| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | FARMING HISTORY $1000: This British agronomist perfected the seed drill in 1701 (Jethro) Tull |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | WE'VE GOT HISTORY $2000: While searching for the Northwest Passage, this British explorer & his crew perished during an expedition in 1847 Sir John Franklin |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | HOBBIES $2,000 (Daily Double): It's a period in British history, or a hobby involving refurbishing old cars the Restoration |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $100: A company called "London" this "tours" provides "a whirlwind tour of the history of the British public toilet" loo |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | FASHION HISTORY $400: No spy should be without one of these aptly named outer garments worn by British soldiers in WWI a trench coat |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | MEDICINE & HISTORY $800: Montezuma's real revenge: a 1741 British expedition to conquer Mexico was devastated by this "colorful" disease yellow fever |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: A British Crown proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists from settling west of these mountains the Appalachians |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | REVOLT-ING HISTORY $200: Not long after British taxes led to U.S. independence, Congress passed a tax on liquor that led to this rebellion the Whiskey Rebellion |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | HISTORY $400: In 1617 a British diplomat promised "calm & halcyonian days" just before this decades-long conflict erupted the Thirty Years' War |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | COMPANIES IN HISTORY $2000: This British company made treaties like the 1776 one of Purandar with the Maratha people of present-day Maharashtra state the British East India Company |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | AN "F" IN HISTORY $1200: U.S., British & Iraqi forces retook this Iraqi city in the second battle of it at the end of 2004 the Battle of Fallujah |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | AN "F" IN HISTORY $2000: Like a university, a river in British Columbia is named for this explorer who reached its mouth in 1808 Simon Fraser |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | A LITTLE WORLD HISTORY $1600: In what's known as the South Sea this of 1720, stock in a British company skyrocketed, then crashed, "bursting" investors' hopes a bubble |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: Shawnee leader Tecumseh sided with the British during this conflict, helping in the capture of Detroit the War of 1812 |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | GEOGRAPHY THAT MADE HISTORY $400: On Dec. 16, 1773 this body of water sipped on 342 chests of tea formerly belonging to the British East India Company Boston Harbor |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: This invader's brutal 1069-70 campaign to bring Upper Britain under Norman control was called "The Harrying of the North" William the Conqueror |
| #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 |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | BRITISH HISTORY $2000: The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in the Crystal Palace, built to house it in this London park Hyde (Park) |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | BRITISH HISTORY $9,000 (Daily Double): Alan Turing devised a method for breaking messages encrypted by this Nazi cypher machine Enigma |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): At this New York battle in the fall of 1777, nearly 6,000 British troops surrendered to Colonial forces Saratoga |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | HISTORY IN COMEDY $1200: On "Drunk History", he's "like, 'No... I'm not gonna defect to the British side!
That's insane! George Washington is my daddy, kind of'" Benedict Arnold |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | HISTORY $11,600 (Daily Double): Post-WWII British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said this Secretary of State threw "a lifeline to sinking men" Marshall |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: "Beautiful port!" said Columbus, giving this Panama town its name, later applied to a London "Road" after the British captured it Portobelo |
| #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 |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | NEW YORK STATE HISTORY $1000: He was the governor of New Netherland before surrendering the region to the British in 1664 Peter Stuyvesant |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | HISTORY $2000: Operation Willi was a Nazi plot to restore this former king to the British throne Edward VIII |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: As a result of his Munich conference with Hitler in 1938, this British leader promised, "Peace for our time" Chamberlain |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | DANCE IN HISTORY $600: The hornpipe was associated with this British force & helped its men maintain fitness in a confined space the Navy |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | CARIBBEAN HISTORY $1600: Until 1973 this country was known as British Honduras Belize |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | COMPLETE THE TONY-WINNING PLAY TITLE $1600: 2006, set at a British grammar school:
"The ____ Boys" History |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $800: The largest attack on Australia during World War II was a 1942 bombing of this port city named for a British naturalist Darwin |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | A BRIEF HISTORY $800: Pruning away some of its regal glamour, "My Kingdom for a Horse" is a capsule of this British conflict the War of the Roses |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | NEWER HISTORY BOOKS $1000: "Sicily '43" sees the Allied invasion of the island through the eyes of men like Patton & this British field marshal (Bernard) Montgomery |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | "A" PLACE IN HISTORY $800: Named for British Major James Abbott, this Pakistani city was in the news in 2011 as the last residence of Osama bin Laden Abbottabad |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | HISTORY $2,500 (Daily Double): "Marching to Pretoria" was a folk song of this war, & here are British troops doing so in 1900 the Boer War |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Operation Dynamo was the code name for the 1940 evacuation of British & Allied troops from this port Dunkirk |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: In 1842 an act of Parliament outlawed child labor at these extraction sites (coal) mines |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BRITISH HISTORY $1200: In 1743 the second king of this name was the last British monarch to command troops in battle George II |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BRITISH HISTORY $1600: In 55 B.C. an army under this commander invaded Britain near Dover, bringing the island into contact with the Roman world Julius Caesar |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BRITISH HISTORY $2000: This 1086 survey recorded 650,000 oxen, 13,000 villages & an estimated population of 1.8 million the Domesday Book |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | HISTORY $2000: On June 15, 1945 he left a British jail for the ninth & last time; 2 years later he was India's first prime minister Nehru |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER $1600: Churchill described the fall of this future city-state to the Japanese in 1942 as the "worst disaster... in British history" Singapore |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1776 this school gave George Washington an honorary degree as thanks for pushing the British out of Boston Harvard |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | HISTORY $600: One cemetery holds the remains of the first & the last British soldiers killed in WWI--the latter, at 9:30 A.M. on this date in 1918 November 11 |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | MUSEUMS $400: Found in the Bloomsbury District, this museum has a giant head from Easter Island & a Sutton Hoo burial helmet the British Museum |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1919, as part of his Back to Africa plan, Marcus Garvey founded this, contrasting with the name of a British ship line the Black Star Line |
| #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 |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | "D" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $600: To help them fight Hitler, in 1940 the U.S. traded the British 50 of this type of warship for leases on British bases destroyers |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY $200: On December 19, 1984 Margaret Thatcher & Zhao Ziyang signed a joint declaration to end British rule in this place Hong Kong |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Only 2 British PMs have been born outside the British Isles: Andrew Bonar Law (Canada) & this 2019 arrival (NYC) Boris Johnson |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: In 1981 the bells were ringing for Prince Charles & Diana Spencer, married in this cathedral St Paul's |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: British colonies granted independence following WWII included India in 1947 & this nearby island in 1948 Sri Lanka |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: On Sept. 30, 1888 Elizabeth Stride & Catherine Eddowes both ran afoul of this terrible man in London Jack the Ripper |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: This Liberal man was 84 in 1894 when he stepped down after his fourth & final time as prime minister of Great Britain (William) Gladstone |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | A WEE BIT OF KIWI HISTORY $200: This British captain sighted New Zealand in 1769 & accurately charted its coast Captain Cook |
| #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) |
| #7873, aired 2018-11-28 | ACCIDENTS OF HISTORY $400: Some say this British scientist never recovered from the burning of his papers c. 1690 when his dog upset a candle Newton |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | 'TEENS IN HISTORY $2000: When the British burned the White House in 1814, she saved a portrait of George Washington that still hangs today Dolley Madison |
| #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 |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | BRITISH HISTORY $1200: In 1984 she narrowly escaped assassination as her hotel bathroom was destroyed by an IRA bomb Margaret Thatcher |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | BRITISH HISTORY $1600: The record of a monumental accounting of England & Wales, this document was compiled around 1086 the Domesday Book |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | BRITISH HISTORY $7,400 (Daily Double): King of Wessex, this great monarch prevented England from completely falling to the Danes in the 800s Alfred the Great |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | HISTORY $200: The Equal Franchise Act of 1928 allowed this right to all British women 21 & over suffrage (or voting) |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | SAILING INTO HISTORY $600: It's said to have gotten its famous nickname after British shot bounced off its wooden hull in 1812 Old Ironsides (or Constitution) |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This bonnie hopeful to the throne spent less than 18 months in the British Isles in his life, 1720 to 1788 the bonnie Prince Charlie |
