#9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: Along with Bulgaria & even Cuba, Hungary was part of the "Soviet" this 4-letter word from the French bloc |
#9026, aired 2024-01-29 | THE COUNTRY THAT BORDERS BOTH $400: Turkey &
Bulgaria Greece |
#8829, aired 2023-03-16 | WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I? $800: A nation bordered by Bulgaria Turkey |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | THE SURPRISINGLY SUCCESSFUL LEAGUE OF NATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1925 the League headed off a Balkan war between Bulgaria & this neighbor to the south Greece |
#8734, aired 2022-11-03 | NAME THAT BALKAN NATION $1600: Greece & Turkey are on its southern border Bulgaria |
#8702, aired 2022-09-20 | CAPITAL CITY ETYMOLOGIES $2,000 (Daily Double): "Wisdom" in Greek is the derivation of this Balkan capital city Sofia |
#8691, aired 2022-07-25 | EASTERN EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: Bulgaria is one of many countries on this peninsula that won freedom by breaking the cruel Ottoman yoke the Balkan Peninsula |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | ROMANCE LANGUAGES $2000: Isolated from its romantic relatives, Romanian has been influenced by this language group of neighbors like Serbia & Bulgaria Slavic |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | HISTORIC ALLIANCES $600: Created during the Cold War in 1955, this alliance joined together several countries including Bulgaria & Albania the Warsaw Pact |
#8535, aired 2021-12-17 | HOME, SWEET HOME $400: This historic German region was home to Hohenzollern Castle, a home to Frederick William IV, king of that region Prussia |
#8515, aired 2021-11-19 | LIKE A NATURALIZED WOMAN $1200: Sofia Vergara moved to the U.S. from this, her native country Colombia |
#8406, aired 2021-05-24 | NON-ITALIAN ROMAN EMPEROR $800: Maximinus Thrax got his heavy metal name because he was born in this ancient region spanning Greece, Turkey & Bulgaria Thrace |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | INTERNATIONAL ORGS. $1,000 (Daily Double): Bulgaria & Moldova belong to BSEC, the economic cooperation zone named for this body of water the Black Sea |
#7986, aired 2019-05-06 | ARCHAEOLOGY $5,200 (Daily Double): In 2018 it was announced that the world's oldest intact shipwreck was found off the coast of Bulgaria, at the bottom of this sea the Black Sea |
#7972, aired 2019-04-16 | A YEAR ENDING IN 9 $600: Communist leaders fell all over Europe, including Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria after 35 years of rule 1989 |
#7951, aired 2019-03-18 | COUNTRY SHORTCUTS $1200: Turkey & Romania Bulgaria |
#7934, aired 2019-02-21 | "B"ORDER COUNTRIES $600: Romania:
A Balkan buddy Bulgaria |
#7859, aired 2018-11-08 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: Bulgaria & Bosnia-Herzegovina are 2 of the countries on this peninsula the Balkan Peninsula |
#7756, aired 2018-05-07 | STOCK MARKET INDEXES $2,000 (Daily Double): The SOFIX tracks the 15 biggest stocks on this Eastern European country's exchange Bulgaria |
#7756, aired 2018-05-07 | EMPIRES $2000: In 811 this eastern empire's Nicephorus I invaded Bulgaria; the Bulgur Khan had his skull made into a drinking cup Byzantine |
#7682, aired 2018-01-23 | SEAS OF THE WORLD $800: From Bulgaria to Georgia, it's about 700 miles across this "colorful" sea the Black Sea |
#7659, aired 2017-12-21 | "CHRIS"TENING $1600: In 1935 Mr. & Mrs. Javacheff of Bulgaria named their little future artist this Christo |
#7630, aired 2017-11-10 | IN THE YEAR 1017 $1200: Basil II, ruler of this grade-"B" empire, was completing his conquest of Bulgaria the Byzantine |
#7406, aired 2016-11-21 | GEOGRAPHY $1200: On an alphabetical list of nations in English, this Balkan nation comes immediately before Burkina Faso Bulgaria |
#7385, aired 2016-10-21 | THE U.N.'s COUNTRY ABBREVIATION $1000: BGR Bulgaria |
#7327, aired 2016-06-21 | THE 5 W's $1000: Where: this country that's home to the Sofia Princess Hotel Bulgaria |
#7182, aired 2015-12-01 | WHAT "IA" COUNTRY $400: It borders Turkey & Greece Bulgaria |
#7182, aired 2015-12-01 | WHAT "IA" COUNTRY $3,000 (Daily Double): The Netherlands relinquished sovereignty over it in 1949 Indonesia |
