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#9082, aired 2024-04-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: This country on Hispaniola has 2 official languages--French & Creole Haiti
#9082, aired 2024-04-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: The Strait of Gibraltar separates the mainlands of these 2 countries by about 8 miles Spain & Morocco
#9082, aired 2024-04-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: In 1960, this island country elected the world's first female prime minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka
#9082, aired 2024-04-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: Tikal National Park is part of this country's Maya Biosphere Reserve Guatemala
#9082, aired 2024-04-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): The king of this country gets the official title "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques" Saudi Arabia
#9082, aired 2024-04-16SAY IT IN SPANISH $4,000 (Daily Double): A song often heard in Spanish-speaking countries at Christmastime is this "Sabanero", meaning "My Little Savannah Donkey" Burrito
#9076, aired 2024-04-08"A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $200: The official language of this small country is Catalan Andorra
#9076, aired 2024-04-08"A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $400: First millennium monk Mesrop Mashtots is credited with creating this nation's alphabet, seen here Armenia
#9076, aired 2024-04-08"A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $600: In 1967 this Balkan nation was declared the world's first atheist state Albania
#9076, aired 2024-04-08"A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $800: Not soccer, but pato, a combination of polo & basketball, was declared the national sport there in 1953 Argentina
#9076, aired 2024-04-08"A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $1000: The desert-dwelling fennec fox is its national animal Algeria
#9056, aired 2024-03-11IT'S CURTAINS $400: While Europe had its Iron Curtain, this curtain was a political barrier between China & the noncommunist countries of Asia the Bamboo Curtain
#9056, aired 2024-03-11DOWN IN THE VALLEY $800: Shared by 2 countries, the Valley of Cerdanya lies just east of Andorra high in these mountains the Pyrenees
#9039, aired 2024-02-15MISCELLANEOUS KNOWLEDGE $1200: More than 6,000 athletes from some 40 countries compete in these games, the Olympics of the Western Hemisphere the Pan American Games
#9023, aired 2024-01-24ISLAND COUNTRIES $400: This island country off the coast of Africa is roughly the size of Texas Madagascar
#9023, aired 2024-01-24ISLAND COUNTRIES $800: The George Cross on its flag dates to the 1940s when Britain's king gave it the decoration for bravery in World War II Malta
#9023, aired 2024-01-24ISLAND COUNTRIES $1200: Divided into 2 sections & 2 main ethnic groups, Cyprus has 2 official languages: Greek & this Turkish
#9023, aired 2024-01-24ISLAND COUNTRIES $2000: It's nicknamed the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean" & the "Teardrop of India" Sri Lanka
#9023, aired 2024-01-24ISLAND COUNTRIES $5,000 (Daily Double): The national anthem of this small island nation says, "peacefully be, the kingdom and sultan" Brunei
#9018, aired 2024-01-17AROUND THE GLOBE $800: They're the 2 U.N. member countries in Africa with a cardinal direction in their names South Sudan & South Africa
#9016, aired 2024-01-15RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD $800: With a name meaning "right opinion", this Christian faith is practiced mainly in the Balkans, the Middle East & former Soviet countries Orthodox
#9012, aired 2024-01-09"F" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: Espoo & Lappeenranta are cities in this nation Finland
#24, aired 2024-01-09COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "I" $100: Among some of its natives, this country's capital city is known as Baile Átha Cliath; we just call it "Dublin" Ireland
#24, aired 2024-01-09COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "I" $200: It's home to over 250 kibbutzim Israel
#24, aired 2024-01-09COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "I" $300: This country is home to roughly 120 active volcanoes along the Pacific Ring of Fire Indonesia
#24, aired 2024-01-09COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "I" $400: An anagram of "Arabs", Basra is a port city in this country Iraq
#24, aired 2024-01-09COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "I" $500: Of the eight member states in the United Nations that begin with an I, it's the first one alphabetically Iceland
#8997, aired 2023-12-19COUNTRIES INSIDE OTHER COUNTRY NAMES $400: Inside the name Somalia, you can find this other conflict-plagued land to the west Mali
#8997, aired 2023-12-19COUNTRIES INSIDE OTHER COUNTRY NAMES $800: A nation on Hispaniola carries within its name this other Caribbean island country Dominica
#8997, aired 2023-12-19COUNTRIES INSIDE OTHER COUNTRY NAMES $1200: 2 of the 3 countries that carry the nation of Guinea within their own names (2 of) Papua New Guinea, Guinea-Bissau & Equatorial Guinea
#8997, aired 2023-12-19COUNTRIES INSIDE OTHER COUNTRY NAMES $1600: Inside the name of the most populous nation in Africa, you'll find this uranium-rich desert nation Niger (in Nigeria)
#8997, aired 2023-12-19COUNTRIES INSIDE OTHER COUNTRY NAMES $2000: This Arabian Peninsula nation's name can be found within the name of a European country with a Black Sea coast Oman (from Romania)
#8982, aired 2023-11-28PEACE, LOVE & UNDERSTANDING $1200: A mountain pass is home to the "Christ the Redeemer of the Andes" statue, symbolizing peace between these 2 countries Argentina & Chile
#8957, aired 2023-10-24COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA $400: The border between India & this nation includes the village of Wagah with its rival army parades performed there daily Pakistan
#8957, aired 2023-10-24COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA $700 (Daily Double): In 1967 India & this nation had a military clash along the border of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate & today a state China
#8957, aired 2023-10-24COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA $800: India's longest land border, some 2,500 miles, is with this nation that gained independence in 1971 Bangladesh
#8957, aired 2023-10-24COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA $1600: India shares an 1,100-mile border with this former kingdom & the practice of Hinduism by the majorities of both their peoples Nepal
#8957, aired 2023-10-24COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA $2000: In the northeast, India's Arunachal Pradesh state shares a border with this nation's Kachin state Myanmar (Burma)
#8952, aired 2023-10-17SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES $400: In 1980 the U.S. & 64 other countries boycotted the Olympics held in this city Moscow
#8950, aired 2023-10-13LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $400: Among landlocked countries, this war-torn Asian land is alphabetically first Afghanistan
#8950, aired 2023-10-13LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $800: The 2 that are landlocked because they are completely surrounded by Italy Vatican City & San Marino
#8950, aired 2023-10-13LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $1200: This large landlocked Asian country starts with the same 3 letters as a day of the week Mongolia
#8950, aired 2023-10-13LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $2000: This landlocked African country was once called Nyasaland Malawi
#8950, aired 2023-10-13LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $4,000 (Daily Double): Ouagadougou, the capital of this country, is about 500 miles from the seacoast Burkina Faso
#8948, aired 2023-10-11WORDS WITHIN WORDS $1200: If the Low Countries were cut off from other anesthetics, this could be used in the Netherlands ether (in Netherlands)
#16, aired 2023-10-11WINE BIZ $200: It figures that these two European countries lead the world in wine production Italy & France
#16, aired 2023-10-11"EZ" GEOGRAPHY $300: Of all the countries in South America, this one comes alphabetically last Venezuela
#8941, aired 2023-10-02GEOGRAPHY "B" $1000: The 2 countries of South America that begin with "B" are these 2 Bolivia & Brazil
#8940, aired 2023-09-29COW COUNTRY $400: With California & this as the top 2 states, the U.S. leads all other countries in producing cow's milk Wisconsin
#14, aired 2023-09-27ISLANDS' COUNTRIES $300: Lizard Island & Kangaroo Island Australia
#14, aired 2023-09-27ISLANDS' COUNTRIES $600: Phuket & Ko Samui Thailand
#14, aired 2023-09-27ISLANDS' COUNTRIES $900: Ithaca & Paros Greece
#14, aired 2023-09-27ISLANDS' COUNTRIES $1200: Tenerife & Minorca Spain
#14, aired 2023-09-27ISLANDS' COUNTRIES $1500: Komodo & Java Indonesia
#8936, aired 2023-09-25INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS $1000: In this main part of the United Nations, each of the 193 member countries gets one vote the General Assembly
#8933, aired 2023-09-20BACK IN THE DAY $2,200 (Daily Double): This U.S. agency began in 1961; its director Sargent Shriver said it had 15,000 volunteers in 50+ countries in less than 6 years the Peace Corps
#8925, aired 2023-07-28NATIONAL ANTHEMS $1200: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the anthems of these 2 countries, one independent since 1947, one since 1971 India & Bangladesh
#8924, aired 2023-07-27TRIPLE TIME $1000: The 1805 Battle of Austerlitz is also called the Battle of the 3 Emperors, who led these 3 current countries Austria, France & Russia
#8890, aired 2023-06-09AROUND THE WORLD $2000: Of the 7 countries whose names end in "-stan", it's alphabetically last Uzbekistan
#8883, aired 2023-05-31COUNTRIES IN SHORT $200: Malawi is "The warm heart of" this landmass Africa
#8883, aired 2023-05-31COUNTRIES IN SHORT $400: A tourism slogan for this Middle East country is the "Land of Creation" Israel
#8883, aired 2023-05-31COUNTRIES IN SHORT $600: This type of area that you might visit in the Caribbean country of Antigua & Barbuda "is just the beginning" the beach
#8883, aired 2023-05-31COUNTRIES IN SHORT $800: Elevate your game in this nation, "The Pyrenean Country" Andorra
#8883, aired 2023-05-31COUNTRIES IN SHORT $1000: In a literary reference, a tourism slogan says, "Colombia is magical" this realism
#8, aired 2023-05-12WORLD COINS $800: Cameroon is one of several countries that use a currency called the CFA this; coins come in values from 1 to 500 franc
#8864, aired 2023-05-04NOVEL COUNTRIES $400: Sally Rooney's "Normal People" Ireland
#8864, aired 2023-05-04NOVEL COUNTRIES $800: "Buddenbrooks" & "The Book Thief" Germany
#8864, aired 2023-05-04NOVEL COUNTRIES $1200: "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse India
#8864, aired 2023-05-04NOVEL COUNTRIES $1600: Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" Nigeria
#8864, aired 2023-05-04NOVEL COUNTRIES $2000: The basis for a movie: "The Whale Rider" New Zealand
#8862, aired 2023-05-02THAT'S SO "EXTRA" $1600: Chad & Samoa are 2 countries with which the U.S. has no treaty for this process of returning wanted criminal suspects extradition
#8841, aired 2023-04-03THE SUPERLATIVE EARTH $1200: 5 countries border this, Earth's largest lake Caspian Sea
#8839, aired 2023-03-30SPOUSAL SUPPORT $200: These spouses got a lot of support on their 1981 wedding day, as 750 million people across 70+ countries took in the ceremony Charles & Diana
#8839, aired 2023-03-30THE HISTORIC 1950s $1600: In 1951 the ANZUS Pact united these 3 countries against aggressors Australia, New Zealand & the U.S.
#8829, aired 2023-03-16WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I? $400: A politician who advocates for peace during conflicts with other countries a dove
#8809, aired 2023-02-16RANKS & TITLES $800: One of the 2 present-day European countries where the title infanta is used for the daughter of the monarch (1 of) Spain (or Portugal)
#8803, aired 2023-02-08THE "C" SHORE $200: The waters of this vast "sea" touch Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan & a couple of "Stan" countries the Caspian Sea
#8802, aired 2023-02-07HOLIDAYS AROUND THE GLOBE $400: The first Monday in July is Caricom Day, observed in Barbados, Jamaica & other countries; the "Cari" is for this geographic feature the Caribbean
#8799, aired 2023-02-02BIG RIVER $1600: Its drainage basin includes parts of Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Zambia & 2 other countries the Congo
#8786, aired 2023-01-16ROYAL HISTORY $1600: Under the Kalmar Union, these 3 Scandinavian countries were under the rule of a single monarch from 1397 to 1523 Denmark, Norway & Sweden
#8772, aired 2022-12-27FLYOVER COUNTRIES $400: So sit back & relax as we leave Tunisia & head east along the Mediterranean coast over this country on our way to Egypt Libya
#8772, aired 2022-12-27FLYOVER COUNTRIES $800: We've got the wind behind us as we cruise east out of Bosnia & Herzegovina to fly over this country on Romania's western border Serbia
#8772, aired 2022-12-27FLYOVER COUNTRIES $1200: We're next in line for departure; we'll head south out of Ecuador into this nation & finally touch down in Chile Peru
#8772, aired 2022-12-27FLYOVER COUNTRIES $1600: We hope you enjoyed your time in Iraq; now take in the Persian Gulf on our left as we cross this small emirate & land in Saudi Arabia Kuwait
#8772, aired 2022-12-27FLYOVER COUNTRIES $2000: Skies are clear as we fly west out of Panama & into this country's airspace; we'll ease north & have you in Nicaragua in no time Costa Rica
#8761, aired 2022-12-12THE MOVIE'S TITLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES $200: Who ya gonna call in China? "Super Power Dare Die Team" the Ghostbusters
#8761, aired 2022-12-12THE MOVIE'S TITLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES $400: "Vaselina" was the word in Mexico Grease
#8761, aired 2022-12-12THE MOVIE'S TITLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES $600: Nice spoiler, Mexico! Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon had "An Unexpected End" Thelma & Louise
#8761, aired 2022-12-12THE MOVIE'S TITLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES $800: China enjoyed "A Very Powerful Whale Runs to Heaven" Free Willy
#8761, aired 2022-12-12THE MOVIE'S TITLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES $1000: Japan got right down to it for a Nevada-set film: "I'm Drunk & You're a Prostitute" Leaving Las Vegas
#8759, aired 2022-12-08COUNTRIES FROM WORDPLAY CATEGORIES $400: Consonants only: Both part of other nations until the 1990s, SLVN & SLVK Slovenia & Slovakia
#8759, aired 2022-12-08COUNTRIES FROM WORDPLAY CATEGORIES $800: Change one letter: One is part of the British Isles, the other is an Atlantic isle Ireland & Iceland
#8759, aired 2022-12-08COUNTRIES FROM WORDPLAY CATEGORIES $1200: Rhyming pairs: Banjul & Lusaka are the capital cities of these 2 The Gambia & Zambia
#8759, aired 2022-12-08COUNTRIES FROM WORDPLAY CATEGORIES $2000: Same till the last letter, both in the Middle East; their flags are seen here Iran & Iraq
#8759, aired 2022-12-08COUNTRIES FROM WORDPLAY CATEGORIES $3,000 (Daily Double): Add 2 vowels: 2 Neighbors in West Africa Niger & Nigeria
#8757, aired 2022-12-06THE SURPRISINGLY SUCCESSFUL LEAGUE OF NATIONS $200: In the early 1920s the League managed to get more than 400,000 of these from 26 countries repatriated from foreign captivity POWs
#8754, aired 2022-12-01GEOGRAPHY $400: To its southeast, Mexico borders these two Central American countries with which it shares cultural & historic links Belize & Guatemala
#8741, aired 2022-11-14THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE $1,800 (Daily Double): You can go from "A" to "Z" crossing the 660-mile border between these 2 southern African countries Angola & Zambia
#8738, aired 2022-11-09TRAVEL $200: Stamps in your passport of this entry endorsement are a thing of the past on visits to many countries, like South Korea a visa
#7, aired 2022-11-06FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $300: The highest point of Nepal, it's also the highest mountain in the world Mount Everest
#7, aired 2022-11-06FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $600: From 1867 to 1918 it formed a dual monarchy with Austria Hungary
#7, aired 2022-11-06FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $1200: Known as the "land of the Inca", it's also home to Machu Picchu Peru
#7, aired 2022-11-06FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $1500: Egypt's major waterways include the Nile River, of course, & this manmade waterway that opened in 1869 the Suez Canal
#7, aired 2022-11-06FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $4,000 (Daily Double): The Maori were the first inhabitants of this country & today make up about 15% of the population New Zealand
#8720, aired 2022-10-14ISLAND COUNTRIES $400: This country's rock 'n' roll museum honors native musicians like Björk Iceland
#8720, aired 2022-10-14ISLAND COUNTRIES $800: Haiti & the Dominican Republic occupy this island in the West Indies Hispaniola
#8720, aired 2022-10-14ISLAND COUNTRIES $1200: Its capital of Nicosia also goes by the Greek name Lefkosia Cyprus
#8720, aired 2022-10-14ISLAND COUNTRIES $1600: It's the last remaining kingdom in Polynesia Tonga
#8720, aired 2022-10-14ISLAND COUNTRIES $3,000 (Daily Double): The Sinhalese people make up about 3/4 of its population Sri Lanka
#2, aired 2022-10-02AROUND THE HOUSE $300: Here's this 3-letter jar; it happens to be Grecian, but other countries make them an urn
#8709, aired 2022-09-29THE EX-COUNTRY $800: This Central European nation got divided into 2 new countries in 1993, each keeping half of the original name Czechoslovakia
#8709, aired 2022-09-29THE EX-COUNTRY $1,000 (Daily Double): This Central European dual state got divided into 2 new countries in 1918, each keeping half of the original name Austria-Hungary
#1, aired 2022-09-25ALPHABETICALLY LAST $1000: ...of countries of the world; it was formerly known as Rhodesia Zimbabwe
#8701, aired 2022-09-19HODGEPODGE $1000: In 1983 the league of Red Cross Societies added this other shape to its name to reflect its work in Muslim countries a crescent
#8691, aired 2022-07-25EASTERN EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: Bulgaria is one of many countries on this peninsula that won freedom by breaking the cruel Ottoman yoke the Balkan Peninsula
#8683, aired 2022-07-13PRESIDENTIAL GLOBETROTTING $2,500 (Daily Double): He made Goodwill visits to 10 Latin American countries as president-elect in late 1928, but never left the country as prez (Herbert) Hoover
#8680, aired 2022-07-08DANGER! DANGER! $800: This U.S. government department issues regular travel advisories on the level of danger in countries to which you might journey the State Department
#8674, aired 2022-06-30"STAN" COUNTRIES $200: Britannica says its "forbidding landscape of deserts & mountains has laid many imperial ambitions to rest" Afghanistan
#8674, aired 2022-06-30"STAN" COUNTRIES $600 (Daily Double): Iran is on the western border of this country; the Arabian Sea, on its southern Pakistan
#8674, aired 2022-06-30"STAN" COUNTRIES $600: Home to about 3 million, this country's capital of Tashkent is the largest city in Central Asia Uzbekistan
#8674, aired 2022-06-30"STAN" COUNTRIES $800: Identifying this nation seen here that became independent in 1991 should suit you to a "T"--don't pick the wrong one Turkmenistan
#8674, aired 2022-06-30"STAN" COUNTRIES $1000: Identifying this nation seen here that became independent in 1991 should suit you to a "T"--don't pick the wrong one Tajikistan
#8665, aired 2022-06-17HISTORIC ALLIANCES $600: Created during the Cold War in 1955, this alliance joined together several countries including Bulgaria & Albania the Warsaw Pact
#8652, aired 2022-05-31IT ONLY BORDERS ONE COUNTRY $2000: One of the world's newest countries, its "West"ern counterpart is administered by Indonesia East Timor
#8643, aired 2022-05-18MUSEUMS FOR FOODIES $200: Hot diggity dog! A Middleton, Wisconsin museum has over 5,600 jars & containers of this condiment from 80 different countries mustard
#8642, aired 2022-05-17COUNTRIES IN THE U.S. $400: We don't know what the reggae scene is in this Queens neighborhood, but we do know you transfer there to get the JFK AirTrain Jamaica
#8642, aired 2022-05-17COUNTRIES IN THE U.S. $800: In the 19th century William Holmes named a city in southern Minnesota this, after a river in the Holy Land Jordan
#8642, aired 2022-05-17COUNTRIES IN THE U.S. $1200: The Doobie Brothers sang about "When the sun comes up on (this) sleepy little town / Down around San Antone" China Grove
#8642, aired 2022-05-17COUNTRIES IN THE U.S. $1600: No one knows why this village in New York, boyhood home of Charles "Pa" Ingalls, shares the name of a big island near Florida Cuba
#8642, aired 2022-05-17COUNTRIES IN THE U.S. $2000: This city in Kansas that's just about the geographic center of the lower U.S. shares its name with a nation on the Mediterranean Lebanon
#8641, aired 2022-05-16SWEDISH HISTORY $400: Founded in 1252, this Swedish city is today the most populous in the Nordic countries with more than 1.5 million residents Stockholm
#8633, aired 2022-05-04WORLD CURRENCIES $800: Cyprus & Estonia are 2 in a group of countries that use this currency the euro
#8632, aired 2022-05-03MRS., MISS OR MR. $600: In some Spanish-speaking countries, this household brand is Don Limpio Mr. Clean
#8625, aired 2022-04-22FLAGS OF FORMER COUNTRIES $400: The flag seen here was used by this Pacific kingdom; today it's used as the state flag Hawaii
#8625, aired 2022-04-22FLAGS OF FORMER COUNTRIES $800: Here's the flag of this former nation, where cities like Karl-Marx-Stadt once existed East Germany
#8625, aired 2022-04-22FLAGS OF FORMER COUNTRIES $1200: A country until 1975, the Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim used the flag seen here depicting a prayer wheel of this religion Buddhism
#8625, aired 2022-04-22FLAGS OF FORMER COUNTRIES $1600: General Dương Văn Minh was the last president of this former nation, whose flag is seen here South Vietnam
#8625, aired 2022-04-22FLAGS OF FORMER COUNTRIES $2000: Formed after World War I, this country, whose flag is seen here, would be split into several countries in the 1990s Yugoslavia
