#9085, aired 2024-04-19 | FUN FACTS $200: On April 1, 1979 David Kirke used an elastic rope & plunged from a bridge in Bristol, England, inventing this extreme sport bungee jumping |
#9085, aired 2024-04-19 | SILENCE! $1000: Said in this novel: "Buffalo Bill's name is William Rubin... he was referred to me in April or May 1975, by my patient Benjamin Raspail" The Silence of the Lambs |
#9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $400: Trying to go to 1492 but ending up in 1429, Val watches this peasant girl set out for the siege of Orléans--& glory--on April 27 Joan of Arc |
#9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HEALTH OBSERVANCES $400: The Michael J. Fox Foundation has been a big advocate in designating April as awareness month for this disease Parkinson's |
#9079, aired 2024-04-11 | THE MANHATTAN PROJECT $400: On April 27, 2006 construction formally began on this 1,776-foot landmark One World Trade Center (the Freedom Tower) |
#9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $800: Asked to describe a perfect date, a pageant contestant in this film says, "April 25 because it's not too hot, not too cold" Miss Congeniality |
#9071, aired 2024-04-01 | CURRENT EVENTS $200: On April 8th, a total this will be seen across the heart of the U.S.; it will be the last visible from the contiguous U.S. until 2044 an eclipse |
#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $200: Start on April 17, 1973 by using 14 aircraft to deliver 186 packages; become this company with $21 bil. in revenue in Q1 of fiscal 2024 FedEx |
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $400: As April 15 approaches, count on seeing the jocular phrase this person "cometh" the taxman |
#9048, aired 2024-02-28 | A LITTLE HISTOR"E" $600: This armed "rising" began April 24, 1916 in Dublin the Easter Rising |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ERA $800: In the early hours of April 19, 1775, Capt. John Parker & his militia waited for the British at Buckman Tavern in this town Lexington |
#9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WHAT A "DAY" $600: A CBS news special that aired on April 22, 1970 was titled this: "A Question of Survival" Earth Day |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | A RECIPE FOR... $400: The 2 main ingredients for the pasta dish cacio e pepe are cheese & this, pepe nero in Italian black pepper |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | 3 OF THE SAME LETTER $600: Less common, or less well-done rarer |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | IN MY ART DECO ERA $800: Before this music hall opened in 1932, a N.Y. newspaper glowed, "The whole theatre interior lends itself to effect of sunrise" Radio City Music Hall |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $600: As an April Fools' prank in 2023, Michael Che directed the audience at "SNL" to not laugh at this co-anchor's jokes Colin Jost |
#9006, aired 2024-01-01 | IT'S AN EX-CAR FOR A REASON $1000: Road & Track said this 3-letter brand's Gremlin, launched on April Fools' Day 1970, "stretched the definition of car" AMC (American Motors) |
#9005, aired 2023-12-29 | FEATURES OF THE PLANET $5,200 (Daily Double): The remains of the MESSENGER probe, as of April 30, 2015 Mercury |
#8999, aired 2023-12-21 | UNION ACTIONS $800: Outnumbered & outgunned, Union Major Robert Anderson surrendered this Charleston harbor spot April 13, 1861 Fort Sumter |
#8984, aired 2023-11-30 | QUOTABLE QUOTES $2000: In April 1970, this mission commander informed Houston, "We've had a problem" Jim Lovell |
#21, aired 2023-11-29 | THIS DAY IN WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): April 21, 1918:
World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, best known by this nickname, is shot down & killed the Red Baron |
#8938, aired 2023-09-27 | FUNERAL OFFICIANTS $1,200 (Daily Double): In April 2005 Joseph Ratzinger officiated at this man's funeral Pope John Paul II |
#8934, aired 2023-09-21 | CHINESE FOOD $400: These "nutty" cookies for dessert are known as the Chinese national cookie & even have their own day in April almond cookies |
#8933, aired 2023-09-20 | BACK IN THE DAY $200: The motto of this mail delivery service that ran from April 1860 to October 1861 was "The mail must go through" the Pony Express |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | TO SIR PAUL, WITH LOVE $1600: On April 21, 1990 at Maracana Stadium, Paul had an intimate show for 184,000 friends as he rocked in this huge South American city Rio de Janeiro |
#8927, aired 2023-09-12 | GEORGIA ON MY MIND $800: In early April, Augusta played host to this the Masters |
#8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THE U.S. IN 1964 $800: The first mission of this post-Mercury NASA program launched on April 8, uncrewed; soon, 2 men would fly in each mission Gemini |
#8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ON THE MONEY $2000: He died on April 15 Abraham Lincoln |
#8923, aired 2023-07-26 | TAKING STOCK $1600: This company headquartered in Omaha has the most expensive stock in the world at about $500,000 a share in April 2023 Berkshire Hathaway |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | MOMENTOUS DATES $200: The Easter Rising began not on a Sunday but on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916 in this Irish city Dublin |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | MOMENTOUS DATES $1000: On April 10, 1938 this country approved political unification with Germany Austria |
#8896, aired 2023-06-19 | IT'S A SPECIAL DAY $600: This U.S. territory celebrates Flag Day on April 17, the day in 1900 that Old Glory was raised in Fagatogo on Tutuila Island American Samoa |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | MONTHLY PEOPLE, REAL & IMAGINED $800: Aubrey Plaza, getting married as this character on "Parks & Rec": "I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Is that cool?" April Ludgate |
#8879, aired 2023-05-25 | MUSIC OF THE MONTH $1600: Fashioned from an Old English nursery rhyme, Simon & Garfunkel's "April Come She Will" was featured in this 1967 film The Graduate |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | PURE POETRY $1200: (Ada Limón reads.) From French for "step over", this technique in which a thought runs on from one line to the next imports a free-flowing feel, as in Eliot's "April is the cruellest month, breeding
/ Lilacs out of the dead land" enjambment |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | "X" IN THE CITY $200: The battle of this town on April 19, 1775 marked the start of the Revolutionary War Lexington |
#10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $400: April 23 is an annual celebration of a local hero in this Warwickshire town--& by the way, that middle word has 4 letters Stratford-upon-Avon |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | THE OTHER MASTERS $200: Golfers tee it up at the Masters each April, amidst the blooming azaleas & dogwoods at the National Golf Club in this Georgia city Augusta |
#8858, aired 2023-04-26 | COMEDIANS $800: April 26, 2023 is the 90th bday of this funny lady whose Saturday night skits included "Rancid Harvest" & "Went with the Wind" Carol Burnett |
#8846, aired 2023-04-10 | QUANTUM SCIENCE $800: (Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) World Quantum Day is April 14th because Planck's constant, which is in constant use, rounds to 4.14 eV, short for electron this unit; it takes about 625 quintillion eV per second to light a 100-watt bulb volt |
#8845, aired 2023-04-07 | DE-COMPOSING $200: Doing anything to avoid tax day, this "Messiah" composer departed Earth on April 14, 1759 Handel |
#8842, aired 2023-04-04 | ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE $1,000 (Daily Double): He worked to develop a flu vaccine before coming up with one for polio, declared safe on April 12, 1955 Jonas Salk |
#8833, aired 2023-03-22 | HANS, SOLO $400: International Children's Book Day is celebrated on or around April 2, the birthday of this author Hans Christian Andersen |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | THE MORNING AFTER $200: April 16, 1912 morning editions of some newspapers reported that this had been saved; later editions had worse news the Titanic |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | SCRAMBLED U.S. HISTORY $2000: One was on the radio April 28, 1935:
CHIEFS TIRADE a fireside chat |
#8819, aired 2023-03-02 | U.S. HISTORY $5,018 (Daily Double): Civil War generals issued a lot of general orders; this man's No. 9 of April 1865 sent the Army of Northern Virginia home Robert E. Lee |
#8803, aired 2023-02-08 | ACTS OF CONGRESS $400: Months before the Emancipation Proclamation, which applied to states, came the April 1862 act freeing all those enslaved here the District of Columbia |
#8797, aired 2023-01-31 | A CAPITAL OFFENSIVE $2000: After a rapid offensive, this capital was captured April 30, 1975, leading to a name change Ho Chi Minh City |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | THE 1890s $3,600 (Daily Double): Returning after a 1,500-year break, these opened April 6, 1896 the (Modern) Olympic Games |
#8783, aired 2023-01-11 | HORSES ON WHEELS $400: Ford gave its sports car unveiled in April 1964 this name of a wild, untamed horse Mustang |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | VIRGINNY & GEORGIA $300: In March 1979 Ray Charles sang this old sweet song for Georgia's legislature; in April, it became the official state song "Georgia On My Mind" |
#8778, aired 2023-01-04 | THE NATIONAL PAST TIME $2000: In April 1940 Norway's king & prime minister left Oslo & this leader of the Norwegian Nazis formed his own government Quisling |
#8768, aired 2022-12-21 | GEOGRAPHY THAT MADE HISTORY $1,600 (Daily Double): N.E. of Bilbao, this town was the site of tragedy on April 26, 1937, when 1/3 of its people were killed or wounded in a German attack Guernica |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | ANAGRAMMED OCCUPATIONS $800: April is the cruellest month:
CUT A CANTON accountant |
#8760, aired 2022-12-09 | TV FINAL EPISODES $3,800 (Daily Double): When this show ended on April 10, 2022, one of the 2 female leads was dead. Which? Well, the show didn't live up to its title Killing Eve |
#8755, aired 2022-12-02 | HONORARY U.S. CITIZENS $400: Winston Churchill, the first honorary citizen, had the honor conferred on him April 9, 1963 by this man Kennedy |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | WELCOME TO THE NEW MILLENNIUM $1000: The funeral of this woman, the wife of George VI, was held at Westminster Abbey on April 9, 2002 Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | HISTORIC DATES $400: San Franciscans heard a noise "like the roar of 10,000 lions" on April 18 of this year 1906 |
#8742, aired 2022-11-15 | ZOOM BACKGROUNDS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE $600: Ponce de Leon has a very elegant map of this peninsula on which he landed April 2, 1513; too bad it shows it as an island Florida |
#8735, aired 2022-11-04 | ON BROADWAY $400: From April to July 2022 Beanie Feldstein played the role of Fanny Brice in a revival of this musical Funny Girl |
#8735, aired 2022-11-04 | THE OED QUOTES $800: The first line of "The Canterbury Tales" is quoted under the entry for this month April |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $300: It took off into space for the first time on April 12, 1981 the Space Shuttle |
#8723, aired 2022-10-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Yom Hashoah, the Remembrance Day for this tragedy, is observed in April or May on the 27th of Nisan the Holocaust |
#8721, aired 2022-10-17 | LITERARY FIRST LINES $400: "1984" begins, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking" this very odd number thirteen |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | HISTORIC HISTORY OF YESTERDAY: A LOOK BACK $1500: A U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba on April 17, 1961 at the Bahía de Cochinos, or this, ended in failure the Bay of Pigs |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | THIS INFORMATION $200: Buying this traditional April birthstone?
Remember, cut, color, clarity & carat are its "4 Cs" a diamond |
#8706, aired 2022-09-26 | SMALL MAMMALS $600: April 2 is the national day to celebrate this animal some keep as a pet; it resembles a slightly bigger weasel a ferret |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | ALPHABETICALLY NEXT $400: In state capitals: Bismarck,
Boise... Boston |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | NFL OPENING WEEKEND $600: (Kyle Brandt of the NFL Network presents the clue.) Wes Welker & Demaryius Thomas each caught two scores as part of this quarterback's monster 7-touchdown day against the Ravens in the 2013 opener Peyton Manning |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | NFL OPENING WEEKEND $1000: (Jamie Erdahl of the NFL Network presents the clue.) The Panthers' opening game in 2011 showed off the arm of this flashy dresser, as he passed for 422 yards, an NFL record for a player's first game Cam Newton |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | GOING ON A POWER TRIP $1000: This dam with the most generation capacity of any U.S. power plant is about a 2-hour drive from Spokane Grand Coulee Dam |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | 20th CENTURY SONG, 21st CENTURY AD $1600: The Infiniti QX60:
Ooh baby baby, it's this Cat Stevens classic "Wild World" |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | FULL OF HOLES $2000: This Brit was known for his hole-y abstract sculptures like "Recumbent Figure" Henry Moore |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | SYNONYMS $2000: Starting with the same first 2 letters, this synonym for "rural" can also mean rough or simple, like unfinished furniture rustic |
#8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $400: (Dagmar Midcap of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) On April 8, 2004, the Padres beat the Giants in the first Major League game at this ball park, a centerpiece of San Diego’s newly revitalized downtown Petco |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | 4 OF THE SAME LETTER $800: At the recent Tokyo Olympics, Alix Klineman & April Ross netted gold in this sport beach volleyball |
#8678, aired 2022-07-06 | HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE $1600: Seen here is the April 1961 first day of the trial of this man, one of the most important proceedings of the 20th century Adolf Eichmann |
#8672, aired 2022-06-28 | SHOE KNOW IT! $400: On April 1, 1960, this Dr. was in with its 8-holed 1460 boot, 1/4/60 being the European date Dr. Martens |
#8670, aired 2022-06-24 | CITY PARK-ING PLACES $400: On April 14, 1969 this city rejoiced as Jarry Park--in Jarry Park--became the first MLB ballpark outside the United States Montreal |
#8656, aired 2022-06-06 | WRITTEN IN CYRILLIC $1200: In Ukrainian, this winter month when Russia invaded in 2022 is Lyutyy, "cruel" February |
#8645, aired 2022-05-20 | ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL $800: A devout Catholic, this pop artist went to mass many times a week, & on April 1, 1987, his St. Pat's memorial mass was open to the public (Andy) Warhol |
#8641, aired 2022-05-16 | IT'S GETTING WINDY $1000: On April 5, 1936 an F5 tornado hit this Mississippi city; one survivor was very young Elvis Presley, born there the year before Tupelo |
#8627, aired 2022-04-26 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: Those born during the first half of April have this sign, the ram Aries |
#8624, aired 2022-04-21 | THE 1720s $3,000 (Daily Double): On Sunday, April 5, Dutch Admiral Jacob Roggeveen landed on what is now called this island, 2,200 miles west of Chile Easter Island |
#8622, aired 2022-04-19 | APRIL FOOLS $400: On April 14, 1912 a nearby ship warned the Titanic of this; radio operator Jack Phillips scolded the ship for interrupting him an iceberg |
#8622, aired 2022-04-19 | APRIL FOOLS $800: A million people left 100 tons of trash in New York's Central Park at an April 22, 1990 celebration of this day...hmmm Earth Day |
#8622, aired 2022-04-19 | APRIL FOOLS $1200: While besieging a castle in 1199, this "Lionheart" failed to wear his mail; he died in April after being struck by an arrow Richard the Lionheart |
#8622, aired 2022-04-19 | APRIL FOOLS $1600: Shunning a less risky escape route, this murderer jumped to the stage on April 14, 1865 yelling, "Sic semper tyrannis!" John Wilkes Booth |
#8622, aired 2022-04-19 | APRIL FOOLS $2000: In April 1846 a group of westward settlers struck out for California; this "Pass" would later be named for them the Donner Party |
#8615, aired 2022-04-08 | WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS THIS? $400: April 22, 1889 is the birthdate of this "City", capital of the Sooner State Oklahoma City |
#8615, aired 2022-04-08 | POTPOURRI $1000: Sailing from Portugal in July 1497, this explorer rounded the Cape of Good Hope & reached Mombasa in April of the next year Vasco da Gama |
#8614, aired 2022-04-07 | WORLD WAR II $600: Jimmy Doolittle's April 1942 air raid on this Axis capital raised Allied morale at a dark time in the war Tokyo |
#8610, aired 2022-04-01 | BIRTH MONTH FLOWERS $600: There are thousands of varieties of this April birth flower, including the Shasta & the Gerbera daisy |
#8604, aired 2022-03-24 | FAST FACT $3,000 (Daily Double): U.S. postage stamps bearing this word began going on sale in April 2007 Forever |
#8592, aired 2022-03-08 | POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK $800: Eliot: "April is the ____ ____ breeding lilacs out of the dead land" the cruelest month |
#8579, aired 2022-02-17 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $1000: (Doris Kearns Goodwin presents the clue.) On April 4, 1865, Lincoln made a daring & dangerous visit to this newly captured capital, walking its still-burning streets to the cheers of jubilant former enslaved people Richmond |
#14, aired 2022-02-17 | NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $1600: (Andrew Dymburt delivers the clue.) On the night of April 14, 1865, as John Wilkes Booth stalked Abraham Lincoln, would-be assassin Louis Powell entered the home of this Secretary of State & stabbed him repeatedly, but he survived (William) Seward |
#13, aired 2022-02-17 | A MONTH OF EVENTS $200: Geography Awareness Week & National Stuffing Day November |
#13, aired 2022-02-17 | A MONTH OF EVENTS $1000: The traditional federal income tax filing deadline & the U.K.'s National Tea Day April |
#8, aired 2022-02-11 | SPECIAL DAYS $400: On April 8 Japan celebrates the flower festival Hana Matsuri; sakura, these blossoms, are a popular offering cherry blossoms |
#7, aired 2022-02-11 | COMMENCEMENT $1000: On April 14, 1910 he became the first president to throw out the first pitch at the start of a Major League Baseball game Taft |
#8574, aired 2022-02-10 | FROM THE BRITISH ROYAL WEBSITE $400: In April 2021 the death at age 99 of this longest-serving British consort was announced "with deep sorrow" Prince Philip |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | HISTORIC PAIRS $400: Levi Preston gained fame for fighting in both these Massachusetts battles on April 19, 1775, but actually fought in neither Lexington & Concord |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES $800: This German airline began flying in April 1955 Lufthansa |
#8570, aired 2022-02-04 | "R" TOWN $1,400 (Daily Double): On the 18th of April, 1871, the former North Chelsea, Mass. celebrated this new name with a reading of a Longfellow poem Revere |
#8566, aired 2022-01-31 | STATE CAPITAL HISTORY $400: The first Pony Express rider reached this capital of a West Coast state on April 13, 1860 Sacramento |
#8559, aired 2022-01-20 | 1922 $600: The heart of the Wimbledon tennis championships, it's seen here under construction in April & opened in June Centre Court |
#8552, aired 2022-01-11 | JOHN F. KENNEDY $600: Kennedy took "sole responsibility" for the April 17, 1961 disaster at this Cuban location the Bay of Pigs |
#8548, aired 2022-01-05 | A PLAYER TO BE NAMED RIGHT NOW $800: In March 2021 she testified on gender discrimination to a House committee; in April, she scored on a penalty kick for the U.S. vs. Sweden Megan Rapinoe |
#8538, aired 2021-12-22 | AVIATION $1600: In April 2021, this resourceful helicopter made history, taking off on Mars for a series of experimental flights Ingenuity |
#8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $800: On April 1, 1963 ABC premiered this soap opera & NBC launched a similar rival, "The Doctors" General Hospital |
#8497, aired 2021-10-26 | BOREDOM $400: A 2010 computer analysis said the most boring 20th c. day was a Sunday in the middle of this, known as a decade of dull conformity the 1950s |
#8496, aired 2021-10-25 | WHAT HAPPENED WHEN $400: This mail delivery service was launched April 3, 1860 the Pony Express |
#8489, aired 2021-10-14 | THIS IS NPR $1000: In April 2021 NPR's Fresh Air remembered this Apollo 11 hero who had just passed; he had called his solo Moon orbit "completely serene" Collins |
#8489, aired 2021-10-14 | TWISTER! $2000: April 3, 1974 saw 7 tornadoes from Alabama to Indiana max out at F5 on this scale of storm intensity the Fujita Scale |
