| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | BLACK HISTORY YEAR $200: Barack Obama quickly resigns from the Senate for a very good reason 2008 |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | BLACK HISTORY YEAR $400: Martin Luther King Jr. gives his immortal "I Have a Dream" speech in D.C. 1963 |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | BLACK HISTORY YEAR $600: Rosa Parks stays seated on mass transit & makes history 1955 |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | BLACK HISTORY YEAR $800: At John Glenn's request, Katherine Johnson verifies the computer's planning of Friendship 7's flight 1962 |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | BLACK HISTORY YEAR $1000: Just after World War II, Jackie Robinson integrates Major League Baseball 1947 |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | BLACK MYSTERY & CRIME FICTION $200: Partly set in Kingston, the plot of "A Brief History of Seven Killings" includes the attempted murder of this reggae singer Bob Marley |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | HISTORY $1600: This political organization was founded by Huey P. Newton & Bobby Seale in 1966 the Black Panthers |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE $200: This wedding tradition may have once had to do with sweeping away evil spirits & today symbolizes a new beginning jumping the broom |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE $400: In 1956, he became the first Black entertainer to host a nationally broadcast TV variety show Nat King Cole |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE $600: While Ebony is for the black community in general, this magazine launched in 1970 is geared especially to black women Essence |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE $800: Seen here are these heroic aviators, the first African-American combat pilots who served during World War II the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1924 the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary became this historically black college for women Spelman |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | BLACK HISTORY $400: In 1930 "Don't buy where you can't work" was a slogan of this economic strategy vs. stores that wouldn't hire African Americans a boycott |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | BLACK HISTORY $800: From around the mid-1910s, families vacationed in "Black Eden", Idlewild in the central region of this state's Lower Peninsula Michigan |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | BLACK HISTORY $1200: Ed Bradley & Bayard Rustin are alumni of Cheyney U., founded in 1837 & claiming the title first of these, often abbrev. to 4 letters HBCUs (historically black colleges & universities) |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | BLACK HISTORY $1600: Around 1910 there was no such thing as Chicago blues; this 2-word exodus of Black folks brought the music north the Great Migration |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | BLACK HISTORY $2000: The Boston Women's Memorial includes a bronze of this 18th century poet who wrote "On Being Brought from Africa to America" Phillis Wheatley |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | I GOT A "B" IN HISTORY $400: In World War I the soldiers of the USA's all-Black 92nd infantry division put this animal on their patch buffalo |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | "U" IN HISTORY $400: A Black resident of Philadelphia, William still kept meticulous records of enslaved people he helped escape via this network the Underground Railroad |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | A MUSICAL JOURNEY WITH QUESTLOVE $1200: (Questlove presents the clue.) In 1975, Parliament released the album "Mothership Connection", an early example of what's called Afro-this-ism, blending Black pride with history & science fiction Afrofuturism |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $200: On making history:
"It has taken 232 years & 115 prior appointments for a black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court" Ketanji Jackson |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | SUBTITLED NONFICTION $400: Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" was subtitled "From" this alliterative event "to Black Holes" the Big Bang |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | HISTORY QUIZ $600: "Black Tuesday", October 29 of this year, was part of the stock market crash that helped set off the Great Depression 1929 |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | THE JACKSONS, 5 $1600: In 2022, Erin Jackson made history as the first Black woman to win individual gold at the Winter Olympics, winning for this sport speed skating |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | U.S. HISTORY $1600: In 1973 this retired Chief Justice returned to California to swear in Tom Bradley, the first Black mayor of Los Angeles (Earl) Warren |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | LAUREL $800: In 2022 Diébédo Francis Kéré became the first Black winner of this architecture prize in its 43-year history the Pritzker Prize |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY & THE MOVIES $1200: The title characters of this 2020 film set in the 1960s are an FBI informant & Black Panther leader Fred Hampton Judas and the Black Messiah |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | ESSAYS $200: He shared "A Brief History of a Brief History" in his "Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays" Hawking |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) Featuring an all-Black cast, songs like "Ease On Down The Road" & the costumes seen here, this 1975 Broadway musical had a rough beginning before becoming a smash hit & winning 7 Tonys The Wiz |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) The 1943 film, "Stormy Weather", featured some of the greatest Black entertainers of the day, including Bill Robinson, Dooley Wilson, & of course, this beloved actress & singer, then in her 20s, who wore this green velvet dress & sang the title song (Lena) Horne |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH $400: Black History Month February |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: The Great Sioux War of 1876 is also called this war, after the sacred region the Sioux were fighting for Black Hills War |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $2000: Before she made history in Congress, Barbara Jordan was the first Black woman elected to this state's Senate Texas |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | HISTORY $1600: Echoing a name from about 19 centuries before, Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led a slave revolt in Haiti, was known as "The Black" this Spartacus |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Black Elk, a holy man of the Oglala branch of these people, was at the battle of Little Bighorn & lived until 1950 the Sioux |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | HISTORY $400: In the 10th century the hajj was suspended for some 20 years after the theft of the black stone from the Kaaba in this city Mecca |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1832, hoping to reclaim land in Illinois, this Sauk leader led Native Americans against U.S. forces in a months-long war Black Hawk |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: E.E. Ward Moving & Storage is the oldest Black-owned co. in the U.S., dating to the 1840s when a Ward was a conductor on this the Underground Railroad |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1919, as part of his Back to Africa plan, Marcus Garvey founded this, contrasting with the name of a British ship line the Black Star Line |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The Black Death that killed more than a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s was an epidemic of this infectious disease bubonic plague |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY $1200: On June 19, 1865 black residents of Texas learned of this document issued 2 1/2 years earlier the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | ARCHITECTURE HISTORY $2000: Not black eyeliner but stained-glass windows & pointed arches exemplify this architectural style begun around 1130 Gothic |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | FEBRUARY $400: According to annual presidential proclamations, February is this month--not "Black" anymore African-American History Month |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) One of the most memorable moments in Olympic history was when track stars Tommie Smith & John Carlos raised their fists in a Black Power salute in Mexico City in this year of escalated racial tensions six months after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Argubably "The Greatest" inside the ring & out, Muhammed Ali first won the heavyweight title by beating Sonny Liston in 1964; in the next few days, publicly adopting Islam, he changed from this & became an example of Black pride & defiance of the establishment Cassius Clay |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1940, for her role in this film, Hattie McDaniel became the first black performer to win an Oscar Gone with the Wind |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | CLASSIC MOVIES & TV $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at Profiles in History in Calabasas, CA.) Here's the outfit James Gandolfini wore in the final scene at the diner of this Emmy-winning drama series before they cut to black The Sopranos |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: A 1957 study of the middle class, with the alliterative title "The Black" this group, traced it to 1865 & the Freedmen's Bank the Bourgeoisie |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: This 1960s alliterative slogan has roots in an 1858 speech that mentioned "rich color" & "full broad features" "Black is beautiful" |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | HISTORY, THROUGH THE CENTURIES $200: 14th: Around 1347 the bacterium Yersinia pestis begins a European tour known by this "colorful" 2-word phrase black death |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: When this beloved first lady died in Washington in 1849, the "ladies of Virginia" were urged to wear a black bow or ribbon in tribute Dolley Madison |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | SCI-FI STUFF $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Profiles in History in Calabasas, California.) Repurposed black, padded hockey gloves were part of a Cylon from this '70s sci-fi show, but balancing out the cool factor, the helmet is outfitted with the awesome red Cyclops eye Battlestar Galactica |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Ron Brown in 1989 for