| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | HISTORY OF YOSEMITE $400: In 1919, the Sierra Club installed cables for climbers to get to the views of this landmark at 8,800 feet above sea level Half Dome |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | NOTABLE NAMES $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1919 this American scientist published "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes" Goddard |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | "AMERICAN" ORGANIZATIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): Chartered by Congress in 1919, it's the largest veterans' organization in the U.S., with nearly 2 million members the American Legion |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | THE BOOK TITLE ANIMAL $200: A 1919 sequel by Thornton W. Burgess, "Mrs. Peter ____" Rabbit |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: In 1919 this school was established as the Southern Branch of the University of California UCLA |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | ____ & ____ BUSINESS $400: This root beer has been around since 1919 & offers "float how-tos" & "float recipes" A&W |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | COLORFUL SPORTS $400: Notorious nickname of the Chicago team that threw the 1919 World Series the Black Sox |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | THE WORLD SERIES $1600: In the 1919 World Series, this "Black Sox" player hit .375 & did not commit an error, footwear & all Shoeless Joe Jackson |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | LIVE CAMS $400: Opened in 1919, this iconic golf course on the Monterey Peninsula offers stunning views of the 17th & 18th holes Pebble Beach |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | LOVE LETTERS $400: In 1919 she wrote to F. Scott Fitzgerald, "there's nothing in all the world I want but you--and your precious love" Zelda Fitzgerald |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | THE ARTS $1000: Sadly, mental illness ended the career of this Russian-born ballet dancer in 1919 while he was still in his 20s Nijinsky |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | FIVE FOR FIGHTING $2000: His 1919 book "Fighting the Flying Circus" detailed his exploits in the 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron Rickenbacker |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HURRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! $800: Serving fine food & legendary martinis, this iconic restaurant that opened its doors in 1919 is named for 2 of its founders Musso & Frank's |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | STRAIGHT TO JAIL $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1919 he came up with a scheme regarding postal reply coupons & would later offer investors 50% interest in 45 days Ponzi |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | FROM THE ARABIC $400: The head of an Arab family, this word gained popularity in the U.S. due to a 1919 book & a Rudolph Valentino film sheik |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | BAR LINES $1000: Did anyone ever tell you your eyes are--oh, I'm dripping with this trendy "spritz" made with an Italian aperitif invented in 1919 Aperol |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | A HARD BARGAIN $400: The harsh terms imposed on Germany by the 1919 treaty of this are often cited as a cause of World War II Versailles |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | COLORS OF THE RAINBOW $400: An early example of this hysteria occurred during the Palmer Raids in 1919, which targeted anarchists & other leftists the Red Scare |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | IKE & PATTON $300: Ike & Patton met in 1919 & bonded over a shared interest in these then-new vehicles that would prove vital a few decades later a tank |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | HISTORICAL MOVEMENTS $800: The May 4th movement began with 1919 protests in Beijing against decisions of this peace conference 5,000 miles away Versailles |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | DELEGATES $800: Delegates to the 1919 Congress of the Communist International included Stalin & this rival born Lev Bronstein Trotsky |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | OUTBREAKS $600: In 1918 & 1919 20-50 million worldwide perished from this, so named for the country where it was widely reported the Spanish flu |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD $2000: Seen here is an iconic model from this French company, making cars since 1919 a Citroën |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | HISTORY $600: Japan annexed this peninsula in 1910 & suppressed the March First Independence Movement in 1919 Korea |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | THE ACTOR'S STUDIO $2,000 (Daily Double): Charlie Chaplin banded together with 3 other moviemakers to found this studio in 1919 United Artists |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | MIDDLE NAMES $2000: This middle name of Jackie Robinson honored the president who died the year he was born, 1919 Roosevelt |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | THE LIFE OF PABLO $1200: Mexican General Pablo Gonzalez organized the fatal ambush of this Guerrilla & revolutionary in 1919 Zapata |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | THE NATIONAL LEAGUE $1600: Rosa Luxemburg was a member of the Spartacus League, which in 1919 became the German branch of this political party Communist Party |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | STORIES OF THE SAINTS $2000: St. Francisco Marto, one of 3 children who saw the Virgin Mary in this Portuguese town in 1917, died in the flu pandemic in 1919 Fátima |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | THE LEAGUE LEADER $200: Article 7 of the 1919 covenant of this organization said its seat "is established at Geneva" the League of Nations |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1919 South America got its first commercial airline: Avianca, now headquartered in this capital of Colombia Bogotá |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $400: A sign on Commercial Street in Boston commemorates a 1919 flood of this sweet & sticky brown syrup; sounds funny, but lives were lost molasses |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE EXILE FILES $1600: Exiled to Switzerland in 1919, Charles I, also known as Charles IV, was the last ruler of this dual monarchy Austria-Hungary |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | STUPID ANSWERS $800: Man o' War's first defeat came in 1919 at Saratoga in an upset by this horse Upset |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | LET'S TALK REVOLUTION $2000: Pancho Villa was ambushed & killed in 1923; this even-later-in-the-alphabet Mexican revolutionary, in 1919 Emiliano Zapata |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | LADIES & GENTLEMEN $400: In 1919 Lady Astor became the first woman to take a seat in this body & kept the chair until 1945 House of Commons |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | I NOMINATE YOU FOR A NOBEL PRIZE! $400: How sweet! In 1919 Max Planck & this other German physicist nominated each other for Nobel prizes Einstein |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | HELLO, GOODBYE $1000: Was Scot-free in 1835, steel-ed himself in America, sold off his shares for good in 1919 Carnegie |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | A NOBEL LAUREATE WROTE THAT $1200: This German-Swiss author's 1919 novel, "Demian", was published under the pen name Emil Sinclair (Hermann) Hesse |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | THE ARISTOCRATS! $800: A 1919 law banned this aristocratic syllable, belonging to folks like the Red Baron, from Austrian names von |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | A CATEGORY IN 5 ACTS $800: This European country's history of being permissive on soft drugs dates back to its 1919 Opium Act the Netherlands |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | PHILHARMONIC CONVERGENCE $600: I want you to hold this violin family instrument between your knees, upright, & play Elgar's 1919 concerto a cello |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | SUPREME COURT DECISIONS $1200: 1919's Schenck v. U.S. upheld the Espionage Act, saying speech could be restricted if it presented this 2-adjective "danger" clear & present |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | THE ARTS $1600: In 1919 Walter Gropius became the head of this school of architecture based in Weimar Bauhaus |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | "Z" IS FOR... $2000: This Mexican revolutionary who viva!'d from 1879 to 1919 (Emiliano) Zapata |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $2000: In 1919 this country gained South Tyrol & Trieste from Austria-Hungary Italy |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE $800: The territory of Germany got a 10% trim after the Treaty of this was signed on June 28, 1919 Versailles |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1919, as part of his Back to Africa plan, Marcus Garvey founded this, contrasting with the name of a British ship line the Black Star Line |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $800: The tradition of the yellow jersey being awarded during this race began in 1919; yellow was the color of the newspaper that sponsored it the Tour de France |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | EMMA-NATION $400: In 1919 the U.S. deported anarchist Emma Goldman to this country the Soviet Union |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | HISTORY OF HUNGARY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Budapest, Hungary in Memento Park.) The Republic of Councils monument --now mocked as "Sir, You Forgot Your Scarf!"--was meant to immortalize Hungary's first government by this party, which merged with the Social Democrats in 1919, just before taking power the Communists |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | A WRITER'S LIFE $600: Born 1919, came through the rye to fame in 1951, & we're not too sure what he did from 1965 to his death in 2010 Salinger |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | RELIGIOUS "ISM"s $1200: A 1919 gathering of 6,000 Protestants to get back to the basics of their faith has been called the birth of this -ism Fundamentalism |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | A HISTORY OF CHARITY $200: Founded in April 1919, this organization sold its first stamps or "seals" to help disabled children in 1934 the Easterseals |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | HISTORY 101 $400: In 1919 France recovered Alsace-Lorraine from Germany in the Treaty of this Versailles |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THIS & THAT $200: This all-"American" veterans' organization was chartered by Congress in September 1919 the American Legion |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | LITERARY AWARDS $800: No twist necessary in the short stories that since 1919 win the prize named for this short story author O. Henry |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: Formulated by the Allies at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, this organization was established in Geneva in 1920 League of Nations |
