| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENCE $800: On July 4, 1795 Paul Revere & Sam Adams buried one of these; a 1652 shilling was in the contents dug up 220 years later a time capsule |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | LOVE STORY $800: In "Love in the Time of Cholera" by him, Florentino has thought of a love affair for 51 years, 9 months & 4 days, not that he's counting Gabriel García Márquez |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | THE PAST, PRESENTLY $800: On Nov. 4, 1964 he was exiled from Iran; 15 years later, he was running the place Khomeini |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | MUSIC $600: In 1953 he became the first American to conduct at La Scala in Milan; 4 years later, he helped tell a "West Side Story" Bernstein |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | THE OCEAN $400: The historical average of these Titanic menaces is about 500 entering N. Atlantic shipping lanes, but there are recent 4-digit years icebergs |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | 11-LETTER WORDS $1200: A college football player normally gets 5 years of it, & can compete in 4 seasons eligibility |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | FICTIONAL LANGUAGES $800: You can be like Daenerys & actually learn about 4,000 words of this language of Khal Drogo Dothraki |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | LANDMARKS FOR SALE $600: 4,500 years old, its royal headdress of limestone makes it the finest in noseless architecture! the Sphinx |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | HOSPITALS $1000: Known for its mental health facilities, this NYC hospital dates back to 1736, 4 years after George Washington's birth Bellevue |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | HOUSE HUNTERS INTERGALACTIC $800: You might want to wish upon Proxima this, a star only 4.2 light-years from our sun Centauri |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | WHO SAID THIS? $200: "Sen. Obama, I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run 4 years ago" McCain |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | IT GETS OLD $800: V.S.O.P., standing for very superior old pale, is a premium grade of this liquor aged at least 4 years cognac |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | WHO REIGNED IN ENGLAND WHEN... $2,800 (Daily Double): Michelangelo finished painting the Sistine Chapel after 4 years... contractors, am I right? Henry VIII |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | CORE VALUES $200: Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada & Mariano Rivera were the "Core 4" on this team, winning 4 titles in 5 years the Yankees |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | SCIENCE $1600: Lasting about 4 billion years & encompassing Earth's first 3 eons is this time period that "pre"cedes everything else Precambrian |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HURRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! $600: Created as a real estate ad 100 years ago in 1923, the Hollywood Sign originally had this 4-letter word tacked on to the end land |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | REVOLT-ING HISTORY $800: After 4 years of negotiations, in 2016 the government of this South American country made a peace deal with FARC rebels Colombia |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | LET'S GUESS YOUR WAIT $600: After an 86-year drought without winning a World Series, this A.L. team has now won 4 of them in the last 19 years the Boston Red Sox |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $800: Edie Falco thought a 2022 sequel to this 2009 film had flopped, having shot it 4 years prior & not realizing it had never been released Avatar |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | BANKING & FINANCE $800: Invest $10,000 at 4%, add $100 per month & in 10 years you'll have nearly $30,000; the oft-cited "miracle of" this 2-word phrase compound interest |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | HOW OFTEN DOES IT HAPPEN? $400: The Commonwealth Games are held every 4 years |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | FROM THE PRESIDENT'S MEMOIRS $200: "During the 4 1/2 years of my presidency I had never been able to establish a close relationship with Bobby Kennedy" LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | MUSIC ICONS $1000: Her recording career lasted less than 4 years; her final studio album was 1971's "Pearl", featuring "Me And Bobby McGee" Janis Joplin |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | 4 FUNERALS & ANOTHER FUNERAL $600: 47 years after the OK Corral, his pallbearers in L.A. included silent movie Western star Tom Mix & a former mayor of Tombstone (Wyatt) Earp |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SEE WHAT I DID THERE? $200: Cheerio! I'm Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run this distance in under 4 minutes, seen here on the same track 50 years later the mile |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THAT BOOK YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO READ $500: David Foster Wallace's weighty tome titled "Infinite" this; we kid you not, it took him 4 years to write it Jest |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | ASTRONOMY $600: The distance from Alpha Centauri to our sun is 4.2 light years or just 1.3 of these; sounds quick! parsecs |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | HERE'S YOUR SCIENCE PRIZE $1200: The Gonin Medal is awarded every 4 years for outstanding work in this medical specialty of the eye ophthalmology |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | 1992 IN BOOKS: 30 YEARS AGO $1200: This Terry McMillan bestseller centers on 4 African-American women living in Phoenix & their challenges with men & life Waiting to Exhale |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $400: The New York times ("The Gray Lady") remarked on USA Today's "brazen" use of this, in all 4 sections from July 2, 1984 color |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $1000: Edward Rutledge, the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence, was this age, 4 years shy of the required age to be a senator 26 |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Before becoming Tennessee's first governor, John Sevier governed this prospective state that existed for all of 4 years Franklin |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | 4 "N" $1600: Someone between 90 & 100 years of age a nonagenarian |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | ASTRONOMY $1600: Going 1,000 mph, it would take more than 2.8 million years to travel the 4.2-light-year distance to this nearest star system Alpha Centauri |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | GIMME SOME SPACE $1000: There's still time to get ready, but in 4 billion years, this galaxy is destined for a head-on collision with ours Andromeda |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | ANGELS & DEMONS & INSURANCE AGENTS $1600: The agent explains whole life insurance costs more than this 4-letter kind with benefits that expire after you survive 10, 20 or 30 years term |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | WELL, IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY $600: After 4 years & 4 months, Alexander Selkirk was rescued from a deserted island on Feb. 2, 1709, inspiring this novel years later Robinson Crusoe |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | JOB DESCRIPTION $1000: Take in 4,500 years of history;
12 basic meridians & qi are key;
get to the multiple points & max around 0.4 inches deep an acupuncturist |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | INVENTION $1,000 (Daily Double): Yoshitada Minami put an automatic turn-off on this kitchen device & in 4 years, half of Japanese homes had one a rice maker |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | FOUNDRY $800: Around 4,000 years ago, the first foundries in Mesopotamia began producing this alloy bronze |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | A POET LAUREATE $1600: Named the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate of the U.S. in 2017, she put in a Super Bowl appearance 4 years later Amanda Gorman |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | MUSICAL SEQUELS $1600: 20 years after "Bye, Bye" this guy, "Bring Back" this guy didn't fare so well, closing after 4 performances Birdie |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Congress adopted these November 15, 1777, though they weren't ratified for another 4 years the Articles of Confederation |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | '90s NEWSMAKERS $400: In 1994, 4 years after his release from prison, he became president of South Africa Mandela |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | 1970: 50 YEARS AGO $1200: National guardsmen shot & killed 4 people at a May protest at this Ohio university Kent State |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | SCIENCE: MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH $800: Lord Kelvin had his own understanding of heat transfer, leading him to estimate this at 20 million years (try 4.5 billion) the age of the Earth |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | EMMA-NATION $200: In 2013 this actress turned down the title role in "Cinderella"--she was a different Disney heroine 4 years later Emma Watson |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | BOOKS OF THE DEAD $400: The first volume of her poems didn't appear until 1890, 4 years after death stopped for her (Emily) Dickinson |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | MOVIE COMEDIES $600: Academic overachievers Kaitlyn Dever & Beanie Feldstein cram 4 years of fun into one night in this 2019 comedy Booksmart |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | WORLD LEADERS $1000: Popular in 37 A.D., this man whose name means "little boot" was sent walking 4 years later Caligula |
