| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $400: That's Abraham Lincoln looking at a book with son Thomas, who was better known by this 3-letter nickname Tad |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ON THE MONEY $2000: He died on April 15 Abraham Lincoln |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | VAMPIRE-POURRI $2000: Benjamin Walker stepped into the presidential shoes for this 2012 metafiction monster mash-up of a movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS $400: "Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream" (1864) Abraham Lincoln |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | HOROSCOPES $600: It sounds like a water sign, but it's an air sign & those born under it, such as Abraham Lincoln, are intellectual & highly social Aquarius |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | 11-LETTER WORDS $1000: One of Abraham Lincoln's nicknames was "The Great" this Emancipator |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $1200: He was Seth Grahame-Smith's surprising "Vampire Hunter" Abraham Lincoln |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | EASY MONEY $100: Since the early 20th century, Abraham Lincoln has been on the front of these 2 pieces of U.S. currency, one a coin & one, paper the penny & the $5 bill |
| #8780, aired 2023-01-06 | THE PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE... $400: Andrew Johnson Abraham Lincoln |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | HATCHET MAN $800: This nickname of Abraham Lincoln highlighted his axemanship "The Railsplitter" |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | POLITICAL WRITING $1600: "The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" is the subtitle of this Doris Kearns Goodwin book about Abe's unusual cabinet Team of Rivals |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | HISTORIC WORDS $200: Abraham Lincoln:
"A ____ divided against itself cannot stand" house |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $200: (Doris Kearns Goodwin presents the clue.) Born in 1809 into a frontier family, young Abe Lincoln had only one year of schooling, but read the Bible, Shakespeare, & learned logic from "The Elements" of this ancient Greek mathematician Euclid |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $400: (Doris Kearns Goodwin presents the clue.) Lincoln was a struggling 30-year-old lawyer when he began wooing this 21-year-old, & though she came from a prominent family & had many suitors, eventually won her hand in marriage Mary Todd |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $600: (Doris Kearns Goodwin presents the clue.) Lincoln grew frustrated with many of his commanders but with none more so than this general who did a brilliant job of readying the Union Army to fight but proved reluctant to commit it to battle George McClellan |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $800: (Doris Kearns Goodwin presents the clue.) At the White House on August 10, 1863, Lincoln met for the first time with this man to discuss the treatment of thousands of Black soldiers recently inducted into the Union army Frederick Douglass |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $1000: (Doris Kearns Goodwin presents the clue.) On April 4, 1865, Lincoln made a daring & dangerous visit to this newly captured capital, walking its still-burning streets to the cheers of jubilant former enslaved people Richmond |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $1600: (Andrew Dymburt delivers the clue.) On the night of April 14, 1865, as John Wilkes Booth stalked Abraham Lincoln, would-be assassin Louis Powell entered the home of this Secretary of State & stabbed him repeatedly, but he survived (William) Seward |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | TWENTY QUESTIONS $200: In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln used this synonym for 20 a score |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | ON THE "HOUSE" $1000: Across the street from Ford's Theatre is this residence where Abraham Lincoln died the Petersen Boarding House |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | THE PRESIDENT'S AIRPORT $800: Looking for an ATM at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in this city? It's at door B Springfield |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | YOU LOSE! $400: In Illinois in 1858 he lost his race for U.S. Senate to a man who painted him as a radical who believed in racial equality Abraham Lincoln |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | THE STATE WAS IN PLAY $1000: 1,000 votes in Nevada separated Samuel Tilden & this man in 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | AT REST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. $2000: At Prospect Hill Cemetery: William with this last name who owned the house where Abraham Lincoln died Petersen |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $2000: (MSNBC's Steve Kornacki presents by a display monitor.) The 1860 electoral map revealed the deep divisions of a country hurtling towards civil war. Abraham Lincoln won the North, the West, and the presidency; border states went for compromise candidate John Bell. Stephen Douglas carried Missouri, and this incumbent vice president and defender of slavery carried the South Breckinridge |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | LATIN PHRASES $2,000 (Daily Double): John Wilkes Booth shouted this, meaning "Thus always to tyrants", as he leaped to the stage after shooting Abraham Lincoln Sic semper tyrannis |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | FLAG CREATORS $600: William Todd, designer of this state's 1846 bear flag, was Abraham Lincoln's relative by marriage California |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | AMERICAN HOMES $800: Hildene, a Georgian Revival mansion in Vermont, was built at the turn of the 20th century by this son of Abraham Lincoln Robert Todd Lincoln |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | I LEARNED IT FROM MENTAL FLOSS $200: This 19th c. pres. was a champion wrestler who only lost 1 match, to another soldier in the Illinois volunteer militia Abraham Lincoln |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | MUSEUM-PODGE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crews presents from the Witte Museum in San Antonio.) The Witte Museum's collection includes partial busts of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, sculpted by Gutzon Borglum as studies for his execution of this much larger project Mount Rushmore |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | DEBATE CLUB $200: In their 5th debate Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas argued whether this document's "all men" included African Americans the Declaration of Independence |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | MURPHY, BROWN $600: Abraham Lincoln called this man's efforts at Harpers Ferry "peculiar", ending "in little else than his own execution" John Brown |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | I COULD LIVE IN THAT FOOD $600: This brand of pancake topping that's been around for 120 years was named for a residence of Abraham Lincoln Log Cabin syrup |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | STAGE CRAFT $2000: The title character of this opera loves a man who serves in the U.S. Navy on the Abraham Lincoln Madame Butterfly |
| #7981, aired 2019-04-29 | THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR $1600: Some 800 American volunteers died fighting for the Loyalists, many as part of a battalion named for this 19th c. president the Abraham Lincoln battalion |
| #7899, aired 2019-01-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: John Parker was assigned to guard this man on April 14, 1865, but stepped out at intermission to go to a bar Abraham Lincoln |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | MEANWHILE... $2,600 (Daily Double): Burton & Speke visited Lake Tanganyika in 1858, when these 2 were running for U.S. Senator & debated each other 7 times (Abraham) Lincoln and (Stephen) Douglas |
| #7873, aired 2018-11-28 | THAT'S SOME GIFT! $400: In December 1864 he wired Abraham Lincoln with the message "I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah" (General) Sherman |
| #7864, aired 2018-11-15 | AMERICAN QUOTATIONS $400: He resolved that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth" Abraham Lincoln |
| #7835, aired 2018-10-05 | THE "BEST" WORDS $1600: In an 1862 message to Congress, Abraham Lincoln called an emancipated America "the last" this "of Earth" best hope |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | DEAD POETS' SOCIETY $400: Abraham Lincoln lies "fallen cold and dead" in his poem "O Captain! My Captain!" Walt Whitman |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | SHAKESPEARE IN GOV $800: Abraham Lincoln repeatedly used the word "spot" from this play to imply the U.S. had blood on its hands in the Mexican War Macbeth |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | HISTORIC DATES $1000: Abraham Lincoln was shot on this date, Good Friday of that year April 14, 1865 |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $200: (D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser presents the clue.) The cornerstone of this structure was laid on July 4, 1848; Abraham Lincoln & the 90-year-old widow of Alexander Hamilton were in attendance the Washington Monument |
| #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 |
