| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | PAGING THE FICTIONAL DRIVER $1000: Dean Moriarty in this 1950s classic, as the title indicates, you're putting some miles on that 1949 Hudson On the Road |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NON-MUSICAL THEATER $200: We never do learn what kind of product Willy Loman sells in this classic play, which opened on Broadway in 1949 Death of a Salesman |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | CAROLS $1600: Director Carol Reed was nominated for an Oscar for this 1949 Cold War thriller set in Austria & starring Joseph Cotten The Third Man |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | IT'S THE GENEVA CONVENTION $600: This country signed in 1949 with the reservation that it could use the red shield of David as a symbol Israel |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | THE GENE POOL $800: With Jules Munshin & Frank Sinatra, this hoofer was "On the Town" in 1949 (Gene) Kelly |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | CROOKS $600: A 1949 obituary said the name of this man "whose magic would double an investment in 90 days, was heard everywhere" Ponzi |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL! $200: Adopted in 1949, 9 months after statehood, the emblem of Israel features this symbol of Hanukkah, but with only 7 branches the menorah |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | THE ____ OF CANADA $400: The Gemini Awards, last given in 2011 for excellence in television: these, after awards first given in 1949 (the) Emmys (of Canada) |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | REVIVAL $1000: A 1949 article said the revival meetings of this male evangelist drew more than 20,000 people "in the big tent" (Billy) Graham |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | YOU JUST MADE THAT STUFF UP $1200: First mentioned in a 1943 "Adventures of Superman" radio show, when it debuted in the comics in 1949, it was red, not green kryptonite |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 4 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS OR CONSONANTS $1200: This word for brainy or elitist was big in 1949, when Life magazine gave examples: Harris Tweed, Eames chair, ballet & Calder highbrow |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | ORDINAL NOVELS $800: Vienna waits for you in Graham Greene's novella titled this "Man", which came out after the 1949 movie co-starring a creepy Orson Welles "The Third Man" |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | THIS 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADER... $1200: ...was one of the 12 women in the first Knesset in 1949 Meir |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A BOX OF MATCHES $1600: This glossy weekly pictorial magazine published in France since 1949 has been compared to Life magazine Paris Match |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | POST $400: In addition to her classic works on etiquette, she wrote the 1949 book "Motor Manners" Emily Post |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | IN THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION $200: Its preamble includes the "Chairman" who "in 1949, overthrew the rule of... bureaucratic capitalism" China |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | 11-LETTER WORDS $800: In 1949 Joseph Sobek created this soon-popular game played within 4 walls racquetball |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TRANSPLANTS $2000: He reluctantly took his government across the Formosa Strait & set up shop in Taiwan in 1949 Kai-shek |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | NOTES FOR A BIOGRAPHY $800: Zhou Enlai: both prime minister & foreign minister of the country with this new name from its beginning in 1949 the People's Republic of China |
| #8650, aired 2022-05-27 | EUROPE $2,000 (Daily Double): From 1949 to 1990 this city on the Rhine River was a national capital Bonn |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $2000: This former state department official & accused spy leaves court in 1949 during one of his perjury trials, a big Cold War story Alger Hiss |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: It was made the capital of China in 1949 Beijing |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | TO THE "N"s OF THE EARTH $800: A reconstruction law for this Japanese city went into effect August 9, 1949 Nagasaki |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | TRIOS $400: In 1949 TV's first animated cereal commercial was from this rival of Kellogg's & featured 3 bears, Dandy, Handy & Candy Post |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | CANNES $800: It won top prize in 1949 & a 2015 restoration also played Cannes in the centenary year of Orson Welles, who played Harry Lime The Third Man |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | PRIZED POSSESSIONS $400: In between stints as prime minister, this Brit won a medal in 1949 when his shorthorn cow, Gratwicke Beatrice 2nd, turned heads Churchill |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | NOBEL PRIZE ODDITIES $1600: In 1949 Dr. Antonio Moniz was awarded a Nobel Prize for his development of this once common but now discredited brain surgery (frontal) lobotomy |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $400: Combining silicone oil & boric acid creates the bouncy, moldable material first sold as this in 1949 Silly Putty |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $1600: In 1949, Linus Pauling & colleagues showed that this disease as illustrated here is caused by abnormal hemoglobin sickle cell anemia |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | HISTORY CLASS $2000: India's constitution made discrimination against this lower class illegal in 1949; "Scheduled Caste" is now the operative term the Dalits (the Untouchables) |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | TRUCE! $800: A 1949 ceasefire brought an end (for a while) to a war between India & Pakistan over this territory Kashmir |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | HISTORIC GOVERNORS $1200: A grad of Northwestern Law, Adlai Stevenson governed this state from 1949 to 1953 Illinois |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | THE CABINET $2000: A Nobel Prize winner, this soldier served as Secretary of State from 1947 to 1949 (George C.) Marshall |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | CAR CULTURE $600: The millionth Cadillac built was this 1949 coupe just beginning its long history the DeVille |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | DEAD PRECEDENTS $800: 1961's Mapp v. Ohio overturned a 1949 ruling & said this amendment bars illegally seized evidence from state courts the 4th Amendment |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: In 1949 Belgium was a founding member of this military organization that is headquartered in Brussels today NATO |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | SPORTS JOES $600: He was world heavyweight champ from 1937 to 1949 (Joe) Louis |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | THE AMERICAN FLAG $600: This president issued a 1916 proclamation to create a Flag Day on June 14, but it didn't become permanent until 1949 Wilson |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | AMERICANA $400: Naval Academy graduate Edward "Butch" O'Hare, class of 1937, had one of these named for him in 1949 an airport |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | HISTORY OF HUNGARY $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Budapest, Hungary on the Széchenyi Chain Bridge.) In 1945, the Chain Bridge was blown up by the Nazis as this army advanced from the east; but it was rebuilt and reopened for its 100th anniversary in 1949 the Red Army |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | GENERATIONS OF LITTLE WOMEN $400: As this March sister in the 1949 version of "Little Women", Elizabeth Taylor marries Laurie, played by Peter Lawford Amy |
| #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 |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | "&" $1000: In 1949 Billboard added this new music category to replace what had been called Race Records R&B (Rhythm & Blues) |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | THE COUNTY LINE $800: Known for a very big bang, this county in New Mexico was organized from parts of Sante Fe & Sandoval counties in 1949 Los Alamos |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $2000: "Sweet melody" music maker struck with handheld hammers (1949) dulcimer |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | TOYS $200: In 1949 this toy company produced its first plastic brick Lego |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | WORLD LEADERS $800: This nation's President Dr. Arif Alvi was born in 1949, 2 years after his country achieved independence Pakistan |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | MUSICAL LEGENDS $600: Bob Hope gave this crooner his big break & his stage name in 1949 when he was performing under the name Joe Bari (Tony) Bennett |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | NEVER TO RETURN $2000: In December 1949 this man who had led China for 20 years left the mainland forever Chiang Kai-shek |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO $400: The first attempt to break up this communications company was in 1949; it finally happened in the '80s AT&T |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | FOR HUMANITY $600: "Sierra Sam" was among the first of these mannequins used by engineers in 1949 to help improve car safety a crash test dummy |
| #7956, aired 2019-03-25 | BABY BOOMER SOONER $1200: Though she's repped Massachusetts in the Senate since 2013, she was born in Oklahoma City in 1949 Elizabeth Warren |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | IT'S CHINA, JAKE $2000: National Day, October 1, commemorates the People's Republic's founding in this year 1949 |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | TEDDY ROOSEVELT, MEET JACKIE ROBINSON $1000: Following TR's advice to carry one of these, Jackie used a heavy Louisville Slugger to win the 1949 NL batting title a big stick |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | MOVING THE CAPITAL $400: Israel moved its capital from this city to Jerusalem in 1949; the U.S. embassy followed in 2018 Tel Aviv |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | HISTORY $600: In 1949 the Kuomintang party fled mainland China for this island Taiwan |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | BOOKS OF THE 1940s $1200: 3 of the top 10 nonfiction bestsellers of 1949 dealt with this Spanish-named rummy game canasta |
| #7815, aired 2018-07-27 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $200: Concerning her 1949 nude calendar photos, this actress said, "It's not true I had nothing on; I had the radio on" Marilyn Monroe |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | INTERNATIONAL LAW $400: The third of these in 1949 stated that belligerents should treat prisoners of war humanely the Geneva Conventions |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | DEATH OF A SALESMAN $400: "Death of a Salesman", which opened in 1949, earned this playwright a Pulitzer Prize & a Tony Award (Arthur) Miller |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | LITERATURE IN SPANISH $1200: 1949's "The Kingdom of This World", an early work in this style blending naturalism & fantasy, includes a manifesto of it magical realism |
| #7755, aired 2018-05-04 | PRESIDENTS' ONE-SYLLABLE LAST NAMES $400: He served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1973 (Gerald) Ford |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | TOTALLY METAL, DUDE $2,000 (Daily Double): A beam of cesium is a prime component of this extremely accurate device; the first experimental one was built in 1949 atomic clock |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY $400: The 2003 winner, covering Lyndon Johnson from 1949 to 1960, was "Master of" this political body the Senate |
| #7639, aired 2017-11-23 | SHARKS & JETS $1000: The first jetliner, the Comet, came in 1949 from this British company that could be in the cast of "Gone With the Wind" de Havilland |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | PAINT BY NUMBERS $1200: Here's his "Number 16, 1949" Jackson Pollock |
| #7593, aired 2017-09-20 | EUROPE "N" $400: Belgium & France were among this organization's 1949 founders; West Germany joined in 1955 NATO |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME FILM $1200: 28 years before Obi-Wan Kenobi, he played 8 members of a family in 1949's "Kind Hearts and Coronets" Alec Guinness |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | UNCLE SUGAR $800: The U.S. gave this young country a $100 million loan in 1949 & has been supportive ever since Israel |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | LASSIE $2000: 1949's "Challenge to Lassie" was based on this Scottish dog who after his master died, stayed by his graveside Greyfriars Bobby |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | THE 1940s $1200: This Shakespeare-sourced Cole Porter classic won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1949 Kiss Me, Kate |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | THE 1940s $2000: In 1949 this U.N. diplomat & future Nobel Peace Prize winner was awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal Ralph Bunche |
