#8941, aired 2023-10-02 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: Look way up in the Himalayas to find this small country of Asia Bhutan |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $400: Rising in the Western Rockies, the Fraser is the only major river lying entirely within this Canadian province British Columbia |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: The Tiger's Nest Monastery is in the Paro Valley, about 35 miles from Thimphu, the capital of this Himalayan nation Bhutan |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1200: 3 nations have territory on this large island mentioned in Ptolemy's "Guide to Geography" Borneo |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1600: Fishing is an important industry in this 86,000-square-mile inlet of the Atlantic off Western Europe the Bay of Biscay |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $2000: The Admiralty Islands were under German control from about 1885 until 1914, along with the rest of this sea in the southwest Pacific the Bismarck Sea |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: They're the 2 New York City boroughs that fit the category Bronx & Brooklyn |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: This city on the River Lagan is home to a campus of Ulster University Belfast |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $600: Let's rock & roll:
Home to the University of Colorado, this city is known for its Flatirons, seen here Boulder |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: This country finds itself in the middle of things, with a northern border with Russia & on its south, Ukraine Belarus |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Seaweed farmer is a major job on this Indonesian island & in "Ticket to Paradise", George Clooney's daughter falls for one Bali |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1200: Ancient Mesopotamian city of 3500 B.C., in ruins today & known as Tell el-Muqayyar Ur |
#7777, aired 2018-06-05 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $4,000 (Daily Double): In 2017 Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah marked 50 years on the throne of this country Brunei |
#6610, aired 2013-05-17 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) When conquered in 586 B.C., the Jewish people were resettled along the Kebar River, hundreds of miles from their home; hence the verse, "By the rivers of" this place, "we wept when we remembered Zion" Babylon |
#5905, aired 2010-04-23 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $400: Nuremberg & Augsburg are cities in this southern German state Bavaria |
#5905, aired 2010-04-23 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1200: An airport in Missouri is named for Springfield & this city, home to more than 50 live theaters Branson |
#5799, aired 2009-11-26 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $2000: In the 1300s what is now this landlocked republic came under the control of neighboring Lithuania Belarus |
#4628, aired 2004-10-20 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $400: In Europe, the beautiful blue Danube eventually empties into this sea of another color the Black Sea |
#4628, aired 2004-10-20 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: O this little town in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley is known as the "Christmas City" Bethlehem |
#4618, aired 2004-10-06 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $600: Zugspitze is the highest point in this mountain range the Bavarian Alps |
#4618, aired 2004-10-06 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: The Rhodope Mountains & the city of Sofia are in this country Bulgaria |
#4551, aired 2004-05-24 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $200: It's the second-most populous city in England Birmingham |
#4551, aired 2004-05-24 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1000: In the 17th c. Tibetan forces invaded this neighboring country whose name means "the edge of Tibet" Bhutan |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1,200 (Daily Double): A city on the Potomac founded in 1749 is named this, like a city on the Mediterranean founded in 331 B.C. Alexandria |
#4328, aired 2003-05-28 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $200: Once part of the Ottoman Empire, it became capital of Iraq in 1921 Baghdad |
#4328, aired 2003-05-28 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1,000 (Daily Double): This Virginia stream was the site of battles in July 1861 & August 1862 Bull Run |
#4328, aired 2003-05-28 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1000: Minsk & Pinsk are cities in this former Soviet republic Belarus |
#4245, aired 2003-01-31 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: The NFL Europe's Dragons play their home games in this Spanish city that hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona |
#4245, aired 2003-01-31 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: This southern South American capital city's first European visitor was Pedro de Mendoza in 1536 Buenos Aires |
#4245, aired 2003-01-31 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $1200: This bay between Spain & Brittany is named for the Basques who live on the shore there Bay of Biscay |
#4245, aired 2003-01-31 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: The British looted this Asian capital in 1860, bringing back a dog breed bearing its old name Beijing |
#4245, aired 2003-01-31 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: This Slovakian capital was widely known by the German name Pressburg until after World War I Bratislava |
#4071, aired 2002-04-22 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $400: Providence is the second-most populous city in New England; this city is first Boston |
#4071, aired 2002-04-22 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: The Horn's Grinde is a peak in the northern part of this "dark" German region the Black Forest |
#4071, aired 2002-04-22 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1200: A thoroughfare called the Ramblas connects the harbor & the Place de Catalina in this Spanish port Barcelona |
#4071, aired 2002-04-22 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1600: In 1822 a Portuguese prince declared this South American country's independence Brazil |
#3854, aired 2001-05-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: The first recorded eruption of this Sicilian volcano occurred in about 1500 B.C. Mount Etna |
#3672, aired 2000-07-18 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $800: If he had lived there back in 1000 B.C., Robin Hood might have been "Prince of" this chief city of upper Egypt Thebes |
#3473, aired 1999-10-13 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: This German capital was once the capital of Prussia Berlin |
#3473, aired 1999-10-13 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: Once known as the Escholtz Islands, this atoll in the Marshall Islands was the site of U.S. nuclear tests Bikini |
#3473, aired 1999-10-13 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: Due to summer fog & winter snow, there are few clear days in this north Pacific sea in the Aleutian Basin Bering Sea |