the Democrats & Michael Steele in 2009 for the G.O.P. were the first black holders of this post chairman of the party |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1968 at this school, SFSU for short, Nathan Hare created the USA's first black studies program San Francisco State University |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | SPECIFIC GENERAL HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Known by a "colorful" nickname, he got the rank of General of the Armies of the U.S. in September 1919 "Black Jack" Pershing |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | AVIATION HISTORY $800: Benjamin Davis Jr. became the first to lead this all-black Alabama flying unit also known as the Red Tails the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY NOTABLES $400: His blindness by age 7, possibly from glaucoma, never got in the way of his success Ray Charles |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY NOTABLES $800: He's the author & very visible man seen here Ralph Ellison |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY NOTABLES $1200: In 1957, she became the first African-American to win a singles title at Wimbledon Althea Gibson |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY NOTABLES $1600: He was a longtime assistant to Robert E. Peary, and a co-discoverer of the North Pole Matthew Henson |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY NOTABLES $2000: The subject of a TV movie and a Rockwell painting, in 1960 she made history by integrating an all-white school in New Orleans (Ruby) Bridges |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE WITH DR. OZ $1600: (Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Hippocrates thought the body was ruled by blood, phlegm, yellow & black bile, each associated with a season & with one of the 4 elements... health depended on a balance of the 4 liquids known as these humors |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: Abbreviated the CBC, it was formed by 13 African Americans elected to the U.S. House in 1970 the Congressional Black Caucus |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: (Alex presents the clue from the National Museum of African American History & Culture.) In World War I, because of racial tensions within the Army, a black combat unit nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters was assigned to fight with the French, and because of their valor, the regiment was awarded this cross of war, one of France's highest honors the Croix de guerre |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | BLACK $600: A black monolith mysteriously appears at different times in human history in this classic sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $400: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) At the gift shop, you can pick up a kinara, a candleholder that represents African roots; it'll hold candles in the symbolic colors of black for the people, red for their struggle & green for hope, all to help you celebrate this late December holiday Kwanzaa |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $2000: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) The tape recorder was used by this man, whose ideas for black activism couldn't be contained by the Nation of Islam, leading to the sad correctness of his prediction in his autobiography that, "I, too, will die by violence" Malcolm X |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1966 Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded this militant party in Oakland the Black Panthers |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | JEWISH HISTORY $2000: The Baal Shem Tov was the 18th century founder of this movement known for wearing black hats the Hasidic movement |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $1200: In 1840 the U.K. post office issued the world's first postage stamps, the 2 Penny Blue & the Penny this the Penny Black |
| #7302, aired 2016-05-17 | NONFICTION $2000: His "A Brief History of Time" was subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" Stephen Hawking |
| #7283, aired 2016-04-20 | ALABAMA HISTORY $600: Past KKK membership didn't stop Alabama's Hugo Black when he was appointed to this body in 1937 the Supreme Court |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | COLORFUL HISTORY $800: On June 20, 1756 dozens of Europeans defending Calcutta were thrown into this dungeon; few survived the Black Hole |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | COLORFUL HISTORY $2000: In 1978 former Italian premier Aldo Moro was abducted & killed by this terrorist group the Red Brigades |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $200: This phrase of protest coined by Alicia Garza has become a hashtag & a movement Black Lives Matter |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | COLORFUL ENTERTAINMENT $800: This actor covers a lot of ground, voicing a panda on film & playing both Orson Welles & Elvis on TV's "Drunk History" Jack Black |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Hiram Revels, the first black U.S. senator, represented this state, but too late to be Jeff Davis' colleague Mississippi |
