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#9066, aired 2024-03-25PANHANDLE STATES $800: The Bitterroot Mountains, part of the Rockies, straddle this state's panhandle & Montana to the east Idaho
#9056, aired 2024-03-11DOWN IN THE VALLEY $800: Shared by 2 countries, the Valley of Cerdanya lies just east of Andorra high in these mountains the Pyrenees
#9052, aired 2024-03-05MOUNTAINS $400: The MacKenzie Mountains are part of the Canadian section of these mountains; the Bighorn Mountains are in the U.S. part the Rockies
#9052, aired 2024-03-05MOUNTAINS $800: A Disneyland attraction is exactly 100 times shorter than this 14,700-foot Alp the Matterhorn
#9052, aired 2024-03-05MOUNTAINS $1600: The highest peak in Russia, in ancient times it was called Strobilus, meaning pine cone & a reference to its shape Elbrus
#9052, aired 2024-03-05MOUNTAINS $2000: Edward Whymper was the first to summit this highest mountain in Ecuador, putting him at the farthest point from Earth's center Chimborazo
#9052, aired 2024-03-05MOUNTAINS $4,000 (Daily Double): Ranges within this mountain system include the Rif, the Saharan & the Tell the Atlas
#9038, aired 2024-02-14THE COMPOSER CONDUCTS $200: In 1915 Richard Strauss brought in wind & thunder machines to conduct his work depicting a climb in these mountains the Alps
#9038, aired 2024-02-14SO FAR AWAY $600: This Winter Olympics city is on the coast of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains Sochi
#9036, aired 2024-02-12RHYMING SYNONYMS $2000: You'll find this pair of 4-letter synonyms between 2 hills or mountains a dale or a vale
#9035, aired 2024-02-09POETRY $1000: Wallace Stevens wrote, "Among twenty snowy mountains, the only moving thing was the eye of" this creature a blackbird
#9033, aired 2024-02-07U.S. NATIONAL FORESTS $1000: With over 600 miles of fishable streams, Eldorado National Forest is an angler's delight in these eastern California mountains the Sierra Nevadas
#9030, aired 2024-02-02TALKING ABOUT TOLKIEN $1200: In "The Hobbit" he thinks of picnics below during his trip over the Misty Mountains, inspired by one Tolkien took to Switzerland Bilbo Baggins
#9029, aired 2024-02-01MOUNTAIN HIGH $200: The tenth-highest peak in the world, Annapurna I reaches 26,500 feet in these mountains the Himalayas
#9029, aired 2024-02-012-LETTER WORDS $2000: A major river of the Siberian lowlands, it flows more than 2,200 miles from the Altai Mountains to the Arctic Ocean the Ob
#9028, aired 2024-01-31MOUNTAINS OF LITERATURE $400: Peter Matthiessen climbed mountains in Nepal to see the snow type of this creature, the title of his National Book Award winner a leopard
#9028, aired 2024-01-31MOUNTAINS OF LITERATURE $800: After accepting a drink of liquor in a Washington Irving tale, Rip Van Winkle falls asleep for 20 years in these mountains the Catskills
#9028, aired 2024-01-31MOUNTAINS OF LITERATURE $1200: In the novel "Lost Horizon", the Kunlun Range is thought to be home to this lamasery whose name has become a synonym for utopia Shangri-La
#9028, aired 2024-01-31MOUNTAINS OF LITERATURE $1600: "Der Zauberberg" in German, this Thomas Mann novel tells the story of a man who stays in a TB clinic for 7 years Magic Mountain
#9028, aired 2024-01-31MOUNTAINS OF LITERATURE $2000: A Miskatonic Univ. team uncovers horrific artifacts in Antarctica in this author's "At the Mountains of Madness" Lovecraft
#9025, aired 2024-01-26GAS EVERYWHERE $2000: Emitted from trash mountains, these gases, LFGs for short, are a natural byproduct of organic decomposition landfill gases
#9018, aired 2024-01-17AROUND THE GLOBE $600: The Tian Shan Mountains separate Kyrgyzstan from this big neighbor to the south & east China
#8993, aired 2023-12-13FRENCH CONNECTIONS $800: Aneto Peak is the highest point in these mountains that connect or separate France & Spain the Pyrenees
#8990, aired 2023-12-08ORGAN RECITAL $400: The wood for the organ in this Salt Lake City edifice came from Utah's Pine Valley Mountains the Mormon Tabernacle
#8962, aired 2023-10-31THE TOPIC OF CAPRICORNS $800: Capricorn is a goat who scales mountains, like this Capricorn who said in 1968, "I've been to the mountaintop" MLK (Martin Luther King)
#8952, aired 2023-10-17THE MOUNTAIN WEST $1600: These mountains west of the Hudson possibly take their name from the Dutch for "wildcat creek" the Catskills
#8952, aired 2023-10-17THE MOUNTAIN WEST $2000: The highest peak in the Atlas Mountains, in the western part of the range, is Mount Toubkal in this monarchy Morocco
#8946, aired 2023-10-09A BRIEF HISTORY OF THYME $200: Thyme honey from the Iblei Mountains on this large Mediterranean isle has been a delicacy for centuries Sicily
#8944, aired 2023-10-05EX-SOVIET REPUBLICS $800: These mountains between the Black & the Caspian Seas straddled Georgia's northern border the Caucasus
#8944, aired 2023-10-05WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE $800: Formosan rock macaques are only found in Japan & in the mountains & forests of this Asian island Taiwan
#8923, aired 2023-07-26BRACE FOR LANDING $400: A flight path takes you between mountains and leads to a short runway at India's Leh Airport in this 1,500-mile-long range the Himalayas
#8921, aired 2023-07-24STATES' HIGHEST POINTS $800: Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains New Mexico
#8921, aired 2023-07-24HOSTEL $1600: The Central House Marrakech Medina boasts views of these mountains from its rooftop terrace the Atlas Mountains
#8919, aired 2023-07-20THE DANUBE $800: Rising in the mountains of this "colorful" German forest, the Danube flows nearly 1,800 miles & empties into the same-shaded sea the Black Forest
#8919, aired 2023-07-20THE DANUBE $2,000 (Daily Double): The Danube's middle course loves gates, running from the Hungarian Gates Gorge to Romania's Iron Gate in these mountains the Carpathians
#8917, aired 2023-07-18AMERICAN HISTORY $800: A British Crown proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists from settling west of these mountains the Appalachians
#8916, aired 2023-07-17I'LL "B" THERE $1200: A 470-mile parkway linking Shenandoah & Great Smoky Mountains National Parks is named for these mountains Blue Ridge
#8912, aired 2023-07-11IN HIGH PLACES $600: Mount Vinson is the tallest of several mountains on Antarctica collectively referred to as Vinson this Vinson Massif
#8901, aired 2023-06-26HERE COMES THE SUMMER $1000: An Outward Bound summer course lets teenagers get their kicks rock climbing in these "High" California mountains the Sierra Nevadas
#8882, aired 2023-05-30MOUNTAINS $400: This Alp between Switzerland & Italy has a name from German words meaning "meadow" & "peak" Matterhorn
#8882, aired 2023-05-30MOUNTAINS $800: Pico de Orizaba, the third-highest peak in North America, is an 18,400-foot dormant volcano in this nation Mexico
#8882, aired 2023-05-30MOUNTAINS $1200: These inspirational goddesses of art & science resided on Mount Parnassus the Muses
#8882, aired 2023-05-30MOUNTAINS $1600: A cave at the summit of the mountain Jabal Al Nour is said to be where this prophet received his first revelations Muhammad
#8882, aired 2023-05-30MOUNTAINS $2000: The world's highest unclimbed mountain is 24,980-foot Gangkhar Puensum in this "thunder dragon" kingdom north of India Bhutan
#8880, aired 2023-05-26THAT'S ADORABLE $600: Seen here is a cub of this rarely glimpsed feline species that lives in the mountains of Central Asia a snow leopard
#17, aired 2023-05-23MYTHICAL GEOGRAPHY $400: In Egyptian myth this sun god sat in heaven, which was said to be supported by Bakhau & Manu, the mountains of sunrise & sunset Ra
#8874, aired 2023-05-18FLAGS OF SPANISH-SPEAKING NATIONS $800: Nicaragua, a geological hot spot, has 5 of these mountains on its flag volcanoes
#14, aired 2023-05-17BODIES OF WATER $2000: It flows 2,300 miles from the Altai Mountains to the Arctic Ocean the Ob River
#9, aired 2023-05-15THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $200: Known for the coffee grown on their slopes, these mountains contain Jamaica's highest point the Blue Mountains
#8862, aired 2023-05-02NONFICTION $2000: "Mountains Beyond Mountains" is a biography of this late physician known for his work in public health in Haiti & Rwanda Dr. Paul Farmer
#8854, aired 2023-04-20GLOBETROTTING $1200: Though not an E.U. member, Andorra uses the euro, with a chamois or goaty-looking animal named for these mountains on its coins the Pyrenees
#8853, aired 2023-04-19MY KID GOT INTO AN IVY LEAGUE MUSEUM $800: Dartmouth's Hood Museum blew the kid's mind with art of this nearby range of mountains with the northeast's highest peaks the White Mountains
#8845, aired 2023-04-07NORWAY IS FAMOUS FOR... $600: These mythical beings that are hostile to humans & may live in the mountains or underground trolls
#8833, aired 2023-03-22APPLY THE RAINBOW COLOR $1,500 (Daily Double): The highest point in South Carolina, the 3,560-foot Sassafras Mountain is part of this Appalachian range the Blue Ridge Mountains
#8823, aired 2023-03-08MOUNTAIN HIGH, VALLEY LOW $200: Lombardy's northern reaches are occupied by the Lepontine, Rhaetian & Orobic these mountains the Alps
#8823, aired 2023-03-08MOUNTAIN HIGH, VALLEY LOW $400: The Brahmaputra Valley winds down the Asian continent from these mountains up north the Himalayas
#13, aired 2023-02-02LAKES & RIVERS $10,000 (Daily Double): On the border of Peru & Bolivia, the always fun to say Lake Titicaca lies 12,500 feet above sea level in these mountains the Andes
#8798, aired 2023-02-01MOUNTAINS $400: Yes, darling, the Darling Range is near Perth in this country Australia
#8798, aired 2023-02-01MOUNTAINS $800: This country is home to the penguins of Patagonia & Hornocal, the 14-colors mountain seen here in all its glory Argentina
#8798, aired 2023-02-01MOUNTAINS $1600: Beautiful Kirkjufell, or Church Mountain, is said to be the most photographed mountain in this country Iceland
#8798, aired 2023-02-01MOUNTAINS $2000: Teddy Roosevelt was on a family vacation in these New York mountains when he got word that President McKinley had died the Adirondacks
#8798, aired 2023-02-01MOUNTAINS $5,000 (Daily Double): Though it's near the equator, this highest African peak has glaciers above the 15,000-foot level Kilimanjaro
#8753, aired 2022-11-30A GIANT CATEGORY $800: Giant's Castle is a peak in the Drakensberg Mountains of this country's KwaZulu-Natal province South Africa
#8744, aired 2022-11-17NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. $1600: For a romantic getaway, some couples head to Hawley or Lakeville in these mountains within northeastern Pennsylvania the Poconos
#8736, aired 2022-11-07VALLEYS $400: The Kathmandu Valley is in the foothills of these mountains the Himalayan
#8725, aired 2022-10-212 BITS $200: Naturally, these mountains are on Colorado's quarter the Rockies
#8719, aired 2022-10-13WHERE ON EARTH? $800: New Hampshire's Mt. Washington & West Virginia's Spruce Knob: this mountain range the Appalachian Mountains
#8713, aired 2022-10-05DAM: NATION $600: Inguri, near the Caucasus Mountains, should be on your mind Georgia
#8708, aired 2022-09-28OFF TO NEW ENGLAND $800: These New Hampshire mountains that include the Presidential Range are taller & snowier than the Green Mountains the White Mountains
#8708, aired 2022-09-28CLIFF NOTES $1200: "Dizzy sunless cliffs above the great abyss" paints a picture in H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of" this Madness
#8706, aired 2022-09-26MOUNTAIN WORLD $1600: This "colorful" mountain range in eastern Jamaica famous for growing coffee receives an annual average of 200 inches of rain the Blue Mountains
#8706, aired 2022-09-26MOUNTAIN WORLD $2000: The Dângrêk Mountains separate Cambodia from this other kingdom to its northwest Thailand
#8701, aired 2022-09-19FLAGS $1000: The yellow on the flag of this state capital symbolizes the state's gold, the white, snow-covered mountains Denver
#8692, aired 2022-07-26MOUNTAINS $400: They extend over 4,000 miles from Venezuela to South America's southern tip the Andes
#8692, aired 2022-07-26MOUNTAINS $800: Some 20 monasteries & dependencies, including the Great Lavra, are located on Mount Athos, a holy mountain in this country Greece
#8692, aired 2022-07-26MOUNTAINS $1200: The Snowy Mountains, which include Mount Kosciuszko, form the "roof of" this country Australia
#8692, aired 2022-07-26MOUNTAINS $1600: The Goûter Refuge offers a place to rest for climbers en route to the top of this mountain on the border between France & Italy Mont Blanc
#8692, aired 2022-07-26MOUNTAINS $2000: This Canadian mountain is second only to Denali as the highest peak in North America Mount Logan
#8689, aired 2022-07-21ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Extending more than 1,500 miles, these mountains separate the Indian subcontinent from the remainder of Asia Himalayas
#8689, aired 2022-07-21ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Lebanon is tucked into what would be the coast of this country & separated from it by the Anti-Lebanon Mountains Syria
#8674, aired 2022-06-30"STAN" COUNTRIES $200: Britannica says its "forbidding landscape of deserts & mountains has laid many imperial ambitions to rest" Afghanistan
#8669, aired 2022-06-23MOUNTAINS $400: Utah's highest point is 13,500-foot Kings Peak in these mountains the Rocky Mountains
#8669, aired 2022-06-23MOUNTAINS $800: Lending their name to a peninsula, these mountains extend from Serbia to the Black Sea the Balkans
#8669, aired 2022-06-23MOUNTAINS $1200: This section of the Alps that include some famous peaks, gets its name from the Celtic "penn", meaning "peak" the Pennine Alps
#8669, aired 2022-06-23MOUNTAINS $1600: Opening parts west to settlement, the Wilderness Road was a 200-mile pathway through the Cumberland Gap in these mountains the Appalachians
#8669, aired 2022-06-23MOUNTAINS $2000: Africa's second-highest peak, it bears the name of the country it's found in Mount Kenya
#8660, aired 2022-06-10EARTH SCIENCE $400: By definition, orogeny concerns itself with the formation of these by upward movements of the Earth's crust mountains
#8645, aired 2022-05-20ADJECTIVES $800: It describes the brownish color of the quartz seen here, as well as some great U.S. mountains smoky
#8638, aired 2022-05-11BEASTLY ART $1200: Jacques-Louis David painted Napoleon astride his horse crossing these mountains the Alps
#8637, aired 2022-05-10COLLEGE SPORTS MASCOTS $1000: A live American bison, Ralphie is the mascot of this school at the base of the Rocky Mountains CU Boulder
#8628, aired 2022-04-27MOUNTAINS & HILLS $400: The order "Don't fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes" is associated with this hill Bunker Hill
#8628, aired 2022-04-27MOUNTAINS & HILLS $800: In the panhandle near the Alabama border, 345-foot Britton Hill is the highest natural point in this state Florida
#8628, aired 2022-04-27MOUNTAINS & HILLS $1600: These mountains run northeast to southwest from Tunisia, through Algeria & into Morocco the Atlas Mountains
#8628, aired 2022-04-27MOUNTAINS & HILLS $2000: About 18,500 feet high, this inactive volcano in Russia is the highest peak in Europe Mount Elbrus
#8628, aired 2022-04-27MOUNTAINS & HILLS $4,000 (Daily Double): Mountain ranges with this "snowy" name can be found both in California & southeastern Spain the Sierra Nevada
#8600, aired 2022-03-18U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2000: Mount Marcy & Algonquin Peak can be found in these mountains in northeastern New York the Adirondacks
#8591, aired 2022-03-07MOUNTAINS $200: According to a Japanese proverb, "He who climbs" this mountain "once is a wise man, he who climbs it twice is a fool" Mount Fuji
#8591, aired 2022-03-07MOUNTAINS $400: Ben Nevis in this country is the highest mountain of the British Isles Scotland
#8591, aired 2022-03-07MOUNTAINS $600: Bring a chair and enjoy the view of this famous mountain that overlooks Cape Town Table Mountain
#8591, aired 2022-03-07MOUNTAINS $800: These 2 highest mountains of Hawaii with similar names differ in height by just over 100 feet Mauna Loa & Mauna Kea
#8591, aired 2022-03-07MOUNTAINS $1000: Referring to its shape, this peak on which Brazil's Christ the Redeemer Statue stands has a name meaning "hunchback" Mount Corcovado
#8588, aired 2022-03-02ROAD TRIP $400: The Blue Ridge Parkway connects the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with this state's Shenandoah National Park Virginia
#16, aired 2022-02-18ZOOMING AROUND THE U.S. $1200: The Sawatch range: Zoom out to this larger mountain range the Rocky Mountains
#5, aired 2022-02-10YOU'LL HAVE PEAKS & VALLEYS $400: Appropriately, the Funeral Mountains border this valley of the American Southwest Death Valley
#8565, aired 2022-01-28RHYMING AMERICAN ROAD TRIP $800: From a New Mexico City at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, do you know the way to the seat of California's Santa Clara County? Santa Fe & San Jose
#8564, aired 2022-01-27FATHERS OF THE NATION $1600: Patriotic poet Ilia Chavchavadze is revered as the "Uncrowned King" & "Father of" this nation in the Caucasus Mountains Georgia
#8563, aired 2022-01-26THE CAROLINAS $600: These colorful mountains of the Appalachians pass through both North & South Carolina & several other states as well Blue Ridge Mountains
#8556, aired 2022-01-17THE LAKE SHOW $600: Known for its tourist resorts, Lake Tahoe is a high elevation lake in these mountains of the western United States the Sierra Nevadas
#8554, aired 2022-01-13MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD $400: 12,388 feet high, this sacred mountain is on the island of Honshu Mount Fuji
#8554, aired 2022-01-13MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD $800: A high mountain chain in Croatia is called the "Dinaric" these, like a range of western Europe Alps
#8554, aired 2022-01-13MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD $1200: The Trans-Canada Highway runs thru Kicking Horse Pass in these mountains on the border between Alberta & British Columbia the Canadian Rockies
#8554, aired 2022-01-13MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD $2000: The vast flatland known as the European Plain sweeps from the Pyrenees in the west to these mountains in the east the Urals
#8554, aired 2022-01-13MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD $4,000 (Daily Double): The Loma Mountains, rising to just over 6,000 feet, are the highest in this African country whose name means "lion mountains" Sierra Leone
#8547, aired 2022-01-04EURO-POURRI $800: Stretching over 800 miles from near Genoa down to Calabria, these mountains are said to form the backbone of Italy the Apennines
#8541, aired 2021-12-27ARKANSAS $800: Near Eureka Springs, Thorncrown Chapel began when Jim Reed offered a resting place for visitors who came to view these mountains the Ozarks
#8538, aired 2021-12-22U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Medicine Bow & Bighorn are U.S. ranges in these mountains that extend for more than 3,000 miles across North America the Rockies
#8536, aired 2021-12-20SKIING AROUND THE WORLD $1200: You might see the Sahara from the slopes of Morocco's Mount Toubkal in this range the Atlas Mountains
#8534, aired 2021-12-16SNOW-POURRI $1200: Mount Snow, Vermont calls itself these mountains' most accessible ski resort from the big cities south of it the Green Mountains
#8527, aired 2021-12-07MOUNTAINS $200: China's Mount Huang translates as the mountain of this color yellow
#8527, aired 2021-12-07MOUNTAINS $400: The world's fourth-highest peak, Lhotse is found in this range the Himalayas
#8527, aired 2021-12-07MOUNTAINS $600: Here's the view from the peak of Ben Nevis, Scotland's highest peak, part of this geographic region named for its altitude the Highlands
#8527, aired 2021-12-07MOUNTAINS $800: Uhuru & Mawenzi are peaks of this African mountain Mount Kilimanjaro
#8527, aired 2021-12-07MOUNTAINS $1000: First summited in 1966, this 16,000-foot peak overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf Vinson Massif