| #8145, aired 2020-01-24 | THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON $400: In 1919 the society was able to confirm Einstein's theory of general relativity by photographing this event you shouldn't stare at a solar eclipse |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1600: A novel by John Dos Passos titled this year includes a look at the negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles 1919 |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | FEMALE FIRSTS $1600: In 1919 this "Lady", the former Nancy Langhorne of Virginia, was the first woman to sit in the British Parliament (Lady) Astor |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: This president submitted his draft of the covenant for the League of Nations on February 14, 1919 Wilson |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | WOMEN COMPOSERS $1600: British-born Rebecca Clarke gained notice with her 1919 sonata for this instrument spelled the same as a woman's first name the viola |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE 40-YEAR-OLD GERMAN $400: His work got a good review in the Times of London in 1919:
"New Theory of the Universe--Newtonian Ideas Overthrown" Einstein |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | HISTORY, OVER ON THE LEFT $400: From 1919 to 1925 moderate socialist Friedrich Ebert led the German government known as this the Weimar Republic |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | 1919 $200: The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series over this team that later was found to have lost intentionally the (Chicago) White Sox |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | 1919 $400: Founded in 1919, this Dutch airline is the world's oldest airline still operating under its original name KLM |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | 1919 $800: This number amendment was ratified by Nebraska on Jan. 16, putting Prohibition in force 18th |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | 1919 $1000: In 2019 Germany & other lands have events honoring the 100th birthday of this modernist design school Bauhaus |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | 1919 $2,800 (Daily Double): This informal literary group that included Robert Benchley & Dorothy Parker began meeting for lunch in 1919 the Algonquin Round Table |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: John Steinbeck studied marine biology at this private California school on & off 1919-1925, but never got a degree Stanford |
| #7989, aired 2019-05-09 | TAURUS TYPES $400: Duarte was the maiden name of this First Lady born in the Pampas of Argentina May 7, 1919 Eva Perón |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | WORLD LEADERS 1919 $400: PM Robert Borden insisted that Canada join this new international organization on its own, separate from the British Empire League of Nations |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | WORLD LEADERS 1919 $800: President Raymond Poincaré of France was a firm believer in Germany's need to pay reparations as outlined in this document Treaty of Versailles |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | WORLD LEADERS 1919 $1600: In August Jan Smuts said, "a wave of the deepest emotion has passed over" this country at the news of PM Botha's death South Africa |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | WORLD LEADERS 1919 $2000: This dominating prime minister of Great Britain had a full name made up of three first names David Lloyd George |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | WORLD LEADERS 1919 $2,200 (Daily Double): Billy Hughes spent WWI advocating this wartime practice, which split Australia as it later did the U.S. in the 1960s the draft |
| #7914, aired 2019-01-24 | I NAMED IT AFTER YOU $800: In 1919 Isaac Carasso used Parisian cultures to create this yogurt company named for his son Daniel Dannon |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | TEDDY ROOSEVELT, MEET JACKIE ROBINSON $200: In Jan. 1919 TR died & Jack Roosevelt Robinson was named for him in the town of Cairo, on this state's border with Fla. Georgia |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | WE WALKED TO SCHOOL $600: Sometimes we walked down Westwood Blvd. to get to this California university founded in 1919 UCLA |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | THE LETTERS OF THE LAW $2000: 1919 killjoy law enforcing Prohibition:
VA the Volstead Act |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | SPECIFIC GENERAL HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Known by a "colorful" nickname, he got the rank of General of the Armies of the U.S. in September 1919 "Black Jack" Pershing |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | OUT IN LEFT FIELD $200: Despite his nickname, this left fielder for the 1919 Chicago "Black Sox" didn't usually play barefoot Shoeless Joe |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | IRISH HISTORY $1600: It was created in 1919 as a successor to a militant group called the Irish volunteers the IRA |
| #7772, aired 2018-05-29 | A-1 ALPHANUMERICS 4U $1600: The influenza pandemic of 1918 & 1919 was caused by this alphanumeric virus H1N1 |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $1200: This sitting U.S. president won the 1919 prize for his efforts to make peace an part of international law Wilson |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | LEAGUES $400: The covenant creating this league in 1919 mentions the goal "to promote international cooperation" the League of Nations |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | OTHER MONA LISAS $1600: This French artist went Dada on Mona in the 1919 piece seen here (Marcel) Duchamp |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | SPORTS UPSETS $1000: On Aug. 13, 1919 a 100-1 shot came in as this horse lost his only race to the fittingly named Upset Man o' War |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | ON BOXING DAY $200: This team sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1919; curses! the Boston Red Sox |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | "Z" GRADE ENTERTAINMENT $400: This sword-wielding señor first appeared in a 1919 pulp story, "The Curse of Capistrano" Zorro |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | BOOK-POURRI $800 (Daily Double): The subtitle of this numerical book by Eliot Asinof is "The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series" Eight Men Out |
| #7591, aired 2017-09-18 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $1000: "My Inventions", the autobiography of this immigrant, appeared in 1919 in the magazine Electrical Experimenter (Nikola) Tesla |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: The thoroughbred racehorse Man O' War lost only one race: a 1919 upset to a horse named this Upset |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | STRIKE! $1600: This governor's role in quashing a 1919 Boston police strike helped lead to his 1920 VP nomination Coolidge |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | THE 1910s $800: A new viral strain to which few had immunity caused the 1918-1919 pandemic of the "Spanish" type of this disease the flu |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | MARCONI & CHEESE $600: Marconi likely sampled some Brie when he acted as plenipotentiary at the 1919 peace conference at this royal residence Versailles |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | OIL! $2000: Last name of Erle, who started an oil well services firm in 1919 that spread worldwide, including Iraq Halliburton |
| #7490, aired 2017-03-17 | MOVIE STUDIOS $800: United Artists was formed in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks and this acting sweetheart Mary Pickford |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | A HISTORY LESSON $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1910 Louis Botha became this country's first prime minister, a post he held until 1919 South Africa |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY $200: Doubtful we'll see a rematch of the 1919 version of this "Granddaddy of Them All" bowl game: Great Lakes 17, Mare Island 0 the Rose Bowl |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | DEEPER IN DEBT $800: This 1919 treaty imposed a stiff 132 billion marks in reparations on Germany, which paid off the debt in 2010 (Treaty of) Versailles |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | WEATHER $1200: In 1919 Norwegian meteorologist Jacob Bjerknes announced the discovery of these zones where air masses meet fronts |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS $1600: In 1919 this Balkan city became capital of the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes Belgrade |
| #7375, aired 2016-10-07 | NATIONAL ORIGIN $400: In 1919:
Future leader Pierre Elliott Trudeau Canada |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | MILAN $400: This man founded his fascist movement in Milan in 1919; 3 years later he was dictator Mussolini |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | TEEN LITERATURE $400: 1919 saw "Ten Days that Shook the World", John Reed's firsthand account of this historic upheaval the Russian Revolution |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | LET'S GDANSK $800: Under the provisions of this 1919 treaty, Gdansk became a free city administered by Poland the Treaty of Versailles |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | HALL OF FAME CATCHERS $200: Ray Schalk was one of only 3 regulars on this team who didn't conspire to throw the 1919 World Series the Chicago White Sox |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | HOLIDAYS $400: First observed on Nov. 11, 1919, it's now a U.S. federal holiday under this name Veterans Day |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | TRANS"PO"TATION $200: In 1919 George Hansburg patented this jumping device, a big hit in the bouncing '20s a pogo stick |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | POLISH HISTORY $1600: Ignace Jan Paderewski, used to flattery in this profession, failed as PM in 1919 & lived in exile his last 22 years a pianist (or a musician) |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS $400: The charter of the League of Nations was attached as a covenant to this 1919 treaty the Treaty of Versailles |
| #7238, aired 2016-02-17 | THEY SHARE A BIRTHDAY $200: Jan. 1, 1919:
J.D. Salinger;
10 years earlier:
this Arizona senator & 1964 presidential hopeful Barry Goldwater |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | TREATIES $1200: Bayer lost trademarks to aspirin & heroin under the terms of this 1919 treaty the Treaty of Versailles |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | A NEW YEAR'S BABY $1600: Nothing phony about it--this author was a 1919 New Year's New York baby (J.D.) Salinger |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | LA LITTERATURE FRANCAISE $2000: 1919's prestigious Prix Goncourt went to "Within a Budding Grove", part of this man's swann song Marcel Proust |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART II $1600: In 1919 it was not "Viva" but "Muera" this Mexican reformer, killed by an agent of Venustiano Carranza (Emiliano) Zapata |
| #7146, aired 2015-10-12 | THE NORTH REMEMBERS $1000: ...about 100 Americans died in 1919 fighting this victorious communist faction in northern Russia the Red Army |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | HOLLYWOOD $1200: "Symphonies Under the Stars" was the first official season of this amphitheater that was built in 1919 the Hollywood Bowl |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | "A"+ IN HISTORY $2000: German for "union", it was advocated between Germany & Austria in 1919 but became a reality in 1938 Anschluss |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | COMPANIES $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH.) As far back as the early 20th century, you could access your inner hog by riding early motorcycle models like this 1919 one from this U.S. company Harley-Davidson |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | FOOD & DRINK $200: In 1919 Roy Allen created the A&W recipe for this drink root beer |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $1000: This shaving cream was developed in 1919 by Frank Shields, a former M.I.T. professor Barbasol |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | WORLD HERSTORY $1000: In 1919 this lady became the first woman in the British Parliament Nancy Astor (Lady Astor) |
| #6867, aired 2014-06-24 | COLORFUL SPORTS $400: Notorious nickname of the Chicago team that threw the 1919 World Series the Black Sox |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | 2 SYLLABLES, 1 SYLLABLE $600: Meant to improve public health, these disposable drinking vessels got their name in 1919 a Dixie cup |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | TOURING ALABAMA $600: In 1919 citizens of Enterprise erected a monument to this cotton pest because it forced the farmers to plant other crops boll weevil |
| #6741, aired 2013-12-30 | FLYERS & FLYING $200: In 1919 John Alcock & Arthur Brown made the first nonstop one of these flights; Lindbergh's in '27 was the first solo trans-Atlantic |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | WHAT'S MY AIRLINE? $800: On Sept. 12, 1919 Queen Wilhelmina awarded this "alphabetic" carrier its royal designation KLM |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | HUSBANDS & WIVES $1200: When he divorced first wife Mileva in 1919, he promised to give her the money if he ever won a Nobel Prize (he won & paid) Albert Einstein |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | CARBONATION NATION $600: rootbeer.com is operated by this letter-perfect company, around since 1919 A&W |
| #6705, aired 2013-11-08 | AMERICAN POETRY $400: This politician was the subject of Vachel Lindsay's 1919 poem "Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan" William Jennings Bryan |
| #6688, aired 2013-10-16 | BALLET $800: In 1919 this Spanish Cubist designed the scenery & costumes for the London premiere of "The Three-Cornered Hat" Picasso |
| #6688, aired 2013-10-16 | YEAR HE, YEAR HE $1600: Lloyd George signed the Treaty of Versailles 1919 |
| #6681, aired 2013-10-07 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1200: In 1919 Scotts Bluff National Monument in Nebraska was established to commemorate this pioneer trail Oregon Trail |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | GERMAN HISTORY $1200: When Hitler declared himself der Fuhrer in August 1934, he repudiated this 1919 treaty & began rearmament (Treaty of) Versailles |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | GERMAN HISTORY $2,400 (Daily Double): In 1919 the National Assembly met in this city to write a new constitution & establish a federal republic Weimar |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | PULITZER-WINNING NOVELS $1000: 1919:
"The Magnificent" this family the Ambersons |
| #6591, aired 2013-04-22 | SOUND $2000: Invented in 1919, it's controlled with the hands a theremin |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | KILLER WORDS, MAN $1600: This word follows Boston & Amritsar for events that took place in 1770 & 1919, respectively massacre |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD $1600: January 6, 1919 in Oyster Bay, New York Teddy Roosevelt |
| #6486, aired 2012-11-26 | THE BOOK OF NUMBERS $1200: Eliot Asinof bestseller about the 1919 Black Sox scandal Eight Men Out |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | TREATIES $1200: On June 28,1919 this treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors the Versailles Treaty |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | THE 1910s $400: In 1919 the Chicago White Sox lost this big baseball series on purpose, making them the "Black Sox" the World Series |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | HEADING FOR "DIXIE" $1200: Marketed as a way to prevent the spread of germs, this product got its current name in 1919 the Dixie Cup |
| #6403, aired 2012-06-20 | THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS $400: One of the products of the peace conference held in this city in 1919 was the Covenant of the League of Nations Paris |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | MIXED GREENS $400: In 1919 Curly Lambeau organized this team the Green Bay Packers |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 $200: This school's boilermaker band has been part of the pre-race ceremonies since 1919 Purdue |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | SALUTE THE FLAGS $1000: Germany today uses the same flag it did under the 1919-1933 government called this the Weimar Republic |
| #6310, aired 2012-02-10 | SHH! LIBRARIANS $1,200 (Daily Double): As an assistant librarian at Peking University in 1919, he read up on Communist theory Mao (Tse-tung) |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | THIS... IS... HEGEMONY! $1600: In October 1919 he reorganized his political party, the Kuomintang, & was communism's rival for power in China Sun Yat-sen |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | I'M ON STRIKE $1,000 (Daily Double): Declaring "there is no right to strike against the public safety", Mass. governor Coolidge broke a 1919 strike by them the police |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | POLITICAL LEADERS $1000: An ardent Polish patriot, this piano virtuoso served as the country's leader in 1919 & again in exile from 1940 to 1941 Jan Paderewski |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | THE "N" CROWD $600: After a breakdown around 1919, this Russian-born ballet dancer spent the rest of his life in & out of asylums Nijinsky |
| #6179, aired 2011-06-23 | "N" THE MIDDLE $600 (Daily Double): In June 1919 a group of writers that included Edna Ferber began lunching together at this New York City hotel the Algonquin |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS $600: Born May 5, 1919, Giorgios Papadopoulos became dictator of this country in 1967 Greece |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | REAL HISTORICAL HOUSEWIVES OF D.C. $600: After her husband suffered a stroke in 1919, any requests to see him or communicate with him had to go through her first Edith Wilson |
| #6069, aired 2011-01-20 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: In 1919 this school was established as the Southern Branch of the University of California UCLA |
| #6055, aired 2010-12-31 | NOT JUST AN AD WRITER $800: Zelda Sayre broke her engagement with him (a broke adman) in 1919, but married him (now a successful novelist) in 1920 F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | LITERATURE SEQUELS? $2000: "Findlay, Ohio", "Sandusky, Ohio" & "Zanesville, Ohio" didn't go as well for Sherwood Anderson as this 1919 book Winesburg, Ohio |
| #6040, aired 2010-12-10 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $800: (Mike and Mike in the ESPN studio deliver the clue.)
