Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (767 results returned)

#9088, aired 2024-04-24NEAR THE EQUATOR $400: Acre, Amazonas & Mato Grosso do Sul are states in this nation Brazil
#9084, aired 2024-04-18SECOND CITIES $1,800 (Daily Double): The historic site Pedra do Sal in this second city has been called "the birthplace of samba" Rio de Janeiro
#9083, aired 2024-04-17"F" IS FOR FOOD $2000: The national dish of Brazil is this stew of black beans cooked with fresh & smoked meats feijoada
#9044, aired 2024-02-22SHALL THE PEOPLE DANCE $800: The name tells you this is the country to visit in order to perfect your funk carioca Brazil
#9041, aired 2024-02-19GEOGRAPHIC BOOK TITLES $1600: In "The Boys from Brazil", a Nazi hunter chases clones of Hitler created by this fugitive doctor Dr. Mengele
#9038, aired 2024-02-14SO FAR AWAY $1000: This wedge-shaped country seems small next to its 2 giant S. Amer. neighbors, but it has 5x more land than Holland & 5x fewer people Uruguay
#9005, aired 2023-12-29IT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER $1600: Far from home, Pedro I became the first emperor of this country on December 1, 1822 Brazil
#8997, aired 2023-12-19IT HAPPENED IN 2023 $2000: On January 8, government buildings in Brazil's capital were stormed by supporters of this ousted president Jair Bolsonaro
#8996, aired 2023-12-18DANCE REVOLUTION $2000: In the early '90s, it was billed as Brazil's "forbidden dance" the Lambada
#8982, aired 2023-11-28PEACE, LOVE & UNDERSTANDING $1200: A mountain pass is home to the "Christ the Redeemer of the Andes" statue, symbolizing peace between these 2 countries Argentina & Chile
#8977, aired 2023-11-21INTERNATIONAL CINEMA SHOWCASE $1600: "City of God" is about 2 boys growing up in a violent favela in this South American country Brazil
#8962, aired 2023-10-31THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN $400: This South American behemoth is the only country crossed by both the Tropic of Capricorn & the equator Brazil
#8955, aired 2023-10-20SPORTS AROUND THE WORLD $4,000 (Daily Double): A combination of sport, dance & martial art, capoeira is popular in this country where it was created Brazil
#8941, aired 2023-10-02GEOGRAPHY "B" $1000: The 2 countries of South America that begin with "B" are these 2 Bolivia & Brazil
#8934, aired 2023-09-21WORLD SOCCER $200: Popular players from this nation over the years have included Bebeto, Marta & Fernandinho Brazil
#8900, aired 2023-06-23SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): It flows over 1,300 miles from highlands near Brazil across Venezuela to the Atlantic the Orinoco
#8891, aired 2023-06-12TROPIC OF CAPRICORN NATIONS $600: Its Mesopotamia region is between the Paraná & Uruguay Rivers Argentina
#17, aired 2023-05-23POWER OCCUPANTS $800: This name of a Dutch governor in Brazil is remembered in his huis in the Hague where you can see some pretty great paintings Maurits
#8874, aired 2023-05-18INTERNATIONAL MOVIES? $800: 1978: "The Boys from ____" Brazil
#14, aired 2023-05-17THE 20th CENTURY $800: In 1985 the remains of this notorious Nazi doctor were recovered from a grave in Brazil, buried under a false name Mengele
#12, aired 2023-05-16NEW WORLD EXPLORATION $2000: In 1500 this sailor headed to India but made a right turn & landed in Brazil, claiming it for Portugal Cabral
#4, aired 2023-05-09NEED! COFFEE! NOW! $800: Vietnam grows the most robusta coffee, a stronger variety; Brazil grows the most of this other main variety, a more aromatic mild type Arabica
#8851, aired 2023-04-17WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1600: The 23 provinces of this South American country include Catamarca & Mendoza, home to the highest peak in the hemisphere Argentina
#8848, aired 2023-04-12THIS LAND IS "UR" LAND $1200: It borders Brazil & the South Atlantic Uruguay
#8848, aired 2023-04-12THIS LAND IS "UR" LAND $1600: It borders Brazil & the North Atlantic Suriname
#8833, aired 2023-03-22RESILIENCE $2000: President of Brazil from 2003 to 2011, then out of office & even in prison, he rebounded to win the office back in 2022 (Lula) da Silva
#8802, aired 2023-02-07NUTS TO YOU! $1000: The Pará nut, aka this nation nut, is high in protein &, in non-edible news, its oil is used in shampoos & skin care products Brazil
#8799, aired 2023-02-02TOUCAN $1000: A macaw named Blu heads to Brazil & meets a toucan named Rafael in the animated movie with this 3-letter title Rio
#8794, aired 2023-01-26"B" MOVIES $2000: This Terry Gilliam fantasy features a futuristic bureaucracy Brazil
#8764, aired 2022-12-15ANOTHER NAME FOR THAT CONDITION $2000: Called Sao Paulo fever in Brazil, the disease caused by the tick-borne rickettsia pathogen is this geological fever in the USA Rocky Mountain spotted fever
#8754, aired 2022-12-01WORLD MUSEUMS $1600: The Tango Museum, where the classic "La Cumparsita" was born, is not in Argentina but in this country to the east Uruguay
#8749, aired 2022-11-24SIMPLY GORGES $1600: Water roars down 270 feet through Devil's Gorge, the highest of the cataracts that make up this spot on the Brazil-Argentina border Iguazú
#8713, aired 2022-10-05DAM: NATION $1000: Itaipú, generating 14,000 megawatts on the border of Paraguay & this Brazil
#8706, aired 2022-09-26MOUNTAIN WORLD $400: At 9,888 feet, this country's highest peak is Pico da Neblina, or "foggy peak" in Portuguese Brazil
#8700, aired 2022-09-16EXPLORERS $800: Pedro Cabral was on his way to India when he somehow landed on the coast of South America & claimed this country for Portugal Brazil
#8693, aired 2022-07-27A.D. $1200: In 1549 the first Governor-General of this Portuguese colony selected Bahia as its capital Brazil
#8675, aired 2022-07-01ONE-WORD NONFICTION TITLES $1600: In "Eat, Pray, Love" Elizabeth Gilbert meets a guy from Brazil; soon she's ready to be this, her follow-up book all about marriage Committed
#8664, aired 2022-06-16GET OUT $600: Get out and play the combo game foot volley, invented in this country that's a powerhouse in soccer & beach volleyball Brazil
#8653, aired 2022-06-01COFFEE BREAK $400: Order café com leite in Brazil & you'll get coffee with this liquid, hot--or sometimes this liquid with a little coffee milk
#8617, aired 2022-04-12AMAZON PRIME $200: The Amazon River basin is home to stands of this "national" nut tree; the nuts are big in protein & the oil, big in shampoos Brazil nuts
#8608, aired 2022-03-30INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC $1600: Brazil's largest port is this one about 30 miles from Sao Paulo that's also known for its soccer team Santos
#8600, aired 2022-03-18SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1822 Brazil declared independence from this country, which recognized that action 3 years later Portugal
#8600, aired 2022-03-18SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1864 this country in the middle of the continent took on Brazil, later Argentina & Uruguay; half its population would end up dead Paraguay
#8597, aired 2022-03-15EVERYWHERE $800: Seen here, this perennial grass is used to make biofuel in Brazil sugar cane
#8593, aired 2022-03-093-LETTER MOVIE TITLES $200: To seek out the bird of his dreams, a domesticated avian travels to Brazil Rio
#8591, aired 2022-03-07MOUNTAINS $1000: Referring to its shape, this peak on which Brazil's Christ the Redeemer Statue stands has a name meaning "hunchback" Mount Corcovado
#8585, aired 2022-02-25COMMON COMMODITIES $800: Brazil is the leading producer of these legumes, a top commodity that's exported to China soybeans
#8583, aired 2022-02-23BROOM SERVICE $600: Running for pres. of this South American country, Janio da Silva Quadros used a broom as a symbol of his pledge to sweep out corruption Brazil
#8583, aired 2022-02-23COUNTRY NICKNAMES $2000: Engulfed by Bolivia, Argentina & Brazil, this country is nicknamed "the island surrounded by land" Paraguay
#8578, aired 2022-02-16COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR $400: This river reaches the Atlantic Ocean at the equator near Macapá, Brazil the Amazon
#7, aired 2022-02-11W.H.O. $400: As this group was forming in 1945, Brazil & China asked for a global health organization; the W.H.O. would show up in 1948 the UN
#8574, aired 2022-02-10OTHER COUNTRIES SEPARATED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE $200: In Brazil, you have a carteira de motorista; in Portugal, its a carta de condução; in America, it's this a driver's license
#8570, aired 2022-02-04WHEN GOOD ACTORS BREAK BAD $1600: This actor who played Atticus Finch later portrayed Josef Mengele in "The Boys from Brazil" Gregory Peck
#8545, aired 2021-12-31THE 21st CENTURY $800: In 2011 Dilma Rousseff became this country's first female president; in 2016 she was impeached & removed from office Brazil
#8538, aired 2021-12-22HOW GREEN WAS MY FLAG $800: In 1992 the flag of this South American nation was revised, but its big green background stayed Brazil
#8511, aired 2021-11-15WORLD COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: Often ranked as Brazil's top institution of higher learning, it's abbreviated USP & it's absolutely free University of São Paulo
#8498, aired 2021-10-27THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $400: The Amazon rainforest makes up about 40% of the area of this nation larger than the area of the 48 contiguous U.S. states Brazil
#8464, aired 2021-08-12UNUSUAL ISLANDS $200: Snake Island off Brazil's coast is filled with golden lanceheads, a deadly "pit" type of this snake viper
#8452, aired 2021-07-27ALPHABETICALLY NEXT GEOGRAPHY $600: South American nations: Bolivia, Brazil... Chile
#8446, aired 2021-07-19HEY, WHERE'S THAT DISH? $800: If you're pro-antioxidant, this South American foodstuff, seen here, is rich in selenium Brazil nuts
#8444, aired 2021-07-15ARCHITECTS $1600: Oscar Niemeyer's Museum of Contemporary Art in this, his native country, is a landmark of modern architecture Brazil
#8440, aired 2021-07-09JULY $400: On July 8, 2014 in a semifinal game at the men's World Cup, Germany eliminated this host country, 7-1 Brazil
#8435, aired 2021-07-02WHAT A FUNGI $1200: A type of rust that infects this beverage crop was discovered in Africa around 1870 & kept out of Brazil for a century coffee
#8427, aired 2021-06-22AROUND THE WORLD $1600: The Iguacu Falls extend for nearly 2 miles along the border between Brazil & this other nation Argentina
#8426, aired 2021-06-21A BRIEF HISTORY $400: Boris Fausto's "Concise History of" this nation covers 500 years, starting with the arrival of the Portuguese Brazil
#8413, aired 2021-06-02THE GIVING TREE $800: The leaves of Brazil's carnauba palm yield a type of this used in lipsticks & shoe polish wax
#8372, aired 2021-04-06A SWAMPY SITUATION $200: The immense wetland area called Pantanal, from Portuguese for "swamp", is mostly in this South American country Brazil
#8355, aired 2021-03-126-LETTER COUNTRIES $200: It occupies about half the land mass of the South American continent Brazil
#8347, aired 2021-03-02COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER $1200: Henry Ford created Fordlandia in Brazil to produce latex for this material, but bugs made it impossible rubber
#8339, aired 2021-02-18WAR $600: In the 1860s War of the Triple Alliance, Argentina, Brazil & Uruguay left this landlocked foe in ruins Paraguay
#8327, aired 2021-02-02COUNTRY / MUSIC $800: A fusion of samba & cool jazz, bossa nova burst onto the world scene in the 1950s out of this country Brazil
#8309, aired 2021-01-07QUEENS $200: Maria I, queen of this Iberian nation for 39 years, died in Brazil following Napoleon's invasion of her homeland Portugal
#8305, aired 2020-12-18DONATING THEIR WINNINGS $800: After winning the 2014 World Cup, German soccer star Mesut Ozil paid for the surgeries of 23 children in this host country Brazil
#8271, aired 2020-11-02WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1600: It's the only country in the world through which both the equator & the Tropic of Capricorn pass Brazil
#8260, aired 2020-10-162-LETTER WORDS $1000: Scrabble players know this 2-letter word is a type of 3-toed sloth found in Brazil the ai
#8258, aired 2020-10-14SWEDEN LOWS--& HIGHS $800: Low: in the 1958 World Cup final, Sweden lost on its home soil 5-2 to Pele & the rest of this country's team Brazil
#8247, aired 2020-09-294-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: Brazil declared this from Portugal in 1822 independence
#8246, aired 2020-09-28ELEMENTAL FACTS $1200: This S. Am. country produces nearly 90% of the world's niobium; President Bolsonaro dreams of making Niobium Valley like Silicon Valley Brazil
#8240, aired 2020-09-18POTPOURRI $800: In 1932 Brazil's Olympic team had to sell bags of this crop while sailing to Los Angeles in order to pay for the trip coffee
#8233, aired 2020-06-10CATHOLIC NATIONS $400: The country with the highest population of Catholics is this South American one with about 123 million Brazil
#8221, aired 2020-05-25SUGAR, SUGAR $800: Pres. Bolsonaro of this major sugar-growing country has allowed expanded production in ecologically sensitive areas Brazil
#8183, aired 2020-03-18TRANSLATED CITIES $600: River of January, Brazil Rio de Janeiro
#8175, aired 2020-03-06FLAG CREATORS $1000: Philosopher Raimundo Teixeira Mendes created this South American country's flag as well as the motto "Ordem e Progresso" Brazil
#8113, aired 2019-12-11THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $200: ...Brazil / who kicked a ball with some skill / finding the holes / scored 1,200-plus goals / & gave us 2 decades of thrill Pelé
#8102, aired 2019-11-26FUN WITH G20 COUNTRIES $1200: This member shares its name with a Terry Gilliam film Brazil
#8090, aired 2019-11-08REVELATIONS $2000: The 2014 revelation of kickbacks from the Petrobras Oil Company helped lead to the ouster of her as Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff
#8082, aired 2019-10-29COASTLINES $200: This South American country has about 4,600 miles of Atlantic coastline Brazil
#8079, aired 2019-10-24HAVE AN AGUILA! $800: Atlético Nacional & Independiente Medellín compete in Liga Águila, this country's top soccer league Colombia
#8057, aired 2019-09-24THE LAND DOWN UNDER $200: Down under Suriname Brazil
#8047, aired 2019-09-10RAINFORESTS $1600: With about 225 million acres of coverage, this Asian island nation is third to Brazil & the Congo in rainforest area Indonesia
#8045, aired 2019-07-26"ISTA" ME! $5,000 (Daily Double): A native of Brazil's largest city Sao Paulista
#8035, aired 2019-07-12ALIEN INVASION! $2000: Apis mellifera scutellata is best known by this scary name & came from Africa to Brazil to the United States killer bees
