| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENCE $1000: Disappointed in March 1942, this military man said, "I shall return"; happier on Oct. 20, 1944, he said, "I have returned" MacArthur |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $200: This standardized test widely used in college admissions since 1926 is introducing a digital version in March 2024 the SAT |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $2000: This Nobel Prize-winning author of "The Adventures of Augie March" wears a jaunty hat on his 2024 stamp Bellow |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS $2000: Brought back to his place in history by a 2023 movie, he was the main organizer of the March on Washington Bayard Rustin |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | 4 N LANGUAGE $1200: It's the church festival on March 25 commemorating what Gabriel told Mary the Annunciation |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | PRIDE & POTUS $300: The historic year gay activists picketed outside LBJ's White House; MLK's March on Washington was two years earlier 1965 |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | HOW'S THE KING TAKING IT? $2000: In this event that brought Mussolini to power, King Victor Emmanuel III refused to bring in the army to stop him his March on Rome |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | HOW'S THE KING TAKING IT? $5,000 (Daily Double): On March 7, 1774 George III complained of "outrageous proceedings at" this city, especially in its harbor Boston |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ALSO AN ANIMAL SOUND $100: The very first of these microblogging posts was sent by company cofounder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006 a tweet |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | RANDOM U.S. STATE FACTS $400: California closes down state offices on March 31, the day honoring this labor leader Cesar Chavez |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THE U.S. IN 1964 $400: On March 27 a 9.2 quake rocked this state's Valdez, forcing the town itself to be moved to the delta of Mineral Creek Alaska |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | GEORGIA ON MY MIND $1200: In 1864 Sherman's march to the sea ended with the capture of this port city, Georgia's colonial capital Savannah |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | MESSIN' WITH TEXAS $800: At least 1,800 men took on about 180 at this landmark in February & March of 1836, with predictable results the Alamo |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | NEVADA $200: On March 19, 1931 state legislators legalized gambling & shortened the residency time required for one of these a divorce |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | SHOE GAZING $800: On March 10, 2023, the Nintendo New York flagship store displayed a real-life version of the shoes worn by this character (Super) Mario |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | IT'S A SPECIAL DAY $400: Every March brings a holiday in Iran on the date in 1951 when the country nationalized this industry the oil industry |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | SWEET 1616 $400: On March 25 this playwright made his will, which would be needed in less than a month William Shakespeare |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 4 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS OR CONSONANTS $800: The slopes of this volcano, which last erupted in March 2023, merge with those of Mauna Loa on the northwest Kīlauea |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | FLYIN' HIGHER THAN A JET AIRLINER $200: Russian for "peace", this space station returned to Earth & pieced out in a controlled re-entry on March 23, 2001 Mir |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | DE-COMPOSING $1,000 (Daily Double): On March 25, 1918 the sun set on this "Moonlight" composer in Paris (Claude) Debussy |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | POLITICS TALK $1200: The first time Congress did this to a president was to lame duck John Tyler on March 3, 1845 the first time a veto was overridden |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | BEFORE & ACTORS $1200: Portrayer of the baseball bat-wielding Negan on "The Walking Dead" who narrated "March of the Penguins" Jeffrey Dean Morgan Freeman |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | THE LANTHANIDES OF MARCH $800: Contrast agents based on gadolinium provide clear scans from this x-ray-less type of imaging, commonly used for the brain an MRI |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | UNIONS $200: The first wedding held at this place was on March 29, 1812, when Dolley Madison's sister married a Supreme Court justice the White House |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | TRIANGLES $800: On this holiday generally in March, Jews traditionally eat triangular pastries called Hamantaschen Purim |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MODERN EGYPT $800: On March 8, 1957 & on June 5, 1975, Egypt reopened this waterway following international conflicts the Suez Canal |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | VIRGINNY & GEORGIA $300: In March 1979 Ray Charles sang this old sweet song for Georgia's legislature; in April, it became the official state song "Georgia On My Mind" |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | 4 FUNERALS & ANOTHER FUNERAL $1000: On March 29, 1827 20,000 attended the funeral of this German composer; Franz Schubert was a torchbearer Beethoven |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | 4 WEDDINGS & A FUNERAL $400: She married Napoleon in a civil ceremony on March 9, 1796; the pair wed again with religious rites on December 1, 1804 Josephine |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: A 1965 civil rights march started in Selma & ended 54 miles & 4 days later in this city, where MLK spoke on the steps of its capitol Montgomery |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | A LITTLE PEACE OF HISTORY $1600: On March 27, 1802 Britain & France signed a treaty at this city whose name begins with "Ami"; they stayed friends for 14 months Amiens |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | ANCIENT ROME $200: This general & statesman became dictator in 46 B.C. but was assassinated on the ides of March by Brutus & others (Julius) Caesar |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | GODDESSES $800: The Matronalia was a festival held on March 1, the Roman New Year's Day, in honor of this supreme Roman goddess Juno |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $2000: Spencer Tracy was on the side of evolution while Fredric March argued creationism in this classic 1960 film Inherit the Wind |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | WHO WAS WHERE, WHEN $800: Despite a generous retirement plan of 2 million francs a year & this island as his own, Napoleon returned to France on March 1, 1815 Elba |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | U.S. GOVERNMENT HISTORY $1000: On March 1, 2003 FEMA & 21 other organizations got a new boss with the creation of this department the Department of Homeland Security |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE 1960s $800: Broadening his message from civil rights, on March 2, 1965 Martin Luther King made his first public statement against this the Vietnam War |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 Americans participated in this event for jobs & freedom the March on Washington |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | BOOK PARTS, REIMAGINED $1000: At the March on Washington, A. Philip Randolph gave this for Martin Luther King the introduction |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | TIME TO CALL IT A DAY $800: Term for the day, usually in March, when many states including Alabama & Texas hold their presidential primary on the same date Super Tuesday |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | A MINOR IN HISTORY $200: Enrique Esparza was about 8 on March 6, 1836 & a witness who would "remember" the battle at this mission for decades; Enrique died in 1917 the Alamo |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | A MINOR IN HISTORY $600: Saints be praised! On March 22, 1429 this feisty teen dictated a letter to English commanders, insisting they leave France Joan of Arc |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | JAZZ GREATS $400: This sax great's last public engagement was on March 5, 1955 at Birdland, a New York City club named for him Charlie ("Bird") Parker |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | ANNIVERSARIES $1000: At 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2021, a moment of silence marked the 10th anniversary of this Japanese disaster Fukushima |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | A PLAYER TO BE NAMED RIGHT NOW $800: In March 2021 she testified on gender discrimination to a House committee; in April, she scored on a penalty kick for the U.S. vs. Sweden Megan Rapinoe |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | THE 1920s $800: October 1922 saw a march on Rome led by this fascist group called Camicie Nere, named for their colorful clothing the Blackshirts |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: She modeled 3 of the sisters in "Little Women" on her own siblings & Jo March after herself Alcott |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $800: JFK praised this 1963 demonstration that drew about 250,000 participants & culminated at the Lincoln Memorial the March on Washington |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | LITERARY JOURNALISM $200: Norman Mailer won a Pulitzer for "The Armies of the Night", about the 1967 march on this Defense Department building the Pentagon |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | DURING THE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON ADMINISTRATION $1000: Sworn in on March 4, WHH died on April 4; the official cause, this ailment at "the lower lobe of the right lung", has been debated pneumonia |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | THRONE OUT $4,000 (Daily Double): This world leader renounced his throne on March 15, 1917; 16 months later, he was dead Nicholas II |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH $600: Pi Day,
on the 14th March |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | PARTY IN THE BACK $800: Got my king cake, mask, beads & pralines! I'm ready to party & celebrate this, which will fall on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Mardi Gras |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | THE WIRE $400: On March 7, 1876 he was granted one of the most valuable patents ever--a method of transmitting sound over a wire (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | DEATH OF A LITERARY CHARACTER $800: "On the bosom where she had drawn her first breath, she quietly drew her last... when morning came... Jo's place was empty" Beth (March) |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | U.S. HISTORY $800: This body convened for the first time on March 4, 1789, but only 8 members--4 short of a quorum--showed up the United States Senate |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | CAPTAIN $682 (Daily Double): Captain Joseph Hazelwood was in charge on March 24, 1989 when this oil tanker hit Bligh Reef, off Alaska's coast the Exxon Valdez |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | RYAN GOSLING MOVIE ROLES $1600: A mysterious stuntman who moonlights as a getaway chauffeur Drive |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | DAY, DRINKING $400: Grab your sugar & spoon on March 5, the date in 2007 when this liquor could be imported to the U.S. for the 1st time since 1912 absinthe |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | COULD YOU? $1200: Walk on one of these, like Nik Wallenda did across the crater of an active volcano in March 2020 a tightrope |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | MISCELLANY $800: To the surprise of MSNBC viewers, he announced on-air that the March 2, 2020 "Hardball" was his last Chris Matthews |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | OXYMORONS $1200: This type of fill-in was once common on late-night TV; in March 2020 Pete Buttigieg was one for Jimmy Kimmel a guest host |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | EXERCISE YOUR... $200: Exercise your right to protest in one of these actions, like the women's one "on Versailles" back in 1789 a march |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | "WAT"s IN A NAME $1600: On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell rang him up & said, "Come here--I want to see you" (Thomas) Watson |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | IT'S A DATE $400: On March 17, 1905 this future first lady got married in New York City & didn't even have to change her last name Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | THE FIELD MARSHAL PLAN $200: Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery once said, "Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is do not march on" this Russian city Moscow |
| #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | U.N. OBSERVANCES $400: Read some Yeats or Dickinson on March 21, World this Day Poetry Day |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | MARCH-ING IN $2000: On March 25, 1851 Major James Savage made the "Discovery" of this valley & now national park on the Merced River Yosemite |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | SINGERS NOT SINGING $800: On March 24, 1958 he got sworn in as U.S. Army Private 53310761 in Memphis Elvis Presley |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: His son, nicknamed "The Eaglet", was kidnapped on March 1, 1932 Lindbergh |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | COME TO YOUR CENSUS $1200: On March 26, 2018 the Commerce Dept. said the question of this would be reintroduced on the census; a lawsuit was soon filed citizenship |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | WELCOME BACK BOYS! $200: Inconsistently consistent, he took the oath of office on March 4, 1885 & was back for more on March 4, 1893 Grover Cleveland |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: He was recovering from typhoid fever when he was inaugurated Vice President on March 4, 1865 Johnson |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | LITERATURE $600: This beloved novel whose first word is "Christmas" has been adapted for a Christmas 2019 movie, with Meryl Streep as Aunt March Little Women |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE $800: On March 30, 1981 this Secretary of State & retired general told the press, "As of now, I am in control here, in the White House" (Alexander) Haig |
| #8089, aired 2019-11-07 | JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS, NOT! $1600: He's the "March King"--at least of England, based on his 5 "Pomp And Circumstance" marches (Sir Edward) Elgar |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON $400: The march was held in 1963 & one of the speeches mentioned the 100th anniversary of this document the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON $800: The organizers intended the march to bring attention to this bill, eventually signed by LBJ the Civil Rights Act |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON $1200: Among the performers at the march were Joan Baez & this other young folk singer Bob Dylan |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON $2,000 (Daily Double): 10 times Martin Luther King spoke these 3 words that end the first verse of "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" Let freedom ring |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON $2000: One of the few female speakers at the event was this woman famous for her performances at the Folies-Bergere Josephine Baker |
| #8044, aired 2019-07-25 | LEFT ON THE BOARD $1600: In September 1882 thousands of workers held a march in NYC & this holiday was born Labor Day |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | A STEEL DAY $400: March 1, 2018:
President Trump announces plans to enact a 25% one of these on imported steel a tariff |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | FLOATING HOLIDAYS $800: Hindus perform this 4-letter physical discipline on the great night of Shiva, which is in February or March yoga |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | THE GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the George W. Bush Presidential Library.) The Situation Room replica has the actual furniture from Washington--from this table on March 19th, 2003, President Bush gave the order to start the Iraq War to General Franks, head of CENTCOM, short for this Central Command |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | LONG AGO, IN THE 20th CENTURY $400: Construction on this NYC landmark began on March 17, 1930; framework rose 4 1/2 stories per week, for a lot of weeks the Empire State Building |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | ON THE CALENDAR $800: The 14th night of a March new moon on this religion's calendar:
the festival of Maha Shivaratri Hinduism |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | 9...9 $400: When the new year on the Roman calendar was March 1, this was the 9th month--remember your Latin, or use your fingers November |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | THE CIVIL WAR $1200: The so-called necktie seen here, making sure the rails carried no Confederate trains, was named for this general on the march Sherman |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | THE CIVIL WAR $9,200 (Daily Double): On March 9, 1862 ironclad warships met in battle for the first time as these 2 vessels clashed, with no clear victor the Monitor and the Merrimack |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE IDES OF MARCH $200: On March 15, 1869 the Red Stockings of this Ohio city became the first professional baseball team Cincinnati |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE IDES OF MARCH $600: On March 15, 1892 Jesse Reno patented the first of these transports, the Reno inclined elevator the escalator |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): On March 1, 2007 170 Swiss troops accidentally wandered into & "invaded" this 62-sq-mi. nation--it was dark, OK?! Liechtenstein |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | DATES $800: 2018 date on which Mark Hamill, shamrock & all, was the guest of honor at Dublin's big parade March 17th |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | MARCH ON! $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a march route on the monitor.) The official route of a 1963 march started at the Washington Monument & moved down either Constitution or Independence Avenue to see this Baptist minister speak Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | MARCH ON! $800: "Tell Your Mother I'll Vote Dry" was a hymn you might have heard during a march for this teetotaling "T" movement temperance |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | MARCH ON! $1000: A 1930 march against a salt tax made its way to this sea on India's west coast, where marchers scooped up salt the Arabian Sea |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | MARCH ON! $2,000 (Daily Double): In the 1930s the endeavor known as this took about a year to complete & took its participants from Jiangxi to Shaanxi the Long March |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | 1960s AMERICA $2000: On March 2, 1965 the campaign known as "Rolling" this began bombing North Vietnam thunder |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS $600: An organized march on Rome in October 1922 brought this man & his Fascist Party to power Mussolini |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS $800: In March 1925 the Butler Act was passed, prohibiting the teaching of this in Tennessee schools evolution |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | TEXT ALERTS $3,500 (Daily Double): "March, or I'll put the handcuffs on you", he tells Jean Valjean (Inspector) Javert |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | 1940s AMERICA $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 11, 1941 this alliterative act became law & let FDR transfer billions of dollars in supplies to foes of the Axis the Lend-Lease Act |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER $400: Medical miracles march on: guinea worm, which in 1985 had 3 million cases on this continent, is on the verge of eradication Africa |