| #6897, aired 2014-09-16 | GHOSTBUSTERS $1000: (Here's Sarah to wrap up the category.) Dan Aykroyd wanted it to be black, but because of all the night scenes, the 1959 Cadillac known as this-1 was painted white instead & the rest is history Ecto |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $800: A D.C. site is where Dr. Carter G. Woodson came up with Negro History Week, now expanded & renamed this Black History Month |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Valley Forge Nat'l Historical Park in Pennsylvania.) Honored with a monument, the 500 black soldiers at Valley Forge included the U.S. military's first African-American unit of free men, the regiment known as the First of this Ocean State Rhode Island |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | SILVER ANNIVERSARIES $600: 2013 marks the silver anniversary of this book subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" A Brief History of Time |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: In Italy in the 1920s, you wore a black shirt to identify yourself as a member of this party the Fascist Party |
| #6479, aired 2012-11-15 | QUICK HISTORY $400: In 1756 this city's "Black Hole" made news Calcutta |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | THE WRIGHT STUFF $1600: This author's "12 Million Black Voices" is a pictorial history of African Americans Richard Wright |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH $400: In February 1977 Clifford Alexander became the first black secretary of this oldest U.S. military branch the Army |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH $1200: On Feb. 15, 1804 New Jersey became the last northern state to do this outlaw slavery |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH $1600: Feb. 1948 riots in Accra sparked a movement that led to this country's becoming one of Africa's first to boot the colonists Ghana |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH $2000: At a Feb. 1957 meeting a civil rights group chose this 3-word name; "Christian" was added later in the year Southern Leadership Conference |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH $2,400 (Daily Double): A vessel called this historic ship "of Liberia" left the U.S. in February 1820 carrying free blacks back to Africa the Mayflower |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | NONFICTION $600: His "A Brief History of Time" is subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" Stephen Hawking |
| #6220, aired 2011-10-07 | HISTORY $600: "Black Thursday" happened on Oct. 24 of this year; 5 days later, share prices had fallen 80% 1929 |
| #6176, aired 2011-06-20 | NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HISTORY $2000: Sonoma was the site for this "beastly" 1846 rebellion against Mexican rule of California the Bear Flag Revolt |
| #6099, aired 2011-03-03 | SPECIAL MONTHS $400: Library Lovers' Month &
Black History Month February |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | A MAJOR IN HISTORY $400: During this war Major Martin R. Delany became the U.S. Army's first black field officer Civil War |
| #5914, aired 2010-05-06 | THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER $400: Frank Rich wrote you could feel Broadway history being made in this musical about a black female singing group Dreamgirls |
| #5901, aired 2010-04-19 | MISSISSIPPI, MY LOVE $200: Hiram Revels of Fayetteville made history in 1870 as the first black member of this U.S. government body the U.S. Senate |
| #5855, aired 2010-02-12 | AFRICAN HISTORY $800: (I'm author and journalist Helene Cooper.) In 1847 a government based on that of the U.S. was established by free black men & former slaves in the West African nation they called this Liberia |
| #5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $1,200 (Daily Double): Edward of Woodstock, Knight of the Garter & heir to the British Throne, is better known to history as this the Black Prince |
| #5632, aired 2009-02-17 | COATS OF ARMS $400: Due to a strong Viking element in its history, the Isle of Man has this black bird on its shield along with a falcon a raven |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: Once known as the Gold Coast, it was the first member of the Commonwealth of Nations governed by Black Africans Ghana |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | CRAYOLA: A COLORFUL HISTORY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with machinery at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) Edwin Binney & this cousin of his began their partnership in 1885 to sell carbon black & other pigments; Crayolas didn't come until 1903 (Harold) Smith |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1600: When this "dark" knight sacked Limoges, France in 1370, he killed more than 3,000 citizens the Black Prince |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH $400: Melville said this abolitionist who was hanged in Charlestown, Va. in 1859 was "the meteor of the war" John Brown |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH $800: Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by this team the Dodgers |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH $1200: Harlem had one of these literary & cultural rebirths in the '20s & '30s renaissance |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH $1600: Edward & Burghardt were the middle names of this organizer of the NAACP (W.E.B.) Du Bois |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH $2000: In 1957 Martin Luther King helped establish this religious organization, the SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE HISTORY GAME $400: It's 1922 & the Black Shirts force King Victor Emmanuel III to appoint this far-right fielder as Prime Minister Benito Mussolini |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a member of this "dark" Serbian terrorist group the Black Hand |
