| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | STOCK PHOTOS, KINDA $400: In 1908, it was the result of consolidating many transportation companies General Motors |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | 20th CENTURY LASTS $800: The 1998 Lada Niva was the last model started using this; U.S. carmakers abandoned it after a 1908 injury led to a fatality a hand crank |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ROUND HERE $400: Since 1908, the roundel has been a symbol of this system that also contains "round" the Underground |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $300: Written in 1908, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" features the lyric "Buy me some peanuts and" this ballpark treat Cracker Jacks |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | READING RAINBOW $600: "Anne of Windy Poplars" is a sequel to this 1908 classic Anne of Green Gables |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SCIENCE CLASS $1000: Around 1908, geneticist Thomas Morgan began using this insect to help establish the chromosome theory of heredity a fruit fly |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | KISS & TELL $2000: Beginning around 1908, this Romanian carved several versions of "The Kiss" from blocks of stone, including the one seen here Brâncuși |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Founded in 1908, this agency battled less glamorous issues like copyright violations until the gangsters came along the FBI |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | ANCIENT ARTIFACTS $2000: Archaeologists are still struggling to decode the Phaistos Disc found in 1908 during an excavation of a palace of this culture on Crete Minoans |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | HISTORY IS ELEMENTAL $400: The Tin Lizzie was a nickname for this revolutionary car made from 1908 to 1927 the Model T |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | HISTORY $2000: After ceding João Franco immense power, in 1908 King Carlos I was assassinated in this capital along with son Luís Filipe Lisbon |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE $400: Now meaning any rebellious group, this "juvenile" movement's 1908 revolt led to reforms & modernization the Young Turks |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | FIZZ-ICS $200: The competition was green with envy in 1908 when this brand of water won the Grand Prix des eaux minérales vente de l'année Perrier |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | ALL EARS $600: Get your buggy out of the way! It's the 20th century & this vehicle first shipped Oct. 1, 1908 is taking over the roads a Model T |
| #8709, aired 2022-09-29 | READING RAINBOW $1600: Shirley is the last name of the orphan sent to live with Matthew & Marilla Cuthbert in this 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | JACK $2000: In 1908 he defeated Tommy Burns to become the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | I DON'T HEAR A SYMPHONY $800: With Beethoven in mind, Mahler believed writing this number symphony was endsville, so he called a 1908 work a song cycle the 9th |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE... $800: ...maybe stuck to the speaking circuit instead of making failed presidential runs in 1896, 1900 & 1908 William Jennings Bryan |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | WE'VE GOT THE RECEIPTS $800: When this car first went on sale in 1908, it cost $850; thanks to the assembly line, by 1925 you could get one for under $300 a Model T |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | E.R. $2000: This Kiwi won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1908 for his work on radioactivity Ernest Rutherford |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | HOW PROVINCIAL $600: In 1908 Europe was thrown into crisis as Austria-Hungary annexed the Ottoman province of Bosnia & this Herzegovina |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | FAMOUS AMERICANS ON STAGE $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1908, this author toured in a stage show called "The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays" L. Frank Baum |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR CANADA $2000: On Prince Edward Island, you can visit the farm that inspired this 1908 novel, a classic of Canadian literature Anne of Green Gables |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | AMERICA IN THE 19-AUGHTS $800: Attorney General & emperor's grand-nephew Charles Bonaparte wanted his own crew of agents, creating what's now this in 1908 the FBI |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: A 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois helped lead to the founding of this civil rights organization the following year NAACP |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1908 the first of these Ford models rolled out of a plant in Detroit a Model T |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | I LOVE A PARADE $400: Newport Beach in this California county has a lighted holiday boat parade dating back to 1908 Orange County |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | YOU LOSE! $1200: Putting the 1908 & 1912 presidential races in Olympic terms, he went from gold to bronze, going from 51% to 23% Taft |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | "CRACK"LE $200: This product got a boost in 1908 when it was mentioned in "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" Cracker Jack |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | ON THE COVER $800: The plane flown by this alliterative man is seen here on the August 29, 1908 cover of "Scientific American" Wilbur Wright |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | ENTERTAINMENT $400: This song was written in 1908 & over 100 years later it's still sung during the seventh-inning stretch "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | THE "IDE"S OF FEBRUARY $2000: Because it took the life of Portugal's king & his heir apparent, a February 1908 assassination is known as the "Lisbon" this Regicide |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | NOVEMBER DATEBOOK $2,500 (Daily Double): On Nov. 9, 1908 a tradition began as hotel guest Archie Bailey ordered 25 of these to put in the rooms Gideon Bibles |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | 21st CENTURY TELEVISION $1000: Amybeth McNulty stars in the series "Anne with an E", a grittier take on this 1908 Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables |
