| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | FUN FACTS $400: These marshmallow chick candies took 27 hours to make individually by hand in 1953; now 509 are hatched every 8 seconds Peeps |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $200: In 1953 David Mullany invented this erratic toy with 8 holes that's often sold with its own bat a Wiffle ball |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | "A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $800: Not soccer, but pato, a combination of polo & basketball, was declared the national sport there in 1953 Argentina |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | TRAIN TALES $800: Elmore Leonard sold his 1953 short story "Three-Ten to" this city to Dime Western Magazine Yuma |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $1000: In a 1953 film she played a princess who takes a "Roman Holiday" from her royal duties Audrey Hepburn |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | IT'S ALL "SMALL" STUFF $1000: Established in 1953, this government agency provides support to start-ups & existing companies with programs & loans the Small Business Administration |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | FAMOUS PAIRS $400: In 1953 these 2 men teamed up to sell 31 flavors of ice cream Baskin & Robbins |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | DASHIELL HAMMETT $800: In 1953 Hammett went before a committee chaired by this man & was asked about his association with the Communist Party McCarthy |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | GRAND MARSHALS OF THE ROSE PARADE $3,000 (Daily Double): He got the nod in 1953 as a senator from California; he rode again in 1960 Richard Nixon |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | MUSIC $600: In 1953 he became the first American to conduct at La Scala in Milan; 4 years later, he helped tell a "West Side Story" Bernstein |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | OATHS $100: The coronation oath he took in 2023 had some minor changes since it was last taken in 1953 King Charles (III) (the former Prince Charles) |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "POP" QUIZ, HOTSHOT $500: In 1953, 10-year-old Gayla Peevey sang about wanting this large animal for Christmas a hippopotamus |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | MAILED IT! $1600: The U.S. Postal Inspection Service warns of scams by fake sweepstakes purporting to be from this company founded in 1953 Publishers Clearing House |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | PLAY PEOPLE $2000: "Angels in America" has characters both heavenly, such as the angel, & earthly, like the vision of this woman executed in 1953 (Ethel) Rosenberg |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | MUSICAL WORKS $400: Thea Musgrave's first commissioned work, in 1953, was "Suite O' Bairnsangs" for a festival in this, her native country Scotland |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | BEHIND THE BOND $400: Fleming went diving with this Frenchman in 1953 & mentioned him in "Live and Let Die" Cousteau |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | BIO PICS $1200: It takes two, baby--well, two intertwined sugar phosphate chains anyway to be this landmark 1953 molecular model for DNA a double helix |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FAMOUS NAME OVERLAPS $400: The man with a "Plan" that earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 & Eminem's name at birth George Marshall Mathers |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | DE-COMPOSING $600: This "Peter & the Wolf" music maker stopped Russian around in March 1953 Prokofiev |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $400: The 1953 medical journal article that named this syndrome says patients have generally accepted a week of discomfort each month premenstrual syndrome |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | HERE'S YOUR REPORT CARD $800: Almost 6,000 personal interviews informed his 1953 report on "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" Kinsey |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | IT HAD TO BE HUGH $800: In 1953 he informed newsstands that "Stag Party--a brand new magazine for men--will be out this fall" Hugh Hefner |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | EVERYDAY ROYALTY & NOBILITY $1000: We commission you to give the first & last names of this Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969 Earl Warren |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | GEOGRAPHY THAT MADE HISTORY $200: On May 29, 1953 2 adventurers finished boldly going where no man had gone before & stood here the top of Mount Everest |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | AMERICANA $800: Due to an oversight, the law admitting this "Buckeye State" into the Union wasn't signed until 1953, 150 years after the fact Ohio |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | SOMETHING TO READ $400: In 1953 dime Western magazine paid Elmore Leonard $90 for a short story called "Three-Ten to" this place Yuma |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | NOW STREAMING ON DuMONT+ $2000: We've got the Feb. 21, 1953 "Life is Worth Living" where Bishop Sheen predicts death for this Communist; 12 days later, bingo Stalin |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | HISTORIC SHIPS $400: Launched in 1953, the USS Albacore was a research ship that pioneered the "teardrop" hull shape for this type of vessel a submarine |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | GOING THROUGH SOME CYCLES $500: In 1953 sir Hans Krebs got this big prize for describing the cycle by which living cells obtain energy the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | REVOLTS $400: Not even bearded yet, in 1953 he led a failed revolt by storming Cuba's Moncada Barracks Castro |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | MOVIE MAGIC & WIZARDRY $200: Amateur magician Tony Curtis did his own tricks in a 1953 biopic of this conjurer & escape artist Houdini |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | DESCRIBING THE PULITZER FICTION WINNER $400: 1953: Sharks plunder elderly Santiago's catch The Old Man and the Sea |
| #8599, aired 2022-03-17 | MOVIE & TV ROLE IN COMMON $1200: Howard Keel in the 1953 film "Calamity Jane"; Keith Carradine in "Deadwood" Wild Bill Hickok |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | AVIATION $800: In 1953 in an F-86 borrowed from the Royal Canadian Air Force, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to do this exceed the speed of sound |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | VACCINES $1200: After boiling the syringes & needles in his own kitchen in 1953, Jonas Salk gave his 3 sons his vaccine for this polio |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | TRANSPORTATION $400: Six years after Chuck Yeager's feat, Scott Crossfield reached this next logical milestone in November 1953 Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound) |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | THINGS IN LITERARY TITLES $1200: A container used to heat metals gave us the name of this 1953 play set in Massachusetts The Crucible |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | LISTEN UP! $1000: Known for its use in "Star Wars" films, this "scream" wasn't named for a kaiser but for a 1953 film character who got an arrow in the leg Wilhelm (the Wilhelm scream) |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | FORE! NO, 5 GOLF MOVIES $2000: The 1953 golf comedy saw this man play "The Caddy" to his cool friend Dean Martin (Jerry) Lewis |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | CHURCHILL SPEAKS $1600: Referencing America's Secretary of State in 1953, Winston said, "Dull, duller," this last name Dulles |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | CATCH $2,000 (Daily Double): Alfred Glassell set a record catching a "black" one of these in 1953; footage of the catch was later used in "The Old Man and the Sea" a marlin |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | SHE SANG IT IN A MOVIE $400: 1953:
"Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" Marilyn Monroe |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | THE ART OF LEADERSHIP $800: A portrait of the 16th president was painted by this 34th president in 1953 Eisenhower |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | THE MEASURE OF A FILM $1000: 1953:
"The Beast from
20,000 ____" Fathoms |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | TRUCE! $400: No countries signed the 1953 armistice ending the Korean War--only generals representing North Korea & this intl. organization the UN |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | HISTORIC GOVERNORS $1200: A grad of Northwestern Law, Adlai Stevenson governed this state from 1949 to 1953 Illinois |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | BOOKS BY THE NUMBER $400: After not 1 but 2 nuclear wars, books are burned to prevent complicated thought in this 1953 sci-fi classic Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | POETS & POETRY $400: This Welshman was famed for his lyrical writing & his bouts of drinking; one binge preceded his death in 1953 Thomas |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | COMPOSERS $800: The 1953 death of "Peter & the Wolf" composer Sergey Prokofiev was overshadowed by the death of this leader on the same day Stalin |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): From 1953 to 1961 Allen Dulles was the director of this U.S. government agency CIA |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | LET'S GO TO THE ARCHIVES $2000: The Vassiliev Notebooks of information from Soviet archives show that yes, this NYC-born man executed in 1953 was an atom spy Rosenberg |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $600: After a tornado, in May 1953 the region around Warner Robins, Georgia was declared the first federal one of these disaster zone (area) |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | AUDIO DRAMAS $1600: In May 1953 this poet performed first voice & other roles in a live recording of his "Under Milk Wood" Dylan Thomas |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | BRAND NAMES $600: Launched nationally in 1953, this wrap that clings to leftovers was Dow Chemical's first consumer product Saran Wrap |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | SHE SHOOTS $200: When Virginia Schau won this news prize for a photo of a 1953 rescue, the announcement identified her as Mrs. Walter M. Schau a Pulitzer |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | SCIENCE: MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH $1200: A Feb. 1953 paper by Linus Pauling says the structure of DNA involves this many "intertwined helical polynucleotide chains"--so close 3 |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | BEER/ME! $400: When it comes to the last name of the American playwright whose 1953 play was "The Crucible", it's this time Miller |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | MAGAZINES' FIRST ISSUES $400: Featuring Lucille Ball & her "$50,000,000 baby" on the cover, it first hit stands in April 1953 TV Guide |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | WHAT'S MY AIRLINE? $2,000 (Daily Double): The headquarters of this airline that was organized jointly in 1953 by the federal & state government is in Cologne, Germany Lufthansa |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | OTHER BRITISH ISLES $800: Foulness Island off the Essex coast was almost completely flooded by a giant 1953 storm surge in this sea the North Sea |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | NON-AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1953 Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay were on top of the world after reaching the summit of this mountain Mount Everest |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | FETE OFFENSIVE $400: 1953 & 2009 were years of riots in France on this festive day that was violent back in 1789, too Bastille Day |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | IT'S A STRIKE $200: A 1953 general strike in Ceylon was prompted by a huge increase in the price of this staple food rice |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | 150 YEARS OF NATURE $1000: A 1953 Nature paper, one of the most famous in the history of science, began, "We wish to suggest a structure" for this DNA |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | IT'S THE GIELGUD MOVIE OF THE YEAR $800: For this 1953 film Gielgud coached a nervous Marlon Brando, playing Mark Antony, on how to read The Bard's lines Julius Caesar |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | GOVERNMENT IN CRISIS $800: Last name of the man who dismissed prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in August 1953, with some outside help Pahlavi (the Shah) |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | THE CROWN $200: In a Season 1 episode, Elizabeth prepares for this June 2, 1953 event her coronation |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARDS $600: The NCAA record for rebounds in a game is 51 by Bill Chambers in a 1953 game for this very old college in Williamsburg, Va. William & Mary |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | YOU'VE HIT THE DAILY DOUBLE $1000: Hydrogen bonds hold together the strands of this molecular structure discovered in 1953 a double helix |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: On May 29, 1953 he left a crucifix on the summit of Mount Everest; his companion left a food offering (Edmund) Hillary |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | FESTIVALS $200: The Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada has been presenting the plays of this man since 1953 Shakespeare |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | POTPOURRI $1600: In 1953 a fisherman paralleled "The Old Man and the Sea" by bringing in a 1,560-pound black one of these a marlin |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | THEIR ENTIRE OSCAR SPEECH $2000: Best actor William Holden, for this "numeric" 1953 film set in a German P.O.W. camp: "Thank you. Thank you" Stalag 17 |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | PRISON NICKNAMES $2000: The first print reference to "the joint" as prison was in this Beat author's 1953 novel "Junkie" William Burroughs |
| #8007, aired 2019-06-04 | COMMON BLONDES $1000: Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable: this 1953 film with an instructional title How to Marry a Millionaire |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | I AM NOT A COOK $600: I can't bake or mash a potato, so this alliterative Ore-Ida spud product that dates back to 1953 is a godsend to me tater tots |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | AS DESCRIBED IN THE PATENT $400: 1953:
"Machines for smoothing and renewing the surface of the ice in a skating rink" a Zamboni |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | IN THE MIDDLE $1000: It was the "E" in H.E.W., the Cabinet department created in 1953 Education |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FLYING CARS? $800: The U.S. Air Force show squadron rolled off the assembly line in 1953; the popular Fords, a year later the Thunderbird |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | TRAITOROUS ACTIVITY $1600: Last name of the couple who in 1953 were the first U.S. civilians to be executed for espionage the Rosenbergs |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $1600: Conducting Maria Callas in "Medea" in 1953, Lenny triumphed as the first American to conduct at this Milan venue La Scala |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | TV GUIDE MAGAZINE 65th ANNIVERSARY $200: In its first issue, TV Guide became an entertainment fixture with a 1953 photo of Desiderio, son of this comedian Lucille Ball |
