| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Now it's a structure where Olympic events are held; in early ancient Olympics, it was the 600-foot distance of the only event, a footrace a stadium |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Cultivation of this fruit dates back at least to the very pre-Columbian Mokaya people & it stood for the 14th month on the Maya calendar the avocado |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: The Israelites' foes in the Book of Judges, these people were brought under Assyrian control by around 800 B.C. the Philistines |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: The Southern or Shan-Yang part of this waterway may date from the 500s B.C.; the adjective-worthy part wasn't dug until much later the Grand Canal |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Their name sounds like they wielded a reaping blade, but this people wowed ancient Asia with their riding prowess the Scythians |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: It's thought Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang died after ingesting this liquid element that he believed would make him immortal mercury |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Crimes punishable by death in this 282-law collection included robbery, false accusation & priestesses drinking with commoners the Code of Hammurabi |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: In "Meditations" this Roman emperor reminds himself not to be irritated at other people's bad breath: "That's the way his mouth is" Marcus Aurelius |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Praising the defense of democracy, Pericles' funeral oration of 431 B.C. was given for soldiers fallen in this conflict the Peloponnesian War |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: The Pyramids of Meroë in modern-day Sudan were built in the land of this 4-letter ancient kingdom Kush |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NUMERICAL PLACE NAMES $400: This north African capital's name reflects its history as one of 3 ancient neighboring cities Tripoli |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | THE HISTORY CHANNEL $1600: Around the 1850s archaeologists unearthed the great library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, capital of this ancient empire the Assyrians |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | BACK TO SCHOOL $800: History: This one of the 7 Ancient Wonders was said to be laid out on several brick terraces & 75 feet above the ground the Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 4 LETTERS, ENDS IN "Y" $2000: This ancient scholar wrote a 142-volume history of Rome that includes accounts of the battles against Hannibal Livy |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | WE'VE GOT HISTORY $1200: Greek for "upright slab", this type of decorated or inscribed stone marker was common in the ancient world a stele |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | THE BOOK OF ROMANS $2000: This 4-letter abbreviation of a Roman slogan is the title of Mary Beard's bestselling history of ancient Rome SPQR |
| #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 |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Elis, an ancient Greek polis, or this hyphenated type of community, won a struggle for control of the Olympic games city-state |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: This age began in Britain around 2500 B.C., led by the Beaker people named for vessels like the one here the Bronze Age |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Mental Floss summed up the difference: "Neanderthals are more primitive but stronger"; these prehistoric humans "are us" Cro-Magnons |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: In the 1300s B.C. the empire of this Indo-European people established itself in Syria, making the Egyptians see them as a rival the Hittites |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | ANCIENT VIPs $1200: Though better known as "The Father of History", some critics called him "The Father of Lies" Herodotus |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | BETTER MOMENTS IN HISTORY $600: In the 1820s Jean-François Champollion deciphered the hieroglyphs on this ancient object found in 1799 the Rosetta Stone |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | A LITTLE HISTORY $1600: Many of Shakespeare's history plays were based on the "Lives" of this ancient Greek Plutarch |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Sparking a revolt, the Roman slave & gladiator Spartacus & many others escaped in 73 B.C. & first took refuge on this volcano (Mount) Vesuvius |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Consulting the oracle at this site was opened wide with the destruction of the nearby town of Krisa, which taxed visitors Delphi |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: This festival commemorates a Jewish victory over Seleucid forces around 165 B.C. & the rededication of the temple Hanukkah |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: A noted military use of these animals was by Pyrrhus at the Battle of Heraclea in 280 B.C.; they freaked out the Roman horses elephants |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): In the 2nd millennium B.C., these seafarers had cities or colonies from the Eastern Mediterranean to North Africa the Phoenicians |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | HISTORICAL NONFICTION $400: "Milk of Paradise: A History of" this drug examines its use & abuse from ancient times up to our own opium |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | GROUPS IN HISTORY $400: Around 300 B.C. this common class of ancient Romans gained equal rights with the patricians the plebeians |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | HISTORY BOOKS $800: From the ancient Maya to the 21st century, "The Smoke of the Gods" is Eric Burns' history of this plant & its effects upon society tobacco |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Ptolemy & Antigonus were generals of this man whose empire was divided up after his death in 323 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: The philosopher Anaximander was credited with making an early world map & one of these time-telling devices around 560 B.C. a sundial |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Secretary to emperor Hadrian, Suetonius had access to the imperial archives & wrote "The 12" these rulers Caesars |
| #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 |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The ancient Assyrian capital of Nineveh was located at the intersection of trade routes on this river the Tigris |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: This formation of soldiers overlapping their shields was vulnerable from its flanks, as the Macedonians found in the Battle of Pydna the phalanx |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Beginning around 1200 B.C. in what is today Mexico, this people built the 1st major pre-Columbian civilization in Mesoamerica the Olmecs |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Seen here is a depiction of this great guy, the ruler of the Persian Empire who defeated the Babylonians in 539 B.C. Cyrus (II the Great) |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | HISTORY ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS $200: The ancient "Father of History" aka "Father of Lies", Herodotus said in India, ants bigger than foxes dig for this precious metal gold |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | HISTORY ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS $400: Herodotus wrote that this ancient capital on the Euphrates was so big it had 100 gates (it had 8) Babylon |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: From the Latin for "sword" comes this word for arena fighters of ancient Rome gladiators |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 279 B.C. the Celts attacked this sacred site in Greece on the slope of Mount Parnassus; should have seen that coming the Oracle at Delphi |
| #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 |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Darius III was the last king of the Achaemenid Dynasty of this mighty empire the Persians |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: It's the name for the pyramidal stepped temples of Babylon that may have inspired the story of the Tower of Babel ziggurats |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | HISTORY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Tradition says here's the roughly 25-mile route Pheidippides ran in 490 B.C., bringing news of victory to Athens from this plain whose name is known beyond ancient history Marathon |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | HISTORY OF HUNGARY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from , Szentendre, Hungary at the Hungarian Open Air Museum.) The ancient pagan goddess
Boldogasszony was merged with this woman who became the country's patroness at the instigation of its first king in 1038 the Virgin Mary |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Around 1500 B.C. the kings who ruled from the city of Knossos on this Greek island dominated the Aegean Crete |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: A half cocoon discovered in Shanxi Province in 1926 is evidence of Chinese cultivation of this fabric 6,000 years ago silk |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: Dating back to the 3rd Millenium B.C., the Iranian city of Rayy was sacked by Mongols in 1220 & the survivors moved to this new capital Tehran |
| #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 |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Plutarch wrote that the same day Alexander the Great was born, this temple, a wonder of the world, burned in Ephesus the Temple of Artemis |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | AFTER LIFE $2000: Ancient author of "From the Foundation of the City", a history of Rome in 142 volumes Livy |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $2000: In ancient Athens Solon's code of laws replaced the harsher one, said to be written in blood, by this lawgiver Draco |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | BOOKS ABOUT ANCIENT HISTORY $400: "The Fall of Athens" is the 37th & final chapter in Donald Kagan's book named for this war the Peloponnesian |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | BOOKS ABOUT ANCIENT HISTORY $800: This Punic city "Must Be Destroyed" covers its epic battle with Rome Carthage |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | BOOKS ABOUT ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: "The Story of a Sacred Landscape" is the subtitle of a history of this ancient monument on Salisbury Plain Stonehenge |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | BOOKS ABOUT ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: A history of this 2-letter Sumerian city is subtitled "The City of the Moon God" Ur |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $400: Protected on 3 sides by mountains, this Greek city-state not big on luxury was on the bank of the Eurotas River Sparta |