#8478, aired 2021-09-29 | WEBCAMS $400: In 2017 more than 14 million people tuned in live on the day that April, one of these creatures, gave birth giraffe |
#8473, aired 2021-09-22 | WHAT A WEEK! $600: Once National Secretaries Week, the last full week in April is now called these "Professionals Week" Administrative |
#8469, aired 2021-09-16 | DURING THE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON ADMINISTRATION $1000: Sworn in on March 4, WHH died on April 4; the official cause, this ailment at "the lower lobe of the right lung", has been debated pneumonia |
#8467, aired 2021-09-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The last Friday in April is this tree-planting holiday that predates Earth Day by almost a century Arbor Day |
#8467, aired 2021-09-14 | THE WILD WEST $600: A cavalry bugle at noon on April 22, 1889 began a massive land run in this territory Oklahoma |
#8466, aired 2021-09-13 | NO MAN $600: On April 28, 1789 Fletcher Christian & crew said no to this captain's tough love, sending him off in a boat (Captain) Bligh |
#8461, aired 2021-08-09 | CURRENT TV $600: The April 7, 2021 episode of "The Goldbergs" included a tribute to this late actor who played Pops George Segal |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | WORLD WAR II $400: Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker on the last day of this 1945 month; 9 days later, the war was over in Europe April |
#8455, aired 2021-07-30 | CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH $200: Mother Goose Day, as well as Mother's Day May |
#8455, aired 2021-07-30 | CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH $800: National Humor Month & in New England, Patriots' Day April |
#8453, aired 2021-07-28 | DO YOU REMEMBER? $6,400 (Daily Double): It became a battle cry after it appeared in a cartoon caption in the Washington Post April 3, 1898 Remember the Maine |
#8442, aired 2021-07-13 | 2011: 10 YEARS AGO $800: A British royal wedding captured the world's attention as this pair got hitched in April Kate Middleton & Prince William |
#8435, aired 2021-07-02 | OTHER STUFF HAPPENED IN 1492 $400: Long in ill health, Lorenzo the Magnificent of this family died in April at age 43, shortly after a meeting with Savonarola the Medicis |
#8431, aired 2021-06-28 | TALKING HEADS $200: In an April 19, 1951 speech, he gave new life to the well-worn phrase "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away" MacArthur |
#8428, aired 2021-06-23 | HISTORIC NUMBERS $800: NASA called this April 1970 mission "a successful failure" Apollo 13 |
#8412, aired 2021-06-01 | U.S. HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): The Louisiana Purchase Exposition opened April 30, 1904 in this non-Louisiana city St. Louis |
#8403, aired 2021-05-19 | NAMES OF WORLD WAR II $2000: This American officer led an air raid on Tokyo in April 1942 Jimmy Doolittle |
#8402, aired 2021-05-18 | WELL VERSED IN POETRY $800: "The Waste Land" begins with the declaration that this "is the cruellest month" April |
#8394, aired 2021-05-06 | AROUND TENNESSEE $1000: A sanitation workers' strike in this Tennessee city began in February 1968 & ended on April 16 after a tragic event Memphis |
#8380, aired 2021-04-16 | HISTORY ON ICE $200: At 9:40 P.M. on April 14, 1912, the Mesaba warned it of an ice field; that message may not have been relayed to the bridge the (RMS) Titanic |
#8369, aired 2021-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $200: In 1998 Burger King ran an ad touting its new "left-handed" version of this signature burger the Whopper |
#8369, aired 2021-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $400: We hope math teachers weren't fooled by the rumor that Alabama voted to change this to 3.0, a "biblical value" pi |
#8369, aired 2021-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $600: In 1996 Taco Bell claimed it bought this historic landmark in Philadelphia & was renaming it appropriately the Liberty Bell |
#8369, aired 2021-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $800: In 1980 the BBC (those cheeky Brits!) said this landmark, to keep up with the times, would be given a digital readout Big Ben |
#8369, aired 2021-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $1000: This inventor's reputation was high in 1878 when a newspaper said his new machine turned soil into cereal & water into wine Edison |
#8367, aired 2021-03-30 | HISTORY $400: In April 1830 this country passed a law aiming to curb illegal immigration of Americans over its border Mexico |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $400: We'll pledge $400 to you if you can name this site that went live on April 28, 2009 & takes 5% of successfully funded projects Kickstarter |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | FIVE SUMMONER'S TALES $800: On April 12, 1945 he was drinking with Sam Rayburn after a day presiding over the Senate when he was summoned by the White House Truman |
#8357, aired 2021-03-16 | ATLANTA: NEWS CLUES $400: (Cheryl Preheim from Atlanta's 11Alive presents the clue.) In April 1970, our very own Jimmy Carter announced his candidacy for this political office, a job he would win, & that would lead to even greater things in the years to come governor |
#8356, aired 2021-03-15 | TV FINALES $800: Andy & April have a baby; Tom Haverford publishes "Failure: An American Success Story" Parks and Recreation |
#8350, aired 2021-03-05 | THAT'S SO 2019 $2,000 (Daily Double): The discovery of Homo Luzonensis, an extinct human species that lived in what's now this country, was announced in April the Philippines |
#8334, aired 2021-02-11 | MARITIME DISASTERS $400: On April 15, 1912 at approximately 2:20 A.M., it broke in half & 2 minutes later, plunged below the water's surface the Titanic |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | MONTH OF THE BOOK $1200: Elizabeth von Arnim's "The Enchanted ____" April |
#8328, aired 2021-02-03 | 1961, WHAT A YEAR! $1200: April: this cosmonaut makes history when he takes Vostok 1 about 200 miles above the Earth Gagarin |
#8316, aired 2021-01-18 | HISTORICAL MARKERS $1,000 (Daily Double): A marker near Port Royal, Virginia identifies the site of the Garrett farm & barn, where this man met his end April 26, 1865 John Wilkes Booth |
#8308, aired 2021-01-06 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In April 1877 Pres. Hayes withdrew federal troops from Louisiana, officially ending this post-Civil-War period Reconstruction |
#8297, aired 2020-12-08 | THE FOUNDING FATHERS SPEAK $1000: On taking up his duties as president of the Senate in April 1789, he told it, "The eyes of the world are upon you" (John) Adams |
#8294, aired 2020-12-03 | KEEPING IT 100 $800: In a non leap year, the 100th day falls on this date April 10th |
#8287, aired 2020-11-24 | A STAR IS BORN $600: April 30, 1985 in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel gave us this wonder of a gal Gal Gadot |
#8284, aired 2020-11-19 | THESE ARE THE DAYS $800: April 17 / International this Day / 5-7-5...nice haiku |
#8283, aired 2020-11-18 | I GOT THEM HISTORICAL BLUES $200: On the day I was born / In April 1822 / I had no idea I'd be president, or a top general too / I wore the blues / The Union Army blues (Ulysses) Grant |
#8280, aired 2020-11-13 | FROM B TO C $1200: This variety of pear is crisp & in season from September to April Bosc |
#8272, aired 2020-11-03 | HEALTH OBSERVANCES $1200: Wear your ribbon proudly, especially during April, to spread awareness of this condition autism |
#8271, aired 2020-11-02 | THE PRINCESS BRIDE $400: On April 19, 1956, Grace Kelly had a storybook wedding with Prince Rainier at St. Nicholas Cathedral in this country Monaco |
#8271, aired 2020-11-02 | THE PRINCESS BRIDE $800: The April 5, 1614 wedding of Native American princess Pocahontas & this planter brought 8 years of peace John Rolfe |
#8269, aired 2020-10-29 | SOVIET BLOC BUSTERS $2000: With a seasonal name, this brief period of Czech liberalization inspired by Alexander Dubcek began in April 1968 Prague Spring |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $800: April 19, 1923: "74,200 see Yankees open new stadium"; he "hits home run" Babe Ruth |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $1200: April 19, 1978: "Senate votes to give up" this waterway the Panama Canal |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $1600: From April 1955: this man's "polio vaccine proves success; millions will be immunized soon" Jonas Salk |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $2000: April 20, 1993: "Death in" this Texas city; "scores die as cult compound is set afire" Waco |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | I'M POSTING THAT ON TELEGRAM $800: In April 1861 Robert Anderson cabled that, down to 4 barrels of powder & only pork to eat, he had surrendered this fort Sumter |
#8258, aired 2020-10-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $3,600 (Daily Double): April 22 was chosen for this observance because it fell between spring break & final exams Earth Day |
#8253, aired 2020-10-07 | MAGAZINES' FIRST ISSUES $400: Featuring Lucille Ball & her "$50,000,000 baby" on the cover, it first hit stands in April 1953 TV Guide |
#8250, aired 2020-10-02 | THE SISTERS SISTERS $800: This sister of the Duchess of Cambridge was maid of honor at the royal wedding on April 29, 2011 Pippa |
#8244, aired 2020-09-24 | "A" IS FOR AUTUMN $800: Though as zodiac signs they're in January, February, March & April, these 2 constellations are best viewed in fall in the N. Hemisphere Aries & Aquarius |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | IT'S A DATE $1200: You could look it up--on April 14, 1828 this man copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary (Noah) Webster |
#8228, aired 2020-06-03 | BACK IN THE 20th CENTURY $2,400 (Daily Double): In April 1946 this international org. formally gave up the ghost, though it did give a lot of its stuff to its replacement the League of Nations |
#8212, aired 2020-04-28 | SNOPES SAYS NOPE $600: An episode of "The Simpsons" did not predict the April 2019 fire here in Paris Notre Dame Cathedral |
#8206, aired 2020-04-20 | A HISTORY OF CHARITY $200: Founded in April 1919, this organization sold its first stamps or "seals" to help disabled children in 1934 the Easterseals |
#8199, aired 2020-04-09 | SPORTS HISTORY $400: On April 22, 1954 the NBA changed forever with the adoption of a shot clock with a time limit of this many seconds 24 |
#8198, aired 2020-04-08 | ALL ABOUT APRIL $200: It was created as an environmental teach-in & first celebrated on April 22, 1970 Earth Day |
#8198, aired 2020-04-08 | ALL ABOUT APRIL $400: Often in April, Passover is celebrated with this meal at which the haggadah is read a seder |
#8198, aired 2020-04-08 | ALL ABOUT APRIL $600: For Easter weekend, I'll bake you some of these 3-word treats hot cross buns |
#8198, aired 2020-04-08 | ALL ABOUT APRIL $800: The 25th of April Bridge spans the Tagus River in this Iberian capital Lisbon |
#8198, aired 2020-04-08 | ALL ABOUT APRIL $1000: The daisy is one special flower for those born in April; another is this sweet one seen here a sweet pea |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ON TIME $200: The April 9, 1965 cover featured a doghouse, a piano & 5 characters from this comic strip Peanuts |
#8176, aired 2020-03-09 | WE HAVE A FEW SPECIALS $800: For 2 hours of live TV on April 21, 1986, Geraldo Rivera probed "The Mystery of" this 1920s mobster's "Vaults" & found...some bottles Capone |
#8176, aired 2020-03-09 | FROM RAGS TO RICHES $1200: In April 2019 merriam-webster.com made this 6-letter synonym of "edit" one of its words of the week redact |
#8175, aired 2020-03-06 | MUSICALS $1200: After 3,388 performances & an 8-year run, this musical was no longer "the word" when it closed April 13, 1980 Grease |
#8169, aired 2020-02-27 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: First held in 1897, it's now run on Patriots' Day in April each year the Boston Marathon |
#8166, aired 2020-02-24 | 19th CENTURY HISTORY $400: April 9, 1878 was a normal night in Dodge City; Jack Wagner killed marshal Ed Masterson & this brother of Ed's killed Jack Bat Masterson |
#8153, aired 2020-02-05 | WORLD LEADERS $1,200 (Daily Double): In 2003 it all came crashing down around him, including his statue on April 9 Saddam Hussein |
#8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPORTS DEFINITIONS $200: A dig & a spike are actions April Ross executes in this sport volleyball |
#8141, aired 2020-01-20 | COME TO YOUR CENSUS $400: Don't fool around! In 2020 you need to have your census form in by this date, 'cause it's Census Day, too! April 1st |
#8140, aired 2020-01-17 | NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST $1200: Celebrated April 27, Freedom Day, this country's national holiday, commemorates an event of 1994 South Africa |
#8140, aired 2020-01-17 | HISTORY, BRIEFLY $2000: On April 12, 1961 this Soviet pilot made a single hour & a half orbit of Earth Yuri Gagarin |
#8137, aired 2020-01-14 | DRAWING QUITE THE CROWD $800: On April 22, 1990 around 750,000 people hit Central Park to celebrate this annual event Earth Day |
#7, aired 2020-01-14 | HISTORY $400: Francis Drake became Sir Francis in April 1581 in the presence of this monarch Elizabeth I |
#8121, aired 2019-12-23 | FBI HEADQUARTERS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.) Nearly 95% of the over 500 who've appeared on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitives list have been found, including this man who was listed twice--first following an April 1968 assassination and again briefly after a short 1977 prison escape James Earl Ray |
#8119, aired 2019-12-19 | I'M DYIN' UP HERE! $200: On April 21,1918 he caught a fatal bullet while piloting his Fokker triplane over northern France the Red Baron (Richthofen) |
#8091, aired 2019-11-11 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: He quickly became the Democratic frontrunner after announcing his third bid for president April 25, 2019 (Joe) Biden |
#8091, aired 2019-11-11 | "D.M." ME $400: The 1460 boots from this brand get their name from their date of inception: the first of April, 1960 Doc Martens |
#8074, aired 2019-10-17 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents using a map of Mexico.) On April 22, 1519, he landed in Veracruz with 500 men and would reach Tenochtitlan later that year in his conquest of Mexico Cortés |
#8074, aired 2019-10-17 | MAGIC & ILLUSION $1600: On April 5, 1999 this magician was "Buried Alive" in a plexiglass coffin under a 3-ton water tank & stayed for 7 days (David) Blaine |
#8066, aired 2019-10-07 | THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY $1200: Robert Kennedy's April 4, 1968 speech in Indianapolis on the shocking death of this man is now enshrined forever Martin Luther King Jr. |
#8063, aired 2019-10-02 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: In April 1973 H.R. Haldeman & John Dean were among 4 top presidential aides forced out over this scandal Watergate |
#8062, aired 2019-10-01 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $200: (Hi, I'm Liz Cho from ABC 7.) Mosaics in Ulysses S. Grant's New York City tomb depict the greatest moments in the general's career including the April 1865 surrender of Robert E. Lee at this Virginia site Appomattox |
#8062, aired 2019-10-01 | IND-ICC-TED! $3,000 (Daily Double): Ousted as this country's president in April 2019, Omar al-Bashir is charged with crimes in Darfur Sudan |
#8061, aired 2019-09-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Suffering from tuberculosis, William Rufus DeVane King died in April 1853 before ever performing his duties in this post vice president |
#8056, aired 2019-09-23 | THEIR NAME IS LEGION $800: On April 26, 1937 the Condor Legion, a unit of the Luftwaffe, devastated this Basque city Guernica |
#8052, aired 2019-09-17 | HALLEY'S COMET IN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): This author can't have been surprised to die April 21, 1910, the day after Halley's Comet reached perihelion (Mark) Twain |
#8049, aired 2019-09-12 | BLANK THAT GUY $800: Shot near a Virginia farmhouse in April 1865:
____ ____ ____ John Wilkes Booth |
#8033, aired 2019-07-10 | HISTORY, OVER ON THE LEFT $600: In April 1965 this international pot stirrer left Cuba to try to bring revolution to Africa Che Guevara |
#8019, aired 2019-06-20 | CAREER TRACK $1000: C.P.A. is the abbreviation for this job that can be a very taxing profession in April a certified public accountant |
#8004, aired 2019-05-30 | FILL IN THEIR DATES $1600: William Shakespeare:
Traditionally, April ____, 1564 -
April ____, 1616 23rd |
#8004, aired 2019-05-30 | FILL IN THEIR DATES $5,000 (Daily Double): Martin Luther King:
____ 15, 1929 -
April 4, 1968 January |
#7998, aired 2019-05-22 | JOLLY HOLIDAY $200: When April has just ended, time to dance around this tall item festooned with ribbons a maypole |
#7996, aired 2019-05-20 | THE MONTHLY MOVIE TITLE $1200: 4 women of the 1920s take to an Italian villa & have the time of their lives in "Enchanted" this April |
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 | THE 2010s $600: In April 2018 this little bro ended nearly 60 years of his family's rule when he stepped down as Cuba's president Raúl Castro |
#7994, aired 2019-05-16 | "NEW" ENTERTAINMENT $1200: An April 1981 theatrical rerelease added this 3-word subtitle to the opening crawl A New Hope |
#7992, aired 2019-05-14 | IT HAPPENED IN MAY $800: Father of the famous Quaker, Admiral William Penn failed to take Hispaniola from the Spanish in April of 1655, but did capture this island in May Jamaica |
#7989, aired 2019-05-09 | EVERY ANIMAL HAS ITS DAY $400: These pups are beautiful every day, but that fact is officially celebrated April 21 a bulldog |
#7989, aired 2019-05-09 | EVERY ANIMAL HAS ITS DAY $800: April 6 is the perfect day to celebrate this breed seen here Siamese |
#7989, aired 2019-05-09 | EVERY ANIMAL HAS ITS DAY $1000: The world day for these birds, whether emperor or gentoo, is April 25 a penguin |
#7989, aired 2019-05-09 | TAURUS TYPES $1200: Born April 25, 1917 this jazz legend known for her sweet voice & her scat singing racked up 14 Grammy Awards Ella Fitzgerald |
#7976, aired 2019-04-22 | HAPPY EARTH DAY TO YOU! $200: Earth Day is observed on April 22; some who can't wait that long think it should be on the vernal this the equinox |
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 | APRIL FOOLERY $200: Alexander Pope noted that "fools rush in where" these supposedly wiser entities "fear to tread" angels |
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 | APRIL FOOLERY $400: A "fool's" one of these refers to a quest that has no chance of success errand |
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 | APRIL FOOLERY $600: This Bible book has many fool maxims, such as "a fool uttereth all his mind; but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards" Proverbs |
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 | APRIL FOOLERY $800: One of 78, the Fool in one of these is sometimes seen with a dog at his feet, seemingly trying to warn him not to walk off a cliff tarot card deck |
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 | APRIL FOOLERY $1000: This company has been "helping the world invest better since 1993" The Motley Fool |
#7968, aired 2019-04-10 | THE CIVIL WAR $800: On April 3, 1865 its business district was aflame when this Confederate capital fell Richmond |
#7961, aired 2019-04-01 | AN APRIL TO REMEMBER $200: An April 1985 attempt to make the regular kind of this soda taste more like the diet kind led to marketing disaster Coke |
#7961, aired 2019-04-01 | AN APRIL TO REMEMBER $400: In April 1906 an earthquake hit this U.S. city followed by a massive fire & the loss of 3,000 lives San Francisco |
#7961, aired 2019-04-01 | AN APRIL TO REMEMBER $600: Major League Baseball's first of these postponed the opening of the 1972 season to April 15 a strike |
#7961, aired 2019-04-01 | AN APRIL TO REMEMBER $800: In April 1513 Ponce de Leon landed in what he named Florida, searching for this legendary spring the Fountain of Youth |
#7961, aired 2019-04-01 | AN APRIL TO REMEMBER $1000: On April 15, 1974, as everyone else paid taxes, this radical "Army", the S.L.A., was robbing a bank of $11,000 the Symbionese Liberation Army |
#7953, aired 2019-03-20 | LYRICALLY INACCURATE $400: This band's "Pride" says, "Early morning, April 4, shot ring out in the Memphis sky", but Dr. King was killed at 6:01 p.m. U2 |
#7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2018 $4,000 (Daily Double): "Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of" this Midwest capital city includes "Its Chaotic Founding" on April 22, 1889 & much more Oklahoma City |
#7949, aired 2019-03-14 | KINGS LANDING $600: In April 1191 Philip II of France landed in Acre on this sea; in July, his crusading done, he sailed for home the Mediterranean |
#7949, aired 2019-03-14 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1200: People lay flowers at an eternal flame in Yerevan on April 24, this country's genocide Remembrance Day Armenia |
#7940, aired 2019-03-01 | ON THE SOUNDTRACK $1200: A 1967 film:
"Scarborough Fair", "April Come She Will" The Graduate |
