| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | ROAD SCHOLARLY $1600: This king known for his building projects created the Persian Royal Road that Alexander the Great used to invade Persia Darius |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SO FAR AWAY $200: Here's the Alexander Mosaic with Darius III vs. the Great, nicely preserved as it was found in 1831 in this doomed Italian city Pompeii |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $400: A 10,000-talent funeral pyre--we can only assume that was expensive--burned in 324 B.C. for Hephaestion, a dear pal of this leader Alexander the Great |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | WHO CAME FIRST? $500: Alexander the Great,
Attila the Hun,
Genghis Khan Alexander the Great |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD $1600: The original manuscripts of this religion's "Avesta" were said to have been destroyed when Alexander the Great conquered Persia Zoroastrianism |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | DESIGNERS $800: After his suicide in 2010, Vogue paid tribute to him with a portfolio of his pieces called "Alexander the Great" McQueen |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | HOW'S THE KING TAKING IT? $1200: As quoted in "Die Hard", when this ancient guy "saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer" Alexander the Great |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | THAT'S A VEGAS CASINO $1000: A granite shrine of Alexander the Great is in the temple of this capital of Al-Uqsur in Upper Egypt Luxor |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | FOLLIES $600: If he could have found time to name a successor before dying in 323 B.C., it would have saved a lot of war & trouble Alexander the Great |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | I'M LATE, I'M GREAT, I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE $9,400 (Daily Double): I messed up saying I was "in control" in the White House, but earlier I really was as a shaky Richard Nixon's last Chief of Staff (Alexander) Haig |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | JASON ALEXANDER: MASTER OF MY DOMAIN $400: (Jason Alexander gives the clue.) The great Robin Williams has a unique link to "Star Trek": the uniform he wore as an alien on this '70s sitcom looks like the one worn by the evil Colonel Green in "The Savage Curtain" (or, "Help me, Spock!") episode Mork & Mindy |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | IS HISTORY $800: This father of Alexander the Great was assassinated in 336 B.C. Philip of Macedon |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | HERSTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Roxana married this conqueror in 327 B.C. & after his death, killed another wife or wives & consolidated the throne Alexander the Great |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: Macedonian conqueror of Persia who is a large breed of canine like Scooby Doo Alexander the Great Dane |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | THAT ANIMAL HAD A NAME $1000: Bucephalus carried this man on many of his 4th century B.C. conquests Alexander the Great |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Ptolemy & Antigonus were generals of this man whose empire was divided up after his death in 323 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | WORLD OF EMPIRES $1000: In 1747 the Durrani Empire's capital was in this Afghan city once taken by Alexander the Great, who was also called Iskander Kandahar |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | HISTORICAL FICTION $1200: Mary Renault's "The Persian Boy" tells the story of a courtesan in love with this 4th century B.C. warrior king Alexander the Great |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | THE WHISKER REBELLION $400: Plutarch writes that this leader ordered Macedonian troops to shave so that enemies couldn't grab their beards Alexander the Great |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | A ROYAL PAIN $1600: In 336 B.C. Pausanias, a young Macedonian, killed this king; no trial--the assassin got killed on the spot Philip (II) |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | KEN JENNINGS ON WINNING STREAKS $1000: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) The Persian Empire fell to him in the 330s B.C., then Western Asia Minor, the Mediterranean coast, Egypt, on into India; not bad for a guy barely over 30 Alexander the Great |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Plutarch wrote that the same day Alexander the Great was born, this temple, a wonder of the world, burned in Ephesus the Temple of Artemis |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $400: When Alexander set out to conquer Asia, he left Antipater as regent in charge of this home kingdom Macedonia |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $1200: Inspiring in him an interest in philosophy & science, this Greek philosopher taught Alexander as a teenager Aristotle |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $1600: According to legend & fulfilling a prophecy, at Phrygia Alexander boldly undid this object by cutting through it the Gordian Knot |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $2,000 (Daily Double): Alexander tried to look to the future by consulting the this "of Zeus-Ammon" in the Sahara but never revealed what he had learned the Oracle |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $2000: After defeating him in battle, Alexander placed his own cloak over the corpse of his Persian foe, the III king of this name Darius |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Back in the day, those on the island of Tyre felt pretty safe off the mainland, but when this great conqueror showed up in 332 B.C., he built a causeway and ended a siege by marching across the newly created path Alexander |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | PEOPLE NAMED ALEX $400: Alexander the Great was born in the city of Pella in this kingdom in 356 B.C. Macedonia |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | POTPOURRI $2000: This mother of Alexander the Great was in the cult of Dionysus & liked to sleep with snakes Olympias |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | ENTERTAINMENT $200: Oh yes, Captain Kirk worked with Batman when he starred as "Alexander the Great", with Adam West as Cleander William Shatner |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | ANCIENT BATTLES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of a battle on the monitor.) At the decisive 331 B.C. Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the Great's phalanxes opened ranks to let these wheeled Persian weapons pass through, then wipe them out chariots |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | DOMAIN $1000: His first whupping of a Persian army, at the Granicus River, let him expand his domain into Asia Minor Alexander the Great |
| #7862, aired 2018-11-13 | TEEN TITANS $200: At 18 this "Great" conqueror helped win the Battle of Chaeronea to bring Greece under Macedonian control Alexander |
| #7855, aired 2018-11-02 | ROMAN EMPERORS $1600: Despised tyrant Caracalla was obsessed with this better-regarded Macedonian & tried to dress & act like him Alexander the Great |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | TOMB RAIDER $4,000 (Daily Double): 16th century knights tried to plunder this tomb in Halicarnassus, but it had already been looted the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | HISTORIC "P"LACES $1200: Today split between two countries, this historic region was once conquered by Alexander the Great the Punjab |
| #7762, aired 2018-05-15 | IT'S ONLY AN ALLUSION $200: A source of perpetual vigor; legend has it that Alexander the Great found one, but Ponce de Leon did not the fountain of youth |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | THE ANCIENT GREEKS $800: In 335 B.C. he brought many more than seven against Thebes when it foolishly rose against his leadership Alexander the Great |
| #7629, aired 2017-11-09 | WHERE & WHEN? $2000: Alexander the Great dies:
Continent, millennium Asia, the first millennium B.C. |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | THE EMPIRE STRIKES OUT $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Seen at its height around 500 B.C., this empire once led by Darius I ended in 330 B.C. at the hands of Alexander the Great Persia |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | THE THRILL OF VICTORY $2,400 (Daily Double): At 18 in 338 B.C. he helped his dad's army to victory at Chaeronea, bringing Greece under Macedonian control Alexander the Great |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) After the death of Alexander the Great, his generals divided his empire into four kingdoms; Ptolemy I took over this one & founded its Ptolemaic Dynasty Egypt |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | CAVES $1000: An inscription in Iran's Ali Sadr cave says the cave was found in the reign of this "Great" king who lost the Marathon Darius |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL $400: (Darin Brooks and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood give the clue as Wyatt Spencer and Steffy Forrester from The Bold and the Beautiful.)
