#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 |
#8706, aired 2022-09-26 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): "The Big Four" were Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando & this American Woodrow Wilson |
#8447, aired 2021-07-20 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $400: Arkansas columnist Paul Greenberg first used the nickname "Slick Willie" for this man in 1980 Bill Clinton |
#8447, aired 2021-07-20 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $800: "The Great Orator" was a nickname for this 19th century New Hampshire-born congressman, senator & Secretary of State Daniel Webster |
#8447, aired 2021-07-20 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $1600: The 1930s politician known as "Kingfish" was also known as the "Dictator of" this state Louisiana |
#8447, aired 2021-07-20 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Born in 1876, this author of several doggone adventures was known as the "American Kipling" Jack London |
#8447, aired 2021-07-20 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $2000: Legendary folks blues singer & guitarist Huddie Ledbetter, seen here, was better known by this nickname Lead Belly |
#7954, aired 2019-03-21 | 18th CENTURY NICKNAMES $800: This president was "The American Cincinnatus", after a Roman who answered the call to leadership but preferred farming George Washington |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | HISTORICAL NICKNAMES $600: "'The Patron Saint of American Orchards":
This frontiersman better known by another nickname Johnny Appleseed |
#7334, aired 2016-06-30 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $200: African-American scientist:
"The Sweet Potato Man" (George Washington) Carver |
#7329, aired 2016-06-23 | LITERARY NICKNAMES $600: This American was "The Children's Poet" & "The Poet of the Commonplace" Longfellow |
#7154, aired 2015-10-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: His "Icebox" & his "Folly" were nicknames for the purchase of Alaska (William) Seward |
#6691, aired 2013-10-21 | MILITARY NICKNAMES $800: This World War II American general was labeled "Blood and Guts" as well as "Old Iron Pants" Patton |
#6381, aired 2012-05-21 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $400: It was the nickname of frontiersman William Cody Buffalo Bill |
#6381, aired 2012-05-21 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $800: This battleship where World War II ended was nicknamed "Mighty Mo" the Missouri |
#6381, aired 2012-05-21 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $1200: Adjective in common to Ronald Reagan, the ____ President, & John Gotti, the ____ Don Teflon |
#6381, aired 2012-05-21 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $1,600 (Daily Double): The Department of State & an area of Washington, D.C. are nicknamed this Foggy Bottom |
#6381, aired 2012-05-21 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $2000: Before it proved itself successful, this steamboat was referred to as "Fulton's folly" the Clermont |
#5990, aired 2010-10-01 | FATHERLY NICKNAMES $200: This 18th century American was the "father of the mail order catalog" & the "father of the stove" Franklin |
#5990, aired 2010-10-01 | FATHERLY NICKNAMES $600: Let's tip one in honor of this brewer, the "father of the American Revolution" Sam Adams |
#5990, aired 2010-10-01 | FATHERLY NICKNAMES $1000: A Harvard prof, this brother of novelist Henry is known as the "father of American psychology" William James |
#5793, aired 2009-11-18 | AMERICAN CITIES $200: "Earthquake City" & "Baghdad by the Bay" are 2 nicknames of this California city San Francisco |
#5178, aired 2007-02-28 | NICKNAMES $400: Nickname of the Spanish-American War volunteer regiment that included Teddy Roosevelt the Rough Riders |
#4668, aired 2004-12-15 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $1000: In the early 1800s he was "The Napoleon of the West" & "The Great American Rascal" Aaron Burr |
#4624, aired 2004-10-14 | NICKNAMES $1000: (Hi there. I’m George Jones. You know,...) Early in my career, a deejay gave me this nickname because he thought I resembled a certain American marsupial "Possum" |
#4541, aired 2004-05-10 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $200: Because of his Hanoverian heritage, American colonists called this monarch "German Georgie" or "Geordie" George III |
