#9051, aired 2024-03-04 | HAPPY HOUR $600: It became the unofficial anthem of the Democratic Party after FDR used it in 1932 as his campaign song "Happy Days Are Here Again" |
#9026, aired 2024-01-29 | IT ENDS WITH "U" $1000: In 1932 members of the Australian army fought "The Great" this "War" against a flightless feathered foe the emu |
#9025, aired 2024-01-26 | THAT'S JUST TEARABLE! $400: Steve Wynn accidentally put a "$40 million elbow" through "Le Rêve", a 1932 painting of the mistress of this Spaniard Picasso |
#9017, aired 2024-01-16 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS $400: On May 21, 1932, 5 years to the day after Lindbergh, she became the second to fly solo & nonstop across the Atlantic (Amelia) Earhart |
#9014, aired 2024-01-11 | NOTORIOUS $400: Beginning in 1932, this couple went on a crime spree that lasted 21 months before both were killed Bonnie & Clyde |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | IN MY ART DECO ERA $800: Before this music hall opened in 1932, a N.Y. newspaper glowed, "The whole theatre interior lends itself to effect of sunrise" Radio City Music Hall |
#24, aired 2024-01-09 | CAN I GET AN "A" MEN! $400: Referring to a type of aperture in large-format view cameras, group f/64 was cofounded in 1932 by this man Ansel Adams |
#8993, aired 2023-12-13 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $400: Opened in 1932, Orly is this type of place where one might make a connection an airport |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $1000: In 1932, this auto racer began using the squadron badge of a World War I flying ace, a prancing horse Ferrari |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | MARRIAGE STORY $300: 1932:
"Rosa McCauley! Any activism today?"
"I just got married"
"Do I know him?"
"His last name is" this Parks |
#8957, aired 2023-10-24 | NOVEL IDEAS $1,200 (Daily Double): "Cleanliness is next to Fordliness" is a line from this 1932 novel Brave New World |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | STARTS WITH "H-I" $2000: A 1932 article about FDR touches on his "Unexpected" this ability & adds, "the dramatic is not without value in politics" Histrionics |
#8916, aired 2023-07-17 | TOM SWIFT TALES $1000: I'm both attracted & repulsed by 1932's "Tom Swift and His Giant..." Magnet |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | QUOTABLE BOOKS $2000: "What you need is a gramme of soma. All the advantages of Christianity & alcohol; none of their defects" is from this 1932 novel Brave New World |
#19, aired 2023-05-24 | COMPOSERS $800: Already a veteran of Tin Pan Alley & Broadway, in 1932 he premiered his own "Second Rhapsody", Serge Koussevitzky conducting George Gershwin |
#8877, aired 2023-05-23 | A COUNTRY BY ANY OTHER NAME $1200: In 1932 the kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd became this kingdom named for a peninsula & its ruling house Saudi Arabia |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | LOVE LETTERS $1200: During 1932 this "Winesburg, Ohio" author wrote a letter a day to Eleanor Copenhaver; he dedicated "Beyond Desire" to her too Sherwood Anderson |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | AMERICANS IN PROTEST $800: As Army Chief of Staff, in 1932 this general turned away veterans marching on D.C. for World War I bonuses MacArthur |
#8868, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSIC MOVIES $800: 1932's "I am a Fugitive from" this shackled-together group stirred outrage against that penal practice a chain gang |
#1, aired 2023-05-08 | A REAL FONT OF KNOWLEDGE $1600: Stanley Morison co-designed this font with a 3-word name; it debuted in a certain London newspaper on October 3, 1932 Times New Roman |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | LITERARY LONDON $2000: This 1932 novel begins in 2540 A.D. at the Central London Hatchery where children are being created artificially Brave New World |
#8780, aired 2023-01-06 | WORKERS OF THE WORLD $2000: The Norris-La Guardia Act of 1932 outlawed this "canine" contract in which an employee agrees not to join a union yellow dog contracts |
#8761, aired 2022-12-12 | LOW DOWN $400: With Low Country ingenuity, in 1932 the Dutch built a 20-mile-long one of these to cut off the Zuider Zee & create a whole new province a dike |
#8759, aired 2022-12-08 | LET'S GET DOWN TO CASES $1600: 1932's Hawaii v. Fortescue was the last big case for this legendary defense lawyer, who needed the fee in the Depression (Clarence) Darrow |
#8753, aired 2022-11-30 | YOU CAN QUOTE "ME" $800: Johnny Weissmuller never said this 4-word phrase in a movie, though he did in a 1932 magazine interview Me Tarzan, you Jane |
#8745, aired 2022-11-18 | 20th CENTURY FICTION $1200: This 1932 Pulitzer Prize winner begins, "It was Wang Lung's marriage day" The Good Earth |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | HISTORIC DATES $600: On Sept. 20, 1932 Gandhi began one of these in a jail cell; his British captors gave in a few days later a hunger strike |
#8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BORROW $1200: That bathroom hasn't been updated since 1932! Let's take out a HELOC, short for this, & bring things into the 21st century a home equity line of credit |
#8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TRANSPLANTS $400: As the Nazis rose to power, this scientist decided in Dec. 1932 to leave Germany; he never returned after moving to Princeton Einstein |
#8651, aired 2022-05-30 | POTPOURRI $1000: Sadly, the heath hen went extinct in 1932, but we still have its relative, the prairie this, known for its courtship displays a chicken (grouse) |
#8621, aired 2022-04-18 | AIRLINES $400: Its roots go back to 1932 when a pilot started flying his 3-seat plane between Anchorage & Bristol Bay Alaska Airlines |
#8617, aired 2022-04-12 | A CHRISTIE MYSTERY $400: (Hugh Laurie presents the clue.) A train that was snowbound in Turkey for 10 days in 1929 & the 1932 kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby helped inspire the plot of this, one of Agatha Christie's greatest novels Murder on the Orient Express |
#8581, aired 2022-02-21 | THY FEARFUL SYMMETRY $800: The 4 interlocking silver rings in the logo of this brand symbolize the 1932 merger of 4 auto manufacturers Audi |
#4, aired 2022-02-09 | ART APPRECIATION $800: Marcel Duchamp came up with this word describing the abstract sculpture created by Alexander Calder at a 1932 exhibition mobile |
#8542, aired 2021-12-28 | YOU NEED A VITAMIN BOOST $400: Ghosts of pirates said a collective "Arrr, too late" after vitamin C was identified as a cure for this disease in 1932 scurvy |
#8539, aired 2021-12-23 | THAT'S QUITE A COUP $1200: A 1932 coup forced Prajadhipok, king of this then 4-letter country, to grant a Constitution Siam |
#8519, aired 2021-11-25 | THE WOMEN $600: "Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States" is a 1932 work by this woman (Frida) Kahlo |
#8494, aired 2021-10-21 | HISTORY $800: Hi, neighbor; seen here with Francisco Franco is António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of this country from 1932 to 1968 Portugal |
#8443, aired 2021-07-14 | ODD HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): The Great Emu War of 1932 proved disastrous for this country's army; the big birds were no chickens Australia |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | AVIATION $400: This airline founded in 1932 in Anchorage was the first U.S. one to have online ticket sales Alaska Air |
#8429, aired 2021-06-24 | CHURCHILL SPEAKS $800: In 1932 Winston quipped this European country was "armed to the teeth", but "pacifist to the core" France |
#8334, aired 2021-02-11 | 1930s AMERICA $600: New York City's hottest ticket at Christmastime 1932 was the night this theater opened, featuring the then "Roxyettes" Radio City Music Hall |
#8334, aired 2021-02-11 | 1930s AMERICA $1,600 (Daily Double): Accepting the Dem. nomination in 1932, FDR said, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to" this "for the American people" a new deal |
#8318, aired 2021-01-20 | GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE $200: This aviator joined her pals in the society of woman geographers in 1932 & carried its flag on a famous flight across the Pacific Earhart |
#8314, aired 2021-01-14 | HISTORICALLY BAD $200: In 1932 & '33 Stalin decimated Ukraine by exporting most of its grain, bringing on the Holodomor, or "Great" this Famine |
#8273, aired 2020-11-04 | CLUES ACROSS THE SMITHSONIAN $200: (Bill Kelly presents from the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.) I'm Bill Kelly from ABC7: the Air and Space Museum's Pioneers of Flight Gallery include such treasures as the bright red Lockheed Vega in which this woman became the first woman and second person to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932 Amelia Earhart |
#8246, aired 2020-09-28 | HISTORY $1600: In 1932 Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to this the Senate |
#8242, aired 2020-09-22 | AMERICANS IN PARIS $2000: In 1932 this author began a passionate love affair in Paris with Anais Nin that would last for years Henry Miller |
#8240, aired 2020-09-18 | POTPOURRI $800: In 1932 Brazil's Olympic team had to sell bags of this crop while sailing to Los Angeles in order to pay for the trip coffee |
#8231, aired 2020-06-08 | FONTS OF WISDOM $400: Debuting in 1932, a font designed for a London newspaper was called times new this Roman |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | I'M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY $2000: Known as "The King of Diamonds", he founded his jewelry house in 1932 Harry Winston |
#8171, aired 2020-03-02 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: His son, nicknamed "The Eaglet", was kidnapped on March 1, 1932 Lindbergh |
#7, aired 2020-01-14 | HISTORY $800: Making it tough on the pres. seeking re-election, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time low of 41.22 in this year 1932 |
