| #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 |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | PLACES THAT ARE ALSO FIRST NAMES $400: A bust of the brawl-loving Renaissance goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini graces the Ponte Vecchio in this city Florence |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | PLACES THAT ARE ALSO FIRST NAMES $600: Grand Army Plaza & its Soldiers' & Sailors' Arch marks the main entrance to Prospect Park in this New York City borough Brooklyn |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | PLACES THAT ARE ALSO FIRST NAMES $800: The bird girl statue on the cover of "Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil" can be found at the Telfair Academy in this city Savannah |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | NAMES IN FASHION $600: In 1990 this designer opened her flagship bridal salon at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City (Vera) Wang |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | PLACE NAME ETYMOLOGIES $200: In biblical city names, Bethel is Hebrew for "house of God" & this city big in the New Testament means "house of bread" Bethlehem |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | FORMER NAMES OF CAPITAL CITIES $2000: Called Ciudad Trujillo from 1936 to 1961 in honor of its dictator, this city returned to its old name after his assassination Santo Domingo |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $2000: This sun-dappled city of southern France is home to famed hot springs & the atelier of Paul Cézanne Aix-en-Provence |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $400: This Indian capital was so named to distinguish it from the older city of the same name New Delhi |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | HONORARY U.S. CITIZENS $100 (Daily Double): A city & a bay in this state derive their names from the most recent honoree, Revolutionary War hero Bernardo de Gálvez Texas |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. $1200: This city, B'gosh, is located where the Upper Fox River enters Lake Winnebago Oshkosh |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. $2000: Located near the Oregon border, this Washington city with a double-talk name is famous for its wines & vineyards Walla Walla |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | A MUSICAL JOURNEY WITH QUESTLOVE $800: (Questlove presents the clue.) Names like Boyz II Men, Teddy Pendergrass & my dad's band Lee Andrews & The Hearts, are a part of this city's heritage of vocal music & are found on its Music Alliances Walk of Fame Philadelphia |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | RIVER NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): This river that gave its name to a Georgia city was known as Rio Dulce, or "sweet river", to early Spanish explorers the Savannah River |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | OLD NAMES ON THE MAP $1600: At one time the capital of Upper Canada, this city was once named York, in honor of a duke of York Toronto |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $400: Batmania & Bearbrass were old names for this second-most populous city in Australia Melbourne |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | NAMES OF THE PAST $800: The couple seen here, Menkaure & wife, were found near one of the three main pyramids at this city Giza |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $400: About an hour's drive from major theme parks, you'll find the city of Frostproof in this state Florida |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $800: This city in Westchester County, New York gets its name from a Dutch title basically meaning "squire" Yonkers |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Sunda Kelapa & Batavia are former names of this most populous city in Indonesia Jakarta |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | ELBOW PATCHES $200: Elbow & the neck were early names for this main Maine city Portland |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | REJECTED ELEMENT NAMES $800: Losalium, after this New Mexico City, was suggested for what became einsteinium Los Alamos |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: The founder of China's Yuan Dynasty, he constructed a new capital city in 1267 Kublai Khan |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: One of the proposed names for what became this state capital was Missouriopolis Jefferson City |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | CROATIA $200: Nicknamed "The City that Flows", Rijeka has also been known as Reka, Fiume & Flumen; all 4 names mean this river |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: When the federal capital moved to this city in 1790, Pres. Washington used a legal loophole to avoid freeing his slaves Philadelphia |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $200: We're bullish on this Spanish city that tradition says was founded by & named for Pompey Pamplona |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $400: One of Simon Bolivar's last wishes was vengeance for the murder of a "sweet" friend for whom this Bolivian city is named Sucre |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | PLACE-NAME NAMES $800: This star who made a comeback with "Stranger Things" was named for a city in her birthplace of Minnesota Winona Ryder |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES ON THE ROAD $800: Julia