#9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AROUND THE WORLD $600: Part of a British overseas territory, this huge limestone monolith is a habitat for Europe's only wild monkey, the Barbary ape the Rock of Gibraltar |
#8869, aired 2023-05-11 | HISTORIC ERAS & AGES $200: In a totally metal move, this age took over for bronze in southeastern Europe around 1200 B.C. iron |
#8770, aired 2022-12-23 | AROUND ASIA $1200: The boundary between Asia & Europe runs through the Bosporus & this other strait to the southwest the Strait of the Dardanelles |
#8733, aired 2022-11-02 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 100 CITIES, 5,000 IDEAS $1600: Around 1400, this Belgian "B" city northwest of Brussels was among Europe's richest & built itself quite a city hall Bruges |
#15, aired 2022-02-18 | DON'T BE SO THIRSTY $400: Introduced to Europe around the 17th century, it was sometimes referred to as "Arabian wine" coffee |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | MEDIEVAL LIFE $1600: The University of this city between Florence & Milan attracted students from around Europe & built a college for the Spaniards Bologna |
#8565, aired 2022-01-28 | IT HAPPENED IN EUROPE $200: Completed in Mainz, Germany around 1455, it was printed in 42-line columns the Gutenberg Bible |
#8417, aired 2021-06-08 | LAKES OF EUROPE $1600: If you're sailing around the Frisian Lakes like Sneekermeer, you're having fun in this country the Netherlands |
#8329, aired 2021-02-04 | HISTORY ACROSS THE AGES $800: Around 10,000 B.C. the paleolithic phase of this age ended in Europe the Stone Age |
#8292, aired 2020-12-01 | AROUND THE WORLD $1200: The famed canals shine for the Light Festival held in winter in this city of Western Europe Amsterdam |
#8166, aired 2020-02-24 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: This African cape was thought to be a sign of a sea route to India from Europe, hence its name the Cape of Good Hope |
#8119, aired 2019-12-19 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: Europe's oldest, the university of this "meaty" Italian city was founded in 1088 Bologna |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | AROUND EUROPE $400: These people who seek independence from Spain get their name from the old region of Vasconia the Basque |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | AROUND EUROPE $800: Belgium is made up of Brussels, Wallonia & this Flemish region Flanders |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | AROUND EUROPE $1200: Hungarian people call themselves this, which is Hungarian for Hungarian Magyar |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | AROUND EUROPE $2,000 (Daily Double): At almost 10 miles, Samaria Gorge on this largest Greek island is the longest gorge in Europe Crete |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | AROUND EUROPE $2000: The Sea of Marmara connects these 2 important Turkish straits the Bosporous and Dardanelles |
#7732, aired 2018-04-03 | IT'S A DISASTER! $400: By around 1400 this was responsible for the death of about 40% of Europe's population--25 million people the Black Death |
#7637, aired 2017-11-21 | MILLENNIALS $2000: With about 100,000 people, this city was Europe's most populous in 1000; today it's around number 10 in Spain Cordoba |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | HORSING AROUND $2000: One of Europe's oldest breeds, the Friesian horse originated in this country the Netherlands |
#7512, aired 2017-04-18 | FOWL $800: Around 1520 Spanish explorers introduced this largest native North American game bird to Europe the turkey |
#7022, aired 2015-03-10 | EUROPE TO NO GOOD $400: Around 445 he killed his brother Bleda to become sole leader of the Huns Attila |
#6698, aired 2013-10-30 | CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD $2000: Originated by 2 high schoolers in 1971 , the Roskilde culture & music festival in this country is one of Europe's largest Denmark |
#6670, aired 2013-09-20 | HOW'D THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY? $400: (Here with the first clue is Kevin O'Leary.) In 1914, J. Paul Getty came back from goofing around in Europe & got into this family business in Oklahoma; it made him the USA's richest man the oil business |
