| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $2000: The Netherlands' Order of the House of Orange in 1905 & the Bronze Cross in 1940 were both created by this queen Wilhelmina |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | WORLD LITERATURE $1600: In 1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz, author of this tale of ancient Rome, became the first Polish person to win a Nobel Prize in lit Quo Vadis |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: 3-letter last name of Johnny, a symbol of the typical southern soldier; in a 1905 book by a war veteran, he's paired with Billy Yank Reb |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | ON MY HISTORIC CV $800: 1905: introduced to the Russian royal family; 1915: personal advisor to the empress; 1916: doesn't quite make it to New Year's Rasputin |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | SPORTS STUFF $1000: Honus Wagner signed a historic contract in 1905 that saw him endorse this baseball bat with a Kentucky city in its name a Louisville Slugger |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | THE TOPIC OF CAPRICORNS $1600: Capricorns like privacy, but this ultra-rich man born Dec. 24, 1905 took that love of privacy to an unhealthy extreme Howard Hughes |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | LESS-THAN-STELLAR SCIENTIFIC POETRY $200: Phat Albert had drive in 1905 / His theory, sweeping the nation / Mass & energy speaking, confidence peaking / Voila, this equation E = mc2 |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | REVOLUTION $400: A peaceful 1905 worker's march turned into what was later called "Bloody" this after Grand Duke Vladimir ordered an attack Bloody Sunday |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | WRITERS: BORN & DIED $2000: Born in Paris in 1905, he went from being to nothingness in 1980 Sartre |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | CRY UNCLE $400: At her wedding to FDR in 1905, Eleanor was given away by this uncle, who happened to be president at the time Theodore Roosevelt |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | A PARLIAMENT OF VOWELS $2000: Established in 1905 by Nicholas II:
UA Duma |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TAKE THE BROADWAY HOME $1600: Future Golden Girl Bea Arthur was Yente in the 1964 opening night cast of this musical set in 1905 Fiddler on the Roof |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | DOG NAMES $600: This 5-letter word meaning "wanderer" was popularized as a dog name by a 1905 silent film a rover |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | THE SHIRT OFF OUR BACK $1000: Maude Adams' look in a 1905 Broadway production of a J.M. Barrie work popularized this flat collar on shirts Peter Pan |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FIRSTS $1600: When Roald Amundsen made it to the Beaufort Sea in 1905, he became the first explorer to navigate this treacherous route the Northwest Passage |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | FEUD ORIGINS $1200: In 1905 Johnny Evers took a cab to the ballpark & left this double play partner at the hotel; the 2 barely spoke for the next 30 years Joe Tinker |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | AVIATION $400: In 1905 this brother of Orville in his Flyer III set a speed record of 38 miles per hour Wilbur Wright |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 1905 5th GRADER? $400: Current events:
Bloody Sunday just broke out in this country, outside the Winter Palace, no less! Russia |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 1905 5th GRADER? $800: Geography:
It's the largest state in the union by area Texas |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 1905 5th GRADER? $1200: Social studies:
It first appeared in "The Youth's Companion" only 13 years ago in 1892 & we say it in class every day the Pledge of Allegiance |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 1905 5th GRADER? $1600: World Powers:
This empire stretches from North Africa to southeastern Europe & well into the Middle East the Ottoman Empire |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 1905 5th GRADER? $2000: Reading:
This O. Henry story about a poor couple at Christmastime makes a good read in the New York Sunday World "The Gift of the Magi" |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | A KID DID THAT $400: Frank Epperson was 11 in 1905 when he accidentally invented this frozen summer treat a popsicle |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | AUTHORS' NONFICTION $1600: Before writing 1905's "The House of Mirth", she collaborated on "The Decoration of Houses", a book of interior designs Edith Wharton |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | I GOT A STRAIT $800: The 1905 Battle of Tsushima Strait near Korea was a decisive victory for Japan over this nation Russia |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | THE FACT OF THE MATTER $1200: In 1905 this first version of the theory of relativity postulated that matter & energy can be converted into each other special |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | LITERATURE $400: In 1905 you didn't want to eat a pork chop while reading the paper "appeal to reason", as it serialized this stockyard novel The Jungle |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | THE WIRE $1000: Born in Germany in 1905, Karl was the patriarch of this family famous for its high-wire act the Wallendas |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | ESSAYS $800: In 1905 this Austrian published "Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality" (Sigmund) Freud |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | THE PLANT WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): Millions of cloned Somei-Yoshino types of these trees were planted in Japan, some to celebrate victory over Russia in 1905 cherry trees |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | CANADIAN PLACES $3,000 (Daily Double): In the 1880s this Alberta city got the Canadian Pacific Railway, but in 1905 its rival Edmonton struck back as it became the capital Calgary |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | CHOREOGRAPHERS $400: In 1905 Russian choreographer Michel Fokine created "The Dying" this bird for Anna Pavlova swan |
| #8279, aired 2020-11-12 | CHOCOLATE $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1905, the year after it began making chocolate, this company merged with the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company Nestlé |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | EXPLORERS $400: In 1905 Roald Amundsen finally conquered this Atlantic-to-Pacific route explorers had sought for centuries the Northwest Passage |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | IT'S A DATE $400: On March 17, 1905 this future first lady got married in New York City & didn't even have to change her last name Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | JUST "NO" $1200: Once easing pain in the dental chair, this drug was introduced in 1905 Novocain |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | MUSIC $3,000 (Daily Double): A trip to Cannes on the Mediterranean at age 8 helped influence Paris boy Claude Debussy to compose this 1905 orchestral work "La Mer" |
