| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: Climbing up on Medvednica Hill, I could see this end-of-the-alphabet city's light & pictured its 13th c. invasion by Mongols Zagreb |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: This mystical form of Islam began c. 800 in part with a woman from Basra who introduced a new concept of the love of Allah Sufism |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $800: At the end of Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End" this world is destroyed the Earth |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | WORLD CITIES $1200: The Georgian city of Batumi dates from around 1000 B.C. & is an important port on this sea the Black Sea |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | ISLE BE "C"ING YOU $1600: With sites like the Palancar Caves, this Mexican isle popular with cruise ships is one of the world's best destinations for scuba divers Cozumel |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | WORLD OF BELIEF $400: In the 19th c. this people of New Zealand, not happy with missionaries, formed a native Christian movement called Pai Marire the Maori |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1200: The Attica region of Greece includes this plain, the site of a pivotal 490 B.C. battle the Plains of Marathon |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | TIME TO HIT THE LIBRARY $2000: Ashurbanipal, book lover & king of this ancient kingdom ruled from Nineveh, built the world's first known library in the 600s B.C. Assyria |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $400: In the 200s B.C., the first Qin emperor ordered existing defensive structures to be linked, helping to create this Great Wall of China |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $400: The online world
(10 letters) cyberspace |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | D.C. TOURISM $600: At its completion in 1884, this was the tallest man-made structure in the world the Washington Monument |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | HISTORY $1600: It's been estimated that around 480 B.C. close to half of the world's population was in this empire founded by Cyrus the Great the Persian Empire |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: Built in what's now this country in the 300s B.C. & still in use today, the theater at Epidaurus seats about 13,000 Greece |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $800: (Andrew Dymburt delivers the clue.) At a little before 2:00 AM on June 17, 1972, sharp-eyed security guard Frank Wills noticed tape across a door latch in this Washington, D.C. office complex, changing the course of American history Watergate |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: Scholars struggle to decipher the language of the IVC, the civilization of this river valley, a power in south Asia in the 2000s B.C. the Indus River |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | THE CITY HAS FALLEN $400: This world capital to the British in August 1814 Washington, D.C. |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: The philosopher Anaximander was credited with making an early world map & one of these time-telling devices around 560 B.C. a sundial |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | WORLD OF EMPIRES $800: Around 27 B.C., the Pax Romana began during the reign of this emperor & would last for 200 years Caesar Augustus |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | CAPITAL "C" $2,000 (Daily Double): This capital lies on the banks of the world's longest river Cairo |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | CAPITAL "C" $2000: The second-southernmost capital in the world, it was affected by wildfires in 2003 Canberra |
| #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 |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | AUTHORS WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY $800: C.S. Lewis fought in this war, arriving at the front lines in the Somme Valley on his 19th birthday World War I |
| #8321, aired 2021-01-25 | PHILOSOPHY $2000: Mohism, in 5th century B.C. China, argued for doing "what is beneficial to the world", like this -ism that arose in 19th c. Britain utilitarianism |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD $500 (Daily Double): For adding areas such as Valencia to his realm, 13th c. King James I of Aragon was known as "Jaime el" this Spanish word Conquistador |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD $800: After Crassus died in battle in 53 B.C., this other "Great" triumvirate member allied with senators against Caesar...ooooops Pompey |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $400: Kong qiu was the birth name of this Chinese philosopher of the 500s & 400s B.C. Confucius |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $1600: In the 7th century B.C., Sennacherib of this front-of-the-alphabet empire made Nineveh his capital Assyria |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | CLUES ACROSS THE SMITHSONIAN $600: (Bill Kelly presents from the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.) The Air and Space Museums's Milestones of Flight Hall is filled with historic crafts, like this plane that made headlines around the world in the spring of 1927 the Spirit of St. Louis |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN THE U.S. $2000: Occupied c. 700-1400, Cahokia Mounds in Ill. are remnants of the largest settlement n. of Mexico eponymously called pre-this Columbian |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | THE TEMPLETON PRIZE $1000: 1982's winner was this man from N.C. who "took his message of Christianity into the...world of radio and television" Billy Graham |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS $800: Near the famous wall, a D.C. memorial to women's service in this war was unveiled on Veterans Day 1993 the Vietnam War |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: One of Asia's most vulnerable rainforests is in the mountains of Cambodia named for this spice that also starts with the letter C cardamom |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | BEARD MAN $200: A Guinness World Record, Hans Langseth's over 17-foot-long beard was eventually cut & donated to this D.C. institution the Smithsonian |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | WAR STORIES $2000: "The African Queen" by C.S. Forester World War I |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | NAMED FOR A PRESIDENT $600: Founded in Africa in 1822, it's the only world capital (besides Washington, D.C.) that's named for a U.S. president Monrovia |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | EX-SPORTS $400: The UFC of the ancient world, pankration debuted at the XXXIIIrd of these in 648 B.C. the Olympics |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | OLD TIMES $1200: Around 539 B.C. Cyrus the Great of this land conquered Babylon, the greatest city of the ancient world Persia |