| #8137, aired 2020-01-14 | ALL STARS $2000: In 2016 the IAU renamed this 3-star system just 4.3 light years away Rigel Kentaurus Alpha Centauri |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | AMERICAN IDOLS $800: (Luke Bryan delivers the clue.) I've been inspired by this idol since I was 4 years old singing "See See Rider", the first song he performed on his "Aloha from Hawaii" TV special Elvis |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | 21st CENTURY COMPANIES $800: 5 years after launching in 2012, this app was processing 1.4 billion swipes per day & had 10 billion matches Tinder |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | SO LONG $1200: If someone says you kept him waiting for these lengths of time, remind him there have only been 4 of them in earth's 4.6 billion years eons |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | PLAYER'S PIANO $1000: It took Yamaha 4 years to build the "Million Dollar Piano" this man used for more than 200 shows at Caesars Palace Elton John |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | LET'S SEE IF IT PAYS OFF FOR 'EM $400: In 1927, 4 years after starting a movie company with his brother, he decided to go all-cartoon Walt Disney |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS $400: "A House Divided" completed Pearl Buck's trilogy that began 4 years earlier with this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Good Earth |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | COUP COUP $600: On Feb. 4, 1992 he led some Venezuelan military officers in a failed coup; 6 years later, he was elected prez Chávez |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE 40-YEAR-OLD GERMAN $1600: In 1725, 3 years after Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier", this 4-decades-old man composed his "Easter Oratorio" (Johann Sebastian) Bach |
| #8038, aired 2019-07-17 | AWARDS & HONORS $2000: Every 4 years this medal is awarded to folks under age 40 by the International Congress of Mathematicians the Fields Medal |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | ART: THE LAST 150 YEARS $800: With works like "Bicycle Wheel", Marcel Duchamp was a leader of this 4-letter art movement Dada |
| #7946, aired 2019-03-11 | NORMAN LEAR, THE FIRST 96 YEARS $800: (Norman Lear delivers the clue.) Spanning 4 decades, it's been a joy to work on 2 versions of "One Day at a Time", first with Bonnie Franklin, now with Justina Machado & this legendary EGOT Rita Moreno |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | YOU SAY YOU WANT A FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: Early on, 4 years before the Reign of Terror, was the period of panic called La Grande Peur or "The Great" this fear |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | WRITERS WHO WENT TO JAIL $800: For 4 years in the 1980s, Communist authorities jailed this playwright & later Czech president Václav Havel |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | GET "IN" $200: Once March 4, we swear it's now January 20 every 4 years the presidential inauguration |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | BOWL GAME SPONSORS $200: This big-in-the-'80s video rental chain started its own bowl, but after 4 years, Carquest drove over it Blockbuster |
| #7881, aired 2018-12-10 | THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): Jeffersonians killed the first bank, but it returned 4 years later after this war wrecked U.S. finances the War of 1812 |
| #7875, aired 2018-11-30 | CITIES ACROSS AMERICA $200: (Hi, I'm Ben Bailey with Local 4.) In 1837 Detroit became Michigan's first capital; 10 years later, this city took over, as it was much more centrally located within the state Lansing |
| #7875, aired 2018-11-30 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE CUDGELINGS $800: 1820:
James Monroe 231, this man who would win it all 4 years later... 1 John Quincy Adams |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | SISTER CITIES $1000: In 2014 Cambridge, Massachusetts became family with Les Cayes in this nation, 4 years after a terrible natural disaster Haiti |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | 2018 HAPPENINGS $800: In the highest-scoring FIFA World Cup final in 52 years, this country prevailed 4-2 France |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | SPACE PROBES $200: Helping prepare for events 5 years later, in 1964 Ranger 7 snapped over 4,000 photos of the surface of this the moon |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | 25 YEARS AGO: 1993 $400: Flooding by these 2 rivers that begin with the same 4 letters inundated parts of 9 states & left $15 billion in damage the Mississippi and Missouri |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | THE SUN, THE MOON, THE STARS $800: Just over 4 light years from Earth (hi, neighbor!), this triple star's motion towards our sun is 12.5 miles per second Alpha Centauri |
| #7722, aired 2018-03-20 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE SILVER MEDALISTS $400: In 1888 this president was down in his re-election bid 168-233, but 4 years later proved to be not out (Grover) Cleveland |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | I AM HUSSEIN $800: Nasser Hussain scored thousands of runs in this sport & also captained the English national team for 4 years cricket |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | WINNING CLAMS AT THE CASINO $400: Life was a bowl of cherries when a Vegas man won $4.6 million & years later, $21.1 million on a Megabucks one of these a slot machine |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | MILITARY GAME PLANS $1200: This conqueror loves to blitz--he'll invade N.E. China in 1211 & take down Beijing in the backfield in 4 years Genghis Khan |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | COKE SLOGANS THROUGH THE YEARS $1000: 1969:
These 4 words, also heard in a jingle "It's the real thing" |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | PRISONS $400: Alfred Dreyfus spent a hellish 4 years & change in captivity on this island Devil's Island |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | OUR ANCIENT RELATIVES $400: From the Latin for "two footed", this term is used to describe & distinguish early humanoids from 4-6 million years ago biped |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | ON JULY 4th $200: On July 4, 1966 Congress created a commission for this event, but it only lasted 8 years, not the full 10 a bicentennial |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | PRESIDENTIAL LOSERS $1600: He defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888 but lost the rematch 4 years later Benjamin Harrison |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TALES $2,000 (Daily Double): The title of this 9th century Arabic tale tells us it spanned about 2 3/4 years One Thousand and One Nights |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | GEORGIA $800: He ran an unsuccessful 1966 campaign for governor before a successful one 4 years later Jimmy Carter |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $400: (Hi, I'm Ben Bailey from Local 4.) Also known as "The Fist," the Detroit monument to this boxer was dedicated on October 16, 1986, nearly 50 years after he won the heavyweight title Joe Louis |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | "READY" WHEN YOU ARE $1600: 4-word nickname of President Zachary Taylor, who had served 40 years in the U.S. military "Old Rough and Ready" |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | THE MAGIC OF LAIKA ANIMATION $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Laika Animation Studios.) Needing to shoot 24 precise movements per second results in only about 4 seconds of film a week per animator, it's no surprise it can take up to two and a half years to produce films like this Laika Oscar-nominated feature, based on a work by Neil Gaiman Coraline |
| #7331, aired 2016-06-27 | MARGARET ME $1200: Princess Margaret was born in 1930, 4 years after this sister Elizabeth II |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | SURROUNDED BY STATISTICS $600: In 2014 1/4 of U.S. 16-year-olds had this document; 30 years ago it was nearly half a driver's license |
| #7271, aired 2016-04-04 | GRAMMY'S BEST NEW ARTIST $1,200 (Daily Double): This singer was the Best New Artist of 2007 but sadly passed away only 4 years later Amy Winehouse |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | AMERICAN DIPLOMATS $1200: His father appointed him minister to Prussia in 1797 but lost the presidency & recalled him 4 years later John Quincy Adams |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | THE IMAGE AWARDS $600: It took John Ridley 4 years to write the screenplay for this 2014 Outstanding Motion Picture winner 12 Years a Slave |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER $2,000 (Daily Double): It took nearly 4 years for this Kansas man to recover from his WWII injuries Bob Dole |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | KUNG FU MASTERS $1200: At age 11, he did kung fu for President Nixon; 24 years later, he made his Hollywood movie debut in "Lethal Weapon 4" Jet Li |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $400: For the 238 isotope of uranium, this measure of radioactive decay is a mere 4.5 billion years a half-life |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | THAT'S OLD STUFF $800: Crystallized some 4.4 billion years ago, zircons found in Australia are the Earth's oldest known of these rock constituents minerals |
