| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | NOTABLE NAMES $1600: A 1920 book by Thomas Looney & the movie "Anonymous" pushed the theory that this earl was the real Shakespeare the Earl of Oxford (Edward de Vere) |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $400: In 2020 MLB gave retroactive major league status to 7 of these leagues that existed from 1920 to 1948 the Negro Leagues |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | THE CLOCK & THE CALENDAR $600: Fittingly given its name, the U.S. Navy began using this kind of time in 1920 & the Army in 1942 military time |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | 5 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $600: With 1920's "The Outline of History", this "Time Machine" man went from bestselling novelist to bestselling educator H.G. Wells |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | IT'S REIGNING MEN! $600: A 1920 sovereign ordinance of this nation had the future Rainier III receive his mother's family name of Grimaldi Monaco |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | AHHH, THE FRENCH $200: This national heroine of France was canonized on May 16, 1920, nearly 500 years after her death Joan of Arc |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | FULL-COURT PRESS $400: The Sandusky Register affirmed this as the law of the land with 1920's "court declares that dry amendment is constitutional" Prohibition |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | OBSCURE NOVELS $200: Wow! Edith Wharton wrote a novel titled "Fast and Loose"?! That sounds a bit racier than her 1920 novel "The Age of" this Innocence |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | BORN ON JAN. 17 $400: Some point the finger at him in the 1920 whacking of Johnny Torio's boss, "Big Jim" Colosimo Al Capone |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | YOU GET NOTHING! YOU LOSE! $400: After scheming to turn European postage stamps into $15 million worth of fraud, he was arrested in 1920 & went to prison Charles Ponzi |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | TRIPLE INITIAL WRITERS $800: A.E.W. Mason's Gabriel Hanaud, "cleverest of the French detectives", inspired this character who debuted in 1920 Poirot |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | CANDLE CULTURE $400: Procter & Gamble ceased candle production in 1920, one of many candle casualties following the rise of this invention the light bulb (the electric light) |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | BYE, GEORGE! $200: After Dec. 14, 1920 Notre Dame could begin winning one for this man the Gipper (George Gipp) |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | A YEAR THAT ENDS IN ZERO $400: Babe Ruth goes to the Yankees,
the 19th Amendment is ratified giving women the right to vote 1920 |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB $800: Born in Ukraine in 1920, this American violin virtuoso led a '60s fight to save Carnegie Hall from demolition Isaac Stern |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: The 1920 games made this major seaport Belgium's first & only Olympic host city Antwerp |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In this presidential election year, U.S. women won the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment 1920 |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | CANNERY $400: Just outside of Porto in this country, Conservas Pinhais has been canning sardines in tomato sauce since 1920 Portugal |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | CURSES! BASEBALL! $400: The Curse of the Bambino loomed over this team from 1920, after it traded Babe Ruth, until 2004, when it finally won a World Series the Red Sox |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | "REE" SEARCH $1600: The 1920 international rally of Boy Scouts took this name a Jamboree |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | HORRORS! $1000: Some say the first true horror film is the 1920 silent picture "The Cabinet of" this doctor Dr. Caligari |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | THE LONG-AGO 20th CENTURY $400: This predecessor to the U.N. met for the first time in November 1920 the League of Nations |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $200: On Jan. 1, 1920 Harvard beat Oregon 7-6 in this annual game in Pasadena; you may be shocked to learn Harvard has not been back since the Rose Bowl |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | I HAVE AN IDEA $400: In 1920 Detroit police officer William Potts had the idea to add this signal to make simple stop/go traffic lights safer a yellow light |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | WHAT'S NEW IN HISTORY $200: A new day dawned for civil rights in 1920 when the 19th one of these gave women the right to vote an amendment |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | HISTORICAL MOVEMENTS $1600: The movement for this 2-word autonomy of Ireland within the British Empire was strong from about 1870 to 1920 home rule |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | JUST A LITTLE NUCLEAR PHYSICS $400: In 1920 Arthur Eddington correctly predicted that the stars were powered by this then-unknown process nuclear fusion |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | COMPANY NAME ORIGINS $800: Its name goes back to its founding in 1920 as the Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Services Qantas |
| #8754, aired 2022-12-01 | EVERY MAN A KING $2000: Constantine I returned to the throne of this country in 1920 after King Alexander was bitten by a pet monkey & died Greece |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC EVENTS $1500: Hopes were high when this predecessor to the United Nations first met in 1920, but it didn't live up to the hype the League of Nations |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | BRIDGE $1200: Opened in 1920, the bridge originally named for this avenue helped it become Chicago's famous shopping street Michigan Avenue |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | MISCELLANY $2000: Only identified around 1920, this condition of uterine lining growing where it shouldn't affects as many as one woman in 10 endometriosis |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | FEMALE FOUNDERS $2000: In 1920, the year the 19th Amendment was ratified, Carrie Chapman Catt founded this, the LWV for short the League of Women Voters |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY $1000: This Notre Dame hero who died at age 25 in 1920 helped pay his school expenses as a pool shark George "The Gipper" Gipp |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: During this period that began in 1920, keg parties weren't for drinking but for the dumping of liquor Prohibition |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 6 FLAGS $200: Introduced in 1920, it consists of 5 interlocked rings of blue, black, red, green & yellow the Olympic flag |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: Labor leader Eugene Debs ran for president 4 times as a candidate for this party, the last time in 1920, while he was in prison the Socialist Party |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | EXTINCT ANIMALS $1200: With feathers once favored in women's hats, the Carolina variety of this bird was widespread in the eastern U.S. until around 1920 the Carolina parakeet |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | EPONYMOUS LEGISLATION $2000: 1920's National Prohibition Act was named for this Minnesota congressman Volstead |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | U.S. HISTORY $400: A dynamite-filled wagon exploded in front of the J.P. Morgan Building on this NYC street in 1920 Wall Street |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | THE TUNNEL $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1920, work began on a NYC-NJ tunnel named for him; it was said he could make you think of a tunnel as a mole thinks of a burrow Clifford Holland |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Due to concerns with how this tally for 1920 was run, Congress was not reapportioned for the decade the census |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | DOLL "R"s $800: This brother doll joined his sister in 1920 Raggedy Andy |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | A SAINT IN HISTORY $1200: As part of efforts to heal the church's rift with France, Pope Benedict XV canonized her on May 16, 1920 Joan of Arc |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | IF YOU LIVED HERE $400: If you lived in the main city of upper Silesia in 1820, you lived in Prussia; in 1920, in Germany; today, in this country to the east Poland |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | 1920 $400: This Republican won the presidential election, defeating Democrat James Cox in a landslide Warren G. Harding |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | 1920 $800: Providing taxi service & pleasure flights, this airline was founded in Queensland, Australia Qantas |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | WORDS COINED IN THE 1920s $800: We got this word from a 1920 play by Karel Capek about mechanical men & women robot |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | QUESTIONS FROM A 1927 QUIZ BOOK $200: With 10.3 million, it's the largest American state by population according to the 1920 Census New York |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | AND THE PITCH $400: Aka the drooler, this pitch was banned in 1920 except for 17 hurlers who got to use it until they retired a spitball |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | IT'S A STRIKE $600: This governor's stern response to a Boston police strike got him the 1920 Republican VP nod, & he soon succeeded to the presidency Coolidge |
| #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 $2000: In 1920 the society awarded William Bateson a royal medal for his work in this field of biology he had named in 1905 genetics |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL $800: 1920:
"The Mysterious Affair at Styles" Agatha Christie |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | THE WESTERN CONFERENCE $1600: The 1920 Conference of San Remo along Italy's western Riviera decided the fate of this empire's former territories the Ottoman Empire |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: Carrie Chapman Catt founded this league in 1920 during the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association the League of Women Voters |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | THERE'S A TIME & A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING $200: East Pittsburgh,
