#9073, aired 2024-04-03 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: This canal completed in 1893 divides the Peloponnese Peninsula from mainland Greece Corinth |
#9056, aired 2024-03-11 | NATURE $1600: Found in bodies of water & other moist environments, these single-celled algae have cell walls made of silica diatoms |
#9042, aired 2024-02-20 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Called Östersjön in Swedish, this sea separates Scandinavia from the rest of Europe the Baltic |
#9042, aired 2024-02-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: There's a Colorado River in the U.S. & another one in this South American nation where it flows across the Pampas Argentina |
#9042, aired 2024-02-20 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: This deepest lake in Africa has a name that may come from Swahili words for "Sail" & "wilderness" Lake Tanganyika |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Opened to Londoners in 2000, the Millennium Pedestrian Bridge is one of the newer ones to cross over this river the Thames |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Hindus consider it the most sacred river in India the Ganges |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Manama & Bushehr are on this body that was at the center of fighting in 1991 & again in the 2000s the Persian Gulf |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | ALSO AN ANIMAL SOUND $400: This word follows Chesapeake, Hudson and Guantanamo in the names of bodies of water bay |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Alan Jackson showed off his waterskiing talents in the video for his song named for this river the Chattahoochee |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is said to have coined the name of this American lake from Latin for "truth" & "head" Lake Itasca (in Minnesota) |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: Mentioned in the Bible, the King's Highway joined Syria to this gulf at the north of the Red Sea Gulf of Aqaba |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: It flows 2,300 miles from the Altai Mountains to the Arctic Ocean the Ob River |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | BODIES OF WATER $200: In the acronym HOMES, it's the "H" Huron |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Under an agreement first drawn up in 1903, the U.S. maintains a strategically important naval base on this Cuban bay Guantanamo |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: In ancient times the Dardanelles Strait was called this & was associated with the story of Hero & Leander the Hellespont |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1,800 (Daily Double): Differing by a letter, these 2 rivers both rise in Switzerland; one is about 830 miles long & the other, more than 500 the Rhône & Rhine |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | BODIES OF WATER $400: In the first map of the new U.S.A. by an American, Pennsylvania doesn't have access to this lake which it got in a 1792 purchase Lake Erie |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Formed in Chihuahua, the Fuerte River of Mexico flows southwestward 180 miles into this gulf the Gulf of California |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: The island nation of Sao Tome & Principe is found in this gulf near the equator the Gulf of Guinea |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | 3 CONSONANTS IN A ROW $1200: This narrow passage connects 2 big bodies of water a strait |
#8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Scoresby Sound, home to the world's longest one of these narrow inlets, lies in Greenland, not Norway a fjord |
#8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: The beauty of Lake Kachura in Pakistan has earned it this name, popularized by novelist James Hilton to mean "heaven on earth" Shangrila |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The Churn & the Leach are among its headstreams in the Cotswolds the Thames |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: The Conchos River, the longest in the state of Chihuahua, is a tributary of this one the Rio Grande |
#8613, aired 2022-04-06 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $600: If you're sittin' on the dock of this 200-mile-long bay, you're either in Maryland or Virginia Chesapeake Bay |
#8613, aired 2022-04-06 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $1,000 (Daily Double): Seneca & Cayuga are the largest of the 11 lakes in New York State collectively called these the Finger Lakes |
#8613, aired 2022-04-06 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $1000: As indicated by its name, this large lake formed by Denison Dam is shared by Texas & its neighbor to the north Texoma |
#8580, aired 2022-02-18 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Built in the early 1960s, the Bridge of the Americas spans this waterway the Panama Canal |
#12, aired 2022-02-16 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $1600: Admiral David Farragut saw his greatest victory in the August 1864 Battle of this body of water Mobile Bay |
#12, aired 2022-02-16 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $2000: The Cumberland River rises in this state, flows through a portion of Tennessee & then back into this state Kentucky |
#8561, aired 2022-01-24 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: In 1903 Cuba gave the U.S. a lease on 45 square miles of land & water on this bay Guantanamo |
#8560, aired 2022-01-21 | EXPLORERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Bridges over New York Bay & Narragansett Bay are named for this explorer who sailed into both bodies of water in 1524 Verrazzano |
#8421, aired 2021-06-14 | BODIES OF WATER $200: This largest lake in Africa is named for a British queen Victoria |
#8421, aired 2021-06-14 | BODIES OF WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): Accessible only by ferry, Vashon Island is in this body of water, between Seattle & Tacoma Puget Sound |
#8363, aired 2021-03-24 | BODIES OF WATER FILED UNDER B $1600: Blommestein Lake is the largest reservoir in this South American nation Suriname |
#8363, aired 2021-03-24 | BODIES OF WATER FILED UNDER B $2000: This "large animal" lake is a center of skiing, fishing & more in California's San Bernardino National Forest Big Bear Lake |
#8314, aired 2021-01-14 | BODIES OF WATER $400: It cost the U.S. about $380 million to build this canal that opened to traffic in 1914 the Panama Canal |
#8287, aired 2020-11-24 | BODIES OF WATER $600: The people in John Mellencamp's "Pink Houses" vacation "down at" this body of water, perhaps in Fort Morgan, Alabama the Gulf of Mexico |
#8287, aired 2020-11-24 | BODIES OF WATER $1,000 (Daily Double): This mighty river rises in the Tibetan Plateau & empties into the South China Sea near Ho Chi Minh City the Mekong |
#8244, aired 2020-09-24 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: The Cayman Islands are in this sea Caribbean Sea |
#8244, aired 2020-09-24 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: In French it's known as Le Golfe de Gascogne the Bay of Biscay |
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 | V.I.P.! V.I.P.! $3,000 (Daily Double): 3 North American bodies of water--a strait, a bay & a river--are named for this English captain last seen in 1611 (Henry) Hudson |
#7965, aired 2019-04-05 | BODIES OF WATER $200: The Gulf of Taranto makes up the arch in this country's "boot" Italy |
#7965, aired 2019-04-05 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Chesapeake Bay is natural; Druid Lake & all other lakes in this state are man-made Maryland |
#7965, aired 2019-04-05 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Old unfaithful! Steamboat Geyser in this national park went 50 years without a major eruption & erupted 29 times in one year Yellowstone |
#7965, aired 2019-04-05 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: Canada's Spotted Lake is found over the border from Washington in this province British Columbia |
#7915, aired 2019-01-25 | RUSSIAN BODIES OF WATER $400: Unrestricted intl. commercial navigation through this sea was affirmed by a Russian-Turkish treaty in 1829 the Black Sea |