| #8038, aired 2019-07-17 | NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN $600: Nucky Johnson, who inspired Steve Buscemi's character on "Boardwalk Empire", became sheriff of this city in 1908 Atlantic City |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | PEOPLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1908 he rolled out the first car affordable for most Americans, the Model T (Henry) Ford |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | "GREEN" BOOK $600: "Anne of Avonlea" was the first of 7 sequels to this sentimental 1908 bestseller Anne of Green Gables |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | THINGS THAT HAPPENED $1200: A Russian team showed up too late to the 1908 Olympics because they were still using this calendar the Julian |
| #7914, aired 2019-01-24 | PAINTERS' MASTERPIECES $2000: In 1908, he gave us "The Kiss", now at Vienna's Belvedere Museum Gustav Klimt |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | THE OLYMPICS $400: The standard distance of this race comes from the 1908 games, when it ran from Windsor Castle to the royal box the marathon |
| #7864, aired 2018-11-15 | AMERICAN QUOTATIONS $1,400 (Daily Double): A 1908 work called America "the great" this vessel, "where all the races of Europe are...reforming" melting pot |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | ON THE CALENDAR $400: In 1908 founder Anna Jarvis gave birth to the first official observance of this May holiday Mother's Day |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1908 as he sang Canio at the Met in "Pagliacci", he wept real tears thinking of how his lover ran off with his chauffeur Caruso |
| #7826, aired 2018-09-24 | IT CAN'T GET MUCH WORSE $400: Messina was destroyed in a 1908 earthquake that devastated this Italian island Sicily |
| #7818, aired 2018-09-12 | MOB RULE $800: A headline-making raid on a 1957 mob summit in N.Y. forced this govt. org. founded in 1908 to admit the Mafia's existence the FBI |
| #7815, aired 2018-07-27 | QUICK BOOKS $1000: 1908:
Oh, the Rat & the Toad should be friends The Wind in the Willows |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | THROW 'EM IN THE "BRIG" $2000: This company famous for its small engine design & manufacturing began in Milwaukee in 1908 Briggs & Stratton |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | REVOLUTION NOW! $1000: A revolution by this "juvenile" group in 1908 restored constitutional rule to the Ottoman Empire the Young Turks |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1200: In 1908 he knocked out Tommy Burns to become the first black boxer to win the world heavyweight title Jack Johnson |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE WASHINGTON POST $800: Joseph E. Ralph worked as a plate cleaner for the BEP, this bureau, before becoming its director in 1908 Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
| #7679, aired 2018-01-18 | BIBLICAL ART $400: They're the father & son in the 1908 work seen here Abraham and Isaac |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | ELECTRIC $600: Around 1908 William Coolidge improved upon this tungsten wire thread, making it bendable & the modern light bulb was born the filament |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | PENCIL IT IN $400: In 1908 Faber-Castell, one of the oldest pencil brands, introduced the Polychromos line of these colored pencils |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | IT'S A PLANE $600: The plane named for this "monthly" insect first took flight in that month in the summer of 1908 the junebug |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | KABOOM! $2000: In 1908 the Tunguska object smashed into a remote region of this country, flattening half a million acres Russia |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | LESSER-KNOWN HISTORIC NAMES $1600: Stenka Razin, who led an uprising of these horsemen of the steppes, was the subject of the 1st Russian feature film, from 1908 the Cossacks |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | YES TO NOVEMBER $800: The image seen here appeared on the November 21, 1908 cover of this magazine The Saturday Evening Post |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | LITERARY FROGS & TOADS $400: In this 1908 novel Mr. Toad lives in a big house called Toad Hall & drives a fancy car The Wind in the Willows |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: In 1908 this composer put out an instruction book called "School of Ragtime" (Scott) Joplin |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | "C-U" $600: The name of this movement came from a derisive 1908 review about Georges Braque Cubism |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | RENO 411 $2000: The car that won the 1908 New York to Paris auto race is at the museum housing this late casino owner's auto collection Bill Harrah |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | -OLOGIES $800: He specialized in escapology, as seen in his "milk can escape", introduced in 1908 Houdini |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | DRINKING VESSELS $400: To prevent the spread of germs, Lawrence Luellen created this disposable paper cup in 1908 & called it the Health Kup a Dixie cup |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | "YOUNG" MEN & WOMEN $400: Back in 1908 one of his ex-wives wrote the expose "Life in Mormon Bondage" Brigham Young |
| #7297, aired 2016-05-10 | IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR $2000: It's the year "Smiling Bill" Taft won the White House 1908 |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | SPORT ABILITY $400: This team won back-to-back World Series titles in 1907 & 1908... things haven't gone that well since the Cubs |
| #7193, aired 2015-12-16 | MEL ON EARTH $400: 1908-1989:
Voice artist Mel Blanc |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | MOVERS & SHAKERS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) From Baffin Bay, here is the 1908-1909 North Pole route, on which this man led a fellow American & four Inuit (Robert) Peary |
