| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | REBOOTS & REMAKES $2000: "Heaven Can Wait" was a remake of this 1941 film Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | 20th CENTURY LASTS $400: This type of military unit was increasingly put out to pasture; France's last charge by one was in Africa in 1941 cavalry |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | IMAGE $2000: Norman Rockwell's oft-parodied image of a Thanksgiving meal has this title, one of a quartet in FDR's 1941 State of the Union speech Freedom from Want |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | WHEN I'M 64 $400: In all 64 minutes of this 1941 Disney classic, the high-flying title character never speaks Dumbo |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | A "FAST" CATEGORY $600: This phrase precedes "more powerful than a locomotive!" in a 1941 cartoon where our hero fights "The Mad Scientist" faster than a speeding bullet |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES $400: "Citizen Kane"
(1941) (Orson) Welles |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL $200: Since Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941, only this Reds player has exceeded 40 straight games (Pete) Rose |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | WORKING ON A BUILDING $1200: 1941-43: 15,000 American workers labor day & night to turn swampland into this federal office complex the Pentagon |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | NAME THE JAMES $1200: After this author's death on January 13th, 1941, the wake wasn't for Finnegan, but for him Joyce |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LET'S GET MEDICAL $400: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as his disease, claimed his life in 1941 Lou Gehrig |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | STARS & STRIPES IN ART $400: In 1940 & 1941, turning his gaze from war, Joan Miró produced 23 works in a series titled these groups of stars Constellations |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $200: May 1, 1941:
Rosebud blooms as this Orson Welles classic premiered in New York Citizen Kane |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | REMEMBER BASEBALL? $400: How about 1941, when this guy also known as "Joltin' Joe" had a 56-game hit streak? (Joe) DiMaggio |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | THOSE BALLS HAVE "I"s $4,000 (Daily Double): In addition to its volleyballs, this company has been making the official NFL football since 1941 Wilson |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | THE ARTS $1,800 (Daily Double): Psychoanalysts used drawings by this painter in his own therapy sessions from 1939 to 1941 Jackson Pollock |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | THE LAST BOOKS YOU'LL READ $1200: The character of Monroe Stahr in this 1941 novel was based on Irving Thalberg The Last Tycoon (by Fitzgerald) |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | THE MORNING AFTER $600: The sign here was put up in California on this date in 1941 December 8th |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | PRISONERS OF WAR $2000: This Frenchman who wrote "Being and Nothingness" was a prisoner of war from 1940 to 1941 Jean-Paul Sartre |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | IT'S ALSO A GREEK LETTER $400: In 1941 this airline with a Greek letter for a name moved its headquarters to Atlanta Delta |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | A CAPITAL OFFENSIVE $800: In December 1941 Hitler's armies reached the suburbs of this capital, but that's as far as they got Moscow |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | TECHNOLOGY HISTORY $600: Early on Dec. 7, 1941, a new SCR-270 radar device detected but didn't recognize Japanese aircraft over this island Oahu |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $600: Ted Williams is the last Major Leaguer to hit more than this fabled average, going .006 above it in 1941 .400 |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | BATMAN VILLAINS $800: Sharing his name with a "Wizard of Oz" character, this fear-obsessed foe also known as Dr. Jonathan Crane first appeared in 1941 Scarecrow |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC SHIPS $800: Since Dec. 7, 1941 the USS Arizona has lain at the bottom of this Hawaiian location Pearl Harbor |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | ISLANDS & PENINSULAS $600: The headquarters of the U.S. Pacific fleet has been on this island since February 1941 Oahu |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE $200: An aircraft carrier is to be named for Dory Miller, who saved many lives during the attack here, December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | THE NUREMBERG TRIALS $1200: (Jimmy presents the clue.) The U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials was former Attorney General Robert H. Jackson who took an 11-month leave from this body to which he'd been appointed by FDR in 1941 the Supreme Court |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | WOMAN MOVIES $1600: This reclusive star's last movie was 1941's "Two-Faced Woman", which came out when she was 36 Greta Garbo |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | FITS & STARTS $200: Forrest Mars Sr. made a sweet start selling these candies in 1941 M&Ms |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | BOATS & SHIPS $200: The USS Pennsylvania was in drydock at this naval base on December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN $2000: Drawn to the sea before seeing it by a line of poetry, she became a marine biologist & 1941's "Under the Sea-Wind" was her first book (Rachel) Carson |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | MAKING A SHORT STORY LONG $800: This sci-fi great teamed with Robert Silverberg to expand his classic 1941 short story "Nightfall" into a 1990 novel Isaac Asimov |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | THE STOCK MARKET $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1941 Standard Statistics merged with this man's investment information publishing company Poor's (Henry Poor) |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | VICE PRESIDENTS $600: Henry Wallace served for seven years as secretary of this before becoming vice president in 1941 agriculture |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | MacGUFFIN $400: In a 1941 movie Humphrey Bogart called this title MacGuffin "the stuff that dreams are made of" the Maltese Falcon |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE $400: "Hit safely in 56 consecutive games for Major League record 1941" DiMaggio |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | CLASSIC BLACK & WHITE FILMS $400: "How Green Was My Valley" beat out this Orson Welles movie to win the 1941 Best Picture Oscar Citizen Kane |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | HEAVY MEDALS $1600: 12 years after the Silver Star, this metal medal was established in 1944, retroactive to December 7, 1941 the Bronze Star |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | IN THE ROUGH DRAFT $800: Grace Tully typed the first draft of this man's December 1941 speech following Pearl Harbor; he made important revisions FDR |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | WAR, AMERICAN STYLE $1000: Well into 1941 this American hero was against the U.S. entering WWII, but he later flew 50 combat missions in the Pacific Charles Lindbergh |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | GIVE US A DATE $800: 1941: The minesweeper USS Condor sights a Japanese submarine, 4 hours before a pivotal moment in history December 7th |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | A FULL RIDE $800: In 1941 the luxury vessel S.S. America, capacity 1,049, got these new initials as the troop ship West Point, capacity around 8,000 U.S.S. |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | STARRING THE SAN DIEGO ZOO $1600: In this classic 1941 film, the San Diego Zoo played the part of the private zoo at Xanadu Citizen Kane |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | GIVE US THE IMPERATIVE VERB! $1000: As it says on the 1941 Uncle Sam "I Want You" poster, do this "Now"! Enlist |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | FIGURES OF SPEECHES $1200: In his 1941 State of the Union Address, FDR said, "We look forward to a world founded upon" this many "essential human freedoms" four |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | ON THE FIRST LADY'S IMDB PAGE $1000: "Women in Defense" (documentary short) commentary written by (1941) Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | QUOTES OF NOTE $400: On June 10, 1941 he said, "The British... are the only people who like to be told how bad things are" Churchill |
| #8108, aired 2019-12-04 | TRIOS $400: In 1941 these 3 elves appeared together on a Rice Krispies box for the first time Snap, Crackle & Pop |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | MOVIE MONSTERS $200: In this 1941 monster movie, Lon Chaney Jr. is transformed into the hirsute title character The Wolf Man |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | THE BEST LAID PLANS $1200: Here's what Moscow's Palace of the Soviets would have looked like if construction hadn't ended when the Nazi invaded in this year 1941 |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | HAVE AN AGUILA! $600: In both 1915 & 1941 British passenger ships named SS Aguila were sunk by these vessels submarines |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $800: Dublin born in 1882, he died in Zurich in 1941 (James) Joyce |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | A "DROP" $600: In 2006 Doug Flutie made one of these for an extra point, the first time that had been done in the NFL since 1941 drop kick |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | VILE QUOTES $3,000 (Daily Double): In a 1941 speech, Churchill referred to a "a vile race of" these traitors, from the name of a Norwegian one quislings |
| #8007, aired 2019-06-04 | THE PARKER HOUSE: A HOTEL IN HISTORY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Omni Parker House hotel.) Moving to Boston in 1941, he found work here as a busboy; busted for burglary, he'd convert to Islam in prison and emerged with this new name Malcolm X |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | THOSE WHO IGNORE HISTORY $400: Ignoring this commander's experience 129 years earlier, in the winter of 1941, the Germans attacked Moscow Napoleon |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | THINGS THAT HAPPENED $2000: This Central Asian conqueror who died in 1405 was exhumed in Uzbekistan in 1941; his lameness was confirmed Tamerlane (or Timur the Lame) |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1200: Incurring a curse, Tamerlane's tomb was opened in June 1941; on June 22 Hitler invaded this homeland of the archaeologists Russia |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | TRENDING AT MERRIAM-WEBSTER $2000: Every year on this date, the phrase "a date which will live in infamy" December 7th |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: Acting on his own, this Nazi deputy parachuted into Scotland in 1941 & spent the last 46 years of his life a prisoner Hess |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | LIFE DURING WAR $400: From 1941 to 1944 residents of this city named for a former Soviet leader endured a tragic 872-day siege Leningrad |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | LIFE DURING WAR $800: In 1941 the U.S. government began selling the Series E type of these to support the armed forces bonds |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | 1940s AMERICA $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 11, 1941 this alliterative act became law & let FDR transfer billions of dollars in supplies to foes of the Axis the Lend-Lease Act |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | TECHNOLOGY: OLD & NEW $2000: 1941 Chryslers had "vacamatic transmission"; ads asked, "Why" do this while driving? to shift gears |
| #7864, aired 2018-11-15 | AMERICAN QUOTATIONS $600: FDR: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941--a date which will live in" this infamy |
| #7855, aired 2018-11-02 | THE ELEPHANT $200: "Pink Elephants On Parade" is a song from this 1941 film Dumbo |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | REPORTS OF MY DEATH... $800: CNN posted a no-bituary about this politician, "1941-2001... loyal point man for two Bush presidencies" Dick Cheney |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | OUT IN LEFT FIELD $800: From 1941 to 1963 Stan "The Man" Musial patrolled left in this city's Sportsman's Park & Busch Stadium St. Louis |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN $1200: Henry Wallace's term as this, 1941-1945, is perhaps best remembered for his "Century of the Common Man" speech vice president |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | COMICS RELIEF $400: Put out in 1941, More Fun Comics No. 73 had the first appearance of both Green Arrow & this underwater fella Aquaman |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | STAND & DELIVER $400: At Harrow School in 1941, he implored, "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never" Churchill |
