#9046, aired 2024-02-26 | WORLD CITIES $2000: About a third of this city's 15 million people live on the Asian side, while the rest live in Europe Istanbul |
#9020, aired 2024-01-19 | ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $400: Cultural attractions in Bangkok include Wat Pho & Wat Arun, temples of this religion Buddhism |
#9020, aired 2024-01-19 | ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $800: This Nepalese capital sits in a bowl-shaped valley near the border with Tibet Kathmandu |
#9020, aired 2024-01-19 | ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $1200: The name of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of this nation, means "red hero" Mongolia |
#9020, aired 2024-01-19 | ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $1600: You'll find Seoul stretching along the banks of this river the Han |
#9020, aired 2024-01-19 | ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $2000: Historically a junction between East & West, this capital of Oman lies on a strategic waterway bordering Southeast Arabia Muscat |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | ASIAN CITIES $400: This capital of Iraq was formerly called Madinat al-Salam, Arabic for "city of peace" Baghdad |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | ASIAN CITIES $800: Some of Kazakhstan's only water ports, Aktau & Kuryk are major shipping centers on this sea the Caspian Sea |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | ASIAN CITIES $1200: This capital of the Philippines is on Luzon Island Manila |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | ASIAN CITIES $1600: Dili is the capital of this nation that broke away from Indonesia in 1999 East Timor |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | ASIAN CITIES $2000: Israel's third-largest city, it overlooks the Mediterranean from Mount Carmel Haifa |
#7967, aired 2019-04-09 | ASIAN CITIES $400: A statue of a seated Genghis Khan graces an entrance to the government palace in Ulaanbaatar in this nation Mongolia |
#7967, aired 2019-04-09 | ASIAN CITIES $800: This Israeli city was founded in 1909 as a suburb of the ancient Mediterranean port of Jaffa Tel Aviv |
#7967, aired 2019-04-09 | ASIAN CITIES $1200: The only big city in a nation of small towns & villages, this Asian capital is located on the delta of the Chao Phraya River Bangkok |
#7967, aired 2019-04-09 | ASIAN CITIES $1600: Also famous for its textiles, this traditional center of Japanese culture & Buddhism was the capital for 1,000 years Kyoto |
#7967, aired 2019-04-09 | ASIAN CITIES $2000: Bishkek, which began as a fortress in 1825, is today the leading city of this "stan" Kyrgyzstan |
#7867, aired 2018-11-20 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: According to the CIA World Factbook, these are the 2 largest cities in China by population Beijing and Shanghai |
#7729, aired 2018-03-29 | ASIAN $800: The Red Sea port of Jeddah is more liberal than other big cities in this Middle East kingdom Saudi Arabia |
#7296, aired 2016-05-09 | ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $400: This capital of Indonesia is home to about 10 million people Jakarta |
#7296, aired 2016-05-09 | ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $800: The Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines is a popular attraction in this city Taipei |
#7296, aired 2016-05-09 | ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $1200: This capital of Bangladesh is in the heart of the world's largest jute-growing region Dhaka |
#7296, aired 2016-05-09 | ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $1600: Dating from before the year 1, Tashkent, the capital of this "stan", is one of the oldest cities of Central Asia Uzbekistan |
#7296, aired 2016-05-09 | ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $2000: Tango & Cheri are important Buddhist monasteries near Thimphu in this Himalayan nation Bhutan |
#7024, aired 2015-03-12 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $400: In 2004 President Roh Moo Hyun tried to move South Korea's capital from this city to Gongju Seoul |