| #7812, aired 2018-07-24 | 2-TERM CABINET OFFICERS $800: Ezra Benson was on this church's Council of the 12 Apostles when he served as Sec. of Agriculture 1953-1961 the Mormon church |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | THE MALE MAN $200: Tenzing Norgay & a pal topped themselves here on May 29, 1953 Mount Everest |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | THE KISS CAM $400: Burt Lancaster & Deborah Kerr kissed passionately in the surf on Halona Cove on Oahu in this 1953 film From Here to Eternity |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | SAN CITY, CALIFORNIA $600: In 1953 Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti founded City Lights bookstore in this city San Francisco |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | THOMAS LESS $800: There was one Thomas less after this poet went ungently into the good night November 9, 1953 Dylan Thomas |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | HOW 'BOUT THOSE... $800: 1948 Cleveland Indians, the only team other than this one to win a World Series from 1947 to 1953 the Yankees |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | YOU TWO $1600: W&C:
In 1953 they found the structural strands Watson and Crick |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | THEATRE OF THE ABSURD $800: In 1953 "Waiting for Godot" premiered at a small theatre in this European capital Paris |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | AMERICAN BOOKS & AUTHORS $1600: He used the pen name William Lee when "Junkie" was published in 1953 William S. Burroughs |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | MYOPIC BIOPICS $1,500 (Daily Double): The 1953 biopic of this man shows Tony Curtis dying in the water torture cell illusion, not from peritonitis Harry Houdini |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | PRISONS $1200: It was at this New York prison that Julius & Ethel Rosenberg were executed in 1953 Sing Sing |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | THEY WENT TO OXFORD $600: This Australian-born media mogul & News Corp founder cashed in on a master's from Oxford in 1953 (Rupert) Murdoch |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | STATE THE CITY $1000: Henderson, incorporated 1953 Nevada |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | HOPE-POURRI $600: The Oscars were first telecast in 1953 with this comedian as the host Bob Hope |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | MUSICALLY TITLED LIT $800: If James Baldwin wrote a sequel to this 1953 novel, he could have called it "Over the Hills & Everywhere" Go Tell It on the Mountain |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | HEARST STORY $1000: The Los Angeles Examiner, August 20, 1953:
this man "Reveals 'Sex Life of Women'" Kinsey |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | "FR" $1000: It entered our vocabulary in 1953 when the Oil & Gas Journal called it "a new exploratory tool" fracking |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | SOMETHING TO READ $400: James Baldwin's 1953 classic "Go Tell It On" this The Mountain |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | BIBLICAL BIG SCREEN $800: Rita Hayworth was the wicked title character trying to get a head in this 1953 Bible pic Salome |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | HISTORIC AMERICAN QUOTES $800: In 1953, in a final letter to their sons, they wrote, "Always remember that we were innocent" the Rosenbergs |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | GRAND MARSHALS OF THE ROSE PARADE $600: He got the nod in 1953 as a senator from California; he rode again in 1960 Nixon |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | THERE'S A WAR ON $200: A "conflict":
1950 to 1953 the Korean War |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | IT HAPPENED ON MEET THE PRESS $800: (Chuck Todd of Meet the Press gives the clue.) This controversial Wisconsin senator is seen here in a 1953 appearance; during another show, he rested a handgun unseen in his lap the whole program McCarthy |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | BASEBALL IN UNIFORM $800: A burned-out F9 Panther jet was hauled off a Korean runway after this Red Sox great's 1953 emergency landing Ted Williams |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: In 1953 this Nation of Islam leader founded & was the minister of Boston Temple No. 11 Malcolm X |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | THEY SERVED OUR COUNTRY $1000: Long before he was chief justice (1953-1969), he served in the army stateside during World War I (Earl) Warren |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | MEN OF NOTE $600: In 1953 he had the right stuff when he set a world record by flying 1,650 mph in an X-1A rocket plane Chuck Yeager |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | POLITICAL BOOKS $200: "The Craft of Intelligence" by Allen W. Dulles drew upon his years as the director of this from 1953 to 1961 the CIA |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | TV SHOWS BY EPISODE TITLE $400: "The Ricardos Change Apartments"
(1953) I Love Lucy |
| #7297, aired 2016-05-10 | DOCUMENTARIES $400: In "Heir to an Execution", Ivy Meeropol explores the truth about her grandparents, this couple, executed in 1953 the Rosenbergs |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | TOYS $400: This line of toy cars named for a small container started in 1953 with a roller, a dump truck & a cement mixer Matchbox |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | WE TRY TO STAY NEUTRAL $400: Established in 1953, the "neutral zone" between these 2 Asian nations is referred to as the DMZ North Korea & South Korea |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | HALT! $400: The armistice bringing this to a halt was signed July 27, 1953 Korean War |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS $800: In 1953 Robert Corey & Linus Pauling said its structure was 3 strands twisted around each other like a rope (wrong) DNA |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | INFLUENTIAL NONFICTION $2000: His research study "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" was a sensation in 1953 (Alfred) Kinsey |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | MAGAZINES $400: Walter Annenberg helped us tune in by founding it in 1953 TV Guide |
| #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 |
| #7126, aired 2015-09-14 | DANGEROUS $600: This swimming superstar made many a movie right here at Sony studios, including 1953's "Dangerous When Wet" Esther Williams |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | COUNTRY MEN $1600: The sons of a man who died in 1953 still rule this Mideast country he founded Saudi Arabia |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $1600: This country legend was only 29 when he was pronounced dead on New Year's Day 1953 Hank Williams |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | LEADER OF THE PACK $1200: Edmund Hillary got the glory, but John Hunt was the leader of the 1953 expedition that conquered this Mount Everest |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | 1950s AMERICA $400: In 1953, the first of these Chevy sports cars rolled off the assembly line; all 300 made that year were white with red interior Corvette |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | "IN"QUISITION $1600: L.A.'s beloved four-level one, where the 101 meets the 110, opened in 1953 an interchange |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | FLASHBACK FRIDAY $800: On Friday, March 6, 1953 Georgy Malenkov took over for this man, who'd died on Thursday Stalin |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $1600: His relationship with his minister stepfather provided the basis for his 1953 novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain" James Baldwin |
| #7032, aired 2015-03-24 | EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' 'BOUT THEM $1,000 (Daily Double): A 1953 newspaper column called this Wisc. man the only politician "who can be labelled 'liar' without fear of libel" (Senator Joseph) McCarthy |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | RAGE FOR THE MACHINE $6,000 (Daily Double): From 1947 to 1953 U.S. production of these devices rose from fewer than 200,000 to more than 7 million a year television sets |
| #7002, aired 2015-02-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: In 1953 this asst. conductor of the N.Y. Philharmonic became the first American to conduct at La Scala Leonard Bernstein |
| #6975, aired 2015-01-02 | PENN. PALS $3,400 (Daily Double): This general from Uniontown won the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize for his plan helping European recovery (George) Marshall |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | BEST PICTURE INITIALS $2000: 1953:
"F.H.T.E.", with a big sandy love scene From Here to Eternity |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | PEAKS & VALLEYS $400: Since 1953 there have been about 7,000 successful ascents of this Himalayan peak Everest |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | BESTSELLING AUTHORS BY PARTIAL TITLE $1000: "Augie"
(1953) Saul Bellow |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | WORLD HERSTORY $200: In 1953 this country's Vijaya Pandit became the first woman president of the U.N. General Assembly India |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | 3-NAMED AUTHORS $2000: This Yiddish writer's short story "Gimpel the Fool" was translated into English in 1953 Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| #6866, aired 2014-06-23 | LITERARY POTENT POTABLES $200: This character first ordered his martini to be shaken in 1953's "Casino Royale" James Bond |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | THE 1950s $1,000 (Daily Double): One guest said of their 1953 wedding in Newport, Rhode Island, it was "just like a coronation" JFK & Jacqueline Kennedy |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | MOUNTAINS $400: Until Mount Everest was scaled in 1953, Annapurna in this kingdom had been the tallest mountain summitted Nepal |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL $400: In 1953 Joey Jay became the first Little Leaguer in the majors; in 1989 Carl Yastrzemski became the first inducted here the Hall of Fame |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL $1000: "A--pint--sized--Hercules--wielding--a--mighty--club" was perhaps heard in his broadcast debut, for a 1953 Little League game Howard Cosell |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | 1950s SCI-FI FILMS $1200: Martians attack Southern California, not England, in the 1953 film version of this H.G. Wells novel War of the Worlds |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BORN 100 YEARS AGO $3,000 (Daily Double): Born in Swansea, Wales, he went somewhat gentle into that good night in 1953 Dylan Thomas |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | IMAGINE DRAGONS $1600: His 1898 story "The Reluctant Dragon" was reissued in 1953 to coincide with a "Wind in the Willows" reissue Kenneth Grahame |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | SCIENCE TIMELINE $400: This sleep stage during which most dreams occur was discovered in 1953 R.E.M. sleep |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | THE DIRECTOR'S FIRST FEATURE FILM $2000: "Glen or Glenda?"
(1953) Ed Wood |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | STATE THE SENATOR $600: In 1953:
Al Gore Sr. Tennessee |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | RECREATION $800: I'm gonna climb this alphanumeric mountain, despite the book about a 1953 expedition subtitled "The Savage Mountain" K2 |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | JOE PARTY $200: He married off his daughter Eunice to Sargent Shriver in 1953 at St. Patrick's with a cardinal officiating Joe Kennedy |
| #6737, aired 2013-12-24 | NOBEL LIT WINNERS $1200: 1953:
A former prime minister (Winston) Churchill |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | 60 YEARS OF THE TV STATION $200: 1953 brought station WHP to this capital of Pennsylvania Harrisburg |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | 60 YEARS OF THE TV STATION $400: Starting in 1953 you could watch TV on your mobile--I mean Mobile device on WALA in this state Alabama |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | 60 YEARS OF THE TV STATION $2,400 (Daily Double): In 1953, KLAS became the first TV station in this Western state Nevada |
| #6719, aired 2013-11-28 | CAN I GET A NUMBER? $600: The Baskin-Robbins logo introduced in 1953 included this number 31 |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | AP FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR $2000: 1951, 1952, 1953:
This tennis great nicknamed "Little Mo" Maureen Connolly |
| #6711, aired 2013-11-18 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: JFK $1200: On September 12, 1953, in front of 750 guests at mass & 450 more at the reception, JFK & Jackie wed in this Rhode Island resort city Newport |
| #6700, aired 2013-11-01 | BIRTH, SCHOOL, WORK, DEATH $500 (Daily Double): A hotel room in 1888,
a year at Princeton,
some "Electra"-fying playwriting,
a hotel room in 1953 Eugene O'Neill |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER $1000: The 26th of July Movement stems from the 1953 date on which he led a failed attack on a Santiago de Cuba army barracks (Fidel) Castro |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD $1200: In 1953 the Shakespeare Festival in this Ontario, Canada city held its first performance Stratford |
| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | TV THROUGH THE YEARS $200: The first national issue of TV Guide, April 1953, featured a photo of this zany comedienne's "$50,000,000 baby" Lucille Ball |
| #6687, aired 2013-10-15 | SINGERS ON THE SOUNDTRACK $1200: "Secret Love"
from
"Calamity Jane"
(1953) Doris Day |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | "ROSE"S $600: This married couple died together in Sing Sing June 19, 1953 the Rosenbergs |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | HEADING "NORTH" $400: Created in 1953, a 487-square-mile demilitarized zone separates this Asian country from its southern neighbor North Korea |
| #6652, aired 2013-07-16 | CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE U.S. $600: Before becoming Chief Justice in 1953, he was the only California governor elected to 3 consecutive terms (Earl) Warren |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | OTHER JULY OBSERVANCES $200: July 27 is set aside to remember the veterans of this conflict that ended July 27, 1953 the Korean War |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | MORE THAN AN ATHLETE $1200: This Red Sox legend had a brother who died of leukemia, helping inspire his timeless work with the Jimmy Fund starting in 1953 Ted Williams |