Nov. 2, 1920:
Election returns are the first commercial broadcast in this medium radio |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | DEBATE CLUB $600: Astronomy's "Great Debate" of 1920 concerned whether spiral nebulae lie inside or outside this local galaxy the Milky Way |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | BOOKS $400: The first woman to win the Pulitzer for Fiction, Edith Wharton won for this 1920 novel about 1870s New York City The Age of Innocence |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | ABBREVIATED MAGAZINES $1200: Showcasing innovative homes & design since 1920:
AD Architectural Digest |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? $2000: In 1920 an influential bunch of Canadian landscape painters called itself the "Group of" this number Seven |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | EUGENE $800: This Socialist took 5 runs at the presidency, peaking with his final one in 1920, at 920,000 votes Eugene Debs |
| #7914, aired 2019-01-24 | SLOGANS & MOTTOES $1600: He used the slogan "Return to Normalcy" in his 1920 presidential campaign Harding |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | GOING "DUTCH" $400: First identified in the Netherlands around 1920, this malady can kill a large one of the trees in its name in 4 weeks Dutch elm disease |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | ALMOST PRESIDENT $1600: Harding's pick for running mate was Sen. Irvine Lenroot of Wisconsin, but the 1920 convention chose this man Coolidge |
| #7891, aired 2018-12-24 | VERY DEFINITELY FOR PROFIT $10,600 (Daily Double): Around 1920 he turned a $30 investment into a get-rich-quick "scheme" that defrauded folks out of $15 million (Carlo) Ponzi |
| #7854, aired 2018-11-01 | BRAND NAME VARIATIONS $200: Hellmann's on the east coast & Best Foods out west are different brand names for this same product, around since 1920 mayonnaise |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | FRENCH OFF THE BOAT $200: In 1920 a ship brought this 10-year-old future ocean explorer & family from France to NYC for a 2-year stay Jacques Cousteau |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | SCIENCE AROUND US $600: (Kelly shows the Statue of Liberty on the monitor.) When unveiled in 1886, the Statue of Liberty looked something like this, but by 1920, the copper exterior had turned completely green because of weathering, as well as this chemical process & the copper's exposure to the air oxidation |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | HISTORY $1200: Last name of the young family seen here circa 1920--father & daughter would combine to serve 31 years as prime minister of India Nehru |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | RAIDING $200: Targeting radicals, the Palmer raids of 1920 epitomized the reaction to this "Scare" the Red Scare |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This bonnie hopeful to the throne spent less than 18 months in the British Isles in his life, 1720 to 1788 the bonnie Prince Charlie |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | WHAT A YEAR! $800: 20 million voters could newly cast a ballot for president; one is seen here 1920 |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | THE ROARING '20s $1000: In Geneva on Nov. 15, 1920 its general assembly met for the first time the League of Nations |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | SUFFRAGETTE CITY $200: The National American Woman Suffrage Association became the League of these in Chicago in 1920 women voters |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | 20th CENTURY FACTS $200: In 1920 this blind & deaf woman co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (Helen) Keller |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | PUERTO RICO STRONG $2000: Written to protect ships from German U-boats, this 1920 act dealing with shipping was said to be hurting P.R.'s economy in 2017 Jones Act |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | FEELING YOUR OATHS $1200: In 1920 those taking this oath vowed "a spirit of chivalry for the honor of our country & for the glory of sport" the Olympic Oath |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | SHAKESPEAREAN IN THE PARK $200: A curse! a curse of a Babe, I say, was placed in 1920 upon the team calling this park home; 84 yrs. of futility, hence! Fenway Park |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $1000: Born in England in 1920, he died there in 2016; "Watership Down" came in the middle Richard Adams |
| #7591, aired 2017-09-18 | EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Kansas City, Missouri.) You can buy a replica home jersey of the 1942 Kansas City Monarchs at the museum honoring this organization that existed from 1920 to 1960 the Negro Leagues |
| #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 |
| #7537, aired 2017-05-23 | HISTORY $200: I believe we're all in accord that the League of Nations assembly met for the first time in 1920 in this Swiss city Geneva |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | U.S. HISTORY $1600: John L. Lewis headed this pick-&-shovel-wielding union, the UMW, from 1920 to 1960 the United Mine Workers |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | PRESIDENTIAL HOMES $1000: In Marion in this state you can stand on the front porch for which Warren Harding's laid-back 1920 campaign is named Ohio |
| #7479, aired 2017-03-02 | FOOD & DRINK BRANDS $200: From 1899 to 1920 the number of bottlers of this soda grew from 1 plant to more than 1,000 Coca-Cola |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | YELL IT LIKE IT IS $1200: In a 1920 speech this Russian leader made his position clear--"We shall not hesitate to shoot thousands of people!" Lenin |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: He was Massachusetts' favorite son candidate for president in 1920 but settled for vice president Coolidge |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $400: Electoral maps from these 2 years are seen here--what some called "Mr. Wilson's war" was in between 1916 & 1920 |
| #7341, aired 2016-07-11 | LIT-POURRI $1000: Fred Peloux is known by the single name Cheri in a 1920 novel by this single-named Frenchwoman Colette |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1920 when an Equal Rights Amendment was 1st proposed, it was opposed by this group, the LWV the League of Women Voters |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | AMERICAN POETS $2000: "Omaha" is a poem in the 1920 collection "Smoke and Steel" by this man better known for writing about Chicago (Carl) Sandburg |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | NONFICTION $2000: In 1920 this sci-fi novelist turned to nonfiction with "The Outline of History"; no word on if he used his "Time Machine" (H.G.) Wells |
| #7222, aired 2016-01-26 | ALWAYS READY: THE U.S. COAST GUARD $1200: The Coast Guard had a new type of smuggling to fight when this was enacted in 1920; the "war" lasted more than a decade Prohibition |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | O CANADA $600: Despite this 4-word name that a law enforcement group took in 1920, they now only ride horses in special ceremonies the Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | TURN ON YOUR T-V $800: In 1920 Gimbels in Philadelphia staged a parade of about 50 people on this holiday Thanksgiving |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | "AMERICAN" ORGANIZATION $400: Since 1920 it has worked to defend & preserve the individual rights that the Constitution & laws guarantee American Civil Liberties Union |
| #7193, aired 2015-12-16 | PARROT CULTURE $1600: In a 1920 children's book, a parrot teaches this man how to talk to the furry & 4-footed Dr. Dolittle |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: In 1920 going to Palo Alto to this university cost $120 but it's gone up a bit since then Stanford |
| #7178, aired 2015-11-25 | REMEMBER NOVEMBER $800: The 1st commercial radio broadcast aired on Nov. 2, 1920, when Pittsburgh's KDKA announced the results of this the presidential election |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | BYE, GEORGE! $200: After Dec. 14, 1920 Notre Dame could begin winning one for this man the Gipper (George Gipp) |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | MEDICAL HISTORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Dittrick Medical History Center in Cleveland, OH.) It looks more like an old-fashioned sewing machine, but it's actually a 1920 model of this device that records the electrical activity of the heart EKG (electrocardiogram) |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | WOODROW WILSON'S FOURTEEN POINTS $800: No. 14:
The creation of "a general association of" countries that became this body in 1920 the League of Nations |
| #7114, aired 2015-07-16 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $2000: In 1920 explorer & statesman Fridtjof Nansen headed this country's delegation to the League of Nations Norway |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | 1920s FICTION BESTSELLERS $400: The first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for a novel was Edith Wharton, for this 1920 bestseller Age of Innocence |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | 1920s FICTION BESTSELLERS $2000: He continued his Old West tales with "The Man of the Forest" in 1920 & "The Mysterious Rider" in 1921 Zane Grey |
| #7100, aired 2015-06-26 | REEDING $600: In 1920 this American Communist traveled to Azerbaijan & contracted fatal typhus John Reed |
| #7081, aired 2015-06-01 | HISTORIC MOTTOES & SLOGANS $2000: In 1920 his campaign slogan "Back to normalcy" helped him win the presidency Harding |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | GETTING HITCHED $800: 1920:
Zelda Sayre F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | FILE UNDER "Q" $600: Founded in 1920, it was named Queensland and Northern Territorial Aerial Services Qantas |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | THE LIBERTY BELL $1,400 (Daily Double): A bell replica toured the U.S. in 1915 with the clapper chained; it rang at last in 1920 to celebrate this event women's suffrage |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | SCULPTURE $400: In 1920 Alexander Rodchenko created one of the first of these hanging kinetic sculptures a mobile |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows three U.S. maps on the monitor.) On maps from 1920, 1976 & 2012 representing this 2-word system laid out in the Constitution, you can see the nation's political landscape change the Electoral College |
