#9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $2000: New Britain is the largest island in this German-named archipelago in the southwest Pacific the Bismarck Archipelago |
#8977, aired 2023-11-21 | 19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK $7,000 (Daily Double): Pictured here around 1890, he was the original "Iron Man" Bismarck |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $2000: The Admiralty Islands were under German control from about 1885 until 1914, along with the rest of this sea in the southwest Pacific the Bismarck Sea |
#8898, aired 2023-06-21 | HISTORY IS ELEMENTAL $2000: Otto von Bismarck's manner of rule led to him getting this nickname that includes an element & a title the Iron Chancellor |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCRAMBLED STATE CAPITALS $400: On the eastern bank of the Missouri River:
RIB SMACK Bismarck |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | ALPHABETICALLY NEXT $400: In state capitals: Bismarck,
Boise... Boston |
#8691, aired 2022-07-25 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: Bowling Green, Kentucky & Bismarck, North Dakota are both in this time zone the Central Time Zone |
#8632, aired 2022-05-03 | THEY NAMED A CITY FOR HIM $400: To encourage German financing for its railroad, this capital was named in honor of German statesman Otto Bismarck |
#8621, aired 2022-04-18 | WORLD LEADERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Otto von Bismarck was this Germanic nation's prime minister from 1862 to 1890, with a brief break around 1873 Prussia |
#8576, aired 2022-02-14 | HISTORY BOOKS $1200: "Blood & Iron", a history of Germany 1871-1918, gets its title from a quote by this chancellor who's big in the book Bismarck |
#8525, aired 2021-12-03 | THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR $800: This "Iron Chancellor" goaded France into war by publishing a misleading account of a diplomatic exchange Bismarck |
#8480, aired 2021-10-01 | 1871--150 YEARS AGO $600: March 21 saw the first meeting of a united Germany's Reichstag, or parliament, with this man as the first chancellor Bismarck |
#8416, aired 2021-06-07 | ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES $600: July 30, 1898: This ex-Prussian prime minister sinks into destiny Otto von Bismarck |
#8339, aired 2021-02-18 | WAR $1000: This prime minister successfully schemed to start the 1866 Seven Weeks' War & make Prussia Europe's big dog Bismarck |
#8323, aired 2021-01-27 | STATE CAPITALS $800: The capitol building in this North Dakota capital is home to the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Hall of Fame Bismarck |
#8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This man who built a united Germany resigned as chancellor in 1890 after displeasing the kaiser Bismarck |
#8175, aired 2020-03-06 | THE SAINTS $2000: St. Adalbert was the apostle of this kingdom later part of Germany, a Bismarck in his career Prussia |
#8144, aired 2020-01-23 | GET YOUR "B.A." DEGREE $2000: An island group of the Western Pacific held by Germany until WWI, it bears the name of a German Chancellor Bismarck Archipelago |
#8073, aired 2019-10-16 | SHIP OF THE LINE $1600: This ship "is unsinkable / that was Hitler's cry", ran a WWII-era Royal Navy poem titled "The Sinking of" it the Bismarck |
#8054, aired 2019-09-19 | IN THE OCEAN $800: The Bismarck Archipelago Pacific |
#8048, aired 2019-09-11 | A PRINCE OF A GUY $1000: Prince was one of many titles of this Prussian-- he also had count, duke, prime minister & chancellor on his resume Bismarck |
#7876, aired 2018-12-03 | ITALY & GERMANY UNIFIED $1200: This Prussian PM began the process that led to German unification as an attempt to stick it to Austria Bismarck |
#7791, aired 2018-06-25 | GONE A YEAR ALREADY $2000: Germany's longest-serving chancellor since Bismarck, he was a driving force behind the creation of the euro Helmut Kohl |
