| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $1200: The COVID-19 virus was first detected in 2019 in this Chinese city located at the confluence of the Yangtze & Han rivers Wuhan |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | THE 18th CENTURY $800: On Feb. 19, 1766 James Watt wrote, "I have thought on a simpler circular" this machine "which I expect will be practicable"--it was a steam engine |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY $200: On December 19, 1984 Margaret Thatcher & Zhao Ziyang signed a joint declaration to end British rule in this place Hong Kong |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | CENTURY 19 REAL ESTATE LISTINGS $200: No phantoms under this Paris landmark that featured Helavy's "La Juive" in 1875! Make Second Empire your style! the opera |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | CENTURY 19 REAL ESTATE LISTINGS $400: By 1827 the 2 wings of this D.C. govt. building were joined & it got its first copper-sheathed dome; own some history! the Capitol |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | CENTURY 19 REAL ESTATE LISTINGS $600: The rotunda at the Univ. of Virginia, designed by him; completed in 1826 for $60,000 but a bargain at any price! Thomas Jefferson |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | CENTURY 19 REAL ESTATE LISTINGS $800: Big families, welcome home! Bulfinch's 1805 redesign of this Boston man's "Hall" added a third floor! Faneuil |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | CENTURY 19 REAL ESTATE LISTINGS $1000: Completed in 1890, get in quick--this New York City venue will be demoed in 1925, though it may be replaced Madison Square Garden |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | 18th CENTURY AMERICAN WRITIN' & SPEAKIN' $1,000 (Daily Double): On Dec. 19, 1776, with Washington's army verging on disintegration, Thomas Paine put out "The American" this The American Crisis |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: On "Juneteenth", June 19 of this year, the remaining slaves in the U.S. learned that the North had won the Civil War 1865 |
| #7029, aired 2015-03-19 | THE 16th CENTURY $1200: Under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588, it consisted of about 130 ships, 8,000 seamen & 19,000 soldiers the Spanish Armada |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | CENTURY 19 $200: In 1870 this ship made famous by Darwin was sold for scrap; the Thames Estuary may be the site of some of its timbers the Beagle |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | CENTURY 19 $400: In 1876 Samuel Tilden won 184 of these; too bad Sam needed 185 to get the job he wanted electoral votes |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | CENTURY 19 $600: Sacré bleu! It's this Montmartre cathedral,
a national project
after France's 1870s defeat by Prussia Sacré Couer |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | CENTURY 19 $1,000 (Daily Double): In January 1898 this U.S. Battleship went to Havana Harbor in part to protect U.S. citizens, but it would never leave the Maine |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | CENTURY 19 $1000: Large quantities of ash fell over a 300,000-sq.-mile area after the 1883 explosion of this Indonesian volcano Krakatoa |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | THE 17th CENTURY $400: Between June & September 1692, 19 people were hanged as witches in this New England town Salem |
| #6143, aired 2011-05-04 | THE EARLY 20th CENTURY $800: On May 19, 1910 a headline read, this "brushes earth with its tail" Halley's Comet |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | LITERATURE OF THE 19-OUGHTS $1200: Date in 1900 on which Thomas Hardy wrote, "The land's sharp features seemed to be / The century's corpse" December 31st |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | 20th CENTURY SPORTS $200: In 1981 Frenchman Thierry Vigneron became the first to clear 19 feet in this track & field event the pole vault |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | THAT IS LIKE SO LAST CENTURY $400: 1965 amendments to the Social Security Act, titles 18 & 19, created these 2 huge healthcare programs Medicare & Medicaid |
| #3576, aired 2000-03-06 | 20th CENTURY USA $400: On November 19, 1919 the U.S. Senate failed to ratify this treaty which established the League of Nations the Treaty of Versailles |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: In November 1969 American Indian Movement members began their 19-month occupation of this island Alcatraz |
| #3286, aired 1998-12-14 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $300: This president's memorial with a 19-foot bronze statue was dedicated in Washington in 1943 Thomas Jefferson |
| #3247, aired 1998-10-20 | THE 19-AUGHTs $400: It began in '01 & the train of the same name began running from NYC to Chicago in '02 The 20th Century |
| #3105, aired 1998-02-13 | 20th CENTURY POLITICIANS $300: After a 19% showing in 1992, this presidential candidate could only muster 8 1/2% of the vote in 1996 Ross Perot |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $800: She was only 19 when she published her first novel, "The Outsiders", in 1967 (S. E.) Hinton |
| #2806, aired 1996-11-11 | THE 19th CENTURY $200: Delivered November 19, 1863, it began, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers..." the Gettysburg Address |
| #2642, aired 1996-02-13 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1987 19-year-old Mathias Rust penetrated 400 miles of Soviet defenses, landing his Cessna in this square Red Square |
| #2509, aired 1995-06-29 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $200: Of 108, 308 or 508, the number of points the stock market plunged October 19, 1987 508 |
| #2119, aired 1993-11-18 | RUTHERFORD B. HAYES $200: Hayes' number as president, or the century in which he served 19 |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $300: Between August 9 & December 19, 1974 the country had no VP; then he got the job Nelson Rockefeller |
| #1679, aired 1991-12-12 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: The Library of Congress has the 1st & 2nd drafts of this short November 19, 1863 speech the Gettysburg Address |
| #1124, aired 1989-06-22 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $800: On September 19, 1865 he received a patent for his sleeping car George Pullman |
| #884, aired 1988-06-09 | THE 16th CENTURY $400: Of 6, 9 or 19, number of years Elizabeth I imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots 19 |
| #265, aired 1985-09-13 | THE 20th CENTURY $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1945, Britain's 19-year-old Princess Elizabeth chose him her favorite crooner Bing Crosby |
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