#7887, aired 2018-12-18 | BODIES OF WATER $200: This term for a quintet of bodies of water in North America is also used for a group in Africa the Great Lakes |
#7863, aired 2018-11-14 | BODIES OF WATER $400: This river flows some 4,000 miles to its mouth in the Atlantic on the coast of Brazil the Amazon |
#7788, aired 2018-06-20 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Both sides of the Dardanelles Strait are in this country Turkey |
#7788, aired 2018-06-20 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Lake Ontario is 326' below Lake Erie, so serious water will fall at some point in this river connecting the 2 lakes the Niagara River |
#7788, aired 2018-06-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: In 1974 this Idaho river seemed to scream, "Leap over me in a rocket!"; then "Nice try!" the Snake River |
#7788, aired 2018-06-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: "If you ever go across the sea to Ireland", check out this bay on the west coast, immortalized in song Galway Bay |
#7722, aired 2018-03-20 | BODIES OF WATER WORDS $800: Don't think too long about this word meaning "to think long" ponder |
#7722, aired 2018-03-20 | BODIES OF WATER WORDS $1600: A secret avenue of communication in diplomacy a backchannel |
#7650, aired 2017-12-08 | STATELY BODIES OF WATER $200: It forms the Arizona-California border before emptying into the Gulf of California in Mexico the Colorado River |
#7629, aired 2017-11-09 | BODIES OF WATER $200: This strait narrows to 8 miles between Point Marroqui, Spain & Point Cires in Morocco the Strait of Gibraltar |
#7629, aired 2017-11-09 | BODIES OF WATER $800: This bay's southern boundary extends from Dondra Head in Sri Lanka to the northern tip of Sumatra the Bay of Bengal |
#7600, aired 2017-09-29 | ASIAN BODIES OF WATER $400: According to Hindu myth, this river once flowed in the heavens but was ordered to go down to Earth the Ganges |
#7600, aired 2017-09-29 | ASIAN BODIES OF WATER $1600: In 2010 China gained direct access to this sea for the first time in 100 years when it leased a pier in N. Korea's Rajin port the Sea of Japan |
#7600, aired 2017-09-29 | ASIAN BODIES OF WATER $2000: In the southeast corner of Iraq, this main port of the country is on a waterway called the Shatt Al-Arab Basra |
#7540, aired 2017-05-26 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $800: Hawaii's Lake Waiau freeze in winter, as it's located on this, the state's highest peak Mauna Kea |
#7466, aired 2017-02-13 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: This river rises in the Alps & flows through France to the Mediterranean, the most important river to do so the Rhône |
#7466, aired 2017-02-13 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: In 1992 North Korea & South Korea proposed that this sea off their east coasts be called the East Sea the Sea of Japan |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: The Strait of Tiquina connects the northern & southern parts of this lake in the Andes Lake Titicaca |
#7247, aired 2016-03-01 | NARROW BODIES OF WATER $400: This strait prevents the sea it connects to from becoming a shrinking salt lake the Strait of Gibraltar |
#7247, aired 2016-03-01 | NARROW BODIES OF WATER $1,000 (Daily Double): Of these 11 long & narrow lakes in West-Central New York, Canadice is the smallest & highest in elevation the Finger Lakes |
#7176, aired 2015-11-23 | BODIES OF WATER $800: It's the name of a county in southeastern Washington & of the state's mightiest river Columbia |
#7176, aired 2015-11-23 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: In 1962 the 5-mile-long Gen. Rafael Urdaneta Bridge was completed spanning the outlet of this Venezuelan lake Lake Maracaibo |
#7176, aired 2015-11-23 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: In 1989 this Alaskan sound was the site of a massive oil spill when the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef Prince William Sound |
#7175, aired 2015-11-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: When Syria built the Tabaqah Dam on this river in 1973, it created a reservoir called Lake Assad the Euphrates |
#7155, aired 2015-10-23 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $800: In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sings of "West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains", this river the Shenandoah River |
#7155, aired 2015-10-23 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $1000: The Suwannee River flows from this swamp in southern Georgia, across Florida, to the Gulf of Mexico the Okefenokee |
#7109, aired 2015-07-09 | COLORFUL PLACES $800: In Chinese, these 2 bodies of water are the Huang He & the Huang Hai the Yellow River & the Yellow Sea |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | GUARDIANS $400: U.S. Coast Guard units based in Cleveland, Ohio are known as the "Guardians of" these bodies of water the Great Lakes |
#7011, aired 2015-02-23 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The Uruguay River forms the border between Uruguay & the province of Entre Rios in this neighbor to the south & west Argentina |
#7011, aired 2015-02-23 | BODIES OF WATER $800: The Lomonosov Ridge in this ocean runs from Ellesmere Island to the New Siberian Islands the Arctic Ocean |
#6999, aired 2015-02-05 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $1200: French traders gave this lake, a gem in the state of Idaho, a name meaning "heart of the awl" Coeur d'Alene |
#6999, aired 2015-02-05 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $2000: Nashville's history goes back to Fort Nashborough, built on the banks of this river in 1780 the Cumberland |
#6999, aired 2015-02-05 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $3,200 (Daily Double): This beautiful lake in the Cascade Mountains is nearly 2,000 feet deep Crater Lake |
#6950, aired 2014-11-28 | U.K. BODIES OF WATER $5 (Daily Double): British history books include the story of King John losing the crown jewels in the Wash, a shallow bay on this sea the North Sea |
#6950, aired 2014-11-28 | U.K. BODIES OF WATER $800: A great way to see Liverpool is to hop aboard a ferry & take one of the cruises offrered on this river the Mersey River |
#6950, aired 2014-11-28 | U.K. BODIES OF WATER $1200: Covering about 150 square miles, Lough Neagh in this U.K. country is the largest lake in the British Isles Northern Ireland |
#6950, aired 2014-11-28 | U.K. BODIES OF WATER $2000: A sweater may be needed in Aberystwyth, Wales, which lies on this large bay; it can be cool most of the year Cardigan |
#6822, aired 2014-04-22 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $800: Critical habitats for the rare North Pacific right whale have been designated in the Gulf of Alaska & this sea the Bering Sea |
#6822, aired 2014-04-22 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): Oregon's Wizard Island in this volcanic lake has a cinder cone rising 760 feet above the lake Crater Lake |
#6822, aired 2014-04-22 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $2000: In 1968 Robert McCulloch bought London Bridge & reassembled it over a strait leading into this reservoir Lake Havasu |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | CANADIAN BODIES OF WATER $400: In Canada, this river passes through Whitehorse & Dawson before flowing into Alaska on its route to the Bering Sea the Yukon |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | CANADIAN BODIES OF WATER $1200: In October 1869 the highest tide in history, 54 feet, occurred at Burncoat Head, Nova Scotia, in this bay the Bay of Fundy |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | CANADIAN BODIES OF WATER $1600: 2,500-square-mile Smallwood Reservoir is the largest body of water in this area paired with Newfoundland Labrador |
#6624, aired 2013-06-06 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Look out below; they're the group seen here in a satellite photo the Great Lakes |
#6624, aired 2013-06-06 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Until it made the news in 1961, most Americans were unfamiliar with this body of water the Bay of Pigs |