| #7140, aired 2015-10-02 | THAT'S HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): This 1790 act gave authors exclusive control of their works for 14 years; violators were fined 50 cents per page the Copyright Act |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | 2nd PERSON, ACTIVE $400: You are in prison from 1962 to 1990; 4 years after getting out, you lead your country Nelson Mandela |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | LIVE "LONG" $200: The current record in this event has lasted 24 years (29 feet, 4.4 inches) the long jump |
| #7089, aired 2015-06-11 | WAY BACK IN 2012 $200: This once & future president of Russia was elected to the job after 4 years as prime minister (Vladimir) Putin |
| #7081, aired 2015-06-01 | THE LAW OF THE LAND $600: In Michigan, thou shalt not hook up with thy neighbor's wife--this act--lest ye get 4 years in prison adultery |
| #7080, aired 2015-05-29 | EX-MEMBERS OF THE BAND $200: 20 years after Jerry Garcia's 1995 death, 4 living members of this band announced 50th anniversary gigs in Chicago The Grateful Dead |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | DOSTOYEVSKY $600: 4 years in this type of place in Siberia yielded "The House of the Dead", which began a tradition of Russian works set there a prison (camp) |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | WORDPLAY $1200: This 11-letter word means occurring every 4 years quadrennial |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | 4-LETTER U.S. CITIES $1200: It's no myth--for most of the last 15 years, this city has ranked as the safest in Michigan Troy |
| #7041, aired 2015-04-06 | THE PRESIDENT'S PLEASURE $800: He did not choose to run in 1928; he'd chosen daily 2-hour afternoon naps in the preceding 4 years, though (Calvin) Coolidge |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | 1970s BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS $800: Starting with "The Godfather", this actor was nominated for an acting Oscar 4 straight years Al Pacino |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | BAD POETRY ABOUT POETS $200: In 1890 she was 4 years dead / & her 1st book of poems was read / It was a big hit & such / For a lady who did not get out much (Emily) Dickinson |
| #6888, aired 2014-07-23 | 10 YEARS AGO: 2004 $1600: Over the summer, 4 of these caused $20 billion in damage to Florida & surrounding states hurricanes |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT $600: This author's crime? Discussing banned books in the Petrashevsky Circle group in 1849; punishment? 4 years in Siberia Dostoyevsky |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD $400: ...remembers that when we meet Tom, he's just finished 4 years here, & it ain't college prison |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | THE SOUTH PACIFIC $1200: This literary character was based on Alexander Selkirk, a sailor marooned on a South Pacific island for 4 years Robinson Crusoe |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | THE SONNET $2000: In 1922, 4 years before his death, this German-language poet produced the 55 "Sonnets to Orpheus" (Rainer Maria) Rilke |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | JOINING THE TV CAST LATER $200: Sam Waterston joined this show in 1994, 4 years after its debut; Sam stuck around for 16 more years Law & Order |
| #6734, aired 2013-12-19 | HISTORIC NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1861, 4 years after being selected to preside over Mexico's supreme court, he was elected president Benito Juárez |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | ON THE WALL $400: ...of Madonna's house are works by this woman who died in Coyoacan 4 years before Madonna was born Frida Kahlo |
| #6696, aired 2013-10-28 | HOUSE HUNTERS INTERGALACTIC $800: You might want to wish upon Proxima this, a star only 4.2 light-years from our sun Centauri |
| #6691, aired 2013-10-21 | INSIDE EDITION 25th ANNIVERSARY $600: Defeated after a run for mayor of NYC, he became an "I.E." contributor in 1990; 4 years later, he got the mayor gig Giuliani |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $400: Guinness reported the youngest male golfer to achieve this singular feat was 4 years & 195 days old a hole-in-one |
| #6664, aired 2013-08-01 | THIS & THAT $200: This Egyptian landmark has endured 4,500 years of the ravages of time The Sphinx |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): This Quaker leader spent only 4 years in the colony & future state with his name on it, leaving for good in 1701 William Penn |
| #6657, aired 2013-07-23 | THE CALENDAR $400: It takes about 365 1/4 days for the earth to orbit the sun, so we get one of these on the calendar every 4 years a leap day (leap year accepted) |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | CNN TOURISM $1200: (Here's Jim Bittermann.) In 1940 German troops marched down this Paris avenue with a name in French that means "Elysian fields"; 4 years later, Allied troops paraded down it to mark the city's liberation Champs-Élysées |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | TERMS WITH GREEK LETTERS $200: A & B in this multiple star system are 4.4 light years from Earth Alpha Centauri |
| #6570, aired 2013-03-22 | TRACK & FIELD $400: Over the past 100 years, the record in this field event has increased from 50' 11 3/4" to 75' 10 1/4" shot put |
| #6568, aired 2013-03-20 | PRESIDENTIAL DEBATERS $200: From their Oct. 28, 1980 set-to: "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?" Ronald Reagan & Jimmy Carter |
| #6542, aired 2013-02-12 | HOW NOBEL OF THEM $1,000 (Daily Double): He got his job at age 4; 49 years later, in 1989, he won a Nobel Peace Prize the Dalai Lama |
| #6524, aired 2013-01-17 | MAURITANIA & MOROCCO $400: 4 years apart, in 1956 & 1960, Morocco & Mauritania gained independence from this country France |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | THE TRANSPORTER $800: In 1987 this patriotic yacht won back the America's Cup 4 years after the United States had lost it for the first time the Stars & Stripes |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | EUROPEAN RULERS $800: 4 years after the French Revolution started, this king aka Citizen Capet was executed Louis XVI |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. $400: After Eisenhower defeated this man twice, he went on to serve as U.N. Ambassador for 4 years, until his death (Adlai) Stevenson |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | TUESDAYS $800: Every 4 years a politically important day is dubbed this; in 2012 it was March 6 Super Tuesday |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | PREHISTORIC TIMES $1,000 (Daily Double): During the Chalcolithic period, 4,000-6,000 years ago, this metal became the first used for tools & weapons copper |
| #6426, aired 2012-07-23 | MOVIE FIGHTERS $400: He spent 4 years training to play "Irish" Micky Ward in "The Fighter" (Mark) Wahlberg |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | CHAIRMEN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE $800: This man who served 4 different presidents over 20 years in the job was first appointed in 1987 Greenspan |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | STARTING WORDS $800: Every 4 years the U.S. holds a day named for this ceremony inauguration |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | ABBREVIATIONS AFTER YOUR NAME $200: B.A., after 4 years of hard work & beer drinking Bachelor of Arts |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | "SIDE" DISHES $400: Years ago, you might have seen Lionel, the lion-faced boy, & Myrtle Corbin, the 4-legged lady, exhibited in one a sideshow |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | KINGS & QUEENS $800: He succeeded his father as King of France in 1643 at age 4 & reigned for 72 years Louis XIV |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | WHAT'S UP, PIERRE? $400: In 1892 Pierre de Coubertin first proposed reviving this competition; 4 years later (fittingly), it happened the Olympics |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | A BEASTLY CATEGORY $400: Sericulture, the use of these "worms" in fiber manufacture, goes back more than 4,000 years silkworms |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | SWEET LI'L FILMS $400: 4 years before "Field of Dreams", he gave a memorable performance as Gardner Barnes in "Fandango" Kevin Costner |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $400: Nearly 4 years after the end of the Civil War, he became the first veteran of that war elected president (Ulysses) Grant |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | MORE 4 YEARS $400: In 2004 Justin Timberlake coined a phrase when he said, "I am sorry if anyone was offended by" this at a halftime show a wardrobe malfunction |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | MORE 4 YEARS $800: 1934 was a bad year for bank robbers: John Dillinger was killed in Chicago & this couple went down in a Louisiana police ambush Bonnie & Clyde |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | MORE 4 YEARS $1200: This Dickens book about relatives Martin (good) & Jonas (bad) was published in 1844 Martin Chuzzlewit |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | MORE 4 YEARS $2000: This Austrian city hosted the Winter Olympics in 1964 (& again in 1976) Innsbruck |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | MORE 4 YEARS $2,200 (Daily Double): On Nov. 17, 1734 journalist John Peter Zenger was arrested for this; a landmark freedom of the press case ensued libel |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | STADIUM FOOD $1,200 (Daily Double): A few years back Wrigley Field introduced the Northside Twist, a 4-pound one of these with 3 dipping sauces a pretzel |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $800: From 1969's "Take the Money and Run" through 2011, he has released a new film in all but 4 years Woody Allen |
