| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | SCIENTISTS $1200: Not only did this scientist invent the electric battery as his name suggests, he also discovered methane gas Alessandro Volta |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | QUOTABLE QUOTES $400: The first words he spoke on the telephone were "Mr. Watson, come here; I want to see you" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | THE QUOTABLE ALEX $800: An inventor:
"You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth" (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | THE ALEXANDER FILES $2000: American inventor Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847 & died in this country in 1922 Canada |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FIRSTS $2,000 (Daily Double): On Oct. 13, 1983 the first call on a commercial cell phone was made to a grandson of this inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | HISTORIC MEAN TWEETS $1000: (Guillermo reads a mean tweet.)
@thisman
In your face, Elisha Gray! Got my patent entered before yours! #biginventionof1876 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | FAMOUS AMERICANS ON STAGE $2000: This buddy of Alexander Graham Bell toured as an actor & lectured on "The Birth & Babyhood of the Telephone" (Thomas) Watson |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | PRIZED POSSESSIONS $800: In 1892 John Hitz, from Alexander Graham Bell's Institute for the Deaf, gifted her a very special "touch watch" Helen Keller |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | 1876 $1000: Alexander Graham Bell beat this rival by just a few hours in filing a patent for the telephone Gray |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | CANADIAN PROVINCES & TERRITORIES $800: Places of interest in this province include the Citadel Historic Park in Halifax & the Alexander Graham Bell Historic Site Nova Scotia |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | THE WIRE $400: On March 7, 1876 he was granted one of the most valuable patents ever--a method of transmitting sound over a wire (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | FATHERS OF INVENTION $400: To find the bullet in James Garfield, Alexander Graham Bell created an early one of these, but mattress springs confused it a metal detector |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | 3-NAMERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY $6,400 (Daily Double): In 1871 this inventor began teaching instructors of the deaf in the Boston area Alexander Graham Bell |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | "WAT"s IN A NAME $1600: On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell rang him up & said, "Come here--I want to see you" (Thomas) Watson |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | AMERICAN NAMES $800: At the age of 6 this Tuscumbia, Alabama girl was examined by Alexander Graham Bell Helen Keller |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | LAB PARTNERS $600: Thomas Watson worked in the lab with this man & in 1876 was on the other end of a very important phone call (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $3,000 (Daily Double): This inventor was one of the founders of the National Geographic Society & succeeded his father-in-law as its president in 1898 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | SOME SCIENCE, THEN DEATH $400: In the 1860s he did experiments on how vowel sounds are produced; he stopped phoning it in on Aug. 2, 1922 (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #7855, aired 2018-11-02 | TREASURES OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY $800: Changing human communication forever, this inventor phoned it in back in 1876 (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL $400: At 15 Alex moved to London to live with his grandfather, author of "Stammering, and Other Impediments of" this speech |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL $800: Bell's graphophone improved on this Edison invention as well as reversing its syllables the phonograph |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL $1200: The first long-distance call was within this Canadian province, to Paris from Bell's former home of Brantford Ontario |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL $1600: Bell co-invented what's said to be the first of these devices, testing it on Civil War vets with bullets still in their bodies a metal detector |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL $2000: In 1903 Bell sailed for Europe & brought back to Washington the body of this man for burial in his institution James Smithson |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAMER $400: Invented an "apparatus for transmitting sound by electricity" & "techniques for teaching speech to the deaf" (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | NOTABLE NAMES $1,200 (Daily Double): This Scotsman came to the U.S. in 1871 at the invitation of Sarah Fuller, a teacher at a school for the deaf Alexander Graham Bell |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | I'VE GOT 3 NAMES $400: His lab notes for March 10, 1876 say he called his assistant with the words "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | BULLET POINTS $800: The electrical bullet probe invented by this Scottish-born man didn't save James Garfield but it did save lives in WWI (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | THE GILDED AGE $2000: On the same day in 1876, these 2 men both filed papers for a patent for the telephone Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray |
| #7455, aired 2017-01-27 | AN INVENTIVE CATEGORY $1600: He left Morse in his dust with his 1876 patent titled "Improvement in Telegraphy" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | GREAT SCOTS $400: This Scot wasn't just phoning it in when he got a patent on the telephone before he was 30 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #7194, aired 2015-12-17 | TINKERERS $600: On August 4, 1922 the telephone systems of the U.S. & Canada were silent for 1 minute in tribute to this late inventor (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #7095, aired 2015-06-19 | WE SUGGEST BIOGRAPHY TITLES $600: The story of this inventor who was awarded a valuable patent on March 7, 1876:
"It's for You" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #7021, aired 2015-03-09 | MARCH MADNESS $200: His jubilant letter of March 10th, 1876 says, "Articulate speech was transmitted intelligibly this afternoon" (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #6870, aired 2014-06-27 | IT'S AN EXPERIMENT $1200: In 1876 this inventor reproduced sound using a tuning fork, a crude relay & a conductive solution (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | AMERICAN INVENTORS $800: In 1871 he began giving instructions in "visible speech" at the Boston School for Deaf Mutes Alexander Graham Bell |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | QUOTABLE QUOTES $400: The first words he spoke on the telephone were "Mr. Watson, come here; I want to see you" (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | WATER TRANSPORTATION $600: Alexander Graham Bell gave the first airboat its name; he said "we have named her" this "and hope she will turn out to be a swan" the Ugly Duckling |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN INVENTORS $400: (Kareem Abdul-Jabar delivers the clue.) The son of slaves who taught himself to be a draftsman, Lewis Latimer drew the blueprints for this man's telephone patent, which won a patent race (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | INVENTORS $200: In 1876 he patented the telephone (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | MAJOR TOM $1,200 (Daily Double): Born in 1854, he assisted Alexander Graham Bell with his telephone experiments Thomas Watson |
| #5973, aired 2010-07-28 | MIDDLE NAMING $600: Inventor Graham Alexander Graham Bell |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | GRAY LIKE MY PERSONALITY $400: Elisha Gray was involved in a legal battle with Alexander Graham Bell over the invention of this device the telephone |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | SILENT PARTNERS $200: "Silent Partner", about Mabel Bell, this inventor's wife, reveals that she was one of his deaf students before they wed Alexander Graham Bell |
| #5678, aired 2009-04-22 | FUN WITH EPONYMS $400: The scientific unit of sound intensity named for this man has one less "L" than his surname (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | FUN STUFF $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1901 Alexander Graham Bell began building tetrahedral box ones of these with the goal of lifting people kites |
| #5525, aired 2008-09-19 | COME UP TO THE LAB $2000: In his Nova Scotia lab, this man created a hydrofoil as well as his many acoustic devices Alexander Graham Bell |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | "B"EOPLE $800: If this famous inventor wanted to phone home, it would be to Edinburgh, where he was born in 1847 (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | MY DEAR WATSON $200: On Jan. 25, 1915 the first transcontinental phone call was made by this man in NYC to Thomas Watson in S.F. (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #5405, aired 2008-02-22 | BORN FIRST $400: Alexander Graham Bell,
George Washington Carver,
Guglielmo Marconi Alexander Graham Bell |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | HISTORICAL OUTGOING MESSAGES $800: Hi, my dad invented "visible speech", & I'm out inventing an item that will make this message possible; wait for the beep (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #5190, aired 2007-03-16 | AT THE MARK TWAIN HOUSE $400: (Alex Trebek delivers the clue from the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.) Twain owned one of the first telephones ever installed in a private home, but he once wished that all of us may eventually be gathered together in heaven, except for this man (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | INVENTIVE MINDS $1000: H.A. Largelamb was an anagrammatic pen name used by this inventor for his articles in National Geographic Alexander Graham Bell |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | EPONYMOUS SCIENCE $400: The unit equal to 10 decibels is named for this inventor whose early career included teaching the deaf Alexander Graham Bell |
