| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | BRITISH EXPLORERS $1600: Born in the county of Devon, Francis Drake was knighted in 1581 & made mayor of this English Channel port there Plymouth |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PAST $200: Founded in 1753, this national antiquities collection was first housed in a London mansion called Montagu House the British Museum |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PAST $1000: This "List" loosened up in 1965 as the 4 Beatles each got an MBE, being made members of the Order of the British Empire the Queen's Honors List |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | LANGUAGES & THEIR FORMS $800: In this British dependency, Llanito, a mix of Spanish & English, is spoken in addition to English Gibraltar |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | A SHORT GOODBYE $1600: In English
(or British, really)
T.:
it also has 4 O's toodle-oo |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $1000: A workout coach, or a sports shoe in British English a trainer |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | TRANSLATE THE BRITISH ENGLISH $400: Black tie with turn-ups on the trousers? Appalling cuffs |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | TRANSLATE THE BRITISH ENGLISH $800: Old Mrs. Dudge still has an aerial on her telly an antenna |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | TRANSLATE THE BRITISH ENGLISH $1200: Let's take our seats & meet for a drink at the interval intermission |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | TRANSLATE THE BRITISH ENGLISH $1600: We're frightfully busy at the hospital in the casualty department the E.R. |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | TRANSLATE THE BRITISH ENGLISH $2000: Oh no! Colin has stopped on the verge of the M1; his car broke down shoulder |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | ETYMOLOGY $200: Washington made one of the first uses of this verb form of "reconnaissance" in English & ended it with an "re" like the British do reconnoiter |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | STING $800: (Sting presents the clue.) In the musical "The Last Ship", I played the foreman of a northern English shipyard that shuts down in 1986, as a consequence of the anti-labor policies of this British prime minister Thatcher |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | BRITISH ENGLISH $200: A large bus for traveling in the U.K.; in the U.S. it's a person who guides a sports team a coach |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | BRITISH ENGLISH $400: The Brits put their trousers on one leg at a time; this 5-letter word that Americans use means underwear over there pants |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | BRITISH ENGLISH $600: A dummy in Devon is this accessory for a baby a pacifier |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | BRITISH ENGLISH $800: In the U.K., chemist means someone in this profession pharmacist |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | BRITISH ENGLISH $1000: If you ask for chips in England, you'll get French fries; if you want potato chips, ask for these crisps |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | BRITISH ROYAL RESIDENCES $1600: Originally a Saxon castle, this edifice overlooks the Thames River and is where several English monarchs are entombed Windsor |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | WRITERS ANONYMOUS $400: This anonymous Old English poem about a hero fighting monsters survives in the Nowell Codex at the British Library "Beowulf" |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | BRITISH POLITICS $400: An English town or district that forms the constituency of a member of parliament is called one of these, like a division of NYC a borough |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | BRITISH STUFF $1200: You'll find an amphibian in the name of this classic English dish that features sausage & Yorkshire pudding toad in the hole |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | BRITISH NICKNAMES $2000: Lived in the 1400s: "The Father of English Printing" William Caxton |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | CENTRAL AMERICA $2000: English is the official language of Belize, which was known by this 2-word name from 1862 until 1973 British Honduras |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | THINGS IN MUSEUMS $1000: Made of pale blue & white jasperware, the Pegasus vase was given to the British Museum in 1786 by this English potter who made it Josiah Wedgwood |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES $1000: "A kingdom trusted to a school-boy's care" was written about this 18th century British prime minister the younger (William) Pitt (the Younger) |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Containing concessions by the king, this 13th c. document is one of the foundations of English & American law the Magna Carta |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: The 1st archbishop of this historic town was St. Augustine, a monk sent by the pope to convert the English Canterbury |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | NOW YOU'RE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE $1600: Hawaiian has a glottal one & so does British English, as in "right-oh" a stop |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $400: It's the 5-letter British slang term for what they've watched "Eastenders" on since 1985 the telly |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | BRITISH ENGLISH $400: Slow down! What we call a yellow traffic light, the Brits call this color, like fossilized resin amber |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | BRITISH ENGLISH $800: Fish entrails used to lure sharks in the U.S., or an old friend in Britain chum |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | BRITISH ENGLISH $1200: Varnish is this, for fingers & toes (nail) polish |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | BRITISH ENGLISH $1600: We end a sentence with a period; the Brits do it with this 2-word term a full stop |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | BRITISH ENGLISH $2000: A baby's pacifier in the U.S. is called this in the U.K., a word also meaning a quilted bedspread a comforter |
