#8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $2000: This landlocked African country was once called Nyasaland Malawi |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | BIG RIVER $1600: Its drainage basin includes parts of Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Zambia & 2 other countries the Congo |
#8741, aired 2022-11-14 | THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE $1,800 (Daily Double): You can go from "A" to "Z" crossing the 660-mile border between these 2 southern African countries Angola & Zambia |
#8578, aired 2022-02-16 | COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR $1200: Neighboring nations on the equator, a republic & a democratic republic are both named for this African river the Congo |
#8405, aired 2021-05-21 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $1200: Residents of this West African country are known as Burkinabe Burkina Faso |
#8342, aired 2021-02-23 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: The Nairobi Animal Orphanage is in this country Kenya |
#8342, aired 2021-02-23 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: "(Kinshasa)" sometimes follows the name of this country the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
#8342, aired 2021-02-23 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: Some in Puntland, part of this East African country, defend piracy as a response to illegal fishing & toxic dumping Somalia |
#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 |
#8342, aired 2021-02-23 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $4,000 (Daily Double): They're the two countries highlighted here; insert two letters into the name of one to get the other Mali & Malawi |
#7927, aired 2019-02-12 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: In 2018 this southern African "land" changed its name to Eswatini Swaziland |
#7908, aired 2019-01-16 | COUNTRIES $1000: Ras Dashen, this African country's highest peak, has been translated as "General Who Fights in Front of the Emperor" Ethiopia |
#7852, aired 2018-10-30 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: The splendors of Victoria Falls are found on the border of these 2 "Z" countries of Africa Zambia and Zimbabwe |
#7825, aired 2018-09-21 | COUNTRIES WITH FEWER THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE $1600: The small African nation of Djibouti has a strategic location on this sea the Red Sea |
#7589, aired 2017-09-14 | LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the official language in 5 African countries, including Mozambique & Cape Verde Portuguese |
#7513, aired 2017-04-19 | THE COMMONWEALTH $800: 2.2 billion people reside in 52 member countries, alphabetically from Antigua & Barbuda to this African nation Zambia |
#7426, aired 2016-12-19 | LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: After the 1993 secession of Eritrea, this other "E" nation became landlocked Ethiopia |
#7426, aired 2016-12-19 | LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: This country became independent in 2011 (yay!) but in the process lost coastal access to the Red Sea (bummer) South Sudan |
#7426, aired 2016-12-19 | LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: Algeria is on the northern border of this 4-letter nation Mali |
#7426, aired 2016-12-19 | LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $2000: This 2-word nation whose name means "Land of Honorable People" is landlocked like its neighbor Niger Burkina Faso |
#7426, aired 2016-12-19 | LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $3,200 (Daily Double): If you turned in 175 quadrillion of this country's old currency in 2015, you would get 5 U.S. dollars Zimbabwe |
#7382, aired 2016-10-18 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $2000: The name of this West African country may refer to the shape of nearby hills resembling a certain beast Sierra Leone |
#7375, aired 2016-10-07 | AFRICAN LAKES $1,000 (Daily Double): One of the world's largest manmade lakes, Lake Kariba lies on "Z" border of these 2 African countries Zambia & Zimbabwe |
#7311, aired 2016-05-30 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: The Ganda are one of its major ethnic groups Uganda |
#7311, aired 2016-05-30 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: It gets its "N"ame from its large coastal desert Namibia |
#7311, aired 2016-05-30 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: There was once a place called Italian East Africa; now most of it is this Ethiopia |
#7311, aired 2016-05-30 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: In 1462 an explorer gave this country its name, possibly because a nearby mountain resembled a lion Sierra Leone |
#7311, aired 2016-05-30 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $2000: Gambia or the Gambia was once part of a union with this country that surrounds it Senegal |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | RECENT AFRICAN HISTORY $400: In Sept. 2015 Liberia, one of the 3 countries hardest hit by this terrible disease, was declared free of it Ebola |
#7189, aired 2015-12-10 | FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $2000: In 1985 this African nation officially changed its name to the French version Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $400: Tunis Tunisia |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $800: Addis Ababa Ethiopia |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $1200: Khartoum Sudan |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $1600: Kampala Uganda |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $2000: Abuja Nigeria |
