#9001, aired 2023-12-25 | HOBBIES $600: Folks pursuing this -alogy speak of frustrating "burned counties" where courthouse records have been lost genealogy |
#8965, aired 2023-11-03 | ONLY PARTLY TRUE $1000: This West Coast state whose counties include Coos & Clackamas was cryogenically frozen in 2004 Oregon |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | RANDOM U.S. STATE FACTS $200: The state with the most counties east of the Mississippi is this one, also the biggest U.S. peanut producer Georgia |
#8906, aired 2023-07-03 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $400: Technically, the southeastern county of Kent borders France through this engineering marvel the Chunnel |
#8906, aired 2023-07-03 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $800: Found up north, this largest of England's historic counties lends its name to a terrier & a pudding Yorkshire |
#8906, aired 2023-07-03 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $1200: Essex County takes its name from an ancient kingdom of these people the Saxons |
#8906, aired 2023-07-03 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $1,400 (Daily Double): Legend says King Arthur was born at Tintagel Castle in this pointy county that juts into the Atlantic Ocean Cornwall |
#8906, aired 2023-07-03 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $2000: Queen Victoria had a vacation residence on this island that is today its own administrative county the Isle of Wight |
#8886, aired 2023-06-05 | "G"EOGRAPHY $200: Staying in the theme of the category, Grady, Greene & Glascock are counties in this state Georgia |
#3, aired 2023-05-09 | THE MAP OF EUROPE $1600: It's the largest & southernmost of Ireland's counties Cork |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | SIX PACK $600: The 6 historic counties that make up this U.K. division include Armagh, Antrim & Tyrone Northern Ireland |
#8732, aired 2022-11-01 | EUROPEAN HAPPENINGS $1,000 (Daily Double): Switzerland was formed in the 13th century after an alliance of these political divisions formed to combat the Habsburgs cantons |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | U.S. COUNTIES $400: Hampshire County once covered the whole western half of what's now this state, New Hampshire's southern neighbor Massachusetts |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | U.S. COUNTIES $800: In 1997 "Miami" was added to the name of this county that honors a fallen soldier Dade County |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | U.S. COUNTIES $1600: Longfellow fans in the legislature gave South Dakota's most populous county this name of a "dark-eyed daughter" Minnehaha |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | U.S. COUNTIES $2000: Singer Jayne County was previously known as this county, after the place where Detroit is located Wayne County |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | U.S. COUNTIES $3,500 (Daily Double): It's not only the northernmost section of Texas, it's the name of the seat of Carson County up there Panhandle |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | U.S. COUNTIES $200: Washington's most populous county has this 4-letter name, just like a "Dome" once in the state King |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | U.S. COUNTIES $400: Fittingly, Mille Lacs is a county in this state Minnesota |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | U.S. COUNTIES $600: This most populous Georgia county is thought to be named for a steamboat pioneer Fulton |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | U.S. COUNTIES $800: These 2 counties that both end in "-folk" border Massachusetts Bay Suffolk & Norfolk |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | U.S. COUNTIES $1000: This Oklahoma county is in the title of Tracy Letts' play about a dysfunctional family Osage County |
#8499, aired 2021-10-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: Including Okaloosa & Escambia, there are 16 counties in the Florida region with this shapely name the Panhandle |
#8452, aired 2021-07-27 | ALPHABETICALLY NEXT GEOGRAPHY $400: California counties:
San Benito,
San Bernardino... San Diego |
#8313, aired 2021-01-13 | NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS $400: The Rivers of Steel NHA flows through 8 counties in this state Pennsylvania |
#8313, aired 2021-01-13 | NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS $800: Atchafalaya NHA stretches over 14 of these, Louisiana's equivalent of counties parishes |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | HISTORIC ENGLISH COUNTIES $200: Found in the north, this largest historic county is known for more than just its savory pudding Yorkshire |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | HISTORIC ENGLISH COUNTIES $400: Fittingly, most of this county's southern border is with Suffolk Norfolk |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | HISTORIC ENGLISH COUNTIES $600: What is now this city in Somerset was started by the Romans as Aquae Sulis around its hot springs Bath |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | HISTORIC ENGLISH COUNTIES $800: Of course Sherwood is found in this "shire" where Elizabeth Fradd is the current high sheriff Nottinghamshire |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | HISTORIC ENGLISH COUNTIES $1000: The name of this region in southwest England is related to the Latin word for “horn”, based on its horn-like shape Cornwall |
#8209, aired 2020-04-23 | PENNSYLVANIA GEO $200: The 3 original counties were Bucks, Chester & this one, also the name of the state's largest city Philadelphia |
#8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THIS & THAT $400: By August 2018 ex-Maryland Rep. & presidential hopeful John Delaney had visited all 99 counties in this early caucus state Iowa |
#8144, aired 2020-01-23 | THE COUNTY LINE $800: Known for a very big bang, this county in New Mexico was organized from parts of Sante Fe & Sandoval counties in 1949 Los Alamos |
#8109, aired 2019-12-05 | CHEESE FOR THE MOUSE $600: Mrs. Frisby, enjoy your Stilton, made only in 3 counties in this country England |
#8032, aired 2019-07-09 | STATE OF THE COUNTIES $200: There's Marlboro country--er, county--along with Greenville & Sumter South Carolina |
#8032, aired 2019-07-09 | STATE OF THE COUNTIES $400: Take in the united colors of Bennington, party in Orleans, then go to Rutland Vermont |
#8032, aired 2019-07-09 | STATE OF THE COUNTIES $600: Nez Perce County is on its west side & Teton County, on the east Idaho |
#8032, aired 2019-07-09 | STATE OF THE COUNTIES $800: Here are 3 of its 5 counties:
Bristol,
Kent &
Newport Rhode Island |
#8032, aired 2019-07-09 | STATE OF THE COUNTIES $1000: Enjoy the Great Divide, get held for Ransom, then pick up Grand Forks North Dakota |
#7917, aired 2019-01-29 | GOVERNMENT $200: Alaska has boroughs where most states have these local units counties |
#7871, aired 2018-11-26 | WHICH STATE? $600: Has parishes instead of counties Louisiana |
#7836, aired 2018-10-08 | FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS $2000: Kaunas & Marijampole are 2 of the counties or administrative divisions of this country Lithuania |