| #7571, aired 2017-07-10 | THE PRESIDENTIAL VERSE OF RICHARD ARMOUR $200: This man "was a tall man, a lanky six-feet-four. he had to duck a little when coming through a door" Abraham Lincoln |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | BULLET POINTS $1000: The single bullet that killed Abraham Lincoln was fired by a .44 caliber type of this 19th c. pocket pistol a derringer |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | STATES & LICENSE PLATES $1600: Driving straight from Rockford to Carbondale, most of the plates you see will have this man's face in the center Abraham Lincoln |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | POTLUCK $1000: The Lincoln Memorial Garden in Springfield contains plant species native to 3 states: Illinois, Indiana & this one Kentucky |
| #7455, aired 2017-01-27 | THE NAME ON THE AIRPORT $400: The airport code for Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport is SPI, which stands for this state capital Springfield |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | AFTER THE CABINET $800: (Presidential daughter Jenna Bush Hager delivers the clue.) Secretary of War under Garfield & Arthur, this son of Abraham Lincoln was also minister to Britain & ran the Pullman Company after the founder's death Robert Todd Lincoln |
| #7404, aired 2016-11-17 | IT'S "LIT" $200: Adept with an axe, Abraham Lincoln earned the nickname the "rail" this splitter |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $200: A granite obelisk rises 117 feet above his family tomb at Oak Ridge cemetery in Springfield, Illinois Abraham Lincoln |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | VICE PRESIDENTS $500 (Daily Double): He was the first vice president to assume the presidency upon the assassination of a president Andrew Johnson |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in this city, which Lincoln left in 1861, saying, "To this place and the kindness of these people, I owe everything" Springfield (Illinois) |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | HISTORY REPEATS $600: Like Abraham Lincoln, this president was also born in a log cabin & died from wounds inflicted by an assassin, in 1881 Garfield |
| #7286, aired 2016-04-25 | RALPH WALDO EMERSON $400: A staunch abolitionist, Emerson joined this political party, supporting & voting for Abraham Lincoln the Republican Party |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $600: That's Abraham Lincoln looking at a book with son Thomas, who was better known by this three-letter nickname Tad |
| #7232, aired 2016-02-09 | STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $600: Abraham Lincoln's tomb Springfield |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | PRESIDENTS 101 $1000: The first born outside the original colonies, in 1809 Abraham Lincoln |
| #7190, aired 2015-12-11 | PRESIDENTIAL PARTY POLITICS $600: In the 1840s Abraham Lincoln was a member of this "hair-raising" party the Whigs |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | STATE CAPITALS $600: The only house Abraham Lincoln ever owned is located at Jackson & 8th Streets in this capital Springfield |
| #7089, aired 2015-06-11 | PRESIDENTS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Washington, D.C.) The Capitol dome was a late addition; this president was first inaugurated in front of an incomplete dome, but the dome was made whole during his time in office Abraham Lincoln |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | GIVING YOU THE TIME OF DAY $400: 10:15 P.M. April 14, 1865: The shooting of this man Abraham Lincoln |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Presidents' Day honors these two presidents in particular, who were both born in February George Washington & Abraham Lincoln |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY $200: On April 25, 1865, 6-year-old Teddy watched from a window as this man's funeral procession moved through Manhattan Abraham Lincoln |
| #6865, aired 2014-06-20 | BREAKFAST $1,200 (Daily Double): Patrick Towle honored Abraham Lincoln's humble beginnings with the name of this syrup Log Cabin |
| #6843, aired 2014-05-21 | THE SECRETARY OF WAR $2,000 (Daily Double): A son of this president worked for Garfield & later became a wealthy corporate lawyer (Abraham) Lincoln |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CHOP WOOD $600: In a quirky 2012 movie, this president chops wood & quite a few vampires Abraham Lincoln |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | CROSSING THE PARTY LINE $400: Democrat Edwin Stanton served as Secretary of War under these 2 men, & his removal caused an impeachment Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | PRESIDENTIAL POOCHES $200: In the early 1860's, his dog Fido became the first presidential dog to be photographed Abraham Lincoln |
| #6532, aired 2013-01-29 | RECENT BOOKS $600: From this novel: "'I've killed him,' 'More will come,' Abe had already begun to walk away, 'Then I shall need more stakes"' Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter |
| #6529, aired 2013-01-24 | GEO-POLITICIANS $1000: This 5'4" "Little Giant" who debated Abraham Lincoln has an 11,300' mountain named for him in Montana Stephen Douglas |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | HOLD THE FORT! $800: Fort Abraham Lincoln was established in 1872 to protect the survey crews & workers who were building this as it advanced west across the Dakota Territory & beyond the (Transcontinental) Railroad |
| #6482, aired 2012-11-20 | NAME THAT U.S. CURRENCY NOTE $400: The man on this note served as a lobbyist for the Illinois Central Railroad the $5 |
| #6470, aired 2012-11-02 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Fort Abraham Lincoln in Mandan, North Dakota.) In 1876, Lt. Col. George Custer left his home here at Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory with this regiment & led them into a battle from which they'd never return the 7th Cavalry |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN $200: (Alex walks the stage of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.) President Lincoln arrived late at Ford's Theatre; the show was already underway, but when he was spotted walking down the stairs toward the presidential box, everything here stopped; then the orchestra struck up "Hail To The Chief", the audience gave him a thunderous round of applause, the President waved & bowed, & then the performance of this play continued Our American Cousin |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN $400: (Alex stands on the stage of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.) Police work in those days could be a little bit shoddy: hours after the murder, a man named William Kent came back to the presidential box looking for his keys; what he found was the murder weapon, the small .44-caliber single-shot pistol bearing the name of this Philadelphia gunsmith who invented it Henry Deringer |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN $800 (Daily Double): (Alex walks the stage of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.) Illustrating the difference in memories, some people said that Booth shouted this Latin phrase right from here, center stage; others said, "No, it was from the box"; Booth himself wrote that he spoke the words before shooting Lincoln; perhaps he said these words more than once Sic semper tyrannis |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN $800: (Alex reports from the Petersen House in Washington, D.C.) While Mrs. Lincoln & her friends sat vigil here in the front parlor, in the back parlor, this energetic Secretary of War took charge of the investigation & worked tirelessly through the night, coordinating the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth & his accomplices Edwin Stanton |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN $1000: (Alex reports from the Petersen House in Washington, D.C.) At 7:22 on the morning of April 15, 1865, President Lincoln died in this small bedroom; a prayer was said, & then, according to tradition, Edwin Stanton uttered these six famous words "Now he belongs to the ages" |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS $200: 1864:
"Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream" (Abraham) Lincoln |
| #6386, aired 2012-05-28 | LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Ft. Abraham Lincoln in Mandan, ND.) The expedition spent their first winter with the Mandan Tribe here in North Dakota, where they met this Shoshone guide; "A woman with a party of men is a token of peace", Clark would later write Sacagawea |
| #6355, aired 2012-04-13 | POETS & POETRY $1600: Referring to Abe's supposed early love, Edgar Lee Masters called her "beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln" Ann Rutledge |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | TALE SHIPS $800: In a Jules Verne novel, the Abraham Lincoln hunts down a sea monster but discovers it's really this boat the Nautilus |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | BESTSELLERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Seth Grahame-Smith revealed an unknown aspect of the Civil War in the horror-history hybrid called Him: "Vampire Hunter" Abraham Lincoln |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | YOU'RE HISTORICAL! $1000: For conspiring to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, she was the first woman executed by the U.S. government Mary Surratt |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | STATE SONGS $800: "On the record of thy years, Abraham Lincoln's name appears, Grant and Logan, and our tears" Illinois |
| #6280, aired 2011-12-30 | THINK OF THE CHILDREN! $800: Abraham Lincoln & Mary Todd:
Edward, Willie, Tad & this boy, the only one to survive to adulthood Robert Todd Lincoln |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | STATE CAPITAL FUN FESTS $400: In summer 2011 Abraham Lincoln was back at home in this state capital during its "History Comes Alive" program Springfield |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | THE FIRST SUPPER $200: The menu for his 1865 inaugural banquet included terrapin stew & quail Abraham Lincoln |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | HERO SANDWICH $400: F. Murray
_____
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Nebraska Abraham Lincoln |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | THE 1860s $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.) There was lots of partying in this city before & certainly after Lincoln was nominated for president there in 1860; here is a $321.50 bar tab for party officials that week Chicago |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) Though it wasn't in original drafts of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln ad-libbed this 2-word phrase--later added to the Pledge of Allegiance--& added it to copies like this one, which he wrote out later under God |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) On September 15th, 1858, in Jonesboro, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln used these notes to organize his thoughts in the third of his seven debates with this sitting U.S. senator (Stephen) Douglas |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) On February 5, 1862, the President & Mrs. Lincoln continually left a party to be by the bedside of this 11-year-old son, who died two weeks later--the only child of a president to actually die in the White House Willie |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) The story goes that the dying Lincoln was cradled by Laura Keene, the star of this play that Lincoln fatally attended, leaving his blood on a piece of her dress Our American Cousin |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $4,200 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) Lincoln signed many important documents in his executive office, including this, which he called "the central act of my administration and the great event of the 19th century" the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #6084, aired 2011-02-10 | THE STATE OF MY BIRTH $600: Jim Beam,
Jefferson Davis,
Abraham Lincoln Kentucky |
| #5950, aired 2010-06-25 | IT HAPPENED IN JUNE $200: On June 16, 1858 this man gave his "House Divided" speech in Springfield, Illinois Abraham Lincoln |
| #5887, aired 2010-03-30 | HISTORIC FASHION $1600: Popular in the mid-1800s, this tall type of silk hat is especially associated with Abraham Lincoln the stove-pipe hat |
| #5884, aired 2010-03-25 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $800: The Ann Rutledge, a train that ran between Chicago & Kansas City, was named for an early love of this president Abraham Lincoln |
| #5805, aired 2009-12-04 | NONFICTION $1200: 2008's "Giants" covers "The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and" this man Abraham Lincoln |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER $200: Abraham Lincoln delivered this November 19, 1863; it lasted all of 2 minutes the Gettysburg Address |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | THE INTESTATE $200: When this pres. died with no will, Mary got half of the over $80,000 estate, but it didn't keep her happy Abraham Lincoln |
| #5763, aired 2009-10-07 | MOVIE BIO DOUBLE $1200: Henry Fonda in 1939,
Raymond Massey in 1940 Abraham Lincoln |
| #5685, aired 2009-05-01 | NAME THAT PREZ $200: The Smithsonian has the stovepipe hat this president wore to the theater when he was killed Abraham Lincoln |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | OUT LIKE A "LAM" $200: A formal public statement, like the one Abraham Lincoln made in early 1863 a proclamation |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | HISTORICAL VOICEMAILS FROM... $800: It's April 14, 1865 & I'm having a bad night, too; I got stabbed in the throat but I'll stay on as Sec. of State Seward |
| #5645, aired 2009-03-06 | THE ART OF WORK $400: It's the occupational title of the artwork seen here Railsplitter |
| #5597, aired 2008-12-30 | THE JOY OF TEXT $400: D.H. Donald's biography of this 19th century president made it onto a list of Bill Clinton's favorite books Abraham Lincoln |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | ONCE UPON A NOVEMBER $800: This nervous 33-year-old married Mary Todd on Nov. 4, 1842 Abraham Lincoln |
| #5521, aired 2008-09-15 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $800: On Oct. 15, 1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y. wrote him urging him to grow a beard; he did Abraham Lincoln |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | MEN IN HISTORY $200: This man died April 15, 1865 despite the desperate medical assistance of U.S. Surgeon General Joseph Barnes Abraham Lincoln |
| #5471, aired 2008-05-26 | ART-PODGE $400: The family of this often-depicted U.S. president said sculptor John Rogers created the best likeness of him Abraham Lincoln |
| #5440, aired 2008-04-11 | POLITICAL ASYLUM $2000: When this U.S. president suspended habeas corpus, some critical reporters went to jail Abraham Lincoln |
| #5424, aired 2008-03-20 | AMERICAN LIT $2,000 (Daily Double): In a Whitman poem in memory of Abraham Lincoln, it's the title that precedes "Our fearful trip is done" "O Captain! My Captain!" |
| #5396, aired 2008-02-11 | DESCRIBING THE PRESIDENT $400: Had a Springfield in his step, look him up at his Gettysburg Address, enjoyed the theater a bit too much Abraham Lincoln |
| #5385, aired 2008-01-25 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS $2,000 (Daily Double): This Buffalo lawyer was a bachelor during only the first of his 3 runs for the presidency Grover Cleveland |
| #5374, aired 2008-01-10 | "L"ITERATURE $600: Whitman's "When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd" was an elegy to him Abraham Lincoln |
| #5260, aired 2007-06-22 | PRESIDENTIAL HUMOR $1600: Accused of being two-faced in a debate, this pres. said, "If I had another face, do you think I would wear this one?" Abraham Lincoln |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | BORN FIRST $600: Ulysses Grant,
Abraham Lincoln,
Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce |
| #5209, aired 2007-04-12 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS $2000: This Illinois girl died in 1835; in 1890, she was reburied in Petersburg, Ill. to drum up tourism there Ann Rutledge |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | ROLE $400: Hi, I'm Sam Waterston, and I'm a huge fan of this American president & I've been lucky enough to play him on Broadway & in a TV miniseries Abraham Lincoln |
| #5205, aired 2007-04-06 | ISLANDS IN LITERATURE $600: Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island" was named for this U.S. president who was assassinated Abraham Lincoln |
| #5195, aired 2007-03-23 | ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB $400: He had Hamlin for his veep Abraham Lincoln |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | LETTER MEN $600: In 1930 he directed his first talkie, "Abraham Lincoln", starring Walter Huston D.W. Griffith |
| #5164, aired 2007-02-08 | STATE CAPITALS $800: One of the major attractions in this state capital is the tomb of Abraham Lincoln in Oak Ridge Cemetery Springfield |
| #5157, aired 2007-01-30 | THAT'S MY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE $1,000 (Daily Double): George C. Marshall Harry Truman |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | CHALLENGER $400: He put many of his Republican rivals for the Pres. nomination in his cabinet, including Salmon Chase & William Seward Abraham Lincoln |
| #5112, aired 2006-11-28 | THEY TOOK DEBATE $400: In 1858 Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas had a series of debates over who should be senator from this state Illinois |
| #5101, aired 2006-11-13 | DESPERATE WHITE HOUSE $800: Two days after Fort Sumter fell, this president called for 75,000 men for the army & got more than he could equip Abraham Lincoln |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Abraham Lincoln died across the street from this theatre on April 15, 1865 Ford's Theatre (the Ford Theatre accepted) |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | PRESIDENTIAL FINAL RESTING PLACES $200: Springfield, Illinois Abraham Lincoln |
| #4922, aired 2006-01-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: Like Charles Rushmore, for whom the mount is named, these 2 men on it passed the bar & were lawyers Thomas Jefferson & Abraham Lincoln |
| #4891, aired 2005-12-12 | HEAD GEAR $1600: His hat came up in the 1888 pres. campaign of his grandson (some said it fit, some said it was too big) William Henry Harrison |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | NAME THAT BEARD $200: A former congressman Abraham Lincoln |
| #4877, aired 2005-11-22 | PRESIDENTIAL FAST FACTS $1,200 (Daily Double): He was the only 20th century president who didn't attend formal college Harry Truman |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Some historians call the election in which this man beat John Breckinridge the most important in U.S. history (Abraham) Lincoln |
| #4818, aired 2005-07-13 | IF I'M ELECTED... $400: In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was the first president elected from this political party the Republican |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | QUOTATIONS $200: "You can't fool all of the people all of the time" has been attributed to P.T. Barnum & to this president Abraham Lincoln |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $1600: The Oscar-winning actor who freed the slaves & then became a muckraking journalist F. Murray Abraham Lincoln Steffens |
