Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (725 results returned)

#9084, aired 2024-04-18SECOND CITIES $800: This world capital is home to the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations Ankara
#9077, aired 2024-04-09WORLD CITIES $800: An Azerbaijani oil baron built a replica of a Parisian palace for his wife in this capital city Baku
#9046, aired 2024-02-26WORLD CITIES $800: This Latvian capital is pretty much at the geographic center of the 3 Baltic states Riga
#9046, aired 2024-02-26WORLD CITIES $6,000 (Daily Double): Fittingly, this capital is the Yukon headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Whitehorse
#9044, aired 2024-02-22WORLD CAPITALS $800: It's not just the capital--it's also one of Morocco's 4 imperial cities Rabat
#9022, aired 2024-01-23U.S. CITIES $800: In 1786 it was chosen to replace Charleston as a state capital Columbia
#9020, aired 2024-01-19ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $400: Cultural attractions in Bangkok include Wat Pho & Wat Arun, temples of this religion Buddhism
#9020, aired 2024-01-19ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $800: This Nepalese capital sits in a bowl-shaped valley near the border with Tibet Kathmandu
#9020, aired 2024-01-19ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $1200: The name of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of this nation, means "red hero" Mongolia
#9020, aired 2024-01-19ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $1600: You'll find Seoul stretching along the banks of this river the Han
#9020, aired 2024-01-19ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $2000: Historically a junction between East & West, this capital of Oman lies on a strategic waterway bordering Southeast Arabia Muscat
#9016, aired 2024-01-15AFRICAN CITIES $400: The African Union has its headquarters in this Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa
#9016, aired 2024-01-15AFRICAN CITIES $1600: Windhoek is the capital of this southwest African nation that gained independence in 1990 Namibia
#9014, aired 2024-01-11FORMER NAMES OF CAPITAL CITIES $400: Under the Moors this European capital was called Olissibona Lisbon
#9014, aired 2024-01-11FORMER NAMES OF CAPITAL CITIES $800: 4th century A.D. Roman emperor Jovian was born in Singidunum, now this Serbian capital Belgrade
#9014, aired 2024-01-11FORMER NAMES OF CAPITAL CITIES $1200: This former name of Kinshasa reflects its nation's history as a colony of the Belgian monarchy Leopoldville
#9014, aired 2024-01-11FORMER NAMES OF CAPITAL CITIES $1600: Dushanbe, capital of this landlocked "stan", was called Stalinabad until 1961 Tajikistan
#9014, aired 2024-01-11FORMER NAMES OF CAPITAL CITIES $2000: Called Ciudad Trujillo from 1936 to 1961 in honor of its dictator, this city returned to its old name after his assassination Santo Domingo
#24, aired 2024-01-09NUMERICAL PLACE NAMES $400: This north African capital's name reflects its history as one of 3 ancient neighboring cities Tripoli
#9005, aired 2023-12-29LITERARY TOWNS & CITIES $400: In Graham Greene's "The Quiet American" an operative is sent to this onetime capital to help against Vietnamese Communists Saigon
#8952, aired 2023-10-17SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES $1200: Athens hosted the first Modern Olympics in 1896; this other European capital hosted the second games in 1900 Paris
#8951, aired 2023-10-16KICKIN' AZTEC $1000: The Aztecs founded 2 cities where Mexico City now stands: Tlatelolco & this one, their capital Tenochtitlan
#8945, aired 2023-10-06CANADIAN CITIES $1000: Fredericton is the capital of this Atlantic province New Brunswick
#8942, aired 2023-10-03THE 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
#8924, aired 2023-07-27WORLD CITIES $1600: The massive Lower Usuma Dam was completed in 1990 to bring drinking water to Abuja, about to become this nation's new capital Nigeria
#8892, aired 2023-06-134-LETTER WORLD CITIES $2000: Fiji's capital, it's home to the University of the South Pacific Suva
#8880, aired 2023-05-26WORLD CITIES $400: Seen here are some of the colorful Inuit houses of Nuuk, the capital of this largest island Greenland
#8880, aired 2023-05-26WORLD CITIES $2000: At 92 feet below sea level, Baku in this country is the lowest national capital Azerbaijan
#13, aired 2023-05-17CITIES OF SOUTH AMERICA $200: The design of this capital city that began construction in the 1950s is said to resemble a bird or an airplane Brasília
#13, aired 2023-05-17CITIES OF SOUTH AMERICA $400: This judicial capital of Bolivia is named for the country's first constitutionally elected president Sucre
#13, aired 2023-05-17CITIES OF SOUTH AMERICA $1000: On the Atlantic coast, Maldonado is 70 miles east of this capital city Montevideo
#13, aired 2023-05-174 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS OR CONSONANTS $2000: This capital of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province is one of the southernmost cities in the world Ushuaia
#8862, aired 2023-05-02WORLD CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Over 10,000 feet in elevation, this South American capital is one of the International Cities of Peace La Paz
#8819, aired 2023-03-02-POL, -POLI, -POLIS CITIES $400: Communities near this state capital include Greenwood & Speedway Indianapolis
#8813, aired 2023-02-22EUROPEAN CITIES $200: Though Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, the seat of government is in this city The Hague
#8813, aired 2023-02-22EUROPEAN CITIES $600: Seen here is some merrymaking in this capital of Bavaria Munich
#8796, aired 2023-01-30SAINTS & THEIR CITIES $2000: The first Pole to be made a saint, Stanislaus of this city, formerly the capital of Poland Kraków
#8759, aired 2022-12-08COUNTRIES FROM WORDPLAY CATEGORIES $1200: Rhyming pairs: Banjul & Lusaka are the capital cities of these 2 The Gambia & Zambia
#8745, aired 2022-11-18U.S. CITIES $200: This New Mexico City claims the title “Hot Air Balloon Capital of the World” Albuquerque
#8733, aired 2022-11-02NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 100 CITIES, 5,000 IDEAS $400: Dating from before the city was built up, just a short drive outside this Kenyan capital is a national park bearing its name Nairobi
#8716, aired 2022-10-10A VIEW TO THE BRIDGE $400: Completed in 1849, the Chain Bridge linked these two cities that would link as well to form Hungary's capital Buda & Pest
#8675, aired 2022-07-01U.S. CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): At the foot of the Wasatch Range, this capital city was built on the bed of ancient Lake Bonneville Salt Lake City
#8645, aired 2022-05-20SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $200: This capital's name comes from its original Spanish settlement, Santa Fé de Bacatá Bogotá
#8645, aired 2022-05-20SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $800: This judicial capital of Bolivia is named for a former president of that country Sucre
#8616, aired 2022-04-11A EUROPEAN CAPITAL TOUR $800: Not Moscow but this capital 300 miles north of the Black Sea is the "mother of Rus cities" Kyiv
#8604, aired 2022-03-24AUSTRIA'S BORDERS $2000: One of the fastest-growing cities in Europe, this national capital is just over the Slovak border on the Danube River Bratislava
#8588, aired 2022-03-02ONE-SYLLABLE CITIES $400: This Swiss capital lies on the Aare River Bern
#8588, aired 2022-03-02ONE-SYLLABLE CITIES $600: As the Coriolis force moves counterclockwise, afternoon brings a sea breeze called the Fremantle Doctor to this Western Australia capital Perth
#9, aired 2022-02-15A SEMESTER ABROAD $800: Get your anagram travel on by visiting these 2 Japanese cities, one a capital for 1,000 years & the other, not quite as long Tokyo & Kyoto
#8, aired 2022-02-11U.S. CITIES $600: It's about 500 miles from this state capital to the larger city of the same name Charleston
#8563, aired 2022-01-26THE CAROLINAS $800: It's about 200 miles between these 2 capital cities of the Carolinas Columbia & Raleigh
#8533, aired 2021-12-15WORLD CITIES $1200: This capital city is located in the region known as Anatolia Ankara
#8489, aired 2021-10-14GEO TRIOS $2000: Of South Africa's 3 capital cities, this administrative one is part of the municipality of Tshwane Pretoria
#8480, aired 2021-10-01CITIES OF IRELAND $400: The name of this capital means "black pool", referring to the dark waters of the River Liffey Dublin
#8459, aired 2021-08-05AROUND THE WORLD $4,000 (Daily Double): This African capital due south of Sicily got its name from a region with 3 ancient Phoenician cities Tripoli
#8433, aired 2021-06-30MAPPING THE MIDWEST $1200: They're the two cities here--one a territorial capital that was north of the Platte, & the other a state capital south of the river Omaha & Lincoln
#8433, aired 2021-06-30MAPPING THE MIDWEST $2,000 (Daily Double): Cities along this river that shares its name with a state capital include Ottumwa & Fort Dodge Des Moines
#8412, aired 2021-06-01PERU $800: One of the oldest cities in the Western Hemisphere, it was the capital of the Inca Empire when the Spanish arrived Cuzco
#8393, aired 2021-05-05AFRICAN CITIES $400: A 17th century fortress called the Kasbah des Oudaias overlooks this nation's capital, Rabat Morocco
#8393, aired 2021-05-05AFRICAN CITIES $2000: Southerton & Workington are suburbs of this Zimbabwean capital once called Salisbury Harare
#8382, aired 2021-04-20ASIAN CITIES $400: This capital of Iraq was formerly called Madinat al-Salam, Arabic for "city of peace" Baghdad
#8382, aired 2021-04-20ASIAN CITIES $1200: This capital of the Philippines is on Luzon Island Manila
#8382, aired 2021-04-20ASIAN CITIES $1600: Dili is the capital of this nation that broke away from Indonesia in 1999 East Timor
#8381, aired 2021-04-19ANCIENT CITIES $400: The ruins of Pachacamac, an ancient American city later occupied by the Inca, lie just south of this world capital Lima
#8381, aired 2021-04-19ANCIENT CITIES $3,000 (Daily Double): Now in this country, Persepolis was the capital from which Darius the Great ruled Iran
#8365, aired 2021-03-26MULTIPLE-CAPITAL COUNTRIES $800: These 2 cities are the official capital & seat of government of the Netherlands Amsterdam & The Hague
#8365, aired 2021-03-26MULTIPLE-CAPITAL COUNTRIES $2000: This one of South Africa's 3 capital cities has a name meaning "fountain of flowers" Bloemfontein
#8352, aired 2021-03-09EUROPEAN CITIES $400: This capital of Finland is on the Gulf of Finland Helsinki
#8352, aired 2021-03-09EUROPEAN CITIES $1200: There are 4 A's (or 4 alphas) in this capital of Greece's Messenia region, known for its delicious olives Kalamata
#8343, aired 2021-02-24CITIES OF THE MIDWEST $200: To accommodate "South Platters", the capital of Nebraska was moved in 1867 from Omaha to here Lincoln
#8338, aired 2021-02-17U.S. CITIES $400: Once the state capital, this city in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country ranks as one of the best places to retire Lancaster
#8338, aired 2021-02-17U.S. CITIES $600: West Virginia's capital & this Carolina port city of the same name are about 500 miles apart & named for different people Charleston
#8326, aired 2021-02-01A CATEGORY OF 2 CITIES $400 (Daily Double): It's about 800 miles from South Africa's executive capital of Pretoria to this legislative capital on the southwest coast Cape Town
#8325, aired 2021-01-29AROUND THE CARIBBEAN $3,000 (Daily Double): 2 capital cities are located on this Caribbean island: Marigot, which is French, & Philipsburg, which is Dutch St. Maarten
#8321, aired 2021-01-25WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $1000: The Congo (either of 2 cities) (1 of) Kinshasa (or Brazzaville)
#8312, aired 2021-01-12AMERICAN CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): A very specific wooden post led to the naming of this southern state capital en Francais Baton Rouge
#8294, aired 2020-12-03NEW YORK CITIES' NICKNAMES $600: Slowly I turned... to this "Honeymoon Capital of the World" Niagara Falls
#8294, aired 2020-12-03NEW YORK CITIES' NICKNAMES $1000: Sharing its name with a European capital, it was known as "Copper City" for its production of that metal Rome
#8235, aired 2020-06-12COLORFUL CITIES $4,000 (Daily Double): This former mining town was Colorado's territorial capital Golden
#8226, aired 2020-06-01NATIONS' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES $800: Italy's financial capital, this second city of the nation is also the center of its fashion & publishing industries Milan
#8216, aired 2020-05-18THE ANDES MOUNTAINS $800: Over its some 5,000-mile range, the Andes are home to major cities like La Paz, Quito, and this other capital city Bogota
#8199, aired 2020-04-09EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Like many cities, this capital of Poland was almost completely destroyed during World War II Warsaw
#8195, aired 2020-04-03AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Of Morocco's 4 imperial cities, this capital is the only one on the coast Rabat