| #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 |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $1200: Noted for his wisdom, this B.C. ruler organized Ancient Israel into 12 districts, appointing his own gov. for each one Solomon |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $1600: Newsflash, 338 B.C.! I'm hearing Philip II, ruler of this land, has taken Greece & I, for one, welcome our new overlord Macedonia |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $4,000 (Daily Double): Gaius Julius Vindex rebelled against this emperor after seeing him "playing pregnant women & slaves" on stage Nero |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | HISTORY $2000: In ancient Rome if you were free but non-aristocratic, say a baker or an artisan, you were in this class a plebeian |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | NOT-SO-ANCIENT HISTORY $400: In 1992 George H.W. Bush, Brian Mulroney & Carlos Salinas signed this 5-letter trade pact NAFTA |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | NOT-SO-ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The Y2K bug scared the world in the 1990s because many feared computers would read the year 2000 as this year 1900 (or 00) |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | NOT-SO-ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: In 1995 Colin Firth played this character in "Pride & Prejudice" on a TV miniseries--ask your mom about it (Fitzwilliam) Darcy |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | NOT-SO-ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: In 1992, 8 years after it hosted the Winter Olympics, this Bosnian capital was shelled by Yugoslav forces Sarajevo |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | NOT-SO-ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Boasting a whopping 32 MB of space, the first portable device that could play these music files came out in 1998 mp3s |
| #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 |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | THE ANCIENT GREEKS $200: The first event in history recorded by the ancient Greeks were these contests that took place in 776 B.C. the Olympics |
| #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 |
| #7673, aired 2018-01-10 | HISTORY TIME $2000: The ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro lies on the Indus River in what's now this country Pakistan |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | ANCIENT WISDOM $800: In his "Natural History", Pliny the Elder wrote that "there's always something new out of" this continent Africa |
| #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 |
| #7521, aired 2017-05-01 | AFRICAN HISTORY $800: The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are found in what is today this African country Tunisia |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Around 304 B.C. Agathocles, "The Tyrant of Syracuse" & king of this island, gained control of southern Italy Sicily |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In the 1200s B.C., warring Egyptians & Hittites produced the document seen here, said to be the first of these in history a peace treaty |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: After destroying this African city in 146 B.C., Scipio Aemilianus looked at the burning city & said, "It is glorious" Carthage |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: The city of Tikal became an important ceremonial center for this civilization prior to 100 A.D. the Maya |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: After the defeat at Leuctra in 371 B.C., Spartan power declined & this league went out of existence the Peloponnesian League |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | HAPPY HISTORY $2000: Let's revive this multi-day December celebration from ancient Rome that featured unrestrained merrymaking Saturnalia |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART II $1000: The Lex Cornelia Majestatis was the ancient Roman & a Ghostbuster-ish way of saying "Don't cross this stream!" the Rubicon |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | YOU'RE HISTORY! $800: The name of this ancient queen is from the Greek for "glory of her father" Cleopatra |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 1986 $400: This object reached its closest point to Earth in April 1986, its second visit to our skies in the 20th century Halley's Comet |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 1986 $600: With no prime-time programming yet, this fourth U.S. TV network was launched Fox |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 1986 $800: A "People Power" revolution in this country forced longtime leader Ferdinand Marcos into exile the Philippines |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 1986 $1000: In January NASA's Stephen Nesbitt sadly reported "a major malfunction" with this Space Shuttle Challenger |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | ANCIENT ROMAN LITERATURE $1200: Better known name of Titus Livius, author of a history of Rome from its founding to 9 B.C. Livy |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | MOROCCAN HISTORY $1200: These beasts helped make Morocco a key ancient trade route & one kissed Bob Hope in "Road to Morocco" camels |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | A HISTORY LESSON $1600: Athens was the chief city of this ancient district of Greece Attica |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | THAT'S ANCIENT CITY HISTORY $400: Bollywood wasn't even a gleam in Ashoka's eye when he ruled this island city in the 3rd century B.C. Mumbai |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | THAT'S ANCIENT CITY HISTORY $800: The sand in this Roman amphitheater was sometimes dyed red to disguise the blood the Colosseum |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | THAT'S ANCIENT CITY HISTORY $1200: This Biblical city's first walls, dating to 8000 B.C., were some 13 feet high & supported by a 28-foot watchtower Jericho |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | THAT'S ANCIENT CITY HISTORY $1600: Knossos was the principal city of this oldest Aegean civilization, & that's no bull the Minoans |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | THAT'S ANCIENT CITY HISTORY $2000: Erech & Kish were cities of this earliest known civilization that flourished in Iraq in the 3rd millennium B.C. Sumeria |
| #6971, aired 2014-12-29 | ART & HISTORY $400: Charles Le Brun portrays Alexander entering this ancient city; hey, are those hanging gardens? Babylon |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $2000: Insects are covered in book 11 & botany in books 12-19 of this Roman scholar's "Natural History" Pliny the Elder |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The Olympic Games began in 776 B.C., took a long break & reappeared in 1896 in this country Greece |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: After this queen died in 30 B.C., Egypt fell under Roman domination Cleopatra |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Covering 120,000 square miles from Mexico into Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador & the Honduras, this civilization peaked from 250 to 900 A.D. the Mayans |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: He was Tetrarch of Galilee before he was King of Judea at the time of Jesus' birth Herod (the Great) |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Born in China in 551 B.C., this teacher & philosopher is also referred to as Kongfuzi, or "Master Kong" Confucius |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | THE BALKANS $400: This nation's name reflects its long history as a province of an ancient empire Romania |
| #6879, aired 2014-07-10 | GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In order to gain military advantage, the ancient Romans were the first to build roads like the Via Claudia Augusta across this mountain system between central Europe & Italy the Alps |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: In the 400s B.C. Callicrates designed the temple of Athena Nike on this hill the Acropolis |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Shihuangdi unified the Chinese empire but was paranoid & held a burning of these items in 213 B.C. books |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Babylonia & Sumer were civilizations in this ancient region that gave us a little something called civilization Mesopotamia |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Meaning "hidden", this god's name is found in the name of a young pharaoh who restored worship of him Amun |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: The first Roman emperor born outside Italy, this slightly deaf & limping man took power in 41 A.D. Claudius |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Under this Babylonian king's code, receiving stolen property was punishable by death Hammurabi |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): In 439 A.D. Genseric the Vandal captured this North African city, which became the Vandal capital Carthage |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: This escaped gladiator took refuge on Mount Vesuvius, where he built a large army Spartacus |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: The last prophecy of this Greek Oracle was a prediction that it would be the last one (the Oracle of) Delphi |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Mayan hieroglyphics often used this type of symbolic puzzle in which drawn objects represented words a rebus |
| #6757, aired 2014-01-21 | HISTORY $1200: Growing up in this militaristic ancient Greek city-state might include the diamastigosis, or flogging ordeal Sparta |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | RECENT HISTORY $400: 2010 saw scientists sequence the genome of this ancient species, proving it interbred with us Neanderthals |
| #6574, aired 2013-03-28 | FATHER FIGURES $1000: "The Father of History", this ancient Greek wrote a 9-volume work on the wars between Greece & Persia Herodotus |
| #6550, aired 2013-02-22 | ANCIENT ANGKOR $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia.) Ta Prohm has a pediment of what's known as the Great Departure, when Buddha, still known by this name, begins the quest that will change him & history Siddhartha Gautama |
| #6539, aired 2013-02-07 | "A" "P" HISTORY $800: Byblos, from which we got the word "Bible", was one of the foremost cities of these ancient seafaring people the Phoenicians |
| #6539, aired 2013-02-07 | "A" "P" HISTORY $1000: In ancient Rome the 2 main social classes were the aristocratic patricians & these common citizens the plebeians |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Much of what is known about Babylonian society comes from this 18th century B.C. king's code Hammurabi |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Zeno got a parchment cut, went on without wincing & founded an Athens school promoting this philosophy stoicism |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: Eleazar, from this family of Hanukkah heroes, perished when he stabbed a war elephant from underneath the Maccabees |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a map of ancient Italy.) Around 300 B.C. Rome controlled the area seen here; within about 25 years it had conquered most of the Italian peninsula, including the Umbrians & these people occupying what is now Tuscany the Etruscans |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: This city whose name is Greek for "City of Persia" was the capital & ceremonial center of the Achaemenid empire Persepolis |