| #7875, aired 2018-11-30 | I GOT NOTHING $600: The FBI is still looking for the person who bombed a recruiting center in this bustling NYC square early on March 6, 2008 Times Square |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: A British effort to march on Concord & destroy colonial guns & ammo led to the first battle of the war, in April of this year 1775 |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | ON THE CALENDAR $600: I do not like green eggs & ham, but I do like that Read Across America Day, March 2, is his birthday Dr. Seuss |
| #7835, aired 2018-10-05 | CONTEMPORARIES $100 (Daily Double): On March 5, 1770 Crispus Attucks was slain in the Boston massacre; on May 16 she married the Dauphin of France Marie Antoinette |
| #7834, aired 2018-10-04 | AUTHORS BORN & DIED $1000: Born in Chicago in 1888, made "The Long Goodbye" & went to "The Big Sleep" on March 26, 1959 Raymond Chandler |
| #7796, aired 2018-07-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On March 12, 1933 FDR warmed America with the first of these informal radio addresses a fireside chat |
| #7796, aired 2018-07-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $5,000 (Daily Double): The photo from a 1967 march on the Pentagon demonstrates this rhyming slogan of the time flower power |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | THE MALE MAN $400: On March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry ended a speech with "Give me" this 1st item, "or give me" this 2nd item! Now give me both! liberty and death |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | REVOLUTION NOW! $200: This country's "February Revolution" of 1917 began on March 8 on the calendar we use today Russia |
| #7772, aired 2018-05-29 | OKLAHOMA HISTORY $1200: 1/4 of this tribe died on the march from the southeast, but today it numbers about 250,000 in Oklahoma the Cherokee |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | WHAT'S ON? $400: Both actresses who'd played Becky returned when this '90s sitcom got the reboot & was back on ABC in March 2018 Roseanne |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | THESE ARE DAYS $800: Read Across America Day is held on March 2, the birthday of this beloved author & illustrator of kids' books Dr. Seuss |
| #7738, aired 2018-04-11 | SPRING BREAK $600: In March on the 1st day of spring at this spot, see the sun skim the horizon to begin 6 months of near-total daylight the North Pole |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | MARCH MADNESS CHAMPS $800: In the 2012 final Anthony Davis & this team went wild on defense with a record 11 blocks the Kentucky Wildcats |
| #7702, aired 2018-02-20 | DEATH, AMERICAN STYLE $200: Death elected to take this suffragist on March 13, 1906 Susan B. Anthony |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | "HOPE"FUL ENTERTAINMENT $800: On May 6, 1941 this comic put on a show for airmen at March Field in California & a tradition began Bob Hope |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | HISTORY, WITH SOUND EFFECTS $600: The military structure of this pact was dissolved on March 31, 1991; its political alliance, on July 1 Warsaw |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | ANCIENT COINS $1200: Around 43 B.C this assassin issued a coin with his image on one side & 2 daggers & "Ides of March" on the other Brutus |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | HERE'S FINAL JEOPARDY $800: He's dead Jim; remember the Alamo & know this Kentuckian didn't make it out of the landmark on March 6, 1836 James Bowie |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | HERE'S FINAL JEOPARDY $1000: The last page of "The Autobiography of" this companion of Gertrude Stein was turned on March 7, 1967 Alice B. Toklas |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | A WOMEN'S CATEGORY $800: On Jan. 21, 2017 the National Mall was a sea of pink hats for the event formally known as the "Women's" this March on Washington |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | THE NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA.) On March 2, 1962, five Philadelphia Warriors combined to score 69 points; the sixth, this man, who wore this jersey that night, added another 100 Wilt Chamberlain |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | GUYS MAKIN' STUFF $2000: On March 23, 1857 in a NYC store, he installed the first safety elevator for passenger service (Elisha) Otis |
| #7537, aired 2017-05-23 | HISTORY $1000: On March 13, 1954 50,000 Vietminh attacked 10,000 French troops at a base in this village Dien Bien Phu |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | THE MARCH OF HISTORY $1000: On March 23, 1933 this body passed the "Enabling Act" making Hitler absolute dictator the Reichstag |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $1600: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) "Our feet are tired, but our souls are rested", said Martin Luther King, & then soaked his feet in the bucket on display here after leading thousands on a 5-day, 54-mile freedom march from Selma to the steps of the Capitol in this city Montgomery |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | IT'S ALL RELATIVE $600: (I'm Anderson Cooper.) During the Civil War, my great-great-grandfather, Union general Judson Kilpatrick, fought at Gettysburg & under the command of this general on his "march to the sea" Sherman |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | A DATE FOR THE INAUGURAL BALL $2000: Contrary to the picture, dancers kept their coats on at Grant's second, held on a freezing spring evening in this month, 1873 March |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | STATE CAPITAL EVENTS $400: In March 2016 you could catch an Easter concert by this group live in Salt Lake City or on closed-circuit simulcast the Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | THE SOVIET UNION $200: On March 11, 1990 this nation became the first Soviet republic to declare independence & tanks soon rolled into Vilnius Lithuania |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TEXAS $200: Jim Bowie & William Travis passed into history at this location on March 6, 1836 the Alamo |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TO LIVE & DIE IN L.A. $400: This "Big Poppa" rapper was killed on March 9, 1997 as he left a music industry party in Los Angeles Biggie Smalls (The Notorious B.I.G.) |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | ANOTHER DAY OLDER $600: One more march... on May 12, 1930 he conducted the public premiere of his "Royal Welch Fusiliers" (John Philip) Sousa |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | MUSICIANS' SIGNATURE MOMENTS $400: On March 27, 1987 this band played "Where The Streets Have No Name" on the roof of a downtown L.A. building U2 |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: Sparking the French Wars of Religion, 1,000 members of this group were massacred on March 1, 1562 the Huguenots |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | WE RECOGNIZE THE SENATOR FROM NEW YORK $200 (Daily Double): This Dutch man flew into his seat on March 4, 1821 but that wasn't his last stop, politically Van Buren |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | SANTA ANNA $800: On March 6, 1836 this ex-Tennessee congressman lost his life to Santa Anna's army Davy Crockett |
| #7298, aired 2016-05-11 | STOPPED BREATHING IN THE 1800s $2,400 (Daily Double): Broken by the death of his wife, he was das kaput, all on March 14, 1883 Karl Marx |
| #7291, aired 2016-05-02 | THE HOT SEAT $200: On March 5, 1861 Simon Cameron was appointed U.S. Secretary of this; he'd soon have quite a bit to do Secretary of War |
| #7238, aired 2016-02-17 | BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL $800: 5 men listed on a headstone at Granary Burying Ground were victims of this tragic March 5, 1770 event the Boston Massacre |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 62,000 men in parallel corps columns covered up to 15 miles a day on their way to Savannah in this general's march to the sea Sherman |
| #7200, aired 2015-12-25 | WHAT HAPPENED WHEN? $2,800 (Daily Double): On March 6, 1857 Chief Justice Roger Taney announced the Supreme Court's decision in this slave's case Dred Scott |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | MARK YOUR CALENDAR $2000: On the 1st Monday in March, it's time for Illinois to celebrate this Polish patriot & Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On this March holiday, the consumption of Guinness beer more than doubles to 13 million pints worldwide St. Patrick's Day |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | LET'S GO TO THE AIRPORT $400: On March 23, 1963 JFK dedicated this airport, saying, "There is no other airport in the world which serves so many people" O'Hare |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | 1965 $4,000 (Daily Double): On March 23 this space project launched its first mission with Gus Grissom & John Young as commander & pilot Gemini |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | STATE OF EMERGENCY $2,200 (Daily Double): On March 28, 1979 a nuclear plant in this state suffered a massive core meltdown Pennsylvania |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $400: On March 11, 1990 this southernmost Baltic republic became the first Soviet republic to declare independence Lithuania |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | OUR MUSICAL PRESIDENTS $200: On March 16, 1974 this president played piano at the dedication of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville Richard Nixon |
| #7095, aired 2015-06-19 | WE SUGGEST BIOGRAPHY TITLES $600: The story of this inventor who was awarded a valuable patent on March 7, 1876:
"It's for You" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #7093, aired 2015-06-17 | GOVERNMENT AGENCIES $400: Shortly after taking office, JFK established this international service program on March 1, 1961 the Peace Corps |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | 1990--25 YEARS AGO $1600: Winnie (Churchill) got a ticker-tape parade on March 15, 1946; this Winnie was in one with her husband on June 20, 1990 (Winnie) Mandela |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | FLASHBACK FRIDAY $800: On Friday, March 6, 1953 Georgy Malenkov took over for this man, who'd died on Thursday Stalin |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | TIME TO "GO" $1000: He took over as leader of the USSR on March 11, 1985 Gorbachev |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | CHECKING IN ON MARCH 26 $200: We are "supreme"ly aware of March 26's significance to this singer--happy 71st Diana Ross |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | CHECKING IN ON MARCH 26 $400: Many happy returns to Michael Imperioli, known for his role as Chris-tu-fuh Moltisanti on this HBO drama The Sopranos |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | CHECKING IN ON MARCH 26 $800: By Jiminy! This actor attended his very first premiere on March 26, 1950 in Ontario, Canada Martin Short |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | THERE'S NO STOPPING THEM $200: On November 15, 1864 this general's unstoppable march to the sea began as he left Atlanta for Savannah with 62,000 troops (William Tecumseh) Sherman |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | STATE HOLIDAYS $600: California public schools are closed on March 31 to honor this Latino labor leader (Cesar) Chavez |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | WEDDINGS OF THE STARS $800: He married Elizabeth Taylor on March 15, 1964; he married Elizabeth Taylor on October 10, 1975 Richard Burton |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | A HISTORY LESSON $1200: In support of this Yugoslav province, NATO launched a 78-day air-strike campaign on Serbian targets in March 1999 Kosovo |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | A EUROPEAN HOLIDAY $600: On March 1, St. David's Day, the Welsh wear this onion relative to commemorate a legendary battle against the Saxons leeks |
| #6953, aired 2014-12-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: After a 13-day siege & a 90-minute battle on March 6, 1836, this San Antonio mission fell to Mexican forces the Alamo |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: As far as piday.org is concerned, that event falls on this date, of course March 14th |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | ALCATRAZ $1000: On March 21, 1963 this Attorney General closed Alcatraz because of the high cost of maintaining the prison Robert Kennedy |
| #6929, aired 2014-10-30 | 1984 $400: Lace up your skates! This Andrew Lloyd Webber musical rolled into London's Apollo Victoria Theatre on March 27 Starlight Express |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on a monitor.) Separated by a storm near the Azores, two ships that were part of a famous trio both made it back to Spain in March, 1493 but without this flag ship that was wrecked on a wreath near Hispañola the Santa Maria |
| #6906, aired 2014-09-29 | THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Chicago Board of Trade.) Historical events have an impact on commodities' prices, as could be seen in March 2014; when corn reached a 6-month high, because of the Russian occupation of this peninsula through which corn is exported the Crimea |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | MY PRESENT GOVERNMENT JOB $400: Kathleen Sebelius, insuring America, one person at a time Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| #6867, aired 2014-06-24 | WHEN? IN '64 $400: Ford was feeling frisky on March 9 when this now-classic car rolled off the assembly line for the first time the Mustang |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | RETURNS $600: Traditionally these birds have returned to California's Mission San Juan Capistrano on March 19 swallows |
| #6856, aired 2014-06-09 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME $800: On March 4, 1966 John Lennon made the scandalous remark, "We're more popular than" him "now" Jesus |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | THE UNCIVIL WARS $800: After it fell on March 6, 1836, all of its surviving defenders were executed the Alamo |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | YOUNG MR. LINCOLN $400: On March 3, 1837 28-year-old Abe made his first public speech in opposition to this slavery |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | IMPRESSIVE SPORTS RECORDS $400: On March 23, 1952 the Blackhawks' Bill Mosienko performed this 3-goal feat in just 21 seconds a hat trick |
| #6845, aired 2014-05-23 | AUTH"ER"S $1200: This hard-boiled writer took the big sleep for real on March 26, 1959 Raymond Chandler |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | I'VE GOT TIME $200: Gimme back my hour! In 2014 this began on March 9 at 2:00 am Daylight Saving Time |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | SHAKESPEARE WITH SPOILER ALERTS $200: A soothsayer tells him to beware the ides of March; (spoiler alert) he doesn't & ends up on the pointy end of a knife Julius Caesar |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | HOLIDAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 2011 the 250th edition of a real oldie hit parade marched up New York's 5th Avenue on this date St. Patrick's Day (March 17) |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | BENIN THERE $400: On a December morning, your sinuses may be irritated by a harmattan, this, but it only lasts until March a wind |
| #6772, aired 2014-02-11 | KING ME $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1922 King Victor Emmanuel III refused to proclaim martial law to stop this man's march on Rome Mussolini |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH $1000: March 1, 1932:
The baby son of this American hero was abducted from his home (Charles) Lindbergh |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | CHIPPING IN $2,000 (Daily Double): Punning on a newsreel name, this charity that helped defeat polio made its first appeal in 1938 March of Dimes |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | SCIENTISTS $400: Soon after this monk became an abbot on March 30, 1868, most of his experiments ceased (Gregor) Mendel |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | FILM COMPOSERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In March 2002, on his 16th nomination, he finally won his first Oscar, for "Monsters, Inc." Randy Newman |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | MARSH MADNESS $400: The Chinese Communists squelched through the Zoige Marsh on this 1930s trek the Long March |
| #6723, aired 2013-12-04 | THE CALENDAR $2,500 (Daily Double): John Wilkes Booth saw himself as a dictator-slayer, so his original target date was April 13, which is this on the Roman calendar the Ides of April |
| #6718, aired 2013-11-27 | REMEMBER 1791? $2000: After New York gave up claims to its territory, on March 4 it joined the Union as the 14th state Vermont |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | BLAME IT ON THE RAIN $1000: Heavy rains swelled the Allegheny & Monongahela in March 1936, inundating this city Pittsburgh |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | THAT'S TOTALLY HISTORICAL! $400: The full name of this 1963 event in U.S. history included the concluding part, "for Jobs and Freedom" the March on Washington |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | COME TO OUR "ADE" $2000: This word for rhythm or beat also refers to the type of military call heard here
"Up in the morning, march all day /
(Up the morning, march all day) /
"Keep on marching your life away..." cadence |
| #6688, aired 2013-10-16 | WHO OWNS IT? $400: We'll let you in on something; Limited Brands isn't so limited, owning Bath & Body Works & (shh!) this lingerie company Victoria's Secret |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | CURRENT EVENTS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Alaska.) Flotsam ranging from small toys
to a 200-foot squid trawler began washing up on Alaska's shores