| #6250, aired 2011-11-18 | ANYTHING BUT OPERA $2000: An international piano competition held every 4 years is named for this American who won a competition in Moscow in 1958 Van Cliburn |
| #6236, aired 2011-10-31 | HOSPITALS $1000: Known for its mental health facilities, this NYC hospital was founded in 1736, 4 years after George Washington's birth Bellevue |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | DISASTERS $800: 4 years before the Hindenburg, a U.S. Navy one of these plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 73 a dirigible |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | VERY NON-BREAKING NEWS $1600: In 1209 the pope excommunicated this king known for the Magna Carta; 4 years later, all was forgiven John |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | SLICED FRUIT $200: Depictions of this fruit date back 4,000 years in the artwork of early Egyptians watermelon |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | THE SPORT OF KINGS $800: A female horse, age 4 or under; Rags to Riches became the first in 102 years to win the Belmont Stakes in 2007 a filly |
| #6145, aired 2011-05-06 | ISLANDS $200: The U.S.A.'s number one commercial fishing port, Dutch Harbor, is in these islands, named for a people who have lived there for 4,000 years Aleutian Islands |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | THE DAN, PATRICK SHOW $1000: (Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.) This decathlete got top billing over "Dave" in a '92 ad campaign but didn't make the Olympic team; 4 years later, he won gold Dan O'Brien |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | LOST TEXTS FROM BEN FRANKLIN $800: 1758 will b last yr of me writing & pub. this: been at it 4 25 yrs, that's enuf Poor Richard's Almanack |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | BLUE LITERATURE $1200: 4 years after "The Red Badge of Courage", he wrote "The Blue Hotel", considered one of his finest short stories Stephen Crane |
| #6100, aired 2011-03-04 | ART & MUSIC $400: Over 4,500 years old, a seated lyre player from the Cyclades is an early treasure of this country's art Greece |
| #6100, aired 2011-03-04 | OPRAH'S FIRSTS $600: (Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) In 1994, 8 years after I vowed to do it, I ran a full one of these--the Marine Corps one in D.C.; it took me 4:29:15, but I did it! a marathon |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | 4-LETTER COUNTRIES $1,600 (Daily Double): In September 1980 war broke out between these 2 countries & would last for 8 years Iraq & Iran |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | DIALING FOR DIALECTS $600: Vedic, dating back at least 4,000 years, is the earliest dialect of this classical language of India Sanskrit |
| #6057, aired 2011-01-04 | ALWAYS IN FASHION $600: He was hired at age 17 as Christian Dior's assistant; after Dior's death 4 years later, he was head of the House of Dior Yves St. Laurent |
| #6054, aired 2010-12-30 | I CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE $2000: The gram you're holding of this element's Isotope 238? In about 4 1/2 billion years, it'll be 1/2 gram uranium |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: You probably don't have to consult an Oracle to know that the Pythian Games were held every 4 years in this city Delphi |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | WORLD HERSTORY $200: In 1860, 4 years after leaving the Crimea, she wrote the book "Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not" Florence Nightingale |
| #6008, aired 2010-10-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Congress adopted this document in 1777, but it was not fully ratified by the states for another 4 years the Articles of Confederation |
| #5975, aired 2010-07-30 | IT'S GOOD TO BE HIM $1000: QBed his team to 3 Super Bowl wins in 4 years; probably never has to buy a meal in Boston again Tom Brady |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | LANDMARKS FOR SALE $600: 4,500 years old, its royal headdress of limestone makes it the finest in noseless architecture! the Great Sphinx |
| #5931, aired 2010-05-31 | A PARIS CHRONOLOGY $800: On June 14 of this year during World War II, German troops entered Paris & would hold it for 4 years 1940 |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | AS TIME GOES BY $200: The Winter Olympics are held at intervals of this many years 4 |
| #5899, aired 2010-04-15 | IN THE BEGINNING $400: This day once usually fell every 4 years on March 4; now, it's Jan. 20 Inauguration Day |
| #5881, aired 2010-03-22 | EARTH SCIENCE $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) South America & Africa fit together like puzzle pieces; this theory says they were connected 200 million years ago & have been moving away from each other up to 4 inches a year plate tectonics |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | 2009 TV FAREWELLS $1200: 2 brothers locked up in a jail tried to escape & solve a murder mystery but this show got the chair after 4 years Prison Break |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | SCIENCE & NATURE $1000: In 2009 a new hominid skeleton dubbed Ardi was aged at 4.4 million years, predating this other "girly" find by 1 mil. years Lucy |
| #5759, aired 2009-10-01 | WHAT, ME HURRY? $800: It's only 1915--I've got this many years to get my bets in on the Reds before the White Sox throw the World Series 4 |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | SCIENCE "L"IST $400: Alpha Centauri is 4.35 of these away from us light years |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | ASSERTING AUTHOR-ITY $600: This Irish novelist's July 4, 1931 marriage occurred 27 years & 18 days after the first date with his intended (James) Joyce |
| #5662, aired 2009-03-31 | THAT'S CRICKET $1200: Cricket's World Cup is contested every 4 years; crikey! This country has now won 3 straight Australia |
| #5639, aired 2009-02-26 | GOOD BUY! $800: This 4-letter item was about $300 an ounce in Oct. 1998 but eureka! It had tripled a mere 10 years later gold |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | U.S. CAPITALS OF THE WORLD $400: Anthony, a city straddling Texas & New Mexico, celebrates only once every 4 years as this "Capital of the World" Leap Year |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 4 he took the White House keys from Teddy Roosevelt Taft |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | SPORTS FACTS $200: This Giants outfielder is the only player in history to receive the MVP award 4 consecutive years, 2001 to 2004 (Barry) Bonds |
| #5618, aired 2009-01-28 | MEDICINE THROUGH THE YEARS $400: In China this practice, zhen ke, dates back 4,000 years; today it's mostly used there for surgical analgesia acupuncture |
| #5610, aired 2009-01-16 | GA$ $400: EIA figures say a gallon cost 21.4 cents in this year; the price then "crash"ed & didn't get that high again for 18 years 1929 |
| #5598, aired 2008-12-31 | BALLET MUSIC $200: He composed the music for the ballet "Ghost Town" 4 years before he teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein (Richard) Rodgers |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | 1958 $200: In August this jumped to 4 cents, the first increase in 26 years a postage stamp |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | GREECE IS THE WORD $200: When Greece gained indep. in 1829, this city had only a few thousand people; 4 years later, it became the capital Athens |
| #5541, aired 2008-10-13 | SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE $200: It took Pizarro about 4 years to find this empire before he could conquer it the Inca |
| #5521, aired 2008-09-15 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $6,600 (Daily Double): His wife Frances left the White House, returned 4 years later, & may have said, "Look what they've done to the place!" Grover Cleveland |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | PHYSICISTS $800: This Italian-born physicist first split the atom in 1934, although he didn't know it for 4 more years Fermi |
| #5460, aired 2008-05-09 | GOVERNMENT $400: This Cabinet department was created in 1977, 4 years after the Arab oil embargo Energy |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | I'LL HAVE THE LAME DUCK $1600: He said, "I do not feel... it is my duty to spend another 4 years in the White House", then campaigned for Adlai Stevenson Harry Truman |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Around 4,500 years ago, the bronze age Minoan civilization emerged on this Mediterranean island Crete |
| #5420, aired 2008-03-14 | A SCHOOL OF DAUPHINS $1200: In 1770 Marie Antoinette married the Dauphin who would become this king of France 4 years later Louis XVI |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | PIRATES $1600: In 1674, 4 years after ravaging Cuba, this English buccaneer was knighted & named Lt. Governor of Jamaica Sir Henry Morgan |
| #5391, aired 2008-02-04 | UNICEF $200: (Queen Rania delivers the clue.) In May 2007 I issued UNICEF's worldwide call to action to aid the 2 million children in this Mideast country who have been displaced from their homes in the last 4 years Iraq |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $400: In 2007 he became the first man since Bill Tilden to win the U.S. Open 4 years in a row (Roger) Federer |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | LOU D.O.B.s $200: Aug. 4, 1901,