#7663, aired 2017-12-27 | AROUND THE PACIFIC $400: Mount Wilhelm, named for the son of Otto von Bismarck, is the highest peak in this country on New Guinea Papua New Guinea |
#7627, aired 2017-11-07 | KICKING AXIS $2000: In May 1941 3 British ships sank this German battleship along with most of its 2,300-man crew the Bismarck |
#7612, aired 2017-10-17 | THE MIDWEST $1000: Founded in 1873, North Dakota's oldest newspaper still in publication is this city's Tribune Bismarck |
#7591, aired 2017-09-18 | ISLANDS $1000: The Duke of York islands are coral islands in this South Seas archipelago named for a 19th century German statesman the Bismarck Archipelago |
#7544, aired 2017-06-01 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): The German statesman seen here gave his name to this Midwestern capital Bismarck |
#7510, aired 2017-04-14 | ROYAL OPERA HOUSE TITLES $800: If Otto von Bismarck were alive, he could use this prefix he got in 1871 chancellor |
#7501, aired 2017-04-03 | "O" BROTHER $400: Born in 1810, Bernhard von Bismarck sank in 1893, 5 years before this younger brother did Otto |
#7397, aired 2016-11-08 | CONTEMPORARIES $1200: In 1890 Sitting Bull was killed & this iron chancellor was forced out of office Bismarck |
#7355, aired 2016-07-29 | BATTLESHIPS $800: Robert Ballard found the remains of this WWII German battleship in 1989; it appeared to have been scuttled, not sunk the Bismarck |
#7346, aired 2016-07-18 | DOUBLE U, DOUBLE V OR DOUBLE W $1,800 (Daily Double): In September 2014 there was a United Tribes International one of these held in Bismarck, North Dakota a powwow |
#7247, aired 2016-03-01 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1200: In 1890 Wilhelm II forced the resignation of this notorious OVB, who was not Prussian around much after that Otto von Bismarck |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | THE NORTHERNMOST STATE CAPITAL $200: Bismarck,
Boise,
Baton Rouge Bismarck |
#7192, aired 2015-12-15 | THE SEA "B"s $2,000 (Daily Double): From the mid-1880s to 1914, this sea east of New Guinea was under German control the Bismarck Sea |
#7150, aired 2015-10-16 | HISTORICAL QUOTES $2000: This 19th century "Iron Chancellor" predicted a European war started by some "foolish thing in the Balkans" Bismarck |
#7020, aired 2015-03-06 | PRUSSIA $400: Crowned King of Prussia in 1861, he took the title of kaiser when the German Empire was founded in 1871 (Kaiser) Wilhelm |
#7013, aired 2015-02-25 | THE END OF THE LINE $800: On July 30, 1898 this Prussian was sunk Bismarck |
#6953, aired 2014-12-03 | LET IT "GO" $1,000 (Daily Double): A group of islands such as the Bismarck one in the Southwest Pacific an archipelago |
#6942, aired 2014-11-18 | ALL OVER THE MAP $800: Flowing from Bismarck to Omaha:
this river Missouri |
#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 |
#6830, aired 2014-05-02 | WRIT IN WATER $200: You Otto know this German ship was sunk 600 miles off the French coast in 1941 the Bismarck |
#6770, aired 2014-02-07 | ARCHIPELAGOS $400: New Hanover is part of this archipelago NE of New Guinea named for a German who never went there the Bismarck Archipelago |
#6752, aired 2014-01-14 | EXPLOSIVE IMPLOSIONS $1000: Like an ex-bridge over troubled water, the Memorial Bridge became a memory in 2008 in this North Dakota capital Bismarck |
#6735, aired 2013-12-20 | IT'S SNOWING $400: To break a world record, on Feb. 17, 2007 almost 9,000 people lay on the ground in Bismarck, N.D. & made these snow angels |
#6614, aired 2013-05-23 | GERMAN HISTORY $1600: Jealous of this chancellor's fame, Wilhelm II forced him to resign on March 18, 1890 Bismarck |
#6524, aired 2013-01-17 | THIS MEANS WAR! $2000: Bismarck publishes the Ems telegram, royally peeving Napoleon III the Franco-Prussian War |
#6515, aired 2013-01-04 | HISTORICAL QUOTES $1000: In 1888 this Chancellor told the Reichstag, "we Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world" (Otto von) Bismarck |
