#9059, aired 2024-03-14 | FESTIVALS $800: Every summer the Bayreuth Music Festival in Bavaria presents works by this composer Wagner |
#9034, aired 2024-02-08 | A REGIONAL TREASURE $1000: Want to get to the BMW Museum? Get your motor running, head out on the Autobahn & go looking for adventure in this region Bavaria |
#8976, aired 2023-11-20 | PEOPLE IN THEIR ELEMENT $1600: This physicist born in Ulm, Bavaria just made it into the top 100 elements by a hair; he's No. 99 Einstein |
#8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WORLD ROYALTY $800: Mad King Ludwig of this old German kingdom got his nickname for stunts like building Neuschwanstein Castle Bavaria |
#8898, aired 2023-06-21 | SHOE GAZING $400: The Stan Smith collection of tennis shoes is from this company founded in Bavaria Adidas |
#8830, aired 2023-03-17 | CITY OF THE PREMIERE $1000: "Tristan und Isolde", with the help of King Ludwig Munich |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | EUROPEAN CITIES $600: Seen here is some merrymaking in this capital of Bavaria Munich |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | GERMAN CITIES $1200: The cities of Würzburg, Bayreuth & Munich are all found in this largest German state by area Bavaria |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | LOGOS $800: The blue & white on BMW's logo come from the flag of this German state Bavaria |
#8614, aired 2022-04-07 | IN THE CITY $1200: In Bavaria:
Marienplatz, Olympiapark Munich |
#8536, aired 2021-12-20 | JOY TO THE WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): This annual festival began in 1810 when Prince Ludwig of Bavaria invited the people of Munich to join in celebrating his marriage Oktoberfest |
#8462, aired 2021-08-10 | NATIONS $4,000 (Daily Double): 16 federal states make up Germany; this one that's home to Munich is the largest in area Bavaria |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | IT HAPPENED IN EUROPE! $400: This festival started by Ludwig of Bavaria is more than 200 years old Oktoberfest |
#8235, aired 2020-06-12 | THE MADNESS OF THE KING $2000: Ludwig of this German state got the official "Mad" designation in 1886 after a panel of doctors declared him insane Bavaria |
#7980, aired 2019-04-26 | CRAZY WEATHER WE'RE HAVING! $400: In early 2017 an unlikely tornado struck this southeastern state in Germany called Bayern by locals Bavaria |
#7915, aired 2019-01-25 | BETTER 1, BETTER 2? $2000: The first king of Bavaria of this name has to be better than the 2nd, if only because he isn't the one called "Mad King" Ludwig |
#7872, aired 2018-11-27 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $1200: Neuschwanstein Castle was begun in 1869 by "Mad" King Ludwig of this German kingdom Bavaria |
#7832, aired 2018-10-02 | LARGEST CITIES $1200: The largest city in southern Germany, it's also the largest city & capital of Bavaria Munich |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | KING OF THE CASTLE $800: Neuschwanstein Castle, 1864-1886:
This mad man (Mad King) Ludwig (of Bavaria) |
#7733, aired 2018-04-04 | STOLEN ART RECOVERED $400: In 2012 more than 1,200 artworks looted by the Nazis were discovered in an apartment in this capital of Bavaria Munich |
#7545, aired 2017-06-02 | SPELLING "BEE" $1600: 400 revelers can imbibe in the shade of the chestnut trees in this part of Munich's Hofbrauhaus the beer garden |
#7481, aired 2017-03-06 | STRINGING YOU ALONG $1000: Whither goes thou? Off to play this, which has been called the national instrument of Bavaria & Tyrol a zither |
#7445, aired 2017-01-13 | CASTLES $2000: Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria was built by King Ludwig to honor this composer whom he greatly admired Wagner |
#7344, aired 2016-07-14 | WHERE'S WALD? $2000: You can take one of these high-speed, limited-access highways to the Oberpfaelzer Wald in Bavaria an Autobahn |
#7305, aired 2016-05-20 | MAD MEN $2000: Overspending & eccentric behavior got this king of Bavaria deposed in 1886 Mad King Ludwig |
#7301, aired 2016-05-16 | GERMANIA! $400: The "B" in the name of this maker of cars like the M2 & X5 refers to Bavaria BMW |
#7255, aired 2016-03-11 | IT'S THE WURST $800 (Daily Double): It's no surprise that Bierwurst is a specialty of this German state that's home to the original Oktoberfest Bavaria |
#7007, aired 2015-02-17 | WHEN I'M KING... $2000: Bavaria, 1864-1886 Ludwig |
