| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $800: A papyrus dated to 35 B.C. calls her Philopatris, "she who loves her country", the country being Egypt Cleopatra |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | GREEK GEOGRAPHY $2,600 (Daily Double): The setting of plays like "Oedipus" & "Antigone", this Greek city shares its name with a capital city of Ancient Egypt Thebes |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Known for ruling Egypt in the 30s B.C., she was of Macedonian descent but still staked a claim as the new Isis on Earth Cleopatra |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | ANCIENT VIPs $400: Claiming divine descent, Hatshepsut was one of the few women to rule in Egypt as this Pharaoh |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | HISTORICAL FICTION $800: A novel of Ancient Egypt, "Thebes at War" by Naguib Mahfouz was originally published in this language in 1944 Arabic |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | "R"ELIGION $800: The cult of this 2-letter sun god of ancient Egypt reached its peak during the Old Kingdom around 2500 B.C. Ra |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | AFRICA $2000: Next to the ruins of Luxor & Thebes, this ancient temple complex is found on the east bank of the Nile River in upper Egypt Karnak |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | YOUR PARADE $1000: This Philadelphia New Year's parade is named for its costumed entertainers, a tradition dating to Ancient Egypt the Mummers Parade |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | THE WOMEN $1000: These 70' pillars in New York & London do date to Ancient Egypt yet have no historic connection to the woman they are named for Cleopatra's Needle |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | IN THAT COUNTRY $200: It is home to the Valley of the Kings & an ancient mortuary temple in Abydos Egypt |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | HISTORICAL NONFICTION $1600: "1177 B.C." marks the decline of this ancient North African empire following invasions by marauding "sea peoples" that year Egypt |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This queen of Egypt, Akhenaton's wife, was a symbol of fertility, bolstered by the 6 daughters she bore Nefertiti |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | MYTHOLOGICAL TRIOS $1600: A divine trio of Ancient Egypt was Osiris, Isis & this god, their son Horus |
| #8317, aired 2021-01-19 | ANCIENT MONUMENTS & RUINS $2000: A gift from Egypt, the obelisk on Paris's Place de la Concorde once marked the entrance to this temple in Thebes, not Vegas Luxor |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | ARCHAEOLOGISTS $400: "Pyramidiots" is the term Zahi Hawass of this country's antiquities council used for people who think aliens built ancient structures Egypt |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | A ROYAL PAIN $400: His mummy revealed that this "boy king" of Ancient Egypt had a cleft palate, foot deformities, malaria & a busted leg King Tut |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | RANKS & TITLES $400: From the Egyptian for "great house" came this term for any of the great & ancient rulers of Egypt pharaoh |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: Ranging from about 2600 to 1000 B.C., its 3 major kingdoms are termed the Old, the Middle & the New Egypt |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | THIS AMERICAN CITY $1600: Named for a capital of Ancient Egypt, this city is on a bluff on the Mississippi River's east bank Memphis |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Algebra was around in Ancient Egypt & shows up in the scroll known as the Rhind this, for the material it was written on Papyrus |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | I'M NOT WEARING ANY PANTS $600: Basically a belt plus a front flap, it was a simple garment for men in Ancient Egypt; Tarzan makes one from deerskin a loincloth |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $800: I'm walkin' in this capital of Ancient Egypt, founded around 3000 B.C., but do I really feel the way I feel? Memphis |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: In the 12th century B.C., hungry necropolis workers staged one of the earliest ones of these, demanding back pay a strike |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: Seen here is Nefertari, contemplating Senet, a popular one of these in ancient Egypt a board game |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1200: Before the one in Tennessee, there was this capital of ancient Egypt south of modern Cairo Memphis |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | ANCIENT EGYPT $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows three hieroglyphics on the monitor.) Here's an example of an ancient Egyptian blessing written in hieroglyphics--it shows us ankh, wedja, seneb, translated as this, prosperity, health life |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | ANCIENT EGYPT $6,000 (Daily Double): The United Nations displays a replica of one of the oldest of these, signed by Egyptians & Hittites a (peace) treaty |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | KINGS & QUEENS $200: This title was given to the rulers of ancient Egypt who were considered both monarchs & gods pharaohs |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Texas Beeworks in Austin, Texas.) Beekeeping was practiced in ancient Egypt where honey was important not just in everyday life, but in the afterlife; the 1922 discovery of this king's tomb included jars of honey, still edible 3,000 years later King Tut |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | WORLD OF WARCRAFT $800: A curved sword called the khopesh was a symbol of authority in this ancient civilization where Ramses II used one in battle Egypt |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | THE BOOK'S CENSORED EDITIONS $200: 1807's "The Family Shakespeare" changed some text & omitted this tale of 2 frisky lovers in ancient Egypt as unsuitable Antony and Cleopatra |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | A SCIENCE BOOK $1600: Subtitled "The Plant That Changed the World" in John Gaudet's study, this species was first widely used in ancient Egypt papyrus |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): The ancient world had 2 important cities named Thebes: one in Greece & one in this land Egypt |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | GETTING HISTORICAL $800: In this ancient practice, 4 separate jars were designated for the storage of different internal organs mummification |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | FALSE OR MISLEADING $1000: In ancient Egypt, one sign of royalty was a postiche, a metal false one of these a beard |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | THE PHARAOHS $400: At 9 he was the youngest pharaoh in history & his sarcophagus from the 1300s B.C. is a classic symbol of Ancient Egypt King Tut |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: During the reign of Egypt's Ptolemy II around 280 B.C., Sostratus completed this ancient wonder the Lighthouse at Alexandria |