Tuttle Causeway honors the "Mother of" this city of dolphins & deco Miami |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | NAMES IN POLITICS $600: Pete Buttigieg, whose last name is from the Maltese for "lord of the poultry", is mayor of this Indiana city South Bend |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | BIG 4 SPORTS TEAM NAMES IRL $200: In 2015 Iran's city of Bandar Mahshahr hit a near-record 165 on this index the heat index |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 3-WORD CITY NAMES $400: This state capital is south of Ogden & north of Provo Salt Lake City |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 3-WORD CITY NAMES $1200: In English this California university town would be Saint Louis Bishop San Luis Obispo |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 3-WORD CITY NAMES $1600: There's a 4-letter preposition & a river in the name of this historic northern England coal center Newcastle upon Tyne |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 3-WORD CITY NAMES $2000: 2 towns named this stare at each other across the rapids of the St. Marys River between Michigan & Ontario Sault Ste. Marie |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 3-WORD CITY NAMES $6,000 (Daily Double): The full name of this South American city begins with Cidade de Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | BUSINESS NAMES $800: In 1956 Chuck Williams opened his first cookware store in this California city, hence the name of the chain Sonoma |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | ROMAN NAMES $1200: The name of this rebel who died in 71 B.C honors a Greek city Spartacus |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | APPROPRIATE NAMES $200: In 2003 Will Wynn ran for mayor of this Lone Star capital city--& he did Austin |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | 2018 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NAMES $400: Rocky Jacques-Louis is a Panther at FIU, Shocky Jacques-Louis is a Panther at this university in the "Steel City" Pittsburgh |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | FUN WITH TEAM NAMES $1000: This city's NBA & NFL teams run the full gamut of stock market animals Chicago |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | OLD NAMES ON THE MAP $400: After North Vietnamese troops captured it in 1975, it was renamed Ho Chi Minh City Saigon |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | ARCHAEOLOGY $400: A hill marking the site of an ancient city, it's found in the names of some Middle East cities, including one of Israel's largest tel |
| #7519, aired 2017-04-27 | ALMOST THERE TO THE STATE CAPITAL $2000: The two capitals that have a Greek word for "city" at the end of their names Indianapolis and Annapolis |
| #7517, aired 2017-04-25 | DOG BREED NAMES $1000: This "royal dog of Egypt" was named for an ancient city in Arabia the saluki |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | NAMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY $200: George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy, founded the U.S. Naval Academy in this city Annapolis |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $1000: This Ohio city is named for the Prussian who trained soldiers during the Revolutionary War Steubenville |
| #7074, aired 2015-05-21 | PLACE NAMES $2000: This largest New Zealand city is named for a First Lord of the Admiralty, not a diving bird Auckland |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | U.S. COLONY NAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): Massachusetts means "at the big" one of these; colony Gov. John Winthrop said, "we shall be as a city upon" one of these a hill |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $200: This city northwest of Denver gets its name from the large rock formations in the area Boulder |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $800: Named for Ralph Edwards' old radio show, this New Mexico city is called "T or C" for short Truth or Consequences |
| #6798, aired 2014-03-19 | MEANINGS OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES $600: This city's name, "smoky bay" in Icelandic, refers to steam from volcanic activity Reykjavik |
| #6798, aired 2014-03-19 | MEANINGS OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES $800: The name of this Wisconsin city is French for "bottom of the lake", its position Fond du Lac |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | CNN RELIGION $2000: (CNN's Sara Sidner delivers the clue.) Exciting archaeological finds such as clay seals & the names of biblical figures have been unearthed in this 3000-year-old part of Jerusalem known as the city of this biblical king David |
| #6580, aired 2013-04-05 | HOW COLLEGES GOT THEIR NAMES $400: Formerly YMCA Evening College, this city's Golden Gate University got its name at the suggestion of a student San Francisco |
| #6580, aired 2013-04-05 | WORLD "S"ITIES $600: This Bolivian city is known as the "city with four names", the others being La Plata, Charcas & Ciudad Blanca Sucre |
| #6551, aired 2013-02-25 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $1200: Famous for its Running of the Bulls, this city was founded by & named for Roman general Pompey Pamplona |
| #6466, aired 2012-10-29 | CIVIL WAR NAMES $400: He reached Savannah in time for Christmas 1864 & presented the city to the Pres., along with 150 captured cannons Sherman |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | LANDMARKS $400: The inner walls of this city's Arc de Triomphe are inscribed with the names of hundreds of generals Paris |