"When it comes to controversy, not much can top the Black Sox scandal of 1919"
"Not much true--but for me, nothing is as bad as in 1989 when this record-breaking player was banned from baseball for gambling on games while still a manager" Pete Rose |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | COUNTRY CLUBS $800: Most everybody was invited to join this post-WWI club founded in 1919, but the U.S. turned down a membership the League of Nations |
| #5966, aired 2010-07-19 | ART & ARTISTS $400: This Russian-born French painter served as art director of the Moscow Jewish State Theater from 1919 to 1922 Chagall |
| #5964, aired 2010-07-15 | FLYBOYS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1919, 3 years after founding his Seattle-based company, he flew the first intl. mail delivery, Canada to the United States (William E.) Boeing |
| #5898, aired 2010-04-14 | MADAM, I'M ADAMS $1200: I won a 1919 Pulitzer Prize (posthumously) for "The Education of" me Henry Adams |
| #5884, aired 2010-03-25 | MY NAME IS GEORGE $600: In 1919 this composer wrote his first successful popular song, "Swanee" George Gershwin |
| #5828, aired 2010-01-06 | YOU'VE BEEN TRADED $200: On Dec. 26, 1919 the Red Sox traded this man to the Yankees for cash; the cash would not equal his 714 home runs Babe Ruth |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | THE TEENS $400: World War I ended in November of this year 1918 |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | ASSERTING AUTHOR-ITY $800: Born in 1919, he "caught" acclaim in 1951 & published all of 1 novel & 13 short stories; tends to keep to himself (J.D.) Salinger |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $200: A merchant's 1919 bequest for music education resulted in this NYC academy's graduate school the Juilliard School |
| #5678, aired 2009-04-22 | THE NEW YORK TIMES TIMES MACHINE $2,000 (Daily Double): The high hopes of this year are indicated here 1919 |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | DISCOVERIES $600: By Rutherford in 1919, this particle, 22 years after the electron the proton |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | GOLDEN OLDIES $1200: His 1919 funeral march "The Golden Star" was in memory of soldiers killed in World War I John Philip Sousa |
| #5527, aired 2008-09-23 | A LINE $800: The Curzon Line, proposed in 1919, became essentially the boundary between Poland & this country in 1945 Russia (the Soviet Union) |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $400: In 1919 this wireless pioneer represented Italy in Paris & helped negotiate the Treaty of Versailles Marconi |
| #5516, aired 2008-09-08 | 25 $800: In 1919 this beverage company was sold to Atlanta banker Ernest Woodruff for $25 million Coca-Cola |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | SOLDIERS $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1919 he became "General of the Armies", the highest rank held by any American except George Washington Pershing |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | THEATRICAL ANGELS $2000: A heavenly visage, or a 1919 show featuring music by Victor Herbert Angel Face |
| #5487, aired 2008-06-17 | "TWO""THOUSAND" & "EIGHT" $400: This book by Eliot Asinof is subtitled "The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series" Eight Men Out |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | 20th CENTURY BALLET $200: This great Cubist designed sets & costumes for the 1919 ballet "The Three-Cornered Hat" Picasso |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | FAMILY PLOT $800: They're the "Magnificent" family written about by Booth Tarkington in a 1919 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel the Ambersons |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | BREWERS, BUCKS & PACKERS $800: On June 28, 1919 the buck stopped for Bess Wallace when she married this young man, home from WWI (Harry) Truman |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | TIME $200: It was enacted in the United States to save energy in World War I, but farmers forced its repeal a year later in 1919 Daylight Savings Time |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | BRITISH TIDBITS $1000: This Virginia-born lady was 40 when she was elected to the British parliament in 1919 Lady Astor |
| #5410, aired 2008-02-29 | TRADING PLACES $1000: From its founding in 1898 until 1919, this exchange was known as the Chicago Butter & Egg Board the Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | ARNOLD $200: Larger-than-life gambler Arnold Rothstein was implicated in this 1919 baseball scandal involving bribed players the Black Sox Scandal |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | WE MEAN BISMUTH $400: Based on a salt of bismuth, a pink liquid used to treat upset stomachs has had this name since 1919 Pepto-Bismol |
| #5347, aired 2007-12-04 | "EVE"NING $1000: It's the "A" in JA, the youth organization begun in 1919 to teach young people about American business Achievement |
| #5346, aired 2007-12-03 | THIS & THAT $400: Officially adopted in 1919, the Polish flag is made up of these 2 colors, just like Switzerland's red & white |
| #5336, aired 2007-11-19 | THANKS FOR THE MEMORABILIA $200: The most ever paid for a sports document was the $996,000 spent for the 1919 contract that sent this man to the Yankees Babe Ruth |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | FOOTBALL $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Green Bay, WI.) He coached the Packers from 1919 to 1949, & his statue is here at the stadium named for him (Curly) Lambeau |
| #5287, aired 2007-09-11 | FATHER OF THE BRIDE $200: This steel man who gave away $350 million gave away his daughter Margaret at her 1919 wedding Andrew Carnegie |
| #5281, aired 2007-07-23 | ADVENTURES IN THE AIR $1200: Taking 16 hours, in 1919 British aviators Alcock & Brown became the first to cross this large body of water nonstop the Atlantic Ocean |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | GERMAN HISTORY $2,200 (Daily Double): In Feb. 1919 the National Assembly met to write a constitution in this city, which gave its name to the new republic Weimar |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | HISTORIC PERSONALIZED PLATES $1600: 1919-2000 (Pierre) Trudeau |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | PRESIDENTIAL HITCHING POSTS $800: Harry & Bess Truman, on June 28, 1919 Missouri |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $400: In 1919 this auto company got a new president, son succeeding father, & raised its minimum wage to $6 a day Ford |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | THE FALL $1600: In 1919 Man O' War lost his only race to a 100-to-1 shot with this apt 5-letter name that means "to disturb" Upset |
| #5117, aired 2006-12-05 | SHIPWRECKS $400: Built in 1892 but with a hull still made of this, the 300-foot Frank O'Connor sank in Lake Michigan in 1919 wood |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | FAMOUS TREATIES $1000: It ended World War I
(1919) the Treaty of Versailles |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | THE WORLD SERIES $1200: In the 1919 World Series, this "Black Sox" player hit .375 & did not commit an error, footwear & all "Shoeless Joe" Jackson |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | CATALINA $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from near a fountain on Catalina Island, CA.) In 1919 this chewing gum magnate bought Catalina & built it into a world-class resort (William) Wrigley |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | SIGNING OFF $1000: Although President Wilson signed this in France on June 28, 1919, the Senate refused to approve it the Treaty of Versailles |
| #5019, aired 2006-06-08 | EMISSARY TO AMERICA $1200: In 1919 former British foreign minister Grey came over to try to nudge the U.S. into this world body--no dice the League of Nations |
| #5014, aired 2006-06-01 | EUROPE $600: Established in 1919, this Amsterdam-based airline is the world's oldest still under its original name KLM |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | ON THE GO $800 (Daily Double): In 1919 a $25,000 prize was offered to the first pilot who could fly nonstop between these 2 cities New York & Paris |
| #4990, aired 2006-04-28 | 20th CENTURY ART $400: In 1919 the impish Marcel Duchamp repainted this Leonardo work & added a mustache & goatee the Mona Lisa |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $2000: On June 28, 1919 he married Elizabeth Wallace Harry Truman |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | THE OFFICE $1600: Founded in 1919, this Houston-based government contractor sure seems to be in the news a lot lately Halliburton |
| #4891, aired 2005-12-12 | THE HISTORY OF FLIGHT $800: In 1919 Alcock & Brown made the first nonstop transatlantic flight: St. John's in this province to Ireland Newfoundland |
| #4859, aired 2005-10-27 | ARCHITECTS $1200: Walter Gropius founded this innovative design school at Weimar in 1919 the Bauhaus |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | SPORTS MOVIES $1000: 1988:
Professional baseball players deliberately lose the 1919 World Series Eight Men Out |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | THE SUPREMES $1000: In 1919 he stated the concept of "clear & present danger" as the only basis for limiting free speech Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | EXPLORERS $800: In 1919 this British officer lost the manuscript for his "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", so he rewrote it from memory Lawrence |
