#9052, aired 2024-03-05 | MOUNTAINS $4,000 (Daily Double): Ranges within this mountain system include the Rif, the Saharan & the Tell the Atlas |
#3, aired 2024-02-02 | LITERATURE $1200: Ayn Rand influenced many with this novel about architect Howard Roark and his uncompromising individualism The Fountainhead |
#9023, aired 2024-01-24 | THE ERRORS TOUR $400: In myth, he fell for the ol' "just hold that for me for a sec" trick when Hercules got him to retake his spot of holding the heavens Atlas |
#9005, aired 2023-12-29 | WORDS ON THE MAP $2000: According to the "Rand McNally 2024 Large Scale Road Atlas" map of Arizona, one this equals about 20 these an inch & a mile |
#9001, aired 2023-12-25 | RIDE INTO... $1000: the Strait of Tiran & on into this gulf at the top of the Red Sea, part of the very Middle-East-centric Q-no-U atlas the Gulf of Aqaba |
#8964, aired 2023-11-02 | MYTHING IN ACTION $400: Collective name for 7 sisters, daughters of Atlas & Pleione, whom Zeus placed among the stars the Pleiades |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | THE MOUNTAIN WEST $2000: The highest peak in the Atlas Mountains, in the western part of the range, is Mount Toubkal in this monarchy Morocco |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | BOOK DEDICATIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): This author of "The Fountainhead" dedicated 1957's "Atlas Shrugged" to 2 different men: her husband and her lover Ayn Rand |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | HOSTEL $1600: The Central House Marrakech Medina boasts views of these mountains from its rooftop terrace the Atlas Mountains |
#19, aired 2023-05-24 | BRITISH AUTHORS $2000: He's the bestselling author of "Utopia Avenue" & "Cloud Atlas" Mitchell |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | KING OF THE MOUNTAIN $2000: Mount Toubkal in the High Atlas, since 1999 Mohammed VI (of Morocco) |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | KEN JENNINGS: INTERNATIONAL NERD OF MYSTERY $2000: I am going to have a serious discussion of Asimov's 3 laws with this Mass.-based co. that makes Atlas, a robot that does parkour Boston Dynamics |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | AMERICAN LIT $800: Who is John Galt? He's the organizer of a strike of great minds in this novel Atlas Shrugged |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | ALL KINDS OF BOOKS $400: The big one of these from National Geographic for kids to pore over first came out in 1963 & is now in its 11th edition an atlas |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYTH STORY $600 (Daily Double): After being part of a rebellion with his fellow Titans, he seemed to have the whole world on his shoulders Atlas |
#8759, aired 2022-12-08 | WHAT A NOVEL CHARACTER! $2000: He is described as "Prometheus who changed his mind"; now you say the first sentence of "Atlas Shrugged" (John) Galt |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | COMEDY ATLAS $100: Second City opened Dec. 16, 1959 in a converted laundry in this city Chicago |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | COMEDY ATLAS $200: Dad's Garage is an improv venue in this capital of Georgia Atlanta |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | COMEDY ATLAS $300: Roseanne Barr began her comedy career in venues like comedy works while living in this city at the edge of the Rockies Denver |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | COMEDY ATLAS $400: A young Judd Apatow did stand-up at venues like Governor's in Levittown & Chuckles in Mineola on this island Long Island |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | COMEDY ATLAS $500: The hungry i in North Beach in this California city helped begin the tradition of a red brick wall behind the comic San Francisco |
#8645, aired 2022-05-20 | THEIR LAST NOVEL $400: "Atlas Shrugged", & that was it (Ayn) Rand |
#8644, aired 2022-05-19 | IT'S A WORD! IT'S A NAME! $200: Baedeker became a generic word for this kind of book; publisher Karl was one of the first to use stars in his a (travel) guide |
#8628, aired 2022-04-27 | MOUNTAINS & HILLS $1600: These mountains run northeast to southwest from Tunisia, through Algeria & into Morocco the Atlas Mountains |
#8619, aired 2022-04-14 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $200: It's a book of maps an atlas |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 2 & 115 $600: The proverbial "weakling" weighs this many pounds, though a Charles Atlas ad had it one pound less 98 |
#8613, aired 2022-04-06 | THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN $600: Daughters of Atlas, the 7 Sisters became this star cluster the Pleiades |
#8609, aired 2022-03-31 | THE VERB IN THE NOVEL TITLE $400: 1957:
Ayn been working on the Transcontinental Railroad shrugged |
#3, aired 2022-02-09 | LITERARY NAME DROPPERS $1600: Famous first line of "Atlas Shrugged":
"Who is ____ ____?" John Galt |
#8536, aired 2021-12-20 | SKIING AROUND THE WORLD $1200: You might see the Sahara from the slopes of Morocco's Mount Toubkal in this range the Atlas Mountains |
#8490, aired 2021-10-15 | NOW READ THIS! $1,000 (Daily Double): Howard Roark is to "The Fountainhead" as John Galt is to this 1,100-page tome Atlas Shrugged |
#8482, aired 2021-10-05 | CANYONS $800: The Todra Gorge in these mountains is a popular attraction in Morocco Atlas |
#8473, aired 2021-09-22 | INSPIRED CHARACTERS $1200: Neal Cassady was called the "Adonis of Denver" by Allen Ginsberg & was the model for Dean Moriarty in this novel On the Road |
#8445, aired 2021-07-16 | HIGH $400: The High Atlas is a mountain range in this country Morocco |
#8389, aired 2021-04-29 | GEOGRAPHIC TOP 10s $1000: This mountain chain that extends some 1,500 miles from Morocco to Tunisia is the world's 7th longest the Atlas Mountains |
#8359, aired 2021-03-18 | MOUNTAIN $1600: This 1,500-mile-long mountain range stretches along Africa's Maghrib, the western arm of the Arab world the Atlas |