| #7931, aired 2019-02-18 | NAME THE VENUE $2000: The world premiere of the drama "The Widow Lincoln"--this D.C. venue, January 2015 Ford's Theater |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 400s B.C. Greek cities like Thebes & Megara had not a monarchy but this form of rule by a small group an oligarchy |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | WORLD WAR I LITERATURE $400: R.C. Sherriff's "Journey's End" is set in a dugout connected to one of these, which have come to symbolize the war a trench |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $800: The world's largest collection of Shakespeareana is housed at this library the Folger |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | A SPARKLE QUIZ $800: Of the 4 "C"s of the diamond world, the facets created by this one really help the gems sparkle with light cut |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | CANADA 150 $3,500 (Daily Double): (Alex presents from the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C.) The embassy's art collection includes a reminder of the warm relations between Canada & this country; during World War II, Canada helped provide refuge for its royal family, including the young Princess Beatrix, & later, Canada helped liberate this country from Nazi rule the Netherlands |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 195 B.C. this Carthaginian fled the Romans & went into exile under the protection of the Seleucid Empire Hannibal |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: During the reign of Egypt's Ptolemy II around 280 B.C., Sostratus completed this ancient wonder the Lighthouse at Alexandria |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | MARITIME FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE $400: F.O.C. offer fewer regs & lower fees; on paper, the Marshall Islands in this ocean has one of the world's largest fleets the Pacific |
| #7479, aired 2017-03-02 | POTPOURRI $1200: According to "Forbes", in 2016, the status for this Facebook C.O.O. was "7th most powerful woman in the world" (Sheryl) Sandberg |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | A SMALL COLLEGE $400: This D.C. schools says it's "the world's only university designed to be barrier-free for deaf & hard of hearing students" Gallaudet |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $400: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Guests at the opening ceremony for the museum included these men who trained in Alabama as part of this World War II group of aviators who escorted over 200 bombing missions with the loss of just a handful of bombers the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: Every even year watch the world's top sailors in the Atlantic Cup, a 1,000-mile race from this S.C. port to Portland, Me. Charleston |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | WORLD HISTORY $800: The Olmecs flourished form around 1200 to 400 B.C. along Mexico's Gulf Coast in what became Veracruz & this "hot" state Tabasco |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | "C" THE WORLD $400: Arawak Indians inhabited this island when Europeans landed there in 1492 Cuba |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | "C" THE WORLD $800: A folk dance called the kolo is popular in this former Yugoslav republic Croatia |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | "C" THE WORLD $1600: About 1/4 of this Central American country's land has been set aside as protected area for the nation's diverse wildlife Costa Rica |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | "C" THE WORLD $2000: This Welsh capital was once known as "The Coal Metropolis of the World" Cardiff |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | "C" THE WORLD $4,000 (Daily Double): It's a small New Hampshire town as well as an ancient name for Palestine Canaan |
| #7404, aired 2016-11-17 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $400: After defeating the Shang dynasty around 1000 B.C., the Zhou dynasty ruled this empire for nearly 800 years ancient China |
| #7404, aired 2016-11-17 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $2000: Menes is credited with unifying the upper & lower sections of this kingdom around the 3rd millennium B.C. Egypt |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | "C"ITIES $2000: One of the world's largest freshwater aquariums is in this city on the Tennessee River Chattanooga |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE OLD MAN & THE "C" $600: The old man keeps sharp with these, which first appeared in the New York World newspaper in 1913 crossword puzzles |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | "C" THE WORLD $400: It's the legislative capital of South Africa Cape Town |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | "C" THE WORLD $800: Part of the border between Vermont & New York is this lake Champlain |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | "C" THE WORLD $1200: This city in Alberta hosts an annual Stampede, 10 days of rodeo events Calgary |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | "C" THE WORLD $1600: Mount Cinto is on this French island Corsica |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | "C" THE WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): A certain horse breed originated near this 100-mile-long Scottish river the Clyde |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | 7 UP $200: In the 100s B.C. Antipater of Sidon made one of the earliest known references to this group of sites the Seven Wonders of the World |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | WORLD LANDMARKS $800: Around 1400 B.C. Thutmose IV ordered a team to dig out the buried front paws of this landmark the Sphinx |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 478 B.C. this city-state led the Delian League to remove the Persians from Greece Athens |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: Devised in 46 B.C. & named for a Roman leader, it marked time for more than 1,500 years before being replaced Julian calendar |
| #7183, aired 2015-12-02 | LET'S CONTINUE TO PODCAST $1600: As "The Smartest Man in the World", Greg Proops spoke of AT&T Park, the late Anne Meara & this "2001" author all in one show Arthur C. Clarke |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | WARBIRDS $200: (Alex delivers the clue from Ramstein Air Base in Germany.) The C-130 has long been the workhorse of the United States military, carrying soldiers & supplies to hostile areas all around the world & truly earning its name, that of this mythological hero & multitasker Hercules |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | 19th C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $1600: After his editorial writer killed an opponent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he left for NYC & bought the World (Joseph) Pulitzer |
| #6985, aired 2015-01-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $2000: In area this European coastal principality is about 3 times the size of the Mall in Washington, D.C. Monaco |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 $400: For part-time law programs, think D.C.; George Washington U. was No. 2 & this university topped the list Georgetown |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | WORLD HIGH & LOW POINTS $2000: High or low? In the 400s B.C. Sophron of Syracuse uses this as an art form, perhaps walking against the wind mime |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | "MAC" OR "P.C." $600: American World War II general who was known as the "Napoleon of Luzon" Douglas MacArthur |
| #6882, aired 2014-07-15 | WORLD CAPITAL MUSEUMS $600: The Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. |
