#9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORLD CITIES $1000: The Atlantic port city Essaouira in this North African country was planned by an 18th century French architect Morocco |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AFRICAN CITIES $400: The African Union has its headquarters in this Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AFRICAN CITIES $800: South Africa has 3 capitals; Pretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial) & this one (legislative) Cape Town |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AFRICAN CITIES $1200: Everybody comes to this city also known as Dar Al-Beïda--everybody in Morocco, that is Casablanca |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AFRICAN CITIES $1600: Windhoek is the capital of this southwest African nation that gained independence in 1990 Namibia |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AFRICAN CITIES $2000: Libya's second-largest city, this port on the Mediterranean sadly made international news in 2012 Benghazi |
#24, aired 2024-01-09 | NUMERICAL PLACE NAMES $400: This north African capital's name reflects its history as one of 3 ancient neighboring cities Tripoli |
#8880, aired 2023-05-26 | WORLD CITIES $1600: This city on the north coast of Colombia was named for one founded in 3rd century Spain by the North African general Hasdrubal Cartagena |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | AROUND THE WORLD $4,000 (Daily Double): This African capital due south of Sicily got its name from a region with 3 ancient Phoenician cities Tripoli |
#8393, aired 2021-05-05 | AFRICAN CITIES $400: A 17th century fortress called the Kasbah des Oudaias overlooks this nation's capital, Rabat Morocco |
#8393, aired 2021-05-05 | AFRICAN CITIES $800: Mombasa is a major port city of Kenya on this body of water the Indian Ocean |
#8393, aired 2021-05-05 | AFRICAN CITIES $1200: The University of Johannesburg dates from the Transvaal Technical Institute, begun to aid this industry diamond mining |
#8393, aired 2021-05-05 | AFRICAN CITIES $1600: After a 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca, Emperor Mansa Musa built a great mosque in this caravan city on the edge of the Sahara in Mali Timbuktu |
#8393, aired 2021-05-05 | AFRICAN CITIES $2000: Southerton & Workington are suburbs of this Zimbabwean capital once called Salisbury Harare |
#8342, aired 2021-02-23 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: Formerly French, this large nation has its main cities like Oran up near the Mediterranean & a vast, largely empty south Algeria |
#8319, aired 2021-01-21 | CLEVELAND: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm Chris Frye from WOIO.) In 1967, Cleveland voters chose Democrat Carl Stokes over Republican Seth Taft, making Stokes the first African American to hold this office in one of America's major cities mayor |
#8195, aired 2020-04-03 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Of Morocco's 4 imperial cities, this capital is the only one on the coast Rabat |
#7985, aired 2019-05-03 | WORLD CITIES $1600: If you're gonna lie in the heart of something, make it the gold field of the Witwatersrand, like this huge South African city Johannesburg |
#7939, aired 2019-02-28 | CITIES $200: The famous "shores of" this African capital city are on the Mediterranean Tripoli |
#7795, aired 2018-06-29 | OLYMPIC HOST CITIES $800: The 1976 Summer Games in this Canadian city were boycotted by 22 African nations Montreal |
#7711, aired 2018-03-05 | AFRICAN CITIES $400: Tanzania's Dar es Salaam literally means "house of" this in Arabic peace |
#7711, aired 2018-03-05 | AFRICAN CITIES $800: Like Rome, Ibadan in Nigeria was built on this many hills seven |
#7711, aired 2018-03-05 | AFRICAN CITIES $1200: Throngs of people were trying to get into Tahrir Square in this African capital in February 2011 Cairo |
#7711, aired 2018-03-05 | AFRICAN CITIES $2000: Its situation on an island makes Mombasa the ideal place for this country's biggest port city Kenya |
#7711, aired 2018-03-05 | AFRICAN CITIES $4,000 (Daily Double): Seen here are the red walls of this city that gave the country Morocco its name Marrakech |
#7071, aired 2015-05-18 | LITERARY CITIES $2000: Lawrence Durrell wrote an immense "quartet" of novels set in this African city Alexandria |
#7041, aired 2015-04-06 | 5-LETTER CAPITAL CITIES $2000: It's the westernmost capital on the African mainland Dakar |