#7024, aired 2015-03-12 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $800: One of this Japanese city's most popular tourist destinations is the atomic bomb Genbaku Dome Hiroshima |
#7024, aired 2015-03-12 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $1200: This Mongolian city is often described as the world's coldest capital Ulan Bator |
#7024, aired 2015-03-12 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $1600: This country's 2nd-largest city, Mandalay, is known for a pagoda containing 729 stone Buddhist tablets Myanmar (or Burma) |
#7024, aired 2015-03-12 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $2000: This Vietnamese city near the Gulf of Tonkin serves as the deepwater port for Hanoi Haiphong |
#6868, aired 2014-06-25 | ASIAN CITIES $400: Near the delta of the Indus River, the largest city in this country was formerly called Kolachi Pakistan |
#6868, aired 2014-06-25 | ASIAN CITIES $1200: Some 15 million Indians live in the metro area of this city once infamous for its "Black Hole" Calcutta |
#6868, aired 2014-06-25 | ASIAN CITIES $1600: Da Lat is in southern Vietnam; this city the French called Tourane is 300 miles north, on the coast Da Nang |
#6868, aired 2014-06-25 | ASIAN CITIES $2000: The old part of this Yemeni capital is surrounded by a 30-foot high wall Sana'a |
#6868, aired 2014-06-25 | ASIAN CITIES $3,600 (Daily Double): In 2010 this largest Chinese city overtook Singapore as the world's busiest container port Shanghai |
#6475, aired 2012-11-09 | WORLD CITIES $1600: Seen here is a square in this Asian capital that you won't find jammed with tourists Pyongyang (North Korea) |
#6297, aired 2012-01-24 | ASIAN HISTORY $800: Novosibirsk, one of the main cities of this Russian region, only dates from 1893; its name means "new" this Russian region Siberia |
#5920, aired 2010-05-14 | TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $2000: In a Central Asian "stan":
Bishkek Kyrgyzstan |
#5750, aired 2009-09-18 | O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? $2000: Thou art landlocked in this Southeast Asian country, yet may still enjoy its cities of Xam Nua & Muang Xon Laos |
#5496, aired 2008-06-30 | NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE CAPITAL CITIES $800: Asian country wedged between 2 giants:
Ulaanbaatar Mongolia |
#4386, aired 2003-10-06 | CITIES' TALLEST BUILDINGS $2000: Asian capital that's home to the 1,483-foot Petronas Towers Kuala Lumpur |
#4219, aired 2002-12-26 | WORLD CITIES $1600: This Southeast Asian capital, commonly known as KL, was founded as a tin-mining camp in 1857 Kuala Lumpur |
#3794, aired 2001-02-15 | HEY, "MAN"! $600: 1 of the 2 Asian capital cities whose names start with "man" Manama (Bahrain) or Manila (Philippines) |
#3547, aired 2000-01-25 | WORLD CITIES $400: In 1973 a highway bridge opened connecting the European & Asian parts of this Turkish city Istanbul |
#3515, aired 1999-12-10 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $200: The 1998 Olympics have come & gone, but this city still has one of Japan's oldest representations of Buddha Nagano |
#3515, aired 1999-12-10 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $400: Kaohsiung is the major port serving this island of over 20 million people Taiwan |
#3515, aired 1999-12-10 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $600: In the 1940s this North Korean capital was home to forces of the occupying Soviet army Pyongyang |
#3515, aired 1999-12-10 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $800: It was China's capital from 1928 until its brutal capture by Japanese forces in 1937 Nanking |
#3515, aired 1999-12-10 | EAST ASIAN CITIES $1000: Also called Guangzhou, for almost a century it was the only Chinese port open to foreign trade Canton |
#3415, aired 1999-06-11 | ASIAN CITIES $200: In a 1940 film Sabu was "The Thief of" this city Baghdad |
#3415, aired 1999-06-11 | ASIAN CITIES $400: You could call Benazir Bhutto, born in this country's largest city, the Karachi Kid Pakistan |
#3415, aired 1999-06-11 | ASIAN CITIES $600: It hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics & lends its name to one of Japan's oldest brands of beer Sapporo |
