| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $400: Gavin Menzies' "1434" says a group from China visited this top Catholic & supplied knowledge that made the renaissance happen the pope |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: In 2011 a newly revised 11th edition of this book on parliamentary procedure was published Robert's Rules of Order |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | HIGHER EDUCATION $600: "The Book of Knowledge" is vied for by Carleton & Macalaster, called this state's top 2 liberal arts colleges Minnesota |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | "COMMON" KNOWLEDGE $800: This Anglican liturgical text was first authorized in 1549 The Book of Common Prayer |
| #6852, aired 2014-06-03 | SUN OF A BOOK $2000: In this "royal" H. Rider Haggard adventure novel, a character uses his knowledge of a solar eclipse to fool tribesmen King Solomon's Mines |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | NAMETH THE BIBLE BOOK $1000: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction" Proverbs |
| #5775, aired 2009-10-23 | ART BOOKS $400: Great painters? Just tracers, per the book "Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old" these Masters |
| #5380, aired 2008-01-18 | BOOK KNOWLEDGE $200: A book's backstrip covers the part that has this anatomical name the spine |
| #5380, aired 2008-01-18 | BOOK KNOWLEDGE $400: Shakespeare wrote, "What's past is" this introductory part of a book prologue |
| #5380, aired 2008-01-18 | BOOK KNOWLEDGE $600: Mulvany, Nancy, 177;
birth of, 28;
education of, 213;
as expert in creating these, 326-331 an index |
| #5380, aired 2008-01-18 | BOOK KNOWLEDGE $800: A colophon is a section at the end of a book that often names this, like 10-point Baskerville the font |
| #5380, aired 2008-01-18 | BOOK KNOWLEDGE $1000: Entomological name for a blank page at the start of a book, suitable for inscriptions the fly (or the fly leaf) |
| #5152, aired 2007-01-23 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $800: The New Book of Knowledge says that it's the most familiar marmot in eastern North America a groundhog |
| #4653, aired 2004-11-24 | ANTHROPOLOGY $1000: "The Book of Knowledge" refers to these New Mexico Indian dwellings as large apartment houses pueblos |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | STUPID ANSWERS $800: According to the New Book of Knowledge, the panhandle of Texas is located next to this part of Oklahoma the panhandle |
| #3781, aired 2001-01-29 | ENCYCLOPEDIC KNOWLEDGE $400: This encyclopedia extended its "global" reach with a 1961 Braille edition & a 1980 audio edition World Book |
| #2955, aired 1997-06-06 | ____ AND ____ $300: Term for a book with embarrassing information based on intimate knowledge kiss and tell |
| #2119, aired 1993-11-18 | FAMOUS SCIENTISTS $400: Much of our knowledge of ancient science comes from a 37-book work by this naturalist, The Elder Pliny |
| #1870, aired 1992-10-23 | THE BIBLE $1,500 (Daily Double): Book whose sayings are "To give subtlety to the simple, To the young man, knowledge & discretion" Proverbs |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | COWBOY LIFE $300: For the New Book of Knowledge, Gene Autry wrote the article on this cowboy skill roping |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | PEOPLE $600: This former Surgeon General wrote the article on smoking in the 1990 edition of The Book of Knowledge C. Everett Koop |
| #1662, aired 1991-11-19 | VOLCANOES $500: The Book of Knowledge says the oldest volcanic observatory is at this volcano that killed Pliny Vesuvius |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $1,900 (Daily Double): The Book of Knowledge calls this tropical fruit the most commonly eaten fruit in the world the banana |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | BIRDS $200: The Book of Knowledge calls its song "rollicking"; a '50s tune said it "rocks in the treetop" the robin |
| #1533, aired 1991-04-10 | SUPERSTITIONS $100: The book of knowledge says it or a tool left on it may fall on you, so don't walk under one a ladder |
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