| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ENDS IN "IX" $1600: This comic book hero who battles the Romans with his pal Obelix was introduced in 1959 Asterix |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | HISTORIC BATTLES $400: The first major combat engagement for helicopter-transported U.S. troops was the battle of Ia Drang in this conflict the Vietnam War |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | HISTORIC BATTLES $800: 490 B.C.'s Battle of Marathon showed the Greeks for the first time that they could defeat a force of this mighty empire the Persian Empire |
| #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 |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | HISTORIC BATTLES $1600: A cavalry force of 3,000 Polish Hussars helped break the 1683 Siege of Vienna by forces of this empire & to win the ensuing battle the Ottoman Empire |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | HISTORIC BATTLES $2000: In 1862's Battle of Fredericksburg, Union troops crossed this long-named Virginia river, then may have wished they hadn't the Rappahannock River |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | PODCASTS $600 (Daily Double): "5-4" is a podcast that calls itself an "occasionally profane take on the ideological battles" of this federal body the Supreme Court |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | I DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS $400: In the 13th c., mock battles of armed horsemen called mêlées began to give way to this related lance-a-lot sport joust |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SECEDE... $2000: This nation has fought several battles over territory with Ethiopia since seceding from it in 1993 Eritrea |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 4 LETTERS, ENDS IN "Y" $2000: This ancient scholar wrote a 142-volume history of Rome that includes accounts of the battles against Hannibal Livy |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | A BIRTHDAY TO REMEMBER $200: Her 1962 rendition of "Happy Birthday" included "Thanks, Mr. Pres., for all the things you've done, the battles that you've won" Marilyn Monroe |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | ATLANTIC ISLANDS $400: East Falkland is the larger of the 2 of that name & in 1982 was the scene of battles between these 2 nations Great Britain & Argentina |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | BIG BATTLES $400: This pivotal July 1863 battle is depicted here Gettysburg |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | BIG BATTLES $800: Boosting morale, Washington's troops defeated a force of these mercenaries at the Battle of Trenton in 1776 the Hessians |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | BIG BATTLES $1200: Fought from Feb. to Dec. with 700,000 casualties, the Battle of Verdun was the longest of this war World War I |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | BIG BATTLES $1600: 1709's Battle of Poltava in Ukraine saw this czar lead an army to victory over Sweden, spurring the rise of the Russian Empire Peter the Great |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | BIG BATTLES $3,000 (Daily Double): Joan of Arc's victory over the English at this French city in 1429 was a turning point in the Hundred Years' War Orleans |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | GEOGRAPHY THAT MADE HISTORY $1000: You can visit the Central High School National Historic Site at 2120 West Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive in this city Little Rock |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | TV CARTOON VILLAINS $600: As the founder & leader of the Decepticons on "Transformers", this robot villain waged epic battles with the Autobots Megatron |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | HISTORY $400: The Battles of Queenston Heights & Lake Erie were both fought during this war the War of 1812 |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | HISTORIC SECONDS $1600: In 1862 the second of these Virginia battles took place 13 months after the first & ended the same way, with a Confederate victory Bull Run |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | THE 50 STATES $800: Antietam, one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, was fought in this state Maryland |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | SUCH A PEASANT LIFE $800: Our lord's away fighting again, across the channel in the battles of Blanchetaque & Caen; hope this war is over soon a Hundred Years' War |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | POETS $400: Poetic insult contests called flyting, basically 15th c. rap battles, are parodied in this Scottish poet's "To a Louse" (Robert) Burns |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | ANCIENT WARFARE $2000: These two formations--one Greek & one Roman, met a few times; the masked Greeks won the early battles, & the more flexible Romans the latter the phalanx & the legion |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | HISTORIC PAIRS $400: Levi Preston gained fame for fighting in both these Massachusetts battles on April 19, 1775, but actually fought in neither Lexington & Concord |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | THOMAS HOBBES $200: Hobbes said life was "nasty, brutish, & short" in a state of this, which doesn't just mean battles but "every man against every man" war |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | HUNTER/GATHERER $1000: During World War I Army General Hunter Liggett & his I corps prevailed at the battles of the Meuse & of this forest the Argonne Forest |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | "LOVE" $800: A 1578 work seems to be the source of this idiom that says when it comes to romance & battles, anything goes all's fair in love and war |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | WAITER, THERE'S A BUG IN MY MOVIE $800: 2002,
desert battles in the ancient world:
"The ____ King" Scorpion |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | IDIOMS $600: One theory says to flip this, meaning to change things around, came from rap battles; it's used in "8 Mile" the script |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | BATTLES $400: Engagements during this conflict included the Battles of Old Baldy & Heartbreak Ridge Korea (the Korean War) |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | BATTLES $1200: Mexico had much to celebrate after defeating French forces at the Battle of Puebla, fought on this date in 1862 the 5th of May |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | BATTLES $1600: Also called the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, this battle in Tennessee was one of the Civil War's bloodiest Shiloh |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | BATTLES $2000: Kamikaze attacks were first used during the October 1944 battle of this gulf in the Central Philippines Leyte Gulf |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | BATTLES $3,000 (Daily Double): The Battle of Zama, a defeat for Hannibal, ended the second of these wars the Punic Wars |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: 2 important World War I battles were named for this river that joins the Seine near Paris the Marne |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | ACTION FIGURES $400: In a tune by the Flaming Lips, Yoshimi battles some pink these; "she's a black belt in karate" robots |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | BOYS $1600: The son of actors Dennis & Meg, he battles abusive superheroes on TV's "The Boys" Jack Quaid |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | HISTORICAL PAIRS $800: Ten days after these paired 1775 battles in Massachusetts, Amos Doolittle visited the towns & created vivid engravings Lexington & Concord |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | WAR, AMERICAN STYLE $200: The battles of Bennington, Brandywine & Saratoga all occurred in the same year during this war the Revolutionary War |