#8506, aired 2021-11-08FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES $200: In 1865 Peak XV got this new name to honor a British surveyor general of India Mount Everest
#8506, aired 2021-11-08FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES $400: Prairie du Chien, this state's oldest settlement after Green Bay, was the site of the state's only battle in the War of 1812 Wisconsin
#8506, aired 2021-11-08FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES $600: Kansas' Little House on the Prairie Museum was reconstructed from the descriptions of this woman Wilder
#8506, aired 2021-11-08FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES $800: Uranium City, where folks once mined just what you'd think, is in this middle one of Canada's prairie provinces Saskatchewan
#8506, aired 2021-11-08FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES $1000: The polar section of this mountain range ends near the Kara Sea; the southern part, around Kazakhstan's border the Urals
#8503, aired 2021-11-03COLOR, MY WORLD $1000: In a color clash, the highest elevations in this mountain range are in its Black Mountains of North Carolina the Blue Ridge Mountains
#8502, aired 2021-11-02THE MIDDLE EAST $1200: The Taurus Mountains of Southern Turkey stretch from Lake Egirdir to this longest river in the region the Euphrates
#8482, aired 2021-10-05CANYONS $800: The Todra Gorge in these mountains is a popular attraction in Morocco Atlas
#8482, aired 2021-10-05CANYONS $1600: Mexico's rugged Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) is found in these "mother" mountains in Chihuahua state Sierra Madre
#8481, aired 2021-10-04RIVERS OF ASIA $800: In some areas, mountains more than one mile high form the banks of this river that runs from Tibet to the East China Sea Yangtze
#8479, aired 2021-09-30THE GEOGRAPHY $400: Found between Austria & Italy, Tyrol is a region in these mountains Alps
#8478, aired 2021-09-29SEE, IT STARTS WITH "CL" $800: As it reaches into the sky, it makes sense for the highest peak in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains to be named for this object clouds
#8474, aired 2021-09-23PEAK $800: An extinct volcano, Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus mountains is located in this country Russia
#8472, aired 2021-09-21THE GREAT DIVIDE $200: When we reference the North American Great Divide, we're generally talking about this mountain range Rockies (the Rocky Mountains)
#8471, aired 2021-09-20AMERICAN LAKES $1200: Secluded inlets called coves are popular for fishing in Midwestern lakes, like Missouri's Lake of these mountains Lake of the Ozarks
#8465, aired 2021-08-13EVENTS OF THE 1850s $400: 70 years after the highest peak in these mountains was 1st climbed, a group conquered 15,200' Dufourspitze, the second-highest (the) Alps
#8458, aired 2021-08-045, MOUNTAIN TIME $1000: There's great skiing at places like Tremblant in these mountains, the Quebec portion of the Canadian Shield the Laurentians
#8451, aired 2021-07-26ARABIA $800: This city in the Sirat Mountains commands the attention of the devout 5 times a day Mecca
#8440, aired 2021-07-09LITERARY GIRL, INTERRUPTED $400: Heidi, at home in the mountains: "I want to go about like the light-footed..." these animals goats
#8425, aired 2021-06-18A TALE OF 2 GEORGIAS $2000: In the U.S., the Blue Ridge Mountains reach into northern Georgia; in Europe this "Great" range is to the north the Caucasus
#8424, aired 2021-06-17NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: From its sources in Colorado's San Juan Mountains, this 1,900-mile river flows all the way to the Gulf of Mexico the Rio Grande
#8422, aired 2021-06-15HAVING A POSITIVE ALTITUDE $200: Zugspitze, Germany's highest peak, is 9,700 feet up in these mountains the (Bavarian) Alps
#8422, aired 2021-06-15HAVING A POSITIVE ALTITUDE $800: This southwestern state capital lies at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, about 1.3 miles above sea level Santa Fe
#8415, aired 2021-06-04MAGNA CARTOGRAPHY $400: A topographic map of this "Great" range would show Clingmans Dome peaking above Knoxville & Asheville the Great Smoky Mountains
#8412, aired 2021-06-01PERU $600: 22,200-foot Mount Huascaran, the highest in Peru, is in the Cordillera Blanca range of these mountains the Andes
#8394, aired 2021-05-06AROUND TENNESSEE $800: Near where Tennessee borders Kentucky & Virginia, the Cumberland Gap passes through these mountains the Appalachians
#8389, aired 2021-04-29GEOGRAPHIC TOP 10s $1000: This mountain chain that extends some 1,500 miles from Morocco to Tunisia is the world's 7th longest the Atlas Mountains
#8386, aired 2021-04-26OFFICIAL STATE SONGS $200: "These Green Mountains" Vermont
#8380, aired 2021-04-16HISTORY ON ICE $400: The neolithic iceman nicknamed Otzi was found by a German tourist in the Otztal Range of these European mountains the Alps
#8373, aired 2021-04-07THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE $600: This range was considered the western border of the Louisiana Purchase the Rocky Mountains
#8370, aired 2021-04-022-WORD U.S. CITIES $800: The U.S. Air Force Academy is just north of this city at the edge of the Rocky Mountains Colorado Springs
#8369, aired 2021-04-01U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: Washington state is split by I-90 which goes through these mountains that form a curtain not as rigid as the Iron Curtain the Cascades
#8359, aired 2021-03-18MOUNTAIN $400: The highest peak in the Rocky Mountains is 14,400-foot Mount Elbert in this state Colorado
#8354, aired 2021-03-11FLAGS OF OUR FEATHERS $1200: The flag of Bolivia features the condor named for these mountains the Andes
#8348, aired 2021-03-03MEGALITHS $2000: These avian-named people of Montana have origin myths for large sacred medicine wheels, like the one in the Bighorn Mountains the Crow
#8347, aired 2021-03-02MOUNTAINS $200: Sagarmatha is its name in Nepali Mount Everest
#8347, aired 2021-03-02MOUNTAINS $600: Opened in 2016, a rail tunnel under these mountains is the world's longest; here are miners with the drilling machine known as Heidi the (Swiss) Alps
#8347, aired 2021-03-02MOUNTAINS $800: Here's the crater of this Hawaiian volcano with a one-word name Kilauea
#8347, aired 2021-03-02MOUNTAINS $1,000 (Daily Double): This highest mountain in Japan is actually a volcano that last erupted in 1707 Mount Fuji
#8347, aired 2021-03-02MOUNTAINS $1000: In 1794 George Vancouver caught sight of this peak from Cook Inlet, an arm of the Gulf of Alaska Mount McKinley (Denali)
#8325, aired 2021-01-29AROUND THE CARIBBEAN $800: The largest range in Jamaica, these mountains are famous as a source of coffee beans the Blue Mountains
#8322, aired 2021-01-26LOCATION $2000: Part of the Appalachians, these mountains famous for hotels like Kutsher's are between the Mohawk & Hudson Rivers the Catskills
#8317, aired 2021-01-19COUNTRY ROADS $600: The Snowy Mountains Highway, the Tasman Highway Australia
#8316, aired 2021-01-18"G"-OGRAPHY $400: Mongol yurts are used to survive the harsh terrain of this vast expanse between the Altai & Bei Mountains the Gobi Desert
#8316, aired 2021-01-18"G"-OGRAPHY $800: Mount Mansfield is the tallest peak in this Vermont range the Green Mountains
#8308, aired 2021-01-06PEAK AT THE MOUNTAINS $400: East of Santiago, Chile, Mount Tupungato is a 22,000-foot peak in this range the Andes
#8308, aired 2021-01-06PEAK AT THE MOUNTAINS $800: Rising 19,340 feet along the East African Rift system is this peak of Tanzania Kilimanjaro
#8308, aired 2021-01-06PEAK AT THE MOUNTAINS $1200: The Sawatch Range of this mountain system includes peaks like Mount Elbert the Rockies
#8308, aired 2021-01-06PEAK AT THE MOUNTAINS $2,000 (Daily Double): The border between these 2 countries goes right down the middle of a room in the Hotel Arbez in the Jura Mountains France & Switzerland
#8308, aired 2021-01-06PEAK AT THE MOUNTAINS $2000: Mount Mitchell in the Black Mountains of North Carolina is the tallest peak in this range the Appalachians
#8303, aired 2020-12-16CAVE CAVEATS $2000: Hold on tight descending into Krubera Cave, the world's 2nd deepest, found in these European mountains in Georgia the Caucasus
#8290, aired 2020-11-27THE ATMOSPHERE $800: Lenticular clouds, which usually form near mountains, are also called these clouds, because they can be mistaken for the weird phenomena UFO clouds
#8283, aired 2020-11-18AROUND THE WORLD $1000: This 1,500-mile mountain chain separates the Mediterranean basin from the Sahara the Atlas Mountains
#8274, aired 2020-11-05TAKE A HIKE $600: Here the Great Smoky Mountains live up to their name as a hiker navigates the Charlies Bunion Hike on this famed trail the Appalachian Trail
#8269, aired 2020-10-29NATIONAL PARKS $200: The national park named for these "Great" mountains is shared by North Carolina & Tennessee the Great Smoky Mountains
#8269, aired 2020-10-29TRANSLATED GEOGRAPHIC NAMES $2000: Spanish: Blood of Christ mountains, Colorado & New Mexico The Sangre de Cristo Mountains
#8268, aired 2020-10-28EVERYDAY GERMAN IN ENGLISH $1200: In the mountains enjoy these "noble white" flowers edelweiss
#8265, aired 2020-10-23THAT IS SO SOCAL $1600: These mountains of Southern California share their name with strong, hot, dust-bearing winds of the region the Santa Anas
#8256, aired 2020-10-12FRANCE $600: Don't miss the tiny railway in France's national park named for these mountains that border Spain the Pyrenees
#8235, aired 2020-06-12TROOP-POURRI $400: The Alpini were Italian soldiers in WWI who specialized in this type of terrain mountains
#8234, aired 2020-06-11A RIVER RUNS UNDER IT $800: West Virginia's Lost River disappears under a ridge in this mountain chain, then emerges as the Cacapon River on the other side the Appalachian Mountains (Blue Ridge Mountains)
#8232, aired 2020-06-09THE PLAIN TRUTH $2000: The Russian Plain extends from the country's western border to these mountains that run 1,550 miles from north to south the Urals
#8229, aired 2020-06-04CAN YOU SPARE A RHYME $2000: A puma's home in the mountains, or a "Dragon's" in an arcade a lair
#8227, aired 2020-06-02GOING ON VACATION $800: Chile has a beautiful "district" of mountains & water that shares its name with this similar one in north England the Lake District
#8227, aired 2020-06-02I'M FULL OF "N.V." $1000: The Mayacamas Mountains to the west and the Vaca Range to the east, enclose this fertile region of Northern California Napa Valley
#8220, aired 2020-05-22WORLD FACTS $400: This lake in the Cascade Mountains is the deepest lake in the United States Crater Lake
#8216, aired 2020-05-18THE ANDES MOUNTAINS $400: At their southern end, the Andes begin in this "fiery" archipelago at the tip of South America Tierra del Fuego
#8216, aired 2020-05-18THE ANDES MOUNTAINS $800: Over its some 5,000-mile range, the Andes are home to major cities like La Paz, Quito, and this other capital city Bogota
#8216, aired 2020-05-18THE ANDES MOUNTAINS $1200: One awe-inspiring hike in the Andes is on the Inca trail, traveling from Cuzco through the Sacred Valley to this royal retreat Machu Picchu
#8216, aired 2020-05-18THE ANDES MOUNTAINS $1600: The Andes are dotted with forests of cinchona trees whose bark produces this drug used in the treatment of Malaria quinine
#8216, aired 2020-05-18THE ANDES MOUNTAINS $2000: 22,800 feet high, this Argentine peak is the Andes' highest Mount Aconcagua
#8212, aired 2020-04-28RELIGIOUS "ISM"s $1600: This Asian faith's name means "way of the gods" & its shrines are dedicated to rivers, mountains & other natural objects Shintoism
#8209, aired 2020-04-23PENNSYLVANIA GEO $1000: These mountains in the northeast are the site of many resort facilities the Poconos
#8206, aired 2020-04-20QUESTIONS FROM A 1927 QUIZ BOOK $600: 12 1/2 miles long, the Simplon Tunnel through these European mountains was then the longest in the world the Alps
#8204, aired 2020-04-16FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $2,400 (Daily Double): Rich in fossils, these 4-letter mountains shared with Switzerland gave their name to an ancient dino-heavy period the Jura Mountains
#8203, aired 2020-04-15THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS $200: The Rocky Mountains stretch for more than 3,000 miles from New Mexico north to the Brooks Range in this state Alaska
#8203, aired 2020-04-15THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS $400: A wide variety of animals live in the Rocky Mountains, including this type of wild sheep a bighorn sheep
#8203, aired 2020-04-15THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS $600: For much of its length, this ridge between western- & eastern-flowing river systems follows the crest of the Rocky Mountains the Continental Ridge (Continental Divide)
#8203, aired 2020-04-15THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS $800 (Daily Double): A state capital in the Rockies bears the name of this Native American people once found in the region Cheyenne
#8203, aired 2020-04-15THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS $800: For a real Rocky Mountain high, visit this military academy near Colorado Springs the Air Force Academy
#8184, aired 2020-03-19LAKES & RIVERS $800: The Rappahannock River rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains & flows just over 200 miles before emptying into this bay the Chesapeake
#8173, aired 2020-03-04HIGH WATER $800: A 425-mile river originating in Idaho's Sawtooth mountains is named for this fish known for its upriver journeys the salmon
#8166, aired 2020-02-24AROUND THE WORLD $1000: One of Asia's most vulnerable rainforests is in the mountains of Cambodia named for this spice that also starts with the letter C cardamom
#8153, aired 2020-02-05STATE SONGS $800: In the lyrics of Vermont's state song, "these" title lofty peaks "are my home" the Green Mountains
#8153, aired 2020-02-05A COLORFUL CATEGORY $3,000 (Daily Double): Here's this mountain range mentioned in the opening of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" the Blue Ridge Mountains
#8149, aired 2020-01-30CAPITAL ISLANDS $400: Backed by the Blue Mountains, Kingston is the capital of this island country Jamaica
#8136, aired 2020-01-13COLONIAL AMERICA $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) The British government's Proclamation of 1763 created what the Brits called a vast Indian reserve in which no colonists were allowed to settle west of these mountains the Applachian Mountains
#8126, aired 2019-12-30FAMOUS WOMEN $200: A peak in Oregon's Wallowa Mountains is named for this Shoshone interpreter Sacagawea
#8124, aired 2019-12-26THAT'S ECUADORABLE $400: 8,000 feet up in a valley in these mountains, the scenic city of Cuenca is on the UNESCO World Heritage list the Andes
#8116, aired 2019-12-16C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $400: Protected on 3 sides by mountains, this Greek city-state not big on luxury was on the bank of the Eurotas River Sparta
#8109, aired 2019-12-05GRAND OLD FLAGS $1200: In use since 1743, the triangular pennons on Nepal's flag originally symbolized these jagged natural features the Himalayans
#8104, aired 2019-11-28PAMPAS $200: The Pampas cover an area in South America of about 300,000 square miles from the Atlantic to the foothills of these mountains the Andes
#8095, aired 2019-11-15MOUNTAINS OF ASIA $200: These imposing peaks have a name meaning "abode of snow" the Himalayas
#8095, aired 2019-11-15MOUNTAINS OF ASIA $400: Rising to almost 13,000 feet, the Pontic Mountains of Northern Turkey bend along the southern shore of this body of water the Black Sea
#8095, aired 2019-11-15MOUNTAINS OF ASIA $600: Mount Apo is the highest peak in this Asian nation & its name means "grandfather" in Tagalog the Philippines
#8095, aired 2019-11-15MOUNTAINS OF ASIA $800: Reaching almost 15,000 feet, the Zagros Mountains stretch along the western border of this nation Iran
#8095, aired 2019-11-15MOUNTAINS OF ASIA $1000: These continent-separating mountains stretch 1,550 miles from the Arctic Ocean to Kazakhstan the Urals
#8088, aired 2019-11-06SCIENCE & EXPLORATION $400: Geneva physics prof Horace de Saussure introduced "geology" into scientific nomenclature in a 1779 work on travels in these mountains the Alps
#8084, aired 2019-10-31MOUNTAIN STATES $200: 13,100-foot Truchas Peak in the Santa Fe Mountains New Mexico
#8084, aired 2019-10-31HOBBIES $200: Many artistic hobbyists set up an easel outdoors to create this type of painting depicting natural scenery like mountains or trees a landscape
#8078, aired 2019-10-23A POETIC GEOGRAPHY LESSON $400: "Hail to thee, monarch of African mountains", begins Bayard Taylor's verse about this peak Kilimanjaro
#8077, aired 2019-10-22POTPOURRI $1200: You can climb the Hangayn Mountains in this country that's sandwiched between China & Russia Mongolia
#8071, aired 2019-10-14A BIG STATISTIC $800: The haze that gives it its 3-word name doesn't keep visitors from making it our most visited national park Great Smoky Mountains
#8064, aired 2019-10-03THE WORLD IN 1819 $400: The University of Virginia was founded on 1,000 acres near the Blue Ridge Mountains with this man as its first rector Thomas Jefferson
#8054, aired 2019-09-19MOVIES ABOUT GEOGRAPHY $400: The 1857 search by Richard Burton & John Speke for the source of this river plays out in "Mountains of the Moon" Nile
#8038, aired 2019-07-17AROUND THE GLOBE $1600: In 1541 De Soto may have had a soak in what's now this city at the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains Hot Springs, Arkansas
#8036, aired 2019-07-15RHYME TIME $400: An odd group of connected mountains a strange range
#8026, aired 2019-07-01QUEENS RULE! $800: Joan I was a 13th c. queen of Navarre, a land that controlled vital passes in these Franco-Spanish mountains the Pyrenees
#8023, aired 2019-06-26COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: Nearly 60% of Switzerland's territory is in these mountains the Alps
#8004, aired 2019-05-30SOME OF THE TEA IN CHINA $2000: A famous smoky tea from the Wuyi Mountains is called Lapsang this Souchong
#7999, aired 2019-05-23MOUNTAINS $400: At 3,210 feet, Scafell Pike in Lake District National Park is the highest elevation in this U.K. country England
#7999, aired 2019-05-23MOUNTAINS $800: Snowshoe Mountain is a nearly 5,000-foot ski site in this U.S. "Mountain State" West Virginia
#7999, aired 2019-05-23MOUNTAINS $1200: The second-highest mountain peak in the world, it tops out at 28,251 feet K2
#7999, aired 2019-05-23MOUNTAINS $2000: This "Dome" is the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains & in Tennessee Clingmans Dome
#7999, aired 2019-05-23MOUNTAINS $8,200 (Daily Double): All of Romania's mountains are part of this 900-mile-long range the Carpathian
#7984, aired 2019-05-02STATE SCHOOL, THAT GREAT SCHOOL $600: Universitas viridis montis is Latin for "University of the Green Mountains", which is why this school goes by UVM (University of) Vermont
#7984, aired 2019-05-02TRICKY TRAILS $800: At Ecuador's Pailon del Diablo waterfall in these mountains, the steps might be a little slick the Andes
#7977, aired 2019-04-23ARCHITECTURE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a Hong Kong building on the monitor.) With feng shui in mind, some buildings in Hong Kong are designed with holes in the structures that are considered gates for these mythical serpents as they travel down from the mountains & out towards the sea dragons
#7961, aired 2019-04-01MOROCCO $1600: Ranges spanning Morocco include the Rif Mountains in its north & these mountains toward the south the Atlas Mountains
#7960, aired 2019-03-29QUARTZ & ALL $400: Smoky quartz is a prized product of the Caringorm Mountains of this U.K. country Scotland
#7956, aired 2019-03-25LET'S HEAD NORTH $400: China is on the northern border of this 2-word peninsular nation, about 80% of which is covered by mountains North Korea
#7953, aired 2019-03-20"M"OUNTAINS $400: In names of Hawaiian mountains, it precedes Kea & Loa Mauna
#7950, aired 2019-03-15IT'S CHINA, JAKE $800: The ICC building in this former British colony was limited to 118 floors because it may not be taller than the mountains Hong Kong
