| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $1200: "A":
You get one set of these alternative forms of genes from mom & one from dad alleles |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $800: Solve the this TV host problem: 3 shut doors, new car-junk-junk. You pick A. He shows you B is junk. Do you switch to C? Monty Hall |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND $4,600 (Daily Double): Waged from 149 to 146 B.C., the Third Punic War resulted in the final destruction of this city & its people's enslavement Carthage |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | YOU HAVE SELECTED REGICIDE $200: 6th c. B.C. assassin Zhuan Zhu spent months learning to prepare & fillet these so he could hide a dagger in one & kill king Liao a fish |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A EUROPEAN VACATION $2000: Take six pals & be seven against this Greek city where you can check out what's left of the circa 1400 B.C. Palace of Cadmus Thebes |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: This age began in Britain around 2500 B.C., led by the Beaker people named for vessels like the one here the Bronze Age |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | GREEK LIFE $2,000 (Daily Double): In the long run, you'll know General Miltiades lost only around 200 men & the Persians, 6,400, in the 5th century B.C. Battle of this Marathon |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | THIS PIECE OF PAPER WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO $1600: The Edict of Cyrus from the mid-500s B.C. insists on tolerance for those conquered by this, Cyrus' empire Persia |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | WHEN IN ANCIENT ROME $200: As a patrician, you could not do this with a plebeian until 445 B.C.'s Lex Canuleia marry |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | WHEN IN ANCIENT ROME $1000: On Sept. 2, 44 B.C. you could take in the first of his 14 Philippic orations; he sure did love to orate, until it got him executed Cicero |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $1000: By 2500 B.C. the Chinese were breeding a special "worm" in order to make thread & garments from this material silk |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | GIRL GROUPS $400: I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want is for you to name this group that included Mel B & Mel C the Spice Girls |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | I'LL REPEAT MYSELF AGAIN, TOO $1200: We'll string you along & say you can "walk the dog" with this item that dates back to the 400s B.C. a yo-yo |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th CENTURY RAIDER? $2000: Attila raided his way deep into the Balkans & was only stopped at this pass where the Persians were stopped in the 400s B.C. Thermopylae |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | HISTORICAL FACTS $3,000 (Daily Double): During the Gladiator or Third Servile War in the 70s B.C., this rebel & his forces gained control over most of southern Italy Spartacus |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | LATIN PHRASES $1600: Julius Caesar summed up his victory in a 47 B.C. campaign with these 3 Latin words "Veni, vidi, vici" |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | THE OLD WEST $800: In the 800s B.C. Assyrian armies began moving west of this 1,700-plus-mile river, eventually conquering most of the Middle East the Euphrates |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | MATH GUYS $400: You get an "A" if you know this mathematician of the 200s B.C. wrote a treatise on centers of gravity Archimedes |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | GET HIM TO THE ANCIENT GREEK $2000: We can give you at least 300 reasons you should know this king of Sparta who headed the Persians off at the pass in 480 B.C. Leonidas |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | HOBBIES $400: Collecting coins can be lucrative if you have one from 44 B.C. minted by Marcus Mettius showing this Roman Julius Caesar |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | AS YOU GO DOWN $200: Guess Nike wasn't taking calls when the 413-404 B.C. Ionian War did not go the way of this city-state Athens |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL $200: (Alley Mills and Dick Christie give the clue as Pamela and Charlie from The Bold and the Beautiful.)
"You go ahead, Charlie, I'll be home in a few hours."
"Pammy, do I need to steal you away like this beautiful Grecian woman abducted by Paris around 1100 B.C." Helen of Troy |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL $1000: (Heather Tom and Thorsten Kaye give the clue as Katie and Ridge from The Bold and the Beautiful.) "Ridge, why are you still concealing the truth?" "Because, Katie, it is our secret to reveal, no one else's. & I'll stand behind that like Leonidas & his 300 men at this famous mountain pass in the 5th century B.C." Thermopylae |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | SHALLOW THOUGHTS $200: Around 500 B.C. Heraclitus said change is constant, so you can't step into the same one of these twice river |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL $400: (Darin Brooks and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood give the clue as Wyatt Spencer and Steffy Forrester from The Bold and the Beautiful.)
