| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $400: In 2020 MLB gave retroactive major league status to 7 of these leagues that existed from 1920 to 1948 the Negro Leagues |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | SPEECHMAKING $800: Following this man's death in 1948, prime minister Nehru stated, "The light has gone out of our lives" Mahatma Gandhi |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $5,200 (Daily Double): In 1948 Hubert Humphrey said the Democrats must "get out of the shadow of" these "rights" often used to counter civil rights states' rights |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $1600: In 1948 this actor-singer of Caribbean heritage made his Off-Broadway debut at the Y in a play about Sojourner Truth Belafonte |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | THE CHARLES III KIND $200: Charles was born on November 14, 1948 at this residence; his sons & grandchildren were born in a hospital Buckingham Palace |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | LITERATURE $1000: In this 1948 Shirley Jackson short story, a village selects a sacrificial stoning victim to ensure a good harvest "The Lottery" |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | IT WAS AN OLYMPIC YEAR! $1600: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated; Alger Hiss accused of passing secrets to the Soviets 1948 |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | WHAT'S THE "PLAN"? $1600: In 1948 this organization awarded a grant to biologist Gregory Pincus, who developed the birth control pill Planned Parenthood |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: He won Pulitzers for his plays in 1948 & 1955 Tennessee Williams |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | LET'S PARTY! $2000: 1948:
Henry Wallace the Progressive Party |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | WELCOME TO MIAMI $200: The Gold Coast Railroad Museum boasts the train from which this pres. held a paper telling of his 1948 election "defeat" Truman |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | CLOSE ELECTIONS $1600: This future pres. won a tight 1948 Texas primary after uncounted votes were "discovered" 6 days after the election Lyndon Johnson |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS $1600: In this 1948 film set in Mexico, Walter Huston says he's mined all over the world & warns, "I know what gold does to men's souls" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ONE HOT MoMA $5,000 (Daily Double): His "Number 1A, 1948", which includes some of his handprints, has been on exhibit in the David Geffen Galleries Pollock |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY $800: (Amor Towles presents the clue.) Figuring prominently in my novel is a 1948 Studebaker Land Cruiser, a car manufactured in this Lincoln Highway Indiana city, which is also home to students attending Notre Dame South Bend |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | I GOT A "B" IN HISTORY $1600: After continually losing elections for Israeli prime minister since 1948, he won the office in 1977 in what's known as "the upset" (Menachem) Begin |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | PUTTING ON HEIRS $400: Born in Buckingham Palace in 1948, he was the heir, apparently, for quite some time, until a sad day in 2022 King Charles III (Prince Charles) |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | BRITISH HISTORY $1600: Abbreviated NHS, this government agency created to provide free public medical care began in 1948 the National Health Service |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | 20th CENTURY CAMPAIGN SLOGANS $800: "Dew it with" him in 1948 did not lead to victory Dewey |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | RSVP TO MY POLITICAL PARTY $2000: Mississippi governor Fielding Wright ran for veep on its 1948 ticket that carried 4 states Dixiecrat |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | ELECTION DAY $1000: On election night 1948, the Chicago Tribune went to press with this banner headline for the next morning's edition Dewey Defeats Truman |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | PITCH PERFECT $500: This pitcher was quite the aged rookie in 1948 when he joined Cleveland, but he helped them win the World Series Satchel Paige |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN $400: It was founded in Daytona Beach in 1948 to organize races for "stock" or production line cars NASCAR |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | THE "GIST" OF THE JOB $800: Issuing its first diploma in 1948, the program called graduate this specialist teaches how to grade diamonds a gemologist |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | I KNOW WHAT YOU DID $2000: After a huge upset in the 1948 election, you did the honorable thing & conceded to Pres. Truman & sent congratulations Dewey |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | IT HAPPENED IN JULY $1000: The NHS for short, it got started July 5, 1948 & has been making it easier for British people to see doctors ever since the National Health Service |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | WITH YOUR BEST "SHOT" $800: Women competed in it as an Olympic event for the first time in 1948 shotput |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | DONE THAT $200: John Mark carried the Olympic flame into London's Wembley Stadium in this year of the first post-WWII Summer Games 1948 |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | PULITZER-WINNING CHARACTERS $400: Mitch Mitchell &
Blanche DuBois
(1948) A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #8599, aired 2022-03-17 | "X"s & "O"s $1200: From Greek for "dry" & "writing", this 10-letter word was described in 1948 as "a revolutionary process of inkless printing" xerography |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | NAMES OF THE PAST $200: His body emaciated from years of fasting, he didn't last long after an assassin's bullets felled him in 1948 New Delhi Gandhi |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | W.H.O. $400: As this group was forming in 1945, Brazil & China asked for a global health organization; the W.H.O. would show up in 1948 the UN |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | ANGELS & DEMONS & INSURANCE AGENTS $400: The name of this motorcycle club founded in 1948 had been used during World War II by bomber crews Hells Angels |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: In 1948 John Costello became Irish prime minister, the first from this party whose name means "Gaelic family" Fine Gael |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | AVIATION $800: This Israeli airline has been in business since 1948, when the state of Israel was founded El Al |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $2000: In 1948 this Dixiecrat won 39 electoral votes with only 2% of the popular vote (Strom) Thurmond |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | READING THE DETECTIVES $600: 1948 Los Angeles is the setting for "Devil in a" this, the first novel featuring Easy Rawlins Blue Dress |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | COMPLETE THE TONY-WINNING PLAY TITLE $2000: 1948, the first play to be so honored:
"Mister ____" Roberts |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS $1600: "The Bicycle Thief"
(1948) Italian |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | WHAT'S IN A GEOGRAPHIC NAME $200: Belgium & 2 neighbors make up this 7-letter region, also a customs union begun in 1948 Benelux |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | U.N. ANNIVERSARIES $1600: 2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the U.N.'s first deployment of these blue-helmeted folks, during a 1948 Mideast crisis peacekeepers |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | WELCOME TO THE PARTY $1000: This splinter wing of the Democratic Party welcomed Strom Thurmond with a presidential nomination in 1948 a Dixiecrat |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | NOBEL PRIZE ODDITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): 1948 had no Peace Prize winner; this man who was nominated that year was assassinated & Nobels are rarely given posthumously (Mahatma) Gandhi |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | MacGUFFIN $1000: After this title object is stolen from Antonio in a classic 1948 Italian film, the hunt to recover it begins a bicycle |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | TOYS & GAMES $400: While recovering from polio in 1948, teacher Eleanor Abbott invented this "sweet" board game for the children in the ward to play Candy Land |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | MICHAEL WROTE $200: Michael Chabon's novel "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" has this country collapsing in 1948 & refugees moving to Sitka, Alaska Israel |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | 30 SOMETHING $800: Extending playing time to more than 20 minutes a side, Columbia Records released its first LP record at this speed in 1948 33 1/3 |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | AUTHORS' ALMA MATERS $1600: It's no science fiction that in 1948 this prolific Russian-born author received a Ph.D in chemistry from Columbia University Isaac Asimov |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | THE SECOND MILLENNIUM $1000: Despite a Soviet blockade, this operation brought food to a war-ravaged city in 1948 to the delight of the kids the Berlin Airlift |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $1200: Nathuram Godse, who murdered this man in 1948 as he headed to a prayer meeting: death by hanging Gandhi |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | WE HAVE A SITUATION $400: In this country ha-matzav, "the situation", refers to the security threats it has faced since the day of independence in 1948 Israel |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE $800: This team moved from the NBL to the BAA in 1948, to the NBA in 1949 & to L.A. in 1960 the Lakers |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $1200: (MSNBC's Steve Kornacki presents by a display monitor.) Upset over the inclusion of a civil rights plank in the 1948 Democratic platform, Strom Thurmond split the party, capturing four Southern states with his Dixiecrat Party and nearly helping this Republican defeat Harry Truman Dewey |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | THE OSCARS $800: In 1948 James Baskett won a special Oscar for playing this storyteller in "Song of the South" Uncle Remus |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | 1940s LITERATURE $1600: Her 1948 novel "Peony" told the story of a Jewish family living in China in the 1800s Pearl Buck |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | REPORT CARDS OF HISTORICAL FIGURES $1000: Deportment: Resolves conflicts well; his European recovery "Plan" sent $13 billion in aid from 1948 to 1951 (George) Marshall |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | INVENTIONS $1600: Smile & say cheese if you know that Edwin Land developed this name brand item, first sold in 1948 Polaroid |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | "P"ICTURE THIS $600: In 1948 at age 42, he was Major League Baseball's oldest rookie ever Satchel Paige |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The 1st African-American woman to win Olympic gold, Alice Coachman cleared 5'6 1/8" in this track & field event in 1948 the high jump |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | IT'S A HAND! IT'S MICHIGAN! $800: Over toward the pinkie side is this city where Gerald Ford got married in 1948; the city is named for the swift current of a river Grand Rapids |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | WHITE HOUSE HUNTERS $1000: With the White House becoming unstable & dangerous, Harry & Bess start a 4-year reno in 1948 & move to this building across the street Blair House |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | RED ALERT $400: 1948's Battle of Huaihai left Communist forces finally & firmly in control during this country's civil war China |
| #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 |
| #8045, aired 2019-07-26 | ON THIS DAY: JULY 26 $2000: Despite objections from the Pentagon, on July 26, 1948 Harry Truman issued an executive order telling the military to do this desegregate, or integrate |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | HISTORY, OVER ON THE LEFT $800: In 1948 Henry Wallace got 2.4% of the vote as the pres. candidate of the party with this forward-looking name the Progressive Party |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | DEBATE CLUB $400: On radio in 1948 Jesuit Frederick Copleston & agnostic Bertrand Russell debated the existence of this God |
| #8005, aired 2019-05-31 | GLUTEN, FREE $800: In 1948 the first shipment of wheat arrived in Greece as part of this aid program the Marshall Plan |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZES $800: Ralph Bunche won for his efforts in ending the war that began when this country came into being in 1948 Israel |
| #7946, aired 2019-03-11 | NONFICTION $600: The actual 1948 kidnapping of 11-year-old Sally Horner is the subject of "the real" this fictional girl Lolita |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | YOU'RE AN ALL-STAR $1000: Starting in 1948 this "Mr. Hockey" was named to a record 21 NHL All-Star teams (Gordie) Howe |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | MUSICAL & PLAY SETTINGS $800: This play about a widow & her chauffeur "takes place from 1948 to 1973, mostly in Atlanta" Driving Miss Daisy |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | ESSENTIAL EARLS $400: This future chief justice was the 1948 Republican nominee for vice president Earl Warren |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | THAT HAPPENED! $1600: In 1948 documents cached by this admiral around 1905 were found about 450 miles from the North Pole Admiral Peary |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | DANCER $1000: In 1948 dancer & choreographer Alicia Alonso founded the national ballet of this island country of her birth Cuba |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | PEOPLE IN SCIENCE $1200: In 1948 in Africa she made her first big discovery--the partial skull of an ancestor of both apes & early humans Mary Leakey |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | PUB MED $2000: Chapter 1 of his 1948 work begins as "A Progress Report from a Case History Study on Human Sex Behavior" Kinsey |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | SENATORS WHO SOUGHT HIGHER OFFICE $2000: Robert Taft, Republican senator from this state, sought the White House in 1948 & 1952 Ohio |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | SHE DID IT! $1,000 (Daily Double): She won gold in track & field at the 1932 summer Olympics & was the leading money winner in women's golf, 1948 to 1951 Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | SHORT STORIES $1,000 (Daily Double): A stone hit the unfortunate winner of this 1948 Shirley Jackson tale in the side of the head "The Lottery" |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: In 1948, after celebrating 58 years as this country's queen, Wilhelmina abdicated in favor of her daughter the Netherlands |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | NEVER FORGET AN ELEPHANT $2000: These events often feature souvenir elephants; the one held in June 1948 had a live one the Republican national convention |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | YESTERDAY'S NEWS $1000: It was the winning 1-word slogan of the Afrikaner National Party in 1948 apartheid |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | A YEAR ENDING IN 8 $1200: The state of Israel is proclaimed 1948 |
| #7710, aired 2018-03-02 | U.N. MILESTONES $800: December 10, 1948:
This milestone document, the UDHR, is adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| #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 |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | BILLY $1200: In 1948 Billy Mitchell's son received a new medal honoring his dad from this chief of staff of this military branch the Air Force |
| #7682, aired 2018-01-23 | HISTORIC LOSERS $800: Of the 1948-49 Huai-Hai campaign:
The Nationalist forces of this leader Chiang Kai-Shek |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | NHL LOGOS $1000: This team's flying wheel logo is the oldest unchanged logo in the NHL, created in 1948 the Detroit Red Wings |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | THE 300+ $2000: Built starting in 1948, the 356 was this company's first production automobile a Porsche |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | AROUND THE WORLD $600: In 1948 it was established as the national airline of Israel El Al |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: In 1948 the winning word was this medical branch that deals with the treatment & prevention of mental illness P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-Y |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | "D" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Officially known as the States' Rights Democrat Party, it carried 4 Southern states in 1948, winning 39 electoral votes the Dixiecrats |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | THE PITTSBURGH ADDRESS $800: In 1948 this general told the Chamber of Commerce, "Business has a special stake in European recovery" (George C.) Marshall |
| #7570, aired 2017-07-07 | DAY-"O" $800: In 1948 Marion Richards began an annual June 4 holiday to honor the unmarried women she called these old maids |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | POKEY, MAN, GO $1200: As one of this "numbered" group, John Howard Lawson went to the pokey in 1948 & was then blacklisted the Hollywood Ten |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | GERMAN HISTORY $400: In June 1948 the Soviet Union began a rail, road & canal blockade of this city; Allied supplies had to be delivered by air Berlin |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | GET YOUR "PHIL" $1600: In 1948 this TV manufacturer launched a "Television Playhouse" Philco |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | THE LAW $800: On Mar. 8, 1948 the Supreme Court said religious teaching to spread the faith in public schools was this 16-letter word unconstitutional |