| #6876, aired 2014-07-07 | CHINESE HISTORY $400: Begun in 486 B.C., China's "Grand" this is the world's longest manmade waterway Canal |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | ASIAN HISTORY $600: In the 17th c. this country's East India Company took over the Moluccas & controlled the world clove trade the Netherlands |
| #6757, aired 2014-01-21 | "C" THE WORLD $200: This city's international film festival was first held in 1946 Cannes |
| #6757, aired 2014-01-21 | "C" THE WORLD $400: In Ajaccio on this island, you can visit the birthplace & home of Napoleon Corsica |
| #6757, aired 2014-01-21 | "C" THE WORLD $600: In these maps from 1965 & 1998, you can see the urban growth of this African city on a river Cairo |
| #6757, aired 2014-01-21 | "C" THE WORLD $800 (Daily Double): This former district of south central Scotland gave its name to a terrier & a breed of draught horse Clydesdale |
| #6757, aired 2014-01-21 | "C" THE WORLD $800: You'll find this prosperous country just south of Nicaragua Costa Rica |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 219 B.C. this Carthaginian attacked the Roman ally of Saguntum in Spain, & Rome soon declared war. Hannibal |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | D.C. TV $400: Julia Louis-Dreyfus is, God help us, a heartbeat away from the most powerful office in the world on this HBO comedy Veep |
| #6731, aired 2013-12-16 | FLORENCE $1200: The world's largest Franciscan church, the Basilica of Santa Croce is the burial place of this 17th c. astronomer Galileo |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | "C" THE WORLD $400: The West Indies archipelago discovered by Columbus in 1503 isn't the Crocodile Islands but these the Cayman Islands |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | "C" THE WORLD $800: For a European getaway, split to Split in this country on the Adriatic sea Croatia |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | "C" THE WORLD $1200: This African country's English name doesn't fit the category, but its French name does Cote d'Ivoire |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | "C" THE WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): Its waters separate Azerbaijan from Turkmenistan the Caspian Sea |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | "C" THE WORLD $2000: This city used to be a center for the Inquisition in the New World & is now a major Colombian oil port Cartagena |
| #6688, aired 2013-10-16 | WASHINGTON, NOT D.C. $1600: Home to the Pony League World Series, Washington is in this state that also hosts the Little League World Series Pennsylvania |
| #6687, aired 2013-10-15 | LIBRARIES $1600: This Washington, D.C. library boasts "the world's largest and finest collection of Shakespeare materials" the Folger Shakespeare Library |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: The legendary wealth of this king in what's now Turkey didn't help in 546 B.C. when the Persians defeated him Croesus |
| #6639, aired 2013-06-27 | GO "C" THE COUNTRY $200: With a population of 1.3 billion, it has about 20% of all the people in the world China |
| #6628, aired 2013-06-12 | AROUND THE WORLD $800: One of the 2 "c"ounties in the Irish province of Munster Cork (or Clare) |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $2000: (I'm New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.) In 2002 I broke the story of a peace plan--a return to June 1967 lines & a Palestinian state for a full peace between Israel & the Arab world--proposed by this now-king of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah |
| #6408, aired 2012-06-27 | THE RIVER OF HISTORY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) Depicted here is the historic moment when American & Russian forces met on April 25th, 1945, at Torgau, Germany, on this river the Elbe |
| #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 $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 |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC $400: Now a world capital, in the 17th c. this city was moved south, closer to the Gulf of Finland Helsinki |
| #6377, aired 2012-05-15 | OTHER POWER PLAYERS $400: Sheryl Sandberg is the C.O.O. for this website born in a Harvard dorm; its users number over 10% of the world's people Facebook |
| #6179, aired 2011-06-23 | "N" THE MIDDLE $1000: In the 1st century B.C., Publilius Syrus wrote that this "alone sets all the world in motion" money |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | "C" WORLD $200: The name of this Tennessee city is from the Creek, meaning "rock rising to a point", not "choo choo" Chattanooga |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | "C" WORLD $400: Do you know the way to San Jose, the capital of this central American nation? Costa Rica |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | "C" WORLD $600: The cathedral in this English city is seen here Canterbury |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | "C" WORLD $1000: It's linked to the European mainland by the Perekop Isthmus Crimea (Crimean Peninsula) |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | THE BIG "C" $200: The world's largest of these religious symbols soars 198 feet high over Effingham, Illinois & weighs 180 tons a cross |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | THE BIG "C" $800: The world's largest wheel of this food is 6' wide & weighs 1,300 pounds; when's the world's largest fondue party? cheese |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | THE BIG "C" $1000: Dewberry, Alberta claims the world's largest of these, whose main purpose is serving food to cowboys a chuckwagon |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | THE AMERICAN RED CROSS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C.) Dedicated in 1959, the sculpture by Felix de Weldon, who's better known for the Marine Corps War Memorial, was given in memory of the 78 who lost their lives during this war while serving with the American Red Cross World War II |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | GO! $400: Go, one of the world's oldest games, is thought to have originated c. 2000 B.C. in this Asian mainland country China |
| #6009, aired 2010-10-28 | SHE'S A LADY $400: Britannica calls Lady Augusta Ada, daughter of this rakish 19th c. poet, "the world's first computer programmer" Lord Byron |
| #6006, aired 2010-10-25 | MUMMIES OF THE WORLD $1600: Found in the family vault still wearing his boots, mummified German Baron von Holz died during this early 17th c. war the Thirty Years' War |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | WORLD WAR II $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) A panel honors the contribution of paratroop units like the 507th, which helped beat back this German counteroffensive of December 1944 Battle of the Bulge |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | CROSS WORLD CLUES "C" $200: Sea known as the American Mediterranean
(9) the Caribbean |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | CROSS WORLD CLUES "C" $400: Bohemian central European country
(5, 8) the Czech Republic |
| #5954, aired 2010-07-01 | JULY $400: In July 1932 this U.S. president ordered the forcible eviction of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C. Hoover |
| #5918, aired 2010-05-12 | IT'S A TELEGRAM $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) Once deciphered, the Zimmerman telegram aided U.S. entry into World War I by enraging the public; Germany promised U.S. land to this country Mexico |