| #4813, aired 2005-07-06 | THE HIGH COST OF LIVING $200: According to DOE figures, it was 25 cents in 1919, & in 1980 broke through the dollar-a-gallon barrier nationally the cost of a gallon of gas |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | MIRRORS $1000: On June 28, 1919, this was signed in the Hall of Mirrors the Treaty of Versailles |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | THE SMART SET $600: In 1919 The Smart Set ran his first paid story, "Babes in the Woods"; in 1922, the classic "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | ORLANDO BLOOMS $400: Vittorio Orlando represented this country at the meeting of the "Big Four" leaders in Paris in 1919 Italy |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | TAKE THE "A" TRAIN $1200: In 1919 Ernest Rutherford bombarded nitrogen with these particles to transform it into oxygen alpha particles |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | THE TRUMAN SHOW $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1919 Truman opened this kind of business, whose name may come from the Anglo-Norman for "petty wares" a haberdashery |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | SMITH COLLEGE ALUMNAE $200: She went to Smith in 1918 hoping to become a doctor; her dream was "Gone with the Wind" when her mom died in 1919 Margaret Mitchell |
| #4675, aired 2004-12-24 | TEAMS THAT DON'T END IN S $400: Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned for life 8 players of this baseball team for helping fix the 1919 World Series the Chicago White Sox |
| #4617, aired 2004-10-05 | THEATRICAL ANGELS $2000: The medical fad of monkey glands inspired the 1919 show "Angel Face", with music by this "Babes in Toyland" composer Victor Herbert |
| #4561, aired 2004-06-07 | TREATIES $600: The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919 in this hall at the Palace of Versailles the Hall of Mirrors |
| #4558, aired 2004-06-02 | "H" NAMES $400: In 1919 this winner of the Iron Cross joined what would become the Nazi Party Hitler |
| #4510, aired 2004-03-26 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Munich, Germany.) His first speech to a mass meeting was in a 1919 German Workers Party rally at the Hofbrauhaus Hitler |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | NEAR DISASTERS $400: In 1919 the lonely keeper of one of these helped save all 21 crewmen from fire on the steamer Frank O'Connor a lighthouse |
| #4490, aired 2004-02-27 | FAREWELL TO THE CHIEF $1000: His ride ended on January 6, 1919 in Oyster Bay, New York Teddy Roosevelt |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | HERE "WE" COME! $2000: From 1919 to 1933 Germany was known as this republic the Weimar Republic |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | BORN IN THE 20th CENTURY $2000: Old Mrs. Kerfuffle looks good for someone born in this year in which Pres. Wilson signed the Treaty of Versailles 1919 |
| #4461, aired 2004-01-19 | MR. BUSINESSMAN $400: Conrad Hilton started with a hotel in 1919; James Christie started with one of these houses in 1766 auction house |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | OCEANOGRAPHY $1600: In 1919 the French tested one of these devices that measure the depth of the ocean (ocean ocean ocean) SONAR (or echosounders) |
| #4447, aired 2003-12-30 | PIANISTS $2000: He was a world-class concert pianist & in 1919 became the first Prime Minister of Poland Ignacy Jan Paderewski |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | CORPORATE SYMBOLS $400: Sailor Jack & his job Bingo first appeared on boxes of this in 1919 Cracker Jack |
| #4390, aired 2003-10-10 | THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS $2000: From 1919 to 1939 this Polish port was a free city under the supervision of the League of Nations Gdansk (Danzig) |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | HISTORY $800: Sir Eric Drummond was the first to serve in this position at the League of Nations, doing so from 1919 to 1933 Secretary General |
| #4367, aired 2003-09-09 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $1600: In 1919 this rocket pioneer published "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes" (Robert) Goddard |
| #4363, aired 2003-07-16 | THE KENTUCKY DERBY $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville) On May 10, 1919, Sir Barton won the Kentucky Derby; a month & a day later, he became the first winner of this Triple Crown |
| #4354, aired 2003-07-03 | SILENT CAL SPEAKS! $1000: On Sept. 14, 1919 Cal telegrammed Samuel Gompers, "There is no right to" do this "against the public safety" strike |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | HISTORIC WOMEN $2000: Anarchists Alexander Berkman & she were deported to Russia in 1919, but found life wasn't sweet there either Emma Goldman |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | INTERNATIONAL LAW $2000: The 1919 Treaty of Versailles was this type, from the Latin for "many" & "side" multilateral |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | "JUNIOR" COLLAGE $1000: It was started in 1919 as a collection of small, after-school business clubs in Massachusetts Junior Achievement |
| #4332, aired 2003-06-03 | BIOGRAPHY $800: Born in England in 1919, formed a famous partnership with Nureyev, died a dame in 1991 Margot Fonteyn |
| #4290, aired 2003-04-04 | SCANDALS $200: The fix was in at the 1919 World Series & this major league franchise lost Chicago White Sox |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | ESSAY $2000: In 1919's "Tradition and the Individual Talent", this American-British poet said poets must learn the work of the past T.S. Eliot |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | POP STARS $1200: With Prohibition coming, IBC began making this in 1919, & it still sells it in the same brown bottles root beer |
| #4234, aired 2003-01-16 | THE HISTORY CHANNEL $1600: THC's website tells what happened on your birthday; on Jan. 16, 1919 this amendment got its state ratification 18th Amendment (Prohibition) |
| #4219, aired 2002-12-26 | "LONG" FILMS $1600: This 1955 Fred Astaire movie had been filmed in 1919, 1931 & as "Curly Top" in 1935 Daddy Long Legs |
| #4145, aired 2002-09-13 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $400: Speaking to WWI troops in 1919, this man became the first U.S. president to make a radio broadcast Woodrow Wilson |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | ENDS IN "O" $1000: From 1919 to 1991, it was the top decision-making body of the Soviet Union's Communist Party the Politburo |
| #4125, aired 2002-07-05 | TIME $200: It was enacted in the U.S. to save energy in World War I but farmers forced its repeal a year later in 1919 daylight savings time |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | RUN "IT" UP $2000: After a visit to Russia in 1919, Lincoln Steffens said about communism, "I have seen the future and..." "...it works." |
| #4110, aired 2002-06-14 | A & _ $200: The first frosty mug of the root beer now sold under this name was bought in California in 1919 A&W |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | "SHOE"s $800: Say it ain't this disgraced 1919 Chicago White Sox ballplayer "Shoeless" Joe Jackson |
| #4062, aired 2002-04-09 | USURPED IDEAS OF 3rd PARTIES $1000: The 18th Amendment, ratified in 1919, & a 3rd party that pushed it share this name Prohibition |
| #4042, aired 2002-03-12 | PAINT IT "BLACK" $1600: Infamous nickname of the 8 men banned from pro baseball for a 1919 incident the Black Sox |
| #4027, aired 2002-02-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $1000: The only race this legendary thoroughbred ever lost was to a horse appropriately named Upset in 1919 Man o' War |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | MOVEMENTS $400: The May Fourth Movement was a Chinese student demonstration that took place in this square May 4, 1919; yes, 1919! Tiananmen |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | 20th CENTURY BALLET $100: This great Spanish cubist designed sets & costumes for the 1919 ballet "The Three-Cornered Hat" Picasso |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS $800: In 1919 this trustbuster's last words were "Please put out the light" Theodore Roosevelt |
| #3882, aired 2001-06-19 | LITERATURE $400: In 1919 Booth Tarkington won a Pulitzer Prize for this "Magnificent" novel; in 1922 he won again for "Alice Adams" "The Magnificent Ambersons" |
| #3809, aired 2001-03-08 | ENGLISH LIT $800: His 1919 novel "The Moon and Sixpence" was turned into an opera in 1957 Somerset Maugham |
| #3798, aired 2001-02-21 | PERSHING $200: In 1919 Pershing was made General of the Armies, a rank that had been created for this man George Washington |
| #3735, aired 2000-11-24 | THE GREAT GATSBY $800: Gatsby's friend Meyer Wolfsheim was the man behind this 1919 sporting scandal Chicago Black Sox |
| #3713, aired 2000-10-25 | MILLERS OUTPOST $500: In 1919 American lawyer David Hunter Miller helped compose the charter of this international organization League of Nations |
| #3703, aired 2000-10-11 | MAY $200: This colorful pianist was born May 16, 1919 with the given names Wladziu Valentino Liberace |
| #3678, aired 2000-09-06 | KLM $600: The right to the name "Royal Dutch Airlines" was granted in 1919 by this queen Wilhelmina |
| #3671, aired 2000-07-17 | "G" MEN $200: In 1919 this producer/director found United Artists along with Charlie Chaplin & 2 others D.W. Griffith |
| #3671, aired 2000-07-17 | PEOPLE $400: In 1919 mental illness ended the career of this Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | MASKS $700 (Daily Double): This hero first donned his mask in the 1919 story "The Curse of Capistrano" Zorro (Don Diego de la Vega) |
| #3661, aired 2000-07-03 | LET GEORGES DO IT $600: In 1919 this French premier helped negotiate the Treaty of Versailles Georges Clemenceau |
| #3658, aired 2000-06-28 | 20th CENTURY SPORTS $300: When Suzanne Lenglen played this sport in 1919 without her corset, she loosened things up for women Tennis |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN $100: The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus gave its first performance in 1919, in this famed NYC arena Madison Square Garden |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | WAR! $600: Between 1019 & 1919 there were at least 10 wars between Poland & this eastern neighbor Russia |
