| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | OSCAR, MEYER, WIENER $2000: Best known for his science of cybernetics, this math professor graduated from college in 1909 at age 14 Norbert Wiener |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | BARRE TENDERS $1600: Audiences fauned all over this Kyiv-born dancer when he came to Paris with Diaghilev in 1909 Nijinsky |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | COMMUNICATION $1200: Karl Ferdinand Braun shared a 1909 Nobel Prize with this man for "the development of wireless telegraphy" Marconi |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | A TOUCH OF GREY $400: Won by the Toronto Argonauts in 2022, this championship trophy of the Canadian Football League was first awarded in 1909 the Grey Cup |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | 4, 4 $1000: Here's what this mountaineering setup looked like in 1909 on an expedition by an Italian duke and a more recent one base camp |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | PSYCHOLOGY $500: These 2 psychology superstars & one-time collaborators are seen here at Clark University in 1909 before they quarreled Freud & Jung |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | HISTORY ON THE DOUBLE $1600: These 2 men who explored the Arctic in 1909 are buried next to each other at Arlington Peary & Henson |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | ALL HANDS $200: From 1909 to 1961 the wonderfully named Learned Hand served as a federal one of these a judge |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | U.S. DIPLOMACY $800: This man's 1909-1913 administration practiced "Dollar Diplomacy", trying to create stability abroad to help U.S. businesses Taft |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | BASEBALL BABES $600: In 1909 Pittsburgh's Babe Adams became the only rookie ever to pitch & win 3 games in one of these the World Series |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | ALLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR $1200: In 1909 this French jeweler opened a store on Fifth Ave. in New York City & briefly became owner of the Hope Diamond Pierre Cartier |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $2,000 (Daily Double): Southwest of Tallahassee, this community got the same name as a Central American capital in 1909 when its people were excited about possible trade Panama City |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES $200: Since 1909 when it was "bring your own basket", this wholesome outdoor gathering has been a tradition at UC Davis picnic |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: Journalist & activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett helped found this civil rights organization in 1909 the NAACP |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | "C" LIFE $400: Stole his way into life in 1866 in Beaver, Utah; led a "Wild Bunch"; died in Bolivia in 1909... maybe (Butch) Cassidy |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | AMERICA IN THE 19-AUGHTS $3,000 (Daily Double): This coin got a makeover in 1909 for the 100th anniversary of a president's birth the penny |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | I NOMINATE YOU FOR A NOBEL PRIZE! $2000: When Luigi Pirandello won in 1934, he was nominated by this countryman, a 1909 winner for physics Marconi |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | EXTINCT ANIMALS $400: The last known tarpan, Equus ferus ferus, a wild Russian type of this, died in 1909 a horse |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | A CATEGORY IN 5 ACTS $400: A 1909 act of Congress describes this symbol as "the letter C inclosed within a circle" a copyright |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | THE IVY LEAGUE $400: Begun in 1909, the Whiffenpoofs are a celebrated collegiate singing group at this university Yale |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS $2,000 (Daily Double): Karl Ferdinand Braun & this man took the 1909 prize for the development of wireless telegraphy Marconi |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | SHAPELY SPEECH $400: An expansion of the West Wing in 1909 gave William Howard Taft this presidential room of power the Oval Office |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $200: A newspaper gave Robert Peary $4,000 on condition that he reach this point & sure enough, in 1909 he wired them that he had the North Pole |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | FARMING U.S.A. $800: In 1909 several cheese producers formed the Tillamook this establishment, a word including another dairy product creamery |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | HI, WELCOME TO 5 AUTHORS! $2,200 (Daily Double): Not only was she talented enough to somehow write another person's autobiography, she gave us "Three Lives" in 1909 Gertrude Stein |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: In 1909 a toy company chose the slogan "Goodbye" to this other 2-word toy, "Hello, Billy Possum" a teddy bear |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | RUSSIAN ART & CULTURE $800: In 1909, painter Boris Kustodiev captured a promenade and some merrymaking along this river the Volga |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | GREAT DANES $400: In 1909 Wilhelm Johannsen coined this 4-letter word to describe a unit of heredity a gene |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | BIOGRAPHERS $400: W.E.B. Du Bois wrote a 1909 biography defending this abolitionist who was hanged 50 years earlier (John) Brown |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | ASIAN CITIES $800: This Israeli city was founded in 1909 as a suburb of the ancient Mediterranean port of Jaffa Tel Aviv |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | FOR HUMANITY $800: In 1909 the wireless wonder invented by this Italian saved 1,500 lives as a ship rammed off Nantucket made a distress call Marconi |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | IT HAPPENED IN SOUTH AMERICA $600: These 2 Wild Bunch outlaws are said to have died c. 1909 in a few places; 1 possible checkout spot was near San Vicente, Bolivia Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
