#9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $1000: Andrew Jackson "won" the E.C. 99-84-41-37 but having no majority there, lost the election in the House to this man John Quincy Adams |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | JACKSON $200: Andrew Jackson appears on the bill of this denomination $20 |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | PRESIDENTS NOT PRESIDENTING $1000: A big cockfight enthusiast, this man was known to yell "Twenty dollars on my Bernadotte!" outside the Old Nashville Inn Andrew Jackson |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | HERE BE PIRATES! $800: Andrew Jackson called this French pirate "one of the ablest men" in the Battle of New Orleans Jean Lafitte |
#8892, aired 2023-06-13 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS $800: "The gallant & successful defender of New Orleans"
(1828) (Andrew) Jackson |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | CLOSE ELECTIONS $1200: In 1832 Henry Clay took Maryland by 4 votes over this incumbent president, who won reelection handily anyway (Andrew) Jackson |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | I'M LATE, I'M GREAT, I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE $400: Serving under Andrew Jackson, I gained the U.S. greater trading access; later I succeeded AJ as president Van Buren |
#8801, aired 2023-02-06 | PRISONERS OF WAR $800: Andrew Jackson was 14 when he & his brother were taken as prisoners during this war the American Revolution |
#8785, aired 2023-01-13 | THE CITY SQUARE $1600: Here's this president on his high horse in the New Orleans square named for him in 1851 (Andrew) Jackson |
#8780, aired 2023-01-06 | THE PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE... $800: Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams |
#8722, aired 2022-10-18 | PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES $3,000 (Daily Double): "We have now lived almost 50 years under the Constitution framed by the sages & patriots of the Revolution" (Andrew) Jackson |
#8707, aired 2022-09-27 | CASH $1000: The $10 bill was issued in 1914 with this president on the front; today, he's on a larger bill & some don't want him there Andrew Jackson |
#8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ONE-LETTER FIRST NAME CHANGE $1000: "Old Hickory" & Soviet nuclear physicist & peace activist Sakharov Andrew & Andrei |
#8610, aired 2022-04-01 | ACTING PRESIDENTS $2000: Charlton Heston portrayed him wooing Rachel in "The President's Lady" & during his War of 1812 days in "The Buccaneer" Andrew Jackson |
#8527, aired 2021-12-07 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $800: He killed lawyer Charles Dickinson in a duel Andrew Jackson |
#8500, aired 2021-10-29 | PRESIDENTS WHO WEREN'T BORN IN THE UNITED STATES $800: He wasn't "Old" in 1767, when he fell from the tree in the backwoods of the Carolina colonies Andrew Jackson |
#8454, aired 2021-07-29 | SOMETHING $1000: In 2020 a grandson of this 10th president passed away at 95 (yes, you heard that right & no, they never met) John Tyler |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS $1000: A memorial to this president in a square across from the White House includes enemy cannons he captured in 1818 (Andrew) Jackson |
#8360, aired 2021-03-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1840 this former president went to St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans to honor an event that occurred 25 years earlier Andrew Jackson |
#8320, aired 2021-01-22 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $1000: This man from Kinderhook served as secretary for Andrew Jackson Van Buren |
#8308, aired 2021-01-06 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1600: For some reason the Anti-Masonic Party chose onetime Freemason William Wirt to challenge this incumbent president in 1832 Andrew Jackson |
#8262, aired 2020-10-20 | THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS $800: The relative calm of the Era made it possible to create the second of these institutions, later savaged by Andrew Jackson a Bank of the United States |
#8241, aired 2020-09-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): This president was said to regret his decision "not to hang John C. Calhoun" as a traitor Andrew Jackson |
#8191, aired 2020-03-30 | FETE OFFENSIVE $800: After this war hero's 1829 inauguration, crowds nearly crushed him & the White House was trashed Andrew Jackson |
#8163, aired 2020-02-19 | OFFBEAT HISTORY $600: During this president's funeral at the Hermitage, his parrot "commenced swearing so loud & long as to disturb the people" Andrew Jackson |
#8097, aired 2019-11-19 | HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE $400: The battle of this city that helped make Andrew Jackson a hero was actually fought after the War of 1812 ended New Orleans |
#8073, aired 2019-10-16 | WHAT PREZ PRECEDED... $3,800 (Daily Double): Martin Van Buren, & you can take that to the bank Andrew Jackson |
#8065, aired 2019-10-04 | FEAT OF (HENRY) CLAY $1600: According to Andrew Jackson, Clay's "corrupt bargain" was the sec. of state job for helping make this man president John Quincy Adams |
#7974, aired 2019-04-18 | AROUND THE HOUSE $200: It's the shelf that's above a fireplace; one at Andrew Jackson's Hermitage was made of--what else--hickory mantel |
#7881, aired 2018-12-10 | THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES $1600: In 1832 this president vetoed renewal of the bank's charter, calling it "a hydra of corruption" (Andrew) Jackson |
#7771, aired 2018-05-28 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $800: This lawyer who penned "The Star-Spangled Banner" was later a member of Andrew Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet" Francis Scott Key |
#7765, aired 2018-05-18 | PUTTING THE VICE IN VICE PRESIDENT $1000: Schuyler Colfax, No. 2 to this military hero, got implicated in shady contracts to build the Union Pacific Railroad (Ulysses) Grant |
#7758, aired 2018-05-09 | IN THE STATE MUSEUM $1,000 (Daily Double): Andrew Jackson's leather wallet Tennessee |
#7729, aired 2018-03-29 | HIS PANIC $400: This president inherited Andrew Jackson's financial policies, which spurred on the stock world's "Panic of 1837" Martin Van Buren |
#7722, aired 2018-03-20 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE SILVER MEDALISTS $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Here's the 1824 Electoral College map--Andrew Jackson got the most Electoral College votes with 99, but with the vote split 4 ways, no one had a majority, & the House elected this man as president Quincy Adams |
#7697, aired 2018-02-13 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1832 Andrew Jackson complained that this institution "is trying to kill me, but I will kill it" the bank |
#7679, aired 2018-01-18 | PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS $5,000 (Daily Double): The only president who had been a P.O.W., he was held in Camden, S.C. by the British while just a teenager in 1781 Andrew Jackson |
#7581, aired 2017-07-24 | HISTORIC INSULTS $400: To Andrew Jackson this Kentuckian "Great Compromiser" was "the Judas of the West" (Henry) Clay |
#7492, aired 2017-03-21 | WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON $5,000 (Daily Double): The arrival of this fellow general & political foe in the White House cost WHH a diplomatic post in South America Andrew Jackson |
#7468, aired 2017-02-15 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $2000: In 1813:
"We have met the enemy and they are ours" (Commodore Oliver Hazard) Perry |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | HISTORIC HOMES $800: The Hermitage, his Tennessee estate, has a cafe called the Kitchen Cabinet; its ham sandwich is named for Roger Taney Andrew Jackson |
#7418, aired 2016-12-07 | ON THE MONEY $1,200 (Daily Double): The White House & the man who moved in in 1829 the $20 bill |