New Orleans:
Got his first cornet about 6 years later Louis Armstrong |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO TODAY $1600: On June 1, 1967 this man became Israel's Minister of Defense; 4 days later he was very busy Moshe Dayan |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | SHORT PAPAL $400: The first pope with this name lasted 4 years; No. II, only one; we're presently on XVI & wish him well Benedict |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | GLOBAL $1000: The history of this European country, whose flag is seen here, goes back 4,000 years Greece |
| #5174, aired 2007-02-22 | THE SUPREME COURTSHIP $400: They met in 1977; 4 years later, their wedding was viewed by billions Prince Charles & Princess Diana |
| #5162, aired 2007-02-06 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $800: In February 2005 this QB led the Patriots to their third Super Bowl win in 4 years, defeating the Eagles (Tom) Brady |
| #5122, aired 2006-12-12 | COLLEGE SPORTS $800: Chad Fox is one of only 2 men to win any NCAA gymnastics event 4 straight years; his specialty was this "leaping" one the vault |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | GEOLOGY $1200: In geology, BYO isn't on a faculty party invitation; it stands for this, as in Canada's Acasta gneiss, about 4 BYO billion years old |
| #5104, aired 2006-11-16 | ANSWERS THAT START WITH "FEB" $600: It only happens every 4 years, but it's the month & day on which a leap day occurs February 29 |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | ROCK OF AGES $1200: Give me a Z! One crystal of this 6-letter mineral was found in sandstone formed in Australia about 4.4 bil. years ago zircon |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS $1600: The 7th Crusade began in 1248, 4 years after the Muslim recapture of this city, but it was all but over for the Europeans Jerusalem |
| #5080, aired 2006-10-13 | ASK "Y" $1000: As head of this Internet company, Terry Semel has made more than $230 million in only 4 years Yahoo! |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The calculations of Hippias of Elis set the start of the first of these 4-year periods at 776 B.C. Olympiads |
| #5067, aired 2006-09-26 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: One of 3 to do so, he was the first president to die on July 4 Jefferson |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | WE'RE IN YOUR "DET" $200: After 4 years of active duty, LAPD officers are eligible to take exams to qualify for sergeant or this position detective |
| #5029, aired 2006-06-22 | COLLEGE HOOPS $600: This LSU player nicknamed "Pistol Pete" scored more points in his 3-year career than any other player in 4 years Pete Maravich |
| #5028, aired 2006-06-21 | IT'S ALL A PLANT $1000: The Great Basin bristlecone species of this tree can live for more than 4,000 years a pine |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | COLORFUL ROCK $400: In 1983 Ian Gillan became the new lead vocalist of this group; Ozzy Osbourne had left 4 years earlier Black Sabbath |
| #4943, aired 2006-02-22 | THE OLYMPIC GAMES $400: In 1960 he won the light heavyweight boxing gold medal; 4 years later he won the professional heavyweight title Cassius Clay (or Muhammad Ali) |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | TAKE A MICHIGANDER AT THIS $800: He was born Feb. 4, 1902 in Detroit; 25 years later, he'd become a world-famous hero for 2 days of work Lindbergh |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARIES $1200: Pierre Salinger became the interim California senator 4 years after being made press secretary by this president JFK |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | THE ONLY $200: Proxima Centauri is about 4.3 light years from Earth; this is the only star that's closer the Sun |
| #4844, aired 2005-10-06 | THE STORY OF "O" $1200: It's the national airline of Greece & no, it doesn't fly only once every 4 years Olympic |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | 16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS $2000: An extinct genus of small-brained, large-toothed bipedal hominids that lived in Africa 1 to 4 million years ago Australopithecus |
| #4795, aired 2005-06-10 | AFRICAN HISTORY $2000: Although this country gained its independence in 1990, South Africa kept its port of Walvis Bay for another 4 years Namibia |
| #4760, aired 2005-04-22 | NICKS & RANGERS $1600: Ranger 8 hit the moon at this location in 1965, setting up a milestone moment for mankind 4 years later the Sea of Tranquility |
| #4755, aired 2005-04-15 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $1,203 (Daily Double): Construction on Borobudur, a temple of this religion on Java, was begun in 750 A.D. & took 92 years to complete Buddhism |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | ANCIENT STRUCTURES $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Saqqara, Egypt with a step pyramid in the background.) Egypt's step pyramid, the world's oldest at 4,500 years, was designed by this architect, physician & sage Imhotep |
| #4719, aired 2005-02-24 | HIT TV $800: 4 of the top 10 shows since 1961 are telecasts of this sporting event in different years the Super Bowl |
| #4719, aired 2005-02-24 | HIT TV $1200: His namesake TV show was No. 1 in the ratings for 4 years in a row from 1985 to 1989 Bill Cosby |
| #4718, aired 2005-02-23 | THAT '70s NEWS ITEM $400: On Aug. 4, 1972 Arthur Bremer was sentenced to 63 years in prison for shooting this governor George Wallace |
| #4717, aired 2005-02-22 | IN THE 2005 ESPN ALMANAC $1000: "Served 4 years for manslaughter... famous for... his catchphrase 'Only in America!'" Don King |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | BOTANY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a ski slope.) The bristlecone variety of this tree is the oldest type of living tree in the U.S. & can live 4,000 years or more a pine |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CLEAN 4-LETTER WORDS $800: The rise & fall of the ocean water, or a detergent that has cleaned clothes for more than 50 years Tide |
| #4632, aired 2004-10-26 | "B"EOPLE $1000: With 82% of the vote, she was elected Chicago's first female mayor in 1979 & led the city for 4 years Jane Byrne |
| #4627, aired 2004-10-19 | WHEN THEY WERE KIDS $800: Louis XIV was only 4 years old when he became king of this country in 1643 France |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | THE CHURCH LADY $1000: Judges 4 & 5 tell us that this woman was the chief preacher, evangelist & leader of Israel for 40 years Deborah |
| #4617, aired 2004-10-05 | A BYZANTINE CATEGORY $400: At over 4 miles in length, a wall built in the 400s kept this capital safe for a thousand years Constantinople |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $1000: B.I.O.N., a 3-year old Ugandan boy was adopted & raised for 4 years by a colony of these human-like apes! chimps |
| #4541, aired 2004-05-10 | THE 1990s $400: On January 4, 1995 he was sworn in as the first Republican speaker of the house in more than 40 years Newt Gingrich |
| #4541, aired 2004-05-10 | CROSSWORD CLUES "D" $800: He's the shadowy Watergate source
(4,6) "Deep Throat" |
| #4527, aired 2004-04-20 | THEY ALL WENT TO YALE $400: Aaaaaay! He earned a master's degree from the Yale School of Drama 4 years before playing "The Fonz" Henry Winkler |
| #4527, aired 2004-04-20 | UR $2000: Though built over 4,000 years ago, much of this great terraced, pyramid-shaped temple tower still exists the ziggurat |
| #4519, aired 2004-04-08 | CHILDREN'S LIT $200: When this lumberjack was 3 years old, he rolled around so much in his sleep that he destroyed 4 sq. mi. of timber Paul Bunyan |
| #4519, aired 2004-04-08 | BUNDESTAG PARTY $400: Members of the Bundestag are popularly elected to serve terms of this many years 4 |
| #4510, aired 2004-03-26 | THE WRITER WRITES A LETTER $1600: 4 years before writing "Little Dorrit", he wrote his wife that their daughter "Little Dora... is suddenly stricken ill" Charles Dickens |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | THE YEAR IN SPORTS $3,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Indianapolis Speedway) The Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special was the winning car at Indianapolis in this year; the race was cancelled the next 4 years 1941 |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | EPICS $2000: This Sumerian epic was written in cuneiform on clay tablets about 4,000 years ago The Epic of Gilgamesh |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | GEHRY $400: Though he's lived for many years in the U.S., architect Frank Gehry was born in this Ontario city of 4.5 million Toronto |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | PUERTO RICO $800: In 1509 he became Puerto Rico's first governor; 4 years later he sailed for Florida Ponce de Leon |
| #4453, aired 2004-01-07 | THE BRIGHTEST STARS $2000: Proxima, a component of this constellation's brightest star system, is a super close 4.3 light years away the Centaur (Centaurus) |
| #4335, aired 2003-06-06 | IT'S A DATE! $200: You'll find this date on a calendar only once every 4 years February 29 (for a leap year) |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | RIGHT ON "Q" $800: It means "held once every 4 years" quadrennial |
