#8627, aired 2022-04-26 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: It was made the capital of China in 1949 Beijing |
#8627, aired 2022-04-26 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: Those born during the first half of April have this sign, the ram Aries |
#8627, aired 2022-04-26 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $600: A googol is equal to a 1 followed by this many zeros 100 |
#8627, aired 2022-04-26 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: Columbia University began handing out these awards in 1917 the Pulitzers |
#8627, aired 2022-04-26 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1000: Filbert is another name for this nut a hazelnut |
#7983, aired 2019-05-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: In 1985 Philip Morris acquired this maker of Jell-O & Oscar Mayer meats for almost $6 billion General Foods |
#7983, aired 2019-05-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: This leading U.S. general of WWI was Army chief of staff from 1921 to 1924 (John J.) "Black Jack" Pershing |
#7983, aired 2019-05-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1200: The soap opera "General Hospital" is set in this fictional city in New York state Port Charles |
#7983, aired 2019-05-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1600: It was the make & model of the General Lee, Bo & Luke's car on "The Dukes of Hazzard" a 1969 Dodge Charger |
#7983, aired 2019-05-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $2000: This general succeeded MacArthur when Truman relieved him of his command in Korea (Matthew) Ridgway |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: In the DC universe, they're the dynamic duo Batman and Robin |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: Appropriately, it's the 3-letter symbol of the company that makes Scotch tape & Scotch-Brite products MMM |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $600: At 969, this son of Enoch was the Bible's longest-lived person Methuselah |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: In 2011 a newly revised 11th edition of this book on parliamentary procedure was published Robert's Rules of Order |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1000: With this kitchen gadget that sounds more like a musical instrument, you can slice up a potato, paper thin, in seconds a mandoline |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: A federal law signed Aug. 6, 1965 banned literary & other tests for people to do this to vote |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: This speedy southwestern bird of Warner Bros. fame enjoys a good dust bath the roadrunner |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1200: Seen here, it's the designated flower for the month of March the daffodil |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1600: An 1890 LDS church manifesto mandated a halt to this practice polygamy |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $2000: The centers of California's wine industry are the Napa Valley & this valley where Glen Ellen comes from Sonoma |
#7409, aired 2016-11-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: It's an angle at 180 degrees straight |
#7409, aired 2016-11-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: In 1984 UCSD offered a course in underwater this-weaving; Day 1 was in the pool, the rest in the Jacuzzi basket-weaving |
#7409, aired 2016-11-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $600: John Fugelsang said Ted Cruz' pick of her as VP in '16 was "like an actor giving his Oscar... speech before he gets a nomination" Carly Fiorina |
#7409, aired 2016-11-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: In Greek myth this king of Thebes raised by Polybus couldn't see eye to eye with his birth dad Oedipus |
#7409, aired 2016-11-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1000: An engine fire in British Columbia gutted a 2003 Enzo worth $643,000 from this Italian carmaker Ferrari |
#7137, aired 2015-09-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: In 2000 Albert Sabin's oral vaccine for this was discontinued in the U.S. polio |
#7137, aired 2015-09-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: In 1944 this future president directed Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion at Normandy Eisenhower |
#7137, aired 2015-09-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: While this chilly region makes up about 75% of Russia's territory, only 25% of the people live there Siberia |
#7137, aired 2015-09-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $600: Formed in 1980, it's the largest animal rights organization in the world PETA |
#7137, aired 2015-09-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: The Confederate memorial carving on Stone Mountain includes Stonewall Jackson & this other Civil War general Lee |
#7137, aired 2015-09-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: It's "the Pine Tree State" Maine |
#7137, aired 2015-09-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1000: The first person born in the Americas to be canonized was this woman of Lima St. Rose of Lima |
#7137, aired 2015-09-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1600: In 1968 he turned over command of U.S. forces in Vietnam to General Creighton Abrams Westmoreland |
#7137, aired 2015-09-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $2000: From 1949 to 1953 this five-star general served as the first chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff Omar Bradley |
#7137, aired 2015-09-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $5,000 (Daily Double): This brigadier general who gave his name to a Colorado peak was killed during the War of 1812 (Zebulon) Pike |
#4922, aired 2006-01-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: In 1940 this 164-year-old U.S. document was repaired with Scotch tape the Declaration of Independence |
#4922, aired 2006-01-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: Playing this Kansas politician in a March 8, 2003 "SNL" sketch, Dan Aykroyd began, "Bill, you ignorant slut" Bob Dole |
#4922, aired 2006-01-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $600: Reginald Jackson, born in 1946, is nicknamed Mr. October; Thomas Jackson, born in 1824, was nicknamed this "Stonewall" |
#4922, aired 2006-01-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: Like Charles Rushmore, for whom the mount is named, these 2 men on it passed the bar & were lawyers Thomas Jefferson & Abraham Lincoln |
#4922, aired 2006-01-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows off the bulb from a common desk lamp.) By using this type of gas, like bromine, around a filament, this type of lamp outlasts the incandescent ones a halogen light |
#4816, aired 2005-07-11 | "S"ENTIAL KNOWLEDGE $1000: Theodore Olson, who argued Bush v. Gore, got this job of handling high court litigation Solicitor General |