#8601, aired 2022-03-214-LETTER COUNTRIES $200: It was the home of the Inca civilization for centuries before its conquest by Spain Peru
#8601, aired 2022-03-214-LETTER COUNTRIES $400: The city of Fallujah in this country is nicknamed the "City of Mosques" Iraq
#8601, aired 2022-03-214-LETTER COUNTRIES $600: Columbus landed on this island nation in 1492, but Diego Velazquez began its first permanent settlement in 1511 Cuba
#8601, aired 2022-03-214-LETTER COUNTRIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Sultan Haitham rules this nation on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula Oman
#8601, aired 2022-03-214-LETTER COUNTRIES $1000: Mostly volcanic, about 300 islands make up this Pacific Ocean nation 1,000 miles north of New Zealand Fiji
#8596, aired 2022-03-14EUROPE $200: This northern region encompassing several countries is sometimes reckoned to include Finland & the Faroe Islands Scandinavia
#15, aired 2022-02-18GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $1200: The former Northern Rhodesia & Southern Rhodesia are now these 2 countries Zambia & Zimbabwe
#8579, aired 2022-02-17BRITISH TERRITORIES & DEPENDENCIES $1200: With 2 territories on it, the U.K. joins Turkey & Greece as countries with influence on this Mediterranean island Cyprus
#8578, aired 2022-02-16COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR $400: This river reaches the Atlantic Ocean at the equator near Macapá, Brazil the Amazon
#8578, aired 2022-02-16COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR $800: Ecuador takes its name from "equator" & this capital city is just south of the line Quito
#8578, aired 2022-02-16COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR $1200: Neighboring nations on the equator, a republic & a democratic republic are both named for this African river the Congo
#8578, aired 2022-02-16COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR $1600: The equator bisects this large mostly Indonesian island that's called Kalimantan by locals Borneo
#8578, aired 2022-02-16COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR $2000: The equator passes between the islands of this "K" country of the Pacific Kiribati
#8577, aired 2022-02-15FROM THE OLD TOOL SHED $400: First made from bone & animal horn, eyed versions of this tool made from iron popped up in the Low Countries in the 15th century a needle
#8574, aired 2022-02-10OTHER COUNTRIES SEPARATED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE $200: In Brazil, you have a carteira de motorista; in Portugal, its a carta de condução; in America, it's this a driver's license
#8574, aired 2022-02-10OTHER COUNTRIES SEPARATED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE $400: French Canadians use "on" for this pronoun instead of "nous", more commonly used in France we
#8574, aired 2022-02-10OTHER COUNTRIES SEPARATED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE $600: In the Middle East they speak the Levantine type of this language, while Mauritania speaks the Hassaniya type Arabic
#8574, aired 2022-02-10OTHER COUNTRIES SEPARATED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE $800: In Mexico this is what holds a burrito, but in Spain, it means a potato omelet tortilla
#8574, aired 2022-02-10OTHER COUNTRIES SEPARATED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE $1000: For "good day", Austrians use "gruss gott" instead of this literal translation used in most of Germany guten tag
#8573, aired 2022-02-09IN AUTHORS' FOOTSTEPS $1600: Seen as a dangerous atheist, Voltaire bought a chateau near the border of these two countries so he could hop over the border as needed France & Switzerland
#8555, aired 2022-01-14INTERNATIONAL ORGS. $2000: NAM: this "Movement" established in 1961 for countries that didn't ally themselves with the East or the West Non-Aligned
#8552, aired 2022-01-11THE VICTORIAN ERA $800: The 1840s "Great Hunger" in this nation led to 1 million deaths & as many as 2 million more emigrating to other countries Ireland
#8548, aired 2022-01-05ECONOMY SIZE $1200: As head of this body from 2011 to 2019, Christine Lagarde called on countries to have more flexible exchange rates the IMF
#8543, aired 2021-12-29COUNTRIES BY DIVISIONS $400: Bryansk, Omsk Russia
#8543, aired 2021-12-29COUNTRIES BY DIVISIONS $800: Catamarca, La Pampa Argentina
#8543, aired 2021-12-29COUNTRIES BY DIVISIONS $1200: Limpopo, Eastern Cape South Africa
#8543, aired 2021-12-29COUNTRIES BY DIVISIONS $1600: Lampang, Phuket Thailand
#8543, aired 2021-12-29COUNTRIES BY DIVISIONS $2000: Benghazi, Misratah Libya
#8527, aired 2021-12-07RUSSIAN HISTORY & CULTURE $800: Russian for "peace" or "world", this space station hosted more than 100 people from 12 countries during its time in orbit Mir
#8526, aired 2021-12-06LANGUAGES $1200: The language of the Inca Empire, today it's still spoken in a handful of countries including Ecuador & Peru Quechua
#8524, aired 2021-12-02SAILING THE BLACK SEA $4,400 (Daily Double): It's alphabetically last of the countries that border the Black Sea Ukraine
#8511, aired 2021-11-15COMPOSERS $1200: Per the estate, English-speaking countries may only produce this composer's "Porgy and Bess" with a Black cast Gershwin
#8507, aired 2021-11-09THE BEGINNING $400: With about 240 athletes from 14 countries, the modern Olympics began in this year in Athens, Greece 1896
#8502, aired 2021-11-02ORGANIZATIONS $400: Mercosur seeks to integrate the economies of its member countries on this continent South America
#8498, aired 2021-10-27INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES $2000: Denmark & 3 other countries squabble over the size of the continental shelf of these islands midway between Norway & Iceland the Faroe Islands
#8490, aired 2021-10-15HIGH/LOW $800: It's alphabetically first of the Low Countries Belgium
#8476, aired 2021-09-27IT'S A SAIL-EBRATION $400: 228 sailing ships, 53 naval vessels & assorted ships from 40+ countries sailed across New York Harbor to celebrate this big birthday the Bicentennial
#8473, aired 2021-09-22NATIONAL PARK COUNTRIES $200: Killarney National Park Ireland
#8473, aired 2021-09-22NATIONAL PARK COUNTRIES $400: Masada National Park Israel
#8473, aired 2021-09-22NATIONAL PARK COUNTRIES $600: Lake District National Park United Kingdom
#8473, aired 2021-09-22NATIONAL PARK COUNTRIES $800: Tikal National Park Guatemala
#8473, aired 2021-09-22NATIONAL PARK COUNTRIES $1000: Serengeti National Park Tanzania
#8471, aired 2021-09-20A WORD IN SPANISH $800: Stand down, Sir Francis Drake; Spanish-speaking countries such as Argentina use this to mean their navy armada
#8462, aired 2021-08-10A VISIT TO THE ISS $800: (Dr. Kate Rubins presents the clue.) ISS crew members look forward to the arrival of supplies on four different spacecraft from three countries, including the Dragon from this U.S. company that has also pioneered the development of reusable rockets SpaceX
#8455, aired 2021-07-30COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "S" $400: It's the country whose flag is seen here Sweden
#8455, aired 2021-07-30COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "S" $800: Until 2004 the guilder was the currency of this South American country Suriname
#8455, aired 2021-07-30COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "S" $1200: It's the location of Saladin's mausoleum & tomb Syria
#8455, aired 2021-07-30COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "S" $1600: Your plane just touched down at Bandaranaike International Airport--welcome to this country! Sri Lanka
#8455, aired 2021-07-30COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "S" $2000: Its official name includes "Most Serene Republic" San Marino
#8454, aired 2021-07-29HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE $5,000 (Daily Double): These 2 countries each border 14 other countries, including each other Russia & China
#8451, aired 2021-07-26WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE $600: Now found mostly in a single national park, the Kashmir stag used to roam these 2 countries India & Pakistan
#8437, aired 2021-07-06HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1200: The Feast of St. Stephen, called Boxing Day in Commonwealth countries, is observed on this date December 26th
#8428, aired 2021-06-23COUNTRY FACTS $4,000 (Daily Double): Of the 7 countries that make up the mainland of Central America, this one is farthest south Panama
#8425, aired 2021-06-18A SPENDY LITTLE WAR $1600: $350 billion is one estimate for what these 2 Mideast countries spent fighting each other from 1980 to 1988 Iran & Iraq
#8420, aired 2021-06-11GROUPS OF 12 $400: This nation is last alphabetically of the 12 independent mainland countries of South America Venezuela
#8409, aired 2021-05-27HISTORY $1200: This agreement that began in 1955 allowed for Soviet military in constituent countries the Warsaw Pact
#8405, aired 2021-05-212-WORD COUNTRIES $400: It's on the eastern part of Hispaniola the Dominican Republic
#8405, aired 2021-05-212-WORD COUNTRIES $800: The official title of its king is "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques" Saudi Arabia
#8405, aired 2021-05-212-WORD COUNTRIES $1200: Residents of this West African country are known as Burkinabe Burkina Faso
#8405, aired 2021-05-212-WORD COUNTRIES $1600: It's the southernmost 2-named country in Central America Costa Rica
#8405, aired 2021-05-212-WORD COUNTRIES $3,600 (Daily Double): Population 52 million, it has twice the people but 20 times the per capita GDP of its neighbor to the north South Korea
#8398, aired 2021-05-127-LETTER COUNTRIES $400: This country definitely uses the most U's in the spelling of its name Uruguay
#8398, aired 2021-05-127-LETTER COUNTRIES $800: This country has the Gulf of Bothnia to its west & a gulf named for it to its south Finland
#8398, aired 2021-05-127-LETTER COUNTRIES $1200: In 2006 Evo Morales, a member of the Aymara people, became the first indigenous president of this South American country Bolivia
#8398, aired 2021-05-127-LETTER COUNTRIES $1600: Istria & Dalmatia are regions of this Balkan country Croatia
#8398, aired 2021-05-127-LETTER COUNTRIES $2000: This small Transcaucasian country is believed to be the first to adopt Christianity as a state religion, in 301 Armenia
#8392, aired 2021-05-04FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $400: Denmark connects to continental Europe through its 42-mile border with this other 7-letter country Germany
#8392, aired 2021-05-04TRUCE! $400: No countries signed the 1953 armistice ending the Korean War--only generals representing North Korea & this intl. organization the UN
#8392, aired 2021-05-04FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $800: First found in Nigeria in 1956, it's the nation's most important source of government revenue oil
#8392, aired 2021-05-04FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $1200: Smaller islands under the jurisdiction of this island country include Lyudao & Quemoy Taiwan
#8392, aired 2021-05-04FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $2000: Like its neighbor to the north Rwanda, this landlocked country is home to Hutus & Tutsis Burundi
#8392, aired 2021-05-04FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $6,200 (Daily Double): The longest river in Ireland, it flows 220 miles to reach the Atlantic Ocean near Limerick the Shannon
#8391, aired 2021-05-03COMEDY CENTRAL $800: New to England, this confused Apple TV+ soccer coach asked, "How many countries are in this country?" The answer: "4" Ted Lasso
#8390, aired 2021-04-30ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $400: Of the 54 internationally recognized countries of Africa Algeria
#8380, aired 2021-04-16COUNTRIES IN THE DICTIONARY $200: High quality porcelain originally made in Asia china
#8380, aired 2021-04-16EUROPEAN GEO-GRAPHIC $400: To get from Budapest to Bratislava travel 100 miles northwest & across the border between these two countries Hungary & Slovakia
#8380, aired 2021-04-16COUNTRIES IN THE DICTIONARY $400: "Hanging" piece from a ballot that caused trouble in the 2000 presidential election chad
#8380, aired 2021-04-16COUNTRIES IN THE DICTIONARY $600: A Tar Heel in college, he led Chicago to 6 NBA titles (Michael) Jordan
#8380, aired 2021-04-16EUROPEAN GEO-GRAPHIC $800: Little Liechtenstein is sandwiched between these two countries Switzerland & Austria
#8380, aired 2021-04-16COUNTRIES IN THE DICTIONARY $800: A former British coin equal to 1 pound + 1 shilling a guinea
#8380, aired 2021-04-16COUNTRIES IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: This fine flexible leather made from tanned goatskin is often used for book covers Morocco
#8370, aired 2021-04-02LET'S MAKE A PACT $200: The 1950 Delhi Pact aimed to ease tensions between these 2 neighboring countries India & Pakistan
#8365, aired 2021-03-26MULTIPLE-CAPITAL COUNTRIES $400: Santiago is its official capital, but its legislature meets in Valparaiso Chile
#8365, aired 2021-03-26MULTIPLE-CAPITAL COUNTRIES $800: These 2 cities are the official capital & seat of government of the Netherlands Amsterdam & The Hague
#8365, aired 2021-03-26MULTIPLE-CAPITAL COUNTRIES $1200: In 2006 Myanmar's capital moved to Nay Pyi Taw, but this city is still its commercial capital Yangon
#8365, aired 2021-03-26MULTIPLE-CAPITAL COUNTRIES $1600: Sucre is Bolivia's legislative capital; this city is the official one La Paz
#8365, aired 2021-03-26MULTIPLE-CAPITAL COUNTRIES $2000: This one of South Africa's 3 capital cities has a name meaning "fountain of flowers" Bloemfontein
#8357, aired 2021-03-16TIME FOR AN APP $200: Launched in 2012 this dating app now has people swiping in 190 countries & in more than 40 languages Tinder
#8355, aired 2021-03-126-LETTER COUNTRIES $200: It occupies about half the land mass of the South American continent Brazil
#8355, aired 2021-03-126-LETTER COUNTRIES $400: Martinique is one of its overseas departments France
#8355, aired 2021-03-126-LETTER COUNTRIES $600: The Isthmus of Corinth connects the Peloponnese with the mainland of this country Greece
#8355, aired 2021-03-126-LETTER COUNTRIES $800: King Abdullah II is the head of state of this country that borders Israel Jordan
#8355, aired 2021-03-126-LETTER COUNTRIES $1000: As seen here it borders another 6-letter country, Zambia Angola
#8348, aired 2021-03-03GEOGRAPHY $200: Of the 14 countries that border Russia, this "stan" country shares the longest border with it, 4,750 miles Kazakhstan
#8342, aired 2021-02-23AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: The Nairobi Animal Orphanage is in this country Kenya
#8342, aired 2021-02-23AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: "(Kinshasa)" sometimes follows the name of this country the Democratic Republic of the Congo
#8342, aired 2021-02-23AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: Some in Puntland, part of this East African country, defend piracy as a response to illegal fishing & toxic dumping Somalia
#8342, aired 2021-02-23AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: Formerly French, this large nation has its main cities like Oran up near the Mediterranean & a vast, largely empty south Algeria
#8342, aired 2021-02-23AFRICAN COUNTRIES $4,000 (Daily Double): They're the two countries highlighted here; insert two letters into the name of one to get the other Mali & Malawi
#8339, aired 2021-02-18FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $400: Ireland celebrates this, March 17th, as a national holiday St. Patrick's Day
#8339, aired 2021-02-18FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $800: It remains the only country with a Communist government in the Americas Cuba
#8339, aired 2021-02-18FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $1600: Just prior to gaining its independence in 1971, Bangladesh was known by this 2-word directional name East Pakistan
#8339, aired 2021-02-18FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $2000: With more than 200 million people, it's the most populous country in Africa & by 2050, its population is expected to double Nigeria
#8339, aired 2021-02-18FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $3,000 (Daily Double): This country is divided into more than 20 provinces, including Guayas & Galapagos Ecuador
#8338, aired 2021-02-17EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: A 1958 economic union joined Belgium, Luxembourg & the Netherlands, known as these "countries" due to their elevation the Low Countries
#8333, aired 2021-02-10HISTORY QUICK SHOTS $1000: 44 countries met in this Dutch city in 1907 to make a little more peace The Hague
#8332, aired 2021-02-09POTPOURRI $200: Germany hosted the 1936 Winter Olympics; these 2 countries who soon allied with Germany were slated to host in 1940 & 1944 Italy & Japan
#8332, aired 2021-02-09COUNTRIES' TRANSLATED NAMES $200: "Land of the Angles" (Europe) England
#8332, aired 2021-02-09COUNTRIES' TRANSLATED NAMES $400: "Little Venice" (South America) Venezuela
#8332, aired 2021-02-09COUNTRIES' TRANSLATED NAMES $600: "In the navel of the moon" (North America) Mexico
#8332, aired 2021-02-09COUNTRIES' TRANSLATED NAMES $800: "Land beside the silvery river" (South America) Argentina
#8332, aired 2021-02-09COUNTRIES' TRANSLATED NAMES $1000: "Bright stone" (Europe) Liechtenstein
#8308, aired 2021-01-06PEAK AT THE MOUNTAINS $2,000 (Daily Double): The border between these 2 countries goes right down the middle of a room in the Hotel Arbez in the Jura Mountains France & Switzerland
#8305, aired 2020-12-18MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO 'ROUND $1600: From the Latin for "every ten", it's the currency of several countries including Jordan & Algeria the dinar
#8302, aired 2020-12-1510-LETTER NATIONS $3,500 (Daily Double): One of the world's most populous countries, it's in the delta of the Ganges & Brahmaputra Rivers Bangladesh
#8297, aired 2020-12-08GEOGRAPHIC FOURS $600: 4 countries border Guatemala: Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras & this one Belize
#8293, aired 2020-12-02COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: Snezka in Bohemia is this country's highest point the Czech Republic
#8293, aired 2020-12-02COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: Basilicata & Campania are administrative regions of this country Italy
#8293, aired 2020-12-02COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1200: The islands called the Azores lie about 800 miles from this country to which they belong Portugal
#8293, aired 2020-12-02COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1600: In Africa to the northwest of Guinea is Guinea-this Guinea-Bissau
#8293, aired 2020-12-02COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $2000: The name of this kingdom just south of Tibet may be derived from Sanskrit for the "end of Tibet" Bhutan
#8284, aired 2020-11-19ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS $400: 187 countries--but not the U.S.--are party to the Basel Conv. on "movements of hazardous" these, like asbestos & mercury wastes
#8279, aired 2020-11-125-LETTER COUNTRIES $200: It stretches southward to Cape Horn Chile
#8279, aired 2020-11-125-LETTER COUNTRIES $400: Gaining independence in 1804, it was the second country in the Americas to free itself from colonial rule Haiti
#8279, aired 2020-11-125-LETTER COUNTRIES $600: In the 19th century, this Mideast nation fell under the control of the Al Thani Dynasty, which still rules there today Qatar
#8279, aired 2020-11-125-LETTER COUNTRIES $800: The rugged Mahabharat range of the Himalayas spans part of this landlocked Asian nation Nepal
#8279, aired 2020-11-125-LETTER COUNTRIES $1000: This kingdom consists of some 170 islands located about 1,300 miles north of New Zealand Tonga
#8250, aired 2020-10-02WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME LATITUDE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) In Africa, the line of 10 degrees north latitude passes through 14 countries from Guinea to this sovereign nation Somalia
#8246, aired 2020-09-28OLYMPIC SITES $800: Countries like Armenia & Belarus fielded a "Unified Team" that competed in this city's 1992 Olympics Barcelona
#8246, aired 2020-09-28OLYMPIC SITES $2,000 (Daily Double): Many countries joined the U.S. in boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics hosted by this city Moscow
#8242, aired 2020-09-22COUNTRY CLUBS? $1200: The FAO, the Food & this Organization, operates in more than 130 countries Agriculture
#8242, aired 2020-09-22COUNTRY CLUBS? $2000: This 11-letter word is the "D" in IDA, a 173-member association that grants loans to foster growth in poor countries development
#8226, aired 2020-06-01IN THE YEAR 2000 $600: A rise in this fatal bovine ailment sparked alarm in several European countries mad cow disease
#8223, aired 2020-05-27GEOGRAPHY $1000: The Sahara covers most of North Africa, including these two neighboring countries that both start with the letter "M" Mauritania and Mali
#8206, aired 2020-04-20COUNTRY OF THE BRIDGE $2000: Victoria Falls Bridge (2 countries, please) Zimbabwe and Zambia
#8205, aired 2020-04-17GET YOUR GROUP ON $800: Albania & Kosovo are among this group of countries that cover a peninsula in Europe the Balkans
#8202, aired 2020-04-14CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES! $800: Perhaps you might volunteer to aid developing countries as part of this U.S. government program established in 1961 the Peace Corps
#8201, aired 2020-04-13THE LION KING $600: The Lion of Punjab, Ranjit Singh was Maharaja of a vast area mainly in these 2 current countries India & Pakistan
#8197, aired 2020-04-07COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $400: For Fiji: this ocean the Pacific
#8197, aired 2020-04-07COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $800: For the United States: this hot spot that can get into the 120s & beyond Death Valley
#8197, aired 2020-04-07COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $1200: For Israel: this body of water the Dead Sea
#8197, aired 2020-04-07COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $1600: For Iraq & Saudi Arabia: this body of water the Persian Gulf
#8197, aired 2020-04-07COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $2000: For Albania & Croatia: this sea the Adriatic
#8189, aired 2020-03-26POLICE SQUAD $400: Founded in 1983, it's a police officer-led program in the U.S. & 50+ other countries to keep kids off drugs D.A.R.E.