#8328, aired 2021-02-03 | ATLAS ALLITERATION $400: This Australian place got its name due to "the great quantity of plants Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander" found on shore Botany Bay |
#8328, aired 2021-02-03 | ATLAS ALLITERATION $800: This Massachusetts peninsula has the also alliterative Buzzards Bay to its west Cape Cod |
#8328, aired 2021-02-03 | ATLAS ALLITERATION $1200: In 2011, 6 years after a comprehensive peace agreement, this African country came to be South Sudan |
#8328, aired 2021-02-03 | ATLAS ALLITERATION $1600: This area of the North Atlantic is named for the type of seaweed prevalent there the Sargasso Sea |
#8328, aired 2021-02-03 | ATLAS ALLITERATION $2000: This world capital is named for a lady who found a bronze Buddha there Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
#8307, aired 2021-01-05 | MAPS $600: The Peutinger Table, a rare ancient Roman map, is basically this type that Rand McNally is famous for, complete with mileage figures a road map |
#8283, aired 2020-11-18 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: This 1,500-mile mountain chain separates the Mediterranean basin from the Sahara the Atlas Mountains |
#8279, aired 2020-11-12 | ADVICE TO THE NOVEL HEROINE $1200: Dagny, you will fall in love with John Galt even though you are a stand-in for Ayn Rand's vision of capitalism Atlas Shrugged |
#8259, aired 2020-10-15 | ANIMALS $200: Those look like snake heads, but they are really the wing tips of the atlas this four-letter insect moth |
#8255, aired 2020-10-09 | HITTITES $1200: In Hittite mythology, Ubelluri held up the Earth, just like this Titan Atlas |
#8205, aired 2020-04-17 | GREEK, WEAK $400: Aeschylus called this Greek's bearing of the heaven & earth "a burden not easy for his arms to grasp" Atlas |
#8197, aired 2020-04-07 | BRITISH LIT $2000: You can be sure this David Mitchell novel consisting of 6 interlinked narratives was nominated for a 2004 Nebula Award Cloud Atlas |
#8195, aired 2020-04-03 | ATLANTIS $800: Atlantis was named after a king called this, just like a titan Atlas |
#8168, aired 2020-02-26 | INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES $2,000 (Daily Double): Air Atlas merged with another carrier to become the royal airline of this country Morocco |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS $200: Here's a view of this Utah national park through one of the sandstone features for which it is named Arches |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS $400: This national park in New Mexico is home to large colonies of bats, seen here Carlsbad Caverns |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS $600: The name of this waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite means "occurring in spring", also the time to see it at its peak Vernal |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS $800: Head to Sequoia National Park to salute the tree named this, the world's largest by volume the General Sherman |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS $1000: A great place for boating, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is home to this second-largest manmade lake in the United States Lake Powell |
#8125, aired 2019-12-27 | MAIL-ORDER NOVELTIES $1000: Ads in comic books featuring a scrawny kid getting sand kicked in his face sold this muscleman's fitness program Charles Atlas |
#8101, aired 2019-11-25 | MODELS OF THE HEAVENS $800: Almost 2,000 years old, a celestial globe called the Farnese Atlas does not show individual stars but only these constellations |
#8079, aired 2019-10-24 | GODS INSIDE YOU $1600: Holding up your head, the Atlas is the first of this type of vertebra cervical |
#7978, aired 2019-04-24 | SMORGAS-WORD $400: Starts with 3 consonants:
Ask Atlas--this type of motion conveys indifference shrug |
#7961, aired 2019-04-01 | MOROCCO $1600: Ranges spanning Morocco include the Rif Mountains in its north & these mountains toward the south the Atlas Mountains |
#7942, aired 2019-03-05 | A NASDAQ FACT $600: It's time to get alphanumerically lubricated with this company that in its early days fought rust on Atlas missiles WD-40 |
#7928, aired 2019-02-13 | ODD-NAMED ANIMALS $400: The rhinoceros beetle is AKA the Hercules or this titan famous for shouldering burdens Atlas |
#7907, aired 2019-01-15 | WOMEN WRITERS $1600: This Ayn Rand book ends with the line "Then there was only the ocean and the sky and the figure of Howard Roark" The Fountainhead |
#7879, aired 2018-12-06 | IN THE RANGE $3,000 (Daily Double): Taza Gap in Morocco, on the way to Algeria the Atlas Mountains |
#7856, aired 2018-11-05 | DRUM SCHTICK $400: The Atlas, a type of this developed in the 1950s, used magnetic drum memory a computer |
#7783, aired 2018-06-13 | TO THE FUTURE $2000: This "Cloud Atlas" author gave a new novel to Norway's Future Library but you can't read it until 2114 David Mitchell |
#7764, aired 2018-05-17 | THE MONTH OF MAY $400: May is named for the goddess Maia, in some versions the daughter of this titan condemned to hold up the heavens Atlas |
#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | NEWER TECHNOLOGY $800: Using satellites, a lab named for this Frenchman good with coordinates made an atlas that updates in real time René Descartes |
#7692, aired 2018-02-06 | MORE THAN ONE LIFE TO LIVE $1600: It is implied that many of the main characters in this "nebulous" David Mitchell book are the same person in different lives Cloud Atlas |
#7685, aired 2018-01-26 | CHARACTERS IN MYTH $800: After overthrowing the rulers of the universe, Zeus forces this one into a new job as punishment Atlas |
#7620, aired 2017-10-27 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1200: A stamp collector herself, this "Atlas Shrugged" author appeared on a 1999 stamp (Ayn) Rand |