#7949, aired 2019-03-14HIGH GARDEN $400: The flower Aquilegia saximontana is aka these mountains' blue columbine the Rockies
#7947, aired 2019-03-12CIA WORLD FACTBOOK NO. 1s $600: The United States: 13,513 of these, including Logan & McCarran airports
#7947, aired 2019-03-12A HOLE IN THE GROUND $2000: Ausable Chasm bills itself as the Grand Canyon of these New York State mountains up by Lake Champlain Adirondacks
#7945, aired 2019-03-08GEOGRAPH"EE" $400: These mountains stretch 270 miles from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean the Pyrenees
#7938, aired 2019-02-27A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $800: Erosion by glaciers created the lakes of these mountains, including Lake Garda & Lake Lucerne the Alps
#7934, aired 2019-02-21TRIPLE RHYME TIME $600: Exploring Hellenic mountains for a full 7 days a Greek peak week
#7929, aired 2019-02-14MOUNTAINS & VALLEYS $200: Glencoe Valley in the highlands of this U.K. country is a paradise for hikers & climbers Scotland
#7929, aired 2019-02-14MOUNTAINS & VALLEYS $400: First class vineyards like Stags' Leap make their home in a valley in this northern California county Napa
#7929, aired 2019-02-14MOUNTAINS & VALLEYS $600: Geologically, New York's Catskills are a part of this mountain chain that stretches from Alabama up into Canada the Appalachians
#7929, aired 2019-02-14MOUNTAINS & VALLEYS $800: Mount Nebo, said to be where Moses died, overlooks this river's valley the Jordan
#7929, aired 2019-02-14MOUNTAINS & VALLEYS $1000: In 1965, 6 years after work began, an automotive tunnel named for this mountain connected France & Italy Mont Blanc
#7925, aired 2019-02-08STARGAZERS $1200: In 1609 this Italian used his telescope to determine that the Moon has valleys & mountains Galileo
#7924, aired 2019-02-07THE GRAND TOUR $400: Young 18th c. Brits would take a grand tour of Europe, including crossing these mountains into Italy (carried in a chair) the Alps
#7924, aired 2019-02-07WORD RHYMES $1000: One from the Taurus Mountains of the Middle East a Kurd
#7923, aired 2019-02-06WWF $400: The snow leopard is facing the loss of its habitat in this Asian range that includes the highest mountains in the world the Himalayas
#7915, aired 2019-01-25RUSSIAN BODIES OF WATER $1200: This river & the mountains with which it shares its name form a traditional border between Europe & Asia the Urals
#7909, aired 2019-01-17STATES & PROVINCES $400: This state's song hits home--"they say home is where the heart is, these Green Mountains are my home" Vermont
#7905, aired 2019-01-11THE STATE OF NATURE $800: The Sawtooth Mountains, one of Hemingway's favorite playgrounds Idaho
#7902, aired 2019-01-08THE VERY OLD EAST $1600: The Himalayas became Earth's tallest mountains during this geologic epoch just before our current one the Pleistocene
#7899, aired 2019-01-03AMERICAN HISTORY $800: JFK declined to change the name, chosen by his predecessor, of this retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains Camp David
#7894, aired 2018-12-27ON THE HEAVENLY BODY $800: Caloris Montes, aka Heat's Mountains on this planet Mercury
#7885, aired 2018-12-14COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS $1200: In South America; Juliana Top in the Wilhelmina Mountains Suriname
#7879, aired 2018-12-06IN THE RANGE $3,000 (Daily Double): Taza Gap in Morocco, on the way to Algeria the Atlas Mountains
#7872, aired 2018-11-27TRAVEL & TOURISM $800: With more than 60 active geysers, Chile's El Tatio in these mountains is the largest geyser field south of the Equator the Andes
#7860, aired 2018-11-09MOUNTAINS $400: The altitudes of mountains, like 13,160 feet for Wheeler Peak, are measured as heights above this sea level
#7860, aired 2018-11-09MOUNTAINS $800: Molten rock that hardens but doesn't erupt forms this type of mountain, named for its rounded top a dome mountain
#7860, aired 2018-11-09MOUNTAINS $1200: The solar system's tallest volcano, Olympus Mons on this planet climbs 16 miles high Mars
#7860, aired 2018-11-09MOUNTAINS $1600: The Scottish highlands & these 1,500-mile-long mountains of the eastern U.S. are remnants of the same ancient range the Appalachians
#7860, aired 2018-11-09MOUNTAINS $2000: A rugged 1,500-mile range in western Siberia, these mountains form a traditional boundary between Europe & Asia the Urals
#7840, aired 2018-10-12MOUNTAINS $200: The USA's 10 highest mountain peaks are all found in this state Alaska
#7840, aired 2018-10-12MOUNTAINS $400: This range forms a natural barrier between 2 nations, with a third country among its peaks the Pyrenees
#7840, aired 2018-10-12MOUNTAINS $600: This mountain rises to some 19,000 feet above the surrounding plains of Tanzania Kilimanjaro
#7840, aired 2018-10-12MOUNTAINS $800: Featured in "Peer Gynt", the highest range in Scandinavia is the Jotunheimen Mountains of this country Norway
#7840, aired 2018-10-12MOUNTAINS $1000: For the first time in 500 years, this volcanic mountain in the Philippines blew its top in 1991 Pinatubo
#7825, aired 2018-09-21COUNTRIES WITH FEWER THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE $400: The 750,000 people of Bhutan live in these mountains, which include the 24,800-foot Gangkar Puensum the Himalayas
#7819, aired 2018-09-13ARTS & CULTURE $1,600 (Daily Double): He had nothing to do with the title, but Aaron Copland said, "I've begun to see the" mountains "myself" on hearing this piece Appalachian Spring
#7810, aired 2018-07-20RIVERS $400: Rising in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, the Rio Grande flows 1,900 miles into this body of water the Gulf of Mexico
#7803, aired 2018-07-11LEXICON VALLEY $800: From Hindi for "valley", a dhoon is a type of valley found at the foot of these great mountains the Himalayas
#7801, aired 2018-07-09ALLITERATIVE LIT $1200: "The Magic Mountain" by Thomas Mann is set in a microcosm of Europe, a rest home in these mountains the Alps
#7797, aired 2018-07-03A NICE CUP OF COFFEE $800: Jamaica's famed coffee-growing area is in these colorful mountains the Blue Mountains
#7794, aired 2018-06-28"F"IVE-LETTER WORDS $800: A proverb says this "can move mountains" faith
#7783, aired 2018-06-13APPALACHIAN APPELLATION $2000: The observation point seen here has great views of Clingmans Dome in these mountains on the Tennessee-North Carolina border the Great Smoky Mountains
#7764, aired 2018-05-17U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: This colorful group of eroded mountains contains South Dakota's Custer Peak the Black Hills
#7763, aired 2018-05-16FER SURE, IT'S THE VALLEY, DUDE $1000: The Alleghenies are on the west side of the Shenandoah Valley; these "colorful" mountains, east Blue Ridge Mountains
#7762, aired 2018-05-15WORLD CAPITALS $2000: At the foot of the Elburz Mountains lies this capital whose name you can spell with or without an "E" in the middle Tehran
#7754, aired 2018-05-03THE DAWN OF THE RAILROADS $2000: In 1851 a contest was held to design a train to traverse the Semmering Pass in these European mountains the Alps
#7748, aired 2018-04-25STATE CAPITAL FACTS $800: It commands the main pass through the Green Mountains Montpelier
#7745, aired 2018-04-20EXPLORERS $1600: In 1741 this Dane sailed east from the Kamchatka Peninsula & on July 16 sighted Alaska's St. Elias mountains (Vitus) Bering
#7745, aired 2018-04-20WORLD GEOGRAPHY $6,400 (Daily Double): The Snowy Mountains are a range in this country's Alps Australia
#7724, aired 2018-03-22ON THE BOARD GAME $600: Gumdrop Mountains, Lollipop Forest Candy Land
#7720, aired 2018-03-16MOUNTAINS $400: Austria's western, central & southern mountainous regions are in the eastern part of these European mountains the Alps
#7720, aired 2018-03-16MOUNTAINS $800: 1,300-foot Sugarloaf Mountain overlooks this sprawling South American metropolis Rio de Janeiro
#7720, aired 2018-03-16MOUNTAINS $1600: Williamstown & Pittsfield are communities in these mountains of western Massachusetts the Berkshires
#7720, aired 2018-03-16MOUNTAINS $2,000 (Daily Double): Mount Masada, site of a famous fortress in the Judean desert, overlooks this body of water the Dead Sea
#7720, aired 2018-03-16MOUNTAINS $2000: Add 5 letters to "Anna" to get the name of this Himalayan massif, also a girl's name in Asia Annapurna
#7717, aired 2018-03-13LITERARY GEOGRAPHY $1000: In H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness", an expedition discovers an alien terror on this continent Antarctica
#7715, aired 2018-03-09OUR SOLAR SYSTEM $600: This very hot planet sorta has snow--metals like galena are vaporized & settle as mist on the mountains Venus
#7704, aired 2018-02-22AFRICA SINCE 1750 $800: Similar to Liberia, this "lion mountains" nation began as a colony for freed slaves in 1787 Sierra Leone
#7700, aired 2018-02-16STATES' HIGHEST POINTS $200: Mount Mansfield in the Green Mountains Vermont
#7693, aired 2018-02-07THE GLOBE $1200: Canada's Mackenzie River system traverses 2,635 miles from the Omineca mountains to this ocean Arctic Ocean
#7684, aired 2018-01-25CRAYOLA COLORS $200: In 1993 consumers were asked to name new colors & came up with this "mountains' majesty" purple mountains' majesty
#7679, aired 2018-01-18PEAK TV $400: "Mile-High Mutt" is a 2015 episode of "Dr. Jeff", about a vet working in these mountains the Rockies
#7675, aired 2018-01-12MUMMY DEAREST $400: Otzi the Iceman died more than 5,000 years ago in the Tyrolean range of these mountains the Alps
#7674, aired 2018-01-11STATE SEALS $200: Nebraska's state seal has a steamboat on this river with the Rocky Mountains in view the Missouri River
#7661, aired 2017-12-25MOUNTAINS NAMED FOR PEOPLE $200: He was just a candidate for president when William Dickey renamed an Alaska mountain for him McKinley
#7661, aired 2017-12-25MOUNTAINS NAMED FOR PEOPLE $400: A chap named Peter got his name on this tallest mountain in Washington state Rainier
#7661, aired 2017-12-25MOUNTAINS NAMED FOR PEOPLE $600: Aoraki is another name for Mount Cook on this country's South Island New Zealand
#7661, aired 2017-12-25MOUNTAINS NAMED FOR PEOPLE $800: The name of this Oregon mountain honors a British admiral Mount Hood
#7661, aired 2017-12-25MOUNTAINS NAMED FOR PEOPLE $1000: The presidential range in the White Mountains, mainly in this state, has peaks named for Washington, Jefferson & Adams New Hampshire
#7651, aired 2017-12-11"GREAT" STUFF $1200: With more than 30 species, this "hazy" U.S. mountain range is called the "Salamander Capital of the World" the Great Smoky Mountains
#7641, aired 2017-11-27MOUNTAINS $200: Its Sanskrit name, Sagarmatha, can be translated as "head above heaven" & deservedly so Everest
#7641, aired 2017-11-27MOUNTAINS $400: "Mountain range mother" in Spanish, it's the collective name of 3 mountain ranges in Mexico Sierra Madre
#7641, aired 2017-11-27MOUNTAINS $600: Let's put our 4 big heads together & come up with the name of this landmark just SW of Rapid City Mount Rushmore
#7641, aired 2017-11-27MOUNTAINS $800: In 1938 Greece created its first national park around this famed peak Olympus
#7641, aired 2017-11-27MOUNTAINS $1000: The trio seen here tops out just around 10,000 feet in this range of the Alps with the same name as a mineral the Dolomites
#7614, aired 2017-10-19EUROPEAN MOUNTAINS $400: France's Garonne river rises in this mountain range in Spain the Pyrenees
#7614, aired 2017-10-19EUROPEAN MOUNTAINS $800: This alp has Chamonix at its base & a nearly 16,000-foot summit in French territory Mont Blanc
#7614, aired 2017-10-19EUROPEAN MOUNTAINS $1,200 (Daily Double): The principal chains of the northern part of this mountain range are the Ligurian, Tuscan & Umbrian Apennines
#7614, aired 2017-10-19EUROPEAN MOUNTAINS $1600: This range that shares a name with a peninsula extends from Serbia to Cape Emine on the Black Sea the Balkan
#7614, aired 2017-10-19EUROPEAN MOUNTAINS $2000: Ireland's Gap of Dunloe separates Purple Mountain and the range called Macgillycuddy's these; hold your nose Reeks
#7611, aired 2017-10-16NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS $400: A boy who tends llamas learns about his ancestors in Ann Nolan Clark's "Secret of" these mountains the Andes
#7602, aired 2017-10-03NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S MUST SEE PLACES FOR 2017 $2000: "Beauty and bliss in the Rocky Mountains": this town & national park in Alberta Banff
#7592, aired 2017-09-19TRANSYLVANIA $3,000 (Daily Double): To the north & east, Transylvania is bounded by these mountains that are a continuation of the Alps the Carpathian Mountains
#7590, aired 2017-09-15SEAS $400: The Crimean Mountains slope steeply into this sea the Black Sea
#7577, aired 2017-07-18THE NAME OF THE WIND $2,000 (Daily Double): Whether found in the Pennine or Ligurian sections, Foehns are winds first studied in these mountains the Alps
#7572, aired 2017-07-11WHEN THE WALLS FELL $1600: This country's Wall of Tammishe runs from the Elburz mountains to the Caspian Sea, which now covers part of the wall Iran
#7571, aired 2017-07-10MIXED GREENS $200: At about 4,400 feet, Mount Mansfield in the Green Mountains is the highest point in this state Vermont
#7567, aired 2017-07-04THE RED, WHITE & BLUE $600: Famous for the coffee grown there, the Blue Mountains are the highest range on this Caribbean island Jamaica
#7562, aired 2017-06-27SCULPTORS & STATUORS $1200: Emmet Sullivan designed the 67' Christ of these mountains in Eureka Springs, Arkansas the Ozarks
#7560, aired 2017-06-23AMERICAN ART $1600: Just west of the Hudson Valley, these mountains provided the Hudson River School with great views the Catskills
#7550, aired 2017-06-09U.S. MOUNTAINS $200: Shortly after Ansel Adams' death, a mountain in this national park was named for him Yosemite
#7550, aired 2017-06-09U.S. MOUNTAINS $400: It's the peak seen here in the spring of 1980 Mount St. Helens
#7550, aired 2017-06-09U.S. MOUNTAINS $600: At 13,700 feet the highest peak of this range in Wyoming is "Grand", literally the Grand Tetons
#7550, aired 2017-06-09U.S. MOUNTAINS $1,400 (Daily Double): Popular with hikers, this Phoenix landmark is named for its resemblance to a humped mammal kneeling Camelback Mountain
#7526, aired 2017-05-08THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE $1600: This mountain system extends for more than 1,200 miles from Agadir, Morocco to Tunis, Tunisia the Atlas Mountains
#7510, aired 2017-04-14MOUNTAINS $200: Blanketed in snow, it's the fitting name for the highest mountain in the Alps Mont Blanc
#7510, aired 2017-04-14MOUNTAINS $400: Here is one of Hokusai's 36 views of this mountain Mount Fuji
#7510, aired 2017-04-14MOUNTAINS $600: It's also known as Mount Horeb & the Mountain of Moses Sinai
#7510, aired 2017-04-14MOUNTAINS $1,000 (Daily Double): Pliny the Younger noted that on the morning of August 24, 79 A.D., a cloud appeared over the summit of this mountain Vesuvius
#7510, aired 2017-04-14MOUNTAINS $1000: This flat-topped mountain rises 3,500 feet above Cape Town Table Mountain
#7508, aired 2017-04-12TRUE STORY $400: Piers Paul Read's "Alive" recounts a rugby team surviving a plane crash & resorting to cannibalism in these mountains the Andes
#7489, aired 2017-03-16CRY ME A WORLD RIVER $800: Haridwar is a sacred Hindu city as this river there emerges from the mountains onto the plains the Ganges
#7479, aired 2017-03-02TENNESSEE HISTORY $2000: The 1982 World's Fair was held in this eastern city, "The Gateway to the Smoky Mountains" Knoxville
#7470, aired 2017-02-17GEOGRAPHER'S DICTIONARY $800: Intermontane means between mountains, like the Great Basin between the Rockies and this range the Sierra Nevada
#7457, aired 2017-01-31AN "I" LAND $2000: Home to the Wicklow & Blue Stack Mountains Ireland
#7443, aired 2017-01-11AROUND THE WORLD $1200: This mountain system includes Mount Toubkal in Morocco the Atlas Mountains
#7441, aired 2017-01-09AIRPORT $200: At Courchevel, you land downhill & take off uphill for your trip to ski the nearby French these mountains the Alps
#7436, aired 2017-01-02FLAGS OF THE AMERICAS $400: On Chile's flag, the red is for the blood of the patriots, the blue is sky & the white is the snow of these mountains the Andes
#7431, aired 2016-12-26BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $1600: This king's pursuit of his son-in-law David is compared to a partridge hunt in the mountains Saul
#7422, aired 2016-12-13GEORGIA $1000: Northeast Georgia is covered by this "colorful" southern range of the Appalachians the Blue Ridge Mountains
#7407, aired 2016-11-22YOU DO THE GEOGRAPHIC MATH $1600: The number of continents minus the number of mountains above 29,000 feet 6
#7396, aired 2016-11-07TOYS & GAMES $800: The box for this classic said you can see the insects "dig tunnels", "build bridges" & "move mountains" an ant farm
#7395, aired 2016-11-04U.S. MOUNTAINS $200: The U.S. army's Schofield Barracks are at the base of Ka'ala, this Hawaiian island's highest peak Oahu
#7395, aired 2016-11-04U.S. MOUNTAINS $400: Utah's Uinta range, a part of this mountain system, is the only major range in the contiguous U.S. running east-west the Rockies
#7395, aired 2016-11-04U.S. MOUNTAINS $600 (Daily Double): A Wyoming peak was named for this man soon after his 1924 death; there are said to be 14 points on its ridges Woodrow Wilson
#7395, aired 2016-11-04U.S. MOUNTAINS $800: Mount Whitney is the tallest & most frequently climbed mountain in this range the Sierra Nevada
#7395, aired 2016-11-04U.S. MOUNTAINS $1000: The observatory on the summit of this New Hampshire mountain provides guided tours of its weather station Mount Washington
#7393, aired 2016-11-02WHAT A BUNCH OF BOLOGNA $200: The city of Bologna is at the foot of these mountains that form the backbone of Italy the Apennines
#7389, aired 2016-10-27FRENCH CONNECTIONS $800: Aneto Peak is the highest point in these mountains that connect (or separate) France & Spain the Pyrenees
#7389, aired 2016-10-27THE "BLIND" SPOT $2000: Photokeratitis, basically a sunburned eye, includes this condition that's especially common on high mountains snow blindness
#7384, aired 2016-10-20PREFECTURES OF JAPAN $1600: This prefecture's name is also the name of the popular breed seen here that originated in its mountains Akita
#7375, aired 2016-10-07AFRICAN LAKES $800: These mountains of Morocco are home to an annual wedding festival at Tislit & Isli Lakes the Atlas Mountains
#7373, aired 2016-10-05"Y" GEOGRAPHY? $400: The source of this longest Chinese river is a glacier high in the mountains the Yangtze
#7370, aired 2016-09-30THE CIVIL WAR $1,600 (Daily Double): These mountains divided the war into 2 main theaters: east to the Atlantic & west to the Mississippi River the Appalachians
#7338, aired 2016-07-06TRAVELING ALONG THE 40th PARALLEL N. $1600: The highest mountains of this Italian island just south of Corsica straddle the 40th parallel Sardinia
#7330, aired 2016-06-24PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS $800: This formal outfit for men is named after an exclusive area in New York's Ramapo Mountains tuxedo
#7313, aired 2016-06-01GEOGRAPHY IN RHYME $600: Come visit Mongo / Not far from the Congo / Tibesti mountains are not that bad / Yes, we're talking, talking 'bout... Chad
#7287, aired 2016-04-26WORLD WAR II $1200: Allied pilots flew a supply route to China called "The Hump" over these mountains the Himalayas
#7276, aired 2016-04-11STATE SONG LYRICS $1600: Arkansans sing, "October morning in" these mountains, "hills ablazing like that sun in the sky" the Ozarks
#7258, aired 2016-03-1619th CENTURY NOVELS BY QUOTE $800: "She was only beginning to realize... she was... on her way home to grandfather, and would see the mountains" Heidi
#7258, aired 2016-03-16TULIP MANIA $2000: The tulip is the national flower of this country where it originated in the Pamir & Hindukush Mountains Afghanistan
#7248, aired 2016-03-02ON EARTH $400: Och aye! At about 400 million years old, the Highlands of this country are among the world's oldest mountains Scotland
#7246, aired 2016-02-29FURNITURE $800: These simple, rustic wooden chairs were designed in the New York mountains whose name they bear Adirondack
