#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $2000: With a population of more than 100 million, it covers about 900,000 square miles in the heart of Africa DRC |
#8891, aired 2023-06-12 | COLOR MY WORLD $1600: The Orange Free State is a historic region that became a province of this country in 1910 South Africa |
#8794, aired 2023-01-26 | VENOMOUS CREATURES $2000: Deriving its name from a country in Western Africa, this viper can weigh about 20 pounds & has the longest fangs of any snake a Gaboon viper |
#8771, aired 2022-12-26 | AFRICA $2000: The name of a whole country was countrified from the name of this coastal desert of southwest Africa the Namib |
#8753, aired 2022-11-30 | A GIANT CATEGORY $800: Giant's Castle is a peak in the Drakensberg Mountains of this country's KwaZulu-Natal province South Africa |
#8698, aired 2022-09-14 | AFRICA $1600: Adopted in 1960, the national anthem of this country of western Africa is "L'Abidjanaise" the Ivory Coast |
#8626, aired 2022-04-25 | TO THE "N"s OF THE EARTH $2000: Oktoberfest is a big event in this country of southern Africa, which had German overlords from 1884 to 1915 Namibia |
#8575, aired 2022-02-11 | A PLACE IN THE SUN $2000: It looks like a different planet, but one of the hottest places on Earth is Dallol, in this largest Horn of Africa country Ethiopia |
#8462, aired 2021-08-10 | NATIONS $2000: France has a major overseas naval base in this small Horn of Africa country that was a French territory until 1977 Djibouti |
#8446, aired 2021-07-19 | A TIME OF WAR $1200: The Battle of Adwa in 1896 was fought between Italy & this Horn of Africa country Ethiopia |
#8159, aired 2020-02-13 | THE HORN OF AFRICA $600: The point of the Horn is the peninsula of this country that's earned a reputation as a haven for pirates Somalia |
#8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 17th CENTURY HISTORY $800: A 1609 law in this country banned Moriscos (Muslims baptized as Christians) & shipped 300,000 of them to north Africa Spain |
#7976, aired 2019-04-22 | NEW COUNTRY $800: A 24-year armed conflict led to the independence of this nation from South Africa in 1990 Namibia |
#7948, aired 2019-03-13 | WORLD LEADERS 1919 $1600: In August Jan Smuts said, "a wave of the deepest emotion has passed over" this country at the news of PM Botha's death South Africa |
#7866, aired 2018-11-19 | FLAGS $400: After the end of apartheid, this country introduced a new flag in 1994 South Africa |
#7654, aired 2017-12-14 | EXILED! $1600: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, president of this country, was ousted after a 2004 rebellion & spent years in South Africa Haiti |
#7345, aired 2016-07-15 | INTO AFRICA $1200: Once controlled by Germany, today this country bears the name of a desert found there Namibia |
#7331, aired 2016-06-27 | OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB CLASSICS $1600: As a tie-in with her selection of this Alan Paton work about apartheid, Oprah sent 3 viewers on a trip to South Africa Cry, the Beloved Country |
#7189, aired 2015-12-10 | FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $1200: Fleur de Sel is a French restaurant in this "Democratic Republic", the second-largest country in Africa the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
#6448, aired 2012-10-03 | ARCHIPELAGOS $2000: With a population of about 90,000, this island nation northeast of Madagascar is Africa's smallest country the Seychelles |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH $1600: Feb. 1948 riots in Accra sparked a movement that led to this country's becoming one of Africa's first to boot the colonists Ghana |
#6311, aired 2012-02-13 | COUNTRY CONFUSION $1600: In Africa, there is Guinea & Guinea-this, a neighbor of Guinea Bissau |
#6296, aired 2012-01-23 | COUNTRY GROUPS $1600: MENA is a somewhat vague acronym for the countries of the "Middle East &" here North Africa |
#6260, aired 2011-12-02 | SHADES OF GRAY $1000: A Gray Lady is said to haunt this African country's castle of Goede Hoop South Africa |
#6227, aired 2011-10-18 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of Africa on the monitor.) Extending farther north than any other country in Africa, Tunisia is only about a hundred miles from this European island Sicily |
#6226, aired 2011-10-17 | COUNTRIES OF AFRIC"A" $1600: In books Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is this country's only female gumshoe Botswana |
#6206, aired 2011-09-19 | 28 IS GREAT $200: In September 1984 "Jeopardy!" began its run & P.W. Botha began a more modest 6 years as pres. of this country South Africa |
#6153, aired 2011-05-18 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: Once the name of a country, this is still the name of a lake in East Central Africa with a depth of over 4,700 feet Tanganyika |
#6090, aired 2011-02-18 | 4-LETTER COUNTRIES $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Landlocked & mostly made up of arid desert land, it's no wonder this country has been referred to as the Dead Heart of Africa Chad |