| #5223, aired 2007-05-02 | HISTORICAL TV $1200: A HIstory Channel show on this subject noted "baseball-sized black swellings on the neck" from the year 1347 the plague |
| #5104, aired 2006-11-16 | ANSWERS THAT START WITH "FEB" $400: Black History Month begins on this date February 1 |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | GREAT BRIT $1200: In 1974 this "Brief History of Time" author calculated that black holes aren't completely black Stephen Hawking |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | NONFICTION $1,400 (Daily Double): This 1988 bestseller was subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" A Brief History of Time |
| #4873, aired 2005-11-16 | AROUND THE WORLD $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from outside a black brick edifice in Lubeck, Germany.) The elaborate use of brick in Lubeck, Germany began early in the city's history, partially in response to this disaster in 1157 fire |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH $400: In September 2004 she made history on TV by giving a brand new car to each member of her audience Oprah (Winfrey) |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH $800: Kweisi Mfume left the House of Representatives to head this civil rights organization in February 1996 the NAACP |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH $1200: The army's last black regiment, the 24th infantry, was disbanded in October 1951, during this war the Korean War |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH $1600: In May 1954, in the case of this family v. the Board of Education, segregation in school was ruled unconstitutional Brown |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH $2000: In July 1881 this famous college opened in Alabama with Booker T. Washington as its first principal Tuskegee |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | A DATE WITH HISTORY $800: Referred to as "Black Tuesday", it's the date in 1929 that saw the final collapse of the stock market October 29th |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $1200: This order of inquisitorial monks, aka the Black Friars, could have been called the Black "Fryers" the Dominicans |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | PULITZER PRIZES $1200: Nicknamed "Black Jack", his memoir "My Experiences in the World War" won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for History General Pershing |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | U.S. HISTORY $2000: Andrew Jackson had this captured leader & namesake of an 1830s war put on tour in the East as a trophy Black Hawk |
| #4404, aired 2003-10-30 | CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): When this group, the CBC, was founded in 1971, it aimed for 10% of the House to be African-American -- not there yet the Congressional Black Caucus |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | THE SCIENCE SECTION $1,000 (Daily Double): "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" is the subtitle of this landmark book by physicist Stephen Hawking "A Brief History of Time" |
| #4108, aired 2002-06-12 | FIRST OF THE MONTH $800: Black History Month begins on the first of this February |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $100: In 1989 Bertram Lee & Peter Bynoe became the first black owners of a major sports franchise, this city's NBA Nuggets Denver |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $300: In 1957 it became the USA's first major city with a black majority Washington, D.C. |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | BLACK IN HISTORY $100: They're what usually passed the Black Death from rats to humans fleas |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | BLACK IN HISTORY $200: It was from the color of this that Edward of Woodstock got the nickname "The Black Prince" his armor |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | BLACK IN HISTORY $300: This star of "Susannah of the Mounties" was later U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Shirley Temple Black |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | BLACK IN HISTORY $400: In the War of 1812 this Sauk chief who later got his own war fought with the British against the double-dealing U.S. Black Hawk |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | BLACK IN HISTORY $500: The Black Dragon Society aided in Japan's seizure of this Chinese region in 1931 Manchuria |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | BLACK HISTORY MONTHS $200: In November 1934 Arthur Mitchell became the first black person elected to Congress from this party Democratic |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | BLACK HISTORY MONTHS $400: Before Rosa Parks there was Irene Morgan, who wouldn't move on an interstate one of these in July 1944 Bus (Greyhound) |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | BLACK HISTORY MONTHS $600: Autherine Lucy, this Tuscaloosa school's first black student, was admitted & expelled in February 1956 University of Alabama |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | BLACK HISTORY MONTHS $1,000 (Daily Double): The 19th of this month is celebrated as the date Texas slaves learned of their freedom in 1865 June (Juneteenth) |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | BLACK HISTORY MONTHS $1000: In January 1955 this great contralto integrated the Metropolitan Opera Marian Anderson |