| #6628, aired 2013-06-12 | EGRETS ONLY $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1953 an egret in flight was chosen as the symbol of this society formed in 1905 the Audubon Society |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | WRITERS AT REST $200: Ray Bradbury's headstone calls him the author of this 1953 classic Fahrenheit 451 |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | NONFICTION $1000: "The Doors of Perception" were opened for this novelist in 1953 when he wrote a true account of his drug use (Aldous) Huxley |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $800: Allen Dulles, John Foster's brother, was the first civilian director of this agency from 1953 to 1961 the CIA |
| #6563, aired 2013-03-13 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1953 the last inmates left this French penal colony that held some 70,000 prisoners over its 100-year existence Devil's Island |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY $400: Who:
The guy who ran the Soviet Union from the 1920s to 1953 Stalin |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | PIN THE TALE ON THE WRITER $1600: "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
(1953) Flannery O'Connor |
| #6543, aired 2013-02-13 | GINGHAM STYLE $1000: In a 1953 film Doris Day delivered "Gingham Fer The Girls" as this lover of Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane |
| #6497, aired 2012-12-11 | THE BEAT MOVEMENT $1600: In 1953 this grandson of an adding machine company founder published "Junkie", his first novel William S. Burroughs |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | RUSSIAN NOVELISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): From 1945 to 1953 he was imprisoned in labor camps for writing a letter critical of Stalin Solzhenitsyn |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | LITERARY AWARDS $400: Since 1953, the Spur Awards have been presented annually to writers of this genre Western |
| #6469, aired 2012-11-01 | THE CIA $1000: Covert activities of the Directorate of Operations included ousting Premier Mosaddeq in 1953, restoring this man to power the Shah of Iran |
| #6459, aired 2012-10-18 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WARS $400: This military man with a famous plan bested Albert Schweitzer, among others, to win the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize (George C.) Marshall |
| #6459, aired 2012-10-18 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WARS $2000: In 1955 Dwight Eisenhower was a losing nominee despite his 1953 U.N. speech known as these "for Peace" Atoms |
| #6440, aired 2012-09-21 | IT'S NOT JUST A GOOD IDEA $1600: Thanks to John Gibbon for his 1953 machine that replaces the function of these 2 organs during surgery the lung & the heart |
| #6438, aired 2012-09-19 | THEIR DEBUT NOVELS $400: "Casino Royale"
(1953) Ian Fleming |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | WE LOVE "L.A." $1200: Known for girlswear, this London-based company traces its roots to patchwork quilts made in 1953 Laura Ashley |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | FLY GIRLS $1000: In 1953 she became the first woman to break the sound barrier Jacqueline Cochran |
| #6401, aired 2012-06-18 | PLAYWRIGHTS $600: His "The Crucible" was produced in 1953; in 1956 he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee Arthur Miller |
| #6398, aired 2012-06-13 | ANIMAL LOGOS $200: This silhouetted, bow tie-wearing magazine logo was designed by Art Paul in 1953 the Playboy bunny |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | THE WRIGHT STUFF $400: The Kill Devil Hill Monument National Memorial in this state became the Wright Brothers National Memorial in 1953 North Carolina |
| #6380, aired 2012-05-18 | TV GUIDE MOVIE SYNOPSES $1,000 (Daily Double): 1953:
"Life on a Honolulu Army post just before the Pearl Harbor attack" From Here to Eternity |
| #6377, aired 2012-05-15 | GREAT AMERICAN WOMEN $400: From 1951 to 1953 this future First Lady was an inquiring photographer for the Washington Times-Herald Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
| #6375, aired 2012-05-11 | MAY DAYS $400: On May 29, 1953, this New Zealander & his guide Tenzing became the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest (Edmund) Hillary |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | "HOW TO" ENTERTAIN $1200: Marilyn Monroe & Betty Grable set out to find rich men interested in matrimony in this 1953 classic How to Marry a Millionaire |
| #6329, aired 2012-03-08 | YOU'RE SO RECEPTACLE $800: 1953 play that's also a container in which substances are heated to high temperatures The Crucible |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | PLOT $600: A certain agency whose initials are C.I.A. helped plot the overthrow of this country's PM Mossadegh in 1953 Iran |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | THE ECONOMY $800: In May 1953 the average rate of this was only 2.5%, in Sept. 2011, it was 9.1% unemployment |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | MIDDLE INITIAL C. $800: A 5-star general & Defense Secretary, in 1953 he became the first career military man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize Gen. George C. Marshall |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | ACAPULCO $400: Later president of the U.S., he caught a sailfish on his honeymoon in Acapulco in 1953 (John F.) Kennedy |
| #6248, aired 2011-11-16 | THAWS $2,000 (Daily Double): A brief thaw in the icy chill of Soviet repression is named for this Russian leader who took power in 1953 Nikita Khrushchev |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC $600: In 1953 "Your Cheatin' Heart" was a big hit for this country singer who lived fast & died young that same year Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | AT 33 $1,400 (Daily Double): On May 29, 1953 he literally found himself on top of the world, along with his guide (Edmund) Hillary |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | SCIENCE FICTION $200: The central character in this 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury is third-generation fireman Guy Montag Fahrenheit 451 |
| #6124, aired 2011-04-07 | DISNEY FILM BY CHARACTER $400: Mr. Smee, a first mate
(1953) Peter Pan |
| #6116, aired 2011-03-28 | BALLET $1600: Before studying ballet & opening his own ballet school in New York City in 1953, he was a tap dancer (Robert) Joffrey |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | AMERICAN RED CROSS HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew describes a gray suit on a mannequin.) The suit here is typical of those worn by Red Cross nurses in the 1950s, who assisted in the conflict here, where Red Cross staff have been continuously since 1953 Korea |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | AVIATION $600: In 1953 he set another world record flying 2 1/2 times the speed of sound in a Bell X-1A rocket plane Chuck Yeager |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | FACTS FROM THE WORLD ALMANAC $1000: An entry on Arizona says this man "was a leading conservative voice in the U.S. Senate (1953-1965, 1969-1987)" Barry Goldwater |
| #6078, aired 2011-02-02 | OSCAR WINNER BEFORE & AFTER $1200: A 1953 musical based on a Shakespeare play becomes an actress who won as a literature-loving Nazi Kiss Me Kate Winslet |
| #6060, aired 2011-01-07 | THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS $800: In 1953 Sportsman's Park was renamed this, becoming the first of 3 ballparks to bear the name Busch Stadium |
| #6055, aired 2010-12-31 | NOT JUST AN AD WRITER $400: While working at an ad agency in 1953, he started work on a book called "Catch-18" (Joseph) Heller |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | A NATION DIVIDED $400: It was officially divided into North & South in 1953 Korea |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | JUST THE FACTS ON FILE, PLEASE $1000: July 27, 1953: 3 years & 32 days of war between these 2 countries ends with the signing of an armistice North and South Korea |
| #6003, aired 2010-10-20 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA $800: It was a picnic for him when he won in 1953 for "Picnic" William Inge |
| #5996, aired 2010-10-11 | THE HOUND OF MUSIC $1600: Title question posed by Patti Page in a 1953 smash "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?" |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | THE SHORES OF TRIPLE "E" $400: In 1953 it's where Hillary was head & shoulders above the rest Mount Everest |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD $600: Sheboygan, Wisconsin began its annual festival of this sausage in 1953 bratwurst |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | HELLO, NATHANIEL $400: In 1953 Nathaniel Kleitman identified this stage of sleep REM |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | A KISS IS STILL A KISS $400: The kiss between Deborah Kerr & Burt Lancaster in this 1953 movie seemed to go on forever From Here to Eternity |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $1600: This 1953 novel by James Baldwin is based on his own experiences as a teenaged preacher Go Tell It on the Mountain |
| #5917, aired 2010-05-11 | CHIEF JUSTICES $1000: Assistant U.S. Attorney General from 1953 to 1956, he later won the Medal of Freedom; how delicious! Warren Burger |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | WEST SIDE STORY $1200: In 1953 a reviewer called this late Nobel-winning author's Augie March "a West-Side-Chicago Tom Jones" (Saul) Bellow |
| #5868, aired 2010-03-03 | BALLET DANCERS $2000: In 1953 she was given the title Wa-Xthe-Thomba, "woman of two worlds", in honor of her Osage heritage Maria Tallchief |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | MYSTERY FICTION $800: In 1953 she adapted her short story "Witness for the Prosecution" for the London stage (Agatha) Christie |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | SIDEKICKS $1000: This CIA officer who often teamed with James Bond was introduced by Ian Fleming in 1953 Felix Leiter |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | MEALTIME LIT $800: William Inge may have needed bug repellent while writing this 1953 play Picnic |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | BRAND "X" $3,600 (Daily Double): Lesney Products, a London die-casting business, introduced this toy brand in 1953 Matchbox |
| #5803, aired 2009-12-02 | ALCOHOLICS UNANIMOUS $600: An overdose of alcohol helped kill this Welsh poet on Nov. 9, 1953 Dylan Thomas |
| #5799, aired 2009-11-26 | COLLEGE COLLAGE $2000: In 1931 he established his "Institute" of technology in Chicago & in 1953 it was renamed for him Dr. Herman DeVry |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | CHILDREN OF PRESIDENTS $600: This recent Florida governor born in 1953 has the given names John Ellis Jeb Bush |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | SCULPTURE $200: In 1953 sculptor William Zorach created the relief "Man and Work" for this Rochester, Minnesota clinic the Mayo Clinic |
| #5782, aired 2009-11-03 | DANGEROUS PLANET $400: In June 1953 one of these fatally touched down in Worcester, Massachusetts, far from the Midwest a tornado |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | ROCK STARS ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES $200: July 18, 1953:
"Earning $35 a week... he calls at Memphis Recording Service... paying $4 to make a private recording" Elvis Presley |
| #5767, aired 2009-10-13 | ERNEST HEMINGWAY $400: Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 & this American literary prize in 1953 the Pulitzer |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $800: The aptly named Willie Thrower, the NFL's first black quarterback, played one game in 1953 for this team at Wrigley Field the Chicago Bears |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | BUSINESS AS USUAL $400: In 1953 Marcel Bich formed a company to make these & wrote his name in business history pens |
| #5724, aired 2009-06-25 | EMMY HISTORY $400: The 1953 awards were the first to feature Best Situation Comedy; the Academy really liked this show that year I Love Lucy |
| #5709, aired 2009-06-04 | IN THE BAG $200: In 1953 Tetley introduced bags filled with this to Britain tea |
| #5669, aired 2009-04-09 | MOUNTAINS $3,000 (Daily Double): When Mount Everest's summit was reached in May 1953, this became the world's highest unclimbed peak K2 |
| #5655, aired 2009-03-20 | LITERATURE $800: This experimental novelist named William published a 1953 account of drug addiction under the name William Lee (William) Burroughs |
| #5654, aired 2009-03-19 | OTHER PLACES TO GAMBLE $400: In 1953 Newsweek said that Onassis didn't break the bank at this town--he bought the casino Monte Carlo |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | MOVIES' LAST LINES $800: 1953:
"Robert E. Lee Prewitt. Isn't that a silly old name" From Here to Eternity |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | HIRAM $1600: Musician Hiram King Williams (1923-1953) was better known as this Hank |
| #5641, aired 2009-03-02 | CAN YOU AD? $400: He was an Esquire copywriter in 1953 when he designed his own men's magazine in his Chicago apartment (Hugh) Hefner |
| #5632, aired 2009-02-17 | COMPOSERS $400: Vaughan Williams composed his "Old Hundredth Psalm Tune" for her 1953 coronation Elizabeth II |
| #5627, aired 2009-02-10 | PRESIDENTIAL BRANGELINAS $400: Wed in 1953:
Jackjacq the Kennedys |
| #5626, aired 2009-02-09 | BELOVED FILMS $800: "Come back", calls young Joey to the title hero played by Alan Ladd in this 1953 Western Shane |
| #5591, aired 2008-12-22 | I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW $1200: He & Edmund Hillary snuck out of camp & got high together
May 29, 1953 (Tenzing) Norgay |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE WINNERS $400: 1953:
This British politician (Winston) Churchill |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | PRESIDENTIAL WIT $400: In 1953 he told visitors, "There is one thing about being president--nobody can tell you when to sit down" Eisenhower |
| #5553, aired 2008-10-29 | LETTERS & NUMBERS $800: In 1953 the Rocket Chemical Company developed this, first used to protect the Atlas missile from rust & corrosion WD-40 |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | DISCOVERIES $2000: On Feb. 28, 1953 this English scientist walked into Cambridge's Eagle Pub & said "We've found the secret of life" (Francis) Crick |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | IN MEMORIAM 2008 $400: He became the world's most famous beekeeper when he conquered Everest in 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #5539, aired 2008-10-09 | HOW NOVEL! $1200: It was Bond, James Bond in this 1953 book, Ian Fleming's first Bond novel Casino Royale |
| #5534, aired 2008-10-02 | ELEANOR ROOSEVELT GOES TO THE THEATRE $1600: Eleanor had not expected this movie star's 1953 performance in "John Brown's Body" to satisfy her as it did Tyrone Power |
| #5530, aired 2008-09-26 | ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER $800: On Sept. 13, 1953 Marilyn Monroe made her network TV debut on this stingy comedian's program Jack Benny |
| #5529, aired 2008-09-25 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1953 he was elected President of Yugoslavia, a position he retained until his death in 1980 Tito |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | ANNUAL EVENTS $2000: On Nov. 11, 1953 in Emporia, Kansas, this holiday was first observed under its current name Veterans Day |
