| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $2000: During his reign over Rome, he had a coin minted with the depictions of his 3 sisters:
Drusilla, Livilla & Agrippina Caligula |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | IN THE PAST $4,200 (Daily Double): In ancient Rome the conflict of the orders refers to the struggle between these 2 social classes with names that start with "P" patricians & plebeians |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | WORLD LITERATURE $1600: In 1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz, author of this tale of ancient Rome, became the first Polish person to win a Nobel Prize in lit Quo Vadis |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | MOVIES IN REWIND $2000: A slave entertains ancient Rome & rises to become an army general, an advisor to the emperor & a happy family man Gladiator |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | CAR"EER" OPPORTUNITIES $2000: In ancient Rome, Crescens raced to glory as one of these; his favorite horse was named Delicatus a charioteer |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS $1200: In Rome his name meant simply "good"; to us it implies that he gave a little something extra Bonus |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | IT'S OUR TURN TO SACK ROME!!! $200: 390 B.C.:
These people usually associated with ancient France sack Rome the Gauls |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | TRY "TRI" AGAIN $2000: A group of 3 men collectively responsible for the administration of ancient Rome triumvirate |
| #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 |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | ROAD $400: In the 1780s Pope Pius VI undertook a partial reconstruction of this ancient road that ran southeast from Rome the Appian Way |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $1200: A commoner in ancient Rome
(8 letters) a plebeian |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | TAKE ME TO CHURCH $400: In ancient Rome it was a temple to 12 gods; in the 600s it became a church to just one, holding the remains of martyrs the Pantheon |
| #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 |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | WHEN IN ROME $1,800 (Daily Double): Explore these underground passages that were used as ancient cemeteries catacombs |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | A PLEASURE TO HAVE IN CLASS $600: It was the term for upper class people in ancient Rome; today, it'd be more for fans of author Cornwell or actress Clarkson patricians |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | WHEN IN ANCIENT ROME $200: As a patrician, you could not do this with a plebeian until 445 B.C.'s Lex Canuleia marry |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | WHEN IN ANCIENT ROME $400: You could go to the July 23 festival of this sea god & hit his temple in the Circus Flaminius Neptune |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | WHEN IN ANCIENT ROME $600: Guess you couldn't be a gladiator judge if you were one of the Roman men who cut this off to avoid military service a thumb |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | WHEN IN ANCIENT ROME $800: The first stop when you went to these was the apodyterium & if you were rich enough, you brought a slave to watch your clothes the baths |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | WHEN IN ANCIENT ROME $1000: On Sept. 2, 44 B.C. you could take in the first of his 14 Philippic orations; he sure did love to orate, until it got him executed Cicero |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | BUILDINGS & BRIDGES $7,000 (Daily Double): In Rome, the building called this is an ancient but active church; the one in Paris is a mausoleum the Pantheon |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $400: Hannibal brought 37 of these large animals over the Alps to help in his attack on Rome elephants |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | IN THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET $200: In ancient Rome it was the ninth month November |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | MYTH-POURRI $800: In ancient Rome, she was not only the literal mother of Virtue but the personification of truth (especially in vino) Veritas |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | ANCIENT ROME $200: This general & statesman became dictator in 46 B.C. but was assassinated on the ides of March by Brutus & others (Julius) Caesar |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | ANCIENT ROME $400: 4-letter word for the loose-fitting outer garment made from a single piece of cloth a toga |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | ANCIENT ROME $600: The poet Horace wrote "Carpe diem", meaning this; his quote continues on to say not to trust tomorrow seize the day |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: In the 70s B.C. this gladiator led a slave revolt; Kirk Douglas played him on film Spartacus |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | ANCIENT ROME $2,500 (Daily Double): Also known as the Flavian Amphitheater, this large arena could seat 50,000 spectators the Colosseum |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | IDOL TALK $800: The lares were statues of household gods in ancient Rome; the lararium was this, at which they were worshiped an altar (a shrine) |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This word for a political aspirant comes from Latin for "white", the color of their togas in ancient Rome candidate |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | STARTS WITH "AU" $2000: In ancient Rome this person interpreted divine signs, often by observing birds an augur |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | ARCHAEOLOGY GLOSSARY $400: The classical age often refers to the time of these 2 ancient Western civilizations Greece & Rome |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | LET'S GET HISTORICAL $400: In ancient Rome, the retiarius, or "net man", & the dimachaerus, or "2-knife man", were types of these gladiators |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $800: In Rome, saturnism, or poisoning by this metal, was sometimes caused by the practice of boiling down wine in vessels made from it lead |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $1200: The remains of the Ludus Magnus, a gladiator training school, are just steps from this arena built in Rome about 70 A.D. the Colosseum |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | MARX $400: Karl looked forward to a "dictatorship of" this group, originally a word & a class from ancient Rome the proletariat |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | LIFE & WORK IN ANCIENT ROME $400: A caldarium was a hot room section of one of these attractions bath |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | LIFE & WORK IN ANCIENT ROME $800: A slave who had been trained to be one of these was a paedagogus, related to an English word that ends -ogue teacher |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | LIFE & WORK IN ANCIENT ROME $1200: An occulus is a circular opening at the apex of a dome, like the one in the roof of this ancient building Pantheon |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | LIFE & WORK IN ANCIENT ROME $1600: An auspex read omens from watching the movements of these animals from which the word auspex partly derives birds |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | LIFE & WORK IN ANCIENT ROME $2000: Later a word for a record player needle, it was once a metal tool used to scratch words onto wax-covered tablets stylus |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: From the Latin for "sword" comes this word for arena fighters of ancient Rome gladiators |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | NONFICTION $800: This ancient city "On Five Denarii a Day" is the title of a time-traveling tourist guide by a Cambridge professor Rome |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | "A" BEFORE "E" $1600: Modeled after the "Iliad" & the "Odyssey", it's the national epic of ancient Rome the Aeneid |
| #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 |
| #8173, aired 2020-03-04 | ANCIENT GREEK & ROMAN ARCHITECTURE $400: In July & August in ancient Rome, a piscina, one of these, might have proved quite popular a pool |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | ARCHITECTURE $1000: Renewed interest in the buildings of ancient Rome and Greece shows in this style of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Neoclassical |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | BOOKS ABOUT ANCIENT HISTORY $800: This Punic city "Must Be Destroyed" covers its epic battle with Rome Carthage |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | ANCIENT ROME FICTION $400: Thornton Wilder's novel about the time of Julius Caesar in Rome has this title, like an unlucky date for Julius The Ides of March |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | ANCIENT ROME FICTION $1200: When the death of a popular politician threatens to destroy the Roman Republic, Gordianus the Finder must solve "A Murder on" this famous road the Appian Way |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | ANCIENT ROME FICTION $1600: In "The Eagle of the Ninth", a soldier seeks to discover what became of a legion that went missing in this faraway island Britain |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | ANCIENT ROME FICTION $2,000 (Daily Double): "The Gladiator" & "Rebellion" are the subtitles of Ben Kane's books about this man who led a slave army against Rome Spartacus |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | ANCIENT ROME FICTION $2000: This novel by Robert Graves is written as the memoir of a reluctant 1st century Roman emperor I, Claudius |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | B.C. VIPs $1600: Farmer/soldier Cincinnatus saved ancient Rome, then refused to stay on as a dictator, preserving this Roman form of govt. the republic |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Now a term for any tyrannical leader, this title was given to Julius Caesar during a time of crisis dictator |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | ANCIENT ROME $800: The legendary founders of Rome, Romulus & Remus had Rhea for a mother & this war god for a dad Mars |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | ANCIENT ROME $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a general on the monitor.) An expression in ancient Rome to express danger or scare kids referred to the approach to Rome by this Carthaginian general, "____ ad portas" or him "at the gates" Hannibal |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | ANCIENT ROME $2000: Agrippina's machinations led to this heir becoming Rome's first teenage emperor Nero |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | ANCIENT ROME $5,600 (Daily Double): St. Ignatius of Antioch, who died around 110 A.D., was believed to be the first Christian to be martyred in this arena the Colosseum |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | VERB: ATE 'EM $200: In ancient Rome the dangerous job of Halotus was to do this to the food of Emperor Claudius taste |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | ANCIENT BATTLES $400: This man defeated Vercingetorix at the 52 B.C. Battle of Alesia, & Gaul was Rome's Julius Caesar |
| #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 |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | A MEASURED RESPONSE $200: In ancient Rome 1,000 paces equaled one of these a mile |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | THE ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY $1200: Often the finest soldier in a unit, the aquilifer was the bearer of an image of this animal, a symbol of Rome an eagle |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | ANTHROPOLOGY $400: Much of the writing in ancient Rome was done using a stylus on tablets of this--best not left out in the sun wax |
| #7826, aired 2018-09-24 | "IN", THE MIDDLE $2000: Adjective meaning derived from the language of ancient Rome, or sounding formal & stiff Latinate |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | ANCIENT BRO-MANS $800: I'm gonna be best in bro at the chariot races this weekend at the C.M., short for this hippodrome in Rome the Circus Maximus |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Around 509 B.C. the Romans formed this kingless type of government mentioned in the U.S. pledge of allegiance a republic |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | ANCIENT ROME $800: Constructed in 312 B.C., this major Roman road originally ran 132 miles from Rome to Capua in Campania the Appian Way |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | ANCIENT ROME $1,200 (Daily Double): A 19th century historian wrongly thought the emperor Severus built this divider Hadrian's Wall |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | ANCIENT ROME $1600: The Laws of 12 Tables may have settled disputes between the wealthy patricians & this class of common people plebeians |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | ANCIENT ROME $2000: In 390 B.C. an army of this Celtic group had the distinction of being the first group to sack Rome the Gauls |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | VOTE-CABULARY $1000: You'll find the common people of ancient Rome at the start of this word for a direct popular vote on an issue a plebiscite |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | WATERWORKS $1200: Julia, Claudia & Anio Novus were the names of 3 ancient these that supplied Rome with water aqueducts |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | HORSE SENSE $200: In ancient Rome, a quadriga was one of these pulled by 4 horses a chariot |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | CLOTHING THROUGH THE AGES $400: In ancient Rome a balteus was a shoulder "belt" formed from the twisted folds of one of these garments a toga |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | ANCIENT ROME $400: A typical Roman home had a cubiculum, or bedroom & a culina, this a kitchen |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | ANCIENT ROME $800: This first emperor overhauled all aspects of Roman life in his regime, which he called the principate Augustus |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | ANCIENT ROME $1200: A retiarius was a gladiator who wore very little armor & fought with a trident & this to entangle his opponent a net |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | ANCIENT ROME $1600: With a population of more than a half million, this Egyptian seaport was the second-largest city in the empire Alexandria |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | ANCIENT ROME $2000: By 23 A.D. the prefect Sejanus became the sole commander of these elite protectors of the emperor the Praetorian Guard |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $1200: A divorced woman in ancient Rome would expect to get this back in full; if found to be an adulterer, often only half a dowry |