#7932, aired 2019-02-19 | WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MONTH? $200: Earth Day,
Tax Day April |
#7926, aired 2019-02-11 | A CLASSIC SETTING $200: This dystopian novel opens in April in London, "chief city of Airstrip One" 1984 |
#7925, aired 2019-02-08 | CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS $400: Prince William & Kate Middleton tied the knot at this London church on April 29, 2011 Westminster Abbey |
#7924, aired 2019-02-07 | MUSEUM MISCELLANY $400: On this day in 2015 the U.S. National Air & Space Museum put Wonder Woman's invisible jet "on display" April 1 (or April Fool's Day) |
#7920, aired 2019-02-01 | RELIGIOUS LITERATURE $800: A poem by Richmond Lattimore titled this holiday says, "Our April is the lamb who died / to paint the year in tones of pride" "Easter" |
#7908, aired 2019-01-16 | "SHOP" TALK $400: This software name was trademarked in April 1991 Photoshop |
#7903, aired 2019-01-09 | COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING $1200: He wrote some lively "Hungarian Dances"; on April 3, 1897 it was lullaby & good night Brahms |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | 2019 HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Pack up the kids on Thursday, April 25 & take them here, not to the playground work |
#7899, aired 2019-01-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: John Parker was assigned to guard this man on April 14, 1865, but stepped out at intermission to go to a bar Abraham Lincoln |
#7891, aired 2018-12-24 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) The first major museum dedicated to the American Revolution officially opened its doors on April 19, 2017--the 242nd anniversary of the start of the war, and the opening battles of these two towns Lexington and Concord |
#7879, aired 2018-12-06 | IF YOU'VE GOT THE TIME... $200: The first time it went into effect nationally in the U.S. was at 2:00 A.M. on April 24, 1966 Daylight Savings Time |
#7874, aired 2018-11-29 | IT'S A DATE $3,400 (Daily Double): April 12, 1861:
Shooting starts here Fort Sumter |
#7870, aired 2018-11-23 | BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: A British effort to march on Concord & destroy colonial guns & ammo led to the first battle of the war, in April of this year 1775 |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | 5 SAINT'S DAYS $2000: Hegesippus opposed this heresy, from Greek for "knowledge"; if you do too, celebrate his day, April 7 Gnosticism |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | 5 SAINT'S DAYS $3,000 (Daily Double): April 23 is the feast of this saint feared by dragons everywhere St. George |
#7854, aired 2018-11-01 | THE BIG LEAGUES $1,000 (Daily Double): It was formally dissolved in April 1946 the League of Nations |
#7843, aired 2018-10-17 | THE FOLGER LIBRARY $400: The library opened in 1932 on the Bard's birthday in this spring month April |
#7834, aired 2018-10-04 | ELECTION 1968 $400: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue.) Despite fears for his safety, Robert F. Kennedy spoke as scheduled in Indianapolis on April 4, 1968 but instead of his prepared remarks, gave a shocked crowd this news Martin Luther King's assassination |
#7834, aired 2018-10-04 | FIDDLER $400: On April 28, 1966 4 fiddlers got 9 pounds each to play on this Beatles song about all the lonely people "Eleanor Rigby" |
#7826, aired 2018-09-24 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: In April 2018 Paul Ryan said he'd leave the House of Representatives & this top post there Speaker |
#7825, aired 2018-09-21 | SENATORS IN THE 115th CONGRESS $1600: In April of 2018, she became the first sitting U.S. senator to give birth (Tammy) Duckworth |
#7813, aired 2018-07-25 | WORLD WAR II TIMELINE $1600: April 18, 1942:
Jimmy Doolittle & his raiders bomb this capital Tokyo |
#7808, aired 2018-07-18 | THE WEATHER $600: In April 2017 the governor of this large state declared an end to the drought emergency... for now California |
#7806, aired 2018-07-16 | THE BOUNCY CASTLE $800: The Nazis made Saxony's Colditz Castle a prison; U.S. troops liberated it in April 1945 & in May, handed it over to this army the Red Army |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | THE FBI's 10 MOST WANTED LIST $1,000 (Daily Double): The list was already full, but this man was specially added in April 1968 after a high-profile Memphis murder James Earl Ray |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BORN & DIED $200: He was born Jan. 15, 1929 in Atlanta; died with a dream in his heart in Memphis on April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On April 19, 1995 2 homegrown terrorists bombed the U.S. Federal Building in this city Oklahoma City |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BORN & DIED $1,000 (Daily Double): Born in Spain in 1881, he "drew" his last breath near Cannes April 8, 1973 Picasso |
#7789, aired 2018-06-21 | THE MALE MAN $800: On April 2, 1801 the Danes found out that this Brit was a one-eyed, one-armed, non-flying naval people beater (Horatio) Nelson |
#7787, aired 2018-06-19 | KNOWN BY ONE NAME $1200: He recently announced that he plans to step down as Japan's emperor in April 2019 Akihito |
#7785, aired 2018-06-15 | MEANWHILE... $400: In late April 1789 Parisians were rioting while on the other side of the world the crew of this ship was in mutiny the Bounty |
#7781, aired 2018-06-11 | AROUND THE U.S.A. $400: See the Montana legislature in session, January to April of odd-numbered years, at the capitol in this city Helena |
#7770, aired 2018-05-25 | GENIUSES ARE BORN $2,000 (Daily Double): He was born April 15, 1452, near a little Tuscan town you wouldn't have heard of otherwise Leonardo da Vinci |
#7768, aired 2018-05-23 | IN GENERAL $1000: Leased by this company, Deepwater Horizon was the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico April 20, 2010 BP |
#7755, aired 2018-05-04 | THE CELEBRITY OPINES $1000: This actress who played April in many "Sharknado" movies said, "I make Jessica Simpson look like a rock scientist" Tara Reid |
#7754, aired 2018-05-03 | THESE ARE DAYS $600: A state holiday in Massachusetts & Maine, Patriots' Day is the third Monday in April, in honor of these 2 battles Lexington and Concord |
#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | I REMEMBER APRIL $200: On April 18, 1956 she went from Hollywood royalty to simply royalty by marrying Prince Rainier Grace Kelly |
#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | I REMEMBER APRIL $400: 1,400 Cuban exiles landed at this location on April 17, 1961 to overthrow Castro, but failed quickly the Bay of Pigs |
#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | I REMEMBER APRIL $600: This green holiday was observed for the first time in Nebraska on April 10, 1872 Arbor Day |
#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | I REMEMBER APRIL $800: As many as 300 civilians died during the April 26, 1937 bombing of this Basque city Guernica |
#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | I REMEMBER APRIL $1000: In April 1250 on the 7th crusade, King Louis IX of France was captured by a Mameluke army in this country Egypt |
#7738, aired 2018-04-11 | ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING $1200: In Toronto on April 2, 1975, Paul Mitchell put in the last piece of this building's antenna & did a jig 1,800' up CN Tower |
#7734, aired 2018-04-05 | KNOWLEDGE $800: April is NAAM, National Autism this Month awareness |
#7732, aired 2018-04-03 | IT'S A DISASTER! $800: On April 26, 1986 a fireball blew off the steel & concrete lid of the reactor at this power station Chernobyl |
#7731, aired 2018-04-02 | OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT $1200: It's April 1865, and the nation turns to this new leader, spared by the failed nerve of Booth accomplice George Atzerodt Andrew Johnson |
#7731, aired 2018-04-02 | OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT $1600: Dateline: this city, April 1453. Mehmed II's forces do have this city surrounded, but it remains to be seen for how long Constantinople |
#7729, aired 2018-03-29 | BATTLES $400: There were no casualties in this April 12-14, 1861 engagement that got the Civil War going Fort Sumter |
#7725, aired 2018-03-23 | "BELL", "BOOK" & NO CANDLE $200: In April 2017 United Airlines upped its limit to $10,000 in compensation to passengers bumped due to this overbooking |
#7724, aired 2018-03-22 | NEWS OF 2017 $200: On April 24 aboard this, Peggy Whitson became the U.S. astronaut with the most time in space; she's now at 665 days the International Space Station |
#7722, aired 2018-03-20 | HOME RUN $200: He hit a record-breaking 715th home run on April 8, 1974 Hank Aaron |
#7711, aired 2018-03-05 | RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES $400: The Washington Herald, April 11, 1912:
"New Liner ____ on First Journey" the Titanic |
#7709, aired 2018-03-01 | WAY BACK IN 2017 $0: Her April decision to call a snap parliamentary election proved less than brilliant on June 8 (Theresa) May |
#7702, aired 2018-02-20 | DEATH, AMERICAN STYLE $800: On April 12, 1912 it was good night, this Civil War nurse, the "Angel of the Battlefield" Clara Barton |
#7698, aired 2018-02-14 | U.S. GEOGRAPH"EE" $400: This Wisconsin city celebrates itself every April 14, a date based on its 414 area code Milwaukee |
#7687, aired 2018-01-30 | AIR FORCE BASE $400: The first landing of this took place at California's Edwards Air Force Base on April 14, 1981 the Space Shuttle |
#7682, aired 2018-01-23 | ANIMALS $1600: There were more than 200 million live views online during the 16-month pregnancy of April, one of these a giraffe |
#7680, aired 2018-01-19 | SERIAL KILLERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Mistah Kurtz--he dead; in the April 1899 issue of Balckwood's Magazine thanks to this author (Joseph) Conrad |
#7670, aired 2018-01-05 | -ISMS & -OLOGIES $2000: In April 2017 the G20 nations said they think this, intervention to defend a domestic industry, is damaging protectionism |
#7663, aired 2017-12-27 | HISTORIC DATES $1000: Abraham Lincoln was shot on this date, Good Friday of that year April 14, 1865 |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | WEATHER IDIOMS $800: Involving the fourth & fifth months, it suggest that enduring travails can lead to joy April showers bring May flowers |
#7620, aired 2017-10-27 | YOU GOT SOME REAL BIRTHSTONES, MAN $600: For April, these gems are forever, hold one up & then caress it, touch it, stroke it & undress it diamonds |
#7616, aired 2017-10-23 | HISTORY, WITH SOUND EFFECTS $800: On April 28, 1881 Billy the Kid escaped jail... but it was game over when this sheriff caught up with him a few months later Pat Garrett |
#7612, aired 2017-10-17 | IT'S A BATTLE $2000: Texas secured its independence from Mexico following this April 1836 battle that crushed Santa Anna's army San Jacinto |
#7604, aired 2017-10-05 | SPORTS STUFF $600: On April 9, 2017 Russell Westbrook had 50 points, 16 rebounds & 10 assists to break the season record for these a triple double |
#7604, aired 2017-10-05 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $2,000 (Daily Double): In the early hours of April 19, 1775, he returned to Lexington to retrieve papers from John Hancock's trunk Paul Revere |
#7603, aired 2017-10-04 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $400: She was born April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama & died there February 19, 2016 Harper Lee |
#7599, aired 2017-09-28 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $400: On the morning of April 15, 1865 Dr. Samuel Mudd set this man's broken leg John Wilkes Booth |
#7590, aired 2017-09-15 | 2017 BILLBOARD HITS $1200: As of April 2017 "The Fame" by this woman who puts on a nifty Super Bowl show had spent 160 weeks on the Top Dance Album chart Lady Gaga |
#7587, aired 2017-09-12 | BONE VOYAGE $400: On April 21, 1865 the bodies of him & his long-dead son Willie began a 20-day, 1,700-mile funeral journey Lincoln |
#7587, aired 2017-09-12 | ART & ARTISTS $800: Discovered on an Aegean island on April 8, 1820, this marble statue was presented to Louis XVIII, who donated it to the Louvre the Venus de Milo |
#7579, aired 2017-07-20 | THE 21st CENTURY $400: He died on April 2, 2005 & was canonized a little more than 9 years later Pope John Paul II |
#7570, aired 2017-07-07 | DAY-"O" $1600: On April 22 folks from Enid to Stillwater celebrate the day named for this state Oklahoma |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | HERE'S FINAL JEOPARDY $200: On April 21, 1910 reports of this author's death were not greatly exaggerated Mark Twain |
#7560, aired 2017-06-23 | THE KOREAN WAR $800: As commander in chief of the U.N. command from July 1950 to April 1951, he didn't stay over in Korea a single night MacArthur |
#7549, aired 2017-06-08 | THE TV "A" $200: It premiered June 11, 2002, changed the pop music scene & aired its last show on Fox April 7, 2016 American Idol |
#7538, aired 2017-05-24 | HEARST STORY $200: The Albany Times-Union, April 16, 1912:
"436 on Carpathia Comprise All Who Were Saved" from this disaster the Titanic |
#7538, aired 2017-05-24 | HEARST STORY $600: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 30, 1975:
"Vietnam War is Over"; this city (as then called) "Surrenders" Saigon |
#7526, aired 2017-05-08 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On April 16, 1963 he wrote, "I am in Birmingham because injustice is here" Martin Luther King Jr. |
#7525, aired 2017-05-05 | STREAM $1200: In Lisbon, the 25th of April Bridge spans this river the Tagus River |
#7503, aired 2017-04-05 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2017 $600: This team set a new NBA record on April 13, 2016 when it won its 73rd game of the regular season the Golden State Warriors |
#7503, aired 2017-04-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On April 9, 1865 Lee surrendered to Grant in this Virginia village whose name sounds like a judiciary building Appomattox Courthouse |
#7503, aired 2017-04-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: On April 9, 1979, 12 days after it began, the Nuclear Regulatory Comm. declared the crisis at this facility over Three Mile Island |
#7497, aired 2017-03-28 | PICK YOUR POISON $800: First used by the Germans at Ypres, April 22, 1915:
bromine,
chlorine,
methane chlorine |
#7487, aired 2017-03-14 | STATE HOLIDAYS $400: Massachusetts celebrates Patriots' Day, the third Monday in April, with the running of this race the Boston Marathon |
#7483, aired 2017-03-08 | SPECIAL MONTHS $600: It's when National Poetry Month is celebrated; T.S. Eliot called it "the cruellest month" April |
#7482, aired 2017-03-07 | WAY BACK IN 2015 $600: On April 23 Loretta Lynch was confirmed & became the first African-American woman to hold this position Attorney General |
#7473, aired 2017-02-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On this day in 1996 Taco Bell announced it had bought the Liberty Bell & was going to rename it the Taco Liberty Bell April Fools' Day |
#7471, aired 2017-02-20 | FLOWERS $400: April's birth month flower is this "sweet" climbing one, a member of the legume family a pea |
#7470, aired 2017-02-17 | A YEAR ENDING IN 00 $1600: The subject of numerous songs, he was an engineer for the Illinois Central when he had his famous April 1900 crash Casey Jones |
#7462, aired 2017-02-07 | MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS 2017 $400: It's "Nuts" that this "Funny Girl" turns 75 on April 24 Barbra Streisand |
#7462, aired 2017-02-07 | IN THE FIRST PLACE $2,000 (Daily Double): This area in the title of perhaps the most famous WWI novel saw the war's first major gas attack on April 22, 1915 the western front |
#7460, aired 2017-02-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: The unexplained sinking of the USS Maine led the U.S. to declare war on this country on April 25, 1898 Spain |
#7441, aired 2017-01-09 | WOMEN & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1000: In April 1777 Sybil Ludington pulled a Paul Revere-style all-night ride to tell of a British attack on Danbury in this state Connecticut |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | BILLY IDOL $1200: In April 1881 he was sentenced to be hanged, but ended up dying that July of bullet-related causes Billy the Kid |
#7424, aired 2016-12-15 | EUROPEAN RULERS $1200: On April 30, 2009 this Dutch queen escaped an assassination attempt by a crazed motorist at a royal parade Queen Beatrix |
#7422, aired 2016-12-13 | LESSER-KNOWN HISTORIC NAMES $400: On April 13, 1861 Major Robert Anderson surrendered this fort to the Confederates Fort Sumter |
#7421, aired 2016-12-12 | INVASIONS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from USS Intrepid in New York.) In April 1945, USS Intrepid supported the last major land campaign of the Pacific war, the invasion of this largest of the Ryukyu Islands, just 350 miles from the Japanese mainland Okinawa |
#7417, aired 2016-12-06 | EVERY CLAIM YOU STAKE $2,000 (Daily Double): On April 22, 1889 a bugle for a land run sounded in the new Oklahoma territory; those who entered early were dubbed this Sooners |
#7416, aired 2016-12-05 | THE SPACE RACE $800: At the Kremlin you can see the Cosmos oak, planted by this Soviet space hero on April 14, 1961 Yuri Gagarin |
#7413, aired 2016-11-30 | ANOTHER DAY OLDER $200: One more patent... on April 12, 1892 he received his 717th, for an ore-screening apparatus Edison |
#7412, aired 2016-11-29 | CORNERSTONES $400: Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone of this basilica on April 18, 1506 St. Peter's |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | THERE'S A WAR ON $800: April-December 1898 the Spanish-American War |
#7394, aired 2016-11-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: On April 4, 1891 this brother of John Wilkes Booth ended his 40+-year acting career appearing in "Hamlet" in NYC Edwin Booth |
#7391, aired 2016-10-31 | THE '50s $400: Gino Cimoli became the first Major League batter on the West Coast when these 2 teams squared off on April 15, 1958 the Giants & Dodgers |
#7388, aired 2016-10-26 | MUSICAL ACTS $1200: With its (mostly) classic lineup for the 1st time in 23 years, this band ended its April 1, 2016 set with "Paradise City" Guns N' Roses |
#7385, aired 2016-10-21 | MUSICIANS' SIGNATURE MOMENTS $1000: On April 28, 1978 this band recorded their live show at Budokan Hall in Tokyo; I want you to want them Cheap Trick |
#7383, aired 2016-10-19 | AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES $1200: America's first major naval victory occurred when he & his men captured the Drake in British waters in April 1778 (John Paul) Jones |
#7377, aired 2016-10-11 | IT HAPPENED ON MEET THE PRESS $1200: (Chuck Todd of Meet the Press gives the clue.) In April 2015 this mayor, Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign manager, praised Hillary but didn't quite endorse her yet (Bill) de Blasio |
#7360, aired 2016-09-16 | SOUNDS LIKE A COLOR $1200: She was married in Berlin April 29, 1945 but never got a honeymoon (Eva) Braun |
#7352, aired 2016-07-26 | EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES $200: A 7.8 earthquake in April 2016, centered in this nation on the west coast of South America, injured more than 2,500 Ecuador |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | FOOD & DRINK HOLIDAYS $600: National Beer Day is held on April 7, the date in 1933 that the Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted, limiting this Prohibition |
#7321, aired 2016-06-13 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $400: In this country, April 24 is a day for remembering the more than 1 million victims of the 1915 genocide Armenia |
#7303, aired 2016-05-18 | MULTIPLE CHOICE $200: The one with 31 days:
April,
July,
February July |
#7303, aired 2016-05-18 | D.C. HISTORY $400: Slaves in Washington, D.C. were freed in April 1862, 9 months before this January 1, 1863 manifesto the Emancipation Proclamation |
#7301, aired 2016-05-16 | BALLPARK FACTS & FIGURES $400: The first triple in this park was April 17, 1992, courtesy of Cal Ripken Jr. Camden Yards |
#7297, aired 2016-05-10 | GATES $200: On April 22, 1957, Memphis Doors Incorporated installed the gates seen here at this performer's home Elvis |
#7296, aired 2016-05-09 | CURRENT EVENTS $800: The April 2016 leak of records of hidden overseas accounts was called this Central American country's "Papers" Panama |
#7295, aired 2016-05-06 | HOLIDAYS $1600: It may be tax day to the rest of us but April 15 is also Father Damien day in this state Hawaii |
#7295, aired 2016-05-06 | HOLIDAYS $2000: Toward the end of every April, Nebraska speaks for the trees as the state observes this holiday Arbor Day |
#7290, aired 2016-04-29 | APRIL WORDS $200: Expected number of shots on a golf hole par |
#7290, aired 2016-04-29 | APRIL WORDS $400: Bucket equivalent pail |
#7290, aired 2016-04-29 | APRIL WORDS $600: 22/7, approximately pi |
#7290, aired 2016-04-29 | APRIL WORDS $800: Wolf's home lair |
#7290, aired 2016-04-29 | APRIL WORDS $1000: Oddly, Handel's "Water Music" has a section called this, heard here air |
#7289, aired 2016-04-28 | "ALL" ABOARD $1200: It's an old-fashioned name for April 1 each year All Fools' Day |