months after this March 2011 event the Japanese earthquake (or tsunami) |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | THE U.S. OWES $1200: First offered on March 1, 1935, the sale of these helped to manage the USA's growing public debt savings bonds |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | OUR FOUNDING FATHERS $1,000 (Daily Double): On March 23, 1775 he told the House of Burgesses that "the war is inevitable--and let it come!" Patrick Henry |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | FIRE! $400: On March 18, 1925 this woman's house of wax in London went up in smoke; the models within could be heard sizzling Madame Tussaud |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | WE PROTEST! $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) A 1930 march against Britain's salt tax spanning 240 miles from an ashram at Sabarmati to the town of Dandi on the Arabian Sea was a nonviolent protest led by this man Gandhi |
| #6660, aired 2013-07-26 | JAPANESE HISTORY $800: On March 20, 1995 a cult released sarin gas in this city's subway system, killing a dozen people Tokyo |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | IT'S EXTINCT! $2000: The last of this bird in the wild was said to have been shot in Ohio on March 24, 1900; one in captivity made it to 1914 a passenger pigeon |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | HELLO! $800: This grandmaster made his opening move on March 9, 1943 in Chicago Bobby Fischer |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | FLAVOR OF THE MONTH $800: Thanks to the old style calendar of this country, its "February Revolution" began on March 8, 1917 (to us) Russia |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | FLAVOR OF THE MONTH $2,000 (Daily Double): The most infamous event of 44 B.C. occurred on this day the Ides of March |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | GERMAN HISTORY $1600: Jealous of this chancellor's fame, Wilhelm II forced him to resign on March 18, 1890 Bismarck |
| #6613, aired 2013-05-22 | AFRICA $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Departing Zanzibar in March to find Dr. Livingstone, & in November finally making contact in Ujiji, was the 1871 journey that helped make this man famous (Sir Henry) Stanley |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | THE COLD WARS $1200: On March 29, 1461 this side beat the Lancastrians in a blizzard in the bloodiest battle of the Wars of the Roses York |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA $400: Union troops cut a path 50 miles wide, destroying all public buildings & mills on Sherman's march to the sea through this state Georgia |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | BUT THE END IS ROUGH $200: Of the 23 stab wounds he received on March 15, 44 B.C., only one was fatal, but one is always enough Julius Caesar |
| #6586, aired 2013-04-15 | JACKIE ROBINSON $2000: In August 1963 Jackie & his family took part in this event capped by Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech the March on Washington |
| #6580, aired 2013-04-05 | BENJAMIN HARRISON ADMINISTRATION $2000: On March 3, 1891 9 of these courts were created to relieve the Supreme Court of some of its jurisdiction Circuit courts (of appeal) |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | THE CIVIL WAR $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) On May 2, 1863 Stonewall Jackson led his men on a 12-mile march to get into position for an attack on the unsuspecting federal troops. Lee remained behind for a frontal assault. This battle is considered Lee's greatest victory Battle of Chancellorsville |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | 1801-1810 $400: On March 16, 1802 congress established a military academy at this New York site; it opened on the 4th of July West Point |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | 1801-1810 $800: On March 23, 1806 this pair & their men left Fort Clatsop for St. Louis, arriving exactly 6 months later Lewis & Clark |
| #6564, aired 2013-03-14 | STONES $200: On March 9, 2012 a grapefruit-sized one of these, the largest ever found in Hawaii, fell in an Oahu thunderstorm hailstone |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | IT'S MATTHEW PERRY $1000: On this sitcom that debuted in 2012, Matthew Perry led his support group in a "March Sadness" tourney Go On |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES $800: On March 1 Bulgarians give each other an arrangement of red & white threads to herald the arrival of this spring |
| #6483, aired 2012-11-21 | GENERAL PRACTICE $800: Gen. Thomas Gage, military governor of this colony, ordered the redcoats to march on Lexington & Concord Massachusetts |
| #6470, aired 2012-11-02 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $6,900 (Daily Double): On March 1, 1803 it became the 17th state & the first created from the Northwest Territory Ohio |
| #6429, aired 2012-07-26 | THE CIVIL WAR BY THE NUMBERS $1000: In March 1861 there were 7 Confederate states, so there were 7 stars on the flag with this rhyming nickname "Stars and Bars" |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | WHEN IN THE WORLD? $1,200 (Daily Double): Newly elected U.S. senators & congressmen are sworn in on the 3rd of this month January |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | POP CULTURE $400: This beloved sandwich cookie celebrated its 100th birthday on March 6, 2012 Oreos |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | BACK IN THE 20th CENTURY $1,000 (Daily Double): On March 20, 1952 this country's supreme court declared voter segregation unconstitutional, but it continued South Africa |
| #6355, aired 2012-04-13 | 1937 $200: On March 26 spinach growers in Crystal City, Texas dedicated a statue honoring this comic strip character Popeye |
| #6340, aired 2012-03-23 | GOVERNORS SPEAK $600: "I look at my time as Governor with a sense of what might have been", this New Yorker said in resigning on March 12, 2008 (Elliot) Spitzer |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | MARCH-ING $800: On March 12, 1912 Juliette Gordon Low founded this group in Savannah, Georgia the Girl Scouts |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | MARCH-ING $2,200 (Daily Double): On March 2, 1836 it declared its independence from Mexico Texas |
| #6331, aired 2012-03-12 | YOUR BIRTHDAY HOROSCOPE $400: March 25:
Mars may rule this fire sign known for great athletes, but no one else does! Also, bet heavy on the Rams Aries |
| #6319, aired 2012-02-23 | TOOT SWEET $1600: Act II of this Verdi opera features a triumphal march played on archaeologically correct valveless trumpets Aida |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | A FEW THINGS HAPPENED IN 1865 $200: He was inaugurated as vice president on March 4 & as president just 42 days later Andrew Johnson |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | 4 N $2,400 (Daily Double): It's the church festival on March 25 commemorating what Gabriel told Mary the annunciation |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | HISTORIC DATES $600: The Egyptian government opened his mummy case on March 6, 1924 Tutankhamun |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | NICKEL & DIMED $400: The name of his pet charity made the dime an obvious choice in 1945 when a grieving nation said, "put him on a coin!" FDR |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $800: John Philip Sousa sat down on Christmas 1896 & wrote this march, including the lyric "Hurrah for the flag of the free" "Stars And Stripes Forever" |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | YOUR HISTORICAL INSURANCE ADJUSTER $800: On March 23, 2001 this Russian craft hit the atmosphere & what didn't burn landed in the Pacific; you broke it, you bought it Mir |
| #6251, aired 2011-11-21 | TAKE THE DAY OFF $1600: Held on March 3, Japan's Hinamatsuri festival celebrates young girls & these toys popular with them dolls |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | AIRSHIPS $600: On March 31, 1936 it left Germany on its first transatlantic trip, arriving in Rio de Janeiro 4 days later the Hindenburg |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | TURNING 50 IN 2011 $200: Turns out Barbie, age 52, likes younger guys: this plastic man turned 50 on March 11 Ken |
| #6203, aired 2011-07-27 | QUOTATIONS FROM BARTLETT'S $1000: On March 21, 1973 this White House counsel said that "we have a cancer within, close to the presidency, that is growing" John Dean |
| #6197, aired 2011-07-19 | CELEBRATED ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS $600: Arbor Day in California,
March 7 Luther Burbank |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS $1000: In 2011 this Georgia congressman, who was beaten on a 1965 civil rights march, received the Medal of Freedom John Lewis |
| #6189, aired 2011-07-07 | SPECIAL DAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): Officially approved by Congress in 2009, National Pi Day is celebrated on this date March 14 |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | VIRGIN BERTHS $400: On March 15, 2006 the George H.W. Bush was launched as the 10th & final ship in the Nimitz class of these an aircraft carrier |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | CHEESY INTERNATIONAL PICKUP LINES $400: Oui baby, let's hit this landmark that opened on March 31, 1889 to celebrate the centenary of the French Revolution the Eiffel Tower |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | THE IDES OF MARCH $200: On March 15, 1998, the ides boded ill for this pediatrician who wrote a book on child care Dr. Spock |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | THE IDES OF MARCH $400: On March 15, 1956 Broadway said 'Allo for the first time to 'Enry 'Iggins in this show at the Mark 'Ellenger My Fair Lady |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | THE IDES OF MARCH $600: On March 15, 1985 this type of site debuted on the Internet; it was soon to be a "revolution" & a "bubble" a dot-com |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | THE IDES OF MARCH $1000: In 1819 residents in this part of Massachusetts voted for separation; on March 15, 1820 it became a state Maine |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | STATE DEPARTMENT TRAVEL WARNINGS $1200: On March 23, 2010 the State Dept. issued a warning on going to this Mideast country; hiking its border is a bad idea, too Iran |
| #6099, aired 2011-03-03 | THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Opera House in Sydney, Australia) In March 2010, just shy of 90, this sitar virtuoso performed on the opera house stage with his daughter Anoushka in his "Farewell to Australia" tour Ravi Shankar |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | THE DIRECTOR $200: J. Edgar Hoover became the first director of the new FBI on March 22, 1935, serving this president FDR |
| #6072, aired 2011-01-25 | DEATH BY... $2,000 (Daily Double): Air crash of his MiG fighter plane while on a training mission near Moscow, March 27, 1968 Yuri Gagarin |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | WE WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK $800: "Colonel Bogey March", heard here, was popularized by this 1957 war movie Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: On March 2 Texas celebrates its independence from this country Mexico |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE WINTER OF $600: ...330 B.C. was when he had his army march on Persepolis & burn the palaces Alexander the Great |
| #6024, aired 2010-11-18 | IT HAPPENED IN THE PAST $600: On March 3, 1873, amid pre-inaugural festivity, Congress quietly passed a law increasing these by 50%, retroactive 2 years salaries |
| #6007, aired 2010-10-26 | MEDICAL ISSUES $1200: (I'm Katie Couric.) To raise awareness of a specific type of cancer, I had an on-camera one of these procedures, aired in March of 2000 a colonoscopy |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP! $1200: Alliterative names of the 2 Civil War ships that fought to a draw on March 8, 1862; both would be lost within the year the Merrimack & the Monitor |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $400: A. Philip Randolph, who first proposed a march on this city in 1941, also helped organize the one in 1963 Washington, D.C. |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | IN THE 21st CENTURY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the United Nations in New York.) Here in the General Assembly in March, 2006, the U.N. established a new council on these; the old commission on them had a bad name, with members like Sudan & Libya human rights |
| #5947, aired 2010-06-22 | CHINESE HISTORY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In October 1934, the Red Army retreated from Jiangxi; a year later, after crossing 18 mountain ranges, they arrived in Shaanxi, in a journey that's been called this the Long March |
| #5945, aired 2010-06-18 | HERE, KING! $1,000 (Daily Double): After ruling for 50 years, George I was assassinated on March 18, 1913 & Constantine I became king of this country Greece |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | SPEAKING FLUENT CANADIAN $1200: Not a cartoonist, he lost the P.M. job on May 22, 1979 but had it back by March 3, 1980 (Pierre) Trudeau |
| #5914, aired 2010-05-06 | AMERICANS IN PARIS $3,000 (Daily Double): In March 1971 this rocker closed the door on his band & moved to Paris to focus on his poetry Jim Morrison |
| #5899, aired 2010-04-15 | IN THE BEGINNING $400: This day once usually fell every 4 years on March 4; now, it's Jan. 20 Inauguration Day |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | GET OUTTA TOWN! $7,000 (Daily Double): If it's March 1, 1910 in Wellington, Washington, high in the Cascades; one of these is on its way & it's a doozy an avalanche |
| #5889, aired 2010-04-01 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $400: This First Lady was born Thelma Catherine Ryan on March 16, 1912 in Nevada Mrs. Nixon |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $400: On March 6, 1986 Vega 1 became the first spacecraft to rendezvous with this comet Halley's Comet |
| #5866, aired 2010-03-01 | MARCH 1 $200: On March 1, 1692 Sarah Good didn't have a good day as she was interrogated as a possible witch in this town Salem (Mass.) |
| #5866, aired 2010-03-01 | MARCH 1 $400: On March 1, 2006 this online encyclopedia reached its 1 millionth user-submitted article Wikipedia |
| #5866, aired 2010-03-01 | MARCH 1 $600: On March 1, 1781 Maryland ratified this document & the U.S. had its first stab at a Constitution the Articles of Confederation |
| #5866, aired 2010-03-01 | MARCH 1 $800: Injuring several representatives, nationalists from this U.S. territory opened fire on Congress on March 1, 1954 Puerto Rico |
| #5838, aired 2010-01-20 | CELEBRITY BLOGS $200: In March 2009 this ex of Kid Rock & Tommy Lee blogged on her views about stem cell research Pam Anderson |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | STATE FACTS $400: As of 2007, it begins at 2 A.M. on the second Sunday in March & ends at 2 A.M. on the first Sunday in November Daylight Savings Time |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | CELEBRATED ON HIS BIRTHDAY $200: Cat in the Hat Day,
March 2 Dr. Seuss |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FAMOUS TRIALS $1600: (Jack Ford delivers the clue.) On March 29, 1971, a court-martial found this lieutenant guilty in the My Lai massacre; though he faced the death penalty, he only got life & was paroled in 3 years William Calley |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | ON THE COVER OF PEOPLE $800: On March 31, 2008 it was "Twin Bliss! Intimate Photos at Home" with her, "Marc Anthony and Max and Emme" Jennifer Lopez |
| #5755, aired 2009-09-25 | THE MEXICAN WAR $2000: This U.S. general captured the port city of Veracruz on March 29, 1847, after 20 days of fighting General Winfield Scott |
| #5751, aired 2009-09-21 | 1861 YEARBOOK: MOST LIKELY TO SECEDE $2000: On March 16 this territory, not a U.S. state until 1912 Arizona |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | SURPRISE ME, TREBEK! $1000: On March 31, 1968 this man surprised many by declaring he would not run for reelection Lyndon Baines Johnson |
| #5748, aired 2009-09-16 | PLAYBOY COVER BOYS $200: March 1990 saw this businessman on the cover & here are your keywords--hair, yooge & you're fired Trump |
| #5748, aired 2009-09-16 | PLAYBOY COVER BOYS $800: This hard rock bassist did a cover in March 1999; come on & give us a kiss! Gene Simmons |
| #5730, aired 2009-07-03 | SPIKE LEE $2,000 (Daily Double): In "Get on the Bus", Spike told the tale of a group headed to this 1995 Washington, D.C. gathering the Million Man March |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | I KILLED A GUY ONCE $200: On March 15, 44 B.C. Gaius Cassius Longinus (& 20 or so other guys) took a stab at this man Julius Caesar |
| #5709, aired 2009-06-04 | THE CIVIL WAR $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) After capturing & burning Atlanta, General Sherman led his devastating march to the sea, ending at this port city; he offered it to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift in 1864 Savannah |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | IN THE YEAR 2000 $1200: Willie Fulgear was at the Shrine Auditorium on March 26 in recognition of his finding 52 of these in a dumpster Oscar statues |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | MOVIES & TV $200: On March 19, 2009 he said, "I'm excited and honored to introduce my first guest... Barack Obama" Jay Leno |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | MOVIES & TV $1000: We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009 Battlestar Galactica |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | MARCH $200: Touching off the "War of the Oranges", Spain declared war on this neighbor on March 2, 1801 Portugal |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | MARCH $400: In a runup to the revolution, deadly food riots broke out in this Russian city on March 8, 1917 St. Petersburg |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | MARCH $800: On March 14, 1558 Ferdinand I assumed this "holy" title, the first to do so without being crowned by a pope Holy Roman Emperor |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | MARCH $1000: Not a good sign: on March 11, 1824 this govt. bureau abbreviated B.I.A. began as a part of the War Department the Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| #5654, aired 2009-03-19 | THE CRUSADES $400: The First Crusade began in 1097 when 4 European armies met up in this Byzantine capital to march on the Holy Land Constantinople |
| #5654, aired 2009-03-19 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $400: On March 25, 1961 Elvis Presley held a benefit concert in Honolulu for the building of this ship's memorial the Arizona |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | 1961 $200: Ratified on March 29, the 23rd Amendment granted this U.S. district the right to vote in pres. elections Washington, D.C. |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | 1961 $400: On March 1 this helpful corps was created by presidential executive order the Peace Corps |
| #5643, aired 2009-03-04 | THE SMELL OF THE CROWD $1200: This pacifist led 100s on a 240-mile march to the sea, making salt from seawater to protest the salt acts Gandhi |
| #5642, aired 2009-03-03 | DAY PLANNERS OF THE STARS $800: March 29, 1939: Marry Carole Lombard. On set: Remind self not to give damn Clark Gable |
| #5642, aired 2009-03-03 | DAY PLANNERS OF THE STARS $1000: March 7, 1946: Win best actress for "Mildred Pierce".
