#9084, aired 2024-04-18 | SECOND CITIES $1,800 (Daily Double): The historic site Pedra do Sal in this second city has been called "the birthplace of samba" Rio de Janeiro |
#9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORLD CITIES $1000: The Atlantic port city Essaouira in this North African country was planned by an 18th century French architect Morocco |
#8880, aired 2023-05-26 | WORLD CITIES $1200: A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the sacred city of Kandy is in this island country Sri Lanka |
#8880, aired 2023-05-26 | WORLD CITIES $2000: At 92 feet below sea level, Baku in this country is the lowest national capital Azerbaijan |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | CITIES & TOWNS $400: On the Che trail in this country, the town of Vallegrande has the laundry room where Señor Guevara's body was washed Bolivia |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | SECOND CITIES $200: In 1880 the British defeated indigenous forces in the Battle of Kandahar, now the second-largest city in this country Afghanistan |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | SECOND CITIES $600: Founded by King Olaf III Haraldsson, Bergen is the second-largest city in this country Norway |
#8748, aired 2022-11-23 | CITIES & TOWNS OF THE BIBLE $1600: What was Sela, the "strong city" of Edom, is today somewhere in this country--maybe it's Petra Jordan |
#8735, aired 2022-11-04 | SOUTH AMERICA $800: Nieuw Nickerie & Lelydorp are among the largest cities in this country Suriname |
#8671, aired 2022-06-27 | THE NATIONAL LEAGUE $2000: The Lombard League was a medieval alliance of cities in the north of this present-day country Italy |
#8645, aired 2022-05-20 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $1,600 (Daily Double): La Plata & Mar del Plata are cities in this country Argentina |
#8406, aired 2021-05-24 | NEWER HISTORY BOOKS $800: "Islamic Empires" follows the rise of the religion from its birth in Mecca to modern cities like Doha in this country Qatar |
#8381, aired 2021-04-19 | ANCIENT CITIES $2000: Now in this Central American country, the ancient Mayan city of Uaxactun was mysteriously abandoned by the 10th century Guatemala |
#8381, aired 2021-04-19 | ANCIENT CITIES $3,000 (Daily Double): Now in this country, Persepolis was the capital from which Darius the Great ruled Iran |
#8352, aired 2021-03-09 | EUROPEAN CITIES $1600: Traditional boats for carrying a certain fortified wine, sail the Douro River, in what's known as the second city of this country Portugal |
#8338, aired 2021-02-17 | U.S. CITIES $400: Once the state capital, this city in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country ranks as one of the best places to retire Lancaster |
#8226, aired 2020-06-01 | NATIONS' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES $2000: At one time a major Byzantine city, Split is today the second-largest city in this country that split from Yugoslavia in 1991 Croatia |
#8129, aired 2020-01-02 | PLACES $6,000 (Daily Double): Home to its 2 most sacred cities, the Hejaz is a region in this country Saudi Arabia |
#8027, aired 2019-07-02 | CITIES IN THE COUNTRY $400: Da Nang,
Da Lat Vietnam |
#8027, aired 2019-07-02 | CITIES IN THE COUNTRY $800: Lugano, Lausanne Switzerland |
#8027, aired 2019-07-02 | CITIES IN THE COUNTRY $1200: Lagos,
Lafia Nigeria |
#8027, aired 2019-07-02 | CITIES IN THE COUNTRY $1600: Beersheba,
Bat Yam Israel |
#8027, aired 2019-07-02 | CITIES IN THE COUNTRY $2000: Aarhus,
Aalborg Denmark |
#7861, aired 2018-11-12 | U.S. CITIES $200: Country music fans get to meet & hear their favorite artists at the annual CMA Festival in this city--where else? Nashville |
#7859, aired 2018-11-08 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: The site of fighting in recent years, Aleppo in this country is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities Syria |
#7820, aired 2018-09-14 | MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $200: San Jose in this Central American nation is home to John F. Kennedy Park, memorializing his visit to the country in 1963 Costa Rica |
#7820, aired 2018-09-14 | MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $600: This Malaysian capital lies in the country's tin & rubber belt; I used to wear one of those, but it chafed Kuala Lumpur |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | UNESCO CITIES OF LITERATURE $2000: Thomas Bracken & Janet Frame are 2 authors from Dunedin in this country who bring that city to the forefront New Zealand |
#7505, aired 2017-04-07 | LIGHTHOUSES $400: "The Lighthouse at the End of the World" is in this S. Amer. country near Ushuaia, one of the world's southernmost cities Argentina |
#7432, aired 2016-12-27 | SCANDINAVIAN CITIES $800: Malmo in the south of this country was once known as Malmhaug, or "sandpile" Sweden |