| #7906, aired 2019-01-14 | THE STORY OF MY LIFE $2000: Before his death in 1909, this legendary Apache leader narrated "His Own Story" through an interpreter Geronimo |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | B.S., I LOVE YOU $2000: In addition to a bloody classic 1897 novel, this Irishman also wrote 1909's "The Lady of the Shroud" Bram Stoker |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | SCORPIOS $600: U.S. presidents who were Scorpios include Warren G. Harding & this man who served from 1901 to 1909 Teddy Roosevelt |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: This word is for the Greek for "molded" & was first used in reference to a synthetic product in 1909 plastic |
| #7854, aired 2018-11-01 | WRITERS' OTHER GIGS $400: In 1909 this future novelist opened Dublin's first movie theater James Joyce |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | AT THE ARCADE $1600: You roll 9 balls & score 10 to 100 in this arcade favorite, around since 1909 Skee-Ball |
| #7811, aired 2018-07-23 | THE 1917 SILENT PARADE $1200: One of the first major civil rights demonstrations, the parade was organized by this rights org. founded in 1909 the NAACP |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | EXPLORERS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Explorers Club in New York.) For his drive to the North Pole in 1909, this explorer used 19 sleds of his own design; the sleds were built longer & wider than Native sleds to lower the center of gravity, thus preventing them from overturning Robert Peary |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | THE EXPLORER $600: Roald Amundsen was planning to drift across this in a ship in 1909, but when he heard about Peary he made a 180 the North Pole |
| #7642, aired 2017-11-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: In 1909 Louis Bleriot became the first man to fly a plane over this European waterway the English Channel |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: (I'm Melissa Harris-Perry.) My book "Barbershops, Bibles & BET" won a 2005 National Conference of Black Political Scientist Award named for this sociologist who helped create the NAACP in 1909 (W.E.B.) Du Bois |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | THE NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA.) Two basketballs went up on the shuttle Atlantis in 2009--one here from the Globetrotters & a second ball handled in 1909 by this astronomer, then a Big Ten athlete & whose namesake telescope Atlantis was off to repair the Hubble |
| #7528, aired 2017-05-10 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $2,000 (Daily Double): The company that makes this tool trademarked its cross & shield symbol in 1909 a Swiss Army knife |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | BLUESY MUSIC $1600: He retitled his 1909 song "Mr. Crump" "Memphis Blues" & the rest is history W.C. Handy |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | AMERICAN LIT $2000: For this woman seen here, "One Writer's Beginnings" was in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi Eudora Welty |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | PRESIDENT'S DAY $1600: February 18, 1909:
Convenes North American Conservation Conference Theodore Roosevelt |
| #7411, aired 2016-11-28 | UNREAL ESTATE $1200: Most of this 1909 book by Frances Hodgson Burnett is set at Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire The Secret Garden |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | BASEBALL $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.) Check out the incredibly rare 1909-11 T206 card of this "Flying Dutchman"; in 2013, one went at auction for $2.1 million Honus Wagner |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | JEWISH HISTORY $800: In 1909 near the Sea of Galilee, European Jewish immigrants built Degania, the first of these collective farming villages a kibbutz |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | HOOSIER HISTORY $400: This iconic track was built in 1909 as a testing facility for the local automotive industry the Indianapolis Speedway |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | REBEL, REBEL $2000: Against tonal music: this Austrian composer in his 1909 Piano Pieces, Opus 11 Schoenberg |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $800: Carl Fisher pushed the development of the coast-to-coast Lincoln Highway & in 1909 opened this Midwest facility with faster traffic Indianapolis (Motor) Speedway |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | "CON" MEN $600: First name of Mr. Nast, who in 1909 began a publishing empire that today includes W, GQ, Vanity Fair & more Condé |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | A NEW YEAR'S BABY $800: AuH2O began to flow on Jan. 1, 1909 when this politician was born in Arizona Goldwater |
| #7194, aired 2015-12-17 | TINKERERS $200: In 1909 this French engineer built a type of wind tunnel that "towered" above all others (Gustave) Eiffel |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | PRAISE THE LLOYD $1000: In his "People's Budget" of 1909, this British man called for a supertax for incomes above 5,000 pounds David Lloyd George |
| #7177, aired 2015-11-24 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $800: This magazine's "tested and approved" seal debuted in the December 1909 issue Good Housekeeping |
| #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 |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | GIVE $800: The first kibbutz was founded in 1909 with help from the JNF, this "Fund" known for its blue charity boxes the Jewish National Fund |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | EXPLORATION $2000: An expedition by this Brit famous for getting stuck in ice claimed the first reaching of the south magnetic pole in 1909 Shackleton |
| #7073, aired 2015-05-20 | THROUGH THE YEARS $1000: Centered in Italy 1909-1916, this art movement emphasized the dynamism of modern life & technology Futurism |
| #7025, aired 2015-03-13 | THE REST OF THE WORLD IN 1865 $1200: The II king of this name is founded in Belgium & will reign until 1909 Leopold |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | STARS OF BUSINESS $1000: In 1909 this company began using a logo with a green "T" superimposed on a red star Texaco |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | WHERE THERE'S A WILL... $2000: His 1909 will named his daughter Clara & biographer Albert Bigelow Paine to help manage his literary estate Mark Twain |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | IT HAPPENED IN THE PAST $1200: An accident on Nov. 5, 1909 put the U.S. military's entire supply of these out of commission airplanes |
