| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | LONG-LIVED CRITTERS $1000: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" fans, rejoice! In 2020, Wisdom, this type of bird, actually laid an egg at age 69 an albatross |
| #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 |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | THE THIRD MAN $800: Use your wisdom & name this third king of ancient Israel, Bathsheba's boy Solomon |
| #7748, aired 2018-04-25 | EMOTION $400: Emotion of a lover fearing infidelity; the ancient "wisdom of Solomon" says "the ear of" it "heareth all things" jealousy |
| #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 |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | ANCIENT WISDOM $1200: In this classic tome, Sun Tzu claimed that "a military operation involves deception" The Art of War |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | ANCIENT WISDOM $1600: In the 4th century B.C., Aristotle said that "man is by nature" this type of "animal" a political animal |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | ANCIENT WISDOM $2000: This Roman poet's "Georgics" tells us, "Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things" Virgil |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | ANCIENT WISDOM $200: "The Frog and the Ox" by this fabulist says, "Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction" Aesop |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | ANCIENT WISDOM $400: "Bartlett's" quotes Chinese scientist Chang Heng: "Heaven is like an egg, and the earth is like" this part "of the egg" the yolk |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | ANCIENT WISDOM $600: "The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life" is a saying from his "Republic" Plato |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | ANCIENT WISDOM $800: Socrates once declared, "I am not" this "or a Greek, but a citizen of the world" Athenian |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | ANCIENT WISDOM $1000: This playwright observed in "Clouds" that "Old men are children for a second time" Aristophanes |
| #4004, aired 2002-01-17 | I'D LIKE TO BUY AN OWL $400: The ancient Greeks believed that the owl was sacred to this goddess of wisdom (Pallas) Athena |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | ANCIENT WISDOM $100: Chang Heng said, "Heaven is like an egg, and the earth is like" this part "of the egg" the yolk |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | ANCIENT WISDOM $200: Common translation of the Latin saying "errare humanum est" to err is human |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | ANCIENT WISDOM $300: "Be content... one cannot be first in everything" was fabulous advice from this fabulist Aesop |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | ANCIENT WISDOM $500: Theophrastus said this "is the most valuable thing a man can spend" time |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | ANCIENT WISDOM $800 (Daily Double): Ovid said this form of literature "comes fine-spun from a mind at peace" poetry |
| #2117, aired 1993-11-16 | ANCIENT WISDOM $200: Terence said this "removes distress; it's a great wound-healer, too" Time |
| #2117, aired 1993-11-16 | ANCIENT WISDOM $400: Publilius Cyrus said this about a rolling stone way back in the 1st century B.C. It gathers no moss |
| #2117, aired 1993-11-16 | ANCIENT WISDOM $600: "Friends have all things in common" is a wise saying from one of his dialogues Plato |
| #2117, aired 1993-11-16 | ANCIENT WISDOM $800: "There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man", this playwright warned in "Medea" Euripides |
| #2117, aired 1993-11-16 | ANCIENT WISDOM $1000: "Old men are children for a second time", observed this playwright in "The Clouds" Aristophanes |
| #1595, aired 1991-07-05 | WORDS OF WISDOM $1000: Ancient Greek philosopher who said, "Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily" Epicurus |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | BIRDS $400: In ancient Greece, this bird was associated with Athena, the goddess of wisdom the owl |
| #999, aired 1988-12-29 | MYTHOLOGY $100: Post held by Neith for the ancient Egyptians, Minerva for the Romans & Athena for the Greeks goddess of wisdom |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | BIRDS $200: Tho many birds are smarter, ancient Greeks associated these "wise" birds with their goddess of wisdom the owl |