#8185, aired 2020-03-20PAY UP $600: Good for unlimited train travel for a week through Austria, France & 29 other countries, it'll cost you at least $375 a Eurail Pass
#8184, aired 2020-03-19THE FIRST MODERN OLYMPICS $2,000 (Daily Double): Though joined together at the time, these 2 Central European countries competed separately Austria & Hungary
#8174, aired 2020-03-05CONTINENTAL $600: With more than 50, this continent has the most countries Africa
#8171, aired 2020-03-02WORDS FROM THE MAP $200: This word for the item seen here was originally a fabric-making town in the Low Countries a duffel
#8152, aired 2020-02-04IN THE ENVIRONMENT $1000: It can mean the countries of eastern Asia, or to familiarize yourself with your surroundings Orient
#8142, aired 2020-01-21IN SOVIET RUSSIA $2000: Instituted in 1968, his "Doctrine" allowed for Soviet interference in countries where Socialism was threatened Brezhnev
#6, aired 2020-01-09IT COMES THIRD $1600: Of the 7 countries that make up Central America, this one is alphabetically third El Salvador
#8124, aired 2019-12-26THE "BAR" EXAM $3,000 (Daily Double): This primate, seen here, lives in coastal countries of North Africa A Barbary ape
#8120, aired 2019-12-20THE MARSHALL PLAN $1200: Eastern European countries were also offered assistance in the plan & some showed interest, but this Soviet leader nixed the idea Stalin
#8119, aired 2019-12-19AROUND THE WORLD $200: Countries with flags of only these 2 colors include Greece, Honduras & Israel blue & white
#8107, aired 2019-12-03WHEN I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE... $1600: I traveled to 112 countries, the most of any secretary in history Hillary Clinton
#8102, aired 2019-11-26FUN WITH G20 COUNTRIES $400: Its name also refers to a creature known for its wattle Turkey
#8102, aired 2019-11-26FUN WITH G20 COUNTRIES $800: These 2 start off with the same 6-letter word the United States & the United Kingdom
#8102, aired 2019-11-26FUN WITH G20 COUNTRIES $1200: This member shares its name with a Terry Gilliam film Brazil
#8102, aired 2019-11-26FUN WITH G20 COUNTRIES $1600: The 2 members with the initials S.A. South Africa & Saudi Arabia
#8102, aired 2019-11-26FUN WITH G20 COUNTRIES $2000: Population about 500 million, it's the only G20 member that is not a country in its own right the European Union
#8095, aired 2019-11-15SNAILS $400: Snails are eaten in many countries, including as this Provençal-named delicacy in French cuisine escargot
#8093, aired 2019-11-13TROPIC OF CAPRICORN $8,000 (Daily Double): 4 countries lie completely south of the tropic: New Zealand, Eswatini, Lesotho & this one in South America Uruguay
#8079, aired 2019-10-24DANCE AT THE WEDDING $1000: "Wedding Dance" by this artist, the Elder, captures a 16th century celebration in the Low Countries Pieter Bruegel
#8078, aired 2019-10-23I BLESS THE RAINS $800 (Daily Double): Rainfall in this area covering 2 million square miles & 9 countries has topped 120 inches some years the Amazon (rainforest)
#8058, aired 2019-09-25NON-GENEVA CONVENTIONS $400: Since 1995 the Schengen Convention has allowed free movement among 26 member countries on this continent Europe
#8056, aired 2019-09-23GEOGRAPHIC TRIOS $1200: The three smallest independent countries in Europe are Vatican City, San Marino, and this one Monaco
#8049, aired 2019-09-12THE NON-ADVERB "-LY" WORD $1200: 2 independent countries lie within the borders of this nation Italy
#8031, aired 2019-07-08THE POWER OF THREE $1600: Adopted by the U.S. in 1793, it's the 3-word phrase for territorial waters; now most countries claim more the three mile limit
#8023, aired 2019-06-26COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: In 2018 new president Miguel Diaz-Canel became this country's first non-Castro leader in nearly 60 years Cuba
#8023, aired 2019-06-26COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: Nearly 60% of Switzerland's territory is in these mountains the Alps
#8023, aired 2019-06-26COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1200: The Maldives, in this ocean, appears on lists of islands you should visit before they sink & disappear the Indian Ocean
#8023, aired 2019-06-26COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Of the 12 independent countries in South America, Brazil, which occupies nearly half the continent, borders 9 of them--all except for Chile & this country Ecuador
#8023, aired 2019-06-26COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $2000: Sadly, in 2015 an earthquake damaged nearly 80% of the historic landmarks in this country's Kathmandu Valley Nepal
#8015, aired 2019-06-14IN & AROUND ASIA $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) 4 big countries almost meet in the heart of Asia--China & Russia share a 31-mile border that also separates Mongolia & this country Kazakhstan
#8002, aired 2019-05-28TIME ZONES $1600: Markets Fyr, an island in the Gulf of Bothnia, follows 2 time zones because it's split between these 2 countries Sweden and Finland
#7993, aired 2019-05-15GEOGRAPHIC SEVENS $1000: "Stan" comes from a word meaning place & this place is alphabetically last of the world's 7 "stan" countries Uzbekistan
#7989, aired 2019-05-09COUNTRIES' MUSIC $400: Jingju, or Beijing this music drama, is a popular Chinese form an opera
#7989, aired 2019-05-09COUNTRIES' MUSIC $800: Common at Japanese folk festivals, taiko are barrel-shaped these instruments drums
#7989, aired 2019-05-09COUNTRIES' MUSIC $1200: Irish euro coins feature the traditional musical instrument called clairseach or the "Irish" this a harp
#7989, aired 2019-05-09COUNTRIES' MUSIC $2000: It's the principal percussion instrument of northern India the tabla
#7989, aired 2019-05-09COUNTRIES' MUSIC $3,000 (Daily Double): Jaiva, or township jive, is native to this country South Africa
#7976, aired 2019-04-22NEW COUNTRY $9,812 (Daily Double): The 2 Saudi-adjacent countries called this (Aden) & this (Sanaa) merged in 1990 to form a new nation North and South Yemen
#7962, aired 2019-04-02SHARING THE ISLAND $1000: Hispaniola: These 2 countries Haiti and the Dominican Republic
#7949, aired 2019-03-14KINGS LANDING $200: King Fahd of this country flew to Bahrain for the opening of the King Fahd Causeway connecting the 2 countries Saudi Arabia
#7934, aired 2019-02-21"B"ORDER COUNTRIES $200: France: This country to the north Belgium
#7934, aired 2019-02-21"B"ORDER COUNTRIES $400: Mexico: Just to the southeast Belize
#7934, aired 2019-02-21"B"ORDER COUNTRIES $600: Romania: A Balkan buddy Bulgaria
#7934, aired 2019-02-21"B"ORDER COUNTRIES $800: Paraguay: These 2 Bolivia & Brazil
#7934, aired 2019-02-21"B"ORDER COUNTRIES $1000: India: Burma & these other 2 Bangladesh & Bhutan
#7928, aired 2019-02-13THE IDES OF FEBRUARY $200: On Feb. 13, 1989 these countries agreed to reunite East and West Germany
#7927, aired 2019-02-12COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: It got its independence from Portugal in 1822 & abolished slavery in 1888 Brazil
#7927, aired 2019-02-12COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: Rescinded in 2017, the "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" policy allowed refugees from this country to stay if they reached U.S. soil Cuba
#7927, aired 2019-02-12COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: The zloty is this country's unit of currency Poland
#7927, aired 2019-02-12COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: In 2018 divers rescued 12 boys & one adult trapped by rising water inside a cave in this country Thailand
#7927, aired 2019-02-12COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: In 2018 this southern African "land" changed its name to Eswatini Swaziland
#7923, aired 2019-02-06WWF $800: A census of 18 countries revealed a 30% drop in the population of these mammals, mostly the result of poaching for the ivory trade elephants
#7908, aired 2019-01-16COUNTRIES $200: The Miraflores district of Lima is a great place to sample this country's culinary delights Peru
#7908, aired 2019-01-16COUNTRIES $400: "Shield of David" is a more accurate translation of this country's symbol, the star of David Israel
#7908, aired 2019-01-16COUNTRIES $600: You can say just Bosnia or Bosnia & this, the southern part of the country Herzegovina
#7908, aired 2019-01-16COUNTRIES $800: One of the crimes of Grindelwald would be missing the skiing at that site in the Bernese Oberland in this country Switzerland
#7908, aired 2019-01-16COUNTRIES $1000: Ras Dashen, this African country's highest peak, has been translated as "General Who Fights in Front of the Emperor" Ethiopia
#7897, aired 2019-01-017 WONDERS, 4 COUNTRIES $200: Statue of Zeus Greece
#7897, aired 2019-01-017 WONDERS, 4 COUNTRIES $400: Lighthouse of Alexandria Egypt
#7897, aired 2019-01-017 WONDERS, 4 COUNTRIES $600: Colossus of Rhodes Greece
#7897, aired 2019-01-017 WONDERS, 4 COUNTRIES $800: Hanging Gardens of Babylon Iraq
#7897, aired 2019-01-017 WONDERS, 4 COUNTRIES $1000: Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Turkey
#7892, aired 2018-12-25OLYMPIANS FROM COUNTRIES THAT NO LONGER EXIST $400: 1964, judo: Nguyen Van Binh of this country South Vietnam
#7892, aired 2018-12-25OLYMPIANS FROM COUNTRIES THAT NO LONGER EXIST $800: 1984, Ali Al-Ghadi of North Yemen: This common charity race distance, about 3 miles a 5K (5000 meters)
#7892, aired 2018-12-25OLYMPIANS FROM COUNTRIES THAT NO LONGER EXIST $1200: 1972, gymnastics: This 4-medal female star for the USSR (Olga) Korbut
#7892, aired 2018-12-25OLYMPIANS FROM COUNTRIES THAT NO LONGER EXIST $1600: 1960, gymnastics: Miroslav Cerar of this country, father of a future prime minister of Slovenia Yugoslavia
#7892, aired 2018-12-25OLYMPIANS FROM COUNTRIES THAT NO LONGER EXIST $2000: 1952, men's marathon: Emil Zatopek of this country that's now divided in two Czechoslovakia
#7885, aired 2018-12-14COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $400: Zugspitze in the Bavarian Alps Germany
#7885, aired 2018-12-14COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $800: Mount Ararat Turkey
#7885, aired 2018-12-14COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $1200: In South America; Juliana Top in the Wilhelmina Mountains Suriname
#7885, aired 2018-12-14COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $1600: Mount Cook New Zealand
#7885, aired 2018-12-14COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $2000: Mount Obama--this Caribbean nation known as "A&B" for short Antigua and Barbuda
#7884, aired 2018-12-13GET IT STRAIT $600: This strait separates 2 countries & 2 continents by a mere 53 miles the Bering Strait
#7882, aired 2018-12-11THE BIG BATTALIONS $1000: Together, these 2 countries that fought a late 1940s war over Kashmir now deploy about 2 million active troops India and Pakistan
#7867, aired 2018-11-20ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): 5 countries including Azerbaijan & Russia border this large "Sea" that's really a lake the Caspian Sea
#7859, aired 2018-11-08WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: Bulgaria & Bosnia-Herzegovina are 2 of the countries on this peninsula the Balkan Peninsula
#7852, aired 2018-10-30AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: The splendors of Victoria Falls are found on the border of these 2 "Z" countries of Africa Zambia and Zimbabwe
#7844, aired 2018-10-18COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: Most of Libya is covered by this desert the Sahara
#7844, aired 2018-10-18COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: This island country is 250 miles across the ocean from Mozambique Madagascar
#7844, aired 2018-10-18COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents a map on the monitor.) Brazil is the only country in the world through which the Equator passes as well as this imaginary line 23.5 degrees south of the Equator the Tropic of Capricorn
#7844, aired 2018-10-18COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: More than 80% of the 104 million people in this Asian country of thousands of islands identify as Catholic the Philippines
#7844, aired 2018-10-18COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: Established in 930, this country's Althing is the world's oldest national parliament Iceland
#7825, aired 2018-09-21COUNTRIES WITH FEWER THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE $400: The 750,000 people of Bhutan live in these mountains, which include the 24,800-foot Gangkar Puensum the Himalayas
#7825, aired 2018-09-21COUNTRIES WITH FEWER THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE $800: Winter sports & duty-free shopping lure 8 million tourists a year to this 76,000-strong nation of the Pyrenees Andorra
#7825, aired 2018-09-21COUNTRIES WITH FEWER THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE $1200: Suriname's citizens converse in Taki-Taki Creole, English & this official language Dutch
#7825, aired 2018-09-21COUNTRIES WITH FEWER THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE $1600: The small African nation of Djibouti has a strategic location on this sea the Red Sea
#7825, aired 2018-09-21COUNTRIES WITH FEWER THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE $3,000 (Daily Double): This European country has about 33,000 people; the country that completely surrounds it has about 60 million San Marino
#7824, aired 2018-09-20HOW CHEAP WERE THEY? $200: Worth $58 billion, Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad got haircuts when visiting developing countries instead of in this homeland Sweden
#7818, aired 2018-09-12HISTORY IN BRIEF $1,800 (Daily Double): 1494: The Treaty of Tordesillas is agreed upon by these 2 countries Spain and Portugal
#7813, aired 2018-07-25CAPITAL LETTERS $800: These 2 capitals of adjacent European countries both end in "est" Bucharest and Budapest
#7812, aired 2018-07-24NEO GEO $2,000 (Daily Double): Northern Rhodesia & Southern Rhodesia are today these 2 countries that begin with the same letter Zambia and Zimbabwe
#7810, aired 2018-07-20HISTORY IN EUROPE $600: The breakup of the dual monarchy of these 2 countries in 1918 marked the end of the Hapsburg empire Austria and Hungary
#7801, aired 2018-07-09INTERNATIONAL LAW $1600: In international law, this 2-word term refers to open waters that belong to no countries; time to sail them high seas or the open seas
#7797, aired 2018-07-03A NICE CUP OF COFFEE $1000: The USDA reports that 47% of the coffee we import is from these 2 South American countries Brazil and Colombia
#7792, aired 2018-06-265-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: The spread of atomic weapons to different countries is called the nuclear type of this proliferation
#7784, aired 2018-06-14PEOPLE OF THE WORLD $1000: The Pashtun mostly call these 2 countries home; you'll find over 30 million of them there Pakistan and Afghanistan
#7775, aired 2018-06-01HISTORIC "P"LACES $1200: Today split between two countries, this historic region was once conquered by Alexander the Great the Punjab
#7761, aired 2018-05-14SMALL COUNTRIES $400: Monte-Carlo is one of the 4 quartiers of this French-speaking country on the Mediterranean Monaco
#7761, aired 2018-05-14SMALL COUNTRIES $800: Malta was home to the Knights Hospitallers & you'll see this symbol of theirs on the tails of Air Malta planes a (Maltese) cross
#7761, aired 2018-05-14SMALL COUNTRIES $1200: This Alpine nation is less than 20 miles long but has the longest one-word name in English Liechtenstein
#7761, aired 2018-05-14SMALL COUNTRIES $1600: Malawi's leading crop is this one, once the leading crop of North Carolina tobacco
#7761, aired 2018-05-14SMALL COUNTRIES $2000: More than 30 islands make up this Arab island nation in the Persian gulf Bahrain
#7760, aired 2018-05-11FIELD TRIP $400: A memorial cross marks 1513's Battle of Flodden Field near the border of these 2 British countries England and Scotland
#7755, aired 2018-05-04DOWN BY THE WATER $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents.) I'm on this southeast Asian river that flows through or borders half a dozen countries & has just as many names, including Song Chau Doc the Mekong
#7748, aired 2018-04-25PLANET EARTH $1600: The world's highest volcano, 22,500-foot Ojos del Salado, straddles these 2 South American countries Argentina and Chile
#7736, aired 2018-04-09CORPS CURRICULUM $400: Established by Uncle Sam in 1961, this organization now has volunteers in more than 60 countries the Peace Corps
#7720, aired 2018-03-16FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1000: In some countries this long-necked brown pear is known as the Kaiser Alexander a Bosc pear
#7718, aired 2018-03-14FROM THE BRITISH MONARCHY'S WEBSITE $1600: This "is a voluntary association of 52 independent countries", most formerly under British rule the Commonwealth
#7718, aired 2018-03-1420th CENTURY REFERENCES $2000: A European peninsula gave us this word meaning to break up into smaller countries or other political units to Balkanize
#7712, aired 2018-03-06SLOVENIA & SLOVAKIA $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The only countries to border both Slovenia & Slovakia are Austria & this neighbor Hungary
#7693, aired 2018-02-07THE GLOBE $800: The globe's largest peninsula is this one found in the Middle East Arabian Peninsula
#7689, aired 2018-02-01CIVIL LAW $1600: In some civil-law countries, these "public" legal authenticators have significant educational requirements notary
#7689, aired 2018-02-01CIVIL LAW $2000: The U.S. Justice Dept. says that in countries with civil law, the judge can act more like this "p"erson in our system prosecutor
#7676, aired 2018-01-15STREET SMARTS $400: (Alex presents the clue from the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.) Reflecting the close relationship that exists between our two countries, Canada is the only one to have its embassy on a section of this stately Washington avenue that connects the White House to the U.S. Capitol Pennsylvania
#7675, aired 2018-01-1211-LETTER WORDS $800: The U.N. has an office for this, getting countries to give up their nukes disarmament
#7666, aired 2018-01-01FLAGS $2000: These 2 of the 3 Benelux countries have similar red, white & blue flags the Netherlands and Luxembourg
#7654, aired 2017-12-14CAMP DAVID $600: In 1978, Jimmy Carter welcomed the leaders of these two countries to Camp David for historic peace talks Egypt and Israel
#7646, aired 2017-12-04COUNTRIES BY FIRST LETTER $400: Heading southwest across South America, it's B, B, C--Brazil & these 2 Bolivia & Chile
#7646, aired 2017-12-04COUNTRIES BY FIRST LETTER $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of north Africa.) From west to east across the top of north Africa, the first letters of the four highlighted countries spell out this word male
#7646, aired 2017-12-04COUNTRIES BY FIRST LETTER $1600: Drink an I, P, A going northwest into central Asia: India & these 2 Pakistan & Afghanistan
#7646, aired 2017-12-04COUNTRIES BY FIRST LETTER $2,000 (Daily Double): Crossing Iberia, you see P, S, A, for Portugal & these 2 nations Spain & Andorra
#7646, aired 2017-12-04COUNTRIES BY FIRST LETTER $2000: A clockwise tour of southeast Asian bordering countries is B, L, T--Burma followed by this pair Laos & Thailand
#7622, aired 2017-10-31WHAT HAPPENED WHEN? $200: On December 17, 1992, this agreement was signed by the leaders of three countries NAFTA
#7619, aired 2017-10-26RUINING THE RUMORS $1000: Despite potentially translating to "no go" in Spanish, this Chevrolet model sold fine in Latin American countries a Nova
#7611, aired 2017-10-16NON -IA COUNTRIES $400: Pusan & Inchon are major cities in this country South Korea
#7611, aired 2017-10-16NON -IA COUNTRIES $800: It shares a long border on its northwest with Honduras Nicaragua
#7611, aired 2017-10-16NON -IA COUNTRIES $1200: This Pacific island group lost the "Western" from its name in 1997 Samoa
#7611, aired 2017-10-16NON -IA COUNTRIES $1600: Part of Borneo, it's an independent sultanate Brunei
#7611, aired 2017-10-16NON -IA COUNTRIES $2000: Once known as Portuguese East Africa, it was settled by the Bantu almost 2,000 years ago Mozambique
#7610, aired 2017-10-13COUNTRIES' OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $200: In Israel, Arabic & this Hebrew
#7610, aired 2017-10-13COUNTRIES' OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $400: In San Marino Italian
#7610, aired 2017-10-13COUNTRIES' OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $600: In Liechtenstein German
#7610, aired 2017-10-13COUNTRIES' OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $800: In Finland, Finnish & this Swedish
#7610, aired 2017-10-13COUNTRIES' OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $1000: In Andorra, this language named for a region of Spain Catalan
#7600, aired 2017-09-29WORLD LEADERS $4,200 (Daily Double): Also MP for Wentworth, Malcolm Turnbull is PM of this, one of the world's 10 largest countries in area Australia
#7598, aired 2017-09-27COUNTRIES WITH ONLY A's AS VOWELS $200: It's also one of only 4 countries with a "Q" in its name Qatar
#7598, aired 2017-09-27COUNTRIES WITH ONLY A's AS VOWELS $400: From 1994 to 2015 the U.N. operated an international criminal tribunal for this country's genocide Rwanda
#7598, aired 2017-09-27COUNTRIES WITH ONLY A's AS VOWELS $600: It's a multi-island nation off the Florida coast (OK, we're ignoring the "the") the Bahamas
#7598, aired 2017-09-27COUNTRIES WITH ONLY A's AS VOWELS $1000: The ninth-largest nation in area, historically, it's been part of different empires Kazakhstan
#7598, aired 2017-09-27COUNTRIES WITH ONLY A's AS VOWELS $4,600 (Daily Double): The 2 that touch both the Atlantic Ocean & the Pacific Ocean Panama and Canada
#7594, aired 2017-09-21THE WORLD FACTBOOK SAYS... $600: Its 3 border countries: "Timor-Leste 253 km, Malaysia 1,881 km, Papua New Guinea 834 km" Indonesia
#7590, aired 2017-09-15THE 14th CENTURY $400: 1397's Kalmar Union united these 3 Scandinavian countries Norway, Sweden and Denmark
#7589, aired 2017-09-14SYMBOLS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some flags on the monitor.) Many countries have special names for their flags; we have the Stars and Stripes, Denmark has its Dannebrog & then there's this flag the Union Jack
#7589, aired 2017-09-14LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the official language in 5 African countries, including Mozambique & Cape Verde Portuguese
#7585, aired 2017-07-28COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: It's the Hellenic Republic Greece
#7585, aired 2017-07-28COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: Its 83 divisions include 21 "republics" & 2 "federal cities" the Russian Federation
#7585, aired 2017-07-28COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: Formerly Upper Volta, still 2 words Burkina Faso
#7585, aired 2017-07-28COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: It's greatest width is 7 miles, so a walk from Austria to Switzerland... no problem Liechtenstein
#7585, aired 2017-07-28COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: This peninsular country's only land border is with Saudi Arabia Qatar
#7580, aired 2017-07-21UNCLE SUGAR $400: Under the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. gave aid to countries that were committed to fighting this ideology Communism
#7578, aired 2017-07-19AROUND THE WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): Kings reign over these 2 countries in Asia that both begin with "B" & end with "N" Bahrain and Bhutan
#7575, aired 2017-07-14YOU CAN SET YOUR WATCH BY IT $2000: Soldiers face off every day in an energetic and patriotic ritual at the Wagah border between these two countries India and Pakistan
#7557, aired 2017-06-20THINGS HAVE CHANGED $1600: In the 20th century there were as many as 24 Communist countries; today there are only 5, including these 2 in southeast Asia Vietnam and Laos
#7518, aired 2017-04-26NOVEL COUNTRIES $400: "The Thorn Birds" Australia
#7518, aired 2017-04-26NOVEL COUNTRIES $800: "The Book Thief" Germany
#7518, aired 2017-04-26NOVEL COUNTRIES $1200: "Kiss of the Spider Woman" Argentina
#7518, aired 2017-04-26NOVEL COUNTRIES $1600: "Under the Volcano" Mexico
#7518, aired 2017-04-26NOVEL COUNTRIES $2000: "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" Botswana
#7513, aired 2017-04-19THE COMMONWEALTH $800: 2.2 billion people reside in 52 member countries, alphabetically from Antigua & Barbuda to this African nation Zambia
#7511, aired 2017-04-17BORDER FRENZY $400: The 2 countries that border Colombia but not Brazil are Ecuador & this one to the north Panama