| #8240, aired 2020-09-18 | ADVICE FROM THE SIDELINES $400: "Armchair" this military official is a publication using hindsight to replay famous battles General |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | HISTORY OF HUNGARY $100 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from , Szentendre, Hungary at the Hungarian Open Air Museum.) For centuries, Hungary was on the front lines of Christian Europe's battles with Eastern invaders; the Mongols came through in the 1200s, and this empire occupied much of the country from 1541 to 1699 the Ottomans |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | "EL" OR "LA" $1600: In 1942 British troops fought the Germans in 2 major battles named for this Egyptian coastal town El Alamein |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES $400: In 2019 Norway agreed to give back items taken from Easter Island by this Kon-Tiki explorer (Thor) Heyerdahl |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES $800: Tension exists between Egypt & the British Museum over the return of this stone, taken from Egypt in 1801 the Rosetta Stone |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES $1200: The U.K.'s Coronation Chair feels a little lonelier without this rock, returned to Scotland in 1996 Stone of Scone |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES $1600: This rhyming craft-supply chain got in hot water recently after purchasing artifacts that were smuggled out of Iraq Hobby Lobby |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES $2000: In 2017 South Korea returned stolen dinosaur fossils, including the Tarbosaurus bataar, to this Asian country Mongolia |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | HISTORY BOOKS $2,000 (Daily Double): A look at great historic clashes, Philip Sabin's "Lost Battles" includes this 490 B.C. battle the Persians lost to the Greeks Marathon |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | BOOK TITLES $1000: Stephen Crane considered calling this work "Private Fleming: His Various Battles" The Red Badge of Courage |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | ANCIENT BATTLES $400: This man defeated Vercingetorix at the 52 B.C. Battle of Alesia, & Gaul was Rome's Julius Caesar |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | ANCIENT BATTLES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of a battle on the monitor.) At the decisive 331 B.C. Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the Great's phalanxes opened ranks to let these wheeled Persian weapons pass through, then wipe them out chariots |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | ANCIENT BATTLES $1600: Cleopatra's galleys fled at the Battle of Actium, a victory for this soon-to-be emperor's fleet Octavian |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | ANCIENT BATTLES $2000: Muwatallis, not Uriah, led these people against the Egyptians in the 1274 B.C. Battle of Kadesh the Hittites |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | ANCIENT BATTLES $3,500 (Daily Double): Horses were terrified of these war beasts, which routed Roman cavalry at the 280 B.C. Battle of Heraclea elephants |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | THOSE WHO IGNORE HISTORY $2000: In World War I Italy attacked this northeast neighbor in 12--yes, 12--battles of the Isonzo River & got whupped repeatedly Austria |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | AN EPIC $400: The epic board game "Paths of Glory" allows you to reimagine battles from this war like Verdun & Gallipoli World War I |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | STATE FACTS $200: Numbering about 100, large & small, more battles were fought in New Jersey than in any other state during this war the Revolutionary |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY BATTLES $400: This singer beat Counting Crows in 1995--& she has one of those birds in her name Sheryl Crow |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY BATTLES $800: In 2000 the Grammy went to Christina Aguilera over this female fellow Mousketeer Britney Spears |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY BATTLES $1200: USA! USA! USA! In 2011 Esperanza Spalding beat out these 2 Canadians, a teen star & a rapper Drake and Justin Bieber |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY BATTLES $1600: In 2009 Duffy was beaten by this woman, also a deep-voiced Brit known by a 5-letter name Adele |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY BATTLES $2000: This real "Superstar" brother/sister act beat the less-than-real Partridge Family in 1971 the Carpenters |
| #7891, aired 2018-12-24 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) The first major museum dedicated to the American Revolution officially opened its doors on April 19, 2017--the 242nd anniversary of the start of the war, and the opening battles of these two towns Lexington and Concord |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | SHORE LINES $200: "From" here "to the shores of Tripoli; we fight our country's battles in the air, on land, and sea" the halls of Montezuma |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This word for a type of contest began in mock battles as groups rotated in unison to attack the opposition tournament |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: A British effort to march on Concord & destroy colonial guns & ammo led to the first battle of the war, in April of this year 1775 |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: The Battle of Rhode Island ended inconclusively after this country, our new ally, withdrew its fleet for repairs France |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $600: In May of 1780, the British captured this Southern city, forcing the surrender of 3,000 American soldiers Charleston |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1,000 (Daily Double): In the Battle of Nassau, Continental Marines raided these islands for supplies the Bahamas |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | IT WAS 10 MILES $600: Not one but 2 Civil War battles took place at Cold Harbor, a mere 10 miles from this Confederate capital Richmond |
| #7791, aired 2018-06-25 | THAT TITLE IS SO CLICHÉ $2000: Songs from this pop star's 2013 album "Prism" include "Walking On Air", "It Takes Two" & "Choose Your Battles" Katy Perry |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | THE CIVIL WAR $800: In August 1862 the Yanks got beaten near this Virginia creek for the second time in a little over a year Bull Run |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | THESE ARE DAYS $600: A state holiday in Massachusetts & Maine, Patriots' Day is the third Monday in April, in honor of these 2 battles Lexington and Concord |
| #7736, aired 2018-04-09 | ROWLING ADMISSIONS $800: Rowling revealed she created these cloaked Azkaban guards after her own battles with depression dementors |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | BATTLES $400: There were no casualties in this April 12-14, 1861 engagement that got the Civil War going Fort Sumter |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | BATTLES $800: Losing 1282's Battle of Orewin Bridge saw this kingdom led by Llywelyn Ap Gruffudd fall to the English Wales |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | BATTLES $1600: At the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C., this Spartan king led the stalwart defenders King Leonidas |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | BATTLES $2,000 (Daily Double): The December 2001 siege of Tora Bora took place in this nation Afghanistan |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | BATTLES $2000: The 1526 Battle of Panipat saw Chief Babur defeat Sultan Ibrahim & thus begin this 2-century Muslim empire in India the Mughal empire |
