| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | YOU'RE A FINAL"IST" $600: In the Middle Ages, this person tried to turn ordinary metals into gold an alchemist |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: Named for a stalagmite, each December the Rock of Ages Lantern Tours take visitors through this New Mexico national park Carlsbad Caverns |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Who knows how long this country would have stayed heathen if not for the Christianizing of its 10th c. King Olaf Tryggvason Norway |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Far ahead of Europe, China developed this advance in communications; the Diamond Sutra of 868 A.D. is an example of it woodblock printing |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: In 1043 this lady & her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia, founded a monastery in Coventry Lady Godiva |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: The Lombard League, an alliance of Italian cities, was founded in 1167 to defend against this red-bearded Holy Roman Emperor Barbarossa |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: Not Peter the Apostle nor Peter the Great but this preacher led the People's Crusade in filthy garments & riding a donkey Peter the Hermit |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | WHAT'S IN A NAME $400: A bestseller across the ages, this book gets its name from the Phoenician port city where paper used to make it was traded Bible |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | AGES, EPOCHS & ERAS $400: The "Convict Era" of this nation's history spans 1788 to 1868, when some 160,000 prisoners were transported there Australia |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | BATS ENTERTAINMENT $600: Robert Redford's Roy Hobbs puts on his own stadium light show with a home run for the ages in this movie The Natural |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | AGES, EPOCHS & ERAS $800 (Daily Double): This "Age" began in the 1930s with the advent of a new type of engine, though it didn't take off for a decade or so the Jet Age |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | AGES, EPOCHS & ERAS $1200: Last & longest of the 3 periods of the Mesozoic era the Cretaceous |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | AGES, EPOCHS & ERAS $1600: Britannica says this late 19th c. era featured "gross materialism & blatant political corruption" in the United States the Gilded Age |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | AGES, EPOCHS & ERAS $2000: The name of this period when animal life "exploded" on Earth comes from Cymru, or Wales, where many fossils have been found the Cambrian |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | READING WITH JENNA BUSH HAGER $1000: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) I recommended a 2022 novel that's as Gothic & mysterious as you can get; it's named for & set at this branch of the Met that's dedicated to the art of the Middle Ages the Cloisters |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | ART & ARTISTS $200: This type of wall hanging, popular in the Middle Ages, takes its name from a word meaning "carpet" a tapestry |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | 21st CENTURY TELEVISION $600: On the anthology "Miracle Workers" he has portrayed God, a peasant during the Dark Ages & an outlaw on the Oregon Trail Buscemi |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | HISTORIC ERAS & AGES $200: In a totally metal move, this age took over for bronze in southeastern Europe around 1200 B.C. iron |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | HISTORIC ERAS & AGES $400: The Age of this, when humans used their brains to figure things out, is also the title of an anti-religion Thomas Paine work Reason |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | HISTORIC ERAS & AGES $600: Britannica says during this mostly 19th century era, "Britain was a powerful nation with a rich culture"; the past tense... ouch the Victorian |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | HISTORIC ERAS & AGES $800: No. 2 of the 3 periods of the Mesozoic era, it began about 201.3 million years ago; welcome...! to this Jurassic |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | HISTORIC ERAS & AGES $1000: New York City's Frick Collection is a monument to the art collecting of this materialistic era, also a Twain title the Gilded Age |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | LITERATURE $2000: Created by Edith Pargeter, this monk solves crimes in the Middle Ages in mysteries like "The Leper of Saint Giles" Brother Cadfael |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THEATER BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Wannabe music star Dewey Finn gets his prep students in tune at the Sunset Strip's Bourbon Room, so "Don't Stop Believin'" School of Rock of Ages |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS $400: Read at Clinton's inauguration, her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" contains the line "lost in the gloom of dust and ages" Angelou |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | TRANSPORT OVER THE AGES $400: Ancient longships are called the boats of these people who dominated northern European waters with them for centuries the Vikings |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | TRANSPORT OVER THE AGES $800: America's first commercial railway, the B&O, short for this, was used by some traveling on the Underground Railroad the Baltimore & Ohio |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | TRANSPORT OVER THE AGES $1200: This fantasy novelist wrote "Une ville flottante", or "The Floating City", inspired by his time on the "Great Eastern" steamer Verne |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | TRANSPORT OVER THE AGES $1600: As part of reparations after World War I, Germany provided to the U.S. one of these, the LZ-126 a zeppelin |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | TRANSPORT OVER THE AGES $10,018 (Daily Double): Merchants on this trade route with a fabric in its name used the Bactrian camel to hump their goods along the Silk Road |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | WORLD OF BEERS $1000: First brewed in 1842, Pilsner Urquell from this Central European republic is based on a beer first made in the Middle Ages the Czech Republic |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | THE NEANDERTHALS $200: Neanderthals emerged about 400,000 years ago in the Pleistocene, an epoch marked by these intermittent glacial episodes ice ages |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | 20th CENTURY FICTION $800: "The Curious Case of" this title Fitzgerald short story character is that he ages backwards Benjamin Button |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | DRAMA QUEENS $400: Claire Foy & Olivia Colman play Elizabeth II at different ages on this Netflix drama The Crown |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Some of the earliest known examples of these 14-line poems are by Giacomo da Lentini, who wrote in the 1200s a sonnet |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In a 2021 movie version of a medieval tale, Dev Patel plays Sir Gawain, journeying to meet this title character the Green Knight |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: The allegory "Everyman" from the late 1400s is one of the best known of these "plays" that stressed salvation & personal virtues morality plays |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: The "Chanson de" or "Song of" this hero tells of his death & the vengeance taken on the traitor Ganelon Roland |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: This "venerable" guy completed his "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" around 731 Bede |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | HIDDEN ANATOMY $400: In the Middle Ages a fief in Germany could cost an arm & a leg or at least one of these a finger (in fief in Germany) |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In the 8th century the Venerable St. Bede popularized the idea of dating from this event the birth of Christ |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Quarreling with Germany's Henry IV over who got to appoint bishops, Pope Gregory VII did this to Henry, twice excommunicate |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Merchant & craft were the 2 main types of these business associations, from an old word for "payment" guilds |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1,000 (Daily Double): Now known to historians as the Migration period, the early Middle Ages were long known by this name implying ignorance the Dark Ages |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: Clovis I founded the kingdom of these people who would give their name to a country the Franks |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | THAT'S NOT CANNON $800: Labeled "not to be used on Christians" by the Lateran council, this Middle Ages weapon uses a trigger to release its bolts a crossbow |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | NOT TOO "SEX"Y FOR YOU $1200: This noun refers to someone between the ages of 60 & 69 a sexagenarian |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | THE INNER "EAR" $1000: Noun for an animal between the ages of one & 2 a yearling |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ALLITERATION $1200: It's written below the big "G" on the trademarked motion picture rating--that's who gets in all ages |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The Latin for fief, a vassal's domain, gave this political & social system of Europe's middle ages its name feudalism |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | BOOK TITLES EN FRANCAIS $800: Science fiction for all ages: "Un raccourci dans le temps" A Wrinkle in Time |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | DARK MATTER $4,000 (Daily Double): This 14th century poet who gave his name to a type of sonnet is often credited with the term the Dark Ages Petrarch |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | I WANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD! $1200: Feasting on rats & humans, these bloodsuckers helped cause the deaths of 1/4 of Europe during the Middle Ages fleas |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Jerusalem was captured during the first of these campaigns in the 1090s Crusade |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: By the 13th century Visby in Sweden had become one of the richest cities in Europe & an important member of this league Hanseatic |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Before she married the soon-to-be English King Henry II, this woman of Aquitaine had been married to King Louis VII of France Eleanor |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Thomism is theology & philosophy based on the works of this medieval scholar, seen here Thomas Aquinas |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: In 1329 David II became the Scottish king, but at age 5, struck less fear into foes than this predecessor, his father Robert the Bruce |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: Once a powerful republic, this Italian city lost 4 wars to Venice in the Middle Ages Genoa |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | HISTORY ACROSS THE AGES $400: Going by the reign of the person it's named for, this age of history lasted from 1837 to 1901 the Victorian |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | HISTORY ACROSS THE AGES $800: Around 10,000 B.C. the paleolithic phase of this age ended in Europe the Stone Age |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | HISTORY ACROSS THE AGES $1200: The Iron Age in Britain began around 800 B.C. & ended with the invasion of this empire about 800 years later the Romans |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | HISTORY ACROSS THE AGES $1600: Great wealth was held by but a few while large numbers of people lived in poverty in this 1800s "Age" with a novel name the Gilded Age |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | HISTORY ACROSS THE AGES $2000: Large glaciers on Asia, Europe & North America began forming about 2.6 million years ago, kicking off this epoch of the Ice Age Pleistocene |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | CLOTHES MINDED $800: This headwear of the Middle Ages has a name that sounds like an adult who accompanies two young people on a date a chaperon |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | LANGUAGES $800: Compiled in the Middle Ages, the Eddas were written down in the language called "Old" this Old Norse |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | HYMNS $400: It's the beloved hymn heard here "Rock Of Ages" |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | ON THE COVER $400: The July 1969 Esquire cover asked, "what words should the first man" here "utter that will ring through the ages?" the Moon |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE $1600: The Middle Ages is usually defined as the period between the fall of Rome & the fall of this Byzantine capital Constantinople |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | "YE" OLD $600: This 4-letter shrill cry has been around since the middle ages, not just the 2004 website launch yelp |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | EVERY BODY $400: In babies, this, AKA the patella, is soft cartilage; it doesn't form into bone until between the ages of 3 & 5 the kneecap |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | TRAVELING ABROAD $1000: This group travel agency that sells adventures to ages 18 to 35 sounds like a Thor Heyerdahl raft Contiki |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: This "dark" pandemic ravaged Europe between 1347 & 1351 the Black Plague |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In this medieval literary work, Judas is found in the lowest circle of hell being gnawed on by Satan The (Dante's) Inferno (Divine Comedy) |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: According to legend, he was blown off course around 1000 A.D. & landed on the North American continent (Leif) Erikson |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: Before Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800, he was dubbed king of these people the Franks |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: In Medieval Europe, some women wore a cloth headdress called this, still used today by some nuns who wear a traditional habit a wimple |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | GEMSTONES! MEET THE GEMSTONES! $1000: Let's get sanguine about this mineral AKA heliotrope, prized in the Middle Ages bloodstone |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | NICKNAMES FROM TONY STARK $1000: Tony calls Loki by the title of this 2009 Broadway musical about 1980s hair bands Rock of Ages |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | THE DARK AGES $400: The onset of the Dark Ages is said to have come when the German Odoacer deposed the last ruler of this empire in 476 the Roman Empire |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | THE DARK AGES $800: Medical conditions of concern included being shot with an arrow by these spirit folk, not the friendly Christmas kind elves |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | THE DARK AGES $1200: Dark Ages guys Methodius & Cyril went down in history as the fathers of this system the alphabet |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | THE DARK AGES $1600: This illuminated book was probably taken to County Meath in Ireland in the 9th century the Book of Kells |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | THE DARK AGES $2,000 (Daily Double): Before it meant one who attacks received ideas, it meant one who opposed & even broke idols in the Byzantine Empire an iconoclast |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | HARDPODGE $400: During the Middle Ages, Bergen became a trading center of this merchant league that held its last Congress in 1669 the Hanseatic League |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | A POETIC GEOGRAPHY LESSON $800: Bessie Rayner Parkes described this Scottish region as "hills that were born of ages... like monuments to mighty gods" the Highlands |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | CLIMATE $800: Within these long periods in Earth's history are warmer interglacial cycles & colder glacial cycles ice ages |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | SOME TIMES $200: The "Age" of this alloy finished second, not third, falling between the Stone & Iron Ages bronze |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | POETIC GEOGRAPHY $1600: In "Sailing to" this ancient city today known as Istanbul, Yeats sought the comfort of past ages Byzantium |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | THE END $8,200 (Daily Double): Of the Middle Ages:
Maybe this major change in Christianity that began in 1517 the Reformation |
| #7962, aired 2019-04-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In his "Travels", this Italian man described a unicorn-like animal & other wonders Marco Polo |
| #7962, aired 2019-04-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Landless peasants did most of the farm work in this socioeconomic system with the nobility on top & the serfs below feudalism |
| #7962, aired 2019-04-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: Theodoric was one of these religious leaders in opposition to the accepted bishop of Rome antipope |
| #7962, aired 2019-04-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: Helping us balance our checkbooks, Leonardo of Pisa introduced this, sifr in Arabic, to Western math in 1202 the zero |
| #7962, aired 2019-04-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: In 1390 this group soon to rule Turkey took Philadelphia, the last Byzantine city in Asia Minor the Ottoman Empire |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | MULTILINGUAL OVERLAPS $800: A 1990s Spanish dance craze using arm movements comes back as part of a "rebirth" following the Middle Ages the macarenaissance |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | ERAS & AGES $400: Also talking about a "wired planet", in 1971 Marshall McLuhan used the phrase this synonym for knowledge "age" information age |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | ERAS & AGES $800: --Hey, Dante!
