| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $400: This famed Western landscape photographer wrote a 1947 essay for the Encyclopedia Britannica on "Photographic Art" Adams |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | BRITISH ACTORS & ACTRESSES $1200: Knighted in 1947, in 1970 he became the first actor to be named a baron Lord Laurence Olivier |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | AIRLINE LOGOS $200: This airline's kangaroo logo was first used in 1947; it has gotten considerably more stylized since then Qantas |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | SUMMER OF OUR DISCONTENT $400: In summer 1947 a strike by these workers in Yorkshire was costing Britain thousands of tons of daily production coal miners |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | UFOs $200: A 1947 headline read that a rancher from this state was "surprised at all the excitement created by his 'disc'overy" New Mexico |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | BLACK HISTORY YEAR $1000: Just after World War II, Jackie Robinson integrates Major League Baseball 1947 |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE… $800: 1947's "Lucifer" was one of the first "poured" paintings by this artist Pollock |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | "B" GIRLS $800: 10 days after her release from rehab following a 1947 narcotics arrest, this "Lady" sold out Carnegie Hall Billie Holiday |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | WORLD WRITERS $1200: Bertolt Brecht fled Germany in 1933 & left the U.S. in 1947 after being required to testify before this committee HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | FASHION HISTORY $1200: From 1915 to 1947 the Tirocchi sisters brought haute couture to this capital of a tiny U.S. state Providence |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | FASHION HISTORY $1600: This French designer's "New Look" for 1947 included a narrow waist & padded hips Christian Dior |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | STARS & STRIPES IN ART $1600: Late in life this French artist got into cutouts, like the yellow stars in his 1947 work "Icarus" Henri Matisse |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | MICKEY'S MANTEL $400: 6 years after its U.S. release, this Disney film was the elephant in the room, winning Cannes' Grand Prix--Dessin Animé in 1947 Dumbo |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $1200: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the anthems of these 2 countries, one independent since 1947, one since 1971 India & Bangladesh |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE $1600: Director Ron's actress daughter who took the Spruce Goose on a little jaunt in 1947 Bryce (Dallas) Howard Hughes |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | DISCOVERY & INVENTION $1600: Written in Hebrew, the first of these was discovered east of Jerusalem by a shepherd boy in 1947; more would turn up in Masada the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | IT'S A SPECIAL DAY $800: Jerusalem's November 29 Street is named for the day in 1947 the U.N. voted to partition this British-controlled land Palestine |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | BARONS & BARONESSES $400: This Shakespearean actor was knighted in 1947 and became Baron of Brighton in 1970 for his theater work Laurence Olivier |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | CHRISTIAN-ITY $400: Why are so many fashion designers named Christian? This one introduced the New Look in 1947 Dior |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | FLORIDA PLACES $3,000 (Daily Double): You can wear your Crocs as you see the gators in this national park established in 1947 at Florida's southwestern tip the Everglades |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | PULITZER PRIZES $800: In 1947 a special Pulitzer went to this university's graduate school of journalism, for its administration of the Pulitzer prizes Columbia |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | HERE'S YOUR REPORT CARD $1,600 (Daily Double): Put out by the Air Force in 1995, a report on a 1947 incident here is subtitled "Facts vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert" Roswell |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | THE LONG-AGO 20th CENTURY $600: Announced in a 1947 speech, this president's "Doctrine" provided the basis for U.S. Cold War policy Truman |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2000: "1947: Where Now Begins" naturally takes note of an invention that year by this Russian gun designer Kalashnikov |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | SOUNDS $400: They became electric, as opposed to earlier mechanical ones, on the 1947 Humpty Dumpty pinball machine flippers |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | I BID $1600: At a 2020 documents auction, the winning bid was $45,000 for the 1947 title transfer of the Flamingo Hotel to this mobster (Bugsy) Siegel |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: In 1947 he broke the color barrier & became the first African American to play modern Major League Baseball (Jackie) Robinson |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | FILM NOIR $2000: This 1947 noir starring Tyrone Power as a carnival con man was remade in 2021 by Guillermo del Toro Nightmare Alley |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | THE MAP OF INDIA $200: Named for a British lawyer, the Radcliffe Line dividing India from this nation was established in 1947 Pakistan |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: 1947's National Security Act established this government entity now based in Langley, Virginia the CIA |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | WEST VIRGINIA & REGULAR VIRGINIA $1000: Charleston's Intl. Airport is named for this test pilot, a West Virginian who sounded off & made history in 1947 (Chuck) Yeager |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | THE WOUK MOB $400: In Wouk's "Aurora Dawn" from 1947, a young man works in this broadcast medium; Wouk lived to write a book partly in e-mails radio |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | PRESIDENTIAL GLOBETROTTING $400: In 1947 Harry Truman made a visit to this capital city, meeting with Governor General Alexander & PM MacKenzie King Ottawa |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | WOOD $600: This rhyming plane that flew in 1947 was made of a plywood composite called duramold, lighter & stronger than aluminum the Spruce Goose |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1200: From 1947 until 1959 this city just northwest of the Indus River delta was Pakistan's capital Karachi |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | HANDLE WITH AIR $1000: The National Air & Space Museum is home to the Bell X-1 this man used in 1947 to fly faster than the speed of sound (Chuck) Yeager |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: His 1947 play "All My Sons" is about a businessman whose substandard airplane parts cost young men their lives (Arthur) Miller |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | CHARACTER TEST $2000: The title of this Salman Rushdie novel refers to Saleem Sinai & other babies born at the stroke of 12 on August 15, 1947 Midnight's Children |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | LONG-RUNNING TV SHOWS $1000: The current theme music for this show around since 1947 was composed by John Williams & is titled "The Pulse Of Events" Meet the Press |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | FESTIVALS $1000: Term for a festival on the edge of a larger festival; a famous one began at Edinburgh in 1947 fringe fest |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | MURDER, HE WROTE $1200: A real unsolved & brutal killing in 1947 Los Angeles haunts this "colorful" James Ellroy novel The Black Dahlia |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | IN SEARCH OF ALIEN LIFE $600: A purported UFO crash in this southwest city in 1947 has spawned great interest & an annual festival Roswell |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | THE LATE, GREAT CHADWICK BOSEMAN $600: The L.A. Dodgers tweeted, "From playing legendary figures to becoming one, we'll never forget your iconic performance as" him (Jackie) Robinson |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | THRONE OUT $2000: In 1944 King Michael ousted premier Ion Antonescu in this country; Communists tossed Michael in 1947 Romania |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: Between 1832 & 1947 Greece more than doubled its size; Macedonia & this largest island were added to its territory in 1913 Crete |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | PAST LIVES $2000: In 1947 Fidel Castro joined an attempt to invade this nearby island nation & overthrow General Rafael Trujillo the Dominican Republic |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | A CATEGORY IN 5 ACTS $1000: The Anti-Union Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 known as Taft-this congressman overcame the veto of Harry Truman Fred Hartley |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | THE CABINET $1,800 (Daily Double): Henry Knox in 1789 & Kenneth Royall in 1947 were the first & last secretaries of this department War (then became the Department of Defense) |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | THE CABINET $2000: A Nobel Prize winner, this soldier served as Secretary of State from 1947 to 1949 (George C.) Marshall |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | SPORTS TROPHIES & AWARDS $400: MLB's Rookie of the Year awards are named for this groundbreaker who won the award in 1947 Jackie Robinson |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | AUTHORS' ROAD TRIPS $3,000 (Daily Double): One of the most famous road trips in American lit began in 1947 when he rode the bus with crying babies from New York to Chicago Jack Kerouac |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | SUBPOENAS $600: In 1947 screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, part of this numerical "Hollywood" group, was subpoenaed by the House Un-Amer. Activities Committee the Hollywood Ten |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THE WHITE HOUSE $400: The first White House bowling alley was built for this president in 1947 Truman |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | COMMUNICATION $600: Put your fingers in your mouth to push your tongue back if you need to make a loud one of these, like if hailing a cab in 1947 whistle |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | KNIGHTS $800: Sir Norman Hartnell designed this 21-year-old's wedding dress for her 1947 ceremony & was knighted for his services in 1977 Elizabeth II |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | HISTORY OF FLIGHT $1600: While flying over Rogers Dry Lake in California in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first human to break this the speed of sound |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | REPLICAS $2000: In 1947 Thor Heyerdahl sailed from Peru to Polynesia on this raft, a replica of ones used by ancient south Americans Kon-Tiki |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | WAR, AMERICAN STYLE $400: The USO was shut down in 1947 but was back in 1951 due to this conflict the Korean War |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | DISCOVERY $400: Collective name for the ancient manuscript fragments discovered in 1947 in caves in the Qumran region of the West Bank the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | WHAT'S MY AIRLINE? $200: In 1947 this carrier began flying regularly to London on what was called the "Kangaroo Route" Qantas |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | UNIQUE COLLEGE COURSES $1000: One of the topics covered in a Major League Baseball course at Arizona State is this player who broke the color barrier in 1947 Jackie Robinson |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ___ING___ $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1947 a pilot reported 9 circular aircraft doing 1,700 mph near Mount Rainier & these 2-word items entered the modern lexicon flying saucers |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | BRR! IT'S COLD OUT THERE $2000: In Feb. 1947 temps reportedly fell to -85 at Fort Selkirk on this river that lends its name to a Canadian territory the Yukon River |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | WHITE HOUSE HUNTERS $800: Pre-D.C., Nancy was an actress & Ronald was a different kind of president, leading SAG, short for this, from 1947 to 1952 the Screen Actors Guild |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | THE MARSHALL PLAN $800: The basic idea for the plan was announced during a 1947 speech to the graduating class at this prestigious U.S. university Harvard |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | BRIDE & PREJUDICE $2000: This African-American singer & actress kept her 1947 marriage to white bandleader Lennie Hayton secret due to prejudice Lena Horne |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS $600: The N.Y. Times said of this 1947 book, the words & the pictures "combine to lull and reassure when bedtime and darkness come" Goodnight Moon |
| #8102, aired 2019-11-26 | DEEP STUFF $800: In 1947 this Iowa company introduced its DeepFreeze Upright freezer Amana |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: British colonies granted independence following WWII included India in 1947 & this nearby island in 1948 Sri Lanka |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | LET'S TALK ABOUT FLIGHT CLUB $1000: On Nov. 2, 1947 Howard Hughes took this plane on its only flight, cruising about one mile at 70 feet for one minute the Spruce Goose |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | THE WORKING DEAD $1000: The name of this man who passed in 1947 can be found on the Kentucky bourbon formerly known as Old Tub Jim Beam |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1947 Congress passed this act named for 2 politicians that banned using union dues in national election campaigns Taft-Hartley |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | AS DESCRIBED IN THE PATENT $200: 1947: "Helical spring toy which will walk on a...set of steps... without...external force beyond the starting force a Slinky |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $11,914 (Daily Double): Nicknamed "Sadie Lou", this New York college dropped the words "for Women" from its name in 1947 Sarah Lawrence |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | DIET LAND $1200: Since 1947 this Asian country's diet has consisted of Houses of Representatives & Councillors Japan |