| #8145, aired 2020-01-24 | THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON $2000: In 1920 the society awarded William Bateson a royal medal for his work in this field of biology he had named in 1905 genetics |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS $400: There was a pretty big revolution in 1905, but 2 bigger ones came in this year & saw Nicholas II get the boot 1917 |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1905 this ship sailed into Odessa with a revolutionary attitude, a red flag & a "people's committee" newly in charge the Potemkin |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | HISTORY $600: Splitting from Sweden in 1905, this nation got its monarchy restored; Haakon VII became king & reigned until 1957 Norway |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | MATTER $800: Energy & matter can be converted into each other, says this notable equation from 1905 E=mc2 |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | BY POPE-ULAR DEMAND $1600: Pius X's demand for the resignations of 2 bishops led to France's 1905 law mandating the separation of these 2 entities church and state |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | NAVAL HISTORY $2000: One of the first clashes of modern armored warships was 1905's Battle of the Tsushima Strait during this war in Asia Russo-Japanese War |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | RANKS & TITLES $1000: John Fisher's lofty British naval titles included First Sea Lord (1904) & Admiral of this (1905) Admiral of the Fleet |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | THE "SAURUS" $400: This king of dinosaurs got its name from Henry Osborn in 1905 Tyrannosaurus rex |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | ARTY FACTS $1600: "The Great Wave" by the Japanese artist Hokusai inspired this 1905 piece of music by Claude Debussy "La Mer" |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | IT HAPPENED IN MAY $200: This Nevada city was founded in May 1905 on 110 acres that would eventually become the city's downtown Las Vegas |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | THOSE WHO IGNORE HISTORY $1600: WWI leaders didn't learn from the terrible effect of these weapons, like the Maxim, in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War machine guns |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | MONET-PUNNY $200: The color of Monet? In 1905 the artist wrote that there were only 6, including cadmium yellow & cobalt this blue |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | THAT HAPPENED! $1600: In 1948 documents cached by this admiral around 1905 were found about 450 miles from the North Pole Admiral Peary |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | YOU GO NORWAY $1600: In 1905 184 Norwegians voted against independence from this country; needless to say, the ja's had it Sweden |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | I GO TO FAMOUS PERSON HIGH SCHOOL $600: Kensington, Md. kids! No pressure living up to this scientist who had an annus mirabilis ("year of marvels") in 1905 Albert Einstein |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | SAILING INTO HISTORY $800: Tainted borscht led to a 1905 mutiny on this Russian battleship, an event made into a movie in 1925 the Potemkin |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | LOOKIN' BACK TEXAS $800: This billionaire, aviation pioneer & lover of privacy was hatched in Houston in 1905 (Howard) Hughes |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $1600: This post-Impressionist's "Bathers" series, 1894-1905, inspired Picasso's "Women of Avignon" Paul Cezanne |
| #7738, aired 2018-04-11 | FIRST LADIES $600: Her uncle Teddy walked her down the aisle when she married a future president in 1905 Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #7678, aired 2018-01-17 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: Among the many sights to see in this capital is the home where Albert Einstein lived from 1903 to 1905 Bern, Switzerland |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | THE PLAY'S THE THING $1600: Look! Up in the sky! It's not a bird or a plane, but it is this 1905 George Bernard Shaw play about humanity & God! Man and Superman |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | NOTABLE WOMEN $400: This etiquette expert also wrote the 1905 novel "Purple and Fine Linen" (Emily) Post |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | GENIUS. $600: Einstein imagined the motion of these units of matter and gave the first experimental proof of their existence in 1905 atoms |
| #7375, aired 2016-10-07 | NATIONAL ORIGIN $1000: In 1905:
Later Georg Von Trapp's wife, Maria Kutschera is alive, with the sound of crying Austria |
| #7368, aired 2016-09-28 | CITY BOOKS $1200: Andrei Bely's novel about socialist revolt in 1905 is named after this Russian city but the title drops the "St." Petersburg |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | OPERA $1200: (Alex reads from the Metropolitan Opera.) Although he was Hungarian, Franz Lehée set his operetta, "The Merry Widow", in this city in 1905; one of the settings is the Art-Nouveau restaurant Maxim's Paris |
| #7246, aired 2016-02-29 | THE QUOTA SYSTEM $1200: In 1905 this "revolving" service group set membership standards so that no one profession could dominate the Rotarians |
| #7226, aired 2016-02-01 | SHEER WILL $1000: This newspaper magnate came within 3,500 votes of winning the 1905 election for mayor of New York City William Randolph Hearst |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | FIRST ISSUES $800: This entertainment industry staple had an article on "Hobbies of Vaudeville Managers" in its 1905 debut Variety |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAL $1000: 2 similar things, or Eleanor & Franklin on their 1905 wedding day, presumably kissing cousins |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BRITISH HISTORY $2000: He was PM from 1902 to 1905; later, a declaration supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine was named for him (Arthur James) Balfour |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | SMASH BROADWAY MUSICALS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's set in the Jewish village of Anatevka in 1905 Fiddler on the Roof |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $800: Born in Russia in 1905, she died in capitalist New York in 1982 Ayn Rand |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | SOCIETY $1200: This conservation group founded in 1905 supports & maintains more than 100 wildlife sanctuaries & nature centers Audubon Society |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | THE NICK OF TIME $200: In 1905 this czar reluctantly said OK to creating a national representative assembly called the Duma Nicholas II |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | SUBATOMIC $1200: In a 1905 paper Einstein was the first to theorize about these, also called light quanta photons |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY $3,000 (Daily Double): His "Lighthouse at the End of the World" was published in Paris shortly after his death in 1905 Jules Verne |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE GENIUS BAR $400: He was 26 in 1905, his "miracle year" in which he published 4 papers altering the course of modern physics Einstein |