#5874, aired 2010-03-11 | 19th CENTURY AFRICA $1200: In 1859 Spain attacked this country over possession of Ceuta, a city on the Strait of Gibraltar Morocco |
#5811, aired 2009-12-14 | MOUNTAIN DO $1000: You'll be surrounded by South Africa if you climb the part of the Maluti Mountains in this country Lesotho |
#5642, aired 2009-03-03 | THE AFRICAN PAST $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers a clue from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) The Newseum in Washington has a ballot box from this country's first free election in 1994; the ANC triumphed over the National Party South Africa |
#5629, aired 2009-02-12 | "G"EOGRAPHY $800: A country on the west coast of Africa used to be known as Spanish this; now it's Equatorial this Guinea |
#5628, aired 2009-02-11 | WHAT A COUNTRY! $400: Ex-P.M. P.W. Botha of this country was in wilderness when he died--not the political wilderness, an actual place South Africa |
#5593, aired 2008-12-24 | WE'RE MAP-HAPPY $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew points to a little lake in a little country on a map on the monitor.) Lake Assal, the lowest point in Africa at 509 feet below sea level, is in this country Djibouti |
#5420, aired 2008-03-14 | AFRICA $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a map on a screen) Cabinda Province is an exclave belonging neither to the Congo nor the Democratic Republic of the Congo which surround it, but to this large country just to the south Angola |
#5228, aired 2007-05-09 | WELCOME TO AFRICA $2000: A Senegalese cape shares the name of these islands that form an independent country to the west Cape Verde |
#5225, aired 2007-05-04 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1000: This country once used a Cape foot, which was .314858 meters South Africa |
#5165, aired 2007-02-09 | A COUNTRY OF AFRICA $200: The name of this central African republic comes from camaroes, a Portuguese word for the prawns found there Cameroon |
#5165, aired 2007-02-09 | A COUNTRY OF AFRICA $400: Of Sudan, Somalia or Sierra Leone, the one that's the largest in area Sudan |
#5165, aired 2007-02-09 | A COUNTRY OF AFRICA $600: Only about 8 miles from Spain, it's the closest African country to Europe Morocco |
#5165, aired 2007-02-09 | A COUNTRY OF AFRICA $800: In 1993 Eritrea declared independence & broke from this larger country Ethiopia |
#5165, aired 2007-02-09 | A COUNTRY OF AFRICA $1000: Namibia, Botswana & Zimbabwe are on this country's northern border South Africa |
#4977, aired 2006-04-11 | TAKE A HIKE $400: The Otter Trail on the coast of this country's Western Cape Province may be booked up a year ahead South Africa |
#4948, aired 2006-03-01 | RUNNING IN CIRCLES $400: A country in Africa, or the little circle punched out of a punch card Chad |
#4884, aired 2005-12-01 | THE WORLD AIDS CRISIS $400: (Ashley Judd reads.) The ravage of AIDS is well known in Africa, but few realize that Asia faces a growing crisis, with this country having the most cases after S. Africa India |
#4868, aired 2005-11-09 | A SPANISH INQUISITION $1000: The name of this line dance comes from Spanish & refers to a country in Africa the conga |
#4854, aired 2005-10-20 | INTO AFRICA $400 (Daily Double): Nouakchott is the capital city of this NW African country that lent its name to the 8th century invaders of Spain Mauritania |
#4715, aired 2005-02-18 | IT'S BEEN A "GAS" $800: This country is located across the Mozambique Channel from the coast of Africa Madagascar |
#4715, aired 2005-02-18 | MEDICINE $800: Its fair-skinned, non-indigenous population gave this country of 20 million the world's highest skin cancer rate Australia |
#4711, aired 2005-02-14 | A CUP OF KOFI $1000: The first U.N. head from Africa south of the Sahara, Kofi Annan was born in the city of Kumasi in this country in 1938 Ghana |
#4584, aired 2004-07-08 | "CHA" $1000: On a map of Africa, this country is "dangling" off the right side of Niger Chad |
#4495, aired 2004-03-05 | INTO AFRICA $800: The winner of 7 Oscars, the 1985 film "Out of Africa" takes place largely on a plantation in this country Kenya |
#4422, aired 2003-11-25 | OF THE KALAHARI $2000: (Video of Jimmy with a map of Africa.) The Kalahari covers portions of Botswana, South Africa, and this country Namibia |
#4170, aired 2002-10-18 | OF AFRICA $400: This country of western Africa bears the name of a product produced by the elephants found there Ivory Coast |
#4170, aired 2002-10-18 | OF AFRICA $1200: The city of Massawa is a major Red Sea port in this now independent country once part of Ethiopia Eritrea |
#4150, aired 2002-09-20 | HI THERE $800: "Marhaba" works as a greeting in this common language of northern Africa & the Mideast Arabic |
#4050, aired 2002-03-22 | IN A STRANGE LAND $2000: This landlocked country of Southern Africa is called the "Kingdom in the Sky" by its citizens Lesotho |