| #5073, aired 2006-10-04 | YOU'RE HISTORY! $250 (Daily Double): Hold the phone! said Elisha Gray & Thomas Edison, who both sued this Scottish-born inventor (& lost) Alexander Graham Bell |
| #5018, aired 2006-06-07 | CITY OF THE DAY: BOSTON $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1872 this inventor opened a school for teachers of the deaf in Boston (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | NEWS ON THE MARCH $400: On March 10, 1876 he spoke by telephone to Thomas Watson Alexander Graham Bell |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | TEENS IN HISTORY $400: This telephone inventor was largely home-schooled before becoming a teacher himself at age 16 (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #4875, aired 2005-11-18 | HELLO, ALEX $600: Helen Keller's parents chose Anne Sullivan as her teacher on the advice of this inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.) This inventor used a device that transmits a signal to a receiver to look for the bullet in President Garfield's body Alexander Graham Bell |
| #4822, aired 2005-07-19 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $600: In the first transcontinental phone call, on January 26, 1915, Alexander Graham Bell once again spoke to this man Watson |
| #4624, aired 2004-10-14 | HUMANITARIAN LADIES $200: Her parents chose Anne Sullivan as her private teacher on the advice of Alexander Graham Bell Helen Keller |
| #4411, aired 2003-11-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Inventor of the telephone who's a nice salad ingredient Alexander Graham Bell pepper |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | SCIENTISTS & iNVENTORS $1200: In March 1876 he received a patent for an apparatus for "transmitting vocal or other sounds" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #4228, aired 2003-01-08 | HISTORIC DATES $1200: On March 10, 1876 this inventor transmitted the first telephone message: "Mr. Watson, come here! I want you" (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #4167, aired 2002-10-15 | HALLS OF FAME $200: Edwin Land & Alexander Graham Bell are among those honored at Ohio's national hall of fame for these people inventors |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | ACID REIGN $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 10, 1876 he spilled acid on himself & then made an urgent phone call Alexander Graham Bell |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | INVENTORS $200: In 1880 he invented the photophone, which transmitted speech via light waves (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | REWRITTEN TOMBSTONES $300: 1847-1922:
"The inventor you've reached has been disconnected" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3962, aired 2001-11-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Former "Seinfeld" sidekick who also invented the telephone Jason Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS $1,600 (Daily Double): Alexander Graham Bell was called in several times to use his metal detector to find the bullet in this president's body James Garfield |
| #3843, aired 2001-04-25 | "LONG" BEACH $400: The first one, on Aug. 10, 1876, went from Brantford, Ontario to Alexander Graham Bell about 10 miles away Long distance call |
| #3837, aired 2001-04-17 | ASSOCIATIONS $1,600 (Daily Double): This inventor's association for the deaf is on Volta Place in Washington, D.C. Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3796, aired 2001-02-19 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $200: At the Centennial Exposition in 1876, he was on call to introduce his new telephone Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | THAT 1870s SHOW $200: In a wacky episode, Clovis spills acid, prompting this inventor to make his call to Watson on March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3624, aired 2000-05-11 | BRIEF BIOS $1000: Born in Edinburgh in 1847, moved to Boston in 1871, responsible for “Millionaire” lifelines in 1999 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3593, aired 2000-03-29 | MEASURES OF PEOPLE $1000: dB is the symbol for a measurement named for this Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | COLORFUL PEOPLE $1000: This unlucky inventor filed his intent to patent the telephone 2 hours after Alexander Graham Bell Elisha Gray |
| #3467, aired 1999-10-05 | SALEM $800: Salem-born man whom Alexander Graham Bell "wanted" in 1876 Thomas A. Watson |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | CANADIAN TOURISM $400: The Nova Scotia museum named for this man features early experimental models of his telephones Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3415, aired 1999-06-11 | HUMANITARIANS $200: Her parents asked Alexander Graham Bell about a teacher for their daughter; Anne Sullivan was soon hired Helen Keller |