| #5453, aired 2008-04-30 | LITERARY TITLE PAIRS $1600: 1953:
"...and Sympathy" Tea |
| #5434, aired 2008-04-03 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: Elizabeth II's was held at Westminster Abbey,
June 2, 1953 a coronation |
| #5431, aired 2008-03-31 | THE MOVIES $1000: Jane Russell & Marilyn Monroe sang about being "Two Little Girls from Little Rock" in this 1953 movie musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | LOAD THE MAGAZINE $400: In 1953 the baby son of Lucille Ball & this man was on the first national cover of TV Guide Desi Arnaz |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | THE MISFITS $400: In 1953 this big-screen misfit duo met Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde; in 1955 they met the mummy Abbott & Costello |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | VICE PRESIDENTS $400: When he took the oath of office on January 20, 1953 at age 40, he became the second-youngest vice president Nixon |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | CRESCENT CITY ROLES $800: In a 1953 comedy, Abbott & Costello try to go to this planet but end up at Mardi Gras instead Mars |
| #5337, aired 2007-11-20 | MOVIE PREMIERES $600: On Sept. 16, 1953 "The Robe" & this
w i d e s c r e e n
process debuted at NYC's Roxy theatre CinemaScope |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | CRIME TIME $4,000 (Daily Double): In a letter to her sons before her 1953 execution, she wrote, "Always remember that we were innocent" Ethel Rosenberg |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY $1600: (Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.) Rochester! Did you know that in 1953 I played this comic as a boy on his self-titled TV "Program"? Jack Benny |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | A NUDE AWAKENING $200: In 1953 he produced the first issue of Playboy for $10,000 Hugh Hefner |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | HELLO, LARRY $1000: In 1953 Lawrence Ferlinghetti got the beat & founded City Lights bookstore in this city San Francisco |
| #5286, aired 2007-09-10 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $2,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, Part 3 of this 1953 novel is "Burning Bright" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #5262, aired 2007-06-26 | GM $400: In 1953 the U.S. Secy. of this said he used to think that what was good for the U.S. was good for GM & vice versa the Secretary of Defense |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | 2 FOR THE MONEY $400: A thrice-married Revolutionary War flag seamstress from Philly, & the ice-resurfacing machine patented in 1953 Betsy Ross & Zamboni |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | JACKSON 5 $200: The 1953 Alan Ladd film "Shane" is among the many Westerns filmed in this valley east of the Tetons Jackson Hole |
| #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 |
| #5214, aired 2007-04-19 | IN NEED OF A DATE $1200: In this year, the Korean War "ended" with the signing of a truce agreement 1953 |
| #5197, aired 2007-03-27 | FRANK SINATRA $600: Frank won an Oscar for playing the role of Maggio in this 1953 war movie From Here to Eternity |
| #5152, aired 2007-01-23 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $200: Alexander Solzhenitsyn spent 1945 to 1953 in one of these places for a letter critical of Stalin a gulag |
| #5146, aired 2007-01-15 | MY NAME IS EARL WARREN $1200: I was a 3-term governor of this state, 1943-1953 California |
| #5139, aired 2007-01-04 | GETTING BIBLICAL $600: In the 1953 film version of this Biblical dancer's life, Rita Hayworth tries to save John the Baptist's life, not take it Salome |
| #5124, aired 2006-12-14 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: He followed up "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" with "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" in 1953 Alfred Kinsey |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | COLUMBIA $200: Also known for his TV work, he's seen here as Mark Antony in 1953's "Serpent of the Nile" Raymond Burr |
| #5093, aired 2006-11-01 | ARTY FACTS $1200: In 1953 this oilman founded his Malibu, California art museum (John Paul) Getty |
| #5085, aired 2006-10-20 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: His presidential library has a sailfish he caught during his 1953 honeymoon in Acapulco Kennedy |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | DRESSING $7,000 (Daily Double): In 1953 the Witty Brothers promoted the first suit made of this by having a model wear it for 67 straight days polyester |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | MOTHER RUSSIA $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is our girl in Moscow, Russia.) From 1953 to 1961, Lenin shared his tomb with this leader who was then moved to his present resting place in the Kremlin wall Stalin |
| #5032, aired 2006-06-27 | SUPREME COURT BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Jason Lee sitcom that served as Chief Justice from 1953 to 1969 My Name Is Earl Warren |
| #4987, aired 2006-04-25 | COLOGNE RANGER $400: Founded in Cologne, this German airline really took off in 1953 Lufthansa |
| #4987, aired 2006-04-25 | TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s $1600: In 1953 Thomas Mitchell won for the musical "Hazel Flagg" & this future TV "Hazel" won for "Time of the Cuckoo" Shirley Booth |
| #4982, aired 2006-04-18 | STATE OF DISASTER $600: In 1953 Worcester County saw one of the worst tornadoes in the history of this New England state Massachusetts |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HISTORIC HEADLINES $800: Last name of the 1953 headline pair seen here Rosenberg |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | FROZEN FOOD $200: In 1953 Ore-Ida introduced these alliterative hash brown babies Tater Tots |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | FROZEN FOOD $400: This brand introduced the frozen TV dinner in 1953 Swanson |
| #4955, aired 2006-03-10 | LITERATURE $800: This 1953 book title tells us the temperature at which books burn Fahrenheit 451 |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | HUGH DONE IT $200: Marilyn Monroe graced his first centerfold back in 1953 Hugh Hefner |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | UNFORGIVEN $1000: On June 19, 1953 at Sing Sing, this couple became the first U.S. civilians executed for the crime of spying the Rosenbergs |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Red Square in Moscow, Russia while a memorable melody plays.) This composer of film & ballet scores was overshadowed when he died the same day as Stalin, March 5, 1953 Prokofiev |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $2000: This secret policeman lost a struggle for power & was liquidated himself in 1953 Lavrentiy Beria |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | IT'S STRICTLY BUSINESS $400: This suntan cream's nat'l ads began in 1953 & featured a little girl & the slogan "Don't be a paleface" Coppertone |
| #4883, aired 2005-11-30 | CUBAN HISTORY $200: On July 26, 1953 this future president & 150 followers attacked one of Cuba's major military bases Castro |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | AMERICANA $800: In 1953 the Maryland Historical Society acquired an original 1814 manuscript of this for $26,400 "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | WORLD WAR II MOVIES $400: 1953:
Military corruption, romance & boxing at a Hawaiian Army camp just prior to Pearl Harbor From Here to Eternity |
| #4840, aired 2005-09-30 | ONWARD TO ONTARIO $800: In 1953 a dramatic festival devoted to the works of Shakespeare appropriately began in this Ontario town Stratford |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CARS $800 (Daily Double): At the 1953 Paris motor show, along came this famed Porsche model the Spyder |
| #4818, aired 2005-07-13 | OPERA CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $800: The Maria who played Medea in 1953
(6) Callas |
| #4787, aired 2005-05-31 | THE "CAPTAIN" $800: Hans Conried voiced this villain in a 1953 Disney classic Captain Hook |
| #4778, aired 2005-05-18 | NAME THAT DICTATOR $800: Yugoslavia
1953-1980 Tito |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | PLAYBOY $200: She was Playboy Magazine's first centerfold back in 1953 Marilyn Monroe |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | OH, A WEISS GUY, EH? $600: George Weiss produced "Chained Girls', "Nudist Life", & this Ed Wood cross-dressing classic from 1953 Glen or Glenda |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | WHO PLAYED 'EM? $400: 2003:
Katherine Watson, an art history instructor at Wellesley in 1953 Julia Roberts |
| #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 |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | CAN I GET YOUR NUMBER? $600: Beware! In a 1953 film classic there are this many "Fingers of Dr. T"! 5000 |
| #4727, aired 2005-03-08 | AUTHOR BIOS $600: Born in a hotel in 1888, took a "Long Day's Journney into Night" in a hotel in 1953 Eugene O'Neill |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | THE VILLAGE $600: An armistice to end the Korean War was signed at this village in July 1953 Panmunjom |
| #4677, aired 2004-12-28 | COLLEGE BOWL $400: From 1953 to 1991 the University of Leipzig was named for this co-founder of scientific socialism Karl Marx |
| #4667, aired 2004-12-14 | THE FABULOUS '50s $400: In 1953 Eisenhower proposed to the U.N. a plan of "Atoms for" this Peace |
| #4639, aired 2004-11-05 | AWARDS & HONORS $1600: In 1953 the Lenin Peace Prize went to this Chilean poet and diplomat Pablo Neruda |
| #4638, aired 2004-11-04 | '50s TV $200: In 1953 Edward R. Murrow gave a TV tour of this network's new West Coast facility, Television City CBS |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | ART APPRECIATION $1200: In 1953 he had 3 TV shows on air with his name in the titles & in 2001 he was inducted into the Ukulele Hall of Fame Arthur Godfrey |
| #4604, aired 2004-09-16 | PICK ONE $800: Of Army, Navy or Marine, the one who began as a columnist for Variety in 1953 Army (Archerd) |
| #4589, aired 2004-07-15 | LATIN AMERICA $400: In 1956 this Cuban organized the 26th of July Movement, named for the date of his 1953 revolt against Batista Castro |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | DANGEROUS! $400: In 1953 meteorologists began assigning female names to these hurricanes |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | EXPLORERS $800: In May 1953 Edmund Hillary was on top of the world, or at least on top of this highest mountain Mount Everest |
| #4535, aired 2004-04-30 | I DO KNOW JACK $200: Marilyn Monroe made her major TV debut in 1953 on this "stingy" comedian's TV show Jack Benny |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | MR. T $800: This Republican served in the Ohio house of representatives from 1921 to 1926 & the U.S. Senate from 1939 to 1953 Robert Taft |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | POETS $800: In 1953 his Norton Lectures at Harvard were published as "i: six nonlectures" (E.E.) Cummings |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | 1953 $400: In 1953 the U.S. completed its air base at Thule on this island, causing the resettlement of over 100 Eskimos Greenland |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | 1953 $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Alaska.) Overfishing has such bad effects that in 1953 Ike declared Alaska this, like in the aftermath of a flood or quake a (federal) disaster area |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | 1953 $1200: On December 12 this U.S. Air Force pilot set a speed record by flying his Bell X-1A rocket plane over 1600 MPH (Chuck) Yeager |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | 1953 $1600: Concerning this, Ike said, "We have won an armistice on a single battleground, not peace in the world" the Korean War |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | 1953 $2,400 (Daily Double): On April 7, he was elected by a vote of 57-1 to succeed Trygve Lie Dag Hammarskjöld |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | THE 50 STATES $2000: In no doubt an exciting session, it made tomato juice its state beverage in 1965; back in 1953 it made the buckeye its tree Ohio |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | FULL "MOON" $2000: This 1987 movie comedy begins with Dean Martin's 1953 hit "That's Amore" Moonstruck |
| #4449, aired 2004-01-01 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: Cuba's National Revolutionary Festival in late July commemorates his 26th of July movement founded in 1953 Fidel Castro |
| #4447, aired 2003-12-30 | NOVEL TEASE $800: 1953:
"He flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | THE FOOD BIZ $1000: Tater Tots was an invention of this company in 1953 Ore-Ida |
| #4397, aired 2003-10-21 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $200: 1953-1961 Richard Nixon |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TV GUIDE: 1953 $400: This international newsmaker was on the cover of the May 29 issue in all her crowning glory Queen Elizabeth II |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TV GUIDE: 1953 $800: Was he on the cover of the July 24 issue? "You Bet Your Life" he was Groucho Marx |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TV GUIDE: 1953 $1200: Just the facts, Ma'am: he missed being on the first cover by 1 week & was back the end of the year on the Dec. 11 cover Jack Webb |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TV GUIDE: 1953 $1600: An investigative report in the November 6 issue looked into why this man "Fired Julius La Rosa" Arthur Godfrey |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TV GUIDE: 1953 $2000: The cover story on this actor was subtitled "Man and Superman" George Reeves |
| #4392, aired 2003-10-14 | THE WALTONS $800: Sir William Walton's "Orb and Sceptre", a march for this event, premiered in Westminster Abbey June 2, 1953 Queen Elizabeth II's coronation |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS $400: When a local business bought the Cardinals in 1953, Sportsman's Park was renamed this stadium Busch |
| #4384, aired 2003-10-02 | WAYNE MAN $800: Sen. Wayne Morse, who spoke nonstop for 22 hours & 26 minutes in 1953, set a then-record for one of these a filibuster |
| #4380, aired 2003-09-26 | FORMER WORLD LEADERS $1600: From 1953 until 1964, Nikita Khrushchev was the powerful leader of this large nation Russia |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | "R" MOVIES $400: It was the 2002 sequel to Disney's 1953 classic "Peter Pan" Return to Neverland |
| #4362, aired 2003-07-15 | HE DID IT! $800: Born Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashivili in 1879, died suddenly under a different name in 1953 Joseph Stalin |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | BY THE SEA $2000: On the North Sea, this Dutch province whose name includes the Dutch for "sea", was badly flooded in 1953 Zeeland |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | GEMS & JEWELRY $400: At her 1953 coronation, she wore special gold bracelets representing sincerity & wisdom Queen Elizabeth II |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | CALIFORNIA $800: Downey, California boasts the oldest existing restaurant in this chain, opened in 1953 McDonald's |