| #7155, aired 2015-10-23 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Because of this natural event in southern Italy, London replaced Rome as the host of the 1908 Olympic games the eruption of Mount Vesuvius |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | MONTANA $400: In November 1908 this organization of Christian businessmen placed their first bibles in a Montana hotel Gideon |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | DISCOVERIES $200: Frederick Cook claimed to have discovered this in 1908, a year before Robert Peary the North Pole |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | FACTS & FIGURES $1200: Since 1908, this association has placed more than 1.9 billion Bibles in hotel rooms & other locations the Gideons |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | THE LAST TIME THE CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES $400: It was 1908 & this Paris attraction was the tallest man-made structure in the world the Eiffel Tower |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | WOODEN PLOTS $1000: Based on a 1908 novel, Virginia's official outdoor drama is "The Trail of the Lonesome" this tree Pine |
| #6979, aired 2015-01-08 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $1200: High up & deep inland, it was isolated until the railway to Guayaquil on the coast opened in 1908 Quito |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | AUTHORS' MUSEUMS $400: Once upon a time in 1908, his museum opened in Odense, Denmark, one of the first museums dedicated to a writer Hans Christian Andersen |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | READING RAINBOW $600: "Anne of Windy Poplars" is a sequel to this 1908 classic Anne of Green Gables |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | I WILL SURVIVE! $800: In 1908 Lt. Thomas Selfridge became the first airplane fatality; this was the last name of the pilot, who survived Wright |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GARDENING $600: This hybrid lemon tree bears the surname of the guy from the U.S.D.A. who brought it to the U.S. in 1908 Meyer |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME $3,400 (Daily Double): Following Einstein, in 1908 Hermann Minkowski proposed the idea of 4-dimensional this hyphenated term space-time |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | COMPOSERS $2000: This Frenchman dedicated his 1908 piano suite "Children's Corner" to his young daughter Claude-Emma (Claude) Debussy |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | 1901-1910 $1600: Published in London in 1908, his book "Scouting for Boys" began a worldwide movement Baden-Powell |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $1200: (Sara gives the clue from Pretoria, South Africa)
In 1908, in Pretoria, South Africa, the Union Buildings
were designed to represent the unity of a once-divided people, with the two identical wings symbolizing these two then-official languages. English and Afrikaans |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES $700 (Daily Double): Socialist party,
1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 & 1920 Eugene Debs |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | ONE LOVE $400: "I married and lived happily ever afterwards", wrote this British P.M. of his union, which lasted from 1908 to 1965 Churchill |
| #6657, aired 2013-07-23 | CNN HISTORIC REVOLUTIONS $1600: (Ivan Watson has the clue this time.) Here in Istanbul in 1908 the original "Young Turks" occupied the city as part of a revolution against a dictatorial one of these Ottoman Rulers a sultan |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | OLYMPIC FACT SHEET $400: This was changed from 25 to 26.2 miles at London's 1908 Games so it would end in front of the royal family's box the marathon |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | THE TRANSPORTER $600: In 1908, one year after incorporation, this U.S. company set a record with its motorcycle that got 188 mpg Harley-Davidson |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | ALLITERATIVE AMERICANS $1200: In 1908, he became the first black heavyweight champion of the world Jack Johnson |
| #6295, aired 2012-01-20 | ALLITERATIVELY YOURS $800: These events terrorized black citizens in Springfield, Ill. in 1908 & Tulsa, Okla. in 1921 race riots |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | PAY BALL! $1000: After hitting .350 in 1907, this Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop got his salary doubled for 1908--to a whopping $10,000 (Honus) Wagner |
| #6231, aired 2011-10-24 | VOLCANOES $800: In 1908 members of Ernest Shackleton's expedition became the first to climb this continent's Mount Erebus Antarctica |
| #6185, aired 2011-07-01 | CHILDREN'S LIT CHARACTERS $400: 1908 novel in which you'd find Mole visiting Water Rat The Wind in the Willows |
| #6162, aired 2011-05-31 | YOU'VE GONE BANKRUPT $200: In June 2009 this car co. organized by William Durant in 1908 filed for bankruptcy; it emerged from Chapter 11 in July General Motors |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | EUROPEAN NATIONALITIES $1200: Leopoldville was the capital of this colony that existed from 1908 to 1960 the Belgian Congo |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | BLUE LITERATURE $3,000 (Daily Double): In this 1908 romance by Henry de Vere Stacpoole, a pair of 8-year old cousins are marooned on a tropical island The Blue Lagoon |
| #6087, aired 2011-02-15 | OLYMPIC ODDITIES $400: In 1908 in this city U.S. flag-bearer Ralph Rose caused controversy by not lowering the flag when passing the king London |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | IN CRISIS MODE $2000: Bad feelings left by 1908's Bosnian crisis, in which this dual monarchy annexed Bosnia, helped start WWI Austria-Hungary |
| #6072, aired 2011-01-25 | MEN OF MUSIC $600: In 1908 Oscar Strauss turned this playwright's "Arms and the Man" into the operetta "The Chocolate Soldier" (George Bernard) Shaw |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | WATCHMAKER, WATCHMAKER $800: In 1908 Hans Wilsdorf coined this name for his brand of Swiss luxury watches; no one knows what it means Rolex |
