| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BEG $2000: In 1924 Clarence Darrow gave a long speech against capital punishment, asking for leniency for this pair Leopold & Loeb |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | EPONYMS & TOPONYMS $400: Invented by Dr. Antoine Louis, this device bears the name of the French Doctor Who thought it more humane for capital punishment a guillotine |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | HELEN, NOT OF TROY $1200: sisterhelen.org is the website of anti-capital punishment nun Helen Prejean, famous for this, her first book Dead Man Walking |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | FAILED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS $400: After a Kentucky congressman shot & killed a rep. from Maine in 1838, an amendment against this practice was proposed dueling |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | WORLD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $400: Should you call the capital of this Asian country Rangoon or Yangon? Neither--it's now Nay Pyi Taw, 200 miles away Myanmar |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | WORLD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $800: This city's airport is named for LAN Chile Airlines founder Arturo Merino Benitez Santiago |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | WORLD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1600: The Gadhafi Mosque, a gift from Muammar, isn't in Tripoli but in this capital of Uganda Kampala |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | WORLD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $2000: This capital city's name means "stone village" in Uzbek Tashkent |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | WORLD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $4,000 (Daily Double): This capital of Barbados got its name from the type of structure seen here Bridgetown |
| #7811, aired 2018-07-23 | THE 1917 SILENT PARADE $400: In 1917 African Americans marched in NYC silently to protest this then-epidemic type of extrajudicial capital punishment lynching |
| #7807, aired 2018-07-17 | CITING PRECEDENT $800: Roper v. Simmons said that for minors, this was cruel & unusual punishment, prohibited by the 8th Amendment capital punishment or the death penalty |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | HODGEPODGE $200: It's the person named in a will to administer the disposition of an estate, not to impose capital punishment an executor |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | PORTMANTEAU WORDS $400: In the late 19th century, new technology made possible this method of capital punishment electrocution |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | LIT BLITZ $1200: The murder & guilt of "Crime and Punishment" play out in this former capital city Saint Petersburg |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | "HANG" FIVE $400: 2-word nickname of 19th century Arkansas arbiter Isaac Parker, who favored capital punishment the "Hanging Judge" |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | CHARTER SCHOOL $400: Article 2 of the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights forbids this type of punishment capital punishment (the death penalty) |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | & FINALLY $1000: There's nothing lower case about this 2-word term for the death penalty capital punishment |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | SAUDI ARABIA $200: Don't mess around in Saudi Arabia; this isn't just on the flag but is also used to implement capital punishment sword |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $200: It can be corporal or capital punishment |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT $400: The guillotine has been retired per article 66-1 of the French constitution, prohibiting this capital punishment (beheading accepted) |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $400: In Southeastern Europe:
Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $800: A former Soviet republic:
Yerevan Armenia |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1200: On the Persian Gulf:
Doha Qatar |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1600: In Africa:
Harare Zimbabwe |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $2000: In Central America:
Tegucigalpa Honduras |
| #5089, aired 2006-10-26 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $400: This European capital was divided for 45 years in the 20th century Berlin |
| #5089, aired 2006-10-26 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $800: In 1480, Lucrezia Borgia was born in what is now this capital Rome |
| #5089, aired 2006-10-26 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1200: With large flower markets, its capital city of Bern has been the most flower-decorated city in Europe Switzerland |
| #5089, aired 2006-10-26 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1600: Cayenne is the hot & fiery capital city of this French possession in the Americas French Guiana |
| #5089, aired 2006-10-26 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $2000: Suva, this Pacific nation's capital city, lies on Viti Levu Island Fiji |
| #5009, aired 2006-05-25 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $400: In the Middle East:
Amman Jordan |
| #5009, aired 2006-05-25 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $800: A nation on the Adriatic:
Tirana Albania |
| #5009, aired 2006-05-25 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1200: In Asia:
Dhaka Bangladesh |
| #5009, aired 2006-05-25 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1600: In Indochina:
Vientiane Laos |
| #5009, aired 2006-05-25 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $2000: In Central Europe:
Vaduz Liechtenstein |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | BAD BOYS, BAD BOYS $1000: The 1977 execution of this murderer by firing squad was the first U.S. use of capital punishment in 10 years Gary Gilmore |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | CRIMINOLOGY $800: From the Latin for "to frighten", it's one of the major purposes of capital punishment deterrence |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $400: Site of a 1977 6.5 earthquake:
Bucharest Romania |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $800: Co-capitals:
La Paz & Sucre Bolivia |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1200: In southern Asia:
Dhaka Bangladesh |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1600: How peachy:
Tbilisi Georgia |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $2000: In west Africa:
Luanda Angola |
| #3865, aired 2001-05-25 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $200: Monrovia Liberia |
| #3865, aired 2001-05-25 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $400: Kinshasa Congo (formerly Zaire) |
| #3865, aired 2001-05-25 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $600: Muscat Oman |
| #3865, aired 2001-05-25 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $800: Dakar Senegal |
| #3865, aired 2001-05-25 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1000: Central America's Belmopan Belize |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | LET'S DANCE $200: "Dancing on air" is an expressive phrase for this form of capital punishment Hanging |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $200: Ankara Turkey |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $400: Phnom Penh Cambodia |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $600: Khartoum Sudan |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $800: Vilnius Lithuania |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1000: Zagreb Croatia |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | CAPITAL (CITY) PUNISHMENT $200: Sofia Bulgaria |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | CAPITAL (CITY) PUNISHMENT $400: Skopje Macedonia |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | CAPITAL (CITY) PUNISHMENT $600: Vaduz Liechtenstein |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | CAPITAL (CITY) PUNISHMENT $800: Tashkent Uzbekistan |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | CAPITAL (CITY) PUNISHMENT $1000: Abuja Nigeria |
| #3416, aired 1999-06-14 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $200: Addis Ababa Ethiopia |
| #3416, aired 1999-06-14 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $400: Vientiane Laos |
| #3416, aired 1999-06-14 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $600: Tirane Albania |
| #3416, aired 1999-06-14 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $800: Tallinn Estonia |
| #3416, aired 1999-06-14 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1000: Suva Fiji |
| #2551, aired 1995-10-09 | NOTORIOUS $300: This assassin of RFK avoided execution when the Calif. Supreme Court abolished capital punishment Sirhan Sirhan |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | 1995 $600: Fulfilling a campaign promise, George Pataki signed a crime bill reinstating capital punishment in this state New York |
| #2469, aired 1995-05-04 | THE SUPREME COURT $200: In 1972's Furman v. Georgia the court invalidated all existing state laws calling for this punishment capital punishment, death penalty |
| #2206, aired 1994-03-21 | NOTORIOUS $1000: After a decade-long hiatus, capital punishment resumed in the U.S. with his 1977 execution Gary Gilmore |
| #1548, aired 1991-05-01 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $1000: His 1977 execution by firing squad was the 1st U.S. case of capital punishment in 10 years Gary Gilmore |
| #1476, aired 1991-01-21 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1682 laws against capital punishment were enacted in this Quaker colony Pennsylvania |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $100: Joan of Arc Burned at the stake |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $200: Mata Hari Firing Squad |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $300: Socrates Drank Hemlock |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $400: Louis XVI Beheaded |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $500: Haman Hung from the gallows |
| #1142, aired 1989-07-18 | OLD TESTAMENT $300: Deuteronomy prescribes this form of capital punishment for idolatry & adultery stoning |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $100: Capital punishment was widely used under Mosaic Law of this ancient people the Jews |
| #65, aired 1984-12-07 | U.S. STATES $200: The Wolverine State, in 1847 became 1st to abolish capital punishment Michigan |
