| #9098, aired 2024-05-08 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $800: On December 9, 1793 New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, was established by this lexicographer Webster |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | REALLY TOUGH CAPITALS $800: The names of these 2 Central American capitals include the full names of their countries Guatemala City & Panama City |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $2000: John Cassin, from a Quaker family in Delaware County, became a famed ornithologist in this city & named a vireo after it the Philadelphia vireo |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: Huascar co-ruled the Inca from Cuzco; his brother Atahualpa ruled from this city that also ends in "O" Quito |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE THEATER $1000: Teatro Astor Piazzolla, named for the composer & musician seen here, is in this South American capital city Buenos Aires |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | 5 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $800: "The Broken Heart of America", about St. Louis & American violence, ends with a 2014 police shooting in this Missouri city Ferguson |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ERA $1200: General Richard Montgomery died in the Yankees' Dec. 1775 defeat at this Canadian city that the British had only seized in 1759 Quebec |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | DOUBLE TALK GEOGRAPHY $800: A port city on Tutuila Island, Pago Pago is the capital of this U.S. territory in the South Pacific American Samoa |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | JUST DESERTS $1000: La Guajira desert is connected by gas pipeline to nearby Barranquilla in this South American country Colombia |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | INTERNATIONAL CINEMA SHOWCASE $1600: "City of God" is about 2 boys growing up in a violent favela in this South American country Brazil |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $2000: The '60s-set "Hairspray" takes place in this American city Baltimore |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | AMERICAN BRIDGES $200: The Benjamin Franklin Bridge connects Camden, New Jersey to this city Ben moved to when he was 17 Philadelphia |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | AMERICAN BRIDGES $600: Seen here, the so-called Bunker Hill Bridge was built as part of this city's Big Dig project Boston |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? $400: Thou wishest to party in this South American city & climb its 1,300-foot Sugarloaf Mountain, verily Rio |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | AMERICAN ISLANDS $400: Cha-ching! This resort lies on Absecon Island on the southeast coast of New Jersey Atlantic City |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | INDIANA WANTS YOU $2000: The 1920s study of an All-American place dubbed "Middletown" was based on this "M" city in eastern Indiana Muncie |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SUPER TROUPERS $800: This Chicago comedy institution awards a fellowship named for Bob Curry, its first African-American mainstage performer Second City |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1565 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded what's now this Florida city St. Augustine |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | TO SIR PAUL, WITH LOVE $1600: On April 21, 1990 at Maracana Stadium, Paul had an intimate show for 184,000 friends as he rocked in this huge South American city Rio de Janeiro |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1886 a riot in this city's Haymarket Square led to the deaths of several police officers & demonstrators Chicago |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | U.S. CITY OF THE BOOK $200: "American Psycho": mayhem in Gotham New York City |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $1000: In the city of 9.3 million, now named for this man, the War Remnants Museum was previously the Museum of Chinese & American War Crimes Ho Chi Minh City |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | OFFICIAL NICKNAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): For 2020, the centennial year of American women getting to vote, Philadelphia got this altered nickname the City of Sisterly Love |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | 4-LETTER WORLD CITIES $800: This large South American city is nicknamed the "City of Kings" Lima |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | MICHAEL J. FOX $600: (Michael J. Fox presents the clue.) An inspiration for my character in "The American President" was this advisor to Bill Clinton, a spin doctor in his own right; he also made a cameo on my show "Spin City" Stephanopoulos |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | ALL AROUND THE WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): A gigantic 3/4 dome, Montreal's biosphere was designed by this American for the city's 1967 Expo (Buckminster) Fuller |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | U.S. "BURG"S $1000: This South Carolina city was named for a local militia that helped win the Battle of Cowpens in the American Revolution Spartanburg |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $1200: This southern city is a hip-hop mecca & one of its temples is Lenox Square Mall, where the OutKast rappers met Atlanta |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | WITH A SCULPTURE ON TOP $600: The colossal Christ the Redeemer Statue on Mount Corcovado towers over this South American city Rio de Janeiro |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $400: In 2016, aged 94, Pulitzer winner George Walker composed a tribute to the dead of the Emanuel AME Church in this S.C. city Charleston |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1672 Spain began building a large masonry fort on the shore of this city in Florida St. Augustine |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: This chief befriended Washington Territory settlers, who named a city for him & paid him for the use of his name Chief Seattle |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. $1200: This city, B'gosh, is located where the Upper Fox River enters Lake Winnebago Oshkosh |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. $2000: Located near the Oregon border, this Washington city with a double-talk name is famous for its wines & vineyards Walla Walla |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: A 1965 civil rights march started in Selma & ended 54 miles & 4 days later in this city, where MLK spoke on the steps of its capitol Montgomery |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | IT'S A "BIG" PLACE $800: Though this nickname for a large American city dates to the 1920s, it really took hold after a '70s tourism campaign Big Apple |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | AUSTIN TENDS BAR $600: (Austin pours & garnishes a red cocktail in a Martini glass.) I really do tend bar at the Gaf East on 2nd Ave. in New York City, where of course we serve this classic geographically named cocktail made with vermouth & American whiskey a Manhattan |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In early 2022, things got eventful in this Canadian city with traffic-paralyzing protests Ottawa |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MAYORS $800: London Breed is this California city's first African-American woman mayor San Francisco |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $1000: The Chilean city of Calama is in this desert the Atacama |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | THEY NAMED A CITY FOR HIM $800: A town in Eastern Pennsylvania honors this Native American & all-around athlete who was laid to rest there Jim Thorpe |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR $1000: This treaty named for a Mexico City neighborhood ended the war Feb. 2, 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $2,000 (Daily Double): Southwest of Tallahassee, this community got the same name as a Central American capital in 1909 when its people were excited about possible trade Panama City |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | AMERICAN FIVES $800: It's the only one of New York City's 5 boroughs that's not on an island the Bronx |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $1200: Like our own capital city, this South American capital sometimes has "D.C." after its name Bogotá |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Killing 146 workers, mostly women, this tragic fire at a New York City garment factory in 1911 led to new safety laws the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | RHYMING AMERICAN ROAD TRIP $800: From a New Mexico City at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, do you know the way to the seat of California's Santa Clara County? Santa Fe & San Jose |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | RHYMING AMERICAN ROAD TRIP $1600: Journey 300 miles west from a city where author Thomas Wolfe lived to a city known for music Asheville & Nashville |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | RHYMING AMERICAN ROAD TRIP $2000: It's quite a trek from the capital of New Jersey to the city that's home to Texas Woman's University Trenton to Denton |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | YOUR PARADE $400: In August 1929 this city's Defender newspaper began its Bud Billiken Parade, the largest African-American parade in the United States Chicago |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | IN RECENT YEARS $400: The 2016 Summer Olympics were held in this South American city Rio |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: The first U.S. case study of a Black urban community was made in this city by W.E.B. Du Bois working for Penn in the 1890s Philadelphia |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | "EZ" GEOGRAPHY $600: This city on the Lower Mississippi takes its name from a Native American people who once lived there Natchez |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITALS $400: 1776 wasn't just a big year for us--Guatemala City was founded, 3 years after Antigua Guatemala was felled by one of these an earthquake |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITALS $1600: Poet Rubén Darío is honored with a park & monument in this city that became Nicaragua's permanent capital in 1857 Managua |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITALS $2000: It took 15 years to finish Panama City's Biomuseo, designed by this L.A. man; the nearby canal took 5 less, but he didn't design that (Frank) Gehry |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: John Winthrop led many followers to this colony in 1630 & gave us the image of the "city upon a hill" Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | AMERICAN MONUMENTS AROUND THE WORLD $800: A memorial in this Moroccan city remembers the U.S. Western Naval Task Force, not Rick helping Ilsa & Victor escape Casablanca |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Thomas Jefferson used this game board as a model for city planning with every other block left open a chessboard |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | MOVIE THEATERS $800: As an "American Werewolf" in this city, David Naughton is beckoned into a theater where he's confronted by his zombified victims London |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | AMERICAN MUSIC $1200: At the beginning of the 20th century, jazz flourished in Storyville, the red light district of this southern city New Orleans |
| #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 |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Now a state capital, it beat out Golden to become the first city in the territory to connect to the Union Pacific railroad Denver, Colorado |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | U.S. MUSEUMS $800: The Museum of the American Revolution opened in 2017, 2 blocks away from Independence Hall in this city Philadelphia |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | U.S. MUSEUMS $1600: "I'm going to" this city, this city, "here I come" to visit the American Jazz Museum & The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Kansas City |
| #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 |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: One of the proposed names for what became this state capital was Missouriopolis Jefferson City |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | OLD NEWSPAPERS $400: Published in this southern city beginning in 1856, the Daily Creole was the first African-American daily newspaper New Orleans |