| #7479, aired 2017-03-02 | TENNESSEE HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1945 this atomic research city had a population of 75,000 but it wasn't open to walk-in visitors until 1949 Oak Ridge |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Introduced by Europeans, this disease that wiped out entire tribes had its last known U.S. case in 1949 smallpox |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | MOVIE TIME $800: 1949:
"____ O'Clock High" twelve |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | BOOTS $1200: "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face-- forever" is from this 1949 novel 1984 |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | ON THE LAOS $800: Each July 19, Laos celebrates its 1949 independence from this country France |
| #7448, aired 2017-01-18 | BIOGRAPHIES $1600: Andre Maurois wrote a 1949 biography called "A la Recherche de" this other French author Proust |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | BIBLICAL BIG SCREEN $400: Hollywood hotties Hedy Lamarr & Victor Mature were this lusty biblical couple in a 1949 epic Samson and Delilah |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | COME FLY WITH ME $2000: In 1949 the Jews of Yemen were brought to Israel on this new airline as part of Operation Magic Carpet El Al |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | IT HAPPENED IN THE 20th CENTURY $1000: In 1949 mainland China became a Communist state with this man as its leader Mao Zedong |
| #7370, aired 2016-09-30 | CANADIAN PROVINCES $2000: Made up of 2 parts & only joining the confederation in 1949, it's the newest of Canada's 10 provinces Newfoundland and Labrador |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | COLLEGE FIRSTS $200: Morehead Planetarium, which opened in 1949 at this school in Chapel Hill, was the 1st planetarium owned by a college the University of North Carolina |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Founding father Patrick Henry's "choice" quote leads into the 1949 Tony-winning Best Play "Give me liberty or give me Death of a Salesman" |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: In 1949 the Dutch co-founded this defensive organization headquartered in Brussels NATO |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | WE RECOGNIZE THE SENATOR FROM NEW YORK $1000: His appointment in 1949 lasted only 4 months but he did enough other stuff to get an airport in D.C. named for him (John Foster) Dulles |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | ROMANTICS $200: "Honeymoon Mountain" & "Close to my Heart" were 2 of the first books published by this romance novel company in 1949 Harlequin Romance |
| #7296, aired 2016-05-09 | TOOTING YOUR OWN HORN $200: A Broadway nightclub, Birdland, was named for him; he performed on opening night in late 1949 Charlie Parker |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | HYPHENATED TERMS $400: Pillsbury trademarked this term for a type of contest it has been holding since 1949 the Bake-Off |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | ON THE OLD MAP OF EUROPE $800: On Oct. 7, 1949 the Soviets announced the formation of this country, aka the DDR East Germany |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | TRAVELING ALONG ROUTE 66 $400: One of these theaters was opened in 1949 in Carthage, Missouri; occupying 9 acres, it's still in operation a drive-in |
| #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 |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | INCREDIBLY SPECIFIC WEDDING VOWS $800: You like the Springsteen song, so I will take you to a ranch near Amarillo that has 10 of these, dating from 1949 to 1963 Cadillacs |
| #7201, aired 2015-12-28 | 2 Ys $800: In 1949 the University of California required all employees to sign this type of oath of fidelity loyalty |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | 8-LETTER WORDS $1600: Scary brain operation that won a neurologist a 1949 Nobel Prize a lobotomy |
| #7182, aired 2015-12-01 | WHAT "IA" COUNTRY $3,000 (Daily Double): The Netherlands relinquished sovereignty over it in 1949 Indonesia |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | ARCHITECTS $1600: In 1949 he built his famous "Glass House" in New Canaan, Conn., a simple rectangle in the Modernist style Philip Johnson |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $2000: From 1949 to 1953 this five-star general served as the first chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff Omar Bradley |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | MONTANA $200: In 1949 the Montana legislature designated the Ponderosa type of this as its state tree the pine |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | THE LIFE OF A NOVELIST $200: This Mississippian kept taking screenwriting work even after winning the 1949 Nobel Prize (William) Faulkner |
| #7065, aired 2015-05-08 | A. MILLER'S TALES $400: Arthur Miller's only Pulitzer Prize came in 1949 for this play Death of a Salesman |
| #7012, aired 2015-02-24 | SPIKE $600: In 2013 revelations of NSA domestic spying caused a spike in sales of this novel first published in 1949 1984 |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | SNEAKER BRANDS $800: In 1949 this company registered its logo of 3 stripes, which then began appearing on track shoes Adidas |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | 1940s TELEVISION $400: On a Sept. 22, 1949 episode of this series, a character wonders, "Who's the masked man?" The Lone Ranger |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | 1940s TELEVISION $1600: TV's first telethon was 1949's "Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund" hosted by this man, "Mr. Television" (Milton) Berle |
| #6940, aired 2014-11-14 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1949 this Central American nation abandoned its army & established a Civil Guard in its place Costa Rica |
| #6930, aired 2014-10-31 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Monaco's national day is November 19, the date in 1949 of his formal accession to the throne Prince Rainier |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | HEADLINE NEWS $400: In January 1949 it was front-page news in the L.A. Times that this "Falls for Third Night, Tangling... Traffic" Snow |
| #6882, aired 2014-07-15 | WHO WON THE WAR ANYWAY? $800: In 1949 this group won the Chinese Civil War the Communists |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | WELCOME TO THE U.N. $800: 1949:
This country, the year after its founding Israel |
| #6857, aired 2014-06-10 | POETIC WOMEN $400: In 1949, at just 38, Elizabeth Bishop was named Chair of Poetry at this D.C. library the Library of Congress |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | GERMAN CITIES $400: From 1949 to 1990 it served as capital of West Germany Bonn |
| #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 |
| #6751, aired 2014-01-13 | CADILLACS $400: This sporty Caddy "Coupe" with a name meaning "of the town" was introduced in 1949 (Coupe) de Ville |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | LORD OF THE RINKS $1000: After Bill Quackenbush won this sportsmanship trophy in 1949, his tough-guy GM Jack Adams promptly traded him the Lady Byng |
| #6735, aired 2013-12-20 | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA SAYS SO $800: "A series of intl. treaties... between 1864 & 1949 for... ameliorating the effects of war on soldiers and civilians" the Geneva Conventions |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | USER NAME $600: In a 1949 comic book & a 1978 movie, he uses a chunk of kryptonite to mess with Superman Lex Luthor |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | THE WORLD SERIES $400: Yankee manager from 1949 to 1960, he won 37 World Series games, the most of any manager in history Casey Stengel |
| #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 |
| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | COURTS OF ALL SORTS $1000: You can stay in a 1949 Airstream at the Shady Dell Vintage Trailer Court in Bisbee in this state Arizona |
| #6688, aired 2013-10-16 | YEAR HE, YEAR HE $2000: George Orwell completed the manuscript for "1984" 1948 |
| #6666, aired 2013-09-16 | BIBLICAL ROLES $2000: Victor Mature
(1949) Samson |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | CURTAINS $1000: This political barrier between the west & the Communist nations of Asia arose after the Chinese revolution of 1949 the Bamboo Curtain |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | "PARTY" TIME! $400: In 1949 this pre-wedding affair for Jimmy Stewart was televised & featured a "Wizard of Oz" munchkin in a diaper bachelor party |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | THE GOLDEN GLOBES: BEST DIRECTOR $1200: 1986:
"Prizzi's Honor" (also 1949 for "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre") Huston |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | THE ROOSEVELTS $1600: Archibald Roosevelt served as a section head in this government radio entity from 1949 to 1951 the Voice of America |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | PORTMANTEAUS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1949 Milton Berle hosted the first of these on the tube, for the Damon Runyon memorial cancer fund a telethon |
| #6586, aired 2013-04-15 | JACKIE ROBINSON $800: En route to the 1949 NL MVP award, Jackie, a daring baserunner, led the league with a .342 average & 37 of these steals |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | TONY WINNERS FOR BEST MUSICAL $1,000 (Daily Double): 1949:
Based on a Shakespearean romantic comedy Kiss Me, Kate |
| #6532, aired 2013-01-29 | THE 1940s $400: In 1949 Moscow set up a council for economic mutual assistance to rival this "plan" of U.S. aid to Europe the Marshall plan |
| #6519, aired 2013-01-10 | HISTORICAL ONLINE CHECK-INS $1600: 1949: I'm in Taiwan, setting up a government with other nationalist Chinese leaders Chiang Kai-shek |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | BIRTH OF A NATION $400: The Republic of Ireland: April 18, 1949, this significant Monday Easter Monday |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | OLD McDONALD HAD... $2000: James McDonald had a street named for him in Netanya in this country to which he was the USA's first ambassador in 1949 Israel |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | BIRTH OF A NATION $2000: Indonesia: August 17, 1945, though this nation that had ruled it didn't recognize it until 1949 the Netherlands |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | LEFT TO YOUR OWN DEVICES $2000: When Al Gross first shopped this communication device in 1949, doctors said, "but it would interrupt our golf games" a beeper (or pager) |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1600: His 1949 collection of stories "Knight's Gambit" features Gavin Stevens, a county attorney from Yoknapatawpha Faulkner |
| #6416, aired 2012-07-09 | LIFE OF PI $800: In 1949 this acronymical computer found pi to more than 2,000 digits; modern ones have passed 2 quadrillion ENIAC |
| #6416, aired 2012-07-09 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1000: This Kentuckian was 71 when he became Truman's vice president in 1949, the oldest VP in history Alben Barkley |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS $400: Agreements signed in this city between 1864 & 1949 govern the treatment of wounded soldiers & prisoners of war Geneva |
| #6381, aired 2012-05-21 | SOUNDS LIKE 2 LETTERS $800: The first one ever awarded, in 1949, went to ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale, star of the show "Judy Splinters" an Emmy |
| #6369, aired 2012-05-03 | PORTRAIT BY THE ARTIST $1600: 1949:
"Diego and I" Frida Kahlo |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | PORTRAITS $400: In 1949 she painted "Diego and I", a portrait of herself with her husband's image appearing on her forehead (Frida) Kahlo |
| #6329, aired 2012-03-08 | WOMEN AUTHORS $2000: This South African put out her first book in 1949, the collection "Face to Face" Nadine Gordimer |
| #6317, aired 2012-02-21 | TRADEMARKS $1000: This contest was first held in 1949 to celebrate Pillsbury's 80th birthday a Pillsbury bake-off |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | THEATER $400: This 1949 play about Willy Loman won a Tony & a Pulitzer Prize for Drama Death of a Salesman |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | AALL AABOUT AARON $1000: This American composer for ballet also won an Oscar for his work on the 1949 film "The Heiress" (Aaron) Copland |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $1200: The daughter of a stage actress, she began her film career in 1949 with a role in "The Doctor and the Girl" (Nancy) Reagan |
| #6296, aired 2012-01-23 | COUNTRY GROUPS $400: This organization was formed in April 1949 to counter the Soviet Union NATO |
| #6275, aired 2011-12-23 | GERMAN CHANCELLORS SINCE WWII $200: From 1949 to 1963 Konrad Adenauer served as the first chancellor of this country West Germany |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | TIMES PAST $400: On Oct. 1, 1949 he said, "Today, our China enters into the family of nations who love peace and freedom" Mao |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | GREAT COMEBACKS WITH DAN PATRICK $600: (Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.) In February of 1949, this golfer known as "Bantam Ben" fractured his ribs, pelvis, collarbone & ankle in a car accident; in 1950 he won the U.S. Open Ben Hogan |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | POLITICAL LEADERS $600: David Ben-Gurion first became prime minister of Israel in this year 1948 |