| #6881, aired 2014-07-14 | TIME FOR A REVOLUTION! $1200: The first uprising called this natl. revolution was in 1905, after a massacre of peasants at the Winter Palace Russian |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | COLORFUL SPORTS TEAMS $1000: In 1905 Rugby's Maorilanders became the New Zealand All these the All Blacks |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS $400: In 1905 this Dubliner & his future wife Nora moved to Trieste, where he taught English (James) Joyce |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | 1901-1910 $800: In 1905 Arthur Griffith founded this Gaelic-named party whose goal was Irish independence from Britain Sinn Féin |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | 1901-1910 $2000: This new labor organization, the IWW, was founded in 1905; its members were known as Wobblies the Industrial Workers of the World |
| #6759, aired 2014-01-23 | WHAT ARE THEY? $800: In history, Tordesillas (1494) & Portsmouth (1905) treaties |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | 13-LETTER WORDS $2000: Explained by Einstein in 1905, this "effect" of light on subatomic particles is fundamental to modern physics photoelectric |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | NONFICTION $2000: He published "Up from Slavery" in 1901 & "Tuskegee and Its People" in 1905 Booker T. Washington |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | BORN & DIED $2000: This U.N. Secretary-General was born July 29, 1905 in Sweden & died September 18, 1961 near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia Hammarskjöld |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | PARDON ME $800: He pardoned Vladimir Lenin, in 1905 (big mistake!) Tsar Nicholas II |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | CITY PARKS $800: A 1905 statue in Portland, Oregon's Washington Park was the USA's first of this Shoshone woman Sacajawea |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | CITY PARKS $4,000 (Daily Double): You can see the 1905 Wright Flyer III in a park in this Ohio city Dayton |
| #6628, aired 2013-06-12 | EGRETS ONLY $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1953 an egret in flight was chosen as the symbol of this society formed in 1905 the Audubon Society |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In 1905 Dr. H.A. des Voeux coined this word for the air pollution created by the Industrial Revolution smog |
| #6545, aired 2013-02-15 | GENETICS $200: "Genetics" as we use the word was coined in a 1905 letter by William Bateson, who popularized this monk's work (Gregor) Mendel |
| #6505, aired 2012-12-21 | MARCH MADNESS $800: Yale played this march for Edward Elgar when it gave him an honorary Ph.D. in 1905; he probably loved it-- he wrote it "Pomp And Circumstance" |
| #6479, aired 2012-11-15 | SAMURAI: THE WARRIOR TRANSFORMED $400: (Alex presents the clue from the National Geographic Museum.) This magnificent 16th-century armor was a gift in 1905 from the Japanese Emperor Meiji to this American president, thanking him for mediating the treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War Teddy Roosevelt |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | SCIENTIFIC THEORIES $400: The special theory of this was published in 1905; the general one was announced in 1916 relativity |
| #6413, aired 2012-07-04 | SEAPORTS $1000: In 1905 sailors from the Battleship Potemkin staged a mutiny in this port on the Black Sea Odessa |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | SEEING SHADES OF RED $1000: An English aristocrat took this title swashbuckling alter ego in a 1905 novel The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | AMBROSE-IA $400: The vacuum tube invented by Ambrose Fleming advanced this form of mass communication around 1905 the radio |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | LANGUAGE LAB $2000: Sometimes called "Little Russian", it was banned in Russia from 1876 to 1905 Ukrainian |
| #6308, aired 2012-02-08 | YAY, PHYSICS! $400: Physics has been defined as "the science of matter, motion, and" this, the "E" in a 1905 equation energy |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | THE STORY OF O. HENRY $1600: In 1905 O. Henry perfected the surprise ending in his Christmastime tale "The Gift of" them the Magi |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | USDA FOREST SERVICE $800: The Transfer Act of 1905 transferred U.S. forest reserves to the Department of Agriculture from this Cabinet dept. Interior |
| #6216, aired 2011-10-03 | 20th CENTURY LIT $1600: Chapters in this Pulitzer Prize winner by Carol Shields include "Birth, 1905", "Marriage, 1927" & "Sorrow, 1965" The Stone Diaries |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | DO YOU LIKE RUSSIAN HISTORY? $2000: In May 1905 imperial Russia's naval swan song came when 2/3 of its fleet was destroyed by this nation Japan |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | WOMEN IN SCIENCE $400: In 1905 biologist Nettie Stevens showed that these 2 chromosomes determine a person's sex the X and Y chromosomes |
| #6162, aired 2011-05-31 | THEODORE ROOSEVELT $400: By 1905 this college sport had gotten so violent, TR urged important rule changes that were soon adopted football |
| #6127, aired 2011-04-12 | MEN IN PINK $800: The title of the 1905 artwork seen here is this type of fop, a word also found after "fine and" dandy |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | TAKE A LETTER $200: Theodore Roosevelt did not use this personal pronoun once during his 1905 inaugural address I |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | MEDICINE $800: In 1905 German scientist Alfred Einhorn created this first injectable local anesthetic used in dentistry novocaine |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | WHAT'S THAT WAR? $1600: 1904-1905:
The siege of Port Arthur the Russo-Japanese War |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES $2000: This existentialist came into being (not nothingness) June 21, 1905 in Paris (Jean-Paul) Sartre |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | ALL ABOUT ART $1600: This artist had a blue period (1901-1904) & a rose period (1905-1906) Picasso |
| #5944, aired 2010-06-17 | MR. OCTOBER $800: The Octobrists were formed in this large country in 1905 & quickly became its majority political group Russia |
| #5935, aired 2010-06-04 | & CROWN THY GOOD $600: In 1905 Haakon VII was chosen king by the people & parliament of this country after its separation from Sweden Norway |
| #5920, aired 2010-05-14 | CONTEMPORARIES $200: Picasso was in his rose period in 1905, this physicist's so-called miracle year Einstein |
| #5918, aired 2010-05-12 | IT'S A TELEGRAM $800: This Irish author of long, often confusing novels sent a short, clear wire in 1905: "Son born Jim" (James) Joyce |
| #5904, aired 2010-04-22 | THE COMPOSER CONDUCTS $2000: In 1905 he led the London Symphony Orchestra in the premiere of the "Pomp And Circumstance" march No. 3 Elgar |