| #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 $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 |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $1200: This artist depicted 3 customers in an all-night diner & "the loneliness of a large city" in his painting "Nighthawks" Hopper |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | GEOGRAPHIC ETYMOLOGY $5,200 (Daily Double): Early Spanish settlers gave this South American city a name meaning "fair winds" Buenos Aires |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | BRIDGES $1000: The Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge in this South American capital is named for the 20th century leader behind the building of the city Brasília |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | MUSEUMS $1600: Grant Wood's "American Gothic" resides at the Art Institute of this city, built for the Columbian Exposition of 1893 Chicago |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $400: One of the oldest repositories of African-American history, the DuSable Museum is a fixture of this Midwest city's South Side Chicago |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | '90s NEWSMAKERS $2000: Replacing Ed Koch in 1990, he became New York City's first African American mayor (David) Dinkins |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): The oldest continuously settled city in America, it was named for the Bishop of Hippo St. Augustine |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS $400: To write her play "Twilight", Anna Deavere Smith interviewed 350 people who experienced the 1992 riots in this city Los Angeles |
| #8257, aired 2020-10-13 | A BUNCH OF SQUARES $1600: Home to the Palacio Nacional, this Latin American city's large square known as the Zocalo is a public plaza in use since Aztec times Mexico City |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | THIS AMERICAN CITY $400: This city, the seat of New Mexico's Bernalillo County, gives you 2 Q's for the price of one Albuquerque |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | THIS AMERICAN CITY $800: In 1819 a newspaper in this Ohio city boasted that it was "justly styled the fair queen of the west" Cincinnati |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | THIS AMERICAN CITY $1200: Its central location helped make it the capital of Maine in 1832 Augusta |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | THIS AMERICAN CITY $1600: Named for a capital of Ancient Egypt, this city is on a bluff on the Mississippi River's east bank Memphis |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | THIS AMERICAN CITY $2,000 (Daily Double): Part of what locals call the Metroplex, this Texas city was founded as an army post in 1849 Fort Worth |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | AMERICAN PLAYS $400: Stella could tell ya the action in "A Streetcar Named Desire" takes place in this city New Orleans |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | DOCUMENTARIES $800: Spike Lee's "4 Little Girls" tells of the horrific bombing in 1963 of an African American church in this Alabama city Birmingham |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | LAND "HO"! $400: The name of this N.J. city across the Hudson from Manhattan comes from Native American words meaning "land of the tobacco pipe" Hoboken |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | QUESTIONS FROM A 1927 QUIZ BOOK $200: With 10.3 million, it's the largest American state by population according to the 1920 Census New York |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | NOTE BOOKS $2000: This Brit's "American Notes" tells of his 1842 visit to the United States, calling out slavery and "grimy New York City" Charles Dickens |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1600: Author-run bookstores include Ann Patchett's Parnassus Books in Nashville & his Booked Up Inc. in Archer City, Texas Larry McMurtry |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | SOUTH AMERICAN PLACES $800: This planned capital city was founded after World War II & today is home to more than 2.5 million Brasilia |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) One of the most memorable moments in Olympic history was when track stars Tommie Smith & John Carlos raised their fists in a Black Power salute in Mexico City in this year of escalated racial tensions six months after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): On Oct. 8, 1871 a fire started on DeKoven Street, destroying more than 17,000 of this city's buildings Chicago |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | AMERICAN "CITY" $400: Lyndon Johnson accepted the 1964 Democratic nomination in this city's Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | AMERICAN "CITY" $800: This Nevada city bears the name of John C. Fremont's scout Carson City |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | AMERICAN "CITY" $1200: This is the only city that has "City" in its NBA team's full name Oklahoma City |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | AMERICAN "CITY" $1600: It's home to the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Rapid City |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | AMERICAN "CITY" $2,000 (Daily Double): Midwest news: in 1886 Wyandotte changed its name to this city; across the border, what was once Westport did the same in 1889 Kansas City |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | AMERICAN IDOLS $600: (Ryan Seacrest delivers the clue.) The legendary Dick Clark was an idol of mine growing up; we both started out as D.J.s, me in Los Angeles & Dick in this city where he first hosted "American Bandstand" Philadelphia |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | MAYORS $1200: Norman Mineta became the first Asian-American mayor of a major U.S. city when he took over this tech town near San Francisco in 1971 San Jose |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | THE "LL", "LL" YOU SAY! $1000: The double-talk name of this Washington city may come from a Native American word meaning "small rapid rivers" Walla Walla |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | AMERICAN HOMES $400: The Wrigley Mansion in this L.A.-area city is today the headquarters of the Tournament of Roses Association Pasadena |
| #8102, aired 2019-11-26 | AMERICAN CATHEDRALS $2,000 (Daily Double): Both Spanish & French governors worshipped at a church on the site of what's now this city's St. Louis Cathedral New Orleans |
| #8102, aired 2019-11-26 | AMERICAN CATHEDRALS $2000: Nicknamed "St. John the Unfinished", this New York City cathedral is the world's largest Gothic one despite still being under construction the Cathedral of St. John the Divine |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | WINDY CITY POLITICS $1600: From 1915 to 1917 Oscar de Priest sat on Chicago's city council after becoming the first African American elected to this post alderman |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: About 40 miles west of Regina, you'll find this Saskatchewan city that sounds like a deer facial bone Moose Jaw |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | TRUE STORY $400: Natalie Y. Moore examined "The South Side: A Portrait of" this city "and American Segregation " Chicago |
| #8088, aired 2019-11-06 | AMERICAN WORLD'S FAIRS $800: Near the Presidio, the Palace of Fine Arts is the only structure remaining from this city's 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo San Francisco |
| #8088, aired 2019-11-06 | AMERICAN WORLD'S FAIRS $1600: In 1876, the Statue of Liberty's torch was on display in this city's Centennial Exposition before it was sent northeast Philadelphia |
| #8088, aired 2019-11-06 | AMERICAN WORLD'S FAIRS $2000: This city's 1982 Energy Exposition was held not far from the campus of the University of Tennessee Knoxville |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | AMERICAN POETS LAUREATE $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1998 Lawrence Ferlinghetti was made this city's first poet laureate San Francisco |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Before the Naval Academy opened in this city in 1845, midshipmen were trained at sea Annapolis |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: In Walter Mosley's "Devil in a Blue Dress", a search for a missing woman in this West Coast city reveals scandalous secrets Los Angeles |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 3-WORD CITY NAMES $6,000 (Daily Double): The full name of this South American city begins with Cidade de Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: A 1975 N.Y. Daily News headline after this man opposed a federal bailout:
him "To City: Drop Dead" (Gerald) Ford |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $14,600 (Daily Double): In 1904 Oklahoma City policeman Joe Burnett killed Ed O'Kelley, who had killed Robert Ford, who had killed this outlaw Jesse James |
| #7944, aired 2019-03-07 | NATIVE AMERICAN $1 COINS $200: This city's skyline is seen on the coin honoring the Mohawk ironworkers who worked on skyscrapers there New York City |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | OUR FAIR CITY $1,200 (Daily Double): The river in the name of this South American metropolis is really Guanabara Bay Rio de Janeiro |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | ART & ARTISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): It was the married name of sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt, who founded a museum of American art in New York City Gertrude Whitney |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | AFRICAN CAPITALS $2,400 (Daily Double): The American Colonization Society founded this city that now neighbors Bushrod Island Monrovia |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | 75 YEARS AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER $800: In 1971 this African American's dance company moved downtown to City Center where they still perform today Alvin Ailey |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | WORLD CAPITALS $1600: This South American capital is the only city planned & built in the 20th century to be made a World Heritage site Brasilia |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | BIOGRAPHIES $600: A biography of this burg is subtitled "Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West" Dodge City |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $600: In May of 1780, the British captured this Southern city, forcing the surrender of 3,000 American soldiers Charleston |
| #7839, aired 2018-10-11 | THE 18th CENTURY $400: Thomas Godfrey wrote the first play by an American professionally staged, in this Delaware River city in 1767 Philadelphia |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | HISTORY $800: The first capital of California following American occupation in 1846 was this city, today the "capital" of Silicon Valley San Jose |
| #7796, aired 2018-07-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On April 19, 1995 2 homegrown terrorists bombed the U.S. Federal Building in this city Oklahoma City |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | AMERICAN DOGS $400: Nicknamed "The American Gentleman", this non-sporting breed from Mass. has a U.S. city right in its name the Boston terrier |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | POLITICO $1000: Coleman Young was the longest-serving mayor of this city & its first African-American mayor Detroit |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | CLUES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY $600: (I'm Sade Baderinwa from New York's ABC7.) On the way to Staten Island from Manhattan you can see this island where the American lives of many U.S. families began Ellis Island |
| #7718, aired 2018-03-14 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $1200: A proposal for a capital in the interior was made as early as 1789 but work didn't start on this city until 1956 Brasilia |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | SUFFRAGETTE CITY $200: The National American Woman Suffrage Association became the League of these in Chicago in 1920 women voters |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: To protest taxes, Shays' Rebellion included a 1787 attack on the federal arsenal in this city in western Massachusetts Springfield |
| #7667, aired 2018-01-02 | ALL-AMERICAN FOOD $200: You'll cover several food groups dining on this city's lettuce, baked beans & cream pie Boston |
| #7667, aired 2018-01-02 | ALL-AMERICAN FOOD $1000: This city's signature dish has ham, green peppers, onion &, of course, scrambled eggs a Denver omelet |
| #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 |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1600: No one knows where exactly in New York City this hero of the Revolution was hanged as a spy Sept. 22, 1776 Nathan Hale |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $400: The bus boycott protesting segregation in this Alabama city lasted for more than a year Montgomery |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | WORLD HERITAGE SITES $800: The historic city of Sucre in this South American country is renowned for its mix of local and European architecture Bolivia |
| #7557, aired 2017-06-20 | FOREVER "YOUNG" $400: By the 1920s the area of this northeast Ohio city was No. 2 to Pittsburgh in American steel production Youngstown |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | HEARST STORY $1,000 (Daily Double): The Boston American, July 31, 1942:
"Reds Halt Nazis at" this Russian city (as then called) Stalingrad |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | BASIC GEOGRAPHY $400: From here in southern California, do you know the way to this Central American capital city? We'll show you San Jose |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1519 Spaniards found 200,000 people made up the city & suburbs of Tenochtitlan, the capital of this empire the Aztec empire |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $1600: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) "Our feet are tired, but our souls are rested", said Martin Luther King, & then soaked his feet in the bucket on display here after leading thousands on a 5-day, 54-mile freedom march from Selma to the steps of the Capitol in this city Montgomery |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | TELEVISION CITY $800: For a "Thirtysomething", it's where "American Bandstand" started Philadelphia |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | WOMEN & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: Ann Bates spied for the British & Lydia Darragh spied for the colonists in this city that was also Betsy Ross' home Philadelphia |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | NAMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY $200: George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy, founded the U.S. Naval Academy in this city Annapolis |
| #7421, aired 2016-12-12 | INVASIONS $1200: Information minister "Comical Ali" said in 2003, "There are no American infidels in" this city--"never!" Baghdad |
| #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 $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 |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | SCI-FI NOVELS $200: In "Steelheart" this Midwestern American city has been transformed into steel; even Lake Michigan has turned to metal Chicago |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | "C"ITIES $1600: You'll find a great American--heck, the Great American Ball Park in this city on the Ohio River Cincinnati |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | U.S. MUSEUMS $1600: The American Museum of Science & Energy, which used to have "atomic" in its name, is in this Tennessee city Oak Ridge |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | REMEMBERING WORLD WAR I $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l WWI Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO.) The German model 1902 field Howitzer could hurl a 95-pound shell nearly 5 miles; because of their power & black smoke, the incoming rounds got this nickname among the allied troops after the hard-hitting African-American heavyweight champion of the era Jack Johnson |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: August Wilson chronicled the Black experience in his cycle of plays set in the Hill District of this Pennsylvania city Pittsburgh |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In March 1762 the first recorded parade of this type was held in New York City, by Irish soldiers serving in the British army St. Patrick's Day |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $3,500 (Daily Double): This city once known as Beverwyck was made a state capital in 1797 Albany |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: The title character in Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" moves from the Deep South to this New York City district Harlem |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | A VISIT TO NEW YORK STATE $800: (I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson.) I got my first taste of stargazing as a 9-year-old kid in New York City when I took a trip to this facility at the American Museum of Natural History; later I took classes there & today I'm its director the Hayden Planetarium |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITALS $800: Ruins from the Mayan city Kaminaljuyu can be found in this capital but much has been covered by urban expansion Guatemala City |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): It shares its name with the lake on whose shores it is located Managua |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITALS $2000: Port facilities serving this capital lie in the adjacent city of Balboa Panama City |
| #7256, aired 2016-03-14 | "M" PLACEMENT $1600: This Oklahoma city named for an Native American tribe was the agency headquarters for the Five Civilized Tribes Muscogee |
| #7226, aired 2016-02-01 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Segregation was ruled unconstitutional in the case Brown v. the Board of Education of this city in Kansas Topeka |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $2000: This American naval hero wasn't killed in the Illinois city that bears his surname, but rather in a duel in Maryland Stephen Decatur |
| #7208, aired 2016-01-06 | THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE $800: Not just trumpets but "a great shout" brought down the walls of this city Jericho |
| #7202, aired 2015-12-29 | TV SETTINGS $600: "Frasier" & the American remake of "The Killing": this city, in very different moods Seattle |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | LATIN AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $400: Mexico City has a memorial to the San Patricios, men mostly from this European island who fought the U.S. in the 1840s Ireland |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $1000: This Ohio city is named for the Prussian who trained soldiers during the Revolutionary War Steubenville |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm in the Plaza Mayor in this South American city founded by a conquistador in 1535 Lima |
| #7135, aired 2015-09-25 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $200: In 2010 a massive 8.8 earthquake damaged this Chilean capital city Santiago |
| #7135, aired 2015-09-25 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $600: Oils well that ends well in this city by the Caribbean coast that became a capital in the 1820s Caracas |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | THIS AMERICAN STRIFE $400: More than half of the 400,000 people in this city lost their homes shortly after an event on April 18, 1906 San Francisco |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | YOUR BASIC AMERICAN HISTORY $800: 8 American soldiers lost their lives in a failed attempt to rescue hostages held at the U.S. embassy in this city in April 1980 Tehran |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1200: This novel ends, "Yes, thought Montag, that's the one I'll save for noon. For noon... when we reach the city" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: Born in Oklahoma City in 1914, he was named for the Transcendentalist author of "Self-Reliance" Ralph Ellison |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: Around 1790 Benjamin Banneker helped survey the land that became this city Washington, D.C. |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $200: Fitzhugh Lee, U.S. Consul General in Havana, advised President McKinley not to send this ship to the city; he was ignored the Maine |
| #6985, aired 2015-01-16 | SUPER BOWLERS $2000: It's easy as 1-2-3: this ABC was organized September 9, 1895 in New York City the American Bowling Congress |
| #6979, aired 2015-01-08 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $800: It's the Andean capital city shown here Bogotá (Colombia) |
| #6979, aired 2015-01-08 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $1600: Sucre is Bolivia's judicial capital; this city, the legislative capital La Paz |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | CITY-TITLED MOVIES $1200: Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron danced to Gershwin in this 1951 Best Picture Oscar winner An American in Paris |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | OH, HI, OHIO! $2000: The 665-foot Great American Tower, this city's tallest building, stands at Queen City Square near Fourth & Sycamore Streets Cincinnati |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK $800: This popular brand of soy & veggie burgers was named for a Florida city Boca Burger |
| #6906, aired 2014-09-29 | THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from outside the Chicago Board of Trade.) Chicago has long been the center of the American grain trade; in 1930, an aluminum statue of this Roman goddess of grains was placed atop the Chicago Board of Trade building to symbolize the city's agricultural roots Ceres |
| #6886, aired 2014-07-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: He founded the city of Savannah in 1733 & soon began serving as Georgia governor Oglethorpe |
| #6860, aired 2014-06-13 | BOROUGH IN! $800: The 19 boroughs of this North American city include LaSalle, Verdun, & Saint-Laurent Montreal |
| #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 $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 |
| #6847, aired 2014-05-27 | AMERICAN EXPRESS $800: Known as the "Train of the Stars", the Super Chief ran from Los Angeles to this city's Dearborn station Chicago |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Migrate north to this city to visit the largest museum of African-American history; it's named for Charles H. Wright Detroit |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: Pasca, a Native American word for bread, gave this Gulf Coast city its name Pascagoula |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The 1876 Centennial Exhibition in this city helped heal the wounds after the Civil War Philadelphia |
| #6790, aired 2014-03-07 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: In the early hours of April 19, 1775, minutemen gathered at this city's Buckman Tavern awaiting the Redcoats Lexington |
| #6790, aired 2014-03-07 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1600: This "New" city 20 miles from Newark served both the British & the Americans as a headquarters New Brunswick |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | HIP-HOPPERS $1200: Colour was an issue when Drake grew up in Forest Hill, a neighbourhood in this North American city Toronto |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | INTERNATIONAL CINEMA SHOWCASE $1,600 (Daily Double): "City of God" is about 2 boys growing up in a violent favela in this South American country Brazil |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: This city named for Bolivia's first president was founded in 1538 on what had been a Quechua settlement Sucre |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) With Missouri as its starting point, the Great Plains, the Rockies & the present state capitals of Salt Lake City, Carson City & Sacramento were on the route of this 19th century service the Pony Express |
| #6711, aired 2013-11-18 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: JFK $1200: On September 12, 1953, in front of 750 guests at mass & 450 more at the reception, JFK & Jackie wed in this Rhode Island resort city Newport |
| #6711, aired 2013-11-18 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: JFK $1600: Here is JFK on May 12, 1963, having sent 3,000 federal troops to this Alabama city to keep the peace Birmingham |
| #6691, aired 2013-10-21 | BEERS TO YOU! $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Sydney, Australia.) American visitors to Australia have a great heritage: in 1886, two New York City brothers with this name arrived, built a brewery & went home, but they've been quenching Aussie thirsts ever since Foster's |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | UNUSUAL AMERICAN SPORTS $1000: Horses wear cleats for the world snow polo championships in this Colo. resort city where the rich frolic Aspen |
| #6624, aired 2013-06-06 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: In 2010 this city gave landmark status to the homes of Lorraine Hansberry, Gwendolyn Brooks & Richard Wright Chicago |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | AMERICAN ANNUAL EVENTS $2000: Each year the International Balloon Fiesta held in this southwest city features a mass ascension Albuquerque |
| #6559, aired 2013-03-07 | LAWYER/ AUTHORS NOT JOHN GRISHAM $400: Royall Tyler's "The Contrast", the 1st professionally produced American comedy, opened April 16, 1787 in this city New York City |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | WORDS FOUND BEFORE BEAR $1600: This city name comes from an Illinois Native American word for the wild leek Chicago |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | CAPITAL CITY CHURCHES $800: Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, the Cathedral of this South American capital seen here Brasília |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | ALL OVER THE WORLD $800: One of the world's leading exporters of coffee is the port city of Santos in this South American country Brazil |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In February 1933 gunman Giuseppe Zangara tried to assassinate FDR but instead killed this city's mayor Anton Cermak Chicago |
