#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | STREET SMARTS $2000: In Berlin Wilhelmstrasse runs parallel to this other major street bearing the name of a German emperor Friedrichstrasse |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | HOSTEL $400: At the Circus Hostel in Berlin, there is a museum of this "Baywatch" actor who single-handedly ended the Cold War (jk, jk) Hasselhoff |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | GERMAN CITIES $400: Olympic Stadium in this city was the site of multiple gold-winning performances by Jesse Owens Berlin |
#8679, aired 2022-07-07 | OLD NEWSPAPERS $800: Founded in 1703 in this city, the Wiener Zeitung is considered the world's oldest surviving daily newspaper Vienna |
#8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE 1960s $3,000 (Daily Double): On the medal podium in this city, John Carlos & Tommie Smith raised fists & also wore no shoes to highlight poverty in America Mexico City |
#8614, aired 2022-04-07 | WORLD WAR II $600: Jimmy Doolittle's April 1942 air raid on this Axis capital raised Allied morale at a dark time in the war Tokyo |
#12, aired 2022-02-16 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): The largest ghetto uprising of World War II was mounted in this capital in 1943 Warsaw |
#8455, aired 2021-07-30 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: Christopher Isherwood is known for stories based on life in this European city in the 1930s; here's how he looked in that decade Berlin |
#8422, aired 2021-06-15 | AT FREDDY'S $400: There were no rooms for Frederick the Great's wife in his Sanssouci Palace; her more modest home was in another part of this capital Berlin |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | A TRIP TO -BURG -TON -VILLE $2000: In Germany, only Berlin has more people than this city whose airport dates back to 1911 Hamburg |
#8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) The Game Changers Exhibit honors such athletes as this track & field star whose four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin upset Hitler's dreams to demonstrate Aryan superiority Jesse Owens |
#8135, aired 2020-01-10 | WHERE'S THAT CHURCH? $1000: St. Stephen's Cathedral, AKA Stephanskirche, consecrated in the capital in 1147 Austria |
#8049, aired 2019-09-12 | BEEN AROUND AWHILE $1600: In 1963 in Berlin, 46-year-old JFK met with 87-year-old Chancellor Adenaur, known as "Der Alte", meaning this "The Old One" ("The Old Man") |
#7912, aired 2019-01-22 | MUSICAL & PLAY SETTINGS $400: Much of this musical is set at the Kit Kat Klub in Berlin Cabaret |
#7888, aired 2018-12-19 | THE FAB FOUR $1000: The lads honed their craft early on in this German city, sometimes playing 30 sets a week Hamburg |
#7741, aired 2018-04-16 | ROADS SCHOLAR $2000: Kurfurstendamm is an elegant shopping street in this capital city Berlin |
#7700, aired 2018-02-16 | TRAVEL EURASIA $1200: The U.S. embassy in Berlin is just south of this landmark dating from around 1790 the Brandenburg Gate |
#7678, aired 2018-01-17 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: Among the many sights to see in this capital is the home where Albert Einstein lived from 1903 to 1905 Bern, Switzerland |
#7652, aired 2017-12-12 | ROBERT SIEGEL SIGNS OFF $200: (Robert Siegel reads the clue.) One memento I've kept is a framed chip of this; I was rushed to the scene in November 1989 to cover its stunning fall the Berlin Wall |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | IN THE OLYMPIC CITY $600: Enjoy Marienplatz or drive over to BMW headquarters in this city Munich |
#7552, aired 2017-06-13 | THE THRILL OF VICTORY $400: The Allies sealed victory in Europe in the spring 1945 battle of this city by defeating 750,000 desperate German troops Berlin |
#7403, aired 2016-11-16 | SCREEN TEST $800: In "Bridge of Spies": the city where the bridge is located Berlin |