"Please, Steffy, I need to be sure."
"Stop talking, Wyatt. You've conquered my heart like this bold warrior king overcoming Persia in 330 B.C." Alexander the Great |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | EVERY CLAIM YOU STAKE $400: In the 300s B.C. he crossed the Hellespont, threw his spear in the soil & claimed all Asia to be his Alexander the Great |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | MONEY, MONEY, MONEY $1,200 (Daily Double): A silver tetradrachm from the 300s B.C. features a "Great" portrait of him Alexander the Great |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | I KINGS $1600: In the 490s B.C. this Persian king tried to invade Greece twice, losing the second time at the Battle of Marathon Darius |
| #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 |
| #7274, aired 2016-04-07 | STABLE CHARACTERS $200: This Macedonian founded the city Bucephala, named for his horse Bucephalus Alexander the Great |
| #7238, aired 2016-02-17 | SPEARS $2000: Around 350 B.C. this father of Alexander the Great introduced the sarissa, a spear up to 21 feet long Philip (of Macedon) |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | THE EMPIRE HAS FALLEN $800: In the 300s B.C. this young conqueror took down the Persian Empire Alexander the Great |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | THE TUTORS $5,000 (Daily Double): Around 343 B.C. he was summoned by Philip II to be tutor to his son Aristotle |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | HISTORICAL QUOTES $400: When told of a new theory, this Macedonian wept, "When the number of worlds is infinite, I have not conquered one" Alexander the Great |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | WORLD OF BOOKS $1600: "The Queen of Spades" was dealt by this great Alexander & later inspired an opera by Tchaikovsky Alexander Pushkin |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | HISTORICAL NICKNAMES $200: "The Madman of Macedonia" Alexander the Great |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | LEADER OF THE PACK $800: In 334 B.C. this "Great" guy led 35,000 Greeks into Persia Alexander the Great |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | PASS THE MUSTARD $600: To represent his army, Darius sent sesame seeds to this Macedonian, who sent back more potent mustard seeds Alexander the Great |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | BUDS $200: After the death of his closest friend Hephaestion in 324 B.C., this Macedonian never re-filled his top cavalry post Alexander the Great |
| #6989, aired 2015-01-22 | ANCIENT GREECE $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 350s B.C. Demosthenes started warning Greeks about aggression by this Macedonian dad Philip |
| #6983, aired 2015-01-14 | DESIGNERS $2000: After his suicide in 2010, Vogue paid tribute to him with a portfolio of his pieces called "Alexander the Great" McQueen |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $200: Alexander the Great was born in 356 B.C. to King Philip II & Queen Olympias of this kingdom Macedonia |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT COMPOSER $400: The voice of composer Alexander Courage made the whooshing sound heard on this sci-fi TV theme Star Trek |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $400: Against an Indian army in 326 B.C., Alexander faced these beasts, including the one ridden by King Porus elephants |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $600: A pair of decrees Alexander made in 324 B.C. said that exiles could return home & that he was now this a god |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT COMPOSER $800: Born in this city, Alexander Zemlinsky taught Schoenberg & was rejected by Alma in favor of Mahler Vienna |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $800: The "Companions" were this swift part of Alexander's army & he often led them personally cavalry |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $1000: Despite his conquests, glory was fleeting for Alexander, who died in Babylon at age 32 along the banks of this river the Euphrates |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT COMPOSER $1200: Alexander Scriabin had synesthesia, causing him to believe each tone was mystically related to one of these colors |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT COMPOSER $1600: For 30 years Alexander Glazunov was associated with the St. Petersburg one of these music schools a conservatory |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT COMPOSER $2000: His often played "Polovtsian Dances" were written for Act II of his opera "Prince Igor" Alexander Borodin |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA $2000: Most of the power players were representatives, but the first czar of this name came to speak for himself Alexander I of Russia |
| #6841, aired 2014-05-19 | COME AT THE KING $2,600 (Daily Double): In 336 B.C. a young Macedonian noble named Pausanias killed this king but was killed on the spot himself King Philip |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | B.C.-ING YOU $2000: When Alexander the Great razed Thebes in 335 B.C., he spared the home of this lyric poet Pindar |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | EPONYMOUS AIRPORTS $5,200 (Daily Double): There's an Alexander the Great Airport in this former Yugoslav republic Macedonia |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | WORLD HISTORY $400: He's depicted here dealing with a tough knot In one of the storied moments of his career. Alexander the Great |
| #6725, aired 2013-12-06 | RUSSIAN PLAYWRIGHTS $800: In 1824 this great poet was exiled to his mother's estate, where he wrote the historical drama "Boris Godunov" (Alexander) Pushkin |
| #6719, aired 2013-11-28 | ANCIENT GREEKS $400: Alexander the Great's tutelage under this Greek ended in 336 B.C. after the assassination of Alexander's dad Aristotle |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | WORLD FACTS $800: In 2013 Queen Beatrix of this country abdicated in favor of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander the Netherlands |
| #6659, aired 2013-07-25 | ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS $400: The Achaemenid empire lasted for about 200 years until it was defeated in the battle of Arbela by this Macedonian Alexander the Great |
| #6638, aired 2013-06-26 | THE 4th CENTURY $1600: In 330 he dedicated the city of New Rome as his capital on the Bosporus; soon it was named for him Constantine |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | WEIRD HISTORY $1000: Once bodyguard to Alexander the Great, he founded an Egyptian dynasty that lasted 300 years, until Cleopatra Ptolemy |
| #6629, aired 2013-06-13 | WAR OF WORDS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Under Alexander the Great, the first five ranks in this military formation whose name comes from the Greek for "finger" held spears facing forward, while the rear rows likely held them aloft a phalanx |
| #6587, aired 2013-04-16 | ANCIENT BABYLON $800: This Macedonian wanted to combine Asia & Europe into one country & make Babylon its capital; he died in the city in 323 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #6539, aired 2013-02-07 | "A" "P" HISTORY $600: At age 20 he became king of Macedonia; by 32, his empire stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to India Alexander the Great |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | B.C. KING $800: This father of Alexander the Great wasn't so bad himself, extending his dominion over all of Greece Phillip |
| #6483, aired 2012-11-21 | POETRY TERMS $1000: This line of 12 syllables is likely named for a "great" Macedonian an alexandrine |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOZE ON $1,500 (Daily Double): He died in Babylon in 323 B.C., a few days after a drinking bout & a few months after declaring himself a god Alexander the Great |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | MEDICAL HISTORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us statues at the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.) The Hall of Immortals honors medical pioneers, like Madame Curie, ancient Egypt's Imhotep, &