| #7455, aired 2017-01-27 | PUTTIN' OUT THE WELCOME MUTT $1600: The Beatles' song "Martha My Dear" was written about this British breed that the AKC says "requires diligent grooming" an Old English Sheepdog |
| #7193, aired 2015-12-16 | SO VERY BRITISH $2000: Ozzy Osbourne has a Brummie accent because he was born in this second-largest English city Birmingham |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BRITISH HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Capturing Jamaica in 1655 allowed the English to replace the beer on ships with this, which didn't go bad rum |
| #6938, aired 2014-11-12 | BRITISH ENGLISH $200: Braces are what the Brits call these, an alternative to a belt suspenders |
| #6938, aired 2014-11-12 | BRITISH ENGLISH $400: This word for a lawyer contains a synonym for the legal profession a barrister |
| #6938, aired 2014-11-12 | BRITISH ENGLISH $600: Instead of "cell phone", the Brits use this adjective, reflecting the fact that you can take the phone with you mobile |
| #6938, aired 2014-11-12 | BRITISH ENGLISH $800: A kind of sleeveless dress, it's also the across-the-pond word for a pullover sweater a jumper |
| #6938, aired 2014-11-12 | BRITISH ENGLISH $1000: It's what the British call the hood of a car the bonnet |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | CHARACTERS IN BRITISH BOOKS $2,000 (Daily Double): The letters of Walton, an English explorer in the Arctic, tell the story of this Swiss student of natural sciences Victor Frankenstein |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | DIALECTS $1200: Llanito is a dialect that combines Andalusian Spanish & British English in this British overseas territory Gibraltar |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $1600: This British author's 1922 novel "Jacob's Room" is said to be a fictional biography of her brother Thoby Virginia Woolf |
| #6710, aired 2013-11-15 | TEACHERS' LOUNGE CUISINE $1000: The English Dept.'s Ms. Montgomery sneaks a Creme Egg from this British confectioner known for its "Bunny" Cadbury |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | SEEKIN ASYLUMS $800: From Broadmoor Asylum, after killing a man, William Minor sent thousands of citations to this British dictionary the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | AVIATION PIONEERS $1200: In 1910 this man, the first name in a British auto firm, became the first to fly nonstop across the English Channel & back Charles Rolls |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $400: Jacket potato isn't the latest British boy band sensation, it's this item in a British restaurant a baked potato |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $1000: "To earth" is the term British electricians use in place of this verb to ground |
| #6524, aired 2013-01-17 | THE STORY OF ENGLISH $400: Kentish, Mercian, Northumbrian & West Saxon were the major dialects of this, spoken until about 1100 Anglo-Saxon (or Old English) |
| #6524, aired 2013-01-17 | THE STORY OF ENGLISH $1000: With the growth of the British Empire in this century, the number of native English speakers rose from about 26 mil. to 126 million the 19th century |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | THE ADMIRALS CLUB $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a figurehead in the Sydney, Australia Nat'l Maritime Museum.) The figurehead of this famed admiral, who died off Cape Trafalgar & became an English national hero, comes from an 1814 British battleship Nelson |
| #6426, aired 2012-07-23 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $1000: If your British sweetie says you need braces, she doesn't mean items for your teeth but these for pants suspenders |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $2000: In the 16th century, Richard Davies, Bishop of St. David's, helped translate the New Testament into this language Welsh |
| #6287, aired 2012-01-10 | IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU $800: This exhaustive reference work first published in 1768 is not British; it has been American-owned for over 100 years the Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | POTPOURRI $600: This first permanent English settlement in America was named for a British king Jamestown |
| #5826, aired 2010-01-04 | BRITISH HISTORY DATEBOOK $400: October 4, 1535:
The first complete modern English version of this is published the Bible |
