| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | "K"-TOWN $800: This capital of Malopolskie Province can also be spelled with 2 C's Kraków |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $600: Seen here, this breed originated around 800 B.C. a Lhasa Apso |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | ETCHED IN STONE $1600: When the Nabateans ruled Jordan from about 400 B.C. to 106 A.D., their capital was this city, carved from stone Petra |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | EX-SOVIET REPUBLICS $2000: Following the independence of Belarus in 1991, its capital Minsk became the headquarters of this organization, the C.I.S. the Commonwealth of Independent States |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | THE CONGO RIVER $1,000 (Daily Double): These 2 capital cities, of the R.O.C & the D.R.O.C., lie across from each other on opposite banks of the Congo River Kinshasa & Brazzaville |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | B.C.-ING YOU $400: Yerevan, the capital of this country, dates back to a settlement of the 700s B.C. Armenia |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | BANK "C" $1000: The assets you pledge as security for a loan are your this collateral |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $1200: Like our own capital city, this South American capital sometimes has "D.C." after its name Bogotá |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | STATE CAPITAL HISTORY $200: A famous speedway was built to test cars for this city's many early 20th c. automakers, like the National Motor Vehicle Company Indianapolis |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | THE BEGINNING $1,200 (Daily Double): Around 650 B.C.Greek colonists founded a city on the Bosporus that they called this; it would later be the capital of empires Byzantium |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | THE CITY HAS FALLEN $400: This world capital to the British in August 1814 Washington, D.C. |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN BRIEF $400: The first U.S. Secretary of State, he helped arrange for D.C. to be the capital Thomas Jefferson |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | CAPITAL "C" $400: A system of tunnels & bridges connects this capital with Malmo, Sweden Copenhagen |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | CAPITAL "C" $800: A promontory of "Good Hope" is near this legislative capital Cape Town |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | CAPITAL "C" $1600: This birthplace of Simon Bolivar has a population of 2 million Caracas |
| #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 |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | DURING THE JOHN ADAMS PRESIDENCY $200: Adams was sworn in as president at Congress Hall in this city; 3 years later the capital & Adams would move to D.C. Philadelphia |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | WORLD CAPITAL BINGO $800: "G", 1812: not named in honor of a D.C. college, this capital of Guyana, formerly Stabroek, gets its new name Georgetown |
| #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 |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | HISTORY $400: In 1800 the U.S. capital was moved to Washington, D.C. from this city Philadelphia |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: Dating back to the 3rd Millenium B.C., the Iranian city of Rayy was sacked by Mongols in 1220 & the survivors moved to this new capital Tehran |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: When the federal capital moved to this city in 1790, Pres. Washington used a legal loophole to avoid freeing his slaves Philadelphia |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $800: I'm walkin' in this capital of Ancient Egypt, founded around 3000 B.C., but do I really feel the way I feel? Memphis |
| #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 |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | THE NEAREST OTHER NATIONAL CAPITAL $400: To Ottawa, Canada Washington, D.C. |
| #7974, aired 2019-04-18 | IN JERUSALEM $600: In 1000 B.C. David conquered Jerusalem & made it his capital; about 40 years later, this man, his son, built the first temple Solomon |
| #7964, aired 2019-04-04 | THE HIGHEST CAPITAL CITY $400: Washington, D.C.,
Ottawa,
Mexico City Mexico City |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | TOMB RAIDER $2000: In the 1100s B.C. robbing of royal tombs in this ancient Upper Egyptian capital was already a problem Thebes |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | THOSE DARN FRANCISCANS $800: 13th c. Italians in Mongol lands included Marco Polo & John of Monte Corvino, first archbishop of this capital Beijing |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | B.C. PLACES $1200: After 1400 B.C. this city near Crete's northern coast reverted from mighty capital to just another town Knossos |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | B.C. PLACES $2000: Hattusa, a vast fortress city, served as the capital of this empire that covered most of ancient Anatolia the Hittite Empire |