| #5961, aired 2010-07-12 | THE OLYMPIC GAMES $600: In 1908 Dorando Pietri collapsed after entering the stadium in this event; officials pulled him across the finish line the marathon |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | BUSINESSWOMEN $2000: This founder of a cosmetics & fragrance empire was born Josephine Esther Mentzer around 1908 Estée Lauder |
| #5908, aired 2010-04-28 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $1000: According to its logo, this brand of medicated powders has been "healing since 1908" Gold Bond |
| #5838, aired 2010-01-20 | RUSSIAN STUFF $600: In 1908 this Siberian mystic brought some comfort to Alexis, the hemophiliac heir to the Russian throne Rasputin |
| #5676, aired 2009-04-20 | MOVERS & SHAKERS $1200: 1908's Messina earthquake & tsunami ravaged the south of this country Italy |
| #5630, aired 2009-02-13 | TURKISH LITERATURE $1200: Sultan Abdulhamid II's censorship hindered Ottoman writers until this "youthful" group's 1908 revolution the Young Turks |
| #5583, aired 2008-12-10 | STORIED HOTELS $1600: In a 1908 novel, "A Room With a View" is obtained at the Pensione Bertolini in this Italian city Florence |
| #5546, aired 2008-10-20 | ROOMY BOOKS $400: In 1908 he gave us "A Room with a View" E.M. Forster |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | 1908 $200: A ball signifying the new year drops at this NYC location for the first time Times Square |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | 1908 $400: The first of these is placed in a hotel room in Montana (no, not a pillow mint, you heathen) a Gideon Bible |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | 1908 $600: He pummels Tommy Burns to become the first black heavyweight champ (Jack) Johnson |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | 1908 $1,000 (Daily Double): This orator runs for president for a third & last time & loses again William Jennings Bryan |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | 1908 $1000: A powerful earthquake destroys 90% of this Sicilian city opposite the Italian mainland Messina |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | TAKE IN ORDER $2000: This novelist founded the English Review in 1908 & helped launch James Joyce's career Ford Madox Ford |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | IT HAPPENED IN '08 $600: 1908:
She founds the Christian Science Monitor Mary Baker Eddy |
| #5344, aired 2007-11-29 | SCIENCE FACTION $800: This newspaper, the CSM, was established in 1908 The Christian Science Monitor |
| #5340, aired 2007-11-23 | BRANDED $2000: This company was established near Turin, Italy in 1908 to manufacture typewriters Olivetti |
| #5337, aired 2007-11-20 | GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT $800: Herman Wouk gave us the WWII-set "Winds of War"; Rat & Mole hole up with Mr. Badger in this 1908 book Wind in the Willows |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | FIRST LADIES $800: For 12 years, she was the wife of Washington, D.C. jeweler Norman Galt; he died in 1908 Edith Wilson |
| #5318, aired 2007-10-24 | GET YOUR PEANUTS! $1,300 (Daily Double): The Virginia type of peanuts is what's sold at these events, as mentioned in a song written in 1908 baseball games |
| #5311, aired 2007-10-15 | SPORTS JOES $800 (Daily Double): In 1908, troubled by blisters, this outfielder played in his stocking feet "Shoeless Joe" Jackson |
| #5308, aired 2007-10-10 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $2000: She's the title heroine "Of Green Gables" in a classic 1908 book Anne |
| #5274, aired 2007-07-12 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $600: Produced by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, the first ones of these in rolls were issued in 1908 stamps |
| #5274, aired 2007-07-12 | 24 $1200: Discovered in 1908 & named for the mother of the Minotaur, Pasiphae is the 24th moon of this planet Jupiter |
| #5251, aired 2007-06-11 | MORTAL MATTERS $800: In 1908, 27 years after killing Billy the Kid, he was shot to death by a New Mexico rancher in a land dispute Sheriff Pat Garrett |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: The stories that Kenneth Grahame told his son about a mole & a toad became this 1908 classic The Wind in the Willows |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | MY MAINE MAN! $600: Born in Bar Harbor on July 8, 1908, he succeeded Gerald Ford as VP Rockefeller |
| #5091, aired 2006-10-30 | CABINET CLEANING $1200: From 1904 to 1908 he was Teddy Roosevelt's Secretary of War; in 1909, he became president Taft |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | I'M HUNGARIAN $1200: I was born in Budapest in 1908 & was instrumental in making possible the first U.S. hydrogen bomb Edward Teller |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | THE STARTING INFIELD $600: The 1908 Chicago Cubs featured Harry Steinfeldt & these 3 guys of yore Tinker, Evers & Chance |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $1600: In 1908 Camillo Olivetti opened a plant in Italy to manufacture these typewriters |
| #4973, aired 2006-04-05 | WHERE'S MY CAR? $400: Seen here, it was introduced in 1908 a Model T |
| #4943, aired 2006-02-22 | WHERE THERE'S A WILLIAM $800: Filling a business vacuum, he started the Electric Suction Sweeper Company in 1908 Hoover |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | THE MISSIVES OF OCTOBER $200: Oct. 1, 1908: Dear Mom, this car's been introduced at $850 but I bet mass production can lower it to about $300 by 1926 the Model T Ford |
| #4844, aired 2005-10-06 | MR. JOHNSON $1600: In 1908 he became the first black heavyweight boxing champ when he KO'd Tommy Burns Jack Johnson |
| #4840, aired 2005-09-30 | COLLEGE COLLAGE $800: The first black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, was founded at this university in 1908 Howard |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | BOOK ENDS $600: The last paragraph of this 1908 novel mentions "the gallant water rat" & "the famous Mr. Mole" The Wind in the Willows |
| #4800, aired 2005-06-17 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $1000: He was the "I" on a 1908 button reading "U-N-I-Ted", (you & I, Teddy Roosevelt) William Howard Taft |