| #5668, aired 2009-04-08 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Capitol Building in Williamsburg, VA.) In April of 1781, this general, an American traitor, helped British forces seize Williamsburg & raise the English flag over the capitol Benedict Arnold |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $1000: British lexicographer James Murray was the first editor of this reference work the Oxford English Dictionary |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | WE'RE IN BUSINESS $2,000 (Daily Double): What was once the Anglo-Persian & Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. later took this name, still reflecting its English roots BP or British Petroleum |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ALL THINGS BRITISH $5,000 (Daily Double): One of the 2 crowned English kings since 1066 whose royal name is not followed by a number John (or Stephen) |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | BRITISH ROYALTY $800: When crowned British king in 1714, he spoke no English & had to have the ceremony described to him in Latin George I |
| #5238, aired 2007-05-23 | GHANA IN 60 SECONDS $800: This is Ghana's official language English |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | BRITISH ROYALTY $1200: This mother of King Henry II tried "waltzing" onto the English throne but failed to get herself crowned Matilda |
| #5109, aired 2006-11-23 | BRITISH BODIES OF WATER $200: In 1875 British swimmer Matthew Webb made the first crossing of this, in 21 hours, 45 minutes the English Channel |
| #4981, aired 2006-04-17 | "J"EOGRAPHY $1600: Until the '60s, French was the official language of this British island in the English Channel Jersey |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PATENT $400: The first British patent was given in 1449 by Henry VI to make stained glass for this largest English boys' college Eton |
| #4760, aired 2005-04-22 | ENGLISH LIT $800: Anne Bronte wrote the novel "Agnes Grey" & this British statesman wrote "Vivian Grey" Disraeli |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | SOME BRAINTEASERS ABOUT SEINFELD $600: "She tells me that her ex-boyfriend was over late last night and 'yada yada yada', I'm really tired today.'"
"What do you think she was tired from?"
"Well obviously the 'yada yada.'"
(Jason Alexander [George Costanza] reads the clue.) That was a classic scene from Season 8; "yada yada yada" recently made it into one edition of this venerable British dictionary the Oxford English Dictionary |
| #4585, aired 2004-07-09 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $600: British parlance for this would make the ex-senator Banknote Bradley a bill |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: This 1215 agreement placed the king under English law & limited his power the Magna Carta |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | SAMUEL $400: English painter Samuel Cooper's 1657 portrait of this British Puritan leader is seen here (Oliver) Cromwell |
| #4475, aired 2004-02-06 | "G" MEN $1600: This king donated the "Royal Library" of the English kings to the British Museum in 1757 George II |
| #4406, aired 2003-11-03 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $1600: We use ad as an abbreviation; the British informally use this slightly longer word advert |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | BODIES OF WATER $800: The channel which separates the U.S. & British Virgin Islands is named for this English circumnavigator Sir Francis Drake |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | LET'S VISIT BELIZE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Belize City, Belize.) Belize has a holiday every May to recognize this group of about 50 nations to which it belongs the (British) Commonwealth |
| #4109, aired 2002-06-13 | NO DOUBT, IT'S THOMAS $400: This 3-named British actress got an Oscar nomination for "The English Patient" Kristin Scott Thomas |
| #4008, aired 2002-01-23 | TANKS! $200: Reportedly this British prime minister once termed the English Channel the world's best tank trap Churchill |
| #3937, aired 2001-10-16 | POCKET BILLIARDS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew takes his turn.) John Carr, a British man, developed this spin technique in the 19th century putting english on the ball |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | THE BREAKFAST CLUB $1,200 (Daily Double): "Burn the British" is diner slang for a toasted one of these bread items English muffin |
| #3718, aired 2000-11-01 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $300: It's what the British call an apartment, or what you don't want to get on a freeway a flat |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | ENGLISH SHIPS $200: 128 Americans died when this British liner was torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7, 1915 Lusitania |
| #3394, aired 1999-05-13 | FOREIGN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: This British university is the oldest institute of higher learning in the English-speaking world Oxford |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $100: We shorten this to ad; the British shorten it to advert Advertisement |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $300: By the British term, this would be Fun Fair Cruise Lines Carnival Cruise Lines |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | ALL THINGS BRITISH $400: The 1648 Battle of St. Ffagan was a major battle of the English Civil War fought in this principality Wales |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | "LING"O $800: From the Middle English for "coin with a star", it's synonymous with British currency sterling |