#6624, aired 2013-06-06 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: The Cyclades Islands lie in this sea Aegean Sea |
#6467, aired 2012-10-30 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $400: Widely considered the most beautiful bridge in D.C., the Arlington Memorial Bridge spans this river the Potomac River |
#6467, aired 2012-10-30 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $800: This winding tributary of the Columbia River rises in a corner of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming the Snake River |
#6467, aired 2012-10-30 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $1200: On August 5, 1864 it was "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" into this bay with Admiral Farragut's flagship in the lead Mobile Bay |
#6440, aired 2012-09-21 | WHALE-WATCHING IN BAJA $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from a raft off the coast of Baja California in Mexico.) Gray whales calve in Baja's warm waters where foes are few; babies learn to swim in these isolated bodies of shallow water whose name is from the Latin for "lake" lagoon |
#6360, aired 2012-04-20 | THE MIDWEST $400: A fish found in an Illinois canal in 2009 raised fears that invasive Asian carp may enter these 5 vital bodies of water the Great Lakes |
#6265, aired 2011-12-09 | BODIES OF WATER $600: Originating in the Tanggula Mountains, this is known to many Chinese as "long river" ('cause it's 3,900 miles) the Yangtze |
#6247, aired 2011-11-15 | TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $400: Maori rock carvings on the cliffs of Mine Bay in this country's Lake Taupo are accessible only by boat New Zealand |
#6247, aired 2011-11-15 | TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $800: Half a mile long, in the 1840s it inspired an American literary classic Walden Pond |
#6247, aired 2011-11-15 | TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $1200: This river, Africa's third longest, rises in the Highlands of southern Guinea near its border with Sierra Leone Niger |
#6247, aired 2011-11-15 | TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $1600: The Amana Colonies were settled on this "stately" river in the 1850s Iowa |
#6153, aired 2011-05-18 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The shallowest of the Great Lakes, it was the site of a U.S. naval victory in 1813 Lake Erie |
#6153, aired 2011-05-18 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Rising on the Langres Plateau & heading for the capital, it's the second-longest river in France the Seine |
#6153, aired 2011-05-18 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: Once the name of a country, this is still the name of a lake in East Central Africa with a depth of over 4,700 feet Tanganyika |
#5986, aired 2010-09-27 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $1000: Named for the Southern poet, Lake Sidney Lanier is a popular manmade lake in this state Georgia |
#5986, aired 2010-09-27 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): This southern bay on the Atlantic coast is part of the largest marine park in the national park system Biscayne Bay |
#5882, aired 2010-03-23 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The Azores are found in this ocean Atlantic |
#5882, aired 2010-03-23 | BODIES OF WATER $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1964, activity in this arm of the South China Sea led to increased U.S. troops in Vietnam the Gulf of Tonkin |
#5882, aired 2010-03-23 | BODIES OF WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): The Gulf of California is also known as the Sea of this man who reached that gulf in 1535 Cortez |
#5847, aired 2010-02-02 | EUROPEAN BODIES OF WATER $400: In 1826 the speed of sound in water was first calculated in this largest Alpine lake Geneva |
#5847, aired 2010-02-02 | EUROPEAN BODIES OF WATER $800: This river springs from 2 small streams in the Black Forest, the Breg & the Brigach Danube |
#5847, aired 2010-02-02 | EUROPEAN BODIES OF WATER $1200: The bonnie, bonnie banks of this largest lake in Great Britain lie just 14 miles from Glasgow Loch Lomond |
#5711, aired 2009-06-08 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Its greatest known depth, 36,201 feet in the Mariana Trench, is the greatest depth found in any ocean the Pacific |
#5711, aired 2009-06-08 | BODIES IN WATER $400: This swimmer's 8 medals (6 gold) at the 2004 Olympics aren't as well remembered as the 8 he won at the 2008 games Michael Phelps |
#5711, aired 2009-06-08 | BODIES IN WATER $800: This swimmer did okay at the 1968 Olympics, winning 2 gold medals; he did better in 1972, winning 7, all record setters Mark Spitz |
#5711, aired 2009-06-08 | BODIES IN WATER $1600: This Olympian is seen here getting ready to do his thing Greg Louganis |
#5711, aired 2009-06-08 | BODIES IN WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): She's the first American woman to win 4 Olympic gold medals in swimming, winning 3 in 1988 & 1 in 1992 Janet Evans |
#5711, aired 2009-06-08 | BODIES IN WATER $2000: This Olympic gold medalist traded in her swim goggles for hosting duties on "Figure It Out" & "NBA Inside Stuff" Summer Sanders |
#5570, aired 2008-11-21 | BODIES OF WATER $400: This river's source lies in the Plateau of Langres about 18 miles northwest of Dijon the Seine |
#5558, aired 2008-11-05 | BODIES OF WATER $600: A New Deal agency created in 1933 sought to provide electricity for residents of this river's valley the Tennessee |
#5558, aired 2008-11-05 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: The island of Olkhon is in the center of this deep Siberian lake Lake Baikal |
#5519, aired 2008-09-11 | TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): Major gulfs extending from this sea include the Mosquito Gulf & the Gulf of Darien the Caribbean Sea |
#5449, aired 2008-04-24 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: Most of the Greek Isles are in this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean the Aegean Sea |
#5435, aired 2008-04-04 | FUN ON THE MAP $1000: A digitally enhanced map of these bodies of water in New York State shows you how they got this name the Finger Lakes |
#5401, aired 2008-02-18 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The Orinoco begins in Venezuela's state that's named for this other river the Amazon |
#5401, aired 2008-02-18 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: This 1,450-mile-long river is joined in Utah by the Green & San Juan Rivers the Colorado River |
#5306, aired 2007-10-08 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Although it was discovered in 1610, this Canadian bay's west coast wasn't mapped until about 210 years later Hudson Bay |
#5306, aired 2007-10-08 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Tidal ranges in this ocean vary from 38 feet to 2 feet just south of Perth, Western Australia the Indian Ocean |
#5306, aired 2007-10-08 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: This river flows about 1,150 miles from Lake Hazar in Turkey through Baghdad, on its way to the Persian Gulf the Tigris |
#5306, aired 2007-10-08 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: This largest lake in the Swiss Alps is actually a wide spot in the Rhone River Lake Geneva |
#5298, aired 2007-09-26 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $400: Admiralty Inlet & the Hood Canal are the 2 main branches of this irregular inlet in the NW corner of Washington State Puget Sound |
#5298, aired 2007-09-26 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $800: Although only about 1.5 square miles in area, Lake Conneaut, south of Erie, is this state's largest natural lake Pennsylvania |
#5283, aired 2007-07-25 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Lake Nasser was formed in 1968 when the waters of this river were blocked by the Aswan High Dam the Nile River |
#5185, aired 2007-03-09 | BODIES OF WATER $400: About 2/3 of the water in the Nile comes from this river, not the White Nile the Blue Nile |