of course, this man, born in Greece around 460 B.C. Hippocrates |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | SOUTHPAWS $800: Perhaps he used his left hand when, as legend says, he cut the Gordian Knot in 333 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | HISTORY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Before his death in 323 B.C., he expanded his empire until it stretched from the shores of the Mediterranean to the Indus River Alexander the Great |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | PETRA $600: (Alex presents the clue from Petra, Jordan.) The approach to Petra is through a narrow cleft which in 312 B.C. helped it withstand a siege by the army of Antigonus of these people; he was an heir to Alexander the Great the Macedonians |
| #6206, aired 2011-09-19 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $3,600 (Daily Double): This type of victory in which the losses are ruinous is named for a cousin of Alexander the Great a Pyrrhic victory |
| #6178, aired 2011-06-22 | STYX $1200: Toxic bacteria found in the Mavroneri River, the modern Styx, may have killed this "Great" conqueror Alexander |
| #6149, aired 2011-05-12 | QUOTES ABOUT TEACHING $400: This conqueror & pupil of Aristotle is quoted, "I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well" Alexander the Great |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: In 331 B.C. this Macedonian traveled to the Siwa Oasis where the oracle pronounced him a god Alexander the Great |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | BATTLES $400: The Battle of Hydaspes in 326 B.C. opened the way for this conqueror to enter India Alexander the Great |
| #6056, aired 2011-01-03 | 21st CENTURY ATHLETES $600: OV-1 & Alexander the Great are 2 of this Washington Capitals hockey star's nicknames (Alexander) Ovechkin |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE WINTER OF $600: ...330 B.C. was when he had his army march on Persepolis & burn the palaces Alexander the Great |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | ARMCHAIR GENERAL $400: I'm all for youth, but can you believe this guy led an army to victory over the Thracians in 340 B.C. at age 16 Alexander the Great |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | COMMANDERS AT WAR $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.) At the Battle of Issus in 333 B.C., the Macedonian cavalry attacked the Persian left flank, then wheeled around to complete a smashing triumph for this great general Alexander the Great |
| #5962, aired 2010-07-13 | B.C. $2000: This "Great" Persian leader freed the Jews from their Babylonian captivity Cyrus the Great |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | TABLOID HEADLINES ACROSS HISTORY $2000: Around 342 B.C.:
"Aristotle Tutors Tot";
323 B.C.:
He's "Gone in Babylon" Alexander the Great |
| #5935, aired 2010-06-04 | & CROWN THY GOOD $200: In 336 B.C. at age 20, he succeeded his murdered father as Macedonia's king & was just super...wait, that's not the right word Alexander the Great |
| #5930, aired 2010-05-28 | GETTING TICKED OFF $400: He gave his kids by Cleopatra much of the land once ruled by Alexander the Great; his co-rulers & rivals were not pleased Mark Antony |
| #5886, aired 2010-03-29 | YOU'RE HISTORY! $1000: When Alexander the Great became king, this tutor of his returned to Athens & founded his Lyceum Aristotle |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | B.C. & AFTER $400: Son of Philip II of Macedonia who became the world's largest coral system Alexander the Great Barrier Reef |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | ALEXANDER $200: Alexander the Great was born in this mountainous kingdom of Northern Greece Macedonia |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | ALEXANDER $400: Hearing that only the future ruler of Asia could untie this, Alexander the Great cut it with his sword instead the Gordian knot |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | FOUNDERS $800: Tradition says this "great" rival of Julius Caesar founded a colony in Pamplona in 75 B.C.; the city's name honors him Pompey (the Great) |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | HISTORICAL MILITARY THERAPY SESSIONS $200: I brought 37 elephants on my 218 B.C. crossing of the Alps, but only 1 survived; I feel bad about that Hannibal |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | A HORSE IS A HORSE $1000: Alexander the Great conquered much of the known world riding this stallion Bucephalus |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | AS A YOUNG MAN $800: …he was tutored by Aristotle & then beat Darius III at Issus Alexander the Great |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: His father told him to "Seek out a kingdom worthy of thyself, for Macedonia is too little for thee" Alexander the Great |
| #5524, aired 2008-09-18 | KINGS & QUEENS $1000: Ancient Macedonia had 5 kings with this name; one came immediately before Alexander the Great & one immediately after Philip |
| #5498, aired 2008-07-02 | MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $400: An elite cavalry formation made up of noblemen, the Companions were this Macedonian's shock force vs. the Persians Alexander the Great |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING $200: This "great" Russian czar tricked his wayward son Alexis into coming home--bad move for Alex Peter the Great |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | THE GOOD OLD, OLD DAYS $2,500 (Daily Double): He tamed Bucephalus & cut the Gordian knot Alexander the Great |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | BATTLE STATIONS $400: Assuring the dominance of western culture, his forces routed the Persians at Gaugamela in 331 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #5396, aired 2008-02-11 | UH-OH, OPERA $2000: "Il Re Pastore" dramatizes a legend about this conqueror known in the opera as Alessandro Alexander the Great |
| #5386, aired 2008-01-28 | SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLISH KINGS $400: Near the end of the play, Fluellen, one of Henry V's officers, compares him to this 4th century B.C. conqueror Alexander the Great |
| #5381, aired 2008-01-21 | HISTORIC AMOURS $400: When this "great" guy became King of Judea, he banished his first wife, Doris, & married a princess named Mariamne Herod the Great |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | ANCIENT TIMES $2000: "If I were not Alexander," said Alexander the Great, "I would be" this philosopher who lived in a tub Diogenes |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | "K" ON THE MAP $2000: This second-most populous Afghan city is said to have been founded by Alexander the Great Kandahar |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | GREAT ALEXANDERS $800: Some of the moons of Uranus are named for characters created by this British poet & essayist (Alexander) Pope |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | PUNJAB $400: As part of his Easternmost conquests, this Greek's armies occupied the Punjab around 327 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | DOG TAGS $400: Born 356 B.C., Pella, Macedonia; pooch: Peritas, who had a city named in his honor Alexander the Great |
| #5223, aired 2007-05-02 | TERM PAPYRUS $2,000 (Daily Double): A papyrus copy of "Constitution of Athens" by this tutor of Alexander the Great was discovered in 1890 Aristotle |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | PITFALL $400: Persian king Darius III failed to appreciate tactics & lost his empire to this great leader in 331 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGES $200: 336 B.C.:
dad ded in rgicd!