| #7618, aired 2017-10-25 | HISTORIANS' TERMS $2000: The view of history as a march toward liberal democracy is named for this less-monarchist old British party the Whigs |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | TECHNOLOGY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.) Seen here in a 2002 replica that's 7 feet high, 11 feet long & 5 tons, Difference Engine Number 2 was designed to remove human error from scientific tables; it was a groundbreaking computer concept by this British inventor back in the 1840s (Charles) Babbage |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE WITH DR. OZ $1200: (Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Believing that bacteria caused infection & death, this British surgeon performed an 1877 operation under controlled antiseptic conditions, revolutionizing medicine (Joseph) Lister |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: On Dec. 24, 1814 in Belgium, the U.S. & Britain signed this treaty in which the British gave up their northwest territory claims the Treaty of Ghent |
| #7543, aired 2017-05-31 | GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1858 British & American ships laid the first of these, as much as 2 miles down transatlantic cables |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | HISTORY AT SEA $1600: This legendary British steamship line that included the Queen Mary & the Queen Elizabeth is named for a British baronet Cunard |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | GREEK HISTORY $400: In 1959 Greece reached an agreement with Britain & Turkey to make this British Crown colony independent Cyprus |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: The return in 1660 of the monarchy & King Charles II isn't called the Reinstallation or the Redemption but this the Restoration |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: In 1833 the Royal Navy threw Argentina out of this island group; they did it again 149 years later the Falkland Islands |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $1600: Perhaps referring to the White Cliffs of Dover, this earliest-known name for Britain was used as far back as 300 B.C. Albion |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $2000: Dying childless in 1714 despite 18 pregnancies, Queen Anne was this dynasty's last monarch Stuart |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $4,200 (Daily Double): In December 1947 Parliament passed the law granting independence to this Asian island Sri Lanka |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In March 1762 the first recorded parade of this type was held in New York City, by Irish soldiers serving in the British army St. Patrick's Day |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: The site of many coronations, this religious edifice was dedicated December 28, 1065 Westminster Abbey |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $1200: In 1840 the U.K. post office issued the world's first postage stamps, the 2 Penny Blue & the Penny this the Penny Black |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $1600: Saxon realms established in England included this "sex"y kingdom Wessex |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $2000: Signaling change, Tony Blair ended his first speech as party leader with these 2 words, followed by "New Britain" New Labour |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | D.C. HISTORY $800: When D.C. burned in 1814, this office important to inventors was spared after its head pleaded with the British the Patent Office |
| #7283, aired 2016-04-20 | ALABAMA HISTORY $1000: In 1812 this Shawnee leader came to Alabama to convince the Creek tribes to join the British against the Americans Tecumseh |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: In May 2015 this prime minister & his Conservative Party defied the polls & won a clear majority in Parliament David Cameron |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Mistaking cheering for a riot, William the Conqueror's guards burned local houses after his coronation on Xmas of this year 1066 |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: This group of islands was the only part of Britain occupied in WWII by the Germans the Channel Islands |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: Still negotiating for peace, this prime minister met with Mussolini in Rome in January 1939 Chamberlain |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: In 598 St. Augustine built a monastery near this settlement, which became the main religious center of England Canterbury |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On April 18, 1775, this man left Charlestown around 11:00 P.M. but was captured by the British after hitting Lexington, but before he got to Concord (Paul) Revere |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | HISTORY ON FILM $600: This British medical student made mid-20th century sports history Roger Bannister |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: In 1917 the royal family took this new name, also a castle Windsor |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: Thomas Bruce, earl of this, went east to Greece to get some marbles; his son James went west & was gov.-gen. of Canada Elgin |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BRITISH HISTORY $1200: Robert Catesby, an extremist Catholic, masterminded this 1605 plot to blow up Parliament the Gunpowder Treason and Plot |
| #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 |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BRITISH HISTORY $2000: He was PM from 1902 to 1905; later, a declaration supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine was named for him (Arthur James) Balfour |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On October 21, 1805, a combined fleet of 33 French & Spanish ships was defeated by the British in a famous naval battle off this sandy cape on Spain's southern coast Trafalgar |
| #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 |
| #7023, aired 2015-03-11 | IRISH HISTORY $800: A printer by trade, Arthur Griffith negotiated a 1921 treaty with the British & founded this Irish-named political party Sinn Fein |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $800: In 1803 the British established the first settlement on this Australian island at Risdon Cove on the Derwent River Tasmania |
| #6950, aired 2014-11-28 | U.K. BODIES OF WATER $5 (Daily Double): British history books include the story of King John losing the crown jewels in the Wash, a shallow bay on this sea the North Sea |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | A "B" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $400: 2 British soldiers were found guilty in this 1770 Massachusetts riot; their thumbs were branded "M" for murder the Boston Massacre |
| #6894, aired 2014-07-31 | MEDICAL HISTORY $800: Around 1747 British navy doctor James Lind discovered that eating these could prevent scurvy citrus fruits |
| #6879, aired 2014-07-10 | GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY $800: The career of this British soldier culminated in the 1918 capture of Damascus Lawrence of Arabia |
| #6858, aired 2014-06-11 | A POTPOURRI OF HISTORY $800: After the British slave trade ended, this mammal product became the most important export from West Central Africa ivory |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | MEDICAL HISTORY $2000: In 1798 this British doctor not only created the smallpox vaccine, he also coined the word "vaccine" Edward Jenner |
| #6757, aired 2014-01-21 | HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a map of Argentina and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean including a group of islands.) In 1982, British forces made a 200-mile war zone & landed near Port San Carlos in this territory to attack its capital over land, a winning strategy the Falklands |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): In May 1916 the British executed by firing squad 16 leaders from this rebellion of the month before the Easter Rebellion |
| #6710, aired 2013-11-15 | RAID! $400: Ragnar who raids a British monastery, is one of these title people in a 2013 History Channel series a Viking |
| #6591, aired 2013-04-22 | MUSIC & HISTORY $1600: "He saw that his conspiracy would soon be brought to light" are lyrics in "The Ballad of" this executed British major "John Andre" |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In July 1759, when the British took from the French a crucial New York fort, the headline could have read, this "falls" Niagara |
| #6545, aired 2013-02-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $5,400 (Daily Double): In a 1779 battle in the North Sea, he captured the Serapis, a British Man-of-War John Paul Jones |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | 1990s HISTORY $600: The British government returned this "Stone of Destiny" to Edinburgh in 1996 the Stone of Scone |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY "Q" & "A" $800: This British major who worked with Benedict Arnold was hanged as a spy on October 2, 1780 Major Andre |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: In 1875 Britain purchased the holdings of Ismail Pasha in this canal company the Suez |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: In 1924 Ramsay MacDonald, a founder of this party, became its first prime minister Labour |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $1200: Edward III founded this order of knighthood named for a piece of intimate apparel (Order of the) Garter |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $1600: In 1440 Henry VI founded this boys' school as a prep school for King's College Eton |
| #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 |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $800: The British began colonizing this island around 1803 in fear that the French might do so Tasmania |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $400: No. 1 is the inner coffin of Hornedjitef, an ancient priest of this kingdom, from the 3rd century B.C. Egypt |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $800: The bronze head of this first Roman emperor butted its way onto the list Caesar Augustus |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $1600: A recent artifact is a Sharia-compliant credit card issued in 2009 in this federation of states in the Middle East the UAE (United Arab Emirates) |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $2000: British pride added a helmet from this site where an undisturbed 7th-century Anglo-Saxon burial ship was excavated Sutton Hoo |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $4,500 (Daily Double): The 19th C. is represented by a chronometer from this ship that helped make scientific history in the 1830s The Beagle |