| #3576, aired 2000-03-06 | 20th CENTURY USA $400: On November 19, 1919 the U.S. Senate failed to ratify this treaty which established the League of Nations the Treaty of Versailles |
| #3527, aired 1999-12-28 | LITERARY TITLE PAIRS $600: 1919:
"... and Sixpence" The Moon |
| #3508, aired 1999-12-01 | IT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 1 $1000: On Dec. 1, 1919 this "Lady" took her seat as the first woman to serve in the British House of Commons Lady Astor |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: For his work in founding the League of Nations, he received the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize Woodrow Wilson |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | COMMIE TALK $500: This organization whose name was an abbreviation of "Communist International" existed from 1919 to 1943 Comintern |
| #3363, aired 1999-03-31 | GANGSTERS $200: Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein was accused of masterminding the big fix of this in 1919; it wasn't proved World Series |
| #3363, aired 1999-03-31 | RUSSIAN "T" ROOM $600: In 1919 he & Lenin founded the Third International to bring together comrades from around the world Leon Trotsky |
| #3353, aired 1999-03-17 | ST. PATRICK'S DAY $200: March 17, 1919 will forever remain "Unforgettable" as the day of this singer's birth Nat King Cole |
| #3351, aired 1999-03-15 | THE IDES OF MARCH $300: March 15, 1919:
U.S. veterans of WWI meet in Paris & set up this "American" organization the American Legion |
| #3229, aired 1998-09-24 | COME FLY WITH ME $1,500 (Daily Double): The world's first scheduled airline, it opened its first office in The Hague in 1919 KLM (Royal Dutch) |
| #3218, aired 1998-09-09 | NOTORIOUS NICKNAMES $400: Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein was known as the mastermind of this fixed 1919 sporting event the World Series (the "Black Sox" scandal) |
| #3207, aired 1998-07-07 | JELL-O, EVERYONE $500: In the 1930s Jell-O sponsored a series of "Oz" booklets by this author who died in 1919 L. Frank Baum |
| #3097, aired 1998-02-03 | DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS $200: 8 members of this team threw the 1919 World Series the Chicago White Sox |
| #3015, aired 1997-10-10 | THE BIG 4-0 $500: In 1919 this 40-year-old Virginia woman was elected to the British parliament Lady Astor |
| #3014, aired 1997-10-09 | SPACE FLIGHT $1000: In 1919 the Smithsonian published his paper "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes" Robert Goddard |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | INVENTORS $400: In 1919 this "Father of Wireless Telegraphy" represented Italy at the Paris Peace Conference Guglielmo Marconi |
| #2976, aired 1997-07-07 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $600: For his work in establishing the League of Nations, he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize Woodrow Wilson |
| #2941, aired 1997-05-19 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $100: A former Socialist, he formed the anti-Communist Fascist Party in 1919 Benito Mussolini |
| #2936, aired 1997-05-12 | TAKE A LETTER $300: In 1919 about half the cars in the world were this model T |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | LITERARY GROUPS $800: This group met daily for lunch at a Manhattan hotel from 1919 to the early 1930s Algonquin Round Table |
| #2913, aired 1997-04-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: In 1919 this future pres. mobilized the Mass. Militia to restore order in the Boston police strike Calvin Coolidge |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | HISTORIC EUROPEAN LEADERS $1000: He gave his first Paris recital March 3, 1888; he became prime minister of Poland in January 1919 Jan Paderewski |
| #2898, aired 1997-03-19 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: Bratislava, capital of this eastern neighbor of the Czech Republic, was known as Pressburg until 1919 Slovakia |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | IRISH HISTORY $1000: This head of IRA intelligence helped future PM Eamon De Valera escape from jail in 1919 Michael Collins |
| #2862, aired 1997-01-28 | HOMES $300: In 1919 this publisher began building the castle he called "La Casa Grande" William Randolph Hearst |
| #2836, aired 1996-12-23 | SCULPTURE $1000: Between 1919 & 1925, he made several versions of "Bird In Space", in marble & bronze Constantin Brancusi |
| #2822, aired 1996-12-03 | ARTISTS $1000: In 1918 & 1919 he was commissar for art in Vitebsk, now in Belarus Marc Chagall |
| #2800, aired 1996-11-01 | CRIME TIME $1000: Crime ran rampant when this U.S. city's policemen went on strike September 9, 1919 Boston |
| #2781, aired 1996-10-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: This president collapsed September 25, 1919 & one week later suffered a stroke Woodrow Wilson |
| #2765, aired 1996-09-13 | HISTORY $200: In 1919 this country's new constitution established the Reichstag & the Reichsrat Germany |
| #2765, aired 1996-09-13 | FORMER POSTAL WORKERS $300: In 1919 rain, white Christmas, sleet or hail couldn't keep this crooner from his clerk job in Spokane Bing Crosby |
| #2759, aired 1996-09-05 | PEN NAMES $400: He wrote under his real name Ford Madox Hueffer, before legally changing his name to this in 1919 Ford Madox Ford |
| #2747, aired 1996-07-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In September 1919 this president collapsed while out promoting the Treaty of Versailles Woodrow Wilson |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | THE 1910s $300: On March 1, 1919 a coalition of leaders declared Korea independent of this nation Japan |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $1000: He resumed his musical career after resigning as premier of Poland in 1919 Jan Paderewski |
| #2713, aired 1996-05-22 | PULITZER PRIZE POETS $200: This Illinois poet's "Complete Poems" won in 1951; his "Corn Huskers" shared a 1919 prize Carl Sandburg |
| #2699, aired 1996-05-02 | GOLF $400: This course on California's Monterey Peninsula opened for play in 1919 Pebble Beach |
| #2687, aired 1996-04-16 | BALLET $300: This Cubist designed the scenery for the 1919 ballet "The Three-Cornered Hat" Picasso |
| #2682, aired 1996-04-09 | ART & ARTISTS $1000: This Italian painted a characteristically elongated self-portrait in 1919, shortly before his death Modigliani |
| #2661, aired 1996-03-11 | HISTORY $800: Prince Saionji Kimmochi led the Japanese delegation to this 1919 peace conference Versailles |
| #2654, aired 1996-02-29 | HEADS $1000: Architect Walter Gropius founded this school of design in 1919 & headed it until 1928 Bauhaus |
| #2653, aired 1996-02-28 | NEWSPAPERS $800: When this New York tabloid appeared in 1919, it had "Illustrated" in its name the Daily News |
| #2625, aired 1996-01-19 | ASTRONOMY $500: CP 1919, the first of these ever found, emits bursts of radiation every 1.337 seconds Pulsar |
| #2608, aired 1995-12-27 | STATE CAPITALS $800: Since 1919 Blaine House in this Maine capital has been home to the state's governors Augusta |
| #2581, aired 1995-11-20 | BALLERINAS $200: Famous for partnering Rudolf Nureyev, this dancer was born Margaret Hookham in 1919 Dame Margot Fonteyn |
| #2578, aired 1995-11-15 | TREATIES $200: This treaty, signed in France in June of 1919, didn't take effect until January 10, 1920 Treaty of Versailles |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: In 1919 the Candler family sold this beverage company to Atlanta banker Ernest Woodruff for $25 million Coca-Cola |
| #2566, aired 1995-10-30 | "AMERICAN" ORGANIZATIONS $800: Founded in 1919, it drafted the G.I. Bill of Rights, passed in 1944 the American Legion |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | SILENT MOVIES $500: Hermann Warm, Walter Reimann & Walter Rohrig designed the expressionistic sets for this 1919 German film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| #2536, aired 1995-09-18 | SCIENCE & NATURE $200: A 1919 solar eclipse confirmed this theory of Albert Einstein's relativity |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: In 1919 this cellist formed his own orchestra in Barcelona Pablo Casals |
| #2529, aired 1995-09-07 | HISTORY $200: In March 1919 he became leader of a fascist movement called the Fasci di Combattimento Mussolini |
| #2523, aired 1995-07-19 | 1000 $600: Piasts ruled this country in 1000; in 1919, a pianist ruled it: Ignace Paderewski Poland |
| #2520, aired 1995-07-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $100: In 1919 this former newspaper editor formed the Fascist Party in Italy Mussolini |
| #2514, aired 1995-07-06 | SPORTS $500: On July 4, 1919 this boxer from Manassa, Colo. defeated Jess Willard to win the world heavyweight title (Jack) Dempsey (the "Manassa Mauler") |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1000: From 1917 to 1919 this poet from Maine was an actress & playwright with the Provincetown Players Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| #2486, aired 1995-05-29 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: Sherwood Anderson's 1st title for this 1919 collection of stories was "The Book of the Grotesque" Winesburg, Ohio |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | WORLD HISTORY $100: This country's 1919 constitution provided for a parliament consisting of the Reichstag & the Reichsrat Germany |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1919 Western Thrace was awarded to this country by the Treaty of Neuilly Greece |