| #4738, aired 2005-03-23 | MR. TEA $400: Around 1908 tea merchant Thomas Sullivan hit upon this innovation that avoids the mess of straining leaves a teabag |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | READER'S DIGEST: AMERICA'S BEST $400: America's "best lost cause" is this team whose fans have been waiting since 1908 for another World Series title the (Chicago) Cubs |
| #4650, aired 2004-11-19 | DRIVING THE GREEN $1000: The EV1 got a fantastic 0 MPG, as it was a no-gas vehicle from this U.S. co. organized by William Durant in 1908 General Motors |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | OPERA $1000: His "Elecktra" in 1908 may have been electric, but it was his "Salome" 3 years earlier that was scandalous Richard Strauss |
| #4593, aired 2004-07-21 | THE HOUSES SEARS BUILT $400: Sears issued its first book of modern homes in 1908, the same year Henry Ford introduced this car to the public the Model T |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | SCIENTISTS $1200: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity & was the first to liquefy this light gas, in 1908 helium |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | ELLIS ISLAND $1,600 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) This comic was born in England; he arrived at Ellis Island in 1908 as a 4-year-old named Leslie Bob Hope |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | PHYSICISTS $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1908 this German invented a device that counted the alpha particles emitted by radium Hans Geiger |
| #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 |
| #4429, aired 2003-12-04 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: In July 1908 this science journal awarded a trophy to Glenn Curtiss for the first U.S. public flight of one kilometer Scientific American |
| #4383, aired 2003-10-01 | AN OCTOBER FIRST FEST $800: The first of 15 million of these was assembled at Detroit's Piquette Avenue plant Oct. 1, 1908 Model T |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | A STAR IS BORN $200: She was born to her mommie dearest as Lucille Fay LeSueur on March 23, 1908 Joan Crawford |
| #4331, aired 2003-06-02 | THE JOCK $200: In 1908 Jack Johnson became the first black boxing champ in this weight division when he KO'd Tommy Burns heavyweight |
| #4241, aired 2003-01-27 | CAR TREK $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) In the longest run of any U.S. car model from 1908-1927, Henry Ford built 15 million of this model Model T |
| #4232, aired 2003-01-14 | THE OLYMPICS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1908 the marathon was extended to end before this city's royal viewing area, establishing today's distance London |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | I INVENTED THAT $600: In 1908, with his counter, he stole my idea for the clucker, a device that clucked when it detected radiation Hans Geiger |
| #4100, aired 2002-05-31 | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT $200: In 1908 Wright designed the USA's first house known by this hyphenated term, with floors separated by half a story split-level |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | "BLUE" CHEESE $400: H. De Vere Stacpoole has a 1908 bestseller with this tale of a young boy & girl marooned on an island The Blue Lagoon |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: This holiday was first observed on May 10, 1908 in Philadelphia & Grafton, West Virginia Mother's Day |
| #3951, aired 2001-11-05 | THAT WAS NO LADY $400: Born in 1908, he was in over 40 silent films before becoming "Mr." (& sometimes Miss) "Television" Milton Berle |
| #3915, aired 2001-09-14 | THAT'S A FACT! $400: These holidays were first celebrated in the U.S. May 10, 1908 & June 19, 1910 Mother's Day & Father's Day |
| #3915, aired 2001-09-14 | PROFESSORS $500: He advanced his behaviorist view as a Johns Hopkins psych prof from 1908 to 1920 John B. Watson |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | OLYMPIC HISTORY $1000: Asserting "This flag dips to no earthly king", the U.S. delegation refused to do so at this city's Olympics in 1908 London |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $400: This groundbreaking alphabetic creation from Henry Ford debuted in 1908 Model T |
| #3868, aired 2001-05-30 | FIGHTS HISTORICAL $1000: On December 26, 1908 he became the first black Heavyweight champ, TKOing Tommy Burns in the 14th round Jack Johnson |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | SUBATOMIC PARTICLES $500: In 1908 this German physicist "clicked" with his first device to count radioactive particles Hans Geiger |
| #3840, aired 2001-04-20 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $200: Adina de Zavala, who barricaded herself inside this San Antonio landmark to save it in 1908, inspired a 1999 novel The Alamo |
| #3815, aired 2001-03-16 | "GREEN" THINGS $1000: A precocious redhaired little girl is the heroine of this 1908 children's book by Lucy Maud Montgomery Anne of Green Gables |
| #3784, aired 2001-02-01 | THE HISTORY CHANNEL $300: The channel's website tells us that this country's King Carlos was assassinated on Feb. 1 in 1908 Portugal |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | A ROYAL PAIN $400: When assassinated in 1908, Carlos I of this Iberian country was in a virtual state of war with his subjects Portugal |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | HISTORY $300: As Secretary of War from 1904 to 1908, William Howard Taft oversaw construction of this waterway Panama Canal |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES $800: 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920:
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs |
| #3715, aired 2000-10-27 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: He was born on a farm near the Pedernales River on August 27, 1908 Lyndon B. Johnson |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | NEWSPAPERS $400: This Boston-based newspaper was founded by a religious group in 1908 The Christian Science Monitor |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | LITERARY HEROINES $100: "Anne of Avonlea" is a 1909 sequel to this 1908 classic "Anne of Green Gables" |