| #7497, aired 2017-03-28 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1600: In 1948 the Catholic Church published its last this "of Forbidden Books" index |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | CONSERVATIVE BOOKSHELF $2000: In 1948 Richard M. Weaver pointed out the dangers of relativist thinking in "Ideas Have" these consequences |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | ON THE BALLOT $2,000 (Daily Double): Robert Caro, biographer of this president, said his 87-vote win in the 1948 Senate primary was fraudulent Lyndon Johnson |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | THE 1940s $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1948, Harry Truman began his 30,000-mile whistle-stop tour on a train called the "Ferdinand Magellan" and was aboard in St. Louis when the famous photo of the president holding up a paper saying this man "Defeats Truman" was snapped (Thomas) Dewey |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | THE 1940s $2,500 (Daily Double): U.S. Army general Lucius D. Clay directed the 1948-49 airlift to resupply this blockaded city Berlin |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | TELL THEM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY! $1000: Ironically, you've won a copy of this 1948 short story by Shirley Jackson detailing human sacrifice in a small town! Enjoy! "The Lottery" |
| #7470, aired 2017-02-17 | ROAMIN' THROUGH ROMANIA $800: From 1948 until 1989, Romania was under the rule of this political party the Communist Party |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | TIME TO PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER $800: Except for 1940 to 1948, this 24-hour endurance race has been run in France every year since 1923 Le Mans |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $2,000 (Daily Double): When this villain was introduced in a 1948 issue of Detective Comics, he was nicknamed "The Prince of Puzzles" the Riddler |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | AUTHORS WITH PRESIDENTIAL NAMES $1200: Her haunting short story "The Lottery" first appeared in the New Yorker in 1948 (Shirley) Jackson |
| #7375, aired 2016-10-07 | NO DISCRIMINATION $400: A biblical promise, or a restriction on selling a home to a certain group; the Supreme Court said in 1948 it's not enforceable a covenant |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | WHOSE WHAT? $800: 3-word name of a chain of athletic supplies stores started in 1948 & no, it's not "Richard's" Dick's Sporting Goods |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | HALL OF FAME CATCHERS $600: As a Dodger, 1948-57, he set the career record for catchers, throwing out 57% of runners who tried to steal a base on him (Roy) Campanella |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | THE CORRECTIONS $1600: On Nov. 3, 1948 the Chicago Daily Tribune made a slight error on the front page--this man did not defeat Truman Dewey |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | 1948 $400: On July 26 president Truman officially desegregated this by executive order the military |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | BROADWAY $400: Patricia Morison played Katharine when this Cole Porter Shakespearean musical ran from 1948 to 1951 Kiss Me, Kate |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | 1948 $1200: John Huston directed Bogey in this 1948 film about gold & greed south of the border Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | 1948 $1600: April 19 saw this nationalist Chinese leader re-elected to the presidency despite his saying he didn't want the job anymore Chiang Kai-shek |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | 1948 $2000: At HUAC, Whittaker Chambers' Aug. 3 testimony named 9 ex-govt. officials, including this man who'd advised FDR at Yalta Alger Hiss |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | 1948 $3,000 (Daily Double): At a Feb. 7 ceremony at the Pentagon, Omar Bradley succeeded this man as U.S. Army Chief of Staff (Dwight David) Eisenhower |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $400: In 1948 this organization proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the United Nations |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | THE BALTIC $2000: Until 1948 this "K"anal between the Baltic & North Seas was officially known as the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal Kiel Canal |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | LITERARY CHARACTERS' LAST WORDS $2000: Tessie Hutchinson, in this 1948 short story:
"It isn't fair, it isn't right" "The Lottery" |
| #7245, aired 2016-02-26 | ART & ARTISTS $2000: He likened crawling Christina Olson, the subject of his famed 1948 painting, to "a crab on a New England shore" Andrew Wyeth |
| #7239, aired 2016-02-18 | KEY $600: A tagline for this 1948 Bogart film read, "Gun fury in the tropics!" Key Largo |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | TREATIES $400: The 1948 Brussels Treaty led to the formation of this 1949 military alliance that has "Treaty" in its full name NATO |
| #7217, aired 2016-01-19 | I NEED MY "SPACE" $1000: In 1948 it was a novel about Matt Dodson's adventures on Venus; today it's someone out of touch with reality a space cadet |
| #7178, aired 2015-11-25 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: This former haberdasher was Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1945 & 1948 Harry Truman |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | I WANT CANDY! $200: Invented in 1948, the first dispenser for this candy resembled a lighter, to encourage people to quit smoking Pez |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | VERY INVENTIVE $800: In 1948 George Clemens invented this for public restrooms, eliminating the need for paper towels a hand dryer |
| #7117, aired 2015-07-21 | AMERICANA $200: In 1948 this brand held its first home party to sell its plastic containers with airtight seals Tupperware |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $1600: Artist who painted the 1948 work seen here that features a Maine neighbor who suffered from polio Andrew Wyeth |
| #7100, aired 2015-06-26 | SERIOUS NONFICTION $800: In 1948 Dr. Alfred Kinsey caused a sensation when he reported on this type of "Behavior in the Human Male" sexual |
| #7093, aired 2015-06-17 | HISTORIANS $400: This British prime minister's "The Second World War" consisted of 6 volumes, beginning with 1948's "The Gathering Storm" Churchill |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | THE ARMED FORCES RESERVES $800: In 1948 President Truman created this reserve that performs about 20% of the tasks of its service the Air Force Reserve |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | IT'S MY WAY & THE HIGHWAY $1200: I didn't defeat Truman in 1948, but I did get New York's highway system named for me in 1964 (Thomas) Dewey |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | SUCCINCT SILVER SCREEN SUMMARIES $2000: 1948:
Gold-grubbing gringos get greedy The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #6992, aired 2015-01-27 | FOR RICHARD $800: In this city in 1948, SS general Richard Hildebrandt was convicted of crimes against humanity Nuremberg |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | THINGS TO DO & SEE IN ISRAEL $400: Armored vehicles from a 1948 Arab siege of this holy city, long left as rusty memorials, have moved to a national park Jerusalem |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | THINGS TO DO & SEE IN ISRAEL $1200: In Tel Aviv, stop by Independence Hall on Rothschild Blvd., where this leader declared the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (David) Ben-Gurion |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | THE LAND OF ... $800: "The Morning Calm":
This peninsula, less calm since its 1948 division Korea |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | MAKING SOME COIN $800: In 1948 Ben Franklin was on our half-dollar piece; 1964 saw the first minting with this man's face John F. Kennedy |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | LOWLY HISTORY $400: In 1948 the Catholic church gave her permission to leave her convent & work among Calcutta's lowly Mother Teresa |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | SEE HOW THEY RAN $400: He scared a toddler as part of his 1948 campaign against Truman, whom he didn't defeat (Thomas) Dewey |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | 1940s TELEVISION $800: In 1948 this freckle-faced, plaid-shirted puppet had "plastic" surgery to improve his looks Howdy Doody |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | 1940s TELEVISION $2000: On Aug. 10, 1948 he brought his radio hit "Candid Microphone" to television (Allen) Funt |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | NORMAN ROCKWELL'S SATURDAY EVENING POST COVERS $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a Post cover at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.) 1948's "Homecoming" cover was truly a friends-and-family affair: there's Rockwell, these are his three sons, and over here is this friend & fellow artist Grandma Moses |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | ONE-HIT WONDERS $1200: Bertie Higgins' only Top 40 hit, it was inspired by a 1948 Bogart-Bacall flick set on a Florida island "Key Largo" |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | 1940s NEWSMAKERS $800: This newsmaker is seen here during his 1948 fast to end the violence following the partition of India (Mohandas) Gandhi |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | 1940s NEWSMAKERS $1200: In 1948 this undersea explorer made the first underwater archaeological dive using scuba tanks Cousteau |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | I WON THAT STATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION $2000: Delaware in 1948:
This Republican (Thomas) Dewey |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | MOVIES BY ONE-WORD QUOTE $1000: 1948:
"Badges?" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $5,000 (Daily Double): With a mark of 5'6" in this event, in 1948 5'7" Alice Coachman became the first African-American woman to win Olympic gold high jump |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | HISTORIC BATTLES $1600: Mao Tse-tung's victory over this Nationalist leader's army at Huai-hai in 1948 led to the Communist takeover of China Chiang Kai-shek |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $2000: In 1948, a Massachusetts university was named for this man, who wrote the essay "Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It" Louis Brandeis |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | FLYING INTO HISTORY $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.) C-54 Skymasters carried most of the 2.3 million tons of cargo delivered between June 1948 & October 1949 as part of this Cold War program, nicknamed "Operation Vittles" the Berlin Airlift |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | WORLD OF MUSIC $200: In 1948 the Palestine Orchestra was renamed the Philharmonic Orchestra of this country Israel |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | THE ONE WHO KNOCKS $400: This was Leonard Maltin's complete, 1-word response to 1948's "Isn't It Romantic?" No |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | AUTOMAKERS $200: This Japanese businessman's company was founded in 1948 to make motorcycles; he unveiled his first car in 1963 (Soichiro) Honda |
| #6790, aired 2014-03-07 | THE 2-DOORS $1000: More than a "minor" success, this British car was born in a 2-door version in 1948 the Morris Minor |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN $800: Though not a president, this founding father was put on the front of the half-dollar in 1948 Benjamin Franklin |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | WHAT'S MY AIRLINE? $400: The September 1948 inaugural flight of this airline brought President Chaim Weizmann home from Geneva El Al |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | O CHRISTMAS TREE $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) In 1948, President Truman signaled the lighting of the White House Christmas tree via remote control from his home in this state, 900 miles away Missouri |
| #6700, aired 2013-11-01 | U.S. FORCES OVERSEAS $1200: (Alex Trebek delivers the clue from Germany.) In 1948 & 1949, a lot of brave airmen flew some dangerous missions out of Wiesbaden Air Base in order to resupply this blockaded German city Berlin |
| #6688, aired 2013-10-16 | YEAR HE, YEAR HE $2000: George Orwell completed the manuscript for "1984" 1948 |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | "AZ" USUAL $1600: North Carolina has held a festival of these flowers since 1948 azaleas |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | MEDICAL HISTORY $2000: Isolated from the cortex of the adrenal gland, this steroid was introduced to ease the pain of arthritis in 1948 cortisone |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The 1948 airlift to this capital city was designed to thwart a Soviet blockade Berlin |
| #6635, aired 2013-06-21 | THE U.S. CITY RAINS SUPREME $800: Elvis got rained on when he moved to this city in 1948; it gets 54.7" a year Memphis |
| #6629, aired 2013-06-13 | IT'S MY PARTY $1000: Strom Thurmond,
November 1948 Dixiecrat |
| #6624, aired 2013-06-06 | THEY'RE AFTER THE "CHEE"s $200: A puffed cornmeal snack created in 1948 Cheetos |
| #6578, aired 2013-04-03 | QUICK PRESIDENTIAL STOPS $800: Hyphenated term for Truman's 1948 train tour; on Sept. 18 he was in Rock Island at 5:45 A.M. & Davenport at 6:10 whistle-stop |
| #6572, aired 2013-03-26 | AN UNFINISHED CATEGORY $1600: A colossal statue of this Sioux chief was begun officially on a South Dakota mountain in 1948; it's still not done Crazy Horse |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | PHI BETA KAPPA $1600: 1916: at Bowdoin, a 1948 researcher on sex (but not drugs & rock & roll) Kinsey |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | _O_O $1000: This Japanese general & prime minister was executed as a war criminal in 1948 Tojo |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | AUTHORS $1000: This author's losing entry in a 1948 literary contest became the basis for the movie "2001" (Arthur C.) Clarke |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | PAN AM $400: In 1948 he quit his Pan Am pilot job & moved to L.A., where he used his aeronautical knowledge to create "Star Trek" (Gene) Roddenberry |
| #6532, aired 2013-01-29 | THE 1940s $600 (Daily Double): In 1948 Ilona Elek retained her Olympic fencing title--pretty impressive as the previous title was in this year 1936 |
| #6532, aired 2013-01-29 | HONORARY ACADEMY AWARDS $1600: 1948:
Give a hand & a foot to this iconic theater owner "who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures" Sid Grauman |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | NAME THE OLYMPIANS' SPORT $1000: Dick Button (1948 & 1952) figure skating |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | TOY STORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Founded in 1948, this company got its name from the sound a slingshot projectile made when hitting a target Wham-O |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | BESTSELLERS $400: In "Prague Winter" this former Secretary of State told "A personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948" (Madeleine) Albright |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | YOU HAD ME AT SHALOM $800: In 1948 she was appointed Minister to Moscow; in 1969 she became Israel's prime minister Golda Meir |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | HEADING FOR "DIXIE" $2000: Nickname of the party led by 1948 presidential candidate Strom Thurmond the Dixiecrats |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | CHAIRMEN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE $400: Chairman from 1936 to 1948, Marriner Eccles had reached this monetary benchmark of success by the time he was 22 millionaire |
| #6413, aired 2012-07-04 | LONG RUNS IN PRIME TIME $400: No pelvic gyrations allowed, but this hosts's really big shew did run from 1948 to 1971 Ed Sullivan |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | THE MAINE COURSE $2000: The first woman to serve in both houses of Congress, this Skowhegan native was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1948 Margaret Chase Smith |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH $1600: Feb. 1948 riots in Accra sparked a movement that led to this country's becoming one of Africa's first to boot the colonists Ghana |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | CLASSIC CINEMA $400: For this 1948 film Laurence Olivier dyed his brown hair blond to look more Danish Hamlet |
| #6251, aired 2011-11-21 | THE U.S. AIR FORCE $5,000 (Daily Double): This European operation that began in 1948 was the independent USAF's first major international challenge the Berlin Airlift |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS $400: His 1948 report on "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was based on over 5,000 case histories Kinsey |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | HAVE YOU HEARD THE "NEWS"? $800: Known for its college rankings, it was created by the 1948 merger of 2 magazines U.S. News & World Report |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | POLITICAL LEADERS $600: David Ben-Gurion first became prime minister of Israel in this year 1948 |
| #6233, aired 2011-10-26 | AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS $800: A 1948 action painting by this American artist is seen here Jackson Pollock |
| #6231, aired 2011-10-24 | COME TO OUR AIDE $1600: In 1948 White House aide Lauchlin Currie told this committee he wasn't a Soviet spy; today we know he was the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | SURPRISE PARTY $800: The first party to sell these containers was held in 1948; today, you can also host online parties Tupperware |
| #6203, aired 2011-07-27 | FACE BOOK $800: This Four Quartets poet was awarded both the Nobel Prize and the Order of Merit in 1948 T.S. Eliot |
| #6201, aired 2011-07-25 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST 1,000 MOVIES EVER MADE $1000: This pic shows "the social changes taking place in the south between 1948 and 1973, and (a) remarkable 25-year friendship Driving Miss Daisy |
