: In 1898 this great Italian tenor created the role of Loris in Giordano's opera "Fedora" Caruso |
| #2592, aired 1995-12-05 | CHINESE HISTORY $1000: This grass-roots, anti-foreign movement originated in Shantung Province in 1898 the Boxer movement |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1898 the New York Journal offered a $50,000 reward for the capture of those thought to have sunk this ship the Maine |
| #2572, aired 1995-11-07 | FAMOUS WOMEN $800: She was born in Kiev in 1898, grew up in Milwaukee & in 1969 became prime minister of Israel Golda Meir |
| #2567, aired 1995-10-31 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $600: In 1898 this botanist wrote his first publication at Tuskegee, "Feeding Acorns to Livestock" (George Washington) Carver |
| #2565, aired 1995-10-27 | POTPOURRI $400: In 1898 Haakon Nyhuus reorganized this Norwegian city's Deichman Library Oslo |
| #2551, aired 1995-10-09 | NOTABLE NAMES $800: In 1898 she founded the Christian Science Publishing Society Mary Baker Eddy |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | LETTERS $500: In 1898 he wrote a letter to the French president using the phrase "J'Accuse" 8 times (Émile) Zola |
| #2486, aired 1995-05-29 | GASES $100: This noble gas, symbol Xe, was discovered by William Ramsay & Morris Travers in 1898 xenon |
| #2452, aired 1995-04-11 | CORPORATE SYMBOLS $300: This company's "Tire Man", Bib, goes back to 1898 Michelin |
| #2442, aired 1995-03-28 | COMPOSERS $200: He was born Jacob Gershvin in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1898 George Gershwin |
| #2431, aired 1995-03-13 | PIERRES CELEBRES $300: In 1898 he & his wife told of finding an element hundreds of times as radioactive as uranium Pierre Curie |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On July 7, 1898 this president signed the resolution annexing Hawaii William McKinley |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $300: The mast of this battleship marks the Arlington grave of 229 who died on it at Havana in 1898 the Maine |
| #2379, aired 1994-12-29 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESS $100: Created in 1898 by the Seiberling Bros., this company was named for the inventor of vulcanized rubber Goodyear |
| #2360, aired 1994-12-02 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: The Martian invasion in this 1898 work takes place in Woking, England, not New Jersey The War of the Worlds |
| #2344, aired 1994-11-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: This war was waged in 1898 for the purpose of liberating Cuba the Spanish-American War |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | QUOTATIONS $400: In 1898 ambassador to Britain John Hay described this U.S. conflict as "a splendid little war" the Spanish-American War |
| #2314, aired 1994-09-29 | MARINE DISASTERS $100: Ammunition set off by heat from a coal bin fire probably caused the 1898 sinking of this U.S. ship the Maine |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | FAMOUS 19th CENTURY NAMES $1000: The May 8, 1898 Globe-Democrat touted his "Victory... Americans control Manila Bay" Dewey |
| #2298, aired 1994-09-07 | THEATRE $1000: The first production of "The Sea Gull" failed, but it became a hit at this Russian theatre in 1898 Moscow Art Theatre |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $400: In 1898 Britain obtained a 99-year lease on this colony's "New Territories" Hong Kong |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | 1890s AMERICA $100: In November 1898 this rough riding colonel was elected New York governor Teddy Roosevelt |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | 1890s AMERICA $200: Of 350 crewmen, 260 were killed in the explosion of this battleship Feb. 15, 1898 the Maine |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | LODGING $300: Built as a home in 1898, the Brigham Street Inn is an elegant bed and breakfast in this state capital Salt Lake City |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | 1890s AMERICA $700 (Daily Double): On July 7, 1898 the president signed a bill annexing this Pacific island group to the United States Hawaii |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | KIDDIE LIT $800: His 1898 story "The Reluctant Dragon" appeared 10 years before "The Wind in the Willows" (Kenneth) Grahame |
| #2252, aired 1994-05-24 | U.S. CITIES $1000: This Alaskan port on the Seward Pen. was founded in 1898 when gold was discovered at nearby Anvil Creek Nome |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | ARTISTS $1,500 (Daily Double): This Englishman known for his black & white art nouveau drawings was only 25 when he died in 1898 (Aubrey) Beardsley |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | HISTORY $200: The 1898 Battle of Manila Bay was the first important battle of this war the Spanish-American War |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | FORTS $400: In 1898 this ship sailed to her fate from Fort Jefferson in Florida The Maine |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: This city's DePaul University was founded in 1898 as St. Vincent's College Chicago |
| #2205, aired 1994-03-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: On April 11, 1898 he asked Congress for authorization to use military force in Cuba McKinley |