#8162, aired 2020-02-183-WORD CITIES $200: Before it was renamed in 1804, this Haitian capital city was known as Port-Republicain Port-au-Prince
#8162, aired 2020-02-183-WORD CITIES $800: Once the capital of a Sinhalese kingdom, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is today the legislative capital of this island country Sri Lanka
#8116, aired 2019-12-16A EUROPEAN RIVER TOUR $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Széchenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest, Hungary.) The Széchenyi Chain Bridge was the first to permanently span this river and connect the two old cities that form Hungary's capital. At the time, there was debate over Budapest versus Pestbuda the Danube
#8098, aired 2019-11-20ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES $1200: Valletta, Malta was named for the grand master of the Knights Hospitaller after they survived a 1565 siege there by this empire the Ottoman Empire
#8098, aired 2019-11-20ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES $1600: With room for 7,000 worshippers, Al Fateh Mosque in Manama, capital of this island kingdom, is the nation's largest Bahrain
#8098, aired 2019-11-20ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES $2000: Founded in 1736 as a stopping place for ships between Europe and Asia, Port Louis is the capital of this island nation in the Indian Ocean Mauritius
#8098, aired 2019-11-20ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES $6,000 (Daily Double): Roseau, Dominica was burned by the French in 1805 & suffered near-total destruction by one of these in 1979 a hurricane
#8018, aired 2019-06-19BIG RIVERS $1600: Capital cities on the banks of the Nile River include Cairo & this capital of Sudan Khartoum
#7985, aired 2019-05-03WORLD CITIES $400: This capital is conveniently located near Spain's exact geographic center Madrid
#7985, aired 2019-05-03WORLD CITIES $2000: Lesser-known conquistador Pedro de Alvarado founded this capital that's named for Jesus San Salvador
#7967, aired 2019-04-09ASIAN CITIES $1200: The only big city in a nation of small towns & villages, this Asian capital is located on the delta of the Chao Phraya River Bangkok
#7967, aired 2019-04-09ASIAN CITIES $1600: Also famous for its textiles, this traditional center of Japanese culture & Buddhism was the capital for 1,000 years Kyoto
#7963, aired 2019-04-03CITIES ON THE MISSISSIPPI $2,500 (Daily Double): It's the northernmost state capital on the Mississippi St. Paul
#7939, aired 2019-02-28CITIES $200: The famous "shores of" this African capital city are on the Mediterranean Tripoli
#7939, aired 2019-02-28CITIES $600: Discovery Drive, Exploration Drive & Genoa Place are streets in this state capital Columbus, Ohio
#7939, aired 2019-02-28CITIES $1000: The resort city of Baguio was once the summer capital of this island nation the Philippines
#7920, aired 2019-02-01CITIES THROUGH TIME $400: A brief civil war took place in this capital after Finland declared independence from Russia in 1917 Helsinki
#7886, aired 2018-12-17EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITIES $400: This "Queen of the Danube" is found where the hills of western Hungary meet the nation's eastern plains Budapest
#7886, aired 2018-12-17EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITIES $800: If you like cold beet soup & stuffed potato dumplings, you vill enjoy Vilnius, the capital of this Baltic nation Lithuania
#7886, aired 2018-12-17EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITIES $1200: In its long history, the Zytglogge Clock Tower in this Swiss capital has also served as a guard tower & a women's prison Bern
#7886, aired 2018-12-17EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITIES $2000: The eventful history of this Balkan city includes being sacked in a Mongol invasion in the 13th century Zagreb
#7886, aired 2018-12-17EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITIES $3,800 (Daily Double): You'll find NATO's world headquarters on Boulevard Leopold III in this capital city Brussels
#7875, aired 2018-11-30CITIES ACROSS AMERICA $200: (Hi, I'm Ben Bailey with Local 4.) In 1837 Detroit became Michigan's first capital; 10 years later, this city took over, as it was much more centrally located within the state Lansing
#7861, aired 2018-11-12U.S. CITIES $1,800 (Daily Double): This New England capital shares its name with James Madison's Virginia plantation Montpelier
#7832, aired 2018-10-02LARGEST CITIES $1200: The largest city in southern Germany, it's also the largest city & capital of Bavaria Munich
#7822, aired 2018-09-18ONE-SYLLABLE CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Hanseong & Gyeongseong are former names of this world capital Seoul
#7820, aired 2018-09-14MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $200: San Jose in this Central American nation is home to John F. Kennedy Park, memorializing his visit to the country in 1963 Costa Rica
#7820, aired 2018-09-14MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $400: With a name meaning "new flower", this city replaced Entoto as the capital of Ethiopia in 1887 Addis Ababa
#7820, aired 2018-09-14MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $600: This Malaysian capital lies in the country's tin & rubber belt; I used to wear one of those, but it chafed Kuala Lumpur
#7820, aired 2018-09-14MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Developed by King Norodom, this capital city lies at the confluence of the Mekong, Bassac & Tonle Sap Rivers Phnom Penh
#7820, aired 2018-09-14MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $1000: U.S. Students at a medical school in this Caribbean nation's capital St. George's were rescued during a 1983 invasion Grenada
#7723, aired 2018-03-21ETHNI-CITIES $800: In 2011 this European capital's 8.2 million people included 1 million ethnic Indians, Pakistanis & Bangladeshis London
#7711, aired 2018-03-05AFRICAN CITIES $1200: Throngs of people were trying to get into Tahrir Square in this African capital in February 2011 Cairo
#7647, aired 2017-12-05UNESCO CITIES OF LITERATURE $400: Named by UNESCO in 2004, this city is the literary & literal capital of Scotland Edinburgh
#7617, aired 2017-10-24FLORIDA CITIES $400: During the Civil War, it was the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi not captured by Union troops Tallahassee
#7597, aired 2017-09-26CAPITAL CITIES $200: "City of Angels, the Great City, the Residence of the Emerald Buddha" is just the start of the official name of this Thai capital Bangkok
#7597, aired 2017-09-26CAPITAL CITIES $400: The Ataturk Mausoleum & the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations are both in this capital Ankara
#7597, aired 2017-09-26CAPITAL CITIES $600: Its location among oases & its natural fertility earned this Saudi capital its name, from the Arabic for "meadows" Riyadh
#7597, aired 2017-09-26CAPITAL CITIES $800: Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was born in this world capital Prague
#7597, aired 2017-09-26CAPITAL CITIES $1000: It replaced Rawalpindi as a national capital Islamabad
#7529, aired 2017-05-11U.S. CITIES $2000: This Georgia city is known as the "Sweet Onion Capital of the World" Vidalia
#7485, aired 2017-03-102 TICKETS TO PARAGUAY $400: One of the oldest cities in South America, this capital was built on a high promontory in 1537 Asunción
#7481, aired 2017-03-06STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $400: The state capitol building, naturally, designed by Thomas Jefferson Richmond
#7462, aired 2017-02-07CITIES $400: More than 20 million people live in this former capital of Nigeria Lagos
#7432, aired 2016-12-27SCANDINAVIAN CITIES $400: The Tycho Brahe planetarium opened in this capital in 1989 Copenhagen
#7432, aired 2016-12-27SCANDINAVIAN CITIES $2000: Whale & reindeer are on the menu in Longyearbyen, capital of this Norwegian island group also known as Spitsbergen Svalbard
#7408, aired 2016-11-23SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $400: For a stunning view of this Venezuelan capital, take the cable car up to the top of Pico el Ávila Caracas
#7408, aired 2016-11-23SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $2000: The inner city of this Incan capital was laid out in the shape of a puma whose head was the fort of Sacsayhuaman Cusco
#7384, aired 2016-10-20CITIES & TOWNS OF THE BIBLE $600: Built by King Omri as his capital, Samaria is found in what's now often called this directional region the West Bank
#7320, aired 2016-06-10JAPANESE CITIES $200: Yes, that's a roller coaster passing through the centerless Big O Ferris wheel in this capital of Japan Tokyo
#7302, aired 2016-05-17AROUND THE WORLD $400: We have no beef with this capital of Hyogo Prefecture being called one of Japan's most attractive cities Kobe
#7296, aired 2016-05-09ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $400: This capital of Indonesia is home to about 10 million people Jakarta
#7296, aired 2016-05-09ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $800: The Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines is a popular attraction in this city Taipei
#7296, aired 2016-05-09ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $1200: This capital of Bangladesh is in the heart of the world's largest jute-growing region Dhaka
#7296, aired 2016-05-09ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $1600: Dating from before the year 1, Tashkent, the capital of this "stan", is one of the oldest cities of Central Asia Uzbekistan
#7296, aired 2016-05-09ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $2000: Tango & Cheri are important Buddhist monasteries near Thimphu in this Himalayan nation Bhutan
#7280, aired 2016-04-15RUSSIAN CITIES $1600: Grozny is the capital of this republic in the Caucasus that's been fighting for independence since 1991 Chechnya
#7258, aired 2016-03-16WORLD CITIES $400: This capital on the Vltava River was once the capital of the kingdom of Bohemia Prague
#7258, aired 2016-03-16WORLD CITIES $2000: The Confederation Chamber in Province House in this capital of P.E.I. is called the "Birthplace of Canada" Charlottetown
#7205, aired 2016-01-01STATE CAPITAL RIVERS $1,000 (Daily Double): The Mississippi River--2 cities at opposite ends of the river Baton Rouge & St. Paul
#7192, aired 2015-12-15IT'S A LIE $800: European capital cities include Vaduz, Bucharest & Zurich Zurich
#7173, aired 2015-11-18WORLD CITIES $1200: Brisbane is the capital city of this "royal" Australian state Queensland
#7154, aired 2015-10-22"K"APITAL CITIES $200: Now the capital of a different country, in the Middle Ages it was the capital of Russia Kiev
#7154, aired 2015-10-22"K"APITAL CITIES $400: It succeeded Kandahar as capital in 1776 Kabul
#7154, aired 2015-10-22"K"APITAL CITIES $800: Indicated here, it's located only 20 miles from the equator Kampala
#7154, aired 2015-10-22"K"APITAL CITIES $1000: This capital has the Petronas Towers, twin structures that are among the world's highest Kuala Lumpur
#7081, aired 2015-06-01CANADIAN CITIES $1600: An intersection in this provincial capital is the original western terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway Victoria, British Columbia
#7071, aired 2015-05-18LITERARY CITIES $1200: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Alexander McCall Smith's novels is in Gaborone, capital of this nation Botswana
#7041, aired 2015-04-065-LETTER CAPITAL CITIES $400: Located on the Han River, it hosted the 21st Summer Olympics Seoul
#7041, aired 2015-04-065-LETTER CAPITAL CITIES $800: Population 1.8 million, it's home to the National Opera & Ballet Theater of Belarus Minsk
#7041, aired 2015-04-065-LETTER CAPITAL CITIES $1600: Have the wisdom to know that this capital lies at the geographic center of the Balkans Sofia
#7041, aired 2015-04-065-LETTER CAPITAL CITIES $2000: It's the westernmost capital on the African mainland Dakar
#7041, aired 2015-04-065-LETTER CAPITAL CITIES $5,200 (Daily Double): The oldest South American capital, it's located just south of the equator Quito
#7024, aired 2015-03-12EAST ASIAN CITIES $400: In 2004 President Roh Moo Hyun tried to move South Korea's capital from this city to Gongju Seoul
#7024, aired 2015-03-12EAST ASIAN CITIES $1200: This Mongolian city is often described as the world's coldest capital Ulan Bator
#7010, aired 2015-02-20LOS ANGELES' SISTER CITIES $1200: In the early 1700s immigrants from Fukien Province on the Chinese mainland founded this capital not on the mainland Taipei
#7010, aired 2015-02-20LOS ANGELES' SISTER CITIES $2000: On Feb. 23, 2007 Mayor Villaraigosa signed a sister city agreement with Yerevan, capital of this country Armenia
#7009, aired 2015-02-19"W"ORLD CITIES $2000: The Yangtze River runs through this capital of Hubei Province that's lent its name to a deadly flu virus Wuhan
#6965, aired 2014-12-19"CITY" CITIES $400: This state capital is about 10 miles southeast of a "Great" body of water Salt Lake City
#6965, aired 2014-12-19"CITY" CITIES $800: In 1858 land speculator Abraham Curry founded what became this capital, named for a frontier scout Carson City