| #7517, aired 2017-04-25 | DOG BREED NAMES $1000: This "royal dog of Egypt" was named for an ancient city in Arabia the saluki |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) After the death of Alexander the Great, his generals divided his empire into four kingdoms; Ptolemy I took over this one & founded its Ptolemaic Dynasty Egypt |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $2000: Zoomorphic gods of ancient Egypt included this canine-headed one, who was prominent during the old kingdom Anubis |
| #7404, aired 2016-11-17 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $2000: Menes is credited with unifying the upper & lower sections of this kingdom around the 3rd millennium B.C. Egypt |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | RISING $800: The myth of this unique bird rising from the ashes of its own funeral pyre dates back to ancient Egypt the phoenix |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | INTO AFRICA $400: Today, 83 million live in this ancient nation Egypt |
| #7299, aired 2016-05-12 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1000: In Ancient Egypt this unit was divided into 7 palms or 28 fingers a cubit |
| #7144, aired 2015-10-08 | MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN $2000: "Ancient Egypt & Cleopatra are really dazzling, Mr. Peabody;"
"Yes, and as the last ruler of this dynasty that was originally Greek..."
[Water splashes]
"...perhaps she's in denial" the Ptolemaic Dynasty |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: In 30 B.C. this co-ruler of Rome took his own life after Octavian reached Egypt Antony |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | POTPOURRI $600: This king of Ancient Egypt's 19th dynasty was known for his extensive building programs Ramses |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | BEYOND THE "C" $1000: Of limestone or pottery, these jars were used in Ancient Egypt to hold the internal organs of the mummified the canopic jars |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $400: Types of this calculating device using wires & sliding balls in a frame were used in Ancient Egypt & China an abacus |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: After this queen died in 30 B.C., Egypt fell under Roman domination Cleopatra |
| #6886, aired 2014-07-21 | IN THE AFRICAN COUNTRY $400: The ancient mortuary temple of Hatshepsut Egypt |
| #6884, aired 2014-07-17 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $1200: Also called a dung beetle, it was associated with the divine aspects of the early morning sun in Ancient Egypt scarab |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | PEAKS & VALLEYS $1600: The Valley of them was the burial site for most of the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt's New Kingdom the Kings |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $400: No. 1 is the inner coffin of Hornedjitef, an ancient priest of this kingdom, from the 3rd century B.C. Egypt |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | MEDICAL HISTORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us statues at the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.) The Hall of Immortals honors medical pioneers, like Madame Curie, ancient Egypt's Imhotep, &
of course, this man, born in Greece around 460 B.C. Hippocrates |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | SPACE-Y MUSIC $2000: A jazz musician whose costumes combined Ancient Egypt & science fiction:
____ Ra Sun |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | LET'S GET SIRIUS $1000: In Ancient Egypt Sirius was known as the Nile star or the star of this goddess Isis |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The Egyptians were the first known civilization to power boats using these, probably large leafy fronds on the bow sails |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map of Egypt on the monitor.) Egypt originally hugged the Nile River, but over the next 1,200 years, it gradually grew to cover an area reaching as far north as this river by the 1400s B.C. the Euphrates |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1200: During the Old Kingdom, Egyptians would paint their eyelids this color using malachite, an oxide of copper green |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1600: A Greek scholar named Callimachus wrote a bibliographical survey of the authors of the books held here the Alexandrian Library |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | ANCIENT EGYPT $2000: In some cases you could buy this guide for the departed "off the rack" & have a scribe fill in your name the Egyptian Book of the Dead |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | EGYPTIAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Home to an ancient wonder, it's Egypt's third-most populous city Giza |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | THE COLOR OF MONEY $600: A dark blue image of this spooky ancient riddler stares out from Egypt's 10-piastre note the Sphinx |
| #5900, aired 2010-04-16 | THE SHIELD $1000: Hoplites, ancient warriors of Thebes & other parts of this land, got their name from a shield called the hoplon Greece |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | APPAREL "L" $1000: These weren't just for a lord of the jungle; in Ancient Egypt, Amenhotep's chief architect was buried with 50 loincloths |
| #5655, aired 2009-03-20 | ARCHITECTURAL WORDS (& HINTS) $1000: Monumental temple gateway in ancient Egypt (also a Faulkner novel) (Bonus: & an orange traffic cone) a pylon |