| #5873, aired 2010-03-10 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $400: In 1905, before he took up Cubism, this Spaniard painted his friend Gertrude Stein, who wore her favorite brown velvet coat Picasso |
| #5851, aired 2010-02-08 | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE $400: "Detroit - Philadelphia, A.L. - 1905-1926... retired with 4191 major league hits" (Ty) Cobb |
| #5763, aired 2009-10-07 | OOPS IN SPORTS $800: Honus Wagner made 825 of these in his career, including 60 in 1905; good thing he hit .363 that year errors |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | NOVEL-TIES $400: In 1905 this still-controversial Twain book was banned because a character said sweat instead of perspiration Huckleberry Finn |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | WE SHALL REMAIN: GERONIMO $1200: Late in life, Geronimo got co-opted by the white power structure, even riding in this president's 1905 inaugural parade Teddy Roosevelt |
| #5682, aired 2009-04-28 | OPERAS BY CHARACTERS $1600: 1905: Herod & Jokanaan (aka John the Baptist) Salome |
| #5627, aired 2009-02-10 | PRESIDENTIAL BRANGELINAS $600: Got hitched in 1905:
Elefrank Roosevelt |
| #5598, aired 2008-12-31 | ALL ABOUT PRESIDENTS $600: By 1905 football had gotten so violent that this U.S. president urged rule changes Teddy Roosevelt |
| #5513, aired 2008-07-23 | STORIED HOTELS $1200: Tragedy strikes a high school student staying at the Waldorf in this Nebraska woman's 1905 story "Paul's Case" Willa Cather |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | AND THEN YOU "DY" $1200: Michael Fokine created this avian ballet in 1905 for ballerina Anna Pavlova The Dying Swan |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | THE 5-YEAR PLAN $600: A Jan. 9, 1905 march & massacre in this country started a revolutionary year--a taste of things to come Russia |
| #5441, aired 2008-04-14 | PITCHERS $800: "Cover the Earth" has been a trademark of this hyphenated paint company since 1905 Sherwin-Williams |
| #5385, aired 2008-01-25 | MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE $400: In 1905 the Germans swept the Nobel science prizes; this aspirin maker won the chemistry prize Bayer |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | UNDER THE "C" $2000: Found in South Africa in 1905, this 3,106-carat diamond went to Amsterdam for cutting the Cullinan |
| #5347, aired 2007-12-04 | "EVE"NING $600: In 1905 this former U.S. president remarked, "Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote" Grover Cleveland |
| #5337, aired 2007-11-20 | FREUD $400: In 1905 Freud broke ground & shocked the world with "Three Essays on the Theory of" this Sexuality |
| #5322, aired 2007-10-30 | BORN & DIED $1000: Born in Houston in 1905, he died en route from Acapulco to Houston in 1976; his money couldn't save him Howard Hughes |
| #5244, aired 2007-05-31 | CANADIAN CITIES $800: It was capital of the Northwest Territories from 1882 to 1905, when it became the provincial capital of Saskatchewan Regina |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | GEMSTONES $800: The 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond, the largest ever discovered, was unearthed in what's now this country in 1905 South Africa |
| #5188, aired 2007-03-14 | AMERICAN PAINTERS $800: In 1905 she & her husband bought a farm at Hoosick Falls, N.Y., where she stayed until her death in 1961 Grandma Moses |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | PRESIDENTIAL HITCHING POSTS $1200: Calvin & Grace Coolidge, on Oct. 4, 1905 Vermont |
| #5135, aired 2006-12-29 | GRAB BAG $2000: The Star of Africa is one of 9 large stones & almost 100 smaller ones cut from this diamond found in 1905 the Cullinan Diamond |
| #5107, aired 2006-11-21 | PHYSICS, BRAIN SURGERY & ROCKET SCIENCE $400: Einstein published the special theory of this in 1905; the general theory of it was announced in 1915 relativity |
| #5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ON THE WATERFRONT $1600: This Ukrainian Black Sea port was the site of a 1905 naval mutiny portrayed in the film "Battleship Potemkin" Odessa |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | MOTHER RUSSIA $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew rushes back to Palace Square in St. Petersburg.) In 1905 a peaceful demonstration here on Palace Square turned into a massacre known to history as this bloody day of the week Sunday |
| #5038, aired 2006-07-05 | DESTINATION: PLUTO $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1905 this man for whom an Arizona observatory is named started a search for Pluto Percival Lowell |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | CASABLANCA $1000: To help ships access the once-difficult ports of Casablanca, the El Hank, one of these, was built in 1905 a lighthouse |
| #5023, aired 2006-06-14 | MEASUREMENT $400: Found in Africa in 1905, the Cullinan Diamond was measured at 3,106 of these units carats |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | HISTORIC NEW HAMPSHIRE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Portsmouth, NH.) Washington was too warm, so in 1905, Portsmouth was the site of the negotiations & treaty signing ending this war the Russo-Japanese War |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | THAT IS LIKE SO LAST CENTURY $1000: Composed around 1905, this Debussy symphonic work contains the movement "Play of the Waves" La mer |
| #4945, aired 2006-02-24 | BALLET ROLES $400: Since 1905 it's been dying, dying--still fluttering--dead! the Swan |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | STUPID ANSWERS $200: You can read a variety of articles all about all aspects of show business in this trade paper established in 1905 Variety |
| #4880, aired 2005-11-25 | THE "L" IT IS! $2000: A 1905 earthquake in this Punjab capital killed more than 10,000 Lahore |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | RELATIVITY AT 100 $1600: Section I.1 of the June 1905 relativity paper defines the use of these everyday devices within stationary systems clocks |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | RELATIVITY AT 100 $2000: The 1905 theory is commonly called this version because it refers only to uniform motion with constant velocity special relativity |
| #4841, aired 2005-10-03 | "POT" POURRI $1200: In 1905 a famous mutiny took place aboard it the Potemkin |
| #4833, aired 2005-09-21 | ATTORNEYS GENERAL $400: A relative of Napoleon, Charles Bonaparte served as Navy Secretary in 1905 & later as Attorney General for this president Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4800, aired 2005-06-17 | THE STANLEY CUP $800: In 1905 a team from the Klondike in this territory made a 23-day sled, boat & train trip to Ottawa to vie for the Cup the Yukon Territory |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | SO, WHATCHA COMPOSIN'? $400: 1905, while on holiday at the seashore:
"La Mer" Claude Debussy |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | IT CHANGED THE WORLD $1,600 (Daily Double): The papers that revolutionized modern physics were published in 1905 by a clerk of this city's patent office Bern |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | IT ENDED THE WAR $1600: The Treaty of Portsmouth, 1905 the Russo-Japanese War |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | LAS VEGAS CENTENNIAL $1000: Vegas began in 1905 when a railroad owned by this man, for whom Vegas' county is named, sold off land William Clark |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | 1905 $200: June 7:
Norway dissolves the union that had existed since 1814 with this country Sweden |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | 1905 $400: July 16:
This American commander sets off on his second expedition to the North Pole Peary |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | 1905 $600: January 26:
This largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found is unearthed in South Africa the Cullinan |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | 1905 $800: November 28:
Arthur Griffith forms this nationalist political party in Dublin Sinn Fein |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | 1905 $1000: June 13:
Prime Minister Delyannis of this Mediterranean country is assassinated Greece |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | TIMES SQUARE AT 100 $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from Times Square.) In 1904, Times Square got its name from the newspaper & this owner ushered in 1905 with a big party Adolph Ochs |
| #4557, aired 2004-06-01 | THE REGINA MONOLOGUES $800: Until 1905 Regina was the capital of these "Territories" the Northwest Territories |
| #4545, aired 2004-05-14 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $400: In 1905 at his house in Switzerland, this German physicist wrote his theory of relativity Einstein |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | ASTRONOMY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1905 Percival Lowell began a search for this planet, which was discovered in 1930, 14 years after his death Pluto |
| #4514, aired 2004-04-01 | HOT SPOTS $800: When it hit 120 on Dec. 11, 1905 in Rivadavia in this country the gauchos must have stayed in the sombra Argentina |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | A FEW GOOD MEN $1600: The world's largest diamond bears the name of this man who was head of South Africa's Premier Mine in 1905 Sir Thomas Cullinan |
| #4461, aired 2004-01-19 | BOOK TO MOVIE $400: 1905's "The Clansman" by Thomas Dixon, Jr. became this silent D.W. Griffith classic Birth of a Nation |
| #4448, aired 2003-12-31 | MEDICINE $1200: The 1905 Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to Robert Koch for his discoveries in relation to this lung disease tuberculosis |
| #4433, aired 2003-12-10 | ART $2000: From the French for "wild beast", this art movement led by Matisse lasted only from 1905 to 1908 Fauvism |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | THE "UN"CATEGORY $1000: In 1905 Freud cracked everyone up with "Jokes and Their Relation to" this the Unconscious |
| #4363, aired 2003-07-16 | ALL IN THE FAMILY $1600: On March 17, 1905 Theodore Roosevelt walked this niece, who was marrying her cousin, down the aisle Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | ART & ARTISTS $2000: French Fauvist famous for his 1905 "Woman with a Hat" & a mural in a Pennsylvania museum Henri Matisse |
| #4335, aired 2003-06-06 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $1200: Born in 1905, he was the "Billionaire Recluse" Howard Hughes |
| #4332, aired 2003-06-03 | MACHINES $800: In 1905 the American Arithmometer Co. was renamed the Burroughs this Machine Co. Adding |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1600: This Coventry, England company made its first motorcycle in 1902 & began making its own engines in 1905 Triumph |
| #4279, aired 2003-03-20 | ART & ARTISTS $400: This artist was about 25 when he painted the 1905 self-portrait seen here Picasso |
| #4261, aired 2003-02-24 | CLUB $1600: What goes around comes around for this club founded in 1905 by Chicagoan Paul Harris Rotary Club |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | RANCHES $800: Around 1905 these animals, not native to Arizona, were brought to a ranch in the state, where they now roam buffalo |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | "O" TOWN $1600: This Ukranian port was the scene of the Potemkin Mutiny in 1905 Odessa |
| #4194, aired 2002-11-21 | EXPLORERS $1000: Between 1903 & 1905 this Norwegian discovered the exact location of the North Magnetic Pole Roald Amundsen |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | FIRST LADIES $600: Her uncle lived in the White House when this future first lady got married in 1905 Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #4185, aired 2002-11-08 | SCIENCE $200: His 1905 paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" contained his special Theory of Relativity Albert Einstein |
| #4107, aired 2002-06-11 | REMEMBER THE TIME $1000: This 1904-1905 war began in Manchuria & ended with the battle of Tsushima Strait Russo-Japanese War |
| #4047, aired 2002-03-19 | FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS $1600: In 1905 she injured her knee while performing "La Tosca" & her leg later had to be amputated Sarah Bernhardt |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | BALLET $1200: In 1905 Michel Fokine created a 3-minute dance, "The Dying" this, that became closely associated with Anna Pavlova the Swan |
| #4032, aired 2002-02-26 | NEW YORK SCHOOLS $1600: Now named for a benefactor, it opened in 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art Juilliard |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | GEMS $1600: The largest diamond ever found, the Cullinan, was discovered in 1905 & presented to this British king Edward VII |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | AMERICAN HISTORIC EVENTS $1000: When an ex-Idaho governor was killed in 1905, this labor leader called "Big Bill" was acquitted in a sensational trial "Big Bill" Haywood |
| #3925, aired 2001-09-28 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $100: During his March 4, 1905 inauguration, this "Rough Rider" wore a ring that had been worn by Abraham Lincoln Teddy Roosevelt |
| #3919, aired 2001-09-20 | WE ARE THE WORLD $400: This union organized in Chicago in 1905 wanted to overthrow capitalism the Industrial Workers of the World (the IWW or the "Wobblies") |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | THERAPISTS $400: Internist J.H. Pratt pioneered this "therapy" in 1905 when he brought patients together to discuss how TB made them feel group therapy |
| #3902, aired 2001-07-17 | PHYSICS FITNESS $200: In 1905 this most famous formula was first published in Annalen der Physik E = mc2 |
| #3864, aired 2001-05-24 | VICE PRESIDENT & SENATOR $1000: Years after Charles Fairbanks in 1905, he was the next Indianan to go from the Senate to the vice presidency Dan Quayle |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $500: This "happy" 1905 operetta by Franz Lehar features a famous waltz of the same name "The Merry Widow" |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | POP CULTURE $600: Since 1905, these brothers have shared their comic strip with der Captain und der Inspector The Katzenjammer Kids |
