#9085, aired 2024-04-19 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: Located in a caldera in the Cascade Mountains, it's the USA's deepest lake Crater Lake |
#9079, aired 2024-04-11 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $1200: You can swim with the dolphins on this island in the Bahamas that shares its name with a 1980 Brooke Shields film the Blue Lagoon |
#9079, aired 2024-04-11 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): This eastern Alabama city was named for a line in an Oliver Goldsmith poem about the "loveliest village of the plain" Auburn |
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | PLAIN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Ian Frazier's travel journal "Great Plains" culminates in Montana at this kind of non-agricultural silo a nuclear silo (a missile silo) |
#9040, aired 2024-02-16 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The second-most populous city in Canada, it was founded in 1642 as a missionary center by Paul de Chomedey Montreal |
#9017, aired 2024-01-16 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: The largest desert in Asia at about 1,200 miles long & 600 miles wide, it has a name from Mongolian meaning "waterless place" the Gobi |
#9017, aired 2024-01-16 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1889 a climber said this African mountain was 19,833 feet; re-measurements have been shrinking it ever since Mount Kilimanjaro |
#9015, aired 2024-01-12 | DOUBLE TALK GEOGRAPHY $400: This community in southeastern Pennsylvania gave its name to a convenience store chain very big in Penn. & nearby Wawa |
#9015, aired 2024-01-12 | DOUBLE TALK GEOGRAPHY $800: A port city on Tutuila Island, Pago Pago is the capital of this U.S. territory in the South Pacific American Samoa |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: Although it shares its name with a type of headwear, the name of this city may come from Arabic for a kind of axe Fez |
#9008, aired 2024-01-03 | BIG & LITTLE GEOGRAPHY $200: Named for a hometown general, MacArthur Park in this Arkansas city contains his birthplace Little Rock |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | GEOGRAPHY & A LITTLE MATH $400: Central U.S. state + "polis" = this capital city of that same state Indianapolis |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | MYTHICAL GEOGRAPHY $1200: This dwelling place of the gods in Norse mythology consists of more than a dozen realms, including Thrudheim & Breidablik Asgard |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | MYTHICAL GEOGRAPHY $2000: Medieval Europeans believed in a Christian land in Asia under this king with a 2-word name & the Pope even wrote him a fan letter Prester John |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHY $200: In the 1880s the area around Waikari was the birthplace of the Corriedale, New Zealand's first homegrown breed of this sheep |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHY $400: In the city of Rotorua, you can visit the geothermal area of Wai-O-Tapu, home to Lady Knox, one of these that erupts daily a geyser |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHY $1000: This "Garden City" named for a college at Oxford University had its peace shattered by 2 mosque shootings in 2019 Christchurch |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: A tunnel to connect Spain & this African nation, with a 17-mile underwater segment, is now planned to start construction in 2030 Morocco |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: As you can see, the Schwarzwald--this in English--covers a lot of ground, 2,300 square miles in area the Black Forest |
#8837, aired 2023-03-28 | GEOMETRICAL GEOGRAPHY $200: On Dec. 5, 1945 5 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers making up flight 19 vanished without a trace in the area called this the Bermuda Triangle |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: This city on the River Lagan is home to a campus of Ulster University Belfast |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: This country finds itself in the middle of things, with a northern border with Russia & on its south, Ukraine Belarus |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Seaweed farmer is a major job on this Indonesian island & in "Ticket to Paradise", George Clooney's daughter falls for one Bali |
#8809, aired 2023-02-16 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $4,000 (Daily Double): Check out Akershus Fortress, begun in 1299, & a major landmark in this world capital Oslo |
#8795, aired 2023-01-27 | GEOGRAPHY $2000: If asked "Have you seen" this, don't say, "No, Ben hasn't called me"--it's a mountain, the highest in the U.K. at 4,400 feet Ben Nevis |
#8768, aired 2022-12-21 | GEOGRAPHY THAT MADE HISTORY $1,600 (Daily Double): N.E. of Bilbao, this town was the site of tragedy on April 26, 1937, when 1/3 of its people were killed or wounded in a German attack Guernica |
#8765, aired 2022-12-16 | ALASKAN GEOGRAPHY $400: In 2015 "The Daily Show" reported on the fight to rename this huge mountain "after a popular sport utility vehicle" Mount McKinley (Denali) |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: There are 300 islands in the bay on which this Finnish capital sits & a taxi boat will take you to many Helsinki |
#8754, aired 2022-12-01 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: Until independence in 1966, this African nation was a political protectorate under the name Bechuanaland Botswana |
#8711, aired 2022-10-03 | GEOGRAPHY $800: Lying halfway between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans, this province with Winnipeg as capital is considered the "Heart of Canada" Manitoba |
#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 |
#8704, aired 2022-09-22 | GEOGRAPHY VIA KOKOMO $400: In the Florida Keys, this one immortalized as a Bogart title is one of the largest, 30 miles long & less than 2 miles wide Key Largo |
#8704, aired 2022-09-22 | GEOGRAPHY VIA KOKOMO $800: I wanna catch a glimpse of the acres of stalls at the Marché en Fer, or Iron Market, in this Caribbean capital, so here it is Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
#8691, aired 2022-07-25 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2000: Major cities in New Hampshire include Dover & this port that also shares its name with a historic port of southern England Portsmouth |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | GEOGRAPHY FROM MACAU TO OGDEN $2000: It's a county in Michigan, a borough in Jersey & a city in Northern California's Alameda County Oakland |
#8678, aired 2022-07-06 | GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): Afrikaner Gert Alberts was the leader of a famous crossing of this desert in the 1870s the Kalahari Desert |
#8650, aired 2022-05-27 | WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $200: Hot water springs called geysers take their name from a specific one in this country Iceland |
#8650, aired 2022-05-27 | WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $800: Meaning to break up into smaller units, this term comes from a geographic region that was divided in the 19th & 20th centuries to Balkanize |
#8624, aired 2022-04-21 | BOOK TITLE GEOGRAPHY $200: The Marabar Caves are on the itinerary
in "A Passage to
____" India |
#8624, aired 2022-04-21 | BOOK TITLE GEOGRAPHY $400: Betty Smith cultivated
"A Tree Grows in
____" Brooklyn |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY $400: It's an identifiable fracture in the Earth's crust showing evidence of previous (& potential) displacement a fault |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | "G" AS IN GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1900 this Texas city was devastated by a hurricane that killed more than 5,000 people Galveston |
#8585, aired 2022-02-25 | BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Home to a Big Ten school, this state capital was named for a president who died in the year of its founding, 1836 Madison, Wisconsin |
#8583, aired 2022-02-23 | ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 1905 5th GRADER? $800: Geography:
It's the largest state in the union by area Texas |
#11, aired 2022-02-16 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: The Corniche is a long, glamorous seafront street in this city where Cleopatra lived & loved Alexandria |
#8576, aired 2022-02-14 | GEOGRAPHY $200: In Egypt an area of springs known as the Siwa this is a fertile area once home to a temple of Zeus Ammon Oasis |
#8576, aired 2022-02-14 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: Located in Arkansas, Lake Chicot is the USA's largest lake of this type formed by a bend in a river an oxbow lake |
#1, aired 2022-02-08 | FLORAL GEOGRAPHY $800: Carnation, Washington is named for a onetime major employer in the area, which made the condensed type of this milk |
#1, aired 2022-02-08 | FLORAL GEOGRAPHY $1200: In Paris you can wander "lonely as a cloud" down rue de Jonquilles, named for a type of these flowers daffodils |
#1, aired 2022-02-08 | FLORAL GEOGRAPHY $1600: 2 hyphens are in the name of this flower that's the name of a scenic trail on Canada's Cape Breton Isle the fleur-de-lis |
#1, aired 2022-02-08 | FLORAL GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): The Fourth Raadsaal, a word meaning council chamber, is in this South African judicial capital Bloemfontein |
#8568, aired 2022-02-02 | ALLITERATIVE GEOGRAPHY $1200: In song, "Some came from a land beyond the sea, from Boston and New York, but the boys who beat the Black and Tans, were the boys from" here County Cork |
#8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $400: A natural history museum, the Koenig is in this city, once the capital of West Germany Bonn |
#8564, aired 2022-01-27 | MOVIES & GEOGRAPHY $1200: As the "Stanley", Henry Stanley, in part of a 1939 movie title, Spencer Tracy explores Sub-Saharan Africa seeking this doctor David Livingstone |
#8564, aired 2022-01-27 | MOVIES & GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): In a 1942 film, a map shows a refugee path from Paris to Marseilles to Oran, then to this title place in North Africa Casablanca |
#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 |
#8546, aired 2022-01-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: In October 1869 Nova Scotia recorded a 54-foot tide at Burntcoat Head in this bay the Bay of Fundy |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: The Pecos River is a major tributary of this river that it empties into in Texas the Rio Grande |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: The Three Sisters in Oregon is a trio of volcanic peaks in this mountain range the Cascades |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: In the 1800s this Michigan island was the headquarters for John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company Mackinac |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: This region of foothills between the Appalachians & the Atlantic coastal plain is named for a similar area in Italy the Piedmont |
