#8985, aired 2023-12-01 | ONE OF THESE KINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS $400: Henry VII,
Louis XIV,
Richard III Louis XIV |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | COUNTDOWN $200: British Hanoverian kings: 4. George IV
3. George III
2. this king George II |
#8363, aired 2021-03-24 | KINGS & QUEENS $400: The British queen Boudicca led a revolt in the year 60 against this occupying empire Rome |
#8303, aired 2020-12-16 | MINCED OATHS $400: There were 6 British kings named this, but saying "By" him actually meant "By God" George |
#8018, aired 2019-06-19 | KINGS & QUEENS $1000: A 2014 play was titled this, the expected name & number of the current heir to the British throne Charles III |
#7680, aired 2018-01-19 | TWO-WAY ADJECTIVES $800: This word goes 3 ways: pertaining to a Southern state, to a former Soviet republic or to British kings Georgian |
#7347, aired 2016-07-19 | I KINGS $400: This Norman who died in 1087 founded a line of succession to the British throne William the Conqueror |
#7196, aired 2015-12-21 | NOPE, NOT BORN IN AUSTRALIA $1000: The British Isles was the birthplace of the Disco kings of the '70s, this band of brothers the Bee Gees |
#6815, aired 2014-04-11 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $600: 3 states are named for British kings: North Carolina, South Carolina & this other southern state Georgia |
#6445, aired 2012-09-28 | BRITISH KINGS NAMED EDWARD $400: In 1340 British King Edward III took this additional title; Philip VI must have said, "I thought that was moi" the King of France |
#6445, aired 2012-09-28 | BRITISH KINGS NAMED EDWARD $800: King Edward I was known as this carpentry tool "Of The Scots" Hammer |
#6445, aired 2012-09-28 | BRITISH KINGS NAMED EDWARD $1,200 (Daily Double): King Edward IV, a participant in the Wars of the Roses, was the son of Richard, Duke of this side in the wars York |
#6445, aired 2012-09-28 | BRITISH KINGS NAMED EDWARD $1200: This king's only surviving son, King Edward VI, died at age 15 in 1553 Henry VIII |
#6445, aired 2012-09-28 | BRITISH KINGS NAMED EDWARD $2000: In 1936 King Edward VIII gave it all up for the woman he loved, this twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson |
#6112, aired 2011-03-22 | COUNTDOWN $200: British Hanoverian kings:
4. George IV
3. George III
2. This king George II |
#5924, aired 2010-05-20 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $1200: Poker hand of 3 aces & 2 kings with a British royal family name adopted in 1917 that's a great way to tie a tie a full house of Windsor knot |
#5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ALL THINGS BRITISH $5,000 (Daily Double): One of the 2 crowned English kings since 1066 whose royal name is not followed by a number John (or Stephen) |
#4728, aired 2005-03-09 | GOD SAVE THE BRITISH KING OR QUEEN $1,000 (Daily Double): All 3 of the kings with this name died violently Richard |
#4475, aired 2004-02-06 | "G" MEN $1600: This king donated the "Royal Library" of the English kings to the British Museum in 1757 George II |
#4290, aired 2003-04-04 | BRITISH ORDERS OF CHIVALRY $1600: The fact the kings of Sweden & Spain are members of "The Most Noble Order of" this shouldn't knock your socks off the Garter |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | "E"OPLE $200: Name shared by eight British kings since the Norman conquest Edward |
#3937, aired 2001-10-16 | ARCHITECTURAL STYLES $1000: Colonial was the American version of this style named for 4 British kings Georgian |
#3383, aired 1999-04-28 | KINGS & QUEENS $200: Of the 6 British kings who bore this name, the first 4 were of the German house of Hanover George |
#2767, aired 1996-09-17 | BRITISH ROYALTY $200: Many kings & queens are buried near the shrine of Edward the Confessor in this London church Westminster Abbey |
#2652, aired 1996-02-27 | MUSEUMS $600: George II presented the Royal Library of the Kings of England to this museum in 1757 the British Museum |
#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 |
#2342, aired 1994-11-08 | BRITISH ROYALTY $400: Many kings & Queens of England, including James I, are buried in this church Westminster Abbey |
#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 |
#1579, aired 1991-06-13 | BRITISH ROYALTY $400: The given name of the Anglo-Saxon kings known as "the Elder",
"the Martyr" &
"the Confessor" Edward |
#1314, aired 1990-04-26 | KINGS NAMED GEORGE $1000: England's George I founded this British royal house Hanover |
#1150, aired 1989-09-08 | BRITISH ROYALTY $800: England had this many kings named Richard 3 |
#869, aired 1988-05-19 | BRITISH MONARCHS $1,500 (Daily Double): 1 of the 3 Danish kings who ruled England in the 11th century (1 of) Harold (Canute or Harthacnut) |
#510, aired 1986-11-21 | BRITISH ROYALTY $600: Legend says the Stuart kings descended from Fleance, son of this "Macbeth" victim Banquo |
#339, aired 1985-12-26 | SPORT OF KINGS $600: Weights up to 175 lbs. have been carried in this, the most prestigious British steeplechase The Grand National |
#184, aired 1985-05-23 | BRITISH ISLES $500: Soldiers still guard Scotland's royal crown in this castle where the Scottish kings lived Edinburgh Castle |
#30, aired 1984-10-19 | BRITISH ROYALTY $500: The execution of Charles I was 1st blow to this doctrine that only God could punish kings the divine right of kings |
#8017, aired 2019-06-18 | KINGS, QUEENS & PRESIDENTS: 17 U.S. presidents served all or part of their terms during the reign of this British monarch Queen Victoria |
#7975, aired 2019-04-19 | BRITISH MONARCHS: A "VI" has followed these 3 royal names of English kings George, Edward & Henry |
#7548, aired 2017-06-07 | BRITISH KINGS: Bearing Roman numeral I, he subdued Wales & was called the "English Justinian" for his legal reforms Edward I |
#6461, aired 2012-10-22 | KINGS: The last British monarch to be buried outside the U.K., he was interred in 1727 in the land where he was born King George I |
#5690, aired 2009-05-08 | EUROPEAN HISTORY: He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing" Henry VIII |
#5245, aired 2007-06-01 | 17th CENTURY PERSONALITIES: Despite being the personal physician of 2 British kings, he was derogatorily known as "The Circulator" (William) Harvey |
#2535, aired 1995-09-15 | RULERS: The 2 British kings whose royal names have the highest Roman numerals Henry VIII & Edward VIII |