#7239, aired 2016-02-18MOROCCO $3,500 (Daily Double): Morocco's coat of arms features a green star & the sun rising over this mountain range the Atlas Mountains
#7233, aired 2016-02-10SMALL COUNTRIES $400: Little Liechtenstein is almost completely located in these mountains the Alps
#7209, aired 2016-01-07CALIFORNIA CITY‑"O" $1000: This city in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains is home to Apple Computer Cupertino
#7207, aired 2016-01-05WYOMING $1,000 (Daily Double): This resort area is about 6,000 feet up, but as it's surrounded by mountains over 10,000 feet, you can see how it got its name Jackson Hole
#7206, aired 2016-01-04STATE CAPITALS $400: This city southwest of Tacoma was named for some nearby mountains Olympia
#7188, aired 2015-12-09A CATEGORY WITH GAPS $400: Great St. Bernard Pass through these mountains is one of the most ancient routes between Italy & Switzerland the Alps
#7188, aired 2015-12-09A CATEGORY WITH GAPS $1600: This pass connects Afghanistan & Pakistan via a gap in the Spin Ghar Mountains the Khyber Pass
#7185, aired 2015-12-04ART & HISTORY $400: Turner focused on the struggling soldiers in his painting "Snow Storm: Hannibal" crossing these mountains the Alps
#7178, aired 2015-11-25U.S. MOUNTAINS $400: Little Tahoma Peak, a satellite of this highest Washington mountain, is itself the state's third-highest peak Mount Rainier
#7178, aired 2015-11-25U.S. MOUNTAINS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a view of Mount Misery at Valley Forge Nat'l Historic Park.) Mount Misery & Mount Joy, which make Valley Forge's valley, are said to have gotten their name from a miserable night this Quaker & state founder spent lost surveying the area, & the joyful next day where he could see his way William Penn
#7178, aired 2015-11-25U.S. MOUNTAINS $1200: The top of Nevada's Tikaboo Peak provides a vantage point for viewing this military "Area" Area 51
#7159, aired 2015-10-29ENDS IN "OON" $1000: Referring in part to its mountains, the name of this area of Hong Kong means "9 dragons" Kowloon
#7155, aired 2015-10-23U.S. BODIES OF WATER $800: In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sings of "West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains", this river the Shenandoah River
#7154, aired 2015-10-22LINES ON THE MAP $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) These lines on a map connect points of equal elevation & allow mountains & other features to be depicted in 2 dimensions contour lines
#7141, aired 2015-10-05WHERE AM I? $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm on Aviano Air Base, which is 50 miles north of Venice in the Dolomite Range of these mountains the Alps
#7139, aired 2015-10-01ASIAN MOUNTAINS $400: Mount Kita-Dake, Japan's second-highest peak, is almost 2,000 feet lower than this top mountain Fuji
#7139, aired 2015-10-01ASIAN MOUNTAINS $800: Some believe that Saudi Arabia's Jabal al-Lawz is the real this mountain Moses climbed Mount Sinai
#7139, aired 2015-10-01ASIAN MOUNTAINS $1200: Rongbuk Monastery, at about 16,400 feet on this mountain in Tibet, is the world's highest religious temple Everest
#7139, aired 2015-10-01ASIAN MOUNTAINS $1600: Declared a national park of this country in 1936 by Manuel Quezon, Mount Apo is home to a rare species of eagle the Philippines
#7139, aired 2015-10-01ASIAN MOUNTAINS $2000: This mountain range's name means "kills the Hindu"; many Indian slaves died there while being moved to central Asia the Hindu Kush
#7137, aired 2015-09-29YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 125th ANNIVERSARY $800: Waterfalls, like the 2,000 foot Sentinel Falls, remind you you're in the mountains, the western slopes of this California range the Sierra Nevada
#7119, aired 2015-07-23STATE SEALS $200: The Northern Lights radiate over the top of majestic mountains on its seal Alaska
#7115, aired 2015-07-17"L"AKES $400: On a clear night in Arizona's white mountains, look for the Moon's reflection in this lake, Spanish for "moon" Luna
#7115, aired 2015-07-17"L"AKES $2000: Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains are home to Lake Sidney this, named for a 19th c. Southern poet Lanier
#7112, aired 2015-07-14ALSO ON A BIKE $2000: Term for a range of mountains chain
#7111, aired 2015-07-13A GLOBAL CATEGORY $2000: The Guanacaste Mountains are found in this peaceful country known as the Switzerland of Central America Costa Rica
#7100, aired 2015-06-26MOUNTAINS $400: Kengamme is one of the 8 peaks along the crater of this Japanese mountain (Mount) Fuji
#7100, aired 2015-06-26MOUNTAINS $800: Because they can see Alaska from their dachas, the Russians call this peak Bolshaya Gora ("great mountain") Denali (or Mount McKinley)
#7100, aired 2015-06-26MOUNTAINS $1200: Edward Whymper conquered this Alp on July 14, 1865, but 4 of his group fell to their deaths on the descent the Matterhorn
#7100, aired 2015-06-26MOUNTAINS $1600: These New York mountains are south of the Mohawk River & west of the Hudson River the Catskills
#7100, aired 2015-06-26MOUNTAINS $2000: The statue of Christ the Redeemer stands atop this mountain that overlooks Rio de Janeiro Mount Corcovado
#7074, aired 2015-05-21PLACE NAMES $400: Mountains named for this color include Weissenstein, Dent-Blanche & Pizzo Bianco white
#7074, aired 2015-05-21PLACE NAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): Originally, the Atlantic referred to the sea near this mountain range but was later applied to the entire ocean the Atlas Mountains
#7072, aired 2015-05-19SIERRA $1000: The Sierra de Gata mountains in Spain & Portugal serve as a barrier between the basins of the Douro River & this river the Tagus
#7070, aired 2015-05-15VULCANOLOGY $600: The world's highest active volcano, 22,600' Ojos del Salado, is in these South American mountains the Andes
#7038, aired 2015-04-01METEOROLOGY $4,000 (Daily Double): A North American people lend their name to this hot, dry wind of the Rocky Mountains Chinook
#7020, aired 2015-03-06THE TVA $1000: Rich deposits of coal & copper are found in TVA land, which boasts mile-high peaks in this "Great" mountain chain the Great Smoky Mountains
#7015, aired 2015-02-27AT THE DRUGSTORE $600: This herb cough drop maker has its headquarters in Laufen, a Swiss city in the Jura Mountains Ricola
#7002, aired 2015-02-10AMERICAN HISTOR-"E" $1,000 (Daily Double): Its construction began in 1817 & took advantage of the Mohawk River Gap in the Appalachian Mountains the Erie Canal
#6999, aired 2015-02-05U.S. BODIES OF WATER $3,200 (Daily Double): This beautiful lake in the Cascade Mountains is nearly 2,000 feet deep Crater Lake
#6993, aired 2015-01-28YES, VIRGINIA $400: It's the colorful name of the range where you'll find Mount Rogers, Virginia's highest point the Blue Ridge Mountains
#6984, aired 2015-01-15BOUNDARIES OF SPAIN $1600: Legally Spanish territory, the tiny enclave of Llivia is found within France, way up in these mountains the Pyrenees
#6982, aired 2015-01-13BRR, BABY, BRR $800: This continent's record low, -23 Celsius, was recorded in the Snowy Mountains on June 29, 1994 Australia
#6981, aired 2015-01-12BEER-POURRI $200: Commemorative cans of Coors say it's brewed with water from these mountains the Rocky Mountains
#6980, aired 2015-01-09YUKON $2000: Canada's highest point, it rises 19,551 feet in the St. Elias Mountains Mount Logan
#6967, aired 2014-12-23PANHANDLE STATES $800: Much of the northern part of its panhandle is covered by the Coeur d'Alene Mountains Idaho
#6967, aired 2014-12-23NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD $1600: Canada's first national park, it was created in 1887 in Alberta & was originally called Rocky Mountains Park Banff
#6953, aired 2014-12-03FROZEN $2000: In 1999 perfectly preserved frozen mummies of 3 Inca children were discovered high up in these mountains the Andes mountains
#6948, aired 2014-11-26COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $1600: This colorful range is known for its beautiful scenery, especially along the Skyline Drive in Virginia the Blue Ridge Mountains
#6945, aired 2014-11-21PEAKS & VALLEYS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Great Rift Valley reaches its northeasternmost extension, between the Lebanon & Anti-Lebanon mountains in this valley the Bekaa Valley
#6944, aired 2014-11-20THE RECKONING $1600: The first words of an article called "John Brown's Day of Reckoning" are this place in the Blue Ridge Mountains Harper's Ferry
#6937, aired 2014-11-11THE CASPIAN SEA $2,000 (Daily Double): The Caspian's southern shoreline borders this country at the foot of the Elburz Mountains Iran
#6928, aired 2014-10-29MOUNTAINS $400: Oh my gods! It rises nearly 10,000 feet on a ridge dividing Thessaly & Macedonia Mount Olympus
#6928, aired 2014-10-29BEVERAGES $400: Alpine mountains appear on the label of this ConAgra brand of hot cocoa Swiss Miss
#6928, aired 2014-10-29MOUNTAINS $800: About 100 miles south of Seattle, this volcano was inactive from 1857 to 1980 Mount St. Helens
#6928, aired 2014-10-29MOUNTAINS $1600: Time to play these Appalachian mountains in New York; the highest peak is Slide, at 4,200 feet the Catskills
#6928, aired 2014-10-29MOUNTAINS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) The Earth bulges in the middle, so the furthest point from the Earth's center is the top of Chimborazo in this South American country Ecuador
#6928, aired 2014-10-29MOUNTAINS $2,600 (Daily Double): German words for "meadow" & "peak" combined to form the name we use for this Alpine mountain Matterhorn
#6925, aired 2014-10-24GEOGRAPHUN $1200: The Damrei Mountains, Chaine de l'Elephant in French, extend north in this country from the Gulf of Thailand Cambodia
#6920, aired 2014-10-17STATE LICENSE PLATES $200: This state has featured a Rocky Mountains motif since 1960 Colorado
#6903, aired 2014-09-24WORLD FLAGS $400: The 2 triangles of Nepal's flag symbolize these mountains the Himalayas
#6895, aired 2014-08-01MOUNTAINS $200: Boulder, Colorado is in the Flatiron Range, part of these mountains the Rockies
#6895, aired 2014-08-01MOUNTAINS $400: What the Arabs call Jebel Musa, "Mountain of Moses", is better known as this (Mount) Sinai
#6895, aired 2014-08-01MOUNTAINS $600: You must be 42" tall to hop on this Disneyland ride; its 14,692-foot namesake in the Pennine Alps is tougher sledding Matterhorn
#6895, aired 2014-08-01MOUNTAINS $800: This peak is the only mountain in North America that exceeds 20,000 feet Mount McKinley
#6895, aired 2014-08-01MOUNTAINS $1000: Not quite 14,500 feet, this California peak is named for geologist Josiah Mount Whitney
#6886, aired 2014-07-21IN THE AFRICAN COUNTRY $1000: 13,600-foot Jebel Toubkal, the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains Morocco
#6866, aired 2014-06-23OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1000: With bony back plates somewhat resembling a range of mountains, this dinosaur is Colorado's state fossil Stegosaurus
#6859, aired 2014-06-12MOUNTAINS $400: Until Mount Everest was scaled in 1953, Annapurna in this kingdom had been the tallest mountain summitted Nepal
#6859, aired 2014-06-12MOUNTAINS $800: In 1992 concrete blocks were used in an attempt to stem the flow of lava from this Sicilian volcano, but it didn't work Etna
#6859, aired 2014-06-12MOUNTAINS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew visits Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.) The idea for Mount Rushmore came from South Dakota state historian Doane Robinson, who envisioned having colossal sculptures of Old West heroes on this range of low mountains the Black Hills
#6859, aired 2014-06-12MOUNTAINS $1600: Some areas of this highest Oregon peak receive more than 400 inches of snow a year Mount Hood
#6859, aired 2014-06-12MOUNTAINS $2000: If you watched the Sochi Winter Olympics, you saw stunning views of this 750-mile mountain range the Caucasus
#6853, aired 2014-06-04MICHIGAN ODDS & ENDS $400: The Porcupine Mountains, or "Porkies", are in this 16,000-square-mile northern slice of Michigan the Upper Peninsula
#6833, aired 2014-05-07CHINESE ART $1200: These landforms, such as Kunlun, have long been featured in Chinese art; they're the home of dongtian, or "cave heavens" mountains
#6817, aired 2014-04-15"ITS" AT THE END $200: Meetings of world leaders, or tops of mountains summits
#6813, aired 2014-04-09STATE SCHOOLS $1,200 (Daily Double): This u. boasts "mesas to the west... the banks of the historic Rio Grande (&) the Sandia Mountains to the east" University of New Mexico
#6808, aired 2014-04-02MOUNTAIN RANGES $800: Algeria's Aures Mountains are at the eastern end of this mountain system the Atlas Mountains
#6808, aired 2014-04-02MOUNTAIN RANGES $1200: Turner Ward Knob in Arkansas' Boston Mountains is the highest named peak in this much larger range the Ozarks
#6802, aired 2014-03-25EUROPEAN LANGUAGES $800: Still spoken by 10,000 in Spain, Aragonese developed in these mountains of the northeast the Pyrenees
#6797, aired 2014-03-18STATE SONGS $400: One of Arkansas' official state songs begins, "October morning in" these mountains the Ozarks
#6786, aired 2014-03-03ON THE MAP $400: Mount Mansfield in Vermont is the highest peak in these mountains the Green Mountains
#6785, aired 2014-02-28RIP VAN WINKLE $1200: Washington Irving admitted that when he wrote the story, he'd never been to these mountains, the tale's setting the Catskills
#6772, aired 2014-02-11U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: This Arkansas capital is in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains Little Rock
#6758, aired 2014-01-22RIVERS $1600: The longest river entirely in Spain, it rises in the Cantabrian Mountains the Ebro
#6730, aired 2013-12-13BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN $400: Napoleon crosses the St. Bernard Pass, part of these mountains seen at the back the Pennine Alps
#6717, aired 2013-11-26THE "VILLE" OF THE PEOPLE $1600: The site of a World's Fair, this city serves as a gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park Knoxville
#6715, aired 2013-11-22GEOGRAPHY CLASS $800: This 1,200-mile-long system of mountain ranges is home to the Barbary ground squirrel the Atlas Mountains
#6706, aired 2013-11-11STATE CAPITALS $600: This New England state capital lies on the main pass through the Green Mountains Montpelier
#6699, aired 2013-10-31A TREASURE TROVE $400: The wealth of gold & silver in its mountains earned it the nickname "The Treasure State" Montana
#6693, aired 2013-10-23AT THE TRACK $400: The tracks of these mountains' "Scenic Railroad" run from Utica, New York to Lake Placid the Adirondacks
#6676, aired 2013-09-30U.S. CITY NAME ORIGINS $400: This Arizona city got its name from chuk-son, an Indian word meaning village of the dark spring at the foot of the mountains Tucson
#6671, aired 2013-09-23HAWAII... NOT! $200: In 1998-99 Mount Baker in these Pacific Northwest mountains set a record with 1,140 inches of snow the Cascades
#6670, aired 2013-09-20HEADING "NORTH" $1000: This oil-rich Alaskan area is situated between the Brooks Mountains & the Arctic Ocean the North Slope
#6663, aired 2013-07-31PEAKS & VALLEYS $1200: Trying to find the highest peak in this mountain system? The "trail" leads to Mount Mitchell in North Carolina the Appalachian Mountains
#6653, aired 2013-07-17U.S. RIVERS $2,200 (Daily Double): The Hudson River rises at Lake Tear of the Clouds on the shoulder of Mount Marcy in these mountains the Adirondacks
#6643, aired 2013-07-03LITERARY MOUNTAIN CLIMBING $800: In "To the Far Blue Mountains", this prolific western author continued his tales of the pioneering Sackett family Louis L'Amour
#6643, aired 2013-07-03LITERARY MOUNTAIN CLIMBING $2000: A polar expedition finds the remains of a strange creature "At the Mountains of Madness" by this weird author (H.P.) Lovecraft
#6642, aired 2013-07-02ANIMALS ON THE MAP $1200: Slide mountain is the highest point in these mountains in southeastern New York known for their resorts the Catskills
#6633, aired 2013-06-19INTELLIGENCE $1200: Better geographic intelligence could have aided the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue, as helicopters were disabled by these sandstorms
#6612, aired 2013-05-21National Geographic Bee WINNING QUESTIONS $400: The first winner named the altiplano as the flat area at about 10,000 feet in these South American mountains the Andes
#6606, aired 2013-05-13TALES OF HIGH ADVENTURE $200: In Clive Cussler's "Inca Gold", adventurer Dirk Pitt seeks an ancient fortune in these mountains the Andes
#6605, aired 2013-05-10RIVER RUN $1200: From the Cuilcagh Mountains to the Atlantic west of Limerick the Shannon
#6589, aired 2013-04-18MINNE-CODA $200: Minnesota's Sawtooth Mountains end in the east when they reach this Great Lake (Lake) Superior
#6588, aired 2013-04-17AVIATION PIONEERS $800: In 1910 Jorge Chavez became the first to fly over these mountains; he made it to the Italian side but fatally crashed the Alps
#6578, aired 2013-04-03NORTH CAROLINA $600: Pisgah National Forest is home to this "colorful" North Carolina mountain range the Blue Ridge Mountains
#6564, aired 2013-03-14FLAGS OF THE WORLD $400: Some people of this region, officially part of China, use a white triangle flag to represent its location among high mountains Tibet
#6546, aired 2013-02-18LANDMARKS $400: Winding around 5,500 miles across deserts, mountains & plateaus, it was mostly built during the Ming dynasty the Great Wall of China
#6528, aired 2013-01-23"K" ON THE MAP $1600: The Blue Mountains back this Jamaican capital Kingston
#6512, aired 2013-01-01NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS $400: I will journey to this continent to climb some of the Queen Maud Mountains, named for the Queen of Norway Antarctica
#6507, aired 2012-12-25U.S. MOUNTAINS $400: Larry Ellison can survey his domain from 3,370-foot Mount Lanaihale, the highest on this state's island of Lanai Hawaii
#6507, aired 2012-12-25U.S. MOUNTAINS $800: This state's highest point is Mount Marcy just south of Lake Placid New York
#6507, aired 2012-12-25U.S. MOUNTAINS $1200: On August 18, 1873 this mountain near Death Valley was first ascended Mount Whitney
#6507, aired 2012-12-25U.S. MOUNTAINS $1600: (Alex gives the clue from the tracks of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.) On our trip on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, we're about to go through the U.S.A.'s first gateway to the west - a passage in the Allegheny Mountains, which are part of this longer chain Appalachians
#6491, aired 2012-12-03MOUNTAIN DO $1600: Most of the Carpathian Mountains lie in Slovakia & this country Romania
#6481, aired 2012-11-19AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN $1600: Rising above the Mediterranean coast are these mountains that form the backbone of Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia the Atlas Mountains
#6478, aired 2012-11-14THE MAP OF EUROPE $800: On an Italian map you'll find almost 16,000-foot Monte Bianco in these mountains the Alps
#6475, aired 2012-11-09COLOR MY WORLD $600: Marlin, or Ridge Mountains blue
#6474, aired 2012-11-08WEIRDPODGE $2000: The Azores & St. Helena are actually among the highest peaks of this mountain "ridge" Mid-Atlantic Ridge
#6472, aired 2012-11-06"OO" WHAT'S THAT? $1000: These mountains in Idaho get their name from their jagged appearance the Sawtooth Mountains
#6470, aired 2012-11-02GEORGIAS ON MY MIND $400: The town of Georgia in this state sits between Lake Champlain & the Green Mountains Vermont
#6459, aired 2012-10-18THE TOPIC OF CAPRICORNS $1,000 (Daily Double): Capricorn is a goat who scales mountains, like this Capricorn who said in 1968, "I've been to the mountaintop" Martin Luther King
#6452, aired 2012-10-09GOIN' COUNTRY $1200: This country whose name comes from a word meaning "land of mountains" covers the western third of Hispaniola Haiti
#6441, aired 2012-09-24IT'S A MYTH $800: After being turned to stone by Perseus, this titan became the mountains of the same name in Africa Atlas
