#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | FROM THE NEWSPAPERS $600: 1963: this civil rights leader "survived the Normandy invasion but died of an assassin's bullet in Mississippi" (Medgar) Evers |
#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | THE "LONG" & "SHORT" OF IT $800: Tinker, of "Tinker to Evers to Chance", was one of these a shortstop |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | MISSISSIPPI LEARNING $2000: The former home of this civil rights legend, slain in 1963, is now a national monument (Medgar) Evers |
#8874, aired 2023-05-18 | ON A VISIT TO THE STATE CAPITAL $1000: Lefleur's Bluff State Park & the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Jackson |
#8733, aired 2022-11-02 | TEAM OF THE MLB HALL OF FAMERS $1000: Ron Santo,
Frank Chance the Chicago Cubs |
#8604, aired 2022-03-24 | FEUD ORIGINS $1200: In 1905 Johnny Evers took a cab to the ballpark & left this double play partner at the hotel; the 2 barely spoke for the next 30 years Joe Tinker |
#8493, aired 2021-10-20 | "E"-MALE $800: A World War II vet, this slain NAACP field secretary in Mississippi was buried with full military honors at Arlington Medgar Evers |
#8132, aired 2020-01-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): When Medgar Evers was gunned down in 1963, he was the Mississippi field secretary of this national organization the NAACP |
#8074, aired 2019-10-17 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: The international airport serving Jackson, Mississippi is named for this civil rights leader, assassinated in 1963 (Medgar) Evers |
#7812, aired 2018-07-24 | A HALL OF FAME INFIELD $400: This Cubbie first baseman caught a lot of throws from Tinker & Evers (Frank) Chance |
#7703, aired 2018-02-21 | YOU KNOW MY NAME $1000: Compiled by his widow Myrlie, the autobiography of this slain civil rights leader was published 43 years after his death Medgar Evers |
#7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $1600: In 1995, decades after the assassination of her husband Medgar, she became head of the NAACP Myrlie Evers |
#7485, aired 2017-03-10 | 12 LETTERS OR MORE $2,000 (Daily Double): William Faulkner, Medgar Evers or B.B. King, by birth state Mississippian |
#7446, aired 2017-01-16 | CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS $2000: In 2005, the Jackson International Airport was renamed in honor of this leader slain outside his house in 1963 (Medgar) Evers |
#7168, aired 2015-11-11 | FAMILIAR SOUNDING TRIPLES $800: A mender of pots & pans,
activist Medgar &
an orange Monopoly card tinker, Evers & Chance |
#6846, aired 2014-05-26 | MISTER "E" CATEGORY $2000: Slain in Mississippi in 1963, this civil rights leader was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery Medgar Evers |
#6832, aired 2014-05-06 | THE MISSING MAN $200: In a famous double-play combo:
Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers Frank Chance |
#6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GROUP ON $1,500 (Daily Double): Medgar Evers was a field secretary for this group; his widow Myrlie Evers-Williams was the first woman to head it the NAACP |
#6514, aired 2013-01-03 | "TIN" MEN $400: You can't mention this shortstop without mentioning his double-play associates Evers & Chance (Joe) Tinker |
#6512, aired 2013-01-01 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $1,500 (Daily Double): In an essay defending this 2011 film, Myrlie Evers-Williams said, "My mother was" this film "& so was her mother" The Help |
#6403, aired 2012-06-20 | I MANAGE $600: It wasn't Tinker or Evers but this man who led the Cubs to consecutive World Series wins in 1907 & '08 Frank Chance |
#6084, aired 2011-02-10 | THE STATE OF MY BIRTH $1000: Medgar Evers,
Oprah Winfrey,
Eudora Welty Mississippi |
#6069, aired 2011-01-20 | THE "LONG" & "SHORT" OF IT $800: Tinker, of "Tinker to Evers to Chance", was one of these a shortstop |
#5867, aired 2010-03-02 | THE NAACP SPINGARN MEDAL WINNERS $2000: This civil rights leader won in 1963, the year of his murder; his wife Myrlie won in '98 (Medgar) Evers |
#5127, aired 2006-12-19 | TRIOS $1200: To experiment with, activist Medgar & Peter Sellers' "Being There" role tinker, Evers & Chance |