| #4324, aired 2003-05-22 | SCIENCE $800: In 1953 Watson & Crick built a model of the molecular structure of this, the gene-carrying substance DNA |
| #4312, aired 2003-05-06 | PENGUIN CLASSICS $2,000 (Daily Double): New to Penguin Classics is this 1953 play, a parable about McCarthy's witch hunts "The Crucible" |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | TV GUIDE $200: Debuting in April 1953, the first cover, seen here, featured her newborn son, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV Lucille Ball |
| #4287, aired 2003-04-01 | IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF AUTHORS $1600: This hard-drinking Welshman was residing in NYC's Chelsea Hotel when he met an untimely demise in 1953 Dylan Thomas |
| #4280, aired 2003-03-21 | 75 YEARS OF THE OSCARS $400: This classic, the Best Picture of 1953, made getting sandy seem sexy From Here to Eternity |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | ROME-ANTIC MOVIES $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Rome) The Spanish Steps never looked more romantic than when Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck visited them in this 1953 film Roman Holiday |
| #4232, aired 2003-01-14 | AMERICAN DRAMATISTS $1600: 1953 was his year: he won both the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award & the Pulitzer Prize for "Picnic" William Inge |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | CLASSIC FILMS $400: 1953's "The Robe" opened in this new wide-screen process CinemaScope |
| #4140, aired 2002-09-06 | LET'S GET MARRIED $200: On Sept. 12, 1953 Boston Archbishop Richard Cushing conducted the marriage between this famous pair JFK and Jackie |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | HALLMARK HALL OF FAME $800: "To be or not to be", it was to be Hallmark's first presentation of a Shakespeare play in 1953 Hamlet |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | JOANIE LOVES KARACHI $800: Joanie really admires this woman who was born in Karachi in 1953 & became Prime Minister in 1988 Benazir Bhutto |
| #4137, aired 2002-09-03 | VOYAGER $2000: Last name of the father & son who took the bathyscaphe Trieste to a record depth off Italy in 1953 (Auguste) Piccard |
| #4133, aired 2002-07-17 | CELEBRITIES $600: Great Scot! This actor came in third in his class in the 1953 Mr. Universe contest Sean Connery |
| #4097, aired 2002-05-28 | HEY, DOC! $400: In 1953 he his wife & 3 children were among the first to receive the polio vaccine he developed Jonas Salk |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | WORLD LITERATURE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from San Francisco, CA.) If you really need a book by this poet, come here to City Lights Books, the store he founded in 1953 Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
| #4085, aired 2002-05-10 | CENTRAL PARK $800: In the 1953 film "The Band Wagon" Fred Astaire & this leggy partner were "Dancing In The Dark" through Central Park Cyd Charisse |
| #4017, aired 2002-02-05 | PLAY TIME $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Witch Dungeon Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.) John Proctor & other characters in this 1953 play were based on real people in the Salem witch trials The Crucible |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | BRITISH POETS $1600: In 1953 he read his "Under Milk Wood" publicly for the first time at Cambridge, Mass. although it was still unfinished Dylan Thomas |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | LITERARY TITLE PAIRS $800: 1953: "...and Sympathy" Tea |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | BIG SCREEN MILITARY MEN $2000: 1951 & 1953:
James Mason Erwin Rommel |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | BY GEORGE! $1600: Yes sir, he received the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize for organizing the European recovery plan George Marshall |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | ASCENT OF EVEREST $200: In 2001 he revealed that after reaching the summit May 29, 1953 he left everything there & ran back down to camp Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #3958, aired 2001-11-14 | IT'S ALL IN THE DNA $600: In 1953 Watson & crick described the spiral structure of DNA as one of these a double helix |
| #3887, aired 2001-06-26 | WHO'S THERE? $800: Standing on top of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #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 |
| #3880, aired 2001-06-15 | BIG SCREEN BIOGRAPHIES $400: 1953:
Tony Curtis as this magician Harry Houdini |
| #3873, aired 2001-06-06 | BILLY WILDER FILMS $1000: This 1953 war drama was based on a play by Donald Bevan & Edmund Trzcinski, 2 ex-G.I.'s who'd been P.O.W.s Stalag 17 |
| #3870, aired 2001-06-01 | CHARACTER REFERENCE $400: Beatty is the captain of the firemen in this futuristic novel that's been inflaming readers since June 1953 Fahrenheit 451 |
| #3853, aired 2001-05-09 | JOE-POURRI $200: Though Grolier's Encyclopedia refers to him as "intellectually unimpressive", he ruled the USSR from 1929 to 1953 Joseph Stalin |
| #3846, aired 2001-04-30 | REALLY BAD DATES $1000: A freak flood swept away a bridge, causing an Auckland-bound train to crash on Dec. 24, 1953 in this nation New Zealand |
| #3824, aired 2001-03-29 | FAMOUS UKRAINIANS $200: Ukraine-born composer Prokofiev lost some headlines by dying March 4, 1953, the day before this leader Joseph Stalin |
| #3824, aired 2001-03-29 | "OR" $500: Ed Wood starred in this 1953 schlockfest, his debut as a feature film director Glen or Glenda |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | THE 1950s $200: In 1953 a truce suspending the war in this divided country was signed at Panmunjom Korea |
| #3787, aired 2001-02-06 | THE RAT PACK $600: In a 1953 film Dean Martin sang this song, heard here "That's Amore" |
| #3773, aired 2001-01-17 | 20th CENTURY STUFF $200: From 1951 to 1953 he was the Swedish delegate to the U.N. Dag Hammarskjold |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | LITERATURE $600: In 1953 this British politician won the Nobel Prize for his biographical & historical works & for his oratory Winston Churchill |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | PUBLISH $400: In 1953 Henri Filipacchi launched the paperback series "Livre de Poche", literally this type of "book" Pocket book |
| #3748, aired 2000-12-13 | HOLD IT $500: The container Arthur Miller would use to heat substances to a high temperature, or his 1953 play Crucible |
| #3730, aired 2000-11-17 | "IN" THE BEGINNING $500: "Picnic" won him a Pulitzer in 1953 William Inge |
| #3721, aired 2000-11-06 | NAME THE NOVEL $500 (Daily Double): 1953:
"It was a pleasure to burn" "Fahrenheit 451" |
| #3718, aired 2000-11-01 | WINSTON CHURCHILL $400: Churchill turned down a dukedom but did accept a knighthood from this monarch in 1953 Queen Elizabeth II |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | MAO, MAO, MAO, MAO $300: Mao's international status as a communist leader rose after the death of this Georgian in 1953 Josef Stalin |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK $400: On trial for his 1953 raid on the Moncada barracks, he declared "History will absolve me" Fidel Castro |
| #3686, aired 2000-09-18 | NAME THE YEAR $800: Stalin dies,
Shah of Iran returns from exile,
Queen Elizabeth II crowned 1953 |
| #3684, aired 2000-09-14 | 1950s EMMYS $200: This Best Situation Comedy winner of 1952 & 1953 was also the number one show of those years I Love Lucy |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: Ian Fleming introduced James Bond in this 1953 novel, which became a 1967 film starring David Niven "Casino Royale" |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | FOOD $300: Banquet introduced its first frozen food product in 1953, this type of pie chicken pot pie |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | FOOD $500: Oh baby, in 1953 Ore-Ida invented this hash brown product tater tots |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | FAMOUS PERCIVALS $200: Perseverance wasn't the middle name of this man who climbed Everest in 1953, it was Percival Sir Edmund Percival Hillary |
| #3647, aired 2000-06-13 | METHODS OF EXECUTION $200: Julius & Ethel Rosenberg,
1953 Electric chair |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | NOTABLE NAMES $400: Buried in 1953, this leader was moved in 1961 to a less prestigious grave along the Kremlin wall Josef Stalin |
| #3615, aired 2000-04-28 | MOUNTAINS $200: Annapurna in Nepal was the highest mountain climbed until the peak of this one was reached in 1953 Mount Everest |
| #3613, aired 2000-04-26 | LITERARY TOURISM $100: NYC's White Horse Tavern is the spot where this Welsh poet imbibed his last before his untimely death in 1953 Dylan Thomas |
| #3575, aired 2000-03-03 | DISNEY DOGS $400: Nana is the Darling children's nursemaid as well as their dog in this 1953 feature Peter Pan |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | THE CHIEF JUSTICE FILES $900 (Daily Double): 1953-1969 Earl Warren |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | AROUND THE WORLD $200: In 1953 the CIA helped expel Mohammad Mossadegh & restore this Iranian leader Shah of Iran |
| #3544, aired 2000-01-20 | AUTOBIOGRAPHERS $100: 1953:
"The Spirit of St. Louis" Charles Lindbergh |
| #3540, aired 2000-01-14 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $300: We'd like to see the 1953 TV production of "Othello" -- it featured Walter Matthau as this villain Iago |
| #3536, aired 2000-01-10 | LIFE $300: In 1953 Watson, Crick & Wilkins proposed the double helix model for this generic material DNA |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | MOVIES IN BLACK & WHITE $800: Peter Graves spies on William Holden & the other G.I.s in this 1953 P.O.W. film Stalag 17 |
| #3468, aired 1999-10-06 | ACTS $400: Abigail & Betty hysterically name other villagers as witches at the end of Act I in this 1953 hit "The Crucible" |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | THE KOREAN WAR $300: The death of this Soviet premier on March 5, 1953 probably accelerated the end of the conflict Joseph Stalin |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | MIDDLE NAMES $400: This man, middle-named Percival, persevered & conquered Everest in 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #3407, aired 1999-06-01 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $500: A poet, 1953:
"I've had 18 straight whiskies, I think that's the record" Dylan Thomas |
| #3405, aired 1999-05-28 | WE LOVE LUCY $300: Of 1950, 1953 or 1956, the year of Little Ricky's "birth" & Desi Arnaz Jr.'s birth 1953 |
| #3400, aired 1999-05-21 | LEADERS $600: Premier of the Soviet Union:
1941-1953 Joseph Stalin |
| #3392, aired 1999-05-11 | PORK PRODUCTS? $600: The futility of final stages of the Korean War was symbolized by the 1953 battle for this hill, also known as Hill 234 Pork Chop Hill |
| #3388, aired 1999-05-05 | TWISTER $800: This Texas city, the home of Baylor University, still remembers the tornado of 1953 Waco |
| #3383, aired 1999-04-28 | KINGS & QUEENS $300: In 1953 he officially succeeded his father Talal as king of Jordan Hussein (I) |
| #3383, aired 1999-04-28 | MIDDLE INITIAL S. $1000: He originally published his 1953 book "Junkie" under the pen name William Lee William S. Burroughs |
| #3374, aired 1999-04-15 | THE 1950s $400: After his death in March 1953, this world leader was embalmed & put on display Joseph Stalin |
| #3362, aired 1999-03-30 | MAGAZINES $400: In 1953 Triangle Publications began publishing this media magazine...& boy was it successful! TV Guide |
| #3358, aired 1999-03-24 | EXPLORERS $800: Hillary said this man left some offerings to the gods of Chomolungma atop Everest in 1953 Tenzing Norgay |
| #3349, aired 1999-03-11 | MARCH $200: This dictator died March 5, 1953 Joseph Stalin |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | WHICH CAME FIRST? $200: Toyota Corolla,
Ford Mustang,
Chevy Corvette,
Porsche Boxster Chevy Corvette (1953) |
| #3325, aired 1999-02-05 | QUEEN ELIZABETH II $1,000 (Daily Double): On June 2, 1953 Elizabeth was crowned in this religious buliding Westminster Abbey |
| #3308, aired 1999-01-13 | THE MOVIES $400: Hans Conried provided the voices of Mr. Darling & Captain Hook for this 1953 film Peter Pan |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | BLACK & WHITE CLASSICS $800: In 1953 Audrey Hepburn won hearts as the runaway princess in this film Roman Holiday |
| #3297, aired 1998-12-29 | CELEBRATE CANADA $400: On July 13, 1953 this city's drama festival began with a production of "Richard III" Stratford, Ontario |
| #3294, aired 1998-12-24 | CRICKET $400: In 1953 batsman Jack Hobbs became the first pro cricketer to receive this title from the monarch knighthood |
| #3288, aired 1998-12-16 | PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $100: January 20, 1953 - January 2, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| #3284, aired 1998-12-10 | LITERATURE $400: Ernest Hemingway's only Pulitzer Prize came in 1953 for this short novel about a Cuban named Santiago The Old Man And The Sea |
| #3278, aired 1998-12-02 | U.S. FIRSTS $100: The Mouton girls of Louisiana were the first of these successfully separated, in 1953 Siamese twins |
| #3277, aired 1998-12-01 | FRANK SINATRA $300: Frank was paid $8,000 to play Maggio in this 1953 film that helped revive his career From Here To Eternity |
| #3259, aired 1998-11-05 | "T" TIME $600: Eartha Kitt sang in this language, in her "delight"ful 1953 pop hit "Uska Dara" Turkish |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | HE WAS IN THAT? $400: The heartthrob in the 1953 film "Titanic" wasn't Leonardo DiCaprio but this actor seen here Robert Wagner |
| #3256, aired 1998-11-02 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "M" $300: According to the title of a 1953 film, it's what Ethel Merman wanted to be called Madam |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | SPOOKS $400: Teddy Roosevelt's grandson, CIA man Kermit, kept the Shah of this country on his throne in 1953 Iran |
| #3251, aired 1998-10-26 | EDUCATION $200: Past giants in this university's job include Harvard's James Conant, who served from 1933 to 1953 President |
| #3174, aired 1998-05-21 | CANADIAN CITIES $400: Whitehorse replaced Dawson as capital of this territory in 1953 Yukon Territory |
| #3174, aired 1998-05-21 | MOVIE STARS $800: Jamie Lee Curtis wasn't born yet when these actors, her parents, co-starred in "Houdini" in 1953 Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In 1953 the folks in Emporia, Kansas renamed Armistice Day this; a year later Congress made it official Veterans Day |
| #3154, aired 1998-04-23 | HISTORIES $400: He won the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature partly for his 6-volume history of World War II Winston Churchill |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | IN ST. LOUIS $600: After 1953 & for the next 28 years, this car seen here was built only in St. Louis: Chevrolet Corvette |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | GUM COMPANIES $400: Hoping to create a "boom", comics were added to this brand of bubble gum in 1953 Bazooka |
| #3138, aired 1998-04-01 | DAY $100: It was no "Calamity" when Doris Day played this Wild West woman in a 1953 film Calamity Jane |
| #3113, aired 1998-02-25 | ACTRESSES $2,000 (Daily Double): This star seen here in a 1953 film left movies in 1958 for her own TV "Show":
"Hi, what's your name?"