i'm 20 & macedonia kng?!
omg! Alexander the Great |
| #5140, aired 2007-01-05 | THE KING & I $2000: In 324 B.C. at Ecbatana, this king lost his boyhood friend Hephaestion, by then his grand vizier Alexander (the Great) |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | ALL'S PHARAOH $800: After this man died in 323 B.C., Ptolemy, one of his generals, declared himself Pharaoh Alexander The Great |
| #5077, aired 2006-10-10 | CONQUER $400: Around 336 B.C. this conqueror's army attacked & destroyed the Greek city of Thebes Alexander the Great |
| #5072, aired 2006-10-03 | YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE $800: In 338 B.C. at age 18, he commanded the cavalry in his father's army in the Battle of Chaeronea in Macedonia Alexander the Great |
| #5054, aired 2006-07-27 | GREAT PEOPLE OF HISTORY $200: Aristotle was a tutor of this world conqueror Alexander the Great |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | CHANGE THE WORLD $200: Seen here is a gold coin depicting this Macedonian ruler who died in 323 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Luxor, Egypt.) Way back in the 300s B.C., this conqueror restored the Temple at Luxor to what he claimed was its historic glory Alexander the Great |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | SURRENDER! $600: In 332 B.C. Mazaces, the Persian in charge of Egypt, wisely surrendered to this "Great" guy Alexander |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $200: Alexander disagreed with this teacher of his, who thought all non-Greeks should be treated as slaves Aristotle |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | ALEXANDER THE NOT-SO-GREAT $400: Staffer Alexander Butterfield shocked the U.S. by saying that this president taped his Oval Office conversations Richard Nixon |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $400: This Persian ruler offered Al 10,000 talents & all lands west of the Euphrates for the return of his family Darius |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $600: Alexander grouped his infantry into these formations from the Greek for finger or toe bone phalanx |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | ALEXANDER THE NOT-SO-GREAT $800: In the War of 1812 this Baltimore fort endured a day-long bombing by British Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane Fort McHenry |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $800: This general of Alexander's governed Egypt & Libya & began the dynasty that included Cleopatra Ptolemy |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $1000: Cyrano could have told you the name of this Bactrian princess who became Alexander's first wife Roxane |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | ALEXANDER THE NOT-SO-GREAT $1600: Alexander V got this "negative" title after a 1409 election by the invalid Council of Pisa; he was later poisoned in 1410 Antipope |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | ALEXANDER THE NOT-SO-GREAT $2,000 (Daily Double): Richard Dreyfuss played this "in charge" secretary of state in the TV movie "The Day Reagan Was Shot" Alexander Haig |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | ALEXANDER THE NOT-SO-GREAT $2000: Pope Alexander VI sired Cesare Borgia & this notorious sister Lucrezia Borgia |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | GOING "KNOT"S! $1000: In Greek myth it was the King of Phrygia & father of Midas who tied this knot that no one could untie the Gordian knot |
| #4894, aired 2005-12-15 | HOOKED ON PHOENICIA $400: The end finally came for the Phoenicians when this man's forces defeated them in 332 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: Julius Caesar burst into tears when he thought of how many lands this man had conquered by Julius' age Alexander the Great |
| #4875, aired 2005-11-18 | HELLO, ALEX $200: In 324 B.C. he was king of Persia & leader of Greece, as well as king of Macedonia Alexander the Great |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | SAINT PETERSBURG $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from outdoors in St. Petersburg, Russia.) From a grateful Russia, the Alexander Column here in Palace Square is dedicated to the czar who helped defeat this man Napoleon |
| #4853, aired 2005-10-19 | A WORLD OF "P"OETS $2,000 (Daily Double): When Alexander the Great burned Thebes to the ground, the only house spared was that of this great lyric poet Pindar |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | BORN FIRST $600: Alexander the Great,
Darius the Great,
Frederick the Great Darius |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | SEINFELD BEFORE & AFTER $400: This George Costanza portrayer ascended the throne of Macedonia Jason Alexander the Great |
| #4813, aired 2005-07-06 | THE HIGH COST OF DYING $1200: At the height of Greek military power, death felled him in 323 B.C. as he planned the conquest of Arabia Alexander the Great |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | IT CHANGED THE WORLD $400: His empire collapsed after he died of a fever in 323 B.C.; guess he forgot to feed a cold Alexander the Great |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | THE PERSONALS $200: 330 B.C.:
At 26, I've conquered Persia... can you conquer my heart? Alexander the Great |
| #4686, aired 2005-01-10 | SO NICE THEY NICKNAMED ME TWICE $600: "Conqueror of the World", "Macedonia's Madman" Alexander the Great |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | I PUT YOU ON THE MAP $2000: Thessalonica was a sister of this conqueror, but it was her husband who named a city after her Alexander the Great |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | MY NAME IS ALEX $200: Bucephalus was the favorite horse of this ancient warrior, who built a city in its honor when it died Alexander the Great |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | FOLLOW THE LEADER $200: Dating from around 300 B.C., the silver tetradrachma coin depicts this Macedonian leader Alexander the Great |
| #4561, aired 2004-06-07 | RUSSIAN WRITERS $1600: One of this poet's great-grandfathers was a Black Ethiopian courtier to Peter the Great (Alexander) Pushkin |
| #4546, aired 2004-05-17 | NON SEQUITURS $1000: Alexander the Great, born in 356 B.C., was one Macedonian who never read this author's "Glinda of Oz" L. Frank Baum |
| #4545, aired 2004-05-14 | WAAAAAAH! $200: This 4th century B.C. Macedonian king supposedly "wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer" Alexander the Great |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | "A" IN HISTORY $800: In 336 B.C., at age 20, he became king of the Macedonians Alexander the Great |
