#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | SPACE MEN & WOMEN $1000: The first British citizen in space, Helen Sharman spent a week aboard this Soviet space station in 1991 Mir |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | FORMIDABLE FANTASY $2,700 (Daily Double): "The Mists of Avalon" focuses on women in this British king's legendary life, like Morgaine & Gwenhwyfar King Arthur |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $2000: At 14, this British author of "White Teeth" changed the first letter of her name from S to Z, thinking it sounded more exotic Zadie Smith |
#8500, aired 2021-10-29 | NON-MEDICAL FEVERS $1200: During World War I, British women entranced by all the men in yellowish brown uniforms caused this fabric fever khaki |
#8464, aired 2021-08-12 | CLASSIC BRITISH NOVELS $2000: The women in his "Women in Love" are Ursula & Gudrun, who first appeared in "The Rainbow" D.H. Lawrence |
#8249, aired 2020-10-01 | HISTORIC WOMEN $3,000 (Daily Double): Her services refused due to prejudice, Jamaican-born Mary Seacole helped care for British soldiers on her own during this 1850s war the Crimean War |
#8232, aired 2020-06-09 | WOMEN ARTISTS $800: While working in Rome, American sculptor Harriet Hosmer befriended these married British poets and cast their clasped hands the Brownings |
#8232, aired 2020-06-09 | WOMEN ARTISTS $1200: In the '60s British painter Bridget Riley was a leader of this movement that played tricks on your eyes Op art |
#8067, aired 2019-10-08 | WOMEN COMPOSERS $1200: Anne Dudley won an Oscar for scoring this film in which unemployed British steelworkers take it off The Full Monty |
#8067, aired 2019-10-08 | WOMEN COMPOSERS $1600: British-born Rebecca Clarke gained notice with her 1919 sonata for this instrument spelled the same as a woman's first name the viola |
#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) |
#7803, aired 2018-07-11 | BLACK WOMEN AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): This British author of "White Teeth" also wrote "Swing Time", a story of 2 childhood friends who dream of being dancers Zadie Smith |
#7571, aired 2017-07-10 | DRESS LIKE WOMEN $1600: Amal Clooney has donned a black robe & wig as this type of British lawyer who pleads in the higher courts barrister |
#7441, aired 2017-01-09 | WOMEN & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: In 1782 Betty Zane retrieved a cache of this explosive mixture & returned with it to save Fort Henry from a British siege gunpowder |
#7441, aired 2017-01-09 | WOMEN & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: Ann Bates spied for the British & Lydia Darragh spied for the colonists in this city that was also Betsy Ross' home Philadelphia |
#7441, aired 2017-01-09 | WOMEN & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1000: In April 1777 Sybil Ludington pulled a Paul Revere-style all-night ride to tell of a British attack on Danbury in this state Connecticut |
#7206, aired 2016-01-04 | EMMY: THE WOMEN $800: Emmy Bridgewater was a leading British exponent of this art style that (ironically) derives from French for "super real" surrealism |
#7109, aired 2015-07-09 | 1990s SITCOM SUMMARIES $600: Edina & Patsy, 2 middle-aged British women, self-medicate with booze & drugs Absolutely Fabulous |
#6886, aired 2014-07-21 | WOMEN & CHILDREN $800: This British P.M. got severe criticism for opposing international sanctions against apartheid Margaret Thatcher |
#6693, aired 2013-10-23 | WOMEN DIRECTORS $800: British director Gurinder Chadha had a cameo in the wedding scene in this 2002 girls' soccer film Bend It Like Beckham |
#6355, aired 2012-04-13 | THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TITANIC $4,000 (Daily Double): The first rescue ship on site was this British liner that picked up more than 700 survivors, mostly women & children the Carpathia |
#6331, aired 2012-03-12 | THE SPORTING LIFE $400: In 1884 Maud Watson won the first women's singles tennis competition at this British venue Wimbledon |
#6237, aired 2011-11-01 | DESIGNING WOMEN $2000: Kate Middleton's wedding dress was designed by Sarah Burton, of this late British designer's fashion house Alexander McQueen |
#6132, aired 2011-04-19 | ON THE BRITISH MONARCHY'S WEBSITE $400: Traditional forms of greeting the Queen: "For men... a neck bow (from the head only) whilst women do a small" one of these bows curtsy |