| #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 |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $2000: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) The tape recorder was used by this man, whose ideas for black activism couldn't be contained by the Nation of Islam, leading to the sad correctness of his prediction in his autobiography that, "I, too, will die by violence" Malcolm X |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | HISTORY $400: In the 8th century B.C., Phoenician traders founded this future capital of Sicily Palermo |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | "C" THE WORLD $2000: This Welsh capital was once known as "The Coal Metropolis of the World" Cardiff |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | HISTORY: HIRED & FIRED $800: You found paths for the pathfinder John C. Fremont. You're hired! & we'll name Nevada's capital for you! (Kit) Carson |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | "C" THE WORLD $400: It's the legislative capital of South Africa Cape Town |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | JUDEAN HISTORY $400: Around 1000 B.C. this king from Judea united all Israel into one kingdom with Jerusalem as its capital David |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | "I. C." $400: It lost its state capital duties to Des Moines in 1857 Iowa City |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | ISLANDS IN THE "C"s $600: Willemstad is the capital & chief town of this Dutch island in the Caribbean Curaçao |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | "D.C."ING YOU $3,000 (Daily Double): It's the only capital-&-state combo that fits the category Denver, Colorado |
| #6882, aired 2014-07-15 | WORLD CAPITAL MUSEUMS $600: The Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | A PASSAGE TO INDIANA $200: In a layout resembling that of Washington, D.C., streets converge on Monument Circle in the center of this capital city Indianapolis |
| #6587, aired 2013-04-16 | ANCIENT BABYLON $800: This Macedonian wanted to combine Asia & Europe into one country & make Babylon its capital; he died in the city in 323 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | THE HITTITES $1200: Hattusa, the Hittite capital from around 1650 B.C., was just east of this present-day Turkish capital Ankara |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | LET'S VISIT A MUSEUM $1200: A god rose from the sea... or a 460 B.C. statue of one did, & it's at this capital's Natl. Archaeological Museum Athens |
| #6514, aired 2013-01-03 | HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE $800: The Ammonites held sway in this Mideast country in the 1200s B.C. & the capital is named for them Jordan |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | A LONG TIME AGO $800: By the waters of the Euphrates, this city became a Mesopotamian capital in the early 2nd millennium B.C. Babylon |
| #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 |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | PLACES TO "C" $800: The Greek sector of Nicosia, the capital of this country, is known as Lefkosia Cyprus |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | FINANCE WITH DAVID FABER $1000: (David Faber gives the clue from the set of The Faber Report.) As of 2011 this 2-word tax on profits from the sale of an asset such as a stock generally maxed out at 15%; D.C. loves to fight about it capital gains |
| #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 |
| #6127, aired 2011-04-12 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $400: Seen here, this breed originated around 800 B.C. a Lhasa Apso |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | I KNOW UR $2000: Founded in the 4th millennium B.C., Ur was a capital city of this oldest Mesopotamian civilization Sumeria |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | "B.C." $800: Its provincial capital is Victoria British Columbia |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | AS A YOUNG MAN $1200: …in the 1300s B.C. he made Thebes Egypt's capital & changed his name to honor Amon Tutankhamon |
| #5559, aired 2008-11-06 | C'EST LA "V" $600: A type of mineral water sparkles with the name of this French spa town, the capital of unoccupied France Vichy |
| #5533, aired 2008-10-01 | NEWSEUM $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a flak jacket in the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) The Newseum has several exhibits on the dangers of journalism; this flak jacket was worn by this ABC anchor who was severely injured by a bomb in Iraq but, thankfully, returned to work Bob Woodruff |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | A GALLIC CATEGORY? $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports form the State Capital in Lincoln, Nebraska) Here in Lincoln, Nebraska, the Capital has a standing Lincoln by this sculptor famous for the seated Lincoln in Washington, D.C. Daniel Chester French |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | UNDER THE "C" $800: It's the South American national capital city that fits the category Caracas |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGES $1000: 1535:
prty 2nite!
founded peru's cptl!!!
