#8976, aired 2023-11-20 | WARS BY BATTLE $800: Palo Alto &
Monterrey the Mexican-American War |
#8262, aired 2020-10-20 | THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS $1000: Florida became an American territory due to the first of these wars in 1817 & 1818 the Seminole Wars |
#8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 17th CENTURY HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): This Virginia Native American died in 1618, but wars that bore his name were fought on & off between 1622 & 1646 Powhatan |
#8034, aired 2019-07-11 | A WAR BY ANY OTHER NAME $800: The Beaver Wars in Canada were also known as the French & this Native American league wars the Iroquois wars |
#7910, aired 2019-01-18 | BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS $1000: In 1936, Edward VIII advised Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin that he planned to marry this American divorcée (Wallis Warfield) Simpson |
#7726, aired 2018-03-26 | AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY $2000: Military engagements authorized by Congress include the 1801 First & 1815 Second of these African wars the Barbary Wars |
#7305, aired 2016-05-20 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: This largest veterans organization in the U.S. was founded in Paris by members of the AEF after World War I the American Legion |
#6761, aired 2014-01-27 | WARS BY BATTLE $800: Palo Alto &
Monterrey the Mexican-American War |
#6660, aired 2013-07-26 | JOHN TYLER $400: Tyler's administration ended the second of these Native American wars in Florida the Seminole Wars |
#6595, aired 2013-04-26 | NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES $1200: In 1957, a century after a series of wars against the U.S., this tribe from Florida regained Federal recognition the Seminoles |
#6072, aired 2011-01-25 | WAR $200: Of all the USA's wars, this one claimed the most American lives the Civil War |
#5695, aired 2009-05-15 | WARS BY BATTLE $600: 1898:
The Battle of San Juan Hill the Spanish-American War |
#5552, aired 2008-10-28 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE PRESIDENTS $400: The 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit made progress on arms issues but snagged over this Reagan defense plan "Star Wars" |
#5105, aired 2006-11-17 | STAR WARS $800: Justin Timberlake won no fans by sniping that this 2006 American Idol "can't carry a tune in a bucket" Taylor Hicks |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | AMERICAN CITIES $800: This city near Disney World was given its present name in 1857 to honor a soldier killed in the Seminole Wars Orlando |
#3612, aired 2000-04-25 | THE BARBARY WARS $200: After the pasha of Tripoli cut this down outside the U.S. consulate, Congress authorized the use of force American flag/flagpole |
#3528, aired 1999-12-29 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WARS $200: The August 1857 Indian Massacre of surrendered American & English troops is in this 1826 Cooper novel "The Last of the Mohicans" |
#3528, aired 1999-12-29 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WARS $500: On May 9, 1712, during Queen Anne's War, this American colony split into 2 parts Carolina |
#2775, aired 1996-09-27 | WARS & REVOLUTIONS $400: He led the South American revolution that freed New Granada from Spanish control Simón Bolivar |
#2752, aired 1996-07-16 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $300: The treaties ending the Seven Years', Crimean & Spanish-American Wars were signed in this city Paris |
#1543, aired 1991-04-24 | AMERICAN INDIANS $100: The Apache Wars ended in 1886 with his formal surrender to the U.S. Geronimo |
#1405, aired 1990-10-12 | WARS $200: It's also known as "The Late Unpleasantness", especially in the South the American Civil War |
#1374, aired 1990-07-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: The first of these battles in America probably took place in Plymouth but not between Burr & Hamilton a duel |
#1311, aired 1990-04-23 | WARS $400: This N. American conflict which began in 1754 led to the outbreak of the 7 Years War in Europe in 1756 the French and Indian War |
#874, aired 1988-05-26 | AMERICAN WARS $200: We don't know what caused this ship to sink, but we remember it helped cause the Spaish-American War The Maine |
#874, aired 1988-05-26 | AMERICAN WARS $400: On July 4, 1917, newly arrived doughboys were wildly greeted while parading in this European capital Paris |
#874, aired 1988-05-26 | AMERICAN WARS $800: General William Howe was knighted for his victories during the early part of this war Revolutionary War |
#874, aired 1988-05-26 | AMERICAN WARS $1000: In 1861, this California pathfinder headed Union forces in the west John Fremont |
#874, aired 1988-05-26 | AMERICAN WARS $1,500 (Daily Double): War during which Colonel George Washington supervised the burial of General Edward Braddock French & Indian Wars |
#737, aired 1987-11-17 | WARS $400: Foreign war in which the First United States Volunteer Cavalry gained its fame Spanish-American War |
#692, aired 1987-09-15 | WARS $1000: Secretary of State John Hay described it as "a splendid little war" the Spanish-American War |
#633, aired 1987-05-13 | HISTORY $750 (Daily Double): 2 North American wars in which a "Battle of Wilderness" was fought, 1 in 1755 & 1 in 1864 Civil War & French & Indian War |
#539, aired 1987-01-01 | MARCH $100: On the ides of March in 1919. this veterans' group was founded in Paris, not the U.S. American Legion |
#478, aired 1986-10-08 | HYPHENATED WARS $400: As of March, 1986, there were only 9 living U.S. veterans of this war Spanish-American War |
#339, aired 1985-12-26 | WARS $1000: Though born a Quaker, Nathanael Greene was 2nd in command in this war the American Revolution |
#307, aired 1985-11-12 | ’70s CINEMA $400: Top grossing film ever with budget under a mil., it gave George Lucas clout to make “Star Wars” American Graffiti |
#124, aired 1985-02-28 | WARS $1,000 (Daily Double): War in which the subject of this song served:
"Hang down your head, Tom Dooley / Hang down your head and cry / Hang down your head, Tom Dooley / Poor boy, you're bound to die..." the American Civil War |
#119, aired 1985-02-21 | WARS $600: Name by which the 7 Years' War was known in the American colonies the French & Indian War |