| #7691, aired 2018-02-05 | "R"IVERS $2000: The name of this Virginia river where many Civil War battles took place is Algonquin for "rise & fall of water" the Rappahannock |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $2000: Major battles in this state included Kings Mountain & a cattle-grazing area known as Cowpens South Carolina |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: (Alex presents the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) The powder horn belonged to one of 10,000 African-Americans who fought at battles like Monmouth in this war; to them, liberty was not just an abstract concept, but something they personally craved and hoped would be granted by the winning side, and in some cases, it was the American Revolution |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: King Charles XII of this nation was a boy military genius who won battles against Russia, Poland & Denmark in the 1700s Sweden |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | ANCIENT BATTLES $400: In 66 A.D. victory by Jewish forces over a Roman army at Beth-Horon led to a brief liberation of this capital city Jerusalem |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | ANCIENT BATTLES $800: This commander's victory over Pompey in 48 B.C. at Pharsalus took him to the pinnacle of power Julius Caesar |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | ANCIENT BATTLES $1,000 (Daily Double): Defeat at the 207 B.C. Battle of the Metaurus River ended this man's efforts to conquer Italy Hannibal |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | ANCIENT BATTLES $1200: 7,000 Thebans at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 B.C. broke the power this Greek city had enjoyed for a generation Sparta |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | ANCIENT BATTLES $2000: It was Cor vs. Cor when this most northerly of the Ionian islands took on Corinth in ancient Greece's first naval battle Corfu (or Corcyra) |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | TV IS REALLY COOKING $600: Chairman Kaga oversaw culinary "battles" that were held in Kitchen Stadium on this show Iron Chef |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | DOCTORS WITHIN BORDERS $4,000 (Daily Double): In South Sudan Abdinasir Abubakar battles this water-borne infection that's caused 7 pandemics since 1800 cholera |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | BATTLES $200: The American Revolution began in April 1775 with the battles of these 2 Massachusetts towns Lexington & Concord |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | BATTLES $400: The name of this 1815 battle has come to mean a decisive defeat Waterloo |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | BATTLES $600: This battle fought in Maryland in 1862 was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War Antietam |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | BATTLES $800: In Shakespeare, before this battle Henry V rallies his troops, calling them "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Agincourt |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | BATTLES $1000: World War II's largest naval engagement was the 1944 battle of this Philippine gulf Leyte |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | BATTLES IN THE WAR $200: Cowpens &
Trenton the Revolutionary War |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | BATTLES IN THE WAR $400: Goose Green &
Darwin,
in 1982 the Falkland War |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | BATTLES IN THE WAR $600: Las Guasimas &
San Juan Hill the Spanish-American War |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | BATTLES IN THE WAR $800: Balaklava &
Sevastopol the Crimean War |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | BATTLES IN THE WAR $1000: St. Albans &
Towton
(near York) the Wars of the Roses |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $2000: An alcoholic ex-football star named Brick battles his brother for his father's fortune in this 1955 play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #7008, aired 2015-02-18 | I DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS $400: In the 13th c., mock battles of armed horsemen called melees began to give way to this related lance-a-lot sport jousting |
| #7007, aired 2015-02-17 | ANGELS $5,000 (Daily Double): In the Bible Gabriel & Michael are 2 of these 7 special beings used by God to send messages & fight battles archangels |
| #6997, aired 2015-02-03 | A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA $400: Land battles in this war involving the United States were fought mainly in Canada the War of 1812 |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | PIZZA, BEER & BALLGAMES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gets ready to chow down on a slice at Gino's East Pizza in Chicago.) A 2012 Bloomberg piece featured this mayor enjoying a slice of Gino's with business leaders for what the piece called a distinctly Chicago take on partisan battles & innovation in the Windy City Rahm Emanuel |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | ENTERTAINMENT $400: Small-town cop Rick Grimes battles hordes of the deceased as this comic book series begins The Walking Dead |
| #6974, aired 2015-01-01 | EUROPEAN RULERS $1600: This country's Afonso V, a nephew of Henry the Navigator, was called "the African" for his Morocco battles Portugal |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | HERALDRY $800 (Daily Double): Battles have been used in heraldry since at least the 18th century; this admiral's coat of arms depicted the Battle of the Nile Lord Nelson |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | THE CIVIL WAR $0: The battles of Shiloh & Collierville were fought in this state Tennessee |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | ON YOUTUBE $800: Many saw Mozart & Skrillex locked in an "Epic" one of these "Battles of History" rap |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | THAT'S ALL IN THE PAST $1000: Lasting 16 years longer than you'd think, this war was won by the French, though England won most of the battles the Hundred Years War |
| #6837, aired 2014-05-13 | WON THE BATTLE, LOST THE WAR $200: In the Austro-Prussian War, "Austro" won a few battles, but this prime minister won the war Bismarck |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | HISTORIC BATTLES $400: Francisco Pizarro's defeat of this empire at Cajamarca in 1532 led to the conquest of most of South America the Inca |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | HISTORIC BATTLES $800: At Zama in 202 B.C., he sent 80 elephants charging into Roman ranks but lost the battle Hannibal |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | HISTORIC BATTLES $1200: In what's known as the Battle of this town, William defeated Harold II at Senlac Hill some 7 miles away the Battle of Hastings |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | HISTORIC BATTLES $1600: Mao Tse-tung's victory over this Nationalist leader's army at Huai-hai in 1948 led to the Communist takeover of China Chiang Kai-shek |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | HISTORIC BATTLES $2,000 (Daily Double): The U.S. Marines' 6-month battle for this island in the Solomons helped secure American air superiority in the Pacific Guadalcanal |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | CARNIVAL KNOWLEDGE $2000: It's pleasant to watch the flower battles at this French Riviera resort city's huge annual carnival parade Nice |
| #6700, aired 2013-11-01 | BOOKS' SUBTITLES $1600: Anthony Swofford:
"A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles" Jarhead |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | FEEL NOT-SO-GOOD MOVIES $400: A boxer who was never quite a contender battles a union boss; his brother is killed, & he gets beaten up On the Waterfront |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | GETTING MEDIEVAL ON YOU $1600: Knights fought for fun in mock battles called this, now a term for the contest you're in tournament |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA $800: One of the Civil War's last battles was fought in May 1865 near the mouth of the Rio Grande in this state Texas |
| #6436, aired 2012-09-17 | NAME THAT WAR $400: The 3 Battles of Ypres World War I |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | CANTERBURY TALES TELLERS $2,000 (Daily Double): The teller of the first tale, he's participated in several battles of the great crusades the knight |
