#14, aired 2023-05-17 | NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES $800: She claimed in her 1896 autobiography that she captured Jack McCall with a meat cleaver after he killed Wild Bill Hickok; not true Calamity Jane |
#8863, aired 2023-05-03 | "D" TOUR $3,000 (Daily Double): In this Old West town, you can pay your respects to Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Deadwood |
#8716, aired 2022-10-10 | REMEMBERING PAST LIVES $400: Frontier diarist John Hunton wrote that this Wild Bill Hickok friend was "among the commonest of her class" Calamity Jane |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | THE WILD WEST $500: Based on this nickname, frontierswoman Martha Jane Cannery must have brought trouble along with her Calamity Jane |
#8599, aired 2022-03-17 | MOVIE & TV ROLE IN COMMON $1200: Howard Keel in the 1953 film "Calamity Jane"; Keith Carradine in "Deadwood" Wild Bill Hickok |
#8290, aired 2020-11-27 | ACTOR FACTS $2000: "Bonanza" & "All My Children" actor David Canary was the great-great-nephew of Martha Jane Cannary, aka this Wild West woman Calamity Jane |
#8207, aired 2020-04-21 | FAMOUS NAMES $1200: This Wild West woman claimed she got her "catastrophic" nickname from one Captain Egan, whom she rescued from an ambush Calamity Jane |
#8170, aired 2020-02-28 | HISTORIC PEOPLE ON TV $2000: Robin Weigert played this alcoholic Old West frontierswoman on "Deadwood" Calamity Jane |
#7951, aired 2019-03-18 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1600: In this South Dakota city where Calamity Jane lived, a 2001-2004 dig found 250,000 artifacts just in Chinatown Deadwood |
#7679, aired 2018-01-18 | JANE $200: It was the nickname of the Wild West's Martha Jane Canary Calamity Jane |
#7425, aired 2016-12-16 | WESTERN MOVIES $1200: This hard-drinking friend of Wild Bill Hickok has been played on film by Jean Arthur, Yvonne de Carlo & Doris Day Calamity Jane |
#6971, aired 2014-12-29 | MEET THE DAKOTAS! $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Deadwood, SD.) I'm standing in this historic Deadwood Cemetery, named for the Jerusalem hill on which Solomon built his temple; western legends Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane were laid to rest here Mount Moriah |
#6904, aired 2014-09-25 | AMERICANA $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Deadwood, SD) Born Martha Cannary, this hard-drinking legend
of the old west had a soft side, too, caring for the victims of the 1878 smallpox epidemic in Deadwood. Her dying request? "Bury me beside Wild Bill" Calamity Jane |
#6687, aired 2013-10-15 | SINGERS ON THE SOUNDTRACK $1200: "Secret Love"
from
"Calamity Jane"
(1953) Doris Day |
#6543, aired 2013-02-13 | GINGHAM STYLE $1000: In a 1953 film Doris Day delivered "Gingham Fer The Girls" as this lover of Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane |
#6404, aired 2012-06-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This term for a great disaster is found in the nickname of frontierswoman Jane a calamity |
#6330, aired 2012-03-09 | GRAVE MATTERS $600: Calamity Jane asked to be buried next to him, & is, at Mount Moriah cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota Wild Bill Hickok |
#6251, aired 2011-11-21 | NICKNAMES $1200: Old West personality Martha Jane Cannary was known by this misfortunate handle Calamity Jane |
#6165, aired 2011-06-03 | TV SHOWS ON THE MAP $400: Characters on this HBO show included Al Swearengen, Calamity Jane & Morgan Earp Deadwood |
#5809, aired 2009-12-10 | STOP! $400: Around 1900 in Kansas, she wanted folks to stop drinking, so she began taking a hatchet to local saloons Carrie Nation |
#5625, aired 2009-02-06 | THE NEAREST $1000: ...person to Wild Bill Hickok is her Calamity Jane |
#5468, aired 2008-05-21 | POTPOURRI $800: She was born Martha Jane Canary in Missouri; the original "calamity" in her life may have been her parents' death Calamity Jane |