| #6985, aired 2015-01-16 | "DOWN" & "OUT" $1000: In 1920 H.G. Wells turned to nonfiction & published one of these "of History" an outline |
| #6980, aired 2015-01-09 | ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $1200: Name of the 1920 amphitheater seen here, or of the day that's one of the three each year when it's filled for a service Memorial Amphitheater |
| #6977, aired 2015-01-06 | NO. 1 BESTSELLERS IN THE ZERO YEARS $1200: 1920: "The Man of the Forest" created by this "Purple Sage" author prefers the company of bears to people Zane Grey |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | SEE HOW THEY RAN $200: In his younger days, this then-vice-presidential candidate walked a 1920 parade route with running mate James Cox Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #6933, aired 2014-11-05 | HISTORICAL QUOTATIONS $1600: "The Italian proletariat needs a blood bath for its force to be renewed", wrote this man in a 1920 editorial Mussolini |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME $400: In 1969 MLB adopted its first new statistic since 1920, this one for relief pitchers saves |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | HOLIDAY $200: By around 1920 Alvan Fuller, a dealer of these, was using Presidents' Day as an excuse for a sale cars |
| #6881, aired 2014-07-14 | MICKEYPEDIA $1600: Born Joe Yule Jr. in 1920, he briefly changed his name to Mickey McGuire before settling on this stage name Mickey Rooney |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | WILDLIFE $2000: This bloodsucking eel-like fish arrived in Lake Erie around 1920; within 25 years all the Great Lakes were infested a lamprey |
| #6856, aired 2014-06-09 | NOVELS & NOVELISTS $400: Thomas Paine wrote "The Age of Reason"; Edith Wharton wrote this 1920 satire of social life in 1870s New York City The Age of Innocence |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $1200: This man, who helped found the ACLU in 1920, must have said, "Hot dog!" after taking the bench 19 years later (Felix) Frankfurter |
| #6790, aired 2014-03-07 | TELL US WHAT HE'S WON! $800: 1920:
W.E.B. Du Bois medaled as winner No. 6 the Spingarn Medal |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | THE PALACE OF NATIONS $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew comes to us from behind a lectern at the Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.) The first session of this former global organization was held in November, 1920, here in Geneva; in 1936 the Palace of Nations was built to house it, but it was already becoming irrelevant the League of Nations |
| #6759, aired 2014-01-23 | FLAKES $1600: In 1920 this British chocolatier introduced its flake candy bar, the "crumbliest flakiest chocolate" Cadbury |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | LITERARY BYWAYS $800: Sinclair Lewis' first critical & commercial success, this 1920 novel satirized small-town small-mindedness Main Street |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES $700 (Daily Double): Socialist party,
1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 & 1920 Eugene Debs |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | INFLUENTIAL WRITING $600: In 1920 English readers could tackle Einstein's "Relativity:" these 2 theories, "A Popular Exposition" Special and General |
| #6653, aired 2013-07-17 | AUTHOR-IZED BIOGRAPHIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Born in Hell's Kitchen in 1920 to immigrants from Naples, he said, "I never met a real...gangster" Mario Puzo |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $600: These adhesive items from Johnson & Johnson first appeared in 1920; they were 3 inches wide & 18 inches long Band-Aids |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $800: Born in Russia in 1920; died some 500 books & 72 years later in New York City Isaac Asimov |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | IT'S SECRET, DON'T TELL ANYONE $1200: A March 31, 1920 L.A. Times headline said, this adorable actress "and Douglas Fairbanks Are Secretly Married" Mary Pickford |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: On Nov. 18, 1920 Syrian Protestant College became the American University of this capital--be careful here Beirut, Lebanon |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | STOPS $400: In 1920 the first 4-way 3-color one of these was placed at Woodward & Michigan Avenues in Detroit stop light (a traffic light accepted) |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | AMERICAN YEARBOOK $200: In 1920 the 19th Amendment gave this group the right to vote women |
| #6377, aired 2012-05-15 | GREAT AMERICAN WOMEN $1200: In 1920 this "Round Table" wit was fired as drama critic for Vanity Fair: they said her reviews were too harsh Dorothy Parker |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | THE ACLU $400: In 1920 the ACLU was born out of an earlier group focused on the civil liberties of conscientious objectors to this World War I |
| #6354, aired 2012-04-12 | REVOLUTION $200: Zapata & Villa were part of this country's revolution of 1910-1920, said to have claimed a million lives Mexico |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | FIRST LADY FIRSTS $800: Casting her vote in 1920, she was the first First Lady who was able to vote for her husband (Florence) Harding |
| #6313, aired 2012-02-15 | "PER"-FECT $1000: Some pushed this soldier as a presidential possibility in 1920 (John J.) Pershing |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | ASIA $4,000 (Daily Double): The only U.S. mint ever outside the continental U.S. was opened in 1920 in this Asian country, then a U.S. colony the Philippines |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | LATE MAN $800: Morrie Yohai, 1920-2010, "sketched" out the idea for these puffy cheese-flavored snacks Cheez Doodles |
| #6203, aired 2011-07-27 | QUOTATIONS FROM BARTLETT'S $800: A 1920 Robert Frost poem begins, "Some say the world will end in" this, "some say in ice" fire |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | HINDSIGHT IS 1920 $200: You could have elected James Cox president instead of this opponent, who turned out to be ineffectual (Warren G.) Harding |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | HINDSIGHT IS 1920 $400: Boston baseball fans would love to go back & undo the Jan. 3, 1920 sale of this man to the Yankees Babe Ruth |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | HINDSIGHT IS 1920 $600: Some say the Jones Act of 1920, meant to help U.S. shipping, slowed cleanup of this mess that began in April 2010 the Gulf Oil Spill |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | HINDSIGHT IS 1920 $800: This country, once scheduled to host the canceled 1916 Olympics, was not invited to the 1920 Games; too bad Germany |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | HINDSIGHT IS 1920 $1000: The Russians should have reckoned with Marshal Pilsudski before fighting with this, his country Poland |
| #6172, aired 2011-06-14 | HISTORICAL QUOTATIONS $400: In 1920 he said that "Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country" Lenin |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | LET'S VISIT OTTAWA $200: This Canadian federal police force moved its headquarters to Ottawa in 1920 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| #6143, aired 2011-05-04 | REED-ING $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1920 American communist & author John Reed died of typhus in this foreign capital Moscow |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | AN AUTHOR IS BORN $400: This American sci fi author started looking into the future in Petrovichi, Russia on Jan. 2, 1920 Asimov |
| #6118, aired 2011-03-30 | 3-LETTER ABBREV. $1000: Organization founded by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1920:
LWV the League of Women Voters |
| #6055, aired 2010-12-31 | A YEAR ENDING IN 0 $600: Babe Ruth begins playing for the Yankees 1920 |
| #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 |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: This "Union" was formed in 1920 because the Supreme Court wasn't upholding free speech claims the ACLU |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | A NATION DIVIDED $1000: "An act to provide for the better government of" this island divided it in 2 in 1920 Ireland |
| #5961, aired 2010-07-12 | 1920s LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1920 he published "Glinda of Oz", a story about the impending war between the Flatheads & the Skeeters L. Frank Baum |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACHES $1000: Phog Allen
(1920-1956) the University of Kansas |
| #5884, aired 2010-03-25 | THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS $800: In March 1920 the U.S. Senate did not ratify this treaty that created the League of Nations the Treaty of Versailles |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | BIOGRAPHIES $200: A book about this author is called "The Far Side of Paradise", a reference to his 1920 novel Fitzgerald |
| #5799, aired 2009-11-26 | BORN & DIED $200: Be-bopped into the world Aug. 29, 1920; found the joy of sax & flew away March 12, 1955 Charlie Parker |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | NAME THAT GAME $600: This 2-team rope competition was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1920 tug of war |
| #5776, aired 2009-10-26 | I THINK I LOVE HUGH $1200: If you could talk to the animals, maybe you would have created Dr. Dolittle, but he beat you to it in 1920 Hugh Lofting |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT $800 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.) This British company that only existed from 1912 to 1920 produced planes called the Baby, Strutter, Pup &, most famously, the Camel Sopwith |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | FOUNDERS $1000: To support the Bill of Rights, Roger Baldwin co-founded this group in NYC in 1920 the ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union) |
