#9005, aired 2023-12-29 | LITERARY TOWNS & CITIES $400: In Graham Greene's "The Quiet American" an operative is sent to this onetime capital to help against Vietnamese Communists Saigon |
#8892, aired 2023-06-13 | 4-LETTER WORLD CITIES $800: This large South American city is nicknamed the "City of Kings" Lima |
#8862, aired 2023-05-02 | WORLD CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Over 10,000 feet in elevation, this South American capital is one of the International Cities of Peace La Paz |
#8645, aired 2022-05-20 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $200: This capital's name comes from its original Spanish settlement, Santa Fé de Bacatá Bogotá |
#8645, aired 2022-05-20 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $400: The narrow streets of Cusco are still lined with mortarless stone walls built by these people the Inca |
#8645, aired 2022-05-20 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $800: This judicial capital of Bolivia is named for a former president of that country Sucre |
#8645, aired 2022-05-20 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $1000: The Chilean city of Calama is in this desert the Atacama |
#8645, aired 2022-05-20 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $1,600 (Daily Double): La Plata & Mar del Plata are cities in this country Argentina |
#8381, aired 2021-04-19 | ANCIENT CITIES $400: The ruins of Pachacamac, an ancient American city later occupied by the Inca, lie just south of this world capital Lima |
#8381, aired 2021-04-19 | ANCIENT CITIES $2000: Now in this Central American country, the ancient Mayan city of Uaxactun was mysteriously abandoned by the 10th century Guatemala |
#8377, aired 2021-04-13 | WESTERN U.S. CITIES $400: Named for the founder of the American Fur Company, this Oregon city has deepwater port facilities Astoria |
#8338, aired 2021-02-17 | U.S. CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Named for a Native American game, it's Wisconsin's largest city on the Mississippi La Crosse |
#8319, aired 2021-01-21 | CLEVELAND: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm Chris Frye from WOIO.) In 1967, Cleveland voters chose Democrat Carl Stokes over Republican Seth Taft, making Stokes the first African American to hold this office in one of America's major cities mayor |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | AMERICAN CITIES $200: A city of 7 hills, it's known for its sound, namely Puget--but also grunge Seattle |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | AMERICAN CITIES $400: The Magic Kingdom south, it was once known as Jernigan but got a name change in 1857 & a Wet 'n Wild water park, a bit later Orlando |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | AMERICAN CITIES $600: Peyton Manning repeatedly gave mid-game shout-outs to this city near the confluence of the Missouri & the Platte Omaha |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | AMERICAN CITIES $1000: The American Quarter Horse Association is headquartered in this "yellow" Texas city Amarillo |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | AMERICAN CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): A very specific wooden post led to the naming of this southern state capital en Francais Baton Rouge |
#7820, aired 2018-09-14 | MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $200: San Jose in this Central American nation is home to John F. Kennedy Park, memorializing his visit to the country in 1963 Costa Rica |
#7679, aired 2018-01-18 | JANE $1000: Her books like "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" argued for local planning & vibrant neighborhoods Jane Jacobs |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | UNESCO CITIES OF LITERATURE $1200: Thanks to its pioneering writers' program, the only American city honored is in this Midwest state Iowa |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | COLORFUL AMERICAN CITIES $400: The Menominee & the Winnebago once lived on the site of this football-mad city situated on Lake Michigan Green Bay |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | COLORFUL AMERICAN CITIES $800: The statue of Adolph Coors seen here is in this Colorado city Golden |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | COLORFUL AMERICAN CITIES $1200: 2-word name for the N.J. city that's home to Thomas Edison's estate & laboratory West Orange |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | COLORFUL AMERICAN CITIES $1600: Skiing & Glacier National Park may lure you to this Montana city named for an aquatic creature Whitefish |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | COLORFUL AMERICAN CITIES $2000: Willa Cather drew her portraits of frontier life from her hometown, this Nebraska city named for an Oglala chief Red Cloud |