| #6780, aired 2014-02-21 | MONEY TALKS $200: On a penny since 1909:
"E ____ ____" pluribus unum |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | LITERARY BYWAYS $400: Published in 1909, "The Road to" this fabled land featured Dorothy & her new friends Shaggy Man & Button Bright Oz |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | GUESS WHAT I'VE GOT? $1000: A Rouge et Noir safety fountain pen dating back to 1909 from this luxury company Montblanc |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | MARK TWAIN $800: The only known moving picture ever taken of Mark Twain is in a silent film produced by this man's studio in 1909 Thomas Edison |
| #6691, aired 2013-10-21 | INTO THIN AIR $400: Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail around the world this way, later disappeared en route to the West Indies in 1909 alone (or solo) |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | LITERARY SELF-PORTRAITS $800: This author's 1909 title character Martin Eden is a sailor turned writer in San Francisco--reminds me of someone Jack London |
| #6562, aired 2013-03-12 | THE QUOTABLE MARK TWAIN $1,600 (Daily Double): "I came in with" this "in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it", Twain said in 1909; he did Halley's Comet |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | EUROPEAN RULERS $400: Leopold II, king of this country from 1865 to 1909, didn't hesitate to exploit the Congo's resources & people Belgium |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | ANTIQUES $1000: If it smells when dipped in hot water, you know your latest find is made from this antique plastic patented in 1909 bakelite |
| #6478, aired 2012-11-14 | 5 SHADES OF GR(E/A)Y $600: In 1909 the University of Toronto won the first Grey Cup in this sport Canadian football |
| #6468, aired 2012-10-31 | WORLD EXPLORATION $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) In 1909, from a supply base on Canada's Ellesmere Island, this American naval officer set out across the ice, covering 413 nautical miles to the North Pole Robert Peary |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | YOU HAD ME AT SHALOM $1200: In 1909 Jewish immigrants from Europe founded this 2-word city, now Israel's chief financial center Tel Aviv |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: In 1909 Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly a plane across this body of water between the U.K. & France the English Channel |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | UNCOMMON BONDS $800: From 1900 to 1909 Sir Robert Bond was prime minister of this British colony, now the newest Canadian province Newfoundland |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL HOLIDAY $1200: April 30:
Queen's Day, celebrating the 1909 birth of Juliana & the 1980 accession of her daughter Beatrix the Netherlands |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This Spaniard who transcribed Bach for the guitar gave his first public recital in Granada in 1909 (Andrés) Segovia |
| #6236, aired 2011-10-31 | HOSPITALS $1,400 (Daily Double): Now closed, the D.C. hospital named for him opened in 1909 & in WWI, went from 80 beds to 2,500 in months Walter Reed |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | THE WHITE HOUSE $1200: This distinctively shaped room was designed by Nathan C. Wyeth at the order of President Taft in 1909 the Oval Office |
| #6172, aired 2011-06-14 | ART $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew displays a painting on the monitor.) This artist cleverly included a glimpse of his painting "The Dance" as part of a 1909 still life Matisse |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | IT'S ALL "GOOD" $200: This magazine's Institute & Seal of Approval date back to 1909 Good Houskeeping |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | 1901-1910 $200: In 1909 Henry Ford produced over 10,000 of this car, saying customers could get it in "any color...so long as it is black" the Model T |
| #6016, aired 2010-11-08 | HOW MANY FEET LONG? $2000: The length of the shelf of classic books compiled by Harvard's president in 1909 5 |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP $2000: This African American's first fight after winning the title was a 1909 bout against future actor Victor McLaglen Jack Johnson |
| #5892, aired 2010-04-06 | ROUNDING THE BASES $200: The U.S. Navy officially began construction of its base at this Oahu locale on Nov. 11, 1909 Pearl Harbor |
| #5886, aired 2010-03-29 | YOU'RE HISTORY! $800: In 1909 The New York Times helped sponsor this man's race to the North Pole in return for exclusive reports (Robert) Peary |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HEY, MATTHEWS $2000: In 1909 a white dude, 4 Eskimos & this man reached the North Pole Matthew Henson |
| #5824, aired 2009-12-31 | SCIENTISTS $400: His first teaching job came "relatively" early--in 1909, as an assistant prof. of physics at the Univ. of Zurich Einstein |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS $600: 2 men received the 1909 Physics Prize for their work on wireless telegraphy: Karl Ferdinand Braun & this Italian Marconi |
| #5747, aired 2009-09-15 | ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS $1200: First appearing in magazine illustrations in 1909, this doll is celebrating its 100th anniversary a Kewpie |
| #5718, aired 2009-06-17 | A YEAR ENDING IN '09 $200: Peary & Henson reach the North Pole 1909 |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | PRESIDENTS & VICE PRESIDENTS $400: From 1909 to 1912, James Schoolcraft Sherman served as this man's vice president Taft |
| #5670, aired 2009-04-10 | BORN IN 1909 $400: Barry Goldwater, in Arizona, which still had this status a territory |
| #5670, aired 2009-04-10 | BORN IN 1909 $800: U Thant, in this current country Myanmar (or Burma) |
| #5670, aired 2009-04-10 | BORN IN 1909 $1200: This "Streetcar Named Desire" director, in Constantinople Elia Kazan |
| #5670, aired 2009-04-10 | BORN IN 1909 $1600: This film critic & "A Death in the Family" novelist (James) Agee |