#8130, aired 2020-01-03 | PROTESTS $800: In 1932 Jaya Narayan was jailed in India for protesting British rule in this 2-word nonviolent way civil disobedience |
#8119, aired 2019-12-19 | ABOUT [TYPE]FACE $400: In 1932 this London newspaper started using the New Roman typeface named for it The London Times |
#8108, aired 2019-12-04 | OSCAR ONE OF A KINDS $400: The only Oscar-winning vehicle for this duo, Stan & Ollie, was the 1932 short film "The Music Box" Laurel and Hardy |
#8069, aired 2019-10-10 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS $200: A futuristic society revolves around science & efficiency in this 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley Brave New World |
#8058, aired 2019-09-25 | STADIUM STUFF $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands outside the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA.) For the 1932 Olympics, the Rose Bowl hosted the cycling events; it's expected to be a soccer venue at the Los Angeles games in this year 2028 |
#8057, aired 2019-09-24 | TED TALK $800: The youngest of 9 kids, he was born into a political dynasty February 22, 1932 in Boston Ted Kennedy |
#8035, aired 2019-07-12 | LET'S MAKE A NEW DEAL $200: In a 1932 speech he introduced "a New deal" FDR |
#8022, aired 2019-06-25 | TRANSPORTATION $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1932 a 3-seat Stinson was the entire fleet flying between Bristol Bay & Anchorage for what would be this airline Alaska Airlines |
#8014, aired 2019-06-13 | THE MOVIES $1600: The 1932 film "White Zombie" starred this actor better known as a bloodsucker (Bela) Lugosi |
#7941, aired 2019-03-04 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: In 1932 Italy issued a series of stamps honoring this hero of unification on the 50th anniversary of his death Garibaldi |
#7858, aired 2018-11-07 | OOPS ON STAMPS $1600: A 1932 Philippine stamp honored Pagsanjan Falls but showed Vernal Falls in this California national park Yosemite |
#7843, aired 2018-10-17 | THE FOLGER LIBRARY $400: The library opened in 1932 on the Bard's birthday in this spring month April |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | COMMUNICATION $1600: The BBC World Service began in 1932 only on this type of radio, but has dropped that service in Europe & North America shortwave |
#7778, aired 2018-06-06 | LITERARY OOPS! $400: This fatal device in "The Green Mile" wasn't yet in use in Louisiana prisons in 1932, the year the story is set the electric chair |
#7776, aired 2018-06-04 | THE OLD 3, 4 $400: A 1932 speech presented this term, a Democratic promise for the "forgotten" Americans the New Deal |
#7760, aired 2018-05-11 | SHE DID IT! $1,000 (Daily Double): She won gold in track & field at the 1932 summer Olympics & was the leading money winner in women's golf, 1948 to 1951 Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
#7601, aired 2017-10-02 | LEAP YEARS $800: In 1932 this "Babe" set a record in the women's high jump that stood for 7 years Didrikson |
#7592, aired 2017-09-19 | THE REVOLUTION $2000: Pridi Phanamyong was among the "Promoters" who ended this SE Asian country's absolute monarchy in 1932 Thailand |
#7587, aired 2017-09-12 | VICKI LEAKS $800: Austrian-born Vicki Baum wrote "Menschen im Hotel", which became this Oscar-winning 1932 film Grand Hotel |
#7585, aired 2017-07-28 | PLAN $4,000 (Daily Double): Comrade, the first of these was begun in 1928 & lasted until 1932 a Five-Year Plan |
#7573, aired 2017-07-12 | THE PITTSBURGH ADDRESS $400: In a 1932 Pittsburgh campaign speech, he accused Republicans of "spreading the gospel of fear" FDR |
#7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN THE NEWS $2000: In 1932 this "Army" moved into shacks & tents near the U.S. Capitol & demanded payment for World War I services the Bonus Army |
#7537, aired 2017-05-23 | MONOGRAM MANIA $1000: Retired from the Supreme Court in 1932 at age 90:
OWH (Jr.) Oliver Wendell Holmes |
#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 |
#7490, aired 2017-03-17 | ALSO A ROMAN DEITY $600: Created in 1932, the U.K. version of this candy bar has chocolate, caramel & nougat Mars |
#7466, aired 2017-02-13 | SEMILITERATE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Instead of ending so the ballgame can start, the national anthem leads into a 1932 novel of the future the home of the Brave New World |
#7461, aired 2017-02-06 | VENICE $1600: This sandbar, home to the Venice Film Festival since 1932, is one of Europe's most popular beach resorts Lido Beach |
#7459, aired 2017-02-02 | FREQUENT FLIERS $1000: In 1932 the USSR Civil Air Fleet was given this shorter name; the airline still uses it today Aeroflot |
#7414, aired 2016-12-01 | WAR! $1600: 1932-35:
the Chaco War, between Paraguay & this northern neighbor Bolivia |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $400: Opened in 1932, Orly is this type of place where one might make a connection an airport |
#7369, aired 2016-09-29 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $400: In 1932 Pearl Buck's "Sons" was a No. 3 bestseller; this other Buck book held the top spot The Good Earth |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | PRO SPORTS TEAM NAME CHANGES $200: In 1932 the Brooklyn Robins changed their name back to this the Brooklyn Dodgers |
#7300, aired 2016-05-13 | COMMUNICATION $2,000 (Daily Double): From March to May of 1932, the Lindbergh family received 13 of these criminal communications ransom notes |
#7268, aired 2016-03-30 | DEALER'S CHOICE $600: The 1932 Bela Lugosi classic "White Zombie" is set in this traditional Caribbean zombie homeland Haiti |
#7252, aired 2016-03-08 | ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES $1200: This World War I U.S. Army general won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1932 Pershing |
#7244, aired 2016-02-25 | THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS $2000: When this southern neighbor seized Leticia, Colombia in 1932, the League settled the dispute in favor of Colombia Peru |
#7215, aired 2016-01-15 | THE EARLY 20th CENTURY $200: Using accelerated particles in 1932, John Cockcroft & Ernest Walton became the first to divide one of these an atom |
#7168, aired 2015-11-11 | VETERANS $800: (Eric Stonestreet gives the clue.) In 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, thousands of World War I vets known as this "Army" marched on Washington to demand payment of urgently needed benefits the Bonus Army |
#7130, aired 2015-09-18 | DYSTOPIAN LIT $400: This novel is Aldous Huxley's 1932 take on genetic engineering Brave New World |
#7121, aired 2015-07-27 | IN COLOR $400: Ignored for almost 150 years, this U.S. military award was reintroduced on February 22, 1932 the Purple Heart |
#7117, aired 2015-07-21 | THE NON‑DEPRESSING 1930s $200: At the 1932 Olympics, she set or tied records in the high jump, javelin & 80-meter hurdles Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
#7097, aired 2015-06-23 | ALPHANUMERICS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH.) While many cars carry a standard V8 engine, the 1932 all-aluminum Peerless would blow them off the road by generating nearly 175 horsepower with this giant of an engine a V16 |
#7077, aired 2015-05-26 | JACK IN THE BOXING RING $600: Jack Sharkey won the heavyweight title in 1932 by defeating this German Max Schmeling |
#7063, aired 2015-05-06 | WORLD OF WATERCRAFT $200: In 1932 Oskar Speck paddled from Germany to Australia in one of these whose name is Inuit for "small boat of skins" a kayak |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU $600: 1932:
After getting 11 years for income tax evasion, he enters prison Al Capone |
#7053, aired 2015-04-22 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $400: Born in 1932 in Boston, she died by her own hand in London in 1963 Sylvia Plath |
#6989, aired 2015-01-22 | SPECIAL ED $400: This TV variety show host was also a gossip columnist for the N.Y. Daily News from 1932 to 1974 Ed Sullivan |
#6984, aired 2015-01-15 | HOMER $200: Heckled by Cubs fans in the 1932 World Series, he's said to have called his shot in game 3 by pointing to center field Babe Ruth |
#6974, aired 2015-01-01 | THE MUSEUM OF SOMETHING $400: of this, on NYC's 53rd street since 1932 Museum of Modern Art |
#6950, aired 2014-11-28 | JUDGES $1000: This 3-named justice, on the Supreme Court 1902-1932, wrote 873 opinions, more than any other justice before him Oliver Wendell Holmes |
#6914, aired 2014-10-09 | THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR DIDN'T GO TO... $1000: 1932's "I Am a Fugitive from" one of these collectives a chain gang |
#6896, aired 2014-09-15 | THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY $600: On accepting the 1932 nomination for president, FDR said, "I pledge you, I pledge myself to a" this "for the American people" a New Deal |
#6895, aired 2014-08-01 | ATTACK OF THE MOVIE MONSTERS $400: You can see this monster from Egypt's past in a film from back in 1932 or at Universal Studios the Mummy |
#6799, aired 2014-03-20 | SAY MY NAME $400: "Breaking Bad" fans know this last name of 1932 Nobel physics prize winner Werner Heisenberg |
#6764, aired 2014-01-30 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $800: In 1932 3M employee John Borden invented the first dispenser with a cutting edge for this adhesive product (Scotch) tape |
#6763, aired 2014-01-29 | ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH $1000: March 1, 1932:
The baby son of this American hero was abducted from his home (Charles) Lindbergh |
#6726, aired 2013-12-09 | YOU'RE SO VAGUE $200: Type of soldier in an Arlington tomb completed in 1932 unknown |
#6715, aired 2013-11-22 | THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Guggenheim Museum in New York.) In 1932, Marcel Duchamp coined the name "mobile" for this man's work, which constantly moves, changing its composition (Alexander) Calder |
