| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | NAMES IN HISTORY $1200: Last name of Bronson, a teacher & abolitionist who lived in poverty until his daughter made it big in books in the 19th century Alcott |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $200: This circus showman called himself the "Prince of Humbugs" P.T. Barnum |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $400: Here's Walt Whitman as captured by this 19th century photographer Mathew Brady |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $600: In 1844 he wrote, "Religion... is the opium of the people" Karl Marx |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $800: During the Civil War he recruited for the all-Black Massachusetts 54th Infantry, in which 2 of his sons served Frederick Douglass |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $1000: Part classicist, part romantic, this is the only one of the 3 "B"s of classical music who lived entirely in the 19th century Brahms |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | 19th CENTURY SCIENCE $400: In 1803 a British meteorologist published new names for these, including cumulus & cirrus clouds |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | MIDDLE NAMES $800: Finley & Breese were the middle names of this 19th century American inventor & painter (Samuel F.B.) Morse |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | BUSINESS NAMES $1000: The company co-founded by this 19th century German chemical maker has relieved millions of headaches Bayer |
| #8164, aired 2020-02-20 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $800: Seen here, 19th century's Spanish general Pablo Morillo was sent to South America to finish off this man but had to make peace with him (Simon) Bolivar |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | GREAT BRITS $1600: Many consider this artist with the given names Joseph Mallord William the greatest landscapist of the 19th century Turner |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | 2 FIRST NAMES? $1600: Contemporaries of this 19th-century Senator for Illinois gave him the nickname "Little Giant" Stephen Douglas |
| #6721, aired 2013-12-02 | A CHRISTMAS STORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) The popularity of reindeer as a symbol of Christmas probably only dates back to this 19th-century poem that also gave Santa's reindeer their names--Dasher, Dancer, etc. "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("'Twas the Night Before Christmas" accepted) |
| #6660, aired 2013-07-26 | FASHION $2000: Cushionet & bum roll were earlier names for this 19th Century device that pushed a skirt out in back a bustle |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | HISTORIC NAMES $1600: This giant of 19th century water transport was nicknamed "Quicksilver Bob" Robert Fulton |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | 19th CENTURY SCIENCE $200: Names for types of these, including cirrus & nimbus were coined in 1803 by British meteorologist Luke Howard clouds |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | BRAND NAMES $200: This brand of petroleum jelly was discovered as a byproduct in the 19th century Vaseline |
| #5473, aired 2008-05-28 | FIRST NAMES $1000: 19th century English illustrator Greenaway, or 19th century American author Chopin Kate |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $400: "The Inquest of the Final Victim Mary Kelly" is the subtitle of a book about this late 19th century Londoner Jack the Ripper |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $800: Ballet music was thought an inferior genre when he was commissioned to write the music for "Swan Lake" Tchaikovsky |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $1200: As his health grew worse from TB, he left his dentistry practice in Atlanta & moved out West Doc Holliday |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $1600: In July 1866 he became the U.S. Navy's first full admiral (Admiral David) Farragut |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $2000: By the time her "Middlemarch" was published, she was generally recognized as the greatest living English novelist (George) Eliot |
| #5225, aired 2007-05-04 | FIRST NAMES $2000: First name of pollster Gallup & 19th century U.S. VP Clinton George |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $200: On Aug. 16, 1812 British general Sir Isaac Brock captured this Michigan city Detroit |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $400: There's a sucker born every minute, & this showman known for saying it was born on July 5, 1810 (P.T.) Barnum |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $600: In 1894 this man "Familiar" with "Quotations" compiled a "Complete Concordance to" Shakespeare (John) Bartlett |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $800: New Year's Eve 1876: actress Georgiana Drew marries into this famous acting family the Barrymores |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $1000: This Frenchman sculpted more than one statue for the NYC area: his statue of Lafayette is in Union Square (Frédéric) Bartholdi |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $200: Actor Joseph Jefferson was renowned for his portrayal of this snoozy Washington Irving character Rip Van Winkle |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $400: He improved the French milk & wine industries & made a vaccine for anthrax Pasteur |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $600: In 1897 this U.S. train car maker was buried in a room-sized block of concrete to guard against angry workers (George) Pullman |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $800: After this British poet drowned off Italy in 1822, his friend E.J. Trelawny kept his heart Percy Shelley |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $1000: He wasn't "The Greatest", but he did rule Egypt from 1805 to 1848 Muhammad Ali |
