#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | AROUND THE USA $200: Fittingly, there's no place like the Oz Museum in Wamego in this state Kansas |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | AROUND THE USA $400: New Orleans' singing oak is good for shade & melodies, the latter provided by these strung through the branches wind chimes |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | AROUND THE USA $600: The Mendenhall Ice Caves near this state capital glow with a spooky blue light Juneau |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | AROUND THE USA $800: Oak Ridge in this southern state began as a "Secret City" built for the Manhattan Project Tennessee |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | AROUND THE USA $1000: The Empire Quarry in Bloomington, Indiana is famous for providing this building material for the Empire State Building limestone |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $400: To see a rare stone beach on Washington Island, Wisconsin, you must brave Death's Door, a strait connecting Lake Michigan and this bay Green Bay |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $800: Head west on I-40 in New Mexico, & you can go from Acoma to Zuni, visiting two of the state's 19 of these centuries old Native American communities pueblos |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $1200: Incredible homes like Marble House, an imitation of Versailles, meant to be a temple of the arts, are in this Rhode Island city Newport |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $1600: Seafood plus history mark this area, named for its location on Chesapeake Bay, birthplace of both Harriet Tubman & Frederick Douglass the Eastern Shore |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $2,000 (Daily Double): Southwest of Tallahassee, this community got the same name as a Central American capital in 1909 when its people were excited about possible trade Panama City |
#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $200: Almost 300 years old, this house of justice in King William County, Virginia is the USA's oldest in continuous use a courthouse |
#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $400: A sign on Commercial Street in Boston commemorates a 1919 flood of this sweet & sticky brown syrup; sounds funny, but lives were lost molasses |
#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $600: In 2021 this bridge that spans the East River got a new 2-way bike lane the Brooklyn Bridge |
#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $800: Head to New Orleans' French Quarter to visit the Old Absinthe House named for this pirate Jean Lafitte |
#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $1000: Stephen King's stay at the Stanley Hotel in this state inspired "The Shining"; you can stay there too Colorado |
#8461, aired 2021-08-09 | AROUND THE USA $200: Nevada is home to the wonder known as Fly this type of hot spring Geyser |
#8461, aired 2021-08-09 | AROUND THE USA $400: In Great Falls, Montana, visit the Sip 'n Dip, one of these Polynesian style lounges with colorful drinks & swimming mermaids a tiki bar |
#8461, aired 2021-08-09 | AROUND THE USA $600: A live type of this tree is a must-see for visitors to Johns Island, South Carolina oak |
#8461, aired 2021-08-09 | AROUND THE USA $800: Boise, Idaho has an alliterative "Block" for these people of the Pyrenees, dedicated to preserving their culture Basque |
#8461, aired 2021-08-09 | AROUND THE USA $4,400 (Daily Double): The purple seats near the top of Coors Field tell you you've reached this geographic designation mile high |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | AROUND THE USA $200: Marble Canyon, on the Colorado River, is part of a national park named for this other canyon Grand Canyon |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | AROUND THE USA $400: This South Carolina resort island is named for English sea captain William, not for a hotel chain Hilton Head |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | AROUND THE USA $600: Pe'ahi, a giant, dangerous surf break off Maui, is also called by this title of a movie about another dangerous ocean giant Jaws |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | AROUND THE USA $800: A sculpture of one of these Scandinavian beings resides under the Aurora Bridge in Seattle a troll |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | AROUND THE USA $1000: A New Orleans museum devoted to this religion has a kneeling bench that belonged to Marie Laveau, a priestess of it Voodoo |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AROUND THE USA $200: After a decree from the federal govt., from 1891 to 1911 this Pennsylvania metropolis had no "H" at the end of its name Pittsburgh |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AROUND