#6508, aired 2012-12-26 | SHIP SHAPE $800: This German battleship was launched on February 14, 1939 & sunk by the British 2 years later the Bismarck |
#6479, aired 2012-11-15 | GET "REAL"! $2000: Herr Bismarck's doctrine of practical diplomacy Realpolitik |
#6445, aired 2012-09-28 | NORTH DAKOTA $600: (Sarah delivers the clue from North Dakota.) I'm in this state capital, that was named for a Prussian statesman in hopes of attracting German investors to the city Bismarck |
#6407, aired 2012-06-26 | SPEECH! $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1862 he told the Prussian Diet, "The great questions of the time" will be decided by "iron and blood" Otto von Bismarck |
#6385, aired 2012-05-25 | HISTORY $200: The German Empire had this "Iron Chancellor" from 1871 to 1890 Bismarck |
#6327, aired 2012-03-06 | FILL IN THE QUOTE $2000: Bismarck wanted Germany to be "an honest" this "who really intends to do business" broker |
#6300, aired 2012-01-27 | THE TIME OF HIS LIFE $800: A German emperor (Remember the II):
1859-1941 Wilhelm II |
#6269, aired 2011-12-15 | THE BIRDS & THE "B"s $800: This kingfisher that shares its name with an "iron chancellor" lives in New Guinea, not Germany Bismarck (kingfisher) |
#6216, aired 2011-10-03 | ALL HAT $2000: A type of top hat popular in the 19th century was named for this "Iron Duke" (the Duke of) Wellington |
#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 |
#6083, aired 2011-02-09 | GERMAN FOOD $800: Pichelsteiner Fleisch, a favorite of Otto von Bismarck, is this one-pot concoction, made with beef & pork a stew |
#6063, aired 2011-01-12 | HISTORIC SHIPS $1600: Captured here in National Geographic footage is this sunken German battleship, located in 1989 the Bismarck |
#6052, aired 2010-12-28 | STATE CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1873 the town of Edwinton was renamed this by the Northern Pacific Railroad to honor the German Chancellor Bismarck |
#6015, aired 2010-11-05 | IT HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 5 $1200: 1757:
This "Great" Prussian leader decisively defeats a combined Austrian & French army at Rossbach Frederick the Great |
#5930, aired 2010-05-28 | GETTING TICKED OFF $800: Jealous of this Prussian chancellor's fame, Wilhelm II sank him by forcing his resignation in 1890 Bismarck |
#5914, aired 2010-05-06 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O" $400: Herr Bismarck knows this given name comes from a Germanic word meaning "rich" Otto |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | SCRAMBLED STATE CAPITALS $600: RIB SMACK Bismarck |
#5865, aired 2010-02-26 | YEAR ONE $800: May 24, 1941:
HMS Hood is sunk by this German battleship;
May 27, 1941:
This German battleship is torpedoed & sunk the Bismarck |
#5807, aired 2009-12-08 | 19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK $2000: Pictured here around 1890, he was the original "Iron Man" (Otto von) Bismarck |
#5802, aired 2009-12-01 | RIVER CITY $800: Bismarck, North Dakota is on this river the Missouri |
#5752, aired 2009-09-22 | U.S. STATES $200: Bismarck is the second-largest city in this state North Dakota |
#5714, aired 2009-06-11 | 'CAUSE I'M GOING TO... $200: ... Bismarck, this state's capital. That's it, nothing else, I just want to go there North Dakota |
#5634, aired 2009-02-19 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: The American Heritage Dict.'s 4 entries for this word: state capital, German Chancellor, archipelago & sea Bismarck |
#5476, aired 2008-06-02 | 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS $1600: Wearing the hat of Chancellor for over 15 years, he was Germany's longest-serving leader since Bismarck Helmut Kohl |
#5449, aired 2008-04-24 | "B"EOPLE $400: In 1871 he began a 19-year period as the leader of Germany Bismarck |