"Please, Steffy, I need to be sure."
"Stop talking, Wyatt. You've conquered my heart like this bold warrior king overcoming Persia in 330 B.C." Alexander the Great |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | NOTHING BUT NET $1600: In July 1996 these 3 letters first preceded .ca & you could get online news from P.E.I. to B.C. CBC |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | EVERY CLAIM YOU STAKE $400: In the 300s B.C. he crossed the Hellespont, threw his spear in the soil & claimed all Asia to be his Alexander the Great |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | GREEK HISTORY $1600: In 480 B.C. this son of Darius invaded Greece but the Greek navy defeated him at the Bay of Salamis & he returned to Persia Xerxes |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | KNOW YOUR A‑B‑C's $600: If you're "taken" this, you're disconcerted aback |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | SPEAKING IN CODE $800: If your wife got sick, it was cool to re-wed, but you had to take care of your sick wife until she passed, said his 1700s B.C. code Hammurabi |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | MEDICAL PROBLEMS $800: This viral disease that causes inflammation of the liver has A, B, C, D & E types hepatitis |
| #6719, aired 2013-11-28 | ANCIENT GREEKS $600: This 200s B.C. man demonstrated 467 propositions of plane & solid geometry from axioms & postulates Euclid |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | LETTERS, WE GET LETTERS $400: The 11th letter, it's rarely used in languages that developed from Latin K |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | HUSBANDS $800: Octavia's (we'll give you Gaius Marcellus, whom she married around 54 B.C., but you supply this second hubby) Mark Antony |
| #6230, aired 2011-10-21 | CATCHING A BREAK $200: To signal that you are about to start transmitting a message on one of these, start by saying, "Breaker" a C.B. radio |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?! $200: I died around 965 B.C. & my son Solomon succeeded me as King of Israel David |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | ATHENS IN THE 5th CENTURY B.C. $1600: Themistocles led the Athenians defending against this "great" Persian's invasion in 480 B.C. Xerxes |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | GOD SPELL $400: "To Anacreon In Heaven" mentions this rollicking Roman god's vine
(7 letters) B-A-C-C-H-U-S |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | ARMCHAIR GENERAL $400: I'm all for youth, but can you believe this guy led an army to victory over the Thracians in 340 B.C. at age 16 Alexander the Great |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | A-B-C $400: This adjective describes the fear of small places or being closed in claustrophobic |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | A-B-C $1200: Here's looking at you, kid, if you can tell me this name of Morocco's chief seaport and largest city Casablanca |
| #5935, aired 2010-06-04 | & CROWN THY GOOD $1000: The heroic 480 B.C. death of this king of Sparta at Thermopylae made him famous; c'mon, one of you saw "300", right? Leonidas |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | GET OUTTA TOWN! $2000: If you're in this Phoenician city in 146 B.C.; the Romans are coming, & they say it must be destroyed Carthage |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | B.C. & AFTER $2000: Homo erectus archaeological find on Jakarta's island by an expatriate U.S. photographer Java Man Ray |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $600: From the Latin for "to come round", it's what you do when you want to avoid something circumvent |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $800: If you're on the "horns" of one of these situations with unpleasant options, good luck with your choice dilemma |
| #5725, aired 2009-06-26 | HISTORICAL HOME SHOPPING $1000: Now up, a 4-ton bluestone dating from 2100 B.C. from this English structure! FYI, you pay your own shipping! Stonehenge |
| #5602, aired 2009-01-06 | HOPE YOU STAYED AWAKE IN MATH $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a right triangle on the monitor.) It's the sum of angles B & C 90 degrees |
| #5567, aired 2008-11-18 | YOU'RE HISTORY! $400: Around 1325 B.C. this boy king was buried in a gold mask inside 4 coffins, one of which was made of gold King Tut |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | MUSICAL INITIALS $1600: Maybe more cowbell will help you remember this band whose acronym is B.O.C. Blue Öyster Cult |