| #5670, aired 2009-04-10 | BORN IN 1909 $2000: Andrei Gromyko, the face of the USSR as this minister from 1957 to 1985 Foreign Minister |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | BUTCH CASSIDY $1000: Butch was reportedly killed near San Vicente in this country in 1909, though no one knows for sure Bolivia |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $200: On February 12 this important African-American organization was formed NAACP |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $400: On June 2 Alfred Deakin became prime minister of this Commonwealth country for the third time Australia |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $600: A D.C. medical center founded in 1909 is named for this military surgeon Walter Reed |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $1000: On July 25 Frenchman Louis Bleriot became the first to cross this body of water in a plane the English Channel |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 4 he took the White House keys from Teddy Roosevelt Taft |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | PRODUCTS $200: In 1909, 3 years before the blimps, Goodyear started making these for airplanes tires |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | WORLD LITERATURE $2000: His last play was 1909's autobiographical "Stora Landsvagen", Swedish for "The Great Highway" Strindberg |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Peary's 1909 goal, the primo spot in a NASCAR race the North Pole Position |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: Marcel Proust began writing this 7-part, 3,000-page novel in 1909 & continued working on it until his death in 1922 Remembrance of Things Past |
| #5571, aired 2008-11-24 | LIVE IN TEXAS $1200: Ms. Parker was born in Rowena; this partner in crime was born on March 24, 1909 in Telico Clyde (Barrow) |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | UNREAL ESTATE $1600: Lady Grove is an estate purchased by Uncle Edward in this "timely" British author's 1909 novel "Tono-Bungay" H.G. Wells |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | U.S. COINS $200: In 2009 some collectors' editions of this coin will contain 95% copper, as it did in 1909 the penny |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE $800: 1909:
This 1st modern Jewish city is founded; today it's the financial & cultural center of Israel Tel Aviv |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | A BILLION REASONS $200: Since 1909 his head has appeared on billions & billions of pennies Lincoln |
| #5405, aired 2008-02-22 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: On April 6th, 1909, this American Arctic explorer wrote in his diary, "The pole at last. The prize of three centuries." Peary |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | HODGEPODGE $200: From 1909 until 1958, ears of wheat appeared on the back of this U.S. coin the penny |
| #5384, aired 2008-01-24 | OPUS DAY $2000: To premiere his Opus 30 concerto Nov. 28, 1909, this Russian had to show future pianists how to do it Sergei Rachmaninoff |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | SCULPTURE $400: His 1909 "Head of a Woman", one of the first Cubist works, divided the surface of the head into many different planes Picasso |
| #5334, aired 2007-11-15 | BALLET $1000: As a law student in St. Petersburg, this man became interested in the arts, & in 1909 he founded the Ballets Russes Diaghilev |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | WORLD AUTHORS $2000: In 1909 this author of "The Immoralist" co-founded the literary magazine The New French Revue André Gide |
| #5281, aired 2007-07-23 | ADVENTURES IN THE AIR $1600: In 1909 Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly a plane over this between Great Britain & France The English Channel |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | "HO" POURRI $1000: Errol Flynn was born in this Tasmanian capital in 1909 Hobart |
| #5250, aired 2007-06-08 | BARRE TENDERS $1600: Audiences fauned all over this Kiev-born dancer when he came to Paris with Diaghilev in 1909 Nijinsky |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | LINCOLN LORE $2000: It's unusual for U.S. coins that Lincoln faces right on his penny, first issued in 1909 to commemorate this 100th anniversary of his birth |
| #5245, aired 2007-06-01 | FASTER $600: In 1909 Marion Wallace-Dunlop, best known for this cause, got out of prison after a 91-hour fast women's suffrage |
| #5204, aired 2007-04-05 | ODE TO THE WEST WING $200: 'Twas 1909 when William Taft was first to haul / His bulk into thy hallowed space & see thy curving wall Oval Office |
| #5199, aired 2007-03-29 | "ARROW"S $2000: This motor car company's prestige grew when, in 1909, President Taft ordered 2 models for the White House Pierce-Arrow |
| #5160, aired 2007-02-02 | "LET"S END THIS $800: In 1909 Wisconsin chose the wood species of this as its state flower the violet |
| #5106, aired 2006-11-20 | LITERATURE $200: Of Pastism, Presentism or Futurism, the literary movement that began around 1909 Futurism |
| #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 |
| #5064, aired 2006-09-21 | ROCK $1200: A bed of this oil- & fossil-bearing rock from the Cambrian period was famously discovered near Mt. Burgess in 1909 shale |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | LITERATURE $600: Nicodemus Frapp is a narrow-minded evangelist in "Tono-Bungay", a 1909 novel by this author of "The Time Machine" H.G. Wells |
| #4935, aired 2006-02-10 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1000: In a 1909 sequel, this girl "of Green Gables" returns to "Avonlea" to teach school Anne |
| #4880, aired 2005-11-25 | IT'S IN THE CARDS $400: In 1909 Elwood Baker invented this game as a variation on what was often called "rum" gin |
| #4855, aired 2005-10-21 | THE BOYS ARE BLUE $1600: This artist's 1909 U. of Oslo murals were done after receiving electroshock & contain no scenes of personal anguish (Edvard) Munch |
| #4815, aired 2005-07-08 | BONDS $1000: In 1909 he started publishing letter ratings of the bonds of America's railroads (John) Moody |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | PRESIDENTS & BASEBALL $1,000 (Daily Double): On April 19, 1909 Taft attended a home game of this team & probably had a hot dog or 9 the Washington Senators |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | ARTISTS $1,000 (Daily Double): In a 1909 still life he included a section of his earlier painting "La Danse" (Henri) Matisse |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | OSCAR, MEYER, WIENER $2000: Best known for his science of cybernetics, this math professor graduated from college in 1909 at age 14 Norbert Wiener |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | GOVERNMENT $200: Since 1909 every government in Denmark's parliament has been this type that needs to strike deals minority government (a coalition accepted) |