#7596, aired 2017-09-25 | MYTHOLOGY $400: His punishment for war against Zeus was being condemned to hold up the heavens Atlas |
#7526, aired 2017-05-08 | THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE $1600: This mountain system extends for more than 1,200 miles from Agadir, Morocco to Tunis, Tunisia the Atlas Mountains |
#7443, aired 2017-01-11 | AROUND THE WORLD $1200: This mountain system includes Mount Toubkal in Morocco the Atlas Mountains |
#7375, aired 2016-10-07 | AFRICAN LAKES $800: These mountains of Morocco are home to an annual wedding festival at Tislit & Isli Lakes the Atlas Mountains |
#7321, aired 2016-06-13 | BOOK ENDS $600: "(John Galt) raised his hand and over the desolate earth he traced in space the sign of the dollar" Atlas Shrugged |
#7313, aired 2016-06-01 | EPONYMS $400: A Greek Titan,
a geographic volume Atlas |
#7292, aired 2016-05-03 | THE DEDICATION $200: In a rather bold move, she dedicated "Atlas Shrugged" to her husband Frank O'Connor & her lover Nathaniel Branden Ayn Rand |
#7276, aired 2016-04-11 | 1940s LIT $400: To research this bestseller, Ayn Rand worked in the office of architect Ely Kahn The Fountainhead |
#7239, aired 2016-02-18 | MOROCCO $3,500 (Daily Double): Morocco's coat of arms features a green star & the sun rising over this mountain range the Atlas Mountains |
#7196, aired 2015-12-21 | OUR BODIES $1,000 (Daily Double): The first cervical vertebra is called this after a Greek god because it supports the head Atlas |
#7192, aired 2015-12-15 | FIRST LINES $600: A Rand-om novel: "Who is John Galt?" Atlas Shrugged |
#7078, aired 2015-05-27 | GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS $800: Howard Roark is the visionary architect in this novel The Fountainhead |
#7074, aired 2015-05-21 | PLACE NAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): Originally, the Atlantic referred to the sea near this mountain range but was later applied to the entire ocean the Atlas Mountains |
#7052, aired 2015-04-21 | MAPS & GLOBES $1,200 (Daily Double): Goode's School Atlas was an early 1920s publication from this Skokie, Illinois company Rand McNally |
#6985, aired 2015-01-16 | THE 17th CENTURY $400: In 1647 astronomer Johannes Hevelius published "Selenographia", an atlas of the surface of this the Moon |
#6931, aired 2014-11-03 | NOVELS $2000: John Galt stops the motor of the world in this Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged |
#6911, aired 2014-10-06 | ATLAS CHAPS $400: Richard Bullington was project manager for the 9th & newest edition of this D.C. organization's renowned altas the National Geographic |
#6911, aired 2014-10-06 | ATLAS CHAPS $800: William, not Ayn, was the senior partner of this duo who started making maps in 1870s Chicago Rand McNally |
#6911, aired 2014-10-06 | ATLAS CHAPS $1200: Arthur Norton's 1910 atlas of these charted more than 6,500 of them, some as faint as the 7th magnitude stars |
#6911, aired 2014-10-06 | ATLAS CHAPS $1600: It takes several people to move the nearly 6-foot-tall Klencke Atlas given to this king on his 1660 restoration Charles II |
#6911, aired 2014-10-06 | ATLAS CHAPS $3,000 (Daily Double): This 16th century cartographer wasn't projecting when he coined the term "atlas" to describe a large book of maps (Gerardus) Mercator |
#6908, aired 2014-10-01 | LITERARY QUOTES $800: This Ayn Rand novel begins, "Howard Roark laughed" The Fountainhead |
#6886, aired 2014-07-21 | IN THE AFRICAN COUNTRY $1000: 13,600-foot Jebel Toubkal, the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains Morocco |
#6808, aired 2014-04-02 | MOUNTAIN RANGES $800: Algeria's Aures Mountains are at the eastern end of this mountain system the Atlas Mountains |
#6770, aired 2014-02-07 | MYTH DIAGNOSIS $200: Constantly holding up the sky has torn this titan's rotator cuff; sorry, big guy, you need surgery Atlas |
#6727, aired 2013-12-10 | "N" THE ATLAS $200: The Paillon River divides this French Riviera resort into Old Town & Modern Town Nice |
#6727, aired 2013-12-10 | "N" THE ATLAS $400: Formerly called Charles Town, this Bahamian city was renamed in 1695 for the royal house of King William III Nassau |
#6727, aired 2013-12-10 | "N" THE ATLAS $800: The Israelis irrigate this desert with water brought from the Sea of Galilee via a system of canals, pipelines & tunnels the Negev |
#6727, aired 2013-12-10 | "N" THE ATLAS $1000: This 8-square-mile island northeast of Australia is the world's smallest republic Nauru |
#6727, aired 2013-12-10 | "N" THE ATLAS $2,600 (Daily Double): This largest Central American lake is separated from the Pacific Ocean by the 12-mile-wide Rivas Isthmus Lake Nicaragua |
#6715, aired 2013-11-22 | GEOGRAPHY CLASS $800: This 1,200-mile-long system of mountain ranges is home to the Barbary ground squirrel the Atlas Mountains |
#6688, aired 2013-10-16 | FILMOGRAPHIES $600: "The Call",
"Cloud Atlas",
"Monster's Ball" Halle Berry |
#6675, aired 2013-09-27 | THE VOWELS ARE MYTHING $800: Very supportive:
TLS Atlas |
#6673, aired 2013-09-25 | POLITICAL BEFORE & AFTER $1200: An "Atlas Shrugged" author turns into a Kentucky senator who loves him some "Atlas Shrugged" Ayn Rand Paul |
#6577, aired 2013-04-02 | THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS SHRUGGED $200: The Atlas' map of cellphone use by country has a "no data" blank space for this French territory in South America French Guiana |
#6577, aired 2013-04-02 | THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS SHRUGGED $400: Though the Atlas says, "This body of water is referred to by some as the Arabian Gulf", it's "commonly known as" this the Persian Gulf |
#6577, aired 2013-04-02 | THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS SHRUGGED $600: The Atlas can't quite define this, but projects that by 2025 the world will have 447 of them of 10 million-plus people each cities |
#6577, aired 2013-04-02 | THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS SHRUGGED $800: The U.N. doesn't recognize Morocco's control over a disputed part of this desert, but the Atlas does the Sahara |
