#8, aired 2022-11-13 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $300: A story goes that asked by his father if he'd chopped down a cherry tree, this boy admitted it, saying, "I cannot tell a lie" George Washington |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $600 (Daily Double): This giant lumberjack & hero of logging camps had a giant blue ox named Babe as a companion Paul Bunyan |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $600: It's the legendary hairy humanlike creature of the Pacific Northwest also known as sasquatch Bigfoot |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $1200: William the this ruled England; High John the this is a figure of liberation in African-American folklore Conqueror |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $1500: This mythic animal of the West is usually depicted as a rabbit with antelope horns a jackalope |
#8410, aired 2021-05-28 | KEEPING UP WITH THE JOANS $1600: She ranks Number 10 on AFI's list of the Greatest American Female Screen Legends Joan Crawford |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | WOMEN ON STAMPS $800: The Legends of American Music series in 1994 included Ethel Waters & this Broadway Ethel Ethel Merman |
#6296, aired 2012-01-23 | DOMINO'S PIZZA $400: An American Legends pizza made with 6 different cheeses is named for this state Wisconsin |
#5897, aired 2010-04-13 | SPORTS LEGENDS $2000: The first African
American in the Tennis Hall of Fame, she was also the first to play on the LPGA tour, in 1963 (Althea) Gibson |
#5282, aired 2007-07-24 | SPORTS LEGENDS $800: In 1904 he became the first pitcher in the American League to throw a perfect game; now an award is named for him Cy Young |
#4851, aired 2005-10-17 | MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO $800: Idaho's Kamiah Valley is rich in the heritage & legends of this "nosy" Native American tribe Nez Perce |
#4245, aired 2003-01-31 | WORLD MYTHS & LEGENDS $400: If you needed a railway tunnel dug, you could call on this American folk hero -- it was his job John Henry |
#2347, aired 1994-11-15 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $100: In Native American myth, Thunderbird's beating wings cause thunder & his flashing eyes create this Lightning |
#1170, aired 1989-10-06 | LEGENDS $800: In American folklore, this cowboy hero was raised by coyotes Pecos Bill |
#1006, aired 1989-01-09 | AMERICAN HEROES & LEGENDS $100: Legend says that he dug Lake Michigan as a water hole for Babe, his Blue Ox Paul Bunyan |
#1006, aired 1989-01-09 | AMERICAN HEROES & LEGENDS $200: She met her husband Frank Butler when she beat him at a shooting match Annie Oakley |
#1006, aired 1989-01-09 | AMERICAN HEROES & LEGENDS $300: A 1950 commemorative 3-cent stamp honoring railroad engineers bore his portrait & Engine No. 382 Casey Jones |
#1006, aired 1989-01-09 | AMERICAN HEROES & LEGENDS $500 (Daily Double): Legend says he staked out New Mexico, fenced in Arizona & dug the Rio Grande Pecos Bill |
#1006, aired 1989-01-09 | AMERICAN HEROES & LEGENDS $500: Called "A cowboy gone bad", this "Robin Hood of Texas" is the subject of a famous ballad Sam Bass |
#338, aired 1985-12-25 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $200: Scandinavian fairies who in American myth work for Santa Claus elves |
#2, aired 1984-01-01 | SPORTS LEGENDS $500: Voted "Greatest All-round Athlete of Last Half Century", he was full-blooded American Indian Jim Thorpe |
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