#8030, aired 2019-07-05THE FIFA MEN'S WORLD CUP $400: Pele was only 17 when he first played for this country in 1958--it would win 3 World Cups with him Brazil
#8023, aired 2019-06-26COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Of the 12 independent countries in South America, Brazil, which occupies nearly half the continent, borders 9 of them--all except for Chile & this country Ecuador
#8008, aired 2019-06-05TIMBERLAND $1000: The 2018 election of Jair Bolsonaro intensified concern over the fate of this country's timber-rich rainforests Brazil
#7989, aired 2019-05-09SOCIAL STUDIES $200: It's South America's most populous country Brazil
#7982, aired 2019-04-30THAT'S A NOVEL PLACE $800: These title "Boys" in an Ira Levin novel are clones of Hitler The Boys from Brazil
#7977, aired 2019-04-23WORLD NEWSPAPERS $1600: O Globo (in South America) Brazil
#7954, aired 2019-03-21COIN STAR $400: This country's 1-centavo coin has 5 stars on the back & Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral on the front Brazil
#7937, aired 2019-02-26LAKES & RIVERS $1600: The Amazon River begins not in Brazil but with headwaters in this western South American country Peru
#7934, aired 2019-02-21"B"ORDER COUNTRIES $800: Paraguay: These 2 Bolivia & Brazil
#7932, aired 2019-02-19ALEX' BUCKET LIST $1000: I've seen Niagara & Victoria, but need to head to the Brazil-Argentina border where these falls divided into 275 cataracts Iguazu Falls
#7927, aired 2019-02-12COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: It got its independence from Portugal in 1822 & abolished slavery in 1888 Brazil
#7925, aired 2019-02-08ISLANDS $1,600 (Daily Double): Larger than Maryland & lying near the equator, the world's largest island in fresh water is in this river the Amazon
#7918, aired 2019-01-30THE PRESIDENTS, OF COURSE $600: In recent years Dilma Rousseff of Brazil & Cristina Kirchner of this neighboring nation left office under a cloud of scandal Argentina
#7907, aired 2019-01-15TREATIES $1,600 (Daily Double): An 1828 peace treaty created this new country as a buffer between Brazil & Argentina Uruguay
#7885, aired 2018-12-14THAT HAPPENED! $400: Lula got 2 4-year terms as prez of this S. Amer. nation from 2003 to 2011 & a 12-year term for money laundering & corruption in 2018 Brazil
#7863, aired 2018-11-14BODIES OF WATER $400: This river flows some 4,000 miles to its mouth in the Atlantic on the coast of Brazil the Amazon
#7857, aired 2018-11-06ITS BIGGEST NEIGHBOR $200: Colombia's biggest Brazil
#7844, aired 2018-10-18COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents a map on the monitor.) Brazil is the only country in the world through which the Equator passes as well as this imaginary line 23.5 degrees south of the Equator the Tropic of Capricorn
#7810, aired 2018-07-20RIVERS $1200: Flowing through 5 of Brazil's states, the Tocantins River of South America is named after one of these animals a toucan
#7808, aired 2018-07-18THE OED's RECENT WORDS $2000: The OED notes that "a major epidemic" of this mosquito-borne disease "began in Brazil in early 2015" Zika
#7797, aired 2018-07-03A NICE CUP OF COFFEE $1000: The USDA reports that 47% of the coffee we import is from these 2 South American countries Brazil and Colombia
#7777, aired 2018-06-05PORTUGAL, THE MAN $400: Years after fleeing Portugal with the royal family, Pedro I became emperor of this country Brazil
#7776, aired 2018-06-04COUNTRY FACTS $1200: It borders Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay & the south Atlantic Argentina
#7771, aired 2018-05-28BEACH SEASON $800: Hand me my thong! 150-mile-long Praia do Cassino in this country is the world's longest beach Brazil
#7765, aired 2018-05-18SOCCER $400: In 2016 Neymar led this nation to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in soccer Brazil
#7758, aired 2018-05-09PLANET EARTH $400: Home to 10% of the world's known species, this rainforest covers 1.2 billion acres, 60% of it in Brazil the Amazon rainforest
#7755, aired 2018-05-04THE LOOK OF CULTURE $800: In this South American country, one body type for women is called "um corpo de violao", shaped like a guitar Brazil
#7743, aired 2018-04-18IT GROWS ON TREES $1200: These large nuts grow in pods that look like coconuts on trees in the Amazon forest Brazil nuts
#7736, aired 2018-04-09DOWN IN SOUTH AMERICA $800: This country's Tiradentes Day honors Joaquim Xavier, who plotted against Portuguese hegemony Brazil
#7721, aired 2018-03-19WORLD OF SOUP $1000: Sopa de piranha, "piranha soup", is a popular receita, "recipe", in this country Brazil
#7705, aired 2018-02-23RHYME TIME $600: A sense of excitement in Sao Paulo a Brazil thrill
#7669, aired 2018-01-04"B" MOVIES $1600: Someone sinister is creating clones of Hitler The Boys from Brazil
#7664, aired 2017-12-28UNREAL MINISTRIES $1600: The Ministry of Information Retrieval may or may not be in South America in this 1985 dystopian film Brazil
#7646, aired 2017-12-04COUNTRIES BY FIRST LETTER $400: Heading southwest across South America, it's B, B, C--Brazil & these 2 Bolivia & Chile
#7634, aired 2017-11-16PLACE "MAT"S $2000: The name of this state of central Brazil is Portuguese for "thick forest" Mato Grosso
#7631, aired 2017-11-13QUEEN-SIZED $200: Queen Maria II of this country was born in Brazil in 1819 Portugal
#7621, aired 2017-10-30WORLD LEADERS $1200: Michel Temer took the reins of this country after the ouster of Dilma Rousseff Brazil
#7601, aired 2017-10-02LEAP YEARS $800: August 31: Brazil's Senate impeaches Dilma Rousseff 2016
#7592, aired 2017-09-19IT'S A WIRED WORLD $400: In 2017 Brazil removed the tax on these hyphenated items, so bibliophiles from Rio to Recife can Kindle away an e-book
#7569, aired 2017-07-06A REAL NUT JOB $200: Natives along the Amazon basin collect these, AKA para nuts, which are later used in soaps or as food Brazil nuts
#7556, aired 2017-06-19WEATHER $2000: Brazil's highest peak is 9,800-foot Pico da Neblina, Neblina being this weather condition that surrounds the summit fog
#7546, aired 2017-06-05JUST WHAT I NEED $600: You got me a ticket to Brazil to learn this "new tendency" dance? Eu te amo! the bossa nova
#7531, aired 2017-05-15GOALS $800: He scored 12 goals in 14 WC games & was declared a national treasure in Brazil to keep him from leaving to play in Europe Pelé
#7527, aired 2017-05-09SOUTH AMERICA $800: With about 205 million, Brazil has the largest population in South America; this nation is second with about 47 million Colombia
#7518, aired 2017-04-26NOVEL COUNTRIES $1200: "Kiss of the Spider Woman" Argentina
#7516, aired 2017-04-24BRASIL, BRASIL! $400: Brazil heats up the globe as the leading exporter of this brew coffee
#7516, aired 2017-04-24BRASIL, BRASIL! $800: When Brazil became a republic in 1889, this ceased being the official religion, but 2/3 of the people still adhere to it Catholicism
#7516, aired 2017-04-24BRASIL, BRASIL! $2000: On August 22, 1942 Brazil did this; a 7-1 payback at the World Cup came 72 years later declared war on Germany and Italy
#7511, aired 2017-04-17BORDER FRENZY $400: The 2 countries that border Colombia but not Brazil are Ecuador & this one to the north Panama
#7487, aired 2017-03-14THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD $1000: Burrow through the Earth from Manila & you'll be tired, dirty & in this country's state of Mato Grosso Brazil
#7481, aired 2017-03-06WHO IS OUR LEADER? $800: Abbrev. FAO, this U.N. agency headed by Jose Da Silva of Brazil leads the world's efforts to defeat hunger Food and Agriculture Organization
#7459, aired 2017-02-02RAINFORESTS $400: This South American country contains 60% of the Amazon rainforest Brazil
#7455, aired 2017-01-27WHAT COUNTRY ARE YOU FROM? $800: A Carioca Brazil
#7443, aired 2017-01-11AROUND THE WORLD $400: Here's a welcoming shot of this country from the viewpoint of a famous statue Brazil
#7440, aired 2017-01-06URUGUAY $400: In 1811 Uruguay successfully rebelled against Spanish rule only to be annexed by this northern neighbor Brazil
#7421, aired 2016-12-12LANDMARKS $1600: In Brazil this mountain is called Pão de Açúcar Sugarloaf
#7414, aired 2016-12-01WAR! $1600: 1932-35: the Chaco War, between Paraguay & this northern neighbor Bolivia
#7403, aired 2016-11-16DANCE WITH ME $1000: The samba is a dance of this largest South American nation Brazil
#7369, aired 2016-09-29NATIONAL CURRENCY UNITS $1,000 (Daily Double): Brazil the real
#7327, aired 2016-06-21TAKE ME OUT OF THE BALL GAME $800: His last match was a 1977 exhibition game between the New York Cosmos & Brazil's Santos; he played for both sides Pelé
#7296, aired 2016-05-09CURRENT EVENTS $1000: In 2015 Brazil's first infection from this virus was diagnosed; in 2016 it became an international concern Zika virus
#7296, aired 2016-05-09WOMEN WORLD LEADERS $2000: In 2011 she succeeded her mentor Lula as president of Brazil (Dilma) Rousseff
#7292, aired 2016-05-03THE LONG HOURS $400: Generating 90,000 gigawatt hours of power a year, this country's Itaipu Dam spans 4 miles over the Parana River Brazil
#7266, aired 2016-03-28SWAMPED $800: In the Pantanal Floodplains of central Brazil, you might encounter anacondas & these rodents capybaras
#7244, aired 2016-02-25THE NATURAL WORLD $400: A photo posted on Facebook led to the discovery of a new carnivorous plant north of Rio in this country Brazil
#7230, aired 2016-02-05WORLD ART $1600: Pedro Peres' "Elevation of the Cross in Porto Seguro, Bahia" shows a historic moment for this S. Amer. country Brazil
#7200, aired 2015-12-25THE LARGEST COUNTRY... $400: Entirely outside Asia, by area Canada
#7195, aired 2015-12-18NUT-TRITION $400: These biggies from the Amazon basin have many health benefits, but with their high selenium content, too many can be harmful Brazil nuts
#7194, aired 2015-12-17STUPID ANSWERS $200: This waterfall is on the Iguacu River at the border of Argentina & Brazil the Iguaçu waterfall
#7187, aired 2015-12-08COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS $500 (Daily Double): "Himno Istmeño", or "Isthmus Hymn" Panama
#7186, aired 2015-12-07WE'RE ON THE ROAD TO $800: ...Cruzeiro do Sul, a city in this country, traveling on a highway called Rodovia Transamazonica Brazil
#7160, aired 2015-10-30LORD OF THE JUNGLE $200: Lisbon-born Pedro I founded the 19th century empire of this giant jungle country Brazil
#7132, aired 2015-09-22REMEMBER SEPTEMBER $200: On September 7 each year, this Western Hemisphere nation celebrates its independence from Portugal Brazil
#7128, aired 2015-09-16A STREAM OF TV $800: At adultswim.com visit this title medical facility that employed a clown doctor & was definitely in Brazil Childrens Hospital
#7064, aired 2015-05-073 CHEERS FOR THE BLUE, GREEN & YELLOW $800: After a defeat by Uruguay in 1950, this nation's soccer team switched to its now-famous yellow jerseys Brazil
#7046, aired 2015-04-13COUNTRIES IN 3 WORDS $200: South America's largest Brazil
#7031, aired 2015-03-23PLAYING GOD $2000: Ralph Richardson "stole" the show as God in this 1981 Terry Gilliam sci fi comedy, saying "Oh, I hate having to appear" Time Bandits
#7027, aired 2015-03-17STAR-CHITECTS $1600: My architect has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R; he also has this last name, and designed Brazil's Congress building Niemeyer
#7025, aired 2015-03-13THE REST OF THE WORLD IN 1865 $1600: The Triple Alliance of Brazil, Argentina & Uruguay wages war on this small neighbor Paraguay
#7021, aired 2015-03-09WHAT A COUNTRY! $1200: This Western Hemisphere country is the largest nation in area whose capital city's name begins with the same letter Brazil
#7016, aired 2015-03-02IT BORDERS BRAZIL $200: Smell the coffee! This country's highest peaks are the nearly 19,000-foot Simon Bolivar & Cristobal Colon Colombia
#7016, aired 2015-03-02IT BORDERS BRAZIL $400: Things can get Messi in this country whose southern tip is only about 600 miles from Antarctica Argentina
#7016, aired 2015-03-02IT BORDERS BRAZIL $600: The Atlantic & the Rio de la Plata, an estuary, are on this nation's southernmost border Uruguay
#7016, aired 2015-03-02IT BORDERS BRAZIL $800: Kourou, in the possession called "French" this, was home to a prison camp & now has a space center nearby Guiana
#7016, aired 2015-03-02IT BORDERS BRAZIL $1000: This landlocked country would've gotten away with having a coast on the Pacific if it weren't for that meddling Chile Bolivia
#7011, aired 2015-02-23BODIES OF WATER $400: The Uruguay River forms the border between Uruguay & the province of Entre Rios in this neighbor to the south & west Argentina
#6995, aired 2015-01-30CROSSING THE EQUATOR $400: The Equator passes through this country's states of Amapa, Para, Roraima & Amazonas Brazil
#6969, aired 2014-12-25OFFICIAL NATIONAL NAMES $1000: The "Oriental Republic of" this small South American country borders Brazil Uruguay
#6944, aired 2014-11-20COUNTRY BY STATE $400: Amazonas & Bolivar Venezuela
#6922, aired 2014-10-21ROLE REVERSAL $400: This actor played a Nazi in "Marathon Man" & a Nazi hunter in "The Boys from Brazil" Laurence Olivier
#6911, aired 2014-10-06VAMOS LA BRASIL $200: Brazil declared itself independent from this country in 1822 but said "sim" ("yes") to keeping its language Portugal
#6911, aired 2014-10-06VAMOS LA BRASIL $400: The Republic of Brazil consists of 26 states & 1 federal district, which consists of this capital Brasília
#6911, aired 2014-10-06VAMOS LA BRASIL $4,400 (Daily Double): Good luck getting across town! The metro area of this city west of Rio covers more than 3,000 square miles São Paulo
#6909, aired 2014-10-02ATLANTIC CITIES $400: This city had Brazil's first Sambadrome, home to dancers strutting their stuff during each year's Carnival Rio de Janeiro
#6905, aired 2014-09-26& THE CATEGORY OF GEOGRAPHY $3,500 (Daily Double): The greatest north-south distance of this South American country is 2,731 miles; east-west, 2,684 Brazil
#6903, aired 2014-09-24WORLD FLAGS $1200: Aka the Crux, this constellation is depicted on Brazil's flag the Southern Cross
#6898, aired 2014-09-17CRITTERS $800: The longest mammal migration was 6,200 miles when 1 of these "singing" whales swam from Brazil to Madagascar humpbacks
#6892, aired 2014-07-29SOUTH AMERICA $400: This country's Ponta do Seixas is South America's easternmost point Brazil
#6887, aired 2014-07-22OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $400: Brazil Portuguese
#6884, aired 2014-07-17A RIVER RUNS BETWEEN THEM $1,400 (Daily Double): Brazil & Argentina (It's named for a third country) Uruguay
#6876, aired 2014-07-07POP GOES THE WORLD $1000: Born in Niteroi, Brazil, this bandleader scored pop hits with "The Look Of Love" & "Never Gonna Let You Go" Sérgio Mendes
#6855, aired 2014-06-06FROM SOUP TO NUTS $600: Almost all of these nuts seen here, unshelled & shelled, come from wild trees in the Amazon basin Brazil nuts