#6577, aired 2013-04-02 | THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS SHRUGGED $2,000 (Daily Double): Of this disputed region, the Atlas says, "Some places show the Albanian name with the Serbian name in parentheses" Kosovo |
#6568, aired 2013-03-20 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $600: Tom Hanks & Halle Berry each play multiple roles in this 2012 film based on David Mitchell's novel Cloud Atlas |
#6530, aired 2013-01-25 | DEM BONES $1,400 (Daily Double): Because it supports the head, the topmost vertebra is called this, also the name of a mythical giant the atlas |
#6503, aired 2012-12-19 | MYTHING IN ACTION $400: Collective name for 7 sisters, daughters of Atlas & Pleione, whom Zeus placed among the stars the Pleiades |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | CHARLES DISCHARGED $1000: This man who muscled his way into the world as Angelo Siciliano in 1892 left his well-built body Dec. 23, 1972 Charles Atlas |
#6481, aired 2012-11-19 | AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN $1600: Rising above the Mediterranean coast are these mountains that form the backbone of Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia the Atlas Mountains |
#6474, aired 2012-11-08 | WEIRDPODGE $2000: The Azores & St. Helena are actually among the highest peaks of this mountain "ridge" Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
#6441, aired 2012-09-24 | IT'S A MYTH $800: After being turned to stone by Perseus, this titan became the mountains of the same name in Africa Atlas |
#6407, aired 2012-06-26 | SCULPTURE $1200: In architecture, a column in the form of a man is called one of these, like a supportive Greek giant an atlas |
#6307, aired 2012-02-07 | A NOVEL DESCRIPTION $4,000 (Daily Double): Workin' on the transcontinental railroad; Galt-ernate reality; from the Rand non-corporation Atlas Shrugged |
#6222, aired 2011-10-11 | THE MOUNTAIN WEST $2000: The highest peak in the Atlas Mountains, in the western part of the range, is Mount Toubkal in this monarchy Morocco |
#6221, aired 2011-10-10 | SCRAMBLED KEGS $600: Enjoy this Belgian brew:
ATLAS LOITERS Stella Artois |
#6216, aired 2011-10-03 | FOR YOUR REFERENCE $200: It's a 5-letter word for a book of maps an atlas |
#6198, aired 2011-07-20 | THEY HELD UP $1000: In the original myth, this Titan held up the sky, not the earth, on his shoulders Atlas |
#6156, aired 2011-05-23 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: (Pat Sajak presents the clue.) Ayn Rand put the individual's right to seek happiness at the center of this 1957 novel with a mythical character in its title Atlas Shrugged |
#6114, aired 2011-03-24 | ALL GODS' CHILDREN $1600: A big supporter of the heavens, he was the son of the Titan Iapetus Atlas |
#6094, aired 2011-02-24 | IT'S ALL A MYTH $400: Atlas got a brief respite from holding up the heavens when he helped out this hero with one of his labors Hercules |
#6051, aired 2010-12-27 | 5-LETTER WORDS $800: 1570's "Epitome of the Theatre of the World" was an early one of these books an atlas |
#6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE LITERARY BUSINESS $800: In this novel John Galt leaves the Twentieth Century Motor Company when it goes Socialist Atlas Shrugged |
#6018, aired 2010-11-10 | MYTHOLOGY $200: This brother of Prometheus had the whole world on his shoulders Atlas |
#6012, aired 2010-11-02 | PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY $1600: A work that Shelley called "a lyrical drama" finds this mythical man "unbound" Prometheus |
#5977, aired 2010-09-14 | LEGENDARY! $2000: He showed Medusa's severed head to Atlas, turning Atlas to stone Perseus |
#5889, aired 2010-04-01 | '50s FICTION $400: Ayn Rand's original title for this 1957 novel was "The Strike" Atlas Shrugged |
#5879, aired 2010-03-18 | THE CONTINENT WHERE YOU'LL FIND... $600: The Atlas Mountains Africa |
#5835, aired 2010-01-15 | MAGAZINES ON THE WEB $1600: Let's map a way to this magazine's website where you can utilize its "Atlas Explorer" National Geographic |
#5822, aired 2009-12-29 | YOU'RE ALL WET $1000: The name of this ocean is derived from the name of a Titan in Greek myth who was a brother of Prometheus the Atlantic |
#5712, aired 2009-06-09 | "A____A" IN THE ATLAS $200: An 1833 meteor shower is why license plates say "Stars fell on" this state Alabama |
#5712, aired 2009-06-09 | "A____A" IN THE ATLAS $400: This country is a cluster of valleys in the Pyrenees Andorra |
#5712, aired 2009-06-09 | "A____A" IN THE ATLAS $600: This Montana city lent its name to a giant copper mining concern Anaconda |
#5712, aired 2009-06-09 | "A____A" IN THE ATLAS $800: The Red Fort, built by Akbar, is the second-most famous landmark in this city in India Agra |
#5712, aired 2009-06-09 | "A____A" IN THE ATLAS $1000: Lewis & Clark's winter home Fort Clatsop is an attraction in this Oregon city, the oldest settlement west of the Rockies Astoria |
#5689, aired 2009-05-07 | PEAKS & VALLEYS $1600: As this mountain range crosses Morocco, it separates the coastal plains from the Sahara the Atlas Mountains |
#5660, aired 2009-03-27 | MOUNTAINS $1,000 (Daily Double): At 13,665 feet, Mount Toubkal is the highest peak in this range in Africa the Atlas Mountains |
#5609, aired 2009-01-15 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: She dedicated both "Atlas Shrugged" & "The Fountainhead" to Frank O'Connor Ayn Rand |
#5582, aired 2008-12-09 | FROM THE NECK UP $2,200 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives a skeleton a pain in the neck.) Because the first cervical vertebra supports the head, it's called this, like a certain mythical Titan Atlas |
#5558, aired 2008-11-05 | A WORD ODDITY $1600: The 2-syllable "rugged" is made into one syllable when you add these 2 letters to the front; try using an "atlas" S-H |
