| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | REVOLT-ING HISTORY $800: After 4 years of negotiations, in 2016 the government of this South American country made a peace deal with FARC rebels Colombia |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: 1947's National Security Act established this government entity now based in Langley, Virginia the CIA |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | U.S. GOVERNMENT HISTORY $200: In 1989 he became the first African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | THEY WROTE YOUR TEXTBOOKS $800: "The Living" this document is part of "Magruder's American Government", written for decades after Magruder by William McClenaghan Constitution |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN $1600: In 2000, Bill Clinton joined entrepreneur Craig Venter & government scientist Francis Collins to announce success in this, HGP for short the Human Genome Project |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): From 1953 to 1961 Allen Dulles was the director of this U.S. government agency CIA |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK $2,800 (Daily Double): In 2020 Charles Q. Brown got this 3-word title for the Air Force & is the 1st African-American general to lead a military branch chief of staff |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | TAXES $600: In 1898 the federal government implemented a version of the estate tax to help finance this war the Spanish-American War |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | DA, YOU SPEAK RUSSIAN $400: A Russian monarch, or an American policy expert appointed by the government to tackle a particular problem a czar |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2000: From a Native American word, it was the term for Republicans who supported Democrat Grover Cleveland in the 1884 election the Mugwumps |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | AMERICAN QUOTATIONS $600: Closing the government office that broke these in 1929, Henry Stimson said, "Gentlemen do not read each other's mail" code breaking |
| #7864, aired 2018-11-15 | AMERICAN QUOTATIONS $400: He resolved that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth" Abraham Lincoln |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | UNIONS ONLINE $2,000 (Daily Double): afge.org belongs to the American Federation of these Employees, more than 700,000 of them government employees |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1000: The secret's out--in 1856 Millard Fillmore was the candidate for president of this party, AKA the American Party the Know-Nothing Party |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | GOVERNMENT AROUND THE WORLD $1600: PAEC is Pakistan this government Commission; it was founded in 1956, 10 years after the American AEC Atomic Energy Commission |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $800: After a 166-day confirmation process, she succeeded Eric Holder in a government job Loretta Lynch |
| #7394, aired 2016-11-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1974, over Ford's veto, Congress passed amendments to this act granting public access to government files the Freedom of Information Act |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | QUOTATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): The Gettysburg Address:
"Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not" do this perish from the Earth |
| #7095, aired 2015-06-19 | WE SUGGEST BIOGRAPHY TITLES $200: In 1682 he drew up a frame of government for a new American colony:
"Quaker State of Mind" William Penn |
| #7086, aired 2015-06-08 | AMERICAN QUOTATIONS $800: A line credited to this humorist is "I don't make jokes--I just watch the government and report the facts" Will Rogers |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | YOUR BASIC AMERICAN HISTORY $200: From 1933 to 1939 this was FDR's program to use government to help Americans through the Depression the New Deal |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $2000: Rita Dove was the first African American to serve in this government post, from 1993 to 1995 poet laureate |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1993 Joycelyn Elders became the first African American to hold this government post Surgeon General |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In January 1996 Bill Clinton challenged congress to "Never, ever" do this again; cut to October 2013 shut down (the government) |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: Trying to cut the surplus in 1883, the government took the excise tax off everything but these 2 items tobacco and liquor |
| #6639, aired 2013-06-27 | AMERICAN LIVES $800: "The Man & The Secrets" is Curt Gentry's take on the life of this longtime government official J. Edgar Hoover |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $1000: During WWII the U.S. government gave American soldiers tubes of this lip balm ChapStick |
| #6563, aired 2013-03-13 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: It's the Spanish acronym for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, battling the government since 1964 FARC |
| #6545, aired 2013-02-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1951, this man entered government service as an attorney in the Department of Justice Robert Kennedy |
| #6475, aired 2012-11-09 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1200: This 1776 pamphlet read, "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil" Common Sense |
| #6387, aired 2012-05-29 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $400: Farm security & home economics are among the concerns of the House Committee on this, founded in 1820 Agriculture |
| #6387, aired 2012-05-29 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $800: Federal accountants may be hung over on October 1, the first day of this year the fiscal year |
| #6387, aired 2012-05-29 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $1200: Chicago has 50 wards, each represented by one of these elected officials an alderman |
| #6387, aired 2012-05-29 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $1600: (Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presents the clue.) According to a 1792 law, a presidential resignation is addressed to the Secretary of State; Richard Nixon's resignation became effective only when this man initialed it Henry Kissinger |
