| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER $200: Closeness of kinship & duress are 2 grounds for this invalidation of a marriage often associated with Catholicism annulment |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | SIGN O' THE TIMES $400: In Catholicism it's made by touching the forehead, the chest, the left shoulder & then the right the sign of the cross |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | RELIGION $1,101 (Daily Double): In this religious group, "High Church", such as the Oxford movement, is more like Catholicism & "Low Church" is less so Episcopalianism (the Church of England, Anglicanism) |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $200: A sacred oath; in Catholicism, one can be for chastity, poverty or obedience a vow |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | IT'S A FACT $800: Catholicism has 7; confirmation is one "of initiation" sacraments |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | TRIOS $5,000 (Daily Double): In Catholicism, bell, book & candle were the 3 things once needed to conduct this rite of exclusion from the sacraments excommunication |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | GO IVth & RULE $2000: In the late 1500s, Henry IV of France converted to Catholicism to help unify his nation, & ruled as the first of this dynasty the Bourbons |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | MEXICAN HISTORY $400: 1821's "Three Guarantees" were independence, equality of Spaniards & Creoles & supremacy of this religion Catholicism |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | ALL APOLOGIES $200 (Daily Double): This English statesman published an "Apology" defending Catholicism in 1533; 2 years later, he was headless Sir Thomas More |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | CONNECT FOUR $1600: In Catholicism:
prudence,
justice,
fortitude,
temperance the cardinal virtues |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | AUTHORS WHEN YOUNG $3,000 (Daily Double): Born Chloe Wofford, she converted to Catholicism at age 12 & added the name Anthony to hers, from St. Anthony of Padua Toni Morrison |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | CATHOLICISM $200: It's defined as a cross depicting the body of Jesus upon it a crucifix |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | CATHOLICISM $400: It’s the ecclesiastical jurisdiction & territory administered by an archbishop an archdiocese (see) |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | CATHOLICISM $600: This popular 13th century saint was honored with his image on a U.S. stamp in 1982 Saint Francis (of Assisi) |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | CATHOLICISM $800: Other than Sundays, the days each year on which the faithful are expected to attend mass are called "Holy Days of" this Obligation |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | CATHOLICISM $1000: The 14 stations of the cross represent events from Jesus' Passion; number six recounts his meeting with this woman Saint Veronica |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | BRIDE & PREJUDICE $1600: Henri IV of France was of this faith in 1572; his bride was not, so the wedding was held just outside Notre Dame Protestantism |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | RELIGIOUS -ISMs $1200: Jansenism was a 17th c. movement within Catholicism that emphasized this condition of humankind--thanks a lot, Adam original sin |
| #7549, aired 2017-06-08 | FAITH IN ENTERTAINMENT $800: This 2016 Martin Scorsese film follows 2 priests struggling to spread Catholicism in Japan Silence |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | BRASIL, BRASIL! $800: When Brazil became a republic in 1889, this ceased being the official religion, but 2/3 of the people still adhere to it Catholicism |
| #7454, aired 2017-01-26 | UNCROWNED ENGLISH MONARCHS $800: Her devotion to this faith prevented King Charles I's wife Henrietta Maria from being crowned Catholicism |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | SIGN O' THE TIMES $200: In Catholicism it's made by touching the forehead, the chest, the left shoulder & then the right the sign of the cross |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | WELCOME TO MONACO $400: In all .78 square miles of Monaco, this is the official religion Catholicism |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | THEOLOGY BRANCHES $1200: This controversial theology centered in Latin America tries to combine Catholicism & social justice for the poor liberation theology |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | EXODUS $2000: Members of this faith arriving in Puritan Boston got an un-Friend-ly reception & a Mass. exodus (or worse) Quakers (or Catholicism) |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS $400: In Halifax' Holy Cross Cemetery, you can visit Sir John Thompson, who in 1892 became the first PM of this religion Catholicism |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $800: James II was converted to this faith before he became king; as a result, he was converted into an ex-king Catholicism |
