#9017, aired 2024-01-16 | OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS $800: Many North American lakes are named for this bird; in 1892 Pres. Harrison stayed at one in the Adirondacks & heard the bird's mad laugh a loon |
#8780, aired 2023-01-06 | NATIVE AMERICAN SELF-NAMES $2000: The Cayugas' self-name means "people of the great swamp", Cayuga being one of this group of lakes in New York State the Finger Lakes |
#8575, aired 2022-02-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $600: He was big, he was blue & one story said his footprints filled with water & became Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, so to repeat... he was big Babe (the Blue Ox) |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | AMERICAN LAKES $400: As its name suggests, this 1,900-foot-deep lake sits atop an Oregon volcano Crater |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | AMERICAN LAKES $800: In honor of a first lady with a famous nickname, Town Lake in Austin, Texas got this new 2-word name in 2007 Lady Bird |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | AMERICAN LAKES $1200: Secluded inlets called coves are popular for fishing in Midwestern lakes, like Missouri's Lake of these mountains Lake of the Ozarks |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | AMERICAN LAKES $1600: A Seminole reservation & the communities of Belle Glade & Pahokee are found around the shores of this lake Okeechobee |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | AMERICAN LAKES $2000: Home to a wildlife refuge, this saline "sea" in the Colorado Desert is California's largest lake in surface area Salton |
#8272, aired 2020-11-03 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: Russian empress who covers 95,000 square miles of water as a North American quintet Catherine the Great Lakes |
#8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ALL-AMERICAN STAMPS $400: The "Great Lakes Lighthouses" stamps of 1995 included New York's Thirty Mile Point on this smallest Great Lake Lake Ontario |
#8166, aired 2020-02-24 | AROUND THE WORLD $200: This chain of North American lakes covers an area larger than the United Kingdom the Great Lakes |
#7937, aired 2019-02-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $1600: The Amazon River begins not in Brazil but with headwaters in this western South American country Peru |
#7834, aired 2018-10-04 | WORLD LAKES $1600: The highest inhabited islands lie over 12,500 feet above sea level in this South American lake Lake Titicaca |
#7602, aired 2017-10-03 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Woody Guthrie's American anthem salutes a Minnesota butter & cheese supplier "This Land Is Your Land" o' Lakes |
#7134, aired 2015-09-24 | AMERICAN LAKES $400: This type of shrimp named for its salty habitat has been called the most numerous inhabitant of the Great Salt Lake brine shrimp |
#7134, aired 2015-09-24 | AMERICAN LAKES $1200: The name of this resort island in Lake Huron used to have "Michili- " in front of it Mackinac |
#7134, aired 2015-09-24 | AMERICAN LAKES $1600: In the 19th c., this 22-mile-long lake in the Sierra Nevada lost most of the forest around it, used for timber in the Comstock mines Lake Tahoe |
#7134, aired 2015-09-24 | AMERICAN LAKES $2000: Due to its serpentine curves, this large reservoir in central Missouri has been called "the Magic Dragon" the Lake of the Ozarks |
#7134, aired 2015-09-24 | AMERICAN LAKES $4,000 (Daily Double): This lake in Upstate New York was named in 1755 to honor the then-current British monarch Lake George |
#6840, aired 2014-05-16 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: More than 3,000 square miles in area, it shares its name with a Central American nation Lake Nicaragua |
#6459, aired 2012-10-18 | EARLY AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION $1200: Built between 200 B.C. & 500 A.D., the earthworks called the Hopewell Mounds are in this Great Lakes state Ohio |
#5651, aired 2009-03-16 | LANDS O' LAKES $200: This high South American lake straddles the border between Bolivia & Peru Lake Titicaca |