| #6443, aired 2012-09-26 | MUSEUMS $1000: The American Museum of Science & Energy is in this city just west of Knoxville, Tennessee Oak Ridge |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | "M"ISCELLANY $400: Habitat 67 in this North American city is a landmark in 20th century architecture Montreal, Canada |
| #6432, aired 2012-07-31 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In March 1964 this largest Alaska city was struck by a 9.2 magnitude earthquake Anchorage |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | CITY MUSEUMS $1600: The Museum Of The American West, formerly named for Gene Autry Los Angeles |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | FRENCH FILMS $1600: 1959's "Black Orpheus" retold the tale of Orpheus & Eurydice set during this South American city's Carnival Rio de Janeiro |
| #6381, aired 2012-05-21 | WEBCAMS $2000: This lady has a great view of a great American city; you can share it via webcam the Statue of Liberty |
| #6372, aired 2012-05-08 | WASHINGTON YESTERDAY $2000: In 1983 Harold Washington became the first African-American mayor of this midwestern city Chicago |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | RUNNING A MARATHON $800: The last American man to win the Olympic marathon was Frank Shorter in 1972 in this city Munich |
| #6362, aired 2012-04-24 | WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND $2000: We had a big year in 1966, with 5 Top 10 hits including "Summer In The City"--not bad for 4 Greenwich Village boys The Lovin' Spoonful |
| #6332, aired 2012-03-13 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $1600: In 1793 this lexicographer founded the American Minerva, New York City's first daily newspaper (Noah) Webster |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | TALES OF THE WINDY CITY $800: This Richard Wright work about a racially charged murder trial was the first best-selling novel by an African American Native Son |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | CITY SEALS $400: The city seal of Omaha features a farmer & a Native American standing on the banks of this river the Missouri River |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $1000: The '60s-set "Hairspray" takes place in this American city Baltimore |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | BOWL GAME CITIES $800: The Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl at LP Field Nashville |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $200: While collecting material for "The Fountainhead", she worked without pay as a typist for a New York City architect (Ayn) Rand |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | MOAT POINTS $2000: To keep fans off the field, a deep moat surrounds the playing area of this South American city's Maracana Stadium Rio de Janeiro |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | NAME THE CITY $1000: The American Swedish Institute Minneapolis |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | DAN-O-MITE $1000: American architect Daniel Burnham was the Director of Works at the 1893 World's Fair in this city Chicago |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS $4,800 (Daily Double): In 1970 sculptor Judy Cohen legally changed her last name to this, the city of her birth Chicago |
| #6177, aired 2011-06-21 | SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Founded in 1554, this city is Brazil's industrial & financial center Sao Paulo |
| #6161, aired 2011-05-30 | PENNSYLVANIA DREAMIN' $2000: This city with a hyphenated name was named for 2 British politicians who defended the American colonies in parliament Wilkes-Barre |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $800: This capital city of Florida got its name from Creek words meaning "old town" Tallahassee |
| #6132, aired 2011-04-19 | RABBIT $2000: The rare volcano rabbit lives around the lofty volcanoes that surround this North American capital Mexico City |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | AMERICAN RED CROSS HISTORY $1200: In 1889, in one of its earliest relief efforts, the Red Cross aided victims of the killer flood in this Pennsylvania city Johnstown |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | FROM HERE TO THERE $1600: A book on "the Vietnam War in American film" is titled "From" this city "to Hollywood" Hanoi |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | SCENE OF THE CRIME $2000: An assassin fired 2 shots into William McKinley at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in this city Buffalo |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | POP & ROCK $2000: "Lisztomania" was a 2010 hit for this French band with the name of an American city Phoenix |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | MITCH McCONNELL'S KENTUCKY MEGAMIX $1000: Founded in 1775, this city, home to Transylvania U., was named for an American Revolution battle site Lexington |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | ARCHITECTS $1200: In the 1970s this Chinese American designed the aluminum-clad skyscraper at 88 Pine Street in New York City I.M. Pei |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | HISTORIC PLACES $800: 2 battles near this "Springs" city of upstate N.Y. are often called the turning point of the American Revolution Saratoga Springs |
| #5915, aired 2010-05-07 | THE SPIRIT OF 1976 $1600: In March baseball's American League voted to award its first Canadian franchise to this city Toronto |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $1000: U.Va. is in Charlottesville; UBA, founded in 1821, is in this South American city the University of Buenos Aires |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $2000: This Central American national capital city has a scant population of about 7,100 Belmopan |
| #5862, aired 2010-02-23 | "YA"HOO! $1200: This city of 60,000 southeast of Seattle bears the name of a Native American tribe Yakima |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | "T"EOGRAPHY $800: This North American city is home to the Rogers Centre & the CN Tower Toronto |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: This term for a mechanical device can also be an organization running city politics, like NYC's Tammany Hall a machine |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? $400: Thou wishest to party in this South American city & climb its 1,325-foot Sugar Loaf Mountain, verily Rio |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): Moving right along--this large Alabama city, as well as a river & bay, was named for an Indian tribe in the region Mobile |
| #5643, aired 2009-03-04 | THE 1960s $600: Detroit was a candidate to host the 1968 Olympic Games that went to this Latin American capital Mexico City |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | BULL $2,000 (Daily Double): "Bull City", this place's nickname, is derived from a product sold by American Tobacco Durham |
| #5603, aired 2009-01-07 | AMERICAN ISLANDS $400: Cha-ching!
This resort lies on Absecon Island on the southeast coast of New Jersey Atlantic City |
| #5554, aired 2008-10-30 | AMERICAN RESTAURANTS $200: Prime aged beef is the specialty of Mitchell's Steakhouse, just steps from the Capitol in this Ohio city Columbus |
| #5554, aired 2008-10-30 | AMERICAN RESTAURANTS $800: The Caucus Room on 9th St. NW in this city is truly bipartisan; it's owned by Democrats & Republicans Washington, D.C. |
| #5530, aired 2008-09-26 | NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew points out an area on a map.) It's North America's largest Pacific Coast island; the major city of the same name is not on it, but separated from it by straits Vancouver |
| #5530, aired 2008-09-26 | NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Washington said a great city would stand where the Cuyahoga met Lake Erie; judge for yourself here Cleveland |
| #5523, aired 2008-09-17 | 19, 20, 21 & 22 $1000: During this war, Gen. Winfield Scott landed 10,000 U.S. troops at Veracruz & took the city in 19 days the Mexican War |
| #5499, aired 2008-07-03 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: On April 18, 1775 Paul Revere only made it to Lexington on his warning ride; Samuel Prescott got to this city Concord |
| #5486, aired 2008-06-16 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: Both Continental Congresses met in this city; the first convened on September 5, 1774 Philadelphia |
| #5466, aired 2008-05-19 | AMERICAN POETRY $200: "Howl", his first book of poetry, was published by City Lights, a bookstore owned by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti Allen Ginsberg |
| #5466, aired 2008-05-19 | INTERNATIONAL PARKS $800: You can visit the ruins of an ancient Mayan city at Tikal National Park in this Central American country Guatemala |
| #5466, aired 2008-05-19 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): The feminist artist Judy Cohen goes by this last name, the city of her birth Chicago |
| #5460, aired 2008-05-09 | AMERICAN ISLE $2000: The southernmost city in the continental United States is located here, on this coral island about 100 miles from the mainland Key West |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | A LITTLE FOOD & DRINK $400: This "city" sandwich consists of thin slices of beef, slices of American, & often sauteed onions on a roll a Philadelphia cheesesteak |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | QUOTES FROM BRUCE WILLIS MOVIES $1200: "The army is a broadsword, not a scalpel. Trust me, Senator--you do not want the army in an American city" The Siege |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1200: British forces captured this Georgia port city on Dec. 29, 1778 & soon controlled all of the state Savannah |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | FUN WITH BALLET $1600: Models, gendarmes & a Tour de France cyclist appear in the Gershwin ballet "An American in" this city Paris |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $1600: In 1975 an Oklahoma City library was named for this "Invisible Man" author who was born in the city in 1914 Ralph Ellison |
| #5374, aired 2008-01-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Paulistas live in a large city in this large South American country Brazil |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | UNDER THE "C" $800: It's the South American national capital city that fits the category Caracas |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | NO, IT'S IOWA $1000: Named for a Native American tribe, this city of 85,000 lies near where Iowa, Nebraska & South Dakota meet Sioux City |
| #5336, aired 2007-11-19 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1565 Portuguese knight Estacio de Sa founded this Brazilian city on Guanabara Bay Rio (de Janeiro) |
| #5336, aired 2007-11-19 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: In 1541 Pedro de Valdivia, a soldier of this Inca conqueror, founded the city of Santiago in Chile Pizarro |
| #5336, aired 2007-11-19 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $2,400 (Daily Double): By the 7th century this civilzation's city of Tikal in the Yucatan had a population of tens of thousands the Mayans |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | CATS & DOGS $800: The Bombay cat, a cross between a Burmese & a Black American shorthair, originated in this largest KY. city Louisville |
| #5285, aired 2007-07-27 | SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $4,600 (Daily Double): It's the South American country whose capital city lies the closest to 0 degrees latitude Ecuador |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | THE AMERICAN THEATRE $200: Harry Connick, Jr. wrote the songs for the musical "Thou Shalt Not", set in this southern city, his hometown New Orleans |
| #5206, aired 2007-04-09 | SOUNDS LIKE MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND $2000: This Connecticut city is home to the American Clock & Watch Museum & to ESPN Bristol |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | WORLD CAPITALS $4,000 (Daily Double): The name of this South American city translates to "fair winds" Buenos Aires |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE $400: The first jazz record was made by a lame-o white band from this city where black musicians had created jazz New Orleans |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas.) At a recreation of a famous march, Bill Clinton said that the Voting Rights Act was signed in ink in Washington, but signed in blood in this Alabama city Selma |
| #5146, aired 2007-01-15 | AFRICAN-AMERICANA $800: This southern city's convention center is named for Ernest Morial, the city's first African-American mayor New Orleans |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | I'LL HAVE THE BEEF $600: This "steak", a seasoned & broiled hamburger patty, is named for an American doctor, not a British city Salisbury |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On Dec. 16, 1773 American patriots dumped 342 chests of tea into this city's harbor Boston |