#5553, aired 2008-10-29 | LETTERS & NUMBERS $800: In 1953 the Rocket Chemical Company developed this, first used to protect the Atlas missile from rust & corrosion WD-40 |
#5547, aired 2008-10-21 | I HAVE A QUESTION $1600: This 1957 novel opens with the query
"Who is John Galt?" Atlas Shrugged |
#5538, aired 2008-10-08 | ATLANTIS $1600: She called Atlantis "the isles of the blessed", & a chapter in "Atlas Shrugged" is entitled "Atlantis" Ayn Rand |
#5520, aired 2008-09-12 | TUNISIA $600: This mountain system that extends across North Africa has its eastern terminus at Cape Bon in Tunisia the Atlas Mountains |
#5506, aired 2008-07-14 | LIFE'S A BEACH $1600: Print ads for this muscleman had "Mac" get bullied on the beach & lose his girl--until Mac bulks up & kicks some tush Charles Atlas |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | ATLAS $400: This fire-stealer was Atlas' brother Prometheus |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | ATLAS $800: In myth Atlas is said to be the first of 10 kings of this legendary land Atlantis |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | ATLAS $1200: Saying he needed a pad for his head, this hero tricked Atlas into reassuming his job of holding the heavens Hercules |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | ATLAS $2000: Atlas fathered this nymph who liked to entertain shipwrecked sailors like Odysseus Calypso |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | ATLAS $3,000 (Daily Double): Atlas was part of this group in the war against the gods of Mt. Olympus the Titans |
#5419, aired 2008-03-13 | COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O" $1600: Open an atlas & discover that the Atlas Mountains traverse the length of this country Morocco |
#5396, aired 2008-02-11 | CLIFF NOTES $6,000 (Daily Double): Look in a book of maps & you might find this mountain range that extends from Tunisia to Morocco the Atlas Mountains |
#5376, aired 2008-01-14 | LITERARY TITLES $200: 1957 novel about a strong female executive Atlas Shrugged |
#5320, aired 2007-10-26 | THE GIANTS $1000: A depiction of the giant god Atlas holding up the world appeared on the front of his 16th century book of maps Mercator |
#5302, aired 2007-10-02 | A HERCULEAN EFFORT $800: Hercules literally took the weight of the world off his shoulders when he needed help with some golden apples Atlas |
#5270, aired 2007-07-06 | "N" THE ATLAS $200: This U.S. state produces more tobacco than any other North Carolina |
#5270, aired 2007-07-06 | "N" THE ATLAS $400: The exorticata species of fuscia native to this Southern Hemisphere island can reach up to 50 feet high New Zealand |
#5270, aired 2007-07-06 | "N" THE ATLAS $600: In 1893 Cornelius Vanderbilt had the 70-room family "cottage" known as the Breakers built in this Rhode Island city Newport |
#5270, aired 2007-07-06 | "N" THE ATLAS $800: King Gyanendra reigns in this country that borders China Nepal |
#5270, aired 2007-07-06 | "N" THE ATLAS $1,000 (Daily Double): Tha name of this capital of China's Jiangtsu Province means "southern capital" Nanjing |
#5202, aired 2007-04-03 | AMERICAN FACES $2000: Known to many a slender fellow, he's the big guy seen here as he looked in those magazine ads Charles Atlas |
#5188, aired 2007-03-14 | MYTHOLOGY $600: In the title of an Ayn Rand novel, this mythological figure "Shrugged" Atlas |
#5148, aired 2007-01-17 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: She once said "The Fountainhead" was "only an overture" to her "Atlas Shrugged" Ayn Rand |
#5120, aired 2006-12-08 | QUID PRO QUO-POURRI $1200: Give me this Northwest African mountain range & I'll give you a book of the same name where you might see it the Atlas Mountains |
#5005, aired 2006-05-19 | ARCHITECTURE $800: This man who held up the heavens lent his name to a sculptural male figure used as a supporting column Atlas |
#4961, aired 2006-03-20 | CLOSING THE BOOK $2000: Ayn Rand:
"(Galt) raised his hand and over the desolate earth he traced in space the sign of the dollar" Atlas Shrugged |
#4949, aired 2006-03-02 | POT LUCK $800: Chelia and Toubkal are 2 of the peaks in this mountain chain of North Africa the Atlas Mountains |
#4847, aired 2005-10-11 | ON THE MAP $800: Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator is said to have invented this word for a map collection an atlas |
#4824, aired 2005-07-21 | CALL ME CHARLES $400: This bodybuilder became world famous marketing a technique he conceived while watching a lion in a zoo Charles Atlas |
#4819, aired 2005-07-14 | ANATOMICALLY CORRECT $1200: The axis is the second one of these bones; it serves as a pivot for the atlas, the topmost one your vertebrae |
#4805, aired 2005-06-24 | COMING TO AMERICA $800: Frank Capra & Charles Atlas made names for themselves after both emigrating from this country in 1903 Italy |
#4613, aired 2004-09-29 | LITERATURE $1200: Hmm... he dedicated his 1820 poem "The Witch of Atlas" to his wife Mary (Percy Bysshe) Shelley |
#4581, aired 2004-07-05 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $800: This van lines company moved Ronald Reagan to Washington & Elvis into Graceland Allied Van Lines |
#4577, aired 2004-06-29 | THE ROARING '20s $400: Under this name Angelo Siciliano was billed as "the world's most perfectly developed man" Charles Atlas |
#4394, aired 2003-10-16 | "J" WALKING $2000: Members of this Catholic order helped us get oriented by compiling an atlas of China the Jesuits |
#4385, aired 2003-10-03 | WORLD TRAVEL $1000: Marrakech, the "Pink City", is in the foothills of this mountain chain the Atlas Mountains |
#4311, aired 2003-05-05 | WORLD LIT $400: This "Atlas Shrugged" author shrugged off her native Russia in the 1920s & moved to the U.S. Ayn Rand |
#4305, aired 2003-04-25 | THE LABORS OF HERCULES $1200: Instead of getting these golden fruits of the Hesperides himself, Herc held up the sky while Atlas got them for him apples |