--Yeah, Petrarch!
--It's almost 1300. Time to start this "rebirth" the Renaissance |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | ERAS & AGES $1200: Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen said the Anthropocene epoch began with rising levels of these gases like CO2 around 1800 greenhouse gases |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | ERAS & AGES $1600: In a book title by historian Eric Hobsbawm, the Age of Revolution began in this year of big doings in France 1789 |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | ERAS & AGES $2000: Japan underwent Westernization in the period named for Mutsuhito, who took this royal "M" name & died in 1912 the Meiji Restoration |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | IT WAS SO FUNNY $1000: In "The First Wives Club", "There are only 3 ages for women in Hollywood--babe, district attorney & 'Driving'" her Miss Daisy |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1200: Danish archaeologist C.J. Thomsen split prehistory into these 3 ages named for tool materials Stone, Bronze, and Iron |
| #7843, aired 2018-10-17 | THE FOLGER LIBRARY $1000: A reading room has a stained glass window that depicts the Seven Ages of Man from this comedy As You Like It |
| #7808, aired 2018-07-18 | NOVELS $600: In addition to the tales of his fabled detective, this man penned "The White Company", an adventure of the Middle Ages Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #7807, aired 2018-07-17 | SINGLE T, DOUBLE T $800: This women's underskirt has been worn since the Middle Ages a petticoat |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | CLOTHING IN THE MIDDLE AGES $400: A gorget was a ring of armor worn here on the body the neck |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | CLOTHING IN THE MIDDLE AGES $800: The head covering seen here, it shares its name with a place to house a pup a kennel |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | CLOTHING IN THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: This fine, lustrous fabric was from the Middle East, not from Far East Cathay silk |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | CLOTHING IN THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: A baldric was a wide, decorative belt worn diagonally across the chest to carry one of these at the hip a sword |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | CLOTHING IN THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: You might have donned this loose, sleeveless garment whose name is from the Latin for "cloak" a mantle |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | ALLUSIONS $200: A barbarous, ignorant era between the Roman Empire & medieval times, or any unsophisticated period the Dark Ages |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | BEFORE HUMANITY $400: The aptly named Cryogenian Period, ending about 635 million years ago, included several of these harsh ages ice ages |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $1000: The Pleistocene is an example of this subdivision of a period, itself subdivided into ages an epoch |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | THESE ARE DAYS $400: A belief held in the Middle Ages that bears & badgers interrupted their hibernation on a particular day led to this observance Groundhog Day |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | ME, MYSELF & "I" $200: I was once one of these, which the CDC defines as a person between the ages of zero & one an infant |
| #7738, aired 2018-04-11 | TIME FOR CLASS $1600: Farmers in this Middle Ages class could not be sold individually like slaves but did get thrown in with estates serfs |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: As Kennilworthy Whisp, J.K. Rowling wrote a book about this sport "Through the Ages" Quidditch |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | SAD! $400: Tom Hanks just wants some time with his girl after ages on an island in this 2000 movie, but she's moved on Cast Away |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | THE END OF TIME $800: The last major one of these ages ended with the Pleistocene Epoch nearly 12,000 years ago the Ice Age |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | I GOT 3 I'S ON YOU $400: Crude & unrefined, or characteristic of early ages of human development primitive |
| #7619, aired 2017-10-26 | ALL ARE INVITED $200: All ages are allowed at movies rated G--the G is short for this general |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS $400: A book about "Greek Music... in Antiquity and the Middle Ages" is titled "Apollo's" this stringed instrument lyre |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | CLOTHING THROUGH THE AGES $200: A surcoat in medieval times was a loose tunic worn over this type of protection armor |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | CLOTHING THROUGH THE AGES $400: In ancient Rome a balteus was a shoulder "belt" formed from the twisted folds of one of these garments a toga |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | CLOTHING THROUGH THE AGES $600: In the 1920s, a jacket with large pockets and a rolled collar was popularized by this aviator Charles Lindbergh |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | CLOTHING THROUGH THE AGES $800: Beastly term for a scarf of feathers or fur, but usually not scales a boa |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | CLOTHING THROUGH THE AGES $1000: 18th c. riding boots decorated with tassels shared this name with German mercenaries hired by the Brits Hessians |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | ADULT BEVERAGES $1000: They're the 2 main ingredients in a Cape Codder, one for adults & one for all ages vodka and cranberry juice |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | THE YOUNG POPE $2000: The III pope of this adjectival name, elected in 1198 at 30-something, has been called the most important of the middle ages Innocent |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | PUB TRIVIA $200: A form of this popular pub game was used as training for British archers in the Middle Ages darts |
| #7529, aired 2017-05-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Fiefs were part of this social system that was a big hit in the Middle Ages feudalism |
| #7528, aired 2017-05-10 | HIT THE GYM $1000: Kids of all ages get a kick learning this muscle strong enough to keep your trunk erect is the largest muscle in the body your gluteus maximus |
| #7520, aired 2017-04-28 | THE WIDE WORLD OF SPOTS $800: They can be found on the skin of sun worshipers of all ages & have nothing to do with the internal organ in their name liver spots |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | THE "LONG" & THE "SHORT" OF IT $1000: This phrase meaning "old" alludes to a horse's gums receding as it ages long in the tooth |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: By 1240 Batu Khan, grandson of this man, had conquered most of Russia Genghis Khan |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Adopted "municipal" name of Odo de Lagny, elected pope in 1088 & a leader of ecclesiastical church reform Pope Urban |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: With its excellent port facilities, Riga, Latvia was an important center of this league of merchant cities the Hanseatic League |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: After his death in 1226, "The Life of" this Italian saint told of his life of poverty & the founding of his order St. Francis (of Assisi) |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: Cathedrals went higher & higher with the use of pointed arches, forming this anatomical type of vault a ribbed vault |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | PALINDROMES $800: These prose narratives of the Middle Ages dealt with the legendary events of Iceland & Norway the sagas |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid.) Operated by British Airways, Concorde Alpha-Delta set a passenger airliner speed record in 1996 when it flew between these two cities in just 2 hours, 52 minutes, & 59 seconds New York & London |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) Rolled out in 1976, the prototype for the Space Shuttle program was originally to be named the Constitution before a letter writing campaign by fans of a TV series prompted a change to this the Enterprise |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) The speedy Vought Crusader served as both a fighter & reconnaissance plane; in 1962, the Crusaders flew at treetop level over this country to take crucial photos of Soviet missile installations Cuba |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York.) Flying at more than 2,000 miles per hour, the A-12 Blackbird generated temperatures of 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, too high for aluminum, so its skin was made of this silvery gray, high-strength metallic element titanium |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) The Grumman Aircraft Corporation was known as the "Ironworks" for its rugged planes; in its combat debut, a Grumman Avenger returned safely with 67 bullet & 9 cannon holes from this carrier battle, the turning point in the Pacific war Midway |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Originally set up to discuss reforms, 1095's Council of Clermont led to these excursions following a speech by Pope Urban II the Crusades |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: Charlemagne was the first, but it wasn't until Otto the Great was crowned in 962 A.D. that this title really took off the Holy Roman Emperor |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: Seen here around 1340 are nuns of the group called "the Poor" these, after the name of their founder, a woman of Assisi the Poor Clares |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: In 1240 Mongol leader Batu Khan's forces destroyed this cradle city of Russian civilization Kiev |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | EVERYTHING'S BACKWARDS $800: Fitzgerald's "Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is about a man who does this backwards ages |
| #7238, aired 2016-02-17 | SPEARS $1200: The halberd was a weapon used in the late Middle Ages that combined a spear with this for cleaving helmets an ax |
| #7226, aired 2016-02-01 | ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING $400: This architectural style of the High Middle Ages mostly seen in cathedrals developed from the Romanesque & Byzantine styles Gothic |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | THE DEWAR'S DECIMAL SYSTEM $2000: The .02 of each barrel a year lost to evaporation as Dewar's ages is known as these heavenly beings' share the angels' share |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | CRAIGS LIST $400: Stretching back to the Middle Ages, the Craigs of Aberdeenshire, Scotland are one of these family groups a clan |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | QUOTATIONS BY THE NUMBER $2000: Shakespeare:
"And one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being ____ ages" 7 |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | "K"APITAL CITIES $200: Now the capital of a different country, in the Middle Ages it was the capital of Russia Kiev |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | ROLE IN COMMON $2000: Ryan Gosling ages into this actor in the weepie romance "The Notebook" James Garner |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | A LITTLE DAD'LL DO YA $200: The passing of the ages is personified by this old bearded man carrying a scythe & an hourglass Father Time |
| #7020, aired 2015-03-06 | PRUSSIA $1600: In the Middle Ages the name of the ruling dynasty was changed from Zollern to this longer one Hohenzollern |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | BEYOND THE "C" $200: In the Middle Ages, a mangonel was one of these with a bowl-shaped bucket used to launch large projectiles catapult |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Medieval poems refer to this item as a metaphor for fidelity; despite later lore, no locking ones from the period exist a chastity belt |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In 1187 thirsty crusaders were prevented from reaching the fresh waters of the Sea of Galilee by this Saracen leader Saladin |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: This fearsome weapon was introduced to Europe in the 10th or 11th century a crossbow |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: A British ruling dynasty is said to have taken this name from a sprig of broom worn in the cap of the Count of Anjou Plantagenet |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $3,000 (Daily Double): In the craft guilds of the Middle Ages, these craftsmen came between masters & apprentices journeymen |
| #6999, aired 2015-02-05 | WHAT DO I HEAR? $400: Much of what became this pastime originated in France during the Middle Ages tennis |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $1,400 (Daily Double): "We're Not Gonna Take It" &
"Don't Stop Believin'" Rock of Ages |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | CHEMISTRY $800: In the Middle Ages, the best of these vessels used for melting materials were made in Hesse, Germany from a special clay crucibles |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): In the Middle Ages this historic region of France included half of what is now Switzerland Burgundy |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | AGES & ERAS $400: Kodiak bears were isolated from the brown bears of the mainland since the last of these about 12,000 years ago an ice age |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | AGES & ERAS $800: F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "Tales of" this age, basically synonymous with the Roaring Twenties the Jazz Age |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | AGES & ERAS $1200: The 1890s were the start of this U.S. era whose names signifies moving forward the Progressive Era |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | AGES & ERAS $1600: The Paleozoic era was immediately followed by this era the Mesozoic era |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | AGES & ERAS $2,000 (Daily Double): While organizing antiquities at a museum, Christian Thomasen came up with these 3 "ages" to arrange the displays the Stone Age, the Bronze Age & the Iron Age |
| #6931, aired 2014-11-03 | WHAT A WONDERFUL "WORLD" $200: Line that begins Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Man" speech from "As You Like It" All the world's a stage |
| #6922, aired 2014-10-21 | SCULPTURE $800: These decorative waterspouts of the Middle Ages were designed to prevent rainwater from running down masonry walls gargoyles |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | OCCUPATIONAL LAST NAMES $800: In 1819's McCulloch v. Maryland, this Chief Justice said the Constitution would "endure for ages to come" (John) Marshall |
| #6912, aired 2014-10-07 | "IST" GOOD, "IST" GOOD $600: Type of old school scientist of the Middle Ages who sought the elixir of life an alchemist |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | TITLE CHARACTERS $400: Know it was the title of the supreme ruler of the Tatar tribes during the Middle Ages, or feel my "wrath" the khan |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: The Middle Ages are traditionally defined as the period beginning with the 5th c. collapse of this empire the Roman Empire |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: The Middle Ages came to an end in the 14th & 15th centuries with the dawn of this era of revival & discovery the Renaissance |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1,500 (Daily Double): The high period of this architectural style of rib vaults & pointed arches began around 1200 Gothic |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: The first of these military expeditions to the Holy Land was launched in 1095 the Crusades |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: This saintly Italian, the leading theologian of the Middle Ages, did all of his theologizing in the 1200s Thomas Aquinas |
