#7948, aired 2019-03-13 | WORLD LEADERS 1919 $2000: This dominating prime minister of Great Britain had a full name made up of three first names David Lloyd George |
#6751, aired 2014-01-13 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $2000: This 71-member religious council of ancient Judea could name political leaders & even declare war the Great Sanhedrin |
#6611, aired 2013-05-20 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $1000: This great Jewish thinker aka Moses Ben Maimon is honored with a statue in his birthplace of Cordoba, Spain Maimonides |
#5672, aired 2009-04-14 | "GREAT" LEADERS $400: Russia, 1762-1796 Catherine the Great |
#5672, aired 2009-04-14 | "GREAT" LEADERS $800: The Roman empire, 324-337 A.D. Constantine the Great |
#5672, aired 2009-04-14 | "GREAT" LEADERS $1200: Hawaii, c. 1790-1819 Kamehameha the Great |
#5672, aired 2009-04-14 | "GREAT" LEADERS $1600: Prussia, 1740-1786 Frederick the Great |
#5672, aired 2009-04-14 | "GREAT" LEADERS $2000: Wessex, 871-899 Alfred the Great |
#5557, aired 2008-11-04 | FOREIGN-BORN LEADERS $1200: Born in what was then Prussia, she became ruler of Russia following the murder of her husband Peter III Catherine the Great |
#5476, aired 2008-06-02 | 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS $800: In 1958 he launched his Great Leap Forward program; it was a great disaster Mao |
#5147, aired 2007-01-16 | RUSSIAN LEADERS $200: Not so great--in 1725, this czar died unable to name a successor; he wrote, "Give everything to..." & never finished Peter the Great |
#5147, aired 2007-01-16 | RUSSIAN LEADERS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Moscow, Russia.) After Moscow's Alarm Tower summoned a dangerous mob in 1771, this woman had its bell removed Catherine the Great |
#4818, aired 2005-07-13 | ROYALTEASE $600: The twit who was czar for 6 months in 1762 was the grandson & husband of these 2 "Great" leaders Catherine & Peter |
#4726, aired 2005-03-07 | WORLD LEADERS: 1871 $400: The liberal prime minister of Great Britain in 1871 (William) Gladstone |
#4585, aired 2004-07-09 | GREAT SPORTS $800: On May 1, 1975 he moved into first place on Major League Baseball's RBI leaders list Hank Aaron |
#4490, aired 2004-02-27 | OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD LEADERS $1,200 (Daily Double): That Great Wall thing didn't work; this warrior's forces crossed it & went on to sack Peking in 1215 Genghis Khan |
#4490, aired 2004-02-27 | OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD LEADERS $2000: This great ruler of the Persian Empire got the job in part by exposing an imposter claiming to be Smerdis Darius |
#3571, aired 2000-02-28 | HISTORIC LEADERS $400: "Great" Roman Emperor:
324-337 A.D. Constantine |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS $100: His forces defeated the Persian Army under Darius III in 333 B.C. Alexander the Great |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS $200: In the 18th century she founded a medical college & the first Russian school for girls Catherine the Great |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS $400 (Daily Double): This 9th century king of Wessex repeatedly repelled the Danes with great success Alfred the Great |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS $400: From 1682 to 1689 he shared the throne with his half-brother Ivan V Peter the Great |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS $500: During the Seven Years' War, this king gained great military prestige & land for Prussia Frederick the Great |
#3335, aired 1999-02-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Jonathan Edwards was among the leaders of this "great" religious movement of the 1700s Great Awakening |
#3109, aired 1998-02-19 | HISTORIC WORLD LEADERS $300: He was the only king of England to have "The Great" tacked on to his name Alfred |
#3109, aired 1998-02-19 | HISTORIC WORLD LEADERS $500: He conquered more of the world than any other man in history Genghis Khan |
#2901, aired 1997-03-24 | HISTORIC EUROPEAN LEADERS $400: He was "The Great", "Le Grand Monarque" & "The God-Given" as well as "The Sun King" Louis XIV |
#2824, aired 1996-12-05 | WORLD LEADERS $400: Before his 1979 election to Great Britain's parliament, he worked in banking for almost 20 years John Major |
#1381, aired 1990-09-10 | WORLD LEADERS $800: Though this 20-year-old may have resented his father Philip II, he took no part in his murder Alexander the Great |
#1215, aired 1989-12-08 | POLITICAL LEADERS $200: Newsweek called him "The Politburo's answer to the Great Communicator" Mikhail Gorbachev |
#1177, aired 1989-10-17 | WORLD LEADERS $300: In the 1920s this N. Vietnamese leader worked as an assistant chef under the great Escoffier Ho Chi Minh |
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