#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | ELEMENTAL RESPONSES $4,600 (Daily Double): Ferns, amphibians & early reptiles thrived during this geological period from about 360 to 300 million years ago the Carboniferous Period |
#8592, aired 2022-03-08 | OCEANS $1000: 300 million years ago, a giant ocean called Panthalassa surrounded this landmass with the same first 3 letters Pangaea |
#8143, aired 2020-01-22 | EARTH HISTORY $2000: Around 300 million years ago, almost all of Earth's continents came together to form one supercontinent known as this Pangea |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $1600: Pangea, one of these, formed around 300 million & broke up around 200 million years ago a supercontinent |
#7507, aired 2017-04-11 | LIBRARIES $800: In 2002 this Egyptian city opened a library that stands where another stood 2,300 years ago Alexandria |
#6023, aired 2010-11-17 | WORLD RELIGIONS $800: Early stories in this Japanese religion appeared in the Nihongi & Kojiki, both written around 1,300 years ago Shinto |
#5883, aired 2010-03-24 | JUST LEAF ALREADY $400: Seen here are the leaves of this type of plant that dominated the Earth 300 million years ago a fern |
#3604, aired 2000-04-13 | HISTORY $400: In 1999 China confirmed that this girl really existed & served in China's army 1,300 years ago Mulan |
#3279, aired 1998-12-03 | 300 YEARS AGO $100: In 1698, this comet discoverer took a ship called the Paramour Pink on the first purely scientific sea voyage Edmond Halley |
#3279, aired 1998-12-03 | 300 YEARS AGO $200: In 1698, colonists from this European country got refreshment by making Pensacola....Florida, that is Spain |
#3279, aired 1998-12-03 | 300 YEARS AGO $300: This architect who rebuilt London after the Great Fire of 1666 saw his work on Whitehall Palace burned in 1698 Sir Christopher Wren |
#3279, aired 1998-12-03 | 300 YEARS AGO $400: In 1698 this Russian czar founded Taganrog; 5 years later he founded a better-known port Peter the Great |
#3279, aired 1998-12-03 | 300 YEARS AGO $500: Thomas Savery patented the first practical version of this machine, intending to use it in mines Steam engine |
#2416, aired 1995-02-20 | NATIONAL PARKS $400: Inland seas covering Kentucky about 300 million years ago formed this park's limestone Mammoth Cave |
#1920, aired 1993-01-01 | SCIENCE $500: One theory says about 300 million years ago Gondwana & Laurasia combined to form this supercontinent Pangaea |
#6, aired 1990-07-21 | SCIENCE $2000: 1 of 2 protocontinents that converged about 300 million years ago to form Pangaea Gondwanaland (or Laurasia) |
#1142, aired 1989-07-18 | PLANTS $600: These fronded plants were the most common type on Earth 300 million years ago ferns |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | BOTTOMS UP $400: This hazelnut liqueur was named for the mysterious monk who made it 300 years ago Frangelico |
#289, aired 1985-10-17 | SOVIET UNION $400: Russia's lost 15,000 men & 300 aircraft & controls less territory in this country than 5 years ago Afghanistan |
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