#9017, aired 2024-01-16 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: Ancient geoglyphs of animals & figures, known by this name, were etched into the arid Pampa Colorada Plain of Peru more than 2,000 years ago the Nazca Lines |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | GEOGRAPHY & A LITTLE MATH $1000: "As" + a Middle Eastern country = this ancient empire Assyria |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | GREEK GEOGRAPHY $800: Thessaloniki is the capital city of Central this region, also the name of Philip II's ancient kingdom Macedonia |
#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 |
#8900, aired 2023-06-23 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $2000: This temple complex on the right bank of the Nile occupies part of the site of the ruins of ancient Thebes Karnak |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1200: Ancient Mesopotamia was the land "between rivers", these 2 to be exact the Tigris & the Euphrates |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1200: Ancient Mesopotamian city of 3500 B.C., in ruins today & known as Tell el-Muqayyar Ur |
#8271, aired 2020-11-02 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1200: In ancient times this capital of Jordan was one of several settlements called Philadelphia Amman |
#8204, aired 2020-04-16 | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $2,400 (Daily Double): Rich in fossils, these 4-letter mountains shared with Switzerland gave their name to an ancient dino-heavy period the Jura Mountains |
#8181, aired 2020-03-16 | NORTH KOREAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The ancient capital of the legendary Tangun Dynasty that founded the Korean state; today it's a city of over 3 million Pyongyang |
#8001, aired 2019-05-27 | POETIC GEOGRAPHY $1600: In "Sailing to" this ancient city today known as Istanbul, Yeats sought the comfort of past ages Byzantium |
#7742, aired 2018-04-17 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY $4,000 (Daily Double): The site of a temple to Apollo & an ancient oracle, this city was located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus Delphi |
#7543, aired 2017-05-31 | JAPANESE GEOGRAPHY $1200: "Ku" is Japanese for 9; in ancient times, this island had 9 provinces--today, it has 7 prefectures Kyushu |
#7130, aired 2015-09-18 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Dating back to the 700s B.C., the ruins of this ancient city can be found outside Tunis Carthage |
#6147, aired 2011-05-10 | HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Stretching from the Taurus Mountains in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, with its heart between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers, is this ancient region, home to the world's first cities Mesopotamia |
#6038, aired 2010-12-08 | EGYPTIAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Home to an ancient wonder, it's Egypt's third-most populous city Giza |
#5074, aired 2006-10-05 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: This ancient city is the capital of Greece Athens |
#4827, aired 2005-09-13 | MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY $600: The name of this North African city means "three cities" & refers to the ancient cities of Oea, Sabrata & Leptis Major Tripoli |
#4744, aired 2005-03-31 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: The Salt Lake Valley was once a part of the basin of this ancient lake Lake Bonneville |
#4456, aired 2004-01-12 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: In ancient times this city in Campania was called Neapolis Naples |
#3792, aired 2001-02-13 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: In ancient times, this "mother" river of Russia was known as the Rha Volga |
#3059, aired 1997-12-11 | SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $300: The area between the Uruguay & Parana Rivers, or the ancient region between the Tigris & Euphrates Mesopotamia |
#2834, aired 1996-12-19 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $500: The ancient poets of India called this longest river of Pakistan "King River" Indus |
#2650, aired 1996-02-23 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $400: The modern term for this area on the east coast of the Mediterranean is from the ancient "Land of the Philistines" Palestine |
#2649, aired 1996-02-22 | CARTOGRAPHY $600: This ancient Alexandrian's "Geography" was used by Renaissance mapmakers Ptolemy |
#2600, aired 1995-12-15 | GEOGRAPHY $800: The ancient Babylonians lived in Mesopotamia. most of which now lies in this country Iraq |
#2553, aired 1995-10-11 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Calpe was the ancient name for this rocky promontory at the tip of the Iberian Peninsula Gibraltar |
#2412, aired 1995-02-14 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: In ancient times, this Italian river was known as the Eridanus & the Padus the Po |
#2193, aired 1994-03-02 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: Just as its ancient Middle Eastern namesake lay between 2 rivers, so does this subregion of north Argentina Mesopotamia |
#1849, aired 1992-09-24 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: Jubayl, Lebanon is the site of this ancient city whose name gave us the word Bible Byblos |
#1788, aired 1992-05-13 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: The ancient land of Nubia was located mostly in what is now this country, not far from Khartoum Sudan |
#1768, aired 1992-04-15 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: This largest Utah lake is a remnant of the ancient freshwater Lake Bonneville the Great Salt Lake |
#1665, aired 1991-11-22 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $300: The ancient name of this Italian industrial city was Mediolanum Milan |
#1416, aired 1990-10-29 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $100: Geographers still use this ancient name for the peninsula occupied by Spain & Portugal Iberia |
#1270, aired 1990-02-23 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: The name of this great ancient city can be applied to any wicked & wealthy place Babylon |
#1196, aired 1989-11-13 | ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY $200: Carthage has almost been destroyed; you can find what's left of it in a suburb of this Tunisian capital Tunis |
#1196, aired 1989-11-13 | ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY $400: Cuzco, capital of the Incan empire, is still the capital of Cuzco province in this country Peru |
#1196, aired 1989-11-13 | ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY $600: If you wanted to hang around at the site of Babylon's famous gardens, you'd now have to go to this country Iraq |
#1196, aired 1989-11-13 | ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY $800: The Pale & what was beyond it referred to the medieval dominions of England in this country Ireland |
#1196, aired 1989-11-13 | ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Alexander the Great led his troops as far east as the Hyphasis, now the Beas, river in this country India |
#1102, aired 1989-05-23 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Ancient Egyptians never lived in this city near the Nile delta; Moslems founded it in 969 A.D. Cairo |
#1084, aired 1989-04-27 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: The ancient Mayan city of Uxmal is on this Mexican peninsula Yucatan |
#1030, aired 1989-02-10 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: Alphabetically last of all the countries in the world, it was named for an ancient stone city Zimbabwe |
#992, aired 1988-12-20 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: The whirlpool off Messina, Sicily, now called Galofalo, was known as this in ancient times Charybdis |
#968, aired 1988-11-16 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $600: Ancient village in Mexico known for the temples and pyramids the Mayans made of brick and stone Chichen Itza |
#737, aired 1987-11-17 | GEOGRAPHY $400: This Yugoslavian republic covers part of and shares its name with Alexander the Great's ancient home Macedonia |
#61, aired 1984-12-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Africa's northernmost country, it was once site of ancient Carthaginian empire Tunisia |