| #7311, aired 2016-05-30 | RELIGIOUS TITLES $1200: In Catholicism this bishop with a title that also applies to apes has authority over other bishops in his province the primate |
| #7256, aired 2016-03-14 | THANK YOU, MA'AM $1200: 16th century mystic & poet St. Teresa of this Spanish city worked to steer Catholicism away from fanaticism Avila |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $2000: To become director of the Vienna court opera in 1897, this Austrian converted from Judaism to Catholicism (Gustav) Mahler |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1700 Massachusetts passed a law requiring all priests of this faith to hit the road Catholicism |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | THE COUNTRY'S MAJOR RELIGION $800: Chile Catholicism |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | DOSTOYEVSKY $1,200 (Daily Double): A series of his articles in the 1870s attacked Catholicism & predicted the triumph of this church the Orthodox Church |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | BOLIVIA YOU ME $400: About 95% of Bolivians practice this branch of Christianity Catholicism |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | IN LIFE $800: In Catholicism this sacrament, administered on baptized persons at least age 7, allows you to take communion confirmation |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | WE LIECH LIECHTENSTEIN! $800: Liechtensteiners didn't much take to Luther; more than 75% practice this form of Christianity Catholicism |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: In 1618 Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand tried to impose Catholicism & this war was on... & on... & on the Thirty Years' War |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | "AMEN" $1000: Catholicism has life covered with the 7 of these; they include baptism & anointing of the sick the sacraments |
| #6696, aired 2013-10-28 | IT'S IN THE "CAN" $2000: In Catholicism this part of the mass begins after the preface & sanctus & ends just before the Lord's prayer the canon |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | CEREMONIES $1600: Tonsure, a ceremony of initiation in which this is removed, has been used in Catholicism, Hinduism & Buddhism hair |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | CONTAIN YOURSELF $800: In Catholicism, a monstrance is a receptacle for holding this consecrated object the host |
| #6636, aired 2013-06-24 | THE COUNTRY'S MAJOR RELIGION $2,500 (Daily Double): Malta Roman Catholicism |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | MAYORS OF NYC $800: In 1880 Irish-born William Grace became NYC's first mayor of this faith Roman Catholicism |
| #6340, aired 2012-03-23 | ABDICATIONS $1600: In 1654 she stunned Europe by abdicating the Swedish throne because of her secret Conversion to Catholicism Queen Christina |
| #6214, aired 2011-09-29 | GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION $400: With more than a billion members, it's the largest branch of Christianity Roman Catholicism |
| #6164, aired 2011-06-02 | BRITISH CUISINE $2,000 (Daily Double): As Catholicism was banned, Queen Elizabeth tried to outlaw these symbolic rolls hot cross buns |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | OTHER CIVIL WARS $800: Henry IV converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism at the end of this country's Wars of Religion France |
| #5864, aired 2010-02-25 | BREAKFAST AT EPIPHANY'S $800: In Catholicism, Epiphany is more important than Christmas, joining Pentecost & this most holy of days Easter |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | MAJOR RELIGION BY COUNTRY $200: Panama Catholicism |
| #5767, aired 2009-10-13 | THE AFTERLIFE $200: In Catholicism it's where souls go when encumbered only by venial sins purgatory |
| #5748, aired 2009-09-16 | TROUBLE $400: In 1567 the Council of Troubles was set up by Spain in the Low Countries to enforce strict adherence to this faith Catholicism |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES ELECTION COVERAGE $200: The Nov. 10, 1960 front page noted this first about President-elect JFK's background his Catholicism |
| #5381, aired 2008-01-21 | DEATH $2000: According to this religion's canon law, "apostates, heretics & schismatics" must be denied a religious funeral Catholicism |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: With more than 1 billion members, it's the largest branch of Christianity Catholicism |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | "V" ME $600: In Catholicism, this type of minor sin doesn't deprive you of divine grace venial |
| #5183, aired 2007-03-07 | KEEP THE FAITH $600: The Loas in Voodoo are roughly equivalent to these in Catholicism saints |