#4299, aired 2003-04-17 | PLANTS $3,000 (Daily Double): 4 true cedar trees exist: they are native to Cyprus, the Atlas Mountains, the Himalayas & this Mideast country Lebanon |
#4186, aired 2002-11-11 | HUMAN BODY OF KNOWLEDGE $1200: If you've "mapped" out the body, you know it's the topmost cervical vertebra of the neck atlas vertebra |
#4185, aired 2002-11-08 | MOROCCAN 'ROUND THE CLOCK $1000: At about 14,000 feet, the highest peak in this mountain chain is Morocco's Mount Toubkal the Atlas Mountains |
#4120, aired 2002-06-28 | LITERARY FIRST LINES $1600: 1957: "Who is John Galt?" Atlas Shrugged |
#4092, aired 2002-05-21 | IT'S GREEK MYTH TO ME $400: He led the Titans into battle against the gods & had to shoulder the responsibility Atlas |
#4022, aired 2002-02-12 | I NEED MY SPACE $1600: This star cluster is named for Atlas & Pleione's septet of daughters the Pleiades |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | MOUNTAIN TIME $500: Check your map book: these mountains extend more than 1,200 miles across Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia the Atlas Mountains |
#3936, aired 2001-10-15 | AD CAMPAIGNS $300: The following clip dramatizes a famous cartoon ad for this man's products Charles Atlas |
#3913, aired 2001-09-12 | STATUE-ESQUE $600: The ancient statue seen here is of this weary Greek god Atlas |
#3893, aired 2001-07-04 | PUBLISHERS $300: This Chicago map & atlas maker has also sold airplane tickets & baggage tags Rand McNally |
#3834, aired 2001-04-12 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): Jebel Musa, a promontory in this mountain range, is one of the Pillars of Hercules Atlas Mountains |
#3802, aired 2001-02-27 | BREAK OUT THE ATLAS $200: In 1956 it was Hail Tunisia! which announced its independence from this European nation France |
#3802, aired 2001-02-27 | BREAK OUT THE ATLAS $400: This country with a coastline on the Black Sea shares its name with a U.S. state Georgia |
#3802, aired 2001-02-27 | BREAK OUT THE ATLAS $600: Sudbury's annual Cinefest is one of this country's largest international film festivals, eh Canada |
#3802, aired 2001-02-27 | BREAK OUT THE ATLAS $800: Now independent, this nation of 50 million seen here is a former republic of the Soviet Union The Ukraine |
#3802, aired 2001-02-27 | BREAK OUT THE ATLAS $1000: Formerly German Southwest Africa, this country's name includes the name of a desert found there Namibia (Namib Desert) |
#3674, aired 2000-07-20 | ON THE RISK BOARD $1000: In the atlas, this country that gets its own territory is between Pakistan & Turkmenistan Afghanistan |
#3669, aired 2000-07-13 | WOMEN: WRITE ON! $300: After "Atlas Shrugged", she stopped writing fiction Ayn Rand |
#3664, aired 2000-07-06 | "A" & "M" $300: The Sahara portion of this range begins in Morocco & extends into Algeria the Atlas Mountains |
#3613, aired 2000-04-26 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $600: This Titan, whose name refers to a type of book, supported the sky on his shoulders, not the Earth Atlas |
#3541, aired 2000-01-17 | LITERARY QUOTES $400: This 1943 Ayn Rand novel opens with the line "Howard Roark laughed" The Fountainhead |
#3509, aired 1999-12-02 | BREAK OUT THE ATLAS $200: About 1/3 of Alaska is north of this feature at 66 degrees 30' north latitude Arctic Circle |
#3509, aired 1999-12-02 | BREAK OUT THE ATLAS $400: A monastery in the English town of Glastonbury is said to be the burial place of this legendary king King Arthur |
#3509, aired 1999-12-02 | BREAK OUT THE ATLAS $600: One of the 2 Central American countries that do not have both a Pacific & an Atlantic coast Belize & El Salvador |
#3509, aired 1999-12-02 | BREAK OUT THE ATLAS $800: Today the largest city in the Bahamas, it was a haven for Caribbean pirates in the 18th century Nassau |
#3509, aired 1999-12-02 | BREAK OUT THE ATLAS $1000: You'll find this 19,549-foot "Mount" in Canada's Yukon Territory Mount Logan |
#3486, aired 1999-11-01 | GIVE ME AN "A"! $400: A book of maps, or an African mountain range you can find in it Atlas |
#3463, aired 1999-09-29 | WE'LL GET YOU IN SHAPE $600: You'll no longer get sand kicked in your face if you use the Charles Atlas program of "dynamic" this Tension |
#3440, aired 1999-07-16 | PEOPLE $300: In the 1960s he founded a bricklaying business, pumping bricks, to finance his bodybuilding career Arnold Schwarzenegger |
#3439, aired 1999-07-15 | THEATRE $1000: The audience is the jury for this "Atlas Shrugged" author's trial drama "Night of January 16th" Ayn Rand |
#3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1999 U.S. STAMPS $1,000 (Daily Double): Author honored on the stamp seen here
(wrote "Atlas Shrugged") Ayn Rand |
#3391, aired 1999-05-10 | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT $800: Frank Lloyd Wright was the basis for Howard Roark, the uncompromising architect in this Ayn Rand novel The Fountainhead |
#3387, aired 1999-05-04 | ROCKET SCIENCE $400: The Atlas is an example of this first stage that lifts a multistage rocket off the ground Booster |
#3373, aired 1999-04-14 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $1000: "The Atlas of America" George Washington |
#3334, aired 1999-02-18 | "N" THE ATLAS $100: Ask any monster how to get to this loch just southwest of Inverness Loch Ness |
#3334, aired 1999-02-18 | "N" THE ATLAS $200: This French region takes its name from invading Norsemen of the mid-9th century Normandy |
#3334, aired 1999-02-18 | "N" THE ATLAS $300: This city was bombed by "Bock's Car" on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki |
#3334, aired 1999-02-18 | "N" THE ATLAS $400: You'll find Fiordland National Park & Abel Tasman National Park in this country New Zealand |
#3334, aired 1999-02-18 | "N" THE ATLAS $500: This ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris River was destroyed by Babylonians, Medes & Scythians in 612 B.C. Nineveh |