| #4704, aired 2005-02-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: In 1831 he settled in New Salem, Illinois, where he worked as a clerk in a general store for $15 a month (Abraham) Lincoln |
| #4674, aired 2004-12-23 | PRESIDENTIAL PUZZLES $200: Next in line:
J.B., A.L.,
... A.J. |
| #4630, aired 2004-10-22 | STATE CAPITALS $200: This Nevada capital was founded by Abraham Curry, who named it for a famous frontier scout Carson City |
| #4624, aired 2004-10-14 | NICKNAMES $400: Abraham Lincoln earned this nickname from his skill in chopping wood in half to make fences "the Rail-splitter" |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: Accepting the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in 1858, he said "A house divided against itself cannot stand" Abraham Lincoln |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $400: "The Illinois Baboon" &
"The Martyr President" Abraham Lincoln |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | STATES' MEN $800: Abraham Lincoln &
Jefferson Davis Kentucky |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | BEARING WITNESS $800: Alexander Gardner started out as Mathew Brady's aide & ended up taking one of the last photos of this president Abraham Lincoln |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | NOTABLE NAMES $400 (Daily Double): Researchers say this man killed in 1865 might have been so tall and thin due to a rare condition called Marfan's syndrome Abraham Lincoln |
| #4516, aired 2004-04-05 | THUMB ENCHANTED EVENING $400: Abraham Lincoln once had this diminutive Barnum star & his wife over to the White House (General) Tom Thumb |
| #4500, aired 2004-03-12 | "O" YES! $2000: 3-word title of the play Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was shot Our American Cousin |
| #4480, aired 2004-02-13 | STATE CAPITALS $1200: It became a state capital primarily through the efforts of Abraham Lincoln, who was then in the legislature Springfield |
| #4454, aired 2004-01-08 | BOOKS ABOUT PRESIDENTS $1200: "The Last Best Hope of Earth" Abraham Lincoln |
| #4435, aired 2003-12-12 | QUOTATIONS $800: His first inaugural address gave us the phrase "the better angels of our nature" Abraham Lincoln |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | THE LONG & WINDING ROAD $400: Before numbered U.S. roads, a 3,300-mile highway from Newark, N.J. to San Francisco was named for this President Abraham Lincoln |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | POTPOURRI $800: Excluding the state quarter, they're the 2 current pieces of money with the likeness of Abraham Lincoln the penny & the 5-dollar bill |
| #4389, aired 2003-10-09 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... $600: He was postmaster of New Salem, Illinois Abraham Lincoln |
| #4386, aired 2003-10-06 | POETRY $1200: His poem "O Captain! My Captain!" is an elegy on the death of Abraham Lincoln Walt Whitman |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | LITTLE GREEN MEN $200: On the back of the current U.S. bill fronted by this man, you can see a statue of him Abraham Lincoln |
| #4332, aired 2003-06-03 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Oscar-winning portrayer of Salieri in "Amadeus" who delivered the Gettysburg Address F. Murray Abraham Lincoln |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $200: "The Long 'Un" Abraham Lincoln |
| #4307, aired 2003-04-29 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $800: Stephen T. Logan, & later William H. Herndon, were his law partners in Springfield, Illinois Abraham Lincoln |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | BEFORE THEY WERE PRESIDENT $1000: Before the Civil War, he worked in real estate & at a leather store in Galena, Illinois Ulysses S. Grant |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | WELL SAID $1200: Abraham Lincoln said, "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a" this master |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | FRENCH CLASS: POTPOURRI $600: In May 1922 in Washington, D.C. President Harding unveiled a statue of this man by Daniel Chester French Abraham Lincoln |
| #4249, aired 2003-02-06 | ANDREW JOHNSON $200: Andrew Johnson succeeded this man as president, having served as his vice president for only 6 weeks Abraham Lincoln |
| #4228, aired 2003-01-08 | HISTORIC DATES $800: On April 19, 1865 funeral services were held in the East Room of the White House (Abraham) Lincoln |
| #4215, aired 2002-12-20 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: Teams at a Tennessee university named for this man are nicknamed the Railsplitters Abraham Lincoln |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | AUCTION PACKED $1600: In 1949 a copy of this speech by Abraham Lincoln sold at auction for $54,000 the Gettysburg Address |
| #4173, aired 2002-10-23 | BIRTH OF A PRESIDENT $600: February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky Abraham Lincoln |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | PRESIDENTIAL ETYMOLOGY $800: The first & last names of this president born in 1809 mean "Father of Many Nations" & "Of the Lake Colony" Abraham Lincoln |
| #4164, aired 2002-10-10 | POETRY $400: To Edward Arlington Robinson this president was "The Master" & a "Titan" Abraham Lincoln |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $400 (Daily Double): In the painting seen here, Lincoln is reading this historic document that led to the end of slavery the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $400: It was an 11-year-old girl who first suggested that Lincoln do this to improve his appearance grow a beard |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $800: This speech that Lincoln delivered on a battlefield in 1863 lasted only 2 minutes but its impact was huge the Gettysburg Address |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $1200: Illinois is the "Land of Lincoln", but the birthplace of Lincoln is this state just to the south Kentucky |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $1600: In April 1865 while attending a play at this man's theater, Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth Ford's Theatre |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | DURING THE REAGAN YEARS $800: In 1986 Reagan compared helping this Central American group to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade the Contras |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | I'M NOT PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF YOU $1000: George McClellan Abraham Lincoln |
| #4111, aired 2002-06-17 | NAME THAT PRESIDENT $200: 6'4" but going on 7 feet with hat; a Whig earlier in life; a fan of the theater, unfortunately Abraham Lincoln |
| #4057, aired 2002-04-02 | BEFORE THE WHITE HOUSE $200: Ax-wielding Chief Executive depicted here as he might have looked in 1833 Abraham Lincoln |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | THE QUOTABLE REAGAN $1000: Reagan said this "presidential" band of Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War was "on the wrong side" Abraham Lincoln Brigade (Battalion) |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | PARTY HOPPING $200: In 1846 he was elected to Congress as an Illinois Whig; in 1856 he joined the antislavery Republican Party Abraham Lincoln |
| #3936, aired 2001-10-15 | SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN $600: Favoring moderate terms for reconstruction, he vetoed the Wade-Davis Plan in 1864 Abraham Lincoln |
| #3925, aired 2001-09-28 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $100: During his March 4, 1905 inauguration, this "Rough Rider" wore a ring that had been worn by Abraham Lincoln Teddy Roosevelt |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $500: Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Todd was president of this sleeping car company from 1897 to 1911 Pullman |
| #3873, aired 2001-06-06 | LAS VEGAS HISTORY $100: Las Vegas was still part of the Arizona Territory when this president made Nevada the 36th state in 1864 Abraham Lincoln |
| #3866, aired 2001-05-28 | ORDER $100: Presidents:
James Polk,
James Madison,
Abraham Lincoln Madison, Polk & Lincoln |
| #3860, aired 2001-05-18 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: James Buchanan was the president before him; Andrew Johnson, after him Abraham Lincoln |
| #3848, aired 2001-05-02 | HE'S MY SECRETARY OF WAR $200: In 1863:
Edwin Stanton Abraham Lincoln |
| #3817, aired 2001-03-20 | THEY'RE GREAT! $100: This great president was known as the "Great Emancipator" Abraham Lincoln |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | PRESIDENTIAL DEMISES $500: Abraham Lincoln was assassinated during Act 3, Scene 2 of this stage comedy starring Laura Keene "Our American Cousin" |
| #3778, aired 2001-01-24 | I MARRIED A PRESIDENT $200: Mary Todd Abraham Lincoln |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | IN MY CABINET $600: Salmon Chase,
Edwin Stanton,
William Seward Abraham Lincoln |
| #3758, aired 2000-12-27 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: In the 1830s he was postmaster of New Salem, Illinois & supplemented his income by railsplitting & surveying Abraham Lincoln |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | BOOKS ABOUT PRESIDENTS $300: "The Prairie Years" & "The War Years" Abraham Lincoln |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $3,000 (Daily Double): "...Let us strive on to finish the work we are in...to do all which may achieve & cherish a just & lasting peace..." Abraham Lincoln (second inaugural) |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | STATE CAPITALS $300: Abraham Lincoln moved to this capital city in 1837 Springfield, Illinois |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | PLAYING PRESIDENT $200: 1939:
Henry Fonda Abraham Lincoln ("Young Mr. Lincoln") |
| #3711, aired 2000-10-23 | DEAD POETS SOCIETY $1,000 (Daily Double): Whitman's "When Lilies Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" was an elegy for this man Abraham Lincoln |
| #3697, aired 2000-10-03 | REQUIRED READING $200: The photo seen here is on the cover of an award-winning "photobiography" of this man Abraham Lincoln |
| #3697, aired 2000-10-03 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $800: To visit Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, you have to go to this U.S. state Kentucky |
| #3675, aired 2000-07-21 | OLD HAT $100: Martha Brenner wrote a kids' book on an incident involving this future president's tall black hat Abraham Lincoln |
| #3672, aired 2000-07-18 | CLINICALLY DEPRESSED $200: Known as a humorist, this 16th president was also known for his bouts of depression Abraham Lincoln |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | MY MAINE MAN $800: The first person from Maine to become VP, he served under Abraham Lincoln Hannibal Hamlin |
| #3635, aired 2000-05-26 | AT TIFFANY'S $200: In 1861 Tiffany was commissioned to design a special presentational pitcher for this president's inauguration Abraham Lincoln |
| #3621, aired 2000-05-08 | CELEBRITY ANCESTORS $600: Tom Hanks' family tree includes Nancy Hanks, the mother of this president Abraham Lincoln |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $100: In an 1864 letter, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "If" this "is not wrong, nothing is wrong" Slavery |
| #3592, aired 2000-03-28 | QUOTATIONS $400: In 1858 he said, "I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free" Abraham Lincoln |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In 1892 the Illinois legislature made this president's birthday a legal holiday Abraham Lincoln |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | STATE PARKS $300: North Dakota's Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park was once a fort commanded by this lt. colonel from 1873 to 1876 George Custer |
| #3560, aired 2000-02-11 | THIS OLD HAUNTED HOUSE $800: This 19th C. man's ghost appears at Loudon Cottage, once owned by the woman who sat next to him when he was shot Abraham Lincoln |
| #3557, aired 2000-02-08 | MONEY MEN $200: On the back of his bill is the front of his memorial Abraham Lincoln |
| #3544, aired 2000-01-20 | THE CANDIDATE $1000: The 1864 candidate seen here; he lost to his old boss: George McClellan (he lost to Abraham Lincoln) |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | MILITARY MATTERS $400: One-third of the Americans who made up the Abraham Lincoln Battalion were killed during this country's civil war Spain |
| #3542, aired 2000-01-18 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $200: He's got a national memorial in D.C., one in Indiana & is on Mount Rushmore, to boot Abraham Lincoln |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | VEEPS BY MIDDLE NAME $600: 1857-1861:
Cabell (John C.) Breckinridge |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | ON THEIR PERMANENT RECORDS $200: Although this 16th president rarely went to school, he learned reading, writing & some arithmetic Abraham Lincoln |
| #3477, aired 1999-10-19 | PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES $200: February 12, 1809 near Hodgenville, Kentucky Abraham Lincoln |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | MR. & MISSIVE $200: The letter from him to Mrs. Bixby on the loss of her 5 sons in the Civil War is a classic Abraham Lincoln |
| #3458, aired 1999-09-22 | SIXTEENTH $100: This sixteenth president of the U.S. followed James Buchanan into the White House Abraham Lincoln |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: In his second inaugural address, he said about slavery, "All know that this...was, somehow, the cause of the war" Abraham Lincoln |
| #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 |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | "GRANT"s & "LEE"s $1000: The bill creating these colleges was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln land grant colleges |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $100: At the time of his assassination on April 14, 1865, he had a Confederate $5 bill in his pocket among other items Abraham Lincoln |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | CHARLES DARWIN $100: Charles & this American president were born on the same day, February 12, 1809; Charles lived much longer Abraham Lincoln |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $100: "Uncle Abe" Abraham Lincoln |
| #3346, aired 1999-03-08 | LITTLE HOUSE $100: Noted residents of this type of little house include a young Abraham Lincoln & Tom, a slave in literature Log cabin |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | POTPOURRI $200: The portrait on the U.S. $5 bill is from a photograph taken at this man's studio Mathew Brady |
| #3309, aired 1999-01-14 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MEN $600: The same night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, this Secretary of State was wounded by an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth William Seward |
| #3301, aired 1999-01-04 | SAYS YOU $300: Abraham Lincoln said, "The ballot is stronger than" this the bullet |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | QUOTATIONS $100: On April 15, 1865 Edwin Stanton said this man "belongs to the ages" Abraham Lincoln |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $100: In a letter to Horace Greeley he wrote, "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union" Abraham Lincoln |
| #3275, aired 1998-11-27 | THE PREZ SEZ $300: "The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here..." Abraham Lincoln (the Gettysburg Address) |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | LET'S TALK TURKEY $400: Pass him a drumstick; this president made Thanksgiving a national holiday in the 1860s Abraham Lincoln |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | A WHITMAN SAMPLER $600: It's the title of the movie that featured the following:
"A poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln; now in this class you can either call me 'Mr. Keating', or if you're slightly more daring, 'O Captain! My Captain!'" Dead Poets Society (Robin Williams) |
| #3268, aired 1998-11-18 | PRESIDENTIAL ANAGRAMS $800: A CARBON HILLMAN Abraham Lincoln |
| #3252, aired 1998-10-27 | HE'S MY VICE PRESIDENT! $300: Hannibal Hamlin Abraham Lincoln |
| #3239, aired 1998-10-08 | GO SEE A PLAY OUTSIDE $600: A musical about this president's youth in Indiana is presented in the Indiana state park named for him Abraham Lincoln |
| #3187, aired 1998-06-09 | FAMOUS BEARDS $400: Grace Bedell, age 11, thought this man would win an election by more than a hair if he grew whiskers; he agreed Abraham Lincoln |
| #3182, aired 1998-06-02 | ACTING PRESIDENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): (I'm Sam Waterston) I starred in a 1988 miniseries based on Gore Vidal's book about this president Abraham Lincoln |
| #3179, aired 1998-05-28 | HALLS OF FAME $800 (Daily Double): Inducted into the National Photography Hall of Fame in 1968, he snapped the picture seen here: (Abraham Lincoln) Mathew Brady |
| #3174, aired 1998-05-21 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On July 24, 1858 he issued a formal challenge to debate U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas Abraham Lincoln |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | PRESIDENTS $400: His assassination in 1865 came only 5 days after the surrender at Appomattox Abraham Lincoln |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $100: "The Great Emancipator" Abraham Lincoln |
| #3139, aired 1998-04-02 | ..."UM" $1000: He sculpted the head of Abraham Lincoln for the Capitol Rotunda & on Mt. Rushmore Gutzon Borglum |
| #3119, aired 1998-03-05 | PLAYING PRESIDENT $900 (Daily Double): Joseph Henabery played Abraham Lincoln in this classic film, seen here: (directed by D.W. Griffith in 1915) The Birth Of A Nation |
| #3075, aired 1998-01-02 | WHEN-THEY-WERE-YOUNG FILMS $200: Henry Fonda played him "Young" & Raymond Massey played him young & "In Illinois" Abraham Lincoln |
| #3053, aired 1997-12-03 | PRESIDENTS ON THE MOVE $600: In 1943, in Morocco, FDR became the 1st sitting president since this one to visit an actual theater of war Abraham Lincoln |
| #3046, aired 1997-11-24 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $200: Stephen Vincent Benet said this president was "Six feet one in his stocking feet" & "Tough as a hickory rail" Abraham Lincoln |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $100: He's on the front of the penny & his memorial is on the back Abraham Lincoln |
| #3012, aired 1997-10-07 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: He won a 1951 Pulitzer for his "Complete Poems" & one in 1940 for "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years" (Carl) Sandburg |
| #2998, aired 1997-09-17 | THE LOWELLS $400: One of the first literary tributes to this president is in an 1865 ode by James Russell Lowell Abraham Lincoln |
| #2983, aired 1997-07-16 | SINGERS WHO ACT $200: The 1995 TV movie "Tad" starred Kris Kristofferson in this historic role, Tad's dad Abraham Lincoln |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | THE FOOD BUSINESS $400: In 1833 Abraham Lincoln sold this company's packaged chocolate in his Salem, Ill. country store Baker's |