#6078, aired 2011-02-02 | MEN & WOMEN OF LETTERS $1200: The very British Pelham Grenville... (P.G.) Wodehouse |
#5927, aired 2010-05-25 | FANCY A BRITISH DATE? $400: Women students were permitted at this university for the first time on April 29, 1884 Oxford |
#5920, aired 2010-05-14 | CONTEMPORARIES $800: Susan B. Anthony pushed for women's rights while this woman was nursing British soldiers in the Crimean War Florence Nightingale |
#5652, aired 2009-03-17 | SID & NANCY $800: Nancy was the first name of this "Lady", who in 1929 tried to form a women's party in the British House of Commons Lady Astor |
#5630, aired 2009-02-13 | WOMEN OF THE WORLD $400: This British dame, Rudolf Nureyev's dance partner, was married to a Panamanian diplomat Margot Fonteyn |
#5507, aired 2008-07-15 | BRITISH ROYALS IN THE MILITARY $200: During World War II, she joined the Women's Auxiliary & drove a military truck in London Queen Elizabeth II |
#5133, aired 2006-12-27 | NOTABLE WOMEN $400: The eminent British archaeologist Dorothy Garrod was the first female professor at this British university Cambridge |
#5090, aired 2006-10-27 | 20th CENTURY SPORTS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Ping Hdqtrs in Phoenix, AZ.) In 1990, Karsten Solheim, founder of Ping Golf, created the Solheim Cup for women; as in the Ryder Cup, these are the 2 teams the U.S. & the Europeans |
#4870, aired 2005-11-11 | SILENT "K" $600: It's a British term for women's underwear knickers |
#4269, aired 2003-03-06 | BRITISH ROYAL DADS $400: He fathered 2 queens of England by 2 different women Henry VIII |
#4215, aired 2002-12-20 | WOMEN! $600: She's the distinctive British voice heard here Marianne Faithfull |
#4123, aired 2002-07-03 | NOT REALLY MARRIED $1200: This British comic had scantily clad women on his TV show; in 1991 this law professor testified about sexual harassment Benny & Anita Hill |
#4050, aired 2002-03-22 | INITIALED AUTHORS $400: "Women in Love" was the sequel to "The Rainbow" by this British author D.H. Lawrence |
#3733, aired 2000-11-22 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $1000: The weekend Tiger won the British Open, this Australian swept to victory in the U.S. Women's Open Karrie Webb |
#3702, aired 2000-10-10 | THE KENNEDY WOMEN $500: Jack & Bobby's sister Patricia was married to this British actor from 1954 to 1966 Peter Lawford |
#3685, aired 2000-09-15 | TV & MOVIE ACTORS $1000: Jennifer Saunders was in "Spice World" & played Edina on this sitcom about 2 spicy British women Absolutely Fabulous |
#3451, aired 1999-09-13 | NOTABLE WOMEN $400: The Duchess of Bedford introduced the beloved British custom of afternoon tea in this century 19th century |
#3327, aired 1999-02-09 | NOTABLE WOMEN $100: Margrethe II studied archaeology at this British university before she became queen of Denmark Cambridge |
#3168, aired 1998-05-13 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $200: In 1992 this former British prime minister was made a baroness Margaret Thatcher |
#3144, aired 1998-04-09 | NOW THAT'S COMEDY $400: Buxom women losing their clothes was a staple of this comic's show, on British TV until 1989 Benny Hill |
#2995, aired 1997-09-12 | WOMEN ON THE MAP $600: Famous for its large parks & lush landscapes, it's Canada's "Garden City" Victoria, British Columbia |
#2931, aired 1997-05-05 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $200: On July 8, 1993 this British princess' stepmother, Raine Spencer, married a French count Princess Diana |
#2927, aired 1997-04-29 | FAMOUS WOMEN $800: This British woman is regarded as the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees Jane Goodall |
#2842, aired 1996-12-31 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1000: This British author dedicated her 1928 novel "Orlando" to Vita Sackville-West Virginia Woolf |
#2786, aired 1996-10-14 | WOMEN $200: You don't have to be British to know this is Fergie's first name Sarah |
#2727, aired 1996-06-11 | WOMEN AUTHORS $600: Queen of British romance novelists who wrote "The Wicked Marquis" & "The Impetuous Duchess" Barbara Cartland |
#2684, aired 1996-04-11 | "NET"s $400: A type of women's hat, the British use this term to mean an automobile hood a bonnet |
#2665, aired 1996-03-15 | WOMEN $400: In the 1960s this stick-thin British model was so popular Mattel made a doll in her likeness Twiggy |
