| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | SAFE MODE $1000: A guard posted to say, "Who goes there?" to possible intruders; here he is as the logo of a safe company founded in 1930 Sentry |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | DASHIELL HAMMETT $400: Hammett is famous for his 1930 novel about this coveted title object that was made by Turkish slaves in the castle of St. Angelo the Maltese Falcon |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | IMPORTANT DATES IN U.S. HISTORY $300: February 18, 1930: self-taught astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers this distant heavenly body Pluto |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAY, "BUSTER" $200: Harry Houdini was called one of these in 1930, half a century before Bill Murray a ghostbuster |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | BOOK TOCK $800: Published in 1930, "The Secret of the Old Clock" was the first mystery this teen detective solved Nancy Drew |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK $1200: A photographic plate taken at the Lowell Observatory on January 23, 1930, helped identify this object Pluto |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | SHIPS $2000: A space shuttle was named for this ship seen here, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's first research vessel the Atlantis |
| #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 |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS $400: An iconic 1930 image:
"____ Gothic" American |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | BUILDING, AMERICA $400: In September 1930 former governor Alfred E. Smith laid the cornerstone for this building that would top off at 103 stories the Empire State Building |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $800: A cut above, in 1930 Jacob Schick obtained a patent for an electric this a razor |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | A PRESIDENTIAL LAST NAME $400: Baseball's Mookie & Hack (who had 191 RBIs in 1930--you should know his last name!) Wilson |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | BLACK HISTORY $400: In 1930 "Don't buy where you can't work" was a slogan of this economic strategy vs. stores that wouldn't hire African Americans a boycott |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | WORD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Reviewing a murder mystery in 1930, Donald Gordon coined this inquisitive 3-words-in-one word for a detective story a whodunnit |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | ART-POURRI $400: In 1930 she did a series of 6 paintings of an oversized jack-in-the-pulpit flower O'Keeffe |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | THE REAL REAL HOUSEWIVES OF... $1,200 (Daily Double): ...New York enjoy this 1,046-foot Art Deco skyscraper designed by William Van Alen & built between 1928 & 1930 the Chrysler Building |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | THAT'S SO LAST CENTURY $600: In 1930 Clyde Tombaugh, an assistant at the Lowell Observatory, made this major discovery, later deemed to be minor Pluto |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | THE OFFICE $400: A platonic female best friend & confidante to a co-worker; it was the title of a 1930 book & movie The Office Wife |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: In this 1930 book with the refrain "I think I can", the protagonist is female & the unhelpful other locomotives are guys The Little Engine That Could |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | U.S. GOVERNMENT HISTORY $600: 1930's Smoot-Hawley Act raised these import duties... anyone? Anyone? By about... anyone? 20%, rattling Wall Street badly tariffs |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | SALT & PEPPER $1200: He was arrested after leading the 1930 Salt March, which protested British rule Gandhi |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | AVIATION $2000: He won the National Air Race of 1930, 5 years before he & Will Rogers died tragically in a plane crash Wiley Post |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | ESPN $1000: (Michael Eaves delivers the clue.) ESPN has brought you the UFC since 2019 & we cover it all, including this pre-fight confrontation that's now an essential part of MMA, but became popular around 1930 at boxing weigh-ins with fighters like Jack Sharkey the stare-down |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | FRANCE VS. AMERICA $2000: From 1925 to 1930 it was France vs. the U.S. in the finals for this tennis cup; René Lacoste was a star on the French team the Davis Cup |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | ORGANIZATIONS $600: FIFA organizes this quadrennial contest first held in 1930 the World Cup |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | ONCE UPON A NOVEMBER $1600: On November 2, 1930 Haile Selassie was crowned emperor of this country Ethiopia |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | THIS IS N-P-R $2000: A DuPont scientist developed this synthetic rubber product in 1930 neoprene |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | PENNY ANTE $400: Burrillville, Rhode Island is home to a penny one of these open since 1930, & some of the games do cost 1 cent arcade |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | 3's COMPANY $600: This "national" adhesive from 3M has been keeping things together since 1930 Scotch tape |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | FORE! NO, 5 GOLF MOVIES $1200: In 1930 he became golf's first winner of the grand slam; Jim Caviezel portrayed his "Stroke of Genius" in a 2004 film (Bobby) Jones |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: Created in 1930, the Order of him went to "Heroes of the Soviet Union" as the nation's highest civilian award Lenin |
| #8365, aired 2021-03-26 | THIS & THAT $1200: It was invented in 1930 by a 3M engineer & a few years later someone tried to repair the Declaration of Independence with it Scotch tape |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | NURSES $800: An 1951 Life Magazine piece on Maude Callen gave prominence to the combined job "nurse" this, created around 1930 nurse-midwife |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | A TRIP AROUND THE LIBRARY $400: Over in the kids' section, we'll read this 1930 book where the title transport says, "I'm not very big" but tries to help anyway The Little Engine That Could |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | PIANISTS, PAINTERS & PLAYWRIGHTS $400: Part of American nobility, this jazz pianist & bandleader established his "Mood Indigo" in 1930 Duke Ellington |
| #8257, aired 2020-10-13 | THE NOT-SO-ROARING '30s $200: In November 1930 the this of Tennessee failed; it was one of the first but wouldn't be the last a bank |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | GASES $1200: Trademarked in 1930, it's the name for gases used as refrigerants thanks to their low boiling points Freon |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | HISTORIC HOMES $800: You might recognize the Eldon, Iowa house seen here from this famous 1930 painting of a farm couple posing in front of it American Gothic |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | LITERATURE $2000: In 1930 this "Main Street" author became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature Sinclair Lewis |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | SPORTS HISTORY $600: This tournament was first contested in 1930 & won by host nation Uruguay, 4-2 over Argentina the World Cup |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | AND THE PITCH $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) A left-handed pitcher's curveball breaks downward and to the catcher's left. In the 1930's Carl Hubbell was a master of this kooky pitch that did the opposite, breaking right a screwball |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | CHICAGO $1000: Founded in 1930 by a successful Chicago businessman, this planetarium is America's oldest the Adler Planetarium |
| #8178, aired 2020-03-11 | A YEAR ENDING IN 0 $400: It was the first full year of the Great Depression 1930 |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | U.S. FACTS & FIGURES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) A Census Bureau map shows that, from 1930 to 2000, the population density of this Nevada county increased by more than 5,000% Clark County |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $1600: Western Air Express & Transcontinental Air Transport formed what would be this company in 1930, but it got absorbed by Am. Airlines in 2001 TWA (Trans World) |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | A HISTORICAL RHETORICAL $1000: Yo, France... between 1930 & '40, will it be worth it to spend billions of francs on this "Line" of defense? (it will not) the Maginot Line |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | PEN NAMES $2000: Since 1930, titles credited to this Nancy Drew author have included "The Bungalow Mystery" & more recently "Crime at the Chat Cafe" Carolyn Keene |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | UNTRUE DETECTIVE $600: Introduced in 1930, this junior detective heroine has more than 200 volumes that detail her adventures Nancy Drew |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | PIG LATIN $600: The OED defines this Pig Latin word as "no; not possibly" & has citations back to around 1930 ixnay |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | PIG LATIN $800: The "Historical Dict. of American Slang" defines this Pig Latin word as "to clear out" & has citations back to around 1930 amscray |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | HOW ANGELIC $1600: This German actress immortalized the song "Falling In Love Again" on screen in 1930's "The Blue Angel" Marlene Dietrich |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | ARTY FACTS $2000: This "Naked" Goya work was put on a Spanish stamp in 1930, but the U.S. Post Office refused any mail using it Naked Maja |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | CHILDISH BAMBINO $800: When Babe Ruth was told that his 1930 salary of $80,000 was more than that of this president, Babe said that he had a better year Hoover |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | LONG AGO, IN THE 20th CENTURY $400: Construction on this NYC landmark began on March 17, 1930; framework rose 4 1/2 stories per week, for a lot of weeks the Empire State Building |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | THE FIRST WINNER $200: In 1930 this competition kicked off as Uruguay triumphed 4-2 over Argentina the World Cup |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | MARCH ON! $1000: A 1930 march against a salt tax made its way to this sea on India's west coast, where marchers scooped up salt the Arabian Sea |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | LET'S PUT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES IN THE PICTURE! $600: Let's put him in the picture & make the man almost as tall as this Art Deco building completed in 1930 the Chrysler Building |