| #6507, aired 2012-12-25 | THAT'S SO LAST WEEK! $1200: The University of Bristol has a department of Classics & this, a 2-word phrase for the distant past Ancient History |
| #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 |
| #6297, aired 2012-01-24 | ASIAN HISTORY $2000: Fire shrines found in Iran show that the ancient Parthian empire followed this religion Zoroastrianism |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | BACK TO SCHOOL $800: History: This one of the 7 Ancient Wonders was said to be laid out on several brick terraces & 75 feet above the ground the Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $200: Around 447 B.C. this group led by the "Scourge of God" devastated the Balkans & drove south into Greece the Huns |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were spread out over three continents: 2 were in Africa, 3 in Asia, & the 2 in Europe were the Colossus of Rhodes & this other statue the Statue of Zeus (at Olympia) |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $600: This king who died in 1750 B.C. left a code dealing with family laws, loans, debts & even witchcraft Hammurabi |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $800: Doric columns, like at the Parthenon, had 16-20 grooves; these more slender columns at the nearby Erechtheum usually had 24 Ionic |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $1000: The 1st inscription on this 1799 discovery is in hieroglyphics, the 2nd in everyday Egyptian & the 3rd in Greek the Rosetta Stone |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This ancient city grew powerful in part because the Tiber provides a convenient route to the sea 15 miles away Rome |
| #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 |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: In 331 B.C. this Macedonian traveled to the Siwa Oasis where the oracle pronounced him a god Alexander the Great |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: This Thracian gladiator organized a revolt of gladiators & slaves & defeated 2 Roman armies in 72 B.C. Spartacus |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 337 A.D. this first Christian Roman emperor abolished crucifixion as a form of execution Constantine |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 439 A.D. the Vandals established their capital in this North African city founded by the Phoenicians Carthage |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: This Athenian lawmaker revised most of Draco's 7th century B.C. code of justice Solon |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Around 50 A.D. the Aqua Claudia brought this to Rome after a journey of 46 miles water |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: You probably don't have to consult an Oracle to know that the Pythian Games were held every 4 years in this city Delphi |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): When the Roman Republic was founded, it was headed by 2 elected officials with this "diplomatic" title consul |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: Cypselus of Corinth was this, a Greek term for one who takes power by force & rules oppressively a tyrant |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: The city-states of Sidon & Tyre were located in this Mediterranean region now occupied mostly by Lebanon Phoenicia |
| #5639, aired 2009-02-26 | ANCIENT BOOKS $200: Book 1 of Livy's 142-book "History of Rome" deals with these 2 sons of Rhea Silvia Remus & Romulus |
| #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 |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: His father told him to "Seek out a kingdom worthy of thyself, for Macedonia is too little for thee" Alexander the Great |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 1700 B.C. the palace of Knossos on this Minoan island was destroyed by an earthquake Crete |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The son of Suddhodana, a wealthy ruler, he was born in what's now Nepal around 563 B.C. Buddha |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: This Babylonian king's code states that if a son strikes his father, the son's hands shall be cut off Hammurabi |
| #5531, aired 2008-09-29 | ANCIENT GREEK WRITERS $400: In his History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides wrote that history does this... does this repeats itself |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | DYNASTY $1000: It's the term used for the "new" period of Ancient Egyptian history from the 18th to the 20th dynasty the New Kingdom |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | NETWORKING $800: "Decoding the Past",
"Modern Marvels",
"Ancient Discoveries" the History Channel |
| #5370, aired 2008-01-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 2006 $200: In February, he accidentally shot Harry Whittington, not his intended target Dick Cheney |
| #5370, aired 2008-01-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 2006 $400: One of the 2 space shuttles that went aloft in 2006 the Discovery (or the Atlantis) |
| #5370, aired 2008-01-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 2006 $600: In November, an Andy Warhol work depicting this Asian leader sold for more than $17 million Mao |
| #5370, aired 2008-01-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 2006 $800: This famous American passed away the day after Christmas at the age of 93 Gerald Ford |
| #5370, aired 2008-01-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 2006 $1000: He led the French team to the finals of soccer's World Cup, only to be ejected after headbutting an Italian player (Zinedine) Zidane |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Egyptian priests noticed a link between the appearance of this "dog star" & the flooding of the Nile Sirius |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Babylon was united in the 18th century B.C. under this Amorite king best known for his legal pronouncements Hammurabi |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 509 B.C. the Romans drove out these darn invaders from the north & established the Roman Republic Etruscans |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: From 3000 to 1200 B.C., many cultures flourished in the Aegean, including this one, named for a king, on Crete the Minoan civilization |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Shulgi, an important ruler of this place's 3rd Dynasty, was in & out of office way before Abraham lived & left there Ur |
| #5318, aired 2007-10-24 | "C" IN HISTORY $600: The fabled emerald mines named for this ancient queen were rediscovered around 1818 Cleopatra |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | ANCIENT GREEK WRITERS $2000: The U.S. Post Office can thank this "father of history" for writing "neither snow nor rain", etc. Herodotus |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1980s $400: In 1984 the world came to this West Coast city to compete in the Summer Olympics Los Angeles |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1980s $800: In early 1981 assassination attempts were made on these 2 men, a U.S. president & a religious leader Ronald Reagan & Pope John Paul II |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1980s $1200: In 1986 a reactor at this Soviet nuclear power plant exploded in history's worst nuclear accident Chernobyl |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1980s $1600: The first female British prime minister, she lead Great Britain for the entire 1980s Margaret Thatcher |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1980s $2000: Things were anything but peaceful in 1989 at this square in Beijing whose name means "gate of heavenly peace" Tiananmen Square |
| #5129, aired 2006-12-21 | CHRISTMAS HISTORY $400: Before we kissed under it, ancient Europeans believed this plant held magic powers to bestow life & fertility mistletoe |
| #5078, aired 2006-10-11 | EGYPTIAN HISTORY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew walks among some desert ruins.) While walking in this ancient Egyptian capital, you'll see Saqqara, which was its principal burial area Memphis |
| #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 |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: The first one of these tombs was built about 2650 B.C. by Imhotep for King Zoser & rose about 200 feet using steps a pyramid (the pyramids accepted) |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The calculations of Hippias of Elis set the start of the first of these 4-year periods at 776 B.C. Olympiads |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: This kingdom of England grew from 2 settlements, one founded around 495 by Cerdic & his son Cynric Wessex |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: The north-south & east-west dividing lines of their "Land Of Four Quarters" intersected in Cuzco the Incas |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Bleda co-ruled with this younger brother for 12 years until his brother had him killed in 445 Attila the Hun |
| #4849, aired 2005-10-13 | THE BOOK NOOK $800 (Daily Double): In slang this 2-word phrase can refer to an event that no longer matters; it's also the section where "Roman Britain" is ancient history |
| #4795, aired 2005-06-10 | AFRICAN HISTORY $1200: The Phoenicians built a wall over 20 miles in circumference around this ancient north African city Carthage |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $2000: Cicero dubbed this man the "Father of History" Herodotus |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): The Ancient Romans built this across Britain from the mouth of the Tyne River to Solway Firth Hadrian's Wall |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Around 965 B.C., cedar trees from Lebanon were used to build this city's temple to house the Ark of the Covenant Jerusalem |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Lysander tried & failed to make this militaristic ancient Greek city-state an elective monarchy Sparta |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In this Yucatan culture, caves were the portal between our world & Xibalba, the world of the gods the Mayan |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 621 B.C. this Greek lawmaker introduced a code of law so harsh it was said to be written in blood Draco |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Alexander the Great routed this Persian king at the Battle of Issus & captured his wife, mother & daughters Darius (the III) |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | REALLY OLD HISTORY $800: Ancient Greek Hoplites fought in a formation of a large rectangle with 6 to 8 ranks known as this phalanx |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | FASHION HISTORY $200: The ancient Egyptians called this metal "the flesh of the gods" & made quite a lot of jewelry out of it gold |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: This country's "Six Dynasties" period stretched from the fall of the Han in 220 to 589 China |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 59 this Roman emperor had his mother put to death when she objected to his fiddling around with Poppaea Nero |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: In 332 B.C. this Macedonian conquered the Phoenician seaport of Tyre after a 7-month siege Alexander the Great |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Archaeological digs showed that Pompeii, Stabiae & this neighbor were resort cities for wealthy Romans Herculaneum |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2,400 (Daily Double): The Ionian War was the last phase of this war in which Sparta finally conquered Athens in 404 B.C. the Peloponnesian War |