#7277, aired 2016-04-12 | KNOT THE TIE $200: In the title of an Irving Berlin song, it comes between "Top Hat" & "Tails" "White Tie" |
#7193, aired 2015-12-16 | THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO $800: Marx & Engels wrote the manifesto for a society of German emigrants that met in this capital London |
#7157, aired 2015-10-27 | "P"s ON EARTH $800: In 1945 Churchill, Truman & Stalin met in this city near Berlin to determine the structure of a post-Nazi Europe Potsdam |
#7010, aired 2015-02-20 | NONFICTION $400: "The Boys In The Boat" is the true story of the U.S. Crew Team & its quest for gold at the 1936 Olympics in this city Berlin |
#7002, aired 2015-02-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: In 1953 this asst. conductor of the N.Y. Philharmonic became the first American to conduct at La Scala Leonard Bernstein |
#6967, aired 2014-12-23 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $200: Dream no more--"White Christmas", featuring the songs of this beloved composer, finally came to Broadway in 2008 (Irving) Berlin |
#6839, aired 2014-05-15 | HATE SONGS $1200: While serving in the Army during WWI, Irving Berlin was inspired to write the song "Oh! How I Hate To" do this "Get Up In The Morning" |
#6775, aired 2014-02-14 | THE STAGE $2,000 (Daily Double): "Cabaret" is set in this European city Berlin |
#6563, aired 2013-03-13 | FOUND IN GERMANY $800: This former Berlin Wall checkpoint, where you can see instruments of escape used by East Germans Checkpoint Charlie |
#6320, aired 2012-02-24 | BROADWAY $1600: In 1942 the cast of this great tunesmith's revue "This Is The Army" formed the army's only integrated unit Irving Berlin |
#6313, aired 2012-02-15 | ROCK DOCUMENTARIES $6,000 (Daily Double): Title of Roger Waters' 1990 concert documentary filmed in Berlin The Wall |
#6281, aired 2012-01-02 | ARTHUR'S CAMELOT $800: "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" is one of her songs in the version of the tale by Lerner of New York & Loewe of Berlin Guinevere |
#5948, aired 2010-06-23 | UNIQUE WORLD ARCHITECTURE $400: An 80-foot-high aquarium pillar is in the lobby of the Domaquare Building in this German capital Berlin |
#5933, aired 2010-06-02 | IN THIS EUROPEAN CAPITAL $600: Kurfurstendamm (an elegant shopping boulevard),
the 630-acre Tiergarten Berlin |
#5852, aired 2010-02-09 | ALEX TREBEK, CLASS OF '61 $2,000 (Daily Double): In October my U.S. pals dusted off their draft cards as U.S. & Soviet tanks faced off against each other in this capital Berlin |
#5665, aired 2009-04-03 | JOURNALISTS $800: In 1938 H.V. Kaltenborn of CBS made 102 broadcasts in 18 days from this city as Hitler was being appeased Munich |
#5661, aired 2009-03-30 | THE END OF THE MARATHON $1000: In the Heldenplatz Vienna |
#5588, aired 2008-12-17 | YULETIDE FAVORITES $800: In the rarely sung intro to this Irving Berlin song, the narrator is in Beverly Hills dreaming "to be up north" "White Christmas" |
#5455, aired 2008-05-02 | SCIENCE GUYS $600: He published his quantum theory in 1900 while a professor of physics in Berlin (Max) Planck |
#5404, aired 2008-02-21 | THE OLYMPICS $400: The controversial 1980 Summer Olympics were held in this capital city Moscow |
#5349, aired 2007-12-06 | CONDUCTORS $1,200 (Daily Double): Willem Mengelberg & Eduard van Beinum have been chief conductors of this city's Concertgebouw Amsterdam |
#5256, aired 2007-06-18 | YOU'VE NEVER LOOKED LOVELIER $600: One of the most beautiful women in Antiquity, this gal's "bust" can be seen in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin Nefertiti |
#5230, aired 2007-05-11 | LIBRARIES $4,000 (Daily Double): Irving Berlin's & Walt Whitman's personal papers are held in this library founded in 1800 the Library of Congress |
#5083, aired 2006-10-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Sally Bowles is a singer at the Kit Kat Club in this musical set in Berlin Cabaret |
#5046, aired 2006-07-17 | WORLD CITIES $800: The monument seen here is in the section of honor in this city's Central Cemetery Vienna |
