#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | ASIAN CAPITALS $400: The tomb of the 12th century Muslim leader Saladin is located in this Syrian city Damascus |
#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | ASIAN CAPITALS $800: Klang Klang Klang went the river! The Klang & Gombak Rivers meet in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of this Malaysia |
#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1200: Dushanbe in Tajikistan means "Monday"--that was the day of this weekly event bringing buyers & sellers to town a bazaar (or market) |
#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1600: With upscale shopping & blazing lights, the Xinyi district in this island capital resembles Tokyo's Ginza Taipei |
#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | ASIAN CAPITALS $7,000 (Daily Double): In 1959 this city was designated to replace Karachi as the capital; its construction began 2 years later Islamabad |
#6781, aired 2014-02-24 | ASIAN CAPITALS $400: Most of this Chinese capital's people belong to the Han ethnic group; Manchus & Mongols are in the minority Beijing |
#6781, aired 2014-02-24 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1200: It's the capital of a Hashemite kingdom Amman |
#6781, aired 2014-02-24 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1600: It was founded in 1394 as the capital of the kingdom of Choson Seoul |
#6781, aired 2014-02-24 | ASIAN CAPITALS $2000: This port lies about 60 miles northwest of Damascus on the Bay of St. George Beirut |
#6781, aired 2014-02-24 | ASIAN CAPITALS $5,000 (Daily Double): This capital is named for a religion Islamabad |
#6148, aired 2011-05-11 | THE NON-WASHINGTON CAPITALS $800: One night in this Asian city makes a hard man humble, & with 38,850 people per sq. mile in its Sam Peng district, that's a lot of men Bangkok |
#6097, aired 2011-03-01 | WORLD CAPITALS $1600: The Ginza is this Asian capital's shopping & entertainment center Tokyo |
#5987, aired 2010-09-28 | ASIAN CAPITALS $400: John McCain was shot down over this capital in 1967 Hanoi |
#5987, aired 2010-09-28 | ASIAN CAPITALS $800: Oh, just one more thing, this island nation's capital is Colombo Sri Lanka |
#5987, aired 2010-09-28 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1200: You'll be the Sultan of "Jeopardy!" if you know Bandar Seri Begawan is its capital Brunei |
#5987, aired 2010-09-28 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1600: Have a dilly of a time in Dili, the capital of this new nation East Timor |
#5795, aired 2009-11-20 | ASIAN CAPITALS $400: Check out the Kokugikan Sumo Budokan Arena in this capital Tokyo |
#5795, aired 2009-11-20 | ASIAN CAPITALS $800 (Daily Double): Once the capital of the French protectorate of Tonkin, it's now the capital of an entire country Hanoi (Vietnam) |
#5795, aired 2009-11-20 | ASIAN CAPITALS $800: This capital lies on the north coast of West Java at the mouth of the Liwung River Jakarta |
#5795, aired 2009-11-20 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1600: Inhabitants of this Armenian capital can see Mount Ararat, which is 35 miles to the south in Turkey Yerevan |
#5795, aired 2009-11-20 | ASIAN CAPITALS $2000: The name of this capital is Mongol for "City of the Red Hero" Ulan Bator |
#5494, aired 2008-06-26 | WORLD CAPITALS $400: Haneda Airport serves this Asian capital Tokyo |
#5407, aired 2008-02-26 | ASIAN CAPITALS $200: This Philippine capital was so devastated during WWII that Quezon City served as interim capital from 1948 to 1976 Manila |
#5407, aired 2008-02-26 | ASIAN CAPITALS $400: Many canals called khlongs crisscross this Thai capital Bangkok |
#5407, aired 2008-02-26 | ASIAN CAPITALS $600: It was captured from the Rashid clan by Ibn Saud in January 1902; it became a capital 30 years later Riyadh |
#5407, aired 2008-02-26 | ASIAN CAPITALS $800: This island capital city's main gov't offices are located in the Greek sector, not the Turkish sector Nicosia |
#5407, aired 2008-02-26 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1000: Its monuments include an Arch of Triumph higher than the one in Paris & a statue of Kim Il Sung 66 feet high Pyongyang |
#5196, aired 2007-03-26 | WORLD CAPITALS $400: No, Aretha Franklin is not the queen of this Asian city made a capital in 1394 Seoul |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | ASIAN CAPITALS $200: This capital of India was laid out in a series of geometric forms extending from a rock that was later destroyed New Delhi |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | ASIAN CAPITALS $400: Higashi-Gyoen Garden is on the grounds of this city's Imperial Palace Tokyo |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | ASIAN CAPITALS $600: Its historic Toopkhaneh Square is now Imam Khomeini Square Tehran |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | ASIAN CAPITALS $800: In the 1620s the Javanese leader Sultan Agung tried unsuccessfully to capture this capital from the Dutch Jakarta |
#5126, aired 2006-12-18 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1000: This capital is served by King Khalid International Airport, which lies about 20 miles north of the city Riyadh |
#4938, aired 2006-02-15 | 2-WORD CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): This Asian capital was built between 1912 & '29 & designed by the British architect Lutyens New Delhi |