#7511, aired 2017-04-17BORDER FRENZY $800: Norway borders these 3 countries Finland, Sweden and Russia
#7511, aired 2017-04-17BORDER FRENZY $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Bearing the name of a 14th century ruler of the Golden Horde, this "stan" only borders other countries that end in "stan" Uzbekistan
#7511, aired 2017-04-17BORDER FRENZY $2000: They were united in a confederation from 1982 to 1989, so it makes sense that these two countries share a border Gambia and Senegal
#7504, aired 2017-04-06MARITIME FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE $1600: This western Mediterranean island, one of the smallest countries of Europe, is top 10 in world ship registration Malta
#7486, aired 2017-03-13COUNTRIES' POLITICAL PARTIES $400: The Bloc Quebecois Canada
#7486, aired 2017-03-13COUNTRIES' POLITICAL PARTIES $800: The Communist Party of Bohemia & Moravia the Czech Republic
#7486, aired 2017-03-13COUNTRIES' POLITICAL PARTIES $1200: Sinn Fein Ireland
#7486, aired 2017-03-13COUNTRIES' POLITICAL PARTIES $1600: Kadima Israel
#7486, aired 2017-03-13COUNTRIES' POLITICAL PARTIES $2000: The Unified Lumumbist Party the Democratic Republic of Congo
#7464, aired 2017-02-09COUNTRIES' NEWSPAPERS $200: The Hindustan Times India
#7464, aired 2017-02-09COUNTRIES' NEWSPAPERS $400: The Guadalajara Reporter Mexico
#7464, aired 2017-02-09COUNTRIES' NEWSPAPERS $600: The Hamilton Spectator Canada
#7464, aired 2017-02-09COUNTRIES' NEWSPAPERS $800: The Cape Argus South Africa
#7464, aired 2017-02-09COUNTRIES' NEWSPAPERS $1000: Muscat Daily Oman
#7454, aired 2017-01-26ANALYS"S" $2000: Analyzing other countries' communications falls under SIGINT, short for this kind of intelligence signal (or signals) intelligence
#7440, aired 2017-01-06URUGUAY $5,000 (Daily Double): The first playing of this competition began July 13, 1930 in Montevideo; 13 countries vied, Uruguay won the World Cup
#7426, aired 2016-12-19LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: After the 1993 secession of Eritrea, this other "E" nation became landlocked Ethiopia
#7426, aired 2016-12-19LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: This country became independent in 2011 (yay!) but in the process lost coastal access to the Red Sea (bummer) South Sudan
#7426, aired 2016-12-19LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: Algeria is on the northern border of this 4-letter nation Mali
#7426, aired 2016-12-19LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $2000: This 2-word nation whose name means "Land of Honorable People" is landlocked like its neighbor Niger Burkina Faso
#7426, aired 2016-12-19LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $3,200 (Daily Double): If you turned in 175 quadrillion of this country's old currency in 2015, you would get 5 U.S. dollars Zimbabwe
#7425, aired 2016-12-16COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES $400: Let's be honest--Switzerland & Liechtenstein are the only 2 countries in Europe that still use this monetary unit the franc
#7425, aired 2016-12-16COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES $800: 40 years after his death, he still appears on some of China's paper money Mao (Zedong)
#7425, aired 2016-12-16COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES $1200: Before adopting the euro, Italy & Vatican City used this monetary unit the lira
#7425, aired 2016-12-16COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES $1600: Tuvalu, a small island country in the South Pacific, uses the dollar of this country 2,000 miles away Australia
#7425, aired 2016-12-16COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES $2000: Algeria, Bahrain & Iraq all use a currency called this dinar
#7413, aired 2016-11-30DEEPER IN DEBT $600: The OECD tracks countries' debt as a percentage of this 3-letter stat; in 2014 Japan's topped 240% GDP
#7407, aired 2016-11-22YOU DO THE GEOGRAPHIC MATH $800: The number of countries that begin with Q times the number of countries that begin with X 0
#7407, aired 2016-11-22YOU DO THE GEOGRAPHIC MATH $3,000 (Daily Double): The number of Great Lakes times the number of countries that border the United States 10
#7405, aired 2016-11-18BUSINESS $600: This delivery co. says it covers "more than 220 countries & territories" & links "more than 99% of the world's GDP" FedEx
#7395, aired 2016-11-04"C"s THE DAY $600: The second Monday in March is this day & more than 60 countries & dependencies get to hear from the British monarch Commonwealth Day
#7382, aired 2016-10-182-WORD COUNTRIES $400: One of this country's major exports is known as K-pop, like the hit "Gangnam Style" South Korea
#7382, aired 2016-10-182-WORD COUNTRIES $1200: Independence for this country seen here was unfortunately followed by civil war South Sudan
#7382, aired 2016-10-182-WORD COUNTRIES $1600: They are the 2 2-word nations in Central America Costa Rica & El Salvador
#7382, aired 2016-10-182-WORD COUNTRIES $2000: The name of this West African country may refer to the shape of nearby hills resembling a certain beast Sierra Leone
#7382, aired 2016-10-182-WORD COUNTRIES $5,000 (Daily Double): It occupies most of the world's largest peninsula Saudi Arabia
#7375, aired 2016-10-07AFRICAN LAKES $1,000 (Daily Double): One of the world's largest manmade lakes, Lake Kariba lies on "Z" border of these 2 African countries Zambia & Zimbabwe
#7370, aired 2016-09-30EPONYMOUSLY YOURS $2,000 (Daily Double): These are the 2 South American countries named for a real person Bolivia & Colombia
#7345, aired 2016-07-15INTO AFRICA $1600: The third-longest river in Africa lends its name to these 2 countries Niger and Nigeria
#7341, aired 2016-07-11ROADS SCHOLAR $3,000 (Daily Double): More than 15,000 feet up, the world's highest intl. paved road is the Karakoram Highway, shared by these 2 countries Pakistan & China
#7332, aired 2016-06-28HIDING PLACES $1200: There was much ado about the fact that it's the largest of Africa's 16 landlocked countries Chad (in much ado)
#7329, aired 2016-06-23COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: It takes 2 to do the tango, the national dance of this country where it originated Argentina
#7329, aired 2016-06-23COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: The Order of the Thistle is the highest honor given to men & women of this U.K. country Scotland
#7329, aired 2016-06-23COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1200: The Letts are the main ethnic group of this country Latvia
#7329, aired 2016-06-23COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) A former Soviet republic, this landlocked country bounded by Romania & Ukraine is the least-visited country in Europe Moldova
#7329, aired 2016-06-23COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $2000: After it was stolen from India, the Peacock Throne became a symbol of this country's monarchy Iran
#7327, aired 2016-06-21COUNTRIES WITH SHORT COASTLINES $400: All 40 miles of Belgium's coast are along this sea the North Sea
#7327, aired 2016-06-21COUNTRIES WITH SHORT COASTLINES $800: It has just 306 miles of coastline between Kuwait & Iran Iraq
#7327, aired 2016-06-21COUNTRIES WITH SHORT COASTLINES $1600: One of the largest countries in Africa at 905,000 sq. mi., this democratic republic has only a 23-mile coastline along the Atlantic the Democratic Republic of the Congo
#7327, aired 2016-06-21COUNTRIES WITH SHORT COASTLINES $2000: This nation's tiny shore on the Adriatic is bordered on either side by parts of Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina
#7327, aired 2016-06-21COUNTRIES WITH SHORT COASTLINES $5,000 (Daily Double): This principality has only about 2.5 miles of coast, on the Mediterranean Sea Monaco
#7325, aired 2016-06-17BEFORE & AFTER $800: Chris Pratt trains velociraptors & makes loans to countries with an organization founded in 1944 Jurassic World Bank
#7321, aired 2016-06-13HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $600: A public holiday in some countries, Vesak commemorates his birth, enlightenment & death Buddha
#7316, aired 2016-06-06CANADIANA $400: Canada is part of this organization of countries with ties to the United Kingdom; its flag is seen here the Commonwealth
#7311, aired 2016-05-30AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: The Ganda are one of its major ethnic groups Uganda
#7311, aired 2016-05-30AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: It gets its "N"ame from its large coastal desert Namibia
#7311, aired 2016-05-30AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: There was once a place called Italian East Africa; now most of it is this Ethiopia
#7311, aired 2016-05-30AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: In 1462 an explorer gave this country its name, possibly because a nearby mountain resembled a lion Sierra Leone
#7311, aired 2016-05-30AFRICAN COUNTRIES $2000: Gambia or the Gambia was once part of a union with this country that surrounds it Senegal
#7301, aired 2016-05-16COUNTRY DISTINCTIONS $1,800 (Daily Double): These 2 neighboring Middle East countries share the lowest elevation on land, about 1,300 feet below sea level Israel & Jordan
#7299, aired 2016-05-12HISTORIC HANDSHAKES $1200: The 2015 shake by Xi Jinping & Ma Ying-jeou marked the first top-level contact between these two countries in 66 years China & Taiwan
#7295, aired 2016-05-06WE APPRECIATE "U"! $800: This service that connects riders & drivers via a phone app is available in more than 65 countries Uber
#7289, aired 2016-04-28NASA SAYS $400: 1 of 2 countries described as "principals" in the International Space Station with the U.S., Russia & Europe Canada (or Japan)
#7285, aired 2016-04-22"Q" NOT FOLLOWED BY U $3,000 (Daily Double): This gulf seen here touches the shores of four countries the Gulf of Aqaba
#7274, aired 2016-04-07MOVIE TITLES IN OTHER COUNTRIES $400: Argentina renders this musical as "Vaseline" Grease
#7274, aired 2016-04-07MOVIE TITLES IN OTHER COUNTRIES $800: To Mexican audiences, Daniel Day-Lewis starred in "Bloody Oil"--this movie There Will Be Blood
#7274, aired 2016-04-07MOVIE TITLES IN OTHER COUNTRIES $1200: The Chinese call this wild 2007 comedy "One Night Big Belly" (Katherine Heigl's) Knocked Up
#7274, aired 2016-04-07MOVIE TITLES IN OTHER COUNTRIES $1600: In Germany, this 1971 Gene Hackman film is "Focus Brooklyn" The French Connection
#7274, aired 2016-04-07MOVIE TITLES IN OTHER COUNTRIES $2000: Italy turned the title of this film with Jim Carrey & Kate Winslet into "If You Leave Me I Delete You" Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
#7270, aired 2016-04-01ON THE OLD MAP OF EUROPE $400: Two countries visible on the map of Europe today used to be united as this dual monarchy Austria-Hungary
#7267, aired 2016-03-29LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $4,000 (Daily Double): Countries using this as their official language include Mozambique & Guinea-Bissau Portuguese
#7254, aired 2016-03-102-WORD COUNTRIES $400: If you are on the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola, you are in this country the Dominican Republic
#7254, aired 2016-03-102-WORD COUNTRIES $800: The flag of Argentina inspired the design of the flag of this central American country, seen here Costa Rica
#7254, aired 2016-03-102-WORD COUNTRIES $1200: Ostrava & Brno are cities in this country of Central Europe the Czech Republic
#7254, aired 2016-03-102-WORD COUNTRIES $1600: Don't blink or you'll miss this republic on the map San Marino
#7254, aired 2016-03-102-WORD COUNTRIES $2,200 (Daily Double): July 9, 2011 is the world's most recently inaugurated new independence day, for this nation South Sudan
#7253, aired 2016-03-09POLISH HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Poland lost its independence in 1795 when Austria & these 2 rhyming countries partitioned the commonwealth Russia & Prussia
#7243, aired 2016-02-24IT TAKES 2 $2,000 (Daily Double): Located in Asia, the only 2 countries whose names begin with "A" but don't end with "A" Azerbaijan & Afghanistan
#7238, aired 2016-02-17COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: In 1961 this country's Tutsi monarchy was overthrown in a Hutu revolution Rwanda
#7238, aired 2016-02-17COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: Its nearest neighbor is Greenland, about 200 miles to the northwest Iceland
#7238, aired 2016-02-17COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1200: Schellenberg & Vaduz were united to form this tiny country Liechtenstein
#7238, aired 2016-02-17COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1600: The wildebeest migration is a thrilling sight in this country's Maasai Mara National Reserve Kenya
#7238, aired 2016-02-17COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $2000: The main island of this Persian Gulf archipelago nation has many fresh springs for drinking & irrigation Bahrain
#7236, aired 2016-02-15GOOD CAUSES $200: In 2015 about 6,500 athletes with intellectual disabilities, from 165 countries, came together in L.A. for this event the Special Olympics
#7235, aired 2016-02-12ACRONYMS $2000: European countries plagued by debt were given the acronym "PIIGS": Portugal, Ireland, Italy & these other 2 Greece & Spain
#7233, aired 2016-02-10SMALL COUNTRIES $400: Little Liechtenstein is almost completely located in these mountains the Alps
#7233, aired 2016-02-10SMALL COUNTRIES $800: Catalan is the official language of this country between France & Spain Andorra
#7233, aired 2016-02-10SMALL COUNTRIES $1200: The Maldives in the Indian Ocean is made of this natural material & the locals are happy to sell you a necklace of it coral
#7233, aired 2016-02-10SMALL COUNTRIES $1600: The tiny nation of San Marino is completely surrounded by this other European country Italy
#7233, aired 2016-02-10SMALL COUNTRIES $3,800 (Daily Double): About 600 small islands make up this Pacific Ocean country whose name means "small islands" Micronesia
#7226, aired 2016-02-01COUNTRIES' PROVINCES $200: KwaZulu-Natal & Western Cape South Africa
#7226, aired 2016-02-01COUNTRIES' PROVINCES $400: Granma & Guantanamo Cuba
#7226, aired 2016-02-01COUNTRIES' PROVINCES $600: Carinthia & Salzburg Austria
#7226, aired 2016-02-01COUNTRIES' PROVINCES $800: Kandahar & Baghlan Afghanistan
#7226, aired 2016-02-01COUNTRIES' PROVINCES $1000: Colon & Darien Panama
#7222, aired 2016-01-26RECENT AFRICAN HISTORY $400: In Sept. 2015 Liberia, one of the 3 countries hardest hit by this terrible disease, was declared free of it Ebola
#7221, aired 2016-01-25ANNUAL EVENTS $400: The dancing seen here is part of these games that take place in many countries Highland Games
#7219, aired 2016-01-21PERSON, PLACE OR THING $600: The names of these 2 South American countries end in the same 4 letters Paraguay & Uruguay
#7213, aired 2016-01-13BACK IN 2006 $1000: This president of Iran announced the nation had "joined the nuclear countries of the world" Ahmadinejad
#7211, aired 2016-01-11SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES $400: In 1980 the U.S. & 64 other countries boycotted the Olympics held in this city Moscow
#7204, aired 2015-12-31ASIA $800: The TPP, short for this, rewrites the rules of U.S. trade with Japan, Vietnam & other countries the Trans-Pacific Partnership
#7197, aired 2015-12-22DOUBLE UP ON YOUR COUNTRIES $800: They're the 2 countries where Urdu is mainly spoken India & Pakistan
#7197, aired 2015-12-22DOUBLE UP ON YOUR COUNTRIES $1600: Of the 5 nations with compass directions in their names, 3 use "South"; these 2 do not East Timor & North Korea
#7197, aired 2015-12-22DOUBLE UP ON YOUR COUNTRIES $2000: Many countries are made up of archipelagos, but these 2 U.N. members have "Islands" in their names the Solomon Islands & Marshall Islands
#7197, aired 2015-12-22DOUBLE UP ON YOUR COUNTRIES $3,000 (Daily Double): These 2 Mediterranean islands are independent countries Malta & Cyprus
#7193, aired 2015-12-16ON THE GLOBE $400: These 2 countries basically divide the bottom quarter of South America Argentina & Chile
#7189, aired 2015-12-10FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $400: Its 10 million people all live on a third of a Caribbean island Haiti
#7189, aired 2015-12-10FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $800: In area it's the largest country with French as an official language Canada
#7189, aired 2015-12-10FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $1200: Fleur de Sel is a French restaurant in this "Democratic Republic", the second-largest country in Africa the Democratic Republic of the Congo
#7189, aired 2015-12-10FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $2000: In 1985 this African nation officially changed its name to the French version Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
#7189, aired 2015-12-10FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $5,000 (Daily Double): Its official languages include German, Italian & French; 20% of its people mainly speak French Switzerland
#7187, aired 2015-12-08COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS $200: "La Marseillaise" France
#7187, aired 2015-12-08COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS $400: "Kimigayo" Japan
#7187, aired 2015-12-08COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS $500 (Daily Double): "Himno Istmeño", or "Isthmus Hymn" Panama
#7187, aired 2015-12-08COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS $600: "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", or "William of Nassau" the Netherlands
#7187, aired 2015-12-08COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS $1000: "Hatikvah" Israel
#7179, aired 2015-11-26NORTH & SOUTH $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) If you fly due south from Belize, you'll pass over these two countries on your way to El Salvador Honduras & Guatemala
#7179, aired 2015-11-26NORTH & SOUTH $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Head due north from Lida, Belarus & you'll pass through these three countries on your way to the Gulf of Finland Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia
#7175, aired 2015-11-20BODIES OF WATER $600: This gulf that borders two countries is named for the capital of one the Gulf of Riga
#7158, aired 2015-10-28NEO GEO $400: You take the left half of the old name, we'll take the right, said these 2 new European countries in 1993 the Czech Republic & Slovakia
#7153, aired 2015-10-21NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS $200: This group that sends doctors & nurses to about 70 countries every year won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize Doctors Without Borders
#7143, aired 2015-10-07EUROPE $800: This tiny nation, one of the Low Countries, has Europe's highest GDP per capita Luxembourg
#7137, aired 2015-09-29COUNTRIES IN SPANISH $400: Corea del Sur South Korea
#7137, aired 2015-09-29COUNTRIES IN SPANISH $1200: Letonia, north of Lituania Latvia
#7137, aired 2015-09-29COUNTRIES IN SPANISH $1600: Alemania Germany
#7137, aired 2015-09-29COUNTRIES IN SPANISH $2000: Costa de Marfil Côte d'Ivoire
#7137, aired 2015-09-29COUNTRIES IN SPANISH $3,000 (Daily Double): Reino Unido the United Kingdom
#7136, aired 2015-09-28QEII IS THEIR QUEEN TOO $1200: The 2 countries farthest south that recognize Elizabeth as queen New Zealand & Australia
#7129, aired 2015-09-17AROUND THE WORLD $1000: Though not one of the 10 biggest countries, it stretches nearly 2,700 miles from north to south Chile
#7127, aired 2015-09-15GIVE $600: This 150-year-old "military" charity uses $2 billion in annual donations to help people in more than 100 countries the Salvation Army
#7126, aired 2015-09-14THE PLACE TO "B" $1600: Originally inhabited by Pygmies, it's last alphabetically of countries that begin with "B" Burundi
#7119, aired 2015-07-23WOODROW WILSON'S FOURTEEN POINTS $800: No. 14: The creation of "a general association of" countries that became this body in 1920 the League of Nations
#7111, aired 2015-07-13A GLOBAL CATEGORY $400: From France in the west to Albania in the east, this mountain range spans a dozen countries the Alps
#7104, aired 2015-07-02ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $800: Of countries in Africa Algeria
#7099, aired 2015-06-25THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION $1600: This entity, the C.I.S., keeps some of the old Soviet countries together in an economic & cultural confederation the Commonwealth of Independent States
#7091, aired 2015-06-15A PLACE TO STAY $800: This service lets you "rent unique places to stay from local hosts in 190+ countries" Airbnb
#7087, aired 2015-06-09SPORTS AWARDS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands with a famous trophy.) Since 1851, the America's Cup trophy has been won by just six yacht clubs--New York, San Diego, Golden Gate, one from Switzerland, & clubs from these two southern-hemisphere countries Australia & New Zealand
#7086, aired 2015-06-08WORLD FACTS $800: Portugal is the smaller of the 2 countries that occupy this peninsula the Iberian
#7081, aired 2015-06-01VOCABULARY $400: Meaning at ease in different countries & cultures, it's from the Greek for "world citizen" cosmopolitan
#7060, aired 2015-05-01WARSAW PACT ALUMNI NATIONS $1200: This onetime Warsaw Pact member has since split into 2 countries Czechoslovakia
#7059, aired 2015-04-30COUNTRIES BY HOTEL $200: The Taj West End Hotel India
#7059, aired 2015-04-30COUNTRIES BY HOTEL $400: The Victoria Falls Hotel, just south of the falls Zimbabwe
#7059, aired 2015-04-30COUNTRIES BY HOTEL $600: The Yak & Yeti Nepal
#7059, aired 2015-04-30COUNTRIES BY HOTEL $800: The Fairmont Chateau Laurier Canada
#7059, aired 2015-04-30COUNTRIES BY HOTEL $1000: The Westin Chosun South Korea
#7057, aired 2015-04-28IMPERIALIST $4,000 (Daily Double): Controlled by France until 1954, the region known as French Indochina is today these 3 countries Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos
#7055, aired 2015-04-24ALPHABETICALLY LAST $800: ...of South American countries Venezuela
#7052, aired 2015-04-21COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $200: Mount Kilimanjaro Tanzania
#7052, aired 2015-04-21COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $400: K2 Pakistan
#7052, aired 2015-04-21COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $600: Mount Aconcagua Argentina
#7052, aired 2015-04-21COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $800: Ponta do Pico, in the Azores Portugal
#7052, aired 2015-04-21COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $1000: Bikku Bitti, near the southern border with Chad Libya
#7047, aired 2015-04-14MOUNT EVEREST $400: Mount Everest is shared by these 2 countries Nepal & China
#7046, aired 2015-04-13COUNTRIES IN 3 WORDS $200: South America's largest Brazil
#7046, aired 2015-04-13COUNTRIES IN 3 WORDS $400: Capital at Kingston Jamaica
#7046, aired 2015-04-13COUNTRIES IN 3 WORDS $600: Also called Burma Myanmar
#7046, aired 2015-04-13COUNTRIES IN 3 WORDS $800: Western Tunisia adjacent Algeria
#7046, aired 2015-04-13COUNTRIES IN 3 WORDS $1000: Formerly Gilbert Islands Kiribati
#7042, aired 2015-04-07THE BOOK OF EXODUS $3,000 (Daily Double): The names of these 2 current countries appear in the very first verse of Exodus Egypt & Israel
#7039, aired 2015-04-02IT BORDERS BOTH COUNTRIES $200: Germany & Spain France
#7039, aired 2015-04-02IT BORDERS BOTH COUNTRIES $400: Pakistan & Bangladesh India
#7039, aired 2015-04-02IT BORDERS BOTH COUNTRIES $600: Norway & Finland Sweden
#7039, aired 2015-04-02IT BORDERS BOTH COUNTRIES $800: Namibia & Mozambique South Africa
#7039, aired 2015-04-02IT BORDERS BOTH COUNTRIES $3,000 (Daily Double): Jordan & Yemen Saudi Arabia
#7035, aired 2015-03-27REMEMBER 2014? $1000: 1 of the 3 countries from which the midyear surge of kids arriving at the Mexico-U.S. border mainly came Guatemala (or El Salvador or Honduras)
#7028, aired 2015-03-18LAND "HO"! $600: 2 central European countries took its place in 1993 Czechoslovakia
#7026, aired 2015-03-16FLAGS OF CROSS & CRESCENT $2000: The flags of these two countries that begin with the same two letters both use imagery from earlier Ottoman designs Turkey and Tunisia
#7012, aired 2015-02-24RELIGION $800: In 2014 this Islamic holy month of fasting began on June 28 in some countries & on the 29th in others Ramadan
#7003, aired 2015-02-11SEAS THE DAY $2,000 (Daily Double): Both Aussies & Kiwis refer to this sea between their countries as "The Ditch" the Tasman Sea
#6994, aired 2015-01-29NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS' HOME COUNTRIES $200: 1975: Physicist & activist Andrei Sakharov the U.S.S.R.