| #5485, aired 2008-06-13 | HERSHEY vs. NESTLE $800: Now a Hershey's product, Mounds was introduced in 1920; this nutty counterpart didn't appear until 1946 Almond Joy |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | HOTEL $400: Opened in 1920, the 535-room Drake Hotel offers gorgeous views of this city's Lake Shore Drive Chicago |
| #5442, aired 2008-04-15 | APRIL 15: DAY OF DOOM $1000: An alleged double murder during an alleged robbery was allegedly done by these 2 Italian Americans April 15, 1920 Sacco & Vanzetti |
| #5439, aired 2008-04-10 | IT'S ALL ABOUT "U" $800: In the 5th inning of a 1920 World Series game, Bill Wambsganss pulled off this kind of triple play an unassisted triple play |
| #5424, aired 2008-03-20 | MILKING COWS $800: Possum Sweetheart was one contented cow, producing 37,381 lbs. of milk for this company in 1920 alone Carnation |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | COMMON BONDS $1000: Farmer Hoggett,
Paul Bunyan,
the 1920 Yankees things with a Babe |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | FIRSTS $2,000 (Daily Double): The first meeting of this international assembly convened November 15, 1920 the League of Nations |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | THE SILENT SCREEN $800: In 1920, at the age of 27, this actress known as "America's Sweetheart" played a girl of 12 in "Pollyanna" Mary Pickford |
| #5392, aired 2008-02-05 | SCIENCE GUYS $1200: In 1920, he was named director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen (Niels) Bohr |
| #5387, aired 2008-01-29 | JUST PLANE FUN $1200: In 1920 Aeromarine West Indies Airways began the first intl. passenger service, Key West to this world capital Havana |
| #5377, aired 2008-01-15 | LANDING AT JFK $600: Now at Terminal 4, this company's first flight, from Amsterdam to London on May 17, 1920, was letter perfect KLM |
| #5368, aired 2008-01-02 | THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY $800: This singer made the list with his 1920 recording of "Swanee" Al Jolson |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | BRANDED $1600: In 1920 the U.S. Post Office approved this Connecticut company's postage meter Pitney Bowes |
| #5344, aired 2007-11-29 | DA PLANE! DA PLANE! $200: The first commercial plane flights out of the U.S. were in 1920 between Key West & this nearby country Cuba |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | NERDVANA $800: (Alex shills for Sony.) The 70-inch Sony Bravia HDTV has almost twice the current color range & a 1920 x 1080 resolution, for a total of over two million of these tiny units pixels |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | THE HISTORY OF CANDY $400: Peter Paul's 1st candy bar was the Konabar; its 2nd, in 1920, was this chocolate & coconut bar, still popular today Mounds |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | AT THE PLAYGROUND $1000: In 1920 Sebastian Hinton invented a "climbing apparatus" to provide "a kind of forest top"; we know it as this a jungle gym (monkey bars accepted) |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | U.S. HISTORY $800: It's the period, 1920 to 1933, when alcoholic beverages were illegal Prohibition |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | "GOO"GLE $800: The name of these ice cream bars invented in 1920 implies that they'll actually improve your temperament Good Humor |
| #5271, aired 2007-07-09 | THE NEW YORK TIMES PHOTOGRAPHY $1000: Seen here is landmark in 1920; the dedication would not come until 2 years later the Lincoln Memorial |
| #5271, aired 2007-07-09 | BORN TO BE KING $2000: Cairo, Egypt
1920 Farouk |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | LEAGUES $400: In March 1920 the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles, which would have made the U.S. a member of this the League of Nations |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | LEAGUES $1,000 (Daily Double): This organization was founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt as an outgrowth of the women's suffrage movement the League of Women Voters |
| #5244, aired 2007-05-31 | PRESIDENTIAL POLITICAL PARTIES $400: Warren G. Harding,
1920 the Republican Party |
| #5233, aired 2007-05-16 | MAY 16, A DAY TO REMEMBER $400: 489 years after her death, this woman becomes a saint when Pope Benedict XV canonizes her May 16, 1920 Joan of Arc |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | ROCK $3,000 (Daily Double): The Colonial Dames donated an elegant portico that was erected around this rock in 1920 Plymouth Rock |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | WORLD HISTORY $800: More than a million died in this country's civil war that ended with the death of Carranza in 1920 Mexico |
| #5195, aired 2007-03-23 | ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB $1200: Born in Ukraine in 1920, this American violin virtuoso led a '60s fight to save Carnegie Hall from demolition Isaac Stern |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | THE BOOK OF RUTH $600: To help the team's owner pay off debts, this team sold Ruth to the Yankees in 1920 the Boston Red Sox |
| #5152, aired 2007-01-23 | THE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS $800: From 1920 to 1932 this country's Paavo Nurmi set more than 20 world records in distances from 1,500 to 20,000 M Finland |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | SPORTS BARRIERS $200: In 1920 he became the first Major-League player to exceed 30, 40 & 50 home runs in a season Babe Ruth |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | BLOOD SIMPLE $400: In 1920, King Alexander of Greece, bitten by a monkey, died of septicemia, also called by this 2-word name blood poisoning |
| #5103, aired 2006-11-15 | FUHGETTABOUDIT $600: Hoping to get on the Olympic team for this event where 2 sides pull on a rope? Fuhgettaboudit! Last held in 1920 the tug-of-war |
| #5063, aired 2006-09-20 | LEGENDS OF THE SILENT SCREEN $200: Known as "The King of the Swashbucklers", Douglas Fairbanks is seen here in this title masked role in a 1920 film Zorro |
| #5029, aired 2006-06-22 | NAMES OF THE 12 APOSTLES $200: Most popular U.S. boy's name, 1920 John |
| #5023, aired 2006-06-14 | ROYAL LITERATURE $1600: 1920: By Eugene O'Neill The Emperor Jones |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | SHORT FICTION $800: Fitzgerald's "Tales of" this alludes to the 1920s, but most of the stories were written before 1920 the Jazz Age |
| #4990, aired 2006-04-28 | UNREAL ESTATE BROKERS $2000: 1920:
Gopher Prairie Sinclair Lewis |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | APRIL FOOL'S DAY BABIES $2000: Born in 1920, he starred in more than 130 movies, including "Rashomon" & "The Seven Samurai" Toshiro Mifune |
| #4959, aired 2006-03-16 | WORLD LEADERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1920, 1922, 1926 & 1990 this country had a president with Chamorro in his or her name Nicaragua |
| #4949, aired 2006-03-02 | BEYOND $1600: This American playwright won 4 Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, including one for 1920's "Beyond the Horizon" Eugene O'Neill |
| #4925, aired 2006-01-27 | SHORT STORIES $400: His first short story collection of the Jazz Age was 1920's "Flappers and Philosophers" Fitzgerald |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | EPONYMOUS INVENTIONS $1600: Heard here, it was one of he earliest fully electronic musical intruments & was created c. 1920 by a Russian inventor the theremin |
| #4913, aired 2006-01-11 | JACKSON HOLE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew walks in the street of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.) Here in the "Equality State", Jackson was the U.S.A.'s first municipality with an all-female government in this year when U.S. women got the vote 1920 |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | BRING OUT YOUR DEAD $2000: This Russian jeweler died eggs-actly on Sept. 24, 1920 (Karl) Fabergé |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | YEARS $200: 20th century year in which America celebrated the tercentennial of the Pilgrims' landing at Plymouth 1920 |
| #4818, aired 2005-07-13 | BRAND NAMES $200: Johnson & Johnson first sold this brand in 3" wide, 18" long strips in 1920; precut ones came in 1924 Band-Aids |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | MUSIC ODDS & ENDS $400: One of the greatest tenors ever, he made his last appearance at the Met December 24, 1920 Enrico Caruso |
| #4779, aired 2005-05-19 | FRISKY PRESIDENTS $800: In an effort to keep his affair with Mrs. Carrie Phillips a secret, the RNC sent her on a paid trip to Asia in 1920 Harding |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | RUNNER-UP RUNNING MATES $1200: His 1920 run with James M. Cox didn't end his political career Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #4620, aired 2004-10-08 | 1920s AMERICA $400: Harry Burt was the man who in 1920 created this famous ice cream bar on a stick a Good Humor (bar) |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | THE VEEP $2000: As Harding's running mate in 1920, he said, "One with the law is a majority" (Calvin) Coolidge |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: From 1920 to 1946 this Swiss city served as the seat of the League of Nations Geneva |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | INITIALLY YOURS $200: In 1920 he celebrated the birth of his only child, Christopher Robin A.A. Milne |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | THEY SOUND LIKE BEFORE & AFTERS $2000: King of the Franks from 768 to 814 covered in a 1920 Sinclair Lewis novel Charlemagne Street |
| #4508, aired 2004-03-24 | COLORS $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 opposing colors in the Wars of the Roses & in the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920 red & white |
| #4503, aired 2004-03-17 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: In 1920 Vahdah Olcutt Bickford published her method for playing this Hawaiian instrument the ukulele |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | FEMINISM $2000: The League of Women Voters was founded in this year in which women first voted nationally for president 1920 |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | A CANDY-GORY $400: This Peter Paul candy bar, coconut in bittersweet chocolate, has been around since 1920 Mounds |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | THE MAUREEN CORPS $1200: Born in Ireland in 1920, she appeared in several John Ford films, starting with "How Green Was My Valley" Maureen O'Hara |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | AMERICAN WOMEN $600: In 1920 Juliette Gordon Low retired as president of this organization & was given the title of founder the Girl Scouts (of America) |