| #4167, aired 2002-10-15 | BRITISH FASHION $400: 19th century Englishmen Thomas & William Bowler got their names in the dictionary by making these hats |
| #3877, aired 2001-06-12 | TWO OF A KIND $800: First names of the famous Siamese twins of the 19th century Chang & Eng (Bunker) |
| #3085, aired 1998-01-16 | U.S PLACE NAMES $500: A dozen U.S. counties are named for this 19th century politician, a "Little Giant" indeed (Stephen) Douglas |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | FAMOUS 19th CENTURY NAMES $200: Poet John Keats' brother lost all his money in a scheme by this "Birds of America" painter Audubon |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | FAMOUS 19th CENTURY NAMES $400: This poetic pair eloped in 1846, moved to Italy & had a son called Pen in 1849 the Brownings |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | FAMOUS 19th CENTURY NAMES $600: In 1864 this family opened a factory they named Nitroglycerin, Inc. Nobel |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | FAMOUS 19th CENTURY NAMES $800: Abraham Lincoln offered this Italian patriot a command in the U.S. Army Garibaldi |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | FAMOUS 19th CENTURY NAMES $1000: The May 8, 1898 Globe-Democrat touted his "Victory... Americans control Manila Bay" Dewey |
| #2183, aired 1994-02-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: Some folks called this great 19th century orator "The God-like Daniel" Daniel Webster |
| #1664, aired 1991-11-21 | MIDDLE NAMES $200: 19th century Chief Justice Salmon Chase's middle name, or the largest city in Oregon Portland |
| #1603, aired 1991-07-17 | HISTORIC NAMES $1,600 (Daily Double): In the late 19th century Charles Stewart Parnell led this country's struggle for home rule Ireland |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | MIDDLE NAMES $1000: Middle name of 19th century poet James Lowell Russell |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: 19th century British peer who was "said to have been the finest amateur boxer of his time" Marquess of Queensberry |
| #1205, aired 1989-11-24 | MIDDLE NAMES $1000: Those who heard 19th century preacher Henry Beecher's stirring sermons knew this was his middle name Ward |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | MIDDLE NAMES $800: This 19th century British prime minister's middle name was Ewart William Gladstone |
| #1064, aired 1989-03-30 | HISTORIC NAMES $600: In 19th century America, she was known as "The Moses of Her People" Harriet Tubman |
| #1046, aired 1989-03-06 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: 19th. century politician whose wealthy wife said, "Dizzy married me for my money" Benjamin Disraeli |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | FAMOUS NAMES $500: 19th century British dandy said to have invented trousers to replace breeches Beau Brummell |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: In 1854 he became official musical instrument maker to Emperor Napoleon III; an instrument he invented is named for him Adolphe Sax |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: In the 1870s he wrote that "man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits" Charles Darwin |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: In preparation for a work he published in 1828 that was over 20 years in the making, he learned 26 languages Noah Webster |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: This French engineer once asked, "Why should we disguise the industrial nature of iron, even in the city?" Gustave Eiffel |
| #6092, aired 2011-02-22 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: In an 1845 autobiography, he wrote, "You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man" Frederick Douglass |
| #5886, aired 2010-03-29 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: In an 1877 novel Mrs. Gordon initially suggests the name Ebony for this title character Black Beauty |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: He got his name because Mexican victims of his attacks would cry out in terror to St. Jerome Geronimo |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | FAMOUS NAMES: In the 19th century he created a new type of reference work, a dictionary named from the Greek for "treasury" Roget |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | LITERARY FIGURES: Bono, Jim Sheridan & Liam Neeson were featured in a 2004 documentary honoring the 150th anniversary of the birth of this man Oscar Wilde |
| #4613, aired 2004-09-29 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: Once known as "the handsomest man in America", he performed his last play, "The Apostate", on March 18, 1865 John Wilkes Booth |
| #3909, aired 2001-09-06 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 1978, Congress restored U.S. citizenship to this man seen here Jefferson Davis |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | BRAND NAMES: Common household product named for a 19th century surgical pioneer Listerine (named for Sir Joseph Lister) |