#7483, aired 2017-03-08 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Years before Coronado, a Moor named Estevanico searched for 7 wealthy cities he called this Cíbola |
#7408, aired 2016-11-23 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $400: For a stunning view of this Venezuelan capital, take the cable car up to the top of Pico el Ávila Caracas |
#7408, aired 2016-11-23 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $800: Known to locals as Sampa, this Brazilian city is the most populous in the Southern Hemisphere São Paulo |
#7408, aired 2016-11-23 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $1200: From 1952 to 1955 Argentina's city of La Plata was named after this late beloved first lady Evita Perón |
#7408, aired 2016-11-23 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $1600: It's Chile's chief seaport & home to the Chilean Naval Academy Valparaíso |
#7408, aired 2016-11-23 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $2000: The inner city of this Incan capital was laid out in the shape of a puma whose head was the fort of Sacsayhuaman Cusco |
#7041, aired 2015-04-06 | 5-LETTER CAPITAL CITIES $5,200 (Daily Double): The oldest South American capital, it's located just south of the equator Quito |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | AMERICAN CITIES $200: Once part of New Sweden, this Pennsylvania city is found where the Schuylkill River meets the Delaware River Philadelphia |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | AMERICAN CITIES $400: The Bisons are a Triple-A minor league baseball team from this New York city Buffalo |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | AMERICAN CITIES $600: This city of 2 million people--we have no problem Houston |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | AMERICAN CITIES $800: Joplin in this state was not named for a musician but for a Methodist missionary Missouri |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | AMERICAN CITIES $1,400 (Daily Double): The southernmost major city on the U.S. mainland, it had a population of only 343 when the railroad arrived in 1896 Miami |
#6461, aired 2012-10-22 | A LONG TIME AGO $600: Between 250 & 900 this Central American culture flowered in its Classic Period in such cities as Tikal the Maya (the Mayans accepted) |
#6271, aired 2011-12-19 | BOWL GAME CITIES $800: The Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl at LP Field Nashville |
#6032, aired 2010-11-30 | NAME THAT COUNTRY $800: This Central American country is home to the ruins of Copan, one of the Mayan's largest cities Honduras |
#5848, aired 2010-02-03 | CAPITAL CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Once the capital of Spain's New World empire, this South American city was founded by Pizarro in 1535 Lima |
#5848, aired 2010-02-03 | CAPITAL CITIES $1000: The Rideau canal separates this North American capital into upper & lower regions Ottawa |
#5826, aired 2010-01-04 | U.S. CITIES $1200: The American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker peace group, is headquartered in this city Philadelphia |
#5793, aired 2009-11-18 | AMERICAN CITIES $200: "Earthquake City" & "Baghdad by the Bay" are 2 nicknames of this California city San Francisco |
#5793, aired 2009-11-18 | AMERICAN CITIES $400: The U.S.A.F. Academy is located outside this Colorado city home to the main U.S. Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs |
#5793, aired 2009-11-18 | AMERICAN CITIES $600: Many visitors to the Big Apple fly into this city's Liberty Airport, maybe on Continental Newark |
#5793, aired 2009-11-18 | AMERICAN CITIES $1000: In 1882 the Knights of Columbus was founded in this "new" Connecticut city New Haven |
#5793, aired 2009-11-18 | AMERICAN CITIES $1,400 (Daily Double): "Cross and Sword", Florida's official state play, was created to reenact this city's founding in 1565 St. Augustine |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | LET'S HAVE A DRINK... OF WATER $1,500 (Daily Double): The American Dental Association is all for this process, practiced by cities since 1945 fluoridation |
#5289, aired 2007-09-13 | INTERNATIONAL $1000: Cities in this large South American country include Mendoza, Rosario & Mar del Plata Argentina |
#5096, aired 2006-11-06 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $200: La Boca, an area of this Argentine capital, is often called "Little Genoa" because of its large Italian community Buenos Aires |
#5096, aired 2006-11-06 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $600: This section of Rio is known as the birthplace of the bossa nova; there was a "Girl From" there in song Ipanema |