#6790, aired 2014-03-07 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: THE 1990s $800: (The New York Times reporter James Risen gives the clue.) In 1998 I reported on the deadly al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in these 2 neighboring African countries, a prelude to the worse attacks to follow Kenya & Tanzania |
#6759, aired 2014-01-23 | HEAD FOR THE BORDERS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) It's bordered by nine countries, the most
for any African nation. It also has one of the continent's wordiest names Democratic Republic of the Congo |
#6589, aired 2013-04-18 | VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: LBR Liberia |
#6589, aired 2013-04-18 | VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: GND Uganda |
#6589, aired 2013-04-18 | VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: NMB Namibia |
#6589, aired 2013-04-18 | VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: NGL Angola |
#6589, aired 2013-04-18 | VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $2000: LGR Algeria |
#6526, aired 2013-01-21 | MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $2000: No. 15, the largest Arab country by population is this North African country with 84 million Egypt |
#6226, aired 2011-10-17 | COUNTRIES OF AFRIC"A" $400: Addis Ababa is the capital & largest city of this African country Ethiopia |
#5955, aired 2010-07-02 | AMONG THE 10 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $800: It's the only African country in the top 10 Nigeria |
#5855, aired 2010-02-12 | AFRICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): A kingdom of West Central Africa founded around 1390 is called this, like 2 current countries, but spelled with a K Kongo |
#5841, aired 2010-01-25 | COUNTRIES IN SPACE $1000: This north African country once ruled by France launched its ALSAT-1 satellite from a Russian cosmodrome Algeria |
#5718, aired 2009-06-17 | INTO AFRICA $1000: Aside from the Republic of the Congo, one of the 3 countries once known together as French Equatorial Africa (1 of) Chad, Gabon & the Central African Republic |
#5696, aired 2009-05-18 | COLONIALISM IN AFRICA $200: One of the only 2 African countries that were independent at the start of World War I Ethiopia (or Liberia) |
#5665, aired 2009-04-03 | CONSONANT-LESS COUNTRIES $400: On the African continent,
OOO Morocco |
#5408, aired 2008-02-27 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: In 1999 Thabo Mbeki became this country's democratically elected president South Africa |
#5408, aired 2008-02-27 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $700 (Daily Double): This large country is alphabetically first of the countries in Africa Algeria |
#5408, aired 2008-02-27 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: Bioko, an island of this "equatorial" African republic, was once known as Fernando Poo Equatorial Guinea |
#5408, aired 2008-02-27 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: The capital city of this Horn of Africa nation has the same name as the country Djibouti |
#5408, aired 2008-02-27 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $2000: Festus Mogae is the president of this landlocked African republic once known as Bechuanaland Botswana |
#5378, aired 2008-01-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1600: Oran & Annaba are important cities in this north African nation Algeria |
#5329, aired 2007-11-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES TRAVEL $800: The Times reports that war-torn countries are reviving tourism, like this African nation ravaged by genocide in 1994 Rwanda |
#5238, aired 2007-05-23 | GHANA IN 60 SECONDS $1600: One of the 3 African countries that Ghana borders (1 of) Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Togo |
#4854, aired 2005-10-20 | INTO AFRICA $1200: 2 central African countries share this name; one is "The Republic of" it & the other "The Democratic Republic of" it Congo |
#4614, aired 2004-09-30 | STARBUCKS $800: 1 of the 2 African countries in names of Starbucks coffee beans Kenya (or Ethiopia) |
#4553, aired 2004-05-26 | 20th CENTURY COUNTRIES $1200: Botswana is one of the 32 African countries that gained independence in this decade the 1960s |
#4495, aired 2004-03-05 | INTO AFRICA $1600: Of the 5 African countries that border the Mediterranean, it's the largest in area Algeria |
#4416, aired 2003-11-17 | ANAGRAMMED COUNTRIES $800: Some of the computers in this southwest African country are analog Angola |
#4416, aired 2003-11-17 | ANAGRAMMED COUNTRIES $1000: If you head to this African country, be sure to bring plenty of regalia Algeria |
#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 |
#4271, aired 2003-03-10 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $1600: This west African country's city of Freetown was founded in 1787 as a haven for freed slaves Sierra Leone |
#4226, aired 2003-01-06 | SHE'S IN CHARGE $400: Chairman of her own company, this African-American woman & talk show host has a TV show seen in 107 countries Oprah Winfrey |
#3656, aired 2000-06-26 | ISLAND COUNTRIES $500: The Mozambique Channel separates this island nation from the African mainland Madagascar |
#3301, aired 1999-01-04 | CLOTHES MAKE THE LAND $400: Proud Masai warriors like these live in either of these two East African countries Kenya or Tanzania |