| #6310, aired 2012-02-10 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Between 1215 & 1225 this British document was reissued 3 times with various changes the Magna Carta |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | NORWAY'S CULTURE & HISTORY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway.) King Harald V lives here, in Norway's Royal Palace; he & his second cousin, England's Queen Elizabeth, are both great-grandchildren of this British king, who ruled from 1901 to 1910 Edward VII |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | PETS IN HISTORY $1200: This late British PM brought his cat Jock to cabinet meetings & thanks to his wishes, Jock V now lives at his home, Chartwell (Winston) Churchill |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1819 Sir Stamford Raffles of this company established a post at Singapore Harbor for Britain the British East India Company |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | TEENS IN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): At 14, this future "Old Hickory" was captured & wounded by the British during the Revolution Andrew Jackson |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | BRITISH POETS $400: In May 2009 Carol Ann Duffy became the first woman in history appointed to this U.K. post Poet Laureate |
| #6014, aired 2010-11-04 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY $200: The British shortened this term to "bolshie", which also came to mean stubborn & uncooperative bolshevik |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: The British party of this name aimed to limit the king's powers; the U.S. party hoped to limit "King Andrew" Jackson the Whigs |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | A MAJOR IN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): William Dunlap, "the Father of American Drama", wrote a hit 1798 play about this British major who was hanged Major John André |
| #5947, aired 2010-06-22 | CHINESE HISTORY $1600: In March 1839 the Chinese seized over 20,000 chests of this from British merchants in Guangzhou, causing war opium |
| #5826, aired 2010-01-04 | BRITISH HISTORY DATEBOOK $200: January 20, 1265:
This political body meets for the first time the Parliament |
| #5826, aired 2010-01-04 | BRITISH HISTORY DATEBOOK $400: October 4, 1535:
The first complete modern English version of this is published the Bible |
| #5826, aired 2010-01-04 | BRITISH HISTORY DATEBOOK $600: September 2, 1666:
This deadly conflagration begins the Great Fire of London |
| #5826, aired 2010-01-04 | BRITISH HISTORY DATEBOOK $800: December 12, 1189:
This monarch leaves England for the Crusades Richard the Lionhearted |
| #5826, aired 2010-01-04 | BRITISH HISTORY DATEBOOK $1000: January 9, 1806:
The state funeral for this naval war hero is conducted Nelson |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | ART HISTORY $800: In "Mr. and Mrs. Andrews", a double portrait by this British painter, it's the young woman who wears blue Gainsborough |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE HISTORY $400: Some reports have this 16th century British king weighing in at 400 lbs., so calling him "Pork Chop", even lovingly... bad idea Henry VIII |
| #5736, aired 2009-07-13 | FILL IN THE HISTORY ____ $200: British king who had 6 wives:
Henry ____ Henry VIII |
| #5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $1,200 (Daily Double): Edward of Woodstock, Knight of the Garter & heir to the British Throne, is better known to history as this the Black Prince |
| #5664, aired 2009-04-02 | THE TUDORS $800: Sir Reginald Pole, seen here, doesn't get to be king but was the last Catholic archbishop of this
"There is another Catholic with a legitimate claim, a scion of the Plantagenets who ruled before the Tudors and would gladly rule after them." Canterbury |
| #5618, aired 2009-01-28 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Thomas Savery's contribution to British history was patenting the first of these engines in 1698 a steam engine |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | MEDICINE & HISTORY $800: Montezuma's real revenge: a 1741 British expedition to conquer Mexico was devastated by this "colorful" disease yellow fever |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: The British captured this narrow peninsula in 1704; Spain has coveted it ever since Gibraltar |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | MEN IN HISTORY $400: In 1889 this "colossal" man's British South African Company received a charter to develop Malawi (Cecil) Rhodes |
| #5439, aired 2008-04-10 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: In 1689 William III & this queen ascended the British throne & accepted Parliament's Bill of Rights Mary |
| #5426, aired 2008-03-24 | NONFICTION $2000: This British historian's "A Study of History" was published in 12 volumes from 1934 to 1961 Arnold Toynbee |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | WORLD WAR I $800: In the 1st raid of its kind in history, the British town of Yarmouth was bombed in 1915 by a German one of these a Zeppelin |
| #5403, aired 2008-02-20 | THE LIBRARY $1000: It'll take more than a moment to read this 1988 bestseller by British physicist Stephen Hawking A Brief History of Time |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $800: In 1999 voters rejected a proposal for Australia to withdraw from this collective the British Commonwealth |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | TEENS IN HISTORY $800: Henry VIII's sister Margaret was a teen when she married King James IV of this British Isles country Scotland |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | AFRICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1890 this British financier & empire builder was elected prime minister of Cape Colony Cecil Rhodes |
| #5391, aired 2008-02-04 | MODERN CHINESE HISTORY $800: In 1949 advancing Communist forces trapped the British naval vessel H.M.S. Amethyst in this river the Yangtze |
| #5337, aired 2007-11-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: When the British approached, the Concord Militia didn't know about the skirmish at this place earlier that day Lexington |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reads underneath an ornamented hanging boat at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.) This seaworthy 63-foot canoe was carved from a single tree trunk by the Haida, a native people from islands off this Canadian province British Columbia |
| #5295, aired 2007-09-21 | WORDS IN HISTORY $2000: It's a member of the British Conservative Party, m'lord a Tory |
| #5270, aired 2007-07-06 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: England & France fought the Battle of the Herrings in 1429, as this long, long conflict lurching was to a close The Hundred Years' War |
| #5270, aired 2007-07-06 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: This name was first used for a political party c. 1629 by those who wanted James, Duke of York to become king Tory |
| #5270, aired 2007-07-06 | BRITISH HISTORY $1200: In the late 400s 3 Germanic tribes invaded the Angles, Saxons, & this one for whom a Danish peninsula was named Jutes |
| #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 |
| #5270, aired 2007-07-06 | BRITISH HISTORY $2000: Clearly lacking direction, this Lord, P.M. from 1770 to 1782, was known as "The Minister Who Lost America" Lord North |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | HISTORY THROUGH FOOTBALL $3,000 (Daily Double): British Major and spy John Andre was an "ineligible receiver" when he got the secret plans to this location in 1790 West Point |
| #5204, aired 2007-04-05 | SPANISH HISTORY $1200: In 1587 this British circumnavigator raided the Spanish port of Cadiz & destroyed about 30 ships Sir Francis Drake |
| #5204, aired 2007-04-05 | SPANISH HISTORY $1600: In 1704 the British captured this outpost from Spain & made it a crown colony; Spain has sought its return since Gibraltar |
| #5200, aired 2007-03-30 | RUSSIAN HISTORY $1200: In the 1854 Battle of Inkerman during this war, the Russians attacked the British during a dense morning fog the Crimean War |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: On June 28, 1940 the British recognized this man as the leader of Free France Charles de Gaulle |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1980s $1600: The first female British prime minister, she lead Great Britain for the entire 1980s Margaret Thatcher |
| #5103, aired 2006-11-15 | FOOD IN HISTORY $400: A 19th c. duchess who felt faint in the afternoon began the British custom of serving tiny little cakes with this beverage tea |
| #5073, aired 2006-10-04 | YOU'RE HISTORY! $200: Heads up! This 16th century British king had 6 wives & a Tudor garage King Henry VIII |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $200: To keep Delaware's capital away from the invading British, it was moved to this city in 1777 Dover |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $600: In 1868 & again in 1880, he was succeeded as British Prime Minister by William Gladstone Disraeli |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | FASHION HISTORY $200: No spy should be without one of these aptly named outer garments first designed for British soldiers in WWI a trench coat |
| #4872, aired 2005-11-15 | MEANS OF TRANSMISSION $800: "The British nation is stirred and moved as it has never been... in its long, eventful, famous history" radio |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $200: Her death in 1603 ended her 45-year reign, & a total of 118 years for the Tudors Elizabeth I |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $400: Because plague closed this university, Newton went home to Woolsthorpe, where he saw that apple fall Cambridge |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $600: The mutineers who left this navigator on James Bay in 1611 were jailed when they got back to England (Henry) Hudson |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $800: As Charles I couldn't attend this in Paris in May 1625, the Duke of Buckingham was his proxy his wedding |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $1000: Charlie Brown could have joined this group of Oliver Cromwell's that beat the Cavaliers in battle in July 2, 1644 the Roundheads |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | CHINESE HISTORY $2000: In 1816 Lord Amherst, British envoy to China, was not received because he wouldn't perform this ritual kowtow |
| #4799, aired 2005-06-16 | WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED $600: In 1917 the British took the town of Al-Kut on the Tigris on their march to take this, now a capital city Baghdad |
| #4790, aired 2005-06-03 | 20th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $400: In 1984, for $1.5 million, Ross Perot bought one of the only 17 known copies of this historic British document the Magna Carta |
| #4790, aired 2005-06-03 | 20th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $800: It "worked" out that in 1924 Ramsay MacDonald became the first prime minister from this party the Labour Party |
| #4790, aired 2005-06-03 | 20th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $1200: During Stanley Baldwin's term as P.M., this King of England abdicated King Edward VIII |