#5002, aired 2006-05-16 | THE STARTING INFIELD $600: The 1908 Chicago Cubs featured Harry Steinfeldt & these 3 guys of yore Tinker, Evers & Chance |
#4787, aired 2005-05-31 | THE NAACP $2000: (Kweisi Mfume reads the clue.) In 1995 this widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers became the first woman to head the NAACP Myrlie Evers(-Williams) |
#4751, aired 2005-04-11 | ASSASSINS $600: In 1994, 31 years after the crime, Byron de la Beckwith was convicted of murdering this Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers |
#4634, aired 2004-10-28 | THAT DON'T SOUND RIGHT $2000: Franklin P. Adams probably didn't think the verse flowed describing, in scoring order, a 3-6-4 DP by these 1910 Cubs Chance to Tinker to Evers |
#4465, aired 2004-01-23 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $800: A soldier during WWII, this civil rights leader, murdered in Mississippi in 1963, is buried at Arlington (Medgar) Evers |
#4341, aired 2003-06-16 | BORN THE SAME DAY $2000: U.S. black leader Medgar Evers was born July 2, 1925, like this murdered first prime minister of the Congo Patrice Lumumba |
#4244, aired 2003-01-30 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: In February 1995 Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of Medgar, was elected this organization's chairperson NAACP |
#4236, aired 2003-01-20 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $2000: When shot in 1963, Medgar Evers was carrying shirts with the slogan this character, a segregation symbol, "Must Go" Jim Crow |
#4068, aired 2002-04-17 | FRANKS & BEENS $800: He has been forever linked with Joseph Tinker & John Evers Frank Chance of the Cubs |
#4029, aired 2002-02-21 | YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK $1600: We presume the weak link in this team's 1906 infield wasn't Tinker, Evers or Chance but third baseman Harry Steinfeldt Chicago Cubs |
#3889, aired 2001-06-28 | ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE QUOTES $100: Franklin P. Adams:
"Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble: 'Tinker to Evers to'" him Chance |
#3781, aired 2001-01-29 | MOVIE PORTRAYALS $2,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Yolanda King. My father was Martin Luther King, Jr.) In the 1996 movie "Ghosts of Mississippi", I played Reena, the daughter of this civil rights leader killed in 1963 Medgar Evers |
#3705, aired 2000-10-13 | "E" MALE $200: Double-play partner to Tinker & Chance Johnny Evers |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | WAY BACK IN 1995 $300: Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of Medgar Evers, was sworn in as its chairwoman in 1995 NAACP |
#3155, aired 1998-04-24 | RIGHT HAND MEN $400: Tinker,
Evers,
_____ Chance |
#3086, aired 1998-01-19 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $400: He led efforts to desegregate Jackson, Mississippi & was killed there June 12, 1963 Medgar Evers |
#2732, aired 1996-06-18 | SPORTS FIGURES $1000: He formed a famous combination with Joe Tinker & Frank Chance (John) Evers |
#2580, aired 1995-11-17 | BLACK AMERICANS $500 (Daily Double): The "Voice of Harlem"; he served in the House of Representatives from 1945-67 & 1969-1970 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. |
#2474, aired 1995-05-11 | IN THE NEWS $300: Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, was elected head of this org. NAACP |
#2311, aired 1994-09-26 | BLACK AMERICA $500: In 1994 Byron de la Beckwith received a life sentence for the 1963 murder of this Miss. civil rights leader Medgar Evers |
#2100, aired 1993-10-22 | IN THE MIDDLE $400: He was the famous second baseman between Tinker & Chance Evers |
#2065, aired 1993-07-23 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Charles Evers, brother of this civil rights leader, was mayor of Fayette, Miss. from 1969-1981 Medgar Evers |
#1579, aired 1991-06-13 | THE 50 STATES $400: In 1969 Charles Evers was elected the first Black mayor of a racially mixed city in this state Mississippi |
#866, aired 1988-05-16 | NAME THAT TEAM $500: Joe Tinker,
Johnny Evers, &
Frank Chance the Chicago Cubs |