| #3135, aired 1998-03-27 | FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS... IN 1800 $600: This British lexicographer called John Dryden "The Father of English Criticism" Samuel Johnson |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | LET'S GET MARRIED! $300: This queen wore English lace on her 1840 bridal gown to give the British lace-making industry a boost Victoria |
| #3072, aired 1997-12-30 | TRANSPORTATION $400: The British SRN 4 type of this machine was designed to ferry people & cars across the English Channel hovercraft |
| #3056, aired 1997-12-08 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: The British call a tire a tire, but they spell it this way T-Y-R-E |
| #3002, aired 1997-09-23 | LANGUAGES $800: Belize's national anthem is usually sung in this language English |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: During the Wars of the Roses, the houses of Lancaster & this one both claimed the English throne York |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | BRITISH HISTORY $300: As early as the 8th century, the English were required to pay Peter's Pence, a tax in support of this person The Pope |
| #2602, aired 1995-12-19 | THE 19th CENTURY $800: The original British "Bobby", he served as English prime minister 1834-35 & 1841-46 Robert Peel |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | BRITISH HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In the 1560s, Richard Davies, Bishop of St. David's, helped translate the New Testament into this language Welsh |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | PROFESSORS $100: In 1758 William Blackstone became the first professor of English law at this British university Oxford |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: It's how the British pronounce the place in which Dr. Frankenstein experiments a "lah-bor-a-tory" |
| #2459, aired 1995-04-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: In 1478 this Chaucer classic became the first original English work of literature set in type The Canterbury Tales |
| #2453, aired 1995-04-12 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: This British author modeled Adam Bede on her own father George Eliot |
| #2381, aired 1995-01-02 | THE 1920s $400: The forerunner of this British dictionary was published in 10 volumes in 1928 the Oxford English Dictionary |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | BRITISH MONARCHS $2,000 (Daily Double): George I spoke to his ministers in this language; they couldn't speak German & he couldn't speak English French |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | BRITISH MONEY $800 (Daily Double): From an Old English word for "a fourth part", it used to be 1/4 of a penny a farthing |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: In 1755, after many years of work, he published his 2-volume "Dictionary of the English Language" Samuel Johnson |
| #2160, aired 1994-01-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: This English firm owned the tea destroyed at the Boston Tea Party British East India Company |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | BRITISH AUTHORS $200: This author of "Robinson Crusoe" is regarded as one of the founders of the English novel (Daniel) DeFoe |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | POTPOURRI $300: In 1992 British swimmer Alison Streeter crossed this body of water for a record-breaking 20th time the English Channel |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $800: In 1971 this author of "The Mousetrap" was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire Agatha Christie |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | PERFUME & COLOGNE $500: Appropriately, this men's cologne with an "English" name celebrated its silver anniversary in 1990 British Sterling |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | BRITISH NOVELISTS $300: This author of "Robinson Crusoe" is regarded as one of the founders of the English novel Daniel Defoe |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | BRITISH HISTORY $1,100 (Daily Double): Henry II, the first in this line of English kings, razed over 1000 unlicensed castles Plantagenet |
| #1782, aired 1992-05-05 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1000: This unit used to measure heat in the English system is now defined as 251.996 calories a BTU (British thermal unit) |
| #1766, aired 1992-04-13 | ARTISTS $800: The last name of this great English landscape painter could refer to a British policeman (John) Constable |
| #1749, aired 1992-03-19 | "LING"O $400: From the Old English for "coin with a star", it refers to British money sterling |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | NONFICTION $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1958 this former British P.M. completed a four-volume "History of the English-Speaking Peoples" Winston Churchill |
| #1735, aired 1992-02-28 | STATE CAPITALS $700 (Daily Double): This capital was named for a British city on the English Channel Dover, Delaware |
| #1733, aired 1992-02-26 | DOGS $300: Tho called "old", this shaggy-haired British herding breed developed only about 150 years ago the English sheepdog |
| #1575, aired 1991-06-07 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $100: The British call this car part the exhaust silencer the muffler |
| #1507, aired 1991-03-05 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $300: A British hairdresser calls them "plaits" braids |
| #1460, aired 1990-12-28 | TRANSPORTATION $400: British aviators Arthur Brown & John Alcock made the first non-stop flight across this body of water in 1919 the Atlantic Ocean |