| #4790, aired 2005-06-03 | 20th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $1600: The only part of the U.K. occupied by the Germans in WWII; the French call them Iles Normandes the Channel Islands |
| #4790, aired 2005-06-03 | 20th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $2000: The Marquess of this had a large "steak" in British politics; he was the first 20th century prime minister Salisbury |
| #4783, aired 2005-05-25 | ASIAN HISTORY $2000: These mercenaries from the Magar, Gurung & other Nepalese tribes defended the British Empire in WWs I & II the Gurkhas |
| #4723, aired 2005-03-02 | MILITARY HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): A participant in WWI's First Battle of the Marne was the BEF, short for this British Expeditionary Force |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | TEENS IN HISTORY $1000: Apprenticed to a British shipowner as a teen in the 1740s, he became one of the great explorers of the Pacific Captain Cook |
| #4628, aired 2004-10-20 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $700 (Daily Double): This famous nurse was nearly killed when a bullet ripped through her dress at the battle of Antietam Clara Barton |
| #4598, aired 2004-09-08 | THE VAST & THE FURIOUS $400: The shortest "war" in history, 45 minutes, occured in 1896 between Zanzibar & naval forces of this vast empire the British Empire |
| #4589, aired 2004-07-15 | AN "A" IN HISTORY $800: This sailor, a former slave, was one of 5 men killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre Crispus Attucks |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Her 11 1/2 years as prime minister was the longest consecutive term since the Earl of Liverpool in the early 19th century Margaret Thatcher |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: This 1215 agreement placed the king under English law & limited his power the Magna Carta |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $1600: During the Civil War the Roundheads, members of this religious group, closed the theaters the Puritans |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $2000: Usual adjective for the 1688 revolution that overthrew James II & placed William & Mary on the throne Glorious |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): The Ancient Romans built this across Britain from the mouth of the Tyne River to Solway Firth Hadrian's Wall |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | NEW YORK CITY HISTORY $400: On Dec. 5, 1783 the British left the city for good, from this island borough Staten Island |
| #4419, aired 2003-11-20 | YOU'RE HISTORY $400: This German philosopher & writing partner of Engels often visited the British Museum when he lived nearby Karl Marx |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | FASHION HISTORY $1000: This famous British fashion fop of the early 19th century took a reported 3 hours just to tie his cravat right Beau Brummel |
| #4383, aired 2003-10-01 | MILITARY HISTORY $1600: In 1917 the British battled this nation's army in the 3 Battles of Gaza Turkey |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | HISTORY $200: On July 1, 1867 the British North America Act created this new dominion Canada |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME $600: "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it", once quipped this British prime minister & he did! Winston Churchill |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1000: This Canadian company, formerly British, is the oldest chartered company in the world Hudson's Bay Company |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | JOANIE LOVES KARACHI $200: With her knowledge of history, Joanie knows forces of this empire captured Karachi in 1839 the British Empire |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $2000: In 1670 this British firm was granted the charter to establish fur trading posts in Canada Hudson Bay Company |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | "GREAT" HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): The Flinders' passage through this was named for the British explorer who ran aground on it in 1803 the Great Barrier Reef |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In September 1664 this governor of New Amsterdam surrendered to the British, ending Dutch power in the New World (Peter) Stuyvesant |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | TEENS IN HISTORY $1200: This British nurse was 16 when she believed she heard the voice of God tell her that she had a mission Florence Nightingale |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | HISTORY IN ART $2000: His surrender at Yorktown was the subject of a famous painting by John Trumbull Cornwallis |
| #3958, aired 2001-11-14 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: He became British prime minister in 1997 as the Labour Party won its largest majority since 1935 (Tony) Blair |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | THE HISTORY OF INDIA $100: 1 of the 3 Indian cities where the British founded universities in 1857 (1 of 3) Bombay, Calcutta or Madras |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | BLACK IN HISTORY $400: In the War of 1812 this Sauk chief who later got his own war fought with the British against the double-dealing U.S. Black Hawk |
| #3805, aired 2001-03-02 | HISTORY WITH MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN $200: At Bunker Hill, the colonists can't obey this command because the British have sunglasses on "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" |
| #3745, aired 2000-12-08 | THE BRITISH INVASION $200: Called the most successful female singer in British history she had her first U.S. No. 1 hit in 1964 with “Downtown” Petula Clark |
| #3626, aired 2000-05-15 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: In 1905 journalist Arthur Griffith founded this political party, urging the Irish to not pay taxes to the British Sinn Fein |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: In 1161 Pope Alexander III canonized this British king & gave him the title of Confessor Edward |
| #3566, aired 2000-02-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: On April 18, 1775 he was captured by the British but released; he had to walk back to Lexington Paul Revere |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: In 1689 William III & this queen ascended the British throne & accepted Parliament's Bill of Rights Mary II |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | WORLD HISTORY $500: Catherine of Aragon, a daughter of Ferdinand & Isabella, married this British king Henry VIII |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: This British lord was killed off Ireland in 1979 by IRA terrorists who placed a bomb in his boat Lord Louis Mountbatten |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1991 Guatemala ended its claims of sovereignty over this country, independent of Britain since 1981 Belize (British Honduras) |
| #3442, aired 1999-07-20 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1862 Great Britain formally took control of this country, then called British Honduras Belize |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | C IN HISTORY $200: Canada's Hamilton River was renamed in 1965 to honor this British statesman Winston Churchill |
| #3401, aired 1999-05-24 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $300: The first Englishman to sail around the world, he later served in the British Parliament Sir Francis Drake |
| #3388, aired 1999-05-05 | MODERN HISTORY $200: This ex-British PM announced in 1963 he wouldn't run again for Parliament, to which he was first elected in 1900 Winston Churchill |
| #3330, aired 1999-02-12 | HISTORY OF PASSION $400: This British Secretary of War resigned in 1963 due to a sex scandal John Profumo |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | BRITISH LITERATURE $100: This great dramatist's works include "Tamburlaine the Great" & "The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus" Christopher Marlowe |
| #3253, aired 1998-10-28 | THE MOVIES $100: Here's the naked truth: this 1997 film is the highest-grossing British movie in history "The Full Monty" |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | HISTORY ON THE SCREEN $600: Scenes from a 1972 film in which Simon Ward played this British prime minister include one in a Boer prison Winston Churchill |
| #3231, aired 1998-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $200: It took about 20 minutes for this British liner to sink after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915 Lusitania |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1813 the U.S. defeated the British in the Battle of the Thames River in what is now this country Canada |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In November 1689 Joseph Wadsworth hid this colony's charter from the British by placing it in an oak tree Connecticut |
| #3203, aired 1998-07-01 | U.S. HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): During the War of 1812 the British took over his American Fur Company post in the Oregon Country (John Jacob) Astor |
| #3191, aired 1998-06-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: British commander Sir Edward Pakenham was killed in this battle fought 2 weeks after the War of 1812 Battle of New Orleans |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | TOUGH HISTORY $200: During the Boer War, this future British prime minister escaped from a prison camp in Pretoria Winston Churchill |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In the 1770s this British sea captain circled Antarctica but ice packs kept him from sighting land James Cook |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | IRISH HISTORY $800: The revolutionary Fenians invaded this British overseas dominion in 1866 & 1870 Canada |
| #3122, aired 1998-03-10 | TV HISTORY $600: The British invaded this show in 1964 as the Beatles appeared Feb. 9 & the Rolling Stones Oct. 25 The Ed Sullivan Show |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: In 1914 the Royal Navy won a major battle at these islands, where it fought again in 1982 Falkland Islands |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: In Roman Britain, estates were called these, a term now associated with Italian country houses Villas |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: During the Wars of the Roses, the Earl of Warwick earned this nickname for his influence in choosing rulers "Kingmaker" |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: The Latin name of James II gave us this term for supporters of that king & his exiled descendants Jacobites |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): Viscount Palmerston, foreign secretary most of the 1830s & '40s, held this opposite post from 1852-55 Home Secretary |
| #2977, aired 1997-07-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: This soldier & frontiersman won important victories over the British in the Northwest Territory George Rogers Clark |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | HISTORY $100: In June 1987 she became the first British prime minister in the 20th c. elected to 3 straight terms Margaret Thatcher |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In a 1797 Canary Islands battle, this British naval hero's right arm was wounded & later amputated Lord Nelson |