| #7873, aired 2018-11-28 | 5-LETTER WORDS $600: It has meant a tantrum since around 1930; decades later, people started adding "fit" a hissy fit |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | YEARLY BELOVED $600: Since 1930, the James E. Sullivan Award has been handed out by the AA, this "Athletic Union" amateur |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | SCIENCE $1000: First predicted in 1930, this particle with no charge goes through miles of matter without reacting with a proton or neutron neutrinos |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | IT WILL SERVE YOU WELL! $200: Murder by the butler in Mary Roberts Rinehart's 1930 mystery "The Door" helped popularize this 4-word cliche the butler did it |
| #7765, aired 2018-05-18 | SOCCER $200: First held in Uruguay in 1930, it's the largest single-sport tournament in the world the World Cup |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | VINTAGE CARS WITH PEDIGREES $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Nethercutt Collection.) The 1930 Dupont Model G town car, personally restored by J.B. Nethercutt over 18 months, was featured in the 1982 film "Annie" as the car of this wealthy character Daddy Warbucks |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | DOLL COLLECTING $400: To be called this term, a doll must have been made before 1930 an antique |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | YESTERDAY'S NEWS $800: Behind Gandhi is a throng of supporters in the symbolic march to the sea in 1930 to collect this salt |
| #7702, aired 2018-02-20 | ASTRONOMY $200: Discovered in 1930, this body has an estimated diameter of only 1,473 miles Pluto |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | CHIEF JUSTICES $1200: This man who led 2 branches of govt. in one way or another resigned in 1930 due to ill health & was dead a month later Taft |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | DEAD MEN TELL SOME TALES $1,000 (Daily Double): The Stage Manager says, "Doc Gibbs died in 1930", but a minute later the doc is chatting away in this play Our Town |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | WHAT HAPPENED WHEN? $1,800 (Daily Double): Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, it got a big demotion in 2006 Pluto |
| #7619, aired 2017-10-26 | RUINING THE RUMORS $200: Invented in 1930, these snack cakes only have a shelf life of 65 days--don't stock your zombie shelter with them Twinkies |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | STAT! $600: The Cubs' Hack Wilson, 1930:
191 these RBI (runs batted in) |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | PHOTOGRAPHY $1200: Lewis Hine's 1932 book "Men at Work" documented in photographs the construction of this NYC building in 1930 the Empire State Building |
| #7493, aired 2017-03-22 | LE RESTAURANT SPLENDIDE $400: For dessert we have le gateau éponge avec garniture a la crème, this Hostess treat introduced in 1930 a Twinkie |
| #7493, aired 2017-03-22 | BOLD GOERS $2000: In 57 days in 1930, 3 men crossed this "Quarter" in the Arabian desert; a TV ad shows a Range Rover doing it in 10 hours the "Empty Quarter" (or the Rub' al Khali) |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | THE GREAT DEPRESSION $1200: Americans forgot their cares with this household item that was owned by 40% of families in 1930 & 90% in 1940 radio |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | POETRY & BRIDGES $2000: "Bridge, lifting night to cycloramic crest of deepest day" is from his 1930 masterpiece "The Bridge" Hart Crane |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | ART & ARTISTS $600: This 1930 painting by Grant Wood portrays a fictitious farmer & his daughter American Gothic |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | LETTERS FROM WRITERS $400: To wife Zelda in 1930:
"If I have failed you is it just barely possible that you have failed me" (F. Scott) Fitzgerald |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | URUGUAY $5,000 (Daily Double): The first playing of this competition began July 13, 1930 in Montevideo; 13 countries vied, Uruguay won the World Cup |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | ANOTHER DAY OLDER $600: One more march... on May 12, 1930 he conducted the public premiere of his "Royal Welch Fusiliers" (John Philip) Sousa |
| #7396, aired 2016-11-07 | THAT'S OXYMORONIC $800: Laurel & Hardy had a 1930 short called "Another Fine" this Mess |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1000: A towering tale of the old west, "Cimarron" by this "Show Boat" author was the No. 1 book of 1930 Edna Ferber |
| #7331, aired 2016-06-27 | MARGARET ME $1200: Princess Margaret was born in 1930, 4 years after this sister Elizabeth II |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | IT'S A "SHAM" $800: In 1930 Dr. John Breck created what is said to be the world's first pH-balanced one of these shampoo |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | POP QUIZ $2000: In 1930 he left the Boston Symphony to become conductor of the Boston Pops, a job he held for 49 years (Arthur) Fiedler |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | U.S. FIRSTS $2000: Depicting the 5,400 stars visible to man, the USA's first planetarium was this one in Chicago that opened in 1930 the Adler Planetarium |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | ENGINEERING FEATS $400: The world's only intl. underwater automobile tunnel was completed in 1930 between Detroit & this Ontario city Windsor |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | THE FIRST CHAPTER $1200: 1930:
"Spade & Archer" The Maltese Falcon |
| #7188, aired 2015-12-09 | WORDS & PHRASES $800: This 3-word phrase at the end of Warner Bros. cartoons was first uttered in 1930 "That's all, folks" |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | BOTANISTS $1600: This Santa Rosa, Calif. botanist's "How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man" influenced the 1930 Plant Patent Act Luther Burbank |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | THE OLD SOD $800: Ireland's hospitals were largely funded by this horse-racing lottery that ran from 1930 to 1987 the Irish Sweepstakes |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | ALPHANUMERICS $5,800 (Daily Double): The first swine flu, identified in 1930, was caused by this alphanumeric virus; in 2009 it was back H1N1 |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | THE GREAT DEPRESSION $400: Leading into it was the 1929 stock market crash & the failure of 1,350 of these institutions in 1930 alone banks |
| #7064, aired 2015-05-07 | 3 CHEERS FOR THE BLUE, GREEN & YELLOW $1600: Marlene Dietrich is seen here in this 1930 film that made her an international star The Blue Angel |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | CHOREOGRAPHERS $1200: A trip to the U.S. Southwest in 1930 led her to create historical dances like "Appalachian Spring" Martha Graham |
| #6989, aired 2015-01-22 | NOVELS WRITTEN FAST $1,200 (Daily Double): As William Faulkner sat writing, it took him six weeks to come up with this 1930 classic As I Lay Dying |
| #6979, aired 2015-01-08 | THAT'S NO LADY $800: Marion Morrison's first screen appearance using this name was in the 1930 Western "The Big Trail" John Wayne |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | IT'S A MYSTERY $600: PC games like "The Secret of Shadow Ranch" let you solve along with this teen sleuth who made her print debut in 1930 Nancy Drew |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | AMERICANA $400: In 1930 Jimmy Dewar created this creme-filled sponge cake, which Hostess sold 2 for a nickel a Twinkie |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | TRADEMARKS $200: This 3M brand dates to 1930; it became "Magic Tape" in 1961 Scotch |
| #6906, aired 2014-09-29 | THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from outside the Chicago Board of Trade.) Chicago has long been the center of the American grain trade; in 1930, an aluminum statue of this Roman goddess of grains was placed atop the Chicago Board of Trade building to symbolize the city's agricultural roots Ceres |
| #6843, aired 2014-05-21 | THAT USED TO BE A THING $2000: Formed in 1930, this 3-letter airline got absorbed by American in 2001 TWA |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $200: Established in 1930, the highest national decoration of the Soviet Union was the order of this man Lenin |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | SAY MY NAME $200: In 1930 this Michigan businessman wrote a book, "Edison as I Know Him" (Henry) Ford |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | I AM THE DANGER $800: The Consumer Product Safety Commission warns, "Houses built between 1930 and 1950 may have" this "as insulation" asbestos |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | ELEPHANT HODGEPODGE $800: In a 1930 film he said, "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I don't know" Groucho Marx |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK $4,000 (Daily Double): A photographic plate taken at the Lowell Observatory on January 23, 1930 helped identify this object Pluto |
