#8839, aired 2023-03-30 | THE HISTORIC 1950s $1200: September 1957 is when Gloria Ray & 8 other kids made news by going to Central High in this state capital Little Rock |
#8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $400: Led by MVP Corey Seager, this team won the 2020 World Series the Dodgers |
#8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $800: A 2020 report said 3/4 of U.S. kids age 9-12 regularly play this online platform that's like Minecraft but with more interaction Roblox |
#8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $1200: In fall 2020 the 1st blood test became available for this top-10 U.S. cause of death; diagnosis by symptoms is tricky & brain scans costly Alzheimer's disease |
#8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $1600: The first-ever papal visit to Iraq included a sit-down with this grand Ayatollah, spiritual leader to millions of Shiite Muslims Ali al-Sistani |
#8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $2000: In a needed upgrade to Penn Station, a $1.60 billion train hall named for this longtime New York senator, opened in 2021; take a look Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
#8230, aired 2020-06-05 | PUBLISHERS $1600: In 1990 William Collins & Sons was bought by News Corporation, which smushed this other publishing name in front Harper |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA $400: (Hi, this is Ryan Kristafer from News 8.) Harriet Beecher Stowe lived next door to this other great American author at the time he wrote "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (Mark) Twain |
#7396, aired 2016-11-07 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $400: (Hi, I'm Kate Bolduan of CNN.) In 2013 I covered the birth of the first baby of this other Kate; in 2014 I had my own little princess, so maybe a playdate sometime Kate Middleton |
#6784, aired 2014-02-27 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: & in other news,
change a letter in
the name of a sea creature & you get this short filler item in a newspaper squib |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $400: The autumn of 1989 felt a symbolic one of these in Berlin & a literal one in California on Oct. 17 an earthquake |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $800: In the U.S., 1812 means war; in this country it means the Constitution that established its parliament, the Cortes Spain |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $1200: In 1776 Timur Shah moved his capital from Kandahar to this present-day world capital Kabul |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $1600: 1066 brought the royal wedding of German king Henry IV & this daughter of the Count of Savoy; no word on how "big" she was Bertha |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1914 James Joyce finally found a publisher for this collection of stories about the people of his native city Dubliners |
#6117, aired 2011-03-29 | & OTHER LITTLE PEOPLE $2000: Frank, played by Peter Dinklage, has unwelcome news about the deceased in this 2010 comedy Death at a Funeral |
#5957, aired 2010-07-06 | NEWS TO ME $800: This car company has been in the news for widespread recalls of its Corollas & other models Toyota |
#5439, aired 2008-04-10 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1600: In 1946 Vojvodina & this province were made autonomous within Serbia in Yugoslavia Kosovo |
#4900, aired 2005-12-23 | PRESIDENTIAL PASTIMES $1000: & in other news... during a fishing trip in Georgia in 1979, Jimmy Carter was attacked by a "killer" one of these a rabbit |
#4205, aired 2002-12-06 | "ANN" IN OTHER NEWS... $400: To incorporate territory, Karvina did it to Frystat in 1949 annex it |
#4205, aired 2002-12-06 | "ANN" IN OTHER NEWS... $800: From the Latin for "to nothing", it's the mutual destruction of matter & antimatter after the Big Bang annihilation |
#4205, aired 2002-12-06 | "ANN" IN OTHER NEWS... $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Field Museum in Chicago) This name for the phylum to which earthworms belong comes from the Latin for "little ring" Annelida |
#4205, aired 2002-12-06 | "ANN" IN OTHER NEWS... $1600: No looking in your wallet -- on the reverse of a $1 bill, this precedes "coeptis" on the Great Seal of the U.S. annuit |
#4205, aired 2002-12-06 | "ANN" IN OTHER NEWS... $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports) In glassblowing, this word means "to heat the finished vessel", & then allow it to cool uniformly anneal |
#4002, aired 2002-01-15 | MR. EDS $600: And in other news, 2001 marked this co-editor's 20th year with "60 Minutes" Ed Bradley |
#3797, aired 2001-02-20 | TRANSPORTATION $400: In other news...a stowaway from Tahiti recently survived a death-defying airline flight to L.A. while hiding here Wheel well |
#3602, aired 2000-04-11 | NEWS OF 2000 $1000: Besides Bush, McCain & Forbes, 1 of the 3 other participants in the Republican debate held Jan. 10, 2000 Gary Bauer, Orrin Hatch or Alan Keyes |
#3373, aired 1999-04-14 | A WOMAN SCORNED $400: She got the bad news from the other woman, Marla Maples, on a ski slope in Aspen Ivana Trump |
#3263, aired 1998-11-11 | SEPTEMBER 1984 $100: 2 Dianas were in the news; one gave birth to Prince Harry & the other was one of these that hit the U.S. Hurricane |
#2289, aired 1994-07-14 | RETIRED $600: Since retiring as anchorman in 1981, he's kept busy with other projects as a CBS news special correspondent Walter Kronkite |
#2154, aired 1994-01-06 | NEWSPAPERS $800: 1 of 2 Detroit newspapers in America's Top 20 in circulation (1 of) The Detroit News & The Detroit Free Press |
#1844, aired 1992-09-17 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $400: In 1948, the magazine "U.S. News" merged with this other publication World Report |
#1556, aired 1991-05-13 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $100: On March 7, 1991 Indiana had a statewide drill to prepare people for this type of windstorm a tornado |
#1556, aired 1991-05-13 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $200: The only store in NYC that catered exclusively to those with this VCR format closed in 1991 Beta |
#1556, aired 1991-05-13 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $300: Signed with a "V", "Still Life with Flowers" is the 3rd unknown work of this artist found in 20 years van Gogh |
#1556, aired 1991-05-13 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $400: With the success of the new Hardy Boys & Nancy Drew books, this inventor & adventurer is back in print Tom Swift |
#1556, aired 1991-05-13 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $500: A new Major League stadium for this city is being built in Babe Ruth's childhood neighborhood Baltimore (Maryland) |
#1492, aired 1991-02-12 | AND IN OTHER NEWS... $100: The Chicago Tribune reported this host country donated 230,000 Mars bars to our troops for Thanksgiving Saudi Arabia |
#1492, aired 1991-02-12 | AND IN OTHER NEWS... $200: Englishman Kim Philby was 1 of 5 top spies this country honored on stamps in 1990 the Soviet Union |
#1492, aired 1991-02-12 | AND IN OTHER NEWS... $300: In November 1990 Bill Irwin became the first blind man to hike this entire 2,167-mile long trail the Appalachian Trail |
#1492, aired 1991-02-12 | AND IN OTHER NEWS... $400: Reuters reports China's Communist newspaper wants people to stop calling women "miss" & use this "friendly" title comrade |
#1492, aired 1991-02-12 | AND IN OTHER NEWS... $500: This author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" died in November 1990 Roald Dahl |
#1425, aired 1990-11-09 | GILBERT & SULLIVAN $600 (Daily Double): It's set in a ruined chapel & on a rocky seashore on the coast of Cornwall, not on the open sea The Pirates of Penzance |
#1025, aired 1989-02-03 | SECRETARIES $400: She was in the news more than any other church secretary in 1987 Jessica Hahn |
#474, aired 1986-10-02 | IN OTHER WORDS... $200: Ill tidings cover ground quickly bad news travels fast |
#433, aired 1986-05-07 | FOOTBALL $1000: It's said more pro football players have come from this Southern university than any other Grambling |
#397, aired 1986-03-18 | IN OTHER WORDS... $600: A newsweekly is sent airmail at the moment one experiences amusement Time flies when you're having fun |
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