#8499, aired 2021-10-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: The name of this northeast region was first used by John Smith, who published "A Description of" it in 1616 New England |
#8492, aired 2021-10-19 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1200: A 2010 agreement between Russia & this country splits control of the Barents Sea nearly in half Norway |
#8488, aired 2021-10-13 | DOUBLE-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $2000: The capital of a small Mediterranean island, it's where the Italian naval fleet surrendered to the Allies in 1943 Valletta |
#8487, aired 2021-10-12 | JESUS GEOGRAPHY $400: In Luke Chapter 2 verse 4, Joseph goes to this city where the baby Jesus makes his appearance a bit later Bethlehem |
#8479, aired 2021-09-30 | THE GEOGRAPHY $400: Found between Austria & Italy, Tyrol is a region in these mountains Alps |
#8447, aired 2021-07-20 | GEOGRAPHY $2,400 (Daily Double): This pair of "larger" & "smaller" islands are in a group about 100 miles off the east coast of Spain Majorca & Minorca |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: Between 1832 & 1947 Greece more than doubled its size; Macedonia & this largest island were added to its territory in 1913 Crete |
#8401, aired 2021-05-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $2000: More than half of this city that's now the capital of North Macedonia was destroyed in a 1963 earthquake Skopje |
#8378, aired 2021-04-14 | CARIBBEAN GEOGRAPHY $600: A rum-producing district in eastern Cuba lends its name to this cocktail of rum, lime juice & sugar a daiquiri |
#8378, aired 2021-04-14 | CARIBBEAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: The Caribbean Sea's greatest depth, about 25,000 feet, is in this trench bearing the name of a crocodilian the Cayman Trench |
#8346, aired 2021-03-01 | LONDON MONOPOLY GEOGRAPHY $800: This rhyming thoroughfare is home to a demon barber in a Sondheim musical Fleet Street |
#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 |
#8340, aired 2021-02-19 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY $2000: Russia's most important port on the Pacific, it was founded in 1860 with a name that means "Ruler of the East" Vladivostok |
#8227, aired 2020-06-02 | WORDS FROM OLD ENGLISH $1000: This geography term meaning a bend or a curve in a coastline sounds like sinking your teeth into something bight |
#8195, aired 2020-04-03 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) When Marco Polo told stories about Africa, he most likely confused two different places. In describing the city of Mogadishu, he referred to it by the similar-sounding name of this island, 1,000 miles away Madagascar |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: In a 1980 eruption, it lost about 1,000 feet off its top Mount St. Helens |
#8181, aired 2020-03-16 | NORTH KOREAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Your map showing Mount Mantap may be out of date; in 2018 this manmade event shifted or perhaps even collapsed it a nuclear test |
#8181, aired 2020-03-16 | NORTH KOREAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: NK's longest river is this 500-mile one that served as a strategic goal for U.N. forces during the war in the 1950s the Yalu |
#8170, aired 2020-02-28 | HIGHER EDUCATION GEOGRAPHY $1200: The oldest in Kentucky, a university in Lexington bears this name that sounds like Dracula might have been an alumnus Transylvania |
#8169, aired 2020-02-27 | A LITTLE ALLITERATION $1600: In high school, courses such as history, geography & civics come under this heading social studies |
#8101, aired 2019-11-25 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: A small chapel marks the source of this river in the Valdai Hills about 200 miles northwest of Moscow the Volga |
#8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: In the heart of the "Silicon Forest", Beaverton is a suburb of this Western U.S. metropolis Portland |
#8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: A gateway to Dinosaur National Monument is the town of Dinosaur in this state Colorado |
#8078, aired 2019-10-23 | A POETIC GEOGRAPHY LESSON $1600: Switzerland's "Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face", mused this poet in "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" Byron |
#8054, aired 2019-09-19 | MOVIES ABOUT GEOGRAPHY $800: After a plane crash in "Alive", a Rugby team stranded in these snow-swept peaks struggles to survive Andes |
#8054, aired 2019-09-19 | MOVIES ABOUT GEOGRAPHY $1200: A treasure map takes Kathleen Turner to Colombia & into the arms of Michael Douglas in this 1984 adventure Romancing the Stone |
#8054, aired 2019-09-19 | MOVIES ABOUT GEOGRAPHY $1600: 2017's "Queen of the Desert" is the story of Gertrude Bell, a British writer & explorer on this peninsula in the early 20th century Arabian Peninsula |
#8054, aired 2019-09-19 | MOVIES ABOUT GEOGRAPHY $2000: He played a cartographer in the 1995 film "The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain" Hugh Grant |
#8001, aired 2019-05-27 | POETIC GEOGRAPHY $1200: Emerson wrote a "Hymn" to this Massachusetts town that got in on Revolutionary War action on day one Concord |
#7988, aired 2019-05-08 | EDUCATIONAL GAMES $400: In a geography computer game, you need to find out "Where in the World Is" she Carmen Sandiego |
#7986, aired 2019-05-06 | GEOGRAPHY $200: In this state, not far from Mount Hood, there's a town that's Boring (that's its name, really) Oregon |
#7983, aired 2019-05-01 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1600: Named for a geologist, this peak rises 14,500 feet in the Sierra Nevada Mount Whitney |
#7912, aired 2019-01-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: Edgartown & Oak Bluffs are 2 of only a handful of towns on this island in New England Martha's Vineyard |
#7891, aired 2018-12-24 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: The Camotes sea is a small sea lying between the islands of Cebu & Leyte in this republic the Philippines |
#7800, aired 2018-07-06 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2000: Rome & this city, whose name was drawn from a hat, form a metropolitan area in New York state Utica |
#7785, aired 2018-06-15 | GEOGRAPHY $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the Andes on the monitor.) A small stream in Peru's Andes flows into the Apurimac, becoming a source of this river that some 4,000 miles later flows into the Atlantic the Amazon |
#7764, aired 2018-05-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: This presidential retreat is located in a wooded area of Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland Camp David |
#7745, aired 2018-04-20 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $6,400 (Daily Double): The Snowy Mountains are a range in this country's Alps Australia |
#7717, aired 2018-03-13 | LITERARY GEOGRAPHY $600: "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" is a story of this Southern city Savannah |
#7567, aired 2017-07-04 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: About a mile off the mainland, Iran's Qeshm Island is the largest in this strait the Strait of Hormuz |
#7567, aired 2017-07-04 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: The Mu Us Desert in north central China lies within a bend of this long river the Yellow River |
#7543, aired 2017-05-31 | JAPANESE GEOGRAPHY $800: Goraiko is a term for seeing the sunrise from the top of this most popular tourist site in the country Mount Fuji |
#7543, aired 2017-05-31 | JAPANESE GEOGRAPHY $2000: Ie Shima, just off this largest island in the Ryukus, has a memorial to WWII reporter Ernie Pyle, who died there Okinawa |
#7537, aired 2017-05-23 | CATHOLIC GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): This American colony was chartered by George Calvert in 1632 as a refuge for English Catholics Maryland |
#7537, aired 2017-05-23 | CATHOLIC GEOGRAPHY $2000: A natural spring flows at this site where St. Bernadette saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1858 Lourdes |
#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 |
#7488, aired 2017-03-15 | BASIC GEOGRAPHY $800: You may get lightheaded in Gar, a town about 15,000 feet above sea level, in this autonomous region of China Tibet |
#7480, aired 2017-03-03 | BRITISH GEOGRAPHY $800: Out Stack, a rocky islet in this "equine" island group, is the United Kingdom's northernmost point the Shetlands |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | AN "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): Now a region in Belgium, it once referred to an area in France and the Netherlands, too Flanders |
#7404, aired 2016-11-17 | EXTREME GEOGRAPHY $600: Africa's highest mountain is this one whose "snows" were made famous in a short story Kilimanjaro |
#7373, aired 2016-10-05 | "Y" GEOGRAPHY? $400: The source of this longest Chinese river is a glacier high in the mountains the Yangtze |
#7373, aired 2016-10-05 | "Y" GEOGRAPHY? $1600: A great view of Mount Ararat 32 miles away can be had from the Old Fort in this Armenian capital Yerevan |
#7313, aired 2016-06-01 | GEOGRAPHY IN RHYME $800: Uttaradit & Surin were places to go /
In Hua Hin, what a fabulous show /
I was out on tour with my band /
In the country of... Thailand |
#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 |
#7293, aired 2016-05-04 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1200: Once called Derryfield, this largest New Hampshire city was renamed in 1810 for a British city Manchester |
#7287, aired 2016-04-26 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2000: This Alaskan island group named for a Russian trader has more than 200 bird species in addition to its famous fur seals the Pribilof Islands |
#7161, aired 2015-11-02 | TALKING GEOGRAPHY $600: The altitude of every point in the U.K. is measured against a brass bolt in Newlyn, Cornwall, marking this sea level |
#7161, aired 2015-11-02 | TALKING GEOGRAPHY $1000: In the 1950s a change of prefix created this word for the areas beyond the suburbs exurbs |
#7113, aired 2015-07-15 | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: Be careful here--the capital of Kentucky was named after a settler with this last name Frank |
#7083, aired 2015-06-03 | GEOGRAPHY $600: This European capital was founded near a fjord in the 11th century Oslo |
#7083, aired 2015-06-03 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: This Saudi Arabian city on the Red Sea was founded in the 640s as a seaport for Mecca Jeddah |
#7031, aired 2015-03-23 | YOU CAN'T SPELL GEOGRAPHY WITHOUT "M" $400: This celeb-filled community in L.A. County lies on 21 miles of gorgeous but unstable coast Malibu |
#6952, aired 2014-12-02 | GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) With an area of 471,000 square miles & a population of 3 million, this autonomous region was incorporated by China in 1951 amid controversy Tibet |
#6948, aired 2014-11-26 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $800: This Florida city in Palm Beach County shares its name with a sitcom that starred Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor Greenacres |
