| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1500: Still active but quiet since the 1940s, it buried the city of Pompeii in 79 A.D. (Mount) Vesuvius |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | 12-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $2000: One of the world's largest churches, the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace is in this capital of Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | LONDON MONOPOLY GEOGRAPHY $1000: This 2-word "royal" train station has been suggested as the spot where Queen Boadicea was buried in 60 A.D. King's Cross |
| #7517, aired 2017-04-25 | "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $1200: A popular hiking destination, the summit of this crater just beyond Waikiki was used as a military lookout in the 20th century Diamond Head |
| #7517, aired 2017-04-25 | "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): At its narrowest point, this Turkish strait between the Sea of Marmara & the Aegean Sea is only a mile wide the Dardanelles |
| #7313, aired 2016-06-01 | GEOGRAPHY IN RHYME $1000: I'd like to go, by golly /
To Zabid, Ibb & Bir Ali /
Enjoy some fruit, perhaps a ripe lemon /
That would mean I'd be in... Yemen |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: O'Casey & Yeats were both born in this capital Dublin |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: This German city is on the Rhine River about 20 miles north of Cologne Dusseldorf |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $1200: It occupies 18,600 square miles in the West Indies & shares its island home with another nation the Dominican Republic |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: This Scottish river flows into the North Sea at Aberdeen the Dee |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: Once part of the French Protectorate of Somaliland, this nation gained its independence in 1977 Djibouti |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | GEOGRAPHY $800: There are first-person accounts of this volcano's eruption in 1767 (as there had been in 79 A.D.) Vesuvius |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | L.A. GEOGRAPHY IN POP CULTURE $1000: Ivy League Ph.D.er Stu Bailey & the law-degreed Jeff Spencer, both judo experts, had an office at "77" this title place Sunset Strip |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from a castle rampart in the Shubert Theatre, New York.) In "Spamalot" the year is 932 A.D., & most of the action takes place in this Merrie Olde country England |
| #4591, aired 2004-07-19 | MAPS $400: In about 150 A.D. this Greek astronomer in Egypt published "Geography", an 8-volume guide to mapmaking Ptolemy |
| #3197, aired 1998-06-23 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: In 1937 the government set aside this Georgia swamp as a national wildlife refuge Okefenokee Swamp |
| #3055, aired 1997-12-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: Coeur d'Alene Lake in this state is at the heart of a popular resort area Idaho |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: This city was founded in A.D. 43 as the Roman town of Londinium London |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: Pliny the Elder was killed by the eruption of this volcano on the Bay of Naples in 79 A.D. Vesuvius |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: This Scottish lake was first reported to be inhabited by a monster in the 5th century A.D. Loch Ness |
| #1102, aired 1989-05-23 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Ancient Egyptians never lived in this city near the Nile delta; Moslems founded it in 969 A.D. Cairo |
| #871, aired 1988-05-23 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: The land now called Israel was named Palestine in the 2nd century A.D. by this ruling people Romans |
| #632, aired 1987-05-12 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: One source says this city was founded in 200 A.D. by the Polish Duke of Krak Krakow |
| #579, aired 1987-02-26 | "D" IN MATH $400: 1/360th of a circle, used in geography to measure longitude & latitude degree |
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