#7289, aired 2016-04-28 | 1948 $1600: April 19 saw this nationalist Chinese leader re-elected to the presidency despite his saying he didn't want the job anymore Chiang Kai-shek |
#7279, aired 2016-04-14 | FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS $400: There were 36 stars on the flags lowered to half staff due to this April 1865 event Lincoln's assassination |
#7270, aired 2016-04-01 | DAVID MUIR COVERS POLITICS $1000: (David Muir presents.) I interviewed this first-term senator in April 2014 & she insisted she was not running for president Elizabeth Warren |
#7266, aired 2016-03-28 | REPUBLICANS $800: The Tea Party's first major rallies on April 15, 2009 had some claiming its name meant this "enough already" taxed |
#7262, aired 2016-03-22 | NO MORE GAMES $1200: He was 52 on April 11, 1980 when he played his last NHL game Gordie Howe |
#7262, aired 2016-03-22 | NO MORE GAMES $1600: He played his last NBA game with the Washington Wizards April 16, 2003 Michael Jordan |
#7247, aired 2016-03-01 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: On April 28, 1945 this world leader very suddenly could no longer enjoy Italian Mussolini |
#7234, aired 2016-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 1986 $400: This object reached its closest point to Earth in April 1986, its second visit to our skies in the 20th century Halley's Comet |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | ALWAYS READY: THE U.S. COAST GUARD $800: Dutifully guarding this city's harbor in April 1861, the Harriet Lane fired a cannon shot, the first Civil War shot from a ship Charleston |
#7221, aired 2016-01-25 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: Texans celebrate San Jacinto Day on April 21 to honor this general's defeat of Santa Anna in 1836 (Sam) Houston |
#7213, aired 2016-01-13 | THAT'S THE THEORY $3,200 (Daily Double): On April 7, 1954 Pres. Eisenhower spoke about this theory regarding the effects of the fall of French Indochina the domino theory |
#7211, aired 2016-01-11 | NOTORIOUS $200: This young outlaw escaped from a New Mexico jail on April 28, 1881; a bullet ended his run on July 14 of that year Billy the Kid |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | THE PULITZER PRIZE AT 100 $400: (I'm Josh Haner.) I won the Pulitzer for Feature Photography for "Beyond the Finish Line", a photo essay on the recovery of Jeff Bauman, a survivor of the tragedy at this event on April 15, 2013 the Boston Marathon bombing |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | BARONS & BARONESSES $600: On April 21, 1918 this commander of Germany's flying circus was shot down & killed over the Somme the Red Baron |
#7201, aired 2015-12-28 | HISTORICAL TRANSPORTS $1200: It made its final flight in April 1928 when Charles Lindbergh presented it to the Smithsonian the Spirit of St. Louis |
#7189, aired 2015-12-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On April 18, 1775, this man left Charlestown around 11:00 P.M. but was captured by the British after hitting Lexington, but before he got to Concord (Paul) Revere |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | HISTORIA $200: On April 19, 1937 this military man fused Spain's Fascist Party, the Falange, with the Carlists Franco |
#7169, aired 2015-11-12 | PEOPLE $400: In April 2015 this person revealed in a TV interview that for all intents & purposes, "I am a woman" Jenner |
#7168, aired 2015-11-11 | WHODUNIT? $1200: Proclaimed himself head of the Norwegian government in April 1940 Quisling |
#7167, aired 2015-11-10 | OKLAHOMA! $400: This state nickname comes from an April 22, 1889 land rush the Sooner State |
#7166, aired 2015-11-09 | QUOTATIONS BY THE NUMBER $1200: George Orwell:
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking ____" 13 |
#7163, aired 2015-11-04 | BATTLES $200: The American Revolution began in April 1775 with the battles of these 2 Massachusetts towns Lexington & Concord |
#7162, aired 2015-11-03 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: Not a single person was killed in the April 1861 battle over this fort, but it did launch the Civil War Fort Sumter |
#7159, aired 2015-10-29 | BAD NEWS $200: Late on April 14, 1912, things got bad for this ship roughly 400 miles south of Newfoundland the Titanic |
#7159, aired 2015-10-29 | BAD NEWS $400: An April 26, 1986 test at this power station ended up producing a radioactive cloud more than 3,000 feet high Chernobyl |
#7151, aired 2015-10-19 | MARK YOUR CALENDARS $1,000 (Daily Double): The Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970, appropriately the same year of the debut of this annual April event Earth Day |
#7136, aired 2015-09-28 | THE BRADY BUNCH $800: She died in April 2015 after 30 years of gun control activism Sarah Brady |
#7131, aired 2015-09-21 | RED-LETTER DAY $1200: On April 20, 1653 he dissolved the Rump Parliament because it failed to adopt major reforms Oliver Cromwell |
#7131, aired 2015-09-21 | RED-LETTER DAY $2000: On April 29, 1770 Captain James Cook arrived at this bay in present-day Sydney, Australia, naming it Sting-Ray Harbour Botany Bay |
#7128, aired 2015-09-16 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEFORE & AFTER $800: "Drag Race" host who had a dramatic horseback ride on the night of April 18, 1775 RuPaul Revere |
#7128, aired 2015-09-16 | BYE, GEORGE! $1000: On April 20, 1812 this sitting vice president was no longer sitting anywhere George Clinton |
#7114, aired 2015-07-16 | YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $800: In April 1633 Chief Inquisitor Father Vincenzo da Firenzuola told this astronomer that the Sun orbited the Earth Galileo |
#7091, aired 2015-06-15 | LUCKY 13 $200: In April 1970, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert & Jim Lovell embarked on this mission Apollo 13 |
#7091, aired 2015-06-15 | THIS AMERICAN STRIFE $400: More than half of the 400,000 people in this city lost their homes shortly after an event on April 18, 1906 San Francisco |
#7090, aired 2015-06-12 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $2000: This Motown legend met a tragic end April 1, 1984 when he was shot dead by his own father Marvin Gaye |
#7083, aired 2015-06-03 | TOUGH DAY AT $1,600 (Daily Double): the Garrett Farm on April 26, 1865, for this man who'd caused a bad night at the theater a couple of weeks earlier John Wilkes Booth |
#7080, aired 2015-05-29 | HISTORY $200: After a 34-hour siege in April of this year, confederate forces captured Fort Sumter 1861 |
#7079, aired 2015-05-28 | BOOKS' FIRST LINES $400: A dystopian novel:
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen" 1984 |
#7075, aired 2015-05-22 | WORLD WAR I $400 (Daily Double): British general Sir Ian Hamilton's amphibious assault on this peninsula in April of 1915 ended in a bloody 8-month stalemate Gallipoli |
#7069, aired 2015-05-14 | BIRTHSTONES $400: They're "a girl's best friend" & her birthstone if she's born in April diamonds |
#7066, aired 2015-05-11 | YOUR BASIC AMERICAN HISTORY $800: 8 American soldiers lost their lives in a failed attempt to rescue hostages held at the U.S. embassy in this city in April 1980 Tehran |
#7066, aired 2015-05-11 | YOUR BASIC AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: April 2015 marked the 150th anniversary of these two Civil War foes shaking hands at Appomattox Grant & Lee |
#7062, aired 2015-05-05 | U.S. HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On April 15 forget your taxes; in Hawaii it's time to remember this saint who helped lepers Father Damien |
#7051, aired 2015-04-20 | IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT $800: April 18, 1775:
Sexton Robert Newman climbs this church's 190-foot steeple the Old North Church |
#7051, aired 2015-04-20 | IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT $8,600 (Daily Double): April 14, 1865:
With tickets starting at 25 cents, some 1,700 people attend a show at this venue Ford's Theatre |
#7050, aired 2015-04-17 | FLASHBACK FRIDAY $200: This man who didn't have "no quarrel with them Viet Cong" refused military induction on Friday, April 28, 1967 Muhammad Ali |
#7045, aired 2015-04-10 | APRIL $200: On April 3, 1865 the defenses of this Confederate capital were broken & General Grant took the city Richmond |
#7045, aired 2015-04-10 | APRIL $400: This wicked awesome Boston venue hosted its first game on April 9, 1912, just a few days before the Titanic went down Fenway Park |
#7045, aired 2015-04-10 | APRIL $600: In big trouble with the Catholic church, as his trial began in April 1521, he refused to recant his writings & teachings Martin Luther |
#7045, aired 2015-04-10 | APRIL $800: On April 11, 2002 this president of Venezuela was ousted in a coup d'etat; by April 14 he was back in power Hugo Chávez |
#7045, aired 2015-04-10 | APRIL $1000: At one point on April 12, 1961, this Soviet pilot was traveling more than 17,000 miles per hour Gagarin |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | 2015 DATES ON THE CALENDAR $400: Patriot Day on this date includes a moment of silence beginning at 8:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time September 11th |
#7039, aired 2015-04-02 | DIE ANOTHER DAY $400: April 4, 1968
in Memphis Martin Luther King Jr. |
#7039, aired 2015-04-02 | DIE ANOTHER DAY $2,000 (Daily Double): April 18, 1955
in Princeton, New Jersey Einstein |
#7038, aired 2015-04-01 | THE CIVIL WAR YEARS $1000: This county with a famous Court House hosted the main event of April 9, 1865 & is reenacting it in April 2015 Appomattox |
#7033, aired 2015-03-25 | UPRISINGS $800: It happened in Ireland in April 1916 the Easter Uprising |
#7028, aired 2015-03-18 | WHO'S DRIVING THIS THING?! $800: April 30, 1900:
The Cannonball Express--this train engineer watched his speed valiantly Casey Jones |
#7009, aired 2015-02-19 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR FIGURES $400: On April 18, 1775, Massachusetts Governor Gage ordered British troops to destroy military stores in this town near Lexington Concord |
#6991, aired 2015-01-26 | GIVING YOU THE TIME OF DAY $400: 10:15 P.M. April 14, 1865: The shooting of this man Abraham Lincoln |
#6989, aired 2015-01-22 | NOVELS WRITTEN FAST $800: Jack Kerouac claimed he banged out the first draft of this novel in 3 weeks in April 1951 On the Road |
#6984, aired 2015-01-15 | GONNA FLY NOW $200: An April 2014 press release reported this airline "says ni hao! to Beijing", starting nonstop service; Beijing should say mahalo Hawaiian Air |
#6980, aired 2015-01-09 | YUKON $400: On April 1, 2003 this word was officially dropped from Yukon's name Territory |
#6980, aired 2015-01-09 | FAMOUS FIRST WORDS $2000: We'll be cruel & ask for the first word in the first line of "The Waste Land" April |
#6966, aired 2014-12-22 | TIME FOR A MAJOR PRO CHAMPIONSHIP! $600: April:
The PGA the Masters |
#6953, aired 2014-12-03 | ETIQUETTE $800: When you're at the dinner table, turn off this Apple device introduced in April 2010, even if you're winning at Fruit Ninja an iPad |
#6950, aired 2014-11-28 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY $800: This doctor's vaccine was declared safe & effective on April 12, 1955, the 10th anniversary of FDR's death (Jonas) Salk |
#6950, aired 2014-11-28 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY $1600: By 9 A.M. on April 15, 1912, this ship had rescued about 705 survivors of the Titanic disaster the Carpathia |
#6942, aired 2014-11-18 | HAREM SHUFFLE $1600: In April 2014 U.S. authorities seized this polygamist leader's Yearning for Zion Ranch in Texas Warren Jeffs |
#6938, aired 2014-11-12 | THE '30s $400: In April 837 it made its closest approach to Earth ever, coming within 4 million miles Halley's Comet |
#6925, aired 2014-10-24 | VOGUE $800: Sarah Michelle Gellar threatened to cancel her Vogue subscription when this celebrity couple was on the April 2014 cover Kim Kardashian & Kanye West |
#6924, aired 2014-10-23 | U.S. MILITARY MEDALS $2,800 (Daily Double): To be eligible for this medal, you must have been held captive after April 5, 1917 the Prisoner of War Medal (P.O.W. Medal) |
#6910, aired 2014-10-03 | THE 20th CENTURY $600 (Daily Double): On April 3, 1968 he said, "So I'm happy tonight, I'm not worried about anything, I'm not fearing any man" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
#6896, aired 2014-09-15 | THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY $200: On April 25, 1865, 6-year-old Teddy watched from a window as this man's funeral procession moved through Manhattan Abraham Lincoln |
#6891, aired 2014-07-28 | LET'S VISIT D.C. $200: The memorial to this man was dedicated on April 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of his birth Thomas Jefferson |
#6891, aired 2014-07-28 | SHOP CLASS $1000: Appropriately, this retailer opened its first store on the 21st of April, 1984--oops, that's for shopping class, not shop class Forever 21 |
#6881, aired 2014-07-14 | TIME FOR A REVOLUTION! $2,000 (Daily Double): The Redcoats & Minutemen first got it on in the American Revolution on the 19th of this month in 1775 April |
#6878, aired 2014-07-09 | THE WEST $800: This state capital came into being in one day, on April 22, 1889, when 50,000 swarmed onto 2 million acres Oklahoma City |
#6874, aired 2014-07-03 | GLORY DAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): April 9 is Bataan Day, aka Day of Valor, on the Bataan Peninsula & in the rest of this nation the Philippines |
#6874, aired 2014-07-03 | MR. SECRETARY $1600: On April 4, 1996 the NYSE closed for a minute in memory of Ron Brown, who was this Cabinet secretary Secretary of Commerce |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | CHARLESTON CHOOSY $800: The April 1861 Confederate capture of this site precipitated the Civil War Fort Sumter |
#6839, aired 2014-05-15 | HISTORIC DAYS $400: April 14, 1865 the Lincoln assassination |
#6839, aired 2014-05-15 | HISTORIC DAYS $1600: April 30, 1975 the end of the Vietnam War |
#6834, aired 2014-05-08 | INITIALS TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO NUMBERS $400: For the TV late-night host who in April 2014 announced he'd be retiring 550 (= DL) |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | APRIL... $400: Tool:
A pruner or weeder, as it's National this peaceful place Month Garden |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | APRIL... $800: Cool:
This cool jazz trumpeter fittingly recorded "I'll Remember April" on April 3, 1954 Miles Davis |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | APRIL... $1200: School:
The University of this state, based in Storrs, which observes Founders Day on the 21st Connecticut |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | APRIL... $1600: Duel:
In 1826 between John Randolph & this Kentucky politician Randolph accused of "crucifying the Constitution" Henry Clay |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | APRIL... $2000: Cruel--in fact it's the cruellest month, according to this T.S. Eliot poem The Waste Land |
#6819, aired 2014-04-17 | HISTORIC DAYS $600: April 14, 1912 the Titanic sinking |
#6817, aired 2014-04-15 | TRUE "NORTH" $3,000 (Daily Double): This landmark took its place in American history on April 18, 1775 the Old North Church |
#6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BORN 100 YEARS AGO $2000: The force was with this future thespian when he was born in London in April 1914 (Alec) Guinness |
#6800, aired 2014-03-21 | AFRICAN HISTORY $800: From April to July 1994, around 800,000 people, mostly Tutsi, were killed by Hutu militias in this country Rwanda |
#6796, aired 2014-03-17 | THE TWO-THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAN $800: (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)
"What was your most annoying job?"
"Well, I was a scrivener for this poet who couldn't spell. The first line of his prologue, he spells 'April' like this-A-P-R-I-L-L-E. That's--that's how he spelled 'April'" Chaucer |
#6792, aired 2014-03-11 | VICE PRESIDENTS $400: He served as vice president from January 20 to April 12, 1945 Truman |
#6792, aired 2014-03-11 | SNACK FACT $800: In April 2011 Diamond Foods bought this brand of crisps in a can for $2.35 billion Pringles |
#6790, aired 2014-03-07 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: In the early hours of April 19, 1775, minutemen gathered at this city's Buckman Tavern awaiting the Redcoats Lexington |
#6784, aired 2014-02-27 | SITCOM BY EPISODES $200: "The Pawnee-Eagleton Tip Off Classic",
"Ms. Knope Goes to Washington",
"Leslie vs. April" Parks and Recreation |
#6783, aired 2014-02-26 | BRAVE $800: In April 1942 this entire Mediterranean island nation was awarded the George Cross for bravery Malta |
#6775, aired 2014-02-14 | ADMISSIONS $200: On April 30, 1812 the territory of Orleans was admitted to the Union as this 18th state Louisiana |
#6775, aired 2014-02-14 | ADMISSIONS $800: National Park Week, coinciding with this April 22 observance, offers free admission to some 400 parks Earth Day |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | A MONTH OF ANNUAL EVENTS $800: Administrative Professionals Day,
Earth Day April |
#6758, aired 2014-01-22 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In April 1992 this Peruvian president of Japanese descent suspended the constitution & dissolved the legislature Alberto Fujimori |
#6756, aired 2014-01-20 | DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK $2000: On April 15, 1929 police raided this woman's birth-control clinical research bureau in NYC; charges were later dropped (Margaret) Sanger |
#6756, aired 2014-01-20 | LITERARY BYWAYS $2000: Frank & April Wheeler start out as a model 1950s couple in this Richard Yates novel made into a 2008 film Revolutionary Road |
#6752, aired 2014-01-14 | HAPPY BIRTH DAY TO YOU $400: Read all about it! This newspaper mogul is delivered on April 29, 1863 in San Francisco! (William Randolph) Hearst |
#6745, aired 2014-01-03 | BASEBALL: THE 1950s $400: On April 23, 1954 this Braves outfielder hit his first Major League home run; he'd hit 754 more before he retired Hank Aaron |
#6739, aired 2013-12-26 | THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION $400: In his "April Theses" published in this Communist Party newspaper, Lenin called for the overthrow of the government Pravda |
#6731, aired 2013-12-16 | POETIC WOMEN $2000: On April 6, 1348, 21 years to the day after Petrarch first saw her, she died in Avignon, possibly of the plague Laura |
#6730, aired 2013-12-13 | INDIAN FIRSTS $600: The first Indian one of these was the Aryabhata, launched on April 19, 1975 a satellite |
#6727, aired 2013-12-10 | 1963 $400: On April 16, he began a letter, "My dear fellow clergymen, while confined here in the Birmingham City Jail..." Martin Luther King, Jr. |
#6727, aired 2013-12-10 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE DOME $5,000 (Daily Double): In an April 9, 1965 exhibition game, Mickey Mantle hit the first home run in this "8th Wonder of the World" the Houston Astrodome |
#6723, aired 2013-12-04 | THE CALENDAR $2,500 (Daily Double): John Wilkes Booth saw himself as a dictator-slayer, so his original target date was April 13, which is this on the Roman calendar the Ides of April |
#6716, aired 2013-11-25 | NEWSPAPERS $800: In April 2013 the Chicago Sun-Times announced the death of this man who reviewed movies for the paper for 46 years (Roger) Ebert |
#6715, aired 2013-11-22 | THE KOREAN WAR $200: General Douglas MacArthur led the forces in support of South Korea until this president fired him in April 1951 Truman |
#6715, aired 2013-11-22 | EARTH BLANKS $400: April 22:
Earth ____ Day |
#6711, aired 2013-11-18 | EVERYBODY MUST GET BIRTHSTONES $1200: April:
A 726-carat one was found in 1934 diamond |
#6707, aired 2013-11-12 | QUOTABLE QUOTES $2000: In April 1970 this mission commander informed "Houston, we've had a problem" (Jim) Lovell |
#6692, aired 2013-10-22 | TV THROUGH THE YEARS $200: The first national issue of TV Guide, April 1953, featured a photo of this zany comedienne's "$50,000,000 baby" Lucille Ball |
#6690, aired 2013-10-18 | HERE COMES 30! $200: The 4 months of exactly 30 days each; remember the rhyme! April, June, November & September |
#6689, aired 2013-10-17 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: CELEBRATING 125 YEARS $600: The April 2002 issue revealed the oldest known (by 700 years) mural of this Central American people from 100 A.D. the Maya |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | OUR FOUNDING FATHERS $2000: Rousing the countryside in April 1775, William Dawes arrived in Lexington soon after this man Paul Revere |
#6682, aired 2013-10-08 | EVACUATE! $600: Petersburg fell on April 2, 1865; this capital of the Confederacy was evacuated that night, after being set afire Richmond |
#6671, aired 2013-09-23 | THE AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME $800: The contributions of J. Sterling Morton include this tree-planting holiday first observed on April 10, 1872 Arbor Day |
#6670, aired 2013-09-20 | SPECIAL MONTHS $400: April:
Autism awareness & this profession, O.T. for short, which can help those with autism occupational therapy |
#6667, aired 2013-09-17 | OP-EDS $1000: A George Will April 2013 op-ed praised the "Vigorous Virtues" of this late world leader (Margaret) Thatcher |