| #7748, aired 2018-04-25 | THE FAST & THE FASTIDIOUS $800: Roman scoffed when someone implied that this polish brand dating from 1941 made his car slow Turtle Wax |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: Between 1941 & 1947 there were more than 425,000 performances by this organization, many overseas the USO |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | STAN LEE $600: (Stan Lee presents the clue.) In my first published comic book story back in 1941, I introduced this character's famous shield throw, which he still employs today Captain America |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | "HOPE"FUL ENTERTAINMENT $800: On May 6, 1941 this comic put on a show for airmen at March Field in California & a tradition began Bob Hope |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | KEEP IT DOWN $200: "Rosebud" is whispered by this character shortly before his death in a 1941 movie Citizen Kane (or Charles Foster Kane) |
| #7639, aired 2017-11-23 | LEFTIST PROPAGANDA $400: The 1941 Boston Globe story about pitcher Lefty Grove's 300th win called him "the gaunt" this directional word southpaw |
| #7627, aired 2017-11-07 | KICKING AXIS $400: In 1941's Operation Compass, the British pushed the Italians out of this country into Libya & took 130,000 prisoners Egypt |
| #7627, aired 2017-11-07 | KICKING AXIS $2000: In May 1941 3 British ships sank this German battleship along with most of its 2,300-man crew the Bismarck |
| #7549, aired 2017-06-08 | TIM FLIES $800: Timothy Q. Mouse is borne aloft after exhorting this character to take flight in a 1941 movie Dumbo |
| #7526, aired 2017-05-08 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: We weren't at war yet when this organization was founded in 1941, but it was soon busy making the troops' lives better the USO |
| #7484, aired 2017-03-09 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $1000: In 1941, before Brad & Angelina, the movies' Mr. & Mrs. Smith were Robert Montgomery & this actress Carole Lombard |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | THE WORLD AT WAR $800: On Dec. 2, 1941 German troops who wished they'd packed heavier got to the suburbs of this capital but no further Moscow |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | THE WORLD AT WAR $2000: This Japanese admiral planned and led the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor Admiral Yamamoto |
| #7448, aired 2017-01-18 | CLASSIC DISNEY TITLE CHARACTERS $200: His mom--inchains. His ears--laughable. Tough times for this 1941 character Dumbo |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | AROUND THE HOUSE $400: Sit back & relax in this brand of reclining armchairs that have let us put our feet up since 1941 a Barcalounger |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | COMPOSERS $2000: He began his "Leningrad Symphony" in that besieged city in late 1941 Dmitri Shostakovich |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | COME FLY WITH ME $1600: In 1941, 3 DC-3s of this airline flew in formation from Oakland to Honolulu in 13 hours, 54 mins.; it's a bit less now Hawaiian Airlines |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | HISTORIC AGREEMENT WORDS $1200: In a 1941 U.S.-U.K. deal, it follows "Atlantic"; it's also found before "school" charter |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | BASEBALL IN UNIFORM $200: Bob Feller left the Cleveland Indians for the Navy on December 9, 1941, two days after hearing this news on his way to a contract meeting the bombing of Pearl Harbor |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | GET RICHARD QUICK $1600: Orson Welles staged this novelist's "Native Son" on Broadway in 1941 Richard Wright |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | I'M NOT JUST SAYING $1600: Bishop Clemens von Galen bravely denounced this Nazi secret police force in the 1941 "We demand justice" sermon the Gestapo |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | SUDAN IMPACT $2000: In 1940 this nation's troops invaded Sudan from Ethiopia; they were kicked out in 1941 Italy |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $1200: Completed in 1941 during WWII, this Black Hills memorial wasn't formally dedicated until 1991 by George H.W. Bush Mount Rushmore |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | HONORARY HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS $600: He traveled the world with the USO, performing his first show in 1941 & his last in 1990 Bob Hope |
| #7333, aired 2016-06-29 | HISTORIC OOPSIES $400: In 1941 this world leader learned a hard lesson--don't wage war in Russia in winter Hitler |
| #7296, aired 2016-05-09 | TOOTING YOUR OWN HORN $1000: Pardon me boy, but it was this trombonist who gave us "Chattanooga Choo Choo" in 1941 Glenn Miller |
| #7291, aired 2016-05-02 | THE HOT SEAT $1000: In 1941 Abe Reles took a witness seat & testified against this "Inc."; Abe then fell from a window while in police custody Murder, Inc. |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | TAKE ME TO THE COMBAT PILOT $600 (Daily Double): Between 1941 & 1946, 992 pilots graduated from the training program in this Alabama city Tuskegee |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | VILLAINS IN THE COMICS $2000: The Red Skull debuted as Hitler's henchman in the March 1941 first issue of this comic Captain America |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $1000: Watery charter of mutual support & postwar cooperation jointly declared by Churchill & Roosevelt in 1941 Atlantic Charter |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $1600: FDR called December 7, 1941 "a date which will live in" this infamy |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | GOING UNDERWATER $200: Sunk at this Honolulu location in 1941, the USS Oklahoma was salvaged but sank again en route to California Pearl Harbor |
| #7208, aired 2016-01-06 | FAMILY FEUD $800: She thought sis Olivia de Havilland would "spring across the table and grab me by the hair" after she won a 1941 Oscar Joan Fontaine |
| #7196, aired 2015-12-21 | NOVELISTS $400: On December 7, 1941 this Tarzan creator was playing tennis with his son in Honolulu when Pearl Harbor was attacked Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: FDR touted this quartet in his 1941 State of the Union address the Four Freedoms |
| #7173, aired 2015-11-18 | FOOD & DRINK $400: Maytag Dairy Farms in Iowa has been turning out this variety of cheese since 1941 blue cheese |
| #7135, aired 2015-09-25 | THAT'S A WRAP! $200: 1941:
A sled burns Citizen Kane |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | IT'S HYPHENATED $2000: This alliterative 1941 act allocated $7 billion in military credits to Britain the Lend-Lease Act |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | WORKING ON A BUILDING $1200: 1941-43: 13,000 American workers labor day & night to turn swampland into this federal office complex the Pentagon |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART $1200: Not Carnegie but this philanthropic Andrew gave $40 million in art & cash to create the gallery, opened in 1941 (Andrew) Mellon |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | POLITICIANS $400: John Nance Garner held this job 1933-1941 & said it isn't worth "a bucket of warm spit" (or something else, in other sources) vice president |
| #7047, aired 2015-04-14 | GENERAL SCIENCE $400: George Beadle & E.L. Tatum's studies of the Neurospora crassa mold on this food helped launch molecular genetics in 1941 bread |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | WHAT?!... WHEN?! $1200: In this year, FDR started his third term 1941 |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | SUCCINCT SILVER SCREEN SUMMARIES $800: 1941:
Scandal sheet skipper says single sled sentence Citizen Kane |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | GIVING YOU THE TIME OF DAY $200: 7:55 A.M. December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: Messman Dorie Miller was the first African American awarded the Navy Cross for bravery at this place, December 7th, 1941. Pearl Harbor |
| #6886, aired 2014-07-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In Dec. 1941 the Declaration of Independence was packed up & sent to this gold depository for safekeeping Fort Knox |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | 1940s NEWSMAKERS $400: In a July 1941 speech in London, he told the Nazis, "You do your worst and we will do our best" Churchill |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | WRIT IN WATER $200: You Otto know this German ship was sunk 600 miles off the French coast in 1941 the Bismarck |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | ON THE "Q...T" $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Los Alamos, NM.) This prefabricated corrugated steel hut was developed for the U.S. Navy by the George A. Fuller company in 1941 to serve as inexpensive & quickly-assembled offices, barracks & storage facilities a Quonset hut |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | THE ART OF NORMAN ROCKWELL $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.) Used to promote war bonds during World War II, Rockwell's "Four Freedoms", depicting freedom from want & fear, freedom of worship, & the one here, freedom of speech, were inspired by a 1941 speech given by this man FDR |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | THE 90s $1000: Manufactured between 1941 & 1996, the full-sized "98" was the flagship model of this General Motors division Oldsmobile |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | WOLF POTPOURRI $600: This "junior" actor played the title role in 1941's "The Wolf Man" Lon Chaney Jr. |
| #6770, aired 2014-02-07 | "DUM" IT UP $800: In a 1941 film, this circus performer is forced to join a clown act Dumbo |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | ARCHITECTURE $2000: Oscar Niemeyer's first solo project was a 1941 plan for Pampulha in this country where he later designed the capital Brazil |
| #6735, aired 2013-12-20 | CHRISTMAS $800: Composer Irving Berlin wrote this classic song introduced to the world on Dec. 25, 1941 by Bing Crosby on his radio show "White Christmas" |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | CHARTER SCHOOL $800: The Atlantic Charter, issued by these 2 men in 1941, expressed hope for a more cooperative postwar world Churchill & FDR |
| #6710, aired 2013-11-15 | DISEASES $800: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is more commonly known as the disease of this man who died in 1941 Lou Gehrig |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | PLEAS $400: In an attempt to plead this, 2 brothers who robbed a payroll truck in NYC in 1941 barked like dogs & drooled in court insanity |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | AMERICAN ISLANDS $400: Ford Island at this site was the center of the Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941; 7 battleships were moored there Pearl Harbor |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | I SAW THAT BOOK ON TV $800: Julia McKenzie, born in 1941, began playing this British snoop in 2008's "A Pocket Full of Rye" Miss Marple |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | LIVE ENTERTAINMENT $1200: This city's philharmonic loads up on Strauss waltzes in its New Year's concert dating back to 1941 Vienna |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | RING MAGAZINE'S GREATEST TITLE FIGHTS $1000: The 1941 bout between Billy Conn & this "Brown Bomber" Joe Louis |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | PHI BETA KAPPA $1200: 1941: what a Betty, 22 years before "The Feminine Mystique" (Betty) Friedan |
| #6551, aired 2013-02-25 | UMBRELLA POTPOURRI $200: This umbrella-wielding Batman foe made his comic book debut in 1941 in Detective Comics No. 58 the Penguin |
| #6545, aired 2013-02-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: On August 14, 1941 FDR & Churchill issued this charter of cooperation the Atlantic Charter |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | CARY GRANT FILMS $400: This "Master of Suspense" directed Cary Grant in 4 films beginning with 1941's "Suspicion" Alfred Hitchcock |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | ACTORS WHO DIRECT $400: 1941: "Citizen Kane" Orson Welles |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | WORLD WAR II $2,000 (Daily Double): Germany launched its ill-fated invasion of the Soviet Union in June of this year 1941 |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | POP CULTURE MUSINGS $400: If no one's there to hear a man whisper "Rosebud" before dying in this 1941 film, how does anyone know that last word? Citizen Kane |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | YOU HAD ME AT SHALOM $1600: Later Israel's Defense Minister, he lost an eye during a 1941 battle in Syria (Moshe) Dayan |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | HISTOR"E" $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a map of Europe in World War II.) In June, 1941, Hitler attacked the USSR, opening up this theater of war, where Germany suffered 90% of its WWII combat deaths the Eastern front |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | CHEMICAL ELEMENTS $1000: Glenn Seaborg & colleagues discovered this nuclear weapon ingredient on Feb. 23, 1941 plutonium |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | I LOVE PARIS $200: Commanding the 2nd armored French division, Gen. Philippe LeClerc liberated Paris from the Nazis in this year 1944 |