| #3818, aired 2001-03-21 | THE 19-AUGHTS $800: This event of 1905 weakened Nicholas II; the same-named event of 1917 brought him down Russian Revolution |
| #3812, aired 2001-03-13 | BLACK & WHITE $600: Founded in 1905, the DCA claims to have written the "official" book of this dog breed Dalmatian |
| #3763, aired 2001-01-03 | DRUGS $200: This drug first synthesized in 1905 is now less common as a dental anesthetic than lidocaine Novocaine |
| #3715, aired 2000-10-27 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: In 1905 he celebrated St. Patrick's Day by marrying one of his distant cousins Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: In 1905, 110 years after it was founded, this city became capital of Alberta Edmonton |
| #3643, aired 2000-06-07 | PARLIAMENTS $800: In 1905 this czar established Russia's parliament, the Duma, which also means "thought" Nicholas II |
| #3626, aired 2000-05-15 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: In 1905 journalist Arthur Griffith founded this political party, urging the Irish to not pay taxes to the British Sinn Fein |
| #3603, aired 2000-04-12 | JAPANESE HISTORY $200: As a result of its 1904-1905 war with this country, Japan received control of Manchuria Russia |
| #3576, aired 2000-03-06 | FAMOUS NATIVE AMERICANS $800: This Chiricahua Apache took part in the inaugural procession of Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 Geronimo |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | EARLY BRITISH CINEMA $400: Of 1885, 1895 or 1905, the year Birt Acres launched the British film industry with his "Kinetic Lantern" 1895 |
| #3453, aired 1999-09-15 | THE TWIN CITIES $100: One of St. Paul's architectural highlights is this 1905 building with a marble dome Capitol Building |
| #3451, aired 1999-09-13 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1000: "The Dying Swan" was a "cygnet"ure solo for this ballerina for whom it was created in 1905 Anna Pavlova |
| #3449, aired 1999-09-09 | BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY $300: In 1905 this way cool scientist published his special theory of relativity Albert Einstein |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | MARINE BIOLOGY $700 (Daily Double): Around 1905 it was discovered that the American eel spawns in this "sea" in the north Atlantic the Sargasso Sea |
| #3420, aired 1999-06-18 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $800: His 1905 composition "La Mer" was inspired by the ideas of painters J.M.W. Turner & Claude Monet Claude Debussy |
| #3385, aired 1999-04-30 | THEORIES $600: In 1905 he came up with a "special" theory; his "general" theory took until 1916 Albert Einstein |
| #3354, aired 1999-03-18 | THE BLACK SEA $1000: This Ukranian Black Sea port was the site of a Russian naval victory in 1905 Odessa |
| #3352, aired 1999-03-16 | RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY $800 (Daily Double): The Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition of 1905 brought 3 million visitors to this city on the Willamette River Portland, Oregon |
| #3349, aired 1999-03-11 | HAIR $200: Getting one of these hair curling treatments took up to 12 hours in 1905 a permanent |
| #3330, aired 1999-02-12 | CHOCOLATE $200: This leading British chocolate-maker introduced its "Dairy Milk" chocolate bar in 1905 Cadbury |
| #3323, aired 1999-02-03 | SWEDEN $400: This king of Sweden was a bit of a "grouch" when he had to give up Norway's throne in 1905 Oscar |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | SWEDISH ACTRESSES $100: Born September 18, 1905, this glamorous Swede's real last name was Gustafsson Greta Garbo |
| #3294, aired 1998-12-24 | DECEMBER 24 $600: This aviator-movie producer-rich guy was born December 24, 1905 in Texas Howard Hughes |
| #3196, aired 1998-06-22 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY $500: Event that erupted aboard the Potemkin in 1905 & at the Kiel Naval Station in 1918 Mutiny |
| #3173, aired 1998-05-20 | OFFICIAL STATE SEALS $800 (Daily Double): Its seal was created in 1905 for a proposed state of Sequoyah encompassing 5 Indian republics Oklahoma |
| #3117, aired 1998-03-03 | CANADIAN POTPOURRI $500: When the province of Saskatchewan was created in 1905, this city became its capital Regina |
| #3101, aired 1998-02-09 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: This 1905 operetta by Franz Lehar features the "Merry Widow Waltz" The Merry Widow |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | SODA POP QUIZ $100: This ubiquitous soft drink removed its cocaine by 1905 but kept the caffeine Coca-Cola |
| #3026, aired 1997-10-27 | NOTED SCRIBES $500: From 1903 to 1905, American author Winston Churchill served in the legislature of this "Granite State" New Hampshire |
| #2991, aired 1997-09-08 | SILENT MOVIES $1000: A 1925 film named for this Russian warship was commissioned to commemorate the 1905 Revolution Battleship Potemkin |
| #2962, aired 1997-06-17 | PSYCH 101 $500: In 1905 he & Theodore Simon devised an intelligence test for French school children Alfred Binet |
| #2884, aired 1997-02-27 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1000: In 1905 this physicist proposed that photons were the carriers of electromagnetic energy Albert Einstein |
| #2863, aired 1997-01-29 | HISTORY $500: The treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 was named for this New Hampshire city Portsmouth |
| #2839, aired 1996-12-26 | THE EARLY 1900s $500: On June 27, 1905 the crew of this Russian naval vessel mutinied in Odessa's harbor Potemkin |
| #2812, aired 1996-11-19 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $300: Dental work has been less painful since the 1905 introduction of this anesthetic Novocaine |
| #2780, aired 1996-10-04 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: In 1905 a large searchlight was installed at the top of this Colorado peak Pikes Peak |
| #2767, aired 1996-09-17 | CORPORATE SYMBOLS $800: Because they used it prior to 1905, Johnson & Johnson may feature this trademark on boxes of gauze red cross |
| #2766, aired 1996-09-16 | EMPRESSES $1000: After Rasputin met this empress in 1905, he became the most influential member of her entourage Alexandra |
| #2764, aired 1996-09-12 | DIAMONDS $300: The Cullinan, the world's largest diamond, was discovered in this present country in 1905 South Africa |
| #2741, aired 1996-07-01 | 20th CENTURY BRITISH P.M.s $1000: His famous 1917 declaration came well after his 1902 to 1905 term as Prime Minister Balfour |
| #2738, aired 1996-06-26 | PHYSICS $200: Einstein's "Special" theory of this, put forth in 1905, refers only to inertial frames of reference Relativity |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: From 1905 to 1947, this coeducational state University in Tallahassee was a college for women Florida State |
| #2691, aired 1996-04-22 | OPERA $800: "The Dance of the Seven Veils" is one of the numbers in this 1905 Richard Strauss tragic opera Salome |
| #2687, aired 1996-04-16 | TRANSPORTATION $200: The USA's first of these with a double deck went into operation in 1905 in New York City bus |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | 20th CENTURY WRITERS $400: In 1905 this "Call of the Wild" author ran for mayor of Oakland, California as a Socialist Jack London |