| #7404, aired 2016-11-17 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $1200: Tradition says Rome was founded by twins whose ancestors fled the Greek horseplay that destroyed this city Troy |
| #7362, aired 2016-09-20 | ROME IS WHERE THE ART IS $1200: The terracotta Sarcophagus of the Spouses reclines at Rome's National Museum of these darn ancient people Etruscans |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | HAPPY HISTORY $2000: Let's revive this multi-day December celebration from ancient Rome that featured unrestrained merrymaking Saturnalia |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | AND THE OBSCURE OSCAR GOES TO... $400: Visual Effects, 2000: John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke & Rob Harvey, for this film about MMA in ancient Rome Gladiator |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | MEET THE PRESS $200: Back in the 1st century B.C., the Acta Diurna was the daily news sheet of this ancient republic Rome |
| #7177, aired 2015-11-24 | ANCIENT NAMES $800: Hamilcar Barca put the hand of this 9-year-old son on a sacrificed animal & made him swear hatred of Rome Hannibal |
| #7169, aired 2015-11-12 | FROM THE LATIN FOR... $400: "Marketplace"; ancient Rome had a nice one a forum |
| #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 |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: In 30 B.C. this co-ruler of Rome took his own life after Octavian reached Egypt Antony |
| #7129, aired 2015-09-17 | LUCKY 7 $600: Viminal & Aventine are 2 of this ancient metropolis' 7 hills Rome |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | ROMANS $2000: The head & hands of this man said to be ancient Rome's finest orator ended up on the speaker's platform at the Forum Cicero |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | I SAY IT'S SPINACH $800: You can call it "liberty cabbage" & tell me they ate it in ancient Rome, but I'm not touching that fermented slop sauerkraut |
| #6981, aired 2015-01-12 | ATTA TURK! $800: One of ancient Rome's great enemies, King Mithridates VI kept himself safe from this by taking small doses of it poison |
| #6977, aired 2015-01-06 | A LONG TIME AGO $1000: It's estimated that Diocles earned enough each year in these races to feed the population of ancient Rome the chariot races |
| #6938, aired 2014-11-12 | THE ENDS OF THE ROAD $400: Ancient Rome's Via Appia ran from the Forum to the port of Brundisium on this arm of the Mediterranean the Adriatic |
| #6918, aired 2014-10-15 | WHEN IN ROME... $2000: Get an "E" for effort pointing out this ancient hill of Rome where you can see the Santa Maria Maggiore church the Esquiline Hill |
| #6912, aired 2014-10-07 | MAKE ROOM $800: In ancient Rome, the hospitalia were these rooms in a villa guest rooms |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | WE'LL NEED YOUR "ID" $600: In ancient Rome it wasn't just the 15th of March but also of May, July & October ides |
| #6870, aired 2014-06-27 | ANCIENT ROME $200: The last emperor of Rome, who was overthrown in 476, shared his name with this legendary founder of the city Romulus |
| #6870, aired 2014-06-27 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Carved on stone or metal, the acta diurna was an early newspaper posted this often in a public area daily |
| #6870, aired 2014-06-27 | ANCIENT ROME $600: Roman roads were built with concrete made from pozzolana, ash from these; the roads by Pompeii must've been good volcanoes |
| #6870, aired 2014-06-27 | ANCIENT ROME $800: (Jimmy points to a map)
In ancient Rome, triumphant generals paraded into the city through the Campus Martius, which lay between Capitoline Hill and this river. the Tiber |
| #6870, aired 2014-06-27 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: Latin for "father of the family", he was the oldest living male of the family & had total control of his household pater familias |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | CAR"EER" OPPORTUNITIES $2000: In ancient Rome, Crescens raced to glory as one of these; his favorite horse was named Delicatus a charioteer |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | "D" PLUS $1600: Today something you all aspire to, in ancient Rome it was a document folded double acting as a sort of passport a diploma |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | ANCIENT ROME $400: During the siege of a city, the Romans might use an aries, one of these, to knock down the city's walls a battering ram |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | ANCIENT ROME $800: Ostia, a town lying 15 miles from Rome on the mouth of this river, served as Rome's port the Tiber |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | ANCIENT ROME $1200: This government body met in the Curia Julia, a rectangular brick building situated in the Forum the Senate |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | ANCIENT ROME $1600: On June 9, 68 A.D. this emperor told the centurion who'd come to arrest him, "this is fidelity" as he died by his own hand Nero |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | ANCIENT ROME $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) An emperor's visit to Britain in 122 A.D. led to the building of this defensive barrier that remained effective for almost 300 years Hadrian's Wall |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | IF ONLY I COULD TELL THEM $600: Hey! You! The most powerful man in ancient Rome--Brutus & Cassius are not your friends Julius Caesar |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | "G" WHIZ $800: In ancient Rome these trained warriors fought to the death for public entertainment gladiators |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | NUMERIC WORDS & PHRASES $2000: Ancient Rome was once led by one of these trios whose name comes from the Latin for "three" a triumvirate |
| #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 $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 |
| #6525, aired 2013-01-18 | FOOD $1,600 (Daily Double): In ancient Rome this flat fish was called "Jupiter's sandal" the sole |