#6715, aired 2013-11-22 | AP FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR $1600: 1932, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950 & 1954:
Her Babe Didrikson |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | NUTTY NAMES $800: In 1932 Walter & Olive Beech began to craft these transports airplanes |
#6681, aired 2013-10-07 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $800: This president's birthplace was presented to the federal government in 1932, 200 years after his birth George Washington |
#6679, aired 2013-10-03 | BORN & DIED $400: Born in Arkansas in 1932, he walked the final line in Nashville in 2003 Johnny Cash |
#6657, aired 2013-07-23 | CNN HISTORIC REVOLUTIONS $2,200 (Daily Double): (Here is Dan Rivers.) On June 24, 1932 here in Bangkok a group called the Promoters staged a bloodless coup which ended Thailand's absolute monarchy & led to this type of monarchy named for a document a constitutional monarchy |
#6644, aired 2013-07-04 | 2 COMPLETELY UNRELATED ITEMS $800: "Fresh" candy invented in the Netherlands in 1932 &
the Mystic tradition from Hebrew for "received" Mentos & kabbalah |
#6640, aired 2013-06-28 | HELLO! $400: There are known knowns, like this 2-time secretary of defense being born on July 9, 1932 Donald Rumsfeld |
#6626, aired 2013-06-10 | ZOMBIES ARE COMING! $600: Rob Cummings, aka Rob Zombie, fronted this band, also the name of a 1932 Bela Lugosi flick White Zombie |
#6593, aired 2013-04-24 | EUROPEAN LAKES $800: In 1932, a dam was built across the Zuiderzee, creating the IJsselmeer, this country's largest lake the Netherlands |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | THE 1930s $600: With 6,000 seats, it opened in 1932 in NYC as the world's largest movie theater, though it's named for another medium Radio City Music Hall |
#6548, aired 2013-02-20 | WE'VE HIT BOTTOM $200: July 1932 was a good time to buy stocks low, as this market indicator bottomed out at 41.22 the Dow Jones |
#6512, aired 2013-01-01 | NOTES FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL $800: "Final Victory" by Stanley Weintraub traces FDR's tough reelection fight during this year 1944 |
#6484, aired 2012-11-22 | TOY STORY $1200: Based in Denmark, this company has been built block by block since its 1932 founding Lego |
#6470, aired 2012-11-02 | STILLS $600: The quiet, yet harrowing lunch documented here took place in this city in 1932 New York City |
#6458, aired 2012-10-17 | QUOTABLE NOTABLES $400: In his 1932 autobiography, this architect wrote, "No house should ever be on a hill... it should be of the hill" Frank Lloyd Wright |
#6430, aired 2012-07-27 | GO FISH $200: On June 2, 1932 George Perry caught a 32 1/2-inch, 22-lb., 4 oz. largemouth one of these in Georgia a bass |
#6346, aired 2012-04-02 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME DERIVATIONS $1200: In 1932 this Middle Eastern country took on part of the name of its ruling family Saudi Arabia |
#6295, aired 2012-01-20 | PHYSICS $1200: This particle in an atom's nucleus was discovered free of charge in 1932 a neutron |
#6289, aired 2012-01-12 | WORLD POTPOURRI $400: As everyone belongs to everyone, mother & father are forbidden terms in this 1932 Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World |
#6288, aired 2012-01-11 | MESOPOTAMIA $400: After centuries of rule by the Ottoman Empire, Mesopotamia mostly became part of this new nation in 1932 Iraq |
#6275, aired 2011-12-23 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION $400: This novel was a bestseller & won Pearl S. Buck a Pulitzer in 1932 The Good Earth |
#6240, aired 2011-11-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $800: Between 1913 & 1932 Canada dug a new & deeper version of the Welland Canal that connects these 2 Great Lakes Erie & Ontario |
#6219, aired 2011-10-06 | SCIENCE FICTION $600: In 1932 Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer collaborated on the novel "When Worlds" do this Collide |
#6219, aired 2011-10-06 | SCIENCE FICTION $800: The 1932 film "Island of Lost Souls" was based on this 1896 novel by H.G. Wells The Island of Dr. Moreau |
#6161, aired 2011-05-30 | BORN & DIED $200: Born: Feb. 22, 1932, Boston, Massachusetts. Died: Aug. 25, 2009, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts Ted Kennedy |
#6123, aired 2011-04-06 | GREAT WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: (Hannah Storm reads the clue from the set of SportsCenter.) She won 2 golds at the 1932 Olympics, took 10 major golf championships & to top it off helped form the LPGA in 1949 Babe Didrikson |
#6104, aired 2011-03-10 | DESSERT ITEMS $800: Introduced in 1932, this candy bar was named for its original design of separate pieces in vanilla, chocolate & strawberry 3 Musketeers |
#6085, aired 2011-02-11 | EARHART $200: In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly over it alone & the first person of any sex to cross it by air twice the Atlantic Ocean |
#6061, aired 2011-01-10 | I'M YOUR LOCAL SPORTS GUY $800: Though WLS-TV did not exist, I covered Babe Ruth's called shot in the 1932 series in this park's "friendly confines"; I'm old Wrigley Field |
#6056, aired 2011-01-03 | NOVEL IDEAS $600: "Cleanliness is next to Fordliness" is a line from this 1932 novel Brave New World |
#6011, aired 2010-11-01 | ARCHITECTURE $200: In 1932 he created the Taliesin fellowship for those wanting to learn organic architecture Frank Lloyd Wright |
#5954, aired 2010-07-01 | JULY $400: In July 1932 this U.S. president ordered the forcible eviction of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C. Hoover |
#5953, aired 2010-06-30 | THE FASTING & THE FURIOUS $200: He fasted, furiously but nonviolently, in 1924, 1932, 1947 & 1948 Gandhi |
#5914, aired 2010-05-06 | SPOILER ALERT! $1000: 1932:
The unusual circus performers discover Olga's murderous plans & turn her into a "chicken woman" Freaks |
#5903, aired 2010-04-21 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $600: In 1932 this auto racer began using the squadron badge of a WWI flying ace: a prancing horse Ferrari |
#5893, aired 2010-04-07 | POLITICAL LINGO $600: In 1932 FDR said, "I pledge myself to" one of these "for the American people" a New Deal |
#5893, aired 2010-04-07 | DO TELL THE HOTEL $600: It's the 1932 film in which Greta Garbo uttered the immortal line "I want to be alone" Grand Hotel |
#5885, aired 2010-03-26 | LAST OF A DYING BREED $1000: "Booming Ben", the last Heath hen, stopped booming in 1932 on this big Massachusetts island Martha's Vineyard |
#5884, aired 2010-03-25 | I'M UNEMPLOYED $600: The nation's unemployment rate was 25% when FDR took his first presidential oath of office in this year 1933 |
#5880, aired 2010-03-19 | BERG-OPOLIS $1200: We're quite sure that this German physicist won a 1932 Nobel Prize Heisenberg |
#5872, aired 2010-03-09 | GOVERNORS $800: In January of 1932 he stepped down as Louisiana governor to assume his duties as a senator Huey Long |
#5865, aired 2010-02-26 | THE QUOTA SYSTEM $1600: Impossibly high grain production quotas led to the deaths of around 7 million in this then-SSR in 1932-33 Ukraine |
#5857, aired 2010-02-16 | WOMEN'S SPORTS HISTORY $1000: 1932:
At the AAU National Track & Field Meet, she wins the team championship single-handedly (Babe Didrikson) Zaharias |
#5854, aired 2010-02-11 | WE'VE GOT CHEMISTRY $400: In general chemistry, the 3 fundamental atomic particles are the electron, the proton & this, discovered in 1932 the neutron |
#5839, aired 2010-01-21 | REMEMBERING TED KENNEDY $800: Destined for a political career, Ted Kennedy was born Feb. 22, 1932, the 200th anniv. of this president's birth George Washington |
#5831, aired 2010-01-11 | THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING $1600: In 1932 this country finished reclaiming thousands of agricultural acres from the Zuiderzee the Netherlands |
#5819, aired 2009-12-24 | NOBEL LAUREATES IN LITERATURE $1000: 1932:
"For his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in 'The Forsyte Saga'" John Galsworthy |
#5805, aired 2009-12-04 | AMERICANA $600: The Democratic campaign song in the 1932 election was these "Are Here Again" Happy Days |
#5752, aired 2009-09-22 | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS $800: This exclamation that means "nonsense" is a 1932 Marx Brothers title horse feathers |
#5710, aired 2009-06-05 | JUNE 5 BABIES $1000: Born 1932:
A left-footed Irish artist & author Christy Brown |
#5698, aired 2009-05-20 | ARCHITECTS $1200: In 1932 this engineer & dome designer founded the Dymaxion corporation Buckminster Fuller |
#5679, aired 2009-04-23 | ARCHAEOLOGY $600: In 1932 Danish archaeologists uncovered the remains of a church near Erik the Red's farm on this island Greenland |
#5649, aired 2009-03-12 | "BO"POURRI $1000: 1932 "army" that marched on Washington the Bonus Army |
#5626, aired 2009-02-09 | HODGEPODGE $800: In 1932 Yip Harburg was in Central Park trying to come up with a song lyric when a man asked, "Buddy, can you" do this spare a dime |
#5623, aired 2009-02-04 | VETERANS' BENEFITS $400: 20,000 veterans of this war marched on Washington in 1932 demanding a war bonus that had been promised them World War I |
#5622, aired 2009-02-03 | BRAND-TASTIC $400: In 1932 George Blaisdell developed this cigarette lighter in Bradford, Pennsylvania Zippo |
#5620, aired 2009-01-30 | IT'S BAD FOR YA $1000: This type of inflammatory bowel disease is named for one of the doctors who wrote about it in 1932 Crohn's |
#5595, aired 2008-12-26 | "MO" BETTER $600: This word was suggested by Marcel Duchamp for art in a 1932 exhibit that included Alexander Calder mobiles |
#5561, aired 2008-11-10 | DE-ELECTABLE $1000: Herbert Hoover went into a great depression when he lost to this man in 1932 FDR |
#5552, aired 2008-10-28 | WORLD CAPITAL HISTORY $600: An oasis that was the residence of the Ibn Saud family, it became the capital when the country was formed in 1932 Riyadh |
#5534, aired 2008-10-02 | ALL IN THE "FAMILY" $800: This magazine was founded in 1932 & given away in grocery stores until 1946 Family Circle |