#4709, aired 2005-02-10 | ASIAN CAPITALS $400: Inchon, about 20 miles to the southwest, is this capital's seaport Seoul |
#4709, aired 2005-02-10 | ASIAN CAPITALS $800: The name of this capital of Bangladesh may derive from that of a tree once common in the area Dhaka |
#4709, aired 2005-02-10 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1200: In 1776, during the reign of Timur Shah, the Durrani rulers moved their capital from Kandahar to this city Kabul |
#4709, aired 2005-02-10 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1,400 (Daily Double): On Jan. 6, 2005 an international summit on tsunami relief opened in this city Jakarta |
#4709, aired 2005-02-10 | ASIAN CAPITALS $2000: This capital's famous avenue on the waterfront, Roxas Boulevard, was once known as Dewey Boulevard Manila (in the Philippines) |
#4590, aired 2004-07-16 | WHIRLED CAPITALS $1000: An Asian capital:
HELD WINE New Delhi |
#4383, aired 2003-10-01 | ASIAN CAPITALS $400: In February 2002 U.S. Marines were passing out toys & gloves to kids in this Afghan capital's Allauddin Orphanage Kabul |
#4383, aired 2003-10-01 | ASIAN CAPITALS $800: This capital in the valley of Nepal is at an altitude of about 4,000 feet Kathmandu |
#4383, aired 2003-10-01 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1200: According to legend, it was founded in 1122 BC; in 1948 became capital of North Korea Pyongyang |
#4383, aired 2003-10-01 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1600: With a name meaning "The End of Strife", this capital of Burma is naturally home to the World Peace Pagoda Rangoon (or Yangon) |
#4383, aired 2003-10-01 | ASIAN CAPITALS $2000: Now capital of Laos, back in the early 18th century it was capital of a same-named kingdom Vientiane |
#4141, aired 2002-09-09 | WORLD CAPITALS $600: Depending on the movie, Godzilla crushes either New York or this Asian capital of 8 million Tokyo |
#4028, aired 2002-02-20 | FORMER CAPITALS $2000: This Central Asian city, once Tamerlane's capital, was anciently known as Maracanda Samarkand |
#4021, aired 2002-02-11 | WORLD CAPITALS $2000: The inner workings of this "outer" Asian country take place in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia |
#3923, aired 2001-09-26 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: Once closed to all but the imperial family, this Asian capital's Forbidden City was opened to the public in 1925 Beijing |
#2840, aired 1996-12-27 | WORLD CAPITALS $600: Built for the Asian Games in 1962, the Hotel Indonesia was this city's first high-rise Jakarta |
#2059, aired 1993-07-15 | ASIAN CAPITALS $200: The Ming rulers gave this city its name, which means "northern capital" Beijing |
#2059, aired 1993-07-15 | ASIAN CAPITALS $400: Almost 25% of South Korea's population resides in this capital Seoul |
#2059, aired 1993-07-15 | ASIAN CAPITALS $600: Memorabilia from Gandhi's life can be found at the Gandhi National Museum & Library in this capital New Delhi |
#2059, aired 1993-07-15 | ASIAN CAPITALS $800: Mongolia's largest city, it was founded in 1639 as Lamaist monastery Ulan Bator |
#2059, aired 1993-07-15 | ASIAN CAPITALS $3,000 (Daily Double): King Rama I built this city's Grand Palace, which contains the Temple of the Emerald Buddha Bangkok |
#1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ASIAN CAPITALS $200: This Sri Lankan capital was named for the Kelani Ferry, not a detective in a rumpled raincoat Colombo |
#1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ASIAN CAPITALS $400: When North & South Vietnam were reunited in 1976, this city was designated the capital Hanoi |
#1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ASIAN CAPITALS $600: From 1773-1912 this city, India's largest, served as the nation's capital Calcutta |
#1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ASIAN CAPITALS $800: This planned city named for Pakistan's main religion became the nation's capital in 1967 Islamabad |
#1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1000: In the mid 1800s King Mongkut modernized this capital known as the "Venice of the Far East" Bangkok |
#1145, aired 1989-07-21 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: Alphabetically 1st among Asian capitals, it's the capital of the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi |
#1032, aired 1989-02-14 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: This Asian city needed major rebuilding after the earthquake & fire of 1923, & again after WWII Tokyo |
#1023, aired 1989-02-01 | WORLD CAPITALS $500: This Asian city, "The Pearl of the Orient", has an archbishop named Cardinal Sin Manila |
#801, aired 1988-02-15 | ASIA $3,000 (Daily Double): 1 of the Asian national capitals that have 2 words in their names New Delhi (or Ulan Bator or Phnom Penh) |
#732, aired 1987-11-10 | WORLD CAPITALS $500: Construction of this planned Asian capital began in 1912; the government was moved there in 1931 New Delhi, India |
#673, aired 1987-07-08 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: This Asian city is the only capital with canals called klongs Bangkok (Thailand) |
#664, aired 1987-06-25 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: The capital of this SE Asian country lies on the Rangoon River Burma |
#297, aired 1985-10-29 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: Kuala Lumpur is capital of the S.E. Asian country divided by 400 miles of South China Sea Malaysia |