| #6387, aired 2012-05-29 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $2000: Of these 874 federal government jobs, 85 are vacant, some for over 5 years judgeships |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,800 (Daily Double): This political party founded around 1789 stood for a strong central government the Federalists |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | REBELS WITH A CAUSE $2000: Maoists known as the Shining Path have tried to overthrow this South American country's government Peru |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR $600: Supporters of the government were known as Loyalists or as these, also an American political party Republicans |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | AMERICAN GANGSTER $400: In 1934 he caught "Manhattan Melodrama" at the Biograph Theater; then he caught some government bullets (John) Dillinger |
| #5217, aired 2007-04-24 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $2000: Appointed by President Carter to 2 different posts, she was the first African-American woman in the Cabinet Patricia Harris |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $200: Kansas' 10-member Board of this has made news for its doubts about Darwin Education |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR.) The Bill Clinton Library's Cabinet meeting room shows that the President has the Defense Secretary on his left & this Cabinet officer on his right Secretary of State |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $600: This type of joint committee settles differences between Senate & House versions of a bill Conference Committee |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the State Capitol building in Lincoln, NE.) As in Washington, the vice president presides over the Senate, in Nebraska, this official presides over the unicameral legislature the lieutenant governor |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $1000: Judicially, the U.S. is divided regionally into 12 of these, each with a Court of Appeals circuits |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: These "Articles" served as the basis of our national government from 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation |
| #4984, aired 2006-04-20 | THE AMERICAN DREAM $400: Decades before Lincoln, Daniel Webster spoke of government "made for", "made by" & "answerable to" them the people |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | AMERICAN QUOTES $800: This 1849 work says "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is... prison" Civil Disobedience |
| #4883, aired 2005-11-30 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1600: In 2005 this Floridian became the first Cuban-American U.S. senator Mel Martinez |
| #4850, aired 2005-10-14 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $400: This Cabinet department is in charge of grading meat, poultry & dairy products to ensure their quality the Department of Agriculture |
| #4850, aired 2005-10-14 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $1,200 (Daily Double): It's the minimum number of electoral votes that a state may have in the electoral college 3 |
| #4850, aired 2005-10-14 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $1200: The Great Seal of the U.S. features a bald eagle with a ribbon in its mouth bearing this Latin motto E pluribus unum |
| #4850, aired 2005-10-14 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $1600: The First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees "the right of the people peaceably to" do this assemble |
| #4850, aired 2005-10-14 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $2000: In the absence of the vice president, it's the title of the person who heads the U.S. Senate the president pro tem |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $200: When a minor breaks the law, his or her case usually goes to this court juvenile court |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $400: Under the first amendment, you have the right to do this, as long as it's "peaceably" assemble |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $600: It's no secret that William Colby, William Casey & William Webster have all headed this agency the CIA |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $800: (Hi. I'm Rudy Giuliani.) In 1981 I was named Associate Attorney General, the third highest position in the U.S. Government department the Justice Department |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $1000: In 2001 he resigned as a state governor to head up the new Office of Homeland Security Tom Ridge |
| #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. |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Helen Hunt Jackson's 1881 "A Century of Dishonor" was on the government's mistreatment of this group Native Americans |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | INVENTORS $400: There was little demand for his revolver until the Mexican-American War when the U.S. government ordered 1,000 (Samuel) Colt |
| #3672, aired 2000-07-18 | FAMOUS NAMES $500: This comedian ran for president on the Straight Talking American Government, or STAG, party ticket Pat Paulsen |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE $1000: The AFI was established in 1967 by this government body that's had its funding troubles National Endowment for the Arts |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK $1000: On Sept. 11, 1973 the elected Marxist government of this South American country was overthrown Chile |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $100: It begins, "We the people of the United States, in order to form..." the Constitution |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $200: While he rarely appears in the Senate, it's his job to cast the deciding vote when there's a tie vice president |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $300: It's the body that meets here: the Supreme Court |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $400: This daily account of the goings-on in the House & Senate has been published by the government since 1873 the Congressional Record |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $500: It's no longer a secret -- in 1856 Millard Fillmore ran for president on this party's ticket & lost the Know-Nothings |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1954 this organization headed by Allen Dulles helped overthrow the government of Guatemala CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) |