#6852, aired 2014-06-03WORD PROBLEM PROBLEMS $1000: If you have 3 100-real notes, it helps to know the real is the currency of this South American country Brazil
#6835, aired 2014-05-09SOUTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE $600: Also called a lancehead, this snake accounts for 90% of all snakebite-related fatalities in Brazil the fer-de-lance
#6835, aired 2014-05-09SOUTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE $1000: Brazil's Spix's species of this longest parrot may now be extinct; it hasn't been seen in the wild since 2000 the macaw
#6798, aired 2014-03-19MEANINGS OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES $1000: The name of this waterfall on the Argentina-Brazil border is derived from a Guarani word meaning "great water" the Iguazú (Falls)
#6776, aired 2014-02-17INTERNATIONAL CINEMA SHOWCASE $1,600 (Daily Double): "City of God" is about 2 boys growing up in a violent favela in this South American country Brazil
#6759, aired 2014-01-23HEAD FOR THE BORDERS $2000: One of the 2 mainland South American countries that don't border Brazil Chile (or Ecuador)
#6758, aired 2014-01-22SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1888 this country abolished slavery & freed about 750,000 slaves, many of whom worked on rubber plantations Brazil
#6747, aired 2014-01-07BREAKAWAY NATIONS $4,000 (Daily Double): With Argentina's help, this country broke away from Brazil in 1825 Uruguay
#6742, aired 2013-12-31ARCHITECTURE $2000: Oscar Niemeyer's first solo project was a 1941 plan for Pampulha in this country where he later designed the capital Brazil
#6702, aired 2013-11-05OLD THEME, NEW GENRE $1000: "Blame It On" Brazil, the source of this style we steal here bossa nova
#6694, aired 2013-10-24LET IT SLIDE $800: A beach park in Brazil is home to "Insano", at 135 feet the world's tallest freestanding one of these a water slide
#6673, aired 2013-09-25ONE NATION $200: 26 states, including Amazonas & Maranhao Brazil
#6665, aired 2013-08-02MOVIES $200: A pet parrot named Blu ends up in Brazil to find his mate in this film Rio
#6645, aired 2013-07-05BRAZILIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Brazil's tourism industry depends in part on these spectacular falls on the border with Argentina Iguazu Falls
#6645, aired 2013-07-05BRAZILIAN GEOGRAPHY $1,800 (Daily Double): This planned city in Brazil's vast interior has grown from being a construction project in 1956 to 2.6 million people today Brasilia
#6631, aired 2013-06-17FEMALE WORLD LEADERS $2000: Dilma Rousseff, now president of this South American country, was a student guerrilla in the 1970s Brazil
#6628, aired 2013-06-12EGRETS ONLY $2000: The egret is prominently featured on the back of this South American nation's five real note Brazil
#6587, aired 2013-04-16WE'VE GOT YOU SURROUNDED! $600: Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia Paraguay
#6580, aired 2013-04-05WORLD "S"ITIES $1000: In 1822 Prince Regent Pedro of Portugal proclaimed Brazil's independence while visiting this city São Paulo
#6576, aired 2013-04-01GIRTH OF A NATION $200: 15,147 miles of South American borders & coastline Brazil
#6570, aired 2013-03-22THINK GLOBAL $400: In Brazil, only Sao Paulo has more people than this city Rio de Janeiro
#6555, aired 2013-03-01LINES $1000: In Monteverde & Puntarenas in this country you can zip line through cloud & rainforest canopies Costa Rica
#6526, aired 2013-01-21MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $400: The 2 in the top 10 found in the Americas Brazil & the United States
#6521, aired 2013-01-14MUDDY WATERS $200: In Brazil, the sandy water of the Solimoes River flows side-by-side with the Rio Negro until they merge into this huge river the Amazon
#6517, aired 2013-01-08DOUBLE-ZERO YEARS $1000: Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral discovers Brazil 1500
#6506, aired 2012-12-24THE "B"-GINNING & END OF THE COUNTRY $400: The equator crosses it: ends with L Brazil
#6503, aired 2012-12-19ALL OVER THE WORLD $800: One of the world's leading exporters of coffee is the port city of Santos in this South American country Brazil
#6493, aired 2012-12-05MINORITY POPULATIONS $1200: Brazil has the largest Japanese population outside of Japan, with the most living in the state named for this largest city São Paulo
#6492, aired 2012-12-04SOCCER $800: He led Brazil to 3 World Cup soccer titles & won an NASL title with the Cosmos Pelé
#6479, aired 2012-11-15KNOW YOUR BOUNDARIES $400: At the north end of South America, this country borders Colombia, Guyana & Brazil Venezuela
#6459, aired 2012-10-18THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN $400: This South American behemoth is the only country crossed by both the Tropic of Capricorn & the equator Brazil
#6451, aired 2012-10-08AROUND THE WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): Following Russia & China, which each border 14 other countries, this New World country is third with 10 Brazil
#6442, aired 2012-09-25COMPOSERS' COUNTRY OF BIRTH $1000: Heitor Villa-Lobos Brazil
#6439, aired 2012-09-20THE WORLD ALMANAC NO. 1 $800: Get ready to samba! This South American nation leads the world in worker time off with 41 paid days off a year Brazil
#6425, aired 2012-07-20FORESTS $200: The world's largest tropical rain forest, it covers parts of 6 countries, including Brazil & Peru the Amazon forest
#6412, aired 2012-07-03FACE THE NATION $600: It occupies almost half of its continent Brazil
#6400, aired 2012-06-15CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $1200: (Hi, I'm Joshua Malina.) I don't think I'd like to live in the world that Jonathan Pryce inhabits in this fantasy movie from Terry Gilliam, but I sure enjoy watching it Brazil
#6399, aired 2012-06-14WORLD OF FOOD $1600: Feijoada, a hearty stew of smoked meats & beans, is a national dish of this South American country Brazil
#6373, aired 2012-05-09CITIZENSHIP $2000: Baianos & Cariocas Brazil
#6352, aired 2012-04-10CENTER FIELD $800: This country's highlands are known in Portuguese as Planalto Central Brazil
#6345, aired 2012-03-30LANGUAGES OF SOUTH AMERICA $800: Fluminense, which is spoken in Rio de Janeiro, is a dialect of this official language of Brazil Portuguese
#6327, aired 2012-03-06SALUTE THE FLAGS $600: The words on this South American country's flag are "Ordem e Progresso", "Order and Progress" Brazil
#6313, aired 2012-02-15THE AMAZON $1200: Until competition from plantations in southeast Asia, this Amazon tree was a boon to Brazil's economy a rubber tree
#6312, aired 2012-02-14CELEBRITY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN $600: Soccer star Ronaldinho Brazil
#6290, aired 2012-01-13LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Crack open a Brazil nut & tell us of your time as a captain on the Rio Madeira, a major tributary of this river the Amazon
#6284, aired 2012-01-05SCIENTIFIC SOUTH AMERICAN $1600: Sometimes credited with inventing the torpedo, Andre Reboucas helped torpedo this in Brazil; it was abolished in 1888 slavery
#6279, aired 2011-12-29SCIENTISTS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew hovers over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in a helicopter.) To switch on floodlights for Christ the Redeemer's dedication in 1931, this radio pioneer sent shortwave signals from Naples Marconi
#6264, aired 2011-12-08NON-ROMAN EMPERORS $400: In 1831 Pedro I abdicated as emperor of this South American country & returned to Portugal Brazil
#6244, aired 2011-11-10ECONOMIST DANCE PARTY $1600: In honor of "Alas, Brazil", a 1999 article by this newspaper columnist & 2008 Nobel winner, it's time to lambada Paul Krugman
#6243, aired 2011-11-09BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $2000: Nebraska-named D-Day landing area whose album "Pet Sounds" clones Nazis in South America Omaha Beach Boys from Brazil
#6239, aired 2011-11-03IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD $1200: This fruit from the family Bromeliaceae is native to Brazil & Paraguay; it didn't reach Hawaii until the early 1500s the pineapple
#6229, aired 2011-10-20ACTING HURT $2000: Making this film in Brazil in 1985, William Hurt was kidnapped at gunpoint; that's one hard-earned Oscar Kiss of the Spider Woman
#6228, aired 2011-10-19EXPORTS $1200: Brazil was once the top producer of this sweet stuff--before the witches'-broom fungus attacked the trees cocoa (or chocolate)
#6186, aired 2011-07-04REALLY BIG COUNTRIES $1200: The people of this country, home to the world's largest tropical rain forest, speak Portuguese Brazil
#6177, aired 2011-06-21SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Founded in 1554, this city is Brazil's industrial & financial center Sao Paulo
#6171, aired 2011-06-13MUSICAL FILL IN THE BLANK $1600: "The Boys From ____" (also a city in New York) Syracuse
#6168, aired 2011-06-08WORDS IN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $400: A piece of lingerie in Rio bra (in Brazil)
#6151, aired 2011-05-16IN COUNTRY $1000: Sao Luis, Manaus, Rio Verde Brazil
#6138, aired 2011-04-27FADE INTO BOLIVIAN $200: Bolivia's longest border is with this neighbor to the east Brazil
#6123, aired 2011-04-06HORTON HEARS A HOOSIER $600: This 1960s Teamsters president was born on Valentine's Day 1913 in Brazil, Indiana Jimmy Hoffa
#6123, aired 2011-04-06HORTON HEARS A HOOSIER $800: His website says he "dedicated his life to perfecting a lighter, fluffier popcorn", a life that began in Brazil, Ind. in 1907 Redenbacher
#6116, aired 2011-03-2820th CENTURY NOVELS $2000: Yakov Liebermann, the hero of this Ira Levin novel, was based on Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal The Boys from Brazil
#6081, aired 2011-02-07BIG WORLD $800: Almost 10 times the size of the Everglades, the largest swamp is the Pantanal of Mato Grosso in this country Brazil
#6078, aired 2011-02-02TRINIDAD & TOBAGO $600: T&T are close enough to this country that the water from the Orinoco murks up scuba diving Venezuela
#6067, aired 2011-01-18THE GARMENT DISTRICT $200: Making regular bikini bottoms look modest, it's been called "possibly Brazil's most famous fashion export" a thong
#6062, aired 2011-01-11DANCE ORIGINS $1000: Lambada Brazil
#6051, aired 2010-12-27THE RAT PACK $400: Cloud rats, including the Luzon bushy-tailed species, are found only in this country's forests The Philippines
#6049, aired 2010-12-23I'M GAME $400: In Europe & Australia this board game has "do" on the end; in Brazil it's called "Detective" Clue
#6046, aired 2010-12-20SOME KIND OF A NUT $1600: The name of this oily nut native to Brazil may come from a local name, Acajoba the cashew
#6029, aired 2010-11-25GEOGRAPHY $1200: Guyana shares the Acarai Mountains with this nation, its largest neighbor Brazil
#5997, aired 2010-10-12FLAGS & ANTHEMS $1600: In 1922, after 91 years as an instrumental, this S. Amer. country's anthem got words calling it "a brave colossus" Brazil
#5991, aired 2010-10-04MONKEY BUSINESS $800: The Muriqui prize, named for a South American monkey, is given for helping preserve this country's forest Brazil
#5955, aired 2010-07-02AMONG THE 10 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $200: This South American country has about as many people as all the other South American countries combined Brazil
#5953, aired 2010-06-30PEOPLES MAGAZINE $800: The Coroado people of this South American country's Atlantic coast admit it: linguistically, "I'm Ge" Brazil
#5948, aired 2010-06-23UNIQUE WORLD ARCHITECTURE $1200: Niteroi's Museum of Contemporary Art overlooks Guanabara Bay in this country Brazil
#5939, aired 2010-06-10WELL, EXHUME ME! $1000: In 1985 it was confirmed that a body exhumed in Brazil was that of this notorious Nazi doctor (Josef) Mengele
#5934, aired 2010-06-03SPORTS SHORTS $800: 1958: Leads Brazil to the first of its 5 World Cup titles Pelé
#5914, aired 2010-05-06OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $1,000 (Daily Double): Brazil Portuguese
#5908, aired 2010-04-28AROUND THE WORLD $1200: Of the 5 largest countries in area, the one in South America Brazil
#5907, aired 2010-04-27FUN WITH WORDS $1,600 (Daily Double): Its the New World country that takes its name from a Latin word for a metal Argentina
#5899, aired 2010-04-15DOCTOR HORRIBLE $400: Hosmany Ramos, a plastic surgeon from this country, smuggled drugs, committed murder & stole Pele's watch Brazil
#5873, aired 2010-03-10GLOBE TREKKIN' $200: If Recife, in this S. Am. country, had been around 200 million years ago, you could have walked from it to what's now Africa Brazil
#5864, aired 2010-02-25A DAY IN THE LIFE $1600: June 27, 1499: He sights Brazil, on a continent now named for him Vespucci
#5859, aired 2010-02-18SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $400: This country's area is more than 45% of South America's land mass Brazil
#5841, aired 2010-01-25COUNTRIES IN SPACE $800: This country successfully launched its VSB-30 rocket just south of the equator at Alcantara Brazil
#5825, aired 2010-01-01IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS $600: Our Andes are dandy! Only Brazil has more people in South America, but they don't have our coffee. Hail... Colombia
#5810, aired 2009-12-11FLAGS $200: The flag of this South American sports powerhouse is seen here Brazil
#5799, aired 2009-11-26COLLEGE COLLAGE $1200: Escola Tecnica Federal de Goia & Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana are found in this country Brazil
#5768, aired 2009-10-14WORLD OF DANCE $200: The bossa nova Brazil
#5756, aired 2009-09-28THE AGE OF NATIONALISM $400: In 1822 this South American country won its freedom from Portugal in a revolution by petition Brazil
#5738, aired 2009-07-15HIDE & SEEK $1600: I'm hiding in the jungle near Manaus, so seek me in this biggest country in South America Brazil
#5716, aired 2009-06-15INTERNATIONAL NEWS $400: In 2009 this country's president Lula da Silva offered to mediate in the icy U.S.-Venezuelan relationship Brazil
#5681, aired 2009-04-27DANCE REVOLUTION $1600: In the early '90s, it was billed as Brazil's "forbidden dance" the lambada
#5643, aired 2009-03-04THE SMELL OF THE CROWD $800: Pele scored his 1000th goal in front of more than 100,000 fans at Maracana Stadium in this country Brazil
#5600, aired 2009-01-02CONTINENTAL EXTREMES $400: The easternmost country in South America Brazil
#5593, aired 2008-12-24A BUNCH OF NUTS $600: In a can of mixed nuts, these large nuts seen here are often the last to go Brazil nut
#5582, aired 2008-12-09FOREIGN STATES $800: Amazonas & Bahia Brazil
#5561, aired 2008-11-10COLOMBIAN CONNECTIONS $400: In area, it's the largest country that borders Colombia Brazil