#5515, aired 2008-07-25 | BRITISH PHYSICISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1932 James Chadwick discovered this subatomic particle that appears in all atoms except hydrogen the neutron |
#5492, aired 2008-06-24 | "P" IN SCIENCE $1600: The antielectron predicted by Paul Dirac in 1928 was found by Carl Anderson in 1932 & named this a positron |
#5467, aired 2008-05-20 | SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD $200: His "called shot" home run off Charlie Root in the 1932 World Series is baseball legend Babe Ruth |
#5465, aired 2008-05-16 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: In 1932 he became the first defeated vice presidential candidate of a major party elected president FDR |
#5456, aired 2008-05-05 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $2000: Chapter 1 of this 1932 novel begins at the Central London Hatching & Conditioning Centre Brave New World |
#5455, aired 2008-05-02 | SCIENCE GUYS $200: Born in Germany in 1879, he fled to America in 1932 & became a U.S. citizen in 1940 Einstein |
#5430, aired 2008-03-28 | I'M FEELING BOOKISH $2000: In a 1932 Stella Gibbons novel, a curse binds the Starkadder family to this "chilly" title farm Cold Comfort Farm |
#5429, aired 2008-03-27 | VIVA ITALIA $800: The world's first major film festival was held in this city in 1932; today it awards the prestigious Golden Lion Venice |
#5420, aired 2008-03-14 | NAME THE NOVEL $600: 1932:
"In the 4,000 rooms of the Centre the 4,000 electric clocks simultaneously struck four" Brave New World |
#5396, aired 2008-02-11 | DESCRIBING THE PRESIDENT $1600: Pro-Prohibition, suffered from the Depression, got vacuumed out of office in 1932 Hoover |
#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 |
#5346, aired 2007-12-03 | COFFEE BREAK $800: This brand's origins date back to 1932, when William Black turned his chain of nut shops into coffee shops Chock Full o'Nuts |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAPS $800: For the 200th anniversary of his birth, a 1932 issue had a map of his travels, including, of course, Virginia George Washington |
#5316, aired 2007-10-22 | THE HISTORY OF CANDY $200: Originally, this candy bar that debuted in 1932 was made of 3 pieces in 3 different flavors, hence its name 3 Musketeers |
#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 |
#5305, aired 2007-10-05 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $400: "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people", he said in accepting his 1932 nomination F(ranklin) D(elano) R(oosevelt) |
#5300, aired 2007-09-28 | PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS $1000: Eureka College
(class of 1932) Ronald Reagan |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | "GOO"GLE $200: What distinguished this Disney character from others in a 1932 cartoon was not his looks but his laugh Goofy |
#5264, aired 2007-06-28 | BUILDING A CATEGORY $600: In 1932 Churchill said, "That's the highest I've ever been up" when he viewed NYC from the top of this building Empire State Building |
#5261, aired 2007-06-25 | ANGLOPHILIA $400: Its World Service was first heard in 1932 as the Empire Service the BBC |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL $800: He played center for Michigan's national championship teams of 1932 & '33; he dabbled in politics, too Gerald Ford |
#5245, aired 2007-06-01 | FASTER $200: One of his fasts, in 1932, protested the British government's treatment of India's untouchables (Mohandas) Gandhi |
#5243, aired 2007-05-30 | BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS $800: 1932: "Magnificent Inn" Grand Hotel |
#5226, aired 2007-05-07 | SILENT B $1200: Completed in 1932, it bears the inscription "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God" Tomb (of the Unknown Soldier) |
#5168, aired 2007-02-14 | U.S. COINS $800: It's the creature on the reverse of the quarter in use since 1932 the eagle |
#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 |
#5117, aired 2006-12-05 | CAPRA CLASSICS $2000: Capra said this type of event in 1932's "American Madness" was so real, many viewers went to withdraw their own money a run of the bank |
#5095, aired 2006-11-03 | HANGIN' WITH MY GNOMIES $400: In the 1932 Disney short "Babes in the Woods", friendly gnomes save this brother & sister from an evil witch Hansel & Gretel |
#5087, aired 2006-10-24 | "G" FORCE $800: In the Oscar-winning 1932 film "Grand Hotel", she delivers her famous line "I want to be alone" (Greta) Garbo |
#5084, aired 2006-10-19 | SATURDAY $800: Founded in 1932 as The Palestine Post, this morning paper appears daily, except for Saturday The Jerusalem Post |
#5007, aired 2006-05-23 | NOTABLE NAMES $400: In 1932 Chou En-Lai succeeded this man as political commissar of the Red Army Mao Tse-tung |
#4989, aired 2006-04-27 | DEAL OR NO DEAL $600: FDR not only said "Deal!", he said "New Deal!" in this year when he first accepted the nomination for president 1932 |
#4987, aired 2006-04-25 | COLOGNE RANGER $200: In 1932 one of these speed limit-less German expressways opened between Cologne & Bonn an Autobahn |
#4974, aired 2006-04-06 | GEOGRAPHIC HORSE RACE $800: This country that built a 20-mi.-long dike in 1932 to add a new province, Flevoland, goes wild as "Dikes R Us" makes a move! the Netherlands |
#4968, aired 2006-03-29 | BRAND-O $800: George Blaisdell invented this lighter in 1932 the Zippo |
#4928, aired 2006-02-01 | EGYPTIAN CINEMA $1200: Boris Karloff was under wraps as this title Egyptian in a 1932 film the Mummy |
#4913, aired 2006-01-11 | JACKSON HOLE $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a park in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.) It's hard to believe the picturesque Jackson Square was once used as a dump; in 1932 it was beautified & named for this president for his 200th birthday George Washington |
#4894, aired 2005-12-15 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: Chapter 2 in a 1932 work of his begins, "The bullfight is not a sport in the Anglo-Saxon sense of the word" Ernest Hemingway |
#4893, aired 2005-12-14 | ARSENIC $600: A case of arsenic poisoning is deftly solved in this author's 1932 story "The Tuesday Night Club" Agatha Christie |
#4837, aired 2005-09-27 | FEMALE FIRSTS $200: In 1932 she became the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross Amelia Earhart |
#4836, aired 2005-09-26 | IN LOVE $800: In this 1932 Pulitzer Prize-winner, Wang Lung & O-Lan get along just fine until he takes a concubine The Good Earth |
#4816, aired 2005-07-11 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGAN YEARS $800: "In Hoover we trusted, now we are busted" 1932 |
#4806, aired 2005-06-27 | MOVIE CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $600: Garbo "checked in" there, in 1932
(5, 5) Grand Hotel |
#4777, aired 2005-05-17 | COLLECTIBLES $200: Don't wash dishes wearing your 1932 "Duo Dial" one of these from Longines a wristwatch |
#4775, aired 2005-05-13 | BE A "HEP" CAT $400: Her first film was 1932's "A Bill of Divorcement" Katharine Hepburn |
#4749, aired 2005-04-07 | DICTATOR TOTS $600: Until he attended the Collegio Lasalle in about 1932 around age 6, he worked in his family's sugar cane fields Fidel Castro |
#4737, aired 2005-03-22 | 20th CENTURY SCIENCE $1600: In 1932 this inventor figured out a better way than using Iceland spar to polarize light Edwin Land |
#4716, aired 2005-02-21 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Louisiana's governor from 1928 to 1932 who was a one-legged pirate in "Treasure Island" Huey Long John Silver |
#4710, aired 2005-02-11 | 20th CENTURY SCIENCE TIDBITS $200: After Sir James Chadwick's 1932 discovery of this fundamental particle of matter, the world went fission a neutron |
#4710, aired 2005-02-11 | SECRETARY'S DAY $200: This female 1932 Olympic hurdles & javelin winner also ran secretarial errands like a champ Didrikson-Zaharias |
#4704, aired 2005-02-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $2000: After serving one term, this first Quaker president was defeated for re-election in 1932 by FDR (Herbert) Hoover |
#4694, aired 2005-01-20 | THE 1980s $400: The L.A. Coliseum hosted the summer Olympics first in 1932 & then again in this year 1984 |
#4683, aired 2005-01-05 | JOE MAMA $400: An American icon, the first of her 4 sons, Joseph Jr., was born in 1915; the last, Edward, in 1932 Rose Kennedy |
#4681, aired 2005-01-03 | "HALL"s OF FAME $400: The 6th floor of this landmark opened in 1932 is designated "Rockette Operations" Radio City Music Hall |
#4666, aired 2004-12-13 | DON WE NOW OUR GUY APPAREL $400: Bunny Austin shocked the tennis world when he wore these competing at Forest Hills in 1932 shorts |
#4652, aired 2004-11-23 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $1000: This tale published in 1932 is set in the year 632 AF (After Ford) Brave New World |
#4630, aired 2004-10-22 | AMERICAN HEROES $2000: In 1932 she took off in a plane from Newfoundland, Canada & landed about 15 hours later in Ireland Amelia Earhart |
#4608, aired 2004-09-22 | A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF HERBERT HOOVER $800: In 1932 Hoover lost 472-59 in the Electoral College to FDR & the Cubs got swept by this team in the World Series the Yankees |
#4589, aired 2004-07-15 | MOVIE STARS OLD & NEW $1200: In 1932 David Manners was the hero of "The Mummy"; in 1999 it was this actor Brendan Fraser |
#4588, aired 2004-07-14 | WORLD WAR II $4,200 (Daily Double): Penicillin came into wide use in World War II, replacing this group of drugs first synthesized in 1932 sulfa (drugs) |
#4582, aired 2004-07-06 | NOVEL QUOTES $800: (1932)
"Over the main entrance the words, Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre" Brave New World |
#4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN A MUSICAL MOOD $400: Written for the movie "Chasing Rainbows", this hit became a campaign song in 1932 "Happy Days Are Here Again" |