#6948, aired 2014-11-26 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $2000: This river & its chief tributary, the Vaal, form a drainage basin of around 330,000 square miles in southern Africa the Orange River |
#6939, aired 2014-11-13 | FLORIDA GEOGRAPHY $600: Named for a president & developed around a ford in the St. Johns River, it's Florida's most populous city Jacksonville |
#6939, aired 2014-11-13 | FLORIDA GEOGRAPHY $800: This university in DeLand was named for a hat manufacturer who provided financial assistance Stetson University |
#6935, aired 2014-11-07 | GEOGRAPHY BY THE BOOK $400: A classic:
"A Tree Grows in ____" Brooklyn |
#6790, aired 2014-03-07 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The Khongoryn Els, or "Singing Dunes", are a popular tourist destination in this Central Asian desert the Gobi |
#6718, aired 2013-11-27 | SOUND GEOGRAPHY $400: Pillsbury Sound between St. Thomas & St. John in this U.S. territory was named for a U.S. admiral, not a baker the Virgin Islands |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: The Sea of Crete & the Thracian Sea are parts of this arm of the Mediterranean the Aegean |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: A former capital of Guatemala, or a Caribbean island near Barbuda Antigua |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 2,000 years ago, under Tigran the Great, this country's empire stretched from the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea; today, it's one of the smallest countries on the Asian mainland Armenia |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: This Jordanian Red Sea resort is the site of the oldest structure built as a Christian church, dating from the 200s Aqaba |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $2,400 (Daily Double): Great Britain has several rivers named this, from the Celtic for "river" the Avon |
#6664, aired 2013-08-01 | GEOGRAPHY 101 $800 (Daily Double): 277 miles long & often 1 mile deep, it's the largest gorge in the U.S. of A. Grand Canyon |
#6645, aired 2013-07-05 | BRAZILIAN GEOGRAPHY $1,800 (Daily Double): This planned city in Brazil's vast interior has grown from being a construction project in 1956 to 2.6 million people today Brasilia |
#6637, aired 2013-06-25 | EXTREME GEOGRAPHY $200: The westernmost point in continental Europe is Cape Roca in this country on a peninsula Portugal |
#6610, aired 2013-05-17 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) When conquered in 586 B.C., the Jewish people were resettled along the Kebar River, hundreds of miles from their home; hence the verse, "By the rivers of" this place, "we wept when we remembered Zion" Babylon |
#6569, aired 2013-03-21 | GEOGRAPHY: DROP A LETTER $800: ...From a New England state & you'll dig deep in this place mine (from Maine) |
#6542, aired 2013-02-12 | THE WEATHER & GEOGRAPHY REPORT $800: On April 12, 1934 Mount Washington, in this state, got quite a blow--wind clocked at 231 mph New Hampshire |
#6540, aired 2013-02-08 | LET'S VISIT A MUSEUM $2,000 (Daily Double): The Prado in this country is home to one of the world's finest art collections Spain |
#6396, aired 2012-06-11 | GEOGRAPHY BY THE BOOK $800: Betty Smith planted a story with "A Tree Grows In" this borough Brooklyn |
#6325, aired 2012-03-02 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1200: Sao Tome, this island & several tiny islands form a nation in Africa's Gulf of Guinea Principe |
#6299, aired 2012-01-26 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $200: When Joseph died he was embalmed & "put in a coffin in" this country where his father Jacob was also buried Egypt |
#6244, aired 2011-11-10 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Beginning northwest of Moscow & flowing 2,300 miles to the Caspian Sea, this river is the longest in Europe the Volga |
#6232, aired 2011-10-25 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Al-Jaza'ir isn't a TV network but the Arabic name for this capital city in north Africa Algiers |
#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 |
#6227, aired 2011-10-18 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $2000: Located in a disputed region, India's northernmost state is Jammu & this Kashmir |
#6177, aired 2011-06-21 | SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1860 the United Provinces of La Plata changed its name to Argentina; 21 years later, it expanded its territory by adding this region whose name comes from the Spanish for "big foot" Patagonia |
#6147, aired 2011-05-10 | HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Stretching from the Taurus Mountains in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, with its heart between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers, is this ancient region, home to the world's first cities Mesopotamia |
#6147, aired 2011-05-10 | HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY $2000: In 1999, 400 years after establishing a permanent settlement there, Portugal returned this overseas territory to China Macao |
#6134, aired 2011-04-21 | GEOGRAPHY $200: In area, it's the largest country in the world that has a red, white & blue flag Russia |
#6134, aired 2011-04-21 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1972 the Tamil Tigers, a liberation group, not a baseball team, was founded in this country Sri Lanka |
#5998, aired 2010-10-13 | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: Historically a manufacturing stronghold, it's 60 miles northwest of Detroit Flint |
#5998, aired 2010-10-13 | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of Clue Crew shows a map of the Middle East.) In 1914, historian James Breasted coined this 2-word term to describe the agricultural area that extends from the Nile Valley to the Persian Gulf the Fertile Crescent |
#5957, aired 2010-07-06 | GEOGRAPHY "E" $600: This island in the South Pacific is named for the day of its discovery, a religious holiday Easter Island |
#5905, aired 2010-04-23 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1200: An airport in Missouri is named for Springfield & this city, home to more than 50 live theaters Branson |
#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 |
#5866, aired 2010-03-01 | RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: This grassy plain covers Russia from its border with Ukraine east to the Altai Mountains in Siberia a steppe |
#5861, aired 2010-02-22 | "NORTH"ERN GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1876 the people of this Minnesota city, now home to Carleton College, foiled a raid by Jesse James & his cohorts Northfield |
#5748, aired 2009-09-16 | AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Australia's southernmost mainland point is Wilson's Promontory in this state named for a queen Victoria |
#5664, aired 2009-04-02 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $400 (Daily Double): This region in the northeast, also called Tungpei, or "the northeast", is a "candidate" for having China's best forests Manchuria |
#5630, aired 2009-02-13 | GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY $1200: Spectacular waterfalls in Guyana include one named for a British king of this name, who ruled 1901-10 Edward |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | "GREAT" GEOGRAPHY $2000: Australia's largest desert, it was first crossed in 1875 by Ernest Giles & named for a monarch (Great) Victoria |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: It's the capital of Jordan Amman |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: It's home to Hampshire College & to a campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Argentina's lowest point is Valdes Peninsula; its highest is this mountain Aconcagua |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: This country highlighted in red is bordered by Russia & Georgia to the north & Iran to the south Azerbaijan |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: This Scottish seaport lies between the rivers Dee & Don Aberdeen |
#5541, aired 2008-10-13 | WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $1200: The course of a river in present-day Turkey gave us this word meaning to wander in an aimless, circuitous way to meander |
#5488, aired 2008-06-18 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: In Spain this second-largest city is a major port on the Mediterranean Sea Barcelona |
#5477, aired 2008-06-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1200: A national monument in Cork, the second city of this country, honors the Rebellion of 1798 Ireland |
#5462, aired 2008-05-13 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL GEOGRAPHY $600: The Mountaineers of this state had a fiesta at Oklahoma's expense in 2008 West Virginia |
#5462, aired 2008-05-13 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 2006-07, the only undefeated team in Division 1-A was from this capital city, the "Crossroads of the Oregon Trail" Boise |
#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 |
#5455, aired 2008-05-02 | GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): These 2 republics united in 1964 to form Tanzania Tanganyika & Zanzibar |
#5448, aired 2008-04-23 | L.A. GEOGRAPHY IN POP CULTURE $200: Geoffrey was the butler & Jazz was a pal on this '90s NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
#5448, aired 2008-04-23 | L.A. GEOGRAPHY IN POP CULTURE $400: In "Free Fallin'", Tom Petty sang, "All the vampires, walkin' through the valley, move west down" this "Boulevard" Ventura Boulevard |
#5448, aired 2008-04-23 | L.A. GEOGRAPHY IN POP CULTURE $600: Billy Joel wanted to "Say Goodbye To" this storied L.A. area Hollywood |
#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 |
#5434, aired 2008-04-03 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: We don't mean to "Boer" you, but Paul Kruger has a national park named for him in this country South Africa |
#5374, aired 2008-01-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Melbourne is in the Australian state named for this woman, a friend of Viscount Melbourne Queen Victoria |
#5374, aired 2008-01-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Paulistas live in a large city in this large South American country Brazil |
#5350, aired 2007-12-07 | LITERARY GEOGRAPHY $600: In "Pride and Prejudice", Mrs. Bennet says, "The country is a vast deal pleasanter" than this city London |
#5350, aired 2007-12-07 | LITERARY GEOGRAPHY $1000: It's the first river mentioned in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" the Hudson River |
#5226, aired 2007-05-07 | CHINESE GEOGRAPHY $400: The border formalized between Mongolia & China in 1962 includes a 900-mile stretch through this desert the Gobi Desert |
#5171, aired 2007-02-19 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $2000: In the Song of Solomon, a bride refers to herself as "the rose of" this plain between Joppa & Mount Carmel Sharon |
#5171, aired 2007-02-19 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $4,000 (Daily Double): This mount "as altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire" Sinai |
