#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | FICTION'S FICTIONAL PLACES $1000: Macondo is a town that's originally isolated from the outside world in this 1967 Gabriel García Márquez classic One Hundred Years of Solitude |
#8066, aired 2019-10-07 | PLACES OF BUSINESS $200: Sony is an MNC, short for this, meaning it has sites all over the world a multinational corporation |
#7953, aired 2019-03-20 | "R.R." $800: World on Wheels is one of these places to go skating a roller rink |
#6573, aired 2013-03-27 | UNIQUE PLACES $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands amid seals on a beach in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) In placing the Galapagos on its World Heritage List, this international organization described the islands as a unique living museum UNESCO |
#6262, aired 2011-12-06 | NUMERIC PLACES $13,000 (Daily Double): Aconcagua is one of what are alliteratively known as the "7" these Summits |
#5796, aired 2009-11-23 | A JOURNEY THROUGH ISRAEL $1200: (Alex places a stone on a grave at Mount Zion Cemetery in Jerusalem.) Here in the Mount Zion Cemetery, one of the prominent graves is that of this man, a Krakow factory owner, who, in World War II, saved the lives of over 1,000 Jews (Oskar) Schindler |
#5781, aired 2009-11-02 | A WORLD OF PLACES $400: The world's highest mountain, it was known as Peak XV before it was renamed in 1865 Mount Everest |
#5781, aired 2009-11-02 | A WORLD OF PLACES $800: Belgium, Luxembourg & Germany all border this country France |
#5781, aired 2009-11-02 | A WORLD OF PLACES $1200: The city of Wagga Wagga in this Down Under nation straddles the Murrumbidgee River Australia |
#5781, aired 2009-11-02 | A WORLD OF PLACES $1600: Take a gamble--Monte Carlo is one of this small European country's 4 quartiers Monaco |
#5781, aired 2009-11-02 | A WORLD OF PLACES $2000: This gulf is the westernmost extension of the Atlantic Ocean the Gulf of Mexico |
#5568, aired 2008-11-19 | A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO $800: Shove off to this famous ship in Long Beach, Calif.; it's considered one of the most haunted places in the world the Queen Mary |
#5048, aired 2006-07-19 | A GAME OF DARTS $400: These places most associated with darts include the Huntsman, where 13-time world champ Phil Taylor played in his 20s a pub |
#4871, aired 2005-11-14 | A DANGEROUS CATEGORY $2000: Due to storms, the southernmost cape of South America is one of the world's most dangerous places Cape Horn |
#4798, aired 2005-06-15 | VACATION POSSIBILITIES $1600: The now peaceful vista shown here at the Somme might be part of a tour of places that enter history as these World War I battlefields |
#4587, aired 2004-07-13 | WORLD CAPITAL BURIAL PLACES $2000: "The Liberator" Simon Bolivar Caracas |
#4522, aired 2004-04-13 | "NEW" PLACES $1000: On a list of the world's largest islands, it ranks second New Guinea |
#4027, aired 2002-02-19 | OLD FAMILIAR PLACES $800: La Habana Vieja, the colonial section in the capital of this country, is a Unesco World Heritage Site Cuba |
#3643, aired 2000-06-07 | A WORLD OF FAITH $400: The Maoris use this familiar religious term for prohibitions on certain objects, persons or places Taboo |
#3447, aired 1999-09-07 | FARAWAY PLACES $500: In 1999 all of Nunavut became a territory in this country, the second largest in area in the world Canada |
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