| #2937, aired 1997-05-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: Laws of 1911 & 1949 left this upper house of Parliament with only delaying powers House of Lords |
| #2937, aired 1997-05-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: 8th C. King Offa built a 170-mile north-south dike that still partly marks the border of England & this country Wales |
| #2937, aired 1997-05-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $300: He was 65 when he began his term as prime minister May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill |
| #2937, aired 1997-05-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: This monarch on whom the Magna Carta was forced has been called "the worst king ever to rule England" King John |
| #2937, aired 1997-05-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $500: World condemnation made the 1956 British-French occupation of this canal a disaster Suez Canal |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | IRISH HISTORY $600: In 1937 the Irish Free State, a British dominion, changed its name to this Gaelic one Eire |
| #2863, aired 1997-01-29 | HISTORY $300: In 1718 the British tracked down & killed this "dark" pirate in a North Carolina inlet Blackbeard |
| #2830, aired 1996-12-13 | HISTORY $1000: In 1885 this British governor-general was killed defending Khartoum from the Mahdi's forces Charles Gordon ("Gordon of Khartoum") |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: On July 9, 1982 Michael Fagan made headlines when he broke into her bedroom Queen Elizabeth II |
| #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 |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: In 1661 the body of this Lord Protector was exhumed, strung up & beheaded Oliver Cromwell |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | BRITISH HISTORY $500: This envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury was held hostage in Lebanon for over 4 years before his 1991 release Terry Waite |
| #2814, aired 1996-11-21 | HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): The Mau Mau Rebellion, which began in 1952, was an uprising against British rule in this African country Kenya |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In May 1780 Gen. Benjamin Lincoln was forced to surrender this South Carolina port to the British Charleston |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | FASHION HISTORY $400: Winkle pickers were a pointed style of these worn by British trendsetters in the 1950s shoes |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | U.S. HISTORY $300: On Sept. 10, 1813 he sailed from South Bass Island off Ohio's shore to battle the British Oliver Hazard Perry |
| #2765, aired 1996-09-13 | HISTORY $300: Since 1940 only Harold Wilson & this man have served as British prime minister on 2 separate occasions Winston Churchill |
| #2761, aired 1996-09-09 | HISTORY $100: When this British sea captain first reached Botany Bay in 1770, he named it Stingray Bay Cook |
| #2759, aired 1996-09-05 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: Around 1620 Cornelis Drebbel demonstrated the 1st workable submarine on this British river the Thames |
| #2737, aired 1996-06-25 | BRITISH HISTORY 1982 $200: The crisis over these islands escalated into a war the Falklands |
| #2737, aired 1996-06-25 | BRITISH HISTORY 1982 $400: This heir to the throne was born June 21, 1982 (Prince) William |
| #2737, aired 1996-06-25 | BRITISH HISTORY 1982 $600: In October this Tudor king's flagship the Mary Rose, which sank over 400 years earlier, was raised Henry VIII |
| #2737, aired 1996-06-25 | BRITISH HISTORY 1982 $800: In operation since 1977, this low-fare airline declared bankruptcy Laker |
| #2737, aired 1996-06-25 | BRITISH HISTORY 1982 $1000: This opera company known for its Gilbert & Sullivan shows went out of business in February D’Oyly Carte |
| #2726, aired 1996-06-10 | U.S. HISTORY $200: Shawnee Indian chief Tecumseh died while fighting on the side of the British during this 19th c. war the War of 1812 |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In February 1985 Spain reopened its border with this British dependency Gibraltar |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: It began in a baker's house in Pudding Lane September 2, 1666 the Great Fire (of London) |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: In 1990, 8 years after fighting over the Falkland Islands, Britain & this country agreed to resume relations Argentina |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $300: A 1995 book, "The Lodger", claims this infamous killer was actually an American doctor gone mad Jack the Ripper |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Sharing power, they were crowned king & queen of England April 11, 1689 William & Mary |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Now purely ceremonial, these royal bodyguards last appeared in battle in the mid-18th century Beefeaters (Yeomen of the Guard) |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: In 1940 this prime minister said, "You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory" Winston Churchill |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Queen Mary I's persecution of Protestants earned her this nickname "Bloody Mary" |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $300: Scotland's Glamis Castle was the queen mother's childhood home & the birthplace of this princess, her daughter Princess Margaret |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: The wealthy family of this nurse born in 1820 tried to prevent her from going into medicine Florence Nightingale |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $500: This much-loved queen celebrated her diamond jubilee in 1897 Queen Victoria |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1659 the British captured & settled this island where Napoleon died St. Helena |
| #2707, aired 1996-05-14 | MODERN HISTORY $400: In October 1957 she became the first British monarch to open Canada's parliament Elizabeth II |
| #2705, aired 1996-05-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: During this war the British under General Robert Ross set fire to the White House the War of 1812 |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1910 this British scholar & army officer explored Syria on foot Lawrence |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Unaware of the Treaty of Ghent signed earlier, the British attacked this Louisiana city on Jan. 8, 1815 New Orleans |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: The British gained Charlestown Peninsula, now in Boston, by winning this June 17, 1775 battle Bunker Hill |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1794 this chief justice negotiated a treaty calling for British evacuation of the Northwest John Jay |
| #2614, aired 1996-01-04 | FASHION HISTORY $200: After the Jacobite Rebellion, these Scottish plaid patterns were banned by British law tartans |
| #2609, aired 1995-12-28 | U.S. HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This 1765 act by the British Parliament required a duty in the colonies on newspapers & legal documents the Stamp Act |
| #2591, aired 1995-12-04 | HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): From June to September 1759, Gen. Montcalm defended this city against British general James Wolfe Quebec |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: King John's failure to honor this document in 1215 led to a rebellion by the barons Magna Carta |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Her 63-year reign over England was the longest of any British monarch Queen Victoria |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | BRITISH HISTORY $300: The title "Defender of the Faith" was first bestowed upon this king in 1521 by Pope Leo X Henry VIII |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: The Treaty of Bretigny in 1360 brought a brief period of peace during this war Hundred Years' War |
| #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 |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $500: The first British settlement on this island occurred in 1803 on the Derwent River Tasmania |
| #2543, aired 1995-09-27 | HISTORY $600: In 1830 this peninsula connected to southern Spain was made a British crown colony Gibraltar |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: With some reluctance, Thomas Becket became Archbishop of this in 1162 Canterbury |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Sir Robert Walpole was the first prime minister to live at this London address 10 Downing Street |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $300: Robert Catesby was the chief conspirator in this 1605 plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament the Gunpowder Plot |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $500: In 1719 the Royal Academy of Music was founded with this German composer as its director Handel |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): During the siege of a castle in 1199, this courageous king was struck by an arrow & died Richard the Lionhearted |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | HISTORY $100: By order of George VI, a less nationalistic 2nd verse was substituted in this British anthem in 1946 "God Save The King" |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | WORLD HISTORY $200: On March 12, 1930 he began the Salt March in defiance of British rule in India Gandhi |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The British North America Act of 1867 created this country Canada |
| #2472, aired 1995-05-09 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $400: He's regarded as the greatest admiral in British history Lord Nelson |
| #2459, aired 1995-04-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: In 1588 Lord Howard of Effingham directed the defeat of this fleet from the Ark Royal the Spanish Armada |
| #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 |
| #2459, aired 1995-04-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $300: His elder brother Arthur married Catherine of Aragon before he did Henry VIII |
| #2459, aired 1995-04-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: This archbishop had just returned from 6 years' exile when he was murdered in 1170 Thomas à Becket |
| #2459, aired 1995-04-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $500: In 1209 this brother & successor of King Richard I was excommunicated John |
| #2453, aired 1995-04-12 | HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 1880s he helped found the British South Africa Co. & the De Beers Diamond Co. Cecil Rhodes |
| #2440, aired 1995-03-24 | HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Teddy Roosevelt represented the United States at the funeral of this British king in 1910 Edward VII |
| #2426, aired 1995-03-06 | WORLD HISTORY $400: On Feb. 20, 1985 this British prime minister addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress Margaret Thatcher |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | U.S. HISTORY $200: The Battle of Bladensburg in August 1814 preceded the burning of this city by the British Washington, D.C. |