| #4455, aired 2004-01-09 | GOING TO THE DOGS $600: In 1920 Pancho Villa retired to a ranch in this Mexican state that shares its name with a breed of dog Chihuahua |
| #4452, aired 2004-01-06 | THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DANE $1200: In 1920 this man became the director of Copenhagen's Institute for Theoretical Physics Niels Bohr |
| #4433, aired 2003-12-10 | PLAYWRIGHT $1600: He won a 1920 Pulitzer Prize for the tragedy "Beyond the Horizon" Eugene O'Neill |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | BLUES CLUES $200: Last name of Mamie, who had a 1920 hit with "Crazy Blues", & also of the better-known Bessie Smith |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | WE "LOVE" LITERATURE $400: (Video of Cheryl in Providence, RI.) This is the original 1920 manuscript of a horror story by this author, whose initials stood for Howard Phillips H.P. Lovecraft |
| #4373, aired 2003-09-17 | QUOTES FROM THE 1920s $400: In 1920 he said that "The Italian proletariat needs a blood bath for its force to be renewed" Mussolini |
| #4366, aired 2003-09-08 | HUNGARIAN 101 $1600: Hungarians call this land associated with vampires "Erdely" & resent losing it to Romania in 1920 Transylvania |
| #4366, aired 2003-09-08 | NAME THE DECADE $1,800 (Daily Double): The Gallipoli campaign results in half a million casualties the 1910s |
| #4332, aired 2003-06-03 | BIOGRAPHY $600: Turned on in 1920, tuned in to LSD in the '60s, dropped out in 1996 Dr. Timothy Leary |
| #4303, aired 2003-04-23 | HEIST-ERIA $1600: This duo seen here was executed in 1927 for robbery & murder at a Massachusetts factory in 1920 Sacco & Vanzetti |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | ACTRESSES $2000: She directed the 1920 silent film "Remodeling Her Husband", starring her sister Dorothy Lillian Gish |
| #4274, aired 2003-03-13 | GIRL SCOUT BADGES $600: The Signaller badge of 1920 required a girl to send messages in semaphore & this Morse code |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | PARROTS $800: The Carolina species of this small parrot was once native to North America but died out around 1920 parakeet |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | NAMES IN SCIENCE $4,000 (Daily Double): A brain disease is named for Hans Creutzfeldt & this man who also described it around 1920 Alfons Jakob |
| #4223, aired 2003-01-01 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: Warren Harding was this political party's victorious presidential candidate in 1920 Republican |
| #4223, aired 2003-01-01 | ROCKS & MINERALS $2,000 (Daily Double): Around 1920 plates of this silicon mineral were first used to control radio frequencies quartz |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | ORGANIZATIONS $1200: Since 1920 the organization known by these 4 letters has helped defend the rights & freedoms of our people ACLU |
| #4195, aired 2002-11-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1600: This university's original building, erected in Elko in 1874, became a hospital for indigents before it was leveled in 1920 University of Nevada |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: Rhode Island never ratified this amendment even after it went into effect on January 16, 1920 Prohibition |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | THE ROARING '20s $2000: In November 1920 pioneering radio station KDKA went on the air in this city Pittsburgh |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | NAME THE YEAR $1000: Beginning a long dry decade, the Prohibition amendment took effect in this year 1920 |
| #4165, aired 2002-10-11 | WORLD SERIES HOMERS $200: Game 5 of the 1920 Series featured a triple play & the first World Series one of these bases-loaded clouts grand slam |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | INITIAL REACTION $2000: This leader of Pan-Africanism received the Spingarn Medal in 1920 W.E.B. Du Bois |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | BASEBALL HISTORY $800: (Hi, I'm New York Yankees fan Rudy Giuliani.) The 1920 purchase of this Boston ballplayer for about $125,000 forever changed the history of the New York Yankees Babe Ruth |
| #4092, aired 2002-05-21 | JANUARY $400: The Treaty of this place, imposing reparations on Germany, took effect January 10, 1920 Versailles |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | HEARD OF HARDING $800: Elected a U.S. senator by this state in 1914, Harding became presidential material in 1920 Ohio |
| #4062, aired 2002-04-09 | USURPED IDEAS OF 3rd PARTIES $800: Advocated by the Socialist Party in 1916, this right was granted by the 19th Amendment in 1920 women's suffrage |
| #4024, aired 2002-02-14 | VALENTINO'S DAY $1200: A 1920 article in Scientific American exclaimed that this fireproofing fiber "makes life safer" asbestos |
| #3949, aired 2001-11-01 | FEMINISM $1,500 (Daily Double): Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby signed it at home Aug. 26, 1920; his wife & daughters must have been excited the 19th Amendment |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | LAST COMPLETE NOVEL $200: "Glinda of Oz"
(1920) L. Frank Baum |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | DISABILITY AWARENESS $500: The DAV, Disabled American Veterans, was formed in 1920 as the DAVWW, this Disabled American Veterans of the World War |
| #3915, aired 2001-09-14 | PROFESSORS $500: He advanced his behaviorist view as a Johns Hopkins psych prof from 1908 to 1920 John B. Watson |
| #3915, aired 2001-09-14 | WHEN WAS THAT, BORIS? $800: In this year, 3 years after the Revolution began, the Bolsheviks decisively defeated their rivals, the Whites 1920 |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS $600: Later president, in 1920 he lost as a U.S. vice presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| #3871, aired 2001-06-04 | NO LONGER AN OLYMPIC SPORT $1,700 (Daily Double): Last won by Great Britain in 1920, this team sport required moving the opposing team 6 feet forward Tug of War |
| #3844, aired 2001-04-26 | PRESIDENTS $400: This word became forever linked with Warren Harding when he mispronounced the word "normality" in a 1920 speech Normalcy |
| #3832, aired 2001-04-10 | CONVENTION-AL WISDOM $300: This phrase for a "room" where candidates are picked emerged from the 1920 convention that nominated Harding "Smoke-filled" room |
| #3811, aired 2001-03-12 | ARCHITECTS $1000: From 1920 to 1925 he & French painter Amedee Ozenfant edited L'Esprit Nouveau, an avant-garde magazine Le Corbusier |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | STARDUST $200: Known as Hoba & weighing 60 tons, the largest single known one of these was discovered in Africa in 1920 Meteorite |
| #3793, aired 2001-02-14 | ON VALENTINE'S DAY $500: Valentine's Day events in this U.S. city include a 1929 massacre & the 1920 founding of the League of Women Voters Chicago |
| #3780, aired 2001-01-26 | MARRY MARY $600: In 1920 he married the Mary who was "America's Sweetheart" Douglas Fairbanks |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | THE CANDY COUNTER $100: While the Mounds bar was introduced in 1920, this nutty counterpart didn't appear until 1946 Almond Joy |
| #3768, aired 2001-01-10 | SCANDALOUS WOMEN $600: During his 1920 presidential campaign, a big payoff kept Carrie Phillips quiet about her affair with him Warren G. Harding |
| #3754, aired 2000-12-21 | GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING $1000: February 11, 1920
Cairo King Farouk |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES $800: 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920:
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs |
| #3723, aired 2000-11-08 | HISTORY $400: On November 15, 1920 the League of Nations held its first meeting in this city Geneva |
| #3718, aired 2000-11-01 | HE'S THE COACH $500: Chicago Bears, 1920-1967 (with a few breaks) George Halas |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | JOHN BOY $600: He went from working in a coal mine, working up, up, up to become UMW president from 1920 to 1960 John L. Lewis |
| #3678, aired 2000-09-06 | KLM $200: The oldest continuously operating airline, KLM began service between this city & London May 17, 1920 Amsterdam |
| #3612, aired 2000-04-25 | A "HOUSE" OF LITERATURE $1000: First produced in 1920, this Shaw comedy takes place in the unconventional home of elderly Capt. Shotover Heartbreak House |
| #3605, aired 2000-04-14 | PLAYING DUMB $500: 1920's "The Saphead" was the first feature starring this stone-faced comic Buster Keaton |
| #3604, aired 2000-04-13 | ROUND FOOD $300: Since 1920 the Purdys have been raising these nuts on a Molokai farm Macadamia nuts |
| #3603, aired 2000-04-12 | TALKIN' BASEBALL $400: Though this pitch was banned in 1920, 17 pitchers were allowed to keep using it; the last was Burleigh Grimes in 1934 Spitball |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | OH WHAT A YEAR! $200: Pope John Paul II born, Prohibition takes effect, Harding wins the presidency 1920 |
| #3544, aired 2000-01-20 | ALONG CAME MARY $200: In 1920 she married Douglas Fairbanks & in the mid-'30s she retired from acting Mary Pickford |
| #3540, aired 2000-01-14 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1878 an amendment for this was introduced in Congress; its adoption didn't occur until 1920 Women's suffrage |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | DECEMBER 24 $200: This great tenor's last appearance at the Met was December 24, 1920; his first was in 1903 Enrico Caruso |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | THE 1939 WORLD'S FAIR $800: Pavilions included French, Japanese & one for this international organization that first met in 1920 League of Nations |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1920 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was taken in by photos of these taken by little Frances & Elsie fairies |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | THE ROARING '20s $800: Maybe it was the campaign song Al Jolson wrote that got him elected U.S. president in 1920 Warren G. Harding |
| #3434, aired 1999-07-08 | BE MY "PAL" $200: Under a League of Nations mandate, the British oversaw the affairs of this region from 1920 to 1948 Palestine |