#7402, aired 2016-11-15 | NEW PRESIDENTIAL CODE NAMES? $2,000 (Daily Double): "Hermitage Guy" or "The 20" Andrew Jackson |
#7376, aired 2016-10-10 | VERY CLEVER $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a bent Jackson.) Bending a $20 bill at precise places can make Andrew's face appear to smile or frown, an effective one of these 2-word tricks an optical illusion |
#7334, aired 2016-06-30 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): U.S. president:
"The Duel Fighter" Andrew Jackson |
#7306, aired 2016-05-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: This Washington, D.C. guest house of U.S. Presidents was named for an advisor to Andrew Jackson & built in 1824 Blair House |
#7295, aired 2016-05-06 | MY FAVORITE BURRO $1600: The donkey as a Democratic symbol began in 1828 when this presidential hopeful was called a "jackass" Andrew Jackson |
#7273, aired 2016-04-06 | THE WAR OF 1812 $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map-like diagram on the monitor.) Using barricades of earthworks & cotton bales, he set a defensive line on Rodriguez Canal to defend New Orleans; in a half-hour of fighting on January 8, 1815, British causalities were over 2,000; Americans?--fewer than 100 (Andrew) Jackson |
#7227, aired 2016-02-02 | WHO SAID THAT? $2000: To Martin van Buren: "The bank, Mr. van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it" Andrew Jackson |
#7225, aired 2016-01-29 | PO PRESENTS UNCONVENTIONAL WARRIORS $1000: (Po delivers the clue.) Jordan Noble was just 14 when he played the long roll in this 1815 battle, Andrew Jackson's victory over the British; so was a drummer, but's that's OK. We can't alI be, you know, in the thick of the fight the Battle of New Orleans |
#7190, aired 2015-12-11 | PRESIDENTIAL PARTY POLITICS $400: Andrew Jackson was the first winner of the presidency for the modern version of this party the Democratic Party |
#7175, aired 2015-11-20 | THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH $800: Andrew Jackson is quoted as saying, "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him" do this, the exec. branch's job enforce it |
#7148, aired 2015-10-14 | THE ROARING 1820s $1600: In 1824 he got 30.9% of the popular vote for president, defeating Andrew Jackson, who got 41.3%--wait, what?! John Quincy Adams |
#7145, aired 2015-10-09 | OF REPRESENTATIVES $1600: The only Speaker of the House to become president was this Tennessee representative & 11th president (James) Polk |
#7142, aired 2015-10-06 | I AM HISTORY! $400: The 1830s Whigs wanted to offset Andrew Jackson with a "coonskin" politician & backed this b'ar-huntin' Tenn. congressman Davy Crockett |
#7135, aired 2015-09-25 | NICKNAMES $400: Andrew Jackson's toughness during the War of 1812 earned him this "Old" nickname "Old Hickory" |
#7109, aired 2015-07-09 | VICTORY $400: A decisive victory at this January 1815 battle made Andrew Jackson a national hero the Battle of New Orleans |
#7094, aired 2015-06-18 | THE MONEY MAN $1000: He's worth 40% of Ulysses S. Grant Andrew Jackson |
#7081, aired 2015-06-01 | THE LAW OF THE LAND $1,000 (Daily Double): Tennessee bars holding office if you take part in these, though Tenn.'s Andrew Jackson took part in as many as 100 duels |
#7040, aired 2015-04-03 | JOHN QUINCY ADAMS $1600: JQA feuded with this successor & called him "a barbarian who... could hardly spell his own name" Andrew Jackson |
#6976, aired 2015-01-05 | "DE"FRIEND $400: Andrew Jackson Downing was a family friend & mansion architect for this family of Franklin Roosevelt's mom Delano |
#6962, aired 2014-12-16 | PICTURE THE POLITICAN $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a picture on the monitor.) Andy Thomas' painting "True Blues" brings together eight poker-playing democratic presidents, including JFK, LBJ, Harry Truman & this man with his back to us, a founder of the Democratic Party (Andrew) Jackson |
#6894, aired 2014-07-31 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $2000: He served as Tennessee's first U.S. representative Andrew Jackson |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | THAT'S SPOOKY $400: truTV claimed Abigail Adams is still hanging her laundry & Andrew Jackson "swears up a storm" in this building the White House |
#6854, aired 2014-06-05 | YOUNG MR. LINCOLN $3,200 (Daily Double): On May 7, 1833 this president appointed 24-year-old Abe the new postmaster of New Salem, Illinois Andrew Jackson |
#6826, aired 2014-04-28 | A POLK $400: Because of his devotion & support to this former president, James K. Polk was nicknamed "Young Hickory" Andrew Jackson |
#6812, aired 2014-04-08 | STATUES $1200: The first equestrian statue cast in the United States shows Andrew Jackson during this war the War of 1812 |
#6789, aired 2014-03-06 | CONSIDER THAT A DIVORCE $1600: Andrew Jackson loved her so much he married her twice; her divorce from an Army officer wasn't final the first time Rachel |
#6773, aired 2014-02-12 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $3,000 (Daily Double): This soldier served only 16 months as the 1st president who had never been in Congress or the Continental Congress Zachary Taylor |
#6763, aired 2014-01-29 | THE PREVIOUS WORLD LEADER $1600: Martin Van Buren succeeded him as president Andrew Jackson |
#6726, aired 2013-12-09 | MILITARY GOVERNORS $800: In 1821 this future president was appointed military governor of Florida (Andrew) Jackson |
#6725, aired 2013-12-06 | 19th CENTURY NOTABLES $1600: Seen here,
he was the last president
born under British rule William Henry Harrison |
#6677, aired 2013-10-01 | ANDREW JACKSON $200: As a 14-year-old fighting in this war, Jackson was captured & held as a P.O.W. in Camden, South Carolina the Revolution |
#6677, aired 2013-10-01 | ANDREW JACKSON $400: Jackson was a delegate to this state's Constitutional Convention, & some say he proposed the state's name Tennessee |
#6677, aired 2013-10-01 | ANDREW JACKSON $600: In the presidential election of 1824, Jackson won a plurality of electoral votes but lost to this man in the House John Quincy Adams |
#6677, aired 2013-10-01 | ANDREW JACKSON $800: This Jackson pick for minister to Great Britain was rejected by the Senate but later became Jackson's second veep Van Buren |
#6677, aired 2013-10-01 | ANDREW JACKSON $1000: On June 6, 1833 Jackson became the first president to ride a train, the B&O, which stands for this the Baltimore and Ohio |
#6666, aired 2013-09-16 | MY "SON", THE PRESIDENT $1600: For refusing to shine the boots of a British officer as a child, he got a saber across the face (Andrew) Jackson |
#6660, aired 2013-07-26 | JOHN TYLER $600: A Maverick Democrat, Tyler defied this president & party leader in the early 1830s Andrew Jackson |
#6655, aired 2013-07-19 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $1000: Harriet Lane acted as First Lady for this president, her uncle James Buchanan |
#6640, aired 2013-06-28 | POTPOURRI $800: You know from trips to the ATM that Andrew Jackson is on the front of the $20; this building is on the back the White House |
#6620, aired 2013-05-31 | THINGS & STUFF $1000: This ex-president passed away on June 8, 1845 at the Hermitage (Andrew) Jackson |
#6558, aired 2013-03-06 | WASHINGTON, D.C. SCULPTURE $200: In the center of Lafayette Square you'll find not Lafayette but this Tennessean seventh president (Andrew) Jackson |
#6526, aired 2013-01-21 | RUNNING INTO THE FURNITURE TERMS $1000: Francis Blair, editor of the Washington Globe, was part of Andrew Jackson's "kitchen" one cabinet |
#6507, aired 2012-12-25 | UNLIKELY PRESIDENTIAL SIBLINGS $1000: Battle of New Orleans bigwig & Mace Windu portrayer Andrew & Samuel L. Jackson |
#6488, aired 2012-11-28 | A LIFE IN BRIEF $200: Minted in 1767, he did enough to get his mug on our $20 bill Andrew Jackson |
#6482, aired 2012-11-20 | NAME THAT U.S. CURRENCY NOTE $800: A man who served Tennessee in both the House & the Senate is on this note the $20 |