#5014, aired 2006-06-01 | THAT WAS ENTERTAINMENT $600: The uniform seen here was worn by this patriotic songwriter when he played himself in "This Is the Army" Irving Berlin |
#4969, aired 2006-03-30 | I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE $1000: We had a wild time on the Reeperbahn in this second-largest German city Hamburg |
#4927, aired 2006-01-31 | TEUTONIC $400: The current headquarters of the Teutonic Knights are in this European capital at Singerstrasse 7 Vienna |
#4835, aired 2005-09-23 | WHERE AM I? $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a vantage overlooking a certain skyline.) I'm in this city, whose air used to look different until a movement called the Renaissance after World War II Pittsburgh |
#4797, aired 2005-06-14 | THE FUN '40s $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from beside a Blue Angels plane.) During a visit to this city in 1946 the Blue Angels took their name from a nightclub found there New York |
#4780, aired 2005-05-20 | PRE-DATERS $2,000 (Daily Double): The last city to host the Olympics before St. Moritz in 1948 Berlin |
#4779, aired 2005-05-19 | EUROPEAN ARCHITECTS $400: Karl Von Hasenauer was one of the leading architects of the Ringstrasse in this world capital Vienna |
#4752, aired 2005-04-12 | EDWARD ALBEE $400: (Hello, I'm Edward Albee.) My first play, "The Zoo Story", had its world premiere way, way off Broadway... in this largest German city Berlin |
#4746, aired 2005-04-04 | 2 MILLION $1600: In 1948 more than 2 million tons of food, fuel & other supplies were airlifted into this city West Berlin |
#4665, aired 2004-12-10 | MANHATTAN NEIGHBORHOODS $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew strolls down along a Manhattan sidewalk.) A young street singer named Irving Berlin is one of many immigrants who got started in this area with a 3-word name the Lower East Side |
#4591, aired 2004-07-19 | NAMED AFTER JFK $1,000 (Daily Double): There is a John F. Kennedy prep school in this world capital where JFK made a famous visit in 1963 Berlin |
#4571, aired 2004-06-21 | MUSICAL SETTINGS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Broadway set of Cabaret.) Life is a cabaret here on the set of "Cabaret" at the Kit Kat Klub, a tawdry nightclub in this city Berlin |
#4555, aired 2004-05-28 | PICTURE THIS $2000: In a Depression hit, it's what Irving Berlin wanted with another one of these another piece of pie |
#4525, aired 2004-04-16 | "B" PREPARED $400: (Hi, I'm Chris Matthews) Working for the San Francisco Examiner in November 1989 I reported on the historic fall of this structure the Berlin Wall |
#4519, aired 2004-04-08 | BUNDESTAG PARTY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Bundestag chamber in Berlin) The eagle presiding over the Bundestag has been fondly called "fette henne", which translates to this fat chicken/hen |
#4518, aired 2004-04-07 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Cheryl) I'm in this European city at a monument inspired by the Acropolis Berlin (the Brandenburg Gate) |
#4509, aired 2004-03-25 | NEFERTITI TIME $1600: The famous painted bust of Nefertiti is housed in the Egyptian Museum of this German capital city Berlin |
#4473, aired 2004-02-04 | CITY FOLKS $600: In 1911 he established his reputation as a songwriter with "Alexander's Ragtime Band" Irving Berlin |
#4457, aired 2004-01-13 | BERLIN IS IN! $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Berlin Wall) In Berlin in 1963, this American said, "Democracy is not perfect, but we never had to put a wall up to keep people in" John F. Kennedy |
#4457, aired 2004-01-13 | BERLIN IS IN! $800: Karl Schinkel designed the Werderscher Kirche as this type of building; it's now a Schinkel museum a church |
#4457, aired 2004-01-13 | BERLIN IS IN! $1200: Tempelhof Airport, opened in 1923, was made famous by this 1948-'49 event the Berlin Airlift |