| #3423, aired 1999-06-23 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $1000: In a 1920 poetry collection, she wrote, "My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night" Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | THAT'S MY RUNNING MATE $1000: 1920:
Calvin Coolidge Warren G. Harding |
| #3362, aired 1999-03-30 | TRIALS OF THE CENTURY $400: Despite a highly controversial trial, these 2 were executed for murders in 1920 at a Mass. factory Sacco & Vanzetti |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | NOVELIST-PLAYWRIGHTS $500: He was studying intermittently at the Univ. of Miss. when he wrote the 1-act play "Marionettes" in 1920 William Faulkner |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | THE MASK OF ZORRO $500: Antonio Banderas joins a long line of screen Zorros that began with this man in 1920 Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | POLITICIANS $600: In 1920, Eugene V. Debs, this party's candidate, ran for U.S. president from his jail cell Socialist Party |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | GIRL GROUPS $1000: Formed in 1920 this group grew out of the National American Woman Suffrage Association League of Women Voters |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | MARCH OF TIME $400: The U.S. voted against joining this organization March 19, 1920; today we're here & it isn't League of Nations |
| #3178, aired 1998-05-27 | NOT-SO-MAD SCIENTISTS $600: In 1920 this Dane became director of The Institute For Theoretic Physics in Copenhagen Niels Bohr |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | FIRST DATES $800: On Oct. 10, 1920 Bill Wambsganss caught a line drive & tagged 2 players for the first of these in a World Series Triple play |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | IRISH HISTORY $600: The number of counties assigned to Northern Ireland after the 1920 split six |
| #3123, aired 1998-03-11 | WHEN $500: These Americans got the right to vote on August 26, 1920 Women |
| #3068, aired 1997-12-24 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: Alexander Graham Bell's son-in-law, Gilbert Grosvenor was president of this scientific society from 1920 to 1954 National Geographic Society |
| #3064, aired 1997-12-18 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $300: Built in 1920, this school's Husky Stadium is the Pac 10's oldest football stadium University of Washington |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In 1920 the League of Nations gave this country a mandate to administer the territory of Namibia South Africa |
| #3051, aired 1997-12-01 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Led by Bill Tilden, the U.S. won this trophy a record 7 straight times from 1920 to 1926 the Davis Cup (tennis) |
| #3039, aired 1997-11-13 | ON YOUR TOES $1000: This Spanish cubist painter designed the scenery & costumes for the 1920 ballet "Pulcinella" Pablo Picasso |
| #3036, aired 1997-11-10 | ART $1000: In 1920 this impressionist, known for his water lilies, painted another plant, "Wisteria" Claude Monet |
| #3005, aired 1997-09-26 | INTO THE WOODS $300: Leonard Wood lost the 1920 Republican nomination to this man who went on to win the presidency Warren G. Harding |
| #2991, aired 1997-09-08 | BUSINESS NAMES $600: In 1920 Walter Bowes might have said "After You!" to this man when they made America's first postage meters Arthur Pitney |
| #2977, aired 1997-07-08 | COURT CASES $600: Founded in 1920, this organization has been involved with the Scopes trial & Brown v. Board of Education the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) |
| #2969, aired 1997-06-26 | WARS $500: After a 2-year war for independence from Russia, its city of Vilnius was captured by Poland in 1920 Lithuania |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | ODDS & ENDS $1000: Women's Equality Day, August 26, celebrates the enactment of this number amendment in 1920 19th Amendment |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $600: Born in 1920, this outspoken ABC newsman made the bestseller lists with "Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion" David Brinkley |
| #2932, aired 1997-05-06 | POTPOURRI $600: This airline was founded in 1920 as the Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd. Qantas |
| #2927, aired 1997-04-29 | LITERATURE $2,500 (Daily Double): He published "Flappers and Philosophers", his first book of short stories, in 1920, the year he married Zelda F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #2917, aired 1997-04-15 | 1920s FIRSTS $400: In 1920 Frei-Sonnenland was the 1st of these camps; in 1996 one staged a revealing version of "Jeopardy!" a nudist camp |
| #2888, aired 1997-03-05 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY $400: The 1920 Treaty of Tartu reaffirmed Finland's independence from this country Russia |
| #2874, aired 1997-02-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1920 this president signed legislation returning the railroads to private ownership Woodrow Wilson |
| #2840, aired 1996-12-27 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: From 1920 to 1939, this Lithuanian capital was controlled by Poland Vilnius |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $500: "Hey-Rub-A-Dub-Dub" is a 1920 collection of philosophical essays by this "Sister Carrie" author Theodore Dreiser |
| #2821, aired 1996-12-02 | SCIENCE & NATURE $500: In 1920 Betelgeuse in this constellation became the first star whose size was measured Orion |
| #2819, aired 1996-11-28 | EUGENE O'NEILL $400: In this 1920 play, a black American convict has seized control of a small island & becomes its emperor "The Emperor Jones" |
| #2774, aired 1996-09-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1920 this president sent 500 federal troops to quell a West Virginia mining dispute Woodrow Wilson |
| #2771, aired 1996-09-23 | INTERNATIONAL ACTORS $1000: Born in China to Japanese parents in 1920, he became the most famous Japanese film actor in the world Toshiro Mifune |
| #2760, aired 1996-09-06 | THE 1920s $200: The League of Nations met for the first time Nov. 15, 1920 in its new headquarters in this Swiss city Geneva |
| #2751, aired 1996-07-15 | THE OLYMPICS $200: At Antwerp in 1920, the Olympic flag debuted & these birds were first released as symbols of peace Doves |
| #2720, aired 1996-05-31 | THE 1920s $100: In 1920 the 1st transcontinental air mail route was begun between New York & this California bay city San Francisco |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: President Venustiano Carranza of this North American country was assassinated in 1920 Mexico |
| #2699, aired 1996-05-02 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: Pair accused of committing the 1920 payroll robbery of the Slater & Morrill Shoe Company Sacco & Vanzetti |
| #2616, aired 1996-01-08 | AIRLINES $200: Founded in 1920, it's the second oldest airline in the world, mate Qantas |
| #2601, aired 1995-12-18 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Partly to raise money for a Broadway musical, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold this player to the Yankees in 1920 Babe Ruth |
| #2601, aired 1995-12-18 | NOVELS & NOVELISTS $1000: Native country of 1920 Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun, whose 1890 novel "Hunger" made him famous Norway |
| #2599, aired 1995-12-14 | JOURNALISTS $1000: Born in Oregon in 1887, he was buried in the Kremlin in 1920 John Reed |
| #2586, aired 1995-11-27 | BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS $300: A 1920 rule banned only new pitchers from using this pitch, so Burleigh Grimes could still throw it The spitball |
| #2579, aired 1995-11-16 | WOMEN NOVELISTS $600: This "Gigi" novelist wrote "Cheri" in 1920 & "The Last of Cheri" in 1926 Colette |
| #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 |
| #2562, aired 1995-10-24 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $600: Commercial radio broadcasting began in America in 1920 with Detroit's WWJ & this city's KDKA Pittsburgh |
| #2557, aired 1995-10-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: John L. Lewis headed this union from 1920 to 1960 the United Mine Workers |
| #2542, aired 1995-09-26 | ART & ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1920 this Italian famous for portraits with long, oval faces died in Paris at age 36 Amedeo Modigliani |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | SPORTS $500: In 1912 & 1920 Hall of Famer Duke Kahahamoku won Olympic gold medals in this sport swimming |
| #2523, aired 1995-07-19 | ACTRESSES $500: This silent screen star directed her sister Dorothy in the 1920 film "Remodeling Her Husband" Lillian Gish |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1920 the League of Nations gave this neighboring country a mandate over the territory of Namibia South Africa |
| #2502, aired 1995-06-20 | SPORTS $400: In 1920, after winning 20 of 21 races, this "Big Red" thoroughbred was retired Man O' War |
| #2498, aired 1995-06-14 | THE 1920s $100: This type of mail service linked New York & San Francisco in 1920 airmail |
| #2498, aired 1995-06-14 | THE 1920s $500: This most populous Alaskan city was incorporated in 1920 Anchorage |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $100: The 1st machine to automatically make these was introduced in 1920; now we need an automatic dunker donuts |
| #2420, aired 1995-02-24 | LOST & FOUND $100: Found in 1920 in southern Africa, the 60-ton Hoba West is one of these outer space visitors a meteorite |
| #2417, aired 1995-02-21 | HISTORY $600: By a 1920 vote Northern Schleswig was transferred from Germany to this peninsular country Denmark |
| #2380, aired 1994-12-30 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Machine salesman Walter Bowes teamed with this postage meter inventor in 1920 Pitney |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | 1920 $200: The Saar region, now part of this country, was turned over to the League of Nations in February Germany |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | 1920 $400: In August this country led by Pilsudski defeated the Soviets at the Battle of the Vistula Poland |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | 1920 $800: This legendary tenor's last performance was in "La Juive" at the Met on Christmas Eve Caruso |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | 1920 $1000: Helen Keller was one of the people who founded this constitutional rights organization in 1920 the American Civil Liberties Union |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | 1920 $2,500 (Daily Double): In November he captured 404 electoral votes to Democrat James Cox' 127 Harding |