#5096, aired 2006-11-06 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $800: Punta Arenas, the southernmost large city in the world, lies at the tip of Chile on this strait the Strait of Magellan |
#5096, aired 2006-11-06 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $1000: Cali, this country's 2nd-most populous city, is a center of paper production & the sugarcane industry Colombia |
#5096, aired 2006-11-06 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $2,200 (Daily Double): In this city's Plaza de Armas, you're walking in the footsteps of Francisco Pizarro Lima, Peru |
#5039, aired 2006-07-06 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $200: Universal's Islands of Adventure & Disney's Pleasure Island are both near this seat of Florida's Orange County Orlando |
#5039, aired 2006-07-06 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $400: Each winter the post office in this Indiana town, ZIP code 47579, gets letters from children all over the world Santa Claus |
#5039, aired 2006-07-06 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $600: Now famous for a golf tournament, it was the city where Georgia ratified the U.S. Constitution Augusta |
#5039, aired 2006-07-06 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This state capital lies on a narrow strip of land between the Gastineau Channel & the slopes of 2 mountains Juneau, Alaska |
#5039, aired 2006-07-06 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $1000: This largest North Dakota city forms a metropolitan area with Moorhead, Minnesota Fargo |
#5027, aired 2006-06-20 | AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): These largest cities of Michigan & Iowa were both given French names Detroit & Des Moines |
#4993, aired 2006-05-03 | AMERICAN PLACES $400: This capital, population 280,000, is one half of the "Twin Cities" St. Paul |
#4958, aired 2006-03-15 | CITIES BY THE "TON" $1200: Home to the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Latin American Art, remember this Texas city! San Antonio |
#4828, aired 2005-09-14 | POLLUTION $600: The American Lung Association's list of cities with the worst particle air pollutuion is topped by 3 in this state California |
#4807, aired 2005-06-28 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $400: The National Earthquake Information Center is in this "colorful" city just west of Denver Golden, Colorado |
#4807, aired 2005-06-28 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $1200: The growth of this state capital in Eagle Valley was stimulated by the discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859 Carson City |
#4807, aired 2005-06-28 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $1600: This raisin center of more than 400,000 people in California's San Joaquin Valley has grapes on its seal Fresno |
#4807, aired 2005-06-28 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $2000: Montana State University has a branch in this city named for frontiersman John Bozeman |
#4807, aired 2005-06-28 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $3,000 (Daily Double): This New Mexico city was founded in 1706 & named for a viceroy of New Spain Albuquerque |
#4758, aired 2005-04-20 | CAPITAL CITIES $6,000 (Daily Double): Honoring one of the country's famous sons, the Universidad de Belgrano is found in this South American capital Buenos Aires |
#4398, aired 2003-10-22 | BASEBALL HISTORY $1600: 2 of the 5 cities that had both National League & American League teams in 1903 (2 of 5) Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, or St. Louis |
#4260, aired 2003-02-21 | AMERICAN CITIES $200: An earthquake on April 18, 1906 in this city destroyed the Wells Fargo Bank, but the vaults remained intact San Francisco |
#4260, aired 2003-02-21 | AMERICAN CITIES $400: The MGM Grand Hotel in this city claims to be the largest in the world with over 5,000 guest rooms Las Vegas |
#4260, aired 2003-02-21 | AMERICAN CITIES $600: The final draft of the U.S. Constitution was composed in this city in September 1787 Philadelphia |
#4260, aired 2003-02-21 | AMERICAN CITIES $800: The pirate Jean Lafitte was pardoned by President Madison for his help during the 1814 battle of this city New Orleans |
#4260, aired 2003-02-21 | AMERICAN CITIES $1000: Often placed in the bear family, the first giant panda in the U.S. was appropriately exhibited in this Midwest city Chicago |