#7739, aired 2018-04-12 | DOWN FOR THE COUNTY $1200: This state's 99 counties include Decatur & Dubuque Iowa |
#7669, aired 2018-01-04 | AROUND THE SOUTH $200: Mardi Gras is not only celebrated in Louisiana but is an official holiday in this state's Baldwin & Mobile Counties as well Alabama |
#7662, aired 2017-12-26 | STATES BY COUNTIES $200: Franklin,
Berkshire,
Plymouth Massachusetts |
#7662, aired 2017-12-26 | STATES BY COUNTIES $400: Franklin,
Allegheny,
Lackawanna Pennsylvania |
#7662, aired 2017-12-26 | STATES BY COUNTIES $600: Alleghany,
Rappahannock,
Spotsylvania Virginia |
#7662, aired 2017-12-26 | STATES BY COUNTIES $800: Bibb,
Cobb,
Oglethorpe Georgia |
#7662, aired 2017-12-26 | STATES BY COUNTIES $1000: Pulaski,
Pope,
Champaign Illinois |
#7635, aired 2017-11-17 | STATE BY COUNTIES $200: Houston (not that state!), Dallas (really, no!), Tuscaloosa (there you go) Alabama |
#7635, aired 2017-11-17 | STATE BY COUNTIES $400: It's a Hitchcock mystery! Kearney! Lincoln! Can you solve it? Nebraska |
#7635, aired 2017-11-17 | STATE BY COUNTIES $600: Where's Waldo? & Androscoggin & Kennebec, too! Maine |
#7635, aired 2017-11-17 | STATE BY COUNTIES $800: We dig Mineral, Elko & Clark & bet you do, as well Nevada |
#7635, aired 2017-11-17 | STATE BY COUNTIES $1000: Time to give you a Hand (County): we'll throw in Walworth & Yankton South Dakota |
#7602, aired 2017-10-03 | IS THAT A THING? $1200: No, it's a place, right before Kalkaska on the alphabetical list of Michigan counties Kalamazoo |
#7540, aired 2017-05-26 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $1600: This Florida lake lies within 5 counties, including Palm Beach & Glades Lake Okeechobee |
#7532, aired 2017-05-16 | COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA $200: The A's play in this city, the seat of Alameda County Oakland |
#7532, aired 2017-05-16 | COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA $400: Prominent during the Gold Rush, this county bears the name of a mythical land of gold El Dorado |
#7532, aired 2017-05-16 | COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA $600: Formed as the last California county in 1907, Imperial County borders Mexico & this U.S. state Arizona |
#7532, aired 2017-05-16 | COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA $800: Los Angeles County was one of the original 27 counties making up the new state of California in this year 1850 |
#7532, aired 2017-05-16 | COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA $1000: The largest county in California and the lower 48, it's named for an Italian saint of the 15th century San Bernardino |
#7523, aired 2017-05-03 | ALFALFA $600: Imperial & Kern are leading alfalfa-growing counties in this state that cultivates about 1 million acres California |
#7495, aired 2017-03-24 | STATE $800: Bradford, Brevard & Broward are all counties in this state Florida |
#7472, aired 2017-02-21 | STATES BY COUNTIES $200: St. Louis, Ste. Genevieve Missouri |
#7472, aired 2017-02-21 | STATES BY COUNTIES $400: Palm Beach,
Pasco Florida |
#7472, aired 2017-02-21 | STATES BY COUNTIES $600: Boulder,
Baca Colorado |
#7472, aired 2017-02-21 | STATES BY COUNTIES $800: Apache,
Yuma Arizona |
#7472, aired 2017-02-21 | STATES BY COUNTIES $1000: Missoula,
Mineral Montana |
#7453, aired 2017-01-25 | U.S. ISLANDS $200: Long Island has 4 counties: Nassau, Suffolk, Kings & this Queens |
#7427, aired 2016-12-20 | SERVING THE STATE $400: (I'm Senator Al Franken.) As a U.S. senator discussing such issues as farm policy & jobs training, I've visited all 87 counties, from Lake County in the northeast to Rock County in the southwest, in this, my home state Minnesota |
#7380, aired 2016-10-14 | THE COUNTY LINE $200: Oklahoma is rich in double-E counties like Cherokee, Pawnee & this one from a Merle Haggard title Muskogee |
#7380, aired 2016-10-14 | THE COUNTY LINE $600: Montana's counties include Big Horn & this one named for a 19th century general who died in Montana Custer |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | "U" ON THE MAP $800: It comprises all 6 counties of Northern Ireland & the counties of Donegal, Monaghan & Cavan in the Republic of Ireland Ulster |
#7317, aired 2016-06-07 | THE BEAST $400: One of the 2 counties in Nebraska named after animals; they both once roamed free there Buffalo (or Antelope) |
#7229, aired 2016-02-04 | ALL ABOUT NUMBERS $800: Including Down & Derry, the "Six Counties" make up the northern part of this island Ireland |
#7217, aired 2016-01-19 | THE BRIDGES OF OTHER COUNTIES $200: Part of this bridge built in the 19th century is in Kings County the Brooklyn Bridge |
#7217, aired 2016-01-19 | THE BRIDGES OF OTHER COUNTIES $600: Take me home, Fayette County roads in this state, but not on Bridge Day, when New River Gorge closes & BASE jumpers have at it West Virginia |
#7217, aired 2016-01-19 | THE BRIDGES OF OTHER COUNTIES $800: Seen here being built, the Golden Gate Bridge links San Francisco to this county that includes cities like Mill Valley & Sausalito Marin |
#7217, aired 2016-01-19 | THE BRIDGES OF OTHER COUNTIES $1000: Cook County, Illinois is where you find the first bridge designed by this architect in 2004; note the biomorphic curves (Frank) Gehry |
#7125, aired 2015-07-31 | THE OLD SOD $200: Ireland is divided into 32 of these political & geographic units; 6 of them belong to the U.K. counties |
#7124, aired 2015-07-30 | CALIFORNIA COUNTIES $400: Fruity county that's home to the Angels Orange |
#7124, aired 2015-07-30 | CALIFORNIA COUNTIES $800: Take your designated driver & sample this county's Chimney Rock & Rutherford Hill wineries Napa |
#7124, aired 2015-07-30 | CALIFORNIA COUNTIES $1200: The Golden Gate Bridge connects this affluent county with San Francisco to the south Marin |
#7124, aired 2015-07-30 | CALIFORNIA COUNTIES $1600: This county shares its name with a 14,000-foot volcano "Mount" that's found nearby Shasta |
#7124, aired 2015-07-30 | CALIFORNIA COUNTIES $2000: Leapin' amphibians! It takes its name from the Spanish for "skulls" Calaveras |
#7119, aired 2015-07-23 | STATE SEALS $1000: Its 3 counties are represented on its seal: Sussex by a sheaf of wheat, Kent by an ear of corn & New Castle by a ship Delaware |
#7102, aired 2015-06-30 | USA! $800: Instead of counties, Louisiana is divided into 64 of these, probably each with its own church parishes |
#7074, aired 2015-05-21 | PLACE NAMES $800: 8 U.S. counties are named for this tribe, including one in Oklahoma, where they were relocated in the 1830s the Cherokee |
#7018, aired 2015-03-04 | STATE HOLIDAYS $400: Mardi Gras Day is not only a holiday in Louisiana but in Baldwin & Mobile Counties in this state as well Alabama |
#6965, aired 2014-12-19 | "CITY" CITIES $600: The metro area of this city includes Clay & Cass Counties in Missouri & Leavenworth in a neighboring state Kansas City |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | STATES BY COUNTIES $200: Calvert,
Somerset,
Anne Arundel Maryland |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | STATES BY COUNTIES $400: Jefferson,
Franklin,
Allegheny Pennsylvania |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | STATES BY COUNTIES $600: Marlboro,
Pickens,