| #5322, aired 2007-10-30 | LIKE, IT'S TOTALLY THE VALLEY $1000: Thutmose III was eternally maxin' & relaxin' in this narrow gorge used as a cemetery between 1550 & 1100 B.C. the Valley of the Kings |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | YOU'VE NEVER LOOKED LOVELIER $1,000 (Daily Double): This beautiful & enticing daughter of Leda would have to have lived around 1200 B.C. Helen of Troy |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | EASY AS "A-B-C" $200: The state of being away; you might take a "leave of" one absence |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | DWELLING ON THE PAST $600: You have the impudence to know Caesar waged war against this 4-letter region from 58 to 50 B.C.? Gaul |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | ELEMENTAL, MY DEAR $400: Listen, this reddish-orange metal first used about 5000 B.C., you'll never take me alive, see?! copper |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | HISTORICAL LAW & ORDER PLEAS $400: (Hi, I'm Sam Waterston.) Some say the victim called your name on March 15, 44 B.C. as you & others stabbed him, Governor; 25 to life, no parole Brutus |
| #5137, aired 2007-01-02 | THE FABULOUS LIFE OF... $1000: If you're "as rich as" this 6th century B.C. King of Lydia, the son of Alyattes, you got it goin' on Croesus |
| #5124, aired 2006-12-14 | EPIC POEMS AS COUNTRY SONGS $800: 800s B.C., maybe:
"I might be a long-lost husband, but that don't mean you get my wife" the Odyssey |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | YOU'VE GOT TO FIGHT $400: Talk about an elephant in the room; in 215 Macedonia's Philip V allied with this Carthaginian against Rome Hannibal |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | YOU'VE GOT TO FIGHT $1000: The 421 B.C. Peace of Nicias provided a 6-year break for Athens & Sparta in this war, which then lasted another 11 years the Peloponnesian War |
| #5073, aired 2006-10-04 | YOU'RE HISTORY! $600: In 45 B.C. this Roman's army defeated the 2 sons of Pompey; it would be his final battle Julius Caesar |
| #5000, aired 2006-05-12 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGING $3,600 (Daily Double): 323 B.C.:
chrgd w/impiety. nt ltng thm sin 2x vs. phlsphy. off 2 chalcis. lyceum ltr Aristotle |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | BE B.C. $1,800 (Daily Double): This "great" guy got a gig as governor of Galilee in 47 B.C.; a few years later, he was king of Judea Herod the Great |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | I'VE GOT "ESP" $2,400 (Daily Double): King Xerxes crossed it in 480 B.C. to get to Europe the Hellespont |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | THE PERSONALS $200: 330 B.C.:
At 26, I've conquered Persia... can you conquer my heart? Alexander the Great |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | A, B, C $2000: If you're in "A&R" for a record company, you know it stands for these "and Repertoire" Artists |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | STOP IT, YOU'RE KILLING ME! $400: March 15, 44 B.C.:
Cassius & about 20 other guys take a stab Julius Caesar |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | B.C.'n YOU $400: The legendary emperor Shen Nung has sometimes been "stuck" with the invention of this healing practice acupuncture |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | B.C.'n YOU $800: About 400 B.C. the Persians began knitting these & some of the patterns are still popular today carpets |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | B.C.'n YOU $1200: About 600 B.C. this poet of Lesbos put on quite a show; while reciting her poetry she'd strum a lyre Sappho |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | B.C.'n YOU $1600: Work began circa 2000 B.C. on the Palace at Knossos on this island; centuries later it was still going -- oy, contractors Crete |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | B.C.'n YOU $2000: In the 12th century B.C. these people of Mexico were carving out colossal heads like the one seen here the Olmecs |
| #4510, aired 2004-03-26 | TUNE IN TUNISIA $2,000 (Daily Double): The ancient ruins of this city destroyed in 146 B.C. are just outside the capital city of Tunis Carthage |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | CROSSWORD CLUES "V" $1,000 (Daily Double): A, B, C, D, K
(8) vitamins |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | SPEECH! $1000: Convicted in Athens in 399 B.C. he said, "It is now time to depart -- for me to die, for you to live" Socrates |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | C D "B" $200: You'll need the equipment seen here to play this popular backyard game badminton |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | C D "B" $1000: This weather forecaster can help save you a lot of trouble a barometer |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMEWHERE, B.C. $2,000 (Daily Double): City where you'll find the statue seen here Victoria |