#6662, aired 2013-07-30 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On April 19, 1775 8 Minutemen lost their lives in Lexington; 2 more were lost at North Bridge near this town to the west Concord |
#6660, aired 2013-07-26 | JOHN TYLER $200: Tyler took office in April 1841 following the passing of this man William Henry Harrison |
#6645, aired 2013-07-05 | CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS $800: On April 28, 1789 he wrote, "Just before sunrise, Mr. Christian" seized him & tied his "hands with a cord" Bligh |
#6642, aired 2013-07-02 | "Z" END $2000: In April 1967 the first Russian spacecraft with this name was launched Soyuz |
#6627, aired 2013-06-11 | FILE $200: File these documents on or before April 15 to avoid a penalty income tax (return) |
#6620, aired 2013-05-31 | THE VIETNAM WAR $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Vietnam.) The climactic moment of the war came when, after more than 20 years of fighting, North Vietnamese tanks burst through the gates of Saigon's Presidential Palace on April 30th of this year 1975 |
#6619, aired 2013-05-30 | IN THE CAPITAL CITY $400: April 29, 1945:
Eva Braun gets married Berlin |
#6596, aired 2013-04-29 | THE 20th CENTURY $2000: From April to October 1980, a flotilla of Cubans seeking freedom in the U.S. fled this Cuban port Mariel |
#6588, aired 2013-04-17 | BANKRUPT! $1000: April 6, 2001:
this utility commonly known as PG&E Pacific Gas & Electric |
#6586, aired 2013-04-15 | JACKIE ROBINSON $400: Jackie played his first major league game on April 15, 1947 & became the first player named this "of the year" rookie |
#6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE WAR OF 1812 $800: On April 27, 1813 American forces captured York, the capital of upper Canada; today York is known by this name Toronto |
#6579, aired 2013-04-04 | MANHATTAN PROJECTS $600: In April 2012 the rising tower with the address 1 here surpassed the Empire State Building as NYC's highest point the World Trade Center |
#6578, aired 2013-04-03 | APRIL $200: On April 14, 70 A.D., future emperor Titus laid siege to this Jewish capital Jerusalem |
#6578, aired 2013-04-03 | APRIL $400: This league confounded purists when the designated hitter rule made its debut on April 6, 1973 the American League |
#6578, aired 2013-04-03 | APRIL $600: These 2 men were born a few days apart in April 1889; one satirized the other in "The Great Dictator" Chaplin & Hitler |
#6578, aired 2013-04-03 | APRIL $800: An oxygen tank explosion April 14, 1970 endangered the crew of this mission Apollo 13 |
#6578, aired 2013-04-03 | APRIL $1000: On April 9, 2005 Prince Charles married her Camilla Parker Bowles |
#6577, aired 2013-04-02 | PONCE DE LEON & FLORIDA $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us an image of Ponce de Leon and a map of part of Florida.) Ponce de Leon is remembered on April 2, 2013, celebrated as the sighting of Florida's historic coast; he was between Cape Canaveral & this city, Florida's oldest, which wasn't founded until 52 years later St. Augustine |
#6570, aired 2013-03-22 | IT WAS THE '60s $1600: On April 27, 1967 Canadian Prime Minister Pearson was in this city to open an expo Montreal |
#6569, aired 2013-03-21 | THE CIVIL WAR $800: The American flag was lowered in surrender at this fort on April 14, 1861 Fort Sumter |
#6567, aired 2013-03-19 | 1801-1810 $1600: On April 27, 1805 a force of Marines & Arabs captured the port of Derna on the shores of this place Tripoli |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | THE 1930s $400: On April 3, 1933 Lord Clydesdale became the first to pilot a plane over this mountain, just clearing it Mount Everest |
#6560, aired 2013-03-08 | OUR STATE FAIR $600: At Macon in late April- early May Georgia |
#6559, aired 2013-03-07 | MARRY LAND $400: Rainier & Grace, April 19, 1956 Monaco |
#6559, aired 2013-03-07 | LAWYER/ AUTHORS NOT JOHN GRISHAM $400: Royall Tyler's "The Contrast", the 1st professionally produced American comedy, opened April 16, 1787 in this city New York City |
#6555, aired 2013-03-01 | WINGS $1600: He was flying the Fokker DRI triplane no. 425/17 when he was killed in action in April 1918 the Red Baron (Baron Richthofen) |
#6552, aired 2013-02-26 | HOLIDAY FUN $400: Appropriately, a scholar's lie stated that this day originated when Constantine let a jester rule for a day April Fools' Day |
#6549, aired 2013-02-21 | ROYAL WEDDINGS $800: This 14-year-old married the 15-year-old dauphin Louis by proxy in Vienna on April 19, 1770 Marie Antoinette |
#6542, aired 2013-02-12 | THE WEATHER & GEOGRAPHY REPORT $800: On April 12, 1934 Mount Washington, in this state, got quite a blow--wind clocked at 231 mph New Hampshire |
#6540, aired 2013-02-08 | HISTORY IS HAPPENING $1200: The statue of this man topples just as he does, along with his regime in April 2003 (Saddam) Hussein |
#6536, aired 2013-02-04 | RECENT HISTORY $800: In April 2009 Croatia & Albania became the most recent additions to this alliance that includes the U.S. & the United Kingdom NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
#6529, aired 2013-01-24 | EYE ON SPORTS $1000: On April 18, 1956 Ed Rommel became the first man with this job to wear eyeglasses during work (baseball) umpire |
#6527, aired 2013-01-22 | I'M DYING HERE! $200: In April 1616 Miguel de Cervantes stopped tilting at windmills in this capital city Madrid |
#6527, aired 2013-01-22 | I'M DYING HERE! $400: In April 1616 Shakespeare shuffled off the ol' mortal coil in this hometown Stratford-on-Avon |
#6519, aired 2013-01-10 | HISTORICAL ONLINE CHECK-INS $400: April 19, 1775: Just rode to Lexington & met Dawes; now off to Concord! (Samuel Prescott, you were tagged in this check-in) Paul Revere |
#6510, aired 2012-12-28 | TRANS "PO" TATION $400: On April 3, 1860 a ride carrying 49 letters & 5 telegrams got this service started the Pony Express |
#6504, aired 2012-12-20 | BIRTH OF A NATION $400: The Republic of Ireland: April 18, 1949, this significant Monday Easter Monday |
#6496, aired 2012-12-10 | CAPES OF ALL SHAPES $600: Edna Mode says, "Stratogirl! April 23rd, '57! Cape caught in a jet turbine... no capes!" in this Pixar film The Incredibles |
#6489, aired 2012-11-29 | THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD $2000: April 22, 1994 in New York City (Richard) Nixon |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | WHAT'S YOUR SIGN? $400: April 25:
This sign that doesn't like red capes Taurus |
#6482, aired 2012-11-20 | THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY $400: The National Film Registry has preserved documentary footage of this natural disaster from April 18, 1906 the San Francisco earthquake |
#6468, aired 2012-10-31 | BASEBALL TIMELINE $400: On April 14, 1910 he became the first president to throw the ceremonial first pitch to open a major league season William Howard Taft |
#6468, aired 2012-10-31 | WORLD EXPLORATION $1,000 (Daily Double): On April 9, 1682 this Frenchman reached the mouth of the Mississippi & named the area Louisiana La Salle |
#6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $800: (I'm CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary.) In April 2009 I broke the story that this youngest of the "Big 3" car companies was entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Chrysler |
#6459, aired 2012-10-18 | QUOTH THE POET $800: "April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land" (T.S.) Eliot |
#6458, aired 2012-10-17 | L'HISTOIRE FRANÇAISE $800: The first stone of what would become this Paris prison was laid on April 22, 1370 the Bastille |
#6456, aired 2012-10-15 | THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN $1000: (Alex reports from the Petersen House in Washington, D.C.) At 7:22 on the morning of April 15, 1865, President Lincoln died in this small bedroom; a prayer was said, & then, according to tradition, Edwin Stanton uttered these six famous words "Now he belongs to the ages" |
#6450, aired 2012-10-05 | LITERATURE QUOTES: ONE WORD OFF $1000: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking Grandma" "thirteen" |
#6445, aired 2012-09-28 | AFTRA $600: AFTRA's first national strike was settled April 10, 1967, just in time for this star-studded show to go on the Oscars |
#6430, aired 2012-07-27 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HISTORIC HEADLINES $200: April 19, 1906: "Over 500 dead, $200,000 lost in" this disaster-- "nearly half the city is in ruins" the San Francisco earthquake |
#6430, aired 2012-07-27 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HISTORIC HEADLINES $600: The tragic headline for April 20, 1995: A deadly "car bomb attack in" this city "wrecks 9-story federal office building" Oklahoma City |
#6427, aired 2012-07-24 | SPACE FIRSTS $800: Launched on April 12, 1981, this Space Shuttle was the first reusable manned spacecraft the Columbia |
#6427, aired 2012-07-24 | SPACE FIRSTS $1000: On April 12, 1961 this Russian, the first man in space, said the earth had a "beautiful blue halo" Gagarin |
#6411, aired 2012-07-02 | THE CHARLES DICKENS BICENTENNIAL $800: The Brits even celebrated the April 2 Bicentennial of John Forster, who had this role repping Dickens to publishers literary agent |
#6408, aired 2012-06-27 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY $800: Bird lovers celebrate the April 26, 1785 birth of this man Audubon |
#6408, aired 2012-06-27 | THE RIVER OF HISTORY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) Depicted here is the historic moment when American & Russian forces met on April 25th, 1945, at Torgau, Germany, on this river the Elbe |
#6400, aired 2012-06-15 | THE BRITISH ARE GOING! $2,000 (Daily Double): In 120-degree heat in April 2009, British combat operations ended in this country, turned over to a U.S. brigade Iraq |
#6399, aired 2012-06-14 | WEBSITES FROM A TO Z $800: M: It says it has pioneered online dating since its launch in April 1995 Match.com |
#6395, aired 2012-06-08 | THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO $200: Postmark your income tax return no later than this 105th day of 2013 April 15th |
#6395, aired 2012-06-08 | DA TRAIN! DA TRAIN! $1,200 (Daily Double): On April 30, 1900 this engineer died with one hand on the brake lever, saving all but himself in an unavoidable crash Casey Jones |
#6393, aired 2012-06-06 | BORN & DIED: AUTHORS EDITION $1600: Let out his first "Howl" June 3, 1926, might have said, "I'm really Beat" April 5, 1997 (Allen) Ginsberg |
#6392, aired 2012-06-05 | CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH $400: International Children's Book Day & Earth Day April |
#6384, aired 2012-05-24 | SHAKESPEAREAN LINES $800: "O, how this spring of love resembleth the uncertain glory of an April day", says Proteus, part of this title duo The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
#6383, aired 2012-05-23 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: On April 19, 1775 British troops marched from Boston to destroy arms & gunpowder stored in this town Concord |
#6381, aired 2012-05-21 | WEBCAMS $400: In April of 2011, people set their browsers to watch these baby birds hatch in Decorah, Iowa bald eagles |
#6378, aired 2012-05-16 | THE BRITISH ARE COMING! $1200: On April 19, 1775 700 British troops reached this town near dawn; about 70 minutemen were there to greet them Lexington, Massachusetts |
#6372, aired 2012-05-08 | THE MOVIES $400: To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the title ship sinking, this 1997 film was re-released in 3D in April 2012 Titanic |
#6368, aired 2012-05-02 | BACK IN THE 20th CENTURY $800: On April 22, 1989 tens of thousands of students gathered in this square in China to demand democratic reform Tiananmen Square |
#6365, aired 2012-04-27 | POTPOURRI $1000: This King of the Belgians was born on April 8, 1875 in Brussels, presumably not in a can Albert |
#6364, aired 2012-04-26 | IRISH HISTORY $800: A short-lived rebellion for independence began in Dublin on Monday, April 24, 1916, the day after this holiday Easter |
#6361, aired 2012-04-23 | APRIL 23: BAD DAY FOR WRITERS $800: He was buried in Madrid April 23, 1616, not long after finishing "Don Quixote" Cervantes |
#6361, aired 2012-04-23 | APRIL 23: BAD DAY FOR WRITERS $1200: David Halberstam, author of books about this event like 1965's "Anatomy of a Quagmire", died April 23, 2007 the Vietnam War |
#6361, aired 2012-04-23 | APRIL 23: BAD DAY FOR WRITERS $1600: This English poet laureate died April 23, 1850 at Rydal Mount in his beloved Lake District Wordsworth |
#6361, aired 2012-04-23 | APRIL 23: BAD DAY FOR WRITERS $2000: Before his April 23, 1915 death abroad, he wrote, "There's some corner of a foreign field / That is for ever England" Rupert Brooke |
#6360, aired 2012-04-20 | JAZZ PIANISTS $400: On April 29, 1986, the United States Post Office released a stamp honoring this pianist & bandleader Duke Ellington |
#6351, aired 2012-04-09 | PAUL REVERE $600: Paul Revere's ride to warn the colonists of coming British troops took place in April of this year 1775 |
#6349, aired 2012-04-05 | A SHOWER OF APRIL $200: On April 19, 1975 this nation launched its first satellite, Aryabhata India |
#6349, aired 2012-04-05 | A SHOWER OF APRIL $400: My dog tells me that this advocacy organization was founded in New York City on April 10, 1866 the ASPCA |
#6349, aired 2012-04-05 | A SHOWER OF APRIL $600: After years as a wanted man, he was arrested April 3, 1996 in a Montana cabin the Unabomber |
#6349, aired 2012-04-05 | A SHOWER OF APRIL $1,000 (Daily Double): It speaks volumes that the U.S. government established this institution on April 24, 1800 the Library of Congress |
#6349, aired 2012-04-05 | A SHOWER OF APRIL $1000: On April 12, 1862 Union spy James Andrews led a group of men in seizing this locomotive in Georgia The General |
#6342, aired 2012-03-27 | 19th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On April 17, 1824 this country signed a treaty agreeing that 54 degrees, 40 minutes N. latitude was the southern limit of its claim Russia |
#6341, aired 2012-03-26 | IT'S 1985 $600: In April this iconic American drink changed its formula, leading to an overwhelmingly negative reaction Coca-Cola |
#6335, aired 2012-03-16 | SHIP OUT $400: On April 10, 1963 the Thresher, an atomic-powered one of these, sank in the North Atlantic with all hands lost a submarine |
#6334, aired 2012-03-15 | TIME TO RESIGN $1600: April 28, 1969:
This Frenchman who'd just lost a constitutional referendum; c'est la vie! Charles de Gaulle |
#6332, aired 2012-03-13 | HISTORICAL BOBBLEHEADS $800: The two bobbleheads seen here had a historic meeting at this location, April 9, 1865 Appomattox Court House |
#6331, aired 2012-03-12 | WE LOVE YOU, CONRAD $1600: Time magazine's first literary cover boy, in April 1923, was this author of "Nostromo" Joseph Conrad |
#6325, aired 2012-03-02 | MEMPHIS $600: Addressing Memphis sanitation workers on April 3, 1962, he said he'd "seen the promised land" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
#6321, aired 2012-02-27 | DOUBLE "I" $400: This state's all-time high temperature was 100 degrees at Pahala on April 27, 1931 Hawaii |
#6320, aired 2012-02-24 | HISTORIC LETTERS $400: The New York Historical Society has his April 9th, 1865 letter that said, "I propose to receive the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia" Grant |
#6319, aired 2012-02-23 | ENGINEERING $800: On April 28, 1869 laborers laid a record 10 miles of track in one day in the final stretch of building this the transcontinental railroad |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | OR GO HOME $800: To Arlington House, if you're this general who left it April 22, 1861, never to return (Robert E.) Lee |
#6317, aired 2012-02-21 | THE WEDDING PLANNER $400: Are you sure you want to copy the cake seen here, served at this couple's April 2011 wedding--all eight tiers of it? Prince William & Kate Middleton |
#6315, aired 2012-02-17 | PIRATES $1200: In April 2009 the U.S. Navy rescued a ship's captain after pirates from this country held him captive Somalia |
#6310, aired 2012-02-10 | POTPOURRI $200: Spend a night in the hotel destroyed every April named for this type of dwelling an igloo |
#6305, aired 2012-02-03 | "G"EOGRAPHY $400: It left the Union--of Soviet Socialist Republics--April 9, 1991 Georgia |
#6304, aired 2012-02-02 | YOU'RE HISTORICAL! $400: Excommunicated 4 months earlier, in April 1521 he was asked to recant his views at the Diet of Worms Martin Luther |
#6296, aired 2012-01-23 | COUNTRY GROUPS $400: This organization was formed in April 1949 to counter the Soviet Union NATO |
#6294, aired 2012-01-19 | THE LIVING PLANET $2000: The April 2009 issue of Science magazine reported that cows were the first livestock animal to have this "mapped" their genome |
#6293, aired 2012-01-18 | OLD VIRGINIA $400: He was cornered & fatally wounded by federal troops on a farm near Port Royal, Virginia on April 26, 1865 John Wilkes Booth |
#6293, aired 2012-01-18 | HISTORIC DATES $800: He dissolved England's Rump Parliament on April 20, 1653 Cromwell |
#6293, aired 2012-01-18 | HISTORIC DATES $1000: The accident of April 25-26, 1986 at this facility was caused by a poorly designed experiment at its reactor unit 4 Chernobyl |
#6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $400: On April 19, 1897 this city's marathon was run for the first time; John McDermott won in 2 hrs., 55 min., 10 sec. Boston |
#6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL HOLIDAY $1200: April 30:
Queen's Day, celebrating the 1909 birth of Juliana & the 1980 accession of her daughter Beatrix the Netherlands |
#6266, aired 2011-12-12 | INITIAL TV $600: In April 2009 the doors of Chicago's County General Hospital closed to TV viewers as this show ended ER |
#6265, aired 2011-12-09 | CANCELED! $400: All scheduled flights in & out of Heathrow Airport April 18, 2010 were canceled due to this a volcanic eruption |
#6256, aired 2011-11-28 | NEW MATH $800: Number of hulls on a catamaran times the number of days in April 60 |
#6251, aired 2011-11-21 | TAKE THE DAY OFF $400: April 22 is Earth Day & the birthday of this leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution Lenin |
#6251, aired 2011-11-21 | TAKE THE DAY OFF $2000: In Texas April 21 is a day to remember this battle, Sam Houston's 1836 victory over a passel of Mexicans San Jacinto |
#6250, aired 2011-11-18 | ANYTHING BUT OPERA $400: In April 2008 a new musical based on this novel swept through London, not Atlanta Gone with the Wind |
#6237, aired 2011-11-01 | HUSBANDRY $600: Beyonce married him in a secret ceremony in April 2008 Jay Z |
#6236, aired 2011-10-31 | RICH COUNTRY, POOR COUNTRY $600: Bailout talk heated up in Europe when Standard & Poor's downgraded its credit to junk status in April 2010 Greece |
#6233, aired 2011-10-26 | I SAW IT ON TV $800: I saw U.S. Marines topple a statue of this man on April 9, 2003 Saddam Hussein |
#6233, aired 2011-10-26 | DREAMBOATS $2000: He was on the cover of GQ magazine in April 2009 with the tagline "Interview With a Vampire" Robert Pattinson |
#6232, aired 2011-10-25 | BIG BIRTHER $400: Maureen Boyle gave birth to quadruplets known as the "Four on the Fourth" in this month, 1990 July |
#6228, aired 2011-10-19 | THE ROCK & ROLL CALENDAR $400: 2011's "Goodbye Lullaby" is the fourth album from this Canadian woman whose first name is a French month Avril Lavigne |
#6220, aired 2011-10-07 | HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Delegates from 34 countries attended this body's final session April 18, 1946 the League of Nations |
#6217, aired 2011-10-04 | WILLIAM & KATE $400: In April 2011, with millions tuning in, Prince William & Kate were married at this venue Westminster Abbey |
#6212, aired 2011-09-27 | DISASTERS $200: On April 27, 2011 a mile-wide one of these devastated Tuscaloosa, Alabama a tornado |
#6211, aired 2011-09-26 | 50 YEARS AGO--1961 $200: That's a Cuban soldier standing on a U.S. B-26 in the aftermath of this failed April 1961 operation the Bay of Pigs |
#6211, aired 2011-09-26 | 50 YEARS AGO--1961 $1000: In April he orbited the Earth once Yuri Gagarin |
#6195, aired 2011-07-15 | BY THE "BOOK" $1200: The first of these portable libraries was a horse-drawn cart driven by Joshua Thomas in Maryland in April 1906 a bookmobile |
#6191, aired 2011-07-11 | BORN & DIED $2000: Born in Germany in 1685, he tuned out April 14, 1759 in London Handel |
#6186, aired 2011-07-04 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: In April 1778 this American naval hero attempted to kidnap the Earl of Selkirk; it didn't work--the earl wasn't home John Paul Jones |
#6183, aired 2011-06-29 | THE DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $1600: In April 1989 this girl group lit up the charts with "Eternal Flame" The Bangles |
#6183, aired 2011-06-29 | THE DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $2000: It'll drive me crazy if you can't name this band that hit No. 1 in April 1989 with "She Drives Me Crazy" Fine Young Cannibals |
#6181, aired 2011-06-27 | HINDSIGHT IS 1920 $600: Some say the Jones Act of 1920, meant to help U.S. shipping, slowed cleanup of this mess that began in April 2010 the Gulf Oil Spill |