| #6752, aired 2014-01-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $2000: In a 1930 letter she wrote, "As an experience madness is terrific... & in its lava I... find most of the things I write about" (Virginia) Woolf |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | PLAYING LINCOLN $800: Walter Huston played Lincoln in a 1930 film, this director's first talkie D.W. Griffith |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | HISTORY OF CARS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California.) The 1930 Nash 482R had 2 spark plugs per cylinder, a top speed of 75 miles per hour, & one of these features, which was also known as the "mother-in-law seat" the rumble seat |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | OLD PAINT $400: His sister Nan & his dentist B.H. McKeeby were the models for his 1930 masterpiece "American Gothic" Grant Wood |
| #6691, aired 2013-10-21 | INTO THIN AIR $800: N.Y. judge Crater was last seen in 1930 getting into this vehicle; the driver is still saying, yup, this is a shortcut a cab (a New York City taxi) |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | WE PROTEST! $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) A 1930 march against Britain's salt tax spanning 240 miles from an ashram at Sabarmati to the town of Dandi on the Arabian Sea was a nonviolent protest led by this man Gandhi |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | HELLO! $200: This future flyboy probably took his first small step about a year after his Aug. 5, 1930 initial Earth entry (Neil) Armstrong |
| #6633, aired 2013-06-19 | ARTIFICIAL $1200: First produced in 1930, this long-lasting artificial rubber has a name that begins with the Greek for "new" neoprene |
| #6586, aired 2013-04-15 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1200: They were featured in the 1930 film short "Another Fine Mess" Laurel and Hardy |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | SKYSCRAPERS $400: In 1930 this art deco building at 405 Lexington Avenue in New York City became the world's first to exceed 1,000 feet the Chrysler Building |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | BANNED! $400: One of the first books banned by the Nazis was this 1929 antiwar novel made into a 1930 movie All Quiet on the Western Front |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? $600: This snack from Hostess, created in 1930; its inventor said it "was the best darn-tootin' idea I ever had" Twinkies |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | THAT'S A LAUGH! $1000: The 1930 film "Anna Christie" was promoted with she "talks!"; the 1939 "Ninotchka", with she "laughs" Greta Garbo |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | 1930s SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $1600: In 1930 astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered not only Pluto but Shawna, a main-belt one of these asteroid |
| #6458, aired 2012-10-17 | ASTRONOMY $4,000 (Daily Double): In March 1930 its discovery was announced at Lowell Observatory in Arizona Pluto |
| #6445, aired 2012-09-28 | FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS $400: An iconic 1930 image:
"_____ Gothic" American |
| #6424, aired 2012-07-19 | PHOTOGRAPHY $1000: Called the Vacublitz, the first commercial flashbulb was patented in 1930 & featured foil sealed in this gas oxygen |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | BORN & DIED: AUTHORS EDITION $3,000 (Daily Double): Born 1894, became Hellman's man in 1930, case solved for good 1961 Dashiell Hammett |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | THE GILDED AGED $1200: Born in Omaha in 1930, he's worth about $500 million for each of his 81 years Warren Buffett |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | PRESIDENT OF THE YEAR $1000: 1930 Hoover |
| #6349, aired 2012-04-05 | MURDER, SHE WROTE $400: "The Murder at the Vicarage"
(1930) Agatha Christie |
| #6317, aired 2012-02-21 | ACTS OF CONGRESS $200: 1930's Smoot-Hawley Act raised these to protect American farmers tariffs |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | RED BOOK $1600: This psychologist was unafreud to confront his own demons in "The Red Book", written between 1914 & 1930 & published in 2009 (Carl) Jung |
| #6234, aired 2011-10-27 | MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES BY YEAR $800: 1930, boys:
Like Goddard or Benchley Robert |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | LITERATURE $2000: This 1930 William Faulkner novel deals with the death & burial of Addie Bundren As I Lay Dying |
| #6206, aired 2011-09-19 | THE COUNTRY HE RULED $800: Haile Selassie:
1930 to 1974 Ethiopia |
| #6201, aired 2011-07-25 | THE DEFIANT ONES $400: He was in jail at Poona when Time named him its Man of the Year for 1930 Gandhi |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?! $400: On Feb. 3, 1930 I presided over the founding of the Vietnamese Communist Party Ho Chi Minh |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | A CANDY-GORY $1000: One of "Z" best candy bars is this one, crunchy peanut butter & toasted coconut, created way back in 1930 Zagnut |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | ALL "AMERICAN" $800: When Iowa farmers & their wives first saw this 1930 painting of a farm couple, many of them were downright angry American Gothic |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | TAINTED GOV $2000: Elected to the Senate in 1930, he refused to resign as Louisiana's gov. until '32, when his handpicked crony got the gig Huey Long |
| #6023, aired 2010-11-17 | WORLD RELIGIONS $1600: This religious movement was founded in Jamaica around 1930 Rastafarianism |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: Though it's named for a big state, this firm founded in 1930 makes a lot of tiny electronic stuff Texas Instruments |
| #5962, aired 2010-07-13 | LET'S BLOW $200: Fuel is streamed through a turbine with compressed air in this type of engine first patented in 1930 a jet engine |
| #5927, aired 2010-05-25 | ORGANIZATIONS & AWARDS $2000: Since 1930 the AAU has presented this memorial award for outstanding amateur athlete of the year the Sullivan Award |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | DISNEY DOGS $400: In 1930, he appeared as Minnie Mouse's dog, Rover; in 1931 he became Mickey's dog & was renamed this Pluto |
| #5901, aired 2010-04-19 | ART FOR ART'S SAKE! $200: Dentist Byron McKeeby of Cedar Rapids, Iowa was immortalized in this 1930 painting along with the artist's sister American Gothic |
| #5889, aired 2010-04-01 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: In 1930 Arturo Toscanini became the first non-German to conduct at the Wagner festival in this city Bayreuth |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | THE DIEDS OF MARCH $1000: This British statesman whose 1917 declaration supported a Jewish homeland died in England March 19, 1930 (Arthur James) Balfour |
| #5842, aired 2010-01-26 | OF THE FLIES $600 (Daily Double): The fruit fly named for this body of water was thought to be eradicated in the U.S. in 1930; oops Mediterranean |
| #5832, aired 2010-01-12 | FAMOUS SHAMUS $800: This elderly Englishwoman was in 1930's "The Murder at the Vicarage" & 1971's "Nemesis" Miss Marple |
| #5831, aired 2010-01-11 | THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING $400: In April 1930 the first 3 mysteries involving her were published & became an instant success Nancy Drew |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | SUPER 8 $400: In 1930 Harriet Fry was one of the original 8 "Sky Girls": today it's this 2-word job flight attendant |
| #5820, aired 2009-12-25 | TERMS OF ENGINEERMENT $1000: Georgia Tech's School of Aeronautics, founded in 1930, is now called the School of this engineering Aerospace Engineering |
| #5817, aired 2009-12-22 | "U" COUNTRIES $1200: Its national team won soccer's World Cup in 1930 & 1950 Uruguay |
| #5816, aired 2009-12-21 | CONSTANTINOPLE $200: Constantinople officially became this city in 1930 Istanbul |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | NATIONAL INQUIRER $600: Seen here is a young boy in 1930 wearing the national costume of this European nation of 10.7 million Greece |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | I'M GETTING "HORSE" $600: Nickname of the man who led the American League in runs batted in for 1927, 1928, 1930 & 1934 "The Iron Horse" |
| #5755, aired 2009-09-25 | PUT ME IN, COACH! $400: Notre Dame's football coach from 1918 to 1930, he had a winning percentage of .881, the highest in NCAA history Rockne |
| #5730, aired 2009-07-03 | ART SCENARIOS $400: 1930:
Woman with brooch; balding man with glasses, pitchfork; cottage in Gothic Revival style in back American Gothic |
| #5727, aired 2009-06-30 | THE PUCK STOPS HERE $200: After stopping a puck with his face in 1930, Clint Benedict became the first NHL goalie to wear one of these a mask |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | 5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN $1200: Born in 1912, this rocketry genius joined the German Society for Space Travel around 1930 Wernher Von Braun |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | BATTER-Y $400: The key to deep-frying these Hostess treats created in 1930 is to chill them before dipping them in batter Twinkies |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | GOLDEN OLDIES $800: "The Golden Age", with music by Shostakovich, was premiered by the Kirov ballet in this city in 1930 Leningrad or St. Petersburg |
| #5571, aired 2008-11-24 | SULLIVAN AWARD WINNERS $800: 1930:
Golfing Grand Slam winner Bobby Jones |
| #5570, aired 2008-11-21 | U.S. BUILDINGS $2000: Named for an automaker, this art deco skyscraper in NYC opened in 1930 (the) Chrysler (Building) |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $1000: In 1930 this "Main Street" author became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature Sinclair Lewis |
| #5555, aired 2008-10-31 | QUESTS $600: In a 1930 Sam Spade novel, everyone's on the hunt for this object that once belonged to the Knight's Templar the Maltese Falcon |