| #4296, aired 2003-04-14 | OF BABYLON $1,000 (Daily Double): Following the capture of King Nabonidus in 539 B.C., this empire completed its conquest of Babylon the Persian Empire |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU $400: Julius Caesar became the leader of this empire in 45 B.C. but was killed just one year later Roman |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU $800: Around 1200 B.C. this Biblical man led his people to Canaan after their escape from slavery Moses |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU $2000: Around 336 B.C., this "great" king of Macedonia began building an empire from Africa to India Alexander |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | BIOLOGY TEST $1000: Experiencing piloerection you have:
(A) hemorrhoids
(B) razor stubble
(C) goose bumps
(D) bed hair goose bumps |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY $800: With the kingdom split, in 920 B.C. you had Rehoboam ruling Judah & Jeroboam ruling this Israel |
| #4014, aired 2002-01-31 | THE LAW $1,200 (Daily Double): In 621 B.C. this Greek introduced Athens' first written code of law; most crimes were punishable by death Draco |
| #3549, aired 2000-01-27 | HISTORIC WEBSITES $400: At www.theacademy.edu in the 380s B.C., you could have a virtual dialogue with this founder Plato |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | BLASTS FROM THE PAST $200: A product of about 20,000 B.C., you'll find the art seen here in this country (cave drawings) France |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | "HIT" OR "MISS" $100: If you write my last name as T-R-E-B-E-C-K, you've just done this misspelled it |
| #3212, aired 1998-07-14 | YOU LOSE! $600: The Persian king Darius III led 250,000 troops to defeat against this man's 47,000 in 331 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | "B.C." $400: At the grocery store, you read the front of the box, but the register reads this jumble of lines Bar code |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | "B.C." $1000: They don't travel as fast as dromedaries; perhaps the second hump slows them down Bactrian camel |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | HAMMERS $400: A 1st century B.C. maxim of Publilius Syrus says it's when you should hammer your iron When it's hot |
| #2764, aired 1996-09-12 | OLD PLACES $200: Lu, an old state in China, could have had a sign, "You are entering Lu, birthplace of this philosopher c. 550 B.C." Confucius |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | "A" "B" "C"s $100: After a day of sunbathing, your mother might tell you you're as "red as" this vegetable a beet |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | "A" "B" "C"s $200: This Oriental pain-relieving method will have you on pins & needles, so to speak acupuncture |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | GRAB BAG $1000: At the Lenai festival in Greece this playwright's "Wasps" won 2nd prize in 422 B.C.; his "Frogs" came in 1st in 405 B.C. Aristophanes |
| #1630, aired 1991-10-04 | MAXIMS & MOTTOS $200: About 500 B.C., this Chinese said, "What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others" Confucius |
| #1216, aired 1989-12-11 | MYTHOLOGY $600: Some say this infamous guard dog had 3 heads; some say he had 50 Cerberus |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | HISTORIC NAMES $300: Cathaginian general who took poison to avoid surrender around 183 B.C. Hannibal |
| #1082, aired 1989-04-25 | RELIGION $400: Believed founded in the 6th-cent. B.C. by Laotzu, this Chinese religion can show you "the way" Taoism |
| #365, aired 1986-01-31 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Called "unattractive & short" he was convicted of corrupting the young in 399 B.C. Socrates |
| #176, aired 1985-05-13 | TESTS $100: Type of test in which you might be asked to select A,B,C, or none of the above a multiple choice test |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | ALPHABET SOUP $1000: In music, the seventh tone in the diatonic scale of C B (or ti) |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | ALPHABET SOUP $400: Caveman comic strip created by Johnny Hart "B.C." |
| #2, aired 1984-09-11 | SPORTS $200: The Greeks reckoned time from this event, first held in Olympia in 776 B.C. the Olympics |
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