#6965, aired 2014-12-19"CITY" CITIES $1000: Check out the Truman show in this capital, specifically the Harry S Truman State Office Building Jefferson City
#6958, aired 2014-12-10POINT "A" TO POINT "B" $2,500 (Daily Double): One a state capital, these 2 cities on Amtrak's Empire Service fill the bill Albany & Buffalo
#6909, aired 2014-10-02ATLANTIC CITIES $800: A statue of Leif Eriksson, a gift from the U.S., stands in front of Hallgrimskirkja church in this capital Reykjavik
#6909, aired 2014-10-02ATLANTIC CITIES $1600: Colorful shops line front street in Hamilton, capital of this British territory off the east coast of the United States Bermuda
#6909, aired 2014-10-02ATLANTIC CITIES $2000: This Senegalese capital is the westernmost city of the African mainland Dakar
#6889, aired 2014-07-24PRO SPORTS TEAMS $800: The 2 NHL teams based in national capital cities are the Washington Capitals & them Ottawa Senators
#6868, aired 2014-06-25ASIAN CITIES $2000: The old part of this Yemeni capital is surrounded by a 30-foot high wall Sana'a
#6826, aired 2014-04-28GERMAN CITIES $400: From 1949 to 1990 it served as capital of West Germany Bonn
#6775, aired 2014-02-14U.S. CITIES $800: From 1810 to 1812 Zanesville was the capital of this state Ohio
#6746, aired 2014-01-06"U". "S". CITIES $200: California's capital Sacramento
#6693, aired 2013-10-23POINT "A" TO POINT "B" $1600: It's less than 30 miles between this pair of cities, Belgium's largest & its capital Antwerp & Brussels
#6575, aired 2013-03-29WORLD CITIES $400: It's the capital of the world's most populous country Beijing
#6575, aired 2013-03-29WORLD CITIES $1,800 (Daily Double): This capital of Australia's Northern Territory lies on Beagle Gulf Darwin
#6543, aired 2013-02-13OLYMPIC HOST CITIES $200: This world capital on the Gulf of Finland boasts a railway station designed by Eliel Saarinen Helsinki
#6536, aired 2013-02-04U.S. CITIES $400: In recent years this Texas capital has ranked as one of the top U.S. cities for young adults Austin
#6536, aired 2013-02-04U.S. CITIES $1000: Once Virginia's capital, this city has made sure to keep its colonial feel Williamsburg
#6515, aired 2013-01-04AFRICAN CITIES $200: Several bridges, including El Tahrir, cross the Nile in this capital Cairo
#6515, aired 2013-01-04AFRICAN CITIES $800: Wooden 2-story verandas in this Liberian capital are an architectural link to the U.S. south Monrovia
#6515, aired 2013-01-04AFRICAN CITIES $1000: Named for a 19th century queen, this capital of the Seychelles has fewer than 30,000 people Victoria
#6475, aired 2012-11-09WORLD CITIES $400: Ironically, Madinat al-Salam, meaning "city of peace", is the former name of this Iraqi capital Baghdad
#6475, aired 2012-11-09WORLD CITIES $1600: Seen here is a square in this Asian capital that you won't find jammed with tourists Pyongyang (North Korea)
#6475, aired 2012-11-09WORLD CITIES $2000: This chief port of Pakistan served as the country's capital from 1947 to 1959 Karachi
#6395, aired 2012-06-08LATIN NAMES FOR CITIES $400: A world capital: Varsovia Warsaw
#6203, aired 2011-07-27WITH THIS "RING" $800: Cities in Missouri & Massachusetts are called this, also the capital of a third state Springfield
#6175, aired 2011-06-17WORLD CITIES $200: In 1949 Indonesia became independent & Batavia became this capital city Jakarta
#6175, aired 2011-06-17WORLD CITIES $600: With some 200 inches of rain per year, this capital of Liberia is one of the world's wettest cities Monrovia
#6143, aired 2011-05-04SISTER CITIES $400: Nashville's sisters include Caen, France & this capital of Northern Ireland Belfast
#6143, aired 2011-05-04SISTER CITIES $1600: Albuquerque, New Mexico is sister to this capital of Jalisco, old Mexico Guadalajara
#6020, aired 2010-11-12WORLD CAPITALS $200: This capital of Israel is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world Jerusalem
#5982, aired 2010-09-21WOMEN ON THE MAP $600: It's the capital of South Australia & alphabetically first among the country's major cities Adelaide
#5930, aired 2010-05-28WHERE AM I? $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a Spanish-architecture courtyard.) I'm in this Peruvian city, once the capital of an empire, & one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the western hemisphere Cuzco
#5920, aired 2010-05-14TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $400: In Asia: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
#5920, aired 2010-05-14TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $800: North of Australia: Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
#5920, aired 2010-05-14TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $1200: In South America: Paramaribo Suriname
#5920, aired 2010-05-14TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $1600: In an emirate: Doha Qatar
#5920, aired 2010-05-14TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $2000: In a Central Asian "stan": Bishkek Kyrgyzstan
#5848, aired 2010-02-03CAPITAL CITIES $200: It joins Yokohama in a Metro area home to more than 30 million people Tokyo
#5848, aired 2010-02-03CAPITAL CITIES $400: The Maly & Bolshoi theaters are on its Teatralnaya Square Moscow
#5848, aired 2010-02-03CAPITAL CITIES $600: It fell to British troops in 1917 & to U.S. troops on April 9, 2003 Baghdad
#5848, aired 2010-02-03CAPITAL CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Once the capital of Spain's New World empire, this South American city was founded by Pizarro in 1535 Lima
#5848, aired 2010-02-03CAPITAL CITIES $1000: The Rideau canal separates this North American capital into upper & lower regions Ottawa
#5806, aired 2009-12-07EUROPEAN CITIES $200: This capital lies 5 miles from the Bay of Phaleron, an arm of the Aegean Sea Athens
#5772, aired 2009-10-20WORLD CITIES $1200: First settled by Germanic & Slavic tribes, this city served as the capital of Brandenburg from 1486 to 1701 Berlin
#5772, aired 2009-10-20WORLD CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Though expanded as a Roman city, it became a capital under the Merovingian ruler Clovis I in 508 Paris (France)
#5772, aired 2009-10-20WORLD CITIES $2000: After the Muslims' defeat, this island capital became a Spanish colony before it was held by the U.S. & then Japan Manila
#5699, aired 2009-05-21OLD CITIES $2000: In the 1840s Sir Henry Layard excavated Nineveh, capital of this ancient neighbor of Babylonia Assyria
#5657, aired 2009-03-24TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $400: One of the "Stan"s: Tashkent Uzbekistan
#5657, aired 2009-03-24TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $800: Island country in the Indian ocean: Port Louis Mauritius
#5657, aired 2009-03-24TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $1200: A former Soviet republic: Chisinau Moldova
#5657, aired 2009-03-24TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $1600: In western Africa: Yamoussoukro Cote d'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast)
#5657, aired 2009-03-24TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $2000: In the Pacific: Honiara the Solomon Islands
#5650, aired 2009-03-13CITIES $400: This capital is located in the historical region of New Castile Madrid
#5535, aired 2008-10-03POPULATION-POURRI $3,500 (Daily Double): Of cities in titles of Shakespeare's plays, this Mediterranean capital has the highest population Athens
#5525, aired 2008-09-19EUROPEAN CITIES $1600: This capital's stadium was rebuilt of white marble for the Olympic Games of 1896 Athens
#5520, aired 2008-09-12TUNISIA $200: Like many North African cities, this Tunisian capital has an older section called the Casbah Tunis
#5496, aired 2008-06-30NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE CAPITAL CITIES $400: One of 3 capitals: Pretoria South Africa
#5496, aired 2008-06-30NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE CAPITAL CITIES $800: Asian country wedged between 2 giants: Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
#5496, aired 2008-06-30NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE CAPITAL CITIES $1200: One of the successor states to Yugoslavia: Skopje Macedonia
#5496, aired 2008-06-30NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE CAPITAL CITIES $1600: One of the "stans" of Central Asia: Astana Kazakhstan
#5496, aired 2008-06-30NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE CAPITAL CITIES $2000: On the Arabian peninsula: Sanaa Yemen
#5467, aired 2008-05-20WORLD CITIES $400: This Sudanese capital lies on a narrow piece of land bounded by the White & Blue Nile Rivers Khartoum
#5467, aired 2008-05-20WORLD CITIES $600: The Tsarina's Stone is the oldest monument in this city that was made Finland's capital by Russian insistence Helsinki
#5467, aired 2008-05-20WORLD CITIES $800: This Caribbean island's capital, Fort-de-France, lies about 15 miles southeast of Mt. Pelee volcano Martinique
#5439, aired 2008-04-10ANAGRAMMED CANADIAN CITIES $1200: Capital of a prairie province: MOON DENT Edmonton
#5439, aired 2008-04-10ANAGRAMMED CANADIAN CITIES $2000: A provincial capital (long may it rule): GAINER Regina
#5413, aired 2008-03-05U.S. CITIES $2000: Granite works sprung up in & around this state capital using stone from Barre, a few miles away Montpelier
#5397, aired 2008-02-12CAPITAL IDEA $1000: One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities, it became a capital in 1946 when Syria gained independence Damascus
#5382, aired 2008-01-22WORLD CITIES $800: This capital's airport is variously called Taoyuan, Zhongzheng & Chiang Kai-Shek International Taipei
#5382, aired 2008-01-22WORLD CITIES $2000: Founded as a penal colony in 1824, this capital of Queensland was the site of the World's Fair Expo '88 Brisbane
#5376, aired 2008-01-14GERMAN CITIES $1200: From 1701 to 1871 it was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia Berlin
#5310, aired 2007-10-12AROUND THE WORLD $1200: Built on 14 islands, this capital of Sweden is one of the world's most picturesque cities Stockholm
#5271, aired 2007-07-09CITYSCAPE $200: Longyearben, one of the northernmost cities, is capital of this country's arctic territory of Svalbard Norway
#5258, aired 2007-06-20HERE COMES UKRAINE AGAIN $800: Called "Mother of Cities", this Ukrainian capital was heavily damaged in WWII & not fully rebuilt until around 1960 Kiev
#5246, aired 2007-06-04HIDDEN CITIES $800: Because of the traffic, I often feel mad riding in a taxi in this European capital Madrid (mad riding)
#5244, aired 2007-05-31CANADIAN CITIES $800: It was capital of the Northwest Territories from 1882 to 1905, when it became the provincial capital of Saskatchewan Regina
#5244, aired 2007-05-31CANADIAN CITIES $1200: In 1934 gold was discovered in this capital of the Northwest Territories; in 1991 diamonds were discovered there Yellowknife
#5244, aired 2007-05-31CANADIAN CITIES $1600: Named for a queen, this capital of Prince Edward Island is the seat of Queens County Charlottetown
#5213, aired 2007-04-18WORLD CITIES $600: Oh! this city! was the capital of British India from 1772 to 1912 Calcutta
#5195, aired 2007-03-23AFRICAN CITIES $400: This Sudanese capital was destroyed by the Mahdists in 1885; Lord Kitchener began to rebuild it in 1898 Khartoum
#5195, aired 2007-03-23AFRICAN CITIES $1000: While in this capital, tourists should see the well-preserved Roman aqueduct between Carthage & Zaghouan Tunis
#5175, aired 2007-02-23U.S. CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This state capital has trolleys & buses called 'Dillos that take folks to attractions & music clubs Austin
#5170, aired 2007-02-16U.S.A. $400: Oregon's major cities, including this state capital, lie in the fertile Willamette Valley Salem
#5144, aired 2007-01-11EUROPEAN CITIES $400: This capital's oldest residential area, the Plaka, lies behind the Acropolis Athens
#5144, aired 2007-01-11EUROPEAN CITIES $1200: This capital of the Isle of Man is located at the common mouth of the Dhoo & Glass rivers, hence its name the Douglass
#5135, aired 2006-12-29UNITING THE STATES & CITIES $400: The "Green Mountain" State absorbs its own capital & renames itself... Vermontpelier
#5135, aired 2006-12-29UNITING THE STATES & CITIES $4,000 (Daily Double): The "Land Of Enchantment" state hooks up with South Carolina's capital; enjoy... New Mexicolumbia
#5096, aired 2006-11-06SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $200: La Boca, an area of this Argentine capital, is often called "Little Genoa" because of its large Italian community Buenos Aires
#5050, aired 2006-07-21U.S. CITIES $800: The Sternwheel Regatta, a 10-day river festival, is held each summer in this West Virginia capital Charleston
#5046, aired 2006-07-17WORLD CITIES $1600: The Kiyomizu Temple overlooks this former capital city Kyoto
#5039, aired 2006-07-06AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This state capital lies on a narrow strip of land between the Gastineau Channel & the slopes of 2 mountains Juneau, Alaska
#5023, aired 2006-06-14KICKIN' AZTEC $1000: The Aztecs founded 2 cities where Mexico City now stands: Tlatelolco & this one, their capital Tenochtitlán