THE USA $400: The spot "Where Montana Began" in 1841 is St. Mary's, this type of Catholic settlement also big in 18th century California a mission |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AROUND THE USA $600: The Hood Art Museum is an attraction in Hanover, a college town in this state New Hampshire |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AROUND THE USA $1,000 (Daily Double): Major cities that share this name lie on the Kennebec River in Maine & on the Savannah River in Georgia Augusta |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AROUND THE USA $1000: This state's state bird, the cactus wren, often builds nests in the saguaro cactus, unique to the Sonoran Desert Arizona |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $200: 14,060-foot Mount Bierstadt is a good place to start climbing the "Fourteeners" of this western range the Rockies |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $400: The arch seen here is not in Paris but in this city Las Vegas |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $600: The Mall of America in this state has no central heating--skylights & store fixtures help do the job Minnesota |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $800: To prevent road ice, Polk County, Wisconsin fittingly makes use of brine left over from making this cheese |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $1000: Montgomery, Alabama, is home to the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church of this Protestant denomination Baptist |
#8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $200: Head to this state to visit the Mendenhall Glacier & the Mendenhall Ice Caves (but hurry--the ice is melting) Alaska |
#8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $400: This granite boulder is in Pilgrim Memorial State Park in Massachusetts Plymouth Rock |
#8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $600: Visit the CNN Center or the Center for Civil & Human Rights in this city Atlanta |
#8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $800: A 50-foot stainless steel South Dakota statue called "Dignity" honors the culture of the Dakota and this group whose name rhymes with "Dakota" the Lakota |
#8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $1000: Miner & cowhand Jim White claimed to have discovered these New Mexico caverns as a 16-year-old in 1898 Carlsbad Caverns |
#8120, aired 2019-12-20 | AROUND THE USA $400: If you're having beignets, at Cafe du Monde, you're living the high life in this city New Orleans |
#8120, aired 2019-12-20 | AROUND THE USA $800: Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, is home to many structures, made of this five-letter clay building material adobe |
#8120, aired 2019-12-20 | AROUND THE USA $1200: Pike Place Market in this Pacific Northwest city is a great place to get in touch with your inner fishmonger Seattle |
#8120, aired 2019-12-20 | AROUND THE USA $1600: The USA's tallest all-granite structure is the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown at the tip of this cape Cape Cod |
#8120, aired 2019-12-20 | AROUND THE USA $2000: Grand Prismatic Spring is a sight to behold in this venerable national park Yellowstone |
#8066, aired 2019-10-07 | AROUND THE USA $200: You may be more familiar with the La Brea ones, but there's a sticky batch of these in Carpinteria, California as well tar pits |
#8066, aired 2019-10-07 | AROUND THE USA $400: Eastport in this state is fittingly the easternmost city in the lower 48 states Maine |
#8066, aired 2019-10-07 | AROUND THE USA $600: Charging one nickel, the first automated these hit Oklahoma city streets in 1935 a parking meter |
#8066, aired 2019-10-07 | AROUND THE USA $800: You can feel like an 1880s train rider aboard the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in this state Colorado |
#8066, aired 2019-10-07 | AROUND THE USA $1000: Historians say many residents of this 175-mile long chain of islands off North Carolina are descended from pirates the Outer Banks |
#7846, aired 2018-10-22 | NO LONGER AROUND $1000: In 1997 after nearly 120 years in business, this iconic 5 & dime chain closed up shop in the USA Woolworth |
#7781, aired 2018-06-11 | INSTANT GRATIFICATION $400: Around 1910 an immigrant named George Washington marketed the USA's first successful instant type of this hot drink coffee |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | AROUND THE USA $200: Aroostook County in this New England state borders Quebec & New Brunswick Maine |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | AROUND THE USA $400: This heavily populated island was formed by 2 volcanoes: Wainae in the west & Koolau in the east Oahu |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | AROUND THE USA $600: This mountain range extends north from California's Lassen Peak into the Pacific northwest the Cascades |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | AROUND THE USA $800: The St. Clair River helps the south end of this lake discharge into Lake Erie Lake Huron |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | AROUND THE USA $1000: Nevada's southernmost town, it lies on the Colorado River across from