| #2408, aired 1995-02-08 | U.S. HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In October 1780 this British general was defeated by patriot troops at Kings Mountain, South Carolina Cornwallis |
| #2397, aired 1995-01-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: In 1958 the first women were admitted to this upper house of Parliament the House of Lords |
| #2397, aired 1995-01-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Nearly 15,000 of the Duke of Wellington's men were killed or wounded in this one-day battle June 18, 1815 Waterloo |
| #2397, aired 1995-01-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $300: The Tudor dynasty ended in 1603 with the death of this queen Queen Elizabeth I |
| #2397, aired 1995-01-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: On Aug. 15, 1947 Britain granted independence to this country after nearly 200 years of rule India |
| #2397, aired 1995-01-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1174 Henry II performed public penance at Canterbury for the murder of this man Thomas Becket |
| #2377, aired 1994-12-27 | HISTORY $800: He succeeded his mother, Queen Victoria, as the British monarch when she died Jan. 22, 1901 Edward VII |
| #2368, aired 1994-12-14 | HISTORY $400: In 1795 the British captured Cape Town from this European power the Netherlands |
| #2348, aired 1994-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: This traitor took a cut in rank from major general in the U.S. Army to brigadier general in the British Army Benedict Arnold |
| #2344, aired 1994-11-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: At the 1814 Battle of Lundy's Lane, American & British forces clashed near Niagara Falls, in this country Canada |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1756 British soldiers were imprisoned by Indian troops in this 15' x 18' room the Black Hole of Calcutta |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | HISTORY $800: Irish Republicans began a rebellion against British rule on the day after this holiday in 1916 Easter |
| #2330, aired 1994-10-21 | HISTORY $400: In 1868 he became the first British prime minister of Jewish ancestry Disraeli |
| #2321, aired 1994-10-10 | BRITISH POTPOURRI $100: This London river has been called "liquid history" the Thames |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This Indian leader performed paramedic work for the British in the Boer War Gandhi |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: After William III died in 1702, this sister of Mary II succeeded to the British throne Anne |
| #2310, aired 1994-09-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: He married a pregnant Anne Boleyn while still legally married to Catherine of Aragon Henry VIII |
| #2310, aired 1994-09-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: King John set his royal seal to this document on June 15, 1215 the Magna Carta |
| #2310, aired 1994-09-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $300: This title reserved for the eldest son of the monarch was first conferred in 1301 on Edward I's son the Prince of Wales |
| #2310, aired 1994-09-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: The Henley Regatta originated in 1829, when crews from these 2 universities competed on the Thames Oxford & Cambridge |
| #2310, aired 1994-09-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $500: Under the 1564 Treaty of Troyes, England gave up her claims to this French seaport for 222,000 crowns Calais |
| #2302, aired 1994-09-13 | HISTORY $600: British forces captured this rocky fortress from Spain in 1704 & have held it ever since Gibraltar |
| #2301, aired 1994-09-12 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: When he died in 1658, his son Richard succeeded him as Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell |
| #2301, aired 1994-09-12 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Named for their original designer, these cabs first appeared in London in the 1830s hansom cabs |
| #2301, aired 1994-09-12 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: Many believe Edward III founded this knighthood order to revive the Round Table of Arthurian legend the Order of the Garter |
| #2301, aired 1994-09-12 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: Partly due to the Irish Potato Famine, these laws regulating the supply of grains were repealed in 1846 the corn laws |
| #2301, aired 1994-09-12 | BRITISH HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Queen Victoria was the last monarch of this ruling house which began its reign in 1714 Hanover |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | GREAT BRITS $400: Famous for his jasperware, he's been called the most important figure in British ceramic history Wedgewood |
| #2275, aired 1994-06-24 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $600: The Central American nation now known as this was a British colony from 1862 to 1981 Belize |
| #2254, aired 1994-05-26 | U.S. HISTORY $500: During a 6-week period in 1776, he captured 8 British ships & destroyed 8 others John Paul Jones |
| #2251, aired 1994-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: The Normans built many of these with mottes & baileys around the country castles |
| #2251, aired 1994-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: This new form of football was invented in 1823 when a boy carried the ball instead of kicking it rugby football |
| #2251, aired 1994-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: Henry II referred to him as a "turbulent priest" Becket |
| #2251, aired 1994-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): The "rump" parliament wanted him to be the last king England would ever name Charles I |
| #2251, aired 1994-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: This became a royal palace after Henry VIII confiscated it from Cardinal Wolsey Hampton Court |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: In 1979 Charles Haughey became Prime Minister of Ireland & she became PM of Great Britain Margaret Thatcher |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: In 1606 Guy Fawkes was hanged for his role in this "plot" to blow up the Houses of Parliament the Gunpowder Plot |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: 5 years after Margaret Sanger in the U.S., Dr. Marie Stopes opened the 1st of these clinics in Britain a birth control clinic |
| #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 |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: A poll tax of 1 shilling a head led to this revolt in 1381 Wat Tyler's revolt |
| #2214, aired 1994-03-31 | HISTORY $500: In 1875 this British prime minister bought out Egypt's stake in the Suez Canal Disraeli |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | HISTORY $600: After WWII West Berlin was divided into 3 zones: American, British & this French |
| #2198, aired 1994-03-09 | HISTORY $1000: During WWI this British officer & archaeologist was made advisor to Faisal, son of the Sharif of Mecca Lawrence of Arabia |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The 1794 treaty named for this Chief Justice provided for the removal of the British from U.S. territory John Jay |
| #2182, aired 1994-02-15 | TEENS IN HISTORY $500: This "Nine Days' Queen" was just 16 when she was beheaded on Tower Green in 1554 Lady Jane Grey |
| #2160, aired 1994-01-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: This English firm owned the tea destroyed at the Boston Tea Party British East India Company |
| #2156, aired 1994-01-10 | HISTORY $1000: On June 5, 1900 this city, capital of the Boer Republic of South Africa, fell to the British Pretoria |
| #2151, aired 1994-01-03 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: In 1967 this colony voted to reject Spanish rule & remain under British sovereignty Gibraltar |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This dominion was created by the British North America Act on July 1, 1867 Canada |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1763, as a result of this numerical war, Florida became a British possession Seven Years' War |
| #2111, aired 1993-11-08 | HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Killed at Trafalgar, this British commander's last words were "Thank God I have done my duty" Lord Nelson |
| #2078, aired 1993-09-22 | HISTORY $600: By sailing through it in 1770 this British captain proved a strait separated Australia from New Guinea Cook |
| #2078, aired 1993-09-22 | HISTORY $1000: The second daughter of James II, she became British queen in 1702 & reigned for 12 years Anne |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1757 this British firm's troops won the Battle of Plassey & became India's leading power the British East India Company |
| #2039, aired 1993-06-17 | U.S. HISTORY $500: In 1770 Robert Treat Paine prosecuted the British troops indicted for murder in this incident the Boston Massacre |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | HISTORY $600: In 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie tried to regain the British throne for this ruling family the Stuarts |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: The 1605 Gunpowder Plot was an attempt to blow up the British parliament & this king James I |
| #2027, aired 1993-06-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: After Cornwallis' surrender, this British lord resigned as prime minister in March 1782 Lord North |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Caernarvon Castle in this country of the U.K. was begun in 1283 by Edward I Wales |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Founded in 1734, this insurance company's "List" is one of London's oldest newspapers Lloyd's |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: In 1875 the U.K. obtained a controlling interest in this canal company by buying Ismail Pasha's holdings the Suez |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: In 1485 the Earl of Richmond killed Richard III at Bosworth & became this first Tudor king of England Henry VII |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | BRITISH HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): Between 1868 & 1885, William Gladstone & this man alternated as prime minister of Britain Disraeli |
| #2020, aired 1993-05-21 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1963 this former British P.M. became an honorary citizen of the U.S. by an act of Congress Winston Churchill |