| #7943, aired 2019-03-06 | SPEED OF SOUND $1000: In 1947 this 24-year-old became the first human to go faster than sound Chuck Yeager |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | THINGS IN MUSEUMS $600: A museum in Oslo is named for & displays this balsa raft that Thor Heyerdahl used to cross the Pacific in 1947 the Kon-Tiki |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | A SCIENCE BOOK $1200: Many were turned on to physics as a career by 1947's "One Two Three..." this number you can't actually count to infinity |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | 1940s AMERICA $1600: Numerical name of the group from the West Coast that defied the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 the Hollywood Ten |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS $400: In 1947's "Miracle on 34th Street" Edmund Gwenn plays a character called this who claims to be the real Santa Kris Kringle |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | B.S., I LOVE YOU $1600: On June 20, 1947 this mobster & Vegas visionary took a bullet shower, leaving him down & out in Beverly Hills Bugsy Siegel |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | "DEAD" $800: This 1947 find consists of some 15,000 fragments of ancient manuscripts the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #7833, aired 2018-10-03 | THE COLD WAR $400: This U.S. president declared his "doctrine" in 1947 promising to help any country facing a Communist takeover Truman |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | BOOKS OF THE 1940s $2000: This Camus novel was originally published in 1947 as "La Peste" The Plague |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | AUTHORS' SECOND NOVELS $1200: In "Midnight's Children", No. 2 by Salman Rushdie, Saleem is born Aug. 15, 1947 in this country on its independence day India |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | MAKING A FEDERAL CASE OUT OF IT $800: The sentence for attempted kidnapping of the director of this agency created in 1947 is "any term of years or for life" the CIA |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | OBLAST FROM THE PAST $1200: Part of the Sakhalin oblast was acquired from this country in 1947 Japan |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | DESIGNER INITIALS $200: He burst onto the Paris fashion scene in 1947:
C.D. Christian Dior |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | IN SO MANY WORDS $4,600 (Daily Double): 4 words:
Slogan used by De Beers since 1947 a diamond is forever |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $1600: 1947 winner the American Friends Service Committee is an arm of this religious group the Quakers |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: Between 1941 & 1947 there were more than 425,000 performances by this organization, many overseas the USO |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | HOW 'BOUT THOSE... $800: 1948 Cleveland Indians, the only team other than this one to win a World Series from 1947 to 1953 the Yankees |
| #7685, aired 2018-01-26 | THE THING'S THE PLAY $200: It's the thing rolling through New Orleans in the title of a 1947 Tennessee Williams Pulitzer winner a streetcar named Desire |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | NAME THAT WORLD LEADER $600: India:
Teaching & leading from 1947 to 1964 Nehru |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $600: (Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Edmund Gwenn was the real deal as Kris Kringle, working as a department store Santa, in this delightful 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street |
| #7656, aired 2017-12-18 | PHILIP K. DICK $1200: Both PKD & Ursula K. Le Guin were class of 1947 at the same high school in this university city near Oakland Berkeley |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | ALL MY... $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1947 Karl Malden & Ed Begley, Sr. stared in this playwright's first success, "All My Sons" Arthur Miller |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | BEST SHORT FILM OSCARS $1000: A 1947 Short Subject Oscar went to "Climbing" this mountain on the border of Switzerland & Italy the Matterhorn |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | AVIATION $3,000 (Daily Double): The day before flying at Mach 1 in 1947, he broke 2 ribs when he fell off a horse Chuck Yeager |
| #7642, aired 2017-11-28 | COLD PLACES $800: Snag, in this Canadian territory famed for its gold rush, hit 82 below in 1947... without wind chill the Yukon |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | COME SAIL AWAY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) To show how ancient America's people could colonize Polynesia, in 1947 Thor Heyerdahl sailed 4300 miles in 101 days, on this raft, named for an Incan god Kon-Tiki |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | 20th CENTURY WORDS $800: This word for a labor addict dates to 1947 a workaholic |
| #7557, aired 2017-06-20 | WE'RE GIVING YOU A COMMISSION $1000: In 1954 the Hoover Commission created a committee to spy on this 3-letter U.S. agency established in 1947 the CIA |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | STRIKE! $800: A 1947 act named for Robert Taft & this other Republican placed limits on the right to strike (Fred) Hartley |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In a speech on June 5, 1947, this Secretary of State proposed his plan for European economic aid (George) Marshall |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | THE EXPLORERS CLUB $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Explorers Club in New York.) Using the Explorers Club globe, this Norwegian planned an expedition to show that South Americans could've settled Polynesia as early as 500 A.D.; on August 7, 1947, his balsa wood raft reached Raroia Atoll after 101 hazardous days at sea, proving his theory (Thor) Heyerdahl |
| #7479, aired 2017-03-02 | TENNESSEE HISTORY $400: Barbara Jo Walker from Memphis won this distinction in 1947 & was the last to be crowned in a swimsuit Miss America |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | PLAY SETTINGS $400: From 1947:
"A street in New Orleans which is named Elysian Fields & runs between the L & N tracks & the river" Streetcar Named Desire |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | NOISE $600: On Oct. 14, 1947 a Bell X-1 rocket plane created this 2-word event for the first time a sonic boom |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | UNUSUAL ATTRACTIONS $400: Since 1947 an underwater ballet has made Weeki Wachee, Florida the city of these lovely finned & tailed creatures mermaids |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION $2,000 (Daily Double): The 1947 discovery of these gave scholars glimpses into early Judaism the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | A BARRAGE OF BOOKS $200: Recent parodies of this 1947 book include "Goodnight Nanny-cam" & "Goodnight iPad" Goodnight Moon |
| #7409, aired 2016-11-24 | JAPANESE HISTORY $400: Article 9 of the 1947 constitution says "The Japanese people forever renounce" this war |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | MY CABINET DEPARTMENT $800: Henry Stimson, shortly before it ceased to exist in 1947 the War Department |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $4,200 (Daily Double): In December 1947 Parliament passed the law granting independence to this Asian island Sri Lanka |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $400: With music by Allie Wrubel, it's the winning song for 1947 heard here "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | SCULPTORS $2000: This Japanese-American sculptor designed a coffee table sold by Herman Miller beginning in 1947 (Isamu) Noguchi |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | BALLPARK FACTS & FIGURES $200: In 1934 this A.L. park got a new left field wall; in 1947 that wall was painted green to match the rest of the park Fenway |
| #7288, aired 2016-04-27 | AMERICAN ARCHITECTS $1600: This Finnish American is seen here seated in a prototype of his womb chair in 1947 Saarinen |
| #7283, aired 2016-04-20 | SPACECRAFT TYPES $800: This 2-word term for possibly alien spacecraft was 1st used after a pilot reported seeing 9 of them near Mt. Rainier in 1947 a flying saucer |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | THERE'S CHEMISTRY BETWEEN US $600: From 1947 to 1951, after graduating from Oxford, she worked as a research chemist before becoming a world leader Thatcher |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | EXPLORATION $1600: To prove that pre-Inca voyagers could have settled Polynesia, in 1947 Thor Heyerdahl set sail from Peru on this balsa raft the Kon-Tiki |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | WHAT'S YOUR HURRY? $600: He flew the Bell X-1 past the speed of sound October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager |
| #7211, aired 2016-01-11 | NOTORIOUS $1000: In 1947, as this mobster was killed in California, pals of Meyer Lansky walked in & took over the Flamingo in Vegas--hmm (Bugsy) Siegel |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | 1940s FICTION $2,600 (Daily Double): The discovery of a dead rat starts this 1947 Albert Camus novel; more would follow The Plague |
| #7194, aired 2015-12-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1947 this TV news show's first guest was former Democratic chairman & FDR campaign manager James A. Farley Meet the Press |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | IT WILL BE OVER IN A YEAR $1600: From 1947 to 2007 these downturns averaged about a year each; then the U.S. economy encountered a "great" one recessions |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | FIRST LADIES $400: She was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 26, 1947 Hillary Rodham Clinton |
| #7144, aired 2015-10-08 | WHOSE LIFE IS IT? $200: Born Michigan, 1863,
assembled quite a resume as an industrialist,
died Michigan, 1947 (Henry) Ford |
| #7144, aired 2015-10-08 | 3P's, PLEASE $1200: The "Howdy Doody" show debuted in 1947 as this "Playhouse" Puppet |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | LITERARY CRIME WATCH $1200: Los Angeles-based novels by James Ellroy include "L.A. Confidential" & this one about an actual unsolved 1947 murder The Black Dahlia |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | GETTING OFF THE GROUND $4,000 (Daily Double): Russia's An-225 Mriya has the largest current wingspan of any plane at 290', but it's still 30' short of this 1947 plane the Spruce Goose |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $1600: On August 14 & 15 respectively, Pakistan & India mark their independence that happened in this post-WWII year 1947 |
| #7108, aired 2015-07-08 | AN AGATHA CHRISTIE MYSTERY $1200: Agatha adapted her 1947 radio story "Three Blind Mice" into this long-running stage play The Mousetrap |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | A WORLD OF ART $1600: He began painting "The Falling Angel" in 1923, shortly after emigrating from the Soviet Union; it was completed in 1947 Marc Chagall |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | LIVES OF THE SCIENTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): From 1947 to 1952 he was chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission Robert Oppenheimer |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE'S 75th ANNIVERSARY $1200: (I'm Sarah Lane.) In 1947, George Balanchine created for ABT the one-act ballet "Theme and Variations" with music by this noted Russian composer Tchaikovsky |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $200: This master of the techno-thriller was born in Baltimore in 1947 & died there in 2013 Tom Clancy |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | INSTRUMENTAL IN SCIENCE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew, at Harvard University's Historical Scientific Instruments, shows a console.) From 1947 to 2002, this control console was at the Harvard cyclotron lab for pioneering research now used to treat cancer; the surrounding healthy tissue is relatively undamaged, but the cancer cells are destroyed by irradiation with these positive particles protons |
| #7028, aired 2015-03-18 | WHO'S DRIVING THIS THING?! $600: November 2, 1947:
The Spruce Goose, for about a mile, at 70 feet, for one minute Howard Hughes |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | RAGE FOR THE MACHINE $6,000 (Daily Double): From 1947 to 1953 U.S. production of these devices rose from fewer than 200,000 to more than 7 million a year television sets |
| #7022, aired 2015-03-10 | ARCHAEOLOGY $400: This collection of nearly 1,000 religious texts was discovered beginning in 1947 at Qumran the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | THE BLACK LIST $400: The "Hollywood Ten" were blacklisted in 1947 for refusing to testify before HUAC, this committee the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | THE END OF THE LINE $400: Scars were no longer a concern for this gangster after Jan. 25, 1947 Al Capone |
| #7007, aired 2015-02-17 | COLD WORLD OUT THERE $800: Snag, in this Canadian territory, had a population of about 10 on a -81 day in February 1947 the Yukon |
| #6978, aired 2015-01-07 | LERNER & LOEWE SONGS $2,600 (Daily Double): "The Heather on the Hill" was one of the featured songs in this 1947 Lerner & Loewe musical Brigadoon |
| #6975, aired 2015-01-02 | PLACES THAT END IN "IA" $800: Hungary regained about 2/5 of this region in WWII, but the entirety was ceded to Romania in 1947 Transylvania |
| #6950, aired 2014-11-28 | CHRONICLES $1000: From his July 25, 1947 diary entry:
"Ike & I think MacArthur expects to make a Roman triumphal return to the U.S." Harry Truman |
| #6929, aired 2014-10-30 | BIRTH OF A VICE PRESIDENT $1600: February 4, 1947
in Indianapolis, Indiana Dan Quayle |
| #6927, aired 2014-10-28 | MALL SHOPS $600: This department store started in Sweden in 1947; the "H" in its name stands for the Swedish word for "hers" H&M |
| #6923, aired 2014-10-22 | PICTURE THE HITMAKERS $1200: He was born Marvin Aday in 1947 Meat Loaf |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | NORMAN ROCKWELL'S SATURDAY EVENING POST COVERS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a Post cover at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.) The original "Boy on High Dive" painting from a 1947 cover now belongs to this "Lincoln" director, who says that we're all on diving boards during our lives & that taking the plunge is something we must face Steven Spielberg |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | BORN IN THE USA $1000: This Chicago law man who enforced Prohibition ran for Cleveland mayor
in 1947; here endeth the lesson (Eliot) Ness |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYS $400: When this Tennessee Williams play debuted in 1947, the cast included Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter & Jessica Tandy Streetcar Named Desire |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | THE THEATRE $400: When these theatre awards were first presented in 1947, the winners got a scroll plus a compact (women) or money clip (men) a Tony Award |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | GROUPIES $600: Uncooperative witnesses Ring Lardner Jr. & Dalton Trumbo were part of this numerical group in 1947 the Hollywood Ten |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | IT WAS AN ACCIDENT $800: A 1947 ship explosion in Texas killed 500 & led to the first of these mass lawsuits against the federal govt. a class action lawsuit |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | THE 5 FAMILIES $400: Every year from 1947 to 2011, a member of this family served in Congress; in 2013 the family began a new streak the Kennedys |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | SILENT CONSONANT $1200: In 1947 a N.Y. court ruled that this red-stalked plant was a fruit, not a veggie, because it was mainly used as a fruit rhubarb |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | ALL AROUND AMERICA $800: This 320'-wide Howard Hughes creation from 1947 today nests at Oregon's Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum the "Spruce Goose" |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | HISTORIC CARS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a smooth car at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.) Containing no sharp edges, the aesthetic & technical achievements of the 1947 Cisitalia 202 GT were enough for this progressive New York City museum to consider it a work of art & put it on display MOMA (the Museum of Modern Art |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | PARKS $400: You might find a gator or 2 in this subtropical national park established in 1947 Everglades |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): "The Coral Sea" & "Mutiny" were 2 of the stories in this 1947 James Michener work Tales of the South Pacific |