| #6240, aired 2011-11-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: In 1949 Canada joined the United States & 10 other nations to form this military alliance NATO |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $200: In 1949 Ed Seymour invented paint dispensed this way; aluminum was the first color spray paint |
| #6191, aired 2011-07-11 | BORN & DIED $400: Her story began in Atlanta November 8, 1900 & ended there as well in August 1949 Margaret Mitchell |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | NAME THE YEAR $2000: Hawaii becomes our 50th state 1959 |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | DAS KAPITALISTS $400: Adolf "Adi" Dassler founded this shoe company in 1949 Adidas |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | WORLD CITIES $200: In 1949 Indonesia became independent & Batavia became this capital city Jakarta |
| #6170, aired 2011-06-10 | ARTISTS $800: In 1949 Life magazine asked if this drip artist was "the greatest living painter in the United States" Jackson Pollock |
| #6132, aired 2011-04-19 | FROM U.S. TO USSR $800: An admirer of the USSR, he gave a 1949 concert from Moscow's Tchaikovsky Hall that included "Ol' Man River" Paul Robeson |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | GREAT WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: (Hannah Storm reads the clue from the set of SportsCenter.) She won 2 golds at the 1932 Olympics, took 10 major golf championships & to top it off helped form the LPGA in 1949 Babe Didrikson |
| #6115, aired 2011-03-25 | INDONESIA $1,400 (Daily Double): Following a bitter war for independence, this European nation granted Indonesia self-rule in 1949 the Netherlands |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | ON VALENTINE'S DAY $1200: 1949:
The Israeli parliament, called this, meets for the first time the Knesset |
| #6068, aired 2011-01-19 | SHE WAS IN THAT? $2000: As a toddler she appeared at the end of mom's 1949 movie "In the Good Old Summertime" Liza Minnelli |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | "I"s IN THE PRIZE $2,400 (Daily Double): Created in 1949, the peace prize bearing this man's name was renamed the Lenin Prize in 1956 Joseph Stalin |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | CHRISTIANITY $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1949 this man held a SRO 8-week crusade in a giant tent in Los Angeles that vaulted him to national fame Billy Graham |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: In 1949 it became the seat of the Chinese nationalist government Taipei |
| #5975, aired 2010-07-30 | BIRTHQUAKES $2000: A big quake shook Turkey Aug. 17, 1949, the day this Minnesota pol was born; Al Franken shook him out of the Senate Norm Coleman |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | ORIGINAL TITLES IN LITERATURE? $400: 1949:
"Big Brother & The Holding Co.: A Winston Smith Novel" 1984 |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP $1600: He retired in 1949 after an 11-year reign as champ but came out of retirement in 1950, losing to Ezzard Charles Joe Louis |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACHES $200: John Wooden
(1949-1975) UCLA |
| #5927, aired 2010-05-25 | ORGANIZATIONS & AWARDS $400: When the Academy of Television first handed out these awards in 1949, there were only 6 categories the Emmys |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | BEETHOVEN'S $400: ...hometown, it was West Germany's capital from 1949 to 1990 Bonn |
| #5866, aired 2010-03-01 | RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: In 1949 the Ainu people were expelled from this largest Russian island & relocated to Hokkaido Sakhalin |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | "OO" WHO? $400: This "60 Minutes" commentator first joined CBS in 1949 as a writer for "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" Andy Rooney |
| #5831, aired 2010-01-11 | OH, BEE GEE $400: Barry Gibb was born in 1946; these 2 fraternal twins were born in 1949 Robin & Maurice |
| #5764, aired 2009-10-08 | HISTORIC FIGURES SPEAK $400: I made a women's branch of my hubby's political party in 1949 but died 3 years later; still, don't cry for me, Argentina Evita Perón |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | THE SCARLET LETTERS $800: This shade of red whose name includes a building block has been a Crayola color since 1949 brick red |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | U.S. ARMY 5-STAR GENERALS $1000: In 1949 he became the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Omar Bradley |
| #5708, aired 2009-06-03 | MIRO, MIRO ON THE WALL $1000: Miro's 1949 "Women and Bird in the Moonlight" is on the wall of the "modern" branch of this London gallery the Tate |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | WHAT A KNOCKOUT! $1200: On June 16, 1949 this "Raging Bull" TKOed Marcel Cerdan to take the middleweight title Jake LaMotta |
| #5689, aired 2009-05-07 | THEY RULED! $400: Radically changed China
(1949-76) Mao Tse-tung |
| #5664, aired 2009-04-02 | THE PLAY'S THE THING $800: In this 1949 Pulitzer-winning play, Willy & his 2 sons butt heads Death of a Salesman |
| #5628, aired 2009-02-11 | TONY-WINNING MUSICALS IN OTHER WORDS $2000: 1949: "Put Your Lips on Mine, Ms. Winslet" Kiss Me, Kate |
| #5610, aired 2009-01-16 | GA$ $800: A gallon of regular held steady at 27 cents from 1949 through 1952--pretty much this guy's whole second term Truman |
| #5560, aired 2008-11-07 | HEAD TRAUMA $1000: Antonio Egas Moniz won a 1949 Nobel Prize for introducing this procedure that affects the prefrontal lobes a lobotomy |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | BRAND NAME SYMBOLS $200: In 1949 this greeting card company's torch & shield emblem was replaced with a crown over its name in script Hallmark |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | A QUINTET OF QUOTES $200: "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength", wrote this Brit in a 1949 novel George Orwell |
| #5534, aired 2008-10-02 | FOLK MUSIC $1600: A 2008 Grammy for Best Historical Album went to a 1949 performance by this man who was "Bound For Glory" Woody Guthrie |
| #5527, aired 2008-09-23 | A LINE $1000: In 1949 Israel & Jordan created the Green Line between them, determining the boundary of this troubled area the West Bank |
| #5516, aired 2008-09-08 | 25 $400: From 1937 to 1949, he successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title a record 25 times (Joe) Louis |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | "CH"ECK THE NAME $1200: Diplomat & premier of China from 1949 to 1976 (one spelling) Chou En-Lai |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | SHAKESPEAREAN NAME ROUNDUP $200: This chef was born one dreamy midsummer in Austria in 1949 Wolfgang Puck |
| #5490, aired 2008-06-20 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: On his 70th birthday, December 21, 1949, this Soviet leader set up his own "peace prizes" Stalin |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | MILITARY MATTERS $6,000 (Daily Double): Under these 1949 agreements, taking prisoners is okay, taking hostages is not the Geneva Conventions |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | 2 TYPES OF CHINA $600: In the Chinese Civil War, 1945 to 1949, it was the Communists versus these the Nationalists |
| #5438, aired 2008-04-09 | FILMS OF THE '40s $800: At the end of 1949's "In the Good Old Summertime", Liza Minnelli made her screen debut as this woman's daughter Judy Garland |
| #5438, aired 2008-04-09 | FILMS OF THE '40s $2000: The 1949 film about this big ape won a special effects Oscar (remember--we said 1949) Mighty Joe Young |
| #5420, aired 2008-03-14 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM $400: Its moon Triton was first seen in 1846; a second satellite around this planet wasn't found until 1949 Neptune |
| #5410, aired 2008-02-29 | HEDY LAMARR-VELOUS $2000: In 1949 Hedy played Delilah to this actor's Samson in Cecil B. DeMille's epic version of this Biblical story Victor Mature |
| #5391, aired 2008-02-04 | MODERN CHINESE HISTORY $800: In 1949 advancing Communist forces trapped the British naval vessel H.M.S. Amethyst in this river the Yangtze |
| #5381, aired 2008-01-21 | WHAT A FAMOUS HORSE RACE! $200: & away they go... This horse who was 1st on TV in 1949 leads early... Its masked jockey seems to be saying "Hi yo" something Silver |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | GERMAN CITIES $800: From 1949 until 1999 Germany's Bundestag legislature met in this city Bonn |
| #5368, aired 2008-01-02 | AN "A" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $3,200 (Daily Double): Secretary of State under Truman, he negotiated the treaty that led to the formation of NATO in 1949 (Dean) Acheson |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | SOUNDS FRUITY $800: In 1949's "The Third Man", Orson Welles played this character, an evil black marketeer Harry Lime |
| #5337, aired 2007-11-20 | THE OLD COUNTRY $600: It was Persia until 1935; in 1949 the government permitted both names Iran |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | HISTORICAL ROLES $800: Ingrid Bergman was nominated in 1949 for playing this "maid"; Milla Jovovich wasn't so lucky Joan of Arc |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | THE CHUM BUCKET $1000: From 1949 to 1957 Mohawk Jay Silverheels faithfully played this TV companion Tonto (The Lone Ranger) |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | FOOTBALL $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Green Bay, WI.) He coached the Packers from 1919 to 1949, & his statue is here at the stadium named for him (Curly) Lambeau |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | ART & ARTISTS $1600: In her 1949 painting "Diego and I", Diego Rivera is depicted on her forehead Frida Kahlo |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | TITLE BALLET WOMEN $400: 1949 saw the first ballet version of this operatic Bizet work that features Don Jose & a toreador Carmen |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | FAMOUS FLOPS $600: Businesses stuck with carbon paper because this company's 1949 Model A was slow, messy & hard to use the Xerox |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | MAGAZINES $800: In 1949 this auto magazine's first "Car of the Year" award went to Cadillac Motor Trend |
| #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 |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | HISTORY THROUGH FOOTBALL $400: If you went to this European capital that existed only from 1949 to 1990, you'd definitely entered the "red zone" East Berlin |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $800: This team won the World Series every year from 1949 to 1953 the New York Yankees |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | WILLIAM FAULKNER $400: Accepting this honor for 1949, Faulkner said any story needs the old truths like love, honor, pity & pride the Nobel |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | AT THE MOVIES $1600: In a tour-de-force performance, he played 8 different roles in 1949's "Kind Hearts and Coronets" Sir Alec Guinness |
| #5164, aired 2007-02-08 | BALLET $2000: Just like the opera, the 1949 ballet version of "Carmen" takes place in this country Spain |
| #5154, aired 2007-01-25 | A VISIT TO DENMARK $1600: Breaking a long tradition of neutrality, Denmark joined this military alliance in 1949 NATO |
| #5135, aired 2006-12-29 | MAO INHIBITORS $800: After defeating the Kuomintang in 1949, Mao founded the People's Republic of China at this square Tiananmen Square |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | ORSON WELLES $400: This 1949 classic featured Orson Welles as the mysterious Harry Lime The Third Man |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | STRAIGHT MEN $600: "My Friend Irma" was his 1949 film debut; he may have heard Jerry Lewis say, "Hey laaaaaaady!" a lot Dean Martin |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | YEARS $1000: In this year Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan & Red China established the People's Republic 1949 |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | THE FIRM $1600: This brand's Spread Satin paint was launched nationally in 1949 Glidden |
| #5039, aired 2006-07-06 | THE GRAND OLE OPRY $400: This legend made his Opry debut on June 11, 1949 singing "Lovesick Blues" Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #5022, aired 2006-06-13 | TAIPEI PERSONALITY $1000: He was driven into exile in Taiwan in 1949; today his name is on the international airport in Taipei Chiang Kai-shek |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | SHERMANS $800: Sherman Minton was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1949 by this president Truman |
| #5000, aired 2006-05-12 | ROAD TRIP USA $800: Seen here, this famous ranch in Texas runs the gamut from a 1949 Club Coupe to a 1963 sedan Cadillac Ranch |
| #4990, aired 2006-04-28 | UNREAL ESTATE BROKERS $1200: 1949:
Oceania Orwell |
| #4984, aired 2006-04-20 | CLASSIC CINEMA OF THE '40s $2,000 (Daily Double): Marine Ira Hayes, who helped raise the American flag on Mount Suribachi, had a cameo in this 1949 John Wayne film The Sands of Iwo Jima |
