#8929, aired 2023-09-14 | SPEECHIFY"ING" $2000: Emmeline Pankhurst: "To the shame of the British government, they set the example... of____ sane, resisting human beings by force" feeding |
#8904, aired 2023-06-29 | THE HYPOCRITIC OAF $400: This guy who warned of Big Brother watching you gave a list of suspected Communists to the British government George Orwell |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: The Marquess of Salisbury, who retired in 1902, was the last prime minister to lead a government from this body the House of Lords |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | BRITISH HISTORY $1600: Abbreviated NHS, this government agency created to provide free public medical care began in 1948 the National Health Service |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | U.S. GOVERNMENT HISTORY $800: Big from 1834 to 1854, this political party took its name from a British one opposed to royal prerogatives the Whigs |
#8248, aired 2020-09-30 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT $200: Acts of Parliament & other conventions & court decisions make up what is called Britain's "unwritten" this document the constitution |
#8248, aired 2020-09-30 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT $400: A vote of this in life means someone believes in you; a vote of no this in Parliament means it might be time for a new government confidence |
#8248, aired 2020-09-30 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT $600: Britain's standard V.A.T., short for this, is 20% for most goods & services value added tax |
#8248, aired 2020-09-30 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT $800: In your house, it's the 2-word room for your computer & paperwork; in Britain, it's a department of domestic affairs the home office |
#8248, aired 2020-09-30 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT $1000: In 2006 in the British House of Lords the job of Lord this was largely replaced by Lord Speaker Lord High Chancellor |
#8221, aired 2020-05-25 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The 1840 Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement between the British government & these native people of New Zealand the Māori |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 1917 $2000: Named for a British foreign minister, this declaration said the British government supported a Jewish homeland in Palestine the Balfour Declaration |
#8136, aired 2020-01-13 | COLONIAL AMERICA $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) The British government's Proclamation of 1763 created what the Brits called a vast Indian reserve in which no colonists were allowed to settle west of these mountains the Applachian Mountains |
#8045, aired 2019-07-26 | ON THIS DAY: JULY 26 $800: On July 26, 1858 Baron Lionel de Rothschild took his seat as the first Jewish member of this government body British Parliament |
#7710, aired 2018-03-02 | "SHADOW" $800: In the British government, the opposition party creates this as an alternative--no carpentry required a shadow cabinet |
#7664, aired 2017-12-28 | UNREAL MINISTRIES $1200: According to a Monty Python sketch, the British government only allocated 348 million pounds to this ministry the Ministry of Silly Walks |
#7539, aired 2017-05-25 | OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 1776 $800: The Treaty of Purandar was signed by the Maratha & the "Supreme Government" of this U.K. company the (British) East India Company |
#7134, aired 2015-09-24 | ECONOMICS $1600: In 1936 this British economist said the way to beat a recession was a government-sponsored policy of full employment (John Maynard) Keynes |
#7023, aired 2015-03-11 | IRISH HISTORY $400: In 1830 Daniel O'Connell became the first Catholic Irishman in modern times to serve in this British government body the Parliament |
#6740, aired 2013-12-27 | YOUR NAME IS PERFECT $600: In 2013 Igor Judge stepped down from this high British government post, which unlike in the U.S. has "Lord" before it Chief Justice |
#6709, aired 2013-11-14 | I RESIGN! $2000: This British Tory government minister's 1961 "affair" with a young woman led to his resignation John Profumo |
#6511, aired 2012-12-31 | 1990s HISTORY $600: The British government returned this "Stone of Destiny" to Edinburgh in 1996 the Stone of Scone |
#6493, aired 2012-12-05 | 18th CENTURY PEOPLE $800: Robert Walpole, in power from 1721 to 1742, is regarded as the first of these British heads of government prime minister |
#6312, aired 2012-02-14 | ISLANDS $1200: Cockburn Town on Grand Turk has been the seat of government in this British Caribbean island group since 1766 the Turks & Caicos Islands |
#5245, aired 2007-06-01 | FASTER $200: One of his fasts, in 1932, protested the British government's treatment of India's untouchables (Mohandas) Gandhi |