#6811, aired 2014-04-07 | ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE $2000: In Germany the Danube flows through Ulm in Baden-Wurttemberg & Neu Ulm in this neighboring state Bavaria |
#6626, aired 2013-06-10 | DAS BAIT $1000: Many anglers use this product as bait; a German one might use Bavaria blu cheese |
#6611, aired 2013-05-20 | SOUTHERNMOST POINTS $800: Germany's is in this state bordering Austria Bavaria |
#6586, aired 2013-04-15 | HISTORIC WOMEN $1600: Her name was this, last name Montez, she was a showgirl, & she helped cost the king of Bavaria his throne in 1848 Lola |
#6463, aired 2012-10-24 | THE "OK" CORRAL $1200: It began in 1810 as a celebration of the marriage of Bavaria's crown prince Oktoberfest |
#6336, aired 2012-03-19 | LOGO SECRETS $800: BMW calls it a "coincidence" that the blue & white on its logo are the colors of this German region's flag Bavaria |
#6299, aired 2012-01-26 | BAVARIA $400: Every spring Bavarians have a 2-week celebration of doppelbock & other strong types of this beer |
#6299, aired 2012-01-26 | BAVARIA $800: In gratitude for supporting him in his conquest of Europe, this leader made Bavaria a kingdom in 1805 Napoleon |
#6299, aired 2012-01-26 | BAVARIA $1200: In the 1870s this composer built a theater, Festspielhaus, in Bayreuth to perform his operas (Richard) Wagner |
#6299, aired 2012-01-26 | BAVARIA $1600: The aircraft businesses of Gustav Otto & Karl Rapp merged to form this Munich company now known for cars Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) |
#6299, aired 2012-01-26 | BAVARIA $2,600 (Daily Double): Every 10 years the villagers of Oberammergau stage about 100 performances of this type of Easter drama a passion play |
#6280, aired 2011-12-30 | MUSEUMS OF GERMANY $1000: This city's Bavarian National Museum was created in 1855 by Maximilian II to preserve Bavaria's artistic treasures Munich |
#6203, aired 2011-07-27 | LOCAL COLOR $2000: German for "white", in Bavaria it's found before "Bier" weiss |
#6192, aired 2011-07-12 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1871 the Treaty of Frankfurt ended the war between France & this German state, led by Bismarck Prussia |
#6127, aired 2011-04-12 | THE AUTOBAHN SOCIETY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) If you drive on A3 in Germany's extreme southeast, from Passau to Wurzburg, you've been in this geographically largest state the whole 3 hours Bavaria |
#5985, aired 2010-09-24 | FIRST & LAST KINGS $1200: Otto of Bavaria & Constantine II Greece |
#5905, aired 2010-04-23 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $400: Nuremberg & Augsburg are cities in this southern German state Bavaria |
#5864, aired 2010-02-25 | HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE $2000: The "judgment" is that the gingerbread made in this second-largest city of Bavaria is the world's best Nuremberg |
#5699, aired 2009-05-21 | THE WORLD AT WAR $600: In 1619 Rene Descartes went to join the army of the Duke of Bavaria during this decades-long war the 30 Years War |
#5628, aired 2009-02-11 | ODDPODGE $1600: Mad King Otto of this German kingdom "shot" a peasant daily; unbeknownst to Otto, the gun held blanks Bavaria |
#5560, aired 2008-11-07 | SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS $800: "Capital of Bavaria" Munich |
#5261, aired 2007-06-25 | POLITICAL DIVISIONS $1000: Bavaria & Brandenburg are 2 of Germany's 16 these states |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | GERMAN HISTORY $1200: In 1805 Napoleon made this duchy a kingdom; today it's Germany's largest & southernmost state Bavaria |
#5202, aired 2007-04-03 | HOW I MET YOUR MOTOR $1000: The initials "BMW" stand for this region's "Motor Works" Bavaria |
#5171, aired 2007-02-19 | OF "RATH" $2000: Basement beerhall in Bavaria rathskeller |
#5082, aired 2006-10-17 | CORPORATE LOGOS $1600: The blue & white colors on this automaker's logo represent the colors of Bavaria BMW |
#5069, aired 2006-09-28 | PRAGUE $800: Prague is in this region whose name comes from the Boii, a tribe that once populated the area Bohemia |
#4981, aired 2006-04-17 | RICHARD WAGNER $1200: Wagner had to flee Munich after raiding this German state's treasury to maintain his lifestyle Bavaria |
#4956, aired 2006-03-13 | MUNICH $1600: When this largest German state was reunited as a kingdom in the early 1500s, Munich became its capital Bavaria |
#4862, aired 2005-11-01 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $800: The Hofbrauhaus in Munich was once the royal court brewery of this German state Bavaria |
