| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $1600: After the War, this Union general known for his whiskers was elected Governor of Rhode Island 3 times (Ambrose) Burnside |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA $1600: Fredericksburg in this state changed hands 7 times during the Civil War Virginia |
| #5716, aired 2009-06-15 | MONEY & FINANCE $400: In Civil War times, the U.S. had to print 3-cent & 50-cent bills; these were being hoarded for their intrinsic value coins |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK TIMES $200: In April 1861 the Times began Sunday issues for all the crucial up-to-date news on this the Civil War |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | CIVIL WAR TIMES $200: On May 24, 1856 this abolitionist led a raid that killed 5 pro-slavery men in Pottawatomie John Brown |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | CIVIL WAR TIMES $400: On June 26, 1864 near Atlanta, he said, "We have devoured the land and our animals eat up the wheat and corn fields" (William Tecumseh) Sherman |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | CIVIL WAR TIMES $600: At Bull Run, General Bee referred to Thomas Jackson by saying, "There stands Jackson like" one of these a stone wall |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | CIVIL WAR TIMES $1000: His "charge" was the Confederacy's last chance effort to win the Battle of Gettysburg--didn't work Pickett |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | CIVIL WAR TIMES $1,500 (Daily Double): Of the 11 Confederate states, this one was the farthest north Virginia |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | HEY, JUNIOR! $2000: Wounded 3 times in the Civil War, this future Supreme Courter became Chief Justice of Mass. in 1899 Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| #4717, aired 2005-02-22 | PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA $400: In 1859 tightrope walker Charles Blondin crossed this watery wonder many times; later he did it on stilts Niagara Falls |
| #4283, aired 2003-03-26 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $800: Set in Biblical times, this "racy" classic by Civil War general Lew Wallace is subtitled "A Tale of the Christ" Ben-Hur |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | HISTORIC FASHION $800: These skirts with a rounded, bell-like shape were popular in Civil War times Hoop skirts |
| #2290, aired 1994-07-15 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $400: Rutherford B. Hayes was wounded 4 times while serving in this war the Civil War |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: Built to accommodate 10,000 prisoners, this Georgia prison camp often had 3 times that number Andersonville |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | THE CIVIL WAR $800: This Secretary of the Treasury tried to resign 4 times before Lincoln finally let him (Salmon P.) Chase |
| #1459, aired 1990-12-27 | HOT CUISINE $400: Produced by the McIlhenny family since Civil War times, it's traditional in a Bloody Mary Tabasco |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: Side whose songs included: "Lula, Lula, Lula Is Gone" & "3 Times Around She went" the Confederacy |
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