| #6348, aired 2012-04-04 | BEGGARS CAN'T BE BOOZERS $1,600 (Daily Double): This film director & winery owner is said to have kept the empty bottle of a $24,000 1941 Cabernet atop his refrigerator Francis Ford Coppola |
| #6341, aired 2012-03-26 | FAMOUS MENUS $1200: The August 23, 1941 menu from this Hollywood eatery named for a colored hat offered a 95-cent tenderloin steak the Brown Derby |
| #6300, aired 2012-01-27 | THE TIME OF HIS LIFE $800: A German emperor (Remember the II):
1859-1941 Wilhelm II |
| #6270, aired 2011-12-16 | A STONY CATEGORY $800: Serving from 1941 to 1946, Harlan Stone was the 12th guy to head up this important group the Supreme Court |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | MINER CLASSICS $1600: This "colorful" Richard Llewellyn novel set in a Welsh mining community was made into a 1941 Oscar-winning film How Green Was My Valley |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | POLITICAL LEADERS $1000: An ardent Polish patriot, this piano virtuoso served as the country's leader in 1919 & again in exile from 1940 to 1941 Jan Paderewski |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | THIS YEAR IN HISTORY $600: 2011:
This company founded by a 1941 merger downgrades the USA's long-term credit rating to AA+ Standard & Poor's |
| #6180, aired 2011-06-24 | MAY I QUOTE YOU ON THAT? $2,500 (Daily Double): "No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping", said Navy Sec. Frank Knox Dec. 4 of this year 1941 |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: In 1941 Congress made this a paid federal holiday, 165 years after it was first celebrated the 4th of July (Independence Day) |
| #6164, aired 2011-06-02 | WORLD LEADER CIA FILES $600: Ran Iran 1941-1979... ran away Jan 16. 1979... ran out of time 1980... the Shah of Iran |
| #6152, aired 2011-05-17 | WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS $800: El Rancho Las Vegas opened in 1941, sparking the transition of Las Vegas Blvd. into the street known by this nickname the Strip |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | WELL, IT'S NOT SHAKESPEARE $1600: It's the last name of German dramatist Bertolt, who lived in the U.S. from 1941 to 1947 Brecht |
| #6124, aired 2011-04-07 | DISNEY FILM BY CHARACTER $1000: Timothy Q. Mouse, friend of the title character
(1941) Dumbo |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | ON BENDED KNEE $1000: He was on bended knee twice before Frida Kahlo; the 2 were married in 1929 & after a separation, again in 1941 Diego Rivera |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | THE GREAT WAR $1600: The British & this ally took the German colony of Tsingtao in 1914; in 1941, the teams would be different Japan |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | WHO'S THE BOSS? $1000: ...of Hitler's Afrika Korps, 1941-1943 Rommel |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | WORLD HERSTORY $600: After briefly attending Oxford University, she returned to India in 1941 & married a Parsi lawyer the following year Indira Gandhi |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $1600: (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar gives the clue) Humphrey Bogart plays a tough private eye who sends his love Mary Astor up the river in this 1941 film The Maltese Falcon |
| #5999, aired 2010-10-14 | OHIOANS $400: In 1941, 50 years affer his death, a military tank was named for this Lancaster, Ohio-born general Sherman |
| #5992, aired 2010-10-05 | FAMILY MUSIC $1600: 1941:
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" The Andrews Sisters |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $400: A. Philip Randolph, who first proposed a march on this city in 1941, also helped organize the one in 1963 Washington, D.C. |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | LEADERS OF WORLD WAR II $2,000 (Daily Double): Forced into exile by an Italian invasion in 1936, this emperor returned to his homeland in January 1941 Haile Selassie |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES $1600: "The Maltese Falcon"
(1941) Huston |
| #5901, aired 2010-04-19 | BOGEY MEN $400: 1941:
Private dick Sam Spade seeks a priceless statuette The Maltese Falcon |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | YEAR ONE $800: May 24, 1941:
HMS Hood is sunk by this German battleship;
May 27, 1941:
This German battleship is torpedoed & sunk the Bismarck |
| #5851, aired 2010-02-08 | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE $1000: "Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941" Ted Williams |
| #5846, aired 2010-02-01 | STREAKING $1000: After his 56-game hitting streak ended in 1941, this Yankee hit in 16 straight; that's 72 out of 73 games Joe DiMaggio |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | KIDDY LIT $1000: "Thunderhead" was a sequel to this 1941 Mary O'Hara novel about Ken McLaughlin and his colt My Friend Flicka |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | MYSTERY FICTION $1200: This stripper is credited with writing the 1941 mystery "The G-String Murders" with herself as the detective Gypsy Rose Lee |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | AN ALL-EDDIE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Grambling State's football coach from 1941 to 1997 becomes a Defoe title character Eddie Robinson Crusoe |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | U.S. TERRITORIES & AREAS $400: Tiny Wake Island in the Pacific was attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941 & held until Sept. of this year 1945 |
| #5814, aired 2009-12-17 | THE FOLKSMEN $400: This "Freewheelin'" folkster was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1941 Bob Dylan |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | SHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): Tragically, in December 1941 this battleship sank in less than 9 minutes, with 1,177 of her crew the Arizona |
| #5747, aired 2009-09-15 | THE BONNIE CLYDE $800: A devastating Mar. 13-14, 1941 bombing of a Scottish town is known as the "Clydebank" this Germanic word Blitz |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | MAGAZINES $800: This mag now distributed with the Sunday paper debuted in 1941, subtitled "The Weekly Picture Newspaper" Parade |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | MONDAY, MONDAY $1000: The U.S. declared war on Japan on this Monday in 1941 December 8th |
| #5740, aired 2009-07-17 | THE SECRET LIVES OF TEACHERS $800: Mr. Conklin was a captain when the U.S. Navy was attacked at this site in Hawaii in 1941--he's that old! Pearl Harbor |
| #5732, aired 2009-07-07 | PLAYWRIGHTS $1200: Her 1941 screen adaptation of her 1939 drama "The Little Foxes" received an Oscar nomination Lillian Hellman |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | LOOK WHAT YOU'VE WON! $2000: For your work in college radio:
One of these awards given for radio excellence since 1941; TV shows win them too, now the Peabodys |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | SOUNDS LIKE A SNEEZE $200: Double talk railroad term in the title of a 1941 hit song with Tex Beneke on vocals choo choo |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | JAMES JOYCE $1200: Joyce died in 1941 after an operation for a perforated duodenal one of these an ulcer |
| #5655, aired 2009-03-20 | KINGS $9,000 (Daily Double): A busy guy, he was King of Italy (1900 to 1946), Emperor of Ethiopia (1936 to 1941) & King of Albania (1939 to 1943) Victor Emmanuel (III) |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | MOVIES' LAST LINES $600: 1941:
"The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of" The Maltese Falcon |
| #5642, aired 2009-03-03 | DAY PLANNERS OF THE STARS $400: 1941: make final film, "Two-Faced Woman".
Feb. 9, 1951: Become U.S. citizen.
After that: Prefer alone time (Greta) Garbo |
| #5610, aired 2009-01-16 | DEATH BY... $1,000 (Daily Double): By A.L.S.,
June 2, 1941 Lou Gehrig |
| #5608, aired 2009-01-14 | NAME THE MOVIE $400: 1941:
Orson Welles' last word perplexes all (but what's really perplexing--no one was in the room to hear it) Citizen Kane |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | STEP UP TO THE BARRE $400: This Spanish surrealist designed costumes for Leonide Massine's 1941 ballet "Labyrinth" Dalí |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | SYMPHONIES ON FILM $800: This Russian director's Mexico footage was compiled as "Mexican Symphony" in 1941 (Sergey) Eisenstein |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | BRASS $800: If you don't know he was made commander of the 2nd Armored Tank Division in April 1941, I'll slap you silly (George) Patton |
| #5572, aired 2008-11-25 | 75 YEARS OF ESQUIRE $1000: Created by George Petty for Esquire in 1941, the beauty seen here was painted onto the fuselage of this famed World War II bomber Memphis Belle |
| #5571, aired 2008-11-24 | "E" FOR EFFORT $800: The original Borden dairy cow mascot with this name was killed in a truck accident in 1941 Elsie |
| #5529, aired 2008-09-25 | DANCE FORMERS $200: This niece of film director Cecil B. had some devilish fun choreographing "Three Virgins and a Devil" in 1941 Agnes de Mille |
| #5523, aired 2008-09-17 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: From 1939 to 1941 it was celebrated on the second to last Thursday in November Thanksgiving |
| #5438, aired 2008-04-09 | FILMS OF THE '40s $1200: (Film critic Leonard Maltin delivers the clue.) This 1941 detective drama, a Bogart classic, is in my top 5; after all these years, it's still a challenge to figure out The Maltese Falcon |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | ALL MY SONS $200: Gutzon Borglum died in 1941 so his son, Lincoln, finished sculpting the 4 figures of this memorial Mount Rushmore |
| #5410, aired 2008-02-29 | HEDY LAMARR-VELOUS $800: In a 1941 film, Hedy starred with Lana Turner & Judy Garland as 3 young women who join these fabled broadway "Follies" the Ziegfeld Follies |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | VICE PRESIDENTS $600: John Nance Garner, this president's first vice president, served from 1933 to 1941 FDR |
| #5372, aired 2008-01-08 | WHAT A DICTATOR $800: His military dictatorship of Japan from 1941 to 1944 ended after the loss of Saipan Tojo |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | LEONARD MALTIN ON DISNEY $1000: (Leonard Maltin wraps it up.) My favorite animated Disney film is this 1941 classic in which a lovable misfit becomes a high-flying circus star Dumbo |
| #5370, aired 2008-01-04 | NOTHING SPECIFIC $1000: According to the song in a 1941 Ronald Reagan film, it's what was found "in a five and ten cent store" my million dollar baby |
| #5352, aired 2007-12-11 | SPIELBERG MOVIES $2000: Before "The Blues Brothers", Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi starred in this WWII farce 1941 |
| #5337, aired 2007-11-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): The U.S. supplied materiel to its allies during WWII through this 1941 Congressional act the Lend-Lease Act |
| #5336, aired 2007-11-19 | THANKS FOR THE MEMORABILIA $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a black bird statuette.) I'm holding a copy of the title prop from this famous 1941 movie; the original prop sold in 1994 for more than $398,000 The Maltese Falcon |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL $1200: In 1941 this retired U.S. Air Corps captain formed the "Flying Tigers" Claire Chennault |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | "KIN" FOLK $1000: In 1941 she was the only member of the House of Rep. to vote against the Declaration of War against Japan Jeannette Rankin |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | BRAND NAMES $600: Introduced in 1941, these climate-resistant chocolates were packaged in cardboard tubes for WWII GIs M&M's |
| #5288, aired 2007-09-12 | OSCAR WINNERS OF YORE $400: John Ford directed this "verdant" 1941 winner about a Welsh mining family How Green Was My Valley |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | PROMENADE DATES $800: Cavalry promenade through this Eastern European capital in the photo from 1941 seen here Moscow |
| #5263, aired 2007-06-27 | GIVE ME A "HAND" $1600: This composer's 1941 autobiography was titled "Father of the Blues" W.C. Handy |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | DC COMICS $400: "Mr. Flexibility" could have been another name for this popular DC star who premiered in 1941 Plastic Man |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | DC COMICS $600: This colorful DC Comic superhero has been fighting crime since his first appearance in 1941 The Green Arrow |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | ROLE $1000: Dorothy Comingore played a character based on actress Marion Davies in this classic 1941 film Citizen Kane |