| #6847, aired 2014-05-27 | THE PENTAGON $800: The 9/11 Memorial includes a wall rising from 3" to 71", representing these of the 184 who died at the Pentagon that day ages |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | EMPIRE $600: A superpower during the Middle Ages, it ended in 1806 when its last monarch lost to Napoleon & abdicated the Holy Roman Empire |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Erik the Red established the first Viking colony on this island around 985 & gave it an enticing name Greenland |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In 1407 the Casa di San Giorgio was founded with the crazy idea of being a public one of these for Genoese to bring ducats a bank |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: Around 1169 Arab philosopher Ibn Rushd began writing his commentaries on the works of these 2 ancient Greeks Aristotle & Plato |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: Beginning in 1378, the Great Schism saw rival popes in Rome & this French city Avignon |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: In 1085 William the Conqueror ordered a survey of his English lands & people, called this book the Doomsday Book (or Domesday Book) |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | THE WOMAN WHO WROTE... $200: "Quidditch Through the Ages" J.K. Rowling |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | DON'T SONGS $1000: Featured on "Glee" & in "Rock Of Ages", this song goes "on and on and on and on" "Don't Stop Believin'" |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | AGES & AGES $400: The Iron Age of human culture immediately followed the age of this metal bronze |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | AGES & AGES $800: There's an armor collection at Le Musee national du Moyen Age, the museum of these the Middle Ages |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | AGES & AGES $1200: Josh Homme has led this band since the 1990s Queens of the Stone Age |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | AGES & AGES $2000: Communications Workers of America calls itself the union for this "knowledgeable" age the Information Age |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | AGES & AGES $2,400 (Daily Double): An 1870s novel about greed & corruption gave us the name of this "age" The Gilded Age |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | AMERICAN IDOL ALUMNI $600: Constantine Maroulis originated the role of aspiring rocker Drew on Broadway in this musical Rock of Ages |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | BROADWAY $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Broadway, New York.) A treat for all ages, "Matilda" is based on a book by this beloved author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Roald Dahl |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1200: The full company:
"Just Like Paradise" &
"Nothin' But A Good Time" Rock of Ages |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | PHILOSOPHY THROUGH THE AGES $400: The Lun-Yu, or "Analects", is considered the most reliable source of this philosopher's teachings Confucius |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | PHILOSOPHY THROUGH THE AGES $800: Be strong & don't complain when I tell you little survives of the works of Panaetius, who brought this -ism to Rome stoicism |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | PHILOSOPHY THROUGH THE AGES $1200: Medieval thinkers wondered how god could be this, meaning "being everywhere", if he's not even material omnipresent |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | PHILOSOPHY THROUGH THE AGES $2000: This 19th century German's theory of dialectical progression was a major influence on Karl Marx Hegel |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | PHILOSOPHY THROUGH THE AGES $2,500 (Daily Double): During his 11 years as a student at the U. of Copenhagen, he wrote, "What is truth but to live for an idea?" (Søren) Kierkegaard |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES $800: Advancements included the use of windmills, gunpowder & these numerals Arabic numerals |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES $1200: The rise of towns led to the rise of these monopolistic associations of merchants or craftsmen guilds |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES $1600: Within 10 years came the founding of the Franciscans & this order later infamous in the Inquisition the Dominicans |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1054 the "Great Schism" divided the power of the Catholic church between these 2 cities, in east & west Rome & Constantinople |
| #6599, aired 2013-05-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In 845 the Vikings rowed up this river & plundered Paris; they left only after accepting a bribe from Charles the Bald the Seine |
| #6599, aired 2013-05-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: After this Venice cathedral burned down during a 976 uprising, it was rebuilt twice over the next 120 years St. Mark's |
| #6599, aired 2013-05-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: In the Middle Ages, to be "broken on" one of these, like St. Catherine, was to be lashed to it & beaten wheel |
| #6599, aired 2013-05-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: After a journey of 3 1/2 years, Marco Polo reached Shang-tu, China, which was called this in "Kubla Khan" Xanadu |
| #6599, aired 2013-05-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: His "Summa Against the Gentiles" may have been intended as a teaching & study manual for missionaries St. Thomas Aquinas |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | ACTORS WHO SING $2000: He did his own singing as rocker Stacee Jaxx in the movie "Rock Of Ages" Tom Cruise |
| #6572, aired 2013-03-26 | GERMAN WORDS ON LOAN TO ENGLISH $400: This is a class for children between the ages of 4 & 6 Kindergarten |
| #6541, aired 2013-02-11 | CELEBRITIES $400: He's seen here, the year he got his current show; politics hasn't aged him quite as much as it ages politicians Jon Stewart |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | AUTHORS ON AUTHORS $400: Charles Dickens wrote that a visit by this "Fairy Tales" scribe had been "five weeks which seemed to the family ages" Hans Christian Andersen |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | THE ERA OF ERAS $800: This period in Europe that came right after the Middle Ages was marked by a rebirth of interest in classical learning the Renaissance |
| #6475, aired 2012-11-09 | THE CULTURE OF VIETNAM $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from a public space in Vietnam.) Practiced here in Hanoi, & the world over, this martial art for all ages can lower blood pressure & reduce anxiety tai chi |
| #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" |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | THE CRITICS SAY $1600: Drama critic George Nathan said that this 3-named Irishman "writes plays for the ages... the ages between 5 & 12" George Bernard Shaw |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | VIRGIL $800: During the Middle Ages, some theologians believed that Virgil's 4th eclogue foretold his birth Jesus |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | VIRGIL $2000: On the Great Seal, this word ends the phrase adapted from Virgil meaning "a new order of the ages": "novus ordo..." seclorum |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | GOOD NEWS $200: This piece of cutlery was added to the European table in the Middle Ages, bringing cleaner hands & better hygiene a fork |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | MOVIES IN REWIND? $600: 2008:
Brad Pitt ages normally in New Orleans The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button |
| #6290, aired 2012-01-13 | POETS & POETRY $3,500 (Daily Double): Rhyme entered European poetry in the Middle Ages in part from this language in use in the region of Al Andalus in Spain Arabic |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | SCIENCE $800: Lignin, a substance in wood, changes when exposed to oxygen; that makes white paper turn this color as it ages yellow |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In 1955, 52-year-old Ray Kroc opened his first burger joint in the chain called not Kroc's but this McDonald's |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Diocletian was right around 40 when he took this title in 284 A.D. Roman emperor |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: In 1988 50-year-old Helen Thayer battled bears to become the first woman to travel solo to the magnetic this the North Pole |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: He was 48 when he created Charlie Bucket, a poor child who finds a golden ticket Roald Dahl |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: At the 1942 battle of El Alamein, 54-year-old Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery beat this "foxy" 50-year-old (Erwin) Rommel ("the Desert Fox") |
| #6056, aired 2011-01-03 | TECHNOLOGY OF THE PAST $200: It dates back to 3000 B.C., when it was made with beeswax; by the Middle Ages tallow ones were in wide use candles |
| #6039, aired 2010-12-09 | THERE'S A SEXY CATEGORY! $400: Sofia Vergara has Ed O'Neill remarried with children of all ages on this ABC sitcom Modern Family |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "G"ROCERIES $800: In the Middle Ages it was a favor ladies presented to knights; today it's shaped into a delicious "man" gingerbread |
| #6017, aired 2010-11-09 | THE MUSES $1,200 (Daily Double): Clio is the muse of this & is often depicted with a scroll, perhaps to record the deeds of men through the ages history |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | 2 OF THE 7 $800: The schoolboy & the soldier, according to Shakespeare the seven ages of man |
| #5961, aired 2010-07-12 | WAGES $800: Surgeons average a whopping $206,770 a year; these other cutters who covered the job in the Middle Ages, just $26,610 a barber |
| #5933, aired 2010-06-02 | WOODROW WILSON'S WAR $400: In May 1917 Wilson signed an act requiring U.S. males between the ages of 21 & 31 to do this on June 5 register with Selective Service (for the draft) |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | ON BROADWAY 2010 $800: "Rock Of Ages", set in the '80s is where big this meets big dreams hair |
| #5900, aired 2010-04-16 | THE SHIELD $200: In the Middle Ages, circular shields were largely replaced by this shape, like something kids would "go fly" a kite |
| #5874, aired 2010-03-11 | WOMEN'S GROUPS $1000: To join the group called his Daughters, girls must be between the ages of 10 & 20 & be related to a Master Mason Job's Daughters |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: (I'm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.) Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel about this swashbuckling title trio is for adventure lovers of all ages The Three Musketeers |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Seeking an elixir for immortality, the 9th c. Chinese accidentally invented this using saltpeter, sulfur & charcoal gunpowder |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: The Vikings developed written law & this type of trial that's specified in the 7th Amendment trial by jury |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Around 1000 A.D. the caliphate of Cordoba controlled much of this European peninsula the Iberian Peninsula |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Around 800 this Holy Roman Emperor established a school at his palace at Aachen Charlemagne |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: In 1167 northern Italian cities formed the Lombard League as protection against this red-bearded invader Barbarossa (Frederick I) |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES $5,000 (Daily Double): Now prized for cabinetwork, this tree's wood was used by British archers in the Middle Ages for longbows yew |
| #5803, aired 2009-12-02 | A MUSICAL PASTICHE $400: From Old French for "entertainer", they were the strolling musicians of the Middle Ages minstrels |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | ONLY IN AMERICA $800: Spicy name for a spiked weapon of war used during the Middle Ages mace |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | GIMME AN "H" $1600: Concentrated hemp resin that lent its name to the assassins of the Middle Ages hashish |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | A GLASS OF PORT $1,000 (Daily Double): (Jon of the Clue Crew presents from a Sandeman Winery cellar in Portugal.) Vintage port continues to age in the bottle, while this type of port, whose name refers to its brownish color, ages in wooden barrels tawny |
| #5709, aired 2009-06-04 | THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM $400: (Alex reads from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.) This bust, once identified as just an early Ptolemaic queen, has now been shown to be this woman--famous through the ages Cleopatra |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | WAKING THE BABY MAMMOTH $2000: (Paleontologist Dan Fisher delivers the clue)
When Lyuba was transported for testing, researchers were required to wear haz-mat suits as protection from viruses or pathogens from this geologic epoch, marked by a succession of ice ages the pleistocene epoch |
| #5640, aired 2009-02-27 | EUROPE, AGES AGO $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew hands us down a tale from the Lejre Archaeological Research Center, Denmark.) How stones of several tons were moved & lifted with Stone Age technology is the mystery of structures called dolmens, which were built as these tombs |
| #5640, aired 2009-02-27 | EUROPE, AGES AGO $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports with a modern European from the Lejre Archaeological Research Center, Denmark.) Drinking horns show the importance of booze in the Iron Age; until wine spread up from the south, the choices were beer & this honey-based drink mead |
| #5640, aired 2009-02-27 | EUROPE, AGES AGO $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew plants information in our minds from the Lejre Archaeological Research Center, Denmark.) The Lejre site has recreated a sacrificial bog like those from which many bodies have been recovered, luckily preserved by sphagnan, a component of this plant material moss |
| #5640, aired 2009-02-27 | EUROPE, AGES AGO $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew hammers out a clue from the Lejre Archaeological Research Center, Denmark.) Because it's the Iron Age, the village has this, as in a Longfellow poem; it forged everything from axes to knives a smithy (or blacksmith) |
| #5640, aired 2009-02-27 | EUROPE, AGES AGO $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew chops up a fact for us at the Lejre Archaeological Research Center, Denmark.) The Stone Age is divided into three parts, depending on the sophistication of the tools; these antler axes tell us we're in this middle part the Mesolithic |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | CHEESE $400: As Limburger ages, it gains in flavor & this quality for which it is notorious smell (or odor) |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | WORLD OF WARCRAFT $1000: Newly popular in the Middle Ages were the longbow & this long pointy poking pole resembling a spear or lance a pike |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | ITALIAN HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): In the Middle Ages, the Ghibellines supported the Holy Roman Emperor; the Guelphs, the man in this post the Pope |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | ART MONK $800: Many books were handmade by monks in the Middle Ages, like this brightened type of manuscript illuminated |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In the Middle Ages this city's main street, Via del Corso, was used as a horse-racing course Rome |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In 1381 Wat Tyler led a failed peasants' revolt in England protesting this tax on voters the poll tax |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: According to legend, a Norseman named Rurik settled in Novgorod in 862 & founded this country Russia |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Trial by fire & by water were part of this medieval procedure, now meaning any painful experience to be endured trial by ordeal |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: In 1096 this French monk & a knight known as Walter the Penniless set out for the holy land in the People's Crusade Peter the Hermit |