#7254, aired 2016-03-10 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $1200: Ostrava & Brno are cities in this country of Central Europe the Czech Republic |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | WORLD CITIES $1600: Banda Aceh in this country sustained heavy damage from the 2004 tsunami Indonesia |
#7154, aired 2015-10-22 | "K"APITAL CITIES $200: Now the capital of a different country, in the Middle Ages it was the capital of Russia Kiev |
#6986, aired 2015-01-19 | FRENCH CITIES & TOWNS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) After France surrendered to the Nazis in June 1940, the country was divided into a German-occupied area & an unoccupied zone with an administrative center in this spa town, by whose name the region would be known Vichy |
#6947, aired 2014-11-25 | WHAT'S IN THE BOX?! $600: I wasn't expecting a map of this country, with the cities of Namanga, Lodwar, & Mombasa highlighted Kenya |
#6868, aired 2014-06-25 | ASIAN CITIES $400: Near the delta of the Indus River, the largest city in this country was formerly called Kolachi Pakistan |
#6811, aired 2014-04-07 | ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE $1200: Danube cities in this country include Linz & Krems Austria |
#6762, aired 2014-01-28 | BIBLE VIOLENCE $400: Genesis 19:
In these 2 cities "the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace" Sodom & Gomorrah |
#6712, aired 2013-11-19 | STAND BY YOUR STAN $400: Until the 2000s, cities like Herat & Kandahar in this country were not often seen in Western news Afghanistan |
#6435, aired 2012-08-03 | AROUND THE WORLD $800: Cities in this country include Chennai & Mumbai, formerly Madras & Bombay India |
#6075, aired 2011-01-28 | "STAN" IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE $800: Mazar-e Sharif, Ghazni & Kandahar are cities in this country Afghanistan |
#6075, aired 2011-01-28 | "STAN" IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE $1200: Aralsk, Shu & (Good Lord!) Almaty are cities in this country Kazakhstan |
#5750, aired 2009-09-18 | O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? $2000: Thou art landlocked in this Southeast Asian country, yet may still enjoy its cities of Xam Nua & Muang Xon Laos |
#5657, aired 2009-03-24 | TOUGH CAPITAL CITIES $800: Island country in the Indian ocean:
Port Louis Mauritius |
#5576, aired 2008-12-01 | U.S. CITIES IN FOREIGN LANDS $400: Denver's windmill has been restored, so take the A10 in Norfolk County to visit it in this country England |
#5576, aired 2008-12-01 | U.S. CITIES IN FOREIGN LANDS $800: If you're on the Mosquito Coast, don't forget to visit Atlanta in this country Nicaragua |
#5576, aired 2008-12-01 | U.S. CITIES IN FOREIGN LANDS $1200: Ski on Antuco Volcano close to Los Angeles near the Argentine border of this country Chile |
#5576, aired 2008-12-01 | U.S. CITIES IN FOREIGN LANDS $2000: In Victoria, the town of Portland is an ideal spot to visit the southern coast of this country Australia |
#5386, aired 2008-01-28 | SPANNING THE GLOBE $200: Haiphong, Cam Ranh & Dong Hoi are all important cities in this country Vietnam |
#5284, aired 2007-07-26 | WORLD HERITAGE SITES $800: The old cities of Bern in Switzerland & Damascus in this country made the list Syria |
#5141, aired 2007-01-08 | A GEOGRAPHY LESSON $800: Puntarenas & Limon are coastal cities in this country whose name includes the Spanish word for "coast" Costa Rica |
#5039, aired 2006-07-06 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This state capital lies on a narrow strip of land between the Gastineau Channel & the slopes of 2 mountains Juneau, Alaska |
#5034, aired 2006-06-29 | YO, ADRIATIC $1600: Important port cities on the Adriatic in this country include Dubrovnik & Split Croatia |
#4884, aired 2005-12-01 | "I" DO $400: United as the Lombard League, cities in this country fought fiercely against Frederick I, the Holy Roman Emp. Italy |
#4758, aired 2005-04-20 | CAPITAL CITIES $6,000 (Daily Double): Honoring one of the country's famous sons, the Universidad de Belgrano is found in this South American capital Buenos Aires |
#4377, aired 2003-09-23 | WORLD CITIES $400: To visit the real Luxor, not the one in Las Vegas, you have to go to this country Egypt |
#4322, aired 2003-05-20 | A TALE OF TWO CITIES $600: The two most populous cities in the largest country on the Iberian Peninsula Barcelona & Madrid |
#4204, aired 2002-12-05 | CITIES & TOWNS $1200: Brooklyn, NYC's most populous borough, was named for Breuekelen, a village in this country The Netherlands/Holland |
#3415, aired 1999-06-11 | ASIAN CITIES $400: You could call Benazir Bhutto, born in this country's largest city, the Karachi Kid Pakistan |
#3413, aired 1999-06-09 | ISLAND COUNTRIES $600: Nicosia & Limassol are the only 2 cities with a population of over 100,000 in this country Cyprus |
#3371, aired 1999-04-12 | AROUND THE WORLD $600: Cities in this country include Baguio, Quezon City & Manila the Philippines |
#3292, aired 1998-12-22 | Q ME $1000: Umm Said & Dukhan are cities in this country, the only one in the world that begins with the letter Q Qatar |