| #2968, aired 1997-06-25 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: On June 16, 1858 he said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand" Abraham Lincoln |
| #2958, aired 1997-06-11 | ORATORY $200: In 1858, as a Senate hopeful in Illinois, he said, "Nobody has ever expected me to be president" Abraham Lincoln |
| #2931, aired 1997-05-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1000: In 1859, before he was president, he wrote, "He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave" Abraham Lincoln |
| #2930, aired 1997-05-02 | U.S. HISTORY $400: On December 6, 1847 this future president took his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois Abraham Lincoln |
| #2904, aired 1997-03-27 | HAVE A SEAT $500 (Daily Double): Sculptor Daniel Chester French sat this 19-foot marble man in a curule chair Abraham Lincoln |
| #2895, aired 1997-03-14 | CIVIL WAR GENERALS $400: This president said that if Gen. McClellan didn't want to use the army, he would like to borrow it Abraham Lincoln |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $100: In early 1865 he said, "I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice" Abraham Lincoln |
| #2840, aired 1996-12-27 | MONEY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1909, the centennial of his birth, he was put on a U.S. coin Abraham Lincoln |
| #2791, aired 1996-10-21 | FAREWELLS $400: In 1861 he told the people of Springfield, "I now leave not knowing when or whether ever I may return" Abraham Lincoln |
| #2765, aired 1996-09-13 | FORMER POSTAL WORKERS $100: This postmaster of New Salem, Illinois later became President Abraham Lincoln |
| #2744, aired 1996-07-04 | THE SUPREME COURT $200: As an Illinois lawyer, David Davis became a friend of this man who appointed him to the court in 1862 Abraham Lincoln |
| #2724, aired 1996-06-06 | BIOGRAPHIES $1000: Carl Sandburg's biography of Abraham Lincoln consists of "The War Years" & this earlier period the Prairie Years |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | NICKNAMES $200: "The Rail Splitter" Abraham Lincoln |
| #2713, aired 1996-05-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: On Nov. 19, 1863 Abraham Lincoln gave this short speech after Edward Everett spoke for 2 hours the Gettysburg Address |
| #2705, aired 1996-05-10 | HISTORIC HOMES $800 (Daily Double): The Petersen House was known only as home to a tailor who rented out rooms until this president died there Abraham Lincoln |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | THE U.S. $200: The only house Abraham Lincoln ever owned was in this capital city Springfield, Illinois |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: He served in the Illinois legislature as a Whig before becoming the first Republican president Abraham Lincoln |
| #2634, aired 1996-02-01 | LETTER $100: In October 1860 Little Grace Bedell wrote him a letter, saying she thought he should grow whiskers Abraham Lincoln |
| #2613, aired 1996-01-03 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $200: On Dec. 1, 1862 he said, "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free" Abraham Lincoln |
| #2578, aired 1995-11-15 | POLITICS $200: At his first inauguration on March 4, 1861, he said the issue of civil war was not in his hands Abraham Lincoln |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | BLACK AMERICA $100: In 1876 former slaves honored this president with the Emancipation Statue in Washington, D.C. Abraham Lincoln |
| #2519, aired 1995-07-13 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1,800 (Daily Double): His father was named Alphonso, he had 2 half-brothers named Alphonso & his son was Robert Alphonso William Howard Taft |
| #2486, aired 1995-05-29 | ASSASSINATIONS $200: This assassin was at large for 12 days after shooting Abraham Lincoln (John Wilkes) Booth |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | U.S. CITIES $300: Statues of Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas stand on the grounds of its capitol building Springfield, Illinois |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $200: While Illinois is the "Land of Lincoln", this state is his birthplace Kentucky |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $400: He was the only president to obtain one of these; it was for a hydraulic device to lift ships over shoals Patent |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $600: In 1858 Lincoln ran against this man for the U.S. Senate, but lost by a vote of 54 to 46 Stephen Douglas |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $800: In 1832 during Lincoln's brief service in this Indian conflict, he was elected captain of his volunteer company Black Hawk War |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $1000: It's the play Lincoln was attending the night he was assassinated Our American Cousin |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: In Mexico March 21 is a national holiday because it's the birthday of this man, the "Abraham Lincoln" of Mexico Benito Juarez |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): President to whom Edwin Stanton was referring when he said, "Now he belongs to the ages" Abraham Lincoln |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | ODDS & ENDS $100: In an 1856 speech, Abraham Lincoln called this document "the only safeguard of our liberties" the Constitution |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | FAMOUS 19th CENTURY NAMES $800: Abraham Lincoln offered this Italian patriot a command in the U.S. Army Garibaldi |
| #2304, aired 1994-09-15 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: He may have suffered from Marfan's syndrome, a rare disorder featuring long, lanky arms & legs Abraham Lincoln |
| #2303, aired 1994-09-14 | SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS $1000: David Davis, Stephen J. Field, Salmon P. Chase Abraham Lincoln |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | THIRD PARTIES $600: This was a third party when it won the presidency in 1860 with Abraham Lincoln as its candidate the Republican Party |
| #2280, aired 1994-07-01 | GOVERNORS $800: In 1861 Abraham Lincoln chose this former Ohio governor to be his Secretary of the Treasury Chase |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $200: On Feb. 12, 1892 his birthday became an official holiday in Illinois Abraham Lincoln |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: This British naturalist was born on the same day as Abraham Lincoln, February 12, 1809 (Charles) Darwin |
| #2198, aired 1994-03-09 | POETRY $1000: Said to be Abraham Lincoln's first love, she's the subject of a poem by Edgar Lee Masters Ann Rutledge |
| #2187, aired 1994-02-22 | STATE CAPITALS $400: Abraham Lincoln wrote his first inaugural speech at his law office in this state capital Springfield |
| #2163, aired 1994-01-19 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $500: Now called U.S. Highway 30, the first coast-to-coast road for automobiles was named for this U.S. president Abraham Lincoln |
| #2162, aired 1994-01-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Presidents' Day combines George Washington's birthday, February 22, with this date, Abraham Lincoln's February 12th |
| #2145, aired 1993-12-24 | INDIANA $400: He lived in Indiana 1816-1830 & you can visit the burial site of his mother, Nancy Hanks Abraham Lincoln |
| #2144, aired 1993-12-23 | THE 50 STATES $800: Opposing leaders Abraham Lincoln & Jefferson Davis were both born in this state Kentucky |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | VERMONT $800: Popular for skiing, Nancy Hanks Peak in Vermont is named for the mother of this president Abraham Lincoln |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | PRESIDENTS $200: Speaking in Illinois, Benjamin Harrison said this president "had faith in time & time has justified his faith" Abraham Lincoln |
| #2110, aired 1993-11-05 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $100: In his Gettysburg Address, it's how Abraham Lincoln referred to 87 years four score and seven |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: Prior to becoming the 16th President, he declined an offer to be governor of the Oregon Territory in 1849 Abraham Lincoln |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Mary Surratt was among the 4 people hanged for this crime the murder of Abraham Lincoln |
| #2056, aired 1993-07-12 | NOTABLE NAMES $300: This president was born at Sinking Spring Farm in Kentucky on February 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln |
| #2039, aired 1993-06-17 | CABINET MEMBERS $400: He served as Secretary of State under both Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson (William) Seward |
| #2025, aired 1993-05-28 | HEADLINES $400: February 17, 1923:
His "tomb opened; not disturbed" King Tut |
| #2010, aired 1993-05-07 | HISTORY $300: He said of his wife's family, "One 'D' is good enough for God, but not for the Todds" Abraham Lincoln |
| #1984, aired 1993-04-01 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Americans fought in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion in this 1936-39 conflict the Spanish Civil War |
| #1976, aired 1993-03-22 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $200: He was the first president over 6' tall; 6'2" to be exact, no lie George Washington |
| #1963, aired 1993-03-03 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES $600: His mother, Nancy Hanks, may have been born out of wedlock Abraham Lincoln |
| #1912, aired 1992-12-22 | THE CAPITOL BUILDING $400: State funerals for Abraham Lincoln & JFK took place in this circular area under the dome the rotunda |