| #5896, aired 2010-04-12 | IF YOU BUILD IT... $400: The world's largest-capacity office building is this 29-acre structure outside Washington, D.C. the Pentagon |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) The fundraising campaign to build the memorial was led by this 1996 presidential candidate, decorated in World War II with a Bronze Star & Purple Heart Bob Dole |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) Engraved in the memorial granite is this man's quote, prior to D-Day, that begins, "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade" Eisenhower |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) "They had no right to win. Yet they did, and in doing so, they changed the course of a war", reads an inscription about this decisive Pacific battle of June 4-7, 1942 Midway |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) A Quincy, Massachusetts ship inspector was the likely source of this 3-word phrase which was seen everywhere, often accompanying a cartoon figure during World War II Kilroy was here |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL $4,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) Bas-relief panels at the World War II Memorial also depict stateside heroes, like this symbolic gal with a pivotal role who represented thousands Rosie the Riveter |
| #5828, aired 2010-01-06 | THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES $200: (Alex reports from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) In 1940 in a letter to the President, this then 14-year-old future world leader asked FDR for a $10 bill, yet he doesn't cash the checks we send him for Guantanamo Fidel Castro |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | B.C. & AFTER $400: Son of Philip II of Macedonia who became the world's largest coral system Alexander the Great Barrier Reef |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | UNCIVIL UNREST $1600: Washington, D.C. & Seattle have been targets of heated protests against the World Bank & the IMF, short for this International Monetary Fund |
| #5815, aired 2009-12-18 | PREY LATER $600: 3-letter name for the Egyptian snake that played a deadly role in world affairs back in 30 B.C. the asp |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | THE NEWSEUM $400: (Alex reports from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) This is the microphone used for World War II English-language broadcasts by this woman, broadcasts that earned her a treason conviction; many years later, President Ford pardoned her Tokyo Rose |
| #5665, aired 2009-04-03 | JOURNALISTS $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) This typewriter was used by this man, a 1944 Pulitzer winner & perhaps the USA's most popular World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle |
| #5602, aired 2009-01-06 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In the 3rd century B.C., during the reign of Shih Huang Ti, at least 1 million slaves were used to build this the Great Wall |
| #5512, aired 2008-07-22 | EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI $1,800 (Daily Double): In the world's first detective story, C. Auguste Dupin solves the title crimes in "The Murders" here the Rue Morgue |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Thessaly, the land from which this Argonaut leader set out, also had a 4th century B.C. ruler of that name Jason |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | WORLD UP! $1200: This African country may have been first settled by Phoenicians as early as the 12th century B.C. Tunisia |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: In the 5th century B.C., this Greek historian wrote that it took 100,000 men 20 years to complete the Great Pyramid Herodotus |
| #5383, aired 2008-01-23 | THE EPA P3 EXPO $1200: (Jimmy reporting from the EPA P3 Expo in Washington, D.C.) A team from the University of New Hampshire is using camel power & a rope & washer system to replace gas power with green technology in the drip type of this in the fields of Niger, one of the world's poorest countries irrigation |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | WORLD CITIES $1,800 (Daily Double): The ancient Greeks founded this Italian city around 600 B.C. & gave it a name meaning "New City" Naples |
| #5369, aired 2008-01-03 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $800: World famous as "the president's guesthouse", it's actually 4 interconnected townhouses with 110 rooms Blair House |
| #5340, aired 2007-11-23 | BRANDED $400: C. Harold Smith & Edwin Binney began coloring the world with this brand in 1903 Crayola |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | PHILOSOPHY $1600: Also a Paine title, this 18th C. theory said come on, sure the world exists, it's not just all in your head common sense |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: Around 2500 B.C. the Harappan Civilization sprung up around this river in Pakistan & northwestern India the Indus |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $800: In C.S. Lewis' "The Last Battle", this lion destroyed evil-ridden Narnia & guided the faithful to the next world Aslan |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | MEN OF TRINITY COLLEGE $400: Biblical research by Bishop Ussher, a 17th century Trinity prof, dated this event to Oct. 23, 4004 B.C. the creation of the world |
| #5026, aired 2006-06-19 | WALLY WORLD $400: The Army's largest health-care facility is the D.C. medical center named for this man Walter Reed |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | CHANGE THE WORLD $200: Seen here is a gold coin depicting this Macedonian ruler who died in 323 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #4859, aired 2005-10-27 | STAMPS $800: In 2004 the Post Office honored the "Greatest Generation" with a stamp of this national memorial in D.C. the World War II Memorial |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | IT CHANGED THE WORLD $400: His empire collapsed after he died of a fever in 323 B.C.; guess he forgot to feed a cold Alexander the Great |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Around 284 B.C. Zenodotus of Ephesus became the first superintendant of this city's library Alexandria |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: Around 500 B.C. this Persian king built Persepolis; parts of the city's audience hall & palace are still standing Darius the Great |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | THE ORCHESTRA $1,600 (Daily Double): For much of the 20th c., Gregor Piatigorsky was regarded as the world's second-greatest virtuoso on this instrument the cello |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | MUSIC IN "C" $800: 2004 marks the 10th anniversary of the death of this man from Aberdeen, Washington whose music touched the world Kurt Cobain |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | A WORLD OF POTPOURRI $400: Even the Duchess of Windsor is included on Royalty Row at the Royal London Wax Museum in this B.C. capital Victoria |
| #4541, aired 2004-05-10 | BIG, REALLY BIG! $200: Built on 200 acres, this Washington, D.C. train station was once the world's largest Union Station |
| #4534, aired 2004-04-29 | "C" WORLD $200: Opened in 1934, world-famous Tavern on the Green is found in this green area of New York City Central Park |
| #4534, aired 2004-04-29 | "C" WORLD $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Berlin) The Nazis blamed the 1933 Reichstag fire on this political group that may well have set it themselves the Communists |