| #5566, aired 2008-11-17 | KIDS RULE PRIME TIME $400: 40 kids ages 8-15 tried to live without their parents for 40 days on this show Kid Nation |
| #5559, aired 2008-11-06 | COLOR-FULL WORDS $800: During the Middle Ages, the Arabs reintroduced to Europe this process of converting hides to leather tanning |
| #5542, aired 2008-10-14 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: This word came from a European people who were often conquered & in servitude during the Middle Ages slave |
| #5450, aired 2008-04-25 | FEMALES, WOMEN & LADIES $200: Though not a continuation of the series, 2001's "Quidditch Through the Ages" was a short book by this woman J.K. Rowling |
| #5441, aired 2008-04-14 | POTPOURRI $1000: The Hanukkah song "Maoz Tzur" shares its English title with this Christian hymn that "clefts for me" "Rock Of Ages" |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | MY, YOU'VE AGED $1600: In "Little Big Man", this actor's character ages from 17 to 121 Dustin Hoffman |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | FROM A TO Y $800: Back in the Middle Ages, the aim of this practice was to change base metals into gold alchemy |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | FISH FRY $600: The tiger type of this fish can be a foot-&-a-half long at birth, with dark spots & stripes that fade as it ages a shark |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | AT THE PLAYGROUND $600: In 2007 a London museum had all-ages versions of this fun structure, including a 182-footer a slide |
| #5258, aired 2007-06-20 | HERE COMES UKRAINE AGAIN $1200: Ukraine prospered for several centuries in the Middle Ages until its 1240 conquest by these forces from the East the Mongols |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AGES AGO $200: When Sumerians used these in war, they had 4 wheels & were drawn by big-eared equines called onagers chariots |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AGES AGO $400: From 1275 to 1292, Marco Polo worked for the Yuan Dynasty under this emperor Kublai Khan |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AGES AGO $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) Ramses the Great lived to be 96, had 200 wives & concubines, & one tomb held at least 20 of these, including Mery-Atum sons |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AGES AGO $800: The 1571 Battle of Lepanto was the last major naval battle between ships powered by these oars(men) |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AGES AGO $1000: In 538 B.C. Cyrus the Great put an end to the "captivity" of the Jews in this realm Babylon |
| #5255, aired 2007-06-15 | GROUPS $3,599 (Daily Double): Infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, the Justice, the Pantaloon, second childishness Shakespeare's Seven Ages Of Man |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | ALL ABOUT ANIMALS $800: In the Middle Ages, caparisons were a leather or fabric type of covering, mainly for these animals horses |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | GET TO WORK! $2000: Ladies & gentlemen, children of all ages, this person works as the M.C. under the big top the ringmaster |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | TODAY'S HOROSCOPE $600: This sign has carried the water for "ages"! You're positive! Make things happen today! Aquarius |
| #5199, aired 2007-03-29 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1600: Tragic lovers during the Middle Ages:
____ & Heloise Abelard |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | GEOLOGY $1600: This geologic epoch that ended about 11,000 years ago included numerous ice ages the Pleistocene |
| #5135, aired 2006-12-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: On May 29, 1453 this Byzantine capital was captured by the Turks Constantinople |
| #5135, aired 2006-12-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In 1139 the Church declared this bow a "murderous art" & tried to ban its use against Christians the crossbow |
| #5135, aired 2006-12-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: In 762 Al-Mansur established this city on the Tigris River as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate Baghdad |
| #5135, aired 2006-12-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: After the Moors were defeated at Tolosa in 1212, their rule was restricted to this small kingdom in southern Spain Granada |
| #5135, aired 2006-12-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: Wyclef Jean was a musician from the Fugees; this theologian inspired a 1382 English Bible translation John Wycliffe |
| #5091, aired 2006-10-30 | THE BODY HUMAN $800: In the Middle Ages, this word referred not only to the finger joints but to the knee as well knuckles |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | ROCK OF AGES $400: Here's a changeup; the 3 classes of rock are igneous, sedimentary & this metamorphic |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | ROCK OF AGES $800: The name of this hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony, can also be found on maps of Michigan flint |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | HYMNS & HERS $1200: In 2005, this "First Lady of Contemporary Christian Music" gave us "Rock of Ages... Hymns & Faith" Amy Grant |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | ROCK OF AGES $1200: Give me a Z! One crystal of this 6-letter mineral was found in sandstone formed in Australia about 4.4 bil. years ago zircon |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | ROCK OF AGES $1600: The Rock of Gibraltar is made up mostly of this rock that's generally composed of calcium carbonate limestone |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | ROCK OF AGES $2000: Also starting with "MA", this is a big element in the rocks that make up the Earth's mantle magnesium |
| #5087, aired 2006-10-24 | LEATHER $2000: For important manuscripts in the Middle Ages, this type of parchment made of calfskin was often dyed purple vellum |
| #5060, aired 2006-09-15 | AROUND SWEDEN $200: At Malmo, the Oresund Bridge joins Denmark & Sweden for the 1st time since 7,000 years ago during one of these ages an ice age |
| #5052, aired 2006-07-25 | "C" PLUS $400: This 2-word women's wear item from the Middle Ages led to more low-key Saturday nights--wink wink, say no more a chastity belt |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Clause 39 in this document of 63 articles was the beginning of the principle of due process of law the Magna Carta |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In 976 this Venice church was badly damaged by fire; rebuilding began in 1050 & was completed around 1090 St. Mark's |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: This explorer's brother Thorvald was killed while on an expedition in Vinland Leif Ericson |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: By 1096 the Holy Roman Empire stretched from Italy to this peninsula that makes up most of Denmark the Jutland peninsula |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Riga, Latvia.) Founded in 1201, Riga, Latvia soon came under control of this order of knights that began in far-off Palestine the Teutonic Knights |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | "SAR" CHASM $2000: The Muslim soldiers who fought against the Christian Crusaders in the Middle Ages the Saracens |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Charlemagne standardized coinage to 12 pennies in a shilling & 20 shillings in this a pound |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: One way to judge guilt was "trial by" this 6-letter word, like putting the accused's arm in boiling water ordeal |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1,200 (Daily Double): Sir Henry Percy, nicknamed this for his military aggressiveness, of course was slain in battle in 1403 "Hotspur" |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: Of the 4 major Crusades, the one in which the Christians actually captured Jerusalem the First Crusade |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: The pope hoped Pepin & his Franks would protect him against these Germanic people (not the Gables) led by Aistulf the Lombards |
| #4946, aired 2006-02-27 | EARTH $800: Immense boulders in random & odd places were some of the first evidence that these "Ages" happened Ice Ages |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | SISTER ACT $1600: The 2002 movie "Crossroads" featured these 2 sisters who played the same character at different ages Britney Spears & Jamie Lynn Spears |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU $200: Berlin's first Reichstag was a governmental body formed by princes & nobles of this medieval empire the Holy Roman Empire |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU $400: Around 1268 Roger Bacon observed that these new optical devices could be used to improve eyesight lenses |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU $600: A poet, mathematician & astronomer, he moved people with the quatrains in his 12th century "Rubaiyat" Omar Khayyam |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU $800: Chinese explorer Cheng Ho died in Calicut, India some 65 years before this Portuguese man reached it in 1498 Vasco da Gama |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU $1000: Now called ergotism, this "fiery" medieval disease took its name from the order of monks who treated it St. Anthony's Fire |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | ON THE MAP $400: Due to use of the magnetic type of this device in the Middle Ages, mapmakers started putting north at the top of maps a compass |
| #4836, aired 2005-09-26 | SUCH AUGUST GENTLEMEN $200: 18th century clergyman Augustus Montague Toplady wrote the verses, not heard here, to this hymn "Rock Of Ages" |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | HI, FRENCHIE! $600: In French, this French monk of the Middle Ages is known as Pierre l'Ermite Peter the Hermit |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | LET'S SPICE IT UP A BIT $800: This spice, Zingiber officinale, was used during the Middle Ages against the plague because it caused sweating ginger |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | THIS SHOULD SOUND FAMILIAR $200: In 1975, using her grandkids' ages, a Pennsylvania woman won about $28,000 with this alliterative racetrack bet a daily double |
| #4729, aired 2005-03-10 | YOU, RODIN $800: Rodin, you portrayed Paolo & Francesca, lovers in the Middle Ages, in this masterpiece seen here The Kiss |
| #4717, aired 2005-02-22 | THEY COME IN SEVENS $1000: In "As You Like It" the speech that starts off "All the world's a stage" deals with these 7 periods the Seven Ages of Man |
| #4686, aired 2005-01-10 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $600: A "little" one of these "ages" ran between the 14th and 19th Centuries ice age |
| #4677, aired 2004-12-28 | LETTER LETTER $400: You auto know these 2 letters: a movie rating suitable for all ages & the 1931 Fritz Lang classic film GM |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | SIDEKICKS $1000: Lord Percy & Baldrick are the sidekicks on this Rowan Atkinson BBC series set in the Dark Ages Blackadder |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | NEPALESE HISTORY $400: The golden age of Licchavi rule was followed by 300 years of these ages, also a term used of medieval Europe the Dark Ages |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In the late 11th century this peninsula contained the kingdoms of Leon, Castile, Navarre & Aragon Iberia |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: This city-state began electing its own doges in 727 after gaining its independence from the Byzantine Empire Venice |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: One of the 63 articles in this 1215 document granted the English Church freedom from royal interference the Magna Carta |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In 1291 leaders of 3 cantons signed the Perpetual Covenant, the beginning of what became this nation Switzerland |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: Designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, this city's Pazzi Chapel was one of the first buildings in the Renaissance style Florence |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | PREHISTORIC TIMES $800: Scientists say that North America had 4 of these: Nebraskan, Kansan, Illinoian & Wisconsin ice ages |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | HEAVY METAL BANDS $2000: "Pour Some Sugar on Me",
"Rock of Ages",
"Photograph" Def Leppard |
| #4496, aired 2004-03-08 | 4-LETTER WOODS $1600: The trees that provide this wood favored by carvers in the Middle Ages are not the same-named citrus ones lime |
| #4478, aired 2004-02-11 | MEDIEVAL EUROPE $800: These Christian military expeditions in the Middle Ages were organized to capture Palestine the Crusades |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | 12-LETTER WORDS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Alaska.) Some scientists think we're in this 12-letter type of period between ice ages, & even fear global warming interglacial |
| #4372, aired 2003-09-16 | TRAINING DAY $2000: On his way to becoming a knight in the Middle Ages, a young man first served as a page & then as one of these a squire |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | UNUSUAL TREES $1200: This follows "shag" in the name of a hickory tree because it breaks up into loosely attached plates as the tree ages bark |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | THE 21st CENTURY $600: The Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume exhibited erotic works this artist did between ages 13 & 92 Pablo Picasso |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | SHAKESPEARE $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew in Stratford-upon-Avon, England) You'll find "The whining schoolboy creeping like snail unwillingly to school" in "The Ages of Man" speech from this Shakespeare play As You Like It |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: While Louis VII of France was off on one of these, Suger the Abbot of St. Denis ran the country in his stead Crusades |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500 (Daily Double): After a hard day of conquering, Mehmed II, leader of this empire, probably liked to put his feet up & relax Ottoman Empire |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: This group was expelled from England in 1290, Spain in 1492, Portugal in 1497 & France in 1182, 1306 & 1394 the Jews |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: A leather made in Britain was called cordwain & by extension, cordwainers came to be people who made these shoes |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: Among the families claiming the throne of Scotland in the 1290s was this one led by Robert I the Bruce |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | QUESTIONABLE DATES OF BIRTH $200: Born in 1927, late congressman Joe Moakley was among many who lied about their ages to do this enlist in the military |