| #5545, aired 2008-10-17 | GREAT BRITS $1200: He penned "Cakes and Ale", a 1930 satire of British life W. Somerset Maugham |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | MILITARY MOVIES $400: 1930:
World War I trench warfare seen from the German perspective All Quiet On The Western Front |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Ginza in Tokyo.) Not much keeps the spirit of Tokyo down; this event in 1923 basically destroyed the city, but it was completely rebuilt in 1930 an earthquake |
| #5433, aired 2008-04-02 | MONOPOLY $600: In 1930 this man led a march to the sea to collect salt in protest of a monopoly by the govt. of India Gandhi |
| #5433, aired 2008-04-02 | IT HAPPENED ON APRIL 2 $1600: 1930:
He is proclaimed the emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie |
| #5431, aired 2008-03-31 | GENERAL INFORMATION $800: This "old soldier" was a general at age 38; in 1930 at age 50, he was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army MacArthur |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | HODGEPODGE $200: On a flight from Oakland to Chicago on May 15, 1930, Ellen Church became the first woman to work as one of these a flight attendant |
| #5387, aired 2008-01-29 | TALKING SHOP $400: King Kullen, which started selling groceries in an old garage in Queens in 1930, calls itself the first of these a supermarket |
| #5380, aired 2008-01-18 | PHOTOGRAPHY $400: "Men at Work" is a 1932 book containing Lewis Hines' 1930 photos chronicling the construction of this skyscraper the Empire State Building |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | THE BLUES $2000: As temptress Lola Frohlich, she sang "Falling In Love Again" in the 1930 film "The Blue Angel" Marlene Dietrich |
| #5362, aired 2007-12-25 | YE OLDE BIG APPLE $500 (Daily Double): Construction of the Empire State Building began in 1930 on the site of this hyphenated hotel that moved to Park Avenue Waldorf-Astoria |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | HISTORICAL ROLES $2000: George Arliss gained fame in 1930 after winning an Oscar for playing this British P.M. Disraeli |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | THE 1930s $800: As the depression hit Europe, this figure in Belgium went from 5.4% in 1930 to 23.5% in 1932 unemployment |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | TRANSFORMERS $1600: At first this city was called Byzantium, then Constantinople; in 1930, its official name became this Istanbul |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | FOR RICHARD $1600: In a 1930 article, this aviator & explorer wondered of Antarctica, "Is it a continent?" (Richard) Byrd |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | THE CATS IN THE HATS $400: The guy seen here, William Van Alen, designed this in New York from 1928-1930 the Chrysler Building |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | JACKSON 5 $600: This American artist moved to NYC in 1930 to study with Thomas Hart Benton Jackson Pollock |
| #5189, aired 2007-03-15 | QUOTABLE CINEMA $200: 1930:
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know" Animal Crackers |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | CARTOON FEMALES $200: This cartoon female seen here made her debut in 1930--she's lookin' good Betty Boop |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | LETTER MEN $600: In 1930 he directed his first talkie, "Abraham Lincoln", starring Walter Huston D.W. Griffith |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | MILES & MILES & MILES OF ART $800: He fronted the Boston Pops from 1930 on into the '70s Arthur Fiedler |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | MARINE BIOLOGY $1000: This Massachusetts village is home to the Marine Biological Laboratory & an oceanographic institution founded in 1930 Woods Hole |
| #5137, aired 2007-01-02 | WHAT A CHARACTER! $800: Sam Spade was a real bird brain when introduced to the world in this 1930 classic The Maltese Falcon |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | LAND ANIMALS $1200: In 1930, Noel Burnet opened a sanctuary for these eucalyptus-loving animals in Sydney, Australia koalas |
| #5059, aired 2006-09-14 | NO TIME TO TALK $800: In the 1930 Hays Code, "pointed profanity... however used" was forbidden in this medium film |
| #5038, aired 2006-07-05 | DESTINATION: PLUTO $2000: In 1930 he discovered Pluto; in 2006 some of his ashes were headed there aboard NASA's New Horizons mission Clyde Tombaugh |
| #5015, aired 2006-06-02 | ISN'T IT ICONIC? $4,000 (Daily Double): Grolier says this 1930 double portrait is "perhaps the most parodied painting in American art" American Gothic |
| #5014, aired 2006-06-01 | BINGO $2000: The first recorded use of bingo for charity fundraising was in 1930 at a church in Wilkes-Barre in this state Pennsylvania |
| #5004, aired 2006-05-18 | FAMOUS PAIRS $800: This felonious couple met in 1930 & ended it in 1934 Bonnie & Clyde |
| #4973, aired 2006-04-05 | BEASTLY LIT $800: 1930:
Bird is the word for Dashiell Hammett in this mystery The Maltese Falcon |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | HOORAY FOR CAPTAIN SPAULDING! $400: Groucho Marx played Captain Spaulding in this 1930 film adapted from a hit Broadway show of the same name Animal Crackers |
| #4952, aired 2006-03-07 | BRIT LIT $2000: He served up "Cakes and Ale", a 1930 satire of English literary life Somerset Maugham |
| #4951, aired 2006-03-06 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $1000: In 1930 Congress authorized gold, silver & bronze medals for members of his Antarctic expedition Admiral Byrd |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | FAMOUS WOMEN $200: This woman slipped a .38 revolver to Clyde Barrow in his prison cell in 1930, leading to his escape Bonnie Parker |
| #4909, aired 2006-01-05 | NATIONAL PARKS $1000: "The Big Room" is part of this N.M. cave system made a national park in 1930, 11 years before Mammoth Cave Carlsbad Caverns |
| #4861, aired 2005-10-31 | SPORTS LEGENDS $600: The USA's top amateur athlete in 1930, this golfer retired & helped design the Augusta National Golf Course Bobby Jones |
| #4844, aired 2005-10-06 | SCARFACE $200: Not exactly "Man of the Year", Al Capone appeared controversially on a 1930 cover of this magazine founded in 1923 Time |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS $200: Southwest Texas State
(class of 1930) Lyndon Johnson |
| #4826, aired 2005-09-12 | STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESSES $200: Hoover's 1930 address said this nascent disaster was partly due to world overproduction of zinc the Great Depression |
| #4815, aired 2005-07-08 | DEATH OF A PRESIDENT $800: His March 8, 1930 death occured a month after he resigned as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court due to heart trouble (William) Taft |
| #4808, aired 2005-06-29 | INVENTIVE MINDS $400: Around 1930 William Lear invented one of these for the car, marketed under the name Motorola a radio |
| #4795, aired 2005-06-10 | SALT $200: In 1930 this Indian pacifist marched 200 miles to the sea to protest Britain's salt tax Gandhi |
| #4795, aired 2005-06-10 | AFRICAN HISTORY $400: After being crowned emporor of Ethiopia in 1930, he introduced a written constitution & abolished slavery Haile Selassie |
| #4789, aired 2005-06-02 | ARCHITECTS $600: Completed in 1930, this William Van Alen skyscraper in NYC is in the art deco style the Chrysler Building |
| #4778, aired 2005-05-18 | NAME THAT DICTATOR $1200: The Dominican Republic
1930-1961 Trujillo |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | COLLECTIBLES $1000: Hang onto that sturdy c. 1930 glassware from this company's designers Vicke Lindstrand & Edvin Ohrstrom Orrefors |
| #4764, aired 2005-04-28 | ABOUT SCHMIDT $200: In 1930 Bernhard Schmidt invented the first catadioptric telescope that combined lenses & these mirrors |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | LIKE SHOW BUSINESS $400: 1930's "Anna Christie" was advertised with the line "Garbo" does this talks |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | FASHION, HEAD TO FOOT $2000: This brand of beret that dates to 1930 suddenly got street cred when L.L. Cool J. wore it & Slick Rick sang about it the Kangol |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: In 1930 this French statesman whose name is linked with Kellogg called for a European union Briand |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | CALM DOWN, YOU'RE HISTORICAL! $400: Yang Kaihui, the first wife of this leader of China, was executed by Chinese Nationalists in 1930 Mao |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | A SALUTE TO FLAGSTAFF $2000: Pluto was first observed in 1930 at this Flagstaff landmark that opened in 1894 Lowell Observatory |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | AFTER "AFTER" $2000: In 1930 the Motorola radio became a popular automobile add-on kit as this type of product after-market product |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $1200: This legendary Notre Dame coach (1918-1930) leads all coaches in career winning percentage with .881 Knute Rockne |
| #4621, aired 2004-10-11 | THE ADLER PLANETARIUM $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands outside the dome of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.) The first modern planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, the Adler, opened in 1930, about the time of this planet's discovery Pluto |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | BUSINESS $800: Founded in 1930, Publix is the largest & fastest-growing employee-owned chain of this kind of store a supermarket |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE TOWER $4,200 (Daily Double): Upon its completion in 1930, the Chrysler Building beat out this structure as the world's tallest the Eiffel Tower |
| #4568, aired 2004-06-16 | AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE $1000: In February 1930 illness forced him to resign as U.S. Chief Justice; he died a month later Taft |