| #4252, aired 2003-02-11 | WRITERS $1000: He knew firsthand about "Crime and Punishment"; he spent 4 years in a Siberian prison labor camp Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | OSCAR $800: Starting with "The Deer Hunter", this actress received Oscar nominations in all but 4 years from 1979 through 1991 Meryl Streep |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AROUND THE MALL $800: This clothing store chain opened its first "kids" store in 1986 & started its "baby" business 4 years later (The) Gap |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | Q WITHOUT U $800: This country's ancient ruins of Ur & its ziggurat date back about 4,500 years Iraq |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: 4,000 years ago, this island was starting its middle Minoan period Crete |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | GROVER CLEVELAND $800: Cleveland began his second term as president this many years after his first term ended 4 |
| #4185, aired 2002-11-08 | SCIENCE $1000: In the Arctic, some of these organisms consisting of an alga & a fungus may be 4,000 years old lichens |
| #4106, aired 2002-06-10 | ALPHA MALES $1200: In the 1830s Thomas Henderson established the parallax of this triple star about 4.3 light years away Alpha Centauri |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | SCIENCE GUYS $1000: This Italian-born physicist first split the atom in 1934, although he didn't know it for 4 more years (Enrico) Fermi |
| #4045, aired 2002-03-15 | STATE SUPERLATIVES $800: At 4,600 years, bristlecone pines in this state's Inyo National Forest are believed to be the oldest living trees California |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | A McCATEGORY $200: It was 4 years ago (not today) that this musician was knighted Paul McCartney |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $500 (Daily Double): In a major address on March 4, he stated that the U.S. "must remain close friends" with Cuba William McKinley |
| #3873, aired 2001-06-06 | LAS VEGAS HISTORY $200: This billionaire recluse moved into a penthouse at the Desert Inn in 1966 & didn't leave the hotel for 4 years Howard Hughes |
| #3841, aired 2001-04-23 | PRISON SENTENCES $400: This "Queen of Mean" hotelier found that "the little people" who did pay their taxes didn't get 4 years or $7 million fines Leona Helmsley |
| #3825, aired 2001-03-30 | 25 YEARS AGO - 1976 $200: The NBA agreed to absorb 4 teams from this league, but not the Utah Rockies or the Kentucky Colonels ABA (American Basketball Association) |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | GOING TO A BETTER PLACE $400: Aztec warriors who died in battle served the Sun for 4 years, then were reborn as this tiny bird a hummingbird |
| #3792, aired 2001-02-13 | THE VENETIAN $200: This 17-year-old Venetian left Venice in 1271 & met Kublai Khan 4 years later Marco Polo |
| #3758, aired 2000-12-27 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: Almost defeating President Ford in the 1976 GOP primary, he won the nomination & the presidency 4 years later Ronald Reagan |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY? $100: Leap Day
(usually) Once every 4 years |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: For 4 years during the American Revolution, this future Treasury Secretary served as Washington's private secretary Alexander Hamilton |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | 4 YEARS $100: In 1960 Abebe Bikila won this Olympic event barefoot; 4 years later he won it again, this time wearing shoes Marathon |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | 4 YEARS $200: He was the first U.S. president to serve just 4 years John Adams |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | 4 YEARS $300: His book "Daisy-Head Maysie" was published in 1995, 4 years after his death Dr. Seuss |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | 4 YEARS $500 (Daily Double): In Julius Caesar's time this month had 30 days once every 4 years February |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | 4 YEARS $500: Every 4 years the Boy Scouts hold international rallies known as these jamborees |
| #3642, aired 2000-06-06 | DIVINATION $1,000 (Daily Double): Chinese for "The Book of Changes", it's a set of 64 symbols, set some 4,000 years ago I Ching |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | WOMEN $800: Chicago got its first black mayor, Harold Washington, 4 years after its first woman mayor, her Jane Byrne |
| #3604, aired 2000-04-13 | THEIR FIRST NOVELS $800: 4 years after graduating from Duke, this "Sophie's Choice" author published his 1st novel, "Lie Down in Darkness" William Styron |
| #3601, aired 2000-04-10 | HERSTORY $500: At age 23 she was featured in Argentine radio soap operas; 4 years later she was first lady Eva Peron |
| #3600, aired 2000-04-07 | TO SIR WITH LOVE $400 (Daily Double): He reached the South Pole by tractor January 4, 1958, 4 1/2 years after reaching the "height" of his career Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #3565, aired 2000-02-18 | REALLY OLD NEWS $800: This British general surrendered at Saratoga October 17, 1777, 4 years before Cornwallis did John Burgoyne |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY? $400: Soccer's World Cup Every 4 years |
| #3487, aired 1999-11-02 | ANCIENT CHINA $200: 4,000 years ago, the first needles used in this Chinese medical procedure were made out of stone, not metal Acupuncture |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | AMERICAN POETRY $200: In 1890, 4 years after her death, the first volume of this "Amherst Nun's" poetry was published Emily Dickinson |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | CLASSIC POP GROUPS $500: "Nights In White Satin" appeared on their 1968 LP "Days of Future Passed" 4 years before the reissue hit the Top 10 The Moody Blues |
| #3437, aired 1999-07-13 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $300: In 1976 an elector from the state of Washington cast a lone vote for this man; 4 years later he received 489 votes Ronald Reagan |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | THE 1980s $400: This Yugoslavian leader died May 4, 1980, putting an end to his 27 years as president Tito |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | GREEK ALPHABET SOUP $600: This multiple star in Centaurus is 4.3 light years from Earth Alpha Centauri |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | THE QUOTABLE JOHN ADAMS $200: "You and I ought not to die before we have explained ourselves to each other", Adams wrote him years before July 4, 1826 Thomas Jefferson |
| #3378, aired 1999-04-21 | ANIMAL ALBUM $100: This South American native has been domesticated for more than 4,000 years Llama |
| #3374, aired 1999-04-15 | FILM ROLES $300: He played Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft in 4 films years before he himself needed Secret Service protection Ronald Reagan |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | SRO $200: A song in this Disney musical asks, "How long must this go on?"--4 years & counting Beauty and the Beast |
| #3283, aired 1998-12-09 | YALIES $200: She spent 3 miserable years at Yale Drama School before starring in 4 "Alien" movies Sigourney Weaver |
| #3261, aired 1998-11-09 | TELEVISION $1000: This star of "Webster" was 16 years old when the series ended its 4-year run in 1987 Emmanuel Lewis |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | HORSING AROUND $400: Specifically, it's the term for a female horse who's less than 4 years old Filly |
| #3215, aired 1998-07-17 | 4 OF A KIND $800: A British string quartet that played together for 39 years bore this middle name of Mr. Mozart The Amadeus Quartet |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | TO THE NEAREST... $1000: To the nearest light year, the distance between Earth & Alpha Centauri 4 light years |
| #3182, aired 1998-06-02 | 3-LETTER SCIENCE $200: About 4.5 billion years old, it's the closest G2 type star to where you're standing Sun |
| #3157, aired 1998-04-28 | THE WONDER YEARS $200: At about 4:17 P.M. EDT, the world heard him say, "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed" Neil Armstrong |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | OLD YORK $500: These medieval plays, none by Agatha Christie, are performed in a cycle at York every 4 years Mystery plays |
| #3106, aired 1998-02-16 | SPORTS $200: In 1997 this team won its first Stanley Cup in 42 years by completing a 4-game sweep of the Flyers Detroit Red Wings |
| #3034, aired 1997-11-06 | LONG AGO $400: About 4,000 years ago, the Mesopotamians reinvented the wheel, using these to make it lighter spokes |
| #2966, aired 1997-06-23 | AUTHORS $200: He was 4 years old when his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri in 1839 Mark Twain |
| #2954, aired 1997-06-05 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $600: He narrowly won the New York governorship in 1928, but won the presidency by a large margin 4 years later Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| #2951, aired 1997-06-02 | THE SUPER BOWL $100: This Buffalo team is the only team to lose the Super Bowl 4 straight years Buffalo Bills |
| #2946, aired 1997-05-26 | RECURRENCES $500 (Daily Double): Every 4 years the U.S. Electoral College meets in this month December |
| #2914, aired 1997-04-10 | THE WHITE HOUSE $1000: This president lived in Blair House for 4 years while the White House underwent a $5.8 million renovation Harry S. Truman |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | NOTABLE WOMEN $800: This Nicaraguan president studied for 4 years at a Roman Catholic high school for girls in San Antonio, Texas Violeta Chamorro |
| #2898, aired 1997-03-19 | THE THIRD $200: Our third president, for 4 years he had a Burr in his side Thomas Jefferson |
| #2849, aired 1997-01-09 | POTPOURRI $1000: He was 4 1/2 years old when he became Sweden's crown prince in 1950; now he's king of Sweden Carl Gustav XVI |