#6431, aired 2012-07-30TRAVELING THE USA $2000: Cherokee National Forest is found in these colorfully named mountains of Tennessee the Blue Ridge Mountains
#6426, aired 2012-07-23DEUS X $400: The Yakut of this region that covers 3/4 of Russia consider Xaya Iccita their master of mountains Siberia
#6416, aired 2012-07-09MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: A type of dulcimer that is the state instrument of Kentucky is named for these mountains the Appalachians
#6398, aired 2012-06-13"WED" BLISS $1000: The Transantarctic Mountains stretch 2,000 miles from Victoria Land to this sea the Weddell Sea
#6392, aired 2012-06-05SIT ON IT $1200: This outdoor style of chair is perfect for lounging in the mountains of the same name, like at Schroon Lake an Adirondack chair
#6391, aired 2012-06-04MOUNTAIN RANGES $200: The Laramie Mountains are part of this larger system the Rockies
#6391, aired 2012-06-04MOUNTAIN RANGES $400: The 560-mile long Elburz Mountains of northern Iran border this large body of water the Caspian Sea
#6391, aired 2012-06-04MOUNTAIN RANGES $600: The Changbai Mountains form part of the border between North Korea & this nation China
#6391, aired 2012-06-04MOUNTAIN RANGES $1,000 (Daily Double): The Rhodope Mountains are one of the most rugged parts of this peninsula the Balkan Peninsula
#6391, aired 2012-06-04MOUNTAIN RANGES $1000: A range of the Leinster chain, the Wicklow Mountains of this country rise to smoothly rounded peaks like Lugnaquilla Ireland
#6384, aired 2012-05-24ROMAN THE ROADS $1200: In 12 B.C., the emperor Augustus ordered the Via Aurelia be extended through the mountains near modern Nice, connecting Rome with this Roman province Gaul
#6356, aired 2012-04-16GREAT DEPRESSIONS $800: Between the Black Forest & Vosges Mountains, this river flows through a graben, or depression, named for it the Rhine River
#6347, aired 2012-04-03PROPOSED STATES $800: State Senator Bob Morton has proposed that Washington east of these mountains go its own way the Cascades
#6337, aired 2012-03-20THE 50 STATES $800: This state's natural land regions include the Klamath Mountains & the Columbia Plateau Oregon
#6332, aired 2012-03-13EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: The mountains of this chain extend from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean the Pyrenees
#6308, aired 2012-02-08COLLEGE "M" $2,500 (Daily Double): Founded in 1800, this liberal arts college has the Adirondacks to the west & the Green Mountains to the east Middlebury
#6292, aired 2012-01-17STATE SONGS $200: "They say home is where the heart is, these green mountains are my home" Vermont
#6288, aired 2012-01-11MESOPOTAMIA $800: Mesopotamia stretched from the Taurus Mountains in the north to this gulf in the south the Persian
#6285, aired 2012-01-06NEW MEXICO $400: The animal seen here was rescued in New Mexico's capitan mountains & became the living symbol of this mascot Smokey the Bear
#6274, aired 2011-12-22PARDON MY FRENCH $600: The name of these "Grand" mountains near Jackson Hole comes from the French the Tetons
#6265, aired 2011-12-09BODIES OF WATER $600: Originating in the Tanggula Mountains, this is known to many Chinese as "long river" ('cause it's 3,900 miles) the Yangtze
#6252, aired 2011-11-22IS A DANGEROUS THING $800: In the Andes Mountains of Peru in January 1962, one of these destroyed 6 villages an avalanche
#6232, aired 2011-10-25LITTLE-KNOWN ANCIENT GREEKS $800: Boy, how he used to talk about these mountains on the edge of Iberia; not like he ever went there Pyrenees
#6222, aired 2011-10-11THE MOUNTAIN WEST $2000: The highest peak in the Atlas Mountains, in the western part of the range, is Mount Toubkal in this monarchy Morocco
#6222, aired 2011-10-11THE MOUNTAIN WEST $5,000 (Daily Double): These mountains west of the Hudson take their name from the Dutch for "Wildcat Creek" the Catskills
#6212, aired 2011-09-27MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LOGOS $1000: A baseball flying past snow-capped mountains the (Colorado) Rockies
#6199, aired 2011-07-21MOUNTAINS $400: At 14,433 feet, Colorado's Mount Elbert is the highest peak in this mountain chain the Rockies
#6199, aired 2011-07-21MOUNTAINS $800: Lake Kawaguchi is famous for its inverted reflection of this peak on its still waters Fuji
#6199, aired 2011-07-21MOUNTAINS $1200: Worn down by wind and rain, the mountains of this range that includes the Vesuvius are among the lowest in Europe the Apennines
#6199, aired 2011-07-21MOUNTAINS $1600: Now dormant, this volcano in Eastern Turkey last erupted on June 2, 1840 Mount Ararat
#6199, aired 2011-07-21MOUNTAINS $2000: This range forms an arc from Slovakia to Romania with both ends lying on the Danube river the Carpathians
#6192, aired 2011-07-12THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $2,000 (Daily Double): After the Polos crossed the Pamir Mountains, they followed this ancient trade route that led them into China the Silk Road
#6190, aired 2011-07-08WASHINGTON $1000: The Cascade Mountains divide Washington east from west; North Cascades is one of these ways through them a pass
#6162, aired 2011-05-31ON THE LABEL $1200: This light beer brand comes in a "cold activated can"--"When the mountains turn blue, it's as cold as the Rockies" Coors Light
#6147, aired 2011-05-10HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Stretching from the Taurus Mountains in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, with its heart between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers, is this ancient region, home to the world's first cities Mesopotamia
#6134, aired 2011-04-21RESORTS $1200: Unable to appeal to younger guests, Grossinger's in these New York mountains closed in 1986 the Catskills
#6131, aired 2011-04-18THE BROWNS $1200: The 2 main types of mustard seed are yellow, from the Mediterranean region, & brown, from these lofty Asian mountains the Himalayas
#6125, aired 2011-04-08UP IN THE AIR $1600: Pilots are leery of CAT, or clear-air this, which often occurs over mountains & around thunderstorms turbulence
#6119, aired 2011-03-31THEY NAMED A MOUNTAIN FOR ME $800: The Agassizhorn in the Bernese section of these mountains is named for a 19th century scientist the Alps
#6106, aired 2011-03-14HABLA ESPANOL? $1000: This Spanish word for a chain of mountains means "saw": the peaks suggest the teeth of a saw sierra
#6094, aired 2011-02-24U.S. HISTORY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Returning from their 1804 through 1805 expedition, these two men split up: one sought a shortcut from the mountains to the Missouri; the other explored the Yellowstone River Lewis & Clark
#6094, aired 2011-02-24RIVERS $1200: This river that rises in the Rocky Mountains flows through the Grand Canyon the Colorado
#6093, aired 2011-02-23SO. CAL. STUDIES $2000: The Chocolate Mountains don't produce chocolate, but some say there's $100 billion in this under them gold
#6085, aired 2011-02-11"WARE"-ING $1000: Before it reaches Trenton, it skirts the Kittatinny Mountains & flows past Nockamixon Rocks the Delaware
#6084, aired 2011-02-10INCA HOOTS? $400: When in Peru, don't forget to check out the cute pygmy owls named for these mountains the Andes
#6058, aired 2011-01-05ADVENTUROUS WOMEN $1200: In 1906 explorer Fanny B. Workman claimed to have climbed higher than 23,000 feet in these mountains the Himalayans
#6051, aired 2010-12-27PLACES IN THE BIBLE $1600: "And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of" this place Ararat
#6047, aired 2010-12-214-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $600: When in this capital, you're between the Apennine Mountains and the Tyrrhenian Sea Rome
#6035, aired 2010-12-03IN THE "O" ZONE $1,400 (Daily Double): Known in 1846 as Smithfield, Washington, it was renamed in 1850 for some nearby mountains Olympia
#6029, aired 2010-11-25GEOGRAPHY $1200: Guyana shares the Acarai Mountains with this nation, its largest neighbor Brazil
#6027, aired 2010-11-23BEER GOOGLES $400: Google Coors, cold & window & find out about the packaging that shows these mountains blue the Rockies
#6023, aired 2010-11-17ADULT SWIM $2000: Granny, Rusty & Early are these cute, down-home cephalopods from the North Georgia mountains Squidbillies
#6015, aired 2010-11-05NEW JERSEY $800: New Jersey's highest point, High Point, lies in the Kittatinny Mountains, a part of this larger chain the Appalachians
#5991, aired 2010-10-04MOUNTAINS IN RANGE $200: It's only within the last 600,000 years that this range became the highest the Himalayas
#5991, aired 2010-10-04MOUNTAINS IN RANGE $400: The Brooks range in Alaska is sometimes included as part of this range the Rockies
#5991, aired 2010-10-04MOUNTAINS IN RANGE $600: This range was covered with glaciers that formed lakes, like Como and Constance the Alps
#5991, aired 2010-10-04MOUNTAINS IN RANGE $800: Some of the highest mountains in this, the world's longest surface chain, are active volcanoes the Andes
#5991, aired 2010-10-04MOUNTAINS IN RANGE $1,000 (Daily Double): This range includes the oldest mountains in North America the Appalachians
#5958, aired 2010-07-07AM I BLUE? $400: The highest peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains are in this "Tar Heel State" North Carolina
#5956, aired 2010-07-05MOUNTAINS $400: In 1963 Jim Whittaker became the first American to reach the summit of this 29,035-foot mountain Mt. Everest
#5956, aired 2010-07-05MOUNTAINS $1200: The world's highest cog railway takes you to the summit of this 14,110-foot Colorado mountain Pike's Peak
#5956, aired 2010-07-05MOUNTAINS $1600: This volcano about 60 miles west of Tokyo last erupted in 1707 but is still listed as active Mt. Fuji
#5956, aired 2010-07-05MOUNTAINS $2000: You can reach the top of this biblical mountain by taking the path of Moses, a stairway of nearly 4,000 steps Mt. Sinai
#5956, aired 2010-07-05MOUNTAINS $3,200 (Daily Double): 31 of Europe's 40 highest mountains lie within this nation or on its borders Switzerland
#5955, aired 2010-07-02AMONG THE 10 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES $600: The Ural mountains form a boundary between the European & Asian parts of this country Russia
#5942, aired 2010-06-15YOU GOTTA REPRESENT $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew rakes a miniature Zen garden with a single rock in it.) In a Zen garden, rocks symbolize mountains & the earth; the sand & its patterns represent this water
#5912, aired 2010-05-04THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $200: Colorado's Front Range is the eastern edge of these mountains the Rockies
#5895, aired 2010-04-09LOOK OUT BELOW! $1200: Look way down there--it's this Cascade Mountains body of water Crater Lake
#5879, aired 2010-03-18THE CONTINENT WHERE YOU'LL FIND... $600: The Atlas Mountains Africa
#5874, aired 2010-03-1119th CENTURY AFRICA $800: In 1887 Ethiopia's Menelik II founded this city in the Entoto Mountains Addis Ababa
#5866, aired 2010-03-01RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: This grassy plain covers Russia from its border with Ukraine east to the Altai Mountains in Siberia a steppe
#5861, aired 2010-02-22"NORTH"ERN GEOGRAPHY $600: Its highest peak is Slieve Donard, which rises 2,796 feet in the Mourne Mountains of County Down Northern Ireland
#5839, aired 2010-01-21U.S. MOUNTAINS $200: Camelback Mountain is a prominent landmark in the metropolitan area of this Arizona capital Phoenix
#5839, aired 2010-01-21U.S. MOUNTAINS $400: North America's most visited mountain is this "Peak" near Colorado Springs Pikes
#5839, aired 2010-01-21U.S. MOUNTAINS $600: Seen here in the background, this highest peak in North America was named for a U.S. president Mount McKinley
#5835, aired 2010-01-15PASS-IVE $200: Used since the 13th century, St. Gotthard pass in Switzerland is in these mountains the Alps
#5835, aired 2010-01-15PASS-IVE $600: The Uspallata Pass in these mountains is home to a giant bronze statue of Christ Andes
#5835, aired 2010-01-15PASS-IVE $1000: Accessible in winter only by snowmobiles, the Charlotte Pass is found in this country's Snowy Mountains Australia
#5811, aired 2009-12-14MOUNTAIN DO $200: This range has more mountains that rise at least 26,000 feet than any other the Himalayas
#5811, aired 2009-12-14MOUNTAIN DO $1000: You'll be surrounded by South Africa if you climb the part of the Maluti Mountains in this country Lesotho
#5808, aired 2009-12-09MISSOURI $800: The seat of Greene County, Springfield, Missouri is found in the foothills of these mountains the Ozarks
#5788, aired 2009-11-11"T"EOGRAPHY $400: This Iranian capital lies at the foot of the Elburz mountains Tehran
#5777, aired 2009-10-27STATE THE NATIONAL PARK $2000: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tennessee (North Carolina accepted)
#5766, aired 2009-10-12ORGAN RECITAL $400: The wood for the organ in this Salt Lake City edifice came from Utah's Parowan Mountains the Mormon Tabernacle
#5761, aired 2009-10-05BEAR IT $800: The only bear of the Southern Hemisphere is the spectacled bear, found mostly in these mountains the Andes
#5747, aired 2009-09-15THE BONNIE CLYDE $600: Near Lanark, the Clyde drops by the largest of these in Scotland: Bonnington Linn, Corra Linn & Stonebyres Linn waterfalls
#5726, aired 2009-06-294-LETTER RIVERS $1200: This monstrous river rises in the Elk Mountains of New Mexico the Gila
#5721, aired 2009-06-22COUNTRY NAME ETYMOLOGY $800: This African country is named from the Portuguese for "lion mountains" Sierra Leone
#5709, aired 2009-06-04DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS! $2000: "In and around the lake, mountains come out of the sky", sang this group in 1972's "Roundabout" Yes
#5689, aired 2009-05-07PEAKS & VALLEYS $1600: As this mountain range crosses Morocco, it separates the coastal plains from the Sahara the Atlas Mountains
#5669, aired 2009-04-09MOUNTAINS $400: On June 15, 1991 a volcanic eruption tore the top off Mount Pinatubo in this country the Philippines
#5669, aired 2009-04-09MOUNTAINS $800: Mount Ansel Adams is found on the southeast boundary of this national park Yosemite
#5669, aired 2009-04-09MOUNTAINS $1600: Of South America's 10 highest peaks, 9 of them rise all or in part in this country Argentina
#5669, aired 2009-04-09MOUNTAINS $2000: This highest Australian peak was named for a Polish patriot who aided America during the Revolutionary War Kosciusko
#5669, aired 2009-04-09MOUNTAINS $3,000 (Daily Double): When Mount Everest's summit was reached in May 1953, this became the world's highest unclimbed peak K2
#5667, aired 2009-04-07"RU" THERE $800: This capital is built on a promontory with the Lebanon Mountains behind it Beirut
#5660, aired 2009-03-27MOUNTAINS $200: The name of this Alp, the highest in Western Europe, means "white mountain" Mont Blanc
#5660, aired 2009-03-27MOUNTAINS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.) As you can see on the relief globe, this volcano that takes up over half of the Big Island rises over 6 miles from the sea floor Mauna Loa
#5660, aired 2009-03-27MOUNTAINS $600: The name of this mountain range of Northeast New York comes from an Iroquois term meaning "eater of tree bark" the Adirondack (Mountains)
#5660, aired 2009-03-27MOUNTAINS $800: This "colorful" eastern range of the Appalachians stretches from Pennsylvania to Georgia the Blue Ridge Mountains
#5660, aired 2009-03-27MOUNTAINS $1,000 (Daily Double): At 13,665 feet, Mount Toubkal is the highest peak in this range in Africa the Atlas Mountains
#5645, aired 2009-03-06GRAY MATTER $200: At 14,270 feet, Grays Peak is the highest point on the Continental Divide & one of this state's highest mountains Colorado
#5645, aired 2009-03-06HAVE A BEER & A SLOGAN $1000: "Head for the mountains" Busch
#5644, aired 2009-03-05THAT'S THE FACT, JACK! $600: In July 1918 this world leader was executed in the Ural Mountains Tsar Nicholas II
#5597, aired 2008-12-30"GREAT" GEOGRAPHY $1200: Major peaks in this range include Mount Sterling in North Carolina & Chimney Tops in Tennessee the Great Smoky Mountains
#5549, aired 2008-10-23A QUINTET OF QUOTES $400: In Act 1 of "The Beggar's Opera" you'll hear, "If with me you'd fondly stray, over" these "and far away" the hills
#5548, aired 2008-10-22LET'S THAI ONE ON $1600: Southern Thailand extends down this long peninsula & consists mainly of mountains & jungles the Malay Peninsula
#5541, aired 2008-10-13A PASSAGE TO INDIA $400: These mountains on India's northern border have a name from the Sanskrit for "snow abode" the Himalayas
#5531, aired 2008-09-29SAY CHEESE! $1200: This traditional cheese is believed to have been developed by shepherds in the mountains outside Athens feta
#5520, aired 2008-09-12TUNISIA $600: This mountain system that extends across North Africa has its eastern terminus at Cape Bon in Tunisia the Atlas Mountains
#5509, aired 2008-07-17POETIC BIRDS $1200: Wallace Stevens (I of XIII): "Among twenty snowy mountains/ The only moving thing/ Was the eye of a ___" blackbird
#5508, aired 2008-07-16THE NEW YORK TIMES TRAVEL $1000: Because it's hidden, the hitou is the most prized type of natural hot spring in the mountains of this country Japan
#5498, aired 2008-07-02WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE $200: We're attending the Strings in the Mountains chamber music festival in Steamboat Springs in this state Colorado
#5484, aired 2008-06-12THE 50 STATES $2,000 (Daily Double): These mountains rise in the background of Nebraska's state seal the Rockies
#5474, aired 2008-05-29WHAT "A" COUNTRY! $1200: It's located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea at the southeast extremity of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains Azerbaijan
#5463, aired 2008-05-14AT THE THEME PARK $1000: Can-can girls have returned to N.C.: Ghost Town in the Sky has re-opened in these "Great" mountains the Great Smoky Mountains
#5456, aired 2008-05-05AROUND THE WORLD $800: Thredbo & Perisher Blue are popular ski resorts in these aptly named Australian mountains the Snowy Mountains
#5450, aired 2008-04-25MOUNTAINS $400: This California mountain is the USA's 17th highest; it was No. 1 until 1959 Mount Whitney
#5450, aired 2008-04-25MOUNTAINS $800: This country's Mount Kosciusko lies in the Snowy Mountains Australia
#5450, aired 2008-04-25MOUNTAINS $1200: The Notre Dame Mountains aren't in Indiana; they lie south of the St. Lawrence River in this province Quebec
#5450, aired 2008-04-25MOUNTAINS $1600: Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, is in this country Tanzania
#5450, aired 2008-04-25MOUNTAINS $2000: This volcanic peak 40 miles east of Portland, Oregon last erupted in 1865 Mount Hood
#5437, aired 2008-04-08THE "OLD" DOMINION $1000: Until 1991 this landlocked nation east of the Carpathian Mountains was a republic of the Soviet Union Moldova
#5425, aired 2008-03-21WORLD FACTS $200: The Cantabrian Mountains extend for 300 miles south from the Pyrenees to Cape Finisterre in this country Spain
#5419, aired 2008-03-13COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O" $1600: Open an atlas & discover that the Atlas Mountains traverse the length of this country Morocco
#5406, aired 2008-02-25I'M BEING SENT TO KYRGYZSTAN $1000: Noted author Aytmatov captured Kyrgyz geography in "Tales of Mountains and" these semiarid plains steppes
#5396, aired 2008-02-11CLIFF NOTES $6,000 (Daily Double): Look in a book of maps & you might find this mountain range that extends from Tunisia to Morocco the Atlas Mountains
#5392, aired 2008-02-05ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES $1000: The Cambrian Mountains cover most of it Wales
#5390, aired 2008-02-01THE DEEP BLUE SEA $1000: The Crimean Mountains contain prominent cliffs found on the northern coast of this sea the Black Sea
#5388, aired 2008-01-30HIGH "T" $400: No trees grow above this "line" near the tops of mountains the timber line
#5380, aired 2008-01-18TOUGH TUNES $2000: In a Led Zeppelin tune, Robert Plant was "packin'" his "bags for" these title mountains, familiar to Tolkien fans the Misty Mountains
#5379, aired 2008-01-17"GREEN" GEOGRAPHY $1200: They extend from Canada through Vermont into western Massachusetts Green Mountains