| #4559, aired 2004-06-03 | PEOP"L" $800: This publisher thought it was "Time" for a business magazine so he founded Fortune in 1930 Luce |
| #4554, aired 2004-05-27 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $600: In 1930 former Standard Oil president Henry Folger founded one of these in Washington, D.C. a library |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | CATS $800: The Tonkinese breed developed in the U.S. around 1930 & is a cross between a Burmese & this breed Siamese |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | ASTRONOMY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1905 Percival Lowell began a search for this planet, which was discovered in 1930, 14 years after his death Pluto |
| #4525, aired 2004-04-16 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: The "wet" movement in 1930 wanted this amendment repealed the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | VIRGINIA WOOLF $400: This gathering of artsy types that flourished between 1907 & 1930 sometimes met at Virginia's house the Bloomsbury Group |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | 2 "Q"s $800: In a 1930 film John Barrymore played Capt. Ahab & Noble Johnson played this character Queequeg |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | COMPLETES THE FILM TITLE $400: 1930:
"All Quiet..." on the Western Front |
| #4457, aired 2004-01-13 | THE ART WORLD $1600: In 1930 Picasso created 30 etchings as illustrations for this ancient Roman's "Metamorphoses" Ovid |
| #4405, aired 2003-10-31 | YESTERDAY'S PERSONALITIES $2000: In 1930, this man became the last Emperor of his country Haile Selassie |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | MUSIC TO MY EARS $800: This contagious toe-tapper was a hit song for composer Harold Arlen in 1930 "Get Happy" |
| #4391, aired 2003-10-13 | WE'VE GOT STANDARDS $800: 1930 classic heard here performed by Rosemary Watson "I've Got Rhythm" |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | OPERA SCARES ME $1200: In a famous comic opera from 1930, this facial feature gets detached from its owner & "runs" away a nose |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | WELL, I'LL BE A '30s WORD $400: The Oxford English Dictionary traces this term describing a mystery tale back to 1930 whodunit |
| #4349, aired 2003-06-26 | THE GREAT DEPRESSION $1000: Some say the 1930 tariff named for these 2 politicians made the Depression worse & helped spread it overseas Smoot & Hawley |
| #4295, aired 2003-04-11 | GERMAN HODGEPODGE $1000: Defeating Jack Sharkey, this German won the World Heavyweight boxing title in 1930 Max Schmeling |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | ON THE COVER OF TIME $2000: He's seen here in 1930, the year he became emperor Haile Selassie |
| #4276, aired 2003-03-17 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $800: The golden type of this, now a common pet, was thought to be extinct until around 1930 hamster |
| #4249, aired 2003-02-06 | PAINTERS $1600: Grant Wood's sister Nan & his dentist Byron McKeeby were the models for this 1930 painting "American Gothic" |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | BRAZILIAN HISTORY $600: This dance was popular for decades in Brazil before achieving popularity in the U.S. around 1930 samba |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOU THINK $400: About German cinema:
1930's "The Blue Angel" is considered the country's first film using this innovation sound |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | OCCUPATIONS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle.) Aboard a Boeing 80A-1, Iowan Ellen Church became the first of these workers in 1930 stewardess (flight attendant) |
| #4121, aired 2002-07-01 | HOW ABOUT A REVIVAL? $400: In a song from 1930's "Simple Simon", it's the title rate of "A Dance" Ten Cents (A Dance) |
| #4095, aired 2002-05-24 | THE THREE STOOGES $1000: He was a member of the Stooges in their first film appearance in 1930, left, then rejoined the act in 1946 Shemp |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | THEY'VE BEEN BENCHED $5,200 (Daily Double): He resigned from the Supreme Court in 1916 to run for president & was reappointed in 1930 as chief justice Charles Evans Hughes |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | GREECE $400: Around 1930 Angelos Sikelianos tried to revive the famous festival of this town, "Navel of the World"--didn't work Delphi |
| #4068, aired 2002-04-17 | 1930-SOMETHING $400: In 1934 the man convicted of the Reichstag fire was executed in Germany with this French device la guillotine |
| #4068, aired 2002-04-17 | 1930-SOMETHING $800: In 1937 the FCC rebuked NBC for a program starring this lusty blonde Mae West |
| #4068, aired 2002-04-17 | 1930-SOMETHING $1200: There's no trial like this kind of phony trial, held for Grigory Zinovyev in the USSR in 1936 show trial |
| #4046, aired 2002-03-18 | BACK TO THE 1960s $200: Born in Georgia in 1930, he had a No. 1 hit with the future Georgia state song in 1960 Ray Charles |
| #4017, aired 2002-02-05 | MECHANICAL PROBLEMS $1200: Paul Dirac used math to describe subatomic activity in his 1930 book "The Principles of " this type of "Mechanics" quantum mechanics |
| #4001, aired 2002-01-14 | THE PLANETS $600: This planet was named in 1930 by an 11-year-old British girl, Venetia Burney, who won a "Name Planet X" contest Pluto |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | "PRIVATE" PRACTICE $1000: This Noel Coward comedy was first performed in 1930 with Coward & Laurence Olivier in the cast Private Lives |
| #3985, aired 2001-12-21 | THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO $1,800 (Daily Double): In 1930 Walter Mittelholzer took off from this "plain" in a plane to fly over the snows of Kilimanjaro Serengeti |
| #3961, aired 2001-11-19 | "I" OPENERS $600: Until 1930 it was officially known as Constantinople Istanbul |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: In 1930 Sears transferred this tire brand name to its insurance division Allstate |
| #3933, aired 2001-10-10 | DURING DiMAGGIO'S HITTING STREAK $500: Charles Evans Hughes resigned from this post he'd held since 1930 Chief Justice of the United States |
| #3909, aired 2001-09-06 | MAD, I TELL YOU! $800: This Warner Bros. cartoon series launched in 1930 was soon followed by Merrie Melodies Looney Tunes |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | HISTORY $200: Using photos he had taken the month before, Clyde Tombaugh discovered this planet February 18, 1930 Pluto |
| #3836, aired 2001-04-16 | GIANTS OF SCIENCE $800: In 1930 this originator of the quantum theory became president of the scientific society later renamed for him Max Planck |
| #3832, aired 2001-04-10 | NOTORIOUS $1000: This 1930's radio personality, seen here, was pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Michigan Father Charles Coughlin |
| #3822, aired 2001-03-27 | WHO PLAYED 'EM? $300: "Little Caesar"
(1930) Edward G. Robinson |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | PRESIDENTIAL DEMISES $400: In March 1930, a month after he retired from the Supreme Court, his funeral was one of the first heard on radio William Howard Taft |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | MAO, MAO, MAO, MAO $500: In 1930 Mao married He Zizhen, who accompanied him on this famous trek The Long March |
| #3709, aired 2000-10-19 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $500: The first group to sell a million records were these "Glow Worm" brothers with "Tiger Rag" in 1930 The Mills Brothers |
| #3707, aired 2000-10-17 | WOMEN'S RITES $200: One of the most lavish of these "parties" was young socialite Barbara Hutton's in 1930 a debutante party (or coming out party) |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | THE 1930s $300: In 1930 this company introduced frozen peas; only problem was, few stores had freezers Birdseye |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | THE 1930s $400: Daniel Guggenheim helped fund this man's 1930 move to New Mexico to continue his rocket research Robert Goddard |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: 3-letter word that begins the titles of all 3 Best Picture winners of 1930, 1949 & 1950 All |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | EARLS $100: Earl Browder, author of "Marx And America", was general secretary of this U.S. party from 1930 to 1944 Communist Party |
| #3618, aired 2000-05-03 | GREAT SCOTS! $300: This author was named chancellor of the U. of Edinburgh in 1930, a job he may have thought he'd never-never-land James M. Barrie |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | THE PLANETS $300: A 25-year-long telescope search for it ended with its discovery in 1930 Pluto |
| #3585, aired 2000-03-17 | BORN IN IRELAND $1,300 (Daily Double): Nickname of labor activist Mary Jones, born in Ireland in 1830, died in Maryland in 1930 "Mother" Jones |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | A COMMUNIST PLOT $200: His mausoleum in Red Square was designed by Alexei Shchusev in 1930 Lenin |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | THE CHIEF JUSTICE FILES $1000: 1921-1930 William Howard Taft |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $100: In 1930 this automaker co-wrote a book on Thomas Edison titled "Edison As I Know Him" Henry Ford |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | RIVER CROSSINGS $2,200 (Daily Double): Crossing the Sabarmati River was part of this leader's 1930 protest march to the sea Mahatma Gandhi |
| #3458, aired 1999-09-22 | CONNERY...SEAN CONNERY $200: Sean was born in this capital city in 1930 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| #3453, aired 1999-09-15 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: For centuries the Dutch could put out to zee on this North Sea inlet that was dammed around 1930 Zuider Zee |
| #3410, aired 1999-06-04 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $200: In 1930 Ellen Church was flying high as the first woman to serve the airlines in this capacity a stewardess |
| #3379, aired 1999-04-22 | "BIG" STUFF $500: A 1930 Wallace Beery movie or slang for a penintentiary, bub Bighouse |