| #4160, aired 2002-10-04 | SCIENCE & NATURE $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Field Museum in Chicago.) Snail shells are in a pattern usually called this; they add new coils as the snail ages spiral |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | ROCK OF AGES $200: The Stray Cats sang she was "Sexy &" this age, the same age when we "saw her standing there" 17 |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | ROCK OF AGES $400: Parrotheads know he followed up his song "A Pirate Looks at Forty" with his book "A Pirate Looks at Fifty" Jimmy Buffett |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | ROCK OF AGES $600: Ringo Starr's girl was this title age, beautiful & his, while Chuck Berry's was sweet & little 16 |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | ROCK OF AGES $800: In their 1997 hit "Fly", this "sweet" band sang "25 years old, my mother God rest her soul" Sugar Ray |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | ROCK OF AGES $1000: Harry Chapin's "son turned 10 just the other day" in this song, No. 1 back in 1974 "Cat's in the Cradle" |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU $800: These teeth usually erupt between the ages of 17 & 25, hence their popular name wisdom teeth |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | NOTHING BUT TIME $2,000 (Daily Double): In geologic time, eons are divided into these, which are in turn divided into periods eras |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | ROCKS OF AGES $400: The Pleistocene Epoch covered much of America with til, debris left by this as it advanced & retreated glaciers |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | ROCKS OF AGES $800: This mountain range, including Mont Blanc, began with underwater limestone deposits 200 million years ago the Alps |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | ROCKS OF AGES $1200: The anthracite type of this may be 400 million years old; lignite, under 1 million coal |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | ROCKS OF AGES $1600: Wacke, which can date back eons, is a type of this "stone" formed from small grains binding together sandstone |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | ROCKS OF AGES $2000: The Giant's Causeway, the formation seen here is made of this most common volcanic rock basalt |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | HYMNS $1600: An adaptation of Psalm 90 begins, "O God our help in" these, "Our hope in years to come" ages past |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | FULL HOUSE $600: Bathtubs made of this statuary material, regular or cultured, will cost you, but will last for ages marble |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | 'TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $800: Boxing Day began in the Middle Ages when lords in this island nation gave gifts to their servants on Dec. 26 Great Britain (England) |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | EXPLORING THE "DARK" SIDE $400: This term referred to a supposed lack of learning in the period from the 400s to the 900s the Dark Ages |
| #3949, aired 2001-11-01 | THEY GOT MILK, TOO? $500: A 2000 ad showing this pop sensation at ages 3 & 18 was the 100th "got milk?" ad Britney Spears |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | ERAS & AGES $200: Kicked off by the Russians in October 1957, it's also an adjective meaning "shiny & modern" the Space Age |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | ERAS & AGES $400: An era in American movies is named for these, like Paramount & MGM, when they controlled the theaters the studios |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | ERAS & AGES $800: Mark Twain wrote for the journal The Golden Era before co-writing the 1873 novel titled this "Age" The Gilded Age |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | ERAS & AGES $1,000 (Daily Double): The Durants' "Story of Civilization" includes "The Age of" this longest-reigning French king Louis XIV |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | ERAS & AGES $1000: An age of Roman literature is named for this emperor, formerly Octavian Augustus |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | HARRY POTTER $500: A library book at Hogwarts is called this sport "Through the Ages" Quidditch |
| #3834, aired 2001-04-12 | WHY? $200: They're "unlucky" because in the Middle Ages they were thought to be the mascots of witches Black cats |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | NEW YEAR'S DAY $400: In the Middle Ages New Year's Day was observed on March 25, this feast day that celebrates Mary's visit from Gabriel Annunciation |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: This animal accessory changed agriculture; no wonder it's a symbol of luck Horseshoe |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Astrologer Albumazar thought the world would end when the planets were in this fishy constellation Pisces |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: In Norway's state church only one of these men survived the Black Death; maybe he moved diagonally away Bishop |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In a 1346 battle, France's Philip VI was Crecy to take on the third English king of this name Edward III |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: Prussia was Christianized in the 13th century by knights of this order Teutonic Knights |
| #3681, aired 2000-09-11 | MEN OF SCIENCE $200: In 1894 Kitasato found the bacillus that caused this scourge of the Middle Ages Black death |
| #3614, aired 2000-04-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $100: This legendary outlaw is mentioned in the 1377 poem "Piers Plowman" Robin Hood |
| #3614, aired 2000-04-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: The area around the altar of a church; churches offered the "Right of" it to fugitives Sanctuary |
| #3614, aired 2000-04-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $300: The earliest ones of these, dating from around 1300, corrected presbyopia Eyeglasses |
| #3614, aired 2000-04-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: People added an "A' to the end of this man's name to make a nickname for his son Vlad the Impaler Dracul |
| #3614, aired 2000-04-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500: Back in 1499 this country had a military force so powerful it forced Germany to sign the Treaty of Basel Switzerland |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | BUY AMERICAN LIT! $400: Frankie ages a year over the course of this author's "Member of the Wedding" Carson McCullers |
| #3572, aired 2000-02-29 | LIGHTHOUSES $1000: In the Middle Ages, the Arabs replaced this Egyptian lighthouse with a small mosque Lighthouse in Alexandria |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: He was elected to Parliament in 1386 & began writing "The Canterbury Tales" about a year later Geoffrey Chaucer |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In 1208 in Assisi he gathered 12 disciples who became the original brothers of his religious order Saint Francis |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: In 1232 A.D. the Mongols were repulsed by "arrows of flying fire", or rockets, at Kaifeng-Fu in this country China |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In 814 Louis the Pious succeeded this "Magne" man, his father, as Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: "Dark" nickname of Edward, the hero of the Battle of Crecy "The Black Prince" |
| #3559, aired 2000-02-10 | MARK TWAIN $800 (Daily Double): This 1889 novel contrasts American homespun ingenuity with the Dark Ages' superstition & ineptitude "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
| #3559, aired 2000-02-10 | ISMs $800: Manorialism was the economic basis of this system of political & military obligation in the Middle Ages Feudalism |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | HYMNS $200: This hymn was a Victorian favorite: "Rock of Ages" |
| #3512, aired 1999-12-07 | SHARK! $400: This shark, which produces litters of 30 to 50 at a time, has stripes that fade as it ages Tiger shark |
| #3466, aired 1999-10-04 | "V"OCABULARY $400: In the Middle Ages it was a person who held land from a feudal lord & owed allegiance to him Vassal |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | HAT HAPPY $100: Title of the gagster who doffed the top seen here in the Middle Ages: Court jester |
| #3448, aired 1999-09-08 | ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL $200: Alchemists of the Middle Ages tried to turn lead into this yellow metal Gold |
| #3445, aired 1999-07-23 | MINIMUM AGES $100: To legally buy alcohol across the U.S. 21 |
| #3445, aired 1999-07-23 | MINIMUM AGES $200: To see an R-rated movie unaccompanied by an adult 17 |
| #3445, aired 1999-07-23 | MINIMUM AGES $300: To vote in Canadian national elections 18 |
| #3445, aired 1999-07-23 | MINIMUM AGES $400: To play on the Senior PGA Tour 50 |
| #3445, aired 1999-07-23 | MINIMUM AGES $600 (Daily Double): To serve as a Congressman 25 |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | SCIENCE $400: Scientists say the Earth has warmed about 9 degrees since the last of these frigid ages Ice Age |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | A LITTLE GAME OF CARDS? $300: Fun for all ages, it's the game demonstrated here slapjack |
| #3402, aired 1999-05-25 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: During the Middle Ages, this capital was mostly confined to Stadsholmen & Riddarholmen islands Stockholm |
| #3387, aired 1999-05-04 | MEDIEVAL TECHNOLOGY $1000: Ornamental hipposandals were used in ancient times; these didn't evolve until the Middle Ages Horseshoes |
| #3368, aired 1999-04-07 | SINGULAR NAMES $1000: James, father of this British thinker, made him study Greek at 3 & Latin at 8 -- those are ages, not times John Stuart Mill |
| #3359, aired 1999-03-25 | MEDIEVAL TIMES $200: Some scholars date the end of the Middle Ages to this king's death at Bosworth Field in 1485 Richard III |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | QUOTATIONS $100: On April 15, 1865 Edwin Stanton said this man "belongs to the ages" Abraham Lincoln |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | HERBS & SPICES $800: During the Middle Ages, merchants who adulterated this expensive yellow spice were burnt at the stake saffron |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | THE GIFT OF "GAB" $600: Feel this material! It's a ridged fabric whose name comes from a coat of the Middle Ages Gabardine |
| #3212, aired 1998-07-14 | LANGUAGES $400: During the Middle Ages, this language spoken in Amsterdam was known as Diets Dutch |
| #3207, aired 1998-07-07 | PERIODS $800: From the Latin words for middle and age, this adjective is used to describe the Middle Ages Medieval |
| #3201, aired 1998-06-29 | 12-LETTER WORDS $400: An individual between the ages of 60 & 70...not one who studies human reproduction Sexagenarian |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | WISDOM OF THE AGES $200: An Aesop moral says "familiarity breeds" this contempt |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | WISDOM OF THE AGES $400: A Lao-Tzu line is traditionally quoted as "a journey of 1,000 miles must begin with" this a single step |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | WISDOM OF THE AGES $800: A fragment from Euripides has the line "Those whom God wishes to destroy, he" first does this makes mad |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | WISDOM OF THE AGES $1000: Heraclitus said "All is flux, nothing stays still" & "nothing endures but" this Change |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | WISDOM OF THE AGES $5,000 (Daily Double): Pindar knew these "have a longer life than deeds" words |
| #3123, aired 1998-03-11 | HAWN $400: Goldie moans in it: "In Hollywood, women have only 3 ages: babe, district attorney & driving Miss Daisy" The First Wives Club |
| #3123, aired 1998-03-11 | GOLD $800: These pseudo-scientists of the Middle Ages tried to turn base metals into gold; now you can in a cyclotron Alchemists |
| #3075, aired 1998-01-02 | WHEN-THEY-WERE-YOUNG FILMS $300: In a 1972 film Simon Ward played this prime minister from ages 19 to 26 Winston Churchill |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It's a song of praise, like "Rock Of Ages" Hymn |
| #3057, aired 1997-12-09 | ODD WORDS $1000: A fur used to line robes during the Middle Ages, or a "Mrs." played by Greer Garson Miniver |
| #3055, aired 1997-12-05 | SAINTS BE PRAISED $200: "Golden Legend", a book from the late Middle Ages, popularized his dragon-killing prowess Saint George |
| #3019, aired 1997-10-16 | THE BEASTS $100: Male lions are the only members of the cat family to have these & they sometimes turn black as the lion ages Manes |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: These "scientists" sought the elixir of life & the way to turn lesser metals into precious ones alchemists |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Around 1000 the Christian Church spilt into 2 main forms: Roman Catholic & this Eastern Orthodox |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Castles offered great protection until the 1400s, when these large weapons came into use cannons |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Term for a noble who was granted a fief by a lord a vassal |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: This 13th century English philosopher predicted there would be cars, airplanes & ships without rowers Roger Bacon |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | HORSES $300: This Austrian breed is born with a black coat, which turns white as the horse ages Lipizzaner |
| #2959, aired 1997-06-12 | THE BODY WOMAN $100: These organs that produce eggs stop functioning as glands between ages 45 & 55 ovaries |
| #2959, aired 1997-06-12 | THE BODY WOMAN $300: This grows the fastest in women ages 16-24 & its length also affects its growth hair |
| #2951, aired 1997-06-02 | ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS $600: This city's different ages are given Roman numerals; it's believed the "Homeric" one was VIIa Troy |
| #2933, aired 1997-05-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In the 930s Wang Kon unified this peninsula; it was divided again in the 1940s Korea |
| #2933, aired 1997-05-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Crusader Godfrey of Bouillon was chosen king of this holy city but was left in the soup by his allies Jerusalem |
| #2933, aired 1997-05-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: The town-dwellers known by this French term evolved into the Capitalist class of Marxist thought Bourgeoisie |
| #2933, aired 1997-05-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Philosopher Albertus Magnus popularized the "Physics" & other works of this ancient Greek Aristotle |
| #2933, aired 1997-05-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: Frankish king Charles Martel & the Schlegerbund, a group of Swabian knights, took their names from this tool a hammer |
| #2902, aired 1997-03-25 | CD-ROM GAMES $500: This James Burke TV series that linked inventions through the ages was turned into a game in 1996 Connections |
| #2869, aired 1997-02-06 | RELIGION $400: This synagogue ceremony marking manhood dates to the Middle Ages Bar Mitzvah |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: From 618 to 907 China was ruled by this dynasty whose name sounds like a breakfast drink Tang |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In 813 he personally crowned his son Louis as Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: In 995 Olaf Tryggvesson became the first Christian king of this country Norway |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In 1094 this Spanish warrior captured Valencia from the Moors El Cid |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: These societies for craftsmen & merchants originated in western Europe in the 11th century Guilds |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | MODERN HISTORY $200: In 1988 radio-carbon testing dated this holy cloth only to the Middle Ages Shroud of Turin |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | HERALDRY $500: Heraldic designs called mons became popular in this country during the Middle Ages Japan |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | SCIENCE $500: This term refers to the warm periods within ice ages; we're in one of those periods now interglacial |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): In the Middle Ages, these 2 seas were the center of trade between Hanseatic League ports the Baltic Sea & the North Sea |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | SCIENCE $400: In most people these third molars erupt between the ages of 17 & 21 wisdom teeth |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | U.S. LANDMARKS $600: The Rock of Ages quarry in Vermont is the world's largest pit for this rock granite |
| #2763, aired 1996-09-11 | SCULPTURE $400: During the Middle Ages, these decorative waterspouts became a familiar part of Gothic buildings gargoyles |
| #2741, aired 1996-07-01 | THE 18th CENTURY $200: In 1776 hymn singers could ask this "cleft" object, "let me hide myself in thee" the Rock of Ages |