#5439, aired 2008-04-10 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1200: In 1862 this Prussian said that "The great questions of the day" would be decided "by iron and blood" Bismarck |
#5313, aired 2007-10-17 | JAZZ MUSICIANS $2000: Leon Bismarck Beiderbecke, a legendary cornet player of the 1920s, was known by this 3-letter nickname Bix |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | GERMAN HISTORY $1600: On January 18, 1871 Germany was unified with Wilhelm I as its first kaiser & this man as its chancellor Bismarck |
#5152, aired 2007-01-23 | A YEAR TO REMEMBER $1200: Teddy Roosevelt hits San Juan Hill; Otto von Bismarck sinks; Sir George Frampton comes alive sculpting Keats 1898 |
#5134, aired 2006-12-28 | FARGO $2000: This railroad, the NP, built a line that reached Fargo in 1872 & as far as Bismarck a year later Northern Pacific |
#5000, aired 2006-05-12 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGING $1000: 1890:
wilhelm ii mkng me quit chnclr gig. off 2 est8s @ friedrichsruh, wch is impsbl 2 abbrv & b undrstd (Otto von) Bismarck |
#4995, aired 2006-05-05 | NEIN! $2000: In 1891, a year after losing power, this statesman was elected to the Reichstag but refused to serve Otto Von Bismarck |
#4972, aired 2006-04-04 | THE DAYS OF WORLD WAR II $400: On May 27, 1941 this German battleship was sunk in the East Atlantic the Bismarck |
#4970, aired 2006-03-31 | APRIL FOOL'S DAY BABIES $800: Born in 1815, he unified the German states into one empire under his leadership Bismarck |
#4947, aired 2006-02-28 | 19th CENTURY EUROPE $800: On January 18, 1871 this Prussian was crowned the first kaiser of the German Empire Wilhelm (I) |
#4892, aired 2005-12-13 | HISTORIC NAMES $1600: In 1889 this 74-year old chancellor instituted old age pensions in Germany Bismarck |
#4761, aired 2005-04-25 | PRINCE $800: This Prussian statesman was given the title of Prince in 1871 Bismarck |
#4683, aired 2005-01-05 | STATE CAPITALS $200: Nebraska Wesleyan University is in this state capital Lincoln |
#4651, aired 2004-11-22 | ROAD TRIPPING $400: Going west from Fargo, it's a 193-mile straight shot (about as straight as it gets) on I-94 to this state capital Bismarck |
#4631, aired 2004-10-25 | SHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): 3 torpedoes fired from the British cruiser Dorsetshire helped sink this battleship on May 27, 1941 the Bismarck |
#4567, aired 2004-06-15 | SCRAMBLED STATE CAPITALS $2000: MACK RIBS Bismarck |
#4559, aired 2004-06-03 | NOT A STATE CAPITAL $1000: Montpelier,
Bismarck,
Portland Portland |
#4557, aired 2004-06-01 | SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME $2000: This 19th century Prussian-German prince said Germany's problems would be settled by "blood and iron" Bismarck |
#4551, aired 2004-05-24 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $600: It's one of the 3 U.S. state capitals found on the Missouri River Bismarck, North Dakota |
#4480, aired 2004-02-13 | STATE CAPITALS $1,500 (Daily Double): Named for a 19th century German chancellor, it was founded as the northwest terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad Bismarck |
#4472, aired 2004-02-03 | THINGS THAT HAPPENED $1000: He was the junker, or landowner, whom Prussia's Wilhelm I chose to be his prime minister in 1862 (Otto von) Bismarck |
#4372, aired 2003-09-16 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES $800: New evidence suggests the British didn't sink this supership May 27, 1941; the Germans scuttled it the Bismarck |
#4356, aired 2003-07-07 | THE OTTO CLUB $2000: He's the late 19th century "Man of Iron" seen here Otto von Bismarck |
#4250, aired 2003-02-07 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: This river flows through 3 state capitals: Bismarck, Pierre & Jefferson City Missouri River |
#4222, aired 2002-12-31 | PRUSSIA $1200: Wilhelm I's prime minister & imperial chancellor, he certainly ironed out Prussia's problems Otto von Bismarck |