| #2635, aired 1996-02-02 | BALLET $1000: For a 1905 benefit, Michel Fokine created "The Dying Swan" for this Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova |
| #2615, aired 1996-01-05 | ARTISTS $1000: Maurice de Vlaminck was one of these "wild beasts" whose paintings shocked the art world in 1905 a Fauvist |
| #2612, aired 1996-01-02 | PICASSO $200: This was the color of Picasso's period from 1901 to 1904; by 1905 he had turned to rose blue |
| #2596, aired 1995-12-11 | U.S. CITIES $200: In 1905 this Oregon city hosted the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition Portland |
| #2509, aired 1995-06-29 | AUSTRIA $200: In 1905 Austrian Baroness Bertha von Suttner, a noted pacifist, became the 1st woman awarded this Nobel Prize Nobel Peace Prize |
| #2484, aired 1995-05-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: Elihu Root, this president's Secretary of State 1905-09, was once one of Boss Tweed's lawyers Teddy Roosevelt |
| #2461, aired 1995-04-24 | FAMOUS MARIAS $400: This future baroness was born on a train in Austria in 1905 Maria von Trapp |
| #2444, aired 1995-03-30 | FOUNDERS $1000: Irish for "we ourselves", this party was founded by Arthur Griffith in 1905 Sinn Féin |
| #2439, aired 1995-03-23 | WORLD FACTS $400: It was capital of the Northwest Territories from 1883 to 1905; now it's the capital of Saskatchewan Regina |
| #2399, aired 1995-01-26 | HISTORY $400: In 1905 this czar issued the October Manifesto, creating Russia's first parliament Nicholas II |
| #2392, aired 1995-01-17 | BASEBALL HISTORY $200: In 1905 & 1906 this American League team was known as the Boston Pilgrims the Red Sox |
| #2293, aired 1994-07-20 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: Founded in 1905, this organization was instrumental in getting the Migratory Bird Treaty Act passed the Audubon Society |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In an August 13, 1905 plebiscite, only 184 Norwegians voted against independence from this country Sweden |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | THE 1900s $400: Norway's union with this other Scandinavian country was dissolved in 1905 Sweden |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | THE 1900s $500: In 1905 Sinn Fein was organized as a political party dedicated to independence for this country Ireland |
| #2254, aired 1994-05-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Since 1905 this paint company's slogan has been "Cover the Earth" Sherwin-Williams |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: Collier's Weekly helped raise money to buy this president's Kentucky birthplace in 1905-06 Lincoln |
| #2163, aired 1994-01-19 | ORGANIZATIONS $1000: In 1905, revolutionary socialists in the U.S. founded this labor organization abbreviated IWW the Industrial Workers of the World |
| #2121, aired 1993-11-22 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: Alaska's second most populous city is named for this man who was vice president from 1905-1909 Charles Fairbanks |
| #2102, aired 1993-10-26 | MUTINY! $800: In June 1905 there was a famous mutiny aboard this Russian battleship the Potemkin |
| #2082, aired 1993-09-28 | HISTORY $500: On March 3, 1905 this czar agreed to create a Russian national assembly, the Duma Nicholas II |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: In 1905 this author of "The Sea Wolf" ran for mayor of Oakland, California Jack London |
| #2071, aired 1993-09-13 | NOTORIOUS $3,000 (Daily Double): From about 1905-1915, Mary Mallon spread this disease to over 50 people, causing 3 deaths typhoid |
| #2047, aired 1993-06-29 | AMERICAN INDIANS $600: Geronimo rode in this U.S. president's 1905 inaugural parade Theodore Roosevelt |
| #2047, aired 1993-06-29 | BALLET $1000: First performed in 1905, this very short solo ballet depicts the last minutes in the life of a bird The Dying Swan |
| #2044, aired 1993-06-24 | REMEMBER THE ALAMO! $1000: Since 1905 the Alamo complex has been operated by this women's group the Daughters of the Republic of Texas |
| #2042, aired 1993-06-22 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $200: In 1905 Albert Einhorn synthesized this drug, the most widely used dental anesthetic novocaine |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | AIRCRAFT $200: Their first practical airplane was the Flyer III in 1905 the Wright brothers |
| #2023, aired 1993-05-26 | RUSSIAN HISTORY $500: The 1905 treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War was named for this New Hampshire seaport Portsmouth |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | THEATRE $200: In 1905 young Charlie Chaplin played one of the Baker Street Irregulars in a play about this detective Sherlock Holmes |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | BATTLES $800: This country's fleet won a May 27-28, 1905 battle & lost one October 25, 1944 Japan |
| #1991, aired 1993-04-12 | 5 CENTS $100: In 1905 there were only a few of these movie theatres in the U.S.; by 1910 there were over 8,000 a nickelodeon |
| #1989, aired 1993-04-08 | SPORTS $200: Much to Tommy Lasorda's dismay, this team came in last in 1992, its worst finish since 1905 L.A. Dodgers |
| #1974, aired 1993-03-18 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: The defender of John Scopes, this lawyer wrote the 1905 novel "An Eye for an Eye" Clarence Darrow |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY $600 (Daily Double): Created in 1905, the first artificial joint was used to replace this body part a hip |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | MAGAZINES $1000: Canadians who don't have "Time" on their hands have this newsmagazine founded in 1905 Maclean's |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | BIOGRAPHIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Albert Schweitzer, an authority on this Baroque composer, published a biography of him in 1905 Johann Sebastian Bach |
| #1937, aired 1993-01-26 | BIRTHSTONES $400: The largest one of these april gems, the Cullinan, was found in 1905 in South Africa diamond |
| #1936, aired 1993-01-25 | EXPLORERS $200: Between 1905 & 1908 Sven Anders Hedin became the 1st European to make a detailed map of this Himalayan country Tibet |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | SILENT MOVIES $400: Sergei Eisenstein's "The Battleship Potemkin" is set during this country's 1905 revolution Russia |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | MORTAL MATTERS $500: In 1905 choreographer Michel Fokine created "The Dying Swan" for her Pavlova |
| #1868, aired 1992-10-21 | COLORS $400: The paintings Picasso did between 1905 & 1907 are said to belong to this pinkish period Rose |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | THE CIVIL WAR $1000: This famous Mary's diary, published in 1905, gives an inside view of Confederate leaders Mary Chestnut |
| #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | GENERAL SCIENCE $100: Albert Einstein announced his special theory of this in 1905 & his general theory in 1915 relativity |
| #1744, aired 1992-03-12 | ANDREW CARNEGIE $1000: A foundation was set up in 1905 to furnish pensions for members of this profession teachers |
