| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: In 1887 several Denver charities combined efforts to form the Charity Organizations Society, today known as this the United Way |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | 1800s U.S. HISTORY $600: In 1852 9 representatives of Jewish charities founded this New York City hospital with a biblical name Mount Sinai |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | CHARITIES $200: 300 volunteers came together in 1971 to create this world-spanning charity, also called Médecins Sans Frontieres Doctors Without Borders |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | CHARITIES $400: A charity named for this actor who was paralyzed in 1995 aims to better the lives of those with spinal cord injuries Christopher Reeve |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | CHARITIES $600: "Those who work for the good are those who do the good" said this TV star & founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Danny Thomas |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | CHARITIES $800: To fight excessive punishment along racial lines, lawyer Bryan Stevenson founded this initiative, EJI for short Equal Justice |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | CHARITIES $1000: Last name of Evangeline, elected general of the Salvation Army in 1934, the third in her family to hold the position Booth |
| #7710, aired 2018-03-02 | CHARITABLE FOLKS $200: In 2006, he pledged to donate more than 80% of his wealth--& he's worth billions--to charities Buffett |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | GOOD CAUSES $600: Sister Donna Markham is the president of these Charities USA, which helps millions of poor people a year the Catholic Charities |
| #7508, aired 2017-04-12 | WE SALUTE YOU $400: This businessman & former mayor has donated more than $4.3 billion to a wide variety of charities & organizations Bloomberg |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | IN SEPTEMBER $1000: Make a donation on September 27, the feast day of this saint "de Paul", the patron saint of charities St. Vincent de Paul |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | ALPHANUMERICS $1200: This section of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code sets out the requirements for tax exempt status for charities 501(c)(3) |
| #6551, aired 2013-02-25 | A BINDER FULL OF WOMEN $1600: For her work with charities and the Special Olympics,
she still rates a perfect 10 Nadia Comăneci |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | CHARITY $5,000 (Daily Double): It was founded in 1887 to coordinate 22 Denver charities the United Way |
| #5076, aired 2006-10-09 | BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS $600: This singer is donating the proceeds from the song heard here to breast cancer charities
"I run for your mother, your sister, your wife..." Melissa Etheridge |
| #4436, aired 2003-12-15 | JUST CAUSE $1,000 (Daily Double): The American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities supports this children's research hospital in Memphis St. Jude |
| #3367, aired 1999-04-06 | JOB BANK $500: Elizabeth II doesn't do this herself; she has a hereditary grand almoner to do it for her contribute to charities |
| #2888, aired 1997-03-05 | GAMBLING $100: This game often sponsored by charities has 75 numbers compared to lotto's 90 bingo |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | MONEY $300: Proceeds from this actor's "Own" foods are a part of over $80 million he's donated to charities Paul Newman |
| #2582, aired 1995-11-21 | GREAT SCOTS $400: Having no heirs when he died in 1931, this tea merchant left most of his estate to Glasgow charities Sir Thomas Lipton |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: Originally, this amateur boxing organization was sponsored by the Chicago Tribune Charities Golden Gloves |
| #669, aired 1987-07-02 | 20TH CENTURY PERSONALITIES $800: It's said both of his salaries, as Archbishop & President of Cyprus, were given to charities Archbishop Makarios |
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