#3268, aired 1998-11-18 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: This north African country has been part of the Ottoman & Carthaginian Empires Tunisia |
#3266, aired 1998-11-16 | 10-LETTER COUNTRIES $400: This African nation is the largest island in the Indian Ocean Madagascar |
#3258, aired 1998-11-04 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: The Spanish ports of Ceuta & Melilla actually lie on the Mediterranean coast of this North African nation Morocco |
#3218, aired 1998-09-09 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $500: You'll find this African country's national museum in its capital, Kampala Uganda |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | COUNTRIES $300: This African country was formerly known as Abyssinia Ethiopia |
#3025, aired 1997-10-24 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $200: In May 1997, after a 32-year rule, strongman Mobutu Sese Seko was ousted from the country he had named this Zaire |
#3025, aired 1997-10-24 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: In 1911 Italy took control of this country; today it's under Qaddafi's control Libya |
#3025, aired 1997-10-24 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $600: Hassan II has been the king of this country since 1961 Morocco |
#3025, aired 1997-10-24 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: Asmara is the capital & largest city of this country that was formerly part of Ethiopia Eritrea |
#3025, aired 1997-10-24 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1000: This country on the Atlantic coast is Africa's most populous Nigeria |
#3013, aired 1997-10-08 | LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $1000: Timbuktu is the legendary out-of-the-way stop in this landlocked African country Mali |
#2968, aired 1997-06-25 | COUNTRIES ON THE "M"AP $400: If you're off on the road to this north African country take some dirhams, its currency Morocco |
#2843, aired 1997-01-01 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: The Suez Canal divides the Asian & African portions of this country Egypt |
#2752, aired 1996-07-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: Khartoum is the capital of this largest African nation Sudan |
#2483, aired 1995-05-24 | GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): Lake Nasser spans the border of these 2 African countries Egypt & Sudan |
#2142, aired 1993-12-21 | MODERN HISTORY $400: 1 of the 2 African countries the U.S. wanted Cuba to withdraw troops from in 1977 (1 of) Angola (or Ethiopia) |
#2122, aired 1993-11-23 | SMALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES $200: This large country could say to tiny Lesotho, "Don't move, we've got you surrounded" South Africa |
#2122, aired 1993-11-23 | SMALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: Rwanda-Urundi split into Rwanda & this Burundi |
#2122, aired 1993-11-23 | SMALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES $600: Guinea is bordered by this country that also has Guinea in its name Guinea-Bissau |
#2122, aired 1993-11-23 | SMALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: Ouagadougou is the capital of this "faso"nating landlocked country Burkina Faso |
#2122, aired 1993-11-23 | SMALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1000: As its name reflects, this capital of Sierra Leone was founded as a haven for freed slaves Freetown |
#2072, aired 1993-09-14 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: The Mozambique Channel separates this island country from the African mainland Madagascar |
#1854, aired 1992-10-01 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $500: This African country looks a bit like a boot with Brazzaville near the heel & Pointe-Noire at the toe the Congo |
#1788, aired 1992-05-13 | THE ENVIRONMENT $100: Officials from 35 African countries met in January 1992 to try to save the vanishing herds of these elephants |
#1744, aired 1992-03-12 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: In 1991 King Hassan II celebrated 30 years on the throne of this African country Morocco |
#1647, aired 1991-10-29 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: This North African country's 3 main regions are Cyrenaica, Tripolitania & Fezzan Libya |
#1470, aired 1991-01-11 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE $1000: It is the monetary unit used by more African countries than any other franc |
#1100, aired 1989-05-19 | COUNTRIES $500: The name of this West African country means "lion mountains" Sierra Leone |
#963, aired 1988-11-09 | AFRICA $800: The two African countries that share land borders with Egypt Libya and Sudan |
#900, aired 1988-07-01 | GEOGRAPHY $800: Of all African countries, only Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya & Somalia share this geog. distinction they are all on the equator |
#832, aired 1988-03-29 | THE LOW COUNTRIES $200: In 1960, Belgium granted independence to this African country Zaire (the Belgian Congo) |
#738, aired 1987-11-18 | AFRICA $500 (Daily Double): One of the four African countries that belong to OPEC (1 of) Nigeria, Libya, Algeria, or Gabon |
#620, aired 1987-04-24 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: The 2 African countries named for the Niger River Niger & Nigeria |
#371, aired 1986-02-10 | MINI-COUNTRIES $400: A problem for this African country is that much of its mail is mistakenly sent to Switzerland Swaziland |
#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) |