| #1734, aired 1992-02-27 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: At his March 4, 1905 inaugural, he wore a ring containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair Theodore Roosevelt |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | OPERA $800: David Delasco's 1905 play about "The Girl of" this place inspired a Puccini opera the Golden West |
| #1710, aired 1992-01-24 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1,300 (Daily Double): Choreographer Michael Fokine created "The Dying Swan" in 1905 for this Russian dancer Anna Pavlova |
| #1642, aired 1991-10-22 | SCIENTISTS $200: While working at the Swiss patent office in 1905, he published his special theory of relativity Einstein |
| #1606, aired 1991-09-02 | PHILOSOPHY $800: American philosopher born in Spain in 1863, he's known for his 1905-06 work, "The Life of Reason" George Santayana |
| #1571, aired 1991-06-03 | SWEDEN $400: From 1814 until it broke away in 1905, this country was united with Sweden Norway |
| #1564, aired 1991-05-23 | SCIENCE $600: In 1905 he was the first to propose the existence of particles of light called photons Einstein |
| #1533, aired 1991-04-10 | LITERARY BRITAIN $600: She bought Hilltop Farm near Surrey in 1905; it appears in her illustrations for "Tom Kitten" Beatrix Potter |
| #1521, aired 1991-03-25 | WORLD LEADERS $500: In 1905 Prince Carl of Denmark was elected king of this Scandinavian country Norway |
| #1475, aired 1991-01-18 | IRELAND $1000: In 1905, editor A. Griffith formed this political organization, whose name means "We Ourselves" Sinn Fein |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | THEATRE $200: His 1905 play "Man and Superman" is subtitled "A Comedy and a Philosophy" (George Bernard) Shaw |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | AVIATION $200: In 1905 their Flyer No. 3 could take off, stay in the air half an hour, bank, circle & land the Wright Brothers |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: From 1905 until the end of WWII, Japan & this nation both claimed portions of Sakhalin island the Soviet Union |
| #1338, aired 1990-05-30 | SASKATCHEWAN $400: Before becoming a province in 1905, Saskatchewan was part of these territories Northwest Territories |
| #1321, aired 1990-05-07 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: Teddy Roosevelt mediated the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth which ended this war Russo-Japanese War |
| #1315, aired 1990-04-27 | BARONS & BARONESSES $200: Baroness von Suttner, a pacifist, encouraged the creation of this prize & won it herself in 1905 a Nobel Peace Prize |
| #1277, aired 1990-03-06 | U.S. HISTORY $800: In 1905 Oklahoma Indians drafted a Constitution & tried to create a state named for this Cherokee Sequoyah |
| #1240, aired 1990-01-12 | UNDER WOOD $200: Honus Wagner signed a contract Sept. 1, 1905 making him the 1st to have his signature etched into these baseball bats |
| #1168, aired 1989-10-04 | U.S. STATES $1000: The 1905 treaty ending the Russo-Japanese war was signed in this state New Hampshire |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | PSYCH 101 $200: In 1905 he shocked the medical world with his "Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality" Freud |
| #1152, aired 1989-09-12 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS $100: Geronimo rode in this president's 1905 inaugural parade, & so did the Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | SOVIET CITIES $800: During the 1905 revolution, the crew of the ship Potemkin mutinied in this Black Sea port city Odessa |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | FORESTS $400: The U.S. Forest Service was established in 1905 as part of this Cabinet department Agriculture |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | MUSICALS $800 (Daily Double): Name of the character who says he's a graduate of Gary Conservatory, class of 1905 (Professor) Harold Hill |
| #1082, aired 1989-04-25 | HISTORY $300: Control of Manchuria was 1 issue that led these 2 countries to war in 1905 Russia & Japan |
| #1080, aired 1989-04-21 | LOS ANGELES $300: This arty beach community was designed in 1905 to be a re-creation of its famous Italian counterpart Venice |
| #1020, aired 1989-01-27 | SPORTS $100: This sport was played indoors in 1905 at New York's Madison Square Garden, long before the MISL soccer |
| #990, aired 1988-12-16 | FAMOUS COUSINS $400: These 2 distant cousins married on March 17, 1905 & Uncle Teddy gave the bride away Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt |
| #961, aired 1988-11-07 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $3,900 (Daily Double): He issued the October Manifesto during the 1905 revolution, but its promises went unfulfilled Nicholas II (Czar of Russia) |
| #924, aired 1988-09-15 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $800: 1 of 2 men who, at the request of the French gov't. created the 1st modern intelligence test in 1905 (1 of) (Alfred) Binet (or Theodore Simon) |
| #885, aired 1988-06-10 | PHYSICS $300: In 1905, a special theory of this was published, & in 1916, the general theory relativity |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Between 1905 & 1917, this Russian legislative body was dissolved 4 times Duma |
| #808, aired 1988-02-24 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation" was based on this 1905 book by Thomas Dixon The Clansman |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | WILD WEST $200: Though he warred against U.S. Cavalry, this Apache dedicated his 1905 autobiography to T. Roosevelt Geronimo |
| #670, aired 1987-07-03 | TESTS $800: In 1905, Frenchmen Alfred Binet & Theodore Simon developed the 1st scales for measuring this intelligence quotient, I.Q. |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | BEGINNINGS $800: Local anesthetic introduced as a substitute for cocaine in 1905 novocaine or procaine |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | WARS $1000: A revolution broke out in 1905 as a result of Russia's defeat in this war Russo-Japanese War |
| #493, aired 1986-10-29 | EARLY AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): After lying for 100 years in an unmarked Paris grave, remains of this hero were moved to Annapolis in 1905 John Paul Jones |
| #478, aired 1986-10-08 | HYPHENATED WARS $1000: 1905 treaty signed in Portsmouth, N.H. ended this war Russo-Japanese War |
| #472, aired 1986-09-30 | INITIALS $500: Deciding in 1849 to set up board "to analyze quack remedies & nostrums", it finally did so in 1905 the AMA |
| #457, aired 1986-09-09 | AUTOMOBILES $400: In a tune from 1905, this car was "merry" an Olsmobile |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | HISTORY $100: From 1905-7, Austria & Serbia fought an economic "war" over tariffs, such as over this porcine animal a pig |
| #344, aired 1986-01-02 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $600: In 1905, "Ladies Home Journal" proved a medicine for teething babies had this opium drug in it morphine |
| #179, aired 1985-05-16 | SPORTS TRIVIA $400: In 1905, this team sport produced 18 fatalities & 159 serious injuries football |