#6479, aired 2012-11-15 | QUICK HISTORY $1000: Party formed to oppose "King Andrew" Jackson the Whig Party |
#6456, aired 2012-10-15 | CITY FOUNDERS $400: Andrew Jackson was a co-founder of this largest Tennessee city Memphis |
#6448, aired 2012-10-03 | WOOD $600: Andrew Jackson & James K. Polk were both nicknamed after this tree known for its tough wood hickory |
#6428, aired 2012-07-25 | NASHVILLE, GEOGRAPHIC $800: This name of 22,500-acre lake near Nashville is also Andrew Jackson's nickname Old Hickory |
#6379, aired 2012-05-17 | ART & ARTISTS $200: Thomas Sully painted the portrait of this man that's the basis for the $20 bill Andrew Jackson |
#6336, aired 2012-03-19 | POTPOURRI $1200: In 1804 Andrew Jackson bought the Hermitage, his home & refuge in this state Tennessee |
#6314, aired 2012-02-16 | THAT'S MY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY $2000: Roger B. Taney Andrew Jackson |
#6312, aired 2012-02-14 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2000: Andrew Jackson has been called the father of this system of awarding public offices to friends & supporters the spoils system |
#6258, aired 2011-11-30 | CORRUPTION JUNCTION $3,200 (Daily Double): Scandals during this president's tenure included the Whiskey Ring, the Indian Ring & the Credit Mobilier Crisis Ulysses Grant |
#6215, aired 2011-09-30 | PROHIBITION $200: The scene for prohibition is set with the 1829 inauguration party for this president; it moved outside due to drunken revelry Andrew Jackson |
#6194, aired 2011-07-14 | JOHN MARSHALL $600: Marshall was a cousin, friend & finally adversary of this president who raged at his pro-Federalist rulings Jefferson |
#6187, aired 2011-07-05 | THIS & THAT $400: Andrew Jackson is on the front of this bill the 20-dollar bill |
#6134, aired 2011-04-21 | DAVY CROCKETT $1000: In 1832 Crockett & his fellow Whigs opposed this president's position against the Bank of the United States Andrew Jackson |
#6097, aired 2011-03-01 | TEENS IN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): At 14, this future "Old Hickory" was captured & wounded by the British during the Revolution Andrew Jackson |
#6006, aired 2010-10-25 | THE EXECUTOR BRANCH $400: He shot & killed Charles Dickinson in an 1806 duel Andrew Jackson |
#6001, aired 2010-10-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: The British party of this name aimed to limit the king's powers; the U.S. party hoped to limit "King Andrew" Jackson the Whigs |
#5991, aired 2010-10-04 | BOOKS ABOUT PRESIDENTS $2000: Jon Meacham's 2008 bestseller "American Lion" is a portrait of this president during his White House years Andrew Jackson |
#5932, aired 2010-06-01 | ETCHED IN STONE $1000: "The Union must and shall be preserved" is under this man's statue in New Orleans Andrew Jackson |
#5920, aired 2010-05-14 | PRESIDENTS: THIS IS YOUR WIFE! $600: Rachel Donelson Robards Andrew Jackson |
#5894, aired 2010-04-08 | PRESIDENTIAL PASTIMES $1000: He enjoyed gambling on the ponies; he also bred racehorses at his Hermitage home Andrew Jackson |
#5858, aired 2010-02-17 | PICTURE THE PREZ $400: You're on the money if you know he's the president in this photo Andrew Jackson |
#5846, aired 2010-02-01 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: In August 1812 this future president was put in charge of the Northwestern Army William Henry Harrison |
#5841, aired 2010-01-25 | 19th CENTURY SENATORS BY STATE $800: Howell Jackson, Andrew Jackson Tennessee |
#5832, aired 2010-01-12 | FAMOUS AMOS $400: Samuel L. Jackson & Nicolas Cage team up in this 1993 comedy whose title plays off the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio series Amos & Andrew |
#5784, aired 2009-11-05 | THE U.S. BEFORE 1900 $1200: 15 days after the Treaty of Ghent was signed setting an end to the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson beat the British at this city New Orleans |
#5695, aired 2009-05-15 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $2000: Upon his death in 1845, he was buried next to his wife Rachel in the Garden Of The Hermitage (Andrew) Jackson |
#5675, aired 2009-04-17 | JOE THE SENATOR $1600: On Sept. 26, 1797 Joseph Anderson began repping Tennessee along with this future president (Andrew) Jackson |
#5664, aired 2009-04-02 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... $1600: He defeated the Creek in the 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend (Andrew) Jackson |
#5637, aired 2009-02-24 | DEATH OF A PRESIDENT $1000: Hoping to say a final farewell to this friend, Sam Houston showed up at his Hermitage home minutes too late Andrew Jackson |
#5598, aired 2008-12-31 | "IT" IS A 7-LETTER WORD $1000: Nickname of Andrew Jackson's informal "cabinet", which included Martin Van Buren the Kitchen Cabinet |
#5595, aired 2008-12-26 | PRESIDENTIAL RUNNERS-UP $1200: 1828:
John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson |
#5535, aired 2008-10-03 | BIRTH OF A PRESIDENT $1200: March 15, 1767 in either North Carolina or South Carolina--no one knows for sure Andrew Jackson |
#5494, aired 2008-06-26 | SOLDIERS $2000: In 1821 this veteran of the Seminole Wars was appointed provisional gov. of Florida but didn't serve a year Andrew Jackson |
#5440, aired 2008-04-11 | POLITICAL ASYLUM $800: A reporter was jailed for writing that this general should suspend martial law after his Battle of New Orleans victory (Andrew) Jackson |
#5435, aired 2008-04-04 | PRESIDENTS AT REST $2000: On the Capitol grounds in Nashville James K. Polk |
#5412, aired 2008-03-04 | THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU $2000: In 1835, this U.S. president survived an assassination attempt when both pistols used by the gunman misfired Andrew Jackson |
#5408, aired 2008-02-27 | TV BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Watch as chef Gordon Ramsey uses a few choice words on Pres. Andrew Jackson's unofficial advisers Hell's Kitchen Cabinet |
#5405, aired 2008-02-22 | BORN FIRST $200: Zachary Taylor,
Woodrow Wilson,
Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson |
#5387, aired 2008-01-29 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: The Whigs were fond of referring to him as "King Andrew I" (Andrew) Jackson |
#5382, aired 2008-01-22 | DUEL $1,000 (Daily Double): Though he supposedly fought 103 duels before becoming president, he killed a man in only one of them Andrew Jackson |
#5375, aired 2008-01-11 | CRESCENT CITY ROLES $400: In "The Buccaneer", Yul Brynner played this pirate who aided Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans Lafitte |
#5360, aired 2007-12-21 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $200: "Old Hickory" & the "American Idol" judge on the left Andrew & Randy Jackson |
#5350, aired 2007-12-07 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $800: The Democratic Party's symbol dates back to 1828, when this man was called a jackass in his run for the presidency Andrew Jackson |
#5338, aired 2007-11-21 | I WAS HIS VEEP $2000: John C. Calhoun (1 of the 2) Andrew Jackson (or John Quincy Adams) |
#5319, aired 2007-10-25 | RECENTLY DISCOVERED PRESIDENTIAL ADS $400 (Daily Double): In 1814 this gen. had a pirate, Jean Lafitte, help him in N.O.; what's next? I'm John Q. Adams & I approved this message Andrew Jackson |
#5280, aired 2007-07-20 | STATE CAPITALS $200: In 1821 Mississippi named its capital for this hero of the War of 1812; he didn't become president until 8 years later (Andrew) Jackson |
#5228, aired 2007-05-09 | FIGHT ON! $600: The Treaty of Ghent had already been signed when Andrew Jackson decisively won this Jan. 1815 battle the Battle of New Orleans |
#5133, aired 2006-12-27 | TOURING AMERICA $600: Sew up your trip to Tennessee by visiting this President's home & tailor shop in Greeneville Andrew Johnson |