#4541, aired 2004-05-10 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $1000: This 19th century American politician & orator was nicknamed "The Little Giant" Stephen Douglas |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $400: She was called "Little Missy" & "Little Sure Shot" Annie Oakley |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $1200: Born in 1905, he was the "Billionaire Recluse" Howard Hughes |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $1,500 (Daily Double): The "Plant Magician" was Luther Burbank; this man was the "Plant Doctor" George Washington Carver |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $1600: Sam Rayburn was "Mr. Sam", not "Mr. Democrat"; this politician was "Mr. Republican", not "Mr. Robert" Robert Taft |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $2000: Gloria Vanderbilt or Doris Duke; it's also the translation of the Victoria Ruffo telenovela title "Pobre Nina Rica" Poor Little Rich Girl |
#4091, aired 2002-05-20 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $800: "The American Caesar", "Union Safeguard" Ulysses Grant |
#3672, aired 2000-07-18 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: This American businessman known as the "Pickle King" could have had 56 other varieties instead of nicknames H.J. Heinz |
#3541, aired 2000-01-17 | ROYAL NICKNAMES $500: George M. Cohan reigned as the Prince of the American Theater, but was the king of this place Broadway |
#3506, aired 1999-11-29 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $200: The "Tip" of Congress Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill |
#3506, aired 1999-11-29 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $400: 1977's "Son of Sam" David Berkowitz |
#3506, aired 1999-11-29 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $600: Hollywood's "Swifty" Irving "Swifty" Lazar |
#3506, aired 1999-11-29 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $800: "The Long Island Lolita" of the tabloids Amy Fisher |
#3506, aired 1999-11-29 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $1000: New York's former "Senator Pothole" Alfonse D'Amato |
#2396, aired 1995-01-23 | PATERNAL NICKNAMES $500: This American was "The Father of Method Acting" (Lee) Strasberg |
#2383, aired 1995-01-04 | GOULASH $800: This "angry" American Rev. general had such nicknames as "The Tornado" & "The Chief Who Never Sleeps" Anthony Wayne |
#2273, aired 1994-06-22 | PATERNAL NICKNAMES $600: "The Father of American Prose" is this author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Washington Irving |
#2206, aired 1994-03-21 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $300: "The American Socrates" & "Poor Richard" Franklin |
#2094, aired 1993-10-14 | NICKNAMES $600: For his cynicism, this American writer was called "Bitter Bierce" Ambrose Bierce |
#2059, aired 1993-07-15 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $1000: This guerrilla leader who sacked Lawrence, Kansas has been called "The bloodiest man in American history" Quantrill |
#1973, aired 1993-03-17 | NICKNAMES $200: James Fenimore Cooper's fans compared him to this man by nicknaming him "The American Scott" Sir Walter Scott |
#1912, aired 1992-12-22 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $200: The British mocked this American's lavish lifestyle by crowning him "King Hancock" John Hancock |
#1889, aired 1992-11-19 | NICKNAMES $300: "First Lady of the American Stage" Helen Hayes |
#1663, aired 1991-11-20 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $400: He's been called "Bayard of the Sea" as well as "Founder of the American Navy" John Paul Jones |
#1585, aired 1991-06-21 | AUTHORS' NICKNAMES $800: This Knickerbocker earned himself the nickname "The Father of American Literature" Washington Irving |
#1565, aired 1991-05-24 | FATHERLY NICKNAMES $1000: "The Father of the American Revolution", he organized the Boston Tea Party Samuel Adams |
#1460, aired 1990-12-28 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $200: "The American Talleyrand" & "Little Van" President Van Buren |
#1412, aired 1990-10-23 | NICKNAMES $700 (Daily Double): 19th century American essayist known as "The Concord Rebel" & "The Poet Naturalist" Thoreau |
#1225, aired 1989-12-22 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $200: This U.S. president was dubbed "The American Caesar" & "The Hero of Appomattox" U.S. Grant |
#1161, aired 1989-09-25 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: Name of James Fenimore Cooper character introduced in "The Pioneers"; he appeared in 4 additional books Natty Bumppo |
#89, aired 1985-01-10 | NICKNAMES $200: The Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere is better known by this name CARE |
#89, aired 1985-01-10 | NICKNAMES $300: Name Indians gave white men because they carried swords the Long Knives |