#3152, aired 1998-04-21 | L.A.'s SISTER CITIES $400 (Daily Double): Salvador Bahia, also known as Sao Salvador, a port city in this So. American country, is in the sisterhood Brazil |
#3053, aired 1997-12-03 | WORLD CITIES $200: This capital's Avenida Juarez was named for Benito Juarez, president of the country in the 1860s & 1870s Mexico City |
#2988, aired 1997-09-03 | WORLD CITIES $1000: In March 1997, rebels against the Mobutu regime captured Kisangani in this country Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
#2603, aired 1995-12-20 | WORLD CITIES $400: Wadowice in this country was the birthplace of Pope John Paul II Poland |
#2578, aired 1995-11-15 | WORLD CITIES $800: In 1975 Brazil's first subway system began operating in this city, the country's largest Sao Paulo |
#2561, aired 1995-10-23 | WORLD CITIES $200: In 1771 the Maharajah Pratap Singh founded the city of Alwar in this country India |
#2471, aired 1995-05-08 | WORLD CITIES $400: Omdurman, not Khartoum, is the largest city in this largest African country Sudan |
#2446, aired 1995-04-03 | AFRICAN CITIES $800: The city of Zanzibar, now in this country, was a major slave trading center Tanzania |
#2442, aired 1995-03-28 | WORLD CITIES $200: The name of Ulladulla, a town in this country, comes from an Aboriginal word for "safe harbor" Australia |
#2426, aired 1995-03-06 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES $400: In this country the children of Israel built the cities of Pithom & Raamses Egypt |
#2423, aired 1995-03-01 | ASIAN CITIES $200: In 1984 the city of Bhopal in this country was the site of one of history's worst industrial accidents India |
#2423, aired 1995-03-01 | ASIAN CITIES $800: Jogjakarta in this country was the site of an early 19th century revolt against Dutch rule Indonesia |
#2389, aired 1995-01-12 | WORLD CITIES $800: The reputed tomb of Eve in Jiddah was destroyed by this country's gov't as a place of idolatry Saudi Arabia |
#2310, aired 1994-09-23 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: Giza is 1 of 3 cities in this country with a population exceeding 1 million Egypt |
#2236, aired 1994-05-02 | ASIAN CITIES $400: The Blue Mosque is a landmark in this country's city of Tabriz Iran |
#2232, aired 1994-04-26 | EUROPEAN CITIES $800: When Russia took over in 1809, Turku on the Gulf of Bothnia was this country's capital & largest city Finland |
#2199, aired 1994-03-10 | WORLD CITIES $300: This city's Tivoli Pleasure Garden was laid out in 1843 Copenhagen |
#2139, aired 1993-12-16 | EUROPEAN CITIES $400: Worms, the city where Martin Luther appeared before the Imperial Diet in 1521, is in this country Germany |
#2100, aired 1993-10-22 | SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES $800: In the 1980s this second-largest Colombian city became the center of the country's top cocaine cartel Medellín |
#2099, aired 1993-10-21 | WORLD CITIES $500: Guayaquil, this country's largest city, was founded in the 1530s by a lieutenant of Pizarro Ecuador |
#2071, aired 1993-09-13 | WORLD CITIES $1000: Punta Arenas in this country is the largest city located on the Strait of Magellan Chile |
#2069, aired 1993-09-09 | WORLD CITIES $400: Founded in the 8th century, Fez is this country's oldest city Morocco |
#2011, aired 1993-05-10 | ATLANTIC CITIES $800: If you're off on the road to this country you may wind up in its capital of Rabat Morocco |
#2011, aired 1993-05-10 | ATLANTIC CITIES $1000: The many waterways in Recife, in this large South American country, are compared to those of Venice Brazil |
#1772, aired 1992-04-21 | "H"ISTORY $300: The ruins of Copan, one of the Mayans' largest cities, lie in this country the Honduras |
#1675, aired 1991-12-06 | WORLD CITIES $600: The South African stock exchange is in this city, the economic heart of the country Johannesburg |
#1426, aired 1990-11-12 | WORLD CITIES $400: Spain controls the cities of Ceuta & Melilla in this North African country Morocco |
#1379, aired 1990-09-06 | EUROPEAN CITIES $600: Dubrovnik, in this country, was founded in the 7th century by Roman refugees from the sacked town of Epidaurus Yugoslavia |
#1379, aired 1990-09-06 | EUROPEAN CITIES $1000: In the 1800s Bergen was the cultural center of this country Norway |
#1327, aired 1990-05-15 | WORLD CITIES $200: The silver baron Jose de la Borda laid out the famous Borda Gardens in Cuernavaca in this country Mexico |
#1327, aired 1990-05-15 | WORLD CITIES $1000: Mombasa, which lies on an island in the Indian Ocean, is the main port of this E. African country Kenya |
#936, aired 1988-10-03 | EUROPEAN CITIES $800: Dubrovnik, one of the best-preserved walled cities in Europe, is in this country Yugoslavia |
#694, aired 1987-09-17 | WORLD CITIES $400: Zagreb is not only the 2nd largest city in this country, it's capital of the Croatian Republic Yugoslavia |
#397, aired 1986-03-18 | GEOGRAPHY $400: Omsk & Tomsk & Minsk & Pinsk are cities in this country the Soviet Union |