| #3376, aired 1999-04-19 | MOVIE QUOTES $200: Classic 1930 movie in which you'd hear "Mother of mercy! Is this the end of Rico?" Little Caesar |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | THE 1930s $500 (Daily Double): Pope Pius XI's "Casti Connubii" encyclical of 1930 was largely a condemnation of this practice birth control |
| #3343, aired 1999-03-03 | BRAND NAMES $300: In 1930 General Mills introduced this mix to make biscuits quickly Bisquick |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | STATE CAPITALS $300: Now a museum, the old Governor's Mansion in this capital was constructed by Huey P. Long in 1930 Baton Rouge |
| #3339, aired 1999-02-25 | "ACK"! $100: A 1930 Marx Brothers film, or treats packaged in a box that looks like a circus wagon cage Animal Crackers |
| #3298, aired 1998-12-30 | 1930s AVIATION $300: On January 8, 1930 Walter Mittelholzer took off from the Serengeti plain to fly in a plane over this mount Mount Kilimanjaro |
| #3233, aired 1998-09-30 | UR IN URUGUAY $200: A top sport in the country, Uruguay has won the World Cup in this twice, in 1930 & 1950 Soccer (Futbol) |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | 1930S SCIENCE $500: The antielectron predicted by Paul Dirac in 1930 was found by Carl Anderson in 1932 & named this Positron |
| #3223, aired 1998-09-16 | STATE CAPITALS $500 (Daily Double): The old governor's mansion in this capital was built by Huey Long in 1930 Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| #3214, aired 1998-07-16 | 20th CENTURY INVENTION $100: 3M's Richard Drew invented it in 1930 to have something to seal the cellophane of food products Scotch tape |
| #3209, aired 1998-07-09 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS $400: Long before he was president, he taught debate & public speaking at Sam Houston High School from 1930 to 1931 Lyndon Johnson |
| #3175, aired 1998-05-22 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: In 1930 he led a march to the sea to collect salt to protest a monopoly by the government of India Mahatma Gandhi |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | MEN OF SCIENCE $200: Thomas Midgley, who put lead into gasoline, introduced this now banned refrigerant in 1930 Freon |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | LITTLE MOVIES $100: Edward G. Robinson snarled his way to stardom as Rico Bandello in this 1930 gangster classic Little Caesar |
| #3079, aired 1998-01-08 | ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS $100: His 1930 book "Little America" is an account of his flight to the South Pole Richard Byrd |
| #3070, aired 1997-12-26 | WOMEN OF THE WORLD $600: Iceland's first female president, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, was born in this capital city in 1930 Reykjavik |
| #2986, aired 1997-09-01 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: She started sleuthing in 1930 & in 1991 solved her 100th mystery Nancy Drew |
| #2981, aired 1997-07-14 | PULITZER PRIZE BIOGRAPHIES $400: Marquis James won for 1930 with "The Raven", a biography of this Texas freedom fighter Sam Houston |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | PEOPLE $300 (Daily Double): Clyde Tombaugh, the man who discovered this planet in 1930, passed away in 1997; he was 90 Pluto |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | ROYALTY $1000: Haile Selassie was the negus or "king" of this country before he was crowned its emperor in 1930 Ethiopia |
| #2934, aired 1997-05-08 | TOUGH STUFF $800: In 1930 he officially changed the name of Constantinople to Istanbul Kemal Ataturk |
| #2921, aired 1997-04-21 | ART $600: Peter Blume's 1930 painting "The Eternal City" depicts this fascist as a surreal green jack-in-the-box Benito Mussolini |
| #2914, aired 1997-04-10 | THE PLANETS $500: Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered this tiny planet in 1930 Pluto |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | 1930 $100: Travelling 171 MPH in a Lockheed Vega, she set a record for women January 15, 1930 Amelia Earhart |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | 1930 $200: These cream-filled shortcakes were introduced by Continental Baking Hostess Twinkies |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | 1930 $300: An underwater tunnel connecting Detroit & this Canadian city opened November 3, 1930 Windsor, Ontario |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | 1930 $400: Written in 1930, this Stuart Gorrell - Hoagy Carmichael classic is now a state song Georgia On My Mind |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | 1930 $500: In August 1930 this judge made headlines when he disappeared Joseph F. Crater |
| #2894, aired 1997-03-13 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Named for William Jennings Bryan, Bryan College was founded in this Tennessee city in 1930 Dayton |
| #2886, aired 1997-03-03 | AUTHORS $100: In 1930, 2 years after divorcing Archibald Christie, she married archaeologist Max Mallowan Agatha Christie |
| #2850, aired 1997-01-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Though elected to the Senate in 1930, this Louisiana governor didn't take his seat until 1932 Huey Long |
| #2837, aired 1996-12-24 | GIFTS $500 (Daily Double): The first of these structures in the U.S. was built in Chicago in 1930 with a gift from Max Adler Planetarium |
| #2767, aired 1996-09-17 | EXPLORERS $300: In 1930 Harriet Chalmers Adams' world travels took her to Ethiopia for his crowning Haile Selassie |
| #2766, aired 1996-09-16 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $400: In the 1st contest for this trophy, Uruguay beat Argentina in 1930, 4-2 the World Cup |
| #2765, aired 1996-09-13 | THE 1930s $1000: Ras Tafari became sole ruler of this country after the death of Empress Zauditu in 1930 Ethiopia |
| #2741, aired 1996-07-01 | INVENTORS $200: Creator of the wireless, he became president of the Royal Italian Academy in 1930 Marconi |
| #2738, aired 1996-06-26 | PRESIDENTS $800: In June 1930 this president signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act raising duties Hoover |
| #2735, aired 1996-06-21 | THE 1930s $800: He was appointed conductor of the Boston Pops in 1930 Arthur Fiedler |
| #2724, aired 1996-06-06 | ART & ARTISTS $600: In 1930 Jean Arp invented a new type of this, using torn rather than cut paper, randomly arranged a collage |
| #2677, aired 1996-04-02 | ART $800: In 1930 Grant Wood's reputation was established by a Chicago showing of this painting "American Gothic" |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | COINS $400: In 1930 Germany issued 3 & 5 Reichsmark coins commemorating the around-the-world flight of this airship The Graf Zeppelin |
| #2662, aired 1996-03-12 | LIBRARIES $300: The Library of Congress acquired one of his Bibles in 1930 & has displayed it in the great hall ever since Gutenberg |
| #2653, aired 1996-02-28 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1,300 (Daily Double): On Feb. 3, 1930 he retired as Chief Justice; 33 days later, he died (William Howard) Taft |
| #2633, aired 1996-01-31 | THE 1930s $400: In 1930 Hoover Dam was begun & this Grant Wood painting was finished "American Gothic" |
| #2617, aired 1996-01-09 | ODDS & ENDS $500: It was the original profession of the first group of women hired as stewardesses in 1930 a nurse |
| #2615, aired 1996-01-05 | ARTISTS $800: In 1929 & 1930 she completed a series of paintings of the Ranchos de Taos Church in New Mexico Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #2612, aired 1996-01-02 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $400: Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship over this nation lasted from 1930 until his 1961 assassination the Dominican Republic |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | JAZZ $600: This bandleader's "Mood Indigo" was first recorded in 1930 as "Dreamy Blues" Duke Ellington |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $800: In 1930 she created a series of paintings of a jack-in-the-pulpit Georgia O' Keeffe |
| #2566, aired 1995-10-30 | COOKIES & CANDY $200: Created in 1930, these original chocolate chip cookies are named for a Massachusetts inn Toll House |
| #2561, aired 1995-10-23 | THE 1930s $200: On Jan. 23, 1930 Wilhelm Frick became the first member of this party to take a ministerial office in Germany the Nazi Party |
| #2560, aired 1995-10-20 | SOUTH AMERICA $300: The first World Cup final was played in this Uruguayan capital in 1930 Montevideo |
| #2551, aired 1995-10-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: In 1930 this author dramatized her 1946 novel "The Member of the Wedding" Carson McCullers |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $400: July 4, 1930 saw the birth of this principal owner of the New York Yankees George Steinbrenner |
| #2529, aired 1995-09-07 | THE 1930s $500: In 1930 he became the first golfer to win the "Grand Slam" & announced his retirement Bobby Jones |
| #2526, aired 1995-09-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: In 1930 Charles Evans Hughes left the World Court to take this position in the U.S. Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | FOOD & DRINK $400: Ruth Wakefield, who created this cookie in 1930, eventually sold the rights to Nestle the Toll House cookie |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | WORLD HISTORY $200: On March 12, 1930 he began the Salt March in defiance of British rule in India Gandhi |
| #2479, aired 1995-05-18 | OPERA $600: In 1930 Arturo Toscanini became the first non-German to conduct this man's works at Bayreuth Wagner |
| #2472, aired 1995-05-09 | ASTRONOMY $600: In 1930 the IAU recognized 88 of these groupings of stars, including Orion constellations |
| #2446, aired 1995-04-03 | WORLD LITERATURE $1000: His 1930 novel "As I Lay Dying" is divided into 59 short monologues William Faulkner |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | BALLET $400: Set in Hungary, "Carnival at Pest" is a 1930 ballet danced to this composer's rhapsodies Franz Liszt |
| #2435, aired 1995-03-17 | PAINTERS & PAINTINGS $400: In 1911 this Spaniard painted "Accordionist"; in 1930 he painted "Acrobat" Picasso |