| #4534, aired 2004-04-29 | ASSASSINS $1200: At a wedding in 336 B.C., a young nobleman named Pausanias killed this father of Alexander the Great Philip (II of Macedon) |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Alexander the Great routed this Persian king at the Battle of Issus & captured his wife, mother & daughters Darius (the III) |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | ART & ARTISTS $400: This 4th century B.C. conqueror was said to let no one but the sculptor Lysippus do his portrait Alexander (the Great) |
| #4503, aired 2004-03-17 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $400: Mary Renault's historical novel "Fire from Heaven" chronicles the childhood of this Macedonian king Alexander the Great |
| #4490, aired 2004-02-27 | OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD LEADERS $2000: This great ruler of the Persian Empire got the job in part by exposing an imposter claiming to be Smerdis Darius |
| #4448, aired 2003-12-31 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: This Macedonian General began his war against the Persian Empire by crossing the Hellespont in the spring of 334 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #4411, aired 2003-11-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Macedonian world conqueror who became a tragic F. Scott Fitzgerald hero Alexander the Great Gatsby |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | NERVOUS REX $2000: A Persian king of this name was killed by one of his own men after fleeing from Alexander the Great Darius |
| #4354, aired 2003-07-03 | WHERE'D YA FIND THAT? $400: Nicola Bonacasa claims Alexander the Great's tomb is in this city, just where you'd expect to find it Alexandria |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | AN ANCIENT LIFETIME AGO $800: Ptolemy X, a little short of funds, replaced this Macedonian's fancy gold coffin with an alabaster one Alexander the Great |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | PILLOW TALK $400: Legend has it that each night Alexander the Great put his sword & a book by this epic poet under his pillow Homer |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: In 332 B.C. this Macedonian conquered the Phoenician seaport of Tyre after a 7-month siege Alexander the Great |
| #4215, aired 2002-12-20 | HISTORY ART $800: An elephant pulls this man's chariot in Charles Le Brun's depiction of his 331 B.C. entry into Babylon Alexander the Great |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | ENGAGEMENTS $600: In a military engagement at the Pyramids in 1798, his forces defeated an Egyptian Mameluke force Napoleon |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | GETTING KNOTTY $2000: According to legend, Alexander the Great was unable to untie this knot, so he cut it instead the Gordian Knot |
| #4185, aired 2002-11-08 | HISTORY $1200: In 333 B.C. this leader defeated Darius III, king of Persia, at Issus in Syria but was unable to capture him Alexander the Great |
| #4137, aired 2002-09-03 | BABYLON 5 $400: Cyrus the Great captured Babylon in 539 B.C. & this Great guy took it in 331 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | HISTORIC TABLOID HEADLINES $400: 328 B.C.:
This Macedonian leader "Needs to Conquer Drinking -- Kills Friend Cleitus in Rage!" Alexander the Great |
| #3957, aired 2001-11-13 | GREEK LETTERS $200: Dear Pindar, good news: when this Macedonian sacked Thebes in 335 B.C., I hear he spared your house Alexander the Great |
| #3938, aired 2001-10-17 | AUNTIQUITY $200: Eurynoe, a Macedonian princess of the 300s B.C., had this great nephew -- not great-nephew, great nephew Alexander the Great |
| #3822, aired 2001-03-27 | A MESS O' MESOPOTAMIA $200: In 331 this Macedonian took possession of the palaces & treasuries of the major cities of Mesopotamia Alexander the Great |
| #3817, aired 2001-03-20 | THEY'RE GREAT! $300: In about 326 B.C. his horse Bucephalus died in India; he built a city to honor his trusty steed Alexander the Great |
| #3794, aired 2001-02-15 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: In 338 B.C., under this king, Macedonia defeated the Greeks in the Battle of Chaeronea Philip of Macedon |
| #3791, aired 2001-02-12 | AFRICAN CITIES $300: Founded in 332 B.C., this port city was designed by Dinocrates, architect to Alexander the Great Alexandria |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | WORLD HISTORY $100: He was tutored by Aristotle, tamed Bucephalus & cut the Gordian Knot; then after lunch... Alexander the Great |
| #3686, aired 2000-09-18 | NOTABLE NAMES $1000: A national hero & saint, this Alexander was great when he helped unite Russia in the 13th century Alexander Nevsky |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | ANCIENT COINS $600: Around 334 B.C. this Macedonian's stater became a world currency Alexander the Great |
| #3654, aired 2000-06-22 | HISTORY $500: This "Great" king who died in 4 B.C. married Mariamne, the last princess of the Maccabees' line Herod the Great |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: In 323 B.C. this "great" man, who had conquered much of the known world, died at age 33 of a nasty fever Alexander the Great |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | RIVER CROSSINGS $600: In 335 B.C., at about 21, he crossed the Danube to get at the Getae Alexander the Great |
| #3501, aired 1999-11-22 | A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS $100: His forces defeated the Persian Army under Darius III in 333 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #3495, aired 1999-11-12 | SPEARS $1000: Alexander the Great's father made the soldiers of this land formidable by introducing an extra-long spear Macedonia |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | HORSE & RIDER $500: Bucephalus Alexander the Great |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | MONDO GEO $600: Conquered by Alexander the Great in 333 B.C., this Syrian capital is one of the oldest cities in the world Damascus |
| #3409, aired 1999-06-03 | KNOTS TO YOU $400: Alexander the Great cut it with his sword after being told that whoever could undo it would rule Asia Gordian Knot |
| #3326, aired 1999-02-08 | DREAMERS $1000: According to Plutarch, in the 300s B.C., Persian king Darius dreamed this conqueror would wait on him Alexander The Great |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS $400: While conquering this ancient empire, Alexander the Great burned the buildings of Persepolis, its capitol Persia |
| #3288, aired 1998-12-16 | HEY HEY WE'RE THE MACCABEES! $200: We fought against the Seleucid kingdom, founded by a general under this "great" conqueror Alexander the Great |
| #3272, aired 1998-11-24 | PLUTARCH'S LIVES $1,000 (Daily Double): This ruler's public dress, halfway between Persian & Macedonian, ticked off the Macedonians Alexander the Great |
