#8150, aired 2020-01-31 | HISTORIC PLEAS $2000: He asked for mercy from Chester Arthur, arguing that he increased Arthur's income from $8,000 to $50,000 a year Charles Guiteau |
#7831, aired 2018-10-01 | PRESIDENTS' MIDDLE NAMES $600: The "A." was for Alan Chester A. Arthur |
#7746, aired 2018-04-23 | HERE'S THE CUSTOMS MAN $1600: As N.Y.'s customs collector, this future president was the highest-paid public employee in the U.S.--nice, Chet! Chester A. Arthur |
#7705, aired 2018-02-23 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $400: Those who said Arthur was born in Canada, not Vermont, have been retroactively called these, like Obama's doubters a birther |
#7705, aired 2018-02-23 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $555 (Daily Double): On his last day in office, Arthur nominated this ex-president for the retired list of the Army with full pay Grant |
#7705, aired 2018-02-23 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $800: On May 24, 1883 President Arthur & other dignitaries helped dedicate this bridge that spans the East River the Brooklyn Bridge |
#6917, aired 2014-10-14 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS $2000: This president was a supporter of the Pendleton Civil Service Act Chester Arthur |
#6395, aired 2012-06-08 | PRESIDENTIAL ALUMS $2000: This man who succeeded a slain president was a quartermaster for the Union & an alum of, duh, Union College Chester Arthur |
#6097, aired 2011-03-01 | TO THE LETTER $2000: It was the middle initial of James Garfield & his successor, Chester Arthur A |
#5942, aired 2010-06-15 | HERE'S A "QUARTER" $1000: In 1862 Chester Arthur was appointed as this officer to supply barracks, food & equipment for the N.Y. State Militia a quartermaster |
#5568, aired 2008-11-19 | LET'S HAVE ORDER $600 (Daily Double): Presidential administrations:
Chester A. Arthur, James K. Polk,
Millard Fillmore Polk, Fillmore, Arthur |
#5161, aired 2007-02-05 | YOU GET AN "A" $400: ...in American History, if you know that this man was the only U.S. president named Chester Arthur |
#5147, aired 2007-01-16 | MILES & MILES & MILES OF ART $400: On Sept. 20, 1881 he took the oath of office in his NYC home at 2:15 A.M. Chester Arthur |
#5123, aired 2006-12-13 | PRESIDENTIAL MONOGRAMS $1000: CAA Chester Alan Arthur |
#4352, aired 2003-07-01 | I WAS HIS VICE PRESIDENT $1600: Chester A. Arthur James Garfield |
#4325, aired 2003-05-23 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $800: "Our Chet" Chester A. Arthur |
#4165, aired 2002-10-11 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $400: "Elegant Arthur" Chester A. Arthur |
#3997, aired 2002-01-08 | PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES $1200: Alan Chester A. Arthur |
#3970, aired 2001-11-30 | PICTURE THE PREZ $2000: This president was described as a "non-entity with sidewhiskers" & "first in ability on the list of second-rate men" Chester A. Arthur |
#3423, aired 1999-06-23 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $300: "Arthur the Gentleman" Chester A. Arthur |
#3387, aired 1999-05-04 | PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS $300: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published during his term in office Chester A. Arthur |
#3329, aired 1999-02-11 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $1000: On September 20, 1881 he became the 4th VP to succeed to the presidency upon the death of the incumbent Chester A. Arthur |
#3318, aired 1999-01-27 | PRESIDENTIAL COUPLES...NOT! $400: She was a TV "Golden Girl", he was a one-termer of the 1880s Bea & Chester Arthur |
#3285, aired 1998-12-11 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $200: In the summer of 1883 Chester vacationed out west, visiting this first national park, established in 1872 Yellowstone |
#3285, aired 1998-12-11 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $400: Old Chet got quite a lift after he had the first one of these installed in the White House Elevator |
#3285, aired 1998-12-11 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $600: As a lawyer, Chester got better treatment for blacks in this city's streetcar system New York City |
#3285, aired 1998-12-11 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $800: Some claimed Chester was born here, & therefore ineligible to be president Canada |
#3285, aired 1998-12-11 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $1000: He was nicknamed "The Gentleman" this Boss |
#3218, aired 1998-09-09 | PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES $300: Alan Chester A. Arthur |
#3148, aired 1998-04-15 | PRESIDENTIAL MONOGRAMS $200: CAA Chester A. Arthur |
#3064, aired 1997-12-18 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $1000: He was the last of 3 men to serve as president in 1881 Chester A. Arthur |
#3029, aired 1997-10-30 | POLITICAL POSTS $800: President Grant appointed Chester A. Arthur collector of customs for this port New York City |
#2842, aired 1996-12-31 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $1000: This man from Maine served James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur & Benjamin Harrison James G. Blaine |
#2798, aired 1996-10-30 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1000: The vice presidency under James A. Garfield was his first elective office Chester Arthur |
#2652, aired 1996-02-27 | QUOTATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's said Woodrow Wilson called this Garfield V.P. & later president "a nonentity with side whiskers" Chester Arthur |
#1999, aired 1993-04-22 | VICE PRESIDENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): The vice presidency under James A. Garfield was his first elective office Chester A. Arthur |
#1829, aired 1992-07-09 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $200: The day before leaving office, he asked that this former president be restored to the retired Army list Ulysses Grant |
#1829, aired 1992-07-09 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $400: Arthur was the first person to walk across this bridge when it opened to the public May 24, 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge |
#1829, aired 1992-07-09 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $600: Of mayor, governor or VP the first public office to which Arthur was elected the vice presidency |
#1829, aired 1992-07-09 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $800: To brighten up the White House, he hired this New York designer of Art Nouveau lamps Tiffany |
#1829, aired 1992-07-09 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $1000: It's what the "A." stands for Alan |
#1829, aired 1992-07-09 | ISLANDS $1000: The world's northernmost land, the 100-foot islet of Oodaaq O, belongs to this island Greenland |
#1660, aired 1991-11-15 | PRESIDENTS $2,500 (Daily Double): Some speculate that this successor to James Garfield was actually born in Canada Chester A. Arthur |
#1530, aired 1991-04-05 | VERMONT $800: 1 of 2 presidents who were born in Vermont Calvin Coolidge (or Chester A. Arthur) |
#979, aired 1988-12-01 | PRESIDENTS $1000: 1 of 3 presidents who served in 1881 Chester A. Arthur (or Hayes or Garfield) |
#393, aired 1986-03-12 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: President long associated w/NYC, in 1883, he was 1st to officially walk across the Brooklyn Bridge Chester Arthur |
#372, aired 1986-02-11 | VICE-PRESIDENTS $200: Consecutive V.P.s Wm. Wheeler, Chester Arthur, & Thomas Hendricks shared this middle initial the letter A |
#364, aired 1986-01-30 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1000: Implicated in N.Y. custom house scandal, he still went on to become VP, then pres., when Garfield died (Chester A.) Arthur |