| #6198, aired 2011-07-20 | THAT'S "RIGHT"! $2000: The U.N. adopted this, the UDHR, in 1948; I guess it'll still apply if we ever get to Alpha Centauri the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| #6191, aired 2011-07-11 | CHAIRS $2000: This Finnish-American architect designed furniture including a 1948 piece called the "Womb Chair" (Eero) Saarinen |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | DAS KAPITALISTS $800: In 1948 13 directors of industrial giant I.G. Farben were convicted of war crimes in this German city Nuremberg |
| #6161, aired 2011-05-30 | BORN & DIED $600: Born: Oct. 2, 1869, Porbandar, India. Died: Jan. 30, 1948, New Delhi, India Gandhi |
| #6133, aired 2011-04-20 | THE BOOK OF THE YEAR $200: "The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the ____ Election" 1948 |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | CALIFORNIA GOVERNORS $400: Earl Warren was the first 3-term governor of California & was this man's running mate on a 1948 ticket (Thomas) Dewey |
| #6120, aired 2011-04-01 | ACTUAL FBI FILES $600: Would not pursue the 1948 Republican nomination in part because he might need to lead "an American-Japanese army into Russia" MacArthur |
| #6119, aired 2011-03-31 | OUR 1st ANNUAL HISTORY AWARDS $1200: The Not-So-Fast, My Friend Prize of 1948:
This man, who fell a surprising 2.2 million votes short to Harry Truman Dewey |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | WORLD HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): Effective January 1, 1948, Italy's new constitution outlawed this political party the Fascist Party |
| #6056, aired 2011-01-03 | NOVEL IDEAS $1,300 (Daily Double): In a 1948 novel he wrote, "Pearls were accidents & the finding of one was luck, a little pat on the back by God" (John) Steinbeck |
| #6052, aired 2010-12-28 | WHAT'S THE "PLAN"? $1200: In 1948 this organization awarded a grant to biologist Gregory Pincus, who developed the birth control pill Planned Parenthood |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | GET "L"IT $1600: Tessie Hutchinson is the unfortunate "winner" in this 1948 short story about a deadly village ritual The Lottery |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | TIMELESS TV $600: In 1948 Douglas Edwards became the first anchor of this network's Evening News CBS |
| #6027, aired 2010-11-23 | BOOK OPPOSITES $200: 1948:
"The Clothed & the Living" The Naked and the Dead |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1948 Whittaker Chambers implicated this State Department official as an espionage agent for the Soviets (Alger) Hiss |
| #5996, aired 2010-10-11 | DIED ON THE SAME DAY $800: This famed aviator outlived his brother by 35 years, passing away in 1948 on the same day Gandhi was assassinated Orville Wright |
| #5988, aired 2010-09-29 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY $3,600 (Daily Double): It's the year of the promised return seen here 1944 |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY $1600: The 1948 prize went to "The Age of Anxiety" by this poet, whose initials stood for Wystan Hugh Auden |
| #5966, aired 2010-07-19 | NUMBER, PLEASE $1200: Number of days in Maxwell Anderson's 1948 play about Anne Boleyn 1,000 |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | THE FASTING & THE FURIOUS $200: He fasted, furiously but nonviolently, in 1924, 1932, 1947 & 1948 Gandhi |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? $400: This comic strip doctor began his practice in 1948 Rex Morgan |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | WHO CARRIED THE STATE? $800: New York,
1948 Dewey |
| #5908, aired 2010-04-28 | "C" HERE $2000: A snake & an experimental art movement founded in 1948 share this name cobra |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | AROUND THE KNESSET $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Knesset in Jerusalem.) On May 15th, 1948, Israel was attacked by five neighboring countries; one day earlier, Israel's reclamation of independence was read by him, the country's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion |
| #5901, aired 2010-04-19 | BOGEY MEN $600: 1948:
Prospector Fred C. Dobbs really digs Mexico while facing bandits & greed The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #5882, aired 2010-03-23 | BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN $800: Russia helped this country regain control of Sofia from the Ottomans in 1878; the Communists dominated by 1948 Bulgaria |
| #5858, aired 2010-02-17 | PERMANENTLY AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY $600: His remains? "Is it safe?" Yes, this 1948 Best Actor Oscar winner for "Hamlet" is safe at Westminster Abbey Laurence Olivier |
| #5848, aired 2010-02-03 | PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS $1600: Yale University (class of 1948) George H.W. Bush |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | 50 CENT $1000: This statesman graced the 50-cent piece for 15 years beginning in 1948 Ben Franklin |
| #5731, aired 2009-07-06 | JAMES BOND $200: A 1948 Olympic silver medalist in weightlifting, Harold Sakata played Oddjob, henchman to this title villain Goldfinger |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA $400: One of the 2 plays for which Tennessee Williams won Pulitzers, in 1948 & 1955 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (or A Streetcar Named Desire) |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | I KILLED A GUY ONCE $800: In 1948 Nathuram Godse killed this Asian leader who had spoken of "the willing sacrifice of the innocent" Gandhi |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | HEISMAN WINNERS $1000: An award given for the best running back in college football is named for this 1948 Heisman winner from SMU Doak Walker |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | WAIST MANAGEMENT $400: On Jan. 13, 1948 at the age of 78, he began his last fast, which lasted 5 days Gandhi |
| #5665, aired 2009-04-03 | BANANARAMA $1000: This author introduced the Glass family in his 1948 short story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" J.D. Salinger |
| #5653, aired 2009-03-18 | SOUTH AFRICA $400: In place from 1948 until the 1990s, it was the South African government's official policy of segregation apartheid |
| #5641, aired 2009-03-02 | SHORT STORIES $800: The "prize" in this 1948 short story is death by stoning "The Lottery" |
| #5620, aired 2009-01-30 | "D" MEN OF HISTORY $1200: This man who lost the 1948 presidential election was referred to as "the little man on the wedding cake" (Thomas) Dewey |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | WEAPONS OF MASS INSTRUCTION $1000: In 1948, after setting up his Indiana institute, he published "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" (Alfred) Kinsey |
| #5590, aired 2008-12-19 | OPERATIONS $400: On June 26, 1948 the U.S. began flying tons of supplies into the western sector of this city in Operation Vittles Berlin |
| #5586, aired 2008-12-15 | COUNTRY TIME $1,600 (Daily Double): In a 1948-49 war, this Middle Eastern country increased the territory it controlled by about 50% Israel |
| #5573, aired 2008-11-26 | NORDIC TRACK $400: In a 1946 book, this title girl of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren "Goes On Board"; 1948 found her "In The South Seas" Pippi Longstocking |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | SPORTS: 1948 $200: This Ohio team won its last World Series to date; perhaps it's the curse of Babe Klieman, whom they traded away the Indians |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | SPORTS: 1948 $400: (I'm Olympic champion
Misty May-Treanor.) In 1948 this sport held its first tournament with a prize--it was a case of Pepsi, & I'm glad we do a bit better than that today beach volleyball |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | SPORTS: 1948 $600: Kentucky's "Fabulous Five" captured the NCAA title in this sport college basketball |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | SPORTS: 1948 $800: With fans eager to watch Doak Walker play, SMU moved its home games to this venue, "The House That Doak Built" the Cotton Bowl |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | SPORTS: 1948 $1000: In 1948 this unheralded Mexican American won the U.S. men's singles tennis title at Forest Hills Pancho Gonzales |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES ELECTION COVERAGE $1,000 (Daily Double): "Forecasts upset", read the front page in this year; at least the Times knew who defeats whom 1948 |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | FORMER NAMES ON THE MAP $400: When Myanmar won its independence from the U.K. in 1948, it was still known by this name Burma |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | REDS $200: In a 1948 work, this commie observed, "the people are like water and the army is like fish" Mao Zedong |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | FRENCH ARTISTS $800: From 1948 to 1951, this Fauvist designed & decorated the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence, France Henri Matisse |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | "CH"ECK THE NAME $2000: In 1948 he testified to congress that Alger Hiss had illegally passed him official documents Whittaker Chambers |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | "M.L." $2000: In 1948 she discovered the skull of Proconsul africanus Mary Leakey |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | JUST DESSERTS $1000: In 1948 Aaron Lapin's company introduced this aerosol dessert topping brand Reddi-wip |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | GAMES $400: When you're playing this board game trademarked in 1948, you'll draw up to 7 letter tiles Scrabble |
| #5465, aired 2008-05-16 | HAPPY MADISON $1200: (Adam Sandler delivers the clue.) In my new movie "You Don't Mess With The Zohan", I play an intelligence agent from this country founded in 1948 who fakes his death to be a hairdresser Israel |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | & THE AWARD GOES TO... $400: A peace prize has the Gujarati word for "peace" inscribed on it & is named for this man who died in 1948 Gandhi |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | 1984 $1,000 (Daily Double): George Orwell wrote "1984" in this year & reportedly rearranged 2 of the digits to give it its title 1948 |
| #5445, aired 2008-04-18 | HELP! $400: In April 1948 the "European Recovery Program", more popularly known as this, was signed into law the Marshall Plan |
| #5444, aired 2008-04-17 | BALLET $400: In the 1948 ballet "Fall River Legend", this character is hanged although in real life she was acquitted Lizzie Borden |
| #5444, aired 2008-04-17 | ANTIBIOTICS $1000: This antibiotic often used to treat acne was discovered in 1948 tetracycline |
| #5444, aired 2008-04-17 | BALLET $1600: He was married to Maria Tallchief when he choreographed her in his 1948 ballet "Orpheus" George Balanchine |
| #5438, aired 2008-04-09 | FILMS OF THE '40s $400: Van Heflin, Gig Young & Robert Coote played Athos, Porthos & Aramis in this "novel" 1948 film The Three Musketeers |
| #5432, aired 2008-04-01 | TRUMAN CAPOTE $1000: Capote gained fame with this "other" worldly 1948 novel about a teenager in a crumbling Southern mansion Other Voices, Other Rooms |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: Known for his "box", he wrote "Walden Two", a 1948 fiction work about operant conditioning B.F. Skinner |
| #5418, aired 2008-03-12 | THE WALTZ $1000: Pee Wee King co-wrote this waltz & had a country hit with it in 1948; later it became a state song "The Tennessee Waltz" |
| #5407, aired 2008-02-26 | ASIAN CAPITALS $200: This Philippine capital was so devastated during WWII that Quezon City served as interim capital from 1948 to 1976 Manila |
| #5405, aired 2008-02-22 | THE 20th CENTURY $10,800 (Daily Double): In Dec. 1989 this playwright was elected president of Czechoslovakia, the 1st non-Communist since 1948 Václav Havel |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | HISTORIC FACES $800: Against all the odds, he was the losing 1948 Republican candidate for president (Thomas) Dewey |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | AROUND THE WORLD $1600: Wrecked military vehicles remain by the road from Tel Aviv to this city as a memorial of Israel's 1948 War of Independence Jerusalem |
| #5390, aired 2008-02-01 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: This horse whose name can be a synonym for "award" won the Triple Crown back in 1948 Citation |
| #5387, aired 2008-01-29 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $600: Few know that Truman had offered to be this for Ike in 1948 vice president |
| #5387, aired 2008-01-29 | LITTLE LEAGUE $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the LIttle League Museum in Williamsport, PA.) In 1948 this rubber-cleated shoe from this sneaker's brand known for its "They feel good" slogan became the first product officially developed for Little League Keds |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | 1940s TELEVISION $800: When this series debuted in 1948, it used its radio title "Candid Microphone"; the title was changed 9 months later Candid Camera |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | 1940s TELEVISION $1200: This "Howdy Doody" host had a variety show during the 1948-49 season called "the Gulf Road Show" "Buffalo Bob" Smith |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | 1940s TELEVISION $1600: First seen on experimental TV in 1939, Burr Tillstrom's series about this trio began airing on NBC in 1948 Kukla, Fran & Ollie |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | 1940s TELEVISION $2000: Beginning in 1948, this long-time Miss America host had 2 game shows on the air: "Stop the Music" & "Break the Bank" Bert Parks |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $200: Introduced in 1948, Glidden's Spread Satin is a type of this paint |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | TEMPO TANTRUM $600: Kind of "Boat to China" in a 1948 hit song slow |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | ASSASSIN & VICTIM $3,000 (Daily Double): Nathuram Godse
(1948) Mohandas Gandhi |
| #5343, aired 2007-11-28 | PLAYING POSSUM $1600: Stick to it--in 1948 this Walt Kelly possum hit the funny pages Pogo |
| #5330, aired 2007-11-09 | -ISMS $1200: This Jewish movement that began in the late 1800s led to the establishment of Israel in 1948 Zionism |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | MONROE $400: In 1948 she had one line in "Love Happy", the last Marx Brothers movie Marilyn Monroe |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | "KIN" FOLK $200: In 1948 Irv Robbins & this brother-in-law began franchising their small chain of ice cream stores (Burt) Baskin |
| #5284, aired 2007-07-26 | THE SUMMER OLYMPICS $400: In 1948 Micheline Ostermeyer won Olympic gold for throwing the discus & for putting this the shot |
| #5282, aired 2007-07-24 | PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $600: (Jon of the Clue Crew is at the wheel.) In 1948, George H.W. Bush & this young wife of his packed their belongings into a Studebaker & drove west to Odessa, Texas Barbara |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | WELCOME TO MY POLITICAL PARTY $400: Strom Thurmond, until 1964 (except when running for president in 1948) a Democrat |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | WELCOME TO MY POLITICAL PARTY $600: Strom Thurmond, running for president in 1948 a Dixiecrat |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | AMERICAN PLAYS $400: This future pres.'s 1948 Senate race is the subject of the musical "The Winner", which premiered in Texas in 2007 Lyndon Johnson |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | HISTORIC PERSONALIZED PLATES $800: 1948- Prince Charles |
| #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 |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | FLAGS $1000: The flag of this nation seen here has flown since 1882; the flag of its neighbor to the north, since 1948 South Korea |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | BROADWAY ROLES $1000: In 1948 he was drafted to play "Mister Roberts" Henry Fonda |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | DIRECTIONAL DIVERSIONS $400: 1948 Pulitzer winner for Michener:
"Tales of the ____ Pacific" South |
| #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 |
| #5186, aired 2007-03-12 | OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $1600: 1948:
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Laurence) Olivier |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | THE WEATHER REPORT $400 (Daily Double): The first documented successful forecast of this was by 2 Air Force officers in 1948 in Oklahoma a tornado |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | EXCELLENT ADVENTURE $400: Thor Heyerdahl recounted his real-life sea adventure, 4,300 miles across the Pacific on a raft, in this 1948 classic Kon-Tiki |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | WE ALL WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD $200: Around 1948 she moved into slums to help the poor; on Oct. 19, 2003 she was beatified Mother Teresa |
| #5115, aired 2006-12-01 | THE DUTCH ROYAL FAMILY $2000: In accordance with her wishes, when this queen abdicated in 1948, she became known once again as "Princess" Wilhelmina |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | IRAQ $400: After this country's 1948 independence, the armies of Transjordan & Iraq invaded Israel |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $1600: In 1948, fed up with the U.S., James Baldwin moved to this city for good Paris |
| #5066, aired 2006-09-25 | THEIR FIRST NOVELS $600: "The Naked and the Dead"
(1948) Norman Mailer |
| #5060, aired 2006-09-15 | 50 CENT $1600: From 1948 to 1963 the half dollar had Ben Franklin on the front & this iconic symbol on the back the Liberty Bell |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE $600: 1948:
Johns Hopkins scientists find that this antihistamine alleviates motion sickness dramamine |
| #5039, aired 2006-07-06 | STATE OF THE UNION $800: Gerald & Betty Ford,
on Oct. 15, 1948 Michigan |
| #5022, aired 2006-06-13 | "B" MOVIES $1000: 1948:
In a classic of Italian Neorealism, a father & son search for a stolen vehicle The Bicycle Thief |
| #5003, aired 2006-05-17 | MEMORABLE MOVIES $1600: The title female is seen here in this 1948 film
"Gamble? She's done it for a living."