#4120, aired 2002-06-28 | THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR $1200: This Prussian statesman & prince was the one who shifted the war into Otto-matic Bismarck |
#4056, aired 2002-04-01 | IT HAPPENED ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY $1000: April 1, 1815 saw the birth of a cute l'il future "Iron Chancellor" of Prussia named this Bismarck |
#3946, aired 2001-10-29 | FRANCE LOSES THE FIGHT $600: The Third Republic began after France lost the war to this Bismarck-led German state Prussia |
#3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BISMARCK $200: In 1998, Gerhard Schroder took over this office that Bismarck held for 19 years the chancellor of Germany |
#3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BISMARCK $400: Logically, the only international gathering over which Bismarck presided was the 1878 Congress of this capital Berlin |
#3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BISMARCK $600: As a university student, Bismarck was a hellion, reportedly engaging in 25 of these with swords duels |
#3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BISMARCK $800: Bismarck showed off the Prussian military when he provoked this northern country into war over Schleswig-Holstein Denmark |
#3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BISMARCK $1000: The 1890 cartoon seen here shows Bismarck & this man who dismissed him Kaiser Wilhelm II |
#3911, aired 2001-09-10 | LONG GERMAN WORDS $1000: Bismarck & Kissinger are among masters of this, politics based on pragmatic concerns Realpolitik |
#3854, aired 2001-05-10 | 1801-1810 $200: In October 1804 Lewis & Clark prepared to spend the first winter of their trip near this present-day N.D. capital Bismarck |
#3779, aired 2001-01-25 | WHILE THE "IRON" IS HOT $500: Bismarck's moniker "The Iron Chancellor" |
#3689, aired 2000-09-21 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS CITIES $200: North Carolina:
Pop. 396,000 Charlotte |
#3689, aired 2000-09-21 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS CITIES $800: South Dakota:
Pop. 101,000 Sioux Falls |
#3687, aired 2000-09-19 | HEIDI, HEIDI, HEIDI $100: Heidi Heitkamp has made her Bismarck as attorney general of this state North Dakota |
#3655, aired 2000-06-23 | FUN FACTS ABOUT STATES & CAPITALS $800 (Daily Double): The only state capital whose name ends in 3 consonants, namely R, C & K Bismarck, North Dakota |
#3596, aired 2000-04-03 | ISLAND GROUPS $800: The Admiralty Islands in Papua New Guinea are part of this archipelago named for a German Bismarck Archipelago |
#3558, aired 2000-02-09 | STATE CAPITALS $900 (Daily Double): Once called Edwinton, it was renamed for a German chancellor Bismarck, North Dakota |
#3516, aired 1999-12-13 | FORMER BIGWIGS $600: Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890 Otto von Bismarck |
#3502, aired 1999-11-23 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: In 1862 this Prussian said that "The great questions of the day" would be decided "by iron and blood" Otto von Bismarck |
#3481, aired 1999-10-25 | ARCHIPELAGOS $400: The Bismarck Archipelago got its name when it was annexed by this European country in 1884 Germany |
#3450, aired 1999-09-10 | STATE CAPITALS $300: North Dakota Bismarck |
#3436, aired 1999-07-12 | MANY IRONS $500: This Prusso-German statesman was the "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck |
#3305, aired 1999-01-08 | DAM IT! $400: The Oahe Dam near this capital of South Dakota is one of the world's ten largest earth-fill dams Pierre |
#3254, aired 1998-10-29 | HISTORIC QUOTES $600 (Daily Double): In 1862 Otto von Bismarck said that the questions of the day would be settled by this "and blood" iron |
#3246, aired 1998-10-19 | SHIPS $300: In 1960 Johnny Horton had a No. 3 hit with a song about the sinking of this German battleship the Bismarck |
