| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | NUMERICAL TERMS $800: A James K. Polk campaign slogan claimed all of Oregon up to this latitude "or Fight" 54-40 |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | WHEN POLK WAS PRESIDENT $1600: He sat out the first 2 years of the Polk presidency alone at a pond, though he did spend a night in jail for not paying a poll tax Thoreau |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | PRESIDENTIAL THIS & THAT $400: A long-shot compromise candidate in 1844, James Polk is considered the first of these "equine" winners a dark horse |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | SOMETHING $1000: In 2020 a grandson of this 10th president passed away at 95 (yes, you heard that right & no, they never met) John Tyler |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | JOURNALISM $400: A sextet of N.Y. Times reporters won Polk Awards for coverage of this epidemic in west Africa in 2014 Ebola |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | 2-WORD SONG TITLES $1600: In 2013 Katy Perry was "coming atcha like a" this, perhaps James K. Polk "Dark Horse" |
| #7643, aired 2017-11-29 | I GET A KICK OUT OF HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Phew! As a boy on the Indiana frontier, this president was kicked unconscious by a horse but survived Abraham Lincoln |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | POLITICAL CONVENTIONS $1000: At the 1844 Democratic convention, James Polk became this type of unexpected "equine" nominee a dark horse |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | PRESIDENTIAL SECRETS $1,400 (Daily Double): In the last year of his presidency in 1844, he secretly married a woman 30 years younger John Tyler |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | A POLK $400: Because of his devotion & support to this former president, James K. Polk was nicknamed "Young Hickory" Andrew Jackson |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | A POLK $800: On May 29, 1844 Polk's nomination as president was relayed via this medium, its first political use the telegraph |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | A POLK $1200: On July 4, 1848 Polk & his Cabinet attended the ceremonies in which the cornerstone of this monument was laid the Washington Monument |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | A POLK $2000: Polk's presidential campaign slogan was this numerical phrase, referring to the Oregon territory boundary dispute Fifty-four forty or fight! |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | A POLK $3,000 (Daily Double): In his 1845 inaugural address, Polk mentioned annexing this republic & "her desire to come into our Union" Texas |
| #6627, aired 2013-06-11 | THE MONROE DOCTRINE $1,200 (Daily Double): James K. Polk cited the doctrine in getting sole control from Britain of this territory below the 49th parallel the Oregon Territory |
| #6543, aired 2013-02-13 | PRESIDENTIAL ACQUISITIONS $2000: Texas Annexation
(late 1845) Polk |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $2000: "A Country of Vast Designs" is a book subtitled him, "the Mexican War & the Conquest of the American Continent" James K. Polk |
| #5893, aired 2010-04-07 | POLITICAL LINGO $200: 2-word term for a long-shot candidate for nomination, like James Polk in 1844 a dark horse |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK $800: In the 1840s First Lady Sarah, seeing James enter rooms unnoticed, made this song a regular feature of his entrances "Hail To The Chief" |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK $1600: In 1877 Sarah got the first one of these ever hooked up in Nashville a telephone |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK $2000: In 1888 Mrs. Polk pushed a button in Nashville & these came on at the Cincinnati Centennial Expo the lights |
| #5581, aired 2008-12-08 | MIDDLE NAMES $600: A Jacksonian Democrat: Knox (James K.) Polk |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | LET'S HAVE ORDER $600 (Daily Double): Presidential administrations:
Chester A. Arthur, James K. Polk,
Millard Fillmore Polk, Fillmore, Arthur |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | PLANE CRAZY $1000: This B-17 flying fortress of WWII was named for a southern city & Margaret Polk, the girlfriend of the pilot the Memphis Belle |
| #5105, aired 2006-11-17 | 'TIL DEATH $1600: Located at the Polunsky Unit in Polk County, the cells in Texas' one of these are each 60 square feet with a window death row |
| #4859, aired 2005-10-27 | THERE'S A "WAY" $2000: James K. Polk chaired this House committee from 1833 to 1835; Bill Thomas chairs it today the Ways and Means Committee |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.) This is part of the 1848 gold shipment shown to this president; he gave a report to Congress that kicked the Gold Rush into gear James K. Polk |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | NAME THE JAMES $4,400 (Daily Double): ...who was the last president to be born in a log cabin Garfield |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $1000: North Carolina-born on Nov. 2, 1795, he was the 11th U.S. president Polk |