#5114, aired 2006-11-30 | CHALLENGER $1000: In 1832 Andrew Jackson, a member of this society, was challenged by William Wirt, who was "anti" it Masons |
#5105, aired 2006-11-17 | 'TIL DEATH $1200: On his deathbed, Andrew Jackson addressed his slaves, saying he'd see them here heaven |
#5087, aired 2006-10-24 | ART & ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Lee Krasner, whose work is seen here, married this man in 1945 & they influenced each other's art Jackson Pollock |
#5071, aired 2006-10-02 | OUR FOUNDING FATHERS $2000: Before he was on the $10 bill, this first Treasury Secretary was one of the 39 signers of the Constitution Alexander Hamilton |
#5061, aired 2006-09-18 | TREES $400: One of Andrew Jackson's nicknames implied that he was as tough as this tree hickory |
#5051, aired 2006-07-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Andrew Jackson was one of the landowners who founded this Tennessee town overlooking the Mississippi in 1819 Memphis |
#5032, aired 2006-06-27 | LIFE OF THE PARTY $1,000 (Daily Double): Formed to oppose "King Andrew" Jackson; named after the British party for limits on royal power the Whigs |
#5023, aired 2006-06-14 | WHAT THE "H" $1600: To celebrate the bicentennial of Andrew Jackson's birth, Lyndon Johnson visited this mansion in March 1967 the Hermitage |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | PRESIDENTIAL FINAL RESTING PLACES $400: Stonewall, Texas Lyndon Johnson |
#4991, aired 2006-05-01 | WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT WHEN... $1000: ...the Alamo was besieged by Mexican forces Andrew Jackson |
#4945, aired 2006-02-24 | THE 1800s $600: In 1835 Richard Lawrence tried to kill this seventh U.S. president, the first time such an attempt was made Andrew Jackson |
#4930, aired 2006-02-03 | AMERICAN IMAGES $600: This man's inauguration is depicted here Andrew Jackson |
#4919, aired 2006-01-19 | TOP 10 BABY BOY NAMES OF 2004 $1000: 2 presidents, Nos. 7 & 17, have had this first name that's No. 6 on the list Andrew |
#4913, aired 2006-01-11 | JACKSON HOLE $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a park in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.) It's hard to believe the picturesque Jackson Square was once used as a dump; in 1932 it was beautified & named for this president for his 200th birthday George Washington |
#4909, aired 2006-01-05 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $2000: In 1832 Daniel Webster said his veto of the Bank Bill "manifestly seeks to influence the poor against the rich" Andrew Jackson |
#4907, aired 2006-01-03 | IT'S A GROUP THING $800: As president, Andrew Jackson had an informal group of advisors popularly called this cozy 2-word name the Kitchen Cabinet |
#4889, aired 2005-12-08 | "J" WALKING THROUGH HISTORY $800: This beleaguered politician died July 31, 1875 in Carter County, Tennessee Andrew Johnson |
#4845, aired 2005-10-07 | I WAS HIS VEEP $1200: Martin Van Buren Andrew Jackson |
#4833, aired 2005-09-21 | ATTORNEYS GENERAL $800: A.G. Roger Taney wrote this president's speech announcing the veto of the bill renewing the Bank of the U.S. Andrew Jackson |
#4814, aired 2005-07-07 | ANDREW JACKSON'S HERMITAGE $100 (Daily Double): During his last months of life, Jackson was troubled by the low price of this, the Hermitage's cash crop cotton |
#4814, aired 2005-07-07 | ANDREW JACKSON'S HERMITAGE $400: To get to the Hermitage from Nashville, you take a road called this, same as Jackson's nickname Old Hickory |
#4814, aired 2005-07-07 | ANDREW JACKSON'S HERMITAGE $800: After a fire, Jackson turned the mansion into an example of the "revival" of this civilization's architecture Greek |
#4814, aired 2005-07-07 | ANDREW JACKSON'S HERMITAGE $1200: The tomb inscription for Rachel Jackson mentions this verbal crime that Andrew thought helped kill her slander |
#4814, aired 2005-07-07 | ANDREW JACKSON'S HERMITAGE $2000: Jackson retired to the Hermitage in 1821 after being gov. of this territory, but at 54 the presidency still lay ahead Florida |
#4772, aired 2005-05-10 | CIVIL SERVANTS $1200: Based on merit, the Civil Service replaced this "system" of job appointment that Andrew Jackson favored the spoils system |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... $2,500 (Daily Double): He was Tennessee's first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (Andrew) Jackson |
#4756, aired 2005-04-18 | PLAYING PRESIDENT $400: Charlton Heston is seen here as this prickly character before he became president
"What did you say?"
"I said, 'I wonder whose bed Rachael'll be putting her moccasins under next.'"
[Smack!] Andrew Jackson |
#4697, aired 2005-01-25 | POLK-ER $400: Polk was a protege of this man whom his wife Sarah "Uncle Andrew" (Andrew) Jackson |
#4688, aired 2005-01-12 | THE CHIEFS $2000: This Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision earlier served as Attorney General under Andrew Jackson (Roger B.) Taney |
#4660, aired 2004-12-03 | ANDREW JACKSON $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Hermitage in Tennessee, a gold sword in his hands.) Jackson received this sword in honor of this 1815 victory that made him a national hero The Battle of New Orleans |
#4660, aired 2004-12-03 | ANDREW JACKSON $800: The earliest known letter written by Jackson is, naturally, a challenge to this a duel |
#4660, aired 2004-12-03 | ANDREW JACKSON $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Hermitage in Tennessee holding a pendant.) Jackson was never without his miniature of this woman, who died just before he became President Rachel Robards |
#4660, aired 2004-12-03 | ANDREW JACKSON $1600: In 1833 Harvard gave Jackson an honorary degree while this alumnus & presidential opponent fumed John Quincy Adams |
#4660, aired 2004-12-03 | ANDREW JACKSON $2000: The main issue of the 1832 campaign was Jackson's opposition to this type of institution the Bank of the United States |
#4568, aired 2004-06-16 | AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE $600: Though not in the best of health, in 1840 he went to New Orleans to celebrate his battle victory's 25th anniversary Andrew Jackson |
#4524, aired 2004-04-15 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $1600: Dissing the Supreme Court in 1832, Andrew Jackson said this man "has made his decision; now let him enforce it" John Marshall |
#4470, aired 2004-01-30 | BIBLICAL NAME'S THE SAME $600: Jackson,
Johnson,
Carnegie Andrew |
#4456, aired 2004-01-12 | PRESIDENTS' WIVES $400: He married Rachel Robards in 1791, but since her divorce was not yet final, they had to remarry on January 17, 1794 Andrew Jackson |
#4413, aired 2003-11-12 | U.S. HISTORY $2000: Andrew Jackson had this captured leader & namesake of an 1830s war put on tour in the East as a trophy Black Hawk |
#4365, aired 2003-07-18 | LITTLE GREEN MEN $600: Inflation? In 1907 he was on the 5-dollar bill; today he's worth 4 times that Andrew Jackson |
#4327, aired 2003-05-27 | DOUBLIN' $1600: The only U.S. president to marry the same woman twice, once in 1791 & once in 1794 Andrew Jackson |
#4325, aired 2003-05-23 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $600: "The Duel Fighter" Andrew Jackson |
#4293, aired 2003-04-09 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $1200: "The Sage of The Hermitage" Andrew Jackson |
#4270, aired 2003-03-07 | IT'S TYLER TIME! $1200: Tyler figured with not much to do as vice president, he could stay at home with his sick wife; then this president died... William Henry Harrison |
#4259, aired 2003-02-20 | KITCHEN DUTY $800: In the 1830s this U.S. president began formulating policy with a group of advisors called the "Kitchen Cabinet" Andrew Jackson |
#4182, aired 2002-11-05 | PRESIDENTIAL PETS $1000: He kept some of his favorite racing fillies at the White House, including Emily & Lady Nashville Andrew Jackson |
#4160, aired 2002-10-04 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: A yearly football game is played near the NC/SC border to "settle" the issue of this president's birthplace in 1767 Andrew Jackson |