March 8: Rethink position on wire hangers (Joan) Crawford |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 4 he took the White House keys from Teddy Roosevelt Taft |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | 1958 $400: On March 24 this future inductee to the Rock Hall of Fame was inducted into the U.S. Army in Memphis Elvis Presley |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | PRESIDENTIAL WIT $200: Arriving at the hospital on March 30, 1981, he told one of his doctors, "I hope you're a Republican" Ronald Reagan |
| #5571, aired 2008-11-24 | LIVE IN TEXAS $1200: Ms. Parker was born in Rowena; this partner in crime was born on March 24, 1909 in Telico Clyde (Barrow) |
| #5569, aired 2008-11-20 | REVOLUTIONARIES $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 23, 1775 this famed orator told the Virginia Convention, "The war is inevitable and let it come!" (Patrick) Henry |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | AMERICA IN THE 1800s $400: A military academy was founded at this site on March 16, 1802 West Point |
| #5558, aired 2008-11-05 | 2001 $800: This film starring Russell Crowe won the Best Picture Oscar on March 25 Gladiator |
| #5534, aired 2008-10-02 | CNN ON POLITICS $1600: (I'm Campbell Brown.) On March 4, 2008 John McCain clinched the GOP nomination with 4 primary wins including this vast state, where he made his victory remarks Texas |
| #5521, aired 2008-09-15 | HOPE THIS ISN'T AN OPERA CATEGORY $600: 4 sisters cavort in the March family attic in Act I of the opera based on this 1868 novel Little Women |
| #5499, aired 2008-07-03 | CORRESPONDENTS $800: (I'm Julie Chen of The Early Show on CBS.) In March 2003 I reported from this country from which the U.S. & British ground attack on Iraq was launched Kuwait |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | BREWERS, BUCKS & PACKERS $400: On March 4, 2008 this Packer quarterback called it quits (probably) Brett Favre |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | PEOPLE IN THE NEWS $200: On March 12, 2008 this governor announced his resignation Spitzer |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | EARLY AMERICA $800 (Daily Double): On March 3, 1513 this Spaniard left Puerto Rico, reaching the American mainland 30 days later Ponce de Léon |
| #5420, aired 2008-03-14 | WE PREDICT THE FUTURE! $400: On March 1, 2022 we'll be celebrating "Fat Tuesday", this celebration, y'all Mardi Gras |
| #5420, aired 2008-03-14 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM $1000: On March 10, 1977 astronomers discovered this 7th planet from the sun also had rings Uranus |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | "DEATH" $400: The 7 words that complete the speech Patrick Henry gave on March 23, 1775 "Give me liberty or give me death" |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | MARCH! $200: On March 5, 1770 British troops serving in the American colonies were involved in this infamous incident the Boston Massacre |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | MARCH! $400: In the comics on March 11, 1960 it was revealed that this round-headed boy's father was a barber Charlie Brown |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | MARCH! $1000: On March 3, 2004 this charismatic North Carolina senator bowed out of the presidential race Edwards |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | FUN WITH BALLET $200 (Daily Double): Some featherbrain in Moscow was the first to stage this ballet, on March 4, 1877 Swan Lake |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | NAME THAT AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY $400: At the 2nd meeting of the Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, he did his "Give me liberty or give me death" bit Patrick Henry |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE $2000: At Remagen on March 7, 1945, American forces made their first bridgehead across this river the Rhine |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | HAVE I TOLD YOU PHILATELY $200: It was like comparing these 2 different fruits, at least on separate stamps released together in March 2001 apples & oranges |
| #5368, aired 2008-01-02 | AN "A" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $200: On March 6, 1836 Jim Bowie, weak as a kitten from illness, was killed by Mexican troops while lying in his cot there the Alamo |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $800: On March 3, 1875 his "Carmen" premiered in Paris & he was decorated with the French Legion of Honor Bizet |
| #5343, aired 2007-11-28 | THE LBJ LIBRARY & MUSEUM $1600: (Kelly stands in the Oval Office.) The LBJ Library has a replica of the Oval Office, from which the President monitored both the Vietnam War & this domestic war he declared March 16, 1964 the War on Poverty |
| #5343, aired 2007-11-28 | THE LBJ LIBRARY & MUSEUM $2000: (Jon speaks from the Oval Office.) On March 31, 1968, LBJ spoke from the Oval Office exactly 2 months after this North Vietnamese attack; though he said it was a failure, it changed the view of the war at home the Tet Offensive |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | THE NEW MEXICO DESERT $1000: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the White Sands NASA Test Facility.) On the third space shuttle mission, NASA found that it does rain in Southern California, so the March 30, 1982 landing of this original orbiter was moved here to White Sands Columbia |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN $800: A March 2002 story was on this bacterial toxin, months after the "first purposeful release" in the U.S. anthrax |
| #5334, aired 2007-11-15 | FINANCE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows an upward-tending graph with a deviant dip between March and May on the monitor.) Named for the implication that it brought some rationality to an exuberant market, it's a downward move by generally rising prices a correction |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | THIS SIDE OF PARASITES $400: This plant grows as a parasite on apple tree trunks, blooms in Feb. & March, yet still is a factor in Christmas kisses mistletoe |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S $800: This novelist, a pure "Natural", died in NYC on March 18, 1986 Bernard Malamud |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S $1200: This WWII British commander who led the 21st Army Group at Normandy passed away on March 24, 1976 Montgomery |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | STORMY WEATHER $800: On March 18, 1925 the most violent single one of these in U.S. history swept through Mo., Ill., & Ind., killing 695 tornado |
| #5286, aired 2007-09-10 | FLOWERS $800: On March 22, 1994 the Dutch Ambassador to the U.S. gave her a new tulip named for her Hillary Clinton |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | MODERN SCIENTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 16, 1961 NASA dedicated its space flight center to this man on the 35th anniversary of a major feat of his Robert Goddard |
| #5251, aired 2007-06-11 | MORTAL MATTERS $1600: His "Song Of Myself" ended on March 26, 1892 Walt Whitman |
| #5247, aired 2007-06-05 | 1970s ROCK $2000: Their 1973 hit about "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'" landed them on the March 29th cover of Rolling Stone Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | THIS MAY SURPRISE YOU $400: On March 29, 1952 he surprised Democratic leaders by saying he would not seek re-election Truman |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | HISTORICAL LAW & ORDER PLEAS $400: (Hi, I'm Sam Waterston.) Some say the victim called your name on March 15, 44 B.C. as you & others stabbed him, Governor; 25 to life, no parole Brutus |
| #5156, aired 2007-01-29 | COMING TO AMERICA $600: On March 1, 2003 this former service mutated into CIS, Citizenship & Immigration Services Immigration & Naturalization |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS $200: In March 1983 this "Magnum P.I." star became the first male centerfold in McCall's history; he kept his clothes on Tom Selleck |
| #5124, aired 2006-12-14 | MOVERS & QUAKERS $1600: Quaker Bayard Rustin was the main organizer of this historic August 1963 event the March on Washington |
| #5121, aired 2006-12-11 | THE DUKES OF HAZARD $400: Grand Duke Michael wasn't rushin' to become czar after this brother of his abdicated on March 15, 1917 Nicholas II |
| #5121, aired 2006-12-11 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $400: E.L. Doctorow's Civil War novel "The March" tells the story of those on this general's march through Georgia (William Tecumseh) Sherman |
| #5113, aired 2006-11-29 | THE 19th CENTURY $1600: On March 17, 1861 the Kingdom of this country was declared with Victor Emmanuel as its king Italy |
| #5109, aired 2006-11-23 | GREAT SCOTT! $1600: On March 29, 1912 this explorer made his last diary entry Robert Scott |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | SPORTS $800: On March 2, 1962 Wilt Chamberlain scored this unbelievable record point total in an NBA basketball game 100 |
| #5078, aired 2006-10-11 | HU, WATT, WARE, NGUYEN & WYE $800: On March 15, 2003 he was elected president of the People's Republic of China Hu (Jintao) |
| #5060, aired 2006-09-15 | GREEN DAY $400: You might feel a little green on March 17, this Saint's feast day (St.) Patrick |
| #5022, aired 2006-06-13 | CITY OF THE DAY: BIRMINGHAM $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.) A bomb that claimed 4 young lives stopped time at a Birmingham Church at 10:22 on Sept. 15 of this year, just weeks after the March on Washington 1963 |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | MARCH $400: On trial for war crimes, he was found dead in his cell in The Hague March 11, 2006 Milosevic |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | MARCH $800: On March 4, 1913 Chief Justice White had ham for breakfast & went to the Capitol to do this (OK, the ham is a guess) swear in the president |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | MARCH $2000: This celestial event happened on March 20, 2006 at 1:26 PM EST the vernal equinox |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS OF 2006 $1000: "A DRAMA STRAIGHT FROM THE TABLOIDS" blared the Times in a story on her appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court in March Anna Nicole Smith |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | NEWS ON THE MARCH $400: On March 10, 1876 he spoke by telephone to Thomas Watson Alexander Graham Bell |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | NEWS ON THE MARCH $800: Nationalists from this Commonwealth attacked the U.S. Capitol March 1, 1954, injuring 5 representatives Puerto Rico |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | NEWS ON THE MARCH $1200: On March 29, 2004 Latvia & 6 other ex-Communist nations joined this organization NATO |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | NEWS ON THE MARCH $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 10, 1629 this king dissolved Parliament, leading to his eventual downfall & demise Charles I |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | NEWS ON THE MARCH $2000: In March 1967 Robert Kennedy came up with a nifty Vietnam peace plan, but this Secretary of State rejected it Dean Rusk |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Birmingham, AL in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.) It took three tries, but finally, several thousand crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 on a Civil Rights march from Selma to this state capital Montgomery |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | A DATE WITH HISTORY $1000: On March 9, 1820 his daughter Maria became the first president's daughter married in the White House James Monroe |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | CIVIL RIGHTS HEROES $400: Now a congressman, John Lewis was a featured speaker at this August 1963 event when he was just 23 the March on Washington |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS $200: He led his troops on a 6,000-mile march that began in October 1934 Mao Tse-tung |
| #4884, aired 2005-12-01 | AND NOW FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM $1200: On March 30, 1981 this man told reporters he was "in control here in the White House" (Alexander) Haig |
| #4871, aired 2005-11-14 | IN THE NEWS 2005 $1000: (Hi, I'm Nancy Grace with CNN Headline News.) On a busy March 16, 2005, I reported on Scott Peterson's death sentence & this actor's murder acquittal Robert Blake |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1600: On the first Monday in March, Illinois honors this Polish hero of the American Revolution Pulaski |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | A STATE OF CIVIL WAR $800: On September 17, 1862 Gen. Robert E. Lee's Northern march was halted in this slave-holding Union state Maryland |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | A COLONEL OF KNOWLEDGE $1600: He's the musical man in the title of the following Colonel Bogey |
| #4833, aired 2005-09-21 | BORN $1,000 (Daily Double): Born on March 18, 1869 in Birmingham, England, he appeased away 71 years later Neville Chamberlain |
| #4803, aired 2005-06-22 | MARCH MADNESS $1600: March 28, 1854:
The U.K. & France declare war on Russia, beginning this war the Crimean War |
| #4799, aired 2005-06-16 | WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED $600: In 1917 the British took the town of Al-Kut on the Tigris on their march to take this, now a capital city Baghdad |
| #4796, aired 2005-06-13 | BUT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT SHAQ $800: On March 6, 2000 Shaq dropped a career-high 61 points on this team that calls Staples Center home the Clippers |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | FORBES' BILLIONAIRES $200: March was a great month for her: she made her debut on the Forbes list & got out of a West Virginia prison Martha Stewart |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | HISTORIC ESPN $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) March 2, 1962, the NBA:
It's slamtastic as his dipper dunk brings him to 100 points on the night (Wilt) Chamberlain |
| #4742, aired 2005-03-29 | CANADIAN IDOL $400: On March 25, 2003 "a new day" dawned as she began a 3-year run at Las Vegas' Colosseum Celine Dion |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: Name of the woman who became a widow on the Ides of March, 44 B.C. Calpurnia |
| #4669, aired 2004-12-16 | W.H.O. $800: On March 15, 2003 the W.H.O. issued a rare emergency travel advisory in response to this outbreak SARS |
| #4659, aired 2004-12-02 | HISTORICAL QUOTES $2000: On March 22, 1820, 5 years after saying, "Our country, right or wrong", he was killed by a fellow Naval officer Stephen Decatur |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | SPORTS VENUES $400: On March 14, 1997 Scott Hamilton became the first figure skater inducted into this NYC sports arena’s Walk of Fame Madison Square Garden |
| #4593, aired 2004-07-21 | CRIME TIME $600: On March 3, 1934 this Public Enemy escaped from Lake County Jail in Crown Point, Ind., allegedly using a wooden gun John Dillinger |
| #4586, aired 2004-07-12 | THE 1860s $1000: On March 17, 1861 this last king of Sardinia became the first king of Italy Victor Emmanuel |
| #4575, aired 2004-06-25 | EARLY 19th CENTURY AMERICA $5,100 (Daily Double): On March 1, 1803 it became the first state created out of the Northwest Territory Ohio |