| #6432, aired 2012-07-31 | GETTING DRESSED $1000: Along with the toga, it was the basic garment of ancient Rome; now it's a long blouse for women & girls a tunic |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | GADGETS GALORE $400: In ancient Rome it was for incising a wax tablet; today, it's for poking at the screen on a handheld device a stylus |
| #6323, aired 2012-02-29 | ROBBING PETER $800: Ancient & hopefully permanent, Rome is known as this city the Eternal City |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | ENDS IN "GHT" $1600: Outdoor furniture made from this low-carbon form of iron dates back to ancient Rome wrought iron |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | TIMES PAST $1200: Diocles, kind of the Jimmie Johnson of ancient Rome, earned over 30 million sesterces with his daring racing of these chariots |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS? $800: Unconquerable & undefeated, he led Rome to victory in the Rugby World Cup championship Invictus |
| #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 |
| #6166, aired 2011-06-06 | WE "URN" IT $1000: An orgiastic, unrestrained festival in ancient Rome bearing the name of a god Saturnalia |
| #6158, aired 2011-05-25 | LIKE A VIRGIN $400: In ancient Rome the 6 priestesses who tended the goddess of the hearth were collectively known as these Vestal Virgins |
| #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 |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | NOTRE DAME $400: The cathedral was built on the site of an ancient temple dedicated to him, Rome's supreme god Jupiter |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | HISTORIC PLACES $200: You can relive ancient debates in Rome's Curia or Senate house, part of this site that also includes the temple of Vesta the Forum |
| #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 |
| #5639, aired 2009-02-26 | ANCIENT BOOKS $800: Macrobius' book set during a banquet shares its title with this December festival, ancient Rome's jolliest the Saturnalia |
| #5620, aired 2009-01-30 | GODS AROUND US $5,000 (Daily Double): On January 1 in Ancient Rome, citizens gave each other small coins with an image of this god on them Janus |
| #5592, aired 2008-12-23 | BEDTIME STORIES $2000: (Adam Sandler shills for his Christmas release.) To show kids the world of Ancient Rome the way I do in my new movie "Bedtime Stories", try the children's version of this author's "Parallel Lives" Plutarch |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | THOMAS JEFFERSON'S MONTICELLO $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Monticello in Virginia.) Monticello's famous dome, which we have the privilege of seeing from the inside, was inspired by the ancient Temple of Vesta in this city Rome |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | ANCIENT ROME $400: In the first Punic War, Rome conquered this island to the south, making it the first Roman province Sicily |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | ANCIENT ROME $800: A quarter of a million people crowded into this largest hippodrome to watch the chariot races the Circus Maximus |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | ANCIENT ROME $1200: The Curia was the meeting place of this most powerful political body in the Republic the Senate |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | ANCIENT ROME $1600: He was the first Roman emperor, & his 40-year reign marked the beginning of the Pax Romana Augustus |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | ANCIENT ROME $2000: In 330 A.D. the capital of the Roman Empire moved from Rome to this city much farther east Byzantium |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | ARCHAEOLOGY $400: Many of these subterranean Christian cemeteries in Rome have been found using written ancient guides catacombs |
| #5414, aired 2008-03-06 | INNOCENT POPES $1000: Innocent I was strangely absent when Alaric I of this ancient German group had Rome sacked the Visigoths |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Rome captured this largest Mediterranean island in the First Punic War & made it the first Roman province Sicily |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $800: King Ancus Marcius is said to have built the Sublician Bridge, the first bridge across this river, in the 7th c. B.C. the Tiber |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $1200: In 27 B.C. Octavian became the first Roman emperor & took this name that means "exalted" Augustus |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $1600: Members of Rome's oldest & richest families were called patricians; the rest of Rome's citizens were called this plebeians |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $2000: The first book of this Roman poet's "Ars Amatoria", or "Art of Love", instructs its readers how to find a lover Ovid |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | ROMAN $400: This largest outdoor theater of ancient Rome was dedicated in 80 A.D the Colosseum |
| #5321, aired 2007-10-29 | THEY COME IN THREES $600: The 3 members of ancient Rome's First Triumvirate in 60 B.C. were Crassus, Pompey & him Julius Caesar |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | THE HILLS $600: The Esquiline & the Viminal are 2 of the 7 hills on which this ancient city was built Rome |
| #5310, aired 2007-10-12 | "B"s $800: Still used today, in Ancient Rome this instrument called the faithful to worship in the temples the bell |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | THE POETRY OF LOVE $1000: "Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love", wrote this epic poet around 39 B.C. in ancient Rome Virgil |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE ANCIENT ROME $400: This "Great" king of the New Testament became King of Judea with Rome's help in 37 B.C. Herod |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE ANCIENT ROME $800: Led by Bleda & his brother, this group attacked Rome in the 5th century A.D. the Huns |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE ANCIENT ROME $1600: In Cicero's day, this December Roman festival of unrestrained merrymaking lasted for 7 days Saturnalia |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE ANCIENT ROME $2,000 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "offspring", they were the lowest class of ancient Roman citizens the proletariat |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE ANCIENT ROME $2000: The most central of Rome's 7 hills; Nero & Augustus lived on it the Palatine |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | STRUCTURES $1200: The Tabularium, or state archives, was one of the monumental structures of this central area of ancient Rome the Forum |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | CONSTANTINE $800: In 330, Constantine moved the capital of the Empire from Rome to this ancient Greek city, which he renamed Constantinople Byzantium |
| #4836, aired 2005-09-26 | IN LOVE $400: Aeneas & Dido are lovers in this ancient Roman poet's epic poem on the founding of Rome Virgil |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | LITERARY EROTICA $2000: Perhaps due in part to the amoral rakishness of his advice book "The Art of Love", he was banned from ancient Rome Ovid |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | DOUBLE U $1600: A coalition of 2 persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome a duumvirate |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | TRY "TRI" AGAIN $2000: A group of 3 men collectively responsible for the administration of ancient Rome a triumvirate |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | IT'S OUR TURN TO SACK ROME!!! $200: 390 B.C.: These people usually associated with ancient France sack Rome the Gauls |
| #4648, aired 2004-11-17 | THIS MEANS WAR $2000: The second of these wars between ancient Rome & Carthage is also known as the Hannibalic war the Punic Wars |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | THE CAPITAL $600: Most of the ancient portion of this city lies on the east bank of the Tiber River Rome |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | ON "Q" $2000: One of the 7 hills upon which ancient Rome was built Quirinal |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | "SAN" $400: In ancient Rome the noble Patricians wore red ones (we hope not with socks) sandals |
| #4420, aired 2003-11-21 | LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS $1200: In Rome his name meant simply "good"; to us it implies that he gave a little something extra Bonus |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $800 (Daily Double): In ancient Rome a pace was 5 feet long, so if you walked mille passus you went this many feet 5,000 |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | V FOR... $200: Back in ancient Rome, when someone gave you V he gave you this 5 |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $2000: When in Rome, it's hard to miss this ancient monument seen here; it's over 100 feet tall Trajan's Column |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | ANCIENT ROME $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Rome) This type of Colosseum combat was abolished in 404 A.D. after a monk died trying to separate two combatants gladiatorial combat |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Less valuable than the aureus, the denarius was a coin made of this silver |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | ANCIENT ROME $600: In the Forum in 44 B.C., he gave a rousing speech that may have begun, "Friends, Romans, countrymen..." Mark Antony |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | ANCIENT ROME $800: This highest social class, whose name still refers to aristocracy, once made up the entire Senate Patricians |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Rome) The water for the Trevi Fountain is supplied by one of these structures, completed in 19 B.C. aqueduct |
| #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 |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | MUSEUMS $800: The Beachside branch of this Ca. museum endowed by an oil tycoon is modeled on the Villa Dei Papiri of ancient Rome the Getty Museum |
| #4126, aired 2002-07-08 | ANCIENT TIMES $1600: Titus Tatius was the king of these people who attacked Rome after the abduction of their women Sabines |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $100: We know Hadrian's study center called the Athenaeum was in this city, we just don't know where Rome |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $400: The legendary Mucius saved Rome by putting this in a fire, earning the name "Left-Handed" Right hand |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | ANCIENT TIMES $800: In Rome's festival of Lupercus, god of this quality, women were hit with goatskins to transmit it to them Fertility |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | ANCIENT COINS $200: In 44 B.C. the senate of Rome wanted his head -- on all silver coins Julius Caesar |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | ANCIENT ROME $100: The ides of this month was special; it honored not only Jupiter but the goddess Anna Perenna, too March |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | ANCIENT ROME $200: It's a cinch you'll know this toxic metal was used for water pipes lead |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Under Julius Caesar there were 900 of these, 9 times as many as Clinton has to deal with senators |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | ANCIENT ROME $500 (Daily Double): During a siege the Romans might have used an aries, one of these, to break into the enemy's fortifications a battering ram |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | ANCIENT ROME $500: In 20 B.C. the Curatores Viarum was a board set up to manage these highways (or roads) |
| #3339, aired 1999-02-25 | AROUNDA ROMA $1000: Of all the great buildings of ancient Rome, only this one dedicated to "all the gods" is still intact Pantheon |
| #3170, aired 1998-05-15 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC $200: Ancient city seen here (the Colosseum is in the middle) in a National Geographic illustration Rome |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ANCIENT ROME $100: Term for the commander of a "century", a group of about 100 soldiers Centurion |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ANCIENT ROME $200: At the 31 B.C. Battle of Actium, this pair commanded the combined Roman-Egyptian fleets Antony & Cleopatra |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ANCIENT ROME $300: Marcus Gavius Apicius wrote one of these in the first century; that's why Apician means gourmet Cookbook |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ANCIENT ROME $400: This "Younger" orator & letter writer whose "Elder" was killed by Vesuvius was governor of Bithynia Pliny |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ANCIENT ROME $500: His second wife, Pompeia, was a granddaughter of Sulla who, like him, ruled Rome as a dictator Julius Caesar |
| #3061, aired 1997-12-15 | SCRIBES $1000: In ancient Rome scribes who took dictation from "public" meetings were called these Notaries |
| #3022, aired 1997-10-21 | "FOR" WORDS $200: A public square in ancient Rome where other than "funny things" happened forum |
| #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 |
| #2981, aired 1997-07-14 | ANCIENT ROME $100: In 48 B.C., while pursuing Pompey into Egypt, this Roman dictator met Cleopatra Julius Caesar |
| #2981, aired 1997-07-14 | ANCIENT ROME $200: This most powerful government body of Ancient Rome passed decrees & handled foreign policy Senate |
| #2981, aired 1997-07-14 | ANCIENT ROME $300: With a population of about 750,000, this Egyptian city was the second largest in the Roman Empire Alexandria |
| #2981, aired 1997-07-14 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Sicily became the first Roman province after it was conquered in the first of these wars against Carthage Punic Wars |
| #2981, aired 1997-07-14 | ANCIENT ROME $500: The Roman home was built around this spacious hall that had an opening in the roof to let in air & light Atrium |
| #2880, aired 1997-02-21 | ANCIENT GREECE $200: In 146 B.C. what's now Greece was conquered by this western Mediterranean power Rome |
| #2877, aired 1997-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $200: These gathering places called thermae contained a laconicum or steam room baths |
| #2877, aired 1997-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $400: The Flavian Amphitheater got this name from a large statue of Nero that once stood nearby Colosseum |
| #2877, aired 1997-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $600: In 146 B.C. Scipio Aemilianus captured this African city & destroyed its walls Carthage |
| #2877, aired 1997-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $800: This stammering emperor, once thrown into the Rhine by Caligula, succeeded him Claudius |
| #2877, aired 1997-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: Lucius Aelius Sejanus served as prefect in these imperial guards from 14 to 31 A.D. Praetorian Guard |
| #2743, aired 1996-07-03 | MYTHOLOGY $200: In ancient Rome the Flamen Martialis was the priest in charge of service to this god Mars |
| #2669, aired 1996-03-21 | DAYS OF THE WEEK $400: In ancient Rome it was called Dies Veneris, the day of Venus, hence the French Vendredi Friday |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | ANCIENT ROME $100: Suetonius says this emperor sang while Rome burned & his last words were "What an artist dies with me" Nero |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | ANCIENT ROME $200: In 313 Constantine declared this religion legal Christianity |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | ANCIENT ROME $300: About 40 of these underground cemeteries stretch approximately 350 miles around Rome catacombs |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Coins celebrating Julius Caesar's murder had 2 daggers on them & "Eid-Mar", short for this the Ides of March |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | ANCIENT ROME $500: There were few statues of this goddess of the hearth; she was represented by an eternal flame Vesta |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: This largest stadium in ancient Rome held about a quarter of a million spectators Circus Maximus |
| #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 |
| #2519, aired 1995-07-13 | GAMBLING $200: This game isn't an invention of U.S. states; Augustus ran one to raise revenue for repairs in ancient Rome a lottery |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | ANCIENT TIMES $300: Roscius, who rehearsed every gesture meticulously, was one of this civilization's greatest actors Rome |
| #2438, aired 1995-03-22 | WHEN IN ROME... $200: The family tomb of Scipio Africanus is one of the sights along this ancient road the Appian Way |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | ANCIENT ROME $100: Romans swam & got steamed at these popular meeting places; the ones of Diocletian were the largest the baths |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | ANCIENT ROME $200: A retiarius was a gladiator who tried to entangle his opponent in one of these a net |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | ANCIENT ROME $300: This Roman river is named for a king of Alba Longa who drowned in it the Tiber |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Around 445 B.C. this class of free citizens won the right to marry patricians the plebeians |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | ANCIENT ROME $500: 13-letter Latin term for the "father of the family" who had total power over everyone in his household paterfamilias |
| #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 |
| #2286, aired 1994-07-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Ostia stood at the mouth of this river, about 15 miles from Rome Tiber |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | INCREDIBLE EDIBLES $300: Vitellius, a noted glutton & ancient emperor of this, gorged himself on flamingo tongues & peacock brains Rome |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Soon after the death of Cleopatra in 30 B.C., Egypt became a province of this empire Rome |
| #2187, aired 1994-02-22 | FASHION $300: In Ancient Rome, the draping of this garment was so complex that some men had special slaves to do it toga |
| #2185, aired 1994-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $200: This largest Roman amphitheatre was flooded for mock naval battles called naumachiae the Colosseum |
| #2185, aired 1994-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $400: This "fiddling" emperor scandalized the populace by performing in public in female roles Nero |
| #2185, aired 1994-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $600: Early Christians hid in these underground tunnels during times of persecution catacombs |
| #2185, aired 1994-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $800: Statues depict Romulus & Remus, the legendary founders of Rome, with this animal that nursed them a wolf |
| #2185, aired 1994-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: The curia, which still stands in the Roman forum, was the seat of this powerful government body the Senate |
| #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 |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | OPERA $200: Spontini's opera "La vestale" is set in ancient Rome & this is the odd job of Giulia, its title a Vestal virgin |
| #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 |
| #2080, aired 1993-09-24 | NOVELS $1000: St. Peter appears as a character in this 1896 novel that's set in ancient Rome & has a Latin title Quo Vadis |
| #1900, aired 1992-12-04 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $800: In ancient Rome 5 feet equaled 1 pace & 1,000 paces was equivalent to this a mile |
| #1854, aired 1992-10-01 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: In this ancient civilization, 12 uncia equaled one libra Rome |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: When Julius Caesar was murdered in 44 BC this queen was living in one of his villas in Rome Cleopatra |
| #1818, aired 1992-06-24 | ANCIENT ROME $200: Marcus Junius & Decimus Junius were "Et 2" people with this name in the plot to kill Caesar Brutus |
| #1818, aired 1992-06-24 | ANCIENT ROME $400: = = |
| #1818, aired 1992-06-24 | ANCIENT ROME $600: = = |
| #1818, aired 1992-06-24 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: = = |
| #1818, aired 1992-06-24 | ANCIENT ROME $1,100 (Daily Double): = = |
| #1793, aired 1992-05-20 | HILLS $1000: Ancient Rome's streets extended from this hill; today, it's the site of a complex of art galleries the Capitoline |
| #1775, aired 1992-04-24 | ANCIENT ROME $200: The center of Rome since the 8th century B.C., Caesar added the law court to it the Forum |
| #1775, aired 1992-04-24 | ANCIENT ROME $600: In a Roman domus or house, the atrium was the courtyard, the hortus was the garden & the culina, this the kitchen |