#5185, aired 2007-03-09 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Besh-ba-gowah Pueblo in Phoenix, AZ.) The people who built these structures in Arizona are known to us as Salado, the Spanish word for this nearby river Salt |
#5166, aired 2007-02-12 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Sigsbee Deep, the deepest point in this gulf, lies about 200 miles southeast of Brownsville, Texas Gulf of Mexico |
#5166, aired 2007-02-12 | BODIES OF WATER $600: The Hula Valley is not in Hawaii but occupies the course of the river north of the Sea of Galilee the Jordan River |
#5147, aired 2007-01-16 | BODIES OF WATER $400: In 1875, Sir Henry Morton Stanley circumnavigated this largest African lake Lake Victoria |
#5109, aired 2006-11-23 | BRITISH BODIES OF WATER $200: In 1875 British swimmer Matthew Webb made the first crossing of this, in 21 hours, 45 minutes the English Channel |
#5109, aired 2006-11-23 | BRITISH BODIES OF WATER $400: Several rivers in England are named this, including one that flows by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Avon |
#5108, aired 2006-11-22 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: This bay off Pitcairn Island is named for the ship that was burned & sunk in its waters on January 23, 1790 Bounty Bay |
#5108, aired 2006-11-22 | BODIES OF WATER $3,000 (Daily Double): The largest lake in this South American country is a reservoir, W.J. Van Blommestein Lake Suriname |
#5075, aired 2006-10-06 | ASIAN BODIES OF WATER $1600: Leading ports on this gulf include Abadan in Iran & Al Basrah in Iraq the Persian Gulf |
#5054, aired 2006-07-27 | BODIES OF WATER $1,000 (Daily Double): The south arm of this sea, named for the Englishman who explored it in 1841, is an ice shelf the Ross Sea |
#5054, aired 2006-07-27 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: This country's Lake Taal sits in the crater of an old volcano on the island of Luzon the Philippines |
#5054, aired 2006-07-27 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: The Green River is its largest tributary; they meet up in southeastern Utah the Colorado River |
#5026, aired 2006-06-19 | EUROPEAN BODIES OF WATER $400: In this country, to get from Harlingen to Oost Vlieland, you've to cross the Waddenzee Holland (or the Netherlands) |
#5026, aired 2006-06-19 | EUROPEAN BODIES OF WATER $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the water's edge in a city in Latvia.) A Baltic cruise takes you into this gulf to visit the largest & most cosmopolitan city in the 3 Baltic states the Gulf of Riga |
#5020, aired 2006-06-09 | CITY OF THE DAY: MINNEAPOLIS $800: In 2006 Lake Calhoun was the site of a tourney in this type of ice hockey, named for small bodies of water pond hockey |
#5001, aired 2006-05-15 | BODIES OF WATER $200: After Lake Superior, this African lake is the largest body of fresh water in the world Lake Victoria |
#5001, aired 2006-05-15 | BODIES OF WATER $600: In the 1770s James Cook explored this sea between Australia & New Zealand the Tasman Sea |
#5001, aired 2006-05-15 | BODIES OF WATER $800: This longest river in Ireland nearly divides the country in two the Shannon |
#5001, aired 2006-05-15 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Tervasaari.) Tervasaari, just off Helsinki, sits in this arm of the Baltic Sea the Gulf of Finland |
#4938, aired 2006-02-15 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: Rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia, this is Europe's longest river the Volga |
#4916, aired 2006-01-16 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a marina in Greece.) The island of Aegina is in what the Greeks call Saronikos Kolpos, or what we call the Saronic this the Saronic Gulf |
#4895, aired 2005-12-16 | BODIES OF WATER $1,000 (Daily Double): Ocean tides occur in this river at Limerick, about 70 miles from its mouth at the Atlantic the Shannon |
#4804, aired 2005-06-23 | BODIES OF WATER $200: A cruise on this sea might include stops in St. Thomas, Puerto Rico & Martinique the Caribbean |
#4804, aired 2005-06-23 | BODIES OF WATER $600: In April 1859, at Port Said, digging began on this artificial waterway the Suez Canal |
#4804, aired 2005-06-23 | BODIES OF WATER $800: (Sarah of the Clue crew reports from a lakefront in Chicago, IL.) Lake Michigan is larger than you think. Scientists say it's actually part of this Great Lake that it joins via the Straits of Mackinaw Lake Huron |
#4804, aired 2005-06-23 | BODIES OF WATER $2,200 (Daily Double): The names of these two important rivers that rise in the Swiss Alps differ by just a vowel the Rhine & the Rhône |
#4490, aired 2004-02-27 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $200: Green Bay in Wisconsin is the largest arm of this Great Lake Lake Michigan |
#4490, aired 2004-02-27 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $400: Now hear this -- Washington state's Whidbey Island is one of many in this inlet Puget Sound |
#4465, aired 2004-01-23 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Nunivak Island & the Pribilof Islands are in this sea the Bering Sea |
#4465, aired 2004-01-23 | BODIES OF WATER $800: (Alex: Here's Jeff Probst in South America [Amazon]) The decomposition of organic matter & a low silt content give the Rio Negro this color water, hence its name black |
#4465, aired 2004-01-23 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: The chief cities on this river in Oregon include Portland, Salem & Eugene the Willamette |
#4455, aired 2004-01-09 | AH, SWEDE MYSTERY $800: There are reports of a prehistoric monster living in Storsjon, one of these bodies of water lake |
#4434, aired 2003-12-11 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: Although not one of Australia's longest rivers, it became famous in an 1890s poem about a "man from" it Snowy River |
#4434, aired 2003-12-11 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: South Africa's longest river, it was named in honor of a Dutch prince in the late 1700s the Orange River |
#4398, aired 2003-10-22 | BODIES OF WATER $200: In 1975 the United Kingdom began piping oil from this sea to its shores the North Sea |
#4398, aired 2003-10-22 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: After a 1,750-mile trip from Germany, this river breaks into 3 branches in Romania before emptying into the Black Sea the Danube |
#4376, aired 2003-09-22 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Covering 64 million square miles, it's the largest ocean in the world the Pacific |
#4376, aired 2003-09-22 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Saltier than any ocean, the Great Salt Lake is the largest lake in this western U.S. State Utah |
#4376, aired 2003-09-22 | BODIES OF WATER $600: Important rivers in this country include the Huang He & the Yangtze China |
#4365, aired 2003-07-18 | LAKES $600: The community college in Canandaigua, New York is named for this "handy" group of bodies of water Finger Lakes |
#4349, aired 2003-06-26 | AREAS OF THE U.S. $400: The combined surface area of the 5 bodies of water in this group is 94,230 square miles Great Lakes |
#4305, aired 2003-04-25 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Islands in this gulf include Bahrain, Kharg & Bubiyan Persian Gulf |
#4305, aired 2003-04-25 | BODIES OF WATER $800: In the mid-1970s an oil pipeline was built between this Alaskan bay & the city of Valdez on Prince William Sound Prudhoe Bay |
#4305, aired 2003-04-25 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: In 1957 a deep channel was completed allowing ocean ships to reach this largest Venezuelan lake Lake Maracaibo |
#4249, aired 2003-02-06 | BODIES OF WATER $600: This sacred river begins in an ice cave in India's Uttaranchal state Ganges |
#4233, aired 2003-01-15 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: The 25th of April Bridge, one of the world's longest suspension bridges, spans this river in Lisbon Tagus |
#4095, aired 2002-05-24 | BODIES OF WATER $800 (Daily Double): To go bottom fishing in this Russian lake, bring a 5,315-foot line with you Lake Baikal |
#4095, aired 2002-05-24 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: Add 2 letters to the name of a bay bordering France & Spain to get this bay in Florida Biscayne |