#3315, aired 1999-01-22 | AFRICA $600: Toukbal is the highest point in this range, the traditional territory of the Berbers Atlas Mountains |
#3300, aired 1999-01-01 | MOUNTAIN RANGES $400 (Daily Double): The forests of this range are home to the Barbary apes the Atlas Mountains |
#3216, aired 1998-09-07 | BIG BOOKS $200: This term for a collection of maps arose because early ones pictured the titan of that name Atlas |
#3105, aired 1998-02-13 | WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE $800: The wild horned aoudad, or Barbary sheep, lives in the Aures & these northern African mountains the Atlas Mountains |
#3008, aired 1997-10-01 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: This mountain system in NW Africa is actually an extension of Europe's Alpine system the Atlas Mountains |
#2992, aired 1997-09-09 | MYTHOLOGICAL MISTAKES $800: This Titan made the mistake of waging war against Zeus, so he was doomed to hold the sky on his shoulders Atlas |
#2989, aired 1997-09-04 | BEFORE & AFTER $500: "Atlas Shrugged" atlas maker Ayn Rand McNally |
#2973, aired 1997-07-02 | NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $1,800 (Daily Double): The Rio Grande forms part of the border between these 2 U.S. states New Mexico & Texas |
#2833, aired 1996-12-18 | MYTHOLOGY $200: This Titan who held up the heavens was the father of the Pleiades Atlas |
#2820, aired 1996-11-29 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $400: She published her last novel, "Atlas Shrugged" in 1957, when she was 52 Ayn Rand |
#2737, aired 1996-06-25 | MOUNTAINS $800: In Arabic this North African range is called Djezira El-Maghreb, or "Island of the West" the Atlas Mountains |
#2730, aired 1996-06-14 | MOUNTAINS $1000: This mountain system contains Tunisia's highest point, Jebel Chambi the Atlas Mountains |
#2680, aired 1996-04-05 | ROMAN EMPERORS $600: Slipping into insanity, Commodus imagined he was this mythical club-wielding hero Hercules |
#2646, aired 1996-02-19 | PLANTS $400: Needle-leaved species of this tree include Atlas, Deodar & Lebanon cedar |
#2629, aired 1996-01-25 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $500 (Daily Double): Howard Roark, the central architect in this novel, was supposedly modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright The Fountainhead |
#2625, aired 1996-01-19 | LITERATURE $400: "Atlas Shrugged" is the fullest fictional presentation of this author's philosophy, objectivism Ayn Rand |
#2597, aired 1995-12-12 | GEOGRAPHY $500: North Africa mountain range that the Berbers call home the Atlas Mountains |
#2552, aired 1995-10-10 | FICTION $600: Fe a recent Book-of-the-Month Club poll, her "Atlas Shrugged" ranked as the most influential novel Ayn Rand |
#2533, aired 1995-09-13 | FAMOUS ITALIANS $600: Angelo Siciliano was the real name of this bodybuilder who made new men out of "97-pound weaklings" Charles Atlas |
#2525, aired 1995-07-21 | 5-LETTER WORDS $100: "Mythological" name for a book of maps an atlas |
#2508, aired 1995-06-28 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): Toubkal in this range in Morocco is North Africa's highest peak the Atlas Mountains |
#2384, aired 1995-01-05 | "A" IN MYTHOLOGY $300: Giants captured this war god, bound him with chains & kept him in a jar for 13 months Ares |
#2384, aired 1995-01-05 | FAMOUS RUSSIAN- AMERICANS $600: This "Atlas Shrugged" author once worked as an extra at a Hollywood movie studio Ayn Rand |
#2355, aired 1994-11-25 | MOUNTAINS $1000: The Aures Mountains of Algeria are a part of this greater chain Atlas Mountains |
#2323, aired 1994-10-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: "Atlas Shrugged" author who wrote the screenplay for the J. Jones-J. Cotten film "Love Letters" Ayn Rand |
#2322, aired 1994-10-11 | THE ATLANTIC $300: The ancient Romans named the Atlantic after this mountain range in northern Africa the Atlas Mountains |
#2302, aired 1994-09-13 | GREEK MYTHOLOGY $600: Some say these guardians of the golden apples were the daughters of Atlas and Hesperis the Hesperides |
#2219, aired 1994-04-07 | THE 1920s $400: Once a 97-pound weakling, he won the "World's Most Perfectly Developed Man" contest in 1922 Charles Atlas |
#2204, aired 1994-03-17 | WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY $1000: A "star"struck person could tell you the 7 daughters of Atlas & Pleione are known as these the Pleiades |
#2200, aired 1994-03-11 | MOUNTAINS $800: These mountains extend from Cape Dra in Morocco to Cape Bon in Tunisia the Atlas Mountains |
#2180, aired 1994-02-11 | DEM BONES $300: This bony ring that supports the head is named for the mythical Titan who held up the heavens the atlas |
#2081, aired 1993-09-27 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: She tried to turn "Atlas Shrugged" into a TV miniseries, but the project was never completed Ayn Rand |
#2077, aired 1993-09-21 | THE HUMAN BODY $300: This structure consists of over 24 bones, including the atlas & coccyx, & averages just over 2 feet the spine |
#2064, aired 1993-07-22 | BRAWN $400: Name shared by a Titan & a former 97-pound runt Atlas |
#2045, aired 1993-06-25 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: These mountains extend over 1200 miles across Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia the Atlas Mountains |
#2020, aired 1993-05-21 | MYTHOLOGY $400: He was condemned to support the heavens after supporting Cronus' war against the Olympians Atlas |
#2004, aired 1993-04-29 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: We assume this second president was called "Atlas of Independence" for the Titan, not the book (John) Adams |
#1983, aired 1993-03-31 | GIANTS $500: His home was a mountain chain in Africa that supported the heavens Atlas |
#1974, aired 1993-03-18 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: As part of her research for this novel, Ayn Rand worked in Eli Kahn's architecture office The Fountainhead |