| #2465, aired 1995-04-28 | AGREEMENTS $200: It's the type of agreement formalized in Versailles June 28, 1919 a treaty |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | INVENTORS $400: This radio pioneer represented Italy as a delegate at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference Marconi |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | 1919 $100: On July 21 this rubber company's blimp Wingfoot crashed in Chicago, killing 13 people Goodyear |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | 1919 $200: While traveling to Wichita on September 26, this president suffered what was probably a mild stroke Woodrow Wilson |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | 1919 $300: In April this city was named as headquarters to the League of Nations Geneva, Switzerland |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | 1919 $400: This Scottish-born steel magnate died of pneumonia on August 11 (Andrew) Carnegie |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | 1919 $500: In December this Impressionist painter of "The Luncheon of the Boating Party" died at Cagnes, France Pierre Auguste Renoir |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $600: Chartered in 1919, this U.S. veterans' organization awards medals to elementary & high school students the American Legion |
| #2424, aired 1995-03-02 | AUTHORS $200: In 1919 he moved to an estate near Hollywood to be close to the filming of his Tarzan books (Edgar Rice) Burroughs |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1000: The first successful cloture vote in the Senate ended the lengthy debate over this treaty in 1919 the Treaty of Versailles |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: In March 1919 Count Mihaly Karolyi resigned as president of this country & Communist Bela Kun took control Hungary |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | DRAMA $200: In 1919 Katharine Cornell starred as Jo in a play based on this famous novel Little Women |
| #2359, aired 1994-12-01 | NOTORIOUS $800: No member of this team, accused of throwing the 1919 World Series, was ever convicted the (Chicago) Black Sox (Chicago White Sox) |
| #2356, aired 1994-11-28 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: The League of Nations was among several organizations created by this 1919 treaty the Treaty of Versailles |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | HOME, SWEET HOME $100: The Independence, Mo. house he lived in from 1919 belonged to his wife Bess' family Harry Truman |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | LITERARY TRILOGIES $800: This John Dos Passos trilogy is made up of "The 42nd Parallel", "1919" & "The Big Money" USA |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $600: This Constitutional Amendment was proposed by Congress in 1917, ratified in 1919 & repealed in 1933 18th Amendment |
| #2291, aired 1994-07-18 | TREATIES $400: In 1919, by a vote of 55 to 39, the U.S. Senate refused to ratify this treaty the Treaty of Versailles |
| #2281, aired 1994-07-04 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: This firm was founded as the U.S. Foil Company in 1919 to supply tinfoil for cigarette wrappers Reynolds Aluminum |
| #2281, aired 1994-07-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1919 Mass. governor Calvin Coolidge used the militia to restore order to this city after a police strike Boston |
| #2274, aired 1994-06-23 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $1000: In 1919 Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma married this small country's ruler, Grand Duchess Charlotte Luxembourg |
| #2256, aired 1994-05-30 | FAMOUS WOMEN $600: This presidential daughter inspired the 1919 song "Alice Blue Gown" Alice Longwood |
| #2240, aired 1994-05-06 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: Booth Tarkington's story about this "Magnificent" family won a Pulitzer Prize in 1919 the Ambersons |
| #2204, aired 1994-03-17 | WORLD WAR I $600: This 1919 treaty ending the war provided for putting the Kaiser on trial the Treaty of Versailles |
| #2189, aired 1994-02-24 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $600: For his efforts in founding the League of Nations, he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize Woodrow Wilson |
| #2187, aired 1994-02-22 | YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS $800: Founded in 1919, it trains students in the free enterprise system Junior Achievement |
| #2179, aired 1994-02-10 | ROYAL WOMEN $1000: Grand Duchess Marie- Adelaide abdicated the throne of this small country in 1919 in favor of her sister Luxembourg |
| #2137, aired 1993-12-14 | NEWSPAPERS $800: Founded in the Big Apple in 1919, this daily was the USA's first successful tabloid the Daily News |
| #2119, aired 1993-11-18 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $200: This 1919 silent film classic inspired director Peter Sellers' PBS special "The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez" The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| #2051, aired 1993-07-05 | DUTCH BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Founded October 7, 1919, it's considered the world's oldest airline KLM |
| #2047, aired 1993-06-29 | HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1919 this national assembly met in this city & formed a new German republic Weimar |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | MILITARY LEADERS $1000: This Japanese officer who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor attended Harvard in 1919 Yamamoto |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: The 1st Communist government of this country was established in 1919 when Bela Kun became dictator Hungary |
| #2022, aired 1993-05-25 | SCANDALS $300: When 8 members of Chicago's baseball team threw the 1919 World Series, it caused this scandal the Black Sox scandal |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | HISTORY $1000: The new German republic founded in 1919 became known by this name from the city where the assembly 1st met the Weimar Republic |
| #1971, aired 1993-03-15 | HISTORY $200: The Samil Independence movement began in this Korean capital city on March 1, 1919 Seoul |
| #1962, aired 1993-03-02 | THE 20th CENTURY $2,000 (Daily Double): An eyewitness to the 1917 October Revolution, he organized the Communist Labor Party in the U.S. in 1919 (John) Reed |
| #1956, aired 1993-02-22 | U.S. HISTORY $600: Ratified in 1919, this amendment gave the country 1 year to stock up before the ban went into effect the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | DOUGLAS MacARTHUR $200: In 1919 MacArthur became superintendent of this military school West Point |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | ACTS $300: The import & export of intoxicating liquors was banned by this 1919 act named for its sponsor the Volstead Act |
| #1918, aired 1992-12-30 | FOUNDERS $400: This movie studio was founded in 1919 by Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin & D.W. Griffith United Artists |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | U.S. HISTORY $600: Over President Wilson's veto, Congress passed this act in 1919 to enforce prohibition the Volstead Act |
| #1897, aired 1992-12-01 | HISTORIC HOMES $1000: A house that belonged to U.S. Sec'y of State James G. Blaine has been home to this state's govs. since 1919 Maine |
| #1891, aired 1992-11-23 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: Founded in L.A. in 1919, this org. provides books, counseling, education & job placement for the blind the Braille Institute |
| #1866, aired 1992-10-19 | FAMOUS SCIENTISTS $200: A May 29, 1919 solar eclipse observed in the Gulf of Guinea confirmed his general theory of relativity (Albert) Einstein |
| #1855, aired 1992-10-02 | ARTISTS $1,500 (Daily Double): When this Impressionist & father of a filmmaker died December 3, 1919, he'd just finished a painting (Pierre-Auguste) Renoir |
| #1838, aired 1992-09-09 | HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1919 veterans of this rebellion formed the Irish Republican Army the Easter Rebellion |
| #1829, aired 1992-07-09 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1000: In 1919 this Virginia-born "Lady"' became the 1st woman to sit in the British Parliament Lady Astor |
| #1783, aired 1992-05-06 | BALLET $400: This Spanish Cubist designed the costumes & scenery for the 1919 premiere of "The Three-Cornered Hat" Picasso |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: When DELAG, the 1st German commercial airline, was founded in 1919 it flew only this type of craft Zeppelin (dirigible) |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | "G" IN HISTORY $400: In 1919 this father of rocketry published "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes" Robert Goddard |
| #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | TREATIES $200: It was signed in the Hall of Mirrors June 28, 1919 the Treaty of Versailles |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | ARTISTS $200: He got a degree in mechanical engineering in 1919 & started making mobiles in the '30s (Alexander) Calder |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | AROUND THE KITCHEN $100: Not marketed to households until 1926, the pop-up type of this was patented in 1919 a toaster |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | CHARLIE CHAPLIN $800: In 1919 Chaplin, Mary Pickford, D.W. Griffith & Douglas Fairbanks founded this film studio United Artists |
| #1662, aired 1991-11-19 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $1000: In 1919 he said a person's right to speak may be limited if the words "create a clear and present danger" Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | BOTANY $400: This fungal tree infection, Ceratocystis ulmi, was 1st identified in the Netherlands around 1919 Dutch elm disease |
| #1643, aired 1991-10-23 | HISTORIC FIGURES $1000: Her husband became a viscount in 1919 so she ran for his seat in the House of Commons & won Lady Astor |
| #1557, aired 1991-05-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: Founded in 1919, this county's KLM Airline is the world's oldest the Netherlands |
| #1533, aired 1991-04-10 | DANCE $600: In 1919, this Russian male dancer's career was cut short by insanity Nijinsky |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | FEBRUARY $200: Congress established this National Park in Arizona February 26, 1919 the Grand Canyon |
| #1514, aired 1991-03-14 | NEWSPAPERS $400: Begun in 1919 this New York City newspaper was the first tabloid picture paper in the U.S. the Daily News |