| #4534, aired 2004-04-29 | "C" WORLD $1000: Pollux could have fed some of this oil to his brother of the same name Castor oil |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "C" $1000: Courvoisier is one of the world's leading makers of this potent potable cognac |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $800: At the end of Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End", this world is destroyed Earth |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | AROUND THE WORLD BOOK $600: As C is in 2 volumes, but J & K are in 1, volume 13 still covers this one letter M |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | WORLD LITERATURE $800: In the 18th C. Radischev protested the abuse of peasants in "Journey from St. Petersburg to" this big city Moscow |
| #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | CITY QUOTES $800: According to the Harper Book of Amer. Quotations, Sally Quinn called this city the "News Capital of the World" Washington, D.C. |
| #4113, aired 2002-06-19 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: (Cheryl gives the clue from Washington, D.C.) The Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., was named for this ruler in 1751 George II |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | EUROPEAN ART $1200: A main cause of the early 20th c. Dadaist movement was artists being bummed out about this 4-year-long event World War I |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | THE NATURAL WORLD $800: 18th C. naturalist Georg Steller described the sea eagle, the sea lion & this slow-moving "sea" beast the sea cow |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | IT'S A TOUGH WORLD $5,000 (Daily Double): The first nation of this name existed c. 650 B.C.; the latest declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 Macedonia |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $800: The leader of the free world traditionally spends some free time at this Maryland retreat Camp David |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: This city was founded in 52 B.C. on the Ile de la Cite, an island in the Seine River Paris |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 5 $800: Fleeing the Romans in 195 B.C., Hannibal took refuge with King Antiochus III in what's now this Mideast country Syria |
| #3856, aired 2001-05-14 | THAT'S SNOW FUN $400: At the 1939 World's Fair, the Carrier Corp. demonstrated A/C in an imitation one of these domed dwellings Igloo |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: The first recorded eruption of this Sicilian volcano occurred in about 1500 B.C. Mount Etna |
| #3837, aired 2001-04-17 | PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS $400: James Ussher thought this was created in the evening of October 22, 4004 B.C. The world |
| #3827, aired 2001-04-03 | FLAGS $300: A yellow sphere represents the world discovered by 15th & 16th c. navigators on the flag of this Iberian nation Portugal |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | WOMEN OF THE WORLD $400: Paloma Picasso France |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | WOMEN OF THE WORLD $1000: Queen Noor United States |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | OF THE WORLD $200: This U.S. city was the birthplace of Connie Chung, Edward Herrmann & John F. Kennedy, Jr. Washington, D.C. |
| #3793, aired 2001-02-14 | IT'S A SMALL WORLD $100: This country on the Mediterranean coast of France is about 3 times the size of the Mall in Washington, D.C. Monaco |
| #3694, aired 2000-09-28 | THE WORLD BY THE NUMBERS $500: Of 8,000, 28,000 or 128,000, the approximate diameter of the Earth in miles 8,000 |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | ANCIENT COINS $600: Around 334 B.C. this Macedonian's stater became a world currency Alexander the Great |
| #3680, aired 2000-09-08 | WORKING ON THE RAILROAD $100: Hideo Shima, put in charge of planning the Tokyo-Osaka line in 1958, wanted it done by this 1964 event, & it was The Summer Olympics |
| #3671, aired 2000-07-17 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $1000: This Elizabethan courtier never completed his "History of the World", so it only goes up to the 2nd century B.C. Sir Walter Raleigh |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: In 323 B.C. this "great" man, who had conquered much of the known world, died at age 33 of a nasty fever Alexander the Great |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | WORLD RELIGION $800: He was born Kong Qiu around 551 B.C. in the Chinese state of Lu Confucius |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: It was formerly Northern Rhodesia Zambia |
| #3606, aired 2000-04-17 | 'ROUND THE WORLD $300: A manufacturing powerhouse since the Industrial Revolution, this city is England's 2nd largest in population Birmingham |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART 1 $500: In his last battle, this man defeated Pompey's sons & supporters in 45 B.C. at Munda in Spain Julius Caesar |
| #3542, aired 2000-01-18 | ROCK MY WORLD $300: Of King Ad-Rock, Thugmuffin C, MCA or Mike D, the one who's not a member of the USA's Beastie Boys Thugmuffin C |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Sostratus of Cnidus built this city's famous lighthouse in the early 3rd century B.C. Alexandria |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This country's Shang dynasty arose in the 1700s B.C. along the Yellow River China |
| #3519, aired 1999-12-16 | USA $300: This D.C. library houses the world's foremost collection of works by & about Shakespeare the Folger Library |
| #3493, aired 1999-11-10 | UNDER THE "C" $200: This world capital's name is from the Arabic Al Qahira, "The Victorious" Cairo |
| #3480, aired 1999-10-22 | BOY MEETS WORLD $200: Around 1347 B.C. at the age of 9, his rule as pharaoh began King Tut |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $600: During his 46-year reign, this 18th c. king doubled the size of Brandenburg-Prussia Frederick the Great |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: Around 1650 B.C. these people made their capital at Hattusas in central Anatolia in what is now Turkey the Hittites |
| #3445, aired 1999-07-23 | WHERE IN THE WORLD? $200: Washington, D.C. museum complex where you'll find Judy Garland's magic slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" Smithsonian |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | MONDO GEO $600: Conquered by Alexander the Great in 333 B.C., this Syrian capital is one of the oldest cities in the world Damascus |