#6176, aired 2011-06-20 | PEOPLE WHO MATTERED $2000: On April 5, 1841 Fletcher Webster, chief clerk of the state Dept., told this nightshirt-clad man, you're now president Tyler |
#6172, aired 2011-06-14 | THE BALLET OF THE LAND $400: The Martha Graham Company first presented "Clytemnestra" on April 1, 1958 in this country the United States |
#6172, aired 2011-06-14 | THE BALLET OF THE LAND $1000: The April 13, 1965 premier of "Onegin" helped put this country's Stuttgart Ballet on the world stage Germany |
#6164, aired 2011-06-02 | HAIR LINES $1200: Sara Teasdale: "when I am dead and over me bright" this month "shakes out her rain-drenched hair... I shall not care" April |
#6164, aired 2011-06-02 | MARINE BIOLOGY $1200: (Lindblad National Geographic underwater specialist Lisa trotter delivers the clue from Antarctica.) This shrimp-like crustacean is a major link in the Antarctic food chain; from January to April swarms of them may reach concentrations of 35 lbs. per cubic yard krill |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | THE 1860s $200: In April 1866 this company absorbed U.S. Telegraph, giving it a complete monopoly in the United States Western Union |
#6155, aired 2011-05-20 | "PROD"UCT $2000: It opened at the St. James Theatre in April 2001 & closed in April 2007 The Producers |
#6149, aired 2011-05-12 | ARRIVALS $800: April 21 is a Rastafarian holiday--it's the date in 1966 when Haile Selassie visited this island Jamaica |
#6139, aired 2011-04-28 | WAR! $400: War was near on April 7, 1982 after the U.K. declared a 200-mile exclusion zone around this archipelago the Falkland |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | THE BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: "All Stations! Distress! April 15, ____" 1912 |
#6123, aired 2011-04-06 | HORTON HEARS A HOOSIER $200: This aviator first flew into the world near Millville on April 16, 1867; Orville landed in Ohio in 1871 Wilbur Wright |
#6119, aired 2011-03-31 | OUR 1st ANNUAL HISTORY AWARDS $400: Worst Place to Catch "Our American Cousin":
This venue, for its April 14, 1865 performance Ford's Theatre |
#6116, aired 2011-03-28 | "E" DAY $1600: Fittingly, schools were not closed on April 5, 2009, which was this "and sharing day, U.S.A." Education |
#6116, aired 2011-03-28 | "E" DAY $5,500 (Daily Double): The U.S. Department of Energy has a website urging us to "Make every day" this April event Earth Day |
#6107, aired 2011-03-15 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: Although the war began in April 1861, no major battles were fought until this one in Virginia 3 months later First Manassas (or Bull Run) |
#6076, aired 2011-01-31 | U.S. GRANT $400: In April 1861, a week after this fort fell, Grant wrote, "There are but two parties now, traitors and patriots" Fort Sumter |
#6064, aired 2011-01-13 | FROM THE GREEK $2000: The name of this month may derive from that of the Greek goddess of love April |
#6059, aired 2011-01-06 | SEASONAL QUOTES $2,500 (Daily Double): T.S. Eliot wrote that it was the "cruellest month...stirring dull roots with spring rain" April |
#6046, aired 2010-12-20 | BIRTH! HELPED FOUND THE USA! DEATH! $1600: Born July 26, 1739, later served as veep but not as the leader of Parliament/Funkadelic, died April 20, 1812 (George) Clinton |
#6036, aired 2010-12-06 | WELL, I NEVER! $400: I never blasted off on Apollo this number on April 11, 1970; its Aquarius lunar module never touched down Apollo 13 |
#6036, aired 2010-12-06 | THE ANHEUSER- BUSCH BREWERY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds the reins to a Clydesdale horse.) A symbol for over 75 years, the Budweiser Clydesdales were formally introduced on April 7, 1933 to honor the end of this 13-year period in American history Prohibition |
#6035, aired 2010-12-03 | PLANE CRAZY $800: Built in 59 days & officially known as the Ryan NYP, it made its first flight on April 28, 1927 the Spirit of St. Louis |
#6032, aired 2010-11-30 | WOOD HOUSE $400: You can visit the Boston house that this man left to go for a ride April 18, 1775 Paul Revere |
#6004, aired 2010-10-21 | JUST THE FACTS ON FILE, PLEASE $2,000 (Daily Double): April 27, 2010: After 2 decades in U.S. prisons, this Central American ex-leader arrives in France to face charges Manuel Noriega |
#5997, aired 2010-10-12 | GOODBYE, COLUMBUS $1000: On April 16, 1503, on his last voyage, Columbus left Rio Belen in what's now this narrow country Panama |
#5996, aired 2010-10-11 | DIED ON THE SAME DAY $600: On April 25, 1995 first "Jeopardy!" host Art Fleming passed away & the dance was over for this partner of Fred Ginger Rogers |
#5989, aired 2010-09-30 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTATIONS $600: On April 12, 1945 he asked Eleanor Roosevelt, "Is there anything I can do for you?" Harry Truman |
#5989, aired 2010-09-30 | BORN & DIED: SCIENCE EDITION $800: Born May 15, 1859 in Paris, physics was his main (radio)activity, died April 19, 1906 Pierre Curie |
#5980, aired 2010-09-17 | TALK LIKE A PIRATE $600: The Nebraska legislature be tree lovers & made this day, April 22, a legal holiday Arbor Day |
#5979, aired 2010-09-16 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $400: In April 1875 the Library of Congress gained possession of his Civil War photographic plates for $25,000 Mathew Brady |
#5978, aired 2010-09-15 | ANNUALLY OBSERVED $200: April 29 is Emperor's Day in this Asian country Japan |
#5978, aired 2010-09-15 | 1970 $600: Legislation signed on April 1 (no joke) banned ads for these on TV cigarettes |
#5978, aired 2010-09-15 | ATOLLS $1,800 (Daily Double): From April to August 1958 the U.S. conducted 22 of these on Enewetak Atoll to get them in before a ban took effect nuclear tests |
#5977, aired 2010-09-14 | ROCK 'N OLD $800: In April 2010 this legendary sitarist celebrated his 90th birthday Ravi Shankar |
#5970, aired 2010-07-23 | COVER GIRLS $800: Oprah shared the April 2009 cover of O Magazine with this powerful woman Michelle Obama |
#5962, aired 2010-07-13 | FAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: In April 1961 he signed off on a disastrous invasion of a neighboring country John Kennedy |
#5961, aired 2010-07-12 | THE DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York.) In 2009, the Dance Theatre of Harlem celebrated its 40th anniversary; Arthur Mitchell cofounded it in response to this April 1968 tragedy the assassination of Martin Luther King |
#5960, aired 2010-07-09 | THE CIVIL WAR $800: From Nov. 1864 through April 1865, this Union general led a march of 62,000 troops through the South (General) Sherman |
#5958, aired 2010-07-07 | THAT'S HISTORY, KIDS! $200: April 14, 1828:
Noah Webster publishes this type of book a dictionary |
#5951, aired 2010-06-28 | TABLOID HEADLINES ACROSS HISTORY $400: March 1942:
He "says 'I shall return'";
April 1951:
"Harry Orders Big Mac To Go" MacArthur |
#5934, aired 2010-06-03 | LET'S BE LOGICAL $400: Mary's mom had 4 girls; the first was named April, the second June, the third May & the fourth this Mary |
#5930, aired 2010-05-28 | FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON $800: In April 2008 it was announced that Northwest & this Atlanta-based airline would merge Delta |
#5927, aired 2010-05-25 | FANCY A BRITISH DATE? $400: Women students were permitted at this university for the first time on April 29, 1884 Oxford |
#5925, aired 2010-05-21 | CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH $800: Administrative Professionals Day
& National CPAs Goof-off Day April |
#5914, aired 2010-05-06 | WORKING ON THE RAILROAD $1000: On April 30, 1900 this engineer gave his life in a train crash to save his passengers; his name would live on in ballads Casey Jones |
#5911, aired 2010-05-03 | PEOPLE $200: In April 2010 People reported this daughter of Tom Cruise is turning 4 with a style all her own Suri |
#5901, aired 2010-04-19 | POETS $1600: On April 6, 1327, Good Friday, this Italian lyric poet saw a girl named Laura at a church in Avignon Petrarch |
#5901, aired 2010-04-19 | BIRTH MONTH FLOWERS $2000: As Popeye's adopted baby could tell you, April brings this flower the sweet pea |
#5900, aired 2010-04-16 | I'D RATHER PAY TAXES $400: He died April 15, 1865, after a really bad night at the theater Lincoln |
#5900, aired 2010-04-16 | I'D RATHER PAY TAXES $800: This screen legend found herself alone at last April 15, 1990 Garbo |
#5900, aired 2010-04-16 | I'D RATHER PAY TAXES $1200: Raymond Bailey, who played banker Milburn Drysdale on this sitcom, made his final withdrawl April 15, 1980 The Beverly Hillbillies |
#5900, aired 2010-04-16 | I'D RATHER PAY TAXES $1600: George Calvert, better known as Lord this, died clear across the pond from Maryland April 15, 1632 Lord Baltimore |
#5900, aired 2010-04-16 | I'D RATHER PAY TAXES $2000: On April 15, 1980 this French existentialist got a firsthand look at being & nothingness (Jean-Paul) Sartre |
#5899, aired 2010-04-15 | STAG FILMS $400: Songs in this 1942 film include "Little April Shower" & "Thumper Song" Bambi |
#5897, aired 2010-04-13 | REMEMBER APRIL $200: Donald Duck's nephews are Huey, Dewey & Louie; her nieces are April, May & June Daisy Duck |
#5897, aired 2010-04-13 | REMEMBER APRIL $400: In April of 1960, Dick Clark testified before a congressional committee on the type of bribery known as this payola |
#5897, aired 2010-04-13 | REMEMBER APRIL $600: On April 2, 1792 passage of the Coinage Act established this government agency the U.S. Mint |
#5897, aired 2010-04-13 | REMEMBER APRIL $800: In "Home Thoughts from Abroad" this British poet pined, "Oh, to be in England now that April's there" Robert Browning |
#5897, aired 2010-04-13 | REMEMBER APRIL $1,000 (Daily Double): This work written around 1387 begins, "Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote" The Canterbury Tales |
#5896, aired 2010-04-12 | HI, BOB $400: In April 1961 he played with John Lee Hooker at Gerde's Folk City in New York Bob Dylan |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | 5-LETTER THE BETTER $600: Zodiacal sign for late March & early April Aries |
#5889, aired 2010-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $200: London's Daily Mail said a mistranslation caused an entrant in one of these to run 26 days not 26 miles a marathon |
#5889, aired 2010-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $400: In 2004 NPR reported that the post office was allowing people to take these 5-digit numbers with them when they moved the ZIP code |
#5889, aired 2010-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $600: An Aussie news show reported in 1975 that the country was converting to this "time" with 100 minutes in an hour metric |
#5889, aired 2010-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $800: The Irish Times said in 1995 that this Russian leader's embalmed body would go from Red Square to Euro Disney Lenin |
#5889, aired 2010-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $1000: A 1972 veterinary record article said "Brunus edwardii", this creature, was in 63.8% of households a teddy bear |
#5886, aired 2010-03-29 | YOU'RE HISTORY! $600: In April 1945 this leader & his mistress were executed at Lake Como Mussolini |
#5884, aired 2010-03-25 | THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS $400: The League was dissolved in April of this year; the United Nations charter had been ratified the previous October 1946 |
#5869, aired 2010-03-04 | MATH-POURRI $400: Total number of days in March, April & May 92 |
#5869, aired 2010-03-04 | SLOVAKIAN HISTORY $400: A Slovak state was nominally independent during WWII, but collapsed when this army arrived in April 1945 the Red Army |
#5865, aired 2010-02-26 | YEAR ONE $200: April 11, 1951:
Truman relieves this man of his commands in the Far East MacArthur |
#5861, aired 2010-02-22 | WORLD WAR I $400: On April 6, 1917 the U.S. declared war on Germany, but war wasn't declared on this dual monarchy until December Austria-Hungary |
#5860, aired 2010-02-19 | THE JEFFERSON $200: Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 in Shadwell in this state Virginia |
#5848, aired 2010-02-03 | CAPITAL CITIES $600: It fell to British troops in 1917 & to U.S. troops on April 9, 2003 Baghdad |
#5834, aired 2010-01-14 | SOAP OPERAS $400: The Earth was spinning on April 2, 1956 when this show premiered; it's still in rotation on CBS As the World Turns |
#5831, aired 2010-01-11 | THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING $400: In April 1930 the first 3 mysteries involving her were published & became an instant success Nancy Drew |
#5829, aired 2010-01-07 | THE STATE OF THE STATE $1000: Extremely windy, seen here is the April 11, 1965 double tornado in Elkhart in this state Indiana |
#5825, aired 2010-01-01 | RED SOX IT TO ME $400: On April 20, 1912 the first game at this new venue went 11 innings & ended with a Red Sox win Fenway Park |
#5824, aired 2009-12-31 | ALL THINGS JAPANESE $1600: This island invaded by U.S. troops in April 1945 has a long martial arts tradition & may be the birthplace of nunchaku Okinawa |
#5821, aired 2009-12-28 | 2001 $400: April 1: April fool! This former Serbian dictator surrenders to the police Milošević |
#5812, aired 2009-12-15 | STATE FACTS $1200: It is both National Poetry Month & National Humor Month April |
#5811, aired 2009-12-14 | JIMMY $4,000 (Daily Double): After his daring April 1942 raid, he & his crew bailed out over China Jimmy Doolittle |
#5807, aired 2009-12-08 | CALENDAR GIRLS $1200: Patricia Clarkson was nominated for an Oscar for "Pieces of" this title gal played by Katie Holmes April (Burns) |
#5804, aired 2009-12-03 | LIFE IN DES MOINES $1600: The annual Pridefest is more festive since the April 2009 decision that allowed this in Iowa gay marriage |
#5803, aired 2009-12-02 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $1600: On April 21, 1976 FDA administrator Harry Meyer got the first vaccination in the campaign against this piggish strain swine flu |
#5802, aired 2009-12-01 | T.S. ELIOT $400: "The Waste Land" gives us the line this "is the cruellest month" April |
#5799, aired 2009-11-26 | BORN & DIED $800: Seismologist born April 26, 1900; shook the world with his Sept. 30, 1985 death (Charles) Richter |
#5794, aired 2009-11-19 | YOU'VE GOT ME IN HISTORICS! $800: On April 21, 1918 this German pilot credited with downing 80 enemy aircraft was killed in his triplane; Snoopy's revenge? the Red Baron |
#5791, aired 2009-11-16 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $1600: A 2009 book by David Cullen looks at the myths surrounding the April 1999 shootings at this high school Columbine |
#5788, aired 2009-11-11 | MUSEUMS $400: In April 2009 the glass pyramid at this Paris museum celebrated its 20th anniversary the Louvre |
#5778, aired 2009-10-28 | THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE $400: Don't telephone an Arctic ground squirrel between early September & late April--it's doing this hibernating |
#5776, aired 2009-10-26 | WHEN $200: An American hero on April 18, 1775, he was accused of cowardice in 1779, but a court-martial cleared him Paul Revere |
#5775, aired 2009-10-23 | TOTAL DRAMA! $1600: British playwright Tom Taylor wrote this farce that played Ford's Theatre in April 1865 Our American Cousin |
#5772, aired 2009-10-20 | ROCK STARS ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES $1000: April 7, 1990:
"The band performs 'Welcome To The Jungle'... at Farm Aid IV at the Hoosier Dome" Guns N' Roses |
#5769, aired 2009-10-15 | LISTEN TO THE FLOWER PEOPLE $3,000 (Daily Double): My Latin teacher often reminded me that the name of this month comes from a Latin word meaning "'when flower buds open" April |
#5768, aired 2009-10-14 | COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE NEW WORLD $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In April 1493 & amidst great pomp, Columbus announced the discovery of the New World to his patron, Queen Isabella, in this city Barcelona |
#5766, aired 2009-10-12 | SPECIAL MONTHS $800: It's International Daffynitions Month & National Pecan Month, no foolin' April |
#5756, aired 2009-09-28 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $200: ...of the 12 months of the year April |
#5754, aired 2009-09-24 | MOVIE MISSING LINKS $1000: Five Easy ____ of April Pieces |
#5749, aired 2009-09-17 | SURPRISE ME, TREBEK! $400: On April 1, 1996 newspaper readers were surprised to learn that Taco Bell had bought this historic bell; April Fool's! the Liberty Bell |
#5748, aired 2009-09-16 | PLAYBOY COVER BOYS $400: Seen here is the April 1964 issue with this British comic genius, the first man to make the magazine's cover Peter Sellers |
#5748, aired 2009-09-16 | PLAYBOY COVER BOYS $600: Take "The Pineapple Express" to this actor (not James Franco) on the April 2009 cover Seth Rogen |
#5745, aired 2009-07-24 | TOUGH-POURRI $1000: On this date in 1999, England's Guardian newspaper announced a coup in the nation of San Seriffe April 1st |
#5738, aired 2009-07-15 | U.S. COINS $400: On April 2, 1792 Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the building of the U.S. Mint in this Penn. city Philadelphia |
#5733, aired 2009-07-08 | THIS AMERICAN LIFE $2,200 (Daily Double): Born Christmas 1821, becomes angel on Civil War battlefields, becomes angel April 12, 1912 Clara Barton |
#5728, aired 2009-07-01 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STUFF $1600: Born in Siberia on April 19, 1987, she signed with IMG models in 2003 & won Wimbledon in 2004 Maria Sharapova |
#5726, aired 2009-06-29 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $2000: On April 3, 1841, the day before he died, he said, "I am ill, very ill, much more so than they think me" William Henry Harrison |
#5719, aired 2009-06-18 | WALTER CRONKITE $400: Cronkite anchored this network's Evening News from April 16, 1962 to March 6, 1981 CBS |
#5713, aired 2009-06-10 | WELCOME TO LISBON $1000: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the 25th of April Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal.) Resembling the Golden Gate Bridge, Lisbon's 25th of April Bridge was originally named for this dictator, but is now named for the date of 1974's revolution against his regime Antonio de Salazar |
#5712, aired 2009-06-09 | I KILLED A GUY ONCE $400: On April 3, 1882 in St. Joseph, Missouri, Robert Ford took out this man with a shot to the head Jesse James |
#5711, aired 2009-06-08 | HISTORY A LA JACK BAUER $1600: Redeploy! The April 1, 1939 mission is scrubbed! Repeat, scrubbed! The U.S. just recognized his Spanish rebel government! Franco |
#5707, aired 2009-06-02 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $200: April 5, 1994 in Seattle Kurt Cobain |
#5694, aired 2009-05-14 | POP GOES THE CATEGORY $200: In April 2009 this mail order DVD rental company delivered its 2 billionth movie Netflix |
#5693, aired 2009-05-13 | CHECK THE NEWSPAPER $1000: In April 2009 this daily from the First Church of Christ, Scientist replaced its daily print edition with its website The Christian Science Monitor |
#5691, aired 2009-05-11 | BROADWAY REVIVALISM $1600: In April 2009 Bill Irwin & Nathan Lane began "Waiting for" him (P.S. They're still waiting) Godot |
#5688, aired 2009-05-06 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $800: In April 2009 this 82-year-old strayed from protocol when she briefly put her arm around Michelle Obama Queen Elizabeth II |
#5677, aired 2009-04-21 | BIRTHSTONES... MEET THE BIRTHSTONES $600: Jim Brady was born on August 12, 1856 but April would have been more appropriate, with this as its stone diamond |
#5672, aired 2009-04-14 | THEY WILL COME $1200: In April 1990 about a million people gathered in Central Park to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this observance Earth Day |
#5671, aired 2009-04-13 | SAM ADAMS $400: Upon hearing gunfire at this town on April 19, 1775, Sam Adams said, "What a glorious morning for America" Lexington |
#5668, aired 2009-04-08 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Capitol Building in Williamsburg, VA.) In April of 1781, this general, an American traitor, helped British forces seize Williamsburg & raise the English flag over the capitol Benedict Arnold |
#5665, aired 2009-04-03 | THE CLASH $200: Revolution was in the air when clashes began on April 19, 1775 in these 2 New England towns Lexington & Concord |
#5651, aired 2009-03-16 | HISTORICAL VOICEMAILS FROM... $800: It's April 14, 1865 & I'm having a bad night, too; I got stabbed in the throat but I'll stay on as Sec. of State Seward |
#5646, aired 2009-03-09 | 1961 $600: A bunch of Cuban exiles showed up unannounced here on April 17 the Bay of Pigs |
#5645, aired 2009-03-06 | SOME SCIENCE, SOME NATURE $1600: It was clocked at more than 80,000 mph making an earthly pass at us in April 1986 (Sorry, but we're not that easy!) Halley's Comet |
#5643, aired 2009-03-04 | THE SMELL OF THE CROWD $400: Environmentalist Denis Hayes led 100s of students in organizing the observance of this April 22, 1970 event Earth Day |
#5642, aired 2009-03-03 | FAB 5 FREDDY $200: Fred Haise was one of the fortunate 3 astronauts to make it home from this April 1970 mission Apollo 13 |
#5642, aired 2009-03-03 | JOHN J. PERSHING $400: On April 14, 1918 Pershing became the first American general to make use of these in combat airplanes |