"I'm Lorlene." Donna Reed |
| #3107, aired 1998-02-17 | NOTABLE NAMES $800: Chairman of the Bank of Sweden in the 1940's, in 1953 he became Secretary-General of the U.N. Dag Hammarskjold |
| #3095, aired 1998-01-30 | IN YOUR CHEVROLET $100: Introduced in 1953, it's considered America's first sports car the Corvette |
| #3095, aired 1998-01-30 | "GO" FOR IT $5,500 (Daily Double): Title shared by a 1953 novel & the song heard here: "Go Tell It On The Mountain" |
| #3087, aired 1998-01-20 | PEACES $200: The July 1953 armistice ending this war has never led to a formal peace treaty Korean War |
| #3076, aired 1998-01-05 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $400: A play area for very young children, or a franchised children's show begun in 1953 Romper Room |
| #3072, aired 1997-12-30 | 1952 $1000: In 1952, with a Swiss team, he came within 1,000 feet of the summit of Mount Everest; he reached it in 1953 Tenzing Norgay |
| #3050, aired 1997-11-28 | NEVERMORE $400: Jean Arthur's last feature film was this 1953 Alan Ladd classic; she never made a "come back" Shane |
| #3022, aired 1997-10-21 | MARTIAN CINEMA $1000: Jimmy Hunt, who played the boy in this 1953 classic, was the police chief in the 1986 remake Invaders From Mars |
| #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 |
| #3007, aired 1997-09-30 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: The 1997 model of this Chevrolet sports car is only the 4th redesign since its 1953 introduction Corvette |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1953 Ibn Saud organized this country's first cabinet to modernize the government Saudi Arabia |
| #2994, aired 1997-09-11 | THE KOREAN WAR $100: Between August 5 & Sept. 6, 1953 Operation Big Switch was the final exchange of these prisoners (of war) |
| #2991, aired 1997-09-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On Sept. 30, 1953, Pres. Eisenhower named this California governor as Chief Justice of the U.S. Earl Warren |
| #2982, aired 1997-07-15 | LITERATURE $600: This western author stopped using pen names soon after the publication of "Hondo " in 1953 Louis L'Amour |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | WORLD HISTORY $200: An armistice to end this war was signed at Panmunjom in July 1953 The Korean War |
| #2934, aired 1997-05-08 | EXPLORERS $400: While scaling Mount Everest in April 1953, Tenzing Norgay rescued this man who had fallen into a crevasse Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #2931, aired 1997-05-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: He was a U.S. senator when he married Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953 John F. Kennedy |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | HOTELS, MOTELS & INNS $400: This future president & his beautiful wife spent part of their 1953 honeymoon at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara John F. Kennedy |
| #2902, aired 1997-03-25 | MUSEUMS $800: Nelson Rockefeller was president of this NYC art museum 1939-1941 & 1946-1953 MOMA (Museum Of Modern Art) |
| #2897, aired 1997-03-18 | JAPAN $100: In 1953 this broadcasting medium was inaugurated in Japan by Nippon Hoso Kyokai or NHK Television |
| #2884, aired 1997-02-27 | AUTO FIRSTS $400: These seats were first offered in 1953 on Corvettes Bucket seats |
| #2880, aired 1997-02-21 | INVENTORS $500: In 1953 he was commissioned to design a rotunda dome in Dearborn, Michigan Buckminster Fuller |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: In 1953 this Texas Democrat succeeded Ernest McFarland as Senate majority leader Lyndon Johnson |
| #2842, aired 1996-12-31 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $1000: Perhaps best known as a sportswriter, he's been editor-in-chief of the Paris Review since 1953 George Plimpton |
| #2837, aired 1996-12-24 | GIFTS $200: In 1953 this Memphis truck driver recorded a few songs as a birthday gift for his mother; the rest is history Elvis Presley |
| #2837, aired 1996-12-24 | MAY DAYS $300: He & Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay conquered Mount Everest May 29, 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #2836, aired 1996-12-23 | SCULPTURE $800: This Rochester, Minn. medical clinic commissioned William Zorach's 1953 "Man And Work" The Mayo Clinic |
| #2820, aired 1996-11-29 | PLAYS $200: "Teahouse" is a 1957 Chinese play, and this is the longer title of a 1953 work set in Japan "Teahouse of the August Moon" |
| #2818, aired 1996-11-27 | THE SUPREME COURT $400: This president called his 1953 appointment of Earl Warren "the biggest damn' fool mistake I ever made" Eisenhower |
| #2813, aired 1996-11-20 | CURRENT KINGS $800: This current king became Saudi minister of education in 1953 King Fahd |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | FIRST LADIES $400: Her sister Lee was maid of honor at her 1953 wedding in Newport, Rhode Island Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy |
| #2805, aired 1996-11-08 | THEY ALMOST STARRED IN... $400: A costume dispute may have kept Joan Crawford from hitting the beach with Burt Lancaster in this 1953 film From Here to Eternity |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: Perhaps it was fate that won Alfred Drake the role of Hajj in this 1953 musical Kismet |
| #2791, aired 1996-10-21 | FILM DIRECTORS $200: This director played the title role in the 1953 cross-dressing classic "Glen or Glenda?" Ed Wood |
| #2781, aired 1996-10-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: In 1953, this island's first year as a U.S. commonwealth, 75,000 residents moved to the mainland Puerto Rico |
| #2778, aired 1996-10-02 | IMMIGRANTS $200: In 1953 this "Nightline" host moved with his family from England to the U.S. Ted Koppel |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: Using this delaying tactic, Sen. Wayne Morse spoke for 22 1/2 hours against the Tidelands Bill in 1953 filibuster |
| #2751, aired 1996-07-15 | UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIES-GENERAL $1000: After he left office in 1953, he returned to Norway & later served in the cabinet Trygve Lie |
| #2746, aired 1996-07-08 | SCIENTISTS $1000: A 1953 Nobel Prize was awarded to this discoverer of the citric acid cycle, now named for him (Hans) Krebs |
| #2742, aired 1996-07-02 | POTPOURRI $300: In 1953 this "Li'l Abner" creator hosted the CBS game show "Anyone Can Win" Al Capp |
| #2740, aired 1996-06-28 | '50s FILM FACTS $600: Classic 1953 western in which little Brandon de Wilde begs Alan Ladd to "Come back!" Shane |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: A top seller in 1943 & 1953 was this Lloyd C. Douglas book that dealt with the aftermath of the Crucifixion The Robe |
| #2737, aired 1996-06-25 | MOUNTAINS $200: Annapurna was the highest mountain climbed until this peak was scaled in 1953 Everest |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | POLITICIANS $200: This Kansas senator served in the Kansas legislature from 1951 to 1953 Bob Dole |
| #2711, aired 1996-05-20 | OH, HENRY $400: Between 1953 & 1969, he served as ambassador to the U.N., South Vietnam & West Germany Henry Cabot Lodge |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | THE 20th CENTURY $100: In March 1953 this Soviet leader was entombed next to Lenin in Red Square Stalin |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: In 1953 he resigned from the Navy to take over the family peanut business (Jimmy) Carter |
| #2700, aired 1996-05-03 | BASEBALL $200: In 1953 the Boston Braves moved to this city Milwaukee |
| #2693, aired 1996-04-24 | THE MOVIES $800: Cameron Mitchell provided the voice of Christ in this 1953 film, the first Cinemascope feature The Robe |
| #2677, aired 1996-04-02 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1000: This Ohio Republican won election to the U.S. Senate in 1938 & served until his death in 1953 Robert Taft |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | "WORLD" CINEMA $400: Gene Barry meets Martians in this 1953 H.G. Wells sci-fi classic "War Of The Worlds" |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | LBJ $600: Elected party leader in 1953, LBJ ascended to this post after the Democrats retook the Senate in 1954 Senate Majority Leader |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | THE 1950s $500: In 1953 Crick & Watson published their double helix theory of this substance DNA |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | RULERS $100: Ibn Saud founded this kingdom in 1932 & ruled until his death in 1953 Saudi Arabia |
| #2611, aired 1996-01-01 | AMERICANA $600: In 1923 this state adopted the nickname "The Wonder State"; in 1953 it became the "Land of Opportunity" Arkansas |
| #2610, aired 1995-12-29 | VICE PRESIDENTS $300: This Gerald Ford vice president served as president of the Museum of Modern Art 1939-1941 & 1946-1953 Nelson Rockefeller |
| #2606, aired 1995-12-25 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: In 1953 he adapted his own novel "The Caine Mutiny" as the play "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" (Herman) Wouk |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | POETRY $200: The poem about this man "at the Bat" was made into a 1953 opera Casey |
| #2604, aired 1995-12-21 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $1000: Robert Anderson is best known for this 1953 play about an insecure prep school boy & a kindly faculty wife Tea and Sympathy |
| #2601, aired 1995-12-18 | THE 1950s $400: On April 7, 1953 this Swede was elected U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | THE COLD WAR $600: In 1953 Allen Dulles was promoted from Deputy Director to head of this agency the CIA |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | LITERARY OPERAS $200: Australian composer Arthur Benjamin's 1953 opera "A Tale of Two Cities" is based on a novel by this author Charles Dickens |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | THE UNITED NATIONS $200: In 1953 the U.N. coordinated the first worldwide one of these; the U.S. takes one every ten years Census |
| #2563, aired 1995-10-25 | THE FUN '50s $400: This fashion that began in 1953 had men on the streets exposing their knees Bermuda shorts |
| #2557, aired 1995-10-17 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1000: This world leader was born in Karachi in 1953 Benazir Bhutto |
| #2555, aired 1995-10-13 | THE MOVIES $300: Though nominated for an Oscar, Jack Palance spoke fewer than 20 lines in this 1953 Alan Ladd Western Shane |
| #2551, aired 1995-10-09 | WARNER BROS. CARTOONS $300: This "fastest mouse" made his debut in 1953's "Cat-Tails for Two" Speedy Gonzales |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | AWARDS $1000: Chief Justice 1953-1969, he was the first recipient of the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Earl Warren |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Saran Wrap, introduced in 1953, was this chemical company's first major consumer product Dow (Chemicals) |
| #2526, aired 1995-09-04 | NEW ENGLAND HODGEPODGE $500 (Daily Double): Hammersmith Farm, the Auchincloss family's Newport, R.I. home, was the site of this couple's 1953 wedding reception Jack (John) & Jackie Kennedy |
| #2521, aired 1995-07-17 | ODDS & ENDS $800: In 1953 this organization bought Juliette Gordon Low's birthplace & turned it into a memorial the Girl Scouts |
| #2517, aired 1995-07-11 | '50s FILM FACTS $200: This creator of "Jeopardy!" was one of Kathryn Grayson's love interests in 1953's "So This is Love" Merv Griffin |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | MEDICINE MEN $1000: The 4/25/1953 issue of nature had a paper by these 2 men on "a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid" Watson & Crick |
| #2497, aired 1995-06-13 | AWARDS $600: In 1953 this "Beetle Bailey" creator received the Reuben Award as Cartoonist of the Year Mort Walker |
| #2484, aired 1995-05-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In a 1953 radio-TV broadcast, he said the Truman administration had been "crawling with communists" Senator McCarthy |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | DRAMA $1000: His 1953 play "Picnic" won the Pulitzer Prize & the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (William) Inge |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | ANTHROPOLOGY $800: In 1953 this Norwegian led an expedition to prove South Americans could have migrated to the Galapagos Thor Heyerdahl |
| #2469, aired 1995-05-04 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: He took the oath of office on Jan. 20, 1953, becoming the 36th U.S. Vice President Nixon |
| #2448, aired 1995-04-05 | HISTORY $1000: In a 1953 speech to the U.N., Eisenhower suggested a program of these "for peace" atoms |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | FRANK SINATRA FILMS $200: Both Donna Reed & Sinatra won Best Supporting Acting Oscars for this 1953 film From Here to Eternity |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | FIDEL CASTRO $600: In 1953 Castro was jailed for leading an uprising against this man Batista |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | MILITARY MEN $800: In 1953 this American general became the first soldier to receive the Nobel Peace Prize Marshall |
| #2421, aired 1995-02-27 | VICE PRESIDENTS $200: When inaugurated at age 40 on January 20, 1953 he became the second-youngest vice president Richard Milhouse Nixon |
| #2397, aired 1995-01-24 | DORIS DAY FILMS $400: In 1953 Day portrayed this legendary Wild West woman & Howard Keel portrayed Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane |
| #2389, aired 1995-01-12 | SEPTEMBER $400: In Sept. 1953 Ike named California governor Earl Warren to this post Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (or of the United States) |
| #2388, aired 1995-01-11 | U.S. STATES $400: The city of Bangor had this state's first radio station in 1922 & its first TV station in 1953 Maine |
| #2382, aired 1995-01-03 | AFRICAN HISTORY $800: In 1953 this future president was convicted of leading the Mau Mau movement in Kenya & was imprisoned (Jomo) Kenyatta |
| #2377, aired 1994-12-27 | JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS $300: As an "Inquiring Camera Girl" for a Washington paper, Jackie covered this 1953 event in England the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II |
| #2374, aired 1994-12-22 | RELIGION $800: In 1953 this Catholic Bishop won an Emmy as TV's Most Outstanding Personality Bishop Sheen |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | CONGRESS $600: Joseph W. Martin Jr. held this House position 1947-49 & 1953-55, the only Republican since 1931 to do so Speaker of the House |
| #2369, aired 1994-12-15 | AMERICAN FLAG ETIQUETTE $200: A 1953 change to the flag code allows its flag to be flown above the U.S. flag at its NYC headquarters the United Nations |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: In 1953, in his last State of the Union address, he warned of the dangers of atomic war Truman |
| #2365, aired 1994-12-09 | THE PREZ SEZ $300: He's quoted in 1953 as finding himself in the "very small army" of "unemployed presidents" Harry Truman |
| #2355, aired 1994-11-25 | INITIALED AUTHORS $600: His "i:six nonlectures", a book of autobiographical essays, was published in 1953 E.E. Cummings |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $200: From June 1953 to November 1954 Mohammad Naguib & Gamal Abdel Nasser shared power in this country Egypt |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | VICE PRESIDENTS $500: He was Senate Majority Leader from 1937-1947 & vice president from 1949-1953 Alben Barkley |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | THE 1950s $800 (Daily Double): 17-year-old Hussein took over this country's throne in 1953 after his father, Talal, was removed Jordan |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | HISTORY $400: In September 1953 this man became head of the Communist Party; in 1958 he became premier Khrushchev |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: The Danish Constitution was amended in 1953, allowing her to succeed her father as sovereign Queen Margrethe (II) |