#5161, aired 2007-02-05 | YOU GET AN "A" $1,000 (Daily Double): ...in Geography, if you know that this country calls itself Republik Oesterreich Austria |
#5141, aired 2007-01-08 | A GEOGRAPHY LESSON $800: Puntarenas & Limon are coastal cities in this country whose name includes the Spanish word for "coast" Costa Rica |
#5141, aired 2007-01-08 | A GEOGRAPHY LESSON $1600: You'll find Livorno & Firenze in this region, once a Grand Duchy & now a grand place to vacation Tuscany |
#5118, aired 2006-12-06 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? $400: Canada's Mackenzie River flows into this ocean the Arctic |
#5074, aired 2006-10-05 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: This ancient city is the capital of Greece Athens |
#5074, aired 2006-10-05 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: The 48th U.S. state to join the Union, this Southwest state is now 17th in population Arizona |
#5074, aired 2006-10-05 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Mont Blanc is the highest peak in these mountains that stretch from France to Austria the Alps |
#5074, aired 2006-10-05 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: Kabul is the capital of this Asian country Afghanistan |
#5074, aired 2006-10-05 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: Known to the Romans as Numidia, this large African country borders the Mediterranean Sea Algeria |
#5064, aired 2006-09-21 | WHERE AM I? $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the parking lot of a shopping area.) I'm in this Western resort area whose 2-word name refers to an early trapper & to its geography as a high valley Jackson Hole |
#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 |
#5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.) "Beauty and the Beast" takes place in & around a quiet provincial village in this country France |
#5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $1000: Come & sit for a spell at "The 25th Annual" spelling bee in this title county Putnam |
#5027, aired 2006-06-20 | AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: This Great Lake is the lowest in elevation & the only one of the 5 sharing its name with a province Ontario |
#5027, aired 2006-06-20 | AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew points to a map of Southern California on the monitor that zooms in on a central region.) This world-famous area within Los Angeles is also an adjective meaning flashy or glamorous Hollywood |
#5027, aired 2006-06-20 | AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: We're sure the Berkshires are a chain of hills centered in the western part of this state Massachusetts |
#4959, aired 2006-03-16 | SURVIVOR GEOGRAPHY $400: (Jeff Probst gives the clue from a rocky exotic locale.) "Survivor: Vanuatu" & "Survivor: Palau" both took place in this ocean the Pacific Ocean |
#4959, aired 2006-03-16 | SURVIVOR GEOGRAPHY $2000: (Jeff Probst for a final time.) In the 1st "Survivor", when you were voted off the island, it was Pulau Tiga, off Borneo, in this sea the South China Sea |
#4933, aired 2006-02-08 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: A controversial war was fought by the U.S. in the '60s & '70s in this country once divided into north & south halves Vietnam |
#4928, aired 2006-02-01 | JAPANESE GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1995 this "beefy" capital of Hyogo prefecture was hit by a 7.2 earthquake Kobe |
#4928, aired 2006-02-01 | JAPANESE GEOGRAPHY $4,000 (Daily Double): The seaport of Naha is on this Japanese island that was the site of a fierce WWII battle in April 1945 Okinawa |
#4782, aired 2005-05-24 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY IN SONG $400: In a 1964 hit, "I'm gonna have me some fun if it costs me my very last dime" in this title city Las Vegas |
#4780, aired 2005-05-20 | RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY $400 (Daily Double): Kaliningrad, a small piece of Russian territory, sits between Poland & Lithuania on this sea the Baltic Sea |
#4780, aired 2005-05-20 | RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Russia's southernmost point lies in Dagestan, a republic bordering this saltwater lake the Caspian Sea |
#4744, aired 2005-03-31 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: In 1942, people from the Manhattan Project set up shop at a boys' ranch school in this N.M. community Los Alamos |
#4744, aired 2005-03-31 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): Wisconsin is bordered by these 2 of the 5 Great Lakes Michigan & Superior |
#4633, aired 2004-10-27 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): This river joins the Columbia near Pasco, Washington, a little more than 1,000 miles from its source in Wyoming the Snake River |
#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 |
#4579, aired 2004-07-01 | SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: This Peruvian city was founded in 1535; Villa El Salvador, a squatter's camp of 350,000 on its outskirts, in 1971 Lima |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: This country in southwestern Africa gained independence from Portugal on November 11, 1975 Angola |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1,200 (Daily Double): A city on the Potomac founded in 1749 is named this, like a city on the Mediterranean founded in 331 B.C. Alexandria |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1200: It's the capital of the state of South Australia Adelaide |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: This desert in northern Chile is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west & the Andes on the east the Atacama Desert |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: Portugal's possessions in the north Atlantic include the Madeiras & this island group the Azores |
#4390, aired 2003-10-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: The dome of the capitol building in this city 100 miles west of Philadelphia is a copy of St. Peter's in Rome Harrisburg |
#4347, aired 2003-06-24 | RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: A small chapel in a village northwest of Moscow marks the source of this 2,000-mile-long river Volga |
#4312, aired 2003-05-06 | TOUGH GEOGRAPHY $800: It precedes "kush", which means "killer", in the name of a central Asian mountain range Hindu |
#4245, aired 2003-01-31 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: The British looted this Asian capital in 1860, bringing back a dog breed bearing its old name Beijing |
#4242, aired 2003-01-28 | ITALIAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1861 this 9,300-square-mile island just south of Corsica became a part of the kingdom of Italy Sardinia |
#4229, aired 2003-01-09 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: A point 5 miles northeast of Murfreesboro is smack dab in the middle of this "Volunteer State" Tennessee |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: Lesbos & the Cyclades are found in this sea Aegean Sea |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1200: It's paired with Barbuda in the name of a Caribbean island country Antigua |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: It's the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere Mount Aconcagua |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: It's the city in Uttar Pradesh where Shah Jahan built a memorial to his wife Mumtaz Mahal Agra |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): It's about 50 miles across the Adriatic Sea from Italy to this country on the Balkan Peninsula Albania |
#4083, aired 2002-05-08 | TOUGH GEOGRAPHY $1600: This last colony in Africa shares part of its name with a desert & is claimed by Morocco Western Sahara |
#4071, aired 2002-04-22 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: The Horn's Grinde is a peak in the northern part of this "dark" German region the Black Forest |
#4071, aired 2002-04-22 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1200: A thoroughfare called the Ramblas connects the harbor & the Place de Catalina in this Spanish port Barcelona |
#4071, aired 2002-04-22 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1600: In 1822 a Portuguese prince declared this South American country's independence Brazil |
#4013, aired 2002-01-30 | JAPANESE GEOGRAPHY $200: Many of Japan's highest peaks lie in this range which shares its name with a Swiss mountain range Alps |
#4013, aired 2002-01-30 | JAPANESE GEOGRAPHY $600: Japan's Tsushima Island lies just about 60 miles from Pusan, a city in this country South Korea |
#3950, aired 2001-11-02 | OBSCURE GEOGRAPHY $400: At 11,204 feet, the Sahara's highest point is Emi Koussi, an extinct volcano in this country with a 4-letter name Chad |
#3914, aired 2001-09-13 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): Wyoming's largest lake, it lies right in the middle of a national park Yellowstone Lake |
#3876, aired 2001-06-11 | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $500: The Lagting is the local parliament in this Danish island group the Faroe Islands |
#3876, aired 2001-06-11 | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $800 (Daily Double): This Alaska town was founded by prospectors in 1902 & named for a U.S. vice president (Charles) Fairbanks |
#3834, aired 2001-04-12 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): Jebel Musa, a promontory in this mountain range, is one of the Pillars of Hercules Atlas Mountains |
#3828, aired 2001-04-04 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $200: Strictly speaking, the name of this volcano in southern Italy refers only to a crater inside Monte Somma Mount Vesuvius |
#3819, aired 2001-03-22 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: On a 1923 trip, Warren G. Harding made the 1st presidential visit to the Alaska Territory & to this nation Canada |
#3819, aired 2001-03-22 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: A statewide law that went into effect Jan. 1, 1998 banned smoking cigarettes in bars & restaurants in this state California |
#3819, aired 2001-03-22 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: This peninsula gives its name to a cocktail made of vodka, cranberry juice & a slice of lime Cape Cod |
#3792, aired 2001-02-13 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: Have a family get-together in the Indian Ocean on this French island which was once known as Bourbon Island Reunion |
#3786, aired 2001-02-05 | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: In the 1980s Argentina & Great Britain fought a war over these South American islands the Falklands |
#3773, aired 2001-01-17 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: It's the capital of Jordan Amman |
#3773, aired 2001-01-17 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: This country controls the eastern half of Tierra del Fuego, largest island in an archipelago of the same name Argentina |
#3773, aired 2001-01-17 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: Morocco, Mali & Tunisia border this country Algeria |