#5373, aired 2008-01-09WORLD FACTS $800: Mount Shkhara in these mountains is the highest peak in Georgia (the country, not the state) the Caucasus Mountains
#5368, aired 2008-01-02EYE ON AFRICA $1000: The Drakensberg Mountains form part of South Africa's border with this small landlocked country Lesotho
#5351, aired 2007-12-10WHERE IS THAT, COMRADE? $1000: The highest peak in Russia, 18,510-foot Mount Elbrus is found in these mountains the Caucasus
#5348, aired 2007-12-05"M"MMMM $200: This dyed cherry originally referred to a type of wild cherry indigenous to the Dalmatian Mountains a Maraschino cherry
#5340, aired 2007-11-23GREEN ACRES $400: These mountains' highlands, which cover much of Peru, have grassy valleys where llamas graze the Andes
#5329, aired 2007-11-08FIRST LADIES $1200: As one of her daughters tells it, she was born "in a miner's shack high in the mountains of Eastern Nevada" Pat Nixon
#5328, aired 2007-11-07U.S. MOUNTAINS $200: On July 4, 1961 this Colorado peak was designated a national historic landmark Pike's Peak
#5328, aired 2007-11-07U.S. MOUNTAINS $400: This Hawaiian peak is the world's largest in terms of volume, estimated to be more than 16,000 cubic miles Mauna Loa
#5328, aired 2007-11-07U.S. MOUNTAINS $600: Early settlers in Oregon called the "3 Sisters" in this mountain range Faith, Hope & Charity the Cascades
#5328, aired 2007-11-07U.S. MOUNTAINS $800: This state's tallest peak is 4,784-foot Brasstown Bald, not Stone Mountain Georgia
#5328, aired 2007-11-07U.S. MOUNTAINS $1000: This mountain near Los Angeles was named for Gen. George S. Patton's grandfather & is home to a famous observatory Mt. Wilson
#5323, aired 2007-10-31IT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN $600: 1846: Heavy snowfall traps this carnivorous "Party" in the Sierra Nevada mountains the Donner Party
#5322, aired 2007-10-30LIKE, IT'S TOTALLY THE VALLEY $600: Virginia Shenandoah Valley is bounded on its east side by these mountains the Blue Ridge Mountains
#5312, aired 2007-10-16THE HILLS $800: High peaks in this range of low mountains in South Dakota & Wyoming include Parker Peak & Custer Peak the Black Hills
#5310, aired 2007-10-12AROUND THE WORLD $400: The name Lebanon comes from a word for "white", referring to this atop mountains snow
#5309, aired 2007-10-11STATE CAPITALS $1600: At an elevation of about 7,000 feet, this city in New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains is the highest state capital Santa Fe
#5309, aired 2007-10-11STATE CAPITALS $2,000 (Daily Double): One of the 2 state capitals with "City" in their names that lie west of the Rocky Mountains Salt Lake City, Utah & Carson City, Nevada
#5295, aired 2007-09-21THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $1000: Lying in both Tennessee & North Carolina, it has more annual visitors than any other national park Great Smoky Mountains National Park
#5282, aired 2007-07-24MOUNTAINS $200: The Hoosac Mountains are a range of these "colorful" mountains located in Vermont the Green Mountains
#5282, aired 2007-07-24MOUNTAINS $400: Seen here is Tenzing Norgay, standing on the summit of this mountain "because it's there" Mount Everest
#5282, aired 2007-07-24MOUNTAINS $600: The Waianae Mountains in this U.S. state rise up to 4,025-foot Mt. Kaala Hawaii
#5282, aired 2007-07-24MOUNTAINS $800: The Caucusus Mountains of Eastern Europe are predominantly found in this large country Russia
#5282, aired 2007-07-24MOUNTAINS $4,800 (Daily Double): Geological evidence shows that this 5,000-mile mountain chain may extend south into Antarctica the Andes
#5281, aired 2007-07-23ISLANDS $3,000 (Daily Double): This large island's 2 highest peaks lie in the Maoke Mountains on the Indonesian side New Guinea
#5257, aired 2007-06-19LITERARY MOUNTAINS $200: In one of his fables, a bee of Mt. Hymettus asks Jupiter for its sting to be fatal Aesop
#5257, aired 2007-06-19LITERARY MOUNTAINS $400: The action of this novel concerns a quest to defeat the dragon Smaug in his lair in Erebor, the lonely mountain The Hobbit
#5257, aired 2007-06-19LITERARY MOUNTAINS $600 (Daily Double): In a Hemingway tale, Harry gets gangrene; before he dies, has a vision of flying in a plane toward this mountain Kilimanjaro
#5257, aired 2007-06-19LITERARY MOUNTAINS $600: In German, this title peak of a Thomas Mann work is known as "Der Zauberberg" The Magic Mountain
#5257, aired 2007-06-19LITERARY MOUNTAINS $1000: In his "Five Weeks in a Balloon", the title conveyance anchors itself to Mount Longwek, the trembling mountain (Jules) Verne
#5239, aired 2007-05-24THE HISTORY BOYS $800: William Coolidge, author of these mountains "In Nature and History", made the first winter climb of the Jungfrau Alps
#5215, aired 2007-04-20ILLINOIS, IOWA OR INDIANA $400: In area, it's the smallest mainland state west of the Appalachian Mountains Indiana
#5207, aired 2007-04-10ROMANIA $600: The spine of the country is formed by these mountains, the eastward continuation of the Alps the Carpathians
#5192, aired 2007-03-20FORESTS $400: New Hampshire has its White Mountain National Forest & Vermont has one named for this mountain range the Green Mountains
#5175, aired 2007-02-23YOU'RE A BEAST! $600: One popular breed of cat bears the name of these mountains, the world's highest the Himalayas
#5168, aired 2007-02-14MOUNTAINS $400: This peak's name in Arabic is Jabal Musa, or "Mount of Moses" Mount Sinai
#5168, aired 2007-02-14MOUNTAINS $800: Prospectors traveling west in 1859 vowed to reach this famous "Peak or bust" Pikes Peak
#5168, aired 2007-02-14MOUNTAINS $1200: At about 29,000 ft., the summit of this Nepalese peak reaches 2/3 of the way through the Earth's troposphere Mount Everest
#5168, aired 2007-02-14MOUNTAINS $1600: To some Buddhists the 33rd & 88th ascents of this Japanese peak carry special religious significance Mount Fuji
#5168, aired 2007-02-14MOUNTAINS $2000: This horn-shaped peak's English name is derived from the name of the nearby town of Zermatt, Switzerland the Matterhorn
#5149, aired 2007-01-18STATE SONG LYRICS $600: "They say home is where the heart is, these green mountains are my home" Vermont
#5142, aired 2007-01-09A WORLD OF MUSIC $5,000 (Daily Double): Ernest Bloch's orchestral work "Helvetia, The Land Of Mountains Amd Its People" honors this country, his birthplace Switzerland
#5141, aired 2007-01-08A GEOGRAPHY LESSON $400: The Austrian area of these mountains peaks at 12,457-foot Grossglockner the Alps
#5132, aired 2006-12-26COLORADO DREAMING $1000: The "Springs" in this city's name could be changed to "Strings, as it hosts the Strings in the Mountains Music Festival Steamboat Springs
#5131, aired 2006-12-25SAVE THAT E-MAIL ADDRESS! $200: I have to remember info@GoTahoe.com for my trip to a waterside community in these mountains the Sierra Nevadas
#5120, aired 2006-12-08QUID PRO QUO-POURRI $1200: Give me this Northwest African mountain range & I'll give you a book of the same name where you might see it the Atlas Mountains
#5114, aired 2006-11-30ANIMALS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew plays with a kitten.) It's the two-word term for these animals that reflects their natural cold habitat in the mountains of Asia snow leopard
#5105, aired 2006-11-17BROAD WEIGH $200: 600-pound Mahala Mullins won fame by selling this illegal "lunar" liquor in the Tenn. mountains moonshine
#5086, aired 2006-10-23THE "CAT" $400: Henny Youngman began his career as a violinist playing the "Borscht Belt" in these N.Y. mountains the Catskills
#5074, aired 2006-10-05"A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Mont Blanc is the highest peak in these mountains that stretch from France to Austria the Alps
#5069, aired 2006-09-28STATE SONGS $600: In 2000 it got a new state song: "These Green Mountains" Vermont
#5039, aired 2006-07-06AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This state capital lies on a narrow strip of land between the Gastineau Channel & the slopes of 2 mountains Juneau, Alaska
#5006, aired 2006-05-22NATIONAL PARKS $800: Virginia's Shenandoah National Park lies in this "colorful" range of the Appalachians the Blue Ridge Mountains
#4988, aired 2006-04-262006 COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS $400: Wonders of America: Land of Superlatives includes these oldest mountains that run from Canada to Alabama the Appalachians
#4981, aired 2006-04-17"J"EOGRAPHY $2000: The names of a period of the Mesozoic Era & a Spielberg thriller both come from this 4-letter Alpine range (the) Jura (Mountains)
#4977, aired 2006-04-11TAKE A HIKE $800: If this European country's mountains are forbidding, try hiking in its famed valley the Engadine Switzerland
#4972, aired 2006-04-04"S"PAÑOL $600: Referring to mountains with a saw-toothed appearance, it precedes Madre & Nevada sierra
#4950, aired 2006-03-03HISTORIC NEW HAMPSHIRE $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Mt. Washington in New Hampshire.) Mt. Washington was named in 1784; Adams, Madison, & the other peaks in this range had to wait until 1820 the Presidental Range
#4949, aired 2006-03-02POT LUCK $800: Chelia and Toubkal are 2 of the peaks in this mountain chain of North Africa the Atlas Mountains
#4937, aired 2006-02-14AROUND THE USA $800: The Ten Thousand Islands are off Florida; the Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes is in this state Alaska
#4930, aired 2006-02-03MOUNTAIN $200: In 1999, 3 frozen mummies of Incas sacrificed centuries ago were found on Mt. Llullaillaco in these mountains the Andes
#4924, aired 2006-01-26STUPID ANSWERS $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew stands in front of an old log cabin in the Wyoming mountains.) Towering over Jackson Hole, Wyoming at a lofty 13,766 feet is this mountain, the largest in the Grand Teton range Grand Teton
#4915, aired 2006-01-13NEW YORK STATE $1000: While living in these New York mountains, Robert Louis Stevenson began writing "The Master of Ballantrae" the Adirondacks
#4909, aired 2006-01-05NATIONAL PARKS $800: The Blue Ridge Parkway connects Shenandoah National Park in Virginia with this North Carolina-Tennessee park Great Smoky Mountains (National Park)
#4851, aired 2005-10-17KEANU REEVES $800: Keanu's first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in this language Hawaiian
#4837, aired 2005-09-27A JOHN DENVER SONGBOOK $200: "Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River" "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
#4833, aired 2005-09-21MOUNTAINS $400: This mountain has additional named peaks that exceed 24,000 feet, including Lhotse & Changtse Mount Everest
#4833, aired 2005-09-21MOUNTAINS $800: The name of Mexico's Popocatepetl means "smoking mountain" in the language of this people the Aztecs
#4833, aired 2005-09-21MOUNTAINS $1600: Canada's 10 highest mountains lie totally or partly in this territory the Yukon Territory
#4833, aired 2005-09-21MOUNTAINS $2000: Although it stands almost on the equator, this second-highest African peak is capped by 12 glaciers Mount Kenya
#4833, aired 2005-09-21MOUNTAINS $2,600 (Daily Double): The name of this sacred mountain is said to be derived from the Ainu word for "fire" Mount Fuji
#4824, aired 2005-07-21WHAT A COUNTRY! $3,000 (Daily Double): This African country's name is from the Spanish for "Lion Mountains" Sierra Leone
#4783, aired 2005-05-25MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: "Sweet" name for the folk instrument heard here, or perhaps up in the Appalachian Mountains the dulcimer
#4783, aired 2005-05-25ROCKS $1600: These alpine mountains in Italy are named for the magnesian limestone of which they're made the Dolomites
#4770, aired 2005-05-06THE BORIS YELTSIN FILE $200: 1931: Boris Yeltsin is born in Sverdlovsk, an industrial region in these mountains the Ural Mountains
#4754, aired 2005-04-14GORGE $600: The Brech de Roland, a narrow French gorge in these mountains, leads into a large natural amphitheater the Pyrenees
#4754, aired 2005-04-14GORGE $800: The ruins of this terraced Inca city lie perched above the Urubamba River Gorge in the Andes Mountains Machu Picchu
#4743, aired 2005-03-30YOU'RE THE "CHAMP" $800: All 435 square miles of it lie between the Adirondack & Green Mountains Lake Champlain
#4725, aired 2005-03-04____ & ____ $600: If Bo Peep seeks her sheep on mountains & in valleys, she's literally searching here high & low
#4725, aired 2005-03-04CANADA, "A"? $800: Quebec's Shickshock Mountains are part of this system that runs to Alabama the Appalachians
#4715, aired 2005-02-18U.S. PLACE NAMES $400: With a little "faith", you'll find this state capital in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains Santa Fe
#4709, aired 2005-02-10OH, SHOOT! $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gets some help from Jimmy in the mountains of Montana.) Unlike skeet, where the clays go side to side, I'm doing this type of shooting, which sends the clays straight out--pull! "Whoa!" trapshooting
#4700, aired 2005-01-28FAMOUS AMERICANS $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew wearing goggles and parka stands before majestic mountains in the Sierra National Forest.) The forested area behind me is named for this nature photographer & conservationist Ansel Adams
#4674, aired 2004-12-23DESERTS $1200: Mongolia's Altai & Hangayn Nuruu Mountains form the northern border of this desert the Gobi Desert
#4669, aired 2004-12-16WHERE IS THAT, PIERRE? $400: The Jura Mountains straddle the border between France & this country Switzerland
#4648, aired 2004-11-17REMAINS TO BE SEEN $800: Today on display in an Italian museum, the body of a 5,300-year-old man was found in 1991 thawing out in these mountains the Alps
#4641, aired 2004-11-08SHALL WE GDANSK? $1000: The river that runs from the Carpathian Mountains to its mouth near Gdansk the Vistula
#4640, aired 2004-11-06TANGLED UP IN "BLUE" $800: They're the geological formations mentioned in John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads" the Blue Ridge Mountains
#4635, aired 2004-10-29YOU ARE SO HOT! $1000: Also a type of salmon, it's a strong, hot & dry wind that comes from the Rocky Mountains the Chinook
#4623, aired 2004-10-13small state capitals $1200: Named for a French city, this smallest state capital commands the main pass through the Green Mountains Montpelier (Vermont)
#4621, aired 2004-10-11TENNESSEE $1200: Dollywood, Dolly Parton's theme park in Pigeon Forge, is "The Entertainment Capital of" these mountains the Smokies
#4618, aired 2004-10-06GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: The Rhodope Mountains & the city of Sofia are in this country Bulgaria
#4611, aired 2004-09-27COUNTRIES THAT END IN "IA" $1,000 (Daily Double): This country's tallest peak, Mount Tahat, rises 9,850 feet in the Ahaggar Mountains in the Sahara Desert Algeria
#4609, aired 2004-09-23NEW HAMPSHIRE $1000: In 1944 this resort area in the White Mountains was the site of an important U.N. monetary conference Bretton Woods
#4599, aired 2004-09-09EUROPEAN CAPITALS $800: This capital lies on the Attica Plain surrounded by mountains including Parnes & Hymettus Athens
#4593, aired 2004-07-21POPULAR SCIENCE TOP STORIES OF 2003 $800: Oddly, geologists learned that much of the sand in the Grand Canyon came from these mountains between Quebec & Alabama the Appalachians
#4588, aired 2004-07-14NATIONAL PARKS $400: This "Great" national park in Tennessee & North Carolina has more yearly visitors than any other the (Great) Smoky Mountains
#4552, aired 2004-05-252 "P"s $1,000 (Daily Double): The Blue Ridge, Catskills & Cumberland Mountains are all part of this range the Appalachians
#4519, aired 2004-04-08ARKANSASSY $800: Arkansas' Boston Mountains are the highest elevations in this 50,000-square-mile mountain region the Ozarks
#4515, aired 2004-04-02STATE SEALS $1000: The sun rising over the mountains on its seal shows that it was the first state west of the Alleghenies Ohio
#4501, aired 2004-03-15SOUNDGARDEN $1200: You might be in the mountains when you hear someone doing this yodeling
#4498, aired 2004-03-10"SNOW" JOB $2000: Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciusko, lies in this range the Snowy Mountains
#4496, aired 2004-03-08MOUNTAINS $200: In 1792 explorer George Vancouver saw this mountain near present-day Seattle & named it for a friend Mount Rainier
#4496, aired 2004-03-08MOUNTAINS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew flying over Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii) Kilauea Volcano isn't classified as extinct, dormant or intermittent, but is this type, so we'll stay alert active
#4496, aired 2004-03-08MOUNTAINS $600: Aneto in the Pyrenees is this country's highest point Spain
#4496, aired 2004-03-08MOUNTAINS $800: Tanzania has 2 mountains over 14,000 feet: Meru & this one Kilimanjaro
#4496, aired 2004-03-08MOUNTAINS $1000: This pyramid-shaped Alpine peak was first climbed on July 14, 1865 by Edward Whymper & 6 companions the Matterhorn
#4493, aired 2004-03-03WE LOVE L.A. $1000: (Sarah) Mulholland Drive overlooks L.A. from these mountains that share their name with a beachside community the Santa Monica Mountains
#4484, aired 2004-02-19MOUNTAINS $400: One of Europe's few active volcanoes, Stromboli lies in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of this nation's "toe" Italy
#4484, aired 2004-02-19MOUNTAINS $800: At 6,952 feet above sea level, Hvannadalshnukur is this North Atlantic island nation's highest point Iceland
#4484, aired 2004-02-19MOUNTAINS $1600: The 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens in this Washington range was the first in the lower 48 states since 1917 the Cascades
#4484, aired 2004-02-19MOUNTAINS $2,000 (Daily Double): Jabal Katrinah on this peninsula is Egypt's highest peak; in the 1970s, during occupation, it was Israel's highest point the Sinai Peninsula
#4484, aired 2004-02-19MOUNTAINS $2000: Tbilisi, Georgia, is a major city in this range the Caucasus
#4477, aired 2004-02-10LET'S VISIT VERMONT $2000: Founded in 1791, the U. of Vermont is known as UVM for "Universitas Viridis Montis", translating to this University of the Green Mountains
#4471, aired 2004-02-02STATES' LOWEST POINTS $1,400 (Daily Double): The highest lowest point of the 50 states is 3,350 feet above sea level in Yuma County in this state Colorado
#4469, aired 2004-01-29STATE YOUR NAME $1000: Montana was named for its mountains & this state was named for some "snow-covered" mountains Nevada
#4466, aired 2004-01-26HI YA, IRIAN JAYA! $2000: Irian Jaya's Arfak Mountains Reserve is an important rainforest enclave for these large butterflies with an avian name the birdwing
#4445, aired 2003-12-26PEAKING AT NAMES $2000: With peaks named for Washington & Adams, the Presidential Range is found in this state's White Mountains New Hampshire
#4413, aired 2003-11-12WORLD CAPITALS $800: Said to be 5,000 years old, this capital city lies between the Anti-Lebanon Mountains & the Syrian Desert Damascus
#4397, aired 2003-10-21TAKE THE "A" TRAIN $200: During the winter, Eurostar's ski train offers service to these mountains in France the Alps
#4396, aired 2003-10-20BORDERS $3,000 (Daily Double): A monument at Pervoururalsk in the Ural Mountains marks this geographic border the border between Asia & Europe
#4385, aired 2003-10-03WORLD TRAVEL $1000: Marrakech, the "Pink City", is in the foothills of this mountain chain the Atlas Mountains
#4384, aired 2003-10-02MICRO-NATIONS $800: All 181 square miles of it are found in the eastern Pyrenees mountains Andorra
#4380, aired 2003-09-26PATRIOTIC SONG TITLES $1600: "From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam..." "God Bless America"
#4375, aired 2003-09-19WAY OUT WEST $600: Out West is the wild blue yonder: Oregon has the Blue Mountains & the state tree of Utah is the blue this the blue spruce
#4372, aired 2003-09-16A SOLDIER'S STORY $2000: In Charles Frazier's novel, a wounded soldier hikes across the Blue Ridge Mountains toward this title peak Cold Mountain