#6994, aired 2015-01-29NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS' HOME COUNTRIES $400: 1971: Chancellor Willy Brandt (be specific) West Germany
#6994, aired 2015-01-29NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS' HOME COUNTRIES $600: 1961: U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold Sweden
#6994, aired 2015-01-29NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS' HOME COUNTRIES $1,000 (Daily Double): 2001: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Ghana
#6994, aired 2015-01-29NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS' HOME COUNTRIES $1000: 1998: Political leaders John Hume & David Trimble Northern Ireland
#6989, aired 2015-01-22COUNTRIES SMALLER THAN PUERTO RICO $400: In area this city-state is the largest port in southeast Asia Singapore
#6989, aired 2015-01-22COUNTRIES SMALLER THAN PUERTO RICO $800: The highest peak of this mountainous land is 9,600-foot Coma Pedrosa near the frontier with Catalonia Andorra
#6989, aired 2015-01-22COUNTRIES SMALLER THAN PUERTO RICO $1200: The strategic importance of this country, located 60 miles south of Sicily, has guaranteed it a turbulent history Malta
#6989, aired 2015-01-22COUNTRIES SMALLER THAN PUERTO RICO $1600: The more than 1,200 "islands" of this Pacific nation only add up to about 70 square miles the Marshall Islands
#6989, aired 2015-01-22COUNTRIES SMALLER THAN PUERTO RICO $2000: The Al-Khalifah royal family reigns in this island nation Bahrain
#6985, aired 2015-01-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: What was Rhodesia on a 1975 map is called this now Zimbabwe
#6985, aired 2015-01-16THE 17th CENTURY $800: In the Kalmar War these 2 countries fought over a region that is now part of northern Norway Denmark & Sweden
#6985, aired 2015-01-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: Linguistically & geographically, it's closer to Finland than are the other 2 Baltic republics Estonia
#6985, aired 2015-01-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1200: You don't need to brush up your Spanish to visit this northernmost Central American country Belize
#6985, aired 2015-01-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1600: "Western" was attached to the name of this Pacific island nation when it gained independence in 1962 Samoa
#6985, aired 2015-01-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $2000: In area this European coastal principality is about 3 times the size of the Mall in Washington, D.C. Monaco
#6981, aired 2015-01-12HIT THE ROAD $2000: The road between Jamrud & Torkham through the Khyber Pass is an important link between these 2 countries Pakistan & Afghanistan
#6978, aired 2015-01-07LAKES $1200: Bordered by 5 countries, this saltwater lake is also called the Khazar Sea & the Mazandaran Sea the Caspian Sea
#6976, aired 2015-01-05STRIKE THAT! $600: The west coast of South America is mostly occupied by 2 countries, Chile & Panem Peru
#6964, aired 2014-12-18COUNTRIES BY WORLD HERITAGE SITES $400: The Tokaj wine region & the Buda Castle Quarter Hungary
#6964, aired 2014-12-18COUNTRIES BY WORLD HERITAGE SITES $800: The Neolithic flint mines near Mons & the Brugge Historic Center Belgium
#6964, aired 2014-12-18COUNTRIES BY WORLD HERITAGE SITES $1200: Tel Megiddo & the Old City of Acre Israel
#6964, aired 2014-12-18COUNTRIES BY WORLD HERITAGE SITES $2000: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump & L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site Canada
#6964, aired 2014-12-18COUNTRIES BY WORLD HERITAGE SITES $3,000 (Daily Double): The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve & the Prehistoric Caves of Yagul Mexico
#6951, aired 2014-12-01ISLANDS $800: Lying at the southern tip of South America, the islands of Tierra del Fuego are split between these 2 countries Chile & Argentina
#6946, aired 2014-11-24CONTINENTAL $600: Home to more countries than any other continent Africa
#6943, aired 2014-11-19CAPITALS OF NON-COUNTRIES $400: Argentines say Puerto Argentino; the British call the capital of this island group Stanley the Falklands
#6943, aired 2014-11-19CAPITALS OF NON-COUNTRIES $800: Douglas, the capital of this place, is called Doolish in the Manx language the Isle of Man
#6943, aired 2014-11-19CAPITALS OF NON-COUNTRIES $1200: Nuuk, the capital of this large island, was once known by its Danish name, Godthab Greenland
#6943, aired 2014-11-19CAPITALS OF NON-COUNTRIES $1600: Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel is the capital of this Portuguese archipelago the Azores
#6943, aired 2014-11-19CAPITALS OF NON-COUNTRIES $2000: Avarua on Rarotonga is the capital of this self-governing island group in association with New Zealand the Cook Islands
#6931, aired 2014-11-03WHAT A WONDERFUL "WORLD" $800: "My DVR only records 2 shows at a time" is one of these, including a phrase for the industrialized countries a first world problem
#6926, aired 2014-10-27THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA $800: The Congress tried to hem in France by creating one kingdom from what are now these 3 Benelux countries Belgium, the Netherlands & Luxembourg
#6915, aired 2014-10-10COUNTRIES' ETHNIC GROUPS $200: 90% Khmer Cambodia
#6915, aired 2014-10-10COUNTRIES' ETHNIC GROUPS $400: 98% Bengali Bangladesh
#6915, aired 2014-10-10COUNTRIES' ETHNIC GROUPS $600: 58% Fleming Belgium
#6915, aired 2014-10-10COUNTRIES' ETHNIC GROUPS $800: 74% Sinhalese Sri Lanka
#6915, aired 2014-10-10COUNTRIES' ETHNIC GROUPS $1000: 42% Pashtun Afghanistan
#6900, aired 2014-09-19ROCKY ROAD $800: The Stelvio pass near Italy's borders with these 2 countries is one of the highest mountain roads in Europe Switzerland & Austria
#6894, aired 2014-07-31MONEY $800: Most of these bills showing Ben Franklin are held in other countries hundreds
#6880, aired 2014-07-11"L" ON EARTH $800: These two countries were incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940 Latvia & Lithuania
#6879, aired 2014-07-10THAT'S DIFFICULT! $1,200 (Daily Double): The EU said its 2012 budget was "in tune with" these stern "measures in place in many EU countries" austerity measures
#6857, aired 2014-06-10AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $400: Tunis Tunisia
#6857, aired 2014-06-10AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $800: Addis Ababa Ethiopia
#6857, aired 2014-06-10AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $1200: Khartoum Sudan
#6857, aired 2014-06-10AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $1600: Kampala Uganda
#6857, aired 2014-06-10AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL $2000: Abuja Nigeria
#6851, aired 2014-06-02LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL $200: Little League is now in 80+ countries; in 2013, Perth Metro became the first team from this one to reach the World Series Australia
#6850, aired 2014-05-30THE 28 COUNTRIES OF NATO $400: The one with the largest population the United States
#6850, aired 2014-05-30THE 28 COUNTRIES OF NATO $800: It's first alphabetically & only joined in 2009 Albania
#6850, aired 2014-05-30THE 28 COUNTRIES OF NATO $1200: One of the smallest, this country is home to the main NATO headquarters Belgium
#6850, aired 2014-05-30THE 28 COUNTRIES OF NATO $1600: The 2 island countries that are members Iceland & the United Kingdom
#6850, aired 2014-05-30THE 28 COUNTRIES OF NATO $2,500 (Daily Double): The one that's 99% Muslim Turkey
#6820, aired 2014-04-18FEDEX DOESN'T GO THERE $1600: It's not there yet, but when FedEx gets to these 2 "stan" countries, it will suit them to a "T" Tajikistan & Turkmenistan
#6810, aired 2014-04-04WHAT A "GAL" $1000: This area, though culturally unified for thousands of years, is now politically divided between two countries Bengal
#6804, aired 2014-03-27EUROPEAN COUNTRIES $400: "Erin go bragh" means this country "forever" Ireland
#6804, aired 2014-03-27EUROPEAN COUNTRIES $800: About 5 million live in this country Denmark
#6804, aired 2014-03-27EUROPEAN COUNTRIES $1200: The Tagus River runs across the entire width of this country Portugal
#6804, aired 2014-03-27EUROPEAN COUNTRIES $1600: Established in 1929, one of the world's oldest airlines, Lot, is based in this country Poland
#6804, aired 2014-03-27EUROPEAN COUNTRIES $3,000 (Daily Double): While this Balkan country's national name means "land of eagles", the name we know it by is from the Latin for "white" Albania
#6795, aired 2014-03-14REVOLUTIONARY COUNTRIES $400: The Cultural Revolution (1966) China
#6795, aired 2014-03-14REVOLUTIONARY COUNTRIES $800: The Glorious Revolution (1688) the United Kingdom of Great Britain
#6795, aired 2014-03-14REVOLUTIONARY COUNTRIES $1200: The October Revolution (1917) Russia
#6795, aired 2014-03-14REVOLUTIONARY COUNTRIES $1600: The Cedar Revolution (2005) Lebanon
#6795, aired 2014-03-14REVOLUTIONARY COUNTRIES $2000: The Orange Revolution (2004) the Ukraine
#6791, aired 2014-03-10"DA" END $1200: In Spanish-speaking countries, it's a large estate or plantation a hacienda
#6790, aired 2014-03-07THE NEW YORK TIMES: THE 1990s $800: (The New York Times reporter James Risen gives the clue.) In 1998 I reported on the deadly al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in these 2 neighboring African countries, a prelude to the worse attacks to follow Kenya & Tanzania
#6780, aired 2014-02-21GLOBAL STUDIES $800: For 70 million travelers flying to more than 90 countries a year, this U.K. airport is one of the world's busiest Heathrow
#6779, aired 2014-02-20CARNIVAL KNOWLEDGE $400: In Roman Catholic countries, the celebration known as carnival takes place immediately before this austere season Lent
#6777, aired 2014-02-18COUNTRY MATH $1600: The number of countries on Hispaniola plus the number on Timor 4
#6759, aired 2014-01-23HEAD FOR THE BORDERS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) It's bordered by nine countries, the most for any African nation. It also has one of the continent's wordiest names Democratic Republic of the Congo
#6759, aired 2014-01-23HEAD FOR THE BORDERS $2000: One of the 2 mainland South American countries that don't border Brazil Chile (or Ecuador)
#6753, aired 2014-01-15LANDLOCKED COUNTRY FUN $400: Among landlocked countries, this war-torn Asian land is alphabetically first Afghanistan
#6740, aired 2013-12-27LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $800: This European language is an official language of Chad & Burkina Faso, among other countries French
#6736, aired 2013-12-23CHEESY COUNTRIES $400: Provolone Italy
#6736, aired 2013-12-23CHEESY COUNTRIES $800: Stilton the U.K.
#6736, aired 2013-12-23CHEESY COUNTRIES $1200: Gouda the Netherlands
#6736, aired 2013-12-23CHEESY COUNTRIES $1600: Havarti Denmark
#6728, aired 2013-12-11WORDS IN ASIAN COUNTRIES $400: A bad review in Osaka a pan (in Japan)
#6728, aired 2013-12-11WORDS IN ASIAN COUNTRIES $800: A friend in Kathmandu a pal (in Nepal)
#6728, aired 2013-12-11WORDS IN ASIAN COUNTRIES $1200: An open space in Dhaka's forest a glade (in Bangladesh)
#6728, aired 2013-12-11WORDS IN ASIAN COUNTRIES $1600: Precipitation in Bangkok hail (in Thailand)
#6728, aired 2013-12-11WORDS IN ASIAN COUNTRIES $2000: A simple roofed shelter in Thimphu a hut (in Bhutan)
#6723, aired 2013-12-04FINLANDIA $1,000 (Daily Double): One of the 2 countries that took turns controlling Finland from the 1100s to its 1917 independence Russia (or Sweden)
#6720, aired 2013-11-29WORDS WITHIN WORDS $1200: If the Low Countries were cut off from other anesthetics, this could be used in the Netherlands ether (in Netherlands)
#6715, aired 2013-11-22THE KOREAN WAR $600: The forces of this organization were Korean & American, supplemented by troops from 15 other countries the United Nations
#6708, aired 2013-11-13"A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 2,000 years ago, under Tigran the Great, this country's empire stretched from the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea; today, it's one of the smallest countries on the Asian mainland Armenia
#6696, aired 2013-10-28POTPOURRI $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The 4 great rivers of Africa are the Niger, the Nile, the Zambezi & this one that lends its name to 2 countries in its basin the Congo
#6677, aired 2013-10-01FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS $2000: These 2 neighboring beginning-of-the-alphabet countries both became part of the USSR in 1936 Azerbaijan and Armenia
#6660, aired 2013-07-26COUNTRIES BY AIRPORTS $200: Federico Fellini International Italy
#6660, aired 2013-07-26COUNTRIES BY AIRPORTS $400: Bergen & Kristiansand-Kjevik Norway
#6660, aired 2013-07-26COUNTRIES BY AIRPORTS $600: Kalamata & Kos Greece
#6660, aired 2013-07-26COUNTRIES BY AIRPORTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Puerto Princessa & Ninoy Aquino International the Philippines
#6660, aired 2013-07-26COUNTRIES BY AIRPORTS $1000: La Coloma & Jose Marti International Cuba
#6650, aired 2013-07-12COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $200: Death Valley the U.S.
#6650, aired 2013-07-12COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $400: Lake Hachiro-gata Japan
#6650, aired 2013-07-12COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $600: Zuidplaspolder the Netherlands
#6650, aired 2013-07-12COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $800: Sebkha Tah, southwest of Marrakech Morocco
#6650, aired 2013-07-12COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $1000: Lake Eyre Australia
#6645, aired 2013-07-05BRAZILIAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Add two letters to the name of a river to get this state, so big it borders three countries Amazonas
#6643, aired 2013-07-03BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Founder of the Girl Scouts in America who is a collective name for Belgium, the Netherlands & Luxembourg Juliette Gordon Low Countries
#6640, aired 2013-06-28WORLD HISTORY $1200: This organization includes countries that spent centuries fighting, but it won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize the European Union
#6633, aired 2013-06-19WHERE ARE YOU FROM? $400: 1 of the 2 countries you might hail from if you're Hispaniolan Haiti (or the Dominican Republic)
#6625, aired 2013-06-07WORLD WAR II $400: This name for the group of countries that lost the war dates to a 1936 German-Italian pact the Axis
#6625, aired 2013-06-07EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $800: It's the only one of the 4 U.K. countries in which St. Patrick's Day is an official bank holiday Northern Ireland
#6607, aired 2013-05-146-LETTER WORDS $400: An outer decorative edge, or the official dividing line between 2 countries a border
#6598, aired 2013-05-01STOP & SMELL $400: The smell of these cannot be copyrighted in some countries, but 2004's Lancome V. Kecofa proved it can in Holland perfumes
#6589, aired 2013-04-18VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: LBR Liberia
#6589, aired 2013-04-18VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $800: GND Uganda
#6589, aired 2013-04-18VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1200: NMB Namibia
#6589, aired 2013-04-18VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: NGL Angola
#6589, aired 2013-04-18VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES $2000: LGR Algeria
#6576, aired 2013-04-01& HERE'S YOUR HOST... $800: The 2012 version of this Phil Keoghan-hosted show promised "9 countries, 25,000 miles, $2 million" Amazing Race
#6569, aired 2013-03-21CURRENCY SPECULATION $1200: I'm seeing tough times for Greece if it leaves this 8-letter term for the countries that share its currency Eurozone
#6552, aired 2013-02-26UNREAL ESTATE $800: This land's 4 main countries are Winkie, Gillikin, Quadling & Munchkin Oz
#6548, aired 2013-02-20ON THE MAP $1000: One of the world's newest countries, it gained its independence in 2002 East Timor
#6535, aired 2013-02-01WORLD RIVERS $400: It drains an area of 2.7 million square miles in 7 South American countries the Amazon
#6526, aired 2013-01-21MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $400: The 2 in the top 10 found in the Americas Brazil & the United States
#6526, aired 2013-01-21MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $800: India ranks No. 2 & these 2 countries that straddle it come in at 6 & 8 Pakistan & Bangladesh
#6526, aired 2013-01-21MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $1200: A population of 81 million makes this nation No. 16, & No. 1 in western Europe Germany
#6526, aired 2013-01-21MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $2000: No. 15, the largest Arab country by population is this North African country with 84 million Egypt
#6526, aired 2013-01-21MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $4,000 (Daily Double): It represents Africa in the top 10 Nigeria
#6496, aired 2012-12-10SOMEBODY CALLED FOR A DOCTRINE $1000: The doctrine named for this '60s & '70s leader asserted the Soviet Union's right to intervene in socialist countries Brezhnev
#6493, aired 2012-12-05THE CHRISTMAS TREE $1000: John Paul II started a tradition of different countries sending a great big tree to light in this square St. Peter's Square
#6489, aired 2012-11-29GAME SHOW NAMES IN OTHER COUNTRIES $200: The German version of this program is "Quiz Taxi" Cash Cab
#6489, aired 2012-11-29GAME SHOW NAMES IN OTHER COUNTRIES $400: In France it becomes "Le Juste Prix" The Price Is Right
#6489, aired 2012-11-29GAME SHOW NAMES IN OTHER COUNTRIES $600: In Finland this game show is "Haluatko Miljonaarksi?" Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
#6489, aired 2012-11-29GAME SHOW NAMES IN OTHER COUNTRIES $800: This show is known in Mexico as "Vas O No Vas" Deal or No Deal
#6489, aired 2012-11-29GAME SHOW NAMES IN OTHER COUNTRIES $1000: In Spain you can play along with this, "La Ruleta de la Suerte" Wheel of Fortune
#6479, aired 2012-11-15KNOW YOUR BOUNDARIES $800: These two countries have the longest international border formed by the Rhine river France and Germany
#6478, aired 2012-11-14THE MAP OF EUROPE $1600: Estonia is the northernmost of the 3 countries known as this sea's states the Baltic states
#6451, aired 2012-10-08AROUND THE WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): Following Russia & China, which each border 14 other countries, this New World country is third with 10 Brazil
#6446, aired 2012-10-01COUNTRIES' BIGGEST CITIES $200: Kathmandu Nepal
#6446, aired 2012-10-01COUNTRIES' BIGGEST CITIES $400: Karachi Pakistan
#6446, aired 2012-10-01COUNTRIES' BIGGEST CITIES $600: Lagos Nigeria
#6446, aired 2012-10-01COUNTRIES' BIGGEST CITIES $800: Belgrade Serbia
#6446, aired 2012-10-01COUNTRIES' BIGGEST CITIES $1000: Aleppo Syria
#6441, aired 2012-09-24COUNTRIES OF THE CARIBBEAN $200: Site of a 1983 U.S. invasion, it's also known as the Isle of Spice Grenada
#6441, aired 2012-09-24COUNTRIES OF THE CARIBBEAN $400: The reverend Gerard Jean-Juste championed the cause of refugees from this Caribbean country Haiti
#6441, aired 2012-09-24COUNTRIES OF THE CARIBBEAN $600: Kingston & Montego Bay are 2 of its largest towns Jamaica
#6441, aired 2012-09-24COUNTRIES OF THE CARIBBEAN $800: Saint paired with the Grenadines in a country's name (St.) Vincent
#6441, aired 2012-09-24COUNTRIES OF THE CARIBBEAN $1000: A type of raw sugar is named for this easternmost island of the West Indies Barbados
#6439, aired 2012-09-20THE WORLD ALMANAC NO. 1 $600: $18 billion in annual sales makes these 2 countries that border each other the world's leaders in wheat Canada & the U.S.