| #5197, aired 2007-03-27 | MY KIND OF TOWN $600: On Nov. 16, 1941 Berwyn, Oklahoma was renamed for this singing cowboy who owned land there Gene Autry |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $800: In 1941 this
"Jezebel" actress became the first woman to serve as head of the
Motion Picture Academy Bette Davis |
| #5177, aired 2007-02-27 | WHERE AM I? $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from The Pentagon.) I'm at the building put up between 1941 & 1943 to house what was then this government department the Department of War |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | I FIND THAT HAILE SELASSIE $800: In 1936 Selassie went into Exile in this country, which in 1941 helped Ethiopian forces recapture their home capital England |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | 'HUSKER DO $800: One of the 2 vice presidents born in Nebraska; one in 1913, the other in 1941 Gerald Ford (or Dick Cheney) |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | ORSON WELLES $200: This 1941 Orson Welles film has set a standard by which all other films made since are judged Citizen Kane |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | MOTHER RUSSIA $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew goes for gold in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Russian craftsmen have recreated the Amber Room here in the Catherine Palace, which had been plundered by these people in 1941 the Nazis |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | ADVERTISING $200: Shown in 1941, the first TV commercial was a Bulova ad for these watches |
| #5040, aired 2006-07-07 | MONTHS $600: A 1941 song asked, "I like New York in" this month, "how about you?" June |
| #5026, aired 2006-06-19 | THE ROLLING STONES $600: The oldest of the original Stones still with the group, this drummer was born June 2, 1941 Charlie Watts |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | NFL BLITZ $1000: In 2006 Doug Flutie converted an extra point using this method, last successful in the NFL in 1941 a drop kick |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | MEMORABLE ROLES $2000: 1941:
Joel Cairo &
1942:
Ugarte Peter Lorre |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | MOVIE TERMS $200: Now common in movie & home theaters, the "surround" type of this was used way back in 1941's "Fantasia" sound |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | RADIO $800: This word ends the title of a 1941 Bill of Rights tribute program heard by 60 million, "We hold these..." Truths |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | SHORT FICTION $4,000 (Daily Double): This Mississippian's 1941 story "The Worn Path" won her an O. Henry Memorial Contest Award, the first of several Eudora Welty |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | IN NEED OF A DATE $200: The Japanese fleet left home on the 26th of this month in 1941, headed for Pearl Harbor November |
| #4996, aired 2006-05-08 | FIRST LADIES $1200: In her early 20s, she studied dance under Martha Graham in NYC; she moved back home to Grand Rapids in 1941 Mrs. (Betty) Ford |
| #4982, aired 2006-04-18 | PLAYWRIGHTS $400: He wrote "Long Day's Journey into Night" in 1941, but it wasn't performed until 1956, 3 years after his death O'Neill |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | "I" MEAN IT $600: Addressing Congress, FDR referred to December 7, 1941 as "a date which will live in" this infamy |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $800: In 1941 Abe Reles, an informer on this homicidal "corporation", went down in history--6 stories straight down Murder, Inc. |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | THE DAYS OF WORLD WAR II $400: On May 27, 1941 this German battleship was sunk in the East Atlantic the Bismarck |
| #4962, aired 2006-03-21 | WORLD WAR II: THE HOME FRONT $200: When this P.M. visited the White House in 1941, he startled the staff by spending much of his time in the nude Churchill |
| #4952, aired 2006-03-07 | MUSEUMS $400: There's a 1941 Crosley at this state's National Automobile Museum, built on Bill Harrah's collection Nevada |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | HE WAS PRESIDENT WHEN... $600: Joe DiMaggio hit safely in a record 56 straight games FDR |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $800: Marshall Zhukov directed the defense of Moscow in 1941 & must have enjoyed capturing this city in April 1945 Berlin |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO... $1000: ...served from 1941 to 1945 Henry Wallace |
| #4904, aired 2005-12-29 | MAGAZINES $1000: Ray Bradbury & Ogden Nash were among the non-food writers featured in this magazine founded in 1941 Gourmet |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS $600: Swiss-educated & staunchly pro-Western, he ruled his Middle Eastern country from 1941 until his ouster in 1979 the Shah of Iran |
| #4898, aired 2005-12-21 | TIME FOR A MOVIE REVIEW $400: This 1941 film is "everyone's default choice for the world's greatest movie" Citizen Kane |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1000: Vice president from 1933 to 1941, he's best remembered for his acerbic quips about the job's worthlessness John Nance Garner |
| #4884, aired 2005-12-01 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $400: In this year FDR proclaimed December 15 as Bill of Rights Day; it was the 150th birthday of the document 1941 |
| #4882, aired 2005-11-29 | A GREEN CATEGORY $1200: At age 61 in 1941, he made his screen debut in "The Maltese Falcon" as Kaspar Gutman Sydney Greenstreet |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | BASIC TRAIN-ING $800: Inspired by the train in this 1941 film, the Casey Jr. Circus Train opened at Disneyland in its first year, 1955 Dumbo |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | THE FUN '40s $200: This Yankee great jolted the owners in 1941 when he held out for $35,000 Joe DiMaggio |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | THE FUN '40s $600: In 1941, the All-American Archie made his debut in comic books, as did this all-Amazon heroine Wonder Woman |
| #4782, aired 2005-05-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: This committee that once claimed 800,000 members was dissolved Dec. 11, 1941 the America First Committee |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | IT CHANGED THE WORLD $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands before a portrait of George Marshall in the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.) George Marshall became Chief of Staff of a 200,000 man army on this date, when WWII began; by war's end, the number was 8 million September 1, 1939 |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | MAY $800: May 10, 1941:
He parachutes into Scotland with a "peace plan" (Rudolf) Hess |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | LITERARY GREECE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Santorini, Greece.) He wrote in 1941's "The Colossus of Maroussi" that, "In Greece, light penetrates to the soul, opens the doors and windows of the heart" Henry Miller |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | THE BIG BAND ERA $1200: A 1941 hit for the Andrews Sisters, the song about this "boy" was also nominated for an Academy Award the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B |
| #4745, aired 2005-04-01 | THE FDR LIBRARY $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to the original document in the collection room of the FDR Presidential Library in Hyde Park, NY.) On his December 8, 1941 speech, FDR crossed out the words "world history" & used this one word for evil repute infamy |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | THE TRUMAN SHOW $400: Truman celebrated by purchasing two 1941 Chryslers when he was re-elected to this body in 1940 the Senate |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES $400: "Citizen Kane"
(1941) (Orson) Welles |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | WRITERS JOURNAL $1200: In 1941, before taking her final dip, she wrote her sister Vanessa, "I am certain now that I am going mad again" Virginia Woolf |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | WHEN I'M 64 $400: In all 64 minutes of this 1941 Disney classic, the high-flying title character never speaks Dumbo |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | PORTRAIT OF A MILITARY MAN $1600: His infamy began on December 7th, 1941 (Isoroku) Yamamoto |
| #4669, aired 2004-12-16 | WHEN WAS THAT MOVIE? $800: John Belushi starred as Capt. Wild Bill Kelso in this romp about hysteria gripping America after Pearl Harbor 1941 |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | HERE BE MONSTERS $1000: In 1941 Lon Chaney, Jr. as Larry Talbot turned into this title monster the Wolf Man |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | DECEMBER 1st $1000: 1941: The C.A.P., this nonmilitary U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is created the Civil Air Patrol |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | A DATE WITH HISTORY $2,200 (Daily Double): Many still remember that it was on this December date in 1941 that the U.S. officially entered World War II December 8 |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | ENTER & DESIGN IN, PLEASE $1600: Introduced in 1941, Kenneth Parker's Parker 51, one of these, became a status symbol a pen |
| #4631, aired 2004-10-25 | SHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): 3 torpedoes fired from the British cruiser Dorsetshire helped sink this battleship on May 27, 1941 the Bismarck |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | A YEN FOR JAPAN $800: On December 7, 1941 the Japanese also attacked this Marianas island that Spain ceded to the U.S. in 1898 Guam |
| #4611, aired 2004-09-27 | LET'S GET MEDICAL $400: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as his disease, claimed his life in 1941 Lou Gehrig |
| #4583, aired 2004-07-07 | PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $200: Dedicated on June 30, 1941, his presidential library was the first planned while a president was still in office FDR |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | WARTIME IMAGES $1600: Seen here is a photo from the Battle of this, which lasted from about June 1940 to April 1941 Britain |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | MEMORIALS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew provides the clue from Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.) The Pearl Harbor memorial I'm visiting spans the hull of this battleship that was sunk December 7, 1941 the Arizona |
| #4559, aired 2004-06-03 | COMPLETES THE FILM TITLE $400: 1941:
"How Green Was..." My Valley |
| #4533, aired 2004-04-28 | MILITARY MEN $400: On Dec. 17, 1941 Admiral Husband Kimmel was relieved of his command at this base (he should've seen that coming) Pearl Harbor |
| #4520, aired 2004-04-09 | FOUR $800: Norman Rockwell illustrated the four of these listed by President Roosevelt in a 1941 speech the Four Freedoms |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | THE YEAR IN SPORTS $3,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Indianapolis Speedway) The Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special was the winning car at Indianapolis in this year; the race was cancelled the next 4 years 1941 |
| #4475, aired 2004-02-06 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES $1600: January 30, 1941:
Lincoln, Nebraska Dick Cheney |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | QUOTABLE MOVIES $200: 1941:
"Rosebud..." Citizen Kane |
| #4460, aired 2004-01-16 | OUR NATIONAL PASTIME $1000: Tony Gwynn's 1994 batting average of .394 was the highest since this man's .406 in 1941 Ted Williams |
| #4456, aired 2004-01-12 | IN THE BIG INNING $800: In the 8th inning of a 1941 game, a play by shortstop Lou Boudreau ended this Yankee's 56-game hitting streak Joe DiMaggio |
| #4433, aired 2003-12-10 | CHURCHILL SPEAKS! $200: In 1941 Churchill called him "a monster of wickedness, insatiable in his lust for blood" Hitler |
| #4433, aired 2003-12-10 | CHURCHILL SPEAKS! $400: On February 9, 1941 Churchill said he would tell this leader, "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job" Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | WOULD YOU LIKE SOME GUAM? $800: Forces of this nation attacked Guam in December 1941 & held the island for 3 years Japan |
| #4372, aired 2003-09-16 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES $800: New evidence suggests the British didn't sink this supership May 27, 1941; the Germans scuttled it the Bismarck |
| #4351, aired 2003-06-30 | A TRIP TO THE TOWER OF LONDON $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) One of the last prisoners at the Tower of London was this Nazi, imprisoned here after parachuting into Scotland in 1941 Rudolf Hess |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | WHO WAS PRESIDENT WHEN... $400: The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941) |