| #6408, aired 2012-06-27 | THE RIVER OF HISTORY $2000: Many Civil War battles had 1 name from a river & 1 from a settlement, as in Stones River/Murfreesboro in this state Tennessee |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | "HALF" BAKED $800: This flag custom may have begun at the end of naval battles; today it's done to show respect to the recently departed flying it at half-staff |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | LITERARY NARRATORS $600: The narrator of David Foster Wallace's "The Pale King" battles boredom at this agency's Regional Examination Center the IRS |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | THE MOGULS & THE MOVIES $1200: The moguls proved their patriotism with movies like this one, in which Bogey battles Germans in the title desert Sahara |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | BATTLES $400: The Battle of Hydaspes in 326 B.C. opened the way for this conqueror to enter India Alexander the Great |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | BATTLES $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew explains an illustration on a monitor.) There's the Duke of Wellington's Line, & happily for Napoleon, here come Marshall Von Blucher's 61,000 troops to this 1815 battle Waterloo |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | BATTLES $1600: U.S. success got the 1944 battle of this national-named sea the nickname "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" the Philippine Sea |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | BATTLES $2000: After the Battle of Fort Stevens, Jubal Early said, "We didn't take Washington, but we scared" this man "like hell" (Abe) Lincoln |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | BATTLES $5,000 (Daily Double): Crecy in 1346 is believed to be the first European battle where this substance was used; business was booming gunpowder |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: Although the war began in April 1861, no major battles were fought until this one in Virginia 3 months later First Manassas (or Bull Run) |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | THE 16th CENTURY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Of the 27,000 men who left La Coruna in July 1588, more than half perished in voyage in battles of this 2-word military group the Spanish Armada |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | COMIC BOOK VILLAINY $1000: This blind hero, the "man without fear", had several notable battles with Bullseye, an uncanny marksman Daredevil |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | HISTORIC BATTLES $200: Steel & horses helped the Spanish conquer this empire in a single battle at Cajamarca, Peru in 1532 the Incan Empire |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | HISTORIC BATTLES $400: "Colonel William Prescott, June 17, 1775", reads the inscription memorializing this Boston battle the Battle of Bunker Hill |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | HISTORIC BATTLES $600: The national monument honoring this battle covers 765 rolling acres in southern Montana the Little Big Horn |
| #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 |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | HISTORIC BATTLES $1000: The Ottoman Turks' failed siege of this European capital in 1529 marked the limit of the Islamic advance westward Vienna, Austria |
| #5960, aired 2010-07-09 | SOUNDS LIKE A NEW POKEMON $800: Scimitar could help you win some battles: it's a type of this a sword |
| #5955, aired 2010-07-02 | ANTEBELLUM ROBERT E. LEE $800: During this war Lee distinguished himself at the siege of Veracruz & other battles the Mexican War |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | HISTORIC PLACES $800: 2 battles near this "Springs" city of upstate N.Y. are often called the turning point of the American Revolution Saratoga Springs |
| #5927, aired 2010-05-25 | FANCY A BRITISH DATE? $200: Pinkie Cleugh on Sept. 10, 1547 was the last of the battles between the royal armies of England & this neighbor Scotland |
| #5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $800: In this Monty Python film, King Arthur battles a very, very determined Black Knight Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #5684, aired 2009-04-30 | BATTLES OF THE BULGE $800: After visiting the Angel Network on her website, check out her weight loss health eating section Oprah |
| #5684, aired 2009-04-30 | BATTLES OF THE BULGE $1200: In 2008 Esquire wrote that this "Wedding Crashers" actor looked like himself, only bigger Vince Vaughn |
| #5684, aired 2009-04-30 | BATTLES OF THE BULGE $1600: Since losing 40 pounds on Jenny Craig, she said she can finally go on tour like her son Wolfie Valerie Bertinelli |
| #5684, aired 2009-04-30 | BATTLES OF THE BULGE $2000: This star of HBO's "Extras" refuses to diet & prefers to buy new clothes every few months when he gains weight Ricky Gervais |
| #5658, aired 2009-03-25 | BATTLES BY PRESENT-DAY COUNTRY $200: Con Thien ambush, Hamburger Hill Vietnam |
| #5658, aired 2009-03-25 | BATTLES BY PRESENT-DAY COUNTRY $400: Sedan, Crecy France |
| #5658, aired 2009-03-25 | BATTLES BY PRESENT-DAY COUNTRY $600: The Battle of the Piave River, Anzio Italy |
| #5658, aired 2009-03-25 | BATTLES BY PRESENT-DAY COUNTRY $800: The Battle of the Boyne, the Easter Rising Ireland |
| #5658, aired 2009-03-25 | BATTLES BY PRESENT-DAY COUNTRY $1000: The Battle of Arnhem, the Siege of Haarlem the Netherlands |
| #5605, aired 2009-01-09 | OLD KING $2000: The XII Swedish king of this name led & won many battles in the 18th century's "Great Northern War" Charles |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | REELIN' IN THE YEARS $800: The battles of Saratoga & Bennington were in this year, not the title of a musical 1777 |
| #5566, aired 2008-11-17 | AN "F" IN HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): On July 3, 1754 Fort Necessity was surrendered in one of the first battles in this 9-year war the French & Indian War |
| #5545, aired 2008-10-17 | WARS BY BATTLES $400: Leyte Gulf,
Kursk World War II |
| #5545, aired 2008-10-17 | WARS BY BATTLES $800: Inchon,
Pusan the Korean War |
| #5545, aired 2008-10-17 | WARS BY BATTLES $1200: Passchendaele,
Somme World War I |
| #5545, aired 2008-10-17 | WARS BY BATTLES $2,000 (Daily Double): Balaklava,
Inkerman the Crimean War |
| #5545, aired 2008-10-17 | WARS BY BATTLES $2000: Amphipolis,
Syracuse the Peloponnesian War |
| #5501, aired 2008-07-07 | WAR $1000: Austerlitz was one of the major battles in the wars named for this man Napoleon |
| #5453, aired 2008-04-30 | BATTLES $200: The defeat of this city's invasion force at Syracuse in 413 B.C. was the beginning of its end & the start of Sparta's rise Athens |
| #5453, aired 2008-04-30 | BATTLES $400: This foolhardy "charge" took place at 1854's Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War the Charge of the Light Brigade |
| #5453, aired 2008-04-30 | BATTLES $800: England's King Harold II lost the all-important Battle of Hastings in this year 1066 |
| #5453, aired 2008-04-30 | BATTLES $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 490 B.C. battle of this plain, the Greeks ran up their first important victory over the Persians Marathon |
| #5453, aired 2008-04-30 | BATTLES $1000: "2 ships, 2 brigs, 1 schooner & 1 sloop" were the fleet defeated in this battle in the War of 1812 the Battle of Lake Erie |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | WINTER SPORTS & GAMES $200: In 2006 Michigan Tech staged one of these fun winter battles with 3,762 participants a snowball fight |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | U.S. CITIES $1000: One of the last Civil War battles took place near what is now this "colorful" city at Texas' southern tip Brownsville |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | THE CIVIL WAR $2,000 (Daily Double): This city in Northern Virginia was the site of 2 battles known in the North as the Battles of Bull Run Manassas |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | A CHARLIE IN THE BOX $800: Occasionally called Chuck, this comics character had violent battles with his local "kite-eating tree" Charlie Brown |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | BATTLES THAT CHANGED HISTORY $400: Remnants of the falling Roman Empire somehow halted an invasion by this man & his Huns in 451 A.D. near Chalons Attila |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | BATTLES THAT CHANGED HISTORY $800: The annihilation of 3 legions at Teutoburger Wald in 9 A.D. made this German river the limit of Roman expansion the Rhine |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | BATTLES THAT CHANGED HISTORY $1600: Despite a decisive victory over a Viking invasion just 3 weeks before, he lost the Battle of Hastings in 1066 Harold |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | BATTLES THAT CHANGED HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): The end of this handsome Stuart prince's rebellion was the April 16, 1746 Battle of Culloden Bonnie Prince Charlie |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | BATTLES THAT CHANGED HISTORY $2000: At the Battle of Tours in 732 A.D. this French leader "hammered" the Muslims, halting their conquest of Europe Charles Martel |
| #5358, aired 2007-12-19 | BIBLICAL WARRIORS $2000: Saul & this son of his won many battles against the Philistines, but both died at the Battle of Mt. Gilboa Jonathan |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | "G" WHIZ $400: Battles between these fighters in the Roman Colosseum were stopped in 404 A.D. the gladiators |