#5528, aired 2008-09-24"Z" IN THE COUNTRY NAME $800: The smaller of the 2 in South America Venezuela
#5528, aired 2008-09-24INTERNATIONAL ETIQUETTE $1600: In Brazil, don't wear green & this together, as they're the main colors of the flag yellow
#5526, aired 2008-09-22BLAME THE FRENCH $200: In 1998 France hosted this contest & eventually won it, beating Brazil 3-0 in the final the World Cup
#5513, aired 2008-07-23GEOLOGY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gazes at Sugarloaf in Brazil.) Sugarloaf is one huge slab of rock rising 1300 ft. above its base; geologically, it's a granite one of these, from the Greek for "one stone" a monolith
#5507, aired 2008-07-15THE EMERALD AISLE $400: John Boorman's man-returns-to-the-jungle film "The Emerald Forest" takes place mostly in this S.A. country Brazil
#5493, aired 2008-06-25ON THE BEACH IN RIO $600: (Jimmy reports from the beach.) Vanity Fair's September 2007 cover was "Viva Brazil", starring this model and the new girls & boys from Ipanema Gisele Bündchen
#5452, aired 2008-04-29INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew mixes a potent potable in a bar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) Virtually Brazil's national drink, caipirinha is an icy concoction of fresh lime & cachaca, a liqueur distilled mainly from this sweet crop sugar cane
#5436, aired 2008-04-07NATIONAL RHYME TIME $400: The bottom of a window frame for the largest country in South America a Brazil sill
#5431, aired 2008-03-31TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $1600: The Uruguay River forms the border between Uruguay & Argentina & most of the border between Argentina & this country Brazil
#5425, aired 2008-03-21WORLD FACTS $1000: 9,094 feet high, Mount Roraima is found at the junction of Guyana, Venezuela & this country Brazil
#5415, aired 2008-03-07BRAZILIAN FOOD $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew serves up a clue from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) A dessert of cheese & guava jam is named for this romantic Shakespeare pair, who were also very different, but went together well Romeo & Juliet
#5415, aired 2008-03-07BRAZILIAN FOOD $600: ( Jimmy of the Clue Crew reels in a clue from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) Culinary explorers know the name of this fish of South American rivers is Spanish for "golden" the dorado
#5415, aired 2008-03-07BRAZILIAN FOOD $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew spins up a clue from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) It's a Latin American name for different types of grilled meat; here in Brazil, it's cooked on a spit churrasco
#5405, aired 2008-02-22ARE YOU READY FOR SOME SOCCER? $2000: This country has won soccer's World Cup more times than any other nation Brazil
#5396, aired 2008-02-11THE NEW 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) The newest of the New Wonders is Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue of Corcovado Sanctuary, which was built to commemorate Brazil's independence from this country Portugal
#5393, aired 2008-02-06LET'S SEE WHAT'S OVER THERE $2000: In 1501 Portugal sent Vespucci to what's now this country; he'd sailed there earlier on Alsonso de Ojeda's voyage Brazil
#5374, aired 2008-01-10WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Paulistas live in a large city in this large South American country Brazil
#5365, aired 2007-12-28WHAT A REVOLTIN' DEVELOPMENT! $1000: In 1839 this Italian soldier joined the failed revolt in southern Brazil in what was called the "War of Tatters" Garibaldi
#5362, aired 2007-12-25ANNUAL EVENTS $800: This Argentine city honors the tango many times, including the annual world championship in August Buenos Aires
#5355, aired 2007-12-14COUNTRIES' LARGEST ISLANDS $400: Marajo in the Amazon River Brazil
#5310, aired 2007-10-12AROUND THE WORLD $800: In the board game Risk, they're 2 of the 4 South American countries represented (2 of) Brazil, Argentina, Peru, & Venezuela
#5306, aired 2007-10-08PBS $400: Brazil's version of this long-running PBS kids show is called "Vila Sesamo" Sesame Street
#5291, aired 2007-09-17WORLD FLAGS $1,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads the clue.) Behind the coat of arms on Portugal's flag is a navigational tool; in 1816, it was also on the flag of this other land Brazil
#5291, aired 2007-09-17ENERGY $1200: Itaipu, a project using this type of power, supplies about a quarter of all of Brazil's electricity needs hydroelectric power
#5290, aired 2007-09-14RIVERS $2000: Candido Rondon found the River of Doubt, now the Rio Roosevelt, which flows in this country's Amazonas State Brazil
#5289, aired 2007-09-13INTERNATIONAL $1000: Cities in this large South American country include Mendoza, Rosario & Mar del Plata Argentina
#5285, aired 2007-07-27SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $1200: The Jurua, the Japura & the Tapajos Rivers all flow into another much larger river in this country Brazil
#5267, aired 2007-07-03MIXED NUTS $800: RUB TAN LIZ Brazil nut
#5265, aired 2007-06-29I'M INTO WORLD "P"s $600: It's bounded by Bolivia, Brazil & Argentina Paraguay
#5240, aired 2007-05-25GEOGRAPHY $4,000 (Daily Double): Hundreds of waterfalls make up the spectacular Iguacu Falls on the border of these 2 countries Brazil & Argentina
#5237, aired 2007-05-22SOUNDS LIKE WEATHER $400: In the 1880s this country promised to build a railroad for Bolivia, whose coastline it took away Chile
#5221, aired 2007-04-30TRAVELING ABROAD $400: Life is a carnival when you travel to this country Brazil
#5158, aired 2007-01-31ALL OVER THE WORLD $200: The royal house of Braganza supplied kings & emperors to Portugal & this other country 100 times its size Brazil
#5134, aired 2006-12-28WORLD CURRENCY $600: This S. American country's currency is the real thing; the real was also once used in Portugal Brazil
#5123, aired 2006-12-13SOUTH AMERICA $1000: Bordering Brazil's southernmost point, it's the second-smallest country in South America Uruguay
#5121, aired 2006-12-11OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $400: In Brazil: this Portuguese
#5119, aired 2006-12-07OBIE WINNERS $800: 1962-63, based on Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors": "The Boys From _____" Syracuse
#5109, aired 2006-11-23CHEMICAL STATES $1600: Bromine plus Arizona plus Illinois gets you here in South America Brazil (Br+AZ+IL)
#5108, aired 2006-11-22BODIES OF WATER $3,000 (Daily Double): The largest lake in this South American country is a reservoir, W.J. Van Blommestein Lake Suriname
#5087, aired 2006-10-24ART & ARTISTS $400: Franz Post, the first European to paint landscapes in the New World, did the view seen here of a mill for this crop in Brazil sugar
#5075, aired 2006-10-06EAT WELL $600: If you want to go nuts, eat this nut native to Brazil and taken to Asia by Portuguese missionaries the cashew
#5040, aired 2006-07-07THE SMALLEST IN AREA $600: China, Australia, Brazil Australia
#4979, aired 2006-04-13FITNESS $2000: Capoeira, developed in this country in the 1500s, has become a popular dance & martial arts class Brazil
#4969, aired 2006-03-301812 $400: On Dec. 29, 1812 this U.S. ship nicknamed "Old Ironsides" defeated the British frigate Java off Brazil the Constitution
#4920, aired 2006-01-20TRAVELIN' $800: You can head south on Varig Airlines, the national airline of this South American country Brazil
#4895, aired 2005-12-16BODIES OF WATER $1600: The name of this waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border is derived from a Guarani word meaning "great water" Iguassú
#4875, aired 2005-11-18LESSER-KNOWN EXPLORERS $800: After the Santa Maria was shipwrecked, Columbus joined Pinzon on this ship; Pinzon later explored Brazil the Nina
#4869, aired 2005-11-10THE 19th CENTURY $1000: In 1889 this South American country's last emperor, Pedro II, was forced to abdicate Brazil
#4860, aired 2005-10-28"B" PREPARED $200: Drink up! This nation leads the world in coffee growing Brazil
#4859, aired 2005-10-27ARCHITECTS $2000: In the 1940s Oscar Niemeyer was chief architect of Pampulha, a new suburb near Belo Horizonte in this country Brazil
#4851, aired 2005-10-17THE 19th CENTURY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1825 patriots crossed the Rio de la Plata from Argentina to fight for this country's freedom from Brazil Uruguay
#4848, aired 2005-10-12SHAKE YOUR TAIL FEATHER $1000: Send the bill to this bird of Brazil that also endorses Froot Loops a toucan
#4845, aired 2005-10-07GEO-PARTY $1000: Rondonia, Matto Grosso & Rio Grande do Sul are regions of this South American country Brazil
#4842, aired 2005-10-04HITCHCOCK $1600: Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman fall in love & ferret out Nazis in Brazil in this classic Notorious
#4819, aired 2005-07-14COUNTRYMEN $600: Sergio Mendes & Antonio Carlos Jobim Brazil
#4814, aired 2005-07-07LET'S DANCE! $800: Britannica calls the Milonga, a dance from this South American country, "fast, sensual, and disreputable" Argentina
#4809, aired 2005-06-30WORLD OF FOOD $1600: Feijoada Brazil
#4808, aired 2005-06-29THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN! $600: Colombia to the north, Peru to the west, Paraguay to the south & the Atlantic Ocean to the east Brazil
#4807, aired 2005-06-28WORLD WAR II $400: This Nazi was known as the "Angel of Death"; in 1985 his remains were found in a grave in Brazil Mengele
#4776, aired 2005-05-16OF CHAMPIONS $1000: Formula One champion Ayrton Senna from this South American country began driving at age 4 Brazil
#4775, aired 2005-05-13MIDDLE EARTH $1,600 (Daily Double): They're the 3 South American countries through which the equator passes Ecuador, Colombia & Brazil
#4768, aired 2005-05-04NAME THAT NATION $1000: Despite its larger resources, Brazil lost an 1820s war with Argentina that resulted in this new country between them Uruguay
#4759, aired 2005-04-21SOUTH OF THE BORDER $1200: Guyana Brazil
#4751, aired 2005-04-11GOVERNMENT $800: Brazil has 2 federal legislative houses, the Chamber of Deputies & this the Senate
#4749, aired 2005-04-07WORLD OF DANCE $1600: The samba Brazil
#4702, aired 2005-02-01THE LARGEST IN AREA $400: Brazil, Botswana, Belgium Brazil
#4701, aired 2005-01-31LANGUAGES $800 (Daily Double): Portuguese is spoken by more than 150 million people; 80% of them live in this country Brazil
#4696, aired 2005-01-24JOSE CAN YOU SEE $400: The largest of the 4 modern countries Jose de San Martin helped liberate from European rule Argentina
#4692, aired 2005-01-18WE HAVE TO LET THEM GO $600: This country let Brazil become independent back in 1822 Portugal
#4667, aired 2004-12-14"E" CHANNEL $400: This South American country does not border Brazil Ecuador
#4658, aired 2004-12-01DECEMBER 1st $800: 1822: Dom Pedro is crowned emperor of this Western Hemisphere nation Brazil
#4628, aired 2004-10-20GEOGRAPHY "B" $1,000 (Daily Double): This country that's named for a South American hero lies on Peru's eastern border Bolivia
#4627, aired 2004-10-19WHEN THEY WERE KIDS $1200: In 1808 at age 5, war hero Luis Alves de Lima e Silva joined an infantry unit in this large South American country Brazil
#4626, aired 2004-10-18PALINDROMIC PLACES $1200: Iaracarai Waterfall flows in the Amazonas state of this country Brazil
#4605, aired 2004-09-17MONTY PYTHON $2000: The only American-born troupe member, he's directed movies like "Brazil" & "The Fisher King" Terry Gilliam
#4599, aired 2004-09-09BOND, COMMON BOND $800: Wing, Brazil, litchi nuts
#4598, aired 2004-09-08SMALL TOWN FOLKS $200: This popcorn magnate burst into the world on July 16, 1907 in Brazil, Indiana Orville Redenbacher
#4597, aired 2004-09-07THE WAR OF 1812 $1200: On December 29, 1812 this famous U.S. frigate defeated the British frigate Java off the coast of Brazil the Constitution
#4589, aired 2004-07-15LATIN AMERICA $1600: In October 1998 the presidents of Peru & this country signed a treaty ending a border dispute in Amazon territory Ecuador
#4587, aired 2004-07-13FOLLOW THE LEADER $1000: A former foreign minister, Fernando Cardoso became president of this large South American country in 1995 Brazil
#4569, aired 2004-06-17MIND IF I LEAD? $1600: Impeached in 1992, this country's president Fernando Collor de Mello resigned as his trial was beginning Brazil
#4561, aired 2004-06-07TREATIES $200: Due to the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494, Portugal gained possession of this country in the New World Brazil
#4551, aired 2004-05-24GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is president of this nation with a population near 175 million Brazil
#4536, aired 2004-05-03THE SMALLEST IN AREA $800: Panama, Brazil, Argentina Panama
#4526, aired 2004-04-1920th CENTURY PRESIDENTS $1000: He climbed the Matterhorn, explored Brazil & practiced judo Theodore Roosevelt
#4517, aired 2004-04-06COUNTRIES BY CITY $600: Recife, Sao Goncalo, Itapipoca Brazil
#4508, aired 2004-03-24IT BORDERS BOTH $1600: Venezuela & Argentina Brazil
#4482, aired 2004-02-17COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPERS $1000: Correio da Bahia & Diario da Amazonia Brazil
#4467, aired 2004-01-27MID-CENTURY MOMENTS $200: In 1750 these 2 countries signed the Treaty of Madrid, moving Brazil's borders to about where they are now Portugal & Spain
#4453, aired 2004-01-07WORLD FACTS $2000: The world's largest producer of Brazil nuts is not Brazil but this landlocked neighbor Bolivia
#4450, aired 2004-01-02WEST AFRICA $1600: In the 1500s this European power established bases in Angola, which it used as a source for slave labor for Brazil Portugal
#4447, aired 2003-12-30RIVERS $600: (Jeff Probst gives the clue from Brazil.) The Rio Negro is a major tributary of this river, South America's longest the Amazon
#4429, aired 2003-12-04A HOOSIERS WHO'S WHO $800: He was first seen in Brazil, Indiana in 1913; he was last seen outside a Michigan restaurant in 1975 Jimmy Hoffa
#4429, aired 2003-12-04MAMMALS $1600: (Alright, here's our friend Jeff Probst [in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil] with the clue) A freshwater species, the pink river type of this mammal is found here, in the Rio Negro dolphin
#4426, aired 2003-12-01FRUITS & VEGETABLES $800: The cassava is used in cavim, a type of this snifter liquor popular in Brazil brandy
#4426, aired 2003-12-01SPORTS & MUSIC $1200: In 2002 he appeared as himself on Brazil's most popular soap opera & sang "Looking for a Fifth" (World Cup) Pele
#4422, aired 2003-11-25POTPOURRI $800: (Video of Jeff Probst in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil.) Until about 1910, the economy of the Amazon depended on the other black gold, this resource, derived from latex. rubber
