| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $1600: At 11:35 PM EDT May 1, 2011 President Obama announced the death of this man in Pakistan bin Laden |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | 21st CENTURY STUFF $400: Involved in hacking celebrities' phones, the British tabloid News of the World published its last issue July 10, 2011, this day of the week Sunday |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | HANDY ANDY $200: "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" was the name of the commentaries that were part of this TV news show from 1978 to 2011 60 Minutes |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | "A" PLACE IN HISTORY $800: Named for British Major James Abbott, this Pakistani city was in the news in 2011 as the last residence of Osama bin Laden Abbottabad |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $400: Uprisings in 2011 in Egypt & Libya were hallmarks of this pro-democracy "season" the Arab Spring |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF THE 2010s $400: For the first time ever, in 2011 the credit rating for the U.S. was downgraded from AAA to AA+ by this financial info. co. Standard and Poor's |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | PRISON $1200: In 2011 a Birmingham, England prison made news by losing these; happens to us all as we get older the keys |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN THE NEWS $3,000 (Daily Double): In September 2011 lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park became Ground Zero for this movement Occupy Wall Street |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | TV NETWORK NEWS $1200: From 1978 to 2011 "60 Minutes" featured this curmudgeon's short editorial observations on the news & life Andy Rooney |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | NEWS OF THE 21st CENTURY $1600: Ending a 100-year dispute, in 2011 this univ. returned thousands of artifacts to Peru that were taken from Machu Picchu Yale |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | NEWS OF THE 21st CENTURY $2000: (ABC News anchor David Muir gives the clue.) As the Arab Spring made its way into Egypt in January of 2011, I reported from this pivotal public gathering place where protests eventually brought down 2 Egyptian leaders Tahrir Square |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | NEWS ANCHORS $800: In 2011 he stepped down after 36 years anchoring or co-anchoring PBS' newscast (Jim) Lehrer |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | NEW IN THE 2000s $400: News Corporation paid $580 million in 2005 to get this social networking site that sold for $35 million in 2011 Myspace |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | TV NEWS $200: In 2011 Josh Elliott of ESPN became news reader for this ABC show that starts many people's day Good Morning America |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | NEWS OF THE 20-TWEENS $1000: In an exception to the 10-year limit, in July 2011 the Senate extended the term of Robert Mueller as head of this FBI |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | NEWS OF THE 2010s $400: His September 2011 announcement he'd run to be Russian president again was not greeted with the joy he'd hoped for Putin |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | NEWS OF THE 2010s $1200: This purchasing method was big in the Depression; Walmart brought it back in 2011 layaway |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | STOP THE PRESSES! $2,200 (Daily Double): A phone-hacking scandal forced this British tabloid to close in 2011 News of the World |
| #6375, aired 2012-05-11 | PEOPLE $200: With "prayers and blessings", he sent his first tweet in 2011, announcing the launch of an online Vatican news portal Benedict XVI |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: This businessman with a "9-9-9" tax plan made news in 2011 as a candidate for president Herman Cain |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS $800: In 2011 Fitch Agency downgraded this European country's credit rating to CCC, one grade above default Greece |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | ANIMALS IN THE NEWS $800: In 2011 New Yorkers followed the saga of a cobra missing from this zoo (& found right there 6 days later) the Bronx Zoo |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | 2011 NEWS $200: He fell out of the top 50 world golf rankings for the first time since 1996 Tiger Woods |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | 2011 NEWS $400: Starting Sept. 17, part of Lower Manhattan was occupied 24/7 by the protest group "Occupy" this Wall Street |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | 2011 NEWS $600: Biologist Ralph Steinman won just the third Nobel Prize ever awarded this way posthumously |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | 2011 NEWS $800: This 6-letter mega-retailer began selling "Kelly's Collection" of wedding gowns... but do you really need 24 of 'em? Costco |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | 2011 NEWS $1000: In January this "Godfather of Fitness", who opened his first exercise studio in 1936, died at age 96 Jack LaLanne |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | HAVE YOU HEARD THE "NEWS"? $1600: A 2011 scandal ended the 168-year run of this British scandal sheet News of the World |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $200: Acting under Chapter VII of their charter, the U.N. voted to institute one of these over Libya, grounding Qaddafi's aircraft a no-fly zone |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $400: This homeless man from Ohio stepped into the batter's box of fame thanks to his golden voice Ted Williams |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $600: Democratic state senators fled this state to stall Gov. Walker's union-busting budget bill Wisconsin |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $800: This orbiter that got the Shuttle program back aloft after 2 disasters made its 39th & final flight Discovery |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $1000: This European country with 2 distinct ethnic groups broke a record by marking 249 days without a government Belgium |
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