| #5567, aired 2008-11-18 | THE WORLD OF SPORTS $800: Dating back to Ancient Egypt, this sport, also called kegling, can keep you in the gutter bowling |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt's 18th Dynasty dressed as a man so that she could remain this type of king a pharaoh |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE $400: The watermark on Egypt's 10-piastre bill is a statue of this ancient boy king Tutankhamun |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA $800: According to a play about her by Euripides, this woman did not spend the Trojan war at Troy but in Egypt Helen |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | YOU'RE IN DE-NILE $800: This ancient Greek historian called Egypt "the gift of the Nile" Herodotus |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | CATS $800: Shorthaired cats were derived from the caffre cat, which was domesticated by this ancient civilization Egypt |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $1600: In the 700s B.C., the Kingdom of Kush conquered this neighbor to the north, establishing its 25th dynasty Egypt |
| #5078, aired 2006-10-11 | EGYPTIAN HISTORY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew walks among the pyramids at Giza, Egypt.) The Egyptian period from about 2700 to 2200 B.C. is known as the Pyramid Age, or by this ancient name the Old Kingdom |
| #5072, aired 2006-10-03 | YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE $4,000 (Daily Double): He restored Thebes as capital of Ancient Egypt but is probably better known for being "discovered" in 1922 King Tut |
| #5067, aired 2006-09-26 | ANCIENT TALK $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew finds a clue engraved in hieroglyphs in Abu Simbel, Egypt.) This Egyptian word for "good" or "beautiful" came before "titi" & "tari" in the name of Egyptian women nefer |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Nile in Egypt.) The mud deposited by the Nile made ancient Egypt "kemet", black land; the desert was "deshret", meaning this red land |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: The Epigoni were the sons of the "7 against" this city who later succeeded where their dads had failed Thebes |
| #4979, aired 2006-04-13 | MELANCHOLY SITES OF FORMER GRANDEUR $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.) With more than 60 known tombs, the Valley of the Kings was part of this ancient city the Greeks called Diaspolis Thebes |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | CROCODILE ROCK $1600: The god Sobek of this ancient culture was often depicted as a crocodile wearing a headdress Ancient Egypt |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS $200: The animals were worshipped in ancient Egypt as they kept down the rat population cats |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a mummy display in Cairo, Egypt.) Considered the seat of thought & emotion, often, this organ was left inside the body cavity of Egyptian mummies the heart |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS $600: The ancient Greek historian Herodotus called Egypt "the gift of" this river the Nile |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Luxor, Egypt.) Way back in the 300s B.C., this conqueror restored the Temple at Luxor to what he claimed was its historic glory Alexander the Great |
| #4873, aired 2005-11-16 | AROUND THE WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.) The Aswan High Dam gave Egyptians control over this annual event that dominated ancient agriculture the flooding of the Nile |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | ANCIENT TIMES $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Karnak, Egypt.) Some columns at the temple to this god, whose name later includes the sun god Re or Ra are nearly 80 feet high Amon |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | OH, MY GODS! $800: If sometimes you feel like a "nut", check out Nut, a goddess of this ancient civilization Egypt |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: A Jan. 2005 scan of this pharaoh's mummy showed he wasn't killed by a blow to the head; it did reveal a leg fracture, however Tutankhamen |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: Hieratic is this script in cursive form hieroglyphics |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1200: The Egyptians called themselves Remetch, simply meaning this, like "Inuit" people |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in the foreground of the Sphinx and Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.) In a dream this falcon-headed son of Isis told Thutmose IV to clear the sand that buried the sphinx & he'd be king Horus |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $3,000 (Daily Double): Paradise in the Egyptian afterlife was in this god's
"field of reeds" Osiris |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | A VISIT TO ANCIENT EGYPT $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) Around 1500 B.C., after expelling Hyksos invaders, proud Egyptian rulers began the vast tomb area that we now call this the Valley of the Kings |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | A VISIT TO ANCIENT EGYPT $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from an exhibit in Cairo.) This mask is from Tut's tomb, which this British archaeologist found in 1922, saying everywhere the glint of gold (Howard) Carter |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | A VISIT TO ANCIENT EGYPT $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Giza.) This great pharaoh left his mark on Egypt in the form of temples & colossal statues of himself, like this fallen one Ramses II (or Ramses the Great) |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | A VISIT TO ANCIENT EGYPT $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from in front of a pyramid at Giza.) The King's Chamber in the tallest of the Great Pyramids still contains the sarcophagus of this ruler Cheops (or Khufu) |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | A VISIT TO ANCIENT EGYPT $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from in front of the Sphinx.) Created as a royal image, the Sphinx was was associated by the Greeks with a monster who riddles this tragic king Oedipus |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | ANCIENT STRUCTURES $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from ruins in Luxor, Egypt.) From the Greek for "pointed pillar", it's the term that describes this tribute to Queen Hatshepsut of the 1400s B.C. an obelisk |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | ANCIENT STRUCTURES $800: (Sarah of the clue crew reports by a pyramid in Giza, Egypt.) To get the right slope, pyramid builders used the seget, the amount they build out, for each of these biblical units going up a cubit |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | ANCIENT STRUCTURES $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Saqqara, Egypt with a step pyramid in the background.) Egypt's step pyramid, the world's oldest at 4,500 years, was designed by this architect, physician & sage Imhotep |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | HISTORIC WOMEN $200: As one of these in ancient Egypt, Peseshet was maybe the world's first woman to say, "Turn your head & Khufu" physician (or doctor) |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | THE GOD SQUAD $600: An ancient goddess of this civilization, Mut was depicted with a vulture's head Egypt |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | LIBRARIES $400: Most of the books in the ancient library at Alexandria in Egypt were in this language Greek |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | I'M "L__X" $1600: This city of east central Egypt is the southern half of the site of ancient Thebes Luxor |