| #3226, aired 1998-09-21 | DO YOU HAVE ANY KINGS? $400: He succeeded to the throne of Macedon when his brother Perdiccas perished in 359 Philip of Macedon |
| #3212, aired 1998-07-14 | YOU LOSE! $600: The Persian king Darius III led 250,000 troops to defeat against this man's 47,000 in 331 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #3207, aired 1998-07-07 | BEFORE & AFTER $100: Macedonian conqueror for whom Linus Van Pelt waits patiently on Halloween Alexander the Great Pumpkin |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | A LONG TIME AGO $200: A major reason for his invasion of Persia in 334 B.C. was to cover the debt left by his father, Philip II Alexander the Great |
| #3156, aired 1998-04-27 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $100: He's pictured on the $10 bill Alexander Hamilton |
| #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 |
| #3156, aired 1998-04-27 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $300: Ben Alexander played officer Frank Smith, one of Jack Webb's partners on this TV show Dragnet |
| #3156, aired 1998-04-27 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $500: On March 30, 1981 he told the press, "As of now, I am in control here in the White House" Alexander Haig |
| #3156, aired 1998-04-27 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $1,500 (Daily Double): William Ivey was nominated to replace this woman as head of the National Endowment for the Arts Jane Alexander |
| #3141, aired 1998-04-06 | THEY'RE HISTORY! $500: A little birdie "ptold" me: after Alexander the Great's death, this general took control of Egypt Ptolemy |
| #3109, aired 1998-02-19 | HISTORIC WORLD LEADERS $500: He conquered more of the world than any other man in history Genghis Khan |
| #3034, aired 1997-11-06 | LONG AGO $600: When he died at age 33 in 323 B.C., his empire was over 2,500 miles wide Alexander the Great |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: Spreading Greek culture far & wide, he inaugurated the Hellenistic Age in the 4th century B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #3000, aired 1997-09-19 | DEBUTS $1000: Jane Alexander debuted in the film version of this play she co-starred in with James Earl Jones The Great White Hope |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | ANCIENT NEWS BULLETINS $800: Philip II assassinated, this son takes the throne; the not-so-great news on Macedonian Journal Tonight Alexander the Great |
| #2922, aired 1997-04-22 | ANCIENT COUNTRIES $200: In the 4th century B.C. Lycia was conquered by this Macedonian & absorbed into his empire Alexander the Great |
| #2857, aired 1997-01-21 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $400: This father of Alexander the Great seized the throne of Macedon in 359 B.C. Philip of Macedon |
| #2825, aired 1996-12-06 | NOTABLE NONHUMANS $1000: This favorite horse of Alexander the Great sometimes wore golden horns in battle Bucephalus |
| #2803, aired 1996-11-06 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: After Plato's death, he left the Academy & soon became a tutor to Alexander the Great Aristotle |
| #2771, aired 1996-09-23 | ASSASSINATIONS $800: This murdered father of Alexander the Great was the 3rd Macedonian king in a row to die violently Philip of Macedon |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 336 B.C. this father of Alexander the Great was killed while preparing to go to war against Persia Philip of Macedonia |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | HISTORY $600: This Macedonian named about 10 cities for himself & one for his horse Bucephalus Alexander the Great |
| #2691, aired 1996-04-22 | RULING FAMILIES $600: It's the family name of Peter the Great & Alexander I Romanov |
| #2681, aired 1996-04-08 | CONTEMPORARIES $300: In 351 B.C. Plato could have heard one of Demosthenes' speeches on this Macedonian's threat to Athens Philip |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $200: In 331 B.C. the Greek & Macedonian armies under this general conquered the Persians Alexander the Great |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Grolier says this great king of Macedonia was the first monarch to be called "Great" Alexander the Great |
| #2561, aired 1995-10-23 | ARTISTS $200: Apelles was court painter to Philip of Macedon & this man, Philip's son Alexander the Great |
| #2536, aired 1995-09-18 | "A" IN HISTORY $300: While passing through Phrygia in 333 B.C., he's said to have cut the Gordian Knot Alexander the Great |
| #2533, aired 1995-09-13 | OLD NEWS $1,200 (Daily Double): At the 331 B.C. Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of this empire the Persian Empire |
| #2499, aired 1995-06-15 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $200: All Greek soldiers wore these facial adornments until ordered to remove them by Alexander beards |
| #2499, aired 1995-06-15 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $400: When Alexander went off on his conquests, Antipater was left in charge of this country, Alexander's home Macedon(ia) |
| #2499, aired 1995-06-15 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $600: Alexander subdued this city, now the capital of Turkey, in 333 B.C. Ankara |
| #2499, aired 1995-06-15 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $800: After the death of Alexander, Ptolemy I was appointed Satrap of Libya & this country Egypt |
| #2499, aired 1995-06-15 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $1,000 (Daily Double): In "Parallel Lives", this Greek paired Alexander's biography with Julius Caesar's Plutarch |
| #2485, aired 1995-05-26 | ANCIENT PLACES $1,500 (Daily Double): This city named for Alexander the Great's father was the first European city visited by St. Paul Philippi |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | HISTORIC NAMES $1,400 (Daily Double): This general who died on June 13, 323 B.C. was later entombed in the Egyptian city named for him Alexander the Great |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | WORLD HISTORY $500: A young nobleman named Pausanias assassinated this father of Alexander the Great Philip (of Macedonia) |
| #2453, aired 1995-04-12 | HISTORY $600: On June 13, 323 B.C., Alexander the Great died in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar in this city Babylon |