#6425, aired 2012-07-20FORESTS $200: The world's largest tropical rain forest, it covers parts of 6 countries, including Brazil & Peru the Amazon forest
#6422, aired 2012-07-17A DOLLAR IS WORTH ABOUT... $600: .75 of this monetary unit used by 17 countries the Euro
#6409, aired 2012-06-28RAISE "A" GLASS $1200: Several Scandinavian countries produce this strong liquor; Aalborg is a product of Denmark aquavit
#6360, aired 2012-04-20AXIS & ALLIES $200: These countries were the "Big 3" Allied powers of World War II U.S., Britain, and Russia (or U.S.S.R.)
#6354, aired 2012-04-12REVOLUTION $1000: In 1775 he led 1,100 men on an invasion of Canada, so really he ticked off 3 countries during the revolution Benedict Arnold
#6323, aired 2012-02-29THE MIDDLE EAST $1600: Among Arab countries, this one on the Mediterranean has the highest percentage of Christians Lebanon
#6296, aired 2012-01-23COUNTRY GROUPS $800: The PIIGS countries are European nations carrying heavy debt; the P & S are these southern neighbors Portugal & Spain
#6296, aired 2012-01-23COUNTRY GROUPS $1600: MENA is a somewhat vague acronym for the countries of the "Middle East &" here North Africa
#6296, aired 2012-01-23COUNTRY GROUPS $2000: It's a common 3-syllable acronym for the Low Countries Benelux
#6295, aired 2012-01-20"U-R" THERE $2,400 (Daily Double): As indicated on the map, they are South America's two smallest independent countries in area Uruguay & Suriname
#6293, aired 2012-01-18OF MILK $400: Many countries have laws requiring that milk undergo this process that guards against pathogens pasteurization
#6281, aired 2012-01-02ALPHABETICALLY LAST $1000: Of the countries of the world Zimbabwe
#6271, aired 2011-12-19COUNTRIES' LOCAL NAMES $400: Polska Poland
#6271, aired 2011-12-19COUNTRIES' LOCAL NAMES $800: Nippon Japan
#6271, aired 2011-12-19COUNTRIES' LOCAL NAMES $1200: Magyarorszag Hungary
#6271, aired 2011-12-19COUNTRIES' LOCAL NAMES $2000: Suomi Finland
#6271, aired 2011-12-19COUNTRIES' LOCAL NAMES $5,000 (Daily Double): Hellas Greece
#6244, aired 2011-11-10EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $200: Alphabetically, the countries in Europe run from Albania to this tiny landlocked nation Vatican City
#6240, aired 2011-11-04GIMME AN "H" $1200: From 1823 to 1838 it was one of the 5 countries that made up the United Provinces of Central America Honduras
#6229, aired 2011-10-20THE HIGH LAND $1200: About 57,000 square miles, it's the smaller of the 2 countries that share Asia's peak peak Nepal
#6228, aired 2011-10-19TURNING 50 IN 2011 $1000: The logo of this conservation group founded in 1961 was based on a real animal named Chi-Chi the WWF (the World Wildlife Fund)
#6226, aired 2011-10-17COUNTRIES OF AFRIC"A" $400: Addis Ababa is the capital & largest city of this African country Ethiopia
#6226, aired 2011-10-17COUNTRIES OF AFRIC"A" $1200: Its cities include Bong Town & Tubmanburg Liberia
#6226, aired 2011-10-17COUNTRIES OF AFRIC"A" $1,500 (Daily Double): Of the countries that fit the category, it stretches farthest east Somalia
#6226, aired 2011-10-17COUNTRIES OF AFRIC"A" $1600: In books Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is this country's only female gumshoe Botswana
#6226, aired 2011-10-17COUNTRIES OF AFRIC"A" $2000: It has ports on the Atlantic & you'll find Namibia on its southern border Angola
#6220, aired 2011-10-07HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Delegates from 34 countries attended this body's final session April 18, 1946 the League of Nations
#6218, aired 2011-10-05LANGUAGES $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of Africa on the monitor.) With around 180 million speakers worldwide, it's the official language of eight countries, including the five former European colonies highlighted here Portuguese
#6216, aired 2011-10-03SOMETHING ABOUT MARY $400: Born in Linlithgow in 1542, she married into French royalty & thus became the queen of 2 countries Mary, Queen of Scots
#6216, aired 2011-10-03ALL HAT $800: A mark of prestige in Muslim countries, the brimless taj gets its name from the Persian for this royal headgear a crown
#6196, aired 2011-07-18COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES $200: Like Mexico, the Philippines uses this as its basic monetary unit the peso
#6196, aired 2011-07-18COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Sydney, Australia.) Australia was the first country to start making bills out of this; they improve security & last much longer than paper bills, if you don't spend them plastic
#6196, aired 2011-07-18COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES $600: It's the currency in common to India & Sri Lanka the rupee
#6196, aired 2011-07-18COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES $800: As you might guess, the lats is the basic monetary unit of this Baltic country Latvia
#6196, aired 2011-07-18COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES $1000: This country's Rand was named for a gold mining region South Africa
#6186, aired 2011-07-04REALLY BIG COUNTRIES $400: Nearly twice as large as Canada, it covers 11% of the Earth's land surface Russia
#6186, aired 2011-07-04REALLY BIG COUNTRIES $800: Laos, Nepal & North Korea are among the 14 nations that border it China
#6186, aired 2011-07-04REALLY BIG COUNTRIES $1200: The people of this country, home to the world's largest tropical rain forest, speak Portuguese Brazil
#6186, aired 2011-07-04REALLY BIG COUNTRIES $1600: This country's highest point, Mount Kosciuszko, lies in the state of New South Wales Australia
#6186, aired 2011-07-04REALLY BIG COUNTRIES $2000: The territory of this largest U.N. member country situated only on islands includes Bali & the Molucca islands Indonesia
#6182, aired 2011-06-28LAKES & RIVERS $800: Africa's Lake Victoria lies in 3 countries: Tanzania, Kenya & this one Uganda
#6168, aired 2011-06-08WORDS IN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $400: A piece of lingerie in Rio bra (in Brazil)
#6168, aired 2011-06-08WORDS IN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $800: By way of La Paz via (in Bolivia)
#6168, aired 2011-06-08WORDS IN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $1200: A toupee in Montevideo a rug (in Uruguay)
#6168, aired 2011-06-08WORDS IN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $1600: A fuss in Quito ado (in Ecuador)
#6168, aired 2011-06-08WORDS IN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $2000: A moniker in Paramaribo a name (in Suriname)
#6158, aired 2011-05-25"POT"s & "PAN"s $1200: This Olympics-like sports event for Western Hemisphere countries was first held in Argentina in 1951 the Panamerican Games
#6140, aired 2011-04-29& AFTER $800: After Aug. 15, 1947 India & Pakistan emerged as 2 independent countries & he became India's first Prime Minister Nehru
#6137, aired 2011-04-26COUNTRIES ALPHABETICALLY $200: Your Poppy knows this "A" country is first alphabetically Afghanistan
#6137, aired 2011-04-26COUNTRIES ALPHABETICALLY $400: You'll find this country between Cambodia & Canada Cameroon
#6137, aired 2011-04-26COUNTRIES ALPHABETICALLY $600: In the "Z"s you'll find this country before Zimbabwe Zambia
#6137, aired 2011-04-26COUNTRIES ALPHABETICALLY $1,000 (Daily Double): Uruguay was supplanted by this country as the last "U" alphabetically Uzbekistan
#6137, aired 2011-04-26COUNTRIES ALPHABETICALLY $1000: This European country is in last place in the "L"s Luxembourg
#6125, aired 2011-04-08BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE $400: In Jerome Robbins' "Celebration", couples representing 5 countries dance this, "step for 2" in French pas de deux
#6122, aired 2011-04-05SUFFIXES $1200: Thinking of the suffix of several Asian countries will help you with the name of this tribal area where the Waziris live Waziristan
#6104, aired 2011-03-10ALPHABETICALLY LAST $800: Of the -stan countries Uzbekistan
#6103, aired 2011-03-09COUNTRIES' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES $200: Thessaloniki Greece
#6103, aired 2011-03-09COUNTRIES' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES $400: Medellin Colombia
#6103, aired 2011-03-09COUNTRIES' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES $600: Bergen Norway
#6103, aired 2011-03-09COUNTRIES' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES $800: Mandalay Myanmar (or Burma)
#6103, aired 2011-03-09COUNTRIES' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES $1000: Freeport the Bahamas
#6092, aired 2011-02-22COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $400: For Antigua & Barbuda: This sea the Caribbean
#6092, aired 2011-02-22COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $800: For Sri Lanka: This ocean the Indian Ocean
#6092, aired 2011-02-22COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $1200: For Lithuania: This sea the Baltic
#6092, aired 2011-02-22COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $1600: For Ukraine: This sea the Black Sea
#6092, aired 2011-02-22COUNTRIES' LOWEST POINTS $2,000 (Daily Double): For Russia: This "sea" the Caspian Sea
#6090, aired 2011-02-184-LETTER COUNTRIES $400: A railway link across the Mekong River connects Thailand with this country Laos
#6090, aired 2011-02-184-LETTER COUNTRIES $800: Golf great Vijay Singh hails from this country in the South Pacific Fiji
#6090, aired 2011-02-184-LETTER COUNTRIES $1,600 (Daily Double): In September 1980 war broke out between these 2 countries & would last for 8 years Iraq & Iran
#6090, aired 2011-02-184-LETTER COUNTRIES $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Landlocked & mostly made up of arid desert land, it's no wonder this country has been referred to as the Dead Heart of Africa Chad
#6090, aired 2011-02-18THEY COME IN THREES $2000: Belgium, France & Germany are the 3 countries that border this European monarchy Luxembourg
#6090, aired 2011-02-184-LETTER COUNTRIES $2000: It was formerly known as French Sudan Mali
#6083, aired 2011-02-09MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: Similar to a xylophone, it's the national musical instrument of Guatemala & other Central American countries a marimba
#6071, aired 2011-01-24AIRLINES' HOME COUNTRIES $200: All Nippon Airways Japan
#6071, aired 2011-01-24AIRLINES' HOME COUNTRIES $400: Lufthansa Germany
#6071, aired 2011-01-24AIRLINES' HOME COUNTRIES $600: El Al Israel
#6071, aired 2011-01-24AIRLINES' HOME COUNTRIES $800: Iberia Airlines Spain
#6071, aired 2011-01-24AIRLINES' HOME COUNTRIES $1000: SAS Sweden
#6055, aired 2010-12-31WORDS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES $400: Away from the coast in Helsinki (6 letters) inland (from Finland)
#6055, aired 2010-12-31WORDS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES $800: An ache in Pamplona pain (from Spain)
#6055, aired 2010-12-31WORDS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES $1200: Numerous in Nuremberg many (from Germany)
#6055, aired 2010-12-31WORDS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES $1600: Intense enthusiasm in Bucharest mania (from Romania)
#6055, aired 2010-12-31WORDS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES $2000: Longing in Ljubljana love (from Slovenia)
#6029, aired 2010-11-25GEOGRAPHY $3,200 (Daily Double): The Gobi Desert straddles these 2 countries Mongolia & China
#6022, aired 2010-11-16ENVIRONMENTALISM $1000: Representatives from 150 countries met in this Japanese city in 1997 to agree to an accord to reduce greenhouse gases Kyoto
#6009, aired 2010-10-28A COLORFUL CATEGORY $2000: In Muslim countries the Red Cross goes by this name the Red Crescent
#6004, aired 2010-10-21JUST THE FACTS ON FILE, PLEASE $1000: July 27, 1953: 3 years & 32 days of war between these 2 countries ends with the signing of an armistice North and South Korea
#6001, aired 2010-10-18THAT'S BORDERLINE $400: These 2 countries share the longest noncontiguous border Canada & the United States
#5997, aired 2010-10-12"DOLLAR"S & "CENT"S $800: This policy aims to encourage the investment of capital in foreign countries dollar diplomacy
#5997, aired 2010-10-12PRINCESS $1200: The warring countries of Guilder & Florin propel the action in this William Goldman tale The Princess Bride
#5994, aired 2010-10-07THEY DRIVE ON THE LEFT $400: There's no need to change sides when you drive across the border between these 2 countries at Belleek Ireland & Northern Ireland
#5975, aired 2010-07-30YOU ARE THE JUAN $1200: Named for a 16th century sailor, the Juan de Fuca Strait separates these 2 countries the United States & Canada
#5969, aired 2010-07-22I COULDA HAD A G8 $200: Of countries belonging to the Group of 8, it has the largest population the United States
#5969, aired 2010-07-22I COULDA HAD A G8 $1000: In 2009 the G8 countries met in L'Aquila in this country Italy
#5964, aired 2010-07-15ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS $800: Some "general" info--this military man died in London on June 14, 1801, unpopular in 2 countries Benedict Arnold
#5958, aired 2010-07-07CONTINENT BY COUNTRIES $200: Paraguay, Uruguay South America
#5958, aired 2010-07-07CONTINENT BY COUNTRIES $400: Estonia, Romania Europe
#5958, aired 2010-07-07CONTINENT BY COUNTRIES $600: El Salvador, Costa Rica North America
#5958, aired 2010-07-07CONTINENT BY COUNTRIES $800: Sierra Leone, Senegal Africa
#5958, aired 2010-07-07CONTINENT BY COUNTRIES $1000: Laos, Turkmenistan Asia
#5955, aired 2010-07-02AMONG THE 10 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $200: This South American country has about as many people as all the other South American countries combined Brazil
#5955, aired 2010-07-02AMONG THE 10 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $400: The Dharma Chakra or "Wheel of Law" appears on the flag of this country India
#5955, aired 2010-07-02AMONG THE 10 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $600: The Ural mountains form a boundary between the European & Asian parts of this country Russia
#5955, aired 2010-07-02AMONG THE 10 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $800: It's the only African country in the top 10 Nigeria
#5955, aired 2010-07-02AMONG THE 10 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $1000: It claims all or part of 3 of the 10 largest islands in the world Indonesia
#5951, aired 2010-06-28I'M AUSTRALIAN $800: An ardent spokesman for small countries, Herbert Vere Evatt helped write the charter for this organization the United Nations
#5938, aired 2010-06-09READ ALL OVER $2,000 (Daily Double): In Spanish speaking countries, this 19th century novel is "Historia de Dos Ciudades" A Tale of Two Cities
#5934, aired 2010-06-03COLONIAL NAMES FOR COUNTRIES $400: Dutch East Indies Indonesia
#5934, aired 2010-06-03COLONIAL NAMES FOR COUNTRIES $800: British Guiana Guyana
#5934, aired 2010-06-03COLONIAL NAMES FOR COUNTRIES $1200: German Southwest Africa Namibia
#5934, aired 2010-06-03COLONIAL NAMES FOR COUNTRIES $1600: Portuguese West Africa Angola
#5934, aired 2010-06-03COLONIAL NAMES FOR COUNTRIES $2000: Portuguese East Africa Mozambique
#5919, aired 2010-05-13COUNTRIES ENDING IN "E" $200: It contains portions of historical Epirus & Attica Greece
#5919, aired 2010-05-13COUNTRIES ENDING IN "E" $400: On Feb. 27, 2010 a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck it Chile
#5919, aired 2010-05-13COUNTRIES ENDING IN "E" $600: It's found in Central America Belize
#5919, aired 2010-05-13COUNTRIES ENDING IN "E" $800: A reactor at Chernobyl there kept operating 14 years after the accident Ukraine
#5919, aired 2010-05-13COUNTRIES ENDING IN "E" $1000: This Asian island nation was ceded to the British East India Company in 1819 Singapore
#5918, aired 2010-05-12COUNTRIES' LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS $400: At 58%, Fleming Belgium
#5918, aired 2010-05-12COUNTRIES' LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS $800: At 40%, Javanese Indonesia
#5918, aired 2010-05-12COUNTRIES' LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS $1200: At over 80%, Hutu (1 of 2 countries) Rwanda (or Burundi)
#5918, aired 2010-05-12COUNTRIES' LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS $1600: At 28%, Tagalog the Philippines
#5918, aired 2010-05-12COUNTRIES' LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS $2,000 (Daily Double): At 73%, Sinhalese Sri Lanka
#5908, aired 2010-04-28AROUND THE WORLD $1200: Of the 5 largest countries in area, the one in South America Brazil
#5905, aired 2010-04-23AROUND THE KNESSET $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Knesset in Jerusalem.) On May 15th, 1948, Israel was attacked by five neighboring countries; one day earlier, Israel's reclamation of independence was read by him, the country's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion
#5898, aired 2010-04-14ECONOMIC TERMS $400: 2-word term for business between 2 countries unhindered by governmental restrictions like tariffs or quotas free trade
#5883, aired 2010-03-24HIDDEN COUNTRIES $200: I economize with lunch in a box China (in lunch in a box)
#5883, aired 2010-03-24HIDDEN COUNTRIES $400: Truly, you have created a beauteous painting Spain (in beauteous painting)
#5883, aired 2010-03-24HIDDEN COUNTRIES $600: Your job is to find the hidden marksman Denmark (in hidden marksman)
#5883, aired 2010-03-24HIDDEN COUNTRIES $800: Beach walking may require you to put on galoshes Tonga (in put on galoshes)
#5883, aired 2010-03-24HIDDEN COUNTRIES $1000: Give a dog a bone & he'll bark gratefully Gabon (in dog a bone)
#5876, aired 2010-03-15ATHLETES' COUNTRIES OF BIRTH $2000: Eric Lindros, Eric Gagne Canada
#5871, aired 2010-03-08LYIN' IN WINTER $800: Non-aggression between these 2 countries ended in Dec. 1940 when Operation Barbarossa was okayed by Hitler the Soviet Union & Germany
#5859, aired 2010-02-18SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $400: This country's area is more than 45% of South America's land mass Brazil
#5859, aired 2010-02-18SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $1200: This country is 2,650 miles long but narrows to 55 miles wide at Illapel Chile
#5859, aired 2010-02-18SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $1600: It has 2 capitals: La Paz & Sucre Bolivia
#5859, aired 2010-02-18SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $2000: This small country gained its independence from the Netherlands in 1975 Suriname
#5859, aired 2010-02-18SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES $3,600 (Daily Double): Its name is Spanish for "Little Venice" Venezuela
#5855, aired 2010-02-12AFRICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): A kingdom of West Central Africa founded around 1390 is called this, like 2 current countries, but spelled with a K Kongo
#5854, aired 2010-02-11COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPER $200: Kabul Weekly Afghanistan
#5854, aired 2010-02-11COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPER $400: Nassau Guardian the Bahamas
#5854, aired 2010-02-11COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPER $600: Tabasco Hoy Mexico
#5854, aired 2010-02-11COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPER $800: Magyar Nemzet Hungary
#5854, aired 2010-02-11COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPER $1000: Nhan Dan Vietnam
#5850, aired 2010-02-05NUCLEAR ENERGY $1600: Of the world's countries, this one in Europe gets the highest percentage of its power from nuclear energy France
#5841, aired 2010-01-25COUNTRIES IN SPACE $200: Using a launch site in the Gobi desert, this country became the third to send a human into orbit China
#5841, aired 2010-01-25COUNTRIES IN SPACE $400: This country named its Sina-1 satellite after a Persian philosopher Iran
#5841, aired 2010-01-25COUNTRIES IN SPACE $600: To launch satellites, this country's Shavit rockets take the Mediterranean route to avoid hostile neighbors Israel
#5841, aired 2010-01-25COUNTRIES IN SPACE $800: This country successfully launched its VSB-30 rocket just south of the equator at Alcantara Brazil
#5841, aired 2010-01-25COUNTRIES IN SPACE $1000: This north African country once ruled by France launched its ALSAT-1 satellite from a Russian cosmodrome Algeria
#5833, aired 2010-01-13INTERNATIONAL ETIQUETTE $400: In England, guests arrive 15 minutes after the invited hour, but in these 2 countries of Great Britain, be prompt Scotland & Wales
#5823, aired 2009-12-30CROWN PLAZA $400: This queen has been on more coin types of numerous countries than any other human being Elizabeth II
#5817, aired 2009-12-22"U" COUNTRIES $300 (Daily Double): Islam Karimov has been the president of this Central Asian nation since 1991 Uzbekistan
#5817, aired 2009-12-22"U" COUNTRIES $400: Kharkov is the second-most populous city in this republic of 46 million the Ukraine
#5817, aired 2009-12-22"U" COUNTRIES $800: This country's president Museveni, seen as a godsend after leaders like Idi Amin, has been in power since 1986 Uganda
#5817, aired 2009-12-22"U" COUNTRIES $1200: Its national team won soccer's World Cup in 1930 & 1950 Uruguay
#5817, aired 2009-12-22"U" COUNTRIES $1600: Part of the Soviet space mission Project Juno, Helen Sharman was this country's first astronaut the United Kingdom
#5813, aired 2009-12-16COMPOSE YOURSELF $1600: In the 1840s this composer's piano playing was the toast of Europe, taking him to more than 20 countries Franz Liszt
#5811, aired 2009-12-14A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $1600: 1494's Treaty of Tordesillas set a line of demarcation between these 2 countries' overseas empires Spain & Portugal
#5791, aired 2009-11-16GIVING BLOOD $600: Per a rule in place since 1996, you can't donate if you've lived since 1977 in certain countries on this continent Africa
#5782, aired 2009-11-03A "HA"! $1000: Si! In Spanish-speaking countries, it's a large estate or the main house on such a property a hacienda
#5779, aired 2009-10-29SEMITIC LANGUAGES $800: Tigrinya is mainly spoken in these 2 "E" countries of East Africa Ethiopia & Eritrea
#5771, aired 2009-10-19"C"OUNTRIES $400: 14 countries border this country that's more than 3,000 miles long & wide China
#5770, aired 2009-10-16COUNTRIES' NATIVE NAMES $400: Deutschland Germany
#5770, aired 2009-10-16COUNTRIES' NATIVE NAMES $800: Sverige Sweden
#5770, aired 2009-10-16COUNTRIES' NATIVE NAMES $1200: Bharat India
#5770, aired 2009-10-16COUNTRIES' NATIVE NAMES $1600: Oesterreich Austria
#5770, aired 2009-10-16COUNTRIES' NATIVE NAMES $2000: Al Jaza'ir Algeria
#5765, aired 2009-10-09COUNTRIES' LARGEST ISLANDS $200: Sicily Italy
#5765, aired 2009-10-09COUNTRIES' LARGEST ISLANDS $400: Sumatra Indonesia
#5765, aired 2009-10-09COUNTRIES' LARGEST ISLANDS $600: Spitsbergen Norway
#5765, aired 2009-10-09COUNTRIES' LARGEST ISLANDS $800: Hainan China
#5765, aired 2009-10-09COUNTRIES' LARGEST ISLANDS $1000: Zanzibar Tanzania
#5748, aired 2009-09-16TROUBLE $400: In 1567 the Council of Troubles was set up by Spain in the Low Countries to enforce strict adherence to this faith Catholicism