| #2402, aired 1995-01-31 | SPORTS $500: In June 1930 this German fighter won the heavyweight crown because of a foul Max Schmeling |
| #2389, aired 1995-01-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS $200: She introduced Miss Jane Marple in her 1930 novel "Murder at the Vicarage" Agatha Christie |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | INVENTORS $300: This founder of a Michigan-based chemical co. received over 100 patents before his death in 1930 (Herbert Henry) Dow |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | OLD U.S. COINS $600: On a very fine one of these coins from 1930, the full horn shows buffalo nickel |
| #2348, aired 1994-11-16 | 20th CENTURY MONARCHS $200: After his cousin, Empress Zauditu, died in 1930, he became emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie |
| #2347, aired 1994-11-15 | SPORTS $400: In 1930 this golfer became the first recipient of the AAU's Sullivan Award, as the year's top male athlete Bobby Jones |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: In 1930 the name of its capital was changed from Angora to Ankara Turkey |
| #2340, aired 1994-11-04 | AROUND THE KITCHEN $500: This company put its Mixmaster on the market in 1930 & sold 60,000 of them the first year Sunbeam |
| #2336, aired 1994-10-31 | THE 1930s $100: In 1930 Congress established this underground national park in the Southwest Carlsbad Caverns |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | FOUNDERS $1000: This Mass. Ocean Institute was founded in 1930 with money from the Rockefeller Foundation the Woods Hole Institute |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | AWARDS $200: In 1930 he was given a National Geographic Society medal for flying over the South Pole Richard Byrd |
| #2301, aired 1994-09-12 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: On Nov. 17, 1930 this golfer retired after winning the sport's Grand Slam tournaments Bobby Jones |
| #2295, aired 1994-07-22 | MODERN HISTORY $800: When he became emperor in 1930, Rastafarians hailed him as the living god Haile Selassie |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | MEDICINE $1000: Around 1930 Albert Szent-Gyorgyi & Charles G. King isolated this antiscurvy substance vitamin C (ascorbic acid) |
| #2272, aired 1994-06-21 | MANMADE STRUCTURES $100: Construction of this 102-story NYC structure began March 17, 1930 the Empire State Building |
| #2229, aired 1994-04-21 | EMPERORS $800: In 1928 he took the title of Negus or King of Ethiopia; in 1930 he became emperor Haile Selassie |
| #2221, aired 1994-04-11 | OBSERVATORIES $1,700 (Daily Double): The first coronagraph was used in 1930 at the Pic Du Midi Observatory in these mountains in France the Pyrenees |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $200: When introduced in the comics in 1930, her last name was Boopadoop; now it's Bumstead Blondie |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | BREAD $500: Continental Baking introduced sliced bread under this brand name in 1930 & it's been around ever since Wonder Bread |
| #2211, aired 1994-03-28 | PHOTOGRAPHY $1000: In 1930 the first issue of Fortune magazine featured her photographs Margaret Bourke-White |
| #2176, aired 1994-02-07 | CRIME TIME $100: He escaped from jail in early 1930 with help from his new girlfriend, Bonnie Parker Clyde Barrow |
| #2173, aired 1994-02-02 | LITERATURE $1000: In 1930 this British novelist published a satire of literary life called "Cakes and Ale" Somerset Maugham |
| #2168, aired 1994-01-26 | TURKEY $100: In 1930 the name of Turkey's capital was officially changed from Angora to this Ankara |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | 1930 $100: This creator of Sherlock Holmes died in July Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | 1930 $200: On November 2, Ras Tafari was crowned emperor of this country, renaming himself Haile Selassie Ethiopia |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | 1930 $300: Sir Thomas Lipton's 31-year quest for this trophy ended when his ship Shamrock V lost off Newport, R.I. the America's Cup |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | 1930 $500: This country withdrew its forces from the Rhineland in June, 5 years earlier than required France |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | 1930 $1,500 (Daily Double): Charles Evans Hughes was confirmed in this job February 13, replacing William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the Supreme Court/United States |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | PSYCH 101 $500: This Austrian examined social ills in his 1930 book "Civilization and its discontents" Freud |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: This Louisiana governor was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1930, but didn't take his seat until 1932 Huey Long |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1930 the William Jennings Bryan University opened in this Tennessee city Dayton |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | ARTISTS $400: In the 1930's this Spaniard was expelled from the Surrealist movement Salvador Dali |
| #2104, aired 1993-10-28 | NANCY DREW $500: Published in 1930, the first Nancy Drew book concerned "The Secret of" this object The Old Clock |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: This current hit musical that premiered in 1992 was inspired by the 1930 show "Girl Crazy" Crazy for You |
| #2084, aired 1993-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $100: The name of this city was changed to Istanbul on March 28, 1930 Constantinople |
| #2082, aired 1993-09-28 | ASTRONOMY $400: In 1930 Clyde W. Tombaugh discerned this new planet among millions of star images in photographs Pluto |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | ASTRONOMY $500: This planet has made only about 1/4 of an orbit since it was discovered in 1930 Pluto |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | THE 20th CENTURY $300: In 1930 a copy of this Joyce novel, sent from Paris to New York, was seized as obscene Ulysses |
| #2017, aired 1993-05-18 | WORLD CITIES $200: In 1930 Constantinople was officially renamed this Istanbul |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | DRAMA $300: This playwright starred with Gertrude Lawrence in the orig. production of his 1930 play "Private Lives" Noël Coward |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: Poor health forced William Howard Taft to retire from this post in Feb. 1930; he died a month later Chief Justice (of the Supreme Court) |
| #2003, aired 1993-04-28 | THE B&O $200: In April 1930 the B&O added this climate-control feature to certain cars; in 1931, to the whole train air conditioning |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | OTHELLO $1000: In 1930 this former All-American football player triumphed in the role of Othello in London Paul Robeson |
| #1946, aired 1993-02-08 | AMERICANA $500: In 1930 he claimed he'd like to be known as a former president who tried to mind his own business Calvin Coolidge |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | JUDGES $400: On August 6, 1930 this New York Supreme Court justice disappeared & was never found Judge Crater |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | BUSINESS LEADERS $600: This tea mogul made several unsuccessful attempts to win the America's Cup between 1899 & 1930 (Sir Thomas) Lipton |
| #1920, aired 1993-01-01 | PULITZER PRIZE PLAYS $200: The color of the "pastures" in the title of Marc Connelly's 1930 prize winner Green |
| #1827, aired 1992-07-07 | THE 1930s $1000: Gandhi was arrested after a 1930 march to break up the government's monopoly on this salt |
| #1795, aired 1992-05-22 | EMPERORS $600: After becoming emperor of Ethiopia in 1930, he gave the country its first written constitution Haile Selassie |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | AUTHORS $600: In 1930 this Tarzan creator wrote "Tarzan at the Earth's Core" Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | HENRY FORD $1000: In 1930 Ford co-wrote a book on this inventor Edison |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | THE UNIVERSE $600: In 1930 Bernhard Schmidt made the first effective telescope that combined lenses & these mirrors |
| #1725, aired 1992-02-14 | FAMOUS WOMEN $100: From 1928-1930 she served as aviation editor for Cosmopolitan magazine Amelia Earhart |
| #1706, aired 1992-01-20 | WORLD LEADERS $600: Revered by Rastafarians, Ras Tafari was crowned Ethiopian "King of Kings" under this name in 1930 Haile Selassie |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | PLAYS OF THE '50s $200: "I Am a Camera" takes place in Fraulein Schneider's flat in this city in 1930 Berlin |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | IRISH ACTORS $500: This Dubliner made his film debut in "Juno and the Paycock" in 1930, 14 years before "Going My Way" Barry Fitzgerald |
| #1685, aired 1991-12-20 | PHOTOGRAPHY $200: In 1930 General Electric introduced this throwaway device to provide artificial light a flash bulb |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | SPORTS $400: In 1930 he became the first & only man to sweep golf's four Grand Slam tournaments Bobby Jones |
| #1607, aired 1991-09-03 | THE 1930s $600: In Feb. 1930 she was crowned the world's amateur singles figure-skating champ for the 4th straight year Sonja Henie |
| #1587, aired 1991-06-25 | INVENTIONS & DISCOVERIES $300: In 1930 Thomas Midgley discovered this refrigerant that has become an environmental hazard freon |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | ART $300: Nan Wood Graham, who posed for this painting by her brother in 1930, died in 1990 "American Gothic" |
| #1574, aired 1991-06-06 | PLAYS $400: The romance of Robert & Elizabeth Barrett Browning inspired this 1930 play by Rudolf Besier The Barretts Of Wimpole Street |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $800: Her 1930 novel "Cimarron" told the story of the 1889 land rush in Oklahoma (Edna) Ferber |
