| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $800: Dante was truly a Guelf on the shelf as his exile from this city of his birth would prove Florence |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | FROM BOOK TO TV $1,000 (Daily Double): A nonfiction book subtitled "The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City" inspired this HBO series Boardwalk Empire |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | NOTABLE PEOPLE $800: Like her sister Parthenope who was named for Naples, this founder of modern nursing was named for the city of her birth (Florence) Nightingale |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $600: (Hi, I'm Nick Vasos.) In 1997, the 100th anniversary of her birth, her hometown of Atchison, Kansas unveiled a 42,000-square foot earth work portrait of this globe-trotting heroine Amelia Earhart |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | FUNNY BUSINESS $400: (Hi, I'm Kevin Hart.) July 6, 2017 was officially Kevin Hart Day in this Northeastern city of my birth; they even unveiled a giant mural of my face on a cheesesteak diner near where I grew up Philadelphia |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | GETTING THE KEY TO THE CITY $800: While running for president in 1952, this man got the key to his birth city of Denison, Texas Eisenhower |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | CHARITABLE CELEBS $400: LeBron James pledged to pay for more than 1,000 scholarships in this Ohio city of his birth Akron |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | 2020 ANNIVERSARIES $4,600 (Daily Double): In 2020 this composer's birth city of Bonn & surrounding areas are celebrating his 250th birthday all year long Beethoven |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | IT'S A HAND! IT'S MICHIGAN! $1600: Right there in the webbing of the Michigan hand is Madonna's city of birth, named for its location on this bay Saginaw Bay |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | PATINKIN $600: Mandy won an Emmy for playing Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on this medical drama set in the city of his birth Chicago Hope |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | COLOMBIA PICTURES $11,022 (Daily Double): There are great beaches at the walled city founded as this de Indias, meaning "Carthage of the Indies" in English Cartagena |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | THE GRAND TOUR $3,000 (Daily Double): Canaletto made pretty good money selling landscapes of this city of his birth as souvenirs for grand tourists Venice |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | TV SHOWS BASED ON BOOKS $1200: A nonfiction book subtitled "The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City" was source material for this HBO series Boardwalk Empire |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | NAMESAKES $800: This English nurse was born May 12, 1820 & named for the city of her birth Florence Nightingale |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | BIBLICAL CITIES $400: Joseph & Mary traveled to this city of Joseph's birth to be taxed by the Romans Bethlehem |
| #6940, aired 2014-11-14 | CITY OF BIRTH $200: Bill Gates Seattle |
| #6940, aired 2014-11-14 | CITY OF BIRTH $400: Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh |
| #6940, aired 2014-11-14 | CITY OF BIRTH $600: Jerry Garcia San Francisco |
| #6940, aired 2014-11-14 | CITY OF BIRTH $800: Aung San Suu Kyi Rangoon (or Yangon) |
| #6940, aired 2014-11-14 | CITY OF BIRTH $2,200 (Daily Double): Arianna Huffington Athens, Greece |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | BRAHMS AWAY! $400: At a museum in Brahms' birth city of Hamburg, visitors can play the tafelklavier, this that Brahms used for lessons a piano |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | POTPOURRI $1200: This Greek olive gets its name from the Greek city of its (& Yanni's) birth Kalamata |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | TABLE OF CONTENTS $400: From 1995, "The birth of a witch" & "City of emeralds" Wicked |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | WHERE YA OF? $800: Saint Francis didn't live to see the basilica in this Italian city of his birth Assisi |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS $4,800 (Daily Double): In 1970 sculptor Judy Cohen legally changed her last name to this, the city of her birth Chicago |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | TONIGHT--A WORLD PREMIER! $1200: French Premier Francois Fillon is seen here visiting this city of his birth known for a major sporting event Le Mans |
| #6042, aired 2010-12-14 | LIVED BY THE SEA $2000: A good place to play Marco Polo is in this sea that surrounds Marco Polo's city of birth the Adriatic |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | GOODBYE, COLUMBUS $800: Sometime before 1477, Columbus bade farewell to this Italian city of his birth Genoa |
| #5521, aired 2008-09-15 | GENEALOGY $1200: A govt. database of immigration records dating from 1820 is arranged by these, like Charleston or Tacoma ports of entry (into the United States) |
| #5466, aired 2008-05-19 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): The feminist artist Judy Cohen goes by this last name, the city of her birth Chicago |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | ROMANS $400: C.S. Lewis could have "chronicled" this birth city of the emperor Marcus Cocceius Nerva in central Italy Narnia |
| #4849, aired 2005-10-13 | STATE OF INTEREST $800: Middlesboro in this state of Abe Lincoln's birth promotes itself as the only U.S. city built within a meteor crater Kentucky |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | CITY OF BIRTH $400: The controversial Ahmed Chalabi Baghdad |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | CITY OF BIRTH $800: Mad magazine illustrator James Warhola Pittsburgh |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | CITY OF BIRTH $1600: Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was not born in France; his birthplace was this European city Geneva |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | CITY OF BIRTH $2000: Sidney Bechet New Orleans |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | CITY OF BIRTH $4,000 (Daily Double): Frederick the Great & Mike Nichols Berlin |
| #4414, aired 2003-11-13 | FACTS & FIGURES $1200: This country has a population of under 1,000 & a birth rate of zero Vatican City |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME $600: It's Jean-Claude's rhyming nickname that reflects his capital city of birth "The Muscles from Brussels" |
| #3999, aired 2002-01-10 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN ARTISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): The feminist artist born Judy Cohen in 1939 goes by this last name, the city of her birth Judy Chicago |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | ALL-AMERICAN FOOD $400: Named for the city of its birth, deep-dish or pan pizza is also called this Chicago-style pizza |
| #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 |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | CAPITAL CITY OF BIRTH $200: Henry Pu-Yi Peking |
| #3416, aired 1999-06-14 | BETSY ROSS $100: Betsy shared an aptitude for fine needlework as a schoolgirl in this city of her birth Philadelphia |
| #3056, aired 1997-12-08 | PARK IT HERE $200: People were jazzed when a park named for Louis Armstrong was dedicated in this city of his birth New Orleans |
| #2316, aired 1994-10-03 | THE BIBLE $200: Luke 2:4 calls this city of Christ's birth "the city of David" Bethlehem |
| #2290, aired 1994-07-15 | ROYAL CHILDREN $300: At his birth in 1811, Napoleon II was proclaimed king of this major Italian city Rome |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | THE BIBLE $200: The name of this city of Jesus' birth is Hebrew for "house of bread" Bethlehem |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | CHRISTMAS $200: To visit the city of Christ's birth today, you have to go to this country Israel |
| #1485, aired 1991-02-01 | ARTISTS $2,400 (Daily Double): In 1977, the city of Antwerp celebrated the 400th anniversary of the birth of this Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens |
| #528, aired 1986-12-17 | SPORTS TRIVIA $100: This city of his birth provided Charles Dillon Stengel with his nickname, Casey Kansas City |
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