#7162, aired 2015-11-03 | COUNTRY BORDERS $600: On its northwest, Croatia;
on its southeast, Bulgaria Serbia |
#7159, aired 2015-10-29 | BAD NEWS $600: A 7.4 quake in Istanbul in 1999 did lead to better relations with this western border country that gave support Bulgaria |
#7080, aired 2015-05-29 | WORLD CAPITAL"IA" $200: In 447 the Huns destroyed this city, now the capital of Bulgaria Sofia |
#6938, aired 2014-11-12 | THE ENDS OF THE ROAD $800: Asian Highway 1 stretches 13,000 miles from Tokyo to this country's border with Bulgaria Turkey |
#6884, aired 2014-07-17 | A RIVER RUNS BETWEEN THEM $400: Bulgaria & Romania the Danube |
#6769, aired 2014-02-06 | THE COUNTRY DUE SOUTH $1,000 (Daily Double): of Sofia, Bulgaria Greece |
#6688, aired 2013-10-16 | FOR THE LAST TIME $1000: A cousin of Prince Charles, Constantine II was the last king of this country Greece |
#6332, aired 2012-03-13 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Kazanlak, 100 miles east of Sofia in the Valley of Roses of this country, is known for its roses used in perfumes Bulgaria |
#6127, aired 2011-04-12 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $1000: Her father Francis says at about age 3 she heard him in a long argument & said, "Cut!" Sofia Coppola |
#6105, aired 2011-03-11 | THE PEACE CORPS $2000: The Corps serves the 2nd as well as the 3rd
World, in Romania & this Balkan neighbor on its southern border Bulgaria |
#6092, aired 2011-02-22 | HOMECOMING KINGS & QUEENS $2000: In 1996 King Simeon returned to Bulgaria; he had fled in 1946 after a takeover by this very anti-king political party the Communist Party |
#6084, aired 2011-02-10 | THE COUNTRY THAT BORDERS... $2000: Greece & Turkey Bulgaria |
#6010, aired 2010-10-29 | COUNTRY CLUBS $400: Greece joined this military alliance in 1952, Bulgaria in 2004, though they're far from the body of water in its name NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
#5979, aired 2010-09-16 | WORLD LEADERS $1600: Former Sofia mayor Boyko Borissov is now its prime minister Bulgaria |
#5916, aired 2010-05-10 | INTERNATIONAL ORGS. $2,000 (Daily Double): BSEC is the economic cooperation zone named for this body of water; its 12 members include Bulgaria the Black Sea |
#5882, aired 2010-03-23 | BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN $800: Russia helped this country regain control of Sofia from the Ottomans in 1878; the Communists dominated by 1948 Bulgaria |
#5812, aired 2009-12-15 | STATE FACTS $800: Sofia is the capital of this country on the Balkan Peninsula Bulgaria |
#5698, aired 2009-05-20 | OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $400: In Bulgaria:
This Bulgarian |
#5688, aired 2009-05-06 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: Golden Sands is a resort on Bulgaria's east coast along this sea the Black Sea |
#5615, aired 2009-01-23 | AROUND THE WORLD, J. PETERMAN STYLE $1600: Now, it was away to the W. border this country shares with Bulgaria & Greece; the Black Sea had taught us well Turkey |
#5599, aired 2009-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $1,000 (Daily Double): Crowds in Romania & Bulgaria celebrated as their nations became the 26th & 27th in this org. Jan 1, 2007 the European Union |
#5513, aired 2008-07-23 | EXCEPT AFTER SEA $2,000 (Daily Double): This sea has Georgia on its mind (well, its eastern side, anyway) & Bulgaria on its west the Black Sea |
#5490, aired 2008-06-20 | THE BAHAMAS, BOLIVIA OR BULGARIA $200: An archipelago the Bahamas |
#5490, aired 2008-06-20 | THE BAHAMAS, BOLIVIA OR BULGARIA $400: Has the highest population of the 3, with about 9 million Bolivia |
#5490, aired 2008-06-20 | THE BAHAMAS, BOLIVIA OR BULGARIA $600: Member of the British Commonwealth the Bahamas |
#5490, aired 2008-06-20 | THE BAHAMAS, BOLIVIA OR BULGARIA $800: Uses the Lev as its unit of currency Bulgaria |
#5490, aired 2008-06-20 | THE BAHAMAS, BOLIVIA OR BULGARIA $1000: 12% Muslim Bulgaria |
#5357, aired 2007-12-18 | SOVIET BLOC HEADS $1200: For 35 years, Todor Zhivkov ruled this eastern Balkan nation that borders the Black Sea Bulgaria |
#5255, aired 2007-06-15 | WORLD WAR II $1200: Boris III brought this Balkan country into WWII Bulgaria |