#4084, aired 2002-05-09 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $400: It's referred to in the song heard here
"Old man river /
He just keeps rolling /
Along" the Mississippi |
#3989, aired 2001-12-27 | BODIES OF WATER $700 (Daily Double): Iraq & Kuwait lie at the northern end of this gulf where a war broke out in 1991 Persian |
#3989, aired 2001-12-27 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: This nearly 4,000-mile-long river begins high in the Andes Mountains Amazon |
#3848, aired 2001-05-02 | BODIES OF WATER $200: In area this Canadian bay is more than 3 times as large as all the Great Lakes combined Hudson Bay |
#3812, aired 2001-03-13 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $200: When Midshipmen from Annapolis sit on the dock of the bay, it's usually this one that divides Maryland in two Chesapeake Bay |
#3812, aired 2001-03-13 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $300: This large inlet in Washington state was named for Captain George Vancouver's aide Puget Sound |
#3812, aired 2001-03-13 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $500: Lying in the bowl of an extinct volcano in the Cascade Mountains, it's America's deepest lake Crater Lake |
#3762, aired 2001-01-02 | BODIES IN WATER $100: Oceanographer James Snodgrass invented a gnathodynamometer to measure the force of this creature's bite Great white shark |
#3762, aired 2001-01-02 | BODIES IN WATER $200: The fin type, the second-largest species of this, can be 80 feet long & travel at ocean liner speed Whale |
#3762, aired 2001-01-02 | BODIES IN WATER $300: Free-floating algae that form a foul film are called the pond type of this Scum |
#3762, aired 2001-01-02 | BODIES IN WATER $400: These organisms cemented to ships & rocks are also called cirripedes, for their food-gathering cirri Barnacles |
#3762, aired 2001-01-02 | BODIES IN WATER $500: A creature that expels water through a siphon is called a "sea" one of these, like a pipsqueak kid Squirt |
#3725, aired 2000-11-10 | BODIES OF WATER $100: These 2 "stately" rivers are the longest in the U.S. the Mississippi & the Missouri |
#3706, aired 2000-10-16 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The Archipelago de los Colorados lies in this gulf along Cuba's northwest coast the Gulf of Mexico |
#3706, aired 2000-10-16 | BODIES OF WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1898 Dewey won a great victory in this bay; now you can see lovely sunsets over it Manila Bay |
#3661, aired 2000-07-03 | BODIES OF WATER $300: A constricted passageway, specifically one that follows "Verrazano" in the name of a bridge a narrow |
#3660, aired 2000-06-30 | BODIES OF WATER $100: In 700 B.C. Greeks first crossed this sea to colonize Samothrace Aegean Sea |
#3660, aired 2000-06-30 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Bahrain is composed of several islands in the Gulf of Bahrain & this larger gulf Persian Gulf |
#3641, aired 2000-06-05 | BODIES OF WATER $100: Century in which Europeans first visited Lake Chad 19th century |
#3641, aired 2000-06-05 | BODIES OF WATER $200: India attempted to put a satellite into orbit in March 1987, but wound up putting it into this bay Bay of Bengal |
#3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BODIES OF WATER $300: This river begins in Turkey's eastern Anatolian Highlands & flows through Baghdad on its way to the Persian Gulf Tigris |
#3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BODIES OF WATER $500: In 1994 many of the beautiful islands in this Vietnamese gulf were designated a world heritage site by UNESCO Gulf of Tonkin |
#3426, aired 1999-06-28 | BODIES OF WATER $200: It's not only the greatest Great Lake, it's also the largest body of fresh water in the world Lake Superior |
#3426, aired 1999-06-28 | BODIES OF WATER $400: It's the "Gulf" in the Gulf War of 1991 Persian Gulf |
#3426, aired 1999-06-28 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Phnom Penh in Cambodia & Vientiane in Laos are the largest urban centers along this river Mekong |
#3410, aired 1999-06-04 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Windermere is the largest lake in this country's Lake District England |
#3410, aired 1999-06-04 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Baku in Azerbaijan & Astrakhan in Russia are ports on this sturgeon-filled sea the Caspian Sea |
#3410, aired 1999-06-04 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: The Weddell Sea, bordering this continent, was named for James Weddell, who charted it in 1823 Antarctica |
#3408, aired 1999-06-02 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $200: Brine flies & brine shrimp are the only creatures that thrive in this body of water near Utah's capital Great Salt Lake |
#3408, aired 1999-06-02 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $300: You'll find the Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge on the shore of this big lake in Louisiana Lake Pontchartrain |
#3408, aired 1999-06-02 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $400: There's a Coeur d'Alene Lake & a Coeur d'Alene River in this state Idaho |
#3408, aired 1999-06-02 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $500: We hope you know that Mount Hope Bay in Rhode Island is an arm of this larger bay Narragansett Bay |
#3327, aired 1999-02-09 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The ferry from Villa San Giovanni in Calabria, Italy to Sicily crosses this strait Strait of Messina |
#3327, aired 1999-02-09 | BODIES OF WATER $500: Located in east-central Africa, at 420 miles it's the world's largest freshwater lake Lake Tanganyika |
#3290, aired 1998-12-18 | RAIN $200: Caused in part by sulfur dioxide emissions, it has "killed" 500 bodies of water in the Adirondacks acid rain |
#3109, aired 1998-02-19 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Due to changes in air pressure, the water level of this Swiss-French lake can vary as much as 5' in 30 min. Lake Geneva |
#3104, aired 1998-02-12 | BODIES OF WATER $100: It's the second-largest body of water in the world Atlantic Ocean |
#3026, aired 1997-10-27 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $200: This lake nestled in the Adirondacks may take its name from its peaceful waters Lake Placid |
#3026, aired 1997-10-27 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $400: Shoshone Falls in Idaho lies on this winding river Snake River |
#3026, aired 1997-10-27 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $800: It's where David Farragut damned the torpedos & sped ahead to win a victory in 1864 Mobile Bay |
#3012, aired 1997-10-07 | BODIES OF WATER $400: This river rises in the Black Forest & flows easterly about 1,770 miles, where it empties into the Black Sea Rhine |
#3012, aired 1997-10-07 | BODIES OF WATER $500: The Ucayali & Maranon rivers converge near Nauta, Peru, forming this river Amazon |
#3002, aired 1997-09-23 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Lake Van in Anatolia is this country's largest lake Turkey |
#2983, aired 1997-07-16 | MYTHOLOGY $500: In early Greek art, these singing water nymphs had the bodies of birds & the faces of beautiful women Sirens |
#2941, aired 1997-05-19 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Rome wasn't built in a day, but it was built on the banks of this river Tiber |
#2935, aired 1997-05-09 | BODIES OF WATER $200: The "blue" branch of this river rises in the Ethiopian highlands the Nile |
#2935, aired 1997-05-09 | BODIES OF WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): The Dnestr & Vistula rivers rise in these mountains the Carpathians |
#2910, aired 1997-04-04 | BODIES OF WATER $200: In antiquity this "mother" river of Russia was known as the Rha or Oaros Volga |
#2910, aired 1997-04-04 | BODIES OF WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): For most of the year, ice floes & icebergs prevent navigation in this bay between Greenland & NE Canada Baffin Bay |
#2884, aired 1997-02-27 | BODIES OF WATER $500: The longest river in Italy has this short name Po |