| #6737, aired 2013-12-24 | THE WEDDING OF ELIZABETH & PHILIP $400: The couple tied the royal knot before 2,000 guests November 20, 1947 in this imposing church Westminster Abbey |
| #6737, aired 2013-12-24 | OUR HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS $1200: The 1947 speech that launched this plan said Europe must have help "or face economic social & political deterioration" Marshall Plan |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | AP FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR $1600: 1932, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950 & 1954:
Her Babe Didrikson |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS $400: The scrolls were discovered in 1947 & offered for sale in a June 1, 1954 ad in this financial paper; they sold for $250,000 The Wall Street Journal |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | FLOWERY PROSE $800: Accept this central American garden flower in vibrant colors, not the black one associated with a grisly 1947 murder a dahlia |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | RING MAGAZINE'S GREATEST TITLE FIGHTS $600: 155-lb. Rocky Graziano's 1947 defeat of 159-lb. Tony Zale for the world title in this weight class middleweight |
| #6595, aired 2013-04-26 | EUROPEAN LIT $400: Her diary was originally published in Dutch in 1947 as "Het Achterhuis" Anne Frank |
| #6586, aired 2013-04-15 | JACKIE ROBINSON $400: Jackie played his first major league game on April 15, 1947 & became the first player named this "of the year" rookie |
| #6572, aired 2013-03-26 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2000: This 1947 Lerner & Loewe musical was inspired in part by James Barrie's books about his native Scotland Brigadoon |
| #6563, aired 2013-03-13 | TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR $1,500 (Daily Double): An Army general, never president:
1943 & 1947 George Marshall |
| #6550, aired 2013-02-22 | GOOD CAUSES $1200: The U.S. fund for this larger fund was founded in 1947 UNICEF |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | SOMEBODY CALLED FOR A DOCTRINE $200: His 1947 doctrine called for aid to anticommunist governments in Greece & turkey Truman |
| #6475, aired 2012-11-09 | WORLD CITIES $2000: This chief port of Pakistan served as the country's capital from 1947 to 1959 Karachi |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: Margaret Wise Brown, author of this 1947 book about a bunny's bedtime, loved to hunt rabbits Goodnight Moon |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE... $1200: 1947's "Lucifer" was one of the first "poured" paintings by this artist Jackson Pollock |
| #6413, aired 2012-07-04 | LONG RUNS IN PRIME TIME $600: It's now on Sunday mornings, but this news show ran from 1947 to 1965 in prime time Meet the Press |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | THE JOY OF SECTS $800: The Qumran community, aka this geographical feature sect, became the subject of much attention in 1947 the Dead Sea |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | C.D.s $600: In 1947 this fashion designer introduced his "New Look" Christian Dior |
| #6380, aired 2012-05-18 | COLD, HILLY & EMPTY $1200: On Feb. 3, 1947 a village in this territory bordering Alaska recorded -81.4 F., an all-time low for Canada the Yukon Territory |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | BRAND NAMES $600: Shake it like this instant camera that first flashed on the scene in 1947 a Polaroid |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | BASIC BLACK $1000: In 1947 the body of Elizabeth Short, known as this, was found on Norton Avenue in Los Angeles the Black Dahlia |
| #6310, aired 2012-02-10 | VOLCANOES $800: Ash from a 1947 eruption of Hekla in this island country landed as far east as Finland Iceland |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | GANG OF FORE $2000: From 1947 to 1954, she won 10 major championships, the last while batfling inoperable cancer Babe Didrikson |
| #6300, aired 2012-01-27 | 1940s AMERICAN LIT $400: In 1947 this author's own publishing company released "Tarzan and the Foreign Legion", his last in the series Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| #6286, aired 2012-01-09 | BEATLEWOMANIA $600: Buddy Clark's 1947 chart-topping song "Linda" was written about the future wife of this Beatle (when she was 5 years old) Paul McCartney |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | STATE CAPITAL FUN FESTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This city has been hosting its Golden North Salmon Derby since 1947, before it was officially a state capital Juneau |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | OF SEPARATION $1000: When Pakistan & India were split in 1947, this troubled state had a Hindu ruler, Hari Singh, but a Muslim majority Kashmir |
| #6240, aired 2011-11-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1600: The 1947 discovery of oil in a field at Leduc in this prairie province launched a Canadian oil boom Alberta |
| #6234, aired 2011-10-27 | ADDRESS ME $1600: About to become prime minister of a new country, he ended his 1947 "Tryst with Destiny" speech "jai hind" Nehru |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | LITERARY STUPID ANSWERS $400: An epidemic of the bubonic plague overwhelms a city in this 1947 novel by Albert Camus The Plague |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | AWARDS & HONORS $2,200 (Daily Double): Seems odd, but in 1947 Columbia University received a special one of these prizes for its administration of those prizes the Pulitzers |
| #6217, aired 2011-10-04 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $1600: "Man and Superman" was one of 3 plays he had on Broadway in the 1947-48 season (George Bernard) Shaw |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | R.B.s $800: The first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize, this man was appointed to the U.N. Palestine Commission in 1947 Ralph Bunche |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?! $800: After Los Alamos, I was the director of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study from 1947 to 1966 Oppenheimer |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | LEGISLATIVE LEGACIES $2000: In 1947 this senator & Rep. Hartley teamed up to regulate labor union activities Taft |
| #6172, aired 2011-06-14 | INVENTED IN THE 20th CENTURY $400: The iPods of the Baby Boom were small radios using this device invented in 1947 the transistor |
| #6169, aired 2011-06-09 | AN ERNEST CATEGORY $1600: In 1947 he headlined the first Grand Ole Opry concert at Carnegie Hall Ernest Tubb |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | 30 SOMETHING $600: "Miracle" street in a 1947 holiday classic 34th Street |
| #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 |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | & AFTER $800: After Aug. 15, 1947 India & Pakistan emerged as 2 independent countries & he became India's first Prime Minister Nehru |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | VIRGIN BERTHS $1000: This guy with the name of a Norse god first took his raft Kon-Tiki for a spin in 1947 Thor Heyerdahl |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | THE SUNSHINE STATE $1600: In 1947 President Truman dedicated this large South Florida national park the Everglades |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | DISCOVERIES $400: These sacred scrolls found at Qumran in 1947 have yielded many insights into early Christianity & Rabbinic Judaism the Dead Sea scrolls |
| #6054, aired 2010-12-30 | BALLPARK FRANKS $2000: "The Fordham Flash", he played in 8 World Series as a National Leaguer & was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1947 Frankie Frisch |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | THE PRINCESS BRIDE $600: She became Philip Mountbatten's bride in 1947 Queen Elizabeth II |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | CIRCUS HISTORY $1000: In 1947 this "flying" family perfected the 7-man pyramid on the high wire the Wallendas |
| #6011, aired 2010-11-01 | IT'S HYPHENATED $1600: This balsa raft that sailed 4,300 miles of the Pacific in 1947 is on display at a museum near Oslo Kon-Tiki |
| #6007, aired 2010-10-26 | CHARLIE $1000: One of his last film roles was as the swindling wife murderer in 1947's "Monsieur Verdoux" Chaplin |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | DAVID MAMET $400: David Mamet was born on Nov. 30, 1947 in this midwestern city; he apparently found a bit of "perversity" there Chicago |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $400: In 1947 Ed Lowe gave a neighbor absorbent clay for her feline's box; he soon packaged the clay under this name Kitty Litter |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | THE FASTING & THE FURIOUS $200: He fasted, furiously but nonviolently, in 1924, 1932, 1947 & 1948 Gandhi |
| #5917, aired 2010-05-11 | FLOWERY PROSE $800: It's James Ellroy's crime novel about a real unsolved 1947 L.A. murder case The Black Dahlia |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | NOVELS, BOOKS & LITERATURE $1,000 (Daily Double): This slaphappy general's memoir "War As I Knew It" appeared in 1947, 2 years after his death Patton |
| #5883, aired 2010-03-24 | FAMOUS NAMES IN THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE $600: In 1947 his fasting stopped riots in Calcutta & his sunny attitude takes him far in the game; everyone likes Mo Gandhi |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | THE QUOTA SYSTEM $2000: A dispute dating to 1947 concerns Europe's quotas & tariffs on this fruit, which Latin America says are discriminatory bananas |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | DO IT YOURSELF $200: In 1947, Frank Ulrich pumped up L.A. drivers with the first successful self-serve this gas station |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: The first African American to play modern Major League Baseball, he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 Jackie Robinson |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: In a 1947 novelette by John Steinbeck, a diver named Kino finds the valuable title object to pay his child's doctor bill pearl |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | BOXING MOVIES $2000: John Garfield earned an Oscar nomination for playing a corrupt boxer who becomes champ in this 1947 film Body and Soul |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | CHARITY $800: Since 1947 this branch of the U.S. military has helped collect & distribute "Toys for Tots" the Marine Corps |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | BELIEVE $400: I saw 3 of these objects, first reported near Mt. Rainier in June 1947, hovering over my house last night UFOs (or flying saucers) |
| #5731, aired 2009-07-06 | DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER $800: The slogan "A diamond is forever" was coined in 1947 by an ad exec for this South African commercial giant De Beers |
| #5729, aired 2009-07-02 | OF WAR $1200: This weapon created in 1947 has been featured on a Russian coin, Burkina Faso's coat of arms & Mozambique's flag the AK-47 |
| #5723, aired 2009-06-24 | FOLSOM PRISON BLUES $800: Now a cliche about prison life, these automobile identifiers have been manufactured at Folsom since 1947 license plates |
| #5717, aired 2009-06-16 | RECORD LABELS $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1947, Ahmet Ertegun founded this jazz & R&B label, which soon had an "ocean" of talent, including Ray Charles Atlantic |
| #5714, aired 2009-06-11 | LET ME TAKE YOU DOWN $1000: On June 20, 1947 this gangster found out exactly how displeased Meyer Lansky was about the cost of the Flamingo Hotel Bugsy Siegel |
| #5708, aired 2009-06-03 | MIRO, MIRO ON THE WALL $600: The huge mural that Miro painted for a hotel in this southwest Ohio city in 1947 is now owned by the city's art museum Cincinnati |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | OUT IN THE STREET $1600: Bogie and Bacall are moseying over to protest hearings by the House committee on these in 1947 Un-American Activities |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | TAKE OUT THE TRASH $800: Wow, an old photo labeled "Grandma and Grandpa at" this Arizona natural wonder, "1947"--gee, too bad I don't know these people the Grand Canyon |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS $800: The Scrolls were found by a shepherd boy in this year, 2 years after the end of a major war 1947 |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | LATER $800: He took over Alger Hiss' job at the State Department in 1947; 14 years later he was Secretary of State for JFK Dean Rusk |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | A THOMAS GUIDE $800: His 1947 novel "Doctor Faustus" symbolically paralleled the rise of Nazism Thomas Mann |
| #5610, aired 2009-01-16 | WE BLINDED YOU WITH SCIENCE $2000: From 1947 to 1952 he was chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission Oppenheimer |
| #5586, aired 2008-12-15 | SPORTS STATUES $3,000 (Daily Double): Father to War Admiral, this horse who died in 1947 is buried under his statue at the Kentucky Horse Park Man o' War |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | PRESIDENTIAL WIT $600: In a January 6, 1947 diary entry, he called the White House the "great white jail" Harry Truman |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | UNREAL ESTATE $400: We learn of the loss of Belle Reve, ancestral home of the DuBois family, in this classic 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | FLOWERS $1600: The victim of a 1947 murder in L.A. had this flower in her nickname Dahlia |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | PAKISTAN LAURELS $200: Pakistan gained its independence on August 14, 1947, one day before this neighbor India |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | THAR HE BLOWS! $400: On Sept. 29, 1947 the sax of this "Bird" sang in his Carnegie Hall debut (Charlie) Parker |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | ARCHAEOLOGY $800: In 1947 2 shepherd boys found these in 8 large clay jars in a cave 7 miles south of Jericho the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | SHAMPOO $600: This classic green shampoo was introduced in 1947 in a metal tube (glass bottles broke in the shower) Prell |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | THAT J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER $1600: In 1947 J.R. got another job supervising brainiacs, heading the Institute for Advanced Study in this city Princeton, New Jersey |
| #5500, aired 2008-07-04 | THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD $200: He succeeded Robert Montgomery as Guild president in 1947 & later went on to even bigger things Ronald Reagan |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | THE LOVE BOAT $600: In November of 1947 this flying boat traveled 70 feet above the water & 80 miles per hour for one mile in its only flight the Spruce Goose |
| #5426, aired 2008-03-24 | "W"ORDPLAY $600: An epithalamium is a poem written for one of these occasions, like the one John Masefield wrote for Nov. 20, 1947 a wedding |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH $800: Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by this team the Dodgers |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | GOVERNORS $800: This statesman who lived to the age of 100 was governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951 Strom Thurmond |