| #3396, aired 1999-05-17 | LOOK OUT "BELL"OW $200: Helll-oo! He invented the telephone Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | CALL ME ALEX $100: He's the 19th century inventor seen here Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3156, aired 1998-04-27 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $200: In 1876 he was granted a patent for "The Method of, and Apparatus for Transmitting Vocal or Other Sounds" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1915 he called San Francisco from New York City & spoke with Dr. Thomas A. Watson Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3068, aired 1997-12-24 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: Alexander Graham Bell's son-in-law, Gilbert Grosvenor was president of this scientific society from 1920 to 1954 National Geographic Society |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | LEFTOVERS $200: He designed airplanes & a man-lifting kite but is better known for the telephone Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3000, aired 1997-09-19 | INVENTIONS $500: Among his many creations was an audiometer to detect vestigial hearing in the deaf Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | INVENTORS $200: He found his assistant, electrician Tom Watson, in a store where he bought electrical supplies Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2972, aired 1997-07-01 | INVENTORS $800: His father developed a phonetic "visible speech" system used for teaching the deaf Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2933, aired 1997-05-07 | COMMUNICATION $100: The telephone company named for this man was founded in 1877, a year after his invention Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2852, aired 1997-01-14 | INVENTORS $400: With his 1886 wax recording cylinder, he could have made an answering machine for his phone Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: In 1876 Elisha Gray tried to file for a telephone patent just hours after this inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | PHOTOGRAPHY $200: This telegraph pioneer introduced Mathew Brady to photography in the 1840s Samuel Morse |
| #2735, aired 1996-06-21 | TELEPHONE HISTORY $500: In 1880 he invented the photophone, a device that sent messages through the air on beams of light Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | INVENTORS $200: The first important product from his Menlo Park, N.J. lab was the carbon telephone transmitter Thomas Edison |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $200: In 1872 this inventor founded a Boston school for teachers of deaf mutes (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #2582, aired 1995-11-21 | GREAT SCOTS $200: This telephone inventor was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1847 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | BANKRUPT $100: Mark Twain went bankrupt investing in a typesetting machine instead of this man's new phone company (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | PROFESSORS $800 (Daily Double): This inventor was professor of vocal physiology at Boston University (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #2494, aired 1995-06-08 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $200: This inventor's assistant, Thomas A. Watson, received a share in his business (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #2459, aired 1995-04-20 | NICKNAMES $100: "The Father of the Telephone" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | FAMOUS WOMEN $300: In the 1880s Alexander Graham Bell helped make this 7-year-old girl a national celebrity Helen Keller |
| #2391, aired 1995-01-16 | INVENTORS $100: In 1877 he sailed to Europe to introduce his new telephone Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2379, aired 1994-12-29 | CANADA $300: This Edinburgh native produced a hydrofoil & many other inventions at his Nova Scotia laboratory (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | INVENTORS $100: Lord Kelvin called this mans invention of the telephone "the most wonderful thing in America" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $200: In 1877 this inventor of the telephone married Mabel Hubbard, a deaf girl whom he had taught (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #2320, aired 1994-10-07 | ODDS & ENDS $100: Gardiner G. Hubbard, this man's father-in-law, was a partner in his new phone co. founded in 1877 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2244, aired 1994-05-12 | INVENTORS $600: This inventor founded an Association for the Deaf in 1890 & it was renamed in his honor in 1953 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS $200: The library contains the first drawing he made of his invention, the telephone (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | 1922 $200: This inventor of the telephone died in Nova Scotia on August 2 (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #2139, aired 1993-12-16 | INVENTORS $100: Elisha Gray & Alexander Graham Bell contested the invention of this device all the way to the Supreme Court the telephone |