#1914, aired 1992-12-24 | MOUNTAINS $800: These mountains of North Africa are separated from Spain's Sierra Nevada by the Strait of Gibraltar the Atlas Mountains |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | BODIES OF WATER $100: Named for the Atlas Mountains, it's the second-largest body of water in the world the Atlantic Ocean |
#1792, aired 1992-05-19 | THE 17th CENTURY $400: In 1647 astronomer Johannes Hevelius published the 1st detailed atlas of this heavenly body the Moon |
#1748, aired 1992-03-18 | AFRICA $100: The Red Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea & Atlas Mountains form the boundaries of this desert Sahara |
#1696, aired 1992-01-06 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS $600: According to the title of an Ayn Rand novel, "Atlas" did this Shrugged |
#1681, aired 1991-12-16 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $1000: A sculptured figure of a man used as a support & named for a Titan; the plural is "Atlantes" Atlas |
#1668, aired 1991-11-27 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $400: This former 97-pound weakling developed the Dynamic Tension exercise routine Charles Atlas |
#1611, aired 1991-09-09 | MOUNTAINS $1000: Morocco's Mount Toubkal is the highest peak of this mountain system the Atlas Mountains |
#1577, aired 1991-06-11 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $200: He supported the sky, but we don't know if he supported his grandson Hermes Atlas |
#1527, aired 1991-04-02 | WORLD OF BEERS $400: Spartan &
Atlas Greece |
#1493, aired 1991-02-13 | MOUNTAIN CHAINS $500: Jebel Musa at the west end of this North African chain is one of the Pillars or Hercules the Atlas Mountains |
#1479, aired 1991-01-24 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Its name means "sea of Atlas" the Atlantic |
#1439, aired 1990-11-29 | GIANTS $800: During his labors, Hercules shouldered this giant's load for a while Atlas |
#1415, aired 1990-10-26 | MAPS $600: Famous for His map projection, this Flemish geographer also coined the term Atlas to describe a map collection (Gerardus) Mercator |
#1394, aired 1990-09-27 | FICTION $400: "Atlas Shrugged" author who said, "'We the Living' is as near to an autobiography as I will ever write." Ayn Rand |
#1363, aired 1990-07-04 | ANCIENT GREECE $400: The Anchor Atlas of World History calls these 2 epics "the primer of Greek youth" The Iliad and The Odyssey |
#1356, aired 1990-06-25 | THE HUMAN BODY $200: The atlas vertebra allows this to move back & forth; the axis allows it to turn neck |
#1330, aired 1990-05-18 | MYTHOLOGY $200: Prometheus' brother, you may know the fact he was cursed to bear the sky upon his back Atlas |
#1328, aired 1990-05-16 | MOUNTAINS $400: If you search your atlas for the Atlas Mountains, you'll find them on a map of this continent Africa |
#1310, aired 1990-04-20 | AFRICA $600: In Algeria this mountain chain consists of 2 parallel ranges, the Tell & the Sahara the Atlas Mountains |
#1273, aired 1990-02-28 | REFERENCE BOOKS $400: Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator was the 1st to call a book of maps this an atlas |
#1078, aired 1989-04-19 | WORLD OF BEERS $300: Atlas &
Aegean Hellas Greece |
#1073, aired 1989-04-12 | THE EARTH $1000: Area bounded by the Atlas Mts., the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Sahel, & the Atlantic the Sahara Desert |
#934, aired 1988-09-29 | THE CONTINENTS $600: 1 of 2 mountain chains that separate Europe from Asia (1 of) the Urals (or Caucasus) |
#892, aired 1988-06-21 | PLACE NAMES $600: The Atlantic Ocean isn't named for a lost continent but for these Moroccan mountains Atlas Mountains |
#864, aired 1988-05-12 | MYTHOLOGY $1000: Edith Hamilton says he wasn't too intelligent, but he was smarter than Atlas, whom he tricked Hercules |
#806, aired 1988-02-22 | HODGEPODGE $1000: The constellation named for the 7 daughters of Atlas Pleiades |
#762, aired 1987-12-22 | HEALTH & FITNESS $400: After applying "dynamic tension" exercises, this former "97 pound weakling" took the name of a mythical giant Charles Atlas |
#740, aired 1987-11-20 | MAPS $200: Distinction that makes a collection of maps an atlas they are bound |
#673, aired 1987-07-08 | MYTHOLOGY $400: The golden apples Hercules took from Atlas came from a tree that belonged to this wife of Zeus Hera |
#615, aired 1987-04-17 | ADVERTISING MYTHOLOGY $300: He used to carry the heavens on his shoulders; now he moves furniture Atlas |
#600, aired 1987-03-27 | WORLD OF BEERS $400: Spartan & Atlas Greek |
#592, aired 1987-03-17 | AFRICA $100: Any atlas will help you locate these mountains of NW Africa named for a titan of Greek myth Atlas Mountains |
#577, aired 1987-02-24 | MAPS $200: It's a book of maps, even if it doesn't hold up heaven or earth atlas |
#462, aired 1986-09-16 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $200: He performed Hercules' 11th labor while Hercules held up the sky for him Atlas |
#427, aired 1986-04-29 | THE HUMAN BODY $400: The top vertebra, which holds up the head, is named after this mythological Greek known for hold-ups Atlas |
#392, aired 1986-03-11 | MYTHOLOGY $200: Contrary to popular belief, he held up the sky, not the Earth Atlas |
#309, aired 1985-11-14 | INSECTS $500: Of its varieties, the atlas is 1 of the largest & the death's head hawk chirps by blowing its nose moths |
#285, aired 1985-10-11 | GEOGRAPHY $100: His appearance on covers & title pages of books of maps got them named for him Atlas |
#154, aired 1985-04-11 | MYTHOLOGY $800: He agreed to hold up the sky while Atlas got the Golden Apples of the Hesperides for him Hercules |
#126, aired 1985-03-04 | MOUNTAINS $600: A mountain chain in the Sahara bears the name of this mythical man who "bears the world" Atlas |
#21, aired 1984-10-08 | THE '40S $300: Body builder Charles Atlas offered to build up the physique of this Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi |