#9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THE LOCALS $1200: B.R. Ambedkar was a leader of the people called Untouchables, Dalits or SC, short for "Scheduled" this; he urged them to move to cities Castes |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | WORLD CITIES $1200: The Georgian city of Batumi dates from around 1000 B.C. & is an important port on this sea the Black Sea |
#8892, aired 2023-06-13 | 4-LETTER WORLD CITIES $400: Tradition says this city was founded in 753 B.C., but it wasn't built in a day Rome |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | GREEK HISTORY $1200: The cities of the Achaean League situated on the northern part of this peninsula met defeat in 146 B.C. at the hands of Rome the Peloponnesian Peninsula |
#8814, aired 2023-02-23 | OLD HISTORY $1600: Greek cities of the 3rd century B.C. formed the Achaean League to expel invaders from this kingdom of Philip & Alexander Macedonia |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | GERMAN CITIES $1600: The site of a Roman fortress in the 1st century B.C., this city was the seat of federal government for 50 years until 1999 Bonn |
#8733, aired 2022-11-02 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 100 CITIES, 5,000 IDEAS $1600: Around 1400, this Belgian "B" city northwest of Brussels was among Europe's richest & built itself quite a city hall Bruges |
#8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): In the 2nd millennium B.C., these seafarers had cities or colonies from the Eastern Mediterranean to North Africa the Phoenicians |
#7894, aired 2018-12-27 | AIRPORT CODES $1000: BWI--these 2 cities are the B & the W Baltimore and Washington, D.C. |
#7778, aired 2018-06-06 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 400s B.C. Greek cities like Thebes & Megara had not a monarchy but this form of rule by a small group an oligarchy |
#7737, aired 2018-04-10 | B.C.-ING YOU $800: Flourishing from around 300 B.C., El Mirador in Guatemala was one of the largest cities ever built by these people the Maya |
#7150, aired 2015-10-16 | SPANISH CITIES $800: According to legend, this second-largest city was founded by Hamilcar Barca around 230 B.C. Barcelona |
#6998, aired 2015-02-04 | THAT'S ANCIENT CITY HISTORY $2000: Erech & Kish were cities of this earliest known civilization that flourished in Iraq in the 3rd millennium B.C. Sumeria |
#6958, aired 2014-12-10 | POINT "A" TO POINT "B" $2,500 (Daily Double): One a state capital, these 2 cities on Amtrak's Empire Service fill the bill Albany & Buffalo |
#6693, aired 2013-10-23 | POINT "A" TO POINT "B" $1600: It's less than 30 miles between this pair of cities, Belgium's largest & its capital Antwerp & Brussels |
#5905, aired 2010-04-23 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $400: Nuremberg & Augsburg are cities in this southern German state Bavaria |
#5835, aired 2010-01-15 | WE GO WAY BACK $800: Athens put larger Greek interests first & joined other cities to defeat this nation in the 480 B.C. battle of Salamis Persia |
#5382, aired 2008-01-22 | WORLD CITIES $1,800 (Daily Double): The ancient Greeks founded this Italian city around 600 B.C. & gave it a name meaning "New City" Naples |
#4979, aired 2006-04-13 | ANAGRAMMED CANADIAN CITIES $600: B.C.-ing you there:
NOVA CURVE Vancouver |
#4678, aired 2004-12-29 | B.C. TIMES $1000: We never "Tyre" of hearing about the seafarers with this Greek name whose major cities included Sidon & Byblos the Phoenicians |
#4328, aired 2003-05-28 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1000: Minsk & Pinsk are cities in this former Soviet republic Belarus |
#4286, aired 2003-03-31 | EUROPEAN CITIES $600 (Daily Double): Legend has it that this Iberian seaport city was founded by Hamilcar Barca around 230 B.C. Barcelona |
#3791, aired 2001-02-12 | AFRICAN CITIES $300: Founded in 332 B.C., this port city was designed by Dinocrates, architect to Alexander the Great Alexandria |
#3749, aired 2000-12-14 | FRANCO-AMERICAN CITIES $400: Wooded Place, Idaho Boise |
#3567, aired 2000-02-22 | MAJOR CITIES' AIRPORTS $500: Lester B. Pearson International Airport Toronto |
#3432, aired 1999-07-06 | MONDO GEO $600: Conquered by Alexander the Great in 333 B.C., this Syrian capital is one of the oldest cities in the world Damascus |
#3403, aired 1999-05-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: One of the newer large cities in the world, it's located in the central plateau of Brazil Brasilia |
#3174, aired 1998-05-21 | CANADIAN CITIES $100: English is also widely spoken in this largest French-speaking city outside of Paris Montreal |
#3174, aired 1998-05-21 | CANADIAN CITIES $300: The CFL's B.C. Lions play their home games in this city Vancouver |
#3017, aired 1997-10-14 | WORLD CITIES $200: This Egyptian port city is named for the Macedonian king who founded it in 332 B.C. Alexandria |
#2892, aired 1997-03-11 | U.S. CITIES $400: You can visit the George Eastman House & the home of Susan B. Anthony in this New York ctiy Rochester |
#2863, aired 1997-01-29 | EUROPEAN CITIES $400: Once the chief town of the Ligurian tribe of the Taurini, it was Italy's first capital, 1861-65 Turin |
#2858, aired 1997-01-22 | WORLD CITIES $1000: Johann Sebastian Bach is buried in a church in this German city whose name is Slavonic for "lime tree" Leipzig |
#2775, aired 1996-09-27 | "B" CITIES $100: A monumental arch called the Gateway of India graces this bustling port city Bombay |
#2775, aired 1996-09-27 | "B" CITIES $200: The cathedral in this South American planned capital is designed to resemble Jesus' crown of thorns BrasÃlia |
#2775, aired 1996-09-27 | "B" CITIES $300: Stratford-upon-Avon is about 22 miles south of this city, Britain's second largest Birmingham |
#2775, aired 1996-09-27 | "B" CITIES $400: Vlad the Impaler, aka Dracula, is buried at Snagov Monastery on an island near this capital city Bucharest |
#2775, aired 1996-09-27 | "B" CITIES $500: Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, one of Queensland's most popular attractions, is 7 miles outside this city Brisbane |
#2646, aired 1996-02-19 | WORLD CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): This main seaport of France was established around 600 B.C. by Greek settlers from Phocaea Marseille |
#2494, aired 1995-06-08 | FRENCH CITIES $400: This third-largest French city was founded in 43 B.C. as Lugdunum Lyon |
#2350, aired 1994-11-18 | THE "M"EDITERRANEAN $200: Founded around 600 B.C. by Greek adventurers, it's one of the oldest cities in France Marseilles |
#2167, aired 1994-01-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Cities arose c. 2500 B.C. at sites now in Pakistan, in this river valley the Indus |
#1640, aired 1991-10-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: When he died at age 33 in 323 B.C. he left behind many cities named after him Alexander the Great |
#1552, aired 1991-05-07 | WORLD CITIES $400: Greeks founded this French port in about 600 B.C. & named it Massalia Marseille |
#1353, aired 1990-06-20 | U.S. CITIES $200: In 1722 French explorer B. de la Harpe called the site of this future capital "La Petite Roche" Little Rock |
#1108, aired 1989-05-31 | CITIES $1000: Designed by U.S. architect Walter B. Griffin in 1911, it is Australia's largest inland city Canberra |
#853, aired 1988-04-27 | CAPITAL CITIES $600: By winning a contest, American architect W.B. Griffin got to design this Aussie capital Canberra |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | POE-POURRI $700 (Daily Double): The major East Coast cities in which Poe was born & died, they both begin with "B" Boston & Baltimore |
#166, aired 1985-04-29 | WORLD CITIES $1000: Greeks originally founded this Soviet Black Sea port about 800 B.C. Odessa |