| #2199, aired 1994-03-10 | THE PANAMA CANAL $200: This 1898 war underscored the U.S. Navy's need for a canal the Spanish-American war |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | THE ELEMENTS $300: Though the Curies discovered it in pitchblende in 1898, it wasn't isolated as a metal until 1910 radium |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: This battleship was launched from the New York Navy Yard in 1890; it blew up in 1898 the Maine |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | THE 1890s $300: The capture of Santiago, Cuba in July 1898 effectively ended this war the Spanish-American War |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $300: After resigning as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1898, he helped organize the Rough Riders Teddy Roosevelt |
| #2025, aired 1993-05-28 | HEADLINES $200: February 16, 1898:
"Blown up", read the headline on its fate the Maine |
| #2007, aired 1993-05-04 | COMPOSERS $1000: An 1898 opera by Rimsky-Korsakov fueled the unfounded rumor that this man had poisoned Mozart Salieri |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | THEATRE $800: In 1898 this Russian theatre premiered its first production, "Czar Fyodor Ivanovich" the Moscow Art Theatre |
| #1989, aired 1993-04-08 | PENNSYLVANIANS $1000: On July 22, 1898 this sculptor & artist was born in Philadelphia, though Mobile would have been more appropriate (Alexander) Calder |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | U.S. STATES $500: In 1898 the U.S. annexed what's now this state Hawaii |
| #1967, aired 1993-03-09 | SPANISH HISTORY $800: Austrian-born Maria Cristina ruled as regent during this 1898 war Spain lost the Spanish- American War |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $200: 260 of its crew of about 350 were killed February 15, 1898 the Maine |
| #1882, aired 1992-11-10 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On May 1, 1898 Commodore George Dewey sailed into this bay Manila Bay |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | THE 1890s $100: In February 1898, this battleship sent to protect U.S. citizens & property in Cuba mysteriously blew up the Maine |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | INDIANS $200: Around 1898 Frederic Remington asked Kicking Bear, a veteran of this battle, to create a painting of it Little Big Horn |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | THE 50 STATES $100: This state's first railroad was the White Pass & Yukon Railway, which began running in 1898 Alaska |
| #1826, aired 1992-07-06 | COMPOSERS $200: Born in Brooklyn in 1898, his real name was Jacob Gershwin George Gershwin |
| #1790, aired 1992-05-15 | FAMOUS AUSTRIANS $500: This emperor's brother was killed in Mexico in 1867 & his wife was assassinated in 1898 Franz Joseph |
| #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 |
| #1766, aired 1992-04-13 | THEATRE HISTORY $500: Stanislavsky was born in this city, the home of the art theatre he founded in 1898 Moscow |
| #1721, aired 1992-02-10 | ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $200: The mast of this battleship sunk in 1898 is part of a military memorial the Maine |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Caleb D. Bradham invented this soft drink in 1898 & claimed it cured dyspepsia Pepsi (Cola) |
| #1706, aired 1992-01-20 | LANGUAGES $400: Of Macedonian, Dalmatian or Slovene, the 1 that died in 1898 with its last known speaker Dalmatian |
| #1699, aired 1992-01-09 | MILITARY LEADERS $1000: A captain under Dewey, he directed his squadron's fire when ready at Manila Bay in 1898 Gridley |
| #1660, aired 1991-11-15 | THE VIKINGS $3,000 (Daily Double): Now considered a fake, a stone with these Viking letters was found in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota Runes/Runic letters |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | BATTLES $200: Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders won this battle of the Spanish-American War July 1, 1898 the Battle of San Juan Hill |
| #1623, aired 1991-09-25 | U.S. STATES $400: A U.S. battleship named after this state was sunk February 15, 1898 Maine |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | THE 1890s $200: After the 1898 Volunteer Army Act passed, the 1st volunteer cavalry, nicknamed this, was formed the Rough Riders |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | FIRST LADIES $500: In 1898 she became the first woman to graduate as a geology major at Stanford Lou Henry Hoover |
| #1575, aired 1991-06-07 | MEN O' WAR $500: His 1898 victory at the Battle of Manila Bay ended Spanish power in the Philippines George Dewey |
| #1522, aired 1991-03-26 | HISTORY $600: From 1898-1956, this country was jointly controlled by Great Britain & its northern neighbor, Egypt Sudan |
| #1498, aired 1991-02-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: It's now thought that an internal explosion, not a mine, caused this ship to sink in Havana Harbor in 1898 the U.S. Maine |
| #1477, aired 1991-01-22 | METALS $600: From 1898, when the Curies discovered it, until 1954, only about five pounds of this metal was produced radium |
| #1456, aired 1990-12-24 | GOULASH $200: When Ramsay & Travers discovered this gas in 1898, a red light went on over their heads neon |
| #1422, aired 1990-11-06 | QUOTES $400: In 1898 William Randolph Hearst cabled Frederic Remington, "You furnish the pictures & I'll furnish" this The war |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | THEATER HISTORY $2000: V. Nemirovich-Danchenko & K. Stanislavsky founded this theater company in 1898 The Moscow Art Theatre |