#5640, aired 2009-02-27 | SHAKESPEARE-POURRI $2000: "Men are April when they woo, December when they wed", explains Rosalind in this comedy As You Like It |
#5639, aired 2009-02-26 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $2000: On April 8, 1341 the Roman Senate crowned this sonneteer poet laureate Petrarch |
#5636, aired 2009-02-23 | IN THE PARK $200: In Massachusetts a national park honors these "men" who famously fought on April 19, 1775 minutemen |
#5634, aired 2009-02-19 | ARE YOU SHAKESPEARIENCED? $800: No one knows Shakespeare's birthday for sure, but we do know the date of this related ceremony: April 26, 1564 his baptism |
#5630, aired 2009-02-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On April 2, 1917 President Wilson told Congress, "The world must be made safe for" this democracy |
#5630, aired 2009-02-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: On April 20, 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld this transportation method as a way to achieve school integration busing |
#5628, aired 2009-02-11 | WHAT DAY IS IT? $400: April 30 is National this quality Day--no fooling allowed Honesty |
#5623, aired 2009-02-04 | FUNERAL OFFICIANTS $600: In April 2005 Joseph Ratzinger officiated at this man's funeral John Paul II |
#5619, aired 2009-01-29 | IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR $800 (Daily Double): Among other things, this month is Cherry Month & Creative Romance Month February |
#5613, aired 2009-01-21 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Denmark.) If you're here in Denmark on April 16th, raise a toast to the annual celebration of this queen's birthday Margrethe |
#5609, aired 2009-01-15 | A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS $400: On April 26, 1986 an accident at this facility 80 miles north of Kiev made worldwide headlines Chernobyl |
#5606, aired 2009-01-12 | THE 19th CENTURY $1200: Ordered to capture this city on the Mississippi, David Farragut forced its surrender April 25, 1862 New Orleans |
#5602, aired 2009-01-06 | NEVADA $2,600 (Daily Double): The first live telecast of one of these originated in Nevada on April 22, 1952 a nuclear explosion (or detonation) |
#5596, aired 2008-12-29 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a New Mexico amphitheater.) I'm at this New Mexico national park, where every night from April to October 300,000 to 400,000 hungry flying mammals delight the crowds with an amazing bat flight Carlsbad Caverns |
#5589, aired 2008-12-18 | THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY $1,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Bayeux Cathedral in France.) "Istimirant Stella", meaning "these men wonder at the star", refers to this, visible in England in April 1066 & regarded as an ill omen Halley's Comet |
#5580, aired 2008-12-05 | BRASS $800: If you don't know he was made commander of the 2nd Armored Tank Division in April 1941, I'll slap you silly (George) Patton |
#5569, aired 2008-11-20 | REVOLUTIONARIES $400: After his April 1775 ride, he rescued papers from a Lexington tavern belonging to John Hancock Paul Revere |
#5569, aired 2008-11-20 | REVOLUTIONARIES $1200: In April 1777 this pamphleteer was elected Secretary of the Committee of Foreign Affairs in Congress (Thomas) Paine |
#5567, aired 2008-11-18 | IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR $1200: This Christian holy day can occur as early as March 22 or as late as April 25 Easter |
#5561, aired 2008-11-10 | BESTSELLERS: 2006 $2000: 2006's top-selling PC software was for easing the preparation of these, an annual April headache income tax returns (income taxes accepted) |
#5556, aired 2008-11-03 | THE UNFRIENDLY SKIES $800: WestJet punk'd fliers on April Fools' Day with a $12 offer for "sleeper cabins", actually these the overhead bins |
#5553, aired 2008-10-29 | 20th CENTURY CHINA $400: On April 24, 1970 China launched its first of these, an important achievement for Chinese science a satellite |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | POPE-POURRI $200: In April 2008 he became only the second pope to visit the White House Benedict (XVI) |
#5546, aired 2008-10-20 | DEAR JOHN $400: In April 2005 CNN reported that this man's funeral drew upwards of 2 million mourners Pope John Paul II |
#5544, aired 2008-10-16 | AN AVERAGE CATEGORY $1000: Marquette, Michigan averages 2.35 inches of precipitation in this month known proverbially for showers April |
#5540, aired 2008-10-10 | LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $2000: Listen my children & you shall hear of William Dawes & this other man who accompanied Paul Revere early on April 19, 1775 (Samuel) Prescott |
#5539, aired 2008-10-09 | HISTORIC BINGO $200: "B" 1865:
On April 26, 12 days after literally breaking a leg onstage, he was shot dead by federal troops (John Wilkes) Booth |
#5539, aired 2008-10-09 | HISTORIC BINGO $600: "N" 1810:
Josephine wasn't on the guest list at his April 1 marriage to Archduchess Marie-Louise Napoleon (Bonaparte) |
#5536, aired 2008-10-06 | THEY CALL THE WIND... $400: From April to October, this southwesterly seasonal wind brings heavy rains to Southeastern Asia the monsoon |
#5533, aired 2008-10-01 | NEWSEUM $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) 2 weeks after it opened in April 2008, the Newseum celebrated the 100th birthday of this CBS radio & TV journalist, & personal effects here include his uniform; good night & good luck Edward R. Murrow |
#5530, aired 2008-09-26 | EXPIRATION DATES $200: April 8, 1973:
A blue period for the art world with his demise Picasso |
#5528, aired 2008-09-24 | 70 YEARS AGO: 1938 $200: In an April vote in this country, 99.75% approved of Hitler marching in & taking over Austria |
#5527, aired 2008-09-23 | 5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN $600: On April 9, 2005 England celebrated the happy nuptials of Prince Charles & this woman Camilla Parker Bowles |
#5526, aired 2008-09-22 | BLAME THE FRENCH $1000: A Canadian war memorial stands atop this French ridge where fighting raged in April 1917 Vimy Ridge |
#5526, aired 2008-09-22 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1200: Created by Copenhagen yoga instructor Anne Kalso, they made their U.S. debut in April 1970 as "Minus Heel Shoes" Earth Shoes |
#5516, aired 2008-09-08 | YEARS $600: There was no ice-scape for more than 1,500 in April of this year when the Titanic sank 1912 |
#5507, aired 2008-07-15 | HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK TIMES $200: In April 1861 the Times began Sunday issues for all the crucial up-to-date news on this the Civil War |
#5499, aired 2008-07-03 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: On April 18, 1775 Paul Revere only made it to Lexington on his warning ride; Samuel Prescott got to this city Concord |
#5494, aired 2008-06-26 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: This new South American capital was dedicated on April 21, 1960 Brasilia |
#5490, aired 2008-06-20 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: In April 1955, Great Britain became the garden of this man, Churchill's successor as Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden |
#5489, aired 2008-06-19 | MEN IN HISTORY $200: This man died April 15, 1865 despite the desperate medical assistance of U.S. Surgeon General Joseph Barnes Abraham Lincoln |
#5486, aired 2008-06-16 | SYMPHONY SPACE $2000: On CD you can go back to Carnegie Hall April 4, 1954 for this Italian maestro's last concert (Arturo) Toscanini |
#5485, aired 2008-06-13 | 5-LETTER WORDS $200: The 2 months that fit the category March & April |
#5473, aired 2008-05-28 | DUTCH ROYALTY $2000: The Queen's official birthday is still celebrated on April 30, the birthday of this predecessor of Queen Beatrix Queen Juliana |
#5468, aired 2008-05-21 | POTPOURRI $200: A special flower for April, it can be oxeye or shasta a daisy |
#5463, aired 2008-05-14 | THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING $800: On April 14, 1961 this cosmonaut was awarded the honor "Hero of the Soviet Union" (Yuri) Gagarin |
#5461, aired 2008-05-12 | HISTORICAL DIARIES? $2000: April 27, 1945: Ex-world leader now. Bummer! Today, I'll escape Italy & live like it's the 2nd-to-last day of my life Mussolini |
#5459, aired 2008-05-08 | LET'S VISIT THE MIDEAST $1600: Iran has called itself this type of republic since an April 1, 1979 declaration by Ayatollah Khomeini Islamic republic |
#5458, aired 2008-05-07 | HOW SOPHOMORIC! $800: For April Fool's Day 1998, Burger King announced a new left-handed one of these, with the toppings rotated 180° the Whopper |
#5456, aired 2008-05-05 | AN HISTORIC OCCASION $800: The April 17, 1722 inoculation of 2 daughters of the Prince of Wales against this made the practice widely accepted smallpox |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | THE ANDYS $2,000 (Daily Double): In April 2006 Joshua Bolten succeeded Andrew Card in this White House post Chief of Staff |
#5448, aired 2008-04-23 | I AM SAM, SAM I AM $400: In April 1836 his troops captured Santa Anna, who then recognized Texas' independence Sam Houston |
#5445, aired 2008-04-18 | HELP! $400: In April 1948 the "European Recovery Program", more popularly known as this, was signed into law the Marshall Plan |
#5445, aired 2008-04-18 | LAMPLIGHTERS $800: On April 18, 1775 Robert Newman sneaked into this building to hang 2 lanterns the Old North Church |
#5442, aired 2008-04-15 | APRIL 15: DAY OF DOOM $200: On April 15, 1912 more than 1,500 perished in this maritime disaster the sinking of the Titanic |
#5442, aired 2008-04-15 | APRIL 15: DAY OF DOOM $400: On April 15, 1943 an Allied bomber attack missed its intended target in this occupied Low Country, killing 936 civilians Belgium |
#5442, aired 2008-04-15 | APRIL 15: DAY OF DOOM $600: April 15, 1450 was a taxing day for the English army defeated at Formigny near the end of this long war the Hundred Years' War |
#5442, aired 2008-04-15 | APRIL 15: DAY OF DOOM $800: Hundreds perished April 15, 1997 in a fire during this religious pilgrimage to Mecca the hajj |
#5442, aired 2008-04-15 | APRIL 15: DAY OF DOOM $1000: An alleged double murder during an alleged robbery was allegedly done by these 2 Italian Americans April 15, 1920 Sacco & Vanzetti |
#5438, aired 2008-04-09 | QUOTATIONS $800: In April 1974 this kidnapped heiress announced, "This is Tania... I'm a soldier in the People's Army" Patricia Hearst |
#5433, aired 2008-04-02 | IT HAPPENED ON APRIL 2 $400: 1865:
Jefferson Davis & most of his cabinet flee this capital city Richmond |
#5433, aired 2008-04-02 | IT HAPPENED ON APRIL 2 $800: 1917:
He asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany Woodrow Wilson |
#5433, aired 2008-04-02 | IT HAPPENED ON APRIL 2 $1200: 1810:
He marries Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria Napoleon |
#5433, aired 2008-04-02 | IT HAPPENED ON APRIL 2 $1600: 1930:
He is proclaimed the emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie |
#5433, aired 2008-04-02 | IT HAPPENED ON APRIL 2 $2000: 1453:
Mehmed II begins his siege of this city; it would fall 8 weeks later Constantinople |
#5431, aired 2008-03-31 | THE MOVIES $800: (Hi, I'm Sean Hayes.) In the 2003 film "Pieces of April", I played an offbeat neighbor of this actress who had yet to meet & marry Tom Cruise Katie Holmes |
#5430, aired 2008-03-28 | THE CALENDAR $800: 2 of the 4 months without a U.S. federal holiday (2 of) March, April, June & August |
#5429, aired 2008-03-27 | EASTER $1000: This location's first Easter Egg Roll was on April 22, 1878 the White House |
#5427, aired 2008-03-25 | THE "BAY" STATE $600: This Caribbean location was headline news on April 17, 1961 the Bay of Pigs |
#5427, aired 2008-03-25 | MASSACHUSETTS $600: Minute Man National Historical Park is located between these 2 Massachusetts cities made famous in April 1775 Lexington & Concord |
#5424, aired 2008-03-20 | BREATHE A "CY" $400: In April 1991 9 million were left homeless in Bangladesh by one of these cyclone |
#5424, aired 2008-03-20 | BATTLE CRIES $2,000 (Daily Double): This battle cry may have come from a cartoon that appeared in the Washington Post on April 3, 1898 Remember the Maine |
#5415, aired 2008-03-07 | HISTORIC CONSTRUCTIONS $400: This waterway was first excavated around the 1800s B.C.; excavation began on the present version April 25, 1859 the Suez Canal |
#5414, aired 2008-03-06 | PRESIDENTS $400: Harry Truman was a real card, but he had to cancel his poker party on April 12, 1945, the day this man died FDR |
#5405, aired 2008-02-22 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: On April 6th, 1909, this American Arctic explorer wrote in his diary, "The pole at last. The prize of three centuries." Peary |
#5401, aired 2008-02-18 | FUN WITH BALLET $1200: John Cranko choreographed a ballet called "Harlequin in" this month--no fooling April |
#5400, aired 2008-02-15 | SPACE $1200: This first space shuttle concluded its maiden voyage on April 14, 1981 Columbia |
#5399, aired 2008-02-14 | VICE PRESIDENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): He was sworn in as vice president March 4, 1841 & as president April 6, 1841 John Tyler |
#5397, aired 2008-02-12 | THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION $400: In April 1803 Napoleon renounced this territory in America "with the greatest regret"; so we bought it the Louisiana Territory |
#5397, aired 2008-02-12 | LASTS $1200: In 1966 Congress authorized the Uniform Time Act, creating this from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October daylight savings time |
#5394, aired 2008-02-07 | GIVING YOU THE BIRD $400: Aka a redbird & protected by law, this bird may have up to 4 broods from April to August each year a cardinal |
#5387, aired 2008-01-29 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: Visiting what is now Hopewell, Va. in early April 1865, this man had a terrifying dream that he would be assassinated Lincoln |
#5384, aired 2008-01-24 | OPUS DAY $1600: Brahms' Opus 55, first played April 7, 1871, was a "Triumphlied" of victory in this war Franco-Prussian War |
#5377, aired 2008-01-15 | LANDING AT JFK $400: This airline at Terminal 4 was formed by the Irish government in April 1936 & has been in the "Aer" ever since Aer Lingus |
#5361, aired 2007-12-24 | BATTLES THAT CHANGED HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): The end of this handsome Stuart prince's rebellion was the April 16, 1746 Battle of Culloden Bonnie Prince Charlie |
#5352, aired 2007-12-11 | ODDS & ENDS $600: On April 9, 1963 this Brit was made the first honorary U.S. citizen Winston Churchill |
#5351, aired 2007-12-10 | WHEN DID IT HAPPEN? $400: The U.S. declared war against Spain on April 25 of this year 1898 |
#5339, aired 2007-11-22 | TENNIS $1000: In April 2007 Switzerland issued its very first stamp of a living person, a 1-franc stamp depicting this tennis player Roger Federer |
#5337, aired 2007-11-20 | MOVIE PREMIERES $200: This sequel began weaving it worldwide web in Tokyo April 16, 2007 Spider-Man 3 |
#5327, aired 2007-11-06 | MACHU PICCHU $800: (Alex reports from Machu Picchu in Peru.) Hiram Bingham came upon the ruins of Machu Picchu & then wrote about the marvels he had seen in the April 1913 edition of this magazine National Geographic |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $1200: In April 1777 Congress made this pamphleteer Secretary to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Thomas Paine |
#5323, aired 2007-10-31 | THE SPORTING LIFE $1600: This TV show debuted April 29, 1961 with Jim McKay as host The Wide World of Sports |
#5322, aired 2007-10-30 | BORN & DIED $400: He was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta & died in Memphis April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. |
#5303, aired 2007-10-03 | PAINE: $600: "No man was a warmer wisher for reconciliation than myself, before the fatal" 19th of this month, 1775 April |
#5295, aired 2007-09-21 | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $200: A national memorial in this city commemorates the site of the April 19, 1995 bombing that killed 168 Oklahoma City |
#5286, aired 2007-09-10 | ALSO A SOAP BRAND $1000: April in Tipperary Irish Spring |
#5284, aired 2007-07-26 | EXPLORERS & EXPLORATION $400: From October 1804 to April 1805 this pair camped in N.D. with the Mandan Indians before heading west to Oregon Lewis and Clark |
#5281, aired 2007-07-23 | OUR FOUNDING FATHERS $200: In early April 1775 William Dawes, Samuel Prescott & this man rode to warn Patriots to move military stores from Concord Paul Revere |
#5275, aired 2007-07-13 | TO INJURY $600: A WWII platoon leader in Italy, this future presidential candidate was severely wounded in April 1945 Bob Dole |
#5275, aired 2007-07-13 | THE NEW YORK TIMES WEEK IN REVIEW $2000: Fri., April 13, 2007 had unlucky news for Don Imus: "off the air" for remarks about female athletes from this school Rutgers |
#5274, aired 2007-07-12 | MOTHER GOOSE $400: This month "brings breezes, loud and shrill" March |
#5273, aired 2007-07-11 | AUSTIN $400: At dusk, April through October, millions of these mammals fly out from under the Congress Ave. Bridge to feed bats |
#5262, aired 2007-06-26 | NEW HAMPSHIRE $600: In April 1963 Gov. John King signed the bill allowing one of these games in the state the lottery |
#5260, aired 2007-06-22 | TRAVEL EUROPE $1600: April 25 is the feast day of this Patron Saint of Venice, & Venetians celebrate it with a gondola race St. Mark |
#5259, aired 2007-06-21 | HAVE A HEALTHY MONTH $600: OB/GYNs know that April is time to be aware of this type of special delivery caesarean |
#5251, aired 2007-06-11 | MORTAL MATTERS $400: On April 7, 1891 this showman folded his big top for the last time (P.T.) Barnum |
#5249, aired 2007-06-07 | LINCOLN LORE $3,000 (Daily Double): On his April 4, 1865 visit to Richmond, Lincoln sat at this man's desk; we don't know if he put his feet up on it Jefferson Davis |
#5245, aired 2007-06-01 | HE'S DEAD, JIM $1600: On April 13, 1917 this U.S. businessman & lover of lavish meals found that diamonds weren't forever Diamond Jim Brady |
#5233, aired 2007-05-16 | "B" PREPARED $400: For April, it's the diamond birthstone |
#5228, aired 2007-05-09 | SPACE EXPLORATION $200: On April 24, 1970 this country launched its first satellite, Mao 1 China |
#5227, aired 2007-05-08 | NEWS QUIZ $2000: When this "Cat's Cradle" author died on April 11, the N.Y. Times called him a "darkly comic literary hero" Kurt Vonnegut |
#5226, aired 2007-05-07 | SPRING BREAK! $1600: On April 26, this country's Union Day commemorates the 1964 union of Zanzibar & Tanganyika Tanzania |
#5226, aired 2007-05-07 | SPRING BREAK! $2000: On April 17 this state enjoys Verrazano Day New York |
#5224, aired 2007-05-03 | POTPOURRI $200: Shelley & Eliot would be happy to know that April is the national month for this form of writing poetry |
#5223, aired 2007-05-02 | HISTORICAL TV $1600: "Sometimes in April" details the 1994 genocide in this African country Rwanda |
#5206, aired 2007-04-09 | THE HISTORY OF APRIL 9th $200: 1865: Ending the Civil War, Lee surrenders at this Virginia site Appomattox (Court House) |
#5206, aired 2007-04-09 | THE HISTORY OF APRIL 9th $400: 1939: Denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall, Marian Anderson sings at this location instead the Lincoln Memorial |
#5206, aired 2007-04-09 | THE HISTORY OF APRIL 9th $600: 1959: NASA publicly introduces Messrs. Glenn, Shepard & the rest of this program's 7 astronauts Mercury |
#5206, aired 2007-04-09 | THE HISTORY OF APRIL 9th $800: 1859: This author receives his steamboat pilot's license Mark Twain |
#5206, aired 2007-04-09 | THE HISTORY OF APRIL 9th $1000: 1942: American & Philippine troops are overwhelmed by Japanese forces on this peninsula Bataan |
#5191, aired 2007-03-19 | ORIGINAL PRANKSTA $400: On April 1, 1992 NPR reported that this disgraced U.S. president was running again for the job, prompting a flood of calls Nixon |
#5183, aired 2007-03-07 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $400: In April 2006 she was given a 41-gun royal salute in Hyde Park to celebrate her 80th birthday Queen Elizabeth (II) |
#5179, aired 2007-03-01 | RECONSTRUCTION $400: In April 1866 this president vetoed a bill granting citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.; Congress overrode his veto Andrew Johnson |
#5174, aired 2007-02-22 | JOHN DONNE $2000: On a day's notice on April 3, 1625, Donne preached the first sermon before this new king Charles I |
#5152, aired 2007-01-23 | LUCY! $400: On April 22, 1878 U.S. First Lady Lucy Hayes instituted this annual event on the White House lawn Easter Egg Roll |
#5140, aired 2007-01-05 | LITERARY OPENINGS $800: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen" 1984 |
#5120, aired 2006-12-08 | IT'S A DISASTER $800: As many as 3,000 may have perished as a result of the earthquake & fire that ravaged San Francisco in April of this year 1906 |
#5119, aired 2006-12-07 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $600: It's what they say about rain in the fourth month of the year & its effect on growth in the fifth April showers bring May flowers |
#5113, aired 2006-11-29 | MONTHS $200: Flanders & Swann sang that it "brings the sweet spring showers--on and on for hours and hours!" April |
