#8988, aired 2023-12-06 | REAL MEN OF SCIENCE $600: Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek's theory that the universe never changes Ptolemy (Aristotle) |
#8678, aired 2022-07-06 | "A" BEFORE "E" $800: The name of this field of science means "ancient study" archaeology |
#8499, aired 2021-10-28 | SCIENCE $1600: Need a handy man? One of the most ancient examples of the human genus is this one whose name means "handy man" Homo habilis |
#8495, aired 2021-10-22 | PLANETARY SCIENCE $800: Ancient astronomers finally realized Phosphorus, seen in the morning, & Hesperus, in the evening--both this planet Venus |
#8431, aired 2021-06-28 | SCIENCE $800: This "ancient life" geologic era ended about 250 million years ago as most species on Earth died out Paleozoic |
#8391, aired 2021-05-03 | YE OLDE SCIENCE $1200: The ancient Greeks believed all matter was composed of these 4 classical elements earth, air, fire & water |
#7884, aired 2018-12-13 | A SCIENCE BOOK $1600: Subtitled "The Plant That Changed the World" in John Gaudet's study, this species was first widely used in ancient Egypt papyrus |
#7834, aired 2018-10-04 | "PER"SPECTIVE ON SCIENCE $1200: The ancient Egyptians called it "gem of the sun", & it does come from meteorites as well as lava deposits peridot |
#7411, aired 2016-11-28 | EARTH SCIENCE $800: Ancient Greek for "slope" gives us this weather word much in the news for the way it's changing climate |
#7358, aired 2016-09-14 | FOLKS OF SCIENCE $1200: This ancient Greek who loved the lever established statics, the study of a body at equilibrium Archimedes |
#7047, aired 2015-04-14 | GENERAL SCIENCE $600: The name of this geologic era in which amphibians & reptiles were introduced means "ancient life" Paleozoic |
#6961, aired 2014-12-15 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $400: Types of this calculating device using wires & sliding balls in a frame were used in Ancient Egypt & China an abacus |
#6961, aired 2014-12-15 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $800: Anaxagoras was exiled from Athens for believing that this was a red hot metal larger than the Peloponnese the sun |
#6961, aired 2014-12-15 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $1200: In the 1st century, Hero of Alexandria invented the aeolipile, the first engine powered by this steam |
#6961, aired 2014-12-15 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $1600: Eureka! He dreamed up a "death ray" using mirrors that was shown to be feasible in 2005 Archimedes |
#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 |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $400: Chinese general Huang-ti used a lodestone as one of these around 300 B.C., perhaps by floating it in a bowl a compass |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $800: Around 270 B.C. Aristarchus calculated that its distance was 60 times the radius of the earth -- he was pretty darn close (distance to) the moon |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $1600: This pupil of Plato observed that dolphins bear live young attached by an umbilical cord Aristotle |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $2000: Why not take this guy, who around 140 A.D. developed a model of the solar system with earth as its center Ptolemy |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $3,000 (Daily Double): Around 400 B.C. Democritus proposed that all matter is composed of these tiny units atoms |
#6834, aired 2014-05-08 | SCIENCE & TECH BOOKS $2000: A biography of Michael Ventris is titled "The Man Who Deciphered" this ancient Cretan script Linear B |
#6540, aired 2013-02-08 | WEIRD SCIENCE $1000: Microbes feeding on an ancient Antarctic forest may be generating billions of tons of this greenhouse gas, CH4 methane |
#6392, aired 2012-06-05 | MEDICAL HISTORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us statues at the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.) The Hall of Immortals honors medical pioneers, like Madame Curie, ancient Egypt's Imhotep, &
of course, this man, born in Greece around 460 B.C. Hippocrates |
#6281, aired 2012-01-02 | SPACE-Y MUSIC $2000: A jazz musician whose costumes combined Ancient Egypt & science fiction:
____ Ra Sun |
#6025, aired 2010-11-19 | REAL MEN OF SCIENCE $1200: Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek's theory that the universe never changes Aristotle |
#5177, aired 2007-02-27 | POLITICAL SCIENCE $800: "Every community is established with a view to some good", says this ancient man's "Politics" Aristotle |
#4025, aired 2002-02-15 | SCIENCE $1600: Reptiles & fish first came into being during this geologic era whose name means "ancient life" Paleozoic |
#2402, aired 1995-01-31 | MEN OF SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): This ancient physicist discovered the principle of buoyancy while in a bathtub Archimedes |
#2132, aired 1993-12-07 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1000: Meaning "ancient life", it's the geologic era when the first amphibians & reptiles appeared the Paleozoic |
#2119, aired 1993-11-18 | FAMOUS SCIENTISTS $400: Much of our knowledge of ancient science comes from a 37-book work by this naturalist, The Elder Pliny |
#1643, aired 1991-10-23 | ANCIENT GREEK SCIENCE $200: Democritus proposed all matter was made up of these, from a Greek word for indivisible atoms |
#1643, aired 1991-10-23 | ANCIENT GREEK SCIENCE $400: This rock-tosser was devised by workers under orders from Dionysius to come up with new weapons catapult |
#1643, aired 1991-10-23 | ANCIENT GREEK SCIENCE $600: In creating the first star map, Hipparchus came up with this system of lines now used on Earth maps longitude & latitude |
#1643, aired 1991-10-23 | ANCIENT GREEK SCIENCE $800: Around 280 B.C. Aristarchus figured this out about our solar system but people thought the idea stupid the planets revolve around the sun |
#1643, aired 1991-10-23 | ANCIENT GREEK SCIENCE $1000: This "Elements" author is considered the most famous mathematician of all time Euclid |
#1474, aired 1991-01-17 | SCIENCE $400: In ancient times, lodestone was used as a form of this instrument Compass |
#1158, aired 1989-09-20 | SCIENCE $200: The only substance known to ancient man in solid, liquid & gas form Water |
#991, aired 1988-12-19 | ANCIENT QUOTES $800: Plato said this science "compels the soul to look upward & leads us from this world to another" astronomy |
#768, aired 1987-12-30 | PHYSICISTS $600: Ancient Greek geometer who postulated light rays & "started" the science of optics Euclid |
#367, aired 1986-02-04 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $200: Considered 1st universal genius, this student of Plato believed goats breathed through their ears Aristotle |
#367, aired 1986-02-04 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $400: Delta city with automatic door openers, washing machines, & a world-famous library Alexandria |
#367, aired 1986-02-04 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $600: Noticing ill effects, the Roman, Vitruvius, recommended water pipes be made of clay rather than this lead |
#367, aired 1986-02-04 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $800: Greek who 1st used math to tune an instrument, he's more famous for a triangle Pythagoras |
#367, aired 1986-02-04 | ANCIENT SCIENCE $3,000 (Daily Double): The ancient Sumerian number system, based on 60, is still used today to measure this time |
#284, aired 1985-10-10 | SCIENCE $400: Nature, according to ancient scientists, abhors it a vacuum |
#278, aired 1985-10-02 | SCIENCE $600: Intact DNA was recently extracted from one of these ancient "royal relics" mummy |
#171, aired 1985-05-06 | SCIENCE $800: Discovery of this "ancient man" in England proved to be a hoax Piltdown Man |