#3415, aired 1999-06-11 | ASIAN CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): In this city you can visit an uplifting museum of Khmer art, or Tuol Sleng, a museum of torture & murder Phnom Penh |
#3415, aired 1999-06-11 | ASIAN CITIES $1000: Uh, just one more thing...it's Sri Lanka's most important port Colombo |
#2985, aired 1997-07-18 | WORLD CITIES $600: 1 of only 2 Asian cities that hosted the Summer Olympics Seoul (or Tokyo) |
#2916, aired 1997-04-14 | ASIAN CITIES $200: China's national legislature meets in this capital's Great Hall of the People Beijing/Peking |
#2916, aired 1997-04-14 | ASIAN CITIES $400: This Saudi Arabian holy city was called Macoraba by the ancients Mecca |
#2916, aired 1997-04-14 | ASIAN CITIES $600: This Vietnamese city's downtown area is still called Saigon Ho Chi Minh City |
#2916, aired 1997-04-14 | ASIAN CITIES $800: The tomb of Pakistan's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, is a landmark in this former capital Karachi |
#2916, aired 1997-04-14 | ASIAN CITIES $1000: With a population of over 2 million, this capital of Uzbekistan is central Asia's largest city Tashkent |
#2805, aired 1996-11-08 | ASIAN CITIES $600: A 16-mile rail line crossing Johor Strait connects this city-state with Malaysia Singapore |
#2805, aired 1996-11-08 | ASIAN CITIES $800: This Chinese city's most famous landmark is Zhong Shan Road, which parallels the Huang-Pu River Shanghai |
#2805, aired 1996-11-08 | ASIAN CITIES $1000: This Russian Pacific port on Peter-the-Great Bay was founded as a military outpost in 1860 Vladivostok |
#2564, aired 1995-10-26 | U.S. CITIES $100: The census bureau reports 29.1% of the population of this Northern Calif. city is Asian or Pacific Islander San Francisco |
#2423, aired 1995-03-01 | ASIAN CITIES $200: In 1984 the city of Bhopal in this country was the site of one of history's worst industrial accidents India |
#2423, aired 1995-03-01 | ASIAN CITIES $400: Capital of Japan until 1868, it was modeled on the ancient Chinese capital of Ch'ang-an Kyoto |
#2423, aired 1995-03-01 | ASIAN CITIES $600: The Laotian port city of Louangphrabang lies on this river, 130 miles northwest of Vientiane the Mekong |
#2423, aired 1995-03-01 | ASIAN CITIES $800: Jogjakarta in this country was the site of an early 19th century revolt against Dutch rule Indonesia |
#2423, aired 1995-03-01 | ASIAN CITIES $1000: Basra is this country's principal port Iraq |
#2236, aired 1994-05-02 | ASIAN CITIES $100: In Mandarin this city's name is Hsiang-Kang Hong Kong |
#2236, aired 1994-05-02 | ASIAN CITIES $200: In 1949 Chaing Kai-Shek's nationalists set up their new headquarters in this Taiwanese city Taipei |
#2236, aired 1994-05-02 | ASIAN CITIES $300: In 1756 the Nawab of Bengal had the British East India Company garrison “holed up” in this city Calcutta |
#2236, aired 1994-05-02 | ASIAN CITIES $400: The Blue Mosque is a landmark in this country's city of Tabriz Iran |
#2236, aired 1994-05-02 | ASIAN CITIES $500: The chief port of Yemen, it's on a gulf of the same name Aden |
#2071, aired 1993-09-13 | WORLD CITIES $3,000 (Daily Double): The name of this dynamic Asian city-state means "lion city" Singapore |
#2028, aired 1993-06-02 | ASIAN CITIES $200: Missionary Saint Francis Xavier landed at Kagoshima in this country in 1549 Japan |
#2028, aired 1993-06-02 | ASIAN CITIES $600: Surabaya is this country's second-largest city & capital of its East Java province Indonesia |
#2028, aired 1993-06-02 | ASIAN CITIES $800: Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of this oil-rich sultanate on Borneo Brunei |
#2028, aired 1993-06-02 | ASIAN CITIES $1000: Dhaka was a mogul capital long before it became capital of this country Bangladesh |
#2028, aired 1993-06-02 | ASIAN CITIES $1,400 (Daily Double): This port, China's most populous city, lies on the Huangpu River Shanghai |
#1882, aired 1992-11-10 | WORLD CITIES $200: The Yasukuni Shrine in this Asian capital honors the war dead Tokyo |
#634, aired 1987-05-14 | CITIES IN ASIA $1000: Since it was just founded in early 1700s, this city, Pakistan's largest, is new by South Asian standards Karachi |