| #4556, aired 2004-05-31 | BIG DAYS ON THE COURT $200: (Hi, I'm Bill Walton.) On March 26, 1973 I helped this school to the NCAA championship by making 21 of 22 shots against Memphis State UCLA |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $400: Williams was born on March 26, 1911 in this Mississippi town named for America's discoverer Columbus |
| #4526, aired 2004-04-19 | As $800: On March 4, 1902 it was formed in Chicago by 9 motor clubs AAA (American Automobile Association) |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | WOMEN WITH 40-TUDE $800: This "Fast Car" singer has been on the music scene since the '80s & the life scene since March 1964 (Tracy) Chapman |
| #4483, aired 2004-02-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: On March 26 this state celebrates Prince Kuhio Day to honor its first delegate to the U.S. Congress Hawaii |
| #4483, aired 2004-02-18 | 21st CENTURY TRENDS $2000: On March 15, 2003 the Dean campaign went online with the first official one of these for a presidential candidate Weblog (or blog) |
| #4462, aired 2004-01-20 | IT'S A DATE! $200: St. Patrick's Day & the feast of Joseph of Arimathea are both celebrated on this date March 17 |
| #4455, aired 2004-01-09 | THE PRESIDENT'S ON TV! $200: In the next-to-last paragraph of his March 31, 1968 address, LBJ made this surprise announcement he would not run for re-election |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | NAVAL BATTLES $400: On March 9, 1862 these 2 ironclads fought for 4 hours with neither ship receiving much damage the Monitor & the Merrimac |
| #4443, aired 2003-12-24 | OH BROTHER $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 15, 1917 he abdicated in favor of his brother Michael, who quickly refused the crown Czar Nicholas II |
| #4433, aired 2003-12-10 | HISTORY HAPPENED HERE $400: His March, 44 B.C. assassination took place in a temporary Senate House on the Campus Martius Julius Caesar |
| #4419, aired 2003-11-20 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: This Union General's troops averaged 12-15 miles a day on their 1864 march to Savannah Sherman |
| #4409, aired 2003-11-06 | SPECIAL DAYS $400: In 2002 Easter fell on the fifth Sunday in March, so the fourth Sunday in March was this Palm Sunday |
| #4405, aired 2003-10-31 | REMEMBER THE ALAMO? $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Alamo in San Antonio, TX.) This general brought his army on an arduous march through Mexico to reach the Alamo Santa Anna |
| #4400, aired 2003-10-24 | SCOTT $2000: The title of Susan Solomon's book about the last trip, "The Coldest" this, refers to the weather on Scott's trek back March |
| #4394, aired 2003-10-16 | "J" WALKING $1600: On March 28, 1990 this NBA player scored 69 points, a career high, in a game against Cleveland Michael Jordan |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | 100 $800: On March 2, 1962 this NBA superstar scored 100 points in one game Wilt Chamberlain |
| #4378, aired 2003-09-24 | EARLY U.S. $1600: In March 1804 Lewis & Clark were in this city ready to leave on their expedition when it became part of the U.S. St. Louis |
| #4363, aired 2003-07-16 | 1867 $400: On March 1, 1867 it was admitted to the Union as the 37th state with Omaha as its capital Nebraska |
| #4363, aired 2003-07-16 | ALL IN THE FAMILY $1600: On March 17, 1905 Theodore Roosevelt walked this niece, who was marrying her cousin, down the aisle Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | A STAR IS BORN $200: She was born to her mommie dearest as Lucille Fay LeSueur on March 23, 1908 Joan Crawford |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | DRAWING A CROWD $200: On March 5, 1770 British troops fired into a crowd in this city, killing 5 Boston |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES $2000: On March 23, 1775 this orator told the VA. Provincial Convention, "The war is inevitable -- and let it come!" Patrick Henry |
| #4309, aired 2003-05-01 | HISTORIC MOMENTS $800: On March 30, 1865 General Fitzhugh Lee was enjoying a shad bake & missed the Battle of Five Forks in this war the Civil War |
| #4307, aired 2003-04-29 | INDEPENDENCE DAY $1200: This "is the word"; "It's got groove, it's got meaning" & it's got its independence day on March 25 Greece |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | REMEMBER THE '80s $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit) On March 30, 1981 outside the Washington Hilton, this man was shoved into this 1972 Lincoln limousine Ronald Reagan |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | MARCH MADNESS $600: On March 14, 1964 he was sentenced to death for killing the man who killed the president Jack Ruby |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $400: Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy March have crushes on Rupert Birkin & Gerald Crich in this D.H. Lawrence novel Little Women in Love |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | MAKING THE BAND $1200: In 1877 he led his band of Nez Perce on a valiant march & almost made it to Canada Chief Joseph |
| #4237, aired 2003-01-21 | 1870s AMERICA $800: On March 15, 1875 archbishop John McCloskey became America's first cardinal; he was invested at this NYC church St. Patrick's Cathedral |
| #4228, aired 2003-01-08 | HISTORIC DATES $1200: On March 10, 1876 this inventor transmitted the first telephone message: "Mr. Watson, come here! I want you" (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | COLLEGE SPORTS $1600: On March 13, 1981 this future Olympian set an NCAA indoor record in the long jump by leaping 27' 10" Carl Lewis |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: On March 12, 1864 he was promoted to commander of all Union forces Ulysses S. Grant |
| #4172, aired 2002-10-22 | FAMOUS FOLK $1600: In La Haye, France on March 31, 1596 this philosopher might have remarked, "I think, therefore I am born" Rene Descartes |
| #4164, aired 2002-10-10 | THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MET HERE $2000: On March 2, 1789 that old gang of the Continental Congress met for its last time ever in this city New York City |
| #4137, aired 2002-09-03 | 3 IS A MAGIC NUMBER $600: Pregnant women and preschoolers within 5 miles of this facility were advised to leave the area on March 30, 1979 Three Mile Island |
| #4137, aired 2002-09-03 | INSPIRED CHARACTERS $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Louisa May Alcott's house in Concord, Massachusetts.) Here in the parlor in 1860, Anna Alcott, the model for this oldest March sister, married John Bridge Pratt Meg |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | TAKE IT "EZ" $1600: California honors this late Latino labor leader with a state holiday on or around March 31, his birthday (Cesar) Chavez |
| #4127, aired 2002-07-09 | WEATHER SUPERLATIVES $1600: On March 15-16, 1952 it rained a record 72 inches in 24 hours on the French island of Reunion in this ocean the Indian Ocean |
| #4110, aired 2002-06-14 | THE 1960s $400: On March 26, 1962 this poet celebrated his 88th birthday at the White House, where he got a special medal Robert Frost |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | MILITARY MEN $800: On June 6, 1944 he said, "The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you" Eisenhower |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | ACID REIGN $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 10, 1876 he spilled acid on himself & then made an urgent phone call Alexander Graham Bell |
| #4092, aired 2002-05-21 | THE MARCH KING $200: John Philip Sousa was born in this city & his first published work was "Moonlight on the Potomac Waltzes" Washington |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | BLAME IT ON JOHN $400: On March 5, 1982 the laughter stopped for this man at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles John Belushi |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | THIS IS SPAIN $200: As you'd expect, it was this city's surrender on March 28, 1939 that ended the Spanish Civil War Madrid |
| #4045, aired 2002-03-15 | A DATE WITH HISTORY $1600: At Auburn, Massachusetts on March 16, 1926 this man launched his first successful liquid-fuel rocket Robert Goddard |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | MARCH: IN LIKE A LION $400: On March 1, 1836 this mission got 32 reinforcements; on March 6 Mexican troops broke through the walls the Alamo |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | MARCH: IN LIKE A LION $1200: On March 8, 1862 this Confederate ironclad sank the Union's Cumberland the Merrimack |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | MARCH: IN LIKE A LION $2000: On March 3, 1815 the U.S. declared war on Algiers as part of these wars the Barbary wars |
| #4032, aired 2002-02-26 | THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION $600: The preliminary Proclamation was issued Sept, 22, 1862: the real one followed 100 days later, on this date January 1, 1863 |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | CORRECTION! $400: On March 22, 2001 the L.A. Times corrected its statement that Edison invented this natural phenomenon electricity |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | SEÑOR $400: This early TV star & producer was born on March 2, 1917 in Santiago, Cuba Desi Arnaz |
| #3999, aired 2002-01-10 | HISTORICAL COLLECT CALL FROM... $600: It's so funny you'd be calling; I mean, you got the very first call ever on March 10, 1876 Watson |
| #3989, aired 2001-12-27 | EAT YOUR VEGGIES! $800: An L.A. Times correction on March 29, 2001 reported that one of these it had shown as edible can be poisonous mushroom |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | 'TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $1200: Mao Tse Tung, a leader of this country, began his "Long March" through life on Dec. 26, 1893 China |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | AMERICAN HISTORIC EVENTS $400: The "Great" one of these paralyzed New York City on March 12, 1888 Blizzard |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | 1946 $300 (Daily Double): This 50-year-old ex-colonel was elected president of Argentina on March 28, 1946 Juan Peron |
| #3925, aired 2001-09-28 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: On March 4, 1801, he rose before dawn & slipped out of Washington to avoid the inauguration of Jefferson John Adams |
| #3924, aired 2001-09-27 | SEASONAL STUFF $400: In the U.S. winter ends on or about the 21st of this month March |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | SCIENCE & NATURE $200: In March 1966 the USSR's Venera 3 became the first space probe to physically touch another planet, this one Venus |
| #3915, aired 2001-09-14 | IN THE MARCH 28, 2000 NEWSPAPER $500: In the funnies, this strip was a rerun; its creator might have been on vacation with his wife Jane Pauley Doonesbury |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | ENTERTAINMENT NEWS $600: In March 2001, reports had this "Come On Over" singer & her husband Mutt expecting their first pup Shania Twain |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $500 (Daily Double): In a major address on March 4, he stated that the U.S. "must remain close friends" with Cuba William McKinley |
| #3866, aired 2001-05-28 | 50 YEARS AGO $200: On March 14, 1951 U.N. forces recaptured this capital city Seoul |
| #3866, aired 2001-05-28 | 50 YEARS AGO $400: This country legend's "Cold, Cold Heart" hit No. 1 on the country charts on March 17, 1951 Hank Williams |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | I SEE TENNESSEE $2,600 (Daily Double): Though born in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 1948, his birth was front page news in the Nashville Tennessean Al Gore, Jr. |
| #3857, aired 2001-05-15 | THE U.N. $600: United Nations troops first arrived to keep the peace on this eastern Mediterranean isle in March 1964 Cyprus |
| #3839, aired 2001-04-19 | '60s STUFF $500: On March 30, 2000 Enron Field opened, partially replacing this stadium that opened in 1965 Houston Astrodome |
| #3830, aired 2001-04-06 | THE LAST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY $300: On March 1, 1954 5 Congressmen were wounded by supporters of independence for this commonwealth Puerto Rico |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | LET'S MARCH! $400: On March 21, 1935 Persia was renamed this Iran |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | LET'S MARCH! $800: On March 13, 1954 Communist Vietnamese forces began their successful siege of this French-held village Dien Bien Phu |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | LET'S MARCH! $1000: On March 30, 1492 this grand inquisitor expelled the Jews from Spain Tomas de Torquemada |
| #3808, aired 2001-03-07 | SPORTS FIRSTS ON THE FIRST $500: On March 1, 1941 Elmer Layden, once part of this legendary quartet, was named the first NFL commissioner Four Horsemen of Notre Dame |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | PRESIDENTIAL DEMISES $400: In March 1930, a month after he retired from the Supreme Court, his funeral was one of the first heard on radio William Howard Taft |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: On March 16, 1974 this president played "God Bless America" on the piano at the dedication of the new Opry house Richard M. Nixon |
| #3763, aired 2001-01-03 | ROMANS $300: The Romans celebrated Anna Perenna, sort of a New Year's Day festival, on the 15th or ides of this month March |
| #3763, aired 2001-01-03 | REALLY BAD DATES $1,000 (Daily Double): On March 9, 1916 Mexican soldiers & this revolutionary general attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico, killing 15 Pancho Villa |
| #3762, aired 2001-01-02 | SPORTS $600: On March 29, 2000 the Cubs faced the Mets in this city's dome, the first MLB game played outside North America Tokyo |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | NEW YEAR'S DAY $400: In the Middle Ages New Year's Day was observed on March 25, this feast day that celebrates Mary's visit from Gabriel Annunciation |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | CATS UP $1,800 (Daily Double): This Tennessee Williams portrait of Southern degeneracy opened in New York on March 24, 1955 "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" |
| #3739, aired 2000-11-30 | THE "A"-TEAM $400: On March 25, 1972 this group's song "A Horse With No Name" began a 3-week stay at the top of the pop charts America |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | TRAVEL $200: This U.S. university performs its Hasty Pudding theatricals in Bermuda during "College Weeks" in March & April Harvard |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | MAO, MAO, MAO, MAO $500: In 1930 Mao married He Zizhen, who accompanied him on this famous trek The Long March |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: On March 3, Girls' Day in Japan, girls set up elaborate displays of these toys in their homes (royal) dolls |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | SHAKESPEARE'S EXIT LINES $1000: "Some one take order Buckingham be brought to Salisbury; the rest march on with me" Richard III |
| #3683, aired 2000-09-13 | IT'S A BYRD $100: Upon his death on March 11, 1957, Richard Byrd was buried in this cemetery with full military honors Arlington National Cemetery |