#4672, aired 2004-12-21 | WATCH THE BIRDIE $2000: Bird brains know the fossils of this early bird were first found in Solnhofen, Bavaria in the 1860s Archaeopteryx |
#4668, aired 2004-12-15 | PEOPLE IN THEIR ELEMENT $1200: This physicist born in Ulm, Bavaria just made it into the top 100 elements by a hair; he's No. 99 (Albert) Einstein |
#4603, aired 2004-09-15 | FEMMES FATALES $800: Ludwig I's infatuation with the dancer Lola Montez helped ensure his loss of this German kingdom Bavaria |
#4574, aired 2004-06-24 | KINGS & THEIR CASTLES $2,200 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from outside Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany.) Sadly, this king of Bavaria, who built Neuschwanstein Castle, didn't live here long; he was declared insane & forced to leave Ludwig II of Bavaria |
#4446, aired 2003-12-29 | SONGS FROM MUSICALS $2,000 (Daily Double): "The King of Broadway" &
"In Old Bavaria" The Producers |
#4382, aired 2003-09-30 | EUROPEAN PEAKS $1000: Zugspitze, Germany's highest peak, lies about 70 miles southwest of Munich in this state Bavaria |
#4195, aired 2002-11-22 | HISTORY CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $2000: Adjective for Bavaria's Ludwig II
(3) Mad |
#4116, aired 2002-06-24 | GERMAN CITIES $400: In 1923 Hitler staged his Beer Hall Putsch in this capital of Bavaria Munich |
#4105, aired 2002-06-07 | I MADE IT THROUGH THE REIGN $1000: Otto, who ruled Greece from 1832 to 1862, was the son of King Ludwig of this German state Bavaria |
#4103, aired 2002-06-05 | "B" THERE $1000: As its name suggests, this section of the Alps was once controlled by the capital of Switzerland the Bernese Alps |
#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 |
#3871, aired 2001-06-04 | WOMEN $1000: This dancer, once the mistress of Bavaria's Ludwig I, died in obscurity in 1861 Lola Montez |
#3832, aired 2001-04-10 | REALLY BUSY AIRPORTS $300: The cream of Bavaria:
MUC Munich |
#3601, aired 2000-04-10 | BAVARIOUS $600: This man, who has covered millions of bottoms in jeans, was reportedly born in Buttenheim, Bavaria Levi Strauss |
#3601, aired 2000-04-10 | BAVARIOUS $800: Every 10 years the residents of Oberammergau in Bavaria put on this drama first performed in 1634 Passion Play |
#3601, aired 2000-04-10 | BAVARIOUS $1000: This famous "Spanish" dancer & mistress of Louis I of Bavaria was born Marie Gilbert in Limerick, Ireland Lola Montez |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: This "Old Blood & Guts" general once served as military governor of Bavaria George Patton |
#3548, aired 2000-01-26 | FEASTS & FESTIVALS $1,200 (Daily Double): Louis I of Bavaria did this October 12, 1810 & an Oktoberfest now celebrates it annually He got married |
#3384, aired 1999-04-29 | HISTORIC AMOURS $500: Louis I's lust for Lola Montez led him to lose the throne of this German kingdom Bavaria |
#3368, aired 1999-04-07 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $300: He wasn't a "Mad King" yet when he was born in Nymphenburg Palace in 1845 "Mad King" Ludwig of Bavaria |
#3353, aired 1999-03-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: Ludwig II of Bavaria adored this composer's work & paid him to complete "The Ring of the Nibelung" Richard Wagner |
#3290, aired 1998-12-18 | ROYAL NAME'S THE SAME $400: He wasn't England's Henry VIII, but Henry VIII of Bavaria who was also this empire's Henry IV the Holy Roman Empire |
#3250, aired 1998-10-23 | GEOGRAPHIC CROSSWORD CLUES "B" $1000: Cream center of Germany
(7) Bavaria |
#3151, aired 1998-04-20 | FAMOUS FRENCHMEN $400: In 1619 this math whiz could have said, "I think, therefore I am joining the duke of Bavaria's army" Descartes |
#3094, aired 1998-01-29 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Bavaria, this country's southernmost state, is also its largest in area Germany |
#3078, aired 1998-01-07 | ROYALTY $1000: Duchess Sophie of Bavaria married this tiny country's Crown Prince Alois in 1993, in Vaduz Liechtenstein |
#2964, aired 1997-06-19 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Bayern is the German name of this German state known for its beer Bavaria |
#2817, aired 1996-11-26 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): It dates back to an 1810 party celebrating the bethrothal of Princess Therese to the crown prince of Bavaria Oktoberfest |
#2787, aired 1996-10-15 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): The House of Wittelsbach, which ruled Bavaria 1180-1918, made this city its capital in 1255 Munich |