#2798, aired 1996-10-30 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $200: In 1952 a bridge was completed over this bay, linking Annapolis with the eastern shore Chesapeake Bay |
#2798, aired 1996-10-30 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $600: This arm of the Pacific in Washington state divides into Hood Canal & Admiralty Inlet Puget Sound |
#2778, aired 1996-10-02 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Several structures called London Bridge have spanned this river, the latest completed in 1972 the Thames |
#2778, aired 1996-10-02 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Kentucky's lowest point, 257', is in Fulton County on this river in the west of the state the Mississippi |
#2753, aired 1996-07-17 | BODIES OF WATER $100: To Hindus, the Narmada River is 2nd in sacredness only to this one The Ganges |
#2734, aired 1996-06-20 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Inchcape Rock is a dangerous reef off the coast of Scotland in this sea North Sea |
#2734, aired 1996-06-20 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Although discovered by Semyon Dezhnev in 1648, this sea of the north Pacific was named for another man the Bering Sea |
#2734, aired 1996-06-20 | BODIES OF WATER $600: When discovered in 1610, this bay was thought to be the long-sought Northwest Passage Hudson Bay |
#2703, aired 1996-05-08 | BODIES OF WATER $200: The Bay of Biscay between Spain & France & Biscayne Bay in Florida are both inlets of this ocean Atlantic |
#2703, aired 1996-05-08 | BODIES OF WATER $800: In China it's officially known as Chang Jiang or "Long River" Yangtze |
#2668, aired 1996-03-20 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $300 (Daily Double): Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s to control floods on this river the Colorado |
#2668, aired 1996-03-20 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $300: In 1928 this lake, swollen by a hurricane, flooded southern Florida Lake Okeechobee |
#2631, aired 1996-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: This lake in the Andes is divided into 2 bodies of water connected by the Tiquina Strait Lake Titicaca |
#2601, aired 1995-12-18 | BODIES OF WATER $400: This South American river carries more water than any other in the world the Amazon |
#2601, aired 1995-12-18 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: The Swedish islands of Gotland & Oland lie in this sea the Baltic |
#2583, aired 1995-11-22 | BODIES OF WATER $400: U.S. Naval personnel in Cuba call it "Gitmo" for short Guantanamo Bay |
#2583, aired 1995-11-22 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Site of a massive oil spill in 1989, it was named for the third son of King George III Prince William Sound |
#2567, aired 1995-10-31 | BODIES OF WATER $100: In Sudan the Atbara River joins this river as its last tributary the Nile |
#2567, aired 1995-10-31 | BODIES OF WATER $400: In this country the Gulf of Aqaba is commonly referred to as the Gulf of Eilat Israel |
#2524, aired 1995-07-20 | BODIES OF WATER $200: The shortest distance across this ocean is between Senegal in Africa & Brazil the Atlantic |
#2524, aired 1995-07-20 | BODIES OF WATER $400: This resort lake on the California-Nevada border was discovered by John C. Fremont in 1844 Lake Tahoe |
#2524, aired 1995-07-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1,200 (Daily Double): Noted for its salt deposits, the Kara-Bogaz-Gol Gulf in Turkmenistan is an arm of this sea the Caspian Sea |
#2510, aired 1995-06-30 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $100: The Ohio River contributes more water to this river, which it joins in Illinois, than any other tributary the Mississippi |
#2472, aired 1995-05-09 | BODIES OF WATER $200: The narrowest part of this strait is between Cape Dezhnyov in Russia & Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska the Bering Strait |
#2452, aired 1995-04-11 | BODIES OF WATER $800: This trench near Guam contains the deepest point in the Pacific the Marianas |
#2444, aired 1995-03-30 | BODIES OF WATER $500 (Daily Double): Among European rivers, the Danube is second in length only to this one the Volga |
#2406, aired 1995-02-06 | SCIENCE & NATURE $1000: These tiny green bodies in tree leaves change water into food sugar chloroplasts |
#2373, aired 1994-12-21 | BODIES OF WATER $300: There are 2 Cagayan Rivers in this country, one on Luzon, the other on Mindanao the Philippines |
#2313, aired 1994-09-28 | BODIES OF WATER $100: Southampton Island is the largest island in this Canadian bay Hudson Bay |
#2313, aired 1994-09-28 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Rivers in this state include the Catawba, Roanoke & Cape Fear North Carolina |
#2313, aired 1994-09-28 | BODIES OF WATER $500: State in which you'd find Lobster Lake & the Penobscot River Maine |
#2292, aired 1994-07-19 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Jean Laffite once lived on Grand Terre Island in Barataria Bay in this famous gulf the Gulf of Mexico |
#2292, aired 1994-07-19 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Lake Winnipegosis lies in the southern part of this Canadian province Manitoba |
#2276, aired 1994-06-27 | BODIES OF WATER $200: The Kishon River flows into the Bay of Haifa in this country Israel |
#2276, aired 1994-06-27 | BODIES OF WATER $400: This river rises in the springs of Syria's Mount Hermon & empties into the Dead Sea the Jordan River |
#2269, aired 1994-06-16 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: 1 of the 2 largest lakes entirely within Canada; they both have "Great" in their names Great Bear Lake (or Great Slave Lake) |
#2184, aired 1994-02-17 | BODIES OF WATER $200: In area, this Great Lake is the largest body of fresh water in the world Lake Superior |
#2116, aired 1993-11-15 | BODIES OF WATER $100: Located in the Highlands, Loch Lomond is this country's largest lake Scotland |
#2116, aired 1993-11-15 | BODIES OF WATER $300: Associated with a beautiful siren, the Lorelei is a famous rock in this river the Rhine |
#2094, aired 1993-10-14 | BODIES OF WATER $200: In Ethiopia the Blue branch of this river drops nearly 140' to form Tisisat Falls the Nile |
#2094, aired 1993-10-14 | BODIES OF WATER $400: In 1965 Canada's Hamilton River was renamed to honor this British prime minister Churchill |
#2094, aired 1993-10-14 | BODIES OF WATER $600: This "Beautiful Blue" river receives over 300 tributaries, many of them in the region around Belgrade the Danube |
#2094, aired 1993-10-14 | BODIES OF WATER $1,200 (Daily Double): Popular resorts on this lake include Vevey & Montreux in Switzerland & Evian-les-Bains in France Lake Geneva |
#2015, aired 1993-05-14 | BODIES OF WATER $600: This bay in Virginia & Maryland is the largest on the Atlantic coast of the U.S. the Chesapeake |
#1967, aired 1993-03-09 | BODIES OF WATER $300: A canal in Romania linking this river to the Black Sea was completed in 1984 the Danube |
#1967, aired 1993-03-09 | BODIES OF WATER $500: Australia's Great Barrier Reef lies in this sea off the coast of Queensland the Coral Sea |
#1965, aired 1993-03-05 | BODIES OF WATER $600: Rising in the mountains on Luzon Island, the Cagayan is this country's longest river the Philippines |
#1954, aired 1993-02-18 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The Murray River forms much of the border between Victoria & New South Wales in this country Australia |
#1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BODIES OF WATER $200: One of the world's longest over-water highways spans Lake Pontchartrain in this state Louisiana |
#1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BODIES OF WATER $300: Leading ports on this "colorful" sea include Lu-Ta in China & Inchon in South Korea the Yellow Sea |
#1894, aired 1992-11-26 | BODIES OF WATER $600: This African lake's only outlet is near Jinja,a town in Uganda Lake Victoria |
#1894, aired 1992-11-26 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Principal ports along this bay include Bayonne in France & Aviles in Spain the Bay of Biscay |
#1844, aired 1992-09-17 | BODIES OF WATER $400: This bay at Luzon Island in the Philippines is bordered on the west by the Bataan Peninsula Manila Bay |