#4402, aired 2003-10-28THE LARGEST IN AREA $600: Australia, Brazil, China China
#4397, aired 2003-10-21NEXT TO BRAZIL $400: This country that borders Brazil also borders Central America Colombia
#4397, aired 2003-10-21NEXT TO BRAZIL $1200: One of the 2 countries that border Brazil that do not have a seacoast Paraguay (or Bolivia)
#4397, aired 2003-10-21NEXT TO BRAZIL $1600: It's the largest country in area with which Brazil has a border Argentina
#4397, aired 2003-10-21NEXT TO BRAZIL $2000: Of the nations that border Brazil, this one stretches the farthest west Peru
#4397, aired 2003-10-21NEXT TO BRAZIL $5,000 (Daily Double): It's the only territory that Brazil borders that is an overseas region of a European nation French Guiana
#4379, aired 2003-09-25C D "B" $800: It's the large country of 170 million seen here Brazil
#4368, aired 2003-09-10SOCCER'S WORLD CUP $800: 2 of its last 3 World Cup wins were over Italy in the finals Brazil
#4351, aired 2003-06-30ANYTHING GOES $2000: In 2002 this South American country's Varig Airlines celebrated its 75th anniversary Brazil
#4346, aired 2003-06-23SOUTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE $1000: (Jeff Probst reads.) There are about 12 species of this type of parrot in Brazil macaw
#4343, aired 2003-06-18THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $200: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina Brazil
#4336, aired 2003-06-09LATIN AMERICA $400: This country has more than 40% of Latin America's area & about 1/3 of the people Brazil
#4329, aired 2003-05-29POWER TO THE PEOPLE $1200: In 1999 this South American country produced over 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity by water power Brazil
#4324, aired 2003-05-22MY PEOPLE CALL YOUR PEOPLE... $1200: To the Japanese Chile is Chiri & this South American country, Burajiru Brazil
#4307, aired 2003-04-29INDEPENDENCE DAY $800: On September 7 you can party on down to Rio & celebrate this South American country's independence Brazil
#4298, aired 2003-04-16HOLIDAY HISTORY $1600: In 1970 this country moved Carnival from before Lent to late July Cuba
#4290, aired 2003-04-04CLASSIC COFFEE TUNES $400: "The Coffee Song" from the '40s is subtitled "They've Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in" this country Brazil
#4285, aired 2003-03-28WATCH YOUR TONGUE $800: Of the world's 168 million speakers of Portuguese, more than 90% live in this country Brazil
#4284, aired 2003-03-27THE LARGEST IN AREA $600: Brazil, China, Poland China
#4283, aired 2003-03-26ARE YOU NUTS? $1200: The main sources of these triangular nuts are huge trees that grow in the Amazon basin Brazil nuts
#4269, aired 2003-03-06THE RIVER $1600: The Paraguay River originates in the highlands of Mato Grosso in this country Brazil
#4262, aired 2003-02-251831 $1200: In 1831 Pedro I abdicated his throne in this country to his 5-year-old son & went back to Portugal Brazil
#4242, aired 2003-01-28BRAZILIAN HISTORY $200: First planted in Brazil around 1727, by the 19th century it was the country's top export coffee
#4242, aired 2003-01-28BRAZILIAN HISTORY $400: 23 years after the United States did so, Brazil abolished this in 1888 slavery
#4242, aired 2003-01-28BRAZILIAN HISTORY $600: This dance was popular for decades in Brazil before achieving popularity in the U.S. around 1930 samba
#4221, aired 2002-12-30THE SMALLEST IN AREA $400: Brazil, Bolivia, Guyana Guyana
#4219, aired 2002-12-26WORLD CITIES $400: After Sao Paulo this city is Brazil's largest Rio de Janeiro
#4218, aired 2002-12-25THE THREE $400: The three largest countries in the world in area Russia, Canada & China
#4209, aired 2002-12-12THE DIAMOND $1600: The 727-carat Presidente Vargas Diamond bears the name of the head of state of this nation where it was found Brazil
#4203, aired 2002-12-04I'M GONNA "B" $400: Guyana & Paraguay both border this nation Brazil
#4189, aired 2002-11-14THE FIFTH $400: This South American nation is the world's fifth-largest country in both area & population Brazil
#4185, aired 2002-11-08HISTORY $400: In 1500 Pedro Cabral sailed too far west in rounding Africa & spotted what is now this country on April 22 Brazil
#4167, aired 2002-10-15WORLD GOVERNMENT $600: Brazil's legislature includes the Chamber of these, also found working for sheriffs Deputies
#4112, aired 2002-06-18"M" MARKS THE SPOT $200: After Brazil, it's the most populous country in Latin America Mexico
#4103, aired 2002-06-05"B" THERE $600: It's the country immediately due south of Guyana Brazil
#4097, aired 2002-05-28A DAY TO REMEMBER $1600: On July 17,1994 it was won by Brazil in the Rose Bowl World Cup (in soccer)
#4084, aired 2002-05-09MILLION $1600: Of the 10 million slaves sent to the Americas over 3 1/2 centuries, almost 40 percent went to this Latin American country Brazil
#4078, aired 2002-05-01LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1889 this country became a republic when Pedro II gave up his throne Brazil
#4071, aired 2002-04-22GEOGRAPHY "B" $1600: In 1822 a Portuguese prince declared this South American country's independence Brazil
#4062, aired 2002-04-09WHAT A COUNTRY! $400: This South American country may have gotten its name from a type of nut, not the other way around Brazil
#4043, aired 2002-03-13LEGENDS OF SPORTS $200: One of the greatest athletes of all time, he led Brazil to World Cup soccer victories in 1958, 1962 & 1970 Pelé
#4033, aired 2002-02-27RIO $200: In Brazil the Rio Branca, or white river, flows into the Rio Negro, which flows into this one Amazon
#4033, aired 2002-02-27NOTORIOUS $1000: Tests proved that the remains of a man who drowned in Brazil in 1979 were those of this notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele
#4029, aired 2002-02-21THE 18th CENTURY $400: Tiradentes, or "tooth puller", lead a revolt against Portugal in this South America colony Brazil
#3959, aired 2001-11-15COLLEGE WORLD $400: Colleges in this w. hemisphere nation include Escola Politecnica de Pernambuco & Universidade Gama Filho Brazil
#3923, aired 2001-09-26WORLD CAPITALS $600: After 3 years of construction, this new city became Brazil's capital on April 21, 1960 Brasília
#3916, aired 2001-09-17"B" MOVIES $300: As Josef Mengele, Gregory Peck sets out to breed a new race of Hitlers in this thriller The Boys from Brazil
#3895, aired 2001-07-06LET'S TAKE A WORLD TOUR $400: Southern Cross University & Lake Tuggeranong College are found in this large country Australia
#3880, aired 2001-06-15"P"LACES $800: More than half the population of this country perished in an 1864-1870 war with Argentina, Brazil & Uruguay Paraguay
#3872, aired 2001-06-05AMAZON $300: The upper Amazon is known as the Solimoes River until it reaches this nation's city of Manaus Brazil
#3856, aired 2001-05-14BIG COUNTRY $400: It borders every country on its continent but Ecuador & Chile Brazil
#3852, aired 2001-05-08X MARKS THE SPOT $1,500 (Daily Double): Flowing north through Mato Grosso state, the Xingu River covers over 1,200 miles in this South American country Brazil
#3844, aired 2001-04-26BEAUTY PAGEANTRY $500: Women representing this South American country have won 5 Miss World titles Venezuela
#3821, aired 2001-03-26NAME THE COUNTRY $500: Terry Gilliam co-wrote & directed this 1985 film Brazil
#3820, aired 2001-03-23WATERFALLS $1000: This scenic waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border actually consists of about 275 individual cataracts Iguazu Falls
#3810, aired 2001-03-09IT BORDERS BOTH $1000: Ecuador & Chile Peru
#3798, aired 2001-02-21SINGLE-NAMED CELEBRITIES $600: This soccer great was Brazil's minister of sports from 1995 to 1998 Pele
#3796, aired 2001-02-19JEOPARDY! PLACE $200: Jonas slips Emily a fake passport & a plane ticket to this city, Brazil's most populous Sao Paulo
#3796, aired 2001-02-19TRIP $800 (Daily Double): The Palacio Nacional de Mafra in this country was built with gold from Brazil Portugal
#3767, aired 2001-01-09AMAZON FACTS $200: Most of the river's 4,000-mile course is in this country Brazil
#3730, aired 2000-11-17GEOGRAPHY "B" $200: This country is so huge that it occupies nearly half of South America's land area Brazil
#3713, aired 2000-10-25BANANA REPUBLIC $300: Bananas are a culinary mainstay in Bahia, an Atlantic coast state in this South American country Brazil
#3712, aired 2000-10-24FOREIGN FILM TITLES $400: 1998's "Central do Brasil" Central Station
#3711, aired 2000-10-23INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS $200: BR Brazil
#3700, aired 2000-10-06SPEAKING OF LANGUAGE $900 (Daily Double): Portuguese is the official language of this largest South American country Brazil
#3673, aired 2000-07-19INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN $400: Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima began playing this sport for Brazil's national team at age 17 Soccer
#3665, aired 2000-07-07IT BORDERS BOTH $100: Brazil & Panama Colombia
#3649, aired 2000-06-15THE MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA $1000: They're the 2 South American countries that don't border Brazil Chile & Ecuador
#3626, aired 2000-05-15IT'S TIME FOR TIME $800: Brazil is celebrating its qunicentennial, this many years since its discovery by the Portuguese 500
#3616, aired 2000-05-01THE SMALLEST IN AREA $800: Argentina, Brazil, Peru Peru
#3613, aired 2000-04-26THE PLAY'S THE THING $800: In 1970 Louis Nye played this title character's aunt, who was from Brazil, where the nuts come from Charley
#3609, aired 2000-04-20FOREIGN NATIONAL PARKS $200: Gran Paradiso Italy
#3606, aired 2000-04-17'ROUND THE WORLD $400: Of Brazil, India or Australia, the one that's largest in area Brazil
#3605, aired 2000-04-14WORLD GEOGRAPHY $100: This country's 26 states include Para, Pernambuco & Amazonas Brazil
#3597, aired 2000-04-04WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK $800 (Daily Double): In 1981 numerous people were killed by these creatures when an overloaded boat capsized while docking in Brazil piranhas
#3581, aired 2000-03-13SOUTH AMERICAN BEAUTY $500: The name of this tree, seen here, comes from the language of Brazil's Tupi indians Jacaranda
#3577, aired 2000-03-07NATIONS' MOST POPULOUS CITIES $600: Brazil Sao Paulo
#3566, aired 2000-02-21HORTICULTURE $600: The Washington navel orange is also called the Bahia; it was imported from the state of Bahia in this country Brazil
#3561, aired 2000-02-14AROUND THE WORLD $500: Argentina, Bolivia & Brazil could say to this small country, "Halt, we've got you surrounded!" Paraguay
#3547, aired 2000-01-25WORLD CITIES $1000: Recife is called "The Venice of" this South American country Brazil
#3508, aired 1999-12-01DON'T CRY FOR ME, ARGENTINA $100: 2 of the 5 countries that border Argentina (2 of) Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile & Uruguay
#3478, aired 1999-10-20TOUGH GEOGRAPHY $400: The economic center of this river's basin is the city of Manaus, Brazil Amazon
#3476, aired 1999-10-18CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1823, 5 present Central American countries broke away from this nearby one Mexico
#3466, aired 1999-10-04AFTER PYTHON $800: Fans of his "Brazil" can buy it on DVD in a longer, expanded version Terry Gilliam
#3465, aired 1999-10-01FLAGS OF THE WORLD $100: The night sky on Brazil's flag represents the one seen from this city Rio de Janeiro
#3463, aired 1999-09-29MUCH ADO ABOUT NUTTING $400: A main source of these nuts is the Amazon River region Brazil nuts
#3447, aired 1999-09-07LANGUAGES $1000: Most of the people of Brazil speak this official language Portuguese
#3442, aired 1999-07-20LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In World War II only Mexico & this largest Latin American country provided troops to the Allied cause Brazil
#3439, aired 1999-07-15FLAGS OF THE WORLD $600: World soccer fans might recognize the flag of this South American nation Brazil
#3429, aired 1999-07-01SOUTH OF THE BORDER $500: Suriname Brazil
#3419, aired 1999-06-17THE MIDWEST $600: This controversial labor leader was born in 1913 in Brazil -- Brazil, Indiana Jimmy Hoffa
#3403, aired 1999-05-26"B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: One of the newer large cities in the world, it's located in the central plateau of Brazil Brasilia
#3393, aired 1999-05-12ROAMIN' THE WORLD $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1991 the Yanomami tribe in this country was awarded a reserve 3 times the size of Belgium Brazil
#3390, aired 1999-05-07ROYALTY $200: King Pedro IV of Portugal was also emperor Pedro I of this South American country Brazil
#3375, aired 1999-04-16COSMOPOLITAN $300: The equator crosses more land in this South American nation than any other Brazil
#3366, aired 1999-04-05SECOND-LARGEST CITIES $600: Rio de Janeiro Brazil
#3356, aired 1999-03-22COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: In April 1960 Rio de Janeiro was replaced as capital of this country Brazil
#3355, aired 1999-03-19PRESIDENTIAL TRAVELS $500: Clinton's in this country embracing one of its legendary athletes Brazil
#3352, aired 1999-03-16WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: The name of this waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border comes from a Guarani word for "great water" Iguazu Falls
#3337, aired 1999-02-23COUNTRIES BY REGION $300: Roraima, Maranhao, Amazonas Brazil
#3316, aired 1999-01-25IN A NUTSHELL $200: These large nuts from the Amazon River Valley can be used in cooking much the same way as coconut Brazil nuts
#3298, aired 1998-12-301930s AVIATION $400: In 1932 & '33 one of these airships made a total of 18 trips between Germany & Brazil a Zeppelin
#3271, aired 1998-11-23IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE $300: About 2/3 of this river's 2.3 million square mile tropical rain forest lies in Brazil Amazon
#3252, aired 1998-10-27REVOLUTIONARIES $500: Known as "The Hero of Two Worlds", this revolutionary seen here led military campaigns in Brazil & Italy Giuseppe Garibaldi
#3248, aired 1998-10-21WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE $1000: These falls on the Brazil-Argentina border are almost 4 times the width of Niagara Falls Iguazu Falls
#3247, aired 1998-10-20GEOGRAPHICAL EXTREMES $400: Seixas Point, the easternmost point on the mainland of the Americas, lies in this country Brazil
#3238, aired 1998-10-07SHOW ME THE MONEY! $400: Seen here, the $1 bill of this vast country features art by native artist David Malangi Australia
#3234, aired 1998-10-01SECOND PLACE $600 (Daily Double): South America's second largest country in area, it borders the largest Argentina
#3217, aired 1998-09-08INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK $400: In this largest South American country, Romeu e Julieta is a slice of fresh cheese topped with guava jelly Brazil