| #4335, aired 2003-06-06 | IT'S A DATE! $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, HI) Pearl Harbor will always be remembered for this date in 1941, which FDR said "will live in infamy" December 7 |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | BREAKFAST CEREALS $800: It was introduced in 1941 as the first ready-to-eat oat cereal Cheerios |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | ORGANIZATIONS $1200: In 1941 80,000 Ford workers voted to be represented by this union rather than the AFL CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) |
| #4285, aired 2003-03-28 | "Z"-ING IS BELIEVING $2000: This city was the capital of the Axis puppet state of Croatia from 1941 to 1945 Zagreb |
| #4283, aired 2003-03-26 | OLD MOVIES $1600: Betty Grable, Don Ameche & Cypress Gardens are featured in 1941's "Moon Over" here Miami |
| #4277, aired 2003-03-18 | OH, WHAT A YEAR! $1600: The Reuben James became the first U.S. Navy ship torpedoed & sunk in WWII on Halloween of this year 1941 |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | "Q" & A $800: The first of these uniquely styled military huts was constructed in 1941 Quonset hut |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $800: "1941",
"Duel",
"Amistad" Steven Spielberg |
| #4218, aired 2002-12-25 | HEMP $2000: In 1941 this pioneering auto manufacturer made a car from resin-stiffened hemp fiber Henry Ford |
| #4217, aired 2002-12-24 | ALIAS $800: Nguyen Tat Thanh began using this alias around 1941 when he founded the Viet Minh Ho Chi Minh |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL $400: Since Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941, only this Reds player has exceeded 40 straight games Pete Rose |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | REIGN DELAY $1200: He returned to the throne in Ethiopia in 1941 after 5 years in exile Haile Selassie |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | '40s FICTION $400: His "The Last Tycoon" was published posthumously in 1941 F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | BITS & PIECES $1600: In 1941 over 500,000 Soviet troops were captured along with this capital of the Ukraine Kiev |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $2000: 1941:
Featuring Lon Chaney Jr. The Wolf Man |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | GLASS CLASS $1600: Seaforms, baskets & Persians are among the creations of this glass artist born in Washington state in 1941 Dale Chihuly |
| #4195, aired 2002-11-22 | '40s TECH $400: A primitive 3-D color version of this was demonstrated by John Logie Baird in 1941 television |
| #4159, aired 2002-10-03 | PRO FOOTBALL $200: In 1941 the Pittsburgh Pirates changed their name to this Pittsburgh Steelers |
| #4158, aired 2002-10-02 | IF YOU BUILD IT... $800: A memorial dedicated in 1962 was built over this battleship sunk on December 7, 1941 USS Arizona |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | "SH"! $800: The lives of tenant farmers called these are documented in the 1941 book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" sharecroppers |
| #4111, aired 2002-06-17 | MALTIN ON THE MOVIES $600: (Leonard Maltin continues.) I've called this 1941 classic "A stunning film in every way" & Orson Welles was only 25 years old when he made it! Citizen Kane |
| #4109, aired 2002-06-13 | GREAT BRITS $400: In 1941 he told students at Harrow, "Never give in, never, never, never, never... Churchill |
| #4101, aired 2002-06-03 | G.I. KNOW $400: It was the last year in which Congress made an official declaration of war 1941 |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | "IN" WORDS $400: Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941 "A date which will live in" this infamy |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | PRO BASKETBALL $800: In 1941 this current Michigan team, the NBA's oldest, began playing in Fort Wayne, Indiana the Pistons |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | CINEMATIC TITLE PAIRS $2000: 1941: "___ and Sand" Blood |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | DISNEY MOVIES $200: This pachyderm classic was supposed to make the cover of Time in December 1941, but Pearl Harbor changed all that Dumbo |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | BACK TO THE 1940s $1600: War was just around the corner when this nation sank the U.S. destroyer Reuben James near Iceland in Oct. 1941 Germany |
| #4008, aired 2002-01-23 | TANKS! $800: This country's T-34 tank played a large part in fighting off German invasion in 1941 Soviet Union |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | BIG SCREEN MILITARY MEN $800: 1941:
Gary Cooper Sergeant York |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | MOVIE TAGLINES $100: 2001:
"December 7, 1941:
A day that shall live in infamy" Pearl Harbor |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY $200: Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles
(1941) Citizen Kane |
| #3933, aired 2001-10-10 | DURING DiMAGGIO'S HITTING STREAK $100: Germany invaded this country on June 22, 1941, attacking Minsk & Odessa Soviet Union/Russia |
| #3933, aired 2001-10-10 | DURING DiMAGGIO'S HITTING STREAK $200: On July 4, 1941 he told the nation America can't be an oasis of liberty in a desert of dictatorship Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| #3915, aired 2001-09-14 | WHERE THE "BOY"s ARE? $600: It's the title of the 1941 hit song heard here
"He was a top man at his craft /
But then his number came up /
And he was gone with the draft /
He's in the Army now /
A-blowin’ reveille..." "The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (of Company B)" |
| #3910, aired 2001-09-07 | AMERICAN HERSTORY $1000: In 1941 she was the only member of the House to vote against entering WWII Jeannette Rankin |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | ZANY FOR TANZANIA $800: One of the last places in Africa where large animal migrations still take place, this national park was est. in 1941 Serengeti |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $1000: 1941:
"____ and Miss Jones" The Devil |
| #3889, aired 2001-06-28 | THIS & THAT $1000: At his death in 1941, this pianist was president of Poland's exiled government Paderewski |
| #3884, aired 2001-06-21 | WE 3 $600: Eddie Arcaro is the only jockey to have won this twice: with Whirlaway in 1941 & Citation in 1948 Triple Crown |
| #3874, aired 2001-06-07 | HITMEN $300: In 1941 this Yankee broke a 44-year-old record by hitting safely in 56 straight games Joe DiMaggio |
| #3860, aired 2001-05-18 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Before the 1941-42 battle of this capital, the Wehrmacht was advancing; after, retreating Moscow |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS $400: Michigan,
1935;
Yale Law School,
1941 Gerald Ford |
| #3845, aired 2001-04-27 | BIG-SCREEN STUMPERS $600: For a 1941 film, this man became only the second to be nominated for Best Actor in his film debut Orson Welles |
| #3808, aired 2001-03-07 | SPORTS FIRSTS ON THE FIRST $500: On March 1, 1941 Elmer Layden, once part of this legendary quartet, was named the first NFL commissioner Four Horsemen of Notre Dame |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | GIVE 'EM THE BOOT $600: "They" did this "With Their Boots On" in the title of a 1941 Errol Flynn flick Died |
| #3781, aired 2001-01-29 | TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS $200: In December 1941 Joseph Poindexter, governor of this territory, declared martial law Hawaii |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | FOODS OF THE '40s $400: New round foods of 1941 included M&Ms & this General Mills cereal Cheerios |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | YMCA $1000: In 1941 the YMCA & 5 other groups formed this to provide entertainment & social services to American G.I.s USO (United Service Organizations) |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | DICTATORS BY BIRTHPLACE $200: August 29, 1941:
Pozarevac, Serbia Slobodan Milosevic |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | "ART" CLASS $400: In a 1941 film he said, "Let's talk about the black bird" Humphrey Bogart |
| #3709, aired 2000-10-19 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE $300: Site of the historic attack seen here Pearl Harbor |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK $200: This eastern Mediterranean nation famous for its cedars declared its independence on Nov. 26, 1941 Lebanon |
| #3668, aired 2000-07-12 | COOKIES $500: In 1934 this pair from the funny pages had a baby son named Alexander; daughter Cookie was born in 1941 Blondie & Dagwood |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | 20TH CENTURY AMERICA $1000: In 1943 Selman Waksman discovered streptomycin, a drug classified under this term he coined in 1941 antibiotics |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | "STREET"S $400: An actor for almost 40 years, he didn't appear in films until playing Kaspar Gutman in 1941's "The Maltese Falcon" Sydney Greenstreet |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | FUN WITH OSCAR-WINNING FILMS $1000: This moving 1941 drama is the only Best Picture with a color in its title How Green Was My Valley |
| #3651, aired 2000-06-19 | TERMS OF SERVICE $400: Prime minister of Japan:
1941-1944 Hideki Tojo |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE $600: Made a year apart in 1941 & '42, they were Nos. 1 & 2 on the AFI's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies Citizen Kane & Casablanca |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | BALLET $200: This Spanish surrealist designed a"maze"ing sets & costumes for the 1941 ballet "Labyrinth" Salvador Dali |
| #3585, aired 2000-03-17 | JEOPARDY! BOOBY TRAPS $600: This "Beatles drummer" was born in India in 1941 Pete Best |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | HISTORIC LEADERS $500: Iran's Shah:
1941-1979 Reza Pahlavi |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | CALL ME W $400: The 1941 book "Father Of The Blues" was about him W.C. Handy |
| #3566, aired 2000-02-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: FDR's statement "The United States of America was...deliberately attacked by...Japan" was made on this date December 8, 1941 |
| #3552, aired 2000-02-01 | 20th CENTURY WORDS $400: The OED lists the first use of "robotic" in a 1941 tale by this author in Astounding Science Fiction Isaac Asimov |
| #3549, aired 2000-01-27 | THE OSCARS $800: 1941's "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" & this 1978 remake starring Warren Beatty were both nominated for Best Picture Heaven Can Wait |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $300: In 1941 her "Watch on the Rhine" was named best American play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle Lillian Hellman |
| #3534, aired 2000-01-06 | "NEVER" AT THE MOVIES $200: Advice that's the title of a 1941 W.C. Fields film Never Give a Sucker an Even Break |
| #3524, aired 1999-12-23 | 1941 $100: This "Brown Bomber" successfully defended his heavyweight title for the 17th time on May 23, 1941 Joe Louis |
| #3524, aired 1999-12-23 | 1941 $200: On February 14 this general's Afrika Korps arrived in Tripoli Erwin Rommel |
| #3524, aired 1999-12-23 | 1941 $300: It's like this, see, Bogie brightened this dark John Huston-directed film which premiered October 3 The Maltese Falcon |
| #3524, aired 1999-12-23 | 1941 $400: On June 7 Whirlaway became only the fifth horse to win this coveted trifecta Triple Crown |
| #3524, aired 1999-12-23 | 1941 $500: Fearing German occupation, U.S. forces took control of this north Atlantic island nation on July 7 Iceland |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | WWII $100: Secret destination of a Japanese strike force that set out from the Kuril Islands November 26, 1941 Pearl Harbor/Hawaii |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | "F.F." $400: They were listed in a January 6, 1941 speech by FDR Four Freedoms |
| #3496, aired 1999-11-15 | NEW YORK CITY SONGS $100: A 1941 song asked, "I like New York in" this month, "how about you?" June |
| #3492, aired 1999-11-09 | YOUNG GOTHS $300: The novels of this vampire chronicler born in 1941 have inspired Goth style Anne Rice |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | GIVE ME A "HAND" $500: In 1941 this "Father of the Blues" wrote a book on black musicians, "Unsung Americans Sung" W.C. Handy |
| #3471, aired 1999-10-11 | MYSTERY $400: In 1941 this mystery-solving character got his own "Mystery Magazine" Ellery Queen |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | THE CINEMA $600: "How Green Was My Valley" won a Best Picture Oscar for this year, the same year "Citizen Kane" was released 1941 |
| #3430, aired 1999-07-02 | MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS $100: Francis Flaherty saved shipmates & lost his own life aboard the Oklahoma during this infamous 1941 attack Pearl Harbor |
| #3419, aired 1999-06-17 | INVENTORS $200: This phonograph inventor's son Charles served as governor of New Jersey from 1941 to 1944 Thomas Edison |
| #3418, aired 1999-06-16 | WHO THOUGHT OF THAT? $300: The German Heinkel He-280 of 1941 was the first jet fighter to have one of these in case of emergency ejection seat |
| #3417, aired 1999-06-15 | MOVIE BLURBS $100: 1941:
Newspaper tycoon dies; no one knows meaning of his last word Citizen Kane |
| #3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1941 $100: Time magazine named this taupe-colored, blue-eyed animated baby elephant its "Mammal of the Year" Dumbo |
| #3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1941 $200: In July he was made lieutenant general & named commander in chief of all U.S. forces in the Far East Douglas MacArthur |
| #3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1941 $300: In a 1941 hit song "You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four" aboard this title train "Chattanooga Choo Choo" |
| #3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1941 $400: In 1941 George Halas coached this team to a 37-9 victory over the New York Giants in the NFL title game Chicago Bears |
| #3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1941 $800 (Daily Double): In May 1941 he & his comrades organized the League for the Independence of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh |
| #3406, aired 1999-05-31 | CALAMITY JANE $400: A woman surfaced in 1941 claiming to be the daughter of Jane & this man who played one poker hand too many Wild Bill Hickok |
| #3400, aired 1999-05-21 | LEADERS $600: Premier of the Soviet Union:
1941-1953 Joseph Stalin |
| #3396, aired 1999-05-17 | NAME THE MOVIE $200: 1941:
"I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle, a missing piece" Citizen Kane |
| #3384, aired 1999-04-29 | "G.G." $100: She was only in her 30s when she retired from film after the release of "Two-Faced Woman" in 1941 Greta Garbo |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | REGIS PHILBIN'S NY $500: This man hit a harmless single here (Yankee Stadium) on May 15, 1941 & he wasn't held hitless in a game until July 17 Joe DiMaggio |
| #3367, aired 1999-04-06 | MOVIES ABOUT THE MOVIES $600: In this 1941 Preston Sturges film, a director sets out to research poverty with only a dime in his pocket Sullivan's Travels |
| #3362, aired 1999-03-30 | VALUABLE PLACES $100: Hickham Field sustained damage during the Japanese attack on this nearby site December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | CLASSIC CINEMA QUOTES $600 (Daily Double): 1941:
"I think it would be fun to run a newspaper" Citizen Kane |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | CLOWN CINEMA $400: Much to his humiliation, this title critter of a 1941 animated classic is forced to join the clown act Dumbo |
| #3326, aired 1999-02-08 | VICE PRESIDENTS' TERMS OF SERVICE $500: 1933-1941 John Nance Garner |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | MAKING A LIST $500: This 1941 film topped the AFI's much-debated 1998 list of the 100 greatest American films Citizen Kane |
| #3317, aired 1999-01-26 | WHAT A YEAR! $200: This year saw Hitler hit Moscow, Yamamoto hit Pearl Harbor & DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games 1941 |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | AMERICA SINCE 1900 $100: In 1941, after the National Labor Relations Act, Henry Ford had to accept these groups in his factories unions |
| #3309, aired 1999-01-14 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MEN $800: He was FDR's Secretary of Agriculture before becoming his vice president in 1941 Henry Wallace |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | FDR $100: Referring to the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR called December 7, 1941 "A date which will" do this live in Infamy |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | HITS OF THE '40s $500: Duke Ellington took "The A-Train" in 1941 & Frankie Laine rode out the decade on this train in 1949 "Mule Train" |
| #3273, aired 1998-11-25 | WELLES $200: Cinematographer Gregg Toland helped Orson Welles create the innovative style of this 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane |
| #3268, aired 1998-11-18 | FACTS & FIGURES $800: The first one of these was in 1941: it lasted 10 seconds & cost Bulova $9 TV commercial |
| #3267, aired 1998-11-17 | ENDANGERED SPECIES $300: In 1941 there were less than 2 dozen of this type of crane in North America Whooping crane |
| #3254, aired 1998-10-29 | NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $500: "Berlin Reported Him Missing And Insane" when he "Flies To Scotland" in May 1941 Rudolf Hess |
| #3224, aired 1998-09-17 | LITERATURE $600: In 1941 his story "The Devil And Daniel Webster" was adapted as a film starring Edward Arnold Stephen Vincent Benet |
| #3203, aired 1998-07-01 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $400: It took him only 5 days in 1941 to write "Blithe Spirit" Noel Coward |
| #3173, aired 1998-05-20 | BUGLE CALLS $400: Title soldier who riffed on Reveille in the 1941 hit heard here: The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy |
| #3163, aired 1998-05-06 | QUOTATIONS $600: On Feb. 9, 1941 Churchill told FDR, "Give us the tools and we will" do this Finish the job |
| #3155, aired 1998-04-24 | JAZZ NICKNAMES $1000: That he was born as an Armando in 1941 should tell you this "Chick" is a guy Chick Corea |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | IT'S NEVER DONE $200: According to the title of a 1941 W.C. Fields movie, "Never give a sucker" one of these an even break |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | SHIPS $400: The British sent over 60 vessels against this German battleship before it sank on May 27, 1941 Bismarck |
| #3108, aired 1998-02-18 | MAY DAYS $800: On May 10, 1941 this deputy to Hitler parachuted from a plane over Scotland with a "peace plan" Rudolf Hess |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | THE MOVIES $100: In 1941 this movie studio gave us "Dumbo"; in 1995 it released "Operation Dumbo Drop" Disney |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: He wrote the short story "Nightfall", a science fiction classic, in 1941 when he was 21 years old Isaac Asimov |
| #3031, aired 1997-11-03 | GRANDMA'S SECRET DIARY $500: July 16, 1941:
Heard this joltin' Yankee hit in his 56th consecutive game! I'll be glued to the radio tomorrow! Joe DiMaggio |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | JOHN HUSTON FILMS $200: The first film Huston directed was this classic 1941 Sam Spade story The Maltese Falcon |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | AMERICAN HERSTORY $1000: In 1941 she cast the sole vote in the House against entering WWII Jeannette Rankin |
| #3002, aired 1997-09-23 | THE 1940s $400: 3 days before it was destroyed by the British Navy in May 1941, this German battleship sank the HMS Hood the Bismarck |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | GOOD IDEAS $1000: This man's 1941 solid-body electric guitar plugged in generations of musicians Les Paul |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS $500: Alan Ladd appeared as a reporter in this 1941 Orson Welles masterpiece "Citizen Kane" |
| #2980, aired 1997-07-11 | SPORTS $500: In 1941 this Red Sox star led the major leagues in both batting average, .406, & home runs, 37 Ted Williams |
| #2968, aired 1997-06-25 | BALLET $800: Eugene Loring played the devil in this female choreographer's 1941 ballet "Three Virgins and a Devil" Agnes de Mille |
| #2947, aired 1997-05-27 | MOVIE CLASSICS $200: 1941 film in which Bogart tells Mary Astor, "Don't be too sure I'm as crooked as I'm supposed to be" The Maltese Falcon |
| #2938, aired 1997-05-14 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $400: In 1941 she wrote "Little Town on the Prairie" Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #2909, aired 1997-04-03 | MOVIE TITLE CHARACTERS $1,000 (Daily Double): In a 1941 classic he dictates: "Dear Wheeler, you provide the prose poems. I'll provide the war." Charles Foster Kane (in "Citizen Kane") |
| #2908, aired 1997-04-02 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: This Israeli military leader lost his left eye in 1941 while scouting positions in Syria Moshe Dayan |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: In the 1930s this cereal maker introduced Bisquick; Cheerios came along in 1941 General Mills |
| #2902, aired 1997-03-25 | MUSEUMS $800: Nelson Rockefeller was president of this NYC art museum 1939-1941 & 1946-1953 MOMA (Museum Of Modern Art) |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | THE 1940s $100: He discussed the Four Freedoms in his State of the Union Address January 6, 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| #2864, aired 1997-01-30 | BEST PICTURES $600: This 1941 Best Picture centered on a Welsh mining family How Green Was My Valley |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | WORLD WAR II $1000: In May 1941 this deputy to Hitler flew to Britain as a self-appointed peace emissary Rudolf Hess |
| #2852, aired 1997-01-14 | MAY 6 EVENTS $200: In 1941 this dictator replaced Vyacheslav M. Molotov as Soviet premier Josef Stalin |
| #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 |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Delta Airlines moved its headquarters from Monroe, La. to this city in 1941 Atlanta, Georgia |
| #2812, aired 1996-11-19 | MOVIE CLASSICS $300: 1941 classic in which Bogart tells Peter Lorre, "When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it!" The Maltese Falcon |
| #2778, aired 1996-10-02 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME $300: In 1941 this outfielder had a 56-game hitting streak, a Major League record Joe DiMaggio |
| #2778, aired 1996-10-02 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME $500: This Boston Red Sox player won back-to-back titles 3 times:
1941 & '42, 1947 & '48, & 1957 & '58 Ted Williams |
| #2743, aired 1996-07-03 | GUAM $200: This country that occupied Guam 1941-44 sends the most tourists there today Japan |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $200: In 1941, at age 80, she received the New York state prize for her painting "The Old Oaken Bucket" Grandma Moses |
| #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | ACTRESSES $800: This Swedish star retired from the screen after the release of her 1941 film "Two-Faced Woman" Greta Garbo |
| #2718, aired 1996-05-29 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: On May 4, 1941 FDR dedicated the Staunton, Va. birthplace of this president known for his "Fourteen Points" Woodrow Wilson |
| #2715, aired 1996-05-24 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $800: She painted "Red Hills and Bones" in 1941 & "Red Hills and Sky" in 1945 Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | FIRST LADIES $300: In 1941 she began writing a monthly column called "If You Ask Me" for the Ladies' Home Journal Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: FDR spoke of a "date which will live in infamy" on this date in 1941, the day after the attack December 8th |
| #2697, aired 1996-04-30 | DRAMA $600: The Baltimore Sun called this 1941 Joseph Kesselring play "The funniest play about murder ever written" Arsenic and Old Lace |
| #2662, aired 1996-03-12 | WORLD WAR II $200: On Nov. 26, 1941 a Japanese task force left the Kuril Islands to attack this American site Pearl Harbor |
| #2662, aired 1996-03-12 | WORLD WAR II $600: This country's T-34 tank played a major role in its defense against the 1941 German invasion Russia (Soviet Union) |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | THE MOVIES $100: Orson Welles & Herman Mankiewicz won Oscars for writing this 1941 film, Welles' directorial debut Citizen Kane |
| #2629, aired 1996-01-25 | GEORGE BUSH $100: George met her at a 1941 Christmas dance, became engaged to her in 1943 & married her in 1945 Barbara Pierce |
| #2626, aired 1996-01-22 | THE CIRCUS $500: In 1941 M'Toto was brought to the Ringling Bros. Circus as a mate for this giant gorilla Gargantua |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: This 1941 Budd Schulberg novel chronicles the rise of Sammy Glick from office boy to film tycoon "What Makes Sammy Run?" |
| #2610, aired 1995-12-29 | VICE PRESIDENTS $300: This Gerald Ford vice president served as president of the Museum of Modern Art 1939-1941 & 1946-1953 Nelson Rockefeller |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | STATE CAPITALS $100: Now a state capital, it was the site of a surprise attack December 7, 1941 Honolulu |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: This general & premier who led Japan into war in 1941 was hanged as a war criminal in 1948 Hideki Tojo |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | COLORFUL BOOKS $500: In 1941 Walter Farley created this now-classic animal tale "The Black Stallion" |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $800: "Fashions in sin change", she wrote in her 1941 play "Watch on the Rhine" Lillian Hellman |
| #2567, aired 1995-10-31 | LITERATURE $500: In 1941 he published "The Ill-Made Knight", the 3rd part of his literary work "The Once and Future King" (T.H.) White |
| #2560, aired 1995-10-20 | WWII $800: In 1941 "Hap"penstance made him chief of the new U.S. Army Air Forces Hap Arnold |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | NEWSPAPERS $600: This St. Louis newspaper won Pulitzers for meritorious public service in 1937, 1941, 1948 & 1952 the St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| #2516, aired 1995-07-10 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In 1941 this company built its first aluminum foil plant in Alabama Reynolds |