| #5336, aired 2007-11-19 | WOLF GANG $400: In a 12th century beast epic, Isengrim is a wolf who battles against the sneaky Reynard, one of these animals a fox |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | STEIN TIME $2000: Bohemian General Albrecht von Wallenstein won decisive battles during this decades-long 17th century war the Thirty Years War |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION $200: Saratoga & Yorktown are famous battles in this revolution the American Revolution |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $1200: No "bull"--this Fleet Admiral who won many battles during WWII was buried at Arlington in 1959 Halsey |
| #5096, aired 2006-11-06 | WAR MOVIES $800: This Stanley Kubrick film follows a group of Marines from basic training to bloody battles in Vietnam Full Metal Jacket |
| #5096, aired 2006-11-06 | THE DIRTY DOZEN $2000: Nennius famously lists Badon, Agned, Guinnion & Dubglas among this legendary king's 12 messy battles Arthur |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | AT THE MOVIES $200: 1980:
Jake LaMotta battles his way to the middleweight title Raging Bull |
| #5077, aired 2006-10-10 | FDR $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the FDR Presidential Library.) FDR collected these watercolors of the naval battles with this country in 1846-47 Mexico |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | NON-BOND CONNERY $2000: 1976:
After returning home from the Crusades, Sean battles the Sheriff of Nottingham Robin and Marian |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | SUPERHERO BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Whitman "Leaves of Grass" poetic entry that, with patriotic shield in hand, battles the Red Skull "O Captain! My Captain! America" |
| #4943, aired 2006-02-22 | LITERARY SUBTITLES $1600: Anthony Swofford:
"A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles" Jarhead |
| #4901, aired 2005-12-26 | STATE OF THE UNION $600: Numerous Revolutionary War battles were fought in this state New York |
| #4894, aired 2005-12-15 | MY FAVORITE FILMS $800: In this 1979 film the talented Ms. Ripley battles an outer-space menace Alien |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | TAKE A MICHIGANDER AT THIS $2000: Before "Stella Got Her Groove Back", this Port Huron-born author overcame battles wtih drugs & alcohol Terry McMillan |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | FICTIONAL BATTLES & WARS $400: The war between the Big-Endians and the Small-Endians is described in this character's "Travels" Gulliver |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | FICTIONAL BATTLES & WARS $800: The battle of Helm's Deep figures in this second book of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy The Two Towers |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | FICTIONAL BATTLES & WARS $1,500 (Daily Double): The Battle of the Cowshed & the Battle of the Windmill are waged in this 1945 work Animal Farm |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | FICTIONAL BATTLES & WARS $1600: Juan Rico joins the mobile infantry to fight in the war against the invading alien "bugs" in this Heinlein novel Starship Troopers |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | FICTIONAL BATTLES & WARS $2000: A battle for this planet between Paul Atreides' forces & those of the Emperor is at the heart of the "Dune" books Arrakis |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | THE GREAT & NEAR-GREAT $1,400 (Daily Double): In his effort to unite his nation, he won battles at Calatafimi & Milazzo in 1860 Garibaldi |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | MOVIE & TV MONSTERS $800: This "Mighty Morphin" group battles against monsters & demons unleashed by Queen Bansheera the Power Rangers |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | SPORTS MOVIES $400: 1980:
A self-destructive middleweight boxing champ battles in & out of the ring Raging Bull |
| #4669, aired 2004-12-16 | McCLURE'S MAGAZINE $700 (Daily Double): McClure's sent William Glackens to this island in 1898 to provide illustrations of the battles Cuba |
| #4628, aired 2004-10-20 | NICK BEFORE NIGHT $400: The half-boy, half-ghost seen here battles the paranormal at Casper High on this series Danny Phantom (Danny Fenton accepted) |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | ASIAN HISTORY $1000: This Brit's battles at Assaye & Argaom in India prepared him for Napoleon Wellington |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | THE "7"-YEAR ITCH $400: Real, not academic, battles were fought at Bennington & Princeton in this Revolutionary War year 1777 |
| #4535, aired 2004-04-30 | RING ANNOUNCER $400: (Michael Buffer) Chief god of Valhalla, also known as Lord of Men & God of Battles Odin |
| #4503, aired 2004-03-17 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $800: Stephen Crane gathered material for this 1895 novel by reading "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" The Red Badge of Courage |
| #4481, aired 2004-02-16 | YOUR PARENTS' DATE MOVIES $1200: In "The Spy Who Loved Me", this hero battles a steel-toothed villain named Jaws James Bond |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | NAVAL BATTLES $400: On March 9, 1862 these 2 ironclads fought for 4 hours with neither ship receiving much damage the Monitor & the Merrimac |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | NAVAL BATTLES $800: In this 1805 battle Lord Nelson split Admiral Villeneuve's fleet in half & then proceeded to destroy each half Trafalgar |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | NAVAL BATTLES $1600: The 1st extensively recorded naval battle was in 480 B.C. at Salamis where this Greek city-state beat the Persians Athens |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | NAVAL BATTLES $2,000 (Daily Double): In a 1588 battle this fleet commanded by Medina Sidonia lost 63 ships due to high winds & the British navy the Spanish Armada |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | NAVAL BATTLES $2000: The U.S. lost the destroyer Hammann & the aircraft carrier Yorktown in this June 1942 battle in the north Pacific Midway |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | THE CIVIL WAR $1000: The Battles of Bull Run were known by this name in the Confederacy Manassas |
| #4383, aired 2003-10-01 | MILITARY HISTORY $1600: In 1917 the British battled this nation's army in the 3 Battles of Gaza Turkey |
| #4367, aired 2003-09-09 | HEADLINE NEWS 1899 $800 (Daily Double): General Arthur MacArthur battles rebels in this Asian country the Philippines |
| #4355, aired 2003-07-04 | "SOUTH"ERN SITES $400: More American Revolutionary War battles were fought in this state than in any other South Carolina |
| #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 |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | HISTORIC BATTLES $400: Once called Tsaritsyn, this city resisted a bloody 6-month siege by the Germans during World War II Stalingrad |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | HISTORIC BATTLES $800: During an 1884-85 revolt, an entire garrison led by Charles George Gordon was massacred in this capital city Khartoum |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | HISTORIC BATTLES $1200: A stunning victory in the Oct. 1415 Battle of this village opened the way for Henry V's reconquest of Normandy Agincourt |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | HISTORIC BATTLES $1600: Shattering the myth of Japanese invincibility, U.S. Marines stormed this island in the Solomons on August 7, 1942 Guadalcanal |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | HISTORIC BATTLES $2000: Site of a decisive Sept. 1863 battle, this Georgia river takes its name from an Indian word meaning "river of death" Chickamauga |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES $400: The Battle of Cowpens was fought in a cattle-grazing area in the north of this "Palmetto State" South Carolina |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES $800: The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in this town, now a part of Boston Charlestown |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES $1200: French troops under the Comte de Rochambeau helped secure victory in this last major battle of the war Yorktown |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES $1600: Freeman's Farm & Bemis Heights are also known as the 1st & 2nd battles of this place, a turning point in the war Saratoga |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES $2000: Only darkness saved General Washington's troops from complete defeat at this creek near Chadds Ford, Penn. Brandywine |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | THAT '70s NEWS $1200: One of history's largest tank battles ever was fought in 1973 in the Golan Heights between these 2 countries Israel & Syria |