| #1775, aired 1992-04-24 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: He was the first emperor to be assassinated Caligula |
| #1775, aired 1992-04-24 | ANCIENT ROME $2,000 (Daily Double): In addition to ruling Rome as its first emperor, he ended the reign of the pharaohs Augustus (Caesar) (Octavius) |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | VEGETABLES $500: Also called cos lettuce, it originated on the Greek island of Cos, not in ancient Rome Romaine |
| #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 |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $400: Guinness says this ancient civilization's most famous actor was Quintus Roscius Rome |
| #1611, aired 1991-09-09 | WORD ORIGINS $200: Tegere, "to cover", gave us the name of this garment of ancient Rome a toga |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | ALL EARS $500: As far back as ancient Rome people believed when your ears burn it means this someone's talking about you |
| #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 |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | ANCIENT ROME $200: The games featuring these fighters began in the 3rd Cent. B.C. as part of funeral ceremonies the gladiators |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | ANCIENT ROME $400: The 4th king of Rome, Ancus Marcus, is credited with building the 1st bridge across this river the Tiber |
| #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 |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | ANCIENT ROME $800: The 2 men in this post were responsible for counting the Romans & controlling moral conduct the censors |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | ANCIENT ROME $1,400 (Daily Double): It's believed the Romans turned against the ruling Etruscans after Sextus Tarquinius raped her Lucretia |
| #1509, aired 1991-03-07 | ODD JOBS $500: Marcus Agrippa in ancient Rome or Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve in Summerfield a water commissioner |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | ANCIENT ROME $200: Though the marriage was stormy, Juno was the wife of this king of the gods in Roman myth Jupiter |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Tradition says Romulus & Remus did this April 21, 753 B.C. founded the new Rome |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | ANCIENT ROME $600: Created by the early kings as an advisory body, it originally numbered 100 the Senate |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | ANCIENT ROME $800: After the 1st 2 Punic Wars, this city paid big fines to Rome; after the 3rd war, in 146 B.C., Rome razed it Carthage |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: Emperor who rebuilt Lyon after the fire there in 59 A.D. & did the same for Rome 5 years later Nero |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #1343, aired 1990-06-06 | ANCIENT ROME $100: At least 19 of the first 50 of them, including Galba & Caligula, were assassinated emperors |
| #1343, aired 1990-06-06 | ANCIENT ROME $200: The Flavian Amphitheater, popularly known as this, is the world's largest standing ancient amphitheater Colosseum |
| #1343, aired 1990-06-06 | ANCIENT ROME $300: Roman life centered around these public facilities, called the "thermae" baths |
| #1343, aired 1990-06-06 | ANCIENT ROME $400: This word for a popular vote comes from resolutions voted by the Plebeian Assembly of Rome plebiscite |
| #1343, aired 1990-06-06 | ANCIENT ROME $500: Though it was considered unlucky, these priestesses could marry after 30 years of service Vestal Virgins |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | ANCIENT ROME $200: This church faced periodic persecution for 300 years, until Constantine's conversion the Christian Church |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | ANCIENT ROME $400: In 73 B.C. he escaped from a school for gladiators & gathered an army of 70,000 rebels Spartacus |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | ANCIENT ROME $600: Ironically, the last titular emperor of Rome bore this name, the same as Rome's founder Augustus Romulus |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | ANCIENT ROME $800: Admission was free at this huge arena, estimated to have been 3 times the size of the Colosseum the Circus Maximus |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: Emperor Julian, who sought to restore paganism in place of Christianity, was nicknamed this Julian the Apostate |
| #1314, aired 1990-04-26 | ANCIENT ROME $200: Between January & March 49 B.C. he conquered all of Italy Julius Caesar |
| #1314, aired 1990-04-26 | ANCIENT ROME $400: He gave Rome a permanent Praetorian Guard, public fire brigade, police force & its first emperor Caesar Augustus |
| #1314, aired 1990-04-26 | ANCIENT ROME $800: The Punic Wars were called that after the Poeni, the Roman name for these people who founded Carthage the Phoenicians |
| #1314, aired 1990-04-26 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: Horace & Ovid were known for their poetry, Livy & Tacitus for their writings in this field history |
| #1314, aired 1990-04-26 | ANCIENT ROME $1,800 (Daily Double): The temple of all the gods, it's the best preserved ancient building in Rome today the Pantheon |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | FASHION HISTORY $200: This traditional draped garment of ancient Rome was worn originally by the Etruscans togas |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | PLAYWRIGHTS $400: A freed slave named Terence was one of the greatest comic playwrights of this ancient civilization Rome |
| #1172, aired 1989-10-10 | ANCIENT ROME $200: Augustus was given the title "Pater Patriae", which meant this, a phrase later describing Washington "Father of Our Country" |
| #1172, aired 1989-10-10 | ANCIENT ROME $400: In early Rome the Plebeians were the lower class citizens & these were the upper class the Patricians |
| #1172, aired 1989-10-10 | ANCIENT ROME $600: The only battle Rome won against this general was at Zama, ending the 2nd Punic War Hannibal (Barca) |
| #1172, aired 1989-10-10 | ANCIENT ROME $800: This "elder" wrote a 37 volume scientific encyclopedia Pliny the Elder |
| #1172, aired 1989-10-10 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: In 330 A.D. he moved the capital of the empire from Rome to Byzantium, which he renamed Emperor Constantine |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | ANCIENT TIMES $200: It was a complaint by this "good" group that got Pontius Pilate recalled to Rome the Samaritans |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | APRIL $200: This day for playing practical jokes resembles the Hilaria Festival of ancient Rome April Fools' Day |
| #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 |
| #954, aired 1988-10-27 | FURNITURE $100: This emperor's love of the grandeur of ancient Rome popularized the "Empire" style in France Napoleon |