#4250, aired 2003-02-07 | THE NHL $800: Without a home stadium in 1926, this American team played at Windsor's Border Cities Arena Detroit Red Wings |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | AMERICAN CITIES $200: About this city's 1906 earthquake, Jack London wrote, "Day was trying to dawn through the smoke pall" San Francisco |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | AMERICAN CITIES $400: This state capital lies on both banks of the Mississippi River at the confluence of the Minnesota River St. Paul |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | AMERICAN CITIES $600: This city on Lake Michigan is "The Beer Capital of America" Milwaukee |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | AMERICAN CITIES $800: This city near Disney World was given its present name in 1857 to honor a soldier killed in the Seminole Wars Orlando |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | AMERICAN CITIES $1000: Juarez, Mexico & this Texas city make up the largest metropolitan center on the U.S.-Mexico border El Paso |
#3942, aired 2001-10-23 | U.S. CITIES $400: Served by Blue Grass Airport, this Kentucky city was named for the first battle of the American Revolution Lexington |
#3749, aired 2000-12-14 | FRANCO-AMERICAN CITIES $200: End of the Lake, Wisconsin Fond du Lac |
#3749, aired 2000-12-14 | FRANCO-AMERICAN CITIES $400: Wooded Place, Idaho Boise |
#3749, aired 2000-12-14 | FRANCO-AMERICAN CITIES $800: Beautiful Mountain, Texas Beaumont |
#3749, aired 2000-12-14 | FRANCO-AMERICAN CITIES $1000: High Land, Indiana Terre Haute |
#3749, aired 2000-12-14 | FRANCO-AMERICAN CITIES $1,200 (Daily Double): Clear Water, Wisconsin Eau Claire |
#3743, aired 2000-12-06 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Tikal & Piedras Negras were major cities of this civilization of northern Guatemala Mayans |
#3611, aired 2000-04-24 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $100: South America's most populous city, it was founded by Jesuit missionaries from Portugal in 1554 Sao Paulo |
#3611, aired 2000-04-24 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $200: This Uruguayan capital's name is Portuguese for "I see a hill" Montevideo |
#3611, aired 2000-04-24 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $300: In the 1980s this city became the center for Colombia's most powerful cocaine cartel Medellin |
#3611, aired 2000-04-24 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $400: At an altitude of 12,001 feet, it's the world's highest capital city; co-capital Sucre lies about 3,000 feet lower La Paz, Bolivia |
#3611, aired 2000-04-24 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $700 (Daily Double): Pachacamac, an ancient site for Incan & other Indian cultures, lies just outside this capital Lima, Peru |
#3547, aired 2000-01-25 | WORLD CITIES $1000: Recife is called "The Venice of" this South American country Brazil |
#3442, aired 1999-07-20 | MUSEUMS $500: A Manhattan cultural museum is named for these Latin-American areas of U.S. cities Barrios |
#3360, aired 1999-03-26 | TOWNS & CITIES $600: Founded in 1565, this Florida city served as one of Spain's North American military headquarters St. Augustine |
#3302, aired 1999-01-05 | U.S. CITIES $400: The Society of Friends founded this California city in 1887 & named it after an American poet Whittier |
#3152, aired 1998-04-21 | L.A.'s SISTER CITIES $400 (Daily Double): Salvador Bahia, also known as Sao Salvador, a port city in this So. American country, is in the sisterhood Brazil |
#3106, aired 1998-02-16 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $800: From 1854 to 1900 these 2 cities served as co-capitals of Rhode Island Providence & Newport |
#3049, aired 1997-11-27 | U.S. CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): The name of this western Wisconsin city on the Mississippi River honors a Native American sport Lacrosse |
#2981, aired 1997-07-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In searching for the 7 Cities of Cibola, he & his men traveled as far north as present-day Lyons, Kansas Francisco Vazquez de Coronado |
#2956, aired 1997-06-09 | "SAINT"LY CITIES $300: In the 1840s this future state capital became headquarters of the American Fur Company Saint Paul |
#2917, aired 1997-04-15 | 2nd-LARGEST CITIES $800: This American city, Georgia's 2nd largest, shares its name with Ohio's largest Columbus |
#2775, aired 1996-09-27 | "B" CITIES $200: The cathedral in this South American planned capital is designed to resemble Jesus' crown of thorns Brasília |
#2746, aired 1996-07-08 | MEXICO CITIES $500: San Luis Potosi is located on this highway that runs from northern North America to Chile the Pan-American Highway |
#2333, aired 1994-10-26 | U.S. CITIES $500: This city near Scranton was named for 2 British politicians who supported the American colonists Wilkes-Barre |