| #2501, aired 1995-06-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Gen. Lewis Hershey presided over this U.S. draft agency 1941-1946 & 1948-1970 Selective Service |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,500 (Daily Double): It wasn't made a U.S. legal holiday until 1941, 165 years after it was first observed the Fourth of July (Independence Day) |
| #2448, aired 1995-04-05 | FIRST LADIES $100: In 1941 she served briefly as co-director of the Office of Civilian Defense Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #2446, aired 1995-04-03 | '40s FILM FACTS $300: In 1941 she starred in "Caught in the Draft", "Road to Zanzibar" & "Aloma of the South Seas" Dorothy Lamour |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: Jeannette Rankin, the first woman in the U.S. Congress, represented this state 1917-19 & 1941-43 Montana |
| #2430, aired 1995-03-10 | WORLD WAR II $800: Only about 110 crew members survived the May 27, 1941 sinking of this German battleship the Bismarck |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | FRANK SINATRA FILMS $400: Sinatra debuted in 1941's "Las Vegas Nights" singing "I'll Never Smile Again" with this man's orchestra Tommy Dorsey |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | TREATIES $200: The U.S. & this country concluded St. Lawrence Seaway Treaties in 1932, 1941 & 1954 Canada |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | MAGAZINES $600: In 1941 authors Frederic Dannay & Manfred Lee published the first issue of this "Mystery Magazine" Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | THE MOVIES $300: "Buck Privates Come Home" was this comedy team's follow-up to their 1941 film "Buck Privates" Abbott and Costello |
| #2380, aired 1994-12-30 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: In 1941 Reza Shah abdicated as leader of this country Iran |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: 1 of 4 freedoms FDR termed essential in a January 6, 1941 address to Congress 1 of (want, speech, religion, or fear) |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | DECEMBER 25 $300: On Dec. 25, 1941 the British surrendered this colony to the Japanese Hong Kong |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: It was built in 16 months between 1941 & 1943, which works out to 3.2 months per side the Pentagon |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | WEREWOLF $200: In the 1941 classic "The Wolf Man", this "Dracula" star played the werewolf that bit Lon Chaney, Jr. Bela Lugosi |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | LITERARY TRILOGIES $400: This 1941 Mary O'Hara book about a boy & his horse was the first of a trilogy My Friend Flicka |
| #2294, aired 1994-07-21 | MOVIE NOSTALGIA $200: This queen of the rink played an ice skating refugee in the 1941 film "Sun Valley Serenade" Sonja Henie |
| #2281, aired 1994-07-04 | MOVIE QUOTES $200: In this 1941 Humphrey Bogart film, Bogie tells Mary Astor, "Yes, Angel, I'm gonna send you over" The Maltese Falcon |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | THE 1940s $200: In 1941 registration for this was extended in the U.S. to men 18-64 the draft |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | THE SUPREME COURT $200: James F. Byrnes, named to the court by this Pres. in 1941, resigned in 1942 to take a wartime post Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | SCIENCE & NATURE $600: In 1941 this Caltech scientist published "Seismicity of the Earth" Richter |
| #2182, aired 1994-02-15 | THE SUPREME COURT $800: James F. Byrnes, appointed by this president in 1941, hadn't graduated from high school FDR |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | SILLY SONGS $800 (Daily Double): This entertainer introduced the following silly song in the 1941 movie musical "That Night in Rio"
"I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi, I like you very much
I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi, I think you're grand
Why, why, why is it..." Carmen Miranda |
| #2138, aired 1993-12-15 | MOVIES $200: He played George Armstrong Custer in 1941's "They Died with Their Boots On" Errol Flynn |
| #2114, aired 1993-11-11 | MOVIE QUOTES $200: A headline in this 1941 film reads, "Charles Foster Kane Defeated—Fraud at Polls!" Citizen Kane |
| #2108, aired 1993-11-03 | THE 20TH CENTURY $1000: Kaiser Wilhelm II died in this low country in 1941; he had fled there in 1918 the Netherlands |
| #2085, aired 1993-10-01 | DIRECTORS ON FILM $300: He's seen in John Landis' "The Blues Brothers" & Landis is seen in his "1941" Steven Spielberg |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | WORLD WAR II $200: On May 27, 1941 torpedoes from the cruiser Dorsetshire finished off this German battleship Bismarck |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | WORLD WAR II $800: Operation Barbarossa, Germany's attack on this country, began June 22, 1941 USSR |
| #2061, aired 1993-07-19 | LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES $400: This author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was the subject of a 1941 biography "Crusader in Crinoline" (Harriet Beecher) Stowe |
| #2055, aired 1993-07-09 | GLUB, GLUB $1000: This member of the Bloomsbury literary group drowned herself March 28, 1941 Virginia Woolf |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | COLORFUL PHRASES $500: For this 1941 film, an entire Welsh village was constructed in the Ventura Hills near Los Angeles How Green Was My Valley |
| #2025, aired 1993-05-28 | MOVIE QUOTES $100: The first line spoken in this 1941 film is 1 word, "Rosebud" Citizen Kane |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | QUOTES $300: Prime minister who said in 1941, "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never" Winston Churchill |
| #2002, aired 1993-04-27 | AUTHORS $1000: She won a 1941 N.Y. Drama Critics Circle Award for her play "Watch on the Rhine" Lillian Hellman |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | MONUMENTS $200: 1st suggested by Doane Robinson of the South Dakota Historical Society, it was finished in 1941 Mount Rushmore |
| #1980, aired 1993-03-26 | HISTORIC HENRYS $1000: He was the editor of a family farming journal before becoming vice president in 1941 Henry Wallace |
| #1967, aired 1993-03-09 | JANUARY $300: In January 1918 Wilson talked about 14 Points; in January 1941 Roosevelt talked about this many Freedoms 4 |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | TOWER OF LONDON PRISONERS $1000: It held prisoners as late as 1941, when this German P.O.W. was there Rudolf Hess |
| #1954, aired 1993-02-18 | ORGANIZATIONS $300: This organization was founded in 1941 to provide American military personnel with social clubs the USO |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: He served as FDR's Secretary of Agriculture for 2 terms before becoming vice president in 1941 Henry Wallace |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | ORGANIZATIONS $100: This agency has been providing entertainment for our armed forces since 1941 the USO |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $100: His library opened on June 30, 1941, while he was still president Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #1905, aired 1992-12-11 | COMPOSERS $600: The first of Bernard Herrmann's many film scores was for this 1941 classic Citizen Kane |
| #1903, aired 1992-12-09 | SPY FICTION $800: Tommy Beresford is assigned to track down 2 German agents in her 1941 novel "N or M?" Agatha Christie |
| #1885, aired 1992-11-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: This 1941 act enabled the U.S. to become the "Arsenal of Democracy" The Lend-Lease Act |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On October 30, 1941, one of this country's U-boats sank the U.S. destroyer Reuben James near Iceland Germany |
| #1855, aired 1992-10-02 | WORLD HISTORY $600: Post-World War II aims were contained in this document issued by FDR & Winston Churchill in August 1941 the Atlantic Charter |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | THE 1940s $800: This dam in Washington state began operating in 1941, two years ahead of schedule the Grand Coulee Dam |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | ECONOMICS $1000: This British economist became a director of the Bank of England in 1941 John Maynard Keynes |
| #1806, aired 1992-06-08 | THE 1940s $100: Nearly 15 years in the making, this South Dakota monument was completed in 1941 Mount Rushmore |
| #1775, aired 1992-04-24 | FAMOUS ALICES $1000: This actress, once a film rival of Betty Grable, has been married to Phil Harris since 1941 Alice Faye |
| #1772, aired 1992-04-21 | ACTORS & WESTERN ROLES $1000: Later an Oscar winner, this Irish-Mexican played Chief Crazy Horse in "They Died with their Boots On" in 1941 Anthony Quinn |
| #1725, aired 1992-02-14 | MILITARY LEADERS $800: From 1941-1970 General Lewis B. Hershey didn't lead troops in the field but directed this the Selective Service |
| #1724, aired 1992-02-13 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $600: For playing the title role in 1941's "Sergeant York", this actor won his first Oscar Gary Cooper |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | MYSTERIES $400: Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee founded this mystery magazine in 1941 Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| #1685, aired 1991-12-20 | MOVIE MONSTERS $500: Claude Rains beats Lon Chaney, Jr. to death with a silver walking stick in this 1941 film The Wolf Man |
| #1672, aired 1991-12-03 | MOVIE MENAGERIE $100: Bogie's 1941 "bird" The Maltese Falcon |
| #1671, aired 1991-12-02 | PRISONS $300: A royal home as well as a prison until Elizabethan times, Rudolf Hess was held here from 1941-45 the Tower of London |
| #1658, aired 1991-11-13 | THE FUNNIES $200: In 1941 a daughter named Cookie was born to this comic strip couple Blondie and Dagwood |
| #1630, aired 1991-10-04 | SPORTS $100: In 1941 this heavyweight boxing champ successfully defended his title a record 7 times Joe Louis |
| #1626, aired 1991-09-30 | BASEBALL $400: The only man to bat .400 & not get 200 hits was this Red Sox player who hit .406 in 1941 Ted Williams |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | FILMS OF THE '40s $300: 1941's "Two-Faced Woman" was her last film; she then retired from the business Greta Garbo |
| #1615, aired 1991-09-13 | FILE UNDER "T" $200: In 1941 Congress reset the day on which this annual holiday is observed Thanksgiving |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $500: This Crimean town where the "Big Three" met in 1945 had been occupied by the Nazis from 1941-44 Yalta |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | HISTORIC QUOTES $200: On February 9, 1941, he told FDR, "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job" Churchill |
| #1583, aired 1991-06-19 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: This German battleship was sunk by torpedoes from the cruiser Dorsetshire on May 27, 1941 the Bismarck |
| #1574, aired 1991-06-06 | PLAYS $500: The Baltimore Sun called this 1941 comedy "the funniest play about murder ever written" Arsenic And Old Lace |
| #1573, aired 1991-06-05 | SPORT OF KINGS $400: He became the only jockey to ride two Triple Crown winners, on Whirlaway in 1941 & Citation in 1948 Eddie Arcaro |
| #1555, aired 1991-05-10 | MAY $500: On May 5, 1936 this capital fell to the Italians; on May 5, 1941 Haile Selassie retuned there Addis Ababa (in Ethiopia) |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | 1941 $200: In June, Ty Cobb beat this home run king in a charity golf match Babe Ruth |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | 1941 $400: In April, Andrew Jackson Houston, son of this general, was appointed to the Senate from Texas Sam Houston |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | 1941 $600: Representing California, Rosemary LaPlanche won this title in Atlantic City on September 6 Miss America |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | 1941 $800: In November, John L. Spencer banned the Greta Garbo film "Two-Faced Woman" in this city Boston |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | 1941 $1000: Defeating William O'Dwyer, he won a 3rd term as New York City mayor Fiorello LaGuardia |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | THE OSCARS $500: Like brother Joseph, Herman Mankiewicz won an Oscar; his was for co-writing this 1941 Welles classic Citizen Kane |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | FEBRUARY $300: It was founded in Feb. 1941 to serve the social, religious, educational & welfare needs of our servicemen the USO |
| #1521, aired 1991-03-25 | 1941 $200: In September it was mistakenly announced that thousands of craters here were caused by volcanic activity the Moon |
| #1521, aired 1991-03-25 | 1941 $400: His 56-game hitting streak was ended on July 17th Joe DiMaggio |
| #1521, aired 1991-03-25 | 1941 $800: Irish novelist who died in Zurich on January 13th (James) Joyce |