#6665, aired 2013-08-02 | IF ONLY I COULD TELL THEM $400: Hey, sailors who saw this 50-pound flightless bird around 1500-take it back to Europe & breed it or it'll be extinct by 1700 a dodo |
#6313, aired 2012-02-15 | COCA-COLA PRODUCTS AROUND THE WORLD $800: A mineral sports drink popular in Europe is named for this water bearer of the zodiac Aquarius |
#5898, aired 2010-04-14 | GORGE $400: Around 13 miles long, the Verdon Gorge in this country is ranked by some as Europe's most beautiful canyon France |
#5535, aired 2008-10-03 | POPULATION-POURRI $1600: This Eastern European city first mentioned around 1147 is the most populous in Europe, with over 10 million people Moscow |
#5491, aired 2008-06-23 | AROUND EUROPE $400: The Hotel Sacher in Vienna was built on the site of the theater where his Ninth Symphony premiered in 1824 Beethoven |
#5491, aired 2008-06-23 | AROUND EUROPE $800: Every 5 years, this capital city hosts a Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition Warsaw |
#5491, aired 2008-06-23 | AROUND EUROPE $1600: Lisbon's monument to the discoveries was built in 1960 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of this prince's death Henry the Navigator |
#5491, aired 2008-06-23 | AROUND EUROPE $2000: Amsterdam's name reflects the fact that the city grew up around a dam built on this river the Amstel River |
#5491, aired 2008-06-23 | AROUND EUROPE $4,000 (Daily Double): Hop aboard the train and you can get a close-up peek at this peak the Matterhorn |
#5461, aired 2008-05-12 | FOREIGN COLLEGE TOWNS $1600: Begun around 1088, the University of this "meaty" northern Italian city is considered the oldest in Europe Bologna |
#5364, aired 2007-12-27 | AROUND THE WORLD $800: Europe's Jostedal glacier has shrunk so much, you can see farms destroyed in the 1700s ice age in this country Norway |
#4978, aired 2006-04-12 | DOCUMENTARIES $1000: In 1997's "Wild Man Blues", director Barbara Kopple followed this other director & his jazz band around Europe Woody Allen |
#4320, aired 2003-05-16 | OLD EUROPE $800: Around 1400 Gian Galeazzo Visconti, based in this city, ruled most of northern Italy but was foiled by the Florentines Milan |
#4264, aired 2003-02-27 | TRAVEL EUROPE $1600: This Paris palace was destroyed by Communards in 1871, but the gardens of the same name are still around Tuileries |
#3781, aired 2001-01-29 | THE MARSHALL PLAN $400: Around 1900, this Chicago businessman had expanded into Europe & Japan Marshall Field |
#3634, aired 2000-05-25 | BEADS $700 (Daily Double): In Europe, around lunchtime August 11, 1999, Baily's Beads became visible around this the sun (during an eclipse) |
#3614, aired 2000-04-27 | "SEX" SELLS $800: This navigational instrument was invented around 1730 by John Hadley in Europe & Thomas Godfrey in America Sextant |
#3578, aired 2000-03-08 | SEARCHING THE GLOBE $800: Around 1620 Pietro Della Valle brought to Europe a copy of this script from Behistun in Mesopotamia Cuneiform |
#3530, aired 1999-12-31 | STARS ON THE MAP $100: Located on the Thames River, it's been Europe's largest city since around 1700 London |
#3047, aired 1997-11-25 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: Around 30,000 B.C. these hyphenated Homo sapiens succeeded the Neanderthals in Europe Cro-Magnon Man |
#2566, aired 1995-10-30 | AROUND ITALY $1,000 (Daily Double): Europe's biggest boat show is held in this city, Italy's biggest port Genoa |
#2485, aired 1995-05-26 | AROUND THE WORLD $300: It's the second-smallest continent, but the second-largest in terms of population Europe |
#2427, aired 1995-03-07 | EUROPEAN CITIES $1,100 (Daily Double): Around 1500 this Belgian port became the commercial center of Western Europe Antwerp |
#2039, aired 1993-06-17 | AROUND THE WORLD $200: The highest railway station in Europe is in the Jungfraujoch, a pass in these mountains the Alps |
#430, aired 1986-05-02 | TRANSPORTATION $500 (Daily Double): 1st appearing in Europe around 900 A.D. they allowed horses to travel faster & farther iron horseshoes |
#314, aired 1985-11-21 | TRAVEL AND TOURISM $800: In 1983 & 84, this country got more tourists from around the world than any other in Europe Italy |
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