#5107, aired 2006-11-21 | THE LATE 20th CENTURY $600: On April 29, 1994 this man was elected president of South Africa in that country's first interracial national election Nelson Mandela |
#5104, aired 2006-11-16 | THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION $1600: In April 2003 the government of this Caribbean nation officially declared voodoo a religion Haiti |
#5098, aired 2006-11-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Abraham Lincoln died across the street from this theatre on April 15, 1865 Ford's Theatre (the Ford Theatre accepted) |
#5094, aired 2006-11-02 | MYSPACE.MAN $600: On April 12, 1961, he took his 5 1/4-ton Vostok 1 for a spin at 9:07 A.M. Moscow time; he had it back by 10:55 (Yuri) Gagarin |
#5094, aired 2006-11-02 | & SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN $800: This musical about 18 dancers trying out for 8 spots in a Broadway show ended its original 15-year Broadway run in April 1990 A Chorus Line |
#5072, aired 2006-10-03 | IN THE NEWS $200: This German-born man seen here made big news in April of 2005 Pope Benedict XVI |
#5072, aired 2006-10-03 | IN THE NEWS $1000: On April 18, 2006 this actress became the mother of Tom Cruise's new little baby, Suri Katie Holmes |
#5071, aired 2006-10-02 | OUR FOUNDING FATHERS $800: On April 24, 1778 this naval hero captured the Drake, the first British ship defeated in war by an American ship John Paul Jones |
#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ALL ABOUT EVES $400: In European tradition the 23rd of this month brings midsummer's eve frolic June |
#5065, aired 2006-09-22 | THE CANTERBURY TALES $600: 1 of the 2 months that appear in the first 2 lines of the prologue April (or March) |
#5064, aired 2006-09-21 | "DAD" $200: Capital city that fell to U.S. troops in April 2003 Baghdad |
#5056, aired 2006-09-11 | YEARS $600: The U.S. officially entered World War I in April of this year 1917 |
#5053, aired 2006-07-26 | WORLD LEADERS $800: In April 1969 he left the world stage & retired to his home at Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises Charles de Gaulle |
#5050, aired 2006-07-21 | THE DAILY SHOW $200: The April 9, 2005 wedding of these 2 people was the topic of "Bride of Chucky" Prince Charles & Camilla |
#5040, aired 2006-07-07 | MONTHS $800: Our federal government's fiscal year begins on the first of this month October |
#5036, aired 2006-07-03 | A MIGHTY WIND $400: In April 1934 Mt. Washington had a wind gust reach 201 of this unit equal to 1 nautical mile per hour knots |
#5031, aired 2006-06-26 | MEET T.S. ELIOT $1200: In this cruel month in 1923, T.S. went on a hellish holiday near Chichester with his ill & unstable wife April |
#5029, aired 2006-06-22 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTATIONS $600: After this April 1775 battle John Adams said, "The die was cast, the Rubicon passed" Concord & Lexington |
#5028, aired 2006-06-21 | CURRENT POLITICOS $400: Saying bye-bye in April 2006, this Texan said, "I think I could have won this seat but it would have been nasty" Tom DeLay |
#5028, aired 2006-06-21 | THE DESPERATE HOUSEWIFE WHO... $600: ...appeared on the cover of the April 2006 Vanity Fair Teri Hatcher |
#5022, aired 2006-06-13 | OLD WEST DESPERADOES $400: At the time of his murder in April 1882, he was living in St. Joseph, Missouri, using the name Thomas Howard Jesse James |
#5017, aired 2006-06-06 | 1959's BESTSELLERS $800: "Twixt Twelve and Twenty" was an advice book by this "April Love" singer Pat Boone |
#5007, aired 2006-05-23 | LET'S MAKE A DEAL $400: In April 1814 allies Britain, Russia, Austria & Prussia signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau with this man Napoleon |
#5007, aired 2006-05-23 | LET'S MAKE A DEAL $800: George Mitchell helped with this "agreement", signed in Belfast on April 10, 1998 & named for this holy day Good Friday |
#5005, aired 2006-05-19 | 1966 $1200: April 8:
This "Magnolia State" becomes the last to end statewide prohibition Mississippi |
#5005, aired 2006-05-19 | 1966 $1600: April 27:
This pope meets Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in the Vatican Paul VI |
#5002, aired 2006-05-16 | RADIO $1,000 (Daily Double): On April 3, 1936 a nation listened as Gabriel Heatter covered this man's execution Bruno Hauptmann |
#4996, aired 2006-05-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SPORTS $600: On April 10, 2006 The New York Times said he "works magic for second Masters" (Phil) Mickelson |
#4989, aired 2006-04-27 | DEAL OR NO DEAL $200: The USA said "Deal!" on April 30, 1803 when it agreed to pay France $15 million for this the Louisiana Purchase |
#4986, aired 2006-04-24 | 1957 $800: April 22:
This Secy. of State says that the U.S. seeks to liberate Soviet satellites (nations, not spacecraft) John Foster Dulles |
#4983, aired 2006-04-19 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.) "I am in Birmingham because injustice is here" is a line from this document written from confinement in April 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail" |
#4975, aired 2006-04-07 | ONE OF THESE NIGHTS $400: One April night in 1912 Titanic passenger Henry Harper lay in bed & saw this scrape past his cabin window an iceberg |
#4974, aired 2006-04-06 | APRIL $400: In April 1952 the president seized these mills to help the Korean War effort; then the Supreme Court said he couldn't steel |
#4974, aired 2006-04-06 | APRIL $800: In April 2003 WorldCom, Inc. changed its brand name to this 3-letter one MCI |
#4974, aired 2006-04-06 | APRIL $1200: In April 1972 the U.S. bombed this Vietnamese port city; more recently Seattle became its sister city Haiphong |
#4974, aired 2006-04-06 | APRIL $1600: In this theatre April 14, 1865 the play "Our American Cousin" celebrated its 1,000th performance Ford's Theatre |
#4974, aired 2006-04-06 | APRIL $2000: In April 1988 this state made Evan Mecham its ex-governor Arizona |
#4973, aired 2006-04-05 | COMPOUND WORDS $200: April brings the National Safety Week for these places--uh-oh, that swing's looking rusty playgrounds |
#4972, aired 2006-04-04 | THE DAYS OF WORLD WAR II $600: On April 28, 1945 Clara Petacci died alongside this man, her lover for more than a decade Mussolini |
#4970, aired 2006-03-31 | APRIL FOOL'S DAY BABIES $400: Born April 1, 1938, this model & actress is best known for her starring role in "Love Story" Ali MacGraw |
#4970, aired 2006-03-31 | APRIL FOOL'S DAY BABIES $800: Born in 1815, he unified the German states into one empire under his leadership Bismarck |
#4970, aired 2006-03-31 | APRIL FOOL'S DAY BABIES $1200: Born in 1873, this Russian was famous for works like the one heard here Rachmaninoff |
#4970, aired 2006-03-31 | APRIL FOOL'S DAY BABIES $1600: Born April 1, 1578, he was the first to determine how blood circulated through the body & the heart William Harvey |
#4970, aired 2006-03-31 | APRIL FOOL'S DAY BABIES $2000: Born in 1920, he starred in more than 130 movies, including "Rashomon" & "The Seven Samurai" Toshiro Mifune |
#4960, aired 2006-03-17 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $400: This country celebrates its 1945 independence from Fascism on April 25th Italy |
#4960, aired 2006-03-17 | CANALS $1600: With capital of about $40 million set in place, work was begun on this waterway in April 1859 the Suez Canal |
#4957, aired 2006-03-14 | MOVIES OF THE MONTH $800: (2003)
"Pieces of ___" April |
#4934, aired 2006-02-09 | TODAY'S HOROSCOPE $400: (April 20 - May 20)
Quick decisions are necessary. Be bullish! Taurus |
#4933, aired 2006-02-08 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $1200: Of the 12 months of the year April |
#4932, aired 2006-02-07 | HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): Around 11:40 P.M. on April 14, 1912 it was traveling at about 21 knots, nearly its top speed; oops the Titanic |
#4930, aired 2006-02-03 | EYES ON THE PRIZE $600: In April 2002 at the age of 88, Henry Brant won this prize, also given to journalists, for music the Pulitzer Prize |
#4928, aired 2006-02-01 | JAPANESE GEOGRAPHY $4,000 (Daily Double): The seaport of Naha is on this Japanese island that was the site of a fierce WWII battle in April 1945 Okinawa |
#4924, aired 2006-01-26 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: Marlon Brando & Doris Day were born on the same day, April 3, 1924, making them exact these contemporaries |
#4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $800: Marshall Zhukov directed the defense of Moscow in 1941 & must have enjoyed capturing this city in April 1945 Berlin |
#4911, aired 2006-01-09 | BRING OUT YOUR DEAD $800: After April 22, 1994 in New York City, we didn't have him to kick around anymore Richard Nixon |
#4890, aired 2005-12-09 | SEEING "RED" $200: Famous nickname of the squadron leader whose Fokker triplane was shot down on April 21, 1918 the Red Baron |
#4888, aired 2005-12-07 | HEY, JUNIOR! $400: James Lovell, Jr., Fred Haise, Jr. & John (Jack) Swigert, Jr. took off on this ill-fated flight April 11, 1970 Apollo 13 |
#4888, aired 2005-12-07 | WWII NAMES $800: The raid he led on Tokyo in April 1942 got him lots of kudos: a big promotion, Medal of Honor... Doolittle |
#4883, aired 2005-11-30 | CUBAN HISTORY $1000: The unsuccessful attack on Cuba known as the Bay of Pigs invasion began on April 17th of this year 1961 |
#4881, aired 2005-11-28 | TAKE A MICHIGANDER AT THIS $400: Last name of the "flaky" guy born on April 7, 1860 in Battle Creek Kellogg |
#4878, aired 2005-11-23 | 1945 $800: "I have a terrific headache" were reportedly his final words, spoken on April 12 FDR |
#4877, aired 2005-11-22 | THE CRUSADES $1200: In April 1204 armies of the Fourth Crusade seized this city now part of Turkey Constantinople (or Istanbul) |
#4861, aired 2005-10-31 | NEW WORLD EXPLORERS $6,200 (Daily Double): In April 1524 he sighted the Hudson River; his bridge hadn't been built yet Verrazzano |
#4860, aired 2005-10-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: England honors this bird, not the clock, in April; its arrival announces the return of spring a cuckoo |
#4858, aired 2005-10-26 | TENNIS, ANYONE? $600: Before she was stabbed in the back on April 30, 1993, she had won an amazing 32 singles titles in less than 5 years Monica Seles |
#4844, aired 2005-10-06 | THE SHAW FESTIVAL $400: The Shaw Festival runs from April through Nov. in the picturesque town of Niagara-on-the-Lake in this Canadian province Ontario |
#4828, aired 2005-09-14 | ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Old North Church.) On April 18, 1775 North Church sexton Robert Newman climbed into the steeple to use the code famously known by this 9-word phrase one if by land and two if by sea |
#4822, aired 2005-07-19 | APRIL $400: On April 3, 1945, an all-black platoon called the Dusty Devastators saw action for the first time in this country Germany |
#4822, aired 2005-07-19 | APRIL $800: This Green-friendly day is observed nationally in the U.S. on the last Friday in April Arbor Day |
#4822, aired 2005-07-19 | APRIL $1200: This seaway that enables ocean vessels to reach inland ports on the Great Lakes opened to shipping April 25, 1959 the St. Lawrence Seaway |
#4822, aired 2005-07-19 | APRIL $1600: In a predawn raid on April 22, 2000, federal agents in Miami swooped in & seized this boy (Elian) Gonzalez |
#4822, aired 2005-07-19 | APRIL $2000: On April 3, 1964 he gave his famous "Ballot or the Bullet" speech in Cleveland, Ohio Malcolm X |
#4820, aired 2005-07-15 | EXPLORERS $1000: On April 17, 1524 he became the first European to sight New York Harbor; 440 years later a bridge named for him opened there Verrazano |
#4815, aired 2005-07-08 | DEATH OF A PRESIDENT $600: Pneumonia claimed this president's life on April 4, 1841 William Henry Harrison |
#4805, aired 2005-06-24 | PRESIDENTS & BASEBALL $1,000 (Daily Double): On April 19, 1909 Taft attended a home game of this team & probably had a hot dog or 9 the Washington Senators |
#4804, aired 2005-06-23 | QUOTATIONS $600: Ironically, on April 3, 1968 he said, "I've seen the promised land" & "I'm happy tonight... I'm not fearing any man" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
#4804, aired 2005-06-23 | BODIES OF WATER $600: In April 1859, at Port Said, digging began on this artificial waterway the Suez Canal |
#4799, aired 2005-06-16 | THE FIRST MODERN OLYMPICS $400: The Olympics were reborn on April 6, 1896 with 14 national teams made up of 241 men & this many women 0 |
#4799, aired 2005-06-16 | ONE-WORD IMPERATIVES $1000: On April 20, 1653 Oliver Cromwell told the Rump Parliament, "In the name of God", this 2-letter word Go! |
#4798, aired 2005-06-15 | CHURCHES $800: On April 18, 1975 President Ford inaugurated the USA's bicentennial celebrations in this appropriate church the Old North Church |
#4792, aired 2005-06-07 | LET'S CELEBRATE! $800: Each April the World Cow Chip Throwing Contest is held in Beaver City in this "Sooner" state Oklahoma |
#4792, aired 2005-06-07 | LET'S CELEBRATE! $2000: Each April Independence, Kansas holds a festival to honor this "Picnic" playwright who was born there William Inge |
#4786, aired 2005-05-30 | YOU'RE FIRED! $600: Old soldiers never die, they get canned, like this general famously was on April 11, 1951 Douglas MacArthur |
#4779, aired 2005-05-19 | TRUE CRIME $400: On April 13, 2005 he pleaded guilty to 2 clinic bombings & the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Park attack (Eric) Rudolph |
#4777, aired 2005-05-17 | NOVELS $1600: In April 2005 this Marilynne Robinson novel won the Pulitzer Prize Gilead |
#4774, aired 2005-05-12 | SITCOM NEIGHBORS $200: Barney Rubble The Flintstones |
#4774, aired 2005-05-12 | CNN 25: INTERNATIONAL NEWS $800: Held hostage in Lebanon, this AP correspondant was finally freed in 1991, ending his 7-year ordeal Terry Anderson |
#4774, aired 2005-05-12 | WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS $1200: Early morphing technology, as in a 1982 photo by Nancy Burson, combined this U.S. & this Soviet leader Reagan & Brezhnev |
#4774, aired 2005-05-12 | WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS $1600: Though she failed her college intro to photography course, her untitled film stills made the grade at MoMA Cindy Sherman |
#4774, aired 2005-05-12 | BACK WORDS $2000: These muscles of the upper back are named for their particular quadrilateral shape the rhomboid muscles (trapezius accepted) |
#4774, aired 2005-05-12 | DIDN'T YOU GET YOUR INVITATION? $3,000 (Daily Double): Westminster Abbey,
Nov. 20, 1947 the wedding of Elizabeth II & Prince Philip |
#4773, aired 2005-05-11 | PRESIDENTS $200: In April 1789 Washington left Mount Vernon, going to this city to head the new governent New York |
#4770, aired 2005-05-06 | UNGULATES $100 (Daily Double): Unlike the giraffe, which lives in the savannah, this smaller relative lives in the dense jungle the okapi |
#4770, aired 2005-05-06 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $800: At age 13 this violinist from Israel was presented to the U.S. by Ed Sullivan Itzhak Perlman |
#4770, aired 2005-05-06 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: From Old French for "catch" or "entangle", it's to accuse a serving government official with an offense impeach |
#4770, aired 2005-05-06 | PAINTERS' COLORS $2000: In Washington, D.C.: Vermeer's "Girl with" this color "Hat" red |
#4766, aired 2005-05-02 | SPELLINGE WYTH GEOFFREY CHAUCER $1,300 (Daily Double): In the first line of "The Canterbury Tales" this calendar word is spelled to end with a double L April |
#4754, aired 2005-04-14 | HISTORIC CHARLESTON $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC.) At Fort Sumter, early one morning in this month & year, South Carolinian Henry Farley fired what may have been the Civil War's first shot April, 1861 |
#4752, aired 2005-04-12 | HODGEPODGE, B'GOSH $600: On April 19, 1906 dynamiting to create a firebreak on Van Ness Ave. was tried to contain the blaze sweeping this city San Francisco |
#4752, aired 2005-04-12 | 35 YEARS OF SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE $600: The inaugural issue from April 1970 featured a cover story on a breeding program for these animals in Sri Lanka elephants |
#4746, aired 2005-04-04 | TOON UP $800: Originally, Nickelodeon aired episodes of this wallaby's "Modern Life" Rocko |
#4746, aired 2005-04-04 | 2 MILLION $1,000 (Daily Double): From the Greek for "most recent", this epoch began about 2 million years ago & saw the 1st appearance of humans the Pleistocene |
#4746, aired 2005-04-04 | 2 MILLION $1600: In 1948 more than 2 million tons of food, fuel & other supplies were airlifted into this city West Berlin |
#4746, aired 2005-04-04 | IN A "B" COUNTRY $1600: It takes its name from a people of ancient Gaul & is officially a constitutional kingdom Belgium |
#4746, aired 2005-04-04 | HEALTH MATTERS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew wanders about in a medical lab at the University of Pittsburgh.) I'm at the University of Pittsburgh where Jonas Salk developed his polio vaccine using the controversial de-activated virus method usually called this the killed-virus method |
#4744, aired 2005-03-31 | WARSAW $800: A heroic uprising of April 1943 is named for this Jewish section of Warsaw the Ghetto |
#4741, aired 2005-03-28 | 2004 PASSINGS $400: April 24:
Nearly 100 years old, this legend of cosmetics born Josephine Ester Mentzer Estée Lauder |
#4734, aired 2005-03-17 | LITERARY QUOTES $800: 5-word "monthly" statement that begins "The Waste Land" April is the cruelest month |
#4732, aired 2005-03-15 | CHAPLIN $1200: Chaplin was born April 16, 1889 in England & died Christmas day in 1977 in this country Switzerland |
#4723, aired 2005-03-02 | 21 $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a lectern at 21.) "A lot of people still don't really know who I am", said this Massachusetts senator at an April 2004 fundraiser at 21 John Kerry |
#4722, aired 2005-03-01 | THE ONION $600: April 17, 1928:
This author "grits teeth, beds nurse, fights in war, sits at bar, remembers nurse" Hemingway |
#4704, aired 2005-02-03 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1600: Patriots' Day, a New England holiday, honors the clashes in these 2 towns on April 19, 1775 Lexington & Concord |
#4703, aired 2005-02-02 | CALM DOWN, YOU'RE HISTORICAL! $1200: On April 27, 1945 Italians captured this fascist leader trying to escape to Switzerland Benito Mussolini |
#4702, aired 2005-02-01 | LINCOLN BLOGS $1,800 (Daily Double): Enjoyed my April 4 visit to this city about 90 miles from Washington; General Van Alen nags about how dangerous it was Richmond (Virginia) |
#4701, aired 2005-01-31 | WORLD WAR I $400: Breaking a long stalemate in the fighting, this country entered the war in April 1917 the United States |
#4700, aired 2005-01-28 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $400: On the evening of April 18, 1775 Robert Newman displayed 2 lanterns in this Boston structure the Old North Church |
#4698, aired 2005-01-26 | BIRTHSTONES $200: This April birthstone is "a girl's best friend" diamond |
#4695, aired 2005-01-21 | THE COMETS $400: On April 10, 1986 it was 38,785,700 miles from Earth: close enough to be visible through binoculars Halley's Comet |
#4694, aired 2005-01-20 | THE 1980s $1600: In November of this year, the Columbia became the first space shuttle to be launched 1982 |
#4690, aired 2005-01-14 | 1964 BEATLES NO. 1 HITS $1200: "I'll buy you a diamond ring, my friend" if you know this became the Lads' third No. 1 in a row in April that year "Can't Buy Me Love" |
#4689, aired 2005-01-13 | SEA LIFE $800: In April 2000 the U.S. Navy used these marine mammals to help locate WWII mines off the coast of Norway dolphins |
#4682, aired 2005-01-04 | FIRST LADIES $400: Her April 14th, 1964 diary entry revealed she asked King Hussein of Jordan for his autograph at a state dinner Lady Bird Johnson |
#4677, aired 2004-12-28 | BACK IN '65 $600: On April 3, 1865 Union general Godfrey Weitzel accepted the surrender of this city Richmond |
#4674, aired 2004-12-23 | SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST $800: On April 1 of this year, Five Forks Crossroads became the site of the last important battle of the Civil War 1865 |
#4672, aired 2004-12-21 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: David Farragut sailed into the Mississippi River in April 1862 & captured Natchez, Baton Rouge & this city New Orleans |
#4665, aired 2004-12-10 | MAGAZINES $800: Stories by Jules Verne & H.G. Wells graced the April 1926 premiere issue of this U.S. sci-fi pulp magazine Amazing Stories |
#4663, aired 2004-12-08 | PLEASE MR. POSTMAN $800: In an April Fools' joke, National Public Radio reported that the Postal Service would soon let you keep this, no matter where you moved your ZIP code |
#4663, aired 2004-12-08 | BRICK HOUSE $4,000 (Daily Double): This Boston landmark made famous the night of April 18, 1775 is made of bricks from the kilns of nearby Medford the Old North Church |
#4661, aired 2004-12-06 | REPORTING THE NEWS $200: On April 19, 2004 NBC announced that this anchor would be away after December 1 Tom Brokaw |
#4652, aired 2004-11-23 | POP CULTURE 2004 $800: Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin gave their yummy morsel born April 14 this name Apple |