Spartanburg South Carolina |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | STATES BY COUNTIES $800: Cimarron,
Kiowa,
Choctaw Oklahoma |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | STATES BY COUNTIES $1000: Tallahatchie,
Yazoo,
Jasper Mississippi |
#6930, aired 2014-10-31 | MEET YOUR ANCESTORS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Though it leads in relatively few counties, most in the Northeast, this European ancestry, shown in green, is the USA's second-most common at about 11% Irish |
#6930, aired 2014-10-31 | MEET YOUR ANCESTORS $600: People in the beige counties tended to identify simply as this, a phenomenon called the "unhyphenating" of the country American |
#6930, aired 2014-10-31 | MEET YOUR ANCESTORS $800: Most residents in the purple counties identified as this two-word term, the most common ancestry in the Deep South African-American |
#6930, aired 2014-10-31 | MEET YOUR ANCESTORS $1,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Census Bureau map codes U.S. counties by the residents' most reported ancestry; most counties in Nebraska are coded as this, the most common U.S. ancestry from central Europe German |
#6814, aired 2014-04-10 | AN ECO-CATEGORY $200: The 100,000-acre Roscoe farm spreading over 4 Texas counties produces electricity from this source wind |
#6807, aired 2014-04-01 | THE "AUGHT"S $1000: Historical Irish region where today you'll find counties Galway & Mayo Connaught |
#6785, aired 2014-02-28 | STATE BY COUNTIES $200: Rio Arriba,
Lincoln,
Taos New Mexico |
#6785, aired 2014-02-28 | STATE BY COUNTIES $400: Teton,
Lincoln,
Laramie Wyoming |
#6785, aired 2014-02-28 | STATE BY COUNTIES $600: Coffey,
Lincoln,
Leavenworth Kansas |
#6785, aired 2014-02-28 | STATE BY COUNTIES $800: Petroleum,
Lincoln,
Big Horn Montana |
#6785, aired 2014-02-28 | STATE BY COUNTIES $1,800 (Daily Double): Nez Perce,
Lincoln,
Gem Idaho |
#6719, aired 2013-11-28 | THE COUNTIES OF IRELAND $400: In some areas of Donegal County's west coast, this Irish tongue is the spoken first language, not English Gaelic |
#6719, aired 2013-11-28 | THE COUNTIES OF IRELAND $800: Each July pilgrims climb Ireland's holy mountain Croagh Patrick, in this county that sounds like a sandwich spread Mayo |
#6719, aired 2013-11-28 | THE COUNTIES OF IRELAND $1200: From Piccadilly & Leicester square, "it's a long way to" this largest inland Irish county Tipperary |
#6719, aired 2013-11-28 | THE COUNTIES OF IRELAND $1600: This largest Irish county in area is home to Doneraile National Park & Blarney Castle Cork |
#6719, aired 2013-11-28 | THE COUNTIES OF IRELAND $2000: The lakes of Killarney & Dingle Peninsula make this SW county one of Ireland's most popular tourist destinations Kerry |
#6716, aired 2013-11-25 | BLAME IT ON THE RAIN $600: September 2013 flooding in 17 counties of this state wrecked thousands of homes & cut off entire towns Colorado |
#6673, aired 2013-09-25 | ONE NATION $1,200 (Daily Double): 21 counties, including Gavleborg & Vastmanland Sweden |
#6579, aired 2013-04-04 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS COUNTIES $400: Cook County Illinois |
#6579, aired 2013-04-04 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS COUNTIES $800: Fairfax County Virginia |
#6579, aired 2013-04-04 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS COUNTIES $1200: Cuyahoga County Ohio |
#6579, aired 2013-04-04 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS COUNTIES $1600: Wayne County Michigan |
#6579, aired 2013-04-04 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS COUNTIES $2000: Maricopa County Arizona |
#6440, aired 2012-09-21 | STATE BY COUNTIES $400: Ocean,
Camden,
Passaic New Jersey |
#6440, aired 2012-09-21 | STATE BY COUNTIES $800: Franklin,
Lackawanna,
Lehigh Pennsylvania |
#6440, aired 2012-09-21 | STATE BY COUNTIES $1200: Apache,
Cochise,
Pima Arizona |
#6440, aired 2012-09-21 | STATE BY COUNTIES $2,000 (Daily Double): 2 states, please:
Franklin,
Crockett,
Knox Texas & Tennessee |
#6440, aired 2012-09-21 | STATE BY COUNTIES $2000: Manitowoc,
Buffalo,
Fond du Lac Wisconsin |
#6401, aired 2012-06-18 | AMERICAN ISLANDS $200: Nassau & Suffolk Counties are on this New York island Long Island |
#6327, aired 2012-03-06 | IN A BIG COUNTY $400: 3 of the 6 most populous U.S. counties, including Orange, are in this state California |
#6259, aired 2011-12-01 | ABOUT THE STATES $400: Delaware has only 3 of these: New Castle, Kent & Sussex counties |
#6201, aired 2011-07-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $400: Washington county in this state is the easternmost county in the contiguous 48 states Maine |
#6201, aired 2011-07-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $800: Oneida county, Idaho was named for the lake Oneida area in this state from which many of the early settlers emigrated New York |
#6201, aired 2011-07-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $1200: This state's Citrus County was named for its citrus trees; today Bellamy Grove is the only remaining commercial grove Florida |
#6201, aired 2011-07-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $1600: The 2 most populous Penn. counties are Philadelphia & this one that shares its name with a Pittsburgh river the Allegheny |
#6201, aired 2011-07-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $2000: New Mexico's last created county, it doesn't have "7 cities", just 2, the county seat of Grants & the village of Milan Cibola |
#6118, aired 2011-03-30 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Instead of counties, this state has boroughs (or is it brrr-oughs?) Alaska |
#6043, aired 2010-12-15 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $5,000 (Daily Double): This province has 3 counties: Kings, Queens & Prince Prince Edward Island |
#5833, aired 2010-01-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $200: Middlesex,
New London,
New Haven Connecticut |
#5833, aired 2010-01-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $400: Middlesex,
Essex,
Worcester Massachusetts |
#5833, aired 2010-01-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $600: Cobb,
Peach,
Oglethorpe Georgia |
#5833, aired 2010-01-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $800: Hill,
Big Horn,
Custer Montana |
#5833, aired 2010-01-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $1000: Dauphin,
Lackawanna,
Susquehanna Pennsylvania |
#5719, aired 2009-06-18 | THE BRITISH ARE DIFFERENT $1000: Great Britain is officially divided into these, like Hampshire & other "shire"s counties |
#5584, aired 2008-12-11 | THE 50 STATES $200: This state has only 5 counties, with Providence the largest in area Rhode Island |
#5534, aired 2008-10-02 | STATES BY COUNTIES $400: Palo Alto,
Dallas,
Dubuque Iowa |
#5534, aired 2008-10-02 | STATES BY COUNTIES $800: Appomattox,
King and Queen,
Spotsylvania Virginia |
#5534, aired 2008-10-02 | STATES BY COUNTIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Lewis and Clark,
Petroleum,
Custer Montana |
#5534, aired 2008-10-02 | STATES BY COUNTIES $1200: Switzerland,
Wabash,
Elkhart Indiana |
#5534, aired 2008-10-02 | STATES BY COUNTIES $1600: Lake of the Woods,
Red Lake,
Lake Minnesota |