#4580, aired 2004-07-02 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $600: In 1998 he was awarded posthumously a special Pulitzer Prize; his brother Ira won a Pulitzer in 1932 George Gershwin |
#4577, aired 2004-06-29 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: She was the Associated Press' Female Athlete of the Year for 1932, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950 & 1954 (Babe Didrikson) Zaharias |
#4564, aired 2004-06-10 | PULITZER PRIZES $1200: Nicknamed "Black Jack", his memoir "My Experiences in the World War" won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for History General Pershing |
#4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE $400: Now that you've got the hang of it, 1932's word was this, like the group that sang "My Sharona" K-N-A-C-K |
#4549, aired 2004-05-20 | ARCHITECTURE $200: In 1932 this U.S. architect wrote, "No house should ever be on any hill... it should be of the hill" Frank Lloyd Wright |
#4486, aired 2004-02-23 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL $400: In 1932 he was College Player of the Year at Purdue; in the 1970s he coached UCLA to a record 88 straight wins (John) Wooden |
#4478, aired 2004-02-11 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $2000: He carried 40 states in the 1928 election, 6 in 1932 (Herbert) Hoover |
#4460, aired 2004-01-16 | THE END $2000: This poet of "The Bridge" jumped ship in 1932 Hart Crane |
#4437, aired 2003-12-16 | FLORA $600: James Markham received the first patent for a tree in 1932, a variety of this fuzzy fruit peach |
#4434, aired 2003-12-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The U.S., though not a member, still sent delegates to this organization's disarmament conference in 1932 the League of Nations |
#4428, aired 2003-12-03 | GRAB BAG $2000: The 4 rings in this company's logo represent the 4 companies of the Auto-Union Consortium of 1932 Audi |
#4422, aired 2003-11-25 | POTPOURRI $200: Damon Runyon mentions gefilte fish in this 1932 collection of tales Guys and Dolls |
#4411, aired 2003-11-10 | THE SNACK FOOD GROUP $600: In 1932 Elmer Doolin paid a guy in Texas $100 for his corn chip recipe & founded this brand Fritos |
#4401, aired 2003-10-27 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1600: This economics professor became Portugal's prime minister in 1932 & ruled as virtual dictator until 1968 Antonio Salazar |
#4397, aired 2003-10-21 | THE 1930s $1600: This NYC mayor resigned in 1932, clouded by dy-no-mite headlines on corruption charges Jimmy Walker |
#4392, aired 2003-10-14 | THE WALTONS $2000: In 1932 physicist Ernest Walton co-developed one of these that sped up protons to smash lithium nuclei particle accelerator |
#4388, aired 2003-10-08 | U.S. CITIES $1,800 (Daily Double): The completion of the Bonnet Carre Spillway in this city in 1932 largely ended the threat of floods from the Mississippi New Orleans |
#4381, aired 2003-09-29 | HISTORY ON FILM $800: In 1932 Ethel Barrymore played Empress Alexandra & her brother Lionel had power over her as this man Rasputin |
#4375, aired 2003-09-19 | BEST PICTURES IN OTHER WORDS $2000: 1932:
"Opulent Inn" Grand Hotel |
#4358, aired 2003-07-09 | JOHNNY COME LATELY $200: In a 1932 film what this actor actually says is "Jane! -- Tarzan! Jane! -- Tarzan!" Johnny Weissmuller |
#4331, aired 2003-06-02 | FOREVER 39 $400: Jack Benny turned 39 for real in this year, the year FDR first took office 1933 |
#4295, aired 2003-04-11 | GERMAN HODGEPODGE $400: In 1932's "Blonde Venus", this German sex symbol aped around in a gorilla suit Marlene Dietrich |
#4271, aired 2003-03-10 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $800: Some consider this 1932 novel, the first in a trilogy, a blight on Captain Bligh's character "Mutiny on the Bounty" |
#4238, aired 2003-01-22 | PENNSYLVANIA $400: As a fundraising tool, this national organization began selling cookies in Philly in 1932 the Girl Scouts |
#4227, aired 2003-01-07 | UP & ATOM $800: In 1932 James Chadwick discovered these non-charged particles neutrons |
#4209, aired 2002-12-12 | WHAT'S IN A NAME? $200: A 1932 federal kidnapping law bears the name of this man whose child was kidnapped in 1932 Charles Lindbergh |
#4196, aired 2002-11-25 | FACTS FROM ALMANACS $800: Norman Thomas did this 6 times: in 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944 & 1948 run for president |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | LITERARY BROTHERS $400: In 1932 Julian Huxley wrote "A Scientist Among the Soviets" & his brother Aldous published this novel "Brave New World" |
#4178, aired 2002-10-30 | ARCHAEOLOGY $800: The ancient Clovis culture was named for a site in this SW state where artifacts were discovered in 1932 New Mexico |
#4165, aired 2002-10-11 | WORLD SERIES HOMERS $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew standing in front of Wrigley Field in Chicago) Bobby Thomson hit the "Shot Heard Round the World" in New York; Babe Ruth hit this 1932 World Series home run in Wrigley Field the "Called Shot" |
#4151, aired 2002-09-23 | HORSE TALK $200: In the 1932 film "Horse Feathers", he remarked, "I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse" Groucho Marx |
#4145, aired 2002-09-13 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $400: In 1932 actress Peg Entwistle jumped to her death from the "H" in this sign the "Hollywood" Sign |
#4087, aired 2002-05-14 | CIRCUS & CARNIVAL CINEMA $2000: This 1932 MGM film was later re-released as "Nature's Mistakes" Freaks |
#4038, aired 2002-03-06 | BEASTLY CINEMA $2000: 1932:
Groucho rides to the rescue as the new president of Huxley College Horse Feathers |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | "E"OPLE $800: In 1932 she became the first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic Amelia Earhart |
#3999, aired 2002-01-10 | GONNA FLY NOW $400: In 1932 she flew from Newfoundland to a pasture near Londonderry in 14 hours, 54 minutes Amelia Earhart |
#3975, aired 2001-12-07 | BELOVED BOLIVIA $2000: Bolivia fought a war in 1932 with this country, its smallest neighbor Paraguay |
#3957, aired 2001-11-13 | YOU SEE L.A. $1000: This venue, home to the first Super Bowl, was also the site of the 1932 & 1984 Olympic games the Coliseum |
#3954, aired 2001-11-08 | U.S. HISTORY $800: This general cleared out the vets camped in Washington, D.C. in July 1932, probably vowing to return if they ever did MacArthur |
#3937, aired 2001-10-16 | SEE THE "Z" $500: Married name of the 1932 multi-Olympic medal winner seen here (Babe Didrikson) Zaharias |
#3934, aired 2001-10-11 | HOW SWEET IT IS $200: Until 1932 this candy was known as the "Papa Sucker" Sugar Daddy |
#3912, aired 2001-09-11 | U.S. CITY SONGS $300: In a 1932 standard, it's the city you "shuffle off to" Buffalo |
#3894, aired 2001-07-05 | IBN SEARCHING SO LONG $1000: In 1932 he united the kingdoms of Hejaz & Najd into one country Ibn Saud |
#3862, aired 2001-05-22 | THE "GOOD" BOOK $200: Pearl Buck won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for this book The Good Earth |
#3844, aired 2001-04-26 | LEAF ME ALONE PLEASE $200: This team won its first Stanley Cup in 1932 Toronto Maple Leafs |
#3840, aired 2001-04-20 | "GOO" GOO G'JOOB $200: Disney character who hit the big time in 1932's "Mickey's Revue" Goofy |
#3839, aired 2001-04-19 | THE SKIPPER $400: 1932:
The Bounty
(before the mutiny) Captain Bligh |
#3828, aired 2001-04-04 | SCIENCE $800: Though his work was "uncertain", he won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1932, just on "principle" Werner Heisenberg |
#3811, aired 2001-03-12 | ARCHITECTS $200: In 1932 he founded the Taliesin Fellowship in which students paid to live & work with him (Frank Lloyd) Wright |
#3756, aired 2000-12-25 | ONCE UPON A DECEMBER $800: Too late to hold a Christmas show, this home to the Rockettes opened December 27, 1932 Radio City Music Hall |
#3720, aired 2000-11-03 | EGYPTIAN FILM FESTIVAL $600: In 1932 he starred as "The Mummy" in the daddy of all mummy movies Boris Karloff |
#3716, aired 2000-10-30 | RUNNING MATES $600: He chose John Nance Garner in 1932 & 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt |
#3715, aired 2000-10-27 | SPACE SCIENTISTS $600: In 1932 Karl Jansky, studying these waves, detected them coming from space Radio waves |
#3705, aired 2000-10-13 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $300: In 1932 his wife Zelda published the novel "Save Me the Waltz", her version of their life together F. Scott Fitzgerald |
#3685, aired 2000-09-15 | BALLET $600: (Hi, I'm Michael Feinstein here at the Hollywood Bowl.) In 1932 the ballet "Elysia" was commissioned by the Hollywood Bowl in celebration of this sports event the Summer Olympics (in Los Angeles) |
#3684, aired 2000-09-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: In 1932 this Republican was elected governor of Kansas; he won reelection in 1934 Alf Landon |
#3669, aired 2000-07-13 | LET'S TAKE A LITTLE TRIP $200: In May 1932 she made a little flight from Newfoundland across the north Atlantic Amelia Earhart |
#3668, aired 2000-07-12 | O CANADA $400: In 1932 the New Brunswick Provincial Police was absorbed by this famous force Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
#3648, aired 2000-06-14 | A STAR-SPANGLED BANNER QUIZ $500: The first Olympics at which the song could be played as our official national anthem were held in 1932 in this country USA (Lake Placid) |
#3637, aired 2000-05-30 | "HOTEL"s $800: Greta Garbo & John Barrymore are 2 of the guests in this 1932 movie blockbuster Grand Hotel |
#3606, aired 2000-04-17 | FILE UNDER "B" $400: Sport seen here as it looked way back in 1932:
(Winter Olympics mainstay) Bobsledding |
#3601, aired 2000-04-10 | ACTOR-RIFIC $400: A star of 1932's "Scarface", this tough George once ran a Havana casino George Raft |
#3587, aired 2000-03-21 | VETERANS $200: The Bonus Army that marched on Washington in 1932 was made up of veterans of this war World War I |