| #4277, aired 2003-03-18 | "IN" THE MOVIES $2000: 1967:
James Coburn battles a secret society of women plotting to take over the world In Like Flint |
| #4270, aired 2003-03-07 | THOSE FUNNY EUROPEANS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Rome.) Romans used to flood the Piazza Navona mainly to stage mock versions of these naval battles |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | NEW VIDEO GAMES $1000: In battles in the game based on this Oscar-winning film, you probably have to use the "Far East" button on your control Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | RIVERS $1000: During WWI 2 famous battles were fought near this river, the largest branch of the Seine the Marne |
| #4128, aired 2002-07-10 | PERIOD $800: Because there were few political battles during James Monroe's administration, it was known as this "Era" the Era of Good Feelings |
| #4030, aired 2002-02-22 | PUT YOUR FLEET UP $800: By flooding it, large mock naval battles were often held in this largest Roman amphitheater Colosseum |
| #4030, aired 2002-02-22 | PUT YOUR FLEET UP $2000: In one of the largest naval battles ever, over 250 ships took part in the 1916 battle off this Danish peninsula Jutland |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | BATTLES $200: Antietam, Atlanta & Chickamauga were battles during this war Civil War |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | BATTLES $400: This country's revolution was fought, among other places, at Valmy & Wattignies France |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | BATTLES $600: The Battles of San Juan & Santiago were featured in this late 19th century war Spanish-American War |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | BATTLES $800: Tewksbury & St. Albans were picked as battle sites in this floral series Wars of the Roses |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | BATTLES $1000: The Battles of Missolonghi & Navarino helped win this country its independence from Turkey Greece |
| #3989, aired 2001-12-27 | HISTORIC BATTLES $400: Admiral Nelson's 1798 defeat of the French is a called the battle of this Egyptian river Nile |
| #3989, aired 2001-12-27 | HISTORIC BATTLES $1600: On Oct. 14, 1066 Anglo-Saxon King Harold II was killed at the Battle of Hastings against this "Conqueror" William the Conqueror |
| #3989, aired 2001-12-27 | HISTORIC BATTLES $2000: 8 Minutemen were killed by the British before they retreated in this first battle of the American Revolution Battle of Lexington |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | WAR BATTLES $200: Brandywine,
Bunker Hill,
Concord the American Revolutionary War |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | WAR BATTLES $400: Gettysburg,
Chancellorsville,
Nashville the American Civil War |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | WAR BATTLES $600: The Bulge,
Stalingrad,
Iwo Jima World War II |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | WAR BATTLES $800: Khe Sanh,
the Tet Offensive,
Con Thien Vietnam |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | WAR BATTLES $1000: The Chosin Reservoir,
Unsan,
Inchon the Korean War |
| #3949, aired 2001-11-01 | DOGS OF WAR $200: Stubby, a bull terrier, helped in the battles at Chateau Thierry, the Marne & the Meuse-Argonne in this war World War I |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | FRANCE LOSES THE FIGHT $800: The English won most of the battles in this 1337-1453 war but in the end France drove them out Hundred Years' War |
| #3942, aired 2001-10-23 | WORKING TITLES $200: Stephen Crane's Civil War story "Private Fleming, His Various Battles" has a more classic ring with this title The Red Badge of Courage |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | OLD & MIDDLE ENGLISH LIT $800: This Arthurian hero stars in an alliterative Middle English poem in which he battles the Green Knight Sir Gawain |
| #3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BEASTLY MOVIES $100: 1988:
Sigourney Weaver battles primate poachers Gorillas in the Mist |
| #3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BEASTLY MOVIES $200: 1980:
Robert De Niro battles his way to the top of the middleweight boxing world Raging Bull |
| #3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BEASTLY MOVIES $300: 1978:
Robert De Niro battles post-Vietnam stress The Deer Hunter |
| #3898, aired 2001-07-11 | THE KOREAN WAR $800: In bitter battles of 1951, Pork Chop was a hill & Heartbreak was one of these a ridge |
| #3796, aired 2001-02-19 | TRIP $800: Button up your Cote D'Azur & visit this city's Carnival to watch the flower battles Nice |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | "G" MEN $800: This general skillfully led the left side of American forces at the battles of Trenton & Brandywine Nathanael Greene |
| #3670, aired 2000-07-14 | ACTING PRESIDENTS $400: President Harrison Ford personally battles hijacker Gary Oldman in this 1997 thriller Air Force One |
| #3633, aired 2000-05-24 | TAKE THE KIDS! $500: Several times a day, a pirate ship battles a British frigate in front of this "novel" Las Vegas hotel Treasure Island |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | A NOVEL CATEGORY $200: Thea Kronborg battles adversity to become an opera star in "Song Of The Lark" by this "O Pioneers!" author Willa Cather |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | '80s FILM COMEDY $200: Golf course groundskeeper Bill Murray battles gophers in this laugh riot Caddyshack |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | THE CIVIL WAR $800: Ezra Church & Chickamauga were among the battles fought in this state Georgia |
| #3401, aired 1999-05-24 | COURTROOM DRAMAS $1000: Lawyer John Travolta battles corporate water polluters in this 1998 drama A Civil Action |
| #3339, aired 1999-02-25 | 30-SECOND THEATER $200: Boy loses shadow, teaches 3 siblings to fly, battles pirates & refuses to grow up Peter Pan |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | WORLD WAR II $200: Important battles in this country included those at Anzio, Cassino & Salerno Italy |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | THE CIVIL WAR $300: Most of the battles in the west took place in Tennessee, most in the east in this state Virginia |
| #3199, aired 1998-06-25 | DRUM SONG $800: This jazz legend who died in 1987 waged epic drum battles with Gene Krupa Buddy Rich |
| #3043, aired 1997-11-19 | BULL $100: This small stream, 30 miles from where we now stand, was the site of 2 Civil War battles Bull Run |
| #3023, aired 1997-10-22 | WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY $1000: She promised Paris wisdom & victory in all battles if he judged her the fairest goddess Athena |
| #3021, aired 1997-10-20 | FICTION $400: In a Kipling story, this mongoose heroically battles a cobra Rikki-Tikki-Tavi |
| #3005, aired 1997-09-26 | WORLD WAR I $100: The battles on this front ran from Liege in 1914 to the 2nd battle of the Marne in 1918; it was rarely quiet Western front |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | THE 19th CENTURY $500: He offered his Red Shirts no pay; just "Hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death" Giuseppe Garibaldi |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | THE ENVIRONMENT $800: Court battles ended in 1996 in this country over Chisso Corp.'s 1950s dumping of mercury near Minamata Japan |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | MYTHOLOGY $800: Athena promised him wisdom & victory in all battles if he judged her the fairest goddess Paris |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | BITTER BATTLES $100: The Confederate victory at Chancellorsville paved the way for this early July 1863 Pennsylvania battle Gettysburg |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | BITTER BATTLES $200: The 1824 battle of Ayacucho marked the end of this European country's power in South America Spain |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | BITTER BATTLES $300: The Battle of Austerlitz, one of his greatest victories, is sometimes called the Battle of the Three Emperors Napoleon |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | BITTER BATTLES $400: The Battle of the Argonne during this war was part of a general offensive against the Hindenburg line World War I |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | BITTER BATTLES $500: The recapture of Antwerp was a goal of this 1944-45 battle, Germany's last great offensive in the West Battle of the Bulge |