c u @ 8! Pizarro |
| #5032, aired 2006-06-27 | "C"OUNTRIES $1000: Founded around 1888 during German colonial rule, Yaounde is the bustling capital of this Central African nation Cameroon |
| #5018, aired 2006-06-07 | "TOP" DRAWER $800: A major government building of this state capital is modeled after the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Topeka |
| #4965, aired 2006-03-24 | THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY $1200: Wellington,
Warsaw,
Washington, D.C. Warsaw |
| #4955, aired 2006-03-10 | SOUTH CAROLINA $400: S.C. native Robert Mills designed the Washington Monument & some of the USC campus in this state capital Columbia |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | "N" THE BEGINNING $1000: In 612 B.C. rebel armies systematically burned & destroyed this ancient Assyrian capital Nineveh |
| #4947, aired 2006-02-28 | MAGAZINE HEADQUARTERS $1,600 (Daily Double): If you loved that National Geographic piece on porpoises, write to them in this city Washington, D.C. |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | OVERLAPS $2000: The balderdash capital of the U.S. Hogwashington, D.C. |
| #4894, aired 2005-12-15 | HOOKED ON PHOENICIA $600: This capital of Sicily was founded by Phoenician traders in the 8th century B.C. Palermo |
| #4715, aired 2005-02-18 | P.C. $1600: It became a national capital in the Western Hemisphere in 1903 Panama City |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES $800: This capital of the confederacy was just 100 miles from Washington, D.C. Richmond, Virginia |
| #4650, aired 2004-11-19 | THE "O.C." $400: It's the capital of the Sooner State Oklahoma City |
| #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 |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | 5 "C.C."s, STAT! $1600: It's the only state capital that fits the category Carson City (Nevada) |
| #4510, aired 2004-03-26 | TUNE IN TUNISIA $2,000 (Daily Double): The ancient ruins of this city destroyed in 146 B.C. are just outside the capital city of Tunis Carthage |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $1,600 (Daily Double): All the envoys, ambassadors, etc. in residence at a capital the diplomatic corps |
| #4395, aired 2003-10-17 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: On July 11, 1864 Jubal Early & his troops were dangerously close to this capital Washington, D.C. |
| #4277, aired 2003-03-18 | CAPITAL CITY UNIVERSITIES $800: Gallaudet University Washington, D.C. |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $2000: Welsh capital
(7) Cardiff |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | WE'RE NOT GOING FAR $400: This city of about 320,000 is the closest national capital to Washington, D.C. Ottawa |
| #4115, aired 2002-06-21 | MILITARY MATTERS $2000: All U.S. subs with nuclear weapons are of this class named for a state whose capital is named for a 15th c. sailor Ohio |
| #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. |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES $800: Albert Gore, Jr. Washington, D.C. |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | "K.C." $600 (Daily Double): The capital of Nevada was named for this frontiersman Kit Carson |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | AIRPORT CODES $500: A capital place:
IAD Dulles (Washington, D.C.) |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | ANCIENT PLACES $600: This first capital of ancient Egypt was at the apex of the Nile delta Memphis |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | REVERSED DECISIONS $600: (Hi, I'm Tom Cubbage, winner of Jeopardy!'s 1989 College Championship, now a litigator in Washington, D.C.) Booth v. Maryland said capital-case juries couldn't hear from the family of this person the victim |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | B.C. PEOPLE $1000: Ashurbanipal turned this capital city of Assyria into a cultural mecca Nineveh |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | CAPITAL CITY UNIVERSITIES $100: Georgetown University Washington, D.C. |
| #3693, aired 2000-09-27 | THE HISTORY OF LIBYA $600: In the 7th century B.C., the Phoenicians founded this city as Oea; today it's the capital Tripoli |
| #3685, aired 2000-09-15 | CITIES $500: This state capital located on Crow Creek has a "C" name also, the name of an Indian tribe Cheyenne, Wyoming |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | FUN FACTS ABOUT STATES & CAPITALS $800 (Daily Double): The only state capital whose name ends in 3 consonants, namely R, C & K Bismarck, North Dakota |
| #3563, aired 2000-02-16 | THE CIVIL WAR $1000: In May 1861 the Confederacy moved its capital to this city 100 miles south of Washington, D.C. Richmond, Virginia |
| #3506, aired 1999-11-29 | RUSSIAN CITIES $200: By the 15th C., this city was capital of the Russian state & the seat of the Russian Orthodox Church Moscow |
| #3493, aired 1999-11-10 | UNDER THE "C" $200: This world capital's name is from the Arabic Al Qahira, "The Victorious" Cairo |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #3134, aired 1998-03-26 | LET'S GO SHOPPING $1000: Get off the Metro in Union Station on Mass. Ave. in this capital & you'll be surrounded by chic shops Washington, D.C. |
| #3111, aired 1998-02-23 | JERUSALEM $800: Around 1000 B.C. he captured the city & made it capital of his kingdom David |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $800 (Daily Double): Frommer's walking tour of this capital suggests visits to Ibsen's apartment & Munch's tomb Oslo, Norway |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | FORMER CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): This Arizona city was the territorial capital from 1867 to 1877 Tucson |
| #3072, aired 1997-12-30 | ABBREV. $400: At the coroner's office in our nation's capital, D.C. is an abbreviation for this document death certificate |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | "C" THE WORLD $100: This Australian capital's tallest landmark, Telecom Tower, towers 600' atop Black Mountain Canberra |
| #2993, aired 1997-09-10 | CAPITAL QUOTES $200: Mark Twain called this city "That grand old benevolent national asylum for the helpless" Washington, D.C. |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: The name of this Welsh capital may mean "Fort on the Taff" Cardiff |