| #3412, aired 1999-06-08 | IT'S A "SMALL" WORLD $200: This federal loan-assistance agency located in Washington, D.C. is known as the SBA for short the Small Business Administration |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | ROAMIN' THE WORLD $600: Pier 21, considered "Canada's Ellis Island", is in this Nova Scotia city Halifax |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: This cradle of civilization was conquered by Macedonia in 338 B.C. & wasn't independent again until 1830 Greece |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | WHEN WAS THAT, PIERRE? $200: C'est tout! The armistice ending "La Grande Guerre" was signed in the Compiegne Forest in this year 1918 (World War I) |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | WORLD OF POETRY $1,000 (Daily Double): The name of a Stallone title character echoes this 19th C. French author of "A Season In Hell" Arthur Rimbaud |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | A LONG TIME AGO $600: This Cretan civilization dominated the Aegean world until about 1450 B.C. Minoan |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | "C" THE WORLD $100: This Australian capital's tallest landmark, Telecom Tower, towers 600' atop Black Mountain Canberra |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | "C" THE WORLD $200: These Pacific islands named for an explorer became a British protectorate in the late 1880s the Cook Islands |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | "C" THE WORLD $300: Henry Kissinger described this long, narrow country as a blade "pointed at the heart of Antarctica" Chile |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | "C" THE WORLD $400: Great Sand Dunes National Monument in this U.S. state changes its shape because the sand shifts Colorado |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | "C" THE WORLD $500: The name of this African country comes from camaroes, a Portuguese word for shrimp Cameroon |
| #3017, aired 1997-10-14 | WORLD CITIES $200: This Egyptian port city is named for the Macedonian king who founded it in 332 B.C. Alexandria |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | CHILDREN'S LIT $400: C.S. Lewis chronicled this fantasy world in 7 books, beginning with "The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe" Narnia |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: You'll find El Teniente, the world's largest underground copper mine, in this South American country Chile |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | WORLD "C"ITIES $200: Strolling on the palm-lined Promenade de la Croisette is a must in this French film festival town Cannes |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | WORLD "C"ITIES $400: The government of the state of West Bengal lives in the Raj Dhavan, or Government House, in this city Calcutta |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | WORLD "C"ITIES $800: It's the largest city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | WORLD "C"ITIES $1,500 (Daily Double): The Coptic Museum in this city is noted for its collection of ancient Coptic textiles Cairo |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | BIRDS $100: Able to run up to 40 MPH, this largest flightless bird is the world's fastest bird on land Ostrich |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: This river is only navigable for about 80 miles, from Lisbon to Abrantes, Portugal Tagus |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 490 B.C. this Persian king sent an army into Greece but it was defeated at the Battle of Marathon Darius |
| #2908, aired 1997-04-02 | JAPANESE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: The largest ones of these in the world are Japan's Sanwa & Dai-Ichi Kangyo Banks |
| #2867, aired 1997-02-04 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In books by C.S. Lewis, Aslan, one of these animals, created the world of Narnia Lion |
| #2865, aired 1997-01-31 | ANIMALS $500: The largest & heaviest New World monkey, its characteristic roar can be heard for about 2 miles Howler Monkey |
| #2852, aired 1997-01-14 | GUINNESS FOOD & DRINK RECORDS $500: The world's oldest cake, made around 2200 B.C., is in a food museum in Vevey in this Alpine country Switzerland |
| #2846, aired 1997-01-06 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): The city of Tangier lies at the western end of this strait Strait of Gibraltar |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | WORLD CITIES $600: In the 1960s Europoort, a large harbor area, was built in this Dutch city Rotterdam |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | WORLD HISTORY $500: The Portuguese captured Muscat, now the capital of this sultanate, c. 1508 but were driven out in 1650 Oman |
| #2825, aired 1996-12-06 | WORLD FACTS $1,100 (Daily Double): Discovered by David Livingstone, Botswana's Lake Ngami lies in the northern part of this desert Kalahari Desert |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | ART $500: In 1970 this "Christina's World" painter became the first living artist to have a White House exhibit Andrew Wyeth |
| #2763, aired 1996-09-11 | WORLD HISTORY $200: From about 460 to 429 B.C., Pericles was the undisputed leader of this city Athens |
| #2756, aired 1996-09-02 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 405 B.C. Spartan commander Lysander won the final victory over the Athenians in this war the Peloponnesian War |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | WORLD HISTORY $600: Ruling from 1792-1750 B.C., he had the laws of Babylon carved into an 8' high block of stone Hammurabi |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 404 B.C., this city surrendered, ending the 27-year-long Peloponnesian War Athens |
| #2751, aired 1996-07-15 | WORLD LITERATURE $1000: Shakespeare's "Cymbelline" is based in part on a story from this 14th c. work by Bocaccio "The Decameron" |
| #2750, aired 1996-07-12 | 20th CENTURY ARTISTS $400: At the age of 12 this "Christina's World" painter illustrated an edition of "Robin Hood" Andrew Wyeth |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 336 B.C. this father of Alexander the Great was killed while preparing to go to war against Persia Philip of Macedonia |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | WORLD "C"ITIES $200: The Nilometer on Rawdah Island in this city was built to measure the height of the Nile's floods Cairo |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | WORLD "C"ITIES $400: Landmarks in this Indian city include the Howrah Bridge & the Parasnath Jain Temple Calcutta |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | WORLD "C"ITIES $800: This Italian city is known for its violin making, which reached its height in the 1600s & 1700s Cremona |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | WORLD "C"ITIES $1000: This New Zealand city was founded in 1850 by the Canterbury Association, an Anglican group from England Christchurch |
| #2685, aired 1996-04-12 | WORLD RELIGIONS $600: His enlightenment has been dated to around 528 B.C. after a 7-week stay under the bodhi tree Buddha |
| #2644, aired 1996-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Founded in the 200s B.C., this Egyptian city's library had the world's largest collection of scrolls Alexandria |