| #5124, aired 2006-12-14 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1600: This Austrian, who was born a Jew, wrote his "Resurrection" symphony before he converted to Roman Catholicism Mahler |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, PLAYMATE OF THE MONTH $800: Turn-ons: Poetry, needlework, this branch of Christianity Catholicism |
| #4625, aired 2004-10-15 | ORGANIZED RELIGION $400: Knights of Columbus Catholicism |
| #4621, aired 2004-10-11 | CATHOLICISM $200: The Catholic League describes itself as this 3-letter type of organization, meaning non-clerical lay |
| #4621, aired 2004-10-11 | CATHOLICISM $400: Canon Law 333 says there is neither appeal nor recourse against his decree (& it's not God) the pope |
| #4621, aired 2004-10-11 | CATHOLICISM $600: The name given to a child at this sacrament is traditionally that of a saint baptism |
| #4621, aired 2004-10-11 | CATHOLICISM $800: Jews, who don't eat or drink at all on Yom Kippur, might envy the 1-meal Catholic "fast" on Ash Wednesday & this day Good Friday |
| #4621, aired 2004-10-11 | CATHOLICISM $1000: A litany may address the Lamb of God, saying "you take away" these the sins of the world |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | LUCKY SEVEN $400: Chronologically within a person's life, it's the first of the seven sacraments of Catholicism baptism |
| #4435, aired 2003-12-12 | REASON $1200: In 1654 Queen Christina of Sweden abdicated because she wanted to practice this religion Catholicism |
| #4231, aired 2003-01-13 | 30 YEARS' WAR CALL-IN $200: (Alex: To start us off in this category, here's a "caller" from Saxony) If Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II keeps trying to impose this religion on everyone, there'll be hell to pay Catholicism |
| #4144, aired 2002-09-12 | RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS $400: Assumption,
Ascension Roman Catholicism |
| #4035, aired 2002-03-01 | CHAD & GERMANY $1200: 2 percent of Germans & 50 percent of Chadians are members of this religion Islam |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | DICTATORS & TYRANTS $400: As this "Emperor", Ferdinand II's promotion of Catholicism continued the Thirty Years' War of the 1600s Holy Roman Emperor |
| #3906, aired 2001-09-03 | ARCHBISHOPS OF YORK $200: Nicholas Heath, in office from 1555 to 1579, was the last archbishop of this faith Catholicism |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $1000: Odilo of Cluny is responsible for spreading this November 2 observance throughout Catholicism All Souls' Day |
| #3847, aired 2001-05-01 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Under the 1929 Lateran Treaty Roman Catholicism became Italy's official religion, & this became an independent state the Vatican/Vatican City |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | CATHOLICISM $100: This country's 1689 Bill of Rights stated that no Roman Catholic would ever rule it England |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | CATHOLICISM $200: In 1983 the church reaffirmed its ban on members joining these lodges, York or Scottish Masonic lodges |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | CATHOLICISM $300: A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it publishes its own newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano The Vatican |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | CATHOLICISM $400: Presidents Clinton & Bush were on hand in May 2000 to see him entombed in St. Patrick's Cathedral John Cardinal O'Connor |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | CATHOLICISM $500: Ideas in his "Summa Theologica" formed the basis of many Roman Catholic doctrines Saint Thomas Aquinas |
| #3439, aired 1999-07-15 | ANIMAL WORDS $1000: In Catholicism, these beliefs include the Assumption & papal infallibility dogma |
| #3283, aired 1998-12-09 | VOODOO IQ $400: Voodoo blends west African religious traditions with beliefs & practices of this Christian denomination Catholicism |
| #2976, aired 1997-07-07 | RELIGION $100: In Santeria, which combines Catholicism & African ritual, this apostle once named Simon is called Oggun Peter |
| #2878, aired 1997-02-19 | PEOPLE & PLACES $500: It's the religion of most Slovenes Catholicism |
| #2869, aired 1997-02-06 | RELIGION $600: In Catholicism it's the place of purification for the dead who still bear some trace of sin Purgatory |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | PUERTO RICO $300: About 85% of Puerto Ricans profess this faith; most others are Protestants Roman Catholicism |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | HAITI $100: This Haitian religion combines elements of Roman Catholicism & West African tribal religions Voodoo |
| #2778, aired 1996-10-02 | AUTHORS $600: This creator of Father Brown converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922 G.K. Chesterton |
| #2743, aired 1996-07-03 | GUAM $800: Over 80% of Guamanians are followers of this religion Roman Catholicism |