| #2741, aired 1996-07-01 | STATUES $800: The misbelief that this statue of Helios straddled a harbor entrance dates from the Middle Ages the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #2724, aired 1996-06-06 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: During the Middle Ages, this city was capital of The Pale, an area ruled by England on Ireland's E. coast Dublin |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In 1430 this maid of Orleans fell into the hands of the Burgundians, who turned her over to the English Joan of Arc |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Later Bishop of Lincoln, Robert Grosseteste was chancellor of this university c. 1215-1221 Oxford |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Domenico Morosini, who became doge in 1148, extended this city's rule to Istria Venice |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In Romanesque times, the center for this kind of book embellishment was Reichenau in Germany Illumination |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1,400 (Daily Double): This town began to grow in importance after the Capetians made it their capital in 987 Paris |
| #2606, aired 1995-12-25 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: In the 13th century the German town of Halle joined this League the Hanseatic League |
| #2606, aired 1995-12-25 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: The "New Rome", it withstood assaults by Russians * Bulgars but was captured by Ottomans in 1453 Constantinople |
| #2606, aired 1995-12-25 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: The 1086 survey ordered by William the Conqueror that registered all English landholders Domesday Book (Domesday Survey accepted) |
| #2602, aired 1995-12-19 | TIME $800: A 1483 Flavio Biondo work used this 2-word term for the era between the decline of Rome & his time the Middle Ages |
| #2582, aired 1995-11-21 | TOUGH FACTS $100: Throughout the Middle Ages it was the principal, if not the only table utensil the knife |
| #2564, aired 1995-10-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Ali, this prophet's son-in-law, became the fourth caliph in 656 Muhammad |
| #2564, aired 1995-10-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In 1192 Minamoto Yoritomo took this title as military dictator of Japan Shogun |
| #2564, aired 1995-10-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: After the birth of their child, Peter Abelard convinced her to take holy vows at the Abbey of Argenteuil Heloise |
| #2564, aired 1995-10-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: By the middle ages this Asian language had lost its Vedic system of pitch or tonal accent Sanskrit |
| #2564, aired 1995-10-26 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: This "Great" Saxon king's son Edward was acknowledged lord of Scotland c. 920 Alfred the Great |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Frenchman Bertrand de Got served in this capacity as Clement V from 1305 to 1314 pope |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Orders of this included the Garter in England & the Elephant in Denmark knighthood |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Caliph Abd al-Malik had the Dome of the Rock erected in this city on the supposed site of Solomon's Temple Jerusalem |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: 2 Gothic churches were erected over the tomb of St. Francis in this Umbrian city Assisi |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: Yarkend became an important center on this trade route linking China & Europe the Silk Road |
| #2538, aired 1995-09-20 | POETRY $200: In a preface to "Leaves of Grass", he wrote, "A great poem is for ages and ages" Walt Whitman |
| #2521, aired 1995-07-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: This string of beads used to keep count of prayers may have appeared in the West by the 9th century the rosary |
| #2521, aired 1995-07-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In August 1227 this Mongol leader died in Kansu Genghis Khan |
| #2521, aired 1995-07-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: It took nearly 100 years to rebuild this Venice cathedral after a fire in 976 St. Mark's |
| #2521, aired 1995-07-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800 (Daily Double): Aachen served as capital of the Frankish kingdom under this man & his son Louis the Pious Charlemagne |
| #2521, aired 1995-07-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: In 1215 this king is thought to have set his seal on the Magna Carta at Runnymede John |
| #2470, aired 1995-05-05 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $300: It's the historic period between the fall of the Roman Empire & the dawn of the Renaissance the Middle Ages |
| #2465, aired 1995-04-28 | ANAGRAMS $400: Ann dries & ages this herb before cooking with it; how wise sage (from ages) |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | SHAW $2,300 (Daily Double): Shaw called her "The queerest fish among the eccentric worthies of the Middle Ages" Joan of Arc |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In 1220 Samarkand fell to this Mongol ruler & was destroyed Genghis Khan |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: This group of 100 tales by Boccaccio is considered a medieval prose masterpiece the Decameron |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: The Domesday Book, the 1086 survey he ordered, gave him an inventory of his English vassals' property William the Conqueror |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: This city called "The New Rome" was captured by the Fourth Crusade Constantinople |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: This Saracen general made a treaty with Richard I allowing Christians to visit the holy places Saladin |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | GEOGRAPHY $200: Known in the Middle Ages as the Gateway to China, Lanzhou was an important stop on this trade route the Silk Route |
| #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 |
| #2338, aired 1994-11-02 | MUSEUMS $600: The Cloisters, a branch of this New York City museum, is devoted to art of the Middle Ages the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| #2307, aired 1994-09-20 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: The fourth of the military expeditions never reached Palestine, capturing Constantinople instead the Crusades |
| #2307, aired 1994-09-20 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: This Spanish warrior served the Moors before undertaking the conquest of Moorish Valencia in 1089 El Cid |
| #2307, aired 1994-09-20 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Established in 640, this city at the south end of the Nile delta was first called Al-Fustat Cairo |
| #2307, aired 1994-09-20 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: The Abbasid dynasty of caliphs moved the capital of the caliphate from Damascus to this city Baghdad |
| #2307, aired 1994-09-20 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: At its height some 100 towns belonged to this league of merchants & towns the Hanseatic League |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | PERIODS & AGES $100: 2-word term for the period in the U.S. between 1946 & 1964, from the high number of births the baby boom |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | PERIODS & AGES $200: The last of these ages to encompass part of the U.S. ended about 15,000 years ago the Ice Age |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | PERIODS & AGES $300: During this period after the Civil War, the North & South tried to put the country together again Reconstruction |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | PERIODS & AGES $400: In the U.S. it ran from about 1918 to 1929 & was named for the music popular during it the Jazz Age |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | PERIODS & AGES $500: The Stone Age lasted about 2,000,000 years; this age that followed it lasted about 2,000 the Age of Copper (or Bronze Age) |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $1000: The Duchenne type of this disorder usually appears between the ages of 3 & 5 muscular dystrophy |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | MUSIC $100: Thomas Hastings' Hymn "Toplady" is the music for this Augustus Toplady poem & its words "cleft for me" "Rock of Ages" |
| #2196, aired 1994-03-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $100: This explosive mixture of saltpeter, sulfur & charcoal was known in Europe by the 13th c. gunpowder |
| #2196, aired 1994-03-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: The origins of this city on islands in the N. Adriatic go back to refugees who fled Attila the Hun Venice |
| #2196, aired 1994-03-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $300: Term for a boy who lived with a master guildsman for 5-7 years while learning a trade an apprentice |
| #2196, aired 1994-03-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Once the student & wife of Peter Abelard, she became a nun at the Abbey of Argenteuil Heloise |
| #2196, aired 1994-03-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800 (Daily Double): He spent only about 6 months of his 10-year reign, 1189-1199, in England Richard I (the Lionhearted) |
| #2141, aired 1993-12-20 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $400: During the Middle Ages, this 1-horned mythical beast sometimes represented Christ the unicorn |
| #2139, aired 1993-12-16 | THE CIVIL WAR $3,900 (Daily Double): In January 1862 Lincoln replaced Secretary of War Simon Cameron with this man Edwin Stanton |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: It lasted so long that it should have been called the "116 Years War" 100 Years War |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Medieval people did this with swords around maypoles & in chain formations Dance |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: This monk who led the Peasants' Crusade is known in French as Pierre l'Ermite Peter the Hermit |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: This tower-like structure, the strongest part of a medieval castle, is also called the donjon Keep |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1,200 (Daily Double): This king of England was killed by a Norman arrow at the Battle of Hastings Harold II |
| #2106, aired 1993-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: This system of the Middle Ages was basically an arrangement between lords & vassals feudalism |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: At the time of his death in 632, most Arabs accepted him as prophet Muhammad |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In 1032 this city's doge lost his absolute power Venice |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: This title by which the Mongol conqueror Temujin is known means "universal ruler" Genghis Khan |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: This heiress of Aquitaine married Frances Louis VII & England's Henry II Eleanor |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: Jacques de Molay was the last grand master of this order of knights the Knights Templar |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | HISTORY $200: Joachim of Fiore divided history into 3 ages: the ages of the Father, the Son & this entity Holy Ghost |
| #2042, aired 1993-06-22 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $300: Between the ages of 1 & 10, about 95% of U.S. children get this virus, also called varicella chicken pox |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $3,000 (Daily Double): This program teaches employment skills to young people usually between the ages of 16 & 21 Job Corps |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: A crusader was said "to take up" this religious symbol, which was often sewn on his clothing cross |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Some of these fortresses were the motte & bailey style; a motte was a hill, a bailey, a walled court castles |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: This Queen of England was also known as Eleanor of Guyenne Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Mystery, miracle & morality were 3 types of these that were extremely popular during the Middle Ages plays |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: He inherited the whole Frankish kingdom when his brother Carloman died in 771 Charlemagne |
| #1987, aired 1993-04-06 | WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY $400: In order to ensure their purity, these attendants of Vesta were chosen at ages 6-10 the Vestal Virgins |
| #1986, aired 1993-04-05 | GLOVES $600: A symbol of high rank in the Middle Ages, gloves also served as wrist protectors in this avian sport falconry |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | GEOLOGY $800: Scientists believe that from about the 1500s to the 1800s the Earth went through a little one of these ages an ice age |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | HISTORIC EUROPE $200: During the Middle Ages, this largest Roman amphitheatre was used as a marble quarry the Colosseum |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: The emblem painted on a knight's shield was called his coat of these coat of arms |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: The years 1347 to 1350 may have been the "darkest" days of this disease that devastated Europe the black death |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Knights & their lords enjoyed playing this board game which still features knights today chess |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: When he became Duke of Normandy in 1035, he wasn't a conqueror yet; he was only 8 William |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: Born around 742, this great king of the Franks had fair hair, a thick neck & a pot belly Charlemagne |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $300: In the Middle Ages, this hand-held drum with jingles was used typically by wandering musicians a tambourine |
| #1909, aired 1992-12-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $100: This lion-hearted English king was also Duke of Normandy & Count of Anjou from 1189 to 1199 Richard |
| #1909, aired 1992-12-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Later abolished by Peter the Great, the Boyars were the medieval aristocrats of this country Russia |
| #1909, aired 1992-12-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $300: Johann Fust lent him the money to build his printing press Gutenberg |
| #1909, aired 1992-12-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: The tomb of this Archbishop of Canterbury was medieval England's most popular shrine Thomas a Becket |
| #1909, aired 1992-12-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500: In 632 Abu Bakr succeeded this prophet as leader of Islam, becoming the first caliph Mohammed |
| #1906, aired 1992-12-14 | DON'T KNOCK THE "ROCK" $400: In a hymn, it's the title line that precedes "Cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee" "Rock of Ages" |
| #1900, aired 1992-12-04 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600: This system used to weigh gold, silver & precious metals was begun in France in the Middle Ages troy |
| #1889, aired 1992-11-19 | LITERARY RELATIVES $400: Literary sisters whose elder sisters, Maria & Elizabeth, died at ages 11 & 10 respectively the Brontë Sisters (Emily & Charlotte Brontë accepted) |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | DYNASTIES $600: During much of the Middle Ages, France was ruled by this dynasty founded by Hugh Capet the Capetian |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Imprisoned in Genoa, he dictated an account of his visit to the court of Kublai Khan Marco Polo |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: This continent's Mali empire reached its apogee under Mansa Musa in the 14th century Africa |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: In 1301 Edward II was the first English heir to be given this title Prince of Wales |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Irene, who reigned from 797-802, declared herself Emperor, not Empress, of this empire the Byzantine Empire |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: In 1358 this league of North German trading towns made Lubeck its administrative headquarters the Hanseatic League |
| #1796, aired 1992-05-25 | MEDIEVAL HISTORY $400: This mythical animal resembling a horse or goat was a symbol of purity in the middle ages the unicorn |
| #1782, aired 1992-05-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: This writing material came to Europe in the 11th c. & began to replace parchment in the 13th paper |