| #2347, aired 1994-11-15 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $1000: This American playwright won the first of his four Pulitzer Prizes for 1920's "Beyond the Horizon" Eugene O'Neill |
| #2344, aired 1994-11-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: On July 12, 1920 this Democratic president officially dedicated the Panama Canal Woodrow Wilson |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | FEBRUARY $1000: On Feb. 24, 1920 she became the first woman member to speak in the British Parliament Nancy Astor |
| #2316, aired 1994-10-03 | THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS $100: Try as he might, this President couldn't get the Senate to vote the U.S. into the League in 1920 Wilson |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | "AMERICAN" ORGANIZATIONS $400: From 1920-1950 Roger Baldwin was director of this legal group that participated in the Scopes Trial the American Civil Liberties Union |
| #2282, aired 1994-07-05 | THE ROARING '20s $200: To show how crazy things were at the time, Hermann Rorschach devised this test around 1920 the ink blot test |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | AMERICANA $800: You can visit this president's Dixon, Illinois home, where he lived from 1920 to 1923 Reagan |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | EUROPEAN CITIES $600: It's where the League of Nations met from 1920 to 1946 Geneva |
| #2231, aired 1994-04-25 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: Background for Dr. Kennicott in his 1920 novel "Main Street" was supplied by his father, a country doctor Sinclair Lewis |
| #2219, aired 1994-04-07 | THE 1920s $800: In October 1920 this country's King Alexander died after he was bitten by a pet monkey Greece |
| #2217, aired 1994-04-05 | COMPOSERS $200: "Transit of Venus" is a 1920 novel by this American composer who's better known for his marches Sousa |
| #2200, aired 1994-03-11 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $400: Oops! One of these was found in 1920 on the farm of Senator Morris Sheppard, who wrote the 18th Amendment a still |
| #2177, aired 1994-02-08 | MUSIC FESTIVALS $600: Since 1920 this hometown of Mozart has had a permanent summer music festival Salzburg |
| #2176, aired 1994-02-07 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $5,000 (Daily Double): After women gained the right to vote in 1920, he was the first president they elected Warren G. Harding |
| #2154, aired 1994-01-06 | THE BRITISH THEATRE $800: Paul Scofield & Vanessa Redgrave starred in a 1992 revival of his 1920 play "Heartbreak House" George Bernard Shaw |
| #2151, aired 1994-01-03 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: Under the 1920 Rapallo Treaty, most of the Dalmatian region became part of this country Yugoslavia |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | ORGANIZATIONS $100: In 1920 this youth organization held its first world jamboree Boy Scouts |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | CHAMPIONS $100: In 1920 champion swimmer Duke Kahanamoku formed the first club for this water sport in Waikiki Surfing |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | ORGANIZATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1920, after the 19th Amendment passed, Carrie Chapman Catt founded this organization League of Women Voters |
| #2106, aired 1993-11-01 | HISTORIC NAMES $500: This king was born in Cairo on February 11, 1920 Farouk |
| #2103, aired 1993-10-27 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: Helen Keller was on the 1st national committee of this constitutional rights organization in 1920 the ACLU |
| #2079, aired 1993-09-23 | KINGS & QUEENS $600: Constantine I of this country went into exile in 1917, was recalled in 1920 & was exiled again in 1922 Greece |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: In November 1920 this company's postage meter was first used on a first-class letter Pitney Bowes |
| #2072, aired 1993-09-14 | HEADLINES $500: This group "has first session. Empty chair is reserved for America", said the January 17, 1920 Boston Herald the League of Nations |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | FASHION $1000: Flappers of the 1920 popularly wore this tight-fitting, bell-shaped hat with a French name cloche |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | BRAINS $100: His writings include the 1920 publication "Relativity: The Special and General Theory" Albert Einstein |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | HISTORY $600: In 1920 the Permanent Court of International Justice was established with its seat in this city The Hague |
| #2056, aired 1993-07-12 | AUTHORS $400: He married Zelda the week after "This Side of Paradise" was published in 1920 F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #2053, aired 1993-07-07 | FAMOUS SPEECHES $1,200 (Daily Double): Addressing his followers in 1920, he said non-cooperation "is the inherent right of every human being" Mohandas Gandhi |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | POLITICIANS $600: This Alabama senator's uncle, "Cotton Tom" Heflin, served in the Senate from 1920 to 1931 Howell Heflin |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $400: In 1920 the Mexican government made this bandit retire but gave him amnesty & a hacienda Pancho Villa |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | AIRLINES $400: Founded in 1920, this oldest airline in the English-speaking world is owned by the government of Australia Qantas |
| #1997, aired 1993-04-20 | THEATRE $400: This Barrymore's 1920 run as Richard III was cut short by a nervous breakdown John Barrymore |
| #1969, aired 1993-03-11 | QUOTES $300: In a 1920 editorial, this future leader wrote, "The Italian proletariat needs a bloodbath" Mussolini |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | SILLY SONGS $400: A silly song from 1920 wondered "Who ate" these pastries "with Josephine when Bonaparte was away?" Napoleons |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | JUDGES $200: In 1920 club owners appointed Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis the 1st commissioner of this prof. sport baseball |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | SILENT MOVIES $200: Albert Roscoe played Uncas in the 1920 version of this James Fenimore Cooper tale The Last of the Mohicans |
| #1904, aired 1992-12-10 | INDIANS $200: In 1920 he was named first president of the American Professional Football Association Jim Thorpe |
| #1854, aired 1992-10-01 | RUNNING MATES $400: James M. Cox's running mate in 1920, he was elected president in 1932 Franklin Roosevelt |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | OHIO $800: In 1920, James M. Cox, an Ohioan, faced off for president against this other Ohioan Harding |
| #1841, aired 1992-09-14 | THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS $800 (Daily Double): From 1920 to 1939 the league helped administer this Polish port city Danzig |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $500 (Daily Double): In 1920, the same year this number amendment was ratified, the National League of Women Voters was organized the 19th Amendment |
| #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | WORLD CITIES $800: From 1920 to 1939, this Lithuanian capital was the capital of the Polish province of Wilno Vilnius |
| #1789, aired 1992-05-14 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: On November 15, 1920 this organization's assembly first met in Geneva the League of Nations |
| #1749, aired 1992-03-19 | COAL $1000: John L. Lewis worked his way up from the coal mines to be elected president of this union in 1920 the United Mine Workers |
| #1719, aired 1992-02-06 | FILE UNDER "Q" $100: It was founded in 1920 as the Queensland & Northern Territories Aerial Services, LTD. Qantas Airways |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | HISTORIC QUOTES $500: In 1920 he wrote, "Communism is Soviet government plus the electrification of the whole country." Lenin |
| #1697, aired 1992-01-07 | AUTHORS $800: He won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1st full-length play, 1920's "Beyond the Horizon" Eugene O'Neill |
| #1658, aired 1991-11-13 | OPERA SINGERS $600: This Neapolitan tenor made his last public appearance on Christmas Eve, 1920 in "La Juive" Caruso |
| #1645, aired 1991-10-25 | THE OLYMPICS $100: First used in Antwerp in 1920, the Olympic flag shows 5 of these on a white background rings |
| #1631, aired 1991-10-07 | THE 1920s $2,500 (Daily Double): On March 19, 1920 the Senate voted 49-35 to join it, but a 2/3 majority was required the League of Nations |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): The passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920 allowed this, regardless of state laws vote for women |
| #1595, aired 1991-07-05 | SPORTS $300: When it was first formed in 1920, this NFL team was called the Decatur Staleys the Chicago Bears |
| #1589, aired 1991-06-27 | OLYMPICS $100: In this event, discontinued after 1920, the first team to pull the other past the line, won the tug of war |
| #1587, aired 1991-06-25 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $800: In the 1920, this dancer known for her flowing tunics, went to the USSR where she married an unstable poet Isadora Duncan |
| #1547, aired 1991-04-30 | MOVIE TRIVIA $200: Tyrone Powers' sword in "The Mark of Zorro" was the same one used by this actor in a 1920 silent version Douglas Fairbanks |
| #1527, aired 1991-04-02 | LEAGUES $400: In 1974 men were allowed into this league, founded in 1920 to help women use their suffrage wisely the League of Women Voters |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This company introduced the Band-Aid to America in 1920 Johnson & Johnson |
| #1490, aired 1991-02-08 | THE 20th CENTURY $500: This pair was arrested for the murder of a shoe factory paymaster in 1920 & executed in 1927 Sacco & Vanzetti |