#4457, aired 2004-01-13 | BERLIN IS IN! $1600: Much of this innovative female director's film "Olympia" was shot at Berlin's Olympic Stadium in 1936 Leni Riefenstahl |
#4457, aired 2004-01-13 | BERLIN IS IN! $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew in Berlin) The Reichstag became a museum after World War II, but was reborn in the '90s as the home of this parliament the Bundestag |
#4448, aired 2003-12-31 | TRAVEL GERMANY $400: (Video of Cheryl in Berlin, Germany.) At one time, you could enter Berlin through 14 different city gates. This is the only one left. the Brandenburg Gate |
#4448, aired 2003-12-31 | TRAVEL GERMANY $1200: (Video of Sofia at the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany.) Architect Norman Foster says his Reichstag interior lets the public see the process of this type of government at work democracy |
#4371, aired 2003-09-15 | PUTIN $600: Putin spent a long time there & one of his daughters was born in this country that no longer exists East Germany |
#4326, aired 2003-05-26 | NATO IS NEATO $200: In 1948 the Allies began talks of a defense pact like NATO in response to the Soviet blockade of this city Berlin |
#4284, aired 2003-03-27 | ON THE COVER OF TIME $400: One-year-old cover subject seen here in 1962 the Berlin Wall |
#4268, aired 2003-03-05 | SCIENTISTS $1600: In 1888 he became the first director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Berlin Max Planck |
#4243, aired 2003-01-29 | ICH BIN EIN BERLINER $800: Carl Philipp Emanuel of this family was employed in Berlin as a court musician Bach |
#4071, aired 2002-04-22 | A SPORTING CHANCE $1000: In 1931 this European city was awarded the Olympics, 2 years before a change in government there Berlin |
#3784, aired 2001-02-01 | ART MUSEUMS $600 (Daily Double): If you get a chance, visit the Munch Museum in this world capital; it's a real scream! Oslo, Norway |
#3615, aired 2000-04-28 | THIS PLACE IS A ZOO! $400: This city's Zoologischer Garten had under 100 animals after WWII; it grew to lead the world in number of species Berlin |
#3499, aired 1999-11-18 | CELEBRITY PILOTS $300: He hops in & out of Margaritaville on a seaplane Jimmy Buffett |
#3317, aired 1999-01-26 | WHAT A YEAR! $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Tyler Christopher of General Hospital.) In this year, ABC gave "G.H." a shot on TV, "He's So Fine" shot up to No. 1 & JFK visited the Berlin Wall 1963 |
#3153, aired 1998-04-22 | BRONX CHEER $400: It's a small, but "Grand Old Flag" that adorns his mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx George M. Cohan |
#3126, aired 1998-03-16 | WORLD TRAVEL $800: If you're on a shopping spree in this city on the Spree, head for the Kurfurstendamm Berlin |
#3114, aired 1998-02-26 | WORLD POTPOURRI $200: Rathaus Schoneberg in this capital is the place where JFK made a famous speech on June 26, 1963 Berlin |
#3096, aired 1998-02-02 | WELCOME TO THE 1950s $2,000 (Daily Double): I can't wait to see "The Big Lift", starring Monty Clift, set a couple of years ago in this city Berlin |
#3035, aired 1997-11-07 | THEME PARK FUN $400: Spookyworld, a scary theme park in Berlin, Massachusetts, is only open this one full month October |
#2864, aired 1997-01-30 | ARCHITECTURE $1000: Built in 1968, this architect's New National Gallery in West Berlin exemplifies his "less is more" style Mies van der Rohe |
#2858, aired 1997-01-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The body of this wife of Akhenaten has never been found, but her bust is in Berlin Nefertiti |
#2748, aired 1996-07-10 | AMERICAN POTPOURRI $100: Known for his patriotic songs, this composer died in 1942, the year of Cagney's Oscar-winning portrayal of him George M. Cohan |
#2744, aired 1996-07-04 | HISTORIC LITERATURE $300 (Daily Double): "Das Kapital" was written in this capital city London |
#2656, aired 1996-03-04 | MUSIC $300: The organization of notes in a song; Irving Berlin wrote "the song is ended but" it "lingers on" the melody |