#2722, aired 1996-06-04 | BALLET $1000: This "Mad" king of Bavaria is the central figure in the ballet "Bacchanale" (Mad King) Ludwig |
#2696, aired 1996-04-29 | FASHION $800: These leather shorts worn with suspenders are traditional attire in Bavaria lederhosen |
#2651, aired 1996-02-26 | BAVARIA $100: Germany's highest mountain, the 9,720-foot Zugspitze, is in this range The Alps |
#2651, aired 1996-02-26 | BAVARIA $200: A museum in Schrobenhausen is devoted to this spear vegetable asparagus |
#2651, aired 1996-02-26 | BAVARIA $300: It starts in late September & lasts for 2 weeks, during which a few million liters of beer are consumed Oktoberfest |
#2651, aired 1996-02-26 | BAVARIA $400: This Bavarian city hosted the 1972 Olympics Munich |
#2651, aired 1996-02-26 | BAVARIA $500: Famous painters born in Bavaria include this elder & younger pair with the same name (Hans) Holbein |
#2587, aired 1995-11-28 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: Munich is the capital of this largest German state Bavaria |
#2432, aired 1995-03-14 | DANCE AROUND THE WORLD $1000: The thigh-slapping schuhplattler is popular in Bavaria & in this country that borders it on the south Austria |
#2405, aired 1995-02-03 | EUROPEAN RIVERS $1,400 (Daily Double): It reaches its northernmost point at Regensburg in Bavaria & then flows southeast to Vienna the Danube |
#2329, aired 1994-10-20 | MUSEUMS $800: This German state's National Museum in Munich houses a large collection of nativity scenes Bavaria |
#2220, aired 1994-04-08 | HISTORY $400: At the height of its power in the 1800s, this state occupied more than half of Germany Prussia |
#2079, aired 1993-09-23 | U.S. CITIES $500: This Ohio city's Fountain Square includes a fountain cast by the Royal Bronze Foundry of Bavaria Cincinnati |
#2018, aired 1993-05-19 | BAVARIA $200: Neuschwanstein is just one of these built by the eccentric King Ludwig II between 1869 & 1886 a castle |
#2018, aired 1993-05-19 | BAVARIA $400: This will next be presented in Oberammergau in the year 2000 the Passion Play |
#2018, aired 1993-05-19 | BAVARIA $600: The National Socialist German Workers' Party was formed in this Bavarian city Munich |
#2018, aired 1993-05-19 | BAVARIA $1000: The giant version of this bearded dog was bred to drive cattle in Bavaria the giant schnauzer |
#2018, aired 1993-05-19 | BAVARIA $2,200 (Daily Double): This son of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha W as born near Coburg, Bavaria August 26, 1819 Prince Albert |
#1987, aired 1993-04-06 | ROYALTY $1000: This "Mad King" of Bavaria drowned himself a few days after he was deposed in 1886 (Mad King) Ludwig |
#1838, aired 1992-09-09 | WORLD CITIES $200: The name of this capital of Bavaria is from a word which means "home of the monks" Munich |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | WORLD HISTORY $600: Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria, played a major role on the Catholic side of this 3-decade war the Thirty Years' War |
#1671, aired 1991-12-02 | FILE UNDER "M" $400: Whatever this Lola wanted, King Louis I of Bavaria gave her Lola Montez |
#1508, aired 1991-03-06 | JUST DESSERTS $500: The cherry-chocolate cake named for the German region from which it hails Black Forest cake |
#1390, aired 1990-09-21 | EUROPEAN TRAVEL $800: Berchtesgaden in this German state is home to a tea house that was once Hitler's private retreat Bavaria |
#1340, aired 1990-06-01 | MONARCHS $400: This king of Bavaria was declared insane on June 10, 1886; he drowned himself 3 days later "Mad" King Ludwig II |
#1296, aired 1990-04-02 | PALACES $600: King of Bavaria whose Neuschwanstein Castle might be called a monument to his madness Ludwig II |
#1169, aired 1989-10-05 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: The highest point in Germany is Zugspitze in the Alps of this region Bavaria |
#1136, aired 1989-07-10 | EUROPE $500: This largest of West German states has been a duchy, a kingdom & a republic Bavaria |
#1060, aired 1989-03-24 | KINGS NAMED LOUIS $1000: Louis II of Bavaria, the notorious "Mad King Ludwig", was a fanatic admirer of this composer Wagner |
#331, aired 1985-12-16 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $1000: Name under which notorious Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert brought down King Ludwig of Bavaria Lola Montez |
#92, aired 1985-01-15 | TRIVIA $400: Both Ludwig of Bavaria & Disney of Burbank have recreated her castle Sleeping Beauty |