#5507, aired 2008-07-15 | THE EMERALD ISLE $600: 6 counties in Ulster make up this political unit Northern Ireland |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $200: Pennsylvania's Berks County is a shortened form for this British county that also has a Reading Berkshire |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $400: Including such cities as Burbank & Redondo Beach, it's the USA's most populous county, with almost 10 million residents Los Angeles County |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $600: This Illinois county has the largest African American population of any U.S. county, with about 1.5 million Cook County |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $1000: Orange County, New York wasn't named for the fruit but for the ruling family of this European nation the Netherlands |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $1,400 (Daily Double): Lake of the Woods County is this state's northernmost Minnesota |
#5360, aired 2007-12-21 | CARPOOL TUNNEL SYNDROME $400: Carpoolers learn patience in the Caldecott Tunnel, linking Alameda & Contra Costa Counties in this state California |
#5330, aired 2007-11-09 | STATES BY COUNTIES $200: Guadalupe,
Hidalgo,
Taos New Mexico |
#5330, aired 2007-11-09 | STATES BY COUNTIES $400: Brevard,
Manatee,
Citrus Florida |
#5330, aired 2007-11-09 | STATES BY COUNTIES $600: Coffey,
Bourbon,
Archinson Kansas |
#5330, aired 2007-11-09 | STATES BY COUNTIES $800: Queen Anne's,
Saint Mary's,
Anne Arundel Maryland |
#5330, aired 2007-11-09 | STATES BY COUNTIES $1000: Columbia,
Ferry,
San Juan Washington |
#5302, aired 2007-10-02 | U.S.A. $1000: Alphabetically, this southern state's counties run from Adams to Yazoo Mississippi |
#5294, aired 2007-09-20 | ON THE "M"AP $400: Counties in this U.S. state include Jones, Jasper & Jefferson Davis Mississippi |
#5229, aired 2007-05-10 | AMERICANA $1,000 (Daily Double): Counties in this state named for people killed at the same site include Floyd, Travis & Bowie Texas |
#5117, aired 2006-12-05 | STATES BY COUNTIES $200: San Mateo,
San Joaquin,
San Bernardino California |
#5117, aired 2006-12-05 | STATES BY COUNTIES $400: Champaign,
Pulaski,
Cook Illinois |
#5117, aired 2006-12-05 | STATES BY COUNTIES $600: Choctaw,
Cimarron,
Muskogee Oklahoma |
#5117, aired 2006-12-05 | STATES BY COUNTIES $800: Apache,
Gila,
Yuma Arizona |
#5117, aired 2006-12-05 | STATES BY COUNTIES $1000: Bowie,
Briscoe,
Maverick Texas |
#5084, aired 2006-10-19 | AMERICAN COUNTIES $200: All the letters in this state's name are found in the name of its Uintah County Utah |
#5084, aired 2006-10-19 | AMERICAN COUNTIES $400 (Daily Double): Name shared by the counties in which you'll find Disneyland & Disney World Orange (County) |
#5084, aired 2006-10-19 | AMERICAN COUNTIES $400: Ogemaw, Saginaw & Washtenaw are all counties in this state Michigan |
#5084, aired 2006-10-19 | AMERICAN COUNTIES $800: This state's Norfolk County disappeared in 1963 when it became part of the city of Chesapeake Virginia |
#5084, aired 2006-10-19 | AMERICAN COUNTIES $1000: While many states have counties named Lincoln, this is the only state that has one named Snohomish Washington |
#4997, aired 2006-05-09 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $1600: Of counties in New York state Albany |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | U.S. ISLANDS $200: This New York island is divided into 4 counties: Kings, Queens, Nassau & Suffolk Long Island |
#4977, aired 2006-04-11 | MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $1000: Parts of Comal, Hays & Travis Counties make up the 21st District of this state's Rep. Lamar Smith Texas |
#4954, aired 2006-03-09 | ON ROUTE 66 $400: The 66 counties of this northern U.S. state include Custer & Minnehaha South Dakota |
#4937, aired 2006-02-14 | AROUND THE USA $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the only state that has parishes instead of counties Louisiana |
#4920, aired 2006-01-20 | U.S. COUNTIES $400: It's the largest state that has counties, & its Brewster County is bigger than 3 other states Texas |
#4920, aired 2006-01-20 | U.S. COUNTIES $800: Mays Landing, N.J. & South Bend, Wash. are the seats of counties named for these 2 distant bodies of water the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans |
#4920, aired 2006-01-20 | U.S. COUNTIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Aptly, celebrity chef Charlie Trotter made his name & first put it on a restaurant in this Midwestern county Cook County |
#4920, aired 2006-01-20 | U.S. COUNTIES $1200: You'll find Cheboygan County east of Wisconsin in this neighboring state Michigan |
#4920, aired 2006-01-20 | U.S. COUNTIES $2000: South Salem, Larchmont & Rye are in this county outside New York City Westchester |
#4779, aired 2005-05-19 | STATES BY COUNTIES $200: Glades,
Osceola,
Suwannee Florida |
#4779, aired 2005-05-19 | STATES BY COUNTIES $400: Beaverhead,
Flathead,
Custer Montana |
#4779, aired 2005-05-19 | STATES BY COUNTIES $600: Bell,
Boone,
Bourbon Kentucky |
#4779, aired 2005-05-19 | STATES BY COUNTIES $800: Carroll,
Caroline,
Calvert Maryland |
#4779, aired 2005-05-19 | STATES BY COUNTIES $1000: Yamhill,
Crook,
Tillamook Oregon |
#4732, aired 2005-03-15 | THE NEWSPAPER $600: This city's Observer serves 40 counties in North & South Carolina Charlotte |
#4646, aired 2004-11-15 | THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE $800: Earl Pomeroy from this state with 53 counties, including Sioux & Grand Forks North Dakota |
#4646, aired 2004-11-15 | THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE $1200: Michael Castle from this state with 3 counties: New Castle, Kent & Sussex Delaware |
#4646, aired 2004-11-15 | THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE $1600: Bernie Sanders from this state with 14 counties, including Rutland & Bennington Vermont |
#4646, aired 2004-11-15 | THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE $2000: Stephanie Herseth from this state with 66 counties, including Yankton & Miner South Dakota |
#4613, aired 2004-09-29 | THE WOMEN OF CONGRESS $800: Judy Biggert represents this state's 13th District, which includes parts of DuPage, Will & Cook counties Illinois |
#4586, aired 2004-07-12 | STATE FACTS $1000: Including Fairfield & litchfield, this state has only 8 counties Connecticut |
#4582, aired 2004-07-06 | THE EMERALD ISLE $800: It's the one-word term for the traditional 6 counties known as Northern Ireland Ulster |
#4279, aired 2003-03-20 | DELAWARE-FORE ART THOU $400: There are only 3 of these in Delaware: Kent, Sussex & New Castle counties |
#4250, aired 2003-02-07 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: The borders of 5 Utah counties lie within this lake The Great Salt Lake |
#4213, aired 2002-12-18 | STATES OF THE UNION $800: Cimarron & Beaver are counties in its Panhandle Oklahoma |
#4203, aired 2002-12-04 | COUNTIES $400: Georgia's Seminole County borders Alabama & this state's panhandle Florida |
#4203, aired 2002-12-04 | COUNTIES $800: The seal of this most populous Illinois county features Lake Michigan Cook |
#4203, aired 2002-12-04 | COUNTIES $1600: Las Vegas, New Mexico is the seat of San Miguel County; Las Vegas, Nevada is the seat of this county Clark County |