| #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 |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU $1600: Over 5,000 years ago, this ancient people created Hieroglyphics, like the one seen here Egyptians |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: In the First Punic War, Rome & Carthage fought over possession of this island at the tip of Italy's "boot" Sicily |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The latter years of his reign were marked by building projects, including the temple of Abu Simbel Rameses the Great |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: Among this Babylonian king's laws was: "If a son has struck his father, they shall cut off his hand" Hammurabi |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Around 165 B.C., this Jewish leader re-entered Jerusalem & repurified & rededicated the Temple Judah the Maccabee |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: In 391 he was ordained a priest in Hippo in northern Africa; he served as the bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430 Saint Augustine |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY $400: To be or knot to be, it was the capital of Phrygia Gordion (or Gordium) |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY $800: With the kingdom split, in 920 B.C. you had Rehoboam ruling Judah & Jeroboam ruling this Israel |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Dagon was the top god of these people whose name has come to mean "uncouth" & "unsophisticated" the Philistines |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Scholars label Old Persian royal inscriptions X for Xerxes, C for Cyrus & D for him Darius |
| #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 |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | "OLD" SCHOOL $2000: Period of ancient Egyptian history when Memphis was the capital The Old Kingdom |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 5 $200: In 1970 he crossed the Atlantic on Ra II to prove the ancient Egyptians could have sailed to America Thor Heyerdahl |
| #3728, aired 2000-11-15 | ART HISTORY $100: This ancient statue is also named the Aphrodite of Melos Venus de Milo |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | HISTORY $200: These ancient people referred to themselves as Hellenes Greeks |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1970s $100: The movie "Saturday Night Fever" & John Travolta helped feed this dance craze in 1977 Disco |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1970s $200: During the 1970s, Russia was part of this larger nation Soviet Union/USSR |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1970s $300: The No. 1 TV program in 1979 was this CBS News program that's still on the air 60 Minutes |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1970s $400: For her work in Calcutta, this tireless Catholic nun won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1970s $500: The 3 men who served as U.S. presidents in the 1970s Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: This ancient Greek war named for a peninsula had 3 parts: Archidamian, Peace of Nicias, & Ionian Peloponnesian War |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This system of ranking social orders was developed by the Aryans in ancient India the caste system |
| #3419, aired 1999-06-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This country's Shang dynasty arose in the 1700s B.C. along the Yellow River China |
| #3419, aired 1999-06-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: In the 200s B.C. 72 Jewish scholars began translating the Pentateuch into Greek in this Egyptian city Alexandria |
| #3419, aired 1999-06-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 439 A.D. this north African city-state was conquered by the Vandals under Genseric Carthage |
| #3419, aired 1999-06-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 303 A.D. Diocletian forbade Christian worship; this man, his "Great" successor, revoked the edict 10 years later Constantine |
| #3419, aired 1999-06-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: When he died in about 347 B.C., his nephew Speusippus took over leadership of the Academy Plato |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: This ancient north African city-state was protected by a high wall about 23 miles in length Carthage |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY 101 $600: From ancient times until 1935, Iran was known by this name Persia |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | MEDITERRANEAN HISTORY $1000: Carthage once controlled this Sicilian city, known in ancient times as Panormus Palermo |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This philosopher whose "Analects" shaped Chinese society died a few years before Socrates was born Confucius |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: The life of this great Persian ruler is idealized in Xeniphon's "Cyropedia" Cyrus the Great |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800 (Daily Double): Add 2 letters to a modern Mideast country to get this kingdom once ruled by Sennacherib Assyria |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: These people who settled India c. 1500 B.C. were taken for a superior race in Nazi pseudoscience Aryans |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Named for its shape by James Breasted, it's the area where civilization was born the Fertile Crescent |
| #3218, aired 1998-09-09 | FUN WITH THE ANCIENT LYDIANS $400: This father of history reports that the ancient Etruscans were originally Lydians Herodotus |
| #3167, aired 1998-05-12 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY, MAN $200: Until introducing coinage around 570 B.C., Athens used this trading method, from French for "exchange" Barter |
| #3167, aired 1998-05-12 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY, MAN $400: In 1204 the Crusaders took this Byzantine city; in 1453 the Turks did Constantinople |
| #3167, aired 1998-05-12 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY, MAN $600: After Judah refused to pay taxes in 602 B.C., this Babylonian king took over the kingdom Nebuchadnezzar |
| #3167, aired 1998-05-12 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY, MAN $800: The city of Palenque flourished from 600 to 900 during this North American civilization's classic era Mayans |
| #3167, aired 1998-05-12 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY, MAN $1,700 (Daily Double): In 1480 Ivan III announced Russia's independence from these peoples Mongols/Tartars/Golden Horde |
| #3075, aired 1998-01-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Around 2600 B.C. Pharaoh Djoser was entombed in a step one, the first large stone structure Pyramid |
| #3075, aired 1998-01-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Tien, a version of this divine abode, became part of Chinese religion around 1000 B.C. heaven |
| #3075, aired 1998-01-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: About 20,000 years ago, hunters crossed what's now this strait to become North American Indians Bering Strait |
| #3075, aired 1998-01-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: From 500 to 300 B.C. these Roman common citizens won political rights from the Patricians Plebeians |
| #3075, aired 1998-01-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: In the Bible Uriah was a member of these people who conquered Babylon around 1595 B.C. Hittites |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | ANCIENT NEWS BULLETINS $400: Hannibal on way to attack Rome leads battle elephants over these mountains; the full history at 11 Pyrenees/Alps |
| #2978, aired 1997-07-09 | BOTANY $1000: Books 12-19 of this "elder" ancient Roman's "Natural History" are devoted to botany Pliny the Elder |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: About 7,000 years ago Mexican Indians improved this crop, notably the size of its ears Corn |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: In 280 B.C. King Pyrrhus used these animals to trample the Roman infantry, perhaps giving Hannibal ideas Elephants |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: This war dated to the 12th century B.C. has inspired writers from Homer to the present Trojan War |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In Palestine, the Sadducees, who believed in strict Torah, opposed this group who let the law evolve Pharisees |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Ur, Tyre & Athens were examples of this political unit centered on an urban community City-state |
| #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 $400: Roman girls wore this famous garment until they married & adopted the stola or matron's dress Toga |
| #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 |
| #2867, aired 1997-02-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: In his teens he began helping Hasdrubal impose Carthaginian domination on the Iberian Peninsula Hannibal |
| #2867, aired 1997-02-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): Knossos on this island was the center of a highly developed civilization in the 2nd millennium B.C. Crete |
| #2836, aired 1996-12-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The Bantu migration from modern Cameroon to the south of this continent began about 2,000 years ago Africa |
| #2836, aired 1996-12-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: In 337 Constantine The Great abolished this form of execution out of respect for Jesus Crucifixion |
| #2836, aired 1996-12-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In the 200s Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of this within about 15% of accurate The Earth |
| #2836, aired 1996-12-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Ephialtes, a Thessalian, betrayed the Greeks holding these "hot gates" against the Persian invasion Thermopylae |
| #2836, aired 1996-12-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Scipio Africanus the Elder was a hero of the second war against Carthage, known by this name Second Punic War |
| #2644, aired 1996-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Founded in the 200s B.C., this Egyptian city's library had the world's largest collection of scrolls Alexandria |
| #2644, aired 1996-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: c. 115 B.C. the Himyarites gained ascendancy over this Arabian kingdom whose queen appears in the Bible Sheba |
| #2644, aired 1996-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 72 B.C. this gladiator & slave defeated 3 Roman armies & reached Cisalpine Gaul Spartacus |
| #2644, aired 1996-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The age of 9 he accompanied his father, Hamilcar Barca, on a Carthaginian expedition to Spain Hannibal |
| #2644, aired 1996-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: c. 304 B.C. Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse, brought all of this island under his control Sicily |
| #2614, aired 1996-01-04 | FASHION HISTORY $400: In ancient Rome freeborn boys wore the toga praetexta, which was white with a border of this color purple |
| #2604, aired 1995-12-21 | FASHION HISTORY $200: This ancient Roman garment developed from the tebenna, a cloak worn by those darn Etruscans a toga |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | HISTORY $500: This capital of Ancient Egypt was first known as the White Wall Memphis |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Kush, an ancient trading land, lay south of the second cataract of this longest African river the Nile |
| #2448, aired 1995-04-05 | MEDICAL HISTORY $100: The ancient physician Galen proved that arteries contain this instead of air blood |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $100: In Mesopotamia irrigation was practiced along these 2 rivers by 5000 B.C. the Tigris & Euphrates |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: In Periclean Greece, Athens was the leading power at sea & this city-state, the strongest on land Sparta |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $300: Built in the 400s B.C., it's the largest building on the Acropolis the Parthenon |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: In 586 B.C. this Babylonian king captured Jerusalem & destroyed the city Nebuchadnezzar |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In 54 A.D. Claudius was poisoned by his wife, Agrippina; this man, her son, became emperor Nero |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | WISE MEN $100: This ancient sage known for his wise sayings is the most important philosopher in China's history Confucius |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This Macedonian visited Siwa Oasis in 331 B.C. & was hailed as a son of Amon by the oracle Alexander the Great |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: This country's 28th dynasty had just one ruler: Amyrtaeus Egypt |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Thucydides' history of this war ends in 411 B.C., 7 years before the war ended Peloponnesian War |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: A few years after the death of Antipater in 43 B.C., Rome made this "Great" ruler King of Judea Herod |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: The slab containing his code was placed in the Temple of Marduk, Babylon's chief god Hammurabi |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: In 213 B.C., Ch'in Shih Huang-ti ordered all of these burned, except the ones in the imperial library books |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: This pupil of Socrates went to Sicily to try to turn Dionysius into a philosopher king Plato |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Tikal became an important ceremonial center of this civilization, prior to 300 A.D. the Mayans |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: He was only 16 when he became Roman emperor upon the death of Claudius Nero |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: This Old Kingdom capital of Egypt was originally named Hikouptah Memphis |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $400: The ancient Phoenicians' homeland is now part of this country known for its cedars Lebanon |
| #2286, aired 1994-07-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Ostia stood at the mouth of this river, about 15 miles from Rome Tiber |
| #2286, aired 1994-07-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: This founder of The Academy was ill at the time of Socrates' execution & was not present Plato |
| #2286, aired 1994-07-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: This city on the Euphrates became important during the reign of its Amorite King Hammurabi Babylon |
| #2286, aired 1994-07-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Roman emperor Claudius wrote a history, now lost, of this pre-Roman people of Central Italy Etruscans |
| #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 |
| #2167, aired 1994-01-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: There were 2 ancient cities of Thebes. 1 in Greece & 1 here Egypt |
| #2167, aired 1994-01-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Hammurabi's code said that a person accused of this was to be thrown in the river; floaters were innocent witchcraft |
| #2167, aired 1994-01-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 256 B.C. the Chou dynasty was deposed by this one that gave the country its name Chin dynasty |
| #2167, aired 1994-01-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: the Stone Age stones used for tools were flint & this black volcanic glass Obsidian |
| #2167, aired 1994-01-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Cities arose c. 2500 B.C. at sites now in Pakistan, in this river valley the Indus |
| #2148, aired 1993-12-29 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: In ancient times the region that includes all of modern France was known by this name Gaul |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | ANCIENT ATHENIANS $600: In 431 B.C. Thucydides began writing the history of this war while he was fighting in it the Peloponnesian War |
| #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 |
| #2099, aired 1993-10-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: These 3 wars between Rome & Carthage were named for the Latin word for "phoenician" the Punic Wars |
| #2099, aired 1993-10-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: This Macedonian king conquered Greece by winning the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 B.C. Philip |
| #2099, aired 1993-10-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: This Cretan city's palace was destroyed by an earthquake around 1700 B.C. Knossos |
| #2099, aired 1993-10-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: This temple in Ephesus, 1 of the 7 ancient wonders, was burned by Herostratus in 356 B.C. the Temple of Artemis |
| #2089, aired 1993-10-07 | FASHION HISTORY $400: The praetexta type of this loose, draped outer garment of ancient Rome had a purple border a toga |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: An earthquake in 224 B.C. caused this monument of Rhodes to break at the knees & fall Colossus of Rhodes |
| #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 |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: At its completion in 128, this Roman fortification in Britain extended nearly 75 miles Hadrian's Wall |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: After a defeat at Leuctra, Spartan power declined & this military league ceased to exist Peloponnesian League |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: In the 2nd century B.C., the Helvetii migrated from Germany into what is now this country Switzerland |
| #2057, aired 1993-07-13 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY $800: The name of these ancient Celtic priests may be derived from daur, an old Irish word for "oak tree" the Druids |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | HISTORY $400: 1 of the 7 ancient wonders, the statue of this Greek god was destroyed by fire c. 475 A.D. in Constantinople Zeus |
| #2049, aired 1993-07-01 | AFRICAN HISTORY $200: Zenodotus of Ephesus was this ancient library's first librarian Alexandria |
| #2014, aired 1993-05-13 | THE HISTORY OF HAIR $500: Ancient Persians colored their hair a lovely orange-red shade with this dye that comes from leaves henna |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | THE HISTORY OF HAIR $200: Some ancient Egyptians topped their wigs with perfumed grease cones designed to do this in the heat melt |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | THE HISTORY OF HAIR $300: Ancient Assyrian men sported rectangular ones that were elaborately crimped & curled beards |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | FASHION HISTORY $500: A rectangular mantle called a himation was fashionable in this ancient civilization Greece |
| #1971, aired 1993-03-15 | HISTORY $600: The ancient Brehon laws of this country were written in an archaic form of the Gaelic language Ireland |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: After his death, the children of this man & Cleopatra were raised by his former wife Octavia Marc Antony |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: After this former gladiator died in battle, 6,000 of his rebels were crucified along the Appian Way Spartacus |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Despite initial victories by Hannibal, Carthage lost the second of these wars in 201 B.C. the Punic War |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: By about 100 B.C., this capital city which flourished under such rulers as Hammurabi no longer existed Babylon |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: For reasons unknown, this "Metamorphoses" author was banished by Augustus in 8 A.D. Ovid |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | FASHION HISTORY $200: Originally, ancient Egyptian wigs were this color, a nice contrast to all those white clothes black |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | FASHION HISTORY $1000: Ancient Greek men wore the knee-length style of this basic tunic; women wore the full-length the chiton |
| #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $100: = = |
| #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: = = |
| #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $300: = = |
| #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): The Senate gave Octavian this title, which means "exalted" or "sacred", in January 27 B.C. Augustus |
| #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500: Around 1450 B.C. the Mycenaeans conquered this civilization on the island of Crete the Minoan |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $100: To keep invaders out, Emperor Shih Huang-ti of China's Ch'in Dynasty ordered this built in the 200s B.C. the Great Wall of China |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: His father said, "O, my son, seek out a kingdom worthy of thyself for Macedonia is too little for thee" Alexander the Great |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $300: After the palace of Knossos burned in the 1300s B.C., the Minoan culture on this island began to decline Crete |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Following this Roman orator's speeches against him, Mark Antony had him executed on Dec. 7, 43 B.C. Cicero |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500: Tyre & Sidon were the most important cities in this region on the coastal areas of Syria, Lebanon & Israel Phoenicia |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The Persians & the Medes were considered barbarians, people who didn't speak this language Greek |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: You don't have to consult an oracle to know the Pythian Games were held here Delphi |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In the 5th century the Magyars were called the "On Ogur", which is where we get this country's name Hungary |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 201 B.C. he was the ruler of Carthage but Rome wanted him as a prisoner Hannibal |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Although this city was Amenhotep III's capital he was buried in the nearby Valley of the Kings Thebes |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This Phrygian king mentioned by Herodotus is not the one of golden touch fame Midas |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: The Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible called the Septuagint was made in this Egyptian city Alexandria |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Partheneia were "maiden songs" & this was the "Temple of the Maiden" the Parthenon |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | ANCIENT HISTORY $700 (Daily Double): The Maurya Empire in this country began to fall apart after the death of Asoka c. 237 B.C. India |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Samsuiluna, son of this Code giver, couldn't hold dad's Mesopotamian empire together Hammurabi |
| #1706, aired 1992-01-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Married women were excluded from this quadrennial sports festival, unmarried girls could attend Olympic Games |
| #1706, aired 1992-01-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Among ancient libraries Pergamon's was second only to this city's Alexandria |
| #1706, aired 1992-01-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Traditionally, kings of Persia were called Gordius or this, that's a "touch" more famous Midas |
| #1706, aired 1992-01-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: This city's "Long Walls" connected it to the ports of Phalerum & Piraeus Athens |
| #1706, aired 1992-01-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Dido was the legendary founder of this city in north Africa Carthage |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: To announce the Persian defeat in 490 B.C., a man ran from this plain over 20 miles to Athens Marathon |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400 (Daily Double): The last person in the Ptolemaic line who ruled Egypt Cleopatra |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: When he died at age 33 in 323 B.C. he left behind many cities named after him Alexander the Great |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Some say this system began in India to stop the Dravidians from marrying their conquerors caste |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Under Hammurabi the Plain of Shinar became known as this Babylon |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This country's oldest written history, the "Kojiki", dates back to 712 A.D. Japan |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Jewish patriots called Sicarii, meaning dagger men, captured this fortress in 66 A.D. Masada |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Borrowing symbols from this alphabet, the Greeks developed their own by about 800 B.C. Phoenician |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In his "Cyropaedia", the Greek Xenophon depicted this Persian king as the model sovereign Cyrus the Great |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: The Parthenon was built during the great public building program begun by this Athenian statesman Pericles |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | FASHION HISTORY $200: In the 18th century, the Phrygian cap of ancient times was revived as this revolution's red cap of liberty France |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | FASHION HISTORY $300: These darn people of ancient Etruria
introduced the tunic or tunica to the Romans the Etruscans |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro, born in 70 B.C. near Mantua, is better known by this name Virgil |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: He became king of Macedonia after the assassination of his father Philip II Alexander the Great |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 4 A.D., this man adopted Tiberius, who succeeded him as Emperor Augustus |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Homer spoke of the wealth of this hundred-gated capital of ancient Egypt Thebes |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: The name of this Persian religious reformer is translated as "rich in camels", or something to that effect Zoroaster |
| #1557, aired 1991-05-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This country's "Martial Emperor", Han Wu-Ti founded a colony in North Korea in 108 B.C. China |
| #1557, aired 1991-05-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: The name England comes from the name of this tribe that invaded the country in the fifth century the Angles |
| #1557, aired 1991-05-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Tradition says colonists from Tyre founded this city on the N. African coast circa 814 B.C. Carthage |
| #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 |
| #1557, aired 1991-05-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2,100 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 men who formed Rome's First Triumvirate in 60 B.C. Julius Caesar*, Pompey the Great, & Marcus Licinius Crassus |
| #1536, aired 1991-04-15 | HISTORY $800: These eastern Mediterranean traders were the first known colonists in ancient Spain Phoenicians |
| #1527, aired 1991-04-02 | HISTORY $400: Usually the last "B" entry in an encyclopedia, this ancient Greek city became Istanbul Byzantium |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | ANCIENT ROME $600: He named himself princeps, or first citizen, but is known in history as the first emperor Augustus |
| #1492, aired 1991-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Lisht near Memphis was the capital during this country's 12th Dynasty Egypt |
| #1492, aired 1991-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: This king of Israel, who succeeded Saul, conquered Jerusalem & made it his capital David |
| #1492, aired 1991-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: These shrines were located at Dodana & Oropus as well as at Delphia the oracles |
| #1492, aired 1991-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Born around 563 B.C. in southern Nepal, his father was Suddhodana, a ruler of the Sakya tribe Buddha |
| #1492, aired 1991-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: In 60 A.D. Queen Boudicca led a revolt against their rule in southern Britain the Romans |
| #1487, aired 1991-02-05 | FASHION HISTORY $500: This ancient civilization's rulers & chief military officers wore cloaks called paludamenta the Roman civilization |
| #1485, aired 1991-02-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The Persian government ran this service using relay stations with remounts & fresh riders a day's ride apart the postal service |
| #1485, aired 1991-02-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Known in Greek mythology for his treasures of gold, this Phrygian king really existed Midas |
| #1485, aired 1991-02-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: 11 rulers of the Byzantine Empire, including the first & last, bore this name Constantine |
| #1485, aired 1991-02-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Rome was ruled by these non-Latin neighbors from the late 7th century BC to about 509 BC the Etruscans |
| #1485, aired 1991-02-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: A type of camel is named for this ancient country in southwest Asia Bactria |
| #1484, aired 1991-01-31 | AFRICAN HISTORY $800: Formerly Rhodesia, this country was renamed for ancient walled enclosures built for kings Zimbabwe |
| #1430, aired 1990-11-16 | HISTORY $800: In ancient Greece, Athens had its Delian League of city-states while Sparta had this league the Peloponnesian League |
| #1412, aired 1990-10-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Caesar observed that Gaul, now this country, was divided into three parts France |
| #1412, aired 1990-10-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: The earliest residents probably came to this continent from S.E. Asia & brought dingoes with them Australia |
| #1412, aired 1990-10-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Ethiopia's Solomonic dynasty, which lasted until 1974, is said to date from Menelik I, son of this couple Solomon & Sheba |
| #1412, aired 1990-10-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: This queen & wife of Akhenaten bore 6 daughters; 2 of them became queens of Egypt Nefertiti |
| #1412, aired 1990-10-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: This Greek orator practiced speaking with pebbles in his mouth & recited verses while running Demosthenes |
| #1394, aired 1990-09-27 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: While Confucius was teaching in China, this man from the clan of Gautama was teaching in India Buddha |
| #1394, aired 1990-09-27 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: In 712 B.C. a Nubian king conquered this civilization & established its 25th dynasty Egypt |
| #1394, aired 1990-09-27 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 332 B.C. he completed his conquest of Phoenicia when Tyre fell flat Alexander the Great |
| #1394, aired 1990-09-27 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 539 B.C. Palestine became part of this empire under Cyrus II Persia |
| #1394, aired 1990-09-27 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Tho some think it may be Minoan, Linear A, a script used on this island, still hasn't been deciphered Crete |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | THEATER HISTORY $1000: In Ancient Greece plays about these goat-legged men were performed after a trilogy of tragedies satyrs |
| #9, aired 1990-08-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500: By 221 B.C. the Ch'in state had defeated the Ch'u to form this country's 1st unified empire China |
| #9, aired 1990-08-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Linus, the second to hold this office, reigned circa 69-79 A.D. pope |
| #9, aired 1990-08-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1500: The Seleucid Kingdom which once stretched from Thrace to India was a fragment of his empire Alexander the Great |
| #9, aired 1990-08-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Almost all of the Roman supply of this metal came from Cyprus, so they named it for the island copper |
| #9, aired 1990-08-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2500: Cambyses II of this country ruled Egypt during its 27th dynasty Persia |
| #1363, aired 1990-07-04 | ANCIENT GREECE $400: The Anchor Atlas of World History calls these 2 epics "the primer of Greek youth" The Iliad and The Odyssey |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This emperor was in his villa at Antium, 35 miles from the city, when Rome burned Nero |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: The 2 modern nations that occupy the land that nurtured the Indus Valley civilization about 2300 B.C. India & Pakistan |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: The Romans called this country Helvetia & established garrisons & colonies at Nyon, Augst & Avenches Switzerland |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): When Mark Antony gave Roman lands to his children by Cleopatra, this man made war on her Augustus Caesar (Octavius) |
| #1338, aired 1990-05-30 | WORLD HISTORY $100: The ancient Greeks often referred to all of Africa by this name of Qadafi's country Libya |
| #1314, aired 1990-04-26 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: Horace & Ovid were known for their poetry, Livy & Tacitus for their writings in this field history |
| #1303, aired 1990-04-11 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $300: The ancient Romans called this land "Hibernia" Ireland |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Paris was known by its Celtic name "Lutetia", when he took it from the Parisii tribe in 52 B.C. Julius Caesar |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Cleopatra had 4 children out of wedlock, 3 fathered by this Roman Marc Antony |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: The earliest known civilization, it was home to the Sumerians & Akkadians Mesopotamia |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The Hebrew kingdom split into Judah & Israel after the death of this king Solomon |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: The ruins of Ur are in a desert because this river, which once ran near it, changed course Euphrates |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | FASHION HISTORY $200: This traditional draped garment of ancient Rome was worn originally by the Etruscans togas |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $100: In the code of Hammurabi, it was the penalty for adultery death |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: After the death of Cleopatra Egypt became a province of this empire the Roman Empire |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $300: Built around 2500 B.C., this structure's base covers 13 acres the (Great) Pyramid of Cheops |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Homer's "Iliad" directed archaeologists to the actual site of this ancient city Troy |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500: One of the world's oldest medical texts, circa 2500 B.C., was written in this wedge-shaped writing cuneiform |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ITALIAN HISTORY $800: This ancient civilization once occupied present-day Tuscany, Umbria & Latium Etruscans |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The Hellenistic Age began with the death of this Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Ancient fort that was the site of the last stand of the Jewish zealots against Rome in 73 A.D. Masada |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: After winning the 1st Punic War, Rome made this island its 1st province Sicily |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Historic nickname for the curved region between the Mediterranean & Mesopotamia the Fertile Crescent |
| #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 |
| #1208, aired 1989-11-29 | HISTORY $1000: The ex-British colony called the Gold Coast took this name of an ancient African empire in 1957 Ghana |
| #1202, aired 1989-11-21 | FASHION HISTORY $600: A type of brooch worn in ancient Rome, or a bone in your leg which may have been named for it a fibula |
| #1202, aired 1989-11-21 | FASHION HISTORY $800: The chiton was the basic garment for both men & women in this ancient civilization Greek |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The Aqua Claudia, completed in 52 A.D., brought this to Rome from over 60 km away Water |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Thor Heyerdahl said Polynesians may have come from South America on rafts made of this wood Balsa |
| #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 |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 625 B.C. the Chaldeans came to power & revived this ancient empire Babylonian |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Abraham bought a burial site from these 1st-known people of Asia Minor, whom the Bible calls "Children of Heth" Hittites |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | HISTORY $400: From Menes to the Ptolemys, this country had more kings than any other in ancient history Egypt |
| #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 |
| #1074, aired 1989-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: In the tomb of Queen Shub-ad of Sumeria, this device for plucking eyebrows was found w/ her cosmetics tweezers |
| #1074, aired 1989-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Tara, in County Meath, was the capital city of the 5 Celtic kingdoms of this country Ireland |
| #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 |
| #1074, aired 1989-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Chinese records of this river overflowing its banks go back as far as 2297 B.C. the Yellow River (Huang Ho) |
| #1074, aired 1989-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: The Minoan civilization, the 1st great civilization of Europe, flourished on this island Crete |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This philosopher left no writings; much of what we knew of him comes from Plato & Aristotle Socrates |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Ancestors of this Indian league entered the northeast U.S. between 1700-700 B.C. Iroquois |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: A job of Roman tribunes was to protect this class from Patrician judicial abuses Plebeian class |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Julius Caesar's daughter Julia married this member of the 1st triumvirate Pompey |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1,600 (Daily Double): The fertile region between the Persian Gulf & Mediterranean Sea was shaped like this crescent |
| #980, aired 1988-12-02 | THEATER HISTORY $600: Many ancient Greek plays featured a chorus of these mythical goat-men satyrs |
| #979, aired 1988-12-01 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY $200: These ancient Celts were known for their learning & presiding over human sacrifices the Druids |
| #953, aired 1988-10-26 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: Year that Rome fell, it's generally accepted as marking the close of Ancient Times 476 A.D. |
| #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 |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: He's known to most by this Latin adaptation of his Chinese title, Kung Fu-Tzu Confucius |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: This small country included the great ports of Tyre & Sidon Phoenicia |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: After his death in 922 B.C., the 12 tribes of Israel split into 2 kingdoms Solomon |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Upon his assassination in 336 B.C., he was succeeded by his son, Alexander the Great Philip II of Macedon |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $7,100 (Daily Double): An ancient parallel to today's Suez Canal was a canal linking the Nile river & this sea Red Sea |
| #899, aired 1988-06-30 | FASHION HISTORY $200: In ancient times this country popularized a loose, flowing tunic called the "chiton" Greece |
| #804, aired 1988-02-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The Roman Empire went as far east as the Tigris River, while this man's empire reached all the way to India Alexander the Great |
| #804, aired 1988-02-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: At 16, Prince Siddhartha, later known as this, married his cousin Buddha |
| #804, aired 1988-02-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: The earliest boats on the Nile were made of bundles of this reed lashed together with rope papyrus |
| #804, aired 1988-02-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: From age 7 to 60, males in this Greek city-state ate in government barracks, not at home Sparta |
| #804, aired 1988-02-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: The Dardanelles, which separates Europe & Asia, was called this, after Hella, a legendary girl who fell into it the Hellespont |
| #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 |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: As in many cultures, the chief source of early Roman slaves was people captured during this during war |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 363 A.D., this oracle's last prediction was that it would never again make a prediction the Delphic oracle |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The name of this ancient city came from the Phoenician "Kart-hadasht", meaning "new town" Carthage |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: According to local legend, the tomb of this "unlucky" Biblical prophet was in the city of Nineveh Jonah |
| #751, aired 1987-12-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Not surprisingly, this Roman named his first child Julia Julius Caesar |
| #751, aired 1987-12-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Manetho chronicled 30 dynasties of rulers of this ancient land Egypt |
| #751, aired 1987-12-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: At this ancient site in Iraq, the "handwriting on the walls" is now mostly graffiti Babylon |
| #751, aired 1987-12-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The Trojan War on which Homer based his epic took place in what is now this country Turkey |
| #751, aired 1987-12-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Many systems of "justice" are based on the codification of Roman laws by this Eastern emperor Justinian |
| #731, aired 1987-11-09 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: Many consider this Greek orator's "On The Crown" the most nearly-perfect speech in history Demosthenes |
| #687, aired 1987-09-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This term for nonphysical love comes from the Greek philosopher who taught such a concept platonic |
| #687, aired 1987-09-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Ancient Egyptians thought all specimens of this beetle, which they considered sacred, were male a scarab |
| #687, aired 1987-09-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 5 earliest Roman emperors, all of whom called themselves "Caesar" after Julius (2 of) Augustus or Octavian, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius & Nero |
| #687, aired 1987-09-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: War between Athens & Sparta, its name derives from peninsula on which Sparta was located the Peloponnesian War |
| #687, aired 1987-09-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Legend says Archimedes saved his city, Syracuse, but setting attacking Roman ships afire after using these mirrors |
| #654, aired 1987-06-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Menes, who ruled some 3000 years B.C., was first known king of this country Egypt |
| #654, aired 1987-06-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Julius Caesar occasionally suffered from non-military attacks--of this brain disorder epileptic seizures |
| #654, aired 1987-06-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Athens' 1st written legal code said to have been "written in blood" by Draco, gave us this word draconian |
| #654, aired 1987-06-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800 (Daily Double): Ancient Greek weight of about 57 lbs., it sounds like an aptitude or ability a talent |
| #654, aired 1987-06-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Father of Alexander the Great who hired Aristotle to tutor his son Philip of Macedon |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: Hannibal made history crossing the Alps with 50,000 men, 9000 cavalry troops & about 40 of these animals elephants |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Their Capitoline Hill was the original Capitol Hill Rome |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Chinese emperor Shih Hwang-ti of the 3rd cent. B.C. ordered works of Confucius burned & this built the Great Wall |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: World's most extensive archaeological dig is still being conducted at this ancient Italian site Pompeii |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 323 B.C., age 32, he died of exhaustion at Babylon Alexander the Great |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Seafaring people who passed their alphabet on to the Greeks &, eventually, to us the Phoenicians |