#4993, aired 2006-05-03AMERICAN PLACES $400: This capital, population 280,000, is one half of the "Twin Cities" St. Paul
#4958, aired 2006-03-15CITIES BY THE "TON" $400: This state capital is located at the head of navigation on the east bank of the Delaware River Trenton
#4958, aired 2006-03-15CITIES BY THE "TON" $1,000 (Daily Double): This state capital was governed at times by Britain, France, Spain, the Republic of West Florida, the CSA & the U.S. Baton Rouge
#4958, aired 2006-03-15CITIES BY THE "TON" $1600: This seat of Pennsylvania's Lackawanna County was known as "The Anthracite Capital of the World" Scranton
#4911, aired 2006-01-09STATE CAPITALS $1000: 4 cities lie within this state capital's city limits: Beech Grove, Southport, Lawrence & Speedway Indianapolis
#4883, aired 2005-11-30EUROPEAN CITIES $400: From 1865 to 1870 this "flowery" city served as the capital of Italy Florence
#4883, aired 2005-11-30EUROPEAN CITIES $1200: This capital's Tower of Belem was built in the early 1500s to honor explorer Vasco da Gama Lisbon
#4866, aired 2005-11-07WORLD CAPITALS $800: One of the 2 national capital cities located on the island of Hispaniola Port-au-Prince (or Santo Domingo)
#4851, aired 2005-10-17THE 19th CENTURY $1200: In 1873 these 2 cities united with Obuda & Margaret Island to form the capital of Hungary Buda & Pest
#4807, aired 2005-06-28AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $1200: The growth of this state capital in Eagle Valley was stimulated by the discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859 Carson City
#4758, aired 2005-04-20CAPITAL CITIES $400: Not surprisingly, in Korean this city's name means "capital city" Seoul
#4758, aired 2005-04-20CAPITAL CITIES $800: In 1831 the city of Thang Long changed its name to this, a capital idea by the Vietnamese Hanoi
#4758, aired 2005-04-20CAPITAL CITIES $1200: In exile, Lenin ran a training school for Russian revolutionists at Longjumeau, a suburb of this capital city Paris
#4758, aired 2005-04-20CAPITAL CITIES $1600: Razed in the 16th century, the reconstructed ruins of Templo Mayor are found in this capital's Zocalo Mexico City
#4758, aired 2005-04-20CAPITAL CITIES $6,000 (Daily Double): Honoring one of the country's famous sons, the Universidad de Belgrano is found in this South American capital Buenos Aires
#4679, aired 2004-12-30THIS "BUD"'S FOR YOU $400: In 1873 3 adjoining cities united with Margaret Island to form this city, now a world capital Budapest
#4672, aired 2004-12-21U.S. CITIES $800: Daniel Boone lived for a while in this West Virginia capital Charleston
#4672, aired 2004-12-21U.S. CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the southernmost state capital Honolulu
#4648, aired 2004-11-17U.S. CITIES $800: The heart of French Louisiana & the unofficial capital of the Cajun country is this city named for a French patriot Lafayette
#4506, aired 2004-03-22U.S. CITIES $400: When Oregon became a state in 1859, this city on the Willamette River was already the capital Salem
#4500, aired 2004-03-12EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew) Madrid, one of Europe's highest capital cities, is located in the very center of this peninsula the Iberian Peninsula
#4386, aired 2003-10-06CITIES' TALLEST BUILDINGS $2000: Asian capital that's home to the 1,483-foot Petronas Towers Kuala Lumpur
#4322, aired 2003-05-20A TALE OF TWO CITIES $1000: Two of South Africa's 3 capital cities Bloemfontein, Cape Town &/or Pretoria
#4313, aired 2003-05-07EUROPEAN CITIES $800: This city on Faxafloi Bay is the world's northernmost national capital Reykjavik, Iceland
#4286, aired 2003-03-31EUROPEAN CITIES $600: While Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, this city is the seat of government The Hague
#4219, aired 2002-12-26WORLD CITIES $1600: This Southeast Asian capital, commonly known as KL, was founded as a tin-mining camp in 1857 Kuala Lumpur
#4219, aired 2002-12-26WORLD CITIES $2000: The Universal Postal Union is headquartered in this Swiss capital Bern
#4183, aired 2002-11-06"H" CITIES $800: This capital was founded by Sweden's King Gustav I Vasa in 1550 Helsinki, Finland
#4183, aired 2002-11-06"H" CITIES $1000: It served as a dynastic capital in the 1800s & continued as the royal capital of Vietnam until 1945 Hue
#4181, aired 2002-11-04FLORIDA CITIES $400: This city was the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi never captured by the Union during the Civil War Tallahassee
#4176, aired 2002-10-28AMERICAN CITIES $400: This state capital lies on both banks of the Mississippi River at the confluence of the Minnesota River St. Paul
#4176, aired 2002-10-28AMERICAN CITIES $600: This city on Lake Michigan is "The Beer Capital of America" Milwaukee
#4174, aired 2002-10-24U.S. CITIES $200: Depictions on this state capital's seal include Nuuanu Pali & Diamond Head Honolulu
#4174, aired 2002-10-24U.S. CITIES $400: Found on the St. Jones River, this capital of Delaware bears the name of an English seaport Dover
#4116, aired 2002-06-24GERMAN CITIES $200: This capital's oldest church, older than the city itself, is the 800-year-old St. Nicholas Church Berlin
#4116, aired 2002-06-24GERMAN CITIES $400: In 1923 Hitler staged his Beer Hall Putsch in this capital of Bavaria Munich
#4105, aired 2002-06-07AFRICAN CITIES $1200: The capital of the Seychelles has this "queenly" name, like the capital of British Columbia Victoria
#4105, aired 2002-06-07AFRICAN CITIES $2000: Update your address book--Tanzania's capital is moving from this city to Dodoma Dar es Salaam
#4101, aired 2002-06-03STATES OF THE UNION $1600: 2 of the only 4 states whose capital cities begin with the same letter as the state Indiana, Oklahoma (Delaware & Hawaii)
#4087, aired 2002-05-14U.S. CITIES $2000: Vincennes on the Wabash River in this state was the territorial capital from 1800 to 1813 Indiana
#4020, aired 2002-02-08U.S. CITIES $500 (Daily Double): This state capital was named for an English explorer who died in 1618 Raleigh (North Carolina)
#3957, aired 2001-11-13STATE CAPITALS OF THE WORLD $200: Most cities would cringe, but Hidalgo in this U.S. state embraced being the Killer Bee Capital Texas
#3947, aired 2001-10-30EUROPEAN CAPITALS $1000: It's alphabetically last among Europe's capital cities Zagreb, Croatia
#3903, aired 2001-07-18KANSAS CITIES $100: The Menninger Clinic founded in this capital owns a collection of Sigmund Freud's papers Topeka
#3882, aired 2001-06-19CITIES IN INDIA $200: Until 1912 it was the capital of British India (black hole & all) Calcutta
#3882, aired 2001-06-19CITIES IN INDIA $600: This heavily populated port city & capital of Maharashtra state is the leading financial center of India Bombay/Mumbai
#3833, aired 2001-04-11U.S. CITIES $400: This capital of South Dakota is named for a French fur trader Pierre
#3833, aired 2001-04-11U.S. CITIES $1000: Nicknamed "Rocket City, U.S.A.", it served as Alabama's capital in 1819 Huntsville
#3794, aired 2001-02-15HEY, "MAN"! $600: 1 of the 2 Asian capital cities whose names start with "man" Manama (Bahrain) or Manila (Philippines)
#3791, aired 2001-02-12AFRICAN CITIES $100: Tourbooks suggest shopping for baskets on Muindi Mbingu Street in this Kenyan capital Nairobi
#3791, aired 2001-02-12AFRICAN CITIES $200: This capital city's Grand Palace was once home to Haile Selassie Addis Ababa
#3791, aired 2001-02-12AFRICAN CITIES $400: Sudan's national museum is in this capital city Khartoum
#3789, aired 2001-02-08STATE CAPITALS $500 (Daily Double): This state capital's metropolitan area includes the cities of Glendale, Scottsdale & Sun City Phoenix
#3713, aired 2000-10-25U.S. CITIES $200: This city that's home to the Naval Academy was capital of the U.S. in 1783 & 1784 Annapolis, Maryland
#3713, aired 2000-10-25U.S. CITIES $1,500 (Daily Double): It's the state capital where you can cruise Garth Brooks Blvd., or stroll through Will Rogers Park Oklahoma City
#3685, aired 2000-09-15CITIES $300: This capital of the Greek department of Dodecanese is on the island once home to a colossus Rhodes
#3685, aired 2000-09-15CITIES $500: This state capital located on Crow Creek has a "C" name also, the name of an Indian tribe Cheyenne, Wyoming
#3668, aired 2000-07-12CITIES OF NEW YORK $100: It's "The Capital of the Empire State" & "The Edinburgh of America" Albany
#3668, aired 2000-07-12CITIES OF NEW YORK $500: It's "The Kodak City" & "The Photo Capital of the World" Rochester
#3657, aired 2000-06-27U.S. CITIES $100: The site for this state capital was chosen because of its location midway between Pensacola & St. Augustine Tallahassee
#3618, aired 2000-05-03U.S. CITIES $500: Dating back to 1772, Bayamon is a suburb of this capital of a commonwealth San Juan, Puerto Rico
#3615, aired 2000-04-28ANAGRAMMED U.S. CITIES $200: A former state capital: HEEL WING, West Virginia Wheeling
#3612, aired 2000-04-25WORLD CITIES $2,500 (Daily Double): Emperor Menelik II founded this African capital in 1887 Addis Ababa
#3611, aired 2000-04-24SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $200: This Uruguayan capital's name is Portuguese for "I see a hill" Montevideo
#3611, aired 2000-04-24SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $400: At an altitude of 12,001 feet, it's the world's highest capital city; co-capital Sucre lies about 3,000 feet lower La Paz, Bolivia
#3611, aired 2000-04-24SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $700 (Daily Double): Pachacamac, an ancient site for Incan & other Indian cultures, lies just outside this capital Lima, Peru
#3552, aired 2000-02-01U.S. CITIES $300: In 1799, if you wanted to go to the nation's capital, you went to this city Philadelphia
#3547, aired 2000-01-25WORLD CITIES $600: It served as Australia's capital from 1901 to 1927 Melbourne
#3515, aired 1999-12-10EAST ASIAN CITIES $600: In the 1940s this North Korean capital was home to forces of the occupying Soviet army Pyongyang
#3515, aired 1999-12-10EAST ASIAN CITIES $800: It was China's capital from 1928 until its brutal capture by Japanese forces in 1937 Nanking
#3513, aired 1999-12-08COLORFUL U.S. CITIES $400: Once the capital of the Colorado Territory, it's home to the Adolph Coors Brewery Golden
#3506, aired 1999-11-29RUSSIAN CITIES $200: By the 15th C., this city was capital of the Russian state & the seat of the Russian Orthodox Church Moscow
#3432, aired 1999-07-06MONDO GEO $600: Conquered by Alexander the Great in 333 B.C., this Syrian capital is one of the oldest cities in the world Damascus
#3423, aired 1999-06-23WORLD CITIES $300: This capital's name is derived from the Old Persian for "warm place" Tehran
#3407, aired 1999-06-01SISTER CITIES $200: Fort Lauderdale linked up with Medellin; Miami linked with this capital of Colombia Bogota
#3392, aired 1999-05-11RUSSIAN CITIES $300: In 1712 the capital of Russia was moved to this city later named Leningrad St. Petersburg
#3392, aired 1999-05-11RUSSIAN CITIES $400: The ancestral mother city of the Russian people is this capital of neighboring Ukraine Kiev
#3392, aired 1999-05-11RUSSIAN CITIES $500: Grozny is the capital city of this region that has waged a struggle for independence since the mid-1990s Chechnya
#3391, aired 1999-05-10U.S. CITIES $100: A cable TV network is named for this state capital, a hotbed of country music Nashville
#3391, aired 1999-05-10U.S. CITIES $300: Paul Revere's house in this capital is the city's only 17th century building downtown Boston
#3365, aired 1999-04-02REALLY TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $200: Santiago Chile
#3365, aired 1999-04-02REALLY TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $400: Riga Latvia
#3365, aired 1999-04-02REALLY TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $600: Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
#3365, aired 1999-04-02REALLY TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $800: Thimphu Bhutan
#3365, aired 1999-04-02REALLY TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $1000: Sana Yemen
#3360, aired 1999-03-26TOWNS & CITIES $200: This South Dakota capital was first known as Mahto, Sioux for "bear" Pierre
#3232, aired 1998-09-29MIDWEST CITIES $300 (Daily Double): A copy of the Gettysburg Address is displayed in this city's old state capital building Springfield, Illinois
#3220, aired 1998-09-11TOUGH U.S. CITIES $800: This largest Delaware city is sometimes called the chemical capital of the world Wilmington
#3193, aired 1998-06-17U.S. CITIES $200: This state capital is near the head of navigation on the Connecticut River Hartford
#3174, aired 1998-05-21CANADIAN CITIES $200: The North Saskatchewan River divides this Albertan capital in half Edmonton
#3174, aired 1998-05-21CANADIAN CITIES $400: Whitehorse replaced Dawson as capital of this territory in 1953 Yukon Territory
#3060, aired 1997-12-12U.S. CITIES $100: This Wyoming capital is home to the annual Frontier Days celebration Cheyenne
#3060, aired 1997-12-12U.S. CITIES $300: Principal routes through this capital include Ala Moana Boulevard & Pali Highway Honolulu