| #1902, aired 1992-12-08 | POTPOURRI $200: Abraham Lincoln dedicated this cemetery by saying that "We cannot hallow—this ground" Gettysburg |
| #1900, aired 1992-12-04 | THE 19th CENTURY $200: In 1861 this pres.-elect said, "I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number" Abraham Lincoln |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: In his 2nd inaugural address, he called for peace "with malice toward none; with charity for all" Abraham Lincoln |
| #1837, aired 1992-09-08 | PRESIDENTIAL MOMS $200: Nancy Hanks (Abraham) Lincoln |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | STATE CAPITALS $200: Abraham Lincoln's tomb, completed & dedicated in 1874, is this city's greatest monument Springfield |
| #1783, aired 1992-05-06 | BIOGRAPHIES $800: "Lincoln of Our Literature" is the apt subtitle of a biography of this Abraham Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg |
| #1744, aired 1992-03-12 | 1892 $100: The Illinois legislature made the anniversary of his birth, February 12, a holiday Abraham Lincoln |
| #1734, aired 1992-02-27 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: At his March 4, 1905 inaugural, he wore a ring containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair Theodore Roosevelt |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | QUOTES $1,600 (Daily Double): It's to whom Edwin Stanton was referring when he said, "Now he belongs to the ages" Abraham Lincoln |
| #1721, aired 1992-02-10 | ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $600: He's buried in Arlington; his father's tomb is in Springfield, Illinois Robert Todd Lincoln |
| #1702, aired 1992-01-14 | STATE CAPITALS $200: The only home Abraham Lincoln ever owned is in this capital city Springfield (Illinois) |
| #1670, aired 1991-11-29 | TENNESSEE $1000: In 1862 Abraham Lincoln appointed this man military governor of Tennessee Andrew Johnson |
| #1666, aired 1991-11-25 | QUOTES $400: An 1864 quote attributed to this President says, "Marriage is neither heaven nor hell" Abraham Lincoln |
| #1637, aired 1991-10-15 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $2,600 (Daily Double): Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas were vying for this office when they had their famous debates Senator from Illinois |
| #1633, aired 1991-10-09 | AWARDS $300: This poet's "Abraham Lincoln the Warrior" won a 1940 Pulitzer Prize for history Carl Sandburg |
| #1620, aired 1991-09-20 | GREAT NICKNAMES $100: "The Great Emancipator" Abraham Lincoln |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In the election of 1860, 10 slave states didn't even put his name on the ballot & he still won Abraham Lincoln |
| #1535, aired 1991-04-12 | 5-LETTER WORDS $100: Abraham Lincoln said, "As I would not be" one of these, "so I would not be a master" a slave |
| #1490, aired 1991-02-08 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $800: Abraham Lincoln made over 50 speeches for this Republican presidential candidate in 1856 John Frémont |
| #1473, aired 1991-01-16 | FLAGS $600: His wife's nephew, William Todd, designed the original bear flag of California Abraham Lincoln |
| #1468, aired 1991-01-09 | NOTORIOUS $1,200 (Daily Double): Lewis Payne, David Herold, George Atzerodt & Mary Surratt were all hanged for conspiring in his murder Abraham Lincoln |
| #1467, aired 1991-01-08 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $1000: "Old Buck" James Buchanan |
| #1460, aired 1990-12-28 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $400: "The Sage of Springfield" Abraham Lincoln |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | COUNTIES $400: Abraham Lincoln has 18 counties named for him; this debate foe has 12 (Stephen) Douglas |
| #1434, aired 1990-11-22 | THANKSGIVING $200: Sarah Hale's letters to this president convinced him to proclaim it a national holiday in 1863 Abraham Lincoln |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | PLAYWRIGHTS $200: At 6'7", Robert Sherwood was 3 inches taller than this president he wrote a play about in 1938 Abraham Lincoln |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | POETRY $400: This Illinois poet wrote what many consider to be the definitive biography of Abraham Lincoln Carl Sandburg |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: Abraham Lincoln & Jefferson Davis were born in this state Kentucky |
| #1406, aired 1990-10-15 | BEARDS $300: He was the first U.S. president to wear one while in office Abraham Lincoln |
| #1380, aired 1990-09-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: This American's birthday was 1st observed by New York City's Republican Club in 1887 & by Illinois in 1892 Abraham Lincoln |
| #1378, aired 1990-09-05 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $100: At 6' 4", he was our tallest president, & the first to wear a beard Abraham Lincoln |
| #9, aired 1990-08-11 | PRESIDENTS $1500: After his son Willie died, he participated in several seances to try to contact him Abraham Lincoln |
| #1375, aired 1990-07-20 | POLITICAL QUOTES $200: Ironically, it was Abraham Lincoln who said, "The ballot is stronger than" this the bullet |
| #1319, aired 1990-05-03 | PROPHECIES & PREDICTIONS $200: In April 1865 he had a dream foretelling his assassination Abraham Lincoln |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | INDIANA $800: 19th century president who grew to manhood in southern Indiana Abraham Lincoln |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | PRESIDENTS $200: 3 of his many nicknames were "Buffoon", "Tycoon" & "Illinois Baboon" Abraham Lincoln |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | NATIONAL LANDMARKS $300: The log cabin representing this president's birthplace is in a granite bldg. near Hodgenville, KY. Abraham Lincoln |
| #1255, aired 1990-02-02 | INVENTIONS $500: Only president granted a patent at any time in his life; he got it in 1849 for a ship flotation device Abraham Lincoln |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | CANADIAN ACTORS $1000: This veteran character actor played Abraham Lincoln, Dodsworth & The Devil in "All That Money Can Buy" Walter Huston (father of John) |
| #1224, aired 1989-12-21 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $400: Yes, he knew Ann Rutledge, but there's no evidence of a great love affair Abraham Lincoln |
| #1197, aired 1989-11-14 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $100: He was the first living president to appear on U.S. paper money--on a $10 demand note authorized in 1861 Abraham Lincoln |
| #1194, aired 1989-11-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $500: Best known for "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight", he published at least a dozen volumes of poems Vachel Lindsay |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Coinciding with the birth of Frederick Douglass & Abraham Lincoln, it's Black History Month February |
| #1182, aired 1989-10-24 | ILLINOIS $200: In 1858, 2 years before he was elected president, he ran for the Senate from Illinois & lost Abraham Lincoln |
| #1162, aired 1989-09-26 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $400: This wartime president had previously served in the Black Hawk War but saw no fighting Abraham Lincoln |
| #1141, aired 1989-07-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Although a Rep. president, Abraham Lincoln earlier served in Congress as a member of this party a Whig |
| #1040, aired 1989-02-24 | HATS $200: The tall silk hat worn by Abraham Lincoln named for its resemblance to a rooftop fixture stovepipe |
| #991, aired 1988-12-19 | STATE CAPITALS $100: The only house Abraham Lincoln ever owned is at 8th and Jackson Streets in this state capital Springfield (Illinois) |
| #985, aired 1988-12-09 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: Completes the inscription on a Civil War campaign medal, "With malice toward none, with..." charity for all |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | U.S. HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): The day known as "Black Easter" in American history was the day after he died Abraham Lincoln |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $100: As an Illinois Congressman, he attended the inaugural ball of Zachary Taylor Abraham Lincoln |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | THE 19th CENTURY $500 (Daily Double): While trying to solve the slavery problem in 1850 he said, "I would rather be right than be president" Henry Clay |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $300: "The Sage of Springfield" Abraham Lincoln |
| #902, aired 1988-07-05 | PRESIDENTS $800 (Daily Double): The 2 presidents referred to in the following song, Dion's only million seller:
"Anybody here seen my old friend Martin? /
Can you tell me where he's gone? /
He freed a lot of people /
But it seems the good they die young..." (Abraham) Lincoln & (John) Kennedy |
| #884, aired 1988-06-09 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $300: He was called by some the "Illinois Baboon" Abraham Lincoln |
| #874, aired 1988-05-26 | POETRY $800: In the poem named for her, Edgar L. Masters called her "beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln" Ann Rutledge |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $400: On June 11, 1896, the government bought the D.C. house in which he died 31 years earlier Abraham Lincoln |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | AMERICAN POETRY $500: It's who Vachel Lindsay called "The Prairie Lawyer, Master of Us All" Abraham Lincoln |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | "NEW" ON THE MAP $800: This Illinois village where Abraham Lincoln lived has been rebuilt & is now a state park New Salem |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The 1st time his birthday was formally observed was February 12, 1866 in Washington, D.C. Abraham Lincoln |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | PHOBIAS $1000: It's why a pogonophobic would have been afraid of Abe Lincoln after 1860 but not before afraid of beards |