| #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 |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | SEYCHELLES $300: To pay for your dinner at a "new deli" in Victoria, the capital, you'll use this currency Rupees |
| #2761, aired 1996-09-09 | HISTORY $500: Angkor became capital of this empire in the late 9th c. & remained the capital for over 500 years the Khmer Empire |
| #2642, aired 1996-02-13 | ANNUAL EVENTS $300: April events in this capital include the Georgetown House Tour & the Georgetown Garden Tour Washington, D.C. |
| #2567, aired 1995-10-31 | FILE UNDER "C" $600: From 1774-1912 it was the capital of British India Calcutta |
| #2499, aired 1995-06-15 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $600: Alexander subdued this city, now the capital of Turkey, in 333 B.C. Ankara |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | ISLANDS $1000: The 12th C. Cathedral of St. Magnus is an attraction in Kirkwall, the capital of these Scottish islands Orkney Islands |
| #2440, aired 1995-03-24 | GEOGRAPHY $100: The city, the oldest part of this British capital, began as a trading post c. 43 A.D. London |
| #2425, aired 1995-03-03 | LIBRARIES $1000: Excavated in the 19th c., the library of King Ashurbanipal was in Nineveh, the last capital of this empire Assyria |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $300: It's the oldest federal structure in the capital the White House |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: The Old Capitol Building in this Cuban capital resembles ours in Washington, D.C. Havana |
| #2329, aired 1994-10-20 | JERUSALEM $300: Around 1000 B.C. this king captured the city from the Jebusites & made it his capital David |
| #2267, aired 1994-06-14 | HISTORY $300: In the 5th century B.C., this Spanish seaport became the capital of the Visigoths Barcelona |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | MODERN HISTORY $100: In 1963 a hot line was established between Washington. D.C. & this world capital Moscow |
| #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 |
| #1971, aired 1993-03-15 | THE 1992 FALL TV SEASON $500: On "Hearts Afire" John Ritter & Markie Post send off sparks in this capital Washington, D.C |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $500 (Daily Double): Washington officially became the capital when the federal government moved from this city in 1800 Philadelphia |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: By about 100 B.C., this capital city which flourished under such rulers as Hammurabi no longer existed Babylon |
| #1906, aired 1992-12-14 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: Pierre L'Enfant's grand plan for Washington, D.C. was reminiscent of this capital city, his birthplace Paris |
| #1893, aired 1992-11-25 | HISTORY $200: Kumbi was capital of this continent's Ghana Kingdom, which reached its apogee in the 10th C. Africa |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Although this city was Amenhotep III's capital he was buried in the nearby Valley of the Kings Thebes |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $1000: In 323 B.C., Alexander died in a palace in this Mesopotamian city, his intended capital Babylon |
| #1666, aired 1991-11-25 | ANCIENT CHINA $100: This current capital is located near the site of the B.C. capital of Yen Beijing (Peking) |
| #1644, aired 1991-10-24 | U.S. "C"ITIES $800: Named for a frontier scout, this capital was founded by land speculator Abraham Curry in 1858 Carson City |
| #1644, aired 1991-10-24 | U.S. "C"ITIES $1000: Though it's the largest city in Wyoming, it's not the state capital Casper |
| #1627, aired 1991-10-01 | GEORGIA $400: In 1868 Atlanta became the state capital & Colonel C.W. Styles founded this Atlanta newspaper The Constitution |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | GEOGRAPHICAL SPELLING $100: San Juan is the capital of this self-governing commonwealth P-U-E-R-T-O R-I-C-O |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: Pretoria is South Africa's administrative capital, but this is its legislative capital Cape Town |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: The Welsh Folk Museum is in St. Fagans, four miles from this capital city Cardiff |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | SOUTH AMERICA $200: A line drawn due south from Washington, D.C. passes through this capital of Peru Lima |
| #1383, aired 1990-09-12 | WORLD CAPITALS $500: This country's capital was formerly spelled D-A-C-C-A, but now it's usually spelled D-H-A-K-A Bangladesh |
| #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 |
| #1330, aired 1990-05-18 | STATE "C"APITALS $200: Franklin Pierce had a home in & is buried in this New Hampshire capital Concord |
| #1330, aired 1990-05-18 | STATE "C"APITALS $300: A school known as USC is in this state capital Columbia (University of South Carolina) |
| #1330, aired 1990-05-18 | STATE "C"APITALS $400: Closest capital to the Comstock Lode Carson City, Nevada |
| #1269, aired 1990-02-22 | ECONOMICS $400: Term for goods used to make other goods; they can be found anywhere, not just in Washington, D.C. capital |
| #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. |
| #1126, aired 1989-06-26 | 18TH C. AMERICA $200: In December 1783 Gen. Washington resigned his commission before Congress in this Maryland capital Annapolis |
| #1086, aired 1989-05-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $500: When the Ptolemies started ruling Egypt about 305 B.C., they made this city the capital Alexandria |
| #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 |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $1000: This capital of Canada's Prince Edward Island was named for the wife of King George III Charlottetown |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $600: There's a walking tour of this Colonial capital of Virginia given from the viewpoint of an 18th C. slave Williamsburg |
| #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 |