#2638, aired 1996-02-07 | 1899 $400: In 1899 August Strindberg moved from Lund to this capital city Stockholm |
#2442, aired 1995-03-28 | COMPOSERS $200: He was born Jacob Gershvin in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1898 George Gershwin |
#2390, aired 1995-01-13 | TRANSPORTATION $200: The subway system in this formerly divided city is called the Untergrundbahn Berlin |
#2377, aired 1994-12-27 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $100: This European capital is located in the historic region of Brandenburg Berlin |
#2266, aired 1994-06-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: The Kit Kat Klub in Berlin is the setting for this musical, so... "Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome" Cabaret |
#1999, aired 1993-04-22 | THE 1930s $300: In August 1932 95,000 people gathered at the Coliseum in this city for the Olympic closing ceremonies Los Angeles |
#1928, aired 1993-01-13 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: On Wilhelm Furtwangler's death, Herbert von Karajan became chief conductor of this orchestra the Berlin Philharmonic |
#1878, aired 1992-11-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: This 1989 musical takes place in the Roaring '20s in a Berlin Hotel Grand Hotel |
#1827, aired 1992-07-07 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: A museum honoring artist Edvard Munch can be found in the ostkant or east side of this capital city Oslo |
#1799, aired 1992-05-28 | COMPOSERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Bobby Short sang "At Long Last Love' at this late composer's birthday gala in 1991 Cole Porter |
#1523, aired 1991-03-27 | THE PIANO $300: In 1915, this Russian-born American composer wrote the song, "I Love a Piano" Irving Berlin |
#1466, aired 1991-01-07 | COMPOSERS $300: Richard Strauss conducted his own "Olympische Hymne" at the opening of the Olympic Games in this city in 1936 Berlin |
#1307, aired 1990-04-17 | IRVING BERLIN $1000: Completes Jerome Kern's quote "Irving Berlin has no place in American music..." "Irving Berlin is American music" |
#1283, aired 1990-03-14 | EASTERN EUROPE $400: Built in 1791, the Brandenburg Gate is one of this capital city's most famous landmarks Berlin |
#1083, aired 1989-04-26 | GERMANY $500 (Daily Double): Berlin is located in this region that shares its name with a series of Bach concertos Brandenburg |
#1061, aired 1989-03-27 | FICTION $1000: City in which you'd find Vicki Baum's "Grand Hotel" Berlin |
#843, aired 1988-04-13 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1961, part of this city's Stalinallee was renamed Karl-Marx-Allee East Berlin |
#840, aired 1988-04-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: This noted German orchestra is reportedly the highest paid in the world Berlin Philharmonic |
#830, aired 1988-03-25 | LANDMARKS $200: In a June 1987 speech, Reagan challenged Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" the Berlin Wall |
#489, aired 1986-10-23 | TIME $600: According to Irving Berlin, this is when "you've got to get up,
you've got to get up" in the morning |
#470, aired 1986-09-26 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $500: The city on the Spree where East meets West across the "Schandmauer" Berlin |
#444, aired 1986-05-22 | THE ARMY $1000: The Army's largest overseas combat unit, the 7th Army, is headquartered in this German city Heidelberg |
#440, aired 1986-05-16 | VIEWS OF THE WORLD $300: Step outside Gum Dept. Store, walk directly across Red Square & you'll see your contact leaning on this wall the Kremlin Wall |
#404, aired 1986-03-27 | GERMANY $500 (Daily Double): Place in Germany referred to in title of this tune the Black Forest |
#101, aired 1985-01-28 | LANDMARKS $600: The Brandenburg Gate is in this city East Berlin |
#100, aired 1985-01-25 | SPORTS TRIVIA $100: A major thoroughfare in W. Berlin is named for this Olympic legend Jesse Owens |