#4148, aired 2002-09-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: Among his nicknames were "King Andrew the First" & "The Hero of New Orleans" Andrew Jackson |
#4130, aired 2002-07-12 | 19th CENTURY QUOTES $3,000 (Daily Double): This President said that the second bank of the U.S. is "trying to kill me, but I will kill it" Andrew Jackson |
#4113, aired 2002-06-19 | GIMME SOME MONEY $1200: Hopefully not the site of any of his duels, the White House is on the back of the U.S. bill faced by this president Andrew Jackson |
#4106, aired 2002-06-10 | DAVY CROCKETT $6,700 (Daily Double): Until his re-election defeat in 1835, this party was grooming Crockett to run against Andrew Jackson in 1836 the Whig Party |
#4096, aired 2002-05-27 | DUELS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1806 this future president killed Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson denounced him in the press Andrew Jackson |
#4039, aired 2002-03-07 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $400: The Place D'Armes, a square in New Orleans, was renamed to honor this hero of the Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson |
#3976, aired 2001-12-10 | THE ANDREW JACKSON 5 $400: Jackson was born March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw area of this state but N. Carolina also claimed him as a native South Carolina |
#3976, aired 2001-12-10 | THE ANDREW JACKSON 5 $800: In 1812, long before "South Park" "blamed" it, Jackson wanted 50,000 volunteers to invade this country Canada |
#3976, aired 2001-12-10 | THE ANDREW JACKSON 5 $1,000 (Daily Double): Jackson was the first U.S. president not born in either of these 2 states Virginia & Massachusetts |
#3976, aired 2001-12-10 | THE ANDREW JACKSON 5 $1200: In 1833 Jackson became the first president to travel using this mode of transport train |
#3976, aired 2001-12-10 | THE ANDREW JACKSON 5 $1600: In 1796 Jackson "volunteered" to become this state's first member of the U.S. House of Representatives Tennessee |
#3925, aired 2001-09-28 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $300: On January 8, 1835 this man known as "Old Hickory" became the only president to pay off the national debt Andrew Jackson |
#3917, aired 2001-09-18 | PHONE HOME! $1000: Hey, you in the picture! Phone home to this plantation where you lived the last 8 years of your life the Hermitage |
#3916, aired 2001-09-17 | FOR OLD CRIMES' SAKE $700 (Daily Double): The man who shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel was vice president under this man Thomas Jefferson |
#3916, aired 2001-09-17 | PRESIDENTS BY PARTY $1000: Democratic-Republican
1817-1825 James Monroe |
#3899, aired 2001-07-12 | I BEAT YOU $800: John Quincy Adams & then Henry Clay Andrew Jackson |
#3891, aired 2001-07-02 | "SON" PRESIDENTS $300: He won the popular vote but lost the election of 1824 Andrew Jackson |
#3866, aired 2001-05-28 | PRESIDENTIAL SOLDIERS $3,000 (Daily Double): Revolutionary War,
Creek War,
War of 1812,
First Seminole War Andrew Jackson |
#3855, aired 2001-05-11 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1000: His 1791 marriage to Rachel Robards was invalid, so they had to do it all over again on January 17, 1794 Andrew Jackson |
#3849, aired 2001-05-03 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1000: (Jimmy Carter gives the clue from the Carter Center in Atlanta) The Democratic Party's donkey dates back to this presidential candidate's 1828 campaign Andrew Jackson |
#3817, aired 2001-03-20 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $600: On April 15, 1821 President Monroe appointed him the first governor of the territory of Florida Andrew Jackson |
#3807, aired 2001-03-06 | OLD HICKORY $100: With no $7 bill, seventh president Andrew Jackson is honored on this currency denomination $20 bill |
#3780, aired 2001-01-26 | THE WAR OF 1812 $400: Prior to going to New Orleans, this general captured Pensacola, Florida Andrew Jackson |
#3743, aired 2000-12-06 | WHITE HOUSE WOMEN $300: After his wife Rachel died, his niece took over her duties; after she died, a daughter-in-law was summoned Andrew Jackson |
#3731, aired 2000-11-20 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $500: The "Land Hero of 1812" Andrew Jackson |
#3711, aired 2000-10-23 | IRISH EYES $300: Hey, 20 bucks says that you know this president's father was from County Antrim & his mother was Irish, too Andrew Jackson |
#3698, aired 2000-10-04 | STATE CAPITALS $600 (Daily Double): The capital of Mississippi was named for this man, even before he became president Andrew Jackson |
#3653, aired 2000-06-21 | JOHN QUINCY ADAMS $300: John refused to attend the presidential inauguration of this man, his successor Andrew Jackson |
#3624, aired 2000-05-11 | ANTEBELLUM $400: In the summer of 1998, visitors to this Andrew Jackson home could watch archaeologists at work the Hermitage |
#3575, aired 2000-03-03 | A LOSING BATTLE $400: In 1815 Sir Edward Pakenham's forces attacked this city & were repulsed by Andrew Jackson's New Orleans |
#3573, aired 2000-03-01 | WHERE THERE'S A VILLE $1,500 (Daily Double): The seal of this Southern city shows the seventh U.S. president on horseback Jacksonville, FL (Andrew Jackson) |
#3566, aired 2000-02-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1824 Andrew Jackson received more popular & electoral votes, but the House declared this man president John Quincy Adams |
#3426, aired 1999-06-28 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: From 1798 to 1804 this seventh president served as a judge on Tennessee's Superior Court Andrew Jackson |
#3406, aired 1999-05-31 | THE JACKSON FIVE $1000: In October 1973 he became the first black mayor of Atlanta, Georgia Maynard Jackson |
#3397, aired 1999-05-18 | U.S. HISTORY 101 $300: This president who vetoed the bill to establish the Second Bank of the U.S. is on the $20 bill today Andrew Jackson |
#3387, aired 1999-05-04 | PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS $100: He was the first president born in a log cabin Andrew Jackson |
#3378, aired 1999-04-21 | 1820s AMERICA $500: In 1829, in his 1st annual message to Congress, he questioned the constitutionality of the Bank of the U.S. Andrew Jackson |
#3367, aired 1999-04-06 | DEMOCRATS $300: He didn't officially meet with his cabinet for the first 2 years of his term, preferring his "Kitchen Cabinet" Andrew Jackson |
#3360, aired 1999-03-26 | AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE $300: He continued to support the political career of protege James "Young Hickory" Polk Andrew Jackson |
#3351, aired 1999-03-15 | THE NEW $20 BILL $400 (Daily Double): This building on the back of the bill was trashed by revelers the night the man on the front moved in The White House (when Andrew Jackson moved in) |
#3341, aired 1999-03-01 | FAMOUS FACES $200: He was one of the first 7 presidents of the U.S. Andrew Jackson |
#3268, aired 1998-11-18 | PRESIDENTIAL ANAGRAMS $1000: SWANK JEAN CORD Andrew Jackson |
#3213, aired 1998-07-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $900 (Daily Double): In 1832 this president declared, "The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me; but I will kill it" Andrew Jackson |
#3182, aired 1998-06-02 | ACTING PRESIDENTS $500: Charlton Heston played this president in 2 films: "The Buccaneer" & "The President's Lady" Andrew Jackson |
#3180, aired 1998-05-29 | PRESIDENTIAL BURIAL PLACES $500: Greeneville, Tennessee Andrew Johnson |
#3166, aired 1998-05-11 | FIRST DATES $600: On Dec. 28, 1832 Andrew Jackson said John C. ya later to this man, the first vice president to resign John C. Calhoun |
#3160, aired 1998-05-01 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $500: After leaving office in 1837, he retired to the Hermitage, his Tennessee plantation Andrew Jackson |