#3773, aired 2001-01-17 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: In the summer residents of this capital city suffer through the "nefos", a type of smog Athens |
#3773, aired 2001-01-17 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $500: In the 1970s this Scottish fishing port became the center of the North Sea oil industry Aberdeen |
#3700, aired 2000-10-06 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: This vast southern California desert is a chief source of boron, which is used in nuclear reactors the Mojave Desert |
#3693, aired 2000-09-27 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Igniting a new rush, in 1989 Charles Fipke discovered diamonds in these barren "territories" the Northwest Territories |
#3666, aired 2000-07-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: In 1874, a major rail crossing, the Eads Bridge, was completed across this river at St. Louis Mississippi River |
#3643, aired 2000-06-07 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: The city of El Paso in this state is a major gateway between the U.S. & Mexico Texas |
#3594, aired 2000-03-30 | GEOGRAPHY $800: In the 20th century these neighboring countries each had a king named Faisal Saudi Arabia & Iraq |
#3594, aired 2000-03-30 | GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): Of the 3 longest rivers in Africa, it's the one that starts with a different letter than the other 2 Congo |
#3582, aired 2000-03-14 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: (Hi, I'm Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos.) In 1998 I earned a trip to the NFL's Pro Bowl, held each year in this city where I played college ball Honolulu |
#3576, aired 2000-03-06 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: This Honduran capital is one of the few capitals in the world without a railroad Tegucigalpa |
#3479, aired 1999-10-21 | SHAKESPEAREAN GEOGRAPHY $400 (Daily Double): Theseus, duke of this city in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", doesn't run into fellow resident Timon Athens |
#3479, aired 1999-10-21 | SHAKESPEAREAN GEOGRAPHY $400: In "Henry VI, Part 1" it's a setting; in "Romeo and Juliet" it's a suitor for Juliet's hand Paris |
#3473, aired 1999-10-13 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: This country consists of a Muslim-Croat federation & a Serb republic Bosnia |
#3473, aired 1999-10-13 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $800 (Daily Double): This Mississippi port was the capital of the Louisiana Territory for a brief time in the early 1700s Biloxi |
#3453, aired 1999-09-15 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $400: This seaport is a center of German trade, perhaps in the ground beef that bears its name Hamburg |
#3437, aired 1999-07-13 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $800: From Joseph to Moses, the Israelites lived in the Land o' this, a part of Egypt Goshen |
#3405, aired 1999-05-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Although a mile wide in some places, this principal river of Nebraska is too shallow to be navigable Platte River |
#3405, aired 1999-05-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: This state capital is known for a variety of oysters found primarily in Puget Sound Olympia |
#3348, aired 1999-03-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: This Utah river named for a river in the Holy Land flows from freshwater Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake Jordan River |
#3341, aired 1999-03-01 | ORIGINS $400: In modern times it originated as a way to teach geography; kids put together cut-up maps Jigsaw puzzles |
#3197, aired 1998-06-23 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: At 14,433 feet, Mt. Elbert in this state is a real Rocky Mountain high; it's the highest peak in the range Colorado |
#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 |
#3133, aired 1998-03-25 | MOVIE GEOGRAPHY $400: Carroll O' Connor played Julie Andrews' father in this film based on a James Michener novel Hawaii |
#3133, aired 1998-03-25 | MOVIE GEOGRAPHY $1000: Luckily, the 1947 Alan Ladd film named for this city wasn't a "black hole" in his career Calcutta |
#3121, aired 1998-03-09 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Magellan visited this archipelago in 1520 & gave it a Spanish name meaning "Land of Fire" Tierra del Fuego |
#3121, aired 1998-03-09 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): A "great" pass & a "little" pass in the Alps are named for this saint St. Bernard (the patron saint of mountain climbing) |
#3116, aired 1998-03-02 | MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY $500: This "house in New Orleans" has "been the ruin of many a poor boy" the House of the Rising Sun |
#3094, aired 1998-01-29 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $5,000 (Daily Double): 763-foot Mount Royal stands in the center of this Canadian city Montreal |
#3090, aired 1998-01-23 | GEOGRAPHY ZOO $500: A peak in Colorado is named for these bunny features that resemble the antennae on your old TV set rabbit ears |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | GEOGRAPHY $800: Sharing its name with a seaport in Yemen, this gulf provides a link between the Red Sea & the Arabian Sea Gulf of Aden |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: The city of Nizhny Novgorod in Russia was formerly known by this name, after a famous Communist writer Gorky |
#3059, aired 1997-12-11 | SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: The name Pichilemu, a Pacific beach resort, contains the name of this country that it's in Chile |
#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 |
#3006, aired 1997-09-29 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $500: About a tenth of Estonia's land area consists of islands in this sea Baltic Sea |
#2974, aired 1997-07-03 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY $400: To protect the Panama Canal during WWII, the U.S. established a base in this Ecuadoran island group Galapagos Islands |
#2973, aired 1997-07-02 | NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: Joshua Tree National Monument near Palm Springs in this state was made a national park in 1994 California |
#2973, aired 1997-07-02 | NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: In 1970, while this country was still a British dependency, Belmopan became its capital Belize |
#2973, aired 1997-07-02 | 16th CENTURY NAMES $1,300 (Daily Double): In 1578 this Flemish cartographer engraved a new set of maps for Ptolemy's "Geography" Gerardus Mercator |
#2969, aired 1997-06-26 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: A daily hydrofoil crosses the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires to Colonia in this country Uruguay |
#2961, aired 1997-06-16 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $2,300 (Daily Double): The Malebo Pool, also known as the Stanley Pool, is a shallow lake formed by this river the Congo River |
#2924, aired 1997-04-24 | GEOGRAPHY $400: Both Spain's & California's highest mountain peaks are in a range called this Sierra Nevadas |
#2919, aired 1997-04-17 | GEOGRAPHY $300: Lajes Field is a U.S. Air Force base in this Portuguese island group in the Atlantic Azores |
#2896, aired 1997-03-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: The origins of Bangalore, a city in this country, go back to a mud fort erected in 1537 India |
#2896, aired 1997-03-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 1850s, Empress Eugenie helped popularize Biarritz, a town on this bay, as a fashionable resort Bay of Biscay |
#2892, aired 1997-03-11 | GEOGRAPHY $200: The Nubian desert in Sudan is often considered a part of this larger desert the Sahara |
#2885, aired 1997-02-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: It's the oldest city in Kansas; a federal penitentiary lies within the city limits Leavenworth |
#2879, aired 1997-02-20 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 countries bordering Afghanistan whose names also end in "stan" (2 of 4) Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan |
#2877, aired 1997-02-18 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: A river in central Chile & the tallest peak in South America share this name Aconcagua |
#2871, aired 1997-02-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Laughing Whitefish is a well-known waterfall in this state's Upper Peninsula Michigan |
#2871, aired 1997-02-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $4,000 (Daily Double): The Boston Mountains of Arkansas contain the highest peaks of these mountains the Ozark Mountains |
#2868, aired 1997-02-05 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Part of this South American country's city of La Paz lies in a canyon carved by the La Paz River Bolivia |
#2864, aired 1997-01-30 | GEOGRAPHY $800: A breed of sheep is named for this range of hills in western England known for it beautiful villages cotswold |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Indiana's 2nd-largest city is on the site of this stockade built in 1794 & named for a "mad" general Fort Wayne |
#2845, aired 1997-01-03 | GEOGRAPHY $500: Wales' smallest city is named for this patron saint who established a monastery there in the 6th century St. David |
#2832, aired 1996-12-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): Mount Hood, a volcanic peak, rises 11,239 feet in this mountain range The Cascades |
#2821, aired 1996-12-02 | GEOGRAPHY $100: The Highland Lakes are a chain of artificial lakes in & around this Texas capital Austin |
#2821, aired 1996-12-02 | GEOGRAPHY $400: The main street of Interlaken in this country affords a spectacular view of the Jungfrau peak Switzerland |
#2815, aired 1996-11-22 | GEOGRAPHY $500: This capital of Queensland in Australia was founded as a station for British convicts in 1824 Brisbane |
#2780, aired 1996-10-04 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: In 1905 a large searchlight was installed at the top of this Colorado peak Pikes Peak |
#2780, aired 1996-10-04 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: The largest lake in the western U.S., it's fed by freshwater streams but has a heavy saline content the Great Salt Lake |
#2776, aired 1996-09-30 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: A world famous orchid garden is located in the city of Medellin in this country Colombia |
#2767, aired 1996-09-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: In 1959 all uncolonized areas of this Ecuadoran island group were made a national park the Galapagos Islands |
#2767, aired 1996-09-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: Asuncion is a port on this river that shares its name with the country it's in Paraguay River |
#2759, aired 1996-09-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): Four Corners in the Western U.S. is where these 4 states meet at a single point Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, & Utah |