#3053, aired 1997-12-03WORLD CITIES $200: This capital's Avenida Juarez was named for Benito Juarez, president of the country in the 1860s & 1870s Mexico City
#3053, aired 1997-12-03WORLD CITIES $600: This Cambodian capital lies at the confluence of the Bassac, Tonle Sap & Mekong rivers Phnom Penh
#3053, aired 1997-12-03WORLD CITIES $800: You can visit the home of former prime minister John Diefenbaker in this Saskatchewan capital Regina
#3052, aired 1997-12-02EASTERN EUROPE $100: Unlike other major Polish cities like Warsaw, this former capital escaped WWII devastation Krakow
#3037, aired 1997-11-11WORLD CITIES $300: Capital of British India until 1912, it was where Mother Teresa ministered to the unfortunate Calcutta
#3037, aired 1997-11-11WORLD CITIES $500: To attend Kenya Polytechnic, you have to go to this capital city Nairobi
#3033, aired 1997-11-05CITIES OF THE BIBLE $500: Elijah anoited Hazael king of Syria in the wilderness outside this capital Damascus
#3031, aired 1997-11-03U.S. CITIES $800: This state capital is home to the 4 1/2 acre Roger Williams National Memorial Park Providence, Rhode Island
#3017, aired 1997-10-14WORLD CITIES $100: Linked by bridges, this Hungarian capital was once 3 distinct & separate cities Budapest
#3016, aired 1997-10-13U.S. CITIES $100: Rebuilding Precolumbian irrigation canals in 1867 helped "resurrect" this future Arizona capital Phoenix
#2988, aired 1997-09-03WORLD CITIES $400: Like London, this capital of Northern Ireland was damaged by WWII German bombs Belfast
#2987, aired 1997-09-02RESORT CITIES $700 (Daily Double): This resort known for its spa was capital of occupied France from November 1942 to August 1944 Vichy
#2985, aired 1997-07-18WORLD CITIES $200: Until 1990 it was the capital of West Germany Bonn
#2985, aired 1997-07-18WORLD CITIES $800: After Rhodesia became this country, Salisbury, its capital, became Harare Zimbabwe
#2984, aired 1997-07-17U.S. CITIES $200: This state capital was originally called Fort Nashborough, for General Francis Nash Nashville
#2969, aired 1997-06-26U.S. CITIES $100: Principal streets in this Utah capital include North Temple, South Temple & West Temple Salt Lake City
#2965, aired 1997-06-20WORLD CITIES $400: Parque Dario in this capital has a monument to Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario Managua
#2963, aired 1997-06-18U.S. CITIES $300: This West Virginia capital was named for Colonel George Clendenin's father, Charles Charleston
#2958, aired 1997-06-11U.S. CITIES $100: This New Jersey capital is also the seat of Mercer County Trenton
#2958, aired 1997-06-11U.S. CITIES $300: Thomas Jefferson formulated the bill moving the Virginia capital to this city Richmond
#2956, aired 1997-06-09"SAINT"LY CITIES $200: This Scottish city known for its golf courses was once the country's ecclesiastical capital Saint Andrews
#2956, aired 1997-06-09"SAINT"LY CITIES $300: In the 1840s this future state capital became headquarters of the American Fur Company Saint Paul
#2942, aired 1997-05-20U.S. CITIES $100: New Haven & this city were twin capitals of Connecticut from 1701 to 1875, when it became the sole capital Hartford
#2942, aired 1997-05-20U.S. CITIES $300: New Bern, one of North Carolina's oldest cities, is named for this country's capital Switzerland
#2916, aired 1997-04-14ASIAN CITIES $200: China's national legislature meets in this capital's Great Hall of the People Beijing/Peking
#2916, aired 1997-04-14ASIAN CITIES $800: The tomb of Pakistan's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, is a landmark in this former capital Karachi
#2916, aired 1997-04-14ASIAN CITIES $1000: With a population of over 2 million, this capital of Uzbekistan is central Asia's largest city Tashkent
#2913, aired 1997-04-09PENNSYLVANIA CITIES $100: You can take a 45-minute cruise on the paddle-wheeler Pride of the Susquehanna in this capital city Harrisburg
#2912, aired 1997-04-08CANADIAN CITIES $200: Known for its stampede, this largest Alberta city is called Canada's oil & gas capital Calgary
#2903, aired 1997-03-26SECOND-LARGEST U.S. CITIES $600: The "Oil Capital of the World", it's also Oklahoma's second-largest city Tulsa
#2892, aired 1997-03-11U.S. CITIES $200: In 1996 money magazine named this Wisconsin capital the best place to live in America Madison
#2892, aired 1997-03-11U.S. CITIES $300: This Nevada city was once billed as "the divorce capital of the world" Reno
#2889, aired 1997-03-06U.S. CITIES $200: At least 3 1/2 miles of skyways link the downtown buildings of this Minnesota capital St. Paul
#2884, aired 1997-02-27WISCONSIN CITIES $200: Known as the Beer Capital of the U.S., this largest Wisconsin city is home to several major breweries Milwaukee
#2884, aired 1997-02-27WISCONSIN CITIES $800: In 1836 Judge James Doty persuaded the legislature to move the capital from Belmont to this city Madison
#2883, aired 1997-02-26WORLD CITIES $800: The National Museum in this Somali capital was built in the 19th century by the sultan of Zanzibar Mogadishu
#2883, aired 1997-02-26WORLD CITIES $1000: The discovery of gold at Kalgoorlie in 1890 aided the growth of this capital of Western Australia Perth
#2882, aired 1997-02-25U.S. CITIES $100: Of Creek origin, the name of this Florida capital means "Old Town" Tallahassee
#2863, aired 1997-01-29EUROPEAN CITIES $200: This capital is the home of the Bourbon Palace, the meeting place of the French National Assembly Paris
#2863, aired 1997-01-29EUROPEAN CITIES $400: Once the chief town of the Ligurian tribe of the Taurini, it was Italy's first capital, 1861-65 Turin
#2863, aired 1997-01-29EUROPEAN CITIES $800: This capital of Liechtenstein has a postal museum & a museum of the royal family's art collection Vaduz
#2858, aired 1997-01-22WORLD CITIES $200: Japan's imperial capital for over 1,000 years, its name is an anagram of Tokyo Kyoto
#2858, aired 1997-01-22WORLD CITIES $400: The Nobel Foundation, which oversees the awarding of the Nobel Prizes, is located in this capital Stockholm
#2858, aired 1997-01-22WORLD CITIES $600: Canada's main naval base on the eastern seaboard is in this Nova Scotia capital Halifax
#2858, aired 1997-01-22WORLD CITIES $800: This Ugandan capital was once the headquarters of the British East Africa Company Kampala
#2852, aired 1997-01-14U.S. CITIES $1000: The name of this city, twice the capital of W. Va., may have come from an Indian word meaning "place of the head" Wheeling
#2844, aired 1997-01-02WORLD CITIES $400: In 1788 Agha Mohammad Khan made this city the capital of Persia; it's now the capital of Iran Teheran
#2844, aired 1997-01-02WORLD CITIES $1000: This capital of Hong Kong lies on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island Victoria
#2839, aired 1996-12-26EUROPEAN CITIES $200: During World War II, this Polish capital was virtually destroyed Warsaw
#2831, aired 1996-12-16PORT CITIES $600: Piraeus is the port for this capital city Athens
#2823, aired 1996-12-04U.S. CITIES $200: In 1790 it succeeded Charleston as South Carolina's capital Columbia
#2811, aired 1996-11-18WORLD CITIES $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1787 British abolitionists founded this capital of Sierra Leone as a home for liberated slaves Freetown
#2803, aired 1996-11-06WORLD CITIES $200: This Colombian capital is sometimes called the "Athens of South America" Bogota
#2788, aired 1996-10-16WORLD CITIES $100: Ile de la Cite, an island in the Seine River, is the heart of this French capital Paris
#2788, aired 1996-10-16WORLD CITIES $200: The site of this Bulgarian capital was once a Thracian settlement Sofia
#2788, aired 1996-10-16WORLD CITIES $300: This capital lies on a plain sometimes known as the Valley of Nepal Kathmandu
#2788, aired 1996-10-16WORLD CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): About half of French Guiana's population lives on the island where this "spicy" capital is located Cayenne
#2785, aired 1996-10-11U.S. CITIES $400: Around 1720 this Mississippi port became the capital of France's Louisiana territory Biloxi
#2775, aired 1996-09-27"B" CITIES $200: The cathedral in this South American planned capital is designed to resemble Jesus' crown of thorns Brasília
#2775, aired 1996-09-27"B" CITIES $400: Vlad the Impaler, aka Dracula, is buried at Snagov Monastery on an island near this capital city Bucharest
#2765, aired 1996-09-13BUSINESS '96 $300: Approving this company's takeover of Capital Cities/ABC, the FCC stipulated it sell certain properties Disney
#2758, aired 1996-09-04WORLD CITIES $800: Roxas Boulevard in this capital was once called Dewey Boulevard Manila
#2749, aired 1996-07-11PENNSYLVANIA $100: Besides Harrisburg, 1 of 2 other cities that served as state capital Philadelphia
#2744, aired 1996-07-04WORLD CITIES $800: In 1821 this Sudanese capital was founded by Egypt's Muhammad Ali Khartoum
#2744, aired 1996-07-04WORLD CITIES $1000: In the 1960s this city was built to replace Karachi as the capital of Pakistan Islamabad
#2737, aired 1996-06-25WORLD CITIES $100: Diego Velazquez founded this capital on Cuba's south coast; 4 years later it was moved to the north coast Havana
#2737, aired 1996-06-25WORLD CITIES $400: This capital of New South Wales is Australia's oldest British settlement Sydney
#2737, aired 1996-06-25WORLD CITIES $500: It's said this North Korean capital is the Korean Peninsula's oldest city Pyongyang
#2733, aired 1996-06-19MICHIGAN CITIES $400: When it was chosen as state capital in 1847, only a sawmill & a log house were there Lansing
#2708, aired 1996-05-15CAPITAL CITIES $200: This German city is serviced by a subway, the U-Bahn & an elevated train, the S-Bahn Berlin
#2708, aired 1996-05-15CAPITAL CITIES $400: Capital in which you'd find the Baths of Diocletian & the Capitoline Museum Rome
#2708, aired 1996-05-15CAPITAL CITIES $800: In population, it's the largest Scandinavian capital by far Copenhagen (in Denmark)
#2708, aired 1996-05-15CAPITAL CITIES $1000: One legend says this Ukrainian capital was founded by 3 brothers: Kii, Shchek & Khoriv Kiev
#2708, aired 1996-05-15CAPITAL CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): This capital's Government Palace stands on the site of Pizarro's palace, which inspired its architecture Lima (Peru)
#2690, aired 1996-04-19BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: In 1986 Capital Cities bought this television network for $3.5 billion ABC
#2674, aired 1996-03-28EUROPEAN CITIES $200: Hradcany Castle, former home of the kings of Bohemia, is in this Czech capital Prague
#2664, aired 1996-03-14WORLD CITIES $200: This capital's elegant Corniche Highway runs along the eastern bank of the Nile Cairo
#2664, aired 1996-03-14WORLD CITIES $600: In the 13th century, Mongol ruler Kublai Khan made this city his capital Beijing (Peking)
#2646, aired 1996-02-19WORLD CITIES $400: About 1 in 4 South Koreans live in this capital city Seoul
#2646, aired 1996-02-19WORLD CITIES $800: This capital's Akershus Castle lies on a peninsula overlooking a fiord Oslo
#2646, aired 1996-02-19WORLD CITIES $1000: Suburbs of this capital of New South Wales include Woolloomooloo, Paddington & Double Bay Sydney
#2634, aired 1996-02-01WORLD CITIES $200: The unification of Italy is commemorated by a monument to Victor Emmanuel II in this capital city Rome
#2634, aired 1996-02-01WORLD CITIES $400: Saigon, once capital of Indochina, is now known by this name Ho Chi Minh City
#2628, aired 1996-01-24WORLD CITIES $200: Mount Pentelicus, north of this capital, supplied the white marble for the buildings on the Acropolis Athens
#2628, aired 1996-01-24WORLD CITIES $1000: Tallinn, capital of this nation, was settled by the Danes in 1219 & later joined the Hanseatic League Estonia
#2623, aired 1996-01-17U.S. CITIES $500 (Daily Double): In 1799 this city became the seat of Kennebec County; 33 years later, it became a state capital Augusta, Maine
#2622, aired 1996-01-16CALIFORNIA CITIES $500: This Silicon Valley city served as California's first capital from 1849 to 1851 San Jose
#2619, aired 1996-01-11WORLD CITIES $100: This Puerto Rican capital's harbor is guarded by Fort San Felipe Del Morro San Juan
#2619, aired 1996-01-11WORLD CITIES $300: This city founded in 1693 didn't become capital of Jamaica until 1872 Kingston
#2619, aired 1996-01-11WORLD CITIES $400: This capital of Saudi Arabia was built at an oasis Riyadh
#2604, aired 1995-12-21U.S. CITIES $200: This capital's largest public employer is the state of South Dakota Pierre
#2603, aired 1995-12-20WORLD CITIES $200: The Shinkansen, AKA the bullet train, travels from this capital to Kyoto in 2 hours 40 minutes Tokyo
#2578, aired 1995-11-15WORLD CITIES $400: Australia's largest inland city, it's also the capital Canberra
#2578, aired 1995-11-15WORLD CITIES $1000: In 1991 Abuja replaced this city as Nigeria's official capital Lagos
#2571, aired 1995-11-06WORLD CITIES $600: The most picturesque part of this Portuguese capital is the Alfama along the Tagus River Lisbon
#2571, aired 1995-11-06WORLD CITIES $800: The name of this Iraqi capital is Persian for "God-given" Baghdad
#2564, aired 1995-10-26U.S. CITIES $300: This capital is home to the Buckeye Farm News Columbus