#5651, aired 2009-03-16 | LANDS O' LAKES $1000: In 1499 explorer Alonso de Ojeda followed the South American coast to this lake & named the region Venezuela Lake Maracaibo |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS $400: Its upper branch is the Maranon, the lower branch the Ucayali; both flow in Peru the Amazon |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS $800: Gatun Lake was formed in 1912 by the Gatun Dam during the construction of this the Panama Canal |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS $1200: This largest inland body of water in Central America lies just southeast of Managua Lake Nicaragua |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS $1600: The 3/4-mile-wide Strait of Tiquina in Bolivia separates the upper & lower portions of this lake Lake Titicaca |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS $2000: This longest Venezuelan river starts in the Parima Highlands near the Brazilian border the Orinoco River |
#4416, aired 2003-11-17 | WHERE THE HECK IS THAT? $800: The Tipitapa River connects the 2 big lakes in this largest Central American country Nicaragua |
#3949, aired 2001-11-01 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This largest Central American lake has several islands, including Ometepe, which has 2 volcanoes Lake Nicaragua |
#3923, aired 2001-09-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: In April 1682 La Salle claimed the area from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes, dubbing it this for his king Louisiana |
#3756, aired 2000-12-25 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This South American river widens to about 150 miles at its mouth the Amazon |
#3157, aired 1998-04-28 | SAVAGE CREATURES $800 (Daily Double): Also called caribes, these fish with razor-sharp teeth live in South American lakes & rivers piranhas |
#3059, aired 1997-12-11 | SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $100: Among these natural features in Bolivia, Poopo lies southeast of Titicaca Lakes |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This largest Central American lake shares its name with the country in which it's located Lake Nicaragua |
#2704, aired 1996-05-09 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,100 (Daily Double): The first naval battle between American & British forces took place on this lake October 11, 1776 Lake Champlain |
#2688, aired 1996-04-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: This largest South American lake is an inlet of the Caribbean Sea Maracaibo |
#2541, aired 1995-09-25 | AMERICAN LAKES $200: Seneca, the largest of this state's Finger Lakes, is more than 600 feet deep New York state |
#2541, aired 1995-09-25 | AMERICAN LAKES $400: in 1900 the Chicago River's course was reversed to flow from this lake to the Des Plaines River Lake Michigan |
#2541, aired 1995-09-25 | AMERICAN LAKES $600: Winnebago is this Midwest state's largest lake Wisconsin |
#2541, aired 1995-09-25 | AMERICAN LAKES $1000: Lake Borgne connects this Louisiana lake to the Gulf of Mexico Lake Pontchartrain |
#2541, aired 1995-09-25 | AMERICAN LAKES $2,000 (Daily Double): The Lucin cutoff, built across this lake, provided a rail link between Lucin & Ogden the Great Salt Lake |
#2522, aired 1995-07-18 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $200: In jest it's been called "a state that has 10,000 lakes and 1,000 fish" Minnesota |
#2494, aired 1995-06-08 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,400 (Daily Double): Sebastian Cabot named this South American river for the mineral deposits he thought were nearby the Rio de la Plata |
#2459, aired 1995-04-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: The Spanish & Portuguese names are the same for this 3,900-mile-long South American river the Amazon |
#2325, aired 1994-10-14 | AMERICAN INDIANS $1000: Lake Cayuga, the longest of these lakes, is named for the Cayuga Indians who once lived near it the Finger Lakes |
#1656, aired 1991-11-11 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: This South American lake drains into the smaller Lake Poopo in Bolivia Lake Titicaca |
#1570, aired 1991-05-31 | LANGUAGES $1,000 (Daily Double): 1 of the 2 Great Lakes that's also the name of an American Indian language Huron (or Erie) |
#1329, aired 1990-05-17 | LEFTOVERS $800: 1 of 2 Great Lakes named for an American Indian tribe Erie or Huron |
#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 |
#824, aired 1988-03-17 | AMERICAN INDIANS $400: Of the 5 Great Lakes, the only one whose name isn't derived from an Indian word Superior |
#748, aired 1987-12-02 | AMERICAN FISH $200: You might catch this state's state fish, the walleye, in 1 of its "10,000 lakes" Minnesota |
#436, aired 1986-05-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Name of the river on which you'll find the Horseshoe & American falls the Niagara River |
#1, aired 1984-09-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: American river only 33 miles shorter than the Mississippi the Missouri |