| #1560, aired 1991-05-17 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $600: This elderly spinster created by A. Christie solved her 1st case in 1930's "Murder at the Vicarage" Jane Marple |
| #1522, aired 1991-03-26 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $300: In 1930, Congress authorized gold, silver & bronze medals for the crew of his Antarctic expedition (Admiral) Byrd |
| #1472, aired 1991-01-15 | MEN OF SCIENCE $800: In 1930 John Northrop ended a dispute by proving that an enzyme is this type of substance protein |
| #1459, aired 1990-12-27 | MAGAZINES $400: This financial biweekly was founded by Henry R. Luce in February 1930 Fortune |
| #1449, aired 1990-12-13 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $300: In 1930, after he was banished from the USSR, he wrote "My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography" Leon Trotsky |
| #1389, aired 1990-09-20 | ARCHITECTURE $600: You might say that this skyscraper, the world's tallest from 1913 to 1930, was built on nickels & dimes the Woolworth Building |
| #1387, aired 1990-09-18 | ASTRONOMY $200: In 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered this planet from photographic plates taken two moths earlier Pluto |
| #1382, aired 1990-09-11 | THEATRE $600: He was the leading man in the original 1930 production of his own play "Private Lives" Noël Coward |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | MAGAZINES $600: Founded by DeWitt Wallace as a reprint magazine, it began printing some original material in 1930 Reader's Digest |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | MAGAZINES $800: Time Inc.'s 2nd successful magazine was this business publication which debuted in 1930 Fortune |
| #1307, aired 1990-04-17 | "BLUE" MOVIES $200: In this 1930 film Marlene Dietrich played Lola-Lola, a sultry cabaret singer The Blue Angel |
| #1306, aired 1990-04-16 | FAMOUS JONESES $300: After retiring in 1930, this golfer co-founded the Augusta National Golf Club Bobby Jones |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | FOOD FACTS $400: Introduced in 1930, it was "America's 1st Biscuit Mix", but now it's used for all kinds of baking Bisquick |
| #1174, aired 1989-10-12 | SPORTS TRIVIA $400: For every Belmont, Preakness & Kentucky Derby jockey since 1930, it's been 126 their weight |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | DANCE HISTORY $200: The record for one of these events is held by a couple who danced from August 29, 1930 to April 1, 1931 dance marathon |
| #1120, aired 1989-06-16 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $1000: In 1930 the pope sanctioned her Missionaries of Charity order in India Mother Teresa |
| #1117, aired 1989-06-13 | RELIGION $400: Founded in Japan in 1930, Soka-Gakkai combines politics & this religion Buddhism |
| #1069, aired 1989-04-06 | SPORTS IN FILMS $1000: This star of "Jim Thorpe--All American" went to NYU on an athletic scholarship in 1930 Burt Lancaster |
| #1054, aired 1989-03-16 | "HEAVEN" & "HELL" $100: 1930 film that launched Jean Harlow's career, or a devil-may-care California motorcycle gang Hell's Angels |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | COLORS $200: 1930 German film that made Marlene Dietrech a star The Blue Angel |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | HOUSEWARES $300: In 1930 the Chicago Flexible Shaft Co., now known as this, introduced the "Mixmaster" Sunbeam |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: This magazine, founded in 1930, excluded financial firms & utilities from its famous list of "500" Fortune |
| #989, aired 1988-12-15 | ARTISTS $300: Grant Wood used his sister & his dentist as the models for this 1930 painting American Gothic |
| #974, aired 1988-11-24 | SPORT OF KINGS $200: The only father & son to accomplish this were Gallant Fox in 1930 & Omaha in 1935 win the Triple Crown |
| #953, aired 1988-10-26 | RADIO TO TV $600: When it began on radio in 1930, this long-running western wasn't hosted by Ronald Reagan Death Valley Days |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | HISTORY $600: In 1930 he made the news when he broke the law making salt from seawater Mohandas Gandhi |
| #933, aired 1988-09-28 | THE 1930s $400: Constantinople officially did this in 1930 change its name to Istanbul |
| #930, aired 1988-09-23 | TRANSPORTATION $200: In 1930 Herbert Hoover acquired a 16-cylinder limousine made by this company Cadillac |
| #920, aired 1988-09-09 | THEATER $400: When "Elizabeth the Queen" premiered in 1930, Lynn Fontanne was the Queen & he played Lord Essex (Alfred) Lunt |
| #903, aired 1988-07-06 | GLASS $1000: Around 1930, a few glass tables were made by this French designer famed for his fine glass works René Lalique |
| #886, aired 1988-06-13 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $500: The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 was the setting for her 1930 novel "Cimarron" Edna Ferber |
| #874, aired 1988-05-26 | COMPUTERS $800: The U.S. Census Bureau destroyed these from the 1930 census, so they have no way to check the figures punch cards |
| #847, aired 1988-04-19 | BASEBALL $300: The Cubs' Hack Wilson holds the record for the most of these in 1 season, 190 RBIs |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | MOVIE TRIVIA $500: Guinness says this distinction is held by the 1930 movie "The Poor Millionaire" the last silent film made |
| #827, aired 1988-03-22 | SOCCER $200: International competition for this trophy began in 1930 World Cup |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | "BLUE" MOVIES $800: Leslie Halliwell calls this 1930 film "A masterwork of late '20s German grotesquerie" Blue Angel |
| #735, aired 1987-11-13 | TAXES $1,000 (Daily Double): The Tax Foundation says that in 1930 it was February 13, but in 1987 it was May 4 Tax Freedom Day |
| #718, aired 1987-10-21 | AVIATION $400: Company which began in 1930 as Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. TWA |
| #665, aired 1987-06-26 | SPORTS TRIVIA $800: Since 1930 a team from this city has made the Stanley Cup playoffs 27 times & won 21 times Montreal |
| #650, aired 1987-06-05 | FIRSTS $500: In 1930, this character 1st appeared & solved the "Murder at the Vicarage" Miss Marple |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | THE COMICS $600: On Jan.13, 1930, after 14 months in movies, he went into the funnies; he's still in both Mickey Mouse |
| #639, aired 1987-05-21 | IRELAND $200: This lottery, based on English & Irish horse races, was started in 1930 but discontinued in 1986 Irish Sweepstakes |
| #633, aired 1987-05-13 | SPORTS $100: In 1930, Don Bradman didn't find many sticky wickets as he scored 974 runs in this sport cricket |
| #633, aired 1987-05-13 | CORPORATE AMERICA $400: In 1904, it was founded by Amadeo Peter Giannini as the Bank of Italy, but became this in 1930 Bank of America |
| #584, aired 1987-03-05 | OTHELLO $400: This All-American football player scored in London as Othello in 1930 Paul Robeson |
| #534, aired 1986-12-25 | BASEBALL $1000: For a single season, it's the 56 hit by Hack Wilson in 1930 the National League record for home runs |
| #530, aired 1986-12-19 | FASHION HISTORY $200: In the 1930's, this pet became a fashion accessory as well as a "best friend" a dog |
| #522, aired 1986-12-09 | 20th CENTURY $200: After the September 1930 elections, it was the 2nd largest party in Germany the Nazi Party |
| #520, aired 1986-12-05 | PETS $500: All pet golden hamsters descend from a single litter captured in 1930 in this Mideast country Syria |
| #506, aired 1986-11-17 | CAESAREAN SECTION $200: Edward G. Robinson played Enrico Bandello in this 1930 gangster flick Little Caesar |
| #487, aired 1986-10-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: 1930 Hawley-Smoot Act created the highest of these in American history tariffs |
| #478, aired 1986-10-08 | ENDS WITH "X" $400: Subject of NBC's historic 1st electronic TV transmission in 1930 was this cartoon hero Felix the Cat |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | U.S. HISTORY $100: In 1930, investments in miniature golf were hailed by some as a cure for this economic disaster the Great Depression |
| #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 |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | AVIATION $200: Of 12, 24,or 36, # of hours it took a passenger to fly across U.S. in 1930 36 |
| #386, aired 1986-03-03 | TRIVIAL WORLD RECORDS $800: In 1930, Charles Creighton & James Hargis drove roundtrip from N.Y. to L.A. this way backwards (in reverse) |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | GOLF $400: After winning 13 national championships in 7 years, this amateur golf great retired in 1930 at only 28 Bobby Jones |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | MOVIE PAIRS $1000: In 1930, she was "Min" & he was "Bill" Marie Dressler & Wallace Beery |
| #349, aired 1986-01-09 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Around 1930, she was the aviation editor of "Cosmopolitan" Amelia Earhart |
| #346, aired 1986-01-06 | 20TH CENTURY AMERICA $800: By 1930, with 1200 miles of track, this city's Pacific Electric was the longest U.S. interurban rail system Los Angeles |
| #345, aired 1986-01-03 | (missing) $1000: This N.Y. Supreme Court Justice, a rising figure in Tammany Hall, disappeared on August 6, 1930 Judge (Joe) Crater |
| #278, aired 1985-10-02 | TRIVIA $400: Until November 3, 1930, this was the name of the Bank of America, capisci? the Bank of Italy |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | LETTER PERFECT $300: 1930 Peter Lorre film directed by Fritz Lang M |
| #179, aired 1985-05-16 | BOSTON $200: From 1930-79, he led the Boston Pops Arthur Fiedler |
| #173, aired 1985-05-08 | FICTIONAL DETECTIVES $200: She solved the "Secret of the Old Clock" in 1930, but is still a teenager today Nancy Drew |
| #111, aired 1985-02-11 | SCIENCE $600: In 1930, 24-year-old astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered it Pluto |
| #94, aired 1985-01-17 | LITERATURE $600: In 1930 Sinclair Lewis became the 1st American author to win it the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | ALPHABET SOUP $800: 1930 film where Peter Lorre plays a child murderer M |