| #2596, aired 1995-12-11 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $500: 19th c. poet William Ross Wallace wrote that "the hand that" does this "is the hand that rules the world" the hand that rocks the cradle |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | GUINNESS RECORDS $100: This D.C. structure is the world's tallest obelisk Washington Monument |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: The mountain known as K2 is also called this after the Englishman who surveyed it c. 1860 Godwin-Austen |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | WORLD HISTORY $600: One legend says he was commissioned by King Olav I to bring Christianity to Norse colonist c.1000 Leif Erikson |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 339 B.C. Philip II of this country defeated & killed Atheas, the ruler of the Scythians Macedonia |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | WORLD HISTORY $100: This country's semilegendary 1st dynasty, the Hsia, began c. 2200 B.C. & ruled for over 400 years China |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 333 B.C. this Macedonian king's men captured the Persian army's treasure at Damascus Alexander the Great |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In the 9th c. this river became the boundary between the kingdoms of Mercia & Wessex the Thames |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 241 B.C. the first of these wars ended soon after Rome defeated Carthage in a naval battle off Sicily Punic Wars |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 333 B.C. at Issus, this Macedonian king routed the army of Persia's King Darius Alexander |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: The Old Capitol Building in this Cuban capital resembles ours in Washington, D.C. Havana |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $500: At his death in 323 B.C., Alexander the Great's empire covered parts of these 3 continents Europe, Asia & Africa |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | WORLD HISTORY $600: This region of France that juts into the Atlantic was conquered by Julius Caesar in 56 B.C. Normandy (or Brittany) |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $200: After his death in 323 B.C., wars divided his empire into 3 parts: Egypt, the Seleucid Empire & Macedon Alexander the Great |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | WORLD RELIGIONS $200: Hasidism, a movement within this religion, was founded in the 18th c. by Israel Baal Shem Tov Judaism |
| #2254, aired 1994-05-26 | LABOR $1000: The Industrial Workers of the World, an anti-capitalist 20th c. union, got this "shaky" nickname the Wobblies |
| #2223, aired 1994-04-13 | LESSER KNOWN NAMES $1000: In the 18th c. Tobias Furneaux became the first explorer to accomplish this...both ways go around the world |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Tradition says that around 3100 B.C., King Menes united the upper & lower parts of this country Egypt |
| #2202, aired 1994-03-15 | TRANSPORTATION $400: The largest fleet of these in the U.S. is N.Y.C.'s; in the world, it's Mexico City's taxicabs |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | U.S.A. $100: In the 19th c. Schenectady in this state was nicknamed "The City that Lights and Hauls the World" New York |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | WORLD "C"ITIES $200: You can visit the statue of Ramses II in Ramses Square in the northern part of this city Cairo |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | WORLD "C"ITIES $400: Blarney Castle is located 5 miles northwest of this city, the Republic of Ireland's 2nd largest Cork |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | WORLD "C"ITIES $600: The name of this city in Alberta is Gaelic for "bay farm" Calgary |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | WORLD "C"ITIES $1000: The twin spires of this German city's famous cathedral rise to a height of 515 feet Cologne |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $200: Greek tradition dates this war's end at 1184 B.C. the Trojan War |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $400: In 331 B.C. this Macedonian captured, looted & burned the palaces of Persepolis Alexander the Great |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $600: This small Italian river that Julius Caesar crossed in 49 B.C. was named for its reddish color the Rubicon |
| #1983, aired 1993-03-31 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This Macedonian conqueror campaigned along the Indus River in 327-326 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | WORLD CAPITALS $600: Around the 10th century B.C., King David captured what is now this capital city of Jordan Amman |
| #1918, aired 1992-12-30 | THE ANCIENT WORLD $1000: Cyrus the Great founded this empire by conquering Lydia & Babylonia in the 6th century B.C. the Persian Empire |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | "C" THE WORLD $200: This South American country is over 10 times as long as it is wide Chile |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | "C" THE WORLD $400: The French department of Marne is located in this historic region famous for its sparkling wine Champagne |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | "C" THE WORLD $600: It's the name Europeans, including Marco Polo, once used for China Cathay |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | "C" THE WORLD $800: Stretching across southern Romania, the Transylvanian Alps are a branch of this mountain range the Carpathians |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | "C" THE WORLD $1000: It's the 2nd largest of Greece's Ionian Islands & the birthplace of England's Prince Philip Corfu |
| #1883, aired 1992-11-11 | "C" YOU AT THE MOVIES $400: Leonard Maltin called this Daryl Hannah film "the world's first feminist caveman movie" "Clan of the Cave Bear" |
| #1875, aired 1992-10-30 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: It was founded by the Gauls as a fishing settlement in the Seine River in the 3rd century B.C. Paris |
| #1861, aired 1992-10-12 | ODD OBSERVANCES $500: The assassination that began this 20th c. war & the treaty that ended it occurred on the same date, June 28 World War I |
| #1846, aired 1992-09-21 | TEXTILES $800: Merino sheep the producers of the world's finest wool, were developed in this country c. 1400 Spain |
| #1845, aired 1992-09-18 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: This city's 1st major secular construction projects were made by King Mongkut in the 19th c. Bangkok, Thailand |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: This mountain chain in Belize shares its name with the Indian people who flourished there until the 10th C. the Maya |
| #1796, aired 1992-05-25 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: In the 15th c. Prince Henry founded one of the 1st navigation schools near Sagres in this country Portugal |
| #1791, aired 1992-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY $800: After the king of Caria died in 353 B.C., his widow had this memorial built at Halicarnassus the Mausoleum |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | SPAIN $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1992 Spain is set to host the Olympics in Barcelona & a world's fair in this city Seville |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | CALIFORNIA $1000: The Hoover Institution at this university contains books & documents on world affairs of the 20th c. Stanford |
| #1676, aired 1991-12-09 | GUINNESS RECORDS $500: The world's tallest pagoda, 377' high, was built for King Mongkut in this country in the 19th c. Thailand |
| #1666, aired 1991-11-25 | MUSEUMS $1000: Dumbarton Oaks in this city boasts one of the world's finest collections of Byzantine art Washington, D.C. |
| #1665, aired 1991-11-22 | ARCHITECTS $200: Robert Mills designed this D.C. structure, for a few years the world's tallest the Washington Monument |
| #1626, aired 1991-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In the late 17th c., this "Great" czar worked in Holland as a carpenter to learn shipbuilding Peter the Great |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | WORLD HISTORY $800: 1 of 3 present-day countries beside Colombia that were part of the 19th c. Republic of Gran Colombia (1 of) Panama (Venezuela, Ecuador) |