#6909, aired 2014-10-02 | ATLANTIC CITIES $2000: This Senegalese capital is the westernmost city of the African mainland Dakar |
#6909, aired 2014-10-02 | ATLANTIC CITIES $3,000 (Daily Double): This South African city is often called "the mother city" because it was the first place in the nation settled by Europeans Cape Town |
#6515, aired 2013-01-04 | AFRICAN CITIES $200: Several bridges, including El Tahrir, cross the Nile in this capital Cairo |
#6515, aired 2013-01-04 | AFRICAN CITIES $400 (Daily Double): The name of this largest Moroccan city combines 2 Spanish words Casablanca |
#6515, aired 2013-01-04 | AFRICAN CITIES $400: This port is the southernmost of South Africa's 3 capitals Cape Town |
#6515, aired 2013-01-04 | AFRICAN CITIES $800: Wooden 2-story verandas in this Liberian capital are an architectural link to the U.S. south Monrovia |
#6515, aired 2013-01-04 | AFRICAN CITIES $1000: Named for a 19th century queen, this capital of the Seychelles has fewer than 30,000 people Victoria |
#6372, aired 2012-05-08 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Port cities on this sea include Massawa in Eritrea & Hurghada in Egypt the Red Sea |
#6143, aired 2011-05-04 | SISTER CITIES $800: Most of New York's sisters are world capitals--but not this largest South African city Johannesburg |
#5520, aired 2008-09-12 | TUNISIA $200: Like many North African cities, this Tunisian capital has an older section called the Casbah Tunis |
#5378, aired 2008-01-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1600: Oran & Annaba are important cities in this north African nation Algeria |
#5195, aired 2007-03-23 | AFRICAN CITIES $200: In ancient times Giza, a suburb of this city, served as a large cemetery, or necropolis Cairo |
#5195, aired 2007-03-23 | AFRICAN CITIES $400: This Sudanese capital was destroyed by the Mahdists in 1885; Lord Kitchener began to rebuild it in 1898 Khartoum |
#5195, aired 2007-03-23 | AFRICAN CITIES $600: Crosby, Stills & Nash could tell you that the 220-foot-high Kutubiyyah Mosque towers over this Moroccan city Marrakesh |
#5195, aired 2007-03-23 | AFRICAN CITIES $1000: While in this capital, tourists should see the well-preserved Roman aqueduct between Carthage & Zaghouan Tunis |
#5195, aired 2007-03-23 | AFRICAN CITIES $3,000 (Daily Double): The name of this South African city honors someone's first name; there's dispute over which of 3 Dutchmen it was Johannesburg |
#4827, aired 2005-09-13 | MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY $600: The name of this North African city means "three cities" & refers to the ancient cities of Oea, Sabrata & Leptis Major Tripoli |
#4677, aired 2004-12-28 | SPECS & THE CITY $400: Of the 10 most populous U.S. cities, this Michigan city has the highest percentage of African-Americans Detroit |
#4571, aired 2004-06-21 | LET'S VISIT AFRICA $1200: Ibadan, Abuja & Ogbomosho are all cities in this African nation of over 125 million Nigeria |
#4358, aired 2003-07-09 | GIMME AN "E" $2000: Gonder & Dire Dawa are major cities in this east African country Ethiopia |
#4321, aired 2003-05-19 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CITIES $400: Zagazig,
Memphis,
Aswan Egypt |
#4321, aired 2003-05-19 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CITIES $800: Kimberley,
Humansdorp,
Soweto South Africa |
#4321, aired 2003-05-19 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CITIES $1200: Tangier,
Meknes,
Casablanca Morocco |
#4321, aired 2003-05-19 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CITIES $1600: Malindi,
Machakos,
Mombasa Kenya |
#4321, aired 2003-05-19 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CITIES $2000: Tobruk,
Benghazi,
As-Sidrah Libya |
#4105, aired 2002-06-07 | AFRICAN CITIES $400: Jo'burg is a nickname for this city founded in the 1880s Johannesburg |
#4105, aired 2002-06-07 | AFRICAN CITIES $800: You'll find this Egyptian city at the southern entrance to the canal of the same name Suez |
#4105, aired 2002-06-07 | AFRICAN CITIES $1200: The capital of the Seychelles has this "queenly" name, like the capital of British Columbia Victoria |
#4105, aired 2002-06-07 | AFRICAN CITIES $2000: Update your address book--Tanzania's capital is moving from this city to Dodoma Dar es Salaam |
#4105, aired 2002-06-07 | AFRICAN CITIES $5,000 (Daily Double): As luck would have it, the 1942 film named for this city opened 3 weeks after the Allies landed there Casablanca |