| #2758, aired 1996-09-04 | AUTHORS' RHYME TIME $200: Vidal's battles Gore's wars |
| #2702, aired 1996-05-07 | U.S. STATES $500: Before the Civil War, it was nicknamed "Bleeding" from the battles over slavery there Kansas |
| #2689, aired 1996-04-18 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: 2 battles occurred near Manassas, Virginia along this creek Bull Run |
| #2664, aired 1996-03-14 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1,300 (Daily Double): Major battles in this state include those at Brandywine & Germantown Pennsylvania |
| #2659, aired 1996-03-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: Battles in the USA's 1846-48 war with this country included those at Buena Vista & Veracruz Mexico |
| #2649, aired 1996-02-22 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $500: The 2 Battles of Freeman's Farm in New York state are also known by the name of this nearby town Saratoga |
| #2510, aired 1995-06-30 | BATTLES $200: Our greatest land victory in the War of 1812 was this battle, after the war ended the Battle of New Orleans |
| #2510, aired 1995-06-30 | BATTLES $400: His death during the Battle of Bosworth Field ended the reign of the Plantagenets Richard III |
| #2510, aired 1995-06-30 | BATTLES $600: Lord Raglan gave the orders that sent the Light Brigade charging in this war's Battle of Balaklava the Crimean War |
| #2510, aired 1995-06-30 | BATTLES $800: In Sept. 1914, in the first battle of this French river, the German advance on Paris was halted the Marne |
| #2510, aired 1995-06-30 | BATTLES $1000: Santa Anna, taken prisoner in this battle, was freed after he agreed to recognize Texas' independence the Battle of San Jacinto |
| #2459, aired 1995-04-20 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: Kennesaw Mountain & Peachtree Creek were battles in Sherman's campaign to take this city Atlanta |
| #2444, aired 1995-03-30 | THE CIVIL WAR $500: Southerners refer to these 2 battles as 1st & 2nd Manassas; northerners call them this Bull Run |
| #2321, aired 1994-10-10 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: Battles in this state included those at Fort Henry, Franklin & Murfreesboro Tennessee |
| #2304, aired 1994-09-15 | BATTLES $200: In 1798 Napoleon defeated Murad Bey in this country at the Battle of the Pyramids Egypt |
| #2304, aired 1994-09-15 | BATTLES $400: This attack in which Custer & all of his men died lasted less than half an hour Battle of the Little Bighorn |
| #2304, aired 1994-09-15 | BATTLES $600: Famous battles of this war include Heartbreak Ridge & Pork Chop Hill the Korean War |
| #2304, aired 1994-09-15 | BATTLES $800: In a bittersweet victory, England won this 1805 battle but lost Lord Nelson Trafalgar |
| #2304, aired 1994-09-15 | BATTLES $1,000 (Daily Double): In this battle of 490 B.C., an Athenian army overran a Persian force nearly twice its size The Battle of Marathon |
| #2282, aired 1994-07-05 | LITERATURE $400: One of the sources Stephen Crane used to write this book was "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" The Red Badge of Courage |
| #2281, aired 1994-07-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,800 (Daily Double): France became an ally after the Americans won the battles of this N.Y. place in 1777 Saratoga |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | MASSACHUSETTS $200: On April 19, 1775 minutemen in these 2 towns fought the first battles of the Revolutionary War Lexington & Concord |
| #2185, aired 1994-02-18 | ANCIENT ROME $200: This largest Roman amphitheatre was flooded for mock naval battles called naumachiae the Colosseum |
| #2169, aired 1994-01-27 | BODIES OF WATER $600: During WWI 2 famous battles took place near this longest tributary of the Seine the Marne |
| #2113, aired 1993-11-10 | U.S.HISTORY $1000: Naval battles in this war named for a year included Lake Champlain & Lake Erie the War of 1812 |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | NAVAL BATTLES $200: A 400-ship Roman fleet led by Octavian & Agrippa defeated the fleets of these 2 lovers at Actium in 31 B.C. Antony & Cleopatra |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | NAVAL BATTLES $400: Sir Francis Drake was second in command when the British defeated this fleet in 1588 the Spanish Armada |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | NAVAL BATTLES $600: In this 1805 battle near Cadiz, Spain, no British ships were lost, but Napoleon lost about 20 Trafalgar |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | NAVAL BATTLES $800: Russia used the first ship-to-ship explosive shells in 1853, during this war the Crimean War |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | NAVAL BATTLES $1000: In May 1942 the U.S. & Japan fought the first all-air naval battle in this sea off Australia the Coral Sea |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | BATTLES $200: Napoleon met his on June 18, 1815 Waterloo |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | BATTLES $400: This Hun's only defeat, in 451, is sometimes called the Battle of Maurica--no one is sure where it was Attila |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | BATTLES $600: Key battles in this turn of the century war include Kimberley, Mafeking & Pretoria the Boer War |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | BATTLES $800: This country's fleet won a May 27-28, 1905 battle & lost one October 25, 1944 Japan |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | BATTLES $1000: This Canadian city fell after a long siege & was surrendered by the French September 18, 1759 Quebec |
| #1990, aired 1993-04-09 | BATTLES $200: In December 1991 Custer Battlefield National Monument was renamed for this battle the Battle of Little Bighorn |
| #1990, aired 1993-04-09 | BATTLES $400: Legend says a sprinter ran about 26 miles to announce a Greek victory in this battle, & then died of exhaustion the Battle of Marathon |
| #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 |
| #1990, aired 1993-04-09 | BATTLES $800: The Battle of Zama, which crushed Hannibal's troops, ended the second of these wars the Punic Wars |
| #1990, aired 1993-04-09 | BATTLES $1000: The 7th Earl of Cardigan lost more than a third of his light brigade in this battle of the Crimean War The Battle of Balaklava |
| #1987, aired 1993-04-06 | SOUTH CAROLINA $600: This war's Battles of Cowpens & King's Mountain were fought in South Carolina the Revolutionary War |
| #1969, aired 1993-03-11 | HISTORIC SITES $100: 6 days after Yorktown, one of the last battles of this war was fought at Johnstown, N.Y. the Revolutionary War |
| #1904, aired 1992-12-10 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: The First & Second Battles of Manassas were known by this name in the North Bull Run |
| #1791, aired 1992-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY $700 (Daily Double): The 3 major battles of this war were at Crecy, Poitiers & Agincourt the Hundred Years' War |
| #1784, aired 1992-05-07 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1000: The First & Second Battles of Freeman's Farm are also known as the Battles of this New York village Saratoga |
| #1705, aired 1992-01-17 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: 2 battles were fought at this small stream near Manassas Junction Bull Run |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: This Shawnee chief & his brother, the Prophet, were both defeated in battles by William Henry Harrison Tecumseh |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | BATTLES $200: Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders won this battle of the Spanish-American War July 1, 1898 the Battle of San Juan Hill |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | BATTLES $400: William the Conqueror became king of England after defeating Harold in this battle the Battle of Hastings |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | BATTLES $600: Mexico's victory in the Battle of Puebla is celebrated on this national holiday the Cinco de Mayo |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | BATTLES $800: Fought in Maryland on Sept. 17, 1862, it was the bloodiest 1-day battle of the Civil War Antietam |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | BATTLES $1000: Henri Petain became a nat'l hero of France after halting German troops in this WWI battle Verdun |
