#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | U.S. CITIES $2000: Most city founders have been gone a while, but the man for whom this Nevada casino town is named, passed away in 2023 Laughlin |
#8594, aired 2022-03-10 | SUBURBS OF CHICAGO $800: This city is named for one of the founders of Northwestern University, which is located there Evanston |
#6456, aired 2012-10-15 | CITY FOUNDERS $400: Andrew Jackson was a co-founder of this largest Tennessee city Memphis |
#6456, aired 2012-10-15 | CITY FOUNDERS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1839 John Sutter established the colony that became this state capital Sacramento |
#6456, aired 2012-10-15 | CITY FOUNDERS $1200: This home to the University of Oregon was founded by a Mr. Skinner & given his first name Eugene |
#6256, aired 2011-11-28 | MICHIGAN $1,200 (Daily Double): The wives of the co-founders of the city now home to the University of Michigan both had this first name Ann (Arbor) |
#6128, aired 2011-04-13 | THE BIGGEST U.S. CITY STARTING WITH... $1,600 (Daily Double): A
(Named for one of the founders of the state where it's located) Austin (Texas) |
#5704, aired 2009-05-28 | FOUNDERS $800: Tradition says this "great" rival of Julius Caesar founded a colony in Pamplona in 75 B.C.; the city's name honors him Pompey (the Great) |
#4748, aired 2005-04-06 | GARDENS $400: In the 1800s city founders designed Macon, Georgia to look like this ancient city known for its gardens Babylon |
#4384, aired 2003-10-02 | "ARG" $800: This city was named for one of the founders of American Express Fargo |
#3227, aired 1998-09-22 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $500: This city that grew up around Northwestern University is named for one of the university's founders Evanston |
#2982, aired 1997-07-15 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: The 1st Monday in October is Zoo Founders Day in this Calif. city, so admission to its world-famous zoo is free San Diego |
#2851, aired 1997-01-13 | CITY FOUNDERS $200: Founded by Sweden's Gustav I Vasa in 1550, this city, Finland's largest, moved to its present site in 1640 Helsinki |
#2851, aired 1997-01-13 | CITY FOUNDERS $400: Tradition says Dido founded this north African city that suffered "Punic"tive damages from Rome Carthage |
#2851, aired 1997-01-13 | CITY FOUNDERS $800: French explorer Pierre Savorgnon de Brazza founded this current republic's city of Brazzaville in 1880 The Congo |
#2851, aired 1997-01-13 | CITY FOUNDERS $1,000 (Daily Double): The American Colonization Society founded this African city in 1822 Monrovia, Liberia |
#2851, aired 1997-01-13 | CITY FOUNDERS $1000: Historians believe the Roman gen. Pompey founded this Spanish city known for the running of the bulls Pamplona |
#2444, aired 1995-03-30 | FOUNDERS $600: Around 700 B.C. the Oscans founded this Italian city near Herculaneum & Stabiae Pompeii |
#2301, aired 1994-09-12 | FOUNDERS $1000: This dance group was founded in 1952 by Amalia Hernandez in Mexico City Ballet Folklorico |
#2156, aired 1994-01-10 | FLORIDA $800: This city near Tampa was named for the Russian birthplace of one of its founders St. Petersburg |
#1918, aired 1992-12-30 | FOUNDERS $200: In the 1830s Henry Miller Shreve founded a port city in this state Louisiana |
#1564, aired 1991-05-23 | THE LIBERTY BELL $200: The Liberty Bell was cast twice in 1753 by John Pass & Charles Stow, founders in this city Philadelphia |
#1060, aired 1989-03-24 | U.S. CITIES $400: North Dakota's largest city, it was named for one of the founders of a famous frontier stage line Fargo |