| #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 |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | AMERICAN COUNTIES $800: This state's Norfolk County disappeared in 1963 when it became part of the city of Chesapeake Virginia |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $1600: In 1948, fed up with the U.S., James Baldwin moved to this city for good Paris |
| #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 $1000: This largest North Dakota city forms a metropolitan area with Moorhead, Minnesota Fargo |
| #5036, aired 2006-07-03 | THE U.S. CENSUS $400: This city has the largest Hispanic, Asian & African-American populations in the U.S. New York |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | THE 18th CENTURY WORLD $2000: In 1776 this South American city was made the capital of the new Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata Buenos Aires |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Many Oregon Trail trekkers set out from this Missouri city, the trail's eastern terminus Independence |
| #5025, aired 2006-06-16 | CITY OF THE DAY: SAVANNAH $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Christ Church in Savannah, Georgia.) I'm at the chuch where the first American Sunday school class was held by this man, who later established the Methodist Church John Wesley |
| #5019, aired 2006-06-08 | CITY OF THE DAY: SAN FRANCISCO $400: Members of the American Indian movement seized this then-unoccupied island in 1969 & were forced off in 1971 Alcatraz Island |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | AMERICAN PLACES $1200: Montana's largest city, it was founded in 1882 & named for a president of the Northern Pacific Railway Billings, Montana |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | AMERICAN PLACES $2000: In 1802 a French chemist built gunpowder mills near this Delaware city; they became DuPont, now based there Wilmington |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | AMERICAN PLACES $2,400 (Daily Double): Named for an Army chaplain, this city near Phoenix boasts more than 300 sunny days per year Scottsdale |
| #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 |
| #4954, aired 2006-03-09 | IT'S ON "R" MAPS $800: "The Photo Capital of the World", this city in New York is also the birthplace of American Spiritualism Rochester |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | "PH" DELIGHTS $400: To see Van Gogh's "Vase with 12 Sunflowers", head out to this American city's Museum of Art Philadelphia |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | SURRENDER! $400: American general William Hull was court-martialed for surrendering this Michigan city during the War of 1812 Detroit |
| #4918, aired 2006-01-18 | SOFT NEWS 2003 $400: On Sept. 9, 2003 Snapple was announced as the official beverage of this American metropolis New York City |
| #4882, aired 2005-11-29 | PLEASE, SIR, I WANT SAMOA $800: The international airport code for this city of American Samoa is PPG Pago Pago |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | CITY SEALS $1000: New York City's seal features an American eagle, a sailor & an Indian representing this tribe the Manhattan Indians |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | DOG TOWNS $1200: The Casa of the "Royal Dog of the Americas" would be in this city twice occupied by American troops in the 1840s Chihuahua |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $400: This South American city is the world's most populous capital south of the equator Buenos Aires |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | FROM THE PORTUGUESE $800: In 1763 Portugal's South American colonies were unified with the capital set in this city Rio de Janeiro |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | AMERICAN WORLD CAPTIALS $200: As Starbucks' home base, there's always something brewing in this city, the "Coffee Capital of the World" Seattle |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | AMERICAN WORLD CAPTIALS $600: This New Mexico city is the self-proclaimed "UFO Capital of the World" Roswell |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | AMERICAN WORLD CAPTIALS $1000: A leading market for racehorses, this Kentucky city is the "Horse Capital of the World" Lexington |
| #4815, aired 2005-07-08 | CAPITAL IDEAS $400: Lucio Costa designed this South American city for 500,000 people; today the population is over 2 million Brasilia |
| #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 $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 |
| #4789, aired 2005-06-02 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Maria Bartiromo.) As a proud Italian-American, I've anchored this parade live for several years on New York City TV the Columbus Day Parade |
| #4783, aired 2005-05-25 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: The horn seen at Kansas City's American Jazz Museum belonged to this '40s & '50s musician who grew up in Kansas City Charlie Parker |
| #4783, aired 2005-05-25 | GLOVE, AMERICAN STYLE $2000: One of the 2 200-meter medalists who each wore a black glove on the Mexico City Olympic victory stand (John) Carlos (or Tommie Smith) |
| #4730, aired 2005-03-11 | AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $1600: This city's name is from the French for "strait"; it lies on a strait between Lake Erie & Lake St. Clair Detroit |
| #4730, aired 2005-03-11 | AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $7,000 (Daily Double): This Penn. city was named for 2 members of the British parliament who were sympathetic to the American Colonies Wilkes-Barre |
| #4717, aired 2005-02-22 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT $800: Jean Toomer's "Cane" (1923) is one of the major works of this New York City movement the Harlem Renaissance |
| #4684, aired 2005-01-06 | JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS $400: This city was home to our favorite "German-American physicist" for the last 20 years of his life Princeton |
| #4597, aired 2004-09-07 | BASEBALL: THE 1930s $800: On July 6, 1933 this city's Comiskey Park hosted the first All-Star Game; the American League won, 4-2 Chicago |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: This Peruvian city was founded in 1535; Villa El Salvador, a squatter's camp of 350,000 on its outskirts, in 1971 Lima |
| #4577, aired 2004-06-29 | HELLO, ETHAN $1600: Ethan Stiefel is one of the leading dancers with this New York City group abbreviated ABT the American Ballet Theatre |
| #4573, aired 2004-06-23 | HAMLETS $600: The Spaniards turned the small Native American pueblo of Chuk Shon into this Arizona city Tucson |
| #4565, aired 2004-06-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS $400: Playwright Langston Hughes formed the Suitcase Theater in Harlem & the New Negro Theater in this Calif. city L.A. (Los Angeles) |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | TV-PODGE $800: (Hi, I'm Will Estes.) As "American Dreams" is based around "American Bandstand" in the 1960s, it's set in this city Philadelphia |
| #4557, aired 2004-06-01 | 1995 $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls the grounds.) Now known as the Survivor Tree, this American elm survived the April 19th tragedy in this state capital Oklahoma City |
| #4537, aired 2004-05-04 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: The first of the Intolerable Acts closed this city's harbor as retribution for a certain "Party" Boston |
| #4537, aired 2004-05-04 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS $4,000 (Daily Double): After World War II, this city was divided into 4 occupation zones: American, British, French & Russian Berlin |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | WORLD CAPITALS $600 (Daily Double): It's the South American capital city that lies closest to the Equator Quito |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | FROMMER'S TRAVEL USA $400: Each January this city hosts the North American International Auto Show Detroit |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | HODGEPOURRI $1600: Tegucigalpa is this Central American country's capital city Honduras |
| #4442, aired 2003-12-23 | AMERICAN REGIONAL CUISINE $1200: The sopaipilla, a fritter served with honey, is believed to have originated in this largest New Mexico city Albuquerque |
| #4435, aired 2003-12-12 | AMERICAN WOMAN $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from the U.S.S. Missouri in Pearl Harbor, HI)
On January 29, 1944, this 19-year-old daughter of Harry Truman christened the U.S.S. Missouri at the ship's launching in New York City Margaret Truman |
| #4434, aired 2003-12-11 | BODIES OF WATER $1,200 (Daily Double): Guanabara Bay, on which this South American city lies, was originally called the River of January Rio de Janeiro |
| #4417, aired 2003-11-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The Confederate States of America were established in 1861 in this city, the first Confederate capital Montgomery, Alabama |
| #4384, aired 2003-10-02 | "ARG" $800: This city was named for one of the founders of American Express Fargo |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | REGIONAL THEATRE $400: Mamet's "American Buffalo" didn't premiere in Buffalo, but at the Goodman Theatre in this Midwest city Chicago |
| #4291, aired 2003-04-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC MAKERS $1200: As a boy, this master of bebop sax moved to Kansas City, Mo. (a jazz hotbed) from Kansas City, Kansas (not) (Charlie) Parker |
| #4276, aired 2003-03-17 | LAST PAGE OF THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY $400: Population 350,000, it's the largest city in Switzerland Zurich |
| #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 |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: This southern South American capital city's first European visitor was Pedro de Mendoza in 1536 Buenos Aires |
| #4237, aired 2003-01-21 | 1870s AMERICA $600: The focus of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in this city was Machinery Hall, which displayed American inventions Philadelphia |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $400: The last of the 13 colonies to be founded, its "Mother City", Savannah, was settled in 1733 Georgia |
| #4188, aired 2002-11-13 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $600: Oh, b'gosh! This Wisconsin city bears the name of a Menominee chief who died in 1858 Oshkosh |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | LET'S VISIT BELIZE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Belize City, Belize.) Belize has a holiday every May to recognize this group of about 50 nations to which it belongs the (British) Commonwealth |
| #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 $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 |
| #4151, aired 2002-09-23 | CITY WALK $400: With a current population of 323,000 this North American national capital was founded in the early 1800s Ottawa, Canada |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | PLACES IN THE NEWS $800: People in this South American city were upset by a "Simpsons" episode showing street kids & monkeys there Rio de Janeiro |
| #4112, aired 2002-06-18 | "M" MARKS THE SPOT $600: It's time to turn & face the flag of this North American city seen here Montreal |
| #4098, aired 2002-05-29 | AMERICAN POETS $2,000 (Daily Double): She was given her middle name after a New York City hospital that saved her uncle's life Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| #4091, aired 2002-05-20 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $400: About one-third of Argentina's population lives within the metropolitan area of this capital city Buenos Aires |
| #4091, aired 2002-05-20 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $800: Contemporary art from around the world is on display at this city's Salvador Allende Museum of Solidarity Santiago |
| #4091, aired 2002-05-20 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $2000: Francisco Pizarro founded it in January 1535 & called it Ciudad de Los Reyes, or "city of kings" Lima |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | K.C. $2000: You can visit the Kansas City home & studio of this artist whose work is seen here Thomas Hart Benton |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $1000: Visiting the Hayden planetarium in New York City? Don't miss the American museum of this--it's right next door Natural History |
| #4032, aired 2002-02-26 | ALL ABOUT AFRICA $1600: In 1991 the first African-African American summit was held in this coastal country's city of Abidjan the Ivory Coast (le Côte d'Ivoire) |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: A 1963 treaty with Mexico settled a boundary dispute between Ciudad Juarez & this Texas city El Paso |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | THEY HAVE A UNION $200: As you can guess, the American Federation of Government Employees is based in this city Washington, D.C. |
