#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | 20th CENTURY HAPPENINGS $400: Before joining it in 1967, this Baltimore-born man argued & won 29 out of 32 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court (Thurgood) Marshall |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | THIS 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADER... $800: ...was born in Georgia in 1878 (but not the first Georgia you'd think of) Stalin |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | BIRTH OF A WRITER $2000: Born in 1856 in Virginia, this educator went on to write "Up from Slavery" at the turn of the 20th century (Booker T.) Washington |
#8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: Seen here are three random Americans of the 4.3 million born in this year at the tail end of the baby boom 1961 |
#7420, aired 2016-12-09 | PALMISTRY $1000: In the 20th century palmistry found a new life via this Swiss-born analytic psychiatrist who gave it credence Jung |
#7338, aired 2016-07-06 | CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS $200: John Turner is the only 20th century PM not born in Canada; he was born in this mother country Great Britain |
#7215, aired 2016-01-15 | THE EARLY 20th CENTURY $600: He was born in Wales, but this part-time archaeologist & military strategist gained fame far away Lawrence of Arabia |
#5557, aired 2008-11-04 | FOREIGN-BORN LEADERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Born in New York City, Eamon de Valera served as this country's prime minister 3 times in the 20th century Ireland |
#5000, aired 2006-05-12 | 20th CENTURY FOREIGNERS $400: Born in Israel in 1915, he was Minister of Defense during the Six-Day War Moshe Dayan |
#4553, aired 2004-05-26 | 20th CENTURY COUNTRIES $1600: The 1968 photo seen here is from this country that was born & died in the 20th century Czechoslovakia |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | BORN IN THE 20th CENTURY $400: A 1924 birthdate means that in 2004 you'd become this 12-letter word for an 80-year old an octegenarian |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | BORN IN THE 20th CENTURY $800: Born on or after Jan. 1, 1959? You can't remember a time when this dictator hasn't been in power Fidel Castro |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | BORN IN THE 20th CENTURY $1200: Being born in '46 would make you one of the first of the 75 million Americans part of this postwar generation the baby boomers |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | BORN IN THE 20th CENTURY $2,000 (Daily Double): 1935 babies were just old enough to be drafted for this 3-year-long conflict the Korean War |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | BORN IN THE 20th CENTURY $2000: Old Mrs. Kerfuffle looks good for someone born in this year in which Pres. Wilson signed the Treaty of Versailles 1919 |
#4200, aired 2002-11-29 | 20th CENTURY ARTISTS $1600: Born in the Jewish village of Vitebsk in 1887, this painter lived till the ripe old age of 97 Chagall |
#4144, aired 2002-09-12 | A VERY "P.C." CATEGORY $2000: This Spaniard born in 1876 was widely regarded as a 20th century master of the cello Pablo Casals |
#3999, aired 2002-01-10 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN ARTISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): The feminist artist born Judy Cohen in 1939 goes by this last name, the city of her birth Judy Chicago |
#3791, aired 2001-02-12 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $1000: In 1988 this Karachi-born woman became the first female to head a modern Islamic country Benazir Bhutto |
#3778, aired 2001-01-24 | "V.H." ONE $800: Born in Kiev in 1904, this pianist was one of the best known concert performers of the 20th century Vladimir Horowitz |
#2995, aired 1997-09-12 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $1000: The British born & bred Evelyn Waugh set this satirical 1948 novel in California The Loved One |
#2348, aired 1994-11-16 | 20th CENTURY MONARCHS $1000: This country's current king was born Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, at the Haga Palace in 1946 Sweden |
#1623, aired 1991-09-25 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $1000: Thomas Wolfe was born in 1900 & entered the University of this, his native state, at age 15 North Carolina |
#1523, aired 1991-03-27 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $200: This author of "The Group" was born in 1912 & orphaned in 1918 when her parents died in a flu epidemic Mary McCarthy |
#982, aired 1988-12-06 | HISTORY $800: He said "The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans -- born in the 20th century" John F. Kennedy |
#967, aired 1988-11-15 | 20TH-CENTURY PERSONALITIES $200: Born in Russian Poland in 1886, he became the first prime minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion |
#940, aired 1988-10-07 | THE 20TH CENTURY $800: Born in a Tennessee log cabin, Cordell Hull held this cabinet post from 1933-44 Secretary of State |
#113, aired 1985-02-13 | PRESIDENTS $600: 1st president born in the 20th century John Kennedy |
#7607, aired 2017-10-10 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: The protagonist of this novel "was fairly sure that his age was 39, and he believed that he had been born in 1944 or 1945" Nineteen Eighty-Four |
#7247, aired 2016-03-01 | 20th CENTURY POETS: It was said "his accent which started out as pure American Middle West" became "quite British U" T.S. Eliot |
#5512, aired 2008-07-22 | WORLD LEADERS: Born in Kiev & later a U.S. citizen, this leader became prime minister in 1969 of a country founded in the 20th century Golda Meir |
#5198, aired 2007-03-28 | LITERARY FIGURES: Bono, Jim Sheridan & Liam Neeson were featured in a 2004 documentary honoring the 150th anniversary of the birth of this man Oscar Wilde |
#5167, aired 2007-02-13 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: This author was born in 1926, the daughter of Amasa, an Alabama lawyer, & Frances, whose maiden name was Finch Harper Lee |
#4772, aired 2005-05-10 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: Born of Norwegian descent in 1916, he was given the first name of a famous Norwegian of the time Roald Dahl |
#4686, aired 2005-01-10 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: This Russian-born author & scientist who died in 1992 said, "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them" Isaac Asimov |
#4384, aired 2003-10-02 | U.S. VICE PRESIDENTS: He served 2 terms as Vice President & was the first Vice President who had been born in the 20th century Richard Nixon |
#4117, aired 2002-06-25 | FIRST LADIES: She was the first woman to become First Lady who was born in the 20th century Jackie Kennedy |
#3324, aired 1999-02-04 | FAMOUS NICKNAMES: This famous 20th century nickname is the Argentinian equivalent of "Y'know?" or "Hey, you!" Che (for Che Guevara, who was born in Argentina) |
#2636, aired 1996-02-05 | 20th CENTURY COMPOSERS: This Italian-born American won his 2nd Pulitzer Prize in 1955, for an opera set in NYC's Little Italy (Gian Carlo) Menotti |
#1992, aired 1993-04-13 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: President born the earliest in the 20th century (Lyndon) Johnson |
Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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