#3576, aired 2000-03-06 | THE LAST AMERICAN TO WIN THE GOLD $1,000 (Daily Double): Women's javelin
(1932) Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | F. SCOTT FITZGERALD $400: Fitzgerald's wife; her view of their marriage inspired her 1932 novel "Save Me the Waltz" Zelda |
#3536, aired 2000-01-10 | DICTATORS $800: Portugal:
1932-1968 Antonio Salazar |
#3536, aired 2000-01-10 | NATIVE AMERICAN LIT $1000: In a 1932 book, this Oglala Sioux holy man "Speaks" his life story to poet John Neihardt Black Elk |
#3530, aired 1999-12-31 | SONS $300: His disappearance made headlines March 2, 1932 The Lindbergh baby |
#3526, aired 1999-12-27 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS $200: Having Charles Curtis as his running mate in 1932 didn't help; he was not reelected Herbert Hoover |
#3523, aired 1999-12-22 | DEAR JEAN LETTERS $600: I thought the U.S. remake of your 1932 film "Boudu Saved From Drowning" was faithful to your work Jean Renoir |
#3493, aired 1999-11-10 | FAMOUS NEW YORKERS $300: In 1932 this New Deal Democrat went from the New York governor's mansion to the White House Franklin D. Roosevelt |
#3471, aired 1999-10-11 | JIMMY $500: He was dyn-o-mite as mayor of New York from 1926 to 1932 Jimmy Walker |
#3467, aired 1999-10-05 | SOLDIERS $400: This French minister of war died in 1932, too soon to see his "line" outflanked in World War II Andre Maginot |
#3456, aired 1999-09-20 | ENDS IN "U" $400: In 1932 Australia tried to eradicate this large flightless bird by using machine guns -- didn't work the emu |
#3436, aired 1999-07-12 | IN THE FIRE $200: Since 1932 this brand has provided reliable flames for soldiers, campers & others Zippo |
#3433, aired 1999-07-07 | TINSELTOWN TRAGEDIES $200: In 1932 Peg Entwhistle jumped from the first letter of this local landmark the Hollywood Sign |
#3430, aired 1999-07-02 | MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS $300: Back in 1932 Donald Truesdale earned his medal during the Marines' campaign against Sandinistas in this country Nicaragua |
#3413, aired 1999-06-09 | LEGENDS OF SPORTS $800: This 1932 Olympic gold medal winner is often called the greatest female athlete of all time Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
#3377, aired 1999-04-20 | GOING TO... $200: In 1932's legendary "Called Shot" his gesture indicated the ball would be going into the center field bleachers Babe Ruth |
#3370, aired 1999-04-09 | THE SOCIAL SCIENCES $400: From 1932 to 1947 this pollster was research director of the Young & Rubicam ad agency George Gallup |
#3369, aired 1999-04-08 | THE 1930s $200: A 6-day fast by this man in 1932 changed the way the untouchables in India were treated Mohandas Gandhi |
#3360, aired 1999-03-26 | AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE $400: Although he "crashed" in the election of 1932, he later led 2 commissions to reorganize the executive branch Herbert Hoover |
#3355, aired 1999-03-19 | ISOTOPES $1,000 (Daily Double): The hydrogen isotope called this was discovered in 1932, 2 years before tritium deuterium |
#3303, aired 1999-01-06 | FDR $500: During this 1932 campaign, FDR relied on a trusted group of advisers dubbed this--pretty smart the Brain Trust |
#3298, aired 1998-12-30 | 1930s AVIATION $400: In 1932 & '33 one of these airships made a total of 18 trips between Germany & Brazil a Zeppelin |
#3284, aired 1998-12-10 | SKATING ON FILM $800: Gold medalist of the 1928, 1932 & 1936 Olympics, she made her Hollywood debut in "One In A Million" Sonja Henie |
#3249, aired 1998-10-22 | "E"OGRAPHY $800: Latin America's first Communist revolt took place in this nation in 1932 El Salvador |
#3247, aired 1998-10-20 | I FORGET $200: He pushed for a New Deal in 1932 & appealed to the "forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid" Franklin D. Roosevelt |
#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 |
#3211, aired 1998-07-13 | THE MOVIES $400: The character seen here is based on a role created by this actor in 1932:
(The Mummy) Boris Karloff |
#3198, aired 1998-06-24 | LEAP DAY IN SPORTS $200: On Feb. 29, 1932 this Manassa Mauler KOed 2 men in less than 3 minutes in an exhibition match Jack Dempsey |
#3160, aired 1998-05-01 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $100: His eldest son, also named Theodore, was governor of Puerto Rico from 1929 to 1932 Theodore Roosevelt |
#3158, aired 1998-04-29 | HENRY FORD $1000: Henry pioneered this type of engine in 1932, one year before the juice of the same name was invented V8 |
#3139, aired 1998-04-02 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $200: In his 1932 book "Death in the Afternoon", he treated bullfighting as a tragic ritual rather than sport (Ernest) Hemingway |
#3129, aired 1998-03-19 | QUOTATIONS $800: The one written by George Eastman in 1932 said, "My work is done. Why wait?" a suicide note |
#3107, aired 1998-02-17 | FEMALE FIRSTS $300: In 1932 Hattie Caraway planted the seed for Dianne Feinstein as the first woman elected to this body the U.S. Senate |
#3106, aired 1998-02-16 | COMMUNISTS $400: Despite his name, this "Native Son" author was on the left as a Communist Party member from 1932 to 1944 Richard Wright |
#3090, aired 1998-01-23 | TEAMMATES $200: From 1917 to 1932 he & his sister Adele were a famous dancing team on Broadway Fred Astaire |
#3084, aired 1998-01-15 | BLONDIE $1000: This German's skinny-dipping scene is often cut from TV showings of her 1932 film "Blonde Venus" Marlene Dietrich |
#3064, aired 1997-12-18 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: Clark Gable co-starred with her in "No Man Of Her Own" in 1932 & married her a few years later Carole Lombard |
#3012, aired 1997-10-07 | THE FALL CLASSIC $100: In 1932 he pointed to the stands & hit the ball there--or maybe he just gestured at the Cubs' bench Babe Ruth |
#2996, aired 1997-09-15 | THE ATLANTIC OCEAN $300: In 1932 she crossed the Atlantic alone in 13 hours, 30 minutes Amelia Earhart |
#2995, aired 1997-09-12 | EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS $400: George Cukor directed Meg Ryan's 1981 film debut & this actress' 1932 debut, "A Bill of Divorcement" Katharine Hepburn |
#2963, aired 1997-06-18 | PROHIBITION $300: As the 1932 Democratic candidate for president, he promised to end prohibition Franklin D. Roosevelt |
#2891, aired 1997-03-10 | THE 1930s $600: Harbour Bridge, one of the largest arch bridges in the world, opened in this city in 1932, mate Sydney |
#2887, aired 1997-03-04 | WINTER OLYMPIC SITES $300: In 1932 this village was the first U.S. site & it hosted the games again in 1980 Lake Placid |
#2884, aired 1997-02-27 | AUTO FIRSTS $300: In 1932 this motor city laid the 1st mile of concrete pavement; in 1914 it erected the 1st stop sign Detroit |
#2873, aired 1997-02-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife, she based her 1932 novel "Save Me The Waltz" on their life together Zelda Fitzgerald |
#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 |
#2845, aired 1997-01-03 | '30S FILM FACTS $1000: Garbo spoke the immortal words "I want to be alone" in this 1932 film that became a 1989 Broadway musical Grand Hotel |
#2841, aired 1996-12-30 | 1921 $100: This memorial was dedicated at Arlington in 1921; the monument wasn't completed until 1932 The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
#2822, aired 1996-12-03 | DECEMBER $100: Ellen Burstyn was born on this date in 1932; Pearl Harbor was bombed on it in 1941 December 7th |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | DAM $600: Completed in 1932, a 19-mile-long dam in this country created the Ijsselmeer from part of the Zuiderzee the Netherlands |
#2757, aired 1996-09-03 | QUOTATIONS $600: In 1932 this defender of Scopes wrote, "The truth is, no one really believes in immortality" (Clarence) Darrow |
#2732, aired 1996-06-18 | POTPOURRI $200: This march king died March 6, 1932 John Philip Sousa |
#2731, aired 1996-06-17 | 12-LETTER WORDS $100: During the Depression in 1932, it exceeded 20% unemployment |
#2717, aired 1996-05-28 | LITERATURE $1000: This 1932 collection of Damon Runyon stories featured the adventures of NYC gamblers & gangsters Guys and Dolls |
#2667, aired 1996-03-19 | THE 1930s $400: In 1932 the Winter Olympic Games were held in this New York town Lake Placid |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | U.S. HISTORY $500: This Republican was elected Kansas governor in 1932 & 1934 despite Democratic wins nationwide (Alf) Landon |
#2629, aired 1996-01-25 | STADIUMS & ARENAS $300: The opening ceremonies for the 1932 & 1984 Summer Olympic Games took place at this L.A. arena Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
#2628, aired 1996-01-24 | RULERS $100: Ibn Saud founded this kingdom in 1932 & ruled until his death in 1953 Saudi Arabia |
#2622, aired 1996-01-16 | OPERA $600: Darius Milhaud wrote a 1932 opera about this Hapsburg emperor of Mexico Maximilian |
#2619, aired 1996-01-11 | WORLD CITIES $500: In 1932 Cholon was combined with this city in Vietnam's Mekong delta Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) |
#2615, aired 1996-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $200: On May 21, 1932 she landed in Northern Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo Amelia Earhart |
#2613, aired 1996-01-03 | NOVELS $800: The title of this 1932 Aldous Huxley novel is from Shakespeare's "The Tempest" Brave New World |
#2588, aired 1995-11-29 | BALLET $400: Leonide Massine's 1932 ballet "Jeux D'Enfants" is danced to music by this "Carmen" composer Bizet |
#2587, aired 1995-11-28 | ART $400: In 1932 & 1933 this Mexican muralist created a 27-panel fresco called "Detroit Industry" Diego Rivera |
#2586, aired 1995-11-27 | MOVIE COSTUMES $800: If you want to see this German sex symbol in a gorilla suit, rent the 1932 film "Blonde Venus" Marlene Dietrich |
#2547, aired 1995-10-03 | AUTHORS $1000: She set her 1932 story "Neighbor Rosicky" in Nebraska (Willa) Cather |