| #3684, aired 2000-09-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1916 President Wilson sent this brigadier general into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa John "Black Jack" Pershing |
| #3632, aired 2000-05-23 | "D" IN HISTORY $400: The Vikings founded this city in the mid-800s, probably naming it for a black pool in the river Liffey Dublin |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | KAREEM $400: In 1996 Kareem's strong interest in history inspired him to co-write "Black Profiles in" this Courage |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | MARK YOUR CALENDAR $600: Black History Month February |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY $200: An 1879 mass movement of Southern blacks to the West was known by this Biblical name The Exodus |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Common name of the historic 1963 event seen here: March on Washington, D.C. |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Believed to be part black & part Native American, he was a leader & fatality in the 1770 Boston Massacre Crispus Attucks |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): This organization was founded in 1944 after Tuskegee's president suggested pooling schools' money United Negro College Fund |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: This important black church was formally organized in 1816 with Richard Allen as its first bishop African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) |
| #3442, aired 1999-07-20 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1869 Ebenezer Bassett, the USA's first black diplomat, became minister to this French-speaking nation Haiti |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY $100: Harry Truman ended it in the Army in 1948; the Supreme Court ended it in public schools in 1954 Segregation |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY $200: The black population of these U.S. areas, the destination of "white flight", doubled in the '70s & '80s Suburbs |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY $300: In 1829 journalist John Russwurm gave up on abolitionism & left the U.S. for this independent African nation Liberia |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY $400: This "conductor" usually carried a gun, not a whistle Harriet Tubman |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY $500: An Alabama city gave its name to this group of 9 youths falsely accused of rape in 1931 The Scottsboro Boys |
| #3211, aired 1998-07-13 | AFRICAN HISTORY $600: Black "homelands" called Bantustans were part of this South African system of segregation Apartheid |
| #3154, aired 1998-04-23 | HISTORIES $200: This Steven Spielberg film recently renewed interest in William Owen's history "Black Mutiny" Amistad |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: This 16-year-old "Black Prince" led his men to victory at the battle of Crecy in August 1346 Edward |
| #2954, aired 1997-06-05 | SOUTHERN HISTORY $400: In the Black Patch War of 1906-09 growers tried to break monopolies of this product Tobacco |
| #2950, aired 1997-05-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: In 1960 black sit-ins at segregated lunch counters started in Greensboro in this state North Carolina |
| #2930, aired 1997-05-02 | NONFICTION $600: In 1996 this former Lakers center shared his love of history in "Black Profiles in Courage" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| #2782, aired 1996-10-08 | MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES $500: This month is Black History Month, originated by Carter G. Woodson in 1926 February |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 447 he & his band of Huns devastated the area between the Mediterranean & Black Seas Attila |
| #2659, aired 1996-03-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1963 this Black leader began writing his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail" on the margin of a newspaper Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2541, aired 1995-09-25 | HISTORY $800: On July 26, 1847 this black African democracy declared itself a republic Liberia |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | MUSEUMS $800: A 10-foot mural of Black history adorns a wall of this city's Dusable Museum of African American history Chicago |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: This Indian's war ended August 27, 1832 with his capture Black Hawk |
| #2425, aired 1995-03-03 | HISTORY $200: The Black Stone, a sacred object in Islam, was stolen from this city by rebels in 930 & kept for 20 years Mecca |
| #2394, aired 1995-01-19 | AFRICAN HISTORY $1000: The first Black African colony to gain independence, the Gold Coast is now known by this name Ghana |
