#8970, aired 2023-11-10 | SHIPS $1200: The first 4 Cunard vessels were Acadia, Caledonia, Columbia & this one that really ruled the waves Britannia |
#8776, aired 2023-01-02 | GIVING YOU SOME METALS $200: Composed of tin, copper & antimony, Britannia metal is this type of 5-letter mixture an alloy |
#8347, aired 2021-03-02 | ALTERNATE HISTORY NOVELS $800: In "Ruled Britannia", the Spanish Armada was victorious & this Spaniard rules England alongside Bloody Mary Tudor Philip II |
#8303, aired 2020-12-16 | BOATS & SHIPS $800: Sort of a floating palace in Edinburgh, the Britannia is the royal this fancy type of ship a yacht |
#7562, aired 2017-06-27 | SCULPTORS & STATUORS $2000: John Flaxman planned a statue of her to be 80' taller than Lady Liberty & wanted her to "rule" from a London hill Britannia |
#7479, aired 2017-03-02 | BOATS & BOATING $1000: The last royal yacht of the UK, it was retired in 1997 & is now a tourist attraction in Edinburgh Britannia |
#7020, aired 2015-03-06 | "RU" FOR REAL $1000: This patriotic ode to Albion dates to the 1740s "Rule, Britannia!" |
#6894, aired 2014-07-31 | MONEY $1600: Some notes of this British currency have holograms that switch from a picture of Britannia to the value of the note pound |
#6861, aired 2014-06-16 | HONG KONG $800: You might say this royal yacht, Prince Charles' home base during the Hong Kong handover, "ruled the waves" the Britannia |
#5923, aired 2010-05-19 | BRIT-POURRI $400: The fourth king of this name ruled Britannia from 1399 to 1413 Henry |
#5767, aired 2009-10-13 | THE OLD MAN $4,200 (Daily Double): The longest-reigning king of his country, he ruled Britannia until 1820, dying at age 81 George III |
#5645, aired 2009-03-06 | RULE BRITANNIA $200: In 2002 she celebrated 50 years on the throne Elizabeth II |
#5645, aired 2009-03-06 | RULE BRITANNIA $400: Incapacitated by illness & madness, he spent the last 9 years of his reign in seclusion George III |
#5645, aired 2009-03-06 | RULE BRITANNIA $600: A "merry monarch" indeed, he was thought to have at least 13 mistresses, including actress Nell Gwyn Charles II |
#5645, aired 2009-03-06 | RULE BRITANNIA $800: Pictured here, they ruled together on the throne for 5 years William & Mary |
#5645, aired 2009-03-06 | RULE BRITANNIA $1000: This son of Mary, Queen of Scots, was the first to call himself King of Great Britain James I |
#5270, aired 2007-07-06 | BRITISH HISTORY $1,800 (Daily Double): The Roman portion of the island had this name, followed in names of provinces by "Inferior" and "Superior" Britannia |
#5224, aired 2007-05-03 | QUEEN VICTORIA'S MYSPACE PAGE $2000: The music is this song, on which Felix Mendelssohn once improvised for Her Majesty "Rule, Britannia!" |
#5146, aired 2007-01-15 | ROYAL BRITANNIA $400: Seen here, she had an age of literature named after her Elizabeth I |
#5146, aired 2007-01-15 | ROYAL BRITANNIA $800: In 1707 her title changed to Queen of Great Britain & Ireland (it used to be Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland) Queen Anne |
#5146, aired 2007-01-15 | ROYAL BRITANNIA $1,000 (Daily Double): He succeeded his mother & was succeeded in 1910 by his son George V Edward VII |
#5146, aired 2007-01-15 | ROYAL BRITANNIA $1200: Seen here, the second king of this name spent many years in French exile Charles |
#5146, aired 2007-01-15 | ROYAL BRITANNIA $2000: This king's marriage to the woman seen here united the houses of York & Lancaster Henry VII |
#4626, aired 2004-10-18 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $1200: In 1790 printing began on Dobson's Encyclopedia, an 18-volume American edition of this British reference work Encyclopaedia Britannica |
#4524, aired 2004-04-15 | SHIPS $1200: The first 4 Cunard vessels were Acadia, Caledonia, Columbia & this one that really ruled the waves the Britannia |
#3656, aired 2000-06-26 | BRITANNIA $200: It was the first name of Denis Thatcher's first wife, as well as his second Margaret |
#3656, aired 2000-06-26 | BRITANNIA $400: One of this British poet's most famous poems was about a strange occurrence in the German city of Hamelin Robert Browning |
#3656, aired 2000-06-26 | BRITANNIA $600: This shire was built around the ham, or "dwelling" of the followers of Snot, an early settler Nottingham |
#3656, aired 2000-06-26 | BRITANNIA $2,000 (Daily Double): Nelson's ship, the HMS Victory & the house Charles Dickens was born are tourist sites in this city Portsmouth |
#3434, aired 1999-07-08 | SAVE THE PRINCE OF WALES $1,500 (Daily Double): Charles honeymooned on this royal yacht that no longer rules the waves; it's been retired Britannia |
#3243, aired 1998-10-14 | REALLY OLD HISTORY $500: Under this Latin name, the island once called Albion went on to "rule the waves" Britannia |
#3094, aired 1998-01-29 | NOW GET OUT! $400: Chris Patten, governor of this British colony, left it on July 1, 1997 on the royal yacht Britannia Hong Kong |
#2865, aired 1997-01-31 | TRANSPORTATION $400: In 1840 this line sent its first ship, the Britannia, across the Atlantic Cunard Line |
#2265, aired 1994-06-10 | MUSIC TRIVIA $400: Its tune may have come from a song with a similar title, "Britannia, The Pride Of The Ocean" "Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean" |
#2250, aired 1994-05-20 | TRANSPORTATION $800: In 1840 this company's first steamship, the Britannia, made its first transatlantic crossing Cunard |
#2180, aired 1994-02-11 | MUSIC $600: "Rule," this place! Comes from T.A. Arne's 1740 masque "Alfred" Britannia |
#2098, aired 1993-10-20 | ODDS & ENDS $500: The name of the British royal yacht; it certainly rules the waves Britannia |
#1500, aired 1991-02-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $4,000 (Daily Double): Thomas Arne's 1740 masque "Alfred" included this song often played today: "Rule, Britannia" |
#1462, aired 1991-01-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: In 43 AD, Emperor Claudius conquered what is now England & made it this Roman province Britannia |
#1272, aired 1990-02-27 | YACHTS $200: It's the British royal yacht Britannia |
#1096, aired 1989-05-15 | PATRIOTIC SONGS $500: It's our equivalent of England's "Britannia, The Pride Of The Ocean" "Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean" |
#959, aired 1988-11-03 | SHIPS $800: The Britannia, a ship in his line, began the 1st regular transatlantic steamship service in 1840 Cunard |
#547, aired 1987-01-13 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $800: If you want to retrace Andy & Fergie's honeymoon, hop on the "Britannia" & cruise these Port. islands Azores |
#461, aired 1986-09-15 | SHIPS $500: In early 1986, this, the British royal yacht, was used to evacuate foreigners from South Yemen Britannia |
#395, aired 1986-03-14 | POLITICAL QUOTES $100: In 1740, James Thomson wrote, rather than sang, "Rule Britannia Rule" these the waves |
#121, aired 1985-02-25 | SHIPS $500: Charles Dickens traveled to U.S. on this magnate's first liner, the "Britannia" (Samuel) Cunard |