| #1513, aired 1991-03-13 | PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $400: This U.S. president won the 1919 prize for advocating the League of Nations & world peace Woodrow Wilson |
| #1507, aired 1991-03-05 | ODDS & ENDS $400: In 1919, Asa Candler's family sold the Coca-Cola company for $25 million after he'd been elected this city's mayor Atlanta |
| #1461, aired 1990-12-31 | FAMOUS WOMEN $600: After starring in a 1919 film about her life, she & Anne Sullivan toured in a vaudeville act Helen Keller |
| #1460, aired 1990-12-28 | TRANSPORTATION $400: British aviators Arthur Brown & John Alcock made the first non-stop flight across this body of water in 1919 the Atlantic Ocean |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | AVIATION $200: In 1919, the founder of this Seattle-based aircraft firm helped carry the first international airmail Boeing |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $300: Congress enacted it to save energy in WWI but the farmers forced its repeal in 1919 Daylight Savings Time |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | HODGEPODGE $200: In 1919 this company absorbed the Marconi Wireless Co. & got David Sarnoff with it RCA |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | ARCHITECTURE $800: The director of Germany's Bauhaus school from 1919-1928, he took the chair of architecture at Harvard in 1937 Gropius |
| #1409, aired 1990-10-18 | WORLD CAPITALS $500: In 1919, Soviet troops occupied this capital of Afghanistan Kabul |
| #1383, aired 1990-09-12 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: In 1919 the Senate rejected the Versailles Treaty and membership in this organization the League of Nations |
| #1368, aired 1990-07-11 | MUSIC TRIVIA $200: Irving Berlin wrote "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" for this man's follies of 1919 Ziegfeld |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | FAMOUS POLITICIANS $800: This Minnesota congressman wrote the 1919 act that enforced prohibition Volstead |
| #2, aired 1990-06-23 | FAMOUS HORSES $1000: Nicknamed “Big Red”, this racehorse's only career loss was to Upset in 1919 Man o' War |
| #1346, aired 1990-06-11 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: The first airship to make a round trip crossing of the Atlantic was one of these in 1919 zeppelin (or dirigible) |
| #1309, aired 1990-04-19 | WORLD CITIES $600: In 1919 locksmith Anton Drexler founded the forerunner of the Nazi Party in this Bavarian capital Munich |
| #1291, aired 1990-03-26 | BASEBALL $200: The "Black Sox" team that threw the 1919 World Series lost to this Ohio team Cincinnati Reds |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | LITERARY ANIMALS $600: In the title of Albert Payson Terhune's 1919 story, "Lad" was one of these dog |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ISLANDS $400: Wm. Wrigley Jr. bought this island near L.A. in 1919 & then built a 22-room summer cottage there Santa Catalina Island |
| #1224, aired 1989-12-21 | INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES $200: Founded in 1919, this Dutch company is the oldest continuously operating airline in the world KLM |
| #1220, aired 1989-12-15 | PRESIDENTS $800: As gov. of Mass., he called out the National Guard when Boston police went on strike in 1919 Calvin Coolidge |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $400: This outfielder, disgraced in the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, was nicknamed "Shoeless" Joe Jackson |
| #1201, aired 1989-11-20 | NEW YEAR'S BABIES $1000: The son of Sol and Miriam, this author whose given names were Jerome David, was born January 1, 1919 J.D. Salinger |
| #1184, aired 1989-10-26 | THE MOVIES $600: John Cusack starred in this story of the Chicago White Sox who fixed the 1919 World Series Eight Men Out |
| #1173, aired 1989-10-11 | STARTS WITH "L" $800: In olden days it referred to a knave; in a British stable, a groom; in a 1919 novel, a dog a lad |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | BRITISH POLITICS $500: In 1919, under this title, U.S.-born Nancy Langhorne became the 1st woman to serve in Parliament Lady (Nancy) Astor |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1000: Imprisoned for an anti-war speech in 1919, this socialist ran his 1920 campaign for president from his jail cell Eugene Debs |
| #1100, aired 1989-05-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2,800 (Daily Double): Evangelist Billy Sunday said, "Goodbye, John Barleycorn" when this was passed in 1919 prohibition |
| #1071, aired 1989-04-10 | LITERARY TITLES $800: "The 42nd Parallel", "1919" & "The Big Money" form this trilogy the U.S.A. trilogy |
| #1069, aired 1989-04-06 | LANDMARKS $600: From 1919-1960 this country's kings resided in the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh Cambodia |
| #1013, aired 1989-01-18 | THE 20TH CENTURY $1000: 1919 massacre of Indian nationalists in this city was portrayed in the 1982 film "Gandhi" Amritsar |
| #990, aired 1988-12-16 | DANCE $400: A 1919 song lamented, "I wish I could" do this dance "like my sister Kate" the shimmy |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | EUROPE $1000: Though Burgenland was ceded to Austria in 1919, one city voted to rejoin this country in 1921 Hungary |
| #896, aired 1988-06-27 | AUTHORS $200: In 1919, he began subdividing his ranch in Tarzana, California Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| #877, aired 1988-05-31 | WORLD POLITICS $400: This Italian political movement was founded in 1919 under the slogan "Revolution & Fatherland" fascism |
| #867, aired 1988-05-17 | SPORT OF KINGS $200: In 1919, Man o' War ran & won his 1st race at this Elmont, N.Y. racetrack Belmont |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | THE FAR EAST $400: In 1919, peaceful protests against Japanese rule in this peninsular country were violently crushed Korea |
| #833, aired 1988-03-30 | F. SCOTT FITZGERALD $400: Reportedly saying it began on May Day 1919, Fitzgerald wrote "Tales of" this era the jazz era |
| #814, aired 1988-03-03 | MASSACHUSETTS $1000: As governor, this future pres, won nat'l exposure in 1919 by dealing with a police strike Coolidge |
| #786, aired 1988-01-25 | PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS $600: Booth Tarkington won in 1919 for this novel, perhaps best known as an Orson Welles film The Magnificent Ambersons |
| #750, aired 1987-12-04 | ART $400: In 1933, the Nazis closed down this school of art & architecture founded in 1919 by Gropius Bauhaus |
| #733, aired 1987-11-11 | SCANDALS $200: The office of Baseball Commissioner was established in 1920, due to this 1919 event the Black Sox Scandal |
| #692, aired 1987-09-15 | THE NETHERLANDS $400: The world's oldest operating commercial airline, it began operating in 1919 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | PRESIDENTS $600: In 1919, FDR wrote "There could not be a better" president than this man whom FDR later defeated (Herbert) Hoover |
| #674, aired 1987-07-09 | GOLD $1000: Term for the setting of the price of gold, the 1st was done in September 1919 at $20.67 fixing (the fix) |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | LITERATURE $800: "The 42nd Parallel", "1919" & "The Big Money" comprised this John Dos Passos trilogy "U.S.A." |
| #559, aired 1987-01-29 | BASEBALL $1000: "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, with 3rd highest lifetime batting average, is not in Hall of Fame probably due to this The "Black Sox" Scandal of 1919 |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | EPIDEMICS $800: A global outbreak of this common disease in 1918 & 1919 is thought to be the worst epidemic ever the flu (influenza) |
| #544, aired 1987-01-08 | THE 20TH CENTURY $200: In 1919, 21 people drowned in Boston when a tank of this sweet collasped molasses |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | MARCH $100: On the ides of March in 1919. this veterans' group was founded in Paris, not the U.S. American Legion |
| #535, aired 1986-12-26 | HISTORY $1000: Though trained as a doctor, this French premier led the Paris peace conference in 1919 Clemenceau |
| #515, aired 1986-11-28 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Locksmith Anton Drexler founded this political party in 1919, in Munich the Nazis (National Socialists) |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | NOTORIOUS $600: Reason the 1919 Chicago White Sox received the nickname "Black Sox" a cheating scandal (they fixed the World Series) |
| #437, aired 1986-05-13 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $200: The "Lame Duck" in 1919, not the "Spirit of St. Louis" in 1927 made the first transatlantic flight |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | 4TH OF JULY $400: On July 4, 1919, he won the heavyweight boxing title from Jess Willard Jack Dempsey |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | BASEBALL $200: In 1919-21, this championship was a best-of-9 series the World Series |
| #405, aired 1986-03-28 | BUSINESSMEN $100: Hollywood make-up man who introduced false eyelashes in 1919, lip gloss in 1930 & pan-cake in 1937 Max Factor |
| #297, aired 1985-10-29 | SPORT OF KINGS $500: In 1919-20, this 4-legged "Battleship" won 20 of 21 starts Man o' War |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | DANCE $1000: He designed decor for ballet "The 3-Cornered Hat" in 1919, before painting the "3 Musicians" in 1921 Picasso |
| #173, aired 1985-05-08 | GEOGRAPHY $500: The Curzon Line, rejected as boundary between Poland & this country in 1919, now is the boundary the Soviet Union |
| #134, aired 1985-03-14 | AUTHORS $800: In 1919, he won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Magnificent Ambersons" Booth Tarkington |
| #130, aired 1985-03-08 | MOVIES $600: Company formed in 1919 by Chaplin, Pickford, Fairbanks & Griffith United Artists |
| #15, aired 1984-09-28 | WORLD SERIES $400: Team that threw Series in 1919 "Black Sox" scandal the Chicago White Sox |