#5718, aired 2009-06-17INTO AFRICA $1000: Aside from the Republic of the Congo, one of the 3 countries once known together as French Equatorial Africa (1 of) Chad, Gabon & the Central African Republic
#5710, aired 2009-06-05ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $1600: ...of the independent countries in Europe Albania
#5696, aired 2009-05-18COLONIALISM IN AFRICA $200: One of the only 2 African countries that were independent at the start of World War I Ethiopia (or Liberia)
#5684, aired 2009-04-30YOU'RE A JEOPARDY! FAN IF… $200: A citizenship test asks for these 3 enemy countries of the U.S. in WWII & all you hear is "Da-da-da-da…" Germany, Italy & Japan
#5679, aired 2009-04-23THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $400: This 185-nation agency agreed to lend $100 billion to healthy countries that are having trouble borrowing money IMF (the International Monetary Fund)
#5677, aired 2009-04-21ACRONYM EYE CHART $1600: In 1960, Iraq co-founded this association the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
#5673, aired 2009-04-15LIBYA, LIBYA, LIBYA $1600: 2 of the 6 countries that border Libya Algeria & Tunisia (Niger, Chad, Sudan & Egypt)
#5669, aired 2009-04-09IN JOE PATERNO'S FIRST YEAR $1000: The Tashkent agreement, signed in the USSR, ended a 17-day war between these 2 other countries of Asia India & Pakistan
#5665, aired 2009-04-03CONSONANT-LESS COUNTRIES $400: On the African continent, OOO Morocco
#5665, aired 2009-04-03CONSONANT-LESS COUNTRIES $800: In the Middle East, EE Yemen
#5651, aired 2009-03-16LANDS O' LAKES $600: Ownership of Lake of the Woods is split between these 2 countries Canada & the United States
#5649, aired 2009-03-12LANDLOCKED UP $400: One of the 2 landlocked countries that border the Czech Republic (1 of) Austria (or Slovakia)
#5640, aired 2009-02-27MOO $800: Of all the world's countries, this one has the most cattle (appropriately, if you think about it...) India
#5616, aired 2009-01-26NOT SO LIL' WAYNES $800: As Wayne Campbell, this actor said, "Garth, marriage is punishment for shoplifting in some countries" Mike Myers
#5610, aired 2009-01-16COMPOUND WORDS $600: As you can see, Bolivia and Paraguay are the only two South American countries that are this, with no direct access to the ocean landlocked
#5591, aired 2008-12-22COUNTRIES BY CITIES $400: Medellin, Cartagena, Barranquila Colombia
#5591, aired 2008-12-22COUNTRIES BY CITIES $800: Ghent, Charleroi, Liege Belgium
#5591, aired 2008-12-22COUNTRIES BY CITIES $1200: Siwa, Luxor, Al Fayyum Egypt
#5591, aired 2008-12-22COUNTRIES BY CITIES $1600: Mazar-e Sharif, Jalalabad, Herat Afghanistan
#5591, aired 2008-12-22COUNTRIES BY CITIES $2000: Jaffna, Kandy, Moratuwa Sri Lanka
#5576, aired 2008-12-012008: A SUBPRIME YEAR $600: Sept. 16 brought an $85 billion government loan to this insurance organization operating in 130 countries AIG
#5551, aired 2008-10-27CHEESY COUNTRIES $200: Anejo enchilado Mexico
#5551, aired 2008-10-27CHEESY COUNTRIES $400: Monte Veronese Italy
#5551, aired 2008-10-27CHEESY COUNTRIES $600: Leerdammer the Netherlands
#5551, aired 2008-10-27CHEESY COUNTRIES $800: Lubelski Poland
#5551, aired 2008-10-27CHEESY COUNTRIES $1000: Kasseri Greece
#5546, aired 2008-10-20COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPERS $200: Diario de los Andes, The Buenos Aires Herald Argentina
#5546, aired 2008-10-20COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPERS $400: The Newham Recorder, The Luton News England
#5546, aired 2008-10-20COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPERS $600: The Wiener Zeitung, The Osterreich Journal Austria
#5546, aired 2008-10-20COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPERS $800: Al Bayane, La Gazette du Maroc Morocco
#5546, aired 2008-10-20COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPERS $1000: Jyllands-Posten, Dagbladet Denmark
#5544, aired 2008-10-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: Yitzhak Rabin was this country's first native-born prime minister Israel
#5544, aired 2008-10-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: From 1380 to 1918 Iceland was ruled by this country Denmark
#5544, aired 2008-10-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew points to a map of Southeast Asia on the monitor.) Malaysia consists of two regions--West Malaysia, on the Malay Peninsula, & East Malaysia, which occupies the northern part of this large island Borneo
#5544, aired 2008-10-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: More than half of this country is covered by the Alps & the Jura mounitains Switzerland
#5544, aired 2008-10-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: Honoring the country's liberator, "La Dessalinienne" is this country's national anthem Haiti
#5536, aired 2008-10-06EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: 1397's Union of Kalmar united Sweden with these 2 other countries Denmark & Norway
#5535, aired 2008-10-03FORMER NAMES ON THE MAP $1000: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) What were formerly Northern & Southern Rhodesia are today these two countries Zimbabwe & Zambia
#5501, aired 2008-07-07WAR $200: The biggest war in history was this one involving 61 countries & more than 110 million soldiers World War II
#5491, aired 2008-06-23COUNTRIES WITHOUT THEIR VOWELS $400: RQ Iraq
#5491, aired 2008-06-23COUNTRIES WITHOUT THEIR VOWELS $800: CB Cuba
#5491, aired 2008-06-23COUNTRIES WITHOUT THEIR VOWELS $1200: LGR Algeria
#5491, aired 2008-06-23COUNTRIES WITHOUT THEIR VOWELS $1600: TNS Tunisia
#5491, aired 2008-06-23COUNTRIES WITHOUT THEIR VOWELS $2000: RMN Romania
#5486, aired 2008-06-16"G"-RATED COUNTRIES $400: Situated at the far south of the Balkan peninsula, its territory includes more than 1,400 islands Greece
#5486, aired 2008-06-16"G"-RATED COUNTRIES $800: European country now united under the flag seen here Germany
#5486, aired 2008-06-16"G"-RATED COUNTRIES $1200: It gained its independence in 1966 & today has a long-running territorial dispute with its neighbor Suriname Guyana
#5486, aired 2008-06-16"G"-RATED COUNTRIES $2000: Sighted by Columbus in 1498, this island is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg Grenada
#5486, aired 2008-06-16"G"-RATED COUNTRIES $4,000 (Daily Double): Located at the crossroads of Europe & Asia, Tbilisi is its capital Georgia
#5477, aired 2008-06-03THE "IZ" HAVE IT $1200: In countries where this type of salt is used, goiter virtually disappears iodized
#5471, aired 2008-05-26CHEESY COUNTRIES $400: Lincolnshire Poacher U.K. (or England)
#5471, aired 2008-05-26CHEESY COUNTRIES $800: Oaxaca Mexico
#5471, aired 2008-05-26CHEESY COUNTRIES $1200: Brillat-Savarin France
#5471, aired 2008-05-26CHEESY COUNTRIES $1600: Asiago Italy
#5471, aired 2008-05-26CHEESY COUNTRIES $2000: Gruyere Switzerland
#5469, aired 2008-05-22HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Although this tree-planting holiday originated in America, it is now celebrated in other countries Arbor Day
#5456, aired 2008-05-05COUNTRIES IN OTHER WORDS $400: Thanksgiving sleep inducer Turkey
#5456, aired 2008-05-05COUNTRIES IN OTHER WORDS $800: Any porcelain ware China
#5456, aired 2008-05-05COUNTRIES IN OTHER WORDS $1200: Ms. O'Keeffe or Ms. Frontiere Georgia
#5456, aired 2008-05-05COUNTRIES IN OTHER WORDS $1600: Pungent tapering pepper Chile
#5456, aired 2008-05-05COUNTRIES IN OTHER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): Pachyderm dentin seaside land Ivory Coast
#5446, aired 2008-04-21BUSINESS TALK $2000: Abbreviated "MFN", it's the clause in an international trade agreement that grants signatory countries the same tariff rate most favoured nation
#5435, aired 2008-04-04NOBEL $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1901 the first Nobel Prizes were awarded by academies & institutes of these 2 countries Norway & Sweden
#5434, aired 2008-04-03QUESTIONS FROM A 1927 QUIZ BOOK $1600: One of the 2 South American countries involved in the Tacna-Arica boundary-line dispute (1 of) Peru & Chile
#5426, aired 2008-03-24COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: Bogota, Bolivar & Boyaca are political divisions of this country Colombia
#5426, aired 2008-03-24COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew indicates a map of the Western Mediterranean on the monitor.) From Vatican City, the world's smallest independent country, travel about 280 miles northwest & you'll reach this second-smallest country at less than 1 square mile in size Monaco
#5426, aired 2008-03-24COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: In 2005 Prince Bandar ended 22 years as this country's ambassador to the U.S. Saudi Arabia
#5426, aired 2008-03-24COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: If I'm on the Hummingbird Highway headed for Belmopan, I'm in this Central American country Belize
#5426, aired 2008-03-24COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: Yerevan, the capital of this republic, lies about 35 miles from Mount Ararat Armenia
#5423, aired 2008-03-19THE "L" WORLD $800: Home to the Sami & covering parts of 4 countries, it's in the far north of Europe Lapland
#5419, aired 2008-03-13COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O" $400: This nation has been ruled by the Grimaldi royal family since the 14th century Monaco
#5419, aired 2008-03-13COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O" $800: This former Yugoslavian republic broke away from Serbia in 2006 Montenegro
#5419, aired 2008-03-13COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O" $1200: The largest country in area that ends in "O", it has a population of about 66 million the Congo

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (222 results returned)

#9070, aired 2024-03-29U.S.S.R.I.P.: Of the 15 countries formed by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, this one is alphabetically last Uzbekistan
#9059, aired 2024-03-14THE UNITED NATIONS: Of the 9 countries that have produced a U.N. Secretary-General, this nation is the only one from its hemisphere Peru
#9050, aired 2024-03-01COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Fearful of independence in 1975, around 120,000 of this country's people, a third of the population, fled to the Netherlands Suriname
#8998, aired 2023-12-20COUNTRIES: Of the 14 countries that border China, it's the only monarchy & the only one with a population under 1 million Bhutan
#8908, aired 2023-07-05AFRICAN COUNTRIES: Nicknamed "the Kingdom in the Sky", this landlocked nation is the only country in the world to lie entirely above 4,000 feet Lesotho
#8888, aired 2023-06-07EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: Of all the nations that border Italy, the one that didn't exist in 1990 Slovenia
#8831, aired 2023-03-20COUNTRIES OF AFRICA: At one time a province of the Roman Empire, this kingdom is known to Arabic scholars as Al-Maghrib Al-Aqsa, "the far west" Morocco
#8827, aired 2023-03-14COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Part of the largest contiguous land empire during the 1200s & 1300s, today it's the world's second-largest landlocked country Mongolia
#8816, aired 2023-02-27AFRICAN COUNTRIES: Once Africa's largest country in area, it dropped to third in 2011 when a portion of it declared independence Sudan
#8765, aired 2022-12-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: It's home to 58 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other country; the sites include a volcano & a lagoon Italy
#8724, aired 2022-10-20INTERNATIONAL BORDERS: 2 of the 3 countries that share land borders with Russia & China (2 of) Kazakhstan, Mongolia, or North Korea
#8715, aired 2022-10-07COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: It has the most water area of any country, nearly 350,000 square miles, about 9% of its total area Canada
#8708, aired 2022-09-28WORLD RIVERS: These 2 rivers share the names of countries, end with the same 4 letters & both join up with the Paraná River Paraguay & Uruguay
#8707, aired 2022-09-27WORLD AIRPORTS: Africa's 2 busiest passenger airports are in these 2 countries; it's an 8-hour flight between them Egypt & South Africa
#1, aired 2022-09-25LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: It's the world's smallest landlocked country in both area & population Vatican City
#8694, aired 2022-07-28COUNTRIES OF EUROPE: It's the only independent survivor of the Spanish March, buffer states created to protect Christian Europe from the Moors Andorra
#8647, aired 2022-05-24THE MIDDLE AGES: It was the surname of the 2 Scottish brothers who claimed monarchies of 2 different countries in the 13-teens Bruce
#8622, aired 2022-04-19COUNTRIES OF AFRICA: Old maps depicting what's now this 125,000-square-mile country labeled the area with the French word for "teeth" Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
#8613, aired 2022-04-06SMALL COUNTRIES: French, Italian & Swiss nationals make up about half of its population of 38,000 Monaco
#8610, aired 2022-04-01COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Some of this country's indigenous people want its name officially changed from its Dutch-based name to Aotearoa New Zealand
#13, aired 2022-02-17WESTERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES: In 1882, when these 2 countries' border was settled, a minister in the southern one quit in protest out of loyalty to Central America Mexico & Guatemala
#8563, aired 2022-01-26COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it's also one of the 10 most populous Bangladesh
#8486, aired 2021-10-11COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Nazi Germany annexed this nation & divided it into regions of the Alps & the Danube; the Allies later divided it into 4 sectors Austria
#8424, aired 2021-06-17COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: On this country's National Day, August 15, all 39,000 residents are invited to Vaduz Castle for festivities & drinks Liechtenstein
#8410, aired 2021-05-28EUROPEAN BORDERS: It's still there, but none of the countries that bordered this country at the beginning of 1990 exist anymore Poland
#8403, aired 2021-05-19MIDDLE EASTERN GEOGRAPHY: Of the 6 countries that border the Red Sea, it's last alphabetically Yemen
#8394, aired 2021-05-06COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS: With words written by a Bishop of Urgell, its anthem praises Charlemagne & says it "was born a princess... between two nations" Andorra
#8376, aired 2021-04-12OLYMPIC HOSTS: Aside from the United States, one of the 2 countries with 2 different cities that have hosted the Summer Olympics (1 of) Australia or Germany
#8344, aired 2021-02-25LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: Losing its ocean access in 1993, this African Union member is the most populous landlocked nation, with 110 million people Ethiopia
#8321, aired 2021-01-25WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, these 2 on opposite sides of it are the smallest & largest in area Algeria & Monaco
#8290, aired 2020-11-27WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the 6 mainland African countries through which the equator passes, this landlocked nation is last alphabetically Uganda
#8273, aired 2020-11-04COUNTRY NAMES: 5 U.N. member countries have one-syllable names: Chad, Laos & these 3 in Europe Spain, France & Greece
#8199, aired 2020-04-09EUROPEAN BORDERS: Barely changed since a 1297 agreement, the border between these 2 countries is called La Raya on one side & A Raia on the other Spain & Portugal
#8189, aired 2020-03-26WESTERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHY: The Yucatan Peninsula is shared by these 3 countries Mexico, Guatemala & Belize
#8176, aired 2020-03-09RELIGION: These 2 countries that border each other are second & third in worldwide population of Muslims India & Pakistan
#8095, aired 2019-11-15INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES: A dispute over Etorofu, Habomai, Kunashiri & Shikotan has kept these 2 countries from ever signing a WWII peace treaty Japan & Russia
#7952, aired 2019-03-19COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Because its overseas empire was dwindling, Spain declared war on this much closer country across the water on October 22, 1859 Morocco
#7934, aired 2019-02-21AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: The 7-letter names of these western- & easternmost mainland countries begin with the same letter Senegal & Somalia
#7923, aired 2019-02-06INTERNATIONAL BORDERS: Germany has land borders with 9 countries & only maritime boundaries with 2 countries, the U.K. & this one across the Baltic Sweden
#7894, aired 2018-12-27COASTLINES: At 3,700 miles, the longest ocean trench is named for these 2 nations that share most of South America's Pacific coast Chile and Peru
#7772, aired 2018-05-29BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES: Of the 16 Commonwealth nations with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, this one is farthest from the United Kingdom New Zealand
#7719, aired 2018-03-15EUROPEAN RIVERS: Of the 10 countries the Danube touches, this one is alphabetically last & is the only one that doesn't end in "Y" or "A" Ukraine
#7713, aired 2018-03-07COUNTRIES OF THE U.N.: The 3 U.N. member states that begin with the letter "J"; 2 are island nations & one is nearly landlocked Jamaica, Japan, and Jordan
#7675, aired 2018-01-12AFRICAN COUNTRIES: With more than 90 million people it's Africa's third most populous country, though it's more than 90% desert Egypt
#7658, aired 2017-12-20EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: This country's last 3 queens abdicated in favor of their children the Netherlands
#7639, aired 2017-11-23TURKEY WITH THE TRIMMINGS: Of the 8 countries that border Turkey, these 2 extend the farthest east & west Iran & Greece
#7627, aired 2017-11-07LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: South of the Tropic of Capricorn, this kingdom is the world's southernmost landlocked country Lesotho
#7605, aired 2017-10-06COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: They begin with the same 3 letters: the most densely populated country in Europe & the least densely populated in Asia Monaco and Mongolia
#7572, aired 2017-07-11LANDLOCKED COUNTRY NAMES: One in Europe & one in Africa, these 2 landlocked countries start with the same 2 letters & end with the same 4 Switzerland and Swaziland
#7568, aired 2017-07-05SMALL COUNTRIES: This tiny island nation 700 miles northeast of Madagascar makes a great addition to a classic tongue twister Seychelles
#7551, aired 2017-06-12GEOGRAPHY: Cross the Strait of Bonifacio & you go between the 2nd- & 4th-largest Mediterranean islands & between these 2 countries Italy & France
#7510, aired 2017-04-14COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: A 2010 study of this country is subtitled "Inside the Land of Milk and Money" Switzerland
#7501, aired 2017-04-03COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: In 1947 these 2 nations became the first new members of the British Commonwealth since the original group in 1931 India and Pakistan
#7481, aired 2017-03-06EUROPE: These 2 countries whose names start with the same 4 letters were part of different countries until the 1990s Slovakia and Slovenia
#7469, aired 2017-02-16SOUTH AMERICA: This capital's name is a Latinized form of the name of its country Brasilia
#7445, aired 2017-01-13EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: Once the center of an empire, it didn't exist as an independent nation from 1938 to 1955 Austria
#7434, aired 2016-12-29COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Of the 5 countries with the lowest population density, this U.N. member is the only one named for a desert Namibia
#7428, aired 2016-12-21LITTLE COUNTRIES: It's the closest nation to the mainland U.S. where cars customarily drive on the left the Bahamas
#7397, aired 2016-11-08COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES: The constitution of this country came into effect on Feb. 4, 1997 & by 2016, 13 parties were represented in its parliament South Africa
#7392, aired 2016-11-01EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: This nation joined the Warsaw Pact in 1955 & NATO in 2009, & was alphabetically first in each Albania
#7302, aired 2016-05-17COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This country's 2 main ethnic groups are Punjabi (who are also found in India) & Pashtun (also living in Afghanistan) Pakistan
#7207, aired 2016-01-05BRITISH NOVELS: In some countries the subtitle "A Contemporary Satire" was used for this 1945 parable Animal Farm
#7179, aired 2015-11-26NATO COUNTRIES: With a population of under 400,000, this founding member of NATO remains the smallest of the member nations Iceland
#7172, aired 2015-11-17AFRICAN COUNTRIES: These 2 6-letter rhyming countries both derive their names from rivers & were both once controlled by Great Britain Zambia & Gambia
#7040, aired 2015-04-03EUROPEAN HISTORY: A 3-letter 9th century tribe is in the names of 2 21st century countries: the world's most vast, & this one Belarus
#6965, aired 2014-12-19INTERNATIONAL MOTORING: One of the 3 European Union countries besides the United Kingdom that have not switched to driving on the right (1 of) Ireland, Malta & Cyprus
#6952, aired 2014-12-02KINGS & QUEENS: Technically this monarch is the head of state of 16 countries including Jamaica & New Zealand Elizabeth II
#6931, aired 2014-11-03SCIENTISTS: Accepting his 1922 Nobel Prize in Stockholm, he spoke of "the intellectual solidarity" in the Scandinavian countries Niels Bohr
#6915, aired 2014-10-10COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: It became a colony of the U.S. in 1898, a commonwealth in 1935 & an independent country in 1946 the Philippines
#6904, aired 2014-09-2520th CENTURY LEADERS: In May 1980 over 200 leaders from more than 120 countries attended his funeral in Belgrade Tito
#6837, aired 2014-05-13MONARCHS: 2 teen Hashemite cousins officially took the thrones of their respective countries May 2, 1953: Faisal of Iraq & him King Hussein of Jordan (the Hashemite Kingdom)
#6823, aired 2014-04-23HOLIDAYS IN OTHER COUNTRIES: William Tubman's nearly 3 decades of leadership is celebrated on his birthday, November 29, in this country Liberia
#6796, aired 2014-03-17BODIES OF WATER: More than 1/5 of all the world's people live in countries bordering this, the world's biggest bay the Bay of Bengal
#6794, aired 2014-03-13WORLD CAPITALS: At 4,000 miles, the farthest-apart capitals of bordering countries are these 2 cities, one on a peninsula Moscow & Pyongyang
#6769, aired 2014-02-06COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Once a poor British protectorate, in 2012 this peninsular country ranked as the world's richest per capita Qatar
#6750, aired 2014-01-10COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: It's the largest country in area completely south of the equator that has a female president Argentina