| #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. |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | STATE CAPITALS $1000: In the late 19th c., a branch of the U.S. Mint was operated in this capital named for a famous frontiersman Carson City, Nevada |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | 1986 B.C. $200: Founder of the 12th dynasty, Amenemhet I, was busy reorganizing this country & moving the capital Egypt |
| #499, aired 1986-11-06 | 3rd WORLD CAPITALS $400 (Daily Double): Baseball star R. Clemente died in plane crash on way to aid earthquake victims in this C. Amer. capital Managua |
| #330, aired 1985-12-13 | LEFTOVERS $200: According to the 18th c. baptismal records of this English capital, 75% of children under 5 there died London |
| #289, aired 1985-10-17 | "C" CITIES $100: Batman & Superman would fit right in on the streets of this South African capital Cape Town |
| #289, aired 1985-10-17 | "C" CITIES $400: Simon Bolivar was born & buried in this capital of Venezuela Caracas |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | U.S. HISTORY $200: Pres. Washington sent Banneker & Ellicott to survey the site of this capital city Washington, D.C. |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | MOVIE TRIVIA $1000: Name spelled out repeatedly by W.C. Fields & caller in "It's a Gift" Carl LaFong |
| #186, aired 1985-05-27 | WORLD CAPITALS $300: The oldest part of Washington, D.C., or the capital of Guyana Georgetown |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | WASHINGTON D.C. $1000: He foresaw a republic of 50 states when engaged to plan the capital in 1791 Pierre L'Enfant |
| #143, aired 1985-03-27 | WORLD CAPITALS $1,500 (Daily Double): The only U.S. state capital with 3 words Salt Lake City |
| #91, aired 1985-01-14 | "C" CITIES $300: Almost all of Ohio lies within 150 miles of this, its capital Columbus |
| #21, aired 1984-10-08 | COLONIAL AMERICA $200: N.Y.C.'s "Capital of Black America", named by Dutch for a city in Holland Harlem |
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Miriam Bamberger, an executive coach and author from Washington, D.C.
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Season 20 player (2004-06-24).
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Karen O'Donnell, a website manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-07-04).
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Jennifer Hill, a Korean studies program coordinator from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $25,200 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "OCK-ten-berg".
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Shaama Pandya, an economic consultant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 player (2010-09-17).
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Leslie Hurd, a preschool teacher from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 player (2010-02-24).
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Edith Roberts, an attorney and part-time traffic court judge from Washington, D.C.
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Season 25 player (2009-01-01).
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Will Durbin, a general litigation attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 player (2010-12-06).
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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J.D. Smith, an editor and writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 21 player (2004-09-06).
KJL game 39.
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Ben Flaccus, a political consultant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $20,400 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "FLACK-us".
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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Veronica Mance, a policy and research analyst from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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Season 29 player (2012-09-19).
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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
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"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
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Helaine Greenfeld, a government attorney from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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Season 28 player (2011-10-28).
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Andrew Nerlinger, a senior at the University of Notre Dame from Wilmington, Delaware
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Andrew was 21 at the time...
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Elizabeth Pfeifer, an executive assistant from Oakton, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2012-11-01). Elizabeth died at the age of 57...
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Paula Currall, a stay-at-home mom from Oakton, Virginia
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Season 27 player (2010-10-18).
Last name pronounced like "KUR-al".
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Kim Taylor, a professor and scientist from Falls Church, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2009-10-07). Not to be confused with Season 18...
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Raghuveer Mukkamalla, an IT analyst from Herndon, Virginia
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Season 27 player (2010-12-29). Raghuveer wrote up his Jeopardy! experience at...
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Margaret Tennison, a retired paralegal from Vienna, Virginia
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Season 23 1-time champion: $21,601 + $1,000.
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Ray Freson, a retired advertising executive from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 22 1-time champion: $14,200 + $1,000.
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Jack Deschauer, a public relations professional from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 22 1-time champion: $9,200 + $1,000.
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