| #4452, aired 2004-01-06 | HISTORIC NOVELS $400: Norman Mailer's "Ancient Evenings" is set in this country between the reigns of Ramses II & Ramses IX Egypt |
| #4445, aired 2003-12-26 | POTENTATES $400: Thutmose III, who lived in the 1400s B.C., is called the Napoleon of this ancient country Egypt |
| #4310, aired 2003-05-02 | TOP GODS $600: Amen to Ammon, the ram-headed ruler of heaven for this ancient civilization Egypt |
| #4234, aired 2003-01-16 | THE HISTORY CHANNEL $1200: The program seen here covered this real monarch of ancient Egypt, subject of a 2002 blockbuster film
Only now, over a century after its discovery, are Egyptologists beginning to understand its significance the Scorpion King |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | HERE'S TO WATER $2000: Archimedes invented this device used to irrigate the Nile valley in ancient Egypt; it's still used today Archimedes' screw |
| #4150, aired 2002-09-20 | HI THERE $600: In ancient times in this country, you might greet your mummy with "ak em hotep" Egypt |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: We know Carians were in Egypt from graffiti they carved into a big Ramses statue at this temple site Abu Simbel |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | THE LUNGS $200: Canopic jars were used to store the lungs of these preserved bodies in ancient Egypt mummies |
| #4044, aired 2002-03-14 | LIQUID $800: Ancient Egypt's 2 most important crops were wheat to make bread & barley to make this beer |
| #3958, aired 2001-11-14 | YE GODS! $500: Depicted as both a cobra & a lioness, the goddess Wadjet protected royal authority in this ancient land Egypt |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | EGYPT BEYOND THE PYRAMIDS $200: This teeming capital of today is found very near the site of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis Cairo |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | ANCIENT PLACES $600: This first capital of ancient Egypt was at the apex of the Nile delta Memphis |
| #3717, aired 2000-10-31 | PROFILES IN CARVAGE II $600: In Ancient Egypt this flaxen cloth was used to create the following (a mummy shown); Egypt didn't have cotton until later Linen |
| #3627, aired 2000-05-16 | ODD WORDS $200: Hieratica is the finest type of this writing material of ancient Egypt papyrus |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS $400 (Daily Double): "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" is among the few movies set in the present day to win this award Costume Design |
| #3365, aired 1999-04-02 | ARCHITECTURE $1,000 (Daily Double): 524 firms competed to design a new library at this city to recall the ancient one Alexandria, Egypt |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $300: A province of ancient Egypt, or a city in modern Alaska Nome |
| #3069, aired 1997-12-25 | ODD WORDS $400: Byssus is the name of the fine cloth used to keep these under wraps in ancient Egypt mummies |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: There was no ceremony for this; it was just formalized when a man & a woman formed a household marriage |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: In ancient times this river branched into 5 & maybe up to 16 routes into the Mediterranean; today it has 2 Nile |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: A 3"-tall ivory figure found in Abydos is the only known image of this Great Pyramid king Cheops (Khufu) |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: The name of this land to the south of Ancient Egypt may be from the word nub, "gold", or nob, "slave" Nubia |
| #3065, aired 1997-12-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: Ancient Egypt's capital for centuries, its ruins supplied the stones used to build Cairo Memphis |
| #3055, aired 1997-12-05 | CLEOPATRA $400: This animal that spelled the end for Cleo was a symbol of divine royalty in ancient Egypt Asp |
| #3009, aired 1997-10-02 | THAT'S A WRAP! $100: They're the embalmed, cloth-wrapped bodies of ancient Egypt; some of them were daddies Mummies |
| #2981, aired 1997-07-14 | ANCIENT ROME $100: In 48 B.C., while pursuing Pompey into Egypt, this Roman dictator met Cleopatra Julius Caesar |
| #2926, aired 1997-04-28 | RIVERS $100: Ancient Greek historian Herodotus said, "Egypt is the gift of" this river the Nile |
| #2926, aired 1997-04-28 | ANCIENT NEWS BULLETINS $200: This 18-year-old boy king of Egypt to be buried in a 220-pound solid gold coffin; hieroglyphics at 11 King Tut |
| #2899, aired 1997-03-20 | ANCIENT LIFE $500: The chew stick of ancient Egypt was a primitive form of this modern hygienic implement Toothbrush |
| #2867, aired 1997-02-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This boy emperor of Egypt's 18th dynasty returned the capital to Thebes Tutankhamen |
| #2867, aired 1997-02-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: This 2-wheeled military vehicle was introduced to Egypt from Asia in the 2nd millennium B.C. Chariot |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Cheops' father, Snefru, had the first true one of these structures built at Dahshur Pyramids |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The body of this wife of Akhenaten has never been found, but her bust is in Berlin Nefertiti |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: Imported from Punt, this sacred incense carried by the Magi was used for embalming Myrrh |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: Women used galena & later kohl as this part of their makeup kit Eye Makeup (eyeliner, mascara) |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1,000 (Daily Double): This flower was the symbol of rebirth & of the god Re Lotus |