| #4700, aired 2005-01-28 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $2000: He's the explorer seen here with a couple of his pals in 1909 Admiral Peary |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | MEN & WOMEN OF SCIENCE $400: In 1909, after 7 years with the Swiss Patent Office, he became a professor at the University of Zurich Albert Einstein |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | PATTON PENDING $400: In 1909 George S. Patton graduated 46th out of 103 at this institution West Point |
| #4636, aired 2004-11-01 | SPECIAL "K" $1600: In 1909 the first of these cooperative farms was founded along the Jordan river a kibbutz |
| #4620, aired 2004-10-08 | THERE ARE PLACES $1000: This Florida city was named in 1909 in hopes it would attract canal traffic from Central America Panama City |
| #4613, aired 2004-09-29 | THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK $400: His first published song was 1909's "Marie from Sunny Italy"; later ones include "Cheek to Cheek" & "Easter Parade" Irving Berlin |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | THE INDY 500 $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew rides up in an Indy car at the Indianapolis Speedway.) Paved with 3.2 million bricks in 1909, the Indianapolis Speedway has had this nickname ever since "The Brickyard" |
| #4545, aired 2004-05-14 | MEET THE PRESS $800: This magazine has been giving its seal of approval since 1909 Good Housekeeping |
| #4508, aired 2004-03-24 | BIBLE MOVIES $200: Vitagraph's 1909 "Life of" this Biblical hero included a $10,000 scene of the parting of the Red Sea Moses |
| #4499, aired 2004-03-11 | HOOKED ON PHOENIX $800: Born in Phoenix in 1909, he ran for president in 1964 Barry Goldwater |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | SCIENCE GUYS $1200: For helping to develop "wireless telegraphy" he & Karl Braun shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics Marconi |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN THE MOVIES? $200: First brought to the big screen by D.W. Griffith in 1909, this hugely popular star was once known as "Little Mary" Mary Pickford |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | GRAB BAG $400: This organization was founded in 1909 by activists who had initially called themselves the National Negro Committee the NAACP |
| #4427, aired 2003-12-02 | BASEBALL LEGENDS $2000: This shortstop, the "Flying Dutchman", outplayed Ty Cobb in their 1909 World Series showdown Honus Wagner |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | SCIENCE BRIEFS $800: In 1909 Soren Sorensen came up with this scale to measure acidity pH scale |
| #4385, aired 2003-10-03 | PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $600: 1901-1909 Teddy Roosevelt |
| #4363, aired 2003-07-16 | AIR FARE $400: In 1909 in a 25-HP plane, Louis Bleriot flew over 23 miles to cross this in 37 minutes English Channel |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | "M"BRACE ME! $1000: One of the first films of this '20s superstar cowboy was "Custer's Last Stand" in 1909 Tom Mix |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | HISTORIC WOMEN $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1909 Sweden's Selma Lagerlof became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in this category Literature |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | ARTISTS IN FRANCE $800: In 1909 one of his nude statues of Victor Hugo was installed at the Gallery of the Palais-Royal Auguste Rodin |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | STIRRING SONGS $1600: Introduced at Madison in 1909, its second line is "Grand old Badger State" "On, Wisconsin!" |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | FRIENDS IN HISTORY $200: Chandler helps Peary & Henson discover this on April 6, 1909 after he asks, "Could it be any more cold?" North Pole |
| #4160, aired 2002-10-04 | HISTORIC NAMES $1200: This 1909 Nobel Prize winner once failed the entrance exams at the Univ. of Bologna, Italy Guglielmo Marconi |
| #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | EXPLORERS $600: On Sept. 6, 1909--5 months to the day after reaching the North Pole--he announced his triumph Peary |
| #4109, aired 2002-06-13 | ON YOUR TOES $2000: Founded in 1909, his Ballets Russes featured such choreographers as Nijinsky & Balanchine Diaghilev |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | SAME BIRTHDAY AS DR. KING $1600: Born Jan. 15, 1909, he's the musician played by Sal Mineo in the following Gene Krupa |
| #3990, aired 2001-12-28 | WELCOME TO THE WHITE HOUSE $1600: It was built in 1902, expanded in size in 1909 & 1934 & is now the the title of a popular TV show The West Wing |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | 20th CENTURY LIVES $400: Seen here, he "hacked" plenty of on & off-screen adventure into his life; 1909 to 1959 Errol Flynn |
| #3941, aired 2001-10-22 | FABULOUS FELINES $200: Ginger the cat sells groceries to mice who are "rather afraid of" her in a 1909 tale by this woman Beatrix Potter |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | PRESIDENTS BY PARTY $800: Republican
1901-1909 Teddy Roosevelt |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | WAY OUT WEST $1000: In 1909 the Bishops opened their new plant in this Oregon town to make Indian blankets Pendleton |
| #3846, aired 2001-04-30 | U.S. COINS $300: The 1909-S V.D.B. version of this coin is a grail to collectors; just watch out for counterfeits Lincoln head penny |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | OKLAHOMA IS OK $600 (Daily Double): This Apache leader was a prisoner of war at Oklahoma's Fort Sill from 1894 until his death in 1909 Geronimo |
| #3749, aired 2000-12-14 | U.S. HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Geronimo was buried in this state in 1909, 2 years after statehood Oklahoma |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | BARRY ME $300: This Conservative was born in Phoenix in 1909 Barry Goldwater |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | TWAIN TRACTS $100: In a 1909 essay Mark Twain asserted this man could not have written the plays attributed to him William Shakespeare |