| #2369, aired 1994-12-15 | BUSINESS HISTORY $300: This co. known for its yellow rental trucks began in 1933 with a 1931 black model a Ford truck Ryder |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1756 British soldiers were imprisoned by Indian troops in this 15' x 18' room the Black Hole of Calcutta |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On Oct. 1, 1962 James Meredith became the first black student enrolled at this university the University of Mississippi |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | RUSSIAN HISTORY $600: In 1954 this peninsula in the Black Sea was transferred from Russia to Ukraine the Crimea |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | WORLD HISTORY $800: By 1279 this empire spread from the Pacific to the Black Sea, from the Arabian Sea to the Siberian steppes the Mongol Empire |
| #2167, aired 1994-01-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: the Stone Age stones used for tools were flint & this black volcanic glass Obsidian |
| #2133, aired 1993-12-08 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: The Stowe House in this Ohio "Queen City of the West" often has exhibits on Black history Cincinnati |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | 1950s WOMEN $600: On January 7, 1955 she made history as the first black in a major role at the Metropolitan Opera Marian Anderson |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | MILITARY LEADERS $800: AEF commander whose "My Experiences in the World War" won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for History "Black Jack" Pershing |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In the 1300s about a fourth of Europe's population was wiped out by this plague the Black Death |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | MODERN BLACK HISTORY $200: Bobby Seale, co-founder of this militant group later wrote a cookbook, "Barbeque'n with Bobby" the Black Panthers |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | MODERN BLACK HISTORY $400: In 1964 he quit the Nation of Islam & founded the Organization for Afro-American Unity Malcolm X |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | MODERN BLACK HISTORY $600: Hubert Gerold Brown was better known as this H. Rap Brown |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | MODERN BLACK HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1954 he was named an undersecretary of the United Nations Dr. Ralph Bunche |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | MODERN BLACK HISTORY $1000: It lasted from December 5, 1955 to December 21, 1956 the Montgomery bus boycott |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | TEENS IN HISTORY $800: The Black Prince was only 16 when he commanded part of his father's army in this really long war the Hundred Years' War |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | FASHION HISTORY $200: Originally, ancient Egyptian wigs were this color, a nice contrast to all those white clothes black |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | RUSSIAN HISTORY $800: After a war with the Ottoman Empire, Russia annexed this peninsula in the Black Sea in 1783 the Crimean Peninsula |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | BLACK HISTORY $200: Around 1624 William Tucker became the 1st black child born & baptized in this Virginia settlement Jamestown |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | BLACK HISTORY $400: In 1909 the Niagara Movement helped form this large civil rights organization NAACP |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | BLACK HISTORY $600: As a result of this 1954 landmark case, segregation in public schools was declared unconstitutional Brown vs. Board of Education |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | BLACK HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1847 American-born Joseph Roberts was elected the first president of this African country Liberia |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | BLACK HISTORY $1000: In 1908 the first black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, was founded at this university in Washington, D.C. Howard University |
| #1748, aired 1992-03-18 | U.S. HISTORY $800: 90 black leaders were arrested in this city Feb. 22-24, 1956 for leading a bus boycott Montgomery, Alabama |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | BLACK HISTORY $200: Wm. Thompson, killed in action in 1950, was the 1st Black to win the Medal of Honor in this war the Korean War |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | BLACK HISTORY $400: Speaking before the Democratic Nat'l Convention in 1988, he urged Americans to "keep hope alive" Jesse Jackson |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | BLACK HISTORY $600: He broke the color barrier in baseball, & in 1949 was voted the Nat'l League's most valuable player Jackie Robinson |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | BLACK HISTORY $800: When Victoria Woodhull ran for pres. in 1872, this orator was her running mate Frederick Douglass |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | BLACK HISTORY $1000: In the 1837 Battle of Okeechobee, Black commander John Horse led these Indians the Seminoles |
| #1691, aired 1991-12-30 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Ebenezer Bassett, the 1st Black U.S. diplomat, was named consul general to this French-speaking nation in 1869 Haiti |
| #1673, aired 1991-12-04 | HISTORY $1000: Uruguay bought some of the oversupply of these garments & gave them to Garibaldi for his men red shirts |
| #1672, aired 1991-12-03 | NONFICTION $1,000 (Daily Double): This best-selling science book by Stephen Hawking is subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" A Brief History of Time |