#3802, aired 2001-02-27 | BREAK OUT THE ATLAS $1000: Formerly German Southwest Africa, this country's name includes the name of a desert found there Namibia (Namib Desert) |
#3760, aired 2000-12-29 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: This country with a direction in its name changed direction in the '90s by ending its apartheid policy South Africa |
#3730, aired 2000-11-17 | I PROTEST! $300: In a 1985 protest against apartheid, many countries banned the import of Krugerrands, gold coins from this country South Africa |
#3669, aired 2000-07-13 | GLOBIN' $1000: Found in southern Africa, it's the largest African country that once was a colony of Portugal Angola |
#3543, aired 2000-01-19 | NATIONS OF AFRICA $200: In a song title, this country whose capital is Nairobi might come before "Feel the Love Tonight" Kenya |
#3543, aired 2000-01-19 | NATIONS OF AFRICA $300: In a song title, this country whose capital is Accra might come before "Fly Now" Ghana |
#3446, aired 1999-09-06 | WHERE IS IT? $1000: Found at the tip of a continent, it's the country where Nelson Mandela was born South Africa |
#3295, aired 1998-12-25 | AFRICA $1000: In 1998 Nelson Mandela married Graca Machel, widow of a former president of this country Mozambique |
#3212, aired 1998-07-14 | WE'VE REACHED A PLATEAU $600: The Great Karroo is a vast, arid plateau in the western Cape province of this country South Africa |
#3054, aired 1997-12-04 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In 1920 the League of Nations gave this country a mandate to administer the territory of Namibia South Africa |
#2931, aired 1997-05-05 | AFRICAN HISTORY $200: In 1969 General Siad Barre led a military coup in this country on the horn of Africa Somalia |
#2708, aired 1996-05-15 | RAIDS $200: In 1895 Sir Leander Starr Jameson led a raid into the Transvaal region of this present country South Africa |
#2648, aired 1996-02-21 | LANGUAGES $200: Most of the people in this African country speak Kinyarwanda, a Bantu language Rwanda |
#2595, aired 1995-12-08 | AFRICAN HISTORY $400: In 1870 a rich diamond field was found where this country's city of Kimberley now stands South Africa |
#2513, aired 1995-07-05 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1920 the League of Nations gave this neighboring country a mandate over the territory of Namibia South Africa |
#2506, aired 1995-06-26 | 1855 $200: In 1855 Marthinus Pretorius founded a city that's now the administrative capital of this country South Africa |
#2159, aired 1994-01-13 | PLACE NAME ORIGINS $600: Durban, a city in this country, was named for Sir Benjamin D'Urban, a governor of the Cape Colony South Africa |
#2068, aired 1993-09-08 | HISTORY $200: In 1897 Zululand became part of Natal, now a province of this country South Africa |
#1974, aired 1993-03-18 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: A mainland area & 5 small islands make up this "equatorial" country of Africa Equatorial Guinea |
#1943, aired 1993-02-03 | LANGUAGES $200: Xhosa, a Bantu language, is spoken near the Cape of Good Hope in this country South Africa |
#1890, aired 1992-11-20 | MAXWELL ANDERSON $1,000 (Daily Double): "Lost in the Stars" is a musical version of Alan Paton's "Cry, the Beloved Country", set here South Africa |
#1275, aired 1990-03-02 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: The coastline of this country forms the outer edge of the "Horn" of Africa Somalia |
#1174, aired 1989-10-12 | LITERATURE $600 (Daily Double): "Out of Africa" was based on Isak Dinesen's life as a coffee plantation owner in this country Kenya |
#1071, aired 1989-04-10 | AFRICA $800: Zaire, a country more than 3 times the size of Texas, has only some 25 miles of coast on this ocean the Atlantic |
#1053, aired 1989-03-15 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: From 1895-1958 this country administered a federation of 8 territories in West Africa France |
#991, aired 1988-12-19 | AFRICA $400: Of none, 4 or 14, number of perennial rivers in Libya, a country 2½ times the size of Texas none |
#946, aired 1988-10-17 | AFRICA $600: Francis Scott Key was a member of the society that founded this African country Liberia |
#920, aired 1988-09-09 | RECENT HISTORY $600: Dr. H. F. Verwoerd, prime minister of this country, was fatally stabbed by a parliamentary minister in 1966 South Africa |
#707, aired 1987-10-06 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $2,500 (Daily Double): Independent island country S. of Sicily, it may have been part of a land bridge linking Africa to Italy Malta |
#661, aired 1987-06-22 | LESOTHO $500: Until 1966, under the name Basutoland, Lesotho was a colony of this country Great Britain |
#529, aired 1986-12-18 | WORLD LEADERS $800: On June 12, 1986, he issued a declaration of emergency rule for his country Botha |
#419, aired 1986-04-17 | MILITARY HISTORY $600: As a result of World War I, this country lost control of Tanganyka, Togo, S.W. Africa & Cameroon Germany |
#186, aired 1985-05-27 | PETS $100: Only the elephants found on this continent are easily domesticated Asia |