| #1782, aired 1992-05-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: He was elected to parliament in 1386 & began writing "The Canterbury Tales" about a year later Chaucer |
| #1782, aired 1992-05-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Hagia Sophia Cathedral in this city was built in only about 6 years ending in 537 Constantinople |
| #1782, aired 1992-05-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: The origins of this country go back to 1291, when 3 cantons entered into the Perpetual Compact Switzerland |
| #1782, aired 1992-05-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: This Kurdish general recaptured Jerusalem from the crusaders in 1187 Saladin |
| #1774, aired 1992-04-23 | 12-LETTER WORDS $500: It's anyone specifically between the ages of eighty & ninety an octogenarian |
| #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 |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In 1328 the Mongols made Ivan I grand prince of this city Moscow |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: The father of Pepin the Short & grandfather of Charlemagne, his name meant "Charles the Hammer" Charles Martel |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: 1 of 3 kings who participated in the Third Crusade, 1189 to 1192 (1 of) Richard the Lionhearted (Philip Augustus & Frederick Barbarossa) |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: The Toltecs ruled central Mexico for at least 300 years until their defeat by this tribe about 1200 A.D. the Aztecs |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: In 1216 this Spanish religious leader founded the Order of Friars Preachers Saint Dominic |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: The story of her naked ride first appeared in the chronicle of Roger of Wendover Lady Godiva |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: This city became the capital of Russia during the reign of Ivan III Moscow |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Ogadai, this man's son, succeeded him as Mongol ruler in 1229 Genghis Khan |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: This youngest son of Henry II conspired to take his brother Richard's throne (King) John |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: The Popes made their home in this French city, not Rome, for most of the 14th century Avignon |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | TITLES $400: The title of the supreme ruler of the Tatars in the Middle Ages, it's now a title of respect a khan |
| #1669, aired 1991-11-28 | WORLD HISTORY $200: During the early Middle Ages Sorrento, now part of this country, was an independent duchy Italy |
| #1641, aired 1991-10-21 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $100: For most women this "change of life" occurs between the ages of 45 & 55 menopause |
| #1634, aired 1991-10-10 | MEDIEVAL EUROPE $600: By the end of the Middle Ages, this fermented honey drink was replaced by wine in many regions mead |
| #1618, aired 1991-09-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $100: Founded in the 9th century by the Moors, this Spanish city was known by the Arabic name Majrit Madrid |
| #1618, aired 1991-09-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: A 1059 decree by Pope Nicholas II made this body the electors of the Pope the College of Cardinals |
| #1618, aired 1991-09-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In 1231 the Pope founded this court in France to fight the Albigensian Heresy the Inquisition |
| #1618, aired 1991-09-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500 (Daily Double): In 1086 he ordered the survey of English landowners called The Domesday Book William the Conqueror |
| #1618, aired 1991-09-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500: This ruler of Venice was originally a Byzantine official the Doge |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Abu Bakr, this man's father-in-law, became the first Muslim caliph in 632 Muhammad |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: The Spanish captured this rock from the Moors in 1309, lost it in 1333 & recaptured it in 1462 Gibraltar |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: The harsh Gov. Gessler supposedly forced him to shoot the apple from his son's head William Tell |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: The eldest son of the French king was known by this title after the future Charles V got it in 1350 dauphin |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: The name of this English ruling house, supplanted by Lancaster, may mean "sprig of broom" the Plantagenets |
| #1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ATTENDANTS $400: In the Middle Ages, this step preceded squire on the road to knighthood a page |
| #1517, aired 1991-03-19 | THE EARTH $200: The most recent one of these ages occurred during the Pleistocene Epoch, brrr! an ice age |
| #1491, aired 1991-02-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: From 1275-92, this Venetian explorer traveled in the service of Emperor Kublai Khan Marco Polo |
| #1491, aired 1991-02-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: This religion whose name means "submission to the will of god" was founded in the 7th century Islam |
| #1491, aired 1991-02-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: This empire reached its greatest territorial extent under Justinian I in the 6th century the Byzantine |
| #1491, aired 1991-02-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: In medieval craft guilds it was the class between apprentice & master craftsman journeyman |
| #1491, aired 1991-02-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1,200 (Daily Double): Most medieval Europeans who could read & write did so in this language Latin |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In 1086 this conqueror ordered the Domesday Book Survey to see how much land he owned William |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: "Venerable" historian who completed a translation of the Gospel of St. John hours before his death Bede |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Around 500 A.D. this Teutonic group established the kingdoms of Essex, Wessex & Sussex in England the Saxons |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800 (Daily Double): This Byzantine emperor's "code" of law was actually written by Tribonian & some assistants Justinian |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: From a Latin word for "man-servant", it's one who vowed homage to a feudal lord a vassal |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE $200: This Italian unit goes back to the Middle Ages when it was based on a pound of silver lira |
| #1461, aired 1990-12-31 | SEVEN WONDERS $400: In the Middle Ages the Arabs replaced its beacon with a small mosque the lighthouse at Alexandria |
| #1439, aired 1990-11-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $100: The 1st one was organized to fight against the Seljuk Turks, who'd conquered Palestine the Crusades |
| #1439, aired 1990-11-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: 2 of them are The Knight's Tale & The Wife of Bath's Tale the Canterbury Tales |
| #1439, aired 1990-11-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $300: In 1206 the Mongols conferred this title, meaning "universal ruler" on Temujin Genghis Khan |
| #1439, aired 1990-11-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: From the Latin for "brother", these begging brothers were common in the Middle Ages friars |
| #1429, aired 1990-11-15 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $400: The Academic American Ency. calls this Dante work the greatest poem of the Middle Ages the Divine Comedy |
| #1422, aired 1990-11-06 | PHYSICIANS IN HISTORY $1000: Physician at the court of Marcus Aurelius; his writings were used throughout the Middle Ages Galen |
| #1404, aired 1990-10-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In 1084 Gregory VII, who held this office, was deposed by Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV the pope |
| #1404, aired 1990-10-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: A dance hysteria of the Middle Ages gave this alternate name to the disease chorea St. Vitus' dance |
| #1404, aired 1990-10-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: After Llewellyn, a chieftain who had held this title, died, England's Edward I gave it to his son Prince of Wales |
| #1384, aired 1990-09-13 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $600: A portrait of this young handsome man of 1890s London, ages but he does not Dorian Gray |
| #1378, aired 1990-09-05 | WORLD HISTORY $2,100 (Daily Double): Many say his coronation in 800 A.D. marked the end of the Dark Ages Charlemagne |
| #6, aired 1990-07-21 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: During the 10th & 11th centuries, the king of France ruled only a narrow strip of land around this city Paris |
| #6, aired 1990-07-21 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: They were trade organizations that fixed wages & set quality standards guilds |
| #6, aired 1990-07-21 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: This king of England lost territories, was excommunicated & was forced to accept the Magna Carta King John |
| #6, aired 1990-07-21 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In the 13th C. the Franciscan friars wore gray, while the Friars founded by this saint wore black Saint Dominic |
| #6, aired 1990-07-21 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: Pope Stephen II gave him the title patrician, but most people know Pepin III by this nickname Pepin the Short |
| #1373, aired 1990-07-18 | FASHION HISTORY $300: Some nuns still wear these headcloths drawn in folds about the chin, popular during the Middle Ages a wimple |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: These Scandinavian adventurers ranged as far east as Persia & as far west as the new world Vikings |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Institution that developed from the fusion of England's Great Council & the King's Court Parliament |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: This French town famous for its magnificent Gothic cathedral was named for the Carnutes, a Celtic tribe Chartres |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Its greatest use as a military weapon was during the Hundred Years' War English longbow |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: A popular destination for pilgrimages in medieval times was the shrine of this patron saint of Wales St. David |
| #1336, aired 1990-05-28 | ITALIAN HISTORY $3,400 (Daily Double): In the middle ages the Ghibillines supported the Holy Roman Emperor & the Guelphs supported him the pope |
| #1308, aired 1990-04-18 | CATS $400: Considered evil in the Middle Ages, many cats were killed, which may have led to this scourge the Black Death |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | THE DARK AGES $200: The Dark Ages began when this city fell in 476 A.D. Rome |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | THE DARK AGES $400: The armies of Justinian, who headed this empire, conquered the Vandals in 534 Byzantine Empire |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | THE DARK AGES $600: In 568 the Lombards began their conquest of what is now this country Italy |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | THE DARK AGES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 711 Arabs & Berbers crossed over from north Africa & drove the last Visigoth king from this country Spain |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | THE DARK AGES $1000: The 3 Germanic tribes that invaded England between 400-600 Jutes, Angles & Saxons |
| #1300, aired 1990-04-06 | ANIMALS $100: In the Middle Ages this insect was dedicated to the Virgin & called "The Beetle of Our Lady" ladybug/ladybird beetle |
| #1300, aired 1990-04-06 | SWITZERLAND $400: This is compulsory for all men between the ages of 20 & 50 military service |
| #1295, aired 1990-03-30 | VOCABULARY $500: This adjective meaning "of the earliest ages" appears in the first line of Longfellow's "Evangeline" Primeval ("This is the forest primeval, the murmuring pines & the hemlocks") |
| #1291, aired 1990-03-26 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: Arm of Al-Anon that's specifically for young people between the ages of 12 & 20 Al-Ateen |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | PEOPLE $1000: He studied the Middle Ages for 30 years before writing "The Name of the Rose" Umberto Eco |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $100: Crackowes were a style of these with toes so long they were sometimes attached to the knees with chains shoes |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Eleanor of Aquitaine accompanied her 1st husband, King Louis VII, on the 2nd one of these in 1147 the Crusades |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $300: It's estimated this dread 14th century epidemic killed 1/3 of the population of Europe the Black Death |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: 2 types of these which were especially popular during the Middle Ages were "miracle" & "morality" types of plays |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500: This famous "Song" is a romanticized account of the Battle of Roncesvalles, fought in 778 Song of Roland |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: The Knights of St. John who ran a Jerusalem hospital for sick pilgrims wore white, not red ones Crosses |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Habichtsburg, or Hawks Castle, built in 1020 in present-day Switzerland gave this dynasty its name Hapsburgs |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: This crusade led by Stephen of Vendrone may have been the inspiration for the Pied Piper Children's Crusade |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: The Mongol chief Temujin was given this title when he was proclaimed supreme ruler Genghis Khan |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | THE MIDDLE AGES $3,000 (Daily Double): This French dynasty that began in 987 may have been named for the cloak that King Hugh wore as an abbot The Capetian Dynasty |
| #1269, aired 1990-02-22 | VOWELS $1000: In the U.S. a movie for all ages is rated "G"; in England it's certified this the U |
| #1267, aired 1990-02-20 | THE EARTH $1,000 (Daily Double): We're in the Holocene epoch of the Quaternary period of the Cenozoic one of these an era |
| #1236, aired 1990-01-08 | POTENT POTABLES $600: Alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey, it's announcer Johnny Gilbert's favorite mead |
| #1224, aired 1989-12-21 | BRAZIL $100: This democratic privilege is compulsory for all Brazilians who are literate & between the ages of 18 & 65 Voting |
| #1205, aired 1989-11-24 | MIDDLE AGES $100: England was heavily influenced by the French during the reign of this "conqueror" William |
| #1205, aired 1989-11-24 | MIDDLE AGES $200: In 1409 3 men claimed to be pope at the same time: 1 in Rome, 1 in Pisa & 1 in this French city Avignon |
| #1205, aired 1989-11-24 | MIDDLE AGES $300: Of the Lombards, the Monroes or the Harlows, the ones Charlemagne conquered in 774 the Lombards |
| #1205, aired 1989-11-24 | MIDDLE AGES $400: "Venerable" historian who could have written a autobiography called "I was a teenage deacon" Bede |
| #1205, aired 1989-11-24 | MIDDLE AGES $500: In the 5th century, the Angles, Saxons & Jutes settled in Britain & these people established a kingdom in Gaul the Franks |
| #1143, aired 1989-07-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: In a '76 miniseries, both MacKenzie Phillips & Jane Alexander played this first lady at different ages Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $100: The Catholic clergy was supported by these payments, 1/10 of the parishioners' incomes a tithe |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Germany formed the core of this medieval "Empire" the Holy Roman Empire |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $300: From "Hanse" meaning guild, the German league was formed in the 13th c. to promote & control trade the Hanseatic League |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Order of religious knights named for the Biblical "temple" in Jerusalem the Knights Templar |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500: Named for a barbarian tribe, this style of architecture was later considered barbarous by Italians Gothic |