#5222, aired 2007-05-01 | ROYALTY $1000: In 1927 5-year-old Prince Michael was proclaimed king of this country north of Bulgaria Romania |
#5204, aired 2007-04-05 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: A European republic: Sofia Bulgaria |
#4986, aired 2006-04-24 | MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS $1000: Bulgaria changed this Adam Sandler film to "Psycho Therapy" Anger Management |
#4907, aired 2006-01-03 | THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $400: Bahamas,
Bahrain,
Bulgaria Bulgaria |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | BULGARIA $400: Reasonably enough, the bulgur type of this is popular in Bulgaria's Eastern-influenced cuisine wheat |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | BULGARIA $800: City that's home to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences & the Bulgarian State Conservatory Sofia |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | BULGARIA $1200: A party representing this political view won historic free elections in 1990; guess the people weren't tired of it communism |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | BULGARIA $1600: Tourists flock to this sea that, unfortunately, also has a lot of pollution from industry the Black Sea |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | BULGARIA $5,000 (Daily Double): The first important Bulgarian novel was Ivan Vazov's "Under the Yoke"--this empire's yoke the Ottoman Empire |
#4618, aired 2004-10-06 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: The Rhodope Mountains & the city of Sofia are in this country Bulgaria |
#4612, aired 2004-09-28 | BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE $500 (Daily Double): A bridge over this river will connect Vidin, Bulgaria with Calafat, Romania the Danube |
#4588, aired 2004-07-14 | WORLD WAR II $400: In September 1944 this country's forces entered Bulgaria, which promptly switched to the Allied side Russia |
#4559, aired 2004-06-03 | A VULGAR DISPLAY OF "POWER" $1000: Collective coalition name for Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria & the Ottoman Empire during WWI the Central Powers |
#4516, aired 2004-04-05 | PRIME MINISTERS $800: The current PM of Bulgaria, Simeon Sakskoburggotski, used to be this (as Simeon II) king of Bulgaria |
#4389, aired 2003-10-09 | EUROPE $800: Bulgaria is a leading producer of attar, an oil from these flowers roses |
#4274, aired 2003-03-13 | THE NORTHERNMOST NATION $800: Bolivia,
Botswana,
Bulgaria Bulgaria |
#4147, aired 2002-09-17 | ACTIVITIES $1000: Kids can be the ambassador from Kenya or Bulgaria in the "model" version of this organization founded in 1945 the United Nations |
#4144, aired 2002-09-12 | IT BORDERS BOTH $1600: Bulgaria & Armenia Turkey |
#4081, aired 2002-05-06 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1200: In WWI Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria & the Ottoman Empire were known in the West as these "Powers" the Central |
#4052, aired 2002-03-26 | "B" YOUR BEST $1000: This country of southeastern Europe is outlined here Bulgaria |
#3978, aired 2001-12-12 | I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HUN $600: The town on the site of this capital of Bulgaria was plundered & burned by the Huns around 447 Sofia |
#3830, aired 2001-04-06 | THE LAST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY $500: In the 1980s Bulgaria ordered this ethnic minority from a neighbor to the southeast to take Slavic names Turks |
#3645, aired 2000-06-09 | PEOPLE & PLACES $200: This other term for a person from Bulgaria is just 2 letters shorter than the country itself Bulgar |
#3555, aired 2000-02-04 | AROUND THE WORLD $600: In June Bulgaria holds an annual harvest festival of these blossoms, the month's traditional flower Rose |
#3465, aired 1999-10-01 | CAPITAL (CITY) PUNISHMENT $200: Sofia Bulgaria |
#3387, aired 1999-05-04 | ROMANIA MANIA $1000: The Danube divides Romania from this Black Sea neighbor country to the south Bulgaria |
#2945, aired 1997-05-23 | AROUND THE WORLD $300: Bulgaria's is "Mila Rodino", which means "Dear Homeland" National anthem |