#4203, aired 2002-12-04 | COUNTIES $2000: Counties in this state include Jefferson, Shoshone & Twin Falls Idaho |
#4203, aired 2002-12-04 | COUNTIES $3,600 (Daily Double): This state's Hood River County is the world's largest producer of Anjou pears Oregon |
#4177, aired 2002-10-29 | STATE GOVERNMENT $1600: The counties of Iowa & Arizona are headed by boards of these supervisors |
#4094, aired 2002-05-23 | COUNTIES $400: This state has Lincoln, McKinley & Roosevelt counties as well as Cibola & Santa Fe New Mexico |
#4094, aired 2002-05-23 | COUNTIES $800: Counties in Iowa & West Virginia are named for this Indian princess Pocahontas |
#4094, aired 2002-05-23 | COUNTIES $1200: Talladega, Tallapoosa & Tuscaloosa are all counties in this state Alabama |
#4094, aired 2002-05-23 | COUNTIES $1600: Cheers to you if you know that Paris is the seat of this Kentucky county Bourbon |
#4094, aired 2002-05-23 | COUNTIES $2000: The home of Houston's Astrodome, it's the third most populous county in the U.S. Harris |
#3943, aired 2001-10-24 | THE 13 COLONIES $300: This colony began with a 1704 meeting of the general assembly for New Castle, Kent & Sussex Counties Delaware |
#3942, aired 2001-10-23 | U.S. CITIES $200: This city's metropolitan area consists of 6 Missouri counties & 5 Illinois counties St. Louis |
#3931, aired 2001-10-08 | U.S. STATES $200: 2/3 of this state's population lives in New Castle, one of its 3 counties Delaware |
#3908, aired 2001-09-05 | BY THE BAY $400: Directional name for Alameda & Contra Costa Counties, for their relation to San Francisco Bay East Bay |
#3887, aired 2001-06-26 | U.S. ISLANDS $200: 4 New York counties lie on this island, including Kings & Queens Long Island |
#3880, aired 2001-06-15 | FACES IN HISTORY $500: Towns & counties across America are named for this patriotic Pole Casimir Pulaski |
#3878, aired 2001-06-13 | THE JOY OF SIX $600: The "Six Counties" of the northern part of this island include Armagh, Antrim & Derry Ireland |
#3843, aired 2001-04-25 | "LONG" BEACH $200: Stretching 118 miles, it had a population boom in Nassau & Suffolk counties starting in the 1940s Long Island |
#3838, aired 2001-04-18 | STATE OF CONFUSION $1000: Western counties in a Confederate state seceded & formed this state in 1863 West Virginia |
#3798, aired 2001-02-21 | COUNTIES $100: A county in Mississippi is named for this Confederate president Jefferson Davis |
#3798, aired 2001-02-21 | COUNTIES $200: A third of Miami-Dade County is located in this national park Everglades |
#3798, aired 2001-02-21 | COUNTIES $300: "G" is for this New Hampshire county near the Vermont border, or mystery writer Sue Grafton |
#3798, aired 2001-02-21 | COUNTIES $400: It's no longer top-secret: this smallest county in New Mexico was created in 1949 Los Alamos |
#3798, aired 2001-02-21 | COUNTIES $500: Named by Spanish missionaries, this California county near Riverside is the largest in area in the U.S. San Bernardino |
#3755, aired 2000-12-22 | THE 50 STATES $300: Gila, Pima & Yuma are all counties in this state Arizona |
#3748, aired 2000-12-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $100: Jefferson,
Deaf Smith,
El Paso Texas |
#3748, aired 2000-12-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $200: Jefferson,
Cape Girardeau,
Ozark Missouri |
#3748, aired 2000-12-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $300: Jefferson,
Cherokee,
Muskogee Oklahoma |
#3748, aired 2000-12-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $400: Jefferson,
Scotts Bluff,
Platte Nebraska |
#3748, aired 2000-12-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $500: Jefferson,
Hood River,
Clackamas Oregon |
#3687, aired 2000-09-19 | IRISH COUNTIES $100: Ireland's most populous county, it shares its name with Ireland's most populous city Dublin |
#3687, aired 2000-09-19 | IRISH COUNTIES $200: Like Harris in Scotland, Ireland's County Donegal produces a distinctive type of this cloth Tweed |
#3687, aired 2000-09-19 | IRISH COUNTIES $300: County whose name is in the title of the following piece of music Tipperary |
#3687, aired 2000-09-19 | IRISH COUNTIES $500: On Ireland's west coast, the estuary of this river separates County Clare from County Limerick Shannon |
#3687, aired 2000-09-19 | IRISH COUNTIES $700 (Daily Double): The name of this southeastern county sounds like what someone often does on "South Park" Kilkenny |
#3659, aired 2000-06-29 | THIS IS I COUNTRY $500: Among its 26 counties are one famed for its cut glass & one known for its tweed cloth Ireland |
#3588, aired 2000-03-22 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $200: With 1 T it's an English county; with 2 Ts, Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorset/Dorsett |
#3588, aired 2000-03-22 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $400: Sussex was named for the south Saxons; this county was named for the east Saxons Essex |
#3588, aired 2000-03-22 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $600: Its name means "Southern district with the fringe on top" (okay, we lied about the fringe part) Surrey |
#3588, aired 2000-03-22 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $800: Becket was killed in this county, home to Canterbury Kent |
#3588, aired 2000-03-22 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $1000: The westernmost county of England, or what the eldest son of the monarch is duke of Cornwall |
#3502, aired 1999-11-23 | U.S. STATES $300: Reflecting its Catholic heritage, this state has 64 parishes & no counties Louisiana |
#3495, aired 1999-11-12 | COUNTIES BY STATE $100: Middlesex,
New London,
New Haven Connecticut |
#3495, aired 1999-11-12 | COUNTIES BY STATE $200: Orange,
Sonoma,
Calaveras California |
#3495, aired 1999-11-12 | COUNTIES BY STATE $300: Orange,
Citrus,
Manatee Florida |
#3495, aired 1999-11-12 | COUNTIES BY STATE $400: Custer,
Big Horn,
Lewis & Clark Montana |
#3495, aired 1999-11-12 | COUNTIES BY STATE $500: Josephine,
Baker,
Tillamook Oregon |
#3348, aired 1999-03-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: Of the states that have counties, it has the fewest: Kent, New Castle & Sussex Delaware |
#3236, aired 1998-10-05 | GEOGRAPHER'S DICTIONARY $200: These administrative subdivisions of Louisiana correspond to counties in other states Parishes |
#3228, aired 1998-09-23 | COUNTIES BY STATE $100: Glasscock,
Guadalupe,
Galveston Texas |
#3228, aired 1998-09-23 | COUNTIES BY STATE $200: Perry,
Piatt,
Peoria Illinois |
#3228, aired 1998-09-23 | COUNTIES BY STATE $300: Cherokee,
Calhoun,
Charleston South Carolina |
#3228, aired 1998-09-23 | COUNTIES BY STATE $400: Lawrence,
Lackawanna,
Lancaster Pennsylvania |
#3228, aired 1998-09-23 | COUNTIES BY STATE $500: Mercer,
Miami,
Marion Ohio |
#3127, aired 1998-03-17 | IRISH HISTORY $600: The number of counties assigned to Northern Ireland after the 1920 split six |
#3111, aired 1998-02-23 | NATIONAL FORESTS $100: The Hoosier National Forest in this state covers parts of 9 counties Indiana |
#3108, aired 1998-02-18 | COUNTIES BY STATE $200: McDuffie,
Meriwether,
Macon Georgia |
#3108, aired 1998-02-18 | COUNTIES BY STATE $400: McClain,
McCurtain,
Muskogee Oklahoma |
