| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | THE HISTORY CHANNEL $1600: Around the 1850s archaeologists unearthed the great library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, capital of this ancient empire the Assyrians |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | LIBRARIES $400: The ancient library in this North African city was founded by the Ptolemaic Dynasty around the 3rd century B.C. Alexandria |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | A TRIP AROUND THE LIBRARY $400: Over in the kids' section, we'll read this 1930 book where the title transport says, "I'm not very big" but tries to help anyway The Little Engine That Could |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | A TRIP AROUND THE LIBRARY $800: In periodicals, we'll enjoy this literary magazine Harold Ross founded in 1925 & try our best to understand half its cartoons The New Yorker |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | A TRIP AROUND THE LIBRARY $1200: An almanac in the reference section will tell us he served as British P.M. from 1937 to 1940; we'll tell you that did not go well Chamberlain |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | A TRIP AROUND THE LIBRARY $1600: Let's hit a dictionary for a word of the day: this adjective derived from a Muse's name means relating to dancing terpsichorean |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | A TRIP AROUND THE LIBRARY $2000: In nonfiction: "The Gulag Archipelago", a harrowing account of Soviet history by this man who lived it Solzhenitsyn |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | AROUND THE MANSION $2000: Let's wind down in the library over a 6-volume illustrated edition of this Elizabethan poem by Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene |
| #7825, aired 2018-09-21 | ONE GIANT LEAP $800: Around 150 A.D. while working at this library city, Ptolemy wrote "Guide to Geography", the first of its kind Alexandria |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY $200: We still browse Encyclopedia Britannica, last printed in 2010 & first printed in this U.K. country in 1768 Scotland |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY $400: We hope violating a commandment is not how we came to have a Bible from this group that provides them free to hotels Gideon |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY $600: The more than 6,000 entries in the "Food Lover's Companion" include this dish made by stirring hot stock into sauteed rice risotto |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY $800: "Veni, vidi, vici" is a quote from Caesar out of the 18th edition of this man's quotations, first published in 1855 (John) Bartlett |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY $1000: The latest World Almanac keeps us up on changes like this new name with no "Republic" for the land where Prague is located Czechia |
| #7080, aired 2015-05-29 | BEOWULF $400: The only existing "Beowulf" manuscript dates to around 1000 & resides in a library in this capital London |
| #6752, aired 2014-01-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1600: In 2011 Oxford's Bodleian Library acquired her handwritten draft for "The Watsons", a novel begun around 1804 Jane Austen |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY $800: In 1901 this steel baron donated millions to the library to help establish 39 branches around the city (Andrew) Carnegie |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | AROUND THE WORLD $600: This second-largest city of Egypt is named for the "great" king who founded it; you can look it up in the library Alexandria |
| #5037, aired 2006-07-04 | AN "F" IN HISTORY $1000: This 13th president's wife Abigail loved books & began a library at the White House around 1850 (Millard) Fillmore |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crue walks around a control panel in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) This equipment was used for the first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy & this man Nixon |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Around 284 B.C. Zenodotus of Ephesus became the first superintendant of this city's library Alexandria |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | THINGS IN THE YALE LIBRARY $1200: This leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux once sat around in the moccasins seen here, but Yale has them now Sitting Bull |
| #4279, aired 2003-03-20 | AROUND THE VATICAN $1200: The Vatican one of these was established by Pope Nicholas V, "The Great Humanist" the library |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA $600: Often seen around the stacks was this "Elements" author Euclid |
| #2875, aired 1997-02-14 | AROUND THE LIBRARY $200: A widely used book classification system is named for this major Washington, D.C. library Library of Congress |
| #2875, aired 1997-02-14 | AROUND THE LIBRARY $400: Library photocopying that's "systematic" infringes on this legal protection Copyright |
| #2875, aired 1997-02-14 | AROUND THE LIBRARY $600: Novelist Nicholson Baker has criticized libraries for destroying these & replacing them with databases Card catalogs |
| #2875, aired 1997-02-14 | AROUND THE LIBRARY $800: Term for extensive arrangements of bookshelves; they may be opened or closed to the public stacks |
| #2875, aired 1997-02-14 | AROUND THE LIBRARY $1000: Unlike microfilm, these sheets used on machines let the reader start at any point in a printed record Microfiche |
| #2654, aired 1996-02-29 | HEADS $400: Around 240 B.C. Eratosthenes of Cyrene was summoned by Ptolemy III to head the library in this city Alexandria |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | AROUND THE HOUSE $100: You could fill this study room with thieves, lions, or Cub Scouts the den |
| #1787, aired 1992-05-12 | AROUND THE WORLD $100: The Bibliotheque Royale Albert I in Brussels is this country's national library Belgium |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: This city known for its library was built around the Egyptian town of Rhakotis Alexandria |
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