#3195, aired 1998-06-19LONG LIVE THE KING $1000: Pedro I, emperor of Brazil, was the son of King John VI of this country Portugal
#3193, aired 1998-06-17ANAGRAMMED COUNTRIES $200: LIZ BRA Brazil
#3157, aired 1998-04-28CRY ME A RIVER $600: Before it reaches Manaus, Brazil, this river is known as the Solimoes the Amazon
#3152, aired 1998-04-21L.A.'s SISTER CITIES $400 (Daily Double): Salvador Bahia, also known as Sao Salvador, a port city in this So. American country, is in the sisterhood Brazil
#3138, aired 1998-04-01ATHLETIC CUPS $100: Pele scored 12 career goals in helping Brazil win this trophy 3 times: 1958, 1962 & 1970 the World Cup (in soccer)
#3101, aired 1998-02-09CANCELED CZECHS $200: In 1962 this nation canceled the Czechs' World Cup soccer dreams, winning without Pele Brazil
#3078, aired 1998-01-07DIBS! $200: In 1494 Pope Alexander VI gave this country the right to colonize the east coast of Brazil Portugal
#3065, aired 1997-12-19FOREIGN STATES $300: Bahia, Parana & Sao Paulo Brazil
#3051, aired 1997-12-01WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $600: In 1994 a penalty kick goal by Dunga gave this country its fourth World Cup Brazil
#3014, aired 1997-10-09HISTORY $500: The first European to round Africa's southern tip, he was also on the voyage that discovered Brazil Bartolomeo Diaz
#3002, aired 1997-09-23THAT'S MY BOY! $800: Unlike his father Pedro I, Pedro II worked to abolish slavery in this country Brazil
#2961, aired 1997-06-16SPORTS $400: On July 17, 1994 this nation won a record fourth World Cup soccer title by beating Italy, 3-2 on penalty kicks Brazil
#2961, aired 1997-06-16FILMS OF THE '70s $800: In this 1976 thriller Laurence Olivier displayed his dental skills while asking Dustin Hoffman, "Is it safe?" Marathon Man
#2956, aired 1997-06-09WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1828 Brazil & Argentina recognized this neighboring country as an independent republic Uruguay
#2953, aired 1997-06-0419TH CENTURY PORTUGAL $1000: When Napoleon threatened Portugal in 1807, the royal family fled to this country Brazil
#2951, aired 1997-06-02BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Living in South America, Josef Mengele clones 94 potential Hitlers in this Ira Levin novel "The Boys From Brazil"
#2946, aired 1997-05-267-LETTER WORDS $300: “Dirty Dancing” reached new heights in 1990 with this ballroom dance supposedly from Brazil Lambada
#2945, aired 1997-05-23ROMANCE LANGUAGES $600: It's the official language of South America's largest country Portuguese (Brazil)
#2931, aired 1997-05-05AFRICAN HISTORY $100: In the 1500s the Portuguese transported Angolans as slaves to this South American colony Brazil
#2930, aired 1997-05-02GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): This country borders every other country in South America except Ecuador & Chile Brazil
#2926, aired 1997-04-28RIVERS $300: This river has hundreds of tributaries, including more than 200 in Brazil alone the Amazon
#2922, aired 1997-04-22NUTS $400: Native to the Amazon jungle, these triangular nuts are rich in selenium, an antioxidant Brazil nuts
#2915, aired 1997-04-11AGRICULTURE $100: This country usually produces almost one-third of the world's coffee crop Brazil
#2906, aired 1997-03-31CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1000: In 1945 Heitor Villa-Lobos founded this South American country's academy of music Brazil
#2894, aired 1997-03-13WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Several currents flow through this ocean, including the Brazil Current & the Labrador Current Atlantic Ocean
#2877, aired 1997-02-18WORLD FACTS $100: This South American country grows twice as much coffee as Colombia Brazil
#2870, aired 1997-02-07AROUND THE WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1822 Dom Pedro declared Brazil's independence from this country Portugal
#2865, aired 1997-01-31FOREIGN SPORTS STARS $500: Born of Italian immigrant stock in Brazil, he's a 2-time Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi
#2840, aired 1996-12-27MONEY $800: Buying a ticket on this country's Varig Airlines will cost you real money; the real is its currency Brazil
#2804, aired 1996-11-07WORLD GEOGRAPHY $100: Lake Mirim lies on Uruguay's border with this huge country Brazil
#2791, aired 1996-10-21BRAZIL $100: Francisco de Orellana said he ran into this race of warrior women while looking for El Dorado's gold Amazons
#2791, aired 1996-10-21BRAZIL $200: 2 of Rio's leading ones are O Globo & Jornal do Brasil newspapers
#2791, aired 1996-10-21BRAZIL $300: In this national language, X's sound like "sh", as in Xuxa Portuguese
#2791, aired 1996-10-21BRAZIL $400: Neighborhood samba groups rehearse months in advance for this annual celebration Carnival
#2791, aired 1996-10-21BRAZIL $500: Fodor's calls it the "largest, wealthiest metropolis in all of South America" Sao Paulo
#2781, aired 1996-10-07INTERNATIONAL MAIL $100: In Luxembourg they're only 4 digits long; in Brazil, 8 a ZIP code
#2767, aired 1996-09-17EXPLORERS $400: Brazil renamed its River of Doubt in honor of this ex-U.S. president who explored the area Theodore Roosevelt
#2759, aired 1996-09-05POTPOURRI $1000: This country's pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair was designed by Lucio Costa & Oscar Niemeyer Brazil
#2756, aired 1996-09-027 MODERN WONDERS $800: The Itaipu, one of these 5 miles wide on the Brazil-Paraguay border, inspired a Philip Glass symphony a dam
#2752, aired 1996-07-16SPORTS $100: He scored 12 career goals in World Cup competition; now he's Brazil's special minister for sports Pele
#2747, aired 1996-07-09WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Located in South America, it's the largest tropical country in the world Brazil
#2744, aired 1996-07-04WORLD CITIES $600: Almost 90% of Brazilian autos are manufactured in this, Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo
#2736, aired 1996-06-24HEADS OF STATE $400: President Ernesto Perez Balladares Panama
#2714, aired 1996-05-23POTPOURRI $200: According to FIFA, 5 of the 10 largest soccer stadiums are in this country Brazil
#2707, aired 1996-05-14SOUTH AMERICA $200: The U.S. is world's leading coffee consumer; this large nation is the leading coffee producer Brazil
#2695, aired 1996-04-26SOUTH OF THE BORDER $300: It's immediately south of Suriname, Guyana & Venezuela Brazil
#2679, aired 1996-04-04NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD $1000: Argentina & Brazil have national parks to preserve the wildlife & beauty of these extensive waterfalls Iguazu Falls
#2668, aired 1996-03-20OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $200: This country has over 130,000,000 speakers of its official language— Portuguese Brazil
#2664, aired 1996-03-14WORLD CITIES $1000: This city's main post office is a palace once used as the home of Brazil's Portuguese rulers Rio de Janeiro
#2650, aired 1996-02-23WORLD HISTORY $1000: On April 7, 1831 5-year-old Pedro II became emperor of this South American country Brazil
#2644, aired 1996-02-15LAKES & RIVERS $600: Brazil's Guanabara Bay was 1st called this by sailors who thought it was a river Rio de Janeiro
#2633, aired 1996-01-31EXPLORERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Pedro Cabral formally took possession of it in 1500 & named it Vera Cruz; we know it as this country today Brazil
#2608, aired 1995-12-27AROUND THE WORLD $200: World Book calls this South American country "the world's largest 'coffeepot'" Brazil
#2597, aired 1995-12-12SPORTS $300: In World Cup soccer competition, this South American country leads all others in matches won with 49 Brazil
#2578, aired 1995-11-15WORLD CITIES $800: In 1975 Brazil's first subway system began operating in this city, the country's largest Sao Paulo
#2558, aired 1995-10-18BAYS & GULFS $400: Sugar Loaf Mountain in this country rises above Guanabara Bay Brazil
#2553, aired 1995-10-11ROYALTY $500 (Daily Double): Maria I, this country's first queen regnant, fled to Brazil when Napoleon invaded in 1807 Portugal
#2551, aired 1995-10-09INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $100: Similar to cassoulet, feijoada is a specialty of this large South American country Brazil
#2546, aired 1995-10-02FRUITS $100: This largest South American country is the world's largest producer of oranges Brazil
#2536, aired 1995-09-18WORLD FACTS $200: It's the only Portuguese- speaking nation in the Western Hemisphere Brazil
#2529, aired 1995-09-07HISTORY $600: Born in 1825 Pedro II was the second, last & only native emperor of this country Brazil
#2524, aired 1995-07-20BODIES OF WATER $200: The shortest distance across this ocean is between Senegal in Africa & Brazil the Atlantic
#2516, aired 1995-07-10HISTORY $500: In 1680 the Portuguese founded Colonia in this small country between Brazil & Argentina Uruguay
#2513, aired 1995-07-051994 $400: On July 17 Brazil became the first country to win this trophy a fourth time the World Cup
#2506, aired 1995-06-26COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE $1000: Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile Bolivia
#2499, aired 1995-06-15WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Covering nearly half of South America, it's the fifth-largest country in the world Brazil
#2487, aired 1995-05-30THEATRE $600: Charley's aunt is from this country, "where the nuts come from" Brazil
#2480, aired 1995-05-19WORLD HISTORY $400: Emperor Pedro II's body was returned to this South American country in 1922, 31 years after his death Brazil
#2476, aired 1995-05-15ANTHROPOLOGY $200: The Arawaks, who once stretched from Florida to Brazil, were the Indians who met this explorer in 1492 Columbus
#2474, aired 1995-05-11SPORTS $200: Brazil is the only nation to appear in every one of these soccer championships World Cup
#2471, aired 1995-05-08GUINNESS RECORDS $500: The world's largest swamp is the Gran Pantanal in this South American country's Mato Grosso state Brazil
#2442, aired 1995-03-28WORLD CITIES $400: Salvador, this country's third most populous city, is the capital of the state of Bahia Brazil
#2441, aired 1995-03-27DANCE $800: Though the samba was influenced by African dance, it originated in this country Brazil
#2429, aired 1995-03-09EMPERORS $800: Brazil's only 2 emperors, father & son, shared this name Dom Pedro
#2418, aired 1995-02-22WORLD FACTS $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 South American countries that lie in both the northern & southern hemispheres Ecuador & Brazil (& Colombia)
#2412, aired 1995-02-14PAN-AMERICA $100: In Brazil all of this river's 2,000 miles are navigable the Amazon
#2402, aired 1995-01-31SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Uruguay was a province of Portugal after 1820 & was annexed by this neighbor in 1824 Brazil
#2391, aired 1995-01-16WORLD FACTS $200: The name of Belem, a city in northern Brazil, is Portuguese for this biblical birthplace Bethlehem
#2376, aired 1994-12-26WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: At 9,888 feet, Pico da Neblina is the tallest peak in this largest South American country Brazil
#2373, aired 1994-12-21BODIES OF WATER $100: The Madeira River on the border between Bolivia & Brazil is a major tributary of this river the Amazon
#2370, aired 1994-12-16GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): Of the countries in South America, this one lies closest to Africa Brazil
#2365, aired 1994-12-09SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: It's bordered by every South American country except Chile & Ecuador Brazil
#2326, aired 1994-10-17EXPLORERS $600: When Pedro Cabral claimed this New World territory for Portugal, he called it Vera Cruz Brazil
#2325, aired 1994-10-14AROUND THE WORLD $100: The city of Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro in this country Brazil
#2315, aired 1994-09-30HINTS FROM HELOISE $200: Heloise hints that it's easier to do this to Brazil nuts if you freeze them first remove the shell (crack them)
#2308, aired 1994-09-21WORLD CUP '94 $100: This team defeated Italy on penalty kicks to win the tournament Brazil
#2285, aired 1994-07-08WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1500 Pedro Alvares Cabral became the first European to reach this large South American country Brazil
#2276, aired 1994-06-27BODIES OF WATER $1000: 1 of the 2 countries sharing South America's majestic Iguacu Falls Argentina or Brazil
#2263, aired 1994-06-08EUROPEAN CAPITALS $500: Dom Pedro IV Square in this capital is named for the first emperor of Brazil Lisbon
#2245, aired 1994-05-13HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $400: The ABC treaty of 1915 was signed by these 3 South American countries Argentina, Brazil & Chile
#2214, aired 1994-03-31ARCHITECTURE $500: Oscar Niemeyer is this South American country's most famous architect Brazil
#2194, aired 1994-03-03TREATIES $600: The Treaty of Tordesillas enabled this country to claim the coast of Brazil Portugal
#2192, aired 1994-03-01WORLD POTPOURRI $500: This South American country ranks third in the world as a grower of cacao beans Brazil
#2178, aired 1994-02-09U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: Brazil's River of Doubt was renamed for this president who explored it in 1914 Theodore Roosevelt
#2161, aired 1994-01-17WORLD HISTORY $1000: After defying orders to return to Portugal, Pedro I granted independence to this country Brazil
#2130, aired 1993-12-031500 $300: When blown off course, explorer Pedro Cabral discovered this country & claimed it for Portugal Brazil
#2118, aired 1993-11-171950s WOMEN $800: She served as U.S. Ambassador to Italy 1953-1956 & to Brazil for less than a month in 1959 Clare Booth Luce
#2105, aired 1993-10-29COMPOSERS $600: Heiter Villa-Lobos often used the rhythms & instruments of this South American country, his native land Brazil
#2096, aired 1993-10-18LANGUAGES $100: You'll hear the Brasileiro dialect of this language if you visit Brazil Portuguese
#2086, aired 1993-10-04GEMS $500: A 243-pound crystal of this "sea-colored" gem was discovered in Brazil in 1910 aquamarine
#2085, aired 1993-10-01THE 20th CENTURY $1,500 (Daily Double): This South American country impeached President Fernando Collor de Mello in 1992 Brazil
#2048, aired 1993-06-30FOOD $800: Named for a South American country, this 3-sided nut is the fruit of the bertholettia tree the Brazil nut
#2011, aired 1993-05-10ATLANTIC CITIES $1000: The many waterways in Recife, in this large South American country, are compared to those of Venice Brazil
#2001, aired 1993-04-26THE MOVIES $500: After "Brazil" & "Time Bandits", Terry Gilliam directed "The Adventures of" this baron Baron Munchausen