| #2439, aired 1995-03-23 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $600: The great military hero Alexander Nevsky took the name "Nevsky" after winning a battle at this river the Neva River |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 333 B.C. this Macedonian king's men captured the Persian army's treasure at Damascus Alexander the Great |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | LANGUAGES $800: Alexander Pushkin had great influence on the development of this language Russian |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS $400: It's said that on the day this conqueror was born in 356 B.C. Herostratus burned down the Temple of Diana Alexander (the Great) |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This Macedonian visited Siwa Oasis in 331 B.C. & was hailed as a son of Amon by the oracle Alexander the Great |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $500: At his death in 323 B.C., Alexander the Great's empire covered parts of these 3 continents Europe, Asia & Africa |
| #2337, aired 1994-11-01 | WAR $400: In 32 B.C. Octavian went to war against this man, his ex-brother-in-law Mark Antony |
| #2318, aired 1994-10-05 | WINE $100: Winemaking was supposedly carried to Central Asia in the 300s B.C. by this Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $200: After his death in 323 B.C., wars divided his empire into 3 parts: Egypt, the Seleucid Empire & Macedon Alexander the Great |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: The sacred oracle of Amon saluted this "Great" Macedonian as a son of the god Amon Alexander the Great |
| #2257, aired 1994-05-31 | HISTORIC GREECE $400: A young nobleman named Pausanias assassinated this father of Alexander the Great Philip of Macedon |
| #2243, aired 1994-05-11 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $200 (Daily Double): A popular story depicts Alexander solving this problem with a slash of his sword the Gordian Knot |
| #2243, aired 1994-05-11 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $200: In 332 B.C. Alexander founded a city called Alexandria on the delta of this river the Nile |
| #2243, aired 1994-05-11 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $400: This man taught Alexander rhetoric, literature, science & philosophy Aristotle |
| #2243, aired 1994-05-11 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $600: Alexander succeeded this man, his father, as king of Macedon in 336 B.C. Philip |
| #2243, aired 1994-05-11 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $800: The city of Bucephala in India was named after Bucephalus, which was this his horse |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | ASSASSINATIONS $600: Darius III, king of this empire, was killed by his own men as they fled from Alexander the Great the Persian Empire |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | MISC. $1000: Alexander the Great is said to be descended from this mythical hero who died of an arrow wound Achilles |
| #2164, aired 1994-01-20 | HISTORY $500: Defeated by Alexander the Great, Darius III was the last Achaemenid ruler of this country Persia |
| #2151, aired 1994-01-03 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: In the 100s B.C., this once-powerful kingdom under Alexander the Great, became a Roman province Macedonia |
| #2145, aired 1993-12-24 | CITIES CALLED THEBES $400: When this conquerer burned Thebes, he spared the house of the Greek poet Pindar Alexander the Great |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: After conquering Tyre in 332 B.C., he went to Egypt & was crowned pharaoh Alexander the Great |
| #2056, aired 1993-07-12 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: He was born at Pella, Macedonia in 356 B.C. & died in Babylon in 323 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | KINGS & QUEENS $800: 5 kings of Macedonia, including Alexander the Great's father, shared this name Philip |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | THE 9 WORTHIES $200: When he sacked Thebes in 336 B.C., he was only about 20 Alexander the Great |
| #2041, aired 1993-06-21 | POETIC POTPOURRI $300: An Alexandrine is a line of iambic hexameter named for an old French romance about this man Alexander the Great |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $400: In 331 B.C. this Macedonian captured, looted & burned the palaces of Persepolis Alexander the Great |
| #1986, aired 1993-04-05 | HISTORY $200: After his death in 323 B.C., many years of conflict among his successors dismembered his empire Alexander the Great |
| #1984, aired 1993-04-01 | ARCHAEOLOGY $800 (Daily Double): In 1977 an archaeologist uncovered the possible burial site of this king, Alexander the Great's father Philip (of Macedon) |
| #1983, aired 1993-03-31 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This Macedonian conqueror campaigned along the Indus River in 327-326 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #1905, aired 1992-12-11 | KINGS & QUEENS $400: Like this great leader whom he'd served as a general, Egypt's King Ptolemy I was Macedonian Alexander the Great |
| #1904, aired 1992-12-10 | SAINTS $1000: This treacherous Spanish-Italian family produced a saint, the great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI the Borgias |
| #1891, aired 1992-11-23 | WORLD HISTORY $400: As a youth, this future ruler's education was supervised by Aristotle Alexander the Great |
| #1855, aired 1992-10-02 | STRAITS $600: At the time Alexander the Great led his troops across this strait, it was known as the Hellespont the Dardanelles |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: His father said, "O, my son, seek out a kingdom worthy of thyself for Macedonia is too little for thee" Alexander the Great |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | TEENS IN HISTORY $400: At age 16 this Macedonian served as regent during Philip II's absence in Byzantium Alexander the Great |
| #1705, aired 1992-01-17 | ROYALTY $1000: As a child, Czar Alexander I was taken away from his parents & raised by this empress, his grandmother Catherine the Great |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $200: According to legend, while in Asia Minor Alexander cut this fabled fastening with his sword the Gordian knot |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $400: As a youth Alexander studied Greek culture & literature under this philosopher Aristotle |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $600: A 20 Alexander became king of this region, later divided among Bulgaria, Yugoslavia & Greece Macedonia |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $800: After the death of this beloved horse whom he tamed, Alexander built a city in its honor Bucephalus |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $1000: In 323 B.C., Alexander died in a palace in this Mesopotamian city, his intended capital Babylon |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | HISTORIC PLACES $200: Alexander the Great was born in the Macedonian capital of Pella, now in this country Greece |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: When he died at age 33 in 323 B.C. he left behind many cities named after him Alexander the Great |