| #5372, aired 2008-01-08 | FROM SCREEN TO STAGE $600: The musical "Here's Love" was based on this 1947 film in which the real Kris Kringle is hired to work at Macy's Miracle on 34th Street |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | U.S. MILITARY BRANCHES $600: Became its own branch under the National Security Act of 1947 the Air Force |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | PUNJAB $200: Since 1947, the historic region of Punjab has been divided between these 2 countries India & Pakistan |
| #5354, aired 2007-12-13 | MEET THE ROBINSONS $200: In 1947 he shattered baseball's color line Jackie Robinson |
| #5348, aired 2007-12-05 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $800: The National Security Act of 1947 created this agency, with Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter as its first director the CIA |
| #5348, aired 2007-12-05 | PAKISTAN & DELIVER $2000: Since 1947, Pakistan has fought 2 wars over this disputed region to its far north Kashmir |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: In 1947 he published his first story collection, "Dark Carnival"; the "Martian Chronicles" came 3 years later Ray Bradbury |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | OSCAR-NOMINATED SONGS $1200: "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
(1947) Song of the South |
| #5328, aired 2007-11-07 | INSIDE THE ARTIST'S STUDIO $1200: 1947's "Watery Paths" was in your poured painting style; simply brilliant Jackson Pollock |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | MONROE $600: Forget DiMaggio and Berra-- the secret to the Yankees' 11 pennants from 1947 to 1960 was Lucy Monroe's singing of this The Star-Spangled Banner |
| #5319, aired 2007-10-25 | SEEING "RED" $1600: When he played Macbeth onstage in 1947, his now-famous daughters were little girls Michael Redgrave |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | THE CABINET $2,000 (Daily Double): The last man to serve as Secretary of this as part of the cabinet was James V. Forrestal in 1947 the Navy |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | THE U.S. AIR FORCE $200: Now turning 60, the USAF was established in September 1947 under this pres. with Carl Spaatz as chief of staff Truman |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | UP, UP & AWAY $1600: When he flew the X-1 over Mach 1 on Oct. 14, 1947 he was suffering from 2 broken ribs Chuck Yeager |
| #5281, aired 2007-07-23 | ADVENTURES IN THE AIR $400: Hitting a speed of about 800 miles per hour, Chuck Yeager broke this barrier in October 1947 the speed of sound |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | LET'S VISIT INDIA $400: Under the East India Company & then the government, this country ruled most of India until 1947 Great Britain |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | THE SON ALSO RISES $1200: This only son of Prince Andrew of Greece became a British subject in 1947 & gained a dukedom Prince Philip |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | NAME THAT YEAR $1000: Pakistan becomes independent of Great Britain 1947 |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | ACTS OF CONGRESS $600: There being no VP, the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 made Joseph Martin, who held this job, first in line to succeed Speaker of the House |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | WORDS INTRODUCED IN THE 20th CENTURY $400: 1947: A 2-word transport for aliens a flying saucer |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | HISTORIC PERSONALIZED PLATES $400: 1899-1947 Al Capone |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | CHINA PATTERNS $2000: The red & yellow flag of China was adopted in this year, the same year the People's Republic was founded 1949 |
| #5231, aired 2007-05-14 | TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR $5,000 (Daily Double): 1943 & 1947:
A military man with a plan (George) Marshall |
| #5202, aired 2007-04-03 | GOOD TOMES $200: A Polish woman who's survived a concentration camp is the title figure of this William Styron novel set in 1947 Sophie's Choice |
| #5191, aired 2007-03-19 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $1600: Though he never won, he was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 & again in 1948 a few days before his assassination (Mahatma) Gandhi |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | YOU MUST BE FROM DALLAS $1000: Born in Dallas in 1947, he hit the pop music charts with & like a "Bat Out Of Hell" Meat Loaf |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $800: In 1947 this tinfoil brand was Reynolds Aluminum's first consumer product Reynolds Wrap |
| #5129, aired 2006-12-21 | THE MACY'S PARADE: BEHIND THE SCENES $1000: (Kelly presents the clue from the workshop.) This 1947 movie which used footage of actual floats gave many Americans a love for the Macy's parade Miracle on 34th Street |
| #5121, aired 2006-12-11 | THE DUKES OF HAZARD $200: The Duke of Edinburgh, he served in the Pacific in WWII before marrying Princess Elizabeth in 1947 Prince Philip |
| #5096, aired 2006-11-06 | THE "GENERAL" $2000: Abbreviated GATT, it's governed world commerce since 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| #5083, aired 2006-10-18 | OCTOBERFEST $400: On Oct. 5, 1947 he gave the first presidential address televised from the White House Truman |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | SCIENCE GUYS $2,000 (Daily Double): "General Chemistry", a 1947 textbook by this Peace & Chemistry Nobel winner, is still a useful introduction (Linus) Pauling |
| #5078, aired 2006-10-11 | LABOR $1,000 (Daily Double): The 1947 Labor-Management Relations Act curbed labor's power; these 2 legislators sponsored it Taft & Hartley |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | THE DICTIONARY $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew struts her--"uh"--stuff.) In the 1947 American College Dictionary, Clarence Barnhart popularized this symbol for the unstressed vowel sound in words like "American" a schwa |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | HUMPHREY BOGART $800: In 1947 Bogie joined other actors in protesting the witch hunts conducted by this committee the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | A VISIT TO INTEL CORP. $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, CA.) Invented in 1947, this device that replaced the vacuum tube can now be a mere 150 atoms thick on a computer chip a transistor |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $1200: Jeno Paulucci founded this company in 1947 to sell cans of chicken chow mein the Chun-King Company |
| #4982, aired 2006-04-18 | PLAYWRIGHTS $1600: During most of WWII, this German playwright resided in the U.S.; he left in 1947 & formed the Berliner Ensemble in 1949 Bertolt Brecht |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | WHO "R" YOU? $1600: In 1947 he became head of the Naval Reactors branch of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Admiral Hyman Rickover |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | MR. MOVIEFONE $1600: You've selected upcoming releases for June 1947. Press 1 for this film with Maureen O'Hara, sure to become a classic Miracle on 34th Street |
| #4952, aired 2006-03-07 | -OON $800: This 1947 musical is set in the highlands of Scotland Brigadoon |
| #4930, aired 2006-02-03 | WKC BEST IN SHOW $1600: A current California senator should know it's the "sporty" breed of 1947's ch. Warlord of Mazelaine a boxer |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | I AM A CAMERA $200: In 1947 this company introduced an instant camera that could deliver a finished print in 60 seconds Polaroid |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | STATE BIRDS $1000: A state bird since 1947, its black & orange colors resemble those on the Calvert coat of arms the Baltimore oriole |
| #4918, aired 2006-01-18 | ___ TO ___ $1200: The 1947 Taft-Hartley Act encouraged these laws against requiring union membership right-to-work laws |
| #4917, aired 2006-01-17 | GOVERNMENT AT YOUR SERVICE $800: A 1947 labor law created the FMCS, the "M" for this activity that can solve labor disputes mediation |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | THE MISSIVES OF OCTOBER $600: Oct. 14, 1947: Dear Bro, I hear that today this man traveled over 662 MPH in a Bell X-1 Chuck Yeager |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | FASHION HISTORY $800: This French designer's "New Look" for 1947 included a narrow waist & padded hips Christian Dior |
| #4904, aired 2005-12-29 | BETTER HOMES & GARDENS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1947 he retired to a Beverly Hills mansion with longtime mistress Marion Davies (William) Randolph Hearst |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | HEY, JUNIOR! $1200: This general's memoir, "War As I Knew It", appeared in 1947, 2 years after his death George Patton, Jr. |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | THE LATE '40s $400: In 1947 her father published the diary she had kept during her 25 months in hiding Anne Frank |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | THE LATE '40s $600: In 1947 East Bengal became East this; later it became Bangladesh Pakistan |
| #4884, aired 2005-12-01 | AND NOW FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1978 a stern President Carter invoked this 1947 law to force coal miners back to work after a 3-month strike (the) Taft-Hartley (Act) |
| #4882, aired 2005-11-29 | 'TIS TIME TO TESTIFY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1947 playwright Bertolt Brecht returned to Europe after testifying before this House committee the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $2000: This playwright & Vanity Fair editor served in the House of Representatives from 1943 to 1947 Clare Booth Luce |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | FILMS OF THE '40s $400: In 1947's "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer", Cary Grant was the bachelor, this former child star the bobby-soxer Shirley Temple |
| #4843, aired 2005-10-05 | DR. FAUST WILL SEE YOU NOW $1200: He wrote a 1947 novel about a German composer whose masterpiece is "The Lamentation of Doctor Faustus" Thomas Mann |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | KINSEY $800: In 1947 Dr. Kinsey founded his institute for sex research at this Bloomington university Indiana |
| #4816, aired 2005-07-11 | GLASS $400: This Irish town prodcued fine crystal from 1783 to 1851; after a 96-year gap, production resumed in 1947 Waterford |
| #4782, aired 2005-05-24 | HAUTE COUTURE $1,800 (Daily Double): This French designer's "Corolle" collection became famous as 1947's "New Look" Christian Dior |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | SECRETARIES OF STATE BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Man with a 1947 "plan" who took on Eminem's birth name George Marshall Mathers |
| #4778, aired 2005-05-18 | CHEMISTRY $800: In 1947 Willard Libby perfected the archaeological dating method named for this isotope carbon-14 |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | DIDN'T YOU GET YOUR INVITATION? $3,000 (Daily Double): Westminster Abbey,
Nov. 20, 1947 the wedding of Elizabeth II & Prince Philip |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | SIDESHOW CINEMA $1600: Tyrone Power descends to a job as a carnival geek in this 1947 release Nightmare Alley |
| #4762, aired 2005-04-26 | WHAT HAVE "V" HERE $400: A 1947 essayist said this, the dissection of living creatures, puts humans "on the animal level" vivisection |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | REAGAN 101 $800: His term as president of this began in 1947 the Screen Actors Guild |
| #4738, aired 2005-03-23 | THE SHORT FORM $800: This agreement on world tariffs & trade was signed by 23 countries in Geneva in 1947 GATT |
| #4737, aired 2005-03-22 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $1200: 1947:
Cary Grant &
Shirley Temple The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer |
| #4719, aired 2005-02-24 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES $800: These appliances introduced by Raytheon in 1947 aid the work of desperate housewives in the kitchen a microwave |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | PERHAPS SOME "TEA" $1000: This great trombonist was part of Louis Armstrong's band from 1947 to 1951 Jack Teagarden |
| #4672, aired 2004-12-21 | MUG SHOTS $800: In 1947 this gangster lost his life in Beverly Hills (Bugsy) Siegel |
| #4670, aired 2004-12-17 | ASIAN RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): A 1947 partition divided the water in the basin of this 1,800-mile-long river on the border of Pakistan Indus River |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | EUROPE $400: In 1947 this Spanish dictator received the right via referendum to hold office for life & to name his successor Franco |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | MAGAZINES $400: This national magazine bestowed the enduring label "the love goddess" on Rita Hayworth in 1947 Life |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | ASIA $800: India & Pakistan have disputed this region since 1947 & sometimes China gets into the act Kashmir |
| #4635, aired 2004-10-29 | BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONY WINNERS $800: For "Cyrano de Bergerac"
(1947) Jose Ferrer |
| #4604, aired 2004-09-16 | SPORTS STARS $1000: In 1947 a team from Wiliamsport, Pa. won the very first edition of this youth sports championship the Little League World Series |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | SPIRITED CINEMA $2000: Rex Harrison is a curmudgeonly sea captain's ghost haunting Gene Tierney's cottage in this 1947 classic The Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | THE BIG BANGLADESH $800: After India was partitioned in 1947, what would later become Bangladesh was the "East" part of this country Pakistan |
| #4577, aired 2004-06-29 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: She was the Associated Press' Female Athlete of the Year for 1932, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950 & 1954 (Babe Didrikson) Zaharias |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | CANADA, EH $600: Sharing a border with Alaska, it's the Canadian territory that had a record low of -81 F. in 1947 the Yukon |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | PEOPLE $1000: In 1947 this Oklahoma faith healer began his Healing Waters Ministry Oral Roberts |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | THE "7"-YEAR ITCH $1,500 (Daily Double): The newlyweds seen here were photographed in this year 1947 |
| #4527, aired 2004-04-20 | ART IN OMAHA $400: Abstract Expressionist:
"Galaxy"
(1947) Jackson Pollock |
| #4514, aired 2004-04-01 | OREGON TRANSPLANTS $2000: Born in Portland, 1947;
"Flopped" at the 1968 Olympics & won a gold medal (Dick) Fosbury |
| #4481, aired 2004-02-16 | NOT OUR CONSTITUTION $1,000 (Daily Double): Its 1947 constitution makes the emperor the symbol of the state & forever renounces war Japan |
| #4475, aired 2004-02-06 | THE "I"s HAVE IT $800: The flag of this nation seen here was adopted in 1947 India |
| #4443, aired 2003-12-24 | BASKETBALL $600: This franchise, now in Oakland, won the first NBA championship while based in Philadelphia in 1947 the Golden State Warriors |
| #4443, aired 2003-12-24 | GET A ROOM! $800: Throw a stag party at London's Dorchester Hotel, like this man did on Nov. 19, 1947--before his royal wedding Prince Philip |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | PULITZER PRIZE CATEGORIES $600: Robert Lowell in 1947 & 1974 Poetry |
| #4439, aired 2003-12-18 | YULETIDE FAVORITES $400: In 1947 this singing cowboy co-wrote & recorded the perennial favorite "Here Comes Santa Claus" Gene Autry |
