#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | 19th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $10,000 (Daily Double): In 1847 Frederick Douglass founded this antislavery paper whose name refers to what guided people escaping slavery The North Star |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | FOODS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $1200: Featuring fried chicken pieces in a sweet sauce, this Chinese takeout favorite is named after a 19th century military leader General Tso's chicken |
#8927, aired 2023-09-12 | QUITE A FOX $2000: The 19th century Fox sisters played an important role in this -ism that gave people hope of communicating with the dead Spiritualism |
#8916, aired 2023-07-17 | FISH PEOPLE $200: A 19th century man named Preserved Fish was an early broker for what became NYSE for short the New York Stock Exchange |
#8904, aired 2023-06-29 | BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE $1200: This songbird came in on a "Wrecking Ball" after inventing the mechanical reaper in the 19th century Miley Cyrus McCormick |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $600: In 1844 he wrote, "Religion... is the opium of the people" Karl Marx |
#8787, aired 2023-01-17 | "I" ON ART $800: 19th century artist William West dramatized the book of Exodus in these people "Passing Through the Wilderness" the Israelites |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS $200: The original version of this novel made vampires seem a real threat; an editor said people are jumpy from Jack the Ripper--go easy Dracula |
#8502, aired 2021-11-02 | THIS CATEGORY HAS LEGS $1200: Billy Bowlegs was a 19th century leader of this southern people who fought three wars with the United States the Seminoles |
#8460, aired 2021-08-06 | LESSER-KNOWN ARTISTS $400: Thomas Hovenden concentrated on everyday people like "The Village" this worker, a subject of 19th century poetry as well blacksmith |
#8380, aired 2021-04-16 | NATIVE AMERICANS $800: Sitting Bull was a chief of this people who united under him for survival in the late 19th century the Sioux |
#8375, aired 2021-04-09 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $3,000 (Daily Double): Florence Nightingale pioneered modern nursing while tending to wounded soldiers during this 19th century war the Crimean War |
#8367, aired 2021-03-30 | HISTORY $800: This people who formed an empire in 19th century southern Africa bears the name of a ruler, the son of Malandela Zulu |
#8331, aired 2021-02-08 | PEOPLE & PLACES $400: In the 19th century Wilhelm Bleek took Ntu, meaning "man", & created this word for a 100-million-strong linguistic group Bantu |
#7943, aired 2019-03-06 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: In 1899 this man for whom a military medical center is named finished his work on typhoid & turned to yellow fever Walter Reed |
#7943, aired 2019-03-06 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $800: At the first modern Olympics in 1896, Spyridon Louis won the epic running race for Greece the marathon |
#7943, aired 2019-03-06 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $1200: This man who made mail-order mighty met Alvah Roebuck in 1887 when Alvah answered an ad for a watchmaker (Richard) Sears |
#7943, aired 2019-03-06 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $2000: This novelist-turned-politician was a favorite of Queen Victoria's & twice served as her prime minister Disraeli |
#7943, aired 2019-03-06 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $3,000 (Daily Double): This Maine senator who became Lincoln's veep was named for an uncle who was named for a Carthaginian general Hannibal Hamlin |
#7440, aired 2017-01-06 | JOB FAIR $1600: Our almanac of famous people has only this 19th century Brit listed under the occupation "dandy" Beau Brummell |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $200: The worse speller of a famous duo, in November 1805 he wrote in his journal, "Ocian in view! O! the joy" William Clark |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: Seen here is an illustration of "The Frog Prince" in this duo's 1812 collection the Brothers Grimm |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $600: A former slave, Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines was assassinated in what's now this Caribbean nation in 1806 Haiti |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $800: Puttering about with peas, this monk laid the foundation for modern genetics (Gregor) Mendel |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $1000: On a roll, this king of Prussia became the first kaiser of Germany in 1871 Wilhelm (I) |
#7103, aired 2015-07-01 | THE WRITE STUFF $600: This 19th-century author wrote steamy thrillers like "Behind a Mask", as well as books about young people Louisa May Alcott |
#6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 19th CENTURY POLITICIANS $800: Seen here, "Who Stole the People's Money?" was an 1871 Thomas Nast cartoon, depicting the corruption of this New York City politician Boss Tweed |
#6906, aired 2014-09-29 | "CAT" PEOPLE $2000: Much of our knowledge of 19th-century Native Americans comes from paintings & drawings by him George Catlin |
#6650, aired 2013-07-12 | BILLIONS OF PEOPLE $400: World population hit 1 billion in this early 19th Century year that Thomas Jefferson was re-elected president 1804 |
#6515, aired 2013-01-04 | AFRICAN CITIES $1000: Named for a 19th century queen, this capital of the Seychelles has fewer than 30,000 people Victoria |
#6448, aired 2012-10-03 | THE 19th CENTURY $800: Shaka reigned as the paramount chief of this people only to be killed by his own brothers in 1828 the Zulus |
#5980, aired 2010-09-17 | 19th CENTURY QUOTATIONS $1200: This 1848 Whig candidate: "I will not say I would serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect me" (Zachary) Taylor |
#5905, aired 2010-04-23 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: This man considered a prophet by many was born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805 Joseph Smith |
#5905, aired 2010-04-23 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $800: A cracker is named for this 19th century man who advocated cold showers, hard mattresses & unsifted flour (Reverend) Graham |
#5905, aired 2010-04-23 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $1200: An alliance began in 1851 when Susan B. Anthony met this 3-named woman in Seneca Falls Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
#5905, aired 2010-04-23 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $1600: This hero was a sailor before joining the cause of Italian unity in the 1830s & trading blue & white for red Garibaldi |