| #2591, aired 1995-12-04 | RELIGION $600: Nearly 1 in 5 people worldwide are followers of this Christian denomination (Roman) Catholicism |
| #2407, aired 1995-02-07 | HISTORY $400: In 1588 Philip II sent this fleet to England, hoping to restore the country to Catholicism the Spanish Armada |
| #2389, aired 1995-01-12 | SISTERS $100: This Christian denomination has the greatest number of orders of nuns Roman Catholicism |
| #2308, aired 1994-09-21 | "LAST"s $600: In Roman Catholicism, extreme unction was also known as this the last rites |
| #2291, aired 1994-07-18 | TREATIES $200: The Lateran Treaty of 1929 established this as Italy's state religion Roman Catholicism |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | BRITISH MONARCHS $600: Queen Anne was raised as a Protestant, though this was the religion of her father, James II Catholicism |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | RELIGION $200: It's the religion of most of the people of San Marino Catholicism |
| #2182, aired 1994-02-15 | RELIGION $200: It's the religion of about 97% of the people in Portugal Catholicism |
| #2179, aired 1994-02-10 | ROYAL WOMEN $400: Catherine of Braganza helped convert her husband, England's King Charles II, to this religion Catholicism |
| #2111, aired 1993-11-08 | RELIGION $600 (Daily Double): It's the dominant religion in Peru Catholicism |
| #1980, aired 1993-03-26 | WORLD RELIGIONS $100: In Roman Catholicism this admission of sin to a priest is part of the sacrament of penance confession |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | RELIGION $800: It's the religion of most of the Flemings in Belgium Catholicism |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | KINGS NAMED HAAKON $400: In 10th century England, Haakon I was raised in this religion which he tried to impose on his country Christianity (Catholicism accepted) |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $500 (Daily Double): In Roman Catholicism, Holy Thursday commemorates this event in Jesus' life the Last Supper |
| #1628, aired 1991-10-02 | POETRY $500: "The Hind and the Panther" is John Dryden's ardent defense of King James II & this religion Catholicism |
| #1594, aired 1991-07-04 | THE ROYAL FAMILY $300: Prince Michael of Kent lost his claim to the throne when he married a woman of this religion Catholicism |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | SAINTS $100: In Roman Catholicism, she's called the "Queen of all Saints" Mary |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | RULERS $200: Queen Christina of Sweden converted to this religion secretly before her abdication Catholicism |
| #1312, aired 1990-04-24 | POLAND $200: Over 90% of Poles are followers of this religion, first adopted by Poland in 966 Roman Catholicism |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | WORLD RELIGION $800: In Catholicism, the "Immaculate Conception" refers to this person's being born without original sin the Virgin Mary |
| #973, aired 1988-11-23 | FROM THE LATIN $100: Word meaning "to make sacred" in Latin became this word meaning "someone made sacred" in Catholicism saint |
| #963, aired 1988-11-09 | HISTORIC WOMEN $1000: This American-born saint was a widow with five children when she converted to Catholicism Elizabeth Seton |
| #747, aired 1987-12-01 | STATISTICS $100: Almost 25% of all U.S. seminarians of this religion are of Irish descent Catholicism |
| #724, aired 1987-10-29 | CATHOLICISM $200: Joseph Bernardin in Chicago, Bernard Law in Boston & John J. O'Connor in NYC the cardinals |
| #724, aired 1987-10-29 | CATHOLICISM $400: According to the World Almanac, this continent has more Roman Catholics than any other South America |
| #724, aired 1987-10-29 | CATHOLICISM $600: Members of this largest male Catholic religious order use the initials "S.J." after their names the Jesuits (the Society of Jesus) |
| #724, aired 1987-10-29 | CATHOLICISM $800: Summer residence of the popes, it overlooks Lake Albano Castel Gandolfo |
| #724, aired 1987-10-29 | CATHOLICISM $1000: 1st Roman Emperor to be baptized, his Edict of Milan made Christianity a legal religion Constantine the Great |
| #552, aired 1987-01-20 | RELIGION $200: As Latin is to Roman Catholicism, this language is to Islam Arabic |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | 1890's $800: After previously suggesting that Jews convert to Catholicism, Theodor Herzl founded this movement Zionism |
| #355, aired 1986-01-17 | 18th CENTURY FRANCE $400: In 1793, during the revolution, this state religion was all but banned Catholicism |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | "NORTH" $200: Tho’ Catholicism is this English province's largest single denomination, it's a “persecuted minority” Northern Ireland |
| #303, aired 1985-11-06 | RELIGION $1000: Controversial theology of some Catholic priests who hold Catholicism & Marxism are compatible Liberation Theology |
| #159, aired 1985-04-18 | RELIGION $200: In Catholicism, the dead make amends here for their sins before entering heaven purgatory |