| #4434, aired 2003-12-11 | TRANSPORTATION $600: It was Thor Heyerdahl's mode of transportation for getting from Peru to Polynesia in 1947 a raft |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | PAPERBACK WRITER $800: His 1947 paperback "I, the Jury" sold millions & introduced us all to Mike Hammer Mickey Spillane |
| #4424, aired 2003-11-27 | QUITE A COUP $200: In 1947 he took part in a failed coup against Dominican leader Trujillo; he had better luck at home in Cuba Fidel Castro |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | IT OPENED IN NEW HAVEN $400: Coincidentally, New Haven still had streetcars of its own when this southern drama premiered here in 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | POTPOURRI $1200: In 1947, to go along with its motorcycles, this company introduced its classic black leather jacket Harley-Davidson |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE $2000: The "Hollywood Ten" was a group of individuals who refused to answer questions from this committee in 1947 the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| #4384, aired 2003-10-02 | SCIENTIFIC PREFIXES $1600: Holo- means "whole", as in this imaging system invented in 1947 holography |
| #4374, aired 2003-09-18 | SALVADOR $600: Dali called this fellow Spanish artist a genius, and painted a bizarre 1947 portrait of him Picasso |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | THE JUNG & THE RESTLESS $800: Jung called these "unidentified" things, first reported by pilot Kenneth Arnold in 1947, "a modern myth" UFOs/flying saucers |
| #4316, aired 2003-05-12 | BIRTH OF A NATION $400: Aug. 14 & 15, 1947:
These 2 nations are granted independence by Great Britain India & Pakistan |
| #4312, aired 2003-05-06 | LABOR $2000: Among the purposes of this 1947 act was to prevent major strikes that would cause public emergencies Taft-Hartley Act |
| #4291, aired 2003-04-07 | HISTORIC FRIENDS $2000: This friend & assistant to J. Edgar Hoover rose to FBI Associate Director in 1947 Clyde Tolson |
| #4290, aired 2003-04-04 | BRITISH ORDERS OF CHIVALRY $100 (Daily Double): Since 1947 no new names have been added to the order named for this country India |
| #4280, aired 2003-03-21 | "HOW" $400: Strings were pulled to get him on TV in 1947 Howdy Doody |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH... $800: My 1947 TV show "Read the Proust" bombed against this NBC show that's still running Meet the Press |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | BEFORE THEY WERE PRESIDENT $600: He began his term as president in 1947 (president of the Screen Actors Guild, that is) Ronald Reagan |
| #4266, aired 2003-03-03 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1,000 (Daily Double): Congressional pair that sponsored the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 Sen. Robert Taft & Rep. Fred Hartley |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | SCORPIOS $1600: Born October 26, 1947 in Chicago, she was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York in 2000 Hillary Rodham Clinton |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE OR MARINES $600: "The Right Stuff" guy Chuck Yeager after 1947 Air Force |
| #4237, aired 2003-01-21 | THE NEW YORK YANKEES $800: When robbed by Al Gionfriddo's famous catch in 1947, this Yankee went crazy -- he actually kicked the dirt Joe DiMaggio |
| #4222, aired 2002-12-31 | PRUSSIA $400: The state of Prussia was legally abolished in this decade of the 20th century 1940s (1947) |
| #4222, aired 2002-12-31 | WESTMINSTER ABBEY $800: In the fall of 1939 these talented boys had to be evacuated from the abbey to Sussex, but they were back in 1947 the choirboys |
| #4214, aired 2002-12-19 | WORLD OF AUTHORS $2000: The main character in his 1947 novel "Doktor Faustus" is a German composer named Adrian Leverkuhn Thomas Mann |
| #4208, aired 2002-12-11 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $600: In 1947 Edith Ronne & Jenny Darlington became the first women to winter on this continent Antarctica |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | '40s FICTION $800: This novel about a politician's rise & fall earned Robert Penn Warren a Pulitzer Prize in 1947 "All the King's Men" |
| #4195, aired 2002-11-22 | '40s TECH $800: The first food sold in one of these containers came out in 1947 & was whipped cream aerosol can |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | COLLEGE SPORTS $800: In 1947 NYU's Abraham Balk became the only man to win the foil & epee events in this sport in the same year fencing |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | GEORGE $1200: At a speech given at Harvard in 1947, this man laid out his namesake plan for European economic recovery George C. Marshall |
| #4160, aired 2002-10-04 | SCIENCE & NATURE $1200: His 1947 oceanic expedition began in Callao, Peru & ended 10 days later in Polynesia Thor Heyerdahl |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER $200: Schwarzenegger, whose name means "black plowman" in German, was born in Graz in this country in 1947 Austria |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | DEAD SEA $200: Archaeologists began carefully excavating Qumran after the discovery of these in 1947 the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Air & Space Museum.) In the Glamorous Glennis, the Bell X-1 plane you see here, he broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager |
| #4100, aired 2002-05-31 | JERUSALEM $400: The Shrine of the Book houses these parchment & papyrus manuscripts discovered in caves in 1947 Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #4096, aired 2002-05-27 | COOL! $400: In 1947 Herbert Swope coined this 2-word phrase describing the political struggle between the U.S. & USSR "Cold War" |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1947 George Raft starred in "Intrigue" & Thor Heyerdahl intrigued the world with this raft Kon-Tiki |
| #4081, aired 2002-05-06 | PEOPLE FROM INDIA $400: As the first prime minister of independent India, he served from 1947 to 1964 Nehru |
| #4057, aired 2002-04-02 | BEFORE THE WHITE HOUSE $600: They're the 2 presidents seen here in 1947 George Bush & George W. Bush |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | THE PLAY'S THE THING $200: It's the mode of public transport mentioned in a 1947 Tennessee Williams' play title a streetcar |
| #4041, aired 2002-03-11 | CARMEN $2000: In 1947 at age 17, this "bubbly" star made her opera debut in "Carmen" as the Spanish gypsy Frasquita Beverly Sills |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | OF RHODES $400: Since 1947 the island of Rhodes has been part of this nation Greece |
| #4010, aired 2002-01-25 | EERIE $800: Project Blue Book was the Air Force's investigation of these from 1947 to 1969 UFOs |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | BACK TO THE 1940s $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1947 this 5-star general was Time Magazine's Man of the Year George C. Marshall |
| #3995, aired 2002-01-04 | MOVIE TITLE ROLES $2000: "The Bishop's Wife" (1947) Loretta Young |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | CAMILLA $200: Camilla Parker Bowles was born Camilla Shand on July 17, 1947 in this world capital London |
| #3973, aired 2001-12-05 | WHAAAZUUUP?! $1000: With room for 700, this traveled 1 mile at a height of 70 feet on its only flight in 1947 the Spruce Goose |
| #3969, aired 2001-11-29 | CANADIAN HISTORY $5,000 (Daily Double): The 1947 discovery of the Leduc fields began an oil boom in this western province Alberta |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | THE "CENTRAL" ISSUE $800: Established in 1947, this government organization is headquartered in Langley, Virginia Central Intelligence Agency |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | DIAGNOSIS MURDER $800: This mobster who developed Vegas was rubbed out in his girlfriend's mansion in 1947; forget it, Jake, it's Beverly Hills (Benjamin) "Bugsy" Siegel |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | MARSHALL MATTERS $1000: He was the man with a 1947 "Plan" that helped rebuild Europe George Marshall |
| #3906, aired 2001-09-03 | BALLS $100: Mother & performer seen here in 1947 Lucille Ball |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $400: 1947:
"____ and the Bobby-Soxer" The Bachelor |
| #3886, aired 2001-06-25 | WRITERS' HUSBANDS $200: In 1947 future feminist firebrand Betty Goldstein married a man named this Carl Friedan |
| #3870, aired 2001-06-01 | TONY WINNERS OF THE '40s $400: Jose Ferrer didn't win by a nose with this role in 1947, he tied with Fredric March Cyrano de Bergerac |
| #3870, aired 2001-06-01 | TONY WINNERS OF THE '40s $1000: Agnes de Mille won in 1947 for choreographing this musical & maybe in 100 years she'll win again for it Brigadoon |
| #3862, aired 2001-05-22 | I DON'T GIVE A DAM $100: Located on the borders of Arizona & Nevada, this dam was finished in 1936 & got "presidential" in 1947 Hoover Dam |
| #3848, aired 2001-05-02 | HE'S MY SECRETARY OF WAR $1000: In 1947:
Kenneth C. Royall Harry S. Truman |
| #3844, aired 2001-04-26 | BEAUTY PAGEANTRY $300: In 1947 Barbara Walker was the last Miss America to be crowned wearing one of these Bathing suit |
| #3838, aired 2001-04-18 | LOUIS ARMSTRONG $800: Armstrong performed "Basin Street Blues" in this 1947 film that shares its name with his hometown New Orleans |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | OLD RADIO ADVENTURES $1000: "The Adventures Of" this "Farewell, My Lovely" detective debuted in 1947, long before the Mitchum film Philip Marlowe |
| #3800, aired 2001-02-23 | U.S. COINS $200: A limited edition silver dollar featured this black baseball pioneer & the inscription "Rookie of the Year 1947" Jackie Robinson |
| #3782, aired 2001-01-30 | THE '40s $400: In June 1947 this general accepted Columbia University's offer to become its president Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | 50 CENTS $400: From 1794 to 1947 the half dollar featured this creature on the reverse an eagle |
| #3758, aired 2000-12-27 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This president is seen here in his 1947 class portrait at the U.S. Naval Academy Jimmy Carter |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | U.S. HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): Post held by General George C. Marshall when he announced his "plan" June 5, 1947 Secretary of State |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | AMERICAN INVENTIONS $400: On Feb. 21, 1947 Edwin Land demonstrated one of these to the Optical Society of America Polaroid/instant camera |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | AMERICAN INVENTIONS $800: Without this 1947 invention of Shockley, Bardeen & Brattain, we'd have 40-pound Walkmans Transistor |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | ARCHAEOLOGY $200: Surfacing in 1999, the "Angel Scroll" is either a hoax or part of these Jewish writings discovered in 1947 Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | INDEPENDENCE! $300: India got its independence August 15, 1947, the day after this neighbor got its own Pakistan |
| #3652, aired 2000-06-20 | MOVIE DEBUTS $800: No bones about it: this "Star Trek" actor made his film debut in the 1947 thriller "Fear in the Night" DeForest Kelley |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $200: Before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, he led the NCAA in overall yards gained as a football player at UCLA Jackie Robinson |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | 4-LETTER ABBREVIATIONS $200: Formed on July 26, 1947, it's the organization that sends up F-16's & B-2's USAF (United States Air Force) |
| #3626, aired 2000-05-15 | A PLAGUE ON YOU! $800: He published "The Plague" in 1947 Albert Camus |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $300: On January 8, 1947, he told Congress that "America was not built on fear. America was built on courage" Harry S. Truman |
| #3577, aired 2000-03-07 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $500: In 1947 R.S. Reynolds of Kentucky began producing 12" wide rolls of this Aluminum foil |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | SHE'S ANNE $100: Her diary was first published in 1947 under its Dutch title "Het Achterhuis" Anne Frank |
| #3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1,100 (Daily Double): He became General of the Army in 1944 & in 1947 became U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | MILITARY MATTERS $600: There are Chinese & Russian versions of this rifle that's also known as Kalashnikov Model 1947 AK-47 |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | CANADIAN CAPITALS $1000: In 1947 huge oil deposits were discovered in this city 175 miles north of Calgary; it's now Canada's oil capital Edmonton |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | HAVE A (COUNTY) SEAT $1,000 (Daily Double): This seat of Chaves County, New Mexico is known for the 1947 crash of a weather balloon -- or something Roswell |
| #3500, aired 1999-11-19 | HAIL & FAREWELL: 1999 OBITS $300: Though his acting career began in 1947, DeForest Kelley was best known for playing this "Star Trek" doctor "Bones" McCoy |
| #3484, aired 1999-10-28 | BLUE JEAN $1,400 (Daily Double): Introduced in 1947, this brand was designed by Philadelphia tailor "Rodeo Ben" Lichtenstein Wrangler |
| #3481, aired 1999-10-25 | OSCAR-NOMINATED SONGS $800: "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
(1947) Song Of The South |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | FICTIONAL HEROES $200: This Mickey Spillane P.I. made his first appearance in 1947's "I, The Jury" Mike Hammer |
| #3477, aired 1999-10-19 | VOLCANOES $300: On March 29, 1947 Hekla in this north Atlantic nation erupted, spreading ash as far away as Finland Iceland |
| #3441, aired 1999-07-19 | WORLD LEADERS $400: India:
1947-1964 Jawaharlal Nehru |
| #3436, aired 1999-07-12 | THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH $1000: 1947:
Eastern Europe's King Michael Romania |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | TINSELTOWN TRAGEDIES $400: This gangster was gunned down in his girlfriend's Beverly Hills home June 20, 1947 Bugsy Siegel |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | TINSELTOWN TRAGEDIES $1000: Floral nickname of aspiring actress Betty Short, victim of a still unsolved 1947 murder "The Black Dahlia" |
| #3422, aired 1999-06-22 | THE SOUTH PACIFIC $800: In part to prove how the sweet potato made it from the Andes to the Maoris, he set sail in 1947 Thor Heyerdahl |
| #3370, aired 1999-04-09 | THE SOCIAL SCIENCES $400: From 1932 to 1947 this pollster was research director of the Young & Rubicam ad agency George Gallup |
| #3367, aired 1999-04-06 | THE THEATRE $400: Noel Coward's 1947 drama "Peace in our Time" depicts life in England if this dictator had conquered it Adolf Hitler |
| #3359, aired 1999-03-25 | "T"HEATER $200: Established by the American Theatre Wing in 1947, they are officially known as the Antoinette Perry Awards Tony Awards |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | ANY PORT $800: The Croatian port of Pula was transferred from Italy to this country in 1947 Yugoslavia |
| #3331, aired 1999-02-15 | FOREIGN CURRENCY $400: A Philippine one-peso coin of 1947 depicted this American, calling him "Defender and Liberator" Douglas MacArthur |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $200: His 1947 doctrine offered aid to Greece, which was threatened by a Communist insurrection Harry S. Truman |
| #3309, aired 1999-01-14 | ROY ROGERS $100: Roy proposed to her on horseback in 1947, & New Year's Eve 1997 was their 50th wedding anniversary Dale Evans |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: His wealth once estimated to be $100 million, this gangster died a broken man in 1947 Al Capone |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE CIA $1000: Founded in 1947, the CIA grew out of WWII's OSS, which stood for this the Office of Strategic Services |