#3108, aired 1998-02-18 | COUNTIES BY STATE $600: Baca,
Bent,
Boulder Colorado |
#3108, aired 1998-02-18 | COUNTIES BY STATE $800: Whitley,
Wayne,
Wabash Indiana |
#3108, aired 1998-02-18 | COUNTIES BY STATE $1000: Oswego,
Onondaga,
Oneida New York |
#3085, aired 1998-01-16 | U.S PLACE NAMES $500: A dozen U.S. counties are named for this 19th century politician, a "Little Giant" indeed (Stephen) Douglas |
#3082, aired 1998-01-13 | THE COPS $100: In the U.S. these political divisions employ sheriffs & their deputies Counties |
#3020, aired 1997-10-17 | COUNTIES BY STATE $200: Skagit,
Skamania,
Spokane Washington |
#3020, aired 1997-10-17 | COUNTIES BY STATE $400: Rockingham,
Rappahannock,
Roanoke Virginia |
#3020, aired 1997-10-17 | COUNTIES BY STATE $600: Lea,
Luna,
Los Alamos New Mexico |
#3020, aired 1997-10-17 | COUNTIES BY STATE $800: Saluda,
Spartanburg,
Sumter South Carolina |
#3020, aired 1997-10-17 | COUNTIES BY STATE $1000: Seneca,
Summit,
Sandusky Ohio |
#3000, aired 1997-09-19 | 3,000 $600: The U.S. has about 3,000 of these areas, from Abbeville in South Carolina to Ziebach in South Dakota Counties |
#2959, aired 1997-06-12 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: All 5 Rhode Island counties have shorelines on this bay Narragansett Bay |
#2924, aired 1997-04-24 | STATE CAPITALS $100: The metropolitan area of this Michigan capital occupies parts of 3 counties Lansing |
#2923, aired 1997-04-23 | 18th CENTURY EUROPE $400: In 1719 this small principality was formed by consolidating the counties of Vaduz & Schellenberg Liechtenstein |
#2868, aired 1997-02-05 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Gwynedd & Clwyd are the northernmost counties in this country, part of the United Kingdom Wales |
#2846, aired 1997-01-06 | NATIONAL FORESTS $300: This Cornhusker State's Blaine & Thomas Counties have the USA's largest hand-planted forest Nebraska |
#2842, aired 1996-12-31 | COUNTIES BY STATE $100: Sanpete,
San Juan,
Salt Lake Utah |
#2842, aired 1996-12-31 | COUNTIES BY STATE $200: Jackson,
Jefferson,
Jefferson Davis Mississippi |
#2842, aired 1996-12-31 | COUNTIES BY STATE $300: Chautauqua,
Cayuga,
Columbia New York |
#2842, aired 1996-12-31 | COUNTIES BY STATE $400: Choctaw,
Cherokee,
Cimarron Oklahoma |
#2842, aired 1996-12-31 | COUNTIES BY STATE $500 (Daily Double): Prince George,
Prince William,
Powhatan Virginia |
#2745, aired 1996-07-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: This New York island's 1,723 square miles are divided into 4 counties: Queens, Kings, Suffolk & Nassau Long Island |
#2738, aired 1996-06-26 | COUNTIES BY STATE $100: St. Johns,
St. Lucie,
Sarasota Florida |
#2738, aired 1996-06-26 | COUNTIES BY STATE $200: Accomack,
Albemarle,
Appomattox Virginia |
#2738, aired 1996-06-26 | COUNTIES BY STATE $300: Talladega,
Tallapoosa,
Tuscaloosa Alabama |
#2738, aired 1996-06-26 | COUNTIES BY STATE $400: Camden,
Cumberland,
Cape May New Jersey |
#2738, aired 1996-06-26 | COUNTIES BY STATE $500: Davidson,
Durham,
Dare North Carolina |
#2731, aired 1996-06-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: 7 U.S. counties are named for this steamboat pioneer (Robert) Fulton |
#2714, aired 1996-05-23 | COUNTIES $100: Orange,
Nassau,
Niagara New York |
#2714, aired 1996-05-23 | COUNTIES $200: Orange,
Red River,
Lubbock Texas |
#2714, aired 1996-05-23 | COUNTIES $300: Orange,
Greene,
Durham North Carolina |
#2714, aired 1996-05-23 | COUNTIES $400: Orange,
Addison,
Bennington Vermont |
#2714, aired 1996-05-23 | COUNTIES $500 (Daily Double): Orange,
Tipton,
Tippecanoe Indiana |
#2697, aired 1996-04-30 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Kankakee, Pulaski & Peoria are all counties in this state Illinois |
#2569, aired 1995-11-02 | "Q" ON THE MAP $100: This Canadian province is divided into 75 counties Quebec |
#2527, aired 1995-09-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: North Dakota is divided into 53 of these, alphabetically ranging from Adams to Williams counties |
#2521, aired 1995-07-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: Sonoma, Solano, Contra Costa & Marin Counties meet at a point in San Pablo Bay, in this state California |
#2461, aired 1995-04-24 | COUNTIES $100: 1 of 2 U.S. counties with populations of more than 5 million Los Angeles County (or Cook County) |
#2461, aired 1995-04-24 | COUNTIES $200: This state's panhandle consists of Beaver, Texas & Cimarron Counties Oklahoma |
#2461, aired 1995-04-24 | COUNTIES $300: Key Biscayne & Everglades National Park are tourist sites in this southern Florida county Dade County |
#2461, aired 1995-04-24 | COUNTIES $400: Counties in this state include Elkhart, Wabash & Tippecanoe Indiana |
#2461, aired 1995-04-24 | COUNTIES $500: A Georgia county shares its name with this man, the state's founder Oglethorpe |
#2458, aired 1995-04-19 | THE 50 STATES $500: New Castle is 1 of only 3 counties in this state Delaware |
#2408, aired 1995-02-08 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: The 19 counties of this Scandinavian country include Hedmark, Finnmark & Oslo Norway |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | COUNTIES $100: Baltimore City & Baltimore County are both counties in this state Maryland |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | COUNTIES $200: Indiana, Kentucky & West Virginia have counties that share the name of this Buckeye state Ohio |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | COUNTIES $300: In area, St. Lawrence County is this state's largest New York |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | COUNTIES $400: This state's most populous counties are Yellowstone, Cascade & Missoula Montana |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | COUNTIES $1,100 (Daily Double): Part of this state's Lake of the Woods County is north of the 49th parallel Minnesota |
#2348, aired 1994-11-16 | INVENTORS $200: Several U.S. cities & counties are named for this builder of the first successful steamboat Robert Fulton |
#2328, aired 1994-10-19 | THE 50 STATES $400: A map in front of this state's capitol depicts all of its counties, including Lake of the Woods Minnesota |
#2307, aired 1994-09-20 | LOUISIANA $300: These, Louisiana's equivalent of counties, are often governed by bodies called police juries parishes |
#2302, aired 1994-09-13 | COUNTIES $100: Cambridge & Lowell are the seats of Middlesex County in this state Massachusetts |
#2302, aired 1994-09-13 | COUNTIES $200: There's a Missouri county with this name associated with "Believe It or Not!" Ripley |
#2302, aired 1994-09-13 | COUNTIES $300: With a population of over 2 million, Kings County is this state's largest county New York |
#2302, aired 1994-09-13 | COUNTIES $400: This Montana county was named for a river that was named for a type of sheep Big Horn |
#2302, aired 1994-09-13 | COUNTIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Of the 50 counties with the largest percentage of children, 15 are in this state Florida |
#2270, aired 1994-06-17 | COUNTIES $100: Kauai,
Maui,
Honolulu Hawaii |
#2270, aired 1994-06-17 | COUNTIES $200: Okaloosa,
Osceola,
Okeechobee Florida |
#2270, aired 1994-06-17 | COUNTIES $300: Wabaunsee,
Pottawatomie,
Leavenworth Kansas |