| #2847, aired 1997-01-07 | EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY $100: Many of these lion-bodied statues were found in ancient Egypt; the most famous is at Giza Sphinxes |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: This famous stone discovered in 1799 allowed Young & Champollion to decipher hieroglyphics The Rosetta Stone |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The step one of these monuments at Saqqara was first conceived as a rectangular mastaba Pyramid |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: This plant whose stems were used to make writing material was called ptef by the ancient Egyptians Papyrus |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: When Osiris was slain by Seth, this goddess gathered most of the pieces of his body & reformed him Isis |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: The Valley of the Kings lies on the western bank of the Nile opposite this ancient capital Thebes |
| #2748, aired 1996-07-10 | FOOD FACTS $400: Buisson is a method of arranging food to resemble this structure associated with Ancient Egypt a pyramid |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | FURNITURE $500: The use of this, this decorative wood glued to a backing of ordinary wood, goes back to ancient Egypt veneer |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | SCI-FI FILMS $300: James Spader & Kurt Russell pass through a portal to a land reminiscent of ancient Egypt in this 1994 film Stargate |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | FICTION $200: Norman Mailer's novel "Ancient Evenings" is set in this ancient country Egypt |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: An essential feature of this embalming process was desiccation by means of dry natron mummifying |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Ancient Egyptians made this potent potable by soaking bread in water & fermenting the mixture beer |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: This famous queen was replaced by her daughter as Akhenaten's principal wife Nefertiti |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Hieroglyphics were Greek to scholars until this 1799 discovery supplied Greek equivalents The Rosetta Stone |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: The pyramid of Menkaure was the last of the major 3 built at this site southwest of modern Cairo Giza |
| #2657, aired 1996-03-05 | CHEMISTRY $400: The name of this gas, NH3, goes back to ancient Egypt, where it was part of the salt of Ammon Ammonia |
| #2651, aired 1996-02-26 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: This second king of Egypt's fourth dynasty built one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World Cheops |
| #2608, aired 1995-12-27 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: Since ancient times peridot has been mined on the island of Zabarjad off the coast of Egypt in this sea the Red Sea |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $300: The June bug, a type of this insect, is related to the Scarab of ancient Egypt a beetle |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | HISTORY $500: This capital of Ancient Egypt was first known as the White Wall Memphis |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $100: The pharaoh Hound originated in this country during the time of the pharaohs Egypt |
| #2475, aired 1995-05-12 | ARCHITECTURAL TERMS $400: The sarcophagal chamber was deep beneath a mastaba, a tomb of this ancient civilization Egypt |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $1,000 (Daily Double): Mut, a sky goddess of this ancient African civilization, is sometimes represented as a vulture Egypt |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | FURNITURE $200: In ancient Egypt some of these sloped downward & a footboard kept the sleeper from falling out bed |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | THE OCCULT $400: Stone beetle that was a talisman in Ancient Egypt a scarab |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: The first of these structures was created by placing series of mastabas atop each other pyramid |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The Ancient Egyptians used this plant to make rope & sails as well as writing material papyrus |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: This salad green was part of the rituals of the god Seth & was thought to have magical properties lettuce |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: The Restoration Stela gives an account of this young pharaoh's efforts to stabilize the government Tutankhamun |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: The statues of this pharaoh at Abu Simbel are more than 65 feet tall Ramses |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS $200: Though there are about 75 of these, some lists only include one of them the Pyramids (of Egypt) |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: This country's 28th dynasty had just one ruler: Amyrtaeus Egypt |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: This Old Kingdom capital of Egypt was originally named Hikouptah Memphis |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? $100: Imhotep of this ancient civilization is honored as the first doctor known by name Egypt |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: A type of this potent potable made from barley was the favorite beverage of ancient Egypt beer |
| #2286, aired 1994-07-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: This city was the capital of Egypt's Old Kingdom & later, the seat of the Persian governors Memphis |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | CATS $500: Though named for Ancient Ethiopia, it may have been the sacred cat of Ancient Egypt the Abyssinian |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: The Egyptians called their country Kemet, or "black land", after the dark soil deposited by this river the Nile |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: More than 600 picture symbols were used in this form of writing adopted by the Egyptians around 3000 B.C. hieroglyphics |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: Founded by Ptolemy I, this city's library contained over 400,000 papyrus scrolls Alexandria |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The name of this wife of Akhenaton means "the beautiful woman has come" Nefertiti |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1,000 (Daily Double): On Sept. 2, 31 B.C., Antony & Cleopatra lost the Battle of this Greek promontory to Octavian Actium |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Abu al-Hawl, the Arabic name for this famous recumbent statue at Giza, means "father of terror" the Sphinx |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Soon after the death of Cleopatra in 30 B.C., Egypt became a province of this empire Rome |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: 2 of the most popular foods in ancient Egypt, or what the queen was eating in "Sing a Song of Sixpence" bread and honey |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: This "book" contains spells that were supposed to help the deceased in the afterlife the Book of the Dead |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: Egyptians painted the area below their eyes this color with a paste made from ground malachite green |
| #2167, aired 1994-01-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: There were 2 ancient cities of Thebes. 1 in Greece & 1 here Egypt |
| #2099, aired 1993-10-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This country's first known pyramid was built for King Zoser at Saqqarah around 2650 B.C. Egypt |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: After conquering Tyre in 332 B.C., he went to Egypt & was crowned pharaoh Alexander the Great |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS $200: c. 650 A.D. Arabs invading Egypt stole the upper blocks from these monuments to construct new buildings the pyramids |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: Bandaging & adding amulets were finishing touches in this preservation process mummification |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Ironically, the longest tomb in this famous valley is that of a queen--Queen Hatshepsut the Valley of the Kings |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: Both men & women wore clothes made of this fabric, woven so finely it was transparent linen |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Ptolemy XV was probably the son of this Roman Julius Caesar |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: This Egyptian mother goddess is often depicted wearing cow horns on her head Isis |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | MYTHOLOGY $100: Buto, a snake goddess of this ancient civilization, is often shown with papyrus Egypt |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | FASHION HISTORY $500: A rectangular mantle called a himation was fashionable in this ancient civilization Greece |
| #1937, aired 1993-01-26 | ANCIENT CITIES $200: Now Egypt's second- largest city, over 2,000 years ago it was the capital Alexandria |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: Papyrologists learn more about Ancient Egypt by studying texts written on this material papyrus |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Egyptian men often wore these skirts, but they weren't plaid like the Scottish ones kilts |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: Egyptians loved to drink this brew, which they made by fermenting half-baked bread beer |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Callimachus, a Greek scholar, compiled the bibliography for this great ancient library the Library at Alexandria |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: This goddess hid her son Horus until he was old enough to avenge the murder of his father, Osiris Isis |
| #1918, aired 1992-12-30 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $400: By the 3rd dynasty Memphis had become the preeminent city of this country Egypt |
| #1879, aired 1992-11-05 | DOLLS $100: Wooden dolls shaped like paddles have been found in this country's ancient tombs—tut, tut Egypt |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | ANCIENT TIMES $100: 1 of this country's temples of Abu Simbel was dedicated to Nefertari & the goddess Hathor Egypt |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: It was the Greek historian Herodotus who nicknamed Egypt "the gift of" this river the Nile |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: It's believed that this boy king's Vizier Ay, not only succeeded him, but married his widow King Tut |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: When Julius Caesar was murdered in 44 BC this queen was living in one of his villas in Rome Cleopatra |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: His son Khafre's pyramid is almost as big as his Cheops |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: This jackal-headed god was worshipped at Canopolis, which means "dog city" Anubis |
| #1835, aired 1992-07-17 | NOVELS $600: This Pulitzer Prize winner set his 1983 novel "Ancient Evenings" in Ancient Egypt Norman Mailer |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Reigning in Egypt from 51-30 B.C., she was the seventh queen to bear this name Cleopatra |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Akhenaton's son-in-law, his life was short & his tomb was long hidden (King) Tut |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: When the star Sirius reappeared in the sky, the Egyptians noticed this annual event followed the flooding of the Nile |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: Horus & Ra were depicted with the head of this bird a falcon (or hawk) |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: The Coffin Texts evolved into this book the Book of the Dead |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Usually, hieroglyphs were carved in stone & hieratic writing was done by pen on this papyrus |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The ancient Egyptians called their leader "Pr-O", which turned into this in the Bible the Pharaoh |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: For a while she ruled with her son Caesarion Cleopatra |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: During the Old Kingdom this god of fertility became the god of the underworld Osiris |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $2,800 (Daily Double): At the end of the Old Kingdom the capital moved from Memphis to this southern city Thebes |
| #1710, aired 1992-01-24 | HOMOPHONES $500: A card game from the 1600s that's still played, or an ancient king of Egypt faro/pharaoh |
| #1687, aired 1991-12-24 | FEATHERED FRIENDS $300: The sacred ibis of Africa was revered by this ancient civilization & was a symbol of the god Thoth Egypt |