"I'll bet you a dollar I've been to the place where you were born."
"Chifu."
"It's on the China coast. Chifu! It's the second wickedest city in the world!"
"What's the first?" The Lady from Shanghai |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | DICTATORS & TYRANTS $200: On Sept. 9, 1948 the DPRK, aka North Korea, was established with this man as its supreme leader Kim Il-sung |
| #4984, aired 2006-04-20 | CLASSIC CINEMA OF THE '40s $1600: Claire Trevor won a 1948 Oscar for her role as a gangster's girlfriend in this Bogart flick set on an island Key Largo |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | AWARDS & HONORS $1200: He won Pulitzers for his plays in 1948 & 1955 Tennessee Williams |
| #4956, aired 2006-03-13 | THE "NEW" WORLD $400: Gandhi was on his way to a prayer meeting in this city when he was assassinated in 1948 New Delhi |
| #4951, aired 2006-03-06 | TRANSPORTATION $800: Introduced in Britain in 1948, this brand soon became the standard for rugged 4-wheel drive vehicles the Land Rover |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS $1000: Of this company's 13 "True-Life Adventures" made between 1948 & 1960, 8 won Oscars Disney |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $1200: This univ. named for a judge was founded in 1948 as the only Jewish-sponsored nonsectarian one in the U.S. Brandeis |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | THE U.S. AIR FORCE $400: A vet who wears a little plane with an Army of Occupation medal helped resupply this city in 1948 & 1949 Berlin |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | NEW YORK STATE $800: 10 feet plus of hoax, "The Cardiff Giant" has been on display at the Farmers' Museum in this Hall of Fame city since 1948 Cooperstown |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | NONFICTION $1000: The No. 1 nonfiction book of 1948 was "Crusade in Europe" by this American general Eisenhower |
| #4904, aired 2005-12-29 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC $600: This Northeast Asian country came into being in 1948 & 2 years later the U.S. helped fight for its survival South Korea |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | THE LATE '40s $200: She gave the keynote speech for the adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 9, 1948 in Paris Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | THE LATE '40s $800: In 1948 she was named the Israeli ambassador to the USSR Golda Meir |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | THE LATE '40s $1000: This astronomical observatory was founded by Caltech in 1948 Palomar |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | NAME THE YEAR $1,400 (Daily Double): The United Nations officially came into existence on October 24 of this year 1945 |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | PUT IT ON PAPER $2000: On Dec. 10, 1948 the U.N. General Assembly adopted it & called upon nations to display & disseminate it the (Universal) Declaration of Human Rights |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | KINSEY $1000: Completes the title of Dr. Kinsey's shocking 1948 work "Sexual Behavior in" this the Human Male |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | MY FEAR LADY $2000: We wash our hands of this Scotswoman, played on film by Jeanette Nolan in 1948 & on TV by Judi Dench in 1978 Lady Macbeth |
| #4818, aired 2005-07-13 | IF I'M ELECTED... $2000: In 1948 he was elected as the oldest U.S. vice president ever (Alben) Barkley |
| #4816, aired 2005-07-11 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGAN YEARS $1,000 (Daily Double): "Help hustle Harry home" 1948 |
| #4815, aired 2005-07-08 | THE EIGHTH $400: In 1948 Citation became the eighth to win this, & the last for 25 years the Triple Crown |
| #4808, aired 2005-06-29 | INVENTIVE MINDS $800: In 1948, Rene Bussoz sold the USA's first Aqua Lung, invented by this Frenchman Cousteau |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | TAKE ME TO YOUR DIRECTOR $2000: In 1948 Roberto Rossellini directed this future wife as Joan of Arc Ingrid Bergman |
| #4790, aired 2005-06-03 | THE SECURITY COUNCIL $800: In 1948 the Council passed 29 resolutions, 16 on the Mideast region it referred to as this Palestine |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | PRE-DATERS $2,000 (Daily Double): The last city to host the Olympics before St. Moritz in 1948 Berlin |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | RUNNER-UP RUNNING MATES $400: This future Chief Justice was Dewey's 1948 running mate (Earl) Warren |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | FORMERLY KNOWN AS $1000: ...as Dutch Guiana, until 1948 Suriname |
| #4760, aired 2005-04-22 | DESIGN CLASSICS $600: William Lyons designed the body of the XK120 model of this just in time for the 1948 motor show the Jaguar |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | AVENUE "Q" $200: Nestle introduced this drink product in 1948 to compete with Ovaltine Quik |
| #4753, aired 2005-04-13 | PUSH THE "BUTTON" $800: He won back-to-back Olympic gold medals in figure skating in 1948 & 1952 Dick Button |
| #4753, aired 2005-04-13 | PUSH THE "BUTTON" $1200: Bob Hope sang this Oscar-winning song in 1948's "The Paleface" "Buttons And Bows" |
| #4753, aired 2005-04-13 | HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID $2000: The title kid in 1948's "The Boy with Green Hair" Dean Stockwell |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | 2 MILLION $1600: In 1948 more than 2 million tons of food, fuel & other supplies were airlifted into this city West Berlin |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP $800: Strom Thurmond got 39 Electoral College votes in 1948, the year this Republican didn't defeat Truman Dewey |
| #4730, aired 2005-03-11 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $1600: 1948's "car of tomorrow" was designed by this Ypsilanti, Mich. man; 51 were built, 47 are still around (Preston) Tucker |
| #4718, aired 2005-02-23 | AMERICANA $800: Following 1912, it was the next year a star was added to the U.S. flag 1959 |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | BRIGHT IDEAS $400: In 1948 scientists at Bristol-Meyers "buffered" this medicine for the first time aspirin |
| #4685, aired 2005-01-07 | III $1000: In 1948 Marshall Field III merged II Chicago papers into this I the Sun-Times |
| #4669, aired 2004-12-16 | W.H.O. $200: The World Health Organization was established in 1948 by this international body the U.N. |
| #4666, aired 2004-12-13 | THE LIBERTY BELL $600: From 1948 through 1963 this U.S. coin depicted the Liberty Bell on its reverse side the half-dollar |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $400: In 1948 Dr. King was ordained a minister in this Christian denomination Baptist |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | THE TRUMAN LIBRARY $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Truman Library in Independence, MO.) "Family Squabble", a painting by this illustrator, shows how many families argued about the 1948 presidential election (Norman) Rockwell |
| #4635, aired 2004-10-29 | BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONY WINNERS $1200: For "Mister Roberts"
(1948) Henry Fonda |
| #4634, aired 2004-10-28 | THAT DON'T SOUND RIGHT $400: In reverse billing, the last names of the comedians who "Meet Frankenstein" in a 1948 film Costello & Abbott |
| #4631, aired 2004-10-25 | OLD SONGS $1600: There was a rush to record this big hit of 1948 "You Call Everybody Darlin'" |
| #4629, aired 2004-10-21 | U.S. STAMPS $2000: On my honor, this girl scout leader was honored on a 3-cent stamp in 1948 Juliette Gordon Low |
| #4627, aired 2004-10-19 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: This aviation pioneer, who died in 1948, outlived his brother Wilbur by 35 years Orville Wright |
| #4622, aired 2004-10-12 | LIFETIME $400: Born October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India, didn't eat much, died January 30, 1948 in New Delhi (Mohandas) Gandhi |
| #4622, aired 2004-10-12 | LIFETIME $3,200 (Daily Double): Born in St. Louis in 1888, became a Brit in 1927, wrote poems & plays, won a Nobel Prize in 1948, died 1965 T.S. Eliot |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | IN OLD ENCYCLOPEDIAS $1,000 (Daily Double): In a 1989 Columbia, "many feel" this harsh system formalized in 1948, "will end only by force" (many are wrong) apartheid |
| #4591, aired 2004-07-19 | NAMED AFTER JFK $800: Located in Queens, it first opened to commercial traffic in July 1948 JFK Airport |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE HANGED MAN $800: Prime Minister of Japan during World War II, he was hanged for war crimes in 1948 Tojo |
| #4570, aired 2004-06-18 | YOU AUTO KNOW THIS $1200: The 1948 Torpedo sedan was built by this unconventional automaker played on film by Jeff Bridges (Preston) Tucker |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | BOARD GAMES $800: It's the popular game invented in 1948, and what do you mean "Trebek" isn't allowed? Scrabble |
| #4534, aired 2004-04-29 | ASSASSINS $800: Nathuram Godse's assassination of this man in 1948 set off riots in Bombay & other cities Mahatma Gandhi |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | BALLET $2000: This company's first season opened in 1948 with 3 Balanchine ballets the New York City Ballet |
| #4525, aired 2004-04-16 | "B" PREPARED $600: In 1948 Gamow, Herman & Alpher developed this "large" cosmological theory the Big Bang Theory |
| #4500, aired 2004-03-12 | YES, I'VE ETON $600: Marshall Field III, who had fun times at Eton, merged his Sun & Times papers in this city in 1948 Chicago |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | CARS $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew) This legendary GM designer introduced tailfins in 1948 & saw them reach a peak with the 1959 Cadillac Harley Earl |
| #4475, aired 2004-02-06 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES $800: March 31, 1948:
Washington, D.C. Al Gore |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | POP CULTURE $2000: He's the beloved comic strip character seen here with his friend Albert, back in 1948 Pogo |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | COUNTRY TIME $400: On May 14, 1948 Rachel Cohen & David Ben-Gurion signed this country's Declaration of Independence Israel |
| #4457, aired 2004-01-13 | BERLIN IS IN! $1200: Tempelhof Airport, opened in 1923, was made famous by this 1948-'49 event the Berlin Airlift |
| #4456, aired 2004-01-12 | PRESIDENTS' WIVES $800: She & the future president spent part of their 1948 honeymoon at a Michigan-Northwestern football game Betty Ford |
| #4449, aired 2004-01-01 | ASIAN HISTORY $600: In 1948 he was elected President of China, but was driven from the mainland to Taiwan the next year Chiang Kai-shek |
| #4442, aired 2003-12-23 | THE "WORLD" IS NOT ENOUGH $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1948 2 weeklies merged to form this news magazine U.S. News and World Report |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | ZOOM $800: A magazine named for this type of souped-up car debuted in 1948 a hot rod |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | KENNEDY CENTER HONORS DANCERS $1600: When born in Riga back in 1948, this ballet star probably never figured he'd turn out to be a 2000 honoree Mikhail Baryshnikov |
| #4427, aired 2003-12-02 | BASEBALL LEGENDS $800: Prior to entering the Major Leagues at age 42 in 1948, he had pitched 55 no-hitters in the Negro Leagues Satchel Paige |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $800: A 1948 campaign slogan urged Harry Truman to do this "Give 'em Hell" |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | U.S. HISTORY $1,600 (Daily Double): This senator who died in 2003 came in third in the 1948 presidential race Strom Thurmond |
| #4384, aired 2003-10-02 | FILM SHORTS $1200: He played Cantor Rabinovitch in "The Jazz Singer" in 1980 & Hamlet in 1948 Laurence Olivier |
| #4383, aired 2003-10-01 | THIRTY SOMETHING $800: First introduced in 1948, LP record albums play at this many revolutions per minute 33 1/3 |
| #4383, aired 2003-10-01 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1200: According to legend, it was founded in 1122 BC; in 1948 became capital of North Korea Pyongyang |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | PLACES $1200: The city of Fukui, on this largest of Japan's islands, was devastated by an earthquake in 1948 Honshu |
| #4330, aired 2003-05-30 | LET'S PARTY! $2000: 1948:
Henry Wallace Progressive |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | NATO IS NEATO $200: In 1948 the Allies began talks of a defense pact like NATO in response to the Soviet blockade of this city Berlin |
| #4323, aired 2003-05-21 | DANCERS $1600: In 1948 she married Erick Hawkins, the first male in her modern dance company Martha Graham |
| #4320, aired 2003-05-16 | AMERICAN MOVIE IDOL $1600: 1948's "Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!" is largely forgettable except for the part where she's paddling a canoe Marilyn Monroe |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | OSCAR $400: For 1948's "Hamlet", he was nominated for both Best Director & Best Actor Sir Laurence Olivier |
| #4217, aired 2002-12-24 | SNACK FOODS $600: Chester, seen here, is the spokescat for this snack brand, launched nationally in 1948 Cheetos |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | '40s FICTION $200: He wrote 1948's "The Naked and the Dead" while studying at the Sorbonne Norman Mailer |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | FACTS FROM ALMANACS $800: Norman Thomas did this 6 times: in 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944 & 1948 run for president |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | NAME THE YEAR $600: In this U.S. presidential election year, Israel gained independence 1948 |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: (Sofia is at Fort McHenry in Baltimore.) In 1948 he issued a proclamation that the flag fly over Fort McHenry 24 hours a day, as a perpetual symbol of our patriotism Truman |
| #4127, aired 2002-07-09 | THE OLYMPICS $600: A special event at the 1928 & 1948 Winter Games, this bare-bones sled slid back to the Games in 2002 the skeleton |
| #4093, aired 2002-05-22 | ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS $1200: 1948:
"Christina's World" Andrew Wyeth |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This company was founded in 1948 as the Baby Furniture & Toy Supermarket; its present name came in 1957 Toys "R" Us |
| #4085, aired 2002-05-10 | "EN" THE BEGINNING $1600: The U.S. conducted nuclear tests on this atoll in the Marshall Islands from 1948 to 1958 Enewetak |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | THE 1940s $1200: One of Alec Guinness's many masterly character portrayals was as this man in 1948's "Oliver Twist" Fagin |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $600: Winning in 1948, he was the first American Olympic figure skating champion (Dick) Button |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | "BLUE" CHEESE $1200: In 1948 tenor Jan Peerce introduced us to this creature "of happiness" bluebird |