#3139, aired 1998-04-02 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $400: He claimed the smear & slander tactics of the 1828 election drove his wife Rachel to her grave Andrew Jackson |
#3096, aired 1998-02-02 | AMERICAN GLADIATORS $300: He commanded members of 3 state militias & some pirates to victory at the Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson |
#3049, aired 1997-11-27 | U.S. CITIES $600: This Tennessee port named for an Egyptian city was founded by Andrew Jackson & 2 partners in 1819 Memphis |
#3048, aired 1997-11-26 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $100: This president was nicknamed the "Sage of the Hermitage" Andrew Jackson |
#3046, aired 1997-11-24 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $200: Stephen Vincent Benet said this president was "Six feet one in his stocking feet" & "Tough as a hickory rail" Abraham Lincoln |
#3044, aired 1997-11-20 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $800: Men who slandered his wife Rachel found out quickly why he was called the "Duel Fighter" Andrew Jackson |
#2985, aired 1997-07-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1832 this president vetoed the recharter of the Second Bank of the United States Andrew Jackson |
#2979, aired 1997-07-10 | THE JACKSONS $400: His films include "Amos & Andrew" & "A Time To Kill" Samuel L. Jackson |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | 1836 $1,600 (Daily Double): With support from Andrew Jackson, this New Yorker was elected president Martin Van Buren |
#2923, aired 1997-04-23 | POT LUCK $200: Clark Mills' statue of this U.S. president stands in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter Andrew Jackson |
#2917, aired 1997-04-15 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: When he first married Rachel Robards, her divorce wasn't final, so he had to marry her again Andrew Jackson |
#2882, aired 1997-02-25 | MARTIN VAN BUREN $800: Martin was not only this 7th president's veep, he was his most trusted advisor Andrew Jackson |
#2841, aired 1996-12-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1818 this general ordered 2 traders arrested & executed for inciting the Seminole Indians Andrew Jackson |
#2835, aired 1996-12-20 | PARKS $1000: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park in Alabama is the site where he defeated the Creek Indians in 1814 Andrew Jackson |
#2817, aired 1996-11-26 | 1796 $600: In 1796 this future U.S. president helped draft Tennessee's new constitution Andrew Jackson |
#2810, aired 1996-11-15 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $200: This president's enemies called him "King Andrew I", but he's better-known as "Old Hickory" Andrew Jackson |
#2757, aired 1996-09-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: The sluggish pace of the Senate was one reason this Tennessean resigned from it in 1798 Andrew Jackson |
#2738, aired 1996-06-26 | PRESIDENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Lodged his heart, a bullet from a duel with Charles Dickinson caused him periodic pain Andrew Jackson |
#2642, aired 1996-02-13 | THE WHITE HOUSE $300: This president planted the magnolia, not hickory, trees that shade the South Portico Andrew Jackson |
#2622, aired 1996-01-16 | OPRYLAND USA $200: Visitors can go rollin' on the river aboard a showboat named for this general & 7th president Andrew Jackson |
#2603, aired 1995-12-20 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $500: He won the nickname "Old Rough and Ready" in the Seminole Wars Zachary Taylor |
#2599, aired 1995-12-14 | VICE PRESIDENTS $3,000 (Daily Double): This president's 2 vice presidents were John C. Calhoun & Martin Van Buren Andrew Jackson |
#2587, aired 1995-11-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1821 this future president became governor of the newly-acquired Florida Territory Andrew Jackson |
#2580, aired 1995-11-17 | PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS $800: In 1835 he became the first & only president to pay off the national debt Andrew Jackson |
#2563, aired 1995-10-25 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $300: In his will he asked to be buried at the side of his wife Rachel in the garden of the Hermitage Andrew Jackson |
#2545, aired 1995-09-29 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: Located in Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Square, America's first equestrian statue honors this seventh president (Andrew) Jackson |
#2527, aired 1995-09-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: This state's most populous city is named for Andrew Jackson, once its territorial governor Florida |
#2509, aired 1995-06-29 | KINGLY NICKNAMES $500: Among this president's nicknames were Sir Veto & King Andy Andrew Johnson |
#2508, aired 1995-06-28 | AMERICAN WHIGS $600: Whig Speaker of the House John Bell opposed this president's campaign against the Bank of the U.S. (Andrew) Jackson |
#2497, aired 1995-06-13 | PRESIDENTS $1000: Sarah Childress married him on Jan. 1, 1824 in Murfreesboro, then the capital of Tennessee President Polk |
#2496, aired 1995-06-12 | NEXT IN LINE $800: Seen on ascending U.S. currency, it's Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Hamilton, this man (Andrew) Jackson |
#2487, aired 1995-05-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: He served under Andrew Jackson in the campaign against the Creek Indians before he became president of Texas Sam Houston |
#2469, aired 1995-05-04 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $100: Fought on Jan. 8, 1815, the battle of this city made Andrew Jackson famous Battle of New Orleans |
#2427, aired 1995-03-07 | THE MOVIES $500: Charlton Heston played this U.S. president in 2 films, "The President's Lady" & "The Buccaneer" Andrew Jackson |
#2408, aired 1995-02-08 | U.S. HISTORY $200: To assist him in the Battle of New Orleans, this general recruited 2 battalions of free blacks Andrew Jackson |
#2372, aired 1994-12-20 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $100: The fathers of Andrew Jackson & Chester Alan Arthur were immigrants from this "Emerald Isle" Ireland |
#2358, aired 1994-11-30 | POLITICIANS $1000: Although he won the popular & electoral votes in 1824, the House chose John Quincy Adams as president Andrew Jackson |
#2347, aired 1994-11-15 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: This president's nephew & the editor of the Washington Globe were part of his "Kitchen Cabinet" Andrew Jackson |
#2322, aired 1994-10-11 | U.S. CURRENCY $200: He appeared on the $10 Federal Reserve note circa 1914; today, he's on the $20 Andrew Jackson |
#2298, aired 1994-09-07 | ANDREW JACKSON $100: Jackson's heroic defense of this city came after the War of 1812 peace treaty had been signed New Orleans |
#2298, aired 1994-09-07 | ANDREW JACKSON $200: Jackson sat in the convention that framed this state's first constitution in 1796 Tennessee |
#2298, aired 1994-09-07 | ANDREW JACKSON $300: This party held its first national nominating convention in 1832 to name Jackson's running mate Democratic Party |
#2298, aired 1994-09-07 | ANDREW JACKSON $400: Jackson served in this war that began when he was 8 years old the Revolutionary War |
#2298, aired 1994-09-07 | ANDREW JACKSON $500: After his death in 1845, Jackson was buried in the garden of this plantation The Hermitage |
#2292, aired 1994-07-19 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1000: 1 of the 2 presidents under whom John C. Calhoun served as vice president (1 of) John Quincy Adams & Andrew Jackson |
#2290, aired 1994-07-15 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1,000 (Daily Double): Early in their careers, Harry Truman was a haberdasher & this Tennessean was a tailor Andrew Johnson |
#2287, aired 1994-07-12 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: This hero of the Battle of New Orleans served as provisional governor of Florida in 1821 (Andrew) Jackson |