| #3569, aired 2000-02-24 | ORGANIZATIONAL ALPHABET SOUP $200: Founded in 1909, NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | LITERARY HEROINES $100: "Anne of Avonlea" is a 1909 sequel to this 1908 classic "Anne of Green Gables" |
| #3522, aired 1999-12-21 | RIVERS $400: In 1909 the first kibbutz was founded in this river's valley the Jordan |
| #3516, aired 1999-12-13 | U.S. HISTORY $600: W.E. B. Du Bois & others founded this organization on Lincoln's 100th birthday in 1909 NAACP |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | ON THE GO $600: In 1909 the Wright Brothers founded a firm to manufacture airplanes in this city Dayton, Ohio (same as the bicycle shop) |
| #3472, aired 1999-10-12 | LAWRENCE OF ARABIA $200: Lawrence first visited the Middle East in 1909 to research a college paper on the castles of these soldiers Crusaders |
| #3441, aired 1999-07-19 | EXPLORERS $200: In 1909 Roald Amundsen set his hopes on being here first, then found out Peary had beaten him to it North Pole |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $600 (Daily Double): After attending the 1909 inauguration of his successor, he went on a year-long African safari Theodore Roosevelt |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Although first observed in 1909, it wasn't until 1972 that the third Sunday in June officially became this holiday Father's Day |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | BLACK AMERICANS $1000: While a member of the Robert Peary expedition in 1909, he became the first African-American to reach the North Pole Matthew Henson |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE BAD OLD DAYS $400: The founding of this organization in 1909 was spurred by a Springfield, Ill. race riot the previous year NAACP |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | LYING IN STATE $800: In 1909, before reinterment, he lay in state in the city he had planned Pierre L' Enfant |
| #3288, aired 1998-12-16 | PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $500: September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909 Theodore Roosevelt |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | TINKERERS $800: In 1909 Leo Baekeland patented the first completely synthetic resin under this trademark Bakelite |
| #3276, aired 1998-11-30 | ENDS IN "EE" $200: Deganya, the first Jewish kibbutz in Palestine, was founded near this sea's shores in 1909 the Sea of Galilee |
| #3253, aired 1998-10-28 | LETTERS & NUMBERS $500: Vernon Kell, known as "K", headed this British security service when it was founded in 1909 MI5 |
| #3199, aired 1998-06-25 | OKLAHOMA $400: In 1909 John Mitchell reportedly organized the first American troop of these boys, in Pawhuska Boy Scouts |
| #3155, aired 1998-04-24 | MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $800: This singer heard here was born on May 1, 1909: Kate Smith |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | THE 'BURBS $100: Several millennia younger than Jerusalem, this Israeli city was founded in 1909 as a suburb of Jaffa Tel Aviv |
| #3004, aired 1997-09-25 | YOU'RE TOAST $400: This company brought the toaster "to life" in 1909 General Electric |
| #2989, aired 1997-09-04 | BIG DATES $600: On April 6, 1909 he & his assistant Matthew Henson reached 90 degrees N. latitude Robert Peary |
| #2941, aired 1997-05-19 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: This future president graduated from Abilene High School in 1909 Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| #2899, aired 1997-03-20 | AWARDS $200: In 1909 this pair became the first to receive the Smithsonian Institution's Langley Medal for Aviation The Wright Brothers |
| #2874, aired 1997-02-13 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1000: "My Musical Life" was the 1909 memoir of this "Scheherazade" composer Rimsky-Korsakov |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | SCIENCE & NATURE $200: In 1909 Dutch botanist Wilhelm Johannsen first proposed this name for the unit of heredity in living things Gene |
| #2840, aired 1996-12-27 | MONEY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1909, the centennial of his birth, he was put on a U.S. coin Abraham Lincoln |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | EDUCATION $800: In 1909, 2 years after introducing her teaching method in Rome, she wrote a book about it Maria Montessori |
| #2816, aired 1996-11-25 | NATIONAL PARKS $400: The area of this alphabetically last park was set aside in 1909 as Mukuntuweap National Monument Zion National Park |
| #2814, aired 1996-11-21 | BALLET $800: He stunned Paris with his dazzling performance in the Ballets Russes' "Les Sylphides" in 1909 Nijinsky |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | MUSEUMS $200: In 1909 this city's Museum of Fine Arts moved from Copley Square to the Fenway district Boston |
| #2643, aired 1996-02-14 | NOVELS & NOVELISTS $300: The title of this "Time Machine" author's 1909 novel "Tono-Bungay" refers to a quack medicine (H.G.) Wells |
| #2640, aired 1996-02-09 | LAW & ORDER $200: Like Texas, Arizona formed a group of these lawmen, but it lasted only from 1901 to 1909 the Rangers |
| #2627, aired 1996-01-23 | 1901-1910 $1000: On Sept. 1, 1909 Frederick Cook claimed to have beaten him to the North Pole by a year Robert Peary |
| #2617, aired 1996-01-09 | COMPOSERS $1000: This Russian "Scheherazade" composer's autobiography "My Musical Life" was published in 1909 Rimsky-Korsakov |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART $600: George Bellows' 1909 "Both Members of This Club" shows one of these sporting matches, then illegal in NYC boxing |
| #2582, aired 1995-11-21 | MUSEUMS $500: In 1909 King Edward VII opened the new building of this London museum of decorative & fine arts Victoria & Albert Museum |
| #2570, aired 1995-11-03 | MIDDLE INITIAL C. $100: By 1909 he owned a chain of 3 department stores; at his death at age 95 in 1971, his firm had 1,660 stores J.C. Penney |
| #2563, aired 1995-10-25 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): He published "Principles of Mining" in 1909 & "Fishing for Fun" in 1963 Hoover |
| #2562, aired 1995-10-24 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: In 1909 this Swiss disciple accompanied Sigmund Freud to America on a speaking tour (Carl) Jung |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: On Feb. 17, 1909 this Apache leader died at Fort Sill, Oklahoma Geronimo |