| #4982, aired 2006-04-18 | PLAYWRIGHTS $1600: During most of WWII, this German playwright resided in the U.S.; he left in 1947 & formed the Berliner Ensemble in 1949 Bertolt Brecht |
| #4957, aired 2006-03-14 | CHINESE HISTORY $400: On Oct. 1, 1949 the Chinese communists proclaimed themselves this type of republic the People's Republic |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | GREAT LIT $400: The Thought Police & Newspeak are 2 terms from this chilling 1949 novel 1984 |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | CELEBRITY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK $600: Sadly, this 1949 Fairmount, Indiana high school graduate would live but a few years after his picture was taken James Dean |
| #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 |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | MEDICAL PIONEERS $2000: In 1949 the American Medical Women's Assoc. named an award for this pioneer who got her degree in 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM $800: 1949:
"The Bicycle Thief" Italy |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | 20th CENTURY LITERATURE $400: This 1949 novel features a society dominated by such slogans as "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength" 1984 |
| #4859, aired 2005-10-27 | GETTING MALL-ED $600: It began in 1949 as a single home furnishings store in Manhattan; its latest addition is PBteen Pottery Barn |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | "SOUTH" PARK $800: There is nothing like this musical that opened in New York in 1949 South Pacific |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | SEND IN THE MARINES $200: In the 1949 film "Sands of Iwo Jima", he played the implacable Marine sergeant John M. Stryker John Wayne |
| #4833, aired 2005-09-21 | BORN $200: Born on Oct. 31, 1887 in the Zhejiang Province, he'd Taiwan-on in 1949 Chiang Kai-shek |
| #4799, aired 2005-06-16 | WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED $200: Between Oct. 1946 & Oct. 1949, this international organization held its meetings in Flushing, N.Y. the United Nations |
| #4799, aired 2005-06-16 | TITLE FILM ANIMALS $400: 1949:
"Francis" a mule |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | JUST LIKE A WOMAN $600: Last name of the traveling salesman whose life was dramatized in a 1949 play (Willy) Loman |
| #4737, aired 2005-03-22 | WE WERE SOLDIERS $600: This 5-star general was the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1949-1953 Bradley |
| #4718, aired 2005-02-23 | PLAYS $1600: 1949 play character who says, "Charley is... liked, but he's not--well liked" Willy Loman |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | "AA" $400: Tums & Rolaids are competitors of this antacid introduced in 1949 Maalox |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | YOU GOT MY LITERARY NUMBER $1600: It's the classic 1949 novel by the writer born Eric Blair 1984 |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | NOVELS $1000: Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born 1984 |
| #4675, aired 2004-12-24 | THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER $800: The 3 common speeds of phonograph records for sale in 1949 78, 45 & 33 1/3 |
| #4672, aired 2004-12-21 | "G" FORCE $200: International laws regarding prisoners of war were established by conventions held in this city in 1929 & 1949 Geneva |
| #4670, aired 2004-12-17 | ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES $800: In 1949 this automobile magazine began awarding its coveted "Car of the Year" award Motor Trend |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | PUT OUT THE CHINA $800: Abbreviated P.R.O.C., this nation was founded by Mao & friends in 1949 People's Republic of China |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | GRAB BAG $400: Tom Kelly took the 1949 nude photographs of this actress that later appeared on the calendar "Golden Dreams" Marilyn Monroe |
| #4598, aired 2004-09-08 | SHORTWAVE $400: Mainly funded by the CIA, this broadcasting operation began transmitting behind the Iron Curtain in 1949 Radio Free Europe |
| #4586, aired 2004-07-12 | WHO WAS PRESIDENT WHEN... $1200: ...the Communist People's Republic of China was founded Truman |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | YOU'RE GOING TO "POT" $1200: Home furnishing store founded in 1949 that sounds like a good place to buy a 9th anniversary gift Pottery Barn |
| #4554, aired 2004-05-27 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1949 he presented his "Fair Deal" as part of his State of the Union address Truman |
| #4547, aired 2004-05-18 | HARLEQUIN & COLUMBINE $400: Though Harlequin Books was founded in 1949, it didn't concentrate on this type of book until 1964 romance novels |
| #4545, aired 2004-05-14 | WAAAAAAH! $400: In 1949 this country legend sang, "The midnight train is whining low, I'm so lonesome I could cry" Hank Williams |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | OUR FLAG $800: On August 3, 1949 Pres. Truman signed a resolution designating this date as Flag Day June 14 |
| #4526, aired 2004-04-19 | JOE, ANNES & JOANNES $800: He retired from boxing in 1949, but returned only to be KOed by Rocky Marciano in 1951 Joe Louis |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | BRITISH LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): Winston Smith is arrested by the Thought Police in this 1949 novel 1984 |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT "U" $200: In 1949 Harry Truman traveled to New York to help lay a cornerstone for this body the United Nations |
| #4508, aired 2004-03-24 | BIBLE MOVIES $800: In 1949 Victor Mature & Hedy Lamarr played this dysfunctional Biblical couple with a penchant for barber-ism Samson and Delilah |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | BOXING $2000: (Cheryl) The subject of the film "Raging Bull", this Gleason's Gym trainee held the middleweight title from 1949 to 1951 Jake LaMotta |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | NOTED BLACK AMERICANS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is holding an aluminum bat.) The first national winner of Hillerich & Bradsby's Silver Bat Award in 1949 was this Dodger second baseman Jackie Robinson |
| #4436, aired 2003-12-15 | TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR $200: Albert Einstein was the Person of the Century; in 1949 this British statesman was the man of the half-century Winston Churchill |
| #4435, aired 2003-12-12 | CEREMONIES $200: Every U. of British Columbia graduating class ceremonially does this; you can still see 1949's dogwood plants a tree |
| #4415, aired 2003-11-14 | THE DEANS LIST $2000: In 1949 Dean Acheson succeeded George Marshall in this Cabinet post Secretary of State |
| #4408, aired 2003-11-05 | AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS $2000: Since 1949, 1 of the 3 Roberts to win the Bollingen Prize in Poetry from Yale Robert Frost (Robert Penn Warren or Robert Creeley) |
| #4399, aired 2003-10-23 | MULE DRIVING $2000: In 1949 this singer drove up the charts with the following Frankie Laine |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | AWARDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Thomas Mann won the prize named for this German author in 1949, his bicentennial Goethe |
| #4362, aired 2003-07-15 | TELEVISION $1200: Believe it or not, back in 1949, he was the original host of "Believe It or Not" Robert Ripley |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | ASIAN NATIONS $200: In 1949 a Nationalist government in exile was established in this Asian island nation Taiwan |
| #4352, aired 2003-07-01 | POLICE LINGO $1000: In 1949 the LAPD created this bureau, I.A., to look into police corruption Internal Affairs |
| #4345, aired 2003-06-20 | CHINA $400: From 1949 to his death in 1976, he was chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Mao Tse-tung |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | "JUNIOR" COLLAGE $400: James Welch named this popular movie theater candy in 1949 Junior Mints |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | NATO IS NEATO $600: In 1949 the NATO Treaty was signed by the U.S. & 11 other countries, including this volcanic island nation Iceland |
| #4324, aired 2003-05-22 | POL POT-POURRI $200: In 1949 Pol Pot went to study radio electronics in this city where he ended up joining the French Communist Party Paris |
| #4312, aired 2003-05-06 | U.S. HISTORY $800: Called "The Soldier's General", in 1949 he became the 1st permanent chairman of the new Joint Chiefs of Staff Omar Bradley |
| #4280, aired 2003-03-21 | DATELINE NBC $1000: "The Life of Riley", which debuted October 4, 1949, starred this young comic in his first TV series Jackie Gleason |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS $2000: 1949:
"Kiss Me, Kate" Cole Porter |
| #4269, aired 2003-03-06 | LETHAL WEAPON $1200: First put into use by the Russians in 1949, this assault rifle was invented by Mikhail Kalashnikov AK-47 |
| #4263, aired 2003-02-26 | MOUNTAINS $200: Air Force photos from 1949 show what some believe are the ruins of Noah's Ark on this Turkish mountain Mount Ararat |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | AMERICAN LIT $2000: Vermont, which didn't approve a lottery until 1976, was where she wrote "The Lottery" in 1949 Shirley Jackson |
| #4220, aired 2002-12-27 | PICTURE THIS $1000: The rights to 5 of Tom Kelley's red velvet photos of this actress taken in 1949 were put on eBay in 2001, but weren't sold Marilyn Monroe |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | "ANN" IN OTHER NEWS... $400: To incorporate territory, Karvina did it to Frystat in 1949 annex it |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | AUCTION PACKED $1600: In 1949 a copy of this speech by Abraham Lincoln sold at auction for $54,000 the Gettysburg Address |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $800: 1949:
With Orson Welles The Third Man |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: This military alliance was formed in 1949 by Canada, the U.S. & 10 European countries NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
| #4195, aired 2002-11-22 | '40s TECH $200: That kid in the Mazda commercials could tell you the lens Roger Cuvillier developed in 1949 could do this zoom |
| #4194, aired 2002-11-21 | ORIGINAL CRAYOLA COLORS $400: Before tan was added in 1949, this was the only 3-letter color in the box red |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | SOUTH DAKOTA $400: In 1949 the state legislature made this "wily" canine South Dakota's state animal coyote |
| #4188, aired 2002-11-13 | ENDS IN "FF" $800: This annual cooking contest first took place in 1949 at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Pillsbury Bake-Off |
| #4166, aired 2002-10-14 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $400: In 1949 Gussie Moran shocked this sport with a short dress & ruffled panties tennis |
| #4160, aired 2002-10-04 | INDONESIA $3,000 (Daily Double): On Dec. 27, 1949, after 3 years of fighting, Indonesia was granted its independence from this country the Netherlands (Holland) |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | "E.B." $3,400 (Daily Double): Its choice as a national capital in 1949 wasn't recognized by some countries East Berlin |
| #4151, aired 2002-09-23 | NO. 1 IN THE NFL DRAFT $2000: 1949 by Philadelphia:
this man, "Concrete Charlie", the NFL's last 60-minute player Chuck Bednarik |
| #4134, aired 2002-07-18 | CHARACTERS IN PLAYS $800: On Feb. 10, 1949 Lee J. Cobb originated this "Death of a Salesman" role on Broadway Willy Loman |
| #4134, aired 2002-07-18 | COMBOS $800: Formed on April 4, 1949, it now consists of the U.S. Norway, France & 16 other countries NATO |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | O $800: In 1949 this cereal brand sponsored "The Lone Ranger" TV show Cheerios |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE $1600: In 1949 this Baltimore columnist opined, "Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another" Mencken |
| #4101, aired 2002-06-03 | G.I. KNOW $800: Under these 1949 agreements, taking prisoners is okay, taking hostages is not Geneva Convention |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | WHAT POSSESSED THEM? $600: A Maryland boy's 1949 possession & exorcism was the main source material for this man's 1971 bestseller (William Peter) Blatty |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | ARCHITECTS $1600: This American architect who turned 95 in 2001 is known for his "Glass House" of 1949 Philip Johnson |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | THE 1940s $400: In 1949 he began his reign over a principality & has served in that capacity ever since Prince Rainier |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | THE 1940s $800: The action in this bestselling novel published in 1949 takes place 35 years later 1984 |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | THE "L" IT IS! $400: No bull, he became world middleweight boxing champion in 1949 Jake LaMotta |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | BACK TO THE 1940s $400: It's the year of the famous
newspaper headline seen here. 1948 |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | BACK TO THE 1940s $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew at U.N. Headquarters) In 1949, this Norwegian
laid the cornerstone
for the current U.N.
Headquarters. Trygve Lie |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | ACTORS & THEIR FILMS $300: (Sarah of the Clue Crew rides the Ferris wheel at the Orange County Fair.) Joseph Cotten & Orson Welles took a famous ride in a Ferris wheel in this classic 1949 film noir The Third Man |
| #3926, aired 2001-10-01 | HOUSE & GARDEN $1000: A 1949 issue showed the very modern home of this architect & Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius |
| #3924, aired 2001-09-27 | IT HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER $800: Seen here, this cowboy hero of the Old West made his TV debut Sept. 15, 1949 the Lone Ranger |
| #3910, aired 2001-09-07 | EYE ON ASIA $600: Seen here, he involuntarily moved to Taiwan in 1949 Chiang Kai-shek |
| #3891, aired 2001-07-02 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1949 this Nobel laureate founded Welcome House, an adoption agency specializing in Asian-American children Pearl Buck |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | WORLD LIT $200: His 1999 memoir "'Tis" opens in 1949, when he emigrated from Ireland to America at age 19 Frank McCourt |
| #3886, aired 2001-06-25 | NEW ENGLISH NOBILITY? $500: Governor of California from 1949 to 1953 & a Supreme Court Chief Justice, we confer on him the title of.... Earl Warren |
| #3872, aired 2001-06-05 | ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS $200: Graham Sutherland's 1949 portrait of this "Of Human Bondage" author is in the Tate Gallery Somerset Maugham |
| #3870, aired 2001-06-01 | TONY WINNERS OF THE '40s $200: Arthur Kennedy won for this play in 1949, like Brian Dennehy in another role 50 years later Death of a Salesman |
| #3844, aired 2001-04-26 | '49ers $200: In 1949 the Bridges family produced Jeff & this acting dynasty brought forth Keith Carradine |
| #3844, aired 2001-04-26 | '49ers $400: Born in 1949, he graduated Harvard law in '78 & published the novel "The Burden of Proof" in '90 Scott Turow |
| #3844, aired 2001-04-26 | '49ers $800: These 2 younger brothers of Barry Gibb were born Dec. 22, 1949 Maurice & Robin |
| #3835, aired 2001-04-13 | TEMPLE $200: Her last starring film performance was in 1949's "The Story of Seabiscuit" Shirley Temple |
| #3825, aired 2001-03-30 | BHUTAN OR BUST! $500: Bhutan gained independence in 1949, with this much larger neighbor handling its foreign affairs India |
| #3821, aired 2001-03-26 | THE TRUMAN SHOW $600: In 1949 Pres. Truman was on hand when the cornerstone was laid for this organization's NYC headquarters United Nations |
| #3801, aired 2001-02-26 | ENGLISH LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): An ominous character from this 1949 novel lent his name to a summer 2000 series on CBS "1984" ("Big Brother") |
| #3798, aired 2001-02-21 | COUNTIES $400: It's no longer top-secret: this smallest county in New Mexico was created in 1949 Los Alamos |
| #3793, aired 2001-02-14 | ON VALENTINE'S DAY $100: Chaim Weizmann was elected this country's first president Feb. 14, 1949 Israel |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | POP MUSIC $200: He was "Born in the U.S.A." on Sept. 23, 1949 Bruce Springsteen |
| #3780, aired 2001-01-26 | MARRY MARY $800: She became a mystery writer in 1975, way after marrying Warren F. Clark in 1949 Mary Higgins (Clark) |
| #3718, aired 2000-11-01 | HE'S THE COACH $100: UCLA Men's Basketball, 1949-1975 John Wooden |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS $1000: In 1949 this 71-year-old became the only U.S. vice president ever to marry while in office Alben Barkley |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: 3-letter word that begins the titles of all 3 Best Picture winners of 1930, 1949 & 1950 All |
| #3651, aired 2000-06-19 | A CENTURY OF FOOD $300: In 1949 Charles Lubin introduced a cheesecake with this name, his daughter's Sara Lee |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | THE MAP OF 1950 $400: This European nation occupied 42,000 square miles in 1949; 41 years later it ceased to exist East Germany |
| #3588, aired 2000-03-22 | BIG SCREEN TIME TRAVEL $100: In 1949 Bing Crosby played this title New Englander who travels back to a time of knights & ladies A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $800: His success with "Lovesick Blues" led to his Opry debut in 1949; he was called back for 6 encores that first night Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | TELLING TIME $1000: Using an ammonia molecule, in 1949 the first atomic clock came from what was then called the U.S. Bureau of these Standards |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | SCI FI-DELITY $200: "War is Peace" & "Freedom is Slavery" in this 1949 work "1984" |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | LITERARY LOCALES $1000: 1949:
Oceania "1984" |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | MOVIES IN BLACK & WHITE $400: In 1949's "White Heat" he reaches the "top of the world" before blowing up James Cagney |
| #3472, aired 1999-10-12 | NATO $600: Its initials tell you NATO is an "organization" formed by this "N.A.T.", signed April 4, 1949 North Atlantic Treaty |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | CHINESE LEADERS $200: Party chairman from 1949-1976 Mao Tse-tung |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | CHINESE LEADERS $400: President in China, 1948-1949; President in exile on Taiwan, 1949-1975 Chiang Kai-shek |
| #3455, aired 1999-09-17 | 20th CENTURY FOOD $100: James Welch named this candy in 1949 after a play he saw, "Junior Miss" Junior Mints |
| #3455, aired 1999-09-17 | 20th CENTURY FOOD $200: From 1949 to 1968 it was the only Pillsbury product you were required to use in its Bake-Offs Flour |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | THOSE WACKY GERMANS $400: From 1949 to 1990 Germany was split into 2 countries, which were called this East & West Germany |
| #3441, aired 1999-07-19 | WORLD LEADERS $800: West Germany:
1949-1963 Konrad Adenauer |
| #3439, aired 1999-07-15 | FLAGS OF THE WORLD $200: It's this Asian country's flag adopted in 1949 seen here China |
| #3417, aired 1999-06-15 | OLD RADIO CRIME FIGHTERS $400: He started playing LAPD detective Joe Friday on radio in 1949 Jack Webb |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: This city located on the Rhine River became West Germany's capital in 1949 Bonn |
| #3382, aired 1999-04-27 | FAMOUS FEUDS $200: In the 1949 movie "Roseanna McCoy", Roseanna runs off with a member of this enemy family Hatfield |
| #3373, aired 1999-04-14 | PUT A KIRK IN IT $400: Kirk got his first Oscar nomination for "Champion", a 1949 film about this sport Boxing |
| #3359, aired 1999-03-25 | DISNEYLANDS $200: This classic ride is based on the 1949 Disney film "The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad" Mr. Toad's Wild Ride |
| #3351, aired 1999-03-15 | RADIO DAYS $800: The Orson Welles series "The Lives of Harry Lime" was based on this 1949 film The Third Man |
| #3348, aired 1999-03-10 | 50 YEARS AGO $200: Argentina's new 1949 constitution meant this incumbent president could succeed himself Juan Peron |
| #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 |
| #3346, aired 1999-03-08 | FILM BIOGRAPHIES $1000: Among the film portrayals of Beethoven are Ewald Balser's in 1949's "Eroica" & Gary Oldman's in this 1994 film Immortal Beloved |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | MOVIE REMAKES $1000: Terry Moore, who starred in this 1949 gorilla film, has a cameo in the 1998 version Mighty Joe Young |
| #3322, aired 1999-02-02 | BIT ROLES $600 (Daily Double): 3 of the men who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi in World War II had bit roles in this 1949 John Wayne film The Sands of Iwo Jima |
| #3317, aired 1999-01-26 | EERIE TV ANTHOLOGIES $600: This movie monster man hosted a self-titled anthology series in 1949 & "Thriller" in 1960 Boris Karloff |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | HITS OF THE '40s $500: Duke Ellington took "The A-Train" in 1941 & Frankie Laine rode out the decade on this train in 1949 "Mule Train" |
| #3289, aired 1998-12-17 | READ THE BOOK, SAW THE FILM $1000: Jack Burden is this book's central character; the 1949 movie switched it to Willie Stark All The King's Men |
| #3288, aired 1998-12-16 | CANADIANA $500: Founded in 1949, this company was publishing romance novels exclusively by 1964 Harlequin |
| #3279, aired 1998-12-03 | FABULOUS BAKER GIRLS $400: In 1949 Theodora Smafield's water-rising twists won the first of these competitions Pillsbury Bake-Off |
| #3276, aired 1998-11-30 | SEEING RED AT THE MOVIES $200: This 1949 movie about a boy & his horse featured a script by Steinbeck, based on his own novel The Red Pony |
| #3269, aired 1998-11-19 | NOVELIST-PLAYWRIGHTS $400: He had a play on Broadway called "The Traitor" in 1949, 2 years before his novel "The Caine Mutiny" appeared Herman Wouk |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | POLITICIANS $200: In 1949 he established a new government on Taiwan Chiang Kai-shek |
| #3241, aired 1998-10-12 | '76 $400: As well as Mao Tse-tung, China lost this man, premier from 1949 Chou En-lai |
| #3237, aired 1998-10-06 | DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER $300: Carol Channing introduced the song "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" in this Broadway musical in 1949 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" |
| #3216, aired 1998-09-07 | THE BOSS $100: Bruce Springsteen was born in 1949 in Freehold, near Asbury Park in this state New Jersey |
| #3215, aired 1998-07-17 | MOVIE NOSTALGIA $300: Actress seen here in her first major film role, in 1949's "Ladies of the Chorus" Marilyn Monroe |
| #3210, aired 1998-07-10 | BERLE $200: In 1949 Berle hosted the first of these, a 16-hour affair to benefit cancer research a telethon |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | FILM STARS $400: After divorcing Robert Walker, Jennifer Jones married this "Gone with the Wind" producer in 1949 David O. Selznick |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | KIDS' GAME SHOWS $1000: This show in which 5 children answered questions debuted on radio in 1940 & on TV in 1949 The Quiz Kids |
| #3067, aired 1997-12-23 | AWARDS $100: In 1949 this aviator who flew the Atlantic solo in 1927 received the Wright Brothers Trophy from the N.A.A. Charles Lindbergh |
| #3063, aired 1997-12-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In 1949 this German small appliance firm introduced the world's first electric foil shaver Braun |
| #3061, aired 1997-12-15 | LITERARY TEARJERKERS $1000: Johnny Gunther is the subject of this 1949 memoir by his father, with a title taken from John Donne Death Be Not Proud |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | ISLANDS $5,000 (Daily Double): Since 1949 this island has been the seat of the Republic of China Taiwan |
| #3013, aired 1997-10-08 | 1940S TV $600: Jackie Gleason starred in this series in 1949-50; when it returned in 1953, William Bendix had the lead The Life of Riley |
| #3013, aired 1997-10-08 | 1940S TV $800: "Time for" this pal of Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent won the 1949 Emmy for Best Children's Show Beany |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | HISTORY $200: On September 23, 1949 President Truman announced that this country had detonated a nuclear device the Soviet Union (or the U.S.S.R. or Russia) |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | CARS $200: In 1949 Chrysler pioneered starting a car with one of these rather than by pushing a button Ignition key |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | THE 1940s $200: Its New York City headquarters was dedicated October 24, 1949 United Nations |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | THE 1940s $400: This PM was Time Magazine's Man of the Year for the first & last years of the 1940s, 1940 & 1949 Winston Churchill |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | HISTORY $600: The famous regional defensive alliance treaty creating this organization was signed April 4, 1949 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
| #2942, aired 1997-05-20 | FAMOUS PROFESSORS $800: This former U.N. Secretary General taught international law at Cairo University from 1949 to 1977 Boutros Boutros-Ghali |
| #2937, aired 1997-05-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: Laws of 1911 & 1949 left this upper house of Parliament with only delaying powers House of Lords |
| #2926, aired 1997-04-28 | CLASSIC BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: In 1949 she adapted her novel "The Fountainhead" for the big screen Ayn Rand |
| #2923, aired 1997-04-23 | EDGAR ALLAN POE $200: A 1949 book on Poe's life & works had an introduction by this psychoanalyst who died in 1939 Sigmund Freud |
| #2923, aired 1997-04-23 | MY NAME IS BARBARA $800: She appeared with Lassie in the 1949 film "The Sun Comes Up" before she played Beaver's mother on TV Barbara Billingsley |
| #2913, aired 1997-04-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: On April 4, 1949, the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, France & 8 other nations signed this mutual defense pact NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) |
| #2907, aired 1997-04-01 | LOSE A TURN $300: Only twice between 1949 & 1964 did this team fail to win the American League pennant the New York Yankees |
| #2888, aired 1997-03-05 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY $200: He first used "Fair Deal", the name of his domestic program, during the 1949 State of the Union address Truman |
| #2861, aired 1997-01-27 | GOOD THINKING $500: In 1949 he created a machine to shave an ice rink, scoop up debris & spread fresh water Frank Zamboni |
| #2840, aired 1996-12-27 | THE OSCARS $600: This 1949 movie featuring Terry Moore & a gorilla earned a special-effects award Mighty Joe Young |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | VICTOR/VICTORIA $400: Samson in the 1949 feature "Samson and Delilah", he played Samson's father in the 1984 TV remake Victor Mature |
| #2778, aired 1996-10-02 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $600: In January 1949 this Secretary of State known for his post-WWII "Plan" resigned for health reasons (George) Marshall |
| #2776, aired 1996-09-30 | CANNES PALME D'OR WINNERS $800: The colorized version of this 1949 film starring Orson Welles should use "Lime" green -- Harry Lime The Third Man |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | WORLD HISTORY $100: In 1949 this city became the capital of the Nationalist Chinese government Taipei |
| #2762, aired 1996-09-10 | SHE WAS IN THAT? $200: This "Murder, She Wrote" star played Delilah's older sister in the 1949 De Mille epic "Samson and Delilah" Angela Lansbury |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | SIMIAN CINEMA $500: In a 1949 film Terry Moore played the piano while this "mighty" ape held her over his head Mighty Joe Young |
| #2711, aired 1996-05-20 | HE WAS IN THAT?! $500: Beau Bridges played a boy named Beau in this 1949 film based on a Steinbeck novel about a horse The Red Pony |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | 20th CENTURY WRITERS $600: This poet's annual Christmas greeting for 1949 featured "On a tree fallen across the road" Robert Frost |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | ROYALTY $400: In 1949 he succeeded his grandfather Prince Louis II as ruler of Monaco Prince Rainier |
| #2677, aired 1996-04-02 | MOUNTAINS $800: In 1949 a U.S. expedition spent 12 futile days searching for Noah's Ark on this mountain Mt. Ararat |
| #2652, aired 1996-02-27 | COMEDIANS $300: This Oscar winner for "Ghost" was born Caryn Johnson in 1949 Whoopi Goldberg |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: In 1990, Germany replaced West Germany as a member of this defense alliance founded in 1949 NATO |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS $600: As Amy in this 1949 film, she marries Laurie after Jo rejects him Little Women |
| #2613, aired 1996-01-03 | WHAT A PRINCE! $800: He succeeded his grandfather Louis II Matignon-Grimaldi in 1949 Prince Rainier |
| #2602, aired 1995-12-19 | SPORTS $500: Nicknamed the "Bronx Bull", he won the middleweight boxing title in 1949 & held it for 2 years Jake LaMotta |
| #2598, aired 1995-12-13 | HISTORIC NAMES $300: After resigning as president in 1949, he fled to Taiwan & resumed the post Chiang Kai-shek |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $1000: In 1949 this "60 Minutes" reporter was an actor; he played Lt. Kidd on "Stand By for Crime" Mike Wallace |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | BRITISH POSSESSIONS $200: This British crown colony absorbed over a million Chinese refugees between 1949 & 1962 Hong Kong |
| #2557, aired 1995-10-17 | NOTABLE WOMEN $800: This famed Italian educator wrote the 1949 book "The Absorbent Mind" Montessori |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1949 this Australian city was chosen as the site of the 1956 Summer Olympic Games Melbourne |
| #2508, aired 1995-06-28 | HARVARD TEACHERS $800: From 1949 to 1975 John Kenneth Galbraith taught this subject economics |
| #2495, aired 1995-06-09 | BALLET $800: Renee "Zizi" Jeanmaire danced the title role in Roland Petit's 1949 ballet version of this Bizet opera Carmen |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: From 1947 to 1949, this Cabinet department was known as the National Military Establishment the Defense Department |
| #2479, aired 1995-05-18 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: "A Tree of Night" is a 1949 collection of short stories by this author of "In Cold Blood" Truman Capote |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | INVENTORS $600: In 1949 he founded Geodesics, Inc. to manufacture his domes Buckminster Fuller |
| #2438, aired 1995-03-22 | PLAYS $400: In 1949 the N.Y. Drama Critics Circle chose his "Death of a Salesman" as the best new American play Arthur Miller |
| #2420, aired 1995-02-24 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: His 1949 book "Knight's Gambit" is a collection of interrelated detective stories set in Mississippi Faulkner |
| #2393, aired 1995-01-18 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: Since 1949 the Pescadores off the coast of China have been under the control of this island country Taiwan |
| #2392, aired 1995-01-17 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: This current U.N. Secretary-General received an international law doctorate from the Univ. of Paris in 1949 Boutros-Ghali |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | TELEVISION $200: The first of these television awards were given out Jan. 25, 1949 at the Hollywood Athletic Club the Emmys |
| #2374, aired 1994-12-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1949 this future gen. of the army became the 1st permanent Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Omar Bradley |
| #2373, aired 1994-12-21 | WORLD THEATRE $800: This author of "The Threepenny Opera" founded the Berliner Ensemble in East Berlin in 1949 Bertolt Brecht |
| #2373, aired 1994-12-21 | ASTRONOMY & SPACE $800: Nereid, this outer planet's third-largest moon, was discovered in 1949 Neptune |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | MODERN ART & ARTISTS $400: In 1949 this pop artist received a degree in pictorial design from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Tech Andy Warhol |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | YACHTS $600: In 1949 producer David O. Selznick married this "Song of Bernadette" star aboard the yacht Manona Jennifer Jones |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | VICE PRESIDENTS $500: He was Senate Majority Leader from 1937-1947 & vice president from 1949-1953 Alben Barkley |
| #2348, aired 1994-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1949 the Senate ratified this treaty that joined the U.S. with 11 others in a mutual defense pact NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
| #2340, aired 1994-11-04 | DRAMA $1000: In February 1949 this actor originated the role of Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman" Lee J. Cobb |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | ENCHANTED APRIL $300: This Rodgers & Hammerstein musical opened on Broadway on "Some Enchanted Evening" in April 1949 South Pacific |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | HISTORY $200: In February 1949 this country's Knesset elected Chaim Weizmann as its first president Israel |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | "BLACK" & "WHITE" $400: James Cagney's dying words in this 1949 film were "Made it, Ma! Top of the World!" White Heat |
| #2289, aired 1994-07-14 | DINAH SHORE $400: Dinah had a big hit in 1949 with this song from "The Paleface" about fasteners and frills "Buttons And Bows" |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | MARCH $500: On March 31, 1949 it became Canada's 10th & last province Newfoundland |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | ROYALTY $1000: Indonesia became independent of the Netherlands in 1949, during the reign of this Dutch queen Juliana |
| #2272, aired 1994-06-21 | ARTISTS $400: His daughter Paloma was named for the dove on a poster he created for a 1949 peace conference Pablo Picasso |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | THE 1940s $600: As of 1949 phonograph records were available in these 3 standard speeds 33 1/3, 45 & 78 |
| #2265, aired 1994-06-10 | 1949 $100: On January 31 the U.S. formally recognized Transjordan & this country Israel |
| #2265, aired 1994-06-10 | 1949 $200: There were about 40,000 horologists making these in the U.S. clocks (watches) |
| #2265, aired 1994-06-10 | 1949 $300: The cornerstone for its headquarters was laid October 24, 1949 the United Nations |
| #2265, aired 1994-06-10 | 1949 $400: 2 women fined & jailed for their WWII broadcasts were Iva D'Aquino, Tokyo Rose, & Mildred Gillars, known as this Axis Sally |
| #2265, aired 1994-06-10 | 1949 $500: In February Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty was sentenced to life imprisonment in this country Hungary |
| #2256, aired 1994-05-30 | FOUR! $300: On Jan. 20, 1949 this president unveiled his Point Four Program for U.S. foreign policy Truman |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | 1949 $100: On August 23 a manslaughter charge was filed against the cabbie who killed this "Gone with the Wind" author (Margaret) Mitchell |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | 1949 $200: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, shah of this country, was wounded when a reporter fired 5 shots at him Iran |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | 1949 $300: In this country's first election, David Ben-Gurion's Mapai Party won a large plurality Israel |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | 1949 $400: April 14 the war crimes tribunal in this German city passed sentence on 19 criminals Nuremberg |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | 1949 $500: In his January 5 state of the union message, he called for a "Fair Deal" Truman |
| #2236, aired 1994-05-02 | ASIAN CITIES $200: In 1949 Chaing Kai-Shek's nationalists set up their new headquarters in this Taiwanese city Taipei |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | GOVERNORS $2,500 (Daily Double): This grandson of a vice president was Illinois' governor 1949-1953 Adlai Stevenson |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1949 Luis Munoz Marin became the first elected governor of this present U.S. commonwealth Puerto Rico |
| #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 |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1949 William Schwann published the first catalog of these; there were 674 listings phonograph records |
| #2193, aired 1994-03-02 | HISTORY $200: This city became capital of Communist China when Mao set up headquarters there in 1949 Peking |
| #2193, aired 1994-03-02 | Z $300: The 1949 Republic Serial "Ghost of Zorro" starred this man who later played the Lone Ranger Clayton Moore |
| #2187, aired 1994-02-22 | YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS $800 (Daily Double): In 1949 its Youth League led by Oliver Tambo & Nelson Mandela gained control of the organization African National Congress |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The Mapai Party, led by Ben-Gurion, won this country's first general election in 1949 Israel |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Aurora Quezon, widow of this country's first president, was assassinated in 1949 the Philippines |
| #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 |
| #2160, aired 1994-01-14 | BOXERS $500: Subject of the film "Raging Bull", he held the middleweight title from 1949 to 1951 Jake LaMotta |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | CHINA $100: From 1912-1949 it was the Republic of China; in 1949 this word was added to the name People's |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | THE CARS $300: In 1949 this company produced its one millionth car, a Coupe DeVille Cadillac |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | SORORITY WOMEN $400: This Kappa Delta artist settled in New Mexico in 1949 because of the earth colors, the ochres & the reds Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #2107, aired 1993-11-02 | BALLET $300: Jerome Robbins became associate artistic director of this Manhattan ballet company in 1949 American Ballet Theatre |
| #2094, aired 1993-10-14 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: In 1949 Nathuram Godse & Narayan Apte were hanged for the assassination of this Indian leader Gandhi |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | PULITZER PRIZE PLAYS $200: Lee J. Cobb was just 37 when he played 60-something Willy Loman in this 1949 Prize winner Death of a Salesman |
| #2080, aired 1993-09-24 | NOVELS $200: George Orwell set this 1949 novel only 35 years in the future 1984 |
| #2060, aired 1993-07-16 | MYTHOLOGICAL OPERAS $200: In Arthur Bliss' 1949 opera, the gods of this Greek mountain have been reduced to strolling players Mount Olympus |
| #2044, aired 1993-06-24 | ARCHITECTURE $400: In 1949 this German- American architect & some former students designed the Graduate Center at Harvard (Walter) Gropius |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | PLAYWRIGHTS & ACTRESSES $600: In 1949 she starred in "The Smile of the World", a play written by her husband Garson Kanin Ruth Gordon |
| #2027, aired 1993-06-01 | HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE $500: This "maternal" gangster's last surviving son, Lloyd, was shot to death by his wife in 1949 Ma Barker |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | BALLET $600: This British ballerina earned 48 curtain calls at her NYC debut in 1949, & she wasn't even a dame yet (Margot) Fonteyn |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: From 1949-1956 this "Princess Daisy" author was a fashion editor for Good Housekeeping Judith Krantz |
| #2014, aired 1993-05-13 | ASIAN HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): From 1816 to 1949 Indonesia was a colony of this European country the Netherlands |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | FILMS OF THE '40s $500: Broderick Crawford played Willie Stark in this 1949 film directed by Robert Rossen All the King's Men |
| #2001, aired 1993-04-26 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1949 the U.S., Canada, Iceland & 9 Western European nations formed this organization NATO |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | FILMS $500: Alan Ladd played the title character in the 1949 version of this F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | CLOTHING & FASHION $500: In 1949 Emilio Pucci designed these pants, named for the island on which he was inspired by a lady friend capris |
| #1911, aired 1992-12-21 | BLACK FIRSTS $400: In 1949 Wesley A. Brown became the 1st Black Midshipman to graduate from this service academy the Naval Academy |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | ITALIAN HISTORY $400: In 1949 Italy became a founding member of this Western military alliance NATO |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | "T" ON THE MAP $400: This city became the seat of the Nationalist Chinese government in 1949 Taipei (Taiwan) |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | DIVAS $200: Renata Tebaldi was a member of the company of this Milan opera house from 1949 to 1954 La Scala |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $300: In 1949, they became the 1st father & son team to win Oscars Walter & John Huston |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | THE 1940s $200: In 1949, this nation claimed that it had actually invented the submarine & the icebreaker the Soviet Union |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | THE 1940s $600: In August 1949, Omar Bradley became the first permanent chairman of this military advisory group the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $300: From 1949-1951 this woman who mastered many sports was the leading money winner among female golfers Babe Zaharias |
| #1791, aired 1992-05-18 | TREATIES $400: Int'l agreements adopted in 1864, 1906, 1929 & 1949 dealing with the humane treatment of P.O.W.s & wounded soldiers the Geneva Conventions |
| #1765, aired 1992-04-10 | REPUBLICANS $200: His political career began in 1949 when he was elected to the Phoenix city council Goldwater |
| #1733, aired 1992-02-26 | FIRST LADIES $300: She signed a 7-year contract with MGM in 1949 Mrs. Reagan |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $400: In 1949 this Cabinet dept. was created to replace the Nat'l Military Establishment the Defense Department |
| #1719, aired 1992-02-06 | POETRY $400: The Bollingen Prize in poetry was first given in 1949 under the auspices of this national library Library of Congress |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | BLACK HISTORY $600: He broke the color barrier in baseball, & in 1949 was voted the Nat'l League's most valuable player Jackie Robinson |
| #1684, aired 1991-12-19 | OSCAR LOSERS $500: At the 1949 awards, the time wasn't right for this Gregory Peck war film to win Best Picture 12 O'Clock High |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | FOLK SINGERS $500 (Daily Double): This folk group evolved from informal songfests in Pete Seeger's home in 1949 the weavers |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | BOXING $300: He held the heavyweight title from 1937 to 1949, the longest reign Joe Louis |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | THE TWENTIETH CENTURY $200: On May 9, 1949 he succeeded his grandfather Louis II as ruler of Monaco Prince Rainier |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | HISTORY $200: When Mao Tse-tung came to power in 1949 he promised to respect this Tibetan religion: didn't work Buddhism |
| #1623, aired 1991-09-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $200: In 1949 Canada joined the U.S. & 10 European countries in forming this military alliance NATO |
| #1577, aired 1991-06-11 | 1940s TV $400: The title of a 1949 mystery anthology series was starring this movie monster player Boris Karloff |
| #1577, aired 1991-06-11 | 1940s TV $500: This 1949 sitcom with Jackie Gleason, not William Bendix, won an Emmy as Best Film Made for & Viewed on TV The Life of Riley |
| #1564, aired 1991-05-23 | THE LIBERTY BELL $400: From 1949-63 this coin featured Franklin on 1 side & the Liberty Bell on the reverse the half dollar |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | 1949 $100: This camera which produced a print in 60 seconds went on sale May 11 a Polaroid |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | 1949 $200: No longer prime minister, he published "Their Finest Hour", vol. 2 of his WWII history Churchill |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | 1949 $300: In December the nationalist government of China fled from Chengtu to this island Formosa |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | 1949 $400: After delivering over 2 mil. tons of supplies, the Allied airlift to this city ended Sept. 30 Berlin |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | 1949 $500: Mr. D. L. Colvin, president of the WCTU, blamed this for American concessions at Yalta alcohol (drinking, booze) |
| #1544, aired 1991-04-25 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: Her thoughts on her novel & the subsequent film appear in "Gone with the Wind Letters 1936-1949" (Margaret) Mitchell |
| #1533, aired 1991-04-10 | DANCE $1000: Born in Italy & raised in Brooklyn, in 1949, he debuted his own Spanish dance company Jose Greco |
| #1527, aired 1991-04-02 | PEOPLE $800: Manfred Worner is the first German to serve as Gen. sec'y of this organization founded in 1949 NATO |
| #1524, aired 1991-03-28 | LITERARY SETTINGS $200: His 1949 novel about a missionary, "The God-Seeker", is set in Minn.; so is his "Main Street" Sinclair Lewis |
| #1509, aired 1991-03-07 | BRIDGE $400: In a 1949 book, he outlined a point count method of bidding, now known as his "system" Charles Goren |
| #1498, aired 1991-02-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1949 the U.S. joined this Western defense pact, our first ever peacetime alliance NATO |
| #1498, aired 1991-02-20 | LAW $400: Laws regarding prisoners of war were established by conventions held in this city in 1929 & 1949 Geneva |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | THE 1970s $400: This man who had led the People's Republic of China since 1949 died in September 1976 Mao |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | GREGORY PECK $800: Peck said of his role in this "time"ly 1949 film about WWII, "I think I'm a bit young to be a general" Twelve O'Clock High |
| #1467, aired 1991-01-08 | GOLF $400: American sportswriters voted him the outstanding golfer of the years 1900-1949 Bobby Jones |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | MOVIE TRIVIA $500: In 1949's "Beyond the Forest", B. Davis uttered this famous line about the condition of her home "What a dump!" |
| #1417, aired 1990-10-30 | THE OSCARS $300: The Best Cartoon of 1949, "For Scent-imental Reasons", starred this Warner Bros. character Pepe Le Pew |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | HISTORIC FIGURES $200: Forced from Mainland China in 1949, he established a nationalist government on Taiwan Chiang Kai-shek |
| #1376, aired 1990-09-03 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: "1984" was a 1949 book by Eric Blair written under this pen name George Orwell |
| #1373, aired 1990-07-18 | FILMS OF THE '40s $300: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell & Ann Sothern played the 3 wives in the title of this 1949 film A Letter to Three Wives |
| #1364, aired 1990-07-05 | MUSEUMS $800: The first museum devoted entirely to atomic energy was opened in 1949 in this Eastern Tennessee town Oak Ridge |
| #1338, aired 1990-05-30 | PRESIDENTS $400: "Crusade in Europe", this president's book of America's war effort, was the basis for a 1949 ABC TV series Eisenhower |
| #1331, aired 1990-05-21 | PLAYS $1000: "Regina" was a 1949 musical version of this Lillian Hellman play "The Little Foxes" |
| #1322, aired 1990-05-08 | HISTORY $300: 4 treaties to mitigate the horrors of war were signed in this city in August 1949 Geneva |
| #1319, aired 1990-05-03 | PLAYWRIGHTS $600: "Catty" poet whose 1949 play "The Cocktail Party" is based on an ancient Greek play by Euripides T.S. Eliot |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | AWARDS $100: In 1949 "Time for Beany" became the 1st children's show to win one of these awards an Emmy |
| #1303, aired 1990-04-11 | DRAMA $600: In the 1st line of this 1949 work, Linda calls with some trepidation, "Willy!" Death of a Salesman |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1949 Henry H. Arnold became the first general of this branch of the armed forces Air Force |