| #4704, aired 2005-02-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1200: He was named for his maternal grandfather James Knox, a Revolutionary War captain (James K.) Polk |
| #4697, aired 2005-01-25 | POLK-ER $400: Polk was a protege of this man whom his wife Sarah "Uncle Andrew" (Andrew) Jackson |
| #4697, aired 2005-01-25 | POLK-ER $800: James K. Polk's mom was a descendant of this man who founded Scottish Presbyterianism Knox |
| #4697, aired 2005-01-25 | POLK-ER $1200: A big Texas city bears the name of this man, Polk's vice president Dallas |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | A FEW GOOD MEN $1200: One of the first U.S. presidents to have his picture taken, James Polk was photographed by this man in 1849 Mathew Brady |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $6,000 (Daily Double): What couldn't he do? James K. Polk was the only U.S. president to have held this congressional title, 1835-1839 Speaker of the House |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | JAMES K. POLK ME $200: Running for president as a relative unknown, Polk is considered the first of these swarthy animals Dark horse |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | JAMES K. POLK ME $400: After John Quincy Adams' disputed election, Polk called for an end to the electoral system & for this type of vote a popular vote |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800 (Daily Double): This president's grandfather, James Knox, was a captain in the American Revolution James Knox Polk |
| #3439, aired 1999-07-15 | A FEW GOOD MEN $400: As an Illinois congressman, he introduced "Spot Resolutions" attacking Polk for starting the Mexican War Abraham Lincoln |
| #3295, aired 1998-12-25 | FIRST LADIES $500 (Daily Double): The widow Sarah Polk was linked for a while in the press to this bachelor president James Buchanan |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | HISTORIC NUMBERS $1000: This phrase about where we wanted our northern border was a Polk campaign slogan "54-40 or fight!" |
| #2864, aired 1997-01-30 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: In 1849, less than a week before his death, this first "dark horse" president was baptized Polk |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: On May 9, 1846 he asked the Cabinet if he should recommend to Congress a war against Mexico Polk |
| #2693, aired 1996-04-24 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $800: James K. Polk didn't get a single vote until the eighth ballot at this party's 1844 convention Democratic |
| #2615, aired 1996-01-05 | POLITICAL SCIENCE $300: Phrase for a long-shot candidate for nomination; Polk was the first to win the presidency a dark horse |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | WORLD HISTORY $100: On May 13, 1846 President Polk signed a declaration of war against this neighboring country Mexico |
| #1918, aired 1992-12-30 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: This president's name is believed to be a contraction of "Pollok", the ancestral name in Britain (James) Polk |
| #1885, aired 1992-11-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On May 13, 1846, President James K. Polk signed a declaration of war against this country Mexico |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | JAMES K. POLK $500 (Daily Double): Lincoln was among those who criticized Polk's attempt to start a war with this country Mexico |
| #1, aired 1990-06-16 | FIRST LADIES $1000: Julia Gardiner, the 1st to marry a president while in office, married this Virginian in 1844 (John) Tyler |
| #1274, aired 1990-03-01 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1,500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 7 men who were under 50 years old when they became president Cleveland, Garfield, Grant, JFK, Pierce, Polk & Teddy Roosevelt |
| #971, aired 1988-11-21 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: Getting no votes on the 1st ballot at the 1844 Democratic convention, he went on to become president Polk |
| #699, aired 1987-09-24 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $1000: When pro- & anti-Van Buren delegates couldn't agree on a candidate, he became the "1st Dark Horse" (James) Polk |
| #613, aired 1987-04-15 | GEOGRAPHIC "SQUARE"s $800: Bounded by Beach, Larkin, North Point, & Polk streets, it contains a "chocolate manufactory" Ghirardelli Square |
| #552, aired 1987-01-20 | U.S. HISTORY $200: If we'd bought this Spanish island in 1848 as Polk wanted to, we'd have avoided a missile crisis Cuba |
| #484, aired 1986-10-16 | RELIGION $1000: President Polk's middle name indicates he was a descendant of this Scottish religious reformer John Knox |