| #3288, aired 1998-12-16 | OF MEN & MICE $400: Until 1947 this marvelous man was the mighty mouth of Mickey Mouse Walt Disney |
| #3271, aired 1998-11-23 | GILLIS $1000: Don Gillis' "Symphony No. 5 1/2" was performed in 1947 by this conductor & the NBC Symphony Arturo Toscanini |
| #3262, aired 1998-11-10 | FILMS OF THE '40S $200: 20th Century Fox oddly chose the month of June to release this 1947 fable about Kris Kringle Miracle on 34th Street |
| #3256, aired 1998-11-02 | RING A BELL? $600: On Oct. 14, 1947 he flew a Bell X-1 aircraft 662 miles per hour Chuck Yeager |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | TAKE IT OFF! TAKE IT OFF! $500: Now in Oregon, it took off only once -- November 2, 1947 with Howard Hughes piloting The Spruce Goose |
| #3235, aired 1998-10-02 | THE "DEAD" ZONE $300: A Bedouin shepherd found these priceless manuscripts in 1947 the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #3214, aired 1998-07-16 | 20th CENTURY INVENTION $500: They were invented in 1947 & by the 1990s millions were being placed on a single chip transistors |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | REAL ESTATE $200: In 1947 the U.S. was given a 99-year one on Philippine military bases -- it was later shortened a lease |
| #3204, aired 1998-07-02 | A GOOD LAUGH $800: Amused actor seen here in 1947's "Kiss of Death": Richard Widmark |
| #3203, aired 1998-07-01 | THE ENVIRONMENT $200: People in Florida in the 1920s thought it useless & wanted it drained; it was made a national park in 1947 Everglades |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | SHORT STORY WRITERS $400: Sunnyside, the old Dutch home he remodeled in Tarrytown, N.Y., was made a public shrine in 1947 Washington Irving |
| #3167, aired 1998-05-12 | HIGH PLACES $300: In 1947 renewed activity of this Sicilian volcano formed 2 new craters Mount Etna |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | GOLDEN BEAR HISTORY $800: In 1947, winning the first college World Series, Cal beat this school whose first baseman was George Bush Yale |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | MOVIE GEOGRAPHY $1000: Luckily, the 1947 Alan Ladd film named for this city wasn't a "black hole" in his career Calcutta |
| #3128, aired 1998-03-18 | "M" TV $800: Debuting in 1947 & now hosted by the man seen here, it's network television's oldest program Meet the Press |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | MAGAZINES $800: In 1947 this family's magazine was "The Changing Times", now it's "Personal Finance" Kiplinger |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | FILE UNDER "H" $800: Name shared by the mayor of Minneapolis in 1947 & the attorney general of Minnesota in 1997 Hubert Humphrey |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | DIRECTORS $600: Elia Kazan directed both this 1947 play, that made Marlon Brando a star, & the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | COUNTRIES $100: It became independent from Britain on Aug. 15, 1947, the day after Pakistan did India |
| #3074, aired 1998-01-01 | FILMS OF THE 1940s $400: 1947's "Out of the Past" unfolds largely through this technique, a look into the past flashbacks |
| #3052, aired 1997-12-02 | REEL MEN OF THE CLOTH $500: In 1947 David Niven was in "The Bishop's Wife"; in 1996 Denzel Washington starred in this remake The Preacher's Wife |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | INVENTORS $200: At a 1947 meeting of the Optical Society of America, he took 2 instant photos of himself Edwin Land |
| #3009, aired 1997-10-02 | THAT'S A WRAP! $400: In 1947 this company introduced its aluminum foil "wrap" Reynolds |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | THE "ROCKY"s $500: Somebody up there must have liked him; he was world middleweight boxing champ in 1947 & '48 Rocky Graziano |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | JACKIE ROBINSON $100: Jackie's historic major league debut came April 15, 1947 at this Brooklyn Dodgers home park Ebbets Field |
| #2979, aired 1997-07-10 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: On June 5, 1947 this Secretary of State offered a European assistance plan in a speech at Harvard George Marshall |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | FLAGS $1000: In 1947 a spinning wheel on this country's flag was replaced by the Dharma Chakra or Wheel of Law India |
| #2959, aired 1997-06-12 | 1947 $200: Thor Heyerdahl spent 101 days sailing this raft from Peru to Polynesia Kon-Tiki |
| #2959, aired 1997-06-12 | 1947 $400: On November 20 they were married in a dazzling ceremony in Westminster Abbey Prince Philip & Queen Elizabeth II |
| #2959, aired 1997-06-12 | 1947 $600: On October 14, in the experimental X-1, he broke the sound barrier Chuck Yeager |
| #2959, aired 1997-06-12 | 1947 $800: The "New Look" this designer introduced in 1947 returned Paris to fashion dominance Christian Dior |
| #2959, aired 1997-06-12 | 1947 $1000: This "Threepenny Opera" playwright returned to Europe shortly after interrogation by HUAC Bertolt Brecht |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $100: Arriving in 1947, Edith Ronne & Jennie Darlington were the 1st U.S. women to spend a year on this continent Antarctica |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | LAWS $600: The Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 extended this 1947 act's restrictions on unions Taft-Hartley |
| #2937, aired 1997-05-13 | FIRST LADIES $800: Her first date with the future president was for drinks at a Grand Rapids, Michigan bar in 1947 Betty Ford |
| #2932, aired 1997-05-06 | DISCOVERIES $100: In 1947 a Bedouin discovered important scrolls in a cave on the shore of this sea Dead Sea |
| #2923, aired 1997-04-23 | MONARCHS $1000: Under Communist pressure, this country's King Michael abdicated in 1947 after a 7-year reign Romania |
| #2915, aired 1997-04-11 | HISTORY $600: Beginning in 1947 about 6 million Muslims fled from India to this country carved from it Pakistan |
| #2907, aired 1997-04-01 | SAY "JACK" $300: He played for the Kansas City Monarchs before he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 Jackie Robinson |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS $600: A team from Williamsport, PA. won this athletic organization's first World Series in 1947 Little League |
| #2867, aired 1997-02-04 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $800: In 1947 this rear admiral was officer-in-charge of the largest Antarctic expedition by a single country Richard Byrd |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | PHOTOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): Minor White succeeded this man as director of photography at the California School of Fine Arts in 1947 Ansel Adams |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | LLOYDERING $600: This silent screen comedian came out of retirement to act in a 1947 film, "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock" Harold Lloyd |
| #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 |
| #2777, aired 1996-10-01 | LASTS $500: In 1947 Kenneth C. Royall became the last holder of this cabinet post once held by Edwin Stanton Secretary of War |
| #2765, aired 1996-09-13 | BARONS $400: This actor was knighted in 1947 & was created a baron in 1970 (Laurence) Olivier |
| #2747, aired 1996-07-09 | FAMOUS NAMES $100: She received about 1,500 wedding gifts in 1947, including a picnic basket from her sister, Princess Margaret Elizabeth |
| #2734, aired 1996-06-20 | DANISH RULERS $800: During Frederick IX's reign, 1947-1972, this "law" was changed, allowing Margrethe II to rule next the law of succession |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | LEFTOVERS $500: In 1947 Stuart Symington became the first secretary of this armed service the Air Force |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: U Aung San negotiated this country's independence but was killed in 1947 before it took effect Burma |
| #2713, aired 1996-05-22 | PULITZER PRIZE POETS $400: In this family, Amy won in 1926 & her cousin Robert won in 1947 the Lowells |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | FIRST LADIES $500: In 1947 she made her society debut at the Clambake Club in Newport, R.I. & was dubbed "Queen Deb of the Year" Jacqueline Onassis |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $400: Her diary was first published in 1947 under the Dutch title "Het Achterhuis", "The House Behind" Anne Frank |
| #2705, aired 1996-05-10 | GUINNESS RECORDS $800: Lawrence Spivak, Garrick Utley & Tim Russert have each hosted this, the most durable TV show Meet the Press |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: From 1905 to 1947, this coeducational state University in Tallahassee was a college for women Florida State |
| #2693, aired 1996-04-24 | THE 1940s $400: This German state, a major power under Frederick the Great, was formally dissolved in 1947 Prussia |
| #2677, aired 1996-04-02 | SPORTS $100: Since 1947 teams competing in this Pasadena bowl game have come from the Pac 10 & Big 10 conferences Rose Bowl |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $800: In 1947 this future president testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee Ronald Reagan |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | FAMOUS MEXICANS $600: This "Evil Ways" rock group founder was born Autlan de Navarro in 1947 Carlos Santana |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: Since 1947 this group aided by the Reserve Marines has distributed gifts to children at Christmas Toys for Tots |
| #2667, aired 1996-03-19 | "Y"s GUYS $500: In 1947 he flew faster than the speed at which my words are reaching the people in this studio (Chuck) Yeager |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | HISTORIC ROBERTS $300: With Fred Allan Hartley, Jr., he sponsored the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 Taft |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | LBJ $800: Thinking labor had become too powerful, LBJ supported this 1947 act that banned closed shops Taft-Hartley |
| #2649, aired 1996-02-22 | SOUTH AMERICA $500: In 1947 he led a rafting expedition to prove early South Americans could colonize Pacific islands Thor Heyerdahl |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | FLYING $200: It's the nickname of the H-4 Hercules, the flying boat Howard Hughes piloted in 1947 the "Spruce Goose" |
| #2614, aired 1996-01-04 | INVENTIONS $200: In 1947 Arthur Samuel designed a computer that could play this game; chess on the same board came later checkers |
| #2607, aired 1995-12-26 | ODDS & ENDS $1000: This almanac was first published in 1947 as an extension of a radio quiz show The Information Please Almanac |
| #2604, aired 1995-12-21 | THE MOVIES $500: This 1947 film that made Richard Widmark a star inspired a 1995 remake starring David Caruso Kiss of Death |
| #2604, aired 1995-12-21 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): They were uncovered by a Bedouin boy exploring a cave at Qumran in 1947 the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #2596, aired 1995-12-11 | BASEBALL $500: This stadium's imposing left-field wall became "the Green Monster" after it was painted in 1947 Fenway Park |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | POLITICAL SCIENTISTS $400: Raymond Aron was a contributor to this Paris daily from 1947-1977 Le Figaro |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | TELEVISION $300: This company had a "Television Theater" in 1947; its "Music Hall" didn't premiere until 1958 Kraft |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: In 1947 Francisco Franco honored this Argentine first lady with The Cross of Isabel the Catholic Eva Peron |
| #2562, aired 1995-10-24 | CHRISTIANs $200: His "New Look" of 1947 featured unpadded shoulders & low hemlines (Christian) Dior |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | FIRST LADIES $200: She was born in Chicago on October 26, 1947 (Hillary) Clinton |
| #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | ASIAN HISTORY $200: Japan's 1947 constitution changed his role from sovereign to "symbol of the state" the emperor (Hirohito) |
| #2544, aired 1995-09-28 | INDIA $300: The British jailed him 9 times between 1921 & 1945; in 1947 he became prime minister (Jawaharlal) Nehru |
| #2537, aired 1995-09-19 | U.S. HISTORY $800: From May 1933 until April 1947, Hoover Dam was known by this name Boulder Dam |
| #2529, aired 1995-09-07 | STAMPS AND COINS $400: Until 1947 a 16-petaled chrysanthemum appeared on nearly every postage stamp of this country Japan |
| #2528, aired 1995-09-06 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1947 he was at the controls when the world's largest aircraft made its first & only flight Howard Hughes |
| #2526, aired 1995-09-04 | NEW ENGLAND HODGEPODGE $200: The first use of artificial rain to fight a forest fire was in 1947 near Concord in this "Granite State" New Hampshire |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1947 Great Britain gave control of Sikkim to this country India |
| #2516, aired 1995-07-10 | HISTORY $300: In 1947 Pakistan & this country went to war over the state of Kashmir India |
| #2500, aired 1995-06-16 | LITERATURE $600: This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1947 told of the rise & fall of Willie Stark All the King's Men |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: April 21, the day of Muhammad Iqbal's death, is a holiday in this country that split from India in 1947 Pakistan |
| #2495, aired 1995-06-09 | BON VOYAGE $400: His 1947 Kon-Tiki voyage covered 4,300 miles in 101 days Thor Heyerdahl |
| #2494, aired 1995-06-08 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1947 this committee began its investigation of Communist activity in the movie industry the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: From 1947 to 1949, this Cabinet department was known as the National Military Establishment the Defense Department |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | LABOR TERMS $1000: The Labor- Management Relations Act, better known as this, was passed in 1947 over Truman's veto Taft-Hartley |
| #2482, aired 1995-05-23 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $300: A 1947 law placed this official next in line after the VP to succeed to the presidency Speaker of the House |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $600: At Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, you can visit the grave of this "Big Red" horse who died in 1947 Man O' War |
| #2465, aired 1995-04-28 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This vice president earned his law degree in 1947 from Baltimore law school Spiro Agnew |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | FIRE! $400: In 1947 fire destroyed most of Bar Harbor on this state's Mount Desert Island Maine |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | DANCE $600: This half-human mythical monster appears in Martha Graham's 1947 dance work "Errand Into the Maze" the Minotaur |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $500: In 1947 the transistor was invented in this company's labs Bell Telephone |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | 1947 $200: FOF reported the Food Parcels sent by this country to Italy included pictures of Pres. & Mrs. Peron Argentina |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | 1947 $400: Sealed since his 1931 death, this inventor's desk was opened in West Orange, N.J.; nothing exciting was found Thomas Edison |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | 1947 $600: This raft left Callao, Peru April 29, 1947, drifting to the islands of Polynesia the Kon-Tiki |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | 1947 $800: This country's ex-premier U Saw was arrested in connection with the killing of the new premier Burma |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | 1947 $1000: This Planned Parenthood leader called for a 10-year ban on births in Britain (Margaret) Sanger |