| #4038, aired 2002-03-06 | WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN $600: When you're having fun playing this board game invented in 1948, you'll draw up to 7 letter tiles Scrabble |
| #4032, aired 2002-02-26 | SPORTING PRESIDENTS $1600: He was the first baseman & captain of Yale's 1948 baseball team George Herbert Walker Bush |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | BACK TO THE 1940s $400: It's the year of the famous
newspaper headline seen here. 1948 |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: This man won the 1982 Best Actor Oscar for playing a 1948 assassination victim Ben Kingsley |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | PARTY HOPPING $400: In 1948 this SAG president campaigned for fellow Democrat Harry Truman; in 1962, he turned Republican Ronald Reagan |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | SO, COME HERE OFTEN? $1000: This "saintly" Swiss resort was the site of the Winter Olympic Games in 1928 & 1948 St. Moritz |
| #3919, aired 2001-09-20 | A BANNER YEAR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES $1000: Post World War II-year of the headline seen here 1948 |
| #3899, aired 2001-07-12 | BRAND NAME ORIGINS $400: This company began in 1948 when its founders began making slingshots in their garage Wham-o |
| #3884, aired 2001-06-21 | WE 3 $600: Eddie Arcaro is the only jockey to have won this twice: with Whirlaway in 1941 & Citation in 1948 Triple Crown |
| #3873, aired 2001-06-06 | "D" DAY $300: Despite what the newspaper said, in 1948 Truman defeated this man for president by 114 electoral votes Thomas Dewey |
| #3872, aired 2001-06-05 | I WON $200: As the Dixiecrat nominee, this South Carolina senator, then governor, won 39 electoral votes in 1948 Strom Thurmond |
| #3870, aired 2001-06-01 | TONY WINNERS OF THE '40s $800: Henry Fonda was so shipshape in this best play in 1948 that he won Best Actor Mister Roberts |
| #3862, aired 2001-05-22 | HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME $400: His smash songs include the 1948 million-seller "Nature Boy": Nat King Cole |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | I SEE TENNESSEE $2,600 (Daily Double): Though born in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 1948, his birth was front page news in the Nashville Tennessean Al Gore, Jr. |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | DIXIE CHICKS $300: Born in D.C. in 1948 but later calling Tennessee home, she nearly became first lady in 2001 Tipper Gore |
| #3846, aired 2001-04-30 | REALLY BAD DATES $400: A few hours after the announcement that this country had been formed, it was attacked by Egypt & Lebanon on May 15, 1948 Israel |
| #3835, aired 2001-04-13 | DUKE $500: A sort of western "Mutiny on the Bounty", this "colorful" 1948 film starred John Wayne & Monty Clift Red River |
| #3825, aired 2001-03-30 | FAMOUS JESSICAS $1,000 (Daily Double): One of People's 50 Most Beautiful was this 1948 & 1978 Tony Award winner Jessica Tandy |
| #3796, aired 2001-02-19 | BIG SCREEN BRAINBUSTERS $1000: Chicago newspaperman Jimmy Stewart helps a woman prove her son's innocence in this 1948 classic Call Northside 777 |
| #3792, aired 2001-02-13 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: While on his way to a prayer meeting in 1948, this "Great Soul" of India was assassinated Mahatma Gandhi |
| #3781, aired 2001-01-29 | ALPHABET SOUP $400: Paul Muller won a 1948 Nobel Prize for developing this now widely banned insecticide DDT |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | 50 CENTS $200: The crack on the back of the coins produced from 1948 to 1963 wasn't a design flaw, it was part of this object the Liberty Bell |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | FOODS OF THE '40s $800: In 1948 Aaron Lapin's company introduced this aerosol dessert topping brand Reddi-wip |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES $800 (Daily Double): 1948:
States' Rights Party Strom Thurmond |
| #3706, aired 2000-10-16 | A FILM ON YOUR TEETH $600: In the 1948 comedy "The Paleface" he was "Painless" Peter Potter, an inept dentist in the Old West Bob Hope |
| #3693, aired 2000-09-27 | LEGENDS OF BASEBALL $500: Signed by the Indians in 1948, this pitcher became the oldest rookie in major league history at age 42 Leroy "Satchel" Paige |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | DUTCH TREATIES $600: A 1948 Dutch truce with Indonesia was signed on a ship off this city, then called Batavia Jakarta |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | INDEPENDENCE! $200: May 14, 1948 is considered this country's day of independence Israel |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | HORSE SENSE $1000: In 1948 the public was let in to see the horses painted in the walls of this French cave Lascaux |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | FUN WITH OSCAR-WINNING FILMS $400: This 1948 film was the first Best Picture winner based on a play by Shakespeare Hamlet |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | OREGONE $600: In 1948 the town of Vanport was so devastated by one of these disasters, it had to be sold for salvage a flood |
| #3645, aired 2000-06-09 | "BRAND" NAMES $600: Founded in 1948, its symbol is seen here: Brandeis University |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | GETTING JAZZED $200: Introduced in 1948, these items let jazz become more complex by allowing longer performances on a single side LPs |
| #3616, aired 2000-05-01 | LOONEY TUNES $1000: The genie in 1948's "A Lad in His Lamp" was voiced by this man, pre-Magoo Jim Backus |
| #3615, aired 2000-04-28 | THE BLAIR NICHE PROJECT $800: A temporary White House from 1948 to 1952, it now lodges presidential guests Blair House |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | NOTABLE WOMEN $800: Her first novel, "The Road Through the Wall", was published in 1948, the same year as her short story "The Lottery" Shirley Jackson |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | I GOT A CALDECOTT! $1000: 1948's & '49's books had this weather condition in their titles; Roger Duvoisin's was "White" & "Bright"; the Haders', "Big" Snow |
| #3592, aired 2000-03-28 | HOW "RIGHT" YOU ARE! $200: By a unanimous vote in 1948, the U.N. adopted a "Universal Declaration of" these Human rights |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: Years after his death, the social teachings of this man reached into the heart of America:
(died in 1948) Mahatma Gandhi |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | CALL ME W $600: This Anglo-American poet picked up a Pulitzer in 1948 W.H. Auden |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | AT THE MOVIES $800: This 1948 film inspired by a real murder was Alfred Hitchcock's first movie in color Rope |
| #3536, aired 2000-01-10 | DICTATORS $600: North Korea:
1948-1994 Kim Il-Sung |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | THE CRADLE $100: England set up its National Health Service in 1948 to provide people coverage from "The cradle to" this The grave |
| #3511, aired 1999-12-06 | FAMILY FILMS $1000: Barbara Bel Geddes reminisces about her Norwegian mother, Irene Dunne, in this 1948 drama I Remember Mama |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | QUICK BIOS $200: Born in Porbandar in 1869; fasted, iconoclasted; died in New Delhi, 1948 Mahatma Gandhi |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA $300: In 1948 Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base became home to SAC, which stood for this Strategic Air Command |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | CHINESE LEADERS $400: President in China, 1948-1949; President in exile on Taiwan, 1949-1975 Chiang Kai-shek |
| #3434, aired 1999-07-08 | BE MY "PAL" $200: Under a League of Nations mandate, the British oversaw the affairs of this region from 1920 to 1948 Palestine |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | ASSASSINATIONS $200: Before his 1948 assassination, this father of modern India spoke of "The willing sacrifice of the innocent" Mohandas K. Gandhi |
| #3374, aired 1999-04-15 | HERE'S JOHNNY! $600: 1948's "Tarzan and the Mermaids" was his last film as the jungle man of the title Johnny Weissmuller |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | OXYMORONS $200: Name of a motorcycle gang founded in California in 1948; what do their wings look like? Hell's Angels |
| #3371, aired 1999-04-12 | NAMES IN THE NOOSE $800: A convicted war criminal, this Japanese leader who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor was hanged in 1948 Hideki Tojo |
| #3358, aired 1999-03-24 | THEY REST IN NEBRASKA $400: Many "Our Fathers" must have been said when he died May 15, 1948 & was interred in Boys Town Father Flanagan |
| #3348, aired 1999-03-10 | 50 YEARS AGO $400: On July 20, 1949 this country signed the final armistice of its 1948 war of independence, with Syria Israel |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | POLITICS $1000: This 1948 & 1952 Olympic decathloner was a California congressman from 1967 to 1975 Bob Mathias |
| #3343, aired 1999-03-03 | OPERA & BALLET $200: Choreographer Frederick Ashton played one of the ugly stepsisters when this ballet debuted in 1948 Cinderella |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY $100: Harry Truman ended it in the Army in 1948; the Supreme Court ended it in public schools in 1954 Segregation |
| #3288, aired 1998-12-16 | FUNNY WESTERNS $1000: In this 1948 film, Bob Hope played a dentist who marries "Calamity" Jane Russell The Paleface |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | NAME THE YEAR $400: This year's most famous headline, even if it was wrong ("Dewey Defeats Truman") 1948 |
| #3247, aired 1998-10-20 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS $400: Norman Mailer was just 25 when this 1948 bestseller, his first novel, was published The Naked and the Dead |
| #3232, aired 1998-09-29 | NAME THE MOVIE $400: 1948:
"I don't have to show you no stinkin' badges!" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #3210, aired 1998-07-10 | BERLE $500: In 1948 Berle's TV show reduced movie attendance on this night of the week Tuesday ("Mr. Tuesday Night") |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | 1948 $200: Denmark, Norway & Sweden combined their major airline companies into this one SAS (Scandinavian Arilines) |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | 1948 $400: On the third ballot on June 24, the Republican nomination for president went to this governor Thomas Dewey |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | 1948 $600: Baby seen here in 1948: Prince Charles |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | 1948 $1,000 (Daily Double): This Egyptian king's divorce was announced the same day as his sister's; she was married to the Shah of Iran King Farouk |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | 1948 $1000: To life, to life, to this man, elected provisional president of Israel May 16, 1948 Chaim Weizmann |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | JEWISH HISTORY $1000: The first congress of this movement met in 1897; its goal of Israeli statehood was achieved in 1948 Zionist movement |
| #3154, aired 1998-04-23 | TRAGEDIES $1000: This writer & wife of a famous author died in a fire at a mental hospital in 1948 Zelda Fitzgerald |
| #3153, aired 1998-04-22 | MMMMMM $500: 1948 saw the introduction of this brand, the first major U.S. aerosol food product Reddi-wip |
| #3135, aired 1998-03-27 | LAZYBONES $1000: In the 1948 campaign, it was Truman's favorite adjective for the Republican 80th Congress the Do-Nothing Congress |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | "HALF" $200: From 1948 to 1963 Benjamin Franklin was depicted on its obverse, the Liberty Bell on its reverse Half dollar |
| #3098, aired 1998-02-04 | CHAMBERS $200: In 1948 Whittaker Chambers testified that this State Department official was a Communist Alger Hiss |
| #3090, aired 1998-01-23 | FILM DIRECTORS $400: Vittorio De Sica directed a classic 1948 film about Antonio, who steals one of these vehicles a bicycle |
| #3086, aired 1998-01-19 | JANUARY 1948 $100: The Games of the Fifth Winter Olympiad opened Jan. 30, 1948 in this country's city of St. Moritz Switzerland |
| #3086, aired 1998-01-19 | JANUARY 1948 $200: California celebrated the 100th anniversary of the gold find at this man's sawmill John Sutter |
| #3086, aired 1998-01-19 | JANUARY 1948 $300: This New York governor said, "If nominated" by the Republican Party, he'd run for president Thomas Dewey |
| #3086, aired 1998-01-19 | JANUARY 1948 $400: On January 1, 1948 GATT, a general agreement on these 2 "T"s, went into effect Tariffs & trade |
| #3086, aired 1998-01-19 | JANUARY 1948 $500: He was nominated to succeed Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff Omar Bradley |
| #3070, aired 1997-12-26 | MILESTONES IN MATH $800: Norbert Wiener wrote 1948's "Cybernetics" while teaching at this U.S. institute in Cambridge MIT |
| #3061, aired 1997-12-15 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $400: Painted in 1948, it's considered Andrew Wyeth's most famous work "Christina's World" |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | CARROTS $300: Carrots are one of the octet of vegetables in this Campbell's drink introduced nationwide in 1948 V8 |
| #3013, aired 1997-10-08 | 1940S TV $200: Martin & Lewis headlined the June 20, 1948 premiere of his really big shew Ed Sullivan |
| #3005, aired 1997-09-26 | FUN FACTS $600: It was the Chicago Tribune's erroneous 1948 election night headline "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" |
| #3002, aired 1997-09-23 | THE 1940s $300: Things developed rapidly after this Edwin Land creation went on sale in 1948 the Polaroid camera |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | LITERARY WOMEN $600: Her story "The Lottery" was first published in The New Yorker in 1948 Shirley Jackson |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $1000: The British born & bred Evelyn Waugh set this satirical 1948 novel in California The Loved One |
| #2994, aired 1997-09-11 | BACK TO SCHOOL $1000: He graduated from West Point in 1915 & returned to school in 1948 as president of Columbia University Eisenhower |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | HISTORY $600: After a 50-year active reign, Wilhelmina stepped down as queen of this country in 1948 Netherlands (Holland) |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | PERSONAL PRODUCTS $1000: In 1948 Bristol-Myers added antacids to aspirin & created this product Bufferin |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | NAME THAT TOON $300: He starred in 1948's "Symphony in Spinach" Popeye (the Sailor Man) |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | NAME THAT TOON $500: 1948's "Magpie Madness" starred this Terrytoon pair Heckle & Jeckle |
| #2977, aired 1997-07-08 | AWARDS $400: His innovative poems like "The Waste Land" earned him the 1948 Nobel Prize for Literature Thomas Stearns Eliot |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | REPUBLICANS $1000: In 1948 Thomas Dewey "commissioned" this California governor as his vice presidential running mate Earl Warren |
| #2970, aired 1997-06-27 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $600 (Daily Double): In 1948 he had 3 plays on Broadway: "John Bull's Other Island", "You Never Can Tell" & "Man & Superman" George Bernard Shaw |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | THE 1940s $500: On August 3, 1948 Whittaker Chambers testified before this committee HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) |
| #2947, aired 1997-05-27 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $500: This 1948 running mate of Thomas Dewey later became chief justice Earl Warren |
| #2905, aired 1997-03-28 | AFRICAN HISTORY $200: Segregation was in effect long before this country formally introduced apartheid in 1948 South Africa |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | THE 1940s $900 (Daily Double): In 1948 she became director of Research in Contemporary Cultures at Columbia University Margaret Mead |
| #2880, aired 1997-02-21 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $300: In 1948 he became the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Minnesota Hubert Humphrey |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | HISTORY $200: This European capital was divided in 1948 & not reunified until 1990 Berlin |
| #2843, aired 1997-01-01 | THEY ALSO RAN $800: The Progressive Party ran this former FDR vice president in 1948 Henry Wallace |
| #2843, aired 1997-01-01 | THEY ALSO RAN $1000: While governor of South Carolina in 1948, he ran for president as a Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond |
| #2835, aired 1996-12-20 | THE 1990s $200: In 1996 Tomiichi Murayama, this country's first Socialist premier since 1948, resigned Japan |
| #2798, aired 1996-10-30 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $800: Horror film stars Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee appeared in this British actor's 1948 film "Hamlet" Sir Laurence Olivier |
| #2783, aired 1996-10-09 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: This celebrated hairstylist fought for the Israeli army during the 1948 War of Independence Vidal Sassoon |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | HAROLDRY $600: This Minnesotan unsuccessfully sought the GOP nomination 7 times between 1948 & 1980 (Harold) Stassen |
| #2761, aired 1996-09-09 | HISTORY $200: On January 31, 1948, his body was cremated at the Raj Ghat shrine in New Delhi Gandhi |
| #2751, aired 1996-07-15 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: This spiritual & political leader of India ended his last fast just days before he was slain in 1948 Mahatma Gandhi |
| #2746, aired 1996-07-08 | SCIENTISTS $200: In 1948 the centigrade temperature scale was officially named in his honor Celsius |
| #2745, aired 1996-07-05 | PLAYS $800: Completes the title of a 1948 Christopher Fry play about witchcraft, "The Lady's Not for..." Burning |
| #2725, aired 1996-06-07 | FIRST LADIES $1,500 (Daily Double): From 1943 to 1948 she was Fashion director for Herpolsheimer's department store in Grand Rapids, Michigan Betty Ford |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: This 1948 Moira Shearer film named for colorful footwear has been adapted as a Broadway musical The Red Shoes |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | SOFT DRINKS $300: This company introduced its Quik drink mix in 1948 Nestlé |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | MUSIC $400: In 1948 violinist Robert Mann helped found this string quartet named for a NYC school Juilliard |
| #2685, aired 1996-04-12 | DOWN FOR THE COUNT $600: Count Bernadotte, a diplomat & nephew of this country's King Gustav V, was assassinated in 1948 Sweden |
| #2684, aired 1996-04-11 | ABBOTT & COSTELLO $400: Glenn Strange's third film appearance as this monster was in a 1948 Abbott & Costello Universal film Frankenstein's monster |
| #2684, aired 1996-04-11 | JULY $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 1948 convention of the States' Rights Party, Fielding Wright was selected as his running mate (Strom) Thurmond |
| #2681, aired 1996-04-08 | GENE KELLY MOVIES $200: Kelly played D'Artagnan in this 1948 MGM swashbuckler The Three Musketeers |
| #2657, aired 1996-03-05 | POLITICS $800: Popular name of the States' Rights Democrats who supported Strom Thurmond in 1948 the Dixiecrats |
| #2646, aired 1996-02-19 | "FLYING" THINGS $100: Between 1948 & 1969, the Air Force investigated over 12,000 sightings of these flying saucers |
| #2630, aired 1996-01-26 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $800: After 1948 this black American author of "Go Tell It on the Mountain" lived mostly in France (James) Baldwin |
| #2627, aired 1996-01-23 | INTERNATIONAL POLITICS $200: In December 1993 the Catholic Church agreed to establish diplomatic ties with this state founded in 1948 Israel |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | ORGANIZATIONS $4,000 (Daily Double): It was founded April 30, 1948 by 21 nations at a conference in Bogota, Colombia the Organization of American States |
| #2616, aired 1996-01-08 | NEW YEAR'S EVE BABIES $600: Born LaDonna Gaine December 31, 1948, she was "Hot Stuff" in the disco era Donna Summer |
| #2613, aired 1996-01-03 | GUINNESS RECORDS $500: His record rule in North Korea lasted from 1948 until his death in 1994 Kim Il-sung |
| #2609, aired 1995-12-28 | NEWSPAPERS $200: In 1948 this newspaper merged with the Chicago Sun the Times |
| #2594, aired 1995-12-07 | FILMS OF THE '40s $1000: He directed & starred in 1948's "The Lady from Shanghai" Orson Welles |
| #2590, aired 1995-12-01 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $6,000 (Daily Double): The Waltham, Massachusetts university named for him was founded in 1948, 7 years after is death Brandeis |
| #2588, aired 1995-11-29 | BALLET $800: In 1948 this future star of the film "Gigi" played the Sphinx in a French ballet about Oedipus Leslie Caron |
| #2583, aired 1995-11-22 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $300: In 1948 a replica of the log cabin in which this black educator was born was constructed at his memorial Booker T. Washington |
| #2579, aired 1995-11-16 | DANCE $200: Act II of this 1948 fairy tale ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton is set at a palace ball Cinderella |
| #2579, aired 1995-11-16 | SCIENTISTS $800: In 1948 the Kaiser Wilhelm Society was renamed for this originator of the quantum theory Max Planck |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: This general & premier who led Japan into war in 1941 was hanged as a war criminal in 1948 Hideki Tojo |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | TELEVISION HISTORY $300: The FCC deleted this channel number from VHF allocations in 1948 1 |
| #2562, aired 1995-10-24 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $800: In 1948 this Democrat was elected Illinois governor by the largest majority in the state's history Adlai Stevenson |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | NEWSPAPERS $600: This St. Louis newspaper won Pulitzers for meritorious public service in 1937, 1941, 1948 & 1952 the St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | PROFESSORS $200: In 1948 this discoverer of penicillin became professor emeritus at the University of London (Alexander) Fleming |
| #2544, aired 1995-09-28 | CARTOONISTS $1000: Known for his complicated contraptions, he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for Editorial Cartooning Rube Goldberg |
| #2543, aired 1995-09-27 | ECONOMICS $1000: Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago 1948-1982, he won a 1976 Nobel Prize Milton Friedman |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | POLITICIANS $400: He was Speaker of the Mass. House of Rep. 1948-1952 & Speaker of the U.S. House 1977-1987 Tip O'Neill |
| #2501, aired 1995-06-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Gen. Lewis Hershey presided over this U.S. draft agency 1941-1946 & 1948-1970 Selective Service |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | LITERATURE $800: This 1948 work about World War II was Norman Mailer's first novel The Naked and the Dead |
| #2475, aired 1995-05-12 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: The first book written by this president was "crusade in Europe" in 1948 Eisenhower |
| #2453, aired 1995-04-12 | ART & ARTISTS $1000: This American painted his famous portrait of a crippled neighbor, "Christina's World", in 1948 Andrew Wyeth |
| #2448, aired 1995-04-05 | VIEWPOINTS $500: On June 3, 1948 the 200-inch hale telescope was dedicated atop this mountain Mt. Palomar |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $600: After 1948 these tiny devices were used to replace vacuum tubes in electronic equipment transistors |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | FRANK SINATRA FILMS $100: Sinatra played Ricardo, a "kissing" one of these, in a 1948 film a bandit |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | BALLET DANCERS $1000: In 1948 Moira Shearer starred in the ballet "Cinderella" & in this classic ballet film The Red Shoes |
| #2407, aired 1995-02-07 | THE UNITED NATIONS $300: After his assassination in New Delhi Jan. 30, 1948, the General Assembly set aside a period of mourning Gandhi |
| #2390, aired 1995-01-13 | THEATRE $800: This 1948 Maxwell Anderson play features the Boleyn family Anne of the Thousand Days |
| #2384, aired 1995-01-05 | HISTORY $1000: South Korea's president from 1948, he resigned in April 1960 due to student-led demonstrations Syngman Rhee |
| #2353, aired 1994-11-23 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $300: In 1948 the results of his studies of sexual behavior in the human male were published Alfred Kinsey |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $200: In 1948 Aaron Copland wrote a clarinet concerto for this swing band leader & clarinetist Benny Goodman |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | MOVIE THRILLERS $500: Barbara Stanwyck got an Oscar nomination for her role in this 1948 thriller based on a 1943 radio play Sorry, Wrong Number |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | WEREWOLF $300: In 1948 this title comedy pair met a werewolf at the same time they met Frankenstein Abbott & Costello |
| #2318, aired 1994-10-05 | WALLS $400: Between 1948 & 1967, Israeli Jews were denied access to it by Jordan Wailing Wall (or Western Wall) |
| #2312, aired 1994-09-27 | '40s FILM FACTS $400: This blonde sex symbol made her debut in 1948's "Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!"; you can glimpse her in a canoe Marilyn Monroe |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | AVIATION $200: On Dec. 17, 1948, the 45th anniv. of their first flight, their "Flyer" went on display at the Smithsonian the Wright Brothers |
| #2307, aired 1994-09-20 | LOUISIANA $500: In 1948 his son Russell was elected to the U.S. Senate from Louisiana Huey Long |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $800: In a 1948-49 war, this country increased its territory by about 50% Israel |
| #2295, aired 1994-07-22 | THE 1940s $300: In 1948 vitamin B-12 was isolated & found effective against this "pernicious" affliction pernicious anemia |
| #2292, aired 1994-07-19 | OPERAS & OPERETTAS $1000: Heinrich Sutermeister based his 1948 opera "Raskolnikoff" on this Dostoyevsky novel Crime and Punishment |
| #2290, aired 1994-07-15 | SINGERS $500: She co-wrote her 1948 million-seller "Manana" with her first husband, Dave Barbour Peggy Lee |
| #2289, aired 1994-07-14 | KOREA $1000: When North Korea was established in 1948, he became premier Kim Il-sung |
| #2287, aired 1994-07-12 | ARTISTS $400: His baseball painting "The Dugout" adorned the Sept. 4, 1948 cover of the Saturday Evening Post Norman Rockwell |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | THIRD PARTIES $400: Third party Wallaces include Henry Wallace in 1948 & this man in 1968 George Wallace |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | NOTABLE NAMES $800: It was the Hebrew name of David Gruen, who became Israel's first prime minister in 1948 David Ben-Gurion |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | THIRD PARTIES $2,000 (Daily Double): This party for which Norman Thomas ran 1928-1948 was looking for liberal reforms the Socialist Party |
| #2280, aired 1994-07-01 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: In August 1948 Whittaker Chambers accused this former State Dept. official of Communist activities Alger Hiss |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: This Indian leader began his final fast January 12, 1948; he was killed 2 1/2 weeks later Gandhi |
| #2263, aired 1994-06-08 | THE MOVIES $1000: Director John Ford followed this 1948 western with "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" & "Rio Grande" Fort Apache |
| #2257, aired 1994-05-31 | CLASSIC TELEVISION $100: In 1948 this Marionette ran for president of all the kids in the United States Howdy Doody |
| #2243, aired 1994-05-11 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $400: In 1948 this ex-first lady wrote to Harry Truman, "No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war" Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #2235, aired 1994-04-29 | THE 20th CENTURY $300: The Organization of American States was founded at a 1948 conference in this Colombian capital Bogota |
| #2218, aired 1994-04-06 | THE COLD WAR $400: In response to a Soviet blockade, the West airlifted supplies into this city in 1948 & 1949 Berlin |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | THE MOVIES $1000: This 1948 Vittorio De Sica film about a stolen 2-wheeled vehicle is considered a classic The Bicycle Thief |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | FORTS $200: In 1948 this fort in Charleston Harbor was designated a national monument Fort Sumter |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | THE COMICS $200: This "M.D." created by Nicholas Dallis in 1948 is still going strong Rex Morgan, M.D. |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | LANGUAGES $1000: Romansh is the main language of this Swiss ski resort, the site of the 1928 & 1948 Winter Olympics St. Moritz |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: This Mideast country celebrates its 1948 independence on the fifth day of the lunar month of Iyar Israel |
| #2190, aired 1994-02-25 | INVENTORS $200: In 1948 Kevin Tuohy developed the modern plastic type of this eye lens a contact lens |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $800: After years as a playwright, he wrote his first novel, "The Young Lions", in 1948 (Irwin) Shaw |
| #2173, aired 1994-02-02 | POLITICAL PARTY TIME $400: The Italian constitution of January 1, 1948 ousted this party Fascist |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | WORLD HISTORY $600: A 1948 defense pact among 5 European nations led to the creation of this expanded alliance in 1949 NATO |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | U.S. COINS $1,500 (Daily Double): From 1948-1963 the half-dollar had this object on its back the Liberty Bell |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | CLASSIC CINEMA $500: Laurence Olivier dyed his hair blond for this role, which won him an Oscar as the "Best Actor" of 1948 Hamlet |
| #2147, aired 1993-12-28 | HISTORY $600: The Haganah, a volunteer militia formed after WWI, became this country's Nat'l Army in 1948 Israel |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS $100: Hugh Lofting's book about this doctor "and the Secret Lake" was published posthumously in 1948 Doctor Dolittle |
| #2133, aired 1993-12-08 | 1984 $200: His 1948 novel "1984" hit No. 2 on one of Publisher's Weekly's best seller list George Orwell |
| #2130, aired 1993-12-03 | STARTS WITH "WH" $400: In 1948 Harry Truman toured the country during this type of railroad campaign whistle stop |
| #2116, aired 1993-11-15 | BORN & DIED $100: He was born October 2, 1869 to a merchant caste family in Porbandar, India & died January 30, 1948 in New Delhi Mohandas Gandhi |
| #2103, aired 1993-10-27 | MOVIE TRIVIA $400: In this 1948 Humphrey Bogart movie, the Florida Hotel was really a set on the Warner Brothers lot Key Largo |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | ODDS & ENDS $100: Founded in 1948, this country requires its men & women to serve in the Armed Forces Israel |
| #2082, aired 1993-09-28 | HISTORY $300: This U.N. agency, the W.H.O. for short, was established in 1948 World Health Organization |
| #2080, aired 1993-09-24 | WORLD CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Once a private estate, it became capital of the Philippines in 1948 but was replaced by Manila in 1976 Quezon City |
| #2075, aired 1993-09-17 | MOVIE NOSTALGIA $200: In a 1948 film Gene Kelly pretended to be "Mack the Black", one of these dreaded nautical criminals pirate |
| #2060, aired 1993-07-16 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $100: The Chicago Times merged with this newspaper in 1948 The Sun |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: When named Israel's first prime minister in 1948, he was chairman of the World Zionist Organization David Ben-Gurion |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | THE COMMONWEALTH $400: This country asked to leave the Commonwealth in 1948 but is still a part of the British Isles Ireland |
| #2028, aired 1993-06-02 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $300: In 1948 N.Y. lawyer Frieda B. Hennock became the 1st woman appointed to this broadcasting agency the FCC |
| #2027, aired 1993-06-01 | REPUBLICANS $800: His running mates in 1944 & 1948 were John Bricker & Earl Warren Thomas Dewey |
| #2003, aired 1993-04-28 | "WILD" THINGS $800: It was President Truman's 1948 campaign song "I'm Just Wild About Harry" |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | LYRICISTS $800: In the 1948 film biography "Words and Music", Mickey Rooney portrayed this partner of Richard Rodgers (Lorenz) Hart |
| #1970, aired 1993-03-12 | ORGANIZATIONS $5,000 (Daily Double): On April 30, 1948 this agency was established by 21 nations in Bogota, Colombia the OAS (the Organization of American States) |
| #1965, aired 1993-03-05 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $300: He said in a 1948 speech, "I would rather have a lasting peace in the world than be president" Truman |
| #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 |
| #1935, aired 1993-01-22 | EVEN MORE MOOSE POTPOURRI $200: In 1948 he wrote about Thidwick, a big-hearted moose, not a Grinch Dr. Seuss |
| #1926, aired 1993-01-11 | THE WHITE HOUSE $500: While the White House was being reconstructed, President Truman lived here from 1948-1952 Blair House |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $200: In 1948 Spike Jones had a No. 1 hit with "All I Want For Christmas Is" this "My Two Front Teeth" |
| #1907, aired 1992-12-15 | WORLD LEADERS $600: Resisting Soviet control, this Yugoslavian leader broke with Stalin in 1948 Tito |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | U.S. HISTORY $500: In 1948 this party split from the Democrats & ran Strom Thurmond for president the Dixiecrats |
| #1893, aired 1992-11-25 | HISTORY $800: A symbol of Dutch resistance to the Nazis, the Queen abdicated in favor of daughter Juliana in 1948 Wilhelmina |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | MAXWELL ANDERSON $200: This queen was the Anne in Anderson's 1948 "Anne of the Thousand Days" Anne Boleyn |
| #1889, aired 1992-11-19 | THEATRE $600: This acting teacher was the artistic director of New York City's Actors Studio from 1948 until 1982, the year he died Lee Strasberg |
| #1885, aired 1992-11-13 | GOLDEN GUYS $300: In 1948 Peter Goldmark and his team at CBS introduced this type of record LP |
| #1868, aired 1992-10-21 | BALLET $400: A 1948 production of this fairy tale ballet ballet featured Robert Helpman & Frederick Ashton as the ugly stepsisters Cinderella |
| #1868, aired 1992-10-21 | HUGHS $400: "Dr. Dolittle & the Secret Lake", his last in a series, was published posthumously in 1948 Hugh Lofting |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | LITERATURE $100: Thornton Wilder's 1948 novel, "The Ides of March", was a fictional account of the life of this Roman Julius Caesar |
| #1859, aired 1992-10-08 | PRESIDENTS $300: He was elected president in 1948 on a campaign theme attacking the "Do Nothing 80th Congress" Harry Truman |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | THEATER $600: Jessica Tandy won a 1948 Tony for playing this role in the original cast of "A Streetcar Named Desire" Blanche DuBois |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | THE 1940s $1000: The 200" Hale telescope on this California mountain was dedicated June 3, 1948 Mount Palomar |
| #1844, aired 1992-09-17 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $400: In 1948, the magazine "U.S. News" merged with this other publication World Report |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: She joined the Sisters of Loreto in 1928 & founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1948 Mother Teresa |
| #1841, aired 1992-09-14 | CARY GRANT FILMS $300: As this character Cary built his dream house in a 1948 release Mr. Blandings |
| #1840, aired 1992-09-11 | MODERN HISTORY $500: In 1948 the GOP chose Earl Warren as the running mate for this N.Y. governor Dewey |
| #1829, aired 1992-07-09 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: In 1948 the Organization of American States was founded in this Colombian city Bogotá |
| #1827, aired 1992-07-07 | FILMS OF THE '40s $400: Jane Wyman won an Oscar for playing Belinda McDonald in this 1948 film Johnny Belinda |
| #1826, aired 1992-07-06 | GENEVA $400: In 1948 the World Medical Association revised this oath in Geneva Hippocratic Oath |
| #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $400: "Hatikvah", meaning "hope", was adopted as this country's national anthem in 1948 Israel |
| #1771, aired 1992-04-20 | ART $800: From 1948-1951 this Fauvist leader designed & decorated the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence Henri Matisse |
| #1766, aired 1992-04-13 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: Until June 22, 1948, this British king was also emperor of India George VI |
| #1748, aired 1992-03-18 | U.S. HISTORY $200: On Nov. 3, 1948 the Chicago Tribune erroneously reported that he defeated Truman Dewey |
| #1748, aired 1992-03-18 | BOGART FILMS $800: Claire Trevor won an Oscar for playing Edward G. Robinson's mistress in this 1948 film Key Largo |
| #1730, aired 1992-02-21 | FAMOUS FOLKS $200: In 1948 she got permission to leave her convent to help the poor of India Mother Teresa |
| #1714, aired 1992-01-30 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: On May 11, 1948 Howard Hughes bought a controlling interest in this movie studio RKO |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: In 1948 Baron Marcel Bich started a company to make inexpensive ones of these pens |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: This future president of El Salvador was a member of Notre Dame's class of 1948 Napoleón Duarte |
| #1692, aired 1991-12-31 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1948 this general succeeded Eisenhower as chief of staff of the Army Omar Bradley |
| #1679, aired 1991-12-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: From 1948 to '53, Dwight D. Eisenhower served as president of this Ivy League university Columbia |
| #1664, aired 1991-11-21 | GEOGRAPHY $100: In 1948 Norwegians increased the size of this capital city 27-fold Oslo |
| #1662, aired 1991-11-19 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $800: In 1948 this California governor was Dewey's running mate; 5 years later he became Chief Justice Earl Warren |
| #1661, aired 1991-11-18 | DANCERS $1000: Red-haired ballerina who made her film debut in "The Red Shoes" in 1948 Moira Shearer |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | AWARDS $300: From 1948 to 1966, she received 30 Oscar nominations for Best Costume Design (Edith) Head |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | GOVERNORS $1000: In 1948 he was elected governor of Illinois by the largest majority in the states history Adlai Stevenson |
| #1645, aired 1991-10-25 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: Under Tito, this country was expelled from the Soviet bloc in 1948 Yugoslavia |
| #1633, aired 1991-10-09 | NOVELS & NOVELISTS $600: Pearl Buck's 1948 novel "Peony" tells the story of a Jewish family living in this country China |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | SOUTHEAST ASIA $800: On January 4, 1948, Burma gained its independence from this European power Great Britain |
| #1611, aired 1991-09-09 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1000: Major General Edward Cummings is one of the main characters in this 1948 Norman Mailer novel The Naked and the Dead |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: The Raj Ghat in Delhi marks the spot where his remains were cremated in 1948 Mahatma Gandhi |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | REX HARRISON $500: Rex won a Tony for his 1948 performance in this regal role in "Anne of the Thousand Days" Henry VIII |
| #1594, aired 1991-07-04 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $500: Quezon City was the official capital of this country from 1948-1976 The Philippines |
| #1583, aired 1991-06-19 | POTPOURRI $100: In 1948 Robert Ricci created L'Air du Temps perfume for this company named for his mother Nina Ricci |
| #1583, aired 1991-06-19 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: Dr. Syngman Rhee was elected 1st president of this country on July 20, 1948 Korea |
| #1583, aired 1991-06-19 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: Gov. Fielding L. Wright of Mississippi was this man's running mate on the 1948 Dixiecrat ticket (Senator) J. Strom Thurmond |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1948, he turned over command of the U.S. Army and became president of Columbia University Dwight Eisenhower |
| #1574, aired 1991-06-06 | BESTSELLERS $1000: "Means of Ascent" includes an account of this future president's race for the Senate in 1948 Lyndon Baines Johnson |
| #1573, aired 1991-06-05 | SPORT OF KINGS $400: He became the only jockey to ride two Triple Crown winners, on Whirlaway in 1941 & Citation in 1948 Eddie Arcaro |
| #1567, aired 1991-05-28 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $400: The centigrade temperature scale was officially renamed this in 1948 Celsius |
| #1518, aired 1991-03-20 | THE U N $800: In 1948 the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of these Human Rights |
| #1517, aired 1991-03-19 | 1948 $100: The U.S. & Guatemala were the 1st countries to recognize this Mideast state, proclaimed May 14 Israel |
| #1517, aired 1991-03-19 | 1948 $200: This man, Japan's premier when Pearl Harbor was bombed, was sentenced to death in Tokyo Tojo |
| #1517, aired 1991-03-19 | 1948 $300: Citation won this race on June 12 to become the 8th Triple Crown winner the Belmont Stakes |
| #1517, aired 1991-03-19 | 1948 $400: This author's widow, born Zelda Sayre, was killed in a mental hospital fire F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #1517, aired 1991-03-19 | 1948 $500: Over 1 million people watched his cremation on the bank of the Jumna River on January 31 (Mohandas) Gandhi |
| #1499, aired 1991-02-21 | BALLET $1000: This handsome dancer was born in Riga, Latvia in 1948; he defected to the West in 1974 in Canada Baryshnikov |
| #1478, aired 1991-01-23 | AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY $400: Inspired by the P-38 fighter plane, this design feature appeared in 1948 & reached its peak in 1959 tailfins |
| #1477, aired 1991-01-22 | BARBARA STANWYCK $500: Stanwyck played a bedridden heiress marked for murder in this 1948 suspense film Sorry, Wrong Number |
| #1472, aired 1991-01-15 | 20TH CENTURY PERSONALITIES $400: This British prince was born on November 14, 1948 Prince Charles |
| #1442, aired 1990-12-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The State's Rights Democrats who opposed their party's civil rights plank in 1948 were known as this the Dixiecrats |
| #1436, aired 1990-11-26 | U.S. CURRENCY $600: From 1948-63, his profile appeared on the half-dollar Franklin |
| #1430, aired 1990-11-16 | RECORD LABELS $400: In 1948 this label introduced the first LP Columbia |
| #1423, aired 1990-11-07 | DANCE $400: Formerly called Ballet Society, it changed its name in 1948 when it gave its 1st performance at City Center the New York City Ballet |
| #1414, aired 1990-10-25 | TOYS & GAMES $500: Alfred M. Butts called his game "Criss Cross", but it was redesigned in 1948 & sold under this name Scrabble |
| #1394, aired 1990-09-27 | FICTION $1000: His first novel, "The Young Lions", appeared in 1948, 22 years before "Rich Man, Poor Man" Irwin Shaw |
| #1387, aired 1990-09-18 | HISTORY $300: Barron's World History says he was killed January 30, 1948 by a confused & frustrated fanatic (Mahatma) Gandhi |
| #1387, aired 1990-09-18 | POLITICAL PARTIES $800: In 1948 the Progressive Party chose this FDR VP as its presidential candidate Henry Wallace |
| #1377, aired 1990-09-04 | AWARDS $600: Jessica Tandy's first of 3 Tony Awards came in 1948 for her performance as Blanche DuBois in this play A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #1356, aired 1990-06-25 | 1940s TELEVISION $100: In 1948-9, when he hosted the variety series "The Gulf Road Show", he didn't call himself "Buffalo" Bob Smith |