| #6427, aired 2012-07-24 | BABY NAMES $600: We're not sure why but this name of a New York City borough recently ranked among the top 10 girl's names in Arkansas Brooklyn |
| #6395, aired 2012-06-08 | LATIN NAMES FOR CITIES $3,000 (Daily Double): A city on the Danube:
Vindobona Vienna |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | COMPANY NAMES $2000: This gourmet cookware retailer is named in part for the California city where the first store opened in 1956 Williams-Sonoma |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $1600: This New Mexico city on old Route 66 was named for a paymaster on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, not a pollster Gallup |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | HORSE BREED NAMES $1000: This breed takes its name from a city in Slovenia that was home to the Austrian imperial stud Lipizzaner |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $800: This New York City borough was named for Catherine of Braganza, Charles II's wife Queens |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $2000: "Sew" what you're saying is this California city, on the edge of the Mojave Desert, is named for some really sharp peaks Needles |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $800: This capital city of Florida got its name from Creek words meaning "old town" Tallahassee |
| #5902, aired 2010-04-20 | NEWSPAPER NAMES $1600: Way back in 1880, Samuel Morss & William Rockhill Nelson founded this Kansas City newspaper the Star |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | BAND NAMES $400: This Madden Brothers band isn't named for a North Carolina city but for a kids' book written by Carol Beach York Good Charlotte |
| #5724, aired 2009-06-25 | CLASSICAL WORKS' OTHER NAMES $1000: Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major is better known by this name, the city under Nazi siege while he wrote it the "Leningrad Symphony" |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): Moving right along--this large Alabama city, as well as a river & bay, was named for an Indian tribe in the region Mobile |
| #5616, aired 2009-01-26 | MIDDLE NAMES $400: Scotland's largest city, it was also the middle name of Admiral David Farragut Glasgow |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | WOOD YOU OR WOODN'T YOU? $400: This word precedes Falls & Rapids in Iowa city names Cedar |
| #5598, aired 2008-12-31 | HOMOPHONIC NAMES $2000: Philosopher George (though not the California city named for him) & Vice President Alben Berkeley or Barkley |
| #5566, aired 2008-11-17 | FIRST NAMES $800: This first name of "Legally Blonde" actress Blair is also a city on a bluff over the Alabama River Selma |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $400: The name of this state capital & port city is French for "red stick" Baton Rouge |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $800: One of the world's largest steel plants can be found in this Indiana city named for a chairman of U.S. Steel Gary |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | BRAND NAMES $1000: In "Lost in Translation", Bill Murray does ads for this, Japan's oldest whiskey brand Suntory |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | MR. X'S OBITUARY $600: It's not great advertising, but his obit names a hospital--Northwestern Memorial in this city Chicago |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | FORMER PLACE NAMES $400: From 1793 to 1834, this now-largest Canadian city was known as York Toronto |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | FORMER PLACE NAMES $1600: Miss Saigon? It's still around, it just goes by this name Ho Chi Minh City |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | STATE CAPITALS $2,000 (Daily Double): One of the 2 state capitals with "City" in their names that lie west of the Rocky Mountains Salt Lake City, Utah & Carson City, Nevada |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | SPANISH PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. $1200: A border city:
"The Passage" El Paso |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | SPANISH PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. $1600: A California city:
"The Cats" Los Gatos |
| #5162, aired 2007-02-06 | NATIONAL NAMES $1200: The name of this European country on the Atlantic comes from the Latin for a city where ships unload Portugal |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $200: On Aug. 16, 1812 British general Sir Isaac Brock captured this Michigan city Detroit |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | GEOGRAPHIC GLOSSARY $400: In city names, it follows Montego, Coos, & Green Bay |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | STILL LIVING WITH "MOM" & "DAD" $400: The names of many Mexican cities include this Spanish word for "city" ciudad |
| #4965, aired 2006-03-24 | "RAP" SHEET $200: In city names, they can be Grand or Cedar Rapids |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | AIRPORT NAMES $800: Kahului Airport, in the town also called "Dream City", is a gateway to this second-biggest Hawaiian island Maui |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | AIRPORT NAMES $2000: The airport at Latacunga in this country is called Cotopaxi, though the city has suffered from the Cotopaxi volcano Ecuador |