| #1955, aired 1993-02-19 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: In 1839 this British monarch proposed marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Queen Victoria |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | TEENS IN HISTORY $600: As a 16-year-old in 1837, this British nurse heard God tell her she had a mission in life Florence Nightingale |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Under a 1763 treaty, Britain gained Canada from this country France |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: In 1917 the British Royal Family changed its name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to this Windsor |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: The cathedral in this city, which was accidentally burned in 1067, was rebuilt by Archbishop Lanfranc Canterbury |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: In 1440 Henry VI founded this prestigious boys' school as sort of a prep school for King's College Eton |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: Later to compete with Sotheby's, this art auction house opened in London in 1766 Christie's |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | BRITISH NOVELISTS $500: It only took about a year to write the half-million words in his work "The Outline of History" H.G. Wells |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | HISTORY $800: After he surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, the British made him commander in chief in India (Charles) Cornwallis |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: In 1979, this person replaced James Callaghan as prime minister Margaret Thatcher |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Britain's 1st one lasted from 1642-46, about the same length as ours from 1861-65 the Civil War |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: The British fleet under Nelson defeated Napoleon in the Aug. 1, 1798 Battle of this river the Nile |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: While governor of New South Wales, he was imprisoned in 1808 for trying to stop the rum trade (William) Bligh |
| #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 |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | WORLD HISTORY $300: The 1805 battle fought off this Spanish cape established British naval superiority for 100 years Trafalgar |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | FASHION HISTORY $100: Shawls & other demure fashions became popular when she ascended the British throne in 1837 Queen Victoria |
| #1848, aired 1992-09-23 | HISTORY $600: John Bradshaw presided over the high court that sentenced this British king to death in 1649 Charles I |
| #1828, aired 1992-07-08 | HISTORY $1000: This nobleman for whom a tea is named served as British prime minister from 1830-1834 Earl Grey |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | "G" IN HISTORY $500: These Nepalese mercenaries have fought in British & Indian armies the Ghurkas |
| #1737, aired 1992-03-03 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: This British queen outlived her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, by 39 years Victoria |
| #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 |
| #1733, aired 1992-02-26 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $200: Cuthbert Collingwood took command of the British fleet after this man died at Trafalgar (Horatio) Nelson |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | NONFICTION $300: Though British-born, his "America", based on his 13-part miniseries, has become a U.S. history classic Alistair Cooke |
| #1632, aired 1991-10-08 | FASHION HISTORY $400: British designer known as the mother of the mini skirt Mary Quant |
| #1626, aired 1991-09-30 | BRITISH FASHION HISTORY $200: Term for a dandy dresser in 1773; Yankee Doodle was one after feathering his hat macaroni |
| #1626, aired 1991-09-30 | BRITISH FASHION HISTORY $400: British sailors applied this to canvas to make waterproof clothes, hence their nickname tar |
| #1626, aired 1991-09-30 | BRITISH FASHION HISTORY $600: In the 1820s it could take a man up to 2 hours to do this properly to his cravat tie it |
| #1626, aired 1991-09-30 | BRITISH FASHION HISTORY $800: Last name of the hatmakers who supplied the felt for the 1st British "derby" Bowler |
| #1626, aired 1991-09-30 | BRITISH FASHION HISTORY $1000: In 1901 Thomas Burberry made his first one for the British army trench coat |
| #1623, aired 1991-09-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $600: All of Canada fell under British rule under the Treaty of Paris which ended this war the French and Indian War |
| #1623, aired 1991-09-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $800: On May 2, 1670, King Charles II granted a charter to organize this firm to obtain furs for the British the Hudson Bay Company |
| #1606, aired 1991-09-02 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $800: Gandhi lived in this country during the Boer War & served the British as a medical volunteer South Africa |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | WORLD HISTORY $600: A defeat at Yorktown in 1781 didn't deter this British lord from becoming India's governor gen. 5 years later Cornwallis |
| #1545, aired 1991-04-26 | MODERN HISTORY $500: In 1958, this British philosopher helped launch the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Bertrand Russell |
| #1533, aired 1991-04-10 | WORLD HISTORY $800: British troops remained in this country from 1882's Battle of Tel-El-Kebir until 1956 Egypt |
| #1494, aired 1991-02-14 | TEENS IN HISTORY $400: Guinness says Henry Long, elected in the 15th c. at age 15, was the youngest member ever of this legislature the British Parliament |
| #1465, aired 1991-01-04 | FASHION HISTORY $400: British designer known as "The Mother of the Miniskirt" Mary Quant |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: The last man to invade England successfully, he defeated Harold II in 1066 King William the Conqueror |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: A Scottish rebellion in 1745 tried to bring this handsome Stuart to the throne, but it failed Bonnie Prince Charlie |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: In 43 AD, Emperor Claudius conquered what is now England & made it this Roman province Britannia |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: Casualties from disease far exceeded casualties from fighting during this war fought from 1854-56 the Crimean War |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: George Fox had a religious experience in 1647 & several years later started this group the Society of Friends (the Quakers) |
| #1455, aired 1990-12-21 | CHINESE HISTORY $800: Chinese seizure of this from British merchants signaled the start of a war named for it the Opium War |
| #1442, aired 1990-12-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: The British Crown dismissed him as deputy postmaster general prior to the American Revolution Franklin |
| #1440, aired 1990-11-30 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $500: At Waterloo, Napoleon led the French, Wellington the British & von Blücher, this army the Prussians |
| #1426, aired 1990-11-12 | MODERN HISTORY $500: He succeeded his mother on the British throne in 1901 when he was almost 60 Edward VII |
| #1387, aired 1990-09-18 | HISTORY $400: In 1895 the area run by the British South Africa Company was named this, after a British statesman Rhodesia |
| #1372, aired 1990-07-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: This library has managed to acquire copies of all but 3 of the books the British burned in 1814 the Library of Congress |
| #1370, aired 1990-07-13 | WORLD HISTORY $600: The British were able to fend off the Germans in the Battle of Britain thanks to this warning device radar |
| #4, aired 1990-07-07 | WORLD HISTORY $800: By 1906 British New Guinea had become a territory of Australia & was renamed this Papua New Guinea |
| #1356, aired 1990-06-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: He fought the British in the Revolutionary War but later tried to return Vermont to British rule Ethan Allen |
| #1340, aired 1990-06-01 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: Known as "Gentleman Johnny", this British gen. surrendered at Saratoga in 1777 John Burgoyne |
| #1316, aired 1990-04-30 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1791 the British government divided this possession into Upper & Lower provinces Canada |
| #1299, aired 1990-04-05 | HISTORY $400: After this British bacteriologist died in March 1955 he was interred in a crypt in St. Paul's (Sir Alexander) Fleming |
| #1289, aired 1990-03-22 | AFRICAN HISTORY $200: In 1895 this British diamond king had a colony named for himself Sir Cecil Rhodes (Rhodesia) |
| #1254, aired 1990-02-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Ramsay MacDonald was one of the founders of this party & its 1st prime minister Labour party |
| #1254, aired 1990-02-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Party whips can be found at No. 12 on the street named for this 17th C. treasury secretary Downing Street |
| #1254, aired 1990-02-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: In April 1942 this whole Mediterranean island was awarded the George Cross for bravery Malta |
| #1254, aired 1990-02-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: While it "will do" in a beggar's rhyme, this coin ceased to be legal tender in 1969 Half-penny |
| #1254, aired 1990-02-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: The last monarch to reside in the Tower of London, his mom was Mary, Queen of Scots James I |
| #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 |
| #1208, aired 1989-11-29 | HISTORY $1000: The ex-British colony called the Gold Coast took this name of an ancient African empire in 1957 Ghana |
| #1206, aired 1989-11-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Just before WWII this British king & his queen Elizabeth became the 1st British monarchs to visit the U.S. George VI |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: The 1832 Reform Act lowered the qualifications for this but still left out the entire working class voting |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: The collars a tailor sold gave their name to this London "Circus" Piccadilly |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Between 1868-1885 William Gladstone & this man alternated as prime minister Benjamin Disraeli |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: This name for the organization of former crown colonies & dependencies was 1st used in 1926 the Commonwealth |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: Returning from the Crusades, this leader was captured by Leopold of Austria & held for ransom Richard the Lionhearted (Richard I) |
| #1019, aired 1989-01-26 | U.S. HISTORY $600: Against orders, he led British troops into Virginia in 1781 & ended up surrendering to American forces Lord Cornwallis |
| #989, aired 1988-12-15 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Known for his Pacific explorations, he was killed by Hawaiian natives in 1779 (Captain) Cook |
| #989, aired 1988-12-15 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: The sinking of this ship on May 7, 1915 led to anti-German riots in London Lusitania |
| #989, aired 1988-12-15 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: Poet John Milton served as Latin Secretary to this 1st "Lord Protector" Oliver Cromwell |
| #989, aired 1988-12-15 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: How Victoria was related to Albert before their marriage (first) cousins |