#5362, aired 2007-12-25 | THE FEMININE MISTAKE $400: Years of hard drinking led to her Aug. 1, 1903 death at about age 51; she's buried in Deadwood Calamity Jane |
#5287, aired 2007-09-11 | DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS $200: This woman with a reputation as a hard-drinking, foul-mouthed ruffian claims she married Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane |
#5223, aired 2007-05-02 | HISTORICAL TV $400: Historical characters on this HBO series include Calamity Jane & Wild Bill Hickok Deadwood |
#5093, aired 2006-11-01 | OUT WEST $400: She joined Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show after meeting him at the Cotton Expo in New Orleans Annie Oakley |
#5086, aired 2006-10-23 | THE CANARY $800: Better-known nickname of Wild West woman Martha Jane Canary Calamity Jane |
#5022, aired 2006-06-13 | OLD WEST DESPERADOES $2000: The only criminal conviction of this "Bandit Queen" was for horse theft--she spent 9 months in prison Belle Starr |
#4995, aired 2006-05-05 | SOUTH DAKOTA $2,200 (Daily Double): Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane are buried in this city's Mount Moriah Cemetery Deadwood |
#4957, aired 2006-03-14 | FUN WITH DICK & JANE $200: See Jane. See Jane born in 1852. See Jane dress & swear like a cowboy. Expletive deleted, Jane! Expletive deleted Calamity Jane |
#4877, aired 2005-11-22 | AMERICAN WOMAN $400: She was the "Plains" Jane seen here Calamity Jane |
#4540, aired 2004-05-07 | THEATRE $1200: In the play "True History and Real Adventures", kids search for the truth about this "calamitous" Wild West gal ("Calamity") Jane |
#4179, aired 2002-10-31 | ENDS IN "X" $800: During an 1878 epidemic of this disease, Calamity Jane helped care for the victims smallpox |
#4036, aired 2002-03-04 | DAY $800: One of Doris' favorite roles was as this wild west tomboy who sang "Secret Love" Calamity Jane |
#3973, aired 2001-12-05 | LEGENDS $600: Calamity Jane boasted that she rode for this short-lived delivery service Pony Express |
#3671, aired 2000-07-17 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: The Wild West frontierswoman who won an Oscar for "Klute" Calamity Jane Fonda |
#3623, aired 2000-05-10 | SCANDALOUS WOMEN $500: Born Martha, this Wild West gal, Wild Bill Hickok's pal, sometimes toiled as a lady of the evening Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary) |
#3497, aired 1999-11-16 | POTPOURRI $800: The original "Calamity" in her life may have been her parents' death while settling Salt Lake City Calamity Jane |
#3406, aired 1999-05-31 | CALAMITY JANE $100: Jane had some "dark times" as a camp follower of an expedition to these South Dakota hills Black Hills |
#3406, aired 1999-05-31 | CALAMITY JANE $200: Jane's job title of bullwhacker indicates she drove cattle with one of these implements whip |
#3406, aired 1999-05-31 | CALAMITY JANE $300: General George, whose troops Jane rode with, had this last name that Nixon said didn't apply to him Crook |
#3406, aired 1999-05-31 | CALAMITY JANE $400: A woman surfaced in 1941 claiming to be the daughter of Jane & this man who played one poker hand too many Wild Bill Hickok |
#3406, aired 1999-05-31 | CALAMITY JANE $500: Jane's gig at the 1901 Pan-American Expo in this city was overshadowed by ths McKinley assassination there Buffalo |
#3288, aired 1998-12-16 | FUNNY WESTERNS $1000: In this 1948 film, Bob Hope played a dentist who marries "Calamity" Jane Russell The Paleface |
#3254, aired 1998-10-29 | FRANCES FARMER $600: In "Badlands of Dakota" Frances was this Wild West lady to Richard Dix's Wild Bill Calamity Jane |
#3227, aired 1998-09-22 | PUT 'EM IN ORDER $400: Calamity Jane,
Jane Curtin,
Lady Jane Grey Lady Jane Grey, Calamity Jane, Jane Curtin |
#3156, aired 1998-04-27 | WILD WOMEN IN HISTORY $800: Calamity Jane's memoirs spread the tale of her torrid romance with this "Wild" westerner Wild Bill Hickok |
#3138, aired 1998-04-01 | DAY $100: It was no "Calamity" when Doris Day played this Wild West woman in a 1953 film Calamity Jane |