#2270, aired 1994-06-17 | COUNTIES $400: Allegheny,
Delaware,
Susquehanna Pennsylvania |
#2270, aired 1994-06-17 | COUNTIES $500: Frederick,
Carroll,
Calvert Maryland |
#2268, aired 1994-06-15 | THE 50 STATES $400: Many of this state's counties, including Kings & Dutchess, date back to 1683 New York |
#2256, aired 1994-05-30 | COUNTIES $100: A county in Kentucky is named for this trailblazer who was an early settler there Daniel Boone |
#2256, aired 1994-05-30 | COUNTIES $200: Counties in this state include Atlantic, Ocean & Passaic New Jersey |
#2256, aired 1994-05-30 | COUNTIES $300: Elvis could have told you that it's the seat of Shelby County, Tennessee Memphis |
#2256, aired 1994-05-30 | COUNTIES $400: Lee County in this state has 2 county seats: Fort Madison & Keokuk Iowa |
#2256, aired 1994-05-30 | COUNTIES $500: It's the only Pennsylvania county that shares its name with a Great Lake Erie |
#2234, aired 1994-04-28 | U.S. STATES $100: Counties in this state include Elbert, Boulder & Pueblo Colorado |
#2209, aired 1994-03-24 | U.S. ISLANDS $300: This New York island is divided among 4 counties: Kings, Queens, Nassau & Suffolk Long Island |
#2197, aired 1994-03-08 | RHODE ISLAND $200: The state is divided into just 5 of these, including Kent & Bristol counties |
#2156, aired 1994-01-10 | FLORIDA $600: This Florida lake borders 5 counties Lake Okeechobee |
#2144, aired 1993-12-23 | THE 50 STATES $200: Counties in this state include Citrus, Seminole & Suwannee Florida |
#2132, aired 1993-12-07 | PLACE NAME ORIGINS $3,000 (Daily Double): 10 states have counties named for this Massachusetts signer of the Declaration of Independence John Hancock |
#2127, aired 1993-11-30 | CHICAGO $300: Greater Chicago includes Lake & Porter Counties in Indiana & Kenosha County in this state Wisconsin |
#2127, aired 1993-11-30 | CANADIAN PROVINCES $600: This island province has three counties: King's, Queen's & Prince Prince Edward Island |
#2083, aired 1993-09-29 | COUNTIES $100: Among the cities in this Illinois county are Skokie, Cicero & Evanston Cook |
#2083, aired 1993-09-29 | COUNTIES $200: Almost 17 times the size of Rhode Island, San Bernardino County in this state is the USA's largest California |
#2083, aired 1993-09-29 | COUNTIES $300: This state's most populous county is Laramie Wyoming |
#2083, aired 1993-09-29 | COUNTIES $400: This Pennsylvania city is the seat of Allegheny County Pittsburgh |
#2083, aired 1993-09-29 | COUNTIES $500 (Daily Double): A county in New York is named for this Prussian who served in the American Revolution (Friedrich) von Steuben |
#2067, aired 1993-09-07 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Named for early settlers, the Russian River runs through this state's Sonoma & Mendocino Counties California |
#2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 6 $400: Among the 6 counties that make up this country are Londonderry & Down Northern Ireland |
#2026, aired 1993-05-31 | MARYLAND $400: The state has 4 of these: Timonium, Laurel, Marlborough & Pimlico racetracks |
#2021, aired 1993-05-24 | ODDS & ENDS $100: Brevard, Broward & Okeechobee are counties in this state Florida |
#1999, aired 1993-04-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: Indian River, Gulf & Sarasota were among the last counties established in this state Florida |
#1971, aired 1993-03-15 | COUNTIES $100: Yakima,
Spokane,
Walla Walla Washington |
#1971, aired 1993-03-15 | COUNTIES $200: Dutchess,
Kings,
Queens New York |
#1971, aired 1993-03-15 | COUNTIES $300: Travis,
Bowie,
Crockett Texas |
#1971, aired 1993-03-15 | COUNTIES $400: Greenville,
Spartanburg,
Sumter South Carolina |
#1971, aired 1993-03-15 | COUNTIES $500: Cochise,
Apache,
Navajo Arizona |
#1964, aired 1993-03-04 | U.S.A. $800: Litchfield & Fairfield are 2 of only 8 counties in this state Connecticut |
#1956, aired 1993-02-22 | TEENS IN LITERATURE $200: She's 16 at the beginning of "Gone with the Wind" & has a 17" waist, "the smallest in three counties" Scarlett O'Hara |
#1922, aired 1993-01-05 | DELAWARE $200: Delaware has only 3 of these—Kent, New Castle & Sussex counties |
#1916, aired 1992-12-28 | MUSEUMS $400: The electrical equipment at Ontario's United Counties Museum was installed by this U.S. inventor Edison |
#1806, aired 1992-06-08 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: One of this country's most populous counties is Pest Hungary |
#1768, aired 1992-04-15 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: This state has the most counties — 254 Texas |
#1700, aired 1992-01-10 | THE SOUTH $500: Rather than counties, Louisiana has 64 of these parishes |
#1690, aired 1991-12-27 | "R"IVERS $400: This river is in California's Sonoma & Mendocino Counties, not in the USSR the Russian River |
#1644, aired 1991-10-24 | U.S. "C"ITIES $400: This city's metropolitan area includes Cook, DuPage & McHenry Counties Chicago |
#1639, aired 1991-10-17 | MEDIEVAL TIMES $400: The Frankish kings divided their lands into these units, each headed by a count counties |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | COUNTIES $200: Appropriately, it's the only state with a county named "Citrus" Florida |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | COUNTIES $400: On July 18, 1924 this county named for a fruit became the last one formed in Georgia Peach County |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | COUNTIES $600: Jackson Hole is more than a hole, it's a valley at 7,000 ft. in this state's Teton County Wyoming |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | COUNTIES $800: Colorado has counties named for John C. Fremont & this scout who traveled with him Kit Carson |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | COUNTIES $1000: Its Cimarron County is the only one in the U.S. to border 4 states: Texas, Colorado, N.M. & Kansas Oklahoma |
#1580, aired 1991-06-14 | STATE QUOTES $800: It's been said this Mid-Atlantic state "has three counties when the tide is out and two when it is in" Delaware |
#1521, aired 1991-03-25 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: This state with the 3rd most Native Americans has Navajo, Cochise & Apache Counties Arizona |
#1475, aired 1991-01-18 | IRELAND $800: Only three of the nine counties of this province belong to the Republic of Ireland Ulster |
#1459, aired 1990-12-27 | COUNTIES $100: In area, Nantucket is this state's smallest county; Worcester, the largest Massachusetts |
#1459, aired 1990-12-27 | COUNTIES $200: Helena, Montana is the seat of this county named for the two men who explored the area in 1805 Lewis & Clark |
#1459, aired 1990-12-27 | COUNTIES $300: Seattle is the seat of this royal county, the most populous in Washington state King County |
#1459, aired 1990-12-27 | COUNTIES $400: Nevada county whose name is from the Greek word for "I have found it" Eureka |
#1459, aired 1990-12-27 | COUNTIES $500: Much of this Minnesota county's area consists of the U.S.-Canadian lake of the same name Lake of the Woods |
#1442, aired 1990-12-04 | COUNTIES $100: Nebraska has a Cherry County & this state a Peach County Georgia |
#1442, aired 1990-12-04 | COUNTIES $200: Glades County is in this state Florida |