| #3368, aired 1999-04-07 | AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES $500 (Daily Double): John Adams' "Thoughts on Government" claimed this title quality was sadly lacking in Tom Paine's pamphlet Common sense |
| #3226, aired 1998-09-21 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: Between March 1, 1781 & March 4, 1789, when the Constitution came into effect, the government was run under these Articles of Confederation |
| #2874, aired 1997-02-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: The government leasing oil reserves to Mammoth Oil in 1922 caused this scandal the next year Teapot Dome |
| #2720, aired 1996-05-31 | AMERICAN INDIANS $200: In 1837 Osceola, a leader of this Florida tribe, was captured by government troops the Seminole |
| #2649, aired 1996-02-22 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $100: The British public & government exonerated this general for his Yorktown surrender Cornwallis |
| #2508, aired 1995-06-28 | AMERICAN WHIGS $200: In the 1860s former Whig Judah P. Benjamin became Secretary of State in this government the Confederacy |
| #2502, aired 1995-06-20 | MOUNTAINS $400: In 1964 the Canadian government renamed Mount East Hubbard in memory of this American John F. Kennedy |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | 19th C. AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: In this essay Thoreau asserted, "that government is best which governs not at all" "Civil Disobedience" |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: When this war ended in December 1814, the federal government faced a debt of over $120 million the War of 1812 |
| #2388, aired 1995-01-11 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: Hiram Revels, the first Black American senator, completed the term begun by this Confederate president Jefferson Davis |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | THE AMERICAN FLAG $600: According to the Pledge of Allegiance, the American flag stands for this type of government Republic |
| #2163, aired 1994-01-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: In 1849 Congress created this Cabinet dept. to supervise Indians & huge government land holdings the Department of the Interior |
| #2027, aired 1993-06-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: The first coins minted by the U.S. government were half dimes made from the table silver of this president's wife Washington |
| #1888, aired 1992-11-18 | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE $2,500 (Daily Double): Jefferson's draft was influenced by "Two Treatises of Government", a 1690 book by this English philosopher John Locke |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1907, this president sent Secret Service agents west to investigate government land fraud Teddy Roosevelt |
| #1838, aired 1992-09-09 | RECENT EVENTS $400: In Jan. 1992 this Central American country's government & FMLN rebels signed a peace treaty El Salvador |
| #1837, aired 1992-09-08 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $600: In 1776 John Adams rebutted this pamphlet with his own "Thoughts on Government" Common Sense |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | LAW & GOVERNMENT $400: A measure defeated in 1990 would have allowed states to prosecute persons who desecrated this the American flag |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | LAW & GOVERNMENT $800: Because of its secretiveness, the American Party in the 1850s was also known by this name The Know-Nothings |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | "HOUSE"s $200: Abbreviated HUAC, it investigated communist influence inside & outside the U.S. government House Un-American Activities Commission |
| #1431, aired 1990-11-19 | HOLLYWOOD TRIVIA $100: The Hollywood Ten were producers & writers who ran afoul of this government committee in 1947 the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | THE 1960s $300 (Daily Double): On August 7, 1960, the government of this island country seized American property Cuba |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: In 1945-46 the number of these government employees dropped from 12 million to less than 3 million Armed Forces/Servicemen & women |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In April 1984 this U.S. government agency admitted its role in the mining of Nicaraguan harbors CIA |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | FURNITURE $500: This American furniture style that appeared about 1790 was named for the new style of government the Federal style |
| #1238, aired 1990-01-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Wilson, Harding, Coolidge & Hoover refused to recognize this country's government, but FDR did Soviet Union |
| #1197, aired 1989-11-14 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $300: The Constitution originally held that untaxed members of this ethnic group were not to be counted in the census American Indians |
| #1122, aired 1989-06-20 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $400: Between 1945 & '75 this House committee searched for Communist influence in & out of the gov't the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| #1107, aired 1989-05-30 | AMERICAN INDIANS $300: The Bureau of Indian Affairs has been an arm of this government department since 1849 the Department of the Interior |
| #954, aired 1988-10-27 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $600: On March 16, 1988 President Reagan sent 3,200 troops to this Central American country Honduras |
| #921, aired 1988-09-12 | FURNITURE $1000: Early style of American furniture named after our system of government in the U.S. federal |
| #894, aired 1988-06-23 | GEOGRAPHIC ANAGRAMS $100: Government buildings line the "plaza" in this highest South American capital La Paz (from "plaza") |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1843, the gov't moved this from Jan. 1 to July 1, & in 1976 to Oct. 1 the beginning of the (government) fiscal year |
| #531, aired 1986-12-22 | 1959 $800: Latin American country which started the year with a new government Cuba |
| #466, aired 1986-09-22 | GOVERNMENT $200: Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye was 1st American of this ethnic ancestry to serve in both House & Senate Japanese |
| #148, aired 1985-04-03 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $100: Number of major parties in the American "system" two |