| #2295, aired 1994-07-22 | MODERN HISTORY $1000: In 1953 this "missing link" between man & ape was revealed to be a hoax Piltdown Man |
| #2291, aired 1994-07-18 | FADS & FASHIONS $500: In 1953 this fad clothing style for men hit 2 inches above the knee Bermuda shorts |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | CANADA $400: In 1953 Whitehorse replaced Dawson as capital of this territory the Yukon |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | THE 1950s $500: In 1953 this Swedish economist & diplomat was elected to a 5-year term as U.N. Sec'y-General Dag Hammarskjöld |
| #2244, aired 1994-05-12 | INVENTORS $600: This inventor founded an Association for the Deaf in 1890 & it was renamed in his honor in 1953 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2235, aired 1994-04-29 | FILM DIRECTORS $800: This director of "All That Jazz" played a college student in the 1953 film "The Affairs of Dobie Gillis" Bob Fosse |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | GOVERNORS $2,500 (Daily Double): This grandson of a vice president was Illinois' governor 1949-1953 Adlai Stevenson |
| #2231, aired 1994-04-25 | THE 1950s $800: In 1953 Senator McCarthy charged this gov't radio network with sabotaging Eisenhower's foreign policy The Voice of America |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | HISTORY $100: In 1953 future emperor Akihito made his first trip abroad to attend this queen's coronation Queen Elizabeth II |
| #2207, aired 1994-03-22 | KINGS & QUEENS $200: During his reign, 1953-1964, King Saud nearly bankrupted this country Saudi Arabia |
| #2202, aired 1994-03-15 | COMPOSERS $800: Humorous composer Peter Schickele invented this fictional composer in 1953 P.D.Q. Bach |
| #2185, aired 1994-02-18 | WORLD LEADERS $1000: He was just 17 when he was crowned king of Jordan in 1953 King Hussein |
| #2183, aired 1994-02-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: He was a beekeeper before he became world-famous for climbing Mount Everest in 1953 Edmund Hillary |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | 1953 $200: Dag Hammarskjold requested a budget of over $48 million for this organization the UN |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | 1953 $400: Goodwin J. Knight became governor of this state when Earl Warren became U.S. Chief Justice California |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | 1953 $600: Charge d'affaires Jacob D. Beam represented the U.S. at the funeral of this Soviet dictator Stalin |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | 1953 $800: This doctor's landmark "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" was released in 1953 (Dr.) Kinsey |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | 1953 $1,000 (Daily Double): This Ohio senator called "Mr. Republican" died on July 31 (Robert) Taft |
| #2134, aired 1993-12-09 | '50s FILM FACTS $100: Carroll Baker made her film debut in 1953 in "Easy to Love", which starred this female swimmer Esther Williams |
| #2134, aired 1993-12-09 | '50s FILM FACTS $200: This 1953 Barbara Stanwyck thriller shares its name with our favorite quiz show Jeopardy |
| #2134, aired 1993-12-09 | '50s FILM FACTS $300: Bobby Van played this student in a 1953 film before Dwayne Hickman played him on TV Dobie Gillis |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | AVIATION $1000: Named the Aviatrix of the Decade in 1950, in 1953 she became the 1st woman to break the sound barrier Jacqueline Cochran |
| #2121, aired 1993-11-22 | FAMOUS UNDERSTUDIES $400: Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward understudied in the original 1953 production of this William Inge play Picnic |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | 1950s WOMEN $800: She served as U.S. Ambassador to Italy 1953-1956 & to Brazil for less than a month in 1959 Clare Booth Luce |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | 1950s WOMEN $1000: Betty Friedan said that as a feminist she owes much to this author of "The Second Sex", published in the U.S. in 1953 Simone de Beauvoir |
| #2115, aired 1993-11-12 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This razor company introduced foamy shaving cream in 1953 Gillette |
| #2115, aired 1993-11-12 | SHAKESPEARE $600: Louis Calhern spoke the famous line "Et tu Brute!" in the 1953 film version of this tragedy Julius Caesar |
| #2112, aired 1993-11-09 | SCIENCE $800: In 1953 Crick & Watson came up with the double helix model for this nucleic acid's molecule DNA |
| #2091, aired 1993-10-11 | U.S. CITIES $1000: Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been an owner of this city's City Lights Bookstore since 1953 San Francisco |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1,500 (Daily Double): At her death in 1953, she was buried in Island Grove, Florida, in the middle of Cross Creek country Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | BRAWN $500: This "Mania"-creating wrestler was born Terry Gene Bollea in 1953 Hulk Hogan |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | REPUBLICANS $600 (Daily Double): Son of a U.S. president, he served as a senator from Ohio from 1939 until his death in 1953 Robert Taft |
| #2047, aired 1993-06-29 | BALLET $200: "Homage to the Queen", a tribute to her, premiered on her coronation day in 1953 Elizabeth II |
| #2041, aired 1993-06-21 | 1953 $200: In May Col. John Hunt led a Sherpa & climbers from Britain & New Zealand up this mountain Mt. Everest |
| #2041, aired 1993-06-21 | 1953 $400: On April 6 this was revived on the White House lawn the Easter-egg roll |
| #2041, aired 1993-06-21 | 1953 $600: The Hobby Hall of Fame didn't brush off Eisenhower; they installed him for this, his main hobby painting |
| #2041, aired 1993-06-21 | 1953 $1,000 (Daily Double): This ex-president agreed to head the new commission on government operations Hoover |
| #2041, aired 1993-06-21 | 1953 $1000: Celebrations on May 2 included the crowning of King Faisal in Iraq & this king in Jordan (King) Hussein |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | JUNIORS $200: In 1953 he married Coretta Scott & his first son is III Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: It's believed that this Soviet dictator was planning another purge when he died suddenly in March 1953 Stalin |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $1000: Since 1953 the Voice of America has been administered by this government agency the U.S. Information Agency |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: In 1953 he renamed the presidential retreat Camp David, after his grandson Dwight Eisenhower |
| #2004, aired 1993-04-29 | FLAGS $1,500 (Daily Double): A 1953 public law states that at one location within U.S. borders, this flag can fly above Old Glory the U.N. flag |
| #2003, aired 1993-04-28 | THE 1950s $200: In 1953 Boston baseball fans lost their Braves to this city Milwaukee |
| #1969, aired 1993-03-11 | HISTORIC SITES $400: By 1953 all the prisoners on this tiny island off French Guiana had been repatriated to France Devil's Island |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | DE GUYS $200: Discouraged, he left politics in 1953; 5 years later he was Premier of France (Charles) de Gaulle |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | MODERN THEATRE $3,800 (Daily Double): "Waiting for Godot" had its world premiere in this country, Samuel Beckett's adopted home, in 1953 France |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | BRITISH NOVELISTS $100: The first of his 12 James Bond novels was "Casino Royale" in 1953 Ian Fleming |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: Benjamin Britten wrote "Gloriana" for her 1953 coronation Elizabeth II |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | CORPORATE AMERICA $400: He bought Walter Jacobs' car rental firm in 1923, sold it to GM in 1925 & bought it back in 1953 John Hertz |
| #1880, aired 1992-11-06 | MOVIE MISSES $400: In a 1953 remake of "Rain", Rita Hayworth played this title "Miss" Miss Sadie Thompson |
| #1878, aired 1992-11-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $500: This 1953 musical opens at dawn outside a mosque in ancient Baghdad Kismet |
| #1872, aired 1992-10-27 | BALLET $200: Coincidentally, Jerome Robbins' ballet "Fanfare" debuted on the day she was crowned in 1953 Queen Elizabeth |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | ONTARIO $100: In 1953, a festival devoted to his works began at Stratford, Ontario Shakespeare |
| #1859, aired 1992-10-08 | ART $400: A 1953 drawing by this artist of his daughter is titled simply "Paloma" Picasso |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | PERFUME & COLOGNE $400: This cosmetics queen launched her first scent, "Youth Dew", in 1953, & her 10th, "Spellbound", in 1991 Estée Lauder |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | 1953 $200: He was buried beside Lenin in Red Square March 9, 1953 Stalin |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | 1953 $400: The U.S. had $12,483,414,764.30 of gold stored here; they took inventory Fort Knox |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | 1953 $600: In January he became the first president under Yugoslavia's new constitution Tito |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | 1953 $800: Richard Nixon, age 40, took over the job as vice president from this 74-year-old Alben Barkley |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | 1953 $1000: He had 2 firsts in his life in 1953, reaching the top of Everest & seeing the sea Tenzing Norgay (Tenzing the Sherpa accepted) |
| #1849, aired 1992-09-24 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $300: Americans who won for their plans include Charles Dawes for 1925 & this man for 1953 (George) Marshall |
| #1844, aired 1992-09-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: In 1953, a footbridge over Boston's Storrow Drive was named for this Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler |
| #1832, aired 1992-07-14 | MOVIE SONGS $500: "Secret Love", from this 1953 Doris Day film about a famous frontierswoman, won an Oscar for Best Song Calamity Jane |
| #1826, aired 1992-07-06 | SPIES $400: In 1953 this couple became the first U.S. civilians executed for espionage Rosenbergs |
| #1770, aired 1992-04-17 | MUSIC $800: An 1858 Jacques Offenbach number, or a 1953 Cole Porter musical "Can Can" |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | 1953 $100: In May the House discovered an 1803 bill it had forgotten to pass allowing this Buckeye state into the Union Ohio |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | 1953 $200: After his death March 5, 1953, he was succeeded by a group including Malenkov, Beria & Molotov Stalin |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | 1953 $300: Truman announced February 21 that he had sold his memoirs to this weekly magazine Life |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | 1953 $400: This Sioux' remains were moved from Fort Yates, N.D. to an area near Mobridge, S.D. Chief Sitting Bull |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | 1953 $1,400 (Daily Double): British authorities said this 1911 find was a hoax & not the skull of a primitive man the Piltdown Man |
| #1745, aired 1992-03-13 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $200: He left the Navy in 1953 to take over the family farm & peanut business Jimmy Carter |
| #1733, aired 1992-02-26 | FIRST LADIES $400: Her husband's brother Bobby was the best man at her 1953 wedding Mrs. (Jackie) Kennedy |
| #1719, aired 1992-02-06 | BRITISH ROYALTY $200: This princess was only 2 years old in 1953 & did not attend her mother's coronation Princess Anne |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | THE CABINET $400: A major airport is named for this Sec'y of State who served from 1953-59 (John Foster) Dulles |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | THEATRE HISTORY $1000: When this author's "Picnic" 1st opened on Broadway in 1953, its cast included Paul Newman William Inge |
| #1706, aired 1992-01-20 | OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: To view the 1953 John Wayne movie "Hondo" the way it was meant to be seen you needed a pair of these 3-D glasses |
| #1700, aired 1992-01-10 | BROTHERS $200: Allen W. Dulles, brother of John Foster Dulles, was director of this agency from 1953-61 the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) |
| #1690, aired 1991-12-27 | '50s TELEVISION $100: Stan Freberg's "St. George & the Dragonet", a parody of this cop series, was a #1 record in 1953 Dragnet |
| #1690, aired 1991-12-27 | '50s TELEVISION $500: This host of "See It Now" won a 1953 Emmy for most outstanding personality Ed Murrow |
| #1687, aired 1991-12-24 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: William Walton wrote pieces for the coronation of George VI in 1937 & hers in 1953 Queen Elizabeth II |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | "HOUSE"s $400: A vengeful Vincent Price displayed dead bodies in this 1953 3-D thriller House of Wax |
| #1660, aired 1991-11-15 | FLORIDIANS $100: On May 18, 1953 pilot Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break this barrier Sound barrier |
| #1658, aired 1991-11-13 | FAMOUS LLOYDS $500: In 1953 he originated the role of Captain Queeg in "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" on Broadway Lloyd Nolan |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | MODERN HISTORY $300: On July 27, 1953 the armistice to end this war was signed at Panmunjom Korea |
| #1654, aired 1991-11-07 | FILM BIOGRAPHIES $100: In 1953 Tony Curtis portrayed this magician in a highly fictionalized account of his life Harry Houdini |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: In 1953 All American Airlines became Allegheny Airlines & in 1979 it became this U.S. Air |
| #1634, aired 1991-10-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Until this peak was scaled in 1953, Annapurna was the highest mountain climbed Everest |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | PRESIDENTIAL WIT $200: "There is one thing about being president; nobody can tell you when to sit down", he said in August 1953 Eisenhower |
| #1563, aired 1991-05-22 | TV NOSTALGIA $300: J. Fred Muggs, who made his debut on this show in 1953, is alive & well & living in retirement The Today Show |
| #1562, aired 1991-05-21 | MODERN HISTORY $800: He named his revolutionary group the 26th of July Movement for the date of his 1st revolt in 1953 (Fidel) Castro |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | TRANSPORTATION $400: In 1953 this Chevy sports car became the first plastic-bodied car to be made in great quantity the Corvette |
| #1472, aired 1991-01-15 | MOVIES $100: William Holden played a sergeant suspected of being a Nazi spy in this 1953 film set in a P.O.W. camp Stalag 17 |
| #1465, aired 1991-01-04 | THE 1950s $200: In June 1953 they became the first Americans executed for espionage during peacetime the Rosenbergs |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | AVA GARDNER $500: Ava earned an Oscar nomination for this 1953 film in which she romanced Clark Gable in Africa Mogambo |
| #1455, aired 1990-12-21 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $3,700 (Daily Double): When he became Senate minority leader in 1953, he was the youngest man ever to hold that post LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | SPORTS $500: Tennis's Grand Slam winner in 1953, she was the first woman to win all four events Mo Connolly |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: "Friends, Romans, countrymen", this Shakespearean role earned Brando an Oscar nomination for 1953 Mark Antony |
| #1436, aired 1990-11-26 | MAGAZINES $200: He was working for "Children's Activities" magazine when he launched his own men's magazine in 1953 Hugh Hefner |
| #1436, aired 1990-11-26 | TECHNOLOGY $500: 1953's "The Robe" was the 1st film to use this widescreen format developed in the 1920s & '30s by Henri Chretien Cinemascope |
| #1420, aired 1990-11-02 | ISLANDS $400: In 1953 Canada's arctic islands were grouped together politically & named for this sovereign Queen Elizabeth II |
| #1406, aired 1990-10-15 | BURT LANCASTER $600: In a memorable scene in this 1953 film, Burt sizzled on the sand with Deborah Kerr From Here to Eternity |
