#8920, aired 2023-07-21 | EXPLORERS $2000: This American explorer returned to Antarctica in the 1930s & had to be rescued in 1934, suffering from frostbite Admiral (Richard) Byrd |
#8560, aired 2022-01-21 | EXPLORERS $800: African-American explorer Matthew Henson was co-discoverer of the North Pole, along with this man (Robert) Peary |
#8560, aired 2022-01-21 | EXPLORERS $2000: Lope de Aguirre was among those who sought this mythic South American land of gold El Dorado |
#7988, aired 2019-05-08 | "C" WHO SALUTES $1200: Last name of the American brothers George Rogers & William, both military men & explorers Clark |
#7512, aired 2017-04-18 | FOWL $800: Around 1520 Spanish explorers introduced this largest native North American game bird to Europe the turkey |
#7505, aired 2017-04-07 | THE EXPLORERS CLUB $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Explorers Club in New York.) These seal-skinned mittens with polar bear fur inserts were made by an Inuit woman for this polar explorer, who in 1937 became the first African American admitted to the Explorers Club Matthew Henson |
#6923, aired 2014-10-22 | EXPLORERS $1600: While living in Greenland in the 1890s, this African American adopted an Inuit child named Kudlooktoo Matthew Henson |
#6146, aired 2011-05-09 | EXPLORERS $2000: Louis Jolliet became official hydrographer of this "new" North American territory New France |
#5653, aired 2009-03-18 | EXPLORERS & EXPLORATION $400: The Inuit in Greenland called this African-American explorer Maripaluk, or "Kind Matthew" (Matthew) Henson |
#5415, aired 2008-03-07 | BRAZILIAN FOOD $600: ( Jimmy of the Clue Crew reels in a clue from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) Culinary explorers know the name of this fish of South American rivers is Spanish for "golden" the dorado |
#5355, aired 2007-12-14 | EUROPEAN EXPLORERS $400: Commanding the Pelican in 1578, this English circumnavigator reached the South American coast (Sir Francis) Drake |
#4930, aired 2006-02-03 | EXPLORERS & EXPLORATION $1600: In 1820 Stephen Long called the Great Plains the "Great" this, unsuitable for agricultural deveopment American Desert |
#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 |
#3764, aired 2001-01-04 | EXPLORERS $600: In 1610 he thought the huge North American bay now named for him was the Pacific Ocean Henry Hudson |
#3752, aired 2000-12-19 | AMERICAN EXPLORERS $100: From trips there around 1910 to get animals to stuff, Carl Akeley felt this continent's wildlife was doomed Africa |
#3752, aired 2000-12-19 | AMERICAN EXPLORERS $200: Looking for this legendary in-between fossil in Mongolia, Roy Chapman Andrews discovered dinosaur eggs The Missing Link |
#3752, aired 2000-12-19 | AMERICAN EXPLORERS $300: In 1955 Louise Boyd sent a telegram to the Society of Women Geographers, "Flew over" this "yesterday" North Pole |
#3752, aired 2000-12-19 | AMERICAN EXPLORERS $400: In the 1860s William Dall explored Alaska for a U.S. company planning on linking the U.S. & Russia with this Telegraph line |
#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 |
#3250, aired 1998-10-23 | NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS $100: In the winter (!) of 1857 Randolph Marcy led a heroic march across these Colorado mountains Rocky Mountains |
#3250, aired 1998-10-23 | NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS $200: In 1755 John Finley tempted this young wagoneer with tales of Kentucky lands he'd seen Daniel Boone |
#3250, aired 1998-10-23 | NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS $300: Nathaniel Pitt Langford explored & became the first superintendent of this first U.S. national park Yellowstone |
#3250, aired 1998-10-23 | NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS $400: A "hole" in Wyoming is named for this 19th century explorer & mountain man David E. Jackson |
#3250, aired 1998-10-23 | NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS $500: In 1631 Luke Foxe proved Hudson Bay doesn't lead to this much-sought waterway Northwest Passage |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | EXPLORERS $200: This first American to orbit the Earth shot down 3 MIGs during the Korean War John Glenn |
#2826, aired 1996-12-09 | EXPLORERS $600: On Nov. 29, 1929 this American flew over the South Pole in his trimotor aircraft, the Floyd Bennett Admiral Richard Byrd |
#2825, aired 1996-12-06 | AMERICAN EXPLORERS $100: Edward Beale brought news of this 1848 discovery in California to the east coast gold |
#2825, aired 1996-12-06 | AMERICAN EXPLORERS $200: Stephen Long & Zebulon Pike have peaks named for them in this state, an area they said was uninhabitable Colorado |
#2825, aired 1996-12-06 | AMERICAN EXPLORERS $300: Co-commanders of the 1st U.S. expedition to explore from Mississippi to the west coast Lewis & Clark |
#2825, aired 1996-12-06 | AMERICAN EXPLORERS $400: Jedediah Smith was a mountain man & explorer employed in this industry fur trading |
#2825, aired 1996-12-06 | AMERICAN EXPLORERS $500: Senator Thomas Hart Benton's son-in-law was this "Pathfinder" John C. Frémont |
#2470, aired 1995-05-05 | EXPLORERS $800: This American, the first to fly over the North Pole, traveled to the Philippines by himself at age 12 Byrd |
#2466, aired 1995-05-01 | SPACE EXPLORERS $400: She was the third woman to fly into space as well as the first American woman Sally Ride |
#2261, aired 1994-06-06 | EXPLORERS $400: A relative of Francisco Pizarro, Francisco de Orellana was the 1st European to navigate this South American river the Amazon |
#2100, aired 1993-10-22 | EXPLORERS $500: Between 1791 & 1794, he surveyed the North American coast from San Francisco to British Columbia Vancouver |
#1956, aired 1993-02-22 | EXPLORERS $200: Francisco de Orellana claimed he battled "tall, fair, robust" women warriors on this South American river Amazon |
#1936, aired 1993-01-25 | EXPLORERS $400: Exploring the American SW around 1701, Jesuit Eusebio Kino proved this was a peninsula Baja California |
#1828, aired 1992-07-08 | EXPLORERS $1000: While searching for gold in the American SW, his expedition discovered the Grand Canyon in 1540 Coronado |
#1454, aired 1990-12-20 | EXPLORERS $800: Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral is credited with discovering this South American country Brazil |
#943, aired 1988-10-12 | EXPLORERS $1000: In 1497 this Venetian discovered the North American mainland for England's Henry VII John Cabot |
#121, aired 1985-02-25 | AMERICAN INDIANS $400: Sacajawea, the bird woman, guided these American explorers Lewis & Clark |