#14, aired 2023-05-17 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1986 it was the site of the worst nuclear accident in history, spreading radioactive material across Europe Chernobyl |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | THIS 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADER... $400: ...became Europe's first female prime minister in 1979 Thatcher |
#8281, aired 2020-11-16 | A 20th CENTURY DECADE $600: World War II begins in Europe the 1930s |
#7571, aired 2017-07-10 | FASCISM $400: This Italian was the first of 20th century Europe's fascist leaders Mussolini |
#6999, aired 2015-02-05 | 20th CENTURY EUROPE $400: This dying Archduke told his wife Sophie, "Don't die darling, live for our children" Franz Ferdinand |
#6999, aired 2015-02-05 | 20th CENTURY EUROPE $800: In the 1950s Basel became the first city in this country to allow women to vote in local elections Switzerland |
#6999, aired 2015-02-05 | 20th CENTURY EUROPE $1200: After this North African nation was given independence in 1962, some army officers accused de Gaulle of betraying France Algeria |
#6999, aired 2015-02-05 | 20th CENTURY EUROPE $1600: By 1921 Romania, Czechoslovakia & Yugoslavia formed a defense alliance called the Little this, French for "understanding" Entente |
#6999, aired 2015-02-05 | 20th CENTURY EUROPE $2000: He was the president of Germany who appointed Hitler chancellor von Hindenburg |
#5931, aired 2010-05-31 | ARE YOU AN -INI? $800: He was the first of Europe's 20th century fascist dictators Mussolini |
#5451, aired 2008-04-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): Called the "Sick Man of Europe" in the early 20th century, this empire collapsed just after WWI the Ottoman Empire |
#5316, aired 2007-10-22 | FAMOUS HUMANITARIANS $2,800 (Daily Double): He helped support his humanitarian efforts in Gabon in the early 20th century by giving organ concerts in Europe (Albert) Schweitzer |
#5131, aired 2006-12-25 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1990 after signing the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, this president declared the Cold War over George H.W. Bush |
#4488, aired 2004-02-25 | ARCHITECTURE $800: This 12th century style was revived in Europe in the 19th century & used for churches into the 20th century Gothic |
#4057, aired 2002-04-02 | 20th CENTURY BRITAIN $1600: On August 3 of this year, British Diplomat Edward Grey said, "The lamps are going out all over Europe" 1914 |
#3971, aired 2001-12-03 | 20th CENTURY JOURNALISTS $2000: Not Goober's, not Gomer's, but this Pyle's reports from Europe & the Pacific during WWII are famous Ernie Pyle |
#3773, aired 2001-01-17 | 20th CENTURY STUFF $600 (Daily Double): This 1939 Ford model resulted from Edsel Ford's wanting a luxury car like they had in Europe the Continental |
#3650, aired 2000-06-16 | 20th CENTURY EUROPE $200: In October 1989 Erich Honecker quit as leader of this country that ceased to exist a year later East Germany |
#3650, aired 2000-06-16 | 20th CENTURY EUROPE $400: Under PM Hjalmar Hammarskjold, Dag's dad, Sweden maintained this stance during WWI Neutrality |
#3650, aired 2000-06-16 | 20th CENTURY EUROPE $600: Alliterative name for the WWII resistance movement led by General de Gaulle Free French |
#3650, aired 2000-06-16 | 20th CENTURY EUROPE $1000: Churchill said an iron curtain had descended over Europe from this northern sea to the Adriatic Baltic Sea |
#3650, aired 2000-06-16 | 20th CENTURY EUROPE $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1974 this country's premier Marcello Caetano was deposed & exiled to Madeira -- doesn't sound so bad Portugal |
#2580, aired 1995-11-17 | PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS $2,500 (Daily Double): This 20th century president was the first to visit Europe while in office Woodrow Wilson |