| #4026, aired 2002-02-18 | THE ENVIRONMENT $800: Al Gore was one of the speakers at the 1992 U.N. Earth Summit held in this South American city Rio de Janeiro |
| #4021, aired 2002-02-11 | WORLD CAPITALS $400: This North American capital has the world's largest metropolitan area after Tokyo Mexico City |
| #4021, aired 2002-02-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $2000: Elected in 1989, he was the first black mayor of New York City David Dinkins |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | PLACE $400: In the 1920s African American artists & writers had a "Renaissance" in this New York City neighborhood Harlem |
| #3999, aired 2002-01-10 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN ARTISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): The feminist artist born Judy Cohen in 1939 goes by this last name, the city of her birth Judy Chicago |
| #3993, aired 2002-01-02 | BEFORE, AFTER $900 (Daily Double): They're the 2 different names of this city before & after the events seen here Saigon & Ho Chi Minh City |
| #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 |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | AMERICAN HISTORIC EVENTS $400: The "Great" one of these paralyzed New York City on March 12, 1888 Blizzard |
| #3934, aired 2001-10-11 | THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY, PAGE 1 $300: This Frankish king, who made the city of Aachen one of his capitals, may have been born there in 742 A.D. Charlemagne |
| #3934, aired 2001-10-11 | THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY, PAGE 1 $400: The city of Aalst is found in this country's province of East Flanders Belgium |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | WORLD SKYLINE TOURS $500: This South American city's name comes from early explorers who thought the bay was a river Rio de Janeiro |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $100: In 1989 Bertram Lee & Peter Bynoe became the first black owners of a major sports franchise, this city's NBA Nuggets Denver |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $300: In 1957 it became the USA's first major city with a black majority Washington, D.C. |
| #3846, aired 2001-04-30 | PENN. NAMES $600: The origins of this city's name are fishy; it may be from the Latin altus for "high" or from a Native American word Altoona |
| #3837, aired 2001-04-17 | BALLET'S IN THE HOUSE $200: American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House New York City |
| #3796, aired 2001-02-19 | TRIP $600: This North American city's Faubourg Ste-Catherine is similar to Boston's Quincy Market Montreal |
| #3780, aired 2001-01-26 | THE WAR OF 1812 $1000: The British burned Washington, D.C. as revenge for the American burning of York, Canada, now this city Toronto |
| #3779, aired 2001-01-25 | ON THE ROAD WITH BOB & BING $400: In "Road to" this South American city, Bob asks Dorothy Lamour, "How did you get into that dress -- with a spraygun?" Rio (de Janeiro) |
| #3752, aired 2000-12-19 | AMERICAN EXPLORERS $500: After being led there by a local, Hiram Bingham claimed he "discovered" this lost Incan city in Peru Machu Picchu |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: Both Continental Congresses met in this city; the first convened on September 5, 1774, the second on May 10, 1775 Philadelphia |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | CITY PEOPLE $600: American author seen here
["Call of the Wild"] Jack London |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: On December 31, 1775 American general Montgomery was killed in the assault on this Canadian city Quebec |
| #3661, aired 2000-07-03 | DOCUMENTARIES $400: Subject of the Rick Burns film seen here & shown as part of the "American Experience" on PBS (skyline with the World Trade Center) New York City |
| #3654, aired 2000-06-22 | ORGANIZATIONS $100: The American Legion is headquartered in this city known for its Memorial Weekend auto race Indianapolis |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | ALL-AMERICAN FOOD $400: Named for the city of its birth, deep-dish or pan pizza is also called this Chicago-style pizza |
| #3621, aired 2000-05-08 | HARDPODGE $400: North American city that's home to the Festival International de Jazz & the Festival International de Nouvelle Danse Montreal |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $200: A statue of this great Chinese philosopher adorns the plaza named for him in New York City's Chinatown Confucius |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $400: (Hey, I'm Shemar Moore from The Young and the Restless.) I was born in this northern California city that elected Jerry Brown as its mayor in 1998 Oakland |
| #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 $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 |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | AMERICAN DATEBOOK $500 (Daily Double): On May 26, 1978 the first legal casino in the continental U.S. outside of Nevada opened in this state New Jersey (Atlantic City) |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | LANDMARKS $1,800 (Daily Double): The Met Life Building in New York City used to have this much "plane"r name Pan Am Building |
| #3582, aired 2000-03-14 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: This Texas city is the largest in the U.S. to have an African-American mayor Houston (Lee Brown) |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | SOUTH AMERICAN BEAUTY $200: Oscar Niemeyer, who designed much of Brasilia, also did the Copan Building in this largest Brazilian city Sao Paulo |
| #3576, aired 2000-03-06 | AMERICAN WRITERS $200: From 1862 to 1864 he wrote for the Territorial Enterprise newspaper in Virginia City, Nevada Mark Twain |
| #3514, aired 1999-12-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: After 3 previous acquittals, this reputed crime family boss was finally convicted in New York City on April 2, 1992 John Gotti |
| #3514, aired 1999-12-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Due to expansive pork processing facilities, this city on the Ohio River was once known as "Porkopolis" Cincinnati |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885 Charleston |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: Completed in 1856, California's first railroad ran 22 miles between Sacramento & this prison city Folsom |
| #3458, aired 1999-09-22 | U.S. MAYORS $200: In 1993 Thomas Menino became the 1st non-Irish American since 1929 elected mayor of this city Boston |
| #3418, aired 1999-06-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: On April 22, 1889 "Sooners" staked claims hours ahead of schedule in Guthrie City in this territory's land grab Oklahoma |
| #3406, aired 1999-05-31 | CALAMITY JANE $500: Jane's gig at the 1901 Pan-American Expo in this city was overshadowed by ths McKinley assassination there Buffalo |
| #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 |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | AROUND THE USA $300: The National Museum of American Art is in this city's Old Patent Office Building Washington, D.C. |
| #3349, aired 1999-03-11 | TENNESSEE, ANYONE? $2,500 (Daily Double): This city is home to the American Museum of Atomic Energy Oak Ridge |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | AMERICAN BEER $400: You'll find the world's largest brewing company in this Missouri city St. Louis (Anheuser-Busch) |
| #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 |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | BLASTS FROM THE PAST $400: They're the ancient South American people who built the lost city seen here (Machu Picchu) Incas |
| #3289, aired 1998-12-17 | BY GEORGE! $400: This Kansas City Royal infielder led the American League in batting in '76, '80 & '90 George Brett |
| #3289, aired 1998-12-17 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $5,000 (Daily Double): On September 11, 1777, the Americans retreated from Brandywine Creek allowing the British to occupy this city Philadelphia |
| #3251, aired 1998-10-26 | EGGS & HAM $100: An omelette containing ham, green peppers & onions is named for this American city Denver |
| #3191, aired 1998-06-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On Mar. 27, 1964 this largest Alaska city was hit by an 8.4 earthquake Anchorage |
| #3188, aired 1998-06-10 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: In September 1847 this general led the American troops that captured Mexico City Winfield Scott |
| #3182, aired 1998-06-02 | HOW POETIC $400: American poet who wrote the following:
("The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.") Carl Sandburg |
| #3170, aired 1998-05-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: On April 24, 1980 an attempt to rescue 53 hostages in this capital city was called off Tehran |
| #3167, aired 1998-05-12 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY, MAN $800: The city of Palenque flourished from 600 to 900 during this North American civilization's classic era Mayans |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | JEWISH HISTORY $600: In 1994 a bomb killed 96 at a Jewish community center in this S. American city where Eichmann once lived Buenos Aires |
| #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 |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $100: Samuel Clemens first used this pseudonym on February 3, 1863 in Virginia City's Territorial Enterprise Mark Twain |
| #3106, aired 1998-02-16 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $200: This city's famous French Quarter is also called the Vieux Carre, which means "old square" New Orleans |
| #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 |
| #3042, aired 1997-11-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: Shrapnel from a 1916 munitions storage plant explosion in Jersey City, NJ damaged this famous statue Statue of Liberty |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC $300: This American city, not Egypt, is home to the world's fourth-largest pyramid, seen here: Las Vegas |
| #3021, aired 1997-10-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: In 1873 President Grant proclaimed this city the site of the Centennial Exposition of 1876 Philadelphia |
| #2980, aired 1997-07-11 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $200: The Henry & Edsel Ford Auditorium is part of this city's civic center Detroit |
| #2980, aired 1997-07-11 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $500: A town in Minnesota is named for this capital of Uruguay, its sister city Montevideo |
| #2970, aired 1997-06-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Because of his deist beliefs, this "Age of Reason" author died a social outcast in New York City in 1809 Thomas Paine |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Boulder City, Nevada near Lake Mead was founded for workers building this, once known as Boulder Dam Hoover Dam |
| #2935, aired 1997-05-09 | TRANSPORTATION $100: The elevated tracks of the "People Mover" move people around this American "Motor City" Detroit |
| #2922, aired 1997-04-22 | NUTS $300: Most of these "spreading" American trees have been killed by a disease that started near New York City in 1904 Chestnut |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | LITERARY GROUPS $200: In the 1920s, a "generation" of young American writers were "lost" in this European city Paris |
| #2917, aired 1997-04-15 | 2nd-LARGEST CITIES $800: This American city, Georgia's 2nd largest, shares its name with Ohio's largest Columbus |
| #2914, aired 1997-04-10 | AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVALS $400: In July this largest New Mexico city hosts a 3-day mariachi spectacular Albuquerque |
| #2914, aired 1997-04-10 | AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVALS $500: This Rhode Island city known for its jazz festivals also has festivals for folk music & rhythm & blues Newport |
| #2913, aired 1997-04-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: 8 Americans were killed April 24, 1980 in a failed attempt to rescue American hostages held in this city Tehran |
| #2909, aired 1997-04-03 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: Quetzaltenango is a major city in this Central American country whose national bird is the quetzal Guatemala |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $200: An airport in the coastal city of Callao serves this Peruvian capital Lima |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $600: This city just south of the Equator is the oldest of all South American capitals Quito, Ecuador |
| #2898, aired 1997-03-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: On September 14, 1847, this general led the American army into Mexico City Winfield Scott |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Part of this South American country's city of La Paz lies in a canyon carved by the La Paz River Bolivia |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | CITY FOUNDERS $1,000 (Daily Double): The American Colonization Society founded this African city in 1822 Monrovia, Liberia |