#2523, aired 1995-07-19 | FILE UNDER "D" $100: A 1932 song asked, "Brother, Can You Spare" one of these a dime |
#2514, aired 1995-07-06 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Paul von Hindenburg was elected president of this country twice, in 1925 & 1932 Germany |
#2487, aired 1995-05-30 | LITERATURE $400: In 1932 this Pearl Buck novel was dramatized by Owen & Donald Davis The Good Earth |
#2459, aired 1995-04-20 | NOTABLE WOMEN $200: She was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross in 1932, the same year as her solo transatlantic flight Amelia Earhart |
#2459, aired 1995-04-20 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1000: On the basis of her 1932 film "The Blue Light", Hitler appointed her to film the Nuremberg Rally Leni Riefenstahl |
#2444, aired 1995-03-30 | NOTORIOUS $200: General Schwarzkopf's father headed the N.J. State Police during this 1932 kidnapping investigation the Lindbergh kidnapping |
#2428, aired 1995-03-08 | TREATIES $200: The U.S. & this country concluded St. Lawrence Seaway Treaties in 1932, 1941 & 1954 Canada |
#2426, aired 1995-03-06 | SPORTS HISTORY $400: In 1923, this city's Memorial Coliseum was expanded to 105,000 seats for the 1932 Olympics Los Angeles |
#2384, aired 1995-01-05 | POLITICIANS $1000: He was Speaker of the House when elected FDR's first vice president in 1932 John Nance Garner |
#2365, aired 1994-12-09 | THE PREZ SEZ $100: In a 1932 speech he said, "I pledge you-I pledge myself-to a New Deal for the American people" Franklin Roosevelt |
#2364, aired 1994-12-08 | FASHION HISTORY $800: The ruffled dress that this broad-shouldered star wore in the 1932 film "Letty Lynton" became a national craze Joan Crawford |
#2359, aired 1994-12-01 | ODDS & ENDS $1000: When he retired as Supreme Court justice in 1932, he'd served to an older age than any, 90 Oliver Wendell Holmes |
#2348, aired 1994-11-16 | PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS $400: This 1932 winner begins with the marriage of Wang Lung & O-lan "The Good Earth" |
#2336, aired 1994-10-31 | THE 1930s $500: This New York City playboy mayor resigned in 1932 during a corruption investigation Jimmy Walker |
#2319, aired 1994-10-06 | POLITICIANS $400: This Democrat served as governor of New York from 1929 to 1932 Franklin Roosevelt |
#2299, aired 1994-09-08 | POLITICAL CONVENTIONS $200: At the 1932 Democratic Convention, he became the first nominee to make an acceptance speech in person Franklin Roosevelt |
#2298, aired 1994-09-07 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $200: In 1932 Hattie Caraway from this "Land of Opportunity" became the 1st woman elected to the Senate Arkansas |
#2295, aired 1994-07-22 | MODERN HISTORY $600: The mysterious 1932 death of this leader's wife Nadya Alliluyeva was ruled a suicide Stalin |
#2290, aired 1994-07-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1,000 (Daily Double): This company first entered the lipstick market with the slogan "Matching lips and fingertips" Revlon |
#2271, aired 1994-06-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: In 1932 he founded a large cosmetics firm with a $300 investment in a nail enamel company (Charles) Revson |
#2270, aired 1994-06-17 | INVENTORS $100: In 1932 this wireless telegraphy inventor built one of the first microwave telephone systems Marconi |
#2266, aired 1994-06-13 | TRACK & FIELD $300: In 1932 this American woman won Olympic gold medals in the 80-meter hurdles & the javelin throw Babe Didrikson |
#2246, aired 1994-05-16 | LEFTOVERS $500: This designer known for using such colors as shocking pink invented the padded shoulder in 1932 Elsa Schiaparelli |
#2219, aired 1994-04-07 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $400: In 1932 this N.Y. village hosted the 1st Winter Olympics in the U.S.; Governor F. Roosevelt opened the Games Lake Placid |
#2150, aired 1993-12-31 | AWARDS $400: This comedy team's 1932 short "The Music Box" won an Oscar for producer Hal Roach Laurel & Hardy |
#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 |
#2108, aired 1993-11-03 | DIVAS $1000: In Brooklyn she won a contest as the most beautiful baby of 1932 Beverly Sills |
#2086, aired 1993-10-04 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $500: c. 1918 FDR said of this man, "I wish we could make him president"; in 1932 FDR defeated him for the office Herbert Hoover |
#2085, aired 1993-10-01 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: The Federal Kidnapping Statute of 1932 was popularly known as this for the case that sparked it Lindbergh Act (Law) |
#2074, aired 1993-09-16 | DICTATORS $1,500 (Daily Double): Antonio Salazar ruled this European country from 1932 to 1968 Portugal |
#2071, aired 1993-09-13 | THE ELEMENTS $300: In 1932 the first workable atom smasher broke lithium into this very light element helium |
#2062, aired 1993-07-20 | HODGEPODGE $400: In 1932 Castle & Cooke bought into the pineapple co. founded by this man in 1901 Dole |
#2045, aired 1993-06-25 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE $200: In 1932 Life magazine quoted this inventor as saying, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" Edison |
#2035, aired 1993-06-11 | MILITARY LEADERS $800: AEF commander whose "My Experiences in the World War" won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for History "Black Jack" Pershing |
#2029, aired 1993-06-03 | COLORFUL PHRASES $300: The modern version of this military medal was established in 1932 for those wounded or killed in action the Purple Heart |
#2012, aired 1993-05-11 | AUTHORS $400: Her first novel was "Little House in the Big Woods", published in 1932 (Laura Ingalls) Wilder |
#2002, aired 1993-04-27 | IRELAND $200: In 1932 a special mass was held in Dublin on the 1,500th anniv. of this saint's arrival in Ireland Patrick |
#1999, aired 1993-04-22 | THE 1930s $100: Led by Ruth & Gehrig, this team swept the 1932 World Series in 4 games the New York Yankees |
#1999, aired 1993-04-22 | THE 1930s $300: In August 1932 95,000 people gathered at the Coliseum in this city for the Olympic closing ceremonies Los Angeles |
#1997, aired 1993-04-20 | BABES $400: She set records in the 1932 Olympics in the javelin throw & the 80-meter hurdles Babe Didrikson |
#1979, aired 1993-03-25 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800 (Daily Double): In 1932 Ronald Reagan graduated from this small Illinois school, majoring in economics & sociology Eureka College |
#1966, aired 1993-03-08 | MAGAZINES $800: This women's magazine was introduced in 1932 as a giveaway by Piggly Wiggly markets Family Circle |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | THE 1930s $200: A popular song of 1932 asked, "Brother, can you spare" one of these a dime |
#1943, aired 1993-02-03 | FAMOUS WOMEN $800: In the 1932 Olympics this American set world records in 2 women's track & field events (Babe Didrikson) Zaharias |
#1897, aired 1992-12-01 | OSCAR-WINNING FILMS $400: Greta Garbo delivered her famous line "I want to be alone" in this Oscar-winning 1932 film Grand Hotel |
#1888, aired 1992-11-18 | JAZZ $400: Duke Ellington was a regular attraction at this famous Harlem nightclub from 1927-1932 Cotton Club |
#1871, aired 1992-10-26 | OLD MOVIES $800: In 1932 Cary Grant played Lt. Pinkerton in a non-musical film based on this Puccini opera Madame Butterfly |
#1865, aired 1992-10-16 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS $400: In a 1932 purge of Republicans, the Democrats took over the Senate, & he won the presidency FDR |
#1859, aired 1992-10-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This photo company was originally founded in 1932 as the Land-Wheelwright Laboratories Polaroid |
#1854, aired 1992-10-01 | RUNNING MATES $400: James M. Cox's running mate in 1920, he was elected president in 1932 Franklin Roosevelt |
#1851, aired 1992-09-28 | THE OLYMPICS $400: This Norwegian won the women's figure skating gold medal in 1928, 1932 & 1936 Sonja Henie |
#1791, aired 1992-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: After oil was found there in 1932, this island nation became the Persian Gulf's first oil-rich state Bahrain |
#1706, aired 1992-01-20 | WORLD LEADERS $200: In 1990, in Germany's first full national election since 1932, he was elected chancellor Helmut Kohl |
#1699, aired 1992-01-09 | LOS ANGELES $500: Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in these 2 years 1932 & 1984 |
#1694, aired 1992-01-02 | U.S. HISTORY $200: It's the common name of the 1932 federal kidnapping law the Lindbergh Law |
#1685, aired 1991-12-20 | "G"EOGRAPHY $1000: The city where the Volga & Oka rivers meet was renamed this in 1932 after a popular writer Gorky |
#1662, aired 1991-11-19 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This phrase for southern squalor came from the title of a 1932 Erskine Caldwell novel tobacco road |
#1647, aired 1991-10-29 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: This Hawaiian swimming star was sheriff of Honolulu 1932-61 Duke Kahanamoku |
#1619, aired 1991-09-19 | SOUTH AMERICA $400: A war over the Chaco region erupted in 1932 between Paraguay & this other land-locked country Bolivia |
#1610, aired 1991-09-06 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: Charles Revson began this cosmetics company in 1932 with a $300 investment Revlon |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | THE 1930s $1000: In 1932, amid charges of neglect & incompetency, this dapper NYC mayor resigned (Jimmy) Walker |
#1573, aired 1991-06-05 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $300: Most beautiful baby of 1932, in Brooklyn, this opera diva is nicknamed "Bubbles" Beverly Sills |
#1573, aired 1991-06-05 | NEW JERSEYIANS $400: His large estate in Hopewell was the site of the famous 1932 kidnapping Charles Lindbergh |
#1562, aired 1991-05-21 | ARCHITECTURE $400: In 1932 he organized the Taliesin Fellowship, a training program for architects Frank Lloyd Wright |