#4361, aired 2003-07-14THE REAL MIDDLE EARTH $200: Isostasy says rock formations that rise high, as the Tetons & others of these, must sink deeper into the Earth mountains
#4348, aired 2003-06-25THE "SUN"s $800: This Idaho ski resort is located in the Sawtooth Mountains Sun Valley
#4335, aired 2003-06-06WEATHER WORLD $600: In Venezuela, this "season" is from April to October; in the mountains of Peru, from November to March rainy season
#4335, aired 2003-06-06WEATHER WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): The Australian mountains that include the Charlotte's Pass ski area, or the weather there in July Snowy
#4328, aired 2003-05-28GEOGRAPHY "B" $600: The Rocky Mountains run through part of this Canadian province that begins with "B" British Columbia
#4323, aired 2003-05-21BUMPS ON THE GLOBE $200: If Montana invaded Idaho, its forces would cross the Bitterroot range of these mountains Rockies
#4323, aired 2003-05-21BUMPS ON THE GLOBE $600: The Kjolen Mountains, on the Norway-Sweden border, extend north into this people's "land" Lapps
#4323, aired 2003-05-21BUMPS ON THE GLOBE $800: Eastern Russia's Stanovoy Mountains form a watershed between the Pacific Ocean & this one Arctic Ocean
#4323, aired 2003-05-21BUMPS ON THE GLOBE $1000: The Elburz Mountains, on the Caspian Sea's south shore in this country, rise to over 18,000 feet at Mt. Damavand Iran
#4322, aired 2003-05-20"GREAT" EXPECTATIONS $400: Clingmans Dome is the highest peak in this Appalachian range Great Smoky Mountains
#4308, aired 2003-04-30BOTTLED WATER $800 (Daily Double): The natural rock formation in the California mountains seen here gave this water brand its name & "points" to its stream Arrowhead
#4300, aired 2003-04-18SOMEWHERE, B.C. $1200: Yoho National Park, named for a Cree word for "awe", is in eastern B.C., in these mountains Rockies
#4299, aired 2003-04-17PLANTS $3,000 (Daily Double): 4 true cedar trees exist: they are native to Cyprus, the Atlas Mountains, the Himalayas & this Mideast country Lebanon
#4298, aired 2003-04-16POTLUCK $1000: By definition, orogeny is the geologic process by which these are formed on Earth mountains
#4268, aired 2003-03-05IT BORDERS RUSSIA $1200: The Caucasus Mountains straddle the border between Russia & this country, y'all Georgia
#4263, aired 2003-02-26MOUNTAINS $200: Air Force photos from 1949 show what some believe are the ruins of Noah's Ark on this Turkish mountain Mount Ararat
#4263, aired 2003-02-26MOUNTAINS $400: Seen here is one of Hokusai's famous wood-block prints of this mountain Mount Fuji
#4263, aired 2003-02-26MOUNTAINS $600: The Pindus Mountains of this country separate Thessaly from Epirus Greece
#4263, aired 2003-02-26MOUNTAINS $800: One of Frederick Cook's unproven claims was that he was first to reach the summit of this highest U.S. mountain Mount McKinley
#4263, aired 2003-02-26MOUNTAINS $1000: (Alex T. in Africa) Coffee beans are still widely grown on the slopes of this mountain, Africa's second-highest Mount Kenya
#4244, aired 2003-01-30"C" FOR YOURSELF $1000: The Hudson River School of landscape painters loved the scenic beauty of these New York mountains Catskills
#4229, aired 2003-01-09NATIONAL PARK PLACE $1600: Olympic National Park in this northwest state offers mountains, glaciers & the occasional elk Washington
#4229, aired 2003-01-09NATIONAL PARK PLACE $2000: Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah N.P. overlooks the Shenandoah Valley in this state Virginia
#4207, aired 2002-12-10JEWEL $600: A variety of smoky quartz, cairngorm is a gemstone that comes from the Cairngorm Mountains of this country Scotland
#4202, aired 2002-12-03MOUNTAINS $200: This volcano on the side of Hawaii's Mauna Loa once contained a lake of bubbling molten lava Kilauea
#4202, aired 2002-12-03MOUNTAINS $400: This Argentinian peak near the Chilean border is only 623 feet higher than nearby 22,211-foot Cerro Mercedario Mount Aconcagua
#4202, aired 2002-12-03MOUNTAINS $600: This Alpine peak rises 14,692 feet on the border of Switzerland's Valais Canton & Italy's Piedmont region the Matterhorn
#4202, aired 2002-12-03MOUNTAINS $800: In 1896 an Alaskan mount was named for this man elected president that year William McKinley
#4202, aired 2002-12-03MOUNTAINS $1000: According to the Bible, Moses saw the Promised Land from this mountain in Jordan's Pisgah Range Mount Nebo
#4194, aired 2002-11-21EXPLORERS $800: Famous for his greeting "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?", he discovered Africa's Mountains of the Moon Henry Stanley
#4193, aired 2002-11-20THE BIRDS & THE BEES $1000: Seen here, this long-winged native of the Andes Mountains is actually a type of vulture condor
#4185, aired 2002-11-08MOROCCAN 'ROUND THE CLOCK $1000: At about 14,000 feet, the highest peak in this mountain chain is Morocco's Mount Toubkal the Atlas Mountains
#4166, aired 2002-10-14THE ROCKIES $200: If you're in the Rocky Mountains taking a peek at Pikes Peak you're in this state Colorado
#4166, aired 2002-10-14THE ROCKIES $1000: In the U.S. this imaginary geographical division generally follows the crests of the Rocky Mountains Continental Divide
#4132, aired 2002-07-16A SPANISH INQUISITION $200: Spain's highest peaks in these mountains are in the Maladeta range the Pyrenees
#4132, aired 2002-07-16THE LARCH $800: Widely planted around the world, the Japanese larch grows wild on the mountains of this largest Japanese island Honshu
#4128, aired 2002-07-10UTAH $800: Most people in Utah live just west of this range of the Rocky Mountains the Wasatch
#4113, aired 2002-06-19STONEHENGE $1600: The massive bluestones of Stonehenge came from the Preseli Mountains, found 137 miles away in this U.K. country Wales
#4107, aired 2002-06-11SCOTLAND $800: Ben More, Ben Alder & Ben Macdui are not people but tall ones of these in Scotland mountains
#4096, aired 2002-05-27COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: The U.S. state known as the "Land of Shining Mountains" borders this country Canada (the state is Montana)
#4090, aired 2002-05-17NEW ENGLAND $1000: These "colorful" mountains in New Hampshire are named for their snow-capped peaks White Mountains
#4083, aired 2002-05-08TOUGH GEOGRAPHY $400: Asia's longest river, it rises in China's Kunlun Mountains & empties into the East China Sea near Shanghai the Yangtze
#4055, aired 2002-03-29THE ALPS $400: Lord Byron termed this 15,771-foot peak the "Monarch of Mountains" Mont Blanc
#4051, aired 2002-03-25A HARD PLACE $800: Where the Liao River Valley meets the Qian Shan Mountains, you'll find the city of Haicheng in this country China
#4047, aired 2002-03-19AMERICAN MEMORIALS $1000: Gutzon Borglum was the original sculptor for these 2 massive memorials built into the sides of mountains Mount Rushmore & Stone Mountain
#4033, aired 2002-02-27RIO $2,000 (Daily Double): Spain's Rio Segre, like France's Garonne, rises in these mountains Pyrenees
#4020, aired 2002-02-08IT'S A FACT $1000: Mt. Kosciusko, this continent's highest point, is located in the Snowy Mountains Australia
#4016, aired 2002-02-04STATES OF THE UNION $800: It's said Champlain named the Green Mountains of this state, hence the state's French-sounding name Vermont
#4004, aired 2002-01-17"PAT" $1600: This 260,000-square-mile area is found between the Andes Mountains & the South Atlantic Ocean Patagonia
#3989, aired 2001-12-27BODIES OF WATER $1200: This nearly 4,000-mile-long river begins high in the Andes Mountains Amazon
#3975, aired 2001-12-07BELOVED BOLIVIA $400: Most of Bolivia's population lives in highland areas of these mountains that cover the western portion of the country the Andes
#3970, aired 2001-11-30VERMONT $600: At 4,393 feet, Mount Mansfield in this range is the state's highest point Green Mountains
#3960, aired 2001-11-16MOUNTAIN TIME $300: These mountains extend into 7 countries, including Colombia, Ecuador & Peru the Andes
#3960, aired 2001-11-16MOUNTAIN TIME $400: Rip Van Winkle took his 20-year snooze in these mountains of New York the Catskills
#3960, aired 2001-11-16MOUNTAIN TIME $500: Check your map book: these mountains extend more than 1,200 miles across Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia the Atlas Mountains
#3950, aired 2001-11-02OBSCURE GEOGRAPHY $1000: Once called Sverdlovsk, this Ural Mountains city of 1.3 million was named after Catherine I Ekaterinburg
#3943, aired 2001-10-24MOUNTAINS $100: In May 2001 Erik Weihenmayer climbed Everest, not considering this condition of his a handicap blindness
#3943, aired 2001-10-24MOUNTAINS $200: Its southern slope extends down to Suruga Bay near Tokyo Mount Fuji
#3943, aired 2001-10-24MOUNTAINS $300: It's the mountain chain in the names of a U.S. sheep & goat the Rocky Mountains
#3943, aired 2001-10-24MOUNTAINS $400: The Hudson River rises in this group of mountains in northeast New York Adirondacks
#3943, aired 2001-10-24MOUNTAINS $500: The Lebanon Mountains' most famous remaining grove of these trees is near the town of Bsharre cedars
#3920, aired 2001-09-21OUR FUNNY ACCENTS $500: The person heard here grew up in this area of L.A. between the Santa Monica & San Gabriel mountains "And I was like, 'Oh my God, whatever!' and Tiffany was like, 'For sure, you know, like...'" the San Fernando Valley
#3860, aired 2001-05-18PO-POURRI $600: The Po rises on Monte Viso in the Cottian range of these mountains Alps
#3858, aired 2001-05-16AROUND THE WORLD $800: It's the continent where you'll find Queen Maud Land & the Queen Maud Mountains Antarctica
#3855, aired 2001-05-11STATE CAPITALS $500: This state capital is in the Green Mountains along the Winooski River Montpelier
#3839, aired 2001-04-19GLOBAL NUMBERS $400: Number of mountains over 29,000 feet above sea level 1 (Mount Everest)
#3834, aired 2001-04-12AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): Jebel Musa, a promontory in this mountain range, is one of the Pillars of Hercules Atlas Mountains
#3812, aired 2001-03-13U.S. BODIES OF WATER $500: Lying in the bowl of an extinct volcano in the Cascade Mountains, it's America's deepest lake Crater Lake
#3805, aired 2001-03-02LET IT "SNOW" $300: Found in the mountains of central Asia, this feline is also known as an ounce Snow leopard
#3804, aired 2001-03-01WATCH YOUR STEPPE $1000: Vast steppes make up a section of this mountain range that divides Europe & Asia the Ural Mountains (or the Caucasus)
#3794, aired 2001-02-15RIVERS $200: The Indus starts in these mountains Himalayas
#3787, aired 2001-02-06AIRPLANE READING $500: Piers Paul Read's "Alive" is the true tale of a rugby team whose plane crashed in these South American mountains the Andes
#3785, aired 2001-02-02U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: Apprpriately, you'll find the Black & Funeral Mountains in this "mournful" region of California Death Valley
#3765, aired 2001-01-05IN THE BUTTE $200: Seen here, a 90-foot statue overlooking Butte is called Our Lady of these mountains The Rockies
#3759, aired 2000-12-28MOUNTAINS $100: It's one of the main attractions of the Pike National Forest Pikes Peak
#3759, aired 2000-12-28MOUNTAINS $200: Of Uncle Mountain, Sister Mountain or Grandfather Mountain, the highest peak in the Blue Ridge range Grandfather Mountain
#3759, aired 2000-12-28MOUNTAINS $300: The name of Mont Blanc means this color mountain white
#3759, aired 2000-12-28MOUNTAINS $400: This home of Thomas Jefferson sits atop a "little mountain", which is what its name means in Italian Monticello
#3759, aired 2000-12-28MOUNTAINS $500: Riding the skylift to the top of Stone Mountain is one of the fun things to do in this Southern state Georgia
#3752, aired 2000-12-19BELIZE TO MEET YOU $400: Name of the Indians who lived in Belize before Europeans came & of the mountains where Victoria's Peak is found Mayans
#3729, aired 2000-11-16MOUNTAINS $100: Jon Krakauer gave a personal account of the 1996 disaster on this mountain in the book "Into Thin Air" Mount Everest
#3729, aired 2000-11-16MOUNTAINS $200: Yosemite National Park is located in this California mountain range Sierra Nevadas
#3729, aired 2000-11-16MOUNTAINS $300: This country's highest peak, Mount Elbrus, lies in the Caucasus Mountains on the Georgian border Russia
#3729, aired 2000-11-16MOUNTAINS $400: This Philippine mountain hadn't erupted for more than 600 years when it became active in 1991 Mount Pinatubo
#3729, aired 2000-11-16MOUNTAINS $1,000 (Daily Double): The Athabascan name for this North American mountain means "The Great One" Mount McKinley/Mount Denali
#3681, aired 2000-09-11REALLY BAD DATES $400: On Feb. 3, 1998 a low-flying jet clipped a ski lift cable, killing 20 in the Dolomite Mountains in this country Italy
#3679, aired 2000-09-07BOATING WITH NOAH $500: "And the ark rested in the seventh month...upon the mountains of" this Ararat
#3675, aired 2000-07-21HAIL TO THE CHIEF $600: In 1974 he bought Rancho del Cielo, a 688-acre ranch east of Santa Barbara in the Santa Ynez Mountains Ronald Reagan
#3664, aired 2000-07-06"A" & "M" $300: The Sahara portion of this range begins in Morocco & extends into Algeria the Atlas Mountains
#3640, aired 2000-06-02U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: The highest peaks in this colorful mountain range of the Appalachian system lie in North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains
#3631, aired 2000-05-22PRETTY BIRDIES $300: The St. Andreasburg variety of this yellow songbird is bred in the Harz Mountains a canary
#3620, aired 2000-05-05AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $500: The Turquoise Trail winds along the east side of the Sandia Mountains in this state New Mexico
#3615, aired 2000-04-28MOUNTAINS $200: Annapurna in Nepal was the highest mountain climbed until the peak of this one was reached in 1953 Mount Everest
#3615, aired 2000-04-28MOUNTAINS $400: This Philippine volcano's 1991 eruption released 18 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide Mount Pinatubo
#3615, aired 2000-04-28MOUNTAINS $600: This Hawaiian mountain's height stretches 33,476 feet from its base on the Pacific Ocean floor to its peak Mauna Kea
#3615, aired 2000-04-28MOUNTAINS $800: Named for a famed English sea captain, this New Zealand peak is called Aorangi by the Maoris Mount Cook
#3615, aired 2000-04-28MOUNTAINS $1000: Mount Elbrus is the highest peak in this mountain range bordering Russia & Georgia Caucasus
#3605, aired 2000-04-14WORLD GEOGRAPHY $300: The Cinca River in northeastern Spain rises in these mountains Pyrenees
#3600, aired 2000-04-07LAWN CARE $300: If your lawn has these protrusions, don't make mountains out of them: Molehills
#3598, aired 2000-04-05FOOD & DRINK $300: You're heading for this brand of beer when you "Head for the Mountains" Busch
#3596, aired 2000-04-03AMERICAN SHORT STORIES $400: Jody named this Steinbeck title creature Gabilan Mountains "The Red Pony"
#3593, aired 2000-03-29STATE RIVERS $100: It's the longest river west of the Rocky Mountains Colorado
#3588, aired 2000-03-22BEAR FEAT $200: The Asiatic black bear also bears the beary nice name of these Indian mountains where it dwells Himalayas
#3553, aired 2000-02-02SEATTLE $300 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Gary Payton of the Seattle SuperSonics.) As a member of the 1996 "Dream Team", I know all about this mountain range just west of Seattle the Olympic Mountains
#3544, aired 2000-01-203 DAYS OF THE CONDOR $400: The 2 species are the California condor & this one named for South American mountains Andean condor
#3510, aired 1999-12-03COUNTRIES BY AREA $200: Abu Muharrik Dunes, Al-Ajmah Mountains, Sinai Peninsula Egypt
#3494, aired 1999-11-11MOUNTAINS HIGH $200: Bamboo groves circle the lower slopes of this highest Japanese mountain Mount Fuji
#3494, aired 1999-11-11MOUNTAINS HIGH $400: At 14,410 feet, this volcano is Washington State's highest point Mount Rainier
#3494, aired 1999-11-11MOUNTAINS HIGH $600: About 20,000 Sicilians were killed in 1669 by this volcano's eruption & accompanying earthquakes Mount Etna
#3494, aired 1999-11-11MOUNTAINS HIGH $1000: This Tanzanian mountain's highest point, Uhuru Peak, is covered with snow & ice year round Mount Kilimanjaro
#3494, aired 1999-11-11MOUNTAINS HIGH $1,500 (Daily Double): The world's second-highest peak, Mount Godwin Austen is also known by this letter & number K2
#3482, aired 1999-10-26U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: These beautiful New York mountains are associated with the area once known as the "Borscht Belt" Catskills
#3471, aired 1999-10-11ON THE MAP $200: Some of the highest peaks in these mountains are Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa & the Matterhorn Alps
#3463, aired 1999-09-29WOMEN OF THE WORLD $800: This Norwegian was a teenager in 1957 when she made her film debut in "Fjols Til Fjells" -- "Fools in the Mountains" Liv Ullmann
#3457, aired 1999-09-21THAT'S "GREAT" $500: An important crossing or barrier, in particular the Rocky Mountains Great Divide
#3443, aired 1999-07-21COUNTRIES BY REGION $100: The Mackenzie Mountains, Wood Buffalo National Park, the Queen Elizabeth Islands Canada
#3433, aired 1999-07-07COASTING ALONG $400: The USA's coast ranges include the Klamath Mountains of Oregon & the Kenai Mountains of this state Alaska
#3415, aired 1999-06-11GREEN STUFF $600: It's what's green in Vermont's nickname Green Mountains
#3405, aired 1999-05-28U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: This mountain system stretches from New Mexico to the Brooks Range north of the Arctic Circle Rocky Mountains
#3405, aired 1999-05-28U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: The Wichita Mountains are not in Kansas but in this state on its southern border Oklahoma
#3372, aired 1999-04-13THE BELA LUGOSI FILE $800: As a boy, Lugosi lived not far from these mountains, home to the legendary Count Dracula the Carpathians
#3371, aired 1999-04-12AROUND THE WORLD $400: Beginning in the mountains of Queensland, the Darling River flows 1,700 miles as this continent's longest river Australia
#3335, aired 1999-02-19TRAVEL & TOURISM $200: You may wander past wallabies when you bushwalk through this country's Blue Mountains Australia
#3315, aired 1999-01-22AFRICA $600: Toukbal is the highest point in this range, the traditional territory of the Berbers Atlas Mountains
#3310, aired 1999-01-15NATIONAL MONUMENTS $1000: The gypsum sand in this New Mexico national monument comes from the mountains flanking the valley White Sands
#3303, aired 1999-01-06THE USA $200: The Green Mountains of Vermont & the White Mountains of New Hampshire are part of this mountain system the Appalachians
#3300, aired 1999-01-01MOUNTAIN RANGES $400 (Daily Double): The forests of this range are home to the Barbary apes the Atlas Mountains
#3300, aired 1999-01-01MOUNTAIN RANGES $400: In this range Adams is in Washington & Jefferson isn't the Cascades
#3292, aired 1998-12-22THE U.S. $400: These highlands stretching from St. Louis to the Arkansas River are called a plateau as well as mountains the Ozarks
#3290, aired 1998-12-18RAIN $1000: Orographic precipitation is caused by moist air rising over one or more of these, oros in Greek mountains
#3285, aired 1998-12-11THAT'S COLD! $500: Because of the cold, not much grows above this arbored "line" near the tops of mountains Tree/timber line
#3281, aired 1998-12-07REALLY BIG MOUNTAINS $100: In 1859 gold seekers vowed to reach this peak "or bust" Pike's Peak
#3281, aired 1998-12-07REALLY BIG MOUNTAINS $200: This volcano that buried Pompeii erupted again in March, 1944, during the Allied invasion of Italy Vesuvius
#3281, aired 1998-12-07REALLY BIG MOUNTAINS $300: Located in California's High Sierra, it's the highest mountain in the 48 contiguous states Mount Whitney
#3281, aired 1998-12-07REALLY BIG MOUNTAINS $400: 1,644-foot-high Mirador Nacional, about 50 miles east of Montevideo, is this country's tallest peak Uruguay
#3281, aired 1998-12-07REALLY BIG MOUNTAINS $500: This Tanzanian mountain has 3 main peaks: Kibo, Mawenzi & Shira Mount Kilimanjaro
#3261, aired 1998-11-09MOUNTAINS $100: The Wasatch & Oquirrh Mountains surround this Utah capital Salt Lake City