#1442, aired 1990-12-04 | COUNTIES $300: Missouri's Hickory County & its county seat Hermitage were both named in honor of this president Jackson |
#1442, aired 1990-12-04 | COUNTIES $400: There's a Louisiana parish named for this Longfellow heroine Evangeline |
#1442, aired 1990-12-04 | COUNTIES $500: Lake of the Woods County is this state's newest county, as well as its least populous Minnesota |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | COUNTIES $200: This southern state has the only Manatee County in the U.S. Florida |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | COUNTIES $400: Abraham Lincoln has 18 counties named for him; this debate foe has 12 (Stephen) Douglas |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | COUNTIES $600: Chicago is the seat of this Illinois county, the second-most populous in the U.S. Cook County |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | COUNTIES $800: This state named for a woman also has the most counties named for women Virginia |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | COUNTIES $1000: This Wisconsin county whose name is French for "far end of the lake" is located at the end of Lake Winnebago Fond du Lac |
#1347, aired 1990-06-12 | COUNTIES $200: Oklahoma's Rogers County was named for Clem Rogers, father of this man Will Rogers |
#1347, aired 1990-06-12 | COUNTIES $400: This state's Los Alamos & Cibola Counties were the last in the U.S. to be established New Mexico |
#1347, aired 1990-06-12 | COUNTIES $600: North Carolina has the only county named for this first English child born in America Virginia Dare |
#1347, aired 1990-06-12 | COUNTIES $800: Of this state's 14 counties, only Nantucket & Franklin are not named for British people or place names Massachusetts |
#1283, aired 1990-03-14 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: The most densely populated state; every one of this Middle Atlantic state's 21 counties has over 50,000 people New Jersey |
#1168, aired 1989-10-04 | U.S. STATES $800: Counties in this state include Wood, Deaf Smith, Coke & Pecos Texas |
#1115, aired 1989-06-09 | COUNTIES $200: Mackinac, Saginaw & Kalamazoo counties are in this state Michigan |
#1115, aired 1989-06-09 | COUNTIES $400: Of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex or Wessex counties, the one Massachusetts doesn't have Wessex |
#1115, aired 1989-06-09 | COUNTIES $600: A total of 23 U.S. counties are named for this Pennsylvanian (Benjamin) Franklin |
#1115, aired 1989-06-09 | COUNTIES $800: Las Vegas, Nevada is located in this county named for a U.S. senator from Montana Clark |
#1115, aired 1989-06-09 | COUNTIES $1000: Manhattan, the nation's smallest county in area is officially called this New York County |
#1087, aired 1989-05-02 | BRITISH TRIVIA $500: The governor of a harbor town was called a portreeve & the governor of a county, this shire reeve |
#1061, aired 1989-03-27 | THE 50 STATES $1000: Michael Castle, governor of this state, quips it has "3 counties at low tide and 2 counties at high" Delaware |
#1024, aired 1989-02-02 | THE 50 STATES $300: Delaware is the only state in which these are subdivided into "hundreds" counties |
#1013, aired 1989-01-18 | AMERICAN INDIANS $300: While Indiana, Kansas & Ohio all have counties named for this Algonquin tribe, Florida doesn't Miami |
#1002, aired 1989-01-03 | RHODE ISLAND $2,000 (Daily Double): All 5 of Rhode Island's counties are on this bay Narragansett Bay |
#964, aired 1988-11-10 | U.S. STATES $300: Among its 77 counties are Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole & Osage Oklahoma |
#948, aired 1988-10-19 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $300: Its counties include Clwyd, Gwynedd & Dyfed Wales |
#873, aired 1988-05-25 | GEOGRAPHY $500: It's called "The 6 Counties", among which are Antrim, Down & Londonderry Northern Ireland |
#820, aired 1988-03-11 | STATE NICKNAMES $1000: All 5 counties in this "Ocean State" have direct water access to the Atlantic Rhode Island |
#769, aired 1987-12-31 | U.S. COUNTIES $200: Term for the "capital" city of a county, it's where you find the main county courthouse the county seat |
#769, aired 1987-12-31 | U.S. COUNTIES $400: At least 14 states have Wayne Counties named for this "Mad"man General Anthony Wayne |
#769, aired 1987-12-31 | U.S. COUNTIES $600: Name of Berks County, Pennsylvania is short for this county in England Berkshire |
#769, aired 1987-12-31 | U.S. COUNTIES $800: Loving County, Texas has fewest people, less than 100, while this county has the most, over 7½ million Los Angeles County |
#769, aired 1987-12-31 | U.S. COUNTIES $1000: State which consists of only Sussex, Kent & New Castle counties Delaware |
#736, aired 1987-11-16 | SPORTS STADIUMS $600 (Daily Double): 1 of 4 Major League ballparks named for the counties they're in the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (or the Kingdome, Milwaukee County Stadium, or the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum) |
#735, aired 1987-11-13 | TOUGH DISNEY $200: Both Disneyland & Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom are located in counties with this name Orange County |
#734, aired 1987-11-12 | COUNTIES $100: This state has 254 counties, the most in the USA, & is undoubtedly proud of it Texas |
#734, aired 1987-11-12 | COUNTIES $200: It has no counties, but twelve organized boroughs and one big unorganized borough larger than any other US state Alaska |
#734, aired 1987-11-12 | COUNTIES $300: A British term for a county; Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest was in the one named for Nottingham shire |
#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 |
#734, aired 1987-11-12 | COUNTIES $500: Smallest in Virginia, it has no incorporated cities or towns, and was once part of Washington, D.C. Arlington |
#670, aired 1987-07-03 | COUNTIES $100: A congressman, irrelevantly praising his home county, Buncombe in N.C., gave us this word for nonsense bunkum (bunk) |
#670, aired 1987-07-03 | COUNTIES $200: This county has over 1000 governmental entities besides the Chicago city government Cook County |
#670, aired 1987-07-03 | COUNTIES $300: While 3 are named for the fruit, 5 other U.S. counties took this same name to honor Dutch royal family Orange |
#670, aired 1987-07-03 | COUNTIES $400: While the Republic of Ireland has 26 counties, Northern Ireland has this many 6 |
#670, aired 1987-07-03 | COUNTIES $500: America's smallest county in area, it's found in America's largest city in population New York (County) |
#372, aired 1986-02-11 | NEVADA $600: Mohave, Washoe & Paiute Indian tribes |
#307, aired 1985-11-12 | U.S. STATES $400: While Rhode Island has 5 counties, Delaware has only this many 3 |
#300, aired 1985-11-01 | U.S. STATES $200: Gulf state whose counties are called parishes Louisiana |
#106, aired 1985-02-04 | UNREAL ESTATE $100: Its counties are Quadling, Winkie, Gillikin & Munchkin the land of Oz |
#56, aired 1984-11-26 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: State whose counties include Crockett, Zapata & Pecos Texas |
#1, aired 1983-09-18 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $25: This country's counties include Kerry, Kilkenny, and Kildare Ireland |