| #1442, aired 1990-12-04 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $800: His novel "The Moon and Sixpence" is based on Gauguin, but the hero is British, not French Somerset Maugham |
| #1427, aired 1990-11-13 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: British philosopher & mathematician who won the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature Bertrand Russell |
| #2, aired 1990-06-23 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $500: A telephone in use isn't busy, it's this engaged |
| #1286, aired 1990-03-19 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $400: The British turned this brand name into a verb meaning to vacuum Hoover |
| #1220, aired 1989-12-15 | BRITISH NOVELS $600: This Calcutta-born English novelist not only wrote "Vanity Fair", he illustrated it as well William (Makepeace) Thackeray |
| #1211, aired 1989-12-04 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $300: Americans wear braces on their teeth, & the British wear braces to hold these up their pants |
| #1211, aired 1989-12-04 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $400: The British wear pajamas just like we do, but spell "pajamas" this way P-Y-J-A-M-A-S |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: It's reported John F. Kennedy's favorite poem was "Ulysses" by this British poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
| #1164, aired 1989-09-28 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $600: British TV's "Steptoe & Son" was about a rag-and-bone man; U.S. equivalent "Sanford & Son", was about this Junk Dealers |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $600: It's the British word for the trunk of a car the boot |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $800: A British joke about one of these may begin "Did you hear the one about the commercial traveler..." a traveling salesman |
| #984, aired 1988-12-08 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $100: Of knickers, knackered or knockers, British slang for tired out knackered |
| #984, aired 1988-12-08 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: Of knickers, knackered or knockers, British slang for ladies' underwear knickers |
| #984, aired 1988-12-08 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $400: If you want the head nurse of a ward in a British hospital, call out this word sister |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: While a British electrician "earths" a wire, an American electrician does this to it he grounds it |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $1000: An American worker receives his pay in an envelope while a British labourer gets his wages in one of these a wage packet |
| #869, aired 1988-05-19 | BRITISH MONARCHS $200: Deposed in 1688, James II was the last English king of this religion Catholic |
| #841, aired 1988-04-11 | BRITISH ROYALTY $400: Not since the 1760 funeral of George II has any English monarch been buried here Westminster Abbey |
| #841, aired 1988-04-11 | BRITISH ROYALTY $600: Since 1820, every English monarch has been buried on the grounds of this castle Windsor Castle |
| #802, aired 1988-02-16 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $600: When this American raided the British coast in 1778, the English press called him a pirate John Paul Jones |
| #793, aired 1988-02-03 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: While U.S. workers go "on vacation", British workers go "on" this on holiday |
| #793, aired 1988-02-03 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $1000: What we call "the radio" in America, the British refer to as this wireless |
| #758, aired 1987-12-16 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $400: If you ask for jelly in a British restaurant, you won't get jam but this trade name dessert Jell-O |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $600: A British woman might be upset to be told she has a "ladder", which is this run in her hose |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $1000: In British political folklore, the Gnomes of Zurich aren't dwarfs but these Swiss bankers |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | BRITISH RULERS $600: Reason George I & his "prime minister", Robert Walpole, conversed principally in French because he spoke no English |
| #674, aired 1987-07-09 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $100: If you buy "candy floss" at a British circus, you've bought this cotton candy |
| #674, aired 1987-07-09 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $400: What we call the 2nd floor, the British call the 1st, while what we call the 1st, they call this the ground floor |
| #674, aired 1987-07-09 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $500: If a British secretary says Mr. Osborne called, it usually doesn't mean he phoned but rather this came by (in person) or visited |
| #640, aired 1987-05-22 | BRITISH GHOSTS $500: He was haunted by the D.T.s in "The Lost Weekend" & by English ghosts in "The Uninvited" Ray Milland |
| #627, aired 1987-05-05 | AUSSIE ENGLISH $400: While Americans are "Yanks", "Pommy" or "Pom" refers to one of these people British |
| #582, aired 1987-03-03 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $1000: The British refer to beets by this longer name beetroot |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: English admiral whose fleet flattened Napoleon's in the Nile Admiral Nelson |