| #2487, aired 1995-05-30 | ROYAL RELATIVES $1000: Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was the father of this queen who was born in The Hague in 1909 Juliana |
| #2424, aired 1995-03-02 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Magazine publisher James McGraw teamed up with this publisher of American Machinist in 1909 (John Alexander) Hill |
| #2418, aired 1995-02-22 | 20th CENTURY DESIGN $500: Bakelite, a type of this material invented in 1909 by Leo Baekeland, was usually colorless or light yellow plastic |
| #2415, aired 1995-02-17 | NOTABLE NAMES $800: A 1988 National Geographic article said this explorer may have missed the North Pole in 1909 by 30 to 60 miles (Robert) Peary |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | ITALIAN SCIENCE $400: He won a 1909 Nobel Physics Prize for his work in wireless telegraphy Marconi |
| #2400, aired 1995-01-27 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: In 1909 this American opened his first "Three and Sixpence" store in England Woolworth |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1909 U.S. troops left this Caribbean island after overseeing J.M. Gomez' election as president Cuba |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | 1909 $200: This ex-pres.'s account of his African hunting trip appeared in Scribner's Magazine, netting him $50,000 Teddy Roosevelt |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | 1909 $400: In November this site was chosen as the USA's principal naval base in the Pacific Pearl Harbor |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | 1909 $600: On December 26, 1909 this sculptor of "The Bronco Buster" died at age 48 Frederic Remington |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | 1909 $800: During the year this Austrian psychiatrist gave a series of lectures at Clark University in Massachusetts Sigmund Freud |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | 1909 $1000: This French premier stepped down after a furious July 20 debate in the Chamber of Deputies Georges Clemenceau |
| #2356, aired 1994-11-28 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: After their 1909 expedition, Robert Peary forbade this man to give any lectures regarding it Matt Henson |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? $400: The Army medical center named for this doctor opened in Washington, D.C. in 1909 Walter Reed |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | ENCHANTED APRIL $500: Although his expedition reached the N. Pole in April 1909, he couldn't relay the news until September (Robert) Peary |
| #2238, aired 1994-05-04 | NATIVE AMERICANS $1000: This Chiricahua Apache leader remained under gov't control from his capture in 1886 until his death in 1909 Geronimo |
| #2206, aired 1994-03-21 | DANCE $800: From 1909 until WWI, Michel Fokine created ballets for this company founded by Diaghilev the Russian ballet (the Ballets Russes) |
| #2204, aired 1994-03-17 | DATES IN HISTORY $400: After more than 15 years of effort, he finally reached the North Pole April 6, 1909 (Robert) Peary |
| #2194, aired 1994-03-03 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $300: This city was chosen as capital in 1909 but the Parliament House didn't open until 1927 Canberra |
| #2153, aired 1994-01-05 | GROUPS & ASSOCIATIONS $600: In 1909 white liberals joined with the Niagara Movement to found this civil rights organization the NAACP |
| #2146, aired 1993-12-27 | GUINNESS RECORDS $100: Since 1909 his head has been on over 250 billion U.S. coins Abe Lincoln |
| #2121, aired 1993-11-22 | TRANSPORTATION $100: The first mile of concrete paving was laid in 1909 along this "Motor City"'s Woodward Avenue Detroit |
| #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 |
| #2092, aired 1993-10-12 | JULY 25 $400: On July 25, 1909 Louis Bleriot became the first to cross the English Channel this way by flying |
| #2039, aired 1993-06-17 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1909 the Lincoln penny replaced this one, which had been in circulation for 50 years the Indian head |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | THE 20th CENTURY $100: The origins of the U.S. Air Force go back to 1909, when this duo delivered the Army's first plane the Wright Brothers |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: This Paris landmark was due for demolition in 1909, but the development of the wireless saved it Eiffel Tower |
| #1982, aired 1993-03-30 | AUTHORS $800: This playwright was born John Casey & Gaelicized his name about 1909 Sean O'Casey |
| #1952, aired 1993-02-16 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: Lucy Maud Montgomery called her 1909 sequel to "Anne of Green Gables" "Anne of" this place Avonlea |
| #1946, aired 1993-02-08 | "A" IN HISTORY $500: Pierre L'Enfant was reburied here in 1909 Arlington National Cemetery |
| #1937, aired 1993-01-26 | NOBEL PHYSICISTS $400: In recognition of their work in wireless telegraphy, the 1909 prize went to Karl Braun & this Italian Marconi |
| #1931, aired 1993-01-18 | "B" MOVIES $1000: This "colorful" Shirley Temple film was based on a 1909 play by Maurice Maeterlinck The Blue Bird |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | HOBBIES $500: The International Rose O'Neill Club honors the person who created this doll in 1909 the Kewpie doll |
| #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | THE AMERICAN FLAG $500: In 1909 he sent the message "Stars and Stripes nailed to the Pole" (Robert) Peary |
| #1827, aired 1992-07-07 | GUINNESS RECORDS $400: The highest price paid at auction for one of these toys was £90,200 for a 1909 bisque one a doll |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | BLACK HISTORY $400: In 1909 the Niagara Movement helped form this large civil rights organization NAACP |
| #1721, aired 1992-02-10 | AWARDS $100: In 1909 these brothers were the first recipients of the Langley Medal for Aeronautics the Wright brothers |
| #1706, aired 1992-01-20 | MARYLAND $200: The oldest continuously running airport was founded by this pair in College Park in 1909 the Wright Brothers |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This Spaniard who gave his first concert in Granada in 1909 arranged Bach & Haydn for the guitar Segovia |
| #1649, aired 1991-10-31 | EXPLORERS $400: On April 6, 1909 he wrote in his diary, "The pole at last! The prize of 3 centuries... Mine at last!" Peary |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | SCULPTURE $200: One of the few Cubist sculptures made by this Spaniard was "Head of a Woman" in 1909 Picasso |