| #1627, aired 1991-10-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $1,500 (Daily Double): In 331 B.C. his troops plundered Persepolis & burned the palace of Xerxes Alexander the Great |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $300: He's been called the "Conqueror of the World" & "Madman of Macedonia" Alexander the Great |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: He became king of Macedonia after the assassination of his father Philip II Alexander the Great |
| #1562, aired 1991-05-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Thessaloniki in this country was named for Alexander the Great's sister Greece |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | ANCIENT GREECE $200: The Hellenistic period in Ancient Greek art began with his conquests Alexander the Great |
| #1514, aired 1991-03-14 | ARISTOTLE $200: After tutoring the soon to be great Alexander, Aristotle returned to this city & founded the Lyceum Athens |
| #1487, aired 1991-02-05 | GREAT DISASTERS $600: About 5,000 were trampled in the stampede for free beer at the coronation of this czar in 1896 Nicholas |
| #1413, aired 1990-10-24 | ANCIENT WORLD $200: Trying to get the people in his empire together, he had 10.000 Greeks & Macedonians wed Asian women Alexander the Great |
| #1394, aired 1990-09-27 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 332 B.C. he completed his conquest of Phoenicia when Tyre fell flat Alexander the Great |
| #1381, aired 1990-09-10 | WORLD LEADERS $800: Though this 20-year-old may have resented his father Philip II, he took no part in his murder Alexander the Great |
| #9, aired 1990-08-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1500: The Seleucid Kingdom which once stretched from Thrace to India was a fragment of his empire Alexander the Great |
| #1359, aired 1990-06-28 | WORLD CITIES $400: Except for Peter II, all Russian czars from Peter the Great to Alexander III are buried here Leningrad |
| #1329, aired 1990-05-17 | ANCIENT WORLD $600: He died in 323 B.C. at age 32 when he took ill after a long party with heavy drinking Alexander the Great |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | TEENS IN HISTORY $800: From age 13-16 he studied with Aristotle; at 20 he was King of Macedon Alexander the Great |
| #1255, aired 1990-02-02 | ANCIENT GREECE $200: When he conquered Thebes, he destroyed every house but the one the poet Pindar had lived in Alexander the Great |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The Hellenistic Age began with the death of this Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great |
| #1196, aired 1989-11-13 | ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Alexander the Great led his troops as far east as the Hyphasis, now the Beas, river in this country India |
| #1176, aired 1989-10-16 | 7-LETTER WORDS $200: "Knot" tied by the father of King Midas & cut by Alexander the Great Gordian |
| #1143, aired 1989-07-19 | FAMOUS EDUCATORS $200: He taught Alexander the Great & founded the Lyceum Aristotle |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1,000 (Daily Double): In 332 B.C. he took possession of Egypt without a struggle Alexander (the Great) |
| #1028, aired 1989-02-08 | TEENS IN HISTORY $400: At 19 he went into exile after his parents broke up, but a few years later he was king of Macedonia Alexander the Great |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | IN THE NEWS $200: This great composer has outlived his U.S. copyright on "Alexander's Ragtime Band" Irving Berlin |
| #969, aired 1988-11-17 | WORLD HISTORY $800: He had a wife named Cleopatra, a daughter named Cleopatra, & a famous son, Alexander the Great Philip of Macedon (Philip II) |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Upon his assassination in 336 B.C., he was succeeded by his son, Alexander the Great Philip II of Macedon |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: As a teenager, the future Alexander the Great was tutored by this philosopher Aristotle |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | SPIES & SPYING $500: It's said this Macedonian read the letters his men sent home, thus discovering & eliminating the disloyal ones Alexander the Great |
| #843, aired 1988-04-13 | HISTORICAL FICTION $800: Evelyn Waugh's novel "Helena" tells the story of St. Helena, who was this "Great" emperor's mom Constantine the Great |
| #804, aired 1988-02-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The Roman Empire went as far east as the Tigris River, while this man's empire reached all the way to India Alexander the Great |
| #737, aired 1987-11-17 | GEOGRAPHY $400: This Yugoslavian republic covers part of and shares its name with Alexander the Great's ancient home Macedonia |
| #729, aired 1987-11-05 | ART $400: Like his father before him, Alexander the Great appointed Apelles as this court artist/painter |
| #715, aired 1987-10-16 | HISTORICAL HORSES $100: "Bucephala" was a city named in honor of the favorite black stallion of this great Greek conqueror Alexander the Great |
| #654, aired 1987-06-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Father of Alexander the Great who hired Aristotle to tutor his son Philip of Macedon |
| #578, aired 1987-02-25 | STARTS WITH "G" $500: Hearing that only the future ruler of Asia could untie this, Alexander the Great cut it with a sword Gordian Knot |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 323 B.C., age 32, he died of exhaustion at Babylon Alexander the Great |
| #469, aired 1986-09-25 | FAMOUS ALEXANDERS $300: He founded a city on a battlesite in India to honor his horse Bucephalus Alexander the Great |
| #341, aired 1985-12-30 | ANCIENT WORLDS $400: At Arbela in 331 B.C., he lost under 500 troops while killing more than 40,000 Persians Alexander the Great |
| #328, aired 1985-12-11 | HARBORS $200: In 331 B.C., he founded the port of Alexandria Alexander the Great |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | KINGS & QUEENS $1000: To learn about building a navy, this great czar worked as a ship's carpenter in Holland Peter the Great |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Achilles was ancestor of this Greek-Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great |
| #99, aired 1985-01-24 | MYTHOLOGY $600: According to legend, whoever could untie it would become Lord of Asia the Gordian Knot |
| #17, aired 1984-10-02 | CONQUERORS $600: Macedonian who lamented there was nothing left to conquer, he died in Babylon at 33 Alexander the Great |