| #1665, aired 1991-11-22 | RELIGION $800: In this ancient civilization the king was thought to be Horus incarnate Egypt |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400 (Daily Double): The last person in the Ptolemaic line who ruled Egypt Cleopatra |
| #1627, aired 1991-10-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: This country's 28th dynasty consisted of a single king, Amyrtaeus of Sais Egypt |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Homer spoke of the wealth of this hundred-gated capital of ancient Egypt Thebes |
| #1574, aired 1991-06-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: King Thutmose IV was probably the first to clear the accumulated sand off this monument the Sphinx |
| #1574, aired 1991-06-06 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Anubis was the god of this mummification process that kept you in good shape after expiring embalming |
| #1557, aired 1991-05-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: In about 3100 B.C., King Menes united this country, forming the world's first national government Egypt |
| #1492, aired 1991-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Lisht near Memphis was the capital during this country's 12th Dynasty Egypt |
| #1429, aired 1990-11-15 | ANCIENT VIPs $600: Amenhotep IV of Egypt changed his name to this because he was so devoted to the god Aton Akhenaten |
| #1412, aired 1990-10-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: This queen & wife of Akhenaten bore 6 daughters; 2 of them became queens of Egypt Nefertiti |
| #1406, aired 1990-10-15 | BEARDS $200: Ancient kings & queens of this country wore false beards as a symbol of royalty Egypt |
| #1394, aired 1990-09-27 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: In 712 B.C. a Nubian king conquered this civilization & established its 25th dynasty Egypt |
| #9, aired 1990-08-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2500: Cambyses II of this country ruled Egypt during its 27th dynasty Persia |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | BALD IS BEAUTIFUL $400: In this ancient society, boys had their heads shaved except for a lock on one side Egypt |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: It was made by cutting the pith of a plant into strips & beating them together into sheets papyrus |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Excerpts from this book were often inscribed on the outside of a coffin lid Book of the Dead |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: Capital during the old kingdom, almost none of it has survived Memphis |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Deir El-Medina was the company town for workers building tombs here the Valley of the Kings |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: When Alexander died, this man, one of his generals, gained control of Egypt Ptolemy |
| #1251, aired 1990-01-29 | THE NILE $200: It's what the ancient Greek historian Herodotus called "the gift of the Nile" Egypt |
| #1250, aired 1990-01-26 | MYTHOLOGY $600: In ancient Egypt the god called "Khepera" at dawn & "Atum" in the evening was known by this name at noon Ra |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: After the death of Cleopatra Egypt became a province of this empire the Roman Empire |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | TECHNOLOGY $200: The 1st & tallest lighthouse ever, 1 of 7 Ancient Wonders of the World, was built in this country Egypt |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Starting around 550 B.C. this empire conquered the Medes, the Lydians, the Chaldeans & Egypt the Persians |
| #1205, aired 1989-11-24 | MAGIC $200: Performed in ancient Egypt, this oldest sleight-of-hand routine uses cups & these balls |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): 2 famous cities, one in Greece, the other a capital of ancient Egypt, were both named this Thebes |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | HISTORY $400: From Menes to the Ptolemys, this country had more kings than any other in ancient history Egypt |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY $600: This sun god, the main god of Ancient Egypt, became the official deity of the pharaohs Amun-Ra |
| #1099, aired 1989-05-18 | STARTS WITH "B" $300: In Ancient Egypt both kings & queens wore false metal ones as a sign of sovereignty beards |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | SPELLING $500: The "picture writing" of Ancient Egypt H-I-E-R-O-G-L-Y-P-H-I-C-S |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: These structures were always built in the desert, & always on the west bank of the Nile pyramids |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: The Egyptians were the 1st to use these to power boats, saving the strokers from strokes sails |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: Based on the flooding of the Nile each June, the Egyptians developed a calendar of this many days 365 |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Since timber was in short supply, the wood of cedar trees was imported from this country Lebanon |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: When the Ptolemies started ruling Egypt about 305 B.C., they made this city the capital Alexandria |
| #1080, aired 1989-04-21 | RULERS $400: Pepi II, who ruled this ancient country for 94 yrs., supposedly had the longest reign recorded in history Egypt |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: Macedonian-born Ptolemy I served as a general under this man before becoming king of Egypt Alexander |
| #1074, aired 1989-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: After Cleopatra's death in 30 B.C., Egypt became a province of this ruling nation Rome |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $1000: Once considered sacred in Ancient Egypt, this wading bird is no longer found along the Nile the ibis |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: Like Emily Post & Eleanor Roosevelt, Ptah Hotep wrote on this subject etiquette |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: The Ancient Egyptians tried special formulas to restore this; if only the FDA approved Rogaine earlier hair |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: Menes, the 1st king of the 1st Dynasty, founded this capital city near present day Cairo Memphis |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Thutmose I was the 1st to build his tomb here Valley of the Kings |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1,000 (Daily Double): In 332 B.C. he took possession of Egypt without a struggle Alexander (the Great) |