| #1633, aired 1991-10-09 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $200: This commander of the Continental Army actually lost more battles than he won Washington |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | FAMOUS BATTLES $200: The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive on the Western Front in this war World War II |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | FAMOUS BATTLES $400: At the height of this battle, Admiral Nelson was struck down by a sharp shooter Trafalgar |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | FAMOUS BATTLES $600: In 1968, Saigon & Hue suffered heavy attacks
in an offensive launch during this new year's celebration Tet |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | FAMOUS BATTLES $800: Soon after this pair fled from the Battle of Actium,
their forces surrendered Cleopatra & Mark Antony |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | FAMOUS BATTLES $1000: Six weeks after the Alamo siege, Santa Anna was captured in this battle the Battle of San Jacinto |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $1000: 2 important World War I battles were fought at this small tributary of the Seine the Marne |
| #1498, aired 1991-02-20 | LANDMARKS $200: By flooding the arena, this largest Roman amphitheater could be used for mock naval battles the Colosseum |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: "Patriots' Day", observed in Maine & Mass., commemorates these 2 early battles of the Revolution Lexington & Concord |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: Indian battles in Montana ended in 1877 when Chief Joseph & this tribe surrendered the Nez Perce |
| #1414, aired 1990-10-25 | THE CIVIL WAR $300: The North usually named battles after the nearest body of water, the South after these settlements |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $100: The first of these emergency-care vehicles were horse-drawn wagons used during battles in 15th century Spain an ambulance |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: The first of these battles in America probably took place in Plymouth but not between Burr & Hamilton a duel |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | U.S. HISTORY $300: In the South the Battles of Bull Run were known as this the Battles of Manassas |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION $300: He was the losing general in the Battles of Long Island & White Plains George Washington |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | HISTORIC PLACES $600: One of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history was fought on this island a.k.a. "Naka Iwo" Iwo Jima |
| #891, aired 1988-06-20 | BATTLES $200: British Commonwealth forces suffered over 200,000 casualties at Gallipoli in this war World War I |
| #891, aired 1988-06-20 | BATTLES $400: In 1976, Sec'y of State Kissinger tried to negotiate an end to the guerilla war in this African nation Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) |
| #891, aired 1988-06-20 | BATTLES $600: Spanning the 16th & 17th centuries, the 80 Years War led to this Low Country's independence from Spain the Netherlands |
| #891, aired 1988-06-20 | BATTLES $800: In 1965, during this Caribbean country's civil war, Marines were sent in to protect Amer. interests the Dominican Republic |
| #891, aired 1988-06-20 | BATTLES $1000: Ceding its interests in Libya, this empire ended its war with Italy in 1912 the Ottoman Empire |
| #882, aired 1988-06-07 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: Geographically, Bull Run, for which 2 major battles were named, was this creek (river) |
| #788, aired 1988-01-27 | SUPERHEROES $500: From his name you might conclude this cartoon canine wasn't expected to win many battles Underdog |
| #781, aired 1988-01-18 | CINEMATIC BATTLES $200: 1968's "Battle of El Alamein" dramatized the defeat of this Desert Fox Erwin Rommel |
| #781, aired 1988-01-18 | CINEMATIC BATTLES $400: Bogie's "Battle Circus", set in a MASH unit in this country, was filmed 17 years before "M*A*S*H" Korea |
| #781, aired 1988-01-18 | CINEMATIC BATTLES $600: 1943's "Battle for Music" depicted the wartime struggle of this British orchestra the London Philharmonic |
| #781, aired 1988-01-18 | CINEMATIC BATTLES $800: The documentary "Battle of Chile" recorded the 1973 overthrow of this leader (Salvador) Allende |
| #781, aired 1988-01-18 | CINEMATIC BATTLES $1000: This Russian silent film slaughter scene on the Odessa steppes is one of the most famous in film history The Battleship Potemkin |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | ANCIENT ROME $400: It's believed the 1st gladiatorial battles took place at these death-related rites a funeral |
| #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" |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | BATTLES $400: In a 15th century battle the English repulsed the French with barrels of this kippered breakfast food herrings |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | BATTLES $600: The greatest American land victory of the War of 1812, it had no effect on the peace agreement the Battle of New Orleans |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | BATTLES $800: Published in the 19th century, Herman Melville's "Battlepieces" were poems about this war the Civil War |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | BATTLES $1000: In 627, he fought the Battle of the Moat in the moat he'd build to protect Medina Mohammed |
| #515, aired 1986-11-28 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: The Union often named battles after the nearest stream while the rebels named them after this the nearest town |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | BATTLES $200: It's said Chancellorsville was the unnamed battle in this Stephen Crane Civil War novel Red Badge of Courage |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | BATTLES $400: After the Gauls besieged this city in 390 B.C., they were bought off so they'd go home Rome |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | BATTLES $600: During the battle for Okinawa, the leader of U.S. forces was killed & the enemy commandant committed this hara-kiri |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | BATTLES $800: This 1805 event discouraged a Napoleonic invasion & set British naval supremacy for over 100 years the Battle of Trafalgar |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | BATTLES $1000: "Intoxicating" name of 1777 battle where Gen. Howe defeated Washington Brandywine |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | THE NAVY $200: Little damaged in its many battles, it was nicknamed "Old Ironsides" the USS Constitution |
| #347, aired 1986-01-07 | GAMES $500: Some ancient Chinese battles were halted & played out with this complex board game go |
| #309, aired 1985-11-14 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: General Howe faced him in Brandywine, Germantown, & Long Island battles George Washington |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | CIVIL WAR $800: Southerners call these Virginia battles 1st & 2nd Manassas the 1st & 2nd Bull Run |
| #161, aired 1985-04-22 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: Though N.E. was a center of the revolution, only this N.E. state was the site of major battles Massachusetts |
| #160, aired 1985-04-19 | STATE CAPITALS $1000: There were no Revolutionary War battles fought at this New Hampshire capital Concord |
| #150, aired 1985-04-05 | THE BIBLE $600: From Prince Shelumiel, said to have lost battles while others won, it's Yiddish for "born loser" a schlemiel |
| #116, aired 1985-02-18 | DISASTERS $1000: During WWI battles in the Alpine region, more soldiers were killed by these than bullets avalanches |
| #106, aired 1985-02-04 | WILD WEST $800: Indian practice associated with battles, it also protected against insects & weather putting on war paint |
| #98, aired 1985-01-23 | ANCIENT WORLDS $800: Originally called the Flavian Amphitheatre, it was flooded to hold mock naval battles the Roman Colosseum |
| #80, aired 1984-12-28 | SONGS OF WAR $1,000 (Daily Double): Title of this official song of the U.S. Marine Corps:
"From the Halls of Montezuma /
To the shores of Tripoli /
We fight our country's battles /
In the air, on land, and sea..." "The Marines' Hymn" |