| #1282, aired 1990-03-13 | LAURENCE OLIVIER $400: Olivier directed this woman, his 2nd wife, in the 1949 London production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" Vivien Leigh |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: "Washington Square", published by this author in 1881, was filmed as "The Heiress" in 1949 Henry James |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | CANADIAN HISTORY $600: This newest province didn't become part of Canada unti 1949 Newfoundland |
| #1188, aired 1989-11-01 | SHOW MUSIC $1,500 (Daily Double): 1949 Cole Porter show that featured a song called "Brush up your Shakespeare" Kiss Me, Kate |
| #1184, aired 1989-10-26 | MAGAZINES $600: Since 1949 this automobile magazine has presented the coveted "Car of the Year" award Motor Trend |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | BOXING MOVIES $200: In 1949 he took it on the chin as the "Champion" but his dimple stayed intact Kirk Douglas |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | FILMS OF THE '40s $200: Victor Mature & Hedy Lamarr played the title roles in this 1949 Cecil B. DeMille epic Samson & Delilah |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | "GIVE" & "TAKE" $300: Frank Sinatra & Gene Kelly were singing & dancing baseball players in this 1949 musical Take Me Out to the Ballgame |
| #1134, aired 1989-07-06 | RELIGION $200: Until 1949 Confucianism was this country's state religion China |
| #1094, aired 1989-05-11 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: In 1976 Mao, who ran China since 1949, & this man, who ran Chicago since 1955, both died (Richard) Daley |
| #1017, aired 1989-01-24 | FAMOUS NAMES $600: In 1949, at age 73, he became the 1st Chancellor of West Germany Konrad Adenauer |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1949 this Gen. resigned as Sec'y of State but returned to the cabinet the next year as Sec'y of Defense George Marshall |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | SPORTS IN FILM $1000: "The Stratton Story" of 1949 portrayed Monty Stratton's poignant comeback in this sport baseball |
| #1007, aired 1989-01-10 | AUTOMOBILES $500: In the 1949 film "The Great Gatsby", the hero drove this classic luxury car Duesenberg |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | ACTRESSES $200: In her last film, 1949's "The Sun Comes Up", her co-star was Lassie, not Nelson Eddy Jeanette MacDonald |
| #971, aired 1988-11-21 | THE 1940s $1000: In 1949 Siam became Thailand & this country was renamed Jordan Transjordan |
| #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 |
| #953, aired 1988-10-26 | RADIO TO TV $200: 1st playing Father on radio in 1949, he knew best Robert Young |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | WESTERN SONGS $400 (Daily Double): 2nd-biggest hit single of 1949, it's subtitled "A Cowboy Legend"
"An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day" "Ghost Riders In The Sky" |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | N. AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1949 Costa Rica's constitution abolished this, replacing it with a small civil guard the military (army) |
| #918, aired 1988-09-07 | TV TRIVIA $500: 1949's Emmy for "Best Film Made for & Viewed on TV" went to this sitcom starring Jackie Gleason The Life of Riley |
| #916, aired 1988-09-05 | THE MOVIES $100: In 1949 he made his last film with Ginger, "The Barkleys of Broadway" Fred Astaire |
| #913, aired 1988-07-20 | THE 1940s $300 (Daily Double): Musical which opened on Broadway April 7, 1949 & gave us the following song:
"Some enchanted evening...." South Pacific |
| #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 |
| #911, aired 1988-07-18 | WORLD HISTORY $400: When this country became Communist on Oct. 1, 1949, its literacy rate was less than 25% China |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $400: In 1949, the, "Lucky Lady II" became 1st airplane to complete this, taking 94 hours & 1 minute a non-stop trip around the world |
| #904, aired 1988-07-07 | RADIO TO TV $600: June Whitley played Margaret Anderson to Robert Young's Jim on this 1949 radio series Father Knows Best |
| #880, aired 1988-06-03 | THE TONY AWARDS $400: The 1st Arthur Miller drama to be voted "Best Play" in 1949 Death of a Salesman |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | AWARDS $300: In 1949, he won an Emmy as "Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality", not "Best in a Dress" Milton Berle |
| #860, aired 1988-05-06 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: The 1949 musical "Miss Liberty" featured as a character this sculptor of The Statue of Liberty Bartholdi |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | INVENTORS $200: In 1949, he developed the whirlpool bath that bears his name for his 15-month-old son who had arthritis Jacuzzi |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | TITLE CHARACTERS $800: In 1949, Helene Weigel, mother of Bertolt Brecht's children, aptly played this famous role Mother Courage |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | KIND OF A DRAG $600: He masqueraded as a WAC, seamed stockings & all, in 1949's "I Was a Male War Bride" Cary Grant |
| #822, aired 1988-03-15 | THE 20TH CENTURY $600: In 1949, Sen. Robert Taft fought against this formal U.S. alliance with European countries NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | MAGAZINES $200: In 1949, it began giving out its "Car of the Year" award Motor Trend |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | ANCIENT TELEVISION $600: This program grew out of 1949's "The Admiral Broadway Revue", starring Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca Your Show of Shows |
| #813, aired 1988-03-02 | TV TRIVIA $300: Believe it or not, in 1949 he was the 1st to host a TV version of "Believe It or Not" Ripley |
| #813, aired 1988-03-02 | "MR." & "MRS." $1000: In this 1949 movie, Evelyn Keyes plays the wife of Mountie Dick Powell Mrs. Mike |
| #810, aired 1988-02-26 | THE '40s $200: Created as a result of a U.N. vote, this Mideast nation was admitted as a member in 1949 Israel |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | THE '40S $500: Heavens to the Betsy, his novel "The Dream Merchants" was published in 1949 Harold Robbins |
| #779, aired 1988-01-14 | REPUBLICANS $100: In 1949, Barry Goldwater was elected to the city council of this Arizona city Phoenix |
| #752, aired 1987-12-08 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: From 1937 to 1949 this country referred to itself as "Eire" Ireland |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | THE MOVIES $600: In the 1933 & 1949 versions of this kiddie classic, Katharine Hepburn, then June Allyson, played Jo Little Women |
| #709, aired 1987-10-08 | ANCIENT TELEVISION $400: In 1949 Uncle Miltie hosted the 1st of these on TV for the "Damon Runyon Memorial Fund" telethon |
| #709, aired 1987-10-08 | ANCIENT TELEVISION $600: He was "At Large" in 1949 but was later captured to become "Today"s 1st host Dave Garroway |
| #706, aired 1987-10-05 | PICASSO $400: In 1949, his lithograph of this bird was adopted as the symbol of the World Peace Congress the dove |
| #698, aired 1987-09-23 | "OF" $600: The 1949 Geneva Convention recognizes that they have a duty to attempt to escape prisoners of war |
| #688, aired 1987-09-09 | TV HISTORY $400: In 1949, this gov't agency tried to ban TV quiz show giveaways as violation of lottery laws the FCC |
| #688, aired 1987-09-09 | TV HISTORY $800: In 1949, Louis McManus won a special award for his original design of this award the Emmy |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $400: "Show of Shows" star, I started on TV in 1949 in the "Admiral Broadway Review" Sid Caesar |
| #678, aired 1987-07-15 | ISLANDS $1000: This island was a separate British dominion that did not join Canada until 1949 Newfoundland |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | SOUTHERN AUTHORS $200: She died tragically in 1949 after being struck by an automobile in her hometown, Atlanta Margaret Mitchell |
| #670, aired 1987-07-03 | FOLK MUSIC $1000: Group formed in 1949 when Ronnie Gilbert & Fred Hellerman joined Lee Hays & Pete Seeger The Weavers |
| #653, aired 1987-06-10 | BATMAN $500: In a 1949 time-travel tale, Batman & Robin pool their efforts to save this 13th c. explorer Marco Polo |
| #652, aired 1987-06-09 | FAMOUS RALPHS $1000: In 1949, he arranged an armistice in Palestine Ralph Bunche |
| #650, aired 1987-06-05 | "WHITE" $600: His return to gangster films, this 1949 flick put Cagney back on top of the world, ma White Heat |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Her 1949 tale, "The Lottery", didn't feature a pick 6 for cash, but a pick 1 for stoning (Shirley) Jackson |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | "A.C." $400 (Daily Double): He won an Oscar for his score for the 1949 film "The Heiress", but is better known for this: Aaron Copland |
| #593, aired 1987-03-18 | FORMER CAPITALS $200: In 1949, Israel moved its seat of government to Jerusalem from this city Tel-Aviv |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | PLAYTIME $400: Since 1949, this game manufacturer has sold about 1 million Candyland sets a year Milton Bradley |
| #552, aired 1987-01-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1949, Mrs. R. Smafield's "Water Rising Twists" won 1st of this company's bake-offs Pillsbury |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | GEOGRAPHY $400: Before 1949, Jordan was known by this name, meaning "the land across the Jordan River" Transjordan |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | ASIA $1000: Negotiations over a hijacked plane in May '86 were 1st reported talks between these 2 countries since 1949 Mainland China & Taiwan |
| #526, aired 1986-12-15 | AUTHORS $200: Though his novels were nearly out of print by 1945, Wm. Faulkner won this in 1949 the Nobel Prize |
| #526, aired 1986-12-15 | 20TH C. AMERICANS $400: In 1949 after resigning as the 1st secretary of this dept., James Forrestal committed suicide Defence |
| #425, aired 1986-04-25 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: 1949 novel about Winston Smith, a Newspeak writer at the Ministry of Truth 1984 |
| #407, aired 1986-04-01 | POP SINGERS $1000: Discovered by Bob Hope in 1949, this ballad king soon went from "Rags To Riches" Tony Bennett |
| #404, aired 1986-03-27 | GAME SHOWS $600: Among the singers on 1949's "Let There Be Stars" was this future star of "The Hollywood Squares" Peter Marshall |
| #327, aired 1985-12-10 | COLONIAL EMPIRES $600: Much smaller European country which ruled Indonesia until 1949 Netherlands |
| #271, aired 1985-09-23 | WORLD HISTORY $800: 1st black to win Nobel Prize, he negotiated 1949 Arab-Israeli truce Ralph Bunche |
| #186, aired 1985-05-27 | HISTORY $1000: This Central American country, known for its political stability, has had no army since 1949 Costa Rica |
| #172, aired 1985-05-07 | JIMMY CAGNEY $300: In this famous 1949 film, Cagney died, consumed by flames on the "top of the world" White Heat |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | 1960 $300: Blacks refusing to stand at a Woolworth's counter in Charlotte, NC spawned this form of protest a sit-in |
| #149, aired 1985-04-04 | TIME $1,000 (Daily Double): From 1949-1971 it occurred on TV almost every Sunday night at 8 PM ET Ed Sullivan |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | MOVIE TRIVIA $300: 1949's Best Picture, its title came from "Humpty Dumpty" All the King's Men |
| #65, aired 1984-12-07 | TOYS & GAMES $400: Thrown out by G.E. in 1949, this stretchy stuff became a national fad Silly Putty |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | CANADA $1000: A British colony until it became Canada’s 10th province in 1949 Newfoundland |
| #13, aired 1984-09-26 | ISLANDS $300: Until 1949 a Dutch colony, now the world's most populous island nation Indonesia |