| #2413, aired 1995-02-15 | NONFICTION $400: A 1947 book about their Northwest expedition is subtitled "Partners in Discovery" Lewis & Clark |
| #2397, aired 1995-01-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: On Aug. 15, 1947 Britain granted independence to this country after nearly 200 years of rule India |
| #2392, aired 1995-01-17 | ODDS & ENDS $300: The U.S. contributed about 1/3 of the $9 billion 1947 start-up fund of this group, known as the IMF the International Monetary Fund |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: Under a 1947 treaty, this country acquired the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea Greece |
| #2381, aired 1995-01-02 | SPORTS $500: In 1947 she became the first U.S. woman to win the British Amateur Golf Tournament Babe Didrikson (Zaharias) |
| #2380, aired 1994-12-30 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY $400: David Bowie was born Jan. 8, 1947, the day this future King of Rock 'n' Roll turned 12 Elvis Presley |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | CONGRESS $600: Joseph W. Martin Jr. held this House position 1947-49 & 1953-55, the only Republican since 1931 to do so Speaker of the House |
| #2369, aired 1994-12-15 | VOLCANOES $2,000 (Daily Double): When Hekla erupted on this island in 1947, ash fell as far away as Finland Iceland |
| #2361, aired 1994-12-05 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: He made his film debut in 1947 in "Life with Father"; "Route 66" & "Adam-12" came later Marty Milner |
| #2360, aired 1994-12-02 | FAMOUS AVIATORS $500: He took the X-1 past the sound barrier October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | THE MOVIES $400: The 1947 "Best Song" Oscar went to "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from this Disney Film Song of the South |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | VICE PRESIDENTS $500: He was Senate Majority Leader from 1937-1947 & vice president from 1949-1953 Alben Barkley |
| #2347, aired 1994-11-15 | COLLECTIONS $800: Known for its Hebraica collection, Hebrew University of Jerusalem bought 3 of these, found in 1947 Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #2337, aired 1994-11-01 | HISTORY $800: This "plan" to provide financial aid to European countries after WWII was announced at Harvard in 1947 the Marshall Plan |
| #2329, aired 1994-10-20 | ANIMATION $500: Released in 1947, "Tubby The Tuba" was one of his "Puppetoons" George Pal |
| #2322, aired 1994-10-11 | TIME $500: In 1947 Polaroid introduced this type of photography instant |
| #2292, aired 1994-07-19 | AROUND THE KITCHEN $500 (Daily Double): Raytheon's microwave ovens were first sold in 1947 under this name Radaranges |
| #2288, aired 1994-07-13 | ORGANIZED LABOR $600: The Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 is better known by the names of these 2 legislators the Taft-Hartley Act |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | ISLANDS $1000: During WWII Germany occupied this "12 Island" group that was turned over to Greece in 1947 the Dodecanese |
| #2204, aired 1994-03-17 | ART $800: This American "action" painter abandoned the use of brushes in 1947, pouring the paint on the canvas (Jackson) Pollock |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | WORLD HISTORY $200: From 1947-49 Pakistan fought this country in the first of 3 conflicts over the state of Kashmir India |
| #2173, aired 1994-02-02 | ARCHAEOLOGY $400: The discovery of these beginning in 1947 yielded fragments of all the Old Testament books except Esther Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #2170, aired 1994-01-28 | WARNER BROS. CARTOONS $200: The 1947 cartoon that first paired this cat & bird won an Academy Award Sylvester & Tweety Bird |
| #2166, aired 1994-01-24 | FASHION HISTORY $1000: This couturier's "new look" of 1947 featured narrow waistlines & padded hips Christian Dior |
| #2147, aired 1993-12-28 | INVENTORS $800: In 1947 this company got the rights to the photocopying process invented by Chester Carlson Xerox |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | LITERATURE $200: In 1947 he published a book of 18 "Tales of the South Pacific" James Michener |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $400: Edward Steichen was director of this NYC museum's photography department from 1947 to 1962 Museum of Modern Art |
| #2121, aired 1993-11-22 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: In a 1947 novelette, he told of a great pearl, how it was found & how it was lost again John Steinbeck |
| #2084, aired 1993-09-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $300: At the 1947 Harvard commencement he introduced his plan to rebuild Europe (George) Marshall |
| #2078, aired 1993-09-22 | INVENTIONS $300: Cooking hasn't been the same since the development of this by Percy Spencer & Raytheon in 1947 microwave oven |
| #2075, aired 1993-09-17 | OPERA $600: This charismatic Greek-American was acclaimed for her 1947 performance as "La Gioconda" in Verona Callas |
| #2051, aired 1993-07-05 | TELEVISION $200: It's said about 90% of the viewers of the 1947 World Series watched the games at these establishments bars |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | POLITICIANS $800: This oilman, not McGee, served as Oklahoma's governor from 1943 to 1947 Robert S. Kerr |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | LABOR $1000: This 1947 act outlawed the closed shop & union political contributions in national elections the Taft-Hartley Act |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: Also called the Labor Management Relations Act, this act was passed over Truman's veto in 1947 the Taft-Hartley Act |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | FILMS OF THE '40s $400: Danny Kaye starred as the title character in this 1947 film based on James Thurber's story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| #2003, aired 1993-04-28 | THEATRE HISTORY $400: In 1947 Elia Kazan became the first to win a Tony Award in this category Director |
| #1999, aired 1993-04-22 | INDIA $1000: In 1947 this viceroy was chosen the first governor-general of independent India Lord Mountbatten |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | THE 20th CENTURY $500: On Feb. 16, 1947 he became the first person to litter the South Pole - he dropped flags of U.N. members on it Admiral Byrd |
| #1982, aired 1993-03-30 | SILENCE IS GOLDEN $500: In 1947 he put on a battered top hat, culottes, a middy & whiteface to create Bip Marcel Marceau |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | "NICK" NAMES $200: This detective & his wife, Nora, solved crimes in a series of 6 films from 1934 to 1947 Nick Charles |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | FAMOUS SAILORS $300: In 1947 he sailed the Kon-Tiki from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands in the South Pacific Thor Heyerdahl |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | MONEY MATTERS $1000: GATT, a multinational institution set up in 1947, is the "General Agreement on Tariffs" & this Trade |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: As a first baseman for Yale in 1947 & 1948, he had a total of 1 home run George (H.W.) Bush |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | HISTORIC PARTITIONS $400: It was partitioned from India in 1947 but still had to win its independence from Pakistan Bangladesh |
| #1922, aired 1993-01-05 | MODERN HISTORY $800: In 1947 a Bedouin boy made this discovery in a cave at Qumran the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #1899, aired 1992-12-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1947 this large wheat-growing region was divided between Pakistan & India the Punjab |
| #1898, aired 1992-12-02 | BRITS $2,700 (Daily Double): When he became naturalized in 1947, he gave up the right of accession to the Greek & Danish thrones the Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) |
| #1891, aired 1992-11-23 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: Founded by this religious group, the American Friends Service Committee shared the 1947 Nobel Peace Prize the Quakers |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | AWARDS $500: In 1947 this university was given a special citation for its high standards in governing the Pulitzer Prizes Columbia |
| #1879, aired 1992-11-05 | THE 1940s $800: On June 5, 1947 this Secretary of State called for the European recovery plan known by his name Marshall |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | DIVAS $800: She made her opera debut in 1947 with the Philadelphia Civic Opera, not the New York City Opera Beverly Sills |
| #1870, aired 1992-10-23 | PAKISTAN $200: Pakistan has gone to war with this neighbor three times since they both became independent in 1947 India |
| #1870, aired 1992-10-23 | MUSICAL TERMS $500: An adjective that indicates a brisk, lively tempo, or a 1947 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Allegro |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | FRENCH BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $700 (Daily Double): Eugene Schueller, who invented a dye to cover grey hair, founded this company in Paris in 1947 L'Oréal |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | FASHION HISTORY $200: Emilio Pucci was discovered in 1947 when he designed his own clothes for this winter sport skiing |
| #1840, aired 1992-09-11 | NOTORIOUS $800: In 1947 he was gunned down in his girlfriend Virginia Hill's living room Bugsy Siegel |
| #1838, aired 1992-09-09 | HISTORY $400: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of this country, became its first governor-general in 1947 Pakistan |
| #1834, aired 1992-07-16 | WORLD HISTORY $800: He was imprisoned 9 times before he became prime minister of India in 1947 (Jawaharlal) Nehru |
| #1827, aired 1992-07-07 | FILMS OF THE '40s $200: This film in which Edmund Gwenn played Kris Kringle was released in 1947 in June Miracle on 34th Street |
| #1827, aired 1992-07-07 | FILMS OF THE '40s $600: Rex Harrison played the ghost of sea captain Daniel Gregg in this 1947 film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
| #1806, aired 1992-06-08 | THE 1940s $400: In 1947 British India was divided into Hindustan or Hindu India & this Muslim state Pakistan |
| #1806, aired 1992-06-08 | THE 1940s $500: In 1947 Aviation Week reported that a Bell X-1 had become the 1st plane to do this break the sound barrier |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | FIGURE SKATERS $600: Native country of Barbara Ann Scott, who in 1947 became the 1st N. American to win the European title Canada |
| #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | WORLD CITIES $1000: Pakistan's largest city, it was the country's capital from 1947 to 1959 Karachi |
| #1793, aired 1992-05-20 | INDIA $300: India's first prime minister, he served in that post from 1947 until his death in 1964 (Jawaharlal) Nehru |
| #1793, aired 1992-05-20 | INDIA $400: India & this country have been disputing ownership of Kashmir since 1947 Pakistan |
| #1787, aired 1992-05-12 | MODERN HISTORY $1000: In 1947 Spain passed a law of succession calling for a new monarchy upon this leader's death Franco |
| #1744, aired 1992-03-12 | POLITICIANS $1000: This Ohio Republican was co-author of a 1947 act which set up controls over labor unions Robert Taft |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | SPORTS $200: Between 1947 & 1980, this Red Wings & Whalers player appeared in the Stanley Cup playoffs a record 20 times Gordie Howe |
| #1725, aired 1992-02-14 | OLD RADIO $100: On her 1947 series, this collie did her own barking; other dog sounds were done by Earl Keen Lassie |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | ARTISTS $400: He painted figurative works such as "Going West" before starting "Drip" painting in 1947 (Jackson) Pollock |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | AROUND THE KITCHEN $500: Raytheon's microwave ovens were first sold in 1947 under this name the Radarange |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: Agnes de Mille choreographed a sword dance for this 1947 Lerner & Loewe Scottish musical Brigadoon |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | SOUTH CAROLINA $200: Now South Carolina's senior senator, he was the state's governor from 1947 to 1951 Strom Thurmond |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | BROKEN $400: It was broken October 14, 1947 by Charles Yeager the speed of sound |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: While mayor of Minneapolis in 1947, he helped found Americans for Democratic Action Hubert Humphrey |
| #1682, aired 1991-12-17 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: In 1947 the Allied Control Council legally abolished this once powerful state of Germany Prussia |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | SHOES $500: They're the old-fashioned shoes in the title of a 1947 musical set in 1913 New Jersey high button shoes |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | FASHION DESIGNERS $300: This couturier featured long, full skirts in his "New Look" of 1947 (Christian) Dior |
| #1654, aired 1991-11-07 | MILITARY LEADERS $400: This U.S. tank commander's diary, "War As I Knew It", was published posthumously in 1947 Patton |
| #1639, aired 1991-10-17 | SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE $1000: This general was Secretary of State from 1947-49 & Secretary of Defense from 1950-51 (George C.) Marshall |
| #1633, aired 1991-10-09 | THE 1940s $500: On June 20, 1947, the president vetoed this labor act, but Congress overrode it the Taft-Hartley Act |
| #1625, aired 1991-09-27 | QUOTES $600: To describe the deep freeze in U.S.-Soviet relations in 1947, Bernard Baruch coined this phrase the cold war |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | FILMS OF THE '40s $500: A series of films featuring this farm couple spun off of 1947's "The Egg and I" Ma & Pa Kettle |
| #1577, aired 1991-06-11 | POETS $800: Robinson Jeffers’ adaptation of Euripides' tragedy about her was produced on Broadway
in 1947 Medea |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1000: A distant cousin of Amy Lowell, he won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for "Lord Weary's Castle" Robert Lowell |
| #1535, aired 1991-04-12 | THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS $1000: In 1947, Harold Russell won an award for Best Non-Professional Acting for this post-World War II film The Best Years of Our Lives |
| #1519, aired 1991-03-21 | PLAYWRIGHTS $200: He wrote for radio before succeeding on Broadway with "All My Sons" in 1947 Arthur Miller |
| #1519, aired 1991-03-21 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: West of the Mississippi, McCormick Spices are sold under this name of a company it acquired in 1947 Schilling |
| #1487, aired 1991-02-05 | PLAYWRIGHTS $400: In 1947 Bertolt Brecht returned to Europe after testifying before this committee the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | MUSIC $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1947, he commissioned a clarinet concerto from Aaron Copland Benny Goodman |
| #1480, aired 1991-01-25 | FIRST LADIES $1,000 (Daily Double): When she came out in 1947, Charlie Knickerbocker proclaimed her "Queen Deb of the Year" Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis |
| #1449, aired 1990-12-13 | FASHION $200: Elsa Schiaparelli introduced the "shocking" shade of this color in 1947, creating a sensation pink |