#1517, aired 1991-03-19 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $300: In 1932 the U.S. War Department revived this decoration first established by George Washington the Purple Heart |
#1515, aired 1991-03-15 | THE 1930s $800: In 1932 the U.S. Army booted this expeditionary force out of Washington, D.C. the Bonus Army |
#1496, aired 1991-02-18 | "MUM"s THE WORD $100: Boris Karloff' was wrapped up in his role when he played this title character in a 1932 classic the Mummy |
#1485, aired 1991-02-01 | WOMEN $800: At age 91, Anna Hauptmann is still trying to clear her husband of this 1932 crime the Lindbergh baby kidnapping |
#1478, aired 1991-01-23 | SPORTS GREATS $200: She was the Associated Press Woman Athlete of the Year in 1932, '45, '46, '47, '50 & '54 "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias |
#1458, aired 1990-12-26 | NUMBER, PLEASE $300: In 1932, Walter Pitkin published a book that maintained "Life Begins at" this age 40 |
#1442, aired 1990-12-04 | HISTORICAL FILMS $500: Ethel Barrymore played this troubled Empress in the 1932 film "Rasputin and the Empress" Alexandra |
#1435, aired 1990-11-23 | FAMOUS NAMES $100: He told the 1932 Democratic convention, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people" Roosevelt |
#1432, aired 1990-11-20 | EUROPE $1000: Prime Minister Antonio Salazar ran this country with an iron fist from 1932-1968 Portugal |
#1421, aired 1990-11-05 | LABOR $500: Under David Dubinsky's leadership, this union grew from 34,000 members in 1932 to 404,000 in 1966 the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union |
#1411, aired 1990-10-22 | WORLD LEADERS $600: Absolute monarchy ended in this country in 1932 during the reign of Prajadhipok Thailand |
#1396, aired 1990-10-01 | RIVERS $400: An 80-mile-long canal, built between 1932-7 connects Moscow with this river the Volga |
#1380, aired 1990-09-07 | THE OLYMPICS $200: She won the Olympic javelin throw in 1932 with a 143' 4" toss, over 100' less than the winner in 1988 Babe Didrikson |
#1374, aired 1990-07-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $100: In 1932 his wife, Zelda, wrote "Save Me the Waltz", a fictionalized account of their life together F. Scott Fitzgerald |
#1320, aired 1990-05-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1932 Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to this body U.S. Senate |
#1311, aired 1990-04-23 | THE OLYMPICS $200: In 1932, when women could enter only 3 events, this American woman won 3 medals Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
#1274, aired 1990-03-01 | TRANSPORTATION $300: The 1st of these high-speed German highways was opened between Cologne & Bonn in 1932 Autobahn |
#1261, aired 1990-02-12 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $1000: The cyclotron Ernest Lawrence invented in 1932 was designed to accelerate these particles protons |
#1259, aired 1990-02-08 | NONFICTION $400: Ernest Hemingway's 1932 book "Death in the Afternoon" is about this sport bullfighting |
#1251, aired 1990-01-29 | FILMS OF THE 1930S $400: In 1932 Paul Muni was "A Fugitive From" this A Chain Gang |
#1226, aired 1989-12-25 | WOMEN $600: In 1932 this modern dancer & choreographer became the 1st dancer to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship Martha Graham |
#1223, aired 1989-12-20 | U.S. STATES $1000: Noted for its progressivism, this Midwest state passed the 1st Unemployment Compensation Act in 1932 Wisconsin |
#1202, aired 1989-11-21 | 1930s BEST SELLERS $1000: Her soapy story "Back Street" was a 1931 best seller & was filmed in 1932, 1941 & 1961 (Fannie) Hurst |
#1180, aired 1989-10-20 | CRIME $200: Nickname of the 1932 federal kidnapping statute arising from a famous kidnapping of that same year the "Lindbergh Law" |
#1147, aired 1989-09-05 | SOVIET CITIES $1000: In 1932 the city of Nizhny Novgorod was renamed this after a famous writer Gorky |
#1144, aired 1989-07-20 | SING "OUT" $300: A 1932 Rudy Vallee hit said "Let's" do this "and go to sleep" turn out the lights (put out the lights) |
#1071, aired 1989-04-10 | POT CLUCK $400: When Republicans promised this in 1932, the cost of cluck was 8 times chuck a chicken in every pot |
#1051, aired 1989-03-13 | FAMOUS QUOTES $500 (Daily Double): His famous quote heard here is from the 1932 film "The Fatal Glass of Beer":
"It's not a fit night out for man nor beast." W.C. Fields |
#1013, aired 1989-01-18 | THE OLYMPICS $100: Celebrations might have been dampened at the 1932 L.A. games, since this U.S. amendment was in effect Prohibition |
#972, aired 1988-11-22 | CLOTHING $200: As late as 1932 ladies's slacks were still called this, a name now referring to sleepwear pajamas |
#965, aired 1988-11-11 | OLD MOVIES $400: Marlene Dietrich played Shanghai Lily in this 1932 film named for a Chinese train "Shanghai Express" |
#936, aired 1988-10-03 | THE OSCARS $100: His Oscar in 1932 wasn't for building a better mousetrap but a better mouse Walt Disney |
#863, aired 1988-05-11 | SENIORS IN HISTORY $600: In the 1932 German presidential election, this 84-year-old defeated 43-year-old Hitler Hindenburg |
#807, aired 1988-02-23 | GOING IN STYLE $500 (Daily Double): This legendary movie star died in 1932, reportedly in Jean Harlow's arms: Rin Tin Tin |
#804, aired 1988-02-18 | 20TH C. AMERICANS $200: On July 2, 1932, he pledged "A new deal for the American public" Franklin Roosevelt |
#793, aired 1988-02-03 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: He led an "army" from Ohio to Washington in 1894 & ran for president in 1932 General Jacob Coxey |
#783, aired 1988-01-20 | LADIES $600: In 1932, his sister Adele left the act to marry Lord Cavendish & become a real "Lady Be Good" Fred Astaire |
#779, aired 1988-01-14 | MOVIE CLASSICS $800: In this 1932 Oscar-winner, there was room in the inn for a Beery & 2 Barrymores Grand Hotel |
#771, aired 1988-01-04 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1932, Geo. G. Blaisdell named his new lighter "Zippo", after this late 19th century invention the zipper |
#763, aired 1987-12-23 | RULERS $800: He ruled Portugal as dictator for 36 years, 1932-1968 Salazar |
#735, aired 1987-11-13 | TEXAS $800: Each year from 1932-86, up to 100,000 attended this annual event sponsored by the Texas Dept. of Corrections the Texas Prison Rodeo |
#701, aired 1987-09-28 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1932, Mr. Den, Mr. Aoyama & Mr. Takeuichi produced this car which they called their "son" a Datsun |
#691, aired 1987-09-14 | HOLLYWOOD LANDMARKS $300: In 1932, actress Peg Entwhistle leapt to her death from the "H" in this the Hollywood Sign |
#673, aired 1987-07-08 | REMAKES $200: Actor who starred with Jean Harlow in 1932's "Red Dust" & Ava Gardner in 1953 remake, "Mogambo" Clark Gable |
#636, aired 1987-05-18 | AUTHORS $200: In the '50s he published "Brave New World Revisited" a supplement to his 1932 work Aldous Huxley |
#599, aired 1987-03-26 | TOUGH DISNEY $1,000 (Daily Double): Some of the title characters in this 1961 cartoon feature watched 1932's "Flowers & Trees" on TV the One Hundred and One Dalmatians |
#574, aired 1987-02-19 | MOVIE TRIVIA $400: Since he was covered with bandages, you could say Boris Karloff got "wrapped up" in this 1932 role The Mummy |
#525, aired 1986-12-12 | FILM GEOGRAPHY $400: 1986 hit film based on Jean Renoir's 1932 film "Boudu Saved from Drowning" Down and Out in Beverly Hills |
#521, aired 1986-12-08 | SPORTS $500: When Max Schmeling lost heavyweight title in a 1932 decision, his manager shouted this We was robbed! |
#516, aired 1986-12-01 | JULY $500: The 10th Olympic games began in Los Angeles on July 30th of this year 1932 |
#496, aired 1986-11-03 | THE GREAT DEPRESSION $600: Of 100, 500 or 1000%, the percentage of increase in unemployment from 1925-1932 1000 |
#460, aired 1986-09-12 | WORLD WAR II $600: As early as 1932, Japan occupied this part of northern China Manchuria |
#457, aired 1986-09-09 | AUTOMOBILES $500: In 1932, it became the 1st company to sell a low-priced car with a V-8 engine Ford |
#445, aired 1986-05-23 | WHITE HOUSE GOSSIP $400: President who posed for so many pictures at a 1932 baseball game he forgot to throw out the 1st ball Herbert Hoover |
#405, aired 1986-03-28 | WHITE HOUSE GOSSIP $600: In 1932, asking Treasury Sec. Mellon for a nickel to call a friend, he was given a dime to call them both Herbert Hoover |
#400, aired 1986-03-21 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $500: Bruno Hauptmann made headlines when convicted of taking this in 1932 the Lindbergh baby |
#375, aired 1986-02-14 | WORLD HISTORY $100: In 1932, he began campaigning for president of Germany before even becoming a German citizen Adolf Hitler |
#374, aired 1986-02-13 | POLITICAL TRIVIA $400: In 1932, Hattie Caraway of Arkansas was 1st woman elected to this the United States Senate |
#327, aired 1985-12-10 | 1932 $100: Completed in 1932, this NYC movie house still has more seats than any other in the world Radio City Music Hall |
#327, aired 1985-12-10 | 1932 $200: On July 8th, it dropped to 41.22, its lowest point of the Great Depression Dow Jones |
#327, aired 1985-12-10 | 1932 $300: French medics found fewer germs were exchanged during a kiss than this less intimate greeting handshake |
#327, aired 1985-12-10 | 1932 $400: Physicists Millikan & Compton debated over origin of these particles from space cosmic rays |
#327, aired 1985-12-10 | 1932 $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the starring guests registered at MGM's "Grand Hotel" (2 of) Wallace Beery, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt |
#279, aired 1985-10-03 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: Aldous Huxley's 1932 version of "1984" Brave New World |
#129, aired 1985-03-07 | THE '30S $1000: In 1932, at age 90, he retired after almost 30 years on the Supreme Court Oliver Wendell Holmes |
#122, aired 1985-02-26 | VAUDEVILLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Vaudeville "came to an end" when this theater "closed" Nov. 16, 1932 the Palace |