#3181, aired 1998-06-01 | STATE CAPITALS $300: In hopes that Germany would help finance its railroad, North Dakota named its capital this Bismarck |
#3118, aired 1998-03-04 | SHIPS $400: The British sent over 60 vessels against this German battleship before it sank on May 27, 1941 Bismarck |
#3093, aired 1998-01-28 | GERMAN HISTORY $200: Holy Roman Emperor Otto I built the "First" of these empires; Otto von Bismarck, the "Second" Reich |
#3053, aired 1997-12-03 | WHY, I OTTO... $400: Known as the "Iron Chancellor", he was forced out of power by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1890 Otto von Bismarck |
#3002, aired 1997-09-23 | THE 1940s $400: 3 days before it was destroyed by the British Navy in May 1941, this German battleship sank the HMS Hood the Bismarck |
#2904, aired 1997-03-27 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $600: It's the only state capital named for a German chancellor Bismarck, North Dakota |
#2889, aired 1997-03-06 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: In 1891 this ex-chancellor of Germany was elected to the Reichstag Otto Von Bismarck |
#2856, aired 1997-01-20 | STATE CAPITALS $300: This North Dakota city's capitol building is called The Skyscraper of the Prairies Bismarck |
#2815, aired 1996-11-22 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $200: In 1890 this German emperor forced Otto Von Bismarck to resign as chancellor Kaiser Wilhelm II |
#2798, aired 1996-10-30 | TRAVEL EUROPE $100: The Friseurmuseum, a hairdressing museum in this German capital, has a lock of Bismarck's hair Berlin |
#2724, aired 1996-06-06 | FAMOUS GERMANS $600: In 1862 he remarked that "The great questions of the time are... decided... by iron and blood" Bismarck |
#2723, aired 1996-06-05 | RUSSIAN RULERS $400: Nicholas II's personal friendship with this German emperor, his cousin, couldn't stop WWI Kaiser Wilhelm (II) |
#2679, aired 1996-04-04 | FOOD $1000: The Bismarck type of this fish is made of fillets cured in vinegar, salt & onions Herring |
#2640, aired 1996-02-09 | VALENTINE'S DAY $400: This German Battleship was launched on Valentine's Day 1939; 2 years later it was sunk the Bismarck |
#2634, aired 1996-02-01 | HISTORY $400: In 1862 he became Prussia's prime minister under King William I Bismarck |
#2623, aired 1996-01-17 | U.S. CITIES $400: Hamar, Norway is a sister city of this largest North Dakota city Fargo |
#2549, aired 1995-10-05 | NICKNAMES $400: Otto von Bismarck was "The Man of Blood and Iron" & this WWII general was "Old Blood and Guts" Patton |
#2526, aired 1995-09-04 | NICKNAMES $400: Otto von Bismarck was the Iron Chancellor & he was the Iron Duke Wellington |
#2475, aired 1995-05-12 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $300: Annual events in this state include the Threshing Show in Makoti & the Folkfest in Bismarck North Dakota |
#2442, aired 1995-03-28 | NORTH DAKOTA $100: In part, this capital city was named to get Germans to invest in the railroad Bismarck |
#2430, aired 1995-03-10 | WORLD WAR II $800: Only about 110 crew members survived the May 27, 1941 sinking of this German battleship the Bismarck |
#2422, aired 1995-02-28 | 19th CENTURY HISTORY $300: He became Prussian prime minister in 1862 & dedicated himself to uniting Germany Otto von Bismarck |
#2406, aired 1995-02-06 | 19th CENTURY EUROPE $800: Known as the "Iron Chancellor", he unified the German currency & established the Imperial Bank Bismarck |
#2371, aired 1994-12-19 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: Cities located on the banks of this river include Bismarck, Omaha & Kansas City the Missouri River |
#2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $600: On March 18, 1890 this German chancellor was forced to resign by Wilhelm II Bismarck |
#2284, aired 1994-07-07 | HISTORY $400: This German chancellor became a count in 1865 & a prince in 1871 Bismarck |