#2741, aired 1996-07-01 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Plunging 980 feet, the Staubbach is the highest of these in Switzerland's Lauterbrunnen Valley a waterfall |
#2726, aired 1996-06-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $300: Ostend, which the Flemish call Oostende, is a fishing port & seaside resort in this country Belgium |
#2692, aired 1996-04-23 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: New Zealand's chief port, it was founded in 1840 on the site of a major Maori settlement Auckland |
#2684, aired 1996-04-11 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: Nevada's largest city, it grew from a population of 8,500 in 1940 to 258,000 in 1990 Las Vegas |
#2671, aired 1996-03-25 | GEOGRAPHY $200: St. Andrews is a seaport & royal burgh in the Fife region of this country Scotland |
#2654, aired 1996-02-29 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: This largest British Columbia city was founded in the 1870s as Granville, a sawmill settlement Vancouver |
#2650, aired 1996-02-23 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $500: Jesus taught in a synagogue in Capernaum, a city on this "sea" Sea of Galilee |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: This Canadian province's motto is "Fortis et Liber", "Strong and Free" Alberta |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: Many Kabyles. a Berber people, live in Kabylla in this North African country Algeria |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $600: Name shared by a former capital of Guatemala & a Caribbean island near Barbuda Antigua |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in this capital is renowned for its Hittite collection Ankara |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: The Kura, this former Soviet republic's main river, flows into the Caspian Sea Azerbaijan |
#2628, aired 1996-01-24 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: A railroad president named Aberdeen, South Dakota for his birthplace in this country Scotland |
#2621, aired 1996-01-15 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: There’s a museum dedicated to this author of “The Red and the Black” in Grenoble, his birthplace Stendhal |
#2620, aired 1996-01-12 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Gilbertese, a Micronesian language, is widely spoken in Kiribati, an island country in this ocean the Pacific |
#2618, aired 1996-01-10 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: Tasmania was separated from the mainland of this continent about 12,000 years ago Australia |
#2618, aired 1996-01-10 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: This U.S. state has thousands of lakes, including Minchumina, Naknek & Teshekpuk Alaska |
#2618, aired 1996-01-10 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: A haik is a long outer garment with a veil worn by women in this North African country Algeria |
#2618, aired 1996-01-10 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: The Buene is the only river in this Balkan country that can be used for shipping Albania |
#2618, aired 1996-01-10 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): This island separated from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 & is scheduled to become fully independent in '96 Aruba |
#2605, aired 1995-12-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: Alaska's Pribilof Islands in this sea are noted as a breeding ground for fur seals the Bering Sea |
#2605, aired 1995-12-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Rhode Island, Connecticut & this state meet at a point in Fishers Island Sound New York |
#2588, aired 1995-11-29 | "NEW" GEOGRAPHY $1000: The university of this Australian state is located in Kensington, a suburb of Sydney New South Wales |
#2557, aired 1995-10-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: 40% of Australia's newsprint comes from a mill in the town of Boyer in this island state Tasmania |
#2539, aired 1995-09-21 | GEOGRAPHY $300: It's the only country that fits in a "Starts with 'Gh"' category Ghana |
#2539, aired 1995-09-21 | GEOGRAPHY $400: If you have a conference in Potsdam, you may fly into this closest capital city Berlin |
#2521, aired 1995-07-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: Sonoma, Solano, Contra Costa & Marin Counties meet at a point in San Pablo Bay, in this state California |
#2519, aired 1995-07-13 | GREEN GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1960 4 Black students sat at a lunch counter in this N.C. city & began a nationwide protest Greensboro |
#2515, aired 1995-07-07 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: Boothia Peninsula in this country is the former location of the north magnetic pole Canada |
#2508, aired 1995-06-28 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: The Teutoburger Wald or Teutoburg Forest in this country is actually a range of hills Germany |
#2508, aired 1995-06-28 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): Toubkal in this range in Morocco is North Africa's highest peak the Atlas Mountains |
#2465, aired 1995-04-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): A major battleground of the Civil War, it's the largest river valley in the valley of Virginia the Shenandoah |
#2422, aired 1995-02-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Gooseberry, Rhode Island's smallest island, is a clump of rocks in this bay Narragansett |
#2420, aired 1995-02-24 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: At over 9,500 feet, Mount Tahat is the highest point in this North African country Algeria |
#2420, aired 1995-02-24 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: Vorarlberg, which is noted for its skiing, is this country's "Little Province", or Landle Austria |
#2420, aired 1995-02-24 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: The Blue Ridge Mountains have been called the backbone of this extensive mountain system the Appalachians |
#2420, aired 1995-02-24 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: In area, it's Canada's fourth-largest province Alberta |
#2420, aired 1995-02-24 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $500: This world capital lies about 25 miles northeast of the Dead Sea Amman (Jordan) |
#2377, aired 1994-12-27 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $500: Noted for its sugarcane production, it's the easternmost island of the West Indies Barbados |
#2363, aired 1994-12-07 | GEOGRAPHY $400: In Roman times this peninsula was called Hispania the Iberian Peninsula |
#2351, aired 1994-11-21 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: Several English rivers bear this name; the one associated with Shakespeare rises in Northamptonshire Avon |
#2351, aired 1994-11-21 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: There's a Liberty cap on the coat of arms of this South American country Argentina |
#2351, aired 1994-11-21 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: The Gulf of Oman is an arm of this sea Arabian Sea |
#2351, aired 1994-11-21 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: It was once known as Portuguese West Africa Angola |
#2351, aired 1994-11-21 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $500: This capital of South Australia was named for the wife of King William IV Adelaide |
#2349, aired 1994-11-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: Antelope Island in this Utah lake is used as a refuge for bison the Great Salt Lake |
#2349, aired 1994-11-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2,600 (Daily Double): South Carolina's highest point, Sassafras Mountain, rises 3,560 feet in this range of the Appalachians the Blue Ridge Mountains |
#2348, aired 1994-11-16 | GEOGRAPHY $600: A British colony until 1959, this island city-state is the smallest nation in southeast Asia Singapore |
#2343, aired 1994-11-09 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: The source of this river that forms part of the Washington-Oregon border is a lake in British Columbia Columbia |
#2312, aired 1994-09-27 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $800: This 500-mile-long river rises in a Swiss glacier & empties into the Gulf of Lions the Rhone |
#2312, aired 1994-09-27 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): The northern shore of this large saltwater lake is Europe's lowest point at 92 feet below sea level the Caspian Sea |
#2302, aired 1994-09-13 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: The Mau Escarpment is a steep slope along the Great Rift Valley in this African country Kenya |
#2126, aired 1993-11-29 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: George Vancouver named this Washington state mountain for a friend in the British navy Mt. Rainier |
#2114, aired 1993-11-11 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): This volcano in the Cascade Mountains was inactive from 1857 to 1980 Mount St. Helens |
#2082, aired 1993-09-28 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: A mountain range in southeastern Siberia shares its name with this adjoining lake Baikal |
#2045, aired 1993-06-25 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: A city in Indiana is named for this capital of Switzerland Bern |
#2031, aired 1993-06-07 | GEOGRAPHY $300: Within a desert in central Asia lies one of these fertile spots named Merv an oasis |
#2005, aired 1993-04-30 | GEOGRAPHY $200: New Zealand is named for a province in this Low Country the Netherlands |
#1981, aired 1993-03-29 | GEOGRAPHY $800: In the 1942 battle for this atoll, the Japanese lost 4 aircraft carriers & a heavy cruiser to the U.S. Midway |
#1968, aired 1993-03-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: Followed by Beach, it's a city in California; followed by News, a city in Virginia Newport |
#1968, aired 1993-03-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Charles Sallier has a town & lake named for him in this state Louisiana |
#1960, aired 1993-02-26 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $600: The Titanic was built in a shipyard in this Northern Ireland city Belfast |
#1957, aired 1993-02-23 | GEOGRAPHY $500: This seaport on Puget Sound 30 miles south of Seattle was incorporated as a city in 1884 Tacoma |
#1953, aired 1993-02-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: This city was founded in A.D. 43 as the Roman town of Londinium London |
#1939, aired 1993-01-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: In 1961 part of this Massachusetts cape was designated a National Seashore Cape Cod |
#1908, aired 1992-12-16 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $100: Thunder Bay, a city in Ontario, is on Thunder Bay, an arm of this largest Great Lake (Lake) Superior |
#1908, aired 1992-12-16 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Made a British crown colony in 1849, this island aligned with British Columbia in 1866 Vancouver |
#1908, aired 1992-12-16 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $500: In Saskatchewan a national park & a big city are named for this prince consort Albert |