| #1545, aired 1991-04-26 | SCULPTURE $2,300 (Daily Double): He completed the model for the sculpture seen here just before his death in 1909 Frederic Remington |
| #1517, aired 1991-03-19 | PRESIDENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): His 1909 Abilene, Kansas high school yearbook said his brother Edgar would be President Eisenhower |
| #1472, aired 1991-01-15 | MEN OF SCIENCE $600: He built his own helicopter in 1909 & in 1913 developed the first multi-engine aircraft Sikorsky |
| #1436, aired 1990-11-26 | U.S. CURRENCY $400: From 1909-58, 2 stalks of wheat appeared on the reverse side of this coin a penny |
| #1434, aired 1990-11-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: This guitarist gave his first concert in Granada, Spain in 1909 Andrés Segovia |
| #1433, aired 1990-11-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1000: It wasn't until August 14, 1909 that white men first viewed this great stone arch in Utah the Rainbow Bridge |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | TRANSPORTATION $500: German count who established the first commercial airline service by airship in 1909 (Count von) Zeppelin |
| #12, aired 1990-09-01 | THE AMERICAN FLAG $1000: It was reported that the flag first flew here April 6, 1909 North Pole |
| #1275, aired 1990-03-02 | HEADLINES $800: "'I have the old pole' wires" this explorer, was a headline September 7,1909 Peary |
| #1254, aired 1990-02-01 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $400: He was so heavy that a huge bathtub had to be installed in the White House for him in 1909 William Howard Taft |
| #1201, aired 1989-11-20 | NEW YEAR'S BABIES $400: Born in Phoenix, Arizona, January 1, 1909, this politician's playsuits probably came from Pop's store Barry Goldwater |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | BASEBALL HISTORY $300: Opened in Phila. in 1909, the 1st steel & concrete baseball stadium was home to this team, not the Phils (Philadelphia) Athletics |
| #1026, aired 1989-02-06 | U.S. HISTORY $400: From 1894 to his death in 1909 this Apache leader was a tourist attraction at Ft. Sill in Okla. Geronimo |
| #1020, aired 1989-01-27 | FAMOUS FAMILIES $400: A member of this Corsican family was U.S. Attorney General from 1906-1909 Bonaparte |
| #1020, aired 1989-01-27 | PRESIDENTS' WHEELS $1000: In 1909 he ordered the White House stables converted into a garage William Howard Taft |
| #1016, aired 1989-01-23 | WOMEN WRITERS $200: In 1909 Sweden's Selma Lagerlof became the 1st woman to win this award for Literature Nobel Prize |
| #992, aired 1988-12-20 | CHRISTMAS $400: The 1st one was established in 1909 by Merkel Landis at the Carlisle Trust Co. in Carlisle, Penn. Christmas club account |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | STATE CAPITALS $500: This Kentucky capital claims to have had the 1st Boy Scout troop in the U.S., organized in 1909 Frankfort |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | AVIATION $500: In 1909 Louis Bleriot electrified the world by flying the 23 1/2 miles of this body of water in 37 minutes the English Channel |
| #880, aired 1988-06-03 | PASHAS $400: In 1909, Kamil Pasha resigned & Hilmi Pasha was appointed the new grand one of these vizier |
| #834, aired 1988-03-31 | WORLD HISTORY $800: When deposed in 1909, this country's sultan, Abdul-Hamid II, had 370 women & 127 eunuchs in his harem Turkey |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BALLET $400: In 1909, the Ballets Russes gave its 1st performance at the Theatre du Chatelet in this capital Paris |
| #771, aired 1988-01-04 | NEVADA $300: In 1909, the legislature passed laws making this illegal; in 1931, they changed their minds gambling |
| #745, aired 1987-11-27 | STAMPS & COINS $500: 1909 was the last year this U.S. 1¢ coin was issued the Indian-head penny |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | WHITE HOUSE WHEELS $300: In 1909, George H. Robinson was the 1st appointed to serve as this for a president chauffeur |
| #679, aired 1987-07-16 | OCCUPATIONAL NAMES $1000: In 1909, his North Pole discovery claims were discredited & in 1923, he was jailed for mail fraud Frederick Albert Cook |
| #657, aired 1987-06-16 | U.S. HISTORY $600: On July 27, 1909, he set a world record by staying aloft for 1 hour, 1 minute & 40 seconds Orville Wright |
| #642, aired 1987-05-26 | SCIENCE $500: For his work in radio, this Italian electrical engineer shared the 1909 Nobel Physics Prize Marconi |
| #633, aired 1987-05-13 | SPORTS $300: In the autumn of 1909, the collegiate death toll in this sport was 33 football |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s $800: Novelist Henry's brother who, having given us "The Meaning of Truth" in 1909, in 1910, died William James |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | AVIATION $600: On July 25, 1909, Louis Bleriot became 1st to fly across this body of water the English Channel |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | MONEY $500: In 1909 he became the first U.S. president ever to appear on a coin Lincoln |
| #483, aired 1986-10-15 | MONEY $100: 1909 was last year this type of penny was minted Indian Head |
| #360, aired 1986-01-24 | PUBLISHING $400: In 1909, John Hill & he formed a company to publish technical books McGraw |
| #285, aired 1985-10-11 | DEPARTMENT STORES $1,100 (Daily Double): Loaning money to a young auto maker got this Detroit store owner a car named for him J.L. Hudson |
| #282, aired 1985-10-08 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: It was formed on Lincoln's birthday in 1909 to improve living conditions of Black Americans NAACP |
| #267, aired 1985-09-17 | TECHNOLOGY $1000: Leo Hendrik Baekeland's invention of Bakelite in 1909 began this modern industry the plastics industry |
| #167, aired 1985-04-30 | HEADLINES $1000: On Sept. 7, 1909, the newspapers displayed his wire, "I have the old pole" (Robert) Peary |
| #146, aired 1985-04-01 | SLEEP $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1909, his door bed company was 1st in U.S. to manufacture the concealed bed Murphy |
| #92, aired 1985-01-15 | U.S. HISTORY $100: After 50 years in circulation, coin replaced in 1909 by the Lincoln penny Indian Head penny |
| #86, aired 1985-01-07 | CARDS & DICE $400: Card game invented in 1909 & named for alcoholic drink gin rummy |