| #1087, aired 1989-05-02 | BRIDGES $100: In the Middle Ages these retractable types were all the rage at castles with moats drawbridges |
| #1046, aired 1989-03-06 | IN THE NEWS $1,500 (Daily Double): In fall 1988 scientists announces that it only dates back to the 3 Middle Ages & is a fraud the Shroud of Turin |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: By 589 A.D. Yang Chien reunified this country that had been fragmented politically for almost 400 years China |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Clovis was a king of this Germanic tribe that gave its name to France Franks |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: This social system prevalent in Europe in the middle ages was based on protection, not money Feudalism |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: For 4 centuries, the glassmakers of this Italian city dominated the industry Venice |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | THE MIDDLE AGES $4,000 (Daily Double): Chaucer's Canterbury Tales are "told" by a group of pilgrims on their way to this martyr's shrine St. Thomas à Becket |
| #1030, aired 1989-02-10 | THE MIDDLE AGES $100: A more accurate name for this conflict would have been the 116 Years War the Hundred Years' War |
| #1030, aired 1989-02-10 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: During the Middle Ages Istanbul was known by this name, in honor of Constantine the Great Constantinople |
| #1030, aired 1989-02-10 | THE MIDDLE AGES $300: This adjective referring to the Middle Ages is from the Latin words "medium" & "aevum", which mean middle age medieval |
| #1030, aired 1989-02-10 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In the 1300s this dread disease killed 1/4 of all the people in Europe black death |
| #1030, aired 1989-02-10 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500: Musicians know Gregorian chant was named for Gregory I, who was elected to this office in the year 590 pope |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In the 12th C., these "pumpers" became widespread in Europe, especially Holland windmills |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Before he was King of England, William the Conqueror was Duke of this region Normandy |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: In 632 Muhammad died & was buried in this holy city, not Mecca Medina |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | THE MIDDLE AGES $7,900 (Daily Double): Medieval French society consisted of three groups of people: the nobility, the common people & them clergy |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | "DARK" $200: The period 476-800 A.D. the Dark Ages |
| #890, aired 1988-06-17 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: Upon the death of Lincoln, Secretary of War Stanton said, "Now he belongs to" these the ages |
| #871, aired 1988-05-23 | CURRENT EVENTS $200: Most of the customers of the Young Americans Bank of this "Centennial" capital city are ages 7 to 10 Denver |
| #863, aired 1988-05-11 | SENIORS IN HISTORY $800: At ages 90 & 77 respectively, they published the last volume of their "Story of Civilization" Will & Ariel Durant |
| #842, aired 1988-04-12 | EARLY MAN $1,200 (Daily Double): Prehistory can be divided into these 3 ages, each named for a different tool material Stone, Iron & Bronze |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In 1 of these, mounted knights used blunted weapons, while Jeopardy! champs use their knowledge a tournament |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: About 1000 A.D., they discovered North America & called parts of it Helluland, Markland, and Vinland the Vikings |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: This "Venerable" saint is called "The Father of English History" The Venerable Bede |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1,000 (Daily Double): Tradition says Rurik, a Norse leader, settled in Novgorod in 862 & became founder of this country Russia |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: Though called a hermit, he led thousands of crusaders to conquer the Holy Land Peter the Hermit |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In western Europe, those few who could read or write usually did so in this classic language Latin |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: The Germans began their famous "Drang nach Osten", expansion in this direction East |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600 (Daily Double): A treasure for its decoration & calligraphy, the medieval Irish Book of Kells contains these 4 biblical books the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John) |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: After the empire of Charlemagne ended, hundreds of vassals ruled their own fiefs through this political system the feudal system |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Christian artists of eastern Europe painted in this style named for the religious center, now Istanbul Byzantine |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | HISTORY $300: In the Middle Ages, the stained glass windows in these helped the illiterate learn about Christianity cathedrals |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: By 1453, the only English possession left in this country was Calais France |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Among leaders of the 1st of these in 1096 were Bohemund of Otranto & Godfrey of Bouillon the Crusades |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: City in which Charlemagne spent Christmas, 800 A.D. Rome |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: From a Celtic word for "servant", it was the name for one who had vowed homage to a feudal lord a vassal |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: The Knights of St. John were established in Jerusalem, moved to Cyprus, then to Rhodes, & finally to here Malta |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | SPELLING $500: From Latin for "middle ages", it refers to the Middle Ages M-E-D-I-E-V-A-L |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | GAMES $100: In the middle ages this game's board was often on the back of a chessboard, so it was called the "back game" backgammon |
| #746, aired 1987-11-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In the 10th century, Otto III tried to recreate the power & the glory of this ancient empire the ancient Roman Empire |
| #746, aired 1987-11-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In medieval heraldry, a "lion coward" was one drawn with this between its legs a tail |
| #701, aired 1987-09-28 | ANIMAL SECRETS $400: During the Dark Ages some of these common household pets were actually put on trial for witchcraft a cat |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "PASS" $2,000 (Daily Double): This type of drama, popular in the Late Middle Ages featured scenes of the crucifixion a passion play |
| #681, aired 1987-07-20 | FLAGS $500: French royal banner of late Middle Ages had 3 of these floral symbols on it the fleur-de-lis |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $100: The Middle Ages are said to have begun with the fall of this the western half of the Roman Empire |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: These wandering minstrels who romanticized feudalism originated in southern France troubadours |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $300: Surprisingly, in 1384, Jadwiga, an 11-year-old girl, was crowned this in Poland king |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: A new interest in learning, called the "Carolingian Renaissance" occurred during this man's reign Charlemagne |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500: This medieval Eng. philosopher lived 350 years before Francis Bacon, with whom he's often confused Roger Bacon |
| #643, aired 1987-05-27 | CHRISTMAS $100: By the middle ages, he was patron saint of children, Russia, pawnbrokers, & thieves St. Nicholas |
| #639, aired 1987-05-21 | REPUBLICANS $1000: In 1953, Frances & Oliver Bolton of Ohio, ages 67 & 35, became 1st to serve in Congress who were this mother & son |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | SCIENCE $600: In 1834, Christian Thomsen divided early human history into these 3 ages Stone, Bronze, and Iron |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | CATS $400: Killing of cats in the Middle Ages because they were believed evil supposedly led to this disease Bubonic plague |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | THE MIDDLE AGES $100: Most historians say there were 8 or 9 of these religious quests, as well as an ill-fated children's one the Crusades |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In the 13th century, King Sundiata founded the Mali Empire on this continent Africa |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | THE MIDDLE AGES $300: Navarre, Aragon & Castile were independent kingdoms in what is now this country Spain |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Danish king Canute ruled this island country even before becoming king of Denmark England |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500: In 1281, a typhoon saved Japan from invasion by these conquering people the Mongols |
| #525, aired 1986-12-12 | NUMBER PLEASE $500 (Daily Double): The sum of the ages of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little" thing & when Janis Ian "learned the truth" 33 |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Originally one got a smack on the back of the neck, not a tap with a sword, when being dubbed this knight |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Since Marco Polo called this city home, he didn't need a swimming pool Venice |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: The Pope offered forgiveness of sins & entrance to heaven if killed to those who took part in these The Crusades |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Ethelwulf, Ethelbald, Ethelbert & Ethelred were all kings of this country England |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: On Christmas Day, 800 A.D., he became the first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: Introduced during the middle ages, the use of this allowed horses to pull a much greater load padded horse collar |
| #505, aired 1986-11-14 | MOVIE PAIRS $400: Howard & Shearer, or Whiting & Hussey, who were closer to the correct ages Romeo and Juliet |
| #497, aired 1986-11-04 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Adjective specifically meaning belonging to or characteristic of the Middle Ages Medieval |
| #497, aired 1986-11-04 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: In the early 8th century, a group of Berbers & Arabs conquered this European country Spain |
| #497, aired 1986-11-04 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Historical epoch that evolved from & is said to have marked the end of the Middle Ages the Renaissance |
| #497, aired 1986-11-04 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: For 1,100 years this Italian city was a republic ruled by an elected official called the Doge Venice |
| #497, aired 1986-11-04 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: Many Europeans were eagerly expecting this to occur at the millennium in the year 1000 the second coming of Christ |
| #494, aired 1986-10-30 | LABOR $200: From Old German "gelt", meaning service or income, it's a term for artisan groups of the Middle Ages guild |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | SPIRITUAL SONGS $400: Both a Jewish & Christian hymn sing of this "Rock" Rock of Ages |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | LEFTOVERS $100: Innovation introduced in the Middle Ages to distinguish the small "i" from the m, n, & u the dot |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Frankish king whose 1-word name meant "Charles the Great" Charlemagne |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Tradition says only 1 of some 30,000 French children returned from this 1212 misadventure the Children's Crusade |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Position held by Thomas a Becket when he was murdered by agents of King Henry II Archbishop of Canterbury |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Dynasty which ruled Austria from 1278-1918, also ruling Spain & the Holy Roman Empire for 100s of years the Hapsburgs |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: At the Battle of Hastings, this last Anglo-Saxon king died, it's said, from an arrow in his eye Harold |
| #398, aired 1986-03-19 | "ROCK" & "ROLL" SONGS $800: This hymn asks, "Let me hide myself in thee" "Rock Of Ages" |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | FOOD & DRINK $200: Distilling sour wine to make this began in the Middle Ages vinegar |
| #386, aired 1986-03-03 | WINES $800: Brandy ages only as long as it remains in this in cask |
| #369, aired 1986-02-06 | FASHION $800: Though most popular in late 1800s, this bottom bolster had been around since the middle ages a bustle |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | AGES $100: By this age, you can be a member of Parliament in England or legally drink in most U.S. states 21 |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | AGES $200: The voting age was 16 in his original draft of constitution for Communist China Mao Tse-Tung |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | AGES $300: From this age on, you are eligible to receive a birthday telegram from Queen Elizabeth 100 |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | AGES $400: Girls between 6 & 10 were recruited as these temple guardians of Rome's official "home fire" the Vestal Virgins |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | AGES $500: Though this comic strip is 35 years old, no character in it is older than 8 Peanuts |
| #356, aired 1986-01-20 | PRESIDENTS $200: Assassinated president about whom it was said, "Now he belongs to the ages" Lincoln |
| #350, aired 1986-01-10 | WORD ORIGINS $600: Modern office job which began as a "secret" confidential officer in the Middle Ages secretary |
| #346, aired 1986-01-06 | FOOD TRIVIA $200: Plant used in the Middle Ages to whiten teeth that still flavors toothpaste today mint |
| #294, aired 1985-10-24 | MAKEUP $100: In the Middle Ages, women often shaved their hair to give this a higher look their forehead |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Founded in the 12th century, it's the oldest university in England Oxford |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: This enemy of Robin Hood was forced to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede King John |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Louis the Sluggard, Louis the Quarreler, & Louis the Fat were kings of this country France |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | FARMING $300: During the Middle Ages, oxen were replaced by this animal, which can pull a plow 3-4 times faster the horse |
| #174, aired 1985-05-09 | TIME $200: Stone, Ice or Space different ages of time |
| #170, aired 1985-05-03 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: English barons forced King John to affix his seal to it at Runnymede the Magna Carta |
| #170, aired 1985-05-03 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: An apprentice knight a squire |
| #170, aired 1985-05-03 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Term for early part of the middle ages marked by decline in classical learning the Dark Ages |
| #170, aired 1985-05-03 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Medieval associations of craftsmen sometimes considered forerunners of labor unions guilds |
| #170, aired 1985-05-03 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: Founded by Otto I in 962, this empire lasted until 1806 the Holy Roman Empire |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Describes the age in Europe between 500 & 1450 A.D. middle |
| #57, aired 1984-11-27 | DRAMA $200: In the Middle Ages, monks presented "mystery plays" to illustrate stories from this the Bible |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | FORMER CAPITALS $500: In the Middle Ages its seat of state was Krakow Poland |