#1904, aired 1992-12-10 | GEOGRAPHY $400: This German town has a house built in 1602 named for der rattenfanger of the city Hamelin |
#1869, aired 1992-10-22 | GEOGRAPHY $400: Baron Friedrich von Steuben wintered here in 1777; in 1976, it was made a national historical park Valley Forge, Pennsylvania |
#1869, aired 1992-10-22 | GEOGRAPHY $800: The Spanish founded this capital of Honduras in the 16th century as a mining center Tegucigalpa |
#1844, aired 1992-09-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: In 1854 this largest Neb. city was founded by a ferryman from Council Bluffs, Ia., across the Missouri Omaha |
#1791, aired 1992-05-18 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: Mount Elbrus, the highest point in Europe, is a peak of this mountain range the Caucasus |
#1790, aired 1992-05-15 | GEOGRAPHY $100: In 1997 this British crown colony will become a special administrative region of China Hong Kong |
#1771, aired 1992-04-20 | GEOGRAPHY $500: Rising above a desert plain in Australia's Northern Territory, this is the world's largest monolith Ayers Rock |
#1768, aired 1992-04-15 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: A 4.3-mile bridge over Chesapeake Bay was opened in this state in 1952 Maryland |
#1727, aired 1992-02-18 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: The dam on the South Fork, a branch of the Conemaugh River, broke in 1889 & this U.S. city was flooded Johnstown |
#1725, aired 1992-02-14 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: A beautiful park surrounds Herbert Hoover's birthplace at West Branch in this state Iowa |
#1724, aired 1992-02-13 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: Paricutin, one of the world's newest volcanoes, burst forth in a cornfield in this country in 1943 Mexico |
#1707, aired 1992-01-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: A separate Turkish state was proclaimed on this Mediterranean island in 1975 Cyprus |
#1707, aired 1992-01-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: A statue of Roger Williams stands in a park overlooking this city Williams founded in 1636 Providence |
#1655, aired 1991-11-08 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: A cog railroad, the first built in the U.S., runs up this New Hampshire mountain Mount Washington |
#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 |
#1594, aired 1991-07-04 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Buchanan, a seaport in this African country, is named for its first American governor Liberia |
#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 |
#1529, aired 1991-04-04 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1994 sports fans will head to Lillehammer in this country to a attend the Winter Olympics Norway |
#1518, aired 1991-03-20 | GEOGRAPHY $200: Fur trader Peter Ogden has a city named after him in this U.S. state Utah |
#1514, aired 1991-03-14 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Found in the 9th century when Charlemagne built a fortress on the site, its Germany's chief port Hamburg |
#1494, aired 1991-02-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: This region that includes parts of India & Bangladesh shares its name with a tiger Bengal |
#1494, aired 1991-02-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: The color that describes a German "Forest", South Dakota "Hills" & a Eurasia "Sea" Black |
#1494, aired 1991-02-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: The huge Gateway of India Arch is a landmark in this port city Bombay |
#1471, aired 1991-01-14 | GEOGRAPHY $400: A lake & the city on it in this country are both called Maracaibo Venezuela |
#1467, aired 1991-01-08 | GEOGRAPHY $600: To find the highest point in his country, a Greek should seek this peak Mount Olympus |
#1429, aired 1990-11-15 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1943 this Mexican volcano grew from a small depression to 1,000 ft. in height Parícutin |
#1414, aired 1990-10-25 | TOYS & GAMES $300: These originated in England as teaching devices for geography & are named for the way they were cut jigsaw puzzles |
#1413, aired 1990-10-24 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: Turkish for "mountain", it's the name of a peninsula as well as a mountain range in SE Europe balkan |
#1363, aired 1990-07-04 | GEOGRAPHY $600: When China took over this country in 1950-51, it acquired a "roof" Tibet |
#1355, aired 1990-06-22 | GEOGRAPHY $500: There's a neutral zone between Iraq & this large neighbor to its south Saudi Arabia |
#1324, aired 1990-05-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1,300 (Daily Double): City in which you can see the following view:
[Sugarloaf Mountain] Rio de Janeiro |
#1316, aired 1990-04-30 | GEOGRAPHY $400: Lech Walesa worked in the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk, a port on this sea the Baltic |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | GEOGRAPHY $600: There's a canyon full of odd rocks named for pioneer Ebenezer Bryce in this state Utah |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1884 it lost its Atacama province to Chile & became a landlocked country Bolivia |
#1291, aired 1990-03-26 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: There's a national park on the island of St. John in this U.S. possession U.S. Virgin Islands |
#1284, aired 1990-03-15 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: Nahuel Huapi, a national park in this country, features lakes, glaciers & the highest peak in N. Patagonia Argentina |
#1277, aired 1990-03-06 | GEOGRAPHY $400: Over a million people live in the Canary Islands which constitute 2 provinces of this country Spain |
#1212, aired 1989-12-05 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Kazakhstan, a republic in this nation, extends from Europe to the Chinese border the Soviet Union |
#1212, aired 1989-12-05 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: This island near Venezuela became a self-ruling colony of the Netherlands in 1986 Aruba |
#1206, aired 1989-11-27 | GEOGRAPHY $300: The 2nd largest city in W. Germany, its state senate is headed by a burgermeister Hamburg |
#1197, aired 1989-11-14 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: Dalmatia, for which a dog breed is named, is part of this republic of Yugoslavia Croatia |
#1196, aired 1989-11-13 | ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY $200: Carthage has almost been destroyed; you can find what's left of it in a suburb of this Tunisian capital Tunis |
#1176, aired 1989-10-16 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $500: A re-enactment of the wedding of the Doge & the sea takes place in this city Venice |
#1163, aired 1989-09-27 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $600: This reason of Czechoslovakia was once inhabited by a tribe called the Boi--hence, it's name Bohemia |
#1128, aired 1989-06-28 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: The capital of this Canadian province is the only walled city north of the Rio Grande Quebec |
#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 |
#1084, aired 1989-04-27 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $100: The French word cap, as in Cap-Haitien, denotes this geographical feature cape |
#1081, aired 1989-04-24 | DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY $600: It's the southernmost of Canada's provinces Ontario |
#1063, aired 1989-03-29 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: A series of cliffs, the most famous of which in the U.S. are along the Hudson River palisades |
#1050, aired 1989-03-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: In May 1988 it became the highest spot on Earth from which a live TV broadcast originated (the top of) Mount Everest |
#1045, aired 1989-03-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800 (Daily Double): The island of Mindanao has been described as a Muslim outpost in this mostly Catholic country the Philippines |
#1027, aired 1989-02-07 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $100: By the year 1340 this Egyptian capital had half a million people; more than any city in Europe Cairo |
#1027, aired 1989-02-07 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $300: Canada's steel industry is centered in Hamilton, the 2nd largest city in this province Ontario |
#1005, aired 1989-01-06 | CURRENT EVENTS $700 (Daily Double): A Gallup survey reports adults in this country scored highest in knowledge of geography: Sweden |
#992, aired 1988-12-20 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Dalmatians aren't just dogs but people from Dalmatia, a region in this Adriatic country Yugoslavia |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | GEOGRAPHY $600: The Turkmen are a Turkic people with their very own republic in this country the Soviet Union |
#931, aired 1988-09-26 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): This region between the Appalachians & the Atlantic Coastal Plain was named for a region in Italy the Piedmont |
#925, aired 1988-09-16 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: The Portuguese found a lot of this in what is now Ghana, hence the name of its coast gold |
#921, aired 1988-09-12 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Of Tabasco, Tequila or Chihuahua, the one that's not a state in Mexico Tequila |
#912, aired 1988-07-19 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: Macon-born poet Sidney Lanier has a large lake named after him in this, his native state Georgia |
#904, aired 1988-07-07 | MAPS $800: 2nd century Greco-Egyptian whose "Geography" was still being used to design maps in the 15th century Ptolemy |
#897, aired 1988-06-28 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $100: A retirement city in Florida, or a retired capital of Russia St. Petersburg |
#882, aired 1988-06-07 | GEOGRAPHY $600: Country in which there's a city named for Manuel Luis Quezon the Philippines |
#875, aired 1988-05-27 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Originally called Eddy, this New Mexico city known for its caverns was named for a spa town in Europe Carlsbad |
#873, aired 1988-05-25 | GEOGRAPHY $100: The Bridalveil in Yosemite is one of these a waterfall |
#873, aired 1988-05-25 | GEOGRAPHY $400: In Japan, this type of geographic feature is called a "yama" mountain |
#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 |
#871, aired 1988-05-23 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): It makes sense that the highest point in this South American country is the Pico Cristobal Colon Colombia |
#851, aired 1988-04-25 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $100: Though only 4 square miles in area, this island south of Elba really "counted" in a Dumas novel Monte Cristo |
#817, aired 1988-03-08 | GEOGRAPHY $200: It's the largest city in Ohio that's named for a Roman statesman Cincinnati |
#793, aired 1988-02-03 | GEOGRAPHY $200: In 1865, this country moved its capital from Auckland to Wellington New Zealand |
#759, aired 1987-12-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: In 1980, this Cascade mountain peak was reduced from 9677' to about 8300' Mt. St. Helens |