| #1521, aired 1991-03-25 | 1941 $1000: In February this general arrived in Libya to command of German & Italian forces there Rommel |
| #1521, aired 1991-03-25 | 1941 $1,500 (Daily Double): This island declared its independence from Denmark on May 19th Iceland |
| #1498, aired 1991-02-20 | LITERARY ANIMALS $3,000 (Daily Double): This wild horse from Arabia made its first appearance in a 1941 book by Walter Farley the Black Stallion |
| #1486, aired 1991-02-04 | NONFICTION $200: In 1941, a collection of his speeches was published under the title "Blood, Sweat, & Tears" Winston Churchill |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | THE MOVIES $200: This duo's first starring feature was 1941's "Buck Privates" Abbott & Costello |
| #1468, aired 1991-01-09 | WORLD WAR II $200: By July 1941 the Japanese referred to this forthcoming attack as Operation Hawaii Pearl Harbor |
| #1411, aired 1990-10-22 | WORLD WAR II $100: Referring to the Pearl Harbor attack, FDR called this "a date which will live in infamy" December 7, 1941 |
| #1403, aired 1990-10-10 | LETTER PERFECT $100: Type of string in the title of a 1941 mystery novel by Gypsy Rose Lee G |
| #1394, aired 1990-09-27 | COMPOSERS $1000: He published his autobiography, "Father of the Blues", in 1941 W.C. Handy |
| #1377, aired 1990-09-04 | DESIGN $100: George Edwin Bergstrom designed this structure built between 1941-3 to house the War Dept. Pentagon |
| #12, aired 1990-09-01 | FAMOUS QUOTES $200: The 4 words following FDR's “Yesterday, December 7, 1941– –a date which...” will live in infamy |
| #1370, aired 1990-07-13 | AUTHORS $600: Female novelist playwright who wrote the 1941 novel "Saratoga Trunk" Edna Ferber |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | MAGAZINES $200: In 1941 a "Guaranty Seal" replaced this magazine's "Seal of Approval" Good Housekeeping |
| #4, aired 1990-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2500: Gertrude Lawrence was the "lady" in the title of this 1941 musical about psychoanalysis Lady in the Dark |
| #1358, aired 1990-06-27 | BASEBALL $400: In 1980 this K.C. Royals 3rd baseman hit .390, the highest average since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941 (George) Brett |
| #1321, aired 1990-05-07 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1941, after 5 years in exile, he returned to the throne in Ethiopia Haile Selassie |
| #1319, aired 1990-05-03 | PROPHECIES & PREDICTIONS $1000: Known as "The Sleeping Prophet", in 1941 he predicted NYC would be destroyed near the year 2000 Edgar Cayce |
| #1312, aired 1990-04-24 | LITERATURE ON FILM $400: In a 1941 film based on R.L. Stevenson's horror classic, Spencer Tracy played these 2 title characters Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde |
| #1306, aired 1990-04-16 | WORLD WAR II $800: Under this 1941 act the president could transfer ships & war materials to the Allies & defer payment the Lend-Lease Act |
| #1305, aired 1990-04-13 | THE 1940s $400: In October 1941 he was appointed to replace premier Fumimaro Konoye Tojo |
| #1305, aired 1990-04-13 | THE 1940s $1,000 (Daily Double): In a 1941 speech, Churchill made the name of this Norwegian prime minister synonymous with "traitor" Vidkun Quisling |
| #1303, aired 1990-04-11 | DRAMA $800: Noel Coward's "Bitter Sweet" opened in 1929 & this play of his with the same initials opened in 1941 Blithe Spirit |
| #1286, aired 1990-03-19 | FILE UNDER "E" $200: Eritrea, now the northernmost province of this country, was an Italian colony from 1890-1941 Ethiopia |
| #1275, aired 1990-03-02 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: This detective was 1st played by Ricardo Cortez in 1931, but most people remember Bogie's 1941 portrayal Sam Spade |
| #1270, aired 1990-02-23 | NEW JERSEYITES $600: Charles, son of this inventor of a stock ticker, was governor of New Jersey from 1941-4 Edison |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | WORLD WAR II $800: 1 of 2 U.S. islands attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941 Guam & Wake Island |
| #1202, aired 1989-11-21 | POTPOURRI $400: From 1941-66 the Camel sign in Times Square produced one of these every 4 seconds a puff of smoke (smoke ring) |
| #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 |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | CINEMA $100: A clause in Orson Welles' RKO contract prevents Ted Turner from colorizing this 1941 film "Citizen Kane" |
| #1184, aired 1989-10-26 | SPORTS $500: Although T. Williams batted a league record .406 in 1941, this Yankee centerfielder was voted AL MVP Joe DiMaggio |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | SING "OUT" $200: In 1941's "Ziegfeld Girl", Tony Martin sang "You Stepped..." You Stepped Out Of A Dream |
| #1123, aired 1989-06-21 | COMIC BOOKS $500: In 1941 "The 3 Musketeers" became the 1st book to be transformed into a comic in this series the Classic Comics |
| #1122, aired 1989-06-20 | WOMEN IN WESTERNS $500: This star of "Laura" was pretty as a picture when she played "Belle Starr" in 1941 Gene Tierney |
| #1121, aired 1989-06-19 | WORLD HISTORY $100: FDR called December 7, 1941 "a date which will" do this live in infamy |
| #1116, aired 1989-06-12 | THE MIDDLE EAST $1000: In 1941 Syria gained its independence from this European country France |
| #1070, aired 1989-04-07 | MOVIE CLASSICS $600: At the end of this 1953 film set in 1941, Deborah Karr threw her leis overboard as she left Hawaii From Here to Eternity |
| #1059, aired 1989-03-23 | MOVIE ATHLETES $400: Tyrone Power was a macho matador in this 1941 remake of a Valentino classic, & that's no bull Blood and Sand |
| #1051, aired 1989-03-13 | FAMOUS QUOTES $400: At Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, Howell Forgy was 1st to say "Praise the Lord and pass" this ammunition |
| #1024, aired 1989-02-02 | CLASSIC CINEMA $800: In this 1941 flick, Bogey gives Greenstreet the bird-- a fake one The Maltese Falcon |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | AUTOMOBILES $200: From 1941-45 Ford & Willys built over 1/2 million of these vehicles, model MB Jeep |
| #983, aired 1988-12-07 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: In August 1941 FDR & Churchill signed this famous document aboard a cruiser off Newfoundland the Atlantic Charter |
| #971, aired 1988-11-21 | THE 1940s $200: On Feb. 1, 1941 the Japanese announced this food would be rationed, a major blow to the Diet's diet rice |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | GERMANY $200: Forced to abdicate in 1918, he died in exile in Holland in 1941 Kaiser Wilhelm (II) |
| #923, aired 1988-09-14 | WORLD WAR II $600: On Dec. 8, 1941 this country declared war on Japan hours before we did Great Britain |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | COLE PORTER SONGS $200 (Daily Double): Late comedian heard here, singing a 1941 Cole Porter tune on B'way in "Let's Face It":
"But honey, I suspect you all / Of bein’ intellectual / And so, instead of gushin’ on / Let’s have a big discussion on /Timidity, stupidity, solidity, frigidity / Avidity, turbidity, / Manhattan and viscidity / Fatality, morality, legality, finality / Neutrality, reality, or Southern hospitality / Pomposity, verbosity / You’re loosing your velocity / But let’s not talk about love" Danny Kaye |
| #892, aired 1988-06-21 | WORLD WAR II $100: On Christmas Day, 1941, this British crown colony fell to the Japanese Hong Kong |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | 1978 $300: Warren Beatty's 1978 film was a remake of 1941's "Here Comes Mr. Jordan", not this, its 1943 namesake Heaven Can Wait |
| #855, aired 1988-04-29 | WHITE HOUSE TRIVIA $100: At this president's request, there was an inaugural concert instead of a ball in 1941 FDR |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $600: This 1941 film of Lillian Hellman's southern saga boasted Bette Davis as a vicious Vixen The Little Foxes |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | INVENTORS $800: In 1941, the son of this inventor became governor of New Jersey Thomas Edison |
| #794, aired 1988-02-04 | "B" MOVIES $800: Abbott & Costello accidentally enlisted in this 1941 film Buck Privates |
| #789, aired 1988-01-28 | WORLD LITERATURE $1000: 1941 Arthur Koestler novel which showed his disillusionment with Communism Darkness at Noon |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | TOP-SELLING PRODUCTS $500: Since 1941, Hallmark's top-selling card, "Thinking of You", has featured this purple flower pansy |
| #696, aired 1987-09-21 | FAT $500: In this 1941 film Sydney Greenstreet played a real "heavy"--Caspar Gutman, "The Fat Man" The Maltese Falcon |
| #673, aired 1987-07-08 | REMAKES $100: Dashiell Hammett thriller filmed in 1931 & again in 1936, but Huston & Bogart did it right in 1941 The Maltese Falcon |
| #665, aired 1987-06-26 | GUAM $200: Japan attacked Guam on same day they bombed Pearl Harbor & took it on this date, 3 days later December 10, 1941 |
| #658, aired 1987-06-17 | TV TRIVIA $500: A Bulova watch ticking on the screen in 1941 on NBC the first television commercial |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | ANCIENT TELEVISION $100: The year commercial TV broadcasting began in the U.S., almost 5 months before Pearl Harbor 1941 |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | COLORS $600: This shade of red describes the blonde Jimmy Cagney fell for in a 1941 film strawberry |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: 1951 novel about Robert E. Lee Prewitt's life in Hawaii in 1941 From Here to Eternity |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | WORLD WAR II $800: Of his 1941 flight to Scotland, Hitler said, "He is crazy; if he comes back, shoot him on sight" Hess |
| #617, aired 1987-04-21 | BIRDS $800: In 1941, only 15 of these large birds were left, but they now number well over 100 whooping cranes |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | AMERICAN HOLIDAYS $200: Since 1941, Thanksgiving is observed on this Thursday in November the fourth Thursday |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | BASEBALL $600: Even though this "Bean Town" batter hit .406 in 1941, he wasn't league MVP Ted Williams |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | BATTLES $200: Term for the 1940-1941 air war over England, or the title of a 1969 film about it "The Battle of Britain" |
| #550, aired 1987-01-16 | KIND OF A DRAG $1000: In 1941 film "Charley's Aunt" he impersonates his aunt from Brazil (where the nuts come from) Jack Benny |
| #516, aired 1986-12-01 | GARY COOPER $500: Known for portraying the average man, his character took this "average" name in a 1941 Frank Capra film John Doe |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | TRANSPORTATION $800: Shielded by a car, in 1941 Alf Letourner hit a speed over 108 mph on this bicycle |
| #503, aired 1986-11-12 | COOKS & BOOKS $1000: His 1941 "Cook It Outdoors" was 1st cookbook ever on outdoor cooking James Beard |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1941 this company began sponsoring its "Cavalcade of Sports", which provided a sharp move Gillette |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | ORSON WELLES $1000: When "Citizen Kane" opened, April 11, 1941, Welles was this old 25 |
| #411, aired 1986-04-07 | HEAVEN & HELL $600: The 1978 film was not a remake of 1943 one with same title, but of 1941's "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" Heaven Can Wait |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | SPORTS $300: The last player to hit .400 was this Boston Red Sox great in 1941 Ted Williams |
| #370, aired 1986-02-07 | '70s THEATER $400: A "Babe on Broadway" in 1941 film, it wasn't until 1979's "Sugar Babies" he made a real Broadway debut Mickey Rooney |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | FIRST LINES $400: This 1941 film opens as Effie the Secretary enters & Sam the Dick says, "Yes, sweetheart?" The Maltese Falcon |
| #330, aired 1985-12-13 | VERMONT $400: In September 1941, the Vermont state legislature declared war on this country Germany |
| #305, aired 1985-11-08 | DATED FILMS $600: It wasted millions & some feel the talents of Aykroyd, Belushi & Spielberg 1941 |
| #298, aired 1985-10-30 | WWII $800 (Daily Double): On Dec. 11, 1941, these 2 countries declared war on the U.S. Germany & Italy |
| #267, aired 1985-09-17 | MYSTERIES $300: Begun in 1941, this mystery magazine hit issue number 500 in January 1985 the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | ARMED FORCES $400: In 1941, they enlisted in film as "Buck Privates" & "Came Home" in the 1947 sequel Abbott & Costello |
| #181, aired 1985-05-20 | LOS ANGELES $200: The Arroyo Seco Parkway was the 1st link in this, L.A.'s favorite way to travel the freeway |
| #134, aired 1985-03-14 | WORLD WAR II $200: Calendar date "which will live in infamy" December 7, 1941 |
| #54, aired 1984-11-22 | SPORTS $400: Indoor sport dominated by Willie Mosconi from 1941-57 billiards (pool) |
| #14, aired 1984-09-27 | THE 20TH CENTURY $1,500 (Daily Double): In Dec., 1941, Representative Jeannette Rankin cast the only dissenting vote on this issue the declaration of war against Japan over Pearl Harbor |