#2919, aired 1997-04-17 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: This famous frontierswoman cared for the sick during the 1878 smallpox epidemic in Deadwood, S.D. Calamity Jane |
#2880, aired 1997-02-21 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: The graves of Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane can be seen at Mount Moriah Cemetery in this South Dakota city Deadwood |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: When Jeff Bridges starred as this "Wild" westerner, Ellen Barkin was his Calamity Jane Bill Hickok |
#2685, aired 1996-04-12 | TELEVISION $200: In the 1995 miniseries "Buffalo Girls", Anjelica Huston played this notorious frontierswoman Calamity Jane |
#2418, aired 1995-02-22 | HODGEPODGE $200: In the Old West this face card was commonly referred to as "Calamity Jane" the Queen of Spades |
#2397, aired 1995-01-24 | DORIS DAY FILMS $400: In 1953 Day portrayed this legendary Wild West woman & Howard Keel portrayed Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane |
#2329, aired 1994-10-20 | NICKNAMES $400: Some say Martha Jane Canary earned this nickname because she often caused catastrophes Calamity Jane |
#2255, aired 1994-05-27 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: She began shooting small game for money at age 9, & by 16 had paid off the family mortgage Annie Oakley |
#2202, aired 1994-03-15 | THE WILD WEST $800: Wild Bill Hickok probably never married her, but a cab driver named Clinton Burke did Calamity Jane |
#2129, aired 1993-12-02 | THE WILD WEST $400: This woman who dressed like a man may have served as a scout for Custer Calamity Jane |
#2018, aired 1993-05-19 | ACTORS IN WESTERNS $400: Jean Arthur, Doris Day, Jane Russell & Yvonne De Carlo all played this gal pal of Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane |
#1832, aired 1992-07-14 | MOVIE SONGS $500: "Secret Love", from this 1953 Doris Day film about a famous frontierswoman, won an Oscar for Best Song Calamity Jane |
#1500, aired 1991-02-22 | WILD WEST $500: Some say M. J. Canary earned this nickname by her willingness to help those in trouble Calamity Jane |
#1362, aired 1990-07-03 | GRAVE MATTERS $500: At her request, she was buried next to Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, South Dakota Calamity Jane |
#1276, aired 1990-03-05 | CELEBRITY RELATIVES $300: David Canary, who's seen on "All My Children", claims to be a descendant of this famous frontierswoman Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary) |
#1122, aired 1989-06-20 | WOMEN IN WESTERNS $100: Jane Russell played this famous Jane in "The Paleface" Calamity Jane |
#966, aired 1988-11-14 | WYOMINGITES $100: Nickname of frontierswoman Martha Jane Cannary, who was born in Missouri, lived in Wyoming, and died in South Dakota "Calamity Jane" |
#928, aired 1988-09-21 | "WILD" MEN $100: When Doris Day played "Calamity Jane", Howard Keel played him Wild Bill Hickok |
#869, aired 1988-05-19 | SOUTH DAKOTA $300: In Deadwood, one can visit the grave sites of this legendary wild west "couple" Calamity Jane & Wild Bill Hickok |
#821, aired 1988-03-14 | THE OLD WEST $200: Rumored to have once married Wild Bill Hickok, it's no rumor she dressed like a man Calamity Jane |
#756, aired 1987-12-14 | THE OLD WEST $400: Sentenced to jail for horse theft in 1883, she was Judge Isaac Parker's most famous case Belle Starr |
#463, aired 1986-09-17 | A.K.A. $200: Martha Jane Cannary, she's buried in Deadwood, South Dakota next to "Wild Bill" Hickok Calamity Jane |
#434, aired 1986-05-08 | SECRETS $500: "It's no secret anymore" that this song from 1953's "Calamity Jane" won an Oscar "Secret Love" |
#285, aired 1985-10-11 | PHAMOUS PHOEBES $100: Stage name of Phoebe Butler, professional markswoman of the Wild West Annie Oakley |
#183, aired 1985-05-22 | NICKNAMES $200: Since 11 of her 12 husbands met untimely deaths, Martha Jane Canary earned this "disastrous" nickname Calamity Jane |