#2260, aired 1994-06-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: When his nominee, Roger B. Taney, was rejected in 1834, Levi Woodbury became Treasury Secretary Andrew Jackson |
#2246, aired 1994-05-16 | 19th CENTURY POLITICIANS $200: This president was known as the "Hero of New Orleans" & "King Andrew the First" Andrew Jackson |
#2228, aired 1994-04-20 | 1794 $400: This future pres. remarried Rachel Robards; she was the wife of another the first time they'd wed Andrew Jackson |
#2213, aired 1994-03-30 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $600: Andrew Jackson's "wooden" nickname; it was inspired by his toughness Old Hickory |
#2178, aired 1994-02-09 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $700 (Daily Double): Both North Carolina & South Carolina claim this president, born in 1767, as a native son Andrew Jackson |
#2156, aired 1994-01-10 | U.S. MUSEUMS $500 (Daily Double): At the Tennessee State Museum, you can see Mrs. Sam Houston's guitar & this 7th president's inaugural hat Andrew Jackson |
#2142, aired 1993-12-21 | PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS $1000: He not only survived dozens of duels, he was the 1st president to survive an assassination attempt Andrew Jackson |
#2134, aired 1993-12-09 | SOUTHERN U.S. CITIES $500: Co-founded by Andrew Jackson in 1819, this large Tennessee city was bankrupt & depopulated by 1879 Memphis |
#2122, aired 1993-11-23 | U.S. HISTORY $800: In March 1814 this general defeated the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend, in what is now Alabama Andrew Jackson |
#2102, aired 1993-10-26 | MUTINY! $600: This seventh president once had 6 soldier shot for mutiny (Andrew) Jackson |
#2061, aired 1993-07-19 | JAMES K. POLK $600 (Daily Double): In 1833 Polk helped this president destroy the Bank of the United States Andrew Jackson |
#2011, aired 1993-05-10 | THE 18th CENTURY $400: In 1796 Tennessee's voters chose this future President as their first Congressman (Andrew) Jackson |
#1953, aired 1993-02-17 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: In 1829 he abandoned regular cabinet meetings in favor of discussions with his "Kitchen Cabinet" Andrew Jackson |
#1918, aired 1992-12-30 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $600: In 1796 this future president helped draft Tennessee's first constitution Andrew Jackson |
#1915, aired 1992-12-25 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Known as "The Great Nullifier", he was VP under John Quincy Adams & Andrew Jackson John Calhoun |
#1876, aired 1992-11-02 | PRESIDENTIAL HOMES $400: His Hermitage plantation includes a mansion & a Presbyterian church Andrew Jackson |
#1865, aired 1992-10-16 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): He was reelected during the War of 1812 Madison |
#1859, aired 1992-10-08 | PRESIDENTS $100: Political cartoonists of the day called him "King Andrew" Andrew Jackson |
#1843, aired 1992-09-16 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1000: In 1833, this president forced removal of the federal deposits from the vaults of the Bank of the U.S. Andrew Jackson |
#1782, aired 1992-05-05 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1000: Andrew Jackson is called the father of this "system", the practice of giving offices to party supporters the spoils system |
#1727, aired 1992-02-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: When he took office in 1829 he had tuberculosis as well as a few bullets in his body (Andrew) Jackson |
#1724, aired 1992-02-13 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1821 he became Florida's provisional governor; 8 years later he became president Andrew Jackson |
#1704, aired 1992-01-16 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $800: While a general in the army, he helped found the city of Memphis, Tennessee Andrew Jackson |
#1674, aired 1991-12-05 | THE IDES OF MARCH $200: "Old Hickory" sticks in our mind as this president, born March 15, 1767 (Andrew) Jackson |
#1669, aired 1991-11-28 | NICKNAMES $800: "Hero of Mobile Bay" Admiral Farragut |
#1637, aired 1991-10-15 | DUELING $500: The bullet Charles Dickinson fired into this future president in an 1806 duel was never removed Andrew Jackson |
#1624, aired 1991-09-26 | NASHVILLE $100: This president's home, the Hermitage, is located on Rachel's Lane Andrew Jackson |
#1604, aired 1991-07-18 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This president replaced some officeholders with his own supporters, thus creating the "spoils system" (Andrew) Jackson |
#1541, aired 1991-04-22 | 1941 $400: In April, Andrew Jackson Houston, son of this general, was appointed to the Senate from Texas Sam Houston |
#1522, aired 1991-03-26 | DEMOCRATS $1,100 (Daily Double): By 1832, this president & his followers became the first to be called Democrats Andrew Jackson |
#1521, aired 1991-03-25 | THE JACKSONS $300: She could have been our first bigamist first lady but she died before her husband took office Rachel Jackson (Mrs. Andrew Jackson) |
#1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ART $99 (Daily Double): In 1963, this man from Chadds Ford, Penn., became the first painter to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom Andrew Wyeth |
#1517, aired 1991-03-19 | PARKS $600: A Louisiana park is named for this pirate who aided Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans Jean Lafitte |
#1496, aired 1991-02-18 | THE WHITE HOUSE $400: The bed in the Queen's Room reportedly came from this president's home, the Hermitage Andrew Jackson |
#1482, aired 1991-01-29 | JAMES K. POLK $200: While Speaker of the House Polk was called this president's lackey & nicknamed "Young Hickory" Andrew Jackson |
#1460, aired 1990-12-28 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $600: "Hero of New Orleans" President Andrew Jackson |
#1455, aired 1990-12-21 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $200: Andrew Jackson & James Garfield were the first & last presidents to be born in this type of dwelling a log cabin |
#1432, aired 1990-11-20 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $3,000 (Daily Double): He was the first U.S. president buried in Tennessee Andrew Jackson |
#1409, aired 1990-10-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): He killed a lawyer named Charles Dickinson in a duel, 23 years before he became president Andrew Jackson |
#1392, aired 1990-09-25 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: This future president decisively defeated the Creek Indians at Horseshoe Bend in 1814 (Andrew) Jackson |
#11, aired 1990-08-25 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: Andrew Jackson was fighting against 50 ships commanded by Edw. Packenham when he won this 1815 battle Battle of New Orleans |
#1371, aired 1990-07-16 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $800: He was captured by the British during the Revolution when still a boy in the Carolinas Andrew Jackson |
#1356, aired 1990-06-25 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $200: "Old Hickory" Andrew Jackson |
#1346, aired 1990-06-11 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $600: "Hero of New Orleans" Andrew Jackson |
#1339, aired 1990-05-31 | "PEN" PALS $200: Without government authorization, Andrew Jackson seized this Fla. city from Spain on Nov. 7, 1817 Pensacola |
#1338, aired 1990-05-30 | PRESIDENTS $800: Between terms as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee, he fought in the War of 1812 & against Florida's Seminole Indians Andrew Jackson |
#1318, aired 1990-05-02 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $1,500 (Daily Double): When he didn't get along with this President, John C. Calhoun resigned as Vice President in 1832 Andrew Jackson |
#1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANDREW JACKSON $100: Jackson was the first president to use this form of transportation while in office Railroad |