| #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. |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | AQUATIC LIFE $400: In Ancient Rome, these large eels kept in captivity were decorated with jewelry & fed unwanted slaves moray eels |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | HISTORIC PLACES $200: In ancient times, criminals were thrown from the south face of this city's Capitoline Hill Rome |
| #906, aired 1988-07-11 | HOTELS $200: It's been described as "Las Vegas' stab at ancient Rome" Caesar's Palace |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | "P"s & "Q"s $500: Of or belonging to the aristocratic families of ancient Rome patrician |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | ANCIENT ROME $200: The war season began with this month, then the 1st month of the year March |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Made of wool, this garment was the mark of a Roman citizen toga |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | ANCIENT ROME $600: The Antoine Wall in Britain was further north than this more famous British Roman wall Hadrian's Wall |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: Caligula was the 1st of several emperors murdered by these troops, bodyguards to the emperor Praetorian Guard |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | ANCIENT ROME $1,400 (Daily Double): The 2 assassins of Caesar defeated by Marc Antony & Octavian at the Battle of Philipi Brutus & Cassius |
| #788, aired 1988-01-27 | ANCIENT ROME $100: Month named for the Roman custom of striking women w/leather thongs to aid fertility, the "februa" February |
| #788, aired 1988-01-27 | ANCIENT ROME $200: According to Shakespeare, this man who killed Julius Caesar killed himself by running upon his sword Brutus |
| #788, aired 1988-01-27 | ANCIENT ROME $300: The first Roman circus, it was also the largest Circus Maximus |
| #788, aired 1988-01-27 | ANCIENT ROME $400: This gladiator school dropout led a slave revolt in 73 B.C. Spartacus |
| #788, aired 1988-01-27 | ANCIENT ROME $500: In 2 B.C., the Roman senate gave Augustus Caesar the title "Pater Patriae", which means this father of the country |
| #752, aired 1987-12-08 | FARMING $100: According to the book "Harvesters", in ancient Rome pigeon droppings were highly prized as this fertilizer |
| #690, aired 1987-09-11 | ANCIENT WORLDS $400: A vestal virgin supposedly spawned these twin tots, the feral founding fathers of Rome Romulus & Remus |
| #690, aired 1987-09-11 | ANCIENT WORLDS $1000: This city-state fought & lost 3 Punic Wars with Rome Carthage |
| #677, aired 1987-07-14 | WATER $200: 11 aqueducts, 359 mi. in length, delivered 50 million gallons of water daily to this ancient city Rome |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | ANCIENT ROME $200: This Roman slave is the subject of a Russian ballet & a Kirk Douglas film Spartacus |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | ANCIENT ROME $400: It's believed the 1st gladiatorial battles took place at these death-related rites a funeral |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | ANCIENT ROME $500 (Daily Double): Caligula's uncle Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus is usually known by this singular name Claudius |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | ANCIENT ROME $800: He married Calpurnia but was called "the husband of every woman & the wife of every man" Julius Caesar |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: Shakespeare's poem inspired by Sextus, son of King Tarquin, who attacked a Roman lady named Lucretia The Rape of Lucrece |
| #665, aired 1987-06-26 | BY THE NUMBERS $800 (Daily Double): If you bought a CD player in ancient Rome for "CD" denarii, you spent this many 400 |
| #647, aired 1987-06-02 | AMERICAN INDIANS $1000: Member of 1 of the tribes of the Iroquois, or a philosopher of ancient Rome Seneca |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | ANCIENT ROME $100: He had affairs with Cassius' wife & Brutus' mother, giving the guys good reason to stab him Julius Caesar |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | ANCIENT ROME $200: What the Roman elite did with dormice, ostrich wings & flamingo tongues ate them |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | ANCIENT ROME $300: Roman historians usually wrote in this language until Cato the Elder wrote "Origines" in Latin Greek |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Among these, a sector was a light-armored version of the heavily armored Samnite gladiators |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | ANCIENT ROME $500 (Daily Double): On the earliest known Roman calendar, these were the 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th months September, October, November, & December |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Three years after the Gauls attacked in 390 B.C., this city began building a wall around its 7 hills Rome |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Their Capitoline Hill was the original Capitol Hill Rome |
| #525, aired 1986-12-12 | ANCIENT RUMORS $200: He not only "fiddled" while Rome burned, he sang, & may have set the fire himself Nero |
| #521, aired 1986-12-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: It was said "All roads lead to" there Rome |
| #482, aired 1986-10-14 | "GLAD" TIDINGS $100: Colosseum combatants of ancient Rome the gladiators |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | THEATER $200: Ancient Mediterranean civilization where most theater performers were slaves Rome |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Concrete was invented & 1st widely used by this Mediterranean civilization Rome |
| #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 |
| #360, aired 1986-01-24 | SPORTS $300: Though traced back to ancient Rome, handball came to the U.S. from this Celtic country Ireland |
| #300, aired 1985-11-01 | "TRI" WORDS $500: The most powerful civil officers in ancient Rome, they could veto bills & could not be imprisoned tribunes |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The satirist Juvenal complained that all this city's people wanted was bread & circuses Rome |
| #276, aired 1985-09-30 | ANCIENT TIMES $1000: Mussolini's party name came from this bundle of rods bound to an ax, a symbol of ancient Rome fasces |
| #171, aired 1985-05-06 | ANCIENT WORLDS $200: No. of hills ancient Rome was built on 7 |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Gladiator who led Great Slave Revolt against Rome, 73-71 B.C. Spartacus |
| #98, aired 1985-01-23 | ANCIENT WORLDS $600: Class below the patricians, they were the general citizen body of Ancient Rome the plebeians |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | BY THE "WAY" $100: 1st military highway of ancient Rome, it's still in use today the Appian Way |
| #68, aired 1984-12-12 | ANCIENT WORLDS $100: Where all roads were supposed to have led Rome |
| #16, aired 1984-10-01 | CHEMISTRY $1000: "Plumbum" in Latin, Ancient Rome's plumbing was made of this heavy metal lead |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | ALPHABET SOUP $800: What Bo Derek would have been in ancient Rome X |