#2564, aired 1995-10-26U.S. CITIES $400: This largest New Mexico city is known as the "hot air balloon capital of the world" Albuquerque
#2561, aired 1995-10-23WORLD CITIES $1000: Bolivia's Declaration of Independence is in a museum in this legal capital, not La Paz Sucre
#2537, aired 1995-09-19EUROPEAN CITIES $200: This Belgian capital was occupied by Germany during WWI & WWII Brussels
#2537, aired 1995-09-19EUROPEAN CITIES $600: This Swedish capital is located where Lake Malar empties into the Baltic Stockholm
#2535, aired 1995-09-15WORLD CITIES $400: After 22 years of separation, North & South Vietnam were reunited in 1976 with this city as the capital Hanoi
#2532, aired 1995-09-12WORLD CITIES $600: It was the capital of Great Colombia before becoming Colombia's capital Bogota
#2532, aired 1995-09-12WORLD CITIES $1,600 (Daily Double): This capital stands on 7 hills along the Tagus River Lisbon (Portugal)
#2520, aired 1995-07-14WORLD CITIES $1000: There's a park named for John F. Kennedy in this Costa Rican capital San José
#2516, aired 1995-07-10WORLD CAPITALS $200: This Hungarian capital is considered one of Europe's most beautiful cities Budapest
#2494, aired 1995-06-08FRENCH CITIES $300: This city where Louis XIV had his palace is the capital of Yvelines department Versailles
#2493, aired 1995-06-07WORLD CITIES $400: The name of Bloemfontein, this country's judicial capital, means "fountain of flowers" South Africa
#2471, aired 1995-05-08WORLD CITIES $200: The ancient Romans called the site of this Algerian capital Icosium Algiers
#2471, aired 1995-05-08WORLD CITIES $800: Only about 4,700 people live in Vaduz, the capital of this small European principality Liechtenstein
#2446, aired 1995-04-03AFRICAN CITIES $600: Kampala, capital of Uganda, lies on the shores of this largest African lake Lake Victoria
#2446, aired 1995-04-03AFRICAN CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): When this country became independent in 1962, Kigali became its capital Rwanda
#2442, aired 1995-03-28WORLD CITIES $400: Salvador, this country's third most populous city, is the capital of the state of Bahia Brazil
#2432, aired 1995-03-14SOUTHERN CITIES $600: Native Americans called the site of this Louisiana capital Istrouma Baton Rouge
#2423, aired 1995-03-01ASIAN CITIES $400: Capital of Japan until 1868, it was modeled on the ancient Chinese capital of Ch'ang-an Kyoto
#2413, aired 1995-02-15WORLD CITIES $800: Mons, which the Flemish call Bergen, is the capital of this country's province of Hainaut Belgium
#2413, aired 1995-02-15WORLD CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): This capital city is home to the University of Liberia Monrovia
#2403, aired 1995-02-01WORLD CITIES $500: The capital of Italy's Piedmont region, it produces about 85% of Italy's autos Turin
#2400, aired 1995-01-27WORLD CITIES $800: This capital city of Hong Kong is sometimes called Hong Kong Victoria
#2395, aired 1995-01-20U.S. CITIES $500: Fort Louis, on the site of this Miss. port city, served as the capital of the Louisiana colony until 1722 Biloxi
#2389, aired 1995-01-12WORLD CITIES $200: This, the former capital of New France, is Canada's only walled city Quebec (City)
#2389, aired 1995-01-12WORLD CITIES $400: Mentioned in the Bible, "The Street Which Is Called Straight" still exists in this Syrian capital Damascus
#2389, aired 1995-01-12WORLD CITIES $1000: The Haboob, a dust-laden wind, can darken the sky in this Sudanese capital between March & October Khartoum
#2368, aired 1994-12-14WORLD CITIES $200: This Canadian capital was originally called Bytown after Lt. Col. John By of the Royal Engineers Ottawa
#2368, aired 1994-12-14WORLD CITIES $400: From 1453 to 1922, it was the name of the capital of the Ottoman Empire Constantinople
#2368, aired 1994-12-14WORLD CITIES $800: This capital located almost on the equator has the oldest art school in South America Quito
#2359, aired 1994-12-01TRAINS $1,600 (Daily Double): The Flying Scotsman once ran between these 2 capital cities London & Edinburgh
#2356, aired 1994-11-28WORLD CITIES $200: Lawrence Welk would have had a wunnerful, wunnerful time in this Danish capital Copenhagen
#2356, aired 1994-11-28WORLD CITIES $1000: This capital of Trinidad & Tobago was the capital of the now defunct West Indies Federation Port of Spain
#2347, aired 1994-11-15U.S. CITIES $200: On August 11, 1683 William Penn issued a warrant to lay out this Delaware capital Dover
#2333, aired 1994-10-26U.S. CITIES $100: In 1780 it replaced Williamsburg as capital of the "Old Dominion" Richmond
#2333, aired 1994-10-26U.S. CITIES $700 (Daily Double): State capital in which you'd find Roger Williams National Memorial Providence (Rhode Island)
#2322, aired 1994-10-11WORLD CITIES $600: You might want to take "le trek" to this capital of France's Haute-Garonne department Toulouse
#2308, aired 1994-09-21CAPITAL CITIES $100: The Danish royal family lives in the Amalienborg Palace in this city Copenhagen
#2308, aired 1994-09-21CAPITAL CITIES $200: The apartment where Sigmund Freud lived & worked for nearly 50 years is now a museum in this capital Vienna
#2308, aired 1994-09-21CAPITAL CITIES $300: Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia founded this Chilean capital in 1541 Santiago
#2308, aired 1994-09-21CAPITAL CITIES $400: You can see coins being minted at the Royal Australian Mint in this city Canberra
#2308, aired 1994-09-21CAPITAL CITIES $500: This capital of the Bahamas was once a haven for pirates & buccaneers Nassau
#2285, aired 1994-07-08CAPITAL CITIES $200: While Valparaiso is the seat of Chile's parliament, this is its capital Santiago
#2285, aired 1994-07-08CAPITAL CITIES $400: This capital is served by Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport Taipei (Taiwan)
#2285, aired 1994-07-08CAPITAL CITIES $600: This city was designated the Bulgarian capital in 1879, soon after it was captured from the Turks Sofia
#2285, aired 1994-07-08CAPITAL CITIES $800: One of the world's largest wooden structures is the old government bldg. in this New Zealand capital Wellington
#2285, aired 1994-07-08CAPITAL CITIES $1,500 (Daily Double): This capital of Belarus also serves as the capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States Minsk
#2280, aired 1994-07-01WORLD CITIES $600: The Welsh Folk Museum is at St. Fagan's, about 4 miles west of the center of this capital Cardiff
#2249, aired 1994-05-19U.S. CITIES $200: This capital is located on the Salt River in the central part of Arizona Phoenix
#2249, aired 1994-05-19U.S. CITIES $400: After going over to the British, Benedict Arnold captured this Virginia capital in 1781 Richmond
#2232, aired 1994-04-26EUROPEAN CITIES $800: When Russia took over in 1809, Turku on the Gulf of Bothnia was this country's capital & largest city Finland
#2199, aired 1994-03-10WORLD CITIES $100: The bell tower of Ivan the Great was once the tallest structure in this capital Moscow
#2199, aired 1994-03-10WORLD CITIES $500: Covering about 260 square miles, this Alberta city is Canada's largest capital Edmonton
#2180, aired 1994-02-11U.S. CITIES $500 (Daily Double): A federal office building named for Strom Thurmond was completed in this state capital in 1979 Columbia, South Carolina
#2178, aired 1994-02-09CITIES OF INDIA $200: In this capital of India, the average temperature in May is 92° New Delhi
#2176, aired 1994-02-07WORLD CITIES $100: Begun more than 400 years ago, Bakken amusement park in this Danish capital is the world's oldest Copenhagen
#2176, aired 1994-02-07WORLD CITIES $200: Public art galleries in this capital include the Tate Gallery & the Wallace Collection London
#2176, aired 1994-02-07WORLD CITIES $400: The Gaelic form of this capital's name is Dunedin Edinburgh
#2168, aired 1994-01-26U.S. CITIES $1,500 (Daily Double): Named shared by cities in Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts & Missouri, though it's only a capital in one Springfield
#2139, aired 1993-12-16EUROPEAN CITIES $800: The Monastery of the Caves in this capital of Ukraine is noted for its ancient catacombs Kiev
#2134, aired 1993-12-09SOUTHERN U.S. CITIES $100: It was the capital of the Arkansas Territory; now it's the state capital Little Rock
#2134, aired 1993-12-09SOUTHERN U.S. CITIES $300: It's the capital of the Pelican State Baton Rouge
#2131, aired 1993-12-06AROUND THE WORLD $1000: On Cyprus many cities have 2 names; Lefkosa is the Turkish name for this capital Nicosia
#2111, aired 1993-11-08WORLD CITIES $100: The Brandenburg Gate stands in the heart of this German capital Berlin
#2111, aired 1993-11-08WORLD CITIES $300: This Austrian capital is home to the Strausses, the Sachertorte & Schonbrunn Palace Vienna
#2111, aired 1993-11-08WORLD CITIES $500: About 1/3 of all Chileans live in this capital city Santiago
#2109, aired 1993-11-04AFRICAN CITIES $800: In 1976 Nigeria announced plans to move the capital from this city to Abuja Lagos
#2100, aired 1993-10-22SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $400: Puno, Peru is at the west end of Lake Titicaca & this Bolivian capital is near the east end La Paz
#2100, aired 1993-10-22SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $600: If your kid needs discipline, send him to Gen. Bernardo O'Higgins Military School in this Chilean capital Santiago
#2093, aired 1993-10-13CANADIAN CITIES $600: The best place to get an overview of this capital is from the Peace Tower on Wellington Street Ottawa
#2093, aired 1993-10-13CANADIAN CITIES $800: Much of this capital of Nova Scotia was flattened in a munitions explosion during WWI Halifax
#2091, aired 1993-10-11U.S. CITIES $400: A statue commemorating Terry's Texas Rangers stands in front of the state capital in this city Austin
#2080, aired 1993-09-24WORLD CITIES $800: The Gulistan Palace in this capital houses the jeweled Peacock Throne of Fath Ali Shah Tehran
#2080, aired 1993-09-24WORLD CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Once a private estate, it became capital of the Philippines in 1948 but was replaced by Manila in 1976 Quezon City
#2077, aired 1993-09-21PACIFIC CITIES $1000: This capital city lies on the northwest coast of the island of Tahiti Papeete
#2071, aired 1993-09-13WORLD CITIES $400: This Czech capital is located on the Vltava River Prague
#2071, aired 1993-09-13WORLD CITIES $600: Quezon City, once the capital, is this country's second-most populous city the Philippines
#2032, aired 1993-06-08WORLD CITIES $800: The sultan of Oman's main palace is in this city, the capital Muscat
#2032, aired 1993-06-08WORLD CITIES $1000: This Saudi Arabian capital was surrounded by walls until 40 years ago, when they were razed to allow expansion Riyadh
#2029, aired 1993-06-03WORLD CITIES $200: This South American city was capital of the Portuguese Empire from 1808 to 1821 Rio de Janiero
#2029, aired 1993-06-03WORLD CITIES $800: Dakar, the capital of this country, is the westernmost city on the African mainland Senegal
#2028, aired 1993-06-02ASIAN CITIES $600: Surabaya is this country's second-largest city & capital of its East Java province Indonesia
#2028, aired 1993-06-02ASIAN CITIES $800: Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of this oil-rich sultanate on Borneo Brunei
#2028, aired 1993-06-02ASIAN CITIES $1000: Dhaka was a mogul capital long before it became capital of this country Bangladesh
#2017, aired 1993-05-18WORLD CITIES $500 (Daily Double): This teeming city of eastern India served as the country's capital from 1772 to 1912 Calcutta
#2011, aired 1993-05-10ATLANTIC CITIES $200: This South African capital can be spelled as 1 word or 2 Capetown
#2011, aired 1993-05-10ATLANTIC CITIES $600: In 1790 Columbia replaced this city as South Carolina's capital Charleston
#2011, aired 1993-05-10ATLANTIC CITIES $800: If you're off on the road to this country you may wind up in its capital of Rabat Morocco
#2003, aired 1993-04-28WORLD CITIES $100: An Egyptian pillar called the obelisk of Luxor stands at the Place de la Concorde in this capital Paris
#2000, aired 1993-04-23NEW WORLD CITIES $400: In this capital, check out the over 22-ton Aztec calendar stone–though hard to carry, it is very accurate Mexico City
#2000, aired 1993-04-23NEW WORLD CITIES $600: This capital of Nova Scotia is the economic hub of the Atlantic provinces Halifax
#2000, aired 1993-04-23NEW WORLD CITIES $800: This Central American capital was founded in the 1570s as Real de Minas de San Miguel de Tegus Galpa Tegucigalpa
#2000, aired 1993-04-23NEW WORLD CITIES $1000: Though Sucre is the constitutional capital of Bolivia, most government offices are in this city La Paz
#1996, aired 1993-04-19U.S. CITIES $100: This state capital is the burial site of John Winthrop, Samuel Adams & Paul Revere Boston
#1994, aired 1993-04-15WORLD CITIES $100: Pest, Obuda & Buda were combined in 1873 to make this capital city Budapest
#1994, aired 1993-04-15WORLD CITIES $200: This Haitian capital is at the southeastern end of the Gulf of Gonave Port-au-Prince
#1994, aired 1993-04-15WORLD CITIES $300: On Dec. 23, 1972 an earthquake almost completely destroyed this Nicaraguan capital Managua