#6737, aired 2013-12-24GEOPOLITICAL HOT SPOTS: On the Grand Trunk Road, the Wagah border separating these 2 countries since 1947 is called the "Berlin Wall of Asia" India & Pakistan
#6731, aired 2013-12-16COUNTRIES FOR SHORT: North Korea is the DPRK; this country is the LPDR Laos
#6700, aired 2013-11-01NATIONS OF THE WORLD: The only 2 countries in the Americas that border each other & begin with the same letter Brazil & Bolivia
#6686, aired 2013-10-14BIG COUNTRIES: In area, it's the largest former Soviet republic after Russia & the largest nation that doesn't border an ocean Kazakhstan
#6680, aired 2013-10-04COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: By population, it's the largest country in the world without nuclear weapons Indonesia
#6675, aired 2013-09-27EUROPEAN CAPITALS: Since a national split in 1993, it's the only world capital that borders 2 other countries--Austria & Hungary Bratislava
#6670, aired 2013-09-20FRENCH GEOGRAPHY: 8 countries border mainland France; its smallest border, at 2.7 miles, is with this country Monaco
#6604, aired 2013-05-09THE CONTINENTS: It’s the continent that’s home to the most U.N. member countries, including a new one added in 2011 Africa
#6599, aired 2013-05-02ISLAND COUNTRIES: No longer "western", this 1-word nation has moved to the west side of the Intl. Date Line to join Asia & Australia Samoa
#6592, aired 2013-04-23GEOGRAPHIC MATH: North America's 3 mainland countries have a total of 91 states & provinces; Mexico has this many states 31
#6590, aired 2013-04-19COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS: This country is home to the highest mountain outside Asia Argentina
#6559, aired 2013-03-07THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: One of the 2 Central American countries never under military rule in the last 50 years Costa Rica or Belize
#6521, aired 2013-01-14COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: 2 of the 3 countries that are completely encircled by one other country (2 of) San Marino, Vatican City & Lesotho
#6488, aired 2012-11-28COUNTRIES: It was created in the early 1700s from 2 counties purchased by an Austrian prince; he named the nation for his family Liechtenstein
#6458, aired 2012-10-17COUNTRIES & POPULATIONS: If it were a nation, a state with a 2-word name in this country would be the world's 6th most-populous at 200 million India
#6431, aired 2012-07-30NOTABLE AMERICANS: In addition to his 1,093 U.S. patents, he held more than 1,200 patents awarded by other countries Thomas Alva Edison
#6317, aired 2012-02-21ASIAN BORDERS: In 1893 the British established the Durand line, now the boundary, much in the news since 2001, between these 2 countries Pakistan & Afghanistan
#6312, aired 2012-02-14COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The 14 countries that border China run alphabetically from this to Vietnam Afghanistan
#6239, aired 2011-11-03COUNTRIES' HIGHEST PEAKS: These 2 nations, one an island, have highest peaks with the same name; they also share a common European culture Greece & Cyprus
#6228, aired 2011-10-19THE 20th CENTURY: In the 1940s Franklin Roosevelt coined this term in reference to all the countries allied against the Axis powers United Nations
#6196, aired 2011-07-18WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the 4 largest Asian countries in area, it's the only one that borders the other 3 China
#6101, aired 2011-03-07OLYMPIC HOST COUNTRIES: 3 of the 6 countries that have hosted both the Summer & Winter Olympics (3 of) United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy & Japan
#6095, aired 2011-02-25GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: This area that includes several countries got its name because the colonizers spoke Spanish, French & Portuguese Latin America
#6060, aired 2011-01-07WORLD LANGUAGES: Of all the countries with Spanish as an official language, this one is last alphabetically Venezuela
#6058, aired 2011-01-05COUNTRIES: By area, it's the world's largest country that's named for a river India
#6041, aired 2010-12-13COUNTRIES: In only 2 cases can you add 2 letters to one country & get another country: Austria/Australia & this pair Niger/Nigeria
#6037, aired 2010-12-07FLAGS OF THE WORLD: In use from 1844 to 1905, a flag representing the union of these 2 countries was nicknamed the "herring salad" Norway and Sweden
#6024, aired 2010-11-18EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: German is its official national language; Croatian, Slovene & Hungarian are each official in one of its states Austria
#5999, aired 2010-10-14COUNTRY NAMES: The only 2 countries in the world with an "X" in their names, one is found in Europe & one in the Americas Luxembourg and Mexico
#5988, aired 2010-09-29GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: As their bordering countries are all this adjective, Liechtenstein & Uzbekistan are considered "double" this landlocked
#5929, aired 2010-05-27COLONIAL AFRICA: In 1945 Africa had only 4 independent countries; these 2 started with the same first letter Egypt & Ethiopia
#5915, aired 2010-05-07MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES: In 1949 this kingdom dropped the word "Trans" from the beginning of its name Jordan
#5775, aired 2009-10-23COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This Asian nation is the only nation with the same name as its capital & the island on which it's located Singapore
#5703, aired 2009-05-27BIG COUNTRIES: Forbes magazine uses "BRIC", an acronym for these 4 large nations advancing in economic power Brazil, Russia, India & China
#5643, aired 2009-03-04DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS: Of the 4 countries in the world that the U.S. does not have diplomatic relations with, the one that's farthest north North Korea
#5603, aired 2009-01-07INDEPENDENCE DAYS: Poland's Independence Day commemorates this month & day in 1918 November 11
#5598, aired 2008-12-31ADVERTISING ICONS: This advertising icon who debuted in the 1950s is known as Pron-Tito in Spanish-speaking countries Speedy Alka-Seltzer
#5592, aired 2008-12-23PEOPLES OF THE WORLD: Numbering about 25 million, they're the largest ethnic group in the world with no home nation the Kurds
#5552, aired 2008-10-28ASIAN NATIONS: Of the world's 11 countries whose English names start with "A", the only 2 whose names don't end with "A" Afghanistan & Azerbaijan
#5534, aired 2008-10-02MODERN MONARCHIES: Of the 3 African countries ruled by monarchs, it's the farthest north Morocco
#5532, aired 2008-09-30PENINSULAR NATIONS: It's the largest country in the world without any permanent natural rivers or lakes Saudi Arabia
#5500, aired 2008-07-04FOREIGN COUNTRIES: Of the world's 10 largest countries in total area, the 2 whose names start & end with "A" (Algeria is number 11) Australia & Argentina
#5468, aired 2008-05-21WORLD HISTORY: One of history's largest refugee migrations, about 15 million people, took place 1947-1951 between these 2 countries Pakistan & India
#5418, aired 2008-03-12THE WORLD MAP: 1 of the 2 South American countries whose mainland you'll fly over when heading due south from Miami, Fla. Ecuador or Peru
#5239, aired 2007-05-24WORLD GEOGRAPHY: These 2 current South American countries gained their independence in the 20th century, one in the '60s and one in the '70s Suriname and Guyana
#5232, aired 2007-05-15TRAVEL EUROPE: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue while aboard the Orient Express.) Today, the Orient Express' Paris-Istanbul run crosses 5 countries between France & Turkey; these are 3 of them (3 of) Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania & Bulgaria
#5202, aired 2007-04-03COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: In 1839 Thomas Buchanan, cousin of a U.S. president, became the first governor of this future country Liberia
#5168, aired 2007-02-14ORGANIZATIONS: The emblem seen here is now used in countries where this organization's original emblem was controversial the (International) Red Cross
#5165, aired 2007-02-09TOURISM: The 2 leading foreign destination countries for U.S. tourists Canada & Mexico
#5119, aired 2006-12-07WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The Lusatian Mountains, in the western Sudeten range, form part of the border between these 2 countries Germany & the Czech Republic
#5091, aired 2006-10-30GEOGRAPHY: The only place where 4 countries meet at one point is found on this continent Africa
#5049, aired 2006-07-20EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: This co-principality is considered to have had the last remnant of Medieval Europe's feudal system Andorra
#5012, aired 2006-05-30COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: For over a decade starting from 1807, this nation's capital was moved to a city in South America Portugal
#4865, aired 2005-11-04PRECIOUS METALS: The largest single accumulation of gold known, about $90 billion from several countries, is found in this U.S. state New York
#4814, aired 2005-07-07ON THE GLOBE: Moving west from Canada, the next 3 countries through which the Arctic Circle passes USA, Russia, & Finland
#4775, aired 2005-05-13NATIONAL ANTHEMS: Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore wrote the national anthems of these 2 countries India & Bangladesh
#4643, aired 2004-11-10WORLD FLAGS: Never directly seen in the Northern Hemisphere, it's featured on the flags of 5 of the world's countries the Southern Cross
#4423, aired 2003-11-26COUNTRIES: At the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, a giant Rubik's Cube stood outside this country's pavilion Hungary
#4295, aired 2003-04-11AFRICAN COUNTRIES: 2 of the 3 4-letter countries of Africa (2 of) Chad, Mali, & Togo
#4263, aired 2003-02-26THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Of the Central American countries, it has the highest percentage of people of African descent Belize
#4247, aired 2003-02-04INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: By size, it's the largest country that borders only one other country Canada (borders only the United States)
#4238, aired 2003-01-22THE GLOBE: Of the more than a dozen countries through which the equator passes, this country stretches farthest south Brazil
#4222, aired 2002-12-31SOUTH AMERICA: Alphabetically, they're the first & last of the 7 countries where the Andes are found Argentina & Venezuela
#4218, aired 2002-12-25ISLAND COUNTRIES: In 2002 State Dept. spokesman Richard Boucher called it "The first new nation of the new millennium" East Timor
#4181, aired 2002-11-04OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: It is an official language of about 30 countries, second only to English French
#4134, aired 2002-07-18AFRICAN COUNTRIES: This country of more than 100 million people is home to the Kanuri, Edo & Igbo ethnic groups Nigeria
#4103, aired 2002-06-05EUROPE: Among countries entirely within Europe, this nation has the highest percentage of Muslims Albania
#4094, aired 2002-05-23ISRAEL: They are the 2 Arab countries in which Israel currently has embassies Egypt & Jordan
#4070, aired 2002-04-19COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Alphabetically, it's the first country on the alphabetically first continent Algeria
#4057, aired 2002-04-02WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The only 2 South American countries with both an Atlantic & a Pacific coast Chile & Colombia
#3975, aired 2001-12-07COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This independent nation is the only Hindu kingdom in the world Nepal
#3973, aired 2001-12-05HISTORIC HEROES: This man born in 1783 is considered the national hero of 5 different countries Simon Bolivar
#3919, aired 2001-09-20ON THE MAP: 2 of the 3 countries classified as extending across 2 continents (2 of) Turkey, Russia, or Egypt
#3874, aired 2001-06-07CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: 3 of the countries that make up this land are Gillikin, Winkie & Quadling Oz
#3869, aired 2001-05-31COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: 2 of the 4 smallest non-island nations in area (2 of) The Vatican, Monaco, San Marino & Liechtenstein
#3859, aired 2001-05-17THE WORLD OF TRANSPORTATION: The world's highest airport is found in this Asian political region of 472,000 square miles Tibet
#3855, aired 2001-05-11SOUTH AMERICA: One of 2 landlocked countries in South America Bolivia or Paraguay
#3673, aired 2000-07-19THE MAP OF EUROPE: Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary & Croatia, it's one of the world's newest independent countries Slovenia
#3548, aired 2000-01-26COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: In area, it's the largest country that does not belong to the United Nations Switzerland
#3488, aired 1999-11-03ADVERTISING: In Scandinavian countries these characters are known as Pif, Paf & Pof Snap, Crackle & Pop (from Rice Krispies)
#3467, aired 1999-10-05COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: In 1958 this country's army overthrew its govt. & set up a council with a Kurd, a Shiite & a Sunni Arab Iraq
#3421, aired 1999-06-21AFRICA: 1 of the 3 African countries that are still kingdoms Lesotho, Morocco or Swaziland
#3216, aired 1998-09-07PRIME MINISTERS: 2 of the 4 countries that have had prime ministers who were father & daughter (2 of) India, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka
#3179, aired 1998-05-28COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The 3 most populous countries, they added up to an estimated 2.42 billion people in 1996 China, India, & the USA
#3174, aired 1998-05-21AROUND THE WORLD: Besides Great Britain, the 2 European countries through which the Greenwich Meridian passes France & Spain
#3141, aired 1998-04-06COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This island nation is the only country in the world named for a biblical king the Solomon Islands
#3120, aired 1998-03-06COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: On July 1, 1997 its population suddenly increased by over 6 million China (because on that day they got Hong Kong back)
#2962, aired 1997-06-171990s AFRICA: In 1994 these 2 African countries' presidents Habyarimana & Ntaryamira died in a plane crash Rwanda & Burundi
#2961, aired 1997-06-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Before its independence, this country was known as the Netherlands East Indies Indonesia
#2948, aired 1997-05-28AFRICAN COUNTRIES: The northernmost country in Africa, it's much smaller than the countries that border it Tunisia
#2921, aired 1997-04-21COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: It's the only country whose name is the same as an American state's Georgia
#2872, aired 1997-02-11COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The name of this country derives from an Iroquoian term meaning "village" or "community" Canada
#2827, aired 1996-12-10COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: With 930 million people, it's the world's second-most populous country & its most populous democracy India
#2803, aired 1996-11-06EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: In 1996 it formed a commonwealth with Sao Tome & Principe, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau & Brazil Portugal
#2746, aired 1996-07-08SPORTS: The only 2 countries that have defeated the U.S. to win the America's Cup competition Australia & New Zealand
#2627, aired 1996-01-23DISNEY FILMS: In Spanish-speaking countries, this Disney film is known as "La Sirenita" The Little Mermaid
#2602, aired 1995-12-19COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The name of this country in the Southern Hemisphere comes from a Latin word for "southern" Australia
#2526, aired 1995-09-04COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Other than in Germany, the U.S. has more military personnel stationed in this foreign country than in any other Japan
#2448, aired 1995-04-05FOREIGN AID: These 2 countries, once each other's enemies, are the 2 biggest recipients of U.S. foreign aid Israel & Egypt
#2444, aired 1995-03-30COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Part of the largest archipelago, it consists of more than 13,600 islands & is 3,200 miles long Indonesia
#2374, aired 1994-12-22COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: With over 55 million visitors, this country is the world's most popular tourist destination France
#2336, aired 1994-10-31THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Excluding the U.S. Canada, these 2 countries share the longest continuous border in the world, nearly 3,300 miles Chile & Argentina
#2286, aired 1994-07-11WORLD GEOGRAPHY: 2 of the 3 countries in the Western Hemisphere that have a "Z" in their names (2 of) Venezuela, Brazil & Belize
#2252, aired 1994-05-24COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The people of this kingdom call it Druk Yul, meaning the realm or land of the dragon Bhutan
#2109, aired 1993-11-04RULERS: 1 of the 2 countries that have been ruled by members of the Braganza family (1 of) Portugal or Brazil
#2075, aired 1993-09-17COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Its population center is farther north than any other country's Iceland
#1901, aired 1992-12-07COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This island nation has the world's largest Muslim population Indonesia
#1840, aired 1992-09-11COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The name of this country is New Latin for "place of freedom" Liberia
#1748, aired 1992-03-18LANGUAGES: Swedish is an official language of these 2 European countries Sweden & Finland
#1628, aired 1991-10-02STAMPS & COINS: 2 of the 3 countries in whose currencies United Nations stamps are issued (2 of) United States, Switzerland & Austria
#1600, aired 1991-07-12AFRICA: 2 of the 4 African countries that have been members of the UN since its founding (2 of) Egypt, South Africa, Ethiopia & Liberia
#1582, aired 1991-06-18EUROPE: 2 of the 3 European countries officially called principalities (2 of) Monaco, Liechtenstein or Andorra
#1572, aired 1991-06-04COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: By its calendar this country became independent on the 5th day of Iyar, 5708 Israel
#1513, aired 1991-03-13COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This country in the Southern Hemisphere was named for a province of the Netherlands New Zealand
#1483, aired 1991-01-30EUROPE: The two European countries that have the letter Z in their English names Czechoslovakia & Switzerland
#1477, aired 1991-01-22COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: In 1935 this country officially changed its name to one that means "Land of the Aryans" Persia (or Iran)
#1441, aired 1990-12-03COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Of the South American countries, the one that comes last alphabetically Venezuela
#1427, aired 1990-11-13WORLD HISTORY: The 2 countries that became independent on Aug. 14 & 15, 1947 Pakistan & India
#1415, aired 1990-10-26THE OLYMPICS: 2 of the 5 countries that have attended every Summer Olympics in the modern era (2 of) England, France, Greece, Switzerland & Australia
#1387, aired 1990-09-18GEOGRAPHY: It's bordered by 4 countries, the most of any Central American nation Guatemala
#1291, aired 1990-03-26COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The world's most populous democracy India
#1284, aired 1990-03-15EUROPE: The 2 European countries whose 7-letter names differ by just 1 letter Iceland & Ireland
#1252, aired 1990-01-30EUROPE: 2 of the 3 countries which today share the region of ancient Macedonia (2 of) Bulgaria, Greece & Yugoslavia
#1237, aired 1990-01-09GEOGRAPHY: The 2 independent South American countries named after famous men Bolivia and Colombia
#1181, aired 1989-10-23COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: After Haiti, it's the oldest independent black republic in the world Liberia
#1038, aired 1989-02-22WORLD POLITICS: 2 countries whose governments are headed by a chancellor (West) Germany & Austria
#1005, aired 1989-01-06WORLD GEOGRAPHY: 2 of the 9 mainland countries of the world through which the Equator passes (2 of) Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Kenya, Somalia & Uganda
#815, aired 1988-03-04AFRICA: 1 of 3 countries that make up the "horn" of Africa Ethiopia, Somalia, or Djibouti
#806, aired 1988-02-22ASIA: 2 of the 5 independent Asian countries that are landlocked (2 of) Nepal, Mongolia, Laos, Afghanistan or Bhutan
#794, aired 1988-02-04WORLD CAPITALS: Among Communist countries, the 2 national capitals that begin with "H" Hanoi (Vietnam) & Havana (Cuba)
#776, aired 1988-01-11SOUTH AMERICA: These are the only 2 independent countries in South America named for a famous person Colombia & Bolivia
#757, aired 1987-12-15WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The only 2 countries whose capitals end in "K", their names both end in "land" Iceland and Thailand
#699, aired 1987-09-24SOUTH AMERICA: Of the 12 South American countries, the only 2 that don't border on Brazil Chile & Ecuador
#698, aired 1987-09-23WORLD POLITICS: The 2 non-European countries that originally signed the NATO Pact in 1949 United States & Canada
#688, aired 1987-09-09EASTERN EUROPE: 1 of only 2 landlocked countries behind the Iron Curtain Hungary or Czechoslovakia
#665, aired 1987-06-26SOUTH AMERICA: 1 of 2 South American countries whose name & capital's name have the same # of letters (1 of) Peru & Paraguay
#657, aired 1987-06-16THE CONTINENTS: Besides Antarctica, the other 2 continents that have no communist countries Australia & South America
#509, aired 1986-11-20AGRICULTURE: Of the world's 4 largest countries in area, it has smallest percentage of farmland Canada
#495, aired 1986-10-31AFRICA: Last 2 countries in world alphabetically; Victoria Falls lies on their mutual border Zambia & Zimbabwe
#359, aired 1986-01-23INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS: Besides Australia, 2 other countries who have challenged the U.S. in the America's Cup (2 of) Canada, England or Scotland
#328, aired 1985-12-11KINGS & QUEENS: Eleanor of Aquitaine was only woman ever to be married to kings of both these countries England and France
#278, aired 1985-10-02THE CONTINENTS: Of the 7, this continent has the greatest number of independent countries Africa
#178, aired 1985-05-15THE AMERICAS: One of only two countries in South America not bordering Brazil (1 of) Chile & Ecuador
#143, aired 1985-03-27RIVERS: Second longest river in Europe, it flows through or borders eight countries, more than any other the Danube
#119, aired 1985-02-21AWARDS: The only U.S. military decoration that may not be awarded to citizens of other countries the Congressional Medal of Honor
#20, aired 1984-10-05WORLD GEOGRAPHY: It has more people than all the other South American countries combined Brazil

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