| #548, aired 1987-01-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: If a vestal virgin violated this vow, she was buried alive chastity |
| #548, aired 1987-01-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Pompey divorced this Roman's lover, married his daughter, & was defeated by him at Pharsalus Julius Caesar |
| #548, aired 1987-01-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Only the dead could leave when Nero sang, & some women did this, which increased the captive audience gave birth |
| #548, aired 1987-01-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Philosophy whose name comes from the porch, or "stoa", where Zeno met his students the Stoics (stoicism) |
| #548, aired 1987-01-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Born in what is now Algeria in 354, he became Bishop of Hippo & wrote "The City of God" (St.) Augustine |
| #521, aired 1986-12-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: It was said "All roads lead to" there Rome |
| #521, aired 1986-12-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: At a public festival Mark Antony offered Julius Caesar this, which he turned down crown of emperor |
| #521, aired 1986-12-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Term for a fortress on a hill, many Greek cities, not just Athens, had one citadel (acropolis) |
| #521, aired 1986-12-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The Etruscans were ancient inhabitants of this present-day country Italy |
| #521, aired 1986-12-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: This ancient biographer linked various great Greeks & Romans into 23 pairs in his "Parallel Lives" Plutarch |
| #517, aired 1986-12-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This Old Testament term for Egyptian kings actually means "great house" pharaoh |
| #517, aired 1986-12-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: It's believed King Nebuchadnezzar II built this ancient wonder to please his wife the Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
| #517, aired 1986-12-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Procrustes, a Greek robber, stretched short victims to fit a bed & did this to the tall ones hacked part of the legs off |
| #517, aired 1986-12-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: "What an artist dies in me!" were this Roman emperor's last words in 68 AD Nero |
| #514, aired 1986-11-27 | POSTAL HISTORY $100: The best postal system of ancient times was their "cursus publicus" the Romans |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This term for Ancient Egyptian script means "sacred writing", not "picture writing" Hieroglyphics |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: The World Almanac says Judaism was founded "about 1300 B.C., reportedly at" this mountain Mount Sinai |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In "The Republic", he wrote "Necessity... is the mother of invention" Plato |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: People of this Greek city left sickly babies to die in the Talyetos Mts. Sparta |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: This war-like people of the Tigris Valley was among 1st in history to have a standing army the Assyrians |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: For beauty & protection from heat, wealthy Egyptians wore wigs of human hair or this fleece wool |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Concrete was invented & 1st widely used by this Mediterranean civilization Rome |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: One of the earliest indoor bathrooms has been found on this Greek island Crete |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Mayan mathematics was based on this number, possibly because it was all they could count on 20 |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Sumer, home of world's earliest civilization, was located in what is now this modern country Iraq |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Julius Caesar once had an affair with the mother of this assassin rumored to be his son Brutus |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: It's estimated 100,000 men worked 20 years to build great pyramid for this Egyptian king Cheops (Khufu) |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Not a separate people, the Druids were the priestly class of this ancient British people the Celts |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Of the T'ang, the Shang, the Ming, & the Ch'ing, the 2nd century dynasty that's China's oldest the Shang Dynasty |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Ancient times are defined as extending until 476 A.D., date of this pivotal event the fall of Rome (the fall of the Roman Empire in the west) |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: He recited verses about Troy aflame, not fiddling as alleged, while watching Rome burn Nero |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: A runner ran 25 miles & died after announcing Greeks had defeated them in the Battle of Marathon the Persians |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Roman statesman Cato closed every speech, regardless of subject, by saying this must be destroyed Carthage |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Norwegian who in 1970, crossed the Atlantic in reed boat to prove Egyptians may have reached New World Thor Heyerdahl |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: King Philip of Macedonia hired him as private tutor for his son, Alexander Aristotle |
| #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 |
| #365, aired 1986-01-31 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: "I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world," said this philosopher Socrates |
| #365, aired 1986-01-31 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Called "unattractive & short" he was convicted of corrupting the young in 399 B.C. Socrates |
| #365, aired 1986-01-31 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: With his picture on them, Roman coins could have been considered two-faced Janus |
| #365, aired 1986-01-31 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: About 600 B.C., it became the most sacred shrine in Greece temple at Delphi |
| #315, aired 1985-11-22 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY $1000: Julius Caesar devoted 3 chapters of his "Commentaries" to this religion of the "Ancient Briton" Druidism |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The satirist Juvenal complained that all this city's people wanted was bread & circuses Rome |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: While the Egyptians wrote on papyrus, the Sumerians usually wrote on these clay tablets |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: While Hippocrates was "The Father of Medicine", Herodotus was "The Father of" this History |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Hibernia Ireland |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Most believe Homer's account of Trojan War accurate due to this German-American's excavations Schliemann |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Pharaoh Ikhnaton caused an uproar by allowing the worship of only this many gods 1 |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: His riches didn't prevent this last king of Lydia from being subjugated by the Persians Croesus |
| #185, aired 1985-05-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: When the Greeks destroyed this city in Asia Minor around 1200 B.C., they weren't horsing around Troy |
| #185, aired 1985-05-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Greek & Roman name for a stone coffin a sarcophagus |
| #185, aired 1985-05-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Under the Ptolemies, this city had the greatest library in ancient world, over 700,000 scrolls Alexandria |
| #185, aired 1985-05-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Zoroastrianism was the religion of this ancient empire the Persian Empire |
| #185, aired 1985-05-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Romans called them "Punic Wars" because Carthage had been founded by these people the Phoenicians |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Achilles was ancestor of this Greek-Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Edward Gibbon is famed for this 6-volume work The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Bible critics claim this Babylonian king's code influenced biblical laws Hammurabi |
| #115, aired 1985-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Homer's homeland Greece |
| #115, aired 1985-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: How Caligula's officers removed him from office assassination |
| #115, aired 1985-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 330, it was made official religion of the Roman Empire Christianity |
| #115, aired 1985-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Octavius & Mark Antony fought the Battle of Actium to see who would succeed him Julius Caesar |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Gladiator who led Great Slave Revolt against Rome, 73-71 B.C. Spartacus |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Winner of the Peloponnesian war Sparta |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: The king of Syracuse hung a sword suspended by 1 hair over his head Damocles |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Philosopher who walked with a lantern in daylight, looking for an honest man Diogenes |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: According to the Bible, Jonah preached in Nineveh, capital of this empire Assyria |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | ANCIENT HISTORY $100: Though an ethnic Macedonian, she was the most famous queen of Egypt Cleopatra |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Reportedly blind, he opened our eyes to the "Iliad" & "Odyssey" Homer |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | ANCIENT HISTORY $300: Our word for paper derives from this Egyptian plant papyrus |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: He crossed the Rubicon, a giant step toward becoming emperor Julius Caesar |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500: Student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle Plato |
| #78, aired 1984-12-26 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Roman emperor who renamed Byzantium, Constantinople Constantine |
| #78, aired 1984-12-26 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Ancient Egypt boy king King Tut |
| #78, aired 1984-12-26 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Site of Babylon was on this river the Euphrates |
| #78, aired 1984-12-26 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In the First Triumvirate the partner of Pompey & Crassus Julius Caesar |
| #78, aired 1984-12-26 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: He founded the Persian Empire Cyrus the Great |
| #65, aired 1984-12-07 | HISTORY $200: Omar Khayyam's ancient Iran Persia |
| #65, aired 1984-12-07 | HISTORY $400: Ancient Yucatan tribe that had no schools but were excellent astronomers the Mayans |