| #3677, aired 2000-09-05 | 17 $100: This bishop who died in 460 A.D. is celebrated on March 17 Saint Patrick |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | KILLERS $200: The Aum Shinrikyo cult was behind a March 1995 nerve gas attack on this city's subway Tokyo |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | THAT 1870s SHOW $200: In a wacky episode, Clovis spills acid, prompting this inventor to make his call to Watson on March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3632, aired 2000-05-23 | BIG MERGERS $1000: On March 9, 1999 AT&T officially hooked itself up with this cable company (we figure sometime between 1 & 5 PM) TCI (Tele-Communications, Inc.) |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | GEORGIA SONGS $100: On March 7, 1979 Ray Charles appeared before a joint session of the Georgia legislature to perform this song "Georgia On My Mind" |
| #3618, aired 2000-05-03 | STRIKING $300: International Women's Day on March 8 honors a famous 1857 strike began by textile workers in this city New York City |
| #3614, aired 2000-04-27 | MONTHS $200: On its first day people crown a queen, dance around a pole & march to support workers May |
| #3596, aired 2000-04-03 | SPEECH! SPEECH! $800 (Daily Double): Speech on ending his fast, March 10, 1961, Delano, California Cesar Chavez |
| #3590, aired 2000-03-24 | THE 1980s $200: On March 24, 1989 it made headlines after it hit a reef in Prince William Sound Exxon Valdez |
| #3574, aired 2000-03-02 | NOTABLE NASHES $100: On March 29, 1996 he played Nash Bridges for the first time, in an episode entitled "Genesis" Don Johnson |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Common name of the historic 1963 event seen here: March on Washington, D.C. |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | L.A. 2000 $200: On March 5, 2000 over 20,000 will wind through the streets of L.A. during this grueling 26.2 mile endurance test Los Angeles Marathon |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | L.A. 2000 $300: L.A.'s fabulous Shrine Auditorium will again host these awards on March 26, 2000 the Academy Awards (Oscars) |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | HAVING BABIES $300: To have a full-term Christmas baby, you should conceive on or about the 20th of this month March |
| #3523, aired 1999-12-22 | BLACK AMERICANS $400: On March 11, 1959 her "A Raisin in the Sun" became the first play on Broadway written by a black woman Lorraine Hansberry |
| #3500, aired 1999-11-19 | I LOVE NEW YORK $500: NYC's biggest ticker-tape parade occurred March 1, 1962 when over 3,000 tons were dumped on this astronaut John Glenn |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | NYSE $1000: In March 1999 this beer company got a listing on the exchange, with the appropriate symbol RKY Coors |
| #3495, aired 1999-11-12 | VICE PRESIDENTS $100: On March 3, 1999 this vice president told CNN that he "took the initiative in creating the internet" Al Gore |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | BRIAN THE BABY BOOMER $300: Brian chickened out when girlfriend Suzie asked him to join the October 1967 "March On" this building the Pentagon |
| #3477, aired 1999-10-19 | VOLCANOES $300: On March 29, 1947 Hekla in this north Atlantic nation erupted, spreading ash as far away as Finland Iceland |
| #3468, aired 1999-10-06 | NUMBERS $500: Louis Farrakhan led this Washington "march" on October 16, 1995 Million Man March |
| #3468, aired 1999-10-06 | THE KOSOVO SITUATION $600: On March 31, 1999 3 U.S. soldiers were captured while patrolling near this country's border with Serbia Macedonia |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | ROUND NUMBER, PLEASE $200: On March 29, 1999 the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above this benchmark for the first time 10,000 |
| #3455, aired 1999-09-17 | SPORTS STARS $200: On March 13, 1999 this heavyweight fought Lennox Lewis to a controversial draw Evander Holyfield |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | THE KOREAN WAR $300: The death of this Soviet premier on March 5, 1953 probably accelerated the end of the conflict Joseph Stalin |
| #3425, aired 1999-06-25 | DAYS OF OUR LIVES $200: This eventual Republican nominee swept the "Super Tuesday" voting on March 12, 1996 Bob Dole |
| #3402, aired 1999-05-25 | WEDDINGS $1000: This composer was 17, a legal age for men in Mississippi to marry, when he began work on the following: Felix Mendelssohn ("The Wedding March") |
| #3396, aired 1999-05-17 | FAMOUS DATES $200: This Roman fell victim to assassins on the ides (or 15th) of March, 44 B.C. Julius Caesar |
| #3374, aired 1999-04-15 | THE 1950s $400: After his death in March 1953, this world leader was embalmed & put on display Joseph Stalin |
| #3360, aired 1999-03-26 | TOWNS & CITIES $400: Every October 23 this California city's swallows leave its mission for the winter, but return on March 19 San Juan Capistrano |
| #3353, aired 1999-03-17 | ST. PATRICK'S DAY $400: These people began their second war against New Zealand whites on March 17, 1860 Maori |
| #3353, aired 1999-03-17 | ST. PATRICK'S DAY $500: Born on a train in Russia on March 17, 1938, he danced his way to the West in 1961 Rudolf Nureyev |
| #3349, aired 1999-03-11 | MARCH $600: The vernal equinox can occur on either of these 2 March days 20th or 21st |
| #3349, aired 1999-03-11 | MARCH $800: You might remember that on March 6, 1836 this man's victorious troops captured the Alamo Santa Anna |
| #3323, aired 1999-02-03 | QUOTATIONS $600: Jogging on August 19, 1997 he said, "It's the longest I've been able to go since I hurt myself on March 14" President Bill Clinton |
| #3319, aired 1999-01-28 | THE JOHNSONS $200: On March 31, 1968, he announced on national TV that he would not seek re-election Lyndon Johnson |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $300: In 1968 King was planning a second march on this city, to unite poor people Washington, D.C. |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | U.S. STAMPS $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the Sousa march honored on the 1997 stamp seen here "The Stars and Stripes Forever" |
| #3286, aired 1998-12-14 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $600 (Daily Double): On March 8, 1996 this 93-year-old broke the record, becoming the oldest person ever to serve in the U.S. Senate Strom Thurmond |
| #3277, aired 1998-12-01 | 1988 $1000: On March 16 this rear admiral was indicted for his role in the Iran/Contra affair John Poindexter |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | EYE ON THE UNIVERSE $400: My heavens! This comet caused a lot of excitement in March of 1997 Hale-Bopp |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: Secretary of State William H. Seward is honored on the last Monday in March in this state Alaska |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | HISTORY ON THE SCREEN $1000: Spike Lee's film leads up to this famous "March" on Washington:
"I am your father, you are my son, so let's get on the bus, okay?" the Million Man March |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | ON BROADWAY, 1956 $200: She opened as Eliza Doolittle on March 15, 1956 Julie Andrews |
| #3246, aired 1998-10-19 | SHIPS $400: On March 25, 1961 Elvis Presley performed at Honolulu's Bloch Arena to raise money for this ship's memorial the Arizona |
| #3239, aired 1998-10-08 | BLACK AMERICANS $400: On March 31, 1870 in Perth Amboy in this state, Thomas Peterson became the first black to vote in the U.S. New Jersey |
| #3238, aired 1998-10-07 | STUPID ANSWERS $300: While ABC aired this event on March 23, 1998, FOX countered with a fight night hosted by Oscar De La Hoya the Oscars |
| #3207, aired 1998-07-07 | CURRENT AFFAIRS $200: On March 5, 1998 scientists announced that there was ice at both poles of this heavenly body Moon |
| #3207, aired 1998-07-07 | CURRENT AFFAIRS $500: On March 27 this automaker, known for his 550 Spyder & 911 models, died in Austria at age 88 Ferdinand Porsche Jr. |
| #3188, aired 1998-06-10 | THE "N" CROWD $200: When this PBS science series debuted on March 3, 1974 it was new; 24 years later, it's still "new" Nova |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | MARCH OF TIME $200: On March 25, 1957 6 countries signed the Treaty of Rome to form this, the EEC European Economic Community |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | MARCH OF TIME $500: On March 1, 1954 the U.S. conducted the first of a series of hydrogen bomb tests on this Pacific atoll Bikini Atoll |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | WHEN YOU WERE IN DIAPERS $200: This Pennsylvania nuclear power plant's No. 2 reactor malfunctioned on March 28, 1979 Three Mile Island |
| #3160, aired 1998-05-01 | WALL STREET $400: On March 3, 1998 it hit a fifth consecutive all-time high of 8,584.83 points Dow Jones Industrial Average |
| #3156, aired 1998-04-27 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $500: On March 30, 1981 he told the press, "As of now, I am in control here in the White House" Alexander Haig |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | CAUGHT ON TAPE $200: As the video revealed, the LAPD didn't treat this man like royalty on March 3, 1991 Rodney King |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ON ST. PADDY'S DAY $100: Israel's fourth premier, she was sworn in March 17, 1969 Golda Meir |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ON ST. PADDY'S DAY $200: A March 17, 1906 speech by this president popularized the term, "Muckrake" Theodore Roosevelt |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ON ST. PADDY'S DAY $300: Good Grief! This comic strip star graced the cover of "Life" magazine on March 17, 1967 Charlie Brown |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ON ST. PADDY'S DAY $400: No beans about it, the British made news when they evacuated this city March 17, 1776 Boston |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ON ST. PADDY'S DAY $500: The first of these office machines by A.B. Dick
went on sale
March 17, 1887 March 17, 1887 a mimeograph |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | TURNING 50 IN '98 $400: Turning 50 on March 31, he's a year younger than his predecessor, Dan Quayle Al Gore |
| #3115, aired 1998-02-27 | THE 1980s $200: On March 16, 1984 this country signed its first peace treaty with a black-ruled nation, Mozambique South Africa |
| #3090, aired 1998-01-23 | MARCH OF DIMES $800: Cher starred in it on Broadway & in film Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean |
| #3089, aired 1998-01-22 | THE TYLER ADMINISTRATION $200: On March 1, 1845, just prior to leaving office, Tyler signed the measure annexing this republic Texas |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | WORLD HISTORY $100: In 1934 & 1935 this Chinese Communist leader led the Red Army on the "Long March" Mao Tse-tung |
| #3050, aired 1997-11-28 | QUOTH $200: On March 5, 1946 Winston Churchill remarked that this had "descended across the continent" Iron Curtain |
| #3036, aired 1997-11-10 | CELEB STUFF $100: On March 2, 1977 he made his first "Tonight Show" appearance; on May 25, 1992 he took over as host Jay Leno |
| #3035, aired 1997-11-07 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Act III, Scene I of this play takes place on March 15, also known as the Ides of March Julius Caesar |
| #3023, aired 1997-10-22 | THE 1980s $500: On March 23, 1989 2 chemists in Utah announced they had perfected this process -- n"ice" try Cold fusion |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | TELEVISED HISTORY $400: TV cameramen were just 20 feet away when he shot Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981 John Hinckley |
| #2993, aired 1997-09-10 | CAPITAL QUOTES $800: Field Marshal Montgomery said, "Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on'" this Russian city Moscow |
| #2986, aired 1997-09-01 | SUMMIT MEETINGS $100: In March 1997 Clinton & Yeltsin agreed to disagree on the expansion of this defense organization NATO |
| #2986, aired 1997-09-01 | ART & ARTISTS $1000: They shut the lid on this Dutch master after his death, March 19, 1997 Willem de Kooning |
| #2985, aired 1997-07-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1000: On March 4, 1853 this president gave his inauguration address from memory without notes Franklin Pierce |
| #2956, aired 1997-06-09 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: On March 17 Maryville, Missouri holds "The World's Shortest" parade for this holiday St. Patrick's Day |
| #2949, aired 1997-05-29 | ODDS & ENDS $200: On March 6, 1996 Detroit Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood did this, the first for an NHL goalie since 1989 Score a goal |
| #2941, aired 1997-05-19 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $0: On Nov. 15, 1777 Congress adopted this constitution but it wasn't ratified by the states until March 1, 1781 the Articles of Confederation |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200 (Daily Double): On March 26, this state honors Prince Jonah Kuhio, who became a delegate to Congress Hawaii |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | POP MUSIC $200: Selections from this Irish group's "Pop" CD were available on the internet prior to its March 1997 release U2 |
| #2919, aired 1997-04-17 | SPECIAL DAYS $200: International Boss' Day Off was proclaimed for this day on which Julius Caesar was offed March 15 (Ides of March) |
| #2899, aired 1997-03-20 | ASIAN AMERICANS $1000: In March 1988 this David Henry Hwang play debuted on Broadway M. Butterfly |
| #2877, aired 1997-02-18 | 1977 $300: On March 4, a 7.5 earthquake devastated this Romanian capital Bucharest |
| #2874, aired 1997-02-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On March 10, 1977, this Cesar Chavez labor group signed an agreement with the Teamsters union United Farm Workers |
| #2873, aired 1997-02-12 | FOREIGN TRAVEL $400: From March to May Arctic Odysseys leads expeditions on these vehicles in the Baffin area Dogsleds |
| #2871, aired 1997-02-10 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: Nicknamed "Cheese Box on a Raft", it battled the Merrimack March 9, 1862 the Monitor |
| #2863, aired 1997-01-29 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY $1,000 (Daily Double): On March 7, 2034 he can wish himself a happy 100th birthday: Willard Scott |
| #2862, aired 1997-01-28 | SPORTS STARS $200: On March 23, 1996 this 15-year-old American won the women's world figure skating title in Edmonton, Alberta Michelle Kwan |
| #2821, aired 1996-12-02 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: On March 4, 1801 he slipped out of town early to avoid Jefferson's inaugural (John) Adams |
| #2783, aired 1996-10-09 | THE 19th CENTURY $400: The 19th C. hymn "Hold The Fort" was based on messages sent by this gen. known for his "March to the Sea" Sherman |
| #2760, aired 1996-09-06 | PEOPLE $500: On March 26, 1996 this Interior Secretary deliberately opened the flood gates of the Glen Canyon Dam (Bruce) Babbitt |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: On March 4, 1885 this president took the oath of office for the first of his 2 nonconsecutive terms Cleveland |
| #2750, aired 1996-07-12 | 1885 $200: On March 14 this Gilbert & Sullivan operetta debuted in London, England, not Titipu, Japan The Mikado |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | THE 1910s $300: On March 1, 1919 a coalition of leaders declared Korea independent of this nation Japan |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | 1596 $800: This French philosopher known for his "Discourse on Method" was born March 31, 1596 in La Haye Rene Descartes |
| #2713, aired 1996-05-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On March 23, 1965 a 2-man craft in this program became the first piloted spacecraft to change its orbit Gemini |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | CIVIL WAR GENERALS $400: On completing his "March to the Sea", he led one through the Carolinas Sherman |