| #1564, aired 1991-05-23 | HISTORY $1000: Prince Edward of Woodstock got this nickname from the color of his armor in the Hundred Years' War the Black Prince |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | U.S. HISTORY $400: Black Friday, September 24, 1869, was Wall Street's reaction to Gould & Fisk's attempt to corner this the gold market |
| #1452, aired 1990-12-18 | BLACK HISTORY $200: In 1926, Carter G. Woodson founded Negro History Week, the forerunner of this current observance Black History Month |
| #1452, aired 1990-12-18 | BLACK HISTORY $400: This organization was established in 1944 to raise funds for Black education the United Negro College Fund |
| #1452, aired 1990-12-18 | BLACK HISTORY $600: A young student named Linda Brown was the focus of this landmark 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education |
| #1452, aired 1990-12-18 | BLACK HISTORY $800: In the 1850s, this female preacher became an impassioned spokeswoman for the rights of women Sojourner Truth |
| #1452, aired 1990-12-18 | BLACK HISTORY $1,700 (Daily Double): This ex-slave, a renowned orator, was the United States minister to Haiti from 1889 to 1891 Frederick Douglass |
| #1441, aired 1990-12-03 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: An attempt to corner the gold market in 1869 resulted in this "day" of financial panic Black Friday |
| #1426, aired 1990-11-12 | MODERN HISTORY $100: The Arditi, a group of nationalists & WWI vets, were 1st to wear the black shirts of this Italian party the Fascists |
| #1378, aired 1990-09-05 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Laura, beloved of Petrarch, died in this epidemic that swept medieval Europe the Black Plague |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Black Friday, September 24, 1869, resulted from Gould & Fisk's attempt to corner the U.S. supply of this gold |
| #1251, aired 1990-01-29 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: He was called "Black Dan" due to his swarthy complexion & "Godlike Daniel" from his imposing style Daniel Webster |
| #1250, aired 1990-01-26 | MEDICAL HISTORY $600: The Greeks thought a man's body had 4 humors: phlegm, yellow bile, black bile & this fluid blood |
| #1236, aired 1990-01-08 | U.S. HISTORY $200: Black Shawl was the wife of this Indian who helped lead the charge against Custer Crazy Horse |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Coinciding with the birth of Frederick Douglass & Abraham Lincoln, it's Black History Month February |
| #1158, aired 1989-09-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: The legal name of this black evangelist-abolitionist was Isabella Van Wagener Sojourner Truth |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | U.S. HISTORY $600: He led the expedition which discovered gold in the Black Hills, setting off a gold rush and the Sioux Wars Custer |
| #1080, aired 1989-04-21 | FASHION HISTORY $600: Women beatniks favored leotards of this color black |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In the post Civil War South, most Black tenant farmers paid their rent with this their crop |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1964 Malcolm X left this group; the following year 3 of its members killed him the Black Muslims |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | U.S. HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): The day known as "Black Easter" in American history was the day after he died Abraham Lincoln |
| #839, aired 1988-04-07 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY $300: Charles Black was dropped from the Social Register for marrying this ex-child star in 1950 Shirley Temple |
| #762, aired 1987-12-22 | HISTORY $200: Some claim the modern era began with this 14th c. epidemic which devastated medieval society Bubonic Plague (or Black Plague) |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | ASIAN HISTORY $300: Estimated death toll from the famous 1756 incident in this room in an Indian fort ranges from 15 to over 100 the Black Hole of Calcutta |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "B" IN HISTORY $600: Some say over 100 British prisoners suffocated in this Indian cell in 1756 the Black Hole of Calcutta |
| #514, aired 1986-11-27 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: While Mussolini's followers wore black shirts, this 19th century Italian led the "Redshirts" Garibaldi |
| #375, aired 1986-02-14 | SPORTS HISTORY $600: Rudyard Kipling painted golf balls this color to find them on snow-covered "greens" in Vermont red |
| #356, aired 1986-01-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: Notorious name of the small airless dungeon in the British East India Co.'s old Ft. William the black hole of Calcutta |
| #271, aired 1985-09-23 | WORLD HISTORY $800: 1st black to win Nobel Prize, he negotiated 1949 Arab-Israeli truce Ralph Bunche |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Monarch known for dressing in black, she mourned her husband Albert for 40 years Queen Victoria |
| #92, aired 1985-01-15 | U.S. HISTORY $300: In September '57, city where guardsmen barred Black students from an all-White high school Little Rock, Arkansas |
| #11, aired 1984-09-24 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: Justice Hugo Black, a leading supporter of school desegregation, was once member of this group the KKK |
| #3, aired 1984-09-12 | U.S. HISTORY $200: On the eve of the Civil War, some 2,000 slaveholders were of this race black (or negro) |