#1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANDREW JACKSON $200: In 1804 & again in 1837 Jackson retired from public life to this estate The Hermitage |
#1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANDREW JACKSON $300: It's what Jackson had in common with Lewis Robards from Aug. 1791 to Sept. 1793 Same Wife (they both thought they were married to the same woman) |
#1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANDREW JACKSON $400: Jackson's choice for minister to Great Britain; after the Senate turned him down he became VP & then president Martin Van Buren |
#1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANDREW JACKSON $500: Collective term for Jackson's unofficial group of presidential advisors "Kitchen Cabinet" |
#1285, aired 1990-03-16 | POLITICAL PARTIES $500: Formed to oppose Andrew Jackson, this party's 1st program was Clay's "American System" favoring high tariffs Whigs |
#1280, aired 1990-03-09 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES $200: The parents of this 'Hero of New Orleans" were both born in Ireland Andrew Jackson |
#1261, aired 1990-02-12 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $400: Though not elected to the job, he was sworn in as U.S. President April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson |
#1199, aired 1989-11-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: In 1832 he said, "The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it" Andrew Jackson |
#1163, aired 1989-09-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: He escaped his own 1829 inaugural festivities when guests destroyed furniture & smashed crystal Andrew Jackson |
#1121, aired 1989-06-19 | STATE HOLIDAYS $800: State that celebrates Andrew Jackson's birthday, March 15 Tennessee |
#1101, aired 1989-05-22 | FIRST FAMILY TRIVIA $800 (Daily Double): His wife, Rachel, lived to see him elected but died before he was inaugurated Andrew Jackson |
#1051, aired 1989-03-13 | U.S. CITIES $400: This Missouri city Harry Truman called home was named for one of Andrew Jackson's ideals Independence |
#1050, aired 1989-03-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: An artist, later judged insane, attempted to assassinate this president in 1835 Andrew Jackson |
#1044, aired 1989-03-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Andrew Jackson acquired his nickname, "Old Hickory", during this war War of 1812 |
#1017, aired 1989-01-24 | FIRST LADIES $400: She was the only first lady born in Kentucky Mary Todd Lincoln |
#979, aired 1988-12-01 | PRESIDENTS $400: Tennessee's 1st congressman, he later became president Andrew Jackson |
#977, aired 1988-11-29 | STATE CAPITALS $200: Andrew Jackson's home, the Hermitage, served as model for the gov's mansion in this Florida capital Tallahassee |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | PRESIDENTIAL HOMES $600: The Hermitage Andrew Jackson |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | PRESIDENTIAL HOMES $1000: Hickory Hill, which he later sold to his brother John F. Kennedy |
#939, aired 1988-10-06 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $2,000 (Daily Double): This president's withdrawal of all government funds from the Bank of the U.S. led to the bank's demise (Andrew) Jackson |
#935, aired 1988-09-30 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR HEROES $500: Captured by the British, this 14-yr.-old future president was wounded when he wouldn't clean an officer's boots Andrew Jackson |
#876, aired 1988-05-30 | TV INITIALS $400: On "Simon & Simon", A.J. was named for this president Andrew Jackson |
#824, aired 1988-03-17 | AMERICAN INDIANS $1000: Andrew Jackson broke the power of this tribe at 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend in what is present-day Alabama the Creeks |
#806, aired 1988-02-22 | SOUTH CAROLINIANS $1,400 (Daily Double): Though both Carolinas claim him, this president said he was born in South Carolina in 1767 Andrew Jackson |
#802, aired 1988-02-16 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $400: Andrew Jackson opposed the Bank of the U.S., originally created in 1791 by this treasury sec'y Alexander Hamilton |
#794, aired 1988-02-04 | PRESIDENTS $1000: 1st president born in a log cabin, he was also 1st born outside of Virginia or Massachusetts Andrew Jackson |
#726, aired 1987-11-02 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $800: He was once accused of adultery & later was 1st president to escape an assassin's bullet Andrew Jackson |
#709, aired 1987-10-08 | U.S. CITIES $400: In 1819, Andrew Jackson & 2 partners founded this largest Tennessee city Memphis |
#703, aired 1987-09-30 | STATE CAPITALS $500: Andrew Jackson's home, the Hermitage, is located near this capital Nashville |
#699, aired 1987-09-24 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $600: "The Hero of New Orleans" Andrew Jackson |
#690, aired 1987-09-11 | PRESIDENTS $200: 1st president who did not go to college, & that's no lie George Washington |
#667, aired 1987-06-30 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: In a famous duel, he killed a man who insulted his wife Rachel Andrew Jackson |
#655, aired 1987-06-12 | NOVEMBER $800: Against orders, Gen. Andrew Jackson seized this Florida panhandle city November 7, 1814 Pensacola |
#648, aired 1987-06-03 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: Some 2 years after he married Rachel, he found out she was legally married to another man Andrew Jackson |
#612, aired 1987-04-14 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $200: In both "The President's Lady" & "The Buccaneer", Charlton Heston played this hero of the War of 1812 Andrew Jackson |
#490, aired 1986-10-24 | PRESIDENTS $1000: This Gen. was called "Sharp Knife" by the Indians, perhaps because he & his men killed so many of them Andrew Jackson |
#470, aired 1986-09-26 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $600: "Old Hickory" Andrew Jackson |
#461, aired 1986-09-15 | POLITICAL PARTIES $100: Though party traces its origins to Jefferson, Andrew Jackson was 1st president to be called this Democrat |
#402, aired 1986-03-25 | PRESIDENTIAL LOSERS $800: He lost to John Quincy Adams in 1824, but Adams lost to him in 1828 Andrew Jackson |
#388, aired 1986-03-05 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $400: It's said this Missouri city was named after a chief character trait of General Andrew Jackson Independence |
#288, aired 1985-10-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Andrew Jackson pushed a bill through congress to push all the Indians west of this natural border the Mississippi River |
#125, aired 1985-03-01 | U.S. HISTORY $700 (Daily Double): This battle mistakenly fought after the War of 1812 was over made Andrew Jackson a hero:
"Yeah, they ran through the briars / And they ran through the brambles / And they ran through the bushes / Where the rabbit couldn't go / They ran so fast / That the hounds couldn't catch 'em / On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico" the Battle of New Orleans |
#120, aired 1985-02-22 | PRESIDENTS $400: President who survived several duels & the 1st presidential assassination attempt Andrew Jackson (Old Hickory) |
#100, aired 1985-01-25 | PRESIDENTS $400: "Petticoat Gov't" referred to his wife running things when he was ill Woodrow Wilson |
#78, aired 1984-12-26 | PRESIDENTS $1000: Only president who ever fought duels; he killed one man, Charles Dickinson Andrew Jackson |
#70, aired 1984-12-14 | TRIVIA $200: Party symbol 1st used by Andrew Jackson after opponents called him a jackass donkey |
#37, aired 1984-10-30 | U.S. HISTORY $800: Most historians consider this backwoodsman, not Jefferson, the 1st Democratic president Andrew Jackson |
#18, aired 1984-10-03 | WHITE HOUSE $1000: His inaugural bash became a brawl when his backwoods pals vandalized the White House Andrew Jackson |