#1994, aired 1993-04-15BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Capital Cities/ABC owns 80% of this sports cable TV network ESPN
#1992, aired 1993-04-13EUROPEAN CITIES $200: This Finnish capital was founded by the King of Sweden in 1550 Helsinki
#1992, aired 1993-04-13EUROPEAN CITIES $600: Much in the news in 1992, this city is the capital of Bosnia- Hercegovina Sarajevo
#1992, aired 1993-04-13EUROPEAN CITIES $800: The capital of this grand duchy has the same name as the country itself Luxembourg
#1990, aired 1993-04-09U.S. CITIES $100: A series of earthquakes in 1935 caused heavy damage to this capital city of Montana Helena
#1942, aired 1993-02-02U.S. CITIES $100: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic District is located in this Georgia capital Atlanta
#1937, aired 1993-01-26ANCIENT CITIES $200: Now Egypt's second- largest city, over 2,000 years ago it was the capital Alexandria
#1937, aired 1993-01-26ANCIENT CITIES $400: When it was ruled by the Egyptians & Romans, this Jordanian capital was called Philadelphia Amman
#1912, aired 1992-12-22SCANDINAVIAN CITIES $200: The name of this Danish capital means "merchants' harbor" Copenhagen
#1907, aired 1992-12-15U.S. CITIES $100: In 1851 the N.Y. Central, Delaware & Hudson R.R. opened, linking New York City with this, the state capital Albany
#1896, aired 1992-11-30WORLD CITIES $500: In 1750 it supplanted Annapolis Royal as capital of Nova Scotia Halifax
#1892, aired 1992-11-24EUROPEAN CITIES $200: Massive building projects were undertaken in this capital city after the great fire of 1666 London
#1891, aired 1992-11-23GERMAN CITIES $200: Under the reunification treaty, this city was designated Germany's capital Berlin
#1882, aired 1992-11-10WORLD CITIES $200: The Yasukuni Shrine in this Asian capital honors the war dead Tokyo
#1882, aired 1992-11-10WORLD CITIES $800: This capital of Australia's Victoria state was founded in 1835 & named for England's prime minister Melbourne
#1882, aired 1992-11-10WORLD CITIES $1000: It's the world capital located on the island of Java Jakarta (Indonesia)
#1860, aired 1992-10-09WORLD CITIES $600: At 8,000 feet above sea level this Ethiopian city is the highest capital city in Africa Addis Ababa
#1853, aired 1992-09-30WORLD CITIES $200: Caliph al-Mansur founded this Iraqi capital in the 8th century Baghdad
#1853, aired 1992-09-30WORLD CITIES $300: The man-made Lake Burley Griffin is at the heart of this Australian capital Canberra
#1853, aired 1992-09-30WORLD CITIES $400: This Indonesian capital's name can be spelled starting with a J or a D Jakarta
#1853, aired 1992-09-30WORLD CITIES $500: Sudan became independent in 1956 with this city as its capital Khartoum
#1838, aired 1992-09-09WORLD CITIES $200: The name of this capital of Bavaria is from a word which means "home of the monks" Munich
#1795, aired 1992-05-22WORLD CITIES $1000: Regina, this Canadian province's capital, was originally called Pile O'Bones Saskatchewan
#1794, aired 1992-05-21WORLD CITIES $400: This European capital has a Tycho Brahe Planetarium on Gammel Kongevej Street Copenhagen
#1794, aired 1992-05-21WORLD CITIES $800: From 1920 to 1939, this Lithuanian capital was the capital of the Polish province of Wilno Vilnius
#1794, aired 1992-05-21WORLD CITIES $1000: Pakistan's largest city, it was the country's capital from 1947 to 1959 Karachi
#1782, aired 1992-05-05"SAINT"LY CITIES $400: This Scottish city between Edinburgh & Dundee is sometimes called the "Capital of Golf" Saint Andrew
#1781, aired 1992-05-04U.S. CITIES $100: A tourist attraction in this capital is the Seagull Monument in Temple Square Salt Lake City
#1781, aired 1992-05-04U.S. CITIES $200: Suburbs of this southern capital include Marietta, Smyrna & Norcross Atlanta
#1752, aired 1992-03-24WORLD CITIES $800: Fittingly, this capital of Australia's Northern Territory is located on Beagle Gulf Darwin
#1752, aired 1992-03-24WORLD CITIES $1000: This capital of Zaire was known as Leopoldville until 1966 Kinshasa
#1733, aired 1992-02-26WORLD CITIES $200: Sacre-Coeur, Sacred heart Church, stands atop Montmartre, this capital's highest point Paris
#1733, aired 1992-02-26WORLD CITIES $400: This capital city's Plaza de Espana contains a statue of Cervantes Madrid
#1723, aired 1992-02-12PRESIDENTIAL CITIES $400: The meat-packing firm of Oscar Mayer & Co. is one of this Wisconsin capital's largest private employers Madison
#1723, aired 1992-02-12PRESIDENTIAL CITIES $600: Home of Lincoln University, this Missouri capital was named for an earlier president Jefferson City
#1712, aired 1992-01-28WISCONSIN CITIES $100: For a close encounter, head to Elmwood; it calls itself the world capital of these UFOs
#1712, aired 1992-01-28WISCONSIN CITIES $400: If you skip Bloomer, you'll be in "Dutch" because it's the capital of this exercise sport rope skipping (rope jumping)
#1710, aired 1992-01-24WORLD CITIES $1000: The treaty that ended the War of 1812 was signed in this Belgian city, the capital of East Flanders Ghent
#1687, aired 1991-12-24CITIES $200: The Swiss National Museum is in this largest city, not the capital Zurich
#1687, aired 1991-12-24CITIES $1000: This city is Russia's largest Pacific port and capital of its maritime territory Vladivostok
#1680, aired 1991-12-13CANADIAN CITIES $800: Though you take a ferry to get there, this provincial capital is still the west end of the Trans-Canada Highway Victoria
#1675, aired 1991-12-06WORLD CITIES $200: For nearly 300 years, this Peruvian city was the capital of Spain's South American empire Lima
#1673, aired 1991-12-04WORLD CAPITALS $300: Of Morocco's 4 "imperial cities", the one that's the capital Rabat
#1641, aired 1991-10-21WORLD CITIES $400: Founded when Finland was under Swedish rule, it's now Finland's capital Helsinki
#1630, aired 1991-10-04U.S. CITIES $500: White granite from quarries near this New England capital was used in the Library of Congress Concord, New Hampshire
#1615, aired 1991-09-13WORLD CITIES $200: In 1868 Edo, Japan's largest city, was renamed this, meaning "Eastern Capital" Tokyo
#1615, aired 1991-09-13WORLD CITIES $400: Well I'll be doggone, under Benito Juarez this city served briefly as capital of Mexico Chihuahua
#1606, aired 1991-09-02"PORT" CITIES $400: This Haitian capital's national museum has the anchor of Columbus' Santa Maria on display Port-au-Prince
#1606, aired 1991-09-02"PORT" CITIES $600: This capital of Trinidad & Tobago was founded in 1595 & named Puerto de Espana Port of Spain
#1574, aired 1991-06-06EUROPEAN CITIES $800: This is the only national capital on the Vistula River Warsaw
#1574, aired 1991-06-06EUROPEAN CITIES $1000: Estoril, a suburb of this capital, was a center of espionage during World War II Lisbon
#1552, aired 1991-05-07WORLD CITIES $200: The residents of this European capital are called Madrilenos Madrid
#1544, aired 1991-04-25CAPITAL CITIES $200: This city has a Tolstoy museum & has restored the author's home as a tourist attraction Moscow
#1544, aired 1991-04-25CAPITAL CITIES $400: This Indonesian capital lies at the mouth of the Liwung River, on the northwest coast of Java Jakarta
#1544, aired 1991-04-25CAPITAL CITIES $600: The new city of Abuja has succeeded Lagos as capital of this African nation Nigeria
#1544, aired 1991-04-25CAPITAL CITIES $800: The nearest seaport to Damascus, Syria is this capital 70 miles away Beirut
#1544, aired 1991-04-25CAPITAL CITIES $1000: This capital on the Walachian plain was once called the "Little Paris of the Balkans" Bucharest (Romania)
#1542, aired 1991-04-23WORLD CAPITALS $1,700 (Daily Double): While many new cities have been made capitals, this is the only world capital that starts with "New" New Delhi
#1540, aired 1991-04-19U.S. CITIES $200: The oldest public building in Maryland is the Old Treasury in this capital Annapolis
#1538, aired 1991-04-17SOVIET CITIES $500: Today, more Russians than Latvians live in this Latvian capital Riga
#1525, aired 1991-03-29WORLD CITIES $400: Once called Philadelphia, this capital of Jordan assumed its present name in the 7th century Amman
#1525, aired 1991-03-29WORLD CITIES $500: When first founded, this capital of the Bahamas was known as Charles Towne Nassau
#1524, aired 1991-03-28"IN" CITIES $300: The headquarters for the American Legion is located in this state capital Indianapolis
#1517, aired 1991-03-19U.S. CITIES $200: Greensboro in this state was a temporary Confederate capital in 1865 North Carolina
#1491, aired 1991-02-11U.S. CITIES $200: It's the capital of what was once referred to as "Seward's Folly" Juneau
#1485, aired 1991-02-01U.S. CITIES $400: St. Paul is the northernmost capital on the Mississippi & this is the southernmost Baton Rouge
#1479, aired 1991-01-24U.S. CITIES $300: A city named Augusta is now Maine's capital; 200 years ago a city named Augusta was this state's capital Georgia
#1473, aired 1991-01-16WEST VIRGINIA $800: During the 19th century, these 2 cities alternated as state capital, & one of them still is Wheeling & Charleston
#1460, aired 1990-12-28U.S. CITIES $500: This, the largest city in the Texas Panhandle, is called "the Helium Capital of the World" Amarillo
#1456, aired 1990-12-24U.S. CITIES $200: Britannica calls this Georgia capital the artistic center of the Southeast Atlanta
#1453, aired 1990-12-19U.S. CITIES $200: In 1790 this city replaced Charleston South Carolina's capital Columbia
#1434, aired 1990-11-22EUROPEAN CITIES $200: In 1975, 35 nations pledged to respect human rights in "Accords" signed in this Finnish capital Helsinki
#1434, aired 1990-11-22EUROPEAN CITIES $400: Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki raft is preserved in a museum in this capital of his native land Oslo
#1434, aired 1990-11-22EUROPEAN CITIES $800: Tallinn, capital of this Baltic republic, was known as Revel until 1918 Estonia
#1430, aired 1990-11-16NEW YORK CITIES $1000: At a congress in this city in 1754 Ben Franklin put forth a plan for unity of the colonies Albany
#1426, aired 1990-11-12WORLD CITIES $100: This capital of El Salvador was ruined by earthquakes in 1854, 1873 & 1917 San Salvador
#1426, aired 1990-11-12WORLD CITIES $300: Like the rest of Cyprus, this capital city is divided into 2 sectors Nicosia
#1423, aired 1990-11-07U.S. CITIES $400: This South Dakota capital was named for a French fur trader Pierre
#1417, aired 1990-10-30U.S. CITIES $500: The area that later became this state capital was once occupied by the Kansa Indians Topeka
#1410, aired 1990-10-19U.S. CITIES $800: The graves of Daniel Boone & his wife can be visited in this capital city Frankfort (Kentucky)
#1407, aired 1990-10-16U.S. CITIES $1000: State capital popularly known as "Insurance City" Hartford (Connecticut)
#1390, aired 1990-09-21U.S. CITIES $400: In 1970 this state capital merged with Douglas, Alaska to form the largest U.S. in area Juneau
#1384, aired 1990-09-13WORLD CITIES $200: Its largest city & capital is Kabul Afghanistan
#1384, aired 1990-09-13WORLD CITIES $800: In 1880 this city succeeded Comayagua as Honduras capital Tegucigalpa
#13, aired 1990-09-08SPANISH CITIES $2000: This capital of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain is on the cutting edge of swordmaking Toledo
#1379, aired 1990-09-06EUROPEAN CITIES $200: In 1596, King Sigismund III moved the capital of Poland from Krakow to this city Warsaw
#1353, aired 1990-06-20U.S. CITIES $200: In 1722 French explorer B. de la Harpe called the site of this future capital "La Petite Roche" Little Rock
#1338, aired 1990-05-30U.S. CITIES $800: Now a state capital, the Dutch established a permanent community there in 1624 Albany
#1327, aired 1990-05-15WORLD CITIES $400: The Gaelic name for this capital city is Baile Atha Cliath Dublin
#1322, aired 1990-05-08U.S. CITIES $400: Though Nashville is the capital, this is Tennessee's largest city Memphis
#1319, aired 1990-05-03HISTORIC CITIES $200: This capital of Turkey was once known as Angora & became known for its mohair Ankara
#1309, aired 1990-04-19WORLD CITIES $600: In 1919 locksmith Anton Drexler founded the forerunner of the Nazi Party in this Bavarian capital Munich
#1306, aired 1990-04-16CAPITAL CITIES $100: The name of this West German capital sounds "good" in French Bonn
#1306, aired 1990-04-16CAPITAL CITIES $200: The Vigeland Sculpture Park & Museum in this Norwegian city has been called both "obscene" & "unforgettable" Oslo
#1306, aired 1990-04-16CAPITAL CITIES $400: In 1968 this city's "Spring" lasted until August when Warsaw Pact troops invaded Prague
#1306, aired 1990-04-16CAPITAL CITIES $500: As late as '24 this Mongolian city was the seat of the religious leader known as the "living Buddha" Ulan Bator
#1306, aired 1990-04-16CAPITAL CITIES $600 (Daily Double): This South American city was founded in 1537 & dedicated on August 15, the feast day of the Assumption Asunción
#1247, aired 1990-01-231985 $400: Ted Turner tried to buy CBS after this company bought ABC Capital Cities
#1229, aired 1989-12-28CITIES $100: This city designed by Pierre L'Enfant was the world's 1st planned federal capital Washington, D.C.