#2132, aired 1993-12-07 | NEWSPAPERS $200: 1993 marks the 120th birthday of this state's oldest surviving paper, the Bismarck Tribune North Dakota |
#2125, aired 1993-11-26 | STATE CAPITALS $600: In 1876 this North Dakota capital served as a supply point for Custer's Montana expedition Bismarck |
#2117, aired 1993-11-16 | GEOGRAPHY $200: The Mother & the Father are two active ones of these on New Britain Island in the Bismarck Archipelago Volcanoes |
#2094, aired 1993-10-14 | NICKNAMES $800: He was nicknamed "The Man of Blood and Iron" as well as "The Iron Chancellor" Bismarck |
#2064, aired 1993-07-22 | WORLD WAR II $200: On May 27, 1941 torpedoes from the cruiser Dorsetshire finished off this German battleship Bismarck |
#1998, aired 1993-04-21 | NEWSPAPERS $200: In 1876 this state's Bismarck Tribune became the 1st paper to report the Battle of the Little Bighorn North Dakota |
#1985, aired 1993-04-02 | STATE CAPITALS $300: Originally called Edwinton, it was renamed in 1873 to honor Germany's "Iron Chancellor" Bismarck (North Dakota) |
#1942, aired 1993-02-02 | POPES NAMED LEO $800: Leo XIII reached an agreement with this "Iron Chancellor", ending Germany's Kulturkampf against Catholics Bismarck |
#1921, aired 1993-01-04 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1871 this Prussian unified the separate German states into a single German empire Bismarck |
#1878, aired 1992-11-04 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: In an 1862 speech, Bismarck spoke of "Eisen und Blut", which are these 2 things blood & iron |
#1873, aired 1992-10-28 | HISTORY $1000: Two years after William II became emperor, he sank the hopes of this "Iron Chancellor" by firing him Bismarck |
#1869, aired 1992-10-22 | HISTORY $500: In 1890, General George Leo von Caprivi replaced this man as chancellor of the German Empire Bismarck |
#1842, aired 1992-09-15 | STATE CAPITALS $200: The state capitol in this North Dakota city is called the "Skyscraper of the Prairies" Bismarck |
#1737, aired 1992-03-03 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: In 1871 he became a prince & the chancellor of the new German empire Otto von Bismarck |
#1713, aired 1992-01-29 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: New Britain & the Admiralty Islands are part of this archipelago, once held by Germany the Bismarck Archipelago |
#1625, aired 1991-09-27 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: Hitler founded the Third Reich; this man founded the Second Reich in 1871 Otto von Bismarck |
#1586, aired 1991-06-24 | HISTORY $200: 20 years before Bismarck, Joseph von Radowitz tried to unify this country under Prussian leadership Germany |
#1583, aired 1991-06-19 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: This German battleship was sunk by torpedoes from the cruiser Dorsetshire on May 27, 1941 the Bismarck |
#1582, aired 1991-06-18 | STATE CAPITALS $800: North Dakota capital first called Edwinton after the Northern Pacific Railroad's chief engineer Bismarck |
#1572, aired 1991-06-04 | FAMOUS NAMES $500: An archipelago off New Guinea & a city in North Dakota are named after this Otto Bismarck |
#1557, aired 1991-05-14 | STATE CAPITALS $200: This capital of South Dakota lies about 8 miles from the geographic center of the state Pierre |
#1522, aired 1991-03-26 | HISTORY $400: Kaiser Wilhelm II dismissed this man as Chancellor of Germany in 1890 Bismarck |
#1518, aired 1991-03-20 | HISTORIC QUOTES $400: 19th C. German who said the great questions of the time must be settled "by iron and blood" Otto von Bismarck |
#1393, aired 1990-09-26 | HISTORIC FIGURES $600: In 1871, after founding the German empire, he became its first chancellor Bismarck |
#1319, aired 1990-05-03 | THE DAKOTAS $600: The 2 states' largest cities are Fargo & Sioux Falls, not these, their capitals Bismarck & Pierre |
#1266, aired 1990-02-19 | STATE CAPITALS $400: This capital was named for Germany's "Iron Chancellor" Bismarck, North Dakota |