| #3532, aired 2000-01-04 | MISSISSIPPI WRITERS $800: This "Native Son" was born near Natchez in 1908 & died in Paris in 1960 Richard Wright |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1000: Read all about it: in 1908 she established the Christian Science Monitor Mary Baker Eddy |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | CHINESE LEADERS $600: The last emperor, 1908-1912 Pu Yi |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | COFFEE $1000: This corporation bears the first name of a German housewife who invented the drip coffee filter in 1908 Melitta (Benz) |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | PARISIANS $200: When Lenin moved to Paris in 1908, he naturally settled on this bank of the Seine the Left Bank |
| #3319, aired 1999-01-28 | THE JOHNSONS $600: The first black heavyweight boxing champ, this Texan reigned from 1908 to 1915 Jack Johnson |
| #3269, aired 1998-11-19 | NOVELIST-PLAYWRIGHTS $600: In 1908 this "Of Human Bondage" author had 4 of his plays running in London at the same time Somerset Maugham |
| #3204, aired 1998-07-02 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $1000: In 1908 this third party's platform called for an amendment to outlaw making & selling alcoholic drinks the Prohibition Party |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | HENRY FORD $600: In 1908 this model cost a whopping $850, but Ford's assembly line soon cut that in half the Model T |
| #3061, aired 1997-12-15 | WHERE "BABY"s COME FROM $800: He was born in Chicago in 1908 & hooked up with Dillinger in the '30s Baby Face Nelson |
| #3055, aired 1997-12-05 | TECHNOLOGY $500: In 1908 a carbon tetrachloride gas type of this was invented; in 1917 a foam type Fire extinguishers |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | THE MODEL T $100: This man designed it in 1908 Henry Ford |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES $400: August 27, 1908 near Stonewall, Texas Lyndon Johnson |
| #2978, aired 1997-07-09 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $300: In 1908 the Superior Hotel in Montana became the first to have bibles placed there by this organization The Gideons |
| #2965, aired 1997-06-20 | HISTORY $800: In 1908 more than 50,000 were killed in an earthquake on this largest Mediterranean island Sicily |
| #2907, aired 1997-04-01 | LOSE A TURN $500: This orator was the Democrats' presidential nominee twice, lost a turn & was nominated again in 1908 William Jennings Bryan |
| #2884, aired 1997-02-27 | AUTO FIRSTS $200: In 1908 the federal government taxed this for the 1st time Gasoline |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1908 he composed the "Fig Leaf Rag" Scott Joplin |
| #2819, aired 1996-11-28 | ART $100: Utrillo's "White Period" lasted circa 1908-1914, longer than this artist's "Rose Period" from 1904-1906 Pablo Picasso |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | ART & ARTISTS $1,200 (Daily Double): After a nervous breakdown in 1908, he became more positive & painted lovely murals for the Univ. of Oslo (Edvard) Munch |
| #2788, aired 1996-10-16 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1000: Proclaimed a monument in 1908, a virgin stand of redwoods in California is named for this naturalist John Muir |
| #2777, aired 1996-10-01 | THE PLANETS $100: In a 1908 book Percival Lowell proposed that its surface markings were irrigation canals Mars |
| #2774, aired 1996-09-26 | AUTHORS $800: This author of "The Castle" worked for an accident insurance board from 1908 to 1922 Kafka |
| #2762, aired 1996-09-10 | DOUBLE D WORDS $300: In 1908 it was proclaimed a national Jewish language Yiddish |
| #2697, aired 1996-04-30 | FAMOUS EDITORS $1000: This Omaha World-Herald editor was the Democratic candidate for president in 1896, 1900 & 1908 William Jennings Bryan |
| #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: This French company opened its first U.S. tire plant at Milltown, New Jersey in 1908 Michelin |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | GUINNESS RECORDS $1000: The shortest-reigning king was Dom Luis III, king of this country for about 20 minutes in 1908 Portugal |
| #2678, aired 1996-04-03 | LITERATURE $1000: Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote 6 sequels to this 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables |
| #2664, aired 1996-03-14 | MUSIC $1000: Between 1908 & 1923, this Austrian composer devised the twelve-tone system of writing music Arnold Schoenberg |
| #2654, aired 1996-02-29 | TALES $400: This 1908 children's classic relates the tales of Mole, Rat, Toad & Badger The Wind in the Willows |
| #2627, aired 1996-01-23 | 1901-1910 $200: In 1908 this British liner crossed the Atlantic in a record 4.6 days; the Germans sank it in 1915 Lusitania |
| #2611, aired 1996-01-01 | LEFTOVERS $500: He was born August 31, 1908 in Fresno, had "The Time of his Life" & died there May 18, 1981 William Saroyan |
| #2610, aired 1995-12-29 | WOMEN'S LANDMARKS $1,000 (Daily Double): A church in Grafton, W. Va. is the international shrine of this holiday first observed May 10, 1908 Mother's Day |
| #2569, aired 1995-11-02 | "Q" ON THE MAP $200: A railroad opened in 1908 links this South American capital city with the Pacific Ocean Quito |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | VICE PRESIDENTS $200: Nicknamed "Rocky", he was born in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1908 Nelson Rockefeller |
| #2515, aired 1995-07-07 | ORGANIZATIONS $100: Since 1908 this group has distributed over 26 million Bibles to hotels & other institutions Gideon |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | FAMOUS TEXANS $100: He was born near Stonewall, Texas in 1908; his wife Lady Bird was born in Karnack Lyndon Baines Johnson |
| #2497, aired 1995-06-13 | BLACK FIRSTS $500 (Daily Double): The first Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, was founded in 1908 at this Washington, D.C. university Howard |
| #2485, aired 1995-05-26 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: In French films since 1908, he sang the title tune to the 1970 film "The Aristocats" Maurice Chevalier |
| #2475, aired 1995-05-12 | SCULPTURE $400: Iberian sculpture was a strong influence on this "geometric" art movement that was named in 1908 Cubism |
| #2444, aired 1995-03-30 | FOUNDERS $400: In 1908, backed by Buick head William Durant, Albert Champion founded a company to make these spark plugs |