#1228, aired 1989-12-27U.S. CITIES $200: If you "know the way" to this California city, then you'll also know it was the state's 1st capital San Jose
#1217, aired 1989-12-12U.S. CITIES $600: The state capital where you'll find LBJ's presidential library Austin
#1216, aired 1989-12-11WORLD CITIES $800: The capital of Canada's Northwest Territories, it sounds like cowardly cutlery Yellowknife
#1214, aired 1989-12-07U.S. CITIES $400: In 1805 Zebulon Pike bought land from the Sioux that's now this Minnesota capital Saint Paul
#1211, aired 1989-12-04WORLD CITIES $400: This Lebanese capital has an Arab University, a French University & an American University Beirut
#1192, aired 1989-11-07ANCIENT HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): 2 famous cities, one in Greece, the other a capital of ancient Egypt, were both named this Thebes
#1190, aired 1989-11-03U.S. CITIES $400: Survey Sampling, Inc. calls this Iowa capital the No. 1 city for market research Des Moines
#1184, aired 1989-10-26U.S. CITIES $100: State capital named for a stone outcrop on the Arkansas River downstream from "Big Rock" Little Rock
#1166, aired 1989-10-02U.S. CITIES $400: This state capital, whose name means "protected bay", extends to the foothills of the Koolau Mountains Honolulu
#1147, aired 1989-09-05SOVIET CITIES $200: The capital of Ukraine, it's the 3rd largest city in the Soviet Union Kiev
#1134, aired 1989-07-06AMERICAN CITIES $100: Called the "winter baseball capital of the U.S.", this city lies across the bay from Tampa, Fla. St. Petersburg
#1119, aired 1989-06-15U.S. CITIES $200: This capital of South Carolina was built to placate those who felt Charleston was too far south Columbia
#1067, aired 1989-04-04CITIES $400: Capital of Catalonia, it's Spain's 2nd largest city Barcelona
#1067, aired 1989-04-04CITIES $600: Napoleon met his waterloo just 12 miles south of this capital Brussels
#1060, aired 1989-03-24U.S. CITIES $100: Covering 3,108 square miles, this Alaskan capital is the nation's largest in area Juneau
#1060, aired 1989-03-24U.S. CITIES $500: This Arizona university town has been called the "Astronomy Capital of the World" Tucson
#1054, aired 1989-03-16EUROPEAN CITIES $400: This capital city is located on the River Liffey, not the Shannon Dublin
#1054, aired 1989-03-16EUROPEAN CITIES $800: When this city was capital of Italy, king Victor Emmanuel II lived in its Pitti Palace Florence
#1028, aired 1989-02-08WORLD CITIES $200: It's proper to tip sauna attendants in this capital city of Finland Helsinki
#1028, aired 1989-02-08WORLD CITIES $600: Though this is the most populous city in China, it's not the capital Shanghai
#1018, aired 1989-01-25U.S. CITIES $400: The English town for which this Connecticut capital was named spelled its name with an "e", not an "a" Hartford
#1005, aired 1989-01-06U.S. CITIES $100: When this Arkansas city was chosen as capital, there were fewer than 50 people living there Little Rock
#996, aired 1988-12-26CAPITAL CITIES $200: The Thai name for this capital is Krung Thep, which means "city of angels" Bangkok
#996, aired 1988-12-26CAPITAL CITIES $300 (Daily Double): European capital in the title of the following: Warsaw
#996, aired 1988-12-26CAPITAL CITIES $400: Name of the 1st capital of New York state or the 2nd & present capital of Jamaica Kingston
#996, aired 1988-12-26CAPITAL CITIES $600: 16th c. Jewish refugees from Spain & Portugal helped make it the diamond-cutting capital of the world Amsterdam
#996, aired 1988-12-26CAPITAL CITIES $1000: 1 of 5 African capitals with 2-word names (1 of) Addis Ababa (Cape Town, Port Louis, Porto-Novo, & Sao Tomé)
#982, aired 1988-12-06U.S. CITIES $600: In 1867 Lancaster, Nebraska was made state capital & its name changed to this Lincoln
#981, aired 1988-12-05"SAN" CITIES $400: Now part of the "Silicon Valley", it was known as the Prune Capital of the World in the early '50s San Jose
#963, aired 1988-11-09AFRICA $2,500 (Daily Double): It has not one, not two, but three capital cities South Africa
#944, aired 1988-10-13U.S. CITIES $800: This state capital was named for the Scottish title of the Duke of York Albany
#936, aired 1988-10-03EUROPEAN CITIES $200: This Polish capital's coat of arms depicts a mermaid brandishing a sword & shield Warsaw
#936, aired 1988-10-03EUROPEAN CITIES $1000: This Spanish city, a leading cultural center, is the capital of Catalonia Barcelona
#935, aired 1988-09-30U.S. CITIES $400: Lakes Mendota & Monona are 2 of several lakes surrounding the center of this Wisconsin capital Madison
#911, aired 1988-07-18U.S. CITIES $200: It's said the world's largest filling station is just outside this Wyoming capital Cheyenne
#891, aired 1988-06-20U.S. CITIES $400: To lure German capital to finance Northern Pacific Railway, Edwinton, N.D. was renamed this Bismarck
#853, aired 1988-04-27CAPITAL CITIES $200: 1 of 2 Central American countries whose capitals bear the name of the country Guatemala (or Panama)
#853, aired 1988-04-27CAPITAL CITIES $400: Of Port-au-Prince, Port-of-Spain, or Porto-Novo, the 1 that's not a capital of a Caribbean island Porto Novo
#853, aired 1988-04-27CAPITAL CITIES $600: By winning a contest, American architect W.B. Griffin got to design this Aussie capital Canberra
#853, aired 1988-04-27CAPITAL CITIES $800: The name of this Rumanian capital was 1st recorded in a document signed by Vlad the Impaler Bucharest
#853, aired 1988-04-27CAPITAL CITIES $1000: This Moroccan city was once a base for the dreaded Barbary pirates Rabat
#824, aired 1988-03-17U.S. CITIES $300: Residents of this state capital refer to the older U.S. states as "the lower 48" Juneau
#809, aired 1988-02-25WORLD CITIES $500: It's the southernmost capital city in Central America Panama City
#802, aired 1988-02-16WORLD CITIES $400: Home of France's oldest botanical garden, Vermont's capital was named for this city Montpelier
#802, aired 1988-02-16WORLD CITIES $1000: When Burma became independent in 1948, this city was its capital, & it still is Rangoon
#780, aired 1988-01-15WORLD CITIES $200: Capital of Australia's N. Territory, named for a famed British naturalist who was never there Darwin
#769, aired 1987-12-31U.S. CITIES $400 (Daily Double): State capital in which the following Kingston Trio song takes place: "Now, all night long Charlie rides through the station / Crying, 'What will become of me? / How can I afford...'" Boston, Massachusetts
#694, aired 1987-09-17WORLD CITIES $400: Zagreb is not only the 2nd largest city in this country, it's capital of the Croatian Republic Yugoslavia
#653, aired 1987-06-10EUROPEAN CITIES $300: After James I was murdered in Perth in 1437, Scotland's capital was moved to this city Edinburgh
#650, aired 1987-06-05WORLD CITIES $800: w/Same letters & syllables, names of Tokyo & this city show both have been Japanese "capital"s Kyoto
#616, aired 1987-04-20VIRGINIA $100: This capital was among the 1st U.S. cities to have an electric streetcar system Richmond
#557, aired 1987-01-27"NEW" CITIES $400: Since few there eat beef, you might go broke opening one of these in this capital city of India New Delhi (new deli)
#549, aired 1987-01-15EUROPE $500: The 3 capital cities of Scandinavia Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen
#546, aired 1987-01-12U.S. CITIES $100: Though the "Tonight Show" host once "feuded" with Nevada's gov., the state capital is still named this Carson City
#507, aired 1986-11-18WORLD CITIES $300: Many composers including Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, & Strauss, made this capital their home Vienna
#505, aired 1986-11-14U.S. CITIES $700 (Daily Double): Once the westernmost outpost of the Pony Express, it became a state capital in 1854 Sacramento
#499, aired 1986-11-063rd WORLD CAPITALS $400: This country's only railroad connects the 2 cities of Ad Dammam & Riyadh, its capital Saudi Arabia
#477, aired 1986-10-07CENTRAL AMERICA $800: 1 of 2 capital cities that have a saintly prefix in their names (1 of) San Jose, Costa Rica or San Salvador, El Salvador
#465, aired 1986-09-19THE 1870s $200: In 1873, these 2 cities combined their populations & names to form the capital of Hungary Buda & Pest
#442, aired 1986-05-20U.S. CITIES $700 (Daily Double): Eastern state capital that's been described as "a state of mind almost entirely surrounded by water" Boston
#421, aired 1986-04-21STATE CAPITALS $400: From 1945 to 1980, this southwest capital jumped from 99th to 9th in size among U.S. cities Phoenix, Arizona
#415, aired 1986-04-11WORLD CITIES $200: It was so devastated in WWII the Philippines had to move their capital to Quezon city Manila
#406, aired 1986-03-31U.S. CITIES $500: At south end of S.F. Bay, this, California's oldest city, was once the state capital San Jose
#368, aired 1986-02-05WORLD CITIES $600: In 1602, the hdqtrs. for the Dutch East India Co. was Batavia, now called this, Indonesia's capital Jakarta
#368, aired 1986-02-05WORLD CITIES $800: 3 major cities of this S. American country are Concepcion, Encarnacion, & Asuncion, the capital Paraguay
#368, aired 1986-02-05WORLD CITIES $1000: Tanzania's largest city & functioning capital, its name means "haven of peace" Dar es Salaam
#327, aired 1985-12-10U.S. CITIES $1000: Founded in land swindle, it was inaccessible until made capital & road from Detroit was built Lansing
#297, aired 1985-10-29WORLD CAPITALS $500 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 North African countries whose names were taken from their capital cities Tunisia (or Algeria)
#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
#278, aired 1985-10-02U.S. CITIES $300: Columbia, capital of this southern state, had no paved roads until 1908 South Carolina
#275, aired 1985-09-27MOVIE CITIES $1000: Although filmed in Czechoslovakia, "Amadeus" takes place mostly in this world capital Vienna
#267, aired 1985-09-17THE '40s $300: Sold by NBC in '43 to a candy manufacturer, in '85 it was sold to Capital Cities Communcations ABC
#177, aired 1985-05-14WORLD CITIES $600: Brazilian city name which is Portuguese equivalent to Minnesota's capital São Paulo
#177, aired 1985-05-14WORLD CITIES $800: The administrative capital of South Africa, people marched to it in song Pretoria
#172, aired 1985-05-07WORLD CITIES $800: Icelandic capital which uses natural hot springs to heat all its buildings Reykjavik
#166, aired 1985-04-29WORLD CITIES $200: The most nutritious type of bean is named for this capital of Peru Lima
#166, aired 1985-04-29WORLD CITIES $600: Though not the capital, it's Spain's leading industrial & commercial center Barcelona
#118, aired 1985-02-20CITIES $400: The Dutch built canals in this Indonesian capital they called Batavia Jakarta
#118, aired 1985-02-20CITIES $500: Kinshasa, capital of Zaire, was originally named this after a Belgian king Leopoldville
#116, aired 1985-02-18WORLD CITIES $600: It was designed by British architects to replace Calcutta as capital New Delhi
#91, aired 1985-01-14"C" CITIES $300: Almost all of Ohio lies within 150 miles of this, its capital Columbus
#59, aired 1984-11-29SAINTLY CITIES $100: Minneapolis' "twin", it's capital of Minnesota St. Paul
#59, aired 1984-11-29SAINTLY CITIES $300: 8th most populous city in the world, it was once capital of Brazil São Paulo
#59, aired 1984-11-29SAINTLY CITIES $400: Reputed site of Columbus' tomb, it's capital of Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
#45, aired 1984-11-09MIDWEST CITIES $500 (Daily Double): State capital, its name is a combination of the state name & the Greek name for “city” Indianapolis

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#11, aired 2023-05-16WORLD CITIES: This capital city founded in 1567 was where the founding statute of OPEC was adopted in 1961 Caracas
#8589, aired 2022-03-03EUROPEAN CITIES: Pizzo means protection money; the Addiopizzo movement was founded in this city in 2004 Palermo, Sicily
#8523, aired 2021-12-01PLANNED CITIES: A recent immigrant, Lady Denman, wife of the governor-general, announced the name of this new national capital at a 1913 ceremony Canberra, Australia
#8499, aired 2021-10-28WORLD CITIES: From Sydney, Australia go 7,000 miles east & less than 1/2 degree of latitude north to this capital also near the Pacific Santiago, Chile
#8010, aired 2019-06-07CANADIAN CITIES: City Hall in this Western provincial capital is on Victoria Avenue near the corner of Albert Street Regina
#7982, aired 2019-04-30EUROPEAN CITIES: Founded, according to tradition, in 11 B.C., this former capital lies about halfway between Paris & Berlin Bonn
#7848, aired 2018-10-24AFRICAN CITIES: Also a judicial capital, this aptly named city is known for an annual rose festival that began in 1976 Bloemfontein
#7487, aired 2017-03-14CAPITAL CITIES: This is the most populous city on the world's most populous island; both begin with the same letter Jakarta
#7455, aired 2017-01-27AFRICAN CITIES: The coat of arms of this South African city shows 2 cornucopias, pouring out flowers & water Bloemfontein
#7437, aired 2017-01-03WORLD CITIES: Named for a saint & built in 1348, Vaclavske Namesti is the main square & center of cultural life in this capital city Prague
#7171, aired 2015-11-16CITIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: A Hanseatic city, this port of 1.8 million is the largest European Union city that's not a capital Hamburg, Germany
#6794, aired 2014-03-13WORLD CAPITALS: At 4,000 miles, the farthest-apart capitals of bordering countries are these 2 cities, one on a peninsula Moscow & Pyongyang
#6763, aired 2014-01-29CAPITAL CITIES: One of the 2 world capitals that end in the letter "Z"; one is in Europe & one in the Americas (1 of) La Paz & Vaduz
#6539, aired 2013-02-07CAPITAL CITIES: It's criss-crossed by dozens of "peace walls" that separate its Catholic & Protestant neighborhoods Belfast
#6518, aired 2013-01-09CAPITAL CITIES: These 2 world capitals are separated by only 250 miles of land & less than 1 degree of latitude, at 59º 17' & 59º 57' N. Stockholm & Oslo
#6231, aired 2011-10-24U.S. CITIES: Of the top 10 cities in population within city limits, this one of 1.4 million is the only state capital Phoenix, Arizona
#6160, aired 2011-05-27U.S. CITIES: Alphabetically first among the 150 most populous U.S. cities, it has become the "polymer capital of the world" Akron
#5901, aired 2010-04-19WORLD WAR II: On June 5, 1944 FDR said of the capture of this city, "One up and two to go" Rome
#5778, aired 2009-10-28OLYMPIC CITIES: It's the only U.S. state capital to have hosted the Summer Olympics Atlanta, Georgia
#5302, aired 2007-10-02TRAINS: As of 2006, you can take a 48-hr. ride between these 2 cities, with a stretch on the world's highest railroad Beijing & Lhasa
#5008, aired 2006-05-24PORT CITIES: It was Russia's third-largest city until it became the capital of an independent republic in 1918 Riga, Latvia
#4907, aired 2006-01-03U.S. CITIES: Its name includes the county of which it's the seat & the state of which it's the capital Oklahoma City
#4860, aired 2005-10-28CAPITAL CITIES: Home to the oldest cathedral & the oldest university in the Americas, this capital was founded in 1496 Santo Domingo
#4766, aired 2005-05-02WORLD CITIES: Capital of the ancient Roman province of Galatia, it became a modern national capital in 1923 Ankara
#4482, aired 2004-02-17OLYMPIC CITIES: It's the only national capital city of the Americas to have hosted the Olympic Games Mexico City
#3966, aired 2001-11-26WORLD CITIES: This capital city of 13 million located at 55.5 degrees north latitude is the most populous city in Europe Moscow
#3849, aired 2001-05-03CANADIAN CITIES: The name of this provincial capital means "queen" in Latin Regina, Saskatchewan
#3427, aired 1999-06-29U.S. CITIES: Among its sister cities are Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Turin, Italy; & Toyota City, Japan Detroit
#2720, aired 1996-05-31WORLD CAPITALS: This city called "The Mother of Russian Cities" is capital of a country other than Russia Kiev
#2452, aired 1995-04-11WORLD CITIES: It's the capital of South Africa located in the geographic center of the country Bloemfontein
#2276, aired 1994-06-27WORLD CITIES: Now a national capital, Gurkha kings made it their capital after capturing it in 1768 Katmandu
#2068, aired 1993-09-08U.S. CITIES: Name shared by cities on the Kennebec & Savannah rivers; one of them is a state capital Augusta
#1576, aired 1991-06-10WORLD CITIES: Its name translates to "capital city" & for Japan it was, from 794 to 1868 Kyoto
#1575, aired 1991-06-07U.S. CITIES: Marietta, Ohio, made capital of the Northwest Territory in 1788, was named after this person Marie Antoinette
#1374, aired 1990-07-19WORLD CITIES: Built between 1666 & 1667, the Castle of Good Hope is the oldest monument in this capital city Cape Town
#1071, aired 1989-04-10WORLD CITIES: With over 2 million people, it's the largest city in the West Indies Havana, Cuba
#823, aired 1988-03-16CAPITAL CITIES: While Qatar is the only country that begins with "Q", this is the only national capital that does Quito
#796, aired 1988-02-08U.S. CITIES: Before Washington, D.C., this city served longest as capital of the United States Philadelphia

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