| #2112, aired 1993-11-09 | MIDDLE NAMES $200: This inventor took the middle name Graham to set himself apart from his father and grandfather (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #2097, aired 1993-10-19 | INVENTORS $300: When Helen Keller was 6, her parents took her to meet this inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2080, aired 1993-09-24 | SCIENTISTS $200: In 1883 this telephone inventor founded the magazine Science (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #2053, aired 1993-07-07 | NOTABLE NAMES $400: Among his many inventions were an audiometer & a device to transmit speech via light waves Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | INVENTORS $200: On March 7, 1876 he received Patent No. 174,465 for his invention of a telephone (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | THE TELEPHONE $400: This assistant of Alexander Graham Bell was one of the partners in the Bell Telephone Co., founded in 1877 (Thomas) Watson |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | OFFICE MACHINES $800: He developed the first dictation machine, which he called the graphophone Alexander Graham Bell |
| #1930, aired 1993-01-15 | MUSEUMS $200: This telephone inventor's homestead in Brantford, Ontario is now a museum (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #1880, aired 1992-11-06 | CALL ME "MR." $100: In the first message sent by telephone, Alexander Graham Bell told this assistant to "Come here" Mr. Watson |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | AWARDS $300: A medal honoring contributions in telecommunications is named for this Scottish-American inventor (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #1858, aired 1992-10-07 | WORD ORIGINS $200: This unit of measurement abbreviated dB was named for Alexander Graham Bell a decibel |
| #1783, aired 1992-05-06 | BIOGRAPHIES $200: "Out of Silence into Sound" is one of several biographies of this telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $100: He also invented the photophone, a way to transmit sound via light Alexander Graham Bell |
| #1700, aired 1992-01-10 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: His father, Alexander Melville Bell, was a noted authority on phonetics & elocution Alexander Graham Bell |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | INVENTORS $1000: This 19th century inventor's father authored "Visible" to help teach the hearing-impaired to speak (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | QUOTABLE QUOTES $200: Uncle Sam said, "I want you" & he said, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | AVIATION $200: In 1907 this telephone inventor established the Aerial Experiment Association Alexander Graham Bell |
| #1578, aired 1991-06-12 | EPONYMS $100: This measure of sound intensity was named for Alexander Graham Bell decibel |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | INVENTIONS $200: When donning your Walkman's earphones, remember he invented the 1st earphone in 1876 (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #1423, aired 1990-11-07 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: In 1817 he founded America's first free school for the deaf in Hartford, Conn. Thomas Gallaudet |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | NAMESAKES $200: This measure of sound intensity is named for Alexander Graham Bell Decibel |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL $200: Bell came up with the photophone, a device that transmits sound via this (A beam of) Light |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL $400: When Bell made the first transcontinental call, this man was once again on the receiving end Watson |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL $600: In 1847 Edison was born in the U.S. & Bell was born in this country Scotland |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL $1000: Most reference sources report that on March 10, 1876 Bell spilled this on his pants Battery Acid (hence the call, "Watson, come here, I need you") |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1872 he opened a school in Boston to train teachers of these people The Deaf |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | U.S. CITIES $1000: Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in this city Boston |
| #941, aired 1988-10-10 | THE TELEPHONE $500: Alexander Graham Bell made this lab assistant a partner in the Bell Telephone Company Watson |
| #807, aired 1988-02-23 | KITES $300: He could have been the 1st person to phone somebody about the giant kites he invented (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #801, aired 1988-02-15 | INVENTIONS $400: He sent musical notes over the wire months before his famous message to Watson Alexander Graham Bell |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | TRANSPORTATION $200: One strong rival to the Wright Brothers was financed by this telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell |
| #523, aired 1986-12-10 | PRESIDENTS $500: Alexander Graham Bell used special phone trying to find the bullet near this President's spine (James) Garfield |
| #469, aired 1986-09-25 | FAMOUS ALEXANDERS $100: This inventor's deaf wife & mother could not hear his famous device Alexander Graham Bell |
| #365, aired 1986-01-31 | INVENTORS $200: To raise money to get married, he tried to sell his phone patent to Western Union Alexander Graham Bell |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | FIRST, MIDDLE & LAST $200: His first phone call went "Mr. Watson, come here; I want you!" Alexander Graham Bell |