| #2840, aired 1996-12-27 | SINCLAIR LEWIS $400: Lewis was the 1st American to win this award; he received it 4 years after turning down a Pulitzer the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | BRITISH HISTORY $500: This envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury was held hostage in Lebanon for over 4 years before his 1991 release Terry Waite |
| #2812, aired 1996-11-19 | PHARAOHS $400: Pepy I waged war in this peninsula 4,200 years before Egypt took possession of it Sinai Peninsula |
| #2798, aired 1996-10-30 | POETRY $1000: The 4 cantos of this Lord's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" were published over a period of 6 years George Gordon Lord Byron |
| #2797, aired 1996-10-29 | RECENT HISTORY $600: On Dec. 4, 1991 Terry Anderson was released after almost 7 years in captivity in this country Lebanon |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | POP CULTURE $200: This 1981-87 police series is the only show to win Emmys for Best Drama 4 straight years Hill Street Blues |
| #2747, aired 1996-07-09 | THE GOVERNOR $800: Length of the terms of the governors of N.H., Vermont & Rhode Island; all the others are 4 years 2 years |
| #2737, aired 1996-06-25 | WORLD CITIES $100: Diego Velazquez founded this capital on Cuba's south coast; 4 years later it was moved to the north coast Havana |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | AWARDS $800: Greg Maddux of the Atlanta Braves is the only pitcher to win this award 4 straight years Cy Young Award |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | ASTRONOMY $200: Proxima Centauri, the nearest star other than the sun, is 25 trillion miles away, or 4.25 of these units light years |
| #2704, aired 1996-05-09 | SPORTS $100: In January 1996 this team beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-17 to win its 3rd Super Bowl in 4 years the Dallas Cowboys |
| #2649, aired 1996-02-22 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: While it took him 2 years to write "The Firm", he wrote "The Pelican Brief" in under 4 months John Grisham |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: St. Oswald died in 992 on this date that comes every 4 years; his feast day is the day before February 29 |
| #2560, aired 1995-10-20 | TRANSPORTATION $300: John Volpe & this woman are the only Secretaries of Transportation to serve for 4 years Elizabeth Dole |
| #2551, aired 1995-10-09 | HISTORY $200: Of Russia's 4 empresses, she reigned the longest–34 years Catherine the Great |
| #2536, aired 1995-09-18 | WINE & CHEESE $1000: It's best to drink this country's Moselle wines when they are about 4 years old Germany |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | ASTRONOMY $100: Encke's, one of these, has a return period of under 4 years; Halley's is 76 years a comet |
| #2468, aired 1995-05-03 | NOTORIOUS $100: In 1994, after over 4 years in prison, this televangelist moved to an Asheville, N.C. halfway house Jim Bakker |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: "Ethan Frome" was published 4 years after she settled permanently in France (Edith) Wharton |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | THE CIVIL WAR YEARS $200: This 4-word motto was first stamped on U.S. coins during the war, in 1864 In God We Trust |
| #2403, aired 1995-02-01 | U.S. U.N. AMBASSADORS $200: Though he served less than 2 years as a U.N. ambassador, he served 4 years as a U.S. president George Bush |
| #2371, aired 1994-12-19 | PRO FOOTBALL $500: This man coached the Chicago Bears for 40 years--4 non-consecutive 10-year periods George Halas |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Leap Day falls on this date every 4 years February 29 |
| #2292, aired 1994-07-19 | VICE PRESIDENTS $400: He was the last vice president to serve more than 4 years in the office Bush |
| #2292, aired 1994-07-19 | VICE PRESIDENTS $600: He was the first vice president to serve more than 4 years in the office John Adams |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | ROYALTY $400: She's 4 years younger than her sister, Queen Elizabeth II Princess Margaret |
| #2272, aired 1994-06-21 | WORLD LEADERS $200: In 1993, 4 years after his death, his body was returned to the Philippines for burial Ferdinand Marcos |
| #2257, aired 1994-05-31 | CLASSIC TELEVISION $500: After 4 years of going steady, this character finally married schoolteacher Helen Crump in 1968 Sheriff Andy Taylor |
| #2249, aired 1994-05-19 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $100: 4 years after singing "Mack The Knife", he received an Oscar nomination for "Captain Newman, M.D." Bobby Darin |
| #2197, aired 1994-03-08 | SPORTS $400: He won the heavyweight boxing title in 1952 & retired undefeated 4 years later Marciano |
| #2197, aired 1994-03-08 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $600: This novelist refused the Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith" but accepted the Nobel Prize 4 years later (Sinclair) Lewis |
| #2194, aired 1994-03-03 | TV TRIVIA $300: He played a gang member on the 1983 series "The Renegades" 4 years before "Dirty Dancing" made him a star Patrick Swayze |
| #2190, aired 1994-02-25 | INVENTORS $800: William Kelly devised a cheap method to make this material 4 years before Sir Henry Bessemer steel |
| #2147, aired 1993-12-28 | INVENTORS $600: This inventor of dynamite studied in the U.S. for 4 years Nobel |
| #2075, aired 1993-09-17 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600: The longest measure of time, the Hindu kalpa, is equal to 4,320,000,000 of these years |
| #2055, aired 1993-07-09 | SPORTS $100: In this mid-1980s this team from Edmonton won the NHL's Stanley Cup 4 years out of 5 the Oilers |
| #2047, aired 1993-06-29 | HISTORY $800: The parents of this Peruvian president immigrated from Japan 4 years prior to his birth Fujimori |
| #2017, aired 1993-05-18 | MEDICINE $800: This Baltimore university's hospital opened in 1889 & its medical school, 4 years later Johns Hopkins |
| #1944, aired 1993-02-04 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $200: The Directory ruled for 4 years until he seized power November 9, 1799 Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #1931, aired 1993-01-18 | THE SUN $400: Most scientists estimate it at 4.5 billion years the age of the Sun (the age of the solar system) |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | BRITISH NOVELISTS $400: He spent the last 4 years of his life at Vailima, his plantation in Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | WRITERS $200: Richard Condon's 1986 novel "Prizzi's Family" was a prequel to this novel he wrote 4 years earlier Prizzi's Honor |
| #1875, aired 1992-10-30 | WORLD CAPITALS $400: Every 4 years this Polish capital hosts a Frederic Chopin international piano competition Warsaw |
| #1828, aired 1992-07-08 | GOLF $400: He won the PGA Championship in 1963, 4 years after winning the U.S. Amateur Championship Jack Nicklaus |
| #1727, aired 1992-02-18 | ACTORS FROM TEXAS $100: He was inspired by his brother Randy Quaid, who was born in Houston 4 years before he was Dennis Quaid |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | ISRAEL $600: Members of this Israeli parliament are elected for terms of 4 years the Knesset |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | THE 1920s $400: He was elected governor of New York in 1928, 4 years before winning the presidency Franklin Roosevelt |
| #1683, aired 1991-12-18 | SWITZERLAND $100: Unlike the United States where it's every 4 years, the Swiss get a new one every year a president |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | BEST SELLERS $400: "What I Saw at the Revolution" is Peggy Noonan's account of her 4 years as a speechwriter for this president Reagan |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | FAMOUS SURVEYORS $200: It took about 4 years, from 1763-67, for this pair to survey the boundary between Maryland & Pennsylvania Mason & Dixon |
| #1540, aired 1991-04-19 | SECOND PLACE $100: Although this TV series was #1 for 4 straight years, it was edged out by "Roseanne" last season The Cosby Show |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | DIPLOMACY $800: Of 2, 4, or 5 years, the length of the UN secretary general's renewable term 5 years |
| #1421, aired 1990-11-05 | MONARCHS $200: Of less than a year, 3 years or 4½ years, the length of time Julius Caesar ruled Rome alone less than a year |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | FEATHERED FRIENDS $500: There are more than 100 species of this bird 1st domesticated about 4,000 years ago a pigeon (chicken) |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | ODDS & ENDS $1000: Every 4 years Dixville Notch in upstate New Hampshire holds this distinction first primary voting for president of the U.S. |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: Eric Knight died while serving in WWII, just 4 years after writing the story of this collie Lassie |
| #1274, aired 1990-03-01 | 1984 $800: 98% of voters in Pakistan elected this leader killed 4 years later in a plane crash Zia Ul-Haq |
| #1216, aired 1989-12-11 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: This Russian won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1970; he left the USSR 4 years later Solzhenitsyn |
| #1171, aired 1989-10-09 | CURRENT EVENTS $100: Hey, Daddy-O, 1 of these, about 4,000 years old, was found in 1989 at the Great Pyramid of Cheops a mummy |