Bullhead City, Arizona Laughlin |
#6793, aired 2014-03-12 | NATIVE AMERICANS $1200: This people's Old Oraibi pueblo in Arizona, settled around 1150, may be the USA's oldest continuously inhabited village the Hopi |
#6704, aired 2013-11-07 | AROUND THE USA $200: Gobbler's Knob is the scene of the action for a critter named Phil in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania for this annual event Groundhog Day |
#6704, aired 2013-11-07 | AROUND THE USA $400: The Mar-a-Lago estate, now a private club owned by Donald Trump, is in this Florida "Beach" town Palm Beach |
#6704, aired 2013-11-07 | AROUND THE USA $800: Is a marathon too short? Try a 100-mile course with a high point at 12,600 feet--the Leadville trail 100 run in this state Colorado |
#6704, aired 2013-11-07 | AROUND THE USA $1,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) As the U.S. expanded its territory westward,
this point moved from the east coast in 1776 to South Dakota in 1959 with the addition of Alaska & Hawaii geographic center |
#6704, aired 2013-11-07 | AROUND THE USA $1000: There are bobcats on this state's Kiawah island South Carolina |
#6689, aired 2013-10-17 | LANGUAGES IN THE USA $800: Oy! U.S. home speakers of this language dropped by 50% between 1980 & 2010, to around 150,000 Yiddish |
#6689, aired 2013-10-17 | LANGUAGES IN THE USA $1000: Geonbae! U.S. home speakers of this language quadrupled between 1980 & 2010, to around 1.1 million Korean |
#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 |
#6356, aired 2012-04-16 | EVENTS AROUND THE USA $400: The Bourbon Festival in Bardstown in this state "gives you 6 full days of smooth bourbon" Kentucky |
#6356, aired 2012-04-16 | EVENTS AROUND THE USA $800: In 1985 the U.S. Open Championships in this sport dominated by Shaun White moved to Vermont's Stratton Mountain snowboarding |
#6356, aired 2012-04-16 | EVENTS AROUND THE USA $1200: Each February, take the grumpy plunge (into the Mississippi!) at Wabasha's Grumpy Old Men Festival in this state Minnesota |
#6356, aired 2012-04-16 | EVENTS AROUND THE USA $1600: Headliner concerts at a June 2011 International Jazz Festival were held at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre in this city Rochester (New York) |
#6356, aired 2012-04-16 | EVENTS AROUND THE USA $2000: Called "Cowboy Christmas" by contestants, the Buffalo Bill Cody Stampede Rodeo is a load of bull in this state Wyoming |
#6046, aired 2010-12-20 | BIRTH! HELPED FOUND THE USA! DEATH! $2000: Cute as a "button" when born around 1735, served in the Georgia assembly, killed in a duel in 1777 Button Gwinnett |
#5655, aired 2009-03-20 | POKING AROUND SPACE $200: The USA's Mariner 4 was the first probe to photograph the surface of this planet Mars |
#5203, aired 2007-04-04 | AROUND THE USA $200: The Kona region of this island is famous for its coffee Hawaii |
#5203, aired 2007-04-04 | AROUND THE USA $400: Each summer, this South Dakota city reenacts the trial of Jack McCall for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok Deadwood |
#5203, aired 2007-04-04 | AROUND THE USA $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from in front of a sports stadium.) This city has the NFL's only publicly owned team, & no one may own more than 200,000 shares to avoid individual control Green Bay |
#5203, aired 2007-04-04 | AROUND THE USA $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the largest of the Florida Keys Key Largo |
#5203, aired 2007-04-04 | AROUND THE USA $1000: One of the people who helped make Yosemite a national park was this designer of Central Park (Frederick Law) Olmsted |
#4937, aired 2006-02-14 | AROUND THE USA $200: In the 2000 census, Des Moines & Cedar Rapids were the only 2 cities in this state with populations of more than 100,000 Iowa |
#4937, aired 2006-02-14 | AROUND THE USA $400: Most of our nation's gold reserves are stored at Fort Knox in this state Kentucky |
#4937, aired 2006-02-14 | AROUND THE USA $800: The Ten Thousand Islands are off Florida; the Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes is in this state Alaska |
#4937, aired 2006-02-14 | AROUND THE USA $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the only state that has parishes instead of counties Louisiana |
#4937, aired 2006-02-14 | AROUND THE USA $1000: The U.S. Naval Academy opened in 1845 in this state Maryland |