| #1557, aired 1991-05-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: In about 3100 B.C., King Menes united this country, forming the world's first national government Egypt |
| #1540, aired 1991-04-19 | U.S. CITIES $400: In the 19th c. it boasted the world's tallest building; since 1973 it has done it again Chicago |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | MUSEUMS $100: A furnished Hoosier log cabin can be found in the world's largest kids museum in this capital Indianapolis |
| #1329, aired 1990-05-17 | ANCIENT WORLD $600: He died in 323 B.C. at age 32 when he took ill after a long party with heavy drinking Alexander the Great |
| #1240, aired 1990-01-12 | WORLD LITERATURE $1000: The Polish-born author of "The Painted Bird", set in Europe & "Being There", set in Washington, D.C. Jerzy Kozinski |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500: One of the world's oldest medical texts, circa 2500 B.C., was written in this wedge-shaped writing cuneiform |
| #1229, aired 1989-12-28 | CITIES $100: This city designed by Pierre L'Enfant was the world's 1st planned federal capital Washington, D.C. |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | ISLANDS $500 (Daily Double): 1/2 of this 2nd largest island in the world is an independent country; the other 1/2 belongs to Indonesia New Guinea |
| #1190, aired 1989-11-03 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The 1st great building of the Acropolis was this one built between 447-438 B.C. The Parthenon |
| #1105, aired 1989-05-26 | WORLD RELIGION $800: European mercenaries of the 15th to 19th c., they now exist only to protect the Pope the Swiss Guard |
| #1097, aired 1989-05-16 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: This famous Roman road built in 312 B.C. is still in use today the Appian Way |
| #1037, aired 1989-02-21 | LIBRARIES $1000: This Wash., D.C. library has the most important collection of Shakespeare's works in the world the Folger Library |
| #996, aired 1988-12-26 | CAPITAL CITIES $600: 16th c. Jewish refugees from Spain & Portugal helped make it the diamond-cutting capital of the world Amsterdam |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | ENGINEERING $400: 2nd c. historian Antipater of Sidon recorded this septet of engineering achievements the Seven Wonders of the World |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: When completed in 1884, it was the tallest masonry structure in the world the Washington Monument |
| #935, aired 1988-09-30 | SAN FRANCISCO $300: In the late 19th c. San Francisco was the world capital of this maritime hunting industry whaling |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | 20th C. AMERICANS $200: Flying a jet fighter in 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the 1st woman to do this fly faster than the speed of sound |
| #930, aired 1988-09-23 | TECHNOLOGY $400: In 1785, after C. Berthollet invented this soap supplement, the world was freed from dingy, gray underwear chlorine bleach |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | PLACES OF WORSHIP $600: Charleston. S.C. has the oldest synagogue in the world belonging to this branch of Judaism Reform |
| #918, aired 1988-09-07 | WORLD LITERATURE $800: The pen name of Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith, creator of Horatio Hornblower C.S. Forester |
| #907, aired 1988-07-12 | WORLD WAR II $600: In 1945, in this "equine" fighter, Lt. Col. J.C. Meyer took off & shot down 2 planes within 90 secs. the Mustang |
| #863, aired 1988-05-11 | POTPOURRI $500: In the late 19th c., engineer Sandford Fleming proposed that the world be divided into 24 of these time zones |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | ROMAN EMPIRE $600: Term for the order maintained by the Roman Empire in its part of the world from 27 B.C. to 180 A.D. Pax Romana |
| #761, aired 1987-12-21 | WORLD RELIGION $500: According to this religion's calendar, the date of creation figures out to October 7, 3761 B.C. Judaism |
| #732, aired 1987-11-10 | ANCIENT VIPs $500: In the 6th century B.C., he conquered Babylon and made Persia the greatest empire in the world Cyrus the Great |
| #725, aired 1987-10-30 | FAMOUS CANADIANS $300: In 1961, he was the singing M.C. of the Miss Canada pageant, but you won't hear him sing on "World News Tonight" Peter Jennings |
| #725, aired 1987-10-30 | WORLD HISTORY $600: Until 19th C., this Asian country's foreign ministry was called the Hall for Governance of Barbarians China |
| #723, aired 1987-10-28 | WORLD RELIGION $400: This great religious leader was born circa 563 B.C. near the India-Nepal border Buddha |
| #720, aired 1987-10-23 | "D.C." $1,800 (Daily Double): He sang the lead on the following TV theme & co-starred on the series with his stepmother:
"Hello world, here's a song that we're singin' /
Come on, get happy /
A whole lotta lovin' is what we'll be bringin' /
We'll make you happy..." David Cassidy |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Semi-literate himself, this 9th c. emperor set up the Palace School to help others learn Charlemagne |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | MEDICAL SPELLING $800: World Book calls this, discovered in 1928, "the least poisonous antibiotic available" P-E-N-I-C-I-L-L-I-N |
| #626, aired 1987-05-04 | WORLD TRADE $400: Newest members of the E.E.C., or European Economic Community, are these 2 Iberian neighbors Spain & Portugal |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | AUSTRALIA $100: Reportedly, 2/3 of the 330.000 Australians who served in this 20th C. war wounded or killed World War I |
| #611, aired 1987-04-13 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: The headquarters of the Organization of American States is located in this capital city Washington, D.C. |
| #605, aired 1987-04-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Only C. American country with English as its official language, it extends the farthest north Belize |
| #580, aired 1987-02-27 | TRIVIAL WORLD RECORDS $200: R. & C. Cummins parented the only 5 different-aged siblings who all share this same calendar statistic birthday |
| #557, aired 1987-01-27 | LANGUAGES $800: Until the 18th c., about half the world's printed books were in this language, the 1st to be printed Chinese |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | GEOGRAPHY $800: The area called "the roof of the world" is where Afghanistan, Pakistan & Russia all meet this country China |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: The World Almanac says Judaism was founded "about 1300 B.C., reportedly at" this mountain Mount Sinai |
| #186, aired 1985-05-27 | WORLD CAPITALS $300: The oldest part of Washington, D.C., or the capital of Guyana Georgetown |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: To start a new industry, 6th c. missionaries smuggled mulberry seeds & these eggs out of China the silk industry (silkworm eggs) |
| #170, aired 1985-05-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $300: Only 5 days after Lee surrendered at Appomattox, this event shook Washington. D.C. & the world the assassination of Lincoln |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | WASHINGTON D.C. $800: The Folger Library houses world's most important collection of works by and about him William Shakespeare |
| #143, aired 1985-03-27 | WORLD CAPITALS $1,500 (Daily Double): The only U.S. state capital with 3 words Salt Lake City |
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