#2636, aired 1996-02-05 | HISTORIC WOMEN $600: For her nursing reforms & care of the sick. she was the 1st woman to receive the British Order of Merit Florence Nightingale |
#2602, aired 1995-12-19 | WOMEN POETS $900 (Daily Double): In 1956 she married British poet Ted Hughes while in England on a Fulbright scholarship Sylvia Plath |
#2590, aired 1995-12-01 | WOMEN NOVELISTS $600: In the 1970s this British romance novelist recorded an "Album of Love Songs" with the Royal Philharmonic Barbara Cartland |
#2519, aired 1995-07-13 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $400: She was the first British monarch to travel by rail Queen Victoria |
#2413, aired 1995-02-15 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $200: In 1992 this former British prime minister became a baroness Margaret Thatcher |
#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 |
#2390, aired 1995-01-13 | WOMEN ARTISTS $200: British painter Vanessa Bell was the older sister of this leader of the Bloomsbury Group Virginia Woolf |
#2381, aired 1995-01-02 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1000: In 1969 this "Rebecca" author was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire Daphne du Maurier |
#2359, aired 1994-12-01 | WOMEN POETS $700 (Daily Double): During her last decade this British poet lived in the Casa Guidi in Florence, Italy Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
#2240, aired 1994-05-06 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1000: This British-born editor of the New Yorker is also an award-winning playwright (Tina) Brown |
#2175, aired 1994-02-04 | WOMEN $400: In 1854 she was asked by the British Secretary of War to take command of the nurses in Scutari, Turkey Florence Nightingale |
#2168, aired 1994-01-26 | BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY $500: Camilla & this Roman goddess of the hunt got along famously, unlike the British women who bear their names today Diana |
#1945, aired 1993-02-05 | FAMOUS WOMEN $800: The original Gibson Girl, Irene Langhorne Gibson, was an older sister of this American-born British "Lady" Lady (Nancy) Astor |
#1924, aired 1993-01-07 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: In 1980 this dog trainer was named British female television personality of the year (Barbara) Woodhouse |
#1924, aired 1993-01-07 | FAMOUS WOMEN $500 (Daily Double): In 1966 this designer who popularized the miniskirt was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire Mary Quant |
#1842, aired 1992-09-15 | FAMOUS WOMEN $100: She became the heir presumptive to the British throne when her father became king in 1936 Elizabeth (II) |
#1829, aired 1992-07-09 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1000: In 1919 this Virginia-born "Lady"' became the 1st woman to sit in the British Parliament Lady Astor |
#1628, aired 1991-10-02 | FAMOUS WOMEN $600: At 89, this romance author was recently made a dame of the British Empire Barbara Cartland |
#1230, aired 1989-12-29 | SPORTS $400: In 1947 she became the 1st American woman to win the British Women's Amateur golf tournament Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
#966, aired 1988-11-14 | 19TH CENTURY WOMEN $400: British soldiers wounded in the Crimean War called her the "Lady with the Lamp" Florence Nightingale |
#896, aired 1988-06-27 | 60 YEARS AGO $400: The British reduced the age for women voters from 30 to this 21 |
#750, aired 1987-12-04 | WOMEN $300: Ladies' Home Journal says British women, copying her style, have taken to wearing rubies & bows Fergie (Sarah Ferguson) |
#663, aired 1987-06-24 | SCARLET WOMEN $800: In the old British ballad, it's the 1st name of Miss Allen, the femme fatale of Scarlet Town Barb'ry, Barbara Allen |
#503, aired 1986-11-12 | WOMEN FIRST $300: Of Princesses Anne, Diana, or Margaret, 1st female in line for the British throne in her own right Princess Anne |
#473, aired 1986-10-01 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: It's said this South African runner's switch to British nationality helped break up her parents' marriage Zola Budd |
#360, aired 1986-01-24 | BRITISH CLOTHING $500: Part of the body where women wear "winklepickers" their feet |
#329, aired 1985-12-12 | GOLF $600: Of the Walker, Curtis, & Ryder Cups, the 1 played for by U.S. & British women the Curtis Cup |
#13, aired 1984-09-26 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: Playwright Edward Albee asked "Who's afraid of" this respected British novelist Virginia Woolf |