| #1333, aired 1990-05-23 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: This suburb of Manila was the official capital of the Philippines from 1948-1976 Quezon City |
| #1311, aired 1990-04-23 | THE OLYMPICS $400: In 1948 Gretchen Fraser became the first American to win a gold medal in this winter sport skiing |
| #1309, aired 1990-04-19 | RECENT U.S. HISTORY $400: N.Y. governor who announced in January 1948 he'd run for president if nominated; he was; he lost Thomas Dewey |
| #1305, aired 1990-04-13 | THE 1940s $200: One critic said this 1948 Mailer novel is "more concerned with the latter than the former" The Naked and the Dead |
| #1304, aired 1990-04-12 | POLITICS & GOVERNMENT $500: Strom Thurmond won 4 Southern states as the 1948 presidential nominee of this third party Dixiecrats |
| #1285, aired 1990-03-16 | POLITICAL PARTIES $300: Norman Thomas was this party's presidential candidate in every election from 1928 to 1948 Socialist Party |
| #1283, aired 1990-03-14 | WORLD LEADERS $600: In 1948 she became Israel's 1st envoy to the USSR Golda Meir |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | MUSICALS $800: Mrs. Ray Bolger co-produced this 1948 Ray Bolger musical based on "Charley's Aunt" Where's Charley? |
| #1277, aired 1990-03-06 | SCREEN GEMS $800: This 1948 film based on a Steinbeck story about a fisherman was shot in Mexico The Pearl |
| #1270, aired 1990-02-23 | HISTORY $800: Within 3 days of declaring statehood, May 14,1948, Israel was recognized by the U.S. & this country USSR |
| #1269, aired 1990-02-22 | BELLS $500: From 1948-1963 this U.S. coin featured a bell on the tails side the 50-cent piece (the Benjamin Franklin half dollar) |
| #1265, aired 1990-02-16 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $500: This game came out in 1948 after being developed from a spelling game called "Criss Cross" Scrabble |
| #1251, aired 1990-01-29 | TELEVISION $100: He placed 6th in the U.S. Olympic decathlon trials in 1948 before limping into TV's "Gunsmoke" Dennis Weaver |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | HAMLET $400: He not only starred in the Oscar-winning 1948 film of "Hamlet", he produced & directed it (Laurence) Olivier |
| #1182, aired 1989-10-24 | FOREIGN BRAND NAMES $400: In 1948 the optical company Nippon Kogaku KK introduced this 35mm camera name Nikon |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | MUSIC TRIVIA $100: In 1948 the Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra was renamed this the Israel Philharmonic |
| #1127, aired 1989-06-27 | FAMOUS PAIRS $100: When partners Burt & Irving founded this ice cream chain in 1948, they had fewer than 31 flavors Baskin-Robbins |
| #1120, aired 1989-06-16 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $800: In 1948 she discovered a 25-million-year-old skull in Africa Mary Leakey |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | SPIES $1000: In 1948 this editor of Time magazine identified himself & Alger Hiss as Soviet agents Whittaker Chambers |
| #1077, aired 1989-04-18 | THE 20TH CENTURY $400: In 1948 the Pan American was reorganized into this the Organization of American States |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | MOVIES $400: A TV series was based on this 1948 film which dealt with one of "8 Million Stories" The Naked City |
| #1025, aired 1989-02-03 | ASSASSINATIONS $600: Nathuram Godse shot him January 30, 1948 Gandhi |
| #1023, aired 1989-02-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: This S. Carolina senator was governor of the state when he ran against Truman & Dewey in 1948 Strom Thurmond |
| #1017, aired 1989-01-24 | FOOTBALL $300: Halfback Fred Gehrke 1st painted these on L.A. Rams' helmets back in 1948, & they're still there horns |
| #1001, aired 1989-01-02 | 1948 $200: The Cleveland Indians in 6 games over the Boston Braves who won the World Series |
| #1001, aired 1989-01-02 | 1948 $400: down beat readers got on the "A" train, voting his band most popular in the U.S. Duke Ellington |
| #1001, aired 1989-01-02 | 1948 $600: Dr, Paul Mueller won the Nobel Prize for discovering that this chemical would kill insects DDT |
| #1001, aired 1989-01-02 | 1948 $800: This Evelyn Waugh satire on life & death (mostly death) in So. Calif. was published June 23 The Loved One |
| #1001, aired 1989-01-02 | 1948 $1000: Even before it said Dewey won, Pres. Truman called this daily 1 of "the 2 worst papers in the country" the Chicago Tribune |
| #978, aired 1988-11-30 | POT LUCK $400: A presidential candidate in 1948, this 85-year-old senator has represented South Carolina for over 33 years Strom Thurmond |
| #978, aired 1988-11-30 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: It's not known if the 1948 death of this country's foreign minister, Jan Masaryk, was murder or suicide Czechoslovakia |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1948 this country closed its consulates in the U.S. following the defection of 3 citizens Soviet Union |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | LITERATURE $400: He wrote his 1948 novel "The Naked and the Dead" while he was enrolled at the Sorbonne Norman Mailer |
| #955, aired 1988-10-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1,100 (Daily Double): From mid 1948 to late 1949 an average of 4,000 tons of provisions a day were being flown into this city Berlin |
| #935, aired 1988-09-30 | TRANSPORTATION $600: June 30, 1948 was the last day you could ride the New York City subway at this price a nickel |
| #931, aired 1988-09-26 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $200: In 1948 Peter Goldmark devised this, usually abbreviated "LP" a long-playing record |
| #926, aired 1988-09-19 | WINE, WOMEN & SONG $400: She was "Miss Burbank" in 1948, several years before she began "Singin' in the Rain" Debbie Reynolds |
| #918, aired 1988-09-07 | ANIMALS OF THE WORLD $200: Perhaps their intelligence was a "factor" in choosing one of these monkeys for a 1948 rocket launch a rhesus monkey |
| #913, aired 1988-07-20 | THE 1940s $300: From mid 1948-late 1949, an average of 4,000 tons of provisions a day were being flown into this city Berlin |
| #913, aired 1988-07-20 | THE 1940s $400: In June 1948, Stalin broke diplomatic ties with this European Communist country Yugoslavia |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $400: He wrote "Rumba is My Life" in 1948, before he rumba-ed off with Charo Xavier Cugat |
| #880, aired 1988-06-03 | SHANGHAI MOVIES $500: This 1948 Orson Welles film features a shattering climax in a hall of mirrors The Lady from Shanghai |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | '40s TELEVISION $200: This sponsor's "Star Theater" started Tuesday September 21, 1948 Texaco |
| #841, aired 1988-04-11 | BASEBALL $300: His 1987 Major League-leading .370 batting average was highest in the N.L. since 1948 Tony Gwynn |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | THE YEAR THAT WAS $400: Communist coup in Czechoslovakia, Berlin blockade began, State of Israel established 1948 |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | ANCIENT TELEVISION $800: 1st on TV in 1948, this Sunday talent showcase ran 23 seasons before being replaced by pro football games The Amateur Hour (Ted Mack's or Major Bowes) |
| #807, aired 1988-02-23 | MOVIE ROYALTY $500: Jose Ferrer made his movie debut as the dauphin in this 1948 Ingrid Bergman film Joan of Arc |
| #802, aired 1988-02-16 | WORLD CITIES $1000: When Burma became independent in 1948, this city was its capital, & it still is Rangoon |
| #779, aired 1988-01-14 | MOVIE CLASSICS $400: In the 1948 film, Leonide Massine makes this title footwear for Moira Shearer red shoes |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | POLITICIANS $600: He decided against an opera career & later opposed Truman in 1948 Thomas Dewey |
| #756, aired 1987-12-14 | ACADEMY AWARDS $300: Everybody wondered if it was "to be or not to be" Best Picture of 1948--& it was Hamlet |
| #711, aired 1987-10-12 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $200: Though a "sultan", not a Viking, this Yankee was buried in Valhalla, N.Y. in August 1948 Babe Ruth |
| #710, aired 1987-10-09 | LANDMARKS $600: A New Delhi memorial called the Raj Ghat marks the spot where he was cremated in 1948 Mahatma Gandhi |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | MILITARY MOVIES $800 (Daily Double): 1 of 3 John Wayne movies from 1948-50 that were known as John Ford's U.S. Cavalry trilogy (1 of) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Fort Apache, or Rio Grande |
| #694, aired 1987-09-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: In 1948, she was appointed Israel's minister to Moscow Golda Meir |
| #687, aired 1987-09-08 | FAMOUS MORGANS $300: This doctor began his comic strip practice in 1948 Rex Morgan M.D. |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | SHOW BIZ LINGO $600: 1st used by Variety around 1948, a "cleffer" is a person who writes these songs |
| #655, aired 1987-06-12 | WORLD LEADERS $400: The first British prime minister to visit Israel while in office since the British left in 1948 Margaret Thatcher |
| #639, aired 1987-05-21 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $1000: In 1948, this British company became 1st to offer 4-wheel-drive cars, not jeeps, to the public Rover |
| #632, aired 1987-05-12 | CLASSIC CINEMA $1000: Among the films he's directed are 1948's "Oliver Twist" & "A Passage to India" David Lean |
| #584, aired 1987-03-05 | FOREIGN U.S. CITIES $400: Not even in 1948-49 was a major airlift needed to get into this Wisconsin city Berlin |
| #583, aired 1987-03-04 | BOGART & BACALL $400: Perennial movie gangster who as Johnny Rocco ganged up on Bogie & Bacall in 1948's "Key Largo" Edward G. Robinson |
| #570, aired 1987-02-13 | POLITICS $600: Nickname of "States Rights Democrats", who opposed Truman in 1948 Dixiecrats |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | STARTS WITH "Z" $200: My oh my, what a wonderful day it was when Disney's "Song of the South" won an Oscar for this song "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | MOUNTAINS $400: Mountain range where Bogart & Huston went looking for gold in 1948 Sierra Madres |
| #545, aired 1987-01-09 | RED SHOES $400: In the 1948 film, she danced in "The Red Shoes" Moira Shearer |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | "ADVENTURE" MOVIES $400: 1948 film about a legendary lover played by legendary lover Errol Flynn The Adventures of Don Juan |
| #514, aired 1986-11-27 | HITCHCOCK $800: This 1948 film was shot "as a stunt" with 10-minute takes & camera moves instead of editing Rope |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | TV BANDLEADERS $600: From the beginning in 1948 to the last show in 1971, he was Ed Sullivan's bandleader Ray Bloch |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | A.K.A. $500: Born Elizabeth Bloomer, this late bloomer was a divorcee when she married a future president in 1948 Betty Ford |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | SPELLING $400: Shared last name of leaders of India assassinated in 1948 & 1984 G-A-N-D-H-I |
| #491, aired 1986-10-27 | WILD ABOUT HARRY $100: During 1948 campaign, he was often greeted with the song "I'm Just Wild About Harry" Harry Truman |
| #487, aired 1986-10-21 | MOVIE TRIVIA $300: When she played his mother in "Hamlet" in 1948, Eileen Hurley was 13 years younger than this star Laurence Olivier |
| #485, aired 1986-10-17 | MOVIE TRIVIA $400: Fred Astaire's 1st words in this 1948 Irving Berlin musical are "Happy Easter" Easter Parade |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | "KING"s & "QUEEN"s $600: In 1948, at age 19, he was ordained a Baptist minister Martin Luther King |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | REPUBLICANS $400: Grand Ole Opry star Roy Acuff was 1948 Rep. nominee for governor of this state Tennessee |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | ORSON WELLES $600: Welles' 2nd wife, she was "The Lady from Shanghai" in the 1948 film Rita Hayworth |
| #432, aired 1986-05-06 | INVENTIONS $100: Specializing in sunglasses & filters, this company turned to instant photography in 1948 Polaroid |
| #405, aired 1986-03-28 | THE AIR FORCE $400: "Operation Vittles" was nickname for this European airlift of 1948-49 the Berlin Airlift |
| #402, aired 1986-03-25 | PRESIDENTIAL LOSERS $600: In 1975, a copy of the Nov. 3, 1948 Chicago Tribune was worth $5,000 because of this headline "Dewey Defeats Truman" |
| #387, aired 1986-03-04 | TV TRIVIA $400: Art Carney & J. Susann were regulars on his show before he was a regular on Dick Van Dyke's Morey Amsterdam |
| #359, aired 1986-01-23 | '40s FILMS $400: Real Don Juan who followed friend John Barrymore's lead to become screen Don Juan in 1948 Errol Flynn |
| #350, aired 1986-01-10 | HEADLINES $800 (Daily Double): Headlines of both Nov. 4, 1948, & Nov. 6, 1980 had them explaining why they erred the pollsters |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | "NORTH" $400: Begun in 1948, this university's African studies program was 1st of its kind in U.S. Northwestern |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | COLLEGES $600: In 1948, Dwight Eisenhower accepted the presidency of this Ivy League university Columbia |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | 20TH CENTURY $800: In 1948, Pres. Truman signed the Foreign Assistance Act, popularly known as this the Marshall Plan |
| #272, aired 1985-09-24 | FOLK MUSIC $800: Formed in 1948 under the aegis of Pete Seeger, by 1950 they were "On Top of Old Smoky" & the charts The Weavers |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | HAMLET $300: He won Best Actor Oscar for 1948 film version of "Hamlet", which also won Best Picture Laurence Olivier |
| #186, aired 1985-05-27 | ECOLOGY $800: In 1948, Paul Mueller received a Nobel Prize for developing this now-banned insecticide DDT |
| #170, aired 1985-05-03 | THE OSCARS $400: In 1948, it became the only Shakespearean play to win Best Picture Hamlet |
| #169, aired 1985-05-02 | DEMOCRATS $200: This son of Huey Long has represented Louisiana in the U.S. Senate since 1948 Russell Long |
| #165, aired 1985-04-26 | HISTORY $200: East Jerusalem was part of this country from 1948-67 Jordan |
| #133, aired 1985-03-13 | REPUBLICANS $1000: Since 1948, this former governor has sought presidential nomination seven times Harold Stassen |
| #123, aired 1985-02-27 | HISTORY $400: 1948-49 U.S. airlift delivered over 2 million tons of supplies to this city Berlin |
| #80, aired 1984-12-28 | '40s TRIVIA $400: In 1948 this city's mayor, William O'Dwyer, submitted a $1 billion budget New York City |
| #45, aired 1984-11-09 | PRESIDENTS $600: In 1948, many Democrats wanted this Republican for their presidential ticket Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| #45, aired 1984-11-09 | TRAVELIN’ TUNES $800: 1948’s leisurely way to the Orient "Slow Boat To China" |
| #8, aired 1984-09-19 | BEST PICTURES $800: Everybody wondered if it was to be or not to be Best Picture of 1948 Hamlet |