#3473, aired 1999-10-13 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: This country consists of a Muslim-Croat federation & a Serb republic Bosnia |
#3473, aired 1999-10-13 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $800 (Daily Double): This Mississippi port was the capital of the Louisiana Territory for a brief time in the early 1700s Biloxi |
#3403, aired 1999-05-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: It's the Canadian province that borders Idaho British Columbia |
#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 |
#3403, aired 1999-05-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: Since 1969 this Northern Ireland port city of 300,000 has been the site of violent religious conflict Belfast |
#3403, aired 1999-05-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: This city located on the Rhine River became West Germany's capital in 1949 Bonn |
#3403, aired 1999-05-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the capital of Catalonia Barcelona |
#2894, aired 1997-03-13 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: The lowest point in Iran is 92 feet below sea level at the shore of this body of water on its northern border Caspian Sea |
#2402, aired 1995-01-31 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: In 1870 Hazard Stevens & P.B. Van Trump became the first to climb this mountain near Seattle Mount Rainier |
#2377, aired 1994-12-27 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $100: This European capital is located in the historic region of Brandenburg Berlin |
#2377, aired 1994-12-27 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $500: Noted for its sugarcane production, it's the easternmost island of the West Indies Barbados |
#1960, aired 1993-02-26 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $200: In 1961 this city got what the locals called Schandmauer, "Wall of Shame" Berlin |
#1960, aired 1993-02-26 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $400: NATO sits in Brussels & SEATO sat in this Thai city Bangkok |
#1960, aired 1993-02-26 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $600: The Titanic was built in a shipyard in this Northern Ireland city Belfast |
#1494, aired 1991-02-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: This region that includes parts of India & Bangladesh shares its name with a tiger Bengal |
#1494, aired 1991-02-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: The color that describes a German "Forest", South Dakota "Hills" & a Eurasia "Sea" Black |
#1494, aired 1991-02-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: The huge Gateway of India Arch is a landmark in this port city Bombay |
#1494, aired 1991-02-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland, & this is the capital of Northern Ireland Belfast |
#1494, aired 1991-02-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $500: On his 1492 voyage, Columbus landed at what is now San Salvador in this group of islands the Bahamas |
#1, aired 1990-06-16 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: Strait separating Alaska & the Soviet Union the Bering Strait |
#1, aired 1990-06-16 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: The Ganges & Irrawaddy are among the rivers emptying into this large bay the Bay of Bengal |
#1, aired 1990-06-16 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $600: Region of France between the Seine & Marne Valleys famous for its soft white cheese Brie |
#1, aired 1990-06-16 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: Alpine Pass connecting Innsbruck, Austria & Bolzano, Italy the Brenner |
#1, aired 1990-06-16 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: With Hercegovina it forms 1 of Yugoslavia's 6 republics Bosnia |
#1270, aired 1990-02-23 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: It was divided into American, British, French & Soviet sectors in 1945 Berlin |
#1270, aired 1990-02-23 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: The name of this great ancient city can be applied to any wicked & wealthy place Babylon |
#1270, aired 1990-02-23 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: This city covers an area of nearly 7,000 square miles in northeastern China Beijing |
#1270, aired 1990-02-23 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: The Free University of this capital is divided into French- & Flemish-speaking schools Brussels (Belgium) |
#1270, aired 1990-02-23 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $500: Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, it's Canada's oldest national park Banff |
#1186, aired 1989-10-30 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: This countries name means "the land of Bengal" Bangladesh |
#1186, aired 1989-10-30 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: This Canadian province's motto is "Splendor sine occasu", Splendor without diminishment British Columbia |
#1186, aired 1989-10-30 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $600: The capital city where you're most likely to hear the Magyar language Budapest |
#1186, aired 1989-10-30 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: Ships have been disappearing mysteriously in this Atlantic region since the mid 19th century the Bermuda Triangle |
#1186, aired 1989-10-30 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Only about 3,000 people live in Belmopan, the capital of this Central American country Belize |
#1163, aired 1989-09-27 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: Its national anthem is "My Golden Bengal" Bangladesh |
#1163, aired 1989-09-27 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: It's the only Balkan country that fits the category Bulgaria |
#1163, aired 1989-09-27 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $600: This reason of Czechoslovakia was once inhabited by a tribe called the Boi--hence, it's name Bohemia |
#1163, aired 1989-09-27 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: The Sultan of Brunei could tell you that Brunei is on this large island Borneo |
#1163, aired 1989-09-27 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: It's the easternmost island in the West Indies Barbados |
#1097, aired 1989-05-16 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: This famous Roman road built in 312 B.C. is still in use today the Appian Way |
#470, aired 1986-09-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: Pacific atoll where atomic tests weren't itsy-bitsy at all Bikini |
#470, aired 1986-09-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: NBC is in the southwest part, & the actual downtown, "beautiful" or not, is to the east Burbank |
#470, aired 1986-09-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: The "King of the Road"s Maine destination Bangor |
#470, aired 1986-09-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: Southern steel city named for a "sooty" steel center south of Staffordshire Birmingham |
#470, aired 1986-09-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $500: The city on the Spree where East meets West across the "Schandmauer" Berlin |
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