#4809, aired 2005-06-30 | USA!! USA!! $400: In October 2004 he got the final word that he gets to keep his 2004 all-around gymnastics gold medal Paul Hamm |
#4784, aired 2005-05-26 | AROUND THE USA $200: Spend a night on Brasstown Bald Mountain & you're at the high point of this peachy state Georgia |
#4784, aired 2005-05-26 | AROUND THE USA $400: The Boy Scouts of America headquarters is in this state where all of George Strait's ex's live Texas |
#4784, aired 2005-05-26 | AROUND THE USA $600: Watch out for train robbers at Tweetsie Railroad, a wild west theme park in this "Tar Heel State" North Carolina |
#4784, aired 2005-05-26 | AROUND THE USA $800: Alaska's Katmai National Park contains the Valley of Ten Thousand these (cough cough) Smokes |
#4784, aired 2005-05-26 | AROUND THE USA $1000: The name of a Polynesian trickster god lives on in the name of this "Valley Island" Maui |
#4505, aired 2004-03-19 | FOOD AROUND THE USA $200: A big copper pot called a chaudiere is the source of the name of this New England soup chowder |
#4505, aired 2004-03-19 | FOOD AROUND THE USA $400: To turn a plain hot dog into a New York City style one, add this veggie, steamed onions |
#4505, aired 2004-03-19 | FOOD AROUND THE USA $600: Oscar Mayer, Louis Rich & Swift's Premium all first packed their products in this state Illinois |
#4505, aired 2004-03-19 | FOOD AROUND THE USA $800: A monument to this chicken roosts in Adamsville in our smallest state the Rhode Island Red |
#4505, aired 2004-03-19 | FOOD AROUND THE USA $1000: Fried up in Louisiana along with the catfish are these balls of cornmeal, mixed with milk or water hush puppies |
#4169, aired 2002-10-17 | UNDERGROUND $1600: The USA's first mine for this opened in Virginia around 1750 coal |
#3726, aired 2000-11-13 | AROUND THE USA $100: This famous frog cut the ribbon for the official opening of Atlanta's Center for Puppetry Arts Kermit the Frog |
#3726, aired 2000-11-13 | AROUND THE USA $200: TV fans like to visit Roslyn, Washington, which was transformed into the town of Cicely, Alaska for this '90s series Northern Exposure |
#3726, aired 2000-11-13 | AROUND THE USA $300: Holey Cow! The city of Monroe in this state calls itself the "Swiss Cheese Capital of the U.S.A." Wisconsin |
#3726, aired 2000-11-13 | AROUND THE USA $400: This 19th century religious leader's winter home is one of the top attractions in St. George, Utah Brigham Young |
#3726, aired 2000-11-13 | AROUND THE USA $500: History buffs enjoy touring Bonanzaville, USA, a reconstructed pioneer village in West Fargo in this state North Dakota |
#3633, aired 2000-05-24 | AROUND THE USA $100: The first skyscraper in the U.S. was built in 1885 in this city, now home to the USA's tallest Chicago |
#3633, aired 2000-05-24 | AROUND THE USA $200: The Portland Headlight Lighthouse is in this state, the first one to see the morning sun Maine |
#3633, aired 2000-05-24 | AROUND THE USA $300: Minute Man National Historic Park is on Liberty Street in this city Concord, Massachusetts |
#3633, aired 2000-05-24 | AROUND THE USA $400: Oregon is home to the 5,700-foot-deep Hells Canyon & this 1,922-foot-deep lake Crater Lake |
#3633, aired 2000-05-24 | AROUND THE USA $500: State that's home to the most wild horses; it was also home to the Mustang Ranch Nevada |
#3444, aired 1999-07-22 | AROUND THE USA $100: It's the one-word title of Wyoming's state song "Wyoming" |
#3444, aired 1999-07-22 | AROUND THE USA $200: This Calif. city's Transamerica Pyramid stands on the site of the Exchange Saloon where Mark Twain once imbibed San Francisco |
#3444, aired 1999-07-22 | AROUND THE USA $300: When it's October, it's time for the World Dairy Expo in this state capital Madison, Wisconsin |
#3444, aired 1999-07-22 | AROUND THE USA $400: Confusingly, this state has a Charles Town & a Charleston (Charleston is the state capital) West Virginia |
#3444, aired 1999-07-22 | AROUND THE USA $500: This Alabama city is nicknamed the "Football Capital of the South" Birmingham |
#3356, aired 1999-03-22 | AROUND THE USA $100: This city is the home of Golden Gate University's main campus San Francisco |
#3356, aired 1999-03-22 | AROUND THE USA $200: It's Tennessee's state flower, not its state part of the eye Iris |
#3356, aired 1999-03-22 | AROUND THE USA $300: The National Museum of American Art is in this city's Old Patent Office Building Washington, D.C. |
#3356, aired 1999-03-22 | AROUND THE USA $400: The name of this island near Martha's Vineyard may mean "sandy, sterile soil tempting no one" Nantucket |
#3356, aired 1999-03-22 | AROUND THE USA $500: Founded in 1850, The Deseret News is the oldest continuously operating business in this U.S. state Utah |
#2824, aired 1996-12-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC TOURISM $200: This "Grand Ole" theme park is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1996 Opryland USA |