| #1454, aired 1990-12-20 | MODERN LITERATURE $600 (Daily Double): In 1920, at age 24, this author established his reputation with "This Side of Paradise" F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #1449, aired 1990-12-13 | DEMOCRATS $200: James Cox' 1920 running mate who was stricken with polio the next year FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | WOMAN SUFFRAGE $600: As a senator, he voted for woman's suffrage, & in 1920 was the first President elected when all women could vote Harding |
| #1423, aired 1990-11-07 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: She served as president of the Girl Scouts until 1920, when she was given the title of founder (Juliette) Low |
| #1422, aired 1990-11-06 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1920 Sinclair Lewis novel told the story of Carol Milford & Dr. Will Kennicott "Main Street" |
| #1419, aired 1990-11-01 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: John L. Lewis led this union for 40 years from 1920-1960 the United Mine Workers of America |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | THE ROARING '20s $600: When it took effect in 1920, Herbert Hoover called it "a great social & economic experiment" Prohibition |
| #1412, aired 1990-10-23 | CANADA $200: In 1920, the Mounties became a federal force throughout Canada & moved their headquarters to this capital Ottawa |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | N.Y. YANKEES $500: In January 1920, this team sold Babe Ruth's contract to the Yankees for a reported $125,000 the Boston Red Sox |
| #1386, aired 1990-09-17 | EUROPE $400: From 1920-39 this Lithuanian capital belonged to Poland Vilnius |
| #6, aired 1990-07-21 | ART $1000: Naum Gabo created a kinetic sculpture in 1920, but this artist is credited with the first true mobile (Alexander) Calder |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Founded in 1920 to defend const. freedoms, this group provided Sacco & Vanzetti's defense counsel the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) |
| #1341, aired 1990-06-04 | HERSTORY $100: She worked for the telephone company in 1920 to earn money for flying lessons Amelia Earhart |
| #1338, aired 1990-05-30 | PRESIDENTS $600: His 1920 Republican Party platform called for a "Return to Normalcy" Harding |
| #1264, aired 1990-02-15 | WORKS OF ART $400: A 1920 painting of a grim-faced couple with a pitchfork, standing in front of a farmhouse American Gothic |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $800: When elected in 1920, he became the 6th Ohio resident to become President Harding |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | THE OLYMPICS $200: Representing this country, Paavo Nurmi won gold medals in long distance races in 1920, '24 & '28 Finland |
| #1211, aired 1989-12-04 | WORLD CITIES $600: The Palace of Nations in this city served as the headquarters for the League of Nations from 1920-46 Geneva |
| #1209, aired 1989-11-30 | PRESIDENTIAL SONS $200: Dwight Doud was the name of this president's 1st-born son who died before age 3 in 1920 Eisenhower |
| #1205, aired 1989-11-24 | MARYLAND $600: Because it resisted this U.S. amendment from 1920-1933, Maryland became known as the Free State" prohibition |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | WISCONSINITES $800: A native of Ripon, suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt founded this org. in 1920 League of Women Voters |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | LEFTOVERS $500: This has been the official name of the Mounties since 1920 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| #1174, aired 1989-10-12 | THE SUPREME COURT $800: In 1920 future justice F. Frankfurter helped found this organization that champions civil rights ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) |
| #1170, aired 1989-10-06 | RUSSIAN HISTORY $400: In 1920 the Red Army finally defeated the anti-Communists, known by this colorful name the Whites |
| #1141, aired 1989-07-17 | NEWSPAPERS $1000: He used his paper "Negro World" to promote his "Back to Africa" movement around 1920 Marcus Garvey |
| #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 |
| #1098, aired 1989-05-17 | OXFORD UNIVERSITY $200: Oxford 1st admitted these people in the late 1800s, but they couldn't earn degrees until 1920 women |
| #1076, aired 1989-04-17 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: Urging public participation in government, it began in 1920 out of the women's suffrage movement the League of Women Voters |
| #1042, aired 1989-02-28 | PERSIA $800: On January 10, 1920 Persia became one of the original members of this group the U.S. wouldn't join League of Nations |
| #989, aired 1988-12-15 | ARTISTS $100: Diego Rivera led the great mural painting movement that flourished in this country after 1920 Mexico |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | HISTORY $600: This lawyer became the leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920 Mahatma Gandhi |
| #944, aired 1988-10-13 | U.S. CITIES $1000: The 1st regular radio broadcasts began in 1920 at KDKA in this city Pittsburgh |
| #926, aired 1988-09-19 | WINE, WOMEN & SONG $100: Winemaking in the U.S. all but died with the start of this in 1920 Prohibition |
| #847, aired 1988-04-19 | BASEBALL $100: In 1920, this man hit more home runs than any American League team other than his own Babe Ruth |
| #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 |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: In 1920, Chas. Nordhoff & James Hall moved to Tahiti where they wrote this novel about a real event Mutiny on the Bounty |
| #721, aired 1987-10-26 | INDIANA $400: About 1920, Detroit began replacing this city as the leading producer of automobiles Indianapolis |
| #577, aired 1987-02-24 | FEMALE FACTS $800: Ratified in 1920, the 19th Amendment gave women this right to vote |
| #562, aired 1987-02-03 | SWIMMING & DIVING $500: The silver medal in high diving in 1920 Olympics was won by a 13-year-old, Nils Skoglund of this country Sweden |
| #553, aired 1987-01-21 | LITERATURE $200: This 1920 S. Lewis novel aroused controversy & was burlesqued in 1921's "Ptomaine Street" Main Street |
| #532, aired 1986-12-23 | SPECTATOR SPORTS $200: Up through 1920, baseball fans could see this many games in a day for the price of only 1 3 |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | LEGS $200: This strong-arm man for 1920 N.Y. gangsters was nicknamed "Legs" "Legs" Diamond |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | 20th CENTURY ART $500: 1920 painting by George Grosz shows one of these machines Karel Capek named the next year a robot |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | MODERN HISTORY $200: In 1920, the U.S. Senate refused to ratify this treaty ending World War I the Treaty of Versailles |
| #437, aired 1986-05-13 | MEDICINES $200: In 1920, Abe Plough bought this aspirin co. & then invented children's aspirin for it to make & sell St. Joseph's |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | BASEBALL $1000: In 1920, Bill Wambsganss became only player in World Series history to execute this feat an unassisted triple play |
| #413, aired 1986-04-09 | THE OLYMPICS $300: Because they lost this, Austria, Germany & Hungary couldn't participate in the 1920 games the First World War |
| #412, aired 1986-04-08 | DOLLS $200: Cartoonist John Gruelle introduced this popular doll in 1918, & her twin brother in 1920 Raggedy Ann |
| #408, aired 1986-04-02 | TENNIS $500: In 1920, Bill Tilden became the 1st American to win this major tournament Wimbledon |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | ALL-"AMERICAN" $500 (Daily Double): Helen Keller,
Eugene Debs, &
Jane Addams were among liberals who formed this assoc. in 1920 the American Civil Liberties Union |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | THE 1920's $200: On July 1, 1924, U.S. Post Office began this service between N.Y. & San Francisco air mail |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | THE 1920's $400: "N.Y. Times" headline 12/7/21 announced this would be "a free state within the British Empire" Ireland |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | THE 1920's $500 (Daily Double): Hero of WWI, this field marshall became 1st popularly-elected German president in 1925 Paul Von Hindenburg |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | THE 1920's $600: Sons of millionaires who killed Bobby Franks as a "scientific experiment" Leopold & Loeb |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | THE 1920's $1000: Running for President from jail, this socialist lost to Harding, who commuted his sentence Eugene Debs |
| #375, aired 1986-02-14 | ROARING '20S $600: Setting 5 speed records in 1920 alone, sports writers dubbed this horse "Big Red" Man o' War |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | CANDY $600: For a 1920's promotion, biplanes used these to drop Baby Ruth bars over cities & towns little parachutes |
| #307, aired 1985-11-12 | PHOTOGRAPHY $800: Starting in the 1920's, Erich Salomon's spontaneous photographs inspired this term candid snapshots (camera) |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | BASEBALL $500: In 1920, Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman became only Major Leaguer to whom this happened in a game to be killed in a game |
| #292, aired 1985-10-22 | WOMEN FIRST $500: 1920's "Winnie Winkle" was 1st of these to feature a career-girl as central character a comic strip |
| #272, aired 1985-09-24 | MAGAZINES $500: In 1920, a "Popular Science" headline read, "Do We Dare Use This Power?" nuclear power (atomic energy) |
| #169, aired 1985-05-02 | DEMOCRATS $1,000 (Daily Double): Though later elected President, he was unsuccessful candidate for VP in 1920 Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #146, aired 1985-04-01 | POLITICS $400: Founded in 1920 as outgrowth of the suffrage movement, it now sponsors political debates the League of Women Voters |
| #109, aired 1985-02-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: The camel was appropriate 1920 symbol for the party pushing for this prohibition |
| #86, aired 1985-01-07 | THE '20s $600: The feuding Kentucky families whose war made news in 1920 the Hatfields and the McCoys |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: This canal's official opening was on July 12, 1920 the Panama Canal |
| #13, aired 1984-09-26 | BASEBALL $1000: To help their owner pay off gambling debts, the 1920 Red Sox sold him to the Yankees Babe Ruth |
| #1, aired 1984-09-10 | INVENTIONS $300: A 1920's hunting trip to Canada inspired Birdseye's food preserving method freezing |