#758, aired 1987-12-16 | GEOGRAPHY $100: The Brig O'Doon refers to a bridge over the River Doon in this part of the United Kingdom Scotland |
#737, aired 1987-11-17 | GEOGRAPHY $300: In the mid 1960s, France began building a space center near Kouru in this, its South American territory French Guiana |
#719, aired 1987-10-22 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: After Antarctica, which has none, this continent has fewest number of countries Australia |
#698, aired 1987-09-23 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: The Olympic Rain Forest in this state gets over 140 inches of rain a year Washington state |
#695, aired 1987-09-18 | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: A Scottish estuary, the rivers Clyde & Forth each have one a firth |
#660, aired 1987-06-19 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY $200: In October 1962 the U.S. set up a naval blockade around this island Cuba |
#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 |
#617, aired 1987-04-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $3,300 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 countries of the world that begin with the letter "J" (2 of) Jordan, Jamaica, & Japan |
#579, aired 1987-02-26 | "D" IN MATH $400: 1/360th of a circle, used in geography to measure longitude & latitude degree |
#519, aired 1986-12-04 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400 (Daily Double): European capital in the title of the following:
[Instrumental music plays] Lisbon |
#511, aired 1986-11-24 | GEOGRAPHY $400: Known to the Romans as Caledonia, it became a kingdom in 844 under Kenneth MacAlpin Scotland |
#470, aired 1986-09-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: Southern steel city named for a "sooty" steel center south of Staffordshire Birmingham |
#355, aired 1986-01-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: When Alaska & Hawaii were added to the Union, a spot in South Dakota became this the geographical center of the United States |
#355, aired 1986-01-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: Only city to span entire width of a state is Weirton, in 1 of this state's 2 panhandles West Virginia |
#332, aired 1985-12-17 | GEOGRAPHY $4,000 (Daily Double): The 3 countries which rule parts of the Iberian Peninsula Portugal, Spain & Great Britain (England) |
#287, aired 1985-10-15 | GEOGRAPHY $400: What a Swiss state is called, or the name of a large city in south China a canton |
#285, aired 1985-10-11 | GEOGRAPHY $300: 1 of 2 provinces Labrador is part of Newfoundland (or Quebec) |
#136, aired 1985-03-18 | GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 largest rivers in Africa (2 of) the Nile, the Congo, the Niger & the Zambezi |
#119, aired 1985-02-21 | GEOGRAPHY $400: Bosnia. Croatia & Montenegro are now all part of this nation Yugoslavia |
#88, aired 1985-01-09 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $700 (Daily Double): State this song takes place in:
"...on the deck / With a spyglass in hand / Said the fog was so tarnald thick / That he could not find the land / O the E-ri-e was rising / And the gin was gettin' low / And I scarcely think we'll get a drink / Till we get to Buff-a-lo-o-o / Till we get to Buffalo" New York |
#67, aired 1984-12-11 | GEOGRAPHY $200: Located in Alaska, it's North America's highest peak Mt. McKinley |
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Grace Thomas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Raleigh, North Carolina
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"This captain of the Brain-Bowl team can name all the countries...
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Neha Embar, a 12-year-old from Alpharetta, Georgia
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"No kidding--she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows up....
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Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia
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2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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Nikhil Desai, a junior from Fremont, California
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
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"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Kelly O'Donnell, a political reporter from NBC News
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"An Emmy-winning political reporter, she has covered Capitol Hill and the...
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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Michelle Chang, an 11-year-old from Suwanee, Georgia
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"This sixth grader picks the most unusual places to lose her...
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Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
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"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
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John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Dillon McCormick, a twelve-year-old from Erlanger, Kentucky
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"A politician, maybe. An archaeologist, perhaps. Or a psychologist like grandpa....
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Thomas Horn, a twelve-year-old from Piedmont, California
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"He plans on making the world a better place as an...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He met and then married his wife while both were costarring...
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Jayanth Iyengar, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis from Madison, Wisconsin
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2005 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jiyen1213
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Kyle Hale, a college student from Katy, Texas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Guy Tabachnick, from New York, New York
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"He wants to be a baseball announcer for the New York...
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Chris Breen, a sophomore at Princeton University from Springfield, Massachusetts
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Christopher Chilton, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Holly Springs, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Christopher won $5,000 on Who Wants...
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Alex Nutman, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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"This future investment banker won 'best in grade' in a state...
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Graham Doskoch, a twelve-year-old from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
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"He wants to put his love of design and building to...
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Matt Tick, from Escondido, California
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"Will take violin lessons and loves science, but he really wants...
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Josh Charnin-Aker, a twelve-year-old from Lighthouse Point, Florida
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"And, whether in neonatology or as a Navy SEAL, he plans...
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Mike Scott, an eleven-year-old from Lake Villa, Illinois
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"He really likes doing challenging projects in school, but hates doing...
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Michelle Schrier, an 11-year-old from Potomac, Maryland
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"She plans on being a news reporter while waiting for her...
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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Craig Boge, a senior from Stanford University
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2007 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. 21 at the time of...
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Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
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Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
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Liana Walters, a junior from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Liana was 16 at the...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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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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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Krishna Bharathala, a sophomore from Fremont, California
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2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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Matthew Cline, a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas
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"John Grisham's books have inspired him. He's firm. He wants to...
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Amy Levine, a freshman from North Potomac, Maryland
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time...
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Chelsea He, a sophomore at Duke University from Raleigh, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "HEE".
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Lindsey Bartlett, a junior from Winter Haven, Florida
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Lindsey was 16 at the time...
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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
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Adam Bibler, an economist originally from Lancaster, Ohio
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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Eureka Nutt, a paralegal from Canoga Park, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.
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Emily Kamm, a 12-year-old from Arlington, Virginia
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"This member of Model United Nations has been on the principal's...
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Sarah Bart, a senior at Goucher College from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2012 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 22 at...
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John Matthews, a senior from Escondido, California
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Allison Dziuba, a junior from Ridgefield, Connecticut
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Shuyu Wang, a junior from Okemos, Michigan
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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