#2905, aired 1997-03-28 | WORLD WAR I $300: The Central Powers consisted of Germany, Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary & this empire Ottoman Empire |
#2828, aired 1996-12-11 | GEOGRAPHY $1,200 (Daily Double): The Rhodope Mountains delineate Bulgaria's southern border with this country Greece |
#2679, aired 1996-04-04 | NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD $600: One of this country's major recreational areas is Vitosha National Park near Sofia Bulgaria |
#2653, aired 1996-02-28 | GEOGRAPHY $600: Among the busiest ports lying on this sea are Samsun, Turkey & Varna, Bulgaria The Black Sea |
#2581, aired 1995-11-20 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: You'll find this country's major airports in Varna, Burgas & Sofia Bulgaria |
#2549, aired 1995-10-05 | AROUND THE WORLD $800: This city was known as Serdica in ancient times, long before it became Bulgaria's capital Sofia |
#2492, aired 1995-06-06 | GEOGRAPHY $200: Bulgaria is located on this peninsula the Balkans |
#2477, aired 1995-05-16 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $800: He set his 1894 play "Arms and the Man" in Bulgaria Shaw |
#2475, aired 1995-05-12 | WORLD CAPITALS $600: This city's Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in honor of Bulgaria's liberation from Turkish rule Sofia |
#2468, aired 1995-05-03 | 1990 $100: In January 1990 this political party lost its monopoly on power in Bulgaria the Communist Party |
#2424, aired 1995-03-02 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: This Balkan country lost its Aegean coastline in World War I Bulgaria |
#2285, aired 1994-07-08 | AND STRIPES $300: Number of stripes on the flag of Bulgaria, Ethiopia or France 3 |
#2273, aired 1994-06-22 | ROCKS & MINERALS $600: An important mineral found in Bulgaria is this one abbreviated Lg lignite |
#2255, aired 1994-05-27 | BULGARIA $200: In January 1990 the Parliament voted away its constitutional guarantee as the dominant party the Communist Party |
#2255, aired 1994-05-27 | BULGARIA $400: This river forms most of the border between Bulgaria & Romania the Danube |
#2255, aired 1994-05-27 | BULGARIA $600: On Sept. 8, 1944 this country invaded Bulgaria the Soviet Union |
#2255, aired 1994-05-27 | BULGARIA $1,000 (Daily Double): This city is home to the Cyril & Methodius National Library Sofia |
#2255, aired 1994-05-27 | BULGARIA $1000: This bridge wrapper is Bulgaria's most famous contemporary artist Christo |
#2253, aired 1994-05-25 | HISTORY $400: In 1908 Bulgaria's King Ferdinand declared his country's full independence from this empire the Ottoman Empire |
#2219, aired 1994-04-07 | LANGUAGES $600: The Bulgarian language is written in this alphabet that may have originated in Bulgaria the Cyrillic alphabet |
#2212, aired 1994-03-29 | AROUND THE WORLD $500: Bulgaria's Botev Peak is the tallest in this mountain range the Balkans |
#2175, aired 1994-02-04 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Bulgaria borders this sea the Black Sea |
#2134, aired 1993-12-09 | EUROPE $800: Bulgaria's National Ethnographic Museum is in the old Royal Palace in this city Sofia |
#2125, aired 1993-11-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In Bulgaria, the week before this 40-day period is Cheese Week; during it, you finish all your cheese Lent |
#1911, aired 1992-12-21 | ONCE & FUTURE KINGS $1000: Now exiled, Simeon II became king of this Balkan country at age 6 after his father, Boris, was poisoned Bulgaria |
#1791, aired 1992-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The 1912 alliance of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece & Montenegro was known as this league the Balkan League |
#1720, aired 1992-02-07 | WORLD CAPITALS $400: Shortly after its liberation from Ottoman rule, it became Bulgaria's capital Sofia |
#1698, aired 1992-01-08 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $600: A 20 Alexander became king of this region, later divided among Bulgaria, Yugoslavia & Greece Macedonia |
#1668, aired 1991-11-27 | LANGUAGES $1000: The Tosk dialect is spoken widely in the southern part of this country, which borders Greece Albania |
