#9081, aired 2024-04-15 | PLACES THAT ARE ALSO FIRST NAMES $200: A 2022 population estimate by the Census Bureau lists this Lone Star capital as the 10th-largest U.S. city Austin |
#8636, aired 2022-05-09 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Besides Boston & D.C., they're the 3 largest cities by population in the megalopolis known as the BosWash Corridor New York City, Philadelphia & Baltimore |
#8608, aired 2022-03-30 | JOIN THE CROWD $400: This city saw its population rise temporarily by around 3 million in 2012, a record peak during its annual hajj Mecca |
#8206, aired 2020-04-20 | QUESTIONS FROM A 1927 QUIZ BOOK $200: With 10.3 million, it's the largest American state by population according to the 1920 Census New York |
#7861, aired 2018-11-12 | U.S. CITIES $1000: In 1950 this Southwest city ranked 99th in population; by 2010 it had risen from the ashes to No. 6 Phoenix |
#6429, aired 2012-07-26 | THE CIVIL WAR BY THE NUMBERS $600: With a population of about 168,000 in 1860, this city on the Mississippi River was the largest city in the Confederacy New Orleans |
#6389, aired 2012-05-31 | CITY BY POPULATION $200: The Twin City that's not a state capital:
390,000 Minneapolis |
#6389, aired 2012-05-31 | CITY BY POPULATION $400: A U.K. capital:
486,000, including J.K. Rowling Edinburgh |
#6389, aired 2012-05-31 | CITY BY POPULATION $600: Lo mas grande en España:
4.1 million Madrid |
#6389, aired 2012-05-31 | CITY BY POPULATION $800: A Brazilian giant in the world's top 10:
11 million São Paulo |
#6389, aired 2012-05-31 | CITY BY POPULATION $1000: Near the mouth of the Yangtze:
Near 20 million Shanghai |
#6256, aired 2011-11-28 | MICHIGAN $400: Population-wise, in 1950 this was the fourth-largest city in the U.S.; by 2000, it was eighth Detroit |
#6068, aired 2011-01-19 | LIVE IN TEXAS $200: Population-wise, by 1980 it had become the fifth-largest city in the U.S.; no problem there Houston |
#5341, aired 2007-11-26 | O CANADA $200: By population it's the largest city in Canada Toronto |
#5336, aired 2007-11-19 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $2,400 (Daily Double): By the 7th century this civilzation's city of Tikal in the Yucatan had a population of tens of thousands the Mayans |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $800: By early 2006, New Orleans had been overtaken in population by this nearby capital city Baton Rouge |
#5051, aired 2006-07-24 | CAPITALISM $400: Population 8 million, this capital & largest city in Africa was founded by the Fatimid Dynasty around 968 A.D. Cairo |
#4857, aired 2005-10-25 | WORLD CAPITALS $400: By population, it's the largest capital in the Western Hemisphere Mexico City |
#4757, aired 2005-04-19 | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA $400: The largest city by population is this capital with about 35 million Tokyo |
#4566, aired 2004-06-14 | HITHER & YON $400: Both in size & population it's by far the largest city in Iraq Baghdad |
#4196, aired 2002-11-25 | ERIE COINCIDENCE $1200: By population, Erie is the third-largest city in this state Pennsylvania |
#3938, aired 2001-10-17 | OF ARABIA $1000: By population, it's the largest city on the Arabian Peninsula Riyadh |
#3890, aired 2001-06-29 | ILLINOIS ME $500: Known as the "Second City", Chicago actually ranks in this position by population in the U.S. third |
#3520, aired 1999-12-17 | BEASTLY GEOGRAPHY $200: By population, it's the second-largest city in New York Buffalo |
#3486, aired 1999-11-01 | STATE FACTS $100: By population, it's the largest city of the state seen here
(California) Los Angeles |
#2318, aired 1994-10-05 | WORLD CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): With a population of more than 1 1/2 million, Minsk is this country's largest city by far Belarus |
#2289, aired 1994-07-14 | KOREA $400: With a population of about 10 million, it's by far the largest city on the Korean Peninsula Seoul |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: By 1750 about 10% of England's population lived in this city London |