| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER $400: Southwark Bridge the Thames |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER $800: Old Vicksburg Bridge the Mississippi |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER $1200: The O'Connell & Seán O'Casey Bridges the Liffey |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER $1600: The 3,580-foot-long Peace Bridge the Niagara River |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER $2000: Prague's Charles Bridge the Vltava (the Moldau) |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | GO TELL IT ON THE FOUNTAIN $2000: The world's longest bridge fountain at 3,740 feet, Seoul's Moonlight Rainbow shoots water recycled from this river below the Han |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | CONSCIOUSNESS OF STREAM WRITING $1200: Whistle a happy tune & name this Pierre Boulle World War II P.O.W. novel that was made into an Oscar-winning film Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | ON THE RIVER $1200: Cincinnati Municipal Airport, Wheeling Suspension Bridge the Ohio |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | BRIDGES $600: The NYC Dept. of Transportation tries not to do major work at the same time on the Brooklyn & this next bridge up the East River the Manhattan Bridge |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | GO WEST $400: A stroll west over the Vltava River on the Charles Bridge takes you from this capital's Old Town to the Mala Strana Prague |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | WALLS & BRIDGES $200: Check out the Moonlight Rainbow show on the Banpo Bridge spanning the Han River in this capital of South Korea Seoul |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | BEST DIRECTOR TWICE $1600: "The Bridge on the River Kwai" & "Lawrence of Arabia" David Lean |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | OFF TO THE LANDMARK $200: It was one of the first bridges to use steel for cable wire! On N.Y.'s East River, it almost sells itself! the Brooklyn Bridge |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | BRIDGES GALORE! $2000: The Gateshead Millennium Bridge near Newcastle tilts sideways to let boats on this river pass the Tyne |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | GO WEST $200: ...over Westminster Bridge & you'll arrive on the north bank of this river the Thames |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER, WHY? $400: London's Millennium Bridge over this river was designed to perfectly frame St. Paul's Cathedral, if you're walking the right way the Thames |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER, WHY? $800: The Tappan Zee over the Hudson in N.Y. was deemed unsafe, so it was replaced by a new bridge named for this late governor Mario Cuomo |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER, WHY? $1200: In the 2000s a bridge in Ketchikan in this state made people ask, "Why?" & was dubbed the "Bridge to Nowhere" Alaska |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER, WHY? $1600: Ferries in local waters not being the smoothest ride, it was built starting in 1933 so you could drive from San Francisco to Oakland the San Francisco Bay Bridge |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER, WHY? $2000: The Qinglong Railway Bridge in China over the Beipan River was built for these high-speed trains bullet trains |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $800: On May 24, 1883 President Arthur & other dignitaries helped dedicate this bridge that spans the East River the Brooklyn Bridge |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | STATE CAPITALS $200: This capital's Big Dam Bridge, almost a mile long, spans a dam on the Arkansas River Little Rock, Arkansas |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER $400: Southwark Bridge the Thames |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER $800: Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge the Rio Grande |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER $1200: Old Vicksburg Bridge the Mississippi |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER $1600: The O'Connell & Sean O'Casey Bridges the Liffey |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER $2000: The 3,580-foot-long Peace Bridge the Niagara River |
| #7217, aired 2016-01-19 | THE BRIDGES OF OTHER COUNTIES $600: Take me home, Fayette County roads in this state, but not on Bridge Day, when New River Gorge closes & BASE jumpers have at it West Virginia |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH THE BOOK $400: It's "over" or "on" in the title of this Pierre Boulle WWII novel about a Japanese attempt to get a train route in Burma Bridge over the River Kwai (or Bridge on the River Kwai) |
| #6362, aired 2012-04-24 | THE AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD $2,500 (Daily Double): 1990:
This director of epics like "The Bridge on the River Kwai" David Lean |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | CITY SEALS $800: St, Anthony Falls & a suspension bridge across the Mississippi River are on this Minnesota city's seal Minneapolis |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | WE WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK $800: "Colonel Bogey March", heard here, was popularized by this 1957 war movie Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #5855, aired 2010-02-12 | AFRICAN HISTORY $1200: Work on a bridge over the Tsavo River was badly hampered in 1898 when 2 of these mammals ate 140 workers lions |
| #5659, aired 2009-03-26 | LEAN SCREEN $1200: Of this Lean film's 8 Oscar nominations, the only one to lose was Sessue Hayakawa for supporting actor Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #5501, aired 2008-07-07 | BRIDGES $200: On August 1, 2007 Minneapolis' I-35W bridge collapsed into this river the Mississippi River |
| #5453, aired 2008-04-30 | DIDN'T DIRECT IT $1600: David Lean:
"Ben-Hur",
"Lawrence of Arabia",
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" Ben-Hur |
| #5433, aired 2008-04-02 | SHORT LINE $600: In this 1957 war movie, Col. Saito tells his captives, "Be happy in your work!" The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | AQUATIC-SOUNDING CINEMA $400: Alec Guinness whistled while he worked his way to an Oscar in this 1957 David Lean epic The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #5111, aired 2006-11-27 | BRIDGES $400: Drivers on U.S. 101 can use the Astoria-Megler bridge to cross this river that separates Oregon & Washington the Columbia |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | MR. MOVIEFONE $1200: Press 2 now if you want to hear Alec Guinness as Col. Nicholson in this 1957 war drama Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | A COLONEL OF KNOWLEDGE $1600: He's the musical man in the title of the following Colonel Bogey |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | BUILDING BRIDGES $4,200 (Daily Double): In Thailand a sound & light show depicts the bombing of this bridge built by P.O.W.s the bridge on the River Kwai |
| #4280, aired 2003-03-21 | 75 YEARS OF THE OSCARS $1600: This late, great actor's performance in "The Bridge on the River Kwai" made him the Best Actor of '57 Alec Guinness |
| #4122, aired 2002-07-02 | A PINT OF ALEC GUINNESS $1200: It's the 1957 Best Picture winner for which Guinness won his best actor Oscar as Col. Nicholson Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | PLANET OF THE APES $2000: Pierre Boulle, who wrote the original "Apes" book, also wrote this later-filmed tale of a WWII construction project Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER... $200: Blackfriars Bridge Thames |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER... $400: The Pont-Neuf & the Pont St.-Louis Seine |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER... $600: The Huey P. Long Bridge Mississippi |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER... $800: The Dusseldorf-Neuss Bridge Rhine |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER... $1000: The Ponte Garibaldi & the Ponte Palatino Tiber |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | THE BFI'S TOP 100 BRITISH FILMS $400: 7 David Lean-directed films made the list, including this 1957 P.O.W. movie that won 7 Oscars The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | DIRECTORS $1,000 (Daily Double): This Englishman won a 1957 Oscar for directing the epic film seen here: ("The Bridge On The River Kwai") David Lean |
| #2804, aired 1996-11-07 | WAR MOVIES $800: A real bridge & train were destroyed for the climax of this David Lean epic about POWs (The) Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | TRANSPORTATION $400: To help begin a bridge in 1847, teen Homan Walsh flew a string across the Niagara River on one of these a kite |
| #2431, aired 1995-03-13 | PIERRES CELEBRES $100: Pierre Boulle wrote "The Bridge on the River Kwai" & "The Planet of" these animals the Apes |
| #2250, aired 1994-05-20 | WORLD CITIES $400: This Austrian city's name is German for "Bridge on the Inn River" Innsbruck |
| #1866, aired 1992-10-19 | AUTHORS $400: Pierre Boulle wrote this 1952 novel about British P.O.W.s building a bridge for the Japanese "The Bridge on/over the River Kwai" |
| #1380, aired 1990-09-07 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $600: He won Oscars for directing "Bridge on the River Kwai" & "Lawrence of Arabia" David Lean |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | FRENCH AUTHORS $600: This author of the novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" is also credited with the screenplay Pierre Francois Boulle |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | WORLD TRAVEL $400: If you walk from river to river on this NYC street, you'll pass the U.N., Grand Central Sta. & the main library 42nd Street |
| #874, aired 1988-05-26 | LAKES & RIVERS $100: The famous bridge on Lake Havasu in Arizona formerly spanned this river Thames |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: David Lean wanted Charles Laughton for this film, but Alec Guinness got the part & the Oscar The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #87, aired 1985-01-08 | "B" MOVIES $1000: Before the "Bridge on the River Kwai", William Holden bombed these in '54 The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