| #1431, aired 1990-11-19 | HOLLYWOOD TRIVIA $100: The Hollywood Ten were producers & writers who ran afoul of this government committee in 1947 the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| #1429, aired 1990-11-15 | OPERA $800: English composer whose 1947 opera "Albert Herring" is about a young man, not a young fish Benjamin Britten |
| #1427, aired 1990-11-13 | TELEVISION $400: From 1947 to 1975, Lawrence Spivak was a panelist or moderator on this NBC public affairs program Meet the Press |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | POT LUCK $800: Honorary title of the British governors-general of India from 1858-1947 viceroy |
| #1392, aired 1990-09-25 | GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1947 when the British left, the Punjab was divided between these 2 countries India & Pakistan |
| #10, aired 1990-08-18 | TOYS & GAMES $200: D. Gottlieb ws the company that introduced the first one with “flippers” in 1947 pinball machine |
| #10, aired 1990-08-18 | THE MOVIES $200: Edmund Gwenn won the 1947 “Best Supoporting Actor” Oscar for his portrayal of Kris Kringle in this film Miracle on 34th Street |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: In 1947 the first of these ancient biblical documents were discovered in a cave south of Jericho the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #4, aired 1990-07-07 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1947 Britain's George VI dropped his title as emperor of this country India |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $600: The National Security Act of 1947 created this agency first directed by Lt. Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg C.I.A. |
| #1343, aired 1990-06-06 | THE CABINET $600: In 1947 Sec'y of the Navy James V. Forrestal became the head of this newly created dept. Department of Defense |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | THE CIA $800: The CIA & this watchdog "council" were established by the same act of Congress in 1947 the National Security Council |
| #1305, aired 1990-04-13 | THE 1940s $300: On Nov. 2, 1947 he piloted the Spruce Goose for the first & only time it flew Howard Hughes |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | MARLON BRANDO $800: Brando's bravura performance in this brutish role made him a Broadway star in 1947 Stanley Kowalski ("A Streetcar Named Desire") |
| #1291, aired 1990-03-26 | MOVIE MUSICALS $500: This Russian composer was portrayed by Jean-Pierre Aumont in 1947's "Song Of Scheherazade" Rimsky-Korsakov |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES $600: This daughter of a president made her debut as a professional singer in 1947 Margaret Truman |
| #1277, aired 1990-03-06 | U.S. HISTORY $200: This Secretary of State's plan for economic assistance for Europe was 1st proposed at Harvard in 1947 (George) Marshall |
| #1273, aired 1990-02-28 | ARCHITECTURE $600: In 1947 architects from 5 countries were engaged to design this complex the United Nations headquarters |
| #1269, aired 1990-02-22 | BOOKS $500 (Daily Double): This nonfiction work was 1st published in 1947 as "Het Achterhuis", which means "The Annex" in Dutch The Diary of Anne Frank |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | INVENTIONS $1000: Edwin Herbert Land first demonstrated this invention in 1947 the Polaroid camera |
| #1255, aired 1990-02-02 | U.S. STATES $300: In 1947 British driver John Cobb was 1st to travel over 400 MPH on this state's salt beds Utah |
| #1251, aired 1990-01-29 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: A branch of the military that was part of the army before it became independent in 1947 Air Force |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | EDUCATION $600: In 1947 the Supreme Court upheld free busing & in 1968 free books for students in these schools Parochial Schools |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | THE 20TH CENTURY $600: This man who took over Alger Hiss' state dept. duties in 1947 later became JFK's Sec'y of State Dean Rusk |
| #1238, aired 1990-01-10 | "BOO"! $500 (Daily Double): This song was written in 1947 in the U.S., not Ireland: Clancy Lowered the Boom |
| #1237, aired 1990-01-09 | FAMOUS POLITICIANS $100: The 1947 Labor-Management Relations Act was co-sponsored by Congressman Fred Hartley & this Ohio senator Senator (Robert) Taft |
| #1236, aired 1990-01-08 | NUMBER, PLEASE $800: Dalton Trumbo was 1 of this "Hollywood" group subpoenaed by the HUAC in 1947 the Hollywood 10 |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | SPORTS $400: In 1947 she became the 1st American woman to win the British Women's Amateur golf tournament Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | POLITICAL QUOTES $1000: This financier & advisor to presidents coined the expression “cold war” in 1947 Bernard Baruch |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $400: Daughter of a prominent politician, she gave her 1st public concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 1947 Margaret Truman |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | BOXING MOVIES $500 (Daily Double): This song was the theme for the 1947 John Garfield classic of the same name "Body And Soul" |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: The full title of his 1947 book was "Tales of the South Pacific" James Michener |
| #1173, aired 1989-10-11 | MOVIE JUDGES $400: In this 1947 film, Gene Lockhart as Judge Harper ruled that Edmund Gwenn was Santa Claus Miracle on 34th Street |
| #1171, aired 1989-10-09 | THE CONSTITUTION $800: Proposed in 1947, the 22nd amendment to 2 terms but exempted him Truman |
| #1123, aired 1989-06-21 | MOVIE TRIVIA $800: In 1947 he played Macy's Santa both on film & in its Thanksgiving parade Edmund Gwenn |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | HODGEPODGE $400: Privately held for 60 years by a club of wealthy people, Jekyll Island was sold to this state in 1947 Georgia |
| #1075, aired 1989-04-14 | LITERATURE ON FILM $200: In a 1947 film Danny Kaye portrayed this James Thurber character who had a "Secret Life" Walter Mitty |
| #1038, aired 1989-02-22 | PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $1,000 (Daily Double): This university was given a special citation in 1947 for a job well done in giving out Pulitzers Columbia |
| #1012, aired 1989-01-17 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: His novel "Sophie's Choice" is based on the story of a woman he knew briefly in Brooklyn in 1947 (William) Styron |
| #966, aired 1988-11-14 | BRITISH ROYALTY $200: She wore a Norman Hartnell gown inspired by a Botticelli painting when she married a lieutenant in 1947 Elizabeth II |
| #966, aired 1988-11-14 | TECHNOLOGY $300: A 1947 book trumpeted the fact that this new invention could be used to locate thunderstorms Radar |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | THE BEATLES $400: Since "Sgt. Pepper" was released in 1967, this was the year Pepper taught the band to play 1947 |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | THE 20TH CENTURY $600: In June 1947, 90 tons of food were sent to war-ravaged Italy by this Argentine president (Juan) Perón |
| #928, aired 1988-09-21 | "WILD" MEN $500: He was Linda Darnell's lover in the racy 1947 film "Forever Amber" Cornel Wilde |
| #921, aired 1988-09-12 | PEOPLE $2,100 (Daily Double): Now nationwide, this charity program was begun in L.A. in Dec. 1947 by Marine Major Bill Hendricks Toys for Tots |
| #913, aired 1988-07-20 | THE 1940s $500: They were discovered in 1947 by a Bedouin boy looking for a missing goat the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #865, aired 1988-05-13 | POLITICIANS $600: In a 1947 speech at Harvard, this Sec'y of State revealed this economic recovery plan for Europe George Marshall |
| #863, aired 1988-05-11 | DANCE PARTNERS $500: In the 1947 film "Good News", Peter Lawford did "The Varsity Drag" with this tiny blonde June Allyson |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | THEATER $400: Among the 1st winners of these awards, in 1947, were Ingrid Bergman, Agnes de Mille & Vincent Sardi the Tony Awards |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | HISTORY $200: Country which gained its independence August 14, 1947, 1 day before its neighbor India Pakistan |
| #794, aired 1988-02-04 | MUSICAL JEWELRY $300 (Daily Double): Title of the following title song from a 1947 movie about gypsies & espionage: "Golden Earrings" |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | THE '40S $400: On October 14, 1947, he became the 1st pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound Chuck Yeager |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | GAMES $300: To have pinball machines considered games of skill, not chance, makers began adding these in 1947 flippers |
| #763, aired 1987-12-23 | RULERS $1000: King Michael ruled this E. European country during WWII, but was forced to abdicate in 1947 Romania |
| #759, aired 1987-12-17 | CLASSIC CINEMA $200: Though it takes place at Christmastime, this 1947 Edmund Gwenn film was released in June Miracle on 34th Street |
| #756, aired 1987-12-14 | THE CABINET $600: From 1798 until 1947, the secretary of this military branch served in the cabinet the Secretary of the Navy |
| #742, aired 1987-11-24 | FASHION HISTORY $400: This French designer's "New Look" collection of 1947 was a reaction to wartime austerity (Christian) Dior |
| #709, aired 1987-10-08 | ANCIENT TELEVISION $200: Since 1947, panels of journalists have questioned newsmakers on this Sunday show Meet the Press |
| #706, aired 1987-10-05 | GOVERNMENT $500: This Cabinet post, created in 1947, has been filled by
Harold Brown,
Donald Rumsfeld & James Schlesinger the Department of Defense (Secretary of Defense) |
| #688, aired 1987-09-09 | TV HISTORY $200: The first telecast from this building was made in 1947 when Truman spoke to U.S. about food conservation the White House |
| #662, aired 1987-06-23 | THE MOVIES $400: 1st paired in 1947's "I Walk Alone", their latest film together was 1986's "Tough Guys" Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | JUNE $600: On June 17, 1947, it became the 1st airline to offer round-the'-world passenger service Pan Am |
| #642, aired 1987-05-26 | SPORTS STADIUMS $200: Left field wall at Boston's Fenway Park was a billboard until painted this color in 1947 green |
| #639, aired 1987-05-21 | FAMOUS LASTS $300: On August 29, 1947 30-year-old Manolete fought 1 for the last time; he lost bull |
| #613, aired 1987-04-15 | FAMOUS PAIRS $200: In 1947, she wanted out of his Westerns, but said "yes" when he proposed to her on horseback Dale Evans & Roy Rogers |
| #600, aired 1987-03-27 | BLACK AMERICA $200: He played 1 pro football game in Hawaii before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 Jackie Robinson |
| #581, aired 1987-03-02 | THE FOOD BUSINESS $300: In 1947, this candymaker topped its success with Mounds by coming out with Almond Joy Peter Paul |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | MOVIE TRIVIA $400: The film title "Royal Wedding" refers to the 1947 marriage of an ex-prince of Greece to this princess Elizabeth |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | EUROPE $300: Soviet rejection of this 1947 plan marked end of efforts to achieve total European economic unity Marshall Plan |
| #548, aired 1987-01-14 | "SEA" LIFE $500: British & German ships reported sighting them in WWI, as did the steamer Santa Clara in 1947 sea serpents |
| #528, aired 1986-12-17 | LABOR $600: 1947 labor act which made the "closed shop" agreement illegal the Taft-Hartley Act |
| #525, aired 1986-12-12 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $600: Danny Kaye played this Thurber character in a 1947 film Walter Mitty |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | THE SENATE $1000: This Mississippi Senator is #1 on seniority list, having served since Nov. 5, 1947 (John) Stennis |
| #522, aired 1986-12-09 | 20th CENTURY $800: Like Charles & Diana's, their Nov. 20, 1947 wedding also drew worldwide attention Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | FOOTBALL $400: It wasn't until 1947 that participation in the Rose Bowl was limited to these 2 conferences Big 10 and Pac 8/Pac 10 |
| #473, aired 1986-10-01 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1947, President Truman urged Americans to observe poultryless Thursday & this meatless day Tuesday |
| #463, aired 1986-09-17 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $600: In 1947, President Truman appointed this general his secy. of state, perhaps according to "plan" Marshall |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | NOTORIOUS $1000: He said, "We only kill each other," & in Beverly Hills in 1947, the mob killed him Bugsy Siegel |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | HISTORY $400: World power whose emperor gave up claims to divinity before it adopted a new constitution in 1947 Japan |
| #416, aired 1986-04-14 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: Started in 1947, Levittown, N.Y. was built to provide housing for them the returning soldiers (the veterans of World War II) |
| #405, aired 1986-03-28 | THE AIR FORCE $100: In 1947, the Air Force became independent from this branch of the armed forces the Army |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | DOGS $200: The American Greyhound Operators Assoc. was founded in this state in 1947 Florida |
| #394, aired 1986-03-13 | MILITARY MEN $300: In 1947, Milt Caniff created this comic strip about an Air Force officer Steve Canyon |
| #387, aired 1986-03-04 | 20th CENTURY $400: In 1947, this neighboring country gained independence 1 day before India Pakistan |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | SPORTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Year of 1st World Series telecast, which featured the Dodgers' Jackie Robinson, Rookie of the Year 1947 |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | THE U.N. $600: In 1947, this ex-1st lady chaired the commission to draft Universal Declaration of Human Rights Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #362, aired 1986-01-28 | AWARDS $1000: First awarded in 1947, its trophy includes the masks of comedy & tragedy the Tony |
| #362, aired 1986-01-28 | KENTUCKY $1000: "All The King's Men" which won 1947 Pulitzer was written by this Kentuckian Robert Penn Warren |
| #328, aired 1985-12-11 | SPORTS MOVIES $500: In 1947, John Garfield got into this sport "Body and Soul" boxing |
| #315, aired 1985-11-22 | INVENTIONS $800: The 1st of these with flippers were 1947's "Bermuda" & "Humpty Dumpty" pinball machines |
| #310, aired 1985-11-15 | PHYSICS $800: Invented in 1947 to improve electron microscope images, this science created a 3-D picture holography |
| #274, aired 1985-09-26 | NOTABLE ANIMALS $400: In 1947, "Islero", a fierce bull, killed & was killed by him, perhaps the world's greatest bullfighter Manolete |
| #267, aired 1985-09-17 | THE '40s $100: This inventor's sealed desk was opened in 1947, 16 years after his death Edison |
| #267, aired 1985-09-17 | TECHNOLOGY $400: Invented by Bell Labs in 1947, its name comes from its function, "transfer resistor" a transistor |
| #267, aired 1985-09-17 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $800: Appointed by Pres. Truman in 1947, Kenneth C. Royall was last person to fill this cabinet post Secretary of War |
| #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 |
| #188, aired 1985-05-29 | GROUCHO $800: From 1947-1961, he introduced him as "the one, the only, Groucho!" George Fenneman |
| #100, aired 1985-01-25 | LABOR UNIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Better-known name of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 the Taft-Hartley Act |
| #12, aired 1984-09-25 | INVENTIONS $200: Detection of gamma rays was 1 of the uses for this 1947 instant picture taker a Polaroid-Land camera |