#1844, aired 1992-09-17 | BODIES OF WATER $1,000 (Daily Double): This longest river in Southwest Asia rises in Turkey & empties into the Persian Gulf the Euphrates |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | BODIES OF WATER $100: Named for the Atlas Mountains, it's the second-largest body of water in the world the Atlantic Ocean |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | BODIES OF WATER $500: According to tradition, the Incas originated on an island in this lake, the world's highest navigable one Lake Titicaca |
#1751, aired 1992-03-23 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Lake Villafro in southern Peru is regarded as the remotest source of this river the Amazon |
#1751, aired 1992-03-23 | BODIES OF WATER $600: In its course from Tibet to Vietnam, this river divides Myanmar from Laos & Laos from Thailand the Mekong |
#1751, aired 1992-03-23 | BODIES OF WATER $800: In 1776 Benedict Arnold lost the Battle of Valcour Island on this northeastern lake Lake Champlain |
#1751, aired 1992-03-23 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: About a fifth of the world's fresh water supply is contained in this lake in southern Siberia (Lake) Baikal |
#1709, aired 1992-01-23 | BODIES OF WATER $600: Though second in size of the Great Lakes, it has the longest shoreline of any of them Lake Huron |
#1683, aired 1991-12-18 | BODIES OF WATER $600: Cayuga, Owasco & Skaneateles are 3 of the digits in this New York lake group the Finger Lakes |
#1683, aired 1991-12-18 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Among lakes, Tanganyika is second only to this Soviet lake in depth Lake Baikal |
#1683, aired 1991-12-18 | BODIES OF WATER $900 (Daily Double): The falls on this river in Brazil & Argentina are larger than the Niagara River's Iguazu |
#1680, aired 1991-12-13 | BODIES OF WATER $300: In 1844 John C. Fremont became the 1st U.S. citizen to see this lake in the Sierra Nevadas Lake Tahoe |
#1680, aired 1991-12-13 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Among the world's freshwater lakes this African lake is 2nd in area only to Lake Superior Lake Victoria |
#1654, aired 1991-11-07 | BODIES OF WATER $100: This ocean's deepest point, about 28,000 feet, is in the Puerto Rico Trench Atlantic |
#1654, aired 1991-11-07 | BODIES OF WATER $200: The Navy shipyard at Bremerton in Washington state is on this inlet of the Pacific Puget Sound |
#1654, aired 1991-11-07 | BODIES OF WATER $300: Qeshm, the largest island in the Persian Gulf, is located in this strait Hormuz |
#1654, aired 1991-11-07 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Divided between Switzerland & France, it's the largest Alpine lake in Europe Lake Geneva |
#1654, aired 1991-11-07 | BODIES OF WATER $500: An underwater cable in this sea provides communication between Australia & New Zealand Tasman Sea |
#1630, aired 1991-10-04 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Father Louis L'Enfant, who accompanied LaSalle, was the first white man to view these falls in 1678 Niagara Falls |
#1630, aired 1991-10-04 | BODIES OF WATER $800: This largest tributary of the Columbia River rises in Yellowstone National Park Snake River |
#1599, aired 1991-07-11 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The Greek islands of Lesbos & Samothrace are in this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean the Aegean |
#1599, aired 1991-07-11 | BODIES OF WATER $500: There's no oxygen below 510 ft. in the center of this sea the Russians call Chernoye More the Black Sea |
#1587, aired 1991-06-25 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Crater Lake in this state is America's deepest lake Oregon |
#1587, aired 1991-06-25 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: In Ireland Lower Lake & Upper Lake are better known by this collective name the Lakes of Killarney |
#1585, aired 1991-06-21 | BODIES OF WATER $500: The Hamilton River in Labrador was renamed for this British Prime Minister in 1965, the year of his death Churchill |
#1557, aired 1991-05-14 | BODIES OF WATER $400: In German the name of this country's Lake Lucerne means "Lake of Four Forest Cantons" Switzerland |
#1549, aired 1991-05-02 | BODIES OF WATER $200: After flowing through part of India, the Brahmaputra joins this sacred river in Bangladesh the Ganges |
#1545, aired 1991-04-26 | BODIES OF WATER $600: This Mexican gulf was once known as the Sea of Cortez since Hernando Cortez explored it in 1535 the Gulf of California |
#1545, aired 1991-04-26 | BODIES OF WATER $800: This Siberian lake is the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia (Lake) Baikal |
#1538, aired 1991-04-17 | BODIES OF WATER $800: At 24,442', the Java Trench is the deepest known point in this ocean Indian Ocean |
#1526, aired 1991-04-01 | BODIES OF WATER $200: The name for this sea comes from the Latin for "in the middle of land" Mediterranean |
#1479, aired 1991-01-24 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: The largest lake & largest country in Central America are both named this Nicaragua |
#1444, aired 1990-12-06 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: The strait in Washington connecting these two bodies of water is named for the explorer Juan de Fuca Puget Sound & the Pacific Ocean |
#1376, aired 1990-09-03 | BODIES OF WATER $600: Incan ruins have been found on islands in this lake on the border of Bolivia & Peru Lake Titicaca |
#1376, aired 1990-09-03 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: In sailing from the English Channel to the North Sea, one would pass through this strait the Strait of Dover |
#7, aired 1990-07-28 | BODIES OF WATER $1500: This river in the Northwest U.S. was named for the ship of its discoverer, Capt. Robert Gray the Columbia |
#7, aired 1990-07-28 | BODIES OF WATER $4,000 (Daily Double): This bay in New South Wales was so named because many new plant species were found on its shores Botany Bay |
#1317, aired 1990-05-01 | BODIES OF WATER $100: The water in this large Utah lake is saltier than ocean water The Great Salt Lake |
#1317, aired 1990-05-01 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Changing monsoon winds cause seasonal reverses of surface water movement in this Indian Ocean bay Bay of Bengal |
#1280, aired 1990-03-09 | BODIES OF WATER $300: Body of water that gave its name to a series of ancient scrolls that were found in nearby caves Dead Sea |
#1280, aired 1990-03-09 | BODIES OF WATER $400: The Queen Elizabeth Islands, part of Canada's NW Territories, are located in this ocean the Arctic Ocean |
#1280, aired 1990-03-09 | BODIES OF WATER $500: In 1963 the Supreme Court upheld Arizona's claim to a major share of the water of this river the Colorado |
#1231, aired 1990-01-01 | BODIES OF WATER $200: These 5 contiguous lakes form the largest body of fresh water in the world the Great Lakes |
#1231, aired 1990-01-01 | BODIES OF WATER $300: Mistakenly thinking it began in the Gulf of Mexico, Ben Franklin gave this current its name the Gulf Stream |
#1231, aired 1990-01-01 | BODIES OF WATER $400: This, the world's highest waterfall, flows into Río Churún, a tributary of Río Caroní, in Venezuela Angel Falls |
#1231, aired 1990-01-01 | BODIES OF WATER $500: Dividing the country in two, this river is an important int'l trade route for Hungary the Danube |
#1213, aired 1989-12-06 | BODIES OF WATER $100: One of the largest seas in the world, it's just southeast of the Gulf of Mexico the Caribbean |
#1213, aired 1989-12-06 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Most of the Greek isles are in this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean the Aegean |
#1207, aired 1989-11-28 | SCIENCE $800: The studies of hydrostatics & hydrodynamics are concerned with these at rest & in motion fluids |
#1080, aired 1989-04-21 | BODIES OF WATER $600: Costa Rica's coasts border on these 2 bodies of water, one an ocean, one a sea the Pacific Ocean & the Caribbean Sea |
#1044, aired 1989-03-02 | BODIES OF WATER $200: There are no fish in this "great" lake which geologists say evolved from Lake Bonneville the Great Salt Lake |