| #2424, aired 1995-03-02 | AUTHORS $800: He was inspired to write Western novels after a 1908 trip through the West with a retired buffalo hunter Zane Grey |
| #2403, aired 1995-02-01 | COLORADO $1000: This Democratic presidential candidate carried Colorado 3 times: in 1896, 1900 & 1908 William Jennings Bryan |
| #2398, aired 1995-01-25 | HANS ACROSS THE SEA $600: He really "clicked" in 1908 with a device to detect alpha particles (Hans) Geiger |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: Kenneth Grahame considered calling this 1908 classic "The Wind in the Reeds" The Wind in the Willows |
| #2379, aired 1994-12-29 | COMPOSERS $400: In 1908 he wrote "Sugar Cane: A Ragtime Classic Twostep" Scott Joplin |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $2,000 (Daily Double): This Frenchman dedicated his 1908 "Children's Corner" suite to his daughter Claude-Emma Debussy |
| #2353, aired 1994-11-23 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $100: In 1908 he had the misfortune of piloting the first plane in which there was a fatality Orville Wright |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | SAFETY DEVICES $400: Developed by a German scientist in 1908, people find its clicks very "rad"; "U" will, too a Geiger counter |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | PUBLISHING $400: The Christian Science Monitor was founded in this city in 1908 Boston |
| #2308, aired 1994-09-21 | FIRSTS $200: Made by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, these were available in rolls for the first time in 1908 stamps |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | WORLD LITERATURE $1000: Controversial sport featured in Vicente Blasco Ibanez' 1908 novel "Blood and Sand" bullfighting |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | THE 1900s $200: In 1908 an earthquake completely destroyed the city of Messina on this Italian island Sicily |
| #2253, aired 1994-05-25 | HISTORY $400: In 1908 Bulgaria's King Ferdinand declared his country's full independence from this empire the Ottoman Empire |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: "Anne of Avonlea" was the first sequel to this 1908 book about a red-haired orphan girl Anne of Green Gables |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | ARTISTS $800: Around 1908 the group known as the Ashcan school rose to prominence in this U.S. metropolis New York |
| #2217, aired 1994-04-05 | COMPOSERS $400: He composed "A high Class Rag" called "Fig Leaf Rag" in 1908 Scott Joplin |
| #2214, aired 1994-03-31 | HISTORY $100: This Ford cost $850 when introduced in 1908, but only $290 in 1926 the Model T |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: In this 1908 novel, Rat, Toad & Badger reside on the banks of an English river The Wind in the Willows |
| #2199, aired 1994-03-10 | AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES $200: When he was born in Jamestown, North Dakota in 1908, his family spelled their last name LaMoore Louis L'Amour |
| #2163, aired 1994-01-19 | ART $400: Co-developed by Georges Braque, this abstract art style was first exhibited around 1908 in Paris Cubism |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: Henry Ford introduced this model in 1908 & dropped all his other models the next year the Model T |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | BLACK FIRSTS $1000: In 1908 he defeated Tommy Burns to become the 1st Black world heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | KIDDIE LIT $200: Chapter 4 of this 1908 classic is called "Morning at Green Gables" Anne of Green Gables |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | PRESIDENTS $800: Teddy Roosevelt sponsored the candidacy of this man in 1908 & ran against him in 1912 William Howard Taft |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: The year this 22nd & 24th president died, 1908, his book "Good Citizenship" was published Cleveland |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: This British lord helped initiate the Boy Scout movement with "Scouting for Boys" in 1908 Baden-Powell |
| #2077, aired 1993-09-21 | ARTISTS $300: Maurice de Vlaminck's work painted around 1908 shows his interest in this "geometric" art movement Cubism |
| #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 |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | ITALIAN BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Electrical engineer Camillo Olivetti shifted his interest to these machines in 1908 typewriters |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | ORGANIZATIONS $300: In October 1908 in Montana, this organization's first Bibles were placed in Iron Mountain's Superior Hotel the Gideons |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | ASTRONOMY $200: In a 1908 book, Percival Lowell proposed that the markings on this planet were irrigation canals Mars |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | LACROSSE $200: Lacrosse was played for medals just twice in these games, in 1904 & 1908 the Olympics |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: 18-year-old Manuel II became king of this country after his father was assassinated in Lisbon in 1908 Portugal |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: The adventures of Rat, Mole, Toad & Badger are told in this 1908 British book The Wind in the Willows |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS $600: His promise to carry on Teddy Roosevelt's policies got him elected in 1908 Taft |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | HOUSEWARES $500: In 1908 Mrs. Melitta Bentz punched some holes in a tin can, creating a new type of this a coffee maker |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | BLACK HISTORY $1000: In 1908 the first black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, was founded at this university in Washington, D.C. Howard University |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | DESPOTS & DICTATORS $800: As president of this S. American country 1908-35, Gen. Gomez granted oil concessions to foreign firms Venezuela |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | BREAKFAST CEREALS $300: The cereal made by U.S. Mills since 1908, or an avuncular symbol of the U.S. Uncle Sam |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | THE 1890s $100: This group, formed in 1899, didn't put its first Bible into a hotel room until 1908 the Gideon Society |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE WORLD PRESS $400: Founded in Boston in 1908, it's one of the few daily papers sponsored by a religious denomination the Christian Science Monitor |