| #2704, aired 1996-05-09 | WORLD POTPOURRI $100: On March 17 Dubliners celebrate the feast day of this saint with music & a parade St. Patrick |
| #2685, aired 1996-04-12 | 1960S POP PERSONALITIES $200: On March 20, 1969, he married Yoko Ono in the registrar's office in Gibraltar John Lennon |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | 1933 $500: On March 23 this German parliament relinquished its power to Adolf Hitler Reichstag |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | HISTORIC ROBERTS $500: On March 27, 1306 he was crowned king at Scone Robert Bruce |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | ANCIENT ROME $400: Coins celebrating Julius Caesar's murder had 2 daggers on them & "Eid-Mar", short for this the Ides of March |
| #2637, aired 1996-02-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: He was the King & Gertrude Lawrence was "I" when "The King and I" opened on Broadway in March 1951 Yul Brynner |
| #2631, aired 1996-01-29 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: Henry March in his novel "The Deerslayer" is nicknamed Hurry Harry because he's always on the move James Fenimore Cooper |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | RELIGION $400: On March 30, 1995 Pope John Paul II released his 11th of these, the 194-page "Evangelium Vitae" an encyclical |
| #2611, aired 1996-01-01 | 1881 $1,100 (Daily Double): On March 4 he was inaugurated as vice president; on September 20, he was sworn in as president Chester Arthur |
| #2597, aired 1995-12-12 | SPORTS $100: On March 19, 1995, this Chicago Bulls star played in his first game after 1 1/2 years of retirement Michael Jordan |
| #2578, aired 1995-11-15 | POLITICS $200: At his first inauguration on March 4, 1861, he said the issue of civil war was not in his hands Abraham Lincoln |
| #2571, aired 1995-11-06 | SPORTS $200: On March 23, 1994 he scored his 802nd NHL goal, breaking Gordie Howe's career record Wayne Gretzky |
| #2569, aired 1995-11-02 | ENTERTAINMENT 1994 $500: On March 1 he became the new host of NBC's "Later" Greg Kinnear |
| #2566, aired 1995-10-30 | THEATRE $600: In March 1995 Maria Conchita Alonso replaced Vanessa Williams on Broadway in this musical set in South America Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY $400: The Matronalia, a festival celebrated on March 1, honored this supreme Roman goddess Juno |
| #2534, aired 1995-09-14 | CIVIL WAR TRIVIA $600: The foragers on his march to the sea were nicknamed Bummers Sherman |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | 1995 $200: On March 20 a poison gas attack on this city's subway system injured thousands Tokyo |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | 1995 $400: On March 18 he announced his return to pro basketball after a 17-month hiatus Michael Jordan |
| #2529, aired 1995-09-07 | WEATHER $600: On March 15-16, 1952 it rained a record 73.62" in 24 hours on the island of Reunion in this ocean the Indian Ocean |
| #2503, aired 1995-06-21 | RELIGION $600: On March 14, 1644, this clergyman received a charter for Rhode Island (Roger) Williams |
| #2488, aired 1995-05-31 | THE 20th CENTURY $300: On March 9, 1916 this Mexican revolutionary & his men killed 17 in Columbus, New Mexico Pancho Villa |
| #2484, aired 1995-05-25 | CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS $200: While crossing the Pacific, this Portuguese sea captain's first landfall was Guam on March 6, 1521 Magellan |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | WORLD HISTORY $200: On March 12, 1930 he began the Salt March in defiance of British rule in India Gandhi |
| #2479, aired 1995-05-18 | SPIELBERG FILMS $300: On March 21, 1994 this film picked up 7 Oscars, including a Best Director Award for Spielberg Schindler's List |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: On March 21 this country remembers the birth of Benito Juarez, who led the revolt against France Mexico |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: These islands celebrate their transfer from Denmark to the United States on March 31 the Virgin Island |
| #2463, aired 1995-04-26 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $200: At his inaugural on March 4, 1933, he said, "Our greatest primary task is to put people to work" Franklin Roosevelt |
| #2430, aired 1995-03-10 | MARCH $100: On March 14, 1964 he was convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald Jack Ruby |
| #2430, aired 1995-03-10 | MARCH $400: In 1929 this pres. modernized the White House, having a telephone installed on his desk Herbert Hoover |
| #2413, aired 1995-02-15 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $600: On March 12,1993 she was sworn in as the 78th U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno |
| #2381, aired 1995-01-02 | THE 1920s $600: He came to power after leading his black-shirted Fascists in a "March on Rome" Mussolini |
| #2377, aired 1994-12-27 | HISTORY $200: On March 25, 1994, the U.S. withdrew the last of its peace-keeping forces from this African country Somalia |
| #2371, aired 1994-12-19 | PRO FOOTBALL $200: On March 29, 1994, Jimmy Johnson resigned as coach of this team; he was replaced by Barry Switzer the Dallas Cowboys |
| #2371, aired 1994-12-19 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $200: In March 1963, after more than 50 years in operation, the prison on this California island closed Alcatraz |
| #2368, aired 1994-12-14 | HISTORY $200: On March 16, 1966 the U.S. had 2 men in space & the Soviets had 2 of these animals there dogs |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Adopted in March 1861, it was modeled on the U.S. Constitution the Constitution of the Confederacy |
| #2337, aired 1994-11-01 | CRIME TIME $700 (Daily Double): On March 23, 1994, in Tijuana, this party's candidate for president, Luis Donaldo Colosio, was assassinated the PRI |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | MARCHING ORDERS $200: Famous speech delivered as part of the 1963 March on Washington Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech |
| #2321, aired 1994-10-10 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: On March 8, 1862 this Confederate ship destroyed 2 Union ships at Hampton Roads the Merrimack (the Virginia) |
| #2314, aired 1994-09-29 | MARINE DISASTERS $400: This ship ran aground on Bligh Reef in the Gulf of Alaska March 24, 1989 the Exxon Valdez |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $600: On March 18, 1890 this German chancellor was forced to resign by Wilhelm II Bismarck |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | SPORTS $400: On March 17, 1897, Bob Fitzsimmons won the heavyweight title from this man known as "Gentleman Jim" Corbett |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | "P"EOPLE $400: On March 4, 1681 this Quaker was granted a charter for a colony west of the Delaware River William Penn |
| #2293, aired 1994-07-20 | THE OLD WEST $100: The March 15, 1848 issue of the Californian in San Francisco gave this discovery a few lines on the back page gold (at Sutter's Mill) |
| #2290, aired 1994-07-15 | ROYAL CHILDREN $200: His second daughter, Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena of York, was born on March 23, 1990 Prince Andrew |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | MARCH $200: On March 17 you might wear a bit of green in celebration of this St. Patrick's Day |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | MARCH $500: On March 31, 1949 it became Canada's 10th & last province Newfoundland |
| #2281, aired 1994-07-04 | THE 1930s $100: In October 1934 Mao Tse-Tung & about 85,000 troops embarked on this country's "Long March" China |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | THE 1950s $300: On March 1, 1959 Archbishop Makarios returned from exile to this island Cyprus |
| #2254, aired 1994-05-26 | LABOR $600: On March 4, 1913 the Dept. of Labor was made a separate cabinet dept. under this president Woodrow Wilson |
| #2253, aired 1994-05-25 | THE OSCARS $300: On March 26, 1990, this revered Japanese director received an honorary Oscar for his body of work Kurosawa |
| #2248, aired 1994-05-18 | ACTORS OF THE PAST $800: His last performance was in "The Apostate" on March 18, 1865 in Ford's Theatre John Wilkes Booth |
| #2246, aired 1994-05-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $100: His term as dictator for life ended on the Ides of March 44 B.C. Julius Caesar |
| #2242, aired 1994-05-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: To honor its 1521 discovery, this U.S. Pacific territory celebrates Magellan Day on March 6 Guam |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Camp Fire observes its founders day on this date when many honor St. Patrick March 17th |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | NONFICTION $400: Norman Mailer's "The Armies of the Night" tells of a 1967 anti-war march on this Arlington, Virginia building the Pentagon |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | 1965 $300: This exiled King of Egypt was only 45 when he died in Rome on March 18 Farouk |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | 1965 $400: The first mission in this U.S. 2-man space program blasted into orbit on March 23 Gemini |
| #2191, aired 1994-02-28 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: On March 9, 1862, this ship had turret troubles--either it was hard to turn or it wouldn't stop turning the Monitor |
| #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 |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | U.S. HISTORY $600: This first patient to get a permanent artificial heart died on March 23, 1983 Barney Clark |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800 (Daily Double): Chinese New Year's Day falls in 1 of these 2 months on our calendar January or February |
| #2167, aired 1994-01-25 | 1979 $200: On March 28 the British gov't lost a vote of confidence & there was an accident at this U.S. reactor Three Mile Island |
| #2096, aired 1993-10-18 | 1950 $600: This creator of Tarzan died in Encino, California on March 19 Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: "My Fair Lady" opens outside the Royal Opera House at this London location on "a cold March night" Covent Garden |
| #2092, aired 1993-10-12 | 1966 $300: On March 10 3 men were convicted of the 1965 murder of this Black nationalist leader Malcolm X |
| #2091, aired 1993-10-11 | ALEXANDER HAMILTON $300: On March 1, 1777 Hamilton became aide-de-camp to this general George Washington |
| #2084, aired 1993-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $100: The name of this city was changed to Istanbul on March 28, 1930 Constantinople |
| #2082, aired 1993-09-28 | HISTORY $500: On March 3, 1905 this czar agreed to create a Russian national assembly, the Duma Nicholas II |
| #2080, aired 1993-09-24 | 1967 $300: On March 7 this Teamsters president began an 8-year jail sentence Jimmy Hoffa |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | BLACK AMERICA $200: On January 20,1992 Winnie Mandela helped lead a march in Atlanta honoring this slain leader Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): He seized control of Cuba on March 10, 1952 & remained in power until deposed on January 1, 1959 Fulgencio Batista |
| #2039, aired 1993-06-17 | CABINET MEMBERS $800: On March 17, 1989 the Senate voted 92-0 to confirm this Wyoming congressman as Secretary of Defense (Dick) Cheney |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | INVENTORS $200: On March 7, 1876 he received Patent No. 174,465 for his invention of a telephone (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #2037, aired 1993-06-15 | PEOPLE $400: On March 16, 1992 an int'l group claimed it had found metal from the fuselage of this aviatrix' plane Amelia Earhart |
| #2037, aired 1993-06-15 | NEW COUNTRIES $800: On March 11, 1990 it became the first Baltic country to declare its independence Lithuania |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | 1990 $1,000 (Daily Double): On March 11 Patricio Aylwin was sworn in as president of this country, replacing Gen. Pinochet Chile |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | PENINSULAS $1000: In 1942 thousands of American & Filipino soldiers died during a forced "death march" on this peninsula the Bataan Peninsula |
| #2009, aired 1993-05-06 | NUMBER, PLEASE $200: St. Patrick's Day is observed on this day in March 17th |
| #2000, aired 1993-04-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: This Viennese lieder composer was a torchbearer at Beethoven's funeral on March 29, 1827 Schubert |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | 1952 $200: He surprised Democratic leaders at a dinner on March 29, saying he would not seek reelection Truman |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: In 1933 he became the last president whose term of office ended on March 4 Hoover |
| #1972, aired 1993-03-16 | NAME THE DECADE $100: Paul Revere & William Dawes warn colonists that the British are on the march to Concord the 1770s |
| #1971, aired 1993-03-15 | HISTORY $200: The Samil Independence movement began in this Korean capital city on March 1, 1919 Seoul |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | BRIDGES $200: On March 16, 1973 she opened a new version of London Bridge Queen Elizabeth II |
| #1932, aired 1993-01-19 | THE PLANETS $200: On March 1, 1982 the USSR's Venera 13 probe landed on this planet & sent back the 1st color photos Venus |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | EXPLORERS $800: On March 3, 1513 he set out on an expedition from Puerto Rico in search of Bimini Ponce de Leon |
| #1902, aired 1992-12-08 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $600: On March 4, 1925 this president became the first to deliver his inaugural speech on radio Calvin Coolidge |
| #1898, aired 1992-12-02 | MONTHS $100: St. David's Day falls on the 1st of this month; St. Patrick's Day is on the 17th March |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | THE 18th CENTURY $600: On March 5, 1770 taunting a British soldier at the Boston Customs House led to this incident the Boston Massacre |
| #1849, aired 1992-09-24 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $200: On March 18, 1965, Alexei Leonov became the first man to walk here space |
| #1827, aired 1992-07-07 | THE 1930s $1000: Gandhi was arrested after a 1930 march to break up the government's monopoly on this salt |
| #1806, aired 1992-06-08 | RULERS $1000: On March 17, 1861, at Turin, he became king of Italy Victor Emmanuel |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: On March 8, 1862 this Confederate ship came into Hampton Roads Harbor & destroyed 2 Union ships the Merrimack |
| #1741, aired 1992-03-09 | 1966 $200: On March 9 General Motors admitted it had investigated this author of "Unsafe at Any Speed" Ralph Nader |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | THE GIRL SCOUTS $300: When founded on March 12, 1912 the Girl Scouts was known by this name Girl Guides |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: This state honors Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole on March 26 Hawaii |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): This state observes its own Independence Day on March 2 Texas |
| #1705, aired 1992-01-17 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: On March 9, 1864 he was promoted to Lieutenant General & given command of all the Union armies Grant |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 1991 this Muslim month of fasting began on March 17 Ramadan |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | THE IDES OF MARCH $300: She opened as a Doolittle on Broadway March 15, 1956 with a future Dolittle -- Rex Harrison Julie Andrews |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | THE IDES OF MARCH $500: On March 15, 1917 this czar abdicated in favor of Grand Duke Mikhail, who abdicated March 16 Nicholas II |
