| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | TAKING FLIGHT $1600: The first African-American woman in space, on her first shuttle mission in 1992, she carried with her a photo of pilot Bessie Coleman Jemison |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | HISTORICAL AMERICAN CURRENCY $400: This Native American's depiction on a $20 banknote in the 1860s was the first time a real woman was seen on American currency Pocahontas |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | HISTORIC AMERICAN WOMEN $400: Britannica says this woman who wore turbans, gambled & took snuff "may be said to have created the role of the first lady" (Dolley) Madison |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | HISTORIC AMERICAN WOMEN $1600: She gave her famous "Ain't I a Woman" speech at an 1851 women's rights convention, though she probably never used that phrase Sojourner Truth |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | FEMALE FIRSTS $1200: In 2018, she became the first American woman to win a medal in every single event at the World Gymnastics Championships Simone Biles |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR WOMAN IN THE FIELD $2000: This American woman went pro in 1916, founded a dance company in 1926, retired at 70 but choreographed until her death in 1991 Martha Graham |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | CAROLS $2000: In 1992, this Democrat from Illinois became the first African-American woman elected to the Senate Carol Moseley Braun |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | BEST PICTURE WINNERS IN A NUTSHELL $600: 2020:
After losing everything, a van-dwelling woman travels the American West looking for work Nomadland |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $2000: Inspired by Nichelle Nichols & her "Star Trek" character, she became the first African-American woman in space (Mae) Jemison |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | HISTORY $400: To protect an ancestral cemetery, in 1910 attorney Lyda Conley became the 3rd woman & 1st Native American to argue a case here the Supreme Court (of the United States) |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES $1200: In 1931 this Hull House founder became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize Jane Addams |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | AMERICAN WOMAN $400: Before Elena Kagan was the first woman to be dean of this at Harvard, she was the first bat mitzvah at Lincoln Square Synagogue (Harvard) Law (School) |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | AMERICAN WOMAN $800: This woman who founded a cosmetics giant took a French-looking name & helped fund a restoration of Versailles Estée Lauder |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | AMERICAN WOMAN $1200: First name of the philanthropist who has gone by the last names Tuttle, Bezos & now Scott MacKenzie |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | AMERICAN WOMAN $2000: A self-titled 1961 L.P. of arias sung by this great "L.P." is known to opera lovers as the "Blue Album" Leontyne Price |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | AMERICAN WOMAN $7,000 (Daily Double): Soon to mother a brood of actors of this last name, Georgiana Drew married actor Maurice in 1876 Barrymore |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | STANDING ON A BOARD SIDEWAYS $1000: Seen here is this American, the youngest woman ever at 17, to win Olympic gold in snowboarding Chloe Kim |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | MONTHS THAT START WITH FEB $2,000 (Daily Double): February 1989:
Rev. Barbara Harris becomes the first woman bishop in this U.S. church & in the Anglican Communion the Episcopal Church |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $800: Her "A Raisin in the Sun" was the first play by an African-American woman to be produced on Broadway (Lorraine) Hansberry |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1600: A-tisket a-tasket, in 1959 she won a Grammy for her basket, the first African-American woman to do so Fitzgerald |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: This private Catholic university in New Jersey was named for a woman who was one of the first American-born saints Seton Hall |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MAYORS $800: London Breed is this California city's first African-American woman mayor San Francisco |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN $600: Sarah Winnemucca was the first Native woman to secure this protection, with 1883's "Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims" a copyright |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | ETHNIC GROUPS $600: Meredith Vieira has been named Woman of the Year by PAWA, which stands for this "American Women's Association" Portuguese |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | THE LEAGUE LEADER $400: 6 months before the 19th Amendment was ratified, the Natl. American Woman Suffrage Association got reorganized under this name the League of Women Voters |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: The first woman in America to receive a medical degree, she would later open a hospital for women & children with her sister Emily Elizabeth Blackwell |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | RHYMING AMERICAN ROAD TRIP $2000: It's quite a trek from the capital of New Jersey to the city that's home to Texas Woman's University Trenton to Denton |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $400: Before becoming the first American woman in space, she was a star tennis player at Stanford & Billie Jean King told her to go pro Sally Ride |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | AMERICAN POETRY $800: In 1987 Gwendolyn Brooks wrote "Winnie" about this South African woman Winnie Mandela |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN... $1600: To manage the campaign of a major party presidential nominee, was this woman seen here Donna Brazile |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | I AM WOMAN $800: Korea-born Angela Buchdahl is the first Asian-American to be ordained a cantor, as well as this leader of a Jewish congregation rabbi |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | I AM WOMAN $1200: In 2020 this trailblazing African-American ballerina published a book for kids called "Bunheads" Misty Copeland |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | THE SPACE PROGRAM $1000: It was "Mae" in September 1992 when she became the first African-American woman in space onboard the Endeavour (Mae) Jemison |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $800: She lit up the stage with a medley of hits including "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" Shania Twain |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | ARTISTIC 19th CENTURY WOMEN $1200: "Modern Woman", a mural done for the 1893 Chicago Expo by this female American in Paris, no longer exists Mary Cassatt |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | '80s LADIES $400: In 1983 she not only became the first American woman in space, but also the youngest American in space, at age 32 (Sally) Ride |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | SOME RANDOM INFO $600: The last person to receive a pension from this war died in 2020; the 90-year-old woman's dad changed sides midway through the American Civil War |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $2000: One of the great stunt pilots of the 1920s, she was the first African-American woman to earn her pilot's license Bessie Coleman |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $800: "Torchy Brown" creator Jackie Ormes was the first African-American woman to have one of these published in a major newspaper a comic strip |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $2000: Before she made history in Congress, Barbara Jordan was the first Black woman elected to this state's Senate Texas |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | THE CABINET $1600: The first Asian-American woman in the cabinet, Elaine Chao was previously Labor Secretary, & in 2017, took on this post Transportation |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | WOMEN ON STAMPS $400: In 1907 as part of a Jamestown Exposition set, she became the first Native American woman on a U.S. stamp Pocahontas |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | TV & FILM $200: The 3 original judges on "American Idol" were Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson & this woman Paula Abdul |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | ENGINEERING $2000: (Erica Joy Baker presents the clue.) Mae Jemison got her start in the sciences with a degree in chemical engineering before becoming the first African-American woman in space as an MS--this kind of astronaut conducting experiments aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour a mission specialist |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | AMERICAN NAMES $600: "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie" is a 1971 collection of poetry by this African-American woman Maya Angelou |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $2000: The painting seen here shows the influence of Jackson Pollock on the art of this woman, his wife (Lee) Krasner |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS $1200: Novelist Marita Golden paid homage to this woman in an essay called "Zora & Me" Hurston |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS $2000: In the novel "Black Betty" by this author, P.I. Easy Rawlins is hired to find a missing woman Walter Mosley |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for pres. in 1872, but couldn't have taken office because she wasn't yet this age 35 |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1600: "The House on Mango Street" is the first book of fiction by this Mexican-American woman (Sandra) Cisneros |
| #8187, aired 2020-03-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERFORMERS $600: Tracee Ellis Ross of "black-ish" is the daughter of this supreme-ly talented woman Diana Ross |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | AMERICAN WOMEN & POLITICS $200: In 2008 she became the first Republican woman nominee for vice president (Sarah) Palin |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | LIFETIME MOVIE TITLES $600: Hayden Panettiere had the title role in this American woman: "Murder on Trial in Italy" Amanda Knox |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The 1st African-American woman to win Olympic gold, Alice Coachman cleared 5'6 1/8" in this track & field event in 1948 the high jump |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | GREATEST OF ALL TIME TRAVELERS $1000: "Kindred", about an African-American woman transported back to a plantation in antebellum Maryland, is a novel by this author (Octavia) Butler |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Real name Mary, this "maternal" organizer of mine workers in the early 20th century was called the "Most Dangerous Woman in America" Mother Jones |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | IN THE OPERA CAST $800: Roles in this opera include Suzuki, American Consul Sharpless & Trouble, the title woman's child Madama Butterfly |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | WOMEN COMPOSERS $800: The first symphony by an American woman was Amy Beach's "Gaelic Symphony", first performed in 1896 by this group, the BSO for short the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | THE HINTING OF HULL HOUSE $1000: Hull House is now a museum named for her, its founder & the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (Jane) Addams |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: In Walter Mosley's "Devil in a Blue Dress", a search for a missing woman in this West Coast city reveals scandalous secrets Los Angeles |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: Carrie Chapman Catt founded this league in 1920 during the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association the League of Women Voters |
| #8005, aired 2019-05-31 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY $3,800 (Daily Double): "The Road to Freedom" is the subtitle of Catherine Clinton's bio of this 19th century woman Harriet Tubman |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | THIS IS 40: LITERARY EDITION $1600: Mrs. Wu turns 40 & changes her life in "Pavilion of Women", a China-set 1946 book by this American woman Pearl Buck |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | ART & ARTISTS $800: The woman in his "American Gothic" painting was modeled after his sister Nan (Grant) Wood |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | PEOPLE $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2016 Carla Hayden became the first woman & first African-American in this D.C. post & naturally was sworn in on a book the Librarian of Congress |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | CLUES ACROSS PHILADELPHIA $200: (I'm Melissa Magee from 6ABC.) A highlight of historic Philadelphia is this woman's home, known as the birthplace of the American flag Betsy Ross |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ONLY AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.) Of the only 35 or so known paintings by this Dutch master, the Met has 5, including "Young Woman with a Water Pitcher", which was the first of his canvases to enter a public American collection Vermeer |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ONLY AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.) Viewers in 1884 were shocked by that dress & ridiculed her deathly pallor; when this 3-named American artist sold the painting to the Met, he asked that the woman not be named, hence the title "Madame X" John Singer Sargent |
| #7815, aired 2018-07-27 | THE U.S. CONGRESS WITH NANCY PELOSI $2000: (Nancy Pelosi reads the clue.) In 2009, I proudly unveiled the Capitol portrait of this first African-American woman elected to Congress, who said she wanted to be remembered as a catalyst for change Shirley Chisholm |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | REMEMBER THE LADIES $1000: The first drama by an African-American woman produced on Broadway was her "A Raisin in the Sun" Lorraine Hansberry |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $800: The first black winter Olympic gold medalist, Vonetta Flowers won as a brake woman in this event in 2002 bobsled |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | SUFFRAGETTE CITY $200: The National American Woman Suffrage Association became the League of these in Chicago in 1920 women voters |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | 20th CENTURY FACTS $200: In 1920 this blind & deaf woman co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (Helen) Keller |
| #7680, aired 2018-01-19 | TWO-WAY ADJECTIVES $1200: This 9-letter word can describe a very tall woman or a fish from a South American river Amazonian |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $2000: It was the field of Maria Mitchell, the first woman member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences astronomy |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $400: Rewards totaling over $10,000 were reportedly offered for the capture of this woman called the "Moses of Her People" Harriet Tubman |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $800: In 2013 a NYC woman was convicted of selling forgeries of this American action painter's drippy work; how could they tell? Jackson Pollock |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | AMERICAN ART $2000: The head & torso of the woman in this most famous Andrew Wyeth painting are those of his wife, not the title subject Christina's World |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1983, she went where no American woman had gone before Sally Ride |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1805 Lewis & Clark named a Mussellshell River tributary "Bird Woman's River" in her honor Sacagawea |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | RECENT BOOKS $2,000 (Daily Double): This American woman is the subject of "The French Chef in America" Julia Child |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | THE EXPLORERS CLUB $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Explorers Club in New York.) These seal-skinned mittens with polar bear fur inserts were made by an Inuit woman for this polar explorer, who in 1937 became the first African American admitted to the Explorers Club Matthew Henson |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: At a women's convention in Ohio in 1851 this former slave delivered her "Ain't I A Woman" speech Sojourner Truth |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | RECENT BESTSELLERS $800: Jeffrey Toobin's "American Heiress" focused on the 1974 kidnapping of this woman Patty Hearst |
| #7482, aired 2017-03-07 | WAY BACK IN 2015 $600: On April 23 Loretta Lynch was confirmed & became the first African-American woman to hold this position Attorney General |
| #7482, aired 2017-03-07 | AMERICAN LIVES $800: This woman born Phoebe Moses could shoot a playing card that was 90 feet away-- & turned edgeways Annie Oakley |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | AMERICAN LIT $1600: "The Left Hand of Darkness" is a sci-fi novel by this woman whose middle initial stands for Kroeber (Ursula) Le Guin |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | AMERICAN LIT $2000: For this woman seen here, "One Writer's Beginnings" was in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi Eudora Welty |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | WOMEN WRITERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In "Letter from Peking", she wrote of an American woman separated from her Chinese-American husband Pearl S. Buck |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $1200: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) Among Harriet Tubman's most treasured possessions was a lace shawl she received in recognition of her heroic efforts from this woman, who was celebrating her diamond jubilee Queen Victoria |
| #7459, aired 2017-02-02 | EMMY-WINNING WOMEN $800: In 2015 she became the first African-American woman to win for Lead Actress in a Drama Series Viola Davis |
| #7451, aired 2017-01-23 | AMERICAN WOMEN $200: In 1961 she topped Clare Boothe Luce & Jackie Kennedy to be named woman most admired by Americans for the 13th time in 14 years Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #7451, aired 2017-01-23 | AMERICAN WOMEN $400: Gloria Steinem said, "A woman has two choices: either she's" this term "or a masochist" a feminist |
| #7451, aired 2017-01-23 | AMERICAN WOMEN $1000: This "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" author was also the first president of the New England Woman Suffrage Association Julia Ward Howe |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | WORKING WOMEN $200: The first African-American woman to head a Fortune 500 company, Ursula Burns became its CEO in 2009; copy that! Xerox |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | FOLKS OF SCIENCE $400: The first American woman in space, she later became a professor of physics at UC San Diego Sally Ride |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | FOLKS OF SCIENCE $1600: This American woman's 1974 dissertation was titled "The Behaviour of the Mountain Gorilla" (Dian) Fossey |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | BESTSELLING BOOKS $200: A Chinese-American woman learns of troubling family secrets in this author's novel "The Bonesetter's Daughter" Amy Tan |
| #7305, aired 2016-05-20 | WOMEN IN CHARGE $400 (Daily Double): As CEO of Sam's Club, Rosalind Brewer became the first woman & the first African American to head a unit of this corp. the Walmart corporation |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | OLYMPIC ATHLETES $600: With her victory at the 2010 Olympics, she became the first American woman to win gold in downhill skiing Lindsey Vonn |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | OLYMPIC ATHLETES $800: Winner of 1976 Olympic gold, this American woman gained fame for her spins & her haircut Dorothy Hamill |
| #7225, aired 2016-01-29 | PO PRESENTS UNCONVENTIONAL WARRIORS $600: (Po delivers the clue.) In the American Revolution, I would have been grateful to this woman for bringing water in the heat of battle... though Molly Bowl of Noodles & Molly Dessert would have been nice to see, too (Molly) Pitcher |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | "A"UTHORS $1200: "All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes" is one of the memoirs by this African-American woman who died in 2014 (Maya) Angelou |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $1,200 (Daily Double): The name of this Minn. waterfall is Dakota for "waterfall"; Longfellow named a Native American woman for it Minnehaha |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | AMY ADAMS FILM ROLES $200: 2013:
Con woman Sydney Prosser American Hustle |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | CHARACTERS FROM AMERICAN LIT $800: The first word in "Tom Sawyer" is uttered by this woman, his aunt & guardian Aunt Polly |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $2000: In 2014 this former stand-up comic released his 21st novel, "A Wanted Woman" Eric Jerome Dickey |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1600: Mary Patterson, the first black woman to earn a B.A. degree, graduated in 1862 from this state's Oberlin College Ohio |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | 1809 $3,000 (Daily Double): In May Mary Dixon Kies became the first American woman to receive one, for a way to weave straw with silk or thread a patent |
| #6857, aired 2014-06-10 | POETIC WOMEN $2000: Born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in Vicuna, Chile, she was the first Latin American woman to win a Nobel Prize in literature Gabriela Mistral |
| #6845, aired 2014-05-23 | AUTH"ER"S $400: She was the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Alice Walker |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $5,000 (Daily Double): With a mark of 5'6" in this event, in 1948 5'7" Alice Coachman became the first African-American woman to win Olympic gold high jump |
| #6825, aired 2014-04-25 | BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR NOMINEES $1200: For this 2003 film, Sofia Coppola became the first American woman nominated for a directing Oscar Lost in Translation |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | WOMEN OF CHINESE DESCENT $1200: Elaine Chao, the 1st Asian-American woman in the Cabinet, improved overtime protection as Secretary of this Labor |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | AMERICAN DECORATIVE ARTS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.) Distressed by the discount-store furnishings, this woman reached out to the man who built up Winterthur to redecorate, especially the Green Room; she later wrote to him, "Everything lovely in the White House now is all your contribution" Jackie Kennedy |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | LADIES WHO LUNGE $200: Here she is, lunging down the course in 2010, on the way to becoming the first American woman to win gold in an Olympic downhill Lindsey Vonn |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 1983--30 YEARS AGO $200: Sally Ride rode into history aboard this as the first American woman in space the Challenger |
| #6639, aired 2013-06-27 | AMERICAN LIVES $4,000 (Daily Double): Lois Scharf's biography of this 20th century woman is subtitled "First Lady of American Liberalism" Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #6579, aired 2013-04-04 | SHE DID IT! $400: She was the first American woman to travel in space Sally Ride |
| #6570, aired 2013-03-22 | WE'RE ON MARS! $2,000 (Daily Double): Valerie Ambroise won an essay contest & named this rover for a 19th-century African-American woman Sojourner |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $400: Bessie Coleman, the first black woman licensed as a pilot, landed a street named in her honor at this Chicago airport O'Hare |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $600: Rita Dove titled a collection of poems "On the Bus with" this woman Rosa Parks |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | AMERICAN WOMAN $200: Florida's state attorney in 1978, she would add the rest of the country to her docket as U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | AMERICAN WOMAN $400: "Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor", this future first lady wrote in 1780 Abigail Adams |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | AMERICAN WOMAN $600: In 1934, after a nervous breakdown, this painter discovered N.M.'s ghost ranch, where she'd make her home Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | AMERICAN WOMAN $800: This children's author wrote the 1980 sequel "Superfudge" Judy Blume |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | AMERICAN WOMAN $1000: The first U.S.-born person to be named a saint, she has a "Hall" of a college named for her (Elizabeth Ann) Seton |
| #6462, aired 2012-10-23 | WHO "R-U"? $1600: In 1960 this sprinter became the first American woman to win 3 track-&-field gold medals in a single Olympics Wilma Rudolph |
| #6445, aired 2012-09-28 | BRITISH KINGS NAMED EDWARD $2000: In 1936 King Edward VIII gave it all up for the woman he loved, this twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson |
| #6441, aired 2012-09-24 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $1,400 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) In 1955, the Met made history with the debuts of its first African-American singers; the first man was Bobby McFerrin's father Robert & the first woman was this great contralto of the day Marian Anderson |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN OR WOMAN $800: Arkansas' Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was founded by Alice of this wealthy family the Waltons |
| #6409, aired 2012-06-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTRESSES $800: For her role in "Monster's Ball", this beauty became the first African-American woman to win the Best Actress Oscar (Halle) Berry |
| #6386, aired 2012-05-28 | "A"UTHORS $1,500 (Daily Double): Written in 1866, "A Long Fatal Love Chase", a Gothic novel by this American woman, was finally published in 1995 (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #6377, aired 2012-05-15 | GREAT AMERICAN WOMEN $800: In 1983 she made history as the first American woman in space Sally Ride |
| #6315, aired 2012-02-17 | RELIGION $400: Ann Judson went to Burma in 1812 as the first American woman to do this religious work converting souls overseas missionary |
| #6266, aired 2011-12-12 | AMERICAN POETS $400: Upon this woman's death in 1886, her sister Lavinia found nearly 1,000 poems hidden away in her bureau Emily Dickinson |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $600: John Ehle is the author of "The Winter People", which became a film, & the father of this woman, who went into film Jennifer Ehle |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | AMERICAN WOMEN $1600: She's the woman seen here with some of her artifacts Margaret Mead |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | CHARACTERS IN AMERICAN BOOKS $2000: In "The Sun Also Rises", Jake Barnes struggles with his feelings for this fickle British lady Lady Brett Ashley |
| #6198, aired 2011-07-20 | CELEBS WE'D LIKE TO SEE ON REALITY SHOWS $200: Dick Cheney belting out "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" That would leave judge J-Lo's jaw hanging on this show American Idol |
| #6170, aired 2011-06-10 | ARTISTS $400: Like Whistler, this "American Gothic" artist painted his own mother, in "Woman With Plants" (Grant) Wood |
| #5999, aired 2010-10-14 | VARIETY PACK $1600: In 1931 this Hull House founder was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the first American woman so honored (Jane) Addams |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY $800: In 1923 this "Saint" of a woman won for work that included "Eight Sonnets in American Poetry" Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | FACTS & FIGURES $600: Fact:
As Halle Berry could tell you, this woman was the first African-American Best Actress Oscar nominee Dorothy Dandridge |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | WOODY ALLEN MOVIE SYNOPSES $400: The arrival of a Spanish woman causes problems for a man & his relationships with 2 American girls Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
| #5920, aired 2010-05-14 | CONTEMPORARIES $400: In the 1850s, while Gregor Mendel was playing with his peas, this American woman was writing the first of her 1,775 poems (Emily) Dickinson |
| #5904, aired 2010-04-22 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: "Happy Days" spin-off that was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. congress Laverne & Shirley Chisholm |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | YEAR ONE $1000: January 10, 1931:
The Prince of Wales meets this American woman; they get married some 6 years later Wallis Simpson |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HYPHENATES $1200: This Chicagoan was the first African-American woman elected to the Senate Carol Moseley-Braun |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HYPHENATES $2000: This American woman is seen here with the tools of her trade Margaret Bourke-White |
| #5835, aired 2010-01-15 | THE IMPRESSIONISTS $3,600 (Daily Double): Finding Impressionism her cup of tea, this American first exhibited with the group in 1879 with "The Cup of Tea" (Mary) Cassatt |
| #5752, aired 2009-09-22 | THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS $400: Ralph Ellison was the first African American to win the fiction award; "Purple" prose made this woman the second Alice Walker |
| #5730, aired 2009-07-03 | ART SCENARIOS $400: 1930:
Woman with brooch; balding man with glasses, pitchfork; cottage in Gothic Revival style in back American Gothic |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | BODIES IN WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): She's the first American woman to win 4 Olympic gold medals in swimming, winning 3 in 1988 & 1 in 1992 Janet Evans |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE $1000: (Dr. Gates gives the clue.) In 2003, I published "The Trials of" this woman, a book about America's first black poet & her encounters with the Founding Fathers Phillis Wheatley |
| #5636, aired 2009-02-23 | IN THE PARK $800: A state park named for this Native American woman is just 20 miles from downtown Richmond, Virginia Pocahontas |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | WOMEN "R" US $200: In 1983 this California girl became the first American woman in space Sally Ride |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | TENNIS $200: This American woman was the first to win 20 Wimbledon titles Billie Jean King |
| #5440, aired 2008-04-11 | HARRIET $400: In 1978 she became the first African-American woman to appear on a U.S. postage stamp Harriet Tubman |
| #5424, aired 2008-03-20 | A WOMAN OF DISTINCTION $1200: In 1936 this American divorcee became the first woman named Time magazine's Person of the Year Wallis Simpson |
| #5424, aired 2008-03-20 | A WOMAN OF DISTINCTION $2000: A veteran of 5 space flights, this American has spent the longest time in space of any woman Shannon Lucid |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $2000: Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to serve as principal chief of this Southeast Native American tribe the Cherokee |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | CONDUCTORS $800: Marin Alsop made news in 2005 as the first one of these to lead a major American symphony orchestra a woman |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | GOVERNORS $1600: As New Jersey governor, this woman seen here appointed the state's first African-American Supreme Court Justice Christie Todd Whitman |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | FAMOUS WOMEN $3,000 (Daily Double): This first American woman in space heads a company geared to girls who are interested in science & math Sally Ride |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | I'LL BE YOUR WAITER $1200: Waiting to sail home from England, this Native American woman died in March of 1617 Pocahontas |
| #5264, aired 2007-06-28 | LADIES IN SPACE $800: In 1992 Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman astronaut, on this shuttle whose name means "to try" Endeavour |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | PICTURE AMERICA $800: It's the decade the Rosie American woman seen here came on the poster scene the 1940s |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | AMERICAN PHOTO ALBUM $800: Before Jada and Emeril, there was this woman pictured here and known as "the French Chef" Julia Child |
| #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 |
| #5205, aired 2007-04-06 | I DO IMPRESSIONISTS $1600: This American woman went Impressionist in the late 1870s & exhibited with the group in 1879 (Mary) Cassatt |
| #5202, aired 2007-04-03 | AMERICAN FACES $400: This woman from Georgia is "nuts" for her husband, whom she first dated in college Rosalynn Carter |
| #5154, aired 2007-01-25 | SOUTH AMERICAN LITERATURE $2000: The first novel by "Kiss of the Spider Woman" author Manuel Puig was "Betrayed By" this screen siren Rita Hayworth |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $1,500 (Daily Double): Born one year before the Civil War began, she died 101 years later during John F. Kennedy's administration Grandma Moses |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: Carrie Chapman Catt succeeded this woman as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Susan B. Anthony |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | FEMALE FIRSTS $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1995 Roberta Cooper Ramo, an Albuquerque attorney, became the first woman president of this organization the American Bar Association |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | THE GRAMMYS $1200: He won for Best Male Rock Vocal for 1999 with "American Woman", & then "Again" for 2000 (Lenny) Kravitz |
| #4979, aired 2006-04-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Henry James-D.H. Lawrence work in which an American woman goes to Europe & has an affair with a gamekeeper The Portrait of a Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| #4973, aired 2006-04-05 | THE SUMMER OLYMPICS $1600: At the 1984 Olympics, Zola Budd collided with this American woman in the 3,000-meter race Mary Decker Slaney |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: Born in Lorain, Ohio in 1931, this African-American woman won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 Toni Morrison |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | AMERICAN WOMEN $2,000 (Daily Double): Babette was the middle name of this American woman who moved to France in 1907 Alice B. Toklas |
| #4877, aired 2005-11-22 | AMERICAN WOMAN $200: A dollar says you can't name this American heroine seen here (Susan B.) Anthony |
| #4877, aired 2005-11-22 | AMERICAN WOMAN $400: She was the "Plains" Jane seen here Calamity Jane |
| #4877, aired 2005-11-22 | AMERICAN WOMAN $600: This high-flying Atchison, Kansas native once remarked, "Women must try to do things as men have tried" (Amelia) Earhart |
| #4877, aired 2005-11-22 | AMERICAN WOMAN $800: The American lady seen here, she knew all that jazz & more Billie Holiday |
| #4877, aired 2005-11-22 | AMERICAN WOMAN $1000: The former editor & Playboy bunny seen here, she spent time in India & learned about nonviolent activism (Gloria) Steinem |
| #4858, aired 2005-10-26 | TENNIS, ANYONE? $400: In 1999 she won the U.S. Open, becoming the first African-American woman since 1958 to win a Grand Slam singles title Serena Williams |
| #4857, aired 2005-10-25 | AMERICAN WOMEN $800: 6 years after Chuck Yeager, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to do this break the sound barrier |
| #4857, aired 2005-10-25 | AMERICAN WOMEN $2000: Elected in 1993, she's the first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate Kay Bailey Hutchison |
| #4819, aired 2005-07-14 | SONG HITS FOR TWO $400: Lenny Kravitz in 1999;
The Guess Who in 1970 "American Woman" |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | THE FUN '40s $600: In 1941, the All-American Archie made his debut in comic books, as did this all-Amazon heroine Wonder Woman |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | JON STEWART'S AMERICA $400: If this woman "was alive and sewing American flags today, she'd be a 13-year-old Laotian boy" Betsy Ross |
| #4724, aired 2005-03-03 | ART AT THE BARNES $2000: (Alex reports from the Barnes Foundation.) Though she never had children of her own, this American sensitively portrayed maternal love in "Woman with a Nude Boy" Mary Cassatt |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | AMERICAN HERSTORY $400: In March 1879 law school grad Belva Lockwood became the first woman allowed to argue here before the Supreme Court |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | AMERICAN HERSTORY $1200: Before she was the first black woman in Congress, she was the second in the New York State Assembly Shirley Chisholm |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | AMERICAN HERSTORY $2000: This alliterative-named woman who spied for Stonewall Jackson was not the most ladylike Southern belle Belle Boyd |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | AMERICAN IDOL SONGS $400: Keith Beukelaer's version of this woman's "Like A Virgin" moved Simon to call him maybe the world's worst singer Madonna |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | WRITE ON, GIRL! $600: Mine eyes have seen the glory of her being the first woman in the American Academy of Arts & Letters Julia Ward Howe |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | GENERAL ED. $1200: Carol Moseley-Braun, the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, represented this state, 1993-1999 Illinois |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | GREAT BRITS $1000: American-born, this first woman in the House of Commons said, "I am the kind of woman I would run from" Lady (Nancy Witcher) Astor |
| #4565, aired 2004-06-11 | ART "C" $1200: Degas portrayed this American woman & fellow Impressionist in several of his works Mary Cassatt |
| #4561, aired 2004-06-07 | THE WINTER OLYMPICS $1200: Lydia Skoblikova has a record 6 gold medals in speed skating; this American woman is second with 5 Bonnie Blair |
| #4527, aired 2004-04-20 | ART IN OMAHA $1200: From an American woman:
"Woman Reading"
(1878-79) Mary Cassatt |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $200: In December 1993 Toni Morrison became the first African-American woman awarded this international literature prize the Nobel Prize |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1000: In 1978 this escaped slave became the first African-American woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp Harriet Tubman |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | AMERICAN WOMEN $400: Earlier in her career, this woman prosecuted juvenile delinquency cases in New York state Judge Judy (Sheindlin) |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | AMERICAN WOMEN $800: Let me interpret for you--this Shoshone woman's name meant "bird woman" Sacajawea |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | AMERICAN SONGS $400: In 1986 Johnny Cash recorded a religious song called this, the opposite of his nickname "The Man in White" |
| #4460, aired 2004-01-16 | PEOPLE $400: This Asian-American woman once co-anchored the "CBS Evening News" Connie Chung |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | AMERICAN WOMEN $200: In 2002 the people of this state said Aloha as they welcomed Linda Lingle, their first woman Governor Hawaii |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | AMERICAN WOMEN $400: It wasn't Mel Brooks' wife but another woman named this who was the first to cross the ice to the North Pole Ann Bancroft |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | AMERICAN WOMEN $600 (Daily Double): Born in 1821, she's the only woman in modern history to have founded a major religion Mary Baker Eddy |
| #4435, aired 2003-12-12 | AMERICAN WOMAN $200: Her maiden name was Fitzgerald when she married into the fabled Kennedy family in 1914 Rose Kennedy |
| #4435, aired 2003-12-12 | AMERICAN WOMAN $400: U.S. Ambassador to Ghana from 1974 to 1976, she was once Hollywood's biggest star Shirley Temple Black |
| #4435, aired 2003-12-12 | AMERICAN WOMAN $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from the U.S.S. Missouri in Pearl Harbor, HI)
On January 29, 1944, this 19-year-old daughter of Harry Truman christened the U.S.S. Missouri at the ship's launching in New York City Margaret Truman |
| #4435, aired 2003-12-12 | AMERICAN WOMAN $800: Clotilde Bowen was the first black woman to receive her "eagles" by promotion to this U.S. Army rank colonel |
| #4435, aired 2003-12-12 | AMERICAN WOMAN $1000: In 1990 Joan Finney became the first Kansas woman elected to this post governor |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | THEY ATTENDED YALE $800: This Asian-American woman famous for her architectural memorials graduated with a B.A. from Yale in 1981 Maya Lin |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | THINGS IN THE YALE LIBRARY $2000: An empty envelope that once contained a rose belonged to this expatriate American woman who lived in Paris Gertrude Stein |
| #4378, aired 2003-09-24 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: In September 1992 Mae Jemison blasted off aboard this as the first African-American woman in space the space shuttle |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | AMERICAN WOMEN $800: This controversial woman now represents Florida's 13th district in the U.S. House Katherine Harris |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | AMERICAN WOMEN $2000: When she landed at Edwards AFB in 1986, she became the first woman to fly nonstop around the world without refueling (Jeana) Yeager |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | ART & ARTISTS $1200: In 1879 she became the first & only American woman to exhibit with the Impressionists Mary Cassatt |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | EDS $800: In order to marry a twice-divorced American woman, King Edward VIII of this country abdicated the throne in 1936 England |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1200: As head of Harpo Entertainment, she's the first African-American woman to own her own studios Oprah Winfrey |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1600: She answered an ad in her college paper looking for astronauts, & in 1983 became the first American woman in space Sally Ride |
| #4226, aired 2003-01-06 | SHE'S IN CHARGE $400: Chairman of her own company, this African-American woman & talk show host has a TV show seen in 107 countries Oprah Winfrey |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS $600: Try to un"earth" a copy of "Imperial Woman", this American woman's 1956 novel about the last empress of China Pearl S. Buck |
| #4207, aired 2002-12-10 | ROMANCING THE THRONE $1000: Geraldine Apponyi, the 1st woman of American descent to become a queen, married King Zog I of this country in 1938 Albania |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: Margaret Brent, America's first woman barrister, was executor of the will of this colony's governor Leonard Calvert Maryland |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | HERE'S LUCY $800: In 2000 she became the first Asian-American woman to host "Saturday Night Live" Lucy Liu |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | THE 2002 WINTER OLYMPICS $800: Vonetta Flowers competing in this 2-woman sport became the first black American to win Winter Olympics gold the bobsled |
| #4121, aired 2002-07-01 | GUINNESS SPORTS RECORDS $1600: Having won a total of 20 titles, this American-born woman is queen of Wimbledon Billie Jean King |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | NATIONALITIES $800: Woman the Guess Who & Lenny Kravitz wanted to stay away from them an American woman |
| #4097, aired 2002-05-28 | HEY, DOC! $2000: The American Medical Women's Assoc. awards a medal named for this first woman graduate of a U.S. medical school Elizabeth Blackwell |
| #3990, aired 2001-12-28 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $200: This nickname of a Native American woman, Chief Powhatan's daughter, means "playful one" Pocahontas |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On Jan. 19, 1977 President Ford pardoned this woman who'd been convicted of treason in World War II Tokyo Rose |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: This N.Y. woman's 1970 campaign slogan was "This woman's place is in the House -- the House of Representatives!" Bella Abzug |
| #3933, aired 2001-10-10 | NATURAL BORN MILLERS $800: This 1878 Henry James heroine had Mr. Winterbourne saying, American woman, get away from me Daisy Miller |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | DISABILITY AWARENESS $300: The American Foundation for the Blind is dedicated to fulfilling the vision of this woman, seen here Helen Keller |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | BLACK FIRSTS $1000: She was not the first African-American in the Texas Senate, but she was the first African-American woman there Barbara Jordan |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $200: (Hi. I'm Martin Luther King III.) In 1955, my father led a bus boycott in Montgomery after this woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat Rosa Parks |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | ART & ARTISTS $500: This American woman scoffed at charges that her close-up paintings of flowers had sexual imagery Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #3871, aired 2001-06-04 | WOMEN $800: "Mother And Child" was a constant theme in the art of this American woman in 1890s Paris Mary Cassatt |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | FEMALE FLYERS $100: On August 1, 1911 Harriet Quimby became the first American woman to get one of these Pilot's license |
| #3745, aired 2000-12-08 | MS. PRESIDENT $600: She retired at age 80 as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Susan B. Anthony |
| #3730, aired 2000-11-17 | TENNIS $400: At Wimbledon 2000 she became only the second African-American woman to win the singles title Venus Williams |
| #3707, aired 2000-10-17 | WOMEN'S RITES $500: Held in 1997 in Philadelphia by African-American women, it was the counterpart of a 1995 event in Washington the Million Woman March |
| #3705, aired 2000-10-13 | BROADWAY $1000: The Winter Garden is a Broadway theatre & "The Autumn Garden" is a 1951 play by this American woman Lillian Hellman |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $1000: Notable artists named Cindy include this woman known for her self-portraits in modern & Renaissance garb Cindy Sherman |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | "STREET"S $800: In 1995 she became the first American skier -- man or woman -- to win a World Cup downhill season title Picabo Street |
| #3637, aired 2000-05-30 | MERRY YACHTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Part of a 1997 opera named for this American woman is set on the yacht Christina Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT $200: "You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down" is a book of stories by this Georgia-born author of "The Color Purple" Alice Walker |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT $1000: Ernest J. Gaines "Autobiography of" this fictional woman became an Emmy-winning TV movie starring Cicely Tyson Miss Jane Pittman |
| #3585, aired 2000-03-17 | CORN-UCOPIA $500: TV commercials for this brand of corn oil featured a Native American woman saying, "You call it corn, we call it maize" Mazola |
| #3582, aired 2000-03-14 | "Mc" MOVIE STARS $600: It's been claimed that this actress who played Mammy in "GWTW" was the first black woman to sing on American radio Hattie McDaniel |
| #3431, aired 1999-07-05 | "HOUSE" MUSIC $1000: In 1968 Glen Campbell sang of "The Dreams of" this woman the everyday housewife |
| #3423, aired 1999-06-23 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $800: (Hi, I'm Kristi Yamaguchi) In 1992 I became the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating since this woman in 1976 Dorothy Hamill |
| #3418, aired 1999-06-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: In January 1935 she became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland Amelia Earhart |
| #3413, aired 1999-06-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: Frances Willard, a president of the WCTU, was the first woman honored in this Capitol building hall Statuary Hall |
| #3333, aired 1999-02-17 | WILLIAM HURT FILMS $1000: Hurt could have used a cell phone in this 1985 film set in a South American prison Kiss Of The Spider Woman |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | HAM $1000: Houston, we have a ham, this first American woman to walk in space Kathryn Sullivan |
| #3302, aired 1999-01-05 | FAUX FRENCH $200: In France a madame buys a "soutien-gorge", while an American woman would buy one of these, to lift & separate Brassiere |
| #3244, aired 1998-10-15 | HISTORIC WOMEN $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1997 Texas family physician Nancy Dickey became the first woman elected to head this organization the American Medical Association (AMA) |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | GIRL GROUPS $1000: Formed in 1920 this group grew out of the National American Woman Suffrage Association League of Women Voters |
| #3185, aired 1998-06-05 | LADIES' LOCKER ROOM $500: Fore! This Mexican-American woman won a record 5 golf tournaments in a row in 1978 Nancy Lopez |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: Olive Chancellor was into woman's lib in his 1886 novel "The Bostonians" Henry James |
| #3115, aired 1998-02-27 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $600: She was the first American woman to be pictured on a U.S. stamp & on U.S. paper currency: Martha Washington |
| #2980, aired 1997-07-11 | THE 1800S $300: His pen-&-ink drawings of his famous "girl" came to represent the ideal young American woman Charles Dana Gibson |
| #2960, aired 1997-06-13 | AMERICANS $100: The first American woman to make a transatlantic flight; surprisingly, she was only a passenger Amelia Earhart |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $300: In 1988 Golf Magazine named this Mexican-American "Woman Golfer of the Decade" Nancy Lopez |
| #2950, aired 1997-05-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: This Public Enemy No. 1 robbed Midwestern banks until 1934 when he was done in by the Woman in Red John Dillinger |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $1000: At 80 she stepped down as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1900 Susan B. Anthony |
| #2913, aired 1997-04-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: After answering a NASA newspaper notice in the '70s, she became America's first woman in space Sally Ride |
| #2890, aired 1997-03-07 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $500: This "Battle Hymn of the Republic" author was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts & Letters Julia Ward Howe |
| #2867, aired 1997-02-04 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $600: Against Billie Jean King's advice, she gave up tennis & eventually became the first American woman in space Sally Ride |
| #2839, aired 1996-12-26 | AMERICAN LIT $1000: Woman who wrote "Tex", "Rumble Fish" & "Taming the Star Runner" S.E. Hinton |
| #2806, aired 1996-11-11 | FAMOUS WOMEN $800: In 1983 she became the first American woman & the youngest American to travel into space Sally Ride |
| #2785, aired 1996-10-11 | ASTRONOMY & SPACE $1000: In 1992, aboard the Endeavour, she became the 1st African-American woman in space Mae Jemison |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | POP CULTURE $400: In 1976 this American became the first woman tennis player to reach $1 million in career prize money Chris Evert |
| #2760, aired 1996-09-06 | THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $600: Now president of the American Red Cross, the 1st woman Secretary of Transportation was inducted in 1995 Elizabeth Dole |
| #2760, aired 1996-09-06 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $800: He modeled Sophie in "Sophie's Choice" on a woman he met while living in Brooklyn William Styron |
| #2760, aired 1996-09-06 | THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $800: Membership tripled after Wilma Mankiller became the 1st woman chief of this Native American nation the Cherokee |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | BLACK AMERICA $500: A native of Chicago, she became the first black American woman elected to the Senate Carol Moseley Braun |
| #2705, aired 1996-05-10 | LITERATURE $1,200 (Daily Double): An African-American woman named Sula Peace is the heroine of this "Beloved" author's novel "Sula" Toni Morrison |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: In 1977 the American Foundation for Overseas Blind was renamed for this woman Helen Keller |
| #2659, aired 1996-03-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On Jan. 16, 1935 this woman & her bank robber son Fred were killed by the FBI Ma Barker |
| #2631, aired 1996-01-29 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: He first wrote about a woman doomed to wear the letter in his 1838 story "Endicott and the Red Cross" (Nathaniel) Hawthorne |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | FLYING $300: In 1995 Eileen Collins became the first American woman to pilot one of these a Space Shuttle |
| #2604, aired 1995-12-21 | SPORTSWOMEN $100: This woman nicknamed "Babe" was an All-American high school basketball player at age 16 Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
| #2561, aired 1995-10-23 | DIARISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Names in this French-born American woman's diaries include Henry Miller & Lawrence Durrell Anais Nin |
| #2558, aired 1995-10-18 | GRAVESITES $400: This American Indian woman's gravesite is in Gravesend, England; she died there in 1617 Pocohontas |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | SPACE EXPLORERS $400: She was the third woman to fly into space as well as the first American woman Sally Ride |
| #2459, aired 1995-04-20 | NOTABLE WOMEN $600: Kirsten is the middle name of this first American woman to go into space Sally Ride |
| #2413, aired 1995-02-15 | NONFICTION $600: This first American woman in space shared her experiences in a children's book, "To Space and Back" Sally Ride |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | ARTISTIC QUOTES $1000: Degas said of this American impressionist, "I will not admit that a woman can draw so well" (Mary) Cassatt |
| #2350, aired 1994-11-18 | ART & ARTISTS $1000: This American woman impressionist posed for several of Degas' works, including "At The Milliner's" Mary Cassatt |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $300: From 1892 to 1900 she was president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Susan B. Anthony |
| #2298, aired 1994-09-07 | 1946 $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1946 the Pope made Archbishop Spellman a cardinal & this American woman a saint Mother Cabrini |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | TRACK & FIELD $300: In 1932 this American woman won Olympic gold medals in the 80-meter hurdles & the javelin throw Babe Didrikson |
| #2250, aired 1994-05-20 | THEATRE $800: In 1993 this musical set in a Latin American prison captured 7 Tonys Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| #2114, aired 1993-11-11 | PEOPLE $500 (Daily Double): In 1989 this first American woman in space became the director of the California Space Institute Sally Ride |
| #2056, aired 1993-07-12 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $600: In 1964 this state's Patsy Mink became the first Japanese-American woman elected to the House of Reps. Hawaii |
| #2047, aired 1993-06-29 | AMERICAN INDIANS $400: A woman claiming to be this Lewis & Clark companion died in 1884; she would have been about 100 Sacagawea |
| #2028, aired 1993-06-02 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $100: After earning her M.D. in 1874, Sarah Stevenson became the 1st woman admitted to this organization the AMA (American Medical Association) |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: On June 3, 1937, at a French chateau, this American woman finally married an ex-king Wallis Warfield Simpson (Duchess of Windsor) |
| #1972, aired 1993-03-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This woman was betrothed to John McNamar, not to Abe Lincoln, when she died in 1835 Ann Rutledge |
| #1955, aired 1993-02-19 | ELECTION '92 $3,000 (Daily Double): Carol Moseley Braun of this state became the first African-American woman elected to the Senate Illinois |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | ARTISTS $1000: Last name of Dutch-born American artist Willem, who created the action painting "Woman" series de Kooning |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | POETS $400: Gabriela Mistral of Chile was the 1st Latin American woman to win this prize for literature the Nobel Prize |
| #1799, aired 1992-05-28 | AUTHORS $200: "The American Woman's Home" was co-written by Catharine Beecher & this famous sister Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| #1749, aired 1992-03-19 | PEOPLE $1,600 (Daily Double): Carole Gist became the first Black woman to win this national beauty pageant in 1990 Miss USA |
| #1739, aired 1992-03-05 | CELEBRITIES $800 (Daily Double): American woman whose job is equivalent to that of each of the women from around the world seen here: Vanna White |
| #1710, aired 1992-01-24 | FAMOUS WOMEN $800: In 1977 the American Foundation for Overseas Blind renamed itself after this woman, a key supporter Helen Keller |
| #1705, aired 1992-01-17 | SPACE FLIGHT $400: In a 1984 Challenger mission, she became the 1st American woman to fly in space twice Sally Ride |
| #1694, aired 1992-01-02 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: She was the only American woman to win Olympic gold in swimming in 1988 Janet Evans |
| #1672, aired 1991-12-03 | IMPRESSIONISTS $1000: This American woman was noted for her paintings of mothers & children, such as "The Bath" Mary Cassatt |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | FAMOUS SCIENTISTS $1000: In 1848 this astronomer became the 1st woman member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Maria Mitchell |
| #1528, aired 1991-04-03 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $300: After Evita died, she became Juan Peron's wife & later, the first woman president in the Americas Isabel Peron |
| #1524, aired 1991-03-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: She was 80 when she retired as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1900 Susan B. Anthony |
| #1510, aired 1991-03-08 | GILBERTS AND SULLIVANS $500: On a 1984 shuttle mission she became the first American woman to walk in space Kathryn D. Sullivan |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | PEOPLE $200: As a teenager this first American woman in space was a nationally ranked tennis player Sally Ride |
| #1442, aired 1990-12-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president, lost to him in 1872 Grant |
| #1414, aired 1990-10-25 | WOMEN $400: This American painter had her first one-woman show in the U.S. in 1940, when she was 80 years old Grandma Moses |
| #1404, aired 1990-10-11 | LIBRARIES $400: In 1989, Linda Crismond became the first woman named Executive Director of the ALA, which is this the American Library Association |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1932 Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to this body U.S. Senate |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | WORLD LITERATURE $500: Nationality of the woman who created Hans Brinker American (Mary Mapes Dodge) |
| #1311, aired 1990-04-23 | THE OLYMPICS $200: In 1932, when women could enter only 3 events, this American woman won 3 medals Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
| #1259, aired 1990-02-08 | AMERICAN WOMEN $400: In 1984 she became the first woman nominated by a major party for Vice President of the U.S. Geraldine Ferraro |
| #1259, aired 1990-02-08 | AMERICAN WOMEN $1000: Appointed by Ronald Reagan, she was the first woman to head the U.S. delegation to the U.N. (Jeane) Kirkpatrick |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | SPORTS $400: In 1947 she became the 1st American woman to win the British Women's Amateur golf tournament Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
| #1197, aired 1989-11-14 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $500: The 1st American woman to win the world title in this sport was Tenley Albright figure skating |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | WOMAN IN SPACE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1984 Kathryn Sullivan became the 1st American woman to perform this feat take a walk in space |
| #1084, aired 1989-04-27 | AMERICAN POLITICS $800: This Nutmegger was the 1st woman elected governor who didn't succeed her husband in the office Ella Grasso |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | DANCE $500: This American woman taught dance in Moscow after the Revolution, probably in a flowing tunic Isadora Duncan |
| #991, aired 1988-12-19 | THE ADAMS FAMILY $600: The only American woman whose husband & son were both elected president Abigail Adams |
| #991, aired 1988-12-19 | SAINTS $1000: Italian-American woman known as the "Saint of the Immigrants" Mother (Marie) Cabrini |
| #969, aired 1988-11-17 | "AND" SO IT GOES $600: Title of 1956 French film & its 1988 American remake, both directed by Roger Vadim And God Created Woman |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | N. AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Barons, earls, viscounts & 1 woman, Jeanne Sauve, have all been governors gen. of this country Canada |
| #841, aired 1988-04-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On January 16, 1967, she took office as Alabama's 1st woman governor Lurleen Wallace |
| #647, aired 1987-06-02 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: 1st American woman ever to win an individual Olympic gold medal in gymnastics Mary Lou Retton |
| #637, aired 1987-05-19 | JUNE $400: On June 18, 1983, history was made when the 1st American woman ever visited here space |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | LITERATURE $800: 19th c. feminist Catharine Beecher wrote "The American Woman's Home" with this more famous sister Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| #545, aired 1987-01-09 | WOMEN IN THE NEWS $400: On May 20, 1986, Sharon Wood became 1st North American woman to reach the top of this Mount Everest |
| #523, aired 1986-12-10 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $200: In 1969, Barbara Jo Rubin became 1st American woman to ride to victory in this sport horse racing |
| #439, aired 1986-05-15 | AMERICAN WOMEN $400: As a foreign correspondent with the N.Y. Times, Anne McCormick was the 1st woman to win one a Pulitzer Prize |
| #439, aired 1986-05-15 | AMERICAN WOMEN $600: In 1978, she became 1st Black woman ever honored on a U.S. postage stamp Harriet Tubman |
| #439, aired 1986-05-15 | AMERICAN WOMEN $1000: In 1916, 4 years before all women "got the vote", she became 1st woman elected to the House Jeanette Rankin |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | BLACK AMERICA $800: Known for freeing slaves, during Civil War she became only American woman to lead U.S. soldiers in battle Harriet Tubman |
| #121, aired 1985-02-25 | AMERICAN INDIANS $400: Sacajawea, the bird woman, guided these American explorers Lewis & Clark |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | AMERICAN ART $800 (Daily Double): French impressionist in style, she was American's foremost woman painter Mary Cassatt |
| #54, aired 1984-11-22 | WOMEN $1,000 (Daily Double): Largest American city to ever have a woman mayor Chicago |