| #1527, aired 1991-04-02 | COMPOSERS $200: Gustav Mahler made his debut as principal conductor of this American opera company in 1908 the Metropolitan Opera Company |
| #1520, aired 1991-03-22 | AUTOMOBILE HISTORY $500: In 1908, General Motors was founded in this Michigan city, not Detroit Flint |
| #1510, aired 1991-03-08 | MOUNTAINS $200: Frederick Cook claimed he reached the North Pole in 1908 & the top of this Alaskan peak in 1906 Mount McKinley |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | SPORTS $100: From 1895 to 1908 this Triple Crown race was run in Brooklyn, then it returned to Pimlico the Preakness |
| #1331, aired 1990-05-21 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY $100: In 1908 William Durant founded this company that included Oldsmobile & Buick General Motors |
| #1275, aired 1990-03-02 | OHIOANS $600: Toledo-born feminist whose grandmother led the Ohio Women's Suffrage Association from 1908-11 Gloria Steinem |
| #1259, aired 1990-02-08 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: This author was knighted in 1908 for his work in the Boer War, not for Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #1254, aired 1990-02-01 | NEWSPAPERS $1000: The 1st U.S. school of journalism was established in 1908 at this state U.'s Columbia campus Missouri |
| #1229, aired 1989-12-28 | ROYALTY $200: Dying in 1908, this country's dowager empress T'zu Hsi ordered the death of her adopted son China |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | INVENTIONS $500: In 1908 this government department offered the Wright Brothers $25,000 for one of their airplanes The War Department |
| #1226, aired 1989-12-25 | "C" HERE $200: In 1908 Mary Baker Eddy founded this newspaper The Christian Science Monitor |
| #1143, aired 1989-07-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: The adventures of Toad, Rat & Mole were featured in this 1908 Kenneth Grahame children's classic The Wind in the Willows |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | AVIATION $200: In 1908 the U.S. Army turned them into defense contractors with an order for a plane the Wright Brothers |
| #985, aired 1988-12-09 | PRESIDENTIAL COLLEGES $600: In 1908 this former big man on campus, Yale's that is, became a big man in the White House William Howard Taft |
| #971, aired 1988-11-21 | MARS $200: In 1908 astronomer Percival Lowell claimed these were built by an advanced civilization canals |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | INVENTIONS $500: By adding more of these, the 1908 Edison Amberol cylinder doubled playing time to 4 minutes grooves |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | AFRICA $200: It was King Leopold II's personal domain in Africa until the Belgian gov't took it over in 1908 the Congo |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: In 1908, Robert Baden-Powell founded this youth organization the Boy Scouts |
| #798, aired 1988-02-10 | TOYS $400: 1908 Olympic gold medalist A.C. Gilbert introduced this steel construction kit in 1913 Erector Set |
| #791, aired 1988-02-01 | PRESIDENTS $1000: At least one song from this candidate's 1908 & 1912 campaigns referred to him as "Big Bill" William Howard Taft |
| #789, aired 1988-01-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Napoleon's grand-nephew, Attorney General Charles Bonaparte, established this U.S. agency in 1908 the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| #697, aired 1987-09-22 | DECEMBER 7TH $200: On Dec. 7, 1908, the Watch & Ward Society in this city got Elinor Glyn's book "3 Weeks" banned Boston |
| #655, aired 1987-06-12 | U.S. CITIES $200: This city where our founding fathers met celebrated its 1st Mother's Day in 1908 Philadelphia |
| #635, aired 1987-05-15 | COLLEGES $500 (Daily Double): College in whose Sorin Hall Michael & John Shea wrote the following in 1908:
[instrumental music plays] University of Notre Dame |
| #584, aired 1987-03-05 | CRACKER JACK $400: Well-known song written in 1908 that mentions Cracker Jack "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" |
| #439, aired 1986-05-15 | AMERICAN WOMEN $800: On Jan. 21, 1908, NYC enacted the Sullivan ordinance, prohibiting women from doing this smoking |
| #405, aired 1986-03-28 | 12s $500: Born Helen Jurgens in 1908, she made some pretty unmemorable films in the '30s Helen Twelvetrees |
| #334, aired 1985-12-19 | THE '20s $200: Of T & A, the Ford model that premiered in the '20s the Model A |
| #278, aired 1985-10-02 | U.S. CITIES $300: Columbia, capital of this southern state, had no paved roads until 1908 South Carolina |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | FIRSTS $500: In 1908, while flying with Orville Wright, Lt. Thomas Selfridge became 1st in aviation history the first person to be killed in an airplane crash |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | U.S.A. $300: Established in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte, "Federal" wasn't added to its title until 1935 the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | AUTOMOBILES $300: In 1908, the Model K of this luxury car was the first to use standard interchangeable parts a Cadillac |
| #261, aired 1985-09-09 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $500: In 1908, 5 years before getting the job, he wrote a book titled "The President of the United States" Woodrow Wilson |
| #186, aired 1985-05-27 | BASEBALL $500 (Daily Double): Jack Norworth wrote this song in 1908, but never saw a game till 34 yrs. later:
"Nellie Kelly loved baseball games / Knew the players, knew all their names / You could see her there every day / Shout hooray when they played / Her boyfriend by the name of Joe..." "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" |
| #157, aired 1985-04-16 | WORLD HISTORY $600: For 30 years, 1878 to 1908, this African country was Belgian king Leopold's personal colony the Belgian Congo (Zaire) |