| #4730, aired 2005-03-11 | AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $1600: This city's name is from the French for "strait"; it lies on a strait between Lake Erie & Lake St. Clair Detroit |
| #4730, aired 2005-03-11 | AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $7,000 (Daily Double): This Penn. city was named for 2 members of the British parliament who were sympathetic to the American Colonies Wilkes-Barre |
| #4715, aired 2005-02-18 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $200: Determined by a coin toss, this Oregon city's name honors the one in Maine Portland |
| #4715, aired 2005-02-18 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $600: Named for an Indian tribe, this Washington city hosted Expo '74 Spokane |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $400: You'll find Bethel College & Seminary in this "holy" Minnesota city St. Paul |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $1200: This New Zealand city was named for a college at Oxford Christchurch |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $2000: Islamabad, Pakistan is northwest of this Indian city that bears the name of Islam's god Allahabad |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | HOMOPHONIC PROPER NAMES $1600: Detectives in this city in West Yorkshire follow these to solve cases Leeds/leads |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | HOMOPHONIC PROPER NAMES $2000: This important French naval city is a homophone of an anatomical English word Brest/breast |
| #4460, aired 2004-01-16 | STATE CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 state capitals with the word "City" in their names (2 of) Carson City, Jefferson City, Oklahoma City & Salt Lake City |
| #4423, aired 2003-11-26 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $400: Named for the place in England, the name of this New Hampshire city means "the mouth of the port" Portsmouth |
| #4423, aired 2003-11-26 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $1200: This New Jersey city is named for the man who invented the carbon telephone transmitter in 1877 Edison |
| #4423, aired 2003-11-26 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $1600: This city in Orange County, North Carolina was named for the location of a church building Chapel Hill |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | LIBRARIES $800: The Family History Library at 35 N. West Temple St. in this state capital has archival info on more than 3 billion names Salt Lake City, Utah |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | ILLOGICAL GEOGRAPHIC NAMES $800: Since it's the largest city in Missouri, we wonder why it's not called Missouri City Kansas City |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | ILLOGICAL GEOGRAPHIC NAMES $1600: Rock Island is not on an island but a city on the Mississippi River in this state that borders Iowa Illinois |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | ILLOGICAL GEOGRAPHIC NAMES $2000: The city of El Centro in this state is actually on its southern border, near Mexicali California |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | NAMES FROM THE PAST $400: Slaves & women were also allowed into the Garden, a school Epicurus founded in this city around 306 B.C. Athens |
| #4252, aired 2003-02-11 | U.S. SPANISH PLACE NAMES $400: This city's name means "The Meadows", though "The Slot Machines" is more descriptive Las Vegas |
| #4252, aired 2003-02-11 | U.S. SPANISH PLACE NAMES $800: It's nicknamed the "Alamo City" San Antonio |
| #4188, aired 2002-11-13 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $600: Oh, b'gosh! This Wisconsin city bears the name of a Menominee chief who died in 1858 Oshkosh |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $200: When Apollo 11 reached the Moon, Lawrence Knutson was the voice of Mission Control in this city Houston |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $600: James Blake was driving the bus in this city on the night when Rosa Parks wouldn't stand up Montgomery (Alabama) |
| #4049, aired 2002-03-21 | FRAGILE-SOUNDING NAMES $400: His film roles include Harry Burns & "city slicker" Mitch Robbins Billy Crystal |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | MONOPOLY $1000: Most of the street names on a standard Monopoly board come from streets in this city Atlantic City |
| #3993, aired 2002-01-02 | BEFORE, AFTER $900 (Daily Double): They're the 2 different names of this city before & after the events seen here Saigon & Ho Chi Minh City |
| #3910, aired 2001-09-07 | THE WRITINGS OF WOODY ALLEN $300: The play "God", set in this ancient city, features the characters Trichinosis & Bursitis Athens |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | TOP 100 NEWSPAPERS $300: By their names, it's the frequency of The News in Dayton & The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City daily |
| #3873, aired 2001-06-06 | PEN NAMES $200: This Illinois city that's home to a state penitentiary was named for French explorer Louis Joliet |
| #3846, aired 2001-04-30 | PENN. NAMES $200: There are railroad shops in this city, also a railroad name on a Monopoly board Reading |
| #3846, aired 2001-04-30 | PENN. NAMES $600: The origins of this city's name are fishy; it may be from the Latin altus for "high" or from a Native American word Altoona |
