#9025, aired 2024-01-26 | HISTORIC BATTLES $1200: During the Battle of Britain, the air force with this German name tried to smash England's defenses to prep for an invasion the Luftwaffe |
#8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THEY WON THE BATTLE $800: The 1940 Battle of Britain:
this group of aviators the RAF (the Royal Air Force) |
#8835, aired 2023-03-24 | THE FOG OF WAR $1600: "I had no real idea of what was going on", wrote Britain's Admiral Jellicoe after the Battle of Jutland, fought in the fogs of this sea the North Sea |
#8445, aired 2021-07-16 | WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE $600: During the Battle of Britain, brave engineers removed an unexploded bomb that would have devastated this London landmark St. Paul's Cathedral |
#8097, aired 2019-11-19 | HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE $600: Lasting 40 minutes, an 1896 battle between Britain & this island, now part of Tanzania, is considered to be the shortest war Zanzibar |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | BATTLE OF BRITAIN $400: This invader's army defeated Harold II on the Sussex coast in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings William the Conqueror |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | BATTLE OF BRITAIN $800: Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat in the 1746 Battle of Culloden Moor in this country ended hopes of a Stuart restoration Scotland |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | BATTLE OF BRITAIN $1200: The defeat of an invading Saxon army at the Battle of Badon Hill is one of the 12 victories ascribed to this mythic king King Arthur |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | BATTLE OF BRITAIN $1600: 1645's Battle of Naseby was part of this conflict the Civil War |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | BATTLE OF BRITAIN $2,000 (Daily Double): The largest & bloodiest battle of this conflict was 1461's Battle of Towton the War of the Roses |
#6670, aired 2013-09-20 | NEWSMEN $1000: His eyewitness reports of WWII's Battle of Britain marked the coming of age of radio journalism; good night, & good luck Edward R. Murrow |
#6511, aired 2012-12-31 | WORLD WAR II $2000: The Spitfire & this lesser-known "stormy" fighter were the keys to the RAF's victory in the Battle of Britain the Hawker Hurricane |
#6462, aired 2012-10-23 | THE ENGLISH BEAT $800: ...this German Air Force in 1940's Battle of Britain the Luftwaffe |
#6248, aired 2011-11-16 | FRIEZES $1000: An RAF veteran poses with a life-size frieze at the London memorial to this pivotal 1940 battle the Battle of Britain |
#6137, aired 2011-04-26 | BATTLE STARS $3,000 (Daily Double): An unsung star of the Battle of Britain was Robert Watson-Wyatt, developer of this Luftwaffe-detecting system radar |
#5993, aired 2010-10-06 | HISTORIC BATTLES $800: Norman victory in this battle capped the 1st successful invasion of Britain since the Roman conquest 1,000 years before the Battle of Hastings |
#5709, aired 2009-06-04 | THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM $2000: (Alex reads from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.) One of the first history paintings of recent events was Benjamin West's "The Death of" this general at Quebec shortly after his 1759 victory sealed Britain's control over Canada General Wolfe |
#5594, aired 2008-12-25 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $800 (Daily Double): On June 18, 1940 Churchill said, "The battle for France is over" & this "is about to begin" the Battle of Britain |
#5143, aired 2007-01-10 | EDWARD R. MURROW $800: Murrow first gained fame broadcasting from rooftops during this 1940 "Battle" the Battle of Britain |
#5024, aired 2006-06-15 | DEFENDER $1,000 (Daily Double): The strategies of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding helped win this crucial mid-1940 "Battle" the Battle of Britain |
#4826, aired 2005-09-12 | BATTLE STATIONS $2000: The last military clash on mainland Britain, the 1746 Battle of Culloden, routed the forces of this Jacobite prince Bonnie Prince Charlie |
#4675, aired 2004-12-24 | YOU'RE IN FOR A BATTLE $800: In this 1940 battle, a much smaller air force held off 2,500 German planes for many months the Battle of Britain |
#4571, aired 2004-06-21 | WARTIME IMAGES $1600: Seen here is a photo from the Battle of this, which lasted from about June 1940 to April 1941 Britain |
#4494, aired 2004-03-04 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $2000: Stiffen that upper lip...you're going to fight in the Battle of Britain piloting this plane, seen here the Spitfire |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | DISCOVERIES & INVENTIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Robert Watson-Watt's development of this use for radio waves in 1935 helped win the Battle of Britain radar |
#2145, aired 1993-12-24 | MUSEUMS $200: The Royal Air Force Museum in this capital features a Battle of Britain display London |
#2015, aired 1993-05-14 | ODE TO ENGLAND $800: In the P.M.'s chair he was sittin' during the 1940-41 Battle of Britain Churchill |
#1990, aired 1993-04-09 | BATTLES $600: The WWII battle of Britain was an air war between the Royal Air Force & this German one the Luftwaffe |
#1536, aired 1991-04-15 | HISTORY $1000: At the 1801, naval Battle of Copenhagen, Sir Hyde Parker was Britain's first-in-command & he was second Admiral Nelson |
#1370, aired 1990-07-13 | WORLD HISTORY $600: The British were able to fend off the Germans in the Battle of Britain thanks to this warning device radar |
#561, aired 1987-02-02 | BATTLES $200: Term for the 1940-1941 air war over England, or the title of a 1969 film about it "The Battle of Britain" |
#530, aired 1986-12-19 | WORLD WAR II $800: It's said 3 weapons won the Battle of Britain: radar, Churchill's oratory & this fighter plane (the Supermarine) Spitfire |