| #1042, aired 1989-02-28 | PERSIA $400: The palace at ancient Susa was built with silver from Egypt & cedars from this land Lebanon |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: This term for the king came into use during the New Kingdom; before that it referred to the palace pharaoh |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: World Book calls it Ancient Egypt's most popular beverage - -they were such party animals beer |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: Of the British Museum, the Egyptian Museum or in his tomb, where King Tut's body now rests King Tut's tomb |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: Found in 1799, this black basalt slab was the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics Rosetta Stone |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: Akhenhaten's wife; her name meant "the beautiful one comes", something said at her birth Nefertiti |
| #964, aired 1988-11-10 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: The place in Egypt where Jacob settled was known to the Hebrews as the Land o' ...this Goshen |
| #944, aired 1988-10-13 | WORLD HISTORY $400: King Menes, who unified the upper & lower regions of this ancient country, was killed by a hippopotamus Egypt |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | ANCIENT WORLDS $600: Fencers in ancient Egypt wore this piece of equipment tied to their wigs mask |
| #862, aired 1988-05-10 | DOLLS $300: Dating back to Ancient Egypt, dolls stuffed with this reed have been found along the Nile papyrus |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $100: Instead of growing them, pharaohs wore phalse ones one their phaces beards |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Among the things found in his tomb in 1922 were whips,fans, lots of great jewelry, & a gold mask Tutankhamun |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: The pharaohs claimed to be sons of this sun god Ra |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: This city known for its library was built around the Egyptian town of Rhakotis Alexandria |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: Saved from the waters of Lake Nasser, the Temple of Dendur was rebuilt inside this U.S. museum the Metropolitan Museum |
| #822, aired 1988-03-15 | FORMER CAPITALS $400: Tradition says this 1st capital of Ancient Egypt was founded by its 1st king, Menes Memphis |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Oldest evidence of man's use of iron is some beads from 4000 B.C. found at Giza in this country Egypt |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: From 51-30 B.C., this queen ruled along with 3 different Ptolemys Cleopatra |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Carved out of rock, this Giza landmark has the body of a lion the sphinx |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $800: Based on coffin & pyramid texts, it's a guide for the departed man the Book of the Dead |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1000: He began as the local god of Heliopolis before becoming the major sun god Ra |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $2,000 (Daily Double): In 212 A.D., with few exceptions, the entire population was granted citizenship in this the Roman Empire |
| #751, aired 1987-12-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Manetho chronicled 30 dynasties of rulers of this ancient land Egypt |
| #674, aired 1987-07-09 | GOLD $600: In ancient times, this country's Nubian Desert mines were the world's main source of gold Egypt |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | INVENTIONS $200: Inspired by wooden versions made in Ancient Egypt, Cyrus Yale made 1st cylinder type of this in 1848 a lock |
| #654, aired 1987-06-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Menes, who ruled some 3000 years B.C., was first known king of this country Egypt |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $500: From a Latin word meaning "2 pans", this weighing device was used as early as ancient Egypt balance |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | ANCIENT WORLDS $300: Used in Egypt as early as 3000 B.C., it was the only sweetener for most of Europe until 16th century honey |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $600 (Daily Double): So the library in Pergamum would not grow as big as Alexandria's, Egypt forbade export of this material papyrus |
| #560, aired 1987-01-30 | BEES $200: As early as 3500 B.C., bees were domesticated in this ancient African civilization Egypt |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | EGYPT $100: While the pharaohs built ancient wonders, Ferdinand de Lesseps built this "modern" one the Suez Canal |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | CATS & DOGS $100: In ancient Egypt, this was the punishment for one who stole, or killed, even by accident, a cat death |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | THEATER $200: Ancient Mediterranean civilization where most theater performers were slaves Rome |
| #412, aired 1986-04-08 | DOLLS $400: In ancient Egypt, dolls were buried with adult males to serve as these in the afterlife concubines (their spouse or sex partners) |
| #385, aired 1986-02-28 | RAW MATERIALS $400: In Ancient Egypt, people slept on pillows made of this & were out like a light as soon as their head hit it stone |
| #365, aired 1986-01-31 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Of the 80 known to have been built in Egypt, all sit with corners oriented to the 4 compass points the Pyramids |
| #300, aired 1985-11-01 | INTERIOR DECORATING $100: The use of tables comes from this ancient land, 'cause things fall off of pyramids Egypt |
| #186, aired 1985-05-27 | PETS $300: In Ancient Egypt, one was subject to death penalty for killing this sacred animal a cat |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | ANCIENT HISTORY $100: Though an ethnic Macedonian, she was the most famous queen of Egypt Cleopatra |
| #78, aired 1984-12-26 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Ancient Egypt boy king King Tut |
| #68, aired 1984-12-12 | ANCIENT WORLDS $200: Its people called it "kemet", color of black, from land after flooding by Nile Egypt |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Africa's northernmost country, it was once site of ancient Carthaginian empire Tunisia |