#1259, aired 1990-02-08 | ISLANDS $1000: Now part of Papua New Guinea, this archipelago was named for the chancellor of Germany in 1884 Bismarck |
#1225, aired 1989-12-22 | 1989 $500: An undersea explorer found the wreck of this German battleship, subject of a 1960 British film the Bismarck |
#1195, aired 1989-11-10 | QUOTES $300: 19th C. German chancellor who spoke of "Blut und Eisen", meaning "blood & iron" Otto von Bismarck |
#1175, aired 1989-10-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Entry with 3 definitions: a German statesman, a city in North Dakota & a jelly doughnut Bismarck |
#1125, aired 1989-06-23 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: As chancellor of Germany from 1871-90, he forged an empire Bismarck |
#1060, aired 1989-03-24 | U.S. CITIES $400: North Dakota's largest city, it was named for one of the founders of a famous frontier stage line Fargo |
#1020, aired 1989-01-27 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: 2 years after becoming Kaiser in 1888, Germany's Wilhelm II dismissed this famous chancellor Bismarck |
#891, aired 1988-06-20 | U.S. CITIES $400: To lure German capital to finance Northern Pacific Railway, Edwinton, N.D. was renamed this Bismarck |
#878, aired 1988-06-01 | ANIMALS $100: The Bismarck flying fox, this type of mammal, has a 5 1/2 foot wingspan bat |
#813, aired 1988-03-02 | STATE CAPITALS $200: 1 of 4 state capitals to begin with the letter "B" (1 of) Boise (Bismarck, Boston, Baton Rouge) |
#805, aired 1988-02-19 | HODGEPODGE $100: Rachmaninoff, Bismarck & Edmond Rostand were all born on this day, no "fool"ing April 1st |
#694, aired 1987-09-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $600: In the song, people didn't want to sink the "Iron Chancellor" but this ship bearing his name the Bismarck |
#667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDWEST $200: Blackjack gambling is legal in Bismarck, Fargo & the rests of this state North Dakota |
#583, aired 1987-03-04 | STATE CAPITALS $800: Highest office held by the person for whom North Dakota's capital is named Chancellor of Germany |
#532, aired 1986-12-23 | LAKES & RIVERS $200 (Daily Double): 1 of the 3 state capitals that lie on the Missouri River Bismarck, Pierre, or Jefferson City |
#530, aired 1986-12-19 | WORLD WAR II $500 (Daily Double): World War II battleship that's the title subject of this song:
"For six long days and weary nights they tried to find her trail
Churchill told the people 'Put every ship a-sail
'Cause somewhere on that ocean...'" the Bismarck |
#474, aired 1986-10-02 | HISTORIC NAMES $600: While Margaret Thatcher is Britain's "Iron Lady", he was Germany's "Iron Chancellor" Bismarck |
#439, aired 1986-05-15 | STATE CAPITALS $500: To attract German money to finance a railroad, this capital was named for a German statesman Bismarck |
#391, aired 1986-03-10 | THE 1920's $500 (Daily Double): Hero of WWI, this field marshall became 1st popularly-elected German president in 1925 Paul Von Hindenburg |
#351, aired 1986-01-13 | WORLD WAR II $1000: To keep it out of British hands, Hitler ordered this ship scuttled off Uruguay in 1939 the Graf Spee |
#160, aired 1985-04-19 | STATE CAPITALS $800: Only state capital named for a foreign statesman, it's North Dakota's Bismarck |
#143, aired 1985-03-27 | WORLD WAR II $2,000 (Daily Double): Country which sank the subject of this song:
"We'll find the German battleship that's makin' such a fuss / We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us / Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around / When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down" England (Great Britain) |
#70, aired 1984-12-14 | U.S. CITIES $400: Known for manufacturing grain silos, it's North Dakota's largest city Fargo |
#54, aired 1984-11-22 | WORLD WAR II $600: It took 5 destroyers, 2 battleships, a cruiser & air assistance to sink this German battleship the Bismarck |