| #2846, aired 1997-01-06 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: Until the late 1840s, this largest North Carolina city was the USA's chief source of gold Charlotte |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | POT LUCK $100: The American Weekly Mercury, founded in this Penn. city in 1719, was the first colonial paper outside Boston Philadelphia |
| #2822, aired 1996-12-03 | MEXICO $200: A library near the Pink Zone in Mexico City is named after this American library founder Benjamin Franklin |
| #2800, aired 1996-11-01 | MEDICINE $400: The American Medical Association is headquartered at 515 North State Street in this city Chicago |
| #2774, aired 1996-09-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Some of the older buildings in this Pennsylvania city show high-water marks from the disastrous 1889 flood Johnstown |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $300: The treaties ending the Seven Years', Crimean & Spanish-American Wars were signed in this city Paris |
| #2741, aired 1996-07-01 | STATUES $400: This Tennessee city's Great American Pyramid features a statue of Ramses the Great over 25 feet tall Memphis |
| #2696, aired 1996-04-29 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: Daniel Horry's dragoons were captured when this South Carolina city fell in 1780 Charleston |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: American University of this Lebanese city was founded in 1866 as Syrian Protestant college Beirut |
| #2687, aired 1996-04-16 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $600: In 1984 a skull found in the crypt of this city's cathedral was confirmed as Francisco Pizarro's Lima (Peru) |
| #2687, aired 1996-04-16 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $800: Oscar Niemeyer designed the major structures in this planned capital city Brasilia |
| #2682, aired 1996-04-09 | AMERICAN MUSEUMS $100: The Pharmacy Museum in this city's French Quarter has an enormous leech jar on display New Orleans |
| #2682, aired 1996-04-09 | AMERICAN MUSEUMS $500: Edward Kemeys designed the bronze lions guarding the main entrance to the art institute of this Midwest city Chicago |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Unaware of the Treaty of Ghent signed earlier, the British attacked this Louisiana city on Jan. 8, 1815 New Orleans |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | ROYAL WEDDING $500 (Daily Double): In 1978 American-born Lisa Halaby married King Hussein at Zaharan Palace in this capital city Amman, Jordan |
| #2591, aired 1995-12-04 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: The name of this South American city is Spanish for "good air" Buenos Aires |
| #2583, aired 1995-11-22 | HALF BROTHERS $400: Michael Seeger, half-brother of this American folk singer, was a founder of the New Lost City Ramblers Pete Seeger |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This Kansas City-based greeting card company began marketing Christmas ornaments in the 1970s Hallmark |
| #2574, aired 1995-11-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: The original of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was destroyed in this city's Oct. 8, 1871 fire Chicago |
| #2569, aired 1995-11-02 | "Q" ON THE MAP $200: A railroad opened in 1908 links this South American capital city with the Pacific Ocean Quito |
| #2536, aired 1995-09-18 | THEATRE $600: William Ball founded the ACT in Pittsburgh in 1965 but moved it to this Northern California city in 1967 San Francisco |
| #2526, aired 1995-09-04 | THE 1980s $600: Brian Boitano won the gold in men's figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics in this North American city Calgary |
| #2517, aired 1995-07-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Incorporated as a city in 1881, it later became the territorial capital, then state capital of Arizona Phoenix |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | MUSEUMS $800: A 10-foot mural of Black history adorns a wall of this city's Dusable Museum of African American history Chicago |
| #2492, aired 1995-06-06 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): The Centennial Exposition, the 1st successful World's Fair in the U.S., took place in this city in 1876 Philadelphia |
| #2486, aired 1995-05-29 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: Geo. Washington Cable's 1880 novel "The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life" is set in this city New Orleans |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | THE AMERICAN WEST $1,400 (Daily Double): This Texas city of 935,000 is named for a saint of Padua San Antonio |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | TRANSPORTATION $300: The Inter-American Highway, a section of this longer roadway, runs from Laredo, Texas to Panama City The Pan-American Highway |
| #2405, aired 1995-02-03 | 1776 $800: This Bahamas city named for William III's family was held briefly by American revolutionists Nassau |
| #2400, aired 1995-01-27 | AMERICAN MUSEUMS $800: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has a garden of 13 of this Brit's sculptures Henry Moore |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | 1968 $600: In October Apollo 7 was launched, Jackie became Jackie O., the Olympics began in this North American city Mexico City |
| #2384, aired 1995-01-05 | MARYLAND $1,500 (Daily Double): On Jan. 14, 1784 in this Maryland city Congress ratified the treaty ending the American Revolution Annapolis |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | THE AMERICAN THEATRE $400: Actor Victor Jory's son Jon Jory is the producing director of the Actors Theatre of this Kentucky city Louisville |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | ART $800: This "American Gothic" painter operated the Stone City Art Colony to help younger artists Grant Wood |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Due to the Erie Canal, New York replaced this city as the nation's top port by the late 1840s Philadelphia |
| #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 |
| #2310, aired 1994-09-23 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: The first of 5 Intolerable Acts passed by Parliament in early 1774 closed this city's port Boston |
| #2281, aired 1994-07-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: For helping in the 1814 battle of this city, Jean Laffite was pardoned by President James Madison the Battle of New Orleans |
| #2281, aired 1994-07-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1919 Mass. governor Calvin Coolidge used the militia to restore order to this city after a police strike Boston |
| #2272, aired 1994-06-21 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: Howe's troops entered this Penn. city Sept. 26, 1777, but the Continental Congress had already fled Philadelphia |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: Schools in this city include American University & George Washington University Washington, D.C. |
| #2238, aired 1994-05-04 | NATIVE AMERICANS $600: A city on Lake Winnebago in this state is named for Oshkosh, an American ally in the Black Hawk War Wisconsin |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | U.S.A. $400: You'll find the Butler Institute of American Art in this "youthful" Ohio city Youngstown |
| #2209, aired 1994-03-24 | JAZZ $800: The first big American jazz festival was held in 1954 in this Rhode Island resort city Newport |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In the mid-1700s this Pennsylvania city was the busiest Colonial port Philadelphia |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In February 1933 gunman Joseph Zangara missed FDR but killed Anton J. Cermak, this city's mayor Chicago |
| #2138, aired 1993-12-15 | ARCHITECTURE $800: Asher Benjamin designed this American city's Charles Street Meeting House & West Church Boston |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | STATE CAPITALS $200: Every September this Florida city hosts a Native American Heritage Festival Tallahassee |
| #2131, aired 1993-12-06 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: After a 5-minute cable car trip, you can see this South American city from the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain Rio de Janeiro |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | AMERICAN BUSINESS $600: This New York City's department store's red star logo may have been adapted from a tattoo worn by its founder Macy's |
| #2122, aired 1993-11-23 | PEOPLE & PLACES $300: The people of this South American city are called Paulistas Sao Paulo |
| #2119, aired 1993-11-18 | AMERICAN MUSEUMS $100: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in this capital city has an exceptional collection of Himalayan art Richmond |
| #2119, aired 1993-11-18 | AMERICAN MUSEUMS $300: Except for the entrance area, the National Museum of African Art in this city is completely underground Washington, D.C. |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #2047, aired 1993-06-29 | BALLET $600: The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company New York (City Ballet) |
| #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 |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | AMERICAN POTPOURRI $200: The name of this city near Lexington, Kentucky is spelled the same way as a palace near Paris Versailles |
| #2022, aired 1993-05-25 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $500: On November 13, 1775, American general Richard Montgomery captured this Canadian city Montreal |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | WORLD POTPOURRI $400: The name of this South American city is Portuguese for "River of January" Rio de Janeiro |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | THE 18th CENTURY $800: In 1704 this city's "News-Letter" became the 1st regularly published newspaper in the American colonies Boston |
| #1971, aired 1993-03-15 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: This capital of Newfoundland lies closer to Europe than any other major North American city St. John's |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $2,000 (Daily Double): Exhibits on nuclear energy are on display at the American Museum of Science & Energy in this Tennessee city Oak Ridge |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | MUSEUMS $800: This city's American Museum of Natural History is attached to the Hayden Planetarium New York City |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | PENNSYLVANIA $800: The American Federation of Labor was founded in this city in 1886 Pittsburgh |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | THE SOUTH $600: Havana-style cigars are made in this Florida city, an embarkation point for Spanish-American war troops Tampa |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | MAYORS $1,000 (Daily Double): The first Mexican-American mayor of a major U.S. city, Henry Cisneros was mayor of this Texas city 1981-89 San Antonio |
| #1829, aired 1992-07-09 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: In 1948 the Organization of American States was founded in this Colombian city Bogotá |
| #1765, aired 1992-04-10 | CLEVELAND $500: In 1967 he became mayor, the first African American to hold that office in a major U.S. city Carl Stokes |
| #1749, aired 1992-03-19 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: The American defeat at Brandywine Creek on Sept. 11, 1777 allowed the British to occupy this major city Philadelphia |
| #1722, aired 1992-02-11 | HERALDRY $500: This North American capital's coat of arms depicts an eagle with a snake in its mouth on a cactus Mexico City |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | AMERICAN NOVELS $400: The Reverend L.M. Birkhead of Kansas City was advisor to Sinclair Lewis on this 1927 novel Elmer Gantry |
| #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 |
| #1683, aired 1991-12-18 | BARONS & BARONESSES $800: This German baron who fought in the American Revolution had a city in Ohio named for him (von) Steuben |
| #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 |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): On Dec. 4, 1783 George Washington bade his officers farewell at this New York City tavern Fraunces Tavern |
| #1645, aired 1991-10-25 | IOWA $400: This "American Gothic" painter was born in Anamosa & died in Iowa City Grant Wood |
| #1634, aired 1991-10-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: 2 of this South American city's most popular beaches are Copacabana & Ipanema Rio de Janeiro |
| #1631, aired 1991-10-07 | SPORTS $400: From 1901-54 the Athletics represented this city in the American League Philadelphia |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Beginning in 1972, this city's residents could take the new BART to the new Transamerica Pyramid San Francisco |