| #3846, aired 2001-04-30 | PENN. NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, this city is Pennsylvania's largest port on the Great Lakes Erie |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | GEOGRAPHIC NAMES $1,500 (Daily Double): This Michigan city is named for the stream on which an 1820s skirmish occurred between 2 surveyors & 2 Indians Battle Creek |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $100: A type of treeless plain, or the oldest city in Georgia Savannah |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $300 (Daily Double): Appropriately, this Pennsylvania city that was founded in 1741 was named at Christmastime Bethlehem |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $400: Mark Twain's brother Orion owned this Missouri city's Journal, for which Twain set type & wrote Hannibal |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "C" $200: In names of golf tournaments, this word follows GTE Byron Nelson, Bob Hope Chrysler & Quad City Classic |
| #3582, aired 2000-03-14 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: 2 of the 4 U.S. states that have capitals with "City" in their names Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma & Utah |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | FORMER CITY NAMES $200: Byzantium Istanbul |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | FORMER CITY NAMES $400: Tenochtitlan Mexico City |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | FORMER CITY NAMES $600: Saigon Ho Chi Minh City |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | FORMER CITY NAMES $800: Edo Tokyo |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | FORMER CITY NAMES $1000: Salisbury,
Rhodesia Harare |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | '90s KIDS' NAMES $200: Ms. Parker of "Sex and the City" sports both of these top names for girls Sarah & Jessica |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | FAMOUS NAMES $100: A little "bird" told us this English nurse was named for the Italian city of her birth Florence Nightingale |
| #3474, aired 1999-10-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $400 (Daily Double): After WWII Enrico Fermi moved back to this city to teach at its university Chicago |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | ELEMENT NAMES $700 (Daily Double): Holmium was named for this city Stockholm |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | STATE CAPITALS $200: One of the 2 state capitals whose names include that of the state Indianapolis or Oklahoma City |
| #3291, aired 1998-12-21 | IMAGINARY LAW FIRMS $800: This firm with the names of 2 Kansas cities & 1 New Mexico city tells its clients, "All Aboard!" Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe |
| #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 |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: When this city-state's leader died around 560 B.C., it was Solon, it's been good ta know ya Athens |
| #3085, aired 1998-01-16 | U.S PLACE NAMES $200: A city near L.A. is named for this novelist from New England; wonder how many "scarlet" women live there (Nathaniel) Hawthorne |
| #3085, aired 1998-01-16 | U.S PLACE NAMES $300: This New Mexico city was named for a railroad paymaster, not for a pollster Gallup |
| #3062, aired 1997-12-16 | WILDE $100: Oscar Wilde was born in this city in 1854 & given the middle names Fingal O' Flahertie Wills Dublin |
| #2915, aired 1997-04-11 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: This czar died in the Russian city he named for his patron saint February 8, 1725 Peter the Great |
| #2817, aired 1996-11-26 | HISTORIC NAMES $300: This city was almost 2000 years old when Nebuchadnezzar II developed it as an urban model Babylon |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $200: This Minnesota "Twin City" derives its name from a chapel built there in 1841 St. Paul |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): This Arizona city's name, Spanish for "table", refers to its location on flat land Mesa |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $1000: The name of this Iowa city refers to a meeting in 1804 between Indians & Lewis & Clark Council Bluffs |
| #2559, aired 1995-10-19 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: In the 1930s the Russian city of Pokrovsk was renamed for this longtime associate of Karl Marx (Friedrich) Engels |
| #2523, aired 1995-07-19 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $300: In 1992 this city's Oregonian announced it would stop printing the names of sports teams with Indian names Portland |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | HISTORIC NAMES $1,400 (Daily Double): This general who died on June 13, 323 B.C. was later entombed in the Egyptian city named for him Alexander the Great |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | NAMES $300: The Scottish name Edina means "from" this city Edinburgh |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | SOUTHERN CITIES $400: More than 30 thoroughfares in this city contain the word "Peachtree" in their names Atlanta |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $400: Moravian missionaries founded this Pennsylvania city in 1741 & named it for Jesus' birthplace Bethlehem |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $600: This Colorado city was named for its abundance of large rocks Boulder |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $800: The name of this largest N.H. city was taken from one in England; they're both centers of industry Manchester |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): The site of an 1820s skirmish between 2 surveyors & 2 Indians gave this Michigan city its name Battle Creek |