| #1400, aired 1990-10-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby became the 1st person to head this new Cabinet dept. in 1953 Health, Education & Welfare |
| #1389, aired 1990-09-20 | GOVERNMENT AGENCIES $400: The Voice of America & WORLDNET come under the auspices of this agency founded in 1953 the U.S. Information Agency |
| #9, aired 1990-08-11 | WORLD CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): The mausoleum of Kemal Attaturk in this city wasn't completed until 1953, 15 years after his death Ankara |
| #1372, aired 1990-07-17 | '50s TV $300: Shortly after he left office in 1953, this former U.S. vice president had his own TV series, "Meet the Veep" Alben Barkley |
| #1372, aired 1990-07-17 | '50s TV $500: This actor created the role of Bronx butcher Marty Pilletti in 1953 on the "Goodyear TV Playhouse" Rod Steiger |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | THE CIA $1000: One of the CIA's early major operations was to help restore this Mideastern potentate to his throne in 1953 the Shah of Iran |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $700 (Daily Double): "Dallas" actor heard here singing in a 1953 movie musical:
"Where is the light that's lit by land? Where is it now?" Howard Keel |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | HISTORY $800: Site of a 1953-4 battle in which the Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap defeated the French Dien Bien Phu |
| #1275, aired 1990-03-02 | WAX $500: Charles Buchinsky (later Bronson) can be seen in this 1953 Vincent Price 3-D film House of Wax |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $400: Her parents were Republicans, but she married a Democrat anyway, on Sept. 12, 1953 Jacqueline Kennedy |
| #1255, aired 1990-02-02 | PLAYS $2,000 (Daily Double): 1953 Arthur Miller play inspired by the atmosphere of McCarthyism in the early 1950s The Crucible |
| #1252, aired 1990-01-30 | WORLD LEADERS $500: This female president graduated from Mount St. Vincent College in the Bronx in 1953 Corazon Aquino (of the Philippines) |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | MOVIES $600: In a 1953 film Clifton Webb went down with this ship, but Barbara Stanwyck found a lifeboat the Titanic |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | MOVIES $1,700 (Daily Double): This 1987 comedy about an Italian-American family opens with Dean Martin singing his 1953 hit "That's Amore" Moonstruck |
| #1208, aired 1989-11-29 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $200: In 1953 he published "Casino Royale", his 1st James Bond novel Ian Fleming |
| #1206, aired 1989-11-27 | AUTHORS $400: This Civil War historian won a Pulitzer prize & a nat'l book award for 1953's "A Stillness at Appomattox" Bruce Catton |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | FAMOUS WOMEN $100: In 1953 Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to do this faster then the speed of sound fly a plane |
| #1188, aired 1989-11-01 | PRESIDENTS $200: In July 1953 he said, "There's one thing about being president--nobody can tell you when to sit down" Eisenhower |
| #1164, aired 1989-09-28 | MARILYN MONROE $200: In the fall of 1953 Marilyn made her TV debut on this "stingy" comedian's program Jack Benny |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | FOREIGN FESTIVALS $500: A week-long carnival in July marks the 1953 revolt led by this communist Fidel Castro |
| #1152, aired 1989-09-12 | KOREAN WAR $1000: From Oct. 25, 1951 to the end of the hostilities in 1953, peace talks continued in this village Panmunjom |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | '50s TV $200: On the 1st "Person to Person" TV show in 1953, he "visited" L. Stokowski, G. Vanderbilt & Roy Campanella Edward R. Murrow |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | THE '50s $600: In March 1953 the Boston Braves got the ok to move to this city Milwaukee |
| #1124, aired 1989-06-22 | THEATER $2,000 (Daily Double): This 1953 John Patrick play is set in an American-occupied town in Okinawa The Teahouse of the August Moon |
| #1119, aired 1989-06-15 | PRISONS $300: In a 1953 film, William Holden escaped from this Nazi prison camp Stalag 17 |
| #1116, aired 1989-06-12 | SINGERS & ROLES $800: Frank Sinatra won an Oscar for his role as Maggio in his 1953 Oscar-winning film From Here to Eternity |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | PETER PAN $200: Leonard Maltin says this studio's 1953 film version was 1st time Peter wasn't played by a girl Walt Disney Productions |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | GERMANY $400: This airline, founded in Cologne in 1953, has both government & private investors Lufthansa |
| #1070, aired 1989-04-07 | MOVIE CLASSICS $600: At the end of this 1953 film set in 1941, Deborah Karr threw her leis overboard as she left Hawaii From Here to Eternity |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | JULY $200: On July 27, 1953 the armistice ending this war was signed Korean War |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | JULY $1,000 (Daily Double): The 1st raid this son of a sugar planter led, July 26, 1953, failed & got him jailed Fidel Castro |
| #1025, aired 1989-02-03 | SECRETARIES $600: From 1953-57 she played "Private Secretary" Susie McNamara on TV Ann Sothern |
| #1020, aired 1989-01-27 | ISLANDS $400: In 1953 it was declared an integral part of Denmark Greenland |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | EGYPT $400: Egypt became a republic in 1953 after army officers forced this king to give up the throne Farouk |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | ACTRESSES & ROLES $800: In the 1953 film that won her an Oscar, Audrey Hepburn was on vacation in this city Rome |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | ENGINEERING $400 (Daily Double): In 1953 the Eiffel Tower grew about 70 feet taller with the addition of one of these a TV antenna |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | SPORTS GREATS $500: In 1953 this Texas golfer became 1st to win the U.S. Open, British Open & The Masters in 1 year Ben Hogan |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | GERMANY $100: In 1953 East German labor unrest led to a military response by this power Soviet Union |
| #945, aired 1988-10-14 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $200: Only president to join a religion while in office, he became a Presbyterian February 1, 1953 Eisenhower |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | 20th C. AMERICANS $200: Flying a jet fighter in 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the 1st woman to do this fly faster than the speed of sound |
| #933, aired 1988-09-28 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: First names of the married couple executed for espionage in 1953 Julius & Ethel (Rosenberg) |
| #902, aired 1988-07-05 | MOUNTAINS $200: Its south summit, some 28,700 feet high, was 1st scaled May 26, 1953 Mount Everest |
| #895, aired 1988-06-24 | MUSICALS $1000: This Cole Porter show, the 1st Tony-winning "Best Musical", was filmed in 3D in 1953 Kiss Me Kate |
| #892, aired 1988-06-21 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: She was "Miss Deepfreeze" in 1953, but warmed up to William Holden 2 years later in "Picnic" Kim Novak |
| #888, aired 1988-06-15 | EARLY EMMYS $400: In 1953, this religious figure won as "Most Outstanding Personality" Bishop Fulton Sheen |
| #865, aired 1988-05-13 | POLITICIANS $800: Post held by Arthur Summerfield from 1953-1960, when it was still part of the Cabinet the postmaster general |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | 20TH CENTURY THINKERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Humanitarian doctor who won a 1953 Nobel Prize, he's heard here [Organ music plays] Albert Schweitzer |
| #819, aired 1988-03-10 | HISTORICAL OPERAS $800: "Gloriana", an opera about Elizabeth I, premiered in June, 1953 in honor of her coronation Elizabeth II |
| #786, aired 1988-01-25 | RHYME TIME $400: This fruit-garnished rum cocktail isn't indigenous to Hawaii but arrived there in 1953 a mai tai |
| #735, aired 1987-11-13 | TOUGH DISNEY $800: According to the 1953 cartoon, these four sounds are "where the music comes from" a toot, a whistle, a plunk & a boom |
| #723, aired 1987-10-28 | U.S. HISTORY $500: Named Supreme Commander of NATO in 1950, in 1953 he became Commander in Chief of American Armed Forces Dwight David Eisenhower |
| #722, aired 1987-10-27 | STARTS WITH "K" $2,000 (Daily Double): As fate would have it, this Tony-winning musical of the 1953-54 season featured the following:
"Not since Nineveh, not since Tyre /
Not since Babylon turned to mire..." Kismet |
| #719, aired 1987-10-22 | FAMOUS QUOTES $800: Defense Sec'y Charles Wilson's 1953 quote: "I thought what was good for the country was good for" them General Motors |
| #711, aired 1987-10-12 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $400: Using this name meaning "man of steel", he ruled the USSR with a steel grip until his death in 1953 Stalin |
| #709, aired 1987-10-08 | HISTORY $400: Though her father had died the year before, it was in this year that Elizabeth II was crowned 1953 |
| #704, aired 1987-10-01 | TENNIS $1000: In 1953, this 18-year-old called "Little Mo" became 1st woman to win all 4 grand slam events in the same year Marueen Connolly |
| #673, aired 1987-07-08 | REMAKES $200: Actor who starred with Jean Harlow in 1932's "Red Dust" & Ava Gardner in 1953 remake, "Mogambo" Clark Gable |
| #640, aired 1987-05-22 | WORLD WAR II $800: He won 1953 Nobel Literature Prize for his account of World War II Winston Churchill |
| #639, aired 1987-05-21 | LANGUAGES $500 (Daily Double): Language in which the following, the 1st foreign language song to top Cash Box charts, is sung: “[Instrumental opening plays] Eh cumpari, ci vo sunari?” Italian |
| #639, aired 1987-05-21 | REPUBLICANS $1000: In 1953, Frances & Oliver Bolton of Ohio, ages 67 & 35, became 1st to serve in Congress who were this mother & son |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | '50'S TV $399 (Daily Double): In 1953, they were known around CBS as "the 2 redheads" Lucille Ball and Red Skelton |
| #612, aired 1987-04-14 | FIRSTS $600: In 1953 "Amazon Annie" became 1st cannon to use this type of ammo atomic |
| #584, aired 1987-03-05 | NEWSCASTERS $400: In both the 1953 & 1971 versions, he was there on "You Are There" Walter Cronkite |
| #573, aired 1987-02-18 | FACTS & FIGURES $800: Parodied by Billy Crystal on SNL, this longest-running talk show host started his "Memory Lane" in 1953 Joe Franklin |
| #567, aired 1987-02-10 | AUTOMOBILES $600: In 1953, the 1st year they were manufactured, all corvettes were painted this color white |
| #548, aired 1987-01-14 | REPUBLICANS $1,000 (Daily Double): Joseph W. Martin, who last served from 1953-55, was last Republican to hold this position Speaker of the House |
| #540, aired 1987-01-02 | SPORTS $1000: In 1953, they became 1st major league ball club in ½ a century to move; in 1966, they moved again the Braves |
| #528, aired 1986-12-17 | SUDDEN DEATH $500: It's who, on June 3 1953, jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge Billie Joe McAllister |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | WESTERN STARS $400: Gail Davis did much of her own trick riding & sharpshooting on this 1953 TV series Annie Oakley |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | DANCE $400: Gwen Verdon kicked her way to fame doing this in the 1953 musical of the same name Can-Can |
| #475, aired 1986-10-03 | RELIGION $500 (Daily Double): A hit in 1953, this song of faith made No. 3 on the charts when Elvis released in in 1965 "Crying In The Chapel" |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | TV NOSTALGIA $300: Still in diapers when he joined the Today show cast in 1953, he sent the ratings climbing J. Fred Muggs |
| #467, aired 1986-09-23 | TV NOSTALGIA $400: They lived at 623 E. 68th Street & had a baby on January 19, 1953 Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz (Lucy & Ricky Ricardo) |
| #463, aired 1986-09-17 | REGULAR JOES $100: This son of an unsuccessful cobbler was the leader of the USSR from 1929-1953 Stalin |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | TV NOSTALGIA $1000: Bishop Sheen won an Emmy in 1953 for his series on this fourth network the Dumont Network |
| #450, aired 1986-05-30 | CALIFORNIA $400: He went from being Governor of California to Chief Justice of the U.S. in 1953 Earl Warren |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | TV HISTORY $200: He hosted the 1st coast-to-coast Oscar telecast on March 19, 1953 Bob Hope |
| #434, aired 1986-05-08 | SECRETS $500: "It's no secret anymore" that this song from 1953's "Calamity Jane" won an Oscar "Secret Love" |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | BLACK AMERICA $600: Life & religion in the ghetto were the subjects of his 1953 novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain" James Baldwin |
| #407, aired 1986-04-01 | TOYS & GAMES $500: Invented in 1953 by David Mullany for his son, it's a white plastic sphere with air holes a wiffle ball |
| #405, aired 1986-03-28 | BASEBALL $200: Roger Kahn's best-seller about 1952 & 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, with title from Dylan Thomas poem The Boys of Summer |
| #372, aired 1986-02-11 | 20TH CENTURY $200: In 1953, just months after the U.S., this country exploded its 1st hydrogen bomb Russia (the Soviet Union) |
| #350, aired 1986-01-10 | HEADLINES $1000: Along with coronation in June 1953, papers read "Britons Conquer" this "as a 'Gift' for Queen" Mount Everest |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | SPORTS $1000: In 1953, Tenley Albright became the 1st U.S. woman to win a world title in this figure skating |
| #336, aired 1985-12-23 | TAKE A BATH $200: This soap's slogan has been around since 1953 - and "Aren't you glad" Dial |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | SHAKESPEARE $600: He played Mark Antony in 1953 film version of "Julius Caesar" Marlon Brando |
| #276, aired 1985-09-30 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: "The Crucible", his 1953 play about Salem witchcraft trials drew a parallel to McCarthyism (Arthur) Miller |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | 1953 $100: In January, more people watched this number 1 sitcom than watched Eisenhower's inauguration I Love Lucy |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | 1953 $200: In '53, one year after the U.S., this country exploded its 1st hydrogen bomb the Soviet Union |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | 1953 $300: Filmed in this process, "Bwana Devil" was 1st to promise "a lion in your lap & a lover in your arms" 3-D |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | 1953 $400: Her release of "There'll Be Some Changes Made", came a year after her sexual change was made (Christine) Jorgensen |
| #153, aired 1985-04-10 | THE '50s $200: It took place June 2, 1953 at Westminster Abbey crowning of Queen Elizabeth II |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | I LOVE LUCY $600: They were both "born" on January 19, 1953 Desi Arnaz, Jr. & Ricky Ricardo, Jr. |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | TELEVISION $500: In 1953, Clarence Day’s paternal novel turned into Hollywood's first live network color series Life with Father |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | 1953 $100: Manager Casey Stengel considered retiring until they won 5th-straight World Series the Yankees |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | 1953 $200: Hillary & Tenzing were the 1st to go there, but only stayed 15 minutes the summit of Mt. Everest |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | 1953 $300: Sang "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend", then married a baseball star Marilyn Monroe |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | 1953 $400: Chief Justice appointed by Eisenhower, he served until the Nixon era Earl Warren |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | 1953 $500: Now nation's best-selling magazine, 1st cover featured Lucy & her baby TV Guide |