#5152, aired 2007-01-23 | A YEAR TO REMEMBER $800: British government makes Pitt stop; castrato Caffarelli's life ends on high note; Revol. War ends 1783 |
#5058, aired 2006-09-13 | ADJECTIVE INSPIRERS $3,000 (Daily Double): To describe a society where the government knows everything about you, add -ian to the name of this British author Orwell |
#4926, aired 2006-01-30 | AUSSIE CAPITALS $2000: This capital was once the government seat of a British colony called Van Diemen's Land Hobart |
#4740, aired 2005-03-25 | SOFT "CEL" $800: Full title of the Minister of Finance in the British government the Chancellor of the Exchequer |
#4497, aired 2004-03-09 | TV CHARACTERS $800: Believing herself a widow, she works as a spy for the British government with her partner Major John Steed Emma Peel |
#4265, aired 2003-02-28 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $400: The name of this London street off Whitehall is often used to mean the British government Downing Street |
#4019, aired 2002-02-07 | ABBREVIATIONS $800: In the British government: PM Member of Parliament |
#3933, aired 2001-10-10 | DURING DiMAGGIO'S HITTING STREAK $400: British & free French forces took Syria from this collaborationist French government Vichy |
#3745, aired 2000-12-08 | GREAT BRITS $500: In 1963 Lord Denning led the official inquiry into this British government sex scandal John Profumo Affair |
#3120, aired 1998-03-06 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: Arthur Scargill, the fiery leader of these British workers, battled the government in the 1980s coal miners |
#2886, aired 1997-03-03 | AUTHORS $500: This author of "She" was an advisor to the British government on agriculture H. Rider Haggard |
#2710, aired 1996-05-17 | THE FAR EAST $200: China is adamant it will dismantle the government of this British dependency when it takes over in 1997 Hong Kong |
#2649, aired 1996-02-22 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $100: The British public & government exonerated this general for his Yorktown surrender Cornwallis |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: The House of Commons has 651 members from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland & this country Wales |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: On June 11, 1987 this prime minister became the first in 160 years to win 3 straight elections Thatcher |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: This government office that collected & disbursed funds evolved into the modern Treasury the Exchequer |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1000: This lord & publisher of the Daily Express sat in Parliament from 1910 to 1916 Lord Beaverbrook |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1983 Neil Kinnock was elected leader of this party at the young age of 41 Labour |
#1944, aired 1993-02-04 | BRITISH POLITICS $200: The offices of the government chief whip are at No. 12 on this street Downing Street |
#1944, aired 1993-02-04 | BRITISH POLITICS $300: An MP who's not a member of the government or an official opposition spokesman is a "back" 1 of these bencher |
#1908, aired 1992-12-16 | FAMOUS KIMS $300: This KGB mole in the British government fled to Moscow in 1963 Kim Philby |
#1419, aired 1990-11-01 | BRITISH POLITICS $100: The opposition forms a shadow counterpart this government group of department heads cabinet |
#10, aired 1990-08-18 | THE 19TH CENTURY $5,000 (Daily Double): The Groot Trek was a migration of about 12,000 members of this group in defiance of the British government Boers |
#1316, aired 1990-04-30 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1791 the British government divided this possession into Upper & Lower provinces Canada |
#1242, aired 1990-01-16 | BUSINESS HISTORY $400: In 1971 the British government took over the former jet engine division of this car company Rolls Royce |
#953, aired 1988-10-26 | GOVERNMENT $300: Until 1868, the lower house of the N. Carolina legislature was referred to by this British term House of Commons |
#914, aired 1988-07-21 | TITLES $400: These initials stand for a mail service official or the top British government official P.M. |
#820, aired 1988-03-11 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: In 1987, the British government banned papers from printing excerpts from this Peter Wright bestseller Spycatcher |
#475, aired 1986-10-03 | HISTORY $800: In 1858, the British government took over control of India from this company The British East India Company |
#183, aired 1985-05-22 | GOVERNMENT $200: British P.M. who said "Democracy is the worst system devised by man, except for the others" Winston Churchill |
#151, aired 1985-04-08 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: Government official & diarist who gave us 1st-hand account of London's Great Fire (Samuel) Pepys |