| #989, aired 1988-12-15 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: Known as "the Younger", he became prime minister in 1783, at only 24 years of age William Pitt |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: By 1750 about 10% of England's population lived in this city London |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: From French for "a discussion", it evolved from a medieval assembly of Barons & prelates parliament |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: He was in England for only 6 months of his 10-year reign which began in 1189 Richard the Lionheart (Richard I) |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: Term used to describe the re-establishment of the monarchy in 1660 The Restoration |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $1,700 (Daily Double): In 1936 this king uttered his last words, "How is the Empire?" George V |
| #956, aired 1988-10-31 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: During the revolution, this British major was captured as a spy in Tarrytown, N.Y. (John) Andre |
| #902, aired 1988-07-05 | WORLD HISTORY $300: The 1867 British North America Act united 3 colonies under this single name Canada |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | FRENCH HISTORY $600: This long war was considered over with the defeat of the British at Castillon in 1453 Hundred Years' War |
| #847, aired 1988-04-19 | U.S. HISTORY $400: At this southern showdown in 1815, the British lost over 2000 men, while the U.S. lost only about 20 Battle of New Orleans |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: In 1908, Robert Baden-Powell founded this youth organization the Boy Scouts |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: In 1782, the 2 divisions of the Secretary of State's office became the Foreign Office & this office the Home Office |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: Henry VIII was so busy with private pursuits before his 1st divorce that he let this cardinal run the country Cardinal Wolsey |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: This British Foreign Secretary's 1917 declaration promised the Jews a national home Balfour |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: Though he had over a dozen children, this "merry monarch" was succeed by his brother, James II Charles II |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Some believed this slasher who terrorized London in 1888 belonged to the royal family Jack the Ripper |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Robert Clive made about $1,000,000 while bringing much of this country into the British Empire India |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: Since she was "The Virgin Queen", Elizabeth I had no children & was last monarch of this dynasty Tudor |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: In July 1945, British voters turned Winston Churchill out of office in favor of this man Clement Attlee |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: At age 89, this philosopher-mathematician was jailed for his part in a 1961 anti-nuclear demonstration Bertrand Russell |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: In 1987, Scotland commemorated the 400th anniversary of the execution of this queen Mary, Queen of Scots |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: England's 1st secretary of the Admiralty, he's better known for his diary Pepys |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: They became joint sovereigns of England in 1689 William & Mary |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: His son Richard was Lord Protector of England for less than a year, starting in 1658 Oliver Cromwell |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: 19th century prime minister whose fight for Irish home rule was last major battle of his political career (William Ewart) Gladstone |
| #761, aired 1987-12-21 | HISTORY $200: After signing a peace treaty with the British in 1783, the U.S. was back at war with them in this year 1812 |
| #760, aired 1987-12-18 | WORLD HISTORY $100: The British battled for these islands in 1914 & again in 1982 the Falkland Islands |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Great fleet destroyed in 1588 by a combination of the British & bad weather the Armada |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "B" IN HISTORY $600: Some say over 100 British prisoners suffocated in this Indian cell in 1756 the Black Hole of Calcutta |
| #694, aired 1987-09-17 | HISTORY $400: When China seized 20,000 chests of this from British merchants in 1839, a war broke out opium |
| #627, aired 1987-05-05 | WORLD HISTORY $200: To gain control of Indonesia, this country's East India Co. massacred British East India Company reps the Netherlands |
| #583, aired 1987-03-04 | WORLD HISTORY $300: A South African coin is named for this leader of resistance to the British the Kruger |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Daughter of Catherine of Aragon, she got this nickname because hundreds died at the stake during her reign Bloody Mary |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: English admiral whose fleet flattened Napoleon's in the Nile Admiral Nelson |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: Country in which the Sepoys, native members of the British Army, revolted over grease used on bullets India |
| #522, aired 1986-12-09 | MEDICAL HISTORY $300: Family of fruit a Scottish doctor prescribed in 1785 to prevent scurvy in British sailors citrus |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | ENGLISH HISTORY $500: Name formerly applied to Irish highwaymen, or members of British Conservative Party Tories |
| #506, aired 1986-11-17 | HISTORY $200: Tho this country was given independence in 1922 under King Fuad I, British troops remained Egypt |
| #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 |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | MODERN HISTORY $400: British headlines on January 1, 1973 read "We're in" as the country joined this group the Common Market |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: Not a separate people, the Druids were the priestly class of this ancient British people the Celts |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | ENGLISH HISTORY $600: In 1915, the British created this mobile weapon that could cross trenches the tank |
| #356, aired 1986-01-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: The QEII carried British troops to fight here in 1982 the Falkland Islands |
| #356, aired 1986-01-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: They came, they saw, & they conquered in 1066 the Normans |
| #356, aired 1986-01-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $700 (Daily Double): The year we began this war against Great Britain, Napoleon burned Moscow the War of 1812 |
| #356, aired 1986-01-20 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: Notorious name of the small airless dungeon in the British East India Co.'s old Ft. William the black hole of Calcutta |
| #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 |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: They've been guarding British royalty since 1485 & gin bottles since 1820 Beefeaters |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Founder of the nursing profession, she was named after the city in which she was born Florence Nightingale |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: First Roman army to invade Britain was led by this general Caesar |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: The penultimate Anglo-Saxon king, Edward was known by this pious title Edward the Confessor |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: Though it sounds like a grim volume, it's just William the Conqueror's survey of the British kingdom The Domesday Book |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Queen Victoria affectionately called this powerful advisor "Dizzy" Disraeli |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: The great charter of English liberty the Magna Carta |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: Now people post it, but 12th c. knights wore it mail |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: Explorer who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth aboard his ship the Golden Hind Sir Francis Drake |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: Wellington supposedly said the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of this school Eton |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | HISTORY $200: In 1945 Clement Attlee defeated him, becoming British prime minister Winston Churchill |
| #186, aired 1985-05-27 | HISTORY $600: British Prime Minister who crowned Queen Victoria "Empress of India" Disraeli |
| #173, aired 1985-05-08 | U.S. HISTORY $400: His crew defeated the British ship, the "Serapis", while his own was sinking John Paul Jones |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: The only British Prime Minister to win the Nobel Prize for Literature Winston Churchill |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Ritualistic sport in which knights with blunted lances attempted to unhorse each other jousting |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: Henry VIII outlawed the payment of "Peter's pence" to him the Pope |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: Government official & diarist who gave us 1st-hand account of London's Great Fire (Samuel) Pepys |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | BRITISH HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): On Aug. 24, 1814, the British invaded this country's capital the United States |
| #149, aired 1985-04-04 | ENGLISH HISTORY $100: British "Congress" dating back to 13th century Parliament |
| #122, aired 1985-02-26 | WORLD HISTORY $100: In 1806, Australians rebelled against this British governor, the former H.M.S. Bounty captain Captain (William) Bligh |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | WORLD HISTORY $2,100 (Daily Double): The Statute of Westminster in 1931 established this group of countries the British Commonwealth (Commonwealth of Nations) |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Though he had 1 eye, 1 arm & was always seasick, admiral who defeated Napoleon Nelson |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: Monarch known for dressing in black, she mourned her husband Albert for 40 years Queen Victoria |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | BRITISH HISTORY $600: Jennie Jerome & Lord Randolph's little boy Winston Churchill |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: "Thorny" struggle between the houses of York & Lancaster the War of the Roses |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: Guy Fawkes' explosive effort to blow up Parliament the Gunpowder Plot |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | ENGLISH HISTORY $800: In 1881, this punishment took a beating & was abolished by the British Navy flogging |
| #66, aired 1984-12-10 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Including, in 19th century, one quarter of world's land & people, the sun never set on it the British Empire |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | HISTORY $200: Convicts were first British settlers on this island-continent Australia |
| #13, aired 1984-09-26 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Though historians debate it, she's called "The Virgin Queen" Elizabeth I |
| #13, aired 1984-09-26 | BRITISH HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Of Henry VIII's six wives, the number that lost their heads over him 2 |