#3791, aired 2001-02-12 | AFRICAN CITIES $100: Tourbooks suggest shopping for baskets on Muindi Mbingu Street in this Kenyan capital Nairobi |
#3791, aired 2001-02-12 | AFRICAN CITIES $200: This capital city's Grand Palace was once home to Haile Selassie Addis Ababa |
#3791, aired 2001-02-12 | AFRICAN CITIES $300: Founded in 332 B.C., this port city was designed by Dinocrates, architect to Alexander the Great Alexandria |
#3791, aired 2001-02-12 | AFRICAN CITIES $400: Sudan's national museum is in this capital city Khartoum |
#3791, aired 2001-02-12 | AFRICAN CITIES $800 (Daily Double): It's the oldest of Morocco's imperial cities, & a fine place to shop for a hat Fez |
#3612, aired 2000-04-25 | WORLD CITIES $2,500 (Daily Double): Emperor Menelik II founded this African capital in 1887 Addis Ababa |
#2969, aired 1997-06-26 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: Lagos, Ibadan & Ogbomosho are the largest cities of this West African nation Nigeria |
#2803, aired 1996-11-06 | WORLD CITIES $100: Residents of this African city are called Cairenes Cairo |
#2471, aired 1995-05-08 | WORLD CITIES $400: Omdurman, not Khartoum, is the largest city in this largest African country Sudan |
#2446, aired 1995-04-03 | AFRICAN CITIES $200: This largest South African city is often called the Golden City, in reference to nearby gold mines Johannesburg |
#2446, aired 1995-04-03 | AFRICAN CITIES $400: Port Said, Egypt was founded by the builders of this waterway Suez Canal |
#2446, aired 1995-04-03 | AFRICAN CITIES $600: Kampala, capital of Uganda, lies on the shores of this largest African lake Lake Victoria |
#2446, aired 1995-04-03 | AFRICAN CITIES $800: The city of Zanzibar, now in this country, was a major slave trading center Tanzania |
#2446, aired 1995-04-03 | AFRICAN CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): When this country became independent in 1962, Kigali became its capital Rwanda |
#2413, aired 1995-02-15 | WORLD CITIES $200: This South African city may have been named for Surveyor-General Johannes Rissik Johannesburg |
#2109, aired 1993-11-04 | AFRICAN CITIES $200: This second-largest Egyptian city is built on sand dunes between the Mediterranean & Lake Mareotis Alexandria |
#2109, aired 1993-11-04 | AFRICAN CITIES $400: The Organization of African Unity is headquartered in this Ethiopian city Addis Ababa |
#2109, aired 1993-11-04 | AFRICAN CITIES $600: In Afrikaans this city is Kaapstad Cape Town |
#2109, aired 1993-11-04 | AFRICAN CITIES $800: In 1976 Nigeria announced plans to move the capital from this city to Abuja Lagos |
#2109, aired 1993-11-04 | AFRICAN CITIES $1000: Vasco da Gama visited Mombasa, now in this East African country, in 1498 Kenya |
#2099, aired 1993-10-21 | WORLD CITIES $100: Suburbs of this African city include Heliopolis, Nasr City & Giza Cairo |
#2029, aired 1993-06-03 | WORLD CITIES $800: Dakar, the capital of this country, is the westernmost city on the African mainland Senegal |
#2011, aired 1993-05-10 | ATLANTIC CITIES $200: This South African capital can be spelled as 1 word or 2 Capetown |
#1675, aired 1991-12-06 | WORLD CITIES $600: The South African stock exchange is in this city, the economic heart of the country Johannesburg |
#1544, aired 1991-04-25 | CAPITAL CITIES $600: The new city of Abuja has succeeded Lagos as capital of this African nation Nigeria |
#1426, aired 1990-11-12 | WORLD CITIES $400: Spain controls the cities of Ceuta & Melilla in this North African country Morocco |
#1327, aired 1990-05-15 | WORLD CITIES $1000: Mombasa, which lies on an island in the Indian Ocean, is the main port of this E. African country Kenya |
#996, aired 1988-12-26 | CAPITAL CITIES $1000: 1 of 5 African capitals with 2-word names (1 of) Addis Ababa (Cape Town, Port Louis, Porto-Novo, & Sao Tomé) |
#505, aired 1986-11-14 | U.S. CITIES $200: The 1985 Live-Aid concert for African relief was held simultaneously in London & this U.S. city Philadelphia |
#407, aired 1986-04-01 | WORLD CITIES $300: Largest African city west of Egypt, this port has a Spanish name & French architecture Casablanca |
#297, aired 1985-10-29 | WORLD CAPITALS $500 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 North African countries whose names were taken from their capital cities Tunisia (or Algeria) |
#289, aired 1985-10-17 | "C" CITIES $100: Batman & Superman would fit right in on the streets of this South African capital Cape Town |