#5905, aired 2010-04-23 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $2000: Montreal's Olympic Stadium is on a street named for this baron who revived the Olympics in the 1890s Pierre de Coubertin |
#5314, aired 2007-10-18 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $1200: After King David Kalakaua died at the Palace Hotel in S.F. in 1891, this woman, his sister, became queen of Hawaii Liliuokalani |
#5314, aired 2007-10-18 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $1600: This actress' liaison with Henri, Prince du Ligne, produced a son named Maurice in 1864 Sarah Bernhardt |
#5314, aired 2007-10-18 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $2000: On Nov. 26, 1894 the chapel at the Winter Palace was aglow with candles for the wedding of this royal couple Nicholas and Alexandra |
#5232, aired 2007-05-15 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: Robert E. Lee's eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, was an aide-de-camp to this president (Jefferson) Davis |
#5232, aired 2007-05-15 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $800: I wonder if this railroad sleeping car maker was asleep when he was hit by a strike in 1894 (George) Pullman |
#5232, aired 2007-05-15 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $1200: The Decembrist Revolution of 1825 failed to wrest power from the first Romanov czar to bear this name Nicholas |
#5232, aired 2007-05-15 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $2000: In 1868 he became the editor of the Overland Monthly; its second issue introduced his story "The Luck of Roaring Camp" Bret Harte |
#5232, aired 2007-05-15 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $4,000 (Daily Double): A hero of the Battle of San Jacinto, Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was the second president of this republic the Republic of Texas |
#5174, aired 2007-02-22 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $600: In 1849 & 1850, at least 80,000 people rushed to this state California |
#5140, aired 2007-01-05 | BYE BYE BIRDIE $800: The large moa became extinct by the 19th century after being heavily hunted by these native New Zealand people the Maori |
#5134, aired 2006-12-28 | 19th CENTURY FACES $400: People went ape after his groundbreaking 1859 publication Charles Darwin |
#4426, aired 2003-12-01 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: This real-life political machine leader is played by Jim Broadbent in "Gangs of New York" Boss Tweed |
#4426, aired 2003-12-01 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $800: Napoleon divorced her in 1809 & soon married the more fertile Marie Louise Josephine |
#4426, aired 2003-12-01 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Alaska) In 1805, their journals, the first detailed report of the Grizzly, called it a tremendous and terrible animal Lewis & Clark |
#4426, aired 2003-12-01 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Lord Ruthven, the main character in the first English vampire story, was based on this author Lord Byron |
#4426, aired 2003-12-01 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $2000: "Old Fuss and Feathers", he fought in the War of 1812 & was a General early in the Civil War Winfield Scott |
#4366, aired 2003-09-08 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $800 (Daily Double): "Knitting", "Still Knitting" & "The Knitting Done" are chapters in this 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities |
#4285, aired 2003-03-28 | THE 19th CENTURY $2000: It's the 4-word title of the famous 1830 Eugene Delacroix work seen here "Liberty Leading the People" |
#4263, aired 2003-02-26 | 19th CENTURY WOMEN $1200: In 1801 Lady Emma Hamilton bore this naval hero a daughter while both were married to other people Admiral Nelson |
#4069, aired 2002-04-18 | "V" THE PEOPLE $400: It describes the people of late 19th century England or their somewhat prudish morality Victorian |
#3884, aired 2001-06-21 | GOOD DOG! $100: In the early 19th century Barry, a dog of this breed, saved more than 40 people in the Swiss Alps Saint Bernard |
#3214, aired 1998-07-16 | PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS $400: Up on the highwire you might wear this bodysuit named for a famous 19th century trapeze artist a leotard |
#3165, aired 1998-05-08 | ART HISTORY 101 $400: 19th century French romantic who painted the following Eugene Delacroix |
#2605, aired 1995-12-22 | DOGS $100: Barry, one of these brandy-carrying dogs, rescued 40 people in the early 19th century St. Bernard |
#2567, aired 1995-10-31 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $200: During the War of 1812, this explorer who has a Colorado peak named for him was killed in Canada (Zebulon) Pike |
#2567, aired 1995-10-31 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: In 1899 she published "The Red Cross in Peace and War" (Clara) Barton |
#2567, aired 1995-10-31 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $600: In 1898 this botanist wrote his first publication at Tuskegee, "Feeding Acorns to Livestock" (George Washington) Carver |
#2567, aired 1995-10-31 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $1000: Daniel Webster contributed to this Whig president's lengthy March 4, 1841 inaugural address William Henry Harrison |
#2567, aired 1995-10-31 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $2,000 (Daily Double): This editor of the New York Tribune suggested that Lincoln should negotiate a peace with the Confederacy (Horace) Greeley |
#2490, aired 1995-06-02 | WRITING $400: 19th century French Abbe Hypolite Michon named this science of analyzing people from their writing graphology |
#1850, aired 1992-09-25 | BIRDS $500: These native New Zealand people hunted the moa to extinction by the 19th century the Maori |
#1540, aired 1991-04-19 | FIRST LADIES $500: The low-cut necklines worn by this 19th century Kentuckian sometimes shocked people Mary Todd Lincoln |
#1312, aired 1990-04-24 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $800: 2 of the 4 people the Clanton gang went up against October 26, 1881 Morgan, Virgil & Wyatt Earp & Doc Holliday |
#1064, aired 1989-03-30 | HISTORIC NAMES $600: In 19th century America, she was known as "The Moses of Her People" Harriet Tubman |
#965, aired 1988-11-11 | THE 19th CENTURY $500: In the early 19th century they collected tales from the people around Kassel, Germany the Brothers Grimm |
#865, aired 1988-05-13 | THE 19th CENTURY $200: In 1886, the S. African city of Johannesburg was laid out as populated by people looking for this gold |
#66, aired 1984-12-10 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Including, in 19th century, one quarter of world's land & people, the sun never set on it the British Empire |