| #2318, aired 1994-10-05 | HISTORIC NAMES $300: Around 1070 this country's King Olaf The Quiet founded the city of Bjorgvin, now known as Bergen Norway |
| #2276, aired 1994-06-27 | FAMOUS NAMES $500: Jazz great Louis Armstrong was born July 4, 1900 in this city New Orleans |
| #2263, aired 1994-06-08 | THE "SAN"s OF TIME $400: Originally, Puerto Rico was a city name & this was the island's name; sometime in history they switched names San Juan |
| #2262, aired 1994-06-07 | FAMOUS ANCIENT NAMES $600: Adrastus, leader & sole survivor of the 7 against this city, later led the sons of the 7 against it Thebes |
| #2046, aired 1993-06-28 | FAMOUS NAMES $500: In WWII Marshal Petain led the French collaborationist government based in this city Vichy |
| #1893, aired 1992-11-25 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $200: Philadelphian Willie Williams replaced Daryl Gates as this city's Chief of Police Los Angeles |
| #1834, aired 1992-07-16 | FAMOUS NAMES $100: A Texas city, county & national forest are named for this frontier hero who died at the Alamo Davy Crockett |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $800: As leader of this from 1886-1902, Richard Croker was the unofficial dictator of New York City Tammany Hall |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: Maria de Medici was born in this Italian city; she later became queen of France Florence |
| #1664, aired 1991-11-21 | MIDDLE NAMES $200: 19th century Chief Justice Salmon Chase's middle name, or the largest city in Oregon Portland |
| #1664, aired 1991-11-21 | MIDDLE NAMES $300: Admiral Farragut's middle name, or Scotland's largest city Glasgow |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | FAMOUS NAMES $600: The grandfather of this mobile sculptor made the statue of Wm. Penn atop Philadelphia's city hall (Alexander) Calder |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Saying he wanted "a window on Europe", Czar Peter the Great founded this city in 1703 (St.) Petersburg (Leningrad) |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | FAMOUS NAMES $500: An archipelago off New Guinea & a city in North Dakota are named after this Otto Bismarck |
| #1489, aired 1991-02-07 | FAMOUS NAMES $100: This Chicago mayor, who died in 1976, was considered the last of the big city political bosses Richard Daley |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | HISTORIC NAMES $100: Legend says this Ukrainian city was named for Kiy, one of the brothers who founded it Kiev |
| #1286, aired 1990-03-19 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1000: The names of these 2 onion relatives are from the name of the Mideast city Ashkelon shallots & scallions |
| #1173, aired 1989-10-11 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: From 1957-66 Willy Brandt was mayor of this city West Berlin |
| #1133, aired 1989-07-05 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "E" $100: A city in Oregon, or the first names of playwrights O'Neill & Ionesco Eugene |
| #974, aired 1988-11-24 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $100: Dublin is an easy city to get lost in because these often change from block to block the street names |
| #903, aired 1988-07-06 | AMERICAN INDIAN NAMES $800: A river, a lake & a city in Wisconsin were all named for this weapon a tomahawk |
| #892, aired 1988-06-21 | PLACE NAMES $800: Britannica says this city got its name from the Greek phrase "Eis ten Polin", meaning "in the city" Istanbul |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | HOT DOG! $400: The 2 common names for hot dogs derived from the names of a German & an Austrian city frankfurter & weiner (Frankfurt & Vienna) |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | INDIAN NAMES $1000: In 1883, the body of this Fox chief was disinterred & moved to the Iowa city named for him Keokuk |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | PLACE NAMES $800 (Daily Double): This city, which the Romans called "Lutetia" was later renamed for the Gallic tribe that lives there Paris |
| #734, aired 1987-11-12 | COUNTIES $400: Official names of two of New York City's five counties (two of) Queens, Kings, Bronx, New York, and Richmond |
| #653, aired 1987-06-10 | EUROPEAN CITIES $500: Except for Peter II's, this city contains graves of all Russian czars from Peter I to Alexander III St. Petersburg (Leningrad) |
| #650, aired 1987-06-05 | WORLD CITIES $800: w/Same letters & syllables, names of Tokyo & this city show both have been Japanese "capital"s Kyoto |
| #584, aired 1987-03-05 | SPORTS TRIVIA $400: Of the Detroit Lions, New York Jets, & L.A. Rams, number which play in the city in their names 0 (none) |
| #556, aired 1987-01-26 | NEWSPAPERS $100: Major papers in Toronto, Kansas City, & Peoria use this celestial object in their names the Star |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | ECCLESIASTIC NAMES $100: In October of 1985 the Kansas City Royals beat them 4 games to 3 the Cardinals |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $500: 1 of 2 former names of Turkey's largest city, Istanbul Constantinople (or Byzantium) |
| #13, aired 1984-09-26 | BASEBALL $2,000 (Daily Double): 1 of 3 Major League Baseball teams with state rather than city names (1 of) California Angels, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins |
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