| #759, aired 1987-12-17 | CLASSIC CINEMA $400: In 1915 film, "Birth of a Nation", Joseph Henabery played this president Abraham Lincoln |
| #758, aired 1987-12-16 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: Before becoming a Republican, Abraham Lincoln belonged to this political party the Whigs |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: In 1874, 5 years after leaving office, he was elected to the Senate, becoming the only former pres. to do so Andrew Johnson |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | PRESIDENTIAL LIFESPANS $100: February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln |
| #729, aired 1987-11-05 | BIOGRAPHIES $1000: "With Malice Toward None" Abraham Lincoln |
| #721, aired 1987-10-26 | INDIANA $500: A southern Indiana farm, now a national memorial, is where this president grew to manhood Abraham Lincoln |
| #719, aired 1987-10-22 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES $200: This president's grandfather Abraham was shot to death by an Indian in 1786 Abraham Lincoln |
| #693, aired 1987-09-16 | U.S. CURRENCY $300: Only president to have his name on both the front & back of a currently circulated bill Abraham Lincoln |
| #678, aired 1987-07-15 | HISTORY $2,900 (Daily Double): John T. Ford was imprisoned for over a month in 1865 because he owned this Ford's Theater |
| #635, aired 1987-05-15 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 Presidents under whom William Seward, who arranged the Alaska Purchase, served Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson |
| #625, aired 1987-05-01 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $500: You can visit Petersen House, which still appears as it did when this president died there Abraham Lincoln |
| #619, aired 1987-04-23 | ACTORS & ROLE $400: Walter Huston, Henry Fonda, Raymond Massey & Hal Holbrook all played this Kentucky-born president Abraham Lincoln |
| #608, aired 1987-04-08 | AMERICAN INDIANS $1000: Abraham Lincoln was company captain in brief war against this Sauk chief Black Hawk |
| #597, aired 1987-03-24 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $200 (Daily Double): President & place where he said, "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here" Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg |
| #596, aired 1987-03-23 | PRESIDENTS $400: While Wm. H. Harrison served shortest term, this assassinated president served the 2nd-shortest, 6 1/2 months (James) Garfield |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: At age 8, this Civil War era President was the only Protestant student in a Catholic school Jefferson Davis |
| #563, aired 1987-02-04 | U.S. LANDMARKS $100: A marble memorial now houses the log cabin that housed him at birth near Hodgenville, Ky. Abraham Lincoln |
| #556, aired 1987-01-26 | FAMOUS LASTS $800: It was the last play Abraham Lincoln ever went to see Our American Cousin |
| #550, aired 1987-01-16 | KIND OF A DRAG $400: A D.C. hotel said death threats caused him to sneak in wearing women's clothes before his 1861 inauguration Abraham Lincoln |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: He said, "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it" Abraham Lincoln |
| #535, aired 1986-12-26 | PRESIDENTS $100: He was the 1st president to be assassinated Abraham Lincoln |
| #527, aired 1986-12-16 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $200: "With malice toward none, with charity for all" Abraham Lincoln |
| #525, aired 1986-12-12 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: He complained that while 1 "d" was enough to spell God, it took 2 "d's" for Todd Abraham Lincoln |
| #511, aired 1986-11-24 | GREAT ROMANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): Poet Edgar Lee Masters said this man's spirit of forgiveness derived from his love for Anne Rutledge Abraham Lincoln |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | BIBLICAL NAMES $200: At this man's inaugural, Mathew Brady took the first photo of a president being sworn in Abraham Lincoln |
| #499, aired 1986-11-06 | SEPTEMBER $400: On Sept. 8, 1858, in a speech in Clinton, Ill., he said his "You can fool all of the people..." line Abraham Lincoln |
| #493, aired 1986-10-29 | EARLY AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): After lying for 100 years in an unmarked Paris grave, remains of this hero were moved to Annapolis in 1905 John Paul Jones |
| #486, aired 1986-10-20 | POETRY $200: In Vachel Lindsay poem, he "Walks at Midnight (in Springfield, Illinois)" Abraham Lincoln |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | POLITICAL PARTIES $400: Abraham Lincoln served in Congress as a member of this party Whig |
| #426, aired 1986-04-28 | PRESIDENTS $200: When this Illinois lawyer told a funny story in court, the clerk was fined $5 for laughing Abraham Lincoln |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | CAPTAINS $400: Walt Whitman's poem, "O Captain, My Captain", is a tribute to this slain president Abraham Lincoln |
| #420, aired 1986-04-18 | SUPPORTING CHARACTERS $800: This actor was fittingly chosen to portray Abraham Lincoln briefly in "How the West Was Won" Raymond Massey |
| #416, aired 1986-04-14 | POLITICAL QUOTES $800: At his 2nd inauguration he said, "With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right" Abraham Lincoln |
| #408, aired 1986-04-02 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: Both Jefferson Davis & Abraham Lincoln were born in this state Kentucky |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Year in which Ku Klux Klan was founded & Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 1865 |
| #338, aired 1985-12-25 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $100: President who wore size 13 shoes & probably never told a lie about it George Washington |
| #338, aired 1985-12-25 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $400: In 1976, it was revealed he had a pocketknife & a Confederate $5 bill in his pockets the night of his death Abraham Lincoln |
| #305, aired 1985-11-08 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $200: He insisted on repaying an $1,100 debt though it took years to earn him this nickname Honest Abe |
| #305, aired 1985-11-08 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $400: Because biographers say she made his life a hell on earth some consider her the worst first lady Mary Todd Lincoln |
| #305, aired 1985-11-08 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $600: In the election of 1860 he won none of this, his native state's, electoral votes Kentucky |
| #305, aired 1985-11-08 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $1,000 (Daily Double): 1 of 3 Democrats who ran against him for president (1 of) John Breckinridge, Douglas or George McClellan |
| #305, aired 1985-11-08 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $1000: Lincoln was a member of this political party until it dissolved in 1856 the Whigs |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | PRESIDENTS $200: He supposedly said, we know God prefers common-looking people because he made so many Abraham Lincoln |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | CIVIL WAR $600: "Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged!" what John Wilkes Booth said when he assassinated Abraham Lincoln |
| #188, aired 1985-05-29 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: 19th c. president who described his marriage as "neither heaven nor hell, simply purgatory" Abraham Lincoln |
| #183, aired 1985-05-22 | PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS $300: The first Republican to win the presidency Abraham Lincoln |
| #157, aired 1985-04-16 | POLITICAL QUOTES $300: He was quoting from the Bible when he said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand" Abraham Lincoln |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | FIRST LADIES $200: He was introduced to his future first lady, Dolley Todd, by Aaron Burr James Madison |
| #146, aired 1985-04-01 | SLEEP $200: He actually never slept in the famous White House bedroom named for him Abraham Lincoln |
| #122, aired 1985-02-26 | WORLD HISTORY $200: American Abraham Lincoln Brigade fought in this country's Civil War Spain |
| #114, aired 1985-02-14 | U.S.A. $600: Both Abraham Lincoln & Jefferson Davis were born in this state, less than 100 miles apart Kentucky |
| #108, aired 1985-02-06 | GREAT ROMANCES $300: After the death of his sweetheart, Ann Rutledge, he married Mary Todd Abraham Lincoln |
| #78, aired 1984-12-26 | PRESIDENTS $200: At 6'4" he was our tallest Abraham Lincoln |
| #66, aired 1984-12-10 | PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS $100: Though Detective Pinkerton saved him once, he later became 1st assassinated president Abraham Lincoln |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | INDIANS $1000: President whose only military service was in Illinois' Blackhawk War in 1830 Abraham Lincoln |
| #60, aired 1984-11-30 | GHOSTS $500: Interested in psychic research while pres., his ghost is said to haunt the White House Abraham Lincoln |
| #54, aired 1984-11-22 | PRESIDENTS $800: 1st president to wear a beard Abraham Lincoln |
| #16, aired 1984-10-01 | PRESIDENTS $100: He held office "4 score & 7 years" after founding of our country Abraham Lincoln |