#2100, aired 1993-10-22 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $200: Sao Paulo grew in the 19th century after it was found that its soil was perfect for growing this coffee |
#2100, aired 1993-10-22 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $400: Puno, Peru is at the west end of Lake Titicaca & this Bolivian capital is near the east end La Paz |
#2100, aired 1993-10-22 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $600: If your kid needs discipline, send him to Gen. Bernardo O'Higgins Military School in this Chilean capital Santiago |
#2100, aired 1993-10-22 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $800: In the 1980s this second-largest Colombian city became the center of the country's top cocaine cartel Medellín |
#2100, aired 1993-10-22 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $1000: This previous name of Ciudad Bolivar can still be seen on a famous type of bitters Angostura |
#2080, aired 1993-09-24 | WORLD CITIES $400: A Venezuelan ciudad on the Orinoco was named after this South American revolutionary leader Bolivar |
#2077, aired 1993-09-21 | PACIFIC CITIES $600: This American Samoa city is at the head of one of the Pacific's finest natural harbors Pago Pago |
#2029, aired 1993-06-03 | WORLD CITIES $200: This South American city was capital of the Portuguese Empire from 1808 to 1821 Rio de Janiero |
#2011, aired 1993-05-10 | ATLANTIC CITIES $1000: The many waterways in Recife, in this large South American country, are compared to those of Venice Brazil |
#2000, aired 1993-04-23 | NEW WORLD CITIES $800: This Central American capital was founded in the 1570s as Real de Minas de San Miguel de Tegus Galpa Tegucigalpa |
#1708, aired 1992-01-22 | U.S. CITIES $600: This Kentucky city, founded in 1779, was named after the first battle of the American Revolution Lexington |
#1675, aired 1991-12-06 | WORLD CITIES $200: For nearly 300 years, this Peruvian city was the capital of Spain's South American empire Lima |
#1524, aired 1991-03-28 | "IN" CITIES $300: The headquarters for the American Legion is located in this state capital Indianapolis |
#1383, aired 1990-09-12 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: This interracial organization was founded in 1910 in New York City to help Blacks living in cities the National Urban League |
#1338, aired 1990-05-30 | U.S. CITIES $1,500 (Daily Double): This city, named for 2 British supporters of the American colonies, shares a metro area with Scranton Wilkes-Barre |
#1306, aired 1990-04-16 | CAPITAL CITIES $600 (Daily Double): This South American city was founded in 1537 & dedicated on August 15, the feast day of the Assumption Asunción |
#1211, aired 1989-12-04 | WORLD CITIES $400: This Lebanese capital has an Arab University, a French University & an American University Beirut |
#1134, aired 1989-07-06 | AMERICAN CITIES $100: Called the "winter baseball capital of the U.S.", this city lies across the bay from Tampa, Fla. St. Petersburg |
#1134, aired 1989-07-06 | AMERICAN CITIES $200: More than 60% of the world's general aviation aircraft are built in this city, Kansas' largest Wichita |
#1134, aired 1989-07-06 | AMERICAN CITIES $300: From 1950-64 the population of this Alabama city "skyrocketed" from 16,000 to more than 123,000 Huntsville |
#1134, aired 1989-07-06 | AMERICAN CITIES $400: A statue of Samuel Clemens stands in Riverview Park in this city on the Mississippi River Hannibal |
#1134, aired 1989-07-06 | AMERICAN CITIES $500: An Air Force base named for the Wright Bros. & test pilot Frank Patterson is in this Ohio city Dayton |
#1028, aired 1989-02-08 | WORLD CITIES $400: The name of this South American city literally means "fair winds" or "good air" Buenos Aires |
#853, aired 1988-04-27 | CAPITAL CITIES $200: 1 of 2 Central American countries whose capitals bear the name of the country Guatemala (or Panama) |
#853, aired 1988-04-27 | CAPITAL CITIES $600: By winning a contest, American architect W.B. Griffin got to design this Aussie capital Canberra |
#709, aired 1987-10-08 | U.S. CITIES $200: The 1st major American city to elect a socialist mayor, this Wisconsin city had them for 38 years Milwaukee |
#694, aired 1987-09-17 | WORLD CITIES $1000: Flight attendants for Varig Airlines are permanently based in this South American city Rio de Janeiro |
#650, aired 1987-06-05 | WORLD CITIES $1000: North American metropolis occupied by the U.S. in 1847 & France in 1863 Mexico City |
#368, aired 1986-02-05 | WORLD CITIES $800: 3 major cities of this S. American country are Concepcion, Encarnacion, & Asuncion, the capital Paraguay |
#116, aired 1985-02-18 | WORLD CITIES $800: Real Massachusetts city that was home port to fictional ship the "Pequod" New Bedford |