#1999, aired 1993-04-22WORLD HISTORY $1000: In the 1820s this country was formed from the Cisplatine Province of Brazil Uruguay
#1991, aired 1993-04-12HOOFED MAMMALS $500 (Daily Double): The name of this piglike mammal of Brazil is derived from a Tupi Indian word a tapir
#1976, aired 1993-03-22TRAVEL & TOURISM $600: On a trip to this country, you might enjoy a game at the world's largest soccer stadium, the Maracana Brazil
#1970, aired 1993-03-12HISTORY $400: In 1831 Pedro I, emperor of this South American country, abdicated in favor of his son This famous Frankish king was the son of Pepin III & father of Louis the Pious Brazil
#1955, aired 1993-02-19COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: This largest South American nation's name comes from local wood that resembled glowing embers Brazil
#1949, aired 1993-02-11SOUTH AMERICA $400: This country leads the world in the production of coffee & oranges Brazil
#1946, aired 1993-02-08WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Currents in this ocean include the Brazil Current & the Labrador Current the Atlantic Ocean
#1942, aired 1993-02-02MONEY $1000: In 1986 this country replaced the cruzeiro with the cruzado Brazil
#1930, aired 1993-01-15ODDS & ENDS $400: This country occupies more than 36% of Latin America's land area & has about 1/3 of its population Brazil
#1909, aired 1992-12-17RUBBER $200: About 99% of the world's natural rubber comes from the Hevea brasiliensis tree, native to this country Brazil
#1882, aired 1992-11-10THE AMAZON $500: Manaus, Brazil became fabulously wealthy during the 19th century boom in this material Rubber
#1879, aired 1992-11-05LATIN AMERICA $400: The official language of Brazil is Portuguese & the official language of Suriname is this Dutch
#1878, aired 1992-11-04FAMOUS ANIMALS $100: In 1959 Cacareco, a rhinoceros, was elected to the Sao Paulo City Council in this country Brazil
#1875, aired 1992-10-30THE ENVIRONMENT $200: Through 1991 from 8 to 12% of this country's Amazon Basin had been deforested Brazil
#1871, aired 1992-10-26DANCE $1000: The maxixe, a ballroom dance, evolved in this largest South American country in the 1870s Brazil
#1859, aired 1992-10-081980 $1,300 (Daily Double): This country, with the most Catholics in the world, received its first visit by a reigning pope Brazil
#1806, aired 1992-06-08RELIGION $1000: Candomble, practiced in this S. American country's Bahia state, combines African & Catholic elements Brazil
#1799, aired 1992-05-28AROUND THE WORLD $400: Most gem-quality topaz is mined in this South American country Brazil
#1795, aired 1992-05-22WORLD CITIES $400: This city on the Tiete River accounts for about 40% of Brazil's industrial output São Paulo
#1788, aired 1992-05-13NUTS $800: The tree of this brown, 3-cornered South American nut may reach heights of 150 feet the Brazil nut
#1780, aired 1992-05-01EXPLORERS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1500 Vicente Pinzon & Pedro Cabral landed in the New World in what is now this country Brazil
#1753, aired 1992-03-25LATIN AMERICA $400: In 1960, to persuade more people to move to the interior, Brazil moved its capital from here to Brasilia Rio de Janeiro
#1752, aired 1992-03-24WORLD CITIES $600: Brazil's independence was proclaimed by Don Pedro in 1822 in this city named for a saint Sao Paulo
#1691, aired 1991-12-30LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): From 1822 to 1889, this country was ruled by emperors Brazil
#1683, aired 1991-12-18BODIES OF WATER $900 (Daily Double): The falls on this river in Brazil & Argentina are larger than the Niagara River's Iguazu
#1671, aired 1991-12-02FOREIGN FOOD $500: The girl from Ipanema could tell you that feijoada is often a Sunday dish in this country Brazil
#1670, aired 1991-11-29FORESTRY $600 (Daily Double): Brazil is second to this country in total forest area the Soviet Union
#1664, aired 1991-11-21SLAVERY $1,500 (Daily Double): Writer J. Nabuco led the fight in the late 1800s to abolish slavery in this S. American country Brazil
#1637, aired 1991-10-15GEMS $500: The "Star of the South" diamond was discovered in this South American country in 1853 Brazil
#1634, aired 1991-10-10WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: 2 of this South American city's most popular beaches are Copacabana & Ipanema Rio de Janeiro
#1617, aired 1991-09-17COMPOSERS $400: Heitor Villa-Lobos helped develop a national style of music for this, his native country Brazil
#1613, aired 1991-09-11WORLD FACTS $400: Of the approximately 170 million people who speak Portuguese, the majority live in this country Brazil
#1593, aired 1991-07-03BRAZIL $100: A Brazilian bidding you "bom dia" is telling you this in Portuguese, the official language good day (good morning)
#1593, aired 1991-07-03BRAZIL $200: Native to the rain forest, these edible seeds are 65-70% fat Brazil nuts
#1593, aired 1991-07-03BRAZIL $300: What the Brazilians call "futebol" we call this soccer
#1593, aired 1991-07-03BRAZIL $400: First planted in Rio in the 1770s, by 1830 it was Brazil's top export coffee
#1593, aired 1991-07-03BRAZIL $500: Though Spanish explorers may have been there first, in 1500 this Portuguese claimed Brazil for his country Pedro Cabral
#1588, aired 1991-06-26GEOGRAPHY $1000: Though over 340,000 square miles, Mato Grosso is only the 3rd largest state in this country Brazil
#1586, aired 1991-06-24DANCE CRAZES $500 (Daily Double): Dance meaning "the latest thing" in Portuguese that Stan Getz took from Brazil to the U.S. in 1962 Bossa nova
#1584, aired 1991-06-20WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: At 601,928 sq. miles Amazonas is this country's largest state Brazil
#1583, aired 1991-06-19SOUTH AMERICA $100: A Paulisto hails from Sao Paulo, Brazil & a Paceño is from this Bolivian city La Paz
#1576, aired 1991-06-10BIRDS $800: This flightless bird of Brazil & Argentina can outrun a horse a rhea
#1559, aired 1991-05-16"B" COUNTRIES $400: The largest country in area to begin with "B" & the fifth largest overall Brazil
#1545, aired 1991-04-26NUTS $100: These 3-sided nuts grow on gigantic trees in the Amazon basin Brazil nuts
#1532, aired 1991-04-09GEOGRAPHY $400: 2 of the 3 South American countries on the equator (2 of) Ecuador, Brazil, & Colombia
#1507, aired 1991-03-05ISLANDS $600: Governador Island is the site of Galeao Airport in this city, Brazil's second largest Rio de Janeiro
#1468, aired 1991-01-09RIVERS $800: Explored by & named for Theodore Roosevelt, the Rio Roosevelt is in this country Brazil
#1464, aired 1991-01-03THE 1970s $400: For the 150th anniversary of its independence, this country got the remains of Emperor Pedro I from Portugal Brazil
#1454, aired 1990-12-20EXPLORERS $800: Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral is credited with discovering this South American country Brazil
#1428, aired 1990-11-14WORLD CAPITALS $400: From 1822 to 1960 this city served as Brazil's capital Rio de Janeiro
#1425, aired 1990-11-09BRAZIL $100: Brazil abolished this in 1888, 23 years after the United States slavery
#1425, aired 1990-11-09BRAZIL $200: Colombia is second while Brazil is the world's largest exporter of this commodity coffee
#1425, aired 1990-11-09BRAZIL $300: The cruzado replaced the cruzeiro as this in 1986 the monetary unit
#1425, aired 1990-11-09BRAZIL $400: Between 1960 & 1980 the population of this city went from under 150,000 to more than 1,000,000 Brasilia
#1425, aired 1990-11-09BRAZIL $500: This famous beach is just northeast of Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro Copacabana
#1424, aired 1990-11-08WORLD HISTORY $300 (Daily Double): During the Napoleonic Wars, the royal family of Portugal fled to this colony Brazil
#1419, aired 1990-11-01SOUTH AMERICA $2,000 (Daily Double): This nation's 1860s war against Brazil, Uruguay & Argentina cost it half its population Paraguay
#1402, aired 1990-10-09STARTS WITH "B" $500: The 2 South American countries that fit the category; they also border each other Bolivia & Brazil
#1384, aired 1990-09-13FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: He had worked as a sugar planter in Brazil before being shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe
#11, aired 1990-08-25INTERNATIONAL PARKS $2000: 1 of 2 South American countries each having a park on its side of Iguacu Falls Brazil (or Argentina)
#1372, aired 1990-07-17WORLD CAPITALS $200: On April 21, 1960 Brazil's capital moved from Rio de Janeiro to this city 600 miles inland Brasilia
#1371, aired 1990-07-16THE 19th CENTURY $1,000 (Daily Double): King John VI of this country died in 1826 & left his throne to Dom Pedro of Brazil who became Pedro I Portugal
#1, aired 1990-06-16BRAZIL $500: When viewed from the air, the layout of this capital city looks like an airplane Brasília
#1, aired 1990-06-16BRAZIL $2500: Brazil shares borders with all South American countries except for Chile & this one Ecuador
#1345, aired 1990-06-08ODDS & ENDS $500: Brazil is now the world's largest producer of this "cheap" metal also called stannum tin
#1340, aired 1990-06-01LANGUAGES $200: It's the official language of Angola, Mozambique, Brazil & the country where it originated Portuguese
#1332, aired 1990-05-22MUSEUMS $400: In English, Brazil's Museu do Ouro & Colombia's Museo del Oro are both known as this the Museum of Gold
#1294, aired 1990-03-29FOOD $400: Color of the beans you'd find in a feijoada, the national dish of Brazil Black
#1280, aired 1990-03-09WORLD POLITICS $100: In April 1989 this country announced it was unhappy with outside interference in the Amazon Brazil
#1277, aired 1990-03-06FOOD & DRINK $200: Medellin is a popular coffee grown in this South American country, not Brazil Colombia
#1270, aired 1990-02-23FILMS OF THE '70s $300: In this 1978 Gregory Peck-Laurence Olivier film, all the "Boys" in the title were played by Jeremy Black The Boys from Brazil
#1256, aired 1990-02-05WORLD GEOGRAPHY $500: 1 of the 2 South American countries that don't border Brazil Ecuador (or Chile)
#1242, aired 1990-01-16EXPLORERS $500: To avoid tough sailing off Africa's w. coast, Cabral sailed so far west, he hit what's now this country Brazil
#1228, aired 1989-12-27LIBRARIES $200: The largest national library in South America is in this, the largest country in South America Brazil
#1224, aired 1989-12-21BRAZIL $100: This democratic privilege is compulsory for all Brazilians who are literate & between the ages of 18 & 65 Voting
#1224, aired 1989-12-21BRAZIL $200: It got its name after a Spanish explorer reported being attacked by female warriors there Amazon River
#1224, aired 1989-12-21BRAZIL $300: In 1870 Brazil grew about half the world's supply of this; now it's about 30% Coffee
#1224, aired 1989-12-21BRAZIL $400: What Brazilians call the "Selva"; conservationists are concerned because it's shrinking The Rain Forest
#1224, aired 1989-12-21BRAZIL $500: 1950's president Juscelino Kubitschek is known as the "Father Of" this city Brasilia
#1196, aired 1989-11-13POTPOURRI $300: Imported into Brazil from Africa, these "killer" insects escaped the lab & bred with locals bees
#1194, aired 1989-11-09LANGUAGES $1,500 (Daily Double): 2 of 3 independent South American countries where Spanish is not an official language Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
#1164, aired 1989-09-28MEXICO $400: The 2 countries in the western hemisphere whose populations are larger than Mexico's Brazil & USA
#1103, aired 1989-05-24ROYALTY $1000: In 1889 Pedro II called it quits & this S. American land moved toward becoming a republic Brazil
#1102, aired 1989-05-23WORLD GEOGRAPHY $300: Located on the Tropic of Capricorn, this, Brazil's largest city, stays cool because of its altitude São Paulo
#1091, aired 1989-05-08SOUTH AMERICA $500: The Braganzas were a royal family that ruled in Portugal & this South American country Brazil
#1075, aired 1989-04-14SPORTS $500: Accommodating over 205,000 fans, world's largest soccer stadium is in this South American country Brazil
#1046, aired 1989-03-06SOUTH AMERICA $100: São Paulo is Brazil's largest city while this one is 2nd Rio de Janeiro
#1023, aired 1989-02-01WORLD CAPITALS $100: In 1986 Brazil's 1st conference of street urchins was held in this capital Brasilia
#1021, aired 1989-01-30THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $200: It has more people than all the other South American nations combined Brazil
#994, aired 1988-12-22GEOGRAPHY $1000: The widest part of South America is 3,200 miles across & extends from Brazil to the coast of this country Peru
#990, aired 1988-12-16COUNTRIES $1000: Mournful folk songs called Fados are performed in the popular Fado houses of this country Portugal
#983, aired 1988-12-07THE 20th CENTURY $400 (Daily Double): In 1956 Pres. Kubitschek of this country announced plans to move the capital some 600 miles inland Brazil
#972, aired 1988-11-22SOUTH AMERICA $2,800 (Daily Double): Country that's the setting for the following 1964 Top 10 hit: "Tall and tan and young and lovely / The girl from Ipanema goes walking and / When she passes, each one she passes goes ah..." Brazil
#924, aired 1988-09-15LATIN AMERICA $800: This South American country was the only one to send troops to Europe during World War I Brazil
#920, aired 1988-09-09WORLD CITIES $300 (Daily Double): Translate the name of the 2nd largest city in Minnesota into Portuguese & get this, Brazil's largest city São Paulo
#915, aired 1988-07-22SPELLING $800: The capital of Brazil B-R-A-S-I-L-I-A
#895, aired 1988-06-24SOUTH AMERICA $200: Since Brazil must import oil, farmers raise sugarcane that distilleries turn into this fuel alcohol
#877, aired 1988-05-31THE '60s $500: In 1960, this South American country moved its capital Brazil
#864, aired 1988-05-12CHOCOLATE $300: This country is the largest producer of cacao beans in the Western Hemisphere Brazil
#844, aired 1988-04-14DANCE $400: Though it has African roots, the samba is said to have originated in this country Brazil
#827, aired 1988-03-22AGRICULTURE $400: This country produces about 25% of the world's coffee crop Brazil
#801, aired 1988-02-15ZOOLOGY $200: A crossbreeding experiment in Brazil resulted in accidental escape of these "homicidal" hive dwellers killer bees
#797, aired 1988-02-09WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Until Alaska joined the union, this South American country was larger than the U.S. Brazil
#795, aired 1988-02-05THE AMAZON $400: Also called the cream nut, or butternut, it's the seed of an evergreen found mainly in the Amazon basin Brazil nut
#783, aired 1988-01-20SOUTH AMERICA $1000: Belo Horizonte, Brazil & La Plata, Argentina are both modeled after this U.S. city Washington, D.C.