| #1571, aired 1991-06-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: The Academic American Encyclopedia calls this Chinese city's name a phonetic corruption of Kwangtung Canton |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: On Dec. 25, 1776 Washington crossed the Delaware & captured about 1,000 Hessians in this city Trenton (New Jersey) |
| #1558, aired 1991-05-15 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: The battle that was fought the farthest north was the one at this Canadian city, December 31, 1775 Quebec |
| #1544, aired 1991-04-25 | ANAGRAMS $400: I've never received fan mail from this South American capital city Lima (mail) |
| #1524, aired 1991-03-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: Pierre Laclede, the founder of St. Louis, was a merchant from this city downriver New Orleans |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | FANTASTIC TV $200: On film David Naughton was an American werewolf; on TV Kate Hodge is a she-wolf of this city London |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | AMERICAN MOUNTAINS $400: Springfield, Missouri is the largest city located in these mountains the Ozarks |
| #1478, aired 1991-01-23 | WORLD FACTS $300: The people of this South American city are called Cariocas Rio de Janeiro |
| #1466, aired 1991-01-07 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: Congress chartered this city's American Univ. in 1893, but instruction didn't begin until 1914 Washington, D.C. |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | AMERICAN NOVELS $800: Babbitt & Dodsworth both live in this fictitious town known as the Zip City Zenith |
| #1442, aired 1990-12-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: This Quaker abolitionist & suffragist was burned in effigy by a New York City mob in the 1850s Susan B. Anthony |
| #1411, aired 1990-10-22 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow & Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. were among the authors known collectively as this city's Brahmins Boston |
| #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 |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | EARLY AMERICA $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1790 John Carroll of this city became the 1st American appointed a Roman Catholic bishop Baltimore |
| #1380, aired 1990-09-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: This American's birthday was 1st observed by New York City's Republican Club in 1887 & by Illinois in 1892 Abraham Lincoln |
| #1368, aired 1990-07-11 | AMERICAN INDIANS $600 (Daily Double): Tho this Ottawa chief's attack on Fort Detroit failed, a car & a nearby city are named for him Pontiac |
| #1359, aired 1990-06-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: This city was incorporated May 3, 1802, its mayor to be appointed by the president Washington, D.C. |
| #1356, aired 1990-06-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: On April 2, 1513 Ponce de Leon landed just north of the site of this Florida city St. Augustine |
| #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 |
| #1328, aired 1990-05-16 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: North American city where you can stay at the Chateau Frontenac on the Rue des Carrieres Quebec City |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | ODDS & ENDS $200: Chapultepec Park, 1st used by Aztec emperors, is the largest park in this Latin American capital Mexico City |
| #1311, aired 1990-04-23 | AMERICAN ISLANDS $100: This eastern U.S. gambling resort lies on Absecon Island Atlantic City |
| #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 |
| #1208, aired 1989-11-29 | AMERICAN INDIANS $500: The Sauk leader Keokuk is buried in the city named for him in this state Iowa |
| #1204, aired 1989-11-23 | "P"s & "Q"s $1,000 (Daily Double): It's both the 1-word title & subject of the following Tom Lehrer song:
"If you visit American city / You will find it very pretty / Just two things of which you must beware: / Don't drink the water and don't breath the air!..." "Pollution" |
| #1197, aired 1989-11-14 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: American city that's served by the Kennedy, Eisenhower, Stevenson, and Dan Ryan expressways Chicago |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: A 1777 victory at Brandywine Creek enabled the British to occupy this major city Philadelphia |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1000: In October 1779 French Admiral Jean d'Estaing & the patriots failed to retake this Georgia city Savannah |
| #1175, aired 1989-10-13 | RESORTS $600: Hope & Crosby traveled the "road" to this South American resort city by stowing away on an ocean liner Rio de Janeiro |
| #1166, aired 1989-10-02 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $600: This author of "Bright Lights, Big City" went to 18 different grade schools in the U.S. & Europe Jay McInerney |
| #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 | ART $200: As reflected in her style, American artist Mary Cassatt studied with Impressionists in this city Paris |
| #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 |
| #1107, aired 1989-05-30 | AMERICAN INDIANS $500: A city near Detroit is named for this Ottawa chief who united the Great Lakes tribes in 1763 Pontiac |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In December 1790 Congress packed up in New York & moved to this city Philadelphia |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | AMERICAN INDIANS $400: The largest city in Nebraska was named for this tribe whose name means "going upstream" Omaha |
| #1054, aired 1989-03-16 | AMERICAN INDIANS $400: Merle Haggard sang about this Oklahoma city named for the Creek Indians' name for themselves Muskogee |
| #1028, aired 1989-02-08 | WORLD CITIES $400: The name of this South American city literally means "fair winds" or "good air" Buenos Aires |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: After the 1906 earthquake, prisoners from S.F. city jails were sent to an army guardhouse on this island Alcatraz |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | AVIATION $200: The shortest flight you can take on American Airlines goes from Ft. Lauderdale to this nearby city Miami |
| #1012, aired 1989-01-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: It began on the Niagara grid at 5:17 p.m. on November 9, 1965 & spread out from Canada to Pennsylvania Great Blackout, New York City Blackout |
| #971, aired 1988-11-21 | FAMOUS WOMEN $200: Maria Callas wasn't born in Greece but in this American city where she often came to sing New York |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | DEMOCRATS $800: He was 33 when San Antonio voters elected him the 1st Mexican-American mayor of a major U.S. city (Henry) Cisneros |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: One tour of this North American capital includes a bullfight & a ballet--the Ballet Folklorico Mexico City |
| #918, aired 1988-09-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: The Louisiana Purchase stemmed from U.S. efforts to buy this port city New Orleans |
| #918, aired 1988-09-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1858, at Mozart Hall in New York City, she presided over the National Women's Rights Convention Susan B. Anthony |
| #918, aired 1988-09-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: This Pennsylvania city was the center of U.S. steel making at the time of its famous 1889 flood Johnstown |
| #914, aired 1988-07-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: In 1828, the city of Philadelphia tried to sell it as scrap but couldn't find a buyer the Liberty Bell |
| #903, aired 1988-07-06 | AMERICAN INDIAN NAMES $800: A river, a lake & a city in Wisconsin were all named for this weapon a tomahawk |
| #851, aired 1988-04-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: DeWitt Clinton was, at the same time, lt. gov., a state senator & mayor of this state's largest city New York |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | RELIGION $300: The American Quakers' General Conference headquarters is in this city Philadelphia |
| #835, aired 1988-04-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: there's only 1 steel mill in this large city, though 20% of American steel is made in its vicinity Pittsburgh |
| #811, aired 1988-02-29 | PEOPLE $400: In 1978, in what was called his "2nd defection", he left American Ballet Theatre for the New York City Ballet (Mikhail) Baryshnikov |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | PENNSYLVANIA $200: The American Federation of Labor was founded in this industrial city Pittsburgh |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: American Express surveys indicate this West Coast city is most popular with U.S. tourists San Francisco |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | MUSEUMS $100: Guinness says the world's largest single museum is this city's American Museum of Natural History New York City |
| #770, aired 1988-01-01 | AMERICAN INDIANS $400: Largest city named for the Hueco Indians is in this state Texas |
| #759, aired 1987-12-17 | CASTLES & CHATEAUX $600: In 1847, schoolboys fought American troops defending this capital city's Chapultepec Castle Mexico City |
| #741, aired 1987-11-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: When "Boss" James M. Curley was fined $42,629 for fraud, many of this city's citizens chipped in to pay Boston |
| #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 |
| #693, aired 1987-09-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1664, the province of New Netherland & the city of New Amsterdam were both renamed this New York |
| #670, aired 1987-07-03 | AMERICAN INDIANS $200: There's a city named for the Munsee Indians in this state named for Indians Indiana |
| #650, aired 1987-06-05 | WORLD CITIES $1000: North American metropolis occupied by the U.S. in 1847 & France in 1863 Mexico City |
| #611, aired 1987-04-13 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: The headquarters of the Organization of American States is located in this capital city Washington, D.C. |
| #608, aired 1987-04-08 | FLAGS $200: Largest American flag ever made awaits installation on this city's Verrazano Narrows Bridge New York |
| #603, aired 1987-04-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: City to which Martin Luther King Jr. marched with over 25,000 people in March 1965 Montgomery, Alabama |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | SPORTS STADIUMS $800: Major League baseball park with smallest seating capacity is in this city in the American League East Boston (Fenway Park) |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | SPORTS STADIUMS $1000: Major League baseball park with largest seating capacity is in this city in the American League East Cleveland |
| #374, aired 1986-02-13 | WEATHER $1000: Most devastating hurricane in American history killed 6000 people in this southern city in 1900 Galveston, Texas |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | AMERICAN INDIANS $200: Imposing Duwamish Indian chief for whom Washington State's largest city was named Seattle |
| #367, aired 1986-02-04 | AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK $200: Angel-food cake was supposedly created in the Missouri city St. Louis |
| #295, aired 1985-10-25 | NORTH CAROLINA $200: Fayetteville was 1st American city named for this Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $200: New York City dentist whose "Riders of the Purple Sage" made him a popular Western novelist Zane Grey |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | POTPOURRI $800: As 1 word it's an American Indian sport, as 2 a city in Wisconsin lacrosse (La Crosse) |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | CANADA $400: Northernmost North American city of over ½ million, it's home to hockey's "Oilers" Edmonton |
| #167, aired 1985-04-30 | 1789 $400: The 1st American novel was published in this city and, fortunately, wasn't banned Boston |
| #161, aired 1985-04-22 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: In 1783, the last Redcoats finally left the 13 states, sailing from this port New York City |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | ART $1000: This American city's Art Institute is home to "American Gothic" by Grant Wood Chicago |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | 1967 $300: North American city that staged Expo ’67 Montreal |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | AMERICAN INDIANS $400: Algonquin tribe for whom New York City’s central island is named Manhattan |
| #116, aired 1985-02-18 | WORLD CITIES $800: Real Massachusetts city that was home port to fictional ship the "Pequod" New Bedford |
| #91, aired 1985-01-14 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1000: Peace treaty with England was signed in this city Paris |
| #54, aired 1984-11-22 | WOMEN $1,000 (Daily Double): Largest American city to ever have a woman mayor Chicago |
| #37, aired 1984-10-30 | TV TRIVIA $500: City that was the original home of American Bandstand Philadelphia |
| #17, aired 1984-10-02 | 1959 $500: Became 1st major American city with a black majority Washington, D.C. |
