| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): It's from Chinese for "fragrant harbor" & in the 1840s it was ceded to the British Hong Kong |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | GEOGRAPHY $1600: Home of the Dalai Lama until he fled the Chinese occupation in 1959, Potala Palace towers over this city Lhasa |
| #7891, aired 2018-12-24 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The Himalayas border the southern end of the vast plateau of this Chinese region Tibet |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | "Y" GEOGRAPHY? $400: The source of this longest Chinese river is a glacier high in the mountains the Yangtze |
| #6790, aired 2014-03-07 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: This smallest Chinese province in area consists mostly of one island in the Gulf of Tonkin Hainan |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | CHINESE GEOGRAPHY $200: China's easternmost & northernmost points lie on Heilongjiang province's border with this nation Russia |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | CHINESE GEOGRAPHY $400: From the Plateau of Tibet, this river serves as the border between many provinces & regions Yangtze River |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | CHINESE GEOGRAPHY $600: There are over 2 million people in the mineral processing center of Baotou, on this desert's southern edge the Gobi |
| #5799, aired 2009-11-26 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $400: The name of this Chinese city means "northern capital" Beijing |
| #5374, aired 2008-01-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: This Chinese canal begins at Beijing & ends 1,100 miles later at the port of Hangzhou the Grand Canal |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | CHINESE GEOGRAPHY $200: This colorful river emptied into the sea until 1853, when its course shifted to empty into the Gulf of Chihli the Yellow River |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | CHINESE GEOGRAPHY $400: The border formalized between Mongolia & China in 1962 includes a 900-mile stretch through this desert the Gobi Desert |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | CHINESE GEOGRAPHY $600: The Turfan Depression is China's lowest point; in 1951 this peak became its highest point Mount Everest |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | CHINESE GEOGRAPHY $800: China's Fertile Triangle lies between Nanjing, Hangzhou & this, the country's leading seaport Shanghai |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | CHINESE GEOGRAPHY $1000: This gulf is bordered by Luichow Peninsula & Hainan Island on the east & Vietnam on the west the Gulf of Tonkin |
| #3364, aired 1999-04-01 | GEOGRAPHY $400: Most of the residents of this small island city-state off the Malay Peninsula are Chinese Singapore |
| #2974, aired 1997-07-03 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1958 the Communist Chinese bombarded Quemoy & this island to force the Nationalist Chinese out Matsu |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: The Chinese city of Guangzhou, better known to westerners as this, is also called Yangcheng, "City of Goats" Canton |
| #2761, aired 1996-09-09 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: This Chinese region consists of 3 provinces & once included a part of Inner Mongolia Manchuria |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | GEOGRAPHY $600: The Chinese sometimes refer to this region as Shamo, meaning "sand desert" the Gobi |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | GEOGRAPHY $500: This Portuguese territory consists of a Chinese peninsula & the 2 main islands of Taipa & Coloane Macao |
| #2092, aired 1993-10-12 | GEOGRAPHY $600 (Daily Double): The population of this territory is about 95% Chinese & 1% Portuguese Macau |
| #1841, aired 1992-09-14 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: This Malaysian capital was founded by Chinese tin miners in 1857 Kuala Lumpur |
| #1588, aired 1991-06-26 | GEOGRAPHY $200: Chinese engineers have proposed a 550-foot-high, 1.5-mile-wide dam on this river, the country's longest the Yangtze |
| #1588, aired 1991-06-26 | GEOGRAPHY $800: Founded by Chinese miners in 1857, it's Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur |
| #1571, aired 1991-06-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: The Academic American Encyclopedia calls this Chinese city's name a phonetic corruption of Kwangtung Canton |
| #1212, aired 1989-12-05 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Kazakhstan, a republic in this nation, extends from Europe to the Chinese border the Soviet Union |
| #897, aired 1988-06-28 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Capital of Malaysia, it was once a Chinese tin-mining camp Kuala Lumpur |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: The Blue & White Niles meet at this city where Gen. "Chinese" Gordon met death Khartoum |
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