#1044, aired 1989-03-02 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Province in which you'd find Lake Winnipeg, the 3rd largest lake lying entirely within Canada Manitoba |
#1034, aired 1989-02-16 | BODIES OF WATER $200: According to the Bible, John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the waters of this river the River Jordan |
#1034, aired 1989-02-16 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Almost completely surrounded by land, the name of this sea means "in the middle of land" the Mediterranean |
#1034, aired 1989-02-16 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: Famous in music, it flows nearly 2,000 miles, from the Black Forest to the Black Sea the Danube |
#1003, aired 1989-01-04 | NUMERICAL PHRASES $300: Collective term for the major bodies of water in the world, or a brand of salad dressing Seven Seas |
#945, aired 1988-10-14 | BODIES OF WATER $500: The Valley of the Jhelum River in India is known as the "Vale of" this Kashmir |
#922, aired 1988-09-13 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Named for the largest Iroquois tribe, Seneca Lake is the largest lake in this New York group the Finger Lakes |
#922, aired 1988-09-13 | BODIES OF WATER $900 (Daily Double): Its southernmost source is the Ruvironza River in Burundi the Nile River |
#890, aired 1988-06-17 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Oregon's Willamette is one of the few U.S. rivers that flows in this compass direction north |
#885, aired 1988-06-10 | BODIES OF WATER $500: Its opening in 1959 made Cleveland an international seaport St. Lawrence Seaway |
#864, aired 1988-05-12 | BODIES OF WATER $400: In 1964, claiming U.S. ships had been attacked in this gulf, LBJ ok'd air raids against North Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin |
#848, aired 1988-04-20 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Bombay, India is built on islands in this sea named for the land on its other shore Arabian Sea |
#848, aired 1988-04-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: Named for a German geographer, this cool current in the Pacific is also known as the Peru Current Humboldt |
#848, aired 1988-04-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1,100 (Daily Double): Type of body of water, common in parts of the South that's mentioned in this song:
"Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo / Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio / Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o..." bayou |
#841, aired 1988-04-11 | BODIES OF WATER $300: Latin for "in the middle of the land", this sea is almost entirely surrounded by land the Mediterranean |
#841, aired 1988-04-11 | BODIES OF WATER $500: Over 4000 ft. deep, Messier, in Chile, is the world's deepest known of these narrow inlets fjords |
#772, aired 1988-01-05 | BODIES OF WATER $600: The oldest bridge in Rome, dating back before the birth of Christ, spans this river the Tiber |
#729, aired 1987-11-05 | BODIES OF WATER $100: The 4 highest waterfalls in the U.S. are all in this national park Yosemite |
#729, aired 1987-11-05 | BODIES OF WATER $500: West Germany is building a canal which will link these 2 major European rivers Rhine & Danube |
#647, aired 1987-06-02 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Travelling the entire length of the Colorado, you begin in Colorado & end up in this body of water the Gulf of California (the Sea of Cortes) |
#647, aired 1987-06-02 | BODIES OF WATER $600: In France you can take barge rides down the Nivernais, Bourgogne, & the Midi, which are these canals |
#647, aired 1987-06-02 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: In El Greco's "A View from Toledo", this longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is in the forefront the Tagus |
#644, aired 1987-05-28 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Of Lakes Titicaca, Tahoe, or Tanganyika, the highest navigable lake in the world Titicaca |
#644, aired 1987-05-28 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: Bordering India, Bangladesh, & Burma, it's the biggest bay in the world the Bay of Bengal |
#638, aired 1987-05-20 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Ocean in which you'd be swimming if you swam from Mauritius to Madagascar the short way Indian Ocean |
#638, aired 1987-05-20 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Body of water mentioned in penultimate phrase of the song, "California Here I Come" Golden Gate |
#638, aired 1987-05-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: From the Greek, the word "archipelago" was originally applied only to the many islands in this sea Aegean |
#536, aired 1986-12-29 | BODIES OF WATER $600: While most geographers say it isn't really one, others consider this "southern ocean" the world's 5th the Antarctic Ocean |
#536, aired 1986-12-29 | BODIES OF WATER $700 (Daily Double): The Chicago river is said to be the 1st in the world to have had this done to it permanently having its course reversed |
#536, aired 1986-12-29 | BODIES OF WATER $800: In a '68 hit, The Cowsills described it as "a place you should take your little one" "Indian Lake" |
#496, aired 1986-11-03 | BODIES OF WATER $400: In March of 1986, U.S. ships crossed Libya's "Line of Death" in this Mediterranean gulf Gulf of Sidra |
#492, aired 1986-10-28 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Largest lake in Central America, it's where you might see a Sandinista sunning on the sand Lake Nicaragua |
#492, aired 1986-10-28 | BODIES OF WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): Body of water next to the place in the title of the following:
"Last night I took a walk in the dark / A swingin' place called Palisades Park / To have some fun and see what I could see / That's where the girls are" Hudson River |
#479, aired 1986-10-09 | BODIES OF WATER $100: While Christmas Island is in the Indian Ocean, Easter Island is in this body of water the Pacific Ocean |
#479, aired 1986-10-09 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Known in Mexico as Rio Bravo del Norte, it's called this in the U.S. the Rio Grande |
#479, aired 1986-10-09 | BODIES OF WATER $500: In 1980, Bob Seger had a hot hit about this body of water Fire Lake |
#434, aired 1986-05-08 | BODIES OF WATER $400: WWII Japanese offensive was checked for 1st time in this sea named for its many reefs the Coral Sea |
#434, aired 1986-05-08 | BODIES OF WATER $500: The Salmon River in this Western state is longest U.S. river entirely within 1 state Idaho |
#327, aired 1985-12-10 | BODIES OF WATER $100: Largest undrained freshwater swamp in lower 48 U.S. states, fortunately for Pogo Okefenokee Swamp |
#327, aired 1985-12-10 | BODIES OF WATER $500: It's the largest river gorge in the world Grand Canyon |
#312, aired 1985-11-19 | BODIES OF WATER $100: Narrow Biblical sea between Saudi Arabia & Africa that's an intense blue-green in color Red Sea |
#312, aired 1985-11-19 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Icebreakers now keep Port of Archangel, on this appropriately-named sea, open in winter White Sea |
#293, aired 1985-10-23 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Named for the Greek nymph, Io, this sea is the deepest part of the Mediterranean Sea the Ionian |
#268, aired 1985-09-18 | BODIES OF WATER $200: River connecting Lake Bala in Wales & the Irish Sea, or letter connecting C & E Dee |
#268, aired 1985-09-18 | BODIES OF WATER $300: The Gaza Strip lies along this body of water the Mediterranean |
#138, aired 1985-03-20 | BODIES OF WATER $500: Lake Baikal, deepest in the world, is in this East Block country the Soviet Union |
#116, aired 1985-02-18 | BODIES OF WATER $500: Longest river in Asia, though entirely in China the Yangtze |
#68, aired 1984-12-12 | BODIES OF WATER $200: The Shannon River, longest in the British Isles, is in this country Ireland |
#16, aired 1984-10-01 | BODIES OF WATER $100: Originally at Lewiston, NY, this falls has over the years moved 7 times upstream Niagara Falls |
#16, aired 1984-10-01 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Only one of the 5 Great Lakes entirely in U.S. Lake Michigan |