#1595, aired 1991-07-05 | RULERS $400: It's reported Boris III, king of Bulgaria, died mysteriously in 1943 after an angry meeting with this man Hitler |
#1436, aired 1990-11-26 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: Boris III became king of this Balkan country when his father abdicated in 1918 Bulgaria |
#1426, aired 1990-11-12 | RULERS $1000: From 1887-1946 this triple-named family associated with Britain ruled Bulgaria Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
#1386, aired 1990-09-17 | THE 20th CENTURY $300: One of the few disputes this organization was able to arbitrate was between Greece & Bulgaria in 1925 the League of Nations |
#1380, aired 1990-09-07 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: In 1833, Bavarian Prince Otto became the 1st king of this Balkan country after its liberation from Turkey Greece |
#8, aired 1990-08-04 | ROYALTY $500: King Boris III of Bulgaria was the son-in-law of this country's King Victor Emmanuel III Italy |
#1317, aired 1990-05-01 | EASTERN EUROPE $1000: In November 1989 hard liner Todor Zhivkov resigned after leading this country for 35 years Bulgaria |
#1202, aired 1989-11-21 | EUROPE $1000: This Balkan country's King Boris III died mysteriously after a confrontation with Hitler Bulgaria |
#1163, aired 1989-09-27 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: It's the only Balkan country that fits the category Bulgaria |
#958, aired 1988-11-02 | PERFUME $1000: Bulgaria is the chief producer of this perfume oil obtained by passing steam thru rose petals attar (of roses) |
#897, aired 1988-06-28 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $900 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 countries that border Romania (2 of) the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria & Hungary |
#885, aired 1988-06-10 | BODIES OF WATER $100: Named, it's said, because heavy winter fog makes the waters look dark, it lies between USSR & Bulgaria Black Sea |
#860, aired 1988-05-06 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS $800: It's the largest city in Bulgaria, as well as the capital Sofia |
#751, aired 1987-12-07 | DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 Communist countries which form most of Greece's northern border (2 of) Bulgaria, Yugoslavia or Albania |
#581, aired 1987-03-02 | EUROPE $400: "Ever Growing, Never Old" is the motto of this capital of Bulgaria Sofia |
#574, aired 1987-02-19 | EASTERN EUROPE $200: This, the minimum voting age in Bulgaria, is the same as in the U.S. 18 |
#566, aired 1987-02-09 | THE OLYMPICS $200: V. Salnikov, who later won gold in swimming, was training in this country when Carter asked for boycott United States |
#503, aired 1986-11-12 | RULERS $600: After converting this Balkan country to Christianity, Czar Boris I put out his own son's eyes Bulgaria |
#495, aired 1986-10-31 | HERALDIC BEASTS $300: Coats of arms of Belgium, Bulgaria & Burundi have all displayed this beast, Panthera leo lion |
#487, aired 1986-10-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1942, when Congress last did this, it involved Bulgaria, Hungary, & Romania declared war |
#485, aired 1986-10-17 | THE EASTERN BLOC $400: In his testimony, would-be papal assassin Mehmet Ali Agca implicated agents from this country Bulgaria |
#460, aired 1986-09-12 | WORLD WAR II $200: Hungary, Romania & Bulgaria originally supported this side the Axis |
#410, aired 1986-04-04 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: 2 of 4 modern-day countries you could be in when you're lost in Thrace (2 of) Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria & Romania |
#180, aired 1985-05-17 | POTENT POTABLES $400: Eastern European country in which Tokay wine originated Hungary |
#125, aired 1985-03-01 | GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 5 countries that make up the Balkan Peninsula (2 of) Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania & Turkey |
#95, aired 1985-01-18 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: Bulgaria's capital, it sounds like an Italian actress Sofia |
#59, aired 1984-11-29 | GEOGRAPHY $400: 2 of 4 countries bordering Greece (2 of) Yugoslavia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Albania |