| #1379, aired 1990-09-06 | RULERS $800: She was invested in Amsterdam in 1898 and gave up her throne 50 years later Wilhelmina |
| #7, aired 1990-07-28 | THE VIKINGS $2500: Now considered a fake, a stone with these Viking letters was "found" in 1898 near Kensington, Minn. runes |
| #1285, aired 1990-03-16 | THEATER $600: Tolstoy's "Tzar Fyodor Ivanovich" was the 1st play produced at this Russian theater in 1898 Moscow Arts Theater |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $400: Inert gases discovered in 1898 were krypton, meaning "hidden", xenon, "strange" & this, meaning "new" neon |
| #1250, aired 1990-01-26 | MEDICAL HISTORY $400: Carl Wunderlich introduced the use of this instrument to modern medicine in the 1850s, not 1898.6 thermometer |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | FAMOUS PHYSICIANS $800: In 1898 this army medical officer headed a commission that studied the spread of typhoid fever Walter Reed |
| #1176, aired 1989-10-16 | FAMOUS ADMIRALS $200: On May 1, 1898 in Manila Bay, Admiral George Dewey told him, "You may fire when you are ready" Captain (Charles Vernon) Gridley |
| #1095, aired 1989-05-12 | MEDICINE $800: After this couple discovered radium in 1898, it was widely used to treat cancer the (Pierre & Marie) Curies |
| #1058, aired 1989-03-22 | U.S. HISTORY $500: There was an insurrection in these islands after the U.S. bought them from Spain in 1898 the Philippines |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | HISTORIC DATES $200: On February 15, 1898 this happened in Havana Harbor a little before 10 P.M. the blowing up of the battleship Maine |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | HISTORIC DATES $600: On Jan. 13 1898 his open letter "J'Accuse" was published & helped sell 200,000 newspapers Emile Zola |
| #892, aired 1988-06-21 | INVENTORS $100: George Luger became a big shot when he invented one of these in 1898 pistol |
| #881, aired 1988-06-06 | LEFTOVERS $800: To attract newcomers to California, this railroad started "Sunset Magazine" in 1898 Southern Pacific |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $600: The music hall that opened on NYC's 57th Street in 1891 was renamed this in 1898 Carnegie Hall |
| #863, aired 1988-05-11 | FERRIES $600: From 1898 to 1975, this was the fare on the Staten Island Ferry nickel |
| #846, aired 1988-04-18 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $100: In 1898, S. Dakota voters became 1st in nation to be able to do this by power of initiative & referendum pass laws |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | THEATER $800: An 1898 production of 1 of his plays was the Moscow Art Theatre's 1st big hit Anton Chekov |
| #808, aired 1988-02-24 | HISTORY $300: In 1898, the Spanish fleet was destroyed in this inlet of Luzon island Manila Bay |
| #786, aired 1988-01-25 | SPAIN $1000: By 1825, Spain had lost all its American colonies except these 2 islands, which it lost by 1898 Cuba and Puerto Rico |
| #779, aired 1988-01-14 | ARTISTS $800: Partial blindness compelled him to stop painting ballerinas circa 1898 Degas |
| #693, aired 1987-09-16 | FAMOUS QUOTES $400: On May 1, 1898, it was said to the captain of the Olympia, Charles Vernon Gridley "You may fire when ready, Gridley" |
| #662, aired 1987-06-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: These 2 self-governing outlying areas of the U.S. were acquired from Spain in 1898 Puerto Rico and Guam |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | U.S. CITIES $200: In 1898, NYC absorbed Brooklyn, reportedly to prevent this city from becoming the largest in U.S. Chicago |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | BRITISH NOVELS $200: Published in 1898, this Wells novel had its biggest impact when adapted by another Welles in 1938 The War of the Worlds |
| #560, aired 1987-01-30 | ISLANDS $500: Largest of the Mariana Islands, we acquired it in 1898 Guam |
| #551, aired 1987-01-19 | MEDICINE $600: In 1898, Bayer introduced this morphine derivative as a new remedy for bad coughs heroin |
| #535, aired 1986-12-26 | JOURNALISM $2,000 (Daily Double): The 2 publishers whose "yellow journalism" stirred up support for 1898 war with Spain William Randolph Hearst & Joseph Pulitzer |
| #457, aired 1986-09-09 | ASIA $200: Country which ruled the Philippines for over 300 years, until 1898 Spain |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | FAMOUS QUOTES $500: On May 1, 1898, it was said to the captain of the Olympia, Charles Vernon Gridley "You may fire when (you are) ready, Gridley" |
| #354, aired 1986-01-16 | NICKNAMES $500: Nickname in 1898 of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry the Rough Riders |
| #297, aired 1985-10-29 | WAR LIKE WORDS $600: "You furnish the pictures & I'll furnish the war", said this jingoistic newspaper publisher in 1898 Hearst |
| #274, aired 1985-09-26 | JOURNALISM $600: "Jingo journalism" promoted our going to war against this country in 1898 Spain |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | SHIPS $400: Though the Confederates had the "Hunley", the "Holland", launched in 1898, was the 1st of this type in U.S. Navy a submarine |
| #144, aired 1985-03-28 | HOLIDAYS $600: Club centered in this Penn. town has looked for groundhog shadows every Feb. 2 since 1898 Punxsutawney |
| #118, aired 1985-02-20 | CITIES $100: It was America's 4th largest city when absorbed by New York in 1898 Brooklyn |