#3261, aired 1998-11-09MOUNTAINS $200: He was only a candidate for president when North America's tallest mountain was named for him William McKinley
#3261, aired 1998-11-09MOUNTAINS $300: The view from the top of this Colorado peak inspired the words to "America The Beautiful" Pikes Peak
#3261, aired 1998-11-09MOUNTAINS $400: In 1829 Johann Jacob von Parrot climbed this mountain but didn't find Noah's Ark Mount Ararat
#3261, aired 1998-11-09MOUNTAINS $900 (Daily Double): Tacoma's name was derived from Tahoma, an Indian name for this mountain Mount Rainier
#3250, aired 1998-10-23NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS $100: In the winter (!) of 1857 Randolph Marcy led a heroic march across these Colorado mountains Rocky Mountains
#3242, aired 1998-10-13MUSIC & LITERATURE $500: This John Bunyan work inspired the one-act opera "The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains" Pilgrim's Progress
#3238, aired 1998-10-071970s TV $600: This title family lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Jefferson County, Virginia the Waltons
#3228, aired 1998-09-23MOUNTAINS $200: Mount Haltia, this country's highest point, lies near its borders with Norway & Sweden Finland
#3228, aired 1998-09-23MOUNTAINS $400: This 4,000-mile-long mountain system is only about 200 miles wide except in Bolivia where it's about 400 Andes
#3228, aired 1998-09-23MOUNTAINS $800: At the Danube River near Vienna, the Carpathians become an eastern continuation of this chain Alps
#3228, aired 1998-09-23MOUNTAINS $1,000 (Daily Double): Not surprisingly, Kansas' highest point, Mount Sunflower, lies nearest to its border with this state Colorado
#3228, aired 1998-09-23MOUNTAINS $1000: The Georgian Military Highway is the only highway crossing this range that divides Asia from Europe the Caucasus
#3212, aired 1998-07-14WE'VE REACHED A PLATEAU $200: Altiplano is Spanish for plateau, specifically one at 12,000' in these South American mountains the Andes
#3207, aired 1998-07-07PERIODS $1,500 (Daily Double): Named for mountains in France, this middle period of the Mesozoic era lasted about 65 million years the Jurassic (from the Jura Mountains)
#3195, aired 1998-06-19BUDDHISM $600: Number of perfect exertions, famous mountains or noble truths four
#3137, aired 1998-03-31ANIMALS ON THE MAP $400: In other words, this vacation area in California's San Bernardino Mountains would be "Large Grizzly" Big Bear
#3125, aired 1998-03-13U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: Part of this 3,000-mile long mountain system covers the middle third of Colorado the Rocky Mountains
#3117, aired 1998-03-03AROUND THE WORLD $1000: Some cyclists take a downhill bicycling tour of this Caribbean country's Blue Mountains Jamaica
#3116, aired 1998-03-02PARTY TIME $400: At 22,205 feet, Guinness says the highest dinner party was in Peru, atop Mt. Huascaran in these mountains the Andes
#3105, aired 1998-02-13WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE $800: The wild horned aoudad, or Barbary sheep, lives in the Aures & these northern African mountains the Atlas Mountains
#3079, aired 1998-01-08GEOGRAPHY $200: The tiny nation of Andorra is located in the Pyrenees Mountains between France & this country Spain
#3071, aired 1997-12-29SACRED MOUNTAINS $100: Japan's most sacred mountain, or the brand of film one may use to photograph it Fuji
#3071, aired 1997-12-29SACRED MOUNTAINS $200: Holy Moses! The monastery of St. Catherine at the base of this mountain dates back 14 centuries Mount Sinai
#3071, aired 1997-12-29SACRED MOUNTAINS $300: In 1987 thousands participated in the harmonic convergence on this dormant double-peaked Calif. volcano Mount Shasta
#3071, aired 1997-12-29SACRED MOUNTAINS $400: Everyone in the Chagga tribe of Tanzania sleeps with his or her head toward this sacred peak Mount Kilimanjaro
#3071, aired 1997-12-29SACRED MOUNTAINS $500: Pele, the goddess of volcanoes, lives in the inner crater of this volcano on Mauna Loa's southeast slope Kilauea
#3071, aired 1997-12-29A TRASHERY OF OGDEN NASHERY $500: In his poem "The Baby", Nash remarked, "A bit of" this "is always walcum" talcum
#3069, aired 1997-12-25STATE CAPITALS $500: At almost 7,000 feet above sea level in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, it's the highest U.S. capital Santa Fe, New Mexico
#3059, aired 1997-12-11SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $100: Among these natural features in Bolivia, Poopo lies southeast of Titicaca Lakes
#3034, aired 1997-11-06mini-mountains $100: The Galilee site where tradition says Jesus preached this in Matthew 5 is described as more of a hill the Sermon on the Mount
#3034, aired 1997-11-06mini-mountains $200: L.A.'s Mount Lee is the home of this 50' tall, 450' long sign "Hollywood"
#3034, aired 1997-11-06mini-mountains $300: Going from Monroe to Shreveport, you might see this state's highest peak, 535' Mt. Driskill Louisiana
#3034, aired 1997-11-06mini-mountains $400: A women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts is named for this nearby 878' mount Mount Holyoke
#3034, aired 1997-11-06mini-mountains $500: Belgium's 2,277' Botrange is the highest peak in this group of 3 countries named for their un-mountainousness the Low Countries
#3008, aired 1997-10-01AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: This mountain system in NW Africa is actually an extension of Europe's Alpine system the Atlas Mountains
#3004, aired 1997-09-25LAND FORMATIONS $500: 3 of these we've never mentioned are Quandary in Colorado, Ulugh Muztagh in Tibet & Lister in Antarctica mountains
#2996, aired 1997-09-15WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: The Great Karroo & the Little Karroo are dry tablelands in this African country's Cape Mountains region South Africa
#2990, aired 1997-09-05ANCIENT NEWS BULLETINS $400: Hannibal on way to attack Rome leads battle elephants over these mountains; the full history at 11 Pyrenees/Alps
#2986, aired 1997-09-01MOUNTAINS $100: Indonesia's Mount Marapi, whose name means "fire mountain", is one of these Volcano
#2986, aired 1997-09-01MOUNTAINS $200: As the highest peak, 4,000-foot Ataviros could be called the colossus of this Greek island Rhodes
#2986, aired 1997-09-01MOUNTAINS $300: The wind-blocking Panamint Range helps keep this lowest area of the U.S. hot & dry Death Valley
#2986, aired 1997-09-01MOUNTAINS $400: The names Mont Blanc & the Rockies' Blanca Peak both mean this "white mountain"
#2982, aired 1997-07-15WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Important mining centers in this range include Leadville, Colorado & Kimberley, British Columbia Rocky Mountains
#2960, aired 1997-06-13WORLD TRAVEL $200: Known for its snow festival, Bariloche, Argentina is one of the top ski resorts in these mountains the Andes
#2953, aired 1997-06-04U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: Utah's Uinta Range is the only major range of these mountains in the contiguous 48 states that runs east & west Rocky Mountains
#2942, aired 1997-05-20MOUNTAINS $200: Until Japan's Meiji restoration in the 19th century, women were forbidden to climb this mountain Mount Fujiyama
#2942, aired 1997-05-20MOUNTAINS $400: It's the only mountain in North America whose height exceeds 20,000 feet Mount McKinley/Denali
#2942, aired 1997-05-20MOUNTAINS $600 (Daily Double): The Turks call this, their highest mountain, Agri Dagi Mount Ararat
#2942, aired 1997-05-20MOUNTAINS $800: The name of this California mountain system is Spanish for "snowy range" Sierra Nevadas
#2942, aired 1997-05-20MOUNTAINS $1000: A 7.2 mile auto tunnel through this Alpine peak connects Courmayeur, Italy with Chamonix, France Mont Blanc
#2935, aired 1997-05-09BODIES OF WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): The Dnestr & Vistula rivers rise in these mountains the Carpathians
#2927, aired 1997-04-29MOUNTAINS $100: The Apennine range runs the length of this Mediterranean country's boot-shaped peninsula Italy
#2927, aired 1997-04-29MOUNTAINS $200: This sacred Japanese volcano last erupted in 1707 Mount Fuji
#2927, aired 1997-04-29MOUNTAINS $300: The Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in this South American range are named for a nearby peak the Andes
#2923, aired 1997-04-23PESTS $100: East of the Rocky Mountains malaria is spread by the anopheles quadrimaculatus species of this insect Mosquito
#2923, aired 1997-04-23MOUNTAINS $200: This Greek mountain's peaks include Mytikas, Skolio & the Throne of Zeus Mount Olympus
#2923, aired 1997-04-23MOUNTAINS $400: Nepal's Sagarmatha National Park bears the local name of this peak which it surrounds Mount Everest
#2923, aired 1997-04-23MOUNTAINS $600 (Daily Double): Pico Bolivar, about 40 miles south of Lake Maracaibo, is this country's highest peak Venezuela
#2923, aired 1997-04-23MOUNTAINS $600: Of the summits of this Tanzanian mountain, Kibo is covered with ice & snow; Mawensi is usually clear Mount Kilimanjaro
#2923, aired 1997-04-23MOUNTAINS $1000: Mount Hermon, Syria's highest point, lies on its western border with this country Lebanon
#2919, aired 1997-04-17GEOGRAPHY $300 (Daily Double): The name of this country on Hispaniola is from an Indian word meaning "Land of Mountains" Haiti
#2914, aired 1997-04-10BLUE LITERATURE $800: "To The Far Blue Mountains" was one of this western author's Sackett sagas Louis L'Amour
#2902, aired 1997-03-25MOUNTAINS $100: In the front range of this famous chain you can take a peek at Pikes Peak Rockies
#2902, aired 1997-03-25MOUNTAINS $200: In 512 A.D. this Naples volcano buried Pompeii even deeper Mount Vesuvius
#2902, aired 1997-03-25MOUNTAINS $300: The world headquarters for the Bahai Faith is on Mount Carmel in this country Israel
#2902, aired 1997-03-25MOUNTAINS $400: Lake Placid lies in this mountain chain in northeastern New York Adirondacks
#2902, aired 1997-03-25MOUNTAINS $500: Ranges in Australia & Virginia both have this color in their names Blue
#2901, aired 1997-03-24AVIATION $100: In 1918 Argentine lieutenant Luis C. Candelaria made the first flight over these mountains Andes
#2880, aired 1997-02-21GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): You can find the Wilhelmina Mountains in this South American country Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana)
#2871, aired 1997-02-10U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: America's chief mountain system, it forms the Continental Divide the Rocky Mountains
#2871, aired 1997-02-10U.S. GEOGRAPHY $4,000 (Daily Double): The Boston Mountains of Arkansas contain the highest peaks of these mountains the Ozark Mountains
#2867, aired 1997-02-04MOUNTAINS $200: John Hunt, leader of the expedition that put Edmund Hillary atop this mountain, was made a baron Mount Everest
#2867, aired 1997-02-04MOUNTAINS $400: Mount Fairweather contains the highest point in this westernmost Canadian province British Columbia
#2867, aired 1997-02-04MOUNTAINS $600: It's said the name of this mountain near Pompeii comes from a word for smoke Vesuvius
#2867, aired 1997-02-04MOUNTAINS $800: Mountain range where the Donner party spent the winter of 1846-47 Sierra Nevadas
#2867, aired 1997-02-04MOUNTAINS $1000: This New Hampshire range includes the Franconia Mountains & the Presidential Range White Mountains
#2853, aired 1997-01-15U.S. MOUNTAINS $100: Most geographers define the northern terminus of the Blue Ridge Mountains as Harpers Ferry in this state West Virginia
#2853, aired 1997-01-15U.S. MOUNTAINS $200: The Bitterroot Range of this mountain chain extends more than 300 miles along the Idaho-Montana border Rockies
#2853, aired 1997-01-15U.S. MOUNTAINS $400: Rising from the ocean floor, this most massive mountain in the world lies south of Mauna Kea Mauna Loa
#2853, aired 1997-01-15U.S. MOUNTAINS $500 (Daily Double): Mount St. Elias is the second-highest mountain in this state & in the U.S. Alaska
#2853, aired 1997-01-15U.S. MOUNTAINS $500: This river carved a "water gap" in the Kittatinny Mountains between New Jersey & Pennsylvania Delaware River
#2846, aired 1997-01-06NATIONAL FORESTS $400: The northernmost of Arkansas' national forests shares its name with these mountains in the area the Ozarks
#2845, aired 1997-01-03GEOGRAPHY $400: These mountains extend 270 miles along the French-Spanish border, from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean the Pyrenees
#2832, aired 1996-12-17U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: The highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, there's no place like dome Clingman's Dome
#2828, aired 1996-12-11GEOGRAPHY $1,200 (Daily Double): The Rhodope Mountains delineate Bulgaria's southern border with this country Greece
#2826, aired 1996-12-09RIP VAN WINKLE $300: The tale begins, "Whoever has made a voyage up" this river "must remember the Kaatskill Mountains" Hudson River
#2822, aired 1996-12-03ODDS & ENDS $200: These mountains are the natural habitat of the alpaca Andes
#2821, aired 1996-12-02MOUNTAINS $200: In 1794 a violent eruption of this volcano destroyed the city of Torre Del Greco on the Bay of Naples Vesuvius
#2821, aired 1996-12-02MOUNTAINS $400: This Sicilian volcano is also called Mongibello Mount Etna
#2821, aired 1996-12-02MOUNTAINS $600: In the early 1860s the Bisson brothers climbed to the top of this highest peak & took photos Mont Blanc
#2821, aired 1996-12-02MOUNTAINS $800: This mountain range forms most of Georgia's northern border with Russia Caucasus
#2821, aired 1996-12-02MOUNTAINS $1000: The Flinders Ranges in this country extend about 300 miles from near Port Pirie to near Lake Eyre Australia
#2816, aired 1996-11-25NATIONAL PARKS $500: You can see the mountains of Mexico from Emory Peak in this Texas park Big Bend
#2815, aired 1996-11-22GEOGRAPHY $300: This European country's 14,000' mountains include Weisshorn, Taschhorn & Finsteraarhorn Switzerland
#2804, aired 1996-11-07WORLD GEOGRAPHY $500: An important route through these mountains lies between Vladikavkaz, Russia & Tbilisi, Georgia Caucasus
#2787, aired 1996-10-15ANNUAL EVENTS $300: Scottish highland games take place every summer at North Carolina's Grandfather Mountain in this range Blue Ridge Mountains
#2786, aired 1996-10-14WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): Victoria Peak in the Maya Mountains is the highest point in this country on the Yucatan Peninsula Belize
#2780, aired 1996-10-04U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Wind Cave National Park is located in these eroded mountains in western South Dakota the Black Hills
#2778, aired 1996-10-02THE RANGE $300: Isolated range of the Rockies that shares its name with a sheep the Big Horn (Mountains)
#2766, aired 1996-09-16STATE NICKNAMES $1000: This "Granite State" is the "Mother of Rivers" because several of them originate in its mountains New Hampshire
#2757, aired 1996-09-03WORLD HISTORY $500: In this mid-1930s this U.S. naval officer chartered the Edsel Ford mountains in Antarctica (Admiral) Byrd
#2756, aired 1996-09-02U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: Over 3 dozen mountains in this northern New York range exceed 4,000 feet the Adirondacks
#2755, aired 1996-07-19CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: When she's 8 years old, this Johanna Spyri heroine is taken from the mountains by Dete Heidi

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (32 results returned)

#9057, aired 2024-03-12WORLD THEATER: This 1867 play has a reindeer hunt & a king dwelling in snowy mountains but its title character also spends time in Morocco & Egypt Peer Gynt
#8560, aired 2022-01-21MOUNTAINS: First scaled in 1829, this 17,000-foot mountain has caused excitement by the supposed discovery of wood high up on it Mount Ararat
#8394, aired 2021-05-06COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS: With words written by a Bishop of Urgell, its anthem praises Charlemagne & says it "was born a princess... between two nations" Andorra
#7806, aired 2018-07-16EXPLORERS: In 1513 the son of a local chief told this man, when you cross the mountains, "You shall see another sea" Vasco Núñez de Balboa
#5410, aired 2008-02-29NAME'S ALMOST THE SAME: This 900-mile Eastern European mountain range shares most of its name with a ship famous for its April 1912 actions the Carpathian Mountains
#5119, aired 2006-12-07WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The Lusatian Mountains, in the western Sudeten range, form part of the border between these 2 countries Germany & the Czech Republic
#4699, aired 2005-01-27MOUNTAINS: To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government Mount Everest
#4512, aired 2004-03-30AMERICAN LITERATURE: It contains the line "There stood the Kaatskill Mountains... there was every hill and dale... as it had always been" "Rip Van Winkle"
#4505, aired 2004-03-19PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES: He wrote a "Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842" John C. Fremont
#4300, aired 2003-04-18ORGANIZATIONS: "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings" was a goal of this group at its 19th century founding Sierra Club
#4296, aired 2003-04-14MOUNTAINS: All of the mountains in the U.S. over 14,500 feet are in this state Alaska
#4251, aired 2003-02-10WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The world's highest city of over 1 million people sits at about 12,000 feet in these mountains the Andes
#4153, aired 2002-09-25MOVIE MOUNTAINS: This peak is featured in the 1959 Disney film "Third Man on the Mountain", where it's called "The Citadel" the Matterhorn
#3791, aired 2001-02-12MOUNTAINS: The highest peak outside of Asia is found in this mountain range the Andes (Mount Aconcagua)
#3613, aired 2000-04-26U.S. CITIES: The 34 peaks of the roof of this city's airport represent mountains that are about 30 miles away Denver
#3150, aired 1998-04-17VOLCANOES: The 5 highest volcanoes on Earth are located in these mountains Andes
#2953, aired 1997-06-04ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST: Added to the list in 1997 were the Quino Checkerspot & Laguna Mountains Skipper, types of these Butterflies
#2926, aired 1997-04-28MOUNTAINS: Range of mountains where Danny Kaye, Alan King & Rip Van Winkle gained fame the Catskills
#2818, aired 1996-11-27RIVERS: It was once believed that this river "originated in the Mountains of the Moon" the Nile
#2645, aired 1996-02-16ACTORS & ACTRESSES: This actor's first name is Hawaiian for "cool breeze over the mountains" Keanu Reeves
#2285, aired 1994-07-08MOUNTAINS: The second peak surveyed in this range was Mount Godwin Austen the Karakoram Range
#2284, aired 1994-07-07PRESIDENTIAL HOMES: Name shared by a state capital & a president's home in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains Montpelier
#1998, aired 1993-04-21WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The highest point in this South American country is Julianatop in the Wilhelmina Mountains Suriname
#1794, aired 1992-05-21AMERICAN STORIES: Story that begins, "Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill Mountains" "Rip Van Winkle"
#1537, aired 1991-04-16MOUNTAINS: This granite peak is the most famous of the Black Hills Mount Rushmore
#1225, aired 1989-12-22MOUNTAINS: The names of the tallest peak in the Alps & the tallest peak in Hawaii both mean this in English white mountain
#1091, aired 1989-05-08MOUNTAINS: It's name means "great mountain" & it has 2 peaks, Kibo & Mawenzi, that are 7 miles apart Kilimanjaro
#996, aired 1988-12-26MOUNTAINS: Soviet mountain range thought to be where the white race originated Caucasus Mountains
#894, aired 1988-06-23COLONIAL AMERICA: This So. colony w/rich neighbors was called "a vale of humility between 2 mountains of conceit" North Carolina
#623, aired 1987-04-29MOUNTAINS: Rising to 8651 feet, Mount Sinai is the highest point in this country Egypt
#506, aired 1986-11-17AMERICAN MOUNTAINS: Of the more than 80 U.S. peaks over 14,000' that have names, most are in this state Colorado
#487, aired 1986-10-21MOUNTAINS: Highest mountain outside Asia is on this continent South America

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