#4055, aired 2002-03-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: Later Secretary of State, this general was the winner of the 1991 Spingarn Medal Colin Powell |
#4055, aired 2002-03-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: Among the first women selected to become these in 1978 were Anna Fisher & Shannon Lucid astronauts |
#4055, aired 2002-03-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: On returning to France after the American Revolutionary War, he was made a general by Louis XVI Lafayette |
#4055, aired 2002-03-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $600: When Rome demanded that this greatest Carthaginian general surrender, he took his own life Hannibal |
#4055, aired 2002-03-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: United Nations Day is observed during this month October |
#4055, aired 2002-03-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: Born in 1741, he's been called "possibly the best tactical commander on both sides in the Revolution" Benedict Arnold |
#4055, aired 2002-03-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1000: Famous generals from Missouri include Omar Bradley & this AEF commander of WWI Pershing |
#4055, aired 2002-03-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1200: Contrary to its name, this manor where the Madisons lived after the White House was burned has 6 sides, not 8 Octagon House |
#4055, aired 2002-03-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1600: A '70s compilation by The Beach Boys & a 1994 greatest hits CD by the "Queen of Disco" share this name Endless Summer |
#4055, aired 2002-03-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $2000: The body's 2 largest veins are the superior & inferior ones of these the vena cava |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $100: This 8-armed sea creature doesn't always show its true colors; in fact, it changes colors when frightened Octopus |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: This 4-star general was President Bush's top military adviser from 1989 to 1993 Colin Powell |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: Whether they've been removed or haven't grown in, a person who's edentulous lacks these Teeth |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $300: This religious leader died in India around 483 B.C., possibly from eating contaminated pork Buddha |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: This "Old Blood & Guts" general once served as military governor of Bavaria George Patton |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: This substance found in the cell walls of plants & trees is used to make paper & plastics Cellulose |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $500: The Jordan & the Valencia are popular Spanish varieties of this nut Almond |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: Before heading forces in Vietnam, he was superintendent of West Point William Westmoreland |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1000: During WWII this American general nicknamed "Vinegar Joe" served as chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek Joseph Stillwell |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1,100 (Daily Double): He became General of the Army in 1944 & in 1947 became U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall |
#3535, aired 2000-01-07 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: Yale, Yale the gang's all here, in this city founded in 1638 by Puritans from Boston New Haven, Connecticut |
#3535, aired 2000-01-07 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: Geranium is a plant; Germanium is one of these Element |
#3535, aired 2000-01-07 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $600: William Baffin was on a voyage in search of this when he first reached Baffin Bay Northwest Passage |
#3535, aired 2000-01-07 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: In 1842 Edwin P. Christy formed his troupe of these Minstrels |
#3535, aired 2000-01-07 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1000: Country Bobby Fischer was in in 1972 when he became the 1st American to win the World Chess Championship Iceland |
#3429, aired 1999-07-01 | "GENERAL" KNOWLEDGE $100: Over the years, products from this manufacturer have included Buicks, Cadillacs & Oldsmobiles General Motors |
#3429, aired 1999-07-01 | "GENERAL" KNOWLEDGE $200: In 1929 U.S. companies Postum & Birdseye combined to form this conglomerate General Foods |
#3429, aired 1999-07-01 | "GENERAL" KNOWLEDGE $300: G.P. stands for this kind of doctor general practitioner |
#3429, aired 1999-07-01 | "GENERAL" KNOWLEDGE $400: "Towering" P.T. Barnum talent seen here General Tom Thumb |
#3429, aired 1999-07-01 | "GENERAL" KNOWLEDGE $500: Title of the chief medical officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Surgeon General (of the United States) |
#2612, aired 1996-01-02 | ROOMS $300: "General" knowledge is used to plan a battle in one war room |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $100: Muons, pions & electrons are among particles classified as these, my dear Watson elementary |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: It was Robin Hood's sylvan home Sherwood Forest |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $300: When you write out the time in numbers, this punctuation mark separates the hours & minutes colon |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: This month of fasting can only begin after the new moon is sighted by a reliable Muslim Ramadan |
#2598, aired 1995-12-13 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $500: Known for antiseptic surgery, this British surgeon also introduced the use of catgut Joseph Lister |
#2189, aired 1994-02-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: An outline of this sculpted monument appears on South Dakota license plates Mount Rushmore |
#2189, aired 1994-02-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: In the Roman calendar, this day fell on the 15th of March, May, July & Oct., & on the 13th of other months the Ides |
#2189, aired 1994-02-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $600: On Dec. 7, 1991 about 2,000 veterans of this event gathered for a 50th anniversary reunion the bombing of Pearl Harbor |
#2189, aired 1994-02-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: On Oct. 31, 1961 his name was removed from Moscow's Red Square; his body was removed a day later (Joseph) Stalin |
#2189, aired 1994-02-24 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1000: This great king of the Franks was probably born in Aachen in what is now Germany in 742 Charlemagne |
#1678, aired 1991-12-11 | PEOPLE $600: This former Surgeon General wrote the article on smoking in the 1990 edition of The Book of Knowledge C. Everett Koop |
#589, aired 1987-03-12 | THE ENCYCLOPEDIA $1000: "Encyclopedia" comes from Greek "enkyklios" meaning "general" & "paideia" meaning this education (rearing of a child) |
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