#726, aired 1987-11-02TRANSPORTATION $200: It's estimated that nearly 1/2 of the 85,000 of these in Paraguay were stolen from Brazil automobiles
#710, aired 1987-10-09TRADE & FINANCE $400: Of Brazil, Mexico, or the U.S., one which owes the most money to foreign creditors United States
#707, aired 1987-10-06WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: The "Valley of Death", Cubatao, in this country's Sao Paulo state, may be world's most polluted place Brazil
#706, aired 1987-10-05MAMMALS $300: Thought extinct since 1952, the thin-spined variety of this animal was recently seen in Brazil the porcupine
#688, aired 1987-09-09COUNTRIES $400: In the famous play, "Charlie's Aunt" was from this country "where the nuts come from" Brazil
#672, aired 1987-07-07BUSINESS NEWS $600: If you need bucks while basking on a beach in Brazil, just look for 1 of these new "banco movels" mobile banks
#658, aired 1987-06-17EXPLORERS $100: In 1914, this U.S. president led an expedition to explore uncharted territory in Brazil Teddy Roosevelt
#655, aired 1987-06-12WORLD LEADERS $1000: After 21 years of military rule, Pres. Jose Sarney is changing this country to democratic rule Brazil
#632, aired 1987-05-12WORLD GEOGRAPHY $500: River port of over 600,000 people in the heart of Brazil's Amazon rain forest Manaus
#630, aired 1987-05-08SOUTH AMERICA $400: This 1986 Robert De Niro film was shot around the Iguassu Falls, on the Brazil-Argentina border The Mission
#613, aired 1987-04-15THE NEW WORLD $200: In 1494, 6 years before they even visited it, this country was given the land that would be Brazil Portugal
#609, aired 1987-04-09TREES $800: Of India, Australia, or Brazil, the only country with more species of trees than the U.S. India
#550, aired 1987-01-16KIND OF A DRAG $1000: In 1941 film "Charley's Aunt" he impersonates his aunt from Brazil (where the nuts come from) Jack Benny
#539, aired 1987-01-01NUTS $200: The more familiar name for a filbert or cobnut Hazelnut
#534, aired 1986-12-25MOVIES ON THE MAP $300: Terry Gilliam's 1985 totalitarian fantasy, it's not set in the country of its title Brazil
#507, aired 1986-11-1819th CENTURY $400: When papa, Pedro, abdicated in 1831, 5-year-old Pedro II acquired this So. American country's crown Brazil
#481, aired 1986-10-13DOUBLE MEANINGS $1000: Fanatics of a certain Terry Gilliam film or the edible seeds of a South American tree the Brazil nut
#472, aired 1986-09-3019th CENTURY $600: At the 1876 Expo in Philadelphia, the emperor of Brazil was amazed when this new invention talked to him the telephone
#471, aired 1986-09-29POTPOURRI $400: It's the 1st letter of alphabet that's not the 1st letter of a South American country D
#471, aired 1986-09-29RIVERS $500: Though most of the river is in Brazil, "The Amazon" starts at Francisco de Orellana in this country Peru
#469, aired 1986-09-25WORLD LEADERS $1000: After serving as president & dictator of this S. Amer. country for some 20 yrs., G. Vargas killed himself in 1954 Brazil
#462, aired 1986-09-16UNDECLARED WARS $1,500 (Daily Double): Following the U.S. invasion of Veracruz in 1914, these "ABC" nations mediated the Mexican crisis Argentina, Brazil & Chile
#461, aired 1986-09-15FORMER CAPITALS $200: In 1960, Brazil's capital was moved from this city to Brasilia Rio de Janeiro
#456, aired 1986-09-08THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $1,000 (Daily Double): Country that's the title of the following Brazil
#444, aired 1986-05-22TRAVEL & TOURISM $1000: Called the "Riviera of South America", this country's most popular beach resort Punta del Este Uruguay
#443, aired 1986-05-21GEOGRAPHY $400: Besides Venezuela, it's the only South American country to border on the Caribbean Colombia
#426, aired 1986-04-28PRESIDENTS $800: In 1914, this ex-U.S. president helped explore & map parts of Brazil Teddy Roosevelt
#409, aired 1986-04-03EXPLORERS $800: Using prevailing winds, da Gama found faster route around Africa by 1st sailing S.W. to this country Brazil
#407, aired 1986-04-01NEWS '85 $200: Bakersfield, CA was abuzz as these "winged terrorists" arrived from Brazil killer bees
#402, aired 1986-03-25BOTANY $200: Brazil nuts & peanuts are not really nuts, but these seeds
#399, aired 1986-03-20MONEY $400: Brazil's cruziero is named for this constellation seen in Southern Hemisphere skies the Southern Cross
#397, aired 1986-03-18GEOGRAPHY $200: Free land has been offered to those willing to settle in this part of Brazil the Amazon jungle
#395, aired 1986-03-14SPORTS TRIVIA $400: His 1984 Olympic victory in the 800m made Joaquim Cruz this country's 1st runner to win the gold Brazil
#387, aired 1986-03-04HORSES $500: World's 4th-leading raiser of horses, this South American country has more than Russia Brazil
#382, aired 1986-02-25NATIONAL AIRLINES $1000: Varig Brazil
#369, aired 1986-02-06BRAZIL $100: Less than 1% of Brazil's land is devoted to producing this necessity of life food
#369, aired 1986-02-06BRAZIL $200: The University of Brazil, the country's oldest, wasn't founded until this century the 20th century
#369, aired 1986-02-06BRAZIL $300: The layout of this, the capital, resembles a jet airliner Brasilia
#369, aired 1986-02-06BRAZIL $400: Larger than Rio, it's the industrial heart of Brazil & fastest growing city in Latin America São Paulo
#369, aired 1986-02-06BRAZIL $500: 1985 film set in Brazil that featured the fierce people, the invisible people, & the bat people The Emerald Forest
#348, aired 1986-01-08SOUTH AMERICA $200: In the past, 12- to 14-year-old brides were not unusual in this Portuguese-speaking country Brazil
#343, aired 1986-01-01W W II $200: Brazil fought on this side the Allies
#343, aired 1986-01-01WORLD GEOGRAPHY $300: New World country closest to Africa Brazil
#341, aired 1985-12-30MOVIE VILLAINS $400: Nazi doctor played with evil relish by Gregory Peck in "The Boys from Brazil" Dr. Mengele
#317, aired 1985-11-26COFFEE $300: The leading coffee growing country in the world Brazil
#313, aired 1985-11-20STARTS WITH "B" $200: The 2 South American countries whose names begin with “B” Brazil & Bolivia
#309, aired 1985-11-14NUTS $600: This variety of nut is grown only in the country it's named for & adjacent lands Brazil nut
#304, aired 1985-11-07SOUTH AMERICA $400: South America's ABC powers Argentina, Brazil & Chile
#299, aired 1985-10-31THE NEW WORLD $400: On Sept. 7, 1822, Pedro declared this country's independence from Portugal Brazil
#263, aired 1985-09-11SPORTS TRIVIA $400: Italy & this South American nation have won the most World Cups in soccer Brazil
#166, aired 1985-04-29POT LUCK $400: Because of exportation, Brazil is suffering a shortage of lithe & leggy ladies to do this dance the samba
#149, aired 1985-04-04GENETICS $400: Used in "Boys from Brazil", it's a process of reproducing genetically identical organisms cloning
#133, aired 1985-03-13ENERGY $1000: The world's largest hydroelectric plant is located on the border of Paraguay & this country Brazil
#125, aired 1985-03-01GEOGRAPHY $500: Iguacu Falls forms part of the border between Argentina & this country Brazil
#114, aired 1985-02-14WORLD HISTORY $1000: From 1822-1889, this South American country was ruled by emperors Pedro I & II Brazil
#66, aired 1984-12-10WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1888, it was last country in W. Hemisphere to abolish slavery Brazil
#61, aired 1984-12-03WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Country that's larger than U.S. but smaller than Canada (People's Republic of) China
#59, aired 1984-11-29SAINTLY CITIES $300: 8th most populous city in the world, it was once capital of Brazil São Paulo
#59, aired 1984-11-29WARS $800: In 19th C., Brazil, Argentina & Uruguay wiped out over 80% of this nearby country's population Paraguay
#25, aired 1984-10-12FORMER CAPITALS $100: Until Brasilia was carved from the wilderness, this was Brazil’s capital Rio de Janeiro

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (29 results returned)

#8753, aired 2022-11-30FLAGS OF OUR HEMISPHERE: The stars on this country's flag represent states, 26 of them; unlike the USA's, its "federal district" gets its own 27th star Brazil
#8660, aired 2022-06-10THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Brazil stretches 2,700 miles from the Atlantic in the east to Serra do Divisor National Park on the border with this country in the west Peru
#8313, aired 2021-01-13WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The Oyapock River forms part of Brazil's 400-mile border with the territory of this European country France
#8163, aired 2020-02-19INTERNATIONAL SPORTS: It’s the only country that has played in every FIFA World Cup tournament, winning 5 times Brazil
#7816, aired 2018-09-10THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: To set a record for longest solo journey by kayak, 2,010 miles, Helen Skelton traveled through this nation for a month Brazil
#7469, aired 2017-02-16SOUTH AMERICA: This capital's name is a Latinized form of the name of its country Brasilia
#6700, aired 2013-11-01NATIONS OF THE WORLD: The only 2 countries in the Americas that border each other & begin with the same letter Brazil & Bolivia
#6038, aired 2010-12-08WORLD HISTORY: After the Royal Family fled to this country in 1807, it became the only one in South America from which a European country was ruled Brazil
#5703, aired 2009-05-27BIG COUNTRIES: Forbes magazine uses "BRIC", an acronym for these 4 large nations advancing in economic power Brazil, Russia, India & China
#5486, aired 2008-06-16AMERICAN AUTHORS: In 1958 he wrote, "Brazil was beastly but Buenos Aires was the best. Not Tiffany's, but almost" Truman Capote
#4894, aired 2005-12-15ON THE GLOBE: The way this nation's coastline would fit neatly into the Gulf of Guinea supports the theory of continental drift Brazil
#4350, aired 2003-06-27SONG TITLES: The inspiration for this 1964 hit posed alone for the Brazil edition of Playboy in 1987 & with her daughter in 2003 "The Girl from Ipanema"
#4317, aired 2003-05-13WORLD CITIES: According to U.N. data, it's the world's most populous city named for a person São Paulo, Brazil
#4238, aired 2003-01-22THE GLOBE: Of the more than a dozen countries through which the equator passes, this country stretches farthest south Brazil
#3812, aired 2001-03-13WORLD CAPITALS: Lucio Costa designed this new capital in 1957 to hold 500,000 people; today it has more than 3 times that number Brasilia, Brazil
#3625, aired 2000-05-12WORLD LANDMARKS: In the 1920s this nation's churches pooled their money & erected a 120-foot religious monument on a 2,300-foot peak Brazil
#2924, aired 1997-04-24SPORTS: Last awarded in 1970, the Jules Rimet Cup was replaced by this trophy in 1974 The World Cup (of soccer)
#2803, aired 1996-11-06EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: In 1996 it formed a commonwealth with Sao Tome & Principe, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau & Brazil Portugal
#2286, aired 1994-07-11WORLD GEOGRAPHY: 2 of the 3 countries in the Western Hemisphere that have a "Z" in their names (2 of) Venezuela, Brazil & Belize
#2109, aired 1993-11-04RULERS: 1 of the 2 countries that have been ruled by members of the Braganza family (1 of) Portugal or Brazil
#2041, aired 1993-06-21EXPLORATION: What mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller labeled "America" for Amerigo Vespucci is now this country Brazil
#1965, aired 1993-03-05WORLD CITIES: In population, it ranks second to Mexico City as the largest city in the Western Hemisphere São Paulo, Brazil
#1378, aired 1990-09-05WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The only country crossed by the Equator & the Tropic of Capricorn Brazil
#1010, aired 1989-01-13THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Originally called Vera Cruz, this country was renamed for a type of tree Brazil
#1005, aired 1989-01-06WORLD GEOGRAPHY: 2 of the 9 mainland countries of the world through which the Equator passes (2 of) Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Kenya, Somalia & Uganda
#883, aired 1988-06-08WORLD RELIGION: At 121 million, it has the most Catholics of any country in the world Brazil
#699, aired 1987-09-24SOUTH AMERICA: Of the 12 South American countries, the only 2 that don't border on Brazil Chile & Ecuador
#178, aired 1985-05-15THE AMERICAS: One of only two countries in South America not bordering Brazil (1 of) Chile & Ecuador
#20, aired 1984-10-05WORLD GEOGRAPHY: It has more people than all the other South American countries combined Brazil

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Marc Pais, a pension consultant originally from Brazil Season 7 player (1990-10-09).
Travis Brazil, a waiter and actor from North Hollywood, California Season 17 3-time champion: $14,599.
Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York 2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan 2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
Ed Angleton, a biochemist from Indianapolis, Indiana Season 22 2-time champion: $25,599 + $1,000. According to the official...



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