| #1150, aired 1989-09-08 | MOVIE TRIVIA $400: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who was married to this star for 4 years, said he refused to read "Mommie Dearest" Joan Crawford |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | ART $200: Michelangelo spent 3 years, 1501-4, sculpting this Goliath-size statue David |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | RUSSIAN LITERATURE $1000: This novelist's "The House of the Dead" was a fictional account of his 4 years in a Siberian prison Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| #1044, aired 1989-03-02 | A.K.A. $300: Professional name of David Meyer, who spent 4 years as a "fugitive" David Janssen |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | NEW YORK CITY $300: Some 4.5 billion has been budgeted to renovate these 3 N.Y. area airports over the next 10 years LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark |
| #1001, aired 1989-01-02 | TECHNOLOGY $200: Made of bronze 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, today this tooth cleaning device is usually wooden a toothpick |
| #1001, aired 1989-01-02 | SPAIN $300: About 4,000 years ago these people occupied the peninsula on which Spain is found the Iberians |
| #999, aired 1988-12-29 | RODENTS $200: In movies, this rodent was "on the Moon" 4 years after it "Roared" Mouse |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | ABBREVIATIONS $1000: 4 years after you take your SATs, you might take the GMAT which stands for this graduate management admission test |
| #983, aired 1988-12-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $300: An international piano competition named for this pianist is held about every 4 years in Ft. Worth, Texas Van Cliburn |
| #979, aired 1988-12-01 | MAGAZINES $800: This magazine began publishing on August 4, 1821, but years later they concluded Ben Franklin had started it in 1728 The Saturday Evening Post |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | WORLD LITERATURE $200: Dostoyevsky's "The House of the Dead" tells of his 4 years spent in a penal colony here Siberia |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Peter Behn was only 4 years old when he began recording the voice of this rabbit in "Bambi" Thumper |
| #938, aired 1988-10-05 | ANCIENT OLYMPICS $200: To an ancient Greek, an "Olympiad" wasn't the games but this length of time between games 4 years |
| #895, aired 1988-06-24 | "RICH" $300: It took the Union Army 4 years to reach the goal of their 1861 battle cry, "On to" this Richmond |
| #882, aired 1988-06-07 | AUTHORS $500: He won a Pulitzer Prize 4 years before he became president JFK (John F. Kennedy) |
| #873, aired 1988-05-25 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $300 (Daily Double): Title of the following, it was the 1st No. 1 Hit Stevie Wonder had that he wrote himself:
"13-month-old baby / Broke the looking glass / Seven years of bad luck..." "Superstition" |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | SCIENCE $200: About 25 million years ago a believed ancestor to these flightless Antarctic birds stood 5' 4" tall penguins |
| #842, aired 1988-04-12 | COUNTRY CROONERS $500: Her 1987 win made her the only woman to win CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year 4 years in a row Reba McEntire |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | MONA LISA $800: After Leonardo worked on it for 4 years, the painting went, unfinished, to this country's king France |
| #802, aired 1988-02-16 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $800: At 20, this future anticommunist Wisc. senator finished 4 years of high school in just 9 months Joseph McCarthy |
| #768, aired 1987-12-30 | ZEUS $100: In honor of Zeus, these were held by the Greeks every 4 years Olympics |
| #665, aired 1987-06-26 | SPORTS TRIVIA $600: Games held every 4 years for members of the grouping of Britain & some of its former colonies the Commonwealth Games |
| #642, aired 1987-05-26 | CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION $600: Of 3, 4 or 6 years, length of term for members of House that Convention originally accepted 3 |
| #628, aired 1987-05-06 | MEDICINE $400: According to Family Health, if you do this 9 hours or more daily, subtract 4 years from life span sleep |
| #562, aired 1987-02-03 | GENERALS $800: Gen. Eisenhower said, "I studied dramatics under him for 5 years in Washington & 4 years in the Philippines" Douglas MacArthur |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: In the Greek system of telling time, this was the length of an "Olympiad" 4 years |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | MARCH $300: On March 4, 1861, the Confederacy adopted its flag, exactly 72 years after this document had gone into effect Constitution |
| #516, aired 1986-12-01 | THE POLICE $500: Every 4 years, Dept. of Justice & this Cabinet dept. alternately provide head of U.S. office of Interpol the Treasury Department |
| #515, aired 1986-11-28 | POP MUSIC TRIVIA $800: 4 years after singing Oscar-winning "The Morning After", she was a secy. in Marina Del Rey, California Maureen McGovern |
| #486, aired 1986-10-20 | POETRY $600: The 1st volume of this American poet's works
was published in 1890, 4 years after her death Emily Dickinson |
| #439, aired 1986-05-15 | AMERICAN WOMEN $1000: In 1916, 4 years before all women "got the vote", she became 1st woman elected to the House Jeanette Rankin |
| #427, aired 1986-04-29 | NEW HAMPSHIRE $200: Reason national attention turns to New Hampshire in early March, but only every 4 years the first primary |
| #330, aired 1985-12-13 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $400: He published "Call Me Lucky" 4 years before he married Kathryn Grant Bing Crosby |
| #288, aired 1985-10-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Despite a name that sounds like foul weather, she had 4 years smooth sailing as "Oh! Susanna" Gale Storm |
| #279, aired 1985-10-03 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $200: This author of "The Jungle Book" lived in Vermont for 4 years Rudyard Kipling |
| #163, aired 1985-04-24 | ROCK 'N ROLL $500: Manager of the most successful group in rock history, which broke up 4 years after his death Brian Epstein |
| #148, aired 1985-04-03 | TELEVISION $200: For 4 years in this series, Lt. Philip Gerard chased Dr. Richard Kimble who chased Fred Johnson The Fugitive |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | POLITICS $1000: Only 4 state governors serve terms this long two years |
| #16, aired 1984-10-01 | PRESIDENTS $100: He held office "4 score & 7 years" after founding of our country Abraham Lincoln |
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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"After five wins in 1987, she fulfilled her dream of moving...
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Season 24 player (2008-06-13). Web site at www.econ.wayne.edu/agoodman. Allen detailed his...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
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Matt Bushell, a junior at Georgetown University from Fairfield, Connecticut
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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• 74-game champion with longest winning streak • Total earnings over...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Catherine Ramen, a database developer and writer from New York, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
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Clare Dellemann, a credit manager from Huntington Beach, California
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Season 4 player (1987-09-28). Season 1 player (1984-09-21). Clare was returned...
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Clare Dellemann, a credit manager from Huntington Beach, California
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Season 4 player (1987-09-28). Season 1 player (1984-09-21). Clare was returned...
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Harvey Becker, a writer from Venice, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $55,400....
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Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
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"In 2004, his record-breaking 74-game win streak set a standard for...
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Dominic Clust, from Metairie, Louisiana
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"This future lawyer likes to argue and he's good at it....
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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"He was a software engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
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David Shapiro, an insurance adjuster originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 4 player (1987-09-22): Hotpoint refrigerator + Jeopardy! box game or...
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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
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Steven Chinn, an attorney originally from London, England
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Season 4 player (1988-01-04). At the time of his show's taping,...
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Harry Smith, a broadcast journalist from The Early Show
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"This hard-working host of CBS's The Early Show has interviewed five...
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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
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"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Barbara-Anne Eddy, a civil servant from Vancouver, Canada
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"Her 5-time winnings from 1988 allowed her to go for nearly...
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