| #1669, aired 1991-11-28 | ANNUAL EVENTS $100: 1991 was the 230th anniversary of the parade in New York on this March holiday St. Patrick's Day |
| #1661, aired 1991-11-18 | IN THE NEWS $500: On March 19, 1991 the U.S. government granted the five millionth one of these a patent |
| #1631, aired 1991-10-07 | THE 1920s $2,500 (Daily Double): On March 19, 1920 the Senate voted 49-35 to join it, but a 2/3 majority was required the League of Nations |
| #1610, aired 1991-09-06 | SHAKESPEARE $200: The Riverside Shakespeare Co. gave a reading of this play in Central Park on the Ides of March in 1989 Julius Caesar |
| #1593, aired 1991-07-03 | FAMOUS FOLKS $300: Her son Cody was born on March 22, 1990, as Regis Philbin could tell you Kathie Lee Gifford |
| #1575, aired 1991-06-07 | NONFICTION $1000: Norman Mailer won his first Pulitzer Prize for this 1968 account of the Peace March on the Pentagon Armies of the Night |
| #1563, aired 1991-05-22 | 1959 $600: On March 26, Elizabeth Taylor, who was raised as a Christian Scientist, converted to this religion Judaism |
| #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 |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | COMPOSERS $900 (Daily Double): On graduation day, remember that it was Sir Edward Elgar who composed this graduation march "Pomp And Circumstance" ("Land Of Hope And Glory") |
| #1531, aired 1991-04-08 | 1791 $200: In March, Congress passed an excise tax on this, provoking a rebellion in 1794 whiskey |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | SPACE EXPLORATION $400: On March 23, 1965 Gus Grissom & John Young became the 1st pair to orbit in this new space project Gemini |
| #1500, aired 1991-02-22 | OLD TESTAMENT $200: Joshua had the troops march around this city once a day for 6 days & 7 times on the seventh Jericho |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: After his inauguration March 4,1817, he lived in a house on I Street; the White House was under repair Monroe |
| #1492, aired 1991-02-12 | FIRST LADIES $700 (Daily Double): She held the first news conference in the White House by a first lady on March 6, 1933 Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #1485, aired 1991-02-01 | WOMEN $400: Mahalia Jackson was among those who sang old slave spirituals at his 1963 March on Washington Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #1477, aired 1991-01-22 | HISTORIC SITES $600: It declared its independence from Mexico at Washington-on-the-Brazos, March 2, 1836 Texas |
| #1465, aired 1991-01-04 | TELEVISION $200: He was suspended from "60 Minutes" in February 1990, but was back on the air in March Andy Rooney |
| #1434, aired 1990-11-22 | EARLY AMERICA $400: New York City held this event for the first time on March 17, 1762 St. Patrick's Day parade |
| #1382, aired 1990-09-11 | ANIMAL GROUPS $500: This name for a group of caterpillars makes sense; they do march on their stomachs an army |
| #1380, aired 1990-09-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: On the last Monday in March this state celebrates Seward's Day to commemorate its purchase Alaska |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: It's the day on which the republic of Ireland commemorates the death of its patron saint March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | FAMOUS NAMES $300: On March 24, 1958 he became Army G.I. No. 53310761 Elvis Presley |
| #1358, aired 1990-06-27 | RELIGION $500: On March 12, 1939 Eugenio Pacelli, who took this papal name, began a reign that lasted until 1958 Pope Pius XII |
| #1339, aired 1990-05-31 | WORLD NEWS $100: On March 26, 1989 the people of this country voted in their freest elections since 1917 Soviet Union |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | NEW HAMPSHIRE $600: A key element in local gov't is this type of meeting held annually on the first Tuesday in March a town meeting |
| #1331, aired 1990-05-21 | EARLY AMERICA $200: On March 10, 1775 this frontiersman began blazing the Wilderness Road Daniel Boone |
| #1331, aired 1990-05-21 | EARLY AMERICA $3,000 (Daily Double): On March 1, 1781 Maryland became the last state to ratify this document Articles of Confederation |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: He didn't lead the march on Rome in 1922; he waited in Milan until he got the "all clear" & then went Benito Mussolini |
| #1304, aired 1990-04-12 | NOTORIOUS $100: On March 21, 1963 the last 86 prisoners left this federal penitentiary by boat Alcatraz |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | NOTORIOUS $200: This terrifying czar died on March 18, 1584 while playing a game of chess Ivan The Terrible |
| #1283, aired 1990-03-14 | FADS & FASHIONS $400: When Lothrop Withington Jr. swallowed one of these on a bet at Harvard, March 3, 1939, he began a fad goldfish |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | TIME $1000: This is the latest date on which spring will start in the U.S. for the rest of the 20th century March 20th |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL $1000: Most reference sources report that on March 10, 1876 Bell spilled this on his pants Battery Acid (hence the call, "Watson, come here, I need you") |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | MODERN HISTORY $400: To escape Chiang Kai-shek's forces, he led his followers on a 6,000 mile "long march" in 1934-35 Mao Tse-tung |
| #1225, aired 1989-12-22 | HOLLYWOOD MARRIAGES $100: Richard Burton married her on March 15, 1964 in Montreal & again on October 10, 1975, in Botswana Elizabeth Taylor |
| #1224, aired 1989-12-21 | QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): On May 23, 1775 he said, "Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace" Patrick Henry |
| #1206, aired 1989-11-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On March 27, 1964, North America's most intense recorded earthquake, an 8.4, hit this state Alaska |
| #1198, aired 1989-11-15 | MEDICINES $600: On March 20, 1987 this drug became the 1st approved by the FDA for use in combating the AIDS virus AZT |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | 1973 $300: On March 1, she became the 1st woman jockey to win a major stakes race & later married Fred Astaire Robyn Smith |
| #1190, aired 1989-11-03 | RELIGION $1000: In March 1989, 35 archbishops from this country met with the Pope to discuss their flock of 53 million United States |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: when these 2 ships battled it out on March 9, 1862, neither won the Monitor & the Merrimack |
| #1179, aired 1989-10-19 | THE 1950s $100: This tubby comedian, who made 36 films with partner Bud Abbott, died on March 3, 1959 Lou Costello |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | THE U.N. $800: The United States did this for the first time on March 17, 1970 veto a UN Security Council resolution |
| #1164, aired 1989-09-28 | U.S. HISTORY $400: On March 3, 1847 Congress authorized the 1st ones of these, & with adhesive backs to boot Postage Stamps |
| #1150, aired 1989-09-08 | TAXES $200: Prior to 1954, income taxes were due on this date, 1 month earlier than at present March 15 |
| #1107, aired 1989-05-30 | MARCH $300 (Daily Double): On March 26, 1955 this "Ballad" hit No. 1 on the charts & stayed there for 5 weeks:
"Born on a mountain top in Tennessee /
Greenest state in the land of the free /
Raised in the woods so he knew ev'ry tree /
Kilt him a b'ar when he was only three..." "Davy Crockett", "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" |
| #1107, aired 1989-05-30 | MARCH $400: According to the Julian calendar, Caesar died on this day in 44 B.C. Ides of March, March 15th |
| #1100, aired 1989-05-19 | IN THE NEWS $600: The Senate by a vote of 53-47, rejected this Bush nominee for Secretary of Defense on March 9, 1989 (John) Tower |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | TV TRIVIA $400: His TV theme song was based on "The Funeral March Of A Marionette" Alfred Hitchcock |
| #990, aired 1988-12-16 | FAMOUS COUSINS $400: These 2 distant cousins married on March 17, 1905 & Uncle Teddy gave the bride away Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt |
| #974, aired 1988-11-24 | THE VIETNAM WAR $200: On March 31,1968 he announced he'd halt the bombing of the North but wouldn't run for re-election Johnson |
| #954, aired 1988-10-27 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $600: On March 16, 1988 President Reagan sent 3,200 troops to this Central American country Honduras |
| #929, aired 1988-09-22 | FIRST LADIES $100: On March 11, 1962 she became the 1st wife of an incumbent pres. to have a private audience with the pope Jackie Kennedy |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | SPORTS TRIVIA $200: On March 14, 1969, Barbara Jo Rubin became the 1st woman to do these 2 things at NYC's Aqueduct race track ride in a race & win a race |
| #892, aired 1988-06-21 | THE ROMAN EMPIRE $200: In most months the ides fell on the 13th, but in March, May, July & October it fell on this date 15th |
| #880, aired 1988-06-03 | 1958 $100: He succeeded Bulganin as premier of the USSR on March 27 Nikita Khrushchev |
| #877, aired 1988-05-31 | THE '60s $200: 1963 event at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech March on Washington |
| #863, aired 1988-05-11 | THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER $500: It happened on March 3, 1931, some 116 years after the poem was written it became our national anthem |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | THE CABINET $400: On March 24, 1987, this former Secretary of State said he'd seek the Republican nomination for president Al Haig |
| #819, aired 1988-03-10 | 1955 $800: On March 2, King Sihanouk of this country abdicated the throne not to his son, but to his father Cambodia (now Kampuchea) |
| #776, aired 1988-01-11 | THIS IS JEOPARDY! $500 (Daily Double): Voice heard here on the debut show March 30, 1964:
"And now, entering the studio are today's contestants--this is Mrs. Mary Eubanks, a housewife from Candor, North Carolina..." Don Pardo |
| #722, aired 1987-10-27 | THE BEATLES $400: On March 21, 1987, 4 Beatles albums held the top 4 positions on this new Billboard chart CD chart (Top CDs) |
| #699, aired 1987-09-24 | PREACHERS $200: Bookmakers in Nevada wanted to post odds on his raising $4.5 million by March 1987 Oral Roberts |
| #688, aired 1987-09-09 | OOPS! $200: On March 2, 1987, the National Weather Service mistakenly said Rockford, Ill. was demolished by one of these a tornado |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | SPACE & AVIATION $500: American who launched the 1st successful liquid-propelled rocket on March 16, 1926 (Robert) Goddard |
| #623, aired 1987-04-29 | BEETHOVEN $1000: On March 29, 1827, it was attended by 20,000 people including Schubert his funeral |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | QUOTES $1000: Bartlett's says she "coined" the phrase "equal pay for equal work" on March 18, 1869 Susan B. Anthony |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | MARCH $100: On the ides of March in 1919. this veterans' group was founded in Paris, not the U.S. American Legion |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | MARCH $200: The 1st U.S. patent for this household appliance came through the wringer on March 28, 1797 Washing machine |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | MARCH $300: On March 4, 1861, the Confederacy adopted its flag, exactly 72 years after this document had gone into effect Constitution |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | MARCH $400: Almost 2 years older than Girl Scouts, this youth group was started in South Casco, Maine on March 17,1910 Campfire Girls |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | MARCH $500: On St. Patrick's Day in 1940, the Brooklyn kill-for-hire gang later nicknamed this was exposed Murder Incorporated |
| #536, aired 1986-12-29 | ECONOMICS $600: Only 31 shares were traded on March 16, 1830, the slowest day in its history the New York Stock Exchange |
| #511, aired 1986-11-24 | HAPPY BIRD DAYS $800: On March 23, 1957, the army held public sale of their last of these outmoded means of communication homing pigeons |
| #505, aired 1986-11-14 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1934-35, nationalist military pressure forced Mao to lead his "Red Army" on this 6000 mile trek the long march |
| #499, aired 1986-11-06 | MAN IN SPACE $300: On 6/3/65, Ed White became 1st from U.S. to duplicate this feat Alexei Leonov performed in March walking in space |
| #479, aired 1986-10-09 | AVIATION $1,500 (Daily Double): The Hindenburg, launched in March, had this special insignia, honoring a 1936 event, on its side the Olympic rings |
| #466, aired 1986-09-22 | RADIO $500 (Daily Double): The 2 songs played starting at 10:15 am on over 6000 U.S. radio stations, March 28, 1986 "We Are The World" & "Hands Across America" |
| #444, aired 1986-05-22 | 1974 $300: When this debuted March 4, 1974, Mia Farrow was the person on the cover, & it costs 35 cents an issue People Magazine |
| #442, aired 1986-05-20 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Because she has seen a comet, Calpurnia warns him not to go out on the Ides of March Julius Caesar |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | TV HISTORY $200: He hosted the 1st coast-to-coast Oscar telecast on March 19, 1953 Bob Hope |
| #417, aired 1986-04-15 | HISTORY $200: On March 21, 1935, Persia was officially renamed this Iran |
| #404, aired 1986-03-27 | 1976 $200: On March 11, Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above this level for 1st time since 1973 1000 |
| #358, aired 1986-01-22 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $900 (Daily Double): 3 unauthorized bios of this singer placed 3rd, 5th, & 6th, on a March 18, 1984 N.Y. Times best seller list Michael Jackson |
| #278, aired 1985-10-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Upon leading 1894 march of unemployed on Washington, Jacob Coxey was arrested for this trivial of offenses stepping on the grass |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | THE OSCARS $100: He anchored the Oscar telecast on March 25, 1985 Jack Lemmon |
| #178, aired 1985-05-15 | WORLD WAR II $200: 10,000 American and Filipino prisoners died in "death march" on this Philippine peninsula the Bataan Peninsula |
| #169, aired 1985-05-02 | AMERICAN INDIANS $800: "Sorrowful" term for long forced march of the Cherokee to Oklahoma, on which many died the Trail of Tears |
| #158, aired 1985-04-17 | TRIVIA $500: It falls on the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after March 21 Easter |
| #106, aired 1985-02-04 | THE '60S $200: Linda Eastman married this musician on March 12, 1969 Paul McCartney |
| #51, aired 1984-11-19 | POETRY $200: Sandburg's weather phenomenon that "comes in on little cat feet" "Fog" |
| #21, aired 1984-10-08 | "MARCH" ON $100: Definitely not Caesar's time of month the ides of March |
| #21, aired 1984-10-08 | "MARCH" ON $200: Founded by F.D.R. in 1938, it works to prevent birth defects the March of Dimes |
| #21, aired 1984-10-08 | "MARCH" ON $300: Way of saying "loony as a spring rabbit" mad as a March hare |
| #17, aired 1984-10-02 | HOLIDAYS $100: "The Wearing of the Green" on March 17th St. Patrick's Day |
| #11, aired 1984-09-24 | GAY '90S $300: On March 18, 1891, this mode of communication was inaugurated between London & Paris the telephone |