| #554, aired 1987-01-22 | BRITISH HOLIDAYS $200: Some English children carve lanterns out of giant beets on "Punky Night", similar to this U.S. festival Halloween |
| #553, aired 1987-01-21 | BRITISH RULERS $1000: He lost at Wimbledon in 1926, but won the English throne when his brother abdicated George VI |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $400: What we call "garters" the British call "suspenders", & what we call "suspenders" they call this braces |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $1000: A Japanese Z-car is a Nissan, while a British Z-car is this type of vehicle a policecar |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | ENGLISH HISTORY $500: Name formerly applied to Irish highwaymen, or members of British Conservative Party Tories |
| #505, aired 1986-11-14 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $500: The British use the Eskimo word "anorak" for this parka |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: It's the most common & proper British pronunciation of "lieutenant" lef-TEN-ant |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $400: Another name for the type of card game the British call "patience" solitaire |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $600: If you give a British baby a "dummy", you've given it this a pacifier |
| #455, aired 1986-06-06 | BRITISH ROYALTY $400: Most treasured possession of King Henry VII was the preserved left leg of this English patron saint St. George |
| #455, aired 1986-06-06 | BRITISH ROYALTY $1000: George I, who ruled Britain for 13 yrs. & founded this royal house which lasted thru Victoria, spoke no English the House of Hanover |
| #438, aired 1986-05-14 | BRITISH ISLES $400: With the Scotch thistle & English rose this symbol of the trinity is part of British coat of arms shamrock |
| #426, aired 1986-04-28 | BRITISH COINS $200: In the 8th & 9th centuries, coins were issued by the archbishops of York & this English city Canterbury |
| #426, aired 1986-04-28 | BRITISH COINS $400: Due to a 1797 silver shortage, these Spanish "pirate coins" were counter-marked & used as English money pieces of eight (dollars) |
| #426, aired 1986-04-28 | BRITISH COINS $600: A zealous hunter of counterfeiters, this English physicist was "master of the Mint" in early 18th century Isaac Newton |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | BRITISH RULERS $800: Known for mental problems, this English king had to be placed in a straight jacket in 1788 George III |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $1000: Nationality of the man who played Illya Kuryakin in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." Scottish |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | ENGLISH HISTORY $600: In 1915, the British created this mobile weapon that could cross trenches the tank |
| #367, aired 1986-02-04 | BRITISH TRIVIA $800: In 18th-century English gambling dens, employees swallowed these in case of a police raid dice |
| #356, aired 1986-01-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: Egbert's grandson, he was the only English king to be acclaimed "the Great" Alfred the Great |
| #307, aired 1985-11-12 | AMERICAN INDIANS $400: Side the Iroquois supported in the French & Indian War British (English side) |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: The great charter of English liberty the Magna Carta |
| #283, aired 1985-10-09 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $600: A British woman might find a ladder climbing up this article of clothing a stocking |
| #283, aired 1985-10-09 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $1000: Child's toy the British call a catapult a slingshot |
| #271, aired 1985-09-23 | BRITISH ISLES $400: Cats, dogs & budgerigars, an Aussie variety of these, are most popular English pets parakeets |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | BRITISH ISLES $200: Side dish for beef, named for a dessert & an English county, though it's not sweet & is served all over Britain Yorkshire pudding |
| #161, aired 1985-04-22 | LITERATURE $1000: This British lord wrote of the Spaniard, Don Juan, to satirize English life & customs Lord Byron |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | ENGLISH EDIBLES $100: The British spell this dessert "J‑E‑L‑L‑Y" Jello |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | ENGLISH EDIBLES $300: The British call them "monkeynuts" peanuts |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | ENGLISH EDIBLES $400: "Cream cheese" to British weight watchers cottage cheese |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | ENGLISH EDIBLES $500: The British wouldn't smoke a "joint"; they'd cook it this way roast |
| #149, aired 1985-04-04 | ENGLISH HISTORY $100: British "Congress" dating back to 13th century Parliament |
| #117, aired 1985-02-19 | BRITISH ISLES $400: Soft accent the Irish have when speaking English a brogue |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | ENGLISH HISTORY $800: In 1881, this punishment took a beating & was abolished by the British Navy flogging |
| #60, aired 1984-11-30 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $200: The additional letter in British spelling of "honor" & "labor" U |
| #60, aired 1984-11-30 | THE KING'S ENGLISH $800: An American family goes on vacation, while a British family goes on this holiday |
| #55